[Event "Composition"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1737.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Philipp Stamma"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.e4 {First game. Notes by Philipp Stamma from "Stamma on the
Game of Chess" from 1737.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6
5.Ng5 {This move is exceptionable, the attack being premature,
it would be better to castle or to play Q. B. P. one square
[5.c3].} Qf6 {This is a better move than playing K. Kt. to
K. R. third square [5...Nh6].} 6.Bxf7+ {White instead of this
move should castle, or play Q. to K. second square [6.Qe2].}
Kf8 7.O-O h6 8.Bxg8 hxg5 9.Bd5 Nd4 {This is a very good move,
as it prevents the White from playing his Q. to K. B. third
square [Qf3], which would considerably weaken the attack of
the Black.} 10.c3 Qh6 11.h3 Bxh3 12.cxd4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Qh3+
{Check mate the next move.} 0-1

[Event "Composition"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1737.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Philipp Stamma"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {First game. First variation, beginning at the seventh
move of the White. Notes by Philipp Stamma.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Ng5 Qf6 6.Bxf7+ Kf8 7.Qe2 h6 8.Bxg8 Nd4
9.Qd2 hxg5 10.Bc4 Nf3+ 11.gxf3 Qxf3 12.Rf1 Rxh2 13.c3 Bh3
14.d4 Bxf1 15.Bxf1 exd4 16.cxd4 Re8 {This is much better than
taking the Pawn with the Queen.} 17.Nc3 Bb4 {White must
evidently lose the game.} 0-1

[Event "Composition"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1737.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Philipp Stamma"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {First game. Second variation, beginning at the
thirteenth move of the first variation. Notes by Philipp
Stamma.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Ng5 Qf6 6.Bxf7+ Kf8
7.Qe2 h6 8.Bxg8 Nd4 9.Qd2 hxg5 10.Bc4 Nf3+ 11.gxf3 Qxf3 12.Rf1
Rxh2 13.d4 exd4 14.Be2 Qxe4 15.Qxg5 Bf5 16.Qf4 Qxc2 17.Nd2 {If
the White takes the Rook, Black will win the game in three
moves.} Re8 {White must lose the game.} 0-1

[Event "Composition"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1737.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Philipp Stamma"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.e4 {First game. Third variation, beginning at the seventh
move of the White. Notes by Philipp Stamma.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Ng5 Qf6 6.Bxf7+ Kf8 7.Qd2 {If the White
play the Queen to K. B. third square [7.Qf3], Black will gain
a piece by exchanging Queens, and then advancing K. R. P. one
square [7.Qf3 Qxf3 8.gxf3 h6].} h6 8.Bxg8 Kxg8 9.Nf3 Bg4
10.Qd1 Nd4 11.Nbd2 Rf8 12.c3 Nxf3+ 13.Nxf3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qxf3
{Black will gain a pawn with a good position.} 0-1

[Event "Composition"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1737.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Philipp Stamma"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {First game. Fourth variation, beginning at the tenth
move of the third variation. Notes by Philipp Stamma.} e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Ng5 Qf6 6.Bxf7+ Kf8 7.Qd2 h6
8.Bxg8 Kxg8 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Ng1 Rf8 11.f3 Qh4+ {This appears to
be a useless check, as the Queen may be immediately forced to
retreat by the advance of the K. Kt. P. [g3] this is, however,
rather in favour of the Black, as the subsequent moves show;
had the White moved the K. to Q. square [Kd1], Black would
have gained a pawn after taking K. Kt. with K. B. [12.Kd1
Bxg1].} 12.g3 Qf6 13.Qd1 Nd4 {Black should take K. Kt. and
then K. B. P. [13...Bxg1 followed by ...Bxf3].} 14.Nd2 Kh7
15.a3 {It would be better to move Q. B. P. one square
[15.c3].} a5 16.b3 Rf7 17.Bb2 Rhf8 {Black has the better
game.} 0-1

[Event "Composition"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1737.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Philipp Stamma"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {First game. Fifth variation, beginning at the twelfth
move of the fourth variation. Notes by Philipp Stamma.} e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Ng5 Qf6 6.Bxf7+ Kf8 7.Qd2 h6
8.Bxg8 Kxg8 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Ng1 Rf8 11.f3 Qh4+ 12.Kf1 Bxg1
13.Kxg1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nd4 15.Qf2 Nxf3+ 16.Kg2 Qg4+ 17.Qg3 Nh4+
{Black wins the game in two moves.} 0-1

[Event "Analyse du jeu des Échecs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1749.??.??"]
[EventDate "1749.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "François André Philidor"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 {Annotations by Philidor from Black's perspective.} e5
2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 f5 {It is always advantageous to change your
king's bishop's pawn for his king's pawn, because, by that
means, your king's and queen's pawns may place may place
themselves in the centre of the chess-board; besides, in
castling on the right wing, your castle finds itself free and
able to act from the very beginning of the game, as will be
shown by a back-game on the same play.} 4. d3 c6 5. exf5 {If
your adversary refuse taking your bishop's pawn, you are still
to leave it exposed, and not move it till he has castled; you
must afterwards, with your pawns on the right wing; form your
attack upon the pawns which cover his king, as is explained in
a back-game on that move. You are to observe, as a general
rule, not to determine easily to push on the pawns on either
wing before your adversary's king has castled, because he will
otherwise retire on the side where your pawns are less
advanced, and consequently less able to annoy him.} Bxf5
6. Bg5 Nf6 7. Nbd2 {Should he take your knight with his
bishop, you must take his with your pawn, in order to bring
the strength of your pawns towards the centre.} d5 8. Bb3 Bd6
{This is the best square your king's bishop can choose, except
the fourth of your queen's bishop: in that place he may be of
use in forming your attack upon the king's castle's pawn, in
case he should castle on his left side.} 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O
{If he had castled on his queen's side, it would then have
been your play to castle on your king's side, in order to
attack him afterwards more easily with the pawns on your
left. Again, it being necessary to observe, as a general rule,
that, as it is often dangerous to attack the adversary too
soon, here likewise you must be reminded not to be too hasty
in your attack, until your pawns are previously sustained by
one another, and also by your pieces, otherwise those
premature attacks will be unsuccessful, as will be shown by a
back-game on this play.} Nbd7 11. Nh4 {He plays the knight to
make room for his king's bishop's pawn, with a design next to
advance it two squares to try to break the line of your
pawns.} Qe6 12. Nxf5 {If he had pushed his king's bishop's
pawn two squares, instead of taking your bishop, you should
then have attacked his queen with your queen's bishop, and
then pushed your king's castle's pawn upon his bishop, to
force him to take your knight; in this case, your best way
would be to take his bishop with your pawn, in order the
better to support your king's pawn, and replace it in case it
be taken.} Qxf5 13. Bxf6 {If he did not take this knight, his
bishop would remain imprisoned by your pawns, or he would lose
three moves, which loss would entirely ruin his game.} gxf6
14. f4 Qg6 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Rf3 {He plays this castle with
the design either to attack and remove your queen or to double
it, if necessary, with his other castle.} h5 {You play this
pawn two squares, to give room to your queen, in case your
adversary attack her with his king's castle.} 17. Raf1 O-O-O
18. c4 e4 {Here is a move as difficult to comprehend as to be
well explained; in the first place you are to observe, that
when you find yourself with a string of pawns following one
another, the pawn which is at the head of them must strive to
preserve its post; your king's pawn not being upon the same
coloured squares, or in an oblique line with the others, your
adversary has pushed his queen's bishop's pawn, for two
reasons: the first, to induce you to advance your queen's
pawn, which would then be stopped by that of his queen, and,
by that means, to render useless your king's pawn thus left
behind: the second is, to prevent, at the same time, your
king's bishop from battering upon his king's castle's
pawn. You ought, therefore, to push your king's pawn upon his
castle, and even sacrifice it, because your adversary, by
taking it, opens a free passage to the pawn of your queen,
which you are to advance immediately, and sustain, in case of
need, with your others, in order order to try to make a queen
with it, or draw some other considerable advantage from it, to
win the game. It is true, that his queen's pawn being now on
the same line with its king, appears to have the same
advantage of having no opposition from your pawns to make a
queen; however, the difference is great, because his pawn
being entirely separated and incapable of being joined to, or
sustained by, any of the others, will always be in danger of
being seized on is road by your pieces continually warring
against it. This move, as has been before observed, is very
difficult; and one must be already a good player to judge well
of it.} 19. dxe4 d4 20. Bc2 Ne5 {It was necessary to play this
knight, in order to stop his king's pawn; the more so, because
this very pawn, in its present situation, stops the passage of
its own bishop, and even of its knight.} 21. Rf6 Qg7 22. Qf2
{He plays his queen, in order afterwards to give check, but,
if, instead of playing her, he had pushed his king's castle's
pawn, to hinder the attack of your knight, you must have
pushed your queen's pawn one square, which would have insured
you the game.} Ng4 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24. Rxd6 {He takes this bishop
to save his king's castle's pawn; besides, that bishop proves
more incommodious to him than all your other pieces, and by
this play he keeps your queen's castle in check with his
queen.} Rxd6 25. Qf4 Qe5 {Having the advantage of a castle
against a bishop, towards the end of a party, you will gain by
exchanging queens; because his queen is troublesome to you in
her present situation, and to avoid the check-mate, he finds
himself under the necessity of taking her.} 26. Qxe5 Nxe5
27. Rf5 Ng4 28. c5 Rg6 29. Nc4 Ne3 30. Nxe3 dxe3 31. Rf3 Rd8
{You must make yourself master of the openings, to bring the
castles into play, especially at the latter end of the game.}
32. Rxe3 Rd2 {Whatever else he had played, he could not
prevent you from doubling your castles, without losing his
bishop, or suffering you to make a queen with your pawn.} 0-1

[Event "London Exhibition"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1820.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Strickland"]
[Black "The Turk (Automaton)"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 {It was in 1820, during the Turk's major visit to
London, that a very fortunate episode in the story of the Turk
occurred. ... W. J. Hunneman, a friend of Maelzel and an
occasional director of the Turk, took up the task of recording
of the vast number of games played by the automaton during
this visit. These games were all played with odds of pawn and
move, in which the King's Bishop's pawn (f7) was removed from
the Turk's side of the board, and his opponent had the first
move. All of the games were played by Jacques-Francois
Mouret. -- Gerald M. Levitt, "The Turk, Chess Automaton",
2000.} g6 2. c3 e5 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nd2 O-O
7. Bd3 Na6 8. a3 Nh5 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. O-O Nf4 11. f3 Nxd3
12. fxg4 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 c6 14. Nf3 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nf2+ 16. Kg1
Nxg4+ 17. Kh1 Nf2+ 18. Kg1 Nxe4+ 19. Kh1 Nf2+ 20. Kg1 Nd3+
21. Kh1 e4 22. Ng5 Rf8 23. Bf4 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Rxf4 25. Nxf4 Nh3+
26. Kh1 Nxg5 27. b4 Bxa1 28. Qxa1 Qf2 29. Ne6 Nxe6 30. dxe6
Nc7 31. e7 e3 32. Qg1 Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1 d5 34. cxd5 cxd5 35. Kf1
Kf7 36. Ke2 d4 37. e8=Q+ Kxe8 38. a4 Nd5 0-1

[Event "London m 11"]
[Site "London m 11"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "1834.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 {This gambit,
although mentioned by the earlier writers, was neither well
analysed nor much practiced until about the period of these
matches. M'Donnell has the honor of having first elaborated
the attack, and Labourdonnais' in the course of these games,
discoverd and employed the defences which, until very lately,
were generally regarded as the best} Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7
6. d4 {M'Donnell here invented an ingenious variation,
beginning with 6.g3.} d6 7. Be2 {The moves 7.Nf3, or 7.e5, are
the strongest at this juncture. The move in the text is weak.}
Nc6 8. e5 Nge7 9. Nb5 O-O 10. Nxc7 Rb8 11. Nf3 Qh6 12. exd6
Nf5 13. c3 {Under the circumstances, the most advisable move
on the board. Had he attempted to save the exchange, the
superiority of Black's game would have soon become still more
marked. } Ng3+ 14. hxg3 Qxh1+ 15. Kf2 fxg3+ 16. Kxg3 Qxd1
17. Bxd1 h6 18. b3 b5 19. Be3 f5 20. d5 f4+ 21. Kh2 fxe3
22. dxc6 g4 23. Nd4 Be5+ 24. Kg1 Bxd6 25. Ncxb5 Bc5 26. b4 Bb6
27. Nd6 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Rxb4 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. d5 Kf7 31. Bb3
Ke7 32. Kf1 Re4 33. Ke2 Rf8 34. Kd3 Re5 35. Re1 Kd6 36. Rxe3
Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 h5 38. Ke4 h4 39. Bd1 h3 40. gxh3 gxh3 41. Bf3
h2 42. Bg2 Rf1 {The game throughout is played with the second
player's usual ability.} 0-1

[Event "London m 18"]
[Site "London m 18"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "1834.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Nc6 7. e5 Nge7 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. Ne4 h6 10. Nf6+
Bxf6 11. exf6 d5 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Qe1+ Kd8 14. Ne5 Nfxd4
{Apprehensive of 15.Be2. The following shows that 14...Ng3+
with a view of winning the exchange, would have lost Black the
game - 15.Kg1 Nxh1 16.Nxc6+ Kd7 (best) and White mates in
three moves. Black's proper move was 14...Re8, which would
have given him an evident advantage.} 15. c3 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Nc6
17. Qxd5+ Ke8 18. Bb5 Be6 19. Bxc6+ Kf8 20. Qc5+ Kg8 21. Bf3
Qg6 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qe5 {The last two moves with the Queen are
not good. He ought to have played 22.Qf2 or 22.b3.} Re8
24. Be2 {This is clearly fatal. Almost all the commentators
recommended here 24.Qxc5, but in that case Black might have
obtained an almost winning attack by 24...g4, etc. The correct
course was to play 24.Kf2, after which, White, with ordinary
care ought to have won without much trouble. If Black then
check at c2, White would have interposed the Queen. If, again,
24...Bd7 the reply would be 25.Qd6. And, if 24...g4, White
would play 25.Be4.} f3 25. Kf2 fxe2 26. Be3 b6 27. h4 {This
again, was far from being well played, but did not affect the
ultimate result.} Bd7 28. Qd5 Qxf6+ 29. Kxe2 Bg4+ 30. Kd2 Rd8
0-1

[Event "London m 20"]
[Site "London m 20"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "1834.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 {Annotation copyright Jan van Reek. --- A match of 85
games in six matches was one of the longest fights in chess
history. Sometimes the Irishman McDonnell thought for 1 1/2
hours, because he did not have to worry about a time
control. It made a profound impression on the public. His
opponent the Frenchman De la Bourdonnais was a fine attacking
player.} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Qd3
Nc6 7. Bxf7+ $2 {White plays too wild. Stronger is 7. Bb5 with
the threat of 8.d5.} 7...Kxf7 8. Qb3+ Kg6 {8... Ke7! is even
better.} 9. Qxb7 Nxd4 10. Qxa8 Nf6 {This looks like real
coffeehouse chess. White has not developed a piece and
abandoned his king.} 11. Na3 f3 $1 12. g3 (12. e5 c6 $1
13. exf6 fxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Bh3+ $1 15. Nxh3 Qg4+ 16. Kf1 (16. Kf2
Qf3+ 17. Kg1 Ne2#) 16... Qe2+ 17. Kg1 Nf3#) 12... Bh3+ 13. Ke1
Qg4 14. Be3 d5 $1 15. Qxa7 Nc6 16. Qxc7 d4 $1 17. Bd2
(17. Qxc6 dxe3 {threatens ..f2#} 18. Nxh3 Qxh3 {and
19...Qg2.}) 17... Qxe4+ 18. Kd1 f2 19. Nxh3 Qf3+ 20. Kc1 Qxh1+
{Black played a wonderful game in the style of Greco.} 0-1

[Event "London m 22"]
[Site "London m 22"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "1834.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. Nd5 {7.Nf3 or 7.e5 is the correct
play.} Kd8 8. Be2 {A weak move, which we cannot commend.} Nc6
9. e5 Nge7 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Nf3 Qh6 12. Ne4 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6
14. g4 {White, on account of the feeble manner in which he
conducted the opening, has anything but a good game at this
stage. This move only serves to enhance his difficulties.}
Nfxd4 15. Kg2 Bxg4 16. h4 Bxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Ne5
19. Qb3 Qg6 20. Qxb7 Rc8 21. Bd2 gxh4+ 22. Kf1 Rg8 23. Nxd6
{Well played, but the exposed condition of White's king is
such that no play could avert ultimate defeat.} cxd6 24. Ba5+
Ke8 25. Qxc8+ Kf7 26. Qb7+ Be7 27. Qd5+ Kf8 28. Rd1 f3 29. Rd2
h3 30. Qa8+ Kf7 31. Qd5+ Kf8 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33.Qxa7 Qg2+ {The
decisive couop, and one which Black evidently contemplated,
when, at his twenty-ninth move, he played ...h3. } 34. Rxg2+
fxg2+ 35. Kg1 Nf3+ 36. Kf2 gxh1=Q 37. Qxe7+ Kh6 38. Qxd6+ Kh5
39. Qd5+ Rg5 40. Qf7+ Kg4 41. Qc4+ Nd4 {Again excellently
played. A glance at the board will show that this was the only
method of avoiding perpetual check.} 42. Qxd4+ Kh5 43. Bb6
Qh2+ {43...Qg1+ would have brought about a more speedy
termination. } 44. Ke1 Re5+ 45. Kd1 Qe2+ 46. Kc1 Qe1+ 47. Qd1+
Qxd1+ 48. Kxd1 h2 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 {The
game before us is the first in which that most beautiful of
openings, the "Evans Gambit", ocurrs between these two
distinguished players. M'donnell had for some time been
familiar with the attack, having analyzed this debut with its
originator, Captain Evans. Labourdonnais, on the other hand,
was comparitavely unacquainted with this new style of play,
and although unfortunate in the first encounter deserves great
credit for the skill and patience with which he elaborated the
defence in subsequent games.} Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 {Our readers are
all aware that there has long existed a difference of opinion
among good players as to the relative advantages of 5...Ba5
and ...Bc5. The latter move, in our opinion affords a more
satisfactory defence than any at the second player's choice.}
6. O-O {This was considered White's best play until after the
death of both these illustrious chess athletes. Later analysis
has proved 6.d4 followed by 7.O-O, etc, to be the strongest
line of attack at this juncture. } d6 {6...Nf6 is the correct
move. If, in reply, White advanced 7.d4, Black replies with
...O-O, and will preserve a safe and well developed game. }
7. d4 Bb6 {Black should have captured pawn with pawn before
retreating the bishop to b6. } 8. dxe5 Bg4 9. Bb5 Bxf3
10. Qxf3 dxe5 11. Qg3 Qf6 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 {To have retaken with queen would have been better
play. Suppose 14...Qxf6 15.Nc4 O-O 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Nxe5 Qe6
(best) The game is quite even. Had Black, in this variation,
captured the king's pawn with queen on his last move, he must
have lost the exchange as White would have moved 18.Nd7. }
15. Rad1 Bc5 16. Qg7 Ke7 {A mistake which costs the
exchange. He should have moved the attacked rook to f8. }
17. Bc4 Rag8 18. Qxg8 Rxg8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nc2 Rg4 21. Rfe1
f5 22. exf5 exf5 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Ke6 25. Rh3 Rg7
26. Rh6+ Ke7 27. Rb1 Nd8 28. f3 b6 29. Rd1 Nf7 {Had the knight
been played to e6, White would equally have won by 30.Rd5. }
30. Rc6 Rg8 31. Rxc7+ Kf6 32. Rxa7 Rc8 33. Rdd7 Ng5 34. Rdc7
1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 {3.Nf3 is now
generally preferred at this point, and leads to an interesting
game. Black's reply is 3...Nxe4 or ...Nc6. If the former be
adopted, 4.Nc3 on White's part, a move first brought in vogue
by Mr Boden, undoubtedly the strongest English player of the
present, affors a scope for positions of peculiar
interest. Should Black decline the capture of the king's pawn,
and moves 3...Nc6, the opening is resolved into the "Two
Knights Game". White's rejoinder being 4.Ng5, or better,
perhaps, 4.d4.} exd4 4. e5 Qe7 {A bad move, resulting in loss
of time and position. 4...d4, Black's accepted play, would
have given him the better opening. } 5. Qe2 Ng8
{Compulsory. Had Black now played 5...d5, he would have
evidently have lost a piece, as White would have captured
knight with pawn, and on Black's exchanging queens, (his best
move), would have retaken with the bishop. } 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. c3
d6 8. cxd4 Bg4 9. Bb5 d5 10. Nc3 Qe6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 {Surely, 13...bxc6, would have been far
better. The uncovering of his king was a matter of small
consequence compared to the loss of his valuable f-pawn and
the "passing" of his adversar's advanced center pawn. The loss
of the game may be ascribed to the heedless move here made by
Labourdonnais. } 14. Qxf7 Bb4 15. Bd2 Ne7 16. O-O Rdf8 17. Qh5
Nf5 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 g6 20. Qd1 h5 21. Rc1 Qe6 22. Qe1 h4
23. f4 Rfg8 24. Rf3 Kb8 25. Qd2 Rh7 26. Qd3 Rhg7 27. Bd2
{Preventing the threatened advance of the g-pawn. } a6 28. b4
Qb6 29. Bc3 {This bishop was well posted, and should not have
been withdrawn from the diagonal it occupied. 29.Rc5 as
suggested by Mr. Walker, would have done White better
service. } Ng3 30. a4 Ne4 31. b5 g5 {Black now gains an
opening on the adverse king, but his attack fails, and the
stength of White's passed center pawns becomes irresistable.}
32. f5 g4 33. hxg4 Rxg4 34. Rc2 h3 {Labourdonnais management
of the latter part of this game is very ingenious, but the
crushing force of M'Donnell's pawns tells heavily throughout
the termination. } 35. Rxh3 Rg3 36. Rxg3 Rxg3 37. a5 {Very
well played. } Qh6 {37...Rxd3 would have won a piece, but
could not have saved the game. Suppose, 37...Rxd3 38.axb6 Nxc3
39.Rxc3 Rxc3 40.f6 and will queen one of his pawns. Or
37...Rd3 38.axb6 Rxc3 39.Rxc3 Nxc3 40.e6 (best) Ne4 41.e7 Nf6
42.g4 Kc8 43.bxa6 (best) bxa6 (best) (The line of play
beginning with White's 43rd move, is the only road to
victory. Should he move 43.g5, Black would draw by 43...cxb6,
and on White's capturing the knight, moving ...Kd7. We
recommend this study to the student's attention; it will amply
replay perusal) 44.b7+ Kxb7 (Here again, should White
incautiously advance his pawn to g5, Black would secure a
drawn battle by taking ...cxb6, and moving his king to d7 on
White's capturing his knight.) 45.g5 Ne8 (The advance of the
knight's pawn now forces the game, the Black king having been
removed one square by the sacrifice of the b-pawn.) 45.f6
winning. White might also have won by 40.f6, but not as
prettily. These variations contain a number of others which we
must omit, after commending them to the patient study of
amateurs. [37...Rxd3 38.axb6 A) 38...Rxc3 39.Rxc3 Nxc3 40.e6
Ne4 41.e7 Nf6 42.g4 Kc8 43.bxa6 (43.g5 cxb6 44.gxf6 Kd7)
43...bxa6 44.b7+ (44.g5 cxb6 45.gxf6 Kd7) 44...Kxb7 45.g5 Ne8
46.f6; B) 38...Nxc3 39.Rxc3 Rxc3 40.f6] } 38. Bd2 Qh3 39. Qf1
Rg8 40. f6 Qh5 41. f7 Rf8 42. e6 Ng3 43. Qf3 Qh1+ 44. Kf2 Ne4+
45. Ke2 Qb1 46. e7 Qxb5+ 47. Qd3 Ng3+ 48. Kd1 {This game is
finely played throughout by M'Donnell. His play in these
matches, unfortunately, does not appear to have been as
uniformly sustained as that of his great competitor. } 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3
f6 6. Na3 Nh6 7. Nc2 Nf7 8. d4 Qb6 9. Ne3 {Premature. He
should have moved 9.Bd3. The great fault to be found with
Mcdonnell's play in all these Sicilian and French openings, as
also in the Queen's Gambits, is loss of time, which, against
such a powerful antagonist as Labourdonnais, could ill be
afforded by any player. } cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 fxe5
12. fxe5 O-O 13. Kg3 Qc7 14. h4 Nfxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Kh3
Nxf3 17. gxf3 d4 18. Ng4 h5 19. Nf2 Qe5 20. Bd3 Bd6 21. Ne4
Bc7 22. Kg2 Bd7 23. f4 Qf5 24. Ng5 Bc6+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Qxg4
hxg4 27. Rh2 Bd5 28. h5 {The obvious move of 28.Rf2, was the
coupe juste and would have left the advantage with White. }
Rxf4 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. Ne4 Be3+ 31. Kg2 Rf8 32. Rf1 Rf5
33. Rhh1 {Here, again, we are at a loss to understand how
White could be guilty of such a glaring mistake. Had he played
instead, 33.Rh4, the game must have been won without any
trouble.} Re5 34. Kg3 Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Rh4 e5 37. Rxg4
Bf4+ 38. Kf3 Re3+ 39. Kf2 d3 40. Rfg1 Re2+ 41. Kf3 Bh6 42. Re4
Rxb2 43. Rxe5 Rxa2 44. Kg4 d2 45. Rd5 Rc2 46. Rg3 b5 47. Rgd3
Rc1 48. Kf5 Kh7 49. Rxd2 Bxd2 50. Rxd2 a5 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. e5
f6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Na3 Qb6 {In this and the subsequent games at
the same opening, Labourdonnais never fails to make this very
necessary move at the proper time. } 8. Nc2 Nh6 9. d4 cxd4
10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Kf2 {The
interposition of the queen's bishop would have been much
better. } O-O 14. Rf1 {This was probably hastily played, and
should have resulted in the loss of a pawn. More correct would
have been 14.Kg3. } fxe5 15. fxe5 {Some instructive
variations, resulting, however, in every instance, in Black's
favor, would have sprung from 15.Nxe5. Suppose 15.Nxe5 Qxd4+
16.Kg3 (It is evident that the White king can only choose
between this and the move given below) Rad8 and Black must
win. For if 17.Bxh7+ Kxf7 Qxd4 Nf5+ 19.K moves Nxd4 with the
advantage of a piece. Or 16.Ke2 After this move, it will at
first sight appear that Black must now submit to some loss, as
his queen's bishop is attacked by the adverse knight,while
White also threatens to win the queen by 17.Bxh7+. It will be
seen, however, that Black has one move in store which not only
enables him to thwart his opponents designs, but actually
increases the superiority of his game. 16...Bb5 17.Bxb5 (It is
quite clear that if White does not capture the queen's bishop,
Black remains with a vastly superior position) 17...Qe4+
18.Be3 Bc5, etc. and Black must win. } Nf5 {This, like his
adversary's fourteenth move, must have been played without
consideration. 15...Qxd4+ would have given him a winning
advantage at once. } 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Kg1 Rc8 18. g4 {This
considerably weakens White's game on the king's side; to it
may be ascribed the loss of the contest. } Rf7 19. a4 Rcf8
20. Be3 Be7 21. Qe2 Qb3 22. Bg5 Bb4 {Black would have gained
nothing by 22...Rxf3, as White, in that case, would have
replied with 23.Bxe7. } 23. Kg2 {Fatal, but the first players
situation, in any case, is anything but enviable. } Rxf3
24. Rxf3 Rxf3 25. Rc1 Rf8 26. Rc7 Bc6 27. Be3 Qc4 28. Qd1 Ba5
29. Re7 Bxa4 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. c3 d5 5. e5
f6 6. Na3 Nh6 7. Nc2 Qb6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 Bd7
11. h4 {For comments on the opening we refer the reader to the
games previously published in the LEDGER. } fxe5 12. fxe5 O-O
13. Kg3 {White here declines to exchange his queen's bishop
for Black's king's knight, and considering the winning
position he very soon obtains, we must pronounce this line of
play adopted instead, to have been the correct one. } Nf5+
14. Kh3 Be7 15. Bd3 Qd8 16. g4 {Very well played.} Nxh4 {An
injudicious capture, courted by his adversary, and which ought
to have resulted in Black's defeat. 16...Nh6 would have been
preferable, though still leaving the advantage with the first
player. } 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. g5 Bxg5 19. Qh5 {White has now
acquired a winning position. } Bh6 {If 19...h6 20.Rg1 (best)
Bxc1 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.Qg6+ Kh8 23.Qh7 mate. Black may, of
course, vary his 19th move but it will be found that in no
case, can defeat be averted. } 20. Bxh6 {M'Donnell does not
here select the best move. 20.Rg1 was the coupe just, and must
have speedily forced the game. Suppose 20.Rg1 Kh8 (best)
21.Rxg7 Kxg7 (21...Rf3+ 22.Kg2 (best) Rxd3 23.Qxh6, winning
easily) Mates in four moves.} gxh6 21. Rag1+ Kh8 22. Qxh6
{White should have continued thus 22.Bxh7 Qe7 (best) 23.Bd3,
and win} Qe7 23. Rg3 {Again , 23.Bxh7 was the correct
play. 23.Bxh7 Qxh7 (23...Rf3+ 24.Kg2 winning) 24.Qxh7+ Kxh7
25.Rg3, and wins at once. } Rg8 24. Qf6+ {M'donnell might even
now have captured the rook's pawn with bishop, though not with
the same effect as on the preceeding moves. The check here
given was one of the worst moves at his disposal; it enables
Black at once to relieve himself from all embarrassment by an
exchange of queens. } Qxf6 25. exf6 e5+ 26. Kg2 e4 27. Be2
Rxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Rg8+ 29. Kh4 Rg2 30. Rf1 Kg8 {White, the reader
need hardly be told, would immediately queen his advanced
pawn, where his antagonist to capture the bishop. } 31. Bd1
Be6 32. b4 a6 33. a4 Rh2+ 34. Kg5 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bh5
{This is mere desperation; the game is now irretrievably
lost.} Rxc2 37. Ra1 Nd8 38. Ra7 e3 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Kh6 Nf7+
41. Bxf7 Bxf7 42. Rg3 Rh2+ 43. Kg5 e2 44. Re3 Bh5 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy.} c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. e5
f6 6. Na3 Nh6 7. Nc2 Qb6 8. d4 Bd7 9. Ne3 {As has been
remarked in a note to one of the preceding games, this move is
premature. White's true course was to deploy his forces and
Castle as speedily as possible. } cxd4 10. cxd4 {To have
retaken with Knight would hardly have been better. The line of
play adopted by White in the opening is so radically bad, that
no deviation from his usual routine afterwards can improve his
game. } Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O 12. Kg3 fxe5 13. fxe5 Rac8 14. h4
Rxf3+ {A sound sacrifice. Black wins a pawn in return for the
sacrifice of the exchange, and obtains a good attacking
position. } 15. gxf3 {The best mode of capturing the Rook. Had
White taken with the Queen instead, Black would still have
farther advanced his game by 15.Qxd4 and so on. } Nxd4 16. Bd3
Rf8 17. f4 Bc5 18. Rf1 {M'Donnell has a difficult game. b4,
which he played on his twenty-fifth move, would have done him
better service at this stage.} Bb5 {An excellent move,
compelling an exchange of Bishops, which materially weakens
White's position and strengthens the attack.} 19. Bxb5 Qxb5
20. Kh3 Ne2 21. Ng2 {We are surprised that M'Donnell should
not have first played a4 forcing the Black Queen to a6, whence
she could not easily have been brought over to the point of
attack on the King's side of the board. } Nf5 22. Kh2 Neg3
23. Rf3 Ne4 24. Qf1 Qe8 {The truth of the last note is now
apparent. Were the Queen now at a6, Black could not so
immediately avail himself of her powerful aid.} 25. b4 Bd4
26. Rb1 Qh5 27. Rbb3 Rc8 28. Be3 Rc2 29. Kg1 Nxe3 30. Rfxe3
Nd2 31. Qd3 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Nf1+ 33. Kh3 Nxe3 34. Nxe3 Qf3+
35. Kh2 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. c3
f6 6. Na3 Nh6 7. Nc2 Qb6 8. d4 Bd7 9. h4 O-O-O 10. a3 Kb8
11. b4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. Kf2 h5 14. Bd3 Nh6 {Had Black
captured the d-pawn with the Queen's Knight, White would have
replied 15.Nc2xd4, followed by 16.Be3, winning a piece. }
15. Bd2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Be7 18. a4 g5 19. a5 Qc7
20. b5 gxf4+ 21. Kh3 Nxd4 22. Ncxd4 fxe5 23. b6 Qd6 24. Nxe5
{24.Rhb1 has justly been pronounced White's best play at this
juncture. The move is fruitful of interesting variations and
would, we think, have left the advantage with the first
player. } Qxe5 25. Qxe5+ Nxe5 26. Bxf4 Bd6 27. Bb5 Rc3+ 28. g3
Bc8 29. bxa7+ Ka8 30. a6 bxa6 {Black should at once have
retreated his Knight to f7, and must then have won through the
strength of his passed center pawns. } 31. Bxa6 Nf7 32. Bxd6
Nxd6 33. Bxc8 Rhxc8 34. Nxe6 Ne4 35. Rhg1 Nf2+ {35...Rc2 was
the correct play. } 36. Kg2 Ng4 37. Rgb1 Rc2+ 38. Kg1 Ne5
39. Ra3 Rc1+ 40. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Rc6 43. Nf4
d4 44. Ke2 Rc2+ 45. Kd1 Rc4 46. Nxh5 Ng4 47. Nf4 Ne3+ 48. Ke2
Nf5 49. Nd5 Nxg3+ 50. Kf3 Rc6 51. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. c3
f6 6. Na3 Nh6 7. Nc2 Qb6 8. d4 Bd7 9. Ne3 {Premature; surely
9.9.Be2 or Bd3 would have been better play.} cxd4 10. cxd4
Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O 12. Kg3 fxe5 13. fxe5 Be8 14. Kh3 Bh5 15. g4
Bg6 16. Bg2 Be4 17. g5 Nf5 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Be3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3
Nxe5 21. Bg4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Raf8 23. Rag1 Bd6 24. Bc1 Rf3+
25. Kh4 R8f4 {The game is capitally played from first to last
by Labourdonnais, but very indifferently by his antagonist. }
0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 {Notes by Morphy} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 {See
the first note on the tenth game between these players.} exd4
5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 {The correct move; in subsequent games,
however, M'Donnell almost invariably committed the error of
playing the bishop to e7. } 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5
{M'Donnell has been justly censured for his premature adoption
of this move in these contests. There are, undoubtedly, many
cases, in which the g-pawn may be thrown forward with
advantage; the move, however, should be made at the proper
stage of the game. } 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Qd3 Kg7 {This
move enables White to obtain an advantage in position by
13.Ne5. 12...Bxf3 would certainly have been preferable. If, in
reply, White captures 13.Qxf3 he does not appear to possess
any marked advantage; and if 13.Qg6+ Kh8 14.Qxh6+ Nh7 15.gxf3
Nxd4 and Black's game is quite as good as his antagonist's. }
13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nh5 15. Nd5 Nxg3 {We do not like this,
but it would be difficult to select a move of any greater
promise. White has the better game in consequence of Black's
erroneous twelth move.} 16. Qxg3 Bh5 17. f4 Na5 18. b3 Nxc4
19. bxc4 c6 20. Nf6 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Bg6 22. Rad1 Qxc4 23. f5 Bh7
24. Nd7 Rfd8 25. e6 f6 26. Qc7 Rdc8 27. Qxb7 Qb5 28. Rb1 Qxb7
29. Rxb7 Kh8 30. Nxf6 Bg8 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Rdd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7
g4 34. Kg1 a5 35. e7 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 {Notes by Morphy} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4
5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 {See, for remarks on this opening, the
Queen's Gambits previosly published by the LEDGER. } 7. Nf3
O-O 8. Be3 c6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. O-O Nfd5 12. Qe2 Kh8
13. Rae1 Bd6 14. Bc2 f5 15. Ne5 f4 {M'Donnell's favorite
advance of his f-pawn in these games.} 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Ng6+
Kg8 18. Bb3+ Nbd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 {He should evidently have been
mated on the next move, had he captured his adversary's
queen. } 20. Bxd5+ Nxd5 21. Qxd5+ Rf7 22. Ne5 Be6 23. Qxe6
Bxe5 24. dxe5 fxe3 25. Rxe3 {The series of moves, beginning
with the sixteenth, has been capitally played by
Labourdonnais, and the result is a clear gain of two
pawns. All interest in the game is now at an end, victory
being a mere question of time. } Qe8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. f4 Rc7
28. Rf2 Kf7 29. g4 Rc5 30. Rfe2 a5 31. Kf2 b5 32. Kf3 b4
33. a3 Rb8 34. axb4 Rxb4 35. Rc3 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 {Notes by Morphy} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. dxe5 {The
move generally recognized as the best is 4.Bxc4. This capture
of the King's pawn brins about an exchange of Queens, and
greatly diminishes the interest of the game} Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nc6
6. f4 Be6 7. Bd2 Bc5 8. Nf3 h6 9. Nc3 Rd8 10. Ke1 Nge7 11. Rc1
Bb4 12. Nb5 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Rd7 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Rxc4 O-O
16. Nf3 Rfd8 17. Ke2 Nd5 18. Nbd4 {This was probably hastily
played , and with the proper reply on the part of Black should
have equalized the game. } Nxd4+ {Curiously enough Black
overlooks the opportunity afforded by his adversary's last
move. He ought now to have proceeded as follows: 18...Nxf4+
19.exf4 Nxd4+ 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 and the game is quite even.}
19. Rxd4 c5 20. Rd2 Nb4 21. a3 Rxd2+ 22. Nxd2 Nc6 23. Nc4 b6
24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. Kd3 Ke6 28. Ke4 Ne7
29. g4 g6 30. a4 f5+ 31. exf6 Kxf6 32. Ne5 Ke6 33. Nxg6 Nc8
{The game being past redemption , it is quite immaterial what
move Black selects. If he now captures knight with knight,
White of course wins easily by 34f5+, etc.} 34. f5+ Kd6 35. h4
Kc7 36. Ke5 Nd6 37. f6 a6 38. Ke6 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. f7 Nxf7
41. Kxf7 Kd6 42. Nf4 c4 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 b4 45. Ne2 {This
is one of the few contests ocurring between these players
which present but few points of interest. It affords scarcely
any opportunity for variations or comments.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 {Notes by Paul Morphy} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4
exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 {See notes on previous games at
the same opening. } 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be3 c6 {M'Donnell should
rather had played ...Bg4, and then have brought out his
Queen's Knight. } 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. O-O Nfd5
{M'Donnell has now obtained his favorite position in the
Queen's Gambit. It is far from being a commendable one. }
12. a4 a5 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bc2 f5 {14...f6, with a view of
dislodging the Knight, would have resulted in the same
position; suppose 14...f6 15.Qh5 f5 (best) 17.Qe2 and we
arrive at the position occurring after White's fifteenth move
in the text. } 15. Qe2 f4 16. Bd2 Qe8 17. Rae1 Bf7 {Fearing
the loss of a pawn by 18.Nxc6, etc, Black's proper course was
to retreat the Bishop to d7. } 18. Qe4 g6 19. Bxf4 Nxf4
20. Qxf4 Bc4 {Black foresaw this move when he played 17...Bf7,
but he evidently did not foresee that he could not capture
without immediately losing the game. } 21. Qh6 Bxf1 22. Bxg6
hxg6 23. Nxg6 Nc8 {Black has a lost game, but he might have
considerably prolonged the contest by 23...Bf6. Let us suppose
23...Bf6 24.Rxe8 (best) Rf8xe8 25.Kxf1 Bxd4 and although Black
must ultimately lose, owing to White's passed Pawns on the
King's side, his position is more tenable than that attainable
by any other line of play. } 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Nf4
Bd3 27. Re6+ Kg5 28. Qh6+ Kf5 29. g4# {A contest admirably
managed by Labourdonnais.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 {Notes by Morphy} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 f5 {Weak; The
correct play is ...e5, which leads to an even game. As was
observed in a note to one of the preceeding games, M'Donnell's
radically unsound defences to the Queen's Gambit greatly
detract from the merit of these contests, so beautifully
conducted throughout by his antagonist. } 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c6
{Feebly played again. He should have brought out his king's
bishop at once.} 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. e4 b5 8. Bb3 a5 {All this is
deplorably weak. M'Donnell's conduct of this game would have
been unworthy of a player to whom he could have given the odds
of a piece. } 9. exf5 exf5 10. O-O a4 11. Bxg8 Rxg8 12. Bg5
Qc7 13. Qe2+ Kf8 {Why throw a move away by not moving the King
to f7 at once? } 14. Rfe1 Kf7 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. d5 h6 17. dxc6
Qa6 18. Nxb5 hxg5 19. Nxd6+ Kg6 20. Ne5+ Kf6 21. Qh5 g6
22. Qh7 Be6 23. Nxg6 Nxc6 24. Rxc6 Qd3 25. Qe7+ {White could
have mated in two moves by two different lines of play, thus:
25.Rxe6+ Kxe6 26.Qf7 mate or more prettily 25.Qf7+ Bxf7 26.Ne8
mate. } Kxg6 26. Rxe6+ Kh5 27. Qh7+ Kg4 28. Rc4+ f4 29. h3+
Qxh3 30. Qxh3# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 {Notes by Morphy} d5 2. Bf4 {This move, has , we think,
been unjustly censured, as with the best after-play on both
sides, the second player does not appear to obtain the
slightest advantage. } c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3
6. Bxf3 e6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 {Black only
gains the pawn temporarily, as White is enabled presently to
recover it by first capturing Knight with Bishop, and then
moving Qa4. } 10. O-O Be7 {Had Black here moved 10...Nd5, the
following would have been the probable continuation: 11.Bxd5
exd5 12.Nb5 Rc8 13.Re1+ Be7 (best) 14.Nd6+ winning the
exchange. } 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. a3 Bd6
{Nd5, at once strikes us as better play. } 15. Bg3 Bxg3
16. fxg3 Nd5 17. Rae1 Qg5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. b4 a5 20. Nc5 axb4
21. axb4 Rb8 22. Na6 Rb6 23. b5 Qa3 {The correct move,
ensuring the immediate gain of a pawn. 23.cxb5 would have
given Black no advantage. Suppose 23...cxb5 24.Qxd5 exd5 (If
24...Rxa6 25.Qxb5. and the game is even) 25.Rxe7 Rxa6 26.Rd7
and White must now win d-pawn, after which his game will be
fully as good as his antagonist's. } 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5
Rxb5 26. Nd7 Rc8 27. Ne5 Rb7 28. Rc1 Rbc7 29. Rc5 f6 30. Nc4
Kf8 31. Ra1 Ke7 32. Ra6 Nb4 33. Ra4 Rb8 34. Na5 Nd3 35. Kf1
Nxc5 36. dxc5 Rb5 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 {We
have, in a note to one of the preceeding contests, taken
occasion to remind the student that 4...Nf6, is here the
correct reply. 4...d6 enables the first player to obtain the
better game through the establishment of his pawns in the
center. } 5. d3 {5.d4, was the coupe just, and properly
followed up, would have given him a slightly superior
position. } Nf6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. b5 Ne7 9. h3 Ng6 10. Qe2
Be6 11. Na3 O-O 12. g4 {The style of play adopted by
Labourdonnais in the game before us, can not be commended. It
is by far too bold and wreckless to be ventured upon with an
adversary of equal force, and as in this instance, generally
results in defeat. } d5 13. Ba2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bxa2 15. Rxa2
Nd7 16. Nc4 Re8 17. h4 Nc5 18. Rd2 Qc8 19. Rd5 Nxa4 20. h5 Nf4
{Well played; Black must now win the exchange. To have taken
the c-pawn with the other knight would have been bad
play. Suppose 20...Nxc3 21.Qd3 Nxd5 22.hxg6 Nf6 (best)
23.gxf7+ Kxf7 24.Qb3 and must win. } 21. Bxf4 Nxc3 22. Qd3
Nxd5 23. Qxd5 exf4 24. Ng5 Re7 25. h6 g6 26. Nxb6 cxb6 27. Qd4
Qf8 28. Qf6 Rd7 29. Ke2 Rad8 30. e5 Rd2+ 31. Kf1 Rxf2+ {Very
well played; this sacrifice forces the game. } 32. Kxf2 Qc5+
33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Kh3 Qe3+ 35. Nf3 {If 36.Kh4, Black mates with
...Qg3} Qxf3+ 36. Kh4 Qxh1+ 37. Kg5 Kf8 {The following line of
play, indicated by another commentator, would have been far
more expeditious: 37...Qxh6+ 38.Kxh6 Rh2+ 39.Kg5 h6+ 40.Kxf4
Rf2+ 41.K moves Rxf6 42.exf6 a5 winning. } 38. Qh8+ Ke7
39. Qf6+ Ke8 40. Qh8+ Kd7 41. e6+ fxe6 42. Qg7+ Kd6 43. Qf8+
Kc7 44. Qxf4+ Rd6 45. Qf7+ Kc8 46. Qg8+ Rd8 47. Qxh7 Qd5+
48. Kh4 Qh1+ 49. Kg5 Rd5+ 50. Kf6 Qf3+ 51. Kxe6 Qe4+ 52. Kf6
Qe5+ 53. Kf7 Rd7+ 54. Kf8 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 {For
comments on the opening moves, see the fourth game of the
series} 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. d5 Nce7 8. e5 Bg4 9. Bb5+
{Qa4+ would have been much stronger and would have given rise
to some variations of interest. Suppose 9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qb3 and
White, threatening 11.e6, etc, has the better game. If 9...c6
10.dxc6 Nxc6 (or bxc6) 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Qxg4 with the better
position. If 9...Qd7 10.Bb5 c6 11.e6 and must win. If 9...Kf8
10.Qb3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ng6 and Black's game is quite as good as
his antagonist's. He has a strong and safe position, and will
have no difficulty in bringing his pieces into play. If White
should move 13.e6 (???) , Black might answer with ...Ne5,
having an excellent game.} Kf8 {Black might have played 9.c3
with safety. } 10. e6 fxe6 11. dxe6 Nf6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
c6 14. Bd3 Qc8 15. Bf5 {15.Qe2 strikes us as a better method
of protecting the pawn.} Ke8 {Black should have captured the
king's bishop with knight at once, and then continued
16...Ke7, winning the advanced king's pawn. } 16. O-O Rf8
17. Qd3 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 Ke7 { White, by needlessly giving up the
pawn and thus enabling Black to free his pieces, obtains an
inferior game. He might have played 19.Re1 and preserved his
advantage. He appears to have feared in reply 19...Nd5. The
subjoined variation shows that the move apprehended would have
resulted in White's favor: 19.Re1 Nd5 20.Bg5+ Ke8 21.Qxh7
Bxf2+ 22.Kh2 and White ought to win. } 19. Bg5 Qxe6 20. Qxh7
Qf7 21. Nc3 Kd7 22. Qf5+ Kc7 23. Bf4 Rad8 24. Qc2 {24.Rad1
would surely have been much stronger. } Kb8 25. a4 Nh5 26. Bg5
Rde8 27. a5 Bc5 28. Na4 Bd4 29. Qd2 {This is not a good move,
but in every event Black has a greatly superior position. }
Ng3 30. Rfd1 Bxf2+ 31. Kh2 Ne4 32. Qc1 Bg3+ 33. Kg1 Qf2+
34. Kh1 Be5 {M'Donnell certain of victory and seeing a good
move, did not give himself the trouble of looking for a
better. Otherwise he would have observed that 34...Rh8 would
have forced the game at once. } 35. Rd3 Ng3+ 36. Rxg3 Qxg3
37. Qg1 Qxg5 38. a6 Qg3 39. axb7 Rf2 40. Ra3 Qf4 {It is
curious that M'Donnell should here have overlooked the
following forced mate, given by previous commentators:
40...Rf1 41.Rxg3 Rxg1+ 42.Kxg1 Bxg3 and mates next move. }
41. Nb6 Rf1 42. Nd7+ Kc7 {Had Black taken the pawn Black would
have drawn the game as follows: 42...Kxb7 43.Rxa7+ Kc8 44.Nb6+
Kb8 (If 44...Kd8 45.Ra8 mate) 45.Nd7+ drawing by perpetual
check. } 43. b8=Q+ Rxb8 44. Nxb8 Bd4 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 {The
required move of 4...Nf6 is undoubtedly the best at Black's
command at this juncture; the objection to the course pursued
in the text is that enables White to establish center pawns. }
5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. d5 {This move, a favorite one with
Labourdonnais at this stage of the Giuco Piano, is inferior,
in our opinion, to 7.Nc3. The advance of the queen's pawn is
premature, and, if properly met by Black, should lead to a
perfectly even game. } Ne5 {The correct play is 7.Nce7}
8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O {This allows White by
playing his queen to f3, to double the Black pawns upon the
f-file, and to gain an opening upon the adverse king; but
however Black had played, white would still have had a
slightly superior game. } 11. Qf3 Qd6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6
gxf6 14. g4 Kg7 15. Ne2 Rh8 16. Rg1 Kf8 17. Rg2 Ke7 18. O-O-O
h5 {18...Bd7, with the view of playing the queen's rook to g8,
would have been far preferable. } 19. g5 f5 20. Nc3 Bc5 21. g6
Bd6 22. gxf7 Kxf7 23. f4 exf4 24. Rdg1 Kf8 25. Rg6 f3 26. exf5
Be5 {In this game M'Donnell does not seem to have played with
the self reliance which characterized the three preceding
contests. 25...Bd7 would surely have been more advisable; the
move made throws the game away at once. } 27. d6 cxd6 28. Rg8+
Rxg8 29. Rxg8+ Ke7 30. Nd5+ Kd7 31. Bb5# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Qf6
{As we remarked in a note to the first contest, this was
M'Donnells favorite defence to the Scotch Gambit. Later
analysis has shown it to be inferior to the now universally
accepted moves of 4...Bc5, or 4...Nf6. Another line of play
springing from 4...Bb4+ was of frequent ocurrence until within
a few years; but it is less commendable than either of the
moves which we have just mentioned. } 5. c3 {A feasble move at
this juncture, although decried by the leading authorities,
who agree in recommending 5.O-O, as a preliminary step to the
advance of this pawn. } d3 {M'Donnell here selects the best
move. It effectually prevents the formation of center pawns by
his adversary, and in a measure retains the action of the
White pieces on the Queen's side. If 5...dxc3 6.Nxc3 Bb4 7.Bd2
Nge7 8.Nb5 and White's superiority is more marked than in the
game as actually played. Again if 5...Bc5 6.e5 Qg6 (Black
evidently could not have played 6...Nxe5, as White would have
won a piece by 7.Qe2 followed by 8.cxd4) 7.cxd4 with a fine
game. Had Black in this latter variation played 6...Qe7, White
would have replied not with 7.cxd4 but with 7.O-O, having a
very strong attacking game.} 6. Qxd3 d6 7. O-O Qg6 8. Bf4 Be7
9. Nbd2 h5 {White's pieces are all in the field, while the
opponents forces are comparatively undeveloped. Under these
circumstances it strikes us that Black loses time by this
premature attempt to form an attack upon the White king's
entranched position. M'Donnells fondness for attack too often
betrayed him into those rash onslaughts, which, with even
players, generally recoil against the originator. We should
have played 9...Nh6 and then have castled. } 10. Rfe1 Bh3
11. Nh4 Bxh4 {11...Qg4 would have given rise to some
interesting var} 12. Qxh3 Bf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. f4
Nge7 16. fxe5 Qg4 17. Qxg4 hxg4 18. Nb3 Ng6 19. e6 f5 20. Rad1
Nge5 21. Bd3 Rh5 22. Bc2 Ke7 23. Nd4 Kf6 24. Rf1 Ne7 25. b4
{Had it been White's intention to maintain his Knight at d4,
this move would have been plausible enough, but as the Knight
was immediately retreated to e2 and g3, 25.b4 was clearly a
loss of time. He should have played 25.Ne2 at once. } Rah8
26. Ne2 Rxh2 27. Ng3 g6 {If 27...Nf3+ 28.gxf3 Rxc2 29.fxg4
Rhh2 30.Ne4+ Kxe6 (If 30...Kg6 31.gxf5+ Nxf5 32.Rxf5 Kxf5
33.e7 Rh8 34.Rd8 and White wins.) 31.Nf2 Rh6 (best) 32.Re1+
Kf7 33.Rd7 Re6 34.Rxe6 Kxe6 35.Rxc7 and the result would seem
to prove that Black adopted the safest course by playing 27.g6
[27...Nf3+ 28.gxf3 Rxc2 29.fxg4 Rhh2 30.Ne4+ Kxe6 31.Nf2 Rh6
32.Rfe1+ Kf7 33.Rd7 Re6 34.Rxe6 Kxe6 35.Rxc7] } 28. Bb3 Kg5
29. Rde1 Nd3 30. Re3 Nf4 31. Rf2 R2h7 32. Rd2 Nh5 33. Nxh5
Rxh5 34. Kf2 f4 35. Re5+ Nf5 36. e7 Re8 37. Rd7 Rh7 38. Rxc7
Rhxe7 39. Rcxe7 Rxe7 40. Rxe7 Nxe7 41. a4 Kf5 42. a5 Ke5
43. Bd1 g3+ 44. Kf3 Nd5 {Black might now have won with ease by
44...Nf5. Suppose 44...Nf5 45.Ke2 Ne3 46.B moves Nxg2 and
wins. Or 44...Nf5 45.Bc2 Nh4+ 46.Ke2 (If 46.Kg4 f3 47.Kxg3
fxg2 48.Kf2 Nf3 49.Kxg2 Ne1+ ) f3+ 47.gxf3 (47.Kf1 Nxg2 or
fxg2+) g2 48.Kf2 Nxf3 49.Kxg2 Ne1+. Or 44...Nf5 45.Be2 Nh4+
(Black could easily win by 45...Ne3 followed by advancing the
g-pawn) 46.Kg4 Nxg2 47.Bf3 Ne1 48.Bxb7 b2 49.Bxg2 Nxg2 and
Black wins. } 45. Bc2 g5 46. b5 Nxc3 {Here again Black
unaccountably overlooks the road to victory. He ought to have
proceeded as follows: 46...g4+ 47.Ke2 Nc3+ (or 47...Ne3)
winning easily.} 47. b6 axb6 48. axb6 Nb5 {The whole of this
end-game is remarkable proof of the fact that the very best of
players seem at times to be struck with a singular
blindness. The simple move of 48...Nd5 would evidently have at
once decided the contest in Black's favor. } 49. Kg4 Nd6
50. Bd3 Ne4 51. Be2 Kd5 52. Bf3 Ke5 53. Be2 Kf6 54. Bf3 Nf2+
55. Kh5 g4 56.Bxb7 Ke7 57.Bc8 Kd6 58.Bxg4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 {For notes on the
opening see the nineteenth game between the same players. }
Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 Ne7 {Premature and a loss of time. Black
should have played 5...d6 or 5...O-O. } 6. f4 exf4 {It is
seldom advisable to capture this pawn in the Lopez Gambit.}
7. d4 Bb6 8. Bxf4 d6 {This pawn should have been played to d5
to break up the advanced center pawns. } 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Be3
O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. O-O-O c5 14. Kb1 cxd4 15. cxd4
a5 16. Ngf3 Bd7 17. g4 h6 18. Rdg1 a4 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 a3
21. b3 Bc6 22. Rg4 Ba5 23. h4 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Ra5 25. h5 Rxg5
{An examination of the position will satisfy the reader that
the retreat of the Knight would have subjected Black to an
attack which would soon have proved irresistible. By thus
sacrificing the exchange, Black in turn assumes the opposite,
the only course which gave promise of a favorable result. }
26. Rxg5 Nf4 27. Qf3 Nxd3 28. d5 {If 28.Qxd3, then follows on
the part of Black, 28...Nxe4, with a won game. } Nxd5 29. Rhg1
{Well played. The game which has now become critical for both
parties is, by both, conducted with skill and judgement. Had
White now played any other move than the one adopted he must
have speedily lost. Suppose first 29.Rxd5 Bxd5 30.Qxd3 Bxe4
31.Nxe4 Qxe4 and Black having five pawns to three, now compels
an exchange of queens, and must win. Or 29.Rxd5 Bxd5 30.exd5
Qe3 31.Qxe3 (best) Rxe3 again winning through his superiority
in pawns. And secondly if 29.Qxd3 Qxg5 30.exd5 Qxd5 and Black
wins. And thirdly, if 29.exd5 Qxg5 30.Qxd3 (best) Qxd5 and we
have the same position as in the last variation. } Nc3+
30. Ka1 {If 30.Kc2 Qxg5 31.Rxg5 (best) Ne1+ 32.Kxc3 Nxf3
33.Nxf3 Rxe4 and Black must win. } Bxe4 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Qg3
Bg6 { This move should have cost Black the game. Black's
proper course was to play 32...Qf6, a move not only productive
of many highly interesting variations, but one which would
have ensured the game. Let us suppose 32...Qf6 33.Rg8+ Kh7
34.Qg7+ ( 34.Rg7+ Kh6 35.Qe3+ Nf4 and Black will win) Qxg7
35.R1xg7+ (35.R8xg7+ Kh6 36.Rxf7 (36.Nxe4 Rxe4 37.Rg8 Re1+
38.Rxe1 Nxe1 and Black again wins.) White may here and
afterwards move differently, but it will be found that, in
every case, Black's superiority in force and position must
secure him the game ...Nb4 37.Rf6+ Kxh5 38.Rc1 (must) Nc2+ and
Black wins) 35...Kh6 36.Rxe8 Nb4 and White cannot prolong the
contest beyond a few moves.. [32...Qf6 33.Rg8+ Kh7 34.Qg7+
(34.Rg7+ Kh6 35.Qe3+ Nf4) 34...Qxg7 A) 35.R8xg7+ Kh6 36.Rxf7
(36.Nxe4 Rxe4 37.Rg8 Re1+ 38.Rxe1 Nxe1) 36...Nb4 37.Rf6+ Kxh5
38.Rc1 Nc2+; B) 35.R1xg7+ 35...Kh6 36.Rxe8 Nb4] } 33. hxg6
Qe1+ 34. Rxe1 {White as suggested by the Chessplayer's
Chronicle (Vo.II.p.361) might now have won in the following
manner. 34.Nb1 Qxg3 35.Rh7+ Kg8 36.gxf7+ Kxh7 37.Rh1+ Kg7
38.fxe8=Q and White easily scores the game. } Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1
Nxe1 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. gxf7+ Kxh7 38. f8=N+ Kh6 39. Nb1 Nc2#
0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 {White, by this
move initiates the opening known as the Lopez Gambit- a debut
rarely practiced at the present day. Its legitimate result
should be an even game. } d6 {Besides the move here adopted
Black may also play 3...Nf6 3...Nc6 3...Qe7. If he choose the
first, and White reply with 4.f4, Black may capture the
proffered pawn, not only with safety, but with advantage. We
subjoin one or two variations 3...Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 O-O 6.Nf3
d5 and Black has undoubtedly the better game. If White now
takes 7.exf6, Black moves ...Re8 and must win. And if White
retreat 7.Bb3, Black's answer is ...Nc6. And finally if White
play 7.d4 Bxd4 8.Nxd4 dxc4 9.Qxc4 Qd5 and Black has the
advantage. Or 3...Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c3 (If 6.e5 Black
castles) O-O 7.d4 d5 and play as White may, we think that
Black must obtain a superior position. } 4. d3 {4.f4 is now
the correct move. } Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. c3 Ne7 7. Bb3 Ng6 8. g3
c6 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Bxg1 11. Rxg1 Bxh3 12. f5 Ne5 13. Rg3
Bg4 14. Qg2 h5 15. d4 Ned7 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. Nd2 O-O {It surely
would have been safer to have castled with Queen Rook.}
18. Bf4 {18.Nc4 followed by 19.Bf4 as suggested by another
commentator (Chessplayer's Chronicle, vol. 1st, p.327) would
have been bad play. Suppose 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Bf4 Nxe4 and Black
will certainly retain his advantage. Should White capture the
knight, Black's reply is ...Rae8, at once regaining the piece
and remaining with two pawns more than his adversary and a
good position. If White move 20.Re3 Black's proper answer is
20...Ndf6. } d5 19. e5 Rfe8 20. Be3 {This is not a good
move. 20.Kf1 instead, would have given White a fine game. For
suppose 20.Kf1 Nh7 (checking with the queen would be useless,
as White would move 21.Kg1 and the position would not be
materially altered) 21.Rxg4 hxg4 22.Qxg4 White has now a
winning position. The attack must, in a few moves, become
irresistable. } h4 {Well played.} 21. Rxg4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Nxe5
23. dxe5 {23.Qe2 has been properly suggested as a better move
at this point. } Qxe3+ 24. Kd1 Rxe5 25. Kc2 Qg3 26. Qd4 Qe3
27. Qxh4 Qh6 28. Qxh6 gxh6 29. Rf1 f6 30. c4 Kf7 31. cxd5 cxd5
32. Kd3 {32.Ne4, with a view of bringing the knight into
better play, would have been a good move. } Rg8 33. Rf4 Ke7
34. Nf3 Rg3 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. Bd1 b5 37. b4 a6 38. a4 h5
39. axb5 axb5 40. Bc2 Re2 41. Bd3 Rb2 42. Ke3 {42.Kc3 would
have lost a piece, as Black would have played 42...Rf2 } Rg4
43. Nd4 Rxf4 44. Kxf4 Rxb4 45. Ke3 Kc5 46. Ne6+ Kc6 47. Nf4
Rxf4 48. Kxf4 Kc5 49. Be2 h4 50. Kg4 b4 51. Kxh4 Kd4 52. Kg3
b3 53. Bd1 b2 54. Bc2 Ke3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. d4 {This move constitutes the
opening known as the "Center Gambit". Although not as powerful
as the classical move of 2.Nf3, it may occasionally be adopted
for variety's sake.} exd4 3. Nf3 c5 {3.Bb4+ is here
recommended by most authors as the best play at Black's
command. Without being disposed to combat this opinion, we
think that they have unjustly condemned this move in the text,
which, with the best after play on both sides, leads to a game
where the first player,s advantage is by no means as marked as
would be inferred from their criticisms.} 4. Bc4 {White may
also move here 4.c3 a move strangely enough overlooked by the
leading authorities, who make the second player commit the
obvious error of capturing pawn with pawn.} Nc6 5. c3 Qf6
{McDonnell manifested great partiality for this sortie of the
queen in the Scotch gambit. In the above position, it is
probably the best play on the board.} 6. O-O d6 7. cxd4 cxd4
8. Ng5 {The objection to this course is that enables Black to
retain his pawn, whereas by 8.Bb5, White would immediately
have regained it, and remained with a somewhat superior
position.} Nh6 9. f4 Be7 10. e5 Qg6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Na3 O-O
13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Nc4 Qg6 15. Nf3 Bxd3 16. Nce5 Bc2 {Black,
relaying upon his surplus pawn, plays thus in order to compel
an exchange of queens; but as the progress of the game
sufficiently proves, the result is an amelioration of his
adversary's position, and ultimately a drawn battle. Had he
instead first captured knight with knight and then played his
queen to f5, his superiority in force and position would, we
think, have enabled him to score the } 17. Nxg6 Bxd1 18. Nxe7+
Nxe7 19. Rxd1 Nhf5 20. g4 Ne3 21. Bxe3 dxe3 22. Rd7 Rfe8
23. Re1 Ng6 24. f5 Nf4 25. Rd4 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Nf2 27. Rc4 Rad8
28. h3 h6 29. Re2 b5 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. Nxd4 a6 32. Kf3 Nxh3
33. Rxe3 Ng5+ 34. Kf4 Rxe3 35. Kxe3 g6 36. fxg6 fxg6 37. Nc6
Ne6 38. Ke4 Kf7 39. Ke5 h5 40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Kf5 Nc7 42. b3
Ke8 43. a4 bxa4 44. bxa4 Nd5 45. Kg5 Ne7 46. Nb8 {White, as an
examination of the position will satisfy the student, might
equally have drawn by exchanging knights. } a5 47. Na6 Ng6
48. Kxh5 {Here again a different course would have brought
about the same result. The knight might have been captured and
a draw secured. } Nf4+ 49. Kg5 Ne6+ 50. Kf5 Kd7 51. Ke5 Nd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. f4 {Notes by Morphy - A very good opening, when an
irregular game is sought. } d5 2. d4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6
5. c4 Bg4 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qxd5 8. Qxd5 Nxd5 9. Bb5 cxd4
10. exd4 {He should have first taken knight with bishop in
order to leave his adversary with two isolated pawns on the
queen's } Ndb4 11. Na3 O-O-O 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Be3 Nxd4
14. O-O-O e5 {This was uncalled for; we can see no possible
objection to ...Nc6. } 15. Nc4 {Badly played. The single move
15.fxe5 would have equalized the game} Bc5 16. Bxd4
{Labourdonnais seems bent on compelling his adversary to score
this game. Here, again, he ought evidently to have taken
...fxe5. } exd4 17. Rhe1 f6 18. Re6 Rhe8 19. Rde1 Rxe6
20. Rxe6 Kd7 21. f5 Re8 22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. Kc2 Kd7 24. Kd3 Kc6
25. Ke4 Kb5 26. Nd2 Kb4 27. Kd3 Bd6 28. Nf3 Be5 29. h4 Kc5
30. Ke4 h5 31. Nd2 b5 32. Nb3+ Kc4 33. Na5+ Kb4 34. Nc6+ Kc4
35. Na5+ Kb4 36. Nc6+ Kc5 37. Na5 b4 38. Nb3+ Kc4 39. Nd2+ Kb5
40. b3 {40.Nb3 would have drawn the game. Labourdonnais was
not himself in this encounter. } a5 41. Kd5 Bf4 42. Nc4 d3
43. Nb2 d2 44. Ke4 Be5 45. Nd1 Bg3 46. Ke3 Be1 47. Ke2 Kc5
48. Ne3 Kd4 49. Nc4 Kc3 50. Kd1 a4 51. Na5 axb3 52. axb3 Bxh4
53. Nc4 Bg5 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. f4 {Notes by Morphy} d5 2. d4 {This is not to be
commended. In this opening White ought not prematurely to
advance his queen's pawn, as many positions may arise when it
will become necessary to place it at d3. } c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3
Nc6 5. c4 cxd4 6. exd4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O
10. Kh1 a6 11. Be3 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Kh8 14. Bc2 Nb4
15. Bb3 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe2 f6 18. Nf3 Qe8 19. Rae1 Bd6
20. Bd2 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Bxe6 Qh5 23. g4 Qh6 24. d5 Rae8
25. Qg2 Re7 26. Nd4 g6 27. Nc6 Rc7 28. Re4 g5 29. Nd4 Rd8
30. Nf5 Qf8 31. Rd1 Rc5 32. Red4 Be5 33. R4d2 Rc4 34. Ne3 Rc7
35. Qf3 Bf4 36. Rd3 Qd6 {Black must have won at least a pawn,
by 36...Re7 37.Qe4 [37.Bf5 Bxe3 38.Rxe3 Rxd5 39.Rxd5 Bxd5
40.Be4 Rxe4 41.Rxe4 f5 42.gxf5 Qa8 43.Kg1 (43.Re8+ Kg7 44.f6+
Kh6 and Black wins. If White 44.Re7+ Black moves Kf8) Bxe4
44.Qc3+ Kg8 45.Qf6 Qa7+ 46.Kf1 Bd3+ 47.Kg2 Qe3 48.Qd8+ Kg7
and, as White has no perpetual check, Black must win.]}
37. Nf5 Qxe6 38. dxe6 Bxf3+ 39. Kg1 Rxd3 40. Rxd3 Rc8 41. e7
Re8 42. Rxf3 Kg8 43. Ra3 Kf7 44. Rxa6 Rc8 45. b3 Be5 46. h3 b4
47. Kg2 Bf4 48. Kf3 Be5 49. Ke4 Bf4 50. Ra7 Be5 51. Ng7
{Decisive.} Re8 52. Nxe8 Kxe8 53. Kf5 Kf7 54. Rb7 h6 55. a4
1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. e5
f6 6. Na3 Nh6 7. Nc2 Qb6 8. d4 Bd7 9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 {He
ought rather to have checked with his king's bishop, as in the
other games. } 11. Kf2 h5 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Kg2 Be7 14. a3 Be8
15. b4 Kb8 16. b5 Na5 17. Ne3 Bg6 18. Bd3 Nxe3+ 19. Bxe3 Be4
20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nd2 fxe5 22. fxe5 Qxb5 23. Qf1 Qd3 24. Qxd3
exd3 25. Rhb1 Rc8 26. Kf3 Rc3 27. Rb5 Bd8 28. Ke4 a6 29. Rbb1
Be7 30. a4 {This is a mere loss of time. He should have moved
his rook to b6 at once. } Rd8 31. Rb6 Rc6 32. Rab1 Kc7
33. Rxc6+ Nxc6 34. Rf1 Bb4 35. Rf7+ Rd7 36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. Nf3
Be7 38. Kxd3 Nb4+ 39. Ke4 {White's left wing is weaker than
his antagonist's who has two pawns to one on that side of the
board. Under these circumstances it would have been better
play to have moved the king in that direction. 39.Kc4, was the
correct play. } Nd5 40. Bd2 b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Kd3 Ke8
43. Bg5 Bxg5 44. Nxg5 Kd7 45. Ne4 Kc6 46. Nc5 Nc7 47. Ke4
{47.Ne4 was the proper move and would have rendered Black's
victory very uncertain. } b4 48. Kd3 {48.Nxe6, the move
intended, we suppose, when the king was played to e4, would
have been of no avail. Suppose 48.Nxe6 Nxe6 49.d5+ Kd7
50. dxe6+ Kxe6 51.Kd4 b3 52.Kc3 Kxe5 53.Kxb3 Kf5 and wins. }
Kd5 49. Ne4 Nb5 50. g4 hxg4 51. h5 {If 51.Nf6+ gxf6 52.h5 fxe5
(if 52...b3 53.h6 Nxd4 54.Kc3 (best) Ne2+ 55.Kxb3 Nf4 56.h7
Ng6 57.exf6 Kd6 winning. Should White, play 54.h7, Black
replies ...b2, and will mate in a few moves.) 53.h6 Nd6 54.h7
Nf7 winning. } Nxd4 52. h6 gxh6 53. Nf6+ Kxe5 54. Nxg4+ Kd5
55. Nxh6 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 {Notes by Morphy} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4
5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6
10. Bb3 c6 11. Be3 Nfd5 {For comments on the opening moves,
see the games at the same debut previously published in the
LEDGER } 12. Qe2 f5 13. Rae1 f4 {A heedless move, that throws
away a clear pawn. 13...Kh8 would have been better play. }
14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Qxe7 Qxe7 16. Rxe7 Kf8 17. Re4 Rf6 18. Nxd5
cxd5 19. Re3 Bf5 20. Ne5 h6 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Rc7 Bc8 23. Rg3
Bd7 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Nxd7+ {A short contest,
indifferently played throughout by M'donnell, and presenting
no point of interest. } 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 {Notes by Morphy} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4
5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3 c6 9. Be3 Bf5 10. g4
Bg6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. h4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nfd5 15. h5
{White pursues the attack with vigor and determination. } Nxe3
16. fxe3 Bh4+ {This check serves only to advance White's
game. 16...g5 would have warded off the attack for some
time. } 17. Kd2 gxh5 18. Qf3 Bg5 19. Raf1 Qxd4+ 20. Kc2 Qf6
21. Rxh5 Qg6+ 22. e4 Nd5 23. Rfh1 Bh6 24. g5 f5 25. Nxd5 cxd5
26. Bxd5+ Kh7 27. Rxh6+ gxh6 28. Rxh6+ Qxh6 29. gxh6 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} c5 2. f4 {M'Donnell, as usual, in
these close games plays the opening moves weakly. With
characteristic obstinacy he persists throughout in advancing
this pawn rather than the Queen's. } e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5
5. e5 f6 6. Na3 Nh6 7. Nc2 Qb6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+
10. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O 12. a3 Qb6 13. Kg3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf5+ 16. Kh3 Nxd4 17. b4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Nc6
19. Bb2 Rf7 20. Rb1 Bd7 21. Bd3 Raf8 22. Rhf1 a6 23. Kg3 Rxf1
24. Rxf1 Rxf1 25. Bxf1 Ne7 26. Bd3 Be8 27. Kf4 Bg6 28. Be2 Be4
29. g3 Kf7 30. Bd1 h6 31. h4 Nf5 32. h5 Ne7 33. g4 Ke8 34. Bd4
g6 35. hxg6 Nxg6+ 36. Kg3 Bd3 37. Ba4+ Ke7 38. Bd1 Kf7 39. Ba4
Ne7 40. Kh4 b5 41. Bd1 Nc6 42. Bb2 Kg6 43. Kg3 a5 44. bxa5
Nxa5 45. Kf4 Nc4 46. Bc1 Bb1 47. Bb3 Bd3 48. Bd1 Kf7 49. Bb3
d4 50. a4 bxa4 51. Bxa4 Ke7 52. Bb3 Na5 53. Bd1 Bg6 54. Bd2
Nc4 55. Bb4+ Kf7 56. Ba4 d3 57. Bc3 d2 58. Bd1 Kg7 59. Kf3 h5
60. Kf4 h4 61. Bd4 Bb1 62. Kf3 Kg6 63. Ke2 Be4 64. Bf2 h3
65. Bg3 Kg5 66. Bh2 Kxg4 67. Kf2+ Kf5 68. Ke2 Bd5 69. Kd3
Nxe5+ 70. Kxd2 Nc6 {70...Nf3+ would have produced an exchange
of pieces, but would not have won the game, as the remaining
Bishops are of different colors. } 71. Ke3 e5 72. Kf2 Bg2
73. Kg3 Ke4 74. Bg4 Ke3 75. Bxh3 Bxh3 76. Kxh3 e4 77. Kg2 Ke2
78. Bf4 Ne7 79. Bg5 Nf5 80. Bf4 Ne3+ 81. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} c5 2. f4 {If there is anything to be
regretted in connection with the combats between this
illustrious players, it is the pertinacity with which
M'Donnell persisted in adopting, in two of th debuts which
most frequently occur, a line of play radically bad. Against
such an adversary as Labourdonnais the disastrous affects of
M'donnells early moves in nearly all of the Sicilian Games and
Queen's Gambits could not be overcome even by the best
afterplay. The moves of 2.Nf3, or still better, 2.d4, are
those now generally recognized as the best. The latter move is
indeed so strong that it has gone far toward disabusing the
public mind of that pernicious fondness for the Sicilian
Defence which was displayed during what may be called the
period of close games, extending from about 1843 to some time
after 1851. It was an epoch of uninteresting games and dreary
analytical labors, and with the exception of the contests
ocurring between the great Prussian masters, afforded but
comparitavely few specimens of brilliant play. It should be a
subject of rejoicing with every lover of the game that an age,
in which so much severe labor led to such unprofitable
results, has passed away. There is now a visible tendency to
cultivate a higher style of chess art- to sustitute for the
false taste which has so long prevailed a more elevated
standard of excellence. } e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. c3 f6
6. Na3 Nh6 7. Nc2 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Bd3 c4 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O
b5 {Although Black has a very good game at this stage, we do
not approve of the manner in which he has so far conducted the
opening. In advancing the queen pawns and in failing to play
the all important move of ...Qb6 at the proper moment, he has
deviated from the plan which his own subsequent contests
demonstrate to be the best. } 12. Ne3 a5 13. Kh1 fxe5 14. fxe5
Nf5 {The necessity of challenging the exchange of knights is
not at all apparent to us. Black's knight is well-placed,
while White's obstructs the movements of his queen's bishop,
and in a measure prevents the development of his
game. 14...Be8 at once, with the intention of posting the
bishop at g6, and thus commanding an important diagonal, would
have been better. } 15. g4 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Be8 17. Qd2 Bg6
18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qd7 20. h4 b4 21. Kh2 bxc3 22. bxc3 a4
23. h5 Be4 24. h6 g6 25. Bf6 Rab8 26. Bg7 Qe7 27. Kg3 Rxf1
28. Rxf1 a3 29. Rf6 Na5 {29...Rb2, would evidently have been
bad. Suppose 29...Rb2 30.Qf4 Rb8 31.Bxc4 and White must win. }
30. Bd1 Nb3 31. Qf2 Nc1 32. Ba4 Nd3 33. Qf1 g5 34. Bc2 Nc5
35. dxc5 Bxc2 36. c6 Ba4 37. c7 Re8 38. Qc1 Qxc7 39. Qxg5 Bc2
40. Bf8+ Bg6 41. Bxa3 Qd7 42. Bd6 d4 43. Qf4 Qc8 44. Qxd4 Qd7
45. Qf4 Qc8 46. a4 {The latter portion of the game is
capitally played by M'Donnell.} 1-0

[Event "casual"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1844.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritsky"]
[Black "Desloges"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c6 3. Bd3 d5 4. e5 Bd7 5. Be3 Na6 6. a3 Nc7
7. a4 a5 8. b5 b6 9. Ne2 c5 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. O-O Be7 12. f5 f6
13. f4 Nh6 14. fxe6 Bxe6 15. h3 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. Nf3 Qd7
18. Bd2 f5 19. Ne1 h5 20. f3 Nh6 21. Kf2 Ne6 22. cxd5 Qxd5
23. Bc4 Qd7 24. d5 Nf8 25. Nd3 Nh7 26. d6 Bd8 27. Bd5 Rc8
28. c4 g5 29. Nc3 h4 30. gxh4 gxf4 31. Bxf4 Bxh4 32. g3 Bg5
33. e6 Qg7 34. d7 Ke7 35. Ne5 Rc7 36. Nc6 Rxc6 37. bxc6 Bxf4
38. gxf4 Kd8 39. Nb5 Qxb2 40. c7 Ke7 41. c8=Q Ng4 42. fxg4
fxg4 43. Kg3 Qg7 44. d8=Q Rxd8 45. Qc7 ... {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1845.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Charles Vezin"]
[Black "James Thompson"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {The year is approximate. Our source gives 184? (Source:
G C Reichhelm & W P Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, 1898,
p. 67).} c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.c3 Be7 6.Bd3 f6 7.Bc2
Nh6 8.d4 O-O 9.O-O Qb6 10.Kh1 fxe5 11.fxe5 Nf7 12.b3 Nh8
13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Ng5+ Kg8 15.Rxf8+ Kxf8 16.Qh5 Bxg5 17.Qxh8+
Kf7 18.Bxg5 Qb5 19.Nd2 Kg6 20.h4 Qe2 21.Rf1 cxd4 22.Bf6 Qxd2
1-0

[Event "London m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1846.??.??"]
[EventDate "1846.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Walker"]
[Black "Daniel Harrwitz"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 b5 4. Bxb5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bb7 6. d3
Bc5 7. d4 Bb6 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. Qd3 g5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Nc6
12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. d5 Bb7 14. e5 Ng4 15. Ne4 h6 16. Re1 O-O
17. h4 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Re7 Rg6 21. Rh3 g4
22. Re5 gxh3 23. Rxh5 hxg2+ 24. Ke2 Re8+ 25. Re5 Rxe5+
26. Nxe5 Rg3 27. Qc4 g1=Q 28. d6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kh7 30. Ng5+
Rxg5 31. hxg5 Qf2+ 32. Kd1 Bf3+ 33. Kc1 Qg1+ 34. Qf1 Qxf1+
35. Be1 Qxe1# { L. Bachmann: "Aus vergangenen Zeiten", Band
II, p. 278} 0-1

[Event "London m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1846.??.??"]
[EventDate "1846.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elijah Williams"]
[Black "Hugh Alexander Kennedy"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. a3 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb5 Bb8
12. Bb2 a6 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. exd4 Bd6 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Bf5 Rc7
17. Ne5 Re8 18. f4 Nxd4 19. Qd3 Nxf5 20. Qxf5 Qc8 21. Qd3 Bxe5
22. fxe5 Ng4 23. Qd4 Rce7 24. Nxd5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Nxe5 26. Rc1
Qg4 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Qxg4 Nxg4 29. Rc7 Rxe7 30. Bxg7+ Ke8
31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 { The Chess Player's Chronicle 1846, p. 133}
0-1

[Event "London m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1846.??.??"]
[EventDate "1846.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Elijah Williams"]
[Black "Hugh Alexander Kennedy"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a6
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Ba7 11. c5 Ne7
12. Bb2 a5 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. Nxa7 Nxa7 15. bxa5 Ne4 16. Rc1 Qe7
17. Qd4 f6 18. a4 Bd7 19. Bd3 Ng5 20. Nd2 Nf7 21. f4 e5
22. Qxd5 exf4 23. exf4 Be6 24. Qh5 Nh6 25. Rfe1 Qd7 26. Bc4
Qxd2 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Re2 Qxf4 29. Rc4 Qg5 30. Qxg5 fxg5
31. Bc3 Nc8 32. Re5 b6 33. Rxg5 Ra7 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. axb6
{The Chess Player's Chronicle 1846, p. 135} 1-0

[Event "Berlin m"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1847.??.??"]
[EventDate "1847.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Harrwitz"]
[Black "Karl Mayet"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Be7 4. Nf3 Bh4+ 5. Kf1 Bg5 6. d4
Bh6 7. Ne5 f3 8. Qxf3 Qf6 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Bxg8 Bxc1 11. Nc3
Qxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bxb2 13. Nd5+ Kf8 14. Rd1 Na6 15. Bf7 d6
16. Nc4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Kxf7 18. e5 Bh3+ 19. Kf2 Rhd8 20. exd6
cxd6 21. Nf4 Bf5 22. Nxd6+ Kf6 23. Re1 g6 24. Nd5+ Kg7
25. Re7+ { Berliner Schachzeitung 1849, p. 259} 1-0

[Event "Berlin m"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1847.??.??"]
[EventDate "1847.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Harrwitz"]
[Black "Karl Mayet"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. d4 Ne7 6. Nf3 Qh6
7. Nc3 c6 8. Kg1 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. d5 Bd7 11. g3 Ng6 12. Kg2
f5 13. Qd3 fxe4 14. Qxe4+ Be7 15. Bd2 Kd8 16. Rad1 Rf8 17. Ne2
Bf5 18. Qd4 Bxc2 19. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 20. Nxf4 Bxd1 21. Ne6+ Qxe6
22. dxe6 Bxf3+ 23. Kh2 Bxh1 24. Kxh1 Rf6 25. g4 c5 26. Qe4 Kc7
27. Qxh7 Nc6 28. Qxg7 Raf8 29. Bd5 Kd8 30. h4 Rf2 31. Kg1 Nd4
32. h5 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Re2 35. Bg2 Rff2 36. Bh3
{Berliner Schachzeitung 1848, p. 96} 0-1

[Event "Berlin m"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1847.??.??"]
[EventDate "1847.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karl Mayet"]
[Black "Daniel Harrwitz"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nxd5
Nxd5 7. Bxd8 Bb4+ 8. Qd2 Kxd8 9. e4 Re8 10. f3 f5 11. Bd3 Nf4
12. Kd1 Bxd2 13. Kxd2 Nxg2 14. Nh3 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nf6 16. Ng5
Nf4 17. Nf7+ Ke7 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Rhg1 g6 20. Be2 Rad8 21. Ke3
Ne6 22. d5 Nc5 23. Kd4 b6 24. b4 Nb7 25. Raf1 c6 { Berliner
Schachzeitung 1848, p. 96} 0-1

[Event "London m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1850.??.??"]
[EventDate "1850.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Augustus Mongredien"]
[Black "George Webb Medley"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. h3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 cxd4
12. exd4 Qxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Bd2 Rac8 15. Rad1 Rfd8
16. Be3 Bc5 17. Kh2 Ne4 18. f5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nxf5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Nxf7 Rd2 23. h4 Bxg2 24. Nh6+ Kf8
25. Rf4 gxh6 26. Kg1 Ke7 { The Chess Player's Chronicle 1850,
p. 133} 0-1

[Event "London m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1850.??.??"]
[EventDate "1850.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Webb Medley"]
[Black "Augustus Mongredien"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 d6 6. d4 exd4
7. Bd5 Bb7 8. Nxd4 Nge7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Ne6 Qd7 11. Be3 Na5
12. a3 Bxd5 13. exd5 c6 14. Nxf8 Kxf8 15. Nc3 Nc4 16. b3 Nxe3
17. fxe3 Nf5 18. Qg4 cxd5 19. O-O Qa7 20. Rxf5 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1
Qxc3 22. Raf1 Rd8 23. Rxd5 Qxc2 24. Qe6 Qc8 25. Rxf6+ gxf6
26. Qxf6+ Ke8 27. Qxh8+ Kd7 28. Qxh7+ Kc6 29. Qe4 Kb6 30. Qd4+
Kc7 31. Qc3+ Kb8 32. Qxc8+ Kxc8 33. g4 Kd7 34. Kg2 Ke6 35. Rd3
Ke5 36. h4 d5 37. h5 Ke4 38. Rd1 Kf4 39. Kh3 d4 40. Kh4 d3
41. h6 d2 42. g5 Ke3 43. g6 Ke2 44. Rxd2+ { The Chess Player's
Chronicle 1850, p. 134} 1-0

[Event "London m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1850.??.??"]
[EventDate "1850.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Augustus Mongredien"]
[Black "George Webb Medley"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5
7. exf6 dxc4 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4
Qxd4 12. Be3 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Qxg7 14. g3 O-O-O 15. Kg2 Bd5+
16. f3 Rge8 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Rhe1 Rd6 20. Qf2
Rf6 21. Bf4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bxf3+ 23. Kg1 Bc6 24. Re7 Qf3
25. Rxc7+ Kd8 26. Qd4+ Ke8 {The Chess Player's Chronicle 1850,
p. 135} 1-0

[Event "London m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1850.??.??"]
[EventDate "1850.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Webb Medley"]
[Black "Augustus Mongredien"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. d5 Nce7 6. Nc3 c6
7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 c5 9. a3 h6 10. O-O Ng6 11. Ne2 c4 12. Ba2 f5
13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qf6 17. Qh5 Qf7
18. f4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Be7 20. b3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 O-O
23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Bd8 25. Raf1 Re8 26. Qd3 Bb6+ 27. Kh1
Re3 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Nf5 Rxd3 30. Nxh6+ Kg7 31. Nxf7 Rc3
32. Nxd6 Rxc2 33. Bb5 Rf2 34. Re1 Rd8 35. Ne8+ Kf8 36. Bc6 Bc5
37. Nc7 Rd6 38. Ne6+ Rxe6 39. Rxe6 Rf1+ 40. Kh2 Bd4 41. d6
Be5+ 42. g3 Rf2+ 43. Kh1 Rd2 44. d7 Kf7 45. Re8 Bc7 46. Rc8
Bb6 47. h4 Ba5 48. g4 Bb6 49. h5 Kg7 50. Re8 Rd6 51. Bb5 Rd2
52. a4 Kh6 53. Re7 Kg5 54. Rg7+ Kh4 55. Re7 Kg3 56. Be2 Rc2
57. Re3+ Kf2 58. Re8 { The Chess Player's Chronicle 1850,
p. 207} 0-1

[Event "London m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1850.??.??"]
[EventDate "1850.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Webb Medley"]
[Black "Augustus Mongredien"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. f4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 a6 6. b3 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bb2 Bc7 10. Rc1 b6 11. Bb1 d5 12. Ne2
Ne4 13. d3 Nf6 14. Ng3 Ng4 15. Qd2 d4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Rce1
Ne3 18. Rxe3 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Qe8 20. Re1 h6 21. d4 Bd7 22. d5
exd5 23. Qc3 d4 24. Nxd4 Qg6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Re6 Rf6
27. Bxf5 Qf7 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Be4 Rd8 30. Bxc6 Rd1+ 31. Kf2
Bxf4 32. Ke2 Rd2+ 33. Ke1 Qe7+ 34. Kf1 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Bxg3+
36. hxg3 Qg5 37. Ke2 Rh1 38. Qe5 Qg6 39. Be4 Qh5+ 40. Qxh5
Rxh5 41. Bd4 Ra5 42. a4 Rg5 43. Bxb6 Rxg3 44. Bf3 { The Chess
Player's Chronicle 1850, p. 229} 1-0

[Event "Washington m"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1850.02.??"]
[EventDate "1850.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Spencer Turner"]
[Black "Charles Henry Stanley"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. c3 d6 6. d4 h6
7. O-O Ne7 8. g3 g4 9. Nh4 f3 10. h3 h5 11. Qb3 Rf8 12. Qb5+
Nbc6 13. Qxh5 Ng8 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. hxg4
Bxh4 18. Qxh4 Qxh4 19. gxh4 Bxg4 20. Nxf3 Na5 21. Bd3 O-O-O
22. Nh2 Bd7 23. Rf2 Rde8 24. Bd2 Ne7 25. Bg5 Ng6 26. h5 Ne7
27. Bxe7 Rxe7 28. Rg2 f5 29. exf5 Re3 30. Bc2 Bc6 31. Rg5 Nc4
32. Rf1 Nd2 33. Rd1 Re2 34. Bd3 Rxh2 35. Kxh2 Nf3+ 36. Kg3
Nxg5 37. Kf4 Ne6+ 38. Ke3 Ng7 39. Kf4 Nxh5+ 40. Kg5 Rg8+
41. Kh6 Nf4 42. f6 Be8 43. Bf5+ Kd8 44. Rf1 Nh5 45. Bh7 Rf8
46. Kg5 Bf7 47. Rf3 Rh8 48. Kh6 Ke8 49. b3 Kf8 50. c4 Bg8
51. Kxh5 Rxh7+ 52. Kg6 Rh4 53. d5 Bh7+ 54. Kg5 Re4 55. Kh6 Kf7
56. a4 a5 57. Rg3 Rh4+ 58. Kg5 Rh1 59. Re3 Rg1+ 60. Kh6 Bf5
61. b4 Kxf6 62. Kh5 Rh1+ {The Chess Player's Chronicle 1850,
p. 103 } 0-1

[Event "Washington m"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1850.02.??"]
[EventDate "1850.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Charles Henry Stanley"]
[Black "John Spencer Turner"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Qe2 Be6 6. Bb3
Bc5 7. O-O Qd6 8. Nf3 h6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. d4 Bb6
12. a4 Re8 13. a5 Nd7 14. axb6 Bg4 15. Qd3 Nxb6 16. Ne5 Bh5
17. Qf5 Bg6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Qg4 Re6 20. Ba3 Qd7 21. Bc5 Kh7
22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Qf3 Re4 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. h3
a5 27. c4 Rxd4 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 d4 30. Qd3 Qe7 31. Qxd4
Qc7 32. Qd5 Qf4 33. g3 Qb8 34. c3 Qc8 35. Kg2 Qc6 36. Qxc6
bxc6 37. Ba4 c5 38. Kf3 g5 39. Ke4 h5 40. Kd5 h4 41. g4 {The
Chess Player's Chronicle 1850, p. 105} 1-0

[Event "Washington m"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1850.02.??"]
[EventDate "1850.02.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charles Henry Stanley"]
[Black "John Spencer Turner"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nf3 h6
7. Qd2 Be6 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Ne7 10. Ng3 Qd7 11. c3 c6 12. d4
Ng6 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. O-O O-O 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5
Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rde1 Qd7 20. Nh4 d5 21. Qd2 Bc7 22. Bc2
Rfe8 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nh4 Qe7 26. g3 Qg5 27. Qc2
e3 28. Nf3 Qg4 29. fxe3 fxg3 30. hxg3 Bxg3 31. Re2 Bf4+
32. Rg2 Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 Qh3+ 34. Nh2 Rd7 35. Qe2 Rde7 36. Rxg7+
Kxg7 37. f6+ Kf8 38. fxe7+ Rxe7 39. Rf3 Qe6 40. Ng4 Bg5
41. Ne5 Kg7 42. Qe4 f6 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. Qh5 Rg7 45. c4 Kg8
46. Qg4 Qe8 47. Nd3 Be3 48. Qh4 Rg1+ 49. Kh2 Qb8+ 50. Nf4 Bxd4
51. Rg3+ Rxg3 52. Qxg3+ Kf7 53. Qg6+ Ke7 54. Qg7+ Kd6 55. b4
c5 56. Kh1 Qe8 57. bxc5+ Kc6 58. Qg2+ Kc7 59. Nd5+ Kb8
60. Qh2+ Qe5 61. a4 Qxh2+ 62. Kxh2 Kc8 63. Kh3 Kd7 64. Kg4 Kc6
{ The Chess Player's Chronicle 1850, p. 108} 0-1

[Event "Washington m"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1850.02.??"]
[EventDate "1850.02.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Spencer Turner"]
[Black "Charles Henry Stanley"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bb6
7. a4 a6 8. b4 Nf6 9. b5 axb5 10. Bxb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. h3 Be6 16. Nbd2
Rfd8 17. Qe2 Ra5 18. Qd1 Qg6 19. Kh2 Bc4 20. Qc2 Bd3 21. Qb3
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Nc4 Rxa4 25. Nfxe5 Rda8
26. f4 Ra1 27. Rf3 Re1 28. f5 exf5 29. exf5 Ra2 30. f6 Bg1+
31. Kg3 gxf6 32. Rxf6 Ree2 33. Rg6+ Kh7 34. Rxc6 Rxg2+ 35. Kf3
Raf2+ 36. Ke4 Re2+ 37. Kd5 Rg7 38. Na3 Re7 39. Ng4 Rd7+
40. Kc4 Kg7 41. Nxh6 Rf2 42. Ng4 Rf3 43. Nb5 Rf4+ 44. Kb3 Bb6
45. Na3 Rd6 46. Rc4 Rxc4 47. Nxc4 Re6 48. Nce5 Bc5 49. Nf3 Kg6
50. Kc4 Bd6 51. Kd5 Re2 52. c4 Rc2 53. Nfe5+ Kh5 54. Kc6 Kh4
55. Ne3 Rf2 56. N3g4 Rf5 57. Kd5 Kg5 58. c5 Bxe5 59. Nxe5 Kf6
60. Kc6 Rxe5 61. Kb5 Ke7 { The Chess Player's Chronicle 1850,
p. 161} 0-1

[Event "Washington m"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1850.02.??"]
[EventDate "1850.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charles Henry Stanley"]
[Black "John Spencer Turner"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Ne2 Be6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bxe3
12. fxe3 Ne7 13. O-O Qd7 14. Nh5 Neg8 15. Nxg7+ Kd8 16. Nh5
Nxh5 17. Qxh5 f6 18. Qg6 Qe8 19. Bf7 Qf8 20. Rf2 Ke7 21. Bb3
h5 22. Raf1 Rh6 23. Qf5 Re8 24. Qe6+ Kd8 25. Qxg8 Qxg8
26. Rxf6 Qg5 { The Chess Player's Chronicle 1850, p. 163} 0-1

[Event "Washington m"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1850.02.??"]
[EventDate "1850.02.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Spencer Turner"]
[Black "Charles Henry Stanley"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bb6
7. a4 a6 8. Na3 Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nxe4
12. Bd5 Bf5 13. Ng5 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Qf6 15. Nf3 Nxd4 16. Be3 Ne6
17. Bxb6 Qxb2+ 18. Qd2 Qxb6+ 19. Qe3 Qb2+ 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Be4
Nd4 22. Qd3 Nxf3 23. Qxf3 Qb2+ 24. Kf1 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 h6
26. Nc4 Qf6+ 27. Kg1 Rae8 28. Qd3 b5 29. Ne3 Re6 30. Nd5 Qh4
31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Nxc7 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf6 34. Rd1 Qe5 35. axb5
axb5 36. Qxb5 d5 37. Qa5 Rc8 38. Na6 Qe2 39. Qe1 Qxa6 40. Qe5
Rf8 41. Re1 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 Rxe1 43. Qxe1 Qd6+ 44. Kh1 d4 45. Qe4
Qd7 {The Chess Player's Chronicle 1850, p. 164} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[EventDate "1851.??.??"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Howard Staunton"]
[Black "Bernhard Horwitz"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 {Notes by Ray Keene} e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6
5. d3 Na6 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nc7 9. O-O d5 10. b3
{Staunton was fond of the double flank development of his
bishop. It is, however, somewhat time-consuming and Horwitz
should now have seized his chance to occupy the center with
10...e5.} Qe8 11. Bb2 Qf7 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. e4 {This central
thrust, all the stronger for being delayed, announces that
White has won the battle of the opening.} fxe4 14. dxe4 Rad8
15. e5 Nfe8 16. f4 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Be3 19. Rb1 g6
{An unnecessary weakening of the f6-square from which Staunton
now profits.} 20. Qb3 Bc8 21. Ne4 Bb6 22. Rbd1 Na6 23. Qc3
Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nc5 25. Nd6 Qc7 26. Qc2 Ng7 27. g4 {The prelude
to the decisive attack, in which Staunton's pieces stream
across to menace the black king. Firstly, Staunton restricts
the possibilities of Black's defensive knight on g7.} Qe7
28. Bd4 Qc7 29. a4 Na6 30. c5 Ba5 31. Qb3 b6 32. Ne4 bxc5
33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Qh3 Ne8 35. Ba1 {Staunton's deployment of his
forces creates a wonderfully aesthetic impression, highlighted
by this sweeping retreat of his bishop which is, nevertheless,
still firmly targeted on the black king.} Nxf6 36. exf6 Kg8
37. Be5 Qb7 38. Be4 Qf7 {If Black can blockade the passed pawn
he may survive, but Staunton's next brilliant stroke banishes
such hopes.} 39. Ng1 {A profound retreat. The piece is now
free to manoeuvre via f3 to e5 or g5, thus causing havoc with
the defensive units around the black king.} Bd8 40. g5 Bb7
41. Nf3 Re8 42. Bd6 Bxf6 43. gxf6 Qxf6 44. Ng5 Qg7 45. Be5 Qe7
46. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Causual game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Thomas Buckle"]
[Black "Hugh Alexander Kennedy"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 {Notes by Howard Staunton from The Chess Player's
Handbook} e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7
6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O-O Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5
11. Qd2 Qa5 12. a3 b5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2
Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Rfd8 17. Bxb5 Rab8 18. a4 a6 19. Bxa6 Bxb2+
20. Kd2 Rb4 21. Bb5 Rxe4 22. c3 c4 {The only move he has to
save the bishop.} 23. Rb1 Ba3 24. f3 Rh4 25. h3 Rb8 26. Re1
Kf8 27. Re4 Rxe4 28. fxe4 Ke7 29. Rd4 Rc8 30. Rxc4 {This pawn
ought to have been taken with Bishop.} Rxc4 31. Bxc4 h5 32. a5
h4 33. a6 Bc5 {And after many more moves the game was declared
drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Club Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[EventDate "1851.07.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Black "Bernhard Horwitz"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4
7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. gxf3 Ne5 11. cxd4
Bxd4 12. f4 Ng4 13. Qg3 Nf6 14. Qg2 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Qf3 Qh4
17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rd8 19. c4 c6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Be3 b6
22. Rac1 Qe7 23. Rc6 g6 24. Kh1 Rg7 25. Rfc1 Kg8 26. Bd4 Nd2
27. Qc3 Nc4 28. e6 Qb7 29. Bxg7 Qxc6 30. Qf6 Qc7 31. e7 {
Deutsche Schachzeitung 1852, p. 9; The Chess Player 1851,
p. 38} 1-0

[Event "Club Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[EventDate "1851.07.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Frederic Deacon"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. f4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Be2 Be7 5. b3 Ne4 6. Na3 b6
7. Nc4 O-O 8. Bb2 Bf6 9. Rc1 a5 10. d3 Bxb2 11. Nxb2 Nc3
12. Qd2 Nxa2 13. Ra1 Nb4 14. O-O d6 15. c3 Nd5 16. b4 c5
17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Ra3 Nc6 19. Rfa1 Ba6 20. d4 Bxe2 21. Qxe2
cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Rf7 24. Nc4 Rfa7 25. Qa2 a4
26. Nb2 Qd7 27. Qc4 Rc8 28. Qe2 Rac7 29. Nxa4 Rc1+ 30. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 31. Kf2 Qc6 32. Kg3 Nf6 33. Ra2 Qe8 34. h3 Ne4+ 35. Kh2
Rh1+ 36. Kxh1 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Nxe2 38. Rxe2 Qxa4 { Deutsche
Schachzeitung 1852, p. 11; The Chess Player 1851, p. 50} 0-1

[Event "Club Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[EventDate "1851.07.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "August Ehrmann"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Be6 6. Bb3 O-O
7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Bxc5 Nxc5 9. Nfd2 Bxb3 10. axb3 Ne6 11. O-O Nd7
12. Qg4 Nf4 13. Nc3 f5 14. exf5 h5 15. Qf3 Rxf5 16. Qxb7 Nc5
17. Qf3 Nce6 18. Qe4 Rf8 19. Kh2 Qd7 20. Nf3 Nxg2 21. Kxg2
Nf4+ 22. Kh1 d5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Nh2 Nf4 25. Rg1 Nxh3 26. Rg2
Rae8 27. f3 c6 28. Ra6 Rf6 29. Qh4 Rf7 30. Ra1 Nf4 31. Rg5 Qd4
32. Rag1 Qxb2 33. Qg3 Ree7 34. Qe1 Qxc2 35. Rxe5 Nxd3
{Deutsche Schachzeitung 1852, p. 13} 0-1

[Event "Club Tourney"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[EventDate "1851.07.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Szabo"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nf3
Qf6 7. O-O d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. Bd3 f5 11. Bxh6 Qxh6
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Kh2 Ne5 14. Ng1 Ng4+ 15. Kh1 Bxd3 16. cxd3
Nxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Rxf2 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qxb4 Raf8
21. Qxd4 R8f4 22. Qxa7 Qg5 23. Qa8+ Rf8 24. Qxb7 d5 25. g4 Qf4
{ Deutsche Schachzeitung 1852, p. 12} 0-1

[Event "Club Tourney+"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[EventDate "1851.07.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Johann Jacob Loewenthal"]
[Black "August Ehrmann"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. c3 b6 5. d4 Bb7 6. d5 Nf6
7. dxe6 fxe6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Qh5+ Kf8
12. fxg5 Kg8 13. O-O Qe7 14. g6 hxg6 15. Qxg6 Nc6 16. Bg5 Nxe5
17. Bxe7 Nxg6 18. Bd6 Rh6 19. Nd2 Ne3 20. Rf2 Ng4 21. Re2 Nf6
22. Bxg6 Rxg6 23. Nc4 Nd5 24. Ne5 Rg5 25. g4 Nf4 26. Re3 Ng6
27. h3 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Rf8 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Kf7 31. Kf2
Ke7 32. c4 d6 33. Bg3 Rg6 34. g5 e5 35. h4 Re6 36. h5 b5
37. b3 Bc6 38. Re1 Kf7 39. Ke3 Re8 40. Re2 Rh8 41. Rh2 Ke6
42. h6 gxh6 43. Rxh6+ Rxh6 44. gxh6 Kf6 45. Bh4+ Kg6 46. Be7
d5 47. cxd5 Bxd5 48. Bxc5 Kxh6 49. Bd6 e4 50. Kd4 Bb7 51. a4
Kg5 52. axb5 axb5 53. b4 Kg4 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. Bc5 Ke5 56. Bf8 {
"Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games", 1981. p. 163} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "M M Coopman"]
[Black "Maarten van 't Kruijs"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 b6 2. d3 Bb7 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Ng8 9. Ne4 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nfg5 Nf6
12. Bf3 Rb8 13. c3 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Be4 g6 16. Qf3 Na5
17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Qh3 Qg7 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bd2 h6 21. Nf3 Na5
22. c4 Nc6 23. Bc3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. g3 g5 26. fxg5 hxg5
27. Qg4 f5 28. Qxg5 Qxg5 29. Nxg5 e5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Re2 Kg6
32. h4 Re7 33. g4 fxg4 34. Ne4 Bc7 35. Kg3 Rf8 36. Kxg4 Rf4+
37. Kg3 Rh7 38. h5+ Rxh5 39. Rh2 Rxh2 40. Kxh2 Kf5 41. Re1 Rf3
42. Rd1 Rxd3 43. Ng3+ Rxg3 44. Kxg3 e4+ 45. Kf2 d3 46. b4 Bf4
47. Kg1 Ke5 48. c5 Kd4 49. cxb6 axb6 50. a4 e3 51. a5 Bg3
52. Rf1 e2 { and Black wins.} 0-1

[Event "Casual"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1853.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judy"]
[Black "Lady B."]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 {Annotations by Judy from pages 107-108 of "The Chess
Player's Chronicle" of April 1853.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4
g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Bc4+ d5 8.Bxd5+ Kg7 9.d4 Bd6 10.e5
Ne7 {Ingeniously played.} 11.Nc3 Bb4 {Lady B., plays this game
with all her usual spirit.} 12.Bc4 Nbc6 13.Bxf4 Nxd4 {By this
move she wins a Pawn, which she could not have done by taking
the Q. Kt., checking, i.e., 13...Bxc3} 14.O-O Bf5 {Threatening
to win another Pawn and have the best of the game.} 15.Ne4
{The correct move we believe. If Black does not take the
Kt. she must lose a piece.} Bxe4 16.Qxg4+ Bg6 17.h5 Bc5 18.Kh1
Rf8 19.e6 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Qxd6 22.Rf7+ {The
termination of this game is not amiss, Black has two pieces
more, but cannot resist the attack.} Kh8 {Kg8 was needed - Rod
Edwards} 23.hxg6 Re8 24.Qh5 {This move renders Black's game
hopeless.} Ndf5 25.Rxf5 Nxf5 26.g7+ Nxg7 27.Qxh6+ Kg8 28.e7+
Ne6 29.Bxe6+ Qxe6 30.Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Kling's Coffee House"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1855.??.??"]
[EventDate "1855.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Stopford Kenny"]
[Black "Valentine Green"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nxe5 Bc5
7. Nd3 O-O 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Be2 f5 11. O-O b6
12. Re1 d6 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Nd2 Qf7 15. Bf3 Kh8 16. Nb3 Nd7
17. g3 f4 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Bg2 Ba6 20. Ne4 fxg3 21. fxg3 h6
22. b3 Rae8 23. c4 Bc8 24. Nc3 Bh3 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. Ne2 Bxg2
27. Kxg2 Ng4 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Kg1 Rf2 30. Nf4 Rxh2 31. Qf3
Qf5 32. Rf1 Kg8 33. a4 Ne5 34. Qe3 g5 35. Ne6 Rh1+ 36. Kxh1
Qxf1+ 37. Qg1 Qh3+ 38. Qh2 Qxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Nd2
41. Nxc7 Nxb3 42. Nb5 a5 43. Nxd6 Kf8 44. Kh3 Ke7 45. Ne4 h5
46. Nxg5 Nd2 47. Kh4 Nxc4 48. Ne4 Nb6 49. Nxc5 Nxd5 50. Kxh5
Kd6 51. Nb7+ { The Chess Players Chronicle 1855, p. 230} 1-0

[Event "Kling's Coffee House"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1855.??.??"]
[EventDate "1855.05.??"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valentine Green"]
[Black "William Stopford Kenny"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f4 a6
7. Be2 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bf3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nf5 c6
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Nf5 Bc5 15. Nd4 Qe7+ 16. Kf2
Qf6 17. c3 Nc6 18. Be3 Ne7 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. b4 Bb6 21. Rae1 Re8
22. f5 h6 23. h4 Nc8 24. g4 Nd6 25. g5 Qd8 26. g6 Nc4
27. Bxh6+ Kg8 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bh5+ Kg8 30. Rhg1+ Kh7
31. Rg7# { The Chess Players Chronicle 1855, p. 199} 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1856.??.??"]
[EventDate "1856.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "T Wiegelmann"]
[Black "Karl Mayet"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 d4 3. Bc4 a6 4. d3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. a3 Nge7 8. Ne4 Ng6 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Nxh4
12. Nxh4 Nxe5 13. Ba2 g5 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Qe2 Ng6 16. Nfd2 b5
17. g3 Bb7 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Qc6 20. f3 Bxb4 21. Nf6+ Kf8
22. Nde4 Be7 23. Qf2 h5 24. Qxd4 Rd8 25. Qb2 Qb6+ 26. Rf2 Qd4
27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Raf1 Kg7 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Bxf6 31. f5
Bh4 32. Rg2 exf5 33. Rxf5 f6 34. Rf4 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4
36. dxe4 Re8 37. Bd5 Bg5 38. Rg3 h4 39. Rc3 Re7 40. Rc8 h3
41. Kf2 Nf4 42. Kf3 Nxd5 43. exd5 Rd7 44. Rc5 f5 45. d6 Kf6
46. Rd5 Ke6 47. Rd3 Rxd6 48. Rb3 Rd2 49. Rc3 Rxh2 50. Kg3 Re2
51. Rc6+ Kd5 52. Rxa6 h2 53. Ra1 Rxc2 54. Rb1 Kc4 55. Rh1 b4
{Deutsche Schachzeitung 1856, p. 97} 0-1

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1856.??.??"]
[EventDate "1856.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "C Eliason"]
[Black "Robert Franz Sr."]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7
Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d6 10. Qb5 Bd7 11. O-O
Kg7 12. Na3 Ne5 13. Qe2 c5 14. f4 Nf7 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Re8
17. c4 Kg8 18. Bb2 Bf5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rad1 Qb8 21. fxe5 Nxe5
22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Nb5 Re2 25. Nd6 Be4 26. Nxe4
Rxe4 27. Rd7 Rxc4 28. Rxb7 a5 29. g3 Rf8 30. Re1 Rf7 31. Re8+
Kg7 32. Rb2 Rb4 33. Rb8 Kh6 34. Kg2 Rd7 35. a3 Rd2+ 36. Rxd2
Rxb8 37. Rc2 Rc8 38. Rc4 Kg5 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. Ra4
Ra8 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Kc3 Kc6 44. Kc4 Kb6 45. Kc3 Re8 46. Kd3
Kb5 47. Rh4 Re7 48. a4+ Kb6 49. Rf4 Re6 50. g4 Kc6 51. h4 Kd5
52. h5 Rd6 53. Ke3 Rb6 54. hxg6 hxg6 55. g5 Rb3+ 56. Kf2 Rb6
57. Ke3 c4 58. Rf6 Rxf6 59. gxf6 Ke6 60. f7 Kxf7 61. Kd4 g5
{Deutsche Schachzeitung 1856, p. 131} 0-1

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1856.??.??"]
[EventDate "1856.??.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Franz Sr."]
[Black "C Eliason"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. e5 f6 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nh6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O fxe5 11. fxe5 Nf5
12. a3 Ba5 13. Qd3 Ncxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Bd2
Bb6+ 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Ba7 20. Bg4 Bc6 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Rxf5 Rxf5 23. Qxf5 Qf8 24. Rf1 Qxf5 25. Rxf5 d4
26. Ne2 Bxa4 27. h3 Bc2 28. Rf4 d3 29. Nd4 Re8 30. Nf3 Bd1
31. Re4 Bb8 32. e6 h6 33. Nd4 Bd6 34. Nf5 Be7 35. Kh2 Bb3
36. Rg4 Bxe6 37. Rxg7+ Kf8 38. Bxh6 Bxf5 39. Rg5+ Kf7
40. Rxf5+ Kg6 41. Rd5 Kxh6 42. Rxd3 Bxb4 43. g4 b6 44. h4 Bc5
45. Rf3 Re2+ 46. Kh1 Kg6 47. Rg3 a5 48. Rd3 Re4 49. Rg3 a4
50. Kg2 a3 51. Rf3 Rxg4+ 52. Kh3 Rg1 53. Rd3 a2 54. Rd6+ Bxd6
55. h5+ Kg5 {Deutsche Schachzeitung 1856, p. 132} 0-1

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1856.??.??"]
[EventDate "1856.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "S Leow"]
[Black "Bendix"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. b3 Nf5
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ncxd4 10. Bxd4 Qd8 11. Bd3 Qg5
12. Qf3 Nh4 13. Qe2 Qxg2 14. Qf1 Qg5 15. Nd2 Qg2 16. Qxg2
Nxg2+ 17. Kd1 Nf4 18. Bf1 b6 19. Rg1 h6 20. Be3 Ng6 21. f4 Bc5
22. Ke2 Nxf4+ 23. Kf3 Ng6 24. Bd4 Nh4+ 25. Kf2 Nf5 26. Nf3 g5
27. h3 a5 28. a4 Ba6 29. Be2 Bxe2 30. Kxe2 Rc8 31. Rac1 Kd7
32. Kd3 Rc6 33. Rcf1 Ke7 34. Rg2 Rhc8 35. Bxc5+ bxc5 36. c4
dxc4+ 37. bxc4 Rd8+ 38. Ke4 Nd4 39. Rb2 Rc7 40. Rff2 Nxf3
41. Kxf3 Rd3+ 42. Kg2 Ra3 43. Rb8 Rxa4 44. Rh8 Rxc4 45. Rh7
Rf4 46. Rxf4 gxf4 47. Rxh6 c4 {Deutsche Schachzeitung 1856,
p. 103} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.11.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "John William Schulten"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Nce7 10. e5 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4
Bg6 13. Re1 h5 14. Nc3 hxg4 15. hxg4 Qd7 16. e6 fxe6 17. dxe6
Qd8 18. Ng5 Rh4 19. Nf7 Qb8 20. Bg5 Rh3 21. Rc1 Nf6 22. Kg2
Rh7 23. Qf3 d5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Rh2+
27. Kxh2 c6+ 28. Nd6+ Ke7 29. Qd2 Bc7 30. Rcd1 Bxd6+ 31. Kg2
b5 32. Bb3 Qc7 33. Qh6 Rg8 34. Re2 Qb8 35. Red2 Be4+ 36. f3
Rxg4+ 37. Kf1 Qg8 38. fxg4 Qxg4 39. Rxd6 {Black threw in the
towel at this point; the game might have continued:
39. ...Qf3+ 40. Ke1 Qg3+ 41. Kd2 Qxd6+ 42. Ke3 and White is
winning.} 1-0

[Event "1st American Chess Congress"]
[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 "Anderssen-Morphy"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1858.12.25"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Black "Paul Morphy"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.a3 {Notes by Lowenthal} e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.e3 Be6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.d4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 e4 10.Nd2 f5
11.f4 {Taking means to stop the further advance of the f pawn,
which he evidently apprehended might prove objectionable. The
range of the adverse King's Bishop is also contracted by this
move.} Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Bf1 Qh6 14.c4 c6 15.c5 Bc7 16.Bc4 Nd7
17.O-O b5 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Qb3 Rfe8 20.Bb2 b5 21.Bxe6+ Qxe6
22.Qc2 Qd5 23.Rfc1 Ra6 24.a4 Rea8 25.axb5 Qxb5 26.Qc4+ Qxc4
27.Nxc4 Rxa1 28.Bxa1 Nf6 29.Bc3 Ra2 30.Bd2 Nd5 31.Kf1 Bd8
32.Ke1 Be7 33.Rb1 h6 34.Ne5 c5 35.dxc5 Bxc5 36.Rb5 Nxe3 {Very
prettily played.} 37.Rxc5 Ng2+ 38.Ke2 {If Kd1, Black would
equally have pushed on the e Pawn.} e3 39.Nf3 g6 40.Rd5 Kf7
41.Rd6 Kg7 42.h4 exd2 43.Rxd2 Ra4 {This mode of securing the
draw is highly ingenious; his opponent cannot prevent it, play
as he may.} 44.Kf2 Nxf4 45.gxf4 Rxf4 46.Rd4 Rxd4 47.Nxd4 Kf6
48.Ke3 g5 49.h5 Ke5 50.Nf3+ Kf6 51.Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anderssen-Morphy"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1858.12.28"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lowenthal} e6 2.d4 g6 3.Bd3 Bg7 4.Be3 {The
student cannot fail of observing that in almost every French
game Mr. Morphy plays his Bishops to e3 and d3, and they
appear well placed here, and come into efficient action when
called upon. It is a novelty, however, in Chess play, and
will, doubtless, meet with attention at the hands of authors
on the game.} c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Ne2 Nge7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nbc3 d5 10.e5 f6 11.f4 fxe5 12.fxe5 a6 13.Qd2 Nb4 14.Bg5
Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Bd7 16.Qh3 Qe8 17.Ng3 Rc8 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Rf1
Qe8 20.Qh4 Nf5 21.Nxf5 gxf5 22.Rf3 {This Rook is now well
posted, and ready for effective cO-Operation with the rest of
the attacking pieces.} Bb5 23.Rg3 {Rh3 would have been weak,
while by the move in the text White gains an undeniable
advantage in position.} Rc7 24.Bf6 f4 {This, says Mr. Morphy,
appears the only move to ward off the attack, if 24...Kh8
25.Rxg7 Rxg7 26.Nxb5 Qxb5 27.Qh6 Qd7 28.h4 Qf7 29.h5 Qc7 30.a3
Qd7 31.Kf2 Qf7 32.Kf3 Qc7 33.g3 Qd7 34.Qxg7+ Qxg7 35.h6 Qxf6
36.exf6 Kg8 37.Kf4 Kf7 38.Ke5 and must win.} 25.Qxf4 Qf8
26.Nxb5 axb5 27.Qh6 Kh8 28.Rxg7 Rxg7 29.Kf2 {Contemplating the
exchange of pieces, and the bringing of the King to attack the
isolated Pawns; the game, however, was an easy one to win.}
Kg8 30.Qxg7+ Qxg7 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Kf3 b4 33.g4 b6 34.h4 b5
35.Ke3 b3 36.a3 1-0

[Event "Anderssen-Morphy"]
[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 "Anderssen-Morphy"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1858.12.22"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lowenthal} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 Nxd4
5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 c6 {A weak move and the cause of all
subsequent embarrassment.} 7.O-O cxb5 8.Bg5 {Much stronger
play then taking the Knight at once.} Be7 {The only correct
reply. If ...h6 White can play either Re1 or exf6 and in each
case win with ease.} 9.exf6 Bxf6 {...gxf6 would have been
equally bad, for White's reply would have been Qxd4, with a
won game.} 10.Re1+ Kf8 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.c3 d5 13.cxd4 Be6
14.Nc3 a6 15.Re5 Rd8 16.Qb3 Qe7 17.Rae1 {Vigorously and ably
followed up.} g5 {Apprehensive of the advance of the f pawn.}
18.Qd1 Qf6 19.R1e3 Rg8 {Losing the game offhand; it was
previously, however, past all recovery.} 20.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Anderssen-Morphy"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1858.12.25"]
[EventDate "1858.12.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lowenthal} d5 {We consider this mode of evading
an open game as decidedly inferior to either ...e6 or ...c5,
(the French and Sicilian openings) though but some short time
ago it was in high repute, and was even adopted by
Mr. Staunton at the Birmingham meeting.} 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
{...Qd8 is frequently played, but the move in the text is
preferable.} 4.d4 e5 5.dxe5 Qxe5+ 6.Be2 Bb4 7.Nf3 {Sacrificing
a pawn to obtain a more speedy development of his pieces.}
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qxc3+ 9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Rb1 Nc6 11.O-O Nf6 12.Bf4 O-O
{Attempting to defend the c pawn would only have led him into
difficulty.} 13.Bxc7 Nd4 14.Qxd4 Qxc7 15.Bd3 Bg4 16.Ng5 Rfd8
17.Qb4 Bc8 {There appears to be no other mode of saving the
pawn; for if ...b6, White would have taken the h pawn with the
knight, and won a pawn.} 18.Rfe1 a5 19.Qe7 Qxe7 20.Rxe7 Nd5
{This is an instructive position} 21.Bxh7+ Kh8 22.Rxf7 Nc3
23.Re1 Nxa2 24.Rf4 Ra6 25.Bd3 1-0

[Event "Morphy-Harrwitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1858.09.05"]
[EventDate "1858.09.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Harrwitz"]
[Black "Paul Morphy"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal. Herr Harrwitz, when first player,
almost invariably adopts this mode of opening the game. It is
one with every variation of which he is thoroughly familiar,
and in no match of importance has he ever failed of using it.}
e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 {Mr. Morphy agrees with us in the
opinion, that at this stage the text move is the most forcible
one that can be selected ; indeed, he says he found it so
strong. that in his after games with Harrwitz he proferred
meeting d4 with f5, in place of exposing himself to this
attack.} a6 5.e3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.a3 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5
10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O Be7 12.Be5 O-O 13.Qe2 Nd5 14.Bg3 {Very well
played for it not only obviates the capture of the Bishop and
the subsequent posting of the King's Knight at f4, but also
prevents the advance of the f-pawn.} Kh8 { Mr. Morphy
considers that he lost the game by this move, and that if he
had played Bf6 instead, the game would have been even.}
15.Rfe1 Bf6 { The following variation will show that Black
could not have thrown up the f-pawn as he had intended,
15...f5 16 Qxe6 Nxc3 17 bxc3 f4 18 Qe4 g6 19 Bxf4 with a won
game.} 16.Qe4 g6 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 exd5 19.Ne5 Rad8 20.Nxc6
Bxc6 21.Rac1 Rc8 22.Bd6 Rg8 23.Be5 Kg7 {It is a singular fact,
that in the earlier stages of every contest upon which
Mr. Murphy has entered, he has played very much below his real
force. This game presents none of those brilliant moves and
remarkable combinations that so eminently abound in his
general play, and at this point be selects a move which
actually gives the victory to his opponent. The Bishop should
have now been captured, and the game thereby would have been
rendered an even one.} 24.f4 Bd7 25.Kf2 h6 26.Ke3 Rxc1 27.Rxc1
Rc8 28.Rc5 Bxe5 29.fxe5 Be6 { If Black had exchanged Rooks,
with the view of breaking up his adversary's centre Pawns, the
White King would have been posted at d4, and victory secured.}
30.a4 bxa4 31.Bxa6 Rb8 32.Rb5 Rd8 33.Rb6 Ra8 34.Kd2 Bc8
35.Bxc8 Rxc8 36.Rb5 Ra8 37.Rxd5 a3 38.bxa3 Rxa3 39.Rc5 Kf8
40.Ke2 Ke7 41.d5 Kd7 42.Rc6 h5 43.Rf6 Ke7 44.d6 Ke8 45.e6 fxe6
46.Rxe6+ Kf7 47.d7 Ra8 48.Rd6 Ke7 49.Rxg6 Kxd7 50.Rg5 Rh8
51.Kf3 Ke6 52.Kg3 h4 53.Kg4 h3 54.g3 Kf6 55.Rh5 1-0

[Event "Morphy-Harrwitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1858.09.??"]
[EventDate "1858.09.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Harrwitz"]
[Black "Paul Morphy"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} f5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4
5.Qb3 c5 { A very similar position occurs in the Sicilian
opening, and then, as here, this move is important and
effective.} 6.d5 e5 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 d6 9.Ne2 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6
11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 Qg6 13.O-O Nd7 14.b4 b6 15.f3 h5 { A
measure of precaution, to prevent White from playing g4, and
having in view also the advance h4 if he should play Ng3.}
16.Bc2 Bb7 17.Ba4 Qf7 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.bxc5 {The exchange of
Pawns here showed want of judgment for after giving up his
Bishop, the c-pawn was, of course, rendered very weak by the
line of play adopted; indeed, it was fatal to his game.} bxc5
20.f4 e4 21.Rab1 Ba6 22.Rfc1 Qa4 {The prompt advantage which
Mr. Morphy takes of the slightest error of his opponent, is
the chief characteristic of his game, and it is well
illustrated on this occasion.} 23.Ng3 h4 24.Nf1 Rab8 25.Nd2
Rb6 { Very well played; for if as was the case, the Rooks be
exchanged, the b-pawn is soon thrown up and a free passage
secured for the c-pawn, and if the exchange be not made, Black
doubles his Rooks on the b-file, with a far superior game.}
26.Rxb6 axb6 27.Qb3 Qxb3 28.Nxb3 b5 {Excellently followed up,
the c-pawn can now march on unimpeded, and embarrass White
sorely.} 29.cxb5 Bxb5 30.Na5 Ra8 31.Nb7 Ra6 32.Rc3 { This is
an interesting position} Kf8 33.Nd8 Bd7 34.Rb3 Ke7 35.Rb8 c4 {
The skilful manner in which Mr. Morphy terminated the game
commands our praise and is deserving of close attention.}
36.Kf2 c3 37.Ke2 Rxa3 38.Nc6+ Bxc6 39.dxc6 c2 40.Kd2 Rc3 {
When Mr. Harrwitz played 38 Nc6+, he evidently overlooked that
his opponent, on his 40th move, could play as in the text.}
41.Kc1 Rxc6 42.Rb3 Kf6 43.Ra3 g5 44.g3 hxg3 45.hxg3 gxf4
46.gxf4 Kg6 47.Ra5 Rc5 48.Ra6 Rc3 49.Rxd6+ Kh5 50.Rd2 Kg4
51.Rg2+ Kf3 52.Rg5 Rc5 53.Rh5 Kxe3 54.Rh4 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1858.08.27"]
[EventDate "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Lord Lyttelton"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4
5. Ne5 d6 {A favorite defence with Kieseritsky; but one that,
according to Janisch, renders the maintenance of the pawn an
impossibility.} 6. Nxg4 Be7 7. d4 Bxh4+ {This is a deviation
from the ordinary line of defence, which is as follows:
8...Qg5 9 Qf3 Bg3 10 Nc3 Nf6 11 Bd2 Nf6 (or A) 12 Bb5 Bd7 13
Bxc6 bxc6 14 O-O-O and the game is even on (A) 11...Bd7 12 d5
Ng4 13 Qxg3 fxg3 14 Bxg5 gxf2+ 15 Kd2 f6 16 Be3 O-O 17 Be2
Nxe3 18 Kxe3 f5.} 8. Nf2 Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Nf6 10. Nc3 Qe7
11. Bxf4 Nxe4+ 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Bh6+ Kg8 15. Rh5
Bf5 16. Qd2 Bg6 17. Re1 1-0

[Event "BFX Birmingham"]
[Site "BFX Birmingham"]
[Date "1858.08.27"]
[EventDate "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "John Rhodes"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. fxe5
{We consider 4 Bb5 to be also a good move at this juncture.}
d5 {The sacrifice of the Knight here is not advisable, as the
variation appended will prove : 4...Nxe5 5 Nxe5 Qh4+ 6 g3 Qh4+
7 qe2 Qxe4+ 8 d4 (Ng6+ though apparently a good move is not
so; for after taking the rook the knight could not easily be
liberated) Be7 9 Nf3 d6 10 Be3 Bg4 11 Nbd2 and we prefer the
game of the first player.} 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. Ne4 Bb6
8. c3 Bg4 9. d4 Qd5 10. Nf2 Nxe5 11. Qe2 {It will be noticed
that if White had instead played 11 dxe5, Black would have
answered ...Bxf2+ and so obtained a decisive advantage.} Bxf3
12. gxf3 Qxf3 {When Mr. Rhodes sacrificed the piece, he no
doubt thought that after moving ...Kf8 he could bring his
queen's rook with grat effect to e8 or he would hardly have
dared to give up so much to so formidable an opponent.}
13. Qxe5+ Kf8 14. Be2 Qc6 15. Rg1 f6 16. Qg3 g6 17. Be3 Re8
18. Kd2 Ne7 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. Ng4 Nd5 21. Rae1 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Qf7
23. Nxf6 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Qxa2 25. Qe8+ Kg7 26. Nh5+ Kh6 27. Qe3+
Kxh5 28. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "Blindsim"]
[Site "Blindsim"]
[Date "1858.09.27"]
[EventDate "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Bornemann"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lowenthal} e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4
5. Bc4 Nf6 6. fxe5 Bxf3 {Black must take the knight, for if
...dxe5, White replies Bxf7+, etc.} 7. Qxf3 dxe5 8. d3 Nc6
9. Bg5 a6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Nf1 {This is a good
move, for when the knight comes to e3, it can be played either
to d5 or f5 with great advantage.} O-O-O 13. Ne3 {To have
taken on f7 would have been dangerous.} h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3
Rdf8 16. Nd5 Ne8 {He could not exchange knight without losing
his e-pawn.} 17. d4 {Remarkably well played, securing a free
file for the queen's rook and opening a diagonal for his
queen's bishop to attack the king's position.} exd4 18. cxd4
{Bxc7 would also have been a powerful reply as a check would
have been threatened to both king and queen.} Bd8 19. Rhf1 Nd6
20. Bb3 Nb5 21. Qe3 f5 {this was a very unadvisable step, and
one by which his game is terribly compromised.} 22. exf5 Rxf5
23. Nb6+ {Taking due advantage of the imprudent advance of the
f-pawn.} cxb6 24. Be6 {If white had taken rook instead, Black
would have saved his Queen with ...Re8. It is evident that if,
on rook takes rook, the queen had reataken, mate would have
followed in two moves.} Rd5 25. Rf7 Ne7 26. Kb1 {All this is
astonishingly well played, when we consider that it is played
blindfold, and with so many games at hand at the same time.}
Re8 27. Rc1+ Nc7 28. Bxd7+ Rxd7 29. d5 Nc6 30. dxc6 Rxe3
31. cxd7+ Kb8 32. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Blindsim"]
[Site "Blindsim"]
[Date "1858.08.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "George Salmon"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
d5 {It is a question of great importance, whether the Evans'
Gambit should be accepted or declined. In theory we have a
satisfactory defence against the regular attack; but in
practice this so invariably breaks down, that it would seem as
if, in matches were money and reputation are at stake, the
evasion of the gambit by the move in the text would be the
more prudent step.} 5. exd5 {5 Bb5 is the more usual move
here, and is followed up thus 5... dxe4 (best) 6 bxc5 exf3 7
Bxc6+ bxc6 8 Qxf3 Ne7 but even then White remains with a
somewhat inferior game.} Nxb4 6. O-O {Mr. Morphy considers
this best at this point.} Ne7 {6...Bf5 would have been the
proper play.} 7. Nxe5 O-O {we should have preferred ...Bd4.}
8. d4 Bd6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Nxa4 Nbxd5
13. c4 Rxa4 {In offering this sacrifice, Mr. Salmon was
probably impressed with the idea that his adversary would take
the rook and thus subject himself to the attack of ...Nc3 and
then ...Ne2+; but mr morphy evidently had all the variations
in his mind's eye, and so declined the proffered bait.}
14. cxd5 Ra5 15. Qf3 Bg6 16. Re1 Bb4 17. Re2 Nf5 18. Bb2 {The
accuracy and rapidity with which the young american replied at
this point of the game to the moves of his opponents, was the
subject of universal remark and astonishment.} Qa8 19. g3 Qa7
20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Re5 Bxa3 22. d6 {Finely played; insuring the
advance of the wueen's pawn which is equivalent to the gain of
the game.} Bb4 {22....Nxd4 would have been bad play, as the
following variation will prove, eg. : 23 Bxf7+ Kh8 (best) 24
Qf4 Rxe5 25 Bxd4 and wins - 22...Nxd4 23 Bxf7+ Rxf7 24 Re8+
Kh7 (best) 25 Qxf7 Bxa3 and White mates in four moves.}
23. Rexa5 Bxa5 24. Qd5 b6 25. d7 Qa8 26. Rc1 Qxd5 27. Bxd5 b5
28. Bc6 Nd6 29. d5 Bd2 30. Rd1 Bg5 31. f4 Bd8 32. Ba3 f5
33. Re1 Kf7 34. Bxb5 Rh8 35. Bxd6 cxd6 36. Re8 {This ending
which is a perfect Chess study, deserves special attention
from the student.} Rf8 37. Kf2 g5 38. Ke3 g4 39. Kd3 g5
40. Bc6 gxf4 41. gxf4 Rg8 42. Kc4 Rf8 43. Kb5 Rg8 44. Ka6 Rf8
45. Kb7 Rg8 46. Kc8 Bb6 47. Rxg8 Kxg8 48. d8=Q+ Bxd8 49. Kxd8
1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[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 "blindfold simul"]
[Site "Paris, France"]
[Date "1858.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Henri Baucher"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4
Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 Nh6 {It is a
question to which square this knight should be played here, to
the one in the text or to e7. Much may be said in favor of
both; played to h6 it can be brought back to f7 and castling
effected; while if to e7 with the object of posting it on g6,
a diagonal is left open which will render castling a less easy
matter. The relative merit, however, of the two moves can only
be determined by frequently testing them in actual play.}
9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc4 Kh8 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Rad1 Rf7
{Played, it would seem, with a view of occupying the square
vacated with the queen's rook, though we do not see that
Black's position would thereby have been much improved.}
14. f4 {In recording games played by Mr. Morphy, we have been
much struck by the skill and judgement with which he
invariably times the advance of the f-pawn after castling. An
immediate advantage is immediately apparent. Here it allows
the King's rook to be brought to bear on the adversary's
intrenchments.} a5 15. f5 Rff8 {The advance of the f-pawn by
white effectually prevented Black from carrying on his
original plan of bringing his queen's rook to f8 on account of
Ne6; and this retreat of the king's rook was no doubt caused
by Baucher's wish to bring his knight into play, which he now
could not do without leaving this rook 'en prise'.} 16. Ne6
{White has now a fine game.} Rg8 17. a4 Ng4 18. Qe2
{Mr. Morphy exhibits the true spirit of chess. From the
commencement of the game he makes such a disposition of his
pieces, that, after serving his purpose to the utmost in their
original position, they are brought at once, and without the
least loss of time, to bear on another weak point in the
adversary's game. The move in the text is a fair proof of the
truth of the assertion; for the queen, after for some time
having maintained a position of importance, is now brought
back and becomes even more powerful than before. This move is
a commencement of a very masterly combination.} Ne5 19. Bg3
Qc8 {To get rid of the knight by playing ...Bd7 and to allow
the d-pawn to take the bishop if his knight were captured.}
20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rf3 {The key move to a combination of
surprising merit, when it is remembered that it takes place in
a game contested simultaneously with seven others against
strong players, and all without sight of board and men.} Bd7
22. Rh3 h6 {If 22...Re8 White would have won as follows 23 Qh5
h6 24 Nxg7 Bf8 (We see no better move for if ...Kg8 white
would win with Rg3) 25 Qxh6+ Kg8 26 Qh7+ Kf7 and White mates
in two moves.} 23. Qd2 {Followed up with real spirit.} Kh7 {To
save the threatened mate.} 24. Qxd7 Bd6 25. Rxh6+ {The
position deserves the student's best examination. Mr. Morphy's
play here is a wonderful exhibition of brilliancy and
correctness.} Kxh6 26. Rd3 Kh5 27. Qf7 Kh4 28. Rh3 Kg4
29. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "Birmingham sim"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1858.08.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "William Ridout Wills"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6
5.Be3 {The move we recommend here is 5 Nb5, eg.: 5...a6 (or A
and B) 6 Nd6+ Bxd6 7 Qxd6 and as we have proved in three games
played against Anderssen, Morphy, and Staunton, White's game
is to be preferred - (A) 5...d6 6 Bf4 e5 7 Be3 and Black's
d-pawn being unsupported, is weak, and his game is inferior. -
(B) 5...Nf6 6 Nc3 Bb4 7 Nd6+} Nf6 6.Bd3 e5 {Never a good move
when the d-pawn is left in the rear without support, which as
the game advances, becomes the object of attack, and as a
general rule, falls.} 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O d6 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4
Be7 11.Nc3 Rb8 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Rb4 14.Qf3 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Bg4
16.Qf2 Qxf2 17.Rxf2 Bc5 18.Rff1 Be7 19.a3 Rb7 20.Ne4 Bd7
21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Rxf6 Rxb2 24.Re1+ Be6 25.Bf5 Ke7
{A very instructive position as will be found from its study.}
26.Rh6 Rhb8 27.Bxe6 Rb1 28.Rg1 fxe6 29.Rxh7+ Kd6 30.Rxa7 {The
combination has been carried out with the accuracy that would
have done credit to a first-rate with the board and men before
him, and which is therefore marvelous when we reflect that it
was conducted blindfold and while the player was engaged
simultaneously with seven other games. there is now the clear
gain of a pawn.} Rxg1+ 31.Kxg1 Rb1+ 32.Kf2 Rb2 33.h4 Rxc2+
34.Kf3 Ke5 35.h5 Kf5 36.h6 Rd2 37.h7 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1858.08.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "George Shoobridge Carr"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} h6 2. d4 a5 3. Bd3 b6 4. Ne2 e6
5. O-O Ba6 {This series of unusual moves was no doubt adopted
with the view of embarrasing the blindfold player, in place of
which it served to allow him to bring out his pieces and
secure victory in a shorter space of time.} 6. c4 Nf6 7. e5
Nh7 8. f4 Be7 9. Ng3 d5 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Nh5 g5 12. fxg5 hxg5
{Black has indeed placed himself in a deplorable condition in
vainly attempting to puzzle his antagonist.} 13. Bxh7+ {Nf6+
would also have led to a speedy termination.} Kh8 14. Nf6 dxc4
15. Bc2 Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. Bxg5 Nc6 19. Rf3
{Threatening mate in two moves.} Kg7 20. Bh6+ Kxh6 21. Rh3+
Kg5 22. Rh5+ Kf4 23. Kf2 {Terminating the game in masterly
style, and giving it an interest, from the nature of the
opening, which we had not looked.} 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1858.08.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "James Freeman"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 {One of eight simultaneous blindfold games. Notes by
J. Lowenthal} e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bb6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4
6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bg5 Qe8
11. Bxd5 {from this point, to the very end, the game abounds
with interesting positions.} c6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf6+ gxf6
14. Bxf6 Qd6 {If Mr. Freeman had taken the bishop with queen,
Re5, in reply, would have proved a winning move; and if with
pawn, the following variation would most likely have ocurred:
14...cxd5 15 Re5 h6 16 Qh5 (16 Rg5+ Kh7 17 Qd3+ or 16...hxg5
17 Qh5 also wins) Kh7 17 Nf5 wins.} 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Qh5 Bxf2+
17. Kh1 {If White had captured the bishop, ...Qf4+ would have
effectually relieved Black from his embarrasments.} Qf4
18. Rxe6 {Ingenious and quite accurate.} Nd7 19. Bb2
{Threatening mate by Rg6+.} Bd4 20. g3 Nf6 {If ...Qf2, White
would have won with ease by checking with the queen at g4.}
21. gxf4 Nxh5 22. Bxd4 {The combination is carried out and
completed with due mathematical precision; and after the
pieces are exchanged off, White will remain with an advantage
quite sufficient to insure victory.} Nxf4 23. Rg1+ Ng6
24. Rexg6+ hxg6 25. Rxg6+ Kh7 26. Rg7+ Kh6 27. Be4 f5 28. Bd3
b6 29. Rg3 Rf7 30. Be5 Re8 31. Bf4+ Kh7 32. Rg5 Re1+ 33. Kg2
Rg7 34. Bxf5+ Kh8 35. h4 Rxg5+ 36. Bxg5 Re8 37. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Birmingham Blindfold Exhibition"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1858.08.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "James Kipping"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4
Bc5 5. O-O {The accuracy with which Mr. Morphy opens his
games, when playing blindfold, is truly remarkable. The text
move here is much better than c3; for to that Black would
reply with ...Nf6 and resolve the game into the well known
Giuco Piano.} d6 {Correctly played and a better move than
...Nf6.} 6. c3 Qf6 7. Bg5 {An interesting attack would result
from throwing up b4, e.g.: 7 b4 Bb6 8 Bb2 Ne5 9 Nxe5 dxe5 10
Kh1 anything 11 f4 and considering the freedom of White's
pieces, we give his game the preference.} Qg6 8. cxd4 Nxd4
9. Nxd4 Qxg5 10. f4 Qg6 11. Kh1 Nh6 12. h3 {Mr. Morphy's
blindfold games are singularly free from error; but here he
makes a slip, which is very promptly and accurately taken
advantage of by Mr. Kipping.} Bxh3 13. gxh3 Qxe4+ 14. Qf3 {The
result would have been the same if either the knight or rook
had interposed; indeed the loss of the piece was unavoidable.}
Qxd4 15. Re1+ Kd7 16. Na3 Bxa3 17. Bb5+ {A most ingenious
attempt to recover the game, though it was unsuccessful.} c6
18. bxa3 Rhe8 {It will be seen that if Black had taken the
bishop, the loss of the queen must have followed on White's
playing 19 Qxb7+ 20 Qe7+ and Rac1+, etc.} 19. Rac1 d5 20. Qb3
Kc7 {Here, also if the bishop had been taken, White would
again have won easily with Qxb5+.} 21. Bd3 Re3 22. Rxe3 Qxe3
23. Rb1 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 b6 25. Re1 Qg3+ 26. Kf1 Qxf4+ 27. Kg2
Qg5+ 28. Kf1 Ng4 29. Re2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1858.08.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Thomas Avery"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4
e6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. f4 Ba6
{...c5 would have been a better move.} 10. O-O {If White had
captured the proffered bishop, Black would have checked with
the queen , regaining the piece and improving his position.}
Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bc5 12. Nd2 Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 Qb6 {We believe that
Mr. Avery acted prudently in exchanging off the pieces and
simplifying the game. Mr. Morphy having shown himself so
extremely accurate and skilful in complicated positions, which
in an endgame, playing blindfold, it was just possible that
his power of calculation might prove faulty.} 14. Rae1 O-O
15. b3 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. g3 Raf8 18. Kg2 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 g6
20. Rfe1 e5 {Very well played. The forces have taken up a
position of much interest.} 21. R1e2 exf4 22. Re7 R8f7
23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Rc8 R4f6 26. Rc7 Nf8 27. Ree7
Rxe7 28. Rxe7+ Rf7 29. Re8 Nd7 30. Nf3 Rf8 31. Re7+ Rf7
32. Re8 Rf8 33. Re7+ Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "C A Seguin"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4
{An analysis of this move in extenso, by Herr Lowenthal, will
be found in the January number of the 'Chess Monthly' of
1858.} Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. f4 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O
Bg4 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 h6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nb4 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. b3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rfe8 17. d4 Qc6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. e5 Qxf3
20. Rxf3 Nh7 21. Rd7 Rab8 22. Nd5 Bf8 23. Bf2 {To enable not
only to push on the f-pawn, but aso to bring on his king's
rook to attack the adverse c-pawn.} Red8 24. Nb6 Rxd7 25. Nxd7
Rc8 26. Rc3 Rc7 27. Nxf8 Nxf8 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Ne6
30. Be3 g6 31. g4 Nd8 32. Kf2 Nc6 33. Ke2 b5 34. axb5 axb5
35. Kd3 Kf8 36. Bc5+ Ke8 37. Ke4 Kd7 38. Kd5 Nd8 39. f5 gxf5
40. gxf5 h5 41. Bb6 Nb7 42. e6+ fxe6+ 43. fxe6+ Ke7 44. Kc6
{This game on the whole, does not present such numerous points
of interest as many of the foregoing contested on the same
ocassion, but is yet worth studying, as it exhibits great
accuracy on Mr. Morphy's part, without which winning would
have been no easy task.} Nd8+ 45. Bxd8+ Kxd8 46. Kd6 Ke8
47. e7 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Eugene Louis Lequesne"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lowenthal} b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nh3 Ne7
5. O-O d5 6. e5 Nec6 7. c3 Be7 8. f4 g6 9. g4 h5 10. gxh5 Rxh5
11. Qg4 Rh4 12. Qg3 Kd7 {The best mode of bringing his pieces
into play.} 13. Nd2 Qh8 14. Ng5 Nd8 15. Ndf3 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Rh3
17. Qg2 Nbc6 18. Bd2 Ne7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. b4 a6 21. a4 Qh5
22. Ne1 Nf5 23. Rf3 Rh4 24. Rf4 Rxf4 25. Bxf4 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5
27. Rb1 {Gaining a free passage for the rook.} c4 28. Bxf5
gxf5 29. Nc2 Bc6 30. a5 Qh4 31. Qg3 Qh5 32. Qg2 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Bierwith"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lowenthal} e6 2. d4 c6 {Mr Bierwith probaly
opened his game thus irregularly (as other of Mr. Morphy's
opponents did when he was playing blindfold) in the hope of
puzzling his antagonist; but this end was far from being
attained.} 3. Bd3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. O-O Bd6 7. h3
Bh5 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 {White, at this early stage
of the game, has all his pieces well in play.} Bxf3 11. Nxf3
h6 {A proper measure of precaution, as both the knight and
bishop are both prevented from being placed at g5.} 12. Qd2
Qc7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 f5 15. Ne5 O-O-O {The advantage to be
gained by taking the knight was more apparent than real; for
if he take with the bishop, then follows : 16 fxe5 Nxe5 17 Be6
Rd8 18 Qc3 Qd6 19 Bc5 and must win ; and if with the knight,
then 16 fxe5 Bxe5 17 Bc5 Rd8 (best) 18 Qe2 Bf6 (best)19 Qe6
Rd7 (best if 19...Rf8 20 Bxe7 Bxe7 21 Qg6+ Kd7 22 Bd6+ wins)
20 Rad1 Rd5 ( We see no better move; for if 20... Kd8 then 21
Bxe7+ and wins, and if 20...Rf8 then 21 Bd6 with an excellent
game, and lastly if 20...Rxd1 21 Rxd1 Rf8 22 Bxe7 and wins) 21
Bxd5 cxd5 22 Bxe7 Bxe7 23 Rc1 and wins.} 16. Be6 Bxe5 17. dxe5
Kb8 18. Qc3 {Very well played, not only maintaining the pawn
but enabling him to play Qa3.} Nb6 19. Qa3 Nbc8 20. Rac1 g5
21. f4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Rd4 23. Qe3 Re4 24. Qf3 Qb6+ 25. Kh2 Rxe1
26. Rxe1 Qb4 27. Re2 Ng6 28. Bd2 Qb5 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxh6
Rh8 31. Bg7 Rh7 32. Bf6 Rf7 33. Qh5 Nf4 34. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Guibert"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} d5 {A move that staunton adopted
against Lowenthal at the Birmingham meeting, but one that we
cannot at all recommend.} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 e6
{Already Black's game is crampd. this shuts in his queen's
bishop.} 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O h6 8. Be3 c6 9. Ne5
{Enabling him at once to throw up the f-pawn; a move that, as
we have before remarked, Mr Morphy takes the earliest
opportunity of making.} Nd7 10. f4 Nf6 11. Ne4 Nf5 12. Bf2 Bc7
13. c3 Nd5 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. Rae1 Bxe5 16. dxe5 {Better than
taking with the f-pawn, as now he can either play Bc5 or g4
with effect, and it is impossible to stop both attacks.} h5
17. Bc5 Qd8 18. Nd6+ Nxd6 19. Bxd6 {The bishop thus posted
looks invincible.} g6 20. Qg3 Ne7 21. Rd1 Bd7 22. Rd2 h4
23. Qg4 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 {More judicious than capturing with
the g-pawn as Qg7 would have proved an embarrasing reply.}
25. Qf3 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 O-O-O 27. c4 {We should have preferred
playing h3; an examination of the position will show that it
was only through being permitted to plat ...h3 that black
gained the chance of drawing.} h3 28. g3 Be6 29. Qc3 Rd7
30. Rfd1 c5 31. Kg1 Rhd8 32. Qa3 a6 33. Bxc5 Qc6 34. Bd6 f6
35. Rd5 {A most ingenious conception, and one that would have
insured victory, had not his king be so exposed that he could
not exchange off the rooks when he desired it.} Bxd5 36. Rxd5
Rxd6 37. exd6 Kb8 38. Qd3 Rxd6 39. Qd2 Rxd5 40. cxd5 Qc5+
41. Kf1 Qc4+ 42. Kf2 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1858.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "William Potier"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 {Should
White play Nc3, Black would answer with ...Bb4. The game is
then usually continued as follows : 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Nxe5 Bxc3 5
dxc3 d6 6 Nf3 Nxe4 7 Bd3 Nf6 (best if ...d5 7 c4 with the
better game) 8 O-O O-O and neither party can be said to have
the slightest advantage.} Nxe4 {This move leads to an even
game, as does also ...d5, which Lichtenhein played against
morphy; but there is also ...Nxc3 from which spring several
interesting positions. Black's game is cramped thereby, and
must remain so for a considerable time; but, in opposition to
several very able authorities, we are of the opinion that if
properly conducted the defence through advantage of the pawn
will most certainly win. In proof of this we submit the
following variation : 4...Nxc3 5 dxc3 f6 6 Nh4 (6 O-O Qe7 7
Na4 g6 followed by ...c6 with a good game) Qe7 7 Qh5+ Kd8 8
Ng6 Qe8 9 Bd3 Be7 winning a piece.} 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nxe5 d5
6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. f4 {Playing his favorite
move early in the gamr.} Nb6 10. Qf3 h5 11. f5 {The queen's
bishop of the second player is now completely hemmed in and
time must be lost in extricating it.} Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rae1
Kf8 14. Qg3 h4 {If Black had taken pawn with bishop, White
would have checked with the kight on g6 and gained an evident
advantage.} 15. Ng6+ {A most able move, frustating at once all
of the combinations of his opponent.} Kg8 16. Bxd6 hxg3
17. Bxc7 fxg6 18. fxg6 gxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bg4 20. Re7 Nbd7 21. Be5
Kf8 22. Rf7+ Kg8 23. Nxd5 {One of those brilliant combinations
in which Mr. Morphy has made himself so famous, and which
occur with equal frequecy in his blindfold games as in those
that he has conducted with board and men before him.} cxd5
24. Bxd5 Nb6 25. Bb3 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Standidge Boden"]
[Black "Paul Morphy"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nc3
Nxc3 5.dxc3 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.O-O Bd6 8.Re1 Be6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.f4
Nxe5 11.fxe5 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Qh4 {Black doesn't really have much
of an attack going.} 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Rxe3 O-O {White could get
an attack going if the rook could get to the h-file, but there
is no way to accomplish that. Black's bishop at e6 is a mighty
defender!} 15.Qe1 Qh6 16.Qg3 Rae8 17.Rae1 { 17.Rf1 with the
idea of Rf4-h4, would be a more ambitious plan. } c5 18.Be2
Bd7 19.Bf3 Qe6 20.Rd3 Bc6 21.b4 b6 22.a4 {! ?} f6 23.b5 {!}
Bb7 24.c4 {!? A pawn sacrifice to open up the
d-file. 24.Rde3!?} dxc4 25.Rd6 Qe7 26.Bxb7 { 26.e6!? would
have been stronger. Rd8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Bxb7 Qxb7 29.e7 Re8
30.Qd6 was a reasonable plan. } Qxb7 27.e6 Qc7 28.Red1 Rd8 {!}
29.Kg1 { 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Qf3 [ 30.Qxc7?? Rxd1# ] Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1
Kf8 and Black has better chances in the queen endgame. } Rxd6
30.Qxd6 Qxd6 31.Rxd6 Re8 32.Kf2 Kf8 33.Kf3 Ke7 34.Rd7+ Kxe6
35.Rxa7 Re7 36.Ra6 {! ?} Rb7 37.a5 Kd6 {Morphy has correctly
evaluated the endgame, but he misplays it.} 38.axb6 Ke6 {
38...Kd5 39.c3 Ke5 would have been wiser. } 39.Ke3 g5 40.g4
Kd6 {? 40...Ke5 41.c3 Kd5 42.h3 Ke5 would have held the
draw. } 41.Ke4 {!} Ke6 {Agreed drawn, but in fact, White
should win! 42.c3 h6 43.h3 and the king must give way. Rb8
44.b7+ Kd7 45.Rxf6 Rxb7 46.Rf7+ Kc8 47.Rxb7 Kxb7 48.Kd5 Kb6
49.Kxc4 is an easy win. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCA-02.Kongress"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[EventDate "1858.08.24"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ernst Falkbeer"]
[Black "Johann Jacob Loewenthal"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3
O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. a3 Ng4 10. Qd2 Nxe3 11. fxe3 f5
12. O-O-O a6 13. Ne2 b5 14. Nf4 b4 15. b3 Rf7 16. a4 Qd6
17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Rhf1 Na5 19. Kb1 Bd7 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6
22. Ne5 Nc6 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. g4 Ne7 25. gxf5 Nxf5 26. Qg4 Qe6
27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. a5
Kg7 32. c3 bxc3 33. Kc2 Kf6 34. Kxc3 Ke6 35. Rg1 Kf6 36. h4
Re8 37. Kd3 Re6 38. Rg8 Rc6 39. Rd8 Ke6 40. Re8+ Kf6 41. Re5
Rd6 42. Kc3 Re6 43. b4 c6 44. Rxe6+ Kxe6 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Ke2
f4 47. exf4 Kf5 48. Kf3 h5 49. Kg3 Ke4 50. f5 Kxf5 51. Kf3 {
The Chess Players Chronicle 1859, p. 74} 1/2-1/2

[Event "blind simul, St. George's Club"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1859.04.20"]
[EventDate "1859.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Arthur Hay"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 f5
5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nge2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Be3 Kh8 9. O-O c6 10. dxc6
Nxc6 11. a3 a6 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. Ba2 b5 14. Nd1 Ng6 15. b3 a5
16. c4 bxc4 17. bxc4 Bxa3 18. d5 Qd6 19. Nd4 Bc5 20. Nb5 Qb6
21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Rd8 {Played probably
with the view of stopping the advance of either the 'd' or
c-pawn.} 24. Ne3 Ne7 {This is judicious, as it checked the
progress of the c-pawn, which, if allowed to march on, would
have proved irresistable.} 25. Rfd1 Ra6 26. Rab1 {Well played,
insuring the effective advance of the bishop's pawn.} g6
27. c5 Nfxd5 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Nb5 {Gaining a piece.} Rc6 {Any
attempt to save the piece would have been vain; for if ...Be6
Nc7 gains a clear piece; and if ...Bb7, White's reply of Nc3
would have proved decisive.} 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxc5
32. Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "blind simul, St. George's Club"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1859.04.20"]
[EventDate "1859.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "J Thrupp"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. f4 c5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Qf6
{It is rarely, if ever, advisable to play the queen thus early
in the game. Her position is not a good one either for attack
or defence, and she is often subjected to a most embarrasing
attack here.} 5. Nc3 Be6 {Taking the pawn with queen, would
clearly have been bad.}6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. f5 Bd7 8. O-O Qd8 9. d3
Be7 10. g4 h6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nd5 Nf6 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. c3 Nc6 16. c4 g5 17. Nd2 b6 18. Nb1 Ne7 19. Nc3 a6
20. Rb1 Qc6 21. b4 Kd7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 {Compulsory, as by
retreating the bishop to g7, Whit would win a piece by f6.}
23. cxd5 Qc7 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Qa4+ Ke7 26. Rb3 Rhb8 27. Rfb1
Rxb3 28. Qxb3 Kf8 29. Qb7 Qxb7 30. Rxb7 Be7 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "blind simul, St. George's Club"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1859.04.20"]
[EventDate "1859.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "R Cremorne"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lowenthal} e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. b4 {A
move first adopted by the editor in his match with Harrwitz;
it leads to most interesting positions.} Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. Bc4
Bb6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 d6 9. Bb2 f6 10. f5 {A very good move,
and one that so hampers Black's game as to render the
development of his pieces a matter of much difficulty.} Qe7
{Had his lordship, with the intention of breaking up the
pawns, played ...g6, White , in replying g4, would have
maintained his superior position. Neither would ...Nh6 have
availed more for the second player.} 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nc3
{Preparing to post the knight on d5, and thus get rid of the
adverse king's bishop, which commands an important diagonal.}
O-O-O 13. Re1 Qe8 14. Nd5 g6 15. Nxb6+ axb6 16. Qa4 Na5
{...Nb8 would perhaps have been better.} 17. Qa3 c6 18. Bd3
Qf8 {...Kc7 would have been bad on account of the rejoinder of
e5.} 19. Bc3 {Placing Black's game in an irrecoverably lost
position.} Kc7 20. Bxa5 Ra8 21. Bxb6+ Kxb6 22. Rab1+ Kc7
23. Qb3 {As this is all played blindfold, the accuracy shown
is most astonishing.} Rb8 24. Qb6+ Kc8 25. Ba6 {Finely played
again.} Ne7 26. e5 {26 Qa7 might also have been played with
great effect, e.g. : 26.Qa7 Kf7 27 Bxa6 winning in a few
moves, or 26.Qa7 d5 27 Bxb7+ Kf7 (If 27...Rxb7 28 Qa8+ Kf7 29
Rxb7+ Kd6 30 Qa3+ and mates next move) 28 Bc8+ and mating in
two moves.} dxe5 27. Bxb7+ Rxb7 28. Qxb7+ Kd8 29. dxe5 1-0

[Event "blind simul, St. George's Club"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1859.04.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Hugh Alexander Kennedy"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Nce7 {We
do not commend this move, preferring ...Na5.} 10. e5 Ng6
11. e6 fxe6 12. dxe6 N8e7 13. Nc3 {Ng5 is not as good as it
seems; the move adopted is infinitely stronger.} c6 {We should
have chosen to castle in preferance, as this move leads Black
into great difficulties.} 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Bf4 {A very pleasing
conception.} g6 16. Nf7 O-O {He has no recourse but to
sacrifice the queen.} 17. Bxe5 {All very finely played.} Rxf7
18. exf7+ Kf8 19. Bxd6 Bg4 20. Qd2 g5 21. Rae1 1-0

[Event "blind simul, St. George's Club"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1859.04.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Thomas Herbert Worrall"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 {The
mexican amateur dislikes a close opening or a Guico Piano, and
invariably looks for an opportunity of making the game lively
and interesting. Hence, no doubt, this move.} 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5
dxe5 {If ...fxe4, White would have replied with Qd5, and
subjected Black to a very embarrasing attack.} 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8
7. Bg5+ Nf6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. O-O-O+ Bd6 10. Rhe1 h6 11. Bxf6+
gxf6 12. Nb5 Ke7 13. Nh4 {The game of the second player is now
quite indefensible.} Rd8 14. exf5 Ke8 15. Re3 Rd7 16. Rg3 Ne7
17. Be6 e4 18. Bxd7+ Bxd7 19. Rxd6 Bxb5 20. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "blind simul, St. George's Club"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1859.04.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "James G Cunningham"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Nf3
Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Qe7 {A bad move, he should have played
...d5.} 7. O-O Ng8 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Qc5 10. Na3 Nd4 11. Be3
Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qf8 {There was no other square open to the
queen; had she been posted elsewhere, d6 would have rendered
Black's game hopeless.} 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nb5 Kd8 15. Rac1
{From this point to the end Mr. Morphy plays dashingly and
brilliantly. The combination of which this move is the
commencement, shows depth and soundness to a surprising
extent.} d6 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Qe3 Ra6 18. Nc7 Qe7 19. Ne6+
{Well followed up.} fxe6 20. Bxa6 Bd7 21. Bb5 Ke8 22. dxe6 Nf6
23. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "blind simul, St. George's Club"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1859.04.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Thomas Wilson Barnes"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Lowenthal} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 {According to
Jaenisch, in his "Analyse Nouvelle," neither party can improve
upon the moves adopted up to this point.} Nf6 {In the work
just mentioned, ...c5 is recommended here.} 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qb3
dxc4 11. Bxc4 {If the queen had taken the knight's pawn, it is
clear that, to save her, White must have submitted to the loss
of a piece, e.g. : 11 Qxb7 Bd5 12 Bxf6 (12 Qxd5 Bxh2+ and wins
the queen) gxf6 13 Qb5 cxd3.} Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nc6 13. Nc3 h6
14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Nxc6 bxc6
19. Rfe1 {White has now somewhat the better game, as Black's
pawns are evidently weak.} Rfe8 20. Rac1 Rab8 21. b3 Re7
22. Na4 Rb4 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nd5 25. Rxc6 Rd4 26. Rc2 Nb4
27. Rce2 Nd3 {With correct play on both sides, the game from
this position, ought to be drawn.} 28. Rd2 Rxa4 29. Rxd3 Rxa2
30. Rc1 Rf7 31. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1859.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Napoleon Marache"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 {"In the evening Mr. Morphy played two games with
Mr. Knott and one game with Mr. Marache, in all of which games
he gave the large odds of the Queen's Knight, winning all in
dashing style." -- David Lawson (Paul Morphy: The Pride and
Sorrow of Chess, pp. 221-22)} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4
Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qxf6
10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxc5 Rf8 13. Bg5 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1
Rf5 15. Qxc4 Rxg5 16. Qxe6+ Kf8 17. Rf1 Rxg2 18. Qh3 Rg1+
19. Rxg1 Kg7 20. Rae1 Rf8 21. Rgf1 Qxc2 22. Qd7+ Kg8 23. Rxf8+
Kxf8 24. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Delannoy - Morphy Construction"]
[Site "Paris, FRA"]
[Date "1859.??.??"]
[EventDate "1859.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alphonse Delannoy"]
[Black "Paul Morphy"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. f4 {This is not a real Morphy game until 22... Rfe8. The
following is the "Alexander G. Sellman" construction of the
missing moves that were presented with the ending in Maroczy's
game 399, a brilliant feat of retro-analysis. The opening
score is supposition, only the ending was known} e6 2. Nf3 c5
3. c4 Bd6 4. e5 Bc7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d3 d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Be2
Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Na4 Nf6 11. c5 Qd8 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2
Bd7 14. b3 Be8 15. Qc1 Nh5 16. Bxh5 Bxh5 17. Qb1 Qd5 18. b4
Bg6 19. f5 exf5 20. Qc1 Rae8 21. Bf4 Re2 22. Rf2 { This is the
position and following are the known scores that have
survived.} Rfe8 23. Bxc7 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Re2+ 25. Kxe2 Qxg2+
26. Ke1 Qg1+ 27. Ke2 Bh5+ 28. Kd2 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Casual - Knight Odds"]
[Site "New York, USA"]
[Date "1859.05.14"]
[EventDate "1859.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "James W Stone"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 {On Saturday, May 14, Morphy played five games in his
hotel room at the St. Nicholas Hotel giving Knight odds and
winning all, against Dr. James Stone. He then visited the
Union Chess Club - Shibut's Bio-11.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Qf6 7. Qb3 Nge7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4
O-O 10. e5 Qg6 11. d5 Nb4 12. Bd2 Qc2 13. Qxc2 Nxc2 14. Bxa5
Nxa1 15. Rxa1 b6 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. d6 cxd6
19. exd6 Re8 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Re1 Bb7 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Re7
Raf8 24. Rxd7 Bc8 25. Rc7 Bf5 26. d7 1-0

[Event "Knight Odds"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1859.05.28"]
[EventDate "1859.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "William R Broughton"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 {Morphy played two games against Mr. W. R. Broughton
while in Boston, the first was played on the 28th of May the
evening of thier arrival and again the evening of the 30th of
May both were at the Boston Chess Club. Lawson p, 217 & 218
Maroczy dated the previous game, but not this one. While
Maroczy orders the game before the game played on the 28th,
later Shibut also reordered it after the game of the 28th} e5
2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Bc4 Bd6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxe2
8. Qxe2 c6 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. c3 O-O 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bb5 a6
13. Ba4 Qc7 14. g3 Qc4 15. Qd1 Nd5 16. Kf2 Nxe3 17. Kxe3 b5
18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Bb3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Qf1 Ne7 22. Qg2 Nf5+
23. Ke2 Nxg3+ 24. Qxg3 Bxf4 25. Qg2 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Kh8 27. h4
f5 28. Rh1 f4 29. Qh2 f3+ 30. Ke3 Qxh2 31. Rxh2 Rf6 32. c4
bxc4 33. Bxc4 Rh6 34. Rc2 Rxh4 35. Bf7 f2 36. Rxf2 Rh3+
37. Ke2 Rc8 38. Bc4 Rf3 39. b3 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 g5 41. Ke3 Re8
42. Be2 Kg7 43. b4 Kf6 44. a4 Kf5 45. Bxa6 g4 46. a5 g3
47. Bf1 Kg4 48. a6 Rf8 49. Bg2 Rf2 50. Bxe4 Ra2 51. b5 h5
52. Bb7 h4 53. Bc8+ Kg5 54. Bh3 g2 55. Bxg2 Rxg2 56. a7 Ra2
57. b6 1-0

[Event "Correspondence Game"]
[Site "Fourth Match Game"]
[Date "1859.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karl Brenzinger"]
[Black "Francis Eugene Brenzinger"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 {This game was played from 1859 through 1875. Notes by
William Steinitz, from The Field, 24 April 1875.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Qe2 Nxc4 {An unusual
continuation, and no better for its originality. Black can now
recover the pawn, with at least an even game. Mr Zukertort
recommends here 6 Bb5+, as even sounder than Morphy's favorite
move, 6 d3.}7.Qxc4 Bd6 { Black's refusal to recover the pawn
cannot be regarded as safe, though it leads to lively and
interesting complications. We believe his surest plan to have
been to capture the d-pawn with the queen, followed by ...Bd6,
in case the queen took the c-pawn, and, if White exchanged
queens at once, his knight would have been out of play.}8.d3
O-O 9.Nc3 h6 10.Nge4 Kh8 11.O-O Nh5 12.d4 f5 13.Nxd6 cxd6
14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Qe2 Qe8 16.Nb5 f4 {A very fine conception,
which frustrates White's contemplated attack.} 17.f3 Ng3
{Best. Black's answer to 17 Nc7 would have been ...Qg6,
threatening the destructive assault of ...f3, and the game
might have gone thus: 17 Nc7 Qg6 18 Qxe5 Bh3 19 g3 Rae8 20
Nxe8 Rxe8 21 Qc3 Qe4 22 f3 Qe2 and wins.} 18.hxg3 fxg3 19.f4
Bd7 { The only move. 19 Be3 would have been of no use, e.g.:
19 Be3 Qh5 20 Rfe1 Bg4 21 queen moves Qh2+ 22 Kf1 Bxf3 and
must win.} 20.Nd6 Qe7 {This manoeuvre was by no means a bad
recourse, and was evidently adopted with the intention of
returning the piece gained for the troublesome pawn at g3, and
afterwards relying upon the numerical superiority of
pawns. But it strikes us that the success of this plan, though
it secured a draw, was made very doubtful, as far as winning
was concerned, by the circumstance of the bishops being of
opposite colour; while another modus operandi might, in our
opinion, also have provided for Black an escape from the
dilemma, and, at the same time, retained for him a much better
chance of ultimate victory. Of course, Nc7 would have still
been bad, on account of Black's reply, ...Qg6, and also to win
the knight by ...Qb6+; but, supposing White retreated the
knight to c3, we see no stronger continuation for Black than
the following: 20 Nc3 Qg6 21 f5 Bxf5 [has he anything better?]
22 Qe3, followed by Ne2, and we believe that Black has not
sufficient for the piece sacrificed.} 21.Ne4 Qh4 22.Nxg3 Qxg3
23.Rf3 Bg4 24.Rxg3 Bxe2 {25 fxe5 appears more plausible;
though against the best play it would have scarcely effected
more than a draw; for instance: 25...Rf1+ 26 Kh2 Bc4 27 d6 Be6
28 b3 Rc8 29 c4 b5, etc.} 25.Re3 Bc4 26.d6 Rxf4 27.Re1 Rd4
28.b3 Bb5 29.c4 Bc6 30.c5 Rg4 31.Re2 Rf8 32.Be3 Kg8 33.a4 Rb4
34.Rb2 Kf7 35.Bd2 Rg4 36.Bc3 Ke6 37.b4 Rf3 38.Bxe5 Kxe5 {Had
White protected the bishop by Rc2, the game might have
proceeded thus: 38 Rc2 Be4 39 Rd2 Rxc3 40 d7 Rxg2+ 41 Rxg2
Kxd7, etc.} 39.b5 Be4 40.Rd2 Rfg3 41.Raa2 Bxg2 42.d7 Bc6+ {Our
American contemporary here justly remarks that White could
have easily drawn the game by now exchanging all the pieces,
followed by a5, but that Dr Brenzinger probably, and not
without reason, played to win.} 43.Kh2 Bxd7 44.Rxd7 Rg6
45.Re2+ Kf6 46.Rde7 Rg2+ {A gross blunder, which makes the
termination quite unworthy of the longest-lasting game on
record. Our American contemporary ascribes this sudden
collapse to a feeling of impatience on the part of Dr
Brenzinger, caused by his opponent having taken seven months
before answering the last move.} 47.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 48.Kxg2 Kxe7
49.Kf3 h5 50.a5 Kd7 0-1

[Event "After a Vacation in Newport"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1860.09.18"]
[EventDate "1860.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "James Thompson"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 {Morphy arrived in New York on August 4, 1860. During
his stay in the city of about a week he visited the New York
Chess Club two or three times, but played no chess. He then
visited Saratogo and Newport, home of the famous 'ckr',
spending altogether several weeks before returning to New York
early in September. On September 18 he again encountered James
Thompson at Knight Odds, losing a fine game in seventy-six
moves. A few days later he played three more games at the same
odds, all of which Morphy won" - Lawson, 258-259} e5 2. f4 d5
3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e4 7. Qe2 f5 8. d3
Nf6 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qe6 12. O-O Be7 13. g4 g6
14. Qg2 h5 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Qh3 Bd6 17. Rfe1 O-O-O 18. Kh1
Rde8 19. Qf1 Qf6 20. Qb5 a6 21. Qd5 Qe6 22. Qd3 Bxf4 23. Bg1
Rd8 24. Qf1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd2 26. Re1 Nxf1 27. Rxe6 Kd7
28. Rf6 Ne3 29. Bxe3 Bxe3 30. Rxf5 Nd4 31. Rf7+ Kc8 32. Bd1
Rg8 33. Rf1 h4 34. c3 Nc6 35. Re1 Bb6 36. h3 Bf2 37. Rf1 Bg3
38. b4 Ne5 39. Be2 Rd8 40. Bd1 Rd2 41. Bb3 Rf2 42. Be6+ Kb8
43. Rxf2 Bxf2 44. c4 c6 45. a4 Kc7 46. Kg2 Be1 47. b5 axb5
48. cxb5 cxb5 49. axb5 Kd6 50. Bc8 b6 51. Kf1 Bg3 52. Ke2 Kc5
53. Ba6 Nc4 54. Kd3 Nd6 55. Ke3 Nxb5 56. Bc8 Nd6 57. Be6 b5
58. Kd3 Nc4 59. Kc3 Be5+ 60. Kb3 Na5+ 61. Kc2 Kb4 62. Bg8 Ka3
63. Bf7 b4 64. Bd5 b3+ 65. Kb1 Kb4 66. Bg8 Nc4 67. Bh7 Kc3
68. Kc1 Bf4+ 69. Kd1 Ne3+ 70. Kc1 Ng4+ 71. Kb1 Nf2 72. Bf5 Nd3
73. Bh7 Ne5 74. Bf5 Nc4 75. Ka1 Bc1 76. Kb1 Bb2 { Morphy must
have resigned and someone added the conclusion making 77
moves} 77.Bh7 Nd2# 0-1

[Event "Perrin - 3 Casual Knight Odds"]
[Site "New York, USA"]
[Date "1860.10.10"]
[EventDate "1860.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Frederick Perrin"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Bd5
Nf6 7. Ng5 Nxd5 8. Re1+ Be7 9. Qh5 Rf8 10. Nxh7 Nf6 11. Nxf6+
gxf6 12. Qh7 Ne5 13. Bh6 Ng6 14. h4 d5 15. h5 Rh8 16. hxg6
Rxh7 17. gxh7 Kd7 18. Bg7 Kd6 19. h8=Q Qxh8 20. Bxh8 Bf5
21. Bg7 Rg8 22. Bh6 Bxc2 23. Bf4+ Kd7 24. Bxc7 Be4 25. Bg3 Bd6
26. Bxd6 Kxd6 27. f3 Bxf3 28. Kf2 Be4 29. Rg1 d3 30. Ke3 Ke5
31. Rac1 f5 32. Rc7 f4+ 33. Kd2 f3 34. g4 f5 35. g5 Kf4 36. g6
Rxg6 37. Rxg6 f2 38. Rc1 Kf3 39. Rh1 Kf4 40. Rf1 Kf3 41. Rg7
d4 42. a4 a6 43. b4 b5 44. a5 Bd5 45. Rg6 Kf4 46. Rc1 Be4
47. Rxa6 Bg2 48. Kxd3 f1=Q+ 49. Rxf1+ Bxf1+ 50. Kxd4 Bc4
51. Rf6 Kg5 52. Ke5 Bd3 53. a6 Be4 54. a7 Kg4 55. Rxf5
{Morphy's, after leaving New York, almost completely withdrew
from chess playing, coupled with Fiske resigning from the
Chess Monthly resulted in a great loss of interest in chess in
this country. The events leading up to the Civil War were
followed intensely by Paul which made matters worse. However,
these events did not affect the chess scene abroad where
possibly a worthy challenger was making his own name
known. Four games with Harrwitz where Harrwitz won 1, lost two
and drew 1 before again taking sick. Against de Riviere 5-5
tie and in London equally sucessful. Kolisch then wanted to
challenge Morphy and found a backer in Baron Rothschild. The
Illustraded London Times of March 16 1861 announced that a
challange for L 500 a side had been forwarded to Morphy. Paul
declined the match, and further stated that should he ever
again be in Europe he may make a special exception to his rule
of playing no more matches, but if he were to do so that
absolutely no stakes would be involved.} 1-0

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1861.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Steinkuehler"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5
5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qd5+ {This is
given by Staunton as better than taking the Bishop at once,
but this line of attack has been abandoned for many years.}
Kg7 10.Qxc5 d5 {This is the move whereby Black gains an
advantage.} 11.exd5 Re8+ 12.Kd1 Qf6 13.f3 {If dxc6 then Bg4+,
and wins right off.} Qe5 14.Qc4 d3 15.Qxd3 Bf5 16.Qc4 b5
17.Qf1 Nd4 18.Na3 b4 19.g4 Bxg4 20.fxg4 Qxd5 {The shortest way
to end it.} 21.Bd2 bxa3 22.Bc3 Kg8 23.Bxd4 axb2 24.Rb1 Qxd4+
0-1

[Event "Manchester blind sim"]
[Site "Manchester blind sim"]
[Date "1861.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Paulsen"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d6 2.d4 e6 3.Bd3 b6 4.Ne2 Bb7
5.O-O g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Nd2 Nd7 8.f4 Nh6 9.Nf3 f5 10.e5 Qe7
11.Qd2 Nf7 12.Rad1 O-O-O 13.a4 dxe5 14.fxe5 h6 15.a5 b5 16.a6
Ba8 17.Bxb5 Ndxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Qc3 Ng4 20.Bf4 e5 21.dxe5
Nxe5 22.Nd4 c5 23.Rfe1 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Nf3+ 25.gxf3 Bxd4+ 26.Kg2
Qh4 27.Bg3 Qg4 {Here I ought to have been satisfied with
winning the exchange, but, like many of the young amateurs of
the present day, played too much for the gallery. From this
point the game is beautifully playrd by Herr Paulsen.} 28.Qb3
f4 29.Bc4 Qg5 30.Bg8 {Decisive and quite unexpected.} Be3
31.Rxe3 fxe3 32.Qb8+ Kd7 33.Qxa7+ {Note - I give this game as
a chess curiosity. It is the first and only one I ever
conducted against a blinfold player. Mr Paulsen at that time
was, next to Morphy, the greatest living expert at this form
of play. He played ten games simultaneously blindfold. It was
this game, and the noise about the great American, that led me
to try sans voir on my own account.} 1-0

[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1861.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.e4 {Notes by Prof. Nagesh Havanur based on the original
notes by Wilhelm Steinitz *** Such informal games are often
ignored by chess enthusiasts and anthologists alike. However,
some of them are masterpieces in their own right.} e5 2.Bc4
Bc5 3.b4 {A favorite opening with Steinitz when giving the
odds of the Queen's Knight.} Bxb4 4.f4 d6 {In his notes
Steiniz points out that 4...d5 would be still more dangerous
to the odds giver.} 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.fxe5 Ng4 {?! Black, an
experienced recipient of Knight-odds, has given up a pawn to
threaten 7...Ne3. For example, 7.c3 Ne3 8.dxe3 (8.Qa4+? Bd7
9.Qxb4?? Nc2+) Bxc3+, emerging with the exchange & a pawn
ahead, and an excellent game.} 7.O-O {The position is full of
pitfalls for both sides. If 7...Nxe5? 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.Bxf7+. But
7...dxe5 is tricky. Now 8.Bxf7+? Kxf7 9.Nxe5+ Ke8 10.Nxg4 is
refuted by 10...Qd4+. So White should opt for 8.c3 Bc5+
9.d4.exd4 10.cxd4 Be7 (A necessity, for otherwise White would
obtain a strong attack, either by 11.Ba3 or 11.Bxf7+.) } Bc5+
8.Kh1 {! A novel trap, offering Black a strong temptation to
emerge a rook up.} Nf2+ 9.Rxf2 Bxf2 10.Qf1 {! The point. The
opening of the f- file should help White.} Bb6 {? 10...O-O is
necessary. Black should give up the temptation to retain the
bishop.} 11.Bxf7+ Ke7 {11...Kxf7? 12.Ng5+ Kg6 13.Qf7+ Kxg5 (
13...Kh6? 14.d4 threatening 15.Ne6++- ) 14.d4+ Kh4 (14...Kg4
15.Qxg7+ Kh4 16.Qh6+ Kg4 17.Qh3#) 15.g3+ Kg4 16.Kg2 and mates
next move with 17.Qf3 or 17.h3.} 12.d4 h6 13.Nh4 Kd7 {Other
alternatives also fail. 13...dxe5? 14.Ng6+ Kd7 15.Qf5+ Kc6
16.Bd5+ +-, or Or 13...Bxd4? 14.Ng6+ Kd7 15.Be6+ Kc6
(15...Kxe6 ?? 16.Qf5#) 16.Bd5+ +- } 14.e6+ Kc6 15.Rb1 {! If
15...d5 16.Qb5+ Kd6 17.Qxd5+ Ke7 18.Ng6+ Kf6 19.Qe5# or 19.Qf5
#.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "John Owen"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.c3
Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.O-O cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Bb5 a6
11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Re1 O-O 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Re3 b5
16.Ne5 {White's game is extremely well developed, considering
that the opening was a close one.} Rfd8 17.Rf3 {The decisive
move. Black's game is lost.} Qh4 18.Nxf7 Rf8 19.Ne5 Bxe4
20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.g3 Qh3 22.Nxe4 d5 23.Nc5 1-0

[Event "London Haringay"]
[Site "London Haringay"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne. This is the first game I ever
played with Professor Anderssen, the greatest German player,
and at that time in the zenith of his fame. For a novice to
offer so brilliant an expert the Muzio was like Ivanhoe
challenging Bois-Gilbert in the lists at Ashby, but we were
nothing if not daring in those days, and the cautious modern
safety-loving youth of today had not yet been evolved. It
shows what a change has come over chess during the last forty
years.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qe7
7.d3 Nc6 8.Bxf4 Nd4 9.Qf2 Ne6 10.Be3 Bg7 11.d4 Nf6 12.Qf3 d6
13.Nc3 O-O 14.d5 Nc5 15.Bg5 Ncd7 16.Rae1 Ne5 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Qh4
Nxc4 19.Rxf6 Qd7 20.Rh6 Qg4 21.Rxh7+ Kg8 22.Rxg7+ Kxg7 23.Qh6+
Kg8 24.Bf6 1-0

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Arthur Giles Puller"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.d3 Bb4 6.Bd2 exd3 7.Bxd3 O-O 8.Nge2 Bg4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.Bxc3
Nxd5 11.Qd2 Re8 12.Bd4 Nc6 13.Bf2 Ndb4 14.Nc3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Nb4
16.Qg3 Be2 17.Nxe2 Rxe2 18.c3 Nc2 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.f5 f6 21.Qd3
Re8 22.Qd5+ Kh8 23.Qd3 Qe4 24.Qxe4 R2xe4 25.Rd2 Ne3 {This
loses a piece and the game.} 26.Re1 h5 27.Rde2 R8e5 28.Rxe3
Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Rxf5 30.Re7 Rb5 31.b4 a5 32.a3 axb4 33.axb4 Rd5
34.Bd4 c6 35.Rxb7 Rd8 36.Rc7 Rd6 37.Kf2 Re6 38.Rd7 Kg8 39.Bc5
g6 40.Rd6 Rxd6 41.Bxd6 Kf7 42.Ke3 Ke6 43.Bc5 Kd5 44.Bd4 Ke6
45.Kd3 f5 46.Bf2 Kd5 47.c4 Kd6 48.Kd4 Ke6 49.b5 cxb5 50.cxb5
1-0

[Event "BFX Manchester"]
[Site "BFX Manchester"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Hamiliton"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7
5.c3 d6 6.O-O c6 7.d4 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Nxg5 Qxg5 10.Bxf4 Qe7
11.Qf3 f6 12.Qg3 Na6 13.Bxd6 Qd7 14.e5 O-O-O {If ...fxe6 then
Qxe5+ winning.} 15.Nd2 f5 16.Nf3 Bh6 17.Rae1 Ne7 18.Qh4 Bf8
19.Ng5 Ng6 20.Qh3 Re8 21.Nf7 Rg8 22.Bxf8 Rexf8 23.Nd6+ Kb8
24.Bxg8 Rxg8 25.Rxf5 Nf4 26.Rf8+ {The antagonist is hoist with
his own petard.} Kc7 27.Qxd7+ Kxd7 28.Rxg8 1-0

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "A Pigott"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 {The
authorities used to give this a safe continuation for Black.}
4.d4 Qe7 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bxf4 h6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6 9.exd5 Nxd5
10.Re1 Be6 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.c4 Qd8 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Re5 Qd8
15.d5 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Bd6 17.dxe6 Bxe5 18.exf7+ Kf8 19.Nxe5 Qf6
20.Bc4 {The shortest mode of finishing the game.} g5 21.Ng6+
1-0

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "W M Chinnery"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5
5.d3 Qe7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nc3 a6 9.Nd5 Qd8 10.Ba4 b5
11.Bb3 d6 12.c3 Bg4 13.Ne3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O 15.Bd5 Qd7 16.Nf5
Kh7 17.d4 Bb6 18.Qg4 Rg8 {Black must now submit to the loss of
the exchange or worse will befall him.} 19.Nxh6 Qxg4 20.Nxg4
Ne7 21.Bxa8 Rxa8 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.Nxe5 f6 24.Ng4 Re8 25.Kh1 Ng6
26.Rfe1 Nf4 27.g3 Nd3 28.Re2 f5 29.Rd1 Nc5 30.Ne3 Nxe4 31.Kg2
Nf6 32.Ree1 g5 33.Nd5 Rxe1 34.Nxf6+ Kg7 35.Nh5+ Kh6 36.Rxe1
Kxh5 37.f4 Bc5 38.Re8 Kh6 39.Ra8 Bd6 40.Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "William John Evelyn"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Bc5 {Nc6 allows
at this juncture allows Black to retain the Pawn.} 4.Bxf7+
Kxf7 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Qd5+ Kg7 7.Qxc5 d5 8.Qxd4+ Nf6 9.Bg5 dxe4
10.Bxf6+ Qxf6 11.Qxf6+ {Qxe4 would be disadvantageous, and
only facilitate Black's development.} Kxf6 12.Nc3 Kf5 {Black
by any attempt to defend the e-Pawn with Bishop, would have
subjected himself to the loss of the exchange at least by
Nd5+.} 13.Nge2 Be6 14.Ng3+ Kf4 15.Ngxe4 {White's game is
already so superior that winning requires only ordinary care.}
Nc6 16.O-O Rad8 17.g3+ Kf5 18.f4 Nd4 19.Rf2 h5 20.h3 Bc4
21.Re1 Rhf8 22.Nd2 Be6 23.Re5+ Kf6 24.Nde4+ Kg7 25.Ng5 Bf7
26.Re7 Rc8 27.Rd7 c5 28.Nce4 Rcd8 29.Rxb7 Kg8 30.Nf6+ Kg7
31.Nd7 {"The manoeuvring of the Knights is admirably planned,
and in the peculiar circumstances is the more credible to
White."-Lowenthal} Bd5 32.Nxf8 {Because if ...Bxb7 White
regains Rook by Ne6+, and if ...Kxf8 then Nh7+ followed by
Nf6+, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "J F Gillam"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bb5+ Bd7
5.Bxd7+ Nxd7 6.dxc5 Nxc5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Qxd5 exd5 9.O-O Bd6
10.Nc3 Rd8 11.a3 Ne7 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 O-O 14.Rad1 Ne4 15.Nd4
Nxc3 16.bxc3 Rc8 17.Rd3 Rc4 18.f4 Ng6 19.Bg3 Bc5 20.Be1 Re8
21.Kh1 Bxa3 22.f5 Ne5 23.Rg3 Bd6 24.Ne6 Ng4 25.Rd3 Bxh2 26.g3
g6 27.Nd4 Re3 28.Nf3 Rce4 29.Rd1 Re2 30.Bf2 {A blunder which
loses right off. Nd4 or Rxd5 should have been playrd.} Rxf2
31.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 32.Kxh2 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Howard"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bc5
5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Ng4 7.O-O O-O 8.cxd4 d5 9.Bb3 Bb6 10.Nc3 Ne7
11.h3 Nh6 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.Qd2 Kg7 14.Ne2 f6 15.Ng3 Qe8 16.Rae1
Be6 17.Re3 f5 18.Ne2 f4 19.Rc3 Ba5 20.Nxf4 Qf7 21.Nxe6+ Qxe6
22.Bc2 Ng6 23.b4 {"Cleverly conceived", says Mr
Lowenthal. Saving the loss of the exchange.} Bb6 24.Nh2 h5
25.Kh1 Rf4 26.Rd3 c6 27.g3 Rf7 28.f4 Kh8 29.Rdf3 Qxh3 30.g4
Qh4 31.g5 {The Black Queen is now completely out of play.}
Nxf4 32.Rxf4 Qxg5 33.Qd3 {"The final coup," says Mr Lowenthal,
"of a masterly combination." I pointed out afterwards that
Rxf7 would have won almost as prettily.} Rg8 34.Rg4 hxg4
{...Rxf1+ would have prolonged, but could not have saved the
game.} 35.Rxf7 Qg6 36.Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "H B Parminter"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 {It is better to
bring out the King's Knight.} 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5
6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 Bb6 {We have now the "normal"
position of the Evans Gambit.} 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.e5 dxe5
12.d5 Nd4 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Nxe5 Qf5 15.Qa4+ Kd8 16.Bg5+ {Mr
Lowenthal remarks that the blinfold player did all this with
praiseworthy skill and accuracy.} Ne7 17.d6 {This is
premature, Rfe1 would have given White a winning position.}
cxd6 18.Nd5 Nf3+ 19.Nxf3 Qxd5 20.Rad1 Qc6 21.Qxc6 bxc6
22.Rxd6+ Ke8 23.Re1 f6 24.Bc1 Kf7 25.Rd7 Rhe8 26.Ba3 c5 {Now
he is out of the wood, with a superior game.} 27.Nd2 Rad8
28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Nb3 Rd5 30.Rc1 c4 31.Re1 cxb3 32.Rxe7+ Kg6
33.h3 bxa2 34.Bb2 Bd4 35.Bxd4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "H Young"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7
5.Bf4 Qf6 6.Qxf6 Nxf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bd3 a6 9.O-O Be6 10.Rfe1
O-O-O 11.a3 Ng4 12.b4 Nce5 13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.b5 a5
16.Na4 Rd4 17.Nb2 Bc5 18.c3 Rd6 19.Bc4 Rhd8 20.Bxe6+ Rxe6
21.Kf1 g5 22.Ke2 b6 23.Nc4 h5 24.h3 f6 {There is really
nothing in this game needing comment. It is quietly and
steadily played by both parties.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold simul"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Ravensworth"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 e5
5.Nb5 Bc5 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Nge7 {Qe7 may be played here with
safety.} 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Na5 10.Bg5 Nxc4 {The correct move;
because had Black defended the Knight with the Rook, White
would have obtained an excellent game by playing Bd5, etc.}
11.Qxe7 Qb6 12.Nc3 f6 {This will be found to be the correct
move; for had Black taken the proffered Pawn he would have
been subjected to an immediate and embarrasing attack. The
play proceeding from this move is very interesting, and the
following is a probable continuation 12...Qxb2 13.Nd5 h6
14.Nf6+ gxf6 15.Bxh6 Qa3 (best) 16.Qxf6 and mates in two.}
13.Nd5 Qc6 14.Qb4 a5 15.Qc3 Rf7 16.Bh4 Nd6 17.Qb3 Kf8 18.Qd3
Ne8 19.Bg3 d6 20.f4 b6 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Rf3 Raa7 {"The position
is quite even, and both attack and defence have been conducted
with great accuracy."-Lowenthal.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Lomax"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 {This game was
played when Nc3 had just been introduced by Paulsen, and the
text move was the usual one. I can almost tell from the moves
what year I played a certain game in.} exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be3 a6
6.Bd3 Bg4 7.c3 h6 8.Nbd2 Bd6 9.Qc2 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Nf6 11.O-O Ne7
12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Ne4 {This loses a valuable Pawn.} 14.Bxe4
dxe4 15.Qxe4 Qd5 {Simpifying the win. It is to my advantage to
exchange now.} 16.Qxd5 Nxd5 17.Bd4 Nf4 18.g3 Ne2+ 19.Kg2 Nxd4
20.cxd4 O-O-O 21.Rfd1 Rd5 22.Rd3 Rhd8 23.Rad1 c5 24.Kf3 c4 {If
...Rxd4, White changes off the Rook and regains the Pawn by
Ke4.} 25.R3d2 b5 26.Ke4 g6 27.f4 R8d7 28.g4 Kd8 29.f5 Ke7
30.f6+ Ke6 31.a3 a5 32.h4 b4 33.axb4 a4 {He did not take the
Pawn because he was afraid of Ra1.} 34.b5 Rb7 35.Rc1 Rdxb5
36.Rxc4 Ra7 37.Rdc2 Rb6 38.Rc7 Rxc7 39.Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Payne"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5
5.c3 dxc3 6.Nxc3 Bb4 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nge7 9.e5 h6 10.Ba3 Na5
11.Bd3 O-O 12.Nh4 Re8 13.f4 Ng6 {Mr Payne was a strong player,
and probably underrated his opponent, this being one of the
first set of ten games played by me in Manchester.} 14.Nxg6
fxg6 15.Bxg6 c6 16.Bxe8 Qxe8 17.Bd6 b6 18.Rf3 Bb7 19.Rg3 c5
20.Qg4 Qf7 21.f5 Kh7 22.Re1 Rg8 23.e6 dxe6 24.Rxe6 {Better
than fxe6.} Nc6 25.Bf4 {Threatening Bxh6, and if ...gxh6,
Rxh6+ and mate follows in 2 moves.} Nd8 26.Rg6 Bc8 27.Qh5 Qf8
28.f6 Nf7 29.fxg7 Rxg7 30.Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Manchester (England)"]
[Site "Manchester (England)"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Alexander Steinkuehler"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bd3 Ne7
11.e5 {d5 is now the recognized continuation.} dxe5 12.dxe5
Bg4 13.Bg5 Nac6 14.Re1 O-O 15.Re4 Bf5 {A bad move. Qd7 instead
gives him a good game.} 16.Qd2 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Nd4 18.Nf6+ gxf6
19.Bxf6 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Qd4 21.Rf1 1-0

[Event "BFX Manchester"]
[Site "BFX Manchester"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Butterfield"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Bg4
5.Bc4 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nc6 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a6 9.Na3 Qf6 10.d3 exf4
11.d4 Nge7 12.Bxf4 Ng6 13.Be3 Qxf3 14.gxf3 Nh4 15.Ke2 Rf8
16.Rhg1 Ng6 17.f4 f5 18.e5 Nce7 19.Be6 dxe5 20.dxe5 Rd8
21.Rad1 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Nc6 23.Nc4 Ke7 24.Nxb6 Kxe6 25.Nd7 Rd8
26.Nc5+ Kf7 27.Rxd8 Nxd8 28.a5 Ne7 29.b5 Nd5 30.Nxb7 Nxc3+
31.Ke1 {Because if ...Nxb7, then bxa6 and the Pawn cannot be
stopped.} 1-0

[Event "Kidderminster -"]
[Site "Kidderminster -"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 d6
5.Nxc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Bxf7+ Ke7 9.Bg5+ Nf6 10.Qh5
c6 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.f4 Qc5 13.fxe5 Qxe5 14.O-O h6 15.Be8 Be6
16.Rxf6 gxf6 17.Rd7+ Bxd7 18.Qf7+ Kd6 19.Qxd7+ Kc5 20.Be3+ Kb4
21.Qxb7+ Ka5 {In this position I announced mate in three
moves.} 22.b4+ Bxb4 23.Bb6+ axb6 24.Qxa8# 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1863.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.O-O d6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Qa4 Bd7
11.Qb3 Na5 12.Bxf7+ Kf8 13.Qc2 {This constitutes the
"Mortimer"; it had been newly introduced when this game was
played and for many years was a popular form of attack, but it
is not thought sound now.} Kxf7 14.e5 Bg4 {A weak continuation
which loses; perhaps ...h6 is as good as anything.} 15.Re1
Bxf3 16.Qf5+ Nf6 17.Qxf3 Re8 18.Bg5 Nc6 19.exf6 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1
gxf6 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.Bh6 Qd7 23.Re4 Kh8 24.Qh4 Qf7 25.Nd5 Qg6
26.Nf4 Qf5 27.Qg3 Qd7 28.Nh5 1-0

[Event "Manchester -"]
[Site "Manchester -"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Steinkuehler"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6
5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nfxd2 {A weak move. The
other Knight ought to have taken.} Nxd4 9.O-O d6 10.Nb3 Nxb3
11.Qxb3 O-O 12.Re1 Nh5 13.e5 Qg5 14.exd6 Nf4 15.Bxf7+ {This
tempting but unsound move led to all his subsequent troubles.}
Kh8 16.g3 cxd6 17.Nc3 Nh3+ 18.Kg2 Qf6 19.Bd5 Qxf2+ 20.Kh1 Qg1+
21.Rxg1 Nf2+ 22.Kg2 Bh3# {In chess language this is a "clean"
mate and is considered one of the most beautiful ever produced
in actual play.} 0-1

[Event "Manchester ENG"]
[Site "Manchester ENG"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 Nd7
5.d4 exd3 6.Bxd3 Nxe5 7.fxe5 Bc5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Ne4 Qe7 10.Qe2
{Tempting Black to take the e-Pawn, in which case he would
lose a piece. Whita at the same time threatens Bg5.} h6 11.Be3
Bxe3 12.Qxe3 Be6 13.O-O Qc7 14.Rad1 Qxe5 {Now he takes the
lure.} 15.Bc4 Kf8 {To avoid the check with the Knight.}
16.Qa3+ Ne7 17.Qxa7 Re8 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.Nd6 Rd8 20.Qa5 Qe3+
21.Kh1 b6 22.Qa7 Kg8 23.Rde1 Qc5 24.Nxf7 Re8 25.Qd7 1-0

[Event "London m2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[EventDate "1863.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nf3
Nxe4 7. Bxe4 d5 8. Bd3 Bf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Qe7 11. f4 c5
12. c3 Nc6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Rc1 g6 16. Qg4 Bxe5
17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Rf8 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Bd2 { Bachmann:
Schachmeister Steinitz Bd. 1, p. 54; Deutsche Schachzeitung
1863, p. 50} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London m2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[EventDate "1863.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Ba4 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 b5
12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Bf4 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Qe8 15. Nd2 Qxe1+ 16. Rxe1
Re8 {Bachmann: Schachmeister Steinitz Bd. 1, p. 58; Deutsche
Schachzeitung 1864, p. 404} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London m2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[EventDate "1863.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4
7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Bb5 Kf8 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. Ba3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qg5+ 14. Kh1 Ne7 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Rg1 Qf6
17. Qd3 Kg8 18. Bc1 h6 19. f4 Kh7 20. f5 Ne7 21. Bb2 d5 22. f3
Rad8 23. Nf4 Rhg8 24. Nh5 Qh4 25. f6 Qxh5 26. fxe7 Rd7
27. exd5+ g6 28. Rae1 Re8 29. Re5 Qh4 30. Rf5 Qxe7 31. dxc6
Rdd8 32. Ba3 Qe6 33. Rf4 f5 34. Rh4 h5 35. Bb2 Rd5 36. Qc2 Qe2
37. Qb3 Qb5 38. Qc3 Re2 39. f4 Rxd4 40. Qf3 Qd5 {Bachmann:
Schachmeister Steinitz Bd. 1, p. 58} 0-1

[Event "Manchester (England)"]
[Site "Manchester (England)"]
[Date "1864.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Alexander Steinkuehler"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ng5
{Played on several occasions by Morphy.} Nxc4 11.Qa4+ c6
12.Qxc4 Nh6 {Weak. Qc7 is the correct reply.} 13.Kh1 O-O 14.f4
Kh8 15.f5 f6 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.fxe6 Ng8 18.Rf3 Ne7 19.Rh3 d5
20.Qe2 g6 21.Bh6 Re8 22.Rf1 Bxd4 23.Qd2 Bxc3 24.Bg7+ Kxg7
25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.Qxh7+ Kf8 27.Qf7# 1-0

[Event "odds game (remove N on b1)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1865.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Van der Meden"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.e4 {Notes by Irving Chernev.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4
5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.d4 Qxd4+ 10.Be3
Qf6 11.Qh5+ Qg6 12.Rxf4+ Nf6 13.Rxf6+ {How many pieces can a
man sacrifice?} Kxf6 14.Bd4+ Kf7 15. Rf1+ Kg8 16.Qe5 Bg7 {Not
16...Qg7 17.Qd5+} 17.Qd5+ Qe6 18.Qg5 Qh6 19.Qd8+ Bf8 20.Qe8
{Black is curiously helpless. He must guard his Bishop as well
as square f7. If 20...Qg7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qf7+ Kh6 23.Qf6+ and
mate in two.} 1-0

[Event "WSB-05.Kongress"]
[Site "Elberfeld"]
[Date "1865.??.??"]
[EventDate "1865.08.27"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Knorre"]
[Black "Karl Hoeing"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bd3 d5
7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. Nbd2 f5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qa4+ Qd7
12. Bb5 Nc6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 O-O 16. Bb4
Rfc8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. f3 Bh5 20. Bd6 Be8 21. Qf4
Qe6 22. g4 Bd7 {D. Levy, K. O'Connell: "Oxford encyclopedia of
chess games, Vol. 1: 1485-1866", Oxford University Press 1981,
p. 404} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Graz"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1866.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Johann Nepomuk Berger"]
[Black "Josef Plachutta"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Berger.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4
Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 {Around 1866, the great problem
master was stationed in Graz for a while as a military
official; he was a strong player too, but not very well versed
in theory. Therefore, he did not know yet L. Paulsen's
attacking combination which now follows. -- Berger} 8.dxe5 Nf5
9.Rd1 Bd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Nxg6 Ng7 14.Qh6
Nf5 15.Qh3 Qf6 {?} 16.Nxh8 Qxh8 17.Qh5+ Kf8 18.Nc3 Be8 19.Bh6+
Nxh6 20.Qxh6+ Ke7 21.Rd3 Bg6 22.Rf3 Rg8 23.Re1 Be5 24.Qg5+ Bf6
25.Qc5+ Kf7 26.Nd5 {!} Bf5 27.Rxf5 exf5 28.Re7+ Bxe7 29.Qxe7+
Kg6 30.Qe6+ Kg5 31.f4+ {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "BCA-01.Challenge Cup+"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1866.??.??"]
[EventDate "1866.06.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Alcock MacDonnell"]
[Black "James Innes Minchin"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Ne4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Ng5 Be6 11. Nc3
h6 12. Nxe6+ Nxe6 13. Ne4 Bb4 14. c3 Ba5 15. Be3 Bb6 16. Ng3
g6 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. Re4 Ke7 19. f4 f5 20. exf6+ Kxf6 21. Rf1
Nc5 22. Re5 Rhe8 23. Rfe1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Rd8 25. Re1 Rd2 26. b4
Nd3 27. Ne4+ Kf5 28. Nxd2 Nxe1 29. Kf2 Nd3+ 30. Kf3 h5 31. g3
b5 32. Nb3 Nb2 33. Na5 Nd1 34. Nxb7 Nxc3 35. Na5 Nxa2 36. Nxc6
a6 37. h3 Ke6 38. Nd4+ Kd5 39. Nc2 Nc3 40. g4 Ke6 41. Ne1 Nd5
42. Nd3 hxg4+ 43. hxg4 Kf7 44. g5 Ke6 45. Ke4 Nc3+ 46. Kd4 Na4
47. Nc5+ Kf5 48. Nxa6 Kxf4 49. Nc7 Kxg5 50. Nxb5 Kf4 51. Nc7
g5 52. Ne6+ Kf5 53. Nxg5 Kxg5 {Transactions of the British
Chess Association, p. 29} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCA-01.Challenge Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1866.??.??"]
[EventDate "1866.06.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Alcock MacDonnell"]
[Black "Cecil Valentine De Vere"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 d5
7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 f5
12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Rd8 15. Qb3+ Be6 16. Bg5
Bxb3 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nxc6 Bd5 19. Nxd8 Bxd4 { Owen Hindle,
Bob Jones: The English Morphy?, p. 66} 0-1

[Event "BCA-01.Challenge Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1866.??.??"]
[EventDate "1866.06.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Innes Minchin"]
[Black "John Trelawney"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qa5
7. O-O a6 8. dxe6 dxe6 9. Qd6 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bf8 11. Qf4 Nh5
12. Qh4 h6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. e5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qa4+ Bd7
17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Bxd7+ Rxd7 19. Rfe1 Qd4 20. Qb3 c4 21. Qa4 Qb6
22. Be3 Qc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nc3 Kf7 26. Na4 Bb4
27. c3 Be7 28. Bc5 Nf4 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Rad1 Nd3 31. Re2 Rd7
32. Nb6 Rd5 33. Nxc4 Nf4 34. Red2 Rhd8 35. g3 Rxd2 36. Rxd2
Rxd2 37. Nxd2 Nd3 38. Nc4 Kf6 39. Kf1 e5 40. Ke2 Nc5 41. f3 f4
42. Nd6 fxg3 43. hxg3 Na4 44. Ne4+ Ke7 45. b3 Nb6 46. c4 Nd7
47. a4 a5 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Kc3 c5 50. Kd3 h5 51. Ke3 Ke7 52. f4
Ke6 53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Nd6+ Ke6 55. Nb7 Kf5 56. fxe5 Nxe5+
57. Kg2 Nd3 58. Nxa5 Nc1 59. Nc6 Nxb3 60. a5 Nd4 61. Nxd4+
cxd4 62. a6 { Transactions of the British Chess Association,
p. 33} 1-0

[Event "Counties Chess Association"]
[Site "Redcar"]
[Date "1866.??.??"]
[EventDate "1866.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edmund Thorold"]
[Black "William John Wilson"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O h6 6. c3 Nc6
7. d4 d6 8. g3 g4 9. Nh4 f3 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Nd2 d5 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bf2 Nce7 15. Qc2 c6 16. Qe4 Re8 17. Rad1
Bd7 18. Qd3 f5 19. Bb3 Kh7 20. Nc4 Rf8 21. Ne5 h5 22. c4 Nf6
23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Nxf5 Qe2 26. Qb1 Kh8 27. Re1
Qd2 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Re6 Nf6 30. d5 cxd5 31. cxd5 Rac8
32. Re1 Rfe8 33. Rd1 Qg5 34. d6 Re2 35. Bxa7 h4 36. Bf2 hxg3
37. hxg3 Qh6 38. Qf5 Rh8 { The Chess World 1866/67, p. 215}
0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1866.??.??"]
[EventDate "1866.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "V Beljaev"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5
7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. Nc3 Qe7 $1 10. Bb5+ Kd8 (10... c6 $1
11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Nd5 Qe6 (12... Qb7 13. Nc4 Be7 {->
Deacon,F-Steinitz,W/London 1863}) 13. Nc7+ Bxc7 { ->
Steinitz,W-Deacon,F/London 1863}) (10... Kf8 $6 11. O-O Bxe5
12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Ne2 c6 14. Nxf4 $1 {->
Steinitz,W-Thorold,E/London 1864}) 11. O-O Bxe5 ( 11... Qxh4
12. Nxf7+ {-> Zukertort,J-Stosch/Berlin 1871}) 12. dxe5 Qxh4
(12... Qxe5 13. Re1 {-> Steinitz,W-Deacon,F/London 1863})
13. Rxf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 g3 15. Qf3 Rg8 (15... Qh2+ 16. Kf1 Qh1+
17. Ke2 Qxa1 18. Bg5+ f6 19. Bxf6#) 16. e6 $1 fxe6 (16... Qh2+
17. Kf1 Qh1+ $2 (17... f5 18. Rd1 $40) 18. Ke2 Qxa1 19. Bg5+
Rxg5 20. Qf6#) 17. Bxg3 $1 $18 Qg5 (17... Qxg3 18. Qf6#)
(17... Rxg3 18. Qf8#) (17... Qh6 18. Qf7 Rf8 19. Qxc7#)
18. Qf7 e5 19. Qxg8+ Qxg8 20. Bh4+ Qg5 21. Bxg5# 1-0

[Event "Dundee Congress"]
[Site "Dundee Congress"]
[Date "1867.??.??"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gustav Richard Neumann"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4
{This form of the gambit is almost out of date. Chigorin,
however, ocassionaly plays it, and with success. h4 instead,
bringing about the Allgaier or Kieseritzky, is now more
frequently adopted.} Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. O-O h6 7. g3 g4 8. Ne1
{This was the generally acknowledge best square for the Knight
to play to, but in actual practice, my experience is that Nh4
is equally effective.} f3 9. c3 Nd7 10. Na3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Qe7
12. Nd3 Bd7 13. Nf4 h5 {The beggining of a strong
counter-attack which is often the best line of defence.}
14. Qd3 h4 15. Nb5 hxg3 16. hxg3 {It is obvious that White
cannot take Pawn + without immediate loss. For instance
16.Nxc7+ Kd8 17.Nxa8 Rxh2 and he has no defence.} c6 {The
editor of the Chess World says: "A daring move, the main
object of which is to prevent White establishing a Knight on
d5 and for this Black sacrifices Rook for Knight".} 17. Nc7+
Kd8 18. Nxa8 Nf6 {The same critic goes on to say: "Again bold
play, and even losing time by capturing the Knight".} 19. Nxb6
Nxe4 20. Nxd7 Nxg3 21. Ne6+ {Something must be done, but
perhaps Ng2 instead would have been slightly better.} fxe6
22. Qg6 Rh2 {This move which wins the game by force, was
evidently not expected by White. I candidly confess that it
was not forseen when I played c6. However nothing venture,
nothing win. I have a vivid recollection of Herr Neumann's
countenance when this move was made. He gave a slight start,
turned round to the Rev. G. A. Macdonnell, who was looking on,
shrugged his shoulders and smiled, but it was a sickly sort of
smile.} 23. Rxf3 {He has nothing better, for if Kxh2 mate
follows in two moves by Qh4+ and Ne2 mate.} gxf3 24. Kxh2 Qh4+
25. Kg1 Qh1+ 26. Kf2 Qg2+ 27. Ke3 Nf1+ 28. Kf4 Qxg6 29. Kxf3
Nh2+ 30. Kf2 Kxd7 31. Bf4 Qf5 32. Kg3 Qg4+ 33. Kxh2 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Dundee m"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1867.04.??"]
[EventDate "1867.04.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Brunton Fraser"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Bb5 Kf8 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. Ne2 Ne7 13. a4 a5 14. Ra3 Ng6 15. h3 Bd7 16. e5 h6 17. Ng3
Be6 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. h4 Ne7 20. Bb2 Nd5 21. Qe4 Re8 22. h5 Bg4
23. Nh2 f5 24. Qb1 f4 25. Qe4 Kg8 26. Nxg4 Qxg4 27. Rf3 Nf6
28. Qxc6 dxe5 29. Ne4 Qe6 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Qxe6+ Rxe6
32. dxe5 fxe5 33. Re1 Kh7 34. Rxf4 Rd8 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5
Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd5 38. Bc3 Rxh5+ 39. Kg3 Rd5 40. f3 Rd3 41. Be5
{The Chess World 1867/68, p. 368} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dundee m"]
[Site "Dundee"]
[Date "1867.04.??"]
[EventDate "1867.04.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Brunton Fraser"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4
7. O-O dxc3 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Nxc3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 f6 11. e5 fxe5
12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Re1 d6 14. f4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. fxe5 d5
17. Qxc7 Qb6+ 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Be3 Ra6 20. Reb1 Ne7 21. Bxb6
O-O 22. Bc5 Re8 23. Rxb7 Nc6 24. Rf1 Rxe5 25. a3 { The Chess
World 1867/68, p. 326} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris m3"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1867.??.??"]
[EventDate "1867.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Celso Golmayo Zupide"]
[Black "Gustav Richard Neumann"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5
7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Bg4
12. Be3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. a4 fxe5 15. a5 e4 16. h3 Bh5
17. g4 Rxf3 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Kg2 Qh4 20. Rh1 Bg6 21. Qd2 Raf8
22. Raf1 h6 23. Qc2 h5 24. Rh2 hxg4 25. Rg1 Rxe3 26. fxe3 g3
27. Kh1 gxh2 28. Rxg6 Qe1+ {Neue Berliner Schachzeitung 1867,
p. 242} 0-1

[Event "Paris m3"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1867.??.??"]
[EventDate "1867.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gustav Richard Neumann"]
[Black "Celso Golmayo Zupide"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bc4 a6 4. a4 Ne7 5. d3 Ng6 6. Nge2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. f4 f5 9. Ng3 Kh8 10. Qh5 Bf6 11. e5 Be7 12. Bd2
Nc6 13. Rae1 Nd4 14. Qd1 d5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Nce2 b5 17. Ba2
Bb7 18. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Bc1 Qc6 21. Rf2 c4 22. d4
Nh4 23. Qe2 Rf6 24. c3 Rg6 25. Bd2 Rf8 26. b3 Rc8 27. Rb1 cxb3
28. Bxb3 Rd8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bc2 b4 31. d5 Rxd5 32. c4 Rd8
33. Bxb4 Bf6 34. Bd2 Bd4 35. Be3 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 Nxg2 37. Qb6
Qxb6 38. Rxb6 Ba8 39. Rxg2 Bxg2 40. Kxg2 h5 41. Kf3 Rh6
42. Ne2 Rf6 43. c5 Rc8 44. c6 e5 45. fxe5 Rfxc6 46. Rxc6 Rxc6
47. Bxf5 Rc5 48. Ke4 Rc7 49. Kd3 Rc5 50. Kd4 Ra5 51. Nc3 g5
52. Bd7 Kg7 53. e6 Kf8 54. Nd5 Ra8 55. e7+ Kf7 56. e8=Q+ Rxe8
57. Bxe8+ Kxe8 58. Nf6+ Kf7 59. Nxh5 {Congres international
des echecs, 1869} 1-0

[Event "Paris m3"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1867.??.??"]
[EventDate "1867.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Celso Golmayo Zupide"]
[Black "Gustav Richard Neumann"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Nxe4
d5 7. Ng3 Bd6 8. Bd3 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Qxe7 Bxe7 11. O-O-O
f5 12. f4 Bd6 13. N3e2 Nd7 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Rhf1
Be6 17. g3 a5 18. Ng1 Rac8 19. Ngf3 Be7 20. Kb1 c5 21. c3 a4
22. Nd2 cxd4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. cxd4 e3 25. Rfe1 exd2 26. Rxd2
Bb4 { Congres international des echecs, 1869} 0-1

[Event "Paris m4"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1867.??.??"]
[EventDate "1867.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jules Arnous De Riviere"]
[Black "Johann Jacob Loewenthal"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O
12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Ne2 f6 14. Ng3 c5 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Qd2 Rc8
17. Nf5 Bc7 18. g4 b5 19. Kh1 c4 20. Be2 Ne5 21. Bxe5 fxe5
22. Ng5 Nb7 23. Ne6 Ba5 24. Nxd8 Bxd2 25. Nxb7 Bxf5 26. gxf5
Rf6 27. Rc2 { Congres international des echecs, 1869} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Cuthbertson"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 {This
is a great deviation from the ordinary manner of conducting a
Scotch Gambit now, but the game is inserted to show what
liberties we used to take with the openings in the sixties.}
d5 5.e5 dxc3 6.bxc3 f6 {My oponent has caught the congestion,
and plays recklessly.} 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Qxd5 Nge7 9.Qd3 a6 10.Bc4
Bg4 11.exf6 Qxd3 12.f7+ Kd8 13.Bxd3 Be6 14.Ng5 Bd5 15.c4 Ne5
16.cxd5 Nxd3+ 17.Kd2 Nc5 18.Ne6+ Nxe6 19.dxe6 Nd5 20.Bb2 Ke7
21.Re1 b6 22.Kc2 Nf4 23.Nc3 Nxe6 24.Nd5+ Kxf7 25.Rxe6 Bd6
26.Rae1 Rae8 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Rxe8 Kxe8 29.Bxg7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Cecil Valentine De Vere"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nc6
5.c3 Bb6 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Be6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6
11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Qd6 13.Bf4 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Nd2 O-O
16.O-O-O a5 17.g4 a4 18.h4 Qe6 19.a3 Qa2 20.g5 Ba5 {An
attacking move that needs attention.} 21.Nb1 Ra6 22.h5 Rb6
23.Be5 {This is more effective than Bxc7, which, however,
would have given Black a lost game all the same.} Re8 24.Bd4
Rb3 25.g6 fxg6 26.hxg6 h6 27.Rdf1 {Had Black continued with
...Bd5, the White Queen goes to c2, and on Black's Be6 the
reply Bc5 wins easily.} 1-0

[Event "England"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Cecil Valentine De Vere"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 {This was
given by Steinitz as a feasible defence, but he was not
himself successful with it.} 4.c3 Ng6 {d5 or d6 is the best
continuation.} 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.h4 Re8 9.Bc4
Bb4 10.Kf1 Bxc3 11.bxc3 d6 12.Ng5 {Because he cannot very well
defend the f-Pawn and prevent Qh5.} 1-0

[Event "England"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Bownas Wormald"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5
5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Be3 Re8 10.Ne2 Bd6
11.c3 Nh5 12.Qd2 Qf6 13.Nh2 Qh4 14.f4 Qe7 15.Rf3 Nf6 16.Raf1
Ne4 17.Bxe4 {This gives Black a strong passed Pawn.} dxe4
18.Rg3 f5 19.d5 Nd8 20.Bd4 g5 {Bc5 looked safe and cautious,
but this is more in my style.} 21.c4 b6 22.Kh1 Kh7 23.a3 a5
24.Rc1 Rg8 25.Rcc3 Bd7 26.Be3 Nf7 27.Nd4 Rg6 28.h4 {Weak. This
Pawn is not sufficiently supported.} g4 29.h5 Rgg8 30.Bf2 Rae8
31.Kg1 Nd8 32.Nb3 Nb7 33.Nf1 a4 34.Nd4 Nc5 35.Ne2 Qf7 36.Bxc5
Bxc5+ 37.Ne3 Qxh5 38.Nd4 Qf7 39.Nec2 h5 40.Rge3 h4 41.g3 hxg3
42.Rxg3 Rg6 43.Rg2 Qf6 44.Rcg3 Rh6 45.Kf1 Kg6 46.Ne6 Bxe6
47.dxe6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1868.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Harper"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4
5.O-O d6 6.Ng5 Ne5 7.Qxd4 h6 8.Nf3 Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 Bh3 10.Re1 Nd7
11.f4 Qh4 12.Qe3 g5 13.Qg3 Rg8 14.Bf1 gxf4 15.Qxg8 Nf6 16.Qh8
{The White Queen is now completely out of the game.} Qg4+
17.Kh1 f3 18.Bxh3 Qxh3 19.Rg1 Ng4 20.Rxg4 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Bristol"]
[Site "Bristol"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "B Burt"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7
5.c3 g4 6.Qb3 gxf3 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.O-O {In this
position I announced mate in nine moves.} Bd4+ 10.Rf2 Rxg2+
11.Kf1 Rxf2+ 12.Ke1 Rf1+ 13.Kxf1 Qh4 14.Qb4+ d6 15.Qxd6+ cxd6
16.cxd4 Bh3+ 17.Kg1 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Gamman"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6
5.Nf7 Qe7 6.Nxh8 d5 7.Be2 {Bb3 or Bxd5 would lose the Queen by
Bg4.} Nc6 8.d4 exd3 9.cxd3 Bg4 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.O-O Be6 12.Bf4
d4 13.Nb5 Nd5 14.Bg3 a6 15.Na3 Qd7 16.Nc4 Be7 17.Ng6 {Time
would have been saved by leaving the Knight alone and playing
Rc1 instad.} hxg6 18.a3 Bf6 19.Bf3 g5 20.b4 Nc3 21.Qc2 Bxc4
22.dxc4 d3 23.Qd2 Nd4 24.Bd1 Nde2+ 25.Kh1 Ne4 26.Qa2 Bxa1
27.Qxa1 Qf5 28.Ba4 Rh8 {White regrets his 17th move.} 29.Qe1
N4xg3+ 30.fxg3 Rxh2+ 31.Kxh2 Qh7# 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Gamman"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Nf6 4.Bc4 fxe4
5.Bf7+ {This defence was jocularly called the "Corkscrew
Gambit".} Ke7 6.Bb3 d5 7.d4 c5 8.Bg5 Nc6 9.Qh5 Qe8 10.Qh4 cxd4
11.Bxd5 Nxe5 12.Qxe4 Kd6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.f4 {White evidently
relied on this move when he sacrificed the piece. He did not
foresee Black's rejoinder.} Bf5 15.fxe5+ Qxe5 16.Qxe5+ fxe5
17.Bb3 Bh6 18.Na3 Kc5 19.O-O Rhf8 20.Rad1 Be3+ 21.Kh1 b5
22.Nb1 Bg4 23.Rde1 Be2 24.Rxf8 Rxf8 25.h3 Rf2 26.c3 {He has
really nothing to do. The Bishops are too powerful.} d3 27.Bd1
e4 28.b4 Kd6 29.Na3 a6 30.c4 Kc6 31.cxb5 axb5 32.Nb1 Bd4
33.Nd2 Bc3 34.Kg1 Bxd2 35.Kxf2 e3 0-1

[Event "Paris m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "1869.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gustav Richard Neumann"]
[Black "Samuel Rosenthal"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. Qe2 Qh4+ 5. Kd1 fxe4 6. Nc3
c6 7. Nxe4 Kd8 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. Neg5 Nh6 10. d4 d5 11. Bxf4 Bg4
12. Qe5 Nd7 13. Qc7+ Ke8 14. Re1+ Be7 15. Bd3 Nf7 16. Kd2 Bxf3
17. Nxf3 Qg4 18. Re2 Kf8 19. h3 Bd8 20. Bd6+ { Quelle/Source:
Neue Berliner Schachzeitung 1869} 1-0

[Event "Paris m2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "1869.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Rosenthal"]
[Black "Gustav Richard Neumann"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. d3 Be7
7. O-O h5 8. h3 Bd7 9. Bg5 Qc8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Kh2 h4 12. g4
g5 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Nec3 Nd4 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Ncd5 Qd7 17. c3
Nc6 18. Qd2 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 f6 20. Rfc1 Ne7 21. Ne3 O-O 22. Nf5
Nxf5 23. gxf5 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Rac8 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. Bf3 Rc7 27. c4
b6 { Neue Berliner Schachzeitung 1869} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris m2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "1869.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gustav Richard Neumann"]
[Black "Samuel Rosenthal"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 a6
7. c3 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nc4 c6
12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Bg5 Qd8 14. Nh4 Nxh4 15. Bxh4 h6 16. Bg3 g5
17. Bc2 Qe7 18. d4 Bg4 19. f3 Bh5 20. Bf2 Nd7 21. Qd2 Bg6
22. Rad1 Rad8 23. a5 f6 24. Rfe1 Kg7 25. d5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Nb8
27. Bb6 Rd7 28. Ba4 Bf7 29. Qd3 Nc6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Qxa6 Bb3
32. Rc1 Qe6 33. c4 Qg8 34. Bf2 Ba4 35. b5 cxb5 36. cxb5 Rb8
37. b6 Ra8 38. Qc4 Rxa5 39. Qb4 Qa8 40. Ra1 Ra6 41. Rec1 Kg6
42. Ra3 Bb5 43. Qxb5 Rxa3 44. Qxd7 Ra1 45. Be3 Rxc1+ 46. Bxc1
Qa1 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qc6 Qd4+ 49. Kf1 Qd1+ 50. Kf2 { Neue
Berliner Schachzeitung 1869} 1-0

[Event "Knight Odds"]
[Site "New Orleans, USA"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "1869.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Charles Maurian"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 {Years later it was revealed that in 1869 Morphy
frequently met with Maurian for a game of chess. In fact,
Maurian said they played four series of games all at knight
odds. - Lawson p,289} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d4 Bxd4
5. c3 Bb6 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1 Kh8 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4
d6 11. h3 Ne5 12. Bb3 f6 13. Nf3 Nxf3 14. Rxf3 Nf7 15. Qd2 Qe7
16. Raf1 Be6 17. Bc2 Ne5 18. Rg3 g5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rgf3
Rad8 21. Qe2 Qg7 22. g4 Rd6 23. b4 c5 24. b5 Rfd8 25. Bb3 Bxg4
26. hxg4 Rd2 27. Qxd2 Rxd2 28. Rxf6 Rd8 29. Bd5 Qd7 30. R1f5
Qxb5 31. Rf7 Qd3 32. Rf3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 c4 0-1

[Event "Knight Odds"]
[Site "New Orleans, USA"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "1869.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Charles Maurian"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. d3 Nh6 5. Be2 Nd4 6. c3 Nxe2
7. Qxe2 Bg4 8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Nf5 10. h3 h5 11. hxg4 hxg4
12. Ng5 Ng3 13. Qxg4 Rh1+ 14. Kf2 Nxf1 15. f5 Qe7 16. fxe6
fxe6 17. Bf4 Ne3 18. Kxe3 Rxa1 19. Nxe6 Rf1 20. Qg6+ Kd7
21. Ng5 Re8 22. Qf5+ Kc6 23. Qg6+ Kb5 24. d4 c4 25. b3 Ka5
26. Nf3 Rc1 27. Ke2 Ra1 28. Nd2 Rxa2 29. bxc4 dxc4 30. Qb1 Ra4
31. Nxc4+ Rxc4 32. Qa2+ Ra4 33. Qd5+ Ka6 34. Bd2 Qa3 {Maroczy
and Shibut Qe3, if the position is correct the move can not be
made Goossen's scores Qa3} 0-1

[Event "Knight Odds"]
[Site "New Orleans, USA"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "1869.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Charles Maurian"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. Ba3 d6 9. d4 h6 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7
12. f4 exd4 13. e5 Ng4 14. e6+ Bxe6 15. f5 Bd5 16. f6 Nxf6
17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5+ Qf7 20. Qb5 Rf8 21. cxd4
Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Nxd4 23. Qd3 {Maroczy Qb3 is a typo} Be1 0-1

[Event "Knight Odds"]
[Site "New Orleans, USA"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "1869.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Charles Maurian"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Nf6
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 d6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. d5
Nb8 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. h3 Bb6 16. hxg4 Nxg3 17. Rfb1
Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qf6+ 19. Kxg3 Qf4+ 20. Kh3 h5 21. g3 hxg4+
22. Kg2 Qe3 23. Re1 Qc5 24. Qd1 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Ne4 Qxc4
27. Qxg4 { Goossen's Stops, Maroczy states 'and gains'
w/continuation and Shibut continues } Qxd5 28. Rad1 Qe6
29. Rf1 Re5 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Qh5 Re2+ 32. Kh1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "John Wisker"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5
11.Qe2 Bf6 12.Be3 Bf5 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Nbd2 Bg6 15.Rfe1 Be7
16.Nf1 f5 17.Rad1 f4 18.Bc1 Bc5 19.N1d2 b4 20.Ba4 {White
immediately demonstrates the fatal weakness of Black's 19th
move, and brings the game to a speedy conclusion.} Qf6 21.Ne4
Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Red8 23.Qc4 {He must lose a piece, for if
23...Qd6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.d4 and the Bishop is lost.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4
5.Qd3 {Nb5 is the best continuation.} Bc5 6.c3 Nf6 7.Nd2 d5
8.g3 dxe4 9.Qb5 Qh5 10.Nxc6 a6 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Be2 Qh3 13.Qc4
{White's game is somewhat compromised. He still would have
done better by playing Nb3.} Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 e3 15.Kxe3 Bxc6
16.Nf3 O-O-O 17.Kf2 Ng4+ 18.Ke1 Rhe8 19.Bf4 Qg2 20.Rf1 b5
21.Nh4 Qxh2 22.Nf3 bxc4 23.Nxh2 Nxh2 24.Rf2 Ng4 25.Rf1 Bg2 0-1

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

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

[Event "Occasional Game"]
[Site "Source: La Strategie"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Duke Karl von Braunschweig"]
[Black "Prince of Villafranca and Valguarnera"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 {Notes by Samuel Rosenthal, La Strategie, April 15
1870} 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.O-O cxb2
7.Bxb2 Kf8 8.Nc3 d6 9.Nd5 Bc5 10.e5 Be6 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Nd4
Qh4 13.Nxe6+ fxe6 14.Qf3+ Nf6 15.g3 Qxc4 16.Nxf6 Nd4 17.Bxd4
Qxd4 18.Ne4+ Ke7 19.Rad1 Qe5 20.Nxd6 cxd6 21.Qxb7+ Kf6 22.Rfe1
Qc5 23.Rxe6+ Kxe6 {Very well played. From this move onwards
White plays his game remarkably.} 24.Re1+ Kf5 25.Qf3+ Kg5
26.Re6 Qc1+ 27.Kg2 g6 28.Qf6+ Kh6 29.Qh4+ Kg7 30.Re7+ Kg8
31.Qf6 Qc6+ {Forcing a clear-cut mate, although 31 Qe4 Kf8 32
Rd7 is faster.} 32.Kh3 Qc8+ 33.g4 Qf8 34.Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Blindfold, England"]
[Site "Blindfold, England"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Corlett"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d3 {This move was frequently played
about twenty-five years ago.} 8.e5 h6 9.Qxd3 Bb6 10.Qd5 Qe7
11.Ba3 Qe6 12.Qd3 Qg6 13.Qe2 Nge7 14.Nbd2 O-O 15.Ne4 Kh8
16.Nh4 Qh7 17.Bd3 Nxe5 {An ingenious attempt to relieve his
position.} 18.Bxe7 Re8 19.Bc2 Rxe7 20.Nf6 Nf3+ 21.Qxf3 Qxc2
22.Rac1 Bxf2+ 23.Kh1 Qe2 24.Qf5 g6 25.Nxg6+ fxg6 26.Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Cardiff (Blindfold Simul)"]
[Site "Cardiff (Blindfold Simul)"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Nelson Fedden"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7
5.d4 d6 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O h6 8.Na3 Nge7 9.g3 g4 10.Nh4 f3 11.h3
Ng6 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 Nge7 14.hxg4 d5 15.Bb5 h5 16.f6 {This
Pawn is given up in order to bring Q and R to bear on the weak
f-Pawn, and also to prevent Black from obtaining an open
h-file.} Bxf6 17.g5 Rg8 {An ingenious attempt to obtain a
draw, for if gxf6 then ...Rxg3+ followed by Nf5, and black has
fair chances.} 18.Qxf3 Bxg5 19.Qxf7+ Kd7 20.Re1 Bh4 21.Qe6+
Ke8 22.Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "F Grube / J B Burnett"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 f5 3.exf5 Nf6 4.g4 d5
5.g5 Bc5 {A Muzio Gambit with a move behind.} 6.gxf6 O-O 7.Qg4
Rxf6 8.Nxd5 Rxf5 9.Ne3 Rf4 10.Qg3 Nc6 11.Nh3 Bxh3 12.Bxh3 Nd4
13.Rf1 Qd6 14.f3 Raf8 15.Bg4 e4 16.c3 {White's position is
anything but a pleasant one.} Nc6 17.Ng2 Ne5 18.Nxf4 Rxf4
19.d4 Nd3+ 20.Ke2 Qa6 21.Be6+ Kh8 22.Bxf4 Nxf4+ 23.Ke3 Qd3+
24.Kxf4 Bd6+ 25.Kg4 Bxg3 26.hxg3 exf3 27.Rae1 {White has
steered clear of the Rooks.} h5+ 28.Kxh5 f2 29.Rxf2 Qxg3
30.Rf8+ Kh7 31.Bg8+ Kh8 32.Ree8 Qh3+ 33.Kg5 Qg3+ 34.Kf5 Qd3+
35.Ke6 Qh3+ 36.Ke7 {Black has but one more check and then it
is White's turn.} 1-0

[Event "Norwich -"]
[Site "Norwich -"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6
5.d3 d6 6.h3 {With this and the succeeding moves White loses
time.} Ne7 7.Bg5 c6 8.Be3 Bb6 9.Nc3 Ng6 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Bb3 O-O
12.Rad1 Qd7 13.Nh2 Bxh3 14.Bxb6 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nf4+ 16.Kh1 axb6
17.f3 N6h5 18.Rf2 Ng3+ 19.Kg1 Qh3 20.d4 {In this position I
announced mate in two moves, and the beginner would no doubt
like to find it out for himself. The editor of a chess column
says: "As this is the most beautiful mate we have ever seen in
actual play we include it in our series of problems."} Qg2+
21.Rxg2 Nh3# 0-1

[Event "Challenge Cup"]
[Site "Malvern"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "1871.08.07"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arthur Skipworth"]
[Black "Charles Edward Ranken"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 5. Kxf2 Nxe5
6. d4 Ng6 7. Kg1 N8e7 8. h4 h6 9. h5 Nf8 10. Bc4 d6 11. Qf3
Be6 12. d5 Bd7 13. Be3 Nh7 14. Qg3 Rg8 15. Rf1 Nf6 16. Qf4 Rf8
17. Bd4 Neg8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qe7 20. d6 { The British
Chess Magazine 1971, p. 379} 1-0

[Event "Bad Ems"]
[Site "Bad Ems"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "1871.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adolf Stern"]
[Black "Samuel Mieses"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. h3 Be6 10. Qe2 Qd6 11. Re1 Bf6
12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Ng4 Nd4 15. Qd1 Bh4 16. Nc3 Bb7
17. Ne4 Qc6 18. c3 f5 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. cxd4 fxe4 21. dxe4 Bxf2+
22. Kh1 Bxe1 {Deutsche Schachzeitung 1871, p. 304} 0-1

[Event "MSB-01.Kongress"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "1871.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Black "Samuel Mieses"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be6
7. O-O Nd7 8. Bxe4 dxe4 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. c3 Re8 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Qh5 Qd5
17. Qf3 f5 18. Nd2 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Bf6 20. Be5 Kf7 21. Bxf6 Kxf6
22. Re5 Bf7 23. Rae1 Re6 24. h4 h6 25. Ng5 Rxe5 26. dxe5+ Kg6
27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. f4 Rd8 29. Kf2 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. g4 Ke6
32. fxg5 fxg4 33. Kg3 Kf5 34. e6 Kxg5 35. Re4 Kf5 36. Rb4 b6
37. e7 Re8 38. Rxg4 Rxe7 39. Kf3 Rh7 { Deutsche Schachzeitung
1872, p. 45} 1/2-1/2

[Event "MSB-01.Kongress"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "1871.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Mieses"]
[Black "Karl Pitschel"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Bg4 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bg6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qc2
Qf5 17. Qxf5 gxf5 18. g4 fxg4 19. hxg4 Rad8 20. Kg2 g6 21. Rh1
Bf6 22. Rh3 Re4 23. Kg3 Rde8 24. Rah1 Kf8 25. Nd2 R4e7
26. Bh6+ Bg7 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rh7+ Kf6 29. d5 Na5 30. Nf3
Rd7 31. g5+ Ke7 32. Ne5 Rxd5 33. Rxf7+ Kd8 34. f4 Rg8 35. Nxg6
Nc4 36. Rh8 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Rxh8 38. Nxh8 Nd6 39. g6 Nxf7 40. g7
Nh6 41. Nf7+ Nxf7 42. g8=Q+ Ke7 43. Qh7 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 Rd6
45. Kf3 c6 46. Qe4+ Kf6 47. c4 b6 48. Kg4 c5 49. Qf5+ Kg7
50. Qc2 Rd4 51. Kf5 Nh6+ 52. Kg5 Nf7+ 53. Kg4 a5 54. Qb2 Ne5+
55. Kf5 Ng6 56. Qxb6 Rxf4+ 57. Kg5 { Deutsche Schachzeitung
1872, p. 196} 1-0

[Event "MSB-01.Kongress"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1871.??.??"]
[EventDate "1871.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Mieses"]
[Black "Richard Schurig"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O
O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Nf4 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 Rc8
12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bc4 16. Qf5
Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Nf6 18. Be5 Qd7 19. Qd3 Nh7 20. Nh4 c6 21. Nf5
f6 22. Bf4 Re6 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Kh2 Rce8 25. Be3 a6 26. Rd1 Ng5
27. h4 Ne4 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. g4 Qd5 30. Qf4 Kh7 31. c4 Qd7
32. d5 cxd5 33. Rxd5 Qe8 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Qc7+ Re7 36. Qxd8
Qf7 37. Bxh6+ Kxh6 38. Qh8+ Qh7 39. Rh5+ { Deutsche
Schachzeitung 1872, p. 197} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1872.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne / Allies"]
[Black "Lowenthal / Allies"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7
5.Bg5 f6 6.Bh4 {Be3 or Bf4 is considered stronger.} Nc6 7.Qd2
Nh6 8.Nc3 Nf7 9.O-O-O Nce5 10.Nd4 Be7 11.f4 Ng6 12.Bf2 c6
13.Bc4 Qc7 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Nf8 16.Rhe1 Nh6 17.g4 O-O-O
{The answer to Nxg4 would be Rxe7+, etc.} 18.Qe2 Rd7 19.Be6
Nxe6 20.fxe6 Rdd8 21.f5 Qa5 22.Rd4 b5 23.b4 {This looks risky
but is quite sound and brings the game to a speedy
termination.} Qc7 24.a4 a6 25.Kb2 d5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra1 Bd6
28.Rxd5 Qb7 {If cxd5 the Queen is lost.} 29.e7 cxd5 30.Qe6+
Rd7 31.e8=Q+ Rxe8 32.Qxe8+ Kc7 33.Nxd5+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1872.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Johannes Zukertort"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4
5.Ne5 Bg7 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bc4 d5 8.exd5 O-O 9.Nc3 c5 {First Nh5,
then this move gives Black a safe game.} 10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.Nxc6
bxc6 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Be5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Qb6 15.Qd2 Qc5 16.Qg5+
Ng7 17.Bd3 Re8 18.O-O-O Rxe5 19.Qh6 Bf5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Ne4
Qe5 22.Rhe1 Rb8 23.Nc3 Qc7 24.Qd6 {White seeks an exchange of
Queens in order to facilitate his attack on the weak Pawns.}
Qb7 25.b3 Ne6 26.Ne4 Qb4 27.Rf1 Ra5 28.Nf6+ Kh8 29.Nd7 Qxd6
30.Rxd6 Rb7 31.Rxf7 Nc5 32.Rxc6 Kg8 {Ofcourse if the White
Knight be taken mate follows.} 33.Re7 Nxd7 34.Rc8+ Nf8 35.Rxb7
Rxa2 36.Kd2 Ra1 37.Ke2 Ra6 38.Ke3 h5 39.Ke4 Rf6 40.Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1873.08.16"]
[EventDate "1873.07.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 {Mr Bird's
favorite defence.} 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.d3 c6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.O-O d5
8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nd2 Be6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Bd2 Qd7 13.Rae1
Rae8 14.f4 {Tempting as it looks, this is the weak move of
White's game.} f5 15.Ng3 Bc5 16.Qf3 Ne3 17.Bxe3 dxe3 18.Qe2
Bxc4 19.dxc4 Rf6 20.Rd1 Rd6 21.Rxd6 Qxd6 22.Nxf5 {This was no
gift.} Qf6 23.g4 Rd8 24.Re1 Qxb2 25.g5 Qc3 26.Kh1 Qd2 27.Qxd2
{If 27.Nxe3 Qxe2 Rxe2 28.Re1 and wins.} exd2 28.Rd1 Bb4 29.Kg2
Re8 30.c3 Bxc3 31.Kf2 c5 {Re1 followed by this move, was
equally good.} 0-1

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1873.07.24"]
[EventDate "1873.07.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.d4 {The
correct move, which gives White the superiority at once.} exd4
5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qd5 Be7 8.Nc3 Bf6 9.Bd2 O-O 10.O-O-O
a6 11.Be2 d6 12.f4 g6 {He had no good move, but the present
and following move only assist White to develop a formidable
attack.} 13.Qd3 Bg7 14.h4 h5 15.g4 hxg4 16.h5 Be6 17.hxg6 fxg6
18.e5 {This is decisive. If the Bishop be played to f5, a
deadly check with the Queen on d5 follows.} Qe8 19.Nd5 Qf7
20.Nf6+ Bxf6 21.exf6 Bf5 {It is obvious that if ...Qxf6, Bc3
would be fatal.} 22.Qg3 Qxa2 23.Bc3 Kf7 24.Rh7+ Ke8 25.Bxg4
Be4 26.Qe3 d5 27.Qc5 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1873.07.23"]
[EventDate "1873.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Louis Paulsen"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 Nb6
{Black gains a move by this, but the Knigt is not well placed
on g6.} 5.Bb3 exd4 6.Qxd4 Be6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Bf4 Ng6 9.Bg3 Qd7
10.Rd1 Bxb3 11.axb3 f6 12.Qd2 Be7 13.Nd4 O-O 14.Nf5 Rf7 15.Qe2
Re8 16.Qg4 Bf8 17.O-O Kh8 18.Qh5 Ne5 19.f4 g6 {This looks
tempting, but is proved unsound by White's subsequent play.}
20.Qh3 Nc6 21.Nh6 Rfe7 22.f5 g5 23.Ng4 Bg7 24.e5 {Dufresne, in
his LEHRBUCH DER SCHACHSPIELS, calls this a beautiful and
decisive move. It wins the exchange.} Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 {If
Pawn takes, Black loses a piece.} 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Rde1 Bf8
28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Rd1 Bd6 30.Qf3 Qc8 31.Ne4 Be7 32.g4 Qe8 33.Qc3
c6 34.Qd3 Qb8 35.c4 Kg7 36.h4 h6 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Kg2 {To get
Rook and Queen on to the Rook's file.} Qe8 39.Rh1 Qg8 40.Qh3
Nd7 41.Nxg5 {A finisher. It threatens mate by Qh6 if the
Knight is not taken.} fxg5 42.Qh6+ Kf7 43.Qe6+ Kf8 44.Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1873.08.13"]
[EventDate "1873.07.21"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karl Pitschel"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6
5.h3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Be3 Bb4 8.O-O Ng6 9.Ne2 O-O 10.Ng3 d5
11.Bb3 d4 12.Bd2 Bd6 13.Re1 Nd7 14.a3 Nc5 15.Ba2 Ne6 16.Nf5
Be7 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Rc1 Nef4 19.Kh2 Kh8 20.g4 Rd8 21.Rg1 a5
22.Kg3 Ra6 23.h4 Bxg4 {This sacrifice decides the game.}
24.Rh1 Nh5+ 25.Kxg4 {He might have held out a little longer by
Kg2.} Qd7+ {He cannot delay mate longer than for six moves.}
26.Kg5 f6 27.Kxh5 Nf4+ 28.Bxf4 g6 29.Kh6 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "Simultaneous display"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1873.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Rosenthal"]
[Black "Philippe"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qe6 5. Nf3 exf4+ 6. Kf2
Be7 7. d4 g5 8. Ne5 Nh6 9. Bc4 Qf5 10. Qh5 Ng4+ 11. Nxg4 Qxg4
12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Qxe8+ Kxe8 16. Nf6+
Kf8 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. c3 Rd8 19. h3 Bf5 20. Bd2 a6 21. Be6 Bg6
22. Re2 {And Black resigned after a few more moves.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "Wien"]
[Date "1873.07.28"]
[EventDate "1873.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Rosenthal"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 h5 6. h4 f5
7. Nf4 Nf6 8. d3 fxe4 9. dxe4 Nc6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Nxh5 Ngxe5
12. Nf4 Qe7 13. Nh3 Nf7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Ne4 Qf5
17. Neg5 Nd4 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Re4 Nd6 20. Rf4 Qg6 21. Rxd4
cxd4 22. Qf3+ Kb8 23. Bf4 e5 24. Bxe5 Re8 25. Nf7 Rg8 26. h5
Qe6 27. Nhg5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Qb3 Rh8 30. Nf7 Nxf7
31. Qxf7 Rexh5 32. Qe8+ Kc7 33. Qe4 Bc5 34. Rd1 a5 35. Rd3 g5
36. a3 a4 37. b4 axb3 38. cxb3 Bxa3 39. Qxd4 Rh1+ 40. Kg2
R1h2+ 41. Kf3 Rf8+ 42. Kg4 Rhxf2 43. b4 Bb2 44. Qxd7+ Kb8
45. Qd6+ Kb7 46. b5 R2f6 47. Qe7+ Kc8 48. Rd7 Be5 49. Ra7 R6f7
50. Qe6+ { Lehner, Schwede: Der erste Wiener internationale
Schachkongress 1873, p. 109} 1-0

[Event "4th C.C.A. Congress"]
[Site "Bristol, England"]
[Date "1873.08.??"]
[EventDate "1873.08.04"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edmund Thorold"]
[Black "Thomas Hewan Archdall"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 {Notes from The Chess Player's Chronicle 1873} e6 2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 {This move, played by Mr. Blackburne at
the Vienna Congress, appears much stronger than B to QKt
fifth, which has lately been played so frequently.} 5.e5 {Is
not this premature?} 5...Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxg5 7.Nxg5 Qxg5 8.Nf3 Qe7
9.c3 c5 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 {The positions
are now about even.} 13.O-O O-O 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh6 f6 16.f4 Qg7
{Mr. Archdall has strengthened his play considerably since he
carried off the first prize in Class II. last year.} 17.Qh4
Bd7 18.Rae1 fxe5 19.Rxe5 Rf6 20.Rf3 Raf8 21.Qf2 Bc8 22.h4 Qc7
23.h5 Qb6 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Qxb6 axb6 26.Rg5 Kf7 27.Rh3 Rg8
28.Rh7+ Rg7 29.Rh8 Bd7 30.g3 b5 31.b4 Ke7 32. Kf2 Kd6 33.Ke3
c5 34.Rb8 c4 35.Bc2 Kc7 36.Rh8 Kd6 37.Kd4 Bc6 38.Rh6 Be8
39.Re5 Ra7 40.Bb1 Rg7 41.f5 Bf7 42.fxg6 Bxg6 43.Bc2 Bxc2 {A
clever combination.} 44.Rxf6 Rg4+ 45.Rf4 Rxg3 {The game has
looked drawy since the twelfth move, and Mr. Thorold in trying
to win has lost. Judging from Mr. Thorold's play throughout
the game, we think he may have underrated his opponent's
skill. He (Mr. T.) is generally equal to any ingenious
artifice, but in this instance he is taken by surprise.} 0-1

[Event "The Hague"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1874.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Henry William Birkmyre Gifford"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5
5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Qh5 Qe7 7.f4 O-O {d6 followed by Bd7 and Castling
on Queen's side is the proper line of defence.} 8.O-O d6 9.f5
d3 {This discovered check is not good, it enables the Queen's
Knight to be brought into action.} 10.Kh1 dxc2 11.Nc3 Ne5
12.Nd5 Qd8 13.f6 Ng6 14.fxg7 Kxg7 15.Qxh6+ Kxh6 16.Ne6+ Kh5
17.Be2+ Kh4 18.Rf4+ Nxf4 19.g3+ Kh3 20.Nexf4# 1-0

[Event "Simultaneous display"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1874.02.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Rosenthal"]
[Black "Robert"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 5. Kxf2 Nxe5
6. d4 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qf6+ 8. Kg2 Ng6 9. Bc4 Qd8 10. Rf1 f6 11. e5
b5 12. Nxb5 Bb7+ 13. Kg1 d6 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Bf4
O-O-O 17. Rae1 Qf8 18. Be6+ Kb8 {And White announced mate in
three moves (19.Qc5, etc.)} 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia m2"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1874.??.??"]
[EventDate "1874.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4
7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Nxa4
12. Qxa4 d6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Qb3 dxe5 15. Qxb7 Bd6 16. Qe4 Qe8
17. Rfe1 f5 18. Qf3 e4 19. Qe2 f4 20. Bc1 Qg6 21. Qxe4 Bf5
22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Ne4 f3 24. Ng3 Rae8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. gxf3
Bxc2 27. Rd4 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Rxc1 29. Qc6 h6 30. Rg4 Qf7 31. Ne2
h5 32. Rg5 Bf4 33. Nxc1 Bxg5 34. Qxc2 Bf4 35. Ne2 Bd6 36. b3
Qe7 37. Qe4 Qg5+ 38. Ng3 h4 39. Qf5 Qh6 40. Ne4 Bf4 41. Nc5 a5
42. Ne6 Bd6 43. Ng5 g6 44. Nf7+ Kg7 45. Nxh6 gxf5 46. Nxf5+
{Deutsche Schachzeitung 1874, p. 150} 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia m2"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1874.??.??"]
[EventDate "1874.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 Bxg1 4. Rxg1 d6 5. d4 exf4 6. Bxf4
Nh6 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. h3 Nf6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Re8 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. g5 hxg5 15. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Rxg5
Bd7 17. Nxc7 Nc6 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. c3 Ne7 20. Rg3 d5 21. Bd3
b5 22. Rdg1 g6 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Be4 Be6 25. h4 { Deutsche
Schachzeitung 1874, p. 151} 1-0

[Event "Corr."]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1874.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charles H Blood"]
[Black "Theophilus Thompson"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 {Notes from Maryland Chess Review 1874, pp. 168-169} e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6
8.O-O d6 9.Nc3 {We prefer 9.Re1; White might also play 9.d5,
the usual reply to which is 9...Na5} Nf6 10.Bb2 O-O 11.d5 Na5
12.Bd3 c5 13.h3 Re8 14.Re1 Bd7 15.e5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 c4 17.Nxc4
Nxc4 18.Bxc4 18...Bxf2+ 19.Kxf2 Qb6+ 20.Kf1 Qxb2 21.Qb3 Qd2
22.Ne2 b5 23.Bd3 Qg5 24.Rad1 Re3 25.Kg1 {Bad, but White has no
good move.} Bxh3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Blackburne / Horace Chapman"]
[Black "Philp"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4
5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.d4 d5 8.Bxf4 {When this game was played
this line of attack was considered a novelty. The same
position, however, occurs in a game published in 1842, brought
about as follows: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 d5
6.d4 h6 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.Bxf4 and the positions are identical.}
Nf6 9.e5 Qe8 10.Bd3 Nh5 11.O-O Kg7 12.Nc3 Be6 {c6 would have
been safer.} 13.Nxd5 {The Rev. G. A. Macdonnell says that this
is "an admirable move and one evidently played for"; he adds
that "the concluding part of the game is beautifully played".}
Qd7 14.Nf6 Qxd4+ 15.Kh1 Nxf6 {If 15...Nxf4 16.Rxf4 Qxe5
17.Ne8+ Kg8 18.Re4 Qf5 19.Rxg4+ Qxg4 20.Nf6+ winning easily.}
16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Bg3 Qe7 18.Be5+ Kg8 19.Bf6 Qd6 20.Bc4 Bxc4
21.Qxg4+ Kh7 22.Qf5+ Kg8 23.Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Challenge Cup"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[EventDate "1875.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "William Hunter"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rad1 Ne8 11. Qc4 Qc8
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 Be6 14. Qd3 f5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rf6
17. Ne6 c5 18. Bd2 Nc7 19. Bc3 Rf7 20. Rfe1 Bf6 21. Re3 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 Rf6 23. Nxg7 Kf7 24. Nh5 Rg6 25. Rde1 Nxd5 26. Qc4
Qc6 27. Rd1 Re6 28. Rxe6 Kxe6 29. Rxd5 Rf8 30. Rxc5+ {The
Chess-Monthly 1879/80, p. 45} 1-0

[Event "Challenge Cup"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[EventDate "1875.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Coker"]
[Black "William Hunter"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exf4 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Nf3
Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. d4 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Kh1 Qb6
12. Ne2 Rad8 13. c3 Qc7 14. Qd3 Ne7 15. Ba2 Ng6 16. Bd2 Rfe8
17. Rae1 Ne4 18. Bc1 Rd7 19. Bd5 Nf6 20. Bb3 a6 21. c4 Qa5
22. Bd2 Qh5 23. Ba4 Bf5 24. Qb3 b5 25. cxb5 Be6 26. Qd3 Rc7
27. b6 Bc4 28. Qc2 Rcc8 29. Bxe8 Nxe8 30. b3 Be6 31. Qd3 Nh4
32. Nxf4 Qg4 33. Nxh4 Qxh4 34. g3 Qg4 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Bf4
Rc6 37. Qxa6 Rc2 38. Qa8 Qh5 39. g4 Rxh2+ 40. Kg1 Qxg4+
41. Kxh2 Bxf4+ 42. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 43. Kg2 Qd2+ 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. Qe4
Qh6 46. Qxe6+ {Deutsche Schachzeitung 1875, p. 335} 1-0

[Event "Challenge Cup"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[EventDate "1875.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Innes Minchin"]
[Black "John Coker"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Qe5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Nc4
Qf4 12. g3 Qg5 13. a3 a5 14. Qd3 h5 15. Rad1 h4 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 f6 20. Rfe1 Qg5 21. Rd5
Qxg3 22. Bh5 {Deutsche Schachzeitung 1875, p. 271} 1-0

[Event "Challenge Cup"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[EventDate "1875.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arthur Skipworth"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e3 d5 4. Ne2 Nh6 5. Ng3 Be6 6. c4 c6
7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Nd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bf3 Nb6 12. e4
d4 13. Nce2 Nd7 14. Bc1 Nf7 15. Kh1 g6 16. Ng1 f5 17. exf5
gxf5 18. Bh5 Nf6 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Nf3 f4
22. Bxf6 fxg3 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 gxf2
26. Qe2 Re8 27. Nf3 Bxc4 28. Qxf2 Bd5 29. h3 Re3 30. Re1 Qf4
31. Rxe3 dxe3 32. Qe2 Bxf3 33. gxf3 Kf7 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35. Qg2
Qe1+ 36. Qf1 Qd2 {Deutsche Schachzeitung 1875, p. 270} 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia m"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1875.03.19"]
[EventDate "1875.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4
Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Re8 11. f5 d5
12. Qf3 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Bc8 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Rae1 Bd4 16. Ne2 Be5
17. Nf4 Qd6 18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 f6 20. Bc1 Qf8 21. Re3 Qf7
22. Qh4 h6 23. Rh3 Kf8 24. Be2 Re7 25. Bh5 Qg8 26. b3 c5
27. exd5 Bxd5 28. c4 Bf7 29. Bg6 Rd8 30. Qh5 Rde8 31. Qd1 Bd4
32. Rd3 Bxg6 33. fxg6 Qe6 34. Qh5 Qe1 35. Rd1 Qe2 36. Qh4 Re4
37. Qg3 Rg4 38. Qf3 Rxg6 39. Qxe2 Rxe2 40. Rd2 Rgxg2
{Brentano's Chess Monthly 1882, p. 66} 0-1

[Event "Maryland Chess Review Postal Card Tournament"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Theophilus Thompson"]
[Black "Levi A Bertolette"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 {Notes from Maryland Chess Review 1875, pp. 215-216} e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O {6.d4 and 7.O-O
is generally played. The course adopted is Mason's attack.}
Nf6 {The proper defense.} 7.d4 O-O 8.Nxe5 Nxe4 {Black might
also play 8...Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nxe4 10.Qd5 Bxc3 11.Nxc3 Nxc3 12.Qf3
d5 etc.} 9.Nxf7 {Mason continued the attack by 9.Ba3} Rxf7
10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.d5 Ne5 {Black would have fared badly by
11...Nxc3 , as the following will show: 12.Qh5+ Kg8 (If
12...g6 13.Qxh7+ etc.) 13.dxc6 etc.} 12.Qd4 Bxc3 13.Nxc3 Nxc3
14.Qxc3 {This seems the best Knight to take.} d6 15.Bb2 g5
{Evidently played to prevent the advance of the f pawn; it
fails, however, to answer the purpose.} 16.f4 gxf4 17.Rxf4+
Kg8 18.Qg3+ Ng6 19.Rf6 Bf5 {Why not resign before sacrificing
this Bishop?} 20.Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Maryland Chess Review Postal Card Tournament"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William A Shinkman"]
[Black "Theophilus Thompson"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 {Notes from Maryland Chess Review 1875, p. 280} e5 2.f4
exf4 3.Bc4 d5 4.Bxd5 Qh4+ 5.Kf1 g5 6.Nf3 {In a game between
J. H. Zuckertort vs Allies (see The Westminster Papers,
January 1875), the former continued 6.Nc3, followed by 7.Nf3,
a course preferable to the one in the text.} Qh5 7.h4 h6
8.Bxf7+ {First practically tried by Zuckertort in the game
mentioned at move six.} Qxf7 {Forced. If 8...Kxf7 White
replies 9.Ne5+ winning Queen.} 9.Ne5 Qg7 {In our opinion f6
was a better square for the Queen.} 10.Qh5+ Kd8 11.Nf7+ Ke7
{Perhaps 11...Kd7 would have been better.} 12.Nxh8 Nf6 13.Qg6
Qxh8 14.d3 Qg7 {We fail to see the object of this move.}
15.Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Knight Odds Game"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[EventDate "1875.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Johannes Zukertort"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6
7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. g4 Nxg4 10. Qg2 Nf6 11. h4 h6 12. h5
Kh8 13. O-O-O Ne8 14. Rdg1 Rg8 15. Bh7 f6 16. Bxg8 Kxg8
17. Qg6 Kh8 18. Ng5 hxg5 19. fxg5 Ne7 20. gxf6 Nxg6 21. hxg6+
Kg8 22. Rh8+ Kxh8 23. f7 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "George Alcock MacDonnell"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Nb3 {A suggestion of mine, and played occasionally, but not
so good as the usual Be3.} Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 {Zukertort played
Nge7.} 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Qe7 9.Bd3 g5 10.Bg3 d5 11.O-O Bg4 12.Qd2
O-O-O 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bf5+ {This loses a Pawn. Nxd5 was
better.} Bxf5 15.Nxd5 Qe4 16.Nxb6+ axb6 17.Qc3 Qxc2 18.Qf6 Be6
19.f4 g4 20.f5 Bd5 {The capture of the Knight gives Black an
advantage.} 21.Rf2 Qe4 22.Rc1 h5 23.Nd2 Qe8 24.b4 {White now
establishes a crushing attack.} Rd7 25.b5 Nb8 26.Qxb6 Qd8
{Nothing better. If 26...Bc6 27.bxc6 cxb6 28.cxd7+ Kxd7
29.Rc7+ Kd8 30.Nf1 h4 31.Rd2+ Nd7 32.Bf4 followed by Rxb7,
etc.} 27.Qa5 Re8 28.b6 Rde7 29.bxc7 Re1+ 30.Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.Nxf1
1-0

[Event "Simpon's London"]
[Site "Simpon's London"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johannes Zukertort"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 d4 {Bb4
or exf4 can also be played with advantage.} 5.fxe5 dxc3 6.exf6
Qxf6 7.bxc3 {b3 is the usual continuation.} Qxc3+ 8.Bd2 Qf6
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 Bc5 11.c3 Bg4 12.d4 {A blunder which loses
right off, but he had not an easy game to play. Perhaps Rb1
would be best.} Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Qxd4 15.Rf1 O-O-O
16.Rb1 f5 17.Qc2 Rhe8 18.Qb2 Rxe4+ 19.Bxe4 Qxe4+ 20.Kd1 Be3
21.Re1 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "Cafe International"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "1876.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eugene Delmar"]
[Black "Francis M Roser"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 Ne4
7. Bxe7 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qxe7 9. c5 e5 10. Bb5 e4 11. Ne5 Bd7
12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rab1
f5 17. Rb7 a5 18. Rfb1 g5 19. R1b6 Qc8 20. Qxc6 cxb6 21. Qxd5+
Kh8 22. Qe5+ {Deutsche Schachzeitung 1876, p. 240} 1-0

[Event "Cafe International"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "1876.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Frederick Perrin"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 Bc5
7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Qe2 Re8 10. Nce4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Bg6 15. Bc3 f5 16. Ng3 e4
17. f3 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 e3 19. f4 b5 20. b4 Be7 21. Qxe3 Bxb4
22. Qd4 Bf8 23. c5 h5 24. Rae1 h4 25. Ne2 Re4 26. Qd3 b4
27. Be5 Bxc5 28. c4 Re3 29. Qd2 Qd7 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Ra3
32. Re2 Bh5 33. Rd2 Rb8 34. c5 b3 35. axb3 Raxb3 36. c6 Qf7
37. Qxa7 Rb1 38. Kg1 h3 39. Qxc7 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Rb1+ 41. Kf2
Qg6 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qg5 Qf7 44. c7 Rc1 45. d6 hxg2 46. Kxg2
Rc5 47. Qxg7+ Qxg7+ 48. Bxg7 Be8 49. d7 {Deutsche
Schachzeitung 1876, p. 239} 1-0

[Event "Cafe International"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "1876.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charles Richardson"]
[Black "Albert William Ensor"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 d5 10. f4 f5 11. e5 Ng6
12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Rf3 Nh8 14. Qe2 Be7 15. b3 d4 16. Nd1 Qe8
17. Nf2 c5 18. Rg1 Nf7 19. Nh3 Bb7 20. Rff1 Nh6 21. Nf2 Qg6
22. Qd1 Bh4 23. Be2 Bxf2 24. Bh5 Ng4 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qe2 Kf7
27. Rxf2 Rh8 28. Qxg4 fxg4 29. Re1 g3 {Deutsche Schachzeitung
1876, p. 206} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "1876.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Franciscus G Janssens"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nh6 6. d3
Nc6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. h3 Nf5 10. Qd2 Ncd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Nb5 Nxb5 13. Bxb5 a6 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Rae1 Qd7
17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. Be5 Rac8 19. Qf4 e6 20. Qg3 c5 21. c3 Qc6
22. f4 f6 23. f5 c4 24. dxc4 bxc4 25. Bc2 exf5 26. Bd4 Kf7
27. Bd1 Qd7 28. b3 Bd5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Qf2 Qe6 31. b4 h5
32. Bf3 Bh6 33. Rd1 Bxf3 34. Qxf3 Qe4 35. Kf2 Rd8 36. a4 Qc2+
37. Qe2 Qxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Bf8 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Re8+ 41. Kf3
Bd6 42. b6 g5 43. b7 g4+ 44. Kf2 h4 45. Rb1 Bg3+ 46. Kf1 Bb8
47. Bc5 Re5 48. Bd4 Re6 49. Rb5 Kg6 50. Rb4 Rc6 51. Bf2 Kg5
52. Rb5 g3 53. Be3+ Kg6 54. Ke2 Re6 55. Kf3 Rd6 56. Bd4 Ra6
57. Rb6 Rxb6 58. Bxb6 Kg5 59. Bd4 f4 60. Ke4 f5+ 61. Kd5 f3
62. gxf3 Kf4 63. Kxc4 Kxf3 64. Kd5 g2 65. Ke6 Ke4 66. Bg1 f4
67. c4 f3 68. Kd7 Kd3 69. Kc8 Bf4 70. c5 Ke2 71. c6 f2
72. Bxf2 Kxf2 73. b8=Q Bxb8 74. Kxb8 g1=Q 75. c7 Qg3 76. Kb7
Qxh3 { Deutsche Schachzeitung 1877, p. 15} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "1876.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Alcock MacDonnell"]
[Black "Johannes Zukertort"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3
Nge7 7. Be2 d5 8. Bf3 Bxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. Nc3
Bf5 12. O-O Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Qg6 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nb3 Rad8 16. Rc1
f5 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Qf3 Rfe8 19. Bxc7 Rd7 20. Rfd1 h6 21. h3
Re4 22. Bg3 Rde7 23. Qd3 f4 24. Qc4 Ncb4 25. a3 fxg3 26. f3
R4e6 27. axb4 Ne3 28. Qc3 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Rc6 30. Qd2 Rc2
31. Qf4 Ree2 32. d5 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Rh2+ 34. Kg1 Rcg2+ 35. Kf1
Qc2 {Deutsche Schachzeitung 1876, p. 200} 0-1

[Event "New York m"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "1876.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3
Qc7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Nc5 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
Nbd7 12. Nd2 Ne6 13. Bg3 g6 14. c4 d4 15. Bg4 Ndc5 16. Nb3
Nxb3 17. axb3 c5 18. b4 O-O 19. b5 Bg5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. b4
Be7 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qb3 Rf5 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. Rd3 Qe7 26. Rf3
Rxf3 27. gxf3 Bb4 28. Ra1 Qc5 29. Ra4 Bc3 30. h4 Rd8 31. Ra2
Qb4 32. Qxb4 Bxb4 33. Bf4 d3 34. Bd2 Bc5 35. Bc3 Kg7 36. Kg2
Kh6 37. Ra1 Kh5 38. Re1 Be7 39. Bd2 Rd4 40. Re4 Rxe4 41. fxe4
Kg4 42. f3+ Kxh4 43. Bf4 Bc5 44. Bg3+ Kg5 45. Kf1 Be3 46. Ke1
b6 47. Kd1 h5 {Deutsche Schachzeitung 1876, p. 107} 0-1

[Event "New York m"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "1876.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. Qe2 Qh4+ 5. Kd1 fxe4 6. Nc3
Kd8 7. Nxe4 d6 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. Neg5 Nh6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. d4 Nc6
12. Bxf4 Ne7 13. Be6 Bc6 14. g4 Qe8 15. Bg3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qb5
17. Qe3 Qxb2 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Bh4 c5 20. Nf7+ Nxf7 21. Bxf7 Qc7
22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Re2 b6 24. Qe4 Rb8 25. Rd2+ { Deutsche
Schachzeitung 1876, p. 170} 1-0

[Event "New York m"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "1876.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 d5 5. Bb3 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. d4 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qh4+ 9. g3 fxg3 10. hxg3 Qxg3+ 11. Qxg3
Nxg3 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Rg1 Nf5 14. Rf1 g6 15. Bb3 Be7 16. c3 h5
17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Nd2 Bh4+ 19. Ke2 Nf8 20. Ne4 Ne6 21. Bxe6 fxe6
22. Rg1 Kf7 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5+ Ke7 25. Nh3 Rag8 26. Rg5 h4
27. Nf4 Kf7 28. Kf3 h3 29. Rh1 h2 30. Kg2 Rh4 31. Nh3 Rgh8
32. Rxh2 Ne3+ { Deutsche Schachzeitung 1876, p. 169} 0-1

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dr. J"]
[Black "Mr. K"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "14"]

1.b4 {From the American Chess Journal, Nov. 1876: "The
following amusing seven-mover recently occurred in actual play
at the room of the New York Chess Club."} e5 2.Bb2 Bd6 3.f4
exf4 4.Bxg7 Qh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6.Nf3 gxh2+ 7.Nxh4 Bg3# 0-1

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1878.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jones"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 f5
5.Qe2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.Nc3 Kd8 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.Nd5 Bd6 {An
unnatural looking move but necessary to defend the Gambit
Pawn.} 10.d4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 Re8 12.Nxf4 Qg4 13.Ne5 {The allies
have nothing better; their position is hopeless.} Nxe5 14.dxe5
Bxe5 15.Qf3 d6 16.Qxg4 Bxg4 17.Nd5 Kd7 18.c3 Re6 19.Bd2 Rf8+
20.Kg1 Be2 21.Re1 Bc4 22.Ne3 Bd3 23.g3 Be4 24.Ng2 d5 25.Rf1
Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Rf6+ 27.Kg1 d4 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1878.07.16"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Samuel Rosenthal"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 d6 8.O-O Bxd4 9.cxd4 Qg6 10.Nc3 O-O
11.f4 Bg4 12.Qd2 Na5 13.Bd3 f5 14.e5 d5 15.Qf2 Nac6 16.Rac1 a6
17.Na4 b6 18.Rc3 Qe8 19.b3 Qd7 20.Rfc1 Bh5 21.Qf1 Ra7 22.a3
Nb8 23.R1c2 Qd8 24.Qc1 c6 25.Bf2 Nc8 26.Bf1 Bf7 27.Nb2 Be6
28.Nd3 Qe8 29.Be2 Qe7 30.Nb4 Bd7 31.Bf3 Qf7 32.Bh4 Ne7 33.Re2
Qe6 {This opens the way to a pretty combination. Ng6 was a
better move.} 34.Bxe7 Qxe7 35.e6 Be8 {He cannot take the Pawn
without decisive loss.} 36.Bxd5 cxd5 37.Nxd5 Qd6 38.e7 Nc6 {If
he tries to save the Rook, Rc8 is quickly fatal.} 39.exf8=Q+
Kxf8 40.Ne3 Nxd4 41.Rd2 Qxf4 42.Qf1 Qe5 43.Rcd3 Re7 44.Nc4
Ne2+ 45.Kh1 Qf4 46.Rf3 Qe4 47.Rxf5+ Rf7 48.Rxf7+ Bxf7 49.Rxe2
1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1878.06.21"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Henry William Birkmyre Gifford"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ng6 {Not good. Black should either
Castle or play Qg6.} 8.O-O Bb6 9.f4 d6 10.Qd2 O-O 11.Na3 h6
12.Rae1 Nxd4 {This exchange is not advisable, Bd7 was better.}
13.cxd4 Bd7 14.Nc2 Rae8 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Qc6 17.b3 Be6
18.Bd3 Bd5 19.Qf2 a5 20.Rc1 Qd7 21.Qg3 Be6 22.Rcd1 c6 23.h3
{Rejecting the Pawn which could be won by Bxg6, etc. It would
mean loss of position.} Bd8 24.Rd2 Bh4 25.Qf3 Bd8 26.Qh5 Kh7
27.Rdf2 Rh8 28.Rf3 Kg8 29.Bxg6 {Circumstances were altered by
his last moves.} fxg6 30.Qxg6 b5 31.Bd2 Bd5 32.R3f2 a4 33.Ne3
Be6 34.d5 {To prevent Queen taking the d-Pawn later on.} cxd5
35.Ng4 Bxg4 36.Rf7 1-0

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1879.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "James Fish"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5
5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bg5 Bg4 9.Kh1 Be7 {The best
move.} 10.Ne2 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nb4 12.Ng3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 g6 14.Rg1
Kh8 15.Rae1 Rg8 16.Rxe7 Qxe7 17.Qe3 Qd6 {If Qxe3 then Bxf6+
wins a piece.} 18.Bf4 Qc6 19.Be5 Rae8 20.Qf4 Re6 21.c4 {This
wins the exchange back at least.} Rd8 22.cxd5 Rxd5 23.Rc1 Qb6
24.Ne4 Kg7 {If 24...Rexe5 25.dxe5 Nxe4 26.Qxf7 and wins.}
25.Rxc7 Rexe5 26.dxe5 Nxe4 27.Qxf7+ Kh6 28.Qf8+ Kg5 29.h4+ 1-0

[Event "England"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ {Note - I used to call this the
Kentucky opening. For a while after its introduction it was
greatly favored by certain players, but they soon grew tired
of it.} g6 7.Qxe5 d6 {Not to be outdone in generosity.} 8.Qxh8
Qh4 9.O-O Nf6 10.c3 Ng4 11.h3 Bxf2+ 12.Kh1 Bf5 13.Qxa8 Qxh3+
14.gxh3 Bxe4# 0-1

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Schiffman"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 Bb4
5.fxe5 Nxe4 6.dxe4 Qh4+ 7.Ke2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Bg4+ 9.Nf3 dxe4
10.Qd4 Nc6 {...Bh5 was the right move.} 11.Qxe4 O-O 12.Ke3 Qh5
13.Bd3 f5 14.Qf4 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Nxe5 16.Kf2 Rae8 17.Ba3 Rf6
18.Rae1 Ng4+ 19.fxg4 fxg4 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Bf5 Qb5 22.Rd1 Rxf5
{The result is the same if ...Qxf5.} 23.Rd8+ Kf7 24.Rf8+ Kg6
25.Qxf5+ Qxf5+ 26.Rxf5 Kxf5 27.Ke3 g5 28.Be7 h6 29.Bd8 c6
30.Bc7 1-0

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Worrall"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 {...Nf6 is the
proper move.} 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6
8.Nf3 Nd7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.Rad1 Nd5 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5
f6 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Rd3 Be6 17.Re1 Rae8 18.Rf3 Qg6
19.Rxf8+ Kxf8 20.Qd2 Bd7 21.Rxe8+ Bxe8 22.Ne2 Qf6 23.c3 Qg6
24.h3 Qe4 25.f3 Qc4 {Marching his best piece out of the field
of battle.} 26.Nd4 Qxa2 27.Qf4+ Kg8 28.Ne6 Qb1+ 29.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Manchester Simul"]
[Site "Manchester Simul"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Horace Chapman / Boulaye"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4
5.Ne5 Bg7 6.d4 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qd8 9.Bxf4 Nf6 10.Bc4 O-O
11.O-O h6 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Qxd4+
16.Kh1 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Qg5+ {White could have won a piece
by 17.Qg6+ instead of 17.Nxe4, but the latter is the more
direct way to win, for if now Black plays 18...Kh8 White goes
with Rook to f6 and wins the Queen.} 1-0

[Event "Rotterdam"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "H Heyermans"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 {Bb5+
was a move recommende by Zukertort but the more approved
continuation now is d3.} Nf6 5.Bc4 c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.Nge2 Bc5
8.Ng3 {d3 leads to a freer game.} Qd4 {Opening a sharp
attack.} 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Qf1 Nb4 11.Bb3 O-O-O 12.Nce2 Qd7 13.f5
{If a3 the sequel might have been 13...e3 14.d3 Nxd3+ 15.cxd3
Qxd3 16.Nc3 Qd2+ and mate next move.} Rhe8 14.h3 Nd3+ 15.Kd1
Nf2+ 16.Ke1 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 e3 18.d4 Qxd4 19.c3 Qf4 20.Qf3 e2
21.Bxf4 Rd1+ 22.Bxd1 exd1=Q# 0-1

[Event "Manchester ENG"]
[Site "Manchester ENG"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "1880.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Wilson"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4
5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nxg4 Nxe4 7. d3 Ng3 8. Bxf4 Nxh1 9. Bg5 Be7
10. Qe2 O-O {If Black plays 10...Ng3 White has a mate with
11.Nf6+ Kf8 12.Bh6. The best move for him is ...f6 or ...h6.}
11. Bxe7 Re8 12. Nh6+ {Note-It will be seen that the opening
of this game bears a curious resemblance to the well-known
game of mine with Mr. Burt.} 1-0

[Event "Odds Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Robert Ballard"]
[Black "Louisa Matilda Fagan"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 {From Irving Chernev's "Chess Companion"; the date is
uncertain. } e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fxg3
6. O-O Nh6 7. d4 O-O 8. hxg3 Bxg3 9. Kg2 Bd6 10. Rh1 Qf6
11. e5 Qg6+ 12. Kf1 Nf5 13. Rg1 Ng3+ 14. Kf2 Ne4+ 15. Ke1 Bb4+
16. c3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3+ 18. Kf2 Qc6 19. Bd3 Bxa1 20. d5
Qb6+ 21. Be3 Qb2+ 22. Kf1 f5 23. Bd4 Qxa2 24. Bxa1 Qxd5 25. e6
g6 26. e7 Re8 27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Qb2 Rxe7 29. Qh8+ {The diagram
shows that White has given away all eight of his Pawns -- a
world record which cannot be broken! --Chernev} 29...Kf7
30. Ng5# 1-0

[Event "Counties Chess Association"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1880.??.??"]
[EventDate "1880.01.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John De Soyres"]
[Black "Arthur Skipworth"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3
O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. e5 Be7 9. h4 c4 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7 11. Ng5+ Kh6
12. Qd2 Bxg5 13. hxg5+ Kg6 14. Ne2 Qxg5 15. Nf4+ Kf5 16. Rh5
Qxh5 17. Nxh5 g5 18. c3 Kg6 19. Qc2+ Kxh5 20. Qh7+ { Deutsche
Schachzeitung 1880, p. 346} 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin, Germany"]
[Date "1881.09.09"]
[EventDate "1881.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Simon Winawer"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bb5 {At this point probably the best
continuation.} Bxd4 {Not to be recommended. Castling is
better.} 8.cxd4 Qg6 9.O-O d5 {If Qxe4 White obtains a telling
attack.} 10.Nc3 dxe4 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Qxe4 Bf5 {It would have
been better for him to exchange Queens 12...Qxe4 13.Nxe4 f5
14.Ng5 f4 15.Bd2 h6 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Nf7+ Kh7 18.Bxf4 b5 19.Bb3
Nxd4 20.Rae8 Nxb3 with an equal position.} 13.Qh4 Rad8 14.Be2
Rd7 15.Rac1 Be6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Bh5 Qf5 18.Bf3 Ng6 19.Qg3 Nxd4
20.Bxd4 Rxd4 21.Qxc7 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Qb1 24.h3
Qxa2 25.Qxb7 h6 26.Kh2 Qa5 27.Qb8+ Kh7 28.Be4 Bf5 {This move
lost the game. Its weakness is speedily demonstrated.} 29.b4
Qa1 30.Bxf5 Qxd1 31.Qxa7 Qd8 32.Qc5 Qd2 33.b5 h5 34.b6 h4
35.b7 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 f6 37.Qc8 Qd2 {Very finely played. If White
Queens the Pawn Black replies Qc1+ and then Qf4+, drawing by
perpetual check or stalemate. It is a remarkable position, and
I very well remember the crowd that gathered round to see if I
would fall into Winawer's little trap. I kept them on the
tiptoe of expectation by holding my hand above the Pawn for
some time as I meant to move it, but when with the swing of
the arm I suddenly took the Knight instead, there was a loud
burst of laughter, in which Winawer, to do him justice,
heartily joined.} 38.Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7
5.d4 d6 6.O-O h6 7.c3 Nf6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Qb3 O-O 10.Nxe5 Qe8
11.Ng6 {An interesting position. Both players hit upon the
right moves.} b5 12.Bxb5 Qe4 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.Re1 Qg6
16.Be2 Qc6 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Qc2 Nbd7 19.Na3 Rae8 20.Bd2 a6
21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Re1 {White's Pawns on the Queenside are strong
for the endgame, so that to exchange is good policy.} Rxe1+
23.Nxe1 Qe6 24.Bc4 Nd5 25.Qd3 N7f6 26.Nac2 Bf8 27.Qe2 Ne4
28.Nf3 Bd6 29.Bc1 a5 30.Nd2 Nxd2 31.Bxd2 Kf8 32.Qxe6 fxe6
33.Ne1 Ke7 34.Nd3 Nb6 35.Bb3 Bd5 36.Bxd5 exd5 {Mr. Mason
thinks the position now a drawing one, but the endplay will
repay study.} 37.b3 a4 38.Kf2 axb3 39.axb3 Nd7 40.Kf3 Kf6
41.c4 dxc4 42.bxc4 Kf5 43.c5 Be7 44.Ba5 g4 45.Ke2 Ke4 46.Bxc7
f3 47.gxf3+ gxf3 48.Kd2 Kxd4 49.c6 Bg5+ 50.Kc2 {The Knight
cannot be saved without the Pawn going to Queen.} 1-0

[Event "Simpson's Divan"]
[Site "Simpson's Divan"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Steel"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.Qb3 {Castling is perhaps best, but
Mr. Steel's move gets us out of the common rut.} Qf6 8.O-O b5
{I was only glad to leave the domain of the analyst and try
for a counter-attack.} 9.Bxb5 Rb8 10.Qa4 Nge7 11.e5 Qg6 12.Ba3
Bb7 {Threatening many things--an obscure mate among them.}
13.Bxe7 Nxe5 14.Nh4 {Very well played, and perhaps the only
way out of the difficulty.} Nf3+ 15.Nxf3 Bxf3 16.Bxd7+ Kxe7
17.Re1+ Kf8 {Touch and go. Kd8 spelt ruin.} 18.Bh3 Bb6 19.cxd4
Bc6 20.Qb4+ Kg8 21.Nc3 h5 22.Re5 h4 23.Qc4 {Mr. Steel, who has
played well up to now, breaks down at last. Ne2 would have
given him a drawing chance; now all is lost.} Bxg2 24.Bf5 Bd5
25.Bxg6 Bxc4 26.Bc2 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "St. Louis"]
[Site "St. Louis"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Judd"]
[Black "Daniel F M Starbuck"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 {Notes by Daniel F M Starbuck} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
4.O-O {The aesthetic move here is 4 c3.} Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Bb6
7.h3 {A very necessary move for defensive purposes.} Be6 8.Bb3
h6 {Also necessary for attacking purposes.} 9.Nc3 g5 10.Nh2
{Indispensable.} Nd4 11.Na4 {If 11.Bxe6 Black retakes with the
knight.} Nxb3 12.axb3 Bxe3 {There is nothing to fear from the
rook commanding an open file.} 13.fxe3 h5 14.Qe1 Rh6 15.Nc3 c6
16.Ne2 h4 {Cramping White on the king’s side somewhat.} 17.Qf2
Qe7 18.Qf3 a6 {To enable Black to castle and get the queen’s
rook into play.} 19.c4 O-O-O 20.d4 Rg8 21.d5 cxd5 22.cxd5 g4
{Turn about is fair play.} 23.hxg4 Bxg4 24.Nxg4 Nxg4 {Here
White missed a chance which, if not equalizing the game, would
have enabled him to breathe easier - ex. gr: 25.Qxf7 Qxf7
26.Rxf7 h3, best, for if 26…Nxe3 White checks with the queen’s
rook and then plays it to c7, and Black cannot avoid a
perpetual check.} 25.Qh3 Rhg6 26.Kh1 Kb8 27.Rf3 Qg5 28.Raf1
Nf6 29.Rf5 {About as good as anything. Black threatened to
play the knight over to h5, with fatal effect.} Qxg2+ 30.Qxg2
Rxg2 31.Rxf6 Rxe2 32.Rg1 {If the rook had taken either pawn,
Black would have forced mate by playing the queen’s rook to
g2, checking twice with the rooks, then …h3.} Rxg1+ 33.Kxg1
Rxe3 34.Rxf7 Rxe4 35.Rd7 Rg4+ 36.Kh2 Rg6 37.Kh3 Rh6 38.b4 Kc8
39.Re7 Rf6 {The most expeditious mode of winning.} 40.Kxh4
Rf4+ 41.Kg5 Rd4 42.b5 axb5 43.Kf5 Rxd5 44.Ke6 Rd2 45.b3 e4
46.Kf5 d5 47.Ke5 {In the vain hope that Black might play on
the king’s pawn.} Rd3 48.Kd6 Kb8 49.Kc5 e3 50.b4 d4 51.Kxb5
Rd2 52.Kb6 Kc8 53.Kc5 e2 54.Kc4 d3 55.b5 Rd1 56.b6 e1=Q 0-1

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel F M Starbuck"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 {Notes by George H Mackenzie, Chess Editor, St Louis
Globe-Democrat} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5
6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.Nc3 b6 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Nd5 Nc5 11.Qb5+ Qd7
12.Bxf6 {Kt tks B P ch of course wins easily enough, but such
a prosaic line of play when there was a chance of a "gem" was
naturally disdained by Mr. Starbuck} Qxb5 {Bringing about the
"gem," which might have been prevented by P-QB3, etc.}
13.Bxb5+ c6 14.Bxc6+ Nd7 15.Nc7# 1-0

[Event "St. Louis"]
[Site "St. Louis"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel F M Starbuck"]
[Black "Max Judd"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 {Notes by George H Mackenzie, Chess Editor, St Louis
Globe-Democrat} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6
6. c3 {If we remember rightly, Anderssen favored castling at
this juncture.} Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. a5 Ba7 9. b5 axb5 10. Bxb5
O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Bxc6 bxc6
{...Ng3 would be disadvantageous to Black.} 15. Qxc6 Qf6
16. Be3 g5 {The commencement of a troublesome attack.} 17. Nc3
Nxc3 18. Qxc3 g4 19. Nd2 c5 20. Nb3 Rfc8 21. Qd2 c4 22. Nc1 c3
23. Qd1 Rc4 24. Ne2 Re8 25. Ra3 c2 26. Qd2 d5 27. Rc3 Rec8
28. Rxc4 dxc4 {As it turns out, the capture of rook with pawn
answers very well for black, but we have our doubts as to
whether R takes R would not have been sounder play.} 29. f3 g3
30. hxg3 {Mr. Starbuck, who thus far has defended himself very
ably, slips up on this move. He should have taken pawn with
knight followed by Ne4, should black play Bd3.} Bd3 31. Kf2
Re8 {A powerful move, to which white has no satisfactory
reply. The termination on Mr. Judds part is excellently
carried out, and forms a very pretty end game.} 32. Re1 Bxe2
33. Rxe2 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1882.05.15"]
[EventDate "1882.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Philipp Meitner"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3
d6 {He intends to develop the King's Bishop through g6,
otherwise it would be bad to obstruct the action of this
piece. Steinitz recommends instead ...Bb4+ after which
occurred 5.c3 Ba5 6.Qg3 and White has a good game.} 5.Nc3 g6
6. Bd2 Bg7 7. O-O-O Qf6 {It is seldom good to play out the
Queen so early, and this move is not so good as it looks,
since it exposes her to attack.} 8. f4 Nge7 9. h3 h5 10. Nf3
a6 11. Bc4 Na5 12. e5 {A decisive move, even at this very
early stage.} dxe5 {If 12...Nxc4 13.exf6 Nxe3 14.fxg7 winning
a piece; if 12...Qf5 13.exd6 Qf6 14.Ne5 Nxc4 15.Nxc4 Qe6
16.Qd3 with the better game.} 13. Ne4 Qb6 {To save the
Knight.} 14. Qxb6 cxb6 15. Bxa5 bxa5 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Nxf7 Nc6
{I threatened Rd8 mate.} 18. Nxh8 Bxh8 19. fxe5 Bf5 20. g4 Be4
21. Rhf1 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1882.05.23"]
[EventDate "1882.05.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Max Weiss"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 {I am indebted to R.N. Coles' Dynamic Chess for drawing
my attention to this game and it is difficult to better his
explanatory comments: 'Nimzowitsch realised that Tarrasch had
simplified and diluted the original Steinitzian practice, and
that some of the old master's deeper conceptions had been
omitted altogether. He found that Steinitz had conceived the
idea of a strong central square which he had controlled but
not necessarily occupied continuously. Steinitz's view, as
Nimzowitsch understood it, was that when a strong square had
been established, like e5 for White in the Weiss game, it
became a nerve-centre for the radiation of attacks and
threats, and therefore all pieces were developed so as to be
brought into relation with the strong square. When a large
number of pieces were developed so that they all defended the
strong square, that square was, as Nimzowitsch put it,
'over-protected'. He affirmed that from the over-protected
square all these pieces could quickly exert their maximum
influence.' -- Ray Keene } e6 2. e5 c5 3. f4 d5 4. exd6 Bxd6
5. g3 Bd7 6. Nf3 Bc6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2
Nb6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 a5 14. a4 Nbd5 15. Nc4 Nb4
16. Rae1 Nfd5 17. Nfe5 Bf6 18. Qf2 Be8 19. g4 Rd8 20. g5 Be7
21. Ng4 Nc6 22. Qh4 Nd4 23. Be4 f5 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Nxf6+
Bxf6 26. Qxh7+ Kf7 27. Bg2 Rg8 28. Ne5+ Kf8 29. Rf2 b5
30. axb5 Bxb5 31. Bh3 Re8 32. Re4 Bc6 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Ba3+
Be7 35. Bxe6 Bxa3 36. Ng6# 1-0

[Event "Simultaneous Exhibit"]
[Site "Simultaneous Exhibit"]
[Date "1882.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Smith"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bd3 c6
11.Bb2 d5 12.Re1 Ne7 13.Ba3 Be6 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Nb5 Nc8
{Better to have put up with the inconvenience of the Knight at
d6 and hence castling was better.} 16.Rc1 Nc6 17.Ne5 a6
18.Rxc6 bxc6 19.Nxc6 Qf6 20.Qa4 Kd7 21.Ne5+ Kd8 22.Nc3 Bc7
23.Nxd5 Qh4 24.Qd7+ Bxd7 25.Nxf7# 1-0

[Event "Baltimore m"]
[Site "Baltimore"]
[Date "1882.12.21"]
[EventDate "1882.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander G Sellman"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. c3 Be6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Qe3 Be7
12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O Bf6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. h3 a5 16. Qd3 Bxb3
17. Nxb3 a4 18. Nc1 Rfb8 19. a3 Na5 20. Rfe1 Nc4 21. Qe2 Qe6
22. Nd3 Re8 23. Nb4 Qd7 24. Nd5 Bd8 25. Qc2 Re6 26. Bc1 c6
27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. Bxe3 Qb7 29. Bf4 Be7 30. Re2 c5 31. Rd5 Qc6
32. Red2 Bf8 33. Qd3 Ra6 34. f3 Rb6 35. Kf2 h6 36. g4 Rf6
37. Bg3 b4 38. cxb4 cxb4 39. axb4 Rxb4 40. Qc2 Qb7 41. Kg2
{Bachmann: Schachmeister Steinitz Bd. 2, p. 143;} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia m2"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1882.12.02"]
[EventDate "1882.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 b6 6. Nb5 Ba6
7. a4 g5 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. Kf2 Bxb5 10. axb5 Nxd4 11. c3 Nxf3
12. gxf3 Bc5+ 13. Ke2 Nf6 14. e5 Ng8 15. b4 Bf8 16. Qd4 Bg7
17. Qe4 Rc8 18. h4 Qg6 19. hxg5 Qxe4+ 20. fxe4 Bxe5 21. Rxa7
Ne7 22. c4 Ng6 23. Bh3 Nf8 24. Rd1 Ne6 25. c5 d6 26. Rb7 Rg8
27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rh1 dxc5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Rxh7 Rxg5 31. b6
Rg2+ 32. Kf3 Rg3+ 33. Ke2 Rb3 34. Rh5 f3+ 35. Kd1 Rd8+ 36. Kc2
Rc3+ 37. Kb1 Rxc1+ 38. Kxc1 f2 39. Rh1 cxb6 40. Rxb6 Kf7
41. Rf1 Bd4 42. Kd2 Kf6 43. Ke2 Rg8 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Rc6 Rf8+
46. Ke2 Rf4 47. Kd3 Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Rh3 49. Kd2 Rh4 50. Kd3 Rf4
51. Ra6 Rf3+ 52. Kd2 Rf6 53. Kd3 Kf4 54. Ra2 Kf3 55. e5 Rf5
56. Re2 c4+ 57. Kd2 c3+ 58. Kd1 Kg2 { Brooklyn Chess Chronicle
1882/83, p. 85; The Chess-Monthly 1882/83, p. 209} 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia m2"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1882.12.05"]
[EventDate "1882.12.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. c3
dxc3 7. Nxc3 Ng6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bc2
d6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Kh8 14. h3 Nge5 15. Bc3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3
Ne5 17. Qg3 Be6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Qh4 Bg8 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Rf3
b5 22. Rg3 c5 23. b3 b4 24. Bb2 d5 25. Bc1 d4 26. Rg4 Qd6
27. Qg3 Re7 28. Rh4 Rfe8 29. Bd3 a5 30. e5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Rxe5
32. Rf1 Qc6 33. Kh1 Nf6 34. Bg6 R8e7 35. Bg5 Re2 36. Rf3 a4
37. Rh6 Qc7 38. Bf4 Qc8 39. Qh4 R2e6 40. Bg5 Qc7 41. Rf1 Qe5
42. Rxh7+ Bxh7 43. Bxh7 axb3 44. Bc2+ Kg8 45. Bxb3 Rf7
46. Bxf6 Rexf6 47. Re1 Qb8 48. Bc4 d3 49. Bxd3 Rh6 50. Qc4 Qf8
51. Re5 Kh8 52. Qb5 Qd6 53. Rxc5 Rf8 54. Qc4 Qg3 55. Qe4 Qh4
56. Rf5 Rd8 57. Qf3 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qe7 59. Qg3 Qd6 60. Bc2 Qxg3+
61. Kxg3 Rg6+ 62. Kh2 Rf6 63. Rb5 Rc6 64. Bb3 Rd4 65. Rh5+ Rh6
66. Rc5 g6 67. Rc7 Rh7 68. Rc2 Rhd7 69. Rf2 Rd2 70. Rf4 R7d4
71. Rf3 Kg7 72. Rf7+ Kh6 73. Rf3 Kg5 74. Rg3+ Kf6 75. Rf3+ Kg7
76. Rf7+ Kh6 77. Rf3 Kg5 78. Kg3 Re2 79. h4+ Kh6 80. Kh3 Rdd2
81. Rg3 { The Chess-Monthly 1882/83, p. 177; Deutsche
Schachzeitung 1883, p. 88} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia m2"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1882.12.06"]
[EventDate "1882.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 b6 6. Nb5 Ba6
7. a4 g5 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. Kd2 Kd8 10. c3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Ng4 12. Ke2
Ne3 13. Bxe3 fxe3 14. Kxe3 g4 15. Nd2 Qg5+ 16. Ke2 Bh6 17. Nf1
d5 18. exd5 g3 19. hxg3 Qf6 20. Rxh6 Re8+ 21. Kd2 Qxh6+
22. Kc2 Ne7 23. Qf3 Bb7 24. c4 a6 25. Nc3 Qg7 26. Qf2 Kd7
27. Ne4 f5 28. Ned2 Rf8 29. Nf3 Rae8 30. Ne3 Kd8 31. Ne5 Qg5
32. Qf4 Qh5 33. a5 b5 34. cxb5 Nxd5 35. Nxd5 Bxd5 36. bxa6 Kc8
37. Rc1 h6 38. Kb1 Qg5 39. Qf1 Qf6 40. Qe1 Qd6 41. Qf2 Kb8
42. Qd2 Ka8 43. Qc2 Re7 44. Bc4 Be4 45. Bd3 Rxe5 46. dxe5 Qxd3
47. Qxd3 Bxd3+ 48. Ka2 Kb8 49. Rc6 Re8 50. a7+ Kb7 51. Rc5 Be4
52. Kb3 c6 53. Kc3 h5 54. Kd4 Kxa7 55. b4 Ka6 56. Ke3 Re6
57. g4 hxg4 58. g3 Kb7 59. Kf4 Bb1 60. Kg5 Bd3 61. Rc3 Be4
62. Rc5 Kb8 63. Kf4 Rg6 64. Rc4 Re6 65. Rd4 Kc7 66. Rc4 Kd7
67. Rd4+ Ke7 68. Rd1 Rg6 69. Ra1 Rg8 70. a6 Ra8 71. a7 Ke6
72. Ra5 Bd3 73. Ra3 Bc4 74. Ra1 Bd3 {The Chess-Monthly
1882/83, p. 173} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia m2"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1882.12.08"]
[EventDate "1882.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 b6 6. Nb5 Ba6
7. a4 g5 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. Kd2 Kd8 10. c3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Ng4 12. Ke2
Ne3 13. Bxe3 fxe3 14. Kxe3 g4 15. Ne1 Bh6+ 16. Kf2 Qg5 17. g3
f5 18. exf5 Ne7 19. Ng2 Nxf5 20. Re1 Rf8 21. Kg1 Bb7 22. Be4
Bxe4 23. Rxe4 a6 24. Na3 Rg8 25. Qb3 Qg6 26. Rf1 Nd6 27. Re5
Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Qd1 Kc8 30. Nf4 Qg8 31. Nd5 Kb7 32. Ne3
Nf7 33. Re4 h5 34. Nac4 d5 35. Na5+ bxa5 36. Qb3+ Ka7 37. Qxd5
Qg6 38. Rf4 Bh6 39. Qc5+ Qb6 40. Qxb6+ Kxb6 41. Rf6+ Kb7
42. Nf5 Bc1 43. Rxf7 Bxb2 44. c4 Rd8 45. d5 Ba3 46. Kf2 Kb6
47. Ke2 Re8+ 48. Kd3 Re1 49. Rf6+ Kb7 50. Re6 Rd1+ 51. Kc2 Rf1
52. Nd4 Rf2+ 53. Re2 Rxe2+ 54. Nxe2 Be7 55. Nc3 c6 56. Ne4
cxd5 57. cxd5 h4 58. Kd3 hxg3 59. hxg3 Kc7 60. Ke3 Bd6
61. Nxd6 Kxd6 62. Kf4 Kxd5 63. Kxg4 Kc4 64. Kf5 Kb4 65. g4
Kxa4 66. g5 Kb5 67. g6 a4 68. g7 a3 69. g8=Q {The
Chess-Monthly 1882/83, p. 273 } 1-0

[Event "off-hand"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1882.12.11"]
[EventDate "1882.12.11"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "L D Barbour"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nf6 3.fxe5 Nxe4 4.Nf3 Ng5 5.c3 d5 6.exd6 Bxd6
7.d4 Qe7+ 8.Kf2 Ne4+ 9.Kg1 O-O 10.Bd3 f5 11.c4 c5 12.d5 Nd7
13.Qe2 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.g3 Bd4+ 16.Kg2 Re8 17.Re1 Bd7
18.Nd2 Qf6 19.Nxe4 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Bf5 21.Qf3 Rxe4 {!} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1883.05.07"]
[EventDate "1883.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Berthold Englisch"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3
Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. Bxf6 {In
one of his games with Potter, Zukertort fell into the same
trap} Qxf6 10. Nxd5 {After this White has a bad game.} Qh6
11. h3 {Zukertort in his notes to the game with Potter, says
Q-B sq is the only move to save the game.} Nxd4 12. Be2 {PxB
leads, of course, to immediate ruin.} Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxh3
14. Re1 Be6 15. g3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxg3 18. Be4 Rd2
{White struggled manfully, but this settled the matter.}
19. Qxd2 Bh2+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1883.05.31"]
[EventDate "1883.04.26"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Simon Winawer"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3
O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ne2 c5 9. c3 Bb7 10. e5 Be7 11. O-O Ba6
12. Ne1 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 c4 14. Ne1 b5 15. Nc2 a5 16. f4 f5
17. g4 g6 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rf3 Rg8 21. Ne3 Rg6
22. Rh3 Qg8 23. Ng3 Nc6 24. Qf3 Rc8 25. Rg1 Rc7 26. Ne2 Rxg1+
27. Nxg1 Bf8 28. Rg3 Qf7 29. Nh3 Be7 30. Ng5 Bxg5 31. Rxg5 b4
32. h4 Rc8 33. Kh2 Ne7 34. Kh3 Rg8 35. h5 h6 36. Rxg8+ Nxg8
37. cxb4 axb4 38. Nc2 Qa7 39. Nxb4 Qxd4 40. Qe2 Ne7 41. Kg3
Qg1+ 42. Kh3 Qh1+ 43. Kg3 { At this point, Black played an
illegal move, 43...Nc5(!) and went on to win: 44.Qg2 Ne4+
45.Kf3 Qe1 46.Qh2 Nd2 47.Kg2 Qf1+ 48.Kg3 Qf3+ 49.Kh4 Qg4. It
is believed that the knight was set on the wrong square after
adjournment. } 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1883.06.20"]
[EventDate "1883.04.26"]
[Round "26.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Berthold Englisch"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Not much
good comes of this. The best play for the Bishop is e7.}
4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Be2 d5 8. O-O Nbd7 {This
loses a Pawn. dxc4 should have been played first.} 9. Nxd5
Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bd6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 Ng4 14. f4
{If 14.fxg4 then ...Qh4 15.g3 Bxg3, and mate follows.} Nf6
15. Nd3 Ne4 16. Bf3 {Being now a Pawn ahead, White goes in for
exchanges. A doubtful policy.} Qe8 17. Be1 Qg6 18. Nf2 Rad8
{Black, having to submit to this exchanging, is looking out to
secure an open file for his Rook.} 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4
21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 c5 23. Bc3 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Bxf4 {Now he
gets the open file.} 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 26. Bxb6 {The only way to
maintain his Pawn.} axb6 27. exf4 Rd2 {Black has now the
advantage of a Rook on the seventh row, which is often worth
three-quarters of a Pawn.} 28. b3 Kf7 29. a3 Kf6 30. b4 b5
31. Re1 Rd3 32. Re5 Rxa3 33. Rxb5 Ra2 34. h3 Rb2 35. Kh2 Rb3
{It is necessary to prevent the King coming into play.} 36. h4
g6 37. g3 Rb2+ 38. Kh3 h5 39. Rb7 {As good as anything else.}
Kf5 40. Rf7+ Ke4 41. Rf6 Kf3 42. Rxe6 {He must now submit to
perpetual check.} Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1883.07.28"]
[EventDate "1883.07.16"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Vincenz Hruby"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 {It is
now usual to Castle at this point and let Black take the
Pawn.} d6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.O-O h6 7.Be3 g6 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.Rad1 a6
10.Ba4 Ng4 11.Nd5 Ne7 12.Bb3 Bc6 13.Nb4 Bd7 14.a3 a5 15.Nd5 a4
16.Ba2 Be6 17.c4 c5 18.Nc3 f5 19.Qc2 f4 20.Bc1 Bd7 21.Qe2 g5
22.Nb5 Be6 23.h3 Nf6 {He has weakened both wings and cannot
now make an advancing move to any purpose.} 24.d4 {The
aforesaid reason makes this advance as wise as it is bold.}
cxd4 25.Nfxd4 exd4 26.e5 f3 27.gxf3 dxe5 28.Qxe5 Bxh3 29.Rfe1
Kf8 30.Nxd4 Qe8 31.Qh2 Bd7 32.Bd2 Nfg8 33.Bb4 Bf6 34.Qd6 Ra6
35.Qc7 Qc8 36.Nb5 {White's pieces are in full action now, and
Black's game is lost.} Qxc7 37.Nxc7 Bf5 38.Rd8+ Kg7 39.Ne8+
Kh7 40.Nxf6+ Rxf6 41.Bxe7 Re6 42.Rxe6 Bxe6 43.Bb1+ Kg7 44.Bf8+
Kf7 45.Bb4 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1883.07.25"]
[EventDate "1883.07.16"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Lange"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 Nc6 8.Qc2 Ne7 9.Nh4 {White neglects
the development of his Queens's pieces.} Ng6 10.Nf5 Re8
11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.f4 Ne4 13.Bxe4 Rxe4 14.Nd2 Re2 {Better than
RxBP, which would enable White to establish some attack.}
15.Qd3 Bg4 16.Qg3 h5 17.h3 Bf5 18.Nf3 Be4 19.Rf2 Bxf3 20.Qxf3
Re1+ 21.Rf1 Rae8 22.Bd2 R1e2 23.Rf2 Qa6 24.Rxe2 {A blunder
which he perceives too late.} Rxe2 25.Re1 {The sacrafice was
desperate, but he had no satisfactory defense.} Rxd2 26.Re8+
Nf8 27.Qxd5 Qd6 28.Qxd6 cxd6 29.Rd8 Rxb2 30.Rxd6 Rxa2 31.Rd8
Rc2 32.Rc8 a5 33.d5 a4 34.c4 a3 35.d6 a2 36.d7 a1=Q+ 37.Kh2
Qd4 0-1

[Event "Glasgow"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "David Forsyth"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Bb4+
5.c3 Ba5 6.Qg3 Qf6 7.Nf3 g6 8.Bc4 Nd4 {A showy sort of move,
but the more defensive h6 was preferable.} 9.Bg5 Nxf3+ 10.gxf3
Qg7 11.O-O f6 12.Bf4 d6 13.Na3 g5 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.Bxd6 {Making a
bold bid for an attack rather than retire the Bishop.} cxd6
16.Nxd6+ Kf8 17.Nf7 Be6 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.Nxh8 Kg7 20.f4 Kxh8
21.fxg5 Nh6 {Black wishing for his due share of the fun also
makes a bid for an attack.} 22.Rad1 Nf7 23.h4 Rg8 24.Rd5 Bd8
25.Rfd1 fxg5 26.h5 Bf6 27.Rd7 Be5 28.Qf3 Bf4 29.Rxb7 Qf6
30.Rdd7 Bh2+ {Black has played this part of the game
exceedingly well and comes out of the melee with a piece
ahead, but White has strong passed Pawns on the Queen's side
which proves irresistable.}31.Kg2 Qxf3+ 32.Kxf3 Ne5+ 33.Kg2
Nxd7 34.Rxd7 Bb8 35.c4 Rf8 36.c5 a6 37.b4 Bf4 38.a4 Kg8 39.b5
axb5 40.axb5 Rf7 41.Rd8+ Kg7 42.b6 Rb7 43.Ra8 Bb8 44.Ra6 Kf7
45.c6 Re7 46.Ra8 Re8 47.Rxb8 Rxb8 48.c7 1-0

[Event "Glasgow"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pagan"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 g6
5.Nf3 {Nc3 is the stronger continuation.} Bg7 6.Bc4 d6 7.Nc3
Be6 8.Bb3 Qe7 9.Bd2 O-O-O 10.Ba4 Bh6 11.Qe2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Ne5
13.Qe3 Kb8 14.Nd4 Nc4 15.Qe2 d5 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.exd5 exd5
18.Qxe7 Nxe7 19.O-O-O c6 20.Rhe1 Nc8 21.Re2 N8b6 22.Bb3 Nd6
23.Rde1 Rhe8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Nxe8 26.Ne2 Nf6 27.f3 Kc7
28.Kd2 Kd6 29.Kd3 c5 30.c4 Nfd7 31.cxd5 {This weak move cost
him a game which, by a series of exchanges, had been
simplified almost to a drawing point though otherwise it is
not remarkable.} c4+ 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Prince Andrey Dadian of Mingrelia"]
[Black "Colonel Boutourlin"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3 gxf3 6. O-O
Bc5+ 7. d4 Bb6 8. Bxf4 fxg2 {?} 9. Bxf7+ Kf8 10. Rf2 Nf6
11. Qh5 {? 11. Bh5!} 11... Nxh5 12. Bh6+ Ke7 {12... Ng7!}
13. Nd5+ Kd6 14. e5+ Kc6 15. Nb4+ Kb5 16. a4+ Ka5 17. Nd3 {!}
Bxd4 18. b4+ Kb6 19. a5+ Ka6 20. b5+ Kxb5 21. c4+ Ka6 22. Nb4#
1-0

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1883.07.16"]
[EventDate "1883.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Fritz"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 {From Emmanual Lasker's "How To Play Chess."} e6 {Black
develops without exposing his KP.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e5 Be7 8. Bd3 b6 {This is too
slow. Better to engage White immediately by 8...c5.} 9. h4
{Intending an attack against the black king.} Bb7 {Far too
slow. At least 9...Ba6 should be played}. 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7
11. Ng5+ Kg6 {If 11..., Kg8; 12. Qh5 or if 11..., Kh6;
12. Qd2.} 12. Ne2 Bxg5 13. hxg5 f5 14. gxf6 Rh8 15. Nf4+ Kf7
16. Qg4 Rxh1+ 17. Kd2 gxf6 18. Qxe6+ Kg7 19. Rxh1 Bc8 20. Rh7+
Kxh7 21. Qf7+ {and mates next move}1-0

[Event "Blindfold (White)"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel F M Starbuck"]
[Black "Nicholas Francis Cooke"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 {Notes by Daniel F M Starbuck, Nashville Daily American,
24/03/1884} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4
exd4 7.O-O Bb6 8.cxd4 d6 9.d5 Na5 10.Bb2 {This move follows
whether the attacked Kt go to R4 or K2} Ne7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Nc3
Ng6 13.Ne2 c5 14.Rc1 Bc7 15.Ng3 Rb8 16.Qd2 f6 {This move need
not be made until it is forced. When White played Q to Q2 he
threatened to take KtP with B, and on Black retaking with K to
play Kt to KR5 ch with fatal effect.} 17.Nf5 b5 18.Kh1 c4
19.Be2 Nb7 {This is now the best continuation for the defense
- P-Kt5 being premature.} 20.N3d4 Bd7 21.f4 Nc5 22.Qe3 Re8
23.Ng3 Bb6 24.f5 Ne5 25.Nh5 Ned3 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 {Black should,
we think have taken B with Kt.} 27.Ne6+ Bxe6 {Kt takes B is
not much better, for White obtains a strong position by
Q-Kt3ch.} 28.Qg5+ Kf7 29.fxe6+ Nxe6 30.Rxf6+ Ke7 31.Rxe6+ Kd7
32.Qg7+ Re7 33.Rxe7+ Qxe7 34.Bg4+ Ke8 35.Qg8+ Qf8 36.Qe6+ Qe7
37.Bh5+ Kf8 38.Rf1+ Nf2+ 39.Rxf2+ Bxf2 40.Qh6+ Kg8 41.Bf6 Qd7
42.Qg5+ Kf8 43.Bg4 Qc7 44.Be6 1-0

[Event "New Orleans Simul"]
[Site "New Orleans, LA USA"]
[Date "1883.01.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "G Generes"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7
Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Nce7 9. d4 c6 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. O-O Qb4
12. Bb3 h6 13. Bxe7 Bxe7 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5+ Kf6 16. Qf7+
Kg5 17. h4+ Kg4 18. Qf3+ {and mate.} 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "*"]
[White "Otho Michaelis"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 b5 8.Bb3 d6 9.c4 Be6 10.Qd3 c6 11.Nc3 Nc8 12.Be3 Nb6
13.cxb5 axb5 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Bxb6 Qxb6 16.Qh3 Kd7 17.O-O Be7
18.e5 d5 19.Qg4 g6 20.Ne2 Ra4 21.Nf4 c5 22.Rfd1 Qc6 23.b3 Re4
24.Rxd5+ Qxd5 25.Rd1 Qxd1+ 26.Qxd1+ Rd4 27.Qg4 g5 28.Qxe6+ Ke8
29.Qc8+ Bd8 30.Qc6+ Kf7 31.Qe6+ Kf8 32.Qf5+ Ke8 33.Nd3 Rf8
34.Qe6+ Be7 35.Qc6+ Kf7 36.Qh6 Kg8 37.Qe6+ Rf7 38.Ne1 c4
39.Kf1 g4 40.Ke2 Bg5 41.f3 Kg7 42.bxc4 bxc4 43.a4 h5 44.Qb6
Rd2+ 45.Kf1 gxf3 46.gxf3 c3 47.Qa5 c2 48.Nxc2 Rxf3+ 49.Ke1 Rg2
50.Qc7+ Rf7 51.Qc4 Rxh2 52.e6 Bh4+ 53.Kd1 Rff2 54.Qc3+
{Adjourned, with no result reported.} *

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1884.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sutton"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 f5
{Although a favorite defence of mine I do not recommend it to
the young amateur.} 5.Nc3 {Qe2 is stronger.} Nf6 6.d3 g5 7.Nf3
Qh5 8.h4 h6 9.Kg1 g4 10.Ne5 Rh7 11.Ne2 {An attack on the Queen
persistently followed up in White,s succeeding play.} fxe4
12.Bxf4 Qf5 13.Qc1 d5 14.Bb3 Nbd7 15.Ng3 Bc5+ 16.Kh2 Nxe5
17.Nxf5 {Now White has attained his object, but the fruit is
of the Dead Sea.} g3 18.Bxg3 {Any other move is equally
fatal.} Neg4+ 19.Kh3 Ne3 20.Bf4 Bxf5+ 21.Kh2 Neg4+ 22.Kh3 Nf2+
23.Kh2 N6g4+ 24.Kg1 Nxd3 25.Kf1 Nxc1 26.Rxc1 O-O-O 0-1

[Event "Blindfold (White)"]
[Site "Unknown"]
[Date "1884.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel F M Starbuck"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 e5 {Notes by Daniel F M Starbuck} 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5
4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+ Kd8 {In my
judgement the best move} 9.Nc3 Bc5+ 10.Kh1 d6 11.d4 Qxd4
12.Bxf4 Ne7 13.Rae1 Qg7 {Again Black makes the best move under
the circumstances, preventing Bg5 and at the same time
attacking the other bishop. But his game is lost after White’s
13th move, no matter how he plays.} 14.Bg3 Bg4 15.Qe4 Nbc6
16.Bh4 Ne5 17.Nd5 Nxf7 18.Qxe7+ Kc8 19.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Blindfold (White)"]
[Site "Milwaukee"]
[Date "1884.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel F M Starbuck"]
[Black "Nicholas Francis Cooke"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.e4 e5 {Notes by Daniel F M Starbuck} 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5
4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.O-O gxf3 7.Qxf3 Bh6 8.d4 Nxd4 {Q to B3
here offers the best defence.} 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 {He has nothing
better. Indeed, his game is already lost.} 10.Qh5+ Kg7 11.Bxf4
Bxf4 12.Rxf4 Nf6 {It was impossible to make any resistance now
- Kt to K 2 was not much better.} 13.Qg5+ Kf7 14.Raf1 Rg8
{This identical game up to the last move of black occurred
between MacDonnell and Labourdonnais. The latter played 14 K
to K sq.} 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg, Germany"]
[Date "1885.07.20"]
[EventDate "1885.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Berthold Englisch"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Be2 {To avoid the
beaten track.} f5 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 {Giving up a Pawn, and
producing a position similar to that which occurs in the
Falkbeer Counter Gambit.} Bc5 6.O-O Nge7 7.c3 dxc3 8.Nxc3 d5
9.exd6 Qxd6 10.Qa4 Bb6 11.Bg5 O-O {He is too solicitous about
the safety of his King. Qb4 gives more chances.} 12.Rad1 Qg6
13.Qh4 Re8 14.Rfe1 h6 {Black's pieces are all hemmed in, and
he has no satisfactory move.} 15.Bc4+ Kf8 16.Bxe7+ Nxe7 17.Rd8
Bc5 18.Ne5 Qf6 19.Qxf6+ gxf6 20.Ng6+ Kg7 21.Rxe8 Nxg6 22.Rg8+
Kh7 23.Ree8 Ne7 24.Rh8+ Kg7 25.Ne2 b5 26.Bb3 a5 27.Nf4 a4
28.Bd1 Bd6 29.Nh5+ Kg6 30.Rhf8 f4 31.h4 Nd5 32.Rg8+ Kf7
33.Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg, Germany"]
[Date "1885.07.13"]
[EventDate "1885.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "George Henry Mackenzie"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Qd2 {This excellent move was the
invention of L. Paulsen.} a6 8.Be2 Qg6 9.O-O Bxd4 10.cxd4 Qxe4
{The Pawn was, of course, given up deliberately for the sake
of a better attack.} 11.Nc3 Qg6 12.Bd3 f5 13.Rfe1 h6 {To keep
the Bishop away from g5, which would give White a good game.}
14.Kh1 {In order to play Bf4.} d5 15.Bf4 {Now White recovers
his lost Pawn with an improved position.} O-O 16.Bxc7 Bd7
17.Bc2 {To get to b3 and attack the Queen's Pawn.} Rac8 18.Bb6
Rfe8 19.Bb3 Be6 20.Re2 Kh8 21.Rae1 Bf7 22.Na4 Qf6 23.Bc5 f4
{Black seeks to get up a counterattack, which is impractible,
as is quickly shown.} 24.Nb6 Rcd8 25.f3 g5 26.Bc2 h5 27.b4
{White treats the King's side with disdain.} Kg7 28.a4 Nf5
29.Rxe8 Bxe8 {Better have taken with the Rook.} 30.Bxf5 Qxf5
31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 Na7 33.Be7 Rd7 34.Nxd7 Bxd7 35.Qa5 {The
Queen now enters with decisive effect into the enemy's game.}
Nxb5 36.Qd8 g4 37.Bb4 Be6 38.Qe7+ Qf7 {This is a blunder, but
if Bishop interposes then 39.Re5 Qb1+ 40.Be1 gxf4 41.Rg5+ Kh6
42.Qf6+ Bg6 43.Rxh5+ and mates next move.} 39.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg, Germany"]
[Date "1885.07.25"]
[EventDate "1885.07.13"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 {Blackburne annotates.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qd2 c5 8.exd5 cxd4 9.Nxd4 exd5
{Dr.Tarrasch remarks here that Black has now a free and good
game, the King's Bishop standing especially well, and the
middle Pawn bearing on the White position. It is interesting
to note that the same position may occur in the Sicilian game,
as follows : 1.P-K4 P-QB4 2.Kt-QB3 P-K3 3.Kt-B3 P-Q4 4.PxP PxP
5.P-Q4 PxP 6. KtxP Kt-B3 7.B-KKt5 B-K2 8.BxKt BxB 9.Q-Q2
Castles}10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nb3 Re8 12.O-O {Castling on the Queen's
side has a tempting look but would not be sound} d4 13.Na4 b6
14.Rad1 Qc7 15.c3 dxc3 16.Nxc3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Bb7 18.Bf3 Rad8
19.Qg5 Ne5 20.Bxb7 Rxd1 {Dr.Tarrasch was pressed for time, and
made the moves from 17 up to this fatal error hastily.}
21.Rxd1 Qxb7 22.Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Glasgow"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Thomson"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5
5.exd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Qd2
Nbd7 11.Rae1 Rc8 12.Qf4 Qc7 13.Qh4 Be7 14.Nd4 Nc5 {This loses
the d-pawn. Nf8 would have been allright.} 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Rxe7 Rxe7 17.Bxf6 Nxd3 18.Qg5 Kf8 19.Qxg7+ Ke8 20.cxd3 Qf4
{He has nothing better.} 21.g3 Qd2 22.Bxe7 Kxe7 23.Qe5+ Be6
24.Nf5+ Kd8 25.Qd6+ Bd7 26.Qf6+ Kc7 27.Ne3 Qxd3 28.Rd1 Qg6
29.Nd5+ Kb8 30.Qe5+ Ka8 31.Nc7+ {Because if Kb8 "Philidor's
legacy" follows.} 1-0

[Event "Hereford"]
[Site "Hereford"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Qd2 O-O {This costs Black a valuable
Pawn, a6 should have been played before castling. Bxd4 is also
weak at this point, and has been the cause of many a lost game
in the Scotch.} 8.Nb5 Bxe3 9.Qxe3 Qe5 10.Nd2 {If f4, Black
replies Nd5 with a good game.} a6 11.Nf3 Qh5 12.Nxc7 Ra7 {Rb8
was better, as soon becomes evident.} 13.Rd1 Qa5 {The position
of the Rook renders this move of no avail. He cannot recover
his Pawn without losing a piece.} 14.Nd5 Re8 15.Bc4 b5 16.Bb3
d6 17.O-O Be6 18.Ng5 Qd8 {This ends the matter.} 19.Nxe6 fxe6
20.Nf4 1-0

[Event "Manchester Simul"]
[Site "Manchester Simul"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bg4
5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Nxg4 9.hxg4 Bxg4 10.fxe5 Nxe5
11.Nxe5 Bxd1 12.Bxf7+ Ke7 13.Nd5# {Note - This is known in the
north of England as the Blackburne trap. It has ocurred to me
some hundreds of times during my annual tours, not of course
always in the same way, but with the Bishop and Knight. This
particular mate was first given by Legal nearly two hundred
years ago.} 1-0

[Event "Sydney"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Russell"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4
5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bg7 8.d4 O-O 9.Bxf4 Nxd5 10.Bxd5
Qxd5 11.O-O c5 12.c3 {This move was recommended by Zukertort,
but Steinitz in his match against me played Nc3, which is no
better than the text move.} Nc6 13.Nxg4 cxd4 14.c4 {Bh6 was
worth trying.} Qe6 {This is better than taking the Pawn at
once.} 15.Nf2 Qxc4 16.Nd2 Qd5 17.Rc1 Re8 18.Nc4 Re6 19.Ne3 Qb5
20.Nc4 h5 21.a4 Qd5 22.Nd3 Rg6 23.Qf3 Qxf3 {It is good policy
to exchange now that Black is stronger both in material and
position.} 24.Rxf3 Bg4 25.Rg3 Re8 26.Nf2 Re2 27.Nxg4 Rxg4
28.Rxg4 hxg4 29.h5 d3 30.h6 Bxb2 31.Rf1 Nd4 32.Nxb2 Rxb2
33.Be5 Ne2+ 34.Kh2 Rb6 35.h7+ Kxh7 36.Rxf7+ Kg6 37.Rd7 Kf5
38.Bg7 g3+ 39.Kh3 Rg6 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Prince Andrey Dadian of Mingrelia"]
[Black "Boulitchoff"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nxd5 6. exd5
Qxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. d4 c6 10. Bxf4 Bd6 {? Better is
10...Be7} 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Qh5 f6 {?}
15. Ng5 {!} fxg5 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. Rf1+ Ke7 18. Rf7+ Bxf7
19. Qxf7+ Kd6 20. Nc4# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1886.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.f4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.d4 Ng4 6.Bg5 f6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bf2 Nxf2 9.Kxf2 g4 10.Nh4 f5
11.g3 f4 12.Qd3 O-O 13.Qb3+ {Mr. Bird and I played many games
at this opening, and many followed the same lines.} Kh8 14.Kg1
Qf6 15.Bg2 fxg3 {Stronger than Qxd4+.} 16.hxg3 Qf2+ 17.Kh2 Rf3
0-1

[Event "Ch British Chess Club, Great Britain"]
[Site "Ch British Chess Club, Great Britain"]
[Date "1886.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Mr. L"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bg5 Ne7
{f6 is the usual move.} 11.Nd5 f6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nxf6+ Kf8
14.Ng5 Nxc4 15.Qf3 Nd2 {This move was recommended by Steinitz
and Professor Wayte, but as will be seen it loses. Nf5 gives
Black the better game.} 16.Nfxh7+ Ke8 17.Qf7+ Kd7 18.Nf6+ Kc6
19.Rab1 {This is the winning move.} Bxd4 20.Rfc1+ Bc5 21.Qd5+
Nxd5 22.exd5# 1-0

[Event "ENG"]
[Site "ENG"]
[Date "1886.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 {Nxe5 is in
better style.} d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 {Better than to
d6.} 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Nf6 9.cxd5 Bg4 10.Nc3 Nxd5 11.h3 Bh5 {A
mistake; Be6 was the right move.} 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7 13.Ng5+ Kg6
{The obvious Kg8 gave him more chance of recovery.} 14.Qd3+ f5
15.Ne6 {Decisive.} Qd6 16.Nxd5 Nc6 17.Ndf4+ Kh6 18.Nxf8+ g5
19.N8e6 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1886.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4
{This continuation is not often played now.} 5.Nb5 Qxe4+ 6.Be2
Kd8 7.O-O a6 8.N5c3 Qe8 9.Nd2 Nge7 10.Nde4 f6 11.Re1 Qf7
12.Bf4 g5 13.Bh5 Qc4 {Qg7 would be met by Nc5.} 14.Bxg5 fxg5
15.Nxg5 Ng6 16.Nd5 Nge5 17.Re4 Qb5 18.c4 {At this stage I
ought to have won the Queen with 18.Ne6+ dxe6 19.Nc3+ but the
hard work of the tourney was telling on me. This ws the last
game, and I had already made sure of the first prize.} Qxb2
19.Rb1 Qa3 20.f4 h6 21.Nh3 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 d6 23.Rb3 Qa5 24.fxe5
Nxe5 25.Qf1 Bxh3 26.Qf6+ Kd7 27.Qg7+ Kc6 28.Ne7+ Kd7 29.Nd5
{gxh3 would probably have won; but, for the reason already
given, I was glad to make a draw of it.} Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1886.03.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johannes Zukertort"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 {Notes by Robert James Fischer from a television
interview. } d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O
6. c5 {White plays a mistake already; he should just play e3,
naturally.--Fischer} b6 7. b4 bxc5 8. dxc5 a5 9. a3 {Now he
plays this fantastic move; it's the winning move. -- Fischer}
d4 {He can't take with the knight, because of axb4.--Fischer}
10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na4 e5 {This kingside weakness is nothing;
the center is easily winning.--Fischer} 12. b5 Be6 13. g3 c6
14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Bg2 Rb8 {Threatening Bb3.--Fischer} 16. Qc1
d3 17. e3 e4 18. Nd2 f5 19. O-O Re8 {A very modern move; a
quiet positional move. The rook is doing nothing now, but
later...--Fischer} 20. f3 {To break up the center, it's his
only chance.--Fischer} Nd4 21. exd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 e3 23. Nc3
Bf6 24. Ndb1 d2 25. Qc2 Bb3 26. Qxf5 d1=Q 27. Nxd1 Bxd1
28. Nc3 e2 29. Raxd1 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "New Orleans"]
[Site "New Orleans"]
[Date "1886.??.??"]
[EventDate "1886.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James McConnell"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Wilhelm Steinitz.} e6 {As is well known
Steinitz never adopted this defense excepting in the present
game where it had been agreed that the line of play which
occurred in the first tie game of the Vienna tournament of
1882 between Steinitz (White) and Winawer (Black) should be
followed by the two parties up to White's 14th move from which
point McConnell claimed that the game could be won by White in
a manner that had escaped the attention of all analysts who
had commented on that game including the writer.} 2.e5 {This
line of play was introduced by Steinitz in the above named
tournament and was his favorite attack in this opening at that
time.} f6 3.d4 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc5 5.Nc3 Qc7 {The attack here
initiated gains material but too much at the expense of time
and position. 5...Nc6 was superior.} 6.Bf4 {Obviously the loss
of forces could be avoided by 6.exf6 but White prefers giving
up virtually at this point the exchange of his pawns for an
attack which ought to have succeeded by proper play.} Qb6
7.Qd2 {Only consistent with the previous play. 7.Nh3 Qxb2
8.Nb5 Bb4+ 9.Ke2 Na6 10.Rb1 Qxa2 11.Rxb4 Nxb4 12.Nc7+ was not
as good although White wins a piece temporarily for his knight
becomes immediately subject to loss by ...b6 which also opens
measures against White's king.} Bxf2+ 8.Qxf2 Qxb2 9.Kd2
{Natural enough as any attempt to save the rook would have
left Black with two pawns ahead and a comparatively very easy
game.} Qxa1 10.Nb5 {To all appearances the most direct route
to be successful but the bad position of Black’s queen and his
exposed kingside might have been also utilized in other ways
for instance by 10.Qg3 with the following interesting
possibilities: 10...Qxf1 (or 10...g5 11.exf6 Nxf6 best; [if
11...gxf4 12.Qg4 threatening f7+] 12.Bxb8 Qxc3+ 13.Qxc3 Ne4+
14.Ke1 Nxc3 15.Be5 and wins) 11.Nge2 Qxh1 12.Qxg7 Nc6 13.Nb5
Nxe5 (if 13...fxe5 14.Bg5 and wins) 14.Nd6+ Kd8 15.Qf8+ Kc7
16.Ne8+ and wins in a few moves.} Na6 11.Nd6+ Kf8 12.Bxa6 bxa6
13.Qc5 Ne7 14.exf6 {In the game above referred to White here
played 14.Ne2 and after 14...Qxh1 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Bh6+ Kg8
17.Qd4. This last move was a fatal error as Black’s answer
18...Qxh2 showed. However McConnell’s ingenious plan disguised
this point. The late Zukertort who saw this game played had
strongly expressed the opinion that Black had a winning
position at this juncture and for my part I am inclined to
think that Black ought not lose at any rate. The result of
this game and the examination of the variations arising
therefrom convinced me however that McConnell's idea was as
sound as it was deep and clever.} gxf6 {If 14...Qxf6 15.Bg5
Qf1 (or 15...Qg6 16.Ne2 h6 17.Rf1+ Kg8 18.Bxe7 Kh7 there seems
nothing better 19.Nf4 Qg4 20.h3 Qg3 21.Rf3 with a winning
game. This variation was pointed out to me by McConnell)
16.Ne4 Qxg2+ 17.Ne2 h6 18.Qxe7+ Kg8 19.Qe8+ Kh7 20.Nf6+ gxf6
21.Qf7#.} 15.Bh6+ Kg8 16.h4 {A remarkably fine move which
forms the root of a variety of combinations demonstrating the
winning superiority of White’s position although Black is the
exchange and two pawns ahead and can force the exchange of
queens.} Qe5 {The Black king is so dangerously surrounded the
exchange of queens seems the only relief. Other feasible moves
provided however no better result for instance 16...f5 17.Rh3
Qf6 18.Bg5 Qg7 19.Rg3. Or 16...Ng6 17.Rh3 Qe5 18.Qxe5 fxe5
19.h5 and wins.} 17.Qxe5 fxe5 18.g4 {This precaution is most
important in order not to allow the Black knight to enter at
f5 which would break White’s attack. This had to be provided
for in the forecast of the combinations which formed White's
plan and is therefore all the more murderous.} Rb8 {No better
was 18...Nd5 19.Nh3 Nf4 (or 19...Nf6 20.Rf1 Nxg4 21.Rg1 and
wins) 20.Rf1 Nxh3 21.Rf7 and the mating position which appears
at the end of this game is now produced although White is a
clear rook behind.} 19.Nh3 {The details of White’s plan are
carried out with great foresight, it is necessary to select
this plan for the development of the knight in order to
prevent Black from blocking the f-file subsequently by
...Nf4.} Bb7 20.Rf1 Bg2 {20...Bd5 might have prolonged the
fight a little but the game could not be saved. White would
then equally play 21.Rf7 followed by Ng5 and then with a
series of checks his rook would reach c7 in which situation
the battle would be decided by Nc8 preventing ...Rxc8 as well
as to reach e8 with the rook after a series of checks.} 21.Rf7
Ng6 {Mate in 6. A pretty so called seesaw of checks finishes
the game thus 22.Rg7+ Kf8 23.Rxd7+ Kg8 24.Rg7+ Kf8 25.Rb7+ Kg8
26.Rxb8+ and mates next moves.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nh3 Nf6
5.f3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 {It is better to bring out the Knight
first.} 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Be3 Bb4+ 9.Nd2 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.O-O Be7 {A
needless retreat. f5 or Rc8 was better.} 12.Rc1 f5 13.f4 Nb4
14.Bb1 Ba6 15.Rf2 Rc8 16.Nf3 h6 {Weakening the King's
quarters. It were better to have endured the Knight at g5.}
17.g4 Rxc1 18.Bxc1 fxg4 19.Bg6+ Kf8 20.Nfg5 hxg5 21.Qxg4 Bd3
22.fxg5 Nf6 23.gxf6 gxf6 24.exf6 Bd6 25.Bf7 Kxf7 26.Qg7+ Ke8
27.f7+ 1-0

[Event "DSB-05.Kongress Frankfurt ;HCL 21"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1887.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 b6 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Rc1 O-O 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Nd7
11.O-O c5 12.Bb1 c4 13.Nd2 {Black's last move was weak and
this takes full advantage of it. Strange to say, in the same
tournament Zukertort and Captain Mackenzie both fell into the
same trap, the idea of which came into my mind one morning
duing breakfast.} Re8 {White threatened Nxd5, followed by Qh5,
winning back the piece.} 14.Qf3 {Nxd5 would not answer now
because after Qh5 he plays Nf8, defending the mate and the
Bishop.} Nf8 15.Nxc4 Ne6 16.Nd2 Rc8 17.Rfe1 g6 18.Nf1 Bg7
19.a3 Re7 20.Ba2 Rec7 21.Qd1 Kh8 {In his notes to the game
Dr. Tarrasch says Black can undertake absolutely nothing, but
must wait to see if White will perhaps give him a chance.}
22.Qd2 Qd7 23.Ne2 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rd8 25.Nc3 Ng5 26.f4 Ne6 27.Qd1
Nf8 28.Qf3 f5 29.Nd2 Ne6 30.Qf2 g5 31.g3 g4 32.Nd1 Bf6 33.Bb1
Nf8 34.Nb3 Qb5 35.Rc3 Bc8 36.Qc2 Be6 37.Qg2 Rc8 38.Bd3 Qa4
39.Rxc8 Bxc8 {Still playing for the mistake. If Qxd5 then Be6
with a winning position.} 40.Qc2 Qd7 41.Nc3 Ng6 42.Nc1 {It
would have been dangerous to capture the Queen's Pawn.} Ne7
43.Bb5 Qe6 44.Kf2 h5 45.Nd3 h4 46.Ne5 Kg7 47.Ne2 Qd6 48.Qd3
Qc7 49.Qc3 Qd6 50.Nc6 Bd7 51.Nxe7 Bxe7 52.Bxd7 Qxd7 53.Qb3 Kf7
54.Nc3 Ke6 55.Ke2 hxg3 56.hxg3 Bd8 57.e4 {This is
decisive.}fxe4 58.Nxe4 Qh7 59.Nf2 Qf5 60.Qd3 Bc7 61.Qxf5+ Kxf5
62.Ke3 {Depriving Black of his last chance, a sacrifice of the
Bishop for two Pawns with a probable draw.} Bd6 63.Nd3 a5
64.Ne1 b5 65.Ng2 a4 66.Kd3 b4 67.Ne3+ Ke6 68.axb4 Bxb4 69.Ke2
a3 70.bxa3 Bxa3 71.Nxg4 Kf5 72.Kf3 Bb2 73.Ne3+ Kg6 74.Nc2 Bc3
75.g4 Kf6 76.g5+ Kf5 77.Ne3+ Kg6 78.Kg4 Bxd4 79.Nxd5 Bb2 80.f5
Kg7 81.f6 Kg6 82.Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "DSB-05.Kongress Frankfurt ;HCL 21"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1887.07.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 Be7
5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.Rc1 a6 8.a3 c5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.cxd5 exd5
11.Be2 c4 12.Ne5 b5 13.O-O Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.f3 f6 16.Ng4 f5
17.Nf2 {This forces Black to take the Pawn, thereby giving
White an open file on the King's side.} exf3 18.Bxf3 Bxf3
19.gxf3 Nd7 20.Nh3 {To prevent g5.} Nb6 21.Rcd1 {With the idea
of playing e4.} Qd7 {He catches my meaning and circumvents
it.} 22.Kh1 Rac8 23.Rg1 Bf6 24.Rg3 Nd5 25.Rdg1 Rf7 26.Bh6 Kh8
27.Qg2 c3 28.bxc3 Rxc3 29.Ng5 Bxg5 30.Rxg5 Rc7 {If ...Nxe3
then Bxg7+ wins.} 31.Qg3 f4 {If ...Nxe3 now, then Qe5.} 32.Qh4
g6 33.e4 Ne3 {Mr Taubenhaus was pressed for time, otherwise he
would have seen that ...Ne7 was stronger.} 34.Rxg6 hxg6
35.Bxf4 Kg8 36.Be5 Rg7 37.Qh6 Rc6 38.Qxe3 Qf7 39.d5 Rc2
40.Bxg7 Qxg7 41.e5 Qh7 42.Qf4 Rc4 43.Qg3 1-0

[Event "DSB-05.Kongress Frankfurt ;HCL 21"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1887.07.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Max Weiss"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 Bd6
5.Bxd6 Qxd6 6.e3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Rc1 a6 9.a3 Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5
11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O c5 13.Bf5 c4 14.Nd2 b5 15.Qf3 Bc6 16.Qh3 g6
{This somewhat compromises his game. It gives White an
opportunity of breaking through on the King's side.} 17.Bb1 a5
18.f4 Rfe8 19.f5 Re7 20.Rf3 Kg7 21.Ne2 Rae8 22.Rcf1 g5 23.Rg3
g4 {h6 would have offered more resistance.} 24.Qh4 Kh8 25.Qh6
Rg8 26.h3 Qb8 27.hxg4 Rxg4 28.Rff3 Qf8 29.Qh3 Rxg3 30.Rxg3 b4
31.axb4 axb4 32.e4 {This completely destroys whatever chance
Black had with his extra Pawn on the Queen's side.} Nxe4
33.Bxe4 dxe4 34.Nxc4 Bb5 35.b3 Nf6 {This may not be his best,
but in any case his game is lost.} 36.Nf4 Qd8 37.Qh6 Qxd4+
38.Kh2 Ng8 39.Qf8 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1887.07.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Johannes Zukertort"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 b6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 Bb7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c5
11.O-O c4 {A simple and better continuation is Nc6.} 12.Bb1
Nd7 13.Nd2 {This wins a Pawn. Strange to say, the next day I
caught Dr. Tarrasch in precisely the same way, and a few days
later Capt Mackenzie.} Re8 14.Qf3 Nf8 15.Nxc4 Ng6 16.Nd2 Qd7
17.g3 Ne7 18.Rfe1 a6 19.Ne2 Rad8 20.Nf4 Bg5 21.h4 Bxf4 22.Qxf4
Nc6 23.Nf3 Qd6 24.Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Blackburne - Zukertort"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1887.05.19"]
[EventDate "1887.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Johannes Zukertort"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c5 4.b3 Bf5 5.Nc3
e6 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Rc8 {The position is now identical with
that arousing out of the usual Queen's Gambit declined.} 8.Be2
cxd4 9.exd4 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.c5 Bb8 12.a3 Ne4 13.b4 Qf6 14.b5
Ne7 15.a4 b6 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.c6 Qh6 {White would
get the better of it if Black played Bxe5.} 19.f4 {Not a good
move. He ought to have played Qc1, keeping a good position for
the endgame.} exf3 20.Nxf3 Nd5 21.Bc1 Bf4 22.Bxf4 Nxf4 23.Ra2
Bg4 24.g3 Nxe2+ {This leads to a wholesale exchange of pieces
and a draw is the result. Nd5 would still keep up the
pressure.} 25.Rxe2 Qh5 26.Re3 Qd5 {Black gets nothing by e5.}
27.Qd3 f6 28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.Rxe4 Bxf3 30.Rxf3 Kf7 31.Rfe3 Rd6 {A
draw might have safely been agreed to at this stage.} 32.Kg2
Rc7 33.g4 Re7 34.Rc3 Rc7 35.Kf3 Rd5 36.Rce3 Rd6 37.Ke2 a5
38.Kd3 Re7 39.Kc4 Rc7 40.Rd3 Re7 41.Rh3 h6 42.Rf3 Rd8 43.h4
Kg6 44.Rfe3 Kf7 45.Rf4 Kg6 46.h5+ Kf7 47.Rfe4 Rd6 48.Rc3 Rc7
49.Rd3 Re7 50.Rf3 Rd8 51.Rd3 Rd6 52.Ree3 Ke8 53.d5 Rxd5
54.Rxd5 exd5 55.Kd4 Rxe3 56.Kxe3 Ke7 57.Kd3 Ke6 58.Ke3 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Blackburne - Zukertort"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1887.05.26"]
[EventDate "1887.05.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Johannes Zukertort"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 exd4
5.O-O a6 6.Ba4 Be7 7.Re1 {The usual continuation is e5.} O-O
8.e5 Ne8 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 f6 11.Bf4 fxe5 12.Bxe5 Bf6 13.Nd2
d6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nf3 c5 16.Bb3+ Kh8 17.Qh4 b5 18.Be6 Bxe6
19.Rxe6 Qd7 20.Qh3 {Threatening Rxf6, etc.} Rad8 21.Rd1 Qf7 {A
good move. If White plays Rxd6, Black exchanges, and then
plays ...Qxa2 with the superior game.} 22.Ng5 Qg6 23.Ne4 d5
24.Nxf6 Rxf6 25.Rxf6 Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blackburne - Zukertort"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1887.05.12"]
[EventDate "1887.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Johannes Zukertort"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 {This is not considered
a good defense as it leaves a weakness on the Queen's side.}
9.c3 Be7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 f6 13.Nc3 fxe5 14.Bxe5
Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qd7 16.Qe2 Rae8 {Quite in Zukertorts style; but
he does not take into account the weakness on his Queen's
side.} 17.a4 c5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra6 c4 20.Bc2 Bf5 21.Rfa1 Bf6
22.f4 Bxe5 23.fxe5 Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Qg4 {Threatening P-Kt5.}
25.Qd2 h5 26.Qe3 Rf4 27.Ra8 Rxa8 28.Rxa8+ Kh7 29.Ra1 {If
29.P-R3 Q-Q8+ 30.K-R2 R-B8 and White's game is lost.} b4 30.h3
Qg5 {The losing move.} 31.Re1 bxc3 32.e6 {The begining of a
decisive combination.} c2 33.e7 Re4 {If (says the field) Black
had played here R-B8+, the following pretty variation might
have occured; 34.KxR QxQ 35.RxQ PQueen's+ 36.R-Ksq Q-B5+
37.K-Ktsq QxP+ 38.K-Rsq and wins.} 34.Qxg5 Rxe1+ 35.Kf2 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1888.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.f4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nf6
{Nh6 answered very well in a previous game whivh I played with
Mr. Bird, and was also played by Herr Zukertort on several
occasions.} 5.d4 {He has here the choice of three moves, the
other two being c3 and d3.} Ng4 6.Bg5 f6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bf2 Nxf2
9.Kxf2 g4 10.Nh4 f5 11.g3 f4 12.Qd3 {Better than e4.} O-O
13.Ke1 Nc6 14.Nd2 Qe7 {Black could here win a Pawn, but it
would lead to a tremenous attack on the exposed King's wing.}
15.c3 Bd7 16.Ne4 {The following outlet from this cramped
position has been suggested 16.e4 fxe3 17.Ne4 Rae8 18.Bg2.}
Rae8 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Rd1 {Kd2 was imperative.} Qg5 {To hinder
the King's escape to safer quarters.} 19.Qd2 Qd5 20.Ng2 f3
21.Nf4 fxe2 {If 21...f2+ 22.Kxf2 Qxh1 23.Bg2 Qxh2 24.Rh1
winning the Queen.} 22.Bg2 exd1=Q+ 23.Kxd1 {The loss of the
Rook is decisive.} Qf5 24.Kc1 Ne7 25.h3 Qg5 26.hxg4 Bxg4
27.Bxb7 Ng6 28.Bd5+ Kh8 29.Bc6 Re7 30.Rf1 Nxf4 31.gxf4 Re2
32.Qxe2 Bxe2 33.fxg5 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1888.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 f5 {This constitutes the
Greco-Counter Gambit. It is somewhat hazardous, but generally
leads to a lively game.} 3.d4 {Nxe5 is given as best by the
books.} fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 {This gives White a chance
of getting up a strong attack. d6 was better.} 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bxf6
Bxf6 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxg6+ Kd7 11.Nd5 Rf8 12.Be2 c5
13.dxc5 Bxb2 14.Qxd6+ Ke8 15.Bh5+ Rf7 16.Bxf7+ Kxf7 17.Qxd8
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1888.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francis Joseph Lee"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6
5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O Bg4 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bc4 {White has played the
opening very tamely. Black already has a superior
development.} Qd7 9.h3 Bh5 10.a3 Kh8 {White having wasted
several moves, Black thinks he can also give a "safety miss".}
11.Kh2 Nd4 12.Bxd4 exd4 13.Ne2 {Better to have retreated to b1
and brought it to d2.} d5 14.exd5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Bd6+ 16.Kg2 Nh5
17.Rh1 Rae8 18.Nxd4 Nf4+ 19.Kf1 {Although two Pawns ahead, his
position is hopeless.} Re5 20.Qd2 Rh5 21.h4 Qe7 22.Re1 Rxh4
23.Rg1 Qd7 24.Ne6 {The only move to prolong the game.} fxe6
25.dxe6 Qe7 26.Re4 Rf5 27.Ke1 Rg5 {Qg5 followed by Qg2 is the
shorter way.} 28.Rf1 Qf6 29.Kd1 Re5 30.d4 Rxe4 31.fxe4 Be7
32.e5 Qf5 33.Qa5 {Immediately fatal. Taking the Queen out of
the game.} Nxe6 34.Qxa7 Rxd4+ 35.Bd3 Qf3+ 36.Kc1 Bg5+ 37.Kb1
Rxd3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1888.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johannes Zukertort"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Blackburne Annotates} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bd3 a6 {Castling would be dangerous
now} 8.Nce2 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.f4 {Losing a valuable Pawn. Kt-B3
was best.} cxd4 11.cxd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qb4+ 13.Qd2 Qxd4 14.Nf3
Qb6 15.Rc1 Nc5 16.Bb1 Bd7 17.Qd4 Rc8 18.O-O Na4 19.Rxc8+ Bxc8
20.b3 Qxd4+ 21.Nxd4 Nb6 22.f5 g6 23.fxe6 Bxe6 24.h4 Ke7 25.h5
Nd7 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Rc1 {Best-his KP is defenseless.} Nxe5
28.Rc7+ Kf6 29.Rxb7 Rc8 30.Bc2 Nc6 31.Nxc6 Rxc6 32.Bd3 Ke5
33.Ra7 Kd4 34.Rxa6 Rc1+ 35.Bf1 Ke3 36.b4 d4 37.Ra3+ Rc3 38.Ra6
d3 39.Rd6 d2 40.b5 Bc4 41.b6 Rc1 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Bg4 5.Qb3
Bxf3 6.gxf3 Qh4+ 7.Kd1 Bb6 8.a4 Qf2 9.Be2 a5 {He could not
venture on 9...Nc6 10.a5 Nxa5 11.Rxa5 Bxa5 12.Qb7, followed by
Qb5+ and Qxa5.} 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Na3 Nf6 12.Nc4 Nc6 13.Nxb6
cxb6 14.Rf1 Qc5 {Qxh2 was superior.} 15.Qb5 O-O 16.Qxc5 bxc5
17.b3 Rfd8 18.Kc2 Rac8 19.d3 Nd7 20.f4 Re8 21.f5 f6 22.Rg1 Kh8
23.Bh5 Re7 24.Rg3 Nf8 25.Ba3 b6 26.Rag1 Rd7 27.Bc1 Rcc7 28.Bh6
Na7 29.Kd2 Re7 30.Be8 Nc8 {Black prudently does not accept the
proferred saccrifice of two Bishops against Rook and Pawn, for
the opponent was sure afterward to win also the b-pawn, and
Black's Rook and two Knights were then no match against the
adverse combined two Rooks which would have made havoc among
Black's isolated Pawns.} 31.Bb5 Nd6 32.Bc4 Nxc4+ 33.bxc4 Rf7
34.h4 Rce7 35.h5 Nd7 36.Ke2 Nf8 37.Be3 h6 38.Rb1 Rb7 39.d4
cxd4 40.cxd4 exd4 41.Bxd4 Rfc7 42.Rc3 Nd7 43.Rb5 Nc5 44.Bxc5
Rxc5 45.Ke3 Kg8 46.Kd3 Kf7 47.Rcb3 Rc6 48.Rxa5 Rbc7 49.Rd5
Rxc4 50.Rd7+ Rxd7+ 51.Kxc4 Ra7 52.Kb4 Ke7 {The game has been
well defended by Black, and the position had assumed a drawish
character for some time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 {?} 4.O-O Qf6
{?} 5.c3 Nge7 6.Bxc6 {?} Nxc6 7.d4 Bd6 {? By his last exchange
White has allowed him to excape with an even game which he
could have now obtained by 7...Bb6,for if 8.Bg5 Qg6 9. dxe5
Nxe5, etc.} 8.Be3 b6 9.Nbd2 Ba6 10.Re1 h6 11.Nf1 O-O-O {?}
12.d5 Ne7 13.Qa4 Kb7 {?} 14.c4 {!} c6 15.Rec1 Nc8 16.N1d2 Qe7
17.a3 Rhe8 18.b4 b5 19.Qb3 cxd5 20.cxb5 Bxb5 21.Qxd5+ Bc6
22.Qd3 Ka8 23.b5 Bb7 24.a4 f5 25.a5 a6 {He had nothing
better.} 26.bxa6 Bc6 27.Bb6 {!} Nxb6 28.axb6 Bc5 29.Rcb1 fxe4
30.Nxe4 d5 31.Nxc5 Qxc5 32.b7+ Ka7 33.Rc1 Qd6 34.Qc3 Re6
35.Nxe5 {! Fine and decisive.} Bb5 36.Nf7 Qb6 37.Nxd8 Re2
38.b8=Q+ {!} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 {?} 4.Be2 e6
5.Nbd2 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.O-O c5 9.c4 Rc8 10.Rc1 b6
11.Re1 Bxf3 {?} 12.Nxf3 Ne4 {?} 13.cxd5 exd5 {His d-pawn
becomes isolated and his game much weakened for the ending.}
14.dxc5 Rxc5 15.Rxc5 Ndxc5 16.Qc2 Bh4 17.Nxh4 Qxh4 18.Bf3 {?
g3 was much better.} Nd3 19.Rf1 Nxb2 20.Qxb2 Qf6 {? Black had
already recovered ground and could have held it by Rc8.}
21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Rc1 f5 23.Rc7 a5 24.g3 Ng5 25.Kg2 {!} Rd8
26.Rc6 d4 27.exd4 Rxd4 28.Rxb6 Rd3 29.Bc6 Rd2 30.Rb5 {!} Rxa2
31.Rxf5 h6 32.h4 Ne6 33.Ba4 Nd4 34.Rd5 {!} Nxb3 {Only another
way of losing.} 35.Bxb3 Ra3 36.Rd3 Kg7 37.Bc4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ {?} bxc6 5.d4 Nf6 6.O-O
Nxe4 7.dxe5 d5 8.Be3 h6 {?} 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 g5 {? He ought
to have developed Be7 followed by O-O already a few moves ago,
and his position was then a little preferable.} 11.Qc3 {!} Bb7
12.e6 {!} f6 13.Qd3 Rg8 14.Qh7 {White plays this remarkably
well, and he now forces the game in a few moves.} Rg7 15.Qxh6
Qd6 {?} 16.Qxf6 Qe7 17.Qe5 Rg6 18.Bxg5 Qh7 19.e7 Bg7 20.Qxc7
Bf6 21.Qxb7 Qg7 22.Qxa8+ Kxe7 23.Qxa7+ Kd6 24.Qxg7 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5
5.O-O d6 {?} 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Ne7 9.Bg5 f6 {?}
10.Be3 O-O 11.Nc3 Qe8 12.Qd2 Ng6 13.Rfe1 Ne5 14.b3 Qg6 15.Kh1
Bb4 16.f3 c5 17.Nde2 f5 18.Nf4 Qf7 19.Nd3 Nxd3 20.cxd3 c6
21.Qb2 f4 22.Bd2 Qh5 23.Ne2 g5 24.Bxb4 cxb4 25.Qd4 g4 26.Qc4+
{White has outmanouvered his opponent, and he had only to
protect the K wing by Ng1, in order to maintain his
superiority, for he was bound to win a pawn on the other
side.} d5 {!} 27.exd5 g3 28.dxc6 Rf7 29.Kg1 {!} Qxh2+ 30.Kf1
Bh3 31.Nxf4 Bxg2+ 32.Nxg2 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 Qxg2+ 34.Kd1 Qxf3+
35.Kd2 Rc8 36.Rac1 Qf4+ 37.Qxf4 {Re3 was much superior} Rxf4
38.Re3 {Re4 would have easily secured a draw.} Rg4 39.Rg1 {His
position becomes bad after this, Ke2 was better.} Rxc6
40.Rexg3 Rxg3 41.Rxg3+ Rg6 42.Rf3 Rg2+ 43.Ke3 Rxa2 44.Kd4 a5
45.Rf5 {Weak. Even now he could make a fair fight for a draw
by 45.Kc4, and if 45...Rc2+ 46.Kb5 Rc3 47.Ka4.} Kg7 46.Rb5 Kg6
47.Ke5 h5 48.d4 h4 49.Rb8 h3 50.Rh8 h2 51.d5 a4 52.d6 Re2+
53.Kf4 a3 {Black's end play is remarkably fine and accurate.}
54.d7 Rd2 55.Rxh2 Rxd7 56.Rc2 Rd3 57.Rc6+ Kf7 58.Ke4 Rxb3
59.Kd4 a2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Nf6
7.O-O Bd6 8.Re1+ {Game lost lost by forfeit. -- Steinitz} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Bd7 5.d4
Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bd3 O-O 9.h3 {?} Ne8 10.Qb3 Bc8 {Qc8,
instead, would have gained time and position, as he could soon
after advance f5.} 11.Be3 Kh8 12.Nbd2 b6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Rfe1 g5
15.Nf1 g4 {?} 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.Bxh6 Rg8 18.Ng3 {? Either Nh2
was evidently better.} Bxf3 19.gxf3 Bh4 20.Kg2 Rg6 21.Be3 Ng7
22.Rh1 Nh5 23.Rh3 Nf4+ {?} 24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Rxh4+ {The Queen
ought to be better than the two Rooks in this position, but
still stronger was 25.Rah1 fxg3! ( If 25...Rh6 26.Nf5 and
wins) 26.Rxh4+ Kg7 27.e5 and wins.} Qxh4 26.Rh1 Qxh1+ 27.Kxh1
fxg3 28.fxg3 Nd7 29.g4 {29.Qh2+ Kg7 30.Kg2 Rh8 31.Qg1 would
have neutralized the two Rooks and kept the advantage of the
two Pawns that should have won in the end without trouble.}
Ne5 30.Be2 Kg7 31.Kg2 Rh8 32.Kg3 {?} Rgh6 33.Qa4 Rh1 34.Qxa7
R8h2 35.Qa6 Ng6 36.b4 Rh3+ 37.Kf2 R3h2+ 38.Ke3 Re1 39.a4 Ne5
40.Qb5 f6 41.f4 Rhxe2+ 42.Qxe2 Nc4+ 43.Kd3 Rxe2 44.Kxe2 Nb2
45.a5 b5 46.a6 Nc4 47.a7 Nb6 48.Kd3 Kf7 49.Kd4 Ke7 50.e5 Kf7
51.e6 Kg7 52.Ke4 Kg6 53.e7 {Mr. Tabenhaus is generally very
accurate as well as ingenious in his end play, but he
overlooks here a clever win by manouvering his King around to
h4 via f3 after which he could advance f5 and then form two
passed pawns by g5. The text move is a result of a
miscalculation.} Kf7 54.Kf5 Kxe7 55.g5 Kf7 {? Which might have
cost him the game if the opponent had simply captured the
pawn, whereas fxg5 now would have drawn.} 56.g6+ {?} Ke7 57.g7
Kf7 58.g8=Q+ Kxg8 59.Kxf6 Kf8 60.Ke6 Ke8 61.f5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Bc4 {This Bishop is not posted well here
in this opening.} Bd7 8.O-O h5 9.f4 Nf6 10.h3 {?} h4 11.f5 Ne5
12.Be2 Rc8 13.fxg6 fxg6 14.Bb5 Kf7 15.Bxd7 Qxd7 16.Nf3 Nc4
17.Bd4 {He does not recover from the loss of a pawn to which
he now exposes himself. He should have retreated Bc1.} e5
18.Bf2 Nxb2 19.Qd2 Qc6 20.Be1 Nc4 21.Qd3 Nb2 22.Qe2 Kg8 23.Rb1
Nc4 24.Bxh4 Nb6 25.Rb3 Nh5 26.Nd5 Nxd5 27.exd5 Qc5+ 28.Bf2
Qxd5 29.Ng5 Nf4 30.Qg4 Rf8 31.Rd1 Qc4 32.Rd2 {A pretty
position. If 32. either Rxb7 or Rxd6 Ne2+ 33.Kf1! (or 33...Kh1
or Kh2 34.Qxg4 wins) ...Ng3+ 34.Ke1! Qxg4 35.hxg4 Rh1+ and
wins.} Rh5 33.h4 Bh6 34.Rxb7 Bxg5 35.hxg5 d5 36.Rb3 d4 37.Rf3
Qxa2 38.Bxd4 Qb1+ 39.Kf2 {His game is untenable whatever he
may do. If 39.Rf1 Nh3+ and wins.} 39. Rh1 40.Kg3 Nh5+ 41.Qxh5
Rxh5 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 {Analysis by Wilhelm Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
4.O-O Bc5 {Irregular and incorrect. ...Nxe4 is the best move
here.} 5.Nc3 {White could have obtained the better game
immediately by Nxe5.} d6 6.d3 h6 {Useless for the defense, and
at least premature for the attack.} 7.Ne2 Bd7 8.c3 a6 {This
advance drives the adverse bishop to a better post, to which
White anyhow intended to retreat. The move is also specially
objectionable under the circumstances that he intends O-O-O.}
9.Ba4 Qe7 10.Ng3 O-O-O 11.b4 Bb6 {Ba7 might have saved some
valuable time on the 17th move.} 12.b5 Nb8 13.bxa6 Nxa6
14.Bxd7+ Nxd7 15.d4 g6 16.a4 Rdf8 17.a5 Ba7 18.Rb1 Ndb8 19.Qb3
c6 20.Ba3 {White pursues his attack with admirable
correctness. He can win a pawn at once by dxe5, followed by
Nxe5, but he justly prefers the move in the text as a
preliminary, which establishes connection between the two
rooks and also compels the adversary to block his pieces still
more, for he threatens now Bxd6, and Black's answer is
forced.} c5 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Nxe5 Qc7 23.Nc4 h5 24.e5 h4 25.Ne4
h3 26.Qxb7+ Qxb7 27.Ncd6+ Kd8 28.Rxb7 hxg2 29.Rfb1 Nc6 30.Bc1
{Powerful and accurate.} Nc7 31.Bg5+ Kd7 32.Rxc7+ {Winning two
pieces, for obviously if Kxc7, White mates by Rb7.} Ke6
33.Rxc6 c4 34.Bf6 Rh5 35.Rd1 Rh3 36.Rc7 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3
Nc6 6.a3 {?} Bd6 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.exd4 O-O 9.O-O a6 {?} 10.Qe2 Nh5
11.g3 f5 {?} 12.Nbd2 {? Ne5 was the right play.} f4 13.g4 {?}
Nf6 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Nf3 Nc5 17.Rad1 Bd7 18.c4 {? No
dought Black cannot awnser Nxb3 on acount of the rejoinder
Bxh7+ followed by Qc2+ if King take, but the adversary's
position never the less inproves after the text move.} Nxd3
19.Qxd3 Ne7 20.Qd4 Qe8 21.Kh1 Bc6 22.c5 Qg6 23.Rg1 Qe4 24.Qxe4
{? Disastrous. Rd3 was his only defence.} dxe4 25.Nd4 Bd5
26.Rge1 Ng6 27.b4 Nxe5 28.Nxe6 Nd3 {!} 29.Nc7+ Bc6 30.Nxa8 e3
31.f3 Bxf3+ 32.Kg1 Bxd1 33.Rxd1 e2 34.Rb1 Nxb2 35.Kf2 Re8 {!
The finish is remarkably fine.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.e5 {The advance is not favorable to his
game on general principles, as it establishes a strong
majority of pawns on the Q side for the opponent, and his own
e-pawn is practically lost. The proper play is 7.exd5 cxd5
8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Nd2, as played by Senor
Golmayo (White) in a match against Captain Mackenzie at
Havana. See "Modern Chess Instructor," Part 1, p. 66.} Ng4
8.O-O Bc5 9.Bf4 {Having castled on the K side, while the
opponent has still the option of castling either side, it was
unwise to place this Bishop in the way of being attacked by
the adverse pawns, and the right play was 9.Nd2 whereupon of
course, Black could not capture the e-pawn on account of the
rejoinder Re1 followed by Nf3. If however 9.h3, a fine
variation might have arisen, which was first pointed out in
the London Chess Monthly and afterwards ocurred in a match
game between Messrs. Delmar (White) and Lipschutz, viz,
9...Nxe5 10.Re1 Qf6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Qxe5 Qxf2+ 13.Kh1 Bxh3
14.gxf3 Qf3+ 15.Kh2 Bd6, and wins.} g5 10.Bd2 {Probably best,
If 10.Bg3 h5 11.h3 h4 12.Bh2 Nh6, with a strong attack.} Nxe5
11.Re1 Qe7 12.Nc3 {12.Qh5 at once would have failed on account
of 12...h6, and if 13.Bxg5 Nf3+, and wins.} Bd7 13.Qh5 O-O-O
14.Bxg5 f6 15.Bh4 Qg7 16.Ba6+ Kb8 17.Bg3 Rhg8 18.Qd1 Ng4
{Black wastes time here. He could have at once proceeded with
Bg4, followed by h5, with the same attack as he institutes on
the 20th move.} 19.Bf1 Ne5 20.b4 Bg4 21.Qb1 {Be2 was his best
defence.} Bd4 22.Qb3 h5 23.Rab1 h4 {The initiation of a
masterly combination eight moves deep.} 24.Bxh4 Nf3+ 25.gxf3
Bxf3 26.Bg3 Qxg3+ 27.hxg3 Rxg3+ 28.Kh2 Bxf2 29.Bh3 Rxh3+ {One
of the finest specimens of sacrificing play on record. Mr
Gossip deserves the highest praise for the ingenuity and depth
of combination which he displayed in this game.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 {The other
Knight is better. In some forms of this opening it is of
importance to be able to advance P-QB4.} 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Nf6
6.e5 {PxP leads to an old drawing variation.} Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2
8.Qxd2 h6 {Probably intended as a waiting move, but it ceates
weakness on th King's side.} 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Na5
{Trying to force an opening on the Queen's side.} 12.Nd2 b6
13.f4 Qe7 14.Rf3 c5 15.Rg3 f5 {If P goes to B 5, White plays
P-B 5; and if PxB, theP-B 6, winning.} 16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Rf1
cxd4 18.cxd4 Nc6 19.c3 Ne7 {Now he is able to guard the weak
Kt 3, and threaten an exchange by Kt-B4.} 20.Qe1 Nf5 21.Rh3
Nd6 22.Rff3 Bd7 23.g4 Rf7 24.Qg3 Ne8 {He has no means of
repelling the King's Kight's Pawn, and so brngs his night
round to defend his most vulerable point. I instead he had
played:- 24...P-KKt4 25.PxP QxP 26.QxKt RxR 27.RxR... and
wins.} 25.g5 {Now the attack is overwhelming.} hxg5 26.fxg5
Qd8 27.Qh4 Rf5 {Giving up the exchange but he had nothing
better. If 27. ... K-Bsq 28.Rx+ KxR 29.P-Kt6+ K-Bsq 30.R-B3+
Kt-B3 31.Q-R8+ K-K2 32.QxP+ ... winning easily.} 28.Bxf5 exf5
29.Re3 {To prevent the King escaping to the Queen's side.} Kf8
{He might as well have resigned now.} 30.Qh8+ Kf7 31.g6+ Kf6
32.Rhg3 {He cannot escape mate next move.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ c6 {Not as good
as 3...Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7, and if 5.c4 ...c6,etc.} 4.dxc6 bxc6
5.Be2 e5 6.d3 Bc5 7.Nf3 e4 8.dxe4 Qb6 9.O-O Nxe4 10.Qe1 O-O
11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nxe4 Rxe4 13.Qd1 Nd7 14.Bd3 Re7 15.c3 a5 16.Qc2
h6 17.Bf4 Nf6 18.Rae1 Be6 19.Be5 {It could in no way improve
his position to give up the a-pawn, and moreover, it would
have greatly strenghtened his Q side to advance b3.} Bxa2
20.Bxf6 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 gxf6 22.c4 {The attempt to shut out the
adverse QB is futile, and he only exposes himself to greater
attack on that wing.} Rd8 23.Bf1 Bb3 24.Qe2 Bxc4 {Finely
played, for if 25.Qxc4 Bxf2+ 26.Kh1 Bxe1 27.Nxe1 Qf2, followed
by Rd1 and wins.} 25.Qc2 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Qb5 27.Nh4 Rd5 28.g3 Qd3
{Much better was Bd4.} 29.Qa4 Qb5 30.Qg4+ Rg5 31.Qc8+ Kh7
32.Qd7 Qc4 33.Rd1 Qe6 34.Qd3+ Kg7 35.Qc2 Re5 36.Kg2 Bb6 37.Rd2
Rc5 38.Qd1 Rd5 39.f3 Re5 40.f4 Re1 41.Nf5+ {Black's last move
was a grave error and White takes hold of the attack with
great ingenuity. He must win the exchange for if Black move
the King, White answers Qg4, winning still more easily. The
rest of the game is a struggle against hope on Black's part.}
Qxf5 42.Qxe1 a4 43.Qe2 h5 44.Qd3 Qc5 45.Qf3 Kh6 46.Re2 Qd4
47.Qxc6 Qg1+ 48.Kh3 Qf1+ 49.Qg2 Qd1 50.f5 Bd4 51.Qf3 Kg7
52.Qxh5 Qf1+ 53.Kh4 Qc1 54.Qg4+ Kf8 55.Qf4 Qc5 56.Qh6+ {and
mates in two moves.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4
5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Nd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc5
11.Re1 Ne6 12.Nf5 f6 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Ne4 Qg6
16.Ng3 d5 {Black has obtained much the best of the game with
the majority of Pawns on the Q side and the open f-file.}
17.c3 Nc5 18.Be3 Nd3 19.Red1 Ba6 20.Qc2 c5 21.Rd2 c4 22.b4 h5
23.Bd4 {The better way was now to stop the next adverse
advance by h5.} h4 24.Nf1 Bc8 25.Ne3 Be6 26.Kh1 Rf7 27.f3 Qh5
28.Rf1 h3 29.Qa4 {Undoubtedly his only defence was g4. His
game becomes unorganized after this.} hxg2 30.Nxg2 Raf8 31.Qc6
Bg4 32.f4 Bf3 33.Kg1 Nxf4 34.Nxf4 Rxf4 35.Qe6+ Kh7 36.h3 Qg5+
37.Kh2 Re4 {Black's attack has been straight to the point, and
his victory is assured by this paralyzing stroke.} 38.Qxe4+
dxe4 39.Rff2 e3 40.Rg2 Qf4+ 41.Kg1 Bxg2 42.Rxg2 Qf1+ 43.Kh2
Rf2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6
5.Nxe5 Qd4 6.Ng4 {Original as well as strong.} Qxe4+ 7.Ne3 Bd6
8.d4 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Qg6 {Qe7 was better.} 11.f4 Ng4
12.Nc4 f6 13.Rf3 Qh5 14.Rh3 Qf7 15.Qd3 Nh6 16.Rf3 Bf5 17.Qf1
c5 18.d5 b5 19.Ne3 b4 20.Ne2 Be4 21.Rh3 Nf5 22.Ng3 Nxe3
23.Bxe3 Qxd5 {Faulty, and causing the loss of a piece, whereas
Bxd5 gave him a safe superiority of material.} 24.Rd1 Qe6
25.f5 Qe8 26.Qc4+ Kh8 27.Nxe4 Rd8 28.Nxd6 cxd6 29.Qh4 Kg8
30.Qxh7+ Kf7 31.Bh6 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} f5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Be7 {?} 4.c4 Nh6
5.b3 Bf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rb1 d6 8.Bb2 Bd7 9.d4 Qe8 10.Bd3 Nc6
11.a3 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nd5 {?} e4 14.Nxc7 Qd8 15.Bxf6 {An
error. By taking the Rook he would have remained with Rook and
two pawns for two minor pieces with much better prospects of
making an even fight.} Qxc7 16.Bb2 Rad8 17.Bc2 exf3 18.Qd5+
Rf7 19.Qxf3 Re8 20.O-O Ng4 21.e4 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 Ne3 23.Bd3 Nxf1
24.c5 Qxc5 25.Rxf1 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Rfe7 27.b4 Qd6 28.Bb1 Re1
{Ill-considered and allowing the opponent to prolong
resistance by an ingenious combination.} 29.Ba2+ Kh8 30.Bxg7+
Kxg7 31.Qg3+ Qg6 32.Qc3+ Qf6 33.Qg3+ Kh6 34.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1
Qxf4 36.Be6 Bxe6 37.Qxe6+ Kg7 38.h3 Qe5 39.Qd7+ Qe7 40.Qg4+
Kh8 41.Qc8+ Kg7 42.Qg4+ Kf7 43.Qh5+ Ke6 44.g4 Kd7 45.Qf5+ Kc7
46.Kg2 Ne5 47.h4 Kd6 48.Qf2 b6 49.Qd2+ Ke6 50.Qa2+ Kd7 51.Qd5+
Kc7 52.Qe4 Kd6 53.Kg3 h6 54.Qf4 Qe6 55.g5 h5 56.Qf8+ Kd5
57.Qd8+ Ke4 58.Qa8+ Ke3 59.Kg2 {At last White's brave and
clever defence is without further resource.} Qg4+ 60.Kf1 Qe2+
0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5
5.d4 Bd6 6.dxe5 Bxe5 7.Ne2 c6 8.f4 Bc7 9.Ng3 d6 10.Be3 Nf6
11.Bd3 O-O 12.Qf3 Bg4 13.Qf2 Bd7 14.h3 Re8 15.O-O Bb6 16.Rae1
Ba5 {?} 17.c3 b5 18.b4 Bc7 19.Kh1 {Of course if 19.Bxa7 Rxa7
which White dare not retake} Be6 20.f5 Bc4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Bg5
d5 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.exd5 Qd6 {!} 25.Kh2 cxd5 26.h4 {?} h6 {?
Qf6 would have won.} 27.Kh3 Qxg3+ 28.Qxg3 Bxg3 29.Kxg3 Kf8
30.Kf4 Rad8 31.a4 f6 {?} 32.g3 a5 {?} 33.b5 Kf7 34.Re3 d4 {?
Disastrous Re7 was now his best play.} 35.Rxe8 Kxe8 36.Re1+
Kf7 37.cxd4 Rxd4+ 38.Re4 Rd7 39.Rxc4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.dxe5 {?} dxe5
5.Bc4 Bd6 {Be7 is a necessity at this juncture.} 6.Ng5 Nh6
7.O-O O-O 8.h3 {?} Qf6 9.Nc3 c6 10.Be3 Rd8 11.Nf3 Re8 12.Qd2
Nf8 {? Which loses. Bf8 made his game well defensible.} 13.Bg5
{!} Qg6 14.Nh4 {!} Qh5 15.Be2 Ng4 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.f3 Bc5+
18.Kh2 Be6 {? An awful blunder that loses the queen, but
ofcourse, there was no salvation for his game.} 19.g4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 {There is always refreshing
originality in Mr. Pollock's play. The innovation will hardly
strengthen the attack theoretically, but in practice it was
well worth adopting exceptionally.} Ne5 {Much inferior too
Nge7 or Nf6.} 8.Bb3 d6 9.O-O Ne7 10.f4 N5c6 11.Qh5 O-O 12.f5
Nxd4 {12...Bb6, and if 13.Bb2 Ne5, or if 13.Be3 d5 was his
correct defence.} 13.cxd4 Bb6 14.Bb2 d5 15.f6 Ng6 16.e5 Re8
17.Kh1 gxf6 18.Nd2 c6 {If 18...fxe5 or f5, then equally
19.Nf3, threatening Ng5, with a fine attack.} 19.exf6 Re6
20.Nf3 Re4 21.Bc2 Rg4 22.h3 Rxg2 23.Ng5 {Of course, White dare
not take the Rook on account of the reply Nf4+.} Rxc2 {A
blunder, but his game was anyhow gone.} 24.Qxh7+ Kf8 25.Qxf7#
1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.b3 {As
explained in the "Modern Chess Instructor" we, as a rule, do
not approve on principle of the early advance of any but the
two center Pawns.} c5 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Bd3 {The Bishop is not well
placed here, being subject to the attacks of the advancing
hostile Pawns on the Q side, as will be seen.} Nc6 7.O-O O-O
8.Nc3 Bd7 9.a3 a6 10.Qe1 b5 11.Qg3 c4 12.Be2 Ne8 13.bxc4 bxc4
14.Nd1 f5 {Unnecessarily furnishing the opponent with a mark
for his attack with the g-pawn and also forming a hole in the
center. Moreover Rb8 was obviously a stronger move.} 15.Ne5
Bf6 16.Qh3 Qc7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.g4 Bxb2 19.Nxb2 g6 {Again Rb8
was manifestly better , for if 20.Na4 Nd4 (threatening Nxe2+)
21.exd4 Qxa4, with the superior game.} 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Bf3 Kh8
22.Kh1 Rg8 23.Qh6 Rb8 24.Na4 Qe7 25.Rg1 Nf6 26.Nc5 {Obviously
this cannot be taken.} a5 27.d4 cxd3 28.cxd3 Nd8 29.d4 Nf7
30.Qh4 {Allowing a cleverly concealed mine to be sprung upon
him and losing a valuable Pawn in consequence.} Ne4 31.Rxg8+
{Of course if Qxe7, he is mated by Nf2+.} Rxg8 32.Qe1 Nxc5
33.dxc5 Qxc5 {White forfeited on time. Black had evidently the
best of the game anyhow, with a Pawn ahead and having repelled
the adverse attack.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5
Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.f5 {?} d5 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Qe2 dxe4 10.dxe4 a5
11.Ng5 {If 11.Nxe5 Re8 12.Nd3! Bd4 13.e5 Bxf5, with a fine
attack.} Ba6 12.Qf3 Qd4 13.Nd1 h6 14.Be3 Qc4 15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.Nh3 Qxc2 17.Nhf2 Rfd8 18.Qe3 Rd4 19.Rc1 Qa4 20.Nc3 Qb4
21.Rc2 Rad8 22.g4 Nxe4 {!} 23.Nxe4 Rd1+ 24.Kf2 Rxh1 25.Kg2 Ra1
26.f6 Qd4 27.Qf2 Bd3 28.Qf5 Rg1+ 29.Kh3 Qe3+ {Black finishes
off with vigorous precision, which is quite in harmony with
his excellent play throughout this game.} 30.Kh4 g5 31.Nxg5
Bxf5 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 {Not
commendable in this opening, as Black may effectively answer
e6, followed by Nf6 and d5.} Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a3 Nf6
8.h3 O-O 9.Be3 e6 {He should have first supported the c-Pawn
once more by b6.} 10.e5 {An excellent answer that gives White
the better game.} dxe5 11.Bxc5 Re8 12.Ne4 b6 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Qd2
f6 15.Rad1 b5 16.Ba2 f5 17.Bg5 Qc7 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Nf6+ Bxf6
20.Bxf6 Qd6 21.Bg5 Bb7 22.d4 e4 23.Bf4 Qe6 24.Ne5 Rac8 25.Nxc6
Qxc6 26.c3 Re6 27.Rfe1 Rf8 28.Re3 Rf7 29.Rg3 Qe8 30.h4 h5
31.Re1 Kh7 32.Ree3 Qe7 33.Rg5 Bc6 34.Reg3 Be8 35.Qd1 Rf8
36.Re3 a5 37.Qd2 Bf7 38.Qe2 b4 {Black has successfully
withstood the adverse onslaught on the K side, but endangers
the center by this compromising attempt of a demonstration on
the Q wing.} 39.axb4 axb4 40.c4 dxc4 41.Qxc4 Ra8 42.d5 Rea6
43.Qd4 Qa7 44.Qxb4 Rb6 45.Qc3 Qa1+ {Ill judged. White's d-Pawn
was the more dangerous one, and he ought to have captured the
same at once.} 46.Re1 Qxb2 47.Qc7 Rb7 48.Qc6 Ra2 49.Rf1 Qb5
50.Qxb5 Rxb5 51.d6 Rd5 {Black's best plan of defence was to
manouver one of his Rooks to his second row and the other one
on his first row, and then to bring up his King to e6.} 52.Rc1
Kg7 53.Rg3 Kf6 54.Rgc3 Be6 55.Rb1 Rda5 {55...Ra7 56.Rc7 Rxc7
57.dxc7 Rc5, gave him good prospects for a draw, whereas he
now drifts into a losing position.} 56.Rb6 Ra1+ 57.Kh2 Rd1
58.Rc7 Raa1 59.d7 {White has most skillfully conducted his
part and decides his victory finally by this excellent
stroke.} Rh1+ 60.Kg3 Rad1 61.Bg5+ Ke5 62.Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3
O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 Be6 8.Bb5 Ne7 9.Ne1 {? d4 was much
superior.} Ng6 10.Ndf3 c6 11.Ba4 Bb6 12.Bc2 d5 13.Qe2 Bc7
14.Bd2 h6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.h3 {?} Nh5 17.d4 dxe4 {He could have
instituted a stronger attack by Nhf4 first.} 18.Nxe5 Bxe5
19.Qxh5 Bc7 20.Bxe4 Bxa2 21.Bc2 {If 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Qxg6 Bc4
23.Bxh6 Qf6 and wins.} Bd5 22.f4 Qf6 23.g3 Rfe8 24.Nd3 Be4
25.Rde1 Bf5 26.Rf2 Rad8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Nb4 Bxc2 29.Nxc2 Nf8
30.Ne3 Nd7 {?} 31.Qg4 Nf8 32.Re2 Qg6 33.Qxg6 Nxg6 34.Kf2 Bxf4
{!} 35.gxf4 Nxf4 36.Kf3 Nxe2 37.Kxe2 g6 38.Kf3 h5 39.Nc4 f6
40.Nd6 Re7 41.h4 Rd7 42.Ne4 Kf7 43.Be3 b5 {?} 44.b4 {!} Rd5
45.Bf4 Ke6 46.Nc5+ Kf5 47.Ne4 Rd7 48.Ng3+ Ke6 49.Ne4 Rf7
50.Ke3 Kd5 51.Kd3 f5 {?} 52.Ng5 Re7 53.Be3 a5 54.bxa5 Ra7
55.Nh3 Rxa5 56.Nf4+ Kd6 57.Nxg6 Ra3 58.Bh6 {!} Ra7 59.Nf4
{Bf8+ first was much better.} Rh7 60.Bf8+ Kd7 61.Ke3 Ke8
62.Bd6 Kd7 63.Be5 Ke7 64.Nd3 Ke6 65.Nf4+ Kf7 66.Kf3 Rh6 67.Ng2
Ke6 68.Bf4 Rh7 69.Bg5 Kf7 70.Nf4 Rh8 71.Ke3 Rh7 72.Kd3 Ke8
73.Kc2 Kd7 74.Kb3 Kd6 75.Kb4 Rh8 76.Bf6 Rh7 77.Be5+ Kd7 78.Kc5
Rh6 79.d5 {!} cxd5 80.Kxb5 Rc6 81.Nxd5 Re6 82.Bf4 Rg6 83.Bg5
Kd6 84.Nf4 Rg8 85.Nxh5 {White has played the greater part of
the ending with marked ability, especially the play of the
king from the seventy-third move was very finely
conceived. The game was prolonged to the one-hundred and-first
move, but White naturally won with his passed pawns.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.Bg5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qh4
d4 {So early in the opening the positions were naturally well
balanced up to this point, when Black commits himself to a
grave error of position judgement that practically delivers
his game to a powerful hostile attack. 7. ...dxc4 8. Rd1 Bd7
would have kept the game still even. -- Steinitz} 8.O-O-O
{Mr. Blackburne enters at once on the road to victory which is
clear to his keen perception.} e5 9.e3 Bc5 10.exd4 exd4 11.Nd5
Qa5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nxf6+ Kf8 {If 13. ...Kd8; 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Rxd4+ Bxd4 16. Qxd4+ Kc7 17. Qf4+ Kc6 18. Be2 with an
irresistable attack.} 14.Re1 Be6 15.Rxe6 {In grand style.}
fxe6 16.Qh6+ Kf7 {if Ke7 at once, mate is effected in two
moves by Qg7+ and Qd7#} 17.Ng5+ Ke7 18.Qg7+ Kd6 19.Qd7+
{Having probably in his forecalculation of other variations
relied on the move, White adopts the same without noticing
that he could mate at once by Nfe4#} Ke5 20.Qxe6+ Kf4 21.Nh3#
{--Analysis by Wilhelm Steinitz.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Be2 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Nc3
a6 6.O-O c5 7.Qe1 Nc6 8.d4 b6 {Having already made
preparations by a6 to maintain his chain of pawns on the
q-side, he now could have played c4 more effectively.} 9.Qg3
O-O 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qh3 Ne4 {Much better was b5 ,
with the view of driving off the adverse Knight by b4.}
13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.c3 f5 15.g4 Qe7 16.Rf2 Be8 {Waste of
time. Compare Black's sixteenth move.} 17.Rg2 cxd4 {?} 18.exd4
b5 19.Be3 Bc6 20.gxf5 exf5 21.Kh1 Qe6 22.Rag1 Rf7 23.b3 Bd5
24.Rg5 Be7 25.Rh5 g6 26.c4 {!} bxc4 27.bxc4 Bxc4 28.Rxg6+
{White's very ingenious attack might have yielded more
decisive results here if he had first played Bxc4 for after
28...Qxc4 29.Rxg6+, if 29...Kf8 30.Rxf5 and should win. Or if
29...hxg6 30.Rh8+ Kg7 31.Rxa8 with a pawn ahead and a strong
attack.} Qxg6 29.Bxc4 Rb8 30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Qxf5+ Qxf5 32.Rxf5+
Bf6 33.Ra5 Rb6 34.d5 Rd6 35.Kg2 Kg6 36.Ba7 Bd8 37.Rc5 Kf5
38.h3 {Losing a valuable pawn which he could have easily
protected with increased force of attack by Bb8.} Rg6+ 39.Kf1
Kxf4 40.Rc6 Rxc6 41.dxc6 Bc7 42.Ke2 h5 43.Bf2 Kf5 44.Bd4 Ke6
45.Ke3 Kd5 46.Ba7 Bd6 47.Bd4 Bc7 48.a4 Bd6 49.Bf6 Bc7 50.Bg5
a5 51.h4 Kxc6 52.Kxe4 Bg3 53.Be7 Be1 54.Kf5 Kd5 55.Kg5 Kc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d5 {His
e-pawn becomes weak and subject to inconvenient attack after
this.} 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 Bg4 8.Bb5 Qd6 9.Nbd2 f6
10.Ne4 Qd7 11.c4 Ndb4 12.c5 O-O-O 13.a3 Nxd3 {The two Pawns
which he obtains for the exchange are separated on the two
wings and especially so early in the game, they are no
equivalent.} 14.Bxd3 Qxd3 15.Nd6+ Rxd6 16.cxd6 Qxd1 17.Rxd1
Bxd6 18.h3 Bh5 19.g4 Bg6 20.Be3 h5 21.g5 h4 22.b4 {An error
which allows the opponent to recover the exchange with a pawn
ahead. It was high time to withdraw Nd2.} Bh5 23.Kg2 e4 24.Nd2
Bxd1 25.Rxd1 Re8 26.Nc4 Rd8 27.gxf6 gxf6 28.Rd5 Be5 29.Rc5
{Rxd8+ followed by b5, gave better prospects in fighting for a
draw.} Bd4 30.Rh5 Bxe3 31.Nxe3 Rg8+ 32.Kf1 {Feeble. Kh1 was
his only salvation.} Ne5 {Beautiful play. He wins the exchange
by force.} 33.Rxh4 Nf3 34.Rg4 {Mate by Rg1+ and Re1 being
threatened, he had no other resource. If Rxe4, he loses a
clear Rook by the answer Nd2+.} Nh2+ 35.Ke2 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bxc6 {As usual, such an exchange early in
the opening does not turn out advantageous.} bxc6 8.Ne2 Bg4
9.Ng3 Nh5 {A very good way of playing for the second party,
which we believe was first introduced by Herr Winawer.} 10.h3
Nxg3 11.fxg3 Bd7 {Better than ...Be6 at the present juncture,
though he has to play it to that square later on. His object
is at this stage to guard all points and to provide in advance
against any contingent adverse attack by Qa4 after c3.} 12.g4
Bc5+ 13.Kh1 Rb8 14.Qe1 Kh8 15.c3 {b3 was much better.} a5
{Black conducts the attack on the Q side in true modern
style. Albeit his doubled Pawn, he has the superior game on
account of the strnght of his two Bishops.} 16.Rb1 Qe7 17.Bg5
{Be3 here and on the next move, with the object of getting rid
of the adverse two Bishops, was a moe hopeful plan.} f6 18.Bd2
Be6 19.b3 d5 20.Nh4 Qd7 21.Rd1 a4 22.b4 Bd6 23.a3 dxe4 24.dxe4
Bb3 25.Rb1 Rbd8 {The KR would have been much better placed
here on that square if only for the reason that it provided at
once a retreat of the KB and guarded the valuable Bishop
against being exchanged for the adverse Knight.} 26.Rb2 c5
27.Nf5 cxb4 28.cxb4 Rf7 29.Qe2 {White ought not to have
hesitated to exchange Knight for Bishop, in order to remain
with Bishops of opposite colors, which gave him excellent
drawing prospects.} Bf8 30.Bc3 Qe6 31.Rf2 Rfd7 32.Rd2 Rxd2
33.Bxd2 c5 34.Qb5 Qc4 {This energetic move decides the battle,
for after the exchange of Queens which is forced, as Black
threatens Rxd2 followed by Qf1+; Black has an easy task, as he
forms a far advanced Pawn and ultimately wins one of his
opponent's.} 35.Qxc4 Bxc4 36.Bc3 cxb4 37.axb4 a3 38.Rd2 Rxd2
39.Bxd2 a2 40.Bc3 Bxb4 41.Bb2 Bc5 42.g5 Be6 {Promptly foring
the entrance of his Bd4, which wins a piece.} 43.gxf6 gxf6
44.g4 Bxf5 45.g5 Bxe4+ 46.Kh2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} c6 2.d4 e5 {?} 3.dxe5 Qa5+ 4.Nc3 Qxe5
5.Nf3 Qc7 6.Bc4 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.Re1 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Nd4 Qd7
11.e5 c5 {?} 12.Nxe6 {! Beautiful play, after which White has
an easy task to win.} Qxe6 13.exd6 Qf5 14.dxe7 Nc6 15.Ne4 Qg6
16.Nd6+ Kd7 17.e8=Q+ Rxe8 18.Nxe8 Kc8 19.Bf4 Nd4 20.Nd6+ Kd7
21.c3 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Be7
5.Nc3 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.d3 Ne8 8.Nd5 f5 9.Nxe7+ Qxe7 10.Bg5 Qf7
11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Qxe6 13.exf5 Qxf5 14.Bd2 Qh5 15.Ng5 Qg6
16.f4 exf4 17.Rxf4 Rxf4 18.Bxf4 h6 19.Nf3 Qf7 20.Qd2 Nf6 21.a3
{The game has been quite evenly contested so far, but the
useless advance in the text causes him embarrasment in the
ending.} Nh5 22.Be3 Re8 23.Qf2 a6 24.Re1 Ne5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5
26.Qxf7+ Kxf7 27.Bf2 Rxe1+ 28.Bxe1 {A draw ought to be the
legitimate result arising from this position.} Nf4 29.Kf2 Ne6
30.Ke3 d5 31.Bg3 Kf6 32.d4 Kf5 33.Be5 h5 34.g3 {It would have
probably facilitated his playing for a draw if he had not
advanced this Pawn.} g5 35.Kf3 g4 36.hxg4+ hxg4 37.Ke3 c5
38.c3 c4 39.Bd6 Kf6 40.Bf4 Ke7 41.Be5 Kd7 42.Kd2 Kc6 43.Kc2
Ng5 44.Kd2 Kd7 45.Ke3 Ne6 46.Kd2 Kc6 47.Kc2 Kb5 48.Bd6 Ka4
49.Be7 a5 50.Bd6 Ng5 51.Bf4 Ne4 52.Be5 Nf2 53.Bd6 b5 54.Bc7
Ne4 55.Be5 b4 56.axb4 axb4 57.cxb4 Kxb4 58.Bf4 Ka4 59.Be5 Kb5
60.Bf4 Kc6 61.Be5 Kd7 62.Bf4 {He allows himself to be wearied
by the patient manouvering of his clever opponent. If he had
looked out as shrp as he had done through the greater part of
the game, he would have seen the importance of trying to
exchange the isolated b-pawn at once in order to be in time to
stop the adversary's King from entering at e4. 62.b3 cxb3+
63.Kxb3 Nf2 64.Kc2 Ke6 65.Kd2 Kf5 66.Ke3 would have brought
White's King up for the defence of the center in proper time.}
Ke6 63.Be5 Kf5 64.b3 cxb3 65.Kxb3 Nf2 66.Ka4 Ke4 67.Kb5 Nd3
68.Bf6 Kf3 69.Be5 Ke4 70.Bf6 Nc1 {After a delay of one move
Black sees the decisive effect of this fine coup.} 71.Kb4 {No
help for it. If Kc5, Black would answer Nb3+.} Ne2 72.Kc5 Nxg3
73.Be5 Ne2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4
5.Qf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 {Many players hold that it is
better to take with the Queen's Pawn.} Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.Bd3 g6
10.Bh6 Bb4 {Rather a surprise. If cxb4, then Queen checks and
wins the Bishop; if Bxf8, then Bxc3+ and wins easily.} 11.Bd2
f6 12.Qg3 fxe5 {It would have been more prudent to play first
Ba5.} 13.cxb4 e4 14.Be2 Nxd4 15.O-O-O Nf5 16.Qb3 c6 17.Nh3 a5
18.Bg5 Qd6 19.Bf4 Qxb4 20.Qxb4 axb4 21.Kb2 Ra3 {I have now got
three Pawns for the piece.} 22.Rhe1 Bd7 23.Rd2 Rfa8 24.Ra1 Ng7
25.Ng1 Be6 26.Bd6 R3a4 27.Bc5 Nf5 28.g4 Nh6 29.h3 Nf7 30.Rd4
b6 {This turns the scale in Black's favour.} 31.Bxb6 Ne5
32.Bc5 Nd7 33.Be7 c5 34.Rdd1 R4a5 35.g5 Nb6 36.Bf6 d4 37.Bg4
Na4+ 38.Kc1 Bxg4 39.hxg4 Nc3 40.Kd2 Rxa2 {Stronger than
Nxd1. The end shows the play of Pawns against a piece.}
41.Rxa2 Rxa2 42.Ne2 e3 43.Ke1 Nxd1 44.Kxd1 Ra1+ 45.Nc1 e2
46.Kxe2 Rxc1 47.Kd2 Rg1 48.Be7 Rg2+ 49.Kd1 c4 50.Bxb4 c3
51.Bc5 Kf7 52.Ke1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Na5 6.d3 h6 7.Nf3 e4 8.Qe2 Nxc4 9.dxc4 Bc5 10.h3 O-O
11.Ne5 {New but a questionable experiment.} Qe7 {For if
11...Re8 12.Ng4 Nxg4 13.hxg4 e3 14.Bxe3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Qg5,
Black would have obtained a strong attack.} 12.Ng4 Nh7 13.Nc3
f5 14.Nh2 Bd7 15.Bf4 Be8 16.O-O-O a6 17.Kb1 g5 18.Be3 Nf6
19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.g4 f4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 b5 23.d6 {White has
a won game in hand either simply by Qd4 or by pressure of a K
side attack, commencing with h4. The sally adopted was not
accurately enough reckoned out.} cxd6 24.Rd5 {He probably saw
now that if 24.Qxa8 Bc6 25.Qxa6 Ra8, winning the Queen.} Qxc4
25.Qxc4 bxc4 26.Rxd6 Kg7 27.Re1 Bf7 28.Kc1 Rfe8 29.Rxe8 Rxe8
30.Kd2 {Better than 30.Rxa6 Re2 with a strong attack.} Rb8
31.Kc3 Re8 32.Nf3 Re2 33.Rd2 Re4 34.Nd4 Kf6 35.Re2 Rxe2
36.Nxe2 Bd5 37.Kd4 Bg2 38.Ng1 Bf1 39.b3 cxb3 40.axb3 Ke6
41.Kc5 Ke5 42.Nf3+ Kf6 43.Ng1 Ke5 44.f3 {Weak play, for this
Pawn, where it stood, was less liable to be attacked and also
kept the adverse King aloof in case White's King had to move
off.} Bg2 45.c4 Bf1 46.b4 Bd3 47.b5 axb5 48.cxb5 Bxb5 {Black's
play for a draw is very ingeniously conceived.} 49.Kxb5 Kd4
50.h4 gxh4 51.Nh3 Ke3 52.g5 hxg5 53.Nxg5 Kf2 54.Kc4 Kg2 55.Kd4
h3 56.Nxh3 Kxf3 57.Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.Be3
Be7 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.h3 {?} h6 {?} 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 a5 10.d5 {!} Bb7
11.dxc6 Bxc6 12.Bxb5 Bxb5 13.Nxb5 Nxe4 14.Qd5 Ndf6 15.Qxa8 {!}
Qxa8 16.Nc7+ Kd7 17.Nxa8 Rxa8 18.Ke2 Rc8 19.Rac1 Ke6 20.Rhd1
{c4 was vastly superior.} d5 21.c3 a4 22.g3 Ne8 23.Rd3 {?} f5
24.Rcd1 N8f6 25.Rc1 g5 26.Rg1 Rb8 27.Bc1 Bc5 28.Rg2 g4 29.Ng1
h5 30.h4 f4 {After a remarkably clever and patient defense
against large odds Black incautiosly allows an inroad into his
game to be broken, which enables White to make good use of his
being the exchange ahead.} 31.gxf4 exf4 32.f3 Ke5 33.Ke1 {!}
Bxg1 34.Rxg1 Rg8 35.fxe4 dxe4 36.Rd4 g3 37.Rxa4 f3 38.Ra5+ Ke6
39.Ra6+ {!} Kf5 40.Rxf6+ {!} Kxf6 41.Bg5+ Ke5 42.Rxg3 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "Max Weiss"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 {4.Qa4+
Nc6, would transform the game into a position of the Ponziani
Opening which is more favorable for White than the line of
play in the text.} Qd5 5.d4 exd3 6.Nxd3 {White has now a
weakness in the center that later on becomes troublesome.} Nf6
7.Be3 Nc6 8.Nd2 Bd6 9.Qf3 O-O 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Bg5 {The waste of
a move here with this Bishop has serious consequenses. He
was,however, already on the defence and his position a little
inferior. His best plan was 11.Qxd5 Nxd5 12.Nf1.} Rfe8 12.Qxd5
Nxd5 13.Kd1 h6 14.Bh4 {Falling into a cleverly laid trap. Be3
was his only move, but ofcourse a Pawn was then lost. In view,
also, of the relative strenght of the players the adverse
victory was assured.} Rxe2 {Fine play.} 15.Kxe2 Re8+ 16.Kd1
Bxd3 17.Re1 Rxe1+ 18.Kxe1 Nf4 19.Bg3 Nxg2+ 20.Kd1 Ne5 21.Nb3
f5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Kd2 Be4 24.h3 Bf4+ 25.Ke2 Bd6 26.f3 Bd5
27.Nd4 g6 28.b4 Kf7 29.a3 Nf4+ 30.Ke3 Nxh3 31.Rh1 Bf4+ 32.Ke2
Bc4+ 33.Ke1 Bg3+ 34.Kd2 Nf2 35.Rg1 Bf4+ 36.Ke1 Nd3+ 37.Kd1 h5
38.Kc2 h4 39.Rh1 Bg3 40.Kd2 Nf2 41.Rg1 Bf4+ 42.Ke1 Nd3+ 43.Kf1
Be3 {Black's play from the fourteenth move is a good specimen
of clever tactics with two minor pieces against the Rook in
the ending, but it required no comment, as obviously the
superiority of force and of play was on his side. At this
point he wins easily, for wherever the Rook may move, a
discovered check of the Knight either at f2 or f4 will cause
its loss.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O
Be7 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.a4 {?} Nxd4 10.Nxd4 exd4
11.Qxd4 c5 12.Qe3 Ng4 13.Qe2 c4 14.Ba2 Bf6 15.Nd5 Re8 16.c3
Be6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.f3 Ne5 19.Bb1 Nc6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8
Rxa8 22.Qf2 Qe7 23.Rd1 Qc7 24.Bf4 Rd8 25.Qd2 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 d5
27.Be3 Qa5 28.Qf2 Rd7 29.h3 Qd8 30.Qg3 f6 {If 30...d4 31.cxd4
Nxd4 32.Bxd4 Rxd4 33.Rxd4,and Black dare not retake on acount
of the impending Qb8+.} 31.exd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Qxd5 33.Be4 Qd7
34.Qh4 Bf5 35.Bxc6 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Samuel Lipschutz"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 b6
5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Bb7 7.Rc1 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Ne4
{A good move. It opens up the game, and the Knight canot be
taken with impunity.} 11.Bf4 c5 12.Qe2 f5 {This creates a
weakness on e6. Ndf6 was probably better.} 13.Rfd1 c4 {g5
would have been more attacking.} 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.Ne5 Nf6 16.g4
Qe8 17.Qf1 Bd6 18.h3 Rd8 19.Qg2 b5 20.Ne2 b4 21.Ng3 {White's
only chance is an attack on the King's side to prevent the
advance of Black's dangerous Pawns on the Queen's side.} Nd7
22.Nxd7 Rxd7 23.Ne2 Bxf4 24.Nxf4 Rdf7 25.g5 Rf5 {To be able to
play h6 on the advance of White's Knight's Pawn.} 26.Kh1 a5
27.Rg1 Bc8 28.Qg3 {The beginning of a combination. Tempting
Black to attack the weak Pawns on the Queen's side.} Qa4 {He
yields to the temptation.} 29.b3 cxb3 30.axb3 Qxb3 31.Rc7 {A
Rook established on the seventh rank is often as good as a
passed Pawn.} a4 {"Unconscious of their doom, the little
victims play." At this stage the adjournment occurred, and
White was called on to make his sealed move. Before play was
resumed, Lipschutz was asked how his game stood. "He has a
little bit of an attack," he answered, "But my two passed
Pawns must win," a view that was endorsed by Steinitz. On
opening the envelope, and finding my move g6, he still thought
himself safe; but the next move, Rxg7+ came upon him like a
thunderbolt, and caused the greatest excitement among the
spectators, of whom Steinitz was one. He bent his head over
the board, and would scarcely believe that a mating position
had been created.} 32.g6 h6 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 {If ...Kh8, the
following might have occurred 34.Rh7+ Kg8 35.g7 Rg5 36.gxf8=Q+
Kxf8 37.Ne6+ Bxe6 and White mates in two moves.}34.Nh5+ Rxh5
35.Qc7+ Kf6 36.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 Bd6 5.Bb2
O-O 6.Nc3 c5 7.Ne2 Ne4 8.Ng3 Nc6 9.d3 {A weak move which
seriously loosens his center.} Nf6 10.Ne5 {? He had nothing
better than d4 now.} d4 11.exd4 cxd4 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qf3 {?
Suicidal but his position was already very bad. If 13.Bxd4
Bb4+ 14.c3 Qxd4 with a fine game.} Qa5+ {!} 14.Kd1 Nd5 15.Bxd4
Bxf4 16.c4 {?? Ofcourse a disastrous blunder, but the game was
ireedeemable. If 16.c3 e5 and wins. Again if 16.Ne4 f5 and
wins.} Qd2# 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6
5.Nc3 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.h3 Ne8
11.Ne2 Bf6 12.c3 g6 13.f4 Rb8 14.Nd4 Ng7 15.Nf3 d5 16.e5 Be7
17.Qc2 Bf5 18.g4 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 f5 20.Nd4 {Kg2 was perhaps
better.} Bc5 21.Kg2 {He should have shut out the Queen with
g5.} Bxd4 22.cxd4 Ne6 23.Rf2 Rb4 24.Be3 fxg4 25.hxg4 Qh4 {Now
the attack comes into the hand of Black.} 26.Qd1 c5 27.dxc5
Rbxf4 {This is decisive.} 28.Bxf4 Nxf4+ 29.Rxf4 {He has
nothing better.} Rxf4 30.Qxd5+ Kf8 {Though White forfeited by
the time rule, he might as well have resigned. His game was
hopeless.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.Qb3 Qf6 9.cxd4 {An obsolete form
of this opening. Waller's attack by 9.e5 dxe5 10.Re1 , is the
only way to keep up the pressure.} Bb6 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Qg6
12.Ng5 Nd8 13.Nc3 h6 14.Nge4 Ne7 15.Ba3 Nec6 16.Rae1 Be6
17.Nd5 Nxe5 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.f4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 Rxa3 {If 20...Nxc4
21. Nf6+ and mates next move.} 21.Qb4 Rxa2 22.Ng3 Ndc6 23.Qb3
Ra5 24.fxe5 Qe6 25.Qf3 O-O {Practically this ends the fight,
as White's sacrifice of pawns could only be conpensated by an
attack direct against Black's King which however has now taken
safe refuge.} 26.Nf5 Ne7 27.Nd4 Qd5 28.Qg4 Ra4 29.Re4 Ng6
30.e6 f5 31.Nxf5 Qxe4 32.Qxg6 Rxf5 33.Qxf5 Qxf5 34.Rxf5 Re4
35.Rf7 c5 36.Re7 g6 37.Kf2 Kf8 38.Rf7+ Ke8 39.Rf6 Ke7 40.Rxg6
Rxe6 {The stronghold of White's last hope is gone.} 41.Rg7+
Kd6 42.Rxb7 Kc6 43.Rf7 c4 44.g4 b5 45.h4 c3 46.Kg3 c2 47.Rf1
b4 48.g5 hxg5 49.hxg5 b3 50.Rc1 Kd7 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O
Bc5 6.Bxc6 {?} dxc6 7.Nxe5 Nxe4 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bd6 10.f3 Nf6
11.f4 c5 {!} 12.Be3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nd5 {!} 14.Qf3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3
Re8 16.Qf2 f6 17.Nc3 Bf8 {!} 18.Nf3 b5 19.Nd2 Bb7 20.Nb3 Rc8
21.Rad1 Bd5 22.Nc5 {?} b4 23.Nxd5 Qxd5 24.b3 a5 25.Rfe1 {?}
Bxc5 26.dxc5 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rd8 28.Qe3 Qd4 29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Qxd4
Rxd4 31.Ke3 Rd5 32.Rc1 Ke6 33.Rc4 f5 {!} 34.h3 Kd7 35.g4 g6
36.gxf5 gxf5 37.a3 bxa3 38.Ra4 Rxc5 39.Rxa3 Kc6 40.Kd4 Kb5
41.Ra1 Kb4 42.h4 c6 43.Rb1 Rc3 44.Ke5 Rxb3 45.Rh1 a4 46.Kxf5
a3 47.Kg4 a2 48.Ra1 Rb2 {Obviously, Kh3 saved time.} 49.Kg5
Kb3 50.f5 Rb1 51.Rxa2 Kxa2 52.h5 c5 {A credible victory in a
closely fought game.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4
5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Rd1 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc5
11.Nd4 Qe8 12.Nf5 Ne6 13.Ne4 Kh8 14.f4 Rb8 15.b3 c5 16.Rd3 {?
c3 was now necessary.} Nd4 {!} 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Qd1 {If 18.Rd4
f5 19.exf6 en pass (or 19.N moves Bc5, etc) Bxf6, winning the
exchange.} f6 {?} 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Nxf6 Rxf6 21.Rxd4 d6 22.Rd3
Rg6 23.Re3 Qc6 24.Rg3 Bb7 25.Rxg6 hxg6 26.Qd2 Rf8 27.Bb2 Rxf4
28.Re1 Qc5+ 29.Kh1 Qf5 30.Rg1 {? White's position is
dangerously crowded, Bd4 was now the right play.} Kh7 31.Qc3
{?} Bxg2+ {A masterly conception.} 32.Kxg2 {If Rxg2, White
mates in three by Rf1+, followed by Qe4+.} Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 dxe4
5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Qa4 Nge7 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.c4 Qe6 9.O-O Bc5 10.Nc3
O-O 11.Nd5 Qg6 {As usual in this opening White is hampered in
his development and his position in this instance has become
still more inferior owing to his weak eight move. Black now
assumes the attack with wonted vigor.} 12.Bxc6 {If 12.Nxc7 Bh3
13.g3 Nd4 14.Qd1 Nf3+ 15.Kh1 Qh5, threatening Bg2+ and wins.}
bxc6 13.Nf4 Qf6 14.Nh5 Qe5 15.Qxc6 Qxh5 {Well played. The
position was worth the sacrifice of the exchange.} 16.Qxa8 Bd6
17.f4 {If 17.g3 Qf3 followed by Bh3 and wins. Or if 17.h3 Bxh3
18.Qxe4 Bf5, and wins.} exf3 18.g3 {Again best, for if 18.Qxf3
Bg4 19.Qe3 Qh2+ 20.Kf2 Qh4+ 21.g3 (or 21.Kg1 Bh2+ 22.Kh1 Bg3+,
and mates next move.) 21...Qh2+, and wins.} Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Bh3
{19...Bg4 20.Qe4 Qh3 21.Rxf3 Bxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Re8, would have
settled the game much more speedily.} 20.Qxf3 Qe5 21.d4 Qxd4
22.Rd1 Bg4 23.Rxd4 Bxf3+ 24.Kg1 Bxd4+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.a3 {A favorite move
of Mr. Gunsberg's but wasting time.} g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7
6.Be3 Nge7 7.Nc3 d5 8.Bb5 O-O {White has the offer of a Pawn,
but it is no good gift.} 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 {If 10.Nxc6 bxc6
11.Bxc6 Nxe3 12.Qxd8 Nxc2+ and Black has a good game.} Qxd5
11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Re1 Rfd8 14.c3 Qc4 15.Qf3 Bb7
16.Qg3 Rd7 17.Nf3 f6 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Rxd7 Rxd7 20.Bxa7 {This
takes the Bishop out of play.} c5 21.Bb8 Qb3 {Threatening
Bxf3.} 22.Qh3 Rd1 23.c4 f5 24.Bxc7 Bxf3 25.Ba5 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1
Qd1 27.gxf3 Qxe1+ 28.Kg2 Bxb2 29.Qh4 Bd4 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Qc7+
Kh6 32.Qg3 Qe2 33.a4 Qxc4 34.Qh4+ Kg7 35.a5 Qe2 36.a6 Bf6
37.Qf4 {It will now be seen that if 37.Qa4 Bd4 38.a7 Qxf2+
39.Kh3 Qxf3+ 40.Kh4 Bf6 mate.} Qxa6 38.Qc7+ Kh6 39.Qxc5 Qe6
40.Qf8+ Bg7 41.Qd8 Qf6 42.Qc7 Qe5 43.Qc4 Qd4 44.Qc1+ Kh5
45.Qc7 Qe5 46.Qd7 h6 47.f4 Qd4 48.Qc7 Qe4+ 49.Kf1 Qd3+ 50.Kg2
Bd4 51.Qc1 Qe2 52.Kh1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5
Bg4 6.h3 Bd7 7.Bxc6 {? Being a move ahead it was better to
play d3.} Bxc6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.d3 h6 {?} 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Be3 Nf6
12.g4 g5 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Rhf1 Bb4 15.Bd2 Ne8 16.Qh2 f6
17.Qf2 Kb8 18.Be3 Bxc3 19.Bxa7+ Ka8 20.Bc5 Qe6 {Bxb2+ was now
the right play.} 21.bxc3 Qxa2 22.Kd2 Ba4 23.Ke3 Qe6 {? He
could have safely taken the c-pawn.} 24.Ra1 Qc6 25.Ke2 Kb8
26.Ra2 Kc8 27.c4 {!} Kd7 28.Nxe5+ {!} fxe5 29.Qf5+ Qe6 30.Rxa4
Nd6 31.Bxd6 cxd6 32.Ra7 Rb8 33.Qf7+ Qxf7 34.Rxf7+ Kc6 35.Rg7
Kb6 36.Ra2 Kc6 37.Rb2 Rhf8 {?} 38.Rg6 Rf4 39.Rxh6 Rbf8 40.Kd2
Rf2+ 41.Kc3 R8f3 42.Rb5 Rf6 43.Rh7 Rf7 44.Rh5 Rh2 {?} 45.Rxg5
Rff2 46.Rb2 Rxh3 47.Rg7 b6 48.g5 Re2 49.Ra2 Rhh2 50.g6 Rhg2
51.Rg8 Rg3 52.Ra7 b5 53.cxb5 Kxb5 54.Rb8+ Kc6 55.g7 Reg2
56.Rbb7 Rg1 57.Rc7+ Kb6+ 58.Rab7+ Ka6 59.Rb4 Rxg7 60.Rc6+ Ka7
61.Rxd6 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 {The old
attack which has rightly fallen into disuse as Bc4 is
stronger.} Bg4 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.Qb3 Bxf3 {Inferior to 6...Qd7
7.Bxf7+ Qxf7 8.Qxb7 Kd7 9.Qxa8 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qxf4, with a
strong attack.} 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.gxf3 Qh4+ 10.Kd1 Qf2
11.Kc2 Re8 12.Qc4 exf4 13.Qf1 Qxf1 14.Rxf1 g5 15.d4 Bb6 16.a4
a5 17.Nd2 Nb8 18.Nc4 Nd7 19.b3 Re6 20.Kd3 Rh6 21.Ra2 Rh3
22.Rg2 Rg6 23.Ke2 Kf7 24.Rfg1 Kf6 25.Bd2 Rh5 26.Be1 Kg7 27.Bf2
Kh6 {There was good and sound manouvering in White's play
since Queens were exchanged, whereas Black, with his K side
attack, has only blocked his KR. It is also difficult to see
the object of the text move.} 28.Nb2 c6 29.Nd3 Bd8 30.h4 Nf8
{There was no good answer to White's fine last move. If
30...gxh4 31.Rxg6+ hxg6 32.Nxf4 Rxg5 33.Bxh4, and wins.}
31.hxg5 Bxg5 32.Be1 Rf6 33.c4 b6 34.Bc3 Rf7 35.e5 d5 36.c5
bxc5 37.Nxc5 Ra7 38.Bd2 Ra8 {A piece and therefore the game,
is lost forthwith, but he had only the choice of evils. If
38...Rc7 39.Bxa5, etc, or 38...Ng6 39.Ne6, and wins.} 39.Rxg5
1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.05.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6
5.Nc3 d6 6.a3 Ne7 7.Ne2 Ng6 8.c3 O-O 9.Ng3 Bg4 10.O-O {?} Nh4
11.Bg5 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bh3 13.Re1 h6 14.Be3 Bb6 {Bxe3 followed
by c6, was preferable.} 15.d4 Nd7 16.f4 {?} exf4 17.Bxf4 Qh4
18.Be3 Nf6 19.f3 Rae8 20.Bf2 Nh5 21.Kh1 Kh8 22.Qd2 Qf6 23.Be2
Nf4 24.Rg1 Rg8 25.Bd1 g5 26.Be3 c5 {?} 27.Ne2 {Bb3 was
superior.} Nh5 28.Nc1 Rg7 29.Qf2 Qe7 30.dxc5 {Nd3 first gave
him better attacking prospects.} Bxc5 31.Nd3 Bxe3 32.Qxe3 d5
{!} 33.Nf2 Bf5 34.Qd4 dxe4 {The sacrifice of a pawn by
withdrawing Bg6 followed by Nf4, would have been preferable
here.} 35.fxe4 Bg6 36.Bf3 b6 37.Rae1 Rd8 38.Qe3 Nf4 39.Rg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4
5.Qxd4 d6 {Ne7 followed by Nc6 is authorized play.} 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O h6 {?} 9.h3 {?} c6 10.Qe3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5
12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Re1 Be6 14.Be4 Qc5 15.Qg3 O-O-O 16.Be3 Qa5
17.a3 {? 17.Qxg7 Rdg8 (or 17...Rhg8 18.Qxh6) 18.Qd4 was safe
enough.} a6 18.b4 Qc7 19.Qf3 g5 20.Bf5 h5 {?} 21.Bxe6+ fxe6
22.Qe4 e5 23.Bxg5 {!} Bxg5 24.Qf5+ Qd7 25.Qxg5 Rdg8 26.Qxe5
Qxh3 27.Qe6+ Qxe6 28.Rxe6 h4 29.Kf1 {? Kh2 or Re3 were much
superior.} h3 30.gxh3 Rxh3 31.Ke2 Rc3 32.Ra2 Rf8 33.Re3 Rc4
34.c3 Kc7 35.a4 {? Rd2, followed by the same Rd3, in order to
oppose Rooks on the third row,was the proper play.} Kb6 36.a5
{?} Kb5 37.Rd2 Ka4 {!} 38.Kd3 Kb3 {!} 39.Rb2+ Kxb2 40.Kxc4
Rxf2 41.Kc5 Rc2 42.c4 Rc3 43.Re1 Rc2 44.Rf1 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4
5.Qf3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5 9.Ne2 c5 {If played on
the last move, it would have been very good, as it threatened
f4, but now it is quite a mistake, whereby the key of his
center is delivered.} 10.Nf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+
13.Kxd2 Bd7 14.Qxd5+ Kh8 15.e6 Qg5 {Virtually losing a piece,
though he may delay its capture by one move.} 16.Qd6 Rf6
17.Rae1 Nc6 18.exd7 {For all practical purposes the game which
has been well played by White is finished with this threat of
mate in two moves by Re8+.} h5 19.Re8+ Kh7 20.Qc7 Rd8 21.h4
Qh6 22.g3 Rf8 23.d5 Qf6 24.dxc6 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bc5
5.d3 h6 {?} 6.a3 {?} d6 7.Ne2 Ne7 8.c3 Bb6 9.b4 Ng6 10.Ng3 O-O
11.h3 {?} c6 12.O-O d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bd2 Be6 15.Re1 Qc7 {?}
16.Qc2 Rae8 17.Ba2 Qb8 18.c4 Nf6 {The peviously queried moves
were objectionable chiefly on account of their causing loss of
time. Nevertheless, he has still the superior game, and he
might have further increased his advantage by 18...Ndf4 for if
19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.R or Nxe5? Bd4 and wins.} 19.c5 Bc7 20.Be3 Nd5
21.Rac1 a6 22.Ne4 Qd8 23.Red1 Nh4 {?} 24.Ned2 Qf6 25.Nxh4 Qxh4
26.Nf3 Qh5 27.Qe2 Nf4 {?} 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.Bxe6 Rxe6 30.Qd2 Rg6
31.Kf1 Qd5 32.Qc3 Rd8 33.Qc4 Re6 34.Qxd5 Rxd5 35.Rc2 Rd7
36.Re2 Rxe2 37.Kxe2 Kf8 38.d4 Re7+ {? The rook ought to have
remained on the d-file in order to stop the advance of the
adverse d-pawn.} 39.Kd3 f6 40.Re1 Rxe1 41.Nxe1 Ke7 42.Ke4 Ke6
43.Nf3 g5 44.Nd2 f5 45.Kd3 Kd5 46.Nb1 {!} Bb8 47.Nc3+ Ke6
48.Kc4 h5 49.Kd3 {?} Bc7 50.Ne2 Bd8 51.f3 Bc7 52.a4 h4 53.Kc4
Bd8 54.Nc3 Bf6 55.b5 axb5 56.axb5 Kd7 57.b6 Be7 58.Ne2 Ke6
59.Nc1 {!} Bf6 60.Nb3 Kd7 61.Na5 Kc8 62.d5 cxd5 63.Kxd5 g4
64.Nc4 Be7 65.Nd6+ {The ending is a fine example of play with
Knight against Bishop when the party having the latter is
hampered by a doubled pawn that cannot be dissolved. White's
tactics at the finish deserve the highest commendation.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 {The game is now transformed into a regular
Double Ruy Lopez, and this continuation leads to a dreary
equalization.} dxc6 7.Nxe5 Re8 8.d4 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nxe4 10.Re1 {A
little trap that, we believe, presents the only feature of
interest in this game. If Black be tempted to answer 10...Nxc3
then 11.Qf3 Nd5 12.Qxf7+ Kh8 13.Ng6+, wins.} Bf5 11.g4 Bg6
12.Nxg6 fxg6 {On principle we generally prefer taking with a
Pawn toward the center, and therefore hxg6 was here
undoubtedly better.} 13.Qd3 Nf6 {For now he might have kept
the Knight strongly planted in the center, at least for a
time, by ...f5 if he had previously retaken with the h-pawn,
as above suggested. It would then have been somewhat
compromising for White to attempt driving away the Knight by
f3, as Black could have continued with ...Qh4.} 14.Bg5 Qd7
15.h3 Rxe1+ 16.Rxe1 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Nxe8 18.Qe4 Nd6 19.Qe2 Qe8
20.Qxe8+ Nxe8 {After the slaughter of the heavier pieces the
game drags itself tediously into a draw.} 21.f3 Kf7 22.Kf1 Ke6
23.Ke2 Kd5 24.Kd3 b5 25.Be7 a6 26.Bf8 h6 27.Bb4 Ke6 {Nd6 does
no good either for White need not capture it since Black
cannot well enter into the game by Nc4, on account of the
rejoinder Bf8.} 28.c4 Nf6 29.Bd2 g5 30.Be1 Ne8 31.Bg3 Nd6
32.c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d3 O-O 9.Nd5 Bg4 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6
11.Bd5 {!} Qd7 12.c3 Rab8 {? Rae8 was now his best play.}
13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qxg4 Rfd8 16.Qe2 Qd6 17.Rd1 Rd7
18.Be3 Rbd8 19.Rd2 c5 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.f3 Be7 22.Qf2 Rc8 23.f4
exf4 {It was most important to protect the center by f6 }
24.Bxf4 Bd6 25.g3 Rcd8 26.Bxd6 Rxd6 27.d4 Qd7 28.d5 c4 29.e5
Rg6 30.Qc5 Re8 31.d6 Rge6 32.Rd5 f6 33.Qc7 {!} Rd8 34.exf6
Rxf6 35.a4 {!} Qe8 36.Qc5 Re6 37.Rf5 Re1+ 38.Rf1 {!} Re5
39.Rd5 Re2 40.Rdf5 Qe4 41.R5f3 h6 42.Qb6 Rd7 43.R3f2 Rxf2
44.Rxf2 Qd5 45.Qxa6 Rxd6 46.Qxb5 Qe6 47.Qf5 Rd1+ 48.Kg2 Qc6+
49.Qf3 Qxa4 50.b4 {! master coup.} Rd7 51.Qe4 Rc7 52.Qd5+ Kh7
53.Qe4+ Kg8 54.Rd2 {! At last the exchange of queens and a
simple winning ending are forced.} Qc6 55.Qxc6 Rxc6 56.Rd4 Kf7
57.Re4 Kf6 58.Kf3 Kf5 59.g4+ Kf6 60.h4 g5 61.h5 Rc7 62.Ke3 Rc8
63.Kd4 Rc6 64.b5 Rc7 65.Kd5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.d3 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.O-O
Nc6 6.c3 Bb6 7.Qc2 Bg4 8.b4 a6 {?} 9.a4 Bxf3 {?} 10.Bxf3 h6
{?} 11.Na3 g5 12.Nc4 Ne7 13.Be3 Ng6 14.a5 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 Nf4
16.g3 g4 {?}17.Nxg4 Nxg4 18.Bxg4 Qg5 19.Bf5 Qh5 20.f3 {!} Rg8
21.Rf2 Ke7 {? Though already a pawn behind he had a fair
chance of making a fight by withdrawing Ng6.} 22.Bg4 Rxg4 {?
22...Qg6 23. gxf4 h5 offered a better defence.} 23.fxg4 Qxg4
24.Kh1 Nh3 25.Rf5 Rg8 26.Raf1 Rg7 {?} 27.Qd1 h5 28.Qf3 Ng5
29.Rxe5+ {!} dxe5 30.Qf6+ Ke8 {? He had no good move, but if
he meant to hold out, Kd7 was preferable.} 31.Qxg7 Qe2
32.Qxe5+ Kf8 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qf6+ Ke8 35.Rf2 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 Qg4
37.Qf5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 {Analysis by Wilhelm Steinitz.} e6 2.e4 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7
4.Nf3 {Not a good post for the Knight in this opening, as it
mostly of great importance to support the K center by f3,
which square is now blocked for that pawn.} g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3
h5 {At this point, Black might have utilized White's
objectionable 4th move by 6. ...f5. If 7. exf5 gxf5 with the
superior game. Or if 7. e5 Nh6, again with the better
position. Finally, if 7. Nbd2 Nf6 followed soon by O-O and we
prefer Black's game. The move in the text is weak.} 7.Be3 d6
8.Qc2 Nd7 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.Rae1 h4 11.h3 Bh6 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5
O-O-O 14.Be4 Bxe3 {The adverse attack is greatly strengthened
by this exchange. Nc5 was by far better.} 15.Bxb7+ Kxb7
16.Rxe3 Nh6 17.Qe4+ Ka6 {His game was bad, even if he had made
the best move at his disposal, namely, 17. ...Kc8, whereupon
after 18. Qa8+ Nb8 19. Nd4, White would have won a pawn at
least, with a fine game; but the move in the text is a curious
blunder that confines the King in a mating net.} 18.c4 Nc5 {If
18. ...b5, his only other alternative, 19. Qc6+ followed by
Ra3+ wins easily.} 19.Ra3+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.Be2
Be7 6.O-O h6 7.Be3 Ngf6 8.h3 g5 9.Nh2 Qc7 10.Qd2 Nf8 11.Rad1
Ng6 12.Bf3 Be6 {The opponent's weak eight move has given him
opportunities for a strong attack which he ought to have
pursued without delay by Nf4. Anyhow Bd7 was better if he
intended to develop that piece first.} 13.Rfe1 Nf4 14.d5 cxd5
{Bd7 was again preferable.} 15.exd5 Bd7 16.Bxf4 gxf4 17.Be2
Rg8 18.Kh1 Qb6 19.Bf1 Rc8 20.b3 Kf8 21.Bd3 Rg7 22.Nf3 Ng8
23.Ng1 f5 24.f3 Nf6 25.b4 Kf7 {We saw no reason for not taking
the b-pawn here and on the next two moves.} 26.a4 a6 27.a5 Qd4
28.Nge2 Qf2 29.Rg1 Rcg8 30.Rdf1 Qh4 31.Qe1 Qh5 32.Qf2 Nh7
{Instead of this useless move he might more effectively tried
to get his inactive KB round to a7 via d8, c7, and b8. White
could hardly prevent this plan; for he had always to guard
against the sacrifice of the adverse Knight for the h-pawn.}
33.Nc1 Ng5 34.N3e2 Nh7 35.c4 Nf8 36.Rd1 Ng6 37.Nc3 Nh4 38.Bf1
Nxf3 39.Be2 Qxh3+ {The culmination of a deep and highly
ingenious plan.} 40.gxh3 Rxg1+ 41.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 42.Qxg1 Nxg1
43.Kxg1 e4 44.Bh5+ Kf6 45.Nb3 Ke5 46.Kf2 Bh4+ 47.Ke2 f3
48.Bxf3 exf3 49.Kxf3 f4 {Letting a sure victory slip. Be1
first would have driven back the Knight to a2 in order to
protect the b-pawn which obviously he could not afford to
lose, and then the advance f4 would have won the h-pawn.}
50.Ne2 Bxh3 51.Nxf4 Bf5 52.b5 Bg5 53.Ne6 Bd3 54.bxa6 bxa6
55.Nxg5 hxg5 56.c5 Be4+ 57.Kg3 {Kg4 was clearly better.} Bxd5
58.cxd6 Kxd6 59.Nd2 Ke5 60.Kg4 Kf6 61.Nb1 Be6+ 62.Kg3 Ke5
63.Nc3 Kd4 64.Ne2+ Ke4 {Waste of precios time. Kc4 gave him
excellent winning prospects.} 65.Ng1 Kd5 66.Nf3 g4 67.Kf4
{Fine play. White now draws in an ingenious matter.} Kc5
68.Nh2 Kb5 69.Nxg4 Bxg4 70.Ke3 {A well known book
position. White will reach the a1 square, from which post he
cannot be driven by the adverse Bishop, and only a stalemate
can be effected by the opponent.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4 Qh4+
5.Ke2 d5 6.exd5 Bg4+ 7.Nf3 Bxf3+ 8.Kxf3 {It was not alone
safe, but in fact better to retake with the Pawn, which would
practically compel Black to sacrifice his Knight and to play
O-O-O with one strong piece less for the usual attack. Any
attempt at harrasing the king further by 8...Qe7+ 9.Kf2 Qh4+
10.Kg1 Qg5+ 11.Bg2, would only help to consolidate White's
forces.} Qh5+ 9.Kf2 Qxd1 10.Nxd1 Nxd4 11.c3 Nc2 12.Bb5+ c6
{After Queens are off the board, such a sacrifice of a pawn
becomes still ofcourse more hazardous.} 13.dxc6 Bc5+ 14.Kf3
O-O-O 15.cxb7 Kxb7 16.Rb1 g5 17.Ba4 {Still stronger was h4
first.} g4 18.Kxf4 Nd4 19.Re1 Ne6+ 20.Kxg4 Nf6+ 21.Kh3 Rd5
22.g3 Rg8 23.Bb3 Rh5+ 24.Kg2 Nd5 {24...Ng4 25.h3 Ne5, might
have made it more difficult for White to make his game quite
safe.} 25.Bxd5+ Rxd5 26.b4 Bd6 27.Nf2 h5 28.Ne4 Be7 29.Be3 Rg6
30.Rbd1 Kc6 31.c4 {Very well played.} Rxd1 32.b5 Kc7 33.Rxd1
f5 34.Nc3 Bd6 35.Nd5+ {35.b6+ Kc6! (obviously if ...axb6
36.Nb5+ wins) 36.bxa7 Rg8 37.Nb5, was more forcible but
ofcourse, he is also bound to win in the way he plays.} Kb7
36.Rf1 h4 37.Nf4 Bxf4 38.Bxf4 hxg3 39.hxg3 Rg4 40.Kf3 Nd4+
41.Ke3 Ne6 42.Rd1 Rg6 43.Rd5 Ng7 44.c5 Nh5 45.Kf3 Rf6 46.Rd7+
Kc8 47.Rxa7 Re6 48.c6 Nxf4 49.Kxf4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6
5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.O-O h5 8.f3 g6 9.Nce2 Bg7 10.c3 h4
11.Be3 Ne5 12.h3 {?} a6 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.f4 {?} Nc4 15.Qd3
Nxb2 16.Qc2 Nc4 17.Bf2 Rc8 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Rfe1 Nd7 20.Nf3 Bf6
21.Ned4 e5 22.Ne2 b5 23.a4 {?} bxa4 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Nh2 Be7
26.Ng4 a3 27.Rd3 Qc6 28.Rd5 f6 29.Nc1 Ndb6 30.Rd3 Rd8 31.Rf1
Rxd3 32.Qxd3 Nd7 33.Kh1 Nd6 34.Re1 Qc4 35.Qc2 Nb5 36.Na2 Nd6
37.Nb4 a5 38.Nd5 a2 39.Nge3 Qc6 {39...Qxe4 40.Qxa2 Bd8 , would
have maintained his advantage in material, with a good game.}
40.Nxe7 Kxe7 41.Nd5+ Kf7 42.Qxa2 Qc4 43.Qa3 Qc6 44.c4 Re8
45.Bxh4 a4 46.c5 Nb7 47.Nb4 Qxc5 48.Qxa4 Nb6 49.Qb3+ Qc4
50.Qxc4+ Nxc4 51.Rf1 Re6 52.Nd5 Nd2 53.Rc1 Nd6 54.Rc7+ Kf8
55.Bxf6 N2xe4 56.Be7+ Kg8 57.Bxd6 Nxd6 58.Rc6 Kf7 59.Kg1
{White has made an excellent fight, considering that he was at
one time two pawns to the bad.} Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 {3...Nxe4 is
the proper play, as the answer 4.Nc3 has been proed unsound
beyond doubt.} 4.d4 {An ordinary position of the Two Knights
Defence is here formed, in which Ng5 is recognized as the
strongest continuation.} Nxe4 5.O-O d5 6.Bb5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7
8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.f3 Nf6 {Nc5 in order to ply Ne6 sooner or later,
was superior.} 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Qe2 c5 12.Nb3 Be6 13.f4 c4 14.f5
Bxf5 15.Nd4 Be4 16.b3 cxb3 17.axb3 O-O 18.Bb2 Bc5 19.Kh1 Qd7
20.Nd2 Rfe8 {He has tenaciously kept the two pawns which the
adversary had sacrificed for the attack, and it was to his
advantage to exchange, but still better was clearly to capture
the c-pawn.} 21.Rf1 Qg4 22.Nxe4 Rxe4 23.Qxg4 Nxg4 24.Ra4 Rae8
25.h3 Nf6 26.Nf5 Rxa4 27.bxa4 Re6 28.g4 Ne8 29.g5 Re4 {Losing
sight of the adverse ingenious reply 29...Nd6 and if 30.Nxg7
Rg6, kept his superiority of position and material.} 30.Bxg7
Nd6 {If Nxg7, White has perpetual check with his Knight.}
31.Nxd6 Bxd6 32.Bf6 Rxa4 33.Rb1 Rb4 34.Ra1 h6 35.c3 Rb2
36.Rxa7 Rh2+ 37.Kg1 Rxh3 38.Ra5 hxg5 39.Rxd5 Rg3+ 40.Kf2 Bf4
41.Rf5 {A very curious and most cleverly conceived position
has been brought about by White, who threatens Bxg5, and then
to recover at least the piece, no matter how Black might
retake.} Rg4 42.Kf3 Rg1 43.Kf2 Rg4 44.Kf3 Rg3+ 45.Kf2 Kf8
46.Rd5 Kg8 47.Rf5 Rd3 48.Bxg5 Bxg5+ 49.Rxg5+ Kf8 50.Rc5 Rd7
51.Ke3 Ke7 52.Rc6 Kd8 53.Rf6 Kc8 54.Ke4 Kb7 55.c4 c6 56.Rf5
Kb6 57.Re5 c5 58.Rf5 Rd4+ 59.Ke3 Rxc4 60.Rxf7 Rd4 61.Rf1 Rd8
62.Rb1+ Ka5 63.Ra1+ Kb4 64.Rb1+ Ka3 65.Rc1 Kb4 66.Rb1+ Ka4
67.Rc1 Kb5 68.Rb1+ Kc6 69.Rb2 c4 70.Rd2 Rh8 71.Kd4 Rh4+ 72.Kc3
{White's defence was a masterpiece of endplay. He has now
reached with his King his goal in front of the adverse passed
pawn, and the draw is theoretically forced and easy.} Kc5
73.Rd8 Rh3+ 74.Kc2 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.Nf3
c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.c3 {This and the last move are not
commendable.} Qc7 8.Na3 a6 9.Nc2 e5 {Black has obtained the
superior development, but we believe he might have made more
of his advantage by initiating a wing attack with 9...b5, and
if 10.a4 Na5, etc.} 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Qf3 Bd6
13.Be2 Bg4 {Even know b5 was stronger.} 14.Qf1 Qh5 15.Bxg4
Qxg4 16.Qf3 O-O-O 17.O-O-O Rhe8 18.c4 {An excellent move which
relieves White's position and fully equalizes matters.} Be5
19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.d4 Qxf3 21.gxf3 cxd4 22.Rxd4 dxc4 23.Rxc4+ Kb8
24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Nd5 26.Kd2 Rh5 27.h4 h6 28.Rg4 g5 29.hxg5
Rh2+ 30.Kd3 Rxc2 {Black has ingeniously fought for a win
against his formidable opponent, and he has succeded by fine
play to win a Pawn, but the position of his King is against
him, and he can do no more than a draw.} 31.Kxc2 Nxe3+ 32.Kd3
Nxg4 33.fxg4 hxg5 34.Ke4 Kc7 35.Kf5 Kd7 36.Kf6 Ke8 37.a4 a5
38.Kxg5 Ke7 39.Kf5 f6 40.Kf4 Kd6 41.Ke4 Ke6 42.Kd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Bd7 5.Qe2
Nge7 6.d4 Ng6 7.Be3 Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.d5 {?} Nb8 10.g4 {?} Nh4
11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.Bd3 c6 13.c4 Na6 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.Bb1 cxd5
16.cxd5 Bg5 17.O-O Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Qh4 19.Kg2 h5 {!} 20.f3 f6
21.a3 Na6 22.b4 Kf7 23.Bd3 Rh8 24.Rh1 Nc7 25.Rac1 b6 26.Ne2
Rac8 27.Ng3 g6 28.Be2 Nb5 {?} 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Bxb5 Bxb5 31.Rc1
Rh8 32.Rc7+ Kf8 33.gxh5 Bf1+ {? The sacrifice was difficult to
answer, but it was not sound.} 34.Nxf1 Rxh5 35.f4 {? Qe2
instead would have sooner enabled him to get safe, with a
piece ahead.} exf4 36.Qf3 Rg5+ 37.Kh2 Qe1 38.Rc2 Qh4 39.Rf2
Rh5 40.Rg2 Rg5 41.Rxg5 fxg5 42.Qe2 Qh8 43.Qc2 Qa1 44.Qd3 Qe1
45.Kg2 Qh4 46.Qc3 Qh5 47.Qf6+ Kg8 48.Qe6+ Kg7 49.Qd7+ Kg8
50.Qg4 Kg7 51.Nh2 {The settler. White has now an easy task to
win.} Kf6 52.Qe6+ Kg7 53.Qe7+ Kh8 54.Qf8+ Kh7 55.Ng4 f3 56.Kh2
1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 Be7 {?}
5.Be2 O-O 6.h3 {?} d5 7.Qc2 dxe4 {?} 8.dxe4 a6 {?} 9.Be3 Ne8
10.g4 Nd6 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.b3 Qd7 13.Nf1 Rad8 14.Ng3 Nb5 15.O-O
Nd6 16.Rad1 Qe8 17.c4 f6 18.Nh4 g6 19.Ng2 Nf7 20.f4 Nd4 {? The
futher advance of the f-pawn afterward greatly harasses his
game, and he should have exchanged it, which would have also
isoliated Whites e-pawn.} 21.Qb2 Bc5 22.f5 gxf5 23.gxf5 Bc8
24.Bh5 Qc6 25.b4 {?} Qb6 26.a3 Nf3+ {!} 27.Rxf3 Bxe3+ {? A
strange error. Rxd1+ first,won the exchange,with an exellent
game,instead of which he remains a piece behind.} 28.Rxe3
Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.f3 {Like in
all closed games, it is impossible to get an early attack in
this opening, and the plan instituted here of fotifying the
center Pawns by the advance one step of the BP on each side is
now recognized as the best. It was first introduced in a game
between the editor and Mr. Mongredien.} d6 5.Nh3 e6 6.O-O Nc6
7.c3 Be7 8.Be3 h6 {As usual, this weakens the K side.} 9.Nd2
Nh7 10.f4 d5 11.e5 {Now that Black's Bishop is blocked by his
own Pawn and no pieces can enter at e4, the advance of the
Pawn becomes advantageous.} Qd7 12.Qh5 Bf8 13.f5 {The attack
here commenced soon yields the material advantage of a Pawn
and practically decides the issue at once, considering the
disparity of play between the two opponents.} O-O-O 14.Nf4 Kb8
15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Bxh7 Rxh7 17.Qg6 Rh8 18.Nxe6 Re8 19.Nf4 Nd8
20.Rf3 c5 21.Raf1 cxd4 22.cxd4 Ba6 23.Rc1 Ne6 24.Nxe6 Rxe6
25.Qf7 Re7 26.Qf4 Re6 27.a3 g5 28.Qf7 Be7 29.Rf6 {This and
White's next move form points of some interest in a struggle
that has been a foregone conclusion for some time.} Bc8
30.Rxc8+ Qxc8 31.Qxe6 Bxf6 32.Qxf6 Ka8 33.h3 g4 34.hxg4 Rf8
35.Qd6 Rd8 36.Qe7 Rg8 37.Qf7 Qxg4 38.Qxd5+ Kb8 39.e6 Qg3
40.Nf1 Qg6 41.Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.O-O d6 5.c3
Nf6 6.d4 O-O {6...Nxe4 7.Bd5 Nf6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.dxe5 Nd7
10.exd6 (or 10.Bf4 d5!) cxd6, was more likely to lead to some
superiority of his position.} 7.Qe2 Bg4 8.Nbd2 a6 9.a3 Ne8
10.h3 Bd7 11.Qd3 Kh8 12.g4 Bf6 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Nf1 g6 15.Ne3 Qd8
16.Nd5 Bg7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bg3 h5 20.Ne3 h4 21.Bxh4
{The sacrifice is well warranted by the position, and he
calculates deeply that he must obtain sufficient material for
it.} gxh4 22.Nxh4 Ne7 23.Nef5 Bxf5 24.gxf5 Bh6 25.Qf3 Ng7
26.dxe5 Qe8 {If 26...fxe5 27.f6, recovering the piece, but Qc8
was much better.} 27.exd6 cxd6 28.Rxd6 Rd8 29.Rad1 Rxd6
30.Rxd6 Bg5 31.Qg4 Bxh4 32.Qxh4+ Qh5 33.Qxh5+ Nxh5 34.Rd7 b5
35.Rxe7 {Bxb5 first, would have cleared the road to victory.}
bxc4 36.Rc7 Rb8 37.Rxc4 Rxb2 38.e5 Kg8 39.Rg4+ Kf8 40.Rh4 Ng7
41.Rh8+ Ke7 42.Rh7 Kf8 43.Rh8+ Ke7 44.Rh7 Kf8 45.e6 {White
might have been well satisfied with a draw here, in view of
the dangerous adverse Pawn which Black would soon make a
passed one.} Nxf5 46.Rf7+ Ke8 47.Rxf6 Nd6 48.Rf4 a5 49.Rd4 Ke7
50.Rd5 Rb5 51.Rd3 Kxe6 52.Re3+ Kf5 53.Rg3 Rb3 54.Rf3+ Ke5
55.Re3+ Kf4 56.c4 Rb1+ 57.Kg2 Nxc4 58.Rf3+ Ke4 59.Rg3 Ne5
60.h4 a4 61.h5 Rb6 62.Rg7 Ra6 63.Kg3 Rf6 64.Kg2 Ra6 65.Rg8 Kf4
66.Kf1 Nc4 67.Rg6 Ra5 68.h6 Nxa3 69.h7 Rh5 70.Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.Re1 Nc5 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Nxe5 Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.d3
Bd6 {The better plan was Ne6 with the view of entering with
the same Knight at d4 before or after advancing c5
accordingly.} 11.Nc4 Ne6 12.Nxd6 cxd6 13.d4 d5 14.Ne2 Qh4
15.f4 Bd7 16.Be3 Rfe8 17.Qd2 g6 18.Ng3 Qf6 19.c3 Ng7 20.Bf2 h5
21.Re5 h4 22.Nf1 Nf5 23.Rae1 Nd6 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Bxe8
26.Qe3 Bd7 27.Nd2 Nf5 28.Qe5 Qxe5 29.fxe5 Kg7 30.Nf3 Kf8
{Black here exceeded the time limit and lost by forfeit. The
weakness of Black's twenty-first move revenges itself now, and
he must lose a pawn which virtually means the game, even if it
had been played out.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4
5.Qf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bc5 7.Nxe4 {It was probably better to play
Nge2 and not to accept at once the ingenious sacrifice of the
Pawn, which gives the opponent a strong attack for a long
time.} dxe4 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Qxe4 O-O 10.Nf3 Be6 11.c3 Bd5
12.Qe2 Qe7 13.d4 Bb6 14.O-O f6 15.Bf4 Rae8 16.Kh1 c5 17.a3
{Loss of time. Either Qd3 or Rae1, were better.} cxd4 18.cxd4
fxe5 19.Bxe5 Rxf3 {Black wins two minor pieces and a pawn for
the adverse Rook by this very pretty sacrifice, but the
weakness of his position on the Q side soon acts as a set-off
against the advantage which he now gains.} 20.Rxf3 Bxd4 21.Re1
Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Rxe5 23.Rxe5 Bxf3 {Obviously if he take the other
Rook, White would have won by Rf5.} 24.Re8+ Kf7 25.Rd8 Bf6
26.Rd7+ Ke6 27.Rxc7 Be4 28.Rxa7 Bxb2 {A long and rather
uninteresting struggle ensues now, in which neither side can
make a winning impression.} 29.a4 Bd4 30.Rc7 Kd6 31.Rc1 Bb6
32.Rc4 Bd5 33.Rg4 g6 34.Rh4 h5 35.Rb4 Kc5 36.Rb5+ Kc6 37.Rb1
Bc4 38.Rb4 Kc5 39.Rb2 Ba5 40.Rb8 Bc7 41.Rb1 Bb6 42.Rb2 Ba5
43.Rb8 Bb6 44.Rc8+ Kd5 45.Ra8 Kc6 46.Rc8+ Bc7 47.Rf8 Kb7
48.Rf3 Bd5 49.Rd3 Be4 50.Rd4 Bf5 51.Rb4+ Ka6 52.Rb5 Bd7 53.Rb4
Bb6 54.Rf4 Ka5 55.Rf6 Bf5 56.Rd6 Be3 57.Rc6 Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 d6 {?} 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4
5.Bb5 Nge7 6.fxe5 dxe5 7.O-O a6 8.Ba4 Qd6 9.d3 O-O-O 10.Be3 f5
11.a3 {?} f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.b4 Nd4 14.Bxd4 Bxf3 15.Bc5 Bxd1
16.Bxd6 Rxd6 17.Rfxd1 h5 18.Bb3 g4 19.a4 h4 20.b5 a5 21.Nb1 g3
22.h3 Ng6 {? By steady manouvering which was supported by good
judgement, Black has obtained much the better position, of
which, however, he fails to avail himself at the decisive
point. 22...f3 23.gxf3 Ng6 followed by Nf4 would have secured
the victory.} 23.Nd2 Rf6 24.Nf3 b6 {?} 25.c3 Bc5+ 26.d4 Bd6
27.d5 {?} Rh5 28.Ra2 Ne7 29.Bc4 {!} Ng6 30.Be2 {!} Rh8 31.Ng5
Re8 32.Bg4+ Kb8 33.Nh7 {!} Rf7 34.Bh5 Rg7 35.Ng5 Ree7 36.Re2
{?} f3 { Beautiful play that ought to have given him great
advantage.} 37.Nxf3 Nf4 38.Nxh4 Nxe2+ {But he spoils the
effect of his previous fine play. Rh7 or Nxh5 would have
ultimately left him with two pieces for the Rook, and a good
game.} 39.Bxe2 Rh7 40.Nf5 Re8 41.c4 Rg8 42.Bg4 Bc5+ 43.Kf1 Bf2
44.Rd3 Rxg4 {The onslaught does not succeed, but he had also
otherwise a lost game.} 45.hxg4 Rh1+ 46.Ke2 Ra1 47.g5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O
Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 {?} Ne8 9.g4 {?} h5 {!} 10.Nh2 Bg5
11.Bxg5 {? Nd2 was a much better defence.} Qxg5 12.Qd2 Qh4
13.Kg2 hxg4 14.hxg4 Bxg4 15.Rh1 Ne7 {!} 16.Nxg4 Qxg4+ 17.Kf1
Ng6 18.Bd1 Qf4 19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.fxe3 Nf6 21.Nd2 Rad8 22.Bb3 c6
23.Ke2 Rfe8 24.Rag1 Kf8 {!} 25.Rg2 d5 26.Rf1 Ke7 27.d4 {?}
exd4 28.exd4 dxe4 29.Nxe4 Kf8 {!} 30.Kd3 Rxe4 31.Rxf6 Rf4 {!}
32.Rfxg6 {The sacrafice of the exechange was compulsory.} fxg6
33.Ke3 Rf6 34.c4 Re8+ 35.Kd2 Re4 36.Kd3 Ref4 37.d5 c5 38.Rh2
Ke7 39.Re2+ Kd6 40.Re8 Rf2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugene Delmar"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 {notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 {We prefer 3.c4,
followed mostly by Nc3.} c6 {With the view of forming an
attack on the K center, as will be seen.} 4.h3 {Useless, and
weakening the K side on which he may be bound to Castle.} Nbd7
5.Nf3 Qc7 6.b3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Bb2 Bd6 9.Nbd2 Nxd3+ 10.cxd3
Bf5 11.Qe2 O-O-O 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.O-O Kb8 14.a4 h5 15.a5 a6
16.Rfc1 Nd7 17.N4f3 Rde8 18.d4 {Probably to prevent Nc5, but
we believe he might have safely played 18.Bxg7 for if
18...Rhg8 19.Bc3 Nc5 20.Ne1, with a Pawn ahead and a good
game.} f5 19.Nh4 {The plan of attack here instituted is
radically faulty.} Bh7 20.Qxh5 {He must have overlooked
Black's forceful answer.} g5 21.Ng6 {If 21.Qxg5 Reg8 22.Qh5
Bg6 23.Qg5 Rh5, and wins; or if 21.Nf3 Nf6 22.Qxg5 Qf7, with
an irresistable attack.} Nf6 22.Qh6 {If 22.Qxg5 Rhg8 23.Qxf6
Rxg6 24.Qxf5 Rxg2+ and wins.} Rhg8 23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Rg6
25.Qxg6 Bxg6 26.exf6 g4 27.g3 {Nf1 followed by g3 in reply to
...gxh3, might have at least prolonged the defence.} Rxe3 {A
master coup of the highest order of ingenuity.} 28.fxe3 Qxg3+
29.Kh1 {If 29.Kf1 f4 threatening Bd3 mate 30.Ke2 Qg2+ 31.Kd1
fxe3 and wins.} Qxh3+ 30.Kg1 Qxe3+ 31.Kf1 g3 32.Be5+ Qxe5
33.Re1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 {notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bc4
O-O 6.d3 c6 7.fxe5 dxe5 8.Qe2 Nbd7 9.Bd2 h6 10.Nd1 Re8 11.Ne3
Nf8 12.c3 Ng6 13.g3 Be6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.Nf5 Qd7 16.O-O-O Bf8
17.Rhf1 {As Black's pieces were all crowded on the K side, the
formation of an attack with the pawns on that wing, commencing
with h4, followed by Nh2 was a more promising plan.} c5 18.Kb1
Ra6 19.b3 {?} Rb6 20.Ne3 a5 21.Nc4 Re6 22.Nb2 Ne7 23.Nh4 Nc8
24.g4 Nh7 25.Nf5 b5 26.h4 Nb6 27.g5 a4 28.bxa4 {?} Nxa4
29.Nxa4 Rxa4 30.Be3 Rea6 31.Rd2 b4 32.cxb4 cxb4 33.Rb2 Qb5
34.Rc1 Ra3 35.Rc4 b3 {!} 36.axb3 Ra1+ 37.Kc2 Ba3 38.Bc1 Rxc1+
{Black's attack has been beautifully pursued, but he could
have made his win more clear now by hxg5, first.} 39.Kxc1 Qxb3
40.gxh6 Qxb2+ {The tempting 40...Qa2 would have failed on
account of 41.Rc8+ Nf8 42.h7+ Kxh7 (or 42...Kh8 43.Rxf8+ and
wins) 43.Qh5+ Rh6! (If 43...Kg8 44.Ne7+ wins) 44.Nxh6, etc.}
41.Qxb2 Bxb2+ 42.Kxb2 gxh6 43.Rc8+ Nf8 44.Re8 Rb6+ 45.Kc3 Rc6+
46.Kd2 Re6 47.Rc8 h5 {?} 48.Kc3 f6 49.Kc4 Ra6 50.Kd5 Kf7
51.Rc7+ Kg8 52.Re7 Nh7 53.Nh6+ Kh8 54.Re6 Rxe6 {?} 55.Kxe6 Kg7
56.Nf5+ Kg6 57.Ke7 Ng5 58.hxg5 fxg5 59.Ke6 g4 60.Kxe5 Kg5
61.d4 h4 62.Nxh4 {White's play, after the opponents grave
error on the fifty-fourth move, and especially the present
coup de grace , praises itself. It will be seen that Black can
capture the Knight and then queen first, but White queens with
a check and then forces the exchange of queens by Qh8+
followed by Qg8+.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.f4 O-O
11.Nf3 h6 {The advance of this Pawn is the cause of his
trouble at the end of the game. Ne8 was preferable.} 12.h3
{White's advance of this wing Pawn has also an attacking
object, and he intends to push the g-Pawn at the earliest
opportunity.} Nh7 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qe2 Bf6 15.e5 Be7 16.Rad1 d5
17.Na4 Qb8 18.b3 Kh8 {Feeble. Qb5, followed by Rfb8, was the
right play and left the game still even.}19.Bd4 Qe8 20.Nc5
{Black ought to have still challenged the exchange of Queens
at b5 on the last move. His omission is now severely punished
by loss of ground.} Bxc5 21.Bxc5 Rg8 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Rde1 Qd8
24.Qf2 Qe8 25.Qh4 Qd8 26.Qf2 a5 27.a4 Qc8 28.Re3 Qe8 29.Rfe1
Qd8 30.g4 Re8 31.Qg3 Qc8 32.Kh2 Rb8 33.Qh4 {White does not
play a portion of this game with his usual decision, and he
resorts sometimes to useless repitition moves. The plan which
he ultimately adopts, namely, of advancing the Pawns on the K
wing, could have been inityiated here already.} Qd8 34.Qg3 Ra8
35.h4 Rg8 36.R1e2 Qc8 37.Rg2 Qa6 38.g5 Rae8 39.g6 fxg6 40.e6
Bc8 41.Qxg6 Qf1 42.Qg3 Nf6 43.Re1 Qa6 44.f5 Ne4 {His game was
not to be saved at length, but this was just waht White was
waiting for, as it enables him to finish off with a few
elegant strokes.} 45.Rxe4 dxe4 46.c4 Qa8 47.Qg6 Bxe6 48.f6
{The termination is very beautiful.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qd8
5.Bd3 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd5
11.Be4 c6 12.f4 Qc7 13.c4 Nb6 14.b3 Nd7 15.Be3 Nxe5 16.O-O {It
is obvious that he cannot take the Knight on account of Qxe5
with a winning advantage.} Nd7 17.Rb1 Nf6 18.Bc2 c5 19.Ng3 b6
20.Qe1 Bb7 21.f5 Rad8 22.Qf2 e6 {Somewhat risky, as it weakens
the King's Pawn.} 23.Bf4 Qc6 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Qe2 Rd4 26.Be5
Rd7 27.Rbe1 Rfd8 28.Bxf6 Rd2 29.Be4 {He could have given up
the Queen for three pieces by 29.Qe4 Rxg2+ 30.Kxg2 Qd7
31.Bxd8, etc.} Rxe2 30.Bxc6 Rxe1 31.Bxd8 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Bxc6
{Black comes out with a winning advantage.} 33.Bc7 b5 34.Bd6
Bf8 35.Bxf8 Kxf8 36.Kf2 bxc4 37.bxc4 Bb7 38.Nf1 Ke7 39.Nd2 Kd6
40.g3 a5 41.Ke3 a4 42.a3 Ke5 43.Nb1 g5 44.Nc3 Bc6 45.Nd1 Be4
46.Nc3 Bc2 47.Ne2 h5 48.Nc3 h4 49.g4 Bb3 50.Ne4 Bxc4 51.Nxc5
Bf1 52.Nxa4 Bxh3 53.Kf3 Kd4 54.Nb6 e5 55.Nd7 e4 56.Kf2 e3
57.Ke1 Bxg4 58.Nf6 Bf3 59.Nh7 g4 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Analysis by Wilhelm Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
4.d3 {White turns the opening into a Giuoco Pianiassimo.} Bc5
5.c3 d6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Qe2 d5 9.Bb3 h6 {There is here
some reason for this usually weak move, as Black intends to
inconvenience the adverse QB and has no attack to fear on the
K side.} 10.h3 {But on White's part, the precaution is
useless.} Be6 11.Bc2 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Qd1 Nxc2+ 14.Qxc2 Qd6
15.Nc4 Bxc4 16.Qxc4 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Qb6 18.Qc1 Rad8 19.Nxe5 Qd6
20.d4 Nxe4 21.O-O c5 {A fine attacking move that ought to have
yielded more by force than it did.} 22.Rf4 Ng3 23.Qe1 cxd4 {By
this exchange, Black loses part of his advantage. He ought to
have retreated Nh5 at once, and then proceded as in actual
play. The difference being that White could not afterward gain
time (compare White's 27th move) again by Ne3, this square
being blocked by his own pawn, a weak one as it stood, of
which, however, he is now relieved.} 24.exd4 Nh5 25.Rh4 Nf6
26.Nc4 Qd5 27.Ne3 Qg5 28.Qf2 Rfe8 29.Nf5 Rd5 30.Rf1 {White has
played very ably to get out of all positive disadvantage, but
for this great blunder the game was even. The right move was,
of course, 30. Rf4, where upon if 30. ...Ne4; 31. Qf1 Nd2
32. Qf2 and no more than a draw ought to be the legitimate
result.} Rxf5 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4 Qh4+
5.Ke2 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bxf4 Bxf3+ 8.Kxf3 O-O-O 9.Bb5 {We prefer
9.Bg3 and if ...Qf6+ 10.Ke3 g6 11.Bf4.} Nf6 10.Bxc6 bxc6
11.Qf1 Re8 12.Qa6+ Kd7 13.h3 g5 {!} 14.Bg3 {White had already
a bad game. If 14.g3 Qh5+ 15.g4 Qg6,etc.} Qh5+ 15.Ke3 Nxe4 {!}
16.Nxe4 Qg6 17.Qd3 f5 18.Rae1 Bg7 19.c3 d5 20.Be5 fxe4 21.Qe2
Bxe5 22.Qg4+ Qe6 {As the exchange of queens is now forced,
Black wins in the ending with the majority of pawns, though
the opponent makes a clever resistance.} 23.dxe5 Qxg4 24.hxg4
Rxe5 25.Kd4 Kd6 26.Rh6+ Re6 27.Rxe6+ Kxe6 28.Kc5 Rf8 29.c4 Ke5
30.Rd1 Rd8 31.Kxc6 d4 32.Kxc7 Rf8 33.c5 e3 34.c6 e2 35.Re1 d3
36.Kb7 Kd4 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Max Judd"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 {exd5
brings about the Falkbeer Counter Gambit.} Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be7
6.Qe2 {Better than the alternative d3.} Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.g3
{The easiest way to develop the Bishop.} Bf5 9.d3 c5 10.Bg2
Nc6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Rb1 b6 13.Nh4 Be6 14.Nf5 Re8 15.g4 Bf8
16.Bf4 Bxf5 {Not good. He should have played f6.} 17.gxf5 Nxe5
18.Bxe5 f6 19.d4 Kh8 20.Rf3 {The annotator of the New York
Tournament games remarks: "An excellent move which initiates a
beautifully conceived idea".} cxd4 21.cxd4 Bd6 22.Rh3 h6
{Forced, for if 22...exf5 23.Rxh7+ Kxh7 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Bxd5+
and mates in two.} 23.Qd2 fxe5 24.Rxh6+ Kg8 25.Bxd5+ Kf8 26.f6
{Making an elegant finish.} gxf6 27.Rh8+ {If Ke7 28.Rh7+ Kf8
29.Qh6 mates.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 e6 3.Nh3 Nh6 {The unusual
development of the KN which both parties adopt is more
favorable for Black who has good prospects of forming a
center, commencing with f6.} 4.b3 f6 5.Be2 Bd6 6.Nc3 a6 {Much
better was Nc5 or Nf7.} 7.Bh5+ g6 8.Bf3 Nf7 9.Bb2 Nd7 10.O-O
h5 {We see no positive object in this advance which loosens
his K side.} 11.Qe1 Qe7 12.a4 Rh7 13.Qe2 c6 14.a5 e5 15.fxe5
fxe5 16.Bxd5 {A high spirited sacrifice, based on fine
position judgement.} cxd5 17.Nxd5 Qe6 18.Qc4 Nf8 19.Ba3 Rg7
20.Bxd6 {By 20.Rf6 Qd7 21.Nb6 Qd8 22.Bxd6 Qxf6 23.Bxf8, he
would have recovered his piece fully and kept two pawns
ahead.} Nxd6 21.Nc7+ Rxc7 22.Qxc7 Qe7 23.Qxe7+ Kxe7 24.Ng5 Bf5
25.d3 e4 {Rc8 was much better.} 26.d4 Ne6 27.Nxe6 Kxe6 28.c4
Rc8 29.Ra4 Rc7 30.Rb4 Ke7 31.Kf2 Be6 32.Ke1 Bc8 33.Kd2 Be6
34.h4 Bf5 35.Rf4 Kd7 36.Kc3 Nb5+ 37.Kd2 Nd6 38.d5 Rc5 39.Ra4
Ke7 40.Kc3 Rc7 41.Kd4 Kf6 42.Rb4 Rd7 43.Rb6 Ke7 44.c5 Nc8
45.Rxf5 {The culmination at this juncture of White's finely
conceived plan has been led up with consumate skill.} gxf5
46.Rh6 Kd8 47.Rxh5 {Still more decisive was 47.Rh8+ first, for
Black's knight was then kept more inactive.} Ne7 48.d6 Nc6+
49.Kd5 Rf7 50.Ke6 Rf8 51.g3 Nd4+ 52.Ke5 Nxb3 53.Rxf5 Re8+
54.Kd5 Nxa5 55.h5 Nc6 56.g4 a5 57.h6 a4 58.Rf7 Re5+ 59.Kc4 Re6
60.Rf8+ Kd7 61.h7 Rh6 62.h8=Q 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} c5 2.d4 {Out of its usual turn which
is generally on the third move, but it makes no difference
excepting if Black should accept the continuation 2...cxd4
3.Nf3 e5 , after which White, although he dare not play 4.Nxe5
on account of the rejoinder ...Qa5+, winning the knight, will
yet obtain a good attack by 4.c3} cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 d6
5.Be3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Qd2 h5 9.h3 O-O 10.O-O-O Bd7
11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Bd3 Qa5 14.Kb1 e5 15.Be3 Rfd8 16.f5
{Premature and misjudging the position which required Qf2 to
be played first.} d5 17.Bh6 dxe4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nxe4 Qxd2
20.Nxd2 e4 21.Bc4 gxf5 22.Kc1 b5 {Black, after having won a
pawn by hard play, commences an artificial line of attack that
in the end involves him in difficulties, whereas the simple e3
at this juncture, with the view of entering soon with the
Knight at e4, would have won in an easy manner.} 23.Be2 Nd5
24.Rdf1 Ne3 25.Rf4 Kg6 26.Re1 Kg5 27.Rf2 Nd5 28.g4 {Excellent
and practically decisive, as it recovers the pawn, with much
the superior game.} hxg4 29.hxg4 e3 30.Rxf5+ Kg6 31.Nf3 f6
32.Nh4+ Kg7 33.g5 Rh8 34.gxf6 Nxf6 35.Rg1+ Kf7 36.Rg6 {The
telling blow. It wins a piece.} Rxh4 37.Rgxf6+ Ke7 38.Rxc6 Rh2
39.Bxb5 Rh1+ 40.Rf1 Rxf1+ 41.Bxf1 Rf8 42.Be2 Rf2 43.Kd1 Rg2
44.Ke1 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3
O-O 6.O-O a6 {?} 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Ba7 9.e5 Ne8 10.Bg5 Ne7
11.Nc3 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nf5 14.d5 h5 {!} 15.Qc2 Neg7 {!}
16.Bd3 d6 17.exd6 cxd6 18.Ne4 h4 {!} 19.Nfxg5 hxg3 20.hxg3
Nxg3 {!} 21.Qc3 Nxf1 {? Black had defended remarkably well and
should have won easily but for this error, Nxe4 followed by
f5, would have broken the adverse attack, and Black remained a
piece ahead.} 22.Nf6+ {!} Kh8 23.Rxf1 Bd7 24.Qc4 Nf5 25.Bxf5
Bxf5 26.Qh4+ Kg7 27.Nh5+ Kg8 28.Re1 Bg6 {? f6 was better.}
29.Qg4 Qb6 {? f5 would have won still.} 30.Ne4 Qxb2 31.Qg5 Kh7
32.Nef6+ Qxf6 33.Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O
gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+ {Cochrane adopted this move
first when giving the odds of the QN to inferior players, and
under similar conditions Morphy and other masters also favored
it, for it leads to fine traps into which a Knight player is
likely to fall, and also insures in most continuations a
speedy cooperation of the two Rooks for the attack. But it
actually hampers White's game in playing this variation to
have the QN on the board and lose time in its
development. Altogether this form of the Muzio gambit is relly
to bold for a tournament, and the superiority of material
which Black gains should break the attack soon, as is the case
here.} Kxf7 9.d4 Qf5 {Best for if 9...Qxd4+ 10.Be3, which
piece Black, obviously, dare not capture.} 10.g4 Qg6 11.Nc3
Nf6 12.Bxf4 d6 13.Bg3 Kg7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Nc6 16.Qc4 d5
{The tables are turned with this move, and Black's attack with
superior forces can hardly fail.} 17.Qxd5 Be6 18.Qb5 Be7
19.Qxb7 Qe4 20.Rae1 Qxd4+ 21.Rf2 Bd7 22.Qxc7 Bc5 23.Kg2 Qd5+
24.Rf3 Rhf8 25.Bf4 Rac8 26.c4 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 f6 5.Qa4
Ne7 6.O-O dxe4 7.Qxe4 Bf5 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Qa4 Bd3 10.Re1 Qd7
11.c4 {A badly played opening further degenerates with this
move which costs a piece.} e4 12.Re3 exf3 13.Rxf3 Qe6 14.Re3
Qxc4 15.Qd1 Bc2 16.Qf3 Qd5 17.Qe2 Bxb1 18.Rxb1 Qxa2 19.Qd3 Qd5
20.Qa6 Kf7 21.Qb7 Qa2 22.Qxa8 Qxb1 23.Re1 Qa2 24.Qb8 Qa5
25.Qb3+ Qd5 26.Qb8 Qd7 27.Qxa7 Nd5 28.Qb8 Rg8 29.Qb3 Bb4
30.Qc2 Re8 31.Rf1 Re2 32.Qxh7 Nf4 33.Qc2 Qd5 34.f3 Rxg2+
35.Kh1 Rxh2+ {Black announced here mate in nine moves. The
finish is worthy of a much better game.} 36.Kxh2 Qh5+ 37.Kg3
Qg5+ 38.Kf2 Qg2+ 39.Ke3 Qe2+ 40.Kxf4 Bd6+ 41.Kg4 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Max Judd"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Analysis by Wilhelm Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6
4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 a6 {Black clearly cannot afford this
loss of time, which enables the adversary to block the QB. O-O
is here the proper move. If White then plays f5, Black may
answer Na5, followed by c6 and d5.} 7.f5 Na5 8.Bb3 {a3, which
Anderssen used to play in similar position, is, we believe,
stronger, as Black has nothing better than to exchange the
bishop and the open Q file will add to White's advantage.}
Nxb3 9.axb3 c6 10.Qe2 Bb6 11.Bg5 Bc7 12.O-O Qe7 13.Kh1 Bd7
14.b4 {Preparing an attack in case Black should play O-O-O.}
Rd8 {We think that Black would have been safer, nevertheless,
with his King by O-O-O than on the other wing, where he is
driven to take shelter subsequently. His rook is also an
obstruction now for his QB, which subsequently has to be
posted at d8.} 15.Qf2 Bc8 16.Rae1 O-O 17.g4 Rde8 18.Rg1 Kh8
{Bishop d8 at once, in order to release his Queen, was by far
better.} 19.Qh4 Bd8 20.Rg3 h6 21.Rh3 Kg8 22.Bxh6 Nd7 23.f6
{Though this wins the exchange, 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bd2 followed by
Rg1 and g5, was much more forcible.} Qxf6 24.Bg5 Qh6 {This
ingenious move, by which Black escapes at the expense of the
exchange from the pressure of an apparently irresistible
attack against the King, was probably overlooked by White in
his forecalculation on the 23d move.} 25.Qxh6 gxh6 26.Bxh6 Bf6
27.Bxf8 Nxf8 28.Rg3 Ng6 29.Nd1 Kf8 30.Ne3 Nf4 31.Nf5 Rd8 32.g5
Be7 33.N3h4 Be6 34.g6 Bxf5 35.g7+ Kg8 36.Nxf5 Ng6 37.Reg1 Bf6
38.Rxg6 fxg6 39.Rxg6 {Winding up with irresistible power.} Kf7
40.Rg4 Bxg7 {There was no remedy, as Nh6+ was threatened.}
41.Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.c4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.a3
Bc5 {Be7 was better.} 6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 Re8 8.b4 Bf8 9.O-O d6
10.Bb2 e4 11.Nf4 Ne5 12.Qe2 g5 13.Nfd5 Nfd7 14.f3 Nd3 15.fxe4
{Black must have overlooked that after this fine move White
will recover the piece in case of 15...Nxb2 by 16.d4.} N7e5
16.Nd1 Nxb2 17.Nxb2 fxe4 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Qh5 {As usual the
simplest was the best, and he should have captured the Rook.}
Re7 20.Bxe4 h6 21.d4 Nd7 22.Qg6 Nxf6 23.Qxf6+ Bg7 24.Qg6 Qg8
25.Rf2 c6 26.Raf1 Bh3 {Black sees through the adverse trap. If
26...Re6 27.Qf5 Rf6 26.Qxf6 Bxf6 27.Rxf6, with a winning
attack.} 27.Bg2 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Rxe3 29.Rf3 Re2+ 30.R1f2 Rae8
31.Qxd6 Qh7 32.Nd3 Qe4 33.Rxe2 Qxe2+ 34.Nf2 Qxc4 35.Qd7 Re1
36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qf5+ Kh8 38.Kh3 {It was very imprudent to play
for more than a draw in this position.} Qxd4 39.Rd3 Qf6
40.Qxf6 Bxf6 41.Rd6 Kg7 42.Ng4 Bb2 43.Nxh6 Bxa3 44.Nf5+ Kf7
45.Rd7+ Kf6 46.Nh6 Bxb4 47.Rxb7 a5 48.Rc7 Rc1 49.Ra7 Rc4
50.Kg2 Kg6 51.Nf7 Kf5 {Overlooking the loss of a pawn by
Black's clever reply.} 52.Rxa5+ Kf6 53.Ra7 Rc2+ 54.Kh3 c5
55.Nd8 c4 56.Kg4 Bd2 57.Ra6+ Ke5 58.Nf7+ Kd4 59.h3 c3 60.Ra4+
Kc5 61.Nxg5 {Fatal infatuation. Ne4 would have still drawn,
and he could expect no more.} Kb5 {A very beautiful display of
ending ingenuity commences here and is continued to the
finish.} 62.Ra8 Rb2 63.Nf3 Rb4+ 64.Kf5 c2 65.Rb8+ Ka6 66.Rc8
c1=Q 67.Rxc1 Bxc1 68.h4 Kb7 69.h5 Kc8 70.Ne5 Rb5 71.Ke6 Rb6+
72.Kf5 Kd8 73.g4 Rb5 74.Ke6 Ke8 75.Ng6 Rg5 76.Ne5 Bb2 77.Nc4
Bg7 78.Nd6+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Bb7 9.Bb3 Be7 10.Bd5
Bxd5 11.Qxd5 Nc5 12.Be3 c6 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Nc3 {? An error that
loses his best pawn.} f6 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Bxc5 {!}Bxc5 17.Ne4
Rf5 18.Rad1 {!} Be7 19.Qxd7 Rd5 20.Rxd5 cxd5 21.Qe6+ Kh8
22.Rd1 d4 23.Qe5 Rc8 24.Rxd4 Qa5 25.Rd1 Bf8 26.Ng5 Rc5 {He
could do no good whatever he did, but his game goes to pieces
in a few moves.} 27.Nf7+ Kg8 28.Qe6 g6 29.Ne5 Kh8 30.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.O-O h6 {? More than ordinary loss of time here, as
will be seen after the excellent manner in which the opponent
now assumes the offensive.} 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Nxe7 Qxe7 11.e5 {!}
dxe5 12.Nxe5 Rd8 13.Qe3 Nd5 14.Qg3 Qf6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Re1+
Ne7 17.Bf4 O-O 18.Bxc7 Rd2 {?} 19.Be5 Qg6 20.Bc3 {!} Qxg3
21.hxg3 Rd7 22.Bb4 {!} Re8 23.Re2 f6 24.Rae1 Kf7 25.a4 Rc7
26.Bc5 Rb7 {His game is blocked and opened up. The adverse
extra pawn wins with ease.} 27.b4 a6 28.c4 Rc7 29.f3 Kf8
30.Kf2 Kf7 31.a5 Kf8 32.Rxe7 Rexe7 33.Rxe7 Rxe7 34.b5 cxb5
35.cxb5 axb5 36.a6 {Notes by Steinitz} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 {6.Re1 might strengthen the attack in a
continuation similar to the one that occurred in the match
between Messr. Steinitz and Zukertort viz, 6...Nc5 7.Bxc6 dxc6
8.Nxe5 Be7 9.Qe2 Ne6 10.Nc3 with the better game.} b5 7.Bb3 d5
8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 {In order
to place sooner KB and Q on the same diagonal with threats of
mate. Compare White's fourteenth move.} Qd7 13.Qd3 Rfd8 14.Bc2
g6 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.cxd4 c5 17.Qe3 {He ought to have exchanged
pawns at once, followed by Bg5.} Rac8 18.Bd3 cxd4 19.Qxd4 Bc5
20.Qf4 d4 21.Bd2 Bc4 22.Be4 Bd5 23.Bd3 Qe6 24.b3 Qe7 25.Qh6
Bb4 26.Bg5 Qf8 27.Qh4 Bxe1 {Overlooking the force of the
adverse reply. Rd7, in order to make room for Qd8 and
afterward accordingly Be7 or Bf8 was imperative.} 28.Bh6 Qxh6
{This desperate resource was his only one, as White threatened
Qf6.} 29.Qxh6 Bc3 30.Rf1 {Much better was Rd1.} Re8 31.f4 Bd2
32.h4 {He could hardly do much worse, as he not alone loses a
most valuable center pawn, but he is also compelled by the
opponents reply, which threatens to win the Queen by Rh5, to
compromise altogether his K side with the advance of the
g-pawn.} Rxe5 33.g4 Re3 34.Qg5 Bb7 35.Kh2 {If 35.Bb1 Rg3+
36.Kh2 Rg2+ 37.Kh3 Rc3+ and wins.} Rxd3 36.h5 Be3 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4
5.Ne5 {This is premature.} O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nd3 Bd6 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nb5 Bb8 12.Be2 a6 13.Na3 Re8 14.O-O
Ne4 15.Bf3 Qh4 {Black has now a strong attack.} 16.g3 Qf6
17.Bg2 h5 18.Rc1 h4 19.Bc3 Qg5 20.Nf4 {Black threatened hxg3
followed by Nxg3, and then Qxe3+ with a winning position.}
hxg3 21.hxg3 Be6 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Nxe6 Rxe6 24.Kg2 Rg6 25.Rh1
{To prevent the sacrifice of the Bishop.} Ne5 26.Rh5 Qe7 {Qf6
would still have maintained the attack.} 27.Qh1 f6 28.Bxe5
fxe5 29.Rc8+ Kf7 30.Rf5+ Ke6 31.Qh3 Rf6 32.Rg5 Kd5 33.Qg4 Rf7
34.Rg6 Rf6 35.Rxg7 Rxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Qf6+ 37.Kg1 Qf3 38.Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 c5 3.Nf3 a6 4.b3 Nc6 5.Bb2
e6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe1 O-O 9.d3 Ne8 10.Ne5 Bd7 11.Qg3 f5
{As usual, we condemn such a move that leaves a hole in the
center. f6 was by far better.}12.Nd2 Bf6 13.Ndf3 b5 14.Qh3
Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5 16.Nxe5 Nd6 17.Rf3 Be8 18.g4 Ra7 19.Kh1 a5
{Somewhat premature. It was preferable to endeavor to get rid
of the dangerous adverse Knight in the center by Nf7.} 20.Rg1
b4 21.Rfg3 a4 22.gxf5 Nxf5 23.Rg5 axb3 24.axb3 Qf6 25.Bg4 h6
26.Bxf5 exf5 27.R5g3 d4 28.e4 g5 {The opponent has formed his
attack most skillfully, and it is difficult to suggest
anything good for Black. Ofcourse if 28...fxe4 29.Ng4,
followed by Nxh6+ with a winning game.} 29.Qg2 {Excellent play
and decisive within a few moves.} Rg7 30.exf5 Qxf5 31.Qd5+ Bf7
32.Qxc5 Rd8 33.Rf1 Rd5 34.Nxf7 {In Mr Bird's happy mood. Of
course, if ...Rxc5 he recovers the Queen immediately by Nxh6+,
but still this is very pretty.} Rxf7 35.Qxb4 Kh7 36.Rgf3 g4
37.R3f2 h5 38.Qe1 Qd7 39.Re2 Rdf5 40.Re4 Qd5 41.Kg1 Kh6 42.Qf2
Rd7 43.Rfe1 Qf7 44.Re6+ Kh7 45.R1e4 Rfd5 46.Qh4 Qf5 47.Rf6
{Virtually his victory was secured for some time, but the
Queen is here caught very neatly.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4
5.d4 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Nxe5 {New, but not advisable.} Nxe5 {! If
7...bxa4 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.Re1, followed by f3, etc.} 8.dxe5 Nc5
{But here Black could have obtained the advantage by 8...Bc5
threatening Qh4.} 9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 d5 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Qf3
Bd7 13.Bg5 f6 14.Re1+ Kf7 15.Qd5+ Kg6 16.Bh4 {Bd2 was better.}
Re8 17.Rxe8 Qxe8 18.Nc3 Rd8 19.g4 {?} Bxg4 20.Qg2 Kh5 21.h3
{?} Bc8 22.Qxg7 Qg8 23.Qxg8 Rxg8+ 24.Bg3 Bxg3 25.fxg3 Rxg3+
26.Kf2 Rxh3 27.Nd5 Kg5 28.Rg1+ Bg4 29.Nxc7 Rh2+ 30.Ke3 f5
31.Ne6+ Kf6 32.Nd4 Ke5 33.Nc6+ Kd6 34.Nd4 {Some repitition
moves followed with alternations on Black's part in moving the
King.} Kd5 35.c3 Rxb2 36.Ra1 Ke5 37.Rxa6 f4 38.Kd3 Bf5+
39.Nxf5 Kxf5 40.b4 f3 41.Rh6 f2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qb3
c5 6.Bd3 b6 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 O-O 10.b3 {d5 was
stronger as Black could not capture twice for then White after
pinning with Bc4, could also bring Nf4 and Qd3 to bear upon
it. b4 was also better.} Bb7 11.Bb2 cxd4 12.exd4 Ne7 13.O-O
Rc8 14.Rae1 Ng6 15.Qd2 Ne4 16.Qc1 Qh4 17.f3 Ng5 18.Ng3 {An
error which is severely punished. Bc3 followed by Bd2 was the
right play.} Nf4 19.Qc3 Rf6 20.Bc1 Rh6 {Beautiful and
decisive.} 21.Bxf4 Qxh2+ 22.Kf2 Nh3+ 23.Ke3 Nxf4 24.Kxf4 Rg6
25.Ke3 Rxg3 26.Rf2 Rxg2 27.Ref1 f4 28.Ke2 Bxf3+ 29.Ke1 {There
was no better answer to White's last master move, for if Kxf3
then followed Qg3+ and Qe3+ winning the Rook.} Rxf2 30.Rxf2
Qg1+ 31.Bf1 Be4 32.Rxf4 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.c5 Bg2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.c3 Be7 5.Bc4
Ngf6 6.Qe2 O-O 7.h3 c6 8.Bb3 d5 9.exd5 e4 10.Ne5 cxd5 11.Ng4
Nb6 {Nd7 , with the view of playing Nf6, was, we belief,
preferable.} 12.Bf4 Be6 13.Nd2 a5 14.a4 Nfd7 {Anderssen's
favorite retreat for the KKT, viz, e8 would have served
Black's purpose better, as it would have given no opportunity
to the adversary on the seventeenth move to affect an
exchange.} 15.O-O f5 16.Ne5 Bg5 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Bxg5 Qxg5
19.f3 Rfe8 {If 19...e3 20.f4 isolates the advanced pawn which
must soon fall.} 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Rae1 Nf6 22.Qe3 Qg6 23.Rf2
Rac8 24.Bc2 Bd7 25.c4 dxc4 26.Nxe4 Bf5 {An error of which the
opponent avails himself most beautifully. Kh8 was his best
defence. If however 26...Nxe4 the game might have proceeded
27.Bxe4 Qh5 28.g4 Qh4 29.Bd5+ Kh8 30.Qxe8+ Rxe8 31.Rxe8+, and
mate next move.} 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.Bxf5 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Qg5
30.Rff3 Qh4 31.Re4 Qh6 32.Bxc8 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Qxb2 34.Rxf6 Kg7
35.Rf3 h5 36.Re7+ {The mating net could have been drawn
tighter here by Ref4.} Kg6 37.Bxb7 Qxd4 38.Be4+ Kh6 39.Rh7+
Kg5 40.Rg7+ Kh6 {!} 41.Rg6+ Kh7 42.Rf7+ {A much shorter and
finer finish is here missed by 42.Rf4 Kh8! (or 42...Qa1
43.Rff6, etc) 43.Rf5 Qd1 44.Bf3, and wins.} Kh8 43.Re6 Kg8
44.Rb7 Kf8 45.Ra6 Qd8 46.Rh6 Qd4 47.Rh8+ Qxh8 48.Rb8+ Kg7
49.Rxh8 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Qa4 dxe4
5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Bb5 Ne7 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 O-O 10.Bxc6
Qxc6 11.Qxc6 bxc6 12.c4 {As usual White gets a bad game in
this opening. If 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Re3 (or 13.Re1 Rfe8, followed
by Bd3) Bf4 and if 14 Rf3 Rfe8 with a fine attack.} f5 {? Bf5
was preferable.} 13.Nc3 Rf6 14.Ne2 c5 15.b3 {d3, followed by
Nf4, would have released him, with a probble draw.} Bb7 16.Ng3
Raf8 17.Bb2 Rg6 18.d3 {?} exd3 19.Rad1 h5 {!} 20.f3 h4 21.Nh1
Bxf3 22.Rxd3 Rxg2+ 23.Kf1 Rxh2 24.Nf2 Bc6 {Be4 was more
decisive.} 25.Re6 Re8 26.Rg6 Re7 27.Bc3 Kh7 28.Rg5 Bg3 29.Rd2
Bg2+ 30.Kg1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Weiss"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6
5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.Rhe1
a6 {A ruinous loss of time. 10...Ne8, as played by Harrwitz
against Morphy in this position, is by far better.} 11.e5 dxe5
12.Qxe5 Bd6 13.Qd4 Bxf3 14.gxf3 h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qxf6 gxf6
17.Nd5 {White's superior development now decides the game
rapidly.} f5 18.Ne7+ Kh7 {If 18...Bxe7 19.Rxe7 Rfe8 20.Rxc7
Re2 21.Rd5 Rxf2 22.Rxf5 Rf8 23.h4, with a Pawn ahead and a
fine game.} 19.Nxf5 Bxh2 20.Re4 {A fine move that at least
gains a Pawn, with a winning position.} h5 {His best reply was
Bd6, but even then the game could not have been saved.} 21.Rh1
Bd6 22.Rg4 {Black is neatly caught in a mating position, from
which there is no escape.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O
11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Bf5 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nc3 c6 15.h4 Ne6 16.g4
{White had, we believe, the better game at this point, where
he unwisely rushes at a bait which his deep sighted adversary
has very ingeniously thrown , and which draws him on to a
perilous line of play.} Bxh4 17.gxf5 Bxe1 18.fxe6 Qh4 19.Be3
{e7 forced the adversary to draw and this was probably his
best plan.} Qg3+ 20.Kf1 {If 20.Kh1 fxe6 21.Qxe1 Qh3+ 22.Kg1
Rxf3, with a fine attack.} fxe6 21.Qxe1 Rxf3+ 22.Bf2 Rxf2+
23.Qxf2 Rf8 24.Qxf8+ Kxf8 25.Ne2 {A fatal error. Rd1,left
still much scope for a good fight, in which Black, however,
had the advantage with his two passed pawns on the K side, and
many prospective opportunities of drawing by perpetual check
in case of emergency.} Qf3+ 26.Kg1 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 {Nf6 is here justly
preferred by all authorities.} 3.c3 Bc5 4.Qe2 Qe7 5.Nf3 d6
6.d3 Be6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Ba4 h6 {?} 9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Bc2 O-O 11.O-O
Nh7 12.b4 Bb6 13.a4 a6 14.Nc4 Ba7 15.Be3 Nd8 16.Bxa7 Rxa7
17.Ne3 c6 18.d4 g6 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Nc4 Bg4 21.Qe3 Bxf3 {!}
22.Qxa7 Be2 23.Bb3 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Kg7 25.Rd1 Nf6 26.f3 Nh5 {?
Nd7 was now much superior.} 27.Qb8 {!} f6 28.Nd6 Kh8 29.a5 Nf4
{? Ng7 followed by Ne8 was a better plan.} 30.Kf2 h5 31.Qc8
{!} f5 {?} 32.g3 Nfe6 33.exf5 Nd4 {Desperate, but even after
33...gxf5 34.Nxf5 Rxf5 35.Bxe6 his game was also untenable.}
34.cxd4 e4 35.Nxe4 gxf5 36.Nc5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Bb4 {?}
5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Na6 8.Nf3 b6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bb7
11.Ne5 d6 12.Bf3 Ne4 13.Nd3 Qg5 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.Nf4 Qf5 16.a4
g5 17.Ne2 Bc6 18.Ng3 Qg6 19.a5 Rab8 20.Qd1 d5 {This mistake is
cleverly shown up in White's next three moves. ...b5 was the
right play.} 21.axb6 Rxb6 22.dxc5 Nxc5 23.Ba3 Nb3 24.Bxf8 Nxa1
25.Qxa1 h5 {Unaccountable. His only chance was clearly
Kxf8. The opponent now maintains his piece, and the struggle,
though somewhat prolonged, is a onesided one.} 26.Qxa7 Rb7
27.Qc5 Rc7 28.Bd6 Rc8 29.Be5 h4 30.Ne2 h3 31.Ng3 hxg2 32.Rb1
Qf7 33.Ne2 Rf8 34.Bg3 Be8 35.cxd5 exd5 36.Nd4 Kh7 37.Rb6 Bd7
38.Qd6 Qh5 39.Qxd7+ Rf7 40.Qa4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Weiss"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 {Analysis by Wilhelm Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 {The
old attack, which ought only to equalize the game, whereas, we
believe 3. d4, recommended in the Modern Chess Instructor,
gives White a manifest superiority.} d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5
6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Nf6 {A very good move, if properly
followed up.} 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg4 {Instead of this pinning,
which, as usual, is disadvantageous, Black should have played
Nbd7, followed by Nb6, so as to keep command of the isolated
d-pawn, which White could not well advance in the meanwhile,
as Black would afterward continue the attack upon it by Bb5.}
11.Be3 Nc6 12.a3 a6 {Qd7 was much better.} 13.b4 Bd6 14.Be2 h6
15.Qd2 Nh7 16.Ne4 Be7 17.h3 Bf5 {Here and afterward, it would
have been much better to withdraw the bishop right back to c8
at once, where he has ultimately to take refuge.} 18.Ng3 Bg6
19.d5 Nb8 20.Ne5 Nf6 21.Bc4 Ne4 22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.Rae1 Bh7 24.f4
Bd6 25.Bd4 Bf5 26.g4 Bd7 {Compare our previous note.} 27.f5 f6
28.Ng6 Re8 29.Nf4 Bxf4 30.Qxf4 Kh7 31.Bc3 {White has obtained
an overwhelming superiority of position, which would have
warranted a sacrifice of the exchange at this point which was
likely to lead to a more brilliant finish. 31. Re6 was the
right move, for if 31. ...Bxe6 32. fxe6 and Black could never
escape the effects of the double action of White's Queen and
KB on the open diagonal, besides the bearing of bishop and
rook against the f-pawn.} Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Bc8 33.Qe4 Qd6 34.Kg2
Nd7 35.Qe8 b5 36.Re7 {This finishes the game virtually.} Ne5
37.Bxe5 fxe5 38.Qf7 Qxe7 39.Qxe7 bxc4 40.f6 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 Qd5 5.d4
exd3 6.Nxd3 Nf6 7.Be3 Bd6 8.Nd2 O-O 9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Be2 Bf5
11.Qxd5 Nxd5 12.Nc4 Nxe3 13.Nxe3 Bxd3 {The bishop should have
retreated to e6.} 14.Bxd3 Ne5 15.O-O-O Nxd3+ 16.Rxd3 f5 17.Nc4
Bf4+ 18.Kc2 Rfe8 {?} 19.g3 b5 20.Na3 Re2+ {?} 21.Kd1 Rxb2
22.gxf4 Rxf2 23.Re1 {The persevation of his h-pawn by Rd2
would have have facilitated matters for him.} Rxh2 24.Rd2 Rh3
25.Nxb5 Rb8 26.Nxc7 Rb1+ 27.Ke2 Rh2+ 28.Kd3 {A remarkably
pretty position.} Rxd2+ 29.Kxd2 Rb2+ 30.Kd3 Rxa2 31.c4 h5
32.Kd4 {?} Rf2 33.Ke5 Rc2 34.Kd5 Rd2+ 35.Kc6 h4 36.c5 Rd4
37.Ne6 Re4 38.Rxe4 fxe4 39.Ng5 e3 40.Kd6 e2 41.Nf3 h3 42.c6 h2
43.c7 h1=Q {?} 44.c8=Q+ Kh7 45.Ng5+ Kg6 46.Qc2+ {!} Kf6
47.Ne4+ {!} Kf7 48.Qc4+ {!} Kf8 49.Qc8+ {The ending after
queening his pawn is played quite with surprising ingenuity by
the youthfull competitor. It was given as a study in various
chess columns, and it quite deserved the distinction.} Kf7
50.Qe6+ Kf8 51.Qe7+ Kg8 52.Qe8+ Kh7 53.Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.c3
Bg4 {Not good, though feasable if White had played 5.Nc3} 6.h3
Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qf6 {?} 8.d3 Nge7 9.f5 O-O-O 10.b4 {?} Nxb4 {The
proper answer for if White take the knight, Black wins the
Rook by Bd4.} 11.Na3 {It would have been useless to attempt a
diversion now by g4 as Black would answer d5 and bring the
Queen to the Q side.} d5 {!} 12.Rb1 dxc4 13.cxb4 Rxd3 14.Qg4
h5 15.Qg5 Rhd8 16.Ke2 {Exchanging queens was much better, but
the game was lost.} Qc6 {! Black has played the attack in
remarkably finestyle from the eleventh move, and this
sacrifice of a piece evidences high ingenuity.} 17.bxc5 f6
{All in forcible attacking style.} 18.Qxg7 Qxe4+ 19.Kf2 Nxf5
20.Re1 {He had no good resource, as Black also threatened
Qd4+.} Qh4+ 21.g3 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 exf4 5.d4
Nf6 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Be6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Ne4 O-O 11.c3
h6 {Black has ably defended himsef in an original
manner. Here, however, he loses precious time. If 11...Re8
instead conveyed a rather unpleasant threat against the
adverse Knight and Queen 0n the same file within two moves.}
12.Bd3 Bg4 13.Nf2 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Bg5 15.Nh3 Ne3 16.Qe4 g6
17.Nxg5 hxg5 18.Re1 Re8 19.Qf3 Ne5 {An error that causes him
great trouble. Qd7 was the proper play.} 20.dxe5 Qxd3 21.Bxe3
fxe3 22.Rxe3 Qb5 {The losing move which his opponent perceives
with a keen eye. Qa6, in order that he might reach e5 speedi,
was his best plan.} 23.Rf1 Re7 24.Qf6 Rae8 25.Kh1 Qa6 26.e6
{Finely played and unanswerable in view of the terrible second
check, threatened by Rh3 after 26...Rxe6 27.Qxf7+.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6
5.Nxc6 {The adverse center becomes very strong after this
exchange.} bxc6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O h5 8.Nc3 h4 9.h3 Rb8 10.Qf3 e6
11.Re1 Qa5 12.Bc4 Be5 13.Bb3 Nf6 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Bg5 Nh5 16.Rad1
f6 17.Bc1 Kf7 18.Ne2 c5 19.c3 Kg7 20.Qd3 Rb6 21.Be3 g5 22.Qc4
d6 23.Nd4 Re8 24.Nf3 Bf4 25.Qe2 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Qe7 27.c4 e5 {The
manouvering in the middle game was fair on both sides. Black's
last move however weakened his center, and White had better
prospects in turning this in his favor by here playing Nd2,
with the view of reaching d5 by way of c3.} 28.Rd2 Nf4 29.Red1
Rh8 30.Nh2 Be6 31.Rc1 Rhb8 32.Nf3 a5 33.Qc3 Rb4 34.Qc2 Qd7
35.Rcd1 R8b6 36.Qc3 a4 37.Nxe5 {Closing his rather undecided
defensive tactics with a miscalculation which costs a Rook.}
fxe5 38.Rxd6 Ne2+ 39.Kh2 Qxd6 40.Rxd6 Nxc3 41.Rxe6 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.c3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bb5 dxe4
5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Qa4 Nge7 7.f4 exf3 8.Nxf3 Bd7 9.O-O f6 {a6 at
once was much better.} 10.d4 a6 11.c4 Qh5 12.d5 Nb8 13.Bxd7+
Nxd7 14.Bf4 {? Nc3 was much superior.} b5 {!} 15.cxb5 Nb6
16.Qc2 Nbxd5 17.Bxc7 Rc8 18.b6 Nxb6 19.Qf2 Nc4 20.Bg3 {?} Nf5
{!} 21.Re1+ Kf7 22.Bf4 Bc5 23.Be3 Nfxe3 24.Kh1 Nf5 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O
7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nc6 {The sameness of development which is the
usual characteristic of this form of opening is now relieved
by a line of play that would have been more fiting for the
first player to adopt.} 9.c3 Ne7 10.Qc2 Ng6 11.Rae1 Re8
12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.h3 Be6 15.Kh1 Qf8 16.Re1 Qh6
17.Bf5 Re8 18.Nf1 Nf8 19.Ne3 Re7 20.g3 Ng6 21.Kg1 Qg7 22.Kf1
Qh6 23.Ng1 Kh8 24.Bg4 Qf8 25.Re2 Qc8 26.f4 Bd7 27.Nxd5 Bxg4
28.hxg4 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Kg7 30.Ne3 Ne7 31.Nf3 Qe6 32.b3 b6 33.Kf2
Kf8 34.Nf5 Nxf5 35.Qxe6 fxe6 36.gxf5 exf5 37.Nh4 Kf7 38.Nxf5
1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.Bc4
Ngf6 6.d3 c6 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Bd2 b5 9.Bb3 a5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd1 Bb6
12.Be3 Nc5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Bc4 O-O 15.O-O Ng4 16.Kh1 Nxe3
17.Nxe3 Nb7 18.Bb3 Kh8 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.Qf2 Nc5 21.Ncd2 f6 22.Nh4
g6 23.Qe3 Be6 {Nxb3 followed by Bd6 was far better.} 24.Bxe6
Nxe6 25.Rf3 Qg7 26.Rg3 Bd8 27.Nc4 Rg8 {?} 28.Nxg6+ Qxg6
29.Rxg6 Rxg6 30.g3 {Black ultimately forfeited the game by
time in an untenable position.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 {Note by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.Nxe5 d5 6.Qe2 Be6 7.Bb3 c6 8.d4 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Re8
11.f4 Qb6 12.Qf2 Ne4 {His previous move would have greatly
helped himout of his difficulties into which he got, chiefly
owing to his omission on the third move to exchange
Knights. If he had now pursued what at any rate should have
been its object, viz 12...Bf5 and if 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qg3+
Kf8,etc. But he has now aggravated his bad situation by the
text move.} 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.c4 {This fine move prepares a
victorious onslaught on either of the wings, and Black cannot
cover both.} Bc7 {If 14...Qc7 15.f5 Bc8 16.Nxf7, with an
excellent attack.} 15.f5 Bxe5 16.c5 Qc7 17.fxe6 Bxh2+ 18.Kh1
f6 19.Bxf6 Qf4 {If 19...gxf6 20.e7+ K moves 21.Qxf6 mate.}
20.Be5 {Wit and science are combined in White's play. He wins
apiece now for he threatens e7+ followed by Rf8+, and mates
next move.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.f4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.c3
c6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Ne5 O-O {Ne4 was the correct play
in order to keep possession of the hole in the center, and
also to prepare driving off the hostile Knight by f6.} 9.O-O
c5 {Black thus qualifies his fifth move as loss of time, and
in trying to rectify the omission on the Q wing, he loses
sight of the danger to which his K side is exposed. Again Ne4
was the proper play.} 10.g4 Be4 11.g5 Ne8 12.Nxe4 dxe4 {Of
course a blunder which costs the exchange, but his game was
already bad even after 12...Bxe5 13.dxe5 dxe4 14.Qc2 f5 15.Bc4
Nc7 16.Qb3, etc.} 13.Nxd7 cxd4 {If 13...Qxd7 14.dxc5 wins a
clear piece.} 14.Nxf8 d3 15.Bxd3 exd3 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qxd3 Qe7
18.e4 e5 19.f5 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Rd8 21.Qf3 Bb6 22.h4 a5 23.f6 Qf7
24.Qe2 gxf6 25.gxf6 Nd6 26.Be3 Bc7 27.Bh6 Bb6 28.Rad1 Ne8
29.Qb5 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Bc7 31.Rg1+ Kh8 32.Bg7+ {32.Qd5 Qxd5
33.exd5 Nxf6 (or 33...Nd6 34.f7 Nxf7 35.Bg7+ Kg8 36.Bxe5+ and
wins) 34.Bg7+, etc, would have won more quickly.} Nxg7 33.fxg7
Kg8 34.Qd5 Qxd5 35.exd5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Ne7 9.Re1 {Threatening
Rxe4, followed by Bxf7+.} Bb7 {Nc5 was better.} 10.Be3 Nf5
11.c3 Nxe3 12.Rxe3 Bc5 {c5 was the right play.} 13.Nd4 Qg5
14.Qe2 Bb6 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 O-O 17.Qe2 Rae8 18.Re1 f5 {It
is difficult to see how he could expect any good from this,
while it was very obvious that White's strong center Pawn must
become dangerous. c5, with the view of soon following it up by
Bc7, was clearly superior.} 19.Rg3 Qf4 20.Rf3 Qg4 21.h3 Qh5
22.e6 Re7 23.Qe5 Bxd4 24.cxd4 c6 25.g4 Qg6 26.Bc2 Bc8 27.Rxf5
Rxf5 28.Bxf5 Qh6 29.Qd6 Qf6 30.Qd8+ {The termination has been
vigorously conducted by White who now wins the interposing
Queen by the reply Bxh7+.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Eugene Delmar"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 {The
beginning of a plan which in no way retards the adversary's
development.} 4.Nh3 e5 5.dxe5 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Qxe5 7.Bf4 Qe7 {Qc5
was the right move.} 8.O-O d5 9.Re1 {On this Mr. Steinitz made
the following comment: "The depth and beauty of this and the
following move will show themselves fully seven moves later
from this point.} Nbd7 {Kd8 or Kf7 might have prolonged the
resistance, but in either case I would have gone on with the
text move.} 10.e4 fxe4 11.f3 Nc5 12.fxe4 Ncxe4 13.Nf2 Bf5
14.g4 Bg6 15.g5 Nh5 16.Bxe4 Nxf4 {If 16...dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxf4
18.Nd6+ and wins equally.} 17.Bxg6+ hxg6 18.Qg4 Nh5 19.Nd3 Kf7
20.Rxe7+ Bxe7 21.Ne5+ Kg8 22.Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.e3 e6 4.Be2 d5 5.O-O
Bd6 6.b3 Ne7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nc3 a6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.Qe2 Ng6 11.Ng5 e5
12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Qg4 Be7 14.Ne6 {An unusual sacrifice. The two
pawns for the piece are no match, especially in White,s
undeveloped state.} fxe6 15.Qxe6+ Kh7 16.fxe5 Nc5 {More plain
but better was Rf1+ followed by Nf8.} 17.Qh3+ Kg8 18.d4 Bc8
19.Qg3 Ne6 20.Qxg6 c6 21.Rxf8+ Bxf8 22.Rf1 Qe7 23.e4 Nxd4
24.exd5 Bf5 25.Rxf5 Nxf5 26.Ne4 {He probably overlooked
Black's powerful defense, for otherwise it was clear that Qxf5
gave him more hope of a good fight.} Qh4 27.Nf6+ Kh8 28.g3 Qh3
29.Ng4 Bc5+ 30.Nf2 Bxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 32.Kf3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.dxe5 {?} dxe5
5.Bc4 c6 6.Ng5 Nh6 7.h3 {?} Qf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Be3 Qg6 10.h4 Nb6
11.Be2 {? Bd3 was superior.} O-O 12.f3 {? A grave mistake
which loses a piece.} f6 {!} 13.Bxb6 axb6 14.Bc4+ Kh8 15.Ne6
Bxe6 16.Bf1 {There was nothing to be done.If 16.Bxe6 Qxg2
17.Rf1 f5 and wins.} Rad8 17.Nd5 cxd5 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "38"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 {Ng5 is
the recognized better move.} Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Ne2 Be6
8.Bb5 O-O 9.c3 Bb6 10.g4 d5 11.Qa4 {11.Qc2 was the right play,
but 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxe5 dxe4 13.Nxc6 Qe8, would have
subjected him to a strong attack.} dxe4 12.dxe4 Bd7 13.Ng3 a6
14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Qc2 Nxe4 {A bold sacrifice.} 16.Nxe4 f5
17.gxf5 Rxf5 18.Neg5 {Evidently overlooking that after Black's
next move he could not capture the Rook on account of the
impending mate by Qd1.} Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Rxf3 20.Bxh6 {As Black
was not likely to take the Bishop, it makes matters sill
worse.} Qh4 21.Qb3+ Kh7 22.O-O-O Qxh6+ 23.Kb1 Rxf2 24.Qd5 Qg6+
25.Ka1 Re2 26.Qf3 Rf2 27.Qd5 Re2 28.Qf3 Rf2 29.Qd5 Raf8 30.h4
Qg2 31.Qd3+ e4 32.Qc4 Rxb2 33.Qd5 e3 {Lost by forfeit. His
game was evidently lost anyhow.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "38"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 d6 3.c3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5
Bd7 {If 5...Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.fxe5 Be7! 8.d4, with the better
game.} 6.d3 a6 {Losing a pawn. It was necessary now to capture
the f-pawn.} 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe4 {Not deep
enough though rather ingenious up to the point of its
incorrectness.} 10.Qe2 Qh4+ 11.Kd1 O-O-O {It only amounted to
a transposition of moves if he checked at once by Nf2 , for he
had then to guard against Nc6 disch, or NNg6 disch.} 12.Nxc6
Nf2+ 13.Kc2 bxc6 14.g3 Qf6 15.Rf1 Bc5 16.d4 Qf5+ 17.Kb3 Qd5+
18.Qc4 Qg2 19.dxc5 Nd3 20.Nd2 Nxc1+ 21.Raxc1 Qxd2 {The
loser. He could at least prolong the struggle by 21...Rxd2
22.Qxa6+ Kb8! 23.Ka3 g5, etc.} 22.Qxa6+ Kb8 23.Rf4 Qd5+ 24.Ka3
1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (29-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (29-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Be3
Bb6 {We prefer Bxe3, followed by Na5, and exchanging the other
Bishop.} 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Nf1 Bd7 9.Bb3 O-O 10.Bg5 h6
11.Bh4 Na5 12.Ne3 c6 13.h3 Bxe3 {13...Nxb3 14.axb3 Bd8 was
much better play.} 14.fxe3 Nxb3 15.axb3 Qe6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6
17.O-O Qe7 18.Nd2 Qg5 {f5 would have equalized positions.}
19.Kh2 Be6 20.Rf2 a6 21.Raf1 Qh4 22.g4 Rac8 23.Rg2 Qd8 24.Nf3
f6 25.Nh4 Qc7 26.Rfg1 {White has energetically taken advantage
of the time lost by the adversary to form a strong K side
attack.} d5 27.Nf5 dxe4 28.dxe4 Rfd8 {In view of the coming
onslaught of the adverse Pawns, which were sure to give him an
opportunity of opening the f-file, this Rook stood better
where it was, and the QR should have been employed for
occupying the d-file here, as well as previously on the 22nd
move.} 29.h4 Rd7 30.g5 Bxf5 31.gxf6 {Brilliant, profound and
absolutely decisive, as will show itself within a few moves.}
Bxe4 32.Rxg7+ Kf8 33.Qh5 Bh7 34.Qxh6 e4 35.Kh1 Rxg7 36.Rxg7
Qa5 37.Re7 Kg8 38.Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (23-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (23-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Nc5 9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3
d5 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Qf3 Be6 13.Qc6+ Bd7 14.Re1+ Be7 15.Qe4 Be6
16.Nc3 O-O 17.Bf4 Bc5 18.Red1 Qc8 19.Qc6 Bb6 20.b4 {Nd5 was
superior.} Re8 21.Rd2 Rb8 22.h3 Re7 23.Rad1 Qe8 24.Qxe8+ Rbxe8
25.Kh2 f6 26.Ra1 Bc8 27.Rad1 Kf7 28.Nd5 Rd7 29.Be3 Bxe3
30.Nxe3 Red8 31.Rxd7+ Rxd7 32.Rxd7+ Bxd7 {the game is
simplified to a dry position which allows no initiative on
either side, and a draw is the natural result.} 33.Kg3 Ke6
34.Kf3 Kd6 35.Ke4 c5 36.bxc5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (30-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (30-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Ne2 g6 5.O-O
Bg7 6.Be3 Ne7 7.c4 O-O 8.Nbc3 Na6 9.a3 f5 10.e5 {? Supporting
the center by f3 is generally best in similar positions.} d6
11.exd6 Qxd6 12.f3 Rad8 13.Nb5 Qd7 14.Nxa7 c6 15.Qb3 f4 16.Bf2
Ra8 17.Qxb6 Rfb8 18.d5 Bc8 19.Qa5 Rxa7 20.Nxf4 Raa8 {? It was
better to get rid of the hostile attack by exd5.} 21.dxe6 Qd6
22.Qg5 h6 23.Qg4 g5 24.Ng6 Nxg6 25.Bxg6 Bxe6 26.Rad1 {!} Qe5
27.Qh5 Rd8 28.Rde1 Qf6 29.f4 Bxc4 30.fxg5 Qxg5 31.Bh4 Qxh5
32.Bxh5 Bd4+ 33.Kh1 Bxf1 34.Bxd8 Rxd8 35.Rxf1 Bxb2 36.Re1 Bxa3
37.Ra1 Rb8 38.Bf3 Rb6 39.g4 Be7 40.Be4 Nb4 41.Rb1 c5 42.Bf5 c4
{? This spoils a good game.Kf7 should have been played first.}
43.Rc1 Rc6 44.Rxc4 {!} Rxc4 45.Be6+ Kg7 46.Bxc4 Kf6 47.h4 Ke5
48.g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (24-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (24-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 d4 5.Nce2
{5.fxe5 dxc3 6.exf6 Qxf6 6.bxc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Rb1, is
preferable.} Bd6 {Not as good as 5...Nc6 and if 6.fxe5 Ng4,
etc.} 6.fxe5 Bxe5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c3 dxc3 9.bxc3 Bd6 10.Ng3
{10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Bg5, with the view of forcing on the d-pawn and
forming a strong center, was better.} O-O 11.Be2 h6 12.Rb1 Re8
13.O-O b6 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Bd2 Bd7 16.Qb3 Rad8 17.Rbe1 g5 18.Nxg5
{A great blunder which costs at least one piece, and as his
error consisted in overlooking the force of Black,s 20th move,
he loses another piece, after which Black has no trouble to
win.} Bxg3 19.hxg3 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Qc5+ 21.d4 Qxg5 22.e5 Be6
23.Qb5 Qe3+ 24.Kh2 Ne4 25.Bf3 Qxc3 26.Rxe4 Nxd4 27.Qb1 Bf5
28.Bg4 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 Qc2 30.Qf4 Qh7+ 31.Kg1 Qg7 32.Bh5 Rd7
33.Re1 c5 34.Re4 Rde7 35.Qd2 Kf8 36.Rg4 Qh7 37.Rh4 Rxe5 38.Qf4
Qxh5 39.Rxh5 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (24-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (24-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 {This
loss of time contributes greatly to his early disaster.} 5.Bc4
Nc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nd4 9.Qg3 {In consequence of
Black's dilatory 4th move this venture is now, we believe,
sound. He sacrifices no more than the exchange virtually, as
the adverse Knight that gains the Rook will remained
inprisoned and ultimately lost.} Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.fxe5
dxe5 12.Rf1 {An excellent move that nuch increases the
difficulties of the defence.} Nf6 13.Qxg7 Kd7 14.Rxf6 Kc8
15.Rxf7 Bd6 16.Bg5 Qe8 {If 16...Qg8 17.Rxc7+ and wins.} 17.Nd5
Rg8 {Kb8 might have given him time for some further
resistance, but his game was past recovery.} 18.Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (34-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (34-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6
5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 {We do not approve of this pinning.} Be6 {By h6
Black could either drive back the Bishop or affect an exchange
favorable to his position.} 7.Nd5 Na5 8.Bb3 Nxb3 9.axb3 Bxd5
{Inferior to 9...c6, for if 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ne3 d5, and we
prefer Black.} 10.exd5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Nd2 Qg6
14.Kh1 Rae8 15.b4 Bb6 16.Nc4 e4 {Of questionable value, for it
relieves White of one of his doubled Pawns.} 17.Ra3 {This fine
move brings the Rook into communication with the center and
the K wing.} Qf5 18.dxe4 Qxe4 19.Rc3 Bd4 20.Nd2 Qe7 21.Rf3 Qe2
22.c3 Bb6 23.b3 Re7 24.g3 {White cautiouly makes provision to
bring the King to the succor for the ending.} Rfe8 25.Kg2 Re3
26.Qxe2 Rxe2 27.Nc4 Ra2 28.Nxb6 axb6 29.c4 Ree2 30.Rc1 Red2
31.b5 Kf8 32.Re1 Re2 {There is no weak point on either side
and no chance of breaking through for either party.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (34-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (34-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.c3
Bg4 6.d3 Nf6 7.h3 Bh5 {?} 8.Be3 Bb6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Bb3 Qe7
11.Nc4 Rad8 {?} 12.Bxb6 {!} axb6 13.Ne3 Nd7 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nd5
Qe8 16.Nxc7 Qe7 17.Nd5 Qe8 {Hardly just to White's superiority
of position, besides his being a clear pawn ahead.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (34-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (34-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 {We notice in all
the games of this opening in which Mr Chigorin is the first
player that the Russian master prefers the old line of
continuation for White.} exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Be7 {New, but
hardly as good as the commonly played 5...Bd6.} 6.Ne5 Nc6
7.Nxc6 {This allows Black to form a good center later
on. after 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Nxd7 Qxd7 9.O-O, we slightly prefer
White, on account of the two Bishops.} bxc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3
Bg4 {We do not see any use in this, and would have much
preferred to dissolve the doubled Pawns by ...c5.} 10.f3 Bh5
11.Bf4 {Our suggestion is probably not congenial to Mr
Chigorin's style, but we have no doubt according to our
principles that Na4 followed by Be3, was his correct play; and
if he only stopped the advance of the adverse c-pawn, he was
bound to obtain the superiority in the end, on account of the
opponent's doubled c-pawn and isolated a-pawn.} c5 12.Be5 cxd4
13.Bxd4 c5 14.Be5 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Kh1 Bg6 17.b3 Rfe8
18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Re1 {The game resolves itself into a position
which by rights ought to lead to a draw.} Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Re8
21.Qd2 d4 22.Na4 Nd5 23.Re1 {Much better was 23.c3 Ne3 24.Re1
followed by cxd4.} Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 Nb4 25.Qe2 Nxa2 26.Qc4 Qe5
27.h3 {The natural and usual move in similar positions, but a
blunder in this exceptional and curious instance. g3 was the
only move to save the game, and though Black would keep a
Pawnahead even in that case, the game would most likely have
ended in a draw.} Qe1+ 28.Kh2 Nc1 {Black shrewdly grasps his
advantage. He now wins the game by force, as he threatens Ne2,
to which his opponent has no defence.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (20-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (20-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4
5.O-O h5 6.d3 Bc5 7.Bf4 g5 {?} 8.Bd2 c6 9.Bc4 d5 {? This error
cost a pawn at least and quite unsettles his position
besides.} 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Qe2+ Kf8 12.Qe5 Qf6 {Black plays
desperately and tries on sacrificing tactics. f6 was his best
under bad circumstances.} 13.Qxd5 Be7 14.Bxg5 {!} Qg6 15.Bxe7+
Nxe7 16.Qd8+ Kg7 17.Qxe7 Rf8 18.Qe5+ Kh7 19.Nd2 Rg8 20.g3 Bh3
21.Ne4 Rg7 22.Nf6+ Kh6 23.Qf4+ Qg5 24.Qxg5+ {White's play has
been very clever from the point where the opponent left the
winning opportunity open.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (32-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (32-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Ne2 Bc5 9.c3 Bb6 10.Ng3 h6 {?}
11.Ne1 Ng4 {?} 12.h3 Qh4 13.Qf3 Nf6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 g6
16.Qf3 Kg7 17.Be3 Nh7 18.Bxb6 cxb6 {We would have considerably
preffered Black's game if he had retaken with the h-pawn.}
19.Nc2 Ng5 20.Qe3 Ne6 21.Qf3 Qf4 {An even position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (25-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (25-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.dxe5 {?} dxe5
5.Bc4 c6 6.Qd3 {?} Qc7 7.Ng5 Nh6 8.O-O Nc5 9.Qe2 b5 {!} 10.Bb3
a5 11.c3 a4 {? Not as good as Nxb3} 12.Bc2 f6 13.Nf3 Nf7
14.Re1 Be6 15.Nbd2 g5 16.Kh1 h5 17.Ng1 g4 18.f3 Nd7 19.Nf1 Bc5
20.Be3 Qa7 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.Ne3 Rg8 23.Qf2 Qf8 24.f4 {The
isolation of his e pawn greatly weakens his game.} exf4
25.Qxf4 Qd6 26.Qf1 h4 27.Ne2 g3 {After h3 followed by a3 and
Qe5, Black had the better winning prospects.} 28.h3 Bxh3 {?}
29.gxh3 Qd2 30.Qf4 g2 31.Nxg2 {If 31.Kg1 Ng5, and wins. On
31.Kh2 g1=Q+, with a strong attack.} Qxc2 32.Rad1 Qxb2 33.Rd2
{With a little more patience White ought now to have obtained
an excellent attack, his position being altogether much
preferable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (29-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (29-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3
Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.Qe2 {exd5 is the usual move here, but
this also seems to be good.} dxe4 9.dxe4 h6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3
Be6 12.b3 {This and the last are not to our taste or
principles. Nf1 with the view of entering with the Knight at
e3, was much better.} b4 {A fine answer which gives Black
possesion of the center with his minor pieces.} 13.c4 Nd4
14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Rb1 Rad8 16.O-O Qd7 17.Nf3 Bd4 18.Nxd4 Qxd4
19.Rd1 Qc5 20.Be3 Qc6 21.Qf3 Bc8 22.Rxd8 {Which practically
means playing for a draw, but neither side had anything
better.} Rxd8 23.Rd1 Rd6 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Qe2 Bb7 26.f3 Nd7
27.Qf2 c5 28.Kf1 Kf8 29.Qd2 Qe7 30.Qf2 Ke8 31.Qg3 Kf8 32.Qf2
Ke8 33.Qg3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (35-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (35-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg4
11.Be3 Nc6 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Be2 Rad8 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Qa4 Qf5 {?
...Nd5 would have given him a good attack, whereas this
compromises his game.} 16.Ne5 {!} Qh5 {A desperate answer, but
16...Bxe2 (0r 16...Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bxe2 18.exf6) 17.Nxc6 was also
very disadvantageous.} 17.Nxg4 Nxg4 18.h3 f5 19.hxg4 fxg4
20.Ne4 {!} Qg6 21.Bd3 Nb4 22.Qb3+ Kh8 23.Bb1 Nd5 24.Ng3 Qf7
25.Rxc7 {!} h5 26.Rxb7 h4 27.Nf5 h3 28.Nxe7 Rxe7 29.Rxe7 Qxe7
30.Qd3 Nf6 31.gxh3 gxh3 32.Bd2 Qd7 33.Qf5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (23-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (23-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3
Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 d6 8.c3 Nf6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Rd1 {!} Qc8
11.Nbd2 {?} Qg4 12.h3 Qh5 {?} 13.Nf1 Qg6 14.Ng3 h6 15.Nh4 Qh7
16.Nhf5 Rae8 17.d5 Nb8 18.a4 {!} bxa4 19.Bxa4 Nbd7 20.Bxd7
Nxd7 21.Nxh6+ Kh8 {Evidently if gxh6, White recovers the piece
by Qg4+,with a splendid game.} 22.Nhf5 Bf6 23.Ne3 Bg5 24.Nc2
{? Much better was Qc4.} Bf4 25.Nh5 Bxc1 26.Raxc1 f5 27.exf5
Rxf5 28.Ng3 Rf4 29.Nb4 Ref8 {Black has gained ground and could
have much inproved his postition here by e4.} 30.f3 Qg6 31.Kh2
Nf6 32.Nd3 Rh4 33.c4 Bc8 34.Nf2 Qh7 35.Kg1 Qg6 36.Ng4 {!} Nxg4
37.hxg4 {!} Rf4 38.Qc2 Qh6 39.Re1 Bxg4 {A desperate
sacrafice.} 40.fxg4 Rfxg4 41.Qc3 Rxc4 42.Qxc4 {!} Rxc4 43.Rxc4
Qd2 44.Rh4+ Kg8 45.Rf1 Qxd5 46.Nf5 Qc5+ 47.Kh2 d5 48.Rg4 Kf7
49.Nd6+ {! Very beautiful.} Kg8 {If 49...Ke6 50. Rg6+ Ke7
51.Rxg7+ Ke6! 52.Rg6+ Ke7 53.Rf7+,and mates next move.} 50.Ne8
{White threatens Rxg7+,followed by Rf6 or f7 accordingly.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (21-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (21-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 c5 {?} 4.dxc5 Bxc5
5.cxd5 {? Nf3 was much stronger, as Black could not well
exchange without subjecting his King to harrasment.} exd5
6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nc3 b6 {?} 10.a3 Bb7 11.b4 Bd6
12.Nb5 Bb8 13.Bb2 a6 14.Nbd4 Ne7 15.Rc1 Qd7 16.Ne2 {? Nh4
threatening Nf5 made it more unpleasant for the opponent.} Bd6
17.Bxf6 {?} gxf6 18.Ng3 Qg4 {!} 19.Bb1 Bxg3 {?} 20.hxg3 Rfc8
21.Qd3 {Here and on the next move Qd2 were better.} Qe4 22.Qd2
Qg4 23.Nd4 f5 24.Ne2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Nf4 Qg7
{! An ingenious move for drawing purposes.} 28.Nxd5 Nxd5
29.Qxd5 Qa1 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Qxc8 Qxb1+ 32.Kh2 Qd3 33.Qc1 b5
34.Kg1 f6 35.Kh2 Kf7 36.Kh3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (35-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (35-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Bc4
c6 6.d3 Ngf6 7.Na4 {?} Bb4+ 8.c3 Ba5 9.b4 Bc7 10.fxe5 Nxe5
11.Nxe5 {? He could well retreat Bb3 and if 11...Bg4 12.d4
Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 with the better game.} dxe5 12.Bb3 O-O 13.Bg5
Qd6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Qd2 Nd7 16.Nb2 Rae8 17.Nc4 Qg6 18.Bh4 Be6
19.Ne3 Bb6 20.Kh1 Qh6 21.Bf2 Nf6 22.Qe1 Rd8 23.Rd1 Bc8 {?}
24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.Bxb6 Ng4 26.Bg1 Bc8 27.Rf3 b6 28.Rh3 Qg5 29.Qh4
Qxh4 30.Rxh4 Rd6 31.Rh3 Rfd8 32.Rf3 Nf6 {!} 33.h3 Ba6 34.c4
Nxe4 35.c5 bxc5 36.Bxf7+ Kh8 37.bxc5 Rxd3 38.Rfxd3 Rxd3 39.Re1
Ng3+ 40.Kh2 Rc3 41.Rxe5 Nf1+ 42.Kh1 Ng3+ {There was no more
than a draw in the game and Black rightly decides it that
way.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (35-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (35-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d6 {?} 4.Bb5 {d4
folloed soon by Bd3 was stronger.} Nf6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Bg5 Be7
7.Nbd2 O-O 8.h3 exd4 9.cxd4 Nb4 {? 9...Re8 (threatening Nxe4
followed by Bxg5, etc.) 10. O-O d5 11. Bxf6 (or 11.e5 Ne4)
Bxf6 12. e5 Be7, gave Black slightly the better game.} 10.Be2
h6 11.Be3 d5 12.e5 Nh7 13.a3 Nc6 14.Bd3 f5 {?} 15.g3 {? exf6
in passing, followed accordingly by Ne5 or Bc2 would have
given White an excellent attack.} Be6 {?} 16.h4 a6 17.Rc1 Rf7
18.Qc2 Nf8 19.Ke2 Bd7 20.Rcg1 Ne6 21.Rh2 Kh8 22.Ke1 Qf8 {It
was safe and very strong to break through by ...f4} 23.Rhg2
Ncd8 24.Rh2 Kg8 25.Ng5 {?} hxg5 26.hxg5 g6 27.Rgh1 Qg7 28.f4
c5 29.Nf3 cxd4 30.Rh6 Nf8 {? ...dxe3 followed by ...Rf8 in
reply to Qh2, would have won with ease.} 31.Qh2 Nh7 32.e6 Nxe6
33.Ne5 Nef8 34.Bxd4 Bd6 35.Kd2 Re7 36.Nxg6 {The wisest course,
for he could hardly play for more than a draw which soon
results from this.} Qxd4 37.Nxe7+ Bxe7 38.Rxh7 Qxb2+ 39.Bc2
Qd4+ 40.Bd3 Qb2+ 41.Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (38-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (38-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6
5.Nf3 {A remarkable novelty.} Bc5 6.Nc3 Bb4 {As he cannot well
afterward exchange, this Bishop is still worse placed now. Nd4
was his best play.} 7.Bd2 Nge7 8.a3 Ba5 9.Bd3 d6 10.h3 Ne5
11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.O-O a6 {Much inferior to c6 with the view of
playing Bc7.} 13.Kh1 Bxc3 14.f4 Qf6 15.Bxc3 Qh6 16.f5 Nc6
17.Qe1 Bd7 18.Qg3 Rg8 19.Bc4 Kf8 20.Rad1 Re8 21.Rf4 Ne5 22.Rh4
Qxh4 {The result justifies his speculating on making a better
fight with two pieces for the Queen then with a pawn behind
and a very bad game after 22...Qf6 23.Rxh7.} 23.Qxh4 Nxc4
24.e5 {Of course, an error. Re1 was the right play.} Ne3
25.Re1 Nxf5 26.Qb4 Bc6 27.Kh2 h5 28.exd6 cxd6 29.Re5 Rxe5
30.Bxe5 Ke7 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Kd7 33.Bf4 g5 34.gxf5 gxf4
35.Qxf4 Rg2+ 36.Kh3 Rxc2 37.Qd4 Rc5 38.Qf6 Bd5 39.Qd4 Bb3
40.Qb4 Rb5 {Black has guarded all points, and the adverse King
cannot gain any effective entrance into his game. His defence
with two pieces against the Queen is a very fine specimen of
play in a position of that character.} 41.Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (38-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (38-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Max Weiss"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4
c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 {A good idea and much superior to 6...Bxc5, to
which White would reply 7.Qg4 as in a game between the editor
and Senor Vasquez.} 7.a3 {We think the best plan to maintain a
slight advantage is 7.Be3 Bxc5 8.Bxc5 Nxc5 10.Nf3 etc.} Bxc5
8.Qg4 O-O 9.Bd3 {Nf3 was, we believe, preferable.} f5 10.Qh3
Bxg1 11.Rxg1 Nc5 {This and the preceeding exchange are well
played. Black now secures either another exchange of an
important hostile attacking piece, or else, should White
retreat Be2, Black obtains a strong entrance with the Knight
at b4.} 12.Bd2 Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 a6 {A necessary precaution now,
for he cannot afford to let the adverse Knight in at b4.}
14.O-O-O b5 15.Ne2 Bd7 16.g4 fxg4 17.Rxg4 Be8 {With this well
conceived retreat Black soon secures himself on the K side
against any kind of assault.} 18.Qg3 Bg6 19.Be3 Ne7 20.Nd4
{Clearly playing at once for a draw, and for fair reasons. If
Mr Weiss had lost this game, he would not have been sure even
of the second prize, for he would have tied for second and
third with Mr Gunsberg. By drawing this game he secured the
tie for first and second prizes, and as the position gave
hardly any promise for more than a draw. Mr Weiss was clearly
justified in forcing that result as early as possible.} Nf5
21.Nxf5 Rxf5 22.Rd2 Rc8 23.Rg5 Rxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (38-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (38-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.c3
Nf6 6.Qd3 O-O 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bb3 a5 {We disapprove on general
principles of White's early advance on the seventh
move. Black's retort at this juncture is all the more feeble,
as he could have obtained the superiority of position at once
by 8...Nfd7 9.Bc2 (or 9.Be3 Na6) Nc5 10.Qe2 f5, etc.} 9.h3 h6
10.Be3 Nh7 11.g4 c5 12.c4 a4 13.Bc2 Bd7 14.Nc3 Na6 15.a3 Nc7
16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Nxe5 {He might have been well satisfied with
recovering the piece and getting the superior game by d6, but
the plan adopted is of doubtful value.} Bh4 {He shoul not have
allowed his adversary to free at once his e-pawn for
action. 17...Be8 18.Nf3 Bh4 19.e5 g6, made it more difficult
for the opponent to proceed with his attack.} 18.Nxd7 Qxd7
19.e5 g6 20.O-O-O {It was hardly advisable to give up a pawn,
and he could well adopt Ke2, with the view of playing f4
soon.} Bxf2 21.d6 Ne6 22.Nd5 Nd4 {Qd8 was the simplest
defence, but if he intended to give up the exchange, it was
only justifiable in this position if he had played Bd4,
instead of the text move.} 23.Nb6 Qd8 24.Nxa8 Qg5+ 25.Kb1 Rxa8
26.Rhf1 Bh4 27.Qe4 Nxc2 {He abandons his stronghold in the
adverse center without cause, Qd8, which made room for Nhg5,
was by far better.} 28.Kxc2 Rf8 29.Rd5 Qd8 30.Rxc5 Ng5 31.Qxb7
Ne6 32.Rd5 Qc8 33.Qb5 {Qxc8 followed by Kc3, would have worked
quicker toward the winning end.} Qa8 34.Qa5 Qc6 35.Kc3 Rb8
36.Rb5 Rc8 37.Qxa4 Qe4 38.Rd1 Be1+ 39.Kb3 Nd4+ 40.Ka2 Nxb5
41.Qxb5 Bh4 42.d7 Rd8 43.Qd5 Qf4 44.c5 Qf2 45.c6 Rb8 46.d8=Q+
{One of Mr. Pollock's bright surprises. Black cannot afterward
stop the adverse c-pawn from queening.} Bxd8 47.Qxd8+ Rxd8
48.Rxd8+ Kh7 49.c7 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (38-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (38-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6
5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Be2 Re8 10.Bf3 {f4
followed by this move was stronger and more natural. It would
have formed a strong center and made ready for an advance on
the King's side.} Bf8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bc1 {Here the Bishop
obstructs the action of the Rook and serves no good purpose.}
g5 13.g3 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bg7 15.Qd1 Bc6 16.Re1 Qd7 17.Bg2 Re7
18.Qd3 {He might as well played this instead of move 15, and
thus saved time.} Rae8 19.Bd2 Ng4 20.f3 {A weak move. Closing
in the Bishop and driving the Knight to a better square.} Ne5
21.Qf1 d5 22.Rad1 {Mr Steinitz remarked of this: "Very
feasible but for the deep and ingenious countermine which the
oponent springs upon him. He had, however, also a bad game
after 22.exd5 Bxd5 23.Nxd5 Qxd5 24.Bc3 Nc6, etc.} dxe4 {The
same commentator remarks: "Very fine play, and leading to a
still more beautiful surprise".} 23.Bxg5 exf3 24.Bh1 {Rxd7
would be ruinous.} Nd3 {And again: "A splendid master coup of
the highest ingenuity".} 25.Rxe7 Bd4+ 26.Be3 Rxe7 27.Qxd3 Rxe3
28.Qxd4 Re1+ 29.Kf2 Qxd4+ 30.Rxd4 Rxh1 31.h4 Rc1 32.Ne4 Rxc2+
33.Kxf3 f5 {Black gets a strong Pawn that wins in a few
moves.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (32-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (32-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4
O-O 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Be3 {? Ne2 was much
preferable.} Bxe3 10.Qxe3 Nh5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bb3 Qh4+ 13.Kd2
Ng3 14.Rhe1 Kh8 15.Ne2 Nxe2 16.Rxe2 f5 17.Rae1 f4 18.Qf2 Qh6
19.Rf1 f3 {? The f-pawn formed his main strength, and he
should not have subjected it to an exchange.} 20.Re3 Rf6 21.d4
Nc6 22.c3 fxg2 23.Qxg2 Raf8 24.Rxf6 Qxf6 25.Ke2 Qf4 26.Rg3 g6
27.Qf3 Qh6 28.Qe3 Qh5+ 29.Rf3 Kg7 30.Kf2 Qh4+ 31.Kg2 Rxf3
32.Qxf3 Qg5+ 33.Kh2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (28-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (28-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.d3 f5{?} 3.Be2 {? White was a
strong move ahead for any variation of the King's Gambit and
should have not hesitated to accept it.} Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2
d6 6.Bf3 Nc6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O f4 9.a3 Bxc3 {? Ba5 was
decidedly better.} 10.Nxc3 Be6 11.Re1 Nd4 12.Kh1 g5 13.Ne2
Nxf3 14.gxf3 g4 15.Rg1 {A strange termination at such an early
stage, especially considering that Black had much the best of
the game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (21-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (21-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Constant Ferdinand Burille"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 d4 5.Nce2
Bd6 6.fxe5 Bxe5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nxe5 {? c3 would have given White
the better game.} Nxe5 9.Ng3 Nfg4 10.Bf4 {10.c3 with the
likely continuation ...Qh4 11.Qa4+ Bd7 (or ...Nc6 12.Bf4)
12.Qxd4 Nxh2 13.Qf2 Neg4 14.Qf4, was much stronger.} Ng6
11.Qd2 Nxf4 12.Qxf4 Ne3 13.Qe5+ Kf8 14.Qc5+ Kg8 15.Kd2 b6
16.Qe5 f6 17.Qf4 Qe7 18.a3 Kf7 19.Rg1 Qc5 20.Rc1 Re8 21.Be2
Re7 22.Nf1 Qa5+ 23.c3 Nxf1+ 24.Rgxf1 Bb7 25.Qf5 dxc3 26.Rxc3
Qxf5 27.Rxf5 Rd8 28.Rf4 {?} Bxe4 29.g3 c5 30.Bf3 Bg6 31.g4
Red7 32.Be2 Rd4 {? Premature ...Ke7 was much superior.}
33.Rxd4 Rxd4 34.b4 {!} cxb4 35.Rc7+ Kf8 36.axb4 Rxb4 37.Rxa7
Rd4 38.Ra8+ Be8 39.Kc3 Rd6 40.d4 Ke7 41.Ra7+ Rd7 42.Ra6 Rc7+
43.Kd2 Rb7 44.Bf3 Rd7 45.Ke3 Rd6 46.Ra7+ Bd7 47.d5 {A fair
draw, though Black is a pawn ahead. He cannot make use of his
passed b-pawn or the f-pawn after advancing ...g6, as White's
King would come in accordingly at e5 or c5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (24-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (24-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4
5.d4 Be7 6.Re1 Nd6 7.dxe5 Nxb5 8.a4 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Nd6 10.Bg5 Nf5
{10...Bxg5 is, of course, out of the question on account of
the rejoinder Nc6+, and if 10...f6 11.Qh5+ Kf8 (or 11...g6
12.Nxg6, etc.) 12.Ng6+, and should win.} 11.Nxf7 Kxf7 12.Qd5+
Kg6 13.g4 Bxg5 14.Qxf5+ Kh6 15.h4 d5 {Black has defended
himself remarkably well against the opponent's highly
ingenious onslaught, and he is sure to remain with a pawn
ahead, with a good position, but he could have secured a still
greater advantage by advancing this Pawn only one step.}
16.hxg5 Qxg5 17.Qxg5+ Kxg5 18.Re5+ Kxg4 {Kf6, followed by Bxg4
would have given him less trouble in the end.} 19.a5 Bd7
20.Rxd5 Bc6 21.Rc5 Rhd8 22.Nc3 Rd6 23.Nd1 Rad8 24.Ne3+ Kf3
25.Ra3 Ke2 26.Re5 Rg6+ 27.Ng2 Kd2 28.Rg3 Rxg3 29.fxg3 Kxc2
30.b4 Rd1+ {In excellent style Black has made fine use of his
King and has arrived at an ending which he ought to have won
without difficulty if he had only simplified matters here by
Bxg2, followed by Rd2.} 31.Ne1+ Kc3 32.b5 Rd5 33.Re7 Rd7
34.Re3+ {White proves great powers of ingenious resource in
this game which seemed to be several times almost hopeless.}
Kb4 {34...Kd2 or d4 35.bxc6, thratening cxd7, was still worse
for Black, and he selects the right course in giving up the
piece at once.} 35.bxc6 bxc6 36.Re5 c5 37.Nc2+ Kxa5 38.Rxc5+
Kb6 39.Re5 a5 40.Ne3 c5 41.Nc4+ Kb5 42.Nxa5 {It was no use
playing for more than a draw with a Knight against three
Pawns, and White properly simplifies matters for that
purpose.} Kxa5 43.Rxc5+ Kb4 44.Rc8 Kb5 45.Kg2 Kb6 46.Kh3 Rc7
47.Rh8 h6 48.Kh4 Kb7 49.Rg8 Re7 50.g4 Kc7 51.g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (25-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (25-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3
d6 6.b4 {?} Bb6 7.a4 a6 {? a4 is superior.} 8.O-O h6 {?} 9.Be3
Bxe3 10.fxe3 O-O 11.Na3 Qe7 12.Qe1 Kh7 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.Bc2 Nd8
15.d4 Ng8 16.Qg3 Re8 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Nc4 f6 19.Nh4 Qf7 20.Bb3
Qh5 21.Rad1 Be6 22.Rd2 Nf7 23.Nf5 Qg6 24.Qe1 Ng5 25.Nh4 Qh5
26.Bd1 Bg4 27.Bc2 Red8 28.Nf5 Qe8 29.h3 Bh5 30.h4 Ne6 31.Rdf2
{Black had much the better game and would have been fully
justified in trying to win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (36-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (36-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Max Weiss"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Qe2 Be6 8.h3 {More likely to do harm then
good in the opening. Bb3 was better.} Bxc4 9.dxc4 Ba5 {Ne7
followed by c6 or Ng6 was more adapted to give Black a good
gamethan this aim at a mere exchange of another piece.} 10.Bd2
Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qe7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Rd2 Nd7 14.Rhd1 Rhf8 15.g4
g6 16.b4 {RAther bold, considering the position of his King.}
Qe6 17.Kb2 Nb6 {This was tempting, but it is the source of
Black's coming troubles. It was absolutely necessary to keep
his Knight at d7 so as to prevent any eventual advance of the
adverse c-pawn, which would strike at the root of Black's
position, while the advance of White's b-pawn would do no
harm. He should have played f5 at once.} 18.Kb3 f5 19.exf5
gxf5 20.b5 fxg4 21.Ng5 Qf5 22.Qxg4 Qxg4 23.hxg4 Rg8 24.Nxh7
Ne7 25.Nf6 {White has excellently taken advantage of the
opponent's slight error, pointed in our last note, and he has
come out with a Pawn ahead. However, he hesitates now and
loses the fruit of his fine play, which ought to have secured
the victory if he had only played here c5 at once. Obviously,
if Black allowed his two Rooks to be exchanged, White would
afterward gain the e-pawn, and the latters two passed Pawns
would win without much difficulty. And if 25...Nd7 26.cxd6
cxd6 27.Rxd6, with two Pawns ahead, for Black dare not answer
by 27...Rxg4 on account of the rejoinder Rxd7, followed
ultimately by Nf6+.} Rg6 26.c5 Rxf6 27.cxb6 axb6 28.Bxe5 Rf3+
29.c3 Rg8 30.Bg3 Rxg4 31.Rd3 Rxd3 32.Rxd3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (28-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (28-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3
Bb6 6.Bg5 c6 7.Ne2 h6 8.Be3 Bc7 9.h3 Qe7 10.Ng3 d5 11.exd5 {?}
cxd5 12.Bb3 Nc6 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Nf1 Nd7 15.O-O-O {?} a5 16.c3 a4
17.Bc2 d4 {!} 18.cxd4 Bxa2 19.dxe5 Ndxe5 {Much stronger was
Nc5} 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Bd4 O-O 22.f4 Nc6 23.Qxe7 Nxe7 24.Be5
Rfc8 25.Ne3 b5 26.Bxc7 Rxc7 27.Kd2 Nc6 28.Bb1 Bb3 {? Bxb1
followed by Nd4 , would have secured possesion of the open
file, with an excellent game.} 29.Rc1 Rac8 30.Nf5 {!} Kf8
31.Nd6 Rb8 32.Rc5 b4 33.Rhc1 Rb6 34.d4 Rd7 35.Nc8 Rxd4+ 36.Ke3
Rb8 37.Rxc6 Rd8 38.Be4 {? Nb6 with the view of playing Bc2
would have gained valuable time.} a3 39.bxa3 bxa3 40.Nd6 a2
41.Ra6 g6 42.f5 gxf5 43.Nxf5 Re8 44.Kf3 Rb4 45.Nd6 Re6 46.Ra8+
Ke7 47.Nf5+ Kf6 48.Ng3 Bc4 49.Ra7 Ba6 50.Bd5 Ra4 {!} 51.Bxe6
fxe6 52.Ra1 Be2+ 53.Nxe2 Rxa7 54.Nc1 {White overlooks an
ingenious scheme of the adversary. Ke3 followed by Nc3 would
have won without trouble.} Rc7 55.Nxa2 Ra7 56.Ke3 Kg5 57.g3
Ra3+ 58.Kf2 e5 59.Kg2 e4 60.Kh2 h5 61.Kg2 h4 62.g4 Rg3+ 63.Kh2
Ra3 64.Kg2 Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Congress"]
[Site "New York Congress"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6
5.Qa4+ Bd7 {An error which costs the exchange.} 6.Qb3 Be6
7.Qxb7 Bd6 8.Qxa8 Bxe5 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bxc6+ Nxc6 11.Qxc6+ Bd7
12.Qc4 Qb8 13.d4 exd3 14.Qxd3 O-O 15.Be3 {Black had a lost
game but for this stroke of fortune which delivers a clear
Rook into his hands.} Qxb2 16.O-O Qxa1 17.Qc2 Be6 18.f4 Bb8
19.c4 Ng4 20.Bc5 Qf6 21.Bxf8 Qd4+ 22.Kh1 Kxf8 23.Qb3 Bd6
24.Qf3 g6 25.h3 Ne3 26.Rf2 Nxc4 27.Nc3 Bc5 28.Nd1 Bd5 29.Re2
Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "Breslau GER"]
[Date "1889.07.25"]
[EventDate "1889.07.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4
c5 6.dxc5 Nxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb5 {This gives White a slight
advantage.} Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nd4 Qc7 12.Qh5 Bd7
13.Rf3 g6 14.Rg3 Kh8 15.Qh6 Rg8 16.Be3 Bf8 17.Qh3 Nb7 18.Nf3
Rg7 19.Rf1 {A few moves later I discovered that R-Ksq would
have been stronger.} c5 20.Bc1 Be7 21.Nd1 Bc6 22.Ne3 {The
turning point of the game. I aferwards demonstrated that
Kt-B2, followed by R-K sq so as to prevent B-K 5, would have
given White a winning postion. White could also have won the
exchange at least by P-B5.} d4 23.Ng4 Be4 24.Nf6 Bf5 25.Qh6
Qd8 26.Qg5 Nd6 {I quite overlooked this beautiful move: it
breaks the attack and practically decides the game.} 27.exd6
Bxf6 28.Qh6 Qxd6 29.Ne5 Be7 30.Ra3 f6 31.Nc4 Qd5 32.Nd2 Bxc2
33.g4 c4 34.Rg3 Bc5 35.Nf3 Be4 36.Kg2 Rb8 37.Kh3 Bf8 38.Ne1
Rf7 39.Qh4 g5 40.fxg5 fxg5 41.Rxf7 gxh4 42.Rg1 Bg6 43.Rc7 Bd6
44.Rd7 Qc6 45.Rxa7 Bc5 46.Ra5 Qb6 47.Ra4 Qb5 48.Bf4 Rf8
49.Be5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.Bc4 c6 6.d3 Qe7 {This line of defence was often adopted by
Anderssen, but is not now considered good.} 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 a5
9.a4 b4 10.Nd1 Ba6 {This move prevents B or Ne3, but is not
good.} 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Ne3 Bxe3 {He cannot permit
Nf5. Tis move shows the weakness of Ba6.} 14.Qxe3 Nc5 15.Nd2
Qa7 {To release the Knight and threatening Nxd3+ if Bxf6. A
move with great possibilities but h6 was the sounder.} 16.Qg3
{This illuminates the weak spot in Black's last move.} Nfd7
17.Be3 {Pinning the Knight and threatening to Castle.} g6
18.O-O O-O 19.Qf2 Kg7 {It is difficult to suggest anything
better.} 20.Qh4 {AS MR Steinitz has it, playing for higher
game than a Pawn.} f6 21.Qh6+ Kh8 22.Rf3 {Black is now menaced
with an irresistable attack.} Rae8 23.Qxh7+ Kxh7 24.Rh3+ Kg7
25.Bh6+ Kh8 26.Bxf8# {This was the first game finished in the
New York Tournament. It was plyed on the board on which Morphy
played his immortal game with Paulsen, and which was brought
specially for me to play on.} 1-0

[Event "Kolisch Memorial"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1890.01.30"]
[EventDate "1890.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Johann Hermann Bauer"]
[Black "Jacques Schwarz"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.a3
d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Be3 Bd6 10.Be2 h6 11.Bf3 Be6 12.Ne2 Ne5
13.Nbd4 Nc4 14.Bc1 Rc8 15.c3 Bd7 16.O-O h5 17.Ng3 g6 18.Re1+
Kf8 19.Qb3 h4 20.Nf1 Qc7 21.Bg5 Ng4 22.Bxg4 Bxg4 23.h3 Bd7
24.Bf6 Rh5 25.Re2 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.Re1 Bd7 28.Qc2 Qc8
29.Nf3 Bxh3 30.gxh3 Rf5 31.Qc1 Bf4 32.Be7+ Kg7 33.Qd1 f6
34.N1h2 Bxh2+ 35.Nxh2 Ne5 36.Bd6 Rg5+ 37.Ng4 Nxg4 38.hxg4
Rxg4+ 39.Kh2 Qf5 40.Re7+ Kh6 41.f3 Rc4 42.Rf7 g5 43.Bf8+ Kh5
44.f4 g4 45.Rh7+ Kg6 46.Rg7+ Kh5 47.Rxg4 Qxg4 48.Qxd5+ f5
49.Qxc4 Qg3+ 50.Kh1 Qf3+ 51.Kg1 Qg3+ 52.Kf1 Qf3+ 53.Ke1 Qg3+
54.Kd2 h3 55.Qe2+ Qg4 56.Qh2 Qf3 57.Bc5 Kg4 58.Qg1+ Qg3
59.Qd1+ Qf3 60.Qg1+ Qg3 61.Bf2 Qxg1 62.Bxg1 Kf3 63.Bh2 Kg2
64.Ke2 Kxh2 65.Kf2 a5 66.a4 Kh1 67.Kg3 {If 67...h2 68.Kf2 b6
69.c4 b5 70.axb5 a4 71.b6 a3 72.b7 a2 73.b8=Q a1=Q 74.Qb7#}
1-0

[Event "Blackburne - Lee"]
[Site "Bradford & London ENG"]
[Date "1890.08.06"]
[EventDate "1890.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francis Joseph Lee"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.d4 Bg4 {First played by
Chigorin.} 3.Ne5 Bf5 4.c4 f6 5.Nf3 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 e6
8.Qb3 Qd7 9.Nh4 {This kind of move seldom turns out well.} Bg4
10.e3 Nc6 11.a3 Rc8 12.Bd2 Bd6 13.Na4 {Another useless sort of
move.} Nge7 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bf7 16.Nf3 O-O 17.Nc5 {This does
not turn out favorable for White. Black gets a stong center,
and is quickly enabled to establish.} Bxc5 18.dxc5 e5 19.Qa4
Be8 20.Rc1 e4 21.Ng1 f5 22.Be2 Qe6 23.b4 Ne5 24.Qd1 fxg4
25.hxg4 Qxg4 {Decisive. If Bxg4 Black mates in two moves.}
26.Bc3 Qg2 27.Bxe5 Qxh1 28.Kf1 Bd7 29.f3 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1890.09.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "John Owen"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} b6 2.Nc3 {Not a good move. d4 or
Nf3 would have been the correct play.} Bb7 3.d4 e6 4.Bd3 Nf6
{He fails to take advantage of White's weak second move. c5
would have broken up the center to Black's advantage.} 5.Nge2
d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.O-O Nd7 9.exd5 exd5 10.Nf4 O-O
{Black has now got a bad game. He must abandon the Pawn or
worse will befall him.} 11.Nfxd5 g6 12.Be4 c6 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6
14.Qf3 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 f5 16.Qe6+ Kg7 17.Rfe1 Qxd4 {Giving an
opportunity for the other Rook to come into action. His game
is now hopeless.} 18.Rad1 Qf6 19.Rd7+ Rf7 20.Qxf7+
{Decisive. Black must now lose a piece.} Qxf7 21.Ree7 1-0

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1890.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 {It has not
yet been proved that this defence leads to a lost game.} 4.d3
{Qe2 is probably the correct play.} d6 5.exf5 Nf6 6.Nh4 Be7
7.Bg5 O-O 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nc3 Rb8 10.b3 {Rb1 is the better
defence.} Qe8 11.g4 Nd5 12.Ne4 {If Bxe7, a piece is won by
Nxc3.} Bxg5 13.Nxg5 Nf4 14.Qd2 c5 15.O-O-O Qc6 16.Rhe1 a5
17.Qxa5 {After this his game is lost.} Ra8 18.Qc3 Rxa2 19.Ne4
Nd5 20.Qd2 Qa6 21.Qg5 Qa5 22.Nd2 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "Hostoun"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1890.03.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "J Reinisch"]
[Black "Karel Traxler"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Karel Traxler} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5
{An original combination that is better than it looks. A small
mistake by white can give black a decisive attack. It is not
easy to find the best defense against it in a practical game
and it is probably theoretically correct. ... It somewhat
resembles the Blackmar-Jerome gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4
Bc5 4.Bxf7+?! Kxf7 5.Nxe5+?!} 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Ke2 {The best
defense is 6.Kf1! although after 6...Qe7 7.Nxh8 d5 8.exd5 Nd4
Black gets a strong attack.} Nd4+ 7.Kd3 b5 8.Bb3 Nxe4 9.Nxd8
{White has no defense; the mating finale is pretty.} Nc5+
10.Kc3 Ne2+ 11.Qxe2 Bd4+ 12.Kb4 a5+ 13.Kxb5 Ba6+ 14.Kxa5 Bd3+
15.Kb4 Na6+ 16.Ka4 Nb4+ 17.Kxb4 c5# 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1890.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Prince Andrey Dadian of Mingrelia"]
[Black "Count Purre Kreutz"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.e4 { This game was possibly played at Odessa in 1883 } e5
2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5
8.b3 Bh6 9.Bb2 Qxb2 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Qh5 Qxc2 12.Rae1+ Kd8
13.Rxf4 Bxf4 14.Re8+ Kxe8 15.Qxf7+ Kd8 16.Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Habana (Cuba)"]
[Site "Habana (Cuba)"]
[Date "1891.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andres Clemente Vazquez"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6
5.b4 Bxb4 6.c3 Be7 {This is the best square for the Bishop
when White Castles before offering the Gambit.} 7.d4 O-O 8.d5
{The usual move is dxe5.} Nb8 9.Qe2 d6 10.Ne1 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Ne8
12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Nd2 Bf6 15.Rb1 {Senor Vazquez
suggested afterwards that Rc1 was better.} Ng6 16.Rb3 Nxf4
17.Rxf4 Be5 18.Rf2 Nf6 19.h3 Nd7 20.Nc4 Nc5 21.Ra3 {Rather
have given up the exchange than moved the Rook out of
play. For instance:-21.Nxe5 Nxb3 22.Nxf7 Rxf7 23.Rxf7 Kxf7
24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.e5 and White has a strong attack.} Qe7 22.Nf3
f6 23.Ne3 Re8 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Nc4 Qg5 26.Kh2 Bd7 27.Nd2 f5
28.c4 fxe4 29.Bxe4 Qe5+ 30.g3 Nxe4 31.Re3 Nxf2 {Black could
also have played Nxg3, but the move made is more forcing.}
32.Rxe5 Rxe5 33.Qxf2 Rf8 34.Qd4 {He has no good move for his
Queen. If Qg2, Rfe8 wins easily.} Re2+ 35.Kg1 Bxh3 36.a4 Rg2+
37.Kh1 Rff2 38.Qh4 Rh2+ 39.Kg1 Rfg2+ 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1891.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Enrique Conill / G Lopez"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4
5.Qf3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Bc5 {This is the weak move of the defence,
Be7 is better.} 7.Qg3 Kf8 8.Bg5 Qe8 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3
11.cxd3 Nc6 12.d4 Be7 13.O-O Bxg5+ 14.Nxg5 Nd8 15.Rae1 Kg8
16.e6 fxe6 17.Qxc7 h6 {If, they had played 17...Qc6, I had
planned the following pretty variation - 18.Rxe6 Qb5, (It is
obvious ...Nxe6 ...Qxe6 or ...Qxc6 would each be followed by
mate.) 19.Rf8+ Kxf8 20.Qe7+ Kg8 21.Qe8+ Qxe8 21.Rxe8 mate.}
18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.Qd6 1-0

[Event "Blackburne - Golmayo"]
[Site "Havana CUB"]
[Date "1891.03.03"]
[EventDate "1891.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Celso Golmayo Zupide"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7
5.Nge2 Nh6 6.d3 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bd2 Kh8 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.Nd5 e6
11.Ne3 f5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Nxf5 Rxf5 {At the time I thought
exf5 the best move, and then have a fight for the King's
file.} 14.Nf4 Rf8 15.Qe1 Qe8 16.Bc3 Qf7 {If possible he ought
not to have allowed the exchange of Bishops, therefore Nd4 was
better.} 17.Bxg7+ Kxg7 18.Qd2 Bd7 19.Rbe1 a6 {Too slow. He
ought to have gone in for some attack on the King's side by
h5.} 20.b3 Rbe8 21.Nh3 h6 22.f4 Bc8 23.Nf2 Qc7 {A bad move,
which virtually loses the game.} 24.Ng4 e5 25.f5 g5 26.f6 Kh8
27.Nxh6 Be6 28.Qxg5 d5 29.f7 Re7 30.Rf6 Bxf7 31.Nxf7+ Rexf7
32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Rg6+ Rg7 34.Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1891.03.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andres Clemente Vazquez"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6
5.Nc3 d6 6.d3 {The position now is identical with the Four
Knight's or Giuco Pianissimo, as it has been called.} Bg4
7.Ne2 Qd7 8.Be3 Bb6 9.c3 Nh5 {It would have been better to
take the Knight with the Bishop before making this move.}
10.Ng5 O-O 11.Bxb6 axb6 12.f3 Be6 13.Qe1 {Threatening an
attack on the King, but Bxe6 was sounder.} Bxc4 14.dxc4 h6
15.Nh3 f5 16.exf5 Qxf5 17.g4 Qd7 18.Qh4 Nf6 19.g5 {Seemingly a
promising line of attack, but it wanted the preparotory Khi,
followed by Rg1.} hxg5 20.Nxg5 Ne7 21.Kh1 Ng6 22.Qg3 Nh5
23.Qf2 Nhf4 24.Rg1 Qf5 25.Nxf4 Nxf4 26.Qh4 {This attack was
useless. Rg3, preparing to double the Rooks, would have led to
a fairly even game.} Rf6 27.Ne4 Rg6 28.a3 Rf8 29.Rg5 Rxg5
30.Nxg5 Rf6 31.Ne4 Rg6 32.Rg1 Nh3 33.Rg3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1891.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Janowski"]
[Black "Alphonse Goetz"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 { Notes by Chigorin. A certain Mr. Janowski, a young
Russian amateur, has made his appearance at the Cafe de la
Regence and defeated many of the regular players there. From
this game against Goetz, my readers will see that his style is
most appealing. The play is quite lively in character although
not entirely solid on Janowski's part.} 1...e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4 4. c3 {Whiteâ€™s pawn sacrifice in this situation
ought not to achieve its main aim â€“ an attack. By continuing
4...dxc3 5 Bc4 Nf6 6 Nxc3 Bb4 7 O-O O-O, Black retains his
extra pawn in a quiet position} 4...Bc5 5. Bc4 Nf6 {The game
has now transposed into a well-known variation of the Giuoco
Piano (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 c3 Nf6 5 d4 exd4 etc.).}
6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O {10
Qb3 is rightly considered best; White wants to force Black to
defend his knight with Nc6-e7. An inferior reply would be
10...Na5 11 Qa4+ c6 12 Bxd5 Qxd5 13 O-O O-O 14 Rac1 Qb5 15 Qa3
b6 16 Qc3 Bd7 17 Ne5 Rad8 18 Ndf3 (White needs to defend his
own d-pawn before he can threaten the black c-pawn), and if
now 18...f6, White continues 19 Nxd7 Rxd7 20 b4 etc. }
10...O-O 11. Re1 {Now 11 Qb3 would be met by 11...Na5 and
Na5xc4.} 11...Nf4 12. Ne4 Ne7 {Black is manoeuvring aimlessly
with his knights. Once the other one has gone to f4, it would
be more logical to follow with 12...Be6. Then if White
exchanges bishops, opening the f-file for Black, the knight on
f4 will be very strongly placed -- for example 13 Bxe6 fxe6 14
Nc5 Qd5 15 Nxb7 Rab8 16 Nc5 Rxb2, etc. Black was evidently
afraid of having an isolated pawn; he failed to assess the
benefits that his position would acquire at the same time.}
13. Qd2 Neg6 14. h3 Nd5 {? Here too, 14...Be6 or 14...c6 would
have been better.} 15. Rac1 c6 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Rc5 {By
giving up his a-pawn White obtains a kingside attack, but with
faultless defence Black could have repelled it and retained
his extra material. } 17...Qxa2 18. Rh5 f6 {The best move. On
18...h6 White plays 19 Rxh6! gxh6 20 Qxh6 and should win, as
Black can't parry the threats of Ne4-f6 mate or Ne4-g5 without
giving up his knight.} 19. Nd6 b6 {Probably aimed at
preventing Rh5-a5. At this point Black had the chance to
repulse the attack by 19...Rd8. If White replies 20 Ra5 Qb3 21
Re3 Qb6 22 Nc4, it's clear that after 22...Qc7 his attack is
at an end. To sustain it, he would therefore have to defend
the knight from b4 with his queen. An interesting point is
that after 20 Qb4 a5 Black wins the knight but loses the game:
21 Qc5 Nf4 22 Rh4 Ne6 23 Qh5 Rxd6 24 Qxh7+ Kf7 25 Rg4 Bd7 26
Nh4, and on 26...Rg8 White has 27 Nf5, threatening Nf5-h6+
etc. So after 19...Rd8 20 Qb4 Black ought to play 20...Nf4 21
Ra5 Nd5! 22 Qd2 Qb3, and White's attack is beaten off. }
20. Qc2 {! A powerful move. By threatening to take the pawn on
c6 and immobilizing the knight on g6, White gains time to
occupy the seventh rank with a rook. Janowski conducts the
final attack with unerring skill. } 20...Bd7 21. Re7 Rad8
22. Nh4 Be8 23. Nhf5 Bf7 24. d5 {!} Nf4 {On 24..cxd5, White
has 25 Nxf7 Rxf7 26 Rxf7 Kxf7 27 Qc7+ and wins.} 25. Nxf7 Rxf7
{If 25...Nxh5, then 26 N5h6+ and mate in two more moves.}
26. Rxf7 Nxh5 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. dxc6 Qd5 29. c7 Rc8 30. Rf8+
Rxf8 31. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "sacrifice on h6 by B"]
[Site "sacrifice on h6 by B"]
[Date "1891.??.??"]
[EventDate "1891.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Blanchard"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 exf4 {?} 5. d4 Bb4
6. Bxf4 d5 7. e5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Be6 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Nge7
11. Rb1 b6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxh6 13... gxh6 14. Qxh6 Ng6 15.Ng5
Re8 16. Rxf7 Bxf7 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.f4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.d4 {As is stated before this is inferior to d3 or c3.} Ne4
6.Qd3 f5 7.Nc3 O-O {Giving up another Pawn for a rapid
development.} 8.Nxe4 fxe4 9.Qxe4 Bf5 {Pawns are not to be
counted in this type of game. White must be prevented from
playing e4 at any cost.} 10.Qxb7 {Better not have captured the
third Pawn. It loses too much time.} Nd7 11.Qb3+ Kh8 12.Bg5
Qe8 13.Qe3 {Still further cramping his position.} Qh5 14.c3
Rab8 15.Qd2 Nb6 16.b3 Nd5 17.Rc1 {To defend the c-Pawn. His
game is already lost.} h6 18.Bh4 Bf4 19.Qb2 Ne3 {Much better
than winning the exchange.} 20.Bf2 Rbe8 21.Bxe3 Bxe3 22.c4 Be4
23.Rc3 Bxf3 24.Rxe3 Rxe3 25.gxf3 Qxf3 26.Kd2 {No means of
saving the Rook.} Qxh1 27.Kxe3 Qxf1 28.Kd3 Rf3+ 29.Kd2 Rf2
30.Kd3 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Belfast"]
[Site "Belfast"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6
5.Bxc6+ {Anderssen considered tis the best line of play when
the d6 line of play was adopted, and perhaps he was right.}
bxc6 6.d4 {Here Anderssen advised d3.} exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.O-O
g6 9.Bd2 Bg7 10.Bc3 {Threatening Nxc6.} f6 11.f4 Nh6 12.Nd2
O-O 13.Qe2 c5 14.Qc4+ Rf7 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.Qxe6 Qd7 17.Qd5 c6
18.Qc4 Bf8 19.Bxf6 {Only the loan of a Pawn.} Ng4 20.e5 d5
21.Qe2 Nxf6 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Rae1 c4 24.g3 Rb8 25.b3 cxb3
26.axb3 Bb4 27.Rd1 Re6 28.Qg4 {Perhaps he might have taken the
a-Pawn with safety, but as the draw secured him a prize he was
right not to risk anything. I accepted the draw as it made no
difference to me, and I thought I had none the best of the
position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden (Germany)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d6 {The
authorities are pretty well agreed that d5 gives Black the
better game.} 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.h3 Ne8 8.g4 {To
prevent f5, and also to establish an attack on the King's
quarters.} g6 9.Bh6 Ng7 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O-O Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4
13.Ne2 c5 14.f4 f6 15.f5 Bf7 16.h4 a5 {My only chance is
counter attack. It is a question of who will be first.} 17.Ng3
Bxa2 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.h5 g5 20.Nf5 {This is what I hoped for. I
give up the exchange, but I have more tha an eqivalent in
attack.} Nxf5 21.Bxf8 Ne3 22.Bxe7+ Qxe7 23.Rdg1 a4 24.Qe2 {To
make an outlet for the King.} Be6 25.Kd2 Qd8 26.Ra1 a3 {This
move is decisive. If bxa3 or b3, Qa5+ wins easily.} 27.Rhb1 a2
28.Rg1 Qb6 29.Kc1 c4 30.dxc4 Nxc4 31.b3 d3 32.cxd3 Qxg1+
33.Bf1 Bxg4 34.Qe1 Qd4 {This game was awrded the prize for
brilliancy.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings (England)"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dr. Colbourne"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 g6
5.Bd2 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.O-O-O O-O 8.f4 d5 9.exd5 Nb4 10.Bc4 Bf5
11.Bb3 Nexd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Qf3 {Qc5 is the right move.} Qf6
14.c3 Nb4 15.Bc4 Qa6 16.g4 Qxa2 17.Be3 Bxc3 {White cannot save
the mate.} 0-1

[Event "Master Tt WSg"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1892.01.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Adolf Albin"]
[Black "Adolf Csank"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bd3
Bb7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.h4 Re8 11.g4 c5 12.Ne2 Nc6
13.g5 Be7 14.Qb1 g6 15.h5 Nb4 16.hxg6 Nxd3+ 17.Qxd3 fxg6
18.Ne5 c4 19.Qc2 Bb4+ 20.Kf1 Qe7 21.a3 Ba5 22.Nf4 Rad8
23.Nfxg6 hxg6 24.Rh8+ Kxh8 25.Nxg6+ Kg7 26.Nxe7 Rxe7 27.Kg2
Bc8 28.Rh1 Re4 29.f3 Bf5 30.Qf2 Re7 31.Qh4 Bg6 32.Qh6+ Kf7
33.Rh4 Rg8 {Game score incomplete. Draw agreed on move 68.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiel"]
[Site "Kiel"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lindemann"]
[Black "Echtermeyer"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "6"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Ke2 Qe4# {The congress book indicates
that Black did not mate immediately after white's third move,
but preferred to play a bit with White before making the
kill. No moves are supplied.} 0-1

[Event "Paris,"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Janowski"]
[Black "Steel"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Janowski. } d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7
5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O c5 8. b3 Nc6 {Better 8...Nbd7.}
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. a3 dxc4 12. bxc4 cxd4 {Black's aim
is to weaken and then attack his opponent's centre pawns.}
13. exd4 Na5 14. Ne5 Nd7 {!} 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Nb1 {To defend
the weak pawn on c4.} 16...Ba6 {? 16...Rfd8 followed by Be7-f6
would have given White more problems with the defence of his
pawns.} 17. Nd2 Bf6 {Again 17...Rfd8 was better.} 18. Ne4 {!}
Be7 {Capturing on c4 would be too risky.} 19. d5 Rfd8 {On
19...exd5, White wins with 20 Qd4 f6 21 Bg4.} 20. Qd4 f6 {If
20...Bf8, then 21 Nf6+! gxf6 22 Qxf6 is decisive.} 21. Bg4 Nb3
22. Qe3 {But not 22 Qc3? Nxc1 23 Bxe6+ Qxe6! 24 dxe6 Ne2+, and
unexpectedly it is Black who wins.} 22...Qa4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8
24. d6 Bxc4 {This merely plays into White's hands.} 25. Nxf6
{!} Bxd6 26. Qh6 {!} 1-0

[Event "New York Inpromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.02"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adolf Albin"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3
O-O 8.d3 d5 9.Bg5 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qd6 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bh4 Ne7
13.Rd1 Ng6 14.Nf1 Qe7 15.Bg3 Nh5 16.Ne3 c6 17.O-O Nhf4 18.Qc2
Qf6 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Ne7 21.Bh4 Qxf5 22.Bxe7 Qg4 23.g3 Nh3+
24.Kg2 Nf4+ 25.Kg1 Nh3+ 26.Kg2 Nf4+ 27.Kg1 Qxf3 28.gxf4 Qg4+
29.Kh1 Qf3+ 30.Kg1 Qg4+ 31.Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Bxe7 33.Rd3 Qxf4
34.Rg3 e4 35.Re1 Bc5 36.Rxe4 Bxf2+ 37.Kg2 Bxg3 38.Rxf4 Bxf4
39.Qf5 Bg5 40.Qg4 Rad8 41.h4 Rd2+ 42.Kf1 Be3 {And White
resigned at move 91} 0-1

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.09.30"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edward N Olly"]
[Black "Eugene Delmar"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 d4 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 dxe3 5.fxe3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7
7.Nc3 Bxb5 8.Nxb5 Nc6 9.O-O a6 10.Na3 e6 11.Nc4 Be7 12.Nfe5
Nxe5 13.Nxe5 O-O 14. Ng4 Ne8 15.d3 f5 16.Ne5 Bf6 17.Qf3 Qc7
18.Nc4 Rd8 19.e4 b5 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Nd2 Qa5 22.Qe2 Rfe8 23.e5
Nd5 24.Nf3 Nc3 25.Qe1 b4 26.Qh4 h6 27.Rfe1 Qb6 28.Kh1 Nb5
29.Re3 Na3 30.Re2 a5 31.g4 Qc6 32.Rf2 Rd4 33. Rg1 Nxc2 34.Qh5
fxg4 35.Rxg4 Rxg4 36.Qxg4 Ne1 37.Kg1 Nxd3 38.Rg2 Re7 39.Rd2 c4
40.bxc4 Qc5+ 41.Kf1 Qe3 42.Re2 Qc1+ 43.Kg2 Nf4+ 44.Kf2 Nxe2
45.Kxe2 Qc2+ 46.Nd2 Re8 47.Qd4 Qxa2 48.Qd7 Kf8 49.Qb5 {And
Black wins. White 2 hrs 4 mins Black 3 hrs Source: New York
Sun, 1 October 1893"} 0-1

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.02"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eugene Delmar"]
[Black "Francis Joseph Lee"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.c4 Nbd7 5.b3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.O-O
Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9.Bb2 c5 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Ne5 Ne4 12.Nxd7 Nxd2
13.Qxd2 Qxd7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.Bf3 Rfd8 16.Qa5 Rc6 17.Qd2 Ra6
18.a3 Rb6 19.cxd5 Rxb3 20.Qc2 Qb5 21.Rb1 c4 22.dxe6 Bxf3
23.exf7+ Kxf7 24.gxf3 Rb8 25.a4 Rxb2 26.Rxb2 Qxb2 27.Qxc4+ Kf8
28.Rd1 Qf6 29.Rd4 Rb4 30.Qc8+ Kf7 31. Rxb4 Bxb4 32.Qc4+ Kg6
33.Qxb4 Qxf3 34.Qd4 h5 35.Qd3+ Kh6 36.Qd4 Kg6 37.h4 a5 38.Kf1
Qf5 39.Kg2 Kh7 40.f3 Qg6+ {Drawn after 58 moves. White 2 hrs
12 mins Black 2 hrs. Source: New York Sun, 3 October 1894 }
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.03"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nicolai Jasnogrodsky"]
[Black "Edward N Olly"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.c4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Qc2
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9.Bg3 Nd7 10.c5 Be7 11.Bd3 f5 12.O-O Nf6
13.Ne5 Nh5 14.f4 Bh4 15.Bxh4 Qxh4 16.g4 Nf6 17.gxf5 Ng4 18.Rf3
Nxe5 19.fxe5 exf5 20. Raf1 g6 21.Kh1 Be6 22.Rf4 Qe7 23.Qg2 Kh8
24.Rg1 Rg8 25.Rf3 c6 26.Rg3 Raf8 27.Rg5 Rg7 28.Qg3 Qd8 29.Qh4
Kg8 30.Qh6 Rff7 31.R5g2 Qe7 32.h4 Bc8 33.Qf4 Kf8 34.Qh6 Ke8
35.Qf4 Kf8 36.Rg5 Be6 37.a4 Ke8 38.a5 Qc7 39.h5 gxh5 40.Be2
Kd8 41.Bxh5 Re7 42.a6 bxa6 43.Be2 a5 44.Bd3 Rxg5 45.Qxg5 h6
46.Qf6 Qd7 47.Rb1 Kc7 48.Ba6 {White 1 hr 36 min Black 2 hr 58
min Source: New York Sun, 4 October 1894} 1-0

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.05"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edward N Olly"]
[Black "Francis Joseph Lee"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.Nc3 b6 7.cxd5
exd5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9.Rc1 c5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bb1 Rc8 12.Ne2 Bd6
13.Ng3 g6 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh3 Re8 16.f4 Ne4 17.Rf3 Ndf6 18.Ne2 c4
19.d3 cxd3 20.Bxd3 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 Qe7 22.Qe1 Ng4 23.Bxe4 dxe4
24.Rg3 Bb4 25.Nc3 f5 26.Qe2 Rc8 27.Nb5 Ba6 28.Rxg4 fxg4
29.Qxg4 Qf7 30.Nd4 Bc5 31.Nf2 Bxd4 32.Bxd4 Rc1+ 33.Nd1 Qf5
{White 1 hr 52 min Black 1 hr 40 min. Source: New York Sun, 6
October 1894 } 0-1

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.07"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Nicolai Jasnogrodsky"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.d5 Nce7 6.Ne2 f5 7.f4
fxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9.Ng3 exf4 10.O-O Nexd5 11.Bxd5 Bxd5 12.Bxf4
Bc5+ 13.Kh1 O-O 14.Bg5 Bc6 15.Nf5 Qe8 16.b4 Qe4 17.Qd2 Ng4
18.bxc5 Rxf5 19.Rxf5 Qxf5 20.h3 Nf2+ 21.Kh2 Ne4 22.Qf4 Qxg5
23.Qxg5 Nxg5 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Nd2 Ne4 26.Nf3 Nxc3 27.Ne5 Rxa2
28.Rc1 Rxg2+ {White 1 hr 5 min Black 37 min Source: New York
Sun, 8 October 1894 } 0-1

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.07"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eugene Delmar"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5
Ne7 8. Qd2 c6 9.Bc4 Be6 10.Bb3 Ng6 11.Na4 Bb6 12.Nxb6 axb6
13.Nh4 Nxh4 14. Bxh4 Bxb3 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.axb3 Rfc8 17.Qe3 Qd8
18.Rab1 b5 19.f4 f6 20.f5 d5 21.exd5 Qxd5 22.Rf3 Rd8 23.Qe2
Ra2 24.h3 Rxb2 25.Rbf1 Qxb3 26.R1f2 Qc3 27.Kh2 b4 28.Rg3 Rd7
29.Qh5 Rf7 30.Rg4 Rxc2 31.Rf3 Qc5 32.Rfg3 Rc1 33.d4 exd4
34.Qh6 Kf8 35.Rxg7 Rxg7 36.Qxf6+ Ke8 37.Rxg7 Rh1+ 38.Kxh1 Qc1+
39.Kh2 Qf4+ 40.Rg3 h5 41.Qg6+ Kd7 42.Qxh5 d3 43.f6 b3 44.Qh7+
{White won in 62 moves. White: 2 hrs Black 2 hrs 5 mins
Source: New York Sun, 8 October 1894 } 1-0

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.07"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Adolf Albin"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 h6 6.Bb3 d6 7.Nbd2
Ng4 8. O-O g5 9.Nc4 Bb6 10.a4 Be6 11.Nfd2 Bc5 12.Bc2 a6 13.Qe2
Ne7 14.Nb3 Ba7 15.d4 Ng6 16.f3 Nf6 17.g3 Rg8 18.Kh1 Bh3 19.Rf2
Qe7 20.Be3 Be6 21.Nba5 Bc8 22.Re1 Qd7 23.dxe5 Bxe3 24.Nxe3
dxe5 25.Nf5 Qe6 26.b4 Qb6 27.Bb3 Be6 28.Rd1 Kf8 29.Bxe6 fxe6
30.Nxh6 Rh8 31.Ng4 Nh5 32.Rg2 Ngf4 33.gxf4 gxf4 34.Qf2 Ng3+
35.Rxg3 Qxf2 36.Nxf2 fxg3 37.Ng4 gxh2 38. Nxb7 Rh3 39.Nxe5 Kg7
40.Rd7+ Kh6 41.Ng4+ Kg5 42.Rg7+ Kf4 43.Rf7+ Kg3 44.Ne5 Rg8
45.Nc5 Kf2 46.Ng4+ Ke2 47.Nxe6 Kf1 48.Nf4 Rg3 49.Nxh2+ Kf2
50.Ng4+ Kf1 51.Nh5 Rh3+ 52.Nh2+ Kf2 53.Rg7 Rxg7 54.Nxg7 Rg3
{Black won in 60 moves. White 2 hrs 28 min Black 2 hrs 30 mins
Source: New York Sun, 8 October 1894 } 0-1

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.09"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adolf Albin"]
[Black "John S Ryan"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.f3 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.c3 d6 6.Ne2 Nf6 7.Be3
Nfd7 8.O-O c5 9.Na3 Nc6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.cxd4 e6
13.Qg3 d5 14.e5 Nb4 15.Bb1 Ba6 16.Rfe1 Rc8 17.Nf4 Nc6 18.Nh5
Bh8 19.Bh6 Re8 20.f4 Qe7 21. Nc2 f5 22.Ne3 Kf7 23.Nxd5 exd5
24.e6+ Qxe6 25.Rxe6 Rxe6 26.Qh3 Bxd4+ 27.Kh1 Rce8 28.Qg3 Re3
29.Qh4 Be2 30.Rc1 Bxh5 31.Bxf5 Nf6 32.g4 gxf5 33.gxh5 Ng4
34.Bg7 Bxg7 {Black won in 56 moves. White 1 hr 30 min Black 1
hr 3 min, Source: "New York Sun, 10 October 1894" } 0-1

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.10"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John S Ryan"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.O-O Nge7 6.d3 O-O 7.Bg5
f6 8. Be3 d6 9.Bc4+ Kh8 10.a3 Qe8 11.Qd2 Nd8 12.Nb5 Qc6
13.Bxa7 b6 14.Qb4 Qb7 15.Nxc7 Rxa7 16.Nb5 Ndc6 17.Qc3 Qd7
18.Nxa7 Nxa7 19.a4 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Qb3 Nf4 22.h3 Bb7 23.d4
Rc8 24.d5 Bf8 25.Rfd1 Bc5 26.Nd2 f5 27.Nf3 Qd6 28.c3 e4 29.Ng5
Rf8 30.Ne6 Nxh3+ 31.Kf1 Nxf2 32.Nxf8 Nxd1 33.Ke2 Qf4 34.Kxd1
Qh2 35.Qa2 Qg1+ 36.Kc2 Qxg2+ 37.Kb3 Bxf8 38.Qb1 f4 39.Qd1 Bc5
40.d6 Nc6 41.a5 Nxa5+ 42.Rxa5 Qg5 43.Ra7 b5 44.Rxb7 bxc4+
45.Kxc4 e3 46.d7 Be7 47.Qd4+ Kg8 48.d8=Q+ {White 55 min Black
2 hrs 40 min, Source "New York Sun, 11 October 1894"} 1-0

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.10"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugene Delmar"]
[Black "Adolf Albin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.h3 Bd7
8.Bb3 h6 9.Nbd2 Qc8 10.Nf1 Be6 11.Ne3 Qd7 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Nh4
g5 14.Ng6 Rg8 15.Nxe7 Qxe7 16.Bd2 O-O-O 17.Qa4 d5 18.O-O-O
Rgf8 19.f3 Kb8 20.Nc2 d4 21.c4 Nd7 22.Nb4 Nxb4 23.Bxb4 c5
24.Ba5 Rc8 25.Kb1 Ka7 26.Rc1 Rc6 27. Ka1 Rb8 28.Qa3 Rcc8
29.Bd2 b5 30.b3 b4 31.Qb2 a5 32.Qc2 Rc6 33.Kb2 Ra6 34.Ra1 a4
35.Rhb1 a3+ 36.Kc1 Nf6 37.Qd1 Nh5 38.Qe1 Qf6 39.Kc2 Nf4 40.Qf2
Rf8 41.Rf1 Ka8 42.g3 Ng6 43.Qg2 Kb8 44.Rf2 Ra7 45.Raf1 Raf7
46.Qh2 Kb7 47.Kd1 h5 48.f4 gxf4 49.gxf4 Ne7 50.Qg2 Kb6 51.f5
exf5 52. Bg5 Qe6 53.Bxe7 Qxe7 54.exf5 Qh4 55.Kc2 Rf6 56.Qd5
Qxh3 57.Qxe5 Qe3 58.Qh2 h4 59.Rf3 Qe7 60.Rf4 Qe5 61.Qf2 Qe3
62.Qxe3 dxe3 63.Kd1 Rg8 64.Ke2 Rg2+ 65.Kxe3 Rxa2 66.Ke4 Re2+
67.Kd5 a2 68.d4 cxd4 69.c5+ Kb5 70.c6 Rxc6 71.f6 Ree6 {White 3
hr Black 2 hr 51 min, Source: New York Sun, 12 October 1894 }
0-1

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.12"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Eugene Delmar"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.O-O Be7
7.Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 h5 10.h4 gxh4 11.Bxh4 Ne4 12.Qf3 f5
13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Qb3 Rf8 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Ng6 Qf6 17.Nxf8 Kxf8
18.Nc3 Nc6 19.Nd5 Qd8 20. Rad1 Be6 21.c4 Rb8 22.Nf4 Bf7 23.d5
Ne5 24.Qh3 Qg5 25.Ne6+ Bxe6 26. dxe6 Ke7 27.f4 exf3 28.Rxf3
Nxf3+ 29.Qxf3 Kxe6 30.Re1+ {Drawn after 80 moves, White 5 hr
20 Min Black 2 hr +, Source "New York Sun, 15 October 1894"}
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.12"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "John S Ryan"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.c3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 c5
8.Nd2 Nc6 9.Rc1 O-O 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 Nd7 12.Qa4 Rc8 13.Bb5
Ndb8 14.d5 a6 15.Bxc6 b5 16.Qa3 Nxc6 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Qxa6 Qd7
19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 f5 21.Rfe1 e5 22.Bf2 d5 23.exd5 Qxd5
24.Qa5 e4 25.Rc5 Qd7 26.Qc3 Rfd8 27.Bh4 Re8 28.Bg5 Re6 29.fxe4
Rce8 30.e5 h6 31.Bxh6 g5 32.Bxg5 Rg6 33.h4 Qb7 34.Nf3 Qb6
35.b4 Ra8 36.a3 Re8 37.Nd4 Be4 38.Rxb5 {White won in 57
moves. White: 1 hr 39 min., Black 47 min, Source: "New York
Sun, 13 October 1894"} 1-0

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.12"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Francis Joseph Lee"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be3 e6 7.Bd3
Nf6 8. Ne2 Nd5 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.O-O-O Nb4 11.Kb1 Nxd3 12.cxd3 Be7
13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qd5 15.f3 Bf5 16.Qc3 f6 17.g4 Bg6 18.h4
Qxf3 19.Qd2 Rd8 20. Nf4 c5 21.exf6 gxf6 22.h5 Bf7 23.Rdf1 Qc6
24.Qc3 e5 25.Nh3 Qa4 26.Nf2 Qxa2+ 27.Kc1 Qb3 28.g5 Qxc3+
29.bxc3 fxg5 30.Ng4 Bd5 31.Rhg1 e4 32.d4 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8
34.dxc5 Rc8 35.Rf1+ Ke8 36.h6 Bc4 37.Rf2 Be6 38. Nf6+ Bxf6
39.Rxf6 Kd7 40.Bd4 Ke7 41.Rf2 Rf8 42.c6 b6 43.Rxf8 Kxf8 { and
Black won in 60 moves. White 2 hrs 57 mins Black 2 hrs 8 min,
Source: "New York Sun, 13 October 1894" } 0-1

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Brooklyn CC"]
[Date "1893.10.13"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugene Delmar"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nd5 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nxe7 Qxe7
7.Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bd7 9.Be2 Nd8 10.c3 Bc6 11.Bg3 g5 12.h4 g4
13.Nd2 h5 14.Nc4 Bd7 15.Ne3 Rg8 16.Qc2 Nc6 17.b4 a6 18.a4 Qd8
19.Rd1 Kf8 20.Qd2 Ne7 21.a5 Rg7 22.c4 Ng6 23.Qc3 Rc8 24.Qb2
Qe8 25.Rc1 c6 26.c5 d5 27.Nf5 dxe4 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.d4 exd4
30.Qxd4 Be6 31.Rd1 Bd5 32.Bxg4 hxg4 33.h5 Nf8 34.Be5 Qe6
35.Bxf6+ Qxf6 36.h6+ Kg6 37.Qxf6+ Kxf6 38.h7 Ng6 39.Ke2 Kg7
40.Ke3 Rh8 41.Rh5 Rxh7 42.Rdxd5 cxd5 43.Rxd5 Nf8 44.Rg5+ Kf6
45. Rxg4 Rh1 46.Rf4+ Ke7 47.Rxe4+ Ne6 48.Ke2 Rb1 49.g4 Kd7
50.f4 Rb3 51. Kd2 Kc6 52.Kc2 Rf3 53.f5 Nf4 54.Kd2 Nd5 55.Ke2
Rb3 56.Kf2 Rxb4 57. Rxb4 Nxb4 58.f6 {And Black won in 70
moves. White 3 hr 15 min Black 1 hr 45 min. Source "New York
Sun, 14 October 1893"} 0-1

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Brooklyn CC"]
[Date "1893.10.13"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nicolai Jasnogrodsky"]
[Black "John S Ryan"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 g6 2.b3 Bg7 3.Bb2 d5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 Ne4 7.O-O
b6 8.c4 e6 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Nd7 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Rac1 Rc8
13.Rfd1 Nf6 14.Ne5 c6 15.Bd3 Nd7 16.Qe2 Qc7 17.f4 f6 18.Nxd7
Qxd7 19.e4 Rfe8 20.e5 Qf7 21.Rf1 Bh6 22.Rc2 Rf8 23.Ba3 Rfe8
24.Bd6 Bf8 25.c5 b5 26.b4 Ra8 27.a4 a6 28.Ra2 Bh6 29.g3 f5
30.Rfa1 Qd7 31.Kh1 Bf8 32.g4 Bxd6 33.exd6 fxg4 34.Qxg4 Qg7
35.Rg1 Bc8 36.Qg5 Ra7 37.Qe5 Qh6 38.axb5 cxb5 39.Rag2 Rg7
40.c6 Kf7 41.d7 Bxd7 42.cxd7 Rd8 43.f5 exf5 44.Bxf5 g5
45.Qxd5+ {And White won after 62 moves. White 1 hr 8 min Black
1 hr 35 min. Source: "New York Sun, 14 October 1893"} 1-0

[Event "New York Impromptu Tournament"]
[Site "Manhattan CC"]
[Date "1893.10.16"]
[EventDate "1893.09.30"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edward N Olly"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Be3 Be7 7.Nc3
Qc7 8. Ne2 Ngf6 9.Ng3 Nb6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.O-O c5 12.Qe2 Ng4
13.c3 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 c4 15.Bc2 f6 16.Nh4 g6 17.Qh6 Rf7 18.b3 Be6
19.b4 Nc8 20.Qe3 Nd6 21. Nf3 Ne8 22.h3 Ng7 23.Nh2 a5 24.a3 b5
25.Ng4 Rff8 26.Qe2 h5 27.Ne3 h4 28.Nh1 Nh5 29.Nd5 Qb7 30.Nxe7+
Qxe7 31.f3 Nf4 32.Qe3 Rfd8 33.Nf2 Rd7 34.Rad1 axb4 35.Rxd7
Bxd7 36.axb4 Ra3 37.Qd2 Rxc3 38.Bd1 Ra3 39.Ng4 Bxg4 40.fxg4
Rd3 41.Qe1 Rg3 42.Bf3 Nxh3+ 43.Kh2 Nf4 44.Qd2 g5 45.Ra1 Nd3
46.Ra8+ Kf7 47.Qe3 Kg6 48.Qb6 Nf4 49.Ra7 Qxb4 50.Ra6 Qf8
51.Qxb5 Qd8 52.Qb6 Qxb6 53.Rxb6 Nd3 54.Ra6 Nf2 55.Rc6 Nxg4+
56.Kg1 Ne3 57.Kf2 Nc2 58.Rxc4 Nd4 59.Rc8 g4 60.Rg8+ Kh5 61.Bd1
Ne6 62.Rh8+ Kg5 63.Rg8+ Kf4 64.Rh8 Ng5 {White resigned after
87 moves.} 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Black "Walter Penn Shipley"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.d3 Ng4 7.O-O
h5 8.Na4 h4 9.Nxc5 hxg3 10.Nb3 gxf2+ {The game lasted more
than sixty moves.} 0-1

[Event "9th DSB Kongress, Leipzig"]
[Site "Leipzig GER"]
[Date "1894.09.12"]
[EventDate "1894.09.03"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.dxc5 e6 4.e4 {It is
as well to get a great theorist like Dr. Tarrasch out of the
books as soon as possible. He made the right reply. If
4...dxe4 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Ng5 with a good position. If 4...Qa5+
5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.exd5 and afterwards Nc3 with an advantage.} Bxc5
5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.exd5 exd5 7.O-O Nge7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bf4 Bg4 10.Be2
a6 11.h3 Be6 12.a3 Ng6 13.Bh2 Ba7 14.Qd2 d4 15.Ne4 b5 16.Rad1
h6 {Not good at this point. It weakens the King side.} 17.Bd3
{Taking prompt advantage of the weak move.} Qd7 18.Rfe1 Rad8
19.Ng3 Kh8 20.Be4 Qc8 21.Ne2 Bd5 22.Nf4 {If Ndxe4 Nxd4 23.Nxd4
Bxe4 24.Rxe4 c5 with the best of it.} Nxf4 23.Bxf4 Bxe4
24.Rxe4 Rfe8 25.Rde1 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Qf5 {To prevent Bxh6, but it
brings the Queen into a dangerous place.} 27.Qd3 Qd5 28.Ne5
Ne7 29.Bd2 f6 30.Nf3 Nc6 31.Rh4 Qc4 32.Qg6 {The last move of
Black permits White to deliver his attack in full force.} Ne7
33.Rxh6+ {Winning at least a piece and two Pawns for the
Rooks.} gxh6 34.Qxf6+ Kg8 35.Qxe7 Qc8 {Thinking White had
designs on the Bishop.} 36.Ne5 {...Rf8 was useless against
Bxh6.} 1-0

[Event "Britain"]
[Site "Britain"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.d4 exd4
5.Nxd4 g6 {Playing against me in the Vienna tournament,
Steinitz continued with Nxd4, which is better than the text
move.} 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.h4 d6 9.h5 Ne5 10.Be2 Bd7 11.f4
N5c6 12.Qd2 Nxd4 {The exchanges are not good, as the Bishop
had defensive work to do at home, and a way is now opened up
for a fatal attack on the King's side.} 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4
Nc6 15.Qd2 Be6 16.O-O-O Qf6 17.g4 Rad8 18.f5 gxf5 19.gxf5 Bc8
20.Nd5 Qe5 21.Qh6 Kh8 22.Nf6 Bxf5 23.exf5 Qxf5 24.Bd3 1-0

[Event "Britain"]
[Site "Britain"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3
Nf6 6.Nge2 Bc5 7.Ng3 O-O 8.Be2 Re8 9.b4 {They think Castling
well worth the sacrifice of a Pawn.} Bd4 10.Bb2 cxd5 11.Qb3
dxc4 12.Bxc4 Be6 13.Bxe6 Rxe6 14.Nf5 Nc6 15.Ne2 Bxb2 16.Qxb2
Qb6 {With this move the idea of the combination begins to take
shape.} 17.a3 Rd8 18.O-O-O Qb5 19.Neg3 Rd3 20.Kb1 Qa4 21.Ka2
Rxa3+ 22.Qxa3 Nxb4+ 23.Kb2 Qc2+ 24.Ka1 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Clifton"]
[Site "Clifton"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "John Berry"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 Be7
5.Bc4 Bh4+ 6.g3 fxg3 7.O-O gxh2 8.Kh1 {The game has now been
transposed into a Cunningham or Three Pawns Gambit.} Nh6 9.d4
Na5 10.Be2 d6 11.Bxh6 gxh6 12.Nd5 Bg3 {Useless. He should have
brought out the QB to be ready to Castle on that side.} 13.Qd2
c6 14.Qxh6 cxd5 15.Qg7 Rf8 16.Qxg3 dxe4 17.Nd2 d5 18.Bh5 Nc6
19.Bxf7+ Kd7 20.Nb3 Ne7 21.Be6+ {The decisive stroke. If the
King takes, Knight mates.} Kc6 22.Qc3+ Kd6 23.Bf7 b6 24.Rf6+
Kd7 25.Raf1 Rxf7 26.Rxf7 Bb7 27.Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Edinburgh"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "David Forsyth"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.c3
Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bg5 Qb6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qc2 {Giving up a Pawn
for the sake of rapid development.} cxd4 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4
Qxd4 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.e4 {White has now the better position.}
dxe4 14.Nxe4 Be7 15.Rfd1 Qb6 16.Rxd7 Kxd7 17.Qa4+ Kc7 18.Rc1+
Kb8 19.Qd7 Qd8 {If instead of this he had played 19...Bb4 then
20.Nxf6 and if then 20...Rd8 21.Qc8+ and mate next move.}
20.Nxf6 Qb6 21.Qc8+ Rxc8 22.Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.e5 Be7 9.h4 f6 10.Ng5 fxg5
11.Bxh7+ Kxh7 12.hxg5 Kg8 13.Rh8+ Kxh8 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.g6 Rf5
16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8# {Note - A curious fact about this game is
that move for move I played it exactly in the same way twice
in one week, once at Hastings and once at Eastbourne, in the
year 1894.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Cheshire / Dobell"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5
5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.d4 d5 9.Bxf4 Nf6 10.e5 Nh5
11.Be2 Nxf4 12.O-O h5 13.Rxf4+ Kg7 14.Qd2 Be7 15.Raf1 Be6
16.Rf6 Bxf6 17.Rxf6 Qxf6 {Best. He gets an equivalent in force
for his Queen, but his position remains weak.} 18.exf6 Kf7
19.Bd3 Rag8 {To prevent the meditated sacrifice of the Bishop
at g6.} 20.Qf4 g3 21.Qxc7+ Kxf6 22.Nxd5+ {After this Black's
game is helpless.}Bxd5 23.Qd6+ Be6 24.d5 Nd8 25.dxe6 Nxe6
26.Bc4 Re8 27.Qxg3 Rhg8 28.Qf3+ Ke5 29.Qxh5+ Kd6 30.Qd5+ Kc7
31.Qe5+ Kd7 32.Bb5+ Ke7 33.Bxe8 Rxe8 34.h5 Kf7 35.h6 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dobell / Elsden"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 {This
defence is worth trying occasionally, though it has been much
discredited since the Lasker-Steinitz match.} 4.c3 Bd7 {f5
could also be played.} 5.d3 {d4 is bolder and better.} g6
6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.Nf1 {This manouver of the Knight is not so good
when the adverse g-Pawn is on its third square.} Nce7 8.Bxd7+
{This Bishop is too powerful to be lightly exchanged. Bc4 was
better.} Qxd7 9.Qb3 c6 10.Ng5 {Premature.} d5 11.Ne3 h6 12.Nf3
f5 {This quickens the action of the game.} 13.exd5 cxd5 14.h3
O-O-O 15.d4 e4 16.Ng1 Nc6 17.Qa4 Kb8 18.Bd2 f4 19.Nc2 g5
20.O-O-O Nge7 21.b4 Ne5 22.Qxd7 Nd3+ {Now the Knight has
obtained a menacing vantage point.} 23.Kb1 Rxd7 24.Rf1 Nf5
25.Ne1 Nxf2 26.Rxf2 e3 27.Bxe3 Nxe3 28.Ngf3 Rc7 29.Nc2 Rxc3
30.Re1 Rhc8 31.Nxe3 fxe3 32.Rfe2 R8c4 33.Kb2 a5 34.bxa5 Bf8
35.a4 {Mate in three was threatened, beginning with Ba3+.}
Ba3+ 36.Ka1 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 f5 {The interest in this game lies in the fact that at
one time great things were expected from this Counter Gambit
to the Evans; an invention by Herr Oscar Cordell. It has been
proved unsound by subsequent analysis.} 6.Bxg8 {It would
perhaps have been wiser simply to play d4.} fxe4 7.Qb3 {Bd5
could have been played.} Qf6 8.Ng5 Qxg5 9.Qf7+ Kd8 10.cxb4 d6
11.O-O {Qf8+, followed by Castles, was better.} Bh3 12.g3 Nd4
13.Nc3 Be6 14.Qf8+ Kd7 15.Qxa8 Rxg8 16.Qxb7 Nf3+ 17.Kh1 Qh5
18.h4 Qg4 19.Qb5+ Ke7 20.Nd5+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "9th DSB Kongress, Leipzig"]
[Site "Leipzig GER"]
[Date "1894.09.04"]
[EventDate "1894.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6
5.d3 Nc6 6.c3 {The Knight is generally brought out at this
stage. The text move is almost obsolete.} O-O 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a6
9.fxe5 dxe5 10.Bg5 Qd6 11.Na3 Ne7 12.Bb3 Be6 13.Bxf6 gxf6
14.Nc4 Bxc4 15.dxc4 {Better than taking with the Bishop. In
fact it gives White a winning position. The Black Bishop, as
will presently be seen, is practically shut out of the game.}
Qxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Rad8 17.c5 Rxd1+ 18.Kxd1 Rd8+ 19.Ke2 Ba7 20.a5
{To prevent any attempt to release the Bishop.} c6 21.Rf1 Ng6
22.g3 Bb8 23.Nd2 Kg7 24.Nc4 Ne7 25.Ne3 Bc7 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Bxd1
Kf8 28.Kd3 Ke8 29.Bg4 Kd8 30.Nf5 Ng8 31.Kc4 Bb8 32.Bh3 Bc7
{Black is powerless to prevent the White King's advance.}
33.Kd3 Bb8 34.Ke3 Bc7 35.Kf3 Bb8 36.Kg4 Bc7 37.Kh5 Ke8 38.Nd6+
Bxd6 39.cxd6 Kd8 40.Bf5 {The Knight is lost.} 1-0

[Event "9th DSB Kongress, Leipzig"]
[Site "Leipzig GER"]
[Date "1894.09.10"]
[EventDate "1894.09.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6
5.Na4 Nc6 6.Ne2 Be6 7.d3 Qd7 8.h3 Bb6 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.c4 O-O
11.f4 Qe7 12.f5 Bd7 13.g4 Ne8 14.g5 {White advances to the
attack with much dash. Black's position is somewhat critical.}
f6 15.h4 g6 {Breaking the Pawns.} 16.h5 {Here White might have
paused in his attack and have played Ng3 with advantage.} gxf5
17.g6 f4 18.gxh7+ Kxh7 19.d4 Bg4 20.dxe5 fxe5 21.Qd2 Bxe2
22.Qxe2 f3 23.Qd2 {Risking everything for the attack.} fxg2
24.Qxg2 {He sees too late that Qh6+ leads to nothing.} Qg7
25.Bg5 Nd4 26.Rd1 Rg8 27.Rg1 Ne6 28.Qf3 Nxg5 29.Qf5+ Kh6
30.Rd2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "ch Montreal CC"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Robert Short"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 {Notes by Frank Marshall} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6
{Declining the gambit. This is supposed to be better for Black
than the acceptance. However, White gets dangerous attacks in
both branches} 5.c3 {To support d4, but to slow. 5 O-O is
stronger. Another good suggestion by Ulvestad is 5 a4 followed
by Ba3.} d6 6.O-O Bg4 7.d4 exd4 8.Bxf7+ {?} Kf8 {? Black
should have accepted. The sacrifice is unsound.} 9.Bd5 Nge7
{9...Nf6 is better as after 10 h3 Black could play 10...Bxf3
without the dangerous recapture by the White queen with a
check. The text move enables White to finish with a killing
attack.} 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Ng5 {!} Qd7 13.Ne6+ Ke8
14.Nxg7+ Kf8 15.Be6 Qd8 16.Bh6 Bxe4 17.Nh5+ Ke8 18.Nf6# 1-0

[Event "9th DSB Kongress, Leipzig"]
[Site "Leipzig GER"]
[Date "1894.09.06"]
[EventDate "1894.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Theodor von Scheve"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.h3
Ne4 { "The decisive error." - Tarrasch} 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Nd2 Bb4
{"Had Black foreseen the consequences of my plan (which could
hardly have been expected of him) he would have retained this
Bishop for the protection of the g pawn." - Tarrasch} 10.a3
Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 O-O 12.Qc2 f5 13.Bd6 Re8 14.O-O-O Nf6 15.Be5 Bd7
16.f3 exf3 17.gxf3 b5 18.Rg1 Rf8 19.Rd2 Rf7 20.Rdg2 a5 21.Qf2
Ne8 22.Rg5 Qe7 23.Qh4 Nf6 24.Qh6 Ra7 25.Bd6 Qxd6 26.Rxg7+ Kf8
27.Rxh7+ Ke7 28.Rxf7+ Kxf7 29.Rg7+ Ke8 30.Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.10"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.f4 {Notes by Blackburne} e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.g3 {One
of Bird's innovations, but not so strong as the usual move
Nf3.} f5 {h5 may also be played with advantage.} 5.d3 Nf6 6.c3
Nc6 7.Bg2 Ne5 8.Nd2 Qe7 9.Nf1 Bd7 10.Bf4 {Perhaps White is
right in not taking the b-pawn, as it would lose time, and
still further weaken his position.} O-O 11.Bxe5 Bxe5 12.Qc2
Kh8 13.Bf3 {Castling would certainly have been better, but
even then his position would not be easy.} Rab8 14.Qd2 Rfe8
15.h3 {White's last two moves have not in anyway improved his
position; if anything, the reverse.} Qd6 16.Kf2 c5 17.e3 Bb5
{An awkward move to parry, and there does not appear any
better defence than the one selected.} 18.Rd1 Rbd8 19.c4 Bc6
20.Qe2 b5 21.b3 bxc4 22.bxc4 Ba4 23.Rb1 Rb8 24.Nd2 {White's
position is now hopeless. Mr. Lasker's play throughout the
whole of this game is characterised by his usual correctness
and force, but who would recognise Mr. Bird's play? He
evidently was out of form this day, or it may be this opening
is not suited to his attacking style.} Bxg3+ 25.Kg2 Bh4 26.Rh2
Bc2 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.d4 cxd4 29.exd4 Re8 30.Qf1 Re1 31.c5 Qxd4
32.Qxe1 Bxe1 33.Nb3 Bxb3 34.axb3 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.16"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.exd5 {Not as good as 5.e5 Nfd7 6 Bxe7 Qxe7 7 Qd2, etc.} Nxd5
6.Bxe7 Nxe7 {Qxe7 was superior.} 7.Nf3 c6 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.O-O Nf6
10.Ne2 {White has much the freer position, and something more
energetic seems needed here to keep his advantage. 10 Qe2,
followed by Rad1, seems superior to the text.} O-O 11.c3 {True
to the teaching of the ‘Vienna’ school', White by this move
offers a draw. Either Qc2 or Qd2 were developing and kept the
advantage of position with White.} Qb6 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.Ng3 Rd8
14.Rad1 Bd7 15.Rfe1 Be8 16.Qc2 Ned5 17.Ng5 g6 18.N5e4 Nxe4
19.Nxe4 b6 20.Qc1 {Were White desirous of a fight, g3 first,
followed by Qd2, was the correct idea.} Qf4 21.Qxf4 Nxf4
22.Bf1 Kg7 23.g3 Nd5 24.Bg2 h6 25.Nd2 Rac8 26.Nc4 Rc7 27.Ne5
Rdc8 28.Nd3 Ne7 29.Be4 c5 {Black here makes a bid for
something more which his opponent apparently would be
satisfied.} 30.dxc5 bxc5 31.Ne5 Bb5 {To prevent Nc4 and d6.}
32.Bg2 Rb8 33.Rd2 Rb6 {This and the next move place the Rook
out better at b8.} 34.Red1 Ra6 35.c4 Ba4 36.b3 f6 {The only
good move, but it serves to equalise matters.} 37.Nd3 Be8
38.Nf4 g5 39.Ne2 Bh5 40.Re1 Bxe2 41.Rdxe2 Nf5 { Black appears
to have now fully as good a game as White, as the Knight
against Bishop compensates for the weakness of Pawns on the
Queen’s side. The line of play now initiated seems unnecessary
and hazardous ; either e5 or Kf7 seems safer.} 42.Rxe6 Rxa2
43.Bd5 Nd4 44.Re8 f5 45.Rg8+ Kh7 46.Ree8 g4 47.Rh8+ Kg6
48.Reg8+ Rg7 49.Rd8 Ra6 50.h3 gxh3 51.Kh2 Nxb3 52.Kxh3 Nd4
53.Rc8 Nb3 {Although Black has won a Pawn and at the same time
kept his King sufficiently defended, yet the position vill
admit of no more than a draw, owing to the threatening
attitude of White’s Pieces.} 54.f3 Rd6 55.g4 Kg5 56.Kg3 fxg4
57.fxg4 Rf6 58.Rce8 Nd2 { Necessary to prevent the check at e4
with the Bishop on the 61st move. A draw is now the legitimate
result of a well played ending.} 59.Re5+ Kg6 60.Rh5 Rh7
61.Rg8+ Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.20"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Tinsley"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 {Notes by Schiffers} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Nc3
Bd6 6.Bd3 f5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bd2 a6 9.Rc1 Nh6 {I prefer Nf6.}
10.Qb3 {Qb3 is rarely good in this opening.} Qe7 11.g3 Nf7
12.h4 O-O 13.h5 b5 14.h6 {An attack of little promise, and
which only results in a weak Pawn at h6.} g6 {If ...Nxh6 then
15 Nxd5, etc; 14...gxh6 would evidently not be good.} 15.Nh4
Nf6 16.f4 Bd7 17.Be2 b4 18.Na4 Ne4 {Black has now the better
game.} 19.Nb6 Nxg3 20.Rh3 Nxe2 21.Kxe2 Bb5+ 22.Kf2 Rab8 23.Na4
Nxh6 {Black has now the better game. Black is already two
Pawns ahead; the weakness of the moves h5 and h6 now becomes
apparent.} 24.Rch1 Qe8 25.Nc5 Ng4+ 26.Ke1 Bc4 27.Qc2 Bxc5
28.b3 Bb5 {Apparently, Black could have won another Pawn by
Bxb3.} 29.Qxc5 Rc8 30.Qxb4 Nf6 31.a4 Bd3 32.Nf3 Be4 33.Kf2 Rc2
34.Rc1 Rxc1 35.Bxc1 Bxf3 36.Kxf3 Rf7 37.Rh2 Rc7 38.Ba3 Ne4
39.Qb6 Qc8 40.Qb4 Kg7 41.a5 h6 42.Qb6 g5 43.fxg5 Nxg5+ 44.Kg3
Rc6 45.Qa7+ Qc7+ 46.Qxc7+ Rxc7 47.Bc5 Ne4+ 48.Kf3 Nxc5 49.Rc2
Kf6 50.Rxc5 Rb7 {? Black should have exchanged Rooks and must
then win by force: e.g. 50...Rxc5 51 dxc5 e5 52 b4 Ke6 53 b5
Kd7 and wins, having two passed pawns. Or 51...Ke7 52 Kf4 h5
53 b4 h4 54 b5 Kd7, etc; or else 53 Kg5 e5 and wins.} 51.Rc6
Rxb3 52.Rxa6 Rb8 53.Kf4 Rb4 54.Kf3 h5 55.Ra8 Ra4 56.a6 h4
57.a7 Kg7 58.Re8 Rxa7 59.Rxe6 Ra1 60.Re5 Rg1 61.Kf2 Rg5
62.Rxd5 h3 63.Rc5 Rg2+ 64.Kf3 Rg1 65.Rc2 Rh1 66.Kg3 Kf6 67.Re2
{? Rh2 immediately [as pointed out by Mr. Tinsley at the
conclusion of the game-Ed.)gave White a good chance of
winning. After Rh2, R anywhere; 68. Kf2, and wins the Pawn at
h3. Black evidently could not exchange Rooks with the King at
f6 67...Rxh2 68 Kxh2 Kg5 69 Kxh3 f4 70 e4 and wins.} Kg5
68.Rh2 Rxh2 69.Kxh2 f4 70.exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.21"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} f5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 {4
Bd3 and 5 Ne2 as between Steinitz and Albin seems a better
development.} b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Bb4 {A favourite
idea of Mr. Bird is to exchange the Black Bishop for the White
Queen's Knight.} 8.Bd2 O-O 9.Qc2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Ne4 11.Be1 d6
12.Rd1 Qf6 13.Nd2 {The main objection to this form of opening
for Black has always been that at some point White by
advancing d5 could block the adverse bishop out, or else in
some way take advantage of the e6 square. This point seems to
have now arrived, and the advance of the Pawn would seem
difficult to answer satisfactorily. If, for instance, Black
answers exd5 14 cxd5 Ne7 15 Bc4 with the better game (White
could not attempt to win two Pieces for a Rook, however, by
15. Qxc7 Bxd5 16 Rxd5, etc., on account of ...Rfc8 17 Qb7 Rab8
and Black would win). If Black plays 13...Nd8 then 14 Nd4 and
if ...exd5 (...e5 (?) 15 Nxf5 Qxf5 16 Bd3 and should win), 15
cxd5 Bxd5 16 Nxf5 Qxf5 17 Rxd5, with the better game.} Ne7
14.f3 Ng5 15.Bf2 Qh6 16.Rfe1 Ng6 17.Bd3 c6 18.c5 bxc5 19.dxc5
d5 20.Nb3 Bc8 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Re2 {This seems a move to not much
purpose. Perhaps 22 f4 Ne4 23 Bxe4 fxe4 24 Bg3 threatening to
continue Qa4, etc would be more aggressive.} Qh5 23.Qa4 e5
24.Nxc6 e4 {Of course, if Rc8, then Ne7+, etc. The attack
which Black now obtains is very beautiful, and almost wins}
25.Bb5 exf3 26.Red2 fxg2 27.Be2 Nh3+ 28.Kxg2 Qg5+ 29.Bg3 f4
30.Rxd5 Nh4+ 31.Kh1 Bxc6 32.Qxc6 Qe7 33.Rd7 fxg3 {All very
fine chess indeed, but there appears to be no more than a
draw, a just ending to a most interesting game.} 34.Bc4+ Kh8
35.Rxe7 Nf2+ 36.Kg1 Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.23"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {Notes by Schiffers} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Bd6 { A defence adopted formerly by Kieseritzky and
Mayet; it has not been practised for a long time by strong
players, which circumstance partly explains the success
attending Mr. Pillsbury's revival of it at Hastings.} 6.d4 Nf6
7.Ng5 {Weak; he ought to have played 7 O-O, with the
continuation Re1, Ng3 (via d2 and f1), etc.} O-O 8.Nxf7
{Anderssen in a game with Kieseritzky, continued : 8 f4 exf4 9
e5 Bxe5 10 dxe5 Nxe5 11 Bb3 h6 12 Nh3 g5 13 O-O d6 by which
Black obtains four pawns in exchange for the Bishop.} Rxf7
9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.f4 exd4 {!} 11.e5 Be7 12.exf6 Bxf6 {Black has
now three Pawns to compensate for the exchange, and his
position is unembarrassed.} 13.O-O d5 14.Nd2 dxc3 15.Nf3 Kg8
16.Rb1 b6 17.Be3 Bg4 18.Qa4 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Qd6 20.Rd1 Rd8 21.Rh3
d4 22.Bc1 Qe6 23.Qc2 d3 {! A move which leads to a speedy
victory.} 24.Rhxd3 Nd4 25.f5 Qe4 26.Ba3 {Just before the end,
Mr. Bird has a joke in his well-known style; if 26 Nxc2, White
mates in four.} c5 {!} 27.Qf2 Ne2+ 28.Kf1 Rxd3 29.Rxd3 Qxd3
30.Qxe2 Qxf5+ 31.Kg1 Qb1+ 32.Kf2 Bd4+ 33.Kg3 Qg6+ 34.Kh3 h5
35.g3 Qg4+ 36.Qxg4 hxg4 37.Kxg4 Be3 38.Kf3 Bh6 39.Ke2 c2 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.24"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5
Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be7 {The usual move is better, Bb4.} 6.d4 O-O 7.Bd3
f5 8.exf6 Bb4 {This sacrifice is not sound. The right move was
Nf6.} 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Rxf6 {Better would be Nxf6.} 11.c4
{!} Bg4 12.cxd5 Bxf3 {Qxd5, then 13 Qe2 Nd6 14 c4, and White
has the better game.} 13.gxf3 Nc3 14.Qe1 Nxd5 15.Kh1 Nf4 {A
mistake, which costs the game. In order to prevent 16 Bg5,
Black should have played 15...Rf8, hut White would in any case
have the superior game with his two Bishops and the open
g-file.} 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Qe4 Qd6 {Now Black’s game is
hopeless. If Ng6, then 18 Bg5, winning the exchange.} 18.Qxb7
Nc6 19.Qxa8+ Rf8 20.Bxf4 {!} Qf6 21.Be5 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.13"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Beniamino Vergani"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.f4 {Notes by A. Albin} e6 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.b3
Ne7 6.Bb2 f6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 a6 9.Be2 Bc5 {Not good; now e5
was the correct move. He would with that obtain the better
game.} 10.d4 Ba7 {Again a bad move.} 11.Qe1 Nf5 12.Nd1 Nce7
13.Bd3 Nd6 14.Nf2 {Why not c4?} f5 15.c4 Ne4 16.Nh3 c6 17.Ne5
Rf6 18.Rd1 {Instead of that, g4 is stronger.} Ng6 19.Bxe4 dxe4
20.Kh1 Ne7 21.Qg3 Qe8 22.Ng5 Bb8 23.Rd2 Bxe5 {Mr. Vergani
finds very early the only move that loses. Without that a draw
would be the probable result.} 24.dxe5 Rf8 25.Rd6 Qg6 26.Rfd1
h6 27.Nxe6 Bxe6 28.Qxg6 Nxg6 29.Rxe6 Kf7 30.Red6 Rfe8 31.Rd7+
Re7 32.Ba3 Re8 33.Bxe7 Rxe7 34.Rxe7+ Kxe7 35.Kg1 Nf8 36.Kf2
Ne6 37.b4 g5 38.g3 g4 39.Rd6 h5 40.b5 axb5 41.cxb5 cxb5 42.Rb6
1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.07"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3 {Alapin's
idea. The sacrifice of the pawn seems to be correct, for after
dxe4 4 Nd2 Black would get a very difficult game to defend if
he tried to keep the pawn with f5, whilst, after Nf6 5 c3
followed by Qc2 would recover the pawn with a good game.} Nf6
4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 {f4 appears to be preferable.} c5 6.c3 Nc6
7.Nbd2 Qb6 8.Rb1 cxd4 9.cxd4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O f5 12.exf6
Nxf6 13.h3 Bd7 14.Nb3 Nd8 15.Nc1 Bd6 16.Ne5 Be8 17.Ncd3 Ne4
18.Bh5 Bb5 19.Re1 Qc7 20.Rc1 Qe7 21.Bf3 Ng5 22.Bg4 Bxd3
23.Qxd3 Ne4 24.Bf3 Ng5 25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.Rc2 {The play in this
game was tame, and featureless to a degree, and does not
require any comment. Apparently both players were satisfied
with the result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.28"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.f4 {Notes by E. Schiffers} d5 2.e3 g6 {A good continuation,
preventing b3, Bb2, and Bd3, as generally played by Bird, and
which gives White many chances of attack.} 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.d4 b6 6.Ne5 Bb7 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Bb5 O-O 9.O-O Nb8 {!} 10.Bd2 a6
11.Be2 c5 12.Be1 Nc6 13.Bh4 e6 14.Ng4 cxd4 15.exd4 Nb8
{Curious, but practical manceuvres of the Knight.} 16.Qe1 Nbd7
17.Bd3 Qc7 18.Ne5 Rac8 19.Rd1 b5 20.Ne2 Ne4 21.Ng3 f5 22.c3
Nxe5 23.fxe5 Bh6 24.Nxe4 {Black has now obtained a strong
passed Pawn.} dxe4 25.Bc2 Bd5 26.Bb3 g5 27.Bf2 Qf7 28.Qe2 Qg6
29.h3 Rc7 30.g3 f4 31.Qg4 e3 32.Be1 {! After this move,
Black's Pawns rush forward with irresistible force.} Rc4
33.Kh2 Qe4 34.Rg1 f3 35.Qxe4 Bxe4 36.Bxc4 bxc4 37.Bf2 exf2
38.Rgf1 g4 39.Rxf2 Be3 40.Re1 Bxf2 41.Rxe4 Bxg3+ {!} 42.Kg1
Bh2+ 43.Kf1 g3 44.Rg4+ Kh8 45.b3 g2 46.Kf2 Bg1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.17"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by A Albin} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3
Ba5 6.Qb3 Qf6 {Many are of opinion that this defence is very
bizarre, but of course much depends upon the lines of attack
adopted by White. We find that Herr Tchigorin now plays his
Black Bishop to b6, and that he did not play Nh6 like his
opponent Mr. Steinitz in his cable match. These being two
essential points in this defence it is not easy to find the
right continuation for the attack.} 7.O-O Bb6 8.d4 exd4 9.e5
Qg6 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Nc3 Nh6 13.Be3 {Ba3 would
have been stronger, and if c5, then 14 Nb5, with a strong
attack.} Bxe5 14.Bxh6 {White's resources are at an end and
Black should win this game.} Qxh6 15.g3 O-O 16.Rfe1 d6 17.Rac1
c6 18.Qb1 b5 19.Bd3 Bb7 20.Nd1 a6 21.Ne3 c5 22.Nf5 Qf6 23.Be4
Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Rae8 25.Kg2 Re6 26.Qg4 Rfe8 27.Rc2 Qg6 28.Qf3 h5
29.Rce2 c4 30.Nh4 Qd3 31.Qc6 Bf6 {A weak move which allows a
forced draw. The winning move is, I think, d5 (!).} 32.Rxe6
Rxe6 33.Rxe6 fxe6 34.Qe8+ Kh7 35.Qxh5+ Kg8 36.Qe8+ {The latter
part of this game was rapidly played. Mr. Bird's trap was
ingenious, and he is unequalled at the lightning
style. EDITOR} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.09"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.f4 {Notes by E. Schiffers} e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.g3
{The line of defence adopted by Zukertort commences : 4 Nf3
Nh6 5 d4 Ng4 6 Bg5 f6 7 Bh4, etc.} h5 {Here Lasker played f5
against Bird.} 5.Bg2 Nc6 {Apparently h4 would be stronger.}
6.Nc3 h4 7.Ne4 hxg3 8.h3 Nf6 9.Nxd6+ Qxd6 10.d3 Be6 11.c3
O-O-O 12.Qa4 Nd5 13.Bd2 g5 {The beginning of a pretty
combination.}14.Bxg5 Nxc3 15.Qf4 {After bxc3 would follow
15...Qc5 with a triple attack on c3, g5, and f2.} Qxf4 16.Bxf4
Nd5 17.Bxg3 Rdg8 18.Kf2 Rh6 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Nf3 Nb4 21.Be5 Rh5
22.d4 Nd3+ 23.Ke3 {If 23 exd3 then rf5 regaining a piece with
a strong attack.} Nxb2 24.Rag1 Rxg1 25.Rxg1 Rxh3 26.Kf4 Nd3+
27.Kf5 Bxf3 28.exd3 Bd5 29.Kf6 Kd7 30.Rc1 Rh6+ 31.Kg7 Rg6+
32.Kh7 Rc6 33.Rb1 Rc2 34.Rb5 Kc6 35.Ra5 a6 36.a3 Bb3 37.Bf4
Kd7 38.Kg7 Rg2+ 39.Kf6 Be6 40.d5 Rg6+ 41.Ke5 Bh3 42.Rc5 Bg2
43.Kd4 c6 44.d6 Bd5 45.Rc2 Rg4 46.Rf2 b5 47.Kc5 a5 48.d4 Rg8
49.Re2 Re8 50.Rh2 b4 51.a4 {If 51 axb4 (?) then Rb8 and mate
next move.} Rg8 52.Kb6 Rg4 53.Bd2 Rxd4 54.Kxa5 c5 55.Be3 Rc4
56.Kb6 Kxd6 57.a5 Be4 58.a6 Rc3 59.Rd2+ Rd3 60.Bxc5+ Ke5
61.Re2 Rd8 62.a7 b3 63.Kb5 Kf5 64.Kb4 Bc2 65.Ka3 Ra8 66.Re7
Kg6 67.Rb7 Be4 68.Rxb3 f5 69.Kb4 Kf7 70.Kc3 Ke6 71.Rb8 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.24"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Georg Marco"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Schiffers} e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 Bd6
{Here the attack Nc6 is possible, as first pointed out by
Beaune ; it is apparently irregular. The best continuation to
4...Nc6 is 5 Bb5 Nf6 6 d4 {6 Nxc6, bxc6 7 Bxc6+ Bd7 8 Bxd7+ (8
Bxa8(?) Bg4) Qxd7 with a good game in exchange for the
sacrifice of the Pawn.)} 5.d4 { A probable continuation might
be 5 Bc4, and if Bxe5, then Qh5.} exd3 6.Nxd3 {After 6 Bxd3
Bxe5 7 fxe5 White has a weak isolated Pawn on e5 without any
compensating attack.} Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nc3 Nd4 10.Bf3
{10 Be3 would have been better; after 10...Nf5might follow for
instance, 11 Bf2, and after 10...Nxe2+; 11 Qxe2 Re8 12 h3; or
11...Ng4 12 h3, etc.} Re8 {!} 11.Bd2 c6 {Black deliberately
prepares an attack upon the f-pawn} 12.Kh1 Bf5 13.Be1 Qc7
14.Bf2 {Bg3 was no better; White now loses the Pawn.} Nxf3
15.Qxf3 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Bxf4 17.Bh4 Be5 {!} 18.Rac1 Bxc3 19.Rxc3
Re6 20.Rc5 Rd8 21.Rg5 Qd6 22.Rg3 Kh8 {!} 23.Bg5 Qe5 24.h4 {?
This move, in conjunction with 28 g3, effects the shutting up
of the Rook on g4.} h6 25.Bc1 Nh5 26.Rg4 Rf6 27.Bf4 Qxb2 28.g3
{?} Qxa2 29.Qe3 Qd5+ 30.Rf3 Re6 31.Qf2 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.30"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 {Notes by E. Schiffers} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O dxc3 8.e5 {The best continuation
here, as is well known, is Qb3 (!).} d5 {A good move pointed
out by Zukertort. The 'Handbuch' gives also 8 Nge7.} 9.exd6
Qxd6 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Rd1 Qb4 13.Qxe6+ Qe7 14.Qb3 c2
15.Qxc2 Rd8 16.Nbd2 Qf7 17.Ba3 Bxd2 18.Rxd2 Rxd2 19.Qxd2 Nge7
20.Re1 O-O {White has lost the attack, and has not regained
the Pawn; 'the peculiarity of this opening,'as Hoffer
remarked.} 21.Ng5 Qf6 22.Ne6 {If 22 Re6 then might follow Qf5
(Qa1+ Re1) 23 Bxe7 (23 Rxe7 Nxe7 and if 24 Bxe7 Qb1+, etc.)
Re8, and afterwards Rxe7 or h6.} Rf7 23.h3 h6 24.Nxc7 Ng6
25.Re8+ {White succeeds in regaining the Gambit Pawn. We think
that by careful defensive play White could obtain a draw.} Kh7
26.Ne6 Qf5 27.f3 Nce5 28.Qe2 Rf6 29.Nc5 Rc6 30.Ne4 Nf4 {Taking
advantage now of the retirement of White's Rook from the game,
Black obtains the attack, winning the exchange.} 31.Qe3 {Other
moves are not better; if Qd2 then Nc4, or if Qf2, then Qg6,
threatening Nxh3+.} Qg6 {Still stronger would have been
31...Nxg2 and if 32 Kxg2 then Qg6+ 33 Kh1 Qxe8, and if then 34
f4 Re6 35 fxe5 Rxe5, etc. 31...Rc2 would also win.} 32.Qxf4
Qxe8 33.Nd6 Ng6 34.Qd2 Qe5 35.Ne4 Qb5 36.Bb2 Rc7 37.Kh2 Rd7
38.Qc1 Qe2 39.Bc3 Nh4 40.Qb2 Nxf3+ 41.Kg3 Qxe4 42.gxf3 Qg6+
43.Kh2 Rd1 44.Qf2 Qd3 45.Bb4 Rc1 46.Qh4 Qc2+ 47.Kg3 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.21"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1.e4 {Nots by A. Albin} e5 2.f4 exf4 {To accept the King’s
Gambit is at all events better than to decline; we have seen
the contrary in the game Blackburne v. Schlechter in the last
Leipsic Tournament. The defence has more resources than the
attack.} 3.Bc4 d5 4.Bxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Bxc3
{Mr. Pillsbury plays here to simplify the game because his
famous opponent is dangerous.} 8.dxc3 c6 9.Bc4 Qxd1 10.Rxd1
Nxe4 11.Bxf4 Nd7 12.Rd4 {Re1 at once is preferable. I don’t
see how Black can savethegame. If 12...Ndf6 13 Bd3 Bf5
(if... Nc5 then 14 Bd6) 14 Nh4 and wins. Or if 12...Nef6 then
13 Bd6 Rd8 (...Re8 then 14 Ng5 Rxe1+ 15 Rxe1) 14 Be7 Re8 15
Ng5(!). Again 12...Nc5 then 13 Bd6 Rd8 14 Be7 Re8 15 Ng5 and
wins.} Ndf6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Bd3 {Nh4 is superior; Black must
play c5 to prevent the loss of two Knights against one Rook ;
and even then White has more chances for a win. For instance,
if 14 Nh4 c5 15 Nxf5 (!), White would get four Pawns on the
Queen’s side and keep two Bishops. Only one defence is
possible, and that consists as reply to Nh4, ...g6, and even
then White gets the better game after Nxf5 (better than g4).}
Rfe8 15.Be5 c5 16.Ra4 Bg6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Rxe8+ Nxe8 19.b4
cxb4 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.cxb4 Nd6 22.Nd2 a6 23.Ra3 Rc8 24.Rd3 Rc6
25.Kf1 Kf8 26.Ke1 Ke7 27.Kd1 f5 28.c3 g5 29.Kc2 g4 30.g3 g5
31.a4 Ke6 32.Nb3 Ke5 33.Re3+ Ne4 34.Nd2 Rh6 35.Re2 Kd5 36.Nxe4
fxe4 37.Rd2+ Ke5 38.Re2 a5 {!} 39.b5 Rf6 40.Kb3 Rf3 41.Kc2 e3
{Rf1 seems to give moe winning chances.} 42.Kd3 Kd5 43.Rxe3
Rxe3+ 44.Kxe3 Kc4 45.Ke4 Kb3 46.Kf5 Kxa4 47.Kxg4 Kb3 48.h4
gxh4 49.gxh4 a4 50.h5 a3 51.h6 a2 52.h7 a1=Q 53.h8=Q Qxc3
54.Qe8 Qc7 55.Kf3 Kb4 56.Qe4+ Kxb5 57.Qb1+ Ka6 58.Qa2+ Qa5
59.Qe6+ Qb6 60.Qa2+ Kb5 61.Qb3+ Kc6 62.Qe6+ Kc7 63.Qe7+ Kb8
64.Ke2 Ka7 65.Kd1 Qb1+ 66.Kd2 Qb2+ 67.Kd1 Ka6 68.Qd6+ b6
69.Qd5 b5 70.Qa8+ Kb6 71.Qd8+ Kc5 72.Qe7+ Kc4 73.Qe6+ Kb4
74.Qd6+ Ka5 75.Qc7+ Ka4 76.Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.09.02"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Samuel Tinsley"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6
5.Bd3 Nc6 {This is not the ordinary move and does not turn out
well.} 6.c3 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qc2 h6 9.O-O Nd5 10.Bd2 f5 {This
is not a judicious advance as it weakens the King's side,
already enfeebled by the Rook's Pawn. P-QKt2, making an outlet
for the Bishop,would have been superior.} 11.Ng3 Bg5 12.Rfe1
Bxd2 13.Qxd2 Bd7 14.Rad1 Qf6 15.Bc2 {The begining of a strong
combination.} Rad8 16.c4 Nde7 17.b4 Bc8 18.Qc3 Ng6 {Further
cramping his game.} 19.Nh5 Qf7 20.d5 exd5 {It makes no
difference what he does. The position is hopeless.} 21.cxd5
Nb8 22.d6 cxd6 23.Bb3 d5 24.Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.19"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 {In the book
of the Hastings Tournament this is called a good move, but it
generally leads to a shoddy game. The ordinary Nf6 is more
developing.} 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2
dxc4 {This move leaves White with the stronger center,
theoretically the object of this opening.} 9.Bxc4 e5 10.Rd1
exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Be2 Qc7 13.h3 Ng6 14.Bd2 Qe7 15.Be1 Nh4
16.Nf3 Bf5 17.Qa4 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Qe5 19.g3 Bxh3 {An open file
and a good attacking position is worth more than the lost
Pawn.} 20.Ne2 Bc5 21.Qh4 {Black threatened Bxe3, etc.} Be6
22.Bc3 Qf5 23.Kg2 Bd5 24.Rxd5 cxd5 {If Knight takes, e4 wins.}
25.g4 Qe6 26.Nf4 Qd6 27.Rh1 Rfd8 28.g5 d4 29.gxf6 h6 30.exd4
{Because if ...Bxd4 31.Nd5 Bxc3 32.bxc3 and Black cannot
prevent Ne7+ or Qg5.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.16"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Karl August Walbrodt"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by Teichmann} e5 2.Be2 {Giving the advantage of
the first move away. It is strange that a player of such
essentially aggressive style as Mr. Blackburne should choose
such tame openings.} Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O
Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne1 {A bad move, the idea of which is not
discernible. Re1 and Bf1 seems a good continuation.} f5 9.Nxd5
Qxd5 10.Bf3 Qe6 11.Bxc6 {Showing the weakness of his senond
move, if he has nothing better, after about four wasted moves,
than exchanging this Bishop for the Black Queen’s Knight.}
Qxc6 12.Nf3 Bf6 13.Bg5 e4 14.Bxf6 Rxf6 15.Ne5 {If 15 dxe4
fxe4, Black would get a very Strong attack.} Qb5 16.Nc4 Be6
17.b3 {White is already in great difficulties, and there seems
to he no satisfactory line of play.} Rd8 18.Qe2 exd3 19.cxd3
f4 20.Ne5 f3 21.Qe3 {Of course if 21 Nxf3, then Bg4, and if 21
gxf3 Bh3 winning the exchange ; for if the attacked Rook
moves, then 22 ...Rg6+ 23. Nxg6 Qg5+.} fxg2 22.Kxg2 Rh6 23.Kh1
Rh5 24.Rae1 Bh3 25.Rg1 Qd5+ 26.Nf3 {This if forced, for if f3,
then Rxe5 wins.} Rf8 27.Rg3 Bd7 28.Qe7 {There is no
possibility of saving the Knight. If Qe4 or Qd4 then simply
Bc6, and the Knight will ultimately be lost.} g6 29.Qe4 Bc6
30.Kg1 Qf7 31.Qb4 Bxf3 32.Re7 Qf6 33.Qe1 Bd5 34.Rxc7 Rxh2
{This obvious sacrifice finishes the game at once.} 35.f3 Qh4
0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.06"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Tarrasch} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5
5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bb5 a6 {A very poor move; this and the
following one drive the bishop to his best square, The most
natural and the best play is castling.} 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bc2 Nxd4
{How many such Scothch games has Blackburne won when he had
the first move! and chiefly because the opponents committed
this mistake, which strengthens the center, frees the best
square for the bishop, and costs a move.} 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Nc3
d5 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qc6 14.Bg5 {!} f6 {After 14...dxe4 15
Bxe7 follows and then Bxe4. Black has already a very bad game,
a consequence of the erratic opening.} 15.exd5 Qxd5 16.Bc1 {!}
Bb7 17.f3 Qh5 18.Re1 {White prevents castling and opens a
decisive attack, no matter whether the king moves to the
queen,s side or the king's side.} Kd7 19.c4 {!} Rae8 20.cxb5
axb5 21.a4 Nd5 22.Bd2 b4 23.Rb1 Ba6 24.Be4 Nb6 25.Qc2 {White
continually makes the best and strongest moves.} c5 26.Bf5+
Kd8 27.Qxc5 Nc4 28.Qd5+ Kc7 29.Bf4+ Kb6 30.Qc5+ Kb7 31.Bc8+
Rxc8 32.Qxh5 {More precise was mate with Re7+, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.28"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.e4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5
Nd7 {The sacrifice of a Pawn so early in the game, merely to
secure a slightly quicker development, should not be sound.}
5.Be2 {5 exd6 Bxd6 6 Be2 was perfectly safe, with a Pawn
plus.} Bxf3 6.Bxf3 dxe5 7.Nc3 c6 8.O-O Ngf6 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Qc4
{This attack is premature and results in loss of valuable
time. 10 Be3 was the correct developing move.} Nb6 11.Qb3 Be7
12.a4 O-O 13.Be3 Nbd7 14.Rad1 {Rfd1 was the proper move, more
especially after having commenced a Pawn advance upon the
Queen's wing.} Nc5 15.Qc4 Ne6 16.Ne2 Rfd8 17.Ng3 g6 18.Be2 h5
19.f3 Nf4 20.Bxf4 {This capture involves White in grave
difficulties ; he should have moved Rfe1.} exf4 21.Nh1 Qb6+
22.Nf2 Rxd1 23.Bxd1 Bc5 {After Qxb2 24 Nd3 Qb6+ 25 Kh1 Qc7 26
c3, White obtains a good counter-attack for the lost Pawn.}
24.b4 {There appears to have been no necessity for this, and
Black could have safely replied, Qxb4 25 Qxb4 Bxb4 26 Nd3 Bd2,
with a fine game. White could still have obtained a fair game
by 24 c3 Rd8 25 Bb3 Rd7 26 g3, etc.} Bxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Rd8 26.Qf1
Rd2 {Black plays for a deep game he could simply win the
Queen's wing Pawns, and his opponent could obtain no
counter-attack to compensate for their loss.} 27.g3 fxg3
28.hxg3 Qd4 29.c3 Qe3 30.c4 Qd4 31.Be2 Ra2 32.Kh2 Rxa4 33.b5
Ra1 34.Qg2 Ra2 35.Qf1 Nd7 {With the entrance of the Knight,
Black soon wins a second Pawn, after which the result is
merely a question of time.} 36.Rg2 Nc5 37.Qf2 Qxf2 38.Rxf2 Nd3
39.Rg2 Ne1 40.bxc6 bxc6 41.Rf2 Nxf3+ 42.Kg2 Nd4 43.Bd1 Ra1 {10
Rxf2+ would have saved time ; the two Pawns plus would have
settled matters in a shorter time.} 44.Rd2 c5 45.Kf2 a5 {f6 at
once, followed by Kf7 and Ke6 would have shortened matters
also.} 46.Ke3 Kf8 47.Kf4 f6 48.e5 Ke7 49.Ke4 fxe5 50.Kxe5 Ra3
51.Rb2 Nc6+ 52.Kf4 Nb4 53.Rd2 Rd3 54.Rxd3 Nxd3+ 55.Kg5 Ne5
56.Bb3 Kf7 57.Bd1 Kg7 58.Bb3 Nf7+ 59.Kf4 Kf6 60.Ke4 Ke6 61.Bd1
Nd6+ 62.Kf4 Kf6 63.Bb3 g5 64.Kf3 Ke5 65.Ke3 Ne4 66.g4 h4
67.Bc2 Nf6 68.Bd1 h3 69.Kf3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.12"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emmanuel Schiffers"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 {I
think the older move Nf6 is better. After Black's dxe4 he has
a cramped game, because his Queen's Bishop remains shut in.}
4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ { Better than 6 Nf3 for then
then ...Nxe4 7 Bxe4 Nf6, and Black gains time for his
development.} Nxf6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne5 c5 10.dxc5 Qc7
11.Qe2 Qxc5 12.Bg5 Nd5 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Rad1 f6 15.Nc4 Nc6
16.c3 f5 {? A great mistake. Now the King’s Pawn becomes very
weak. Preferable would be e5.} 17.b4 {! White takes advantage
of the opponent's mistake very cleverly.} Qe7 18.b5 Nd8 19.Ne5
Nf7 20.Nxf7 Rxf7 21.Bc4 Rf6 22.Qe5 h5 {This counter-attack has
no chance and compromises Black's game, though other moves
would hardly save him; for example, if Bd7, then 23 Qc7 or if
b6, then 23 Rfe1 Bb7 24 Bxe6+ Kh8 25 Rd7 and White wins.}
23.Rfe1 Kh7 24.Rd6 Rg6 25.Bxe6 Qg5 26.Bd5 Rxd6 27.Qxd6 h4
28.f4 Qh5 29.h3 a5 30.a4 Ra7 31.Qf8 b6 32.Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.26"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4
Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 {I prefer Nxe4 7 Nxe4 Nf6.} 7.O-O cxd4
8.Nxf6+ Nxf6 9.Nxd4 Bc5 {Better would be 13 Be7 to be followed
by Castles.} 10.Nf3 Qc7 {I should have Castled, and if 11 Bg5,
then Bb6.} 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.f4 O-O 14.Bd2 Rad8 {If
Qb6+ 15 Be3(!),then if Qxb2 16 Nc4 Qb4 17 Rab1 and White Wins
a Piece.} 15.Kh1 Bc8 16.Rf3 g6 {White threatens Rh3, followed
by 18 Ng4.} 17.c4 {A very fine move, which prepares for the
nineteenth move of White ; if at once 13 Bc3, Black would
reply Nd5.} Bxe5 {This exchange opens White's game, and gives
him a good opportunity of an attack against the Black King's
side; preferable is b6, to he followed by Bb7.} 18.fxe5 Nd7
19.Bc3 Nc5 20.Bc2 Bd7 21.b3 {To prevent Na4.} Kg7 22.Qe3 Rh8
23.Raf1 Be8 24.Be1 Qe7 25.Rf6 h6 26.Bh4 g5 27.Rxh6 {! Very
pretty ; if Black play Rxh6 28 Bxg5 wins.} gxh4 28.Rxh8 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.23"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Beniamino Vergani"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} d5 2.exd5 c6 {Black sacrifices
a Pawn for the purpose of obtaining a quick development,
expecting to bewilder his less experienced opponent. He
obtains no sufficient compensation, however, during the
opening.} 3.dxc6 Nxc6 4.Nf3 e5 5.d3 f5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7
8.g3 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Bg2 O-O {In view of the
style of dashing tactics which Black has adopted. one would
expect here Qd7, and if 12 O-O, then O-O-O, followed by g5. It
seems equally as good as the text.} 12.O-O Qe7 13.Nd1 Rfd8
14.Qc1 Rac8 15.Ne1 Nd4 16.Qb1 {White’s tactics seem forced,
and in the next few moves he drives back the enemy and brings
out his Pieces again.} Qf7 17.c3 Nc6 18.f4 Be7 {exf4, and if
19 Rxf4, g5 seems preferable.} 19.fxe5 {White could have won a
second Pawn by Bxc6 and fxe5 without serious danger.} Nxe5
20.d4 {And there was no objection to Bxb7.} Nc4 21.Qd3 Bf6
22.Nf3 g6 23.Nd2 {White has held his one pawn thus far, and
brought out the imprisoned Queen, but here he fails to foresee
the combination which his opponent is preparing. 23 b3 Nd6 24
Nf2 was straightforward and correct, and the Pawns on the
Queen's side could then be speedily advanced.} Qd7 24.b3 Nb2
{The initiatory move of a clever plan by which Black regains
his Pawn.} 25.Qe2 {If 25 Nxb2 Rxc3 26 Qe2(best) Bxd4+ 27 Kh1
Rc2 regaining the Piece with a Pawn ahead.} Nxd1 26.Raxd1 Rxc3
27.Nf3 Rdc8 28.Rd2 Kh7 29.Rfd1 Bg8 30.Ne5 Qc7 31.Qb5 Bg5
32.Rd3 Rxd3 33.Qxd3 Bf6 34.Nf3 Rd8 35.Qe3 Bd5 36.Kf1 Qd6
37.Qe2 Rd7 38.Ng1 Re7 39.Qd3 Bxg2+ 40.Kxg2 Qd5+ 41.Kf2 {White
has well stood his ground te this point, but here goes wrong
41 Nf3 was perfectly safe and correct. If in answer Black
should attempt to force matters by Bg5, then 42 Qc4 and if
Qxc4 43 Nxg5+ hxg5 44 bxc4 and White should win.} f4 42.gxf4
Re4 43.Ne2 Bh4+ 44.Kg1 Qe6 45.Rd2 {The losing move. 45 Ng3,
would have still given White a fair game, if in answer Re3,
then 46 Qc4. After this error there is no saving White's
game.} Re3 46.Qc4 Qg4+ 47.Kh1 Qf3+ 48.Kg1 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Be2 Bc5 {Nf6 is the best
answer.} 3.Nf3 d6 4.O-O Nf6 5.c3 Bb6 6.Na3 {With an idea of
changing Knight for Bishop.} O-O {Nxe4 would be answered by
Qa4+.} 7.Qc2 a6 8.Nc4 Ba7 9.d3 Be6 10.Ne3 Nc6 11.Kh1 Ne8
12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 d5 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.g4 f6 16.Be3 d4 {There
was no objection to exchanging Bishops.} 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Bf4
Qd5 19.Kg1 Ne5 20.Bxe5 fxe5 21.Ng5 c6 22.Bf3 Qd7 23.Rfe1 Bb8
24.Qb3+ Kh8 25.Ne6 Rf7 26.Nc5 {Nxd4 looks better than it
really is 26.Nxd4 exd4 27.Qxb7 Bxh2+, and then he can safely
take the Queen.} Qe7 27.Qxb7 Qxb7 28.Nxb7 Rxb7 29.Bxc6 Raa7
30.Bxe8 Rxb2 31.Ba4 Kg8 32.Rac1 Kf8 {Losing a second Pawn, but
his position is so bad that it is doubtful whether he had
anything better.} 33.Rc8+ Ke7 34.Bb3 Bd6 35.f4 Rc7 36.Rxc7+
Bxc7 37.fxe5 Ba5 38.f6+ gxf6 39.exf6+ Kxf6 40.Re6+ Kg7 41.Rxa6
1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.09.02"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5
5.e3 {In a game between Blackburne and Showalter the former
here continued Bg5.} Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 a6 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 Re8 11.Rc1 Ba7 12.Ne2 {It would he better to
prevent the pinning by h3; Black has much the freer position
of Pieces, fully compensating for the isolated Pawn.} Bg4
13.Bc3 { Ng3 at once was the correct move, and would have
prevented the formation of the attack which ensues.} Ne4
14.Ng3 Nxf2 {This pretty sacrifice leads to fine
complications, but there appears to be a flaw in it.} 15.Rxf2
Rxe3 16.Nf5 {Why not simply Be2? If in answer i6...Qb6 then 17
Nd4, or if 16...Bxf3 17 Bxf3 Qb6 18 Qf1. White appears to
retain at least the exchange ahead in all variations.} Rxf3
{Black now demolishes the opposing position with a few well
chosen, timely strokes.} 17.gxf3 Bxf5 18.Bxf5 Qg5+ 19.Bg4 h5
20.Qd2 Be3 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.05"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 {Notes by S. Tinsley} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3
O-O 6.Be2 {In a very similar position recently (Steinitz
v. Lasker, St. Petersburg, January 9, 1896) the first player
proceeds with c5, which is doubtless generally regarded with
distrust. It is curious that White seems to have no better
move than the text, which appears to amount to nothing if the
Bishop has to take the Pawn subsequently. Ne5 has points,
supported later by f4, and that may eventually turn out to be
the strongest continuation.} dxc4 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bxc4
a6 10.Qe2 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Bd2 {Rd1 suggests itself at once as
a more vigorous line of play. e4 would be good now, but for
the reply b4.} Nbd7 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.Be1 b4 15.Na4 {The question
naturally occurs, what is the future of this Piece? Nb1 was
probably superior, notwithstanding appearances to the
contrary. Afterwards Nbd2, and then to c4, or f1, as
circumstances suggest.} Bd6 16.Qd3 {By first playing Bc2, a
good deal might be threatened later, and the disagreeable
counter-attack by Black would have been at least deferred.}
Bb8 17.Rac1 Bxf3 {The exchange, not generally favourable in
such positions, is here evidently in Black's favour. He makes
a doubled Pawn at once, and has many good prospects of a
King's side attack.} 18.gxf3 Ne5 19.Qe2 g5 20.Rd4 a5 21.f4
gxf4 22.Rxf4 Kh8 23.f3 {White has already drifted into a most
unsatisfactory position, and this is one of the best of a
number of poor defences. It will be noted that White's Rook is
in a line with Black's King's Bishop, and that some means must
be found to prevent a fatal attack by Black’s Qh4,
etc. later.} Nh5 24.Rd4 Ba7 25.Bh4 Qb7 26.Re4 f5 {A very
charming resource, the point of which is not at first sight
apparent, but is disclosed in the following moves.} 27.Rxe5
Qg7+ 28.Kh1 Qxe5 29.Rc6 Ng7 30.Bf2 Rad8 31.Nb6 Bxb6 32.Rxb6
Qc5 33.e4 {We have indicated a few weak points in White's play
in our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th notes. We are informed, and the game
bears out the statement, that White was short of time at one
or two points. In such a difficult game it is no wonder White
went astray under those circumstances. In the latter part of
this game we can suggest no variation satisfactory to him. On
the other hand, Herr Bardeleben, if by no means enterprising,
conducts his attack with deadly accuracy and force.} Qc1+
34.Be1 fxe4 35.Qxe4 Rf4 36.Qe2 Rdf8 37.Kg2 Rxf3 38.Qe5 a4
{Leading up to a very pretty winning move,...Qc4.} 39.Bxa4 Qc4
40.Bb5 Qg4+ {If 41 Bg3 Rf2+ 42 Kh1 or Kg1 43 Qd1+. Or if 41
Kh1 at once then Rf1+ and mate next move.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.06"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 {Notes by C. Von Bardeleben.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.Ng3 Re8
10.Nf5 Bc7 11.Bg5 {I prefer 11 Nf3h4 Nf8 12 Qf3.} Nf8 12.Qd2
Bxf5 13.Bxf5 Qd6 {! By this move Black obtains an attack.}
14.Bh4 Ne4 15.Qd3 g6 16.Bh3 f5 17.Bg3 f4 18.Bh4 h6 19.Ne5 Bb6
{If ...g5 white answers 20 f3.} 20.Kh1 {White cannot avoid
material loss. Bad would be 20 c3 because of ...g5 21 f3 gxh4
22 fxe4 Qxe5 winning a piece.} Bxd4 {! Now ...g5 would be
inefficacious on account of 21 f3.} 21.Nxc6 Bg7 22.Ne7+ {White
cannot save the piece for if he plays 22 Na5 there follows
Nc5! 23 Qf3 g5 24 Rad1 Ne4 25 Nxb7 Qc6 26 Na5 Qb5 and black
wins a piece.} Rxe7 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Qxd5+ Kh7 25.f3 Ng5 {Black
should have played ...Nf6 26 Qb3 Re8 or 26 Qd2 Rd8 27 Qf2 Qb4
28 c3 Qc4 again ...Ng5 is not good because White with his
following move occupies the king's file.} 26.Rae1 Qc7 27.Re2
Rd8 28.Qb3 Nxh3 29.gxh3 Rd6 30.Rfe1 Rd7 31.Re8 Qd6 32.c4 Qf6
33.c5 Qh4 {...Qc6 was much better.} 34.Qb4 Rf7 35.Qb3 Qf6
36.Qd5 g5 37.b4 Ng6 38.b5 Qf5 39.Qxf5 Rxf5 40.Rc1 Bb2 {Black
ought to have played ...Rf7 instead; 41 Rc8 Be5 42 c6 bxc6 43
bxc6 Ne7 44 Ra8 Nd5.} 41.Rc2 Bd4 42.Rd2 Bxc5 {Disastrous; the
best move was ...Bg7.} 43.Rd7+ Ne7 44.Rexe7+ Kg6 45.Re6+ Kh5
46.Rh7 Bf8 47.a4 Rd5 48.Rf6 Rd8 49.Kg2 b6 50.Kf1 Re8 51.Rh8
Bg7 52.Rfxh6+ Bxh6 53.Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.09"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Marco"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by J. H. Blackburne}e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5
dxe4 {Recommended by Lasker} 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 {Mr. Burn
is of opinion that this is the best way of taking the bishop,
and probably he is right.} 7.c3 {Unnecessary at present;
therefore better to develop by Bd3.} f5 8.Ng3 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6
10.Bb5 Qb6 11.Bxc6+ {This gives Black the better game,
stronger would have been Qe2.} bxc6 12.O-O h5 {Better than
taking the b-pawn as White might, in that case, have obtained
some attack by Ne5 followed by Qh5.} 13.Qd2 h4 14.Ne2 Ba6
15.Rfe1 {Timidly played. Castling on the queen's side must be
prevented at all hazards, therefore dxc5 followed by b4 was
more to the purpose.} O-O-O 16.a3 Rh7 17.b4 c4 18.a4 Rg7
19.Reb1 Rdg8 20.Ne1 Bb7 21.f3 Qd8 22.b5 {A bad move; Qa2
attacking the c-pawn would have given a little relief.} c5
23.Qe3 Qc7 24.a5 Bg5 {Well played, forcing f4, thereby
weakening White's position.} 25.f4 Be7 26.g3 Qd7 {This also is
the right move. The latter part of this game is a good
specimen of Mr. Burn's play.} 27.dxc5 hxg3 28.hxg3 Qd5 29.c6
Bc5 30.cxb7 Kxb7 31.Nd4 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.10"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 {Notes by I. Gunsberg} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7
5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bd2 {We prefer to develop the
bishop on b2.} c5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Rc1 Nc6 {We have a theory,
also expressed elsewhere, that the two pawns on the c-file and
the d-file, if atanding by themselves are conveniently placed
for attack. Black, therefore, should not have waited quietly
till it suited White to take off the pawns, but should have
forestalled that intention. Moreover, why does Black play
...c5 at all. If, therefore, as has been done in this game,
White does not stop the further advance of the pawn, by b3 and
Bb2, then the spirit of the opening requires ...c4 to be
played, which would place both White bishops in a wretchedly
confined position. White's b3 need not be feared in the least,
as the pawn could be taken off, and we consider that in that
case Black's isolated queen's pawn would not be weak. In the
great majority of cases ...Nd7 is a much stronger move than
...Nc6. It leaves the c-file open for the action of the rook,
and it offers good defensive resources in case of a king's
side attack, when Black could play Re8 and Nf8 in defence of
the h-pawn.} 11.Qa4 a6 {We still consider c4 a stronger move.}
12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Rfd1 Qb6 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Na4 Ne4 16.Be1 Rfd8
17.a3 Ne5 18.b4 c4 {White having got his chance adopts the
right line of play, and attempts to weaken the advanced
pawns. Black cannot help himself, but must perforce provide
the White knight with a commanding square on d4. If Black had
played ...Nxf3+ first, then 19 Bxf3 c4 20 Bxe4 wins a pawn.}
19.Nd4 g6 20.f3 Nf6 21.Nb3 Bc6 22.Nd4 Be8 23.Nc3 a5 24.Rb1
axb4 25.axb4 Qb6 26.b5 Ra3 27.Bd2 Rda8 28.Bc1 {No better proof
of the opinion expressed in Note 1 can be sited than is
afforded by the fact that this bishop has to play back to its
original square in defence of the queen's side.} R3a7 29.f4
{White is adopting a vigorous policy. This move which looks
dangerous on the surface is really very good play, as the
knight on e5 has not a good square to play to. If Neg4 White
replies Bxg4 followed by Nxd5. There can be no doubt that the
task of defending these two pawns involve the player who
possesses them in difficulties of position and development.}
Ned7 30.Nc6 Bc5 {There was no better way of giving up the
exchange.} 31.Nxa7 Bxe3+ 32.Kh1 Bxc1 33.Nc6 Ba3 34.Bf3 Qe3
35.Nxd5 {This move marks the final consummation of White's
plans against Black's center pawns, and henceforward further
resistance is hopeless.} Nxd5 36.Bxd5 Nb6 37.Re1 Qxf4 38.Ne7+
Bxe7 39.Bxa8 Nxa8 40.Rxe7 Bxb5 41.Qe4 Qxe4 42.Rxe4 Nc7 43.Kg1
c3 44.Rc1 Nd5 45.Rd4 Bc6 46.Kf2 Kg7 47.g3 Kf6 48.Rc4 Bd7
49.Rc5 Be6 50.Ke2 h5 51.Rb5 h4 52.Kd3 hxg3 53.hxg3 Kg5 54.Kd4
Kg4 55.Rxd5 Bxd5 56.Kxd5 Kxg3 57.Ke5 f5 58.Rxc3+ Kg4 59.Rc4+
Kg3 60.Ra4 Kf3 61.Kf6 Kg3 62.Kg5 Kf3 63.Kxg6 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.12"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Tinsley"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 {Notes by E. Schiffers} d5 2.e3 e6 {Instead of this move
we prefer to prepare the advance of ...e5 by means of
...Nc6. White (an continue f4, and in course of time c3
(Stonewall); Bb5, with the exchange at c6, does not give White
any superiority. Black will rather be able to utilise his two
Bishops. After ...Nc6 3 Nf3 might follow ...Bg4.} 3.Nf3 Nf6
4.Bd3 Be7 {Since, in the majority of cases, the bishop
eventually goes to d6, it is preferable to make this move at
once.} 5.O-O O-O 6.Ne5 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.f4 Ne4 9.Nd2 f5 10.Ndf3
c4 11.Bc2 Bd7 12.Nxd7 {It would seem more advantageous either
to take at c6, followed by Ne5 or Kh1, in conjunction with g4;
g4 might even be played at once.} Qxd7 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.Bxe4 fxe4
15.Bd2 Nd8 {Black wishes to retain the Knight against the
Bishop and succeeds in this.} 16.b3 b5 17.a4 {This only
weakens White's Queen side.} Bd6 18.axb5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Rb8
20.bxc4 Qxc4 21.Rxa7 Qxb5 22.Bc1 {It would have been better to
play Qg4 to force the ex hange of Rook after ...Rb7.} Nc6
23.Ra2 Qc4 24.Qa4 {A blunder. The continuation should have
been 24.Raf2, followed by Ba3 or c4 according to
circumstances. If 24...Qxc3 then 25 Rc2} Nxe5 25.Qa6 Rbe8
26.Qxc4 Nxc4 {Black has now a considerable superiority in
position. White's bishop is completely hampered.} 27.Kf2 Ra8
28.Rc2 Rfb8 29.Bd2 Rb3 30.Ke2 Kf7 31.Rfc1 Ke7 32.Be1 Kd6
33.Bh4 Ra7 {To prevent Be7 and Bb4.} 34.g4 Kc5 35.Be1 Rba3
36.Bh4 {White has no moves.} Ra1 37.Rxa1 Rxa1 38.Be1 Kb5 39.h4
Ka4 40.Bd2 Kb3 41.Rc1 Rxc1 42.Bxc1 Kc2 {The bishop is done
for.} 43.f5 exf5 44.gxf5 Kxc1 45.h5 h6 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.16"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 {Notes by Schiffers.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 f5 {Black
has formed the so-called ‘stone wall'. It is well known that
formerly Dr. Tarrasch did not approve of this opening.} 5.Nf3
Bd6 6.c5 {This is hardly ever good; on the approach of White’s
Pawns, Black blocks up the game on the Queen’s side and
generally obtains an opportunity for attacking on the other
wing.} Bc7 7.b4 Nd7 8.Bb2 Qe7 {Apparently loses time.} 9.b5
Qf6 10.a4 Ne7 11.a5 a6 12.bxa6 bxa6 13.Qd2 {In order to defend
the a-pawn after Na4, White should have first brought out his
White Bishop and Castled on the King’s side.} e5 {Black had
gradually prepared this move, and now obtains the attack.}
14.Na4 e4 15.Ng1 f4 16.Nb6 fxe3 17.fxe3 O-O 18.O-O-O
{Dangerous, but necessary; Nh3 would be no better. White has
made too many moves on the Queen’s side, and thus left the
King’s side undeveloped. See note 2.} Rb8 19.Ne2 Nf5 20.Kc2 {
Black threatened to capture the e-pawn with the Knight if the
White Knight leaves e2.} Qh6 21.Bc1 Nf6 22.g3 Ng4 23.Re1
{White cannot save the game; his forces are completely
disorganised.} Nfxe3+ 24.Kb1 Qg6 25.Nf4 Bxf4 26.gxf4 Nxf1
27.Rexf1 e3 28.f5 exd2 29.fxg6 Bf5+ 30.Ka2 dxc1=Q 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.20"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5
{Leading to a drawn position. This variation has been played
so often that it is entirely exhausted, and affords no chance
for either player to try for a win.} exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Nf3 Bd6
7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Qd2 Be6 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.Ng3 Qc7 12.Rae1
h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.c3 Bg4 15.Rxe8+ Rxe8 16.Re1 Bxf3 17.Rxe8+
Nxe8 18.gxf3 Nf6 19.Qe2 g6 20.Qf1 Qd7 21.Qg2 Kf8 22.Ne2 Nh5
23.Qg4 Qc7 24.h3 Kg7 25.Kf1 Nf6 26.Qg1 Qa5 27.Bb1 {The
mancuvres of the White King and Queen have enabled Black to
begin an attack on the weak Queen's side Pawns, which he
conducts with great energy. White ought now to have played a3,
and if Qb6, then b4, followed by Kg2, in order to bring the
Queen over to the Queen's wing again.} Qb5 28.b3 a5 29.Bc2 a4
30.Ke1 axb3 31.axb3 c5 32.Ng3 Qa5 33.Nf5+ Kf8 34.Nxd6 Qxc3+
35.Kf1 Qxc2 36.dxc5 d4 {...Qxc5 at once would have been much
better White could not then have taken on b7 on account of
Qg5+ and if 37 Qg3, then Qd4(!), followed by Nh5 and f4,
wInning.} 37.Qg3 Qxc5 38.Qf4 Kg7 {A blunder, which loses at
once. Qg5 would still have given him good drawing chances :
eg., 38...Qg5 39 Qxd4 Qc1+ 40 Kg2 Nh5 41 Qh8+ Ke7 42 Qe5+ Kd7
43 Nxb7 (or f7) Nf4+ 44 Kh2 Qf1 (!) forcing the draw.}
39.Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.24"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. H. Blackburne} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 {An
inferior defence ; the capture of this Pawn is the source of
all Black's subsequent troubles. e6 is the correct move.} 4.e3
e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bf4 b6 {An
error ; a6 seems to be the only move at this juncture.} 10.d5
{Well played and strong, taking immediate advantage of Black's
last move.} Ne8 11.Re1 {Pressing the attack with great vigour,
better than dxe6 at once.} Bb7 {Fatal, but Black’s game is
hopelessly gone.} 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Qxd8 Bxd8 14.Rxe6 Kh8
15.Rae1 Nf6 16.Bd6 Rg8 17.Ne5 g6 18.Nf7+ Kg7 19.Nxd8 Rxd8
20.Rxf6 {White plays this ending with great accuracy, quite in
his old form.} Kxf6 21.Be7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.26"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. Mason} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 {As to the
entire advisability of this, opinions differ. The early
exchange or subsequent retreat is thought not to be generally
favourable by many good players. Perhaps, on principle Nf3
should have preference ; the Bishop to be disposed as later
circumstances may require.} Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.Rc1 Bb7
8.cxd5 Nxd5 {To keep the diagonal open; a troublesome
undertaking. 8...exd5, with a 'majority on the Queen's side'
view, and power of later Ne4(if necessary), would probably
prove stronger. There is nearly always great danger to he
apprehended from the adverse Bishop at d3 in this class of
position.} 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Bd3 Rc8 {The check
might be fairly ventured. But ...Bxa2 would be bad; for the
Bishop could be so shut in as to have no good escape.} 12.e4
Bb7 13.O-O Nd7 14.Qe2 a6 {Mr. Burn should have played c5
now. There was nothing to be feared from, e.g. 15 Ba6 Bxa6 17
Qxa6 Nf6 18 dxc5 Rxc5 19 Rxc5 Qxc5 19 Qb7 Qc8, etc. Even a
move or two further on c5 would be the better play. The
complications, deliberately courted, as it were, hereabouts,
are not at all to the advantage of the defence.} 15.Rc3 c6
16.Rfc1 b5 17.Qe3 Rc7 18.Qf4 Rac8 19.e5 {What may be called
the self-evident intent of this is most unaccountably ignored
by his opponent. The conclusion is reached by Mr. Pillsbury in
about the most forcible manner possible.} c5 {Further support
or protection of the King is imperative, 19...Nf8 seems
best. After this unfortunate oversight, Black's is really a
hopeless case. Nevertheless the ending is very instructive.}
20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Ng5+ Kg8 22.Rh3 {Meaning mate in four--23
Rh8+, 24 Qh4+, etc. Hence the reply, making way for the
King. The attack is altogether overwhelming.} Qe8 23.Qh4 Kf8
24.Nh7+ Kg8 25.Nf6+ Kf8 26.Nxe8 Kxe8 27.Qg5 cxd4 28.Rh8+ {For
28...Nf8 29 Rxf8+ Kxf8 30 Rxc7 Re8 31 Rxb7 and White has a
Queen too much.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.27"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Beniamino Vergani"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 d6
{Why not simply Bb4, which gives Black a very good game?}
5.O-O g6 {There is no time now for the fianchetto, Be7 and O-O
being necessary.} 6.Re1 Bd7 7.d4 Nxd4 {This unfavourable
exchange is forced.} 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Qxd4 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 a6 {His
game is already hopeless ; there is no satisfactory defence
against e5.} 11.e5 axb5 12.exd6 {Stronger than exf6+, after
which the position of the Black King looks pretty safe at d7.}
Kd7 13.Bg5 Bxd6 {Best under the circumstances. If Bg7 14 Re7
Kc8 15 Bxf6 Bxf6 i6 Qg4+ winning the Queen.} 14.Bxf6 Qf8
15.Qg4+ Kc6 16.c4 Qh6 17.cxb5 Kxb5 18.Qd7+ Ka6 19.g3 Rhg8
20.Rad1 Qf8 21.Re4 Ka7 22.Rde1 Rc8 23.Qa4+ Kb8 24.Qa5 c6
25.Ra4 Re8 26.Rc1 Rc8 27.b4 Be7 28.Bd4 c5 29.Qa7+ Kc7 30.bxc5
Kd8 31.Qxb7 {A somewhat easy victory. Some of the masters had
a much harder task with the Signor Vergani.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.23"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 {Notes by I. Gunsberg} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7
5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 exd5 {There is not much
harm in this isolated Pawn. Black, however, could prevent it
by altering his tactics, and let such moves as b3 and Bb2
precede the advance of the c-pawn, which causes the isolated
Pawn.} 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Be6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Bb1 Qa5 {This is one
of those routine moves in this opening which, in this
particular instance, has no merits to recommend it.} 13.Nd2
Be7 14.Nb3 Qd8 15.Qd3 Qd7 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Qe2 Qe8 18.Nb5 Bg4
19.f3 Be6 20.Bc7 Rd7 21.Bg3 Rdd8 22.a3 Kh8 23.Be1 Nd7 24.Bc3
Nb6 25.Qd3 Qg8 26.Na5 {Now we get a first glimpse of all this
subtle manceuvring. White under the guise of attacking the
isolated d-Pawn has placed his Pieces favourably for a King's
side attack. The move is peculiarly characteristic of
Mr. Steinitz's play. He does not depend on success in one
direction, but his attacks are formed with a view to their
bearing on all sides of the board. If Black replies to this
excellent move, which engages the Queen's side with Nxa5, then
Bxa5, threatening to follow tip with Bxb6 once more, would be
bad for Black. The only other move left to defend the White
b-Pawn would be Rd7, but this move would create weaknesses of
a different kind by blocking Black's Pieces.} d4 {This,
perhaps, was the least expected of Black's replies. A move of
this kind, however, under difficulties and pressure of time
limit, as this assuredly must have been, is often very useful;
it serves the purpose of defence better than the more cautious
move, such as Rd7 would have been. Very often it is well worth
while taking such risks. The position is extremely
interesting, and capable of treatment in many different ways.}
27.Nxc6 {Black has verily attained his object of creating a
dangerous complication. 27 Nxd4 would have avoided the
necessity of giving up a Piece.} bxc6 28.Nxd4 c5 29.Qa6 {His
only resource is to try for another Pawn ; with six Pawns to
three, White should be able to hold his own, but it is a poor
outcome of the fine position which he had previous to his 27th
move.} cxd4 30.Bxd4 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Rc8 32.Rc3 { It seems that
White is not even going to have the satisfaction of getting a
second pawn, for if he now plays 32 Rc8+ Qxc8 33 Qxa7 Qc1+ 34
Kf2 Qd2+ 35 Kg3 Qe1+ 36 Kf4 Bd6+ and Black wins.} Rxc3 33.bxc3
Qb8 34.Qd3 f5 35.g4 Nc4 36.gxf5 Nxa3 37.fxe6 Qxb1+ 38.Qxb1
Nxb1 39.Kf2 Kg8 40.c4 Na3 41.c5 Nb5 42.f4 Nxd4 {This exchange
was not well advised, it unites White's Pawns therefore
lessens Black's chances of winning.} 43.exd4 Kf8 44.Ke3 Ke8
45.Kd3 Kd8 46.f5 Kc7 47.Kc4 a6 48.d5 Bf8 49.c6 Be7 50.Kb3 Kd6
51.Ka4 Bd8 52.Kb3 g5 53.fxg6 hxg6 54.h3 {The position is a
most peculiar one, and White deserves great credit for the
uphill fight. Of course, K x P is impossible, as then one of
the two Pawns would be bound to go in. The White King stops
the a-Pawn and the White Pawn stops the g-pawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.06"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene, from "Aron Nimzowitsch: A
Reappraisal." } d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. gxf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6
6. e3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nge7 10. Rg1 Qh5
11. Qb3 Nd8 12. Qb5+ Qxb5 13. Bxb5+ c6 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. f4 O-O
16. Ke2 Rc8 17. Rg3 {Much stronger would have been 17 f5
breaking open the position for the bishops. After the text
Chigorin succeeds in implementing the blockade. One of
Nimzowitsch's achievements was to elaborate an openings
repertoire that successfully brought about blockade situations
as a logical consequence of the initial moves: } 17...c5
18. Rag1 c4 19. Bc2 f5 20. Bc1 Rf7 21. Ba3 Rc6 22. Bc5 Ra6
23. a4 Nc6 24. Rb1 Rd7 25. Rgg1 Nge7 26. Rb2 Nd5 27. Kd2 Ra5
28. Rgb1 b6 29. Ba3 g6 30. Rb5 Ra6 31. Bc1 Nd8 32. Ra1 Nf7
33. Rbb1 Nd6 {It would have been more accurate to play
...g7-g5 at once. } 34. f3 Nf7 35. Ra3 g5 36. Ke2 gxf4 37. e4
{!} Nf6 38. Bxf4 Nh5 39. Be3 f4 40. Bf2 Ra5 41. Rg1+ Kf8
42. Raa1 {It looks as if White can lift the blockade with 42
e5 but in that case Chigorin had planned: 42...b5 43 Bxh7 Nxe5
44 Rg8+ Kf7 45 dxe5 b4! 46 cxb4 Rxe5+ 47 Kf1 Nf6-+ } 42...e5
43. Rab1 Ng7 44. Rb4 Rc7 45. Bb1 Ne6 46. Rd1 Ned8 47. Rd2 {He
had to try 47 dxe5; after the text Black can win. } 47...Nc6
48. Rb5 Rxa4 49. dxe5 Nfxe5 50. Bh4 Rg7 51. Kf2 Rg6 52. Rdd5
Ra1 53. Bd8 Nd3+ 54. Bxd3 cxd3 55. Rxd3 Rag1 {!} 56. Rf5+ Ke8
57. Bg5 R6xg5 {Had he played 57 Rxf4 Black would have
delivered mate by means of 57...R6g2+ 58 Ke3 Re1 mate.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.07"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 {Notes by E. Schiffers} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3
Bc5 5. Be3 Bxe3 {Apparently better than Bb6; anyhow, Black
loses no time in developing his game. The open file does not
prove dangerous.} 6. fxe3 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O {Here white
should have played a3, as then Black would have no advantage
in moving Na5 and if Be6 then Bxe6 with a perfectly even
game. In the present instance it would be more advantageous to
allow the exchange of bishops than to give up the bishop for
the knight. d4 is bad, as it completely weakens White's
center.} Na5 9. Bb3 c6 10. Qe1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6
13. g4 {Evidently to prevent f5.} Kh8 14. Qg3 Be6 15. Kh2 f6
16. Rf2 Qe7 17. Rg1 g5 18. Kh1 Rg8 19. Rgf1 Rg6 20. Nh2 Ng8
21. Qf3 {This move makes a place for the knight at g3 but does
not prevent the advance ...h5.} Rf8 {Chigorin remarks that it
would be better to play at once h5.} 22. Ne2 h5 23. gxh5 Rh6
24. Kg2 Qd7 25. Rh1 d5 26. Ng4 {White has no better move; the
h-pawn cannot be retained. Upon Nf1 may follow g4.} Rxh5
27. Ng3 {Here Nxe5 could have been played. The best reply was
...Qh7 28 exd5 cxd5. White is a pawn ahead but black gets an
attacking position. But if 27 Nxe5 Qh7 28 exd5 g4 (?) then 29
Nxg4 Bxg4 30 Qxg4 Rg5 31 Qxg5 fxg5 32 Rxf8 and wins, having
two rooks and two pawns for the queen, with a better
position.} dxe4 28. dxe4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Rxh1 30. Kxh1 Rd8
31. Rh2+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ Kf8 33. Qf2 {If 33 Rh8 then Qd2 and upon
34 Nh6 Qe1+ 35 K any Rd2+ 36 Kh3 Qh4 mate.} Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Rd2
0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.09"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emmanuel Schiffers"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6
4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd8
{...Qf5 9 Nxe4 Be7 10 Bg5 O-O 11 Nxd4 Qg6 leads to an equal
game. If for White 9 Rxe4+ Be7 10 Nxd4 Nxd4 11 Qxd4 Be6 and
White dare not capture the proffered pawn on account of the
following 12 Qxg7 Bf6 13 Qg3 O-O-O 14 Re1 Rhg8 15 Qf4 Rxg2+ 16
Kxg2 Qh3+ 17 Kh1 Bxc3 and wins.} 9. Rxe4+ Be6 {Very much
inferior to Be7 10 Nxd4 f5 11 Rf4 O-O 12 Nxc6 Qxd1 13 Nxd1
bxc6, etc. Black's two bishops should prove ample compensation
for the doubled pawn.} 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Qc8 12. Bg5 f6
{This move should have cost black the game at once. Be7 was
the only resource.} 13. Qe2 {The following variation (first
pointed out by Mr. Lipschuetz, of New York) forces a winning
attack : 13 Bxf6 gxf6 14 Qh5+ Bf7 (best) 15 Re1+ Be7 16 Qh6
Qf5 (best) 17 Nb5 (not Rde4 which allows O-O-O) Qxb5 18 Qxf6
O-O 19 Rg4+ Bg6 20 Rxg6+ hxg6 21 Qxg6+ Kh8 22 Rxe7 and wins.}
Bc5 {An oversight which loses in a few moves. 13 ...Kf7 14 Re1
Bd6 (if fxg5 15 Rd8 and wins) left Black with a fairly good
game.} 14. Qb5+ c6 15. Qxc5 fxg5 16. Re1 b6 17. Qe5 {Qf5 was
more direct and decisive.} Kf7 18. Ne4 Qg8 19. Nxg5+ Kg6
20. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.10"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 {A
favorite idea of the Russian master, who aims to secure an
open game in this and similar variations of the queen's side
openings by advancing e5 at the earliest possible moment.}
4. f4 {Nf3 would be met by 4...Bg4 and if 5 Be2 Bxf3 6 Bxf3
e5, etc.} Nb4 5. Nf3 {5 Be2 Bf5 6 Na3 e6 7 c3 Nc6 8 Nc2 Ne4 9
Nf3 Bd6, etc., was probably a better method of procedure in
this position than the text continuation. Black's two bishops
come strongly in evidence later on, and the open c-file White
is not able to utilise.} Nxd3+ 6. cxd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
{Nc3 seems preferable.} O-O 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Nb3 Ba4 11. Qc3 b6
12. Qe1 c5 13. Bd2 Bb5 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nc1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rc8
17. Rf2 f6 18. Bc3 d4 19. exd4 cxd4 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Bb4 Bc5
22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qd2 Qd6 24. Ne2 Rcf8 25. Raf1 Qd5 26. Ng3 e5
{White has laboured under a disadvantage since the opening
owing to the weak pawn at d3, but Black up to this point has
been unable to make much out of it. With the text move he
prepares a deep trap involving the sacrifice of the exchange,
but obtains a winning superiority in pawn position.} 27. f5
{White could not afford this continuation. Better would be 27
Ne4 Rxf4 28 Rxf4 exf4 29 Rxf4 rxf4 30 Qxf4 (threatening the
check at b8) with fully an equal game.} c4 28. Ne4 cxd3
29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Rc1 h6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qb4 Bc6 33. Qb8
{Rf8 was better but would not save the game either.} Rxf5
34. Rh8+ Kg6 35. Rf8 Rg5 36. R8f3 d2 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.12"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e6 2. Qe2 Nc6 {I consider the
best to be Be7. c5 is also good.} 3. Nf3 e5 {This gives an
open game.} 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 {d5 iS stronger, with the
development of the Queen's bishop at d7, and Castles Queen’s
Rook.} 6. g3 {This development of the King’s Bishop is the
natural consequence of Qe7.} d5 7. Bg2 dxe4 {With this, Black
plays the game in the centre, and fights for a chance to get
an advantage there. Be6 was in every way stronger, followed by
Qd7, and Castles Queen Rook. The Queen’s file opened by the
exchange of the pawns is more serviceble to White than to
Black.} 8. dxe4 Bd6 {Unintelligible and at present certainly
unnecessary.} 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Be6 11. O-O Ne8 {Black plays
the whole game at least weakly, as is often the case when the
other plays very strongly. The Knight becomes soon stifled
here, and remains so to the end.} 12. b4 {Tchigorin gets
points of attack for himself in a clever way.} a6 13. Rd1 Qe7
14. a4 f6 15. Ba3 b5 { ? From this point Black gets into
serious difficulties. He wishes to drive the threatening
Knight, which he could hav e done before without
disadvantage. The consequence of the text move is that the
whole of Black’s Queen’s wing becomes weak, and White holds
the sole control of the open Rook’s file.} 16. axb5 axb5
17. Ne3 Rb8 {The b- Pawn must be defended.} 18. Bc1 {In order
to unmask the Rook.} Nd8 { In order to move c6 , and then to
develop with Bc7 and Nd6, which White seeks to prevent.}
19. Ra7 Nc6 20. Ra6 Nd8 21. Nd5 Qd7 {If Black takes the
Knight, the Pawn re-takes, and the cleverly isolated Pawn at
b5 is threatened with capture after Ra5 and B f1.} 22. Ne1 {In
order to get possession of c5.} c6 23. Ne3 Qb7 24. Ra1 Bc7
{Black has temporarily driven back the White forces hut,
nevertheless, he does not accomplish his planned development
of the e8 Knight.} 25. Nf5 {!} Bb6 {If Bxf5 the diagonal of
the White King’s Bishop is opened, and therewith an attack on
the Pawns. It would now be best to play g6.} 26. Be3 {In order
to guarantee the Knight an entrance at c5.} Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Rf7
28. Nd3 {The decisive, well-prepared move; Nc5 is now
threatened, followed by Rxd8 and Nxe6.} Bc8 {Ra8 would be
better, but White has then a particularly well-developed
game.} 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Rxd8 Be6 {Here, if ...Bxf5; 31. Rxd8
Kxd8 32 exf5 and Black has a lost game.} 31. Nd6 {The game is
an excellent example of the modern school of play.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.21"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Nf6 9. e5 dxe5
10. Ba3 Be6 {So far everything is book. It has always been the
opinion that Black, although two Pawns ahead, will not be able
to develop his Pieces, as Castling King's side is prevented,
and the King dare not occupy the centre any length of
time. Black seemed to believe that he may get his King safely
Castled to the Queen's side ; but this game does not
corroborate such an opinion, in spite of the success which
attended that manoeuvre in this instance.} 11. Bb5
{Tchigorin’s favourite post for the Bishop in the Evans'
Gambit.} Qd5 12. Qa4 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bc5 Bb6 15. Qa6+
{White ultimately wins the exchange by this manauvre, but at
an enormous expense. It would have been better to leave things
as they were,and to continue simply with 15 Nxe5. If then
15...Nd7 16 Nxc6 must win the exchange in favourable position;
and if 15....Ne4 16 Bxb6 cxb6 17 Qxa7 will equalise the
material forces. with the position to White's advantage.} Kb8
16. Nxe5 Nd7 17. Nc3 Nxc5 18. Qe2 Qd6 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Na4
Qb5 21. Qxb5 cxb5 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Nc6+ Kb7 24. Nxd8+ Rxd8
25. a3 c5 26. f3 Kc6 27. Rfd1 Ra8 { A Rook being very well
qualified to support advancing Pawns and to check the approach
of the hostile King, it is judicious play to avoid its
exchange for the present.} 28. Kf2 Ra4 29. Ke3 h5 {Advancing
these Pawns, which constitute the only weakness in Black's
camp, protects them against any possible attack of the Rooks
or King.} 30. Kd2 b4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Rdb1 Rxb1 {Now it is
just as well to simplify, two united passed Pawns with the
support of the King and Bishop being more than a match for
King and Rook. Black need only take care to leave the passed
Pawns as much as possible on the colour not dominated by the
Bishop-i.e. on black squares.} 33. Rxb1 b5 34. Ra1 b4 35. Kc2
Kd5 36. Rd1+ Kc4 37. Rd8 Bd5 38. h4 Kd4 39. Rb8 Be6 40. Rb7 g6
41. Rb5 b3+ 42. Kb2 c4 43. Rb4 Kd3 44. Rb6 c3+ 45. Kb1 Ke3
{Threatening 13 Bf5+ 45 g4 would be answered by Kxf3. White is
therefore perfectly helpless.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.23"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e3 {The more
aggressive c4 is mostly preferred.} e6 4. Be2 Nd7 5. b3 Ngf6
6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Nbd2 c6 {This move might at any rate be
reserved, and the sequel shows that at least one move is lost,
since four moves later it is advanced to the fourth. Castling
at once seems preferable.} 8. Ne5 {The 'Stonewall' formation
which White obtains now is not very powerful without the aid
of the King's Bishop at d3 for attacking purposes. After 8 O-O
O-O 9 c4 Qe7 10 Re1, White evidently did not like Black's
rejoinder of e5, but continue, 11 dxe5 Nxe5 12 Nxe5 Bxe2 13
Nxc6 winning at least a Pawn. Or should Black in the foregoing
continue 10...Re8 then 11 Qc2 e5 12 dxe5 Nxe5 13 Nxe5 Bxe5 14
Bxe5 Qxe5 15 Bxg4 Nxg4 16 Nf3, with a good game, as Black will
either have to submit to an isolated d-Pawn, or allow White to
gain time to develop his Rooks on the Queen's file. All other
variations in the foregoing appear to yield White at least an
equal position.} Bxe2 9. Qxe2 O-O 10. f4 {e4 here seems quite
feasible for White.} Rc8 11. O-O c5 12. Rac1 {If White
intended to attack the King by the means of Rf3 and h3, as is
usual in 'Stonewall' variation, it would be better to continue
c3 here.} cxd4 {Qa5 at once seems superior.} 13. exd4 Qa5
14. Nd3 Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. c4 b6 17. g4 {White's d-pawn is
the weak spot in his position, and Black threatens anyhow
Qd6. There was no necessity for such a suicidal move as the
text, however, and it would seem that 17 b4 (threatening c5)
dxc4 18 Nxc4 Qa4 19 Nd6 Rxc1 20 Rxc1 Nd5 21 Qb2 would give
White a slight advantage.} Qd6 {Winning at least a Pawn.}
18. Ne5 dxc4 19. Rxc4 b5 {This White apparently overlooked.}
20. Rxc8 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Rxc8 22. Ndf3 {Desperate, but there is
nothing to be done.} Qxf4 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Qxb5 Nf6 25. Ng5
Qc7 {Black can safely take the g-pawn with Queen, for if 26
Rg1 then Qd4 or if 26 Nxf7 Qe4+ 27 Kg1 Rc2 winning easily.}
26. Nxf7 {Of course a final error overlooking that if ...Qxf7
27 g5 Qd7 retaining the piece, but his game was lost anyway.}
Qxf7 27. Qe5 Qd7 28. Re1 Qd5+ 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Re7 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.24"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Samuel Tinsley"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e6 2. Qe2 b6 {Stronger is Be7 or
c5.} 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nh3 Nc6 5. d3 Qe7 {The whole game needs
very little comment. Both players open in an original manner,
and after a rather long fight for position Tchigorin gets an
opportunity for attack. Black loses the game not through any
particular mistake, but from White's stronger play in
general.} 6. Be3 O-O-O 7. f3 {In order to retire the Bishop to
f2 after Black's d5.} Nf6 8. O-O-O d5 9. Bf2 d4 10. Nb1 e5
11. Be1 Qe6 12. b3 h6 13. g3 g5 {Thi is not good, as now the
advance of White's f-Pawn and the opening of the f-file gain
importance.} 14. f4 g4 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf4 Qd6 {White has
now a much better game.} 17. Bg2 h5 18. Kb2 a5 19. Rf1 Be7
20. Bd2 Bc6 21. Rde1 Nfd7 22. Nd5 {The beginning of a decisive
attack.} Bxd5 23. exd5 Rde8 24. Rf5 f6 25. Qe4 Qc5 26. d6 {!}
Bxd6 27. Qa8+ Nb8 28. Rxf6 Rhf8 29. Ref1 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 c6
{Black's position is broken up and will soon be entirely
destroyed. The position of White's Queen is peculiar, and also
the absolutely safe position of White's King, though only
protected by the Knight. It is also worthy of note that
Tchigorin took, from the 31st to the 39th move, no less than
fifty-six minutes, but each move is of greatest accuracy and
precision.} 31. Be4 Nd7 32. Bf5 Re5 33. Bxd7+ Kxd7 34. Qb7+
Bc7 35. Bf4 Qe7 36. Bxe5 Qxe5 37. Rf7+ Kd8 38. Rf8+ Ke7
39. Qc8 {This game, which was adjourned at the curious
position at the 31st move, caused much interesting discussion
in the interval as to whether White's Queen would get out
without loss, and the opinions expressed amongst the
spectators as to the chances of the game were remarkably
varied.- ED} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.27"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Adolf Albin"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} e6 2. Qe2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5
{Bringing about an open game, with the White Queen
indifferently placed.} 4. g3 Bc5 5. c3 Bb6 6. d3 d5 7. Bg2 d4
8. O-O Bg4 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc4 Ba7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 h6
13. Nd2 Nf6 14. c4 g5 15. Bg2 Rg8 16. a3 Ne7 17. Nf3 Ng6
18. Nh2 Qd7 {The position appears slightly in Black's favour ;
in block positions of this nature Knights are generally better
than Bishops for attacking purposes. Black might here have
avoided the exchange of Queens by Qe7, and O-O-O.} 19. Qf3 Qe6
20. Qf5 c6 21. Qxe6+ fxe6 22. b4 Rc8 23. a4 Bb8 24. Bd2 Bc7
25. Bf3 Kd7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. hxg4 Nh8 28. Kg2 Ra8 29. Rfb1
Rgb8 30. Bd1 b6 31. b5 {White is playing to win, while his
opponent is willing to draw. In attempting to force matters
White presently gets into some difficulty.} axb5 32. cxb5 cxb5
33. Rxb5 Nf7 34. Rb2 Nd6 35. Bb3 b5 {A good move, and putting
White on the defensive, as he cannot advance the Pawn, or it
would be lost, Black being able to attack it four times, by
Ra6, Rba8, Nb7, etc.} 36. Rba2 bxa4 37. Bxa4+ Ke7 38. Rc1 Ba5
{Another fine move, and the draw which White is now compelled
to force is all that is left.} 39. Bxa5 Rxa5 40. Rc7+ Kf6
41. Rh7 Rba8 42. Rc2 Rxa4 43. Rcc7 {Very neat ; Black's King
is so surrounded by his own Pawns that he cannot utilise his
extra Piece.} Rg8 44. Rxh6+ Rg6 45. Rhh7 Ra3 46. Rcd7 Ra6
47. Kf1 Rg8 48. Rh6+ Rg6 49. Rhh7 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 Ra6 {A fine
game, with a most instructive ending.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.28"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 {Notes by E. Schiffers} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4
Qh4 5. Nb5 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 {In my opinion, after 6 Be3, White
obtains a much better chance of a successful attack.} Bb4+
7. Bd2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Nxd2 {Blackburne playing against
Steinitz took here with the Queen and then moved Nc3, which
better pleases me.} Qf4 10. g3 {The moves up to the present
stage are the same as in a correspondence game between London
and Vienna (White). Here Vienna continued 10 c4 to which Black
replied with Nf6.} Qh6 11. Nc4 Nge7 12. Qd3 a6 13. Nd4 Nxd4
14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qc3 Re8 16. Bf3 Qf6 {Indispensable ; White
threatened 17 Bxc6 bxc6 18 Ne5, etc. After the exchange of
Queens, Black will find it difficult to turn to account the
extra doubled Pawn.} 17. Qxf6+ gxf6 18. Bd5 Re7 19. Rfe1 d6
20. Rxe7 Kxe7 21. Re1+ Kf8 22. Be4 Be6 23. Ne3 Kg7 24. Nd5
Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Nb4 26. Bb3 Kf8 27. Re4 Nc6 28. Rh4 Kg7 29. Rg4+
Kh8 30. Rf4 {Evidently White cannot take f-pawn.} Ne5 {If
Black defends the Pawn at f6, then a draw ensues (Rg4+, etc.)}
31. Rxf6 Kg7 32. Rf4 Re8 33. Kg2 c6 34. Re4 d5 35. Re1 Re6
36. f4 Ng4 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38. c3 c5 39. h3 Ne3+ 40. Kf2 Nf5
41. g4 Nd6 42. Ke3 b6 43. f5 exf5 44. Bxd5 fxg4 45. hxg4 Kf6
46. Kf4 h6 47. a3 a5 48. b3 Ne8 49. b4 cxb4 50. cxb4 axb4
51. axb4 Nc7 52.Bc6 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.30"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3
Na5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 {I prefer 11 Bf4.} Ne7 12. Re1 {A weak
move. White should have played 12 Qe2 , and if Black answers
Bg4; 13 Rad1 ; by this line of play White would prepare the
advance of the King's Pawn better than by 12 Re1.} Bg4 13. e5
{This proves to be disadvantageous.} dxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 Nxc4 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bxf6 {If 17 Nd5, then O-O-O
18 Nxe7+ ch Kb8 and Black has the better game.} Kf7 18. Bxe7
Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ba5 20. Rd7 Nb6 {An excellent move, which
practically decides the game in Black’s favour.} 21. Rxc7 Rhc8
22. Rxb7 Bxc3 23. Ba3+ Kf6 24. Ree7 Rg8+ 25. Kf1 Rad8 26. Rf7+
Kg6 27. Kg2 Nc4 28. Bc5 Rd5 29. Bf8 Nd2 30. Ba3 Rf5 31. Rfc7
Rg5+ 32. Kh3 Bf6 33. f4 Rh5+ 34. Kg2 Kf5+ 35. Kh1 Nf3 36. Rb5+
Ke6 37. f5+ Rxf5 38. Rc6+ Kd7 39. Rd6+ Kc7 40. Rb1 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.23"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by A. Albin} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 O-O
5.Nge2 {Nh3 is the usual and best move in this position.} d5
6.exd5 {Nxd5 is better.} c6 7.dxc6 Nxc6 8.d3 Bg4 9.f3 {h3 is
more correct, in order not to open the file for the Black
Bishop.} Be6 10.a3 {Why not Ne4?} Bb6 11.Bd2 a5 12.Qc1 Rc8
13.Nd1 Nd5 14.Nf2 f5 15.O-O f4 {!} 16.Kh1 fxg3 17.hxg3 {Nxg3,
followed by Ne4 and Rg1, was the only way to obtain any
chances.} Rf5 18.c4 {g4 seems to be stronger; if Qh4+, Kg1,
followed eventually by Bg5.} Rh5+ 19.Kg1 Nf4 {!} 20.Bxf4 exf4
21.Nxf4 Nd4 22.Qe3 {Rfe1, to make room for the King, and to
disengage finally the Knight, was preferable.} Rh6 23.Rac1
{Why not Rfe1?} Qg5 24.Rfe1 {Too late; White is helpless.}
Qxg3 25.Ne2 Nxe2+ 26.Qxe2 Bh3 27.Qf1 {Black has played the
whole game in a masterly manner.} Rg6 28.c5 Bxg2 29.Qxg2 Qxg2#
0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.09"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Horace F. Cheshire. This preliminary move
prevents Black accepting tho Queen's Gambit and following it
up with e5, a course hich is thought by some to be favourable
to him. } d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 b6 {It is better not to be
in too much hurry to advance this Pawn.} 5.Be2 Bb7 6.O-O
{Proceeding on safe lines, another course is to develop the
Queen's Bishop to make use of the c-file and, if possible, to
prevent Black's c5.} Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Nbd7 {Contemplating
Ne4 and possibly Ndf6. Also supporting the advance of the
c-pawn.} 9.Nc3 c5 10.cxd5 {Modern ideas are leaning towards
the exchange of these centre pawns in such positions.} Nxd5
11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Rc1 cxd4 13.exd4 {Nxd4 avoids, the isolation
of the d-pawn and keeps the Bishop's diagonal open. There are
also possibilities at c6 and perhaps at b5. The text move, on
the other hand, will support the King's Knight at e5
presently, and it keeps out the adverse Knight for a time.}
Rc8 14.Qd3 Bd6 15.Rxc8 Qxc8 16.Ne5 Qb7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Rc1 Rc8
19.Rxc8+ Qxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.07"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Karl August Walbrodt"]
[Black "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by C. Von Bardeleben} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bb5 O-O 8.O-O Bxd4 9.cxd4 d5
10.f3 {! Much better than e5.} Nd8 {This and the following
move give the second player a cramped game; Be6 would be
better.} 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.Qd2 c6 13.Ba4 Ne6 {Black has no other
square for the knight, but the latter now prevents the bishop
being developed.} 14.Bb3 Qd8 15.Rae1 Kh8 16.exd5 {White had an
excellent game, but his last move gives up all his
advantage. If White had played 16 Bc2 to be followed by 17 e5
he would have had a superior game.} Nxd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.f4 f5
19.Bf2 Qd6 20.Re5 Nc7 21.Rc1 Bd7 22.Qc3 Rac8 23.Qg3 Bc6 24.Qh3
Bd7 25.Rce1 Be6 26.Qh5 Qd7 27.R1e3 Rf6 28.Qe2 h6 29.Bd1 Re8
30.Bh4 Rff8 31.Qe1 Bf7 32.Re7 Rxe7 33.Rxe7 Qc6 {White agrees
very early to a draw, and my opinion is that he still has a
somewhat better chance, The game might proceed with 34 Qc3
Qxc3 35 bxc3 Nb5 36 Be1 Re8 37 Rxe8+ Bxe8 38 Kf2, and the
ending is a little in favour of White.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.24"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Janowski"]
[Black "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Nc3
{White treats this opening in a novel way, which I cannot
approve of. The best line of play against this defence to the
Ruy Lopez, which has been so undeservedly successful in the
Tournament, is c6 and d5, maintaining the centre and hampering
the development of the black Pieces.} Bg7 5.O-O Nge7 6.a3
{With this move he wants to prevent the exchange of the King's
Bishop, but there is no time for such slow manceuvres in the
opening. Black meanwhile develops his game most favourably.}
O-O 7.Bc4 d6 8.d3 h6 9.Ne1 Kh7 10.f4 f5 {This move gives Black
a decisive advantage.} 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Ba2 fxe4 13.Rxf8 Qxf8
14.dxe4 {White is already in a very bad position. If here 14
Nxe4, Black would also win: e.g. 14...Ng4 15 Nf3 d5 16 Ng3
Bd4+ 17 Nxd4 Qf2+ 18 Kh1 Qxd4 winning at least a Pawn with a
very good position.} Bg4 15.Ne2 Qf6 16.Nd3 Rf8 17.Qe1 Nxd3
18.cxd3 Nc6 19.Nc3 Nd4 20.Nd5 {There is nothing else. He has
no move to prevent the dangerous Nc2 (if Bb1, then Nb3,
winning a Piece). (For if 20 Bb1 Nb3 21 Ra2 Nxc1 22 Qxc1 Qf2+,
etc.-ED)} Ne2+ 21.Qxe2 Bxe2 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6 {Black has now an
easily won end game.} 23.Be3 Bxd3 24.Rc1 c5 25.Rd1 c4 26.Bb1
Bxb1 27.Rxb1 Re8 28.Kf2 Rxe4 29.Kf3 Re5 30.Rd1 Rf5+ 31.Ke4
Re5+ 32.Kf3 d5 33.g4 Re7 34.Bd4 Bxd4 35.Rxd4 Rd7 36.Kf4 Kg7
37.Ke5 Kf7 38.Rxd5 Rxd5+ 39.Kxd5 Kf6 40.h4 h5 41.gxh5 gxh5
42.Kxc4 Kf5 43.Kd4 Kg4 44.Ke4 Kxh4 45.Kf4 b5 46.b3 a5 47.b4 a4
48.Kf3 Kg5 49.Kg3 Kf5 50.Kh4 Ke4 51.Kxh5 Kd3 52.Kg5 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.14"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6
5.Bb5 {This seems to be good enough ; but Black can avoid this
variation by developing his King’s Knight first, after which
White has no better move than Bc4.} Bg4 {Nf6 followed by
Castling was better.} 6.fxe5 dxe5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qe2 Ne7 9.h3
Bxf3 10.Qxf3 O-O 11.g4 Ng6 12.Ne2 Qe7 13.d3 Nh4 {Apparently
with a view to preventing Nge and f5, and stopping the advance
of the King’s Rook’s Pawn ; but the Knight cannot be
maintained in this awkward position.} 14.Qg3 Rab8 15.b3 Rbd8
16.Bd2 Bb6 17.O-O-O a5 18.a4 Qa3+ {Entirely futile, the White
King’s position being impregnable., Hr had, however, no
satisfactory defence against the threatened King’s side attack
and therefore counter-attack 'a tout prix'.} 19.Kb1 Ng6 20.Bc1
Qb4 21.h4 Rb8 22.h5 Nf4 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Qxf4 Bc5 {Bd4 would in
my opinion have given him a hetter chance.} 25.Qe5 Be7 26.Qd4
Qa3 27.Qb2 Qd6 28.h6 gxh6 29.Nd4 Bf6 30.Nf5 {White has played
the whole game very well, and forces now an end game which
mustbe won with ordinary care} Bxb2 31.Nxd6 cxd6 32.Kxb2 Kg7
33.Rh5 Rg8 34.Rdh1 Kf6 35.Rxh6+ Rg6 36.Rxh7 Rf8 37.R7h5 c5
38.Rd5 Ke6 39.g5 Rfg8 40.Rh6 Rg7 41.Kc3 Rg8 42.d4 Rc8 43.dxc5
dxc5 44.Kc4 Ke7 45.Rxg6 fxg6 46.Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.19"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7
5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 {Nc6 is superior.} 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.Qh3 Nc6 10.g4 Qe7 11.gxf5 Nb4 12.Nf3 {White avoids wisely
the complications arising from 12 fxe6 Nxd3+ 13 cxd3 Nxe5 14
fxe5 Bxe6 as Black appears to obtain too strong an attack for
the sacrificed Piece.} exf5 13.a3 {13 Bxf5 Rxf5 14 Qxf5 Nf8
followed by Nxc2+, would have given Black a winning
superiority.} Nxd3+ 14.cxd3 Nf6 15.Qg2 d4 {Rd8, followed soon
by Ne8, would be better. The text loses at least a Pawn.}
16.Ne2 Nh5 {It would be better to retreat this Knight to
e8. It is loosely placed at h5.} 17.Rg1 a5 {g6 was absolutely
necessary to save the Knight.} 18.Qh3 Qe8 19.Rg5 h6 20.Rxh5
Qg6 21.Bd2 Bd7 22.Kf2 Be8 23.Rh4 Be7 24.Rg1 Bxh4+ {Black
recovers the exchange for his lost Piece, but it is not
enough.} 25.Qxh4 Qa6 26.Nfxd4 Kh7 27.Bc3 Qxd3 28.Ne6 Rg8
29.Ng5+ Kg6 30.e6 h5 31.Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.06"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Beniamino Vergani"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Be2 Bd6
5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 {This move, in all openings on the queen's
side, was condemned by the old masters, but is frequently
adopted by many players of the present day. The object of the
move is to break up the center later on by e5.} 7.c5
{Premature. Nc3 or Qb3 was the correct play.} Bc7 8.b4 a5 9.b5
cxb5 10.Bxb5 Nc6 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Qb3 {Rb1 is stronger.} Re8
13.Bb2 {Again a weak move. Ba3 or Na4 and White's game is all
right.} Rb8 14.Rab1 Qe7 15.a3 b6 16.Qa4 Rec8 17.Kh1 {Of course
White could not win the knight on account of Bxh2+ winning the
queen but g3 would have been stronger than the move made.} Qe8
18.cxb6 Rxb6 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Qc2 {White's game is now very
bad.} Bd6 21.Nd2 Bd7 22.Rfc1 Qe7 23.Ra1 Rcb8 {This is
necessary before playing ...Ng4 for suppose 23...Ng4 24 Nxd5
exd5 25 Qxc8+ Bxc8 26 Rxc8+ and White wins a pawn.} 24.Ra2 Ng4
25.Nf3 Bxh2 26.Nd1 Qf6 27.Nxh2 Qh4 28.Qc7 e5 {Black finishes
the game in fine style.} 29.Kg1 Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.12"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Rc1 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O Nbd7
11.dxc5 Nxc5 {Instead of this move, which leaves the d-pawn
isolated, I prefer ...bxc5. The two pawns can in this
variation be sufficiently supported, and will form the basis
of a counter-attack on the Queen's side.} 12.Bb1 Rc8 13.Bf5
Ne6 14.Bh4 Kh8 {This is certainly a weakening move, but the
position is very delicate and Black is at a loss what to do.}
15.Ne5 Qe8 16.Qf3 { Threatening Qh3 followed by Nxf7.} Ng8
17.Bg3 Nh6 18.Bb1 f6 19.Nd3 Qd7 20.Qd1 Rfd8 21.Nf4 Nxf4 {This
exchange is ill-judged and causes serious trouble. It would
have been better to retire the knight to f8, where it would
support h7, and then to try a counter-attack on the Queen's
side, where his Rooks are in commanding positions.} 22.Bxf4 g5
{And this premature advance compromises his King's side
irretrievably. An attack on the King's side is, on the face of
it, without prospect.} 23.Bg3 Bf8 24.Qd3 f5 {Creating another
weakness. One of these two weak Pawns (d5 and f5) must fall in
a few moves.} 25.Ne2 Bg7 26.Nd4 Rf8 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Qd2 {Very
subtle. The Queen is excellently posted here, and the Rook can
now take possession of the important c-file.} Rf7 29.Rc1 Qe8
30.h4 gxh4 31.Bxh4 Bc8 32.Bg3 Ng4 33.Nb5 {This powerful move
leaves Black defenseless. The whole game was very well played
by Mr. Lasker, and it is a good specimen of this variation of
the Queen's Gambit, in which White maintains an advantage
throughout by combining a direct attack on the King with a
continuous pressure on the weak isolated d-pawn.} Rf8 34.Nd6
Qe6 35.Rxc8 Rxc8 36.Bxf5 { and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.09"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 {Mieses has the credit of having revived this
good variation of the Scotch game by adopting it several times
in this tournament with success.} Nd5 {Doubtless best, and
preferable to Ng8 or Qe7 as played by myself against Mieses.}
7.Bd3 Bc5 8.Qg4 g6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bh6 d6 11.Qg3 Be6 12.Nc3 Bh4
13.Qf3 Bg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.exd6 cxd6 16.Be4 {White has played
this opening in a very spirited manner, and with this move
gets a decisive advantage in position.} O-O 17.Bxd5 cxd5
18.O-O Rab8 19.b3 Rb4 20.g3 Rc8 21.Rfe1 Qd2 22.Re3 d4 23.Ne4
Qxc2 24.Re2 Qc7 25.Qf4 d3 26.Qh6 {A pretty combination.} f5
{This move ought to lose. He had a valid defence in Qe7 if
then 27 Ng5 Qf6 with the better game. He could also have
sacrificed the exchange by Rxe4, which would have enabled him
to draw the game, the advanced passed pawn then becoming very
strong.} 27.Nf6+ Kf7 28.Nh5 {Extremely fine, and the key move
to the whole combination. Black must take the knight for if
dxe2 then 29 Qg7+ Ke8 30 Nf6+ Kd8 31 Qf8 mate.} gxh5 29.Qxh7+
{With this, however, he throws away a well-deserved
victory. The obvious move Rxe6 would have forced the game in a
few moves, eg. 29 Rxe6 Qc3 (best) 30 Rd1 (! Not 30 Re1 on
account of 30...Re4) Re4 (there is nothing else) 31 Rxe4 fxe4
32 Qxh7+ K moves 33 Qxe4 and wins easily.} Kf8 30.Qh8+ Kf7
31.Qxh5+ Ke7 32.Qh7+ Kd8 33.Qh8+ Kd7 34.Qg7+ Kc6 35.Qxc7+ {A
fatal mistake. He could still have drawn with Qc3+ because
Black must play his king back to d7 and cannot avoid the
perpetual check.} Rxc7 36.Rxe6 Kd5 37.Ree1 Re4 38.Rxe4 fxe4
39.Kf1 Ke5 40.h4 d5 41.Rd1 d4 42.h5 Rh7 43.f3 Rxh5 44.Kg2 e3
{If 45 Rxd3 then of course ...Rh1 (!) 36 Kxh1 e2 winning.}
45.g4 e2 46.Re1 Rh8 47.Kf2 Kf4 48.Rg1 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.28"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.Nf3 O-O 6.Rc1 {Perhaps it is better to play the King's Pawn
before this move.} dxc4 7.e3 {e4 could also be played, and
would have led to a more open game.} c5 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6
10.O-O Qa5 {Qb6 is more attacking and appears stronger.}
11.Bf4 {This Bishop ought to have retired to e3 at once.} Rd8
12.Nb5 Ne8 13.Be3 a6 14.Nc3 Nf6 {Bf6, bringing one more Piece
to bear on the weak Queen's Pawn, would have given Black a
good game.} 15.Qe2 b5 16.Bb3 Bb7 17.Rfd1 Nb4 18.Ne5 Rac8 19.a3
Nbd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Qh5 g6 23.Qf3 f5 {This
loses; f6 might probably have saved the game.} 24.Qg3 Kg7
25.h4 Qd8 {An unaccountable blunder; the game, however, could
not be saved.} 26.Bh6+ Kg8 27.Nxg6 Bf6 28.Ne5 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.19"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Janowski"]
[Black "Karl August Walbrodt"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O {Premature; d4 is more usual and better.}
Bd7 { For Black could obtain a very good counter-attack at
once by b5; 7 Bb3 Bg4 threatening Nd4, etc.} 7.d4 b5 8.dxe5
{Of course forced, for if 8 Bb3 Nxd4 9 Nxd4 exd4 10 Qxd4 c5
and c4 winning the Bishop.} dxe5 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5
12.Bg3 Kf8 {Black’s plan of counter-attack with the Pawns
seems to be quite correct, and the King is well placed here.}
13.Bd5 Qe7 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Rae1 Nd8 16.Bb3 Bg4 17.Qe3 c6 18.Rd1
Bc7 {Black plays too timidly ; either Nh5 or Ne6 was perfectly
safe and more attacking. White could not afford Qb6 in either
case.} 19.a4 Nd7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Qa7 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Nc5 23.Ba2
Kg7 {Something more attacking is needed all along
here. Perhaps h5; 24 h3 Ne6 and f4 would be stronger than the
text.} 24.Rd2 Nde6 25.Bxe6 Nxe6 26.Rfd1 Bb8 {Why not Nd4.}
27.Qxe7 Rxe7 28.Rd7 Rhe8 29.Kg2 Nd4 30.Rxe7 Rxe7 31.Rd2 f6
32.Nd1 Ne6 33.Ne3 Kg6 34.Nf5 Rc7 35.c3 Rf7 36.h4 Bc7 37.Rd1
Nc5 {Black should by all means have dislodged the adverse
Knight by Ng7, and he had then rather the best of it, owing to
the imprisoned White Bishop. White from this stage outplays
him at all points, and never offers him another opportunity
for so doing.} 38.Rh1 h5 39.hxg5 fxg5 40.Ra1 Na4 41.b3 Nb6 {If
Nxc3, White answers Rc1, with a winning game.} 42.Ra6 Kf6
43.c4 bxc4 44.bxc4 c5 45.Ne3 {Winning a Pawn and the game} Kg7
46.Bxe5+ Bxe5 47.Rxb6 Rf4 48.Rb7+ Kg6 49.Nd5 Rf8 50.Rb6+ Kf7
51.Rc6 Bd4 52.Rc7+ Ke6 {If Kg6 53 Ne7+ Kf6 54 Nf5, winning a
second Pawn in a few moves.} 53.Rh7 h4 54.f4 {With this and
the entrance of the King on the next move, the result of the
game becomes only a question of time.} gxf4 55.Kf3 Ke5 56.Rh5+
Kd6 57.Rxh4 Rb8 58.Rh6+ Ke5 59.Rh5+ Kd6 60.Nxf4 Rb4 61.Rd5+
Kc6 62.Ne6 Rxc4 63.Nxd4+ cxd4 64.Kf4 Rc2 65.f3 Rc4 66.Ke5 Rc3
67.f4 d3 68.Kd4 Ra3 69.Ke3 d2 70.Kxd2 Rf3 71.f5 Rh3 72.Rd3
Rh2+ 73.Ke3 Rh4 74.e5 Kc5 75.e6 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.14"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 {Notes by I. Gunsberg} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 {May we
reiterate the fact that we look upon the Bishop’s move with
indifference?} Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 {Circumstances alter
cases. There is no reason why Black should rush on voluntarily
to isolate his Pawn. He might play b6 first, and we also think
that when White has played Bf4 some of the objections against
the move of c6 fall away, as a premium, so to speak, is placed
on Black’s chance of playing e5 which, of course, is only
possible in connection with c6.} 7.dxc5 Bxc5 {dxc4 for Black
does not look wholesome, though perhaps with careful play not
much harm would result : e.g. dxc4 ; 8 Bd6 Ne8 9 Bxe7 Qxe7 10
Qd4, etc.} 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Bg4 11.Rc1 d4 {Bb6 was
requisite.} 12.Nb5 {A very effective move, which could not be
met by Qb6, on account of Bc7.} Bb6 13.Nbxd4 Nxd4 14.exd4 Qd5
{Bxd4 would not do, on account of White’s reply, Bxh7+. If,
however, Black had played Bxf3 15 Qxf3 Qxd4, White would be
likely to get up a harassing attack with his Queen’s Bishop
and Rook somewhat as follows: 16 Rc4 Qxb2 17 Bxg5 Bd8 18 Rh4,
and so on. If in this variation Black on the fourteenth move,
instead of Qxd4, played Bxd4, he will likewise subject himself
to the harassing action of the two Bishops, beginning with
White’s i6 Bg5.} 15.Be5 Rac8 16.Qe2 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxf3 18.Qxf3
Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Qxd4 20.Rc3 Rd8 {Black has managed matters
cleverly so far, having got rid of White’s Bishops. Rd8 is
also a clever move, for if White plays Qxb7P, Black replies
Ne4.} 21.h3 Qb4 22.Rc2 Qe1+ 23.Kh2 Qe5+ 24.g3 g6 25.Bc4 Rd7
26.Re2 Qd4 27.Rc2 Kg7 28.Bf1 Rd5 29.Bg2 Rc5 {If Rf5, White
plays 30 Qe3, though there would be no harm either in 30 Qxb7,
or Qe2.} 30.Qe2 b6 31.Rd2 Re5 32.Qd1 Qb4 33.a3 Qe7 34.Qc2 h5
35.Bf3 Rc5 36.Qd3 h4 {A praiseworthy attempt to infuse some
life into the game. If White had taken the Pawn Black did not
stand to lose the draw, but he might possibly have obtained
attacking chances.} 37.Kg2 Rg5 38.Qd4 hxg3 39.fxg3 Qe1 40.Rf2
Re5 41.Be2 Qa5 42.Bc4 Rf5 43.Re2 Qc5 44.Qxc5 Rxc5 45.Bb3 Kf8
46.g4 g5 47.Kg3 Rc7 48.h4 {The game is gradually drifting
towards the inevitable draw, though the conduct of play has
been careful and sound on both sides. If White plays 48 Re5
Re7 49 Rf5 Re3+, etc.} gxh4 49.Kxh4 Re7 50.Rxe7 Kxe7 51.Kg5
Ne4+ 52.Kf4 Nc5 53.Bc2 f6 54.b4 Ne6+ 55.Ke4 Kd6 56.Bb3 Nc7
57.Bc4 Ke7 58.Kd4 Kd6 59.Ke4 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.13"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Janowski"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 {Notes by S. Tinsley} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 {Is it
necessary --probably it is-- to explain, for the benefit of
the uninitiated, that Black must not play Nxe4 at once? The
reply would be Qe2 with a very agreeable attack, if not a
winning game.} 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 {Sanctioned by many
authorities recently. But we have heard much about never
moving a Piece twice in the opening. It is necessary, however,
to play d5 to prevent White’s Nd5, to support the Kt at e4,
and to play Bd6.} 6.Bd3 Be7 {Bd6 has much in its favour.}
7.O-O Nd7 8.c4 Nef6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nc3 N7f6 11.Re1 c6 12.Bg5
Be6 13.Ne5 O-O 14.Nxd5 {The special point, if any, involved in
a mere exchange of a minor Piece in such a position is
difficult to discover. And there is this forcible objection to
it, that the game soon tends to dulness and becomes
unattractive to what is best described as the gallery.} Bxd5
15.Bc2 Re8 16.Qd3 g6 17.Qh3 Nh5 18.Be3 {The Bishop is retained
in order to keep the Knight out. By exchanging, a 'hole' would
be open for that Piece at f4.} Bg5 19.Qg4 Bxe3 20.fxe3
{White’s somewhat weak Queen’s Pawn is now supported and the
game seems quite even.} Be6 21.Qe2 Qg5 22.Rf1 Rad8 23.Bb3
{Unless White saw the whole combination at starting this is
surprising at first sight. The White Bishop is valuable and is
in excellent play, and a doubled Pawn is the result of the
text move. Moreover, his weak King’s Pawn needed support, and
the immediate effect of White’s combination is unfavourableto
him. Or, possibly, White overlooked that after e4, Black could
check at e3 and capture that Pawn safely. The position is
highly interesting at his point, which forms the crux of the
game.} Bxb3 24.axb3 f6 25.Qc4+ Rd5 { It is necessary to
interpose the Rook. Otherwise, 25...Kg7 26 Qf7+ Kh8 27 Qxe8+
Rxe8 29 Nf7+ regaining tile Queen and presumably winning
easily.} 26.e4 Qe3+ 27.Kh1 Qxe4 28.Rae1 Qxd4 29.Nxc6 Rxe1 {One
of the most exciting positions in the Tournament is now
presented, Black’s weakness of course being the unprotected
Rook at e8. Practically all this is forced. If Black play
instead Qxc4, then 30 Rxe8+ Kf7 31 bxc4 and wins.} 30.Nxd4
Rxf1+ 31.Qxf1 Rxd4 32.g3 Rd7 33.g4 Ng7 34.Qxf6 b6 35.Kg2 Rd2+
36.Kg3 Re2 37.h3 Re6 38.Qf4 a5 39.Kh4 h5 40.Kg5 Rc6 41.Qf3 Re6
42.Kh6 hxg4 43.Qa8+ {Whether on its merits white’s game is a
winning one is a moot point, anyhow the check is not
opportune. The impression produced by the latter part of the
game is that White a little underestimated his opponent's
splendid defensive powers with the material at his
disposal. In one word, White probably expected an easy win.}
Ne8 44.Qc8 Kf7 45.Qd7+ Kf6 46.hxg4 Ke5 47.Kg5 Nd6 48.Qc7 Kd5
49.Kf4 Rf6+ 50.Ke3 Re6+ 51.Kd3 Ne8 52.Qf7 Kd6 53.Kd4 Nc7
54.Qf4+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.07"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Janowski"]
[Black "Samuel Tinsley"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bg4
5.c4 Nf6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qb3 b6 8.Ne5 c6 {Black treats the opening
in a novel manner; but these pawn moves weaken his queenside.}
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Bg5 Bf5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Nf3 Nbd7 13.Bh4 O-O 14.Bg3
a6 15.Nh4 Bg6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Rd1 Rfd8 18.Bf3 Rac8 19.O-O Kf8
{I fail to see the object of this move; Black is entirely on
the defensive and cannot undertake anything.}20.Rfe1 Bxg3
21.hxg3 Kg8 22.Qa3 a5 23.Qa4 Nf8 24.a3 N8h7 25.Qc2 Ng5 26.Qc1
Ngh7 {Of course ...Nxf3+ then White would get an attack on the
h-file.} 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Qd6 29.c5 Qc7 30.Na4 b5 31.Nb6 Rb8
32.Qf4 {White is playing very well and with this move brings
the queen into action. Black dare not exchange queens because
after qxf4 33 gxf4 Nd5 34 Bxd5 exd5 35 Re7 White would have an
easily won endgame.} Qb7 33.g4 Nd7 34.Nxd7 Qxd7 35.g3 f6 {One
of Mr. Tinsley's wily traps.} 36.Qe4 {It is unaccountable that
such an ingenious player as Mr. Janowski should have not seen
Black's design. Bg2 was his move now, and there can be no
doubt that the weakness of all the Black pawns would have led
to loss of material sooner or later.} Ng5 37.Qxc6 {Losing a
piece and the game. the rest is silence.} Rbc8 38.Qxd7 Nxf3+
39.Kf1 Rxd7 40.Rxe6 Rxd4 41.Ra1 Rxb4 42.Ra7 Re4 43.Rb6 Ra4
44.Re7 Kh7 45.Kg2 Ne5 46.g5 Nc6 47.Rd7 fxg5 48.Rbb7 Rg8
49.Rxb5 Rb4 50.Rxb4 Nxb4 51.Rd4 Rb8 52.Kf3 Rb5 53.Ke4 Na6
54.c6 Rc5 55.Rd5 Rxc6 56.Rxg5 Rc5 57.Rxc5 Nxc5+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.27"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Janowski"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6
5.O-O Nge7 6.Bb3 { New but not true ; either d4 or d3 was the
correct move.} Na5 7.d4 { This and the following move should
have cost White a Piece and the game.} exd4 8.Nxd4 c5 9.Nf5
Nxf5 {Evidently a grave error ; for after Bxf5 if !0 exf5 c4
wins a clear Piece, and White obtains nothing for it.} 10.exf5
Nxb3 {Obvionsly if now c4 11 Qe2+, winning a Pawn.} 11.Re1+
Be7 12.f6 gxf6 13.axb3 d5 {Be6 seems preferable, followed soon
by Qd7.} 14.Qh5 Qd6 15.Nc3 Be6 16.Nb5 {Very pretty, winning by
force ; after this Black has no resource.} Qc6 17.Rxe6 Qxb5
18.Bh6 Kd8 19.Qxf7 Re8 20.Rae1 Qd7 21.Bg7 {!} Rc8 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Qxf6+ Kc7 24.Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.19"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Adolf Albin"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
d6 5.Bxc6+ {The usual move 5 d4 is better.} bxc6 6.d3 g6 7.Nc3
Bg7 8.Qe2 Ne7 {!} 9.h3 f5 10.Bg5 f4 11.O-O-O h6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.d4 {This move is not good, because it opens the diagonal to
the hostile King's Bishop.} exd4 14.Nxd4 c5 {Black plays too
hastily to get an attack. The advantage of the two Bishops
would yield the second player a superior game if he adopted a
line of play to slowly and gradually improve his position. The
proper move would be ...Bd7 15 Qf3 O-O to be followed by Qf7
and c5.} 15.Nd5 Qf7 16.Nf3 c6 17.Nc3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qxa2 19.Qd3
O-O 20.Nh4 Be6 21.Nxg6 Bc4 22.Qf3 Rab8 23.Kd2 Rb2 24.Rc1 Bb3
25.Qd1 Rb8 26.Nxf4 Bxc2 27.Qg4+ Kf8 28.Qf5+ Ke8 29.Qg6+ Kd7
30.Qg7+ Kc8 31.Ke3 Bb3 {?? Black need not have lost the game
if he had not made such a blunder.} 32.Ra1 a5 33.Rxa2 Bxa2
34.Rd1 R8b7 35.Qf8+ Kc7 36.Qxd6+ Kb6 37.Nd3 Rb5 38.Ne5 a4
39.Qxc6+ Ka7 40.Rd6 Ra5 41.Rd7 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.12"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bb4 {I
prefer Bc5 or Nc6.} 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Nd5 {Unsound. White
should have played 6 fxe5 dxe5 7 O-O and would have obtained a
very good game by the open King's Bishop’ file.} Nxd5 7.Bxd5
Nc6 {Better would be Bc5 to prevent White's Castling.} 8.c3
{White fails to take advantage of the opponent's mistake;
instead of 8 c3 he ought to have Castled.} Bc5 9.f5 Ne7 10.Bb3
d5 {!} 11.d4 exd4 12.f6 gxf6 13.Nxd4 dxe4 14.Bh6 Ng6 {! The
sacrifice of the exchange is quite sound, Black being two
Pawns ahead. Bad would he 14...Re8 because of 15 Qh5 Ng6 16
O-O-O, and White would have a strong attack.} 15.Bxf8 Qxf8
16.Rf1 {Another weak move. If White played 16 Castles, his
game was not so bad.} Qh6 {! Very cleverly played.} 17.Qe2
Bxd4 18.cxd4 f5 19.g4 {Overlooking the simple reply of
Black. Of course the right move was 19 g3.} Nf4 {Now it is
plain sailing for Black.} 20.Qc4 Nd3+ 21.Ke2 Qxh2+ 22.Ke3 f4
0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.23"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Karl August Walbrodt"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.d3 g6
{This treatment of the defence in the Vienna game cannot be
recommended. White must, after opening the King’s Bishop's
file by f4, get a very strong attack on the weak Black King's
Bishop's Pawn.} 5.Nge2 Bg7 6.O-O {He ought to have played a3
in order to preserve the King's Bishop.} Na5 7.Bd5 Ne7 8.f4
O-O 9.a3 Nac6 10.Ng3 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exf4 12.Bxf4 Be6 {If ...Bxb2
13 Bh6(!), Bg7(best) ; 14. Bxg7, and White has good prospects
of a strong attack.} 13.Qc1 {Nc3 appears to be much better.}
Bxd5 14.exd5 Ne7 15.Bh6 {Unintelligible. I do not see the
slightest prospect of a compensating attack for the loss of
this valuable Pawn.} Nxd5 16.c4 Nb6 17.Qf4 f5 18.Rae1 Bxh6
19.Qxh6 Qf6 20.Rf3 Nd7 21.Rfe3 Ne5 22.h3 c5 {Black has played
very well, and has established an absolutely unassailable
position; winning can now only be a question of time.} 23.Rf1
Nf7 24.Qf4 Rae8 25.b3 Qc3 26.Kh1 Rxe3 27.Qxe3 Ne5 28.Kh2 Qxb3
29.Qg5 Qxd3 30.Rf2 Nf7 31.Qe7 Qd4 32.Rf1 Qe5 33.Qxb7 f4 34.Ne4
Re8 35.Re1 f3 36.Kg1 Qd4+ 37.Kf1 Qxc4+ 38.Kf2 Qc2+ 39.Kxf3
Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.27"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6
dxc6 5.O-O {Better is 5 d3 or d4.} Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Bc5 {I
prefer ...Qf6, if White then plays 8 hxg4 Black answers with
hxg4 9 Ng5 Qh6 10 Nh3 Qh4 11 Kh2 gxh3 12 g3 Qh7 being a pawn
ahead; or 9 Bg5 Qg6 10 Nxe5 (if 10 Nh2(?) then Qh5(!)) Qxg5 11
f4 gxf3 12 Nxf3 Qg6 having the better position.} 8.hxg4 hxg4
9.Ng5 g3 10.Qf3 gxf2 11.Rxf2 Nf6 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.Nh3 Bxf2+
14.Kxf2 {This brings the King into a bad position. Better
would be 14 Nxf2 Nh5 15 Be3 Qh4 16 Ne2.} Nh5 15.Bg5 f6 16.Be3
g5 {!} 17.Rf1 O-O-O 18.Ke1 Nf4 19.Nf2 Kb8 20.g3 {A weak move,
which drives the hostile Knight to a very good square. White
should have played 20 Kd2 in order to bring his King to c1.}
Ne6 21.Ng4 Qb4 22.Qxf6 Nd4 23.Nxe5 {If 23 Kd2, Rhf8.} Nxc2+
24.Kd2 Nxe3 25.Kxe3 Qd4+ 26.Kd2 Rhe8 27.Nxc6+ {Better would be
27 Rf5.} bxc6 28.Qxd4 Rxd4 29.Ke3 c5 30.Ne2 Rd7 31.Rf5 Red8
32.Nc1 c4 {! Very well calculated.} 33.dxc4 Rd1 34.Nb3 Re1+
35.Kf3 Rd3+ 36.Kf2 Rb1 37.Rxg5 Rxb2+ 38.Ke1 Rxa2 39.Nc1 Re3+
40.Kd1 Rg2 41.Ra5 Rexg3 42.Rxa6 Rh3 43.Ne2 Rh1+ 44.Kd2 Rhh2
45.Kd3 Rxe2 46.Kd4 Kb7 47.Re6 Rd2+ 48.Kc5 Rd6 49.Rxd6 cxd6
50.Kxd6 Rd2+ 51.Kc5 Kc7 52.e5 Rd1 53.e6 Rd2 54.Kb5 Re2 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.20"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 {Notes by Pillsbury} d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 {Nf3 is considered
the strongest continuation in the Gambit accepted.} e5 4.Nc3
exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Bxc4 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Qb3
Qe8 11.Re1 {Threatening 12 Bxf7+ Rxf7 13 Nxf7 Qxf7 14 Rxe7.}
Nc6 {This and Black’s 12th move fully equalise the position.}
12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.d5 Qc5 14.h3 a6 15.a4 {These two moves are
clear loss of time, and Bf4 at once was the correct play.} Qb4
16.Bf4 Qxb3 17.Bxb3 Bb4 18.Bxc7 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Bxd5 20.c4 Rfc8
{The foregoing exchanges and this move force a draw. White
makes a futile effort to avoid this result, but there is
nothing left in the position to play for.} 21.Bxb6 Bxc4 22.Bd1
Rab8 23.Bd4 Bb3 24.Be2 Rb4 25.Bxa6 Ra8 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Bb5
Bxa4 {A certain draw now.} 28.Bd3 Rd8 29.Re3 Rbd4 30.Be2 Bd1
31.Bf1 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.07"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 {Notes by James Mason} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 {As good as
anything else, to avoid complications, and with the first
object of a draw.} 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O cxd4 7.Nxd4
{Exchanges ensuing upon this are not sufficiently favourable
to the first player. He keeps the draw in hand; but the
chances of a win become few indeed. It would be perfectly safe
to take otherwise, the bogy of the isolated pawn
notwithstanding.} Nc6 8.Nxc6 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 bxc6 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2
O-O 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Be2 c5 14.Nc4 Rad8 {All of which goes to
show that Herr Mieses simply desires to get the matter over
with without losing. In the nature of things he easily holds
his ground, the position even now being sufficiently rigid to
exclude any but the most commonplace proceedings on either
side.} 15.Na5 Ba8 16.Bb5 Nd5 17.Bc6 Rd6 {It is worthy of note
that Bxc6 would not be good, or rather, why it would not. And
he does not want to admit of White's later Rd7. Black is on
the defensive, of course, and a little care is necessary; but
beyond this there is no real difficulty.} 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.e4
Nb6 20.Rxd6 Bxd6 21.Rd1 Bf8 22.Kf1 f6 23.Ke2 Kf7 24.Rd3 Rc8
25.Rh3 {Not promising anything except risk. But in the
resulting rook and pawn ending the extra pawn does not
matter. Only White himself has to play a draw.} c4 26.bxc4 Bb4
27.Bc3 Bxa5 28.Bxa5 Rxc4 29.Bxb6 axb6 30.Rb3 Rxe4+ 31.Kf3 Ra4
32.Rxb6 Rxa2 33.Rb7+ Kg6 34.g3 f5 35.Rb6 Kf6 36.h4 h6 37.Rc6
Ra3+ 38.Kg2 g5 39.hxg5+ hxg5 40.Rc5 f4 41.g4 Rd3 42.Ra5 Rd5
43.Ra6 Ke5 44.Ra1 Rc5 45.Rd1 Ke4 46.Re1+ Kd5 47.Rh1 Rb5 48.Rh6
Rb6 49.Rh5 e5 50.Rxg5 Ke4 51.Rf5 Rb3 52.Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.05"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Tinsley"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3
b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.Ne5 g6 {The usual continuation; Be7 is
preferable.} 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.b3 {8 c3 would be better, to be
followed by Qc2 and e4.} Ne4 9.f4 {This move weakens the
King's Pawn; 9 f3 Nxd2 10 Bxd2 O-O 11 Bc3 would be better.} f6
10.Ng4 f5 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.Ndf3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.fxe5
{Preferable would be 34 dxe5. After 14 fxe5 has been done,
Black is enabled to advance his King’s Knight's and his King's
Rook's Pawns, and to establish by this line of play a strong
attack against the White King.} Qe7 15.a4 h5 {!} 16.a5 h4
17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Qe2 g5 19.c4 O-O-O {Very well played. The
attack of White is not so violent as it seems, but it is very
difficult to foresee that.} 20.axb6 axb6 21.Ra2 Rhg8 22.Ba3
Qh7 23.c5 bxc5 24.dxc5 {A mistake, which opens the Black
Queen's Rook file. He should have played 24 Bxc5.} Rd3 25.Qc2
Qd7 {White threatened 26 c6.} 26.Bc1 f4 {Decisive, for, if
White answers 27 Re1, there follows Qd5. } 27.exf4 gxf4
28.Bxf4 e3 29.Qc4 Rd2 30.Rxd2 exd2 31.Rd1 Rxg2+ 32.Kf1 Qc6
33.Qd3 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.13"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Ne4
{Premature; this move is only good when the Knight can be
sufficiently supported on this square. To move a developed
Piece twice is, besides, entirely against the minor
principles.} 5.Bd3 Nd7 {But now f5 would have been more
consistent.} 6.Bxe4 dxe4 7.Nfd2 f5 8.f3 {Taking immediate
advantage of Black’s weak play.} g5 {An extraordinary
conception involving the sacrifice of a Pawn for the sake of a
premature and compromising attacking manoeuvre.} 9.Bg3 f4
10.exf4 gxf4 11.Bxf4 Qf6 12.Be3 exf3 13.O-O {Now White has a
clear Pawn ahead with a splendid development.} b6 14.Nxf3 Ba6
15.Rf2 Bh6 16.Qd2 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Rf8 18.Nbd2 O-O-O 19.c4 e5
20.d5 Rde8 21.Ne4 Qf5 22.Qa3 {Making the most of his strong
position and finishing the game in vigorous style.} Kb7
23.Nfd2 Qg4 24.h3 Qh4 25.Rxf8 Rxf8 26.Qa4 Rf7 27.c5 { Against
this there is nothing to be done, the loss of the Queen and at
least one Piece being threatened at the same time.} Nb8
28.Nd6+ {Herr Mieses played this and several other games in
the Tourna ment certainly much below his usual strength, which
he has shown elsewhere, and in his games with most of the
other prize winners.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.10"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Black "Adolf Albin"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 {This move was played
in the London Tournament of 1883 by Chigorin against
Rosenthal. the opening of that game proceeded as follows : 8
a4 b4 (?) 9 a5 Nxd4 10 Nxd4 exd4 11 Qxd4 c6 12 Nd7 Qf6 13 Qb6
Nxd2 14 Bxd2 Be7 15 Bxb4 Bxb4 16 Qxb4 Qe7 17 Qc3 O-O 18 Qxc6
with one pawn more.} Rb8 9. dxe5 Be6 10. axb5 axb5 11. c3 Bc5
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Re8 15. b4 {White intends
to drive the king's bishop from the king's side prepatory to
the coming attack on the king.} Bb6 16. Qf4 Ne7 17. h4 {In
order to drive away the knight in case it should be played to
g6.} Qd7 18. Ng5 Ng6 {Not Bf5 on account of 19 g4 Bxc2 20
Qxf7+ Kh8 21 Ne6 Rg8 22 Bh6 and wins.} 19. Qf3 {After Qg3,
Black gets an advantage with Bf5.} Bg4 20. e6 {It is evident
now that the attack 18 Ng5 was strong. White must lose the
e-pawn, and tries with this move to dispose of it more
advantageously.} Bxe6 {The correct move is to take the pawn
with the queen, in which case Black has a slight advantage.}
21. h5 Bg4 {? A great mistake which leads to an immediate
loss.} 22. hxg6 {! White perceives his chance at once; he gets
a rook and two minor pieces for the queen.} Bxf3 23. gxf7+
Qxf7 {Black has now one piece less - sufficient reason for
resigning.} 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 {Rather better is Be2. The remainder
is merely a matter of routine.} 25. gxf3 Kf6 26. Bd3 g5
27. Bxb5 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxb5 29. Ra6+ Kf5 30. Rg1 Rg8 31. Be3
h5 32. Bd4 Rg6 33. Rxg6 Kxg6 34. Be3 d4 35. Bxd4 Rf5 36. Ke3
Rf8 37. Ra1 h4 38. Ra6+ Kf5 39. Rh6 Re8+ 40. Kf2 Rf8 41. b5 g4
42. Rf6+ Rxf6 43. fxg4+ Kg6+ 44. Bxf6 Kxf6 45. c4 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.17"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "-1"]

1. d4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Be7 5. Nf3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Rc1 dxc4 {If he intended to take
this Pawn he might have waited till White had developed his
Bishop to d3, then gaining a move; though White would most
likely have exchanged himself next move.} 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O
O-O 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Qd6 {He
cannot push the pawn to c5 on account of Bxd7, winning a
Pawn.} 14. Rc2 c6 15. Bd3 Nf6 {But I do not understand why he
did not now play c5, which seems to give him at least an even
game. After the text move the Pawn is fixed and irretrievably
weak.} 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Ba6 {Taking immediate advantage of
the omission, the Black c-Pawn is doomed now.} Bxa6 18. Qxa6
Rc7 19. Ne5 c5 {Seeing now that he cannot play Rfc8 on account
of i7 Nxc6 Rxc6 18 Qxc8+(!), he prefers to lose the Pawn
another way.} 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Nd7 22. Rc6 Nb8 {There is
no more to be said about the remainder of the game; he has to
submit to the loss of several more Pawns, and might as well
have resigned at once.} 23. Rxd6 Nxa6 24. Nc6 g6 25. Nxa7 Ra8
26. Nc6 Kg7 {A little trap if 27 Rxd5 Rc8 28 Rd6 Nb4 , winning
a Piece, but White is not in a hurry.} 27. a3 Rc8 28. g4 Nc7
29. Ne7 Rb8 30. Rd7 Ne6 31. Nxd5 Rc8 32. Nxb6 Rc2 33. b4 Ng5
34. a4 Ne4 35. a5 Nxf2 36. a6 {It is evident that White
Queen's Rook's Pawn will cost a Piece, and nothing in the way
of disaster can happen to White’s King except by the greatest
kindness on White's part, such as 36...Nh3+ 37 Kh1 Ng5 38 a7
Nf3.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.19"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 {Notes by S. Tinsley} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 {The
well-informed chess editor of the 'Times Democrat' (New
Orleans) says of this opening that "if not actually the
invention of Mr. A. P. Barnes, of New York, it was at least
first brought into prominent notice by him in the Canadian
"Spectator", July 1880, and subsequently in an analytical
article of some length and importance in "Brentano's Monthly',
vol. i. 1881, p. 73. It is somewhat singular that the
"Handbuch" wholly overlooks this fact in its last edition, as
well we believe as the actual merits of the defence, which, by
the way, is highly esteemed and was almost persistently
adopted by Pillsbury at the Hastings Meeting".} 4. d4 exd4
5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. f3 {The double object of
preventing Ng4 presently, and the exchange of Knight for
Bishop is thus accomplished, but at the expense of a very weak
centre of Pawns.} Ne7 {Preventing an inopportune exchange by
White, who might possibly have taken the Piece earlier without
much harm. Black is also now ready to assail the weak central
position by d5 etc.} 9. O-O c6 10. Bd3 d5 11. Nde2 {Supposing
now e5 instead --an obvious move--then 11...Ne8 12 f4 c5, with
a fine attack.} dxe4 12. fxe4 {Allowing the very evil, Ng4,
which was previously guarded against. Bxe4 was probably a
lesser evil; Nxe4 clearly loses his b-pawn.} Ng4 13. Qd2 Qd6
{Attention may be directed to the series of very forcible
moves by which Black wins this game. This is one. He gains
time by a threat of immediate mate, which can only be defended
by White compromising his King’s position.} 14. g3 Qe5
15. Rae1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Nf5 17. Qf3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kg2
Qb4 20. {As there appears no means of saving the valuable Pawn
this is the best course.} e5 Qxb2 21. Bc4 {The game is almost
hopeless, as another Pawn must go at once, and this is the
best chance.} Qxc2+ 22. Rf2 Qf5 23. Qe3 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Be6
25. Be2 {It would be bad to open the file by Bxe6. Also his
e-pawn is weak when the attack comes. Bf1 seems better.} Qh6
26. Rf4 Qg5 27. Bd3 Rad8 28. Qf3 {Presumably a trap, but
Black’s reply demonstrates that the Pawn may safely be
taken. The whole game, in fact, seems to show that one player
sees a little clearer and further than the other, and is
mercilessly exact.} Bxe5 29. h4 Bd4+ 30. Kh2 {Rxd4 is answered
effectively by Qc5.} Qa5 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.28"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 {Notes by W. Steinitz} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 {White's game has been modelled
chiefly after Steinitz's favourite attack. Here, however 7
cxd5 is preferable for if ...exd5 8 Bb5 Bb7 9 Ne5, with a
strong attack.} Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Bb1
{As often shown in my annotations in similar positions, it is
absolutely injurious to White's game to allow three
well-supportable Pawns against two to be established on the
Queen's side. The prospect of a King's side attack on which
White speculates is quite unreliable in comparison to the
disadvantage on the Queen's side to which he is subjected. At
any rate, Pawns ought to be exchanged first, and thus Black’s
centre weakened.} Ne4 {It was better to make sure of his
superiority on the Queen's side by c4 at once.} 12. Bf4 Nxc3
13. Rxc3 c4 14. Ne5 f5 {He had sufficient force on the King's
side to ignore any hostile attack in that direction, and
systematic operations on the other wing, commencing with b5,
were most in order.} 15. Kh1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. f4 Bc8 {The
combination of this with the next five moves, more especially
with the two closely following, is full of high ingenuity,
which, however, is wasted on an imaginary danger. For all
purposes of defence it was only necessary to advance g6 at the
right time, and then to play Rf7, followed by Bf8
eventually. The Queen's wing was still the proper point of
attack to which he should have directed his attention more
promptly.} 18. Qh5 a6 19. Rf3 Ra7 20. Rh3 g6 21. Qh6 Bxe5
22. fxe5 Rg7 23. Rf3 b5 24. Rc1 Qe7 {For aggressive purposes
on the Queen's side, the Queen was better placed at c7.}
25. Rcf1 Rff7 26. h4 Be6 27. g4 {This rash attack and Black's
timid reply were only to be accounted for as results of time
pressure on both sides.} Qd7 {There was not the slightest
danger in capturing the Pawn with a Pawn ahead, while this
loses one.} 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Qh5 Rg6 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5
Rxf5 32. Rxf5 b4 33. Qf3 c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Rb8
Qe7 37. Qf4 h5 38. e6 {A fatal miscalculaiion. Rc8 led to a
most probable draw, for if 38....Rg4 39 Qf6+, etc.} Rxe6
39. Rc8 Re4 {Black seizes his opportunity with scientific
exactitude.} 40. Rc7 Rxf4 41. Rxe7+ Rf7 42. Re5 c2 43. Rg5+
Kh6 44. Rg1 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.05"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "01"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 {Notes by E. Schiffers} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 {The 'Handbuch' considers that Black's best
move here is Be7; White continues 6 O-O b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 a3 0r
a4.} 6. Nd5 Bc5 {After Be7 would follow 7 d3 h6 and an even
game. It would not be good to play ...Nxd5 7 exd5 Ne7 8 c3 Ba5
(?) 9 Nxe5.} 7. d3 {The 'Handbuch' gives the continuation 7 c3
Nxe4 8 d4 exd4 9 cxd4 Bb4+ 10 Kf1 in White's favour.} h6
8. Be3 Bxe3 {Also good would have been Nxe3.} 9. fxe3 d6
10. O-O Be6 {...Bg4 is better.} 11. Nxf6+ {An enterprising
move} Qxf6 12. Nd4 Qg5 13. Nxc6 {After 13 Nxe6 fxe6 (...Qxe3+
14 Kh1 fxe6 15 Qh5+) 14 Bxc6+ bxc6 15 Qf3; White's game is
preferable.} Qxe3+ 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Nxe5 {And other moves still
do not give White the superiority, e.g. 15 Nb4 Bxa4 16 Nd5
Qc5, etc.} Bxa4 16. Nxf7 O-O {!} $14 17. Qh5 Be8 18. Rf3 Bxf7
19. Qxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxe3 Rf2 21. Rae1 {21 Rc1 Raf8 followed by
...Rd2 and the other rook to f2 would have been worse as White
would then get into difficulties, whereas now the draw is
secure.} Raf8 22. Kg1 Rxc2 23. R3e2 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.06"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3
Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5
10. Ba3 {A novelty by the leader of the White forces. White
intends to give up the piece in order to prevent Black from
castling into safety.} Be6 {Black declines the acceptance of
the sacrifice with doubtful judgement. If 10...dxc4 11 Re1 f5
12 Nd2 Kf7 13 Nxe4 fxe4 14 Rxe4 Qf6, (this appears to be the
only possible move as ...Re8 would be answered by Qh5+ and
...Bf5 by Rf4) 15 Qe2 Be6 (?) 16 Rae1 Rhe8 17 d5 and wins or
15...Bd7 (?) 16 Qxc4+ Kg6 17 d5 Ne5 18 Qxc7 Rhe8 19 Qxb7 with
three pawns for the piece or 15...Bf5 (!) 16 Rf4 h5 17 Qxc7+
Kg6 18 d5 Ne5 19 Qxb7 Rhe8 and although Black is two Pawns
behind for the piece, and may lose a third, his attack is
excellent.} 11. Bb5 Nd6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Nxc6
Qf6 {Black plays exceedingly well for position. It is with
best judgement that he allows White the opportunity of
doubling his Queen's Pawn, and White is wise to abstain from
it, as by doing so he would involve both his Knight and his
c-pawn in difficulties.} 15. Rb1 Bf5 16. Rb3 {The Rook ought
to have left the open file, as Rb4 would be answered by a5 ;
and the move actually made loses the exchange for a Pawn.} Bd7
17. Nb4 Ba4 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. Qd3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Re8 21. c4 c6
22. Ne3 Qd7 23. d5 Rad8 24. Bb2 f6 25. Bd4 {A poor place for
the Bishop. It seems as though Ba3 would give him better
prospects of fixing his Pawns far ahead in the camp of his
adversary.} Nc8 26. Rd1 Nb6 27. d6 {A faulty combination,
which by opening up all lines to the Rooks endangers White's
game to a considerable extent. White probably expected to win
a Piece in case the Pawn was captured, but overlooked the
retort of Black’s 29th move regaining the Piece immediately.}
Qxd6 $17 28. c5 Qe6 29. cxb6 c5 30. bxa7 Rxd4 31. Qc2 Rxd1+
32. Qxd1 Qf7 33. h4 Qxa7 34. h5 h6 35. Nf5 Qc7 36. g3 Qc6
37. Kh2 Kh8 38. Qg4 Qd7 39. Qf3 Re5 40. Nh4 Kg8 41. Ng6 Re8
42. Nf4 Rb8 43. Qe4 Qf7 44. Qf5 Qxb3 45. Qxc5 Qb5 46. Qc7 Re8
47. Kg2 Rb8 48. Kh2 Re8 49. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.07"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6 {Although this line of play has been
adopted by Lasker himself with considerable success, it is
probably premature, owing to the strengthening of Black's
center pawns. 5 Be3 is more usual and more correct.} bxc6 {In
an exhibition game played in New York, Lasker, as second
player, retook here with the queen's pawn, allowing the
exchange of queens, and relied upon his end game ability to
outplay his opponent, and was successful. It is not, however,
as good as the text.} 6. Qd4 f6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Nh6 9. Nc3
Nf7 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 {This still
more strengthens Black's already formidable center. Probably
best now was 13 f3 d5 14 exd5 cxd5 15 Bb3 Ba6 16 Rfe1
retaining a pressure on the center pawns.} gxf5 14. Bd4
{Premature at least. 14 f4 d5 15 Be2 threatening Rf3-g3 was
far superior.} d5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Be2 e5 17. Na4 Qf6 18. Nc5
f4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Bd3 Rae8 21. Rde1 Re7 22. Rf2 Nd6 23. Qc3
Bg6 24. Rfe2 Rfe8 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Nd3 Nc4 27. Nf2 Ne3
28. Nd1 d4 29. Qd3 e4 30. fxe4 Rxe4 31. Nxe3 fxe3 32. Rf1 Rf4
33. Rxf4 Qxf4 {Black has managed his center attack in capital
style, and obtained a theoretical winning position. White is
unable to stir, and although the game lasts for some time, the
issue can hardly be doubtful.} 34. Qd1 c5 35. b3 a5 36. Qe1 a4
37. Qa5 Rf8 38. Qe1 Rf5 39. Qd1 Kf6 40. Qe1 Ke6 41. Qd1 Kd5
42. h3 {This hastens the end, as Black, after judiciosly
retreating the king to avoid danger of perpetual check arising
from Qd3, etc., is enabled to put his queen on g3 and then the
game is over.} Qe4 43. Qe1 Qf4 44. Qd1 Ke5 45. Qe1 Kf6 46. Qd1
Kg7 47. Qe1 Rf6 48. Qd1 Qg3 49. Qd3 Rf2 50. Qe4 {An ingenious
attempt to draw by perpetual check if Black took the rook.}
Qf4 51. Qe7+ Kh6 {For if Re1 Black wins by either ...Rxg2+ and
...Qf2+ or by the simpler ...e2.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.12"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Adolf Albin"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. H. Blackburne} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4
4. Nc3 Nc6 {This brings about a drawish position of the Four
Knights’ Opening; ... Nxc3, and then defending Pawn by ...f6,
is perfectly safe.} 5. Nxe4 {Bxf7+ is sometimes played, but
Black comes out with the superior game.} d5 6. Bb5 dxe4
7. Nxe5 Qd5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Ng4 Ba6 {This certainly prevents
Castling on the King’s side, but ...f5 would have been a
stronger and more attacking line of play.} 10. Ne3 Qe6 11. b3
Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qg4 {Forcing the exchange of Queens, and
thereby securing a draw.} Qxg4 14. Nxg4 Rae8 15. c4 f5 16. Ne3
f4 17. Nc2 c5 { Unnecessary, because the Knight could not go
to d4 with advantage.} 18. O-O-O Bc8 19. Rde1 Bf5 20. g3 {g4
would he more vigorous, because the Bishop could not take the
Pawn on account of Rg1.} Bg6 21. Bc3 Re7 22. Rhg1 {Again g4 is
the proper play.} Ref7 23. g4 Be7 24. g5 Bd6 25. h4 Re7
26. Rh1 Bh5 27. Rhg1 Bg6 {Both players appear satisfied with
the draw.} 28. Rh1 Bh5 29. Rhg1 Bg6 30. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.13"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
d6 {The originator of the defence 3...a6 and 4...d6 is
Alapin.} 5. d4 exd4 {Bd7 is better, in order to keep the point
at e5 as long as possible. fhe exchange of the Pawn
facilitates White’s attack.} 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7
9. Bxc6 {Preparing for the next move.} bxc6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2
Re8 12. f3 {White might better perhaps have waited with this
and the following move till he was obliged ; Qd3, Rad1, and
Rfe1 seem to be correct.} Bf8 13. Nde2 g6 14. Ng3 Bg7 {Black
has played admirably and nearly equalised matters, and
especially paralyses the dangerous opposing Bishop.} 15. Qd3
{The Queen is well placed here ; the Pawnnat a6 is attacked,
and thus the Rook is kept at home.} c5 16. Rab1 {This
protecting of the Bishop is unnecessary ; he might have played
at once and continued with i6 Nd5 and if Nxd5 17 Bxg7 Nf4(?)
18 Qc3.} Bc6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rbe1
{White has still the better game, but too much has already
been exchanged, and the game drifts gradually into a draw.} f5
21. Rxe8 {Ne2, f4, and e6 seems stronger.} Qxe8 22. Qd2 Qf7
23. Re1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. c4 Qe5 26. Ne2 Kf6 27. g3 Qa1+
28. Kg2 Ne5 29. f4 Nf7 { White could lock up the Queen vith
Nc3, hut would be obliged to set it free again on the next
move.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.19"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6
4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. O-O Qxe5
9. Re1 Be6 10. d4 Qf5 {This move is better than Qd5, for the
latter move would be followed by 11 Bg5 (!) and if f6 (?) 12
Bxf6.}11. Bg5 h6 12. Qd3 {!} Kd7 {This is somewhat
dangerous. Black ought to have played Qa5 13 Ba4 Qh5; of
course he cannot play 12...hxg5 because of 13 Nd6+, winning
the Queen.} 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Re3 Bd6 15. Rae1 Qb5 16. Nxd6 cxd6
17. Qa3 a5 18. c3 Qb6 19. Bg3 Qc7 20. c4 {This sacrifice leads
to a clear draw. If White prepared the advance of the Queen’s
Bishop’s Pawn by 20 b3, he would have a good attack; the
continuation might be then b5 21 Rc1 Rd8 22 c4 bxc4 23 bxc4 c5
24 d5 Bf5 25 Rce1(!), with an excellent game.} Bxc4 21. Rxe8
Rxe8 22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. Bxd6 Qd7 24. Qe3+ Be6 25. Bc5 f6 26. a3
Kf7 27. Qg3 Bd5 28. h3 Qe6 29. f3 Qe3+ 30. Qf2 Qb3 31. Kh2 b6
32. Bd6 Be6 33. Qd2 h5 34. Bc7 a4 35. Bg3 b5 36. Be1 Bf5
37. Qf2 Qc2 38. Qxc2 Bxc2 {After the exchange of the Queens
there is not the slightest doubt that the result of the
struggle will be a draw.} 39. Kg1 Ke6 40. Kf2 Kd5 41. Ke3 Kc4
42. g3 Bd3 43. Bc3 Bf1 44. h4 Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.23"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Tinsley"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 {Notes by J. Mason} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 {The
'King's Fianchetto' is seldom made use of by the first player
in the Queen's Pawn's Opening. It is not considered
sufficiently aggressive.} dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. f3
Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. e3 {Now e4 looks perfectly safe. And it
would prevent Black partly taking over the attack by advancing
his King's Pawn a little further on.} Nbd7 10. Nge2 e5 11. O-O
exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. f4 Bxd4 16. exd4
Ng6 17. d5 Qxe2 {As will be seen, the young Austrian
representative is somewhat the better prepared for the
semi-ending consequent upon the disappearance of the Queens.}
18. Nxe2 Rad8 19. Nc3 Bd7 20. h3 Rfe8 21. Kf2 Bf5 22. Be3 {
Yet White's position is pretty strong The isolation of the
Pawn does not count for much ; or, if it does, it is fairly
offset by the superior influence of his Bishops. The play,
however, is shy, if not dull, and ill suited to Mr. Tinsley's
ingenious style. It is hard to see the good of 23 Bc5 , for
instance. Why not 23 Bxa7 if the Bishop is to move at all? The
Piece could hardly be imprisoned to capture-- if ...b6 24
Nb5,etc.--and the Pawn would be worth having.} h5 23. Bc5 {?}
h4 24. g4 Be4 25. Rd4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 b6 { With the better
game. White Bishop and Rook come in for awkward handling;
while, to say nothing of Pawn, &c., the King himself is not
free from peril.} 27. Ba3 c5 28. Ra4 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5
30. Rf1 Rd3 31. f5 {There is really nothing good now, but this
invitation to the Knight is the more speedily fatal.} Rg3+
32. Kh2 Re2+ 33. Kh1 Rxh3+ 34. Kg1 Rg3+ 35. Kh1 Ne5 36. g5 Nf3
37. Rxf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.24"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Beniamino Vergani"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 {Notes by S. Tinsley} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6
{It is sufficient to say of this variation of the Spanish game
that, while it is being universally practised, the doctors are
disagreeing about it. Who shall then decide?} 5. d4 exd4
6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nde2 {It is White's intention to go
for a King's side attack by b3 and Bb2 presently. Otherwise,
Be3 now or f4, or even h3, seems to offer better
alternatives. Or he might safely play Nxc6at once, which, as
the sequel shows, would have been much better.} O-O 9. Ng3 Ne5
10. Bxd7 {A leading principle of the Ruy Lopez and other close
openings is that the Black forces must be kept closely
confined as long as possible. Hence the exchange here is not
good. More reasonable is Be2, followed soon by f4.} Qxd7
11. b3 {Apparently f4 is not played, because that would leave
the King's Pawn somewhat isolated and subject to attack
later. This method of developing the Bishop has often led to
interesting games. Mr. Locock, we believe, has frequently
played it with effect.} Rad8 12. Nf5 {The excellence of such a
position is well known. But White's Knight, being unsupported
by other Pieces, is not well placed at so early a stage. There
are possibilities of Black retaliating with Nxe4 presently.}
Ng6 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Bb2 Bf8 15. Qf3 b6 16. Rad1 Re6 {To
prevent the possibility of 17 Nh6+ hxg6 18 Qxf6.} 17. h4 Rde8
18. h5 Ne5 {The failure to keep the Knight out of this good
commanding square is an important feature of this game ; and
we believe f4 earlier was really much better than the line of
play adopted by White.} 19. Qh3 g6 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nd4 R6e7
22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Nd5 Bg7 {The objection to capturing the
Knight is that White's Knight would afterwards find a
comfortable place at e6 and remain there undisturbed.}
24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Nb5 Nf3+ {Black's Pawns are on black
squares, and hence the importance of disposing of the Black
Bishop by this judicious exchange.} 26. gxf3 Bxb2 27. Nxa7 Rf7
28. Nb5 Re5 {!} 29. Rd5 c6 {Black’s 38th and 39th moves are
full of force, and indeed the ending is played perfectly from
this point.} 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Na3 Rxf3 32. Nc4 h5 33. Nxe5
dxe5 34. Rd1 Kf7 35. Rd7+ Ke6 36. Rb7 b5 37. Rg7 Kf6 38. Rd7
Rc3 39. Rd2 b4 40. Kg2 Kg5 41. Rd6 {It is bad to abandon the
Pawn thus; but the Black King is evidently coming to f4 and
has h4 and other good moves to 'wait' with.} Rxc2 42. Re6 Kf4
43. Rxg6 Kxe4 44. Rh6 c5 45. Rxh5 Rxa2 46. Rh4+ Kd3 47. Rc4
Rc2 48. Rg4 Rc3 49. Rg5 Kd4 50. Rg4+ e4 {A good
straightforward game, on Black's part especially. If Signor
Vergani's reputation at Hastings rested on this game alone, it
would be very high.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.26"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georg Marco"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 {Notes by I. Gunsberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. Qe2 {This leads to a perfectly even game on both
sides, and is therefore inferior to 5 d4, or to Nc3. If White
has any reason to dread the variations arising from d4, which
we do not believe is the case, then he may content himself
with 5 d3 Nf6 6 d4. For if Black then replies, as he must do
sooner or later, with d5, White has the positlon of the normal
variation of the French defence.} Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+
{Pillsbury played here Nc6 against Lasker, the game resulting
in draw. Be6 may likewise be played, provided Black cares for
struggling against the draw.} 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. O-O-O
Nc6 11. d4 d5 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Ng5 Bd6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxd6
{It did seem worth while to exchange for the purpose of
weakening the e-Pawn. White, however, has no means of making
anything more out of the position. If he had retired his
Bishop, Black could have taken it off; or played e5. If he had
played Bg5 Black would have replied h6.} cxd6 16. Bf3 Rhe8
17. Rhe1 Re7 18. Re2 Rde8 19. Red2 a6 20. h4 g6 {White had
intended to play g4, so as to endeavour to dislodge the
Knight, by g5, and bring his Bishop to bear on the e-pawn, and
it would certainly have been worth while to carry out that
intention, as the Black e-pawn cannot move without leaving the
d-pawn unprotected.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.27"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Emmanuel Schiffers"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5
axb5 10. dxe5 Ne7 {I prefer Be6 here.} 11. c3 Bg4 12. Be3 c6
13. Bc2 Nf5 14. Ba7 Rc8 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nh4 17. Qe2 Nc5
18. b4 Ne6 19. f4 g6 20. Nd2 Nf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Qd3 Ng7
23. Nf3 Be7 24. Be3 O-O 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Nb3 Ra8 27. Bc5 Kh8
28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Nd4 Qd7 30. Nb3 Rg8 {Qe7 would be better.}
31. Nd4 Rge8 32. Kh2 Rf8 33. Qg3 Ra4 {Black's position is not
good, and it is very difficult, perhaps impossible, to find a
sufficient defence. 1f for instance, Rxa1 34 Rxa1 Rg8, then
White plays 35 Ra6 Rc8 36 Qg5 and 36 Qf6 winning the Queen's
Bishop's Pawn.} 34. Qg5 Rfa8 35. Rae1 R4a6 36. Rf3 Qd8 {Black
is forced to give up a Pawn. If he played Rg8, White would
answer 37 Qf6 threatening 38 Rg3, 39 Rxg7, 40 Nxf5 and by this
line of play obtain a decisive advantage.} 37. Nxf5 Qxg5
38. fxg5 Nxf5 39. Rxf5 Kg7 40. Rf6 Rc8 41. e6 fxe6 42. Rexe6
d4 43. cxd4 Ra4 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Rff7 {! White plays the
ending very well.} Rxb4 46. Rg7+ Kf8 47. Ref7+ Ke8 48. Rxh7
1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.16"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 {Notes by L. Gunsberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {If a
census were taken of the games played with the d6 defence as
against any other defence to the Ruy Lopez, it would be found
that this move has up to the present produced the worst
proportionate results.} 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Ne7 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4
Ng6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Qe8 {Somehow or other we do
not believe in the manouvre of bringing the White Queen’s
Knight over on to the King’s side; we think too much time is
lost thereby, and it is advisable for Black to adopt an
aggressive policy before White has time to fully develop his
Pieces. Suppose Black played exd4 instead of Qe8, and if 11
cxd4 , then b5 12 Bc2 Nb4 13 Bb3 c5 14 d5 c4 15 Bc2 Nxc2 16
Qxc2 f5. The point is to do something while the Knight is on
f1, and before it can get g3.} 11. Bc2 Kh8 12. Ng3 Bg4 {We do
not see what good can come from this move; anyway it would
have been stronger if exd4 had preceded it.} 13. d5 Nb8 14. h3
Bc8 {The fact that the Bishop ought not to have gone to g4 at
all must now be clear.Bxf3 would not have been an improvement,
as that would bring White’s Queen into play.} 15. Nf5 Bd8
16. g4 Ne7 17. Ng3 Ng8 {Black has now completed his strategic
movement towards the rear. If this is good strategy, then the
modern theory of development must be all wrong. One fact,
however, must be borne in mind. Black, having all his Pieces
concentrated on his base, is certainly less assailable, and
should White rashly advance against that formation, Black
might probably be able to break up the White line with
advantage to himself.} 18. Kg2 {Considering that Black’s only
hope lies in an advance of the King’s Bishop’s Pawn, we should
have preferred to play Kh2, so as to be able to occupy the
King’s Knight’s file with the Rook, which would effectually
prevent f5 at any future time. And, after developing his
Rooks, White could take his own time about cautiously turning
on the pressure.} Nd7 19. Be3 Nb6 20. b3 Bd7 21. c4 Nc8 {There
seems little prospect of Black being able to harass White by a
flank attack on the Queen’s side. Yet it is the only way at
present that promises some relief.} 22. Qd2 Nce7 23. c5 g6
24. Qc3 f5 {It was pointed out by Mr. Steinitz that he would
have done much better if he had played h6 first. In this we
perfectly agree with him, as it would have given the King some
elbow room, and would, therefore, have made the impending
sacrifice less profitable, which by-theby must have stared
Black in the face in rather an obvious manner.} 25. Nxe5 dxe5
26. Qxe5+ Nf6 27. Bd4 {White’s play is extremely
interesting. If he had simply contented himself with 27 g5,
Black might have replied in several ways: i.e. Nxd5 28 Bd4 Nb4
29 Bb1 Kg8 30 gxf6 Bxf6 31 Qxd8 Raxd8, etc. Though these moves
may be varied, we still think this line would have been
profitable for Black.} fxg4 {Kg8 would not have released the
Knight, as White would, nevertheless, have played g5, and the
Knight could not move. f4 also looks an enticing move, but
then White would have replied with 28. g5, and Black could not
take the Knight.} 28. hxg4 Bxg4 { This was a deceptive
move. It seemed no doubt advantageous to get rid of this
Knight’s Pawn, but it did not result favourably.} 29. Qg5 Qd7
30. Bxf6+ Kg8 31. Bd1 Bh3+ 32. Kg1 Nxd5 {Black played the
following moves with desperate ingenuity. The move of Rxf6
does not promise much, nor is h6 any better, except that it
would allow Black to play Kh7 on the following move, which
would give him more liberty of action.} 33. Bxd8 Nf4 34. Bf6
Qd2 35. Re2 {Though this is the only move on the board, yet it
answers all practical purposes of defence.} Nxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Qd7
37. Rd1 Qf7 {Black having failed in his counter-attack, there
is Iitth left for him to do. If he had played Qe8 or Qc6 it
would not have made much difference in the position.} 38. Bc4
Be6 39. e5 Bxc4 40. Nf5 {A neat finish to a brilliantly played
game.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.30"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Marco"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Ne7 {I prefer Nf6 here} 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bd7
8. Be3 Bg7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nbd2 {Black being very cramped
rightly sacrifices a Pawn in order to get an easier game.} O-O
11. Re1 Nc8 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Nf1 b6 14. Ba3 N8a7 15. Qd3 Bc8
16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Ne3 b5 18. Bc2 b4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. cxb4 Nb5
21. Qc4 {A weak move, which loses at once the gained
Pawn. Better would he 21 Nc4, to plant the Knight a5.} Nd6
22. Qb3 Nxe4 23. Rad1 Nd6 24. Nd5 {Nd2 would be better.} e4
25. Nd2 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 e3 {!} 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Rb8 {If
Bxb2 then 29 Nc4.} 29. Nc4 Rxb4 30. Bb3 {With 30 Nxd6 cxd6 31
Qxd6 Qxd6 32 Rxd6 Rxb2 33 Bb3 the game would have ended in a
draw. The move 30 Bb3 is somewhat dangerous.} Rb5 31. Qc6 Bf8
{!} 32. Qxa6 Qg5 33. Rf1 Nxc4 34. Bxc4 Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 Rf5
36. Ra1 {? A very weak move, after which the game of the first
player becomes hopeless. Black has in any case the better
game, but White could escape with a draw, perhaps, if he
played 36 Rxf5 gxf5 37 h3 Bc5 38 Kh2 Qg1+ 39 Kg3 Qf2+ 40 Kh2
Bd6+ 41 Kh1 Qe1+ 42 Bf1 Qg3 43 Kg1, etc.} Bd6 37. Bf1 {White
cannot save the game; if 37 h3, then Qg3, and Black wins.}
Bxh2 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.26"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Adolf Albin"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {The
Dutch game can scarcely be defended (compare the game Steinitz
v. Tarrasch). After Bb4 the Bishop is not in a good position,
and an exchange against the Knight is usually prejudicial to
Black. On e7, however, the Bishop has no future.} 4. e3 Nf6
5. Bd3 O-O 6. Ne2 d6 {To follow with e5. This move has this
disadvantage, that it cuts off the King's Bishop from the
King's side. Black does not perceive this in time.} 7. O-O e5
{At least Bxc3 should have been played before this.} 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd7 {The exposed Bishop should retire to a5.}
10. Qa4 Qh4 11. Qxb4 Rf6 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. Rd1 Rh6 {White wins
the Bishop, and the game is of course decided. Black still
makes a desperate attack.} 14. h3 Ne4 15. dxe5 a5 16. Qd4 dxe5
17. Qxe5 Bd7 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf6 20. Qd4 Qf7 21. e4 Rg6
22. e5 Bb5 23. a4 Ba6 24. Ra3 Rd8 25. e6 Qe8 26. Nf5 c6
27. Rg3 {After Rxd5 there follows 28. Rxg6 Rxd4 29 Rxg7+ Kh8
30 Rxd4 and wins.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.09"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. c3
Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bb3 {To prevent the exchange of
the king's bishop after Na5.} Be6 8. Bc2 d5 {In consequence of
the two bishop's moves on the part of White, Black gets now
the initiative, but does not know how to make use of it.}
9. Qe2 Bd6 {Much stronger was Nd7 and f5.} 10. Nf1 a6 {Black
shows clearly that he does not know what to do with his good
position; Steinitz on the other hand, true to his method,
tries to obtain one advantage after another. This game offers
a good example of his method of play.} 11. Ng5 Qd7 {Black
should not allow the exchange of the bishop, but should
withdraw it to d7. Perhaps he was afraid of the continuation
12 exd5 Nxd5 13 Nxh7 (...Kxh7 14 Qe4+ and Qxd5) but after
13...Re8 White would have been very much embarrased by the
threat of Nf4.} 12. Ne3 dxe4 {It is again evident that Black
has no definite plan.} 13. dxe4 Ne7 14. f3 Bc5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6
16. Bb3 Qc6 17. g4 Bxe3 {So that the knight should not
establish itself on f5.} 18. Bxe3 Ng6 19. O-O-O {White has now
with his bishops a far superior game.} Rad8 20. h4 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Re8 {Nxh4 would be wrong on account of giving
possesion of the open file to the queen and rook.} 22. h5 Nf8
23. h6 g6 24. g5 N6d7 25. Bd5 {The advance of the pawns has
prepared this move, and White now wins a pawn and with it the
game.} Qa4 26. Bxb7 Qxa2 27. Qxa6 Qb3 28. Bd5 {The bishop is
indefatigable.} Qb8 29. Qa2 Re7 30. Qa8 Qxa8 {After Qb5 might
follow 31 Bc6 Qe2 32 Bc5 Nxc5 33 Qxf8+, etc.} 31. Bxa8 Ne6
32. Bd5 Nf4 {This hastens the end.} 33. Bc6 Nf8 34. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.12"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
4. c3 Qe7 {Perhaps not so good as ...Nf6, but favoured by
Dr. Pollock.} 5. d4 Bb6 6. a4 { Advances of this character so
early seem premature, and only weaken the position later
on. Although this includes a trap-- viz, if in answer 6...d6;
7 a5 winning two Pieces for Rook and Pawn, yet it is no
exception to the foregoing rule. Any developing move, as
6. Castles, would be better.} a5 7. O-O d6 8. d5 {Rather than
this advance, which allows Black later on to open the game at
his leisure on the King’s side, the lesser evil of the two,
...h6, would be preferable. Black could form no immediate
assault upon this point, and his somewhat weakened Queen’s
wing would scarcely permit him to Castle on that side, with
intent of a Pawn attack on the White King.} Nd8 9. Bd3 Nf6
{The position would permit of a direct assault upon the
Castled King, should Black desire, by 9...f6 , followed soon
by ...g5 and ...h5. In answer 10 Nh4 would be disastrous by
io...g5 11 Qh5+ Nf7 12Nf3 Bd7!, followed by O-O-O, now
permissible owing to the displacement of the White Queen.}
10. Na3 c6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ne3 Nh5 13. g3 g6 14. b4 f5 15. Ng2
cxd5 16. exd5 Nf7 17. Re1 O-O {With a fine position for attack
; a direct evidence of the weakness of White’s 8th move.}
18. Nd4 Qf6 19. Nb5 Bb6 20. bxa5 {Only still further weakening
his pawns} Bxa5 21. Be2 Ng7 22. Bd2 Bd7 23. Rf1 Rac8 24. c4
Bb6 25. Be3 {Qb3, with intent to force matters on the Queen’s
side, seems better.} Bxe3 26. fxe3 Ng5 27. Nc3 { A violation
of an old-time principle ‘that the pieces should not be left
loose and unguarded.’ Black takes advantage of this misplay
with great precision, and from this point obtains a winning
advantage. White should have played 27.Qc2 and if ...Ne4 28
Nc3 Nc5 29 a5, with a fair prospect of attack on the weak
b-pawn. } f4 28. Qc2 f3 29. Nh4 Nf5 { Perhaps ...Bh3 was
quicker, for if 30 Rf2 Bg2, wins without much trouble.}
30. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Nxe3 32. Qb1 Nxc4 33. Ne4 Qd8 34. Qxb7
Na5 35. Qb4 Bg4 36. Rf1 Bh3 37. Re1 Rb8 38. Qxd6 Qxd6 39. Nxd6
Rb2 40. Bd1 Rg2+ 41. Kh1 Rf2 42. Ne4 R2xf3 43. Bxf3 Rxf3
44. d6 Rf1+ 45. Rxf1 Bxf1 46. Kg1 Bd3 47. Nf6+ Kf7 48. Nxh7
Ke6 49. Kf2 Kxd6 50. Ke3 Bc2 51. h4 Nc4+ 52. Ke2 Kd5 53. g4
Kd4 54. Nf8 Bd3+ 55. Ke1 Ke3 56. h5 gxh5 57. gxh5 Be2 58. Nd7
Na3 {Rather an amusing finish to a very interesting game.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.28"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Samuel Tinsley"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} Nf6 2. c4 c5 {An original way of
meeting the Queen's Gambit, but certainly not a good one. The
player who in a close game can push his Queen's Pawn to d5 and
maintain it there has, as a rule, the better game.} 3. d5 d6
4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 {Certainly f4, with a view of
forcing e5 sooner or later, was the right course here.} O-O
7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Nf4 Ne5 9. Be2 b6 10. h4 h5 11. f3 Rb8 12. Nh3
a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Nf2 e6 15. Bg5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Be6 17. Ne3 Qd7
18. Nh3 {All this seems somewhat inconsistent and without a
preconceived plan.} Nc6 19. Bf4 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Nd4 21. Bd3 Rb7
22. Kf2 Ne6 23. Bg3 Bh6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Nf4 {So far
Black has done very well, and obtained the superior position,
which he could have improved with Nc7, preparing an advance of
the Queen's side Pawns. The text move is an oversight which
loses the exchange and a Pawn.} 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Bxa6 Be5
28. Bxb7 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Qxb7 30. Qb3 Ra8 31. Rb1 Qa6+ 32. Qb5
Qxa4 33. Qxa4 Rxa4 34. f4 Rb4 35. b3 c4 36. Ke2 Kf8 {Bc5 seems
to give him a much better chance, threatening ...cxb3 and
...Rxe4+.} 37. Kd2 Bf6 38. Re3 c3+ 39. Kc2 Bd4 40. Re2 Rb5
{Concluding the game with another blunder. after this the rook
or bishop is lost.} 41. b4 f5 42. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.05"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Beniamino Vergani"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 {Notes by Pillsbury} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7
5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 {A premature exchange. Black obtains a
very good game by ...Qb6. 7 f4 Nc6 8 Nf3 f6; in fact White
seems unable to develop his game so as to obtain any attack.}
7. cxd4 Nc6 8. f4 Bb4+ {...Be7 was preferable.} 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Nf3 f6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 a6 13. a4 Na5 14. Bd3 Qc7
15. Qc2 f5 16. g4 {This powerful advance gives White a
tremendous attack.} g6 17. gxf5 exf5 18. h4 Nb6 19. h5
{Pursuing the attack with precision and vigour.} Kg7 20. hxg6
h6 {If ...h6 21 Qh2 with a winning position.} 21. Qh2 Rh8 {If
...Qxc3+ 22 Ke2 Rh8 23 Bd2 winning a clear piece.} 22. Qh4 Qd8
23. Ba3 Nc6 24. Qh5 Nc4 25. Nh4 Nxa3 26. Nxf5+ {Rxa3 would
have won the second pawn, and keep the attack well in hand.}
Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Qf8 {...Rf8 would of course be met by 28 Qh5,
etc. But the correct play was ...Qe7 28 Qf6+ Qxf6 29 exf6+
Kxf6 30 Rxa3 Rae8+ with a very good chance of
resistance. White could not in the foregoing continue 28 Rxa3
on account of Raf8 followed by ...Qxa3. After this point the
game is lost for Black.} 28. Qd7+ Qe7 29. Qxd5 {White is bound
to win the imprisoned knight and increases his pawn force
before doing so.} Rad8 30. Qb3 Rhf8 31. Qxa3 Qxa3 32. Rxa3
Rxf4 33. Ke2 Ne7 34. Rb1 Rd7 35. Rab3 Nd5 36. c4 Rxd4 {A last
desperate attempt, and leading to rather an amusing finish.}
37. cxd5 R4xd5 38. Rxb7 Rxd3 39. e6 Rd2+ 40. Ke1 Rd1+ 41. Rxd1
1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.24"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. c3 {Black threatened b5 7 Bb3 Nxd4 8
Nxd4 exd4 9 Qxd4 (?) then c5 10 Qe3 c4.} Nge7 7. Bb3 {!} h6
8. Be3 g6 { This move weakens the King's side; it would be
preferable to play Ng6 and Be7.} 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Nf1 Na5
11. Bc2 Nc4 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bc1 b5 14. Ne3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxe3
16. Bxe3 Bxb3 17. Nxb3 O-O 18. O-O Qc8 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rae1 a5
21. Bd4 {!} f6 22. f4 Rd8 23. Qe2 c5 24. Bf2 a4 25. Nc1 Qc6
26. Nd3 Re8 27. Qf3 a3 28. b3 Ng8 29. Bg3 Bf8 30. h4 Ra7
31. Re2 f5 32. Rfe1 fxe4 {This continuation would be safer:
32...Rae7 33 exf5 Qxf3 34 Rxe7+ Rxe7 35 Rxe7+ Nxe7 36 fxg6+
Kxg6 37 gxf3 Nf5 38 Bf2 Be7. White's best move would have
been, perhaps, 33 e5 instead of 33 exf5 in order to get a
passed Pawn.} 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Qd7 35. h5 Qf5 36. hxg6+
Kxg6 37. Bh4 h5 38. Qe2 {Here White misses an excellent
opportunity of getting a brilliant attack; he should have
played : 38 Ne5+ dxe5 39 Rxe5 Qb1+ 40 Kh2 Nf6 41 f5+ Kf7 42
Bxf6 Kxf6 43 Re6+ Kg7 44 Qxh5 or 38...Kh7 39 Nc6 Rg7 40 Nd8
threatening Ne6 and Ng5+.} Kh7 39. Nf2 Bg7 40. Bg5 Qf7 41. Qf3
d5 42. Re2 d4 43. cxd4 Bxd4 44. Qd3+ Qg6 45. Qxb5 Rg7 {!}
46. Qe8 Qxe8 47. Rxe8 c4 {A fine combination, which secures
the second player a draw.} 48. bxc4 Rb7 49. Kf1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg 1895-96"]
[Site "Petersburg 1895-96"]
[Date "1895.12.19"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 {Notes by Fred Reinfeld} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4
Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 exd5 {Not
...Nxd5?, or account of 9 Nxd5, with an attack on the
Bishop. After the text-move, though, 9 Nxd5 would be
ineffective.} 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. O-O {It
would be safer to exchange on d4, prior to castling.} Bg4
13. Nb5 {? This 'attack' is uncalled for; after 13 Be2 White
would have had a tenable game.} Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne6 {!} 15. Be5
Nh5 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Bg3 Rad8 {! Typical for Lasker: a
positional manoeuvre combined with a tactical threat.} 18. Qc2
Qh6 {The point of Lasker's trap is this that the natural move
19 Rfd1 would now be faulty, in as much as ...Rc8 would give
Black a win in every variation.} 19. Rcd1 Rc8 {! Having
interfered with the opponent's natural development Lasker now
regroups his forces. For much the same manoeuvre see his games
against Janowski (Petersburg 1914) and Rubinstein (Moscow
1925).} 20. Qb3 a6 21. Nc3 Nd4 {! A P-sacrifice which should
secure at least a draw.} 22. Qxb7 Nxg3+ 23. fxg3 Rb8 24. Qxa6
Rb6 25. Qc4 Rxb2 26. h4 {? By 26 Ne2 White could have forced a
draw, but Steinitz evidently means to play for a win. Indeed,
his position looks fairly secure.} Ba7 27. Be4 Qd6 {! Stopping
Ne2 for good and all and all practically forcing the next
move.} 28. f4 Qd7 29. Bg2 Qg4 {! Very pretty since 30 Rxd4 can
now be countered by ...Qxg3.} 30. Qd3 Nf5 31. Ne4 Be3 {Much
better than ...Nxh4 and putting paid to Steinitz's excellent
defence.} 32. Rf3 Rxg2 {!} 33. Kxg2 Nxh4+ 34. Kh2 Nxf3+
35. Kg2 Nh4+ 36. Kh2 Nf5 37. Rb1 h5 38. Rb5 Ra8 39. a3 Rxa3
{If 40 Qxa3 Black mates in 4; nor could White save himself by
Qd8+.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.17"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 { A well-known form of the Lopez attack
has developed. Many masters, notably Tchigorin, prefer to
develop this Bishop at g7.} 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nf1 b5 9.Bb3
{Steinitz and others would prefer Bc2 at once.} d5 10.Qe2 dxe4
11.dxe4 Bc5 12.Ng3 Qe7 13.O-O {Generally the first player in
previous games in this opening has preferred to Castle Queen’s
Rook, and prosecute the attack upon the adverse King by
advancing his Pawns ; but the Black Pawns would advance upon
the Queen’s side too rapidly in this position, therefore
Dr. Tarrasch abandons this idea.} Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.a4 {The
opened file proves of great service to \Vhite later on.} Rb8
16.axb5 axb5 17.b3 Nd6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Be3 Bb6 { Inasmuch as the
King’s Pawn needs more protection soon, Black might have tried
here Nd7, being then prepared to support it by f6.} 20.Bxb6
Rxb6 21.Qe3 Rc6 {The movement of the Rook only loses time, and
leads to the direct loss of a Pawn later on. Moreover, Nd7 was
always correct to prevent the Queeen’s entrance at c5.} 22.h3
Nb7 {Also loss of time.} 23.Rfc1 Re8 24.Bd3 Nd6 25.Ra5 {This
move might have won a clear Pawn.} Ra6 {An error: Rb6; 26 Qc5
Bb7 would have saved the Pawn.} 26.Rca1 {Unaccountable, except
perhaps on account of time-pressure: 26 Rxb5 Nxb5 27 Bxb5
would have won the Pawn clear.} Rxa5 27.Rxa5 Qd7 28.c4 c6
29.Ra7 Bb7 30.Qe2 bxc4 31.bxc4 c5 32.Qb2 Qc8 33.Nxe5 Qb8
34.Qa1 {A tremendous error which loses the exchange ; Ra5
still left White with the superior game.} Nc8 35.Rxb7 Qxb7
36.Ng4 Nxg4 37.hxg4 f6 38.Nf5 Qd7 39.Bc2 Qc7 40.Qa3 Nb6 41.g3
Ra8 42.Qb2 Kf8 43.Qb3 Nd7 44.Ne3 {White here exceeded his
time, and thereupon resigned. Black should win, however, being
soon able to enter the 8th row with combined Queen and Rook
and form a mating position, from which White could only escape
by decisive loss of material.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.16"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Georg Marco"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4
Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Rc1 c5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.dxc5
bxc5 11.O-O Bd6 {Nc6 would be better.} 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Bf5 Nb6
{Preferable would be Be7 and if Qc2 then h6.} 14.Qc2 g6 {This
move weakens the King's side; Black ought to have played h6 15
Bh4 Be7.} 15.Bd3 c4 {Another bad move, which weakens the
Queen's pawn. The right move was Be7.} 16.Be2 Kg7 17.Rfd1 Qb8
18.a4 a5 19.Qd2 Nfd7 20.e4 {! White finishes the game very
clearly.} dxe4 21.Bh6+ Kg8 22.Qd4 f6 23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Nxe4 Bxe4
25.Qxe4 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.Bxc4 Bxh2+ 28.Kh1 Nxc4 29.Rxc4 Be5
30.b4 axb4 31.Rxb4 Qe8 32.Re1 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.09"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Beniamino Vergani"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 {Notes by E. Schiffers} f5 {Many of those who took part
in the Hastings Tournament were completely opposed to this
move. Tarrasch attributed his possible defeat by Steinitz
chiefly to the weakness of this opening. Tchigorin did not
altogether agree with this view, but nevertheless admitted
that the move f5 was feeble. Morphy chose this opening in
three of the games in his match with Harrwitz and played it
with success. Everything depends upon the line of play Black
adopts eventually. Besides Morphy's games and the actual one,
compare the game Janowski-Albin, in which the latter conducted
this opening with remarkable correctness.} 2.e3 e6 3.c4 Nf6
4.Nf3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.O-O Bd6 {This good continuation is
generally adopted by Bird. Albin, after Be7 and d6, endeavours
to prepare the advance e5 which can also be recommended. In
confirmation of the above opinion, we may remark that scarcely
anyone would censure a similar line of development for White
in the opening 1 f4 d5, etc., with the Bishops advanced to b2
and d3.} 7.h3 {A weak move; only proper when the Black Knight
goes to g4. The move should be Nc3.} O-O 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nc6
10.Nc3 a6 11.d5 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Na7 13.dxe6 dxe6 14.Qd4 {Feeble;
he should have played 14 Ne5 (or d4), and if ...Qg5, then 15
Bf3, or if ...Qf6, then 15 f4. White has for the moment a
slight superiority, owing to the temporary retirement of the
Black Knight.} Qe7 15.Rfd1 Be4 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Qe1 {The White
Queen is badly placed now, and Black can advance his Pawn
centre.} Bb7 18.Rd2 e5 19.Rad1 e4 20.Nh2 Nc6 21.Nf1 Ne5 22.Ng3
{If Bxe5, then Qxe5, threatening Bb4.} Rde8 23.Nf1 Nf3+ {!}
24.Bxf3 {In reply to 24 gxf3 there might follow ...exf3 25 Bd3
Qg5+ 26 Ng3 f4,etc.} exf3 25.g3 f4 {!} 26.Rxd6 {Comparatively
best move.} cxd6 27.exf4 Qd7 28.Ne3 Qxh3 29.Qf1 Qh5 30.Rxd6
Rxe3 {!Black reduces his opponent in a few powerful strokes.}
31.fxe3 f2 32.Kxf2 Qf3+ 33.Ke1 Qxe3+ 34.Qe2 Qxc3+ 35.Kf2 b5
36.Rd7 Ba8 37.Rd3 Qf6 38.cxb5 axb5 39.Rd2 Qc6 40.Qe3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.05"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Karl August Walbrodt"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 {Notes by A. Albin} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 {...Nf6 would
have been the best reply, and if 4 f4 then ...Bc5 followed by
...d6 with a similar position to the King's Gambit Declined
but Herr Walbrodt's choice gives a cramped position.} 4.d3 g6
5.f4 {Too early. a3 would have been not only a better
development, but White could prevent the exchange of his
king's bishop which is very important.} Na5 {Of course, now
White's game is preferable.} 6.Bb3 Nxb3 7.axb3 Bg7 8.Nf3 Ne7
9.O-O O-O 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bh4
{He should play Bh6.} Be6 15.Rf2 Qd7 16.Raf1 Rf8 17.Bg3 Rad8
{Without judgement. Here he should play ...h6 followed by
...f5. Black could get a very fine attack by doubling the
rooks on the knight's or on the bishop's file. (If Nh4 then
...Kh7.} 18.h3 Rf7 19.Qe1 Bf8 20.Re2 {A superflous invitation
for a check. Black does not like to take the initiative, so
makes waiting moves.} a6 21.Kh2 Bh6 22.Na4 b6 23.Nc3 Re8
24.Kg1 Bg7 25.Nd1 Rfe7 26.Bh4 Rf7 27.Ne3 Ne7 28.Nh2 Ref8
29.Ref2 Nc6 30.Nf3 {Finally an attack!} g5 31.Bg3 h5 32.Nh2
{After this blunder the game begins to be a little
interesting. We think the right move for White was Nd2.} h4
33.Bxh4 gxh4 34.Nf3 f5 35.Ng5 f4 {!} 36.Nd5 Bxd5 37.exd5 Qxd5
38.Nxf7 Rxf7 39.Qe2 {In any case White is lost.} Nd4 40.Qe4
{To exchange the queens in that critical position is the same
if he had resigned.} Qxe4 41.dxe4 Bf8 42.b4 Ne6 43.c3 c5 44.b5
axb5 45.Rd2 Kg7 46.Rd5 Kf6 47.Kf2 c4 48.Rxb5 Bc5+ {This game
illustrates the proverb that "Expectations ar better than
realisations." Pretty things are promised but never given.}
0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.06"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emmanuel Schiffers"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 {Notes by Pillsbury} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.Nd5 {Formerly considered a strong move, but now proven
premature.} Be7 {Far better is the following continuation
5...Nxd5 6 exd5 e4 7 dxc6 dxc6 8 Be2 exf3 9 Bxf3 O-O 10 O-O
(See Schiffers and steinitz's game from this tournament.)}
6.d3 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nxf6+ { 8 Bxc6 bxc6 9 Nxe7+ Qxe7 10 Bg5
,would appear to give White a slight superiority ; Black would
find it difficult to dissolve the doubled Pawn, nor would he
obtain a satisfactory position by ...Bg4 11 h3 Bxf3 12 Qxf3
Qe6 13 Bxf6 Qxf6 14 Qxf6 gxf6 15 f4, with the better position
for the end game.} Bxf6 9.c3 Ne7 10.Ba4 Be6 11.Ng5 Bxg5
12.Bxg5 f6 13.Be3 f5 14.Bg5 h6 {{c6 was the correct move to
maintain the Pawn.} 15.Bb3 {An ingenious move, which should
have given White a superiority in material.} Bxb3 {If Qd7 16
Bxe6+ Qxe6 Bxe7 Qxe7 18 Qb3+ winning the b-pawn.} 16.Qxb3+ Kh7
17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.exf5 {Just why White does not take the Pawn
with Queen is incomprehensible. After 18 Qxb7 f4(there seems
nothing more promising) 19 f3 Rab8 20 Qxa7 Rxb2 21 Rf2 White
appears to have a decided superiority.} c6 19.f4 Rxf5 {If
exf4, White obtains the better position by 20 Rae1} 20.fxe5
Rxe5 21.Qf7 Re8 22.Qxe7 R8xe7 23.d4 Re2 24.Rf2 Kg6 25.Kf1 R2e4
26.g3 a5 27.Kg2 Re1 28.Rxe1 Rxe1 29.Kf3 {A bad move; White
could have formed an easy drawing position by 29. h3 and
moving the King alternately to h2 and g2; his position
warranted no more than a draw. He should not have allowed the
adverse King to cross to the Queen's side.} Kf5 30.h3 h5 31.a3
g6 32.h4 b5 33.Kg2 Ke6 34.Kf3 {Black has certainly the far
better position, and the last move of White has given him a
clear winning position. After Kd5; 35 Kf4 Re4 36 Kf3 Re6,
White will be unable to prevent the adverse King reaching the
b3 square, and by the timely advance c5 Black will be enabled
to attack the Pawns on the Queen's side with the Rook, which
will obtain attacking entrance through the then opened
files. For instance, 37 Kg2 (If 37 b3 Re1 and attacking the
pawns in the rear) Kc4 38 Kf1 Kb3 39 Rd2 c5 40 dxc5 dxc5 41
Kf2 (if 41 Rd5 Kxb2 42 Rxc5 Rb6 and will win) Re5 42 Kf1 c4 43
Kf2 a4 44 Kf1 Re3 45 Kf2 Rd3 46 Re2 Rd1 with an easily won
game. Other variations also appear to win for Black.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.07"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Adolf Albin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Nxe5 {Castling gives a more lasting attack. The
text move leads to a rapid exchange of pieces and leaves
nothing to combine with.} Nxe5 7.d4 Bb4 8.dxe5 Nxe4 9.Qd4 Nxc3
10.bxc3 c5 11.Qe3 Qa5 12.cxb4 {Some lively variations arise
from e6, but with the best defence the result is a draw.}
Qxb4+ 13.Bd2 Qxa4 14.Qxc5 Qe4+ 15.Be3 {Kd1 might also be
played with perfect safety for if ...Qxg2, White replies with
Bb4 and ought to win.} b6 16.Qa3 Qxe5 17.O-O Qe7 18.Qxe7+ Kxe7
19.Bxb6 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.31"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 c5
5.dxc5 {e3 is stronger. By the text move White helps Black
over the difficulties of the opening.} Bxc5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nf3 O-O
8.Be2 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Bb7 {Black has already an equal
game.} 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.a3 Rac8 13.Rac1 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 h6 15.Bd3
Qe6 16.Qc2 {Threatening Bf5.} Ne7 17.b4 Bd6 18.Nd4 Qd7 19.Bxd6
{The game becomes a draw without any exciting features.} Qxd6
20.Qe2 Qe5 21.Ba6 Qb8 22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.Na2 Ne4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8
25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Nxc1 Qc7 27.Qc2 Qxc2 28.Nxc2 Kf8 29.Kf1 Ke8
30.Ke2 Kd7 {The game might easily have been played further, as
it is clear that either of the players might have been able to
win or to lose it.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.09.02"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Emmanuel Schiffers"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4
5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 Na5 {The usual move here is Ne5.} 7.Qxd4 {The
game is about equal for the two players.} Nxc4 8.Qxc4 Qxd5
9.Qe2+ {The exchange of Queens was preferable.} Be6 10.O-O
O-O-O 11.Nxe6 Qxe6 12.Qxe6+ fxe6 {After a dozen moves the
players have reached the end game. Black, being in possesesion
of the open Queen's file, has a slight advantage and makes the
best use of it.} 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Bg5 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Rd5 16.Be3
Rhd8 {Now the superiority of Black's game is evident.} 17.c4
Ra5 18.a4 Rd6 19.Rfb1 Ng4 20.Rb5 {Even without this blunder
White cannot prevent some loss.} Rxa4 21.Rab1 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rb6
23.Rf1 Rxc4 24.Rg5 g6 25.Rf8+ Kd7 26.Rf7+ Kd6 27.Rxh7 Rb1+
28.Kf2 Rxc2+ 29.Kg3 b5 {Now follows the race of the Pawns and
White arrives too late. The final moves need no comment;
besides the whole game is easily understood.} 30.Rxg6 Rb3
31.Kf4 Rc4+ 32.Kg5 Rxe3 33.Rgg7 Re5+ 34.Kh6 Rh4+ 35.Kg6 Rxh7
36.Rxh7 b4 37.g4 b3 38.Rh3 Rb5 39.Rd3+ Ke7 40.Rd1 b2 41.Rb1 a5
42.h4 a4 43.h5 a3 44.h6 a2 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.06"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Adolf Albin"]
[Black "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1.e4 {Notes by Schiffers} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5
5.Nc3 d6 6.h3 {The move Bg5, before Castling, is not
dangerous. Here Mason would probably have played Be3.} Be6
7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Na4 Ba7 10.Qe2 c5 11.c4 h6 12.Be3 Nd7
{Black’s Knight starts immediately for d4.} 13.g4 Nb8 14.Nc3
Nc6 15.Qd1 {In order to give the Knight room at e2.} Nd4
16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.Ne2 Bc5 18.Kf1 Qd7 19.Kg2 Rb8 20.Rb1 g6 21.Ng3
Qc6 22.Kh2 {?} Qd7 23.Kg2 a5 24.b3 Qd8 25.Nh2 Qh4 {?} 26.Nf3
Qd8 27.Qd2 Bb4 28.Qc1 c6 29.c5 Rb5 30.cxd6 Qxd6 31.Qd1 Bd7
32.Nd2 Bxd2 33.Qxd2 Qb4 34.Qe2 a4 35.Qf3 Ke7 36.h4 axb3
37.axb3 Ra8 38.h5 g5 39.Nf5+ Bxf5 40.Qxf5 Qd6 41.Ra1 Rab8
42.Ra7+ R5b7 43.Rha1 Qe6 44.Qf3 Kf8 45.R7a6 Rxb3 46.Rc1 R3b6
{White threatened Rxc6.} 47.Ra7 Kg7 48.Rc5 R8b7 49.Ra8 Rb5
50.Rc4 Rb8 51.Ra7 R5b7 52.Ra6 Rc7 53.Qg3 {Threatening Rxd4,
exd4, Qxc7.} Rb3 {In order to take d-pawn, after the
above-mentioned moves.} 54.Ra5 f6 55.Rxd4 c5 56.Rd8 c4 57.Rad5
c3 58.R5d6 Qf7 59.Qf3 c2 60.Qf5 Rbb7 {After ...c1=Q would
follow 61 Rd7 Rxd7 62 Rxd7 Qxd7 (otherwise Qg6+) 63 Qxd7+ and
after a few moves winning the rook on b3 and remaining with a
pawn ahead and a better position.} 61.d4 {Cleverly played.}
Re7 {If c1=Q then 62 dxe5 Qa1 (or b2) 63 exf6+ Qxf6 64 Rxf6
Qxf6 65 Rg8+, etc.} 62.Rc8 Rbc7 63.dxe5 Rxe5 64.Rxc7 Rxf5
65.Rxf7+ Kxf7 66.Rc6 Re5 67.f3 Ra5 68.Rxc2 Ra3 69.Kf2 Rb3
70.Ke2 Ra3 71.Rc7+ Kg8 72.Rd7 Rb3 73.Rd3 Rxd3 74.Kxd3 Kf7
75.Kd4 Ke6 76.e5 fxe5+ 77.Ke4 Kf6 78.Kd5 Kf7 79.Kxe5 Ke7
80.Kd5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.14"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adolf Albin"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5
5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 {To pin the Knights with the Bishops is, in the
Giuoco Piano as a rule, bad, and this is proved again in this
game.} h6 7.Be3 Bb6 8.a3 {Another weak move, and loss of
time.} Be6 9.Bxe6 {These ill-judged exchanges seem to be the
consequence of his last bad move, as he could not now retire
his Bishop to b3.}. fxe6 10.Bxb6 axb6 11.O-O O-O 12.h3 Qe8 {A
very good move, bringing his Queen into action, and enabling
him to play Nh5 and f4.} 13.Nh2 Nh5 14.Kh1 Nd4 15.Ne2 Nxe2
16.Qxe2 Nf4 17.Qe3 Qg6 18.Qg3 {A decisive mistake, which ought
to lose the game. But there was no more a defence against
Black’s powerful attack.} Qxg3 19.fxg3 Ne2 20.Rxf8+ Rxf8
21.Nf1 {If 21 g4, then Rf2, threatening Nf4, and winning at
least a Pawn.} Rxf1+ {Black is too eager to simplify the game
and reduce it to what he most likely thought an easily won
Pawn ending. His two doubled Pawns on the Queen’s side,
however, ought to have given hIm some apprehensions about the
possibility of winning. Kt to Q 5 followed by R to B would
have given Black a won game in a few moves.} 22.Rxf1 Nxg3+
23.Kg1 Nxf1 24.Kxf1 Kf7 25.Kf2 Ke7 26.Ke3 Kd7 27.Kf3 Kc6
28.Ke2 Kc5 29.Kd2 d5 30.Ke3 b5 31.exd5 {Suicidal; he could
have forced the draw at once with b4+, after which we fail to
find a winning continuation for Black; e.g. 31 b4+ Kd6 32 Ke2
b6 33 Ke3 c5 34 Ke2 c4 35 Ke3. White only moves his King, and
never exchanges any Pawns ; we cannot see how Black can do
anything. Clearly he gains nothing by playing the King over to
the other side, as the White King is also free, and will
always be able to keep the opposition or to block the
Pawns. An interesting question arises whether Black, wiihout
the mistake on the 30th move, could have won this
ending. After a very careful analysis of the position I have
come to the conclusion that, in spite of being a Pawn to the
good and having the King well in play, Black cannot force a
win against the best defence, as the two doubled Pawns can
never he dissolved. The following variation shows the
resources of the attack and the defence; e.g. - 30...Kb5 31 b3
Kc5 32 c3 (best) b5 33 b4+ (best; Black theatened d4+ 34 Kd2
dxc3+ 35 Kxc3 b4+ 36 axb4 Kb5 winning) Kd6 34 Kf3 b6 35 Ke3 c5
36 Ke2 c4 37 Kd2 d4 38 Kc2 and Black cannot win, because, as
soon as he plays his King over to the King's side, White would
force a passed Pawn on the other, and win.} exd5 32.d4+ exd4+
33.Kd3 Kd6 34.Kxd4 c5+ 35.Kd3 Ke5 36.Ke3 d4+ 37.Kf3 c4 38.g3
g5 39.g4 b6 40.c3 Kd5 41.cxd4 Kxd4 42.Ke2 c3 43.bxc3+ Kxc3
44.Ke3 Kb3 45.Ke4 Kxa3 46.Kf5 b4 47.Kg6 b3 48.Kxh6 b2 49.Kxg5
b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.12"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1.e4 {Notes by E. Schiffers} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5
5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Bb6 {Formerly this line of play was always
adopted in similar cases but latterly Steinitz and Tchigorin
prefer to take the Bishop at e3, doubling the Pawns. In a like
position Tchigorin exchanged Bishops, and then exchanged the
Knight by Na5 for the Bishop, obtaining a good game.} 7.h3 Be6
8.Bb3 Ne7 9.Ne2 Ng6 10.Qd2 c6 11.Ng3 Ba5 12.c3 Qd7 13.d4 O-O
14.h4 {A favourite attack of Mr. Mason's, which often, as in
the present game, only leads to the loss of the Pawn.} Bxb3
15.axb3 Bc7 16.h5 {Bg5 would have been better, with the
ultimate view of placing the Knight at f5.} Ne7 17.dxe5 dxe5
18.h6 {And now Bg5 would be better.} g6 19.Qxd7 Nxd7 20.O-O-O
Rfd8 21.Rd2 f6 22.Rhd1 Nf8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxd8 Bxd8 25.Nd2
Bc7 26.b4 {Evidently White cannot take the Pawn at a7, on
account of b6, followed by Nc8. However, a move previously,
after Bxa7, White would have lost the Bishop, but in exchange
for three Pawns, and if Bxa7, ...b6, Bb8, ...Nc8, Bxe5, etc.}
Ne6 27.Kd1 b6 28.Nf3 Kf7 29.Nh4 Bd6 30.Ne2 Ng8 31.g3 Bf8 {See
note 2.} 32.f3 Bxh6 33.Bxh6 Nxh6 34.Kd2 Nc7 35.Kd3 Ke6 36.Ng2
Ng8 37.Ng1 f5 38.Nh3 h6 39.Nf2 Nf6 40.Nh4 fxe4+ 41.Nxe4 Nxe4
42.Kxe4 {Taking with the Pawn would have been better, in spite
of the isolated g-pawn.} Kf6 43.Ng2 Ne8 44.Ne3 Nd6+ 45.Kd3 h5
46.Ke2 Nf5 47.Nf1 h4 48.gxh4 Nxh4 49.Nd2 Ke6 50.Kd3 Kf5 51.Ke3
Ng2+ 52.Kf2 Nf4 53.Nc4 Ke6 54.Ke3 Nd5+ 55.Kf2 Nf6 56.Ke3 Ne8
57.Nd2 Nd6 58.b3 Kf6 59.Kd3 Kf5 60.Ke3 g5 61.Nf1 g4 62.fxg4+
Kxg4 {Black has now a passed Pawn and some winning chances.}
63.Nd2 Kf5 64.Nf3 Kf6 65.c4 b5 66.cxb5 {If c5 then ...Nf7(!)
and in reply to Ke4, ...a6. Either the King or the Knight is
obliged to retreat, and Black's Knight can occupy d5 or d4.}
cxb5 67.Nd2 Kf5 68.Nf3 Ke6 69.Nd2 Kd5 70.Nb1 e4 71.Nc3+ Ke5
72.Ne2 Nf5+ 73.Kf2 Nd4 74.Nc3 a6 75.Ke3 Nc2+ 76.Kd2 Nxb4
77.Ne2 Nd5 78.Kc2 e3 79.Kd3 Nf4+ 80.Kxe3 Nxe2 81.Kxe2 Kd4
82.Kd2 b4 83.Kc2 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.13"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
Bb6 {It is noteworthy that Lasker usually declines the Evans’
Gambit, although he has declared that he knows a winning
defence.} 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. a5 Ba7 8. b5 axb5 9. Bxb5 Nf6 {
Ne7 seems preferable.} 10. a6 {Instead of developing, White
makes premature attempts at attack, which finally only
facilitate and hasten the development of his opponent.} O-O
{Nxe4 would be bad on account of 11 Qa4 Nc5 12 axb7.} 11. d3
Ne7 12. axb7 Bxb7 13. Na3 {Bxf2+ was threatened.} d5 {Black is
so far advanced in development that he can at once begin the
attack.} 14. O-O Ng6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qe1 {All of White’s
Pieces are in bad positions, with the exception of the King’s
Knight f3. White’s game is thus no longer capable even of
defence.} Qf6 17. Bg5 { With this and the mistake immediately
following the Bishop gets also exposed. It would have been
better to interrupt the file of the adverse Queen’s Bishop
with Ng5 and e4.} Qf5 18. Nc2 {?} Nxc3 19. Rxa7 {He may well
despair.} Bxf3 20. Ne3 {After Be3, Qg4 wins.} Qxg5 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Qxc3 Nf4 23. Ra1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.26"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Karl August Walbrodt"]
[Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bb4
{Avoiding the coniplications arising from Bc5, after which
White may turn into the King's Gambit declined with f4.} 5.Ne2
{This development of the Knight appears a little unnatural ; I
prefer Nf3.} d6 6.O-O Bg4 7.f3 Be6 8.Bb5 {This I cannot
approve of. Bb3 is much better, as Black then cannot exchange
the Bishops without allowing one of the White Knights to enter
at f5.} O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Kh1 d5 11.a3 Bc5 12.Qe1 Ne8 13.f4
f6 14.f5 Bf7 15.Qh4 Nd6 16.Rf3 dxe4 17.dxe4 g5 18.fxg6
{Necessary, because if Qh6, then Nxe4.} Bxg6 19.Bh6 Rf7
20.Raf1 f5 {Too aggressive. Kt to K sq would have given him a
safe position, with good prospects of taking advantage of the
weakness in White’s game (Pawn at e4).} 21.Bg5 Qd7 22.exf5
Nxf5 23.Qc4 Bb6 24.Ne4 Qd5 {Very ingenious. By the sacrifice
of the exchange he frees himself from all difficulties, and
gets even winning chances.} 25.Nf6+ Rxf6 26.Qxd5+ cxd5 27.Bxf6
Ne3 28.Rc1 Re8 29.c3 e4 30.Rf4 c5 31.b4 Bc7 32.Rf2 Ng4 33.Rff1
Nxh2 34.Rfe1 Ng4 35.Bh4 e3 36.bxc5 Nf2+ 37.Kg1 { Very
ingenious. By the sacrifice of the exchange he frees himself
from all difficulties, and gets even winning chances.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.09"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 {Notes by Gunsberg} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 {I
consider this move of doubtful value.} 4... Be7 5. e3 O-O
6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. cxd5 { We
quite approve of this exchange of pawns, though with the
Bishop on f4 it is not quite as effective as with the bishop
on b2.} 10... exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Ne5 {A clever
way of defending the b-pawn.} 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 15. Bc3
Qd6 16. g3 Bd7 17. Nf4 Qh6 {Black has obtained a promising
attack, but he is placed that unless he succeeds with it he
will suffer a loss on the Queenside.} 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6
20. Nxd5 {A bold course and showing that White must have seen
a long way ahead and satisfied himself as to his future
safety.} 20... Bxh3 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qh5 {A fine move, and
the key to the whole combination which has evidently taken
Black by surprise.} 22... Qh6 23. Qxh6 gxh6 24. Rfd1 Rac8
25. Rc3 Rfd8 26. Rdc1 Rc6 27. Be4 Ra6 28. Rxc5 Rxa2 29. Rb5
{This move not only protects the pawn, but also enables White
to make better use of his Rooks.} 29... Be6 {Black might have
been first in the field by playing 29... Rd2. If he was afraid
of 30. Rh5 he ought to have adopted different play on his 27th
move.} 30. Rc7 a5 31. Bf5 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Ba2 {Curiously this was
the only square available for the bishop. Worse was 32... Bxf5
33. Rxf5 Rf8 34. Ra7 a4 35. Rf4 Ra2 36. Rb4.} 33. b3 {Again
cleverly played. White could not have taken the a-pawn as
Black would have replied 33. ... Bd5+ the text was played to
cut out the bishop} 33... a4 {This is best as 33... Ra8 would
have been answered by 34. Be4 followed by 35.Bd5. Black, by
giving up the pawn, liberates his Bishop and plans a very
ingenious counter-combination.} 34. bxa4 Rd2 35. a5 h5 { An
important factor in Black's plan directed against the White
King} 36. a6 Bd5+ 37. e4 Raa2 {Black's carefully prepared plan
has now matured} 38. Kf3 { A courageous reply, and the only
move to win the game. If either 38. exd5 or 38. Rxd5 Black
will obtain a draw by perpetual check.} 38... Ra3+ 39. Kf4
Rxf2+ 40. Ke5 Bxe4 41. Bxe4 Rxa6 42. Kd4 Rh6 {Black's object
is, if possible, to play ...h4} 43. Ke3 Rf1 44. Ke2 Rff6 {It
seems necessary to keep the Rook on this file, as otherwise
White plays 45. Rg5+ followed by 46.Bd5. But it admits of
White pursuing his advantage even more forcibly in a different
way.} 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Rg5+ Rhg6 47. Bxg6 hxg6 48. Rgc5 Re6+
49. Kf3 Rf6+ 50. Kg2 Rd6 51. R8c7 Rd2+ 52. Kh3 Rd6 53. R5c6
Rd5 54. Rc2 Rf5 55. Kg2 g5 56. Rf2 Rxf2+ 57. Kxf2 Kg6 58. Kf3
1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.05"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by R. Teichmann} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Qd2 Be6 8.Bb5 {Entirely against the spirit
of the exchange of the King's Bishop for the Black Queen's
Knight is itself ill-judged, and besides strengthens the Black
centre Pawns.} O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Bg5 {Losing another move.}
Ba5 11.a3 c5 12.O-O Rb8 13.Rfb1 c6 14.h3 Kh8 15.Qc1 {White’s
play is somewhat eccentric and without any set plan. Qe2
followed by Bd2 appears to be preferable.} h6 16.Be3 Ng8
17.Ne2 f5 {Black has now an excellent development, and with
this move inaugurates a strong attack.} 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nh2
Bb6 20.Ng3 Bc8 {He prefers this to Be3 in order to be able to
play d5 in answer to 21 Ne4,viz.: 21 Ne4 d5 22 Nxc5(?) d4,
winning a Piece which would not have been feasible with the
Bishop at e6.} 21.Qd1 Rb7 22.Qh5 Rbf7 23.Rf1 Qc7 24.c4 {This
makes the Queen's Pawn fixed and weak; but it is difficult to
suggest a satisfactory line of play for White.} Ne7 25.Qe2 Ng6
26.Qd2 Nf4 27.f3 d5 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.Ne2 Rd8 30.Qc3 {In this
position Dr. Tarrasch, under the impression that he had made
his 30th move already, exceeded his time, and the game was
claimed by Mason. There can be no doubt that, on the merits of
the position, Dr. Tarrasch ought to have won the game. The
simplest plan seems to be to double the Rooks on the King's
file, after which White seems quite hopeless; the scope of his
Knights being very limited and a defence of the weak Queen's
pawn in the long run impossible. (Mr. Mason drew his
opponent's attention to his clock more than once, and imformed
him that he had only made twenty-nine moves, but unfortunately
the doctor had written his name at move one, and was sure he
had made thirty moves.- ED)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.14"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Tinsley"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 {Notes by James Mason} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 {On general
grounds, the King’s Knight should be played in preference to
the Bishop in this kind of game. Usually the Bishop has
several courses open to him during the earlier stages ; while,
as a rule, the Knight has but one good post at the outset,
viz. f6. The inference seems obvious.} Nc6 4.c3 e5 {Taking the
initiative directly. But White appears content with assuming a
more or less strictly defensive attitude ; which he very ably
maintains until driven to retaliatory measures by pressure of
events.} 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Be2 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Qe7 9.Nbd2 Rd8
10.Re1 Ne4 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Nf1 {A surer protection than Nf3 in
this position.} Qg5 13.f4 Qh4 14.g3 Qe7 { Little could he
hoped for from Qh3, so she retires, satisfied for the moment
with having induced the probably weakening advance of the
Pawns.} 15.Bf3 Bc5 16.Qe2 f5 17.Bd2 Be6 18.Rad1 g5 {Clearly
enough Black plays to win; and from that policy some risk is
inseparable. It is found in the shape of serious danger to his
own King later on.} 19.Kh1 {!} gxf4 20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.exf4 {If
21 gxf4, then Qh4, etc. Profit from the open file would be all
on the other side.} Qg7 22.Ne3 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Bg4 24.Rc1 Bf3+
25.Kg1 Qg4 26.Qf2 h5 {Part of the general plan indicated at
the i8th move. White does not want any closer acquaintance
with this Pawn for the present.} 27.h4 c5 {!} 28.Kh2 d4
29.cxd4 cxd4 30.Bb4 {The contest increases in difficulty. The
united passed Pawns are truly formidable. Yet White is not
dismayed.} e3 31.Qc2 Rd7 32.Qd3 Re8 33.Rc5 Be4 34.Qb5 {!} a6
{Best, no doubt. Any exchange of Queens now would leave the
passed Pawns good winning chances.} 35.Rg5+ Kh8 36.Qb6 {This
is a lost move with the Queen at a very critical period, and
it helps to lose the game. Qc5 at once was better.} Qe6
37.Rxh5+ Bh7 38.Qc5 b6 39.Qc1 a5 40.Re5 Qf7 41.Rxe8+ Qxe8
42.Ba3 Rg7 43.Bd6 {A curious error, losing straight away, for
the reply wins the Bishop of course. 43 b3, with soon Bb2,
etc., might have at least drawn.} Qg6 44.Qc8+ Bg8 45.g4 Qxd6
46.Kg3 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.20"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adolf Albin"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.Nd5 Nxd5 6.exd5 e4 7.dxc6 dxc6 8.Be2 {Bc4 is better.} exf3
9.Bxf3 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.c3 {This only drives the Bishop to a
stronger position. d4 at once is certainly better.} Bd6
12.Qb3+ {A useless check; the Queen is completely out of play
for the rest of the game. d4 was the correct move.} Kh8 13.d4
Qh4 14.g3 Qf6 15.h3 h5 16.Kg2 h4 17.Rg1 {White is now in
difficulties, but this move makes matters worse. Qc2
preventing the move Qg6 seems to be the only move.} hxg3
18.fxg3 f4 19.Bxf4 {This loses a piece, but gxf4 is not much
better, as in the latter case Qh4 wins easily.} g5 20.Bxd6
Qxf3+ 21.Kh2 cxd6 22.Rgf1 Qe2+ 23.Kg1 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.27"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 {Notes by I. Gunsberg} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 h5 {As it is White's object to advance his
f-Pawn, Black stands a chance of getting his h-Pawn isolated
and weakened through this advance.} 7.Be2 d6 8.Qd2 Bd7 9.O-O
Nf6 10.h3 Qc8 {As a matter of course Black aims at a King's
side attack, and h5 was intended to facilitate that
operation. We, however, think that the proper continuation of
the Sicilian must he on the Queen's side, by such moves as
Rc8, and Qa5 etc., the idea being also to utilise the Black
King's Bishop for an attack in the same direction crossways.}
11.f4 Kf8 {With what object is not clear. He exposes himself
to the coming advance by means of which White will be able to
free his f-file for the action of the Rook against the Black
King.} 12.Rad1 h4 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nh5 16.Bg4
Qc7 17.Qf2 Be8 18.Nd5 {A fine and subtle move by which White
obtains a winning attack.} Qxe5 19.Nxe7 Bf6 {His only possible
reply against White's threat of Nxg6+ or Bc5.} 20.Nd5 Bg7
21.Bc5+ Kg8 22.Ne7+ Kh7 23.Rd5 {It is quite a pleasure to see
the way in which Dr. Tarrasch scientifically dissects his
opponent. The move hardly admits of a satisfactory reply, for
if the Queen moves away, Rxh5+, follows.} Ng3 24.Rxe5 Bxe5
25.Re1 Bxb2 26.Bd4 Bxd4 27.Qxd4 f5 28.Nxg6 {Neat again. If
...Bxg6, Re7+ wins.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.17"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georg Marco"]
[Black "Adolf Albin"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 O-O
7.O-O Bg4 8.Bg5 Nc6 9.Ne2 h6 10.Bh4 Bxf3 11.gxf3 g5 12.Bg3 Qd7
13.c3 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Ng3 Ne7 16.Bc2 Qf4 17.Qd3 Ng6
18.Rae1 h5 19.Re5 Nh4 20.Re3 Kg7 21.Nxh5+ Nxh5 22.Qh7+ Kf6
23.Qxh5 Rh8 24.Qg4 {Black inadvertently touched White's f3
pawn and hence had to resign.} 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg DEU"]
[Date "1896.08.08"]
[EventDate "1896.07.20"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Schallopp"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 {An old
variation resuscitated by Charousek against Pillsbury at the
Nuremberg Tournament.} Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Nd2 Qxd5
8.g4 {This is the novelty relied upon by Charousek.} Be7 9.Bg2
Qa5 10.Bxe4 {gxf5, is the proper move, and Black's best reply
is Nd6, not Nf6, as Pillsbury played. The text move is fatal.}
fxe4 11.c3 O-O 12.Nxe4 Nc6 13.f5 Bh4+ 14.Nf2 Bxf5 15.gxf5 Rae8
16.Be3 Bxf2+ 17.Qxf2 Rxf5 18.Qd2 Ne5 19.b4 Qb5 20.a4 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg DEU"]
[Date "1896.08.03"]
[EventDate "1896.07.20"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Emmanuel Schiffers"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5
{Leading back to the old form of the French.} exd5 5.Nf3 Bd6
6.Bd3 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.Ne2 Bg4 9.Ne5 Bh5 10.c3 Bg6 11.f4 Bxd3
12.Qxd3 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ng3 Nd7 15.O-O-O Bxe5 16.fxe5 Nb6
17.h4 Qd7 18.Rdf1 c5 19.Nf5 Kh8 20.Qg3 Rg8 21.Nd6 Raf8 22.dxc5
Nc4 23.Rf2 Nxd6 24.cxd6 Re8 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Rfd2 d4 27.Rxd4 Qxa2
28.d7 Rd8 29.Qf3 Qe6 30.Qd5 Qh6+ 31.R1d2 Qe3 32.Re4 Qh6
33.Qxf7 {Finishing neatly.} Rgf8 34.e6 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg DEU"]
[Date "1896.07.25"]
[EventDate "1896.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6
5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 O-O {It is not advisable to Castle too early in
the Giuco.} 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a6 9.Bb3 {Intending to get the
Knight to e3 via c4.} Be6 10.O-O Bxb3 {Exchanging gives White
the superior position. He ought to play d5.} 11.Qxb3 Ba7
12.Ra2 Ne7 13.Nc4 Ng6 14.Qd1 Re8 {Intending d5, but it is now
too late.} 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Ne3 Nf4 18.g3 Ne6 19.Nh4
g6 20.Kh1 Kh7 21.Neg2 Rf8 22.Rc2 {So as to have the c-Pawn
defended after playing f4.} Qd8 23.f4 exf4 24.gxf4 Ng7 25.Qg4
Qc8 26.Qg3 Nh5 27.Qf3 Nf6 28.d4 Qg4 29.Qd3 Rad8 30.e5 dxe5
31.fxe5 Nd7 32.Re2 c6 33.Re4 Qg5 34.Qh3 f5 35.Nf3 Qe7 36.Rh4
Rh8 37.Nf4 {White could have taken the h-pawn but this is
shorter and more elegant.} Kg7 38.Rg1 Nf8 39.Qxf5 Qf7 40.Nh5+
Kg8 41.Nf6+ Kg7 42.Rf4 Rh7 43.Qe4 Qe6 44.Nxh7 Kxh7 45.Rf6 Qd5
46.Rfxg6 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg DEU"]
[Date "1896.08.08"]
[EventDate "1896.07.20"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 {If
White can do this with impunity, (as indeed seems likely), a6
would be a pointless move.} dxc6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.d3 Bg4 7.Be3 Qd6
8.Bxc5 Qxc5 9.Qd2 {!} Bxf3 {? A grievous misjudgement,
bringing disadvantage to Black. f6 was indicated.} 10.gxf3 Ne7
11.O-O-O Ng6 12.Qe3 {!} Qxe3+ {Not good because it strengthens
White's center. But after 12...Qe7 Black could not have
castled Q side on account of Qa7, whereas castling K-side
would have been dangerous on account of the open g-file. Black
is paying the penalty of his mistake on the 9th move.} 13.fxe3
Rd8 14.Ne2 f6 15.Rhg1 Kf7 {Castling was preferable.} 16.Rdf1
Rhe8 17.Ng3 Nf8 18.f4 c5 {The game is untenable. Black tries
to provide against 19 fxe5 Rxe5 20 d4 followed by e5; but
there is even worse to come.} 19.Nh5 g6 20.fxe5 {! To take the
Knight would allow a mate in 2.} Rxe5 21.Nxf6 Kg7 22.Rf2 h5
23.Nd5 c6 24.Nf4 c4 25.Rfg2 Rd6 26.h4 cxd3 27.cxd3 Kf7 28.Rg5
Rxg5 29.Rxg5 Rf6 30.e5 Rf5 31.Rxf5+ gxf5 32.d4 {Better than
Nxh5 which would be good enough too.} Ke7 33.Kd2 c5 34.Kd3
cxd4 35.exd4 Kd8 36.d5 Kd7 37.Kd4 Kc7 38.b4 Kd7 39.Kc5 Kc7
40.d6+ Kd7 41.Kd5 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg DEU"]
[Date "1896.07.20"]
[EventDate "1896.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Moritz Porges"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4
5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 d5
11.exd6 {This gives away White's opening advantage by
consolidating the opponent's game. 11 Nbd2 was indicated.}
cxd6 12.Nbd2 Re8 {! The R here threatens the White Q, and it
is interesting to see how quickly that indirect menace gives
Black some decisive advantage.} 13.Rfe1 Bd7 14.Ne4 {This turns
out to be ineffective. It would have been relatively best to
retreat the Q to f1, the only if modest place where she could
enjoy a little peace.} d5 15.Ned2 {The Kt mustn't go to g3,
since Bb4 would cost the exchange.} Ba3 16.Be5 f6 17.Qa6
{White just manages to avoid the loss of a piece.} fxe5
18.Qxa3 e4 19.Nd4 Qf6 20.c3 Rf8 21.f3 Qg5 {One blow after
another Lasker plays with great strength.} 22.Qc1 Nc5 23.Nf1
Qg6 24.Re3 Nd3 25.Qd1 Nf4 26.Ng3 h5 27.Nde2 Nxg2 {! Forcing
the issue with an elegant combination.} 28.Kxg2 exf3+ 29.Rxf3
Bh3+ 30.Kxh3 Qg4+ 31.Kg2 Qxf3+ 32.Kg1 h4 33.Nh1 Qe3+ {Resigns,
since Kg2 is punished by the pretty mate ...h3.} 0-1

[Event "unknown"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Whitehead"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w Kkq - 0 1"]

1.e4 {Annotated by Tim Krabbe.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4
exd4 5.c3 d6 6.Qb3 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9.O-O Nf6
10.f4 Qd6 11.fxe5 Qxe5 12.Bf4 Qxe4 13.Rae1 Qc6 14.Bg5 Qb6
15.Rxf6 Qxb3 16.Bh5+ gxf6 {16...Kg8 Forster brings on the
Zwickmuhle for its first appearance: 17.Rxe7! Qb5 18.Rxg7+!
Kxg7 19.Rf7+ Kg8 20.Bh6 Be6 21.Rg7+ Kf8 22.Rxc7+ Kg8 23.Rg7+
Kf8 24.Rxb7+ Kg8 25.Rg7+ Kf8 26.Rxa7+ Kg8 27.Rxa8+ and mate}
17.Bh6+ Kg8 18.Rxe7 {! - a wonderful non-recapture} 18...Qe6
19.Rg7+ Kf8 20.Rd7+ Kg8 21.Rd8+ {"and mates next move" as the
finish of the game. One of my databases however, gives this
finish: 18...Be6 and the Zwickmuhle is used as in the
variation above: 19.Rg7+ Kf8 20.Rxc7+ Kg8 21.Rg7+ Kf8 22.Rxb7+
Kg8 23.Rg7+ Kf8 24.Rxa7+ Kg8 25.Rxa8+ Qb8 26.Rxb8+ Bc8 27.Rxc8
mate} 1-0

[Event "QLD ch"]
[Site "Brisbane"]
[Date "1896.12.03"]
[EventDate "1896.10.06"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Wellsteed Apperly"]
[Black "Alexander C Palmer"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Nxd4 6. Bxd4
Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Qf6 8. e5 Qg6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bd3
Qe6 12. f4 d6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Qf2 Qh6 15. Rhe1 Be6 16. Kb1
Nc6 17. f5 Bd7 18. Re3 Nb4 19. Be4 Bc6 20. Rh3 Qf6 21. a3 a5
22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Nd5 Qe5 {Sealed} 24. f6 Rfd8 25. Qh4 h6
26. Rg3 Rxd5 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Qg4 Ne7 30. fxe7+
Kxe7 31. Qh4+ Kf8 32. Qxh6 Qd1+ 33. Ka2 Qd5+ 34. b3 Ke7
35. Rg3 Ra6 36. Re3+ Re6 37. Qh4+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Rd3 Rh6
40. Qxh6 Qxg2 41. Qd2 Qc6 42. Qe3+ Kf8 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Qg5+
Qg6 45. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin DEU"]
[Date "1897.09.14"]
[EventDate "1897.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Wilhelm Cohn"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4
{Recommended by Lasker.} 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 h6 {This
would have been a good move if he had not intended to O-O-O.}
7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. b4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bc2 Qf6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Nxg6 Qxg6
17. O-O Qf6 18. c4 {Hastening to attack.} Qxd4 {c5 was worth
considering.} 19. Be3 Qh4 20. c5 Be5 21. c6 Bxa1 {Determined
to have all he can get.} 22. cxd7+ Rxd7 23. Rxa1 g5 {Rightly
seeing that the only chance lies in a counter attack.}
24. Bxa7 g4 25. Qxe6 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxf5+ Kd8 28. Rd1+
Ke8 29. Bg6+ Kf8 30. Bc5 1-0

[Event "2nd Anglo-American Cable Match"]
[Site "London ENG / New York USA"]
[Date "1897.02.12"]
[EventDate "1897.02.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 {I
like this better than Ng5 at once.} exd4 5.Ng5 {Castling
brings about a form of the "Max Lange".} Ne5 6.Qxd4 Qe7 {Nxc4
followed by d5, leads to a drawing position.} 7.O-O h6 8.Nf3
Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 d6 10.Nc3 c6 11.Bf4 {White has now the better
position. Perhaps Re1 was stronger than the text move.} Nh5
12.Bg3 Nxg3 13.fxg3 h5 14.Rfe1 h4 15.g4 Qe5 16.Qf2 Qa5 17.Kh1
Bd7 18.a3 Be7 19.Qd2 Qc5 {Black has improved his position, and
it is now slightly in his favor.} 20.Bf1 O-O-O 21.Qe3 Qxe3
22.Rxe3 Be6 23.Bd3 Bf6 24.Nd1 d5 25.e5 Bg5 26.Re2 g6 {To
prevent the exchange of Bishops.} 27.Nf2 c5 28.Nh3 Bh6 29.c3
c4 30.Bc2 Kc7 31.Rd1 b5 32.Ng1 a5 33.Ree1 {The beginning of a
combination which saves the game.} b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.Ne2 bxc3
36.Nxc3 Kc6 37.b3 d4 38.Be4+ Kc5 39.Na4+ Kb4 40.bxc4 Kxa4
{Black must play now to draw.} 41.Ra1+ {It was not necessary
to do more than draw, as the match was safe in hand. Had it
been otherwise I would have tried to win by Rb1.} Kb4 42.Reb1+
Kc5 43.Ra5+ Kxc4 44.Ra4+ Kc5 45.Ra5+ Kc4 46.Ra4+ Kc5 47.Ra5+
Kc4 48.Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glasgow"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1897.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonas"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.exd5 e4 {The
position is identical with one in the Falkbeer Counter
Gambit.} 5.Bc4 c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.Nge2 Bd6 8.Na4 {This serves no
end, and is a complete loss of time.} Bd7 9.d4 O-O 10.O-O a6
11.Nac3 Re8 12.Bd5 Nb4 13.Bb3 Bc7 14.a3 Nc6 15.d5 Bb6+ 16.Kh1
Ne7 17.d6 Nf5 18.Nd5 Ng4 19.Qe1 Bf2 20.Qc3 {If 20.Rf2 then
...Qh4, and if 21.g3, Qh3winning.} e3 21.Ne7+ Rxe7 22.dxe7
Qxe7 23.Rd1 Qh4 24.Bxf7+ Kh8 25.h3 Qg3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1897.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Fenton"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6
5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nxe4 8.Bxb4 {If 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7
9.Qb3+ d5 10.Bxb4 and the game is about equal.} Nxb4 9.Qb3 d5
10.Qxb4 dxc4 11.Qxc4 O-O 12.O-O Be6 13.Qb4 Bd5 14.Nbd2 {c3 is
a better square for the Knight.} a5 {As will be seen, this is
to drive the Queen away from the Knight.} 15.Qa3 Nxd2 16.Nxd2
Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qg5+ {Mow the object of move 14 is apparent.}
18.Qg3 Qxd2 19.Qxc7 Qxd4 20.Qxb7 Rab8 21.Qa6 {This is
fatal. Qf3 would have prolonged the game.} Qg4+ 22.Kh1 Qf3+
23.Kg1 Rb4 {Because if 24.Rfe1 Rg4+ 25.Kf1 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Re4+
27.Kd2 Rd8+ and Black must win a Rook.} 0-1

[Event "11th DSB Kongress, Cologne"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "1898.08.15"]
[EventDate "1898.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rudolf Rezso Charousek"]
[Black "Arved Heinrichsen"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 {Notes by Edward Lasker from "Chess Strategy"} e5 2. Nc3
Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6
8. Ne4 Be7 9. Bb3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qh5 O-O 12. Ng5 Bxg5
13. Bxg5 Qd7 14. Qh4 c5 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. h4 Kf8
18. h5 h6 19. Bf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Qf5 Rc8
23. Re4 Kg8 24. Rfe1 Re7 {White's position is superior;
firstly, because the only open file on the board is his, and
secondly, because the Black Queen's side pawns are advanced,
and therefore weak for a King's ending. After exchanging the
Queen and one Rook, the possession of the King's file ensures
the advance of the King to K4 and from there to Q5. Then the
weakness of Black's pawns decides the game.} 25. Qxd7 Rxd7
26. Re8+ Rxe8 27.Rxe8+ Kh7 28. Kh2 g6 29. Kg3 {PxP is no
threat, because White wins the pawn back at once with R-K5. By
capturing, Black would only dislocate his pawns.} Kg7 30. Kf4
Kf6 31. Re5 b6 32. Ke4 Rd6 33. f4 Re6 { Black probably hopes
for a counter chance by getting a distant passed pawn on the
K-Rook's file. But he underrates the weakness of the Queen's
side pawns, and even without the exchange of Rooks, White
would win, by settling the King's side first and then tearing
up the Queen's side, as in the game: 34. P-KKt4, R- K2;
35. PxP, PxP; 36. P-Kt5ch, PxP; 37. PxPch.} 34. hxg6 fxg6
35. Kd5 Rxe5+ 36. fxe5+ Ke7 37. b4 { Black must capture, as he
needs seven moves in which to exchange the Knight's pawn and
queen his Rook's pawn, whilst in that time White can win the
QP after PxP, and yet arrive in time with his King to stop the
pawn from queening. After 37. ... PxP, however, there follows
38. KxP. Then White covers his passed pawn with P-Q4, and his
King, having full freedom, captures all the Black pawns.} 1-0

[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[EventDate "1898.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rudolf Rezso Charousek"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 {Notes by Em. Lasker.} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4
5. Ne5 Bg7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nxg4 Nxe4 8. Bxf4 Qe7 9. Qe2 Bxd4 {Had
black played for development, 9...d5 would have been the
move.} 10. c3 Bg7 11. Ne3 Qe6 12. g3 O-O 13. Bh3 f5 14. O-O d6
15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nc6 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Bg2 Kh8 19. Nd5 Ne5
20. Bg5 c6 {Black should develop by Be6 and Rae8} 21. Nf4 d5
22. h5 Bd7 {Now that the Kt on e5 has to be supported by the
KB, Black cannot play h6 on account of BxP.} 23. h6 Bf6
24. Bxf6+ Qxf6 25. Nh5 Qd6 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Re1 {The Queen
can no longer guard the point d4, so Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Amglo-American Cable Match (3)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.03.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Rc1 c6 7.Nf3
O-O 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Ne5 N6d7 12.Bf4 Nxe5
13.Bxe5 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Qh6 17.Rc5 f5
18.Ng3 g6 19.Re5 Rxe5 20.dxe5 Be6 21.f4 Qg7 22.Qc2 Qf7 23.b3
Nd7 24.Ne2 Nb6 25.Nd4 Rd8 26.Nxe6 Qxe6 27.h4 Kg7 28.Rf3 Nd5
29.Bc4 Qe7 30.Bxd5 Rxd5 31.Qf2 b6 32.Re3 h5 33.e6 Rd6 34.Qe1
Kh7 35.g3 c5 36.Qe2 Kg8 37.Qc4 Kf8 38.Re1 a5 39.Qe2 Kg8 40.Qe5
Rd8 41.Re2 Rd6 42.Kh2 Rd8 43.a4 Kh7 44.Kg1 Kg8 45.Kf2 Kh7
46.Qc3 Rd4 47.Re5 Kg8 48.Qf3 Rd6 49.Qa8+ Kg7 50.Qc8 Rd8 51.Qc6
Rd6 52.Qc8 Rd8 53.Qa6 Rd6 54.Qc4 Kf8 55.Kg1 Kg8 56.Kg2 Kf8
57.Kh3 Kg8 58.Re3 Kf8 59.Re2 Kg8 60.Re1 Kf8 61.Re5 Kg8 62.Rd5
Rxe6 63.Qd3 Qf6 64.Rd7 Qa1 65.Kg2 Qe1 66.Qf3 Qe2+ 67.Qxe2
Rxe2+ 68.Kh3 Re6 69.Rb7 Kf8 70.Kg2 Rd6 71.Kf2 Re6 72.Kf3 Ke8
73.Kf2 Kd8 74.Kf3 Kc8 75.Rg7 Kd8 76.Rb7 Ke8 77.Kf2 Kf8 78.Kf3
Kg8 79.Kf2 Rc6 80.Ke2 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Unknown"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Marco"]
[Black "Melzer"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6
7. hxg5 hxg5 8. Rxh8 Bxh8 9. Nc3 c6 10. Ne5 dxe5 11. Qh5 Qf6
12. dxe5 Qg7 13. e6 Nf6 14. exf7+ Kd8 15. Qxg5 Nbd7 16. Bxf4
Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Kc7 18. e5 Nh7 19. e6 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Nb6
21. O-O-O Nxc4 22. Bd8+ Kb8 23. e7 { Resigns. Source: Wiener
Schachzeitung, January pages} 1-0

[Event "Continental Corr Tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Thomas King"]
[Black "Elihu S Maguire"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {The year is approximate.} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5
Ne4 5.Qe2 Bb4+ 6.Kd1 d5 7.exd6 f5 8.dxc7 Qxc7 9.Nxd4 Nc6
10.Be3 Bd7 11.c3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Ba4+ 13.Ke1 O-O-O 14.Qd3 Rxd4
15.Qxd4 Rd8 16.Qxb4 Rd1+ 17.Ke2 Ng3+ 18.fxg3 Qe5+ 19.Kf2 Qe1+
20.Kf3 Bc6+ 21.Kf4 Qf2+ 22.Kg5 Qe3+ 23.Qf4 Qe7+ 24.Kxf5 Bd7#
0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1899.06.05"]
[EventDate "1899.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francis Joseph Lee"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne.} c5 {One of those eccentricities
which occasionally I endulge in, but not recommended to the
student. The correct reply to it is d5.} 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 cxd4
4.exd4 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.c3 d6 7.h3 {Lost time. There is no
danger from Bg4.} O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Bd2 e5 11.Be4 Nb6
12.Bg5 f6 13.Bxc6 fxg5 14.Bb5 g4 {Black has now the superior
game.} 15.hxg4 Bxg4 16.Be2 e4 17.Ne1 Be6 18.Nd2 d5 19.Bg4 Qd7
20.Bxe6+ Qxe6 21.Nc2 Bh6 22.Ne3 Rf4 {This is what I relied
on. It prevents Qg4, and also threatens Rh4.} 23.Nb3 {If 24.g3
then follows ...Qh3 25.Re1 (If gxf4 then ...Bxf4, and when
White plays Ng4 to save mate ...h5 wins easily.) Rxf2 26.Kxf2
Qh2+ 27.Ng2 Rf8+ and White has no escape.} Raf8 24.Nc5 Qc8
25.Qe2 Rh4 26.Rfc1 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Qg4 28.Qg3 Qh5 29.f3 exf3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1899.06.16"]
[EventDate "1899.05.30"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 {Notes by Blackburne} d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 {Not often
played, and inferior to the usual Nf3.} e5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5
6.Bxc4 Ng4 7.Nh3 f5 8.Bg5 Qd6 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.O-O Qg6 11.Nb5
Bd6 12.Bh4 h6 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Qe2 O-O {Giving up a Pawn and the
exchange for the attack on the King.} 15.Nxc7 Nb6 {It would
have been better to play Ndf6.} 16.Nxa8 Rxa8 17.Rfd1 Nd7
18.Bg3 Ndf6 19.Bd3 e4 {Forcing the attack.} 20.Bb1 Nh5 21.Qb5
{Underrating Black's attack. He should have played the more
defensive Rc3.} Nxh2 {This is the move he overlooked. The game
is now lost.} 22.Bxh2 Bxh3 23.Qf1 Bxh2+ 24.Kxh2 Bg4 25.Rd4 Nf6
26.d6 Qh5+ 27.Kg1 Be2 28.d7 Ng4 29.d8=Q+ Rxd8 30.Rxd8+ Kf7
31.Rc7+ Ke6 {Because to save the mate he must sacrifice both
Rooks, and Black remains with a piece ahead.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1899.06.19"]
[EventDate "1899.05.30"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Samuel Tinsley"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 {Notes by Blackburne.} e6 2.d4 b6 {Strictly speaking,
this is the Queen's fianchetto Defence.} 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nh3 Qe7
5.O-O Nc6 {d5 should be [played before the Knight is brought
out.} 6.c3 O-O-O {Inviting an attack. White is nothing loath
to respond.} 7.b4 g5 8.a4 {No doubt White could take the
offered Pawn.} f6 9.a5 Nb8 10.axb6 axb6 11.Na3 Nh6 12.Re1 e5
13.d5 g4 {Determined to open an attack on his own count.}
14.Nb5 Re8 15.Bxh6 gxh3 16.Bxf8 Qxf8 17.g3 {Making things safe
before resuming the attack.} h5 18.Ra7 Rh7 19.Bf1 h4 20.Qa4
hxg3 21.Rxb7 gxf2 22.Kxf2 d6 23.Qa8 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1900.06.12"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.d4 {Notes by Marshall. Britisher Amos Burn was a very
conservative player who liked to settle down for a long
session of closed, defensive chess. He loved to smoke his pipe
while he studied the board.} d5 2.c4 e6 {Burn began hunting
through his pockets for his pipe and tobacco. } 3.Nc3 Nf6
4.Bg5 Be7 {Not much thought needed on these moves, but Burn
had his pipe out and was looking for a pipe cleaner.} 5.e3 O-O
6.Nf3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 { He began filling up his
pipe. I speeded up my moves.} 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.h4 { Made him
think on that one. And he still didn't have the pipe
going. The threat is Bxh7+, Kxh7; Ng5+, known as the Pillsbury
Attack.} g6 11.h5 Re8 12.hxg6 hxg6 { Now he was looking for
matches. } 13.Qc2 Bg7 14.Bxg6 fxg6 { He struck a match and
appeared nervous. The match burned his fingers and went
out. }15.Qxg6 Nd7 {Another match was on its way. } 16.Ng5 Qf6
{ He was puffing away and lighting up at last, but too late. }
17.Rh8+ Kxh8 18. Qh7# { Poor Burn. I think I swindled him out
of that one. If he could only have got that pipe going, it
might have been a different story. He took it good naturedly
and we shook hands. Then his pipe went out. } 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1900.02.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joao Caldas Vianna"]
[Black "A Silvestre de Barros"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 {Notes by Roberto Grau} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Re1 Bd7
11.Bg5 Qf5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.f4 f6 14.Qxb7 Rd8 15.fxe5 fxg5
16.Rf1 Qxe5 17.Nd2 Ne7 18.Rae1 Qc5 19.Bf7+ Kf8 20.Bg6+ Bf5
21.Bxf5 Nxf5 22.Ne4 Qb6 23.Rxf5+ Kg8 {Right now, Caldas Vianna
finds a notable move, of problem, which creates many
difficulties for Silvestre; study the position, before
continuing with the reading, to see if you find the idea of
the master; white pieces must take advantage of the defective
position of the black King; the first check can be fatal for
the black pieces; and this allows Caldas Vianna do the
following beautiful move} 24.Nd6 {Protects the Q, who cannot
be captured, because after 24...Qxb7 25.Nxb7, the white gains
a piece; black cannot do 24...Rxd6 because 25.Re8# ; black
cannot take the P because 25.Qd5 or 25.Qf7#; black Q cannot
take the white N: 25.Qb3+ Qd4 26.Qxd4 Rxd4 27.Re8# ; thus,
there is a perfect spiral of mates born of the unpleasant
situation of the black King. But, in fact, white pieces want
to give a check with the Q in d5, and, therefore, pose a
barrier to the Knight.} 24...dxc3+ 25.Kh1 h6 26.Qd5+ Kh7
27.Qe4 {Threatening an exposed check} 27...Kg8 28.Qe6+ Kh7
29.Rf6 {Threatening 30.Rxh6+ and 31.Qf7#} 29...Rhf8 30.Qf5+
Kg8 31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Qxf8+ Kxf8 33.Re8# 1-0

[Event "NSW ch"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1901.07.18"]
[EventDate "1901.07.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Julius Leigh Jacobsen"]
[Black "John K Christenson"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5
Qe7 7. f3 Qe5 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bd4 Nxc3 11. Bxe5
Nxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Be6 13. c3 O-O-O+ 14. Kc2 Bf8 15. Be2 f6
16. Bd4 c5 17. Be3 Bd6 18. f4 Rhe8 19. Bf3 Bf5 20. exf5 Rxe3
21. Rad1 Rde8 22. Bh5 R8e7 23. Rhf1 b6 24. g3 R7e4 25. Bf3 Re7
26. Rd2 Re1 27. Rff2 Kd7 28. Bd5 R7e3 29. g4 Rg1 30. Bg2 Ree1
31. c4 Rc1+ 32. Kb3 Rcd1 33. g5 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Ke7 35. Re2+ Kf8
36. gxf6 {Sealed} gxf6 37. Kc3 Bxf4 38. h3 Rd1 39. b3 Be5+
40. Kc2 Rd4 41. Be4 Kg7 42. Rg2+ Kh6 43. Rg4 a5 44. Rh4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "NSW ch"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1901.08.06"]
[EventDate "1901.07.08"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George H Foster"]
[Black "W H Jonas"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5
Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. d4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nf4 14. d5 Bg4 15. Nd4 Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Qg5
17. f3 Bh5 18. Qd4 f5 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Nh3 Qh6
22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Re1 c5 24. Qc3 Bd7 25. Re7 Rd8 26. f4 Qf6
27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Nf2 a5 29. b3 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. h3 b5
32. Nd3 bxc4 33. bxc4 Ba4 34. Nb2 Bc2 35. a4 Kg7 36. Kf2 Kg6
{Sealed} 37. Ke2 Kh5 38. g3 h6 39. Kd2 Be4 40. Nd1 Bg2 41. Ke2
Bxh3 42. Nc3 Bg4+ 43. Ke3 Bf3 44. Nb5 Kg4 45. Kf2 Bd1 46. Nxd6
Bb3 47. Nb7 Bxa4 48. Nxa5 Kh5 49. Nb7 Kg6 50. Nxc5 Bc2 51. Ke3
Kf7 52. Kd4 Ke7 53. Nb7 Kd7 54. c5 Be4 55. c6+ Kc7 56. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Training Match"]
[Site "Cafe de Monaco, France"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Semion Alapin"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 {Annotations by Semion Alapin} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 {An
important novelty, with the idea of forcing White into the
Exchange variation with 4.exd5.} 4.Nf3 {If 4.Bb5, then
4...dxe4 5.Nxe4 Qd5 etc. In case of 4.e5, Black can try
4...f6.} Nf6 5.Bd3 Bb4 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 Nxd4 {!! A
deeply calculated sacrifice!} 9.Nxd4 c5 10.Ndb5 O-O {!} 11.a3
Ba5 12.b4 cxb4 13.Ne2 bxa3 14.c3 a6 15.Nbd4 {If 15.Nd6 f6!.}
f6 16.exf6 Qxf6 17.O-O e5 18.Nb3 Bb6 19.Ng3 Be6 20.Rxa3 Rac8
21.Nc1 Bc5 22.Rb3 b5 23.Rb2 Bb6 24.Na2 e4 25.Bb1 Qe5 26.Kh1 h5
27.f4 Qf6 28.Ne2 {Or 28.Nxh5 Qh4 29.Ng3 Rf6 and ...Rh6.} h4
29.Nd4 Bxd4 30.Qxd4 Qxd4 31.cxd4 h3 32.Nc1 g5 {Better than
32...Rxf4.} 33.Nb3 Rc4 34.gxh3 gxf4 35.Rg2+ Kh8 36.Rfg1 Rc7
37.Rg6 Bxh3 38.Nc5 f3 39.R6g3 Rh7 40.Rxh3 Rxh3 41.Nd7 Rf4
42.Rc1 f2 43.Kg2 f1=Q+ 44.Rxf1 Rxf1 45.Kxf1 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Training Match"]
[Site "Marseilles Chess Club, France"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semion Alapin"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Annotations by Semion Alapin} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 d6 5.c4 {An interesting novelty, which probably deserves
attention. At least it stops Black's ...b7-b5} Bd7 {Best for
Black is 5...Bg4 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d3 Be7 8.Nd5 etc.} 6.d4 g6 7.dxe5
Nxe5 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.O-O Bg7 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.Be3 c6 12.Qe2 Qc7
13.Rfd1 Rd8 14.Bc5 Nc8 15.Rac1 f6 {If 15...Be6 16.Nd5!.} 16.b4
Kf7 17.Bb3 Be6 18.a3 Rxd1+ 19.Nxd1 Rd8 20.Nb2 Bh6 21.Be3 Bf8
22.Nd3 b6 23.f4 {In this position, Black, who was in time
trouble, played 23...Qd7?, and White answered with 24.Rd1,
which wins at least a pawn. Then unexpectedly Dr. Tarrasch
took his move back, and replaced it with a bigger mistake.}
Bd6 {??} 24.f5 {!} 1-0

[Event "Training Match"]
[Site "Marseilles Chess Club, France"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Semion Alapin"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 {Annotations by Semion Alapin} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
{According to Alapin's annotations, this novelty avoids the
move order of 3...Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3, and leads the game into
unfamiliar territory.} 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Ng3 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6
8.Be3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb4+ 10.Ke2 Nxd4+ {10...Qc7 is probably
better} 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Bxd4 Bd7 13.f3 Bc6 14.a3 Be7 15.b4 a6
16.Ke3 O-O 17.Bd3 Rfe8 {!} 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bg5+ 20.f4 {?
20.Kf2 is equal} e5 {!} 21.Bxc6 Bxf4+ 22.Kf3 bxc6 23.Be3 Bxe3
24.Kxe3 f5 25.Rhf1 g6 26.g4 f4+ {!} 27.Ke4 Kf7 28.Rad1 Ke6
29.Rd3 Red8 30.Rfd1 Rxd3 31.Rxd3 Ra7 {! To counter the threat
32.c5 with ...Rd7.} 32.Rd8 Rf7 33.Re8+ Kd7 34.Ra8 Rf6 {!}
35.Ra7+ Kc8 36.Ra8+ Kc7 37.Ra7+ {If 33.Kxe5 f3! or 37.Kf3
e4+!.} Kb6 38.Rd7 f3 39.c5+ Kb5 40.Rd1 f2 41.Rf1 Ka4 42.Kxe5
Rf8 43.Kd6 Kxa3 44.Kxc6 Kxb4 45.Kd6 {! A master move! If
45.Kb6, Black wins easily, going with the king to e2} Kc3
46.c6 Kd3 47.Ke7 Rf4 {! 47...Ke2? 48.Rxf2+!.} 48.c7 Rc4
49.Rxf2 Rxc7+ 50.Kd6 Rc2 51.Rf3+ Ke4 52.Rh3 Kf4 53.Rxh7 Kxg4
54.h4 Rb2 {!} 55.Rh6 {55.Rg7? Kxh4! or 55.Kc6 Rf2 56.Kb6 Rf6+
57.Ka5 Rf5+ 58.Kxa6 Rh5 and Black wins} Kf5 56.h5 g5 57.Ke7
Rb7+ 58.Kf8 Kg4 {!} 59.Ke8 a5 60.Kd8 a4 61.Kc8 Ra7 0-1

[Event "Correspondence"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Franz Motzko"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.d4
exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bf4 Ne7 12.Re1 c6
13.Qd3 Bc7 14.a4 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Ng6 16.e5 fxe5 17.Bg5 Qd7
18.Rac1 Qf7 19.Nd5 Ba5 20.dxe5 Qxd5 21.exd6+ Bxe1 {Black won
after move 35.} 0-1

[Event "North West tournament"]
[Site "Winnipeg, Canada"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Smith"]
[Black "Charles W Blake"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Annotations by Magnus Smith from "Checkmate", March
1904} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 {How many of us do not cast a
kindly eye upon this move as a possible relief from the
difficult defence to the Ruy Lopez.} 4.d3 {I believe this to
be the best move; it is endorsed by the "Handbuch".} Bc5 5.O-O
d6 6.Nc3 f4 {This is premature, Nf6 is the usual move.} 7.d4
exd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Bxf4 Qf6 11.Be3 Ne7 12.Nce2 O-O
13.c3 Rab8 14.Qd2 Ng6 15.f4 Rbe8 16.Ng3 Rf7 17.Rf2 h6 18.Raf1
Rfe7 19.Qd3 Nh4 20.a4 {Bad, yet it is interesting to note the
trouble that this wasted move gave White.} Bb6 21.Nf3 Nxf3+
22.Rxf3 Bg4 23.R3f2 h5 24.Bxb6 axb6 25.h3 {The only way to
save the center pawn.} h4 26.Nh1 Bd7 27.Re1 Bf5 28.Rfe2 Bd7
29.Qf3 {All this manoevring on White's part is necessary to
hold the position.} c5 30.b3 Bc6 31.c4 Qd4+ 32.Nf2 Rf8 33.f5
Rfe8 34.Qg4 Qf6 35.Qf4 g6 {Black's case was getting more
desperate with every move, but this did not improve
matters. Evidently he overlooked that he could not win the KP
by Qd4+ after White's Ng4 on account of Nf6+ winning a piece.}
36.Ng4 Qd4+ 37.Kh1 Rf8 {The best move.} 38.Qg5 Rh7 {Not good,
but with the best continuation White would win easily.}
39.fxg6 Rg7 40.Nh6+ Kh8 41.Qxh4 1-0

[Event "2-games Corr Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "*"]
[White "City of Riga"]
[Black "Stockholm Chess Club"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 d6
7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 Nd7 9.Ne2 O-O 10.Ng3 Bf6 11.Nh5 exd4 12.Nxd4
Qe7 13.Re1 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 f5 15.Bd2 Qf7 16.Bc3 fxe4 17.Qxg7+
Qxg7 18.Nxg7 Nf6 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Nh5 Rh6 21.Ng3 d5 22.f3 Bd7
23.fxe4 Re8 24.exd5 cxd5 25.Rxe8+ Bxe8 26.Re1 Kf8 27.Nf5 Rb6
28.b3 Bg6 29.Re5 {The game was cancelled without a result,
when Stockholm resigned the two games match. See 'Wiener
Schachzeitung', September-October 1905, pp. 316-319.} *

[Event "Barmen Meisterturnier A"]
[Site "Barmen DEU"]
[Date "1905.08.15"]
[EventDate "1905.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Hugo Suechting"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. a3 Nh5 {Hardly in place;
better was ...Re8 or ...h6.} 9. h4 f5 {...f6 would be answered
by Bd3!} 10. Be2 Ndf6 11. Ne5 {!} Bd7 12. Qd1 Be8 13. c5
{Weaving the chain.} Qc7 14. b4 a5 15. g3 {! No one knows
better than Maroczy how to prevent freeing moves (here
...f4).} axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Ne4 18. g4 {!} Nxc3
19. Qxc3 Nf6 20. Bf4 {! Threatens Ng6 and thus gains time for
g5.} Qc8 21. g5 Nd7 22. Nd3 {! The exchange would make it more
difficult to breakthrough.} Bf7 23. Kd2 Bd8 24. Ra1 {Only now
does play begin in the real theater. The idea is naturally
attack on the base (P at c6) by b5.} Bc7 25. Ra7 Re8 26. Bxc7
Qxc7 27. f4 {Stops all attempts to break through by ...e5.}
Rb8 28. b5 {At last!} Qc8 {Or 28...cxb5 29.Nb4 etc.} 29. b6 {!
With this White transfers the attack to the new base, the P at
b7. Play against the base P at c6 would have been pursued by
29 Nb4 followed by, say, Qa3-a4; but the transference of the
attack to Black's b7 is still stronger, and above all
safer. Suechting is now helpless.} Be8 30. Nc1 Nf8 31. Nb3 e5
{The only way of saving the b-Pawn, otherwise there would have
come 32 Na5 33 Nxb7 and if 33...Rxb7 34 Ba6.} 32. dxe5 Ne6
33. Bd3 {!} g6 34. h5 Bf7 35. Na5 Nd8 36. e6 {Our sacrificing
advance of the unblockaded passed Pawn. The pieces to the rear
come to life.} Qxe6 37. h6 d4 38. Qxd4 Qa2+ 39. Ke1 Ne6
40. Qe5 Re8 41. Nxb7 Qb3 42. Be2 Qb1+ 43. Kf2 Qh1 44. Nd6 Qh4+
45. Kg2 Nxf4+ 46. Qxf4 Bd5+ 47. Bf3 Bxf3+ 48. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Prince Andrey Dadian of Mingrelia"]
[Black "M Jurevitch"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 { From Lasker's Chess Magazine, Oct. 1905. The London
Daily News publishes the following as the latest brilliancy of
Prince Dadian of Mingrelia, translated from La Strategie. } e5
2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.d4 gxf3 { Black can play P-Q4
first. Q-K2 has Morphy's sanction. } 6.Qxf3 d5 7.Bxd5 c6 {
Kt-B3 is better } 8.Nc3 Bb4 { In none of the King's Gambits
are moves like this admissable. The King's Bishop is needed
for defense at home - especially in a case where white
obviously intends the further sacrifice } 9.O-O Bxc3 10.Bxf7+
{ M. Jurevitch dubs the "le coup juste." We agree. } 10...Kxf7
11.Qxf4+ Nf6 12.bxc3 Rf8 13.e5 Kg8 14.exf6 Rf7 15.Ba3 { The
Bishop comes powerfully into the game, while Black is quite
helpless. } 15...Kh8 16.Be7 Qa5 17.Rae1 Qh5 18.Re4 { The
finish is very neat and clever. } 18...Nd7 19.Qg3 Nb6 20.Bf8
Bd7 21.Bg7+ Kg8 22.Rh4 Qd5 23.Rxh7 Rxf6 { White mates in
five. Of course, by BxR dis. ch., Black interposes first
Bishop and the Queen, then playing K-B1 is mated by Q-Kt7 and
Q-K7. } 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alfred K Robinson"]
[Black "Mordecai Morgan"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {The year is approximate.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.Be3 Bd7 9.c3 Nh5 10.Nbd2 f5
11.Qb3+ Kh8 12.Qxb7 Rb8 13.Qxa6 Ra8 14.Qc4 Na5 15.Qb4 f4
16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.c4 fxe3 18.fxe3 Qe6 19.Qc3 g5 20.g4 Ng3 21.Rf2
h5 22.Rg2 h4 23.b4 Nc6 24.a4 Rf7 25.a5 Raf8 26.b5 Na7 27.b6
cxb6 28.axb6 Nc6 29.Nh2 Bd8 30.c5 d5 31.Qb3 Be7 32.exd5 Bxc5
33.Rxg3 hxg3 34.dxe6 Bxe3+ 35.Kh1 Rf2 36.Nhf3 g2+ 37.Kh2 g1=Q+
38.Kxg1 Rxd2+ 39.Kh1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Odds game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leopold Loewy, Jr."]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/1NBQKBNR w Kkq - 0 1"]

1.e4 {The year is approximate.} e5 2.f4 Qh4+ 3.g3 Qf6 4.Nc3
exf4 5.Nd5 Qc6 6.Bb5 Qc5 7.d4 Qd6 8.Bxf4 Qg6 9.Nxc7+ Kd8
10.Nxa8 Qxe4+ 11.Qe2 Qxh1 12.Bc7# 1-0

[Event "Belgium"]
[Site "it Ostende"]
[Date "1906.06.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker, condensed from those in
"Lasker's Chess Magazine", June 1906.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5
4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.O-O Nb4 {!?} 9.Qe2 b6
10.Rd1 Qc7 11.e4 {!} cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bc5 13.Bg5 {?! More relevant
is 13.Nb3, followed eventually by f3 and Be3. The bishop is
badly situated on g5 because Bxf6 is not a threat.} Bb7
14.Rac1 Rd8 15.Nb3 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Bd6 17.a5 {!? A very deep
conception, which would have been much stronger the next move
(for example, after 17.g3).} b5 {!} 18.Bxb5+ {! Forced,
because if 18.Bd3, then 18...Bxh2+ and 19...Be5.} axb5 19.Nxb5
Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Qb8 {There are many dangerous continuations at
White's disposal, but not one is killing: a) 21.g3? Bxg3
22.fxg3 Nxe4 and White is in trouble. b) 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.g3?
Bxg3 23.fxg3 Qxg3 24.Nd6+ Ke7 25.Nxb7 Rg8 and White will be
mated. c) 21.f4 Bxf4 22.Bxf4 Qxf4 23.Nd6+ Ke7 24.Nxb7 Ng4
25.g3 Qxg3 26.Rf1 Nd3, etc. d) 21.Nc5 Bc6! 22.Nd4 Be5 and
Black's position is secure. e) 21.Qc4! (G. Marco) 21...Nc6!
(but not 21...Na6? 22.Nc5). In this variation White can only
make the situation more complicated, but still without any
advantage.} 21.Qd2 {? This continuation is weaker than
21.Qc4!. Now White is lost.} Na6 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Qd7+ Kf8
24.g3 Bxg3 25.fxg3 Bxe4+ 26.Kh2 Kg7 27.N3d4 Qe5 {!} 28.Nd6 {?
A blunder, but already there is no defense.} Qh5+ 29.Kg1 Qxd1+
0-1

[Event "Ostend"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Carl Schlechter and Leopold
Hoffer. *** Lasker: A game that in no way distinguishes itself
in the opening, novel though the course pursued by the two
brilliant masters may be, it is void of interest until the
endgame stage is reached. Then a position full of of varied
combinations is arrived at. A draw should, nevertheless, have
resulted. The first player concludes by a blunder, but his
game was hopeless then.} d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Bd6 4.Bg3 Nf6 5.Nd2
Bxg3 6.hxg3 Qe7 7.f4 {Lasker: To prevent 7...e5 which, in view
of the weakness of White on the black squares, would have
allowed Black a dominating sphere of action.} Ne4 {Lasker:
Hardly advancing his cause. 7...c5 at once would have yielded
a quicker development. *** Schlechter: Here 7...b6!? deserves
attention.} 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.g4 Nb6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.Nh3
f6 13.Nf2 Bc6 14.c4 O-O-O 15.O-O-O h6 16.Qc2 f5 17.Qc3
{Hoffer: After 17.g3! White is better.} Kb8 18.gxf5 exf5 19.g4
Bd7 20.Rdg1 g5 21.Nh3 {Lasker: 21.fxg5 first would have
avoided the ensuing complication. The exchange of both pawns
on the kingside, though opening the rook file for Black, would
have resulted to the advantage of White, inasmuch as the extra
pawn on the queenside should be at greater value than the
isolated pawn of Black, all other things being equal. ***
Schlechter: Much better is 21.fxg5 hxg5 22.gxf5 with
advantage.} fxg4 22.Bxg4 Bxg4 23.Rxg4 Qe6 24.Rhg1 Qxc4 25.Qxc4
Nxc4 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.R4g3 {? Lasker: More natural is 27.Nxg5
Nxe3 28.Rxe4 Rhe8 which would have readily led to a draw. ***
Hoffer: Perhaps White should try 27.R1g3!?} g4 28.Nf2 Rh2
29.Nd1 {? Schlechter: Better is 29.Nxg4! Rxb2 30.Ne5 Rb4
31.Rg8 Rc8 32.Nxc4 Rxc4 33.Kb2.} c5 {! Lasker: Charming an
attack out of nothing. 30.dxc5 would now, of course, be bad,
as Black would then double his rooks on the 2nd rank, and at
the very least recoup himself.} 30.R3g2 {Schlechter and
Lasker: This loses a pawn and the game. But, 30.Rxg4 cxd4
31.Rxe4 is met by the elegant move 31...Rc8! whereupon 32.Rxd4
Na3+ 33.Nc3 Rc2+ 34.Kd1 Rxb2 35.Ne2 Rcc2 will ultimately win.}
Rxg2 31.Rxg2 cxd4 32.exd4 Rxd4 33.Rxg4 Rxd1+ {The rest of the
game is unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Ostend"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1906.06.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ossip Bernstein"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Ossip Bernstein.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5
exd5 10.Bd3 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 Be7 {In Bernstein-Maroczy, Barmen
1905, Black played 11...Bd6, which is also good. The move
11...Be7 was used in the game Janowsky-Lasker, London 1899.}
12.h4 Nd7 {?! Better is 12...Nc6, as played by Lasker in the
above cited game.} 13.Rc1 {An amusing variation can occur
after 13.g4 Re8? (intending ...Nf8) 14.Bxh7+! Kxh7 15.Qc2+ Kg8
16.Bc7 and White wins the queen.} Nf6 14.Nd4 Qb6 15.Qb3 Qxb3
16.Nxb3 Bd7 17.Ke2 {White cannot win a pawn by 17.Rc7 because
of 17...Bd8 18.Rxb7 Bb6.} Rfc8 18.Be5 Ne4 19.f3 Nd6 20.Nc5 Bc6
21.b3 Re8 22.a4 Nf5 {!} 23.Nxb7 {!} Bxb7 24.Bxf5 Ba3 25.Bd4
Bxc1 26.Rxc1 {With two bishops, control of the c-file and play
against Black's weak a-pawn, White has more than enough
compensation for the sacrificed exchange.} g6 27.Bd7 Re7
28.Rc7 Ba6+ 29.Kd2 Rd8 30.Rxa7 Bc4 {!? A trick, which does not
help. On case of 30...Rexd7 31.Rxa6 White's passed pawns will
win quickly.} 31.bxc4 dxc4 32.a5 {Instead, 32.Kc3 wins
easily.} Rexd7 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.a6 {?? A fatal, hasty action
that throws away the win. After 34.Kc3 Black is lost; e.g.,
34...Rc7 35.a6 Kf8 36.a7 Rc8 37.Be5, followed by 38.Bb8, and
White wins.} Rd6 35.a7 Ra6 36.Kc3 Ra4 37.e4 h5 38.Be3 f6
39.Bb6 Kf7 40.Kd4 Ke6 41.f4 Kd6 42.f5 gxf5 43.exf5 Kd7 44.g3
Kc8 45.Bc5 Kd8 46.Ke4 Kd7 47.Bd4 Ke7 48.Bc5+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostend"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Julius Perlis"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker from "Lasker's Chess
Magazine" 1906. *** The play of White is apparently simplicity
itself. But there are several moves among the twenty-two made
that betoken the instinct of a real master.} d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3
Nf6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bg3 Qe7 {?! Preferable is 5...c5.} 6.Nbd2 Nbd7
7.Ne5 {If 7.Bd3 or 7.Be2, then 7...e5! with a good game for
Black.} Ne4 {The object of this is not clear, as the resulting
pawn position is unfavorable for Black.} 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Qd2
Bxe5 10.dxe5 Nb6 11.Bb5+ {! Such moves are either made by
great masters or duffers! Here Rubinstein's powerful
positional idea is that Black must permit the entrance of the
white pieces via the d6-square as well as restrict his queen
bishop (i.e. if he plays 11...c6), or exchange the bishop,
whose retention is necessary to guard the weak pawn on e4.}
Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Qd4 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Qa4+ {! Again
masterly. If the queen interposes, White will exchange, castle
to the queenside and play Rd4. The fall of the e4-pawn is then
certain.} Kf7 16.O-O-O a6 17.Bh4 Qe8 18.Qc4 Nd5 {Unless he
plays 18...Qc6, which would ruin his pawn position completely,
Black can no longer avoid the loss of a pawn.} 19.Qxe4 Qc6
20.Qf3+ Kg8 21.e4 Nb4 22.Qb3 1-0

[Event "Western Championship (Final)"]
[Site "Chicago, IL"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George H Wolbrecht"]
[Black "Charles W Blake"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d4
d6 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Nc3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 c5 12.Qd3 c4
13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.Qxc4 Bb7 15.Rad1 Qc8 16.Qe2 Qc6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6
18.Nd5 Rac8 19.Qg4 Kh8 20.c3 Rfe8 21.Rfe1 Qc5 22.b4 Qc6 23.Re3
Re6 24.Rg3 g6 25.Rh3 Kg7 26.Rdd3 Rce8 27.Qf4 Rh8 28.Rhf3 Qxd5
29.Rxd5 Bxd5 30.Re3 Bxa2 31.g4 Be5 32.Qf3 Bc4 33.Qd1 Rd8 34.f4
Bxf4 35.Qd4+ Kg8 36.Rf3 Bxh2+ 37.Kxh2 {time} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Hermann G Voigt"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 {I recommended
a lot this continuation. Black can not move d5 and his play is
very embarrassed.} Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Be3 Bd7 9. O-O
{9 f3 Probably would be even stronger} Nc6 10. h3 Nxd4
11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf3 Re8 13. b4 b6 14. a4 Rc8 15. a5 {White is
play ing in queenside flank, however, attacking indirectly on
the black king } Qc7 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra6 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. Qa1 Ne5 20. Ra7 Qd8 21. Be2 Bd7 22. Nd5 Kg8 23. Rc1 e6
24. Ne3 {If Nc6 so, simply 25.Ng4} h5 25. b5 Qh4 26. Rd1 { If
Qxe4 Rd4 27.Rd4!} Qf4 27. g3 Qh6 28. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "CC Championship 1907"]
[Site "Cracow"]
[Date "1906.12.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Felix Kulesza"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 {Game score incomplete.} d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Bd6
5.e4 a6 6.Bxc4 h6 7.Nge2 Ne7 8.Ng3 Nd7 9.O-O g5 10.Nh5 Rg8
11.Ne2 b5 12.Bb3 Ng6 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Ng3 Nf4
16.Qc2 Bd7 17.a4 Nxg2 18.Nf5 Nh4 19.axb5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Nxf5
21.Rxa6 Nh4 22.Rxa8+ Ke7 23.Rxg8 Qf3 24.Bxg5+ hxg5 25.Rxg5 Qh3
26.f3 Nxf3+ 27.Rxf3 Qxf3 28.Rg8 e4 29.Qf2 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1907.08.22"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 {In those days the refutation - 6 g3 -
was not yet known.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb4 8. e3 Nf6 9. Nxc6 bxc6
10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd6 {Black does not intend to allow
himself to be encircled; he prepares ...c5.} 12. Bg3 {the
reply Bg5 would have been rendered purposeless by a
centralizing action as follows : 12 Bg5 Rb8 13 b3 (Qc2
...Bxh2+) Be5 14 Rc1 Qd6.} Bxg3 13. hxg3 c5 14. Rc1 Be6
15. Qa4 {An attempt to disclocate Black's game by 15 e4 would
at most lead to eualisation ...dxe4 16 Nxe4 c4 17 Nxf6+ Qxf6
18 Bxc4 Qxb2.} Qb6 {Black saw clearly that ...c4 and not ...d4
was the correct plan, for ...d4 craving to break through would
be overstraining the "dynamics" and therefore
uncommendable. Less dynamic is here ...c4 which provides a
certain amount of security (our "blocked security") and gives
ocassion to a limited but sensible offensive. Compare
preliminary note.} 16. Qa3 {He "compels" ...c4 which at the
time was still thought to be compromising.} c4 17. Be2 a5
18. Rfd1 Qb4 {The initiative on a small scale.} 19. Rd4 {White
need not apprehend the doubling of the a-pawn.} Rfd8 {If
19...Qxa3 20 bxa3 Rab8 (otherwise 21 Rb1) 21 Bf3 Rfd8 22
Rcd1.} 20. Rcd1 Rd7 21. Bf3 Rad8 {This well-knit position with
its extraordinary economy and ideally posted forces is akin to
a Greek work of art. Nothing should have been changed in this
position seeped in perfection. 22 Kf1 Kf8 23 Kg1 Kg8; etc.,
with a draw would have been a fit conclusion to the game.}
22. Nb1 {This upsetes the balance and leads to the disruption
of White's game.} Rb8 23. R1d2 Qxa3 {Stronger than 23...Rd7b7
24 Qc3 Qxc3 25 Nxc3 Rxb2 26 Rxb2 Rxb2 27 Bxd5 Nxd5 28 Nxd5
Rxa2 29 Rxc4 with equalisation.} 24. Nxa3 Kf8 {Not 24...Rdb7
because of Nxc4.} 25. e4 dxe4 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Bxe4 Nc5
28. Rd4 {the weakness of White's b-pawn would have been
apparent even in the best continuation, e.g. : 28 Bc6 Rb4 29
Bd5 Na4. After the text-move the win is easy.} Nxe4 29. Rxe4
Rxb2 30. Nxc4 Rb4 31. Nd6 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 Bxa2 33. Nc3 Bc4
34. f4 Ke7 35. Kf2 Kd6 36. Ke3 Kc5 37. g4 Kb4 38. Kd4 Bb3
39. g5 a4 40. Nb1 Be6 41. g3 Kb3 42. Nc3 a3 43. Kd3 g6 44. Kd4
Kc2 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1907.09.05"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker from "Lasker's Chess
Magazine" and Carl Schlechter from "Deutsche Schachzeitung"
1908.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O
7.Qc2 b6 {Schlechter: The best continuation is 7...c5.} 8.cxd5
exd5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O-O {Schlechter: Deserving serious
attention is 10.Rd1.} c5 11.h4 Rc8 {Schlechter: Weak. The
right plan was counterplay with ...c4, ...a6, ...b5 and ...b4,
and it is unclear who will come first.} 12.Kb1 Re8 13.dxc5
{!?} Rxc5 {Schlechter: If 13...bxc5 then 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Bc4
is very unpleasant.} 14.Nd4 Ne4 {? Lasker: Black should have
played here 14...a6 threatening an advance of the queenside
pawns, which should have developed a powerful attack. The text
move is obviously bad. *** Schlechter: Preferable was
14...Nf8.} 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Ndb5 {!} Ba6 {Lasker: Necessary, as
17.Nd6, winning the exchange, was threatened.} 17.Qa4 {!} Bxb5
18.Nxb5 {Lasker: By a few simple strokes White has not only
circumvented the formation of any hostile attack, but his
pieces now virtually control the field.} Bxg5 19.hxg5 Re7
20.Rd4 Qa8 21.b4 {!} Rc8 22.Nd6 b5 {? Schlechter: If 22...Rc7
or 22...Rd8, then White wins simply by 23.f5.} 23.Nxc8 {!
Lasker: In view of Black's weak position he was quite
justified in resigning after losing the exchange. He could
not, of course, capture the queen since White would be left
with three pieces against the queen: 23...bxa4 24.Nxe7+ Kf8
25.Rxd7 and wins.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1907.09.06"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter and Dawid Janowsky.} e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.h3 Na5 7.Bb3 Nxb3 8.axb3 O-O
9.O-O c6 {Janowsky: Deserving of attention is 9...Ne8!? with
the idea of ...f5.} 10.Ne2 Qc7 {Schlechter: Bad is the
immediate 10...d5? because of 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 and 13.Re1
with the advantage.} 11.g4 d5 12.Ng3 Re8 13.Qe2 dxe4 14.dxe4
g6 {Schlechter: Perhaps 14...Nd7!? 15.Nf5 Nf8, followed by
...Ng6, is a preferable plan.} 15.Bg5 Be6 16.Qe3 a6 17.Ne1 Nd7
18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Qh6 Rd8 {? Schlechter: Black should organize
his defense by 19...f6!? followed by ...Rf8.} 20.Kh2 f6 21.Nd3
Rg7 22.Rg1 Nf8 23.Nf5 {!} Bxf5 {Janowsky: If 23...gxf5 24.gxf5
Rdd7 25.Qxf6! and White wins.} 24.gxf5 Rd4 {? Schlechter: A
decisive waste of time. Better defensive chances are offered
by the immediate 24...Rdd7!?.} 25.Rg4 Rdd7 26.Nc5 {?!
Schlechter: Stronger is 26.Rag1!.} Rde7 27.Rag1 Qd6 28.Nd3 a5
29.h4 Qc7 30.R4g3 Ref7 31.f4 {!} Qe7 {Schlechter: There is no
defense. If 31...exf4 32.Nxf4 g5 33.Nh5 gxh4 34.Nxf6+ Kh8
35.Qxh4 and White has a winning position.} 32.fxe5 fxe5 33.Rg5
{!} Nd7 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.Rxg6 Nf6 36.R1g5 Nxe4 37.Rh5 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1907.09.12"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker in "Lasker's Chess Magazine"
1907. *** The most important game in the tournament, and in
many respects the most exciting, was the encounter between the
two leaders toward the close. Maroczy, the hero of many hard
fights, was half a point better off than the young Rubinstein,
but the latter had to meet weaker opponents subsequently. With
the instinct and judgement of a veteran, with confidence in
his ability to succeed in his remaining games, Rubinstein set
out with a determination to draw with Maroczy. The state of
the score would have impelled most players to take exceptional
risks in order to depose his antagonist and take his
place. Rubinstein is evidently au fait in all the arts of
winning tournaments besides games. An eyewitness thus
describes the attitude of the players at the conclusion of the
game: "That Rubinstein was perfectly satisfied with his
partial success was apparent from his beaming countenance;
Maroczy looked depressed in proportion.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ {Under the circumstances White's
tactics cannot be commended. By exchanging he not only does
not simplify, but actually develops Black's game. It should be
Black's business for that reason to find out how to develop
the knight on d7. Far preferable would have been 6.Ng3 leaving
Black's game cramped.} Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.O-O O-O
10.Bg5 {White wastes time with this move, which could only be
justified if followed up with Bxf6. Instead, 10.Bf4 is much
better, for Black cannot reply with 10...Bd6, because of
11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Bxh7+ winning the queen.} Be7 11.Qe2 Qc7
12.Rad1 {In order to be able to advance the queenside pawns it
would have been better to have played 12.Rfe1.} Rd8 13.c4 Bd7
14.Bd2 Rac8 15.Bc3 Be8 16.Qc2 h6 17.Ne5 Nd7 {Black has
cleverly anticipated all possible attacks on the kingside. The
position is remarkable. The black king is only protected by
pawns, and White has considerable force bearing on it, yet
nothing tangible can be done.} 18.Nxd7 Bxd7 {If 18...Rxd7,
with the object of doubling, White would reply 19.Qe2,
threatening Qe4 with a very promising attack.} 19.Qe2 Bc6
20.Qg4 Bf8 21.f4 {White should play 21.Rfe1, threatening Bf6
with much the better game. It is impossible to give all the
combinations that might arise, but as an instance the
following will show a possible continuation showing why 21.Bf6
cannot be played at once: 21...Rd7 22.Rfe1 Kh8 23.Be5 Qd8
24.Re3 f5 25.Qg6 Qg5 26.Rg3 Qxg6 27.Rxg6 Rcd8 28.Rxh6+ Kg8
29.Rh3 Be4 winning a piece.} Rxd3 {! As a means of winning,
this sacrifice cannot be recommended. But taking into account
that Black realized that his position was getting very
difficult, this move is highly ingenious and shows great power
of resistance. For the exchange versus a pawn Black has got
rid of one of the most dangerous pieces.} 22.Rxd3 Be4 23.Rd2
{If 23.Rg3 then 23...Qxc4 24.Bxg7 Bf5 25.Qh4 Bxg7 26.Qf6 Bg6
and Black should win.} Qxc4 24.Rfd1 Bd5 25.h3 {This is an
unnecessary defense, as Black does not threaten anything. The
proper thing to do would be to play 25.a3 first, and so save
this pawn. Maroczy undoubtedly labored under some delusion
when he made the subsequent combination. Otherwise he would
certainly have acted on the reorganized principle that a
player with a superior force should first of all render
everything secure.} f5 26.Qg6 {Had White played 25.a3 as
suggested, he could have complacently played now 26.Qg3. To
defend this pawn now and leave the other would not permit many
winning chances.} Qxf4 27.Rxd5 {The countersacrifice nearly
wins. At the same time, White guards against the sacrifice of
a a second exchange, to be followed by ...Bd6.} Qe3+ 28.Kh1
exd5 29.Qxf5 Rd8 30.Rxd5 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Bd6+ 32.Be5 Bc7 {This
innocent-looking move is the only one which draws easily. If
32...Bxe5+ 33.Qxe5 Rxd5 (otherwise White plays Rd7) 34.Qxd5+
Kh7 35.Qxb7 Qf4+ 36.g3 with a pawn to the good, though winning
would be remote.} 33.Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.Qd7 Qg5 35.Bg3 Qe7 36.Qxe7
Bxe7 37.Be5 Kf7 38.Kg3 g6 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.Ke4 h5 41.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1907.09.12"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd5 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6
10. c3 h6 {Black decides on a waiting policy.} 11. h3 Ne7
12. d4 Ng6 13. Be3 Kh7 {Black still marks time.} 14. Qd2 Be6
15. Bc2 Qe7 16. d5 {White had done better to mark time also;
the text move would have a meaning only if it were introducing
an attack against the Q side, (c4, and b4). But he intends to
operate on the K wing, and for this d5, is a bad preparation.}
Bd7 17. Kh2 Nh8 {A preventive move directed against White's
plan of Ng1, and f4.} 18. Ng1 g5 19. g3 Ng6 20. Qd1 Bg7
21. Qf3 a5 {Again preventive play. This time the possibility
of c4, and b4, is to be anticipated.} 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. a4 Bd7
{It is achieved; the White Q side has lost all momentum and
the action just mentioned, to be initiated by c4, and b4, is a
thing of the past.} 24. Rh1 {With this move White plans to
break through eventually with h4, e.g. : 24...b6 25 h4 gxh4 26
gxh4 Nxh4 27 Qh5 f5 28 Kg1, etc. But Black discovers a move,
which not only has a high preventive value, but which also has
the attribute of driving the opponent into quick action.} Qe8
{! The threat is ...Qc8; e.g. ...Qc8, h4 ...Bg4, winning a
knight. White, therefore, has no further time for preparations
and opens the battle for a breakthrough.} 25. h4 Qc8
{Threatening ...Bg4.} 26. Bd3 Bg4 27. Qg2 gxh4 28. f3 h3
29. Qf1 {The breakthrough looks like it is succeeding, for if
now ...Bd7, then g4 followed by Qxh3 with a winning attack.}
f5 {The counter-stroke, long since prepared, which decides the
battle for Black.} 30. fxg4 fxe4 31. Qxh3 exd3 {Only now can
the full effect of 28...h3 be discerned. By this move the
white queen was forced from g2 to f1 into the range of the
Black rook.} 32. Bxh6 Rh8 {This game is noteworthy on account
of the comprehensive prophylaxis employed; preventive measures
were taken against c4 and b4 as well as against f4 and later
on h4. A few words about the charachteristics of the
preventive moves selected ; the waiting policy by 10...h6 is
typical of this style of play, for waiting moves form the
beginning of all prophylactic manouvers. The fact that the
preventive move 24 ...Qe8 contains a threat at the same time
by no means detracts from its purity in a prophylaxis, in
which part of the plan is to drive the opponent to acceerated
action.} 0-1

[Event "Ostende-B"]
[Site "Ostende-B"]
[Date "1907.05.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erich Cohn"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 Nh5 {Already
in 1907 I went my own way.} 4. Bd2 Nf6 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Bc3 {Or 6
Nc3 e5 7 e4 Be7 and the lost tempo is shown to be a "quantite
negligeable."} e6 7. e3 d5 {Better would be ...b6 with
...Bb7.} 8. c5 {This is playable.} Ne4 9. Bd3 f5 10. b4 g6
11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nc3 {The positional requirements would be met
by 12 O-O with Ne5 and f3.} O-O 13. Qc2 c6 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. O-O
{Ne5 would please us better.} e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5
18. Nd4 Bd7 19. f3 Nf6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. e4 {The decisive
mistake, correct was 21 f4 Bc7 (...Bxd4 Bxd4) 22 Nf3 with Bd4
and the White position is consolidated; the move in the text
leads to ruin at express speed.} fxe4 22. fxe4 Qg7 23. exd5
Ng4 24. Qc4 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Rxe1 26. dxc6+ {If 29 Rxe1 Nf2+ and
mate in 4.} Be6 27. Qxe6+ Rxe6 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Nxe6 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Ostende-B"]
[Site "Ostende-B"]
[Date "1907.06.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francis Joseph Lee"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nbd2 Nbd7 4. e4
e5 5. c3 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O exd4 8. cxd4 d5 {! At a blow
the proud e-Pawn, despite his freedom and mobility, vanishes,
is pulverized!} 9. Bd3 {If exd5 then 9...Nb6 followed by
...Nxd5} dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 {Here is our exchange
with consequent gain of tempo.} 12. Bd3 Nd5 13. a3 Bf6 {And
now Black stands better because of White's rather weak
d-Pawn.} 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Rae1 c6 17. Be3 Qb6 18. h3
Rad8 19. Rc1 Rd7 {Quietly building up the position; the d-Pawn
cannot move, so why get excited?} 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Qc7
22. Bb1 Ne7 {His work done (for the Knight has been working, a
change of air is good. The Knight aims to get to f5.} 23. Ne5
Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxa7 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Rd1+ {Black now
invades the enemy position via the d-file.} 27. Re1 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Rd2 {Now play in the 7th rank begins.} 29. b4 Nd5
30. Be4 Nf6 31. Bc2 Nd5 32. Be4 Ra2 {! Allowing Bishops of
opposite color.} 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Rc3 f5 {! All according to
my system. Black seeks an object of attack in the 7th rank;
against the a-Pawn nothing further can be done, so the second
player intends to lay bare White's g-Pawn. This will be
brought about by a compact advance of the King's wings
forces.} 35. Kh2 Kf7 36. Bc5 g5 37. Rd3 b5 38. Bd4 Be4 39. Rc3
Bd5 40. Bc5 Kg6 41. Rd3 h5 42. Bb6 f4 43. Bd4 Kf5 44. f3
{White stood very badly, the threat was ...g4 followed by
...g3+; fxg Rxg2+.} g4 45. hxg4+ hxg4 46. Kg1 Re2 {The 8th
rank (White's first rank) is also weak (...g3 is threatened
when opportunity arises) and White has not a plethora of moves
at his command either.} 47. fxg4+ Ke4 48. Rd1 Bb3 49. Rf1 Kxd4
50. Rxf4+ Re4 51. Rf6 Bd5 52. Rg6 Re2 53. Kh2 Rxg2+ 54. Kh3
Ra2 0-1

[Event "Lodz"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fyodor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirsky"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter from "Deutsche Schachzeitung"
1908 and Leopold Hoffer from "ACB" 1908.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6
4.Bd3 {?} Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nbd2 Qc7 {Hoffer:
Rubinstein now has the identical position with Black to the
one he had against Teichmann at Carlsbad 1907 as the first
player.} 8.b3 cxd4 9.exd4 Bd6 10.Bb2 O-O-O 11.c4 h5 12.Rc1 {?!
Schlechter: The same mistake as in the above cited game. The
right plan is counterplay with 12.c5, followed by a3, b4 and
b5.} Kb8 13.a3 g5 {!} 14.b4 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 g4 16.Ne5
{Schlechter: If 16.c5 gxf3 17.cxd6 Qxd6 18.Bxf3 Ng4! with a
strong attack.} Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.cxd5 Qd6 19.Bxe5 Qxe5
20.Re1 Nxd5 {!} 21.Qb3 {Schlechter: If 21.Bxg4? Ne3!.} Qg5
22.Bf1 Rc8 23.Rc5 h4 24.g3 {! Hoffer: A capital notion. The
open file after Black's 24...hxg3 is not dangerous because Bg2
is sufficient protection.} hxg3 25.hxg3 Qf6 26.Qc4 Rxc5
27.Qxc5 Qc3 28.Qd6+ Qc7 29.Qe5 Qxe5 30.Rxe5 Rc8 31.Re4 Rc3
32.Rxg4 Rxa3 33.Rg8+ Kc7 34.Rg7 Rf3 {Schlechter: If 34...Nxb4
35.Rxf7+ Kb6 36.Bg2 and White's g-pawn is dangerous.} 35.Bg2
Rf6 36.Rg4 b5 37.Rd4 Rf5 {Schlechter: If 37...Kd6 38.Rd1
threatening Ra1.} 38.f4 Rh5 {!} 39.g4 Rh8 40.f5 {? Schlechter
gives 40.Bxd5 Rd8 41.g5 Rxd5 42.Rxd5! exd5 43.f5 Kd6 44.Kf2
Ke5 45.g6 fxg6 46.fxg6 Kf6 47.Ke3 Kxg6 48.Kd4 draw.} Rg8
41.Kf2 Nf6 42.Kf3 e5 43.Rd2 Rxg4 44.Rc2+ Rc4 45.Rxc4+ bxc4
46.Bf1 c3 47.Ke3 e4 48.Bc4 Kd6 {Schlechter: Also good is
48...Ng4+ 49.Ke2 f6.} 49.Bxf7 Ke5 50.Bb3 Ng4+ 51.Ke2 Kxf5
52.Kd1 Ke5 53.Kc1 Kd4 54.Bd1 Nf2 55.b5 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "Lodz"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1907.12.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Rotlewi"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter and Dr. Savielly Tartakower.}
d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.dxc5 {Tartakower:
Less consistent than 6.a3 or 6.Bd3, maintaining as long as
possible the tension in the center.} Bxc5 7.a3 a6 8.b4 Bd6
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qd2 {? Schlechter: A very bad place for the
queen. The best continuation is 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Be2, followed
by O-O. *** Tartakower: Loss of time. The queen will soon have
to seek a better square (14.Qe2). The most useful move is
10.Qc2.} Qe7 {! Schlechter: A fine sacrifice of a pawn. If
11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nxd5? Nxd5 13.Qxd5 Rd8! and Black has a strong
attack.} 11.Bd3 {Schlechter: Better was 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Be2.}
dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 Rd8 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.O-O Ne5 {!
Schlechter: Introduced by Marshall and Schlechter in a similar
position with opposite colors, but here with the extra move
Rd8.} 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 {Tartakower: Threatening to win a pawn by
17...Bxh2+ 18.Kxh2 Qd6+. White's next move provides against
this, but loosens the kingside defenses.} 17.f4 Bc7 18.e4 Rac8
19.e5 Bb6+ 20.Kh1 Ng4 {!} 21.Be4 {Schlechter: There is no
defense; e.g., 21.Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qxg4 Rd2 etc.; or 21.h3 Qh4
22.Qxg4 Qxg4 23.hxg4 Rxd3, threatening ...Rh3 mate and
...Rxc3; or 21.Qxg4 Rxd3 22.Ne2 Rc2 23.Bc1 g6! threatening
...h5; or 21.Ne4 Qh4 22.h3 (if 22.g3 Qxh2+ 23.Qxh2 Nxh2 and
wins.) 22....Rxd3 23.Qxd3 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Qg3 25.hxg4 Qh4+ mate.}
Qh4 22.g3 {Schlechter: Or 22.h3 Rxc3! 23.Bxc3 Bxe4 24.Qxg4
Qxg4 25.hxg4 Rd3 wins. *** Tartakower: The alternative 22.h3,
parrying the mate, would lead to the following brilliant lines
of play: 22...Rxc3! (an eliminating sacrifice, getting rid of
the knight, which overprotects the bishop on e4) 23.Bxc3 (or
23.Qxg4 Rxh3+ 24.Qxh3 Qxh3+ 25.gxh3 Bxe4+ 26.Kh2 Rd2+ 27.Kg3
Rg2+ 28.Kh4 Bd8+ 29.Kh5 Bg6+ mate) 23...Bxe4+ 24.Qxg4 (if
24.Qxe4 Qg3 25.hxg4 Qh4+ mate) 24...Qxg4 25.hxg4 Rd3 with the
double threat of 26...Rh3+ mate and 26....Rxc3, and Black
wins. Beautiful as are these variations, the continuation in
the text is still more splendid.} Rxc3 {!!} 23.gxh4 Rd2 {!!}
24.Qxd2 Bxe4+ 25.Qg2 Rh3 {!} 0-1

[Event "1st Trebitsch Memorial"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1907.01.10"]
[EventDate "1907.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5
7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4 {[! Chigorin]} 8... gxh4 9. Qh5 Rxg7 10. Nf3
{To prevent 10...Qg5} 10... Nd7 11. Rxh4 Nf6 12. Qh6 Bf8
13. Qf4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nb5 e5 $5 17. dxe5
Nxe5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Rh5 $5 f6 20. Nxa7+ Kb8 21. Nb5 Qf7
22. Rf5 Rg4 $5 23. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Ostend it B"]
[Site "BEL"]
[Date "1907.05.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis van Vliet"]
[Black "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} d5 2.e3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.f4
{The stonewall, a very close opening.} Nf6 6.Nd2 Qc7 7.Ngf3
{Overlooks the threat involved in...Qc7; 7.Nh3 followed by Qf3
would have been the better course.} cxd4 {!} 8.cxd4
{Positionally the right move here would usually be exd4 (White
then has the King file with an outpost station at e5, while
the Pawn at c3 closes the opponents c-file), but here this
move would lose a Pawn: 8.exd4 Qxf4. Nevetherless it was
preferable to the text move; for 8.exd4 Qxf4 9.Nc4 Qc7 (...Qg4
10.Ne3!); 10.Nce5 Bd6 11.Qe2 and White has a fairly well
protected outpost in the King file, which Black cannot disturb
even by 11...Bxd6 12.fxe5 Nd7 13.Bf4 f6?; for then 14.exf6
Qxf4 15.fxg7 Rg8 16.Qxe6+ would win for White. So long as the
King file with the outpost Knight at e5, or its full
equivalent, a Pawn at e5 (after Pawn recaptures), remains in
White's possession he stands excellently, despite the Pawn
minus.} Nb4 9.Bb1 Bd7 10.a3 Rc8 {! It is only by this subtle
Rook move that the somewhat beginner-like Knight maneuver gets
a meaning.} 11.O-O Bb5 12.Re1 Nc2 13.Bxc2 Qxc2 14.Qxc2 Rxc2
{The 7th rank, seconded by the Bishop's diagonal b5 to f1 and
the point e4 for the Knight.} 15.h3 Bd6 16.Nb1 Ne4 {No outpost
in our sense (the open file behind is wanting); but a good
sustitute.} 17.Nfd2 Bd3 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 {18...dxe4 with the
Bishop established at d3 would also have been good.} 19.Nd2
Kd7 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21. Rb1 Rhc8 22.b4 R8c3 23.Kf1 Kc6 {!} 24.Bb2
Rb3 25.Re2 Rxe2 26.Kxe2 Kb5 27.Kd2 Ka4 28.Ke2 a5 {The decisive
breakthrough. The position of Black's Rook, holding the White
e-Pawn under a continual threat, was also too strong to be
withstood. The rest is readily understandable.} 29.Kf2 axb4
30.axb4 Kxb4 31.Ke2 Kb5 32.Kd2 Ba3 33.Kc2 Rxb2+ 34.Rxb2+ Bxb2
35.Kxb2 Kc4 36.Kc2 b5 0-1

[Event "Ostende, Belgium"]
[Site "Ostende, Belgium"]
[Date "1907.05.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Paul Saladin Leonhardt"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Bb4
5.Nxe5 {An innovation first tried on this ocassion.} Qe7
{Best; unfavorable would be 5...Nxe5 6 dxe5 Ne4 on account of
7 Qg4.} 6.Nxc6 {If the sacrifice of a pawn does not appeal,
the following line of play, recommended by Dr. Krause, will
serve : 6 Qd3 Nxe5 7 dxe5 Qxe5 8 Bd2.} Qxe4 7.Be2 Qxc6 8.O-O
Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qxc3 10.Rb1 O-O 11.d5 {With this move the White
bishops become jointly active.} Qe5 12.c4 {At this stage the
following continuation is also playable : 12 d6 Qxd6 13 Qxd6
cxd6 14 Ba3, etc.} Re8 13.Bd3 d6 14.Bb2 Qh5 15.Qd2 Ne4 {It is
clear that black under-estimates the hostile bishops or he
would have played 15...Ng4; if then 16 h3 Ne5 and Black
threatens to benefit materially (Nxd3) and theoretacally (f6),
closing the long diagonal) The bishops are made innocuous. But
then the prophylactic style appears only to the few.} 16.Rbe1
Bf5 17.Qf4 Qg6 18.Re3 {the violent move 18 g4 would be refuted
by 18...Bxg4 etc.} Kf8 {In order to hold the rook more
securely covered.} 19.h3 {Not 19 Rfe1 because of ...Ng3
etc. The move in the text is preliminary to the decisive
attack by Rf3 which now would fail on account of ...Bg4.} h5
20.Rf3 Bd7 21.Re1 {The impression is gained that two bishops
have to be taken seriously. But prophylactic measures based on
the elimination - in fact or in effect - of one of the bishops
(see note to move 15) do appear to present a notable
specific.} 1-0

[Event "Fifth All-Russian Championship"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1907.12.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Dawid Daniuszewski"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter, and Leopold Hoffer from
"ACB".} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Bd3 Bd6
7.Nge2 O-O 8.Qd2 Bg4 {Hoffer: There is no utility in this
move, as it does not pin the knight, and after White's Ng3
this bishop has to withdraw with loss of time. Better is
8...h6.} 9.O-O Nbd7 {Hoffer: There is nothing better now than
9...Bh5, followed by ...Bg6.} 10.Ng3 Qc7 11.h3 {!} Bxg3
{Hoffer: If 11...Be6 12.f4 with a strong attack.} 12.fxg3 Bh5
{Schlechter: If 12...Be6 13.Rf4, followed by Raf1, with
advantage for White.} 13.Qf4 {!} Qb6 {Hoffer: If 13...Qxf4
14.gxf4 and the bishop would be lost. But he might have played
13...Rc8. *** Schlechter: Perhaps 13...Qa5!? was better.}
14.Na4 {!} Qa5 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 {Hoffer: The position would become
fairly complicated after 15...Qxa4, White having such a choice
of continuations. For instance, 16.Be7 Rfe8 17.b3 Qa5 18.Qf5
Nf8 with a possibility of a defense.} 16.Nc5 b6 {? Schlechter:
Black should play 16...Bg6, and if 17.Nxb7 Qb6.} 17.Qh4 {!}
Bg6 18.Rxf6 gxf6 {? Hoffer: 18...bxc5 is the only move
here. If 19.Bxg6 fxg6 20.Rxc6 Qd2, and he would eventually be
only a pawn behind. If 19.Rxc6 at once, then 19...Bxd3 20.Rxc5
Bb5 21.a4 a6 22.b3 Rac8 23.b4 Qxb4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.axb5 axb5
with a defensible game.} 19.Nd7 Rfd8 20.Nxf6+ Kg7 21.Bxg6 hxg6
22.Qh7+ {!} Kf8 {Schlechter: If 22...Kxf6, then mate in
three.} 23.Rf1 {Schlechter: Also 23.c3, threatening Re1, wins
quickly.} Qd2 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Ng8+ Ke8 {Schlechter: If
25...Rxg8 26.Qf6+, and 27.Qxf7+ mating.} 26.Nh6+ {Schlechter:
For if 26...Kd7 27.Rxf7+ Kc8 28.Qe5 and wins.} 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Lodz, Poland"]
[Date "1907.02.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georg Salwe"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 {Comments by Akiba Rubinstein from "Neue Lodzer Zeitung",
March 1907, No. 11.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 d6
6.Be3 Bb6 7.O-O Bg4 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.Bxd5 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6
12.Kg2 Kh8 13.c3 Qe7 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.Qe2 Rfe8
17.Nd2 d5 18.f3 f6 19.Rfd1 Bf7 20.a3 Red8 21.Nf1 dxe4 22.fxe4
{White needs to put up with the weak pawn on d3, as in case of
22. d3 : e4 Black would take over the open d-file by playing
f7-b3.} c5 23.c4 Rd7 24.Ne3 c6 25.Rac1 g6 {The aim of this
move is the breakthrough f6-f5, but it happens too early. So
the opponent is given an attacking chance on the f-file. First
Black should have kept the enemy’s pieces bound to the weak
pawn on d3 by tripling the two rooks and the queen on the
d-file. The interference of the white knight on f5 was not to
be feared, as it can be exchanged in the following move by
f7-e6, which by no means would have been advantageous for
White.} 26.Qc2 Rd4 27.Qf2 Rad8 28.Rc3 Be6 29.Qf3 b5 30.Nc2
R4d6 31.Rf1 Kg7 32.Ne1 b4 33.Rc2 Ra8 34.Rcf2 Bg8 35.Qe3 bxa3
36.bxa3 Ra5 37.Rf3 h6 {Gives the bishop a new exit square and
prevents g4-g5 at the same time.} 38.Qf2 Re6 39.Qb2 Ra8 40.Nc2
Rf8 41.Qb6 Qd6 42.Rb1 Re7 43.a4 f5 44.gxf5 gxf5 45.Ne3 Bh7
46.Kh2 Kh8 47.Nxf5 Bxf5 48.Rxf5 Rg8 {Here Black could effect
draw by f8 : f5, but thinks that he has winning chances on the
g-file.} 49.Rf3 Reg7 50.Qb2 Rg6 51.a5 Qc7 52.Qf2 Rg2+ {Forced!
There is the threat of c7-g7, then g6-g3.} 53.Qxg2 Rxg2+
54.Kxg2 Qxa5 55.Rb7 Kg8 56.Rd7 Qd2+ 57.Rf2 Qg5+ 58.Kh2 Qe3
59.Rf5 h5 60.Rff7 Qd2+ 61.Kg3 Qe1+ 62.Kg2 h4 63.Kf3 Qg3+ {Draw
because of eternal check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "casual"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O h6 7.fxe5
Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Bxd1 9.Bxf7+ Ke7 10.Rxf6 Kxf6 11.Nd5+ Kxe5 12.d3
Qh4 13.Bd2 Kd4 14.Be3+ Ke5 15.Rxd1 c6 16.Rf1 g6 17.g3 Qxg3+
18.hxg3 cxd5 19.Bxd5 {Published in the November 1907 issue of
"Chess Amateur."} 1-0

[Event "Winter Tt 1908/1909"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1908.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "K Schuster"]
[Black "Otto Strobl"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 {The year is approximate as no date is given, just that
it's a game from the Winter tournament 1908/1909 of the Vienna
Amateur Chess Club..} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O
Be7 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 exd4 8.e5 Ng8 9.c3 d5 10.Nxd4 Nxe5 11.Re1
Nc4 12.Qe2 c5 13.Nc6 Qd6 14.Nxe7 Nxe7 15.Bf4 Qd8 16.Bxc4 bxc4
17.Qe5 f6 18.Qh5+ g6 19.Qh6 Kf7 20.Nd2 Bg4 21.Qh4 h5 22.f3 Be6
23.Qf2 Rc8 24.Rad1 Qa5 25.Nxc4 dxc4 26.Rd6 Bf5 27.Rxe7+ Kxe7
28.Qe2+ Kf7 29.Qxc4+ Kg7 30.Rxa6 Qxa6 31.Qxa6 Rhf8 32.Bd6 Rf7
33.Qc4 Rd7 34.Bxc5 Rd1+ 35.Kf2 Rd2+ 36.Kg3 h4+ 37.Kf4 Re8
38.Bd4 Rde2 39.Qc7+ R8e7 40.Qd8 Bd7 41.Bxf6+ Kxf6 42.Qh8+ Rg7
43.Qd8+ Ree7 44.Qf8+ Rgf7 45.Qh6 Re5 0-1

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1908.04.04"]
[EventDate "1908.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter from "Deutsche Schachzeitung"
1908.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.dxc5 Qa5+ {? Bad, because this
helps the opponent to develop. The right move is 4...e6, and
if 5.b4? then 5...a5 6.c3 axb4 7.cxb4 b6 regaining the pawn.}
5.Nbd2 Qxc5 6.a3 Qc7 7.c4 dxc4 {This also helps White's
development. Better was 7...e6.} 8.Nxc4 Nc6 9.b4 Bg4 10.Bb2 b5
{? This will be refuted by a nice combination by White, but
Black already stands worse. If, for example, 10...e6, then
11.Rc1!, threatening b5.} 11.Nce5 {!} Nxe5 12.Nxe5 {!!} Bxd1
13.Bxb5+ Nd7 {Best. If 13...Kd8 14.Rxd1+ Kc8 15.Ba6+ Kb8
16.Nc6+ Qxc6 17.Be5+ Qd6 (17...Qc7 18.Rd8+ mate) 18.Rc1!! and
mate next move.} 14.Bxd7+ {The simplest. White forces an
endgame with a pawn plus. Stronger was 14.Rxd1 Rd8 15.Nxd7
Rxd7 (or 15...e6 16.Ne5+ Ke7 17.Nc6+, etc.) 16.Bxd7+ Kd8
17.Bb5+ Kc8 18.Ba6+ Kb8 19.Rc1!, followed by Be5, and wins.}
Qxd7 15.Nxd7 Bh5 16.Ne5 Rc8 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Bd4 a6
20.Kd2 f6 21.Rac1 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 e5 {Or 22...Rxh2 23.Rc8+ Kf7
24.Ke2! e5 25.Bc5 Bxc5 26.Rxc5 followed by Ra5 winning the
a-pawn.} 23.Bc5 Rxh2 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Ke2 {!} e4 26.Rc6 Rg2 {If
26...a5 27.b5 followed by Ra6.} 27.Rxa6 Rxg4 28.Ra7 Rg1 29.b5
Rb1 30.a4 g5 31.Rb7 Ra1 32.b6 Rxa4 33.Ra7 Rb4 34.b7 g4 35.Ra8+
Kf7 36.b8=Q Rxb8 37.Rxb8 Ke6 38.Re8+ Kf5 39.Kf1 1-0

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "1908.06.09"]
[EventDate "1908.05.18"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker and Carl Schlechter.} e6
2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4
8.Nc3 c6 9.h3 Bh5 {Schlechter: Black allows 10.g4 with the
hope that this will give him winning chances. The simple
9...Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Qb6 leads to equality.} 10.g4 Bg6
11.Ne5 Be7 {Schlechter: Here 11...Nbd7!? comes into
consideration; for example, 12.f4 Qb6, or 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Bxf6
gxf6 14.f4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Kh8.} 12.f4 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nbd7 {?!
Lasker: Black should play 13...Ne4. After the text move, White
achieves an advantage.} 14.Rae1 Re8 15.Re2 Nxe5 16.fxe5 Nd7
17.Bc1 {!} Nf8 18.Nd1 c5 19.c3 Rc8 {? Schlechter: Better was
19...cxd4. White must capture with the pawn, and Black can
take control of the open c-file.} 20.Be3 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Bc5
22.Ne3 Ng6 23.Qf5 Rc7 24.Rfe1 {! Schlechter: But not 24.Bxc5?
Rxe5 25.Qf2 Rxc5 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 and Black stands well (27.Nf5?
Rc7).} Bb6 25.Bxb6 axb6 26.Nc2 Rce7 27.Nd4 Qb8 28.Nf3 f6 {?!}
29.exf6 {!} Qg3+ {? Schlechter: Here 29...Rxe2!? comes into
consideration: 30.f7+ Kh8 31.fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 32.Rxe8+ Qxe8 33.Kf2
Qc6, or 33.Qxd5 Qe3+ 34.Kf1 Qc1+, etc.} 30.Kf1 {? Lasker:
Instead 30.Kh1! Qxh3+ 31.Nh2 gives White the advantage.} Qxh3+
31.Kf2 Rxe2+ 32.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 33.Kxe2 gxf6 34.Qxd5+ Kg7
{Schlechter: Or 34...Kf8 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qc7+ Kf8 37.Qb8+ and
38.Qxb7+, with play similar to the game.} 35.Qxb7+ Kh6 {?
Schlechter: Losing immediately. Rubinstein overlooked the
following combination. The black king had to return to f8.}
36.g5+ {!} fxg5 37.Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Lodz"]
[Site "Lodz POL"]
[Date "1908.10.??"]
[EventDate "1908.10.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter, in "Deutsche Schachzeitung"
1908, and Adolf Julius Leopold Zinkl, in "Neue Freie Presse"
Vienna 1908.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Be6 6.g3
{Schlechter: Schlechter's innovation in the Prague tournament
of 1908, the game Schlechter - Dus-Chotimirsky. The move can
be made when Black has played ...Be6, ...Nc6, or ...Nf6.} Nc6
7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.Bg5 {Schlechter: Schlechter played 9.a3
against Dus-Chotimirsky.} O-O 10.Rc1 {Schlechter: If 10.Bxf6
Bxf6 11.dxc5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qa5, etc.} cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4
Qa5 13.b4 {!} Qa3 {Schlechter: If 13.Qxb4, then 14.Bxf6 gxf6
15.Qxb4 Bxb4 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Rab8 18.Rc7, with the better
game. *** Zinkl: If 13...Bxb4? 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nxd5 with
advantage.} 14.Qd3 {Schlechter: Threatening to win a piece by
15.Nxd5.} Qxb4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Rad8 18.Rfd1
{Schlechter: Stronger was 18.Rc7. *** Zinkl: If 18.Rc7? Qa5!.}
Rd7 19.e4 Rfd8 20.e5 {! Schlechter: An excellent move. If now
20...Bxe5, then 21.Bxf7+ Kxf7 22.Qf5+.} h6 {!} 21.Qf3 Qb2 {!
Schlechter: He still dare not play 21...Bxe5 on account of
22.Bxf7+.} 22.Bxf7+ {Schlechter: If 22.exf6, then 22....Rxd5.}
Rxf7 23.exf6 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lodz"]
[Site "Lodz POL"]
[Date "1908.10.??"]
[EventDate "1908.10.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter from "Deutsche Schachzeitung"
1908.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6
7.Ne2 Bg4 {The usual continuation, 7...Ne7, leads to
complicated and not easy to be handled middlegame positions
for both players.} 8.Be3 Nh5 {? Weak, because here the knight
is not useful, and ...f7-f5, which probably was intended, is
not feasible. Best is 8...Ne7.} 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Ne1 {! White
could win a pawn by 10.c3 Ba5 11.Qa4, but after 11....Bb6
12.Bxb6 (12.Qxc6?! Rb8 13.b3 Bd7 14.Qc4 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Bb5)
12...axb6 13.Qxc6 Bd7 (also good is 13...Bxf3 and 14...Qf6)
14.Qc4 Be6, White must play again 15.Qc6 (15.Qb4? c5 16.Qb5
Ra5 17.Qc6 Qb8 etc., or 15.Qb5? Ra5 16.Qc6 Bd7 17.Qc4 Bb5
etc.), with a draw by repetition.} d5 {Black should capture
both knights and then bring the knight back into play with
...Nf6. In this case he would have good chances.} 11.f3 Be6
12.g4 Nf6 13.Ng3 {Premature is 13.Ng2? because of 13...dxe4
14.dxe4 Bc4!.} d4 {? Better is 13...Bd6.} 14.Bd2 Be7 15.Ng2
Rb8 16.b3 c5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.gxf5 Rb6 19.Rf2 Qd7 20.Qe2 Rfb8
21.f4 exf4 22.Bxf4 c4 {An attempt for counterplay in a
position that is already strategically lost.} 23.bxc4 {If
23.dxc4 Bc5 24.Qd3 Ng4 25.Re2 f6, followed by ...Ne5.} Rb1+
24.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 25.Rf1 Rb2 26.e5 Ne8 27.Bg3 Qa4 28.f6 {!} Bf8
{If 28....Rxc2 29.Qg4 Bf8 30.e6 and White wins. The best
defense is 28...gxf6 29.exf6 Bf8.} 29.Qg4 g6 {If 29...Qxc2
30.Bf2.} 30.e6 Rxc2 31.Ne1 {!} Rxa2 32.exf7+ Kxf7 33.Nf3 Nxf6
34.Ng5+ Kg7 35.Rxf6 {!} Kxf6 36.Qf4+ Ke7 37.Qf7+ Kd8 38.Ne6+
1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1908.03.28"]
[EventDate "1908.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter from "Deutsche Schachzeitung"
1908.} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 e6 {Coming into consideration
is 4...Nc6, and if 5.f4 or 5.Nf3, then 5...Bg4.} 5.Nd2 Nc6
6.f4 Bd6 7.Qf3 Bd7 8.Nh3 Qb6 {If 8...O-O, then White can begin
a sharp attack by 9.Ng5 (9...h6 10.h4!) as in Lipke-Schiffers,
Leipzig 1894.} 9.Nf2 O-O-O 10.O-O Kb8 {Now, advancing with the
e-pawn White achieves an advantage. More cautious was
10...cxd4.} 11.e4 {!} dxe4 12.Ndxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Be7 14.dxc5
Bxc5+ 15.Nxc5 Qxc5+ 16.Be3 Qa5 17.a4 {! Premature would be
17.b4, because of 17...Qa3.} Ne7 18.b4 Qc7 19.Bd4 f6 20.Qf2
Nc8 21.Rfe1 Rhe8 22.Qg3 Bc6 23.b5 Bd5 24.a5 Bc4 {Perhaps
24...Rd7 was a better defense. After the text, it seems that
Black's position cannot be saved.} 25.b6 Qc6 26.Bxc4 Qxc4
27.Qxg7 Ne7 28.Qxf6 Nf5 29.a6 {! Threatening 30.bxa7+ Ka8
31.axb7+ Kxb7 32.a8=Q+ Rxa8 33.Reb1+, etc.} axb6 30.Qe5+ Ka8
31.axb7+ Kxb7 32.Bf2 {Not 32.Bxb6 because of 32...Rd5.} Rd5
33.Qf6 Qc6 34.Reb1 Rb5 35.Rxb5 Qxb5 36.Qf7+ Re7 37.Qf8 Qe8 {Or
37...Re8 38.Qa3 Qa5 39.Qb2 and White wins.} 38.Qxe8 Rxe8
39.Rb1 Kc6 40.Rxb6+ Kd5 41.g3 Rc8 42.Rb5+ Ke4 43.Kg2 Rc6
44.Re5+ Kd3 45.g4 Ne7 46.f5 Nd5 47.Bd4 Kc4 48.Kg3 exf5 49.Rxf5
Rg6 50.Rf7 h5 51.Rg7 Rxg7 52.Bxg7 hxg4 53.Kxg4 Nxc3 54.Bxc3
1-0

[Event "Lodz"]
[Site "Lodz POL"]
[Date "1908.10.??"]
[EventDate "1908.10.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Georg Salwe"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3
Nf6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 {Already this mode of developing the Bishop
is determined by the weakness of Black on d5.} cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Be7 11.Na4 {White concentrates on c5 and
c6.} Qb5 12.Be3 O-O 13.Rc1 Bg4 {Black should rather
strenghthen c6 by Bd7.} 14.f3 Be6 15.Bc5 Rfe8 16.Rf2 Nd7
17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Qd4 Ree8 19.Bf1 Rec8 20.e3 Qb7 21.Nc5 Nxc5
22.Rxc5 {Now c5 is gained and the Pawn at c6 fixed; that Pawn
therefore becomes the target.} Rc7 23.Rfc2 Qb6 24.b4 {White
threatens b5. Black has no time for 24...Bd7. The sequence is
25.b5 Rac8 26.Qc3 and Black cannot liberate himself. Again if
24...Bd7 25.b5 Rcc8 26.bxc6 Bxc6 27.Qc3.} a6 25.Ra5 Rb8 26.a3
Ra7 {Black cannot guard all of his weak spots.} 27.Rxc6 Qxc6
28.Qxa7 Ra8 29.Qc5 Qb7 30.Kf2 {The intent is to guard his own
weaknesses, particularly on the second and third ranks.} h5
31.Be2 g6 32.Qd6 {The c-file is important because open.} Qc8
33.Rc5 Qb7 34.h4 a5 {A desperate attempt at a counter-attack.}
35.Rc7 Qb8 36.b5 a4 37.b6 Ra5 38.b7 {This game illustrates how
much greater weight the effect of the pieces on weaknesses has
in comparison to their effect on other points.} 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1908.04.06"]
[EventDate "1908.03.23"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter, from "Deutsche Schachzeitung"
1908, and Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch, from "Berliner
Lokal-Anzeiger" 1908.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4
{Tarrasch: There is no reason for the bishop to be developed
at b4. Its natural square is c5.} 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
Qxf6 8.Ne2 d6 9.O-O Na5 {Schlechter: If 9...O-O, then 10.f4
exf4 11.Rxf4 Qg5 12.Qf1 with the better game for White.}
10.Bb3 Nxb3 11.axb3 g5 {? Schlechter: Better is
11...O-O. After the exchange of White's king's bishop, Black
should not fear the opening of the f-file by 12.f4.} 12.c4 O-O
13.Nc3 c6 {?! Schlechter: Weakens the d-pawn. Better was
13...Be6.} 14.Qd2 Qf4 {Schlechter: If 14...Qg6 15.d4!, and if
15...f5 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Na4! with the better game for White.}
15.Rfd1 Qxd2 16.Rxd2 f6 17.d4 {!} Kf7 18.d5 {!} c5 19.Nb5 Ke7
20.Nxa7 Bd7 21.c3 f5 22.exf5 {Schlechter: Stronger was
22.Rda2! (threatening Nc6+) 22...Rae8 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Nb5,
etc.} Bxf5 23.b4 {?! Schlechter: This weakens White's pawn
structure, giving Black drawing chances. With 23.Rda2 followed
by Nb5 White could win the endgame slowly but surely.} Kd7
24.bxc5 dxc5 25.Rb2 Rfb8 26.Rba2 Rf8 27.Rb2 Rfb8 28.h3
{Tarrasch: The threat was 28...Bd3 29.Ra4 Bxc4 30.Rxc4 Rxa7
and White cannot play 31.Rxc5 because of 31...Ra1+
mate. Therefore, White opens a window, but the wrong one! Much
better was 28.f3!, opening a route for the king.} Bd3 29.Ra4
b6 {Schlechter: If 29...Bxc4 30.Rxc4 Rxa7 31.Rxc5 and wins.}
30.Rba2 Rf8 {Schlechter: Here 30...Rb7!? 31.Nc6 Rxa4 32.Rxa4
Kd6 was worthy of consideration.} 31.g3 e4 32.Nb5 Rxa4 33.Rxa4
Rf6 34.d6 Rf7 {!} 35.Ra7+ Ke6 36.Ra4 Be2 37.Ra6 Rf3
{Schlechter: Now Black mistakenly begins to play for a
win. After 37...Rb7 White has nothing better than to repeat
the position with 38.Ra4.} 38.Ra7 {!} Bxc4 {? Schlechter:
After 38...Rf7 the game is still a draw.} 39.Re7+ Kf6
{Schlechter: Or 39...Kd5 40.d7 Rf8 41.Re8 and White wins.}
40.Nc7 Rd3 41.Ne8+ Kf5 {?} 42.g4+ Kf4 43.Nf6 {!} Rd1+ 44.Kg2
Bf1+ 45.Kh2 Rxd6 46.Nxe4 Rd1 47.Ng3 b5 48.Re3 Bxh3 49.Kxh3 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1908.04.15"]
[EventDate "1908.03.23"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Richard Reti"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter from "Deutsche Schachzeitung"
1908.} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 {Many authorities consider this
continuation as best. Black ignores his development, wastes
time, only to exchange White's king's bishop. This cannot be
good! Correct is 3...c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 Bg4!, etc.} 4.f4 Nb4
5.Nf3 Nxd3+ 6.cxd3 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bd2 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7
11.Rf3 Bd6 {The idea behind this move (...Bxe5) is the
decisive mistake. Better was 11...Nd7.} 12.Rh3 Re8 13.Be1 Bxe5
{Now it's too late for 13...Nd7 because of 14.Qh5. Deserving
of attention is 14...g6.} 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.Bh4 Qc8 16.Qg4 {Black
has no defense. In case of 16...Kh8 White wins by 17.Bf6! gxf6
18.Qh4 Nf8 19.exf6 e5 20.Qh6 Qg4 21.Rg3, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Germany, WCH"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1908.09.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7
11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.h3 O-O 13.Nf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
{So far it's exactly like the third game of the match when I
continued 16 Ng3.} 16.Bg5 {The idea being either to get rid of
Black's important King's Bishop or to hamper its
development. The position is now getting very complicated.} h6
17.Bh4 Qb6 {This is much too passive a move and Black will
almost immediately get into trouble.} 18.Qd3 {The threat being
19 Bxf6, followed by e5. Black can't parry this by 18...Be6 on
account of 19 Bxf6 Bc4 20 Qxd4, hence the loosening of Black's
K-wing is practically forced.} g5 19.Bg3 Be6 20.Rad1 {!} Rfc8
21.Bb1 Nd7 22.e5 Nf8 23.Qf3 {Threatening exd6 followed by
Qf6.} d5 24.Qh5 Kg7 25.f4 {Threatening f5.} f5 {Like an
ancient Roman hero Tarrasch throws himself on his own sword!
Evidently he did not feel like offering some prolonged
resistance by 25...Ng6.} 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.fxg5 hxg5 28.Be5 d3+
29.Kh1 Ng6 30.Qxg5 Bf7 31.Ng3 Bxe5 32.Rxe5 Rh8 {...Qd8 would
have been countered by 33 Re7.} 33.Bxd3 Ra7 34.Rde1 Kf8
35.Bxg6 Qxg6 36.Qe3 Rc7 37.Nf5 Qc6 38.Qg5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Match"]
[Site "Amsterdam, The Netherlands"]
[Date "1908.12.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abraham Speijer"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 {Annotations by Emanuel Lasker} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 {Pillsbury's
continuation was 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 with the intent of
castling, placing his knight on e5, his pawn on f4, and of
attacking the adverse King in a variety of manners. This
attack has been often conducted with success, but games lately
played by Teichmann indicate that by means of a timely retreat
of the knight to e8 the defense gains the upper
hand. Mr. Speijer conducts the opening in the style of Burn.}
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rad1 c5 12. Bd3 b5
13. Bb1 Nd5 {White prepa res for e4-e5, Ne4 and massing of
pieces on the kingside. Black must foil this plan.} 14. Bxe7 {
14.Ne4 was a possibility, but an advantage thereby not
apparent.} Qxe7 15. e4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfc8 17. Qe3 a5 18. e5
{He now prepares Ng5 (or Nd2-e4-d6).} Bxf3 19. gxf3 {To
strengthen his center and to provide open lines for an
attack.} Nb6 20. Kh1 {20.Be4 was here essential. The important
square d5 should not be left to the knight without a
struggle. Now the attack of Black comes so quick that the
counter attack of White must fail.} Nd5 21. Qd3 g6 22. Rg1 b4
23. cxb4 c4 24. Qc2 axb4 25. Rg3 Qa7 26. Qd2 Nc3 27. Rdg1 Nxb1
28. Rxb1 { 28.Qh6 Nc3 29.Rh3 would not avail White because of
29...Nd5} c3 29. Qf4 { If 29.Qh6 Qxd4 30.Rh3 Qxe5 and Black
must win the endgame.} Qxa2 30. Rbg1 Qd2 31. Qh4 c2 32. Rh3 h6
33. f4 c1=Q 34. Qxh6 Qxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. f3
Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kg4 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Composition"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1908.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Santa Claus"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.e4 {From Russel Ramsey's chess column in the Philadelphia
Sunday Item, December 20, 1908.} e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 {
Disdaining the counter attack, Kris played: } Nxe4 4.Nxe5 d5
5.Bb3 Be6 6.O-O Bd6 7.d4 { With scant respect for the
books--with which he may or may not have been familiar--Santa
began thus early to unlumber his heavy artillery:} Qf6 {These
moves having been made rapidly, the Chess Player paused a
moment to consider the innovation, and then continued:} 8.f4
c5 {"Is that good?" inquired the Chess Player from mere force
of habit acquired at the chess club. "Oh, I guess it's good
enough," rejoined Kris, showing he knew the answer.} 9.Ba4+
Ke7 {"Ha ha! Now where will he castle?" impersonally asked the
Chess Player, shoving another pawn into the fray:} 10.c4
{"Maybe we won't need to castle," replied the other
contestant, making the pieces click as he chopped the pawn.}
dxc4 {"Take it away!" sternly commanded the Chess Player, as
he attacked the Black Knight:} 11.Qc2 {"Oh, I guess we won't
have to--yet," answered Santa:} Bf5 {These pleasantries having
been exchanged, the contestants settled down to more serious
play. } 12.Qxc4 cxd4 13.Qb5 b6 14.Re1 Bc5 15.b4 a6 16.Qc4 b5
{This last move was made with the physical emphasis customary
under the circumstances. "Not so swift," cautioned the Chess
Player, neatly side-stepping with the royal consort:} 17.Qd5
Bxb4 18.Rxe4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Rc8 20.Qb7+ Kd8 21.Nxf7+ {"Give it
up," suggested the Chess Player, while Santa blew huge clouds
of smoke through his shaggy beard and carefully considered the
next move. After some pause he replied, "Oh, I guess we don't
have to give it up yet," and boldly essayed the sacrifice. }
Qxf7 {"Oh, we have him beaten to a pulp now," exclaimed the
Chess Player, gleefully pouncing on the Queen: } 22.Qxf7
{"Well, get out of check!" roared Santa:} Rxc1+ 23.Kf2 { "Oh
yes, we'll get out of check," smoothly replied the Chess
Player, and again the players quieted into silent
maneuvering.} Nd7 24.Bb3 Kc7 25.Qxg7 Bc5 {"Now see what he
wants to do," laughed the Chess Player at the masked
battery. "Oh well, we'll go right on down the pike."} 26.f5
Re8 27.Be6 Re7 28.Qg3+ Kb7 29.Qd3 Kb6 30.a4 Ne5 {"Don't stay
there," cautioned Kris. "All right, but move your King first,"
rejoined the Chess Player.} 31.a5+ Kc7 32.Qe4 d3+ 33.Kg3 Bd6
34.Qa8 Nc6+ 35.Kh4 Be5 {"Which do you like best?" good
naturedly taunted Santa. "Why," answered the Chess Player, "if
you get out of check first, maybe I'll let you take your
choice!" } 36.Qc8+ Kd6 37.Nd2 Bxa1 38.Ne4+ Ke5 {"Going on down
the pike," announced the Chess Player as he played:} 39.f6
Rxe6 40.f7 Rh6+ 41.Kg5 Rg6+ 42.Kh5 {Kris wrinkled his grizzly
brow and studied the portentous position for several minutes
while he vigorously puffed on his great pipe and finally
played: } Kxe4 {"This is like taking pennies from a blind
man's tincup," exclaimed the Chess Player as he improvised a
second Queen with an inverted rook:} 43.f8=Q Be5 44.Qf3+ Kd4
45.Qcf5 Rc3 46.Q3e4+ Kc5 47.Qf8+ Rd6 48.Qf2+ Rd4 49.Qf8+ Bd6
50.Qf2 d2 {The Chess Player regarded this threatening advance
for a moment. "Well, it comes high, but we must have it
regardless of expense," he explained as he executed the
following exchange: } 51.Qxc6+ Kxc6 52.Qxd4 {Kris now
deliberated for some time, being finally urged to action by
the impatient stamping of the reindeer on the roof. "Let's
give him a l-i-t-t-l-e check," he mused, suiting the action to
the word: } Rc5+ 53.Kh6 Rd5 {Again the Chess Player paused at
the new change in the situation. "Well, now we'll keep the
Black man jumping for a while," he said as he planned his next
few moves. } 54.Qb6+ Kd7 55.Qb7+ Ke6 56.Qc8+ Ke5 57.Qh8+ Kf4
58.Qf6+ Ke4 59.Qf3+ Kd4 {"Now I guess we have time for some
sparrow-shooting," concluded the Chess Player, chopping the
h-pawn: } 60.Kxh7 Kc4 61.Qe4+ Rd4 62.Qc2+ Kd5 63.Qf5+ Be5
64.Qf3+ Kc4 65.Qd1 {"That will hold the Black baby till we
Queen one ourselves," commented the Chess Player, poking down
the ashes in his pipe with the head of a pawn. } Rd3 66.h4 Bc3
67.h5 Re3 68.Qf1+ Kb3 69.Qd1+ Kb2 {The Chess Player pondered
long and earnestly. Nothing seemed promising. Everything was
hopeless. "Hurry up," urged the triumphant elf, "It's getting
late." "Gee, I thought I had you, but you got away!" announced
the Chess Player. "I resign." As old Kris disappeared in the
fireplace, the Chess Player's wife shook him by the
shoulder. "Come, come, dear." she exclaimed. "Wake up and trim
the tree, or the children will think Santa forgot them." "I
thought he had," replied the Chess Player, rising and knocking
ashes from his pipe, "but I guess I was only asleep."} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erich Cohn"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d6 {Nc6
appears to be preferable, with a view of saving the imporatnt
KB from being exchanged, by a6.} 5.Na4 Nc6 6.Ne2 Qe7 7.d3 Be6
8.O-O d5 9.Nxc5 Qxc5 10.Be3 Qd6 11.exd5 Bxd5 12.Nc3 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 Nd5 14.Qd2 {Qf3, taking possession of the diagonal
which the KB commanded before, seems more natural.} O-O {Black
ought to O-O-O, in order to attack on the King's wing.} 15.Ne4
Nxe3+ {15...Qg6 16.f4 f5 17.Nc3 Rad8; or 17.Nc5 Nxe3+ 18.Qxe3
Nd4, would have created interesting complications, which would
probably have turned out in Black's favor.} 16.Qxe3 Qd4 17.c3
Qxe3 18.fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.16"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Vladimir Nenarokov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3
b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.O-O O-O {10...Bg4
11.Be3 Nd4 12.Bxd4 exd4 13.Ne2 c5 would be more
energetic. Black would thereby obtain a promising position.}
11.Ne2 Bg4 12.c3 Qc8 13.Ne1 b4 14.f3 Bd7 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4
bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne5 18.Bc2 Ng6 19.d4 Re8 20.Ng3 Bc6 21.Bc1 Ra8
22.Rb1 Rb8 23.Rxb8 Qxb8 24.Nf3 Bb5 25.Re1 {Better would have
been Bd3, since Black by changing Bishops, would weaken his f4
square. It would also have been useful to maintain the
possession of the f-file.} Nd7 26.Bb3 Qd8 27.Nf5 {Here
27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Qb3+ would have gained an important pawn.}
Bc6 28.Nxe7+ Qxe7 29.Ng5 Nh8 {Not by any means 29...d5 on
account of 30.Rf1.} 30.Bc2 h6 31.Nf3 Ng6 32.c4 Ndf8 33.d5 Bd7
34.c5 {In order to obtain some attack after 34...dxc5. Black's
pawn at c5 would, in any case, be but of little value.} Ne5
35.Nxe5 Qxe5 36.Be3 Ng6 37.Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.18"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O
O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2 {White should play for attack by
7.Bg5. After the actual continuation Black has time to take up
quite as strong a position as White.} Ne7 8.c3 Ba5 9.Ng3 c6
10.Ba4 Ng6 11.d4 Bb6 12.h3 exd4 13.Nxd4 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5
15.Ndf5 Qf6 16.Bc2 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Rfe8 18.Qg4 Qe5 19.Bb3 Nf6
{Why not first Rad8? Black ought to complete his development,
before making aggresive or defensive manouvers. Moreover the
Knight was well posted on d5.} 20.Qf3 Bc7 {This Bishop was
also well placed. The simplest continuation was Ne7 in order
to dislodge White's advanced post at f4.} 21.g3 Rad8 22.Bg5
Kf8 {As Nh6 was threatened.} 23.Rae1 {An ingenious sacrifice,
which however, should not have won with the best defense.}
Qxe1 24.Bxf6 {Of course, White does not want to give the two
Rooks for the Queen.} gxf6 {Not the right answer; 24...Qe2
should have been played. White would then have achieved no
mate by 25.Bxg7+ Kg8 26.Nh6+ Kxg7 27.Qxf7+ Kxh6, nor by
25.Bxg7+ Kg8 26.Bxf7+ Kxg7 27.Nd6+ Kxg7 28.Qf7+ Kh6 29.Nf5+
Kg5 30.f4+ Bxf4 31.gxf4+ Nxf4 32.h4+ Kg4 33.Rxf4+ Kh3.} 25.Qh5
Qd2 26.Qxh7 Re6 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Qg7+ Ke8 29.Qxg6+ Kd7 30.Qf7+
Kc8 31.Qxe6+ Kb8 32.h4 Qxb2 33.Qb3 Qxb3 34.axb3 Be5 35.c4 b5
36.f4 Bc3 37.Rf3 b4 38.h5 a5 39.h6 Ka7 40.g4 a4 41.bxa4 Ka6
42.g5 fxg5 43.fxg5 Ka5 44.g6 Be5 45.Ne7 Kxa4 46.Nxc6 Rd1+
47.Kg2 Rd2+ 48.Rf2 Rxf2+ 49.Kxf2 b3 50.g7 b2 51.g8=Q 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.19"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3
d6 6.d4 exd4 {Here Black can play very well 6...b5 7.dxe5 dxe5
8.Qxd8+ Nxd8 9.Bb3 Bd6.} 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nxc6 Bxc6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6
10.O-O Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.b3 Re8 13.Bb2 Qc8 {The natural move
is Bf8, in order to give free play to the Rook.} 14.Rad1 Nd7
15.Qg4 Bf6 16.Rfe1 Re6 17.Na4 Qe8 18.f3 Be5 {And here 18...c5
might have been played, threatning the sacrifice of the pawn
by ...c4. 19.c4 would then be answered by Ne5-c6-d4.} 19.Bxe5
Nxe5 20.Qg3 Qe7 {c5 was still indicated. After Black has
missed this opportunity, all the life is taken out of the
game.} 21.Nb2 Re8 22.Nd3 Nxd3 23.cxd3 c5 24.Rf1 Qf6 25.Qf2 Qc3
26.d4 cxd4 27.Qxd4 Qa5 28.Qd2 Qb5 29.Qc2 c6 30.Qc4 Qb6+ 31.Qd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.23"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6
6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.c5 {White might have prepared this
advance by 8.b4. In answer to 8...Ne4 he would then have had
9.Bb2 at his disposal.} Ne4 {The right reply. Now White is
prevented from playing b4 and he has to weaken the point d4.}
9.Qc2 f5 10.b4 Bf6 11.Bb5 {By this move White makes straight
for a draw.} O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.O-O Qc7 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Rfe1
Be8 16.Ne5 {Here White obtains Bishops of opposite color, and
an evenly balanced position.} Bxe5 17.dxe5 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Bg6
19.f4 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.01"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Bg5
c6 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.Bb3 a5 8.Nge2 {Both sides have treated the
opening in good style, but this Knight should have been played
to f3, so as to leave e2 open for the other Knight, and
besides the Knight at f3 would guard important squares.} h6
9.Be3 b5 10.a3 Ng4 {Here 10...Qb6 followed by further
operations on the Q side, was better.} 11.d4 Ba7 12.Nd1
{Abandoning too much ground to his opponent. The logical
attack was against Black's c-pawn, by 12.d5, after 12...Nxe3
13.fxe3 b4 14.dec6 White would have a good game, for instance,
14...Nc5 15.Nb5 O-O 16.Bd5.} O-O 13.f3 Nxe3 14.Nxe3 Nf6 15.c3
Qb6 16.Rd1 Be6 17.Bc2 c5 {But now Black obstructs the diagonal
of the KB, giving all his advantage away. Had he played
systematically to open the center by 17...Rad8, followed by
Rfe8, Bc8 and d5, White would have had a difficult defence.}
18.d5 Bd7 19.c4 b4 20.O-O Rae8 21.Ng3 g6 22.f4 Kg7 23.h4 exf4
24.Rxf4 Re5 25.Rdf1 Ng8 26.h5 g5 27.Ngf5+ Kh7 28.R4f2 Bxf5
29.Rxf5 Rxf5 30.Rxf5 Kg7 31.e5 dxe5 32.Qd3 Re8 33.d6 Bb8
34.Rxg5+ hxg5 35.Qh7+ Kf8 36.Nf5 Rd8 37.Qg7+ Ke8 38.Qxg8+ Kd7
39.Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.09"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6
6.Bd3 a6 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bb3 Na5 {Black
dare not allow d5, as long as his King is still in the
center.} 11.Bc2 Bb7 12.Re1 Bb4 13.Bg5 {Now that the b-pawn is
blocked, was the time to attack it, in order to bring the QR
into action. After 13.a4 O-O 14.axb5 axb5 White would be well
developed and Black's b and h- pawn would become objects of
attack. For this reason Black's last move was not as good as
Be7.} Nc4 14.Qe2 {If Qc1, Rc8 might follow threatening Nxb2;
this move would also be strong against Bc1, and Rb1 would be
answered by Nxb2 at once. White now begins to complicate
matters, in order to make an attempt of saving himself.} Nxb2
15.Ne4 Bxe1 16.Rxe1 Nc4 17.Ne5 Rc8 {By 17...Nd6 Black could
have repulsed the attack. After 18.Nxf6+ gxf6. 19.Nxf7 Kxf7
neither 20.Qxe6+ (Kg7) nor 20.Qh5+ (Ke7) would lead to
anything. After the text the sacrifice is correct and leads to
a draw.} 18.Nxf7 Kxf7 19.Nxf6 gxf6 20.Qxe6+ {But now he ought
to play 20.Qh5+. If Ke7 21.Bxf6+ Kxf6 22.Qh6+ Ke7 23.Qxe6+ and
draws by perpetual check. If 20...Kg8 21.Bh6 White's position
would be good enough to win. If 20...Kf8 21.Qh6+ Ke8? 22.Rxe6+
Kd7 23.Bf5 Black would stand on a volcano.} Kg7 21.Bh4 Re8
22.Qg4+ Kf8 23.Rf1 Rc7 24.Qf4 Rg7 25.f3 Re2 26.Rf2 Re1+ 27.Rf1
Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Kf7 29.Bg3 Qe7 30.Kf2 Bd5 31.Bf5 Nb6 32.Qb8 Nc4
33.Qf4 Qd8 34.Bg4 Qa5 35.Kg1 Qb6 36.Kh1 Be6 37.Bh5+ Ke7 38.Qh6
Rf7 39.Bf2 Qa5 40.d5 Bxd5 41.Bxf7 Bxf7 42.Qxh7 Nd6 43.h4 Qxa2
44.Bg3 Qd5 45.Qh8 Ne8 46.Qh6 Qc5 47.Qd2 b4 48.Qe2+ Kf8 49.Bf4
b3 50.Qb2 a5 51.g4 a4 52.Bc1 Qe5 53.Qd2 Bd5 54.Kg2 Nd6 55.Bb2
Qe6 56.Kg3 Kg8 57.Qh6 Qe1+ 58.Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.11"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3
d6 6.h3 Be7 7.c4 O-O 8.Be3 Nd7 9.Nc3 f5 10.exf5 Rxf5 11.O-O
Nf8 {According to the old and good rule, Black plays strongly
for development.} 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Ne6 15.Be3
Bf6 {Up to this point Black played the game in the very best
style, but here he unnecessarily endangers the position of his
Rook, by hampering its mobility. Had he played Bg5, the Knight
at e6, which commands the important squares c5, d4, and f4,
would have attained far greater effect by getting rid of
White's QB, which counteracts his movements.} 16.Bc2 Re5
{Likewise after 16...Ra5 17.Nd5 Bxb2 18.Bxh7+, the Rook would
remain in a miserable plight.} 17.Nd5 g6 18.f4 Rxe3 19.Nxe3
Bd4 20.Qe1 Qf6 21.Kh1 Bxb2 22.Nd5 Qg7 23.Rb1 Nf8 24.Qe7 Bd4
25.Rfd1 Be6 26.Qxg7+ Bxg7 27.Nxc7 Rc8 28.Nxe6 Nxe6 29.Rxd6
Nxf4 30.Rxb7 Re8 31.Rdd7 Bf8 32.c5 Re1+ 33.Kh2 Bxc5 34.Bb3+
Ne6 35.Rb8+ Bf8 36.Rdd8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.08"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O
Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Bg4 9.a4 Na5 {The advantage of this
flanking movement of the Knight is not clear. Why not castle,
and prepare either f5 or d5?} 10.Bc2 h6 11.d4 Nd7 12.Qe2 O-O
{A gross blunder. He had nothing better than 12...c6.} 13.axb5
axb5 14.Qxb5 Bxf3 15.Rxa5 Rxa5 16.Qxa5 Bg5 17.Be3 {It is clear
that after 17.gxf3 Bxc1 18.Rxc1? Black would win with Qg5+;
but with 17.Nd2 he would have avoided the hampering doubled
Pawn, which results from this move.} Bh5 18.Qb5 Bxe3 19.fxe3
Qg5 {He throws his only chance away by despair. Why did he not
play 19...f6, preventing White at least for a long time, from
turning his extra Pawn to account?} 20.Qxd7 Qxe3+ 21.Kh1 Qe2
22.Qf5 Qxc2 23.Qxh5 exd4 24.Qd1 Qxe4 25.Qxd4 Qxd4 26.cxd4 Rb8
27.Rf2 Re8 28.Nd2 Re1+ 29.Nf1 Rd1 30.Kg1 Rxd4 31.Rc2 c5 32.Rd2
Rb4 33.Ne3 g6 34.Nd5 Rb3 35.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.04"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 d6 5.d3 d5
6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 c6 {In positions of this kind it is
preferable to guard the pawn by Be6; the square c6 should be
reserved for the Knight. White ofcourse has no intention of
exchanging his B at g2; but Black wishes to compel him to do
so; therefore the Kt at d5 and B at e6 are well posted.}
8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O Bc5 10.Kh1 Bg4 11.Qe1 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 Nd7 13.Ne4
Be7 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nf6 16.Nxf6+ {This brings black's KB on
a very unfavorable diagonal. Instead, he should have occupied
this diagonal himself by Be5.} Bxf6 17.Qb4 Qd7 18.Rae1 Rfe8
19.Bd2 a5 20.Qa3 {If 20.Rxe1+ Rxe1 21.Qxa5 Bxb2, White would
have a slight weakness in his a-pawn, but he might have
opposed the Rook on the e-file and probably escaped with a
draw.} Bh3 21.Bxh3 {His position is weak but this exchange
does not help him, but only develops Black's Queen to a strong
square. He ought to play Bc3.} Qxh3 22.Bc3 {The right move was
22.Rf2. Black might then have continued 22...Rxe1+ 23.Bxe1 Re8
24.Qxa5 Bxb2 25.Qd2 Qe6 26.Rf1 Qxa2, or 25.Bc3 Bxc3, followed
by Re2.} Re2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.18"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Erich Cohn"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 {Here c4
or Be2 (or d3) ought to be played. The move actually made is
to defensive.} c4 {Courageously Black tries at once to take
advantage of his opponent's too cautious attitude. He might,
however, have played Nc6 first.} 5.c3 b5 6.Qc2 {Here a
counterstroke by 6.a4 was in order. Then if 6...Qa5 7.b4 Qa6
8.Ne5 (threatening Ra3, axb5, followed by Ndxc4) } Bb7 7.Be2
Nbd7 8.O-O Qc7 9.Re1 e6 10.Bf1 Bd6 11.g3 h6 {The idea of this
is to prevent Ng5, after 12.e4 dxe4.} 12.Bg2 O-O 13.Nh4 Ne4 {A
gross blunder. By 13...g5 14.Nf3 Ne4, followed by f5 Black
would have obtained a strong attacking position.} 14.Nxe4 dxe4
15.Bxe4 g5 16.Ng2 e5 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Qf5 e4 19.Bd2 Be7 20.Rf1
Nf6 21.f4 g4 22.Qe5 {By this manouver the Queen escapes back
into her camp.} Rad8 23.f5 Rd5 24.Qf4 Kg7 25.Qf2 Nh7 26.Qe2 h5
27.h3 {White plays this part of the game very cleverly. The
advance of this pawn prevents the threatened Ng5 and
altogether relieves the position of the important Pawn at g4.}
gxh3 28.Nf4 Ng5 29.f6 Bxf6 30.Nxh5+ Kg6 31.Nxf6 Nf3+ 32.Rxf3
exf3 33.Qxf3 Rd7 34.e4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.26"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 a6 4.c4 dxc4 5.Bxc4
b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Qe2 c5 10.b3 {It would not
at all be bad to push at once e4, for after 10...cxd4 11.Nxd4
Nc5, White would play 12.Rd1, and 10...c4 11.Bc2 was not to be
feared.} Bd6 11.Bb2 Qb6 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Bb1 O-O 14.e4 cxd4
15.Rxd4 Ne5 16.Rxd6 {The combination is based on 16...Qcd6
17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Nd5 Qg5 19.f4 Qh6 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.Rf3, or
Ne7+ followed by Nxc8 and f5. But the second player evolves a
fine counter combination, and proves White's combination to
have a subtle flaw.} Nxf3+ {Apparently losing a piece; but the
resulting breakup of White's King's wing gives him the
opportunity for a dangerous attack.} 17.gxf3 Qxd6 18.e5 Qb4
19.exf6 Rxc3 20.Qe5 {If 20.Qd2 Bxf3 21.Qg5 g6 22.h3 (a3?, Rc5)
Rfc8. The best was in my opinion 20.fxg7 Rfd8 (Bxf3?
21.gxf8=Q+ followed by Qe5) 21.Bxc3.} Rc5 21.Qe3 Rh5 22.fxg7
Rc8 23.Rd1 Qh4 24.Rd7 Qxh2+ 25.Kf1 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Qxb1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.28"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3
d6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.h3 Be6 8.O-O {A mistake. The idea to retake at
c4 with the Pawn is good enough in itself. After the exchange
at c4, White's doubled pawn, even though isolated, would do no
harm, on account of its central position; it would hamper
Black's pieces and could not be easily attacked. But it was a
condition, sine quo non, to secure the Queen Knight against
Ba5 by say a3, for the trebled Pawn on the c-file has no
mobility whatever.} Bxc4 9.dxc4 Ba5 10.Nd5 {After 10.Qd3 Bxc3
11.bxc3 b6, the c-pawns would be fixed, and White's game
should be lost in consequence. Hence White plays va banque for
attack.} Nxe4 11.Qd3 f5 12.c3 {12.b4 Nxb4 13.Nxb4 Bxb4 14.Qd5
or 12.b4 Bxb4 13.Rb1 was more in the nature of a va banque
attack.} O-O 13.Rad1 Bb6 14.b4 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 Qf6 16.Rfe1 Ng5
17.Nxg5 Qxg5 18.b5 Na5 19.Nd5 e4 20.Qe2 Rf7 21.Rd4 c6 22.Nb4
Rd8 {22...c5 23.Rxd6 cxb4 24.cxb4.} 23.Nc2 Qf6 24.Ne3 Qe5
25.Red1 Rf6 26.Qc2 h5 27.Qa4 {Nf1 first was imperative.} f4
28.Qxa5 b6 29.Qa3 fxe3 30.fxe3 Qg3 {Threatening Rf2.} 31.Kh1
Rdf8 32.Qc1 Rf2 33.Rg1 R8f3 {Black threatens Qxh3+.} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.22"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.O-O
Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.dxe5 {This exchange produces an absolutely
even game.} Nxe5 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Qxd7+
Nxd7 12.Bxe7 Kxe7 13.Nd5+ Kd8 14.Rad1 c6 15.Nc3 Kc7 16.Rd2
Rhd8 17.Rfd1 Nf6 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rxd8 Kxd8 20.f3 {If White
strives for a draw only, Black will experience great
difficulties to avoid it. In the beginning of the game, it is
naturally Black's aim to escape the pressure of his opponent
with an even game, and only when he has succeeded in doing
this can he think of builduing up an attack.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.16"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Fyodor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirsky"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5
e4 6.Nh4 d5 7.d3 Be7 8.dxe4 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Bxd8 10.Bg5 {Thus
White has refuted Black's foolhardy third move.} O-O 11.O-O-O
Ne5 12.h3 a6 13.Ba4 c5 14.Bf4 {The only move to save the
Bishop, which was threatened by b5 and c4.} Nfd7 15.Bxd7 Nxd7
16.Bg3 Bg5+ 17.Kb1 Nf6 18.f4 exf3 19.Nxf3 Bh6 20.Bd6 Re8 21.g4
b6 22.Rhe1 Bb7 23.Ne5 Bg5 24.a4 {Better Na4.} Bg2 25.Rg1 Bb7
{Black should have captured the h-pawn, as White would then
have had all his work cut out to maintain his advantage. If
26.Rg3?, Black would play Bf4, (or if 26.Rd3 Rad8 ) 27.Rxh3
Bxe5 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.g5 Ne4 30.Nxe4 Rxe4 31.Rdh1 Rf8 32.Rxh7
Rxf5 33.g6 Kf8 34.Rh8+ Ke7 35.Rb8 Re6 36.Rg1 with advantage.}
26.Nc4 Rad8 27.Bg3 Ne4 28.Nxe4 Bxe4 29.Nxb6 Bf3 30.Rxd8 Rxd8
31.Nc4 Rd4 32.b3 Rd5 33.h4 Bf6 34.Bf2 h5 35.g5 Bd8 36.Re1 Rxf5
37.Re8+ Rf8 38.Rxf8+ Kxf8 39.Bxc5+ Ke8 40.Kb2 Bc7 41.Bd6 Bxd6
42.Nxd6+ Kd7 43.Nf5 g6 44.Nd4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.25"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c4 g6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Nxc6 Bxc6
10.O-O Bg7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.f3 {A waste of time, which is
possible to be avoided with 12.Bxc6. In this case, after
12...bxc6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 White wins an important tempo for
Qd2 or Bd4.} Nd7 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Bb3 {14.c5 will be refuted by
14....Nc4 15.Qe2 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Bxa4 17.Nxa4 dxc5 and
...Bd4. Also unsatisfactory is 14.Qe2 because of 14....Bxa4
15.Nxa4 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 b5.} b6 15.f4 {?!} Nd7 16.Bd4 Nc5 17.Bxg7
Kxg7 18.Bc2 a5 19.Qg4 {Much better was 19.Qd4+, and if
19...Qf6 20.Qxf6+ Kxf6 21.Rae1, and White can hope for a
draw. If Black tries to avoid the exchange of the queens, then
White's queen will have a dominant position.} Nxe4 {!} 20.Nxe4
f5 21.Qf3 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Qf6 {!} 24.Rf2 {?!} Rae8
25.Qd5 Qf5 26.Rd1 Re4 27.g3 Rfe8 28.Kg2 h5 {Excellent! This
threatens to eventually play ...h4 and ...Re3.} 29.b3 Re3
30.Rd4 Kf6 {!} 31.h3 {? This mistake makes Black's task
easier, but White already was lost. For example, 31.Rdd2 h4
32.Qxf5+ gxf5 33.Rf3 hxg3 34.hxg3 Re2+ 35.Rf2 Rxd2 36.Rxd2
Re3, to be followed by ...a4-a3 and final posting of the rook
at b2.} h4 {!} 32.Qxf5+ gxf5 33.gxh4 Rg8+ 34.Kf1 Rxh3 35.Ke2
Re8+ 36.Kd2 Rxh4 37.Rg2 Reh8 38.Kc3 Rh3+ 39.Rd3 Rxd3+ 40.Kxd3
Rh3+ 41.Kd4 Rf3 42.Kd5 Rxf4 43.Kc6 Rg4 44.Rf2 Rg7 45.Kd5 Re7
46.Rf1 Kg5 47.Rg1+ Kf4 48.a3 Kf3 49.Rf1+ Kg4 50.Rg1+ Kh3
51.Rf1 Re5+ 52.Kc6 Kg2 53.Rf4 Kg3 54.Rf1 Rc5+ 55.Kb7 f4 56.Rc1
d5 57.Rg1+ Kf2 58.Rb1 d4 59.Rc1 d3 60.b4 axb4 61.axb4 d2
62.Rc2 Ke3 63.bxc5 d1=Q 64.Rc3+ Kd4 65.cxb6 Kxc3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Ossip Bernstein"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c4 {A
similar line of play to this was adapted by Anderssen against
Steinitz, but refuted by the latter. It is clear, that the
point d4 becomes weak.} g6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.Re1 Rb8 14.Rb1
c5 15.Nb3 {A surprisingly weak move. The knight is here out of
play. The Knight is here out of play. On f3 he would have been
of better use, as e5 was first of all threatened. At all
events, Nf3 would have prevented Black's Bc6, for after 15.Nf3
Bc6 16.e5 Bxf3? 17.Qxf3 dxe5 18.Rad1 Black would be
lost. 18...Qe7 19.Nd5.} Bc6 {Preventing Nd5 because of g5
gaining the e-pawn.} 16.Qd3 Qc8 {The commencement of an attack
conducted equally well from a strategical and tactical point
of view.} 17.Nd2 Nd7 18.b3 Qa6 19.Qc2 Qa5 20.Ne2 {If 20.Nd5
Bxd5 21.cxd5 Qc3 22.Rbc1 Qxc2 23.Rxc2 g5 24.Bg3 f5 25.f3 f4
26.Bf2 Ne5 and Black's game would at least, not have been
inferior. After the text, however, White appears to be
irretrievably lost.} Nf8 21.f3 Ne6 22.Bf2 Bd7 {intending to
play Nd4. But first he renders the c-pawn mobile.} 23.Nf1 Nd4
24.Qd3 Nc6 25.Nc1 Qa3 {Brilliant play. The a-pawn is thus
fixed in its weak position.} 26.Ne3 Nb4 27.Qd2 a5 28.Nd5 Nxd5
29.exd5 {This loses forthwith. If he had retaken cxd5, Black
would have continued 29...c4, threatening to establish a most
dangerous passed pawn at c3. 30.Bd4 would then have been a
mistake, as after 30...Qb4 (Qxb4? Bxd4+) 31.Rd1 c3 Black would
have won at once. Black's play in this game is of the highest
order.} Rxe1+ 30.Bxe1 Bf5 31.Nd3 Bxd3 32.Qxd3 Qxa2 33.h3 a4
34.b4 cxb4 35.Rxb4 Rxb4 36.Bxb4 Qb3 37.Qd2 a3 38.Bxa3 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.07"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4
e6 6.Nc3 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bc2
Rc8 12.a3 {Both players follow approved lines of development.}
Be7 13.e4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.Bg5 O-O 16.Nf3 Qc5 17.Be3 Qc4 {A
forcible move. If Qxc4 Nxc4; Black threatens Nxb2 or Nxe4 or
Nxa3.} 18.Nxe5 Qxe2 19.Nxe2 Rxc2 20.Nd4 Rc5 {20...Rxb2 would
be a gross blunder because of 21.Nd3.} 21.Nd3 Rc4 22.f3 Rd8
23.Nb3 {Black's c5 and a5 are weak.} Rc2 24.Bc5 Kf8 25.Bxe7+
Kxe7 26.Na5 Rc7 27.Nb4 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Ba8 29.Kf2 Ne8 30.Ke3 Nd6
31.Rd2 f5 32.exf5 Nxf5+ 33.Kf2 Bd5 {Black is in a difficulty,
and therefore decides on a desperate sacrifice of a pawn, in
order to render the Bishop mobile.} 34.Nxa6 {34.Rxd5 was also
feasible. But after the exchanges Black's King would then have
a very favorable position in the center, both for attack on
the Queen's side and defense of the King's side. 34.Nxa6 is
stronger as 34...Ra7 will not do because of 35.Rxd5.} Rc1
35.Nb4 Kd6 36.Nb3 Rh1 37.h3 Rb1 38.g4 Ne7 39.Nd4 Kc5 40.Ne2 {A
mistake. White ought to have clinched matters. 40.Nxd5 exd5
41.Ne6+ Kc4 42.Nxg7 and in answer to 42...d4 (or 42...Kb3
43.Nf5; the game might then have developed ...Nc6 44.Nd6)
43.Nf5 Nc6 44.Nd6+ Kb3 45.Nxb5 Rxb2 46.Ke2! and whilst the
d-pawn would now be paralyzed, White's Pawns would become very
dangerous.} Rh1 41.Kg2 Ra1 42.Rc2+ Bc4 43.Nc3 Nd5 44.Ne4+ Kd4
{He ought to have gone to b6. White would, in this case, have
had no alternative but to try for a doubtful win by 45.Nxd5
exd5 46.Nd2 g5; he would probably have had to sacrifice his
h-pawn.} 45.Rxc4+ Kxc4 46.Nd2+ Kd4 47.Nb3+ Ke3 48.Nxd5+ exd5
49.Nxa1 Kd2 50.Nb3+ Ke3 51.h4 g6 52.Kg3 Kd3 53.Kf4 Kc4 54.Nc1
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.12"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 {Here
Black might very well play 4...d5. The slower line of play
selected by Duras, is answered quite correctly on the part of
Mieses by the isolation of the d-pawn.} 5.Nge2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5
7.Nxd5 cxd5 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.O-O Bb6 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Qd2
Ne5 13.b3 Bh3 14.Rad1 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Rc8 16.Rfe1 {A regrettably
gross blunder, which throws away the fruit of his consistent
and logical play. 16.Ne2 would have been very strong; e.g.:
16...Bxe3 (Ne4 would probably be a little better) 17.Qxe3 Nc6
18.c4 Re8 19.Qf3 d4 20.Nf4. He should change the Black KB, in
order to secure the position of the Knight at d4.} Ba5 17.b4
Nc4 18.Qc1 Bxb4 19.c3 Ba3 20.Qc2 Qd7 21.Qb3 Bc5 22.Nc2 Qf5
23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Re7 Na5 25.Qa3 b6 26.Ne3 Qc8 27.Rxa7 Rxc3
28.Qd6 Rxe3 29.Qxb6 Nc4 30.Qb5 Re2 31.Kf1 Rfe8 32.Kg1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Lasker-Janowski"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "1909.10.21"]
[EventDate "1909.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Janowski"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Simon Alapin} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 {This is the usual
move introduced by Pillsbury, the alternative 8...Qe7 is not
very attractive.} 9.Bc4 {The usual Bxf6 is better, but
Janowski had a predilection for preserving his 2 Bishops.} Ng6
10.Nh4 {?} Nf4 {! This very strong move was first made by
Pillsbury.} 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Nf3 {Loss of time; 12 g3 followed
by Ng2 was preferable.} Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb1 b6 15.Qd2
{Unnecessary, but Janowski evidently hoped for attacking
chances on the open g-file.} Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nh5 17.Kh2 Qf6
18.Rg1 Rae8 19.d4 Kh8 20.Rb5 Qh6 21.Rbg5 f6 22.R5g4 g6 23.Bd3
{So as to stop ...f5.} Re7 24.c4 {A careless move: White might
have tried something more passive such as Qc1 or Rg2, but he
was under great time pressure.} Ng7 {!} 25.c3 {? d5!} Ne6
26.Bf1 f5 {!} 27.R4g2 Rf6 {!} 28.Bd3 g5 {!} 29.Rh1 {Only now
White sees the terrible threat of the Queen sacrifice, but
there is no defence anyway.} g4 30.Be2 Ng5 31.fxg4 f3 32.Rg3
fxe2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.09"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. fxe5 dxe5
5. c3 Nf6 {The sacrifice of the e-pawn is quite justified.}
6. Nxe5 O-O 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nf3 {Should White defend the Pawn by
8.Nd2, Black would play Bxe5, and the resulting doubled Pawn
would be defenceless.} Nxe4 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O h6 {White's
threat of Bxe4 followed by Ng5 and Qh5, was only apparent,
hence the defensive move of h6 was not necessary. The right
play was 10...Nd7, followed by Ndf6 in reply to any developing
moves of White. If then, however, 11.Bxe4 Rxe4 12.Ng5 Re7
13.Qh5 h6 14.Nxf7? Qe8, winning a piece for three pawns, with
a good position for attack.} 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Nc4 c5 13. Nfe5
cxd4 {He could not play 13...Be6 as 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Bxh6 would
have broken up his King's wing.} 14. Nxf7 {A pretty and
accurately calculated sacrifice, which, with one stroke, lays
bare the damage done by Black's tenth move.} Kxf7 15. Qh5+ Kg8
16. Rxf6 Re1+ 17. Rf1 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Bf8 19. Bxh6 Qf6 {If
19...gxf6 20.Qg6+ Bg7 21.Re1 Bd7 22.Nd6 b5 23.Bd3, threatening
Rf1; if now 23...Qg5, White mates in four, commencing Re8+.}
20. Bg5 Qf5 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bc4+ Be6 23. Rf1 Qxf1+ 24. Bxf1
Nd7 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. cxd4 Bf7 27. Qf3 Ne6 28. Be3 Rb8 29. g4 g5
30. Qf6 Bf8 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 32. Qxf7+ Ng7 33. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.23"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 Nf6
4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd5 6.e4 Nf6 {Here interesting is
6...Nc7!? The continuation 7.Bf4 Nd7 8.Bc4 e5 9.Qb3 Qf6 10.Bg3
leads to a complicated game.} 7.Nc3 e5 {?! If 7...a6 8.e5 Nd5
9.e6 and Black stands worse. The right move here is 7...e6.}
8.Bb5+ {!} Bd7 9.Nf5 Nc6 {?!} 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Qxd6 Qe7
12.Qxe7+ Nxe7 13.Be3 a6 14.Bxd7+ Nxd7 15.Ke2 Rc8 16.Rhd1 Nc5
17.Bxc5 {Better was to keep the bishop; e.g., 17.Rac1 Ne6
18.Nd5, etc.} Rxc5 18.Rac1 Nc6 {A mistake. Black should play
18...Rc7 followed by ...O-O.} 19.Rd5 {!} Rxd5 {If 19...Rc4
20.b3 Rd4 21.Ke3 f6 22.Na4 Ke7 23.Nc5 Rxd5 (23...Rb8 24.Nxb7)
24.exd5 Nb4 25.d6+ with advantage for White.} 20.exd5 Nd4+
21.Kd3 Ke7 22.f4 {!} f6 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Ke4 Kd6 25.Rf1 Rc8
26.Rf7 Rc4 27.Kd3 Rb4 28.Rxg7 {Also strong was 28.b3 and White
will win at least a pawn; for example, 28...Nb5 29.Nxb5! Rxb5
30.Rxg7 h5 31.Rh7 Rxd5+ 32.Ke3.} Rxb2 29.Rxh7 Rxg2 30.Rh6+ Kd7
31.Rh7+ Kd6 32.Rh6+ Kd7 33.Ne4 {!} Rxa2 34.Rh7+ Kd8 35.d6 Nb5
{The threat was Nf6 and Rh8+ mate.} 36.Kc4 Ra5 37.Rxb7 Na3+
38.Kb4 {!} Rb5+ 39.Rxb5 Nxb5 40.Kc5 Kd7 41.Kd5 a5 42.Nc5+ Ke8
43.Kxe5 Kf7 44.Nb7 {Rubinstein conducted the endgame of this
game with monumental mastery.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.18"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Nenarokov"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3
cxd4 6.exd4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.O-O b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nc6
11.Rd1 Be7 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Bb1 Nb4 15.Ne5 Nbd5
16.Qd2 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Rxc3 18.Qxc3 Ne4 {By this move Black frees
himself from all pressure.} 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.b4
Qg5 22.f3 Bd5 23.a3 h5 24.Nd7 Rd8 25.Nc5 Rd6 26.Qd2 Qg6 27.Qf2
Ba8 28.Nd3 Qf6 29.Rc1 {Obviously a miscalculation. Black now
obtains the superior position.} Rxd4 30.Rc8+ Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8
32.Qe3 Bd5 33.Qd4 Qg5 34.Qf4 Qg6 35.Qe3 Bc4 36.Ne1 Qb1 37.h4
Qb2 38.Kh2 Bb3 39.Nd3 Qc3 {Now White cannot in any way, get
the Knight out of the pin.} 40.Qe4 Bd5 41.Qe3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.26"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6
5.d4 Nc6 6.Bd2 Nxd4 {Black need not have accepted the
sacrifice. 7...Qb4 8.b3 Qb6 9.Be3 e5 10.d5 Qa5 11.dxc6 Bb4,
and Black is not in an unfavorable position.} 7.Nb5 Qb6 8.Be3
Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Be3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.03"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.d3
d6 6.Na4 {It is a far spresd, but probably wrong belief that
Black ought to preserve his KB, by losing the move a6, hence
this manouver.} Bg4 7.f3 Be6 8.Ne2 Qd7 9.Bg5 Bh3 10.Nxc5 dxc5
11.Bxh3 Qxh3 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qd2 O-O-O 14.Qe3 b6 {Feeble. As
White had to castle QR, c4 was obvious. If 15.dxc4 Qg2 would
recover the Pawn at once; but if 15.O-O-O cxd3 16.cxd3
(16.Rxd3 Rxd3 followed by Qg2) Nd4 with a pressure on White's
position.} 15.O-O-O Nd4 16.Nxd4 Rxd4 17.f4 Qe6 18.b3 Rhd8
19.Rhf1 Qd6 20.Qf3 b5 21.fxe5 Qa6 22.Qxf6 Qxa2 23.Qf5+ Kb7
24.e6 Qa3+ 25.Kd2 fxe6 26.Qe5 a6 27.Ke2 R4d6 28.Qc3 Qb4
29.Qxb4 cxb4 30.Rf7 R8d7 31.Rdf1 e5 32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.g4 a5
34.Rf6 a4 35.g5 a3 36.h4 Rg7 37.Rf1 Kb6 38.Kd2 Kc5 39.Rf8 Rg6
{Here 38...h6 was indicated. If 39.gxh5 Rg2+ 40.Kc1 Rh2,
drawing at least.} 40.Kc1 Kd4 41.Rf7 c5 42.Kb1 Rd6 {42...h6 is
no longer of any use, because of the reply 43.Rf6.} 43.Rxh7 c4
44.dxc4 bxc4 45.Ka2 cxb3 46.Kxb3 Ra6 47.Ka2 Rc6 48.Kb1 Kxe4
49.h5 Rd6 50.g6 Rd1+ 51.Ka2 Rg1 52.Rc7 Kf5 53.g7 e4 54.h6 e3
55.h7 e2 56.Rf7+ Ke6 57.g8=Q 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fyodor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirsky"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e3 {After
4.e4 the continuation might be 4...e5 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4
Bg7 8.Bg3} e5 5.Bd3 g6 6.f4 Qe7 7.Nge2 e4 {A premature attempt
at attack. Bg7 followed by O-O and using the KR on the e-file,
was indicated.} 8.Bb1 c6 9.Qc2 Nb6 10.b3 Bf5 11.a4 {Ng3 would
have been simply met by O-O-O.} Rc8 12.a5 Na8 13.Ba3 Qe6
14.Qd2 d5 15.Bxf8 Kxf8 16.cxd5 {This exchange was unnecessary;
White ought to have continued at once with Na4; if then dxc4,
Nc5 would follow with an excellent game.} cxd5 17.Na4 Kg7
18.O-O Nc7 19.Nc5 Qc6 20.Rc1 Qb5 21.Nc3 Qc6 22.Ne2 {White
might well have continued 22.b4; threatening to bring the KB
into action via c2 and a4; a plausible continuation would have
been 22...b6 23.axb6 axb6 24.Nca4 Nb5 25.Ne2 Qd6 26.h3 and
White has a slight advantage.} Qb5 23.Nc3 Qc6 24.Ne2 Qb5
25.Nc3 Qc6 26.Na2 Qb5 27.Nc3 Qc6 28.Ne2 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.05"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4
Bc5 5.Be3 Bb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nd5 {What with White having to
forfeit a tempo so as to get rid of the Bishop. Black has
quickly managed to equalise.} Nf6 8.Nxb6 axb6 9.Nxc6 {This
exchange is quite unnecessary and merely strengthens Black's
centre, giving him the initiative.} bxc6 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.O-O Qe5
12.Qc1 O-O 13.Re1 Re8 14.f3 Nd7 15.c3 Nf8 16.Qd2 Qh5 17.Bf4 f6
{ White must not be allowed to open up diagonals for his
Bishops by e5.} 18.a3 Be6 19.Bg3 Nd7 20.Re3 Qf7 21.Rae1 Bc4
22.Bc2 Ra5 23.Qc1 Kh8 24.Qd1 Re7 25.Qd2 Bb3 26.Bxb3 {This
exchange is forced for if he retreated Bb1 Black would get an
overwhelming position by advancing his c-pawn and later
playing his Knight to d3 via c5.} Qxb3 27.Rc1 Qf7 28.Rd1
{Better would be c4.} Kg8 29.Qc2 Ra8 30.Ree1 b5 31.Ra1 Nc5
{Parrying the counter-thrust of the a-pawn just in time.}
32.Bf2 Nb3 33.Rad1 Ree8 34.Be3 Qc4 35.Qe2 Re7 36.Qc2 {If he
swapped Queens, the b-pawn would prove untenable in the long
run.} Rae8 37.Bf2 Re6 {Black is about to move his King over to
the Queen-Wing and there is little that White can do about
it.} 38.Qb1 h5 {To forestall an attack on the pawn by e5, once
the Black King has moved.} 39.h3 Kf7 40.g4 {White must weaken
his own position in the attempt to disturb Black's plan by an
attack.} hxg4 41.hxg4 d5 42.exd5 Rxe1+ 43.Bxe1 {Rxe1 is ruled
out by ...Nd2, etc.} Qe2 44.dxc6 Qxf3 45.Rd7+ Kg8 46.Qd1 Re2
47.Qd5+ Qxd5 48.Rxd5 Rxe1+ 49.Kf2 Re6 50.Rxb5 Nd2 51.a4 Ne4+
52.Kg2 Rxc6 53.a5 Kf7 54.b4 Nd6 55.Rb8 Rxc3 56.a6 Ra3 57.Ra8
Kg6 58.Ra7 Nb5 59.Rb7 c6 60.Rb6 Nd4 61.Kf2 Kg5 62.Ke1 Kxg4
63.Kd2 f5 64.Kc1 f4 65.Kb2 f3 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein - Mieses, May"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1909.05.12"]
[EventDate "1909.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5
Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.d3 {If 7.O-O, then 7...Bc5+ 8.d4
Bxf3 9.dxc5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Qe7.} Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Qh4+
{Quite correct. Black obtains at least two pawns and a strong
attack in exchange for a piece.} 9.g3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Qxg3+
11.Kf1 Bc5 12.d4 Bxd4 {!?} 13.Qe2 O-O-O 14.Bxd5 Rhe8 15.Qf3
Qxe5 {The following is worth considering: 15...Qxf3+ 16.Bxf3
Nxe5 17.Be2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 h6, and Black remains with good
chances in the endgame.} 16.Bf4 Qf6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Ne4 Qf5
{Or 18...Rxe4 19.Qxe4 g5 20.c3 Bb6 21.Qe5 Qxf4+ 22.Qxf4 gxf4
23.Rxh7 Rd7, etc.} 19.Ng3 Qb5+ 20.Kg2 g5 21.Qg4+ f5 22.Qxg5
Rg8 23.Qh5 Rg4 24.Rhf1 Bf6 25.Qf7 Rd2+ 26.Bxd2 Qe2+ 27.Rf2
Rxg3+ 28.Kxg3 Bh4+ 29.Kh3 Qg4+ 30.Kh2 Bxf2 31.Qe6+ Kd8 {If
31...Kb7, then White wins by 32.Qb3+ Ka8 33.Rf1!.} 32.Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.03"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3
Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.c3 c6 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rfe1
Rfe8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Rxe8+ Rxe8 16.Re1
Rxe1+ 17.Nxe1 {The game is explained by the desire of both
players to throw the onus of attack on the opponent. Compare
the note to the 8th move of the preceding game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.05"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leo Fleischmann Forgacs"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3
Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.c3 c6 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rfe1
Rfe8 12.h3 Bh5 13.Rxe8+ Rxe8 14.Re1 Rxe1+ 15.Nxe1 Bg6 16.Bxg6
hxg6 17.Nef3 Nf8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qa4 {Black has subtly brought
his Pawns into the center. White should not underestimate the
danger of their advance, and with moves as those in the text
he should not lose time. He could very well have met the
menace of placing the Knight on f4 by the manouver Nb3-c1-d3.}
a6 20.Nf1 Ne6 21.g3 {Noe the problem of defence has become
complicated. The Pawn at g3 is a mark.} f5 22.Kg2 f4 23.g4 c5
{Black initiates an attack which, in comparison to the slight
force put in action, has extraordinary vigor.} 24.Qe8+ Kg7
25.g5 {White does not heed the peril. The Queen on e8 is
misplaced. After dxc5, Bxc5, the White f-pawn is very weak. If
Black takes on d5, that Pawn remains isolated and weak in the
endgame. Quickly Qa4, in order to retake with Knight or Queen
was prudent. To make yet another weakness, as he has done,
filled the measure to overflowing.} cxd4 26.cxd4 Qe7 27.Qc8
{After 27.Qxe7 Bxe7 28.h4 f6, White either loses the g-pawn or
the d-pawn.} Nxg5 28.N1d2 Bb4 29.h4 Ne4 30.Nf1 Nd6 31.Qg4 Qe4
32.h5 Nf5 33.hxg6 fxg6 34.a3 Bd6 35.Nd2 Qe2 36.Qg5 Ne3+ 37.Kg1
Qd1+ 38.Kh2 Nf1+ 39.Nxf1 Qxf3 40.Kg1 Qh3 41.Qg2 {Black menaced
to push f3 and, after the Pawn moves of White are exhausted,
to win by Zugzwang.} Qxg2+ 42.Kxg2 Bc7 43.Nd2 Bb6 44.Nb3 Kf6
45.f3 g5 46.Kf2 Kf5 47.Kf1 g4 48.fxg4+ Kxg4 49.Nc5 Bxc5
50.dxc5 d4 51.b4 d3 52.a4 f3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.21"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Julius Perlis"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Bg5
Be6 11.f4 Nxe5 {!?} 12.dxe5 d4 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Bh6 dxc3
15.bxc3 {Much better than 15.Bxf8?!, because of 15....cxb2
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Rb1 c3 18.Qc2 Qc5+ 19.Kh1 Rd8 20.Rbd1 Rxd1
21.Rxd1 Bxa2, threatening ...Bb3 or ...b5-b4-b3.} Qb6+ 16.Kh1
Rfd8 17.Qc2 Bd5 {Premature. First Black should play 17...f5,
and if 18.Rab1 Qe3, threatening 19...Rd2.} 18.e4 Bc6 19.Qe2 f5
20.Rad1 Re8 {After 20...Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Qxh6 22.Bxb7 Rxd1 23.Rxd1
Rd8 24.Bd5, White stands better.} 21.Qh5 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 fxe4
23.f5 Qf6 24.Rf4 Kh8 {? White's only wrong move. Here 25.Rh4
could decide the game quickly. If 25...Rad8 then 26.Rdf1, and
if 25...e3 26.Bg5 Qxf5 27.Bf6+!.} 25.Rg4 Rg8 26.Be3 Rxg4
27.Bd4 Rg7 28.Bxf6 Bxf6 29.Qe2 Re8 30.Qxc4 e3 31.Re1 Rgg8
32.Kg2 Re7 33.Kf3 Rge8 34.Re2 b6 35.h4 h6 36.Qc6 Kg7 37.Kg4
h5+ 38.Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.04"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "D67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5
Be7 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7
10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 Rd8 {?! This plan does not promise an equal
game. Better is 11...Nxc3.} 12.Qc2 Nf8 13.e4 Nb6 {?! Not a
favorable square for the knight. Better is 13...Nxc3.} 14.Bb3
Bd7 15.Ne2 {!} Be8 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.Qc3 {!} Rc7 18.Nf4 f6
19.Qa5 {! The attack against the a-pawn is effective, because
19...Nc8 will be refuted by 20.Nxe6! On the other hand, the
promising looking move 19.d5 does not bring something decisive
after 19...exd5 20.exd5 Kh8 or, perhaps better, 19...Bf7.} g5
20.Ne2 Nc8 21.d5 {!} Rcd7 {If 21...b6 22.Qc3 exd5 23.exd5 Qxe2
24.d6+ Rf7 25.Qxf6 Rdd7 26.Re1 Qb5 27.Rxe8 Qxb3 28.Qxg5+ and
White wins.} 22.Ned4 {!} cxd5 23.exd5 Rxd5 {Loss of an
exchange was unavoidable; for instance, 23...exd5 24.Ba4 b6
(24...Rd6 25.Nf5) 25.Qa6 Rc7 (or Rb7) 26.Nf5.} 24.Bxd5 Rxd5
25.Qe1 Nd6 26.Ne2 {!} Bc6 27.Rxd5 Bxd5 28.Nfd4 e5 29.Nc3 {!}
Qf7 30.Nxd5 Qxd5 31.Nb3 b6 32.Rd1 Qc6 33.Qc3 Qxc3 34.bxc3 Ne4
35.c4 Kf7 36.Rd8 Ke7 37.Ra8 a5 38.f3 Nc3 39.c5 bxc5 40.Nxc5
Nxa2 41.Ra7+ Ke8 42.Kf2 Nb4 43.Rxa5 Kf7 44.Ke3 h5 45.Ke4 Nc6
46.Ra6 Ne7 47.g4 {!} hxg4 48.fxg4 Kg6 49.Ra7 Kf7 50.Nb7 Kg6
51.Nd6 Nc6 52.Rc7 Nd4 53.Nf5 Nxf5 54.gxf5+ Kh6 55.Kf3 Nh7
56.Kg4 e4 57.Re7 e3 58.Rxe3 Kg7 59.Re7+ {White has played the
entire game with extraordinary power, and occasionally with
subtlety.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.19"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4
a6 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxc5 {Here White can prevent the
advance of Black's b-pawn by a4, and by d5 turn into an open
game; in this case the Black c-pawn would remain a little
weak. After the text the positions are equalized.} Bxc5
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.a3 Ke7 11.b4 Bd6 12.b5 {The idea of this
advance is that after 12...axb5 13.Nxb5, the Knight would be
in a commanding position. But, of course, Black does not
change pawns and White gets into difficulties.} Na5 13.Ba2 Bd7
14.a4 Rhc8 15.Bb2 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Nd2 Rc7 {White's Queen's
side Pawns are weak and one of them will have to be
lost. Black threatens already Bb4; Ba3, Bxa3; Rxa3,axb5.}
18.Nce4 Bb4 19.Rab1 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Rc4 21.Bd4 a5 22.f3 {Here
White might have saved the game: 22.Rxb4 axb4 (Rxb4 23.Bc5+
Kd8 24.Bxb4 axb4 25.Nc5 etc;) 23.Bc5+ Kd8 24.Bb6+ Ke7 25.Bc5+
Rxc5 26.Nxc5 b6 (Bc8; Rb1 ) 27.Na6 Bc8 28.Rb1.} f6 23.Rfd1
{Rxb4 was still feasible.} Rac8 24.Rb3 e5 25.Bb6 Rc1 26.Rd3
Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Be6 28.h4 Bb3 29.Ra1 Rc2 30.g4 g6 31.g5 f5
32.Nf6 h5 33.Rb1 Bc4 34.Rd1 Bd2 35.e4 f4 36.Nd5+ Bxd5 37.exd5
Kd6 38.Kf1 Be3 {With infinite cleverness Black avoids giving
the slightest chance to his opponent.} 39.Bxa5 Bd4 40.Rd2 Rc1+
41.Ke2 b6 42.Bb4+ Kxd5 43.a5 bxa5 44.b6 Rb1 45.Bxa5 Rb5 46.Ra2
e4 47.fxe4+ Kxe4 48.Ra4 f3+ 49.Kf1 Rb1+ 50.Be1 f2 51.Rxd4+
Kxd4 52.Kxf2 Rxb6 53.Kf3 Rb5 54.Bg3 Rf5+ 55.Bf4 Kd3 56.Kg3 Ke4
57.Bb8 Rf3+ 58.Kg2 Rb3 59.Bg3 Kf5 60.Kh3 Rd3 61.Kg2 Kg4 62.Be1
Rd1 63.Bf2 Rd2 64.Kg1 Kf3 65.Bb6 Rg2+ 66.Kh1 Rg4 67.Bg1 Rxh4+
68.Bh2 Rg4 69.Bb8 Rxg5 70.Kh2 Rg2+ 71.Kh3 g5 72.Bc7 Rg1 73.Kh2
Rd1 74.Bb8 g4 75.Bg3 Rd2+ 76.Kg1 Kxg3 77.Kf1 Kf3 78.Ke1 Rd8
{Which he might have done much sooner.} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.18"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 c5
5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 {The cause for subsequent
embarrasment. 7...Be7 was preferable.} 8.e3 Be7 9.Bb5 {Showing
up the weakness of Black's 7th move.} Bd7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd5
Bxd4 12.exd4 Qg5 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Ne3 O-O-O {A careless
move. There was no reason for Black to desist from his
intention of capturing the g-pawn simply because White has
omitted Qe2+. As a matter of fact, after ...Bxg2 15 Rg1 Qa5+
16 Qd2 Qxd2+ 17 Kxd2 Be4 Black would have been quite
comfortable.} 15.O-O Rhe8 16.Rc1 {! A very subtle move. What
with the threat of Rc5 and d5, White retains his advantage,
and he can certainly cope with Black's threat of ...Rxe3.}
Rxe3 17.Rxc6+ bxc6 18.Qc1 {!} Rxd4 19.fxe3 Rd7 20.Qxc6+ Kd8
21.Rf4 {! A splendid idea, threatening to decide the game at
once by Qa8+, followed by a Rook check on e4 or c4; hence,
Black is forced to swap Queens and to face a lost ending.} f5
22.Qc5 Qe7 {After 22...Rd1+ 23 Kf2 Rd2+ 24 Ke1 Qxg2 White
would win the Rook by 23 Qa5+.} 23.Qxe7+ Kxe7 24.Rxf5 Rd1+
25.Kf2 Rd2+ 26.Kf3 Rxb2 27.Ra5 Rb7 28.Ra6 Kf8 29.e4 Rc7 30.h4
Kf7 31.g4 Kf8 32.Kf4 Ke7 33.h5 h6 34.Kf5 Kf7 35.e5 Rb7 36.Rd6
Ke7 37.Ra6 Kf7 38.Rd6 Kf8 39.Rc6 Kf7 40.a3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.08"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4
a6 6.O-O c5 {First of all he should carry out the intention of
his last move, of playing b5, and Bb7.} 7.a4 b6 {And now it
was more important to play Be7 and Castle, than to adopt this
somewhat slow maneuver.} 8.Qe2 {White now brings a Rook
rapidly into play, attacking the little mobile Queen, and
obtains forthwith a great superiority in the center.} Bb7
9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.d5 exd5 12.Bxd5 Be7 13.e4 O-O 14.e5
Ne8 15.Qe4 Na5 {Black is in difficulties as White threatens
Bf4, followed soon by e6. White's formation is
overwhelming. But by the text move Black loses immediately, as
after 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 the exhange of Queens followed by Rd7, and
after 16...Nxb7 17.Nd5 would decide the game at once.} 16.Bxb7
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3
Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O-O Ne4
11.h4 f5 12.Kb1 c5 {12...Rc8 should have been played
instead. 13.Qb3 would then be met simply by Nxc3+ and c5.}
13.dxc5 bxc5 {After 13...Nd7xc5, white continues 14.Nxd5 Bxd5
15.Bc4. In this variation Black must not be able to take the
Bishop at d3 with a check, hence White's 12th move. After
13...Nd7xc5 14.Nxd5 Bxg5 White would win by 15.Bc4} 14.Nxe4
fxe4 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Qxb7 exf3 18.Rxd7 Qe8 19.Rxe7
Qg6+ 20.Ka1 Rab8 21.Qe4 {White calculates every possibility
with the outmost accuracy.} Qxe4 22.Rxe4 fxg2 23.Rg1 Rxf2
24.Rf4 Rc2 {If 24...Rbxb2, White wins by Rf8+.} 25.b3 h6
26.Be7 Re8 27.Kb1 Re2 28.Bxc5 Rd8 29.Bd4 Rc8 30.Rg4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.16"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abraham Speijer"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 dxc4
4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 c5 6.e3 {Here White should play 6.e4. After
6...Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nd2 Nf6 9.Nxc4 White's position is
preferable.} Nf6 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Qc7 9.Qe2 {Here 9.d5 might
have been done. If 9...exd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Be6 12.Qe4,
White has certainly not the worst of it. Likewise if 9...Na5
10.Ba2 c4 11.e4 White has all pieces posted well.} Be7 10.Bd2
O-O 11.Rac1 Rd8 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.exd4 Bd7 {Naturally not
13...Nxd4?? 14.Nxd4 Rxd4 15.Nb5.} 14.Ne4 Rac8 15.Ne5 {A witty
trap. If 15...Nxd4 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 (16...gxf6 17.Qg4+) 17.Qe4
Qxe5 (or 17...Ne2+ 18.Kh1 Nxc1) 18.Qxh7+ Kf8, White wins with
19.Bb4+.} Be8 {! This simple reply shows that the trap was
useless.} 16.Bc3 Nxd4 {! Exactly calculated. If 17.Bxd4
Qxc1. After the continuation in the actual game Black will
have two pawns extra.} 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Qe4 Nf5 19.g4 Bxe5 {!}
20.Qxe5 {Naturally not 20.Bxe5 Qxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22.Kg2 Bc6,
or 20.gxf5 Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 (or Kg2) 21...Bc6.} Rxd3 21.Qxc7 Rxc7
22.gxf5 exf5 {Also strong was 22...Bxa4, because 23.f6 will be
refuted by 23...gxf6 24.Bxf6 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rd1+. This game
clearly shows Rubinstein's mighty and solid style.} 23.a5 f6
24.Rfd1 Rcd7 25.Rxd3 Rxd3 26.Re1 Bc6 27.Re3 Rd1+ 28.Re1 Rd7
29.f4 Kf7 30.Kf2 Be4 31.Re2 g5 32.Rd2 Bd5 {!} 33.Kg3 Ke6
34.Re2+ Be4 35.Rd2 Rg7 36.fxg5 Rxg5+ 37.Kf4 Rg4+ 38.Ke3 Rh4
39.Rf2 Bd5 40.Bd4 Re4+ 41.Kd3 Bc6 42.b4 Bb5+ 43.Kc3 f4 44.Bc5
Kf5 45.Kd2 h5 46.Kc3 Be2 47.Rg2 f3 48.Rg7 Bb5 49.Rg3 Rc4+
50.Kd2 Ke4 51.Bb6 Rxb4 52.Rh3 Rb2+ 53.Kc3 f2 54.Re3+ Kf4
55.Re6 Kf5 0-1

[Event "RUS"]
[Site "Tournament Vilno"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fyodor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirsky"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 {Notes by Alexander Alekhine from "Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie"
#88-89, 1909, and Leopold Hoffer from the "American Chess
Bulletin" 1910.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4
Nf6 7.O-O b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qe2 {Alekhine: With the
obvious threat 11.Bxb5+.} Nbd7 11.e4 {Alekhine: There is much
to be said against this move. It not only closes an important
diagonal to the bishop, but it permits Black further to occupy
the d4- and c4-squares and to secure the better game. White is
at trouble to develop his bishop at c1. The move 11.a3 (with
the idea of posting the bishop on the a1-h8 diagonal) is
useless, in view of the reply 11...Rc8.} e5 {Hoffer: This
advance is forced. White is threatening to dislodge Nf6 with
e4-e5 and to clear the diagonal bearing on h7. Black must,
therefore, submit to the lesser evil of allowing White's
Nh4-Nf5.} 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bd2 O-O {Hoffer: "Deutsche
Schachzeitung" suggests here 13...b4, which seems the better
move in the circumstances.} 14.Nh4 {Alekhine: This move is the
consequence of Black's 12th, but the weakness of the move
e3-e4 begins to be felt immediately.} Bd4 15.b4 {Alekhine: To
stop 15...Nc5.} Rc8 16.Rac1 Nb6 17.Nf5 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4
19.Rfd1 Qc7 {? Alekhine: A mistake that costs the game. With
19...Qd7! (also not bad is 19...Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Bxe4, if 20.Bxc3
Qc7) Black retains his distinct advantage. If White answers by
20.Be3, then after 20...Rfc8, he loses a pawn without any
compensation. Also, 20.Qf3 would be disastrous, in view of
20...Nxe4!.} 20.Nd5 {!} Bxd5 {Hoffer: 20...Nxd5 21.exd5 Bxd5
would probably have been followed by 22.Bxh6.} 21.exd5 Rxc1
22.Rxc1 Qd7 23.Qf3 Re8 24.Nxh6+ {! Alekhine: White rightly
plays for simplification, as a result of which he is left with
a pawn extra - sufficient to win in an easy ending. If
24.Bxh6, then Black can, apparently, defend himself
satisfactorily by 24...Qxd5.} gxh6 {Hoffer: As Przepiorka
indicates, in "Munchener Neuesten Nachrichten", in case of
24...Kf8 White wins by 25.Rc6!, after which Black can not
capture the d5-pawn (25...Nxd5 26.Rd6! or 25...Qxd5
26.Rxf6!).} 25.Qxf6 Qxd5 26.Bxh6 e4 27.Qg5+ Qxg5 28.Bxg5
{Alekhine: With a passed and extra pawn, the better position,
and command of the open file, White wins easily.} Re6 29.Kf1
Kg7 30.Bd2 Kg6 31.Ke2 f5 32.Bf4 Kf6 33.g3 Bb2 34.Rc8 Ba3
35.Bd2 Rd6 36.h4 Ke6 37.h5 Kd7 {Alekhine: The last hope. If
38.Rf8? Rxd2+!} 38.Ra8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.18"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Julius Perlis"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bf4 {By this White
achieves little, as the Bishop attacks nothing here. Mere
impediments of movement do not embarrass the opponent enough
during the opening stage, therefore such a move should not be
lost.} Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nh5 {It is sound play to
get rid of his Bishop forthwith.} 7. Bg5 {White should leave
Black two Bishops by letting him exchange the Bishops at g3,
thus getting an open Rook's file as compensation. After the
text move White has no possibilities of attack.} Be7 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. e4
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Be8 17. Rad1 Qa5
18. Bb1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 {It is a pity that the
game was not continued. White might have tried to make his
Pawns on the Queen's side tell, while Black might have
advanced on the King's side.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.05"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Nc3 Be7 {7...Nxa4 is answered by
8.Nxe5 Be7 9.Nd5 O-O 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Nxe7+ Kh8 12.Nxc8 and
b3. Black has a slight weakness on account of his doubled
Pawn.} 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. d4 Ne6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qh5
{This is here proven to be premature.} f6 13. Ng4 {Nf7, Qd7
the Knight would have no retreat.} Nf8 14. h3 Be6 15. Nh2 Qd7
16. Ne2 Bd6 17. Nf1 Re7 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. c4 Bb4 20. Nc3 Bf7
21. Qd1 Ng6 22. a3 Bxc3 {Also with Bd6 he could have got a
good game. He would then have threatened before all, c5.}
23. bxc3 f5 24. Nf3 {24.g3 f4 25.gxf4 Qxh3.} Bxc4 25. Ne5 Nxe5
26. dxe5 Qxd1 27. Rexd1 Rxe5 28. Rab1 b5 {b6 was right in
order to counteracy the White Bishop. The advance of the Pawns
could then have been initiated by c5.} 29. Bf4 R5e7 30. Bg5
{Black can play 30...Rf7. After 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Rd7
33.Re7 Rxe7 34.Bxe7, Black advances with King to d5 and
obtains c5. Then Black can attempt to push a5 and b4, with the
King as support on c4. With this enterprise he had good
chances of success. Black should, therefore, by all means,
have refused the offer of the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.07"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 Rb8 {Is there anything
better here? If 8...Be6 9.dxe5 Na5 10.Nd4 and now 10...c5?
11.Nxe6 fxe6, White can obtain an advantage only by axb5; for
after 12.Qg4 Qd7, Black would reply to both 13.f3 and 13.axb5
with 13...c4, and the issue appears very doubtful.} 9. axb5
axb5 10. dxe5 Be6 11. c3 Bc5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bc2 Nxd2
14. Qxd2 Qd7 15. Qf4 Ne7 {So far Black's moves admit of no
censure. But here the question arises, why Black failed to
play the strong move of f6. If 16.Qh4, Black would break the
attack by Bf5.} 16. Nd4 {Now White obtains at least the
advantage of two Bishops. If 16...Ng6 17.Qg3 and the f-pawn
threatens to advance, and if 16...b4? White plays
17.Nb3. Black is already somewhat in difficulty.} Bxd4 {Now
the point c5 becomes very weak, so that the c-pawn is
prevented from advancing and remains in want of support by the
pieces.} 17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qc5 Ra8 20. Bf4 h5
21. h3 Ra4 {And finally a blunder which costs a
pawn. Schlechter was particularly indisposed at
St.Petersburg.} 22. Rxa4 bxa4 23. Rd1 c6 24. Qa5 Qe7 25. Qxa4
Qh4 26. Rd3 d4 27. Rf3 {Not 27.g3 Qxh3 28.cxd4, on account of
28...Nh4.} dxc3 28. bxc3 Ne7 29. Qe4 Nd5 30. c4 Nxf4 31. Rxf4
Qg5 32. e6 Qe7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. exf7+ Qxf7 35. Qxc6 Kh7
36. Qe4+ g6 37. c5 Qd7 38. c6 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. g3 Qc5
41. Kg2 Kg7 42. h4 Qd6 43. Qc4 Qc7 44. Qb5 {White's play in
this game appears most accurate and sound.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.11"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6
5. c3 {Here immediate attack is advisable: 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.f4 Be7
7.Nf3.} Be7 {A gross blunder, as the sequel shows. Ngf6 must
be played first.} 6. Qb3 Ngf6 7. Bxf7+ Kf8 8. Ng5 Nb6 9. dxe5
Nfd5 {If 9...dxe5 10.Bg6 Nfd5 11.Nf7.} 10. Ne6+ Bxe6 11. Bxe6
Nc7 12. O-O d5 {Thus he perishes without fight. It was better
to make sure of one pawn by dxe5. After 13.f4 Bc5+ 14.Kh1 Qd3
he would still be able to develop his forces.} 13. exd5 cxd5
14. Bh3 Bc5 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Nf3 Ne6 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qd3 Re8
19. b4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.16"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6
5. Bd3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Qd6 7. Qd2 c5 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. O-O Nc6
10. c3 {Nc3 followed by the development of the Rooks, would be
sounder play.} O-O 11. b4 Qb6 12. a4 a6 {The purpose of this
move is not clear. The advance of White,s a and b-pawns can do
Black no harm. 12.Rd8, followed by Bd7 and Rac8, was
indicated. The Bishop could afterwards take up a waiting
position at e8.} 13. a5 Qc7 14. Re1 Rb8 {An ingenious idea;
but it is questionable whether the slower attack Bd7, Rac8,
Qd6 followed by doubling the Rooks on the c-file, or by d4,
would not have been more useful.} 15. Ne5 b6 16. axb6 Rxb6
17. Qe2 d4 18. b5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Nd5 21. cxd4 {It
appears risky to accept the sacrifice. After 21.c4, White
would have captured the d-pawn sooner or later, without
exposing himself to any danger, and he would, moreover, have
had the chance, slight though it be, of the passed pawn.} Nf4
22. Qe4 Nh3+ 23. gxh3 Rxb5 24. Na3 Rb3 25. Rac1 Qd7 {Intending
to play Qd5; but it was of the greatest importance to compel
the Knight to move, lest the White Rook take possession of the
third row and reach the square g3. Black could win as follows
25...Qe7 26. Nc4 (26.Qc2 threatening Qxc8 ...Qg5+ 27.Kf1 Ba6+
28.Nc4 Rxh3 and wins.) Bb7 27.Qf4 Rf3 28.Qd2 Qh4 threatening
now Qxh3, e.g. 29.Nd6 Bd5 30.Rc3 Qxh3 31.Re1e3 Ra8 -This
analysis is given by Spielmann and E. Cohn.} 26. Re3 Bb7
27. Qf4 Qd5 28. f3 f6 {In spite of the strenght of Black,s
position there is no decisive manouver; for instance 28...Rc8
would fail on account of 29.Rxc8+ Bxc8 30.Nc2 followed soon by
Ne1.} 29. Rc5 g5 30. Rxd5 gxf4 31. Rxb3 Bxd5 32. Rc3 fxe5
33. dxe5 Rf5 34. Nc4 Rh5 35. Kg2 Rg5+ 36. Kf2 Rh5 37. Kg2 Rg5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.08"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leo Fleischmann Forgacs"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4
5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4 gxh4 {It would be
simpler to play the pressing ...Rxg7. If then 9.Qh5, Black
develops by Nc6.} 9. Qh5 Qf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bxc3 {The
Knight was quite harmless, whereas the Bishop would have come
in handy at e7.} 12. bxc3 Qxg7 13. Qxh4 Nf8 {After the two
moves it has made, the Knight is still unfavorably
placed. Taking all that has been said into consideration,
Black's strategy stands condemned. The tactical prove of its
insufficiency is given by White in grand style.} 14. Qf4 f6
15. Bd3 Qe7 16. g3 c5 17. Rh6 c4 18. Be2 Ng6 19. Qg4 {Fine
play. On this dangerous place the Queen takes up a most
forcible position.} Qf7 20. Nh4 Nxh4 21. Qxh4 Ke7 22. f4
{Wonderfully fine. The Pawn comes as a valuable ally to the
heavy pieces.} Bd7 23. f5 exf5 24. Bxc4 {Elegant. If 24...dxc4
25.Re1+ and White wins the Queen in reply to any King's move;
and if ...Be6, d5 would win.} Rg4 25. Re1+ Be6 26. Qh1 Kd6
27. Rh7 Qg8 28. Bb3 Re4 29. Rxb7 Rc8 30. Qf1 Rc6 31. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Georg Salwe"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 {Notes by Lasker.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6
5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 {This
exchange leads to nothing, except, perhaps, that it prevents
Black from exchanging both Knight and Bishop. This however,
need not be feared.} bxc6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Qd3 g6
13. Nde2 {This strategical manouver is altogether wrong. White
might, at this juncture, play Rad1, and answer Bg7 with
f4. Though the pawns at e4 and f4 are then exposed to attacks,
yet they are not weak, and assist in maintaining the balance
of position.} Bg7 14. Ng3 {Since Black already has moved the
pawn to g6, the Knight is not favorably posted on this
square.} h5 {A splendid strategical idea. From this
insignificant beginning Black obtains a strong pressure on the
King's side.} 15. Rad1 h4 16. Nf1 Nh5 17. Bc1 Be5 18. Ne2 g5
19. g3 Qf6 20. Qe3 g4 21. Nd2 d5 {If Black had played Be6
here, White would have been at a loss what to do. If,
perchance, Rf1, to prepare f4, Black replies Kh8, and the
advance of the f-pawn would then only open the lines for
Black's Rooks and Bishops. If 22.Qd3, then d5; 23.Qa6? Bc8. In
any case, White would have been in a precarious position.}
22. Nc4 {By exchanging one of the two Bishops, White frees his
game, and now forces the draw, with correct judgement of the
situation.} hxg3 23. fxg3 Qg6 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Nf4 Nxf4
26. Qxf4 Rae8 27. Bb2 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Qxe4 29. Qg5+ Qg6 30. Qh4
Qh7 31. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.19"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abraham Speijer"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. e4 Bxc5
5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Ne2 {So far White has kept up the pressure on Black's
d-pawn, but now he relaxes; he might have gone on, for
instance with Ba4-b3.} h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. c3 Qb6 13. Qa4 Ne4
14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ned4 {White does not play 15.Bd3 on account
of 15...Qxb2 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Qxe4 Bd5 18.Qxe7 Rfe8 with clear
advantage for Black, since the c-pawn is difficult to defend.}
Ng6 {The reply to 15...a6 would be Qa3.} 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. Rfe1
Rac8 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Bf1 Qg6 {Overlooking the strength of
White's next move. If he had played Rfe8 first, he would have
retained his advantage. As it is, he accomplishes nothing more
than a general exchange.} 20. Ne5 Bxd1 21. Nxg6 Bxc2 22. Ne7+
Kh8 23. Nxc8 Bd3 24. Ne7 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Re8 26. Nef5 Nd2
27. Rd1 Nc4 28. b3 Nb2 29. Rb1 Nbd3 30. Ne3 Rc8 31. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.09"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Bg4 {?!} 9.h3 Bh5
10.d3 O-O 11.Nbd2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nf1 Bf6 14.g4 Bg6 15.g5
Be7 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 Nb6 18.d4 Nd7 19.Re1 Bxg5 20.Bxg5
Qxg5+ 21.Qg4 {Black regains the pawn, but White's game is
nicely developed.} Qd8 22.Ng3 Nf6 23.Qf3 Qd7 24.Kh2 a5 25.a3
Rab8 26.Re5 Rfe8 27.Rg1 {Here White should take control of the
e-file, playing simply 27.Rae1.} b4 {Better was 27...Qd6. This
is one of the very rare occasions when Rubinstein undertakes a
doubtful combination.} 28.Rxa5 bxc3 29.Qxc3 Ne4 30.Nxe4 Rxe4
31.Rd5 Qe7 32.Rc5 Re2 33.Qg3 {Here White could play
33.Rxc7. After 33...Rxf2+ 34.Kg3 Qg5+ 35.Kxf2 Qf4+ 36.Ke1 Re8+
37.Kd1 Bh5+ 38.Kc2, the white king escapes via b1-a2 (for
example, if ...Qxf2+ and ...Qxg1+), and White's pawns are very
strong.} Qd6 34.Qxd6 {? Losing all his advantage! The right
continuation was 34.Bxf7+!; e.g., 34...Bxf7 35.Re5!! and White
wins or 34...Kxf7 35.Rxc7+ Ke6 36.d5+ Qxd5 37.Qg4+, and White
wins easily.} cxd6 35.Rc7 Rxb2 36.Rgc1 Kf8 37.Bc2 Ra2 38.Bxg6
hxg6 39.R1c2 Rxc2 40.Rxc2 Ra8 41.Rc3 Ra4 42.Rd3 Ke7 43.Kg3
{Here 43.d5 was necessary, stopping the advance of Black's
king. Then if 43...Kf6 44.Rf3+, or 43...f5 44.Re3+ and
45.Re6.} Ke6 {The mastery with which Rubinstein implements the
following endgame is more than prizeworthy.} 44.Kf3 Kd5 45.Ke2
g5 {!} 46.Rb3 f6 47.Ke3 Kc4 48.Rd3 d5 49.Kd2 Ra8 50.Kc2 Ra7
51.Kd2 Re7 52.Rc3+ {White loses a pawn anyway. If 52.Re3 Rb8
53.Rd3 Rb2+ 54.Ke3 Ra2 and White is in zugzwang.} Kxd4 53.a4
Ra7 54.Ra3 Ra5 55.Ra1 Kc4 56.Ke3 d4+ 57.Kd2 Rf5 58.Ke1 Kb4
59.Ke2 Ka5 60.Ra3 Rf4 61.Ra2 Rh4 62.Kd3 Rxh3+ 63.Kxd4 Rh4+
64.Kd3 Rxa4 65.Re2 Rf4 66.Ke3 Kb6 67.Rc2 Kb7 68.Rc1 Ra4 69.Rh1
Kc6 70.Rh7 Ra7 71.Ke4 Kd6 72.Kf5 g6+ {!} 73.Kxg6 Rxh7 74.Kxh7
Ke5 75.Kg6 g4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.12"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Ossip Bernstein"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 {This retrat
is strong. It prevents such moves as Ng4 or Qa5, and prepares
the advance of the King's side pawns.} a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3
Bb7 12. e5 {Up to this point White has treated the position
quite correctly, but here he makes a miscalculation. The
premature advance of the e-pawn was useless. It would have
been a sounder plan to bring his whole force into the field by
Qd2 and Rad1, and then begin operations by Nd4.} dxe5 13. Nc5
Qc7 14. Nxb7 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qxb7 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. a4 b4 18. Nd5
Nd4 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qc4 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Bxb2 22. Raf1 Rc8
23. Qb3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Rc3 25. Rxc3 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.09"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O
O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2 Ne7 8.c3 Ba5 9.Ng3 Ng6 10.d4 c6 11.Ba4 Bb6
12.Be3 h6 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Re1 Ng4 15.Bc1 Be6 16.h3 Nf6 17.Nf5
Bc7 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Be3 Qxd1 20.Raxd1 Red8 {White might have
continued the game very well by Bb3, and tried to obtain
little advantagrs, as for instance the command of the open
Queen's file.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.08"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6
6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.dxc5 {This is too tame altogether; but
during the last days of the tournament Teichmann was
indisposed and did not feel up to the strain of a long and
difficult game.} Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Bxc5 10.a3 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.b4
Bb6 13.Bb2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.01"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leo Fleischmann Forgacs"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "D62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3
O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 {He would here Castle QR, and
institute an attack by Bd3 and h4.} Nxc5 9.Rd1 Qa5 10.cxd5
exd5 11.Bd3 {Not 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Rxd5 on account of 12...Be6,
recovering the Pawn, with a good game.} Nxd3+ {And here Black
should take the initiative by 11...Nce4. After 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bf5, he would have a very good game.}
12.Qxd3 Be6 13.O-O Rfd8 14.Nd4 Rac8 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.Qxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.04"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.b4
{A kind of Evans Gambit, but no so forcible as on the
preceding move.} Bb6 {5...Bxb4 6.c3 Ba5 7.d4 would lead to
three different variations: 7...Bd7 (Alapin) 7...exd4 (normal
vaiation) 7...Bb6 (Lasker) . To decline the Gambit is here all
the stronger, as White has not even the bold attack b5 at his
disposal.} 6.a4 a6 7.a5 Ba7 8.c3 Qf6 9.d3 Nge7 10.Be3 Bg4
11.Nbd2 Ng6 {This kind of counter attack was originated by
Zukertort. If White now should exchange the strongly poste B
at a7, he would get into a serious plight after Nf4 and his
Queen's side Pawns would remain weak, without any
compensation. But it would be probably stronger to play firrst
h6 and g5.} 12.Bg5 Qxg5 13.Nxg5 Bxd1 14.Bxf7+ Ke7 15.Raxd1 {A
remarkably feeble move. 15.Bxg6, was obvious. Then if 15...Be2
16.Rfe1 Bxd3 17.Nxh7, the issue of the game was not at all
clear; e.g.: 17...d5 18.h4 d4 19.Rac1 Kd6 or Rad8 20.h5; or
else 17...Nd8 18.g3 Ne6 19.Kg2, followed soon by h4.} Nf4
16.Bc4 Ne2+ 17.Kh1 Nxc3 18.Rde1 Nxb4 19.Ne6 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.12"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4
11.Rd1 d5 {White was threatening e5, followed by Bd5.} 12.e5
Ne4 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 f6 {Premature. He should have played
...Na5 first.} 15.h3 Bh5 {Obviously ...Be6 was ruled out by 16
exf6 Rxf6 17 Bg5 Rg6 18 Bc2. As for ...Bf5 16 g4! this was
just as unpleasant for Black as ...Bc8 16 a4 with numerous
threats, such as Qa2.} 16.g4 Bf7 17.e6 {This had to be very
carefully considered. It was risky to give Black his d6-square
and to face the possibility of the advanced pawn being cut off
from his fellows by ...f5.} Bg6 18.Nh4 Na5 19.Nxg6 {This
exchange was necessary since, after 19 Bc2 Bxc2 20 Qxc2 Nc4 21
f4 Nd6 22 f5 Ne4 White would have bottled up his lines of
attack.} hxg6 20.Bc2 f5 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.gxf5 Qh4 23.Qf3 gxf5
24.Rg1 {Threatening Bg5, as well as 25 Bxf5 Qf6 26 Qg2.} f4
25.Rg4 Qh6 26.e7 Bxe7 27.Bxf4 Qe6 {Seeing that 28 Rxg7+ would
be immediately decisive Black resigned even before White had
moved.} 28.Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker } e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4
Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 exd4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Nde2 {Bg5 looks the
natural move.} Re8 10.Ng3 Bf8 11.b3 g6 12.Bb2 Bg7 13.Nd5 a6
14.Bxc6 {To Bf1 Black would have replied Ne5 and if 15.f4? he
would have played Nxd5, followed by Nf3+ or Nc4 according to
circumstances, with a good game.} Bxc6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bxf6
Qxf6 17.Qd3 Re6 18.f3 Rae8 19.c4 Qe7 {Threatening f5 ; White
would probably reply Red1. After that it appears for both
players an almost hopeless undertaking, to drive the opponent
from his position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.11"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erich Cohn"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 {This is
a loss of time and gives the slight advantage of the first
move away.} Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. e4 cxd4
9. cxd4 e5 {Black ought to have isolated White's d-pawn by
9...dxe4 10.Nxe4 Be7. Black's Queen's Bishop could then be
developed easily by means of b6 and Bb7, and White would have
no compensation whatever for the weakness of the isolated
d-pawn. By the move actually playeed White gets rid of the
d-pawn and the positions are soon equalized.} 10. dxe5 Nxe5
11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Be2 Be6 15. Qxd5
Bxd5 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Bb8 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. h3 h6 20. b3
b6 21. Nd2 Bb7 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd5 25. Bd2
Bd6 26. Kf1 Ba3 27. Rc2 Bc5 28. Rc1 Re7 29. Rc2 f6 30. Ne1 Bb4
31. Nd3 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.01"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4
Bd7 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 g6 {A new attempt to shorten the usual
manoeuvre Bishop-e7-f8, g6, Bg7 by the seemingly wasted couple
of moves but this doesn't turn out too well since White now
adopts an entirely different set-up enabling him to exploit
the weakness of Black's f6 and h6 rather more decisively than
in the normal variation.} 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nf6 {If 8...Nge7
the White pawn would march to h4 and h5 forthwith.} 9. f3 O-O
10. O-O-O a6 11. Be2 b5 12. h4 Ne5 13. Bh6 Nc4 {Black would
seem to obtain a lively and promising attack by pawn attacks
of the Kt b5 c5 and c4 as well as at b4 and c3. But that is
not so since the Pawns will fall by the wayside.} 14. Bxc4
bxc4 15. h5 c6 {If 15...Nxh5 then 16 Bxg7 Kxg7 17 g4 Nf6 18
Qh6+ Kg8 19 Nd5; or even stronger perhaps 19 g5 Nh5 20 Nd5,
etc.} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Nde2 Rf7 19. Qxd6 Qb6
20. Qd4 c5 21. Nd5 Qb7 22. Qc3 Raf8 23. Nxf6 Rxf6 24. Rd6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.19"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Georg Salwe"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 {If
White had to make such a narrowing move, his opening would not
be commendable; the move, however, is not necessary. The
threat of Qb6 can also be met by 5.c4 after ...Qb6, White has
then the choice of 6.Qb3,Qd2 and even Qc1.} 6.Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7
7.Bd3 O-O 8.h3 {Before Castling, he wishes to provide a
retreat for the Bishop against Black's Nh5; but the move
deprives the Bishop of the strong foothold at g3.} Bd6 9.Ne5
{White's position is no longer favorable. Relatively best was
9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.Rc1, followed by Bb1 and c4. The move played
gives Black the superiority on the Queen's wing, without
obtaining any sufficient compensation for it.} Bxe5 10.dxe5
Nd7 11.Nf3 f6 {Black now obtains an excellent development.}
12.exf6 Nxf6 13.O-O Qe7 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bd7 16.c4 Bc6
17.Rc1 b6 18.b3 Rad8 19.Qe2 Qf7 20.Rfd1 Rd7 21.Bb1 Rfd8 22.Qc2
Qh5 23.Qb2 {White wants to avoid Bxf6, which would open the
g-file for Black, whose Bishop aims already at White's g2
square; but now Black obtains other advantages.} dxc4 24.Rxd7
Nxd7 25.Bg3 {After 25.Bxg7 Black would win by 25...e5.} cxb3
26.axb3 {If 26.Qxb3, Black would force the exchange of Queens
by Qd5.} Nf6 27.f3 Qd5 28.Re1 Be8 29.Bh4 e5 30.Bc2 Qe6 31.Qc3
Bf7 32.Ra1 Rd7 33.g4 Bg6 {By driving White's KB from the
diagonal or exchanging it for his Bishop, Black is enabled to
bring his Knight into play with decisive effect at d5, or (if
e4 ) at d4. The finish is vigorously played by Black.} 34. Bd1
Bd3 35.Bg3 e4 36.f4 Nd5 37.Qe1 Qf6 38.Rc1 Qb2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.25"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4
5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 {There is nothing better for White than 6
Bxc6 bxc6 7 Nf3.} Ne4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 Nd7
10.Bd3 c5 11.c4 Qd6 12.c3 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Qe3 O-O 15.Rad1
{White should force the exchange of the Black Queen Bishop by
15 Be4 Bxe4 16 Qxe6 Rc8 17 Rac1. White should hardly get more
than a draw out of this position.} Rad8 16.Rfe1 Qc7 17.Bf1 a6
{? This gives White some chances, since it not merely weakens
the Black b-pawn, but also stops the Black Queen Bishop from
attacking White's weak c4 via a6. Black should have played
17...Bxf3 18 Qxf3 e5.} 18.Nd2 Nf6 19.Nb3 Rc8 20.Rb1 Rfd8
21.dxc5 bxc5 22.Qxc5 Qxc5 23.Nxc5 Rxc5 {The b-pawn being weak
anyhow Black sacrifices it so as to seek some compensation in
open files.} 24.Rxb7 Ra5 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Rc7 Rb8 27. c5 Ne4
{27...Rxa2 was ruled out on account of 28 c6, followed by Rb7
and c7.} 28.Rcd7 {The threat being c4.} Kf8 29.c6 Rc5 30.c4
Nf6 31.c7 Re8 32.R7d6 a5 33.Ra6 Ke7 34.Rb1 Rxc7 35.Rxa5 Ne4
36.Rc1 Rd8 37.f3 Nd2 38.Be2 Rd4 39.Kf2 e5 {A desperate attempt
to rescue the Knight. 39...Nxc4 would have been refuted by
Ra4.} 40. Rxe5+ Kf6 41.Rb5 Nxc4 42.Rb4 {42...Nd6 would be
refuted by Rxd4; any other Knight move by Rb6+.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.28"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julius Perlis"]
[Black "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e6 2.c4 c5 {2...d5 looks sounder. If
3.cxd5 exd5 4.exd5 Nf6. If cxd5 exd5 4.e5 Black plays 4...d4
or c5, followed by Nc6, with good development and attack on
White's advanced post on e5.} 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6
6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Nxc6 {The alternative is 7.f3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bb5
Bd7 or Qb6.} bxc6 8. Bd3 {If 8.e5 Ne4 9.Qd4 f5 10.exf6ep
Qxf6.} d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.O-O Bxc3 {Weak would be
11.Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxc3 13.Rb1 Be6 (or O-O) 14.Qc2 recovering the
pawn with a good position.} 12.bxc3 O-O 13.Qc2 Qh4 14.Re1 Bd7
15.Bd2 Rfe8 16.c4 Nf6 17.Bc3 Kh8 18.Qb2 Ng4 {The a-pawn and
c-pawn are welcome points of attack for the two White
Bishops. But Black should certainly play for counter attack by
c5, followed by Bc6; in fact, he should have done so on his
last move.} 19.h3 Nf6 {Now White wins by force , but in any
event Black stands poorly. A slight hope is offered by
23...Red8 followed by Kg8.} 20.Be5 Qg5 21. Re3 Nh5 22.Rae1 f6
23.Bh2 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 25.Qb7 Qd4 26.Bf5 Rxe3 27. Qxa8+ Be8
28.Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.07"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Erich Cohn"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3
Nxc3 6.bxc3 d4 7.Nf3 {Weak would be 7.f4 because of 7...Bb4+
8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Nc6 10.Nf3 O-O. The e-pawn cannot be
defended. To 7.Bb2 Black might reply Qe7 continued 8.Nf3 Nc6
p.Qe2 Bg4 10.cxd4 O-O-O or 9...dxc3 10.Bxc3 Qa3.} c5 {Black
ought to take the c-pawn 7...dxc3 8.d4 Qd5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Be3
Nb4.} 8. Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe1 f6 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.exf6 Bxf6
13.Qg3 Nc6 14.Bg5 {The Bishop would be useful for the defence
of c3 and e3, and also for attack. Better therefore 14.Ng5,
followed by Ne4 or Bf3-e4.} Be6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Ng5 Rxf1+
17.Rxf1 {To retake with the Bishop was the lesser evil, but
even then Black commanded the ground by 17...Bd5.} Bxa2 18.Bh5
Qe7 19.Bf7+ Bxf7 20. Rxf7 Qe3+ 21.Qxe3 dxe3 22.Rxb7 a5 23.c3
a4 24.Ne4 a3 25.Rb1 a2 26.Ra1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.12"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Leo Fleischmann Forgacs"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3
Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 c6 8.Bg5 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rae1
Rfe8 12.Bh4 Bh5 13.Bg3 Bg6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Rxe8+ Rxe8 16.Re1
Rxe1+ 17.Nxe1 Bxg3 18.hxg3 {A game played without care or
interest, such as they occur frequently at the end of a long
tournament, when the result of the game cannot have an
influence on the order of the prizes. In this phenomenon an
interesting feature of human nature is revealed: it seems that
man is capable of an effort only, if it is necessary to
achieve a certain purpose.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.04"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Fyodor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirsky"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 Bb4 {3...Bc5 would
not be advisable on account of 4.fxe5; but 3...exf4 would be
good enough.} 4.Nd5 Bc5 5.Nf3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Ba7
9.Bc4 {Here the QB should be brought into action; hence 9.f5,
restricting at the same time the movements of Black's QB. If
then 9...Nge7 10.f6 Nxd5 11..exd5 with a strong attack.} Nf6
10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Qe7 {Threatening Qb4+. If
13.Bd5, then 13...Nxd4 followed by Qb4+.} 13.O-O Bg4 14.Bg5
Qd7 15.Kh1 Nxd4 16.e6 fxe6 17.Re1 Nxf3 18.Qxf3 Bxf3 19.Bxe6
Qxe6 20.Rxe6+ Kf7 21.Re7+ Kg6 22.gxf3 Kxg5 23.Rxg7+ Kh6
24.Rxc7 Rhg8 25.Rxb7 Rg6 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Re1 Bf2 28.Rf1 Rd2
29.Rb4 Bd4 30.Rb1 a5 31.Ra4 Rc6 32.Rxa5 Rcc2 33.Ra6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.22"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Georg Salwe"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7
5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bg5 {This seems stronger than the
customary 7 Re1.} exd4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qd3 Re8
11.Rae1 c5 12.Nb3 Ng4 {12...Rb8 (with the intention of
embarrasing the Knight by the attack on the b-pawn) could be
countered by 13 Bc1, and White will still be able to fortify
his center by f4.} 13.Bxe7 Rxe7 14.f4 Rb8 15.h3 Nh6 16.f5
{White could have achieved more by 16 g4 which would have
avoided yielding e5 and g5 to Black. The text move seemed to
have the advantage of getting the King's Rook into play via f4
and of keeping the g-file open for the Queen.} f6 17.Nd5 Re8
18.c4 Nf7 19.Qc3 Re5 20.Nd2 c6 21.Nf4 Qb6 22.b3 Rbe8 23.Qg3
Kh8 24.Nh5 Rg8 25.Rf4 Qd8 26.Nf3 Re7 27.Rh4 {27 Rg4 could have
been adequately countered by ...Qf8.} Qe8 28.Qf2 {Even though
Black suffers from a cramped position there is no immediate
winning combination available for White. Hence, the Black
pieces must be disorganised by tactical manoeuvres before the
attack can be resumed.} Rf8 29.Qd2 Qb8 30.Kh1 Rfe8 31.Rg4 Rg8
32.Rd1 Qb4 33.Qf2 Qc3 34.Qh4 Nh6 35.Rf4 Nf7 36.Kh2 Rge8 37.Qg3
Rg8 38.Rh4 g5 {The threat was 39 Nf4 Nh6 40 Rxd6.} 39.fxg6
{Rg4 could have been countered by Be8.} Rxg6 40.Qf2 f5 41.Nf4
Rf6 42.Ne2 Qb2 43.Rd2 Qa1 44.Ng3 Kg8 {The threat was 45 exf5
Bxf5 46 Nxf5 Rxf5 47 Rxh7+.} 45.exf5 Bxf5 46.Nd4 {! Decisive.}
cxd4 47.Nxf5 Kf8 48.Qxd4 Qxd4 49.Nxd4 Ne5 50.Rh5 Ref7 51.c5
dxc5 52.Rxe5 cxd4 53.Rxd4 Rf2 54.Rd8+ Kg7 55.Ra5 Rc2 56.a3
{Naturally, since ...Rff2 would have won the important
a-pawn.} c5 57.Rc8 Rb2 58.Rb5 Rff2 59.Rb7+ Kg6 60.Rc6+ Rf6
61.Rxc5 Ra6 62.a4 Rf6 {62...Rxa4 would be followed by 63 Rc6+
followed by Rb5+ and bxa4.} 63.Rc3 a6 64.Rg3+ Kh6 65.Rgg7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.07"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Ossip Bernstein"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5
Be7 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.e3 a6 7.c5 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Qc2 f5 10.Be2 c6
11.O-O O-O 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Ne1 e5 14.Qd2 exd4 15.exd4 Nf6
16.Rc1 Bg4 17.Rc3 Rf7 18.f3 exf3 19.Bxf3 Ne4 20.Bxe4 Rxf1+
21.Kxf1 Qxe4 22.Re3 Qf4+ 23.Kg1 Rf8 24.Nf3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 h6
26.Qd3 Rf5 27.Re8+ Kf7 {Here 27...Kh7 28.Rf8 g6 29.Rxf5 should
be a draw.} 28.Qe3 Qg5+ 29.Kf2 Qh4+ 30.Kg2 Rg5+ 31.Kh1 Rg6 {He
ought to play 31....Kg6. Black has so absorbed himself with
combinations, that he is tired out and judges the situation
wrongly. He thinks White is in zugzwang, whereas he himself is
in want of moves.} 32.a3 {? White is obviously also
tired. What could Black do against 32.b4 ? If 32...Rf6 White
would win by 33.Qe7+ Kg6 34.Rg8 and if 32...Qg5 33.Qxg5
followed by 34.Rb8. Finally, if 32...Qf6 then 33.Rb8 Qf5
34.Qe8+ Kf6 35.Qd8+ winning.} a5 33.b4 {?} a4 34.b5 {A deep
combination which, however, does not win. He should play 34.f4
in order to win a pawn in case of 34...Qf6 by 35.Rb8.} cxb5
35.Rb8 Re6 36.Rxb7+ Re7 {! Here White had expected 37...Kf6
and for the contingency he had prepared Rb6 by the sacrifice
of a pawn.} 37.c6 Ke8 {!} 38.Rb8+ Kf7 39.Rb7 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein - Mieses, May"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1909.05.16"]
[EventDate "1909.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 {Notes by Leopold Hoffer in "The Field" 1909.} d5 2.Nf3
c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 Qa5+ 5.Qd2 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Nxd4 e5 8.Nb3
Qb4 9.e3 Be6 10.Bb5+ Nc6 {10...Nd7 might be considered.}
11.O-O Nf6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qc2 Bxb3 {Forced, because of the
threats of Nd5, Ne2 and Bd2.} 14.axb3 Qb7 15.Qf5 Bd6 16.Rd1
Rd8 {Decidedly bad. 16...Qd7 should have been played.} 17.e4
{!} Qxb3 {? There is nothing left now but 17...O-O, and if
18.Bg5 Be7, or 18.Be3 a6.} 18.Bg5 Qxb2 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Qxf6
Rf8 {If 20...Rg8, then 21.Rxa7. This Mieses has overlooked,
which explains the wild captures of the pawns in so dangerous
a position.} 21.Ne2 {! Threatening Ng3 and Nf5. The game is
over.} Qc2 22.Rxd6 Rxd6 23.Qxd6 f6 24.Qe6+ Kd8 25.g3 Re8
26.Qd6+ Kc8 27.Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein - Mieses, May"]
[Site "Frankfurt am Main GER"]
[Date "1909.05.24"]
[EventDate "1909.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 {Notes by Leopold Hoffer.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5
Qa5+ 5.Qd2 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Nxd4 Nf6 {No doubt better than
7...e5, which he tried in the fourth game.} 8.e3 g6 9.Bc4 Bg7
10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Bd2 a6 13.Rac1 Qd8 14.Rfd1 e5 15.Nb3
e4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Nf6 18.Ba5 Qe7 19.h3 {A necessary
precaution. Mieses intended to answer the obvious looking
19.Rc7 with 19...Qe5 20.Bxb7 Ng4 21.g3 Qh5 22.h4 Bxb7 23.Rxb7
g5 with the better game. Rubinstein saw the danger, of
course.} Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Be6 21.Rdc5 Bxb3 22.axb3 b5 23.Rc7 Qe5
24.R1c2 Qd5 25.b4 Rfd8 26.g4 Qd1+ 27.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Kg2 Rb1 {?
Up to here Mieses has played excellently. But being short of
time he hits upon what appears to be an easy continuation -
attacking the b2-pawn twice. It turns out inferior. 28...h6 is
the obvious move.} 29.Rc8+ Rxc8 30.Rxc8+ Bf8 31.Bd8 Kg7 32.g5
{!} f5 33.Rc7+ {The remainder is played by Rubinstein with
exemplary correctness.} Kg8 34.Bf6 Rd1 35.Bc3 Rd6 36.h4 Re6
37.Kh3 h6 38.gxh6 Bxh6 39.Bd4 Bf8 40.Bc3 Be7 41.Ra7 Kh7 42.Ra8
Bf6 43.Bxf6 Rxf6 44.Kg3 Rc6 45.Kf4 Kh6 46.h5 {!} Rc2 47.hxg6
Rxf2+ 48.Ke5 f4 49.exf4 Kxg6 50.Rxa6+ Kh5 51.f5 e3 52.Ra3 Rxb2
53.Rxe3 Rxb4 54.f6 Kg6 55.Ke6 Ra4 56.Rg3+ Kh7 57.f7 Ra8 58.Ke7
Ra7+ 59.Kf6 Ra6+ 60.Kf5 Ra8 61.Re3 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 6th"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "1909.08.16"]
[EventDate "1909.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Harry Holmes"]
[Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rd1 Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Qc7
12. O-O b6 13. Bf4 Qxc5 14. Ne4 Qc6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Qc5
17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. R1xd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Qe7 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. Bd6
Qf6 22. Bxf8 h6 23. Be7 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Rd8+ Be6
26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Bd5 Ra7 30. Bd6
{Source: BCM, Sept 1909, p402} 1-0

[Event "Warsaw-cc"]
[Site "Warsaw-cc"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Flamberg"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 {Notes by Leopold Hoffer from the "American Chess
Bulletin" 1910, and from "Deutsches Wochenschach" 1910.} e5
2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 f5 5.fxe5 dxe5 6.exf5 Bxf5 {DW:
Probably 6...Nc6 deserves attention.} 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
{?! (Dr. Tarrasch suggests 8...Bb6!.)} 9.Nc3 {!?} Qe7+ 10.Be2
{DW: The typical idea in similar variations is 10.Kf2
(threatening Bb5+ and Re1), but here it does not work because
of 10...Bxc3! 11.bxc3 Nf6 12.Bb5+ c6 13.Re1 Ne4+ and Black
wins.} Nc6 11.O-O {DW: White has an excellent position.} O-O-O
12.Kh1 Nf6 13.Bb5 Nb8 {Hoffer: Complications could be courted
with 13...Bd7, but it is difficult to disentangle all the
contingencies.} 14.Bf4 a6 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qe4
18.Qd2 Nc6 19.Rae1 Qd5 20.Ne5 Rhe8 21.Qc2 h6 22.h3 Nd7 23.Nxc6
{!} Qxc6 24.Bg3 Qc4 25.Kh2 {! Hoffer: A very good move. The
king is in safe quarters, and he may proceed with the attack
unhindered.} Nb6 26.Qg6 {!} Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Nd5 28.Re8 {!} Qc6
29.Qf5+ Qd7 30.Rxd8+ Kxd8 31.Qf8+ Qe8 32.Qxg7 Qe4 33.c4 Ne3
34.Bxc7+ Ke8 35.Be5 Nf1+ 36.Kg1 Nd2 37.Kf2 Qd3 38.d5 Qf5+
39.Kg1 Nxc4 40.Bf6 {!} 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg, GER"]
[Date "1910.07.20"]
[EventDate "1910.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abraham Speijer"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 {Notes by Alexander Alekhine.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 {This
move is far better than its reputation. Its object is to
simplify the position, at any rate in the variation usually
adopted by White, starting 4.exd5, a simplification which
allows Black more easily to evolve a plan of development. It
has been adopted with success at various times by
Neimzowitch.} 4.Bd2 {This idea is interesting but does not
produce any advantage if Black makes the correct reply. The
most usual move here is 4.exd5, the consequences of 4.e5 c5
appearing to be rather in Black's favor (compare
Dr. Lasker-Maroczy, New York, 1924).} 4...Ne7 {Simplest, for
the complications resulting from 4...dxe4 5.Qg4 would give
White attacking chances: e.g.: 1) 5...Nf6 6.Qxg7 Rg8 7.Qh6
Qxd4 8.O-O-O, threatening 9.Bg5. 2) 5...Qxd4 6.Nf3 Qf6 7.Qxe4
followed by O-O-O with good attacking chances for White.}
5.exd5 {White was threatened with: 5...dxe4 and 6...Qxd4.}
5...exd5 6.Qf3 {This is not a normal developing move. As the
sequel will show, most of the White pieces will find
themselves on unfavorable squares. It might have been better
to play 6.Bd3 followed by 7.Nge2; 8.O-O-O, etc.} 6...Nbc6
7.Bb5 {compulsory after the last move.} 7...O-O 8.Nge2 Bf5
{The Black pieces, on the other hand, are well placed for
concerted action.} 9.O-O-O {White's object in playing 6.Qf3
was to castle on the queenside; this is a strategic error,
however, for on the king's side White has no prospect which
might compensate for Black's attack on the queen's
side. 9.Rc1, followed by 10.O-O, was certainly not so bad.}
9...a6 {White's b5 bishop must be eliminated in order to allow
a black knight to occupy b5.} 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Na5 {!}
12.a3 {White takes advantage of the opportunity to force the
exchange of one of Black's attacking pieces, for 12...Bd6
fails on account of 13.Nxd5, unmasking the white bishop.}
12...Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Nc4 14.Rde1 Nc6 {Strategically, the game is
already won by Black, but the latter here makes a slight
tactical error, which allows his opponent to exchange
queens. The simple plan of attack to lead to an easy win would
be: a4 followed by b4-3, etc. The decision of the game could
and should have been brought about by a direct attack on the
king.} 15.Nf4 Qd6 {Against any other move, White's reply
16.Qf3 would have been still more awkward for Black.} 16.Qf3
Rad8 {The plausible Rfd1 would have been wrong, for then
17.Nxd5 and if ...Qxd5; 18.Re8+, etc. However, White now
succeeds in exchanging queens.} 17.Nd3 a5 {Better late than
never!} 18.Qf4 {Else Black's attack would become
irresistible.} 18...Qxf4+ {If 18...Qd2; White could already
try a counter-demonstration with 19.h4 followed by Rh3.}
19.Nxf4 b5 {This advance remains strong even after the
exchange of queens, for the white bishop is very badly
placed.} 20.Nd3 Rb8 21.Ne5 {There does not appear to be any
other method of saving the pawn. But after the exchange of
knights Black finds fresh resources for the attack, with the
aid of his c7-pawn.} 21...N6xe5 22.dxe5 c5 {Less good would
have been: 22...b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.Bd4 Ra8 25.b3, etc.} 23.b3
{again the only chance against the threat of b4, etc.} 23...d4
{The winning move, for this pawn will exert a decisive
pressure in the ensuing rook end-game. Should White avoid the
exhchange of pieces by 24.Bb2, Black obtains a winning
advantage by: 24...Nb6 followed by ...a4.} 24.bxc4 dxc3 25.Re3
{Compulsory, for after 25.cxb5 Rxb5 this move would not be
feasible because of 26...Rfb8.} 25...b4 26.a4 Rbd8 {For the
better appreciation of this end-game, it may be pointed out
that White cannot here offer the exchange of both rooks; e.g.:
27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 Rd8+ 29.Rd3 Rxd3+ 30.cxd3 g5 31.h3 h5
32.g3 (if f3 then ...h4) g4 followed by Kf8, Ke7, Ke6 and Kxe5
winning. White's subsequent moves are therefore forced.}
27.Rhe1 Rd4 28.Re4 Rxe4 29.Rxe4 Rd8 30.e6 {If 30.Re2 Black
would win a pawn by 30...Rd4.} 30...fxe6 31.Rxe6 Rd2 {After
this incursion by the black rook the remainder of the game is
purely a matter of technique.} 32.Re5 Rxf2 33.Kb1 Rf1+ 34.Ka2
Rc1 35.Rxc5 Rxc2+ 36.Kb1 Rb2+ 37.Kc1 Rxg2 38.Rb5 {to parry the
threat of ...b3.} 38...Kf7 39.c5 Ke6 40.c6 Kd6 41.c7 Kxc7
42.Rxa5 Rxh2 43.Rb5 Rb2 44.a5 Kc6 45.Rb8 Kc5 46.a6 Ra2 47.Rc8+
Kb5 48.Rb8+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "Moscow exhib"]
[Site "Moscow exhib"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {Notes by Alexander Alekhine.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 f6 6.Be3 Bg4 7.Nbd2 c5 8.Nc4 Bd6 9.Qd2 Ne7
10.Qc3 Nc6 11.Nxd6+ cxd6 12.Nd2 Be6 13.f4 O-O 14.Nf3 Nd4
15.Qd2 d5 {!} 16.c3 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 c4 {!} 18.f5 {If 18.d4 dxe4
19.fxe4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Qe8! 21.Bd6? Bd5! 22.Bxf8 Qxe4+ 23.Kf2
Qf3+ or 23...Qg2+ forcing mate.} Bf7 19.Rg1 Kh8 20.dxc4 dxe4
{!} 21.fxe4 Bxc4 22.Qg2 Rf7 23.Rd1 Qc7 24.Qc2 Rd8 {! Avoiding
the trap 24...Bxa2? 25.b3 Qa5 26.Ra1 Bxb3 27.Qxb3 Qxa1+ 28.Kf2
and White wins.} 25.Kf2 Rfd7 26.Qa4 Bd3 27.Qb4 b5 28.Rg4 Be2
{!} 29.Rxd7 Qxd7 30.Rg1 Bh5 31.Re1 Qd3 32.Qe7 h6 33.Kg1 Kh7
34.Bf2 {This loses quickly. Better is 34.Qc7.} Qh3 {!} 35.Bd4
Bf3 36.Kf2 Qg2+ 37.Ke3 Bxe4 38.Re2 exd4+ 39.cxd4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch10-GER/OST (Berlin)"]
[Site "Wch10-GER/OST (Berlin)"]
[Date "1910.01.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 Rb8 {Lasker
insists on a move that he admits gives him no advantage, and
Schlechter makes this inferior move instead of 8...Nxd4 9.Nxd4
exd4 10.axb5 Bc5 11.c3 O-O.} 9. axb5 axb5 10. dxe5 Be6 11. c3
Bc5 {Better, I believe, than 11...Be7, as he played in the
fourth game.} 12. Nbd2 12... O-O 13. Bc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
14... Qd7 15. b4 Be7 16. Re1 f6 17. Qd3 g6 18. Bh6 Rfe8
19. exf6 {19.Ra6 should be considered. If 19...fxe5, then I
believe 20.Rxc6 would win, as after 20...Qxc6 21.Nxe5,
threatening 22.Nxg6, to which Black seems to have no
defence. Also, if 19...Bf5 20.e6!} Bxf6 20. Bb3 20... Bf7
21. Rad1 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. h3 23... Qd6 {There seems to be
no reason for giving up a pawn here. 23...c6 seems safe
enough.} 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Bxc3 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. Rxb5 Re4 29. Rb8+ Kf7 30. b5 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Be5+ 32. f4
{This move is weak; it blocks the diagonal of the white
bishop. 32.g3 was the right move. If then 32...Re2 33.Kg2 Bd4
34.Rf8+ Ke7 35.Rf4 Rb6 36.Bg5+, with winning chances. After
the text move, Black forces a draw very cleverly.} Bd4 33. Kg3
Re3+ 34. Kg4 Rb3 $1 35. f5 Rb4 $1 36. fxg6+ Kxg6 37. Bf4 Be5
38. g3 c6 39. Rb6 h5+ 40. Kf3 Bxf4 41. gxf4 Kf5 42. Rxc6 Rb3+
43. Kg2 Kxf4 44. Rc4+ Kg5 45. Rc5+ Kh4 46. Re5 Rg3+ 47. Kf2
Rxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch10-GER/OST (Berlin)"]
[Site "Wch10-GER/OST (Berlin)"]
[Date "1910.01.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng4 {Of
course if 8...dxe5 9.Bxf7+.} 9. e6 {The advance of this pawnso
early in the game is at least very risky. Black's game is
perfectly safe, while White hto struggle to protect this
advanced pawn.} f5 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bf4 Qb6 {If 11...d5 12.Nxd5
cxd5 13.Qxd5 winning.} 12. Bb3 Ba6 13. Na4 Qd4 14. Qxd4 Bxd4
15. c4 O-O $1 16. Rad1 Bf6 {16...c5 was the alternative ; in
which case White would probably play 17.Nc3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Kg7
19.Rfe1, and White's game seems good.} $1 17. Rfe1 $6 g5
18. Bxd6 {Played with very fine judgement. The pawn at e6
which was weak becomes very strong now.} $1 18... exd6
19. Rxd6 Be5 20. c5 {Fine. If 20...Bxd6 21.cxd6 and the two
white pawns would become irresistable. This is one of the
finest games of the match. Black has to play with great
caution to avoid White's many threats.} Rfe8 21. g3 {If 21.h3
Bh2+ 22.Kh1 Bxd6 23.cxd6 Nxf2+ 24.Kh2 Ne4, and if 21.f3 Bxh2+
22.Kh1 Bg3, or perhaps 22.Bxd6 23.cxd6 Nf2+ 24.Kh2 Nd3.} $1
Bf6 22. Rxc6 Bb7 {Black might have played here 22...Bb5 23.Rd6
Rac8, with what appears to be a very good game. If in answer
to 22...Bb5 23.Rc7 then 23...Re7, or if 23.e7+ in answer to
22...Bb5 then 23...Kg7 24.Rc7 Ne5 25.Re3 f4 26.Re4 Nf3+ 27.Kg2
Nd2 and Black's game looks very good.} 23. Rc7 Be4 24. Nc3
Bxc3 25. bxc3 Ne5 26. Rd1 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxh2+ 28. Ke1 Nf3+
29. Ke2 Ne5 30. Rdd7 30... f4 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rxg5 Bd3+
33. Kd1 fxg3 $1 34. fxg3 Ng6 {All this play is very
fine. Unfortunately for Black, he has no pawns left by the
time the attack is over.} 35. Rd5 Be4 36. Rd6 Bf5 37. Bd5 Rab8
38. c6 Nf8 39. Rb7 Rbc8 40. e7 Ng6 41. Bf7 Rxe7 42. Bxg6 Bg4+
43. Kc1 Re1+ 44. Kb2 hxg6 45. Rxg6 Bf5 46. Rf6 Be4 47. Rxa7
Rb1+ 48. Ka3 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch10-GER/OST (Berlin)"]
[Site "Wch10-GER/OST (Berlin)"]
[Date "1910.02.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 Nxd4 {The
right answer. The same as played in the second game.} 9. Nxd4
exd4 10. axb5 {Much better than 10.Qxd4 as played in the
second game.} Bc5 11. c3 O-O {Black's game is just as good as
White's.} 12. cxd4 Bb6 $1 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rxa6
Bxa6 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Na4 Qf6 18. Be3 Ba7 19. f3 Ng5 $1 20. Nc5
Bxc5 {By this exchange Black obtains a passed pawn, but White
on the other hand has two bishops.} 21. dxc5 Ne6 $2 22. Qd3
Rd8 23. Bc2 g6 24. b4 d4 25. Bc1 h5 26. Bb3 Bd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5
28. h3 Re5 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Kf2 Qd5 31. h4 Qa2+ 32. Qe2 Qb1
33. Qb2 Qd3 34. Qe2 Qb3 35. Bd2 Kh7 36. Ke1 {The game was
adjourned here and giveup later on as a draw without resuming
play. There is a slight advantage for Black, but not enough to
win. The whole game is weplayed by both sides and the natural
outcome was a draw.} Qb1+ $2 $17 37. Qd1 Qf5 38. Qe2 Qc2
39. Qd1 Qf5 40. Qe2 Qb1+ 41. Qd1 Qf5 42. Qe2 Qb1+ 43. Qd1 Qf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch10-GER/OST (Berlin)"]
[Site "Wch10-GER/OST (Berlin)"]
[Date "1910.02.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2. c4 c6 {2...e6 is the
usual move and I believe better than the text move.} 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O {A new and original way of
playing the defense to the Queen's Gambit so far as I know.}
7. Qc2 Na6 8. a3 dxc4 {Schlechter here goes into a series of
moves which finally leave him with a weak isolated c pawn,
which cannot possibly be so very good.} 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 b4
11. Na4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Bb7 13. Rb1 $1 Qc7 14. Ne5 {If Lasker
wanted to play a safe game he should have castled and if he
intended to make a kingside attack he might have started with
14.h4 before playing Ne5.} $2 Nh5 15. g4 {Starting an attack
on the kingside which is justified in view of the score of the
match. Lasker's policy throughout this game is good, but why
Schlechter, who only needed a draw, should play such a wild
game can only be explained by the fact that perhaps he was not
satisfied to win the match by a mere fluke, which proved to be
the case in the fifth game.} Bxe5 16. gxh5 Bg7 17. hxg6 hxg6
18. Qc4 {?} Bc8 {!} 19. Rg1 Qa5+ 20. Bd2 Qd5 21. Rc1 Bb7
22. Qc2 Qh5 23. Bxg6 {23.Qb3, I believe, was the right move
here. The text move did not turn out so well.} 23... Qxh2
24. Rf1 fxg6 25. Qb3+ Rf7 26. Qxb7 Raf8 27. Qb3 Kh8 28. f4 g5
29. Qd3 gxf4 30. exf4 Qh4+ 31. Ke2 Qh2+ 32. Rf2 Qh5+ 33. Rf3
Nc7 34. Rxc6 34... Nb5 {34...Nd5 looks a mighty strong move.}
35. Rc4 Rxf4 {A bad sacrifice. 35...e5! looks like the right
move. It seems as though Black could always draw.} 36. Bxf4
Rxf4 37. Rc8+ Bf8 38. Kf2 {?} Qh2+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ {!} 40. Rf1
Qh4+ 41. Kd2 Rxf1 42. Qxf1 Qxd4+ 43. Qd3 Qf2+ 44. Kd1 Nd6
45. Rc5 Bh6 46. Rd5 Kg8 47. Nc5 {Lasker had fought his battle
and obtained an advantage without moving this knight for
thirty-six moves. From the 37th move, on to the finish, Lasker
plays with remarkable precision and the fact that Schlechter
held on so well shows the sterling qualities of the Austrian
master.} Qg1+ 48. Kc2 Qf2+ 49. Kb3 Bg7 50. Ne6 Qb2+ 51. Ka4
Kf7 52. Nxg7 Qxg7 53. Qb3 Ke8 54. Qb8+ Kf7 55. Qxa7 Qg4+
56. Qd4 Qd7+ 57. Kb3 Qb7+ 58. Ka2 Qc6 59. Qd3 Ke6 60. Rg5 Kd7
61. Re5 Qg2+ 62. Re2 Qg4 63. Rd2 Qa4 64. Qf5+ Kc7 {An
oversight, I suppose. Had not Schlechter allowed Lasker to
exchange queens, the doctor would have had a merry time in
forcing a win.} 65. Qc2+ Qxc2+ 66. Rxc2+ Kb7 {The game is
over. Schlechter might just as well have resigned here.}
67. Re2 Nc8 68. Kb3 Kc6 69. Rc2+ Kb7 70. Kb4 Na7 71. Kc5 {All
in all, a great game, which will go down in the history of
chess as a remarkable finish to the greatest struggle for the
Chess Championship of the World.} 1-0

[Event "Wch10-GER/OST (Wien)"]
[Site "Wch10-GER/OST (Wien)"]
[Date "1910.01.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6
4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Re1 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bxc6
bxc6 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bh4 Nh7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1
Nf8 15. h3 Ng6 {15...Qg5 at this point might be considered}
16. Qg3 Qg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 {White's game is very sold. His
position is unassailable, while Black has two doubled pawns,
still the advance is not enough to win and with careful play
Black can easily draw.} 18. f3 f6 19. Kf2 Kf7 20. Nde2 a5 $1
21. b3 Reb8 $5 22. Nc1 Be6 23. Nd3 c5 24. Nb2 Ne5 {24...c4
would be to risky as White would play 25.Nxc4 Bxc4 26.bxc4 Rb4
27.Rd4 Ne5 28.Nd5 Rb2 29.Nxc7, and if instead of 28...Rb2,
28...Rxc4 then 29.Rxc4 Nxc4 30.Nxc7 Rb8 31.Re2 and White would
be a pawn to the good.} 25. Nd5 Rb7 26. Re3 Nc6 27. Rc3 $2 g6
{With this move Black starts an advance of the kingside pawns
which is ill-judged as it finally leaves White with a passed
pawn. He might have tried 27...Nb4 and if 28.a3 Nxd5 29.exd5
Bd7, and it seems as though Black could draw easily.} 28. a4
f5 $16 29. Ne3 Re8 30. Nec4 $16 Ra7 31. Re1 $1 Bxc4 $2
32. Nxc4 $1 Kf6 $1 $10 33. Ne3 Ne5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. g3 $16
35... Rh8 36. f4 gxf4 37. Nd5+ {The way White nurses the
advantage obtained through the advancing of Black's kingside
pawns is very instructive.} 37... Kf7 38. Nxf4 Rb7 {Since
White has a passed pawn on the kingside, Black tries to make a
break on the queenside, but this adventure nearly proved
fatal.} $1 39. Kg2 $15 39... c4 $1 40. bxc4 Rb4 41. c5 Rxa4
42. cxd6 cxd6 43. Rc7+ Kf6 $17 44. Nd5+ Kg5 {If 44...Ke6 45.c4
Re8 46.Ra7 and White would win the exchange.} 45. h4+ Kh6 {If
45...Kg6 46.Ne7+ Kf6 47.Rf1.} 46. Ne7 Rf8 47. Rd1 Rf7 {Black
is forced to give up the pawn. 47...Nc4 would not do, as White
would simply move 48.Kf2, threatening 49.Rd4 winning. Lasker
here gets out of a very tight place, on the face of it, it
looks as if White should win.} $2 48. Rxd6+ Kh7 49. Re6 Ng6 $1
50. Rxg6 Rxe7 51. Rgc6 Rxc7 52. Rxc7+ Kg6 53. Rc6+ Kf7 $18
54. Kf3 {Up to this point White has played the game well nigh
perfectly, but has Schechter really missed a chance here? The
situation is remarkable; Schechter plays the natural move, but
it only draws. I believe the best move 54.c3! and that if
there is a win, it must be through this move at this
point. The ending is worth studying. It is a most instructive
stuy on rook and pawn play.} 54... Re4 {A fine move. Lasker
shows his masterly hand. By sacrificing a second pawn he draws
the game.} 55. Rc5 $2 Kf6 56. Rxa5 Rc4 57. Ra6+ Ke5 58. Ra5+
Kf6 59. Ra6+ Ke5 60. Ra5+ Kf6 61. Ra2 Ke5 62. Rb2 Rc3+ 63. Kg2
Kf6 64. Kh3 Rc6 {To stop 65.Rb6+. 64...f4 would not do, on
account of 65.Rb3!} 65. Rb8 Rxc2 66. Rb6+ Kg7 67. h5 Rc4
68. h6+ Kh7 69. Rf6 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch10-GER/OST (Wien)"]
[Site "Wch10-GER/OST (Wien)"]
[Date "1910.01.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 {8.dxe5 is the
usual continuation} Nxd4 $1 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 {If 10.axb5
Bc5, with a fine game. 10...Nc5 in answer to 10.axb5, as
suggested by I. Gunsberg, would not do, as White gets the
better game by playing 11.QXd4.} Be6 11. c3 c5 {11...Bc5!
would have led to a most interesting situation. In fact, it
looks as if White would get the worst of it. 11...Bc5 12.Qxg7
Kd7, and I cannot see any good way for White to get away from
the terrific attack. As 13...Qh4 is threatened, White's best
move is probably 13.Qh6, then 13...Rg8 14.Be3 (seems best)
14...Rg6 15.Qh5 and now without going into any further attacks
Black gets the better game by playing 15...Bxe3 16.fxe3 Qg5
17.Qg5 Rxg5.} 12. Qe5 Qb8 $16 13. Qxb8+ Rxb8 14. axb5 axb5
{After all these exchanges, Black comes out a pawn ahead. If
that is the best that White can obtain from a4 on the eight
move, it cannot be recommended. The advance seems premature.}
15. Na3 Be7 {15...b4 seems to be the proper move; and if
16.Ba4+ Bd7. The text move gives White a chance to gain lost
ground.} 16. Bf4 Rb7 17. f3 Nf6 18. Nxb5 O-O {If 18...Rxb5
19.Ba4 Bd7 20.Bxb5 Bxb5 21.Re1 and Black must lose a
piece. Mr. I. Gunsberg's suggestion that if 18...Rxb5 19.Ra8+
is not correct, as Black could then play 19...Kd7, and have
two pieces for a rook.} 19. Ba4 $5 c4 {If 19...Bd7 20.c4 dxc4
21.Nc3.} 20. Ra2 $1 $16 20... Bc5+ 21. Kh1 $1 Bd7 22. Bd6 Bxd6
{Black could also play 22...Rxb5 23.Bxf8 Bxf8 24.Bxb5 Bxb5,
and White would now have two exchanges for a piece. Too bad
Schlechter did not play this way. It would have been a great
ending to play.} 23. Nxd6 Rb6 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Nf5 $13 Re8
26. Ra7 Nf6 27. Ra2 g6 28. Nd4 Reb8 29. Rf2 Nd7 30. h3 Nc5
31. Rd2 Nd3 32. b4 $1 cxb3 33. Nxb3 Rxb3 34. Rxd3 Rc8 35. Rxd5
Rbxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch10-GER/OST (Wien)"]
[Site "Wch10-GER/OST (Wien)"]
[Date "1910.01.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 {Notes by J.R. Capablanca} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6
4. O-O d6 5. Re1 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bxc6
bxc6 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Qd3 {A deviation from the first game,
wherein Schlechter played 11.Qf3 at this point.} Ng4 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Nf3 Rab8 14. b3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qe3 Qa5 17. Qd3
Re7 18. Re3 Rbe8 19. Rae1 f6 20. h3 Be6 21. Na4 Bf7 22. c4 h6
23. Nc3 $19 23... Kh8 24. Qd2 {This game is very
tedious. Black certainly could not try anything; it was up to
White, but Schlechter seems to be very satisfied to get a
draw. He stands like a rock and waits for the other fellow to
come at him.} Bg6 25. R1e2 Bf7 26. Qd4 Qb6 27. Qd2 Qa5 28. Qd4
Qb6 29. Qd2 Qa5 30. Qd4 Qb6 31. Qd2 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch10-GER/OST (Wien)"]
[Site "Wch10-GER/OST (Wien)"]
[Date "1910.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 {Dr. Lasker in
his annotations to the second game says: "This move gives
White no advantage whatever." Why he plays it again can hardly
be understood.} Rb8 {And now Schlechter, who had done very
well in the second game by playing 8...Nxd4, makes another
move.} 9. axb5 axb5 10. dxe5 Be6 11. c3 Be7 12. Nbd2 $16
12... O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 c5 16. Bc2 cxd4
17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 $1 19. f5 Bf7 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. Bd3 Qd7
22. Be5 Rh6 23. Qg4 $1 23... Bf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 {We give the
score of this game as published by the EVENING POST, the said
paper getting the game directly from Lasker. All other
exchanges have the score as follows: 22.Qg4 Bd6 23.Bd6 Rxd6
24.Qxd4 h6, which would give White a chance to play 25.f6 with
great effect. We are inclined to think that the score
published by the EVENING POST is correct, as Lasker would not
have missed the chance to play 25.f6} 25. Qxd4 h6 26. Rfc1
Rfc6 27. Rf1 Qd8 $6 28. Ra7 $1 28... b4 {The situation is so
difficult tyhat it is hard to pick the best move. The pawn
seems to be lost anyway, and if White now plays 29.Qxb4 Qb6+
would draw.} 29. Re1 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kf2 Rc7 32. Rxc7
Qxc7 33. Qxb4 $4 Qe5 {If 33...Qxh2 then 34.Qd4 would probably
win for White as the b pawn could march up protected by the
queen and the bishop.} 34. g3 h5 35. Qb6 {35.Qc3 and if
35...d4 then 36.Qe1 seems to me was the proper course; in fact
that is about the only way in which White would have a chance
to win. The white queen must for the moment remain around the
king to protect it from checks.} $18 35... h4 36. b4 hxg3+
37. hxg3 Qb2+ 38. Kf3 Qc3 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qh4+ $1 $18 Kg8
41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qh4+ Kg8 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Ke3 Qc1+ 45. Ke2
Qb2+ 46. Ke3 Qc1+ 47. Kf2 Qb2+ 48. Kg1 Qc3 49. Bf1 d4 50. Qd8+
Kh7 51. Qd6 Qe3+ 52. Kh2 Qd2+ 53. Kh3 Qe1 54. Ba6 Qh1+ 55. Kg4
Qd1+ 56. Kg5 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch10-GER/OST (Wien)"]
[Site "Wch10-GER/OST (Wien)"]
[Date "1910.01.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 {Notes by Jose Raul Capablanca from "The Chess Weekly",
1910.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7
7.Bg5 O-O 8.dxe5 Nxe5 {Of course if 8...dxe5 9.Bxc6 would win
a pawn.} 9.Bxd7 Nfxd7 10.Bxe7 Nxf3+ {If 10...Qxe7 probably
11.Nxd4} 11.Qxf3 Qxe7 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Rfe1 Nb6
15.Qc3 Nxd5 16.Rxd5 Re6 17.Rd3 Qe7 18.Rg3 Rg6 19.Ree3 Re8
20.h3 Kf8 21.Rxg6 hxg6 {With every exchange Black's position
becomes better. Whatever positional advantage White had is
fast disappearing.} 22.Qb4 c6 23.Qa3 a6 24.Qb3 Rd8 25.c4 Rd7
26.Qd1 Qe5 27.Qg4 Ke8 28.Qe2 Kd8 29.Qd2 Kc7 {White, apparently
satisfied with his position has allowed the black king to move
over to the queenside, without making any attempt to stop
him. White now starts an advance of the queen side pawns,
which is checked by Black at once.} 30.a3 Re7 31.b4 b5 32.cxb5
axb5 {Black's strategy has been of a very high order. He has
now a very fine game.} 33.g3 g5 34.Kg2 Re8 35.Qd1 f6 36.Qb3
Qe6 37.Qd1 Rh8 38.g4 Qc4 39.a4 {Black's position was becoming
too alarmingly strong. White prefers to give up a pawn and go
for the Black king, rather than be boxed in without a chance
to move anything.} Qxb4 {39...bxa4, and if 40.Qxa4 Rb8, should
be considered. It looks very much as though Black would
win. The position is worth studying. By playing 40...Rb8,
Black threatens to play 41...Rxb4 and then 42...Rb1, with a
murderous check in sight at f1.} 40.axb5 Qxb5 41.Rb3 Qa6
42.Qd4 Re8 {If Black were satisfied with a draw, 42...Rb8
would have accomplished it. The champion's play is better, as
he could have drawn if he wished up to the fifty-fourth move.}
43.Rb1 Re5 44.Qb4 Qb5 45.Qe1 Qd3 46.Rb4 c5 {46...Rb5 gave
Black some chances of winning.} 47.Ra4 c4 48.Qa1 Qxe4+ 49.Kh2
Rb5 50.Qa2 Qe5+ 51.Kg1 Qe1+ 52.Kh2 d5 53.Ra8 Qb4 {He could
have easily drawn the game by perpetual check, as White could
not afford to play 54.Kg2 and 55.f3 because of 55...Qd4.}
54.Kg2 Qc5 {A most rare case of chess blindness on the part of
Dr. Lasker. 54...Rb8 would at least draw.} 55.Qa6 Rb8 {It was
bad now, but he might have tried 55...Qb6 56.Qc8+ Kd6 57.Ra6
Qxa6 58.Qxa6+ Kc5 and fight it out with the two passed pawns
and his rook against the queen.} 56.Ra7+ Kd8 57.Rxg7 Qb6
58.Qa3 Kc8 1-0

[Event "Berlin, WCH"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1910.02.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 {Altogether unusual and I believe not very
good as Black's d pawn remains weak. It is not easy, however,
to discover how to get at it, and for a surprise the move
proved first-class, as Black got the better game.} 6.Nb3
{6.Ndb5, I believe was the right answer. Black would then have
to play 6...d6, not 6...Qa5 because of 7.Bc4 and if then
7...Nxe4 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Qd5+ with the better game.} Bb4 7.Bd3
d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 {Black has now a
beautiful game, which shows that White's treatment of the
opening was not the best.} 11.Qh5 Qc7 12.O-O Be6 13.Bg5 h6
14.f4 {Sacrificing a pawn for an attack on the center against
the king. He might have played some move like 14.Rad1 and
waited for developments, as Black could not castle on either
side.} exf4 15.Rae1 Kd7 16.Bf5 Raf8 {Here is what Lasker
himself has to say about the situation, and I agree with him:
"Here Black could have played 16...Qb6+ 17.Kh1 g6. White could
not now sacrifice his queen, for after 18.Rxe6 gxh5 19.Re7+
Kd8 20.Rd7+ Ke8 21.Bf6 Be5, and White has no satisfactory
continuation. On the other hand, after 18.Bxe6+ fxe6 19.Qxg6
hxg5 20.Qxe6+ Kc7 21.Qf7+ Kb8 22.Nd4 Black would be confronted
by great difficulties, as White would threaten 23.Rb1,
followed by the sacrifice of the rook. But it has been proven
by analysis that I could have escaped all danger. The move
actually made appeared also very strong, but by a fine
combination Sclechter nearly equalized the game."} 17.Bxf4
Bxf4 18.Nc5+ Kc8 19.Bxe6+ fxe6 20.Nxe6 Bxh2+ {Right. Not
20...Qd6 because of 21.Nxf8 Rxf8 22.g3 Be5 23.Rxf8+ Qxf8
24.Rxe5 Nxe5 25.Qxe5 and White is a pawn ahead. Also, if
20...Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.Nxf8 Rxf8 23.Rxf8+ Bxf8 24.Qf5+ and
White is the exchange ahead. Also 20...Qb6+ 21.Kh1 g5 22.Nxf8
Rxf8 23.g3 Bd6 24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.Re8+ Nd8 26.Qh3+ Kc7 27.Rxf8
with the exchange to the good. Also 20...Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Bd6
22.Nxf8 Bxf8 23.Re8+ Nd8 24.Qf5+, followed by 25.Rxf8
winning.} 21.Qxh2 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Qd7 23.Nc5 Qe7 24.Qh3+ Kb8
25.Ne6 Ka8 26.Nd4 Qc7 27.Qf5 Rc8 28.Qc5 Nb8 29.Qxc7 Rxc7 {The
attack is over and Black has the better game.} 30.Rf3 a6
31.Kf2 Nc6 32.Ne6 Re7 33.Re3 Kb8 34.Nd4 Rf7+ 35.Rf3 Rc7 36.Ne6
Re7 37.Re3 Kc8 {Black has skillfully improved his position.}
38.Ke2 Nd8 39.Nd4 Rf7 40.Rf3 Kd7 41.Rd3 Ke7 42.Re3+ Kd6 43.Rd3
Ne6 44.Nf3 Kc5 45.g3 Nc7 46.Nd2 Kc6 47.Nf3 Kb5 48.Rd4 Kc5
49.Nd2 Nb5 50.Nb3+ Kb6 51.Rd3 Rc7 52.Kd2 Rc4 53.Rd7 Rg4 54.c4
Kc6 55.Rd3 Nd6 56.Nd4+ Kc7 {Lasker says, "A regrettable
oversight; 56...Kb6 would have won the game." It is indeed
unfortunate that he did not play 56...Kb6. Lasker had very
skillfully brought his advantage to a point where it would
tell and at the moment he is going to reap the fruit of his
fine play, makes a slip and fails to win the game that was
almost a necessity for him.} 57.Ne6+ Kc6 58.Nd8+ Kc7 59.Ne6+
Kd7 60.Nxg7 Ke7 61.Nh5 Rxc4 62.Re3+ Kf7 63.Rf3+ Kg6 64.Rf6+
Kxh5 65.Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Discendo Discimus"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1910.09.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jan Willem te Kolste"]
[Black "Jan Frederik Heemskerk"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Nd2 Nd8 10.f4 Ne6 11.fxe5 Nxg5 12.exf6 gxf6
13.h4 Ne6 14.Qf3 d5 15.d4 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Qb4 17.Qxf6 Qxd2 18.Be8
Be6 19.Rf3 Rfxe8 20.Rg3+ Kf8 21.Rg7 Qe3+ 22.Kh1 Qxe4 23.Qg5
Qxh4+ 24.Qxh4 Kxg7 25.Rf1 {Game score incomplete.} 1-0

[Event "British Chess Federation Major Open Tt "]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1910.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Schories"]
[Black "William Hewison Gunston"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5
Ne7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nh4 Ng6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.f4 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Kg7
13.Qf3 exf4 14.Qxf4 Bd4 15.Bc4 Rh8 16.g3 Rxh2+ 17.Kxh2 g5
18.Qf5 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Qe7 {Game score incomplete.}
0-1

[Event "Netherlands-Rhenish Chess Comp"]
[Site "Neuss, GER"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Benjamin Leussen"]
[Black "Carl Thoenes"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 {The year is approximate.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5
Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.c3 Bc5 9.Ng3 Qe7 10.h3 Bd7
11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g6 13.d4 Bb6 14.d5 Nb8 15.Bd3 Kg7 16.Qd2 Rh8
17.c4 a5 18.b3 Na6 19.a3 Bc5 20.Rfb1 g5 21.Nxg5 hxg5 22.Bxg5
Bd4 23.Ra2 Nc5 24.h4 Rag8 25.b4 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 a4 27.Qf3 Rh7
28.Nh5+ Rxh5 29.Qxh5 Nxh5 30.Bxe7 f6 31.c5 Kf7 32.cxd6 Nf4
33.Kh1 Bb5 34.Rc1 c6 35.dxc6 bxc6 36.g3 Ng6 37.Kh2 Nxe7
38.dxe7 Kxe7 39.Kh3 Kd6 40.g4 c5 41.bxc5+ Bxc5 42.Rd2+ Bd4
43.h5 Bd7 44.f3 Ke6 45.Rc7 Rb8 46.Kh4 Rb1 47.f4 exf4 48.Kh3
Rb3+ 49.Kh2 Rb2 50.Rxb2 Bxb2 51.h6 f3 52.h7 f5 53.exf5+ Kd6
54.Rb7 Be5+ 55.Kh3 f2 56.Rxd7+ Kxd7 57.Kg2 Ke7 58.g5 Bh8
59.Kxf2 Kf7 60.Ke3 Kg7 61.Kd4 Kxh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1911.08.22"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.c4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O
5.Nf3 Re8 6.O-O Nc6 {The exchange ...Bxc3 was to be
considered.} 7.Nd5 Bf8 8.d3 h6 9.b3 d6 10.Bb2 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Ne7
12.e4 c5 {In the long run something must be done for the
c-Pawn.} 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.d4 Bg4 15.d5 Ne7 {We have now got our
Pawn chain, and the Black base, the pawn at d6, already seems
exposed (from the side), just as if the typical attack had
been made on it by c4-c5-cxd ...cxd.} 16.Qd3 Qd7 17.Nd2 {The
Knight is already being sent forward to the attack on the
exposed base.} Bh3 18.a4 {To safeguard the Knight position on
c4.} Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Reb8 20.Nc4 b5 21.axb5 Qxb5 22.Ra3 {In this
and similar positions the question arises, which Pawn is the
weaker, White's b-Pawn or Black's a-Pawn? In the present case
this problem could be solved by logical deduction. Since
Black's Pawn at d6 is weaker than White's Pawn at d5, a like
relation must exist throughout what remains of the Queen's
wing. Were this not the case then White's a4 must have been
wrong, and that is unlikely. Was he in fact not justified in
supporting2 his own important Knight at c4? But that would be
absurd. No, Nc4 was indicated, similarly a4; hence ... b5 must
have led to a less favorable position for Black. And the
course of the game proves the correctness of this judgement.}
Ng6 {...Nc8 would perhaps have been better.} 23.Rfa1 a6 24.Bc1
Rb7 25.Be3 f6 26.f3 {If Black could manage to play ...f5, his
position would not be so bad. But this is out of the question,
and Black is besieged.} Ne7 27.Qf1 {Threatening Nxd6.} Nc8
28.Nd2 Qb4 29.Qc4 Qxc4 30.Nxc4 Rab8 31.Nd2 Rc7 32.Rxa6 {The
masterly and varied uses made of the points d2 and c4 should
be noted.} Rc2 33.R6a2 Rxa2 34.Rxa2 {The rest of the game
which consists of bringing the King to the center followed by
an advance in close order of the fighting unit Bishop, Knight
and King is easily intelligible.} Be7 35.Kf2 Kf7 36.Ke2 Ke8
37.Kd3 Kd7 38.Kc3 Bd8 39.Nc4 {c3 is our shelter.} Bc7 40.g4
Bd8 41.Ra6 Bc7 42.h4 Bd8 43.h5 Bc7 44.b4 Rb7 45.Ra8 Kd8 46.Kb3
Rb8 47.Rxb8 Bxb8 48.b5 Ne7 49.b6 f5 {There is nothing left to
hope for.} 50.gxf5 Ng8 51.Bf2 Kc8 52.Bh4 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1911.09.09"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Georg Salwe"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3
Qb6 6.Bd3 {More natural would have been 6 Be2, for the pawn at
d4 is the "base", and as such should be protected as
thoroughly as possible. Be2 "protects" more thoroughly than
Bd3.} Bd7 {A very plausible move. Since White still delays
...dxc5, Black intends his hand with ...Rc8. the right course
was 6...csd4 7 cxd4 and thus to pass into quite other
channels. See Paulsen-Tarrash, 1888 and Nimzowitsch-Tarrasch,
1912.} 7.dxc5 {!!} Bxc5 8.O-O f6 {Black swells in triumph and
throws himself hungrily on the last remaining menber of the
once so proud chain-family, top destroy him. His war cry is
"Room for the e-pawn!" But it happens quite otherwise.} 9.b4
{In order to be able to provide his e5 with an enduring
defence. 9 Qe2 would also have been a defence, but no enduring
one, for there would follow 9...fxe5 10 Nxe5 Nxe5 11 Qxe5 Nf6
and the blockading queen at e5 will be easily driven away.}
Be7 10.Bf4 fxe5 {Again we have the exchange operation which we
have so often discussed; this time however, it is not really
justified, for the new blockader, the bishop at e5, proves to
be a stout fellow.} 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Nf6 {For the
otherwise desirable ...Bf6 would fail against 13 Qh5+ g6 14
Bxg6+ hxg6 15 Qxg6+ Ke7 16 Bxf6+ Nxf6 17 Qg7+.} 13.Nd2 {If 13
Qc2? O-O 14 Bxf6 Rxf6 15 Bxh7+ Kh8 16 Bg6 (or Bd3) e5!, White
it is true has won a pawn, but black has overcome the
blockade, and now stands ready to march in the center. White
should lose.} O-O 14.Nf3 {! The blockading forces are to be
reinforced by the knight.} Bd6 {14...Bb5 would yield little
profit, for 15 Bd4 Qa6 16 Bxb5 Qxb5 17 Ng5 would win a pawn.}
15.Qe2 {The manouver 15 Bd4 Qc7 16 Qe2 might be considered
with the intention of following with 17 Ne5. However, this
plan to widen the blockading ring is impracticable, for, after
16 Qe2 Ng4!! 17 h3 e5!, the Black pawns assert themselves
whatever counterchances be taken.} Rac8 16.Bd4 Qc7 17.Ne5 {The
immobility of the e-pawn is now greater than ever. White has
utilized his resources very economically. The possibility of a
successful occupation of the points d4, e5, hung on a hair, on
taking advantage of the terrain (the points d4, e5, c2 and
e2.} Be8 18.Rae1 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Qc6 20.Bd4 {In order to force
Black's queen bishop, who also has his eye on h5, to come to a
decision.} Bd7 21.Qc2 {the decisive re-grouping.} Rf7 22.Re3
b6 23.Rg3 Kh8 24.Bxh7 {!} e5 {24...Nxh7 loses because of Qg6.}
25.Bg6 Re7 26.Re1 Qd6 27.Be3 d4 28.Bg5 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 dxc3
30.Qxc3 Kg8 31.a3 Kf8 32.Bh4 Be8 33.Bf5 Qd4 34.Qxd4 exd4
35.Rxe7 Kxe7 36.Bd3 Kd6 37.Bxf6 gxf6 38.Kf1 Bc6 39.h4 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1911.09.11"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Semion Alapin"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch.} c6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7
5.f4 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nc5 {In order to tame the tiger;
'vulgo' the center, ready to spring. If 8 e5 dxe5 and White
has nothing.} 8.Bd3 Qb6 {Here ...Nxd3 came into consideration
(the "Two Bishops.")} 9.Bc2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Kh1 {The taming
continues.} Rd8 12.Rb1 Be6 {This is the counter-chance; a
rolling up process sets in against c4; the reason why this
must be so lies deep : why should the White c-pawn imagine
that it could paralyse the elastic and strong Black center
(p-d6)! For this presumption it will be severely punished.}
13.f5 {A heavy surrender, for now the White center loses
considerably in mobility. Against other moves the rolling-up
process mentioned above would set in, e.g. : 13 Be3 Qa6 14 b3
b5, (or 14...d5 15 cxd5 cxd5 16 e5 Nfe4); or else 13 b4 Na6 14
Qd3 Nxb4 15 Qe2 Qc5.} Bc8 14.Bg5 Ncd7 15.Qd2 a6 16.b3 Qc7
17.Rbd1 b5 {The storm breaks.} 18.Rfe1 Ne5 19.cxb5 axb5 {That
pompous White c-pawn, has passed away, unwept, unhonoured and
unsung.} 20.Bb1 Bb7 21.Qc1 Qb6 22.h3 {Sounder would be 22 Be3
Qa5 23 Bb1.} Nxf3 {The beginning of a deep-laid combination.}
23.gxf3 Qf2 24.Qe3 Qg3 25.f4 Qxe3 26.Rxe3 h6 27.Bh4 b4 {The
last two pawn moves are the key to the combination. the White
center will now be conquered in a surprising manner.} 28.Na4
Nxe4 29.Rxe4 Bxh4 30.Rxb4 Ra7 {And with his two bishops - the
White pawn position being torn up - Black has a won game.}
31.Be4 Be7 32.Bf3 d5 33.Rbd4 Rd6 34.Kh2 Rf6 35.Bg4 Bd6 36.Rc1
h5 37.Kg3 {If 37 Bxh5, Black wins a piece by ...Rxf5 38 Bg4
Rxf4.} hxg4 38.hxg4 g5 39.fxg6 fxg6 40.g5 Rf5 41.Kf3 Ra8
42.Nc5 Bxc5 43.Rxc5 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1911.09.11"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 {Notes by Rudolf Spielmann from 42nd "Les Cahiers de
l'Echiquier Francais", July 1934 (p. 324), Dr. Savielly
Tartakower from "500 Master Games of Chess", and Jacques
Mieses.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 {Spielmann: Later
Rubinstein played 4...Nd4 exclusively against the Four
Knights. This defense, analyzed and tested for years, has been
proven correct, and is the main reason why the Four Knights is
now played so rarely.} 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7
{Tartakower: Introducing ingenious regroupings (...Nd8-Ne6 and
...Rd8) which increase the security of Black's position. This
system, due to Metger, gives better results in practice than
for instance 8...Ne7 or 8...h6 9.Bh4 Bg4, etc.} 9.Re1 Nd8
10.d4 Ne6 {Tartakower: He could quite well play 10...Bg4
first.} 11.Bc1 c6 {Tartakower: The most vigorous continuation
is the thrust 11...c5; e.g., 12.d5 (disappointing would be
12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nxe5, on account of 13...Nc7, winning a piece)
12...Nc7 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5, and Black holds his own.}
12.Bf1 {Spielmann: As far as I know, played for the first time
by Perlis in the tournament of Ostende 1906. *** Tartakower:
Intending entirely fresh activities after g3. The potential
effect of the two bishops, to all appearances on the retired
list, is remarkable.} Rd8 13.g3 Qc7 14.Nh4 {Spielmann: Also
good is 14.Bg2, but the text move, which involves the
sacrifice of a pawn, is more suitable to my style.} d5
{Spielmann: Necessary. *** Tartakower: In quest of
emancipation. *** Mieses: A serious mistake.} 15.f4 {!} exf4
{Tartakower: Helping White's intentions. 15...Nxe4 would have
served. *** Spielmann: Relatively better was 15...Nxe4 16.dxe4
Nxc3, but after 17.Qf3 White will also have a good attacking
position.} 16.e5 Ne4 17.gxf4 f5 {! Mieses: If 17...Nxc3 then
18.Qf3 followed by f5 and White has a decisive attack. ***
Spielmann: If here 17...Nxc3, then 18.Qd3 Ne4 19.f5 with a
stronger attack than in the game.} 18.exf6 {! Mieses: But not
18.Nxf5? Nxf4. *** Spielmann: If 18.Nxf5 Rf8! (Better than
18...Nxf4) 19.Ng3 Nxf4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Rxe4 Nh3+ 22.Bxh3 Bxh3
and White has an extra pawn, but his king is exposed.} Nxf6
19.f5 {!} Nf8 20.Qf3 Qf7 {Spielmann: If 20...Ne4 21.Bd3 Nxc3?
22.Bg5 and White has a decisive attack.} 21.Bd3 Bd7 22.Bf4 Re8
{Spielmann: In case of 22...Qh5 23.Qxh5! Nxh5 24.Be5 White
will win by doubling his rooks on the g-file.} 23.Be5 c5
24.Kh1 {!} c4 25.Be2 Bc6 26.Qf4 N8d7 27.Bf3 Re7 28.Re2 Rf8
29.Rg1 Qe8 30.Reg2 Rff7 {Spielmann: If 30...Nxe5 31.dxe5 Rxe5
32.Rxg7+ Kh8 33.Ng6+! Kxg7 34.Nxe5+ Kh8 35.Ng6+ hxg6 36.Qh6+
Nh7 37.fxg6 and White wins.} 31.Qh6 {!} Kf8 32.Ng6+ {!} hxg6
33.Qh8+ Ng8 34.Bd6 {! Spielmann: The point of the
combination. White's threat is 35.Rxg6, followed by 36.Rxg7.}
Qd8 {Spielmann: If 34...Rf6, then 35.Rxg6 Rxg6 36.fxg6 with
the double threat: 37.Re1 and 37.Bh5 followed by 38.Rf1+.}
35.Rxg6 Ndf6 36.Rxf6 {!} Rxf6 37.Rxg7 {!} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1911.09.12"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qd2 O-O 8.f4 c5 9.Nf3 f6 {It would be
more in the spirit of a corrct attack on a pawn-chain first to
play 9...cxd4 10 Nxd4, and not till then 10...f6. But after
10...f6 11 exf6 Qxf6, the position arrived at is after all
similar to that of the text.} 10.exf6 Qxf6 11.g3 Nc6 12.O-O-O
a6 13.Bg2 Nb6 {The diagonal attacking range g2 to d5 is a
necessary element in White's plan of operations; for this,
after exf6, hols up the freeing thrust ...e5 better than any
other possible disposition could.} 14.Rhe1 Nc4 15.Qf2 b5
16.dxc5 {! Bravo! the flank attack ...Nxb2 has no terrors for
him, since a flank attack by itself can never ruin a strongly
centralized game. And White's game is centralized, for he
holds the center files and pressure in them is already making
itself felt, and further he has the prospect of occupying the
central points d4 and e5. Observe now how Black's attack is
thrown back by action in the center.} Nxb2 17.Kxb2 b4 18.Nd4
{!} bxc3 19.Ka1 {The c-pawn will be gobbled up presently by a
rook.} Nxd4 {If 19...Bd7 then 20 Nxe6 Bxe6 21 Rxe6 followed by
Bxd5.} 20.Qxd4 Rb8 21.Re3 g5 {Now he has a go on the other
wing.} 22.Rxc3 gxf4 23.gxf4 Bd7 24.c6 Qxd4 25.Rxd4 Be8 26.Bh3
Rf6 27.c7 {It would have pleased me even better if the
decision had been brought about in a bishop ending instead of
through the somewhat "tacked on" action of the passed pawn at
c7; for instance from such a position as White: King at e5,
bishop at h3, pawns at a2, c3, f4, h2. Black: King at e7,
Bishop atf7, pawns at a6, d5, e6, h7; with the continuation
f5, ...exf5, Bxf5 and white wins the d-pawn and the game. We
should then have the general idea more markedly broughtout,
namely first to keep the e-pawn and the d-pawn under
restraint, then to blockade them and only at the end to
destroy them. But as played the game was instructive enough!
(e.g., moves 13, 16, and 18). } Rc8 28.Rxd5 Rxc7 29.Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1911.09.15"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. With two bishops for two
knights, and a central pawn majority, Black probably felt
confident in the outcome of this game. But Nimzowitsch proves
that the opposing centre is a liability because the squares in
front of it are weak, inviting invasion by blockading
knights. The bishops, locked behind the pawns, are never given
a chance. Not strictly true! Nimzowitsch inadvertently allows
the bishops to escape, but then proceeds to dominate them with
his knights on an open board.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6
5. Nf3 f6 {!?} 6. Bb5 {Naturally preparing to exchange bishops
for knights. } 6...Bd7 7. O-O Qb6 {7...Nxe5 8 Nxe5 Bxb5 9 Qh5+
Ke7 10 Qf7+ Kd6 11 dxc5+ Kxe5 12 Re1+ Kf5 13 Qh5+ g5 14 g4
mate -- Nimzowitsch. } 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. exf6 Nxf6 {? 9...gxf6!
} 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 Qd8 13. Bxf6 {! And the
other one. } 13...Qxf6 14. Qh5+ {A common device in
Nimzowitsch's games. The idea is to weaken Black's kingside.}
14...g6 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Bd6
19. f4 c5 20. c4 {20 Qa6! } 20...Bf8 21. cxd5 Bc8 {Black gives
up a pawn to smash the blockade and bring his prelates to
life.} 22. Ne4 Qg7 23. dxe6 {23 d6!? } 23...Bxe6 24. Qa6 Kh8
25. Rd1 Bg8 26. b3 Rd4 27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Qa5 Rc8 29. Rd1 Rc2
30. h3 Qb7 31. Rxd4 Bc5 {With serious threats, e.g. 32 Ra4 Bb6
33 Qe1 Bd5, or 33 Qa6 Qxa6 34 Rxa6 and, once again, 34...Bd5
and Black penetrates to White's g2-square. } 32. Qd8 {! The
taming of the bishops. If now 32...Bxd4 33 Qxd4 Qg7! 34 Nd6
and there is no answer to 35 Ne8 accompanied by a lethal
discovered check. Can a 'system' really teach you to spot
variations like this one? } 32...Be7 33. Qd7 {What follows now
is a rout. } 33...Qa6 34. Rd3 Bf8 35. Nf7+ Bxf7 36. Qxf7 Rc8
37. Rd7 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1911.03.06"]
[EventDate "1911.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Berthold Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 {?!} dxc4 6.e3 b5 7.a4 c6 8.Be2 Bb4+ 9.Nfd2 Bb7
10.O-O a6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 {If 11...Qxf6 then 12.axb5 and White
regains the pawn with advantage; e.g., 12...cxb5 13.Nxc4! bxc4
14.Qa4+ Nc6 15.Bf3, or 12...axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Nxc4 bxc4
15.Qa4, etc. Now this last variation does not work because of
15....Qa5.} 12.b3 {!} cxb3 13.Qxb3 Be7 14.Nc3 Nd7 15.Bf3 Qb6
16.Rfe1 O-O 17.Rab1 Rab8 18.Ne2 f5 19.Nf4 Kg7 20.Qc3 b4 21.Qb2
Kh7 22.Nc4 Qc7 23.Qc2 Rg8 24.a5 c5 25.d5 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Qxe5
27.Red1 Rbc8 28.Qc4 Qf6 29.g3 e5 30.Ne2 e4 {?!} 31.Bg2 Bd6
32.Rf1 Qg5 33.Rbd1 h5 34.f3 {!} exf3 {Very weak. Black should
play 34...h4, and if 35.fxe4 hxg3 36.h3 Qxe3+ 37.Kh1 Rg5.}
35.Rxf3 Rce8 36.Rdf1 Bc8 37.Bh3 Re5 38.Kh1 Kh8 39.Qc2 Bb7
40.Rxf5 Bxd5+ 41.Bg2 Bxg2+ 42.Kxg2 Qxe3 {? Better is 42...Rxf5
43.Rxf5 Qg6 and after 44.Qe4 (44.Qb2+? Rg7!) 44...Rg7, White's
only chance is to play for a draw by 45.Qa8+ Kh7 46.Qe4.}
43.Rxe5 Qxe5 44.Rf5 b3 {?!} 45.Qd3 Qe6 46.Rxh5+ Kg7 47.Rg5+
Kf8 48.Nf4 {!} Qf6 49.Rf5 Qe7 50.Qd5 Bxf4 {Better is 50...b2.}
51.Rxf4 Rh8 52.Re4 Qf6 53.Qxc5+ Kg7 54.Rg4+ Kh6 55.Rf4 Qb2+
56.Rf2 Qg7 57.Qe3+ Kh7 58.Qxb3 Rf8 59.Rf5 Qg6 60.Qd5 f6 61.Qe6
Kg7 62.h4 Rb8 63.h5 Rb2+ 64.Kh3 Re2 65.Qxe2 Qxf5+ 66.Qg4+
Qxg4+ 67.Kxg4 Kh6 68.Kh4 f5 69.g4 fxg4 70.Kxg4 Kg7 71.Kg5 Kh7
72.Kf6 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1911.02.23"]
[EventDate "1911.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Paul Saladin Leonhardt"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5
Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 {White has now a solid
position, since the the enemy Queen file "bites on granite"
(the protected P at d3). This solidity, however, also finds
expression in the fact that White's e-Pawn can never be
troubled by an advance of Black's d-Pawn; in other words, the
center cannot be opened.} Bg4 {The pin.} 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bg5
{9.g4 would have been premature, because of 9...Nxg4 10.hxg4
Bxg4,; followed by ...f5.} Qd6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. g4 {The
"question" is here indicated, since the Biswhop will be driven
into a desert, which, because of the impossibility of ...d5,
can never be transformed into a "flowering garden". Observe
how the h-Pawn and the g-Pawns slowly develop into storm
troops.} Bg6 12. Kg2 Rad8 13. Qe2 Bxc3 {Else Kt-d1-e3-f5 would
have followed.} 14. bxc3 c5 15. Nd2 {White now intends to
bring his Kt to f5 via c4 and e3; on the other hand he
proposes to prevent the embarrasing move ...c4 for as long as
possible without the aid of c4, since this move would leave
the output position in the Queen file (at d4) unguarded.} Qe7
16. Nc4 b6 17. Ne3 f6 {In order at length to free the Bishop;
this move, however, invites g5 when an opportune moment
comes.} 18. Rg1 Qd7 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Rg3 Qb5 21. Qe1 Qa4
22. Qc1 Rd7 23. h4 Bf7 24. c4 {Black has succeded in provoking
c4; in the meantime, however, White has got the King's wing
beautifully arranged to suit himself.} Be6 25. Qb2 a5 26. Rag1
Qc6 27. R1g2 {!! White quietly makes his last preparations for
a worthy reception of the enemy Queen at d4, for which point
she is striving. Observr how the first player has succeeded in
combining the defence of the center with his plans for a
King-side attack.} Qd6 28. Qc1 Qd4 {?} 29. Nd5 {! Traps the
Queen. This "trap" was everywhere applauded. That it was
subordinate to the strategic ends which I had set myself in
this game was taken into consideration by no one. The aim of
my strategy was, however, to prevent a breakthrough or any
manouvering in the center and to make possible the ultimate
advance g5 with the attack.} Rxd5 30. c3 Qxd3 31. exd5 {cxd5
was more precise.} Qxc4 32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. Qc2 c4 34. Qf5 Qxf5
35. gxf5 Rf7 36. Rg4 b5 37. a4 c6 38. Rg1 h5 39. Re4 Rd7
40. Ra1 Rd3 41. axb5 cxb5 42. Rxa5 Rxc3 43. Rxb5 Rf3 44. Kg2
Rxf5 45. Rxc4 Kh7 46. f4 Kg6 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. Rcc5 {The
student may see from the laborious and tedious defence which
White adopted (see moves 21, 22, 25, 28) that he fully
recognized the fact that the disposition of his King-side
Pawns (h3,g4) demanded a closed center.} 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1911.03.14"]
[EventDate "1911.02.20"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 {Notes by Jacques Mieses.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5
dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bd3 b6 {New and
surprising!} 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Qf3 {If 11.Bxc6+ Bxc6
12.Nxc6 Qd5 13.Ne5 (13.Nxe7? Qxg5 14.Nc6 Qxg2 and wins) then
13...Qxg2 with a good game for Black.} Qd5 12.Bxf6 cxb5
13.Bxg7 {? White should play 13.Qxd5.} Qxf3 14.gxf3 Rg8 15.Bh6
f6 16.Nd3 Bxf3 17.Rf1 Rg4 18.Bf4 {Better was 18.Be3.} Rd8
19.c3 e5 {!} 20.Be3 e4 21.Nb4 Bd6 22.h3 Rh4 23.Rg1 Kf7 24.Kd2
Rxh3 25.a4 f5 26.Nc6 Rd7 27.d5 f4 28.Bd4 e3+ 29.fxe3 fxe3+ {?
Here Black misses the win: 29...Rh2+! 30.Ke1 Bxd5 31.axb5 f3
32.Rf1 Be4, etc.} 30.Bxe3 Rh2+ 31.Kc1 Re2 32.Bh6 Bxd5 33.axb5
a5 34.Ra4 Re4 35.Rxe4 Bxe4 36.Rg7+ Ke8 37.Rg8+ Kf7 38.Rg7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1911.03.13"]
[EventDate "1911.02.20"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 {Notes by Jacques Mieses and Dr. Savielly Tartakower. ***
Tartakower: In a game overflowing with the finer points of
positional play, the outstanding feature is perhaps the
problem-like turn 17.Qc1, by which White very elegantly saves
all his unguarded pieces and remains with an extra pawn.} d5
2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 {Tartakower: First
introduced by Schlechter (against Dus-Chotimirsky, Prague
1908), systematized by Rubinstein, this positional maneuver
has all but refuted the Tarrasch Defense.} Be6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O
Rc8 {Tartakower: Too dogmatic. Black devotes too much
attention to the queenside.} 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Ng5 {!} Nf6
11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bh3 Qe7 13.Bg5 {Mieses: A good move but not
the best. Beyond any doubt, with 13.e4! White achieves an
advantage; for example, 13...d4 14.Nd5 exd5 15.Bxc8 dxe4
16.Qb3! or 13...dxe4 14.Bg5 O-O 15.Nxe4, etc.} O-O
{Tartakower: Too late, and yet - as the storm now breaks - not
late enough. Better would be 13...Rd8.} 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 {Mieses:
A mistake. In his calculation Capablanca has overlooked the
opponent's 17th move. The right continuation was
14...gxf6. *** In "Chess Fundamentals" Jose Raul Capablanca
states that he overlooked 16.Kg2! and not White's 17th move
giving the following combination: 16.Bg2 (the move Capablanca
expected) 16...Ne5! 17.Nf4 (if 17.Rc1 Qxc1!! 18.Qxc1 Bxf2+ and
wins) 17...Ng4 18.h3 (18.Nh3 Bxf2+ and Blick wins a quality)
18...Nxf2 19.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20.Kxf2 g5 and Black wins.} 15.Nxd5
{!} Qh6 16.Kg2 Rcd8 17.Qc1 {!!} exd5 18.Qxc5 Qd2 19.Qb5
{Tartakower: Having cleverly won a pawn, White shows that he
also can hold what he has gained.} Nd4 20.Qd3 Qxd3 {Mieses:
Black cannot avoid the exchange of the queens: 20...Qxb2 loses
a piece after 21.Rbf1, and if 20...Qb4, then 21.Rfd1 followed
by Be6+.} 21.exd3 Rfe8 22.Bg4 {!} Rd6 23.Rfe1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Rb6
{Mieses: I don't like this move. The best seems to be
24...Kf7. *** Tartakower: Very cleverly Black obtains some
counterplay which will bring in a pawn on the Q-side.} 25.Re5
Rxb2 26.Rxd5 Nc6 27.Be6+ Kf8 28.Rf5+ Ke8 29.Bf7+ Kd7 30.Bc4 a6
31.Rf7+ Kd6 32.Rxg7 b5 33.Bg8 a5 34.Rxh7 a4 35.h4 b4 36.Rh6+
Kc5 37.Rh5+ Kb6 38.Bd5 {? All annotators agree on 38.Bc4!
being better.} b3 {? All annotators agree on 38...Rxa2 being
better. According to Vladimir Vukovic White still wins with
39.Rh8! b3 40.h5! Ra1 (if 40...Nb4 41.h6! or 40...Rc2 41.h6!
b2 42.Ba2 etc.) 41.Bxc6 Kc7 (not 41...Kxc6? 42.Rb8 Kc7 43.Rb4
and wins) 42.Be4 b2 43.d4 a3 44.Rh7+ Kd6 45.Rb7 a2 46.Rxb2
Rg1+ 47.Kxg1 a1=Q+ 48.Rb1 Qxd4 49.Bf3, and White's position is
still winning.} 39.axb3 {! Tartakower: The result of very
precise calculations. 39.Bxb3 is another way to win.} a3
40.Bxc6 {Mieses: This paradoxical capture is now feasible;
e.g., 40...a2 41.Rb5+ Ka6 [41...Kxc6 42.Ra5] 42.Rb8!, etc.}
Rxb3 41.Bd5 a2 42.Rh6+ {!} 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1911.02.23"]
[EventDate "1911.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Ossip Bernstein"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Savielly Tartakower and Jacques Mieses.} d5
2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6
8.Bd2 Nbd7 9.O-O-O e6 10.Bc4 Qc7 11.Rhe1 O-O-O 12.Bb3 h6 {?!
Mieses: Better was 12...Be7, followed by ...Nb6 and ...Rd7.}
13.Kb1 Nb6 14.Ne2 Be7 15.c4 Rd7 16.a4 Na8 17.Bf4 Bd6 18.Be3
Qa5 19.Rc1 Bb8 20.Red1 Nc7 21.Nf4 Rhd8 22.Bd2 Qa6 23.Bc3 Qb6
24.Ka2 Na6 25.Nd3 c5 {Tartakower: Trying to free his
game. Otherwise he is threatened with the continuation: 26.c5
Qc7 27.Ne5 Re7 28.Bf4! and Black's game remains terribly
tangled.} 26.a5 Qc7 27.dxc5 Nxc5 28.Nxc5 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Rxd1
{Mieses: After 29...Qxc5 Black is also in trouble.} 30.Nxe6 {!
Tartakower: This pretty interlude wins an important pawn.}
fxe6 31.Qxd1 Ne4 32.Bb4 Nc5 33.Qh5 b6 34.Bd1 Qe7 35.Bf3 Bd6
36.axb6 axb6 37.Qg6 Be5 38.Ba3 Bf6 39.b4 Qd7 {Mieses: The last
attempt, which miraculously succeeds. Relatively better was
39...Na4. *** Tartakower: In the knowledge that after 39...Na4
40.Kb3 Qd7 41.Qe4, things would go from bad to worse, Black
embarks upon a desperate enterprise - and saves the
situation.} 40.bxc5 Qd2+ 41.Kb3 {? Mieses, Tartakower:
Unfortunate timidity. There was a win after 41.Kb1 Qe1+ 42.Kc2
Qc3+ 43.Kd1 and now 43...Qxa3 44.Qe8+ Kc7 45.Qc6+ Kd8 46.Qd6+
Kc8 47.Bb7+! Kxb7 48.c6+ winning Black's queen, or 43....Qb3+
44.Ke1 Bc3+ 45.Kf1 Qxc4+ 46.Kg1, and White wins without
difficulty.} Qc3+ {Tartakower: Black draws by perpetual
check. Namely: 42.Ka4! (not 42.Ka2? Qxc4+ 43.Kb1 Qb3+ 44.Kc1
Bg5+ and Black wins) 42...Qa5+! (not 42...Qxc4+ 43.Bb4 b5+
44.Ka5 Bd8+ 45.Ka6 and White wins, because if 45...Qa2+
46.Kxb5, or 45...Qxb4 46.Qxe6+ Kb8 47.Qd6+ Bc7 48.Qf8+
followed by mate) 43.Kb3 Qc3+, etc.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Correspondence game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Capablanca Chess Club"]
[Black "Juan Corzo"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. Corzo} e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2
{The theorists consider that it is dangerous to accept the
third pawn. Nonetheless in practice the position is
defendable, and Mieses, that great advocate of the Danish
Gambit, has suffered reverses, such as the game he lost to
Maroczy in the Paris tournament of 1900, which seem to
demonstrate quite the opposite. In other words, the danger in
playing this opening is greater for White than for Black. (The
Mieses v Maroczy game at Paris, 1900 was not a Danish
Gambit. Corzo was probably thinking of Mieses' loss in 24
moves at Monte Carlo, 1903 - Edward Winter)} 5. Bxb2 d6 6. Nf3
Qe7 7. O-O Be6 8. Qb3 Nd7 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 {A fundamental
error. 9...fxe6, followed by 10...Nc5 would have given Black a
solid position.} 10. Qxb7 Rb8 {When I played this move I saw
the attack with which I should be confronted, but I preferred
a rapid death to the kind that would have awaited me if I had
played 10...Nb6 or some similar move leaving me with the same
number of pawns and an inferior position.} 11. Qxc7 Rxb2
12. Qc8+ Ke7 13. Nd4 Qxe4 14. Nc6+ Kf6 15. Qxd7 {15.Nc3, and
if 15...Qf5 then 16.Rad1, would seem very strong.} Rc2
16. Nxa7 d5 17. Nc3 {An unexpected sacrifice which proves
sound.} Rxc3 18. Nb5 Rc2 {The position is interesting. Another
possible defensive move is 18...Rc4, but the entry of the
white rook and the bad position of the black king would make
the second player's situation almost desperate.} 19. Rae1 Re2
20. Qc6+ Qe6 21. Qc3+ Kg6 22. Qd3+ Re4 23. f3 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Nf6
25. fxe4 Nxe4 {The decisive error. 25...dxe4 would have left
drawing chances.} 26. Nc7 {Well played. If 26.Nc3, Black could
have drawn by perpetual check: 26...Re8 27.Nxd5 Qxd5 28.Qxd5
Nf2+ 29.Kg1 Nh3+} Qe5 27. Nxd5 f5 28. Nf4+ Kg5 29. Rxe4
{Brilliant and decisive. Black is irretrievably lost
irrespective of whether he accepts the sacrifice.} 1-0

[Event "Main Tt Hun Chess Fed"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1911.08.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lajos Asztalos"]
[Black "Miklos Brody"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.e3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Ndb5 O-O 10.Nc7 Bg4 11.f3 Bxe3 12.Nxa8 Bxf4
13.fxg4 d4 14.Qf3 Bd2+ 15.Kf2 dxc3 16.bxc3 Bxc3 17.Rd1 Qxa8
{Game score incomplete.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Pistyan"]
[Site "Bad Pistyan CZE"]
[Date "1912.05.20"]
[EventDate "1912.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Semion Alapin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch from "Dreihundert
Schachpartien".} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4
Nd5 7.axb5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 cxb5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Rb1 Qd5 11.f3 f5
{Restraining e3-e4. On 11...Ba6 then 12.Bxc4 bxc4 13.Qa4+ Kd8
14.e4 Qe6 15.Bf4, intending d4-d5 to drive the queen away from
d7, and then Rxb8+ and Qd7+ mate.} 12.Qc2 e6 13.Qb2 Bd6 {If
Black tries to hang on to his extra material he ends up in
serious trouble: 13...Ba6 14.Bxc4! bxc4 15.Qxb8+ Rxb8 16.Rxb8+
Ke7 17.e4! dxe4 (forced, as 17...Qa5 18.Nc6+ and 17...Qd6 Bg5+
mate are not desirable) 18.Bg5+ Kd6 19.Rd8+ Ke7 20.Rxd5 exd5
21.fxe4 dxe4 22.O-O, and with Rf7+ looming White has much the
better ending.} 14.Qxb5+ Qxb5 15.Rxb5 Ba6 16.Nxc4 Bc7 17.Rc5
Bb6 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Rc7 O-O 20.c4 Rf7 21.Rxf7 Kxf7 22.Kd2 Nc6
23.Kc3 Na5 24.c5 bxc5 25.dxc5 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Rb8 27.Bd2 Rb5
28.Ra1 {? White's play, since emerging a pawn up on move 16,
has not been the most exact, but he could still have won by
the problem-like 28.Kd4 Nb3+ 29.Kc4 Nxd2+ 30.Kxb5 Nxf1 31.c6
Ke7 32.Ka6 (32.Kb6?? Nxe3) 32...Kd8 (or 32...Kd6) 33.Kb7,
winning.} Rxc5+ 29.Kb4 Rd5 30.Bc3 Nc6+ 31.Kc4 Rd7 32.Kc5 Ne7
33.e4 Rc7+ 34.Kd4 Rd7+ 35.Ke3 Rc7 36.Be5 Rd7 37.Ra6 Ng6 38.Bd6
Rb7 39.Ra2 Rd7 40.e5 Rb7 41.g3 Rb3+ 42.Ke2 f4 43.Kf2 Rb5
44.Ra7+ Kg8 45.gxf4 Nh4 {!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Pistyan"]
[Site "Bad Pistyan CZE"]
[Date "1912.05.27"]
[EventDate "1912.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Savielly Tartakower. *** The building up of
an attack by the second player - especially in an opening both
peculiar and difficult to handle - is a special art. We shall
be able to follow some its guiding principles here.} c5 2.d5
d6 3.c4 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Bd3 e6 {It will be noticed that Black
carefully refrains from blocking the long diagonal either by
5...e5 or, even temporarily, by 5...Nf6.} 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Nge2
{Here 7.f4, followed by Nf3, leads to more straightforward
development.} exd5 8.exd5 Nd7 9.f4 Nf6 10.Ng3 h5 {Sounding the
general attack.} 11.O-O h4 12.Nge4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Bd4+ 14.Kh1
Nf5 {Black's attack has quickly assumed a concrete form. The
text move announces the well-known attack by 15...Ng3+.}
15.Bxf5 Bxf5 16.Re1+ Kf8 17.Qf3 {White seeks to avoid fresh
weaknesses; e.g., if 17.Be3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 h3 19.g3 Be4+ 20.Kg1
f5 (or 20...Bg2), and White's position remains restricted.} h3
18.g3 {Evedently not 18.g4?? Qh4.} Qd7 19.Bd2 Bg4 20.Qf1 Qf5
21.Rac1 Kg7 22.Be3 Bf6 23.b3 Rhe8 24.Bf2 Bf3+ 25.Kg1 Bg2
26.Rxe8 Bxf1 27.Rxa8 Qd3 28.Re8 Qf3 29.Kxf1 Qh1+ 30.Bg1 Qg2+
31.Ke1 Qxg1+ 32.Kd2 Qxh2+ {For if 33.Ne2 Qg2 34.Rg1 Qxg1!
35.Nxg1 h2, etc.} 0-1

[Event "Vilnius, 1912 (All-Russian Masters)"]
[Site "Vilna LTU"]
[Date "1912.08.23"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Savielly Tartakower.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7
10.Nbd2 Nc5 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.h3 {The most reasonable course here
is 12.Re1, guarding the e-pawn.} Bh5 13.Qe1 {?! Here again
13.Re1 ensured a very good game for White.} Ne6 14.Nh2 {?!}
Bg6 {!} 15.Bxg6 fxg6 {! Far seeing strategy! Black recognizes
that the f-file and not the e-file will be needed as a base
for action.} 16.Nb3 {Or 16.f4 d4!.} g5 {!} 17.Be3 O-O 18.Nf3
Qd7 19.Qd2 {White pays insufficient attention to the scope of
his opponent's threats. A better course is 19.Nfd4 (19...Nxe5
20.Bxg5) seeking to establish equality.} Rxf3 {!} 20.gxf3 Nxe5
21.Qe2 Rf8 22.Nd2 Ng6 23.Rfe1 Bd6 24.f4 Nexf4 25.Qf1 Nxh3+
26.Kh1 g4 27.Qe2 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Vilnius, 1912 (All-Russian Masters)"]
[Site "Vilna LTU"]
[Date "1912.09.03"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 {Notes by Grigory Levenfish from his book of best games
(pp. 39-41).} e6 2.c4 f5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 c5
{With the idea of 7...cxd4 8.exd4 d5.} 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 Bxd5 10.Bxf5 Bf7 {An interesting position, not easy to
assess. White has four pawns against two on the king's wing,
but two against four on the queen's wing. Who will be quicker
to exploit his pawn majority?} 11.f4 Be7 12.Nf3 Bf6 13.e4 Be6
{! A good positional move, frankly, of necessity. After the
exchange at e6 Black will control the important squares in the
center.} 14.Bxe6 dxe6 15.Qb3 Qc8 16.Be3 O-O 17.O-O Kh8 18.Rad1
Nc6 {Threatening ...e5 and ...Nd4.} 19.e5 Be7 20.g4 {Better is
20.a3, avoiding Black's next move.} Nb4 {! Threatening
21...c4, followed by ...Nd3.} 21.Qc4 Nd5 22.Bc1 Qc6 {? Here
the simple 22...g6 would prevent White's only hope for an
attack (f4-f5), and leave Black with the more favorable
position.} 23.f5 {!} Nc7 {Here 23...b5 loses to 24.Nd4!, etc.}
24.Bg5 b5 25.Qe2 Rae8 26.f6 {!} gxf6 27.exf6 Bd6 {If 27...Bxf6
28.Bxf6+ Rxf6 29.Qe5, and White wins.} 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.Qxe5 Rf7
30.Rd6 Qb7 31.Rd7 {!} Ref8 32.Bh6 Qc8 33.Rxc7 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1912.02.19"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 {Notes by Jacques Mieses.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3
Nbd7 {?! A dubious continuation. Black should play 4...dxc4 or
4...e6.} 5.cxd5 {!} cxd5 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bb4 {Necessary, because
of the threat 8.Nb5.} 8.Bd3 Ne4 9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2
O-O {Black cannot defend the pawn because of the threat Nc4
followed by Nd6+.} 12.Ndxe4 e5 {Black uses his only
chance. Sacrificing the second pawn, he achieves an endgame
with opposite-colored bishops.} 13.dxe5 Nc5 14.Nxc5 Qxc5
15.O-O Bxc3 16.Rfc1 {!} Be6 17.Rxc3 {But not 17.Qxb7? because
of 17...Qb4!.} Bxb3 18.Rxc5 Be6 19.e4 Rfc8 20.Be3 b6 21.Rc3
Rxc3 22.bxc3 Rc8 23.Bd4 b5 24.a3 g6 25.Rb1 a6 26.f4 Rc4 27.Kf2
Kf8 28.Ke3 Ke8 29.Rf1 Ra4 30.Bc5 Bd7 31.Rd1 Rc4 32.Bb4 Rc6
33.h3 h5 34.Kf3 h4 {? Trying to avoid the opening of the
h-file, Black creates new and decisive weaknesses - the pawn
h4 will be lost, and with it also the game.} 35.Rd5 Be6 36.Rd6
Rxd6 37.Bxd6 {!} Kd7 38.Bc5 Kc6 39.Bf2 a5 40.Bxh4 Kc5 41.Bd8
Kc4 42.Ke3 {! After 42.Bxa5 Kd3, followed by Be6-d7-c6, White
will have much more difficulty.} Kxc3 43.Bxa5+ Kc4 44.g4 Kc5
45.f5 gxf5 46.Bb4+ Kc6 47.exf5 Bd5 48.h4 Bg2 49.h5 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1912.03.19"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Jacques Mieses, Aron
Nimzowitsch and Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch.} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7
4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Qc2 Bf8 9.b3 c6
{Lasker: 9...g6, followed by ...Bg7, ...exd4 and ...Ne5 seems
to be a more solid strategy.} 10.Bb2 Nh5 {?! Lasker:
Neglecting his development plan, Black begins an attack which
is bluff.} 11.g3 Nb8 12.Rad1 Qf6 13.Nb1 Bh3 14.Rfe1 Nf4
{Lasker: Looks good, but Rubinstein is ready to handle with a
counter-combination.} 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 {!} Rxe5 17.Bf1 {!
Lasker: Such quiet moves show the master class. *** Mieses:
With the simple 17.Bxe5 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Qxe5 18.Rd8! White can
obtain also a decisive advantage.} Nd7 18.Qd2 {Lasker: The
point of the combination! *** Tarrasch: Better was 18.Bxh3
Nxh3+ 19.Kg2, and three pieces are hanging. The text move
should ultimately only lead to the win of a pawn.} Bxf1
19.Rxf1 Nh3+ 20.Kg2 Ng5 {Lasker: Threatening mate in two
moves.} 21.f4 Qg6 {Lasker: If 21...Nxe4 22.Qxd7.} 22.fxg5 Rxe4
{Nimzowitsch: The best chance. If 22...Qxe4+ 23.Kh3! Re7
24.Rde1, winning a piece, or 22...Re7 23.Ba3 Qxe4+ (23...c5
24.Nc3 with a big positional advantage for White) 24.Kg1 c5
25.Rfe1, etc.} 23.Qxd7 Re2+ 24.Rf2 Qe4+ 25.Kg1 Bc5 {?? Mieses:
Both players are in very big time trouble. Black misses
25...Rxf2!. After 26.Kxf2 Qc2+! 27.Qd2 Bc5+ 28.Kg2 Qe4+ 29.Kh3
Qf5+, he has a draw because 30.Kh4 is too dangerous.} 26.Bd4
{?? Lasker: Now it is clear that the tension and time trouble
are affecting both players. Rubinstein overlooks 26.Qxf7+ and
mate next move.} Bxd4 27.Qxd4 Re1+ 28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Qh1+
30.Kf2 Qxh2+ 31.Kf3 f6 32.Qd2 {!} Qh3 33.Qd7 f5 34.Nc3 Qh5+
35.Kg2 Qxg5 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Ne2 Qh5 38.Rd7 Re8 39.Nf4 Rxe6
40.Nxh5 h6 41.Nxg7 Re2+ 42.Kf3 Rxa2 43.Rxb7 a5 44.Nxf5 c5
45.Nxh6 a4 46.bxa4 Ra3+ 47.Kf4 Rf3+ 48.Kg5 Rxg3+ 49.Ng4 Rd3
50.Kg6 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1912.02.27"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. Nimzowitsch played what is now
known as the Milner-Barry Gambit rather infrequently, but he
had one particular success which must have given him very
great pleasure.} 1...e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6
6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Be2 {Not the pure Milner-Barry,
which should not be bad for Black after 8 O-O Nxd4 9 Nxd4 Qxd4
10 Nc3 a6! and it is not clear that White has enough
compensation for the pawn. It may also be possible for Black
to play 10...Qxe5; in a more recent game (Netanya 1971)
Westerinen scored a fine success with this over Bisguier: 11
Re1 Qb8 12 Nxd5 Bd6 13 Qh5 (13 Qg4! is stronger) 13...Kf8 14
Nc3 Nf6 15 Qh4 Bc6 16 Bg5 Be5-+. } 8...Nge7 9. b3 Nf5 10. Bb2
Bb4+ 11. Kf1 {Black's next maintains pressure on the d-pawn,
but Nimzowitsch shows that Black should have played 11...O-O!
12 g4 (12 Bd3 f6 13 Bxf5 exf5) 12...Nh6 13 Rg1 f6 14 exf6
Rxf6! 15 g5 Rxf3! 16 Bxf3 (or 16 gxh6 Rf7) 16...Nf5 17 Rg4 Be8
18 Qe2 Ncxd4 19 Rxd4! Nxd4 20 Qe5 Bb5+ 21 Kg2 Nf5 22 Bxd5 (if
22 Nc3 Bxc3 23 Bxc3 d4) 22...exd5 23 Qxf5 Rf8 24 Qxd5+ Rf7! 25
Qd4 Bc5 and White must resign. } 11...Be7 12. g3 a5 {?} 13. a4
Rc8 14. Bb5 Nb4 15. Nc3 {! L. Paulsen-Tarrasch, Nuremberg
1888, had gone 15 Bxd7+? Kxd7 16 Nc3 Nc6 17 Nb5 Na7 18 Nxa7?
Qxa7 19 Qd3 Qa6!, and Tarrasch won a fine ending after the
exchange of queens. } 15...Na6 {In Dreihundert Schachpartien,
the second edition published in 1909, Tarrasch gives
15...Bxb5+ 16 Nxb5 Nc2 with the threat of ...Ne3+; this
Nimzowitsch shows to be harmless: 17 Rc1 Ne3+ 18 fxe3 Nxe3+ 19
Ke2 Nxd1 20 Rxc8+ Kd7 21 Rxh8 Nxb2 22 Rc1 and wins. } 16. Kg2
Nc7 17. Be2 Bb4 18. Na2 Na6 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Nxb4
Naxb4 22. Bb1 h6 23. g4 Ne7 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Ne1 Rf8 26. Nd3
f6 27. Nxb4 Qxb4 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Bc1 Nc6 30. g5 hxg5
31. Bxg5 Rf8 32. Be3 Qe7 33. Qg4 Qf6 34. Rg1 Rh8 35. Kh1 Rh4
36. Qg3 Rxd4 {'Despair! 37 Bg5 was threatened as also 37 Qxg7'
-- Nimzowitsch. } 37. Bxd4 Nxd4 38. Qxg7 Qf3+ 39. Qg2 Qxg2+
40. Rxg2 Nxb3 41. h4 {After his game with Tarrasch,
Nimzowitsch decided that 6 Bd3 was too risky, and in
subsequent games (before he discovered 4 Qg4) he developed the
king's bishop on a more modest square, e2, although this cut
out the possibility of reaching the position from his Salwe
game. Here is one example: Nimzowitsch-Spielmann, Stockholm
1920. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1102388}
1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1912.03.18"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Paul Saladin Leonhardt"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3
Qb6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4 Ng6 9. Re1 Be7
10. Bb2 a5 {Better 10...a6. } 11. b5 a4 12. Nbd2 {Threat 13
bxc6 Qxb2 14 Rb1 followed by cxb7. } 12...Na7 13. Bxd4 Bc5
14. Bxc5 {!} Qxc5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Nd6+ Ke7
18. Nxc4 Qc5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qd6+ Qxd6 21. exd6+ 1-0

[Event "Vilnius, 1912 (All-Russian Masters)"]
[Site "Vilna LTU"]
[Date "1912.09.10"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker from "The Evening Post",
1912, and Dr. Savielly Tartakower. *** Tartakower: The
interesting feature here is how Rubinstein discovers - one
might almost say creates - a weak point in his adversary's
position and how he fastens on it, never to let go, until the
game is won.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4
6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Ne2
Re8 {Tartakower: From the wide repertory of possible replies
(11...Bc5, 11...Bd6, 11...Bg4 or 11...h6), Black decides on
the one with the greatest initiative.} 12.Nd4 Qd6 13.Bh4
{Lasker: This maneuver is finely refuted. 13.Qf3 would have
been preferable. *** Tartakower: More astute than 13.Qf3 Ne4
14.Be3 Qg6, and Black takes the lead.} Ne4 14.c3 Bc5 15.f3 Qh6
{! Lasker: The beginning of a charming attack. If now 16.Be1
Bd6 17.g3 Nc5 with advantage.} 16.fxe4 Qxh4 17.exd5 cxd5
{Tartakower: There is no hurry to win a pawn by 17...Bxd4+
18.cxd4 Qxd4+ 19.Kh1 Qxd5, by which the initiative would lose
in plasticity. Maintenance of the pressure gives Black richer
and more varied chances.} 18.Bf5 g6 19.Bxc8 Raxc8 20.Rf2 Re4
{Lasker: Black now concentrates his fire upon the knight. Its
position on d4 is necessary, yet untenable against the
combined assault of the Black pieces, and owing to this
contradiction White's game is lost.} 21.g3 Qe7 {Tartakower:
Now, frontal pressure on the e-file has become the theme of
Black's strategy.} 22.Qd2 f5 23.Rd1 Re3 24.Kg2 Qe4+ 25.Kg1 Bb6
26.Rf4 Qe7 27.Kg2 Rc4 {Lasker: Now 28...Bxd4, followed by
29...Re2+, is threatened. White has no valid defense, and
resolves upon a desperate sacrifice.} 28.Nxf5 {Tartakower: A
despairing sacrifice. If 28.Kf2 Re4, with an increase in
Black's attacking resources.} Re2+ 29.Kh1 Qe6 {! Lasker: By
this excellent move the game is won. If now 30.Qxd5 Rxf4 and
wins a piece. White shortly resigned. The conduct of the game
by Black impresses one as lucid, energetic, and harmonious
from beginning to end. *** Tartakower: And wins. A clear-cut
victory. *** The few remaining moves are missing.} 0-1

[Event "18th DSB Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau GER"]
[Date "1912.07.25"]
[EventDate "1912.07.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Karel Treybal"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3
Bd6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Bxf4 8.exf4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6
10.N2f3 Qd6 11.Qd2 a6 {?! With 11...Nxd4 Black can equalize
easily; for example: 12.Nxd4 e5 13.fxe5 Qxe5+, etc. Or 12.cxd4
Ne4! 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Ng5 (14.Ne5 Bd7) 14...Rd8 15.Rd1 Qd5
16.b3 Bd7, followed by Bc6.} 12.O-O Bd7 13.Rfe1 Rad8 14.Re2
Nh5 15.g3 g6 16.Kg2 Bc8 17.h4 f6 {The fight in the next moves
will be around the e5-square. If Black succeeds in promoting
...e6-e5, he will have a good game.} 18.Rae1 Ng7 19.Re3 Rfe8
20.Qe2 Kf7 21.a3 Re7 22.Bb1 Rde8 23.Ba2 Kf8 24.Qd2 {!} e5 {?
Black thinks that now is the right moment for the thematic
advance. In fact, just the opposite is true. This move is the
decisive mistake. Instead, deserving consideration was
24...b5, preventing the possible breakthrough c3-c4.} 25.Nxc6
bxc6 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Rxe5 {!} Bf5 {Black overlooked that after
27...Rxe5 White wins by 28.Qf4+.} 28.Qf4 Rxe5 29.Rxe5 Rxe5
30.Qxe5 Qd7 31.Ng5 Ne8 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qxh7+ Kd6 34.Qxd7+ Kxd7
35.Kf3 Nf6 36.Kf4 c5 37.f3 Kc6 38.g4 Bc2 39.Ke3 c4 40.Kd2 Bd3
41.Ne6 Nd7 42.Nf4 Ne5 43.Nxd3 cxd3 44.h5 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1912.03.02"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 {Notes by Jacques Mieses and Dr. Savielly Tartakower.} e6
2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 Nf6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3
Nbd7 9.Qc2 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Nf3 Nce4 12.O-O Bd7 13.Rfd1 {?
Mieses: White should play 14.Rad1. As the game shows, the
f2-pawn must be protected.} Rc8 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qb3 Rc7 16.Ne1
{?! Mieses: Better was 16.Nd4. *** Tartakower: If 16.Nd4,
then, as in the text, 16...Nc5 17.Qb4 f4, etc. If 16.e3 e5.}
Nc5 17.Qb4 f4 {!} 18.Nd3 {Tartakower: If 18.Rxd6 fxg3 19.fxg3
Qf2+ 20.Kh1 Qxe2 21.h3 (21.Rd2 Rf1+ followed by mate) 21...Ne4
and wins.} fxg3 19.fxg3 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Qf2+ 21.Kh1 Bc6 {!} 22.e4
Rcf7 23.Re1 {Tartakower: If 23.Rxd6 Qe2 24.Qe1 (still parrying
the triple threat ...Rf1+ or ...Bxe4 or ...Rf2) 24...Qxb2
25.Rxe6 Rf2, etc.} a5 {!} 24.Qc3 Qc5 25.b4 Bxe4 {! Mieses:
Brilliant and correct!} 26.Rxe4 {Mieses: The queen cannot be
captured because of mate in two moves. After 26.Bxe4 the
following winning continuation for Black is shown: 26...Rf1+
27.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28.Kg2 Rg1+! 29.Kf3 Qh5+ 30.Ke3 Qxh2, etc. But,
as pointed out in "Deutsche Schachblaetter", playing 26.Rf3!
White has the opportunity for strong resistance with big
drawing chances; for example: 26...Rxf3 27.Qxf3! Rxf3 28.bxc5,
or 26....Qc6 27.b5! Rxf3 28.Qxf3 Bxf3 29.bxc6 Bxc6 30.Bxc6
bxc6 31.Rxe6, etc.} Rf1+ 27.Bxf1 Rxf1+ 28.Kg2 Qf2+ 29.Kh3 Rh1
30.Rf3 {! Tartakower: If 30.Rf4 Qxh2+ 31.Kg4 Qh5+ mate, and if
30.Rxe6 Qxh2+ 31.Kg4 Qh3+, followed by 32...Qxe6.} Qxh2+
31.Kg4 Qh5+ 32.Kf4 Qh6+ 33.Kg4 g5 {! Tartakower: A splendid
point, establishing a mating net at one stroke.} 34.Rxe6
{Tartakower: If 34.Rf8+ Kxf8 35.Kf3 axb4 36.axb4 Kf7 with
37...Qf6 to follow.} Qxe6+ 35.Rf5 h6 {Mieses: Enough to win,
but here was also a quicker solution: 35...Qe4+ 36.Kxg5 h6+
37.Kf6 (37.Kg6 Qe8+) 37...Re1! 38.Kg6 Qg4+.} 36.Qd3 Kg7 37.Kf3
Rf1+ {!} 38.Qxf1 Qxf5+ 39.Kg2 Qxf1+ 40.Kxf1 axb4 41.axb4 Kf6
42.Kf2 h5 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1912.03.18"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 {Notes by Jacques Mieses.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5
Nd4 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Nf3 {Bad is 7.Nxf7? d5, or 7.Bxf7+?
Kd8 and after 8...d6 White loses a piece.} d5 8.Nxd4 {?! Here
White has an opportunity to refute the opponent's variation by
playing 8.Bxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd4! Nf4! 10.Qf3 Qg5 11.Nb3! Nxg2+
12.Kf1 Nf4 13.d4, and White wins. *** This "refutation" by
Mieses is incorrect as Bernstein-Rubinstein, Vilna 1912
(Rubinstein answered 8.Bxd5 with 8...Bg4! offering a second
pawn for an attack which fully compensates for the sacrificed
material), and analysis by Rudolf Spielmann shows.} dxc4 9.Nf3
Nxe4 10.O-O O-O 11.d4 cxd3 12.cxd3 Nxc3 {!} 13.bxc3 Bg4 14.d4
Bd6 15.Qd3 Rae8 16.h3 Bh5 17.a4 Bg6 18.Qc4 Qe2 {!} 19.Qxe2
Rxe2 20.Ba3 {Black already has an obvious positional
advantage. If 20.Be3 f5!.} Rc2 {!} 21.Bxd6 cxd6 22.Rfe1 {Or
22.Rfc1 Rc8 23.Rxc2 Bxc2 24.Ra3 a5! with advantage.} Rxc3
23.Re7 Rb8 24.a5 {Perhaps 24.Rae1 offers more drawish
chances.} Kf8 25.Rd7 {This loses an exchange, but after any
other moves Black remains with an extra pawn.} Bf5 26.Rxd6 Be6
27.Rb1 {With the idea if 27...Ke7 28.Ra6. Deserving attention
was 27.Re1 threatening Ng5. If then 27...Ke7 28.Rd5!, but
Black has 27...Rbc8 28.Kh2 Ra3, with a win after the capture
of the a-pawn.} Rc7 {!} 28.Ra6 Ra8 29.Rxe6 fxe6 30.Ng5 Ke7
31.Re1 Kf6 {!} 32.f4 Rc6 33.Nxh7+ Ke7 34.Ng5 Kd7 35.Re5 Rf8
36.d5 exd5 37.Rxd5+ Rd6 38.Rb5 Kc6 39.Rb4 Rf5 40.Rc4+ Kd7
41.Ne4 Rc6 42.Ra4 Ra6 43.g4 Rfxa5 44.Rd4+ Kc7 45.Nc3 Rd6 {A
typical Rubinstein game!} 0-1

[Event "Vilnius, 1912 (All-Russian Masters)"]
[Site "Vilna LTU"]
[Date "1912.08.31"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ossip Bernstein"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Akiba Rubinstein from " Novoe Vremya" 1912,
which were translated and published in the August 1912 issue
of the "American Chess Bulletin".} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
4.Bb5 Nd4 {This little-known defense makes the game
complicated and avoids the overworked variations of the Four
Knights' opening. Whether the move be correct, the future will
decide. Opposed to it is the principle that no piece should be
moved twice in the opening without real need.} 5.Bc4 {The
retreat to a4 would keep the queen pawn pinned only
temporarily; therefore the bishop takes up a more aggressive
position at c4, threatening the points d5 and f7.} Bc5 6.Nxe5
Qe7 7.Nf3 d5 8.Bxd5 Bg4 9.d3 {If White also captures the b7
pawn, he will have to face a still livelier attack.} c6 10.Bb3
Nd7 11.Bg5 {In this dangerous position Bernstein finds the
best plan of defense; the white king flees to the queen's wing
and Black's onslaught comes to an end. Every other move would
lose; for instance: 11.h3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Qh4 13.Rf1 Ne5 and
wins. Or 11.Be3 Ne5 12.Bxd4 Bxd4, and White has no defense
against the threat of 13...Qf6.} Qd6 12.Nb1 Qg6 {Also 12...Ne5
came under consideration.} 13.Be3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qg2 15.Kd2
Nxf3+ 16.Kc1 Rd8 17.h3 Bxe3+ 18.fxe3 Nde5 19.Qf1 Qg5 20.Qe2
{Not 20.Qf2 because of 20...Rxd3.} Nd4 21.Qd2 Ndf3 22.Qe2 Nd4
{After 23.Qf2 (or 23.Qe1) would follow 23...Nxb3 24.axb3 Rxd3,
etc.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius, 1912 (All-Russian Masters)"]
[Site "Vilna LTU"]
[Date "1912.08.23"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Ossip Bernstein"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4
5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qf4 Qc7 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd3 Nge7 9.O-O Ng6 10.Bxg6
hxg6 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Ned4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qxc2 14.Be3 Qc4 15.Qxc4
dxc4 16.Bb6 Bd7 17.Rfc1 Rc8 18.Nd2 Bg5 19.Ne4 Bxc1 20.Nd6+ Kf8
21.Nxc8 Bg5 22.f4 Bxc8 23.fxg5 Bd7 24.Rd1 Ke7 25.Bc5+ Ke8
26.Rd4 Bc6 27.Rxc4 Bd5 28.Rb4 Kd7 29.Rf4 Kc6 30.Bd6 Rd8 31.b3
Rd7 {White's winning chances reside in: (1) the unfortunate
position of the black king -- note that the white king does
not intervene at all until a late stage of the ending -- and
(2) White's dark-square grip, especially the possibility of
Bf8 attacking Black's g7-pawn. Once Black loses his g7-pawn
White will have little difficulty in creating a passed
h-pawn.} 32.h4 a5 33.g4 b5 {In the interests of exchanging the
queenside pawns.} 34.h5 gxh5 35.gxh5 a4 36.bxa4 Bxa2 37.a5 Ra7
38.Bf8 Bb1 39.Rf1 Bd3 40.Rd1 Bf5 41.Bb4 Ra8 42.Rd6+ Kc7 43.a6
Rh8 {White was threatening 44 Ba5+ Kb8 45 Rd8+ Ka7 46 Bb6+, a
variation which highlights how important it is to have threats
against the enemy king if one is seeking to win an opposite
bishop plus rook position.} 44.Bc5 Bg4 45.h6 gxh6 46.gxh6 Kb8
47.Kf2 {Hitherto White has dominated the entire black army
with his rook and bishop but now his king also enters the
battle with decisive effect. } Bf5 {So powerful are the dark
squares that Black's bishop hardly seems to count at all. }
48.Kf3 b4 49.Be3 Ka8 50.Rb6 Rf8 51.Rxb4 f6 52.Bc5 {!} Rc8 {Or
52...Rf7 53 Rb7!+-. } 53.exf6 Rxc5 54.f7 Rc8 55.Rb7 Bd3 56.Re7
Bb5 57.Kf4 Rh8 58.h7 Ba4 59.Ke5 {The king penetrates via the
dark squares.} Bb5 60.Kf6 e5 61.Kg7 1-0

[Event "Vilnius, 1912 (All-Russian Masters)"]
[Site "Vilna LTU"]
[Date "1912.08.31"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4
{4...Qb6 seems to be better.} 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Qc7
8.Bf4 g5 {Not quite sound but leading to interesting play.}
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Qe2 Ne7 11.O-O h5 12.h3 Nf5 13.Bh2 {13 Bxf5 exf5
14 e6 would be obviously bad because of 14...f4 15 exf7+
Kxf7.} g4 {The pretty point of the attack started by ...g5.}
14.Re1 {the answer to 14 hxg4 hxg4 15 Qxg4 would have been
15...Rxh2 16 Kxh2 Bxe5+ followed by ...Bxb2.} Kf8 15.Nc3 {The
knight proposes to make his way to f4 (after the black knight
at f5 is exchanged off.} Qe7 16.Bxf5 exf5 17.Qe3 Rh6 18.Ne2 c5
19.Nf4 {! this knight is to be regarde as primarily the
blockader of Black's pawn at f5 and its adherent mass of
pawns; but in addition he acts as an "antiblockader" for his
own aspiring pawn at e5.} d4 20.Qd3 Qd7 21.Qc4 Qc6 22.hxg4 {!
The necessary prelude to Nd3. If at once 22 Nd3 there would
have followed 22...gxh3 23 Qxc5+ Qxc5 24 Nxc5 Rg6 25 g3 and
White stands badly.} Ba6 23.Qd5 {!!} Qxd5 {Most interesting
would have been 23...hxg4; the result would have been a
triumphant march of the e-pawn to e8. For instance 24 e6 (with
an attack on the queen) 24...Qxd5 25 e7+ Ke8 26 Nxd5 followed
by check at c7. (the 'unexpected advance of the unstopped
pawn.")} 24.Nxd5 Bc4 {If 24...hxg4, then again e6 winning the
exchange.} 25.Nf6 hxg4 26.Bf4 Rg6 27.Nd7+ Ke7 28.Nxc5 Rc8
29.b4 Bh6 30.Rad1 Bxf4 31.Rxd4 Rh6 32.Rxc4 Rch8 33.Kf1 Rh1+
34.Ke2 Rxe1+ 35.Kxe1 Bxe5 36.Nd3 Bd6 37.a4 a5 38.b5 Rh1+
39.Ke2 Rh2 40.Nf4 Bxf4 41.Rxf4 Rxg2 42.c4 Rg1 43.Rxf5 Ke6
44.Rd5 Rb1 45.Rd8 Ke7 46.Ra8 Rb4 47.c5 Rxa4 48.b6 Rb4 49.c6
Rxb6 50.c7 {What interests in this game is above all the role
which the knight at f4 has played. As a blockader he was
strongly posted and excellently supported (by the bishop at
h2). Again he had a crippling affect on Black's bishop at g7
and rook at h6, etc. Further, his "threat effect" was
considerable, particularly on the points d5 and e6. (The
mobility of White's e-pawn affords a piquant antithesis to the
immobility of Black's pawn at f5.) And lastly, his elasticity
was striking, for he could composedly go on his travels,
leaving the bishop to take his place.} 1-0

[Event "Vilnius, 1912 (All-Russian Masters)"]
[Site "Vilna LTU"]
[Date "1912.09.05"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.f4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker from "The Evening Post",
1912.} f5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.exf5 exf5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bd6
7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Na6 {?! It would appear that 9...Ne4
would be better.} 10.c5 {!} Bc7 11.Ne5 Nb8 12.Qc2 Ne4 13.Be3
Be6 {13...Nd7 was imperative. Now White begins a violent
assault.} 14.g4 {!} g6 15.gxf5 gxf5 16.Kh1 Qf6 17.Bxe4 {!}
fxe4 {Black cannot capture 17...dxe4 because then 18.d5! cxd5
19.Rg1+ Kh8 20.Bd4 would win at once.} 18.f5 {!} Bxf5 {The
capture is compulsory, since Bg5 is threatened.} 19.Ng4 Bxg4
{Again forced. If 19...Qe6 20.Nh6+ and 21.Qf2 would win the
bishop.} 20.Rxf6 Rxf6 21.Rg1 Rg6 22.Rxg4 {!} Rxg4 23.Qb3 {!
The point of White's play. He now menaces both 24.Qxb7 and
24.Nxd5.} Nd7 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.Qxd5+ Kh8 26.Qxd7 Rg7 27.Qf5 Kg8
28.Bg5 Re8 29.d5 Rf7 30.Qh3 Ref8 31.Qe6 Kh8 32.Bh4 {!} 1-0

[Event "18th DSB Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau GER"]
[Date "1912.07.20"]
[EventDate "1912.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Savielly Tartakower, Jacques Mieses and
Carl Schlechter.} e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qxd4 Nf6
6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 Nc6 {Tartakower: Another line of defense is
7...c6 8.O-O-O d5, or 7...O-O 8.O-O-O c6, etc.} 8.Qh4 d6
9.O-O-O Be6 10.Bd3 {Tartakower: If 10.Rhe1 Bxc4 11.Bxf6 Be6,
again closing the e-file.} Qd7 11.Bb5 {Mieses: Preventing
Black from castling long and threatening 12.Ne5. ***
Tartakower: Prevents 11...O-O-O, after which would follow
12.Ne5 Qe8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Ba6+ Kd7 15.Na4 (threatening mate),
and the king hunt has only begun.} O-O 12.Nd4 {Tartakower:
Preventing above all 12...Bf5 (13.Nxf5 Qxf5 14.Bd3 and
wins). Ineffective would be 12.Ne5 Qe8.} a6 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.f4
{Schlechter: A mistake would be 14.Bxh7+? Nxh7 15.Bxe7 Ng6,
and Black wins a piece.} Nxd3+ 15.Rxd3 c5 {! Tartakower: In
order to be able to place his bishop at f5, for if at once
15...Bf5 16.Re3 Rae8 17.Rxe7 Rxe7 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nd5, and
Black is at bay.} 16.Rg3 {! Tartakower: Seeing that his
opponent is not amenable, White intensifies his attack. If now
16...cxd4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Qxf6 g6 19.Qxd4, etc.} Kh8 17.Nf3
{Mieses: After 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rh3 Rf7 19.Bxf6 gxf6, White's
attack is repulsed.} Ng8 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Ng5 Nh6 {Schlechter:
Forced, because if 19...Nf6 20.Bxh7!. *** Mieses: Perhaps
19...h6 was Black's best. But not 19...Bf5 20.Rh3! followed by
Re1. *** Tartakower: If 19...h6, Black's knight will remain
locked out for a long time to come, although White has at the
moment no decisive attack at his disposal.} 20.Re1 Qd7 21.Rge3
Rfe8 {Tartakower: The sequel will show that 21...Rae8 had some
points in its favor.} 22.Nce4 Bf5 23.Nf6 {! Tartakower: The
break-up sacrifice was so to speak "in the air" ever since
Black's 19th move, but now it is reinforced by the unmasking
of the e-file. The thrilling play hereafter offers an
attractive illustration of well-balanced attack and defense -
both perfectly conducted.} gxf6 24.Qxh6 Bg6 {! Mieses: Not
24...fxg5? 25.Qf6+ Kg8 26.Re7! and White wins.} 25.Nxh7 {!
Tartakower: This sacrifice, a sequel to the preceding one
(23.Nf6), shows its real significance only on White's next
move. Without this possibility, White would have to retire and
agree to exchanges, bringing Black, with his extra pawn,
nearer to victory.} Bxh7 26.Rg3 {! Tartakower: A magnificent
point. White's linear pressure culminates in a double threat
of mate (Qg7 or Qxf6).} Rxe1+ 27.Kd2 Re2+ {! Tartakower: A
pretty resource which saves Black from defeat.} 28.Kd1
{Tartakower: White cannot take the rook, otherwise 28...Qe6+,
followed by 29...Rg8, parries all threats. And if 28.Kc1, then
not hastily 28...Rxc2+ 29.Kd1, but calmly 28...Re1+,
continuing his series of checks.} Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th DSB Kongress"]
[Site "Breslau GER"]
[Date "1912.07.24"]
[EventDate "1912.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Stefan Levitsky"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter from the Breslau tournament
book.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.e4
dxe4 {A very interesting position arises after 7...e5 8.exd5
cxd5 9.cxd5 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd5. There are eight pieces on the
d-line! In this position the tempo is a decisive
advantage. White achieves a very strong attack by 11.Nf5!.}
8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 e5 10.O-O exd4 11.Qxd4 Qf6 12.Be3 Ne5 {?!
This loses quickly. Black must exchange the queens, even if
after 12...Qxd4 13.Bxd4 O-O 14.Rad1 his position is
disadvantageous.} 13.Rad1 Bc7 {? After 13...Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qxd4
15.Rxd4 Bc7 16.Rfd1 White has the advantage.} 14.Qc5 {!} b6
15.Qb4 a5 16.Qc3 Bf5 {Or 16...Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Qxc3 18.Bxc6+!,
etc. Relatively better was 16...O-O, but after 17.Bd4 White
would keep the advantage.} 17.Bg5 {!} Qe6 {Better was
17...Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Bxe4 19.Qxe4+ Qe6 20.Qxe6+ fxe6 21.Rfe1,
and White wins the e-pawn.} 18.Nd4 Qd6 19.Bxf5 1-0

[Event "American National"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1913.01.28"]
[EventDate "1913.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Harry Kline"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch. This game illustrates the plan of
action "center file v. flank attack".} Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3
Nbd7 4. Bf4 c6 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. e4 e5 7. Bg3 Be7 {White has now
the attacking position in the center. This is unquestionably
an advantage. But here the weakness of his pawn at e4 (we
shall quickly see why e4 is weak) will soon force White to
surrender his advantage; that is to say he will find himself
obliged to equalize with dxe5.} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 {!}
10. O-O Nh5 {In order to exchange the bishop.} 11. Nc4 Bf6
12. Ne3 Nf8 13. dxe5 {Since the Bishop is needed at d3 for the
protection of the e-pawn, the d-pawn can only be protected
against a Knight at e6 by exchanging him. The student should
consider carefully the motif here used, aiming at forcing the
opponent to declare himself (whether for dxe5 or for d5).}
dxe5 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne1 Nf4 {? With this move a
diversion is put 'en train' which may be said to run counter
to the spirit of the opening. The right line of play consisted
in ...Be6 and doubling the rooks on the d-file. By this means
advantage could have been taken of the rather uncomfortable
position of White's bishop at d3. Black's simplest course
would have been to play ...Be6 on his 14th move.} 17. g3 Nh3+
18. Kh1 h5 19. N3g2 g5 20. f3 Ng6 21. Ne3 {!} h4 22. g4 {??
The entry of the knight at f5 would, according to my analysis,
have decided the game in White's favor. The retreat of the
Black knight at h3 is cut off. The attempt at a rescue
undertaken by means of a wreckless advance of the k side pawns
gives the opportunity, often ocurring in such a position, for
a decisive counter stroke, by an invasion in the center, in
the present case by ...Nf4. For instance 22 Nf5 hxg3 23 hxg3
Bxf5 24 exf5 Ne7 25 Kg2 Kg7 (is the pawn sacrifice 25...g4 26
fxg4 Ng5 any better?) 26 Kxh3 Rh8+ (or 26...Nd5 27 Qe2) 27 Kg2
Qh6 28 Kf2 Qh2+ 29 Ng2 Rh3 30 Ke1 Rxg3 31 Ne3, etc. Moreover
as a superabundance 26 Rh1 is also playable, which I showed to
be a win for White in an analysis I published in the 'Rigaer
Rundschau'.} Nhf4 {Now the knight rejoices in his rediscovered
freedom, and black, after this doubtful excursion, which could
easily have ended fatally for him, takes up the right line,
play in the queen file, and pursues it with complete masterly
to victory. What remains needs but few remarks.} 23. Rf2 Nxd3
24. Nxd3 Be6 25. Rd1 Red8 26. b3 Nf4 27. Ng2 Nxd3 28. Rxd3
Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Rd8 {Why not ...Bxg4.} 30. Qe2 h3 31. Ne3 a5
32. Rf1 a4 33. c4 Rd4 {!} 34. Nc2 Rd7 35. Ne3 Qd8 36. Rd1
Rxd1+ 37. Nxd1 Qd4 {Queen file and centralization.} 38. Nf2 b5
{!} 39. cxb5 axb3 40. axb3 Bxb3 {Threatening ...Qa1+.}
41. Nxh3 Bd1 42. Qf1 cxb5 43. Kg2 b4 44. Qb5 b3 45. Qe8+ Kg7
46. Qe7 b2 47. Nxg5 Bb3 48. Nxf7 Bxf7 49. Qg5+ Kf8 50. Qh6+
Ke7 51. Qg5+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1913.05.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Von Haken"]
[Black "Giese"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3
Bd6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O h6 {In the Exchange Variation
of the French Defence with the king knight's developed at f3
and f6 the pinning move Bg5 and ...Bg4 furnish one of the
leading motives for both sides. Here, however, this motif is
ruled out by the moves of the h-pawns, and, except for a
moment we see and here nothing but the e-file.} 8. Nc3 c6
9. Ne2 Re8 10. Ng3 Ne4 {The outpost.} 11. Nh5 Nd7 12. c3 Ndf6
13. Nh2 Qc7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Bc2 Bf5 {!
Allpieces are directed to the strategical point; this is also
called emphasizing one's strength (here the knight at e4).}
17. Nh4 Bh7 18. Be3 g5 19. Nf3 f5 20. Re1 Re7 {The pressure in
the file grows more acute move by move.} 21. Nd2 f4 22. Nxe4
dxe4 {The place of the outpost knight is now worthiliy taken
by a "half-passed" pawn.} 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. c4 c5 25. Bc3 Bg6
{! In order to be able to play ...Kh7 and ...e3; a timely
advance against the pawn at h3 is also threatened by ...h5,
...g4, an echo of the pin motif!} 26. Qg4 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Be5
28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Qd1 {If 29 Rad1 then 29...e3 30 Bxg6 exf2+
31 Kxf2 Qc5+ 32 Kf1 Qxc4+ 33 Kf2 Qc5+ 34 Kf1 Qb5+ 35 Kf2 Qxb2+
36 Kf1 Qb5+ 37 Kf2 Qb6+ 38 Kf1 Qa6+ 39 Kf2 Qxa2+ 40 Kf1 Qa6+
41 Kf2 Qb6+ 42 Kf1 followed by the double exchange at e1 and
...Qxg6. A fine illustration of the theme: the win of a pawn
with check.} Rd8 30. Qb1 Rd2 31. Bxe4 Qc5 32. Bd5+ Kg7 33. Qc1
Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Rexd5 {This game provides a trasparent,
therefore, a good, illustration to the outpost theme.} 0-1

[Event "casual game"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Semion Alapin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch except where noted.} e6 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 {Surrender of the center} 5. Nf3 c5
{To "kill" the Pawn. "Restraint" might have been effected by,
say ...Be7, ...O-O, ...b6, ...Bb7.} 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Be3 {It
was to be able to make this move, which combines development
and attack (the threat is dxc5 winning a Pawn), that White
exchanged Knights.} cxd4 {Disappearance of tempo spells loss
of time.} 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Be2 Qxg2 {Stealing a Pawn. The
consequences are grievous.} 10. Bf3 Qg6 11. Qd2 e5 {The
crisis. Black means to be rid of the unpleasant Knight, so
that he may in some measure catch up in development. [White
must have paid him a fee to play this. -- C H O'D Alexander] }
12. O-O-O {!} exd4 13. Bxd4 {White's advantage in development
is now too great.} Nc6 14. Bf6 {! Travels by express. Any
other Bishop move could have been answered by a development
move, whereas now there is no time for this; Black must take.}
Qxf6 15. Rhe1+ {Play in the King and Queen files at the same
time. The danger of a breakthrough is great.} Be7 {or 15...Be6
16.Qd7 mate!} 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 {or 16...bxc6 17.Qd8 mate.}
17. Qd8+ {!} Bxd8 18. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.01.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3
cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 Qc7 7. Bb5 Nge7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Qg3 Bd7
10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Re8 13. c4 f6 {?!} 14. Bf4
{!} Bb4 15. Nc3 Rhf8 16. cxd5 fxe5 {16...exd5 17 Nxd5! }
17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bc5 20. Re2 Bb7 21. Nb5
Qb6 22. Rc1 Qxb5 23. Rec2 Kb8 24. Rxc5 Rc8 25. Nd3+ {It would
seem that von Freymann had not learnt a great deal from their
meeting in the All-Russian Championship, Vilna 1912: 5 Nxd4
Instead of 5 Qxd4. 5...Nc6 6 Nxc6 bxc6 7 Bd3 Qc7 8 Bf4 g5? 9
Bg3 Bg7 10 Qe2 Ne7 11 O-O h5 12 h3 Nf5 13 Bh2 g4?! Nimzowitsch
will be only too pleased to take control of f4.} 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg (Russia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1914.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5
5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Be3 {10 d5 would be bad because of ...Na5 11 b3 Bb4; nor
would 10 Bg5 be good 10...b6, etc.} b6 {10...a6 and ...b5
would unneccessarily weaken the point c5.} 11. Qe2 Bb7
12. Rfd1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nbd5 15. Nb5 {A
strategically noteworthy conception. White says to himself: in
the center I am strong, therefore a strategical diversion is
justified; moreover, I have no particular wish after say 15
Ba6 or Bd3 to be saddled with hanging Pawns. The right move
was, nevertheless, Ba6. For example 15 Ba6 Nxc3 16bxc3 Qc7 17
Bxb7 Qxb7 18 c4 with eventually a4-a5.} a6 16. Na7 {!} Ra8 {If
...Rc7 then Bxa6.} 17. Nac6 Qd6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bd3 {!}
Nxe3 {There was no occasion for this. Other lines of play to
be considered were (i) 19...a5 and ...Rfc8 (ii) 19...Rfd8
followed by ...Ktd7-f8} 20. fxe3 b5 {Weakens the point
c5. After 20...a5 (instead of the text move) and ...Rfc8,
there would not be much wrong with him.} 21. Rc5 {By occupying
this outpost station White gets play in the c-file.} Rfc8
22. Rdc1 g6 23. a3 {What now follows could serve as a textbook
example for play in an open file. The slowness with which
White step by step gains in terrain is also of significance
from the point of view of position play.} Ne8 24. b4 Nd6 {If
...Qg5 then Nxf7.} 25. Qf2 {!} f5 {In order to relieve the
f-Pawn and to make ...Qg5 possible.} 26. Qf4 Ne8 {Black can
undertake nothing.} 27. Be2 {!} Nd6 28. Bf3 {Breaks down the
opposition in the c-file.} Rxc5 29. dxc5 Ne8 {If 29...Ne4 then
30 c6 g5 31 cxb7 Rf8 32.Rc8 and wins.} 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. c6 {The
c-Pawn, the fruit of the operations on the c-file, now brings
the decision.} Bc8 32. c7 Ra7 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rxc8 Rxc7
35. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Mannheim 1914"]
[Site "Mannheim GER"]
[Date "1914.08.01"]
[EventDate "1914.07.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Hans Fahrni"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 {Notes by Richard Reti} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 {This ingenious method of play which has
subsequently been adopted by all modern masters is
characteristic of Alekhine's style.} Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Nh3
{! The short-stepping knight is always brought as near as
possible to the actual battle field. Therefore White does not
make the plausible move 8 Nf3 but 8 Nh3 so as to get the
knight to f4.} Qe7 9. Nf4 Nf8 10. Qg4 f5 {The only move. Not
only was 11 Qxg7 threatened but also Nxd5.} 11. exf6 gxf6
12. O-O-O {He again threatens Nxd5.} c6 13. Re1 Kd8 14. Rh6 e5
15. Qh4 Nbd7 16. Bd3 e4 17. Qg3 Qf7 {Forced - the sacrifice of
the knight at d5 was threatened and after 17...Qd6 18 Bxe4
dxe4 19 Rxe4 and 20 Qg7 wins.} 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rg8
20. Qa3 {Here, as so often happens, a surprising move and one
difficult to have foreseen, forms the kernel of an apparently
simple Alekhine combination.} Qg7 {After 20…Qe7, 21 Qa5+ b6 22
Qc3 would follow.} 21. Nd6 Nb6 22. Ne8 Qf7 {White mates in
three moves.} 23. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 {This
move is of doubtful value, for it allows the following reply,
hit upon by Duras. It is better to play Nc3 first.} h6 {!
After this move White has nothing better than to take the
Knight, leaving his opponent with two Bishops, for if the
Bishop retreats, the acceptance of the Gambit is in favour of
Black.} 5. Bh4 dxc4 {More precise would have been 5...Bb4+;
followed by dxc4; as then the Gambit Pawn could be held by
...b5, etc.} 6. Qa4+ {The only way of regaining the
Pawn. Black threatened 6...Bb4+; followed by 7...b5.} Nbd7
7. Qxc4 c5 8. Nc3 a6 {With the intention of developing the
Queen Bishop on the long diagonal, a plan which White, as the
sequel shows, will be unable to frustrate.} 9. a4 b5 {! Black
still persists, for if 10.axb5 axb5; the White Queen and Rook
would both be en prise.} 10. Qd3 c4 11. Qb1 Bb7 {! A Pawn
sacrifice, the object of which is to obstruct White's
development through pressure on c3.} 12. axb5 {It would have
been preferable to decline the offer of a Pawn. But in any
event, even after 12.e3 Qb6 White's position would have
remained distinctly inferior.} axb5 13. Nxb5 Bb4+ 14. Nc3 g5
15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Qc1 {All White's last moves were obviously
forced.} Nb6 {Threatening 17...Na4.} 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nd2
Nxd2 19. Kxd2 Qa2 {! Initiating the deciding manouver. Black
again threatens 20...Na4 and does not allow his opponent the
respite he needs to disentangle his position by 20.e3} 20. Kd1
Qb3+ 21. Qc2 {Now the Black c-Pawn will move straight on to
Queen.} Bxc3 22. bxc3 Be4 {! Simple and immediately decisive.}
23. Qxb3 cxb3 24. e3 {24.Kc1 Nc4 and mates in a few moves.} b2
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.05.15"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5
5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Qc2 Re8 8.O-O Bf8 {What with his somewhat
unorthodox opening, Black is rather cramped.} 9.Ng5 {Marshall
starts a violent attack which would seem to be perfectly
justified. Yet in the midst of it, just as if Lasker had
exercised a spell on him, he falters, and all f a sudden it is
the World Champion who has the winning advantage.} g6 10.f4
exd4 11.exd4 Bg7 12.f5 {Marshall could still complete his
development by Bd2 and Rae1 without the slightest risk, but
now he throws caution to the wind. What with e5 being mainly
defended by the d-pawn, Black will try to eliminate the
defending Pawn by ...c5 and if he can do that and get his own
Kt to e5 before White's attack has prospered, he will be on
top.} Ng4 13.Nf3 c5 14.fxg6 fxg6 15.h3 {? Very feebly played
and almost inexplicable except for Lasker's queer knack of
'willing' his opponents to make weak moves. Against any other
opponent Marshall almost certainly would have played 15 Bg5,
gaining the advantage in every variation. It looks almost like
witchcraft.} cxd4 {Of course!} 16.Bg5 {Too late!} Ne3 17.Qf2
Qb6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Nc5 {Now Black is well developed and a
pawn up, but he still has to face some danger on his K-Wing.}
20.Rad1 Bd7 21.Qh4 Ba4 {21...Nxd3 followed by ...Bb5 would be
refuted by Rb3.} 22.Bxg6 {White's best chance in the
circumstances.} hxg6 23.Bd8 {Winning the Queen, but at much
too high cost.} Qxd8 24.Ng5 Qxg5 25.Qxg5 Bxd1 26.Qxg6 Bc2
{White was threatening to win by Rf7, but Black can well
afford to return one of his pieces.} 27.Qxc2 d3 28.Qd1 a5
29.Qg4 Rf8 30.Rd1 Rae8 31.Qg6 Re2 32.Rf1 {Nor can he save the
game by sacrificing the exchange since 32...Re1+ followed by
Be5+ would lead to mate.} d2 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Qxd6+ Kg8
35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qh4+ Bh6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.04.28"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. To redress the balance to a
great chess teacher, here is a brilliant win by Tarrasch. } d5
2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O
8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 {11 Qe2!? }
11...exd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nhf3 Rad8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bb5 Ne4
16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 {'The guardian of the
king's field leaves his post for a moment, assuming wrongly
that 19 Qc3 is a major threat' -- Tartakower. If 18 Qxd2 d4 19
exd4 Bxf3 20 gxf3 Qh4 } 18...d4 {!} 19. exd4 {19 Rfe1! } Bxh2+
20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Bxg2 {!} 22. f3 {22 Kxg2 Qg4+ 23 Kh2
Rd5-+ } 22...Rfe8 23. Ne4 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. d5 {25 Rxf1
Qh2+ or 25 Nf6+ Kf8 26 Nxe8 Qg2+ } 25...f5 26. Qc3 Qg2+
27. Ke3 Rxe4+ 28. fxe4 f4+ {28...Qg3+! } 29. Kxf4 Rf8+ 30. Ke5
Qh2+ 31. Ke6 Re8+ 32. Kd7 Bb5# 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.04.22"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 {This was another favourite of Nimzowitsch's, but he
did not like the generally quiet situations generated by the
classical 4...Bf5, preferring the tense struggles that
resulted from 4...Nf6 and after 5 Nxf6+ the recapture with the
e-pawn. Asztalos-Nimzowitsch, Bled 1931, went 5...exf6 6 c3
Bd6 7 Bd3 O-O 8 Qc2 h6 9 Ne2 Qc7 10 Be3 Nd7 11 Qd2?! Better 11
O-O-O Re8 12 g4! 11...Re8 12 Ng3? Bf4! and Nimzowitsch was
beginning to get on top.} Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Nimzowitsch, on
occasion, played the alternative fifth move recapture
5...gxf6. His game against Leonhardt at Carlsbad 1911, must
have been one of the first games with this idea. } 6. Be2
{Nowadays 6 c3 Bf5 7 Bc4 or 7 Ne2 would more likely be
played. } 6...Bf5 7. Bf3 Qa5+ 8. c3 h5 {!? Intending to
prevent White castling kingside. } 9. Bxh5 Nd7 10. Bg4 Bxg4
11. Qxg4 O-O-O 12. Ne2 e6 13. Bf4 Qb5 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Ng3 {?
15 b3 would leave White with a safe though difficult game --
Lasker. } 15...Qd5 16. Kb1 Qxg2 17. Rdg1 Qxf2 18. Ne4 Qh4
19. Qf3 Nc4 20. Ka1 f5 21. Ng5 Bd6 22. Bc1 Rd7 23. Rg2 Bc7
24. Rhg1 Nd6 25. Qe2 Ne4 26. Nf3 Qh3 {26...Qh5 is probably
better. } 27. a3 a6 28. Be3 Rhd8 29. Ka2 Rh8 30. Ka1 Rhd8
31. Ka2 Re8 32. Rg8 Rxg8 33. Rxg8+ Rd8 34. Rg7 Rd7 35. Rg8+
Rd8 36. Rg7 Rf8 {Again 36...Qh5, threat 37...Bxh2. } 37. c4
Nf6 {Better 37...Kd8. } 38. Bg5 Nh5 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40. Qxe6+
Rd7 41. Ne5 Bxe5 42.Qe8+ {Nimzowitsch should certainly have
won this game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.05.14"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5
exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 d4
{Usually in this variation, what with the White Kt on c3, this
move wins a tempo which makes all the difference and gives
Black the superior position. Here, however, the move loses an
important tempo which should have better been used for
development.} 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Qd3 {! Lasker now refutes the
ill- considered pawn-push very shrewdly. Since his pawn would
get lost by Rd1, Black must go in for an unfavourable
exchange.} Be6 12. Rd1 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 {Here, as will soon be
evident, the White Queen is excellently placed.} Qe7 {So as to
dodge the attack of the e-pawn. Black's position now looks
reasonably good, but he is a tempo behind in develop men and
that makes all the difference.} 14. Bd2 O-O 15. a4 {A very
subtle move, the force of which Black fails to recognise. The
pawn is to push on to a6 so as to loosen the position of the
Black pieces, particularly the Queen Knight. Naturally Black
must not take the e-pawn since 16 Re1 Qa6 17 Bf1 would cost
him the Queen.} Ne4 {It would have been best to stop the
further advance of the pawn by either ...Bc5 or a6 but White
would have had the better game in any case; Black's position,
though, may still have been tenable, whereas now it breaks
down very quickly.} 16. Be1 Rad8 {? Rac8!} 17. a5 Bc5 18. a6
bxa6 {After ...b6 White would still maintain his advantage by
19 Qa4 followed by 20 b4.} 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Nh4 {Forcing
material gain, since White threatens to win the Knight or the
Bishop.} Bb6 21. Nf5 Qe5 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Nd6 Qxe2 24. Nxc8
Rxc8 {For the loss of the exchange Black, at any rate, has a
strong passed pawn which might enable him to save the game so
long as he can avoid the exchange of rooks.} 25. Qd5 Qe6
26. Qf3 {At this juncture the exchange of queens would not be
quite favourable enough for White.} h6 27. Bd2 Ne5 28. Rxc8+
Qxc8 29. Qe4 Nd7 30. Rc1 Qf8 31. Bxh6 {!} Nc5 {If ...gxh6
White would regain the piece by 32 Qg4+.} 32. Qg4 f5 33. Qg6
Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bg5 Nd3 36. Rb1 {Not, of course, Rc2
since Black would win a piece by ...Ne1 followed by ...Nf3+.}
Ke6 37. b3 Kd5 38. f3 a5 39. h4 Nc5 40. h5 d3 {Black is
hopelessly lost since there is no way to stop White from
getting a passed Pawn on the King's-wing.} 41. Kf1 a4 42. bxa4
Nxa4 43. Bf6 {!} Ke6 44. Bxg7 Kf7 45. Be5 Nc5 46. Rd1
{Obviously the d-pawn will get lost. A beautifully played
game, but then almost all of Lasker's games in this Tournament
are worthy of a World Champion.} 1-0

[Event "Naples"]
[Site "Naples"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Allies"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.O-O e6 6.b3 Qc7 7.Bb2 f6
8.c4 Nce7 9.Nc3 Nh6 10.Rc1 Bxb5 11.Nxb5 Qd7 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.cxd5
exd5 14.e4 O-O-O 15.e5 a6 16.Nc3 b5 17.a4 b4 18.Nd1 Kb7
19.exf6 gxf6 20.Bxf6 Re8 21.Ne3 Rg8 22.Qd3 Ng4 23.Nxg4 Qxg4
24.Rf2 Qd7 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.Bxe5 Rc8 27.Qf3 Kb6 28.d3 Bh6
29.R2c2 d4 30.a5+ Kb5 31.Bc7 {"White's last move is one of the
most beautiful ever played on the chess-board." Reinfeld} 1-0

[Event "Helsinki simul,Club Academia"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1914.02.20"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Urho Kalske"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Qd3 Ne4 16. Rad1 $2
{Sometimes,a even God moves loudly} Rxf3 $1 17. gxf3 $6 {
Perhaps, White should tried} (17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Rxd7 {
.However, Black probably have spotted} Rxf2 $1 {which wins the
game} ({as then } 18... Rf5 $2 19. Rd2 $1 Rxg5 20. Bxe4 {is
good for him})) 17... Nxg5 18. f4 Ne4 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. f5 Bf7
21. Nf3 Bh5 22. Rfe1 Qd6 23. Rd2 Qf4 24. Bd1 Rd8 25. Re6 Bxf3
26. Qxf3 Qxd2 27. Rxc6 Ne4 28. Rxb6 cxb6 29. Bb3 Ng5 30. Qg3
Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Kf1 Re8 {The winner a promissing young
player, was later tragically lost during the first World War.}
0-1

[Event "6th Trebitsch Tt"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1914.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Otto Strobl"]
[Black "Josef Emil Krejcik"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nxf7
Kxf7 8.Qxg4 Nf6 9.Qxf4 Bd6 10.Bc4+ Kg7 11.Qe3 Ne5 12.Be2 Neg4
13.Qh3 h5 14.d4 Qe7 15.Bg5 Nxe4 16.Bxe7 Bg3+ 17.Qxg3 Nxg3
18.Rh3 Nf5 19.Bg5 Nxd4 20.Kd2 Nxe2 21.Nxe2 d6 22.Rf1 Bd7
23.Rc3 c6 24.Nf4 Ne5 25.Be7 Bg4 26.Kc1 Rhe8 27.Bxd6 Rad8
28.Bb4 Ng6 29.Nxg6 Kxg6 30.Bc5 Re2 31.g3 Rg2 32.Bxa7 Rdd2
33.Rc5 Rd5 34.Rxd5 cxd5 35.Rg1 Re2 36.Kb1 Bf5 37.Rc1 Rg2
38.Bb8 Kf6 39.a4 Ke6 40.b3 d4 41.Bf4 Kd5 42.Bc7 Be4 43.Bf4 Kc5
44.Be5 Bg6 45.Bf4 Kb4 46.Bc7 Re2 47.Kb2 d3 48.Bd6+ Ka5 49.Kc3
Rxc2+ 50.Rxc2 dxc2 {Game score incomplete.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1915.04.25"]
[EventDate "1915.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Oscar Chajes"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 {Notes by Capablanca} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2
Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Ne4 dxc3 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Be4 Qd7 15. bxc3
{I had published, some months previously, an analysis of the
variation 11...d4, and I gave the text moves as an example of
a simple way for White to play against it in order to obtain
the better game. I left off at the above position, stating
that White had the better game. Chajes and a few other local
players studied the analysis, and came to the conclusion that
was wrong. They thought that Black had at least as good a game
as White; in fact, better. Therefore Chajes availed himself of
the first opportunity to prove his contention. I was ignorant
of all this at the time, and was consequently very much
surprised at his "falling" (as I thought) into my published
variation, and commented on it to one of the spectators, who
then enlightened me as to the true reason of his play. The
game, I hope, will show that my judgment was better than his,
as at no point of the proceedings was I in danger of obtaining
anything worse than a draw. The advantage of White rests
mainly on the strength of the pawn at e5, which largely
restricts the action of the Black pieces, while it gives
plenty of freedom for the maneuvering of the White forces.}
Rd8 16. Qxd7+ Bxd7 17. Rd1 Ne7 {Black could not castle because
of 18. Be3! Bxe3 19. Rxd7! Rxd7 20. Bxc6 and White will come
out with two minor pieces for a Rook and two pawns.} 18. Nd4
h6 {A bad move, which shows that Black did not properly
understand the position. He wants to prevent the pinning of
the Knight by Bg5 and does not realize that the posting of the
White Bishop at a3 (after Nb3) is much more important. He
should now castle when White's best move would probably be
19.Be3} 19.Nb3 Bb6 20.Ba3 h5 {He now must attempt to bring his
King's Rook into the game in this way.} 21.Rd3 Bg4 22. Rxd8+
Kxd8 23. Nc5 Rh6 {He naturally avoids the alternative
23... Bxc5 which would leave White with two Bishops in an open
position.} 24.h3 Bc8 25. Rd1+ Ke8 26. Kf1 g5 {To prevent
27.f4, which was the intention, revealed by White's last
move.} 27. Nd3 f5 {White threatened to win a pawn by
28.Bc1. Besides, the pawn at e5 completely blocks the free
maneuvering of Black's pieces; therefore in desperation he
advances the f-pawn to get rid of White's e-pawn, and thus
have breathing space.} 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Re1 Be6 {29... Re6
would be no better, as then White could play either 30. Bg6+!
Rxg6 31. Rxe7+ Kd8 32. Ne5 threatening the Rook, and 33.Nf7
mate.} 30. Bf3 Rh6 {Not good, but there was no way to avoid
the loss of a pawn, which in such positions means the loss of
the game. If 30... h4 31. Bg4 and if 30... g4 31. hxg4 hxg4
32. Bxg4 Bxg4 33. Rxe7+ Kd8 34. Rg7 winning.} 31. Bxh5+ Kd7
32. Bg4 Nc6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Bc1 Kd6 35. Bxe6 Kxe6 {He might
have resigned, as he will now be two pawns behind, without any
compensation whatever for them.} 36. Bxg5 Ba5 37. Bd2 Kd5
38. h4 Ne5 39. Nxe5 Kxe5 40. h5 c5 41. g4 Kf6 42. Ke2 c4
43. f4 Kf7 44. Kf3 Bd8 45. Ke4 a5 46. Kd5 Be7 47. g5 Kg8
48. f5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1915.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bernard Beffie"]
[Black "Willem A T Schelfhout"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Na5 8.Bc2 c5 9.d4 Nc6 10.d5 Nb8 11.Nbd2
Be7 12.Nf1 O-O 13.Ne3 Nbd7 14.g4 Nb6 15.Rg1 Kh8 16.h4 Re8
17.Ng5 Rf8 18.Nf5 Ng8 19.Nxh7 Kxh7 20.g5 g6 21.h5 {!! A
brilliant solution! The knight is sacrificed, but both bishops
are activated and the queen will be able to infiltrate at
h5. 21.Nxe7 Nxe7 22.h5 Bd7 [22...Bb7 23.hxg6+ fxg6 24.f4 exf4
25.Bxf4 is annoying, because of Rxf4 26.Qh2+ Kg8 27.Qxf4]
23.hxg6+ fxg6 [23...Kxg6 24.f4 Rh8 25.f5+ Kh7 26.Rh1+ Kg8
27.Rxh8+ Kxh8 28.Qh5+ Kg7 29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.g6! White wins.]
24.f4 Kg7 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.Qh2 Nc4 [# White has nothing better
than the draw with 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Rh1 Kf7 29.Rf1+ Kg8 etc.]
Notice that both bishops are blocked in the final position.}
21...gxf5 22.g6+ {!} fxg6 23.hxg6+ Kg7 {Black still has the
bishop at e7 to assist with the defense, but the White queen
will get to h7. The bishop at c1 has a role to play at g5.}
24.Qh5 Rf6 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.g7+ Ke8 27.Qxg8+ Bf8 28.Bg5 {! A
simple pin brings a quick end to the discussion.} Qe7 29.Bxf6
Qxf6 30.Rg6 {!} Qe7 31.exf5 Nxd5 {Black resigned without
waiting for a reply. White just promotes at f8 and then grabs
the knight at d5.} 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1915.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Irving Chernev.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O
11.Nd4 Nxe5 {Tarrasch would hardly fall into his own trap by
11...Qd7 12.Nxe6 Q(or P)xe6 13.Rxe4 etc.} 12.f3 Bd6 13.fxe4
Bg4 14.Qc2 Qh4 15.Rf1 c5 {Attacking the Knight and threatening
16...c4} 16.Bxd5 cxd4 17.Bxa8 Rxa8 18.cxd4 Rc8 19.Nc3 {If
19.Qf2 Qxf2+, or if 19.Qb3 Nf3+ wins} Nc6 20.e5 Nxd4 21.Qe4
Rxc3 22.Rf4 {If 22.bxc3 Ne2+ costs the Queen, as does 22.Qxd4
Bc5} Ne2+ 23.Qxe2 {If 23.Kf1 Ng3+ 24.hxg3 Qh1+ and wins} Bc5+
24.Kh1 {On 24.Be3 Rxe3 25.Qf2 Rxe5 26.Rd4 Bxd4 wins} Rh3
25.gxh3 Bxe2 26.Rxh4 Bf3# 0-1

[Event "Budapest CC"]
[Site "Budapest CC"]
[Date "1915.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Odon Gesztesi"]
[Black "Istvan Abonyi"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {The year is approximate.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4
cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.Nd6+ Ke7 8.Nxc8+ Rxc8 9.Bd2 Bxc3
10.Bxc3 Nxe4 11.Bxg7 Rg8 12.Qg4 Rxg7 13.Qxg7 Qa5+ 14.c3 Nb4
15.Rc1 Qc5 16.Qh6 Qxf2+ 17.Kd1 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Budapest CC"]
[Site "Budapest CC"]
[Date "1915.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Istvan Abonyi"]
[Black "Gyula Lovas"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 {The year is approximate.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5
a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qd4 8.O-O Qxe5 9.Re1 Be6
10.d4 Qd5 11.Bg5 c5 12.Qf3 c6 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Rad1 Qc4 15.b3
Qb5 16.Qc3 Bf8 17.Qf6 1-0

[Event "Rice Memorial"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1916.02.08"]
[EventDate "1916.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Janowski"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Bf5 {4...Bg4 would be a
serious error. 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e4 refutes it
outright. -- Marovic} 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Qxb6 axb6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5
cxd5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Bd2 Bd7 {A deep and beautiful move. Black
intends to exploit his command of the a-file, and he conceives
a deep strategic plan on the queenside involving the advance
of his doubled pawn. In order to carry this out, he needs his
bishop on d7. -- Marovic} 11.Be2 {This is bad. Capablanca
suggested 11. Bb5, but 11. Bd3 followed by Ke2 is also
good. -- Marovic} e6 12.O-O Bd6 13.Rfc1 Ke7 14.Bc3 Rhc8 15.a3
Na5 16.Nd2 f5 17.g3 b5 18.f3 Nc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.e4 Kf7 21.e5
Be7 22.f4 b5 23.Kf2 Ra4 24.Ke3 Rca8 25.Rab1 h6 26.Nf3 g5
27.Ne1 Rg8 28.Kf3 gxf4 29.gxf4 Raa8 30.Ng2 Rg4 31.Rg1 Rag8
32.Be1 b4 33.axb4 Ba4 34.Ra1 Bc2 35.Bg3 Be4+ 36.Kf2 h5 37.Ra7
Bxg2 38.Rxg2 h4 39.Bxh4 Rxg2+ 40.Kf3 Rxh2 41.Bxe7 Rh3+ 42.Kf2
Rb3 43.Bg5 Kg6 44.Re7 Rxb2+ 45.Kf3 Ra8 46.Rxe6+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Berlin (Germany)"]
[Site "Berlin (Germany)"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 {Giving up
the center, but opens the d-file and the long diagonal b7 to
h1 for pressure on White's center.} 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6
6.Bd3 Nxe4 {Better would be ...b6, but the text move is
playable.} 7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 {If 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxf6, then best
9...gxf6.} b6 9.Bg5 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rad1 h6 {?
The tenacity of purpose so necessary to tournament play fails
him here. Why not ...Qd5? If then 13.c4 Qa5 followed presently
by ...Rad8 and the pressure is already sensible. If, however,
13.c4 Qa5 14.d5, then 14...Rae8! with strong
counter-threats. For instance 15.dxe6 Bxf3 followed by
...Qxg5. Why the mere contact with the point d5 must bring a
blessing is evident. This point in the first place is the
outpost station in the Queen file, and in the second the same
thing in the diagonal b7 to h1, while lastly, d5 is a
blockading point. The enormous strategical importance to Black
of the point d5 makes it clear that any, even the most
passing, contact with it must work wonders.} 13.Bf4 Qd5 {Now
this move is unfavorable since the c-Pawn is in the air. The
inclined plane makes its appearance.} 14.c4 Qa5 15.Bxc7 Bxf3
{15...Rac8 was to be considered here, and after 16.Be5 Rfd8,
the advance of White's Pawn majority is very much hindered.}
16.gxf3 {!} Qxa2 {? Black will not resign himself to the loss
of a Pawn, runs risks in seeking compensation, and thus loses
the Queen. With 16...Rfc8 17.Be5 Nd7! (with a view to the
threatened Kh1 and Rg1), he couls still have put up
resistance. For if then 18.Bxe4, then 18...Nxe5 19.Bxa8 Ng6,
and Black threatens ...Nf4 leading to mate or win of the
Queen.} 17.Ra1 Qb3 18.Bc2 Qb4 19.Ra4 {The Queen is prettily
trapped.} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.01.02"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Solomon Rubinstein"]
[Black "Adolf Jay Fink"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 {Notes by Fink.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5
5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5
Bd6 11. f4 Qc7 12. d4 O-O 13. O-O c5 14. c3 Rb8 { A trap,
providing for Nb5.} 15. Na3 cxd4 16. Nb5 Rxb5 17. Bxb5 Qb6
18. c4 {Probably best.} 18... d3+ 19. Kh1 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Ng4
21. b4 Nb7 22. a4 Nf2+ 23.Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Qg1 {White's game now
seems preferable.} 24... Qh4 25. Bb2 Rd8 26. a5 d2 27. a6 e3
28. c5 Nxc5 29. bxc5 Qf2 30. Be2 Qxe2 31. Rd1 Qxd1 32. Qxd1
Bxa6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.01.02"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Walter R Lovegrove"]
[Black "Adolf Jay Fink"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 {Notes by Fink} f5 2. c4 {2.e4 is considered stronger.}
2... e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7
8. Rc1 Kh8 9. Bf4 {A lost move.} 9... Nh5 10. O-O Nxf4
11. exf4 g5 12. fxg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. f3 Nc6 15. f4 Qf6
16. d5 Ne7 17. Be2 Rg8 18. Kh1 Rg7 19. Bf3 Rag8 20. Ne2 exd5
21. cxd5 Nxd5 {Questionable if sound.} 22. Bxd5 {Just as Black
had planned.} 22... Rxg2 23.Bxg2 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Kenwood Chess Club"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Gessner"]
[Black "Norman Tweed Whitaker"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.dxc5 e6 4.e4 Bxc5
5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bf4
Ng6 11.Bg3 f5 12.Bc7 Bxf2+ 13.Rxf2 Qxc7 14.Qxd5+ Kh8 15.Re1
Nce7 16.Qb3 f4 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nf7+ Kh7 19.Ne4 Nf5 20.Bc4 Ne3
21.Rxe3 {!} fxe3 22.Qxe3 {! Black must have missed this in
earlier calculations. That's understandable, since the bishop
is still under attack, and a capture at c4 will also threaten
the knight at f7. So he grabbed the bishop, and paid the price
immediately. If he had captured at f7 instead, the game would
have lasted just a bit longer.} 22...Qxc4 {? 'passed pawn'
22...Rxf7 23.Rxf7 Qb6 24.Qxb6 axb6 25.Nd6 is a more prosaic
win.} 23.Nf6+ {!! Black resigned. Black must take the knight
at g6, but then Qxh6+ followed by Qxg6 is checkmate. 23.Nf6+
gxf6 24.Qxh6+ Kg8 25.Qxg6#} 1-0

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1917.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gyula Breyer"]
[Black "Johannes Esser"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 {Notes by Richard Reti} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 {Breyer, in
closed games, likes his bishops to keep behind his chain of
pawns. Therefore he avoids early exchanges and can prepare
undisturbed for the attack. It is surprising in his games how,
when the decisive break through occurs, the pieces which had
appeared shut in, suddenly become alive.} Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bd3
Bd6 6. f4 {! This is obviously better than Nf3. A player in
the habit of playing according to routine would not however
have had such ideas.} O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 {Black intends after 8
Bxc4 with ...b5 and ...b4 and ...Ba6 to bring out his queen's
bishop, which usually is locked up in this opening.} 8. Bb1 {!
A surprise! Black's B at c1 remains blocked in. White plans an
attack against the Black king's position. In this plan it is
essential that he does not play Bc2 but Bb1.} b5 9. e4 Be7
10. Ng5 h6 {After ...g6 follows 11 h4, h5.} 11. h4 {Threatens
now with 12 e5 Nd5 13 Qc2 g6 14 h5 to overturn the castled
position. Compare the note to 8 Bb1.} g6 {The only move that
parries the threat. Simultaneously Black threatens to take the
knight at g5.} 12. e5 hxg5 13. hxg5 {If 13 exf6 Bxf6 14 hxg5
Bxd4 and Black would have the advantage.} Nd5 {White has
sacrificed a piece. How ought he to continue the attack? After
14 Qg4 Black defends himself sufficiently by ...Kg7 and
...Rh8.} 14. Kf1 {A problem move which soon shows itself
directed against the defensive possibility of ...Kg7.} Nxc3
{As to 14...Bb4 see the note at the end of the game.} 15. bxc3
Bb7 16. Qg4 Kg7 17. Rh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 fxg6
20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. g6 Rf7 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qh5+
Kg7 25. f5 {Now in a few moves the apparently blocked queen's
wing comes into action.} exf5 26. Bh6+ {After 26...Kh7 27 Bf4+
Kg7 28 Qh6+ Kg8! 29 Qg6+ Kh8 30 Ke2 Bh4 31 Rh1 together with
Bg5 wins. For the better understanding of Breyer's combination
we will consider the following which would arise if Black on
the fourteenth move had played ...Bb4 in order to leave the
square e7 free from the queen. Through that White would have
had time for 15 Nxd5 cxd5 16 Be3 and if Kg7 then 17 Rh7+ Kxh7
18 Qh5+ Kg7 19 Qh6+ Kg8 20 Bxg6 fxg6 21 Qxg6+ Kh8 22 Ke2 and
wins.} Kh7 27. Bg5+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kf8
31. Qxf5+ Kg7 32. Bh6+ Kxh6 33. Ke2 Bc8 34. Rh1+ Bh4 35. e6
Qe7 36. Qf4+ Kg7 37. Rxh4 Qxe6+ 38. Kd2 Na6 39. Rh5 Qf6
40. Rh7+ Kxh7 41. Qxf6 Bg4 42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Qxg4+ Kf6 44. Qf3+
Ke7 45. Qxc6 Rg8 46. Qxa6 Rxg2+ 47. Kc1 1-0

[Event "composition / analysis"]
[Site "California"]
[Date "1917.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "J Perrier"]
[Black "F J Wellmuth"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5 4.Bc4
Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nf3 e5 {A rather brash move, sticking a pawn
in the middle of the board with only a single knight as
protector. In addition, the bishop at b3 has a clear aim at
the vulnerable f7-square.} 7.d3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nxe5 {A
brilliant move! A familiar theme, with the twist that Black
has greater development than usual when the classic queen
sacrifice is used.} Bxd1 10.Bxf7+ Ke7 11.Bg5+ Kd6 12.Ne4+ Kxe5
13.f4+ Kd4 {13...Kf5 is a horrible blunder. 14.Ng3# mate.}
14.Rxd1 {The black king has been driven to d4, and the extra
queen is of no use. The king tries to hide on e3.} Ke3
{14...Qxg5 15.c3+ Ke3 16.fxg5 also wins.} 15.O-O {A good
move!} Nd4 {White announced mate in 6.} 16.Rde1+ Ne2+ 17.Rxe2+
Kxe2 18.Bh5+ Ke3 19.Rf3+ Kd4 {19...Ke2 20.Rg3+ Ke1 21.Re3#
mate.} 20.Bf7 {The checkmate will be delivered by the pawns.}
Nd5 21.c3+ Nxc3 22.bxc3# {Now, you may well think that this
game is composed. Especially when my source for the game
indicated it was dedicated by Mr. Wellmuth to the late
Perrier. The sparkling gem was created in the middle of a
World War, when there wasn't time or opportunity serious
tournament play, and I'll admit that the other offerings from
that year didn't impress me enough to set this aside, and
besides, it doesn't seem to be well known. Actually, it isn't
all that complicated, just long. Notice how few branches had
to be calculated. A very short computer analysis found the
move, but concluded that Black might gain a slight
advantage. Of course an exhaustive search would have led the
program to the correct conclusion. Even after looking just 7
moves ahead, White gained the advantage.} 1-0

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.10.01"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Bg4
4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.h3 Bxf3 6.exf3 e5 7.Be3 c6 {Unnecessary. Black
must play 7...Be7 followed by ...O-O.} 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O
10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rad1 exd4 12.Bxd4 Rfe8 13.f4 Rad8 14.Rd2 a6
15.Rfd1 Nf8 16.Be3 Ne6 {Black intends to play 17...b5.} 17.a4
a5 18.f5 Nc5 19.Bf4 Bf8 20.Bf3 Nfd7 21.Bxd6 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Ne5
23.Rxd8 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Rxd8 25.Ne4 {!} Rxd1+ {? Unnecessary!
Now White takes control of the d-file. Why not 25...b6,
followed by ...f6?} 26.Qxd1 b6 27.Qd4 {!} Nxa4 {Black is in
trouble; for example: 27...Nxe4 28.fxe4 f6 29.c5!, or 27...Nd7
28.f6, and if 28...g6? 29.c5!. The only chance is offered by
27...Nd7 28.f6 Nxf6 29.Nxf6+ gxf6 30.Qxf6 Qd7 31.Kg2, and now
perhaps 31...b5.} 28.f6 {!} Nc5 {Now White wins by force.}
29.Nxc5 bxc5 30.Qg4 g6 31.Qg3 {!} Qd8 32.Qe5 a4 33.h4 h6
34.Kg2 Qc8 35.Kg3 Qd8 36.Kg2 Qc8 37.Qxc5 Qe6 38.Qe7 Qc8 39.c5
g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Qe3 Qe6 42.Qxg5+ Kf8 43.Qg7+ Ke8 44.Qg8+
Kd7 45.Qg4 Ke8 46.Qxe6+ fxe6 47.Kg3 Kf7 48.Kf4 Kxf6 49.Ke4 1-0

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.10.08"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be6 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5
O-O 11.Rc1 Bb6 {!? A bit speculative, but it seems to be the
right continuation.} 12.b3 Re8 13.e3 Nb4 {! Threatening
14...h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Nxd5 Qb2!.} 14.Nd4 h6
15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd4 19.exd4 Re7
20.Qg4 Bxd4 {Better is 20..Qxd4 21.Rc8+ Rxc8 22.Qxc8+ Kh7
23.Bxb7 g6 24.Ba6 Rc7 and Black has a good position as
compensation for the pawn.} 21.Bxb7 {!} Rd8 {Naturally not
21...Rxb7? because of 22.Rc8+.} 22.Rc6 Qe5 23.Rc8 Rxc8
24.Qxc8+ Kh7 25.Qc2+ g6 26.Bf3 Bb2 27.a4 a5 28.Rd1 Qc3 29.Qxc3
Bxc3 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Rd6 Bb4 32.Rd8 Bc3 33.Bd5 h5 34.Bc4 Bb4
35.h4 Be1 36.Rd5 Bb4 37.f3 Be1 38.g4 hxg4 39.fxg4 Ra7 40.h5
gxh5 41.Rxh5 Re7 42.Kf3 Bd2 43.Rd5 Bb4 44.Bd3 Kf8 45.Rb5 Re1
46.Be4 Bd2 47.Rb8+ Kg7 48.Bd5 Re3+ 49.Kf2 Re7 50.Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest, 1918"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]
[Round "??"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gyula Breyer"]
[Black "Kornel Havasi"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 {Notes by Richard Reti.} Nf6 2.Nd2 d5 3.e3 {Breyer, in
closed games, likes his Bishops to keep behind his chain of
pawns. Therefore he avoids early exchanges and can prepare
undisturbed for the attack. It is surprising in his games how,
when the decisive break through occurs, the pieces which had
appeared shut in, suddenly become alive.} Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.Ngf3
e6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.c5 {!} Bc7 8.b4 Nbd7 9.Bb2 {White next thwarts
...e5 by Black and with b5 and Qa4 intends to attack c6 which
is difficult to defend.} Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 {After 10...Bxe4
White continues his plan with b5. The move that was made at
least looks very good. The Knight at d7 is to be brought to
d5; besides White dare not castle on the King's side without
exposing himself to an overwhelming attack. Breyer by the
following play takes advantage of the unfavourable position of
the Bishop at f5 in a manner as beautiful as it is original.}
11.Nd2 Nf6 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 h5 14.gxh5 {!} Nxh5 {If the Bishop
takes, the pawn at e4 is lost.} 15.Qc2 Nf6 {After ...f5 White
would get on to the g file with advantage.} 16.O-O-O Bf5 {In
order to continue with ...Ng4.} 17.Rdg1 Kf8 18.h5 {!} a5 {If
in preparation for this move ...b5 is played, White takes en
passant, moves the King to b1 and attacks further the weak
pawn at c6 with a Rook at c1.} 19.b5 {A pawn sacrifice of deep
calculation after the acceptance of which White forces a win
in brilliant style.} cxb5 20.Bxb5 Rxh5 21.d5 Rxh1 22.Rxh1 Kg8
23.d6 Bb8 24.Nc4 Ba7 25.Bd4 Rc8 26.f4 {!!} Bxc5 {If 26...exf3
en passant 27. Qh2 Nh7 28. Qg3 Bg6 29. Qe5 etc.} 27.d7 Nxd7
28.Qh2 f6 29.Bxc5 Nxc5 30.Qh8+ Kf7 31.Be8+ {Wins the Queen and
the game.} 1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[EventDate "1919.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Reti"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 {Notes by Efim Bogoljubow.} e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Qf3
Nf6 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Bxd7 Nbxd7 9.O-O Nb6
10.Nxf4 Qd7 {Deserving of attention is 10...Bxc3 11.dxc3 Nbxd5
12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qg3 Qc6! 14.Be3 Ne4.} 11.d3 Rad8 12.Ne4 Nfxd5
13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.a3 f5 15.Nf6+ Nxf6 16.axb4 Qd4+ 17.Kh1 Qxb4
18.Rxa7 c6 19.b3 {Here 19.Qxf5? does not work because of
19...Ng4 20.Qe6+ Kh8 21.Re1 Qd4, etc.} Qc5 20.Rxb7 Qxc2 21.Ba3
Rf7 {! The right defense. If 21...Rfe8, then 22.Qxf5 Qxd3
23.Rxg7+!.} 22.Rxf7 Kxf7 23.Qxf5 Qxd3 24.Qf4 Qe2 25.h3 Rd3
26.Qc7+ Kg6 27.Kg1 Rxb3 {?? A blunder which allows Reti to
finish the game with a mating attack. Instead, 27...Qe6, with
the idea of 28...Qd7, holds equality.} 28.Bf8 {!} Ne8
{Rubinstein overlooked that he is lost after 28....Qe3+ 29.Kh1
Qh6 30.Rxf6+! Kxf6 31.Qe7+ Kf5 32.Qf7+ Ke4 33.Qc4+!.} 29.Qf7+
Kh6 30.Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Correspondence"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Heinrich Wagner"]
[Black "Wilhelm Schoenmann"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 { Game and comments by Italians IM Giorgio Porreca and
Adriano Chicco - "Il Libro completo degli scacchi" 8a
ed. chapter XXIX: fianchetto bishop } 1... d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5
d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 f6 6. e6 Bxe6 7. a3 a5 8. b3 f5 9. Bb2
Bc5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. g3 O-O-O 12. Qd3 Nh6 13. Bg2 Ng4 14. O-O
h5 { Here Black looks good, instead his position is almost
lost! The clash between appareance and the rising in a few
moves reality makes White combo very nice. } 15. b4 { It looks
like a common pawn sac--it is instead the beginning of the
end. } 15... axb4 { Black is forced to take, because if
15...,Ba7 16.c5 and White's advantage became clear. } 16. axb4
Nxb4 { If 16...Bxb4 then d4 pawn is lost } 17. Qb3 Nc6 { White
was threatening at least 18. Ra8+ (or 18. h3!) with revenge on
d4 pawn. } 18. Qb5 Bb6 19. Bxd4 { !! This sac depends by
previous one and allows the following, on move 21 } 19... Bxd4
20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxb7+ { !! This sac is wonderfully possible,
thanks to the strategic placement of Bg2. } 21... Kxb7
22. Rfb1+ Kc8 23. Bxc6 Qa3 { To escape from mating net, in
fact 23...,Kd8; 24. Rb8+,Bc8 and Rxc8+ } 24. Rb8+ { !! White
finds the most elegant way to end this genial match, little
known but that fully deserve to be considered a chess
masterpiece. } 24... Kxb8 25. Rxa3 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Warsaw City Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zdzislaw Belsitzmann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 {Notes by Zdzislaw Belsitzmann from "Szachista Polski"
1920.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 Qe7
7.Nd3 d5 8.Bxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxe4+ 10.Ne3 Bd6 11.f3 Qg6 {!
Weaker is 11...Qh4+ 12.Nf2, and if 12...Bxh2?, then 13.c3 Nf5
14.Qe2 Ng3 15.Nf5+ Nxe2 16.Nxh4 Nxc1 17.Rxh2 g5 18.Rxc1 gxh4
19.Rxh4, with a clear advantage for White.} 12.b3 {?} Bf5 {!}
13.Bb2 {If 13.Nxf5, then 13...Qxg2! 14.Nxd4 (or 14.Nxd6+ cxd6
15.Rf1 O-O-O, followed by ...Re8+) 14...Qxh1+ 15.Ke2 Qg2+
16.Nf2 Bc5 17.c3 O-O-O 18.d3 Rhe8+ 19.Be3 Rxd4 20.cxd4 Bxd4,
and Black wins.} Nxc2+ 14.Qxc2 Bxd3 15.Qc3 O-O 16.O-O-O a5
17.h4 Bb4 18.Nd5 {!} Rfd8 19.h5 Bxc3 {? Better is 19...Qg5
20.Qxd3 Rxd5 21.Qe2 Rad8, and Black wins the d-pawn.} 20.Ne7+
Kf8 21.Nxg6+ fxg6 22.dxc3 Kf7 23.Rd2 Bf5 24.hxg6+ Kxg6 25.Re2
Re8 26.Rhe1 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Kf7 28.Ba3 Be6 29.Kb2 a4 30.Re4 axb3
31.axb3 Rd8 32.Rd4 Rxd4 33.cxd4 Bd5 34.Kc3 g5 35.Bc1 Kg6 36.b4
h5 37.Kd3 Kf5 38.Ke3 c6 39.Bd2 g4 40.Be1 gxf3 41.gxf3 Kg5
42.Bg3 h4 43.Bc7 h3 44.Kf2 b5 45.Kg3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gothenburg"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "1920.08.07"]
[EventDate "1920.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} f5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Be2 g6 5.c4
Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.b4 {In order to transfer the main field of
battle to the queen side.} d6 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.c5
{White has a clear advantage in position for now 10...e5 would
fail on account of the sequence of moves 11 cxd6 cxd6 12 dxe5
dxe5 13 Nc4 with Qb3, Rac1, and Rfd1.} a5 11.cxd6 cxd6 12.b5
Nb6 13.Nc4 Nxc4 14.Bxc4 d5 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.a4 Rfc8 17.Ne5 Be8
18.Qd2 {This leads to bishops of opposite colors.} Ne4 19.Bxe4
Bxe5 20.dxe5 dxe4 21.Rac1 Rd8 {Black must avoid further
exchanges because of his queen side pawns, which otherwise
could not be held.} 22.Bd4 g5 {How can the liberating advance
...f4 be prevented?} 23.Rc4 {Quite simply, because now the
answer would be exf4 and Qxf4.} Qf7 24.Qe2 {Here ...f4 should
still have been prevented; a suitable move would be 24 Qc2 for
after 25 Rc1 White could exploit the open c-file. after the
text-move, the nimble witted Tartakower escapes his fate.} f4
25.exf4 Qxf4 26.Qe3 Rac8 {White labours under a temporary
weakness in his first rank and on this seemingly unimportant
circumstance Tartakower builds up a plan which saves the
situation.} 27.Rfc1 Rxc4 28.Rxc4 Qxe5 29.h4 Qf4 30.hxg5 e5
{Now the game must end in a draw.} 31.Qxf4 exf4 32.Bb6 Rd1+
33.Kh2 Bg6 34.Bxa5 e3 35.Rc8+ Kf7 36.Rc7+ Ke6 37.fxe3 fxe3
38.Bb4 Rd4 39.Bc5 Rxa4 40.Re7+ Kd5 41.Bxe3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gothenburg"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "1920.08.14"]
[EventDate "1920.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Akiba Rubinstein and Rudolf Spielmann.} c5
2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.c4 Nc7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qe4 d5
8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Nc3 e5 {Rubinstein: The best continuation is
9...f5. If White's queen leaves the e-file, then 10...e5 with
good development. If 10.Qe2, then Black can play 10...g6,
followed by ...Bg7 and ...e5.} 10.Bf4 {!} f6 11.Rd1 Qb4
{Rubinstein: After this move Black runs into
difficulties. Better seems to be 11...Qe6 or 11...Qe7, with
the possibility of putting the queen on f7.} 12.Bc1 Be7 13.a3
Qa5 14.Qc2 {! Spielmann: Avoiding the threat 14...Bxa3. In
case of 14.b4 Black has 14...Nxb4, and against 14.Bd2 he could
play 14...Qb6 15.b4 f5, followed by 16...Nd4.} e4 {!
Rubinstein: Black's queen is in danger - the threat is 15.b4
when White wins at least a piece. The ideas behind the pawn
sacrifice are to free the queen and obtain good attacking
chances.} 15.Bd2 {Spielmann: Not 15.Qxe4 because of 15...Bf5
16.Qe3 O-O with a strong attack. Unclear is 15.b4 Bxb4!?.}
exf3 16.Nd5 Qc5 {Spielmann: Here an interesting continuation
is 16...Nd4 and if 17.Qe4 then 17...Qc5 18.Bb4 Bf5 with the
advantage.} 17.Nxc7+ Kf7 18.Nxa8 Bg4 19.Be3 Qa5+ 20.Rd2 Rxa8
21.c5 {Spielmann: Also worth considering is 21.gxf3 Bxf3
22.Rg1.} Ne5 22.g3 Rd8 23.Bc4+ {Spielmann: White must make a
difficult decision. After 23.b4 Qxa3 24.Qa2+ Qxa2 25.Rxa2,
Black has good opportunities. I rejected 23.Qb3+ Be6 24.Qxb7
because of 24...Rxd2! 25.Bxd2 Qc5.} Nxc4 24.Qxc4+ Be6 25.Qb4
Qa6 26.Kd1 Rc8 27.Rc2 b6 28.Kc1 bxc5 29.Qe4 {Spielmann: If
29.Bxc5? Qc6.} c4 30.Bd4 Rd8 31.Re1 Bf8 32.Rd2 g6 33.Qxf3
{Spielmann: Not 33.g4?, because of 33...c3!.} Bf5 34.Qe3 Rc8
35.Bc3 Bd3 36.Qd4 Qc6 37.g4 {?! Spielmann: This loses. True,
after 37.Qxa7+ Rc7 38.Qd4 (38.Qe3?? Re7) 38...Bc5! 39.Qh4 g5
40.Qh5+ Bg6 Black still has good counterplay.} Bc5 38.Qf4 g5
39.Qg3 Bd6 40.Qe3 Bf4 41.Qe7+ Kg6 42.Bxf6 {Rubinstein: This
sacrifice is incorrect. Spielmann probably overlooked the
point of Black's 43rd move. Better is 42.Re6 Qh1+ 43.Re1 Bxd2+
44.Kxd2, but Black still keeps the advantage after 44...Qf3
45.Qxa7 Qxg4 46.Qe3 Qg2 47.Qg3 (if 47.h3 Bf5) 47...Qc6,
intending ...Qa4 or ...Rd8.} Rc7 43.Qd8 Rd7 {! Spielmann: But
not 43...Qxf6? 44.Qg8+ Rg7 45.Qe8+ and White wins the queen
with 46.Re6.} 44.Qg8+ Kxf6 45.Qf8+ Kg6 46.Qg8+ Kf6 47.Qf8+ Rf7
48.Qh8+ Rg7 49.h4 Qd7 50.h5 Kf7 51.Re3 Bxe3 52.fxe3 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Gothenburg"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "1920.08.18"]
[EventDate "1920.08.02"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Geza Maroczy"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 {Notes from "The Chess Amateur", February 1922, and Efim
Bogoljubow.} Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3
O-O 7.Rc1 Re8 {?!} 8.Qc2 dxc4 {?!} 9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4
11.Nxd4 a6 {Bogoljubow: Black should play 11...Ne5 12.Be2 Bd7
13.Rfd1 Qb6 with a satisfactory position.} 12.Rfd1 Qa5 13.Bh4
Ne5 14.Be2 Ng6 15.Bg3 e5 {TCA: If 15...Nh5, then 16.Nb3 Qg5
17.Ne4 with much the better game.} 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Qb1 {!} Qb8
18.Bf3 Qa7 19.Na5 {! TCA: Stops Black from obtaining a little
more freedom by 19...Rb8 and 20...h5.} Bb4 20.Nc4 Bd7 21.Nd5
Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Be6 23.Qe4 {Bogoljubow: Also good is 23.Nxe5 Nxe5
24.Bxe5 and if 24...Bg4 25.Bd4 with an extra pawn, but
Rubinstein prefers to keep the pressure on.} Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Rac8
25.Rcd1 Bf8 26.b3 b5 27.Nd6 Bxd6 28.Rxd6 Rc7 {? Bogoljubow:
Black misses his last chance: 28...Qa8!. Now 29.R6d5 is bad
because of 29...f5! 30.Qxf5 Qxd5 31.Rxd5 Rc1+. If 29.Qf5 then
29...f6 30.h4 Nh8 is possible and Black's position is
playable.} 29.h4 {!} f6 30.Qd5+ Kh8 31.h5 Nf8 32.h6 Ng6 33.Qe6
{!} Rf8 34.Rd7 gxh6 35.Bh4 {! TCA: For if 35...Nxh4 36.Qe7
wins.} 1-0

[Event "Goteborg/Stockholm m (09)"]
[Site "Goteborg/Stockholm m (09)"]
[Date "1920.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Savielly Tartakower, and Richard Reti from
"Algemeen Handelsblad", March 17, 1920.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3
Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxe5 Nxe4 {?! Tartakower: The only correct
reply is 5...Qe7.} 6.Nxe4 Nxb5 7.Nxf7 Qe7 {Tartakower: If
7...Kxf7? 8.Qh5+, followed by 9.Qxb5.} 8.Nxh8 Qxe4+ 9.Kf1
{Tartakower: The first surprise. After 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 d5,
etc., Black would have an easy task. *** Reti: The right
continuation. After the exchange of queens Black will capture
the knight on h8 for an advantage in the endgame.} Nd4
{Tartakower: Or 9...g6 10.d3 Qe5 11.Qf3 Qxh8 12.Bg5 Nd4
13.Re1+ Ne6 14.c3, and White holds the reins. *** Reti: Better
was 9...Qf5, neutralizing the threat 10.Qh5+ and immediately
leaving the dangerous e-file.} 10.d3 Qf5 11.h4 {! Tartakower:
The second surprise. Not only does White's king obtain a
flight square, if it should be wanted, but his h-pawn becomes
a trenchant weapon, whilst his "motorized" rook on h1
threatens to get into action via h3.} b6 {Reti: With the idea
of ...Bb7 and ...O-O-O, but this plan is unfeasible. Better is
11...d5. *** Tartakower: He refrains from playing 11...d5 in
order to be able, later on, to obstruct the open e-file by
...Ne6.} 12.Bg5 {Tartakower: Supported by the advanced h-pawn,
the white bishop is now comfortably settled in the hostile
camp. If now 12...h6, he replies simply 13.Be3, followed by
14.h5 and 15.Ng6, saving the knight.} g6 13.Qd2 Bg7 14.Re1+
Ne6 {Tartakower: Or 14...Kf8 15.h5 Bxh8 16.hxg6 Qxg6 17.Qf4+
Kg8 18.Rh6, winning.} 15.h5 gxh5 16.Rxh5 Bxh8 {Tartakower: Or
16...h6 17.Rxh6 Bxh6 18.Bxh6 Qh7 19.Qg5 Qxh8 20.Qh5+ Ke7
21.Bg5+, winning the queen. After the text move, Black has
become the stronger in material, but the disorganized position
of his pieces will cause his ruin.} 17.Qb4 c5 {Tartakower:
After 17...d6 18.g4, and if 17...Kf7 18.Qe7+ Kg8 19.Rxe6! dxe6
20.Bh6 wins.} 18.Qh4 Kf7 19.Bd8 {!} Qg6 20.Rh6 Qxh6 {Reti: If
20...Qf5 21.g4, and White wins.} 21.Qxh6 Nxd8 22.Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 {Simpler
than 3...f6.} 4. Ne2 {More natural would be 4 Nf3.} e6 5. Ng3
Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. Be2 Be7 {Thus White's manouver is
justified. But black could have played better, namely :
7...Nb4 8 Na3 c5 9 c3 Nc6 and White's efforts against Black's
h-pawn appear to be excessive in view of the serious situation
in the center.} 8. Bxh5 Bxh5 9. Nxh5 g6 10. Nf4 Rxh4 11. Rxh4
Bxh4 12. Qd3 {Preventing 12...Bg5 as then 13 Nxe6 would win.}
Nge7 13. g3 Nf5 14. gxh4 Nfxd4 {There is now a double threat,
namely 14...Nb4 15 Qxb4 Nxc2+ and 14...Nxe5 15 Qxd4 Nf3+ a
neat two-fold turn.} 15. Na3 Qxh4 {Simpler would be 15...Nxe5
16 Qh3 Ndf3+ 17 Kf1 Qxh4 with a promising endgame, but black
wished to avoid the exchange of queens.} 16. Qh3 {In order to
force the exchange.} Qg5 {With the idea of Qh8+ Kd7 18 Qxa8
Qg1+ 19 Kd2 Qxf2+ 20 Kc3 Nb3!! (after the game was over, they
found the dual 20...Nf3). Nevertheless 16...Qxh3 was
necessary.} 17. Be3 {For now 17 Nd3 could have been played to
White's advantage, e.g. : 17...Qg1+ 18 Kd2 Nxe5 19 Nxe5 Qxf2+
which would be insufficient (as would also be the other
possible continuation 17 Nd3 Qg1+ 18 Kd2 Kd7 19 Nc5+ (not 19
c3 because of ...Rh8 20 Qxh8 Qg5+ with perpetual check)
19...Ke7 20 Qh4+ Ke8 (or 20...g5 21 Qg3) 21 Qh8+ Ke7 22 Qf6+
and 23 c3.} Qg1+ 18. Qf1 Nf3+ 19. Ke2 Nfd4+ 20. Kd2 Nf3+
21. Ke2 Ncd4+ 22. Kd3 {Fatal. For better or for worse, White
should have embarked upon 22 Bxd4 Nxd4+ 23 Kd3 Qg5 although
his position then would scarcely have been enviable.} Qg5
23. Qh3 Qxe5 24. Rf1 O-O-O 25. b3 b5 26. Nxb5 Qe4+ 27. Kc3
Qxc2+ 28. Kb4 c5+ 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Schacksallskap"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene, from The Times, January 22,
2006. -- As promised, this week I shall present the moves and
comments from the 1920 clash between Efim Bogolyubov and Aron
Nimzowitsch, played in the rooms of the Stockholm
Schacksallskap, Grand Royal, Stockholm. This game was thought
to have been lost, but efforts by historians Peter Holmgren
and Tony Gillam have brought it back to light. As a clash
between two players just below the levels of Emanuel Lasker,
Jose Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine, its reappearance
assumes tremendous importance. My thanks to Phil Hughes for
sending the game to me.} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 {This
came to be known as the Torre Attack, with White continuing
5.Bd3 Qxb2 6.Nbd2, offering the white b-pawn as a sacrifice in
return for development and attacking chances. Bogolyubov's
move is more speculative. } 5.Nc3 Qxb2 6.Nb5 Qb4+ 7.Nd2 Qa5
8.Bf4 Nd5 9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.Bxd6 cxd4 11.exd4 Qc3 {White has
already sacrifices one pawn and is hard pressed to avoid the
loss of a second. White's compensation resides in his grip
over the dark squares and Black's inabilitity to castle his
king into safety.} 12. Bd3 Qxd4 13.Nc4 Qc3+ 14.Kf1 Nc6 15.Ba3
Qf6 16.Nd6+ Kd8 17.Qe1 b5 {An eccentric choice. Black should
be better in this position were he to play more conservatively
with 17...Nf4 or 17...b6.} 18.Ne4 Qe5 19.Bd6 Qh5 {In spite of
his aberration on move 17, Black would still retain the better
chances after 19...Qb2.} 20.h3 f5 21.Ng3 Qh4 22.Bxb5 {As a
direct consequence of Black's error on move 17 White has
regained some material. The chances are now about equal.} Bb7
23.Kg1 Nd4 24.Qa5+ Ke8 25.Bd3 Nf4 26.Qe5 Bxg2 {"Time trouble"
was the comment by Ernst Jacobson in the Dagens Tidning of
September 6 1920.} 27.Qxf4 Qxf4 28.Bxf4 Bxh1 29.Kxh1 Nc6
30.Bd6 g6 31.Rb1 e5 32.Ba6 Kf7 33.c4 Kf6 34.Ne2 Nd8 35.Nc3 {At
last, after the time trouble transaction, which left
Nimzowitsch permanently in material arrears, White has
established a clear advantage.} Nf7 36.Rd1 Rae8 37.Nd5+ Kg7
38.Be7 Kh6 39.Bf6 {Black must give up material as Nc7 is
coming.} Re6 40.Bb5 Rc8 41.Bxd7 Rxf6 42.Nxf6 Rxc4 43.Be6 {The
remaining part of the game is merely a technical exercise for
White in a winning position.} Rc7 44.Rd7 Rxd7 45.Bxd7 e4
46.Bb5 Nd6 47.a4 g5 48.Nd7 Kh5 49.Ne5 Nb7 50.Nc6 a5 51.Nd4 Kg6
52.Nb3 f4 53.Ba6 Nd8 54.Nxa5 h5 55.Bc4 g4 56.hxg4 hxg4 57.Bd5
Kf5 58.Nc4 Ne6 59.Nd6+ Ke5 60.Bxe6 Kxd6 61.Bxg4 Kc5 62.Kg2 e3
63.fxe3 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Scheveningen, The Netherlands"]
[Date "1920.03.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Rudolf Johannes Loman / van Gelder"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 {Notes by Akiba Rubinstein from "Nederlandsch-Indische
Schaackbond" 1920, pp. 59-60.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 {If
4.Bg5, then Black can play 4...h6 5.Bh4 dxc4.} Be7 5.Bg5 O-O
6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 Re8 8.Qc2 c6 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7
{Compare this game with Rubinstein-Capablanca, St. Petersburg
1914.} 12.O-O Rc8 13.Ne5 Nf8 {Here 13...h6 is better and saves
several tempi.} 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 16.Bxe4 Qd6 17.f4 f5
18.Bf3 Rec7 19.Rfd1 Nd7 20.Rd3 a5 {Black's plan is, by playing
21...Nb6, to stop White's initiative on the queenside. If
White plays Rc3, then ...Na4, and the rook has to leave the
c-file. In case of b3, there follows ...b4.} 21.Nxd7 Qxd7
22.Rc3 a4 {If not, White plans b3, and the pawn on a5 is in
danger.} 23.Rc5 Qd6 24.g4 g6 25.g5 Kf7 26.Qc3 Qe7 27.d5 {White
breaks through in the center, but h2-h4-h5 and then d5 may be
better. Black would be unable to do anything against this
plan.} b4 28.Qe5 exd5 29.Bxd5+ Ke8 30.Be6 {Here the game was
adjourned because of the late hour and 30.Be6 was the sealed
move. White has a significant advantage. On 30...Rd8, there
follows 31.R1c4 Rd6 32.Rd4!!, and Black cannot capture the
bishop by 32...Rxe6 because of 33.Qh8+ Kf7 (33...Qf8 34.Rd8+)
34.Rd8 and wins. If 32...Rxd4, then 33.Qh8+ Qf8 34.Qxd4, and
Black has no defense against the many threats. Upon being
shown these lines, van Gelder and Loman resigned without
further play.} 1-0

[Event "Ch Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[EventDate "1920.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tsukerman"]
[Black "Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qd3 Bf8
12. Rae1 g6 13. h3 Bg7 14. f4 c5 15. Nf3 Nh5 16. f5 Ng3
17. fxg6 Nxf1 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qd5+ Kg6 20. Rxf1 h6 21. e5
Kh7 22. Ne4 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Be6 24. Nf6+ {!} Bxf6 25. Qe4+ Kh8
26. Qg6 Rf8 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28. Rxf6 Rg7 29. Rxe6 Qd7 30. Qxh6+
Kg8 31. Bxg7 Qxg7 32. Rg6 { /T.Wolsza - Slownik biograficzny,
tom 1, Warszawa 1995, p. 7/} 1-0

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5
Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bb5 {A new move
which has no merit outside of its novelty. I played it for the
first time against Teichmann in Berlin in 1913. The normal
move is Bd3, but Qa4 may the best, after all.} Bb7 10.Qa4 a6 {
c5 at once is the proper continuation.} 11.Bxd7 Nxd7 12.Bxe7
Qxe7 13.Qb3 { With the idea of preventing c5, but still better
would have been to castle.} Qd6 { Black could have played
c5. In the many complications arising from this move. I think,
Black would have come out all right.} 14.O-O Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Rab8
16.Ne1 { The object was to draw the Knight away from the line
of the Bishop, which would soon be open, as it actually
occurred in the game.} Nf6 17.Rc2 c5 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Ne2 Ne4 {
All the attacks beginning either with Ng4 or d4 would have
failed.} 20.Qa3 Rbc8 21.Ng3 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Qb6 23.Rcd2 { Rdc1
would not have been better, because of the rejoinder d4, etc.}
h6 24.Nf3 d4 25.exd4 Bxf3 26.Qxf3 Rxd4 27.Rc2 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1
Rd8 29.Qe2 Qd6 30.Kh2 Qd5 31.b3 Qf5 32.g4 Qg5 33.g3 Rd6 {
Unquestionably the best move; with any other move Black would,
perhaps, have found it impossible to draw.} 34.Kg2 g6 35.Qc4
Re6 36.Qxc5 Qxg4 37.f3 Qg5 38.Qxg5 hxg5 39.Kf2 Rd6 40.Ke3 Re6+
41.Kd4 Rd6+ 42.Ke3 { K-c5 was too risky. The way to win was
not at all clear and I even thought that with that move Black
might win.} Re6+ 43.Kf2 Rd6 44.g4 Rd1 45.Ke2 { Ke3 was the
right move. It was perhaps the only chance White had to win,
or at least come near it.} Ra1 46.Kd3 { Had the King been at
e3 he could go to d4, which would have gained a very important
move.} Kg7 47.b4 Rf1 { Best. Black, however, would have
accomplished nothing with this move, had the white King been
at d4.} 48.Ke3 { The remainder of the game needs no comments.}
Rb1 49.Rc6 Rxb4 50.Rxa6 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 {Notes by J.R. Capablanca} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5
d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 exd4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Bg5
h6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.Qd3 Nh7 13.Bxe7 {An old move, generally
played by all the masters. I believe, however, that Bg3 is the
best continuation.} Rxe7 14.Re3 Qb8 15.b3 {Unnecessary at this
point, since Black cannot take the pawn.} Qb6 16.Rae1 Rae8
17.Nf3 Qa5 18.Qd2 Ng5 { A very good move which gives Black the
better position.} 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.h3 Re5 21.Rd1 Bc8 22.Rd3 Qb6
23.Kh2 R8e6 24.Rg3 Rf6 25.Kg1 {f3 would have been answered by
Qc5.} Kf8 26.Na4 Qa5 27.Qxa5 Rxa5 28.Rc3 {Played under the
impression that Black would then have to defend the pawn by
Bd7 when would follow 29.Nc5 Be8 30.e5. Since Black could play
the text move, it would have been better for White to have
played 28.c4.} Bb7 29.f3 Re6 30.Rcd3 Ba6 31.Rd4 f6 32.Rc1 c5
33.Rd2 Bb5 34.Nc3 Bc6 35.a4 Ra6 36.Kf2 Rb6 37.Nd1 Kf7 {Of
course, if c4, Ne3.} 38.Ne3 Rb8 39.Rh1 Ree8 40.Rdd1 Rh8 41.g4
{ Of very doubtful value. It would have been better to play
Kg3, threatening h4.} Bd7 42.Nd5 Rb7 43.Kg3 Rh4 44.Rd3 Be6
45.c4 Rh8 46.Rc1 Ke8 47.Ne3 Kd7 48.Ng2 Rbb8 49.Re1 Kc6 50.Ne3
Rbe8 51.Rb1 Rh7 52.Rd2 Rb8 53.Rd3 Rbh8 54.Rh1 Kb6 55.Rh2 Kc6
{Black goes back with the king because he sees that it would
be impossible for him to go through with it on the queen’s
side, since as soon as the king goes to b4 White drives it
back by checking with the Knight at c2.} 56.Rh1 Rb8 57.Rh2 Rf8
58.Rh1 Kd7 59.Rh2 Bf7 60.Nf5 Rfh8 61.Ne3 Ke6 62.Nd5 Rc8 63.Ne3
{There is no way for Black to breakthrough.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.03.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 {Notes by J.R. Capablanca} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5
Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qa4 c5
{Considered up to now the best answer for Black, but I believe
to have had the pleasure of finding over the board in this
game the one way to knock it out.} 10.Qc6 Rb8 11.Nxd5 Bb7
12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Qa4 Rbc8 14.Qa3 {This move might be said to
be the key of White's whole plan. The main point was to be
able to play Ba6.} Qe6 15.Bxf6 {This exchange had to be made
before putting the plan into execution.} Qxf6 16.Ba6 Bxf3
{Dr. Lasker thought for over half an hour before deciding on
this continuation. It is not only the best, but it shows at
the same time the fine hand of the master. An ordinary player
would never have thought of giving up the exchange in order to
keep the initiative in this position, which was really the
only reasonable way in which he could hope to draw the game.}
17.Bxc8 Rxc8 18.gxf3 Qxf3 19.Rg1 Re8 20.Qd3 g6 21.Kf1 {The
play here was extremely difficult. I probably did not find the
best system of defense. I can not yet tell which was the best
defense here, but it is my believe that with the best play
White should win.} Re4 22.Qd1 Qh3+ 23.Rg2 Nf6 24.Kg1 cxd4
25.Rc4 {The move with which I counted upon to check Black’s
attack.} dxe3 26.Rxe4 Nxe4 27.Qd8+ Kg7 28.Qd4+ Nf6 29.fxe3 Qe6
30.Rf2 g5 31.h4 gxh4 {This was Lasker's sealed move. It was
not the best. His chance to draw was to play Kg6.Any other
continuation should lose.} 32.Qxh4 Ng4 33.Qg5+ Kf8 34.Rf5 {Not
the best. Rd2 would have won. The text move gives Black a
chance to draw the game.} h5 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qg5+ Kf8 37.Qd8+
Kg7 38.Qg5+ Kf8 39.b3 Qd6 40.Qf4 Qd1+ 41.Qf1 Qd7 42.Rxh5 Nxe3
43.Qf3 Qd4 44.Qa8+ {Not the best.Kh1 offered better chances of
success.} Ke7 45.Qb7+ Kf8 {A blunder, which loses what would
otherwise have been a drawn game. It will be noticed that it
was Dr. Lasker's forty-fifth move. He had very little time to
think and, furthermore, by his own admission, he entirely
misjudged the value of the position, believing that he had
chances of winning, when, in fact, all he could hope for was a
draw.} 46.Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5
Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 c5 {this move is not to
be recommended.} 9.Rd1 {cxd5 would have been proper to
continue.} Qa5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.O-O
cxd4 14.Nxd4 {exd4 was the alternative. It would have left,
however, to a very difficult game where,in exchange for the
attack, White would remain with an isolated Queen’s Pawn;
leading at thi stage of the match by one point, I did not want
to take any risks.} Bd7 15.Ne4 Ned5 16.Nb3 Qd8 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6
18.Qc5 Qb6 {With this move Black neutralizes whatever little
advantage White might have had. The draw is now insight.}
19.Rc1 Rfc8 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.Rc1 Rxc1+ 23.Nxc1
Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be6 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5
d4 {I had never seen this variation before and I therefore
thought for a long time in order to make up my mind as to
whether I should play Bxf6 or Ne4. I finally decided upon the
latter move as the safest course.} 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6
13.Bxf6 Qxf6 {It is my position that this position is not good
for Black, though perhaps there may be no way to force a win.}
14.Qa4 O-O 15.Qb5 {Threatening not only the b Pawn, but also
Qg5, exchanging Queens.} Rab8 16.Rfd1 h6 17.Ne1 Rfe8 18.Rd2
{Bxc6 would only lead to a draw. Viz, 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qxc6
Rec8 followed by Rxb2.} Bg4 19.Rc1 Re5 20.Qd3 {If Rc5 Qg5 with
a winning game.} Rbe8 21.Bf3 Bxf3 {Black could have tried to
keep up the attack by playing h5. The text move simplifies
matters and easily leads to a draw. 22.Nxf3 Re4 23.Rc4 Qe6
24.Nxd4 Nxd4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5
Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 Re8 8.Qc2 c6 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4
Nd5 11.Bxe7 Rxe7 12.O-O Nf8 13.Rfd1 Bd7 {I do not consider the
system adopted by Dr. Lasker in this game to be any good.}
14.e4 Nb6 {...Nxc3 would have simplified matters somewhat, but
it would have left Black in avery awkward position. The text
move, by driving back the bishop, gains time for the defense.}
15.Bf1 Rc8 16.b4 {To prevent c5, either now or a later
stage. There is no Black bishop and White’s whole plan is
based on that fact. He will attempt, in due time, to place a
knight on d6.} Be8 17.Qb3 {White might have played a4 at once,
but wanted at first to prevent the Black Queen from coming out
via d6 an f4.} Rec7 18.a4 Ng6 19.a5 Nd7 20.e5 b6 21.Ne4 Rb8
22.Qc3 {Qa3 at once was best. The text move gives Black a
chance to gain time.} Nf4 23.Nd6 Nd5 {Had the White Queen been
at a3 Black could not have gained this very important tempo.}
24.Qa3 f6 25.Nxe8 {This Bishop had to be taken, since it
threatened to go to h5, pinning the Knight.} Qxe8 26.exf6 gxf6
{To retake with either Knight would have left the e Pawn
extremely weak.} 27.b5 {With this move White gets rid of his
Queen's side Pawns.} Rbc8 28.bxc6 Rxc6 29.Rxc6 Rxc6 30.axb6
axb6 31.Re1 {Bb5 was better.} Qc8 32.Nd2 {This was my sealed
move and unquestionably the only move to keep the initiative.}
Nf8 {...Rc3 would have been met by Qa1.} 33.Ne4 {The White
Knight stands now in a very commanding position. Black's game
is far more difficult than appears at first glance and I
believe that the only good system of defense would have to be
based on ...f5, after ...h6, driving back the White Knight.}
Qd8 34.h4 Rc7 {This might be said to be the losing move. Black
had to play ...h6 in order to be ready to continue with ...f5,
forcing the White Knight to withdraw.} 35.Qb3 {White's plan
consists in getting rid of Black's powerfully posted Knight at
d5, which is the key to Black's defense.} Rg7 36.g3 Ra7 37.Bc4
Ra5 38.Nc3 Nxc3 39.Qxc3 Kf7 40.Qe3 Qd6 41.Qe4 Ra4 {Neither one
of us had very much time left at this stage of the
game. Black's alternative was ...Ra7, which would have been
met by d5, leaving Black with what in my opinion is a lost
position.} 42.Qb7+ Kg6 {If 42...Qe7 43.Qc6 wins.} 43.Qc8 Qb4
44.Rc1 Qe7 {Black's game was now hopeless; for instance
44...Qa3 (best) 45.Bd3+! f5 (best) 46.Qe8+ Kh6 47.Re1 Ra8
48.Rxe6+ Nxe6 49.Qxe6+ Kg7 50.Qe5+, etc. In practically all
the other variations the check with the Bishop at d3 wins.}
45.Bd3+ Kh6 {..f5 would have prolonged the game a few moves
only. 46.Rc7 would always win.} 46.Rc7 Ra1+ 47.Kg2 Qd6
48.Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5
Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 Re8 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 c5 10.cxd5
Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5 {Not best. b4 was more
energetic and perfectly safe.} Bd7 14.O-O Qb6 15.Bxd7 Nxd7
16.Rfd1 Red8 17.h3 {Loss of time. Qa4 at once was the proper
move.} Rac8 18.Qa4 Nc6 19.Qb5 a6 20.Qxb6 Nxb6 21.Rxd8+ Nxd8
22.Ne2 Kf8 23.Rxc8 Nxc8 {Not much of a game. With three points
to the good I took matters to easy. My opponent, having the
Black pieces, could not have been expected to do much.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]



1.d4 {Notes by J.R. Capablanca} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3
Nbd7 5.e3 { On general principles it is better to bring the
Queen’s Bishop out first.} Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Qe2 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.e4 { Played in order to
develop the Queen’s Bishop and thereby condemning his whole
plan of development, since he could have done that before, as
indicated in the previous note, and the only reason he could
have had for playing e3 on the fifth move would have been to
develop this Bishop via b2.} cxd4 13.Nxd4 Ne5 14.Nb3 { The
combination beinning with Bxb5, followed by Nxe6, are wrong,
viz., 14 Bxb5 axb5; 15 Nxe6 fxe6; 16 Rxd8 Raxd8; 17 Qxby Nxe4,
and Black has a won game.} Nxd3 15.Rxd3 Qc7 16.e5 { White
could not play Bg5 because of the rejoinder, Nxe4.} Nd5 17.Rg3
Nxc3 18.Rxc3 Qd7 {It was my impression that, after this
move,Black had a very superior game. } 19.Rg3 Rfd8 20.Bh6 g6
21.Be3 Qd5 { This leads to the exchange of one of the two
Bishops, but it would be very difficult to find a better
move.} 22.Na5 Rac8 23.Nxb7 Qxb7 24.Bh6 Qd5 25.b3 Qd4 { It was
probably here where Black failed to make the best move.25…Bb4
was the better move.} 26.Rf1 Rd5 27.Re3 Ba3 {Bf8 was better,
as white could not very well afford to take the Bishop; he
would be compelled to play first Re4, to be followed later on
by Bf4.} 28.g3 Qb2 29.Re1 Rc2 {Qxe2 followed by Bb4 was the
proper course to follow.} 30.Qf3 Be7 {This was my thirtieth
move; I was very much pressed for time and I could not make
the necessary analysis to find out whether Bf8 would have been
a winning or losing move.If 30…Bf8 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Qf6
Kg8. 33.h4 and Black would have a very difficult position to
defend.} 31.R3e2 Rxe2 {Qxa2 now would lose because of 32.Rxc2
Qxc2 33.Rc1 followed by Rc8+,etc.} 32.Rxe2 Qb1+ 33.Kg2 Bf8
34.Bf4 h6 35.h4 b4 36.Qe4 Qxe4+ 37.Rxe4 Kg7 38.Rc4 Bc5 39.Kf3
g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.03.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 {Notes by J.R. Capablanca} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 {c5 is the proper move.} 8.Bd3
{Castles on the Queen's side would have been a much more
energetic way of continuing, but probably White did not want
to take the risk of exposing himself to a Queen's side attack,
having then his King on that side of the board.} dxc4 9.Bxc4
Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O Nxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.Bd3 g6 14.a4 Bb7
15.a5 c5 16.Nd2 { This may not have been White's best
move. Yet it is extremely difficult to point out anything
better.} e5 {Probably the only move to save the game. It was
essential to break up White’s center and to create a weakness
in White's game that would compensate Black for his own
weakness on the Queen's side of the board.} 17.Be4 Bxe4
18.Qxe4 Rae8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Ra7 exd4 21.Qc6 {Qxe7 was
slightly better, but Black had, in that case, an adequate
defense.} Rd8 22.cxd4 cxd4 23.exd4 {Not 23.Ne4, because of
Nb8!} Qf6 24.Qxf6 Nxf6 25.Nf3 Nd5 26.Rb1 f6 27.Kf1 Rf7 28.Rba1
Rdd7 29.Rxd7 Rxd7 30.g3 {There was no reasonable motive to
continue such a game, as there was not very much to be done by
either player.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.03.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O
d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 exd4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Bg5
Re8 11.Qd3 h6 12.Bh4 Nh7 13.Bxe7 Rxe7 14.Qc4 {Up to this point
the game was identical with the third. Here Lasker changed the
course of the game.} Qe8 15.Re2 {Re3 had also to be
considered.} Rb8 16.b3 c5 17.Nf3 Bb5 {Not the best.Ng5 was the
right move. The text move leaves Black with an exceedingly
difficult ending.} 18.Nxb5 Qxb5 19.Qxb5 Rxb5 20.Kf1 Ng5 21.Nd2
Ne6 {The maneuvers of this knight are ofmuch greaterimportance
than it might appear on the surface. It is essential to force
White to play c3 in order to weaken somewhat the defensive
strength of his queen’s knight’s pawn.} 22.c3 f6 23.Nc4 Nf4
{Again the moves of the knight have a definite meeting. The
student would do well to carefully study this ending.} 24.Re3
Ng6 25.Nd2 Rb8 26.g3 a5 27.a4 {It is now seen why Black had to
compel White to play c3. With the white pawn at c2 Black’s
game would be practically hopeless, since White’s b pawn would
not have to be protected by a piece, as is the case now.} Ne5
28.f4 Nd7 29.Ke2 Nb6 30.Kd3 c6 31.Rae1 Kf7 32.Nc4 {e5 would
have lead to a much more complicated and difficult ending, but
Black seems to have an adequate defense by simply playing
fxe5, followed by d5, when White retakes the pawn.} Nxc4
33.Kxc4 Re6 {This is the best move and not Ke6 which would be
met by Rd3.} 34.e5 fxe5 35.fxe5 d5 36.Kxc5 Rxb3 37.c4 {Not the
best, but at any rate the game would have been a draw. The
best move would have been Rf1+.} dxc4 38.Re4 {Probably the
only way to obtain a sure draw.} c3 39.Rc4 h5 40.Re3 Rb2
41.Rcxc3 Rxh2 42.Kb6 Rb2+ 43.Kxa5 g5 {There was not any object
for either player too attempt to win such a game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3
{This allows Black to bring out the Queen’s Bishop without any
difficulty.} Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 O-O 12.Bd2 Qf6 13.Rad1 Qg6
14.Qxg6 hxg6 15.Bc3 Rfd8 16.Rfe1 Bc7 17.Kf1 Nf8 18.Bd2 f6
19.h4 Kf7 20.g3 Nd7 21.Be3 Nb6 22.Rc1 Nc8 23.Re2 Ne7 {All
these maneuvers with the Knight are extremely difficult to
explain fully. The student would do well to carefully analyze
them. Black’s position might now be said to be unassailable.}
24.Rc3 a6 25.a4 Rab8 26.b4 b5 {Bd6 was better, as it gave
Black some slightly winning chances.} 27.cxb5 axb5 28.a5 Bd6
29.Rb3 Nd5 30.Bd2 Rdc8 {The game was given up for a draw,
because having analyzed the game during the twenty-four hour’s
interval, we both came to the conclusion that it was
impossible to win the game for either side.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5
Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 Qa5 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4
cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.O-O {The
development is now complete. White has a lone d Pawn, but, on
the otherhand, Black is somewhat hampered in the manoeuvering
of his pieces.} Rac8 15.Ne5 Bb5 {With this move and the
following, Black brings about an exchange of pieces, which
leaves him with a free game.} 16.Rfe1 Nbd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5
18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Qb3 Bc6 {Not Ba6 because of Nd7, followed by
Nc5.} 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Re5 Qb6 22.Qc2 Rfd8 23.Ne2 {Probably
White's first mistake. He wants to take a good defensive
position, but he should instead have counter-attacked with Na4
and Rc5.} Rd5 24.Rxd5 cxd5 {Black has now the open file and
his left side Pawn position is very solid, while White has a
weak d-Pawn. The apparently weak Black a Pawn is not actually
weak because White has no way to attack it.} 25.Qd2 Nf5 26.b3
{In order to free the Queen from the defense of the b-Pawn and
also to prevent Rc4 at any stage.} h5 { In order to prevent g4
at a later stage. Also to make a demonstration on the king’s
side, prepatory to further operations on the other side.}
27.h3 {Weak, but White wants to be ready to play g4.} h4 {To
tie up White's King side. Later on it will be seen that White
is compelled to play g4 and thus further weaken his game.}
28.Qd3 Rc6 29.Kf1 g6 30.Qb1 Qb4 31.Kg1 {This was White's
sealed move. It was not the best move, but it is doubtful if
White has any good system of defense.} a5 32.Qb2 a4 {Now Black
exchanges the pawn and leaves White with a weak, isolated
b-Pawn, which will fall sooner or later.} 33.Qd2 Qxd2 34.Rxd2
axb3 35.axb3 Rb6 {In order to force Rd3 and thus prevent the
White rook from supporting his b-Pawn by Rb2 later on. It
means practically tying up the White rook to the defense of
his two weak pawns. } 36.Rd3 Ra6 37.g4 hxg3 38.fxg3 Ra2 39.Nc3
Rc2 40.Nd1 {The alternative Na4, was not any better. White’s
game is doomed. } Ne7 41.Nc3 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Nc6 43.Nd1 Rb1 {Not
Nb4 because of 44. Rd2 Rb1 45. Nb2 Rxb2 46.Rxb2 Nd3+ 47.Ke2
Nxb2 48.Kd2, and Black could not win. } 44.Ke2 {Not a mistake,
but played deliberately. White had no way to protect his
b-Pawn.} Rxb3 45.Ke3 Rb4 46.Nc3 Ne7 47.Ne2 Nf5+ 48.Kf2 g5
49.g4 Nd6 50.Ng1 Ne4+ 51.Kf1 Rb1+ 52.Kg2 Rb2+ 53.Kf1 Rf2+
54.Ke1 Ra2 {All these moves have a meaning. The student should
carefully study them.} 55.Kf1 Kg7 56.Re3 Kg6 57.Rd3 f6 58.Re3
Kf7 59.Rd3 Ke7 60.Re3 Kd6 61.Rd3 Rf2+ 62.Ke1 Rg2 63.Kf1 Ra2
64.Re3 e5 {This was my sealed move and unquestionably the best
way to win.} 65.Rd3 {If 65.Ne2 Nd2+ 66.Kf2 e4 67.Rc3 Nf3
68.Ke3 Ne1 69.Kf2 Ng2. and White would be helpless. If 65.Nf3
Nd2+ exchanging knights wins.} exd4 66.Rxd4 Kc5 67.Rd1 d4
68.Rc1+ Kd5 {There is nothing left. The Black pawn will
advance and White will have to give up his Knight for it. This
is the finest win of the match and probably took away from
Dr. Lasker his last real hope of winning or drawing the
match.} 0-1

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O
d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 exd4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Bf1 Re8 10.f3
Bf8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g6 13.Nd5 Bg7 {I cannot very highly
recommend the system of defense adopted by me in this
variation.} 14.Nb5 {The combinations beginning with this move
are all wrong. White's proper move was simply to hold the
position by playing c3. After the text move, Black should get
the better game.} g5 15.Ndxc7 {If 15.Bf2, Nxd5 would give
Black the better game. The combination indulged in by White is
good only in appearence.} gxh4 16.Nxa8 Qxa8 17.Nc7 Qd8 18.Nxe8
Nxe8 19.Rb1 Be6 20.c3 Bxa2 {A mistake. Black had here a won
game by playing Be5. The question of time at this point was
not properly appreciated by Black, who went in to recover a
Pawn, which was of no impotance whatever. Worse yet, the
capture of the Pawn only helped White.} 21.Ra1 Be6 22.Qd2 a6
{h3 was better. After the text move Black has an extremely
difficult game to play.} 23.Qf2 h5 {Qg5 would have given Black
better chances to win. After the text move there is nothing
better than a draw.} 24.f4 Bh6 25.Be2 Nf6 26.Qxh4 Nxe4
27.Qxd8+ Nxd8 28.Bxa6 d5 29.Be2 Bxf4 30.Bxh5 Bc7 31.Rad1
{Having had twenty-four hours to consider the position, we
both came to the conclusion that there was nothing in it but a
draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]


1.e4 {Notes by J.R. Capablanca} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O
d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Qd3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Bg5
O-O 11.Rae1 h6 12.Bh4 Nh7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.c4 {White
has now a powerful position and Black has to play with extreme
care in order to avoid drifting into a hopeless position.} Re8
16.f4 c6 {This weakens the queen's pawn, but something had to
be done to obtain manouvering space for the White
pieces. Besides, with the advance of the f-Pawn, White's
king's pawn becomes also weak, which is somewhat of a
compensation.} 17.Nc3 Qb6 18.b3 Rad8 {Unnecessary. Re7 was the
proper move.} 19.Kh1 Nf6 20.h3 Bc8 21.Rd1 {This is waste of
time. In order to obain an advantage, White will have to make
an attack on the king's side, since Black's queen's pawn,
though weak, cannot be won through a direct attack against
it.} Re7 22.Rfe1 Rde8 23.Re2 Qa5 24.Rf1 Qh5 25.Kg1 a6 26.Rff2
Qg6 27.Rf3 {If 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.exf5 Qh5 29.Rxe7 Rxe7 and Black
has a good game.} Qh5 28.f5 {Of doutbful value. While it shuts
off the bishop, it weakens furthermore the king's pawn and
also creates a hole on e5 for Black's pieces. The position at
first glance, looks very much in favor of White, but careful
analysis will show that is much more apparent than true.} Qh4
29.Kh2 {A blunder, made under time pressure combined with
difficulties attached to the position.} Ng4+ 30.Kh1 Ne5 31.Qd2
Nxf3 32.Nxf3 Qf6 {Qg3 was dangerous and might lead to the loss
of some material} 33.a4 {To prevent b5. There are a number of
variations where White would regain the quality in exchange
for a pawn had he played 33. g4, to be followed by e5 and
Ne4,but the resulting ending would be so much in favor of
Black that the course pursued by White may be considered the
best.} g6 34.fxg6 fxg6 35.Re3 Bf5 36.Qd3 {There were some very
interesting variations beginning with 36.Rd3, viz.,36...Bxe4
37.Rxd6 Qg7 38.Nh4 Bf5 39.Nxf5 gxf5 40.Rxh6 Re1+ 41.Kh2 Qe5+
42.g3 Qxc3, and White is lost.} g5 37.Nd2 Bg6 38.b4 {White's
idea is to change as many pawns as possible, hoping to reach
an ending where the advantage of the exchange may not be
sufficient to win.} Qe6 39.b5 axb5 40.axb5 Ra8 41.Qb1 Qe5
42.Qe1 Kh7 43.bxc6 bxc6 44.Qg3 Qxg3 45.Rxg3 Ra3 46.Kh2 Rb7
47.c5 {Forced, as Rb2, winning a piece, was threatened.} dxc5
48.Nc4 Ra1 49.Ne5 Rc1 {The moves of this rook are worth
studying. I believe that Black had no better way to play.}
50.h4 {This brings the game to a climax, for which Black is
now ready.} Re7 51.Nxc6 Re6 52.Nd8 gxh4 53.Rd3 Rf6 {The key to
Black's defence. The holding of the KB file.} 54.Rd7+ Kh8
55.Nd5 Rff1 56.Kh3 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Oslo, Norway"]
[Site "Oslo, Norway"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacob Antoni Brekke"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch. The hanging pawns appear only as a
latent threat, as ghosts, in this game, which is as protracted
as it is interesting; the ending is particularly racy.} d5
2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 cxd4
8.exd4 {Now Black has in mind to create hanging pawns with
...dxc4 should White play c4.} Bg4 9.Ne5 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Nbd7
11.f4 Rc8 12.Na3 {Original and by no means bad.} Nb6 13.Rac1
a6 14.f5 {If 14 c4 dxc4 15 bxc4 and c5, without delay. after
which Nac4 would have brought about the situation we have
pronounced desirable, namely : security by Blockade combined
with some measure of initiative. 14 f5 must therefore be held
to be a departure from the straight path, albeit a pardonable
one.} gxf5 15.Rxf5 Ne4 16.Rcf1 f6 17.Ng4 e6 18.Rh5 {A rook
astray! Its absence will soon be felt. Rf5f3 looks better.} f5
19.Ne5 Rc7 20.Qe3 Nd7 21.c4 {At lat White, a player of
undoubted master-strength, decides on this advance. But now
different pawn formations result from it and hanging pawns do
not occur.} Nxe5 22.dxe5 Rd7 {Note this rook's freedom on its
own 2nd rank.} 23.cxd5 Rxd5 {The d-file is now tremendously
effective, see note to move 18.} 24.Nc4 b5 25.Nd6
{Comparatively best.} Rxd6 26.exd6 Bxb2 27.Qh6 Bd4 28.Kh1 Rf7
29.Qxe6 Qxd6 30.Rg5 Bg7 31.Qxd6 Nxd6 32.Rd1 {The ending is
clearly not an easy one to win.} Rf6 33.Kg1 Kf7 34.a4 b4
35.Rd5 Re6 36.Ra5 Re3 37.Rxa6 Bd4 38.Kf1 Be5 39.a5 Rxb3 40.Rh5
Rb1 41.Ke2 b3 {He could quite well have played ...Kg6.}
42.Rxh7 Ke6 43.Rh3 b2 44.Rb3 Ra1 45.R6b6 Rxa5 46.Rxb2 {There
was no urgency for this.} Bxb2 47.Rxb2 Nc4 48.Rc2 Kd5 49.Kf3
Ra4 50.Re2 Ne5 51.Kf2 f4 52.h3 Ra3 53.Rd2 Ke4 54.Rc2 Re3
55.Ra2 Nd3 56.Kg1 Re1 57.Kh2 Ke3 58.Ra3 Re2 59.Kg1 Rb2 60.Ra1
Rc2 61.Ra3 Ke2 62.Ra4 Rc1 63.Kh2 Ke3 64.Ra3 Rb1 65.Rc3 Rb2
66.Kg1 Kd4 67.Ra3 Ne1 68.Ra4+ {There follows an interesting
duel between king and rook.} Ke5 69.Ra5+ Kf6 70.Ra6+ Kg5
{Simpler would be to escape via g7, h6, h5, to h4, but Black
sees a captivating turn which he does not wish to miss.}
71.Ra8 Kh6 72.Rg8 Kh7 73.Rg4 f3 74.Kf1 {Obviously if 74 gxf3
Nxf3+ with mate or winning the rook.} fxg2 {More elegant as
well as quicker was 74...Nxg2 75 Re4, etc.} 75.Kxe1 Kh6 {And
Black wins by Zugzwang.} 76.h4 Kh5 77.Rg5 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "Uppsala"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paulsson / Mandel Brodd"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. To avoid confusion I should
point out that this game appears in some German language books
[and in the one-volume translation from German into English of
Pachman's work on the middlegame! ] as 'Beratende --
Nimzowitsch'. There is no contradiction involved, for
'Beratende' is the German word meaning 'consultation
partners'.} Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. Bb5 Bf5 5. Nf3 Qd7 6. c4
Bxb1 {!! A brilliant conception which enables him to fight
successfully for control of the vital d5 square. } 7. Rxb1
O-O-O 8. cxd5 {On 8 c5 Nimzowitsch planned ...g5 followed by
...Bg7. } 8...Qxd5 9. Bxc6 Qxc6 10. O-O e6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Qe2
Nd5 13. Rfc1 Qd7 14. Rc4 Kb8 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Ne1 Be7 17. Nd3
Rhd8 18. Qc2 f5 19. Rc1 g5 {With the centre secure Nimzowitsch
undertakes a powerful wing diversion. } 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5
Rg8 22. Qe2 h5 23. Bd2 {Not 23 Qxh5 g4. } 23...h4 24. a4 g4
25. a5 a6 26. b4 c6 27. Rb1 Qf7 28. Rb3 f4 29. Qe4 f3 30. Rc1
fxg2 31. Kxg2 Rcf8 32. Rf1 g3 {!} 33. hxg3 hxg3 34. f4 {Of
course, 34 Rxg3 Rxg3+ 35 Kxg3 would be horrible for White. }
34...Ne7 35. Be1 Nf5 36. Rh1 Rg4 37. Bxg3 Qg6 38. Qe1 Nxg3
39. Rxg3 Rfxf4 40. Rhh3 Rxd4 41. Qf2 Rxg3+ 42. Rxg3 Qe4+
43. Kh2 Qxe5 44. Kg2 Qd5+ {White resigns. Compare the finish
of the game with that of Diez del Corral-Petrosian.} 0-1

[Event "Hauptturnier A"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joachim Schenkein"]
[Black "Alois Wotawa"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 h5 6.h4 Bg4 7.Be2
Bxe2 8.N1xe2 Nbd7 9.Nc3 e6 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Qd3 O-O-O 12.O-O-O
Qb4 13.Nge4 Ne5 14.Qe2 Nc4 15.Rd3 Qxb2+ 16.Kd1 Qa1+ 17.Bc1 Ba3
18.Ke1 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Qxc1+ 20.Rd1 Qf4 21.Rh3 Bb4+ 22.c3 Ba5
23.Rf3 Qxh4 24.Rxf7 Qh1+ {Black won on move 32.} 0-1

[Event "Gijon"]
[Site "Gijon"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Juan Fernandez Rua"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 {Notes by Giuseppe Gabelli.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5
4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. h4 Re8 9. Qd2
Nb4 10. O-O-O a5 11. Ng3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 c6 13. Rde1 Ng4
14. Nd1 Be6 15. f4 b5 16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. Nef5 Bd8 {?}
19. Nxg7 {!} Kxg7 20. f5 Ng8 21. fxe6 Qb7 22. exf7 Bxg5+
23. hxg5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxf7 25. Nf5+ Kh8 26. Qf4 Re8 27. Re5
{!} Qc7 28. g6 {!} h5 {28... hxg6?! 29. Qh4+ Qh7 30. Rxe8}
29. Nd6 {! 29...Rxe5 (29... Qxd6 30. Rxh5+) 30. Qxe5+ Qg7
31. Nf7#} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Davide Marotti"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2. c4 Nf6 {This move is not
to be recommended, White is master of the center with his
pawns and the Black K Kt is driven away from the K side.}
3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. d5 Qe7 12. h4 h5 13. O-O-O
N8d7 14. Kb1 a6 {White threatened Nb5 followed by Nxc7 and
d6.} 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nd1 Bf6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Ne3 Kh8
19. Rhg1 Rg8 {Black defends himself with great determination,
and as a matter of fact the game is not going to be decided on
the K side.} 20. Bf1 {!} Nf8 21. Bh3 Rd8 22. Bxf8 {Decisive;
Black cannot take with either Rook because of Nf5 would
follow, so he relinquishes the c-pawn.} Qxf8 23. Rxc7 Bxh4
24. Rxb7 Rd6 25. Rc1 Bd8 26. Rc6 Rg7 27. Qb4 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nbd2
Bb7 5. Be2 {Alekhine thinks that Bd3 is better.} Be7 6. O-O
O-O 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. f4 {This costs a pawn;
Watson played against Rubinstein Bf3.} Nd5 11. Rf3 cxd4
12. exd4 f6 13. Nd3 Ncb4 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 {Much better than Nxb4
whereby White could obtain a strong attack for instance 15 Rh3
Qxf4 16 a3 Nd5 17 Bd3 g6 18 c4 Ne3 19 Qe2 Nf5 20 Rf1, etc.}
15. c4 Nxf4 16. Rf2 e5 {!} 17. a3 Bd6 18. Bf1 e4 {The passed
pawn decides the game. There is no further hope for White.}
19. g3 e3 20. gxf4 exf2+ 21. Kxf2 Bxf4 22. Nf3 Bxh2 23. d5
Qg3+ 24. Ke2 Rae8+ 25. Kd2 Qf2+ 26. Kc1 Bf4+ 27. Kb1 Re3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5
Be7 5. d4 {Very well played; White's game is now somewhat more
free.} d6 6. Bb5 exd4 {The change is enforced, Black is
obliged to give up the center, which proves that the whole
scheme of Black has been wrong.} 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1
O-O 10. Bxc6 {Bf1 is to be considered.} bxc6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qe5 14. Nf3 {Better was Bg3 for instance
14...Qh5 15 e5 Qxd1 16 Rad1 Nh5 17 exd6 Nxg3 18 hxg3 cxd6 19
Nb3 d5 20 Nc5, etc.} Qxb2 15. Rb1 {White sacrifices another
pawn, for the hopes to get more than a draw out of the game
considering the open position of the king, the exemplary
defence of Alekhine, however, makes an end to this
illusion. e5 could be answered by 15...Nd5 16 exd6 cxd6 17 c4
Nc3 18 Qxd6 Bf5 and White cannot take the c-pawn on account of
Bb1!} Qxa2 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 {The knight move is not the
best, Qd2 was to be preferred with good chances for aq draw.}
Qa5 {!} 18. e5 Rfe8 {This simple move wins the pawn, which was
not to be taken immediately, because White would gave
maintained a too strong attack, now, however, the game is
decided.} 19. Ra1 Qc5 20. Re3 Rxe5 21. Raa3 Rae8 22. Rg3+ Kf8
23. Rae3 Qd5 24. Qa1 c5 25. Nb3 Bc6 26. Qc1 c4 {Decides at
once; Alekhine played the game with much energy till the end.}
27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Nd2 Rg5 29. Nf3 Rxg3 30. hxg3 Ke7 31. Qf4
Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Ernest Atkins"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 {Notes from THE FIELD} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7
5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 {White
plays for a draw.} Bxe4 10. O-O f5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rac1
{Better would have been 12 Nd2 or b4.} d6 13. Nd2 Qh4 14. f3
Nd7 15. Qf2 {Much better was here 15 b4 to prevent a5; White
would have advantage on the queen side.} Qh5 16. Rfe1 e5
17. Nf1 Rae8 18. Ng3 Qf7 19. b3 a5 {!} 20. Nf1 Re7 21. Nd2
Rfe8 22. Nf1 h6 23. Nd2 {During the last few moves Atkins
having a good position and not seeing how to improve it, has
been content simply to mark time with his knight.} {The
bishops being on different colors, White would have had a
better chance of drawing had he retired his bishop to b2
instead of making this exchange.} Kh7 24. Nf1 Nf8 25. Rcd1 Ng6
26. Kh1 a4 27. Rc1 exd4 28. Bxd4 axb3 29. axb3 Ne5 30. Qe2 c5
31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rc3 d5 33. cxd5 Bxd5 34. Qc2 R5e6 35. Ra1
Rg6 36. Rc1 Qf6 37. Qf2 Ra8 38. Rd3 Qe6 39. Qc2 Ra3 40. Nd2
Ra6 41. Rc3 Qe5 42. Nf1 Ra7 43. Rd1 Be6 44. Rc1 Qd5 45. Ng3
Qa8 {Threatening ...Ra2.} 46. Qd3 {If 46 Nxf5 then 46...Ra2 47
Qb1 Bxf5 48 Qxf5 Rxg2 with a dangerous attack.} Rd7 47. Qc2
Qd8 {Threatening Rd2.} 48. Nf1 Qg5 49. Qf2 Bf7 50. f4 {It was
not good to open the long diagonal for his opponent's
bishop. Atkins, however, was very short of time at this point,
having ten moves to make in seven minutes.} Qd8 51. R1c2 Rd1
52. Kg1 Bd5 53. g3 Rd6 54. Rd2 Be4 55. Rxd6 Qxd6 56. Qe2 b5
57. Qxb5 {? This loses at once, but White had a loss game in
any case.} Qd2 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5
5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e4 {The right continuation was here
: 7 Bxf6 Qxf6 8 e4 dxe4 9 Bb5+ Bd7 10 Nxe4 (better than 10
Bxd7+ Nxd7 11 Nxe4 on account of ...Qa6!) followed by Bb5+ and
O-O.} Be7 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Ne5 {Here White could have prevented
his opponent from castling but it would not have been any more
advantageous, for instance : 9 Bxf6 Bxf6 10 exd5 Bxd5 11 Qe2+
Kf8, etc.} Rc8 10. Qa4 cxd4 {Very well played!} 11. Qxd4 O-O
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. O-O Rfd8
16. Rfe1 c5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Qe3 {White could very well fall
into a very interesting trap. As it seems White wins the
exchange with Nc6, but in fact he loses the game : 18 Nc6 Qd7
19 Ne7+ Kf8! and black wins.} h6 19. h3 Qb7 20. b3 Rcd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3
Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5
10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Qxc3 b6 13. Qd3 c5 {The best;
not so good is 13...Rd8 on account of 14 Qe2 and White
maintains his advantage.} 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 cxd4 16. Nxd4
Nc5 17. Qb5 {The White position is still a little better, but
that is not enough to win against Capablanca.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4
10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 {A weak move. Black gets now a cramped
position; better was ...h6.} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ned2 b5
14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. O-O a5 {The game is lost anyhow.} 16. Nb3 a4
17. Nc5 {This practically forces the exchange of queens and
leaves White with a won end-game.} Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5
b4 20. Rfc1 Ba6 21. Ne5 {With the well-placed knight and his
rooks in command of the open file white has an easily won
game.} Reb8 22. f3 b3 23. a3 h6 24. Kf2 Kh7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Kg3
Rfb8 27. Rc7 Bb5 28. R1c5 Ba6 29. R5c6 Re8 30. Kf4 Kg8 31. h5
Bf1 32. g3 Ba6 33. Rf7 Kh7 34. Rcc7 Rg8 35. Nd7 Kh8 36. Nf6
Rgf8 37. Rxg7 Rxf6 38. Ke5 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Stuart Morrison"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 e6
5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 {First dxc5 is to be considered.}
b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Qe7 {The king bishop is after
the fianchetto development better placed on d6 because the
queen has obviously few places left.The opening turns out
favorably for Black.} 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Ne5 a6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7
14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Bf3 Nf6 16. cxd5 {Na4 ought to have been
played immediately, after the text move it is a mistake.} exd5
17. Na4 c4 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. g3 b5 {Black has
got a considerable majority of pawns on the q-side.} 21. Nc5
Qc6 22. Qc2 Bd6 23. Nd3 Rac8 24. Ne5 {The black pawns grow
thereby stronger. White has no counterchance, his game is
lost.} Bxe5 25. dxe5 Ne4 26. Bd4 Ng5 {!} 27. f3 Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3
Qxf3 29. Rf1 Qg4 30. Qf2 Qg6 31. Qb2 h6 32. Rf4 c3 33. Bxc3
Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} f5 2. g3 {The fianchetto
development of the king bishop is the strongest answer against
the Hollandish defence. White has a comfortable game and Black
must be very careful if he will avoid disadvantage.} Nf6
3. Bg2 e6 4. Nh3 d5 5. O-O c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Nf3
{Alekhine wanted only a draw to secure the second prize, or he
would surely have tried to complicate the game.} Qc7 9. Bxd6
Qxd6 10. Nf4 b6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nfd3 Ba6 13. f4 c5 14. c3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rac8 16. e3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 {Makes the draw safe.}
fxe4 18. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes from THE FIELD} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2 Bc5 8.c3 Bb6 9.Ng3 Kh8 10.Be3 {A
doubtful move, as it is not advantageous for white to exchange
bishops.} Ng4 11.Bxb6 {d4 instead of the text move would have
made it more difficult for Black. If in reply Black played
11...Nxe3 it would have opened the file for White's rook, or
if 11...f5 then Bg5.} axb6 12.d4 f6 13.h3 Nh6 14.Bxc6 bxc6
15.Re1 Be6 16.a3 Qe7 17.Qd3 Rg8 18.Nf5 {This enables Black to
open theg-file for his rook.} Bxf5 19.exf5 g6 20.fxg6 Rxg6
21.Nh4 Rg5 22.f4 Rh5 23.Nf3 Rg8 24.dxe5 dxe5 25.fxe5 Rxh3
26.e6 {If 26 exf6 then 26...Qxf6 threatening Q or
RxN. Obviously White could not have played 27 Qd4 in reply to
26...Qxf6 because of 27...Rxf3.} Ng4 {Threatening to win the
queen by 27...Rh1+ followed by 28...Nf2+.} 27.Qd7 Qc5+ 28.Qd4
Qh5 29.Kf1 {If 29 gxh3 then 29...Ne5+ followed by 30...Q or
Nxf3 winning easily.} Rg3 30.Re2 Rxf3+ 31.Ke1 Ne5 {For if 32
Rxd4 then 32...Qh1+ 33 Kd2 Rxg2+ 34 Re2 Rxe2+ 35 Kxe2 Qg2+ and
wins.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Be2 Nf6 4.d3 d5
5.Nbd2 {White pursues unusual paths. The text-move brings the
game into the Hanham variation of the Philidor where White has
a move ahead.} g6 {Something good, yet quite good.} 6.c3 Bg7
7.Qc2 O-O 8.Nf1 b6 9.Ng3 Bb7 10.h4 h5 11.Bg5 Qd6 12.O-O
{Earlier, White's intentions were quite other than just to
Castle, but there is nothing else. The uncovered king position
exacts a speedy penalty.} Nh7 13.Bd2 d4 14.Ng5 Nxg5 15.Bxg5
dxc3 16.bxc3 Nd8 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 Qc5+ 19.Kh1 Ne6 20.Bd2 Qe7
{Black exploits vigorously the weakness of the opposing
pawns. White is lost, and can make no further show.} 21.Kg1
Qxh4 22.Be1 Be5 23.Rf3 Qe7 24.Rc1 Ng5 25.Rf1 h4 26.Nh1 h3
27.Bg3 Bxg3 28.Nxg3 Qe5 29.Kh2 hxg2 30.Kxg2 f5 31.Bf3 Kg7
32.Rce1 Qe6 33.Kg1 {33...fxe4 and 34...Qh3+ were threatened.}
fxe4 34.Bxe4 Bxe4 35.dxe4 Nf3+ 36.Kg2 Nxe1+ 37.Rxe1 Qg4 38.Re3
Rad8 39.e5 Rd1 40.e6 Rff1 41.Qe4 Rg1+ 42.Kf2 Qxg3+ {{! The
simplest is always the best : Black remains with an easily won
end-game with two pawns to the good.} 43.Rxg3 Rdf1+ 44.Ke3
Re1+ 45.Kf2 Rxe4 46.Rxg1 Rxe6 47.Rg4 Rc6 48.c4 Kf6 49.Ke3 g5
50.Kd4 Kf5 51.Rg1 Rd6+ 52.Ke3 Re6+ 53.Kd3 g4 54.a4 Kf4 55.Rf1+
Kg5 56.Rg1 Re5 57.Rf1 g3 58.Rf7 Kg4 59.Rxc7 g2 60.Rxa7 g1=Q
61.Rg7+ Rg5 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 {Notes from THE FIELD} 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.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4
11.Be3 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Rc1 Ne7 15.h3 Bh5 16.Bc2
Bxc3 17.bxc3 f5 {If Nxc3 then of course Bxh7+.} 18.exf6 Rxf6
{It would have been better to recapture with the knight.}
19.g4 Bg6 20.Ne5 Nxc3 21.Qd2 Ne4 {If 21...Nxa2 then 22 Bxg6
Nxc1 23 Bc2 Na2 24 Bb3 winning the knight.} 22.Bxe4 dxe4 {If
22...Bxe4 then 23 Bg5 Re6 24 f3 Rxe5 (the only move to avoid
immediate loss of a piece) 25 dxe5 Bxf3 26 Kf2 Be4 27 Rxe4
dxe4 28 Qxd8+ Rxd8 29 Bxe7 and wins.} 23.Bg5 Rd6 24.Nxg6 Rxg6
{Better would have been hxg6; the text move loses the
exchange.} 25.Rxe4 Rxg5 26.Qxg5 Nd5 27.Qxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rc6
{Being now the exchange ahead with even pawns and the better
position, winning for White is only a question of routine.} a5
29.Re5 a4 30.a3 Rd7 31.Rc5 Nb6 32.Rxb5 Rxd4 33.Re7 Rc4 34.Rf5
g6 35.Rff7 Nd5 36.Rg7+ Kf8 37.Ref7+ Ke8 38.Rxh7 Rc5 39.Rfg7
Kf8 40.Rxg6 Nf4 41.Ra6 Kg8 42.Rd7 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Davide Marotti"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6
5.Nc3 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Nb3 {White treats
the opening badly, the knight had temporarily a better place
on d4; Be3 followed by O-O was worth consideration.} O-O-O
10.Be3 b6 11.O-O-O {Castling on the queen-side is faulty,
White has got the majority on the king-side and in order to
utilise it the king ought to remain there. After the move in
the text Black gets the advantage.} Ne7 12.a3 Ng6 13.f3 h5
14.h4 Bd6 15.Ne2 c5 16.Nd2 Be6 17.f4 {A gross oversight. White
loses his most useful pawn, and with this the game is
decided.} Bg4 18.Nf3 Rhe8 19.f5 Rxe4 20.fxg6+ Rxe3 21.Nc3 Bf5
22.Nd5 Re2 23.Rd2 Rxd2 24.Nxd2 Bxg6 25.Re1 Bf7 26.Ne7+ Kb7
27.Nf5 Bf4 28.Re2 g6 29.Ng7 Bh6 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "John Stuart Morrison"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 a6 {A
mistake involving the loss of a pawn.} 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4
{Better was Be7, after the move made Black loses a piece.}
7.Qe2 Qxd4 8.Nf3 Qd5 9.Nfd2 {White plays simply and
consequently wins the piece and at the same time he simplifies
the game by exchanges.} f5 10.f3 Be7 11.fxe4 fxe4 12.Nc3 Qf7
13.Rf1 Qg6 14.Qxe4 Be6 15.Qxg6+ hxg6 16.Nf3 O-O-O 17.Bd2 Bc4
18.Rh1 Bh4+ 19.Nxh4 Rde8+ 20.Kf2 Rxh4 21.Rae1 Rf8+ 22.Kg3 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Victor Lionel Wahltuch"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7
5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bg3 b5
11.Bb3 N7f6 12.Qd3 Qb6 13.e4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 c5 {Black's
treatment of the opening was rather original; but not entirely
satisfactory.} 15.Bc2 c4 16.Qe2 Qa5 17.Bh4 g6 {Of course not
...Qxc3 as e5, Bxe7, and Qe4 would win for White.}18.Qd2 Qd8
19.Rfe1 Kg7 20.Bg5 Ng8 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.a4 {The decisive move ,
which breaks up Black's q--side pawns. Black should have
developed his queen bishop earlier.} Bd7 23.axb5 Bxb5 24.Ne5
Rfb8 25.f4 f6 26.Nf3 Be8 27.e5 f5 {Now Black has three weak
pawns : e6, c4, and a7, and that is too much.} 28.Ba4 Rb7
29.Bxe8 Rxe8 30.Ra6 Reb8 31.Qa2 Qc7 32.Ng5 {If Rxe6, ...Rb2
would be troublesome.} Qc8 33.Nxe6+ Kh8 34.Nc5 Rb2 35.Qxc4 Qf8
{Black is trying for an attack on the white king; but this
scheme is doomed to failure.} 36.Nd7 Qh6 37.Nxb8 Qxf4 38.Qf1
{This move saves everything, and Black might now have given up
a hopeless game.} Qd2 39.Nc6 f4 40.Raa1 g5 41.Qf3 Nh6 42.Red1
Qc2 43.Nb4 Qf5 44.Rxa7 g4 45.Qd3 f3 46.gxf3 gxf3 47.Qxf5 Nxf5
48.Rf1 Ne3 49.Rxf3 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7
5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 a6 10.Bd3 {If c5,
e5!} dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Be2 {!} c5 13.O-O Bb7 14.Rfd1 Rc8
15.dxc5 Rxc5 16.b4 Rc8 17.Qb1 Qe8 18.a4 bxa4 19.Nxa4 Rxc1
20.Rxc1 Nd5 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Nc5 Nb8 {After ...Nxc5 23 bxc5,
Black gets into difficulties on account of White's passed pawn
being very strong.} 23.b5 {This forces the draw. None of the
possible continuations lead to a win.} axb5 24.Nxb7 Qxb7
25.Qxb5 Qa7 26.Qc5 Qxc5 27.Rxc5 Nd7 { The game is a dead draw
now; Bogoljubov tries in vain to win, and ultimately gets into
difficulties.} 28.Rc1 Rb8 29.Nd4 Ne5 30.g3 g5 31.h3 Kg7 32.Rc2
Kf6 33.Nf3 Rb3 34.Nd2 {If Kg2?, Rxe3.} Ra3 35.Nc4 Rc3 36.Rxc3
Nxc3 37.Bf1 Nf3+ 38.Kg2 Ne1+ 39.Kg1 h5 40.Nd2 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4
42.Ba6 Ke5 43.Kf1 Nf3 {?} 44.Nxf3+ gxf3 45.Bb7 Ne4 46.Ke1 Ng5
47.Kd2 Kf5 48.e4 {! 48 Kd3 would have won a pawn. If then Nh3
49 e4+ Kg4 50 Ke3 Ng5 51 Bc6 Nh3 52 Ba4! Ng5 53 Bd1 f6 54 Bb3
Kh5 (54...e5 55 Bd1) 55 Kf4.} Nxe4+ 49.Ke3 Ng5 50.Bxf3 Nxf3
51.Kxf3 Kg5 52.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Reti"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7
5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 {The usual move Rc1 is better.} c5
8.O-O cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Qe2 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.Rad1
{It would have been better to move Rfd1. This loss of time
gives Black a powerful attack.} Nb6 14.Ne5 b4 {Black's method
of taking command is highly ingenious.} 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ne4
Bd5 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Nd3 Qa5 20.Nc5 Kh8 21.Qh5
Qc7 22.Qh4 Rg8 23.Rc1 Qd8 {A hasty move which cost Bogoljubov
half a point. 23...Qf4! would have been almost certain to
win. After the text he cannot escape a draw.} 24.Rfd1 Rg6
25.Rd3 a5 26.Rh3 Qg8 27.Rg3 a4 28.a3 bxa3 29.bxa3 Kg7 30.Qe4
Qb8 31.Rb1 Qd6 32.Rb7 Kg8 33.Qc2 Nf4 34.Rd7 Qc6 35.Rxg6+ hxg6
36.Qe4 Nd5 37.h3 Re8 38.g3 Rb8 39.Kh2 Qb6 40.Nxe6 Qxe6 41.Qxd5
Qxd5 42.Rxd5 Rb3 43.Ra5 Rxa3 44.d5 Kf8 45.d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Henry Ernest Atkins"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5
5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 {In this opening Black gets
a difficult and cramped game.} Re8 9.Rd1 {This and the
previous moves are White's best continuation, and give him the
advantage.} exd4 10.Nxd4 Qe7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Bf4 a6
{This weakens the d-pawn irretrievably; Nh5 might have been
played.} 14.Rac1 c6 15.Nc3 Bf8 16.Nf3 Nc5 17.Nd4 Ne6 {A
blunder which loses a pawn; but Black's game is bad in any
case.} 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Bxd6 Bxd6 20.c5 Qa5 21.cxd6 Rad8 22.Rd4
Qe5 23.Rcd1 c5 24.Rh4 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Bxb7 Rb8 27.Bf3 Kg7
28.Rf4 Qe5 29.Qd2 g5 {This weakens the King's
position. Black's game is, however, hopeless.}30.Ra4 Rb6 31.h4
Rb4 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Rxa6 g4 34.Bg2 c4 35.Ra8 Nd7 {White
threatened Qd8.} 36.Rd8 Qf6 {Here Black might have resigned.}
37.Rxd7 Bxd7 38.Qxd7 Rxb2 39.Qxg4+ Kf8 40.Qxc4 Rc2 41.Qc8+ Kg7
42.Qg4+ Kf8 43.Nd5 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2
d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 {Castling is better} Nh5
8. Be3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. c3 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Bxf4
13. g3 Bh6 14. h4 d5 15. O-O-O dxe4 16. Bxe4 Re8 17. f4 c6 {To
prepare f5 which cannot be played directly because of Bd5+.}
18. Qf3 Qa5 19. Bb1 Be6 20. Nb3 {White spends too much time on
the defence of his queen-side. He should have vigorously
attacked the Black king by 20 h5, e.g., Bg7 21 hxg6 hxg6 22 g4
Bd5 23 Ne4 f5? (better is Qa4) 24 gxf5 gxf5 25 Qh5. Of course,
the variations arising from h5 are dangerous to both parties,
for instance, if on the 23rd move White plays 23 Be4 instead
of Ne4 he loses by Rxe4 24 Nxe4 Qxa2.} Qb6 21. h5 Bg7 22. hxg6
hxg6 23. f5 {White cannot save the exchange; if 23 Rh4 then
Bd5 24 Qf1 Qe3+ 25 Nd2 Bxc3 26 bxc3 Qxc3+ 27 Bc2 Qa3+ 28 Kb1
Bxa2+, etc.} Bd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. fxg6 Be3+
27. Kd1 fxg6 28. a4 Kg7 {! Qxb2 would give White a draw by
means of 29 Rh8+ Kxh8 30 Qf6+ Kg8! 31 Qxg6+, etc.} 29. g4 Bg5
0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Davide Marotti"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
g6 5. h4 {This move (an invention of Alekhine) gives White a
strong attack for the pawn.} h6 {Certainly not the best
defence, White can win the pawn back and Black's k-side is
badly damaged.} 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Qg4 {?} Kf7 8. h5 g5 9. Bc4+
Kg7 {If 9...d5 10 Bxd5+ Qxd5 11 Qxc8.} 10. Qf5 Qe8 11. Nd5 Qf7
12. Ne3 d5 {? Black avails himself of the opportunity to give
back the pawn in order to stop the "attack". In reality there
is no attack at all. After ...Qe8 the best White can probably
do is to draw by repetition of moves Nd5. Instead of the 12
Nxe3 white could not play 12 Nxc7 on account of ...d5 winning
a piece.} 13. Bxd5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5+ Kg8 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. O-O-O
Ke6 {White has a won game now, the black pawn on e4 being
weak.} 17. g4 Na6 18. Ne2 Re8 19. Nc3 Kd7 20. a3 c6 21. Rhe1
Rh7 22. Nxe4 Rf7 23. Nc5+ Kd8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Re1+ Kd8
26. Ne6+ Kc8 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Nxh6 Nc7 29. Nf5 Nd5 30. c4 Nf4
31. Kd2 Rd8 32. Re7 a5 33. c5 Rd5 34. Rf7 Rxf5 35. gxf5 Nxh5
36. d5 cxd5 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 g4 39. Rh7 Nf4 40. Rh6 Nh3
41. Ke3 d4+ 42. Kxd4 Nxf2 43. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5
Nd4 5. Be2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Na4 Bb6
10. Nxb6 axb6 11. d4 {First Be3 is better. Black can now
exchange one of the white bishops.} exd4 12. Qxd4 Bg4 13. Bxg4
{If Bg5 Bxf3 14 gxf3 Ra5 with equal chances.} Nxg4 14. Bf4 Qf6
15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. f3 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Red1
Rfd8 20. Kf2 Kf8 21. a3 Ke7 22. Ke3 b5 23. Ke2 f6 24. Rac1 c5
25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 c4 28. b4 Kd7 29. Kd2 Kd6
30. Ke3 Ke6 31. h4 g6 32. g4 g5 33. h5 h6 34. Kd2 Kd6 35. Kc3
Kc6 {Drawn. If 36 a4 bxa4 37 Kxc4 b5+.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5
10. Bxe7 {Better Ne4, as played by Alekhine against Yates the
day before.} Qxe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Ne4 {! A strong move which
avoids exchanges, Black cannot free his cramped game now.} Nf8
13. a3 Bd7 14. Nc5 Be8 15. e4 Nb6 16. Ba2 Rab8 17. Rfe1
{Better e5.} Nbd7 18. Nd3 Rbc8 19. Qa4 {Better b4.} a6 20. Qb3
{Black threatened c5.} b6 21. h3 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5
bxc5 24. Red1 Rb8 25. Qc2 Bc6 26. Ne5 Ba8 27. f3 Qg5 28. Nd3
{28 Rxd8 is bad, Rxd8 29 Qxc5 Rd2.} Nd7 29. Qf2 {If 29 Nxc5?
Nxc5 30 Rxd8+ Rxd8 31 Qxc5 Rd1+ and wins.} h6 30. Nxc5 Nxc5
31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxc5 {A curious blunder. After 32 Rxc5 Rd1+
33 Kh2 Qf4+ 34 g3 Qd6 (or Rd2 35 gxf4 rxf2+ 36 Kg3 Rxb2 37
Rc8+ Kh7 38 Rxa8 Rxa2 39 Rxa6, etc.) 35 Rc2. White is a pawn
ahead and has a satisfactory position.} Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d3 {An ancient continuation, which ought to lead to no more
than a draw.} Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 Bg4 10.c3
c6 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Rfe1 Rfe8 14.Bh4 Bh5 {Both
players are content to fight for a draw, and the result is an
even position.} 15.Bg3 Bg6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.Re1
Rxe1+ 19.Nxe1 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Qb6 21.Nd3 Ne4 {Forcing White to
exchange Knights; this is the simplest way to finish the
game.} 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.dxc5 Qxc5 25.Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[Black "Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7
5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Bd7 9.f4 Nc6 10.Bf3 Ne8
11.Qd2 f5 {This advance is not good, as it leaves the king
pawn weak on the open file.} 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Rad1 Nf6 14.h3
Kh8 15.Qf2 a6 16.Rfe1 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bc6 18.Qe3 Re8 19.Nd5 Qa5
20.Bb6 {This does not lead to anything except that Black is
soon enabled to push his king pawn thus getting a good game.}
Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Qb5 22.Bb3 Be4 23.Bd4 e5 24.Bc3 Rad8 25.Qg3 Bf6
26.fxe5 dxe5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Kh2 Qe8 29.Re2 Qe7 30.Rd2 Re8
31.Qf2 h6 32.Qe2 Bg5 33.Rd1 Bf4+ 34.Kg1 Qg5 35.Kf1 Be3 36.Be1
f4 37.Qg4 Bf5 38.Qxg5 hxg5 39.Bc3 Kg7 40.Rd6 Be4 41.Rd7+ Kf6
42.Ba5 b6 {?} 43.Rd6+ {Why not Bxb6 followed by Rd6+?} Ke7
44.Bb4 a5 45.Ba3 Bc5 46.Bxc5 bxc5 47.Ra6 Bf5 48.Rxa5 Rc8
49.Ra7+ Kf6 50.Ra6+ Ke7 51.Bc4 e4 52.Be2 Rd8 53.Ke1 e3 54.Rc6
Rd5 55.Bf3 Re5 56.c4 Kd7 57.Rb6 Be4 58.a4 Bxf3 59.gxf3 Kc7
60.Rg6 e2 61.a5 Kb7 62.Rb6+ Ka7 63.Rb5 Re3 {Now follows an
interesting endgame which is most critical for both players,
and results ultimately in a well-deserved draw.} 64.Rxc5 Rxf3
65.Kxe2 Rxh3 66.b4 g4 67.Rg5 Re3+ 68.Kd2 g3 69.Rg4 Rb3 70.b5
g2 71.Rg7+ Kb8 72.Rg8+ Kc7 73.Rg7+ Kd6 74.a6 Rg3 75.Rxg3 fxg3
76.a7 g1=Q 77.a8=Q Qd4+ 78.Ke2 Qf2+ 79.Kd3 g2 80.Qd8+ {White
draws by perpetual check, but he must be careful not to let
the Black king come near his pawn over f4.} Ke5+ 81.Qb8+ Ke6
82.Qe8+ Kd6 83.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Victor Lionel Wahltuch"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O
11.Qe2 Nc5 {Here Bf5 may be played, as White cannot reply Bc2
on account of Nxc3!}12.Bc2 d4 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 {In
this position Black appears to have equalised the game.}
15.Re1 Rad8 16.Nf3 Qg4 {On this side the quen is liable to get
into difficulties. Why not simply Qc4 which forces the
exchange of queens, with a very good game? But the text-move
seems to have been the preparation for the following gross
blunder.} 17.b3 Bd5 {? An oversight, or at best a faulty
combination. By the line of play adopted in the following
moves, Black obtains a sort of attack.} 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Bc2 f6
20.h3 Qh5 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Ne5 {The only move to save the
game.} Qxe2 23.Rxe2 Be4 {Intereting play, but it is of no
avail.} 24.Bb2 Rde8 25.Bxe4 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Rae1 Nxe4
28.Rxe4 Rxe4 29.Rxe4 Rd8 30.Re2 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Rc1 {The rook
ending has to be very carefully played by White, as there are
many chances of a draw in the position.} 32.Kg3 c5 33.Re8+ Kh7
34.Ra8 c4 {Now of course the game is lost, as all the Q side
pawns will be exchanged and White will eventually have two
united passed pawns on the K side.} 35.bxc4 bxc4 36.Rxa6 c3
37.Rc6 Ra1 38.Rxc3 Rxa2 39.f4 Rb2 40.Kf3 Ra2 41.g3 Rb2 42.Kg4
Rb6 43.f5 Kh6 44.Rc4 Ra6 45.Re4 Kh7 46.Re7 Rb6 47.Kg5 Ra6
48.g4 Rb6 49.h4 Ra6 50.h5 Rf6 51.Re6 Rf8 52.h6 Rg8 53.Re7 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Ernest Atkins"]
[Black "Geza Maroczy"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.c4 c5
5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.b3 {Usually 9 cxd5
exd5 is played here followed by a3 or b3.} dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qe7
11.Bb2 Rd8 {Premature; better was a6 and after that b5 and
Bb7.} 12.Qc2 Nb4 {Who says A must say B too, by Black's
playing, otherwise White could develop his forces very well
with Rad1.} 13.Qb1 a6 14.a3 {14 Ne4 seemed very strong here,
but Black had the following very energetic answer : 14...Nxe4
15 Qxe4 b5 16 Qg4 f5! 17 Qxf5 bxc4, etc.} Nbd5 15.b4 Nxc3
16.Bxc3 Bd6 17.Qb2 b5 18.Be2 Bb7 19.Rfd1 Rac8 20.Rac1 Ne8
21.Bd4 f6 22.Rxc8 {Preferable was Bb6 because Black would be
obliged to change.} Rxc8 23.Rc1 e5 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Bc3 Nc7
{There are now interesting complications to come, and the game
turns out very dangerous for White. Black's position is
somewhat better, for he is master of a4 and c4.} 26.Ne1 Nd5
27.Bd2 Nb6 28.e4 Be6 29.Nc2 Qb7 30.f3 Na4 31.Qc1 Bb8 32.Ne3
Ba7 33.Bd1 Nb6 34.Kf1 Qd7 35.Be2 Na4 36.Bd1 Qd3+ 37.Be2 Qd7
{Black had too little time to consider the consequences of
Qd4! with which move he could have obtained a winning
position, for instance 38 Qc6! Kf7 39 Qxa6 Nc3! 40 Bxb5 Nxb5
41 Qxb5 Qxd2 42 Qb7+ Qd2; or 38 Ke1 Kf7 39 Qc6 Nb2 40 Qxa6 Bc4
41 Bxc4 bxc4 42 Qc6 Nd3+ 43 Kd1 Nf2+ 44 Ke1 c3!, etc.} 38.Bd1
Nb6 39.Be2 Nc8 40.Ke1 Ne7 41.Qb2 Bd4 42.Qc1 Qa7 43.Bd3 h5
44.Ke2 Kf7 45.Bb1 Qb6 46.Qc2 Qc6 47.Ba2 Qxc2 48.Bxe6+ Kxe6
49.Nxc2 Bb2 50.Kd3 Nc8 51.Bc3 Bc1 52.Bd2 Bxd2 53.Kxd2 Nb6
54.Ne3 g6 55.Kc3 h4 56.Kd3 Kd6 57.g4 hxg3 58.hxg3 Ke6 59.Kc3
Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Reti"]
[Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 {Very energetic is Marshall's attack 6 Bxf6
Bxf6 7 cxd5 exd5 8 Bd3 Be6 9 Nf3 c5 10 h4 h6 11 Ng5, etc.}
Nbd7 7.Rc1 b6 {This defence occurs very seldom, White
exchanges the pawns in the center afterwards attacking the
Black center pawns with success.} 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bb5 {The
best.} Bb7 10.O-O a6 11.Ba4 b5 {Drives the bishop to a better
place, but Black's game is already very difficult.} 12.Bb3 Rc8
13.Ne5 c5 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.dxc5 Rxc5 16.Qd4 Rfc8 17.e4 {An
oversight which costs a pawn, Rcd1 should have been played.}
Qg4 18.Be3 dxe4 19.Rcd1 h6 20.h3 Qg6 21.Ne2 a5 22.Nf4 Qf5
23.g4 Nxg4 {A very interested and far-sighted combination, it
is a pity that later Black does not find the right
continuation.} 24.hxg4 Qxg4+ 25.Ng2 Qf3 26.Qd7 Rh5 {The right
continuation was ...R4c7 27 Qxb5 Rc6 28 Qe5! Rg6 29 Qh2 Rc5 30
Bxc5 e3 31 Bd5 Bxd5 32 Rxd5 e2 33 Re1 Qxd5 34 Bxe7 Qd1 35 Qb8+
Kh7 36 Kh2! Rxg2+ 37 Kxg2 Qxe1 followed by 38...Qf1+ 39 Kf3
e1=N+ and Black wins. The move made loses.} 27.Qxe7 Rc6
28.Bxf7+ Kh7 29.Qe8 Rc8 30.Bg6# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 {This defence
does not today enjoy a high reputation, but this game shows
that there are many things left to be examined.} 4.cxd5 exd5
5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Be6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Bg5 {Reti's
continuation seems to be better : 9 dxc5 Bxc5 10 Na4 Be7 11
Be3, etc.} O-O 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Rc1 Be7 12.Nd4 Rc8 13.Nxe6 fxe6
14.Bh3 Qd6 15.Bf4 Qd7 16.e4 d4 17.Qb3 Nd8 18.Rcd1 {Rubinstein
played Ne2 in San Sebastian against Capablanca; the move in
the text is more vigorous for the Black queen pawn is weak and
scarcely to be defended. On the other hand Black has some
chances for an attack.} Rc6 {The move with the rook was the
deciding mistake, much better was : 18...Bc5 19 Be5 Re8 and
then 20...Nc6 or f7.} 19.Qa4 {Vidmar very energetically
profits by the weakness of the rook move.} Bc5 20.Be5 d3
21.Qb5 Nxe4 {Elegant, but not correct, the pawn is untenable.}
22.Rxd3 {22 Nxe4 would be bad on account of Qd5; 23 Nxc5 Rxc5
24 Qxd3 Qe5, etc.} Nd6 23.Bxd6 Bxd6 24.Bg2 Rc7 25.Qxd7 Rxd7
26.Ne4 {White compels his adversary to exchange and thereby
arrives at an end-game which must be won. The ending is played
very simply but vigorously.} Nf7 27.Rfd1 Rfd8 28.Bh3 Kf8
29.Bxe6 Re7 30.Bxf7 Rxe4 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Rxd6 Kxf7 33.Rd7+ Kf6
34.Rxb7 a5 35.Kf1 Ra4 36.a3 Rc4 37.Ke2 Rc5 38.h4 h5 39.Kd3 g5
40.Rb6+ Kf5 41.hxg5 Kxg5 42.a4 Rd5+ 43.Ke3 Kg4 44.Rb5 Rd8
45.Rxa5 Re8+ 46.Kd3 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Lionel Wahltuch"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.Bxf6
{This exchange is not to be recommended, but Wahltuch is not
fond of the well-known paths and treats the openings in a very
original manner.} Qxf6 5.e4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qxf6 gxf6 8.c3
b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Bd3 Rc8 11.Nc4 {The knight is not well placed
on c4; O-O was to be considered, the strength of the Black
bishops makes itself gradually felt.} Rg8 12.g3 Nd8 13.Ke2 h6
14.Rhe1 {This is a mistake; it is interesting to notice how
Capablanca was waiting for this blunder; White's position
after Ne3 would not be so bad.} Bxe4 15.Bxe4 Rxc4 16.Kd3 Rc7
17.Nd4 a6 18.f4 Bc5 19.Nc2 d5 {The finishing touch, White is
without hope of saving the game.} 20.Bf3 f5 21.a3 Be7 22.Nb4
a5 23.Nc2 Nb7 24.Nd4 Nc5+ 25.Kc2 Ne4 {The knight rules the
situation.} 26.Rad1 Bf6 27.Nb5 Rc5 28.a4 Ke7 29.Bxe4 fxe4
30.Re3 h5 31.h3 Bh8 32.Kb3 f5 33.Nd4 Bxd4 34.Rxd4 h4 {The
champion of the world terminates the game with a few powerful
moves; the manner in which he rolls up the pawns and gets two
united passed pawns is very instructive.} 35.gxh4 e5 36.fxe5
f4 37.Re1 Ke6 38.c4 Kxe5 39.Rxd5+ Rxd5 40.cxd5 f3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Ernest Atkins"]
[Black "John Stuart Morrison"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 {This
continuation is too tame. White shoul play d5 and in answer to
the so-called "Blumenthal" Gambit b5, he would get the better
game by playing Bg5!} d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Be7 {Here at once Bd6
is better, compare Black's 15th move.} 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.Bb2 Ba6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Nb5 Bb7 13.Qe2 a6 14.Nc3
Re8 15.Rfd1 Bd6 16.Na4 Bf4 17.Ra1 Nb4 18.Ne5 Nxd3 19.Rxd3 dxc4
20.bxc4 Ne4 21.f3 Nf6 22.Rb3 b5 23.Nc5 {If 23 cxb5 axb5 24
Qxb5 Bd5! with a good game.} Bxe5 24.Qxe5 Bc6 25.cxb5 axb5
26.Re1 Qa5 27.a3 Bd5 28.Rbe3 Qb6 29.R3e2 Bc4 30.Rf2 Red8
31.Ne4 Nd5 32.Nc5 {The game is absolutely even, neither player
has any chance of attack, and the following play is easily
understood and requires no comment.} Rc7 33.f4 Re7 34.Qe4 Qa5
35.Rc1 Nf6 36.Qc2 Bd5 37.h3 Rc7 38.Re2 Rd6 39.Rce1 Nd7 40.Bc3
Qa7 41.Bb4 Nxc5 42.dxc5 f6 43.Re3 Qb7 44.Qf2 Rdd7 45.Rd3 Qc6
46.Kh2 Qb7 47.Kg1 Qc6 48.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 {This is no doubt the best move.}
8.Rd1 Qa5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 c4 {Black has now three pawns
against two on the Q side.} 11.O-O Re8 12.Ne5 Bb4 13.Nxd7 Nxd7
14.Bf3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nf8 16.Bf4 Bd7 17.Rb1 Bc6 18.Bd6 Re6 {Qd8
was the preferable alternative, followed by 19 a5 and 20...b5
with a good counter-chance on the Q wing by advancing the
pawns.} 19.Bb4 Qd8 20.Rfe1 Qg5 21.g3 Rae8 {Better perhaps
would have been 21...Ng6 to prevent 22...h5.} 22.h4 Qg6
23.Qxg6 hxg6 24.a4 Nh7 25.a5 {A fine move which gives White
the advantage.} a6 26.Re2 g5 27.Bg4 Rh6 28.hxg5 Nxg5 29.Kg2
Ne4 30.f3 Nd6 31.Bxd6 Rxd6 32.Rb6 Rh6 33.f4 Kf8 34.Bf3 f5
{Black has many difficulties in the actual continuation, and
his stubborn resistance is to be admired.} 35.Kf2 Re7 36.Re1
Rh2+ 37.Bg2 Rh6 38.Rbb1 Kf7 39.Rh1 Rhe6 40.Rbe1 Kf6 41.Bf3 Rd6
42.g4 Bd7 43.Rh5 g6 44.Rg5 Rh7 45.Rb1 Be6 46.Kg3 Re7 47.Re1
Rd8 48.Bg2 Rh7 49.Rb1 Rd6 50.Bh3 Rc6 51.Rb2 Rd6 52.gxf5 gxf5
53.Bg2 b5 54.axb6 Rb7 55.Rh5 Rdxb6 {This loses at once. Black
misses the chance of getting an even game. After 55...Kg6! 56
Rh8 Kg7 57 Ra8 Rb7xb6, etc., the game is saved.} 56.Rxb6 Rxb6
57.Bxd5 {This move wins by force.} Kg6 58.Rg5+ Kf6 59.e4 fxe4
60.Bxe4 Rb3 61.Rg6+ Ke7 62.f5 Rxc3+ 63.Kf4 Bf7 64.Rxa6 Bh5
65.f6+ Ke8 66.Kg5 Bf3 67.Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Davide Marotti"]
[Black "Richard Reti"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 {Notes from THE FIELD} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4
5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 Bc5+ 9.d4 Bb6 10.Na4 Bf5
11.Nxb6 axb6 12.Be3 {c3 at once was preferable.} Bg6 13.Qe1
Qe7 14.c3 f6 15.Bb5 fxe5 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 18.Qxf1 c5
19.Nxg6 {It was not avisable for White to exchange his
well-posted knight for the bishop. Better would have been 19
a3 freeing his rook and preventing his opponent from entering
at b4 in case Black exchanged pawns.} hxg6 20.dxc5 {the
exchange of pawns strengthens Black's position and weakens
White's b-pawn.} bxc5 21.Qd3 c6 22.a3 Qb7 23.Qc2 c4 24.Rf1 Rb8
25.Bc1 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.g3 Qf2 {This
practically forces the exchange of queens and leaves Black
with a won end-game as he must win the b-pawn.} 29.Qxf2+ Nxf2+
30.Kg2 Nd3 31.a4 Ke7 {Not 31...Nxc1 as White's a-pawn could
not then have been stopped.} 32.a5 Kd7 33.Be3 c5 34.Kh3 Kc6
35.a6 Kb6 36.Kg4 Kxa6 37.Kg5 Kb5 38.Kxg6 Nxb2 39.Kxg7 Nd1
40.Bd2 Nxc3 {The shortest way to win.} 41.Bxc3 d4 42.Be1 c3
43.h4 Kc4 44.h5 d3 45.Bxc3 Kxc3 46.h6 d2 47.h7 d1=Q 48.h8=Q
Qd4+ 49.Kh7 Qxh8+ 50.Kxh8 Kd4 {For White can neither save his
own pawn nor stop the Black pawn from queening. Reti deserves
great credit for winning this ending.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes from THE FIELD} e6 2.c4 f5 {The Dutch defence.}
3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Bd3 {White has
already a more preferable development.} d6 8.Qc2 g6 {The
advance of this pawn weakens the defensive position of Black's
king.} 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nbd7 11.O-O-O e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5
dxe5 14.f4 {A very strong move by which White forces the
opening of the long diagonal for his queen bishop, thus
demonstrating the weakness of his opponent's 8th move.} e4
15.Be2 Be6 16.h3 a5 17.g4 Ra6 {It would have been too
dangerous to capture the g-pawn, e.g., 17...fxg4 18 hxg4 Nxg4
(if 18...Bxg4 then 19 Bxf6 winning a piece) 19 Qxe4 with an
overwhelming superiority of position.} 18.g5 Nd7 19.h4 Bf7
20.h5 gxh5 21.Bxh5 Bxh5 22.Rxh5 Rf7 23.Rd5 a4 24.Qd1
{Threatening 25 Qd4. black's game is already hopeless.} c5
25.Rh6 Rg6 26.Rxg6+ hxg6 27.Rd6 Nf8 28.Qd5 Qc7 29.Be5 Qa5
30.Kb1 Qe1+ 31.Ka2 Qxe3 32.Rf6 Qb3+ 33.Ka1 Ne6 34.Rxe6 Kh7
35.Re8 Rg7 36.Qd7 {A pretty finish. If 36...Rxd7 then of
course 37 Rh8 mate. A very finely played game by Vidmar.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Davide Marotti"]
[Black "Henry Ernest Atkins"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 {The modern
theory recommends here d5.} 4.Be2 d5 5.e5 {The advance of this
pawn is not to be recommended.} Nfd7 6.d4 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4
8.Bxd4 a6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 Nxd4 {The change is premature;
Black ought to further his development with g6 and Bg7 in
order to strenthen simultaneously the attack on the king
pawn.} 11.Qxd4 Be7 12.Qg4 O-O 13.Bd3 Nc5 14.Rad1 f5 15.exf6
Bxf6 16.Ng5 {White has an inferior position; this move is not
strong and brings immediate loss. the best would have been
Qg3.} h6 17.Nh7 Bxc3 18.Nxf8 Bxe1 19.Ng6 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Ba5+
21.Qh4 Bd7 22.d4 Qc2 {Decisive; White can scarcely avoid
further material loss.} 23.Qg4 e5 24.Ne7+ Kf7 25.Qh5+ Kxe7
26.Qxe5+ Kf8 27.Qd6+ Kg8 28.Qxd5+ Kh7 29.Qf3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Stuart Morrison"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7
5.O-O Be7 6.b3 {Morrison adopts the old Zukertort style of
attack in the queen's pawn opening.} O-O 7.Bb2 {He should
first play Nbd2 to prevent his opponent playing Ne4.} Ne4 8.c4
f5 9.Nc3 Qe8 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Qh5 12.Qe2 Na6 {Tempting
White to weaken his pawn position by playing c4.} 13.c5 Nb8
14.b4 Bf6 15.Rac1 Nc6 16.e4 {Better would have been a3. The
text move leaves a "hole" at d4, where the knight subsequently
lodges.} Ne7 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bd2 {If 18 exf6 then 18...Nf4 19 Qe3
Nxg2 20 Qg5 (of course if 20 Kxg2 then 20...Qg4+ 21 Kh1 Bxf3+
winning the queen) Qxg5 21 Nxg5 Nf4 22 Rfd1 gxf6 and White's
knight has no escape. If 22 fxg7 then 22...Rf6 threatening rg6
again winning the knight.} Be7 19.Ne1 Qf7 20.f4 {White has now
the better position.} Rab8 21.Bc4 bxc5 22.bxc5 h6 23.Nc2 g5
24.Rb1 gxf4 25.Rb3 {Threatening to win the bishop by Rfb1.}
Bc6 26.Bxf4 Nxf4 27.Rxf4 Kh7 28.Ne3 {White here overlooked
that he could have gained a pawn by Rxf5 with probably a
winning position.} Bg5 29.Rxf5 Bxe3+ 30.Qxe3 Qg6 31.Rf2 Bxg2
{Clever play.} 32.Rxb8 {If instead 32 Rxg2 Black would have
won brilliantly by 32...Qb1+ 33 Rxb1 Rxb1+ and mate in two
moves.} Be4 33.Qg3 Rxb8 34.Qxg6+ Kxg6 35.Rf6+ Kg7 36.Rf4 Bf5
37.Rf3 Rb1+ 38.Kf2 Rb2+ 39.Kg3 Rd2 40.Rf4 a5 41.h4 c6 42.Kf3
a4 43.Ke3 Rc2 44.Ba6 Rxa2 45.Bc8 Ra3+ 46.Ke2 Rc3 47.Bxd7 a3
48.d5 cxd5 49.c6 Kf7 50.Ra4 Ke7 51.Ra8 d4 52.Re8+ Kf7 53.Ra8
Be4 54.Ra7 Rc2+ 55.Ke1 a2 56.Kd1 d3 57.Bc8 Kg6 {White has no
resource against the threat of Bf3+ followed by d2+. A highly
interesting game.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.c4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 {More in use is e6 or c5,
after the move in the text White plays the Sicilian defence a
tempo ahead.} 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nxc3 6.bxc3
Bd6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 O-O 9.Bd3 Bg4 10.Rb1 Bc8 {After ...Nd7
follos Be4, the retreat of the bishop costs two tempos but
still it seems inevitable.} 11.O-O Nd7 12.e4 Be7 13.Qc2 Re8
14.Bf4 c6 15.d5 {Premature and making the gained advantage of
position imaginary.} Nc5 {Naturally not ...cxd5 on account of
Bc7; the Black knight now dominates the position.} 16.Bc4 Bf8
17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Ng5 Be6 19.e5 g6 20.Rfd1 Qa5 21.Nxe6 Nxe6
22.Bg3 {The only thing White retains is the force of the
united bishops.} Rad8 23.h4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Nxd8
26.Qe4 Qa4 {? A gross oversight; the best move was Qa3 after
which a White win would be doubtful in spite of the better
position.} 27.Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 e6
5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Qe7 {This move involves the
exchange of his king bishop for the knight, and is, therefore,
perhaps not commendable.} 9.Nb5 dxc4 10.bxc4 {Here Bxc4 was
better; the two hanging pawns at c4 and d4 are always a source
of weakness.} cxd4 11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.exd4 Rd8 13.Bb2 b6 14.Rc1
Bb7 15.Bb1 Qf4 16.h3 Rac8 17.Re1 Na5 {Beginning already the
attack on the isolated pawns; and besides there is also an
attack on the king in prospect, owing to the strong position
of Black's bishop.} 18.Ne5 Qg5 19.f3 Ba6 20.Bd3 Nh5 21.Rc2 f5
22.Bc1 Qg3 23.Be3 Nf4 24.Kf1 {It is now but a choice of evils;
the h-pawn is attacked and if Bxf4 Qxf4 the d-pawn is
lost. But after the move in the text the c-pawn fails.} Nxd3
25.Nxd3 {Qxd3 would lose a piece. Qxe5!} Bxc4 26.Bf2 Qd6
27.Kg1 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Rxc2 29.Qxc2 Nc6 30.Qa4 Rd7 31.Rc1 Nxd4
32.Rc8+ Kf7 33.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 34.Qxd4 Rxd4 35.Rc7+ Kf6 36.Rxa7 Rd2
37.a4 f4 {The end-game is by no means easy to win.} 38.Rb7 Ra2
39.Rxb6 Rxa4 40.Rb2 h5 41.Kf2 Kf5 42.Rb5+ e5 43.Rb2 Ra3 44.Rc2
g5 45.Re2 Ra5 46.g4+ {Otherwise ...g4 would be decisive.} hxg4
47.hxg4+ Ke6 48.Re4 Ra2+ 49.Ke1 Kd5 50.Rb4 Rc2 51.Ra4 Rc4
52.Ra5+ Kd4 53.Kd2 Rb4 54.Ra8 Rb2+ 55.Ke1 Rc2 56.Ra4+ Rc4
57.Ra5 e4 {At last! Now the game is over.} 58.Ra2 e3 59.Ra8
Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bb7
11.O-O h6 12.Bh4 Nh5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Rfe1 Qd8 {There is no
reason for this move.} 15.Qa4 a6 {Obviously Black was afraid
of Ba6, but the text move makes matters worse as it wekens the
position.} 16.Bf5 g6 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Qb3 {!} b5 {If 18...Qd8
then Na4 and White also brings his knight to c5.} 19.Ne5 Qd6
20.Na4 Rae8 21.Nc5 Bc8 22.Ncd3 {Here White was possibly short
of time, and to gain time, he took the opportunity of
repeating moves.} Bb7 23.Nc5 Bc8 24.Nxa6 {Winning an important
pawn with a big advantage of position.} Bb7 25.Nc5 Bc8 26.Ncd3
Bb7 27.Rc2 Rc8 28.Rec1 Rfe8 29.a4 {After this move there is no
hope of saving the game.} f6 30.Nxg6 Kf7 31.Ngf4 Nxf4 32.Nxf4
Ba6 33.axb5 Bxb5 34.Nxd5 Qe6 35.Rc3 cxd5 36.Qxb5 Rb8 37.Rc7+
Kg8 38.Qd3 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Davide Marotti"]
[Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4
5.Nf3 Be7 6.Qe2 Nc5 {Noteworthy here is f5 in order to secure
e4 for the knight.} 7.d3 {This move is very passive. d4 is to
be considered.} O-O 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6
{Black's positionis already so superior, the end is not far
off.} 12.Qh2 d4 13.Nb1 Qd5 14.c4 {This cannot be understood,
but White's position is lost in every case.} Qxf3 15.Bf4 Nb4
16.Bd2 Ncxd3+ 17.Bxd3 Nxd3+ {This is the shortest game in the
tournament brought to a decision.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Reti"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e6 2.e3 f5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4
5.Bd2 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.f3 c5 9.a3 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3
11.Bxc3 d5 12.b3 Qe7 13.Ne2 Nc6 14.Ra4 {In order to keep the
two bishops. If b5 the reply woul be ...Nb4.} Nd7 15.O-O Nce5
16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.Nd4 dxc4 18.bxc4 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Qd7 20.Ra3 Rfd8
21.Qc2 f4 22.Ne2 e5 {!} 23.exf4 exf4 24.Qc3 Qd2 25.Qxd2 Rxd2
26.Nxf4 Rd4 27.Ne6 Rxc4 28.Rd1 Bc6 29.Rd8+ Rxd8 30.Nxd8 Bd5
31.Rd3 {! This move secures the draw.} Rc1+ 32.Kf2 Bc4 33.Rd7
Rc2+ 34.Kg1 {34 Kg3 would not be good, because of 34...Bf1.}
Rc1+ 35.Kf2 Rc2+ 36.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 c5 4.e3 Nc6
5.Be2 {White stans too much upon the defensive.} b6 6.O-O Bb7
7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Ne5 {This move turns out badly. The
knight will be exchanged and the pawn on e5 is weak. White
lost his game with Alekhine in a similar manner.} Qc7 10.Bf3
d5 11.Rc1 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.c4 Nxe5 {After the loss of the
pawn the game is naturally decided, and there is not much left
for tha anootator to say.} 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Qc2 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3
f5 17.Kh1 Bf6 18.Rg1 Rae8 19.Rg3 f4 20.Rh3 g6 21.Rg1 Bxb2
22.Qxb2 Qg7 23.Qc2 fxe3 24.fxe3 Rxe3 25.Rhg3 Rf6 26.Rf1 Re2
27.Qd3 Rfe6 28.Ne4 Rxa2 29.Nc3 Rb2 30.Nd1 Ree2 31.f4 c4 32.Qf5
gxf5 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.07"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Davide Marotti"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 g6
5.Bxf6 {This continuationis not good for White. He should play
for immediate attack by h4.} exf6 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Ng3 Nc6 8.Nf3
Bd6 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.Ne2 f4 12.Kh1 Bg4 13.Neg1 Qf6 14.c3
g5 {Black has established a strong attack.} 15.Qb3 Be6 16.Rfe1
{But the command of the king's file gives White all sorts of
good counter chances.} g4 17.Ng5 Qxg5 18.Rxe6 Qf5 19.Rae1 f3
20.Bf1 {! Of course not g3 as Bxg3 would win.} Kh8 21.g3 Qh5
{Now Bxg3 would not be good, as White would take with the
h-pawn and interpose at h3, after which the White king would
be safe behind the black pawn.} 22.Qc2 Nd8 23.R6e3 Nf7 24.h4
Nh6 25.Bd3 Bxg3 {It is not clear why Black changes his bishop
for the knight; he thought probably that his attack would win
quickly, but that was a serious mistake as the sequel shows.}
26.fxg3 f2 27.Rf1 fxg1=Q+ 28.Rxg1 Rf3 29.Re7 Nf5 30.Bxf5 Rxf5
31.Rxc7 Re8 32.Rxb7 Rf3 33.Qd2 Rfe3 34.Rg2 Qf5 35.Kh2 Qe4
36.Rf7 {White brings his rook back just in time.} Rf3 37.Rf2
Rxf7 38.Rxf7 Qg6 39.Qf2 Kg8 40.Rf6 Qd3 41.Qf1 Qxf1 {The only
chance; he wins one pawn back and gets his rook amongst the
white pawns.} 42.Rxf1 Re2+ 43.Kg1 Rxb2 44.Rf2 {Here Rf5 (or
f4) would have yielded at least a draw if not more.} Rb1+
45.Kg2 Rc1 46.Rb2 {Very feeble; he should still play Rf5.}
Rxc3 47.Rb8+ Kf7 48.Rb7+ Kg6 49.Rxa7 Rc2+ 50.Kf1 Rd2 51.Ra4
Kf5 52.Ke1 Rg2 53.Ra7 h6 54.Re7 Rxg3 {It is now merely a
question of time; the passed g-pawn must win the rook.}
55.Re5+ Kf4 56.Rxd5 Rf3 57.Rd6 Kg3 58.Rxh6 Kh2 59.Ke2 Ra3
60.Rg6 g3 61.h5 g2 62.h6 g1=Q 63.Rxg1 Kxg1 64.h7 Rh3 65.h8=Q
Rxh8 66.Kd3 Kf2 67.d5 Kf3 68.Kc4 Ke4 69.a4 Rc8+ 70.Kb5 Kxd5
71.a5 Rb8+ 72.Ka6 Kc6 73.Ka7 Rb7+ 74.Ka8 Rb5 75.a6 Kb6 76.a7
Ra5 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.07"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson"]
[Black "John Stuart Morrison"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Nbd2 Nc6
5.c3 Be7 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.b3 Rc8
11.Bb2 cxd4 12.exd4 {! If 12 cxd4 then 12...Nb4 with an
advantage for black (13 Bb1 Ba6!, etc.} Nd7 13.Nf1 Bf6 14.Ne3
g6 15.Rad1 Re8 16.Ng4 e5 {A premature move. Preferable was
...Bg7.} 17.dxe5 Ncxe5 18.Nfxe5 Bxe5 19.Qf3 Bg7 {Black cannot
play Bxc3 because of Bxg6.} 20.Bb5 Ne5 21.Qg3 Nc6 22.Rxe8+
Qxe8 23.f4 Qe7 24.Qf2 a6 25.Bf1 h5 26.Ne3 Nb4 {Not a good
move. Better would have been 26...Qc5 or 26...Qf6.} 27.Re1 Qf6
28.Ba1 Rxc3 {? This sacrifice is not sound, but Black has a
lost game anyhow. after 28...Nc6 White would simply win by 29
Nxd5.} 29.a3 Qd6 30.Bxc3 Bxc3 31.axb4 Qxb4 32.Nc2 Qxb3 33.Re8+
Kg7 34.Rb8 Bc6 {Black ought to resign here. The rest of the
game requires no comment.} 35.Rxb6 Bb5 36.f5 Qb1 37.fxg6 Qxf1+
38.Qxf1 Bxf1 39.Kxf1 a5 40.gxf7 Kxf7 41.Ke2 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.07"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Geza Maroczy"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 {This old
defence of Paulsen comes again into fashion.} 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4
Qc7 6.Bd3 {The bishop is better placed on e2 or g2.} Nf6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Qe2 d6 9.Be3 O-O 10.h3 Nbd7 11.f4 {This move requires
the most careful consideration in the Sicilian; when made at
the wrong moment the position is quickly ruined.} b5 12.Kh1
Bb7 13.Bd2 b4 14.Nd1 Nc5 15.Nf2 d5 {Black has obtained the
initiative.} 16.e5 Nfe4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Be3 Bd5
20.Qg4 Kh8 21.Rfc1 f5 22.Qd1 {Better than exf e.p., for with
two bishops and open lines Black would attain the superior
game.} Rac8 23.c4 bxc3 24.Rxc3 Qb7 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Qd2 h6
27.a3 a5 28.Rc1 Rxc1+ 29.Qxc1 a4 {Black's position is
superior, White's extra pawn on the queen-side is paralyzed
and the attack with g5 decides the issue sooner or later.}
30.Qd2 Qa6 {? Very hurriedly played. First g6 ought to have
been played followed by Kg7 and Kf7.} 31.Nxf5 {!} Bd8 32.Nd6
{Simpler was Nd4.} Be7 33.Bc5 {A miscalculation. White falls
into a trap.} Qf1+ 34.Kh2 Bh4 35.Qe3 g5 36.fxg5 {This loses
instantly. White thought he could give check on f7 and saw too
late that the queen guards this. Better was 36 g3 but even so
Black has a draw with 36...gxf4 37 Qxf4 Qxf4 38 gxf4 Be7! 39
Nxe4 Bxe4 40 Bxe7 Kg8, etc.} Bxg5 37.Qf2 Bf4+ 38.g3 Qxf2+
39.Bxf2 Bd2 40.Kg1 e3 41.Nb5 exf2 42.Kxf2 Bc1 43.Nc3 Bb3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 d6
5.d4 Bd7 6.O-O Be7 {The position is now the same as in the
sixth game of the recent Lasker-Capablanca match.} 7.Bxc6 {But
here Mr. Lasker played 7 Re1; the text move is the correct
continuation for White, as it forces Black to retake with the
bishop to avoid losing his king-pawn.} Bxc6 8.Qd3 {Black is
now compelled either to give up the center by exd4 or to
defend the king-pawn.} Nd7 {In the 14th game in the match
referred to above Mr. Capablanca played 8...exd4.} 9.Be3 {If 9
d5 then 9...Nc5 attacking the queen and making an escape for
the bishop.} exd4 10.Bxd4 O-O 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Bf6 13.Rfe1
Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Qf6 15.Rad1 a6 {Better than exchanging queens
which would have brought the white knight in at d4 threatening
to enter either at b5 or f5.} 16.Qxf6 Nxf6 17.c4 Rfe8 18.Rxe8+
Rxe8 19.Kf1 Kf8 20.b3 g6 21.Nd4 Ne4 22.Ne2 b5 {The game was
perfectly even and a draw was the legitimate result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Stuart Morrison"]
[Black "Richard Reti"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 O-O
5.O-O b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.c4 d6 8.Qc2 {More advisable would be 8
b3 followed by Bb2.} Nbd7 9.b3 e5 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.d5 a5 {To
prevent b4 after 12...Nc5.} 12.h3 Nc5 13.Rae1 Bc8 {Black is
quite right in posting the bishop on the king-side, as the
queen's side is blocked.} 14.Nh2 Bf5 15.Qc3 Nfe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4
17.Qc1 g5 {This attack would not succeed against a careful
defence.} 18.f4 gxf4 19.exf4 Ng3 20.Rf3 Qh4 21.Nf1 Nxf1
22.Bxf1 Bh6 23.Qc3 f6 {23...Bxf4 would be a mistake, because
of 24 g3 followed by Rxf4, but the text move is also weak.}
24.g3 Qh5 25.g4 Qg6 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Rxf5 {! A simple way to
win a piece.} Rxf5 28.Bd3 Raf8 29.Qc2 Be3+ {Desperation, black
having no other resource.} 30.Kh1 {? By this move White throws
away a dead won game. Aftyer 30 Rxe3 Rf1+ 31 Kg2 Black must
give two rooks for the queen, leaving white a clear advantage
of material.} Rf1+ 31.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32.Kg2 Rg1+ 33.Kf3 Qh6
34.Bxh7+ Kh8 35.Qe4 Qxh3+ 36.Ke2 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Davide Marotti"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6
{Better would be 4...Nf6 here, in order to compel 5 Nc3. After
the text move White has time for 5 c4.} 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.f3 {Rubinstein adopts the variation proposed and
supported by me, wherein Black is thrown entirely on the
defensive.} Bd7 9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 O-O 11.Be2 Ne8 12.O-O f5
{This simply weakens his king's his own king position, but
black has scarcely anything better.} 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Rfe1 e5
15.Bf2 Bc6 16.Rad1 Rf6 17.c5 {Rubinstein exploits logically
his advantage in position.} Rg6 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Bf7 Rh6 20.f4
Qe7 21.Bd5 e4 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.cxd6 Rxd6 24.Qe2 Rg6 25.Qc4 Nc7
26.Rd2 Rg8 27.g3 Ne8 28.Nd1 Qh4 29.Ne3 Qxf4 {Now ensues an
interesting finish wherein Rubinstein demonstrates his
superior power of combination.} 30.Qf7 Bh6 31.Rd8 Qe5 32.Nxf5
Rf6 33.Nxh6 Rf8 34.Qxf8+ Rxf8 35.Bd4 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3
5.Qxd3 e6 6.Ne2 Nd7 7.O-O Qb6 8.f4 g6 9.Kh1 h5 {Obviously
Black intends playing his knight to f5 and this move is made
to prevent White's g4.} 10.b3 Nh6 11.c4 Be7 12.Nbc3 Qa6 13.a4
Nb6 14.a5 dxc4 15.bxc4 Rd8 {If 15...Qxc4 16 Qb1 and White wins
the pawn with a superior game.} 16.Rd1 Na8 17.Ba3 Ng4 {The
black queen is in a precarious position, but this excursion
makes matters worse. Perhaps c5 at once was better.} 18.Ne4 c5
19.h3 Qc6 {Black has no other resource, for if the knight
retires, then follows Bxc5 with an easily won game.} 20.hxg4
hxg4 21.Kg1 Nc7 22.Bxc5 f5 23.exf6 Bxc5 24.Nxc5 Kf7 25.Qe4 Rh4
26.Qxc6 bxc6 27.Rab1 Kxf6 28.Rb7 Rc8 29.Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[Black "Henry Ernest Atkins"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.e5 Nd7 {Black should have
recaptured with the b-pawn in order to strengthen the center.}
9.Qg4 Qa5 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qxe5 12.Ba3 c5 13.Rab1 O-O
14.Rfe1 Qc7 15.Re3 f5 16.Qh4 e5 17.Qe7 e4 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Rd1
Qc6 {This loses at once. Offering the exchange of wueens by
Qd8 might have enabled him to hold out longer, but he had
probably a lost game whatever was done.} 20.Rd6 Qa4 21.Rg3
{This wins a piece and consequently the game, but as
Mr. A. West points out, 21 Rg6 finishes the game immediately
as well as prettily.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Ernest Atkins"]
[Black "Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7
5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7
11.Nxd5 exd5 12.dxc5 bxc5 {These "hanging" pawns become the
center of attack.} 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Qe2 a5 15.Qc2 g6 16.Be2 Rfc8
17.Bb5 Nf6 18.Be2 Ne4 19.Rfe1 c4 20.Nd4 a4 21.Nb5 Qb4 22.Nd4
{White has played without any settled plan and Black has now
the initiative as well as the superior position.} Rab8 23.f3
Nd6 24.Kf2 Ba6 25.Rb1 Qa5 26.Qc3 Qb6 27.Red1 Rc7 28.Qa3 Bb7
29.Qc3 Re8 30.Re1 Bc8 31.Bd1 Bd7 32.Re2 Nb7 33.Bc2 Nc5 34.Rd1
Rb7 35.Bb1 Reb8 36.Kf1 Qc7 37.Kg1 Rb6 38.Red2 Ra8 39.Qa3 Be6
40.Re1 Na6 {There is no necessity to surrender the pawn.}
41.Qxa4 Qb7 42.b3 {A splendid specimen of "Chess Blindness".}
Nc7 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Richard Reti"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Nbd2 Nc6
5.c3 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 {e4 immediately must be taken
into account here. Mr Vidmar would then be playing Chigorin's
defence with a tempo ahead.} Qe7 9.Qe2 e5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e4
Be6 {The best; ...Nh5 seems very strong here, but it is
incorrect because White can with 12 exd5 Ng3 13 Qe1 Nxf1 14
Nxf1 Nd8 15 Qxe5, sacrifice the exchange to advantage.}
12.exd5 Bxd5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Victor Lionel Wahltuch"]
[Black "John Stuart Morrison"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 c5 4.e3 Nc6
5.c3 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Qe2 O-O 8.O-O e5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.e4 Bg4
11.h3 Bh5 12.Nb3 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Bg6 15.Qg4 Bd6
{Black has obtained a very good game, ...Bb6 was perhaps
better.} 16.Bg5 f6 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Bc1 e4 19.Nh4 Ne5 20.Nxg6
Nxg6 21.Nd4 Qe5 22.g3 Bc5 {Here we think that ...f5 and ...f4
would have given black a winning attack. After the text the
e-pawn is detached and the white knight has a strong position
at f5.} 23.Nf5 Rf7 24.Rfe1 Re8 25.h4 Qb8 {A strange move,
which gives up a pawn at once. Kf8 might have been tried.}
26.Rxe4 Ne5 27.Rxe5 Qxe5 28.Nh6+ Kf8 29.Nxf7 Kxf7 30.Bf4 h5
{The move ...Qe2? would lose the queen, viz., Rd7+! and if the
queen moved anywhere else Qh5+ would have won.} 31.Qf3 Qe2
32.Qxb7+ Kg6 33.Rf1 Rd8 34.Be3 Bxe3 35.Qe4+ f5 36.Qxe3 Qxe3
37.fxe3 Rd3 38.Kf2 {We would have preferred Kg2 and Rf2. The
two passed pawns would then have won easily, whereas White has
great difficulties in the actual continuation.} Rd2+ 39.Kf3
Rxb2 40.Rf2 Rb1 41.Rd2 Rb6 42.c4 Rc6 43.Rc2 Kf6 44.Kf4 Re6
45.c5 Re4+ 46.Kf3 Ke7 47.c6 Kd8 48.Rc5 g6 49.c7 Kc8 50.Rc6 Rg4
51.Ra6 Kxc7 52.Rxa7+ Kc6 53.a3 Kd5 {We fail to see how White
could have won if Black had kept his king on the q-side.}
54.Rg7 Ke6 55.a4 Kf6 56.Ra7 g5 57.hxg5+ Rxg5 58.a5 Rg8 59.a6
Kg6 60.Rb7 Ra8 61.a7 Kg5 62.Kf2 Kf6 63.Rb6+ Kg5 64.Ra6 h4
65.gxh4+ Kxh4 66.Kf3 Kg5 67.Ra1 Kf6 68.Kf4 Kg6 69.Ra6+ Kf7
70.Kxf5 Ke7 71.e4 Kf7 72.e5 Ke7 73.Kg6 Kd7 74.Kf7 Kc7 75.e6
Kb7 76.Ra4 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.f4 b5 9.Bf3 Bb7 10.e5 {This
attack is premature and leads to nothing. White should first
complete his development!} Bxf3 11.Nxf3 b4 12.Na4 dxe5 13.fxe5
Nd5 14.Kh1 Be7 15.Bd2 O-O 16.c4 bxc3 17.Nxc3 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Nb6
19.Rc1 Qxd1 20.Rfxd1 Nd5 21.Bd4 Rfc8 22.Kg1 h5 23.g3 g5 24.Nd2
Nb4 25.a3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rd8 27.Nb3 Nd3 28.Rc7 Bf8 29.Rc6 a5
30.Bb6 Rb8 31.Rc3 Rxb6 32.Rxd3 a4 33.Nd2 Rxb2 {Black has
played the end-game which was not at all favorable for him,
very well indeed and has obtained good chances, but owing to
the scant material left it is of no avail.} 34.Ne4 Be7 35.Rd4
Rb5 36.Rxa4 Rxe5 37.Kf2 f5 38.Nd2 Rb5 39.Nf3 Rb2+ 40.Ke1 Bf6
41.h4 g4 42.Ng1 Kf7 43.Ne2 e5 44.Ra7+ Be7 45.Nc3 Ke6 46.Ra6+
Bd6 47.a4 Kd7 48.Nd5 Bc5 49.Nf6+ Kc7 50.Nxh5 Bf2+ 51.Kf1 Be3
52.Rg6 {White also plays well and frustrates all designs of
his wily opponent.} Kb7 53.Ng7 f4 54.gxf4 exf4 55.Nf5 {This
excellent move forces the draw.} Bc5 56.Rxg4 f3 57.Re4 Rf2+
58.Ke1 Rg2 59.Nd4 Rg3 60.Kf2 Rh3 61.Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Reti"]
[Black "Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "184"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Re8 8.O-O Nf8 9.Ne5 c6 10.f4 dxc4
11.Bxc4 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qf3 f6 14.Nd3 Bd7 15.e4 Nb6 16.Bb3
Rad8 17.Rad1 Bc8 18.Nc5 Kh8 19.Qf2 Qc7 20.h3 Re7 21.Kh1 Nbd7
22.Nxd7 Rexd7 23.e5 f5 24.g4 g6 25.Rg1 {White has obtained a
strong attacking position.} Rg7 26.Qh4 Qe7 27.Qh6 b6 28.Kh2
Bb7 29.Rg3 c5 30.gxf5 {The attack could have been continued
better by Nb5 cxd4 31 Nd6. The text-move simplifies the
position and leads only to equality.} gxf5 31.Rxg7 Qxg7
32.Qxg7+ Kxg7 33.Nb5 {After the preferable 33 dxc5 White would
have had rather the better end-game.} cxd4 34.Nd6 Rd7 35.Rxd4
Re7 36.Kg3 {White was extremely short of time. Rd1! was
simpler and more promising.} Kh6 37.Kf2 Rg7 38.Ke3 Ba8 39.Kd2
Rg2+ 40.Kc3 Rg3+ 41.Rd3 Rxd3+ 42.Kxd3 Bg2 43.Nf7+ Kg7 44.Nd8
Bxh3 45.Bxe6 Ng6 46.Ke3 Ne7 47.Kf2 Bg4 48.Kg3 Be2 49.Nb7 Kg6
50.Nd6 Bd3 51.a3 Be2 52.b4 Bd3 53.Bf7+ Kg7 54.Be8 h6 55.Kf3
Bf1 56.Kf2 Bd3 57.Ke3 Bf1 58.Kf2 Bd3 59.Ke3 Bf1 60.Bd7 Kg6
61.Be6 Bg2 62.Nb5 Bd5 63.Bd7 Bc6 64.Bxc6 Nxc6 65.Nd4 Ne7 66.b5
Nd5+ 67.Kf3 Nc3 68.Kg3 Ne4+ 69.Kh4 Nc3 70.Nc6 Nxb5 71.Ne7+ Kf7
72.Nxf5 Nxa3 73.Nd6+ Ke6 74.Kh5 Nc2 75.Kg6 {Kxh6 offered many
more chances.} Ne3 76.Ne8 Ke7 77.Ng7 Ng2 78.Kf5 a5 79.Ke4 a4
80.Nf5+ Kf8 81.Nd4 Nxf4 82.Nb5 Ng6 83.Kf5 Kg7 84.e6 Ne7+
85.Ke5 h5 86.Ke4 Kf6 87.Nc3 a3 88.Kd4 h4 89.Kc4 Kxe6 90.Kb3 h3
91.Ne4 h2 92.Nf2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7
5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Ne4 {Vidmar attempts a novelty, and hopes to be
able to justify this defence by sacrificing a pawn.} 7.Bxe7
Qxe7 8.cxd5 Nxc3 9.bxc3 exd5 10.Qb3 Be6 {The pawn sacrifice is
shown to be incorrect, but here black could obtain quite a
good game by Rd8! 11 c4 Nc6! Our suggested defence appears to
obviate all dangers for the second player in the queen's
gambit.}11.Qxb7 Nd7 12.Qb4 {!} Qf6 {12...c5 had to be
considered; to this White could reply Qa3.} 13.Be2 Rab8 14.Qa3
Rb6 15.O-O Bf5 16.c4 {!} dxc4 17.Bxc4 Be4 18.Nd2 Bb7 19.Rab1
Qh4 20.Rxb6 Nxb6 21.Ba6 Bd5 22.e4 {! Decisive : in masterly
fashion White makes his material advantage tell.} Qf4 23.Qe3
Qxe3 24.fxe3 Bxa2 {This loses a piece, but the game could no
longer be saved.} 25.d5 Re8 26.Ra1 Bxd5 27.exd5 Nxd5 28.Bb5
Rxe3 29.Rxa7 g6 30.Bc6 Nb4 31.Rxc7 Re1+ 32.Kf2 Nd3+ 33.Kg3 Rc1
34.Rd7 {!} Ne5 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Bf3 Rc3 37.Ne4 Ra3 38.Rd5 Nxf3
39.gxf3 f5 {? This makes the win easier for White. Black could
safely resign here.} 40.Rd7+ Kf8 41.Ng5 h6 42.Ne6+ Ke8 43.Rh7
Re3 44.Nd4+ Rd3 45.Ne2 g5 46.Rxh6 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Richard Reti"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.h3 {White intends
to play Bf4 and this move is made to secure a retreat for the
bishop.} Bg7 4.Bf4 O-O 5.Nbd2 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c3 c5 8.Bc4 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Bh2 Rae8 12.e4 cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.Rac1
Qb8 15.d5 Rc8 16.Bb5 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Rc8 18.Bc6 Bh6 19.b4 Bxd2
{If Black intended to capture this knight he might have waited
till White had moved the rook. After 19...Bxc6 20 Rxc6! White
still has the better game.} 20.Nxd2 Bxc6 21.dxc6 b5 22.Nb3 Nf8
23.Qd3 Ne6 24.Kf1 {! With the intention to bring the bishop in
the game via g1.} Qb6 25.Na5 Qd4 26.Qxd4 Nxd4 27.f3 Rc7 {? The
best would have been ...Nh5, but White has with 28 g4 the
better end-game. After the text-move the ending is lost for
Black.} 28.Bg1 Kf8 29.Bxd4 exd4 30.Rd1 Ke7 31.Rxd4 Ke6 32.Ke2
Ng8 33.Nb7 Nf6 34.Rxd6+ Ke7 35.Ke3 Ne8 36.e5 Ng7 37.f4 h5
38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Davide Marotti"]
[ECO "D67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7
Qxe7 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Nf8 {A better plan of development would
be 12...b6 and ...Bb7.} 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.e4 Nb6 15.Bd3 Qb4 {The
queen is indeed not well posted at e7 and should perhaps be
played now to d8. By the text-move Black loses much time.}
16.a3 Qa5 17.e5 Nd5 18.b4 Qd8 19.Ne4 {! White has already got
a clear advantage in position.} Qe7 {Now the queen has
returned to the same place with a loss of four moves.} 20.Nd6
Reb8 21.Rb1 b5 22.Rb3 h6 {This move weakens the king-side.}
23.Ne4 Be8 24.Nd6 Bd7 25.Be4 a5 26.h3 axb4 27.axb4 Rb6 28.Nh2
Rba6 29.Rg3 Ra3 30.Bd3 f5 {Black has to run the risk involved
in this move, as White is threatening Qxh6. If 30...Kh8 31 Ng4
threatening Nxh6.} 31.exf6 Rxd3 {Any other move would lose at
once. If 31...Qxf6 then 32 Ng4, etc. 31...Nxf6 cannot be
played because of 32 Nf5.} 32.Qxd3 Qxd6 33.Rxg7+ Kh8 34.Ng4
Nxf6 35.Rf7 Nxg4 36.hxg4 Kg8 37.Qf3 Qxd4 38.Re4 Qd5 39.g5 {!
To Qf6 Black would reply Qg5.} Ra1+ {Black cannot play
39...hxg5 because of 40 Qf6, but the move actually played is
also a mistake, as shown by the sequel. The comparatively
better continuation would perhaps be 39...Qxg5 40 Rg4 Qxg4 41
Rxf8+ Rxf8 42 Qxg4+ Kf7 and Black might still make some
resistance although White should finally win.} 40.Kh2 Qd6+
41.g3 e5 42.gxh6 Ra3 43.Rg7+ Kh8 44.Qf7 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Victor Lionel Wahltuch"]
[Black "Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 g6
5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Qa5 {? Merely loss of
time.} 9.Bd2 Qd8 10.Rc1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Qc2 a6
14.e4 {!} Ne8 15.Nd1 Rc8 16.Ne3 c5 17.d5 Nd6 18.Rfd1 Qb6
19.Bd3 {White anticipating 20 Bc3, Bxc3 21 Qxc3 wants the
e-pawn to be protected.} Rc7 20.Bc3 f6 21.Qd2 Rcc8 {White was
threatening Ba5.} 22.Ba1 Nf7 23.Bb1 Bh6 24.b4 {Very well
played, as White is sure to win the pawn back with a slight
advantage of position.} cxb4 25.Nd4 a5 26.Ne6 Rfe8 27.Bd4 Qd6
28.Qe2 Ba6 29.Bd3 Ng5 {The pawn is not to be defended any
longer.} 30.Nxg5 Bxg5 31.Bxb5 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Rc8 33.Rxc8+ Bxc8
34.Nc4 Qf4 {Black ought to play Qc7.} 35.g3 Qc7 36.Kg2 Bh6
37.f4 Bg7 38.Kf2 Kf7 {?} 39.e5 {The winning move.} Kg8 40.d6
Qd8 {After 40...exd6 41 exd6 Black would remain with a
hopeless position.} 41.dxe7 Qxe7 42.Nd6 Nxe5 {A piece is lost
anyhow. If 42...Qd8 then 43 Qc4+, etc.} 43.Nxc8 Qd8 44.Bb6
Qxc8 45.fxe5 Qf5+ 46.Kg2 fxe5 47.Bxa5 Bf8 48.Bc7 e4 49.Qc4+
Kh8 50.Qd4+ Bg7 51.Qd8+ Qf8 52.Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "John Stuart Morrison"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 {Ne7 without exchanging the king
bishop might be considered.} 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Bc4 {Nh4 is usual
here.} Be6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nh4 Ng6 13.Nxg6 {More
energetic here would be Qg4 and f4. The exchange favors the
defence.} hxg6 14.Qg4 Qe8 15.f4 Kg7 16.f5 exf5 17.Rxf5 {The
pawn could not take, since after ...g5 Black would obtain a
decisive advantage through the open h-file.} Qd7 {Stonger
would be qe6 at once.} 18.Raf1 Rf7 19.Qg3 Rh8 20.h4 Qe6 21.c4
c6 22.R5f3 d5 {Black should first secure his pawn position on
the queenside. Now the picture changes, and White gets all
sorts of attacking chances.} 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.exd5 Qxd5 25.Qf2
Qe6 26.Qxa7 Rxh4 27.Rb1 {!} Qc6 28.Qf2 g5 29.c4 Qd6 30.Rb6 Qd8
{Black appears to feel himself safe, or else he would have
avoided this loss of time, and could have played Qe7.} 31.Qb2
Qe7 {Now the move is too late, and would be better replaced by
...Rf4. White wins a pawn.} 32.Rfxf6 Qc5+ 33.Qf2 Qxf2+ 34.Rxf2
Rd7 35.Rf5 Rg4 36.Rxe5 Rxd3 37.Re7+ {Premature; Rd5 was
simpler.} Kf8 38.Re2 Rd1+ 39.Kf2 Rd7 40.g3 {White still has
the advantage and should certainly win.} Rxc4 41.Reb2 Rf7+
42.Kg2 Rcc7 43.Kh3 Rg7 44.Kg4 Rc4+ 45.Kh5 Rc3 46.R2b3 Rc2
47.Ra3 Rc8 48.Ra5 g4 49.Rb4 Kg8 50.Rxg4 Rxg4 51.Kxg4 Rc4+
52.Kf5 Rb4 53.g4 Kg7 54.g5 Rb2 55.a4 Rf2+ 56.Ke5 Kg6 57.Kd4 b6
58.Ra6 Kxg5 59.Kc3 Rf3+ 60.Kb4 Kf6 61.Rxb6+ Ke7 62.Rc6 Kd7
63.Rc1 Rf5 64.a5 Rf8 65.a6 Rc8 66.a7 Ra8 {An instructive
endgame with rooks, not faultlessly played however by either
master.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Ernest Atkins"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 {Simply and
better in my opinion is Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Bf5 5 Ng3 Bg6 6 f4!}
Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.Ne2 Qb6 7.O-O Qa6 8.Qd1 c5 9.c3 Nc6
10.Nd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qd3 12.Nb3 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Nge7 14.Bd2 a5
15.Rac1 b6 16.a4 Kd7 {Black has a slight pull and only a
general exchange offered prospects for White. The points a4,
b4, c4, and d4 are all open to attack.} 17.Nc3 Na7 18.Kf1 Nec6
19.Ke2 Rc8 20.Be1 Be7 21.Nb1 f5 22.exf6 {Now the black bishop
also comes into play and strengthens the pressure on ther
point d4. White should have played f4.} Bxf6 23.Bc3 Nb4 24.Bd2
Nac6 25.Be3 Na2 26.Rc2 {White continues to lose ground : Mr
Atkins must have been under time pressure.} Rc7 27.Na3 Rhc8
28.Rcd2 Na7 29.Rd3 Nb4 30.R3d2 Rc6 31.Rb1 Be7 32.Ra1 Bd6 33.h3
R6c7 34.Rad1 Na2 35.Ra1 Bxa3 36.Rxa2 Bb4 37.Rd1 Rc4 38.Rc1 Nc6
39.Rxc4 dxc4 40.Nd2 Bxd2 41.Kxd2 Kd6 42.Kc3 Kd5 43.Ra1 g6
44.f3 Rb8 45.Ra3 b5 46.axb5 Rxb5 47.Bf2 Nb4 {Black has a won
end-game. The knight is here superior to the bishop since the
latter cannot leave the d-pawn unprotected. The further play
needs no comment.} 48.b3 cxb3 49.Kxb3 Nc6 50.Kc3 Rb1 51.Ra4
Rc1+ 52.Kd2 Rc4 53.Ra1 a4 54.Ra3 Na7 55.Ra1 Nb5 56.Rb1 Kc6
57.Kd3 Rc3+ 58.Kd2 Rb3 59.Rc1+ Kb7 60.Rc2 a3 61.Bg3 Nxd4
62.Rc7+ Kb6 63.Rc4 Kb5 64.Rc8 Nc6 65.Ra8 Rb2+ 66.Ke3 Rxg2
67.Bf2 Nb4 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Davide Marotti"]
[Black "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d4 Be7 6.Bd3 Nf6 {This continuationis too tame. d5 is the
right move.} 7.O-O Bg4 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.b3 {A fine move,
threatening to obtain a strong attack by the further advance
of the pawns on the queenside.} Nc6 10.Bb2 Nb4 11.Be2 Nbd5
12.Ne1 Bc8 13.Nd3 c6 14.c4 {White has now the better
position.} Nc7 15.f4 d5 16.c5 Re8 17.Ne5 Ne4 18.Bd3 f6 19.Nxe4
fxe5 20.Nd6 {A powerful move. White forces the game.} Bxd6
21.cxd6 Qxd6 22.dxe5 Qh6 23.f5 b6 24.Qe2 c5 25.e6 d4 26.Bc1
Qf6 27.Qg4 Nd5 28.Bg5 Ne3 29.Qh5 g6 30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Bxg6 Qg7
32.Bf7+ {An interesting game, very finely played by the
Italian champion.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Nd2 d5 {The better move is Bc5. After the
text-move White gets the advantage.} 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bg5 {Maroczy played
against Janowsky in London 1899, 12 b3 and 13 Bb2.} Rfe8
13.Re1 c6 14.Qd3 Rab8 15.b3 h6 16.Bh4 Qc7 17.Nd4 Ne4 {A
blunder which loses two pawns, but black is already in trouble
and we cannot find a move to save the game.} 18.Bxe7 Rxe7
19.f3 Nd6 20.Rxe7 Qxe7 21.Nxc6 Qf6 22.Re1 Rb7 23.Qxd5 Rc7
24.Nd4 Qf4 25.Qe5 Qd2 26.Re2 Qb4 27.Nf5 Nxf5 28.Qxc7 Qd4+
29.Kf1 Qd1+ 30.Re1 Ne3+ 31.Kf2 Qd2+ 32.Re2 Nd1+ 33.Kf1 Ne3+
34.Rxe3 Qxe3 35.Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Victor Lionel Wahltuch"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7
5.Bg5 Be7 {The usual move is ...Bb4.} 6.e3 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bxe4
8.Bf4 O-O 9.Nd2 Bb7 10.Bd3 f5 11.Rg1 g5 {The advance of this
pawn was forced as White threatened 12 g4.} 12.Bg3 d6 13.f3
Kh8 {It was better to move the king to g7.} 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.Bf2
h6 16.O-O-O c5 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.e4 f4 19.e5 d5 20.cxd5 Bxd5
21.Bc4 {Threatens Qg6.} Kg7 22.Ne4 Rc8 23.Nc3 Nc6 24.Nxd5 exd5
25.Rxd5 {White is now a pawn ahead, and his pieces are in much
better play than his opponent's.} Qe8 26.Qe4 Nb4 27.Rd2 Rd8
28.Rgd1 Rxd2 29.Rxd2 Rd8 30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.a3 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Ernest Atkins"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 {Motes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7
5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Qd3 exd4 9.Nxd4 O-O {Bd7 is
worth considering here.} 10.Nf5 Bd7 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Bg5 Qe6
13.f3 {Nd5 makes a draw more easy.} Bc6 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.b3 Nd7
16.Bh4 Nc5 17.Qd2 f5 18.exf5 Qxf5 19.Bg3 Re6 20.Rfe1 Rae8
21.Rxe6 Rxe6 22.Ne2 Re8 23.Nd4 Qg6 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.Re1 Rxe1+
26.Bxe1 Ne6 27.h3 {White has a good position, but he is
playing only for a draw.} Qf5 28.Kf1 Kf7 29.Bf2 c5 30.Be3 d5
31.Bf2 d4 32.Qe2 Qf4 33.Kg1 g6 34.Kh1 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qa3 36.Qe5
{The interesting part of the game begins now, the previous
part was only a sound game without any effort or
complication. White gives up a pawn temporarily and attacks
the weakly placed black king threatening to win a piece with
Bh4.} Qxa2 37.Bh4 Qa6 {The only move to save the knight.}
38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Bg3 Qc6 40.Be5 Qe8 41.Qh8+ {Premature. After 41
h4 Qd7 (if ...h5 then 42 g4 hxg4 43 fxg4 a5 44 Kg3, etc.), 42
Qh8+ Kf7 43 Qxh7+ Ke8 44 Qxg6+ Qf7 45 Qxf7+ etc., White has a
winning position.} Kf7 42.Qxh7+ Kf8 43.Bxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Davide Marotti"]
[Black "Victor Lionel Wahltuch"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 Nc5
11.Bc2 Bg4 {Much better is the usual move 11...d4!} 12.Qe1
{Original play and perhaps the best reply.} Ne6 13.Nb3 Bxf3
14.gxf3 Bg5 15.Kh1 Bf4 16.Bxf4 Nxf4 17.Qe3 Qg5 18.Rg1 Qxe5
{Black has nothing else. It is evident Black is already in
trouble, he has not castled and cannot prevent the loss of
pawns. White's method of taking advantage are highy
ingenious.} 19.Qxe5+ Nxe5 20.Rae1 f6 21.Rxg7 Kf8 22.Rxc7 Rg8
23.Bxh7 Rg5 24.Nd4 Re8 25.Rg1 Rxg1+ 26.Kxg1 Nc4 27.h4 Nd2
28.Kh2 Nf1+ 29.Kg1 Re1 30.Bf5 {A very interesting finish.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6
5.Nbd2 Bxf4 6.exf4 c5 7.dxc5 Qc7 8.g3 Qxc5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.c3 O-O
11.O-O b5 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Qe2 {The shortest game of the
tournament. Battle was expected, but it happened
otherwise. Formerly Rubinstein never played so anxiously.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Victor Lionel Wahltuch"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 {Intending
e4.} d5 4.Bf4 c6 5.h3 Bg7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Ne5
e6 {A similar defence was adopted by Reti against
Capablanca. Mr Reti, however, castled early in the game, which
seems the only hope of salvation in this questionable
innovation. In the game under review if Black had now castled
instead of making the move in the text, he might at any rate,
have put up a good fight by subsequently Ne8 followed by f6.}
10.Bh2 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.f4 Qe7 13.e4 f6 14.exd5 exd5
15.exf6 Nxf6 16.f5 g5 17.Bh5+ Kd8 {Already and mainly as a
result of delaying castling, Bl;ack's position is
demoralised.} 18.Re1 Qc5+ 19.Kh1 Bc8 20.Qf3 Bd7 21.Qg3
{Threatening mate and the g-pawn.} Rc8 22.Qxg5 Qf8 23.Be5 Rg8
24.Bf3 Bh8 25.Qh4 Bxf5 26.Nxd5 {A clever and perfectly sound
sacrifice.} cxd5 27.Bxd5 Rg6 28.Rad1 Bd7 29.Be6 Rc7 30.Bxc7+
Kxc7 31.Qf4+ Kc8 32.Rxd7 {Manifestly if ...Nxd7 33 Bxd7+ wins
the queen.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Davide Marotti"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6
5.Be3 Bg7 6.c4 {Black opened the game very badly, earlier he
should have played ...Nf6 in order to force Nc3. White's move
is very strong, it impedes d5 and breaks up the QB diagonal.}
d6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Ng4 {A blunder. Black
remenbered that ...Ng4 could be played, but he did not know
that it should not be made in this position.} 11.Bxg4 Bxg4
12.Nxc6 Qd7 13.Nxe7+ Kh8 14.Qd3 Qxe7 {Black has lost a pawn,
and has a bad game otherwise. The game is decided.} 15.Nd5 Qd7
16.f5 gxf5 17.exf5 Be5 18.h3 Bh5 19.Nf4 Bxf4 20.Bxf4 f6
21.Rae1 Rad8 22.g4 Qc6 23.Qd4 Rd7 24.Bh6 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Richard Reti"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6
5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.c3 c6 10.Qc2 Qc7
11.Rfe1 Rfe8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Rxe8+ Rxe8
16.Re1 Rxe1+ 17.Nxe1 Qe7 18.Qe2 Kf8 19.Kf1 Qxe2+ 20.Kxe2 Ke7
21.Nf3 Nd7 22.g3 g6 {This game scarcely needs remarks; both
players were content with a draw and tried to simplify the
position as far as possible. A definite result would have
excluded the loser from the prize list.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Lionel Wahltuch"]
[Black "Henry Ernest Atkins"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.e3 c5
5.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O {e4 would be worth considering, for
instance ...cxd4 8 cxd4 dxe4 9 Nxe4 Nxe4 10 Bxe4 Bb4+ 11 Bd2
Bxd2+ 12 Qxd2, etc.} O-O 8.b3 {Even here e4 would have been
better.} e5 {!} 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.Qc2 b6 12.f4 {The
only way, making development possible.} Bc7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4
h6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Bb2 Bb7 17.c4 Qh4 18.g3 Qh5 19.Qc3 f6
20.Qc2 f5 21.Rae1 Rf7 22.Re3 Qg6 23.Be2 Be4 24.Bd3 {White has
to be contented with a draw, for ...Qc6 is threatened.} Bb7
25.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 {All
is so far played after famous patterns.} 11.h3 O-O 12.Nbd2 Bd7
13.Nf1 Rac8 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.Be3 c4 {There was no reason for
advancing this pawn, Black should not solve the center, he
should consolidate himself with Rfe8 and eventually Bf8.}
16.Bc2 Rfe8 17.Ng3 Bf8 {Kh8 was here worth considering.}
18.Bg5 Ne7 {Of two evils, Be7 is the lesser. Now his game goes
quickly downhill.} 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Nh5 Bg7 21.Nh4 Kf8 22.Qf3
Ng8 {The black king bishop plays a very sad role.} 23.Nf5 Bh8
24.Rad1 Rb8 25.Nhg3 b4 26.Qh5 h6 27.Nxh6 Nxh6 28.Qxh6+ Ke7
29.dxe5 dxe5 30.Rxd7+ {White simplifies the position as in the
endgame his material superiority tells.} Kxd7 31.Ba4+ Rb5
32.Rd1+ Kc8 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.Nf5 Rd8 35.Rd5 bxc3 36.bxc3 b4
37.cxb4 c3 38.Qc1 Rxd5 39.exd5 Kd7 40.Qc2 Qc4 41.Qa4+ Kd8
42.Nd6 Qxd5 43.Qe8+ Kc7 44.Nb5+ Kb7 45.Nxc3 Qc4 46.Qd7+ Ka6
47.Nd5 f5 48.a4 1-0

[Event "Kristianstad"]
[Site "Kristianstad"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Arthur Hakansson"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch. From a match; the first game in
which appears my idea of a pawn sacrifice in the opening, not
to obtain an attack, but merely, with gain of a tempo, to
overprotect a strategical point with a view to cramping the
enemy forces.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 {My innovation.}
cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 f5 7. Qg3 Nge7 8. O-O Ng6 9. h4 Qc7
10. Re1 {White's plan is now clear. He has given up a pawn,
careless when, if ever, he recovers it provided his pawn at e5
is maintained as an instrument to cramp Black's game. There is
no idea of attack in 9 h4, its object is solely to pave the
way to the removal of some of the pressure on the p at e5. The
pawn sacrifice comes with the category of sacrifice for the
sake of blockade.} Bd7 {...Bc5 was essaential here so as to
leave the f8 square free for the knight to retreat after h5.}
11. a3 O-O-O 12. b4 {White could, of course, have won the
exchange here by 12 h5 Ne7 13 Ng5 Re8 14 Nf7 Rg8 15 Nd6+; but
with his undeveloped queenside and his unprotected p at h5 he
would have had some difficulties to contend with. The text
move is the logical continuation.} a6 {Rather better was
12...Kb8 13 c3! dxc3 14 Nxc3 Nxb4 15 axb4 Qxc3 16 Be3 Qxd3 17
Bxa7+ Kc8 18 Re1c1+ Bc6 19 b5 Qxb5 20 Nd4 with complications,
which, of course, White, had he been so minded, could have
avoided by simply playing 13 Bb2.} 13. h5 Nge7 14. Bd2 h6
15. a4 g5 16. b5 f4 17. Qg4 {The queen is well placed here.}
Nb8 18. c3 Re8 {His only move. It will be noted that the
over-protector, the rook at e1, now has the c-file opened for
him without any trouble to himself. In order to avoid loss of
material Black has to submit to curious regrouping of his
forces.} 19. cxd4 Kd8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. a5 Qa7 22. b6 Qa8 {The
queen finds herself in a position to which, as a rule, she
would only be consigned in a problem.} 23. Rc7 Nf5 24. Nc3 Be7
25. Nxd5 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 exd5 27. Qxd7+ Nxd7 28. Ne6# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Stuart Morrison"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. f4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3
exd3 5. Bxd3 Qxd5 6. Nc3 {A trap. If Black takes the g-pawn,
Be4 would follow.} Bb4 7. Qe2+ Qe6 8. Be3 {Bd2 would be
better. After this move white could have secured the position
of his pawns on the queenside. After the move in text Black
gets the advantage.} Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Bc5
Qxe2+ 12. Nxe2 {White overestimated his position, chiefly, the
strength of his two bishops, but after the following plausible
move, he quickly sees his error.} b6 13. Bd4 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Ng3 c5 16. Bf2 Bb7 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Re7 Rae8 19. Rae1 Rxe7
20. Rxe7 Bc6 21. Re1 {...b5 was threatened and after Bf1, Nd5,
etc.} Nd5 22. Ne2 Re8 23. Rd1 N7f6 24. a4 $18 Re4 $2 25. Bxd5
Nxd5 26. Ng3 {White's position is not to be saved, he loses
his pawns, one after another, and further explanation is
superflous.} Rxa4 27. f5 h5 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Ne2 Bb5 30. h3
Bc4 31. Be1 Ra2 32. Rd2 Ra1 33. Kf2 Nf6 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Bd2
Rd1 36. Ng3 h4 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6
5.c3 Qb6 6.Qc1 {6 Qb3 seems preferable for after c4 7 Qxb6
axb6 White has the strong move 8 Na3! e.g. e5 9 Nb5 Ra5 10
Nc7+ Kd7 11 dxe5 Nh5 12 Nxd5 Rxd5 13 Bxc4 Ra5 14 Bxf7, etc.}
Bf5 7.Nh4 Be4 8.Nd2 e6 9.f3 {A harmless innovation, but Black
gets the initiative.} Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nb3 {This knight
loses alot of time; Bg3 was the right move.} c4 12.Nd2 Nh5
13.Be2 Nxf4 14.exf4 Bd6 15.g3 g5 {! Ingenious winning a pawn.}
16.Qc2 gxf4 17.O-O-O Qa5 18.Bxc4 {An unsound sacrifice, but
White has a lost game anyhow.} dxc4 19.Nxc4 Qd5 20.Qb3 O-O-O
21.Nxd6+ Qxd6 22.g4 Rh3 23.Rhf1 Rxh2 24.Qa4 Rdh8 25.Qb5 Qd5
26.Qa4 Rg2 27.Qa3 Rhh2 28.Rd3 Rc2+ 29.Kd1 Qc4 30.Qf8+ Kc7
31.Qxf7+ Kb6 32.Qg6 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Prelimary Group 2"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1922.11.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hugo Soyka"]
[Black "Alfred Emil Wolf"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Bd5 Nf6
7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Nxe5 O-O 9.d4 Be7 10.c4 c5 11.d5 Bd6 12.f4 Re8
13.Re1 Ng4 14.Nxg4 Rxe1+ 15.Qxe1 Bxg4 16.Nc3 Qf6 17.Qf2 Re8
18.Be3 a6 19.a4 b6 20.Re1 Bd7 21.g3 h5 22.Bd2 Rxe1+ 23.Bxe1
Qd4 24.b3 Bf5 25.Qxd4 cxd4 26.Ne2 d3 27.Nc1 Bc5+ 28.Kg2 Be3
29.Nxd3 Bxd3 30.a5 b5 31.Kf3 Ba7 {Game score incomplete.} 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1923.05.05"]
[EventDate "1923.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} f5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. g3
Bxf3 {This exchange appears to be unfavorable, for as will
soon be seen, the Black pawn-formation will lack mobility.}
5. exf3 e6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O {The
White bishops are strongly posted but have, as yet, little
effect.} 10. Na3 {This knight is placed into the service of
the bishops. In the sequel it will not only reconnoitre the
ground but lure on thre Black pawns. Its most important
function, however, will reveal itself only on the 13th move.}
a5 {The only way to develop the knight, ...b5 fails against
Nxb5.} 11. Nc4 a4 12. Bd4 b5 13. Ne5 {If, in the course of
play, I had looked upon this knight as an outpost on the K
file, there would have been no reason why I should publish
this game here; but I saw in this Kt nothing but a diagonal
outpost : a vague, up to now undefined diagonal effect
acquires, through posting the knight on e5, a definite aspect
with clear-cut objects of attack, in other words : the
diagonal action now obtains.} Nd5 {After 13...Na6 the
continuation would be, not sacrifices at c6, but simple
development by 14.Rfe1 followed by c4.} c4 bxc4 15. bxc4 Nb4
{With the understandable desire to take advantage of the
knights short stay in the central position (d5) according to
the motto "via the center into enemy land". The scheme,
however, proves disastrous. But with passive play (...Nc7) an
ultimate break-through by d4-d5 would have been decisive.}
16. Bc3 a3 17. d4 N8a6 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. c5 {Normally d5 is the
proper course, but the knights unfortunate position is more
easily exploited by the text-move.} Bf6 20. Rb3 Bxe5 21. fxe5
Qa5 {The only way to cover the a-pawn.} 22. Rfb1 Rb7 23. Qd2
Rfb8 24. Bf1 Qc7 {There is no saving clause.} 25. Bxb4 Nxb4
26. Rxb4 Qa5 27. Rxb7 Qxd2 28. Rxb8+ Kf7 29. Bc4 Qxd4 30. Bb3
Qxc5 31. Rb7 Qxe5 32. Rxd7+ Kf6 33. Rbd1 c5 34. R7d6 Qc3
35. Rxe6+ Kg5 36. Re3 Qb4 37. Rc1 f4 38. Re5+ Kh6 39. Rexc5
fxg3 40. hxg3 g6 41. R1c4 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 g5 43. Rc6+ Kg7
44. Rc7+ Kf6 45. R4c6+ Kf5 46. Rf7+ Kg4 47. f3+ Kh5 48. Rxh7#
1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1923.05.11"]
[EventDate "1923.04.28"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3
Nc6 5. Bf4 {An innovation.} Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nbd2
f6 {Secures the e5 square and prepares for a general advance
on the K wing. A strategic diversion here is justified, as his
own center pawns appear reasonably secure, for e6 is well
covered and the diagonal from f5 to b1 makes a pretty
picture. That a flank attack, when your own center is
insecure, is inadmissible, we have emphasized already more
than once.} 9. Be2 {Here 9 c4 was indicated, e.g. : 9 c4 Bb4
10 cxd5 exd5 11 Bb5 with an even game; or 9...Nb4 10 Rc1 and
White has nothing to fear.} g5 10. Bg3 h5 11. h3 Nge7 12. O-O
{c4 would no longer improve matters, e.g. : 12 c4 dxc4 13 Bxc4
Nd5 with a strong knight in center; nevertheless this line was
preferable to the text.} Bh6 13. Ne1 g4 14. Qd1 Bxd2 {This
wins a pawn.} 15. Qxd2 gxh3 16. Nd3 b6 17. Rfe1 h4 18. Bh2 Kf7
{Not ...O-O-O because of Nc5!} 19. g4 {Other moves also lose.}
hxg3 20. Bxg3 h2+ 21. Kg2 Be4+ {the win was more clearly
demonstrated as follows 21...e5 22 dxe5 Be4+ 23 f3 Rag8 24 e6+
Qxe6 25 Nf4 Qg4!; or 24 Qf4 (instead of e6+) Nf5 25 fxe4 Ng3
26 Qxf6+ Ke8 27 e6 hiQ+ 28 Rxh1 Nxa1+ and wins.} 22. Bf3 {With
f3 White would have held out a little longer.} Nf5 23. Bxe4
dxe4 24. Nf4 {If Rxe4 ...Qd5, etc.} e5 25. Ne2 Nh4+ 26. Bxh4
Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "R Darru"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 {Notes by Giuseppe Gabelli.} e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6
4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. c3
O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Kh8 13. a3 Ng8 14. Be3 f5
15. exf5 Rxf5 16. g4 {!} Rff8 17. f5 Na5 18. Be6 b5 19. Rae1
h6 20. d4 Nc6 21. d5 Nd8 22. Qg3 Nxe6 23. dxe6 c6 24. h4 e4
{?!} 25. Bf4 Rad8 {25... d5? 26. Bd6 +- } 26. Rxe4 {+-} Nf6
27. Re2 d5 28. g5 Nh5 29. Qg4 Nxf4 30. Rxf4 Rde8 31. Rg2 Rg8
32. Qh5 c5 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. Qxh6+ Qh7 35. Qf6+ Rg7 36. Rfg4
{36. Rfg4 Reg8 37. Rxg7 Rxg7 38. e7 +-} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1923.05.12"]
[EventDate "1923.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Richard Reti"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 {One of the
author's innovations which Reti himself adopted upon occasion
as in Reti-Capablanca (New York, 1924)} a5 {Of doubtful
value.} 4. b5 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Be2 e5
{This move would only be sound if Black were in a position to
enforce d5, or at least dxe5, for he would then gain the
excellent blockade square c5, e.g., 9 dxe5? Ng4; etc.} 9. O-O
exd4 {And as soon as started the blockading manoeuver is
already demolished. Theoretically and strategically the only
course was 9...Re8 and if 10 Nbd2 then ...c6 and according to
circumstances ...Qc7 or ...e4 and ...d5 establishing a chain
of pawns.} 10. exd4 Re8 11. Nbd2 {It is not easy for White to
take advantage of his superior pawn position. This move takes
too little account of Black's advance ...d5 and with 11 Nc3 he
would have drawn considerably nearer to his goal.} Nf8 12. Re1
Ne6 13. g3 h6 14. Bf1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bg2 {With the
knight on c3 instead of d2 the pressure brought to bear by
White's forces would give winning chances. As it is Black can
equalise approximately.} d5 17. Rxe8+ {The only chance to
maintain the fleeting advantage lay in 17 c5. With this move
White would have obtained a clearly superior position at least
on the Q side; it is, however, very doubtful whether anything
could be made of the position : 17...Bf5 18 Qa4 b6, etc. It
seems that move 11 Nd2 which must be deprecated from the point
of view of centralised development, can no longer be
remedied.} Qxe8 18. cxd5 Qxb5 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. Qxb5 {Or 20 Rc1
Ne8 21 Qxb5 Bxb5 22 Ne4 g4 and eventually ...Rd8.} Bxb5
21. Rc1 Re8 {Playable would also be the simple 21...Ne8, e.g.,
22 Ne4 g4 23 h3 gxh3 24 Bxh3 Rd8, etc.} 22. Rxc7 Re1+ 23. Nf1
Bxf1 24. Bxf1 Nxd5 25. Rxb7 Rb1 26. Rb8+ Kh7 27. Rb5 Nc7
28. Rb7 Ne6 29. Kg2 Bxd4 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Re7 Rxb2 32. Bc4
Rxf2+ 33. Kh3 Rf6 34. Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Rd7 Rxe6 36. Rxd4 {After
the interesting skirmishing of the last fourteen moves, a rook
ending is reached in which White has some advantage without
being able to force the win, though the game went on to the
90th move before being drawn.} Re5 37. Rd6 Kf7 38. Ra6 Rc5
39. Kg4 Rd5 40. Kh3 Kg7 41. a4 g4+ 42. Kxg4 Rd4+ 43. Kg5 Rd5+
44. Kh4 Rc5 45. Kh3 Kh6 46. Rf6 Rc4 47. Rf4 Rb4 48. Kg4 g5
49. Rxb4 axb4 50. a5 b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[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 "Match"]
[Site "Kolding, Denmark"]
[Date "1923.01.05"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alfred Brinckmann"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e6 2.c4 {Here is illustrated the
stratagem "sacrifice of blockade"} Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 O-O
{Also good is 4...b6} 5.Nf3 d6 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Qc2 Bxf3
{Very risky.} 9.gxf3 Nbd7 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 c6 {The
Black-side avoids the premature opening of the game, while
explores the debility of the double-complex and intends the
blockade. If 11... d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rc1 and White has
freedom in the c and d-columns, and the only
counterchance... c5, activate white´s bishops.} 12.O-O-O d5
13.e4 {This advance, although produces chances of attack,
debilitates the double-complex in great extension.} 13...g6
{Forced move, but a good one. The knight is an excellent guard
of the enemy advance h4-h5.} 14.cxd5 {Better was 14.h4 or
14.Kb1, but the White-side wishes to advance the e-pawn, which
now would be bad, for example: 14.e5 dxc4 15.Bxc4 15.Bxc4 Nd5,
etc.} 14...cxd5 15.e5 Nh5 {Now the Black-side contemplates
very satisfied the completely paralyzed enemy double-complex.}
16.h4 a5 {Played in order to restrict the action of the white
Queen´s Bishop and regroup the forces with Qe7, Rfc8 and Nf8.}
17.Rdg1 Qe7 18.Qd2 Rfc8 19.f4 b5! {The sacrifice of
blockade. The pawn is given in order to exchange the King´s
Bishop, and consequently debilitate the white squares.}
20.Bxb5 Rab8 21.Be2 Nb6 {The sacrifice of the piece is deep,
but the correct and elegant response was 21... Ng7 22.h5 Nf5
followed by Nb6 and Nc4.} 22.Kd1 {The White-side should have
accepted the sacrifice: 22.Bxh5 Nc4 23.Qc2 Nxa3 24.Qd2 Nc4 and
draw.} 22...Nc4 23.Bxc4 Rxc4 24.Rg5 Ng7 25.h5 Nf5 26.hxg6 fxg6
27.Rxf5 {A desperate attempt. Black refutes it energically.}
27...exf5 28.Bxa5 Rb3 29.Ke2 Qb7 30.Bb4 Qa6 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.01.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Leon Kussman"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine.} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5
5. cxd5 exd5 {? Nowadays "theory" considers-and rightly so for
once-5...Nxd5 as the only correct reply. But when this game
was played, even masters did not realize the danger of the
text move; for instance, Dr. Vidmar it against me in the
London Tournament, 1922.} 6. Bg5 {! Much more effective here
than 6.g3 which in the regular Tarrasch Defence (with the
Black Queen's Knight at c3 and the King's Knight undeveloped)
would be the most promising line.} Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4 {!}
dxe4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 {Or 9...Nd7 10.Nxe4 Qg6 11.Bxd7+ Bxd7 12.O-O,
etc, with advantage.} 10. Nxe4 Qb6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O cxd4
{Facilitating White's attack. A lesser evil would be to allow
the unpleasant ...d5} 13. Nxd4 Rd8 {After White's next move
Black's d6 will need further protection.} 14. Nf5 {!} Ne5
15. Qe2 g6 {Permitting an elegant finish; but the position,
was of course, lost.} 16. Qb5+ {!} Nd7 {The Queen could not be
taken because of 17.Nf6 mate.} 17. Rfe1 {Threatening mate
again.} Bb4 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Nxd7+ Rxd7 20. Qe5 {! Threatening
this time three different mates. That is too much!} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.04.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "A Frieman"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 {Doubtless
the best defence, permitting Black to obtain an even game.}
4. exd5 Qxd5 {But here 4...Nf6 is even better.} 5. cxd4 Nf6
6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 {So far Black has
made the right moves, but this exchange is wrong as it
stregthens White's center. Correct was 9...Qa5.} 10. bxc3 b6
{This also is not good, because the White Pawns will now
advance with a win of both time and space. Better was
10...Bg4.} 11. c4 Qd8 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nd4 {Preventing an
effective development of the Black Bishop on the diagonal
h6-c1.} Bb7 14. Bb2 {Simpler was 14.Bf3 or 14.Bg5. Still the
idea of sacrificing the central Pawn in order to increase the
advantage in development was rather tempting.} c6 15. Bf3 cxd5
16. Re1 Re8 {Instead 16...Qd7 17.Nb5! was certainly not
better.} 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. Qg5 {Threatening 19.Ne6!} Ng6 19. Nf5
{After this attack can hardly be parried. White's next threat
is the simple 20.cxd5} Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 dxc4 {If 20...h6 then
21.Qg3, threatening both 22.Bxf6 or 22.Ne7+, etc.} 21. Bxb7
Rxb7 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Or 22...gxf6 23.Qh6 Qf8 24.Re8, followed
by mate. White announces mate in four moves.} 23. Re8+ Nf8
24. Nh6+ Qxh6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[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 "50"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2.c4 e6 {As for the merit of this
system of defence, compare the game Reti vs. Yates in 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 "New York"]
[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 "104"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine and Reti.} e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Qe8 9. Qe2
Ne4 10. 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 "Correspondence Game 1924-1925"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Orla Hermann Krause"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6
5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 {Worthy of consideration was ...g6.}
7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb5 Rc8 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.O-O Be7 12.Nxd5
{Very strong at this point, and Black has to find the finest
counter-play even only to hold the balance. And yet, from the
point of view of strategy and theory, there can only be one
interpretation to this move: it is a confession that all this
talk about the dynamic strength which is alleged to be vested
in the isolated pawn is -- just talk. No, the sombre reality
discloses a different picture; the player with the isolated
pawn must be satisfied if he succeeds in concealing its
weakness.} Qxd5 13.Qxd5 exd5 14.Be3 a6 15.Ba4 Bd6 {After this
move, Black's difficulties become acute; ...O-O (but who
thinks of O-O in an endgame?) would definitely have led to an
easier game, e.g. : 15...O-O 16 Bb3 Rcd8 17 Rac1 Na5 18 Rc2
Nxb3 19 axb3 Bd6 20 Rfc1 and Black can view the White c-file
with equanimity.} 16.Bb3 Ne7 17.Bd2 {Now the doubling of rooks
on the e-file is threatened. The necessity to keep the d-pawn
covered has a paralysing effect on Black's game, and White,
with two bishops has a nice easy game.} b6 {The beginning of a
deep-laid defensive manouver.} 18.Rae1 Kd7 19.Re2 h6 20.R1e1
Rhd8 21.a3 {Now Bb4 is already threatened.} Rc7 {Black's plan
of defence has become clear; he wishes to have his rooks on d8
and c7 and 17...b6 was essential in order to prevent Ba5. But
...h6 also was necessary as otherwise White's Bg5 would force
...f6 disarranging Black's K side; he could not have stood the
hole at e6.} 22.g4 {22 Bb4 Bxb4 with ...Kd6.} Kc8 {With the
defensive threat ...Nc6, Be3, ...Bf8 and Black's game is
freed.} 23.Be3 Ng6 {Black must not delay the liberating
process; the strengthening of White's play by f4-f5 must be
avoided by prophylactic means.} 24.Bxd5 Nf4 {Compelling
equalisation.} 25.Bxf4 Bxf4 26.Re8 Rc1 27.Rxd8 Kxd8 28.Kf1
Rxe1 29.Kxe1 Bc1 30.b3 Bxa3 31.Bxf7 Bb2 32.d5 Ke7 33.Be6 Kd6
{The isolated pawn scored a partial success in this game but
only in the generally accepted sense. Theoretically speaking,
the course of this game is tantamount to a declaration of
insolvency on the part of the isolated pawn: instead of the
alleged dynamic strength, we see a timid concealment of its
static weakness. Dr. Krause, it must be admitted, has planned
and conducted the game excellently; that no advantage can be
obtained from an isolated pawn is clearly not his fault.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Training Game"]
[Site "??"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Mihailovich Kaminer"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 {Notes/marks by Kaminer} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5
Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3? Qb6? 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nc3 h6
10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Rc1? Qc7? 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Ba2 Bd7 16. Bb1 Rfe8 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. e4 e5 19. dxe5
Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. f4 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Ke7 23. e5 Rg8 24. Rcd1
{!} Qxb2 {? Correct was 24...Qb6} 25. Qd3 Bg4 {? 25...Rad8 was
the only move} 26. Qd6+ Ke8 27. e6 {!} Bxe6 {27...Qf6 does not
help: 28 Qd7+ Kf8 29 Qxb7 Re8 30 Qb4+ Qe7 31 Rd7 Qxb4 32 Rxf7
mate} 28. f5 1-0

[Event "International Tournament"]
[Site "Meran, Italy"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Edgar Colle"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c6 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Qb3 e6 10.Bd2 Ne8 11.Rfc1 f5 12.Rc2 Ndf6
13.Rac1 Ne4 14.Be1 Rf7 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Nc5 17.Qb5 Nxd3
18.Qxd3 Bd7 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nd4 Ng7 21.f4 Rc8 22.Rxc8 Bxc8 23.Qc3
Bd7 24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.Rxc7 Bc6 26.Rc8+ Rf8 27.Nxc6 bxc6 28.Rxc6
{Game score incomplete} 1-0

[Event "International Tournament"]
[Site "Meran, Italy"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Sergeevich Selezniev"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.a3 Na6 9.b4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nc7 11.Bb2 Ncd5 12.Qe2 Nb6
13.Bb3 a5 14.b5 a4 15.Ba2 cxb5 {Game score incomplete} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden Baden"]
[Site "Baden Baden DEU"]
[Date "1925.05.05"]
[EventDate "1925.04.16"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Stefano Rosselli del Turco"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} d5 2.b3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb2 Bg4
5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e5 7.Bb5 Qd6 8.e4 {We have here to do with
the remarkable situation which we have already had occasion to
notice, namely the one in which we do not at once cause the
doubled Pawns by Bxc6+, bxc6, but rather bring this about by a
roundabout way. As a matter of fact after 8 Bxc6+?, bxc6, we
should never be able to force our obstinate opponent to
accomodate us by playing ...d4, e.g., 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9 e4 Nf6
etc.} d4 9.Na3 {Threatening 10 Nc4 Qc7 11 Bxc6+ bxc6 and the
weakness of the doubled Pawns is evident.} f6 10.Nc4 Qd7
11.Qh5+ {The manouver of the Queen is intended to help prevent
Black's castling on the Q side; not on the K side as one might
at first site think.} g6 12.Qf3 Qc7 {Not ...O-O-O because of
Na5 and the covering move ...Nge7 is ruled out because of
Qxf6.} 13.Qg4 {! Now she rejoices in the observation post she
has won for herself. This Q manouver has quite a hyper-modern
air to it.} Kf7 {White threatened 14 Qe6+ Kd8 (or ...Be7 15
Na5) 15 Bxc6 and the unpleasant doubled Pawn is a fact.} 14.f4
h5 15.Qf3 exf4 16.Bxc6 {At the right moment, for the Q dare
not retake. For instance 16...Qxc6 17 Qxf4 Re8 18 O-O!! Qxe4
(...Rxe4 Ne5+) 19 Qc7+!! and wins (19...Qe7 20 Nd6+ followed
by 21 Nxe8)} bxc6 {At last White has achieved his end, at the
cost it is true of a Pawn, but here this plays but a
subordinate role.} 17.O-O g5 {For (see the previous note)
Black's position can be broken up. (Obviously White must not
allow Black to safeguard his position by Kt...e7-g6-e5.) To
break up Black's game three Pawn moves are necessary, (i) c3
(ii) e5 (iii) h4. If White contented himself with only two of
these his work were but half done. In the game all three are
brought about.} 18.c3 {!} Rd8 {Now this Rook is happily
tethered! (to his Pawn at d4).} 19.Rae1 {!} Ne7 20.e5 Nf5
21.cxd4 {!} Nxd4 {If 21...cxd4 then 22 exf6 Kxf6 23 Qe4 and
...Ng3 is impracticable on account of Bxd4+} 22.Qe4 Be7 {The
reply to ...f5 would have been Qb1, an attacking move in the
best modern spirit. For example, 22...f5 23 Qe4 Ke6 (to
protect the f-Pawn) 24 Qd3! and 25 Nd6! with a decisive
attack.} 23.h4 {! Now the undermined Black position tumbles
like a house of cards.} Qd7 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.hxg5 {For after
25...Bg7 26 Ne5+ Bxe5 27 Qxe5 Black's King is a pathetic
figure in his helplessness.} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "Marienbad CZE"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Reti"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.c4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e5 2.Nf3 e4 3.Nd4 Nc6 4.Nc2 Bc5
5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 exd3 7.exd3 d5 8.d4 Be7 9.c5 {Played in
enterprising blockade style.} Bf5 {Brreaking-up attempts
beginning with ...b6 would have been premature, e.g., 9...b6
10 b4 a5 11 b5 and c6.} 10.Bd3 {Here the natural continuation
would have been 10 Bb5 followed by Bxc6+.} Bxd3 11.Qxd3 b6
{Here this move is in order.} 12.O-O {12 b4 a5 13 b5 fails on
account of 13...Nb4 with the gain of a tempo.} O-O 13.Bg5 h6
14.Bh4 bxc5 15.dxc5 Ne5 16.Qd4 Ng6 17.Bg3 c6 {Black has a good
d-pawn (poorly blockaded) and the possibility of attacking the
White c-pawn. Against this White's control of the diagonal
from g3 to b8 does not seem to afford an equivalent. White
should clearly have played 10 Bb5.} 18.Nb4 Rc8 19.h3 Re8
{Making room for the knight and at the same time preparing for
the occupation of the central file, which white cannot dispute
because of the difficulties at c5.} 20.Rad1 Nf8 21.Nd3 Qa5
{White saw that 22 Qa4 is now forced, and had prepared a
highly original centralization maneuver in reply.} 22.Qa4 {Bad
would be 22 b4 Qa3 23 Rb1 Ne6 24 Qe5 Nd7 25 Qe1 Nfxc5 26 bxc5
Bf6.} Qxa4 23.Nxa4 Ne4 {Now the knight occupies the center,
which has become free after the deflection of the defending
forces.} 24.Bh2 Ne6 {What can the knight want? The c-pawn is
easy to defend.} 25.b4 Nd4 {A quite extraordinary
cO-Operation! Two knights, of which one can easily be driven
away (f3) and the other is undefended, and yet they control
the board.} 26.Rfe1 {If 26 f3 Ne2+ followed by ...Ng3+.} Bh4
{The third ally.} 27.Be5 {White was in difficulties. This move
loses a pawn.} Rxe5 28.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 29.Kf1 Bxe1 30.Rxd4 Bg3
31.Nf3 Re8 32.Rd1 Re6 33.Rc1 Kf8 {The king goes to the
threatened wing.} 34.Nc3 Nxc3 35.Rxc3 Re4 36.a3 Ke8 37.Rd3 {A
fine move. If now ...Kd7; b5.} a6 38.Rd4 f5 39.a4 Kd7 40.b5
{This fails now on account of a finesse worthy of an End-Game
study.} axb5 41.axb5 cxb5 42.Rxd5+ Kc6 {The extra material is
returned with thanks.} 43.Rd4 {If 43 Rxf5, b4; etc.} Kxc5
44.Rxe4 fxe4 45.Nd2 Kd4 46.Ke2 Bf4 47.Nb3+ Kc4 48.Na5+ Kc3
49.Nb7 b4 50.Nc5 Kc2 51.g3 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1925.11.19"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 {Notes by Bogoljubov} c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 {With
4 d4 cxd4 5 Nxd4 etc. he could enter well-trodden paths.} Nf6
5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 {White is trying to avoid the
weakness of c4, so often a source of embarrassment of this
opening.} Nc6 8. Bb2 Bd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rac8
12. Rad1 Kh8 {So as to guard against the threat 13 Nxc6
followed by Nxd5.} 13. Nce2 {!} Qxa2 {A rather odd combination
of Lasker's which happens to turn out very well indeed; yet,
it was fairly risky to give up the Q for and R and a B even
thoughBlack does secure a fairly sound position. Lasker
probably wished to avoid the exchange of Queens because he
considered it to give White a superior position.} 14. Ra1 Qxb2
15. Rfb1 Qxb1+ 16. Rxb1 Rfd8 17. c4 Ne8 18. f4 {White is
trying to force matters thereby weakening his K position a
very much safer move was 18 Nxc6.} a6 19. Kh1 Nc7 20. Qe3 Rb8
21. Rd1 Nb4 {Whereas Black is strengthening his position with
every move White seems to shove around his pieces rather
aimlessly.} 22. Qc3 a5 23. Ra1 {That Rook had no business
here!} b6 24. Qe3 {? A regrettable mistake thereby cutting
short a game that had promised to become very interesting and
instructive.} e5 {! Black now wins the exchange and thereafter
the ending presents no trouble at all.} 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5
Nc2 27. Qc3 Nxa1 28. Qxa1 Bf6 29. Qg1 d5 30. cxd5 Nxd5
31. fxe5 Bxe5 32. g4 f6 33. h4 b5 34. Nd4 Ne3 35. Qxe3 Rxd4
36. Bf3 a4 37. h5 a3 38. Qe2 Rbd8 {A game showing Lasker, the
great tactician, at his very shrewdest.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1925.11.21"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 {Notes by Bogoljubov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Nd7 {The so-called Tchigorin
defence but 7...Bd7 was simpler.} 8. d4 Bf6 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bb3
Na5 {If ...exd4 White counters with 11 cxd4 and the d-pawn
then is of course taboo.} 11. Bc2 c5 {Not so good in this
position, as convincingly demonstrated by Lasker. The proper
move was 11...O-O.} 12. Nf1 O-O 13. a4 Bb7 14. Ne3 Nb6
15. axb5 axb5 16. Ng4 Nc6 {? Black was alread in considerable
difficulties, and his only chance was to take on d4 the text
move gives White an opportunity for a winning combination.}
17. Rxa8 Nxa8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {Forced because 18...gxf6 19 Bh6
Re8 would lead to a win for White.} 19. d5 Na7 20. Bg5 Qg6
21.Be7 f6 {21...Re8 would be countered by 22 Nh4 Qh6 23 Nf5
Qg6 24 Bxd6, etc.} 22. Bxd6 {!} Rd8 {...Rc8 would be countered
by 23 Qa1.} 23. Bxc5 Nc8 24. Qe2 Qe8 25. Nd2 Nd6 26. Bd3 Nc7
27. Ra1 Qd7 28. Nb3 Kh8 29. Bb6 Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. Nc5 Qc8
32. b4 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1925.11.22"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Verlinsky"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 {Notes by Bogoljubov} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4
5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Na6 {The idea to get the Knight to b4. A very
remarkable novelty of Lasker's.} 7. Bxc4 Nb4 8. O-O e6 9. Qe2
Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. e4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Rfd1
Rad8 15. f3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 {Now White has an isolated
pawn and his K position is less secure than the opponent's;
moreover his pieces on the open e-file are placed rather
awkwardly. It might have been safer for him first to exchange
two pieces on d5.} a6 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. g3 Bd6
21. Bf1 {? Evidently so as to parry the threat ...Bxg3
followed by ...Rxe3 but this could have been more efficiently
done by 21 Kg2; moreover it is no proper threat at all. As a
matter of fact, White could safely play 21 Na2 (so as to get
rid of the awkward Black Knight) and then ...Bxg3 would be a
bad blunder on account of 22 hxg3 Rxe3 whereafter 23 d6! would
make nonsense of Black's entire combination. After the text
move, though, White's game is hardly tenable.} b6 22. a5
{Desperation.} b5 23. Bg2 Bf8 24. Bf4 Qxa5 25. d6 Qb6 26. Ne4
Nxe4 27. fxe4 Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxc5 Qxc5+
31. Rxc5 Rd8 32. Rc3 Rd1+ 33. Bf1 Re1 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Re8 Rb1
36. Rf8 Rxb2 37. Rxf7 Nc6 38. Rf8 a5 39. h4 a4 40. Bh3 Nd4
41. Rc8 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1925.12.02"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 {Notes by Bogoljubov} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6
5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3
10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 {He should have castled first before
making this move. Now White will have the better endgame.}
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Be6 {The
lesser evil since 15...0—0, could be answered by 16 Rfe1
followed by Re7.} 16. Rfe1 Kd7 17. Bxe6+ fxe6 18. Re5 Rhf8
19. Rae1 Rae8 20. f3 Rf5 21. Kf2 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 {This Rook
ending is far from easy for Black but it is by no means lost
yet.} b5 23. Ke3 Rb8 24. h4 Rb6 25. a4 {! Evidently Black's
counter manoeuvre has not availed him much but now he should
play b4 so as at least to keep his Rook mobile after 26 cxb4
Rxb4 27 Ra5 Rb2, etc.} a5 26. Kd3 Rb8 27. Kc2 Rb7 28. c4 bxa4
29. Rxa5 Rb4 30. Kd3 Kc7 31. c5 Kb7 32. Ke4 h5 33. g4 hxg4
34. fxg4 g6 35. Ke5 Rc4 36. h5 {? One of the very rare cases
of Lasker playing an ending with lack of precision and thereby
enabling the opponent to force the draw by a subtle
manoeuvre. White could have won quite easily by 36 b5.} gxh5
37. gxh5 Rc1 {? Black misses his opportunity. It was only in
the post mortem that Spielmann found out how he could have
drawn the game here by 37...Rb4! 38 h6 Rb3! 39 Rxa4 Rh3 40 Kd6
Rxh6, etc.} 38. Rxa4 Rh1 39. Kd6 Rxh5 40. Rb4+ Kc8 41. Kxc6
Rd5 42. Ra4 Kb8 43. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Baden Baden"]
[Site "Baden Baden DEU"]
[Date "1925.04.17"]
[EventDate "1925.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Willem te Kolste"]
[Black "Carlos Torre Repetto"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4
5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nxe4 b6 9. N2c3 Bb7
10. Qf3 {Though check with the Knight is now threatened,
White's intention is not aggresive but merely the protection
of the g-pawn.} c6 11. O-O-O f5 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Bc4 {But here
White begins to be aggresive and therby he puts himself in the
wrong for his aim is not even remotely warranted by his
advantage. Again he should strive to safeguard his g-pawn by
13.Nh5, to be followed by Rg1, and afterwards possibly by h3
and g4 with some little pressure on the center and on the
h-pawn, proportionate to his advantage in mobility. As he
plays White begins to slide first very slowly; afterwards more
quickly.} Qc7 14. Rhe1 Nf6 15. Qe2 O-O-O {Black has defended
conscientiously. If White now continues 16.Nxf5 Qf4+ 17.Ne3
Rxd4 18.Ba6 he can still obtain equality. But here is the
parting of the ways.} 16. Bxe6+ {White fancies that he holds
an advantage and attempts to win. The punishment is
immediate.} fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Rd7 18. Nxf5 Bd8 19. Ne4 Nxe4
20. Rxe4 Kb8 21. g3 Bc8 22. Qh6 Rf7 23. Ne3 Rxf2 24. c3 Rg8
25. d5 Bg5 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. dxc6 Bf5 0-1

[Event "1925 Breslau"]
[Site "Breslau, GER"]
[Date "1925.07.23"]
[EventDate "1925.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Hermann von Gottschall"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Nimzowitsch An instructive example of the
method of dealing with the supports of a blockader. In the
endgame they are usually driven away, in the middlegame on the
other hand - kept busy.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 Nbd7 {He
should have played ...c5 and ...Nc6.} 5.Bd3 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bb2
Qc7 {In order to play ...e5 and thus open up the game. To
prevent this, White undertakes a counter attack.} 8.c4 b6 {If
now 8...e5, the continuation would be 9 c5 Be7 (9...e4 10 exd6
Qxd6 11 Ba3 etc.) 10 dxe5 Ng4 11 b4 Ngxe5 12 Nxe5 Nxe5 13 f4
Nxd3 14 Qxd3 and White commands the diagonal b2 to g7.} 9.Nc3
Bb7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.cxd5 exd5 12.e4 {White opens all the lines.}
dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 O-O 15. d5 c5 {The two bishops have
now a clear line of fire to the enemy king's wing. Impressed
by this the second player is inclined to underestimate the
fact that the d-pawn is now passed; in fact to overlook it
altogether. And indeed what possible road could this most
carefully blockaded passed pawn play? Why, a reserve blockader
is already atationed at d7! But things turn out quite
otherwise.} 16.Re1 Qd8 17.Bb1 {This attack leads to the
instructive results that the blockading pieces, the bishop at
d6 and knight at d7 are either cut off or killed off.} Re8
18.Qd3 {First Rxe8+ would have been more precise.} Nf8
{...Rxe1+ would have been better.} 19.Rxe8 Qxe8 20.Nh4 {!} f6
21.Nf5 Rd8 {Black is about to try to show up the weakness of
White's d-pawn, when he is wakened from his dream by the flash
of a sacrifice.} 22.Bxf6 {!} Bxh2+ {! In order not to lose a
pawn Black must submit to this indirect exchange of his
bishop. If 22...gxf6 then 23 Nxd6 Rxd6 24 Qg3+} 23.Kxh2 gxf6
{What a change! the bishop at d6 has disappeared and the
reserve blockader the land at d7 will soon land at g6. The
d-pawn is therefore free!} 24.Qg3+ Ng6 25.f4 {To allow Re1;
the passed pawn is indirectly protected.} Kh8 {Not 25...B or
Rxd5 because of 26 Re1 and 27 Ne7+ etc.} 26.Re1 Qf8 {! If
26...Qg8, the passed pawn would have come into his own in a
most interesting manner; namely as follows : 27 Ne7 Nxe7 28
Rxe7 (7th rank) Qxg3+ 29 Kxg3 Rg8+ 30 Kf2 Rg7. Apparently the
7th rank is now neutralized, but the passed pawn has something
to say to that. 32 d6 Rxe7 32 dxe7 Bc6 33 Be4 Be8 34 f5! Kg7
35 Bd5 and now the pawn at e7 is unassailable. 35... Kh6 36
Kf3 Kg5 37 Ke4 and Black is powerless against the threat Bb7,
Kd5, and Bc6, and the blockader must die.} 27.d6 {!} Rd7 {Why
not ...Bc8, would not this have led to the winning of the
passed pawn? The answer is no, for the continuation would be
28 Ne7 (By his p-d6 White has provided an outpost atation at
e7) 28...Qh6+ (best) 29 Kg1 Nxf4 and now 30 Nxc8 Rxc8 31 d7
and wins.} 28. Qc3 {Threatening 29 Re8! Qxe8 30 Qxf6+ Kg8 31
Nh6 mate. Accordingly the 8th rank must be safeguarded by the
retreat ...Rd8. But in this case the 7th rank will be left
without protection and White wins by Re7. Note that the
winning moves Re7 or Ne7 (as in the last note), must be
regarded as a direct consequence of the passed pawn's
advance.} Rxd6 {A desperate expedient. If 28...Rf7 then 29 d7
Rxd7 30 Re8! would have been immediately decisive.} 29.Nxd6
Qxd6 30.Bxg6 hxg6 31.Re8+ Kg7 32.Qg3 Bc6 33.Re3 Bd7 34.f5 {!}
Qxg3+ 35.Kxg3 Bxf5 36.Re7+ Kh6 37.Rxa7 Bb1 38.Ra6 b5 39.a4
bxa4 40.bxa4 Kg5 41.Rb6 Be4 42.a5 f5 43.a6 c4 44.a7 c3 45.Rb3
f4+ 46.Kf2 c2 47.Rc3 1-0

[Event "1925 Breslau"]
[Site "Breslau, GER"]
[Date "1925.07.25"]
[EventDate "1925.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Albert Becker"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6
4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Na5 7. a4 Ne7 8. Bd3 b6 9. Nd2
{!} c5 10. Qg4 c4 11. Be2 {11 Qxg7 Rg8 and ...cxd3. } 11...Nf5
12. Nf3 h6 13. Qh3 Kd7 14. g4 Ne7 15. Nd2 Qe8 16. f4 Kc7
17. Ba3 Bd7 18. Qf3 h5 {!} 19. Nxc4 {!} Nxc4 20. Bxc4 hxg4
21. Qg2 Nf5 22. Bd3 Bxa4 {!! 'A lunch under dangerous
conditions!' -- Nimzowitsch. } 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Qxd5 Bc6
25. Qd6+ Kc8 26. d5 Rh6 27. e6 Bxd5 {! 27...Rxe6+ was also
possible. } 28. Qxd5 Qxe6+ 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6+ 30. Kd2 Kb7
31. Rae1 Rh8 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Re1 Rxh2+ 34. Kd3 g3 35. Rg1
Rh3 36. Kd4 Kc6 37. Rg2 a5 38. c4 Rh2 39. Rxg3 Rxc2 40. Rxg7
Re2 41. Bc1 Re4+ 42. Kd3 b5 43. cxb5+ Kxb5 44. Be3 Kc6 45. Rf7
a4 46. Rf8 a3 47. Ra8 e5 48. Ra6+ Kb5 49. Rb6+ Ka5 50. Rf6 a2
51. Bd2+ Kb5 52. Bc3 Rd4+ 53. Ke2 Rxf4 54. Rf8 Kc4 55. Ba1
Re4+ 56. Kd2 f4 57. Rc8+ Kd5 58. Rd8+ Ke6 59. Re8+ Kf5 60. Rg8
f3 61. Re8 0-1

[Event "Informal Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
Na5 8.d4 Nxb3 9.axb3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.Nf1 g6 12.Ng3 Bg7
13.Bd2 O-O 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bc3 Rfd8 16.Qe2 Nd7 17.b4 Nf8
18.Qe3 f6 19.Red1 Ne6 20.Ne1 Rd6 21.Rxd6 Qxd6 22.Nd3 Rd8
23.Re1 Nd4 24.Bxd4 Qxd4 25.Qxd4 Rxd4 26.f3 Bf8 27.Ne2 Rd8
28.Nec1 a5 29.bxa5 c5 30.Kf1 c4 31.Nf2 Ra8 32.Rd1 Bc6 33.Ng4
Kf7 34.Ne2 h5 35.Nf2 Rxa5 36.Ke1 Ra2 37.Rb1 b4 38.Nc1 Ra8
39.Nd1 Ke6 40.Ne3 Bb5 41.Ne2 f5 42.Nd5 Bd6 43.c3 b3 44.Rd1 Ra2
45.Rb1 fxe4 46.fxe4 Bc6 47.Ng3 Bxd5 48.exd5+ Kxd5 {Game score
incomplete (lasted 76 moves overall)} 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden DEU"]
[Date "1926.04.09"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. Awarded the prize for the
best-played game.} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4
Nb4 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O N8c6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 a6
11. Ng3 Bd6 12. f4 O-O 13. Qf3 Kh8 14. Bd2 f5 15. Rae1 Nc6
16. Re2 Qc7 17. exf5 exf5 18. Nh1 {!! A wonderful idea. White
has in mind the manoeuvre Nh1-f2-h3-g5, in conjunction with
Qh5, as a method of assaulting the position of Black's
king. When I first read My System I was so impressed by this
game that I deliberately created situations in my next few
games where the move Ng3-h1 was possible, in the belief that
this mystical retreat would somehow result in a miraculous
increase of energy in my position, irrespective of whatever
else may have been happening on the board at the time.}
18...Bd7 19. Nf2 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd8 22. Nh3 Bc6
23. Qh5 g6 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Qf2 {Another brilliant idea. The
threat to the d-pawn forces Black to withdraw either his queen
or his king's bishop from the defence of his kingside. }
25...Bc5 26. b4 Bb6 27. Qh4 {Back again and with redoubled
strength. } 27...Re8 {Or 27...Rf6 28 Ng5 h6 29 Nh7 +- }
28. Re5 {!} Nf7 {If 28...Rxe5 29 fxe5 Qxe5 30 Qh6+ or 28...h6
29 g4 hxg4 30 f5 Qxe5 31 f6+ Qxf6 32 Qxh6 mate. These
beautiful variations are just an indication of what
Nimzowitsch saw. } 29. Bxf7 Qxf7 30. Ng5 Qg8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8
32. Qe1 {! A decisive change of front. } 32...Bc6 33. Qe7+ Kh8
34. b5 {!! Who would expect the death-blow to come from this
quarter? If Black plays 34..axb5 he is mated as follows: 35
Ne6 h5 36 Qf6+ Kh7 37 Ng5+ Kh6 38 Bb4! In view of this,
Rubinstein elects to surrender a piece but that too is
obviously without hope.} 34...Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. bxc6
36...bxc6 37. Nf3 c5 38. Ne5 Bc7 39. Nc4 Kf7 40. g3 Bd8
41. Ba5 Be7 42. Bc7 Ke6 43. Nb6 h6 44. h4 g5 45. h5 g4 46. Be5
1-0

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden DEU"]
[Date "1926.04.10"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lajos Steiner"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {A move
of this type requires courage - and faith in the inner meaning
of the blockade. The move gives up a tempo (non-development of
a piece) and crates a hole on d5, all this to prevent White's
d4, and so to obstruct his opponent.} 4. Bc4 d6 5. h3 Be6
6. d3 Be7 7. O-O h6 {Black is taking his time. His opponent is
short of effective moves.} 8. Nd5 {With the object of
emphasizing the strenght of d5; but as soon becomes clear,
this can be achieved only with the help of sacrifices in
material or position.} Nf6 {Mow d5 is under fire.} 9. Nh4
{White seeks to maintain it by combinative means.} Nxd5 {Bad
would be 9...Nxe4 10 dxe4 Bxh4 because of 11 f4.} 10. exd5
Bxd5 11. Nf5 {The sacrificial operation mentioned in the note
to move 8. White wins back his pawn but remains with doubled
pawns; the sacrifice therefore turns out to be positional. He
had the option of sacrifice in material by 11 Bxd5 Bxh4 12 f4
with attacking chances. All things being equal, either
sacrifice should suffice to secure a draw.} Bxc4 12. dxc4 g6
{If 12...O-O 13 Qg4 Bg5 14 h4, etc.} 13. Nxh6 Qd7 14. Qd5 Nd8
15. Be3 {If 15 Ng4 f5 16 Ne3 Ne6 followed by ...O-O-O and the
position would be summed up as follows : Black has
opportunities in the h-file, whilst any attack attempted by
White would break down against Black's compact
pawn-formation.} f5 16. Ng8 Bh4 17. g3 Qe6 18. Rad1 {The
losing move 18 gxh4 Rxg8 (not 18...Qxd5 because of Nf6+) 19
Bg5 should be enough for a draw, e.g. : 19...Qxd5 20 cxd5 Rh8
21 f4 e4 22 Rae1 followed by Re3.} Rxg8 19. gxh4 f4 {Now the
bishop cannot get to g5.} 20. Bxf4 {Or 20 Bc1 Qxd5 21 Rxd5 Nf7
with ...O-O-O and ...Rh8 and an easy win for Black.} Qxd5
21. Rxd5 exf4 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rfd1 b6 24. Rd7+ Kf6 {One gets
the impression that the line of play ...c5 in connection with
...e5 which weakens d5 still is sound, for white could
maintain himself at d5 with difficulty and should, at the
most, have attained a draw.} 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden DEU"]
[Date "1926.04.14"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch In this game Black does not
succeed in getting the adverse double complex to advance
(White stays "put") and therefore the symptons of the malady
are not clearly distinguishable. there is compensation,
however, in the observation of atypical secondary sympton, the
helplessness of the White pieces. These pieces would, in the
ordinary way, be quite ready to attack, but the enthusiasm for
an attack is damped by the consciousness that the cO-Operation
of the "pawn-party" cannot altogether be depended upon. As the
incriminated body of pawns is unreliable also in a defensive
sense, (for there always is a danger of its being rolled up by
...c6 and ...d5) the undecided attitude of the pieces (10 Qc2
11 Qd2) is sufficiently explained. And so the hidden weakness
of the pawns is projected to a plane where it is clearly
noticeable by the learner, and the study of the game is made
highly valuable.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6
6. g3 Bg4 7. Be2 {This is not as inconsistent as it may
appear, for g3 was primarily intended to cover a knight move
to h4 and on the other hand Bg2 would permit ...Nd4.} h6
8. Be3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qd7 10. Qc2 {White realizes that the
mobility of his center pawns is small as d4 and still more so
d5, would paralyse him on account of the weakness of
c5. Therefore he seeks to adapt the movement of his pieces to
his modest circumstances in space. In this sense he could also
have played 10 Nd2 (to effect a strategic retreat with f3)
e.g., 10 Nd2 Bxe2 11 Qxe2 Ng4 12 f3 Nxe3 13 Qxe3 O-O 14 O-O
with an approximately even position. But 10 Qd2 must be looked
upon as a misuse of the modest space available, for that
square should remain open and the queen, in any event, would
be better placed at c2 with an eye on a4 and the eventual
threat of ...d5 in view. After 10 Qd2 we recommend 10...Na5 11
Qc2 O-O followed by ...Rfe8, ...c6, and ...d5, and Black has
the better position.} O-O {Here too we should prefer ...Na5
(d4? ...Nxc4)} 11. Qd2 {Now in order as Black's castled
positionis in jeopardy.} Nh7 {In order to play ...f5, but this
proves impractical, and the only result is a decentralised
knight on h7.}12. h3 {Nh4 would also have been sufficient.}
Bxh3 {This loses a piece. black had only reckoned with 13 Bxh6
which by the way would also have been strong, e.g., 13 Bxh6
Bg2 14 Rh2 Bxf3 15 Bxf3 gxh6 16 Qxh6 f6 17 Bg4.} 13. Ng1 Bg4
14. f3 Be6 15. d4 {Black cannot save the piece.} exd4 16. cxd4
d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Nf6 {The
decentralised knight returns in sackcloth and ashes.} 21. Rh4
Ne7 22. Bd3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Kg2 Re7 25. Bf2 Rae8 26. Rf4
Qg6 27. d5 Re5 {If 27...Rd7 28 Qa5.} 28. Rd4 Rd8 29. Qa5 Nh5
30. Qxc7 Rde8 31. d6 1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "Semmering (AUT)"]
[Date "1926.03.17"]
[EventDate "1926.03.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernst Gruenfeld"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Ne5
Bh5 5. Nxc4 {The best answer to 5 Nc3 would be 5...Nd7 and the
proud knight at e5 will be forced to declare his intentions.}
e6 6. Qb3 {Threatening both Qxb7 and Qb5+.} Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 {!
He does not hesitate in employing the rook to protect the
modest pawn!} 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 O-O
{Both sides have now completed their development, and the game
is about equal. But White's center, which is otherwise well
protected, betrays a striking measure of immobility. 'My
System', however, teaches that every immobile complex tends to
become a weakness. The truth of the proposition will here be
shortly manifested.} 12. O-O Nd5 {! He feels himself here as
if at home, for e4 is not possible because of ...Nxd4.}
13. Nxd5 {If 13 Ne4, the result would be the mobilization of
Black's queen side by 13...b5 14 Ne5 Nxe5 15 dxe5 c5 16 a3 c4,
etc.; or 14 Ncd2 e5, etc. and White's game is disorganized.}
Qxd5 {!} 14. Qc2 e5 {White's center is already demolished.}
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Rfd8 19. Qc2
Rd5 {! He makes use of the point d5 in excellent fashion.}
20. Rad1 Rbd8 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Rd1 g6 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. a3 c5
{Black has a decided advantage for the endgame. Pawn majority
on the queen side, the queen file. and last but not least the
central position of his queen. This advantage is, however,
still only a small one.} 25. h3 b5 {Centralization proceeds
apace! White's pawn majority is much less easily realizable
than Black's (if, for instance 26 f3, then 26...f5, and
White's e4 is in bondage), and this is sufficient to explain
the loss of the game.} 26. Qc3 c4 27. f4 Qe4 {!} 28. Kf2 a5
{The whole thing is played by Tartakower with wonderful
precision and truly artistic elegence. Tartakower is, in my
opinion, without question the third best endgame artist of all
living masters.} 29. g4 h6 30. h4 Qh1 {! Only now, and this
tardiness is to his credit, does he give up the central
position in favor of a diversion.} 31. Kg3 Qg1+ 32. Kf3 Qh2
{!} 33. g5 h5 34. Ke4 Qxh4 35. Qxa5 Qh1+ 36. Ke5 Qc6 {! In
order on 37 Qe1 to put in operation the following maneuver:
37...Qc5+ Ke4 Qf5+ followed by ...Qc2 and wins.} 37. Qa7 h4
38. f5 {White is already at his last gasp.} gxf5 39. Kxf5 Qf3+
40. Ke5 h3 41. Kd4 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover DEU"]
[Date "1926.08.10"]
[EventDate "1926.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hermann von Gottschall"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3
dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 Nbd7 7. Ne2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 cxd4
10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Nbc3 Qd7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qb3 Nfd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. Nc3 Ra5 18. Rfd1 Bb4
19. a3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bd7 {'A dead draw!? By no means. There is
still a great deal in the position and the game is only just
beginning' (Nimzowitsch)} 21. Rc5 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Bc6 23. f3 f6
24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Rd4 a5 26. g3 {? He should have done something
for his light squares, e.g. 26 b3 Bd5 27 Rd3 followed by h2-h3
and he can resist successfully.} a4 27. f4 h5 28. h3 Rh8
29. Rd1 Kg6 30. Rd4 Kf5 31. Bd2 Rf8 32. Be1 e5 33. fxe5 fxe5
34. Rh4 g5 35. Rb4 Ke6+ 36. Ke2 e4 37. Bf2 Rf3 38. Rb6 Ke5
39. Rb4 Kd5 40. h4 {A Zugzwang position had been achieved in
which White had to give ground somewhere. The text cedes Black
more light-squared territory on the kingside (which is soon
invaded by Black's king) but 40 Rb6 shed a pawn after 40...h4
41 gxh4 gxh4 42 Bxh4 Kxc5 and ...Rxh3. There was even a way
for White to lose a piece by 40 Rd4+ Kxc5 41 Rxe4+? Rxf2+.}
40...gxh4 41. gxh4 Rh3 42. Rd4+ Ke5 43. Rd8 Bd5 {'The win is
not too difficult now; in spite of annoying checks the black
army, now welded into a homogeneous whole, creeps ever nearer'
(Nimzowitsch)} 44. Re8+ Be6 45. Rd8 Kf4 46. Rf8+ Bf5 47. Rf7
Rh2 48. Re7 Bg4+ 49. Ke1 Kf3 50. Rf7+ Kg2 51. Kd2 Kf1 52. Ke3
Bf3 53. Bg3 Rxb2 54. Bd6 Rb3+ 55. Kd4 Kf2 56. Rg7 e3 57. Bg3+
Kf1 58. Rf7 e2 59. Re7 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "Arnstadt, Germany"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "H Hage"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} f5 2.e3 d6 3.Bd3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5
5.Bb5 c6 6.Qxd8 Kxd8 7.Bc4 Bd6 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Nc3 {A better line
of play would be a4 with b3 and Bb2 or Ba3.} Ke7 10.a3 Rd8
11.Bd2 b5 12.Ba2 a5 13.O-O b4 14.Nb1 c5 15.Bc4 e4 16.Ng5 Ba6
17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.axb4 axb4 19.Rxa6 Nxa6 {Black's blockade shows
the same component parts as in the preceeding game, namely the
d-file, the central square e5 and the qualatative majority on
the K side. Added to this there is the Q side, which is
threatening in a blockading sense.} 20.c3 h6 21.Nh3 Ng4 22.g3
Ne5 23.Kg2 g5 24.Bc1 b3 25.Nd2 c4 26.Ng1 Nc5 27.Ne2 Rg8 28.Nd4
f4 {If now 29 exf4 gxf4 30 Re1 then e3 31 fxe3 fxg3.} 29.Nf5
Ke6 30.Nxd6 f3 31.Kg1 Kxd6 {The White position now looks
hopeless.} 32.Rd1 Ke6 33.Nb1 Ncd3 34.Na3 Kd5 35.Nb5 Rb8 36.Na3
Ra8 37.h3 Kc5 38.Kf1 Nxc1 {This leads to an immediate win.}
39.Rxc1 Nd3 40.Rb1 Nxb2 41.Rxb2 Rxa3 42.Rb1 b2 {A geniune
blockade-game with a blockading net covering both wings as
well as the center. Without belittling the operations on the
wings, we feel inclined to attach greater importance to the
central manouvers around e5 and d3 : the blockade no doubt
originated in the center.} 0-1

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover DEU"]
[Date "1926.08.09"]
[EventDate "1926.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Hans Duhm"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.c4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} 1...e6 2.e4 c5 {Better was 2...d5
3.cxd5 exd5 4.exd5 Nf6} 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 {It is better
4...Nf6} 5.Nf3 g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.dxc5 dxc5 {If 7...Bxc3 8.bxc3
dxc5 9.Qxd8 Kxd8 10.Ne5 with white advantage. And if 9...Nxd8
10.a4 and 11.Be3, comfortably putting pressure on the enemy
queenside.} 8.Qxd8 Kxd8 9.e5 h5 {Black should have played
9...f6, to eliminate the blocking e-pawn. Black's plan to put
a knight in f5 and to establish on the other hand a blockade
is impracticable because a fast white attack does not leave
him time for maneuvers.} 10.Be3 b6 11.O-O-O Ke7 12.Bf2 {All
the diagonal will be occupied with decisive effects.} 12...Nh6
13.Bh4 Kf8 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Be4 {the decisive effect of this
bishop in the great diagonal is due to the fact that black is
private to oppose a rook in the d-column} 15...Na5 16.Bxb7
Nxb7 17.Rd7 Rb8 18.Rhd1 Kg8 19.Be7 {In order to play Ng5
without blocking the Bishop.} 19...Nf5 20.Ng5 Re8 21.Bf6 Bxf6
22.exf6 Na5 23.Rd8 {Initiating a mating attack} 23...Kf8
24.R1d7 Nh6 25.Nce4 Nc6 26.Rxf7 Nxf7 27.Nxe6 Kg8 28.Rxe8 Kh7
29.N4g5 Nxg5 30.Nxg5 Kh6 31.Rxh8# 1-0

[Event "Tournament "]
[Site "Trentschin-Teplitz"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Amos Pokorny"]
[Black "Karel Hromadka"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 {Notes translated from Deutsche Schachzeitung, Dec 1926}
Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qxb3 7.axb3
{White's pawn structure is offset by the open a-file.} 7...Bd7
8.Bf4 Na6 9.e3 Nb4 10.Kd1 Ne4 {Development with e6 was
preferable.} 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Nd5 {Black may have feared
that after 12...Bc6, 13.Bg3 followed by 14.Nc4, his Q Bishop
would be compromised by Ne5 or Na5. Consequently he tries to
isolate the White Bishop and hopes to generate counterplay
with the pawn sac.} 13.Nxe4 Nxf4 14.exf4 O-O-O {threatens
15...Bc6, 15...Bf5 and 15...Bg4+ followed by the pawn capture
on d4} 15.Kd2 {! 15.Rxa7 Kb8 followed by 16...Bc6} 15...Kb8
16.Ke3 e6 17.Ng5 Be8 18.Bc4 g6 {To prevent f5, eliminating
White's doubled pawn.} 19.Rhd1 {Had White suspected the
complexities to follow, he might have played h4 after which
his position is secure} 19...h6 20.Nf3 Bg7 {! With the
uncomfortable threat of Bc6.} 21.g3 g5 22.fxg5 hxg5 23.Nxg5
Bh6 24.h4 {An unexpected move, but after f4, Black takes the
Knight and picks off the rook pawn.} 24...f6 {better to first
force White's Queen Bishop to retreat with 24...b5} 25.f4 fxg5
26.hxg5 Bg7 27.Bxe6 Rh2 28. f5 {28.g4 or d5 were preferable as
the white King now gets into trouble.} 28...Bh5 {! Threatening
mayhem with Re2+.} 29.f6 Re2+ 30.Kf4 Rxe6 31.Rh1 Rd4+ 32.Kf5
Bg4+ 33.Kg6 {the King is a fighting piece!} 33...Bf8 {Black
has a couple of extra Bishops. However, the white King is
extremely powerful working with its pair of advance passed
pawns. Black must play very precisely.} 34.Rh8 Re8 {Black
wants to answer Kf7 and g6 with Rdd8 followed by Be6 mate, but
he would have been better advised to play 34...Rd8
immediately. 35.Ra4 could then be answered with 35...Bd1 and
35.Kf7 answered with 35...Red6; 36.g6? R6d7 followed by mate;
36.Rxf8? R6d7+ followed by Rxf8} 35.Ra4 {!} Rxa4 36.bxa4 Rc8
{36...Be6 seems to salvage a draw, eg: 37.f7 Rc8 38.Kf6 Bb3
(not 38...Bg7+ 39.Kxg7 Rxh8 40.g6!! [not 40. Kxh8 Bxf7 41.Kh7
Bb3 42. g6 Bc2 43.Kh6 Bxa4 44.g7 Bb3 with a draw] and Black
must give up his pieces for the two advance pawns with the
remaining g-pawn winning for White) 39. Rxf8! Rxf8 40.g6 Rc8
41.Ke7 (if 41.g7? Rc6+ wins) Rc7+ etc } 37.Rxf8 {!} Rf8 {Black
has a Rook and a Bishop for three pawns!} 38.Kg7 Rd8 {? Rc8
was the last chance for a draw - Black is now lost} 39.f7 a5
40.g6 {! 40.f8=Q Rxf8 41.Kxf8 Bd1 42. g6 Bxa4 43.g7 Bb3
44.g8=Q Bxg8 followed by b5 draws} 40...Bh5 {if the Rook was
on c8, the Bishop could move to b3 via d1 with the Rook giving
protected checks} 41.Kh6 Rh8+ 42.Kg5 {! Black must lose Rook
and Bishop for the two advanced pawns leaving a simple pawn
ending for White to win. A remarkable and highly interesting
game notwithstanding the mistakes.} 1-0

[Event "27th Western Chess Assoc Ch"]
[Site "Chicago, USA"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[EventDate "1926.08.21"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Adolf Jay Fink"]
[Black "Abraham Kupchik"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 {"How I Should Have Lost." by A.J. Fink. --- Here is a
game from the Masters' Tournament, Chicago, 1926. In this
tournament, anyone making forty per cent or better could win
the title of master. Having a score of 5-7, I crept in by a
narrow margin. However, I believe such a title should be
continued to those who follow their indoor sport for a
living.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3
d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Nd7 {or Black can continue 8... b5} 9. Be3
Bf6 10. Bc2 Re8 11. h3 Nf8 12. Kh2 d5 {Opening up the game
with a slight advantage for black.} 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 Bf5
15. Nbd2 Rad8 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nfg5 {Threatening 18.Bb3}
17... Bg6 18. Qf3 {Again the same threat.} 18... Ne6 {The best
reply.} 19. h4 Nxg5 20. hxg5 Bf8 21. g4 Ne7 22. Kg2 Qc6
23. Rh1 Nd5 24. Kg3 {If 24. Rad1 Nb4 25. Bb1 Nxd3 26. Bxd3
Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Bxe4 etc.} 24... Nb4 25. Bb3 {The beginning of a
splendid combination.} 25... Nxd3 26. Rxh7 {Certainly a daring
conception as black can capture with king or bishop.} 26.Nf4
27. Rah1 {If 27. Rh4 Bxe4 28. Rah1 Ne2+} 27... Bxh7 28. Rxh7
Kxh7 {If 28... Qg6 29. Rh4!} 29. Bxf7 g6 {Here black misses
the right defence: 29... Re6!, hence the title!} 30. Bxe8 Rxe8
31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Qxc6 bxc6 33. Nxe8 Ne6 34. Nf6 Bd6 35. Kf3
Kg7 36. Nd7 Nf8 37. Nb8 a5 38. a4 c5 39. Nc6 Kf7 40. Nxa5 Ke6
41. Ke4 Nd7 42. Nc6 Nb6 43. a5 Na8 44. c4 {Zugzwang} 1-0

[Event "Merano"]
[Site "Merano"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Antonio C Sacconi"]
[Black "Stefano Rosselli del Turco"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Qb3 b4 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. O-O Be7 {...} 1-0

[Event "Merano"]
[Site "Merano"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antonio C Sacconi"]
[Black "Ernst Gruenfeld"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. e3 Qa5
7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. O-O Ng6 13. Bg3 Be6 14. Nb3 Qd8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 {...}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Merano"]
[Site "Merano"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antonio C Sacconi"]
[Black "Remo Calapso"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nf6
7. e3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b5 9. axb5 cxb5 10. b3 Nd5 11. Ba5 Qd6
12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. O-O O-O 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 {...}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Merano"]
[Site "Merano"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Benno de Alimonda"]
[Black "Antonio C Sacconi"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 d4 6. a3 Ba5
7. b4 dxc3 8. bxa5 Qxa5 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qg3 e5
12. Ne2 Nxc5 13. O-O Nxd3 14. cxd3 h5 15. Rac1 h4 16. Qf3
{...} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Masters"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hermanis Karlovich Mattison"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3
7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Qe5+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 d5 11.Bf4 c6
12.Be5 Be6 13.O-O f6 14.Bg3 Bc5 15.Rfe1 Kf7 {Incomplete game
score. Further moves unavailable.} 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet, HUN"]
[Date "1927.06.27"]
[EventDate "1927.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Przepiorka"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7
5. Qc2 Bb4 6. a3 {This move looks very much like the loss of a
tempo. Why not 6 g3.} Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 {Better than 7...Ne4 at
once, e.g. : 8 Qc2 d6 9 g3 Nd7 10 Bg2 and in view of the
threatened Ng5 Black would be forced to play the defensive and
uninviting 10...Rb8; the transition to the second phase of the
opening must not be too sudden.} 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Qe7 10. O-O
O-O 11. b4 {Only now ids the proper time!} Ne4 12. Qc2 f5
13. Ng5 Ndf6 14. Nxe4 {Preferable would be 14 f3 Nxg5 15 Bxg5
e5 16 e3 with drawing chances.} Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. f3 Nf6
17. Bb2 Rf7 {But not 17...a5 18 Bc3 and Black would only have
committed himself needlessly.} 18. Rac1 {Correct was Rf2.}
Raf8 19. Qd3 h5 20. e4 {If this were feasible, Black's
preventive scheme (Rf7 and Raf8 would have been useless. But
the move is not playable, and the f-file which he opens so
lightheartedly makes short work of his chances. A little
better would be 20 e3 though White would still be at a
disadvantage after 20...h4 21 Kg2 Nh5.} fxe4 21. fxe4 Ng4 {The
execution so kindly predicted in the preceding note now
begins.} 22. h3 Nf2 23. Qe2 Nxh3+ 24. Kh1 Qg5 25. Rxf7 Rxf7
26. Qg2 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Qe3 {In order to understand this game as
a whole, it is necessary to grasp the connection between
Black's waiting moves (7, 17, and 18) were made, so to speak,
only so that the powerful 19...h4 should gain in
effect. Viewed in this light, the enormous power of this move
becomes clear. A victory of alternating strategy applied to
the opening.} 0-1

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet, HUN"]
[Date "1927.07.12"]
[EventDate "1927.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Karl Gilg"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {This
line was strongly recommended in Chess Praxis where
Nimzowitsch writes of 'the triumph of the bizarre and ugly
move' (Siegeszug being translated as 'triumph', but it
actually means triumph in the sense of a Roman triumph --
perhaps 'victory march' is a better translation). This game is
an amusing example of the victory march in progress. Note that
this move seems to plan the exchange of bishop for knight at
great speed. } 3...Qc7 {Modern theory centres around 3...g6,
which gives Black about equal chances.} 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 {A
change of heart? } 5...Nf6 6. Qe2 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 cxd4
{Better 8...d6. Now Black is in a bad way. } 9. cxd4 Nxd4
10. Nxd4 exd4 11. e5 d3 {Or 11...Nd5 12 e6 fxe6 13 Qxe6 Nb6 14
Bg5 Qd8 15 Bxe7 Nxa4 16 Qb3 Qxe7 17 Qxa4. } 12. Qe3 Nd5
13. Qg3 g6 14. Bb3 Nb4 15. Bxf7+ Kd8 16. Bh6 Nc2 17. Nc3 Nd4
{If 17...Nxa1 then 18 Nd5 Qc6 19 Be3 d6 20 Bb6+ Kd7 21 e6
mate. } 18. Qxd3 Qxe5 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Rxe7 {20...Kxe7 21 Nd5+
or 20...Qxe7 21 Qxd4.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York City, NY USA"]
[Date "1927.02.19"]
[EventDate "1927.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5
exd5 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bd3 Nbc6 7. h3 Be6 8. O-O Qd7 9. Bf4 Bxc3
10. bxc3 f6 {In order to safeguard the B against a possible
Ng5 - the prophylactic meaning of 7...Be6 is thus clear. White
now tried an attack on the open b-file, but it is not
surprising that it failed, on account of the dynamic weakness
of the double complex.} 11. Rb1 g5 12. Bg3 O-O-O {Looks risky,
but is part of the plan initiated on the 9th move.} 13. Qe2
Rde8 {Not ...Rdg8 because a flank attack is best undermined by
a concentration in the center and not by a counter-attack on
the wing.} 14. Rfe1 Nf5 15. Bxf5 {The move 15 Ba6 proves
insufficient after ...bxa6.} Bxf5 16. Qb5 Nd8 17. Qc5 b6
18. Qa3 Kb7 19. Qb3 Nc6 {Already a blockader makes for c4
where it will demonstrate the weakness of the doubled pawn.}
20. Nd2 Na5 21. Qb2 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Qb1
Kc8 {Here ...Qe2 was also good.} 25. Qd1 Qe6 26. Nb3 Nc4
27. Nd2 Na3 28. Nf1 Nxc2 {Now Black has an ending with a pawn
plus but bishops of opposite colors, and many of the onlookers
prognasticated a draw.} 29. Qh5 Bd3 30. Qd1 {Not ...Qe2 at
once because of Qxe2 and Ne3.} Qe4 31. Nd2 {If 31 f3 then
...Qe2 is sound.} Qe2 32. Qxe2 Bxe2 33. f4 Na3 34. fxg5 fxg5
35. Kf2 Bh5 36. Be5 g4 37. hxg4 Bxg4 38. Ke3 Bf5 39. Bg7 Be6
40. Bf8 Nb5 41. Nb1 a5 {Here 41...Bf5 was also playable: 42 a4
Bxb1 43 axb5 Ba2 44 Kf4 Bc4 45 Ke5 Kd7 46 Bb4 c6 47 bxc6+ Kxc6
and the king migrates to b3.} 42. Kd2 {A winning line, not
unlike that shown in the preceeding note would be : 42 Kf4 Bf7
43 a4 Bg6 44 axb5 Bxb1 45 Kxe5 Ba2 46 Ke6 Bc4 with ...Kg7 and
...c6, etc.} Bf5 43. Na3 Nxa3 44. Bxa3 Bb1 45. Bf8 Bxa2
46. Bg7 Bb1 47. Ke3 Kb7 48. Bf6 Ka6 49. Kd2 {If 49 Bd8 Black
has a win the K penetrating to b3, e.g. : 49 Bd8 Kb5 50 Bxc7
Kc4 51 Bxb6 a4 with ...Kb3 and wins as the a-pawn cannot be
stopped. This variation shows the enduring weakness of the
dead and gone double complex. For in the passed a-pawn is
mirrored the weakness of the defunct White a-pawn, and in the
blocked long diagonal a1-f6 is manifested , in memorium, the
obstructive effect of the pawn formation c3 and d4. White
might have resigned here.} Be4 50. g3 Kb5 51. Kc1 Kc4 52. Kb2
c5 53. Be5 cxd4 54. Bxd4 b5 55. Bb6 a4 56. Ba5 d4 57. cxd4 b4
58. Bb6 a3+ 59. Ka2 Kb5 60. Bc5 Ka4 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York City, NY USA"]
[Date "1927.02.24"]
[EventDate "1927.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2
Qe7 {This innovation, introduced by the author, does not in
any way indicate an early commitment to a particular line of
opening: the queen is well placed at e7 in any case- Indian or
Dutch.} 5. Nc3 {Slightly better would be 5 g3} O-O 6. e3 d6
{Black is still at the crossroads between Dutch (b6 and Bb7)
and Indian (c5 or e5 with Nc6) the decision is taken on the
next move.} 7. Be2 {He foregoes 7 Bd3 which must come as a
success for Black's alternating policy. If 7 Bd3 e5.} b6
8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rad1 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Be1 f5
{He turns completely Dutch.} 13. Qb3 {The idea of this
slightly puzzling move is to keep his e-pawn covered, e.g.,
after Nd2, ...Nxd2, Rxd2, ...Qg5, f3 and the e-pawn is
covered.} c5 {With this move the dutch formation is completed
: point e4, and the pawn at c5 for attack or defence,
(stopping White's c5.)} 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. f3 g5 {Black's task is now to manage his wing attack in
such a way that his opponent cannot in the meantime break
through on the d-file.} 18. Bf2 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Rae8 20. Qa4 Ba8
21. Rd6 {Insufficient would be the sacrifice of the exchange
by 21 Rd7 Nxd7 22 Rxd7 because of ...Qf6 23 Qxa7 and now
simply ...h6.} Qg7 22. Bf1 {A better defence is available by
22 Be1, e.g. : 22...e4 23 Bc3 or if 22...g4 23 fxg4 Nxg4 24
Rd7 Qg5 25 Bxg4 Qxg4 26 Qc2.} e4 23. Be1 exf3 24. Bc3 {Now
this digression comes too late as the pretty play
demonstrates.} Qe7 {Now 25. Bxf6 would lead to mate;
25...Qxe3+ 26 Kh1 fxg2+ with ...Qe1+.} 25. R6d3 fxg2 26. Bxg2
Bxg2 27. Bxf6 {If 27 Kxg2 Qe4+ with a short and decisive
attack.} Qe4 28. R1d2 Bh3 29. Bc3 Qg4+ {And mate in two.} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York City, NY USA"]
[Date "1927.03.01"]
[EventDate "1927.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch. A game illustrating the small
(restricted) center .} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 {Of
questionable value : on balance the increae in possible
resources resulting from this move is less than the danger of
the loosening it ocacasions. Generally speaking, of the
restricted center should be avoided. A wide and active center
could more easily absorb some weakness on the wings. The
restricted center is too passive in this respect.} 4. Bh4 b6
5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 {In order to
be able to play Bg3, without being exposed to an exchange by
...Na5; but 9 Qe2 and O-O-O with a K side attack looks much
more natural. The following opening is instructive on this
point : Black, Dr. Vidmar. 1 e3 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 b3 Bg4 4 Bb2
Nbd7 5 h3 (the present game, with colours reversed, has now
come about) 5...Bh5 6 Be2 e6 7 Ne5 Bxe2 8 Qxe2 Bd6 9 Nxd7 Qxd7
10 c4 c6 11 O-O O-O-O 12 Nc3 Bc7 13 d4 h5 14 c5 g5 15 b4 h4 16
b5 Rdg8 and Vidmar won by a direct K side attack.} c5 10. O-O
Nc6 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ba6 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. e4
Bxa6 {Because he has at his disposal a manouver which is to
prove the weakness of the White squares to be illusory. Much
weaker would be 15...e5, because of 16 d5 with possibilities
on either flank.} 16. Qxa6 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rd7 18. b4 Rad8
19. Qe2 {The queen retires voluntarily.} Ne7 20. Re1 Ng6
21. g3 Rc8 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Nb3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qb7 {White has
achieved nothing at all.} 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Rc1 Rc7 27. Rxc7
Qxc7 28. Nfd2 Qc3 29. Qa6 Qc7 30. Qe2 Qc3 31. Qa6 Qc7 {Typical
of the restricted center were the slow evolutions of the major
pieces on inner lines (moves 16, 17, 18, 21 and 26 by Black.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York City, NY USA"]
[Date "1927.03.13"]
[EventDate "1927.02.19"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3
Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Nge2 c5 {A possibility favoured
by Nimzowitsch as Black in such positions, e.g. his game
versus Duras from San Sebastian 1912, was 7...Qa6. Capablanca
had borrowed that idea to beat Atkins at London 1922. }
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Ne7 10. Na4 Qc6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qc7
13. f4 Nf5 {It is rather amusing to compare this with the
Vajda-Nimzowitsch game.} 14. c3 Nc6 15. Rad1 g6 16. g4 {?
Creating a permanent weakness. Better is 16 Bf2. } 16...Nxe3
17. Qxe3 h5 18. g5 O-O 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Rf2 Rfc8 21. a3 Rc7
22. Rd3 Na5 23. Re2 Re8 24. Kg2 Nc6 25. Red2 Rec8 26. Re2 Ne7
27. Red2 Rc4 {!} 28. Qh3 Kg7 29. Rf2 a5 30. Re2 Nf5 {!}
31. Nxf5+ gxf5 32. Qf3 Kg6 33. Red2 Re4 34. Rd4 Rc4 35. Qf2
Qb5 36. Kg3 Rcxd4 37. cxd4 Qc4 38. Kg2 b5 39. Kg1 b4 40. axb4
axb4 41. Kg2 Qc1 42. Kg3 Qh1 43. Rd3 Re1 44. Rf3 Rd1 45. b3
Rc1 {! Zugzwang. } 46. Re3 Rf1 {One might suppose from this
game that Capablanca had carefully read My System and then
used all the theories contained therein against their
inventor!} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York City, NY USA"]
[Date "1927.03.17"]
[EventDate "1927.02.19"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6
5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 {To establish at c4.} Nbd7
8. Nc4 Nb6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Ne3 {Planning a4-a5 and to post the
knight anew at c4. Black would have done better to exchange
knights on his ninth move. White now gets the advantage.} O-O
11. Bd3 Nh5 12. O-O Be5 13. a4 Nf4 14. a5 Nd7 15. Nc4 Nxd3
16. Qxd3 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. f4 {The prelude to a complicated
attacking operation which was the more unexpected since Ne4
gave a good game without any effort. But for once I wanted to
go in for a combination.} Bd4+ 19. Be3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nf6
21. Qb3 {! White gets compensation for the d-pawn. Note,
'inter alia' that Black's queen-side is difficult to develop.}
Rxd5 {The answer to ...Nxd5 would have been Rae1!! for ...Be6
would have been prevented because of Bxc5. Black would then
have been quite helpless, and White could have won by, e.g.,
Bd2 followed by the doubling of the rooks on the e-file.}
22. f5 {!} gxf5 23. Bg5 {There is a peculiar point to this
move. If that is to say, 23...Be6, and it is with this parry
that White has above all things to reckon, then 24 Qxb7
(threatening Bxf6 and the win of a piece) Rc8 25 Rae1! and the
bishop must give up the defence of either of the rooks on
which Bxf6 would lead to the win of whichever is left
defenceless.} Rd4 24. Nb6+ c4 25. Qc3 axb6 26. Qxd4 Kg7
27. Rae1 {The quickest road to the win.} bxa5 28. Re8 {!
Violent but intelligible.} Qxe8 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Bh6 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York City, NY USA"]
[Date "1927.03.23"]
[EventDate "1927.02.19"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 {A draw was
sufficient for White, whilst Black had to play for a win.} Nf6
4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Be7 {Here 6...b6 would please us
more.} 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 d5 {Here also we should have
preferred ...b6.} 9. exd6 {A possible continuation was 9 Bd3
O-O 10 Qc2 g6 11 h4.} Qxd6 10. Be2 {With hanging pawns the
bishop must be played to Be2 and not to d3.} O-O 11. O-O Nd7
12. a4 {The "limited" initiative directed against the pawn,
which will presently be posted at b6.} Qc7 13. Qb3 b6 14. c4
Bb7 15. a5 Bf6 {On 15...bxa5 the sequel would have been, 16
Bf4 Qb6 17 Qa4 with a double attack on a5 and d7.} 16. axb6
axb6 17. Be3 h6 18. h3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 {This move, in effect,
gains a whole tempo. Black cannot accept the pawn sacrifice
which this move involves without foregoing all his chances,
e.g. : 19...Rxa1 20 Rxa1 Bxf3 21 Bxf3 Qxc4 22 Qxc4 Rxc4 23
Ra8+ Nf8 24 d5 and White has full command of the game.} Rcb8
20. Rxa8 Rxa8 {The two moves by the rook (...Rcb8 and ...Rxa1)
gave white the tempo mentioned above.} 21. Nd2 Be7 22. Bf3 Ra3
23. Qb2 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Ra5 25. Qd2 Ba3 26. Rc2 Bd6 27. Rc1 Ba3
28. Rc2 Bd6 29. Rc1 Qa7 30. Qd3 Ra3 31. Qe4 {The central
hegemony established herewith is in full logical agreement
with the course of the game. It will not have escaped the
thoughtful reader that the wing attack initiated by White (a4,
a5, axb6) has only resulted in Black assuming the offensive
himself in that quarter. The attack thus passing over to the
enemy could be explained only by mistakes on the part of
White, or else by the fact that White's attack had no
justification. But in reality neither is the case and White
played the attack correctly and had good reasons for
attacking. Only in this way could the stability of the White
hanging pawns be preserved. Therefore Black -'sit venia verbo'
- must have usurped the attack on the extreme wing, which
would only be done by giving up other important territory,
namely, the center. On this basis, White's hegemony in the
center can be understood. The conclusion is logically
convincing.} Nf6 32. Qc6 Rxe3 33. Qxd6 {Black's operation on
the Q wing were conducted with the outmost energy but were
parried by cool-headed play in the center : wing operations
and central manouvers kept the balance. Concerning the
acceptance of the sacrifice, the following variation is
informative : 33fxe3 Qa3 34 Re1 Bg3 35 Rf1 Qxe3+ 36 Kh1 Ne4
with the main threat of ...Bf4. A game very soundly played by
both sides.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1927.10.18"]
[EventDate "1927.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.c4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 c5 {Since e5 did
not seem to be dangerous.} 4.g3 {There was also to be
considered 4 Nf3 Nc6 5 d4 csd4 6 Nxd4 Bb4 7 Qd3 {Bogolyubov's
suggestion).} d5 5.e5 d4 6.exf6 dxc3 7.dxc3 {An interesting
idea. He, so to speak, sacrifices a pawn, in that he makes his
pawn majority on the queen side of no value; but he hopes, by
occupying certain central points, to be able to bring
counter-pressure to bear. Cf. the next note.} Qxf6 8.Nf3 h6
9.Bg2 Bd7 {!} 10.Nd2 {White's command of the diagonal g2 to b7
coupled with that of the point e4 is no small embarrasment to
Black. If now 10...Qe5+? then 11 Ne4 and 12 Bf4.} Bc6 11.Ne4
Qg6 12.Qe2 Be7 {Not 12...f5 because of the reply 13 Bf3
followed by Nd2 and Black's e5 will remain a weak point.}
13.O-O O-O 14.h4 {An ingenious move, which, however, brings
about a disturbance of the equilibrium which up to now may be
said to have existed. Better was 14 f4! Nd7 15 Bd2 Kh8! 16
Rae1 Nf6 17 Bc1. After the text move the balance weoghs in
Black's favor.} f5 15.Nd2 Bxg2 {Not 15...Bxh4 because of 16
Nf3!} 16.Kxg2 Nc6 17.Nf3 f4 {Otherwise Bf4 and the balance is
readjusted.} 18.Re1 Rf6 19.Qe4 {the game is already lost for
White, for the occupation of the point e4 which seems to
consolidate the position proves to be deceptive. White's g3 is
in fact sick unto death.} fxg3 20.fxg3 Bd6 21.g4 Qxe4 22.Rxe4
Raf8 23.Re3 Rf4 24.g5 {24 Rxe6 Rxg4+ 25 Kf2 Ne5 would lead to
a debacle.} Rg4+ 25.Kh1 {Or 25 Kf2 Ne5 26 Ke2 Rg2+ 27 Kf1 Rg3
winning a piece.} hxg5 26.hxg5 Kf7 27.Ng1 {If 27 g6+ Kf6 (not
...Ke7 because of 28 Nh2 Rh8 29 Re2 Rgh4?? 30 Bg5+.} Rh8+
28.Nh3 Ke7 29.b3 Bf4 30.Rf3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Morrison"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch. This game is an example of
overprotection.} e6 2. g3 {Tartakower's interesting
suggestion.} d5 3. Nc3 {More obvious was Bg2 with d3. At c3
the knight is subject to molestation.} Nc6 4. exd5 {d3 and Bg2
would still have been better.} exd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. a3 Qd7 7. Bg2
O-O-O {The d-pawn is covered indirectly, e.g. : 8 Nxd5 Qe6+ 9
Ne3 Nxd4; or 8 Bxd5 Nf6 9 Bxc6 Qxc6 with a superior attacking
game.} 8. Nge2 Nce7 {The following are the component parts of
the strange-looking line of play : (1) e4 clearly must be
looked upon as a strategically important point (= an outpost
on the e-file), (2) consequently the d-pawn which supports
this point is valuable. Over-protection of this valuable pawn
is therefore in keeping with our stratagem of
over-protection. The question arises (3) will the Kt which is
to occupy e4 be able to maintain itself there? It must be
recognized already that such is the case (compare Black's 12th
move). Much weaker at this stage would be 8...Nf6 because of 9
Bg5.} 9. Nf4 Nf6 {Now Bg5 can no longer be played.} 10. h3 h5
11. Nd3 Ne4 12. Be3 {Now White threatens exchanges followed by
Nc5. The prospects of the knight on outpost duty appear to
have shrunk alarmingly, in fact, the whole system 8...Nce7
appears to be practically refuted. But No, it is not so.} Nxc3
{The knight inflicts a gaping wound, namely, the doubled pawns
at c2 and c3; White's open file is more or less of no value
and he will be slowly crushed to death. The knight on e4 has
succeeded in maintaining his position, though not in a literal
sense (compare note to move 8).} 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Nb4 Be6
15. Qe2 Na5 16. h4 c6 17. O-O Bd6 18. Nd3 Bg4 {In control of a
tremendously powerful point at c4 and with an excellent
development, Black now opes the attack on his opponent's
weakened K side.} 19. Bf3 {There is scarcely anything better.}
Rde8 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Qd1 Nc4 {Avoiding the trap 21...Bxg3 22
Nc5 and wins.} 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 g5 24. hxg5 Qf5 25. Ng2
Qxg5 26. f4 {If 26 Nh4 Rxh4 27 gxh4 Qxh4 28 Re1 Rh8 29 Kf1
Qh1+ 30 Ke2 Qf3+ etc. Note the effect of the Kt at c4.} Qh5
27. Kf2 {Black had expected 27 Re1 and had prepared the pretty
reply 27...Re3 e.g. 28 Nxe3 Qh1+ and Rh2+.} Nd6 {Abandons his
output for an even stronger one at e4.} 28. Nh4 Ne4+ {If Kg2
...Nxg3 is immediately decisive.} 0-1

[Event "Niendorf, Germany"]
[Site "Niendorf, Germany"]
[Date "1927.08.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Lajos Steiner"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 d6
5.d4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Qd3 Nd7 8.Be3 exd4 9.Bxd4 {Black's
difficulty is not so much the problem of the pawn-center as
the fact that White's centralized bishop keeps the g-pawn
under fire.} f6 {? The move appears to us to be the decisive
mistake. The correct continuation was 9...Nc5 at once, e.g.,
10 Qe2 Ne6 11 O-O-O Be7 12 Nd5 O-O 13 Bc3 Re8 followed by
...Bf8 with entirely sufficient central effect. Or else
12...Bxd5 (instead of O-O) 13 exd5 Nxd4 14 Nxd4 O-O with
...Bf6 and Black has a good game.} 10.Nh4 {A diversion in no
way premature.} Nc5 11.Qe2 Ne6 12.Nf5 {Now Black can longer
obtain a satisfactory development; e.g., 12...Be7? 13 Nd5 Bxd5
14 exd5 Nxd4 15 Nxd4 with decisive control of e6.} Qd7 {Futile
would be 12...g6 because of 13 O-O-O Kf7 14 Qc4.} 13.O-O {Not
merely a developing but also a waiting move. for Black is in
all circumstances compelled to create a new weakness if he
wishes to arrive at a reasonable development, and White van
afford to wait until Black decides to play ...a6 or
...b6. Therefore 13 O-O, which looks like a developing move,
was in a reality a tentative waiting move} b6 {The alternative
13...a6 also had its drawbacks. Entirely bad, however, would
be : 13...O-O-O, e.g. : 14 Bxa7 b6 15 a4 Kb7 16 a5 Kxb7 17
axb6+ Kb8 18 Ra7 Bb7 (the only move) 19 Rxb7+ Kxb7 20 Ra1 cxb6
21 Qa6+ Kc6 22 Qb5+ Kb7 23 Qd5+ Qc6 24 Ra7+ and wins. Instead
of creating a weakness by ...a6 or ...b6 a Steinitz would no
doubt have tried 13...Be7, e.g. : 14 Nd5 Bd8 15 c4 O-O 16 Bc3
Re8 and the black position is terribly constricted, yet not
easy to undermine.} 14.a4 {Now everything is set.} a5 15.Nd5
Nxd4 {If 15...O-O-O 16 Bxb6.} 16.Nxd4 Bb7 17.Ne6 Rc8 18.Qh5+
g6 19.Nxf6+ Kf7 20.Nxd7 gxh5 21.Ndxf8 {It is clear that
Black's game could have been held, as shown by 9...Nc5 and
perhaps later even with 13...Be7 and 14...Bd8 (though this
required the defensive powers of a Steinitz). Also 10...Ne5
possessed strength. Giving up the center is not necessarily a
catastrophe.} 1-0

[Event "Composition"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Systemsson"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {AN INGENIOUS EXAMPLE OF MY SYSTEM by Aaron Nimzowitsch -
Anderssen started the sacrificial style, Morphy and Gruenfeld
the pure attacking style, Steinitz the positional style,
Tarrasch the scientific style, Lasker the style of styles,
Capablanca the mechanical style, Alekhine a style as brilliant
as sunlight. But it is a generally known fact that originality
and modernism were introduced by me as my own personal
inventions and enthusiastically imitated (without being fully
understood) by the whole world of chess. For the ridiculously
small sum of ten marks, the reader can confirm all this in my
monumental work, My System, published by B. Kagan. Before my
time, chess was so naive and undistinguished! One or two
brutal opening moves, each one involving a vulgar, obvious
threat, a common, banal sacrifice, a painfully elementary,
bestially raw checkmate - such, more or less, was the course
of chess games before my heyday set in. Then I appeared on the
scene and the chess world paid heed. The hegemony of matter
was shattered at a stroke and the era of the spiritual
began. Under my creative guidance, the chessmen, hitherto
nothing but highwaymen, pirates and butcher boys, became
sensitive artists and subtle instruments of immeasurable
profundity. But why waste words!--accompany me, dear reader to
the dizzy heights of the following game.} e6 2.h4 $1 {My very
oldest and latest thought in this opening. To the chess addict
nurtured on spineless convention, this move comes like a slap
in the face--but calm down, dear reader; after all, you cannot
be expected to understand such moves. (Forgive me - it is not
your fault, until now no one has opened your eyes and ears.)
Wait just a little while, and there will pass before you a
miracle of overprotection of more than earthly beauty. (I
assume that I rightly surmise that you are quite familiar with
my great theory of overprotection.)} 2...d5 { Black of course
has no suspicion of What is coming and continues serenely in
classical style. } 3.e5 $1 {A move of elemental delicacy. (We
detest, as a matter of principle, such words as "power" and
"strength"; in the first place, such banal expressions make us
uncomfortable; and, in the second place, we like even less the
brutalizing tendency which such words imply.) Wherein lies the
beauty of 3.e5? Why is this move so strong? The answer is as
simple as it is astonishing. The move is strong because it is
weak! Weak, that is, only in the traditional sense! In
reality, that is to say, it is not the move but the Pawn on e5
that is weak--a tremendous difference! In former times, it is
true, it was customary to reject any move which created a
weakness. Today, thanks to me, this view is obsolete. For,
look, my dear reader, the fact that the Pawn on e5 is weak
obliges White to protect the Pawn more and more until at last
the state of overprotection arises as it were of itself. But,
as we have seen (cf. My System), overprotection is practically
equivalent to victory. Hence it follows automatically that the
"weak" move, 3.e5, is a certain road to triumph. The rest is
more or less a matter of technique. } 3...c5 { All according
to a famous precedent.} 4.d4 {Here it is quite clear that it
is more profitable for White first to provoke c5 and then play
d4, rather than the other way round, which is the customary
course. For, if White first plays d4, there follows c5 and
White's d-pawn is under attack. But my clever transposition of
moves changes the situation completely. For now Black's c-pawn
is suddenly attacked by White's d-pawn!} 4...cxd4 {What else
can Black do?} 5.h5 $1 {All very clever, original and
decisive! Of course the ordinary run of people who envy my
every spark of genius but cannot follow my line of reasoning
for even three paces, outdo themselves in sneering at me with
the poison-dripping epithet, "bizarre." The text move creates
confusion in the whole Black army and prepares for the
annihilating invasion by the Queen 18 moves later.} 5...Qb6
{Naturally not 5...Nc6 6 Bb5! etc. Why should Black play the
French Defence only to allow the Ruy Lopez Bishop move after
all?!} 6.h6 $1 {An avaricious dullard would never hit on this
deeply conceived Pawn sacrifice.} 6...Nxh6 {After 6...gxh6,
White has an even more comfortable game.} 7.Qh5 $1 {The reason
for this becomes clear after next move.} 7...g6 {Black
threatens to begin a successful siege of the weakling at e5
with Bg7. But White forestalls this.} 8.Qh2 $1 {To every
fair-minded observer, this move must come as a revelation! All
the previous manoeuvres now become clear! White has completed
his development brilliantly and proceeds to overprotect
e5. Against this, Black is helpless.} 8...Nf5 9.Bd3 {Note the
splendid cooperation of White's forces: while the e-pawn and
the King Bishop completely blockade Black's position, the
development of the overprotective forces takes place behind
the broad backs of these sturdy blockaders.} 9...Nc6 10.Nf3
{As a rule this is a routine move. But here it is strikingly
original and as such occupies a place in the treasury of my
intellectual property.} 10...h5 {Old stuff!} 11.b3 {A deep
trap, as will soon become apparent!} 11...Bg7 {How Black must
have rejoiced when he anticipated his formidable opponent in
the occupation of the long diagonal. But...} 12.Bf4 $1 {...how
bitterly disappointed he must have been to realize that 11.b3
had only been a trap and Bb2 had not been intended at all. The
position of Black's Bishop at g7 is now quite
pointless. 11...Be7 would have been relatively better.}
12...Bd7 13.Nbd2 Rc8 {Black no longer has any good moves!}
14.Ke2 $1 {Again, an extraordinarily deep move. White sees
through Black's plans, and in addition he prepares a
particularly powerful continuation of his strategy of
overprotection.} 14...Nb4 {Just what White was waiting for.}
15.Ne1 $1 {This was the point of his previous move! Black is
now forced to exchange off the attacking Bishop at d3. But,
with that, even White's King Knight enters the fray with
fearful effect at d3, while the square f3 becomes available to
the Queen Knight. Surely a grandiose piece of strategy. The
fact is that I'm a marvellous player, even if the whole chess
world bursts with envy.} 15...Nxd3 16.Nxd3 $1 {Naturally not
16 cxd3? which would have been quite inconsistent. The Pawn on
c2 is unimportant, and Black only wastes precious time by
capturing it.} 16...Rxc2 17.Rae1 $1 {White continues his
overprotection without much ado.} 17...a5 {This counterattack
has no punch. Black would naturally like to get a passed Pawn
plus a Rook on the seventh, but it is too late for that.}
18.Kd1 $1 {Now the menaced Rook must scurry back, for capture
on a2 would be much too dangerous.} 18...Rc6 $1 {At last,
Black gets the right idea: overprotecting his Pawn at e6. But
it is already too late.} 19.Re2 Ke7 {Introduced into
tournament play by myself. See note to White's 14th move. The
King overprotects e6.} 20.Rhe1 Re8 $1 21.Nf3 $1 {Completing
the overprotection of e5 and thus deciding the fate of the
game. Black has no defence. Note the aesthetic effect created
by White's position.} 21...Bf8 {Now Black threatens to
complete the overprotection of e6 by playing Ng7. But White
has prepared a brilliant combination.} 22.g4 $1 {Much stronger
than the obvious Bg5+ etc.} 22...hxg4 23.Qh7 $1 {Now one
clearly realizes the masterly understanding of position which
went into White's eighth move (Qh2!).} 23...gxf3 {Had Black
continued overprotecting by 23...Ng7 there would have followed
24.Bg5+ f6 25.Bxf6+ Kf7 26.Ng5 mate. Black's basic error was
that he started overprotecting much too late.} 24.Bg5# {One of
my best games! I am proud of it if only because Herr
Systemsson is one of the strongest Scandinavian players. The
game made an overwhelming impression on the players and
spectators as well as on my opponent. The game has become
famous in Denmark as "the immortal overprotection game."} 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul F Johner"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7
5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 c5 {Black looks upon his
position in the center after 8 dxc5 ...Bxc5 is entirely
sound.} 8. O-O {In our game, Berlin, 1927, Bogoljubow
continued : 8 dxc5 bxc5 9 O-O Qc7 10 Qc2 O-O 11 Rad1 h6 (to
prevent the re-grouping Ng5 and later Nge4) (to prevent the
re-grouping Ng5 and later Nge4) 12 a3 Nc6 13 Rfe1 Rab8 14 Rb1
a5; but he already had to attend with 15 b3 to the weakness in
his Q side.} O-O 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Rfd1 h6 {He is in no hurry.}
11. Qe3 d6 12. dxc5 bxc5 {In spite being backward, the d-pawn
is obviously as sound as a bell.} 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qc6
15. Qf3 {He contests the beautiful long diagonal, but after
the exchange of queens, the Black king canparticipate in the
defence.} Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Rd8 17. Rd3 Nc6 18. Rad1 {This knight
will soon be relieved by the king.} Ne8 19. Ra3 {He only
pretends to attack; there is already threatened ...Rab8 and if
b3, ...a5, etc. Therefore the text move represents a fine
preventive manouver against the threat indicated.} a6 {To
preclude Ra6 once and for all.} 20. Nf4 Rdb8 21. Rd2 Rb4
22. Rc2 Kf8 23. e3 Ke7 24. h4 Nc7 25. Nd3 Rb7 26. Nd2 a5
27. f3 Nb4 28. Nxb4 Rxb4 {It is difficult to shape the course
of the attack as White consistently refused to play the
weakening b3. On the other hand, in course of times certain
weaknesses have developed on the other wing.} 29. Kf2 a4
30. Ke2 Kd7 31. Kd1 Kc6 32. Ne4 f5 33. Nf2 e5 34. Rd3 Rab8
35. Kc1 {White has defended himself skillfully.} Ne6 36. a3
Rb3 37. Rcd2 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Nc7 39. Kc2 Na8 {Intending ...Nb6
and ...d5.} 40. e4 Nb6 41. b3 axb3+ 42. Rxb3 Rf8 43. Rc3 Na4
44. Rd3 Nb6 45. Rc3 Na4 46. Rd3 Nb6 47. Rc3 {It was far from
the second players intention to play for a draw; but he
overlooked that the position had recurred three times. He
should have played ...g6 on the 45th move with a threat of
...h5 and ...f4. If White replies 46 Kb3 Rb8 47 Rd3 there
would follow ...fxe4 48 nxe4 d5 49 cxd5+ Nxd5+ 50 Kc4 (or 50
Kc2 c4) Nb6+ 51 Kc3 Na4+, but probably there is not more than
a draw in it. Throughout the game Black had the attack and the
more compact pawn formation : our stratagem has proved its
worth.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 {Before concluding this
discussion of Nimzowitsch's handling of the French Defence
from the Black side we must mention his original treatment of
the Orthodox variation -- which has points in common with his
own defence and his interpretation of the Winawer.} 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8 {!? This unusual move, or
rather the strategic conception underlying Nimzowitsch's
interpretation of this move, contains in itself the
quintessential Nimzowitschian paradox: provocation and
prevention, under one roof, as it were. White will naturally
wish to administer sharp punishment for the 'insult' involved
in returning the knight to its initial square,
e.g. Levy-Heidenfeld, Dublin 1968: 5...Ng8 6 Be3 b6 7
g4?!. But such violence may later react to White's
disadvantage, especially if he continues in like vein. As to
prophylaxis: with White's pawn chain established on dark
squares and with White in possession of a 'territorial plus'
on the kingside Black must over-protect the kingside light
squares (f5/g4/g6) to forestall a kingside pawn avalanche by
White along the lines of (eventually) f2-f4/g2-g4 and
f4-f5. Bizarre though it may appear 5...Ng8 achieves far more
in the direction of the said over-protection (since the knight
can redeploy via e7 or h6 to f5) than does 5...Nfd7. The
disadvantage, of course, is the 'anti-development' of a piece,
but so long as Black avoids a premature ...c7-c5 the position
will remain closed and virtually impervious to breakthrough;
and, after all, is d7 such a marvellous square for the Black
king's knight? } 6. Be3 b6 7. Qg4 {?! In a detailed discussion
of the whole 5...Ng8 variation (Chessman Quarterly, 1970) the
Irish International John Moles recommended 7 h4! giving as a
reasonable continuation: 7...h5 8 Be2 g6 9 Nf3 Ba6 10 Qd2 Bxe2
11 Nxe2 Nc6 followed by ...Qd7 and ...O-O-O. Perhaps White is
slightly better, although Black's set-up is extremely tough. }
7...g6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg3 {?! 9 Qh3!?} 9...Ba6 10. Nf3 Bxf1
11. Kxf1 Qd7 12. a3 Nc6 13. Rd1 Na5 14. Ng5 Nh6 15. Bc1 O-O-O
16. Qd3 Kb8 17. Rh3 Rdf8 18. Kg1 Nf5 19. Ne2 Qd8 20. g3 c5
21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Kg2 Qb6 {Black's plan is to attack White's
e-pawn until f2-f4 becomes necessary and then to eliminate
White's advanced knight (...Bxg5) at a moment when White
cannot recapture with his bishop. (Nimzowitsch) } 23. f4 {?!
Playing it at once saves Black a lot of trouble. } 23...Bxg5
24. hxg5 Rc8 25. Rh2 Rhd8 26. Kh3 d4 27. Qf3 Rd5 28. b3 c4
29. b4 Nc6 30. c3 d3 31. Ng1 d2 {!! Introducing a deep and
beautiful combination, one of the most impressive I have ever
seen. } 32. Rhxd2 {After 32 Bxd2 Rcd8 the pin is
overpowering. 32 Rdxd2 is also unplayable since the knight
hangs. } 32...Rxd2 33. Bxd2 Rd8 {Threatening ...Rd3xg3. }
34. Qe2 {On 34 Bc1 Nimzowitsch planned 34...Rxd1 35 Qxd1 Qf2
36 Ne2 Kc8! 37 Qa4 Qf3-+. If 37 a4 Nce7 followed by ...Nd5 and
...Ne3 and White is paralysed. A wonderful variation. }
34...Rd3 35. Nf3 Qd8 36. Rf1 Qd5 37. Rf2 h4 {! The climax of
the combination. White loses his queen. Observe the remarkable
paralysis that has seized White's pieces after the inspired
pawn sacrifice on move 32. } 38. gxh4 Ncd4 39. cxd4 Nxd4
40. Qxd3 cxd3 41. Nxd4 Qxd4 42. Kg3 Qe4 {?? With 42...Qa1!
Nimzowitsch could have crowned his outstanding
combination. White cannot prevent the loss of the a-pawn and a
black victory is assured. After the text Saemisch succeeds in
protecting his a-pawn and, unbelievably, Black's advantage is
insufficient to win. After further serious errors by White
Nimzowitsch did eventually win from this drawn position on
move 88.} 43.Rh2 Kb7 44.a4 Kc6 45.a5 Kd5 46.h5 gxh5 47.Rxh5
Qe2 48.Rh2 Qd1 49.Rf2 Ke4 50.Kh2 Kf5 51.Rg2 Qf1 52.Kg3 Ke4
53.Rf2 Qh1 54.Rg2 Kd4 55.Rh2 Qd1 56.Rg2 Kc4 57.Rf2 Qh1 58.Rh2
Qe4 59.Rf2 Kb3 60.Rh2 Kc2 61.Rf2 Kd1 62.Rh2 Qc6 63.Kg4 Qc2
64.Kg3 Qxd2 65.Rxd2+ Kxd2 66.f5 Ke3 67.g6 fxg6 68.f6 d2 69.f7
d1=Q 70.f8=Q Qg1+ 71.Kh3 Ke4 72.b5 Qh1+ 73.Kg3 Qe1+ 74.Kg4
Qxa5 75.Qd6 Qb6 76.Kg5 Qxb5 77.Kf6 Qf1+ 78.Kg7 Qf5 79.Qc6+
Kxe5 80.Qc5+ Ke4 81.Qxa7 e5 82.Qg1 Kd5 83.Qd1+ Kc5 84.Qc1+ Kb5
85.Qb2+ Kc6 86.Qc3+ Kd7 87.Qd2+ Ke8 88.Qd5 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Kopenhagen, 1928"]
[Site "PC6"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eigil Hansen"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. c4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} c5 2. f4 {This move may give a
bad impression, but as we will see soon the wrong thing isn't
the move but the impression!} Nf6 3. d3 d5 { Otherwise 4.e4
would have followed, giving Hansen a solid position} 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. e4 {You may compare this position to my Dresden
variation: 1.c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 The
two positions have in common the d3 pawn and the opened d
column, but in the game the Black's best resource ...Nxc3
followed by ...g6 isn't playable. Consequently, Mr. Hansen
opening is ingenious and praiseworthy.} Nf6 6. Be3 {!} e6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bd7 { To...provoke 9.d4 !} 9. d4 {? 9.h3,
follwed by Be2 was much more solid. For instance: 9. ... Nh5?
10.Kf2 and then 11.g4. With this move, White demonstrates not
to have a good intuition for solid positions (a player like
F. Saemisch wouldn't even think about a move like d4!)} cxd4
10. Nxd4 Bb4 { White's position is already trembling} 11. Nxc6
Bxc6 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. e5 { White has lost most of his
powerful center and has to face his weakness on white squares}
Ne4 14. a3 {An ingenious idea: White is trying to provoke a
final with opposite colours Bishops} Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxc3
16. Bc4 {Now 16.Bxa7 is impossible due to 16. ... Nd5 and f4
is undefendable. (Obviously not 17.g3? Nxf4 18.gxf4 Bxh1)} Rc8
{The most suitable strategy against a an expanded formation!
Leaving everything "hanging" and increase the pressure}
17. Rc1 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Rxc4 19. Rxg2 b5 20. Rgc2 { Or 20.Rg7 Ke7
followed by 21.Rhc8 with serious threats} Nd5 { What a solid
Knight!} 21. Rxc4 bxc4 22. Rxc4 Kd7 23. Bxa7 Rc8 {The triumph
of the solid position! The smart White player has earned back
all he could (his opponent's material advantage), but now he
has got a "fluttering butterfly" in f4, an "unleashed dog" in
a7, and two "lost sheep" in a3 an h2, while the King is
sitting at proper distance on his throne... The end is
terryfing!} 24. Re4 { After 24.Rxc8 Kxc8 the "butterfly'"
would have stopped fluttering} Rc1+ 25. Kf2 {If 25.Kd2 then
25. ... Rh1 26.Re2 Ra1! (not the immediate 26. ... N:f4 due to
27.Rf2 g5 28.Be3) 27.Bc5 Nxf4} Rc2+ 26. Kg3 {Or 26.Kg1 Rg3
27.a4 Rf3} Rc3+ 27. Kg4 {? A blunder due to the approaching
zeitnot, but there was no issue anyway} f5+ {Naturally 28.exf6
Nxf6+ and the Rook is lost. This game illustrates clearly the
weakness of an "expanded center" advanced too early.} 0-1

[Event "Berlin, Germany"]
[Site "Berlin, Germany"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Willi Schlage"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1.e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch.} c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5
5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O {Varying the continuation
8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bc6.} 8...Bf5 {Played in order
to control the central squares; nevertheless, the classical
move 8...e5 is also quite playable.} 9.Re1 a6 10.d3 e6 11.Ne4
Qc7 12.c3 Rd8 13.Qc2 Nd5 {Each player has a knight in the
center and the positions are balanced.} 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Bxe7
Qxe7 16.h3 O-O 17.Rad1 Rd7 18.Bf1 R8d8 19.Qc1 h6 20.Kh2 g5
{Due to his strong center, Black can allow this move, but a
deeper continuation was 20...Bh7 21.d4 Bxe4 followed by Nf6.}
21.Ng3 {After 21.h4 g4 22.Qxh6 gxf3 23.c4 the complications
would be favorable to Black because of the continuation
23...Ne5 24.gxf3 Nxf3 and Nxe1. With the text move the
equality stays.} 21...Bg6 22.d4 Nb6 {Threatening an excursion
with Na4.} 23.dxc5 Qxc5 24.Rxd7 Rxd7 25.Kg1 Qe7 {This
retrocession is based in the fact that the Queen does has
nothing to do in that position and is exposed to a possible
attack with b4, a3 and c4.} 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Qxd1 Qd8 28.Qc1 Kg7
29.Qe3 Nd5 30.Qd2 Nf4 31.Qxd8 {The Black side is better
prepared for the endgame due to the mobility of his king.}
31...Nxd8 32.Ne5 Bb1 33.a3 f6 34.Nd7 Kf7 35.Nc5 Ke7 36.Bc4 f5
37.Ne2 {Giving an opportunity to Black eliminate the powerful
Bishop, but 37.Nf1 Kd6 38.b4 b5 39.Bb3 Ne2+ 40.Kh2 a5 was
worse.} 37...Kd6 38.b4 Ba2 39.Nxf4 Bxc4 40.Nh5 b6 41.Na4 Bb3
42.Nb2 {If 42.Nxb6 Kc7 43.Na8 Kb7.} 42...Nf7 43.Ng3 Ne5 44.Nf1
b5 {Is difficult, however, for to Black find a way to
penetrate, because the knights are good guardians of the White
side.} 45.Nd2 Bd5 46.a4 h5 47.axb5 axb5 48.f3 Kc6 {Beginning a
complicated alternative game. In the King-side, g4 is
threatened (or e5-e4), and in the Queen-side, the threat is to
penetrate with the King via c4. The main-square will be in
first place d5 and the surrouding territory. The King move to
c6 allows the black knight to move.} 49.Kf1 {If 49.Kf2 g4
50.hxg4 hxg4 51.fxg4 Nxg4 52.Kg1 Ne3 with awkward
consequences.} h4 50.Nd1 Bc4 51.Kg1 {If 51.Nxc4 Nxc4 52.Ke2
Kd5 53.Kd3 e5 with black advantage.} 51...Nd3 52.Ne3 {Would be
debatable 52.Nxc4 bxc4 53.Ne3 Kb5 54.Nc2 Ka4 55.Nd4 e5 56.Nxf5
Kb3 57.b5 Kxc3.} 52...Bd5 53.Nc2 Nb2 54.Nd4 Kb6 55.Kh2 Nd1
56.Ne2 e5 57.Kg1 {If 57.g3, simply 57...f4.} 57...Kc6 58.Kf1
Ba2 59.Kg1 Ne3 60.Kf2 Nd5 61.g4 {If 61.Kf1 Nf4 62.Nxf4 gxf4
63.Ke2 Kd5 followed by the advance of the e-pawn, winning. It
is instructive the ample use of the main-square d5 by the
knight and bishop.} 61...hxg3+ 62.Kxg3 Nf6 63.Kf2 {63.h4 would
fail due to 63...f4 64.Kh3 Be6. Now the weakness of the
White´s King-side has been made concrete, and the h-pawn soon
will be the sickly boy of the family.} 63...Kd6 64.Ng3 Ke6
65.Ne2 Nd5 66.Kg3 Nf6 67.Nc1 Bd5 68.Nd3 Nh5 69.Kh2 e4 {The
Black-side has started the march of his pawn-majority, and as
the White King is prisoner of the weak point h3, cannot help
to stop Black´s rupture, that will be catastrophic.} 70.fxe4
fxe4 71.Ne1 Nf4 72.Nc2 Ne2 {Second excursion of the knight to
the enemy's camp.} 73.Nb1 {If 73.Nd4 Nxd4 74.cxd4 e3 with
immediate victory.} 73...Bc4 74.Kg2 Bd3 75.N2a3 Nf4+ 76.Kf2
{!} Nd5 {Black says "no" to White's offer; now both enemy
knights are prisoners.} 77.Kg3 {If 77.Nd2 e3.} 77...e3 78.Kf3
Ke5 79.c4 {Forced. If 79.Kg3 Nf4 80.Kf3 e2 81.Kf2 Ng2 and
"consumattum".} 79...bxc4 80.b5 Kd6 81.b6 Kc6 82.b7 Kxb7
{Zugzwang! White has no moves.} 83.Nb5 Bxb1 84.Nd6 Kc7 85.Nxc4
Bf5 {One of my best endgames. The game lasted twelve hours and
Schlage made an extraordinary defense.} 0-1

[Event "Kopenhagen 1928"]
[Site "Kopenhagen"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Jacob Gemzoe"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e3 {From Nimzowitsch's book "Die Praxis Meines Systems."}
g6 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bc4 {To provoke 4. ... d5, even if
4. ... d6 (that White seems to fear) would have been
tolerable: 4.Bd3! d6 5. Ne2 etc} d5 5. Be2 Nbd7 {Black should
have considered playing 5. ... Nc6} 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Re8
8. b4 {! White is feeling safe regarding both ...e5 and ...Ne4
(he doesn't do anything to prevent 8. ... e5), therefore he
starts to attack on queenside.} Ne4 9. a4 {!} f5 10. a5 {
...b6 is prevented, but the b5 square is lost} a6 11. Bb2 c6
12. Ne1 Nd6 { If 12. ... e5, then 13.Nd3 and 14.f4 followed by
Ne5 with better position} 13. c4 {!} Nxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4
15. Qc2 Nf6 {A bad idea, as we will see soon (see note on
Black's 17th move). The correct move was 15. ... e5 to give
breath to the Bishops. Also 15. ... b5 was playable: 16.axb6
Nxb6 17.Na3 Be6 18.Nf3 Kh8 19.Nd2 Rb8 and the exchange 20.Nax4
Nxc4 21.Nxc4 Rxb4 22.Ne5 looks perfectly satisfying for Black
after 22. ... Bxe5 followed by 23. ... Rc4} 16. Nd2 Be6
17. Nxc4 {17.Nef3 was probably better} Qc7 {The attempt to
take control of the white squares with 17.Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Nd5
should fail because of 19.Nd3 followed by Rae1, f3 and
e4. Therefore, Black's 15th move seems to be confuted (as said
beforehand).} 18. Nd3 Rad8 19. Nf4 Bd5 20. Ne5 {White is still
threatening to play the Rae1, f3, e4 sequence, against which
it is hard to find a valid reply.} Bh6 21. Rae1 {21.Nfd3
should have been played.} Rf8 {Black wastes the opportunity to
get a solid position with 21. ... Bxe4 followed by 22. ... e6}
22. f3 {Once again 22.Nfd3 was better...} Kg7 { ...and once
again 22. ... Bxe4 was better also!} 23. Nfd3 Bg8 24. e4 { Now
White has the advantage.} Qc8 25. Nc5 {Keeping alive the
attack on queenside, almost forgotten. However, even a line
based upon Qe2 and g4 would have been also very strong: 25.Qe2
Kh8 26.g4 Bg7 27.exf5 gxf5 28.g5 Nd5 29.f4 and White has a
violent attack on kingside} Kh8 26. Qf2 Kg7 27. exf5 { Now
Black has lost the control of the white squares, and White
should have no problem to win, because he also dominate most
of the black squares. For example, 27. d5 would have won:
27. ... cxd5 28.exf5 gxf5 29.Bd4 and Black is powerless
against f4 followed by Re1-e3-h3. Else: 28. ... Qxf5 29.g4 Qc8
(29...Qf4? 30.Ned3, or even 30.Bc1) 30.f4. However, the move
played in the game should win ever quicker.} gxf5 28. f4
{White misses the chance to win easily: 28.Qg3+ Kg8 29.Qh4 Kg7
30.g4 Bf4 31.g5 Nd5 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Ng6# After the harmless
28.f4, Black saves the situation with an interesting harmonic
movement involving all his defensive troops.} Nd5 {!} 29. Qh4
Rd6 30. Rf3 Kh8 31. Ref1 Bg7 32. Rg3 Rff6 33. Rff3 Rh6 34. Qg5
Rdg6 {!} 35. Nxg6+ Rxg6 { Draw!! The Queen cannot avoid
perpetual check!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[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 "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1929.08.06"]
[EventDate "1929.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Vera Menchik"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4
cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Nge7 {Nimzowitsch
recommended instead the move 7...Qc7.} 8. O-O Ng6 9. Re1 Be7
10. h4 Bf8 {An unhappy sort of move. Black has treated this
difficult variation with a certain lack of finesse. For
superior methods I suggest the reader consult the relevant
section of the theoretical survey.} 11. h5 Nge7 12. Nb3 Qc7
13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Bg5 {The dark squares loom
up. } 15...g6 16. Rac1 Nf5 17. Bf6 Rg8 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qe2
Qb6 20. c3 Bc5 21. b4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Be6 23. Rc5 {Black is now
held in a powerful dark-square vice. } 23...Kd7 24. Qf3 Qxb4
25. Rxd5+ Ke8 26. Rc1 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Qb6 28. Qf3 gxh5 29. Qa3
Qe6 30. Rc7 {The last link in the dark-square attack. } 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nathan Mannheimer"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene from "Aron Nimzowitsch: A
Reappraisal."} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3
{White handles the opening in stereotyped fashion and soon
contracts an incurable light-square weakness, with Black's
knights masquerading as physicians. } 5...Ne7 6. Bd3 Nbc6
7. h3 Bf5 8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qd3 Nd6
12. Ng5 g6 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Bd2 {? It was essential to remove
one of Black's knights. } 14...h6 15. Nf3 Kh7 16. Nh2 Qh8 {Not
just a case of Nimzowitsch's sense of humour gaining the upper
hand. White threatened Ng4 and if 16...Qg7 17 Ng4 h5 18
Bh6+-. } 17. Qe3 Qg7 {Now this move is safe. } 18. Qf3 Ne4
19. Bc1 f5 20. Qd3 Na5 21. f4 Qd7 22. Nf3 Qc6 23. Ne5 Qe6
24. Rb1 b6 25. Kh2 Nc4 26. Be3 g5 27. g3 Rf6 28. Rbe1 Rg8
29. Bc1 b5 30. Nf3 g4 31. hxg4 Rxg4 32. Ng1 Rfg6 33. Rf3 Qg8
34. Ne2 h5 35. Kg2 h4 36. Rh1 Rh6 37. Rh3 Qg6 38. Be3 Qa6
{White is helpless against Black's plan of annexing the
a-pawn. } 39. Bf2 Qxa2 40. Be1 a5 {The finish is not lacking
in humorous touches. } 41. Kf1 Qb1 42. Ng1 a4 43. Ke2 a3
44. Rf1 a2 {Observe that Black's 38th move threatened ...Nb2
'checkmating' White's queen.} 0-1

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vsevolod Rauzer"]
[Black "Alexey Sergeevich Selezniev"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. a3 b5 12. e4
{!} dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qc7 {?} (14... Qb6) 15. Rc1
Bb7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. d5 Nb6 18. dxc6 Nc4 19. Nd4 Bxh2+
20. Kh1 Bf4 21. Rc3 a6 22. Qg4 Be5 23. Bg3 Qd6 24. Nf5 Qf6
25. Bh4 Qe6 26. Re1 Kh7 {?} (26... h5) 27. Rxe5 {!} Qxe5
28. f4 Qxc3 29. bxc3 g6 30. Bf6 { /Sachmatnyj Listok 1930,
304. Turnaj mistru v Tiflisu <zari,rijen 1930> 1. Rauzer 6,5,
Goglidze 5,5, Nenarokov 5, Makogonov 4,5, Seleznev <Stalino>
4,5, Freymann 4. Dvoukolove/} 1-0

[Event "Praha"]
[Site "ol"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mario Monticelli"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 {Notes by Frank Marshall} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4
{Nowadays known as the Ragozin System, this line was played by
mysef and others long before the Russian master decided it was
good.} 5.Qb3 {5 Qa4+ Nc6 6 Ne5 O-O (or 6...Bd7 )gives White no
advantage.} c5 6.a3 {Waste of time; either 6 Bg5 or e3 is
preferable.} Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Bg5 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 {! Not
minding the doubled pawns which I get two moves later.}
10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 {...Qa5+ was also good.} 12.Qc3
{Preventing ...Qa5+. At first glance White appears to have an
excellent game, in view of his opponent's disorganized pawn
structure. It soon becomes apparent, however, that this
drawback is outweighed by Black's rapid development and his
strong queen-side initiative.} Bf5 13.e3 Rc8 14.Nd2 {Of course
not 14 Bd3?? Ne5 and wins. Black's play on the c-file,
culminating in occupation of c2, soon gives him a decisive
grip on the position.} {So that if 17 O-O Rxd2.} Na5 15.Qb4
Rc2 16.Bb5 Qb6 17.Nf3 Rfc8 18.O-O a6 {! Positionally
decisive.} 19.Ba4 Rb2 {! The exchange of queens is virtually
forced, after which Black will have an easy win : two pawns to
one on the queen-side, seventh rank and occupation of the weak
white squares.} 20.Qe7 {Since this does not avoid the
exchange, and in fact only gains time for Black by making an
immediate ...b5 possible, he should have played Qxb6
directly.} Qe6 21.Qxe6 Bxe6 {21...fxe6 is desirable to round
out Black's pawns, but then 22 Nh4 is a good reply.} 22.h3 b5
23.Bd1 Rc3 {The winning move. Black forces a powerful passed
b-pawn.} 24.Nh4 Nc4 25.a4 b4 26.Bg4 b3 27.Bf5 Rd2 {White
resigns, as the b-pawn cannot be stopped. It is interesting to
reflect that the queen-side attack succeeded with all the
speed which is characteristic of a direct king-side attack!}
0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled SVN"]
[Date "1931.09.17"]
[EventDate "1931.08.23"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5
4. c4 {Later in life Nimzowitsch took to playing what we now
call the Panov-Botvinnik Attack: 3 exd5 cxd5 4 c4. Botvinnik
is another player whose openings are influenced by
Nimzowitsch, who played this line before anyone had heard of
Panov or Botvinnik! } 4...Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Bb5 Qa5 9. Qb3 {!} Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nxc3 11. Bxc6+ {? It
was Alekhine, against Winter at London 1932, who improved on
this with 11 bxc3 e6 12 d5! } 11...bxc6 12. Qb7 {?} Nd5+
13. Bd2 Qb6 {!} 14. Qxa8+ Kd7 15. O-O {If 15 a4 Nc7 16 a5 Qxb2
17 Qxa7 Qxa1+ } 15...Nc7 16. Ba5 Nxa8 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Rfc1
e6 19. Rc2 Be7 20. Rac1 Bg5 21. Rd1 Rb8 22. Rc5 Nd5 23. Ra5
Rb7 24. Rd3 Bd8 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. Rxa7+ Nc7 27. axb3 Bf6
28. Rb7 {If 28 Ra4 Nb5! } 28...Bxd4 29. Rb8 Bxb2 30. h3 f5
31. Kf1 Nd5 32. Kg2 Be5 33. Ra8 Nf4+ 34. Kh2 Nd3+ 35. Kg1 Ne1
36. Ra7+ Bc7 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1932.02.08"]
[EventDate "1932.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 {Notes by A. Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 {Less
usual, but not better than 3...Ng4 against which I have had
(excepting the Gilg game, Semmering, 1926) rather pleasant
experiences, too.} 4. Nd2 Nc5 {If 4...Bb4 then 5 Nf3 followed
by a3, in order to obtain the advantage of the two Bishops.}
5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. g3 Qe7 7. Bg2 g6 8. Nb1 {! This at first sight
surprising move is in reality perfectly logical. After Black
has clearly shown his intention to develop the King's Bishop
at g7, White has no longer to reckon with any action on the
diagonal e1-a5. There is no reason, therefore, for delay in
placing his Knight on the dominating square d5.} Nxe5 9. O-O
Nxf3+ 10. exf3 Bg7 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. f4
c6 {He has willy-nilly to dislodge the White Knight--thus
creating a dangerous weakness at d6--because after the
immediate 14 d6 the temporary sacrifice 15 f5, etc., would be
too dangerous for him.} 15. Nc3 d6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bd7
18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Red1 Bc8 20. Ne4 Nc5 {This will be finally
refuted by the combination starting with White's 24th
move--but owing to the weakness mentioned above Black's
position was already very difficult. Unsatisfactory would be,
for instance, 20 d5 21 cxd5 Rxd5 22 Nf6+, followed by 23 Bxd5
etc., winning the exchange; or 20 ...c5 21 f5! gxf5 22 Nc3 Nd4
23 Nd5 Qb8 24 Bg5, etc. ; and after the comparatively safest
20 ...b6 White could also easily increase his advantage in
space by continuing 21 b4 etc.} 21. Nxd6 Na4 22. c5 Nxb2
23. Re1 b5 24. cxb6 {! A surprising but not very complicated
combination. The only difficulty consisted in the necessity of
foreseeing this possibility several moves before, when making
the capture 21 Nxd6.} Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. bxa7 Bb7 27. Bc5
Rdd8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Ra8 {The last moves
of Black were practically forced and, his position being
absolutely hopeless, he prefers a quick end. If, instead of
this, 30 Bd4 then 31 Rd6, also winning immediately.} 31. Rb6
Rxa7 32. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1932.02.01"]
[EventDate "1932.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Berger"]
[Black "Georges Koltanowski"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3
{The newer system inaugurated by 5.f3 seems to be preferable,
but even after the text move White could play more
aggresively, without any risk. For instance at his 7th move
(instead of O-O) h3 followed by Be3, Qd2, etc.} O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7
7.O-O e5 8.d5 a5 {Owing to the passive play of his opponent,
Black could try to take the initiative by playing here
8...Nh5, etc.} 9.Ne1 Nc5 10.Qc2 Nfd7 {Rather complicated and
not very convincing chess. Why not make at once the
unavoidable move 10...b6 (11.Be3 Ng4; or 11.f3 Nh5, etc.}
11.Be3 b6 12.Rd1 Nb8 13.a3 f5 14.f3 Nba6 15.Rb1 fxe4 16.fxe4
Rxf1+ 17.Bxf1 a4 {! The only continuation in this rather dull
game which permits Black to obtain a kind of harmless
initiative. By Buerger's accurate defensive play, of course,
the game has to end as it did.} 18.Nd3 {And not 18.Nxa4 Nxe4
19.Qxe4? Bf5, etc.} Bd7 19.Be2 Bf6 20.Bd1 Bg5 21.Qd2 Bxe3+
22.Qxe3 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Qg5 24.Bf3 Nc5 25.Qe2 Rf8 26.Re1 Kg7
27.Qe3 Qxe3+ 28.Rxe3 h5 29.Bd1 Kh6 30.Rf3 Rxf3 31.Bxf3 g5
32.Be2 g4 33.Kf2 Kg5 34.g3 h4 35.Ke3 hxg3 36.hxg3 Be8 37.Bd1
Bd7 38.Bc2 Be8 39.Kd2 Bd7 40.Ke3 Be8 41.Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan CC v Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "David Gladstone"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by Frank Marshall. Facing up to a tricky and
puzzling attack still remains a man-sized job over the board,
even though the subsequent annotations may demonstrate the
task an easy one.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7
6.Rc1 c6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 a6 10.a3 dxc4 {Giving up the
fight for the tempo. 10...b5 leads to a totally different type
of game.} 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Ba2 c5 13.Ne4 {The book line is 13
dxc5 Nxc5 14 Bb1 Re8. The text is no better in an objective
sense, but being a novelty, it gives my opponent more to think
about.} Qa5+ 14.Nfd2 cxd4 15.O-O {!? As will be seen, the
acceptance of the speculative pawn sacrifice is playable; but
the return of the pawn with 15...d3 is simpler.} dxe3 16.fxe3
Qb6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 {? This plausible move loses, whereas
17...Nxf6! would have left him with a satisfactory
defence. After the text, White's attack crashes through to
victory.} 18.Bb1 Rd8 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Qh8+ {!} Ke7 21.Qxg7 {!
The move that Black overlooked. With Black's king wandering in
the middle of the board, and with most of his pieces not
functioning, the result is a foregone conclusion.} Qxe3+
22.Kh1 Bxh4 {He has to take the bishop for better or worse,
for if 22...Qd4 (or ...Qe5) 23 Ne4 wins rapidly.} 23.Qxf7+ Kd6
24.Ne4+ Kd5 {Or 24...Ke5 25 Qg7+ winning.} 25.Qh5+ Bg5
{Amusing would be 25...e5 26 Qf7+ and wins or 25...Ne5 26
Rfd1+ etc.} 26.Qd1+ {!} Qd4 27.Qb3+ Ke5 28.Qg3+ Kd5 29.Qd6#
{The last five moves give a good idea of the queen's power.}
1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1932.02.01"]
[EventDate "1932.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "George Alan Thomas"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7
5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8
10. Ng3 Nf8 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 {Up to now Black has
followed the modern theoretical method and obtained a position
with good fighting chances. But this exchange was not
necessary. The logical line was 12...a5, followed by a4 and
eventually b4, etc.} 13. Bxf5 b4 {? Allowing the White knight
to get control of the important spot c5. 13...a5, and a4 was
still preferable.} 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Kb1 Qf6
17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Rc1 {The situation is now cleared. Black has
no compensation for the weakness of his Queen's side
pawns. Flohr's method of exploiting his advantage is very
instructive. He finally succeeds in obtaining pressure on the
King's wing after having forced Black's move 28...f6, and the
combined attack on both wings puts Black in inextricable
difficulties. The final moves are pretty.} Rc8 19. Nc5 Re7
20. Ka1 a5 21. Nd3 Qd6 22. Qa4 Ra7 23. Nc5 h6 24. Rc2 Ne6
25. h3 Nd8 26. Rhc1 Qg6 27. Rd2 Rca8 28. Nd3 f6 29. Nc5 Qf5
30. Qb3 Kh8 31. a4 Re7 32. Qd1 Nf7 33. Nd3 Ra6 34. g4 Qc8
35. Nf4 Rd7 36. h4 Qe8 37. Rdc2 Rd6 38. Qd3 Ra8 {Or 38...Rb6
39.Rc5, etc.} 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Rxc6 Nd8 {! The Rook cannot be
taken on account of 41.Ng6+, followed by 42.Ne7+} 41. Rc7
Qxa4+ 42. Kb1 Qe8 43. Re7 {! With the possible end 43...Qg8
44.Ng6+ Kh7 45.Nf8+ Kh8 46.Re8 followed by 47.Qh7+ Qxh7 48.Ng6
mate.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1932.02.01"]
[EventDate "1932.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Vera Menchik"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
5. exd5 exd5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nb4 8. O-O {I would prefer
here 8.Ng3 at once in order to keep (after 8...Nxd3+ 9.Qxd3)
the opportunity of castling on either wing.} O-O 9. Ng3 Nxd3
10. Qxd3 h6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Qd2 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 c6 14. Rfe1 Re8
15. h3 Bd7 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qd2 Qf8 18. Re1 Re8 19. Nb1
Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Qe8 21. Qd1 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. c3 {White has
not the shadow of a winning chance and would have done better
to exchange Queens. After the text move Black obtains a slight
positional advantage.} Qg6 {The idea of putting the Bishop in
front of the Queen is not good and leads in a few moves to a
drawn position. Correct and simple enough was 23...Bf5 24.Nd2
Qd3 25.Qe1 Kh7, etc, and White would have to play very
carefully to obtain a draw.} 24. Kh1 Bf5 25. Nd2 Be4 26. Nxe4
Qxe4 27. f3 Qe3 28. Qb3 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Kg1 Qe3+ 31. Kh2
Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1932.02.01"]
[EventDate "1932.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "William Winter"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nbd2 Bb7
5. Bd3 d5 {It is hardly logical to develop the Bishop on the
long diagonal and immediately after that to close it with d5
and in addition White's square on e5 now becomes very
strong. The usual line 5...c5 is doubtless better.} 6. Ne5 Bd6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 c5 9. c3 Qc7 10. g4 {!} cxd4 11. exd4 Bxe5
{It is only to easy to understand that in his already
strategically compromised position, Black is trying to create
tactical complications. The following sacrifice is ingenious,
but by tyhe right answer (the 14th move of White) is proved
insufficient.} 12. fxe5 Nxe5 {If 12...Ne4 then simply 13.O-O
Ng5 14.Qe3 h6 15.h4 Nh7 16.Qf2, etc., with a tremendous
position for White.} 13. dxe5 d4 14. Qe2 {!} Bxh1 15. exf6
dxc3 16. Ne4 {This valuable gain of tempo definetly defeats
Black's combination.} Qe5 17. fxg7 Qxg7 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Nxc3
h5 20. g5 Qd4 21. Be3 Qh4+ 22. Qf2 Qb4 {Or 22...Qxf2+ 23.Kxf2
Bb7 24.Bd4 Rg8 25.Bf6 and Black has no defense against Bd3
followed by Bh7.} 23. Qf6 Rg8 24. O-O-O Bd5 25. Qh6+ {A good
game by Dr. Tartakower.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1932.02.02"]
[EventDate "1932.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Philip Stuart Milner-Barry"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} c6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 {The most logical
way to meet Black's second move. In the Bled tournament, 1931,
I played against Dr. Tartakower 3.Bd3 but did not get any
appreciable advantage.} Nd5 4. c4 Nc7 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 dxe5
7. fxe5 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be3 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Qd2 O-O
12. O-O-O Be6 13. Bh6 {White has played the opening very
soundly and obtained a clear advantage in the center. Here
however, the diversion on the King's side seems
unnecessary. Why not simply 13.d5, etc.} Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qd7
15. Bd3 Nba6 16. h4 Nb4 17. Be2 Qf7 {? And now Black misses
his chance by losing a decisive tempo. In any case he must try
for counter-attack such as 17...b5 (18.a3 Na6 or even a5) with
considerable complications. After the text move White
practically forces the exchange of Queens which give him the
possibility of advancing the d pawn in a decisive manner.}
18. Rhf1 {!} Qg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. a3 Nba6 21. d5 cxd5
22. cxd5 Bd7 23. Nd4 Rac8 24. Kb1 Nc5 25. Bf3 Rcd8 26. Rfe1
Rfe8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. b4 Na4 29. Nxa4 Bxa4 30. Rc1 Nb5 {This
loses a piece, but after 30...Na6 or Na8 31.d6 Black's
position would be quite hopeless.} 31. Ne6+ Kh6 32. Nc5 Nxa3+
33. Kb2 Nc2 34. Nxa4 Nxb4 35. Rc7 b5 36. Nc5 Re5 37. d6 {! The
British master finishes a really finely played game in a very
convincing way. His achievement was the sensation of the
second round.} Rxc5 38. d7 Nd3+ 39. Kb1 Rxc7 40. d8=Q Rc1+
41. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Ludwigshafen"]
[Site "Ludwigshafen"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alfred Brinckmann"]
[Black "Georg Kieninger"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 {Annotations by Fred Reinfeld} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5
4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. d4 {!} e4 8. Ng5 {!
-- White now offers a piece with 8. Ng5! He sees that after
8...fxg5 9. Qh5+ Ke7 he wins the Black Queen with 10. Bxg5+}
Bb4+ 9. c3 fxg5 10. Qh5+ Kf8 11. Bxg5 Ne7 {Or 11...Be7
12. Bh6+ Kg8 13. Bc4+ d5 14. Bxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qe8+ followed by
mate} 12. Bc4 d5 13. Bxd5 {! -- For if 13... Qxd5 14. Bh6+ Kg8
15. Qe8#} 1-0

[Event "Metropolitan League"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1932.04.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kevitz"]
[Black "Reuben Fine"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne4 9.Qd3 b6 10.Ba3 Re8 11.d5 Na5 12.Bb4 Nc5
13.Qd4 d6 14.dxe6 Nxe6 15.Qd2 Bb7 16.Bxa5 bxa5 17.Rab1 Be4
18.Rb5 c6 19.Rb2 Nc5 20.Nd4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qd7 22.Rfb1 Qf7
23.Nxc6 Qxc4 24.Qxd6 Na4 25.Rb7 Qe4+ 26.Kg1 Nxc3 27.h3 f4
28. Qc7 Qg6 29.Ne5 Rxe5 30.Qxc3 Rae8 31.Qc4+ Kh8 32.Qxf4 Rxe2
33.Rb8 h6 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35.Rc1 Qe6 36.Kh2 Qxa2 37.Rc7 Kg8
38.Qd4 {1-0?? - 38...Re5! 39. Qxe5 Qxf2+ - C.S. Howell} 1-0

[Event "Manhattan CC v Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "J L McCudden"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Frank Marshall} d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 c5 4.g3 Nc6
5.Bg2 Be7 {For reasons that will be given later, this is
stronger than the more obvious ...Nf6.} 6.Bb2 Bf6 {!} 7.Nc3
Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.Rc1 Bxc3 {! The strength of the bishop has
been demonstrated so convincingly in modern chess that this
exchange comes as a great surprise. However, it is well
motivated : Black has foreseen that after the intended
advances with ...d4 and ...e5 the king bishop would have
little scope - hence it's removal is in order. The result is
that Black retains his more effective bishop - the one moving
on the white squares. Furthermore, the strength of White's
bishops is greatly minimized by the fact that the position is
one in which bishops cannot accomplish a great deal.} 10.Rxc3
d4 11.Rc1 e5 12.d3 Bg4 13.Qd2 Qd7 14.Ba3 {? White's plan is to
break through on the queen-side with an eventual b4, but this
has little value unless precede by a3. The right course was 14
Ng5! followed by Ne4 and f4, and possibly a3 and b4 later on.}
Qd6 15.b4 {Ng5 was still available.} cxb4 16.c5 Qd7 17.Bxb4 h6
{This useful move prevents Ng5-e4-d6 and also, at some future
time, the possibly annoying Qg5. It is interesting to observe
that White's attempt to extend the scope of his queen bishop
has not succeeded.} 18.Qb2 {Instead of beginning the pressure
on the b-file at once, he would have done better to retain the
king bishop with some such move as Rfe1.} Bh3 19.Nd2 Bxg2
20.Kxg2 Nd5 21.Ba3 f5 22.Nc4 {And now he tries to get the
knight into the game, but too much time is lost thereby. It is
true that in closed positions time is not so important, yet so
great an expenditure of time may prove to be a luxury, in view
of Black's gaining strength in the center and on the
king-side.} f4 {Setting up the f-file as a valuable basis of
attack.} 23.Nd6 Rab8 24.Qb3 Qe6 25.Rb1 Kh7 26.Qc4 fxg3 {The
defensive formalities attended to, Black resumes his attack on
the king. If now 27 Nxb7 Na5! 28 Nxa5 Rb1 29 Rb1 Rxf2+ wins -
an indication of the futility of White's queen-side
activities.} 27.hxg3 {Black is now ready for the final
onslaught.} Nf4+ {!} 28.gxf4 Qg4+ {Black's attack is perfectly
sound because White's menaced king can secure no appreciable
aid from his officers, who are busily engaged in conquering
"scorched earth".} 29.Kh2 Rxf4 30.Ne4 Qh4+ 31.Kg2 Rg4+ 32.Ng3
Rf8 {! Decisive reinforcement of the attack : there is no good
reply to his next move.} 33.Rg1 Rxf2+ {!} 34.Kxf2 Qh2+ 35.Rg2
Rf4+ 36.Ke1 Qxg2 {If now 37 Ne4 Qf1+ winning the rook.}
37.Rxb7 Qxg3+ 38.Kd1 Rf1+ 39.Kc2 Qe1 {there is no defence.}
40.Rb5 Qd1+ 41.Kb2 Qb1# 0-1

[Event "Ujpest"]
[Site "Ujpest"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kornel Havasi"]
[Black "Gideon Stahlberg"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4
7.Bxc4 a6 8.Nbd2 c5 9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 O-O 11.Qe2 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7
13.Rac1 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Rc8 15.Bb1 Qb6 16.N4f3 Rfe8 17.e4 e5
18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Rd1 Qc6 20.Nf1 Nc5 21.Rc1 Rd8 22.N3d2 Qd6
23.Bg3 Ne6 24.Nf3 Nd4 25.Nxd4 Qxd4 26.Rc7 Rd7 27.Rxd7 Nxd7
28.Qc2 Nc5 29.Nd2 f6 30.Nb3 Nxb3 31.Qxb3+ Kf8 32.Qc2 Bxe4
33.Qc1 Bxb1 34.Qxb1 Bc5 35.h4 e4 36.Qc2 Kf7 37.a3 f5 38.b4 Be7
39.Qc8 Qf6 40.Qc7 h5 41.Be5 Qe6 42.Bf4 Kg6 43.g3 Bf6 44.Kg2
Kh7 45.Qc2 Kg6 46.Qc7 Bb2 47.Qc2 Bd4 48.Qc7 Qd5 49.Kg1 Bf6
50.Qc8 Qd1+ 51.Kh2 Qf3 52.Kg1 Qd1+ 53.Kh2 Qf3 54.Kg1 Bxh4
55.Qe8+ Kh7 56.gxh4 Qxf4 57.Qxh5+ Qh6 58.Qxf5+ Qg6+ 59.Qxg6+
Kxg6 60.Kf1 Kh5 61.Ke2 Kxh4 62.Ke3 Kh3 63.Kxe4 Kg2 64.f4 Kf2
{…Kg3! -+} 65.f5 Ke2 66.Kf4 Kd3 67.Kg5 Ke3 68.Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warszawa ch-POL"]
[Site "Warszawa"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[EventDate "1935.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Paulino Frydman"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Qe6+ 6. Qe2
Qxe2+ 7. Kxe2 Nc6 8. c3 O-O-O 9. Rd1 e5 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6
12. d3 h5 13. Nh4 Bxd3+ 14. Rxd3 Rxd3 15. Kxd3 hxg4 16. Nf5
gxh3 17. Bh1 g6 18. Ng3 Be7 19. Na3 f5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Bd2
Bh4 22. Rh1 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Nf6 24. Nc4 Ng4 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Be3
Ke6 27. b3 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 g5 29. Kf2 g4 30. Re1 h2 31. Kg2 f4
32. gxf4 h1=Q+ 33. Rxh1 Rxh1 34. Kxh1 exf4 35. Kg2 Kd5 36. Nd2
Ke5 37. Nc4+ Kd5 38. Na5 a6 39. Kf1 Ke5 40. Kf2 Kf5 41. Ke2
Ke5 42. Nc4+ Ke4 43. Nd6+ Kd5 44. Nb7 g3 45. Kf3 c4 46. b4 g2
47. Kf2 g1=Q+ 48. Kxg1 Ke4 49. Nc5+ Ke3 50. Nxa6 Kd2 51. Nc5
Kxc3 52. a3 { (source: Lokuciewski's notebooks)} 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.28"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "William Winter"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6
{Entering the Schlechter variation of the Slav defence, which
according to modern theory leaves White with but an
insignificant aqdvantage.} 5. d4 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bd2 b6 {The
slight weakness at c6 occasioned by this move is not easy to
exploit.} 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Be2 Nbd7 {!
Somewhat better than ...Nc6 as Black has now the prospect of
playing ...b5 followed by ...Nb6.} 12. Nxd7 {? If Botvinnik
had not intended to take the d-pawn on his next move, he
certainly would have avoided this exchange and played 12 f4
which was the logical sequence to 9 Ne5.} Nxd7 13. f4 {He
realised now that 13 Nxd5 e5! would lead to complications in
Black's favor. But also after the text-move his advantage is
definitely gone.} e6 14. O-O f5 {Black had no reason to hurry
with this move, which should be made only in case of
necessity. The natural course was ...Rb8 followed by ...b5.}
15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Rac1 b5 17. Ne2 {17 a4 would be advantageously
answered by bxa4 as well as Bc6. the text-move prepares an
irrelevant exchange, which, as will soon be seen, only
facilitates Black's work of simplification.} Re8 18. Qa3 Bf8
19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 Qb6 21. Rc2 Kf7 {Protecting e7 and thus
making ready Rec8.} 22. Nc1 {? By doubling his rooks on the
open file White could obtain an easy draw. From now on Black
gets the initiative.} Rbc8 23. Rff2 Rc4 {! With this important
gain of tempo Black forces his opponent to a painful retreat,
as 24 Rxc4 dxc4 would give Black a threatening Q-side
majority.} 24. Qe1 Rec8 25. Bd1 Rxc2 {? Instead of this
25...b4 26 Nd3 a5 27 Ne5+ Nxe5 28 fxe5 Kg7 would maintain the
pressure. After the text move White could retake with the
rook, thus getting out of trouble.} 26. Bxc2 {?} a5 27. Nd3
Ba6 28. b4 {? A comparatively better chance of equalising was
28 Ne5+.} axb4 29. Nxb4 {29 Qxb4 was not a pleasant
alternative.} Qa5 30. Bb3 Nf6 31. Rf1 Ne4 32. Nxa6 Qxa6
33. Qb4 {33 Qh4 simply h5.} Rc3 34. Re1 Qc6 35. h3 Rc1 36. Kh2
Qc3 37. Qxc3 {37 Qxb5 would not force a draw, because after
Qxe1 the Black queen would protect h4.} Rxc3 38. Re2 {Black
agreed to call the game a draw; but it was a very premature
decision, to say the least. A simple plan was to bring his
king over to b4 threatening to sacrifice the exchange. To
prevent this white would be obliged to create new weaknesses
in his position; e.g., after 38...Ke7 39 Bc2 followed by Bxe4
the rook ending would be quite hopeless for White. It is a
pity a game of such importance should have remained
practically a torso.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.13"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 {This
defence, in some aspects similar to the Hanham, was often
adopted by Tchigorin who did not mind defensive cramped
positions. Nowadays it is mostly played in connection with the
fianchetto of the king's bishop, in fact a more promising
procedure.} 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4
{Another effective line of development is 8 b3 followed by
Bb2.} Qc7 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Nf8 {? The first of a series of
weak moves, which rapidly ruin Black's position. His best
chance to obtain some activity for his pieces in spite of the
weak d-pawn was 10...exd4 11 Nxd4 Nc5 12 Qc2 a5; or 11 Bxd4
Nb6, etc.} 11. Rc1 h6 {? Either loss of time or preparation
for a bad move (g5). Indicated was 11...Bd7.} 12. d5 Bd7 {If
12...g5 then 13 h4 Ng4 14 hxg5 Nxe3 15 fxe3 hxg5 16 Nh2
followed by Qh5 etc.} 13. Nd2 g5 {? After this the game can
hardly be saved. A much lesser evil was 13...Ng6 14 f4 exf4 15
gxf4 Bf8 etc.} 14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 Kg7 16. fxe5 {The attack
from now on is very easy to conduct as there are "many roads
to Rome".} dxe5 17. c5 cxd5 {? Black sees that he must lose
anyhow and does not even try to resist. After 17...Qc8 16 d6
Bd8 the attack would not develop quite as rapidly as in the
actual game.} 18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. Nc4 Ng6 20. Nd6 {Decisive as
the Black rook cannot move. If for instance 20...Rf8 then 21
Qd2 Rh8 22 Qf2 and wins.} Be6 21. Nxe7 {Instead of taking the
exchange plus a pawn by 21 Nxe8+ Rxe8 22 Nxe7 followed by
Bxh6+ and Rxf6, White prefers to sacrifice material in order
to buid up a mating attack. It is difficult to say which of
the two methods is stronger as they both secure the win. But
certainly Botvinnik's way is the more elegant.} Nxe7 {If
21...Rxe7 22 Nf5+ and wins.} 22. Rxf6 {The continuation is by
no means difficult, but makes a specially pleasant impression
because of the text-moves are of a so-called "quiet" nature,
that is, without checks.} Kxf6 23. Qh5 {Threatening mate in
two.} Ng6 24. Nf5 {!} Rg8 {If 24...Rh8 then simply 25 Rf1.}
25. Qxh6 Bxa2 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. Qg5+ {A more logical move was
first 27 Rxd8.} Ke6 28. Rxd8 f6 29. Rxg8 Nf4 30. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.17"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. g3 {The present
game, perhaps more than any other, shows that this fianchetto
system, BEFORE BLACK HAS PLAYED E6, does not bring White any
advantage. On the contrary, he must be very careful not to get
himself into trouble.} Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O {Although not very
promising, the alternative 5 e3 would still offer some
prospects of a fighting game.} cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bxg2 7. Kxg2 g6
{The correct system; but he could also start with ...Qc8.}
8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 Qc8 10. b3 Qb7+ 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5
13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bb2 O-O {White's knight is most
uncomfortably pinned. The next moves are therefore practically
forced.} 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Rac1 {Threatening 18 Nc6
Qxd3 19 Rxd3 Bxb2 20 Rcd1.} Nc5 18. Qb1 {At last the bishop is
protected, and the knight can move.} Qb7 19. Nc2 {...but
unfortunately there are no more promising squares at the
knight's disposal. If 19 Nb5 Qa6!} Qa6 {This move does not
lead to anything, as White can attack the queen on the 21st
move. But ...Bh6 at once would also leave Black with but an
insignificant advantage after 20 Rxd8 Rxd8 21 Rd1 Rd2
(threatening ...Qa6!)} 20. Kf1 Bh6 21. Nb4 Qb7 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. Rd1 Rd7 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Rxd3 27. Qxd3
Kxg7 28. Qd8 b5 29. b4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.22"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Reuben Fine"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 {By
renouncing the attack on the center through c4 White can only
hope to get an even game. In fact Black has not the slightest
trouble in developing his pieces efficiently.} c5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7
{In harmony with the subsequent development of queen and
rook.} 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O Qc7
11. Bg3 a6 {Black intended to continue the development of his
queen bishop with a pawn advance on the queen side. Otherwise
he could as well play here 11...Bxg3 12 hxg3 b6 and if 13 e4
dxe4 followed by Bb7.} 12. Rad1 b5 13. dxc5 {Slightly better
was 13 Bxd6 Qxd6 14 dxc5 Nxc5 15 e4. But the text move was
good enough for equality.} Bxg3 14. hxg3 Nxc5 15. Nb3 { ? It
is difficult to explain why the "routinier" (as Dr. Tartakover
calls himself) yields to his opponent full control of the
center, with no compensation. The course indicated was 15 e4
Nxd3 16 Qxd3 dxe4 17 Nxe4 Nxe4 18 Qxe4 Bb7 19 Qe3 with an even
game.} Nxd3 16. Qxd3 e5 17. Nh2 Rd8 {? Black's advantage was
overwhelming, and the most natural way to exploit it was a
"minority attack" starting with ...a5. It is surprising that
Fine, here as well as in the next few moves, appears not to
think of this. His play in the following part of the game is
not exactly weak, but lacks a definite plan. Tartakover, on
the contrary makes the outmost of his inferior position, and
finally succeeds to saving half a point.} 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Qe2
Ne4 {The knight manoeuver cannot be commended. He could still
play Rab8 followed by a5.} 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Red1 Qc4 22. Qe1
Qc7 {Admitting by this that his last move was useless.}
23. Qe2 Nd6 24. Nd2 Qb6 25. a3 Nc4 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Rd2 Bf5
{Black is still slightly superior and might try to get up an
attack on the b-pawn with Rb8, etc. The text move allows his
alert opponent to obtain further simplification.} 28. Qh5 {!}
Qg6 {If ...Qf6 then 29 Nf3 and eventually g4.} 29. Qxg6 Bxg6
30. f4 {! Just at the right moment as 30...f6 would now be
inferior because of 31 fxe5 fxe5 32 Ng4.} exf4 31. gxf4 Rb8
32. Rcd1 Be4 33. Ng4 {Practically forcing the exchange of the
remaining minor pieces, with an unavoidable draw.} Rb6 34. Nf2
Rdb8 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.22"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "William Winter"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 {White
delays d4 until his opponent plays Nbd7, in order to obtain a
rather favorable variation of the Slav Defence. This line of
play introduced in the Moscow International Tournament of
1936, has the disadvantage, however, of not compelling Black
to answer with Nbd7.} Nbd7 {?} 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 {Here we
are. White's queen knight is certainly better placed than
Black's. It is another question, of course, whether this small
advantage can be seriously increased.} e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 {Another and perhaps better plan would be 9 Qc2
(with the strategical threat of 10 Ne5) h6 (or Qc7 10 Bd2
followed by Rac1) 10 Rd1 and if a6 then 11 a4 b6 12 e4.} a6
10. a4 b6 11. Ne5 {The only chance of getting something out of
the position.} Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 f5 {Useless was f6
because of 14 Qh5.} 14. exf6 {If at once 14 Ne2 then Nc5
followed by Ne4. But after the exchange in the text White will
have about as many weaknesses as his opponent.} Nxf6 15. Ne2
Bd6 {with the object of answering 17 Nd4 with e5.} 16. Bc3 Qe8
{Not qe7 17 Nd4 e5 18 Nc6.} 17. Bc2 Bb7 18. Qd4 {hoping to
create complications. E.g., after 18...Bc5 19 Qe5 Qe7 20 Nd4
Ng4! 21 Qh5 Nf6 22 Qh3. But Winter defends his position, up to
a certain moment, excellently.} Qe7 19. Ng3 {Not 19 Qxb6 Bc5.}
Rac8 20. Qd3 {There is nothing better. White has obviously
lost valuable time.} Ne4 {Good enough to secure a level
game. But as White threatened nothing, Black could quietly
improve his position by, for instance, a5.} 21. Nxe4 dxe4
22. Qe2 Bd5 23. Rfd1 a5 24. Bb1 {A move like this clearly
shows that something is wrong with White's position. As a
matter of fact, Black has a slight advantage in space, and his
pawn at e5 can easily be protected.} Bc5 25. Kh1 Bb3 {The
beginning of a faulty speculation in which Black seems
temporarily to forget that he has a king! By 25...Rfd8 and if
26 Rc1 Bb4, etc., he would certainly not have to worry about
being able to draw.} 26. Rc1 Qd7 {? Obviously overlooking
White's 28th move.} 27. Bxe4 Bxa4 28. Qh5 {!} Rf5 {Or g6 29
Bxg6 Bc6 30 Qg4 and wins. The game is over.} 29. Bxf5 exf5
30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. exd4 Bc6 33. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.24"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} f5 2. e4 {An interesting gambit,
acceptance of which would lead Black into dangerous situations
after 2...fxe4 3 Ng5 Nf6 (or d5) 4 d3 exd3 5 Bxd3, etc. As
Black plays, his weakness on the e-file is without
compensation, since the open f-file is unimportant. Black's
1st move is not to be recommended.} d6 3. exf5 Bxf5 4. d4 Nf6
5. Bd3 {Another idea was 5 Bc4 in order to provoke d5. But the
method actually adopted keeps the advantage.} Qd7 6. c4 g6
7. Nc3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 {As 9...Nc6 10 d5 would be
inconvenient to Black because of his weakness at e6, he is
already practically obliged to yield his opponent the
advantage of the two bishops in order to mobilise his queen's
rook.} 10. h3 {? A tactical mistake, which should give Black a
good move. The right line was 10 Be2 (if) Nc6 11 d5 Bxf3 12
Bxf3 Ne5 13 Be2; Black would not have the important move
...Nh5.} Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Qd1 Rae8 {? By
13...Nh5 Black could ("per nefas"!) get a strong initiative,
e.g., 14 Be2 Nf4 15 Bxf4 Rxf4 16 g3 Rd4, etc.} 14. Be2 {!} e6
15. f4 {There was no hurry for this move. 15 Be3 instead would
keep up the pressure without weakening the position in the
middle.} Nf7 16. Qb3 e5 {? The sacrifice is neither necessary
nor correct. The simplest course was ...c6 with fighting
chances.} 17. Qxb7 exf4 18. Bxf4 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Rxb2 20. Qa3
Rbb8 21. Rf1 {White only needs now to concentrate his pieces
and then to advance his passed pawn.} Ra8 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Rae1
Ne5 24. Qc2 Rfe8 25. Nb5 Nf7 26. Kh2 Qd7 27. a4 {This should
be the beginning of the end.} Re7 28. Bd3 {? Again White
forgets the possibility of ...Nh5, but this time Black takes
advantage of the blunder. After 28 Bf3 the win would be quite
easy.} Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Nh5 30. g3 {As the bishop can hardly be
saved from exchange (e.g., 30 Be3 Be5+ 31 Kg1 Nf4, etc.) he
wishes to at least control the square e5. But this compromises
his king position.} Nxf4 31. gxf4 Bh6 32. Re4 Qd8 33. Nd4 {The
knight was well enough posted for the moment. After 33 Kg3!
Black would still be in difficulties, for 33...Qf6 could be
met by 34 Nxc7.} Qf6 34. Ne6 Rb8 {Now, as the result of the
White knight's manoeuver, Black's rook is suddenly free, and
his activity soon forces White to look for salvation by
simplifying at all costs.} 35. Qg2 Rb2 36. Be2 Ra2 37. Qg4 Qf5
{! After his opponent's mistake on the 28th move
Dr. Tartakover has exploited all of the possibilities of the
position. White must now exchange, as the delay 38 Qf3 Ne5!
would not help.} 38. Qxf5 gxf5 39. Re3 Ne5 40. Rg3+ Ng6
41. Rg2 Rxa4 42. Bd3 Kf7 43. Bxf5 Nh4 44. Bc2 Rxc4 45. Rf2 Ng6
46. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.25"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Reuben Fine"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. c4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 {If 3 e4 then
Bc5 - not Nc6 4 f4 with advantage to White as in
Alekhine-Lilienthal, Hastings, 1933-4.} Nc6 4. e3 {The
experience of the last few years has proved that the variation
4 d4 exd4 5 Nxd4 Bb4 is quite satisfactory for Black. But also
with the text move White cannot hope for any advantage.} Bb4
5. Qc2 O-O 6. Be2 Re8 7. O-O d6 {Black intends to play d5 only
after having finished his development. This is a good logical
plan, which at any rate secures him a balanced position. But
still more promising was, I think, first 7...Bf8 to prevent
the exchange of this bishop, which in the actual game became
practically forced.} 8. Ne1 {Obviously to avoid the opening of
files after 8...Bxc3 and 9...e4.} Be6 9. a3 Bxc3
{Comparatively better than 9...Ba5 10 b4 Bb6 after which he
would lose the chance of playing d5.} 10. Qxc3 a5 11. b3 Qd7
{Instead of this unnecessary preparatory move he should play
at once d5, which would either force an exchange or allow next
move d4, WITHOUT GIVING WHITE THE OPPORTUNITY (which he had in
the actual game) OF BLOCKING THE CENTER BY E4. In either case
White would have to deal with more difficult problems then
after the queen's move.} 12. d3 d5 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Bb2
{Hoping to get rid of one of White's pair of bishops. Flohr
meets this strategical threat most energetically.} Bg4
15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Nf3 {The further weakening of the pawn
position is in this particular case without much importance.}
Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nd7 18. Rac1 Nf8 19. Qc4 {Although the chances
are in fact about even, this premature decision, after the
interesting opening play, is regrettable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.27"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander"]
[Black "Theodore Tylor"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. c4 {Notes by Alekhine} c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 {It is somehat better to play this on the
sixth move, in order to be able to answer c5 with b6. After
the text move the advance of the c-pawn would offer White
excellent prospects.} 7. Bd3 {? Instead ofg which White loses
an important tempo, and allows his adversary to enter into a
quiet variation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted.} dxc4 8. Bxc4
a6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. a3 {Preparing d5 which at this
moment would be premature, on account of the answer 11...Na5.}
b5 12. d5 exd5 {It is obvious that after 12...bxc4 13 dxc6
White's c-pawn would be stronger than Black's. Also that
12...Na5 13 Bxb5 followed by 14 d6 would be to White's
advantage.} 13. Bxd5 Bb7 14. b4 {If this move is made in order
to prevent Na5, it fails to attain its object. In fact, Black
could make the knight's move, which was in the circumstances
his simplest course. E.g., 14...Na5 15 Bxf7+ Rxf7 16 bxa5 Qxa5
17 Qb3 Bxf3 followed by Raf8.}h6 {? An important loss of
time. If he did not mean to play Na5 he should continue
14...Nxd5 15 Nxd5 Bd6 with a feasible defence.} 15. Re1 Nxd5
{? A mistake. Necessary first was 15...Rc8.} 16. Nxd5 Bg5
{Strangely enough, there is no longer a defence against the
threats of Nxe7+, Bc7, or Nc7.} 17. Bc7 Qc8 18. Nxg5 hxg5
19. Rc1 {? The game could easily have been won by 19 Qh5! If
in reply ...Qf5 then 20 Re5! Qg6 21 Rxg5 Qxh5 22 Nf6+ followed
by 23 Rxh5 mate. Or if 19...f6 then 20 Bd6 Rf7 (Rd8 21 Nb6
winning the exchange) 21 Nb6 Qd8 22 Bc5 followed by Rad1 when
black would lose through want of space.} Re8 {Now the
immediate danger is over. If 20 Rxe8+ Qxe8 21 Nb6 then Ra7 22
Qd2 f6 23 Re1 Qf7, etc.} 20. Qd3 {Still White should adopt the
variation just mentioned. After the careless move in the text
Black can force a drawn position in a few moves.} Qg4 21. Qg3
Qxg3 22. hxg3 Ne5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.25"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 {Notes by Alekhine} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 {The variations starting with 7
Rc1 have been so much analysed of recent years that the
text-move, though it allows the immediate ...c5, offers better
fighting chances.} c5 8. O-O cxd4 {As the Black pieces are not
developed so as to attack the isolated d-pawn, the better
policy here is the usual line 8...dxc4 9 Bxc4 a6 10 a4 Re8.}
9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 {The beginning of a
risky plan, in view of White's prospects of a K side
attack. The half-pinning of his king's knight, which seems so
harmless at the moment, will in a few moves become extremely
disagreeable for Black. It was wiser therefore to clear the
situation at once by 11...Nfd5 without much danger in the near
future.} 12. Qd3 {! Intending, if 12...Nfd5; 13 Bc2.} Nbd5
13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Rad1 Nb4 {? A second mistake, after which
White's attack becomes tremendously strong. A lesser evil was
...Rc8 in order to answer 15 Qh3 with ...Nxc3 16 bxc3 Be4.}
15. Qh3 Bd5 {This does not solve the problem of the defence,
as White preserves his powerful king's bishop.} 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5
17. f4 {!} Rc8 {Or ...g6 18 Bh6 Re8 19 g4, etc.} 18. f5 exf5
19. Rxf5 Qd6 {? Losing immediately. The only move was ...Rc7,
after which White would increase his pressure against f7 by 20
Rdf1 followed eventually by Qh4 with decisive advantage.}
20. Nxf7 {! Simple and neat. Black cannot avoid serious
material loss.} Rxf7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxd5 {Much stronger
than 22 Bxd5.} Qc6 {Or 22...Bxd4+ 23 Kh1.} 23. Rd6 Qe8 24. Rd7
1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.28"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7
5. d3 {More promising is 5 e3 as played (with the colors
reversed by Botvinnik against Alexander in the 1st round.}
Nge7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Nf3 Nd4 {The idea of protecting the square
d5 with a pawn is in harmony with the character of the
position.} 8. O-O c6 9. Rc1 {White is not in a hurry, and
obviouly prepares for a long positional battle.} d6 10. b4
Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bh3 12. Re1 Qd7 13. b5 c5 14. Ne4 {An original
move, preventing for the moment 14...h6 because of 15
Bxh6. Black should answer it by 14...Kh8 and if 15 Rb1 then h6
16 Qc1 f5 17 Nc3 Kh7 with a perfectly satisfactory
position. Black's next two moves are not actually weak, but
show lack of a general plan.} Qc7 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Qc1 b6 {?
One might call this tempting providence in the most definite
way. Why leave the rook on the diagonal of the hostile bishop?
The natural 16...f5 17 Nc3 Rae8 followed if necessary by b6
would leave White with only an insignificant positional
advantage.} 17. Bg5 {! The refutation of Black's last move, as
he cannot now play ...f6 because of 18 Bxf6 Bxf6 19 Nxf6+
followed by 20 Bxa8.} Nf5 {A desperate attempt to save the
exchange.} 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rab8 {He cannot play Rae8 as
he needs that square for the knight.} 20. Bg4 {! Obviously
forced.} Ng7 21. Qh6 Ne8 22. Be7 Ng7 23. Bf6 {Saving time for
the next moves.} Ne8 24. Be7 Ng7 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Bf3 {After
the loss of the exchange, Black has no more fighting chances,
as Dr. Lasker promptly demonstrates.} Nf5 27. Qd2 Nd4 28. Bg2
Bc8 29. e3 Ne6 30. f4 Bb7 31. a4 f5 32. Bxb7 Qxb7 33. Qg2 Qe7
34. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.12"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 {More usual and
strategically safer is 3.c4 Bb7 4.g3, etc.} c5 4. c4 Bb7
5. Nc3 {The complications which could arise after 5.d5 b5,
etc. would be rather in Black's favor.} cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. Bd3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 {With this move, which weakens the Q-side
without any necessity, and the next one, White completely
spoils his position, which would be promising enough after
9.Bf4 followed, in case of 9...d5 by 10.Qe2,Rad1, etc.} d5
10. Be3 {? And now he should prevent ...Ne4 by playing, for
instance 10.Qe2 as 10...dxc4 would not be dangerous because of
11.Bxc4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxd4 13.Rd1. From now on Black has the
better game.} Ne4 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qe2 {? The aim of this move
is difficult to understand. Because of his already inferior
position he should try to simplify matters by 12.Ne5 as
12...Nxc3 13.Rxc3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 d4? would be answered by
15.Bxd4. After the Queen's move this will, of course, be
impossible.} Rc8 {Black does not hurry with ...f5 as the
opponent already has no really useful moves at his disposal.}
13. Rfd1 f5 14. Bf4 {? Directly provoking the unavoidable
K-side attack. White plays the whole game with the resignation
of a lamb under the threat of the butcher's knife.} g5 15. Be5
g4 16. Ne1 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 {17.dxe5 Qc7 etc, would not alter the
situation.} dxe4 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Nb5 {The only way to prevent
material disadvantage.} Qxe5 20. Rd7 {The last of a series of
mistakes which loses in a few moves. After 20.Nxa7 Ra8 21.Nb5
etc. White in spite of the obvious advantage of Black's
position (the two powerful Bishops) could still put up a
stubborn resistance.} Bg5 21. Rcd1 {He may at his previous
move, have overlooked, that 21.Rxb7 Bxc1 22.Nd3 would be fatal
because of 22...Qa1.} Bc6 22. Rxa7 Rcd8 {The occupation of the
open file is absolutely decisive.} 23. a4 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Rd8
25. Qc2 Bd2 {If now 26.Qb1 e3 27.fxe3 Qxe3+ 28.Kf1 Be4 etc.}
0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.27"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Winter"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 {Dr. Euwe
prefers Bf5 introduced by me in my game against Colle, San
Remo, 1930.} 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Re8 {the game Gilg-Alekhine,
Kecskmet, 1927, had the continuation 10...Bd6 11 Re1 Ng4 (in
order to control e5) with about even chances. With the risky
Re1 Dr. Lasker probably hopes to obtain more.} 11. e5 Nd7
12. Re1 {? Instead of this superficial move, which allows a
successful counter-attack in the center, White should play 12
Nb3 Bb6 13 Bf4 and if f6 then 14 Re1 thus keeping control over
the important e5 square. It would be difficult for Black in
that case to find a suitable line of development.} f6 13. Ng5
{This leads to lines very favourable to Black. the variation
13 exf6 Nxf6 14 b4 Bd6 was not very pleasant either. But by 13
b4 Bb6 14 exf6 Nxf6 15 b5 followed eventually by c4 White
could have complicated the situation in a way not too
unpromising for himself.} Qxe5 {! As will appear this is
perfectly convincing. White probably hoped for 13...fxg5 14
Qh5 g6 15 Bxg6 with a draw.} 14. Bxh7+ Kf8 15. Qxe5 {? After
this the bishop at h7 is in danger beyond a hope of
salvation. Necessary was 15 Ngf3 though after Qxe2 or Qh5
Black would still keep an appreciable positional advantage.}
Ndxe5 16. b4 {White must be glad now to be able to save a
piece at the price of a pawn.} Bd6 {After Bb6 17 b5 Black
would have to reckon with a possibility of Ba3+ from White.}
17. Ngf3 g6 18. Nh4 Kg7 19. f4 Kxh7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 {Black has
now not only a material surplus, but also a far superior
position - a strong center, a pair of bishops. It is therefore
rather surprising that the technical realisation of these
advantages takes so long from this point. White tries to
defend his game with great determination; but he is fighting a
lost cause.} 21. Nhf3 Bd7 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bb2 Rac8 24. Re3
Bf4 {This leads to a simple exchange; but after all this is
what Black needs in the circumstances.} 25. Rd3 Bb5 26. Rh3+
Kg7 27. a4 Bc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd1 Be5 30. a5 Rec8 31. Re1
R8c6 32. Kf1 g5 33. Kg1 g4 34. Rh4 Rc8 {In order to force a
further exchange.} 35. g3 Rh8 36. Rxh8 Kxh8 37. Kg2 Kg7
38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. Re2 Re4+ {Forcing the exchange of
the last pair of rooks; an effective, but rather monotonous
technical process.} 41. Kd3 Rxe2 42. Kxe2 Kd6 43. Kd3 Kc6
44. Bc1 Kb5 45. Be3 a6 46. Bh6 f5 47. Bg5 Bg7 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.20"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7
5. Bg2 d5 {In this well-known variation Black generally
develops his KB at b4 or e7. It is much more important here
first to mobilise the K side, and only develop the other wing
in accordance with the adversary's disposition.} 6. O-O Nbd7
{Even here Be7 seems preferable.} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 {Already the
decisive strategical error, which Bogoljubov exploits in a
most energetic way. exd5 was necessary with a quite possible
defence.} 8. e4 N5f6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 {! The idea of this
manoeuver is mainly to prevent Black castling on the K side,
for it is only too obvious that neither in the center nor on
the queen's wing will the Black king feel comfortable.} Be7
{He could perhaps save a tempo by playing immediately Qe7 and
if 11 Qh5 g6 12 Qh3 O-O-O. But this would hardly save his
compromised situation.} 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Bf8 13. Qh3
{Threatening Nxe6, etc.} Qe7 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Bd2 {White's
position is so strong that this offer of a pawn sacrifice was
absolutely unnecessary. The simple 15 Rfe1 was best.} Kb8 {As
Black has nothing to lose, he should accept the sacrifice, and
wait to see whether his opponent would find a win after
15...Nxc3 16 Bxb7+ Kxb7 18 bxc3 (not, of course 17 Qg2+ Nd5)
Nxe5 18 Qg2+ Kb8 19 Ne4 Nd7 20 a4, etc. After the indifferent
text move the game was completely lost.} 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 {exd5
would not help at all} 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rfe1 Rc8 {The simple
threat was 19 e6 fxe6 20 Nxe6.} 19. Rac1 Bg7 20. e6 fxe6
21. Nxe6 Nf6 {21...Qf7 22 Ng5. Or 21...Qf6 22 Bg5 Qf7 23 Nxg7,
in both cases White has an easy win.} 22. Nxc7 Qf7 23. Bf4 g5
{If 23...Kb7 27 Qf1, etc.} 24. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.15"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4
5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 {The whole system of defence was
introduced by me against Rubinstein and Bogoljuboff in the
London tournament of 1922. It was nearly twenty years before
it became a fashion.} Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 {Rather
doubtful here would be c5 because of the move of the Russian
master Belavenetz 10.Na2! But 9...Bg4, played in this
tournament by Euwe against Bogoljuboff, seems also to be
satisfactory for Black.} 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Rd1 Nd7 {The
following moves are easy to understand. White manages to get
control of the White squares, while Black in the meanwhile
completes his development.} 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Bxe4
Nxe4 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. e4 h6 17. Nd3 Be7 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Be3 a5
{Black's last move has prevented the advance b4, which might
eventually have given White a serious initiative on the
Q-side. The first player still has a small advantage in space,
and might try to profit by it with a carefully prepared Pawn
advance on the K-side, leading to the opening of files in that
section of the board. Whether such a plan would succeed or not
is of course another question; but there was a fighting
chance, without much risk.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.13"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {The
modern defence which has not as yet found its refutation.} Nc6
5. Nf3 {After 5 e3 Black can play 5...e5 at once (Keres
vs. Alekhine, Dresden, 1936.} d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 {The
necessity for this move depends on the right solution of the
question whether Black can sacrifice a pawn by playing 8...e5;
after 7...O-O 8 b4. In the game Fine vs. Van den Bosch
(Amsterdam, 1936) Black after 9 dxe5 dxe5 10 Nxe5 Nxe5 11 Qxe5
Re8 12 Qb2 (Flohr's move introduced a new move 12...Qd3, which
brought his opponent into difficulties. Although White finally
won the game the whole variation still deserves a closer
examination.} 8. Bg5 {As the bishop can hardly avoid the
exchange a more promising development appears to be 8 g3 or
even 8 b3.} h6 9. Bxf6 {Very harmless. But after 9 Bh4 the
pinning of the knight would be without much effect as Black
would always have the move.} Qxf6 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 e5 {Black
has obviously not the slightest difficulties.} 12. dxe5 dxe5
13. O-O Bg4 {This manoeuver is out of place as Black's squares
d7 and d5 are not sufficiently protected. But also after the
better move 13...Bf5 White would proceed to liquidate on the
open queen's file.} 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 {Otherwise
White's next move would have threatened Black's e-pawn.}
16. Rd5 Bg6 {Black admits that the bishop's excursion was
useless.} 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. R5d2 {If 18 Rb5 simply 18...Rab8
and Black's position would remain safe.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.15"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "William Winter"]
[Black "Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+
5. bxc3 O-O {As the continuation shows, this attempt to meet
White's two bishops by simple developing moves is not quite
sufficient. Instead, Black may adopt one of the following
three plans : (a) 5...b6 in order to fight against White's e4;
(b) 5...c5 in order to fix White's doubled pawns; or (c)
5...d6 in order to play as soon as possible e5.} 6. Qc2 d5
{After this White has no more trouble concerning the two
c-pawns, while his pleasure - the two bishops - still
remains.} 7. Bg5 c5 8. e3 cxd4 {Hoping to be able to play
e5. White, however, defeats the plan.} 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Re8
11. Ne5 {! The right move, which mechanically prevents the
e-pawn's advance - possible, for instance, even after 11 Bd3.}
dxc4 {Logical but not quite sufficient.} 12. Nxc6 {The crisis
of the game. Instead of improving his position by the obvious
12 f4, White allows Black to carry out his intention. He has
no reason to fear 12 f4 Nxd4. In fact after 13 cxd4 Qxd4 14
Rd1 Qe3+ 15 Be2 Ne4 16 Ng4 white would easily maintain his
advantage.} bxc6 13. Bxc4 h6 {He could also play at once e5,
but without appreciable profit, e.g., 14 O-O exd4 15 Rad1 c5
16 cxd4 cxd4 17 Be3, etc.} 14. Bd2 {This, as will soon appear,
is an indirect protection of the d-pawn.} e5 15. O-O exd4
16. cxd4 Be6 {If ...Qxd4 then 17 Bxh6! is to White's advantage
(e.g. if 17...gxh6 18 Qg6+).} 17. Ba6 {White tries to
complicate matters, but without success, as the two weaknesses
- White's d-pawn and Black's c-pawn - are about equal
inconveniences. The position comes down therefore in a few
moves to perfect balance.} Qb6 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Be3 Nd5
20. Bc4 {He sees that 20 Rab1 Bf5 would be to the adversary's
advantage, and therefore allows the position to be
liquidated.} Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxe3 23. Qxf7+ Kh8
24. Rf4 Rb3 25. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.13"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7
5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 Qc7 {Instead of this 7...g6
adapted by Capablanca against me in New York, 1927, is
certainly more logical then the plan chosen by the
text-move. For after castling on the queen side Black will be
left with a by no means safe king's position and without
chances to form an attack on the other wing.} 8. cxd5 d6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. e4 g6 12. f4 O-O-O {Practically
forced as 12...Bg7 13 e5 dxe5 14 fxe5 Nxe5 15 d6 followed by
Re1, etc., would lead to a quick debacle.} 13. Be3 {As there
is nothing decisive after the pawn sacrifice 13 e5 dxe5 14
fxe5 Qxe5 because of the possible check at d4 this move cannot
be condemned. But White misses his way by the next two moves.}
Bg7 14. Kh1 {? This was not important for the moment. By
playing 14 a4 Rhe8 15 Bf2 followed by Rc1 and eventually b4 he
would still maintain strong pressure, thus proving the
unsoundness of Black's development.} Rhe8 15. a4 {? Either
completely overlooking the following combination, or
underestimating the strength of the sasrifice on Black's 18th
move. He should play 15 Bf2 although after 15...b5 Black's
prospects would already be slightly better than in the
variation indicated above.} Nxe4 {! This pretty stroke
completely frees Black's game and after White yields to the
temptation to win the exchange gives very good prospects of
victory.} 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Ng5 Rxe3 18. Ne6 {It is surprising
that Dr. Vidmar prefers this dubiuos enterprise to the
alternative 18 Nxh7 Nf6 (or ...Bxb2 19 Rb1 followed by 20
Nxg6) 19 Ng5 with chances for both sides. After the following
variation he should have lost.} Rxe6 19. dxe6 Nf6 {With the
prospects of winning a second pawn, and the two powerful
bishop diagonals (as 20 Bxb7+ Qxb7+ 21 Qf3 etc., would lead to
a lost end-game for White) Black had only technical work to
do.} 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Qb3 Ne4 22. Rad1 {White still hopes
against hope.} d5 {? And here it is! First 22...Qc6 and then
d5 would increase Black's position in a decisive way. Even
22...c4 was good enough.} 23. Rxd5 {Naturally!} Bxd5 24. Qxd5
{The worst is over inasmuch as Black is tremendously short of
time.} Qb7 {? This second mistake loses a game which could
still be defended by 24...Kb8 25 Ng5 Rd8 etc.} 25. Qb3 Qc6
26. Ng5 Bd4 {There is nothing to be done. If 26...h6 then 27
Nxe4 fxe4 28 Re1 and wins, as Black cannot take the e-pawn on
account of Bh3.} 27. Qd3 Qxa4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Qb5
30. Qb7+ Kd8 31. Re1 Bf6 32. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.15"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Reuben Fine"]
[ECO "D67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5
10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 {Dr.Euwe seems to like this invention of
mine, which I, on the contrary, no longer adopt, chiefly
because of he possibility of the Capablanca defence 11...Nd5f6
followed by ...Qb4+, which leads to a comparatively easy
draw.} N5f6 12. Ng3 c5 {But this is, I think more risky than
the queen check, or even Lasker's move ...e5. White could play
now 13 e4 and if ...cxd4 either 14 e5 (...Qb4+ 15 Qd2 Qxd2+ 16
Kxd2 Ng4 17 Rhf1 followed by h3) or - even simpler - 14 Qxd4
Qb4+ 15 Ke2 followed by Rhd1 and after the exchange of queens
White's prospects for the end-game would be excellent.}
13. O-O a6 14. Ne5 {At this moment 14 e4 would be less
promising , as Black could protect himself against e5 by
playing ...b5 and ...Bb7, keeping command over d5.} cxd4 {This
opening-up of the central files looks rather risky, but, as
Black's next excellent move shows, was very corrected
calculated.} 15. exd4 Qd6 {Protecting the squares c7, c6, and
d5.} 16. Qe2 b5 {Not ...Qxd4 because of 17 Nxf7! Rxf7 18 Bxe6
(18 Qxe6? Ne5!) followed by Rfd1 with a winning position for
White.} 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 {This possible occupation of
the open file has also to be carefully calculated.}19. Rxc8
Rxc8 {The champion here offered a draw, which was naturally
accepted as Black saw that it could be forced by 20 Nf5 exf5
21 Nxf7 Qc7 22 Qe7 Nb6 23 Nh6+, etc. But White would not have
had any winning chances in this variation.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.18"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Winter"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6
5. g3 Nc6 {A very well known stratagem, which was specially
patronised by British masters. At this particular moment,
however, it seems unnecessary, as Black could immediately play
e5. The variation 6 dxe5 dxe5 7 Qxd8+ Kxd8 followed by c6,
etc., was not dangerous for him.} 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bg2 e5 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. h3 h6 {White's last move, aiming at Be3, was
correct. But the fact that Black, already handicapped by a
lack of space, allows himself to lose time also is sheer
carelessness, He should plat at once a5.} 10. Be3 a5 11. a3
O-O 12. O-O Nc5 {Allowing White to increase his positional
advantage on the Q side. A lesser evil was 12...b6 followed -
if 13 b4 for instance - by ...Nh5.} 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1
15. Qxa1 Na6 16. Qa3 Nh5 {This rather harmless attempt is made
under the conviction that White's advance on the other wing
cannot be stopped in the long run. If, e.g., 16...b6 the reply
would be 17 Nb5 threatening Na7-c6.} 17. b5 Nb8 18. g4 Nf6
19. c5 dxc5 20. Bxc5 Re8 21. Rc1 Nbd7 22. Bb4 {? With this and
the following poor moves White transforms a far superior
position into a lost one. After 22 Be3 Black would find no
compensation for the obvious weakness of his Q side and it
would be easy for White to increase his pressure. He probably
overlooked Black's 23rd move completely.} h5 23. f3 {? The
game after this is lost by force. His best chance was to try
to create complications with 23 g5 Nh7 24 h4 f6 25 Qb3 giving
him some fighting chances.} Bh6 24. Rd1 {The sacrifice of the
exchange - e.g., by 24 Nd1 - would merely prolong the game
without saving it.} hxg4 25. fxg4 Be3+ 26. Kh2 {If Kf1 Black
also plays Nxg4 followed by Qh4.} Nxg4+ 27. hxg4 Qh4+ 28. Bh3
Nf6 {Mate is forced in a few moves.} 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.20"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7
5. Bg5 {The more usual 5 e3 gives White only a very slight
positional advantage. As he plays, he allows his opponent to
obtain the advantage of the two bishops, which, however, is
not easy to exploit, since Black cannot without taking chances
transform the game into an open one.} Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5
e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 {The game, up to the 20th
move, develops quite logically, and is easy to
understand. White by starting the "minority attack" on the Q
side, usual in this kind of position, finally (on the 21st
move) compels Black to play b5 after which both sides get
strong points at respectively c4, and c5. The only chance for
Black after that would be in open diagonals for his bishops
through an advance on the other wing; but that advance makes
his king's position unsafe, and allows White to force the
exchange of queens before the bishops become dangerous. A
well-played but rather a dull game is the result.} c6 11. O-O
Qe7 {Preventing for the time being b4.} 12. a3 Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7
14. Ne1 {The knight aims at c5; but after Black's next
cautious move the manoeuver will prove harmless.} Nb6 15. Nd3
Rad8 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. b4 {If 17 b3 (to prevent Nc4) Black could
at once start a counter-attack with 17...f5.} Nc4 18. Nb1 b6
19. Nb3 Ba6 20. Re1 {A mistake would be 20 Nb1d2 for then Nb2
21 Qe1 Nd3.} Rfe8 21. N1d2 b5 22. Ra1 Bc8 23. Bf1 {Preventing
the promising sacrifice Nxe3, etc, - e.g., after 23 Nc5.} Qd6
24. Nc5 Re7 25. Ndb3 Rde8 26. Qc1 {Still preparing a4 which
here would be premature on account of 26...bxa4 27 Rxa4? Nb2.}
f5 27. Nd3 g5 28. Qc3 f4 {Black, as already mentioned, is
practically obliged to force matters, since otherwise White
would take the initiative with a4.} 29. exf4 gxf4 30. Rxe7
Rxe7 31. a4 a6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ra8 Re8 34. Qc1 Rf8 35. Qd1
{Not of course 35 Nxf4? for then Bh6 followed by Qxb4.} Bf5
36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Qh5 Qg6 {Otherwise-after 37...Bg6 38
Qg5-the pressure exerted by the White queen would become
unpleasant.} 38. Qxg6+ hxg6 39. Nxf4 Bxb4 40. Bd3 Nd2 {This
last chance to win is sufficiently parried by White's 43rd
move.} 41. Nxd2 Bxd2 42. Bxf5 gxf5 43. Ne6 {!} Bc3 {Or
43...Kf7 44 Nd8+. Or 43...b4 44 Nc5. An easy draw in either
case.} 44. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.10"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 {A harmless
move which could also be quite well answered by 3...Bf5.} e6
4. e3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Qc7 {As
9.Ne5 would not be in White's favor after 9...Nxe5 10.dxe5
Nd7, etc., Black had better play at once 8...b6; and if 9.e4
then dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb7 etc., as in the actual game.} 9. Qe2 {If
White intended to play e4, he should do that at once. After
9...dxe4 10.Nxe4 b6 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bh4 followed by Bg3 the Black
Queen would have no suitable square. After the text move Black
finishes his development and White has not the slightest
chance to get an advantage.} b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Bxf6 {White-it is obvious
now-only plays for a draw. Under these conditions it is
generally difficult for the second player to complicate
matters without taking chances.} Bxf6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4
Qb5 {! Practically dislodges the Queen from her central
position.} 17. Qc2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 g6 19. h3 {In this type of
position the Bishop is worth more than the Knight, which has
not any permanent squares in the middle. Further play,
beginning for instance 19...Rac8, was therefore still
possible. Against a player of Dr. Tartakover's experience,
however, it is doubtful if it would prove successful.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.18"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {? A weak
continuation, which has not even the advantage of novelty. If
Dr. Tartakower thought to take his opponent by surprise he was
mistaken, as Dr. Euwe knew the variation - if not before -
from his game with Colle, Hastings, 1930-31, in which there
followed 4 cxd5 Nxd4 5 e3 Nf5 6 Nf3 Bd6 7 e4 Nfe7.} 4. cxd5
Nxd4 5. e3 Nf5 6. e4 Nd6 7. Nf3 Bg4 {Comparatively better was
f6 at once as the White Q will be extremely well placed at
b3.} 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 f6 10. Be3 {White has now a welcome
object of attack in Black's c-pawn.} Ne7 11. Rc1 Nec8 {Another
possible plan was c6 followed by g6 and Bg7. But White would
have no difficulty in any case in maintaining his advantage in
space.} 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nb5 {Aiming at the
possession of two bishops, in an anticipation of a long
positional struggle.} Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Nxb5 {? I am almost
inclined to think that Dr. Tartakower simply overlooked the
discovered check! Otherwise the move is hardly to be
explained, as the immediate disastrous consequences are only
too obvious. The right course was 15...Nf7 followed by Ncd6
with possibilities of a steady fefence.} 16. d6+ Rf7 17. dxe7
Qd7 {After 17...Qe8 18 a4 Nbd6 19 Rxc7 Nxe7 20 Bc5 White has
an easy win.} 18. Rfd1 Ncd6 19. a4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. e5 {!
Winning the exchange, with the better position.} fxe5 22. Nxe5
Qxe7 23. Nxf7 Nxf7 24. Qxb7 Rd8 25. Rxc7 Qe6 26. Re7 Qf6
27. Qd7 Rf8 28. Re8 {After 28 Rxd4 Black (in spite of his
optimism) would probably have resigned.} Nd6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8
30. Rd3 Qe5 31. Kf1 h5 32. Qxa7 Nf5 33. Qd7 g6 34. Rb3 Qf4
35. g3 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Ne3+ 37. Kh3 Qf1+ 38. Kh4 Nf5+ 39. Kg5
Qc1+ 40. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.27"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Reuben Fine"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} 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. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nxe4
Bxe4 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Bd2 {This seems to give Black even less
trouble than 12 Bd3, played by Dr. Lasker in the sixth round,
as he can exchange by force almost all the minor pieces.} Bxf3
13. Qxf3 Qa5 14. Qe2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 a5 17. g3 Nb6
18. Bb3 Rfd8 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 {A delightful game for
the annotator. I think it is the only one in this connection
which does not even deserve a diagram.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.11"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "William Winter"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} 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. Qe2 Ne4 {As in
the other games in this tournament this move proves to be
quite sufficient to equalise (see Lasker-Capablanca and
Fine-Capablanca).} 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. Nb3 Nd7
13. Bd2 {Leads to a further simplification (see Black's 14th
move). But as Black's pieces are well developed and he has no
weaknesses, there is no reason for White to complicate
matters, for instance by Rd1.} Bxd2 14. Qxd2 e5 15. a5 exd4
16. exd4 {Comparatively better than 16.Qxd4 Qe7; followed by
...Rd8 after which Black's Pawn majority on the Q-side could
become an important faqctor in the endgame.} Nf6 17. Qf4 Nd5
18. Qg3 Qf6 {Showing that he is satisfied with a
draw. Otherwise 18...Re8 and if 19.Re1 then ...Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1
b6, in order to limit the action of the White Knight, was
worth considering.} 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Qe5
{Hoping, in vain, to get the strong square d4 for the Knight
after the exchange.} Qxe5 22. dxe5 Rc4 {An exactly caculated
move which destroys White's last winning hope. If after
23.Rxc4 dxc4 White should play 24.Nc5 he would even get into
some trouble. 24...Rd8 25.Nxb7 Rd2 26.Nd6 Bd3 followed by
...Rxb2.} 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Nd2 Bd3 25. Ra4 Rc8 26. Rb4 c3
{The simplest} 27. bxc3 Rxc3 28. f4 Ba6 29. Rd4 Kf8 30. Ne4
Ra3 31. Rd5 {Black can now play for instance 31...Ra4 32.Nc5
Rxf4 33.Nxa6 bxa6 34.Rd6 Rc4 35.Rxa6 Rc7 etc.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.22"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} 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. Ne5 {If White
hopes to get an advantage with this move, in conjunction with
the following, he was mistaken. But also 9 Qe2 Ne4 (not ...c5
10 Na2 Ba5 11 dxc5 Nc6 12 Rd1 Qe7 13 Nd4 Rfd8 14 B4!, as in
Ragozin-Flohr, Moscow, 1936.) 10 Nxe4 Bxe4 11 Rd1 Nd7 as in
the sixth round game Lasker-Capablanca, seems to give white no
appreciable pull.} c5 {! This move had to be very carefully
calculated (or analysed beforehand) as it involves a temporary
pawn sacrifice.} 10. Na2 Ba5 {To allow this bishop to be
exchanged would give White without a fight a distinct
positional advantage.} 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bc2 {! The chief
point of the defence, which enables Black to gain soon an
important tempo in development.} 13. Rd4 {After 13 Rf1 Bc7
with Bxa4 to follow, black would be very well suited.} Bc7
14. Nf3 {14 f4 Bxe5 15 fxe5 Nfd7 16 Nb4 Bg6 would yield White
no profit.} Nc6 15. Rd2 {The rook must keep on the center
file. If 15 Rh4 Rad8 16 Bd2? g5.} Bg6 {Black's minor pieces
are now very harmoniously posted, and the recovery of the pawn
can only be a question of very little time.} 16. b4 {To meet
the threat of Ne4.} a5 {!} 17. b5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 {White takes
the eariest opportunity of a drawish ending.} Bxe5 19. Bb2 Ne4
20. Re2 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Nxc5 22. Nc1 {Black's positional
advantage is only apparent, and would soon disappear after
22...Rfd8 23 Nb3 Nxb3 24 Bxb3, etc.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.25"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5
5. Bd3 {This seems to promise even less winning chances than
the more usual 5 cxd5 after which Black gets a satisfactory
position by the manouver ... Qc8 and eventually ...Nfd7} e6
6. cxd5 {If first 6 Bxf5 exf5 and then 7 cxd5, Black would
reply Nxd5.} Bxd3 7. Qxd3 exd5 {The position now reached is
familiar with colors reversed, in a variation of the Caro Kann
Defence (1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 cxd5 4 c3) in which Black - as
in this case White - has to choose between a "minority attack"
on the Q side or a break in the center by e4. Dr. Lasker
selects the second method, which gives him, however, only
prospects a draw.} 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nbd7 {White's
next move could not be prevented.} 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4
13. Qxe4 {This looks like a drawing proposition, as after
Black's next move further liquidation will be practically
forced. But White had no objective reason to avoid a draw, as
the alternative 13 Rxe4 Qf6 would now offer him attacking
chances.} Re8 14. Qxe8+ Qxe8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Kf1 {At this
moment the game might safely be declared a draw; certainly
with more reason that many other games in this
tournament. That the draw was not declared here was only, I
presume, because neither player offered one, for different
reasons. Dr. Lasker, because (although he doubtless wa
perfectly aware that his isolated pawn is by no means a
serious weakness) he was, theoretically at least, at a slight
disadvantage; Dr. Euwe because as the new champion he felt
obliged to exploit even the shade of a winning chance. The
unfortunate result was the ending catastrophe, which changed
the normal course of the tournament.} Nb6 17. Bd2 f6 18. Re1
Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Kf7 20. Ke2 Ke6 21. h3 Nc4 22. Bc1 Bc7 23. Kd3
Ba5 {?? This move is hard indeed to understand, as even the
answers 24 Nc2 or 24 Kxc4 Be1 25 Be3 would yield Black no
advantage.} 24. b4 {! The rest of the game reqires no
comment.} Bxb4 25. Nc2 Bd2 26. Bxd2 Nb2+ 27. Ke3 Kd5 28. Bc1
Nc4+ 29. Kd3 Nb6 30. Ne3+ Ke6 31. Nc4 Nc8 32. Na5 Nd6 33. Bf4
1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.17"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Reuben Fine"]
[Black "William Winter"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5
5. Nc3 {5 cxd5 cxd5 6 Qb3 gives White some initiative on the
queen side. After his next move Black has no further opening
difficulties.} e6 6. Nh4 {It is true that White gets the
advantage of two bishops, but he opens up for his adversary
the h-file and lessens his pressure on the central
squares. All in all his sheme is hardly to be recommended.}
Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. g3 {Black was threatening Nh5
which move could be played in case of 9 e4.} Bd6 10. f4 Ne4
11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bd2 Qe7 {Not necessary at this
moment. Instead g5 would give Black a good initiative.} 13. a3
{Also by no means convincing. If White intends to play Qb3 he
had better do so at once.} Nd7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Be2
g5 {At last.} 17. O-O-O f5 18. fxg5 {The initial of a rather
hidden sacrificial combination. Black's best chance now was to
start an immediate counter-attack by 18...b5 19 Qxa6 bxc4
followed eventually by O-O, etc. This would lead to some Wild
West play, of which the result would be by no means certain.}
Qxg5 19. c5 Bc7 {Black seems completely to overlook the
possibility of a sacrifice. After Be7 he would still have a
defensible position, although 20 Qb3 Rh6 21 g4! would give
White undeniably the initiative.} 20. Bxa6 {!} bxa6 {Useless
was 20...Ra8 21 Qb3! But with 20...O-O 21 Bc4 Qe7 the game
could be much longer defended. White would win then chiefly
because of his extra pawn.} 21. Qxc6 Kd8 22. Qxe6 {Besides
having full equivalent for his piece, White obtains also a
very strong attack against the exposed king. The game is
practically over.} Qf6 23. Qd5 {Threatening c6.} Ke7 24. Bb4
Rhc8 25. Kb1 {Threatening again c6+ which would here be
premature on account of 25...Bd6.} Nf8 26. g4 a5 27. Bc3 g6
28. gxf5 Qxf5 {If ...gxf5 then 29 Rhf1.} 29. Qc4 Ne6 30. Rhf1
Qh5 31. d5 Nxc5 32. d6+ {If ...Bxd6 then 33 Qf7+ and mate next
move.} 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.28"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6
5. Bd3 {Permitting Black to enter into a variation of the
Queen's Gambit accepted instead of adopting the more usual 5
Nc3 Nbd7, etc., leading to the Meran defence.} dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5
7. O-O a6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nc6 {? After White has
placed his bishop at b3 (instead of d3, as in the game
Lasker-Reshevsky, Nottinham, 1936) it would not be advisable
for Black to exchange pawns in the center, as in that case
White's pressure against e6 and f7 would become
dangerous. Much better than the text move was 10...Nbd7 not
allowing White's d-pawn to advance with gain of tempo, and
keeping the balance of the position.} 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. d5 {! A
well-known manoeuver in positions of this kind {see
Opocensky-Rubinstein, Marienbad 1933-4) which in this
particular case is exceptionally strong, as Black is not yet
able to castle.} exd5 {? The decisive mistake. A much better
fighting chance was 12...Na5 13 e4 (13 dxe6 fxe6, etc.) Nxb3
14 axb3 b4 15 Na4 Qb5.} 13. e4 {After this Black has no
satisfactory defence. If 13...d4 then 14 e5! Ng4 15 Nd5 Qd8 16
Bf4 with the double threat 17 e6 or 17 Nf6+, the attack being
overwhelming.} dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4+ Be7 {A pretty
variation would occur after 15...Ne7 16 Ne5! c4 17 Nxc4! bxc4
18 Ba4+ Bc6 19 Rd6 Rc8 20 Bg5 f6 21 Re1 with a winning
position.} 16. Bd5 Rd8 17. Bg5 Rxd5 {After ...f6 18 Bf4 Black,
with his king in the middle, would be helpless against the
numerous threats.} 18. Rxd5 O-O 19. Rd7 {! Without this move
White would still have some technical difficulties, but now
things are easy.} Bd8 20. Rc1 {? Not the best, although good
enough. Immediately decisive was 20 b4! (cxb4 21 Be3, etc.) }
Bc7 21. Qe3 Nb8 22. Re7 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 h6 {In consequence of
White's 20th move Black was in a position to make a longer
resistance by playing here 20...Nc6.} 24. Bf4 Bd6 {? Another
blunder. But Black's game was already perfectly hopeless.}
25. Rb7 Qd8 26. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.14"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Reuben Fine"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6
5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 b4 {Thus
avoiding the main variation of the Meran defence which
continues 9...c5. The move seems to give Black quite a
playable game, especially in connection with his strong 14th
move.} 10. Na4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 Be7 {Black
could even Castle at once as the variation 13...O-O 14.e5 Bxf3
15.gxf3 Nd5 16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Qc2+ Kg8 19.Qxc5 Qh4
20.Qc2 f5; etc. was certainly not to his disadvantage.}
14. Rd1 Qa5 {This is more convincing than Lasker's stratagem
in a similar position in the first round (after ...O-O; Bg5),
viz., ...h6 followed by ...Nh5.} 15. b3 O-O 16. Bg5 Rfd8
17. Nb2 Nc5 {The simplest; If now 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.e5 Nxd3 and if
exf6 gxf6; etc. with a good game.} 18. e5 Nxd3 {Definitely
eliminating any danger; if 19.exf6 then 19...Nxb2 (A) 20.Qxb2
Bxf3 21.Rxd1+ exd8; or (B) 20.exf6 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Nxd1 winning
in either case.} 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. Nxd3 Nd5 21. Bxe7 Nxe7
22. Nf4 Rd8 {Black had some slight advantages in the middle
game owing to his well placed Bishop; but the text-move which
allows the opponent to exchange Rooks facilitates White's
task. A good move was 22...Rc8 threatening ...Bxf3
eventually.} 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Nxd5 {The game has some
theoretical value.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.18"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5
5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Rd1 b5 9. Bb3 c4 10. Bc2
Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxc2 12. Qxc2 Bb7 13. d5 {This whole variation has
been exhaustively analysed in the course of the last few
years, and the text move has - since the games
Eliskases-Flohr, Hastings, 1933-34, and Vidmar- Grunfeld,
Warsaw, 1935 - been considered to give White a strong
initiative. Flohr's innovation in the present game seems to
rehabilitate the whole line of defence.} Qc7 {! The main idea
of this is to block the center by e5 in case White plays 14
e4. 13...exd5 instead , as played in the games mentioned
above, would be answered by 14 e4 with good effect.} 14. e4
{As 14 dxe6 fxe6 15 e4 does not work on account of b4 there is
nothing better than to complete the development of the
forces.} e5 15. Bg5 {If immediately 15 Be3 then Ng4.} Nd7
16. Be3 Bc5 {Black obviously considers the opening problem as
already solved, and does not intend to simplify. By 16...Bd6
he would have more chances of taking advantage of his majority
on the Q side, inasmuch as White could certainly obtain
nothing by a demonstration on the other wing, such as 17 Nh4
g6 18 Bh6 f6.} 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. b3 {! This is now possible as
b5 can be answered by 19 Na4.} O-O 19. bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd2 Qc7
21. Qb2 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Nc5 23. Nb3 {After ...Nxb3 followed by
...Qd6, Black would still have the slightly better game
because of his Q side pawn majority.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.24"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 {Notes by Lasker} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 {If
Black wants to adopt this particular defence (instead of
...Nd5) it is better to play first 8...h6 and after 9 Bh4
dxc4, etc. The difference will soon be apparent.} 10. Bd3 a6
11. a4 {This move-which would be the best, had Black already
played h6-leads here to practically nothing. 10 e4, on the
other hand, which would be bad after ...h6 Bh4 because of the
answer Nxe4! (see Euwe-Alekhine 28th match game) would here
secure an appreciable advantage in space.} bxa4 12. Nxa4 Qa5+
13. Nc3 {Here is the difference. White cannot play 13 Nd2, his
queen bishop being lose.} c5 {This weakness being eliminated,
Black will have no difficulty in equalising the game.} 14. Ra1
Qb4 15. O-O Bb7 {15...Qxb4 was inadvisable as after 16 Nb5
White would threaten not only 17 Nc7 but also Rb1-a1-b1 with a
secure draw.} 16. Qe2 {Sugessting a series of exchanges, after
which the remaini9ng pawn material makes a peaceful result
almost inevitable.} cxd4 17. exd4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd4 19. Bxa6
Qb6 20. Bb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ne5 22. Qe2 Ng6 23. Be3 {The two
bishops are of little value here, since they have no weak
points to attack; and the advance of the b-pawn can easily be
prevented. Dr. Lasker's defence has been, as usual, very
accurate.} Qb8 24. g3 Rc8 25. Ba7 Qc7 26. Ra6 Qb7 27. Bc4
{This attempt to advance the b-pawn merely leads to further
simplification.} Ne5 28. Qxe5 Rxc4 29. Qb8+ Qxb8 30. Bxb8 Rc8
31. Bd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rb8 33. Rd2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.10"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "William Winter"]
[Black "George Alan Thomas"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 {White can avoid the following
simplification by playing 6.Rc1 c6 7.Bd3; but this is hardly
necessary, for in the following endgame the chances of the
first player will be better on account of the greater freedom
in the center and the open b-file.} Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Qc2 c6
9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Qb4+ 11. Nd2 Qxb2 12. Qb1 {After 12.Rb1,
Black would do better not to take the a-pawn because of the
possible attack commencing by Bd3, Ke2, etc. but play 12...Qc3
after which White could hardly avoid the exchange of Queens.}
Qc3 {Black prefers to delay the exchange for one move in order
to have the opponent's Rook at c1 and not b1.} 13. Qc1 Qxc1+
14. Rxc1 c5 {After 14...e5 15.Nf3 the opening of the e-file
would be in White's favor.} 15. g3 {A good idea, as the Bishop
will have excellent prospects on the long diagonal. Still in
the following White omits to take full profit of the
positional advantage.} Ke7 16. Bg2 Rd8 17. Ke2 {Here was, for
instance, the right moment to force by 17.Nb3 the Pawn
exchange in the middle, as after 17...cxd4 18.exd4 White could
even Castle in order to occupy promptly the central files with
his Rooks. After the move selected Black succeeds through
accurate defence in avoiding further trouble.} Rb8 {Now he
will be able to answer Nb3 with ...b6.} 18. Rc3 cxd4 {Rather
surprising, but well calculated. Black has just time to
develop his Bishop.} 19. exd4 Nf6 20. Nf3 Bd7 21. Ne5 Be8
22. Ke3 Nd7 23. Ra3 {No more promising was 23.f4 f6 etc.} Nxe5
24. dxe5 a6 25. Rb1 {White's last hope to get some advantage
but the following move destroys such illusions.} b5 {Forcing a
speedy liquidation.} 26. Rxa6 bxc4 27. Ra7+ Kf8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8
29. Rc7 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.12"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Winter"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7
5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5
10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Qc2 e4 {The
alternative 13...exd4 14.exd4 is not without danger for Black,
for instance: 14...Nf6 15.Re1 Qd6 16.Ng5 h6 (or ...Qf4 17.Nxf7
and wins as in the game Lowenfisch vs. Riumin, Moscow 1935)
17.Nxf7 Rxf7 18.Qb3 and wins. (Dr Alkhine vs. Petersen, Orebro
1935). But by playing in this variation 14...Nb6 (instead of
...Nf6) Black still seems to have an adequate defence.}
14. Nd2 Nf6 15. a3 {Too slow. The correct move, after which
White remains with a slight advantage is Bb3 with the idea of
answering ...Bf5 with f4 and eventually playing Rc5. By this
continuation Black could hardly avoid moving the Knight to d5
and the consequent exchange, which in the majority of cases
secures White the contrpl of the c-file.} Bf5 16. Rc1 {As
White cannot be sure in this position that he will need this
Rook at c1 and as he intends to play f4 anyhow, he should play
that move prior to the Rook move.} Rad8 17. b4 h5 {A good
positional move which would be useful, for instance if White
should play 18.b5 thus allowing a K-side attack after
18...cxb5 19.Bxb5 Nd5 followed by Qg5, etc.} 18. f4 g6 19. Qb3
Rd7 {! In expectation of the following reply. Otherwise he
could improve his game by the simple 19...Kg7.} 20. b5 {? This
advance must be based on a miscalculation. Agood move was
20.Nf1 after which the issue would still be uncertain.} c5
21. Qa4 {Or 21.d5 Rfd8 simply winning a Pawn. This was the
object of 19...Rd7.} cxd4 22. exd4 Qd6 23. Nb3 {Now all the
White pieces are concentrated without effect on the Q-side and
the King's position becomes very exposed.} Qxf4 24. Rf1 Qd6
25. Qxa7 {A meagre satisfaction, for the fight will be decided
by the positional, not the material, advantage.} b6 26. Qa4
Rc7 {Threatening 27...Nd5} 27. Rg3 Ng4 {!} 28. Be2 Nxh2 {! A
well played game by Dr. Vidmar.} 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.21"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "D67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5
10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Ng3 e5 {Introduced by
Dr. Lasker against me at Zurich, 1934. Because of Black's loss
of that game the move had, as usual, a bad press. the present
game shows that it is as playable as Capablanca's
12...Qb4+.}13. O-O exd4 14. Nf5 Qd8 15. N3xd4 Ne5 16. Bb3 Bxf5
17. Nxf5 g6 {! This is the correct move. Dr. Lasker against me
played 17...Qb6? and lost speedily : 18 Qd6! Ned7 19 Rfd1 Rad8
20 Qg3 g6 21 Qg5 Kh8 22 Nd6 Kg7 23 e4! Ng8 24 Rd3 f6 25 Nf5+
Kh8 26 Qxg6 resigns.} 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.10"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Reuben Fine"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7
5. e3 {A harmless continuation as Black can now enter on a
variation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted with a tempo
more. More aggressive, if White does not want to play the
usual 5.Bg5 is even Bf4.} O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O a6
{Black is obviously not content to equalise by ...Nc6 9.dxc5
Qxd1 etc.} 9. Qe2 {Of doubtful value. More correct was 9.Bd3
with the intention of answering 9...b5 by 10.dxc5, etc., thus
forcing the position that occurred in the actual game.} b5
10. Bd3 Bb7 {? 10...Nbd7 in order to recapture with this
Knight in case of ...dxc5 was more promising by far. After the
text move White gets a slight positional advantage, which
however does not endanger Black's game.} 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4
Nbd7 {Intending to answer 13.e5 with Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nd5;
etc. with welcome complications.} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 b4
{Weakening the position on the Q-side without necessity or
equivalent. At move 14...Kh7 was sufficient to keep the
balance of the position.} 15. Na4 Be7 16. Rfd1 Nh5 17. Bxe7
Qxe7 18. Rac1 Ndf6 {After this most unnatural move, which
leaves the other Knight completely in the air. White's
advantage becomes overwhelming. It is really hard to
understand why Dr. Lasker rejected the natural 18...Nf4. The
only plausible explanation is that he did not like after
19.Qe3 Nxd3 the possibility of 20.Rc7 (20...Rac8 with
equality) and answering the move 20...Bc6. If 21.Rxc6 (or
21.Nb6 Nxb4; etc.) Nd7e5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Rc5 Rfd8 etc., he
would emerge from the difficulties. The final phase, not
altogether difficult, is played by Fine with his usual
accuracy.} 19. g3 a5 20. Nc5 Rfc8 {After this White wins
perforce. The only slight hope of defence was 20...g6, at
least consolidating the position of the unfortunate Knight.}
21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Ne5 Rxc1 {Also 22...g6 23.Nc4 Qe7 24.e5
followed by Be4, etc., would not help.} 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+
Qxc8 25. Qc2 {Decisive, as after the exchange the Black
Knights would not be able to protect the Q-side Pawns.} Qb7
{He could resist a little longer by playing 25...Qd8 26.Qc5
etc.} 26. Qc6 Qa7 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Nc6 Qc5 29. e5+ g6 30. exf6
Nxf6 31. Qb7 Kg8 32. Be2 {If now 32...Qc1+ 33.Kg2 Qxb2 34.Nd8
etc.} Nd5 33. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.21"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Reuben Fine"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7
5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 {I believe that Ne4 - introduced by me
against F. Samisch. Dresden, 1936, and played also in the
present tournament against J. R. Capablanca - offers Black
comparatively better fighting chances. It is generally in the
interest of the second player to delay as long as logically
possible the advance of the d-pawn in this opening, so as to
keep the choice between the two points, d6 and d5.} 7. Nc3 Qe8
8. Qc2 Nc6 {An obvious positional error, which enables White
to get control of that important square, d5. The logical move
was 8...Qh5 for Black had no reason to fear 9 e4 fxe4 10 Nxe4
Nc6.} 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qb3 Na6 11. dxe6 Nc5 12. Qc2 Bxe6 13. b3
{Intending to play 14 Nd4; a threat which should be met by
13...Nfe4 followed by Bf6. The passive line adopted by Black
in the next moves leads to an almost hopeless situation for
him.} Qh5 {?} 14. Nd4 Bc8 15. b4 Na6 16. Rb1 Kh8 {He could not
play 16...Nxb4 17 Rxb4 c5 on account of 18 Nd5, etc.} 17. Nd5
Qf7 {? An oversight which loses a pawn without
compensation. After 17...Nxd5 18 cxd5 it would have taken
White some time to transform his positional into material
advantage.} 18. b5 Nc5 19. Nxc7 Rb8 20. Nd5 Ne6 21. Nxf5 Nxd5
22. cxd5 Ng5 {? Losing two more pawns. He might as well
resign.} 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Bxg5 Bd7 25. e4 Qh5 26. Be3 Rf3
27. Rb3 Rbf8 28. Bc5 Rxb3 29. Bxd6 Rf6 30. axb3 Rxd6 31. Qc7
Rh6 32. Qb8+ Be8 33. g4 Qf7 34. Rc1 Kg8 35. Rc7 Qf8 36. Rc8
1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.10"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 {Quite a
harmless variation, which offers Black many good possibilities
of defence.} g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 {Black already having
the control over d4 protects d5, thus obtaining a certain
advantage in the middle. A promising strategy which could be
successfully met only by very energetic play.} 6. d3 Nge7
7. O-O {? Too indifferent, he should make a demonstration on
the K-side by 7.h4 and 8.Bg5; if 7...h6 then Bf4 followed by
Qd2 and Black would have more difficulties in completing his
mobilisation than in the actual game.} O-O 8. Be3 {And here
8.Bg5 or Bf4 was better. White should leave himself the
possibility of taking the intruding Knight at d4 with his own
Knight.} Nd4 9. Qd2 d5 10. Nf4 {Comparatively better was
10.Nd1 in order to dislodge, as rapidly as possible, the
powerful Knight.} dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. Rad1 {Other methods
like 12.Rfc1 followed by Qe1 would have their inconveniences
too. The game is already very difficult to defend.} Rd8
13. Qc1 b6 14. Rfe1 Ba6 15. Kh1 {? This move, and not the next
one as was generally suggested, is the decisive
mistake. White's last chance of salvation consisted in 15.Nb1
with the intention 16.c3, and if 15...g5 16.Nd3 h6 then 17.f4
with some kind of counter-play. After the King's move the game
is strategically hopeless.} Nec6 16. Nfe2 {Only shortens the
end. The threats 16...Ne5 or eventually (in case of 16.Nb1 for
instance) 16...Nb4 were too strong.} Nxe2 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8
18. Nxe2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Rd1+ 21. Bf1 Rxf1+
22. Kg2 Rd1 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Qe5 {! Forcing an endgame in
which besides the extra Pawn he will possess a powerful Knight
against an anemic Bishop.} 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Bc3 f6 27. Bxe5
{One has the impression that White wants to finish the game as
rapidly as possible; the Pawn endgame does not offer, of
course, any chance.} fxe5 28. a4 Kf7 29. Kf3 c4 30. Ke3 Ke7
31. f4 Kd6 32. c3 Kc5 33. fxe5 b5 34. axb5 Kxb5 35. Kd2 Ka4
0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.25"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Theodore Tylor"]
[Black "William Winter"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nb3 a5 {This attempt
(instead of Botvinnik's Be6) gives the game a peculiar
character, but hardly to Black's benefit. In fact, he obtains
only a shade of attack on the queen side and yields in return
to White the full control of the important square b5. White
plays the next part of the game with perfect judgement.}
9. O-O a4 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Ndb5 Be6 12. Qd2 Na5 13. b3 {This
meets the threats in the simplest way, and Black's knight will
soon have to return after a fruitless trip.} axb3 14. axb3 Qd7
{Slightly more promising was the delaying of the following
exchange by 14...Re8.} 15. Bh6 Nc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rad1 Ng8
18. f4 {A misjudgement, since White has no real prospects of a
K side attack. His chances are in the center, and on the other
side of the board. He should therefore play at once 18 Nd5
Bxd5 19 exd5 Nd8 20 c4 with an obvious positional
advantage. The move selected only weakens the central
squares.} f6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nd8 21. Nd4 {And even here
the simplest 21 c4 was also the best.} Nh6 22. Bd3 Qc7
{Intending to profit by the comparative weakness of the Black
squares in his opponent's position. White's next move, giving
up command of e5 makes the task still easier.} 23. f5 Qc5
24. Be4 Nhf7 25. Rf3 {White realises that his position does
not now look promising, and takes the first opportunity to
force a perpetual check.} Ne5 26. Rg3 g5 27. h4 h6 28. hxg5
hxg5 29. Rxg5+ {!} fxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.18"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Alan Thomas"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6
5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 {I think that this, a logical sequence
to Black's 4th move, is one of the most promising defences
against the Lopez, in which the chances of the two sides may
be considered about even. An interesting idea instead of
White's 5th move is 5 c4.} 7. Be3 {With the object of
answering g6 with 8 Qd2 followed eventually with Bh6. But
Black has a much easier line of development.} Ne7 8. Nc3 Ng6
9. Qd2 {If 9 h4 then simply exd4 followed by Ne5. The knight
would not be dislodged from its central square by f4 as the g4
square would remain weak. But 9 Qe2 offered better prospects
than the text move.} Be6 {With the obvious intention of
playing d5.} 10. b3 {? This can be considered in a higher
sense as the losing move, although White need not actually
lose material after it. The emancipating 10...d5 should be
prevented by 10 Rd1 after which the real fight would begin.}
d5 {!} 11. O-O {Giving up at least a pawn, without the
slightest compensation. This could be avoided by 11 exd5 cxd5
12 Na4 e4 13 Ng1 but White's position would remain bad
enough.} dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bd5 13. Ng3 {The knight cannot be
protected on account of 13...f5, etc.} Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh4 {!
Securing a decisive material advantage as 15 Qe2 would be met
by Qd5 16 Ne4 Qe6! (less convincing would be 16...exd4 17
Nxf6+ gxf6 18 Bg5+) and ....Qh3. The rest of the game is
merely a matter of technique.} 15. Qd3 Nxf3+ 16. Kh1 Nxd4
17. Qe4 Qd5 {By trying to keep the two extra pawns Black will
eventually meet with difficulties.} 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd4
exd4 20. Rad1 Bc5 {If ...c5 White would also win a pawn by 21
c3, etc.} 21. Nf5 Kf7 22. Nxd4 Rhe8 {Besides his material
superiority Black has also the better position - the only open
file, bishop vs. knight, and a more active king.} 23. c3 Re5
24. Rd3 Rae8 25. a4 {? This creates a new weakness in the
b-file, which Black exploits in a very convincing manner. A
longer resistance was possible after 25 Kg2.} Bxd4 26. Rxd4
{26 cxd4 Re1 27 Kg2 Rxf1 28 Kxf1 Ke7 29 Rc3 Kd6 30 Rc5 Rb8 31
Ra5 Rb6 left White helpless.} c5 27. Rd2 Rb8 28. Rb1 a5
29. Kg2 Ke6 30. Rc2 Kd6 31. f3 g5 32. Kg3 h5 33. h4 {Otherwise
Black would win by c4 followed by Re3.} gxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Re3
35. Kg3 {35 Kxh5 Rg8 would put White's king in a mating net.}
c4 {! Winning another pawn.} 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 Rb3 {A
simple but instructive rook endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.20"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Theodore Tylor"]
[Black "George Alan Thomas"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 {If Black
does not intend to develop the bishop at c5 or b4 but to play
d6 it is better to make that move first. He would then have
the option in certain cases of developing the B in
fianchetto.} 4. d4 d6 5. h3 {Hardly necessary at the moment,
but will be useful later to keep Black's minor pieces off
g4. 5 Nc3 Bg4 6 h3 occurred in Alekhine vs. Breyer, Mannheim,
1914.} Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 {This move would prove rather harmless if
White replied simply 7 a3. As it happens, however, it leads to
an exchange which facilitates the defence.} 7. Be3 b5 8. Bd5
{Simplest as he has to consider two possibilities - 8...b4,
and 8...exd4 9 B or Nxd4 Nxd4 10 B or Nxd4 c5.} Nxd5 9. Nxd5
O-O 10. O-O Bb7 {An indirect protection of d5, in order to
prepare for f5. White prevents this project by his next move.}
11. Qd3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 {The famous "two bishops"
will in this instance be perfectly useless, as one of them
will be necessarily be exchanged off in a very few moves.} Bf6
14. c3 Re8 15. a4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 {Not of course 16 Qxd4 on
account of c6 followed by c5.} c6 {Too optimistic. In the
ensuing blockade the superiority of the knight over the bishop
will become apparent. Much safer was 16...Bxd5 17 exd5 bxa4 18
Rxa4 Qb8 with a rather easy draw in the near future.} 17. Ne3
c5 18. d5 Qd7 19. f3 f6 20. b3 {White's plan is obvious; he
intends to free the c4 square for the knight.} Reb8 21. Rf2
Bc8 22. Rfa2 bxa4 {A sad necessity, as Bb7 would be worse, on
account of 23 axb5 axb5 24 Ra5, etc.} 23. Rxa4 Rb5 24. Nc4
Rab8 25. R4a3 Qc7 26. Qe3 Bb7 27. Qf4 Rd8 28. Kh2 Qd7 29. g4
{This is somewhat premature, and would be more effective after
29 Na5 Ba8. But even now White's prospects in the middle and
end game are superior, and he should not have stopped playing
after his opponent's next move.} Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.22"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Theodore Tylor"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4
5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 {If Black wants to play for a win, he
would do better with first 6...d6. Now White could by
exchanging on his eight move obtain a symmetrical position,
with bishops of opposite colors, and would have no difficulty
in drawing.} 7. bxc3 d6 8. Re1 Qe7 9. Qe2 {Probably with the
object of answering Bg4 with 10 h3 Bh5 11 Qe3. Black's next
move leads to a position known as the Metger Defence., in
which both players hold trumps in their hands- White his two
bishops, Black the sounder pawn position.} Nd8 10. d4 c5
11. Bd3 Kh8 {Black's plan must be to try to induce his
opponent to play d4, when he will be able to develop an
initiative on the king side. He could perhaps attain that
object more quickly by 11...Bg4 but rigidly determined to keep
his bishop.} 12. h3 Ng8 13. Bb2 Ne6 14. g3 f6 15. Kg2 Bd7
16. d5 {This looks rather inconsequent after his attempt (on
his 13th move) to protect d4. But a further delay would be
useless, as Black by ...Rac8, for instance, would sooner or
later force a clearance of the position in the center.} Ng5
17. Nxg5 fxg5 18. Bc1 {Here and in what follows White works up
the right defensive position.} Rf7 19. Be3 Raf8 20. Rh1 Qd8
{The object of this is not quite clear. He could instead play
immediately h6 with Nf6 to follow.} 21. c4 h6 22. Qd2 Nf6
23. Raf1 Nh5 24. f3 Rf6 {! This move will cause the opponent
some difficulty.} 25. h4 {? Very tempting (if in reply g4,
then f4!) but not the best. The only eventual threat from
Black could be met, for instance by 25 Qe1 after there was no
immediate danger for White.} gxh4 26. Rxh4 Nf4+ {? Losing a
pawn without compensation, instead of which he could get an
advantage by 26...Nxg3 27 Kxg3 (27 Bxh6 Nxf1 28 Bg5+ Kg8 29
Bxf1 Rg6) Rg6+ 28 Rg4 Rxf3+ 29 Rxf3 Bxg4!, etc.} 27. Bxf4 exf4
28. Rxf4 g5 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Qd1 {Or immediately 30 f4} Kg8
31. f4 gxf4 32. Rxf4 Qg7 33. Rxf8+ {? The right move was 33
Qf3 with the threat of 34 Rxf8+ Qxf8 35 Qf4.} Kxf8 34. Qf3+
Ke7 35. Qf4 Qg5 36. Be2 Ba4 37. Bd3 Qh5 38. Qh4+ Qxh4 39. gxh4
Kf6 40. Kf3 Ke5 41. Ke3 Bd7 42. c3 Bg4 43. Bc2 Bh3 44. a3 Bf1
45. Bb3 a6 46. Ba2 Bh3 47. Bb1 Bg4 48. Bc2 Bh5 49. Ba4 Bg6
50. Bc2 Be8 51. Bd1 Bd7 52. Bc2 b6 53. Kf3 Bh3 54. Bd3 Bc8
55. Bb1 Bd7 56. Bc2 a5 57. Bd1 Be8 58. Ke3 Bf7 59. Be2 Bg8
60. Bf1 Bh7 61. Bg2 Bg6 62. Bf3 Bf7 63. Be2 Be8 64. Bd1 Bd7
65. Kf3 Bc8 66. Be2 Ba6 67. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.17"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. f4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 {This
development of the queen bishop is not very promising, as
black will not be able to avoid the exchange. More usual-just
the same as for White against the Dutch Defence- the king's
fianchetto.} 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 {Black renounces the
opportunity to exert pressure against d4 and so relieves his
adversary of any possible worries. He should play 5...c5 and
if 6 cxd5 exd5 7 Bb5+ then Nbd7 (or even Nc3) 8 O-O Bd6, etc.,
with better prospects than he has in the actual game.} 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Be2 c6 8. O-O Bxf3 {To prevent d4 followed by Ne5. But
White has now the pair of bishops.} 9. Bxf3 Bb4 10. Qc2 O-O
11. b3 Qe7 12. Na4 {At this point, or even before, White
should have played a3, to preserve his two bishops. After the
text move the position becomes perfectly even, and neither of
the performers seems to enjoy further play.} Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3
14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.20"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "William Winter"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. f4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5
{The Lasker Attack (Bird-Lasker, 2nd match-game, 1892) leads
to lively situations if White avoids, as in the present game,
the exchange variation : 5 d4 g4 6 Ne5 Bxe5 7 dxe5 Qxd1+ etc.}
5. d4 g4 6. Ng5 {If Black replies ...f5 then 7 e4 h6 8 Nh3
sacrificing a piece for an interesting attack. After Black's
actual move White should keep his superiority without any
sacrifices.} Qe7 7. Qd3 {! Threatening 8 Ne4 and preparing
also for h3.} f5 8. h3 Nc6 9. hxg4 {9 c3 was also to be
considered, but the text move is keener and better.} Nb4
10. Qb3 f4 11. Bd2 {? A tame move which spoils the whole
effect of the energetic opening play. Logical was 11 Rxh7!
Rxh7 (Qxg5 12 Qf7+ followed by 13 Rxh8 and wins) 12 Qxg8+ Kd7
13 Nxh7 Nxc2+ 14 Kd1 Nxa1! 15 e4! fxe3 16 Bxe3 with an
overwhelming attack, as Black must be mated or lose his queen
if he takes the bishop (16...Qxe3 17 Nf6+, etc.). After the
exchanges in the text Black gets ample compensation for his
slight material inferiority.} Nxc2+ 12. Qxc2 Qxg5 13. Nc3 {If
13 Rxh7 then simply rxh7 (not Bf5 14 Qa4+) 17 Qxh7 Bxg4 with a
promising position.} Nf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4+ Qe7 16. Qf3
{16 Qxe7+ Kxe7 17 Bc3 Bxg4 18 d5 h5 19 Bxh8 Rxh8 gives Black a
splendid game. White's bishop being imprisoned.} Be6 17. Qxb7
{Not merely for the sake of a pawn but also tp prevent O-O-O.}
O-O 18. Qf3 Qg7 19. Bc3 Bxg4 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. O-O-O Rae8
22. Rd3 {The only possible attempt to bring the king bishop to
life; but without the opponent's help it certainly could not
succeed.} Bf5 23. Rf3 Be4 {Why such a hurry? After Re7 for
instance, White would be without useful moves.} 24. Qh5 Bxf3
{? So false an appreciation of the position by a player of
Winter's experience can only be due to shortage of time. By
24... c6 25 Rfh3 (d5 26 Be5) Rf7 followed by Bd5 he could
still keep up a tremendous pressure. The "win" of the
exchange, on the contrary, completely changes the aspect of
the game in his opponent's favour.} 25. exf3 Re3 26. Bc4 Rfe8
27. Bb3 R8e7 28. Qf5 c5 {? A last error. But also after
28...Re8 29 Bc2 his position would remain very difficult.}
29. Rxh7+ Qxh7 30. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.18"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
{After this move, and especially after the next, White can
hardly expect anything but an equal game. Black can easily
mobilise his forces, at the same attacking his opponent's
central pawns. The mode of to-day is 4 Qb3.} Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3
6. bxc3 c5 7. Be3 {Instead of this, 7 Bb5+ in order to
exchange this bishop (as played e.g., by Kashdan at
Folkestone, 1933) would possibly facilitate the defence of the
center.} Bg7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. h3 {Practically forced as Black
threatened Bg4.} O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 {!} 11. Bc4 {To prevent
11...Be6 which would be the answer to Rd1.} cxd4 {The right
moment for this simplification, 11...Rd8 12 Rd1 would improve
White's chances.} 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rd8 14. Bd5 {After
14 Kc3 Bd7 followed by Rac8 White would gradually get into
trouble.} Bd7 {After this White succeeds in equalising without
difficulty. Also the tempting ...Nxd4 (which in most
variations would leave Black in a superior position) is not
quite satisfactory because of 15 Bxd4 e6 16 Bxg7 Kxg7 17 e5
with a positional advantage for White fully compensating for
the pawn lost. But by the simple 14...e6 15 Bxc6 bxc6
threatening c5 and e5, Black's advantage would be evident. The
establishment of this fact gives to the present short game a
certain theoretical value.} 15. Rab1 e6 16. Bc4 {! Now White
does not need to exchange this valuable bishop, and Black
after a few moves will have to declare himself content with a
draw.} Be8 17. Kd3 Rac8 18. Rhc1 Na5 19. Bb5 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Nc6
21. Bg5 {! If 21 Be3 Black would succeed by a6 in forcing the
exchange of White's king bishop.} f6 {Not 21...Rd6 22 Be7.}
22. Be3 b6 23. Ke2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.14"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {On another
ocassion I would probably have played 3 b4 a sacrifice for
which White in this particular position has to my mind
sufficient strategical reasons. But playing for the first time
with the Soviet Champion, for whose play I have the greatest
appreciation, I did not like the idea of being accused of
overweening confidence, undue boldness ( and this independent
of the result of the game) or of such things as
"underestimating," "bluster", etc.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 {Already intending to make the following
pawn advance. Otherwise I would first play 7 O-O followed by
Nb3.} Nc6 8. Nb3 Be6 9. f4 {In order to be able to answer
9...d5 by 10 e5.} O-O 10. g4 {I first saw this interesting
move in a game of the talented Slovakian Master, Foltys, from
the recent tournament at Podebrad but did not know that it had
already experimented with in the Moscow Tournament. As the
present game shows, the move permits White to force a quick
draw - but no more.} d5 {! Already played by Botvinnik against
Lowenfish (Moscow, 1936) who answered 11 e5 d4 12 Nxd4 Nxd4 13
Bxd4 Nxg4 14 Qd3 a6 15 O-O-O with about even chances.} 11. f5
Bc8 12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6 {Doubtless the best move. If instead
13 fxg6 hxg6 14 Bf3 then 14...Nxg4 15 Bxg4 Bxg4 16 Qxg4 Nxc2+
17 Ke2 Nxa1 18 Rxa1 Bxc3 19 Qxd5 with rook and three pawns for
two minor pieces.} Qxd6 {Of course not 13...exd6 because of 14
g5 followed by f6.} 14. Bc5 {The alternative 14 Qxd6 exd6 15
O-O-O gxf5 was certainly not dangerous for Black.} Qf4 {!
Again the only move as 14...Qxd1+ 15 Rxd1! Nc6 (...Nxc2+ 16
Kd2) 16 g5 followed by 17 f6 etc., would give White a distinct
advantage.} 15. Rf1 {White, too, has nothing better than to
accept the piece sacrifice.} Qxh2 16. Bxb4 Nxg4 {This second
sacrifice forces the perpetual check.} 17. Bxg4 Qg3+ 18. Rf2
{Of course not 18 Kd2? ...Bh6+ and wins.} Qg1+ 19. Rf1 Qg3+
20. Rf2 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.22"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2
{The usual move nowadays is 4 Bd2, in order to develop the
knight on the more natural square c3. But, on the other hand,
if Black wants to avoid the exchange of his king's bishop, he
will now be forced to lose time by retreating it to e7. The
text move therefore cannot be condemned. It has the advantage
anyhow of leading to more complicated lines than the usual
move.} b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 {? Instead of this
exchange, which yiels White the advantage of the pair of
bishops without necessity, Black could play either d5
(Rubinstein-Alekhine, Semmering, 1926) or even Be7, followed
by d6, Nbd7, etc. In both cases he would have better
equalising prospects than in the actual game.} 8. Qxd2 {The
correct recapture, as the queen bishoop is wanted on the long
diagonal.} d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Rb8 {Black shows his hand
decidedly to early. The obvious object of the text move is to
play Ne4 followed by f5, for which purpose the bishop must be
protected, to avoid the possible answer Ng5. But the same idea
could have been combined with a mobilisation by 10...Qe7,
11...Rad8, and eventually Ba8.} 11. Rad1 {! An interesting and
effective method of meeting Black's plan. The White queen
bishop is to play in the following development a most
important and practically decisive part.} Ne4 {If Qe7 then 12
Qe3 (Ne4 13 d5).} 12. Qe3 f5 13. d5 {This pawn will only
apparently be weak, as White can always protect it by
counter-attack.} exd5 {e5 instead would lose a pawn by 14
Nh4!} 14. cxd5 Ndf6 15. Nh4 Qd7 {If Nxd5 then 16 Rxd5 Bxd5 17
Qd4 winning a piece.} 16. Bh3 {Again preventing Nxd5 , this
time because of 17 Qxe4.} g6 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qg5 {Threatening
not only 19 Bxf6 but also 19 B or Nxf5; and if 18...Nxd5 then
19 Nxg6 wins. Black's reply is therefore forced.} Qg7 19. b4
Ncd7 {Equally hopeless would be Na4 20 Ba1, etc.} 20. e4 {!
The initial move of the decisive sacrificial combination.}
Nxe4 {Black clearly based his last hopes on this ingenious
stroke. If now 21 Bxg7 Nxg5 22 Bxf8 then Nxf3+ 23 Kg2 Rxf8 24
Kxf3 Nf6 followed by Nxd5 with good fighting chances.} 21. Qc1
{! Much more effective than 21 fxe4 Qxb2 22 exf5 Qf6 yielding
White only a possible win after a laborious end-game.} Nef6
22. Bxf5 {! The surprising sequal to 20 e4. After gxf5 23 Nxf5
Black would either lose his queen or be mated (23...Qh8 24
Nh6+ Kg7 25 Qg5 mate).} Kh8 23. Be6 {At last the d-pawn is
definitely safe.} Ba6 24. Rfe1 Ne5 25. f4 {Far the simplest
way to force resignation.} Nd3 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27. g4 {There is
no remedy against g5. This game won the special prize for the
most brilliant king side attack at Nottingham.} 1-0

[Event "San Juan"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Pedro Alfredo Gotay"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 {Notes by Frank Marshall} e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6
5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 {After some transpositions,
the game has now become identical with my Moscow encounter
with Rubinstein. The two games continue the same right up to
White's 18th move!} 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rae1
{According to the authorities, c1 is the proper square, but as
I am interested in forcing e4, i prefer the text.} Ne4 12.Bxe7
Qxe7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 f5 15.f3 exf3 16.Nxf3 Be6 17.e4 fxe4
18.Nxe4 {At last a deviation from the Rubinstein game! There I
played 18 Rxe4.} Qb4 {If 18...Bf5 19 Qb3+ and if 19...Qe6 20
Nd6 Qxb3 21 axb3 Rxe1 22 Rxe1 with advantage to White.} 19.a3
Bb3 20.Qf2 Qb6 21.Ne5 Rad8 22.Nc5 {Black has hopes of
concentrating on the d-pawn, however, White's superior
mobility and attacking prospects seem to outweigh that
possibility.} Bd5 23.Re3 Qc7 24.Qc2 b6 25.Ne4 Bxe4 {After the
removal of this valuable piece, Black's position is bound to
fall apart quickly, ...h6 should have been tried.} 26.Rxe4
Rxd4 27.Rxd4 {Desperation. He has no good moves in view of the
threatened Rf7 or Qb3+.} Qxe5 28.Qf2 Qe3 {? But this looses at
once ...Qe6 would have prolonged the game.} 29.Qxe3 Rxe3
30.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Simagin"]
[Black "Yacubovich"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 { Simagin,Vladimir - Yacubovich [A44] Moscow Moscow,
1936 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d6 Nf6 6.Bg5 Qa5
7.Qd2 O-O 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Bg7
12.Bc4 Rb8 13.a4 h6 14.h4 b6 15.h5 g5 16.Nxg5 hxg5 17. h6 Bh8
18.h7+ Kg7 19.Ne3 Re8 20.Rh5 f6 21.Nf5+ Kf8 22.Rh6 Na5 23.Bg8
Ba6 24.b3 Re6 25.Rg6 Rxd6+ 26.Nxd6 1-0 } c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 g6
4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d6 Nf6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bxf6
Bxf6 10. Nd5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Bg7 12. Bc4 Rb8 13. a4 h6 14. h4
b6 15. h5 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. h6 Bh8 18. h7+ Kg7 19. Ne3 Re8
20. Rh5 f6 21. Nf5+ Kf8 22. Rh6 Na5 23. Bg8 Ba6 24. b3 Re6
25. Rg6 Rxd6+ 26. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "NED Wch-m (02)"]
[Site "NED Wch-m (02)"]
[Date "1937.10.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4
5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 {I considered it vital to find out
immediately what defence my opponent had in mind against the
line he himself adopted in the first game.} e6 {! Played twice
by Bogoljuboff against me in the 1929 match. As the experiment
did not succeed (he only managed to draw one game with great
difficulty and he lost the other game), the move 6...e6
disappeared from master practice. But, as was proved
especially by the eleventh game of this match, it is much
safer than the fashionable Kmoch variation (6...Nbd7 in
conjunction with Qc7 and e5.)} 7. Bg5 {As after 7 f3 Bb4, the
move 8 e4? would provoke the absolutely sound sacrifice
8...Nxe4! (first played by Mikenas against Dr. Vidmar, Prague,
1931), White must not hurry to form a pawn centre. Still,
after the following answer, he had no better move than 8 f3,
which would lead to the position obtained in the fourth and
eleventh games.} Bb4 {Much more logical and better than
7...Be7 , as played by Bogoljuboff in our fifth match game in
1929.} 8. Nxc4 { Very harmless, inasmuch as Black, instead of
the complicated variation actually selected, could simply play
here 8...h6, and if 9 Bh4 then 9...g5 10 Bg3 Ne4 11 Rc1 (or 11
Qb3 Na6) c5,etc., with at least equal prospects.} Qd5 {Also a
good move which leads after a short, sharp intermezzo to an
equally balanced position.} 9. Bxf6 {The alternative, 9 Ne3
Qa5 10 Nxf5 Qxf5 etc., was even less promising. And if 9 Qb3,
then 9...Na6.} Qxc4 {Better than 9...gxf6 10 Ne3 Qa5 11 Qb3
with slightly better prospects for White.} 10. Qd2 {The only
move, as 10 Rc1? would have been refuted by 10...gxf6 11 e4
Qa2, etc.} gxf6 11. e4 Qb3 12. exf5 Nd7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Be2
O-O-O 15. O-O {These last few moves were practically forced
and the position thus reached offers about equal attacking
possibilities for both sides.} e5 {This logical move—which
brings the knight into a strong position and opens the queen's
file to Black's advantage—has been, in my opinion, unduly
criticized. In any event 15...Nb6, which was recommended
instead, would expose Black to dangerous threats after 16 a5
Na4 17 Qe3 Nxb2 18 Rfc1—and this without offering him any real
winning prospects.} 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qc1 Bxc3 {As 18 Ne4 was
not really a strong threat, this exchange should have been
postponed till a more appropriate moment. Black should have
played 17...Rhg8; for if 18 Ne4 (18 Qe3 Qxb2) then ...Nf3+ 19
Bxf3 Qxf3 20 Ng3 Qg4, etc., with quite a satisfactory
position. After the move in the text White obtains the better
chances because his bishop will prove superior to the knight
as soon as the Black piece is dislodged from e5.} 18. bxc3
Rhg8 19. Qe3 Kb8 {Not absolutely necessary, as he could
indirectly protect his queen rook's pawn by playing 19...Qd5
20 g3 Qd2; but then after 21 Qxd2 Rxd2 22 Rfe1 (here if ...Nd3
23 Rad1!) White's endgame chances would still be the better.}
20. g3 Rd7 21. Rab1 {!} Qc2 22. Rfe1 {! The most subtle move
of the game, by which White prepares the important f4. The
immediate advance of that pawn would be refuted by 22...Rd2 23
Rfe1 Nd3.} Qd2 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. f4 Ng6 25. Bc4 Rgd8 {Or
25...Rg7 26 Re8+ Kc7 27 Kh1! with advantage to White.} 26. Re6
{! In order to exchange one pair of rooks. It must be noted
that Black cannot play 26...Rc2 on account of 27 Ba6 b6 28
Rxc6.} R8d6 27. Rbe1 Kc7 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 {If 28...Kxd6, then 20
Bg8, threatening both 30 Bxh7 and 30 Re6+.} 29. h4 {In order
to play the king to f2 without being disturbed by the rook
check on the second rank.} Kd7 30. Kf2 Ne7 31. Kf3 Nd5 {After
this loss of time Black's position becomes rapidly hopeless,
as the White king will be able to attack and win the pawn on
h7. But it is to be doubted if the game could be saved even by
the best answer, 31 ...f5 Then White would not play
immediately 32 g4 because of 32...fxg4+ 33 Kxg4 Rg6+, followed
by 34...Nf5 with counterattack; but he would play first 32 h5,
after which g4 would free his king bishop's pawn with
disastrous effect for Black since the latter's majority on the
queen side has a nominal value only, owing to the passive
position of his pieces.} 32. Bd3 h6 33. Bf5+ Kd8 34. Kg4 Ne7
{Or 34...Nxc3 35 Kh5 Nxa4 36 Kxh5, followed by the victorious
advance of the passed king rook's pawn.} 35. Bb1 Ke8 {If
35...Rd5 then 36 f5, etc.} 36. Kh5 Kf7 37. Ba2+ Kf8 38. Kxh6
Rd2 {The main variation was 38...Nf5+ 39 Kg6 Nxg3 40 f5
followed by the advance of the rook's pawn.} 39. Be6 Rd3
40. g4 Rxc3 41. g5 {Even simpler than 41 Rd1 Nd5. If
41...fxg5, then fxg5.} 1-0

[Event "The Hague-Wch (01)"]
[Site "The Hague-Wch (01)"]
[Date "1937.10.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 {Notes by Max Euwe} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4
5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5
10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc1 Be6 14. Ne4 {!
This new move, introduced by the Estonian master, J. Turn,
throws an entirely new light upon the so-called main variation
of the Slav defence to the Queen’s Gambit. By postponing the
exchange at e5, White succeeds in taking “advantage of the
greater freedom of his pieces and is able at least to deprive
his opponent of one of his bishops. In the further course of
the match I did not succeed in finding a way to meet this
move, and it seems that Alekhine did not find any
either. Therefore we both avoided this variation when we had
the Black pieces. The first thirteen moves of this game are
the same as those in the twentieth and twenty-first games of
the first match.} Bb4 { Black must castle as soon as possible,
otherwise the weakness on the square, d6, would become
dangerous. On the other hand, 14...Bxc4 15 Qxc4 Nxc4 16 Bxc7
Rc8 17 Bf4, would have led to a better endgame for White.}
15. a5 O-O {Best, as 15...a6 would have weakened Black’s
position, in addition to losing a tempo.} 16. a6 {Forceful
enough, but probably not the best. More appropriate, in order
to keep the initiative, would be 16 Ra4 Be7 17 Nxe5 Nxe5 18
Nc5 Bc8 (or ...Bf7 19 Bh3).} bxa6 {? A move which, as a matter
of fact, should not even be taken into consideration, as it
seriously weakens the pawn position without
compensation. Correct was 16...b6; and then if 17 Nxe5 Nxe5 18
Bxe5 Qxe5!, after which White could not play 19 Qxc6 because
of 19...Rc8 20 Qa4 Rc4! The best for White after 16...b6 would
be 17 Nxe5 Nxe5 18 Qe3, still keeping a shade the initiative.}
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 {Forced, since 17...fxe5 would lose after 18
Ng5.} 18. Nc5 Bxc5 {Black cannot play 18...Bc8 because of 19
Bxe5 followed by 20 Qc4+ winning a piece.} 19.Qxc5 g5 {There
is no longer a satisfactory line for Black. After the
plausible 19...Qb6 White would maintain his advantage by
answering 20 Qc3!} 20. Be3 Bd5 {In order to eliminate at least
one of White’s bishops, he had to lose a pawn in any case.}
21. Rxa6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 { Avoiding the pitfall 22 Rxa7 Bxf1 23
Rxc7 Rd1 after which White would get into trouble.} Rf7
23. Rfa1 {And not 23 Rxa7 Qxa7 24 Qxa7 Rxa7 25 Bxa7; allowing
Black to equalize by 23...Rd2.} Qd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxa7
{Perhaps even better—and in any case simpler—was 25 b4.} Rxa7
26. Rxa7 Nc4 { Thus Black obtains some counter chances which,
however, are not quite sufficient to save the game.} 27. Bc5
Re6 {After 27...Rd2 White could play either 28 Be7 with
variations analogous to that in the actual game, or 28 b3 Ne5
29 e4.} 28. Bd4 { Equally good was 28 b3, as after 28...Nd2 29
Be3 Nxb3 30 Ra3, Black would have been obliged to sacrifice
the exchange.} Rxe2 {Obviously his only, though very slight
chance.} 29. Bxf6 g4 {If 29...Nxb2? 30 Ra2. After the pawn
move actually played White would lose a piece if he continued
30 Rg7+ Kf8 31 Rxg4? Ne3+ 32 Kf3 Nxg4 33 Kxe2 Nxf6.} 30. Kf1
{But after this intermediate move all is practically over.}
Rc2 {Or 30...Re6 31 Bc3.} 31. Rg7+ Kf8 32. Rxg4 Nxb2 33. Bxb2
{Clearly foreseeing that the rook and pawn ending is an easy
technical win. There were, of course, other good continuations
here, but in such cases simplification is, in my belief,
always advisable.} Rxb2 34. Rc4 Rb6 { With a pawn to the good,
an active rook’s position, and, above all, the possibility of
obtaining in the near future two connected passed pawns,
White’s game is absolutely won.} 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Rh4 Kg6
37. Rf4 Rb3 38. Rc4 Rb6 39. Ke3 {By his manoeuvre in moves
36—38 White has forced the Black king to go farther away from
the centre.} Kf5 40. g4+ Ke6 {Or 40...Kg5 41 f3 followed by 42
Rc5+.} 41. f4 {The sealed move.} Kd5 42. Rd4+ Ke6 {Or 42...Kc5
43 f5.} 43. f5+ Ke7 44. Re4+ Kf7 45. h4 Rb1 46. Kf4 Rc1
47. Ra4 {Obtaining possession of the seventh rank.} h6
48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. g5 Rc4+ 50. Ke5 {For if now ...Rxh4, then 51
g6.} 1-0

[Event "Manhattan CC v Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kevitz"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.c4 {Notes by Frank Marshall} Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Bb4
{We have reached a Queen's Gambit Declined in somewhat a
devious manner. After the timid reply that follows, Black is
at once certain of a satisfactory position.} 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5
{Freeing his position and disputing the control of the
center.} 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6 9.dxc5 {If 9 a3 Bxc3 10 bxc3 b5
11 Bd3 Bb7 leaving Black with an excellent position, despite
his opponent's two bishops.} Bxc5 10.Qc2 {? White's enterprise
in avoiding a probably quick draw after 10 Qxd8 is laudable,
but the move he selects is faulty. 10 Qe2 was in order, as it
would have avoided the two drawbacks of the text : putting
Black's queen on a file where it will later be opposed by a
black rook, and giving up the protection of White's king
knight, which will later lead to a weakening of the
king-side.} b5 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Bd3 {Be2 would avoid the later
breaking up of the king-side, but then White's queen knight
would be banned from e4, and White would be restricted to an
uncomfortable small amount of terrain.} Bb7 13.Ne4 Nbd7 {!
Black still does not fear the two bishops. After 14 Nxc5 Nxc5
his generally agressive position would outweigh the bishop
pair.} 14.Bd2 Rac8 {Leaving White's queen in a poor
position. As 15 Qb1 is not inviting, the following weakening
of Black's king-side is inevitable.} 15.Nxc5 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Rxc5
17.Qb3 Rg5+ 18.Kh1 {After this White's game soon becomes
untenable. Kf1 offered some defensive prospects.} Nc5 19.Qc2
{If 19 Bb4? Qb7! wins at once.} Rh5 20.Ba5 {Black threatened
to win with 20...Qc7 21 f4 Qb7+ 22 Kg1 Qf3. But the text is
likewise ineffectual.} Qb7 {This is decisive. If 21 e4 (or 21
Be4) Qb8 wins,If 21 Be2 Ng4 wins, and if 21 Kg2 Rg5+ winning.}
21.Rg1 Qxf3+ 22.Rg2 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Ng4 24.Kg1 Nxf2 25.Rf1
{Blundering in a lost position. If 25 Rxf2 Rg5+ 26 Kf1 Qh1+
wins.} Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "ol"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Ojvind Larsen"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by Frank Marshall} Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6
{Here or on the next move ...c5 would have been an excellent
idea, as White would have been unable to push by with the
d-pawn.} 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 c5 {? But now this is distinctly
inferior, because White's reply gives him an enormous
advantage in terrain.} 7.d5 {!} exd5 8.Nh4 Qc8 9.cxd5 d6 10.e4
O-O 11.Nf5 Re8 {Black suffers from a serious lag in
development which can never be made up.} 12.Nc3 Bf8 13.Bg5 a6
{His difficulties are already serious enough without being
enhanced by the broken-up king-side which results from this
move, ...Nbd7 should have been played.} 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Bh3
Qd8 16.Qg4+ Kh8 17.Qh5 Qc7 18.Nh6 Bxh6 {Forced, for if
18...Re7 or ...Kg7, 19 Bf5 wins.}19.Qxh6 Nd7 20.f4 Rg8 21.Bxd7
Qxd7 22.Qxf6+ Rg7 {Black's game is hopeless, not only has he
lost a pawn, he is subjected to a formidable attack.} 23.f5
Re8 24.Rae1 Re5 {If 24...Qd8 25 Qh6 maintains the attack.}
25.Ne2 {!} Kg8 {There is no defence against the coming inroad
of the knight. If 25...Rxe4 26 Nf4 Rxe1 27 Rxe1 followed by
Nh5 and wins.} 26.Nf4 h6 27.Nh5 Rh7 28.Qxe5 {!} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.06"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Reuben Fine"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 { Notes by Reuben Fine. *** Before this tournament I was
known as a d4 player, hence my first move must have come as
somewhat of a surprise to Botvinnik. } e6 {Botvinnik does not
vary. Against e4 he almost invariably played the French,
sometimes he tried the Sicilian.} 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5
5.dxc5 {This is the prepared move. Unlike Euwe, I make it a
rule not to anatlyze such lines too profoundly before the game
because it is most essential to be able to meet whatever
surprises come up over the board and not everything can be
forseen.} Ne7 6.Nf3 Nbc6 7.Bd3 d4 {Accepts the
complications. On 7...Bxc5 8.O-O, White's game is freer.} 8.a3
Ba5 9.b4 Nxb4 10.axb4 Bxb4 11.Bb5+ {Another possibility was
O-O, but the move played was part of the prepared variation.}
Nc6 {? The fatal error. Necessary was 11...Bd7} 12.Bxc6+ bxc6
13.Ra4 Bxc3+ 14.Bd2 {Suddenly Black discovers that he is
lost. The Bishop is hopelessly shut in, and it is only a
question of time before White's superior development make
itself felt.} f6 {Desperately trying to free the bishop.}
15.O-O O-O 16.Bxc3 dxc3 17.Qe1 a5 18.Qxc3 Ba6 19.Rfa1 Bb5
20.Rd4 {! Black was hoping for 20.Rxa5 which would bring some
freedom to the Black pieces.} Qe7 21.Rd6 a4 {To tie the rook
down.} 22.Qe3 {! Threatens to win a pawn, but not in an
obvious way.} Ra7 23.Nd2 {! The point: the poor Bishop will be
driven away.} a3 {The pawn goes anyhow.} 24.c4 Ba4 25.exf6
Qxf6 26.Rxa3 Re8 27.h3 {After this quiet move, Black might as
well resign.} Raa8 28.Nf3 Qb2 29.Ne5 Qb1+ 30.Kh2 Qf5 31.Qg3
{Too many threats. Black can't guard the 7th rank.--Fine
(Black does not have a single move, and Rf3 is threatened. A
combination of a splendid strategic idea with tactical
subtleties.--Botvinnik)} 1-0

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "Hotel Regina, Paris FRA"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 { Dear Chess Friends: Among the multitude of games
played by my late husband, Jose Raul Capablanca, there is one
that has never been published nor even seen by anyone except
the three of us: Capablanca, Tartakower and myself. In the
years that I had known Capa he had never played in private, he
had never practised, nor even had a chess set at home. Ever so
different from the chess masters all over the world! This was,
however, a very special occasion. It happened in Paris. I
believe the year was 1938. We stayed in the Hotel Regina,
Place Jeanne D'Arc, quite near the Louvre Museum. I had one of
my frequent bad colds and stayed in bed to recuperate, when
Savielly Tartakower, one of our good friends, came over for a
visit. He stayed quite a while. Then suddenly he said to Capa:
"I have a chess set with me. Why not play a game?" Much to my
astonishment, Capa smiled. "Why not? We are in good company."
He grabbed some of the hotel stationery, a small table was
moved close to my bed and the two masters sat down to
play. How long the game lasted I couldn't quite tell, as here
and there I slept a little. I remember Capa woke me up by
gently touching my shoulder, to give me a few folded sheets of
Regina stationery, on which he had written the score of Capa v
Tartakower. Of course he won. "Here is a present for you,
cherie." Gingerly I took the folded stationery. "But you know
I don't understand a thing about chess." Both he and
Tartakower laughed good naturedly. "Take it and hide it
well. Some day in years to come it will buy you a beautiful
bijou", Capa said. "Ever since I was a child everything I did
was written down. And this is the only chess game that is only
yours." Anyone wishing to buy the Capablanca jewel, as he
referred to it, should write as soon as possible to Mr Edward
Winter [...]. 30 September would be the appropriate time
limit, as I have authorized him to receive the bids on my
behalf. In view of the exceptional nature of the game and
surrounding circumstances, no offer under $US 10,000 will be
accepted. With sincerest good wishes to all chess players in
all lands. Olga Capablanca Clark, 28 April 1987 } Nf6 2. c4 b6
3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8. Be3
Nd7 9. Bc4 Bd6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7
14. f4 g6 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Qd3 Rg8 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Rac1 Nb8
19. d5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxd5
Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Kf2 Nc6 26. Kf3 f5 27. Ne2 Kg7 28. g4
fxg4+ 29. Kxg4 Kf7 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. Ke4 b5 32. Nc3 a6 33. Bc5
Be7 34. Bb6 Kd7 35. Nd5 a5 36. Nc3 b4 37. Na4 Bd8 38. Bxd8
Kxd8 39. Kd5 Na7 40. Kc5 Kd7 41. Kb6 Nc8+ 42. Kxa5 Ke6 43. Nb6
Ne7 44. Kxb4 g5 45. fxg5 Kxe5 46. Kc5 Nf5 47. a4 Nd4 48. Nd7+
Ke4 49. Nf6+ Ke5 50. Nxh7 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1938.07.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander"]
[Black "Harold Vincent Mallison"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 {Notes by Harold Vincent Mallison} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4 O-O 9. cxd5 f5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc3 Nd7 12.
Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bf5 Kh8 {According to Alexander, who had analyzed it, this variation, Marshall's Attack, is unsound and White has a sufficient
defence. This has since been accepted as standard.} 15. g4 Nxd5 {If 15... Bf7 16. Be6 Nxd5 17. Ng5, leading to the variation played.} 16. Be6 Bf7 {If 16...
Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. gxh5 Qf6 19. Bg4 Rxg4+ 20. hxg4 Qf4 21. Ne5 wins.} 17. Ng5 Bxe6 {The exchange cannot be saved. If 17... Bg8 18. Bxg8 and Black cannot
play Rxg8 because of 19. Nf7#} 18. Nxe6 Qh4 {18... Qf6 might have given Black more attack as he keeps his strong knight, but White should have sufficient
defence.} 19. Qb3 {! - The key move in the variation. White not only guards h3 and attacks the knight, but also threatens to win the Queen by Bg5, and Black
has no alternative but to part with his strong knight and remain the exchange down.} Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Kg2 Bd6 23. Qe6 {23. Qxb7 could
also have been played.} Qg5 {threatening Qf4.} 24. f4 {Giving up a pawn for rapid development and to pin Black's bishop.} Bxf4 25. Rae1 Qa5 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27.
Rxe5 Kg8 28. Re7 g5 29. h4 gxh4 30. Kh3 h6 31. Rd7 {Not 31. Kxh4 because of Bg5+} b5 32. d5 a5 33. Re7 a4 34. a3 Bd6 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Re6 Kg7 37. Kxh4 Bf4
38. Kh5 Bc1 39. Re2 {The sealed move. The game was adjourned here, but Black resigned without waiting for White's sealed move, although 39...Kf6 might have
given some drawing chances. But the move chosen by White avoids all risks, and wins without much difficulty.} 1-0


[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "I Naharro"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine After the moves 1 e4 c6 2 Nc3 d5 3
Nf3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 one arrives at a position analagous to the
normal variation (with 2 d4) and Black might be tempted to
continue in the same way, that is to say 4...Bf5. In reality
this move is an important loss of time here and frequently
leads to swift catas trophe.} c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 {? The lesser evil would be 5...Bg4.} 6. h4 h6
7. Ne5 {! Herein lies the difference with the variation whivh
begins by 2 d4: White can at once attack the bishop, which can
choose only between the square h7 and an exchange which
weakens the pawn structure in a decisve way.} Nd7 8. Nxg6 fxg6
9. d4 {! This prevents 9...Ne5.} e5 10. Qg4 Qf6 11. Be3 {! The
best. Less effective would have been 11Bg5 Qf7 etc. But if
Black castles then 12 Bg5! is played.} Ne7 {? Black should not
lose so quickly, although strategically and in the long run
his game could not be defended.} 12. Ne4 {Winning the queen.}
1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich (DEU)"]
[Date "1941.09.18"]
[EventDate "1941.09.08"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leepin"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. c4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. Bg2 Nb6 6. a4 {This move is not recommendable at this stage
of the game, since white obtains no advantage and at the same
time gives up to Black the square b4.} a5 7. d3 Bb4 {the first
consequence of white's sixth move; otherwise the bishop would
modestly have had to satisfy itself with the square e7.}
8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Rc1 f5 {! A precisely
calculated pawn sacrifice, the acceptance of which leads to
rapid destruction foreseen by black here on the eleventh
move.} 12. Ng5 {Apparently effective in view of the threats 13
Ne6 and 13 Qb3+.} f4 {!} 13. Bxb6 Qxg5 14. Bxc7 Qh5 {Moe
efficacious than 14...Nd4, to which White would have been able
to respond with 15 f3. But now this move is impossible in view
of 15...Bc5+ with an immediate win.} 15. Bxc6 {This eliminates
one enemy but there still remains sufficient reserves. 15 Bf3
would also have lost quickly after 15...Bxf3, followed by
...Rf6.} bxc6 16. Rc2 {If 16 Re1 then 16...fxg3 17 hxg3 Rxf2!
18 Kxf2 Bc5+.} Bxc3 {The most exact. In the continuation from
the plausible 16...f3 white would have been able to stop the
direct mating threats with 17 h4! Bxc3 18 Rxc3 fxe2 19 Qb3+,
followed by 20 Re1 etc.} 17. Rxc3 Bxe2 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Re1
Qh3 {! This reveals the idea behind the exchange on the
sixteenth move. For the only plausible move, 20 f3, I had
prepared mate in eight moves: 20...fxg3! 21 Rxe2 Rxf3 22 Rc1
Raf8 23 Qd1 (or 23 Rg2 gxh2+ and mate in two) Rf2! 24 Rxf2
gxf2+ 25 Kh1 f1 (Q)+ etc.} 20. Bxe5 {After this move Black has
the agreeable choice between mate with 20...f3 or with
20...Bf3.} f3 {!} 0-1

[Event "ch Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Louis Levy"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Frank Marshall In this tournament, I had
discovered, to my great amusement, that the Danish Gambit was
quite capable of cutting a wide swath among my young
opponents. They are at home in the Slv, Catalan, and other
modern wrinkles, but some of the older openings seem to baffle
them.} e6 {Levy, being an agressive and very gifted young
player, prefers to steer the game into different channels.}
2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.Nge2 {A good move. I don't care
for exd5, as I used to like Black's position after 5...Qxd5 in
the days when I played this defence.} h6 {? Deciding to
sacrifice a pawn; but the gambit has little to recommend it.}
6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 O-O 9.exd5 Re8 10.Be2 {dxe6 was
also feasible, but I prefer to seize the initiative as soon as
possible.} Qg5 11.Qd2 {! As long as I had to give back the
pawn, I preferred to do it in a manner which would either
yield a strong attack (as in the game) or else leave Black
without any play whatever (after ...Qxd2+).} Qxg2 12.O-O-O
exd5 {After 12...Qxf2 the strongest line would probably be h4
followed by harrying moves against the black queen. With such
an enormous lead in development and with a formidable attack,
White is bound to have an easy time of it in any event.}
13.Rdg1 Qxf2 {...Qh3 would not make much difference, as
White's attack would precede along similar lines.} 14.Rg3 Be6
15.Rf1 Qxh2 16.Qf4 Kh8 {White threatened Rxg7+. His attack has
become devastating.} 17.Bf3 {Another way was 17 Qe5! and Black
is helpless : 17...f6 18 Rxf6 Nd7 19 Rf8+ etc.; or 17...Rg8 18
Bd3! Nc6 19 Rxg7! winning the queen. However, the method
selected is just as quick.} Bf5 18.Bg2 Bg6 {This attempted
barricade collapses very rapidly, ruining Black's hope of
maintaining resistance after the loss of the queen.} 19.Rh1
Qxh1+ 20.Bxh1 Re1+ 21.Kd2 Rxh1 22.Rxg6 {! Crushes all
resistance.} fxg6 23.Qf8+ Kh7 24.Nxd5 {There is nothing to be
done about the coming Ne7.} 1-0

[Event "ch Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anthony Santasiere"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Frank Marshall} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 {d4
would have been more exact, as Black's reply indicates.} e5
{!} 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 8.f3 c6 {! Black's hitherto
inexplicable avoidance of the almost obligatory ...d6 now
becomes clear. He intends to advance the d-pawn two squares,
even at the cost of sacrificing a pawn.} 9.Nc2 d5 {!?} 10.cxd5
{A very puzzling position, but 10 exd5 cxd5 11 Nxd5 Nxd5 12
Qxd5 would have been relatively better.} cxd5 11.Nxd5 {No
better is 11 exd5 Qb6! with a very awkward position for
White.} Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Qc7 13.Qc4 Nc6 14.Ne3 {White's position
is anything but enviable; the omission of castling ultimately
proves disastrous, but 15 O-O Be6 16 Qa4 (if 16 Qd3 Rad8 17
Qe3 Nd4, etc.) a6 likewise leaves him with a poor game. Black
has indeed obtained excellent value for the pawn.} Be6 {He
does not fear the seemingly formidable 15 Nd5 which is simply
answered by ...Qd8 with a view to ...Nd4 and ...Rc8.} 15.Qc2
Be5 {! Virtually decisive, since White has little to hope for
from 16 h3 Bg3+, etc.} 16.g3 Bxg3+ {! Relying on his superior
development.} 17.hxg3 Qxg3+ 18.Kd1 Rad8+ 19.Bd2 Nd4 {Since a
queen move is refuted by Nxf3, White tries an exchange of
queens, but this also proves inadequate.} 20.Nf1 Nxc2 21.Nxg3
Nxa1 22.e5 {Despair; if instead 22 b3 Bxb3+ 23 axb3 Nxb3 24
Nf1 Rxd2+ 25 Nxd2 Rd8 etc.} Bxa2 23.f4 Nb3 24.Ne4 Rxd2+ {White
resigns. Triumph of the open lines!} 0-1

[Event "Lublin"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "1942.10.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Klaus Junge"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Alexander Alekhine.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 {In
connection with the following move this is a safe method of
preparing to counter the aggressive plan of Black which was
indicated by his seventh move.} d5 9. d3 dxe4 {The opening of
the queen's file is to White's advantage. But 9...d4 10. cxd4
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 followed by 13. Be3 would also have
involved some difficulty for Black.} 10. dxe4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Bg5 {Preventing 12...Na5 which would be refuted by 13. g4
Bg6 14. Nxe5 simply winning a pawn.} Ne8 13. Bxe7 Bxf3 {If
immediately 13...Nxe7 then 14. g4 etc.} 14. Qxf3 Nxe7 15. Rd1
Nd6 16. Nd2 c6 {A better defensive idea would have been
16...Kh8 in order to be able to answer 17.Bc2 with 17...c6 and
17.Nf1 with 17...f5.} 17. Nf1 Qc7 18. a4 {The opening of the
a-file in the Ruy Lopez is almost without exception favourable
to White.} Rad8 19. Ng3 Nec8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nf5 {In order
to maintain, after the possible exchange, a new weapon of
attack in the form of the pawn at f5.} Nb6 22. Qe3 Nxf5 {after
22...Nbc4 White would acquire a decisive positional advantage
by means of 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Qc5!} 23. exf5 c5 {It is already
the end. To 23...Nd5 White would have replied 24.Qf3 after
which Black's position could not be held.} 24. f6 gxf6 25. Qh6
f5 26. Bxf7+ {An elegant finish. Whether or not he captures
the bishop Black loses material.} Qxf7 27. Rxd8 Na4 28. b3 {If
28...Nxc3 there follows 29.Raa8.} 1-0

[Event "Crakow"]
[Site "Crakow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Werner Eberhardt Kunerth"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6
5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 {The Meran Variation 6...dxc4 7 Bxc4 b5
8 Bd3 a6 - so popular in the past - is less frequently played
nowadays.} 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 Bb4+
11. Kf1 {Sharper and much better than 11 Bd2 which is refuted
by 11...Qa5.} b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Rh3 Bd6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. b3 {
More energetic would have been 15 Bd2 O-O-O 16 B4! and if
16...c5 then 17 dxc5 bxc5 18 b5.} O-O-O 16. Bb2 h6 {Instead of
this passive move 16...c5 would be preferable.} 17. Ne5 Rhe8
{?} 18. a3 {!} Bxe5 {After this exchange Black's situation
remains extremely precarious. But now 18...c5 would solve
nothing owing to 19 b4!} 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Rg3 g5 {A desperate
move since 20...g6 21 b4 could not offer Black worse
prospects.} 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Rxg5 Rh8 23. Qg4 {! Much
superior to 23 Rh5 c5 followed by 24...Qc6 with an effective
threat.} c5 24. Ke2 Nb8 25. Rd1 Nc6 26. Rd6 Rhf8 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. Rg7 Kb8 29. Qf4 Qd7 30. Qd2 {simpler than 30 g4 etc.}
Qe7 31. Qd6+ Qxd6 32. exd6 e5 33. Bf5 Nd4+ 34. Bxd4 exd4
35. g4 b5 36. Kd3 {! And not 36 cxb5 Bd5 37 Bc2 Rd8.} Ba6
37. g5 bxc4+ 38. bxc4 Bb7 39. f4 Bg2 40. Kd2 {A shorter road
to victory would have been 40 Ke2!} Bf1 41. Bd3 Bxd3 42. Kxd3
Kc8 43. Rh7 Kd7 44. Rh6 f6 45. g6 Re8 46. Rh5 Re3+ { or
46...Kxd6 47 Rd5+ Kc6 48 Rf5.} 47. Kd2 Rg3 48. Rxc5 Kxd6
49. Rd5+ Ke7 {If 49...Kc6 then 50 Rg5! fxg5 51 f5 etc.} 50. f5
Rxa3 51. Rxd4 Rg3 52. Re4+ Kd6 53. Re6+ Kc5 54. Rxf6 Kxc4
55. Rf7 a5 56. g7 Kd4 57. f6 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich (DEU)"]
[Date "1942.09.15"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Gedeon Barcza"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5 {!? With this intersting
move I defeated Bogoljubov in the Munich tournament last
year. The correct continuation for Black is 8...Na5 when White
has at his disposal no particularly advantageous line.} Bg4
9. c3 O-O {If Black had played ...Nxe4 either now or on his
previous move the reply d4! would have had a demolishing
affect.} 10. h3 {! Forcing the Bishop to declare its plans at
this stage is very precise. After 10...Bh5 White would play 11
d3 without the loss of time.} Be6 11. d4 Kh8 {! Preparing
against 12 Nxe7 which would now be refuted by means of
12...Bxb3 13 Nxc6 Bxd1 14 Nxd8 Bxf3 etc.} 12. Re1 Nd7 {And not
12...Na5 because of the reply 13 Nxe7 Nxb3 14 Nc6 Qd7 15 axb3,
followed by d5.} 13. Bc2 f6 14. a4 Na7 {If 14...Rb8 then 15
axb5 axb5 16 Ra6 with a good game.} 15. axb5 axb5 16. Be3
{Again threatening 17 Nxe7, winning a piece.} c5 17. dxc5 dxc5
18. Ra6 {! With the threat 19 Qa1} Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc8 20. Qa1
Qb7 21. b4 {! It will no longer now be possible to avoid 22 d6
etc.} Rfb8 22. d6 Bd8 23. bxc5 Rc8 24. Ra2 e4 {Veritable
desperation. If 24...Nxc5 there follows 25 Bxc5 Rxc5 26 Be4
etc.} 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Bd4 Qg6 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Qxa7 Ne5
29. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich (DEU)"]
[Date "1942.09.18"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. g3 e6
5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 {Avoiding the inevitable
simplification that would occur after 7 Nc3 Ne4!} d5
{Recommendable too is 7...c5 since 8 d5 would be answered by
8...Nxd5!, followed by 9...Bf6.} 8. Ne5 c6 {8...c5 is of
course more enterprising.} 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 11. e3
{Sustaing the central tension and at the same time gaining a
certain advantage in space.} Rc8 12. Rc1 Rc7 13. Qe2 Qa8 {?
The rook at c7 is not secure, and this move helps white to
undertake a favourable mobilization. Much better was 13...Qb8,
followed by 14...Rfc8.} 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. e4 N5f6 16. b4 {!
Taking the greatest possible advantage of the deficient
position of the Black rook at c7.} Rfc8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5
a6 {? Also after 18...Nxe5 19 Bxe5 Rd7 20 Nb3 Black's game
would be inferior but allowing the opening of the a-file is
practically suicidal.} 19. a4 axb5 20. axb5 Qa2 {Keres must
have overlooked the rejoinder. In any case his position is
already hopeless.} 21. Nec4 {!} Qa8 22. Bxf6 {! Winning the
exchange anyway.} gxf6 {If 22...Bxf6 23 b6 or 22...Nxf6 23 Nb6
etc.} 23. b6 Rc6 24. e5 Rxb6 25. Nxb6 Nxb6 26. Bxb7 Qxb7
27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Ne4 Be7 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Qf4 {! Threatening
not only 31 Qxf7 but also 31 Nxc5!} Bf8 31. Nxc5 Qc7 {After
32...Rxc5 White would recover the piece either at d4 or at
e5.} 32. Nxe6 Qxf4 33. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich (DEU)"]
[Date "1942.09.24"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Braslav Rabar"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4
5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bd5 {Black loses too many tempi
with these bishop moves. Better is 7...Nbd7 and if 8 Nc3 then
8...Nb6 9 Qd3 Bb4, as it was played in the game Junge-Alekhine
in the same tournament.} 8. Qd3 c5 9. Nc3 Bc6 {If 9...cxd4
there would follow 10 Nxd5 Qxd5 11 O-O with the strong threat
of 12 Nxd4.}10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rd1 cxd4 {If 11...Be7 then 12 e4
and White with the threat of 13 d5, would practically force
the exchange at d4, which would guarantee him the advantage of
the bishop pair.} 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Be7 14. Qf3 {The
queen now exerts strong pressure on the enemy queen's side.}
Qb6 {this move will be refuted by energetic combinative
play. but 14...Qb8 15 Nb3 with the threat of 16 Bf4 would be
equally unsatisfactory.} 15. Be3 {! The consequences of this
move are not very difficult to calculate, but it is
interesting to prove that from this moment onwards Black
already lacks any satisfactory defence. Against 15 Qxb2 White
replies 16 Ncb5 and if 15...Ne5 there would follow 16 Ndb5!}
O-O 16. Nf5 Bc5 {This apparent salvation will be refuted by a
well-concealed combination. Nor would the alternative 16...Qd8
17 Nxe7+ Qxe7 18 Qxb7 Rfb8 19 Qc7 Rxb2 20 Bd4 have saved the
game.} 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxg7 {! This wins at
least a pawn and leads to a simply won ending. The only reply
- excluding the text - would be 19...Nce4, against which White
would first have forced the black queen to abandon the fifth
rank and would then have occupied the long diagonal with the
bishop, with decisive effect: 20 b4! Qe5 21 Bf4 Qb5 (or
21...Qc3 22 Nh5!!) 22 a4! Qxb4 23 Be5 etc.} Kxg7 20. Bd4 {The
strength of this move lies mainly in the fact that after
20...Nd7 White simply plays 21 Bc3, with the unavoidable
threat of 22 Rxd7.} Ne4 21. Qxe4 Qf5 {The endgame that follows
is without any technical difficulties.} 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rac1
Rfe8 24. Rc7 Rxe2 25. Rxb7 Kg6 26. Bxf6 Kxf6 27. Rd6+ {If
27...Kg7 there follows 28 Rdd7 Rf8 29 Kf3 Rc2 30 Rdc7 Rd2 31
Ke3.} 1-0

[Event "Crakow"]
[Site "Crakow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Alexander Alekhine.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 {This interesting attack was
introduced by me at Mannheim in 1914 and since then has been
incorporated into master praxis.} c5 {One of the numerous
replies which are possibe but which do not present White with
any difficulties Much more is promising is 6...f6.} 7. Bxe7
Kxe7 {if 7...Qxe7 there follows 8 Nb5.} 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Nf3 Nc6
{With the offer of an exchange of queens by 9...cxd4 10 Qxd4
Qb6 Black could obtain approxmate compensation.} 10. dxc5 Nxc5
{sharper would have been 10...Ndxe5 11 Nxe5 Nxe5 12 Qg3 f6.}
11. O-O-O a6 12. Rh3 h6 {Usually Black does not worry about
the king's side and seeks counter play on the queen's
flank. This move is not corrected and, as will be seen, White
manages to take possesion of and exploit the strong strategic
point d4. The opportune move would have been 12... Qc7 13 Rg3
f6 14 exf6 gxf6 with changes of a counter of attack.} 13. Rg3
Rg8 14. Bd3 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qb6 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Qf4 Bd7 18. Ne2
Rc8 19. Ned4 Na5 20. Rd3 Nc4 21. b3 Qa5 {A blow which is based
on a tactical calculation. With ...Na5-c6 Black would have
been able to defend himself for some time but I had already
lost my taste for this position and also my confidence in the
resistance I would be able to offer.} 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Re3 c3
{Too late I realized that 23...Qxa2 is refuted by 24 Nd2! with
the double threat of 25. Ra3 and 25 Ref3} 24. Nb3 Qa3+ 25. Kd1
a5 26. Nfd4 Ke7 27. Ref3 Be8 28. Ne2 Qb2 29. Nxc3 Rd8+ 30. Rd3
Bc6 {In case of 30...Qxc3 there would follow 31 Rxd8 attacking
the queen.} 31. Qc4 Rxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Rc8 33. Qc5+ Ke8 34. Qxa5
Bxg2 35. f3 Bf1 36. Qb5+ Kf8 37. Qxb7 Re8 38. Rd7 Kg8 39. Qc7
Rf8 40. Rd8 Rxd8+ 41. Qxd8+ Kh7 42. Kd2 {I resigned a few
moves later. Bogoljubov exploited my mistakes very well,
winning the game in elegant style.} 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich (DEU)"]
[Date "1942.09.22"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.c4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4
5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 {Unexpected but a stroke that is
characteristic of the German player} 8.Bg3 d6 9.Rc1 {Better
would have been 9.e3 or 9.f3} Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bf5 11.h4 {? A
considerable loss of time. 11.f3 would be better.} Kd7 {!
Intrepid and well inspired. If now 12.Be5 then 12...Bc5
13.Bxf6 Bxd4 14.Bxd8 Raxd8 with advantage to Black.} 12.Rd1
Ne4 13.Qe5 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Nxg3 15.fxg3 {Also after 15.Qxg3 b6
Black would have the better game.} Bg6 16.hxg5 Qxg5 {At this
moment White has some counter-attacking chances and Keres
makes use of them with the ingenious spirit in which he
specializes. This opportunity could be avoided by means of
16...hxg5 17.Rxh8 Qxh8 and White's disorganized pawnswould
guarantee Black a good endgame.} 17.Qf4 Rae8 18.Rd5 {! Forcing
the undoubling of one of the pawns.} Qxf4 19.gxf4 b6 20.Kf2 h5
21.e3 h4 22.Be2 Be4 23.Rg5 Reg8 24.Bg4+ Kc6 25.Rxg8 Rxg8
26.Rxh4 Kc5 27.Bf3 Bxf3 28.Kxf3 Kxc4 {In spite of all his
efforts, the White king has not succeeded in counter-balancing
all the advantages that his rival obtained in the
opening. However, as we shall see later on, this advantage
should not be decisive.} 29.Rh7 Rf8 30.g4 Kxc3 31.Ke4 c5 32.g5
c4 33.Kd5 Kb4 34.e4 c3 35.Rh2 Rc8 36.Rc2 b5 37.f5 a5 38.Kxd6
{? The decisive mistake. Instead of this unfortunate move,
necessary was 38.Kd4 with good chances of salvation. Let us
look at two principal variations: (a)38...Rg8 39.Rg2! c2
40.Rxc2 Rxg5 41.Kd5 Rg4 42.Re2 Kc3 43.Kxd6 Kd3
44.Rf2. (b)38...a4 39.Kd3 Ka3 40.Rxc3+ Rxc3+ 41.Kxc3 b4+
42.Kd4 b3 43.g6} Kc4 39.e5 b4 40.Kd7 Ra8 41.e6 fxe6 42.f6 a4
43.g6 b3 44.axb3 axb3 45.Rxc3+ Kxc3 46.f7 b2 47.g7 b1=Q
48.f8=Q Qb7+ {? Immediately decisive was 48...Qb5+ because if
49.Kxe6 then 49...Ra6+ winning in a few moves.} 49.Kxe6 Ra6+
50.Ke5 Qb5+ 51.Kf4 Ra4+ 52.Kg3 Qd3+ 53.Qf3 Ra8 54.g8=Q Rxg8+
{Here or on the previous move exchanging queens would have
sufficed.} 55.Kh2 Rh8+ 56.Kg1 {A king that does not want to
resign!} Rg8+ 57.Kh2 Kc2 58.Qc6+ Kd1 59.Qf3+ Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hans Ropstorff"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. d3 d6 6. c4 {A system which, thirty years ago, enjoyed the
favour of the Bohemian champion Duras but which has been
demonstrated to be totally inoffensive. In this game too,
Black manages to get a good position without difficulty.}
6... Be7 7. Nc3 $1 O-O 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Nd5 f5 10. O-O Kh8
11. Bc2 Bf6 {11... f4 was to be considered here as a
preparation for a pawn attack. For example 12. Bd2 g5 13. Bc3
Nh6 14. d4 Nf7 etc., but it was also interesting to maintain
the tension and await developments.} 12. d4 {A correct and
very dynamic move.} 12... exd4 13. Bxd4 fxe4 {Bogoljubov does
not want to submit himself to a cautious line, as in the case
of 13... Bxd4 14. Nxd4 fxe4 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nxf6
Qxf6 18. Bxe4 Rb8 and prefers to launch into the hazardous
gain of a pawn.} 14. Bxf6 (14. Bxe4 { is a mistake owing to}
14... Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qh4) 14... Nxf6 15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxe4
Qxb2 17. Ng5 $1 g6 (17... h6 18. Qh5 {gaining material})
18. Rb1 Qf6 19. Qd2 h6 20. Nh3 Kg7 21. Rb3 Nd4 22. Rg3 Bf5 {
This apparently plausible move is revealed to be a fatal
decision. Correct is 22... Nf5 23. Rf3 Qd4 24. Qc2 Re8! with
better fighting chances for Black. } 23. Nf4 Kh7 24. Bxf5 Nxf5
{24... gxf5 25. Rg6 would follow with decisive effect.}
25. Rxg6 Qd4 26. Qc1 { maintaining the threat Ne6} 26... Rg8
27. Rd1 Qh8 $2 { Now there is no possible hope. It was
absolutely essential to play 27... Qe5 28. Re1 Qd4 29. Ne6
with a possible draw through the continuation 29... Qd3
30. Rxg8 Rxg8 31. Nxc7 Qf3. White would not find himself in
danger of deficit.} 28. Rxg8 Rxg8 29. Qb1 { decisive.}
29... Rf8 30. Ne6 Rf7 31. Nd4 Qf6 32. g4 Qg5 33. Nxf5 Qxg4+
34. Ng3+ Kg8 35. Re1 Kf8 36. Qb2 Qg7 37. Qe2 Qd4 38. Qe8+ Kg7
39. Nh5+ Kg6 40. Qg8+ { A game played with the strong
energetic initiative which is characteristic of the
representative of Cracow.} 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich (DEU)"]
[Date "1942.09.21"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Klaus Junge"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3
{Bogoljubov takes it upon himself to demonstrate in practice
the deficiency of this treatment of the Nimzowitsch defence by
White, and herein lies the value of this game, although it was
inadequately played by Junge.} d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
exd5 {! After 7...Nxd5 White could have played 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.e4
with an excellent game.} 8.e3 Bf5 {!} 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Qb3 {? A
loss of time which is all the more noticeable given White's
retarded development. Necessary was the move 10.dxc5, followed
eventually by Nd4.} O-O 11.Ng3 {If 11.Qxb7 there would follow
...Na5 12.Qa6 Nb3 13.Ra2 Qe7, followed by ...Rfe8 with clear
advantage to Black.} Bg6 12.dxc5 Qe7 13.c4 {? After this grave
error the battle is practically resolved. But also after
13.Be2 h5! White's position would be mortally threatened.} Nd4
14.Qc3 Nc2+ 15. Kf2 Nxa1 16.Qxa1 Qxc5 17.cxd5 Nxd5 {The
technical problem of forcing victory is undertaken by Black in
irreproachable style} 18.Be2 Rfe8 19.Qd4 Qxd4 20.exd4 Rac8
21.Bd2 Rc2 22.Rd1 Nc3 23.Bxc3 Rxc3 24.f4 f6 25.a4 b6 26.Bb5
Rd8 27.Ne2 Rc2 28.Kf3 Bf7 29.g4 Bc4 30.Bxc4+ Rxc4 31.Ra1 Rd5
32.Ke4 Ra5 33.f5 Rcxa4 34. Rxa4 Rxa4 35.Kd5 Ra2 36.Nf4 Kf7
37.Kd6 b5 38.Kc5 a6 39.Nd5 Rxh2 40.Nc7 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich (DEU)"]
[Date "1942.09.24"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gedeon Barcza"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} c5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4
e6 6.c4 {The strength of White's treatment of the opening is
more apparent than real. As this game also demonstrates, Black
can reach a comfortable position without great effort.} dxc4
7.Qa4 Bd7 8.dxc5 Na5 {!} 9.Qc2 Bxc5 10.Ne5 Rc8 11.Bd2 b5 {The
simple reply 11...O-O would also be fairly acceptable. But
Black is more ambitious.} 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Qc3 Nc6 14.Bxc6 Rxc6
15.Qxg7 Qf6 16.Qg4 Qd4 {!} 17.Qxd4 Bxd4 18.Bc3 e5 {? With the
simple move 18...Bxc3 19.Nxc3 a6 Black would have assured
himself of a comfortable and favorable endgame.} 19.a4 {! A
powerful move which changes the aspect of the battle.} b4
20.Bxb4 Bxb2 21.Ra2 c3 {Also after 21...Bd4 22.Rc2 the c-pawn
would finally succumb.} 22.Bxc3 Bxc3 23.Rc1 Ke7 24.Rxc3 Rhc8
25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Nd2 Rc3 {Notwithstanding his pawn advantage,
the final phase is not an expeditious triumph for White since
Black has greater space available for his forces. Barcza
treats the ending with exquisite finesse until obtaining
victory.} 27.f3 Nc5 28.Kf2 f5 29.Rb2 {!} Kd6 30.a5 Kc7 31.Rb5
e4 {? Greater drawing chances were offered by 31...a6 32.Rb6
Ra3 etc.} 32.fxe4 fxe4 33.Nf1 Kc6 34.Rb8 Ra3 35.Rh8 Rxa5
36.Rxh7 Ra2 37.g4 {The advance of this pawn quickly forces
victory.} a5 38.g5 Rb2 39.g6 Rb8 40.g7 Rg8 41.Ne3 Ne6 42.Nf5
Kc5 43.Rh8 Rxg7 44.Nxg7 Nxg7 45.h4 1-0

[Event "Holland"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Carel Sammelius"]
[Black "Arnoldus Johannes van den Hoek"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 {The Samisch variation of
the Nimzo-indian defence which has been in and out of fashion
several times since this game was played. It is an
uncompromising approach to dealing with this black opening in
which white obtains the two bishops and command of the centre
and king-side attacking chances in exchange for a lousy pawn
structure. Classic games where this succeeds are Botvinnik's
games versus Capablanca AVRO 1938 and against Alexander in the
Anglo-Soviet Radio match of 1946. The c4 pawn can however
prove a fatal weakness, after being blockaded by black playing
c5, as demonstrated for the black side in the game
Geller-Smyslov Amsderdam 1956. Modern practisioners of the
white side include Polgar (Zs) and Sadler amongst other strong
players.} 4... Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2
{Probably a little too commital as white does not in this game
gain real chances along the b1-h7 diagonal. Better is 8. cxd5
clarifying the pawn structure immediately whilst modern
practice has also favoured 8.Rb1 as well as the earlier
exchange 7.cxd5.} 8... Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd3 cxd4
{Cleverley exploiting the very slight backwardness in white's
development to open the centre and begin to expose the white
king. Of course if white plays 11. Bxh7+ then 11...Kh8
threatens 12...Qh4+ winning which leaves white no time to
recapture on d4.} 11. cxd4 e5 {A further opening of the centre
with the idea of 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Be6 with
Rc8 to follow with strong piece play for the pawn. Rarely can
Bxh7+ be so often in one game such a bad move!} 12. Ne2 exd4
13. exd4 Qh4+ 14. Kf1 {Better chances were offered by 14. g3
with the idea of 14...Qf6 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Be4 Nxd417. Nxd4
Qxd4 18.Bb2 Qe3+ 19. Qe2. White possibly relied on his 15 th
move in order to save his position but underestimates the
following excellent series of tactical shots from black.}
14... Nxd4 15. Qc4 Nxf3 {The first point is that 16. gxf3
allows mate in two by Bh3+ followed by Qe1, whilst taking on
d5 allows mate in one by Qe1.} 16.Ng3 {So two pieces are now
left attacked.} 16... Be6 {But black defends them both with
this move which threatens Ne3+ netting the queen.} 17. Kf2 Nd4
18. Re1 Rac8 19. Qa4 Rxc1 {Although black is clearly winning
this is a very crisp finish to an entertaining game.}
20. Raxc1 Qf4+ 21. Kg1 Nf3+ {Winning the white queen in a
different manner from the earlier note.} 0-1

[Event "Manhattan CC Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arnold Denker"]
[Black "Fred Reinfeld"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1
c6 8.Qc2 a6 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bf4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Be2 c5 13.a4 b4
14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Ra7 16.O-O Bb7 17.Qb1 Qa8 18.Rfd1 Rc8
19.Nd2 Bxg2 20.e4 e5 21.dxe5 Bh3 22.Nc4 Qc6 23.Qd3 Be6 24.Ne3
c4 25.Nxc4 Nc5 26.Qd4 Nb3 27.Qxa7 Bc5 28.Na5 Qxe4 29.Nxb3 Qg6+
30.Bg3 Bxa7 31.Rxc8+ Bxc8 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Rxc8 Qb1+ 34.Kg2 Qxb2
35.Bc4 Qc2 36.h4 Qe4+ 37.Kh2 Bxf2 38.Bxf2 Qf5 39.Kg3 Qxc8
40.Bxf7 Qc3+ 41.Kf4 g5+ 42.hxg5 hxg5+ 43.Ke4 Qc2+ 44.Ke3 Qf5
45.e6 Qf4+ 46.Kd3 Qxf2 47.Kc4 g4 48.Bh5 Qf4+ 49.Nd4 b3 {The
game was adjourned after Black's 49th move. Upon resumption,
the position was set up incorrectly with Black's king on
h8. The game concluded 50.Bg6 b2 51.a5 g3 0-1} 0-1

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Milan Bartosek"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6
5. Bb5 {White's inclination is to maintain the tension in the
center for as long as possible. Black's next move although
fairly plausible, is nonetheless a mistake which is perhaps
decisive. Relatively better would be 5...cxd4 whereupon White
can castle since the defence of the pawn at d4 would only
create difficulties for Black.} Bd7 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O Nxd4
{It is quite clear that Black will not manage to castle on the
king's side. Through the exchanges arising from the text move
one perceives that he is trying to prepare to castle long,
which furnishes him -although only comparatively so- with the
best chance of resistance.} 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Nf3
Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qe2 O-O-O {If 12...Nf6 then, naturally,
13 Re1 and Black cannot castle.} 13. Bf4 {! Virtually forcing
the exchange of bishops and at the same time eliminating a
very useful defensive piece.} Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd4 Nf6
{The problem of creating an attack is not very easy to
resolve. Neither 16 Nf5 Qf4! nor 16 Nb5 Qb6 would have any
result. On the other hand Black is going to occupy the e-file
with his rooks, which will procure a counter-attacking
advantage. White's next move is the only one likely to give
him a lasting initiative.} 16. Qf3 {! This threatens 17 Nf5
and at the same time 17 Nb5.} Qb6 17. Rfd1 Rhe8 {It is clear
that the capture of the b-pawn, either now or on the following
moves, would have deadly consequences for Black.} 18. a4 Re4
19. a5 Qc5 {For example, if 19...Qxb2 then 20 c3!} 20. c3 Rde8
21. h3 {! Making use of a moment's respite to open up an
escape square for the king. This move will be found in
analogous positions in many of my games.} Qc7 22. a6 b6 23. c4
{! 23 Nb5 Qc5 24 Nxa7+? Kb8 would be premature but the move
played is very effective because against 23...dxc4 White
responds with 24 Nb5 winning the exchange.} Qc5 24. Nf5
{Threatening to win by 25 Nxg7.} Qb4 25. cxd5 Rf4 26. Qd3 Re5
27. Rac1+ Kd7 {If 27...Kb8 then 28 d6 etc.} 28. Ne3 Ne4
29. Ng4 {!} Re8 30. g3 {This wins at least the exchange since
the rook cannot retreat because of 31 Rc4. But 30 Rc4 played
immediately would constitute an error owing to 30...Nxf2!} Nc5
{This move allows an even more rapid finish.} 31. Rxc5 Re1+
32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kg2 Rxg4 34. Qf5+ {followed by mate in a
few moves.} 1-0

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O d6 6. Re1 {Better would have been Bxc6+ followed by
d4.} b5 7. Bb3 Na5 {The exchange of the White king's bishop
gives Black the present of the best prospects of obtaining
equality.} 8. d4 Nxb3 9. axb3 Nd7 {More common and perhaps
better is 9...Bb7. The text move in any case, provides White
with a problem which is not very easy to resolve.} 10. dxe5
{And-after forty-five minutes reflection!-Samisch, dismayed,
decides upon a liquidation which hands over to Black a very
peaceful game. Schmidt in his game against Keres at Salzburg
1943 played the proper manoeuver: 10 Bd2! followed by
Ba5. Black had to make considerable efforts to achieve a drawn
game.} Nxe5 {Not 10...dxe5 because of 11 Qd5.} 11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {The two Bishops promise Black a few remote
prospects but the exploitation of this advantage is not an
easy matter.} 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Nd2 {Nc3 would be simpler.} Bd6
15. f3 Ke7 16. Bf2 Ke6 17. Nf1 g6 {It is evident that Black
must attempt to open up the game in order to leave the field
free for his bishops.} 18. c3 a5 {In order to prevent 19 b4,
followed by Nd2-b3-c5.} 19. Ra2 {This move has no effect. But
it is already difficult to indicate a good defensive plan for
White.} Ra6 20. Ne3 f5 21. exf5+ gxf5 22. Nc2 Kf7 {! This
prevents 23 Nd4+. In this position f7 is the best square for
the king.} 23. b4 {White, after strenuous efforts, will
succeed in exchanging one bishop but in the meantime Black
will have secured other advantages.} a4 24. Bc5 Rg8 25. Kf2
Rc6 {! After this move White must make a decision: yield to
his opponent the command of the queen's file or opt for a new
restriction on the activity of his pieces after 26 Be3 f4
etc. In this latter case Black would also conserve excellent
winning chances.} 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Re2 {? Losing
immediately. In any case even if he had played 27 g3
(definitely not 27 Rxe5 Rd2+ 28 Re2 Rxg2+! winning a piece)
which was the best move, he would not have saved the game. For
instance 27...Bd5 28 Raa1 Bc4 29 Rad1 Rgd8 30 Rxd6 Rxd6 and
the entry of the rook to the seventh rank will be decisive.}
Bd5 {This wins the exchange after 28 Ra1 Bc4, and all further
fight is impossible.} 0-1

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1943.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4
5. Qa4+ Qd7 {The exchange of Queens that Black will force with
this maneuver gives him very few advantages, because it does
not solve the chief problem, which is the development of the
queen's bishop.} 6. Qxc4 Qc6 7. Nbd2 Qxc4 8. Nxc4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2
Bxd2+ 10. Ncxd2 {Preferable to 10 Nfxd2 which, after 10...Nc6
11 Nf3 Nb4! would have offered Black some changes. Despite the
simplification Black still faces a difficult problem: if he is
compelled to play ...c6 what future will be left for the
bishop? Boglojubov takes a radical measure; with t6he aim of
protecting the points he prepares to castle long. In the
continuation we shall see the weak side of this strategy.} Nc6
11. Bg2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rac1 Rhe8 14. Nc4 {It goes
without saying that White will not allow ...e5.} Re7 15. a3
Be8 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. b4 Nb6 18. b5 {! An important move which
forces the knight to withdraw and permits the blocking of the
queen's side. For if 18...Nxc4 then 19 bxc6 Nxa3 20 cxb7+ Kxb7
21 Ne5+ Kc8 22 Nc6 Bxc6 23 Bxc6 Rd6 24 Rc3 followed by 25 Ra1
and wins.} Nb8 19. Nxb6+ axb6 20. a4 f6 21. Bh3 {Threatening
to advance the d-pawn.} Bd7 {Now it seems that Black is at
last going to free himself by 22...e5.} 22. Nd2 {!! Decisive,
because if 22...e5 there follows 23 Nc4 with the threat of 24
Nxb6 mate. What follows now is practically all forced.} Rf8
23. Bg2 {! 23 Nc4 would allow Black to play 23...Kd8, followed
by 24...Bc8.} c6 24. Nc4 Kc7 25. e4 cxb5 {desperation, since
there is no defence against the advance of the d-pawn.}
26. axb5 Bxb5 27. d5 {! More accurate than 27 Na3+ Bc6 28 d5,
after which Black would not have been under any obligation to
exchange pawns.} exd5 28. Na3+ Bc6 29. exd5 Rd7 30. Nb5+ Kd8
31. dxc6 bxc6 32. Nd4 {! This wins at least a pawn. An
instructive game from the strategic point of view.} 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[Black "Antonio Angel Medina Garcia"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 {Notes by Alekhine. In this game Saemisch was the victim
of routine. Singularly he believed that in the variation
selected by his opponent Black would have to castle on the
king's side, when he castled on the queen's side, Saemisch
lost his head and almost immediately committed the decisive
error.} d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Be6 6.g3 Qd7
7.Bg2 Nge7 8.O-O Ng6 9.a3 Be7 10.b4 O-O-O {In reality here
castling here marks the beginning of a combination and is
based on the consideration that White could not capture on the
thirteenth move.} 11.Bb2 Bh3 12.b5 {At all events 12.Qa4 would
be better.} Ncxe5 13.Qa4 Bxg2 {!} 14.Kxg2 Nxf3 15.exf3 {And
here 15.Nxf3 is preferable.} Bc5 16.Rad1 Qf5 17.Nb3 Rd6 {!}
18.Nd2 {White sees disaster coming, but it is too late. If,
for instance, 18.Nxd4 then 18...Nxh4+! 19.gxh4 Rg6+ 20.Kh1
Bxd4 winning a piece. A short and instructive game.} Nf4+ {!}
19.gxf4 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arturo Pomar-Salamanca"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {The exchange
variation is very far from being as innocent as it
appears. This, of course, providing that one of the
protagonists plays for the advantage. Here, as we shall see,
it was Black who took it upon himself to complicate the game,
and not without danger, it must be confessed.} exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6
5. c3 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O Bg4 8. Re1 Qd7 9. Bg5 f6 {This
move was not obligatory now. He could perfectly well have
continued with 9...O-O-O and if 10 Bb5 then 10...f6 hh Bh4 Qf5
12 Nbd2 Ng6! 13 Bg3 Nce7 with better chances than in the
actual game.} 10. Bh4 O-O-O 11. Nbd2 h5 {I did not play
11...Ng6 12 Bg3 Nf4 because of the pin 13 Bb5 which seemed to
be unpleasant.} 12. Bg3 h4 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 {13...cxd6 deserved
to be taken into consideration, suppressing any danger of
attack against Black's castled position. In a general way
Black, whose whole interest is in winning, does not examine
carefully the details of the position and he will soon be
faced with a dilemma which is hardly pleasing.} 14. h3 Bh5
15. Qe2 Bf7 {In order to be able to play to win Black must
withdraw his bishop to a square without a future. Preferable
is 15...Bg6 16 Bxg6 Nxg6 17 Qe6+ Qe6 18 Rxe6 Nf4 19 Re3 g5
with a good game but with minimal chances of achieving victory
on account of the paucity of material.} 16. Nb3 Rde8 17. Nc5
Nd8 18. Qc2 b6 19. Nb3 {? There are positions in which a
combination is obligatory. In order to evade the necessary
mental effort the player lets slip his chances and little by
little finds himself reduced to the defensive and ends up by
suffering a defeat which logically is well merited. In this
particular case the offer of the knight by 19 b4 bxc5 and then
either 20 bxc5 (considered by me) or 20 dxc5 (analysed by
Pomar) would have secured White an irresistible attack, the
black pieces not being well arranged for the defence of his
King. It was not my intention to take the knight. I calculated
19 b4 Kb8 20 Reb1 Ka8 21 Na6 c6 and Black can defend himself
but it will be difficult for him to organize an attack on the
other wing.} g5 20. Nh2 {As no direct threat existed, the
demonstration 20 a4 would be the right move. Against 20...Rhg8
White would have had sufficient time available to play 21
Nh2.} Ne6 21. c4 {White's position starts becoming unpleasant
and Pomar perceives that he must undertake something. But the
price he pays for the opening of the c-file (the weakness of
the central pawn and the square d5 for the Black pieces) is
decidedly too high. 21 a4 a5! 22 Nd2 still offered some
possibilities.} dxc4 22. Bxc4 Kb8 {But not 22...Nd5 23 Qf5!}
23. Rac1 Nd8 24. Bxf7 Nxf7 {Now Black has a specific objective
for the endgame, the d-pawn, and he no longer has to attempt
direct attacks against the king.} 25. Qc4 Nd5 26. Qb5 {As will
be seen, the e-file here has no more than a relative value.}
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 c6 28. Qe2 Nh6 29. Nd2 Nf4 30. Qe4 Qd5 31. Nhf3
{If 31 Qxd5 cxd5!, followed by ...Rc8 etc., since 32 Rc1 is
impossible on account of 32...Ne2+.} Nf5 32. Kh1 {With the
object of being able to play 33 Rc1, but the king is badly
placed for the endgame.} Rd8 33. Rc1 Kb7 34. b3 Qxe4 35. Nxe4
Nd5 36. Re1 Kc7 37. Ned2 {It is obvious that White has a very
difficult game but with 37 a3 he could still have defended
himself. The plan foreseen by Black in this case was 37...Re8,
followed by ...Re6 and ...Nf4.} Nb4 {!} 38. Re6 Rd6 39. Re8
Nxa2 40. Ne4 Rd8 41. Rxd8 Kxd8 42. Nxf6 Nc1 43. b4 {Otherwise
after the capture of this pawn the Black a-pawn would advance
straight to its queening square.} Nd3 44. d5 Ke7 45. Nh7 cxd5
46. b5 g4 {!} 47. hxg4 Nxf2+ 48. Kg1 Nxg4 {There is no defence
against 49...Kd6, followed by 50...Kc5.} 0-1

[Event "Rochester, NY"]
[Site "Rochester, NY"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arnold Denker"]
[Black "Arthur Randolph Shayne"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 {No, this
isn't an Evans Gambit, though it can transpose. This gambit is
attributed to MacDonnell.} Bxb4 4.c3 Bc5 5.d4 exd4 6.Nf3
{6.Bxf7+ !? Kxf7 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qxc5 also looks very good for
White.} Nf6 {Play heads toward the territory of the Evans
Gambit. 6...dxc3? 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.Nxc3 c6 9.O-O gives White an
overpowering lead in development.} 7.e5 Ne4 8.O-O Nxc3 {?
8...d5! 9.exd6 O-O gets Black out of immediate danger, but his
position is still suspect. 10.dxc7 Qxc7 11.cxd4 Bd6 12.Bd3
with a more comfortable game for White, e.g. Nc3? 13.Bxh7+
Kxh7 14.Ng5+ Kg6 15.Qd3+ Kf6 16.Nxc3} 9.Nxc3 dxc3 10.Bg5 Be7
11.Qd5 {A fine move! Subtlety is not required!} Rf8 {11...O-O
12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rfe1 c6 14.Qd3 b5 15.Bb3 b4 16.Bc2 g6 17.h4
and Black is paralyzed.} 12.Bf6 {Boldly played! Denker
appreciates the predicament of the enemy king on the e-file.}
gxf6 {12...Bxf6 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Rfe1+ Kd8 15.Ng5 or 12...c6
13.Qe4 d5 14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Qxh7 Rxg7 17.Qxg7 Be6
18.Qg8+ Bf8 19.Rad1 and White wins.} 13.exf6 Bxf6 {Or 13...c6
14.Qh5 Bxf6 15.Rfe1+ Be7 16.Bxf7+ Rxf7 17.Ng5 and wins.}
14.Rfe1+ Be7 15.Ng5 c6 16.Nxf7 {Denker provides a stylish
finish!!} cxd5 17.Nd6# 1-0

[Event "Zlin (1945)"]
[Site "Zlin CSR"]
[Date "1945.12.11"]
[EventDate "1945.12.11"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jiri Lendl"]
[Black "Karel Hromadka"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4
7.Nxd4 Bg7 8. Ne2 Nf6? 9.f3 Nd7 10.Nbc3 b6 11.Bf4 Ne5 12.O-O-O
Bd7 13.Rd2 O-O-O 14.Rhd1 Rhe8 15.b3 c5 16.Nd5 c6 17.Ne3 Be6
18.h3 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Rd8 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 Bg7 22.g4 Kc7
23.Rxd8 Kxd8 24.Kd2 Kc7 25.h4 Bd7 26.c4 Kd8 27.Kd3 Bb2 28.e5
Ke7 29.Ke4 f6 30.exf6+ Bxf6 31.g5 Bb2 32.f5 gxf5+ 33.Nxf5+ Kf7
34. Nf4 Ba1 35.h5 Bb2 36.Nd3 Bc3 37.Ne5+ Ke6 38.Nxd7 Kxd7
39.g6? hxg6 40.hxg6 Ke6 41.g7 Kf7 42.g8=Q+ Kxg8 43.Ne7+ Kf7
44.Nxc6 Ke6 45.Nxa7 Be1 46.Nb5 { sealing} 46...Bg3 47.Nc3 Bc7
48.Nd5 Bd8 49.a4 Kd6 50.Kf5 Kc6 51.Ke6 Bg5 52.Ne7+ Kc7 53.Ng6
Kc6 54.Ne5+ Kc7 55.Kd5 Bd2 56.Nd3 Be3 57.Ne5 Bd2 58.Nc6 Be3
59.Ne7 Bd2 60.Nc6 Be3 61.a5 bxa5 62.Nxa5 Kb6 63.Nc6 Bg1 64.Ne5
Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Yuri M Kotkov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 {Notes by Peter Clarke} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5
{Sometimes it is more trouble naming an opening than playing
it. 'Obviously this is a Queen's Gambit Declined,' one might
say, but so far there has been no gambit offered, let alone
declined. And with his next move -typycal Petrosian- White
gives the game a rather different character.} 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3
{With 5.g3 we would have had a sort of Catalan.} Nc6 6. a3 {A
harmless-looking, yet insidious little move. Whereas an
experienced master would probably have reacted at once with
the exchange of pawns, Kotkov plays right into White's hands.}
Bd6 7. dxc5 {!} Bxc5 8. b4 {Petrosian's tactics have
triuphed. He has reached a Queen's Gambit Accepted with not
only the additional tempo of colours reversed but also a whole
move extra. Considering the good reputation the defence has in
normal circumstances, the outlook for Black is grim.} Be7
9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 {Otherwise White may tighten his grip
by c5, leaving Black with little or no chance of
counterplay. With another open file, he can hope to relieve
his position by exchanges.} 11. Nxc4 a6 {Black underestimates
the attacking potential of his opponent's Bishop battery. If
he is to organize his defences properly, he must complete his
development as quickly as possible and without setting up more
targets. Better, therefore was 11...Bd7 to be followed by
...Rc8.} 12. Qc2 {! A very fine move, suddenly bringing into
sharp relief the dangers Black is exposed to. At first sight
it might seem a blunder, for Black can play 12...Bxb4+ 13.axb4
Nxb4 14.Bxh7+ Nxh7 15.Qc3 Nd3+ and ...Nxb2, finishing a pawn
up. Only a closer examination reveals White's cunning
idea-12...Bxb4+ 13.Ke2!! The Bishop would then have nothing
better than to go back to e7, after which White could either
recover the pawn at once by Bxf6 and Bxh7+ or, still stronger,
continue 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Ng5 h6 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.h4 with a
tremendous attack. Here we can appreciate the quality of
White,s conception-his King is absolutely safe on e2 while his
KR takes on an aggresive role from its initial square.} h6
13. O-O b5 {? Now 13...Bd7 was essential. The text move leaves
a gaping hole on the q side. It is true that it is not by any
means obvious how White can exploit it; for instance, 14.Nce5
Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bb7 and Black has a playable game. Petrosian
solves the problem in a most original way.} 14. Bxf6 {!} Bxf6
{14...bxc4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 simply loses a pawn, whilst 14...gxf6
is positional suicide, e.g. 15.Rad1 Qe8 16.Bh7+ Kg7 17.Nd6
Bxd6 18.Rxd6 Ne7 19.Be4, etc.} 15. Rad1 {Threatening a
discovery on the Queen. Attempts at flight fail as follows:
(i) 15...Qc7 16.Na5, and the pin leads to gain of material;
(ii) 15...Qe7 16.Nb6 etc. (iii) 15...Qe8 16.Nd6 Qd7 17.Be4!}
Bd7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 {! One must admire the precision of
White's manouvers. Each move makes a telling blow. Black finds
that 17...Rc8 is inadequate on account of 18.Rxd7 Qxd7 19.Nb6
and wether he plays 19...Qc7 20.Nxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 or 19...Nxb4
20.Nxd7 Nxc2 21.Nxf8 a piece is lost.} Nxb4 {Despair, which as
usual merely hastens the end.} 18. axb4 Rc8 19. Rxd7 {!} Qxd7
20.Nb6 {Again White comes out a piece ahead. It is a pleasing
touch that the Knight, en prise for six moves, should have the
last word.} 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "t"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Akaki Pirtskhalava"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 {Notes by Peter Clarke} f5 {If you do not wish to meet
the English on its own ground, then the Dutch Defence,
provided you are happy with it, makes quite a good choice. It
is a challenge for the initiative that must be taken up by the
first player.} 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 {As a general
principle, one should not commit oneself too readily in the
opening, especially when Black. Here it is considered unwise
to settle for a definite formation (i.e. by moving the d-pawn)
before White has brought out his KKt. The reason is that
against the stonewall set-up, which is characterised by pawns
at c6, d5, e6, and f5, he could well develop it via h3,
leaving himself free to expand rapidly in the center by f3 and
e4. Even given the most accurate order of moves (4...Be7 5.Nc3
O-O 6.O-O d5), this system is not without drawbacks. Chiefly,
it tends to leave Black with a far too rigid and limited
position. The ...d6 variation, since it reserves more options,
has the preference nowadays.} 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7
{With his last two moves Black has started to play
anti-positionally. There was no way of improving on the simple
6...Be7, 7...O-O and waiting for White to show his hand.}
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 {More precise was 9...Ne4, in order to
exchange off the enemy QKT.} 10. e3 {! Preparing a fine
manouver, designed to clamp down on the hole at e5 and saddle
Black with a permanent disadvantage. It is only fair to say
that it is not Petrosian's own idea. Simagin employed it in a
similar position against Chistiakov in the Moscow Championship
the year before.} Ne4 11. Ne2 {!} Qf6 {The basic plan in the
Dutch, motivating Black from the very first move, consists in
an attack on the K side. Accordingly, the decision to abandon
it and accept a less ambitious role is not at all an easy
one. But here it had to be taken, for unless the strength of
Black's strategy is recognised at once it will be too
late. Best, therefore was 11...dxc4 12.bxc4 e5!, it being the
one method of contesting the grip White has on the black
squares. After 13.Qc2 followed by Rad1, White would remain
with the much better developed game.} 12. Nf4 Qh6 {12...dxc4
and 13...e5 was still the best chance.} 13. Nd3 Ndf6 14. Nfe5
{As long as he is in occupation of this point, it is virtually
impossible for Black to undertake anything active. The
strangle-hold may be broken at the expense of material - for
example, 14...Ng4 15.Nxg4 fxg4 16.Qxg4 e5 - but the result is
hardly encouraging.} Ng5 15. f3 Nf7 {Behind this retreat there
is the reckless intention to advance the g-pawn, a course
which is only likely to accelerate the disaster. The sensible
thing to do was to prepare as much as he could for the
inevitable clash in the center by 15...Bd7 and ...Rae8,
leaving it to his opponent to drive back the Knight.} 16. Qe2
g5 {?} 17. Rae1 {Setting a little trap: 17...g4 18.fxg4 Bxe5
19.dxe5 Nxg4 20.h3, winning a piece.} a5 18. e4 {Opening books
may in the future use this position as an illustration of, on
the one hand, the ideal objective for White and, in contrast,
what is wholly to be avoided by Black. The negative aspects of
the defence have become accentuated - the QB is shutin behind
the pawn barrier and the central weakness on the black squares
is making itself felt; moreover, the virtue of aggresion has
rebounded on itself. In the exchages that result from White's
thrust it is clear that Black is hopelessly outgunned.} Bb4
{This explains his last move. But since the Bishop is exposed
on b4 - White is not obiged to take it - 18...Bc7 was
relatively better.} 19. Rd1 dxe4 {In view of the threat of c5
followed by a3, Black must play further into White's hands by
opening up the center himself.} 20. fxe4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nxe4
22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nf2 {! No mechanical 23.Qxe4 for Petrosian!
He is not content with merely a good move when there is a
possibility of a stronger one.} Bc5 24. Bd4 Be7 25. Nxe4 Bd7
26. Bc5 {Pirtskhalava's errors have been exploited without
mercy. Now with the elimination of the guardian of the black
squares his defences collapse.} Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bxc5+ {Or
27...Bd8 28.Rf8+ Qxf8 (28...Kg7 29.Qf3 Qg6 30.Rg8+!); 29.Bxf8
Kxf8 Qh5, winning easily.} 28. Nxc5 Be8 {If 28...Rd8 or
28...Bc8, then 29.Qd2 is immediately decisive.} 29. Rf6 Bg6
30. Nxe6 g4 {In the faint hope of struggling on by 31.Qxg4
Qe3+ and ...Qxe5.} 31. Nf4 Qg5 32. Nxg6 {The Knight performs
its last duty -to uncover the black King a little more.} hxg6
33. Rf4 Kg7 {Total passivity by 33...Re8 34.e6 Qe7 35.Re4,
etc., would be equivalent to resignation.} 34. Qe3 Qd8 35. e6
Qe8 36. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Women's Postal Chess Championship"]
[Site "Correspondence Game"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Helen Rosenkjar"]
[Black "Lyn Henderson"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Bd2
Ne4 9.Be1 Rf6 10.Nc3 Na6 11.Bd3 Nb4 12.Qd1 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Qe8 14.b3 Qh5
15.Ne2 Rg6 16.Nf4 Rxg2+ 17.Nxg2 Qxf3 {Black won by adjudication} 0-1


[Event "match-tournament"]
[Site "Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth"]
[Date "1948.04.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene from
"Battle of Bonn", ISBN-13: 978-1-906661-01-4, 2008. ---
Traditionally, the title of world champion is decided by a
mano a mano battle between the world's two top players. This
format was recognised even in the early matches between
Staunton and St Amant and Morphy and Anderssen which predate
the widely accepted year [1886] from which the Championship
officially emanates. The sole expection to this rule hitherto
was 1948 when Alekhine's death as incumbent caused an
interregnum which necessitated a five man match tournament to
decide the destination of the title. The Soviet iron man
Mikhail Botvinnik won easily, ahead of Vassily Smyslov, Paul
Keres, Sammy Reshevsky and in last place the former world
champion Dr Max Euwe. Botvinnik raced away with the tournament
making a clear plus score against all his rivals. He
considered the following to be his best game.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6
3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4
c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.O-O Nc5
15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Re1 Rd8 17.Rc1 Rd5 18.Be5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Rxe5
20.Nxe5 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 f6 22.Qg3 fxe5 23.Qg7 Rf8 24.Rc7 Qxc7
25.Qxc7 Bd5 26.Qxe5 d3 27.Qe3 Bc4 28.b3 Rf7 29.f3 Rd7 30.Qd2
e5 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Ke3 Ke6 34.Qb4 Rc7 35.Kd2 Rc6
36.a4 {Black resigns. Almost 60 years after this game was
played, eight grandmasters assembled in Mexico City where they
were once again to decide the undisputed World Championship by
means of a tournament. This circumstance reflected the
resolution of the schism that had arisen in the chess world in
1993 and also the confusion surrounding Kasparov’s retirement
from world chess. The chosen ones were: world champion
Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Alexander
Morozevich, Peter Leko, Alexander Grischuk, Lev Aronian and
Boris Gelfand. From this crucible, Anand emerged victorious,
and FIDE claimed that from 2008, the Championship would revert
to its traditional match format.} 1-0

[Event "Erevan"]
[Site "Erevan"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Kalantar"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 {Notes by Peter Clarke} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {How should
Black take this slightly enigmatic move? Does it mean that his
opponent dislikes or is afraid of meeting the Nimzovitch
Defence and therefore has already, in a sense, surrendered the
initiative? Or is it that White wants to get him into a
Queen's Indian, believing that he will be able to keep on top
then? The answer must be a subjective one.} Bb4+ {He chooses
the reply that was probably least expected. Although it is so
rarely used, it gives a sound enough game.} 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3
Nc6 {Black's plan is unfolding. As in the Miner-Barry (or
Zurich) Variation of the Nimzovitch itself, he is aiming, once
his KB has been exchanged off, to free its colleague and at
the same time secure a hold on the center by playing ...e5.}
6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 {But not 7.Qxd2 Ne4! 8.Qc2 Qb4+ 9.Nc3
Nxc3 10.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11.bxc3 d6, when White has nothing to show
for the doubled pawns.} O-O 8. O-O d6 9. e4 a5 {An example of
prophylaxis. It looks ahead to the time when the pawn position
in the center has become fixed and White's main weapon of
attack consists in a general advance on the Q side. However it
is not essential; some four years later, in the Interzonal
Tournament at Stockholm, Petrosian played 9...e5 at once
against Unzicker, obtaining an equal game after 10.d5 Nb8
11.b4 Bg4 12.Qc2 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 a5 14.a3 Na6 15.Rab1 axb4
16.axb4 c5!} 10. Qc2 {A good alternative is 10.b3, to be
followed by a3 and later b4. Weak, on the other hand is 10.e5
dxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.Qe2 Nc5, with excellent play for Black.}
Nd7 11. d5 Ncb8 {This two retreating moves by the Knights have
not been made with a view to defence; rather the reverse. In
closed positions considerations of time and even space are
often less important than specific fatures like the pawn
formation and weak squares. Black's scheme, therefore, is to
temp White into overreaching himself by pushing on prematurely
and creating points in his own camp that are vulnerable to
counter-attack.} 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Qc3 e5 14. N4b3 {14.Nf5 Bxf5
15.exf5 would show a definite detioration in his pawn
structure, and the use of e4 would not be sufficient
compensation.} b6 15. Nxc5 bxc5 {White's manouvering of his
KKT and particularly its exchange has not been happy. Instead
of gaining ground on the Q side, he has now been brought to a
standstill there; what is more, with his center pawns placed
on white squares his Bishop has decreased in strength compared
with the other minor pieces. The following variation shows how
easily: 16.f4 Nd7 17.Nb3 a4 18.Na5 Qf6 19.Nc6 exf4 20.Qxf6
(not 20.Qd2 Nb6 21.Rxf4 Nxc4 22.Qe2 Qxb2, etc.) Nxf6 21.Ne7+
(or 21.gxf4 Re8 22.e5 Ng4 23.Rfe1 Bd7 24.exd6 cxd6 25.Bh3 h5
and Black stands well), Kh8 22.Nxc8 Raxc8 23.gxf4 Rfe8 24.Rfe1
Re7 25.Re2 Rce8 26.Rae1 Nh5 27.Rf2 f5!} 16.f4 Nd7 17.Bh3
{Kalantar realises the long-term danger in the position and
decides to try to avert it by an immediate assault on Black's
center. It is met with the greatest precision.} Re8 {!}
18. Rae1 Qf6 19. Bxd7 {The pressure could not well be stepped
up by 19.Nf3 on account of the reply 19...exf4. The text move
envisages a forcing continuation taking the enemy
strong-point.} Bxd7 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Nf3 Re7
23. e5 {White has achieved his end, but where is he to go from
here? Were he able to maintain the position in the center, he
could claim an advantage. He cannot; he is forced to exchange
pawns, after which the soundness of Black's game is no longer
in any doubt.} Rae8 24. exd6 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 {To concede the
file by 25.Nxe1 is scarcely worth considering.} Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1
cxd6 {At first glance it might seem that White has fair
chances in this ending, for his pawns are more compact than
Black's (two groups are against three) and the general
stability of the situation should be to the Knight's
benefit. A closer examination shows that there are other
factors that far outweigh these and bring down the advantage
heavily on Black's side. They are; (i) Black's K-side majority
is potentially active, whereas White's on his Q side is
permanently crippled; (ii) the black King has a route into the
center along the weakened black squares; and (iii) the Bishop
is able to worry White by threatening to attack his pawns on
the Q side. By exploiting these points, Petrosian rapidly
takes over the initiative.} 27. Kf2 f5 {!} 28. Ke3 Kf7 29. Nd3
Bc8 30. b3 {Black had intended to provoke this, anyway, by
...Ba6. It is the first step in reducing White to passivity.}
g5 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. Ke3 Bd7 33. Kf3 Be8 {Manouvering the Bishop
round so as to penetrate into the enemy camp.} 34. Ke3 h6
35. Kf3 {White puts his faith in pure defence. If he tries to
counter-attack with his Knight on the Q side, he finds his
threats easily parried, eg. 35.Nb2 Bh5 36.Na4 Ke5 37.Nb6 f4+
38.gxf4+ gxf4+ 39.Kf2 Bg4, etc.} Bh5+ 36. Ke3 Bd1 37. Kd2 Bf3
38. Ke3 Be4 {Decisive; on 39.Nc1 there comes 39...Ke5 followed
by ...f4+, pushing White further anf further back.} 39. Kd2
Bxd3 40. Kxd3 Ke5 {The King and pawn ending is the simplest of
wins for Black, because he is to all intent and purposes a
pawn up. It provides us with a perfect example of the relative
value of mobile and immobile pawn majorities.} 41. Ke3 f4+
42. gxf4+ gxf4+ 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Kf2 {Or 44.a3 h5 45.h4 Ke5,
and White must retreat.} Ke4 45. Ke2 f3+ 46. Kf2 Kf4 47. h4 h5
48. a3 Ke4 {Since the break by b4 is too late-49...axb4
50.axb4 cxb4 21.c5 Kxd5, etc.} 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 {Notes by Peter Clarke} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
{The Rubinstein Counter-Attack (4...Nd4) is sound enough, but
Lilienthal was no doubt unwilling to provide the 'novice' with
a ready-made simplifying line-5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5, etc.} 5.O-O
O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Qe7 {This and his next two moves
constitute the Metger Defence; while holding on firmly to the
center Black seeks to unpin himself and drive back the
agressive Bishops.} 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 {Here we
have a position which is not only of fundamental importance
for the theory of the opening but also extremely interesting
from the point of view of general strategy. It is a question
of Bishops versus Knights and of the advantages and
disadvantages of the doubled pawn complex. Nimzovitch
considered that White was not in an attacking but a
'crouching' position and that any move on the part of his
central pawns would disclose their dynamic weakness. He
recommended Black's last move as the correct way to challenge
them. On the other hand, Botvinnik has frequently demonstrated
that this type of position can be very favourable for White if
he can stabilise the situation in the center and consolidate a
piece-preferably his KB-on d5. To this end the continuation
12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bc4 (Not 13.Nxe5 Nc7, etc.) is well worth
considering.} 12.Bf1 Qc7 {Inconsequential play; Black could
and should have carried out the positional threat of 12...cxd4
13.cxd4 Qc7 with prospects on the c-file. He is not given a
second opportunity.} 13.d5 Nd8 {13...Nf4 would allow White to
break up the center to his advantage by 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.e5
dxe5 16.Nxe5. Petrosian supports this as follows 16...Rd8
17.c4 b5 18.Qf3 Bb7 (or 18...bxc4 19.d6 Qb7 20.Qxf4, etc.)
19.Rad1 bxc4 20.Bxc4 Rd6 21.Bb3. It shoul be noted that while
Black has succeeded in immobilising the enemy pawns this is
not necessarily a permanent state of affairs. Wite immediately
starts preparing for a thrust on the K side with h4.} 14.Nh4
Ne8 15.g3 Qe7 16.Nf5 Bxf5 {Otherwise this Knight may settle on
c4 and harass him on all sides. However, leaving onelf with
two knights against two bishops, even in a closed position, is
a serious step,. It may be all right in theory, but in
practice many difficulties are involved. The trouble is that
the player with the Knights must be extremely cautious about
changes in the pawn formation, whereas his opponent may
undertake almost any action he likes. The rest of the game
affords a good illustration of the way the bishops work
towards the breaching and ultimate collapse of the opposing
defences.} 17.exf5 Qf6 18.Qg4 Qe7 19.Bg5 Qd7 20.a4 f6 {After
non too happy manouvering with his Queen, Black was faced with
the threat of 21. Bb5 Qc7 22.Bxe8 Rxe8 23.Bf6 and wins.}
21.Bd2 g6 {Is this not helping White? Yes; but if he does
nothing to relieve his rather cramped position, White will
buid up a K side offensive at his leisure. That is Black's
dilemma.} 22.Bh3 Qxf5 {Not 22...Ng7? 23.fxg6! winning a pawn;
while if 22...g5, White simply retires his KB again and gets
ready to strike back with h4.} 23.Qxf5 gxf5 24.Bxf5 Ng7 25.Bd3
f5 {He ought to have played 25...Nf7 and kept his pawns firmly
entrenched where they were. By his weakening his support to
the strongpoint at e5 he makes it easier for White to
undermine it. It is doubtful whether Black's game can be saved
after this.} 26.f4 e4 {Closing the position again, but the
respite is only temporary. With every new advance the Knights
find it harder to plug the gaps. 26...Nf7 was therefore the
better choice.} 27.Be2 Rc8 28.c4 Ne8 29.h3 Nf6 30.g4 {!
White's strategy has won the day. The barrier of enemy pawns
that curbs his Bishops can no longer be maintained.} fxg4
31.hxg4 Rc7 32.Kf2 h6 33.Rh1 e3 {A desperate attempt at
counter-play. Passive defence was hopeless in any case; for
example, 33...Kg7 34.Bc3 Kg6 35.Ke3 Rh7 36.Rag1 Nf7 37.g5 hxg5
38.f5+!, winning a piece.} 34.Bxe3 Ne4+ 35.Kg2 Nf7 36.Bd3 Re7
37.Rae1 Rfe8 38.Bc1 Nc3 {The Knight makes a sortie at last.}
39.Rxe7 Rxe7 40.a5 b6 41.Bd2 Ne2 42.axb6 axb6 43.c3 {And gets
trapped! As is fitting the Bishops have had the final way.} b5
44.Kf3 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Iosif Pogrebissky"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 {Notes by Peter Clarke} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3
{In the last few years this fianchetto has lost ground as a
means of combating the King's Indian, being replaced by
systems involving a more immediate and aggresive occupation of
the center. Petrosian's part in this trend is clear to see in
later games. Here, of course, White may have been prepared for
the Gruenfeld anyway.} O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 {The basic
idea behind Black's play, as in the Alekhine Defence, to
provoke his opponent into making premature pawn
advances. Inevitably there is a considerable element of risk
in such a policy, for nobody can predict the outcome with
certainty and pawns which prove weak in one game may, given
some new finesse, become a crushing force in the next. All
this is typical of the modern approach to the openings -a
willingness to make concessions of some sort in the belief
that real counter-chances will be obtained in return.} 7. O-O
c5 8. e4 Nf6 {8...Nb6 went out of favour with the game
Botvinnik - Novotelnov, Chigorin Memorial Tournament, 1947,
which continued 9.d5 e6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 Na6 12.Nc3 Nc4 13.Bc1
e5 14.Nb5 Bd7 15.a4, etc.} 9. e5 Nfd7 {Tempting fate a little
too far. He should play 9...Nd5, to which White normally
replies 10.dxc5, with an intense struggle ahead.} 10. Ng5 {! A
very useful opening principle refers to the danger of moving
the same piece twice before completing one's development. In
this game Black's whole strategy has so far been a negation of
this - yet it cannot be condemned as wrong - and now White
'errs' as well. Knowing principles is good; knowing how to
break them is better! The Knight move is the only way to
obtain the advantage. It fulfill two functions; permits him to
consolidate his e-pawn by f4 and at the same time threatens
the disruptive e6.} cxd4 {He has no choice. After 10...e6
11.f4 White has secured his spatial advantage and Black's play
has failed accordingly.} 11. f4 {Too slow now. 11.e6 gives
excellent chances; for instance, 11...Ne5 12.exf7+ Nxf7 13.Qb3
e6 14.Bxb7 Bxb7 15.Qxb7 Nxg5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 (though 16...Qb6 is
better, White still has the upper hand after 17.Qxb6 axb6)
17.Qxa8 Qb5 18.Na3 Qxb2 19.Qxa7 Nc6 20.Qd7 Ne5 21.Qxe6+
(Donner-Bouwmeester, Munich, 1954).} Nc5 {If 11...Nc6
(reckoning on 12.e6 Nc5 13.exf7+ Kh8!) White could probably
get away with 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qxd4, the initiative and command
of the center being his.} 12. b4 {This is really the decisive
moment. White realises he must play with the outmost
vigour-having failed to do so on the previous move! His idea
here is that after 12...Ne6 (not 12...Nca6 13.a3!) 13.Nxe6
fxe6 Black's KB would be shut out of the game for good while
his other one would be a little better off. And the d-pawn
would be sure to fall. So what is Black to do? He must play
vigorously himself and instead of ...fxe6 be ready to
sacrifice the exchange by 13...Bxe6 14.Bxb7 Bd5; if he
accepts, White is left desperately weak on the white
squares. Petrosian, who pointed out this possibility
afterwards, would probably have exchanged Bishops and tried to
make something out of the temporary isolatin of the
d-pawn. The likelyhood of his succeeding would not appear to
have been very great. But Pogrebyssky panics and in a vain
attempt to drive back the enemy Knight gets his King position
compromised.} f6 13. exf6 {!} exf6 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. bxc5 Nc6
16. Bb2 Qc7 {Defending the d-pawn indirectly, e.g. 17.Bxc6
Qxc6 18.Qxd4 Bh3 19.Rf2 Rad8, etc. However, since there was
not that much to lose now, he might have boldly played
16...Bf5 and hoped for some counterplay if White took the
pawn.} 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. h4 {! By this energetic
thrust White shows up the true weakness of his opponent's K
side. Though Black has got all his pieces out, they are
powerless to stop the onslaught.} Qd7 20. h5 Bg4 {Seeming to
block the way, but White has a small combination ready.}
21. hxg6+ Kxg6 22. f5+ Bxf5 {If 22...Qxf5, then 23.Qb1! forces
Black to expose himself to a deadly discovered check; while if
22...Kh5, there is the drastic finish 23.Qxg4+! Kxg4 24.Rf4+
and mate next move.} 23. Nd6 {The quiet point. Petrosian
concludes the attack with a series of elegant strokes.} Bg4
24. Be4+ Kh5 25. Rf4 {! An echo of a previous idea; if
25...Bxd1, then Rh4+ Kg5 27.Bc1 mate.} f5 26. Rxg4 fxg4
27. Qd2 {Threatening mate in two by Qh2+.} Rh8 28. Kg2 {!} 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1950.12.11"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Peter Clarke} e6 {There are people who play
this against any opening move by White. Perhaps it is the only
reply that unquestionably deserves such a strange
distinction.} 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4
c6 {He intens to adapt the stonewall formation and decides on
this order of moves to avoid the possibility of his
black-squared Bishop being exchanged by b3 and Ba3 (this way
he has ...d6 in reserve); not that there is anything really to
be feared in that.} 7. Qc2 Qe8 {The manouver ...Q-e8-g6 (or
h5) is the normal method of preparing the K-side attack. Here
he starts it while waiting for White to reveal his hand more.}
8. Nbd2 d5 9. Ne5 {Petrosian is employing the same strategy as
he did against Pirtskhalava-placing his Knights on d3 and f3
in order to exploit the hole on e5. What is interesting is
that he has found an entirely different route for them to
take.} Nbd7 10. Nd3 Ne4 11. Nf3 {White has avoided relieving
Black's game by exchanges and is now ready to begin the drive
forward in the center. This is a critical moment for the
second player, for he must seek counter-play on the K side and
yet not overreach himself there; 11...Qh5 seems
natural. Instead Bondarevsky tries to combat White's plans by
striking out first on the other wing, a policy as wrong as it
is anti-thematic.} Nd6 12. b3 b5 13. c5 {!} Nf7 14. a4 {The
new extension to the wall must fall, after which Black is left
with a weakened and exposed Q side, not at all what he had
bargained for.} bxa4 15. Rxa4 Bf6 16. Bb2 a6 {For the one and
only time he could have played ...e5 here. Although it would
have greatly freed his pieces-after, for instance, 17.dxe5
Nfxe5 18.Rfa1 Nxd3 19.exd3 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Nxc5 21.Rxa7-White's
too would have had the board opened up for them. And open
positions invariably favor the side with the initiative.}
17. Nfe5 Nfxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. f4 Rb8 {If 19...g5 20.fxg5
Bxg5 21.Bc1! Black's problem is to find a constructive plan
which does not help his opponent.} 20. Rfa1 Rb5 21. b4 {!
21.Bd4 was superficially correct, but White would like to see
his Knight on d4; moreover, he wishes to preserve the
possibility of Bc1, as mentioned in the previous note.} h5
{Bondarevsky has not yet had all the fight squeezed out of
him.! He is aiming to win some space on the K side and so
perhaps put White out of his methodical stride.} 22. Bc3 h4
23. e3 Nb8 {Unfortunately this passive step is necessary, as
White is threatening to bring his KB to bear on the a-pawn.}
24. Ne1 Rb7 {Better was the prelimanary 24...hxg3. As played,
Black loses the benefit he expected from the advance of the
h-pawn.} 25. gxh4 Bxh4 26. Nf3 Bd8 27. h4 {! It is clear that
Black's last chance of doing anything active- ...g5-has
gone. The outlook is one of grim defence behind his pawn
barrier.} Qh5 28. Be1 Bd7 29. Qf2 Kf7 {? A final error,
shortening the game by many moves. He had to return his Bishop
to c8 to protect his a-pawn, in which event it still would
have required a long campaign of White to breach the defences
(the g-file is the weak spot). As soon as the pawn is removed,
there is nothing to hold the attacker off.} 30. Bf1 Rh8
31. Bxa6 Nxa6 32. Rxa6 Be7 33. Ra7 Rhb8 {He attacked the enemy
h-pawn in vain and now he has had to give up. The end is not
far away.} 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Nd4 Qh8 36. Qg3 Qb8 {Black was
almost in Zugzwang; for instance, Bishop moves permit Ra8,
whilst the threat of b5 continually hangs over him.} 37. h5
Ra7 38. Rc1 {Avoiding a subtle trap-38.Rxa7 Qxa7 39.Qg6+ Kf8
40.Ne6+ Bxe6 41.Qxe6 Qa1! 42.Qc8+ Kf7 48.Qxf5+ Kg8, and White
must either give perpetual check or lose his Bishop.} Qg8
39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. b5 {This inevitable breakthrough is the
stronger for being delayed. If 40...cxb5, then 41.c6 Bc 8
42.Nxb5 and 43.Nd6 wins.} Qf7 41. bxc6 Bc8 {Black sealed this
move and the next day, in view of the continuation 42.Qxf7+
Kxf7 43.Nb5 Ra8 44.Nd6+ Kf8 45.c7, he resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"]
[Site "Gorky (Russia)"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Anatoly Sidorov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Peter Clarke} Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6
{Up to here neither player had revealed his hand much. But now
Black, by his adopting his initial position of the Semi-Slav,
seems to be showing agressive intentions,. He is unwilling tio
meet the hazards of meeting a prepared variation in the Meran
(5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5) or the even sharper
Anti-Meran (5.Bg5). He wants to keep the play on a line of his
own choosing.} 5. cxd5 exd5 {Sidorov is determined to have a
keen struggle. The alternative Exchange Variation (of the
slav), which he could have had by recapturing with the other
pawn, is considered to give Black a comfortable, if dull,
game.} 6. Qc2 Bd6 {The Bishop is better placed on e7, where it
can counter White's Bg5. The point is that before undertaking
anything else Black should think in terms of equalising.}
7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qc7 {This would not have been
necessary had his sixth move been correct. Black has now the
same battery of Queen and Bishop as White, but in
effectiveness there is no comparison-especially after White's
reply.} 10. O-O-O {! Indeed, Black's pieces are, as it were,
facing the wrong direction. Normally, the so-called minority
attack is the first choice, while castling Q side and
advancing on the other wing, being rather double-edged, is
less frequently seen. In this case it is clearly the right
strategy, for Black is ill-prepared for making a
counter-attack.} Re8 11. g4 {There is to be no
time-wasting. Already Black is faced with the threat of
12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.g5. Since both 11...Nxg4 and 11...h6 would
only accelerate trouble, he decides to give up a pawn and try
to use the respite to start his own plans moving. It is the
best practical chance.} Kh8 12. Rdg1 b5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. g5
Ne4 {!} 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 {The sacrifice has resulted
in an opening of lines in the center and on the Q side and,
consequently, in the increased activity of the Black
pieces. His Bishops, in particular, have suddenly become
hostile and could easily take the lead in a dangerous attack
on the King. At the same time, White finds that his attach has
slowed down, and despite the promising beggining six moves ago
he still lacks an open file on the K side. How, then, can be
put new life into this game and get the initiative back?
Petrosian provides an energetic answer.} 17. g6 {! The main
point is the clearance of the g5 square for the Knight, an
idea which cannot be foiled by 17...f6 because of 18.gxh7
followed by N-h4-g6+} hxg6 18. Ng5 f5 {Otherwise (for
instance, 18...Bxa2) White smahes his way through by
19.Bxg6. The same would have applied if the f-pawn had made
the capture on the previous move.} 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Bf3 {! He
could still win a pawn by 20.Bxc6, but that would be entirely
contrary to the theme of the game and, moreover, give his
opponent renewed hopes of counter-play after 20...Rc8 21.d5
Re4.} Rc8 21. h4 c5 22. d5 {Spelling the end for Black; he can
now do nothing to stop the storm breaking on the K side.} Rf6
23. h5 g5 {Or 23...gxh5 24.Rxh5+ Kg8 25.Rxf5, etc.} 24. Rxg5
c4 25. Kb1 {But not 25.Rxf5? c3! when the pawn cannot be
by-passed by 26.b3 on account of 26...Ba3+} Rcf8 26. Rhg1 R8f7
27. Rg6 Be5 28. h6 gxh6 29. Rg8+ Kh7 30. Bh5 Rf8 {An exchange
of Rooks is forced now, since if 30...Re7, then 31.f4 Bd6
32.Qg2 is crushing (33.Rh8+ is the threat)} 31. Rxf8 Rxf8
32. f4 Bg7 33. Bg6+ Kh8 34. Bxf5 {Three connected passed pawns
in the center represent a tidy profit-and the assault is not
finished yet.} Qc5 {34...Qd6 35.Qg2 Qf6 36.e4 was just as
bad.} 35. Qg2 Qe7 36. Qg6 {In a way this would have been a
fitting moment for Black to resign. Kis g6 has proved a fatal
square for him, and now White's most powerful piece has
settled on it. Sidorov reckons he ought to fight on a little
longer.} Rxf5 37. Qxf5 Qxe3 38. Rd1 Qf2 {If 38...c3, White
ignores it. The d-pawn wins for him.} 39. Qc2 Qxf4 40. d6 Qf8
41. d7 Qd8 42. Qg6 {!} 1-0

[Event "1st World Correspondence Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "*"]
[White "Adolphe Viaud"]
[Black "Cecil John Seddon Purdy"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3
Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4 9.Nd2 O-O 10.a3 Be7 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.e4 dxe4
13.Nxe4 c5 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.dxc5 a5 16.b3 Rfd8 17.Qc2 Bxc5
18.Bb2 Ng4 19.h3 Nh6 {A. Viaud withdrew from the tournament
and all his games were cancelled without result} *

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1951.11.26"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 d5 6.Be2 Ne4 7.O-O
c5 8.Qc1 cxd4 9.Bxd4 Bxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.Qe3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Nxd2
13.Qxd2 e6 14.Rfd1 Qf6 15.Ne5 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Rfc8 17.Ng4 Qf4
18.c3 h5 19.Ne3 Rc7 20.g3 Qf6 21.Rd3 Rac8 22.Re1 b5 23.Nc2 Ne7
24.Rf3 Nf5 25.Qd2 Qg7 26.Rd3 a5 27.Ne3 Nd6 28.f3 Qf6 29.Kg2
Nf5 30.Re2 Qg5 31.a3 h4 32.f4 Qh5 33.Nxf5 gxf5 34.gxh4 Rxc3
35.Rg3+ Kh7 36.Rf2 b4 37.axb4 axb4 38.Qe1 Qxh4 39.Qe5 Rg8
40.Rf3 Rc2+ 41.Kf1 Rxh2 42.Qe3 {? White missed a brilliant
saving combination: 42. Rxg8! Kxg8 (42.Rh1? Rg1+-) 43.Rg3+!!
Qxg3 44.Qb8+ Kg7 45.Qg8+! 1/2-1/2} Ra8 43.Rg7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Paignton Intl Tournament"]
[Site "Paignton ENG"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Harry Golombek"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 {Notes by Professor Nathan Divinsky.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.a4 {? Correct is Ne5} 6.c5 7.O-O Nc6
8.Nbd2 cxd4 9.Nxc4 Bc5 10.Nfe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 O-O 12.Qc2 Ba7
13.Rd1 Nd5 14.Qc4 Qd6 15.Nf3 e5 16.Ng5 Be6 17.Qd3 f5 18.Bd2 e4
19.Qb3 h6 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Rac1 Rf7 22.Kh1 Re8 23.a5 Qe5 {?
Better is g5 with a clearly won position} 24.f3 Qe6 25.fxe4
fxe4 26.Rf1 Nf6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28.Bh3 Re8 29.Bf5 e3 30.Bb4 Ne4
31. Bh7 Kxh7 32.Rxf7 d3 33.exd3 Nf2 34.Kg2 Nxd3 35.Bc3 Kg6
36.Rcf1 Nf2 37.Rxb7 Bc5 38.Rxg7 Kf5 39.Rc7 Bd6 40.Rc6 Be5
41. Rc5 1-0

[Event "1st Midwest Open"]
[Site "Northwest Public Serv.Bldg, North Platte, NE"]
[Date "1951.09.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Alan McLellan"]
[Black "Jack Spence"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
d5 8.Qb3 c5 9.Bxb4 cxb4 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Ne5 Be6 12.Nd2 Nc6
13.Ndf3 Ne4 14.Qe3 Rac8 15.Rac1 Na5 16.Ne1 Rxc1 17.Qxc1 b3
18.a3 Rc8 19.Qe3 b5 20.f3 Nd6 21.N1d3 Rc2 22.Nc5 Rxb2 23.Ned3
Nac4 24.Qxe6+ Qxe6 25.Nxe6 Rxe2 26.Nef4 Ra2 27.Rb1 Rxa3
28.Nxd5 b2 29.Kf2 Ra1 {* time press} 30.Nc3 Rxb1 31.Nxb1 a5
32.Ke1 a4 33.Bf1 Kf7 34.Ne5+ Ke6 35.Nxc4 bxc4 36.Kd2 Kd5
37.Kc3 Nb5+ 38.Kxb2 Kxd4 39.Kc2 a3 40.Nd2 a2 41.Bxc4 Na3+ 0-1

[Event "Friendly game"]
[Site "Manchester, England"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alan Turing"]
[Black "Alick Glennie"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {This game is of considerable historical interest since
it is arguably the first computer chess game. The British
mathematician and computer pioneer Alan Turing devised a chess
playing program which, for lack of a computer to program, was
operated with paper and pencil. This was the result when the
program played Alick Glennie, a colleague of Turing's.} e5
2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bd2 Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 7.h4 Bg4 8.a4
Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 Bh5 10.Bb5+ c6 11.dxc6 O-O 12.cxb7 Rb8 13.Ba6 Qa5
14.Qe2 Nd7 15.Rg1 Nc5 16.Rg5 Bg6 17.Bb5 Nxb7 18.O-O-O Nc5
19.Bc6 Rfc8 20.Bd5 Bxc3 21.Bxc3 Qxa4 22.Kd2 Ne6 23.Rg4 Nd4
24.Qd3 Nb5 25.Bb3 Qa6 26.Bc4 Bh5 27.Rg3 Qa4 28.Bxb5 Qxb5
29.Qxd6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "15 CI Ferrara"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Massimiliano Romi"]
[Black "Alberto Mario Giustolisi"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. h3 Nfd7
7. c3 e5 8. Bg3 Nc6 9. Bc4 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Be2 a5
12. O-O a4 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 a3 15. b3 Qe7 16. Rc1 Bf5
17. Nh4 Bd7 18. Qd2 Kh8 19. Bb5 Rfc8 20. Rfe1 Qg5 21. Bc4 Nxd4
22. Bxf7 Be6 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Nf3 Qb5 25. Rc4 Nc5 26. Qd5 Qe8
27. Ng5 h6 28. Rh4 Qg8 29. Nf7+ Kh7 30. e4 Rf8 31. Ng5+ Kh8
32. Qd2 Nxb3 33. Qb4 Nc5 34. e5 Ra4 35. Qxa4 Nxa4 36. Rxa4
hxg5 37. Rxa3 Re8 {time} 0-1

[Event "Third Rosenwald Trophy"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1956.10.17"]
[EventDate "1956.10.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Donald Byrne"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4
7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Bg5 {11. 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 "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emil Joseph Diemer"]
[Black "Josef Kotek"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 g6 {The
Bogoljubov Defense} 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Bd7 9. Qe1 h6
10. Qh4 Kh7 11. Rae1 Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3 b6 14. d6 cxd6 {
14...exd6 15.Nd5 } 15. Rxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6
18. Bxf6 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 Kg8 20. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Correspondence Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elis Hugolf"]
[Black "Cecil John Seddon Purdy"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 {This game came about because of a request from Swedish
newspaper Afton-Tidningen. The paper invited readers to send
in a dearest wish. Each week one wish was drawn from all those
submitted and the paper tried to make it come true. Early in
1956 Elis Hugolf (a well known Swedish correspondence player)
had his wish to play the World correspondence champion
drawn. Cecil Purdy agreed to play and this game was the
result. It was Purdy's last competitive correspondence game.}
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. dxc6 Qb6
13. Rd1 Rfc8 14. Na3 Qxc6 15. Bd3 Nb7 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nc5
18. Bd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qb7 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nc4 Be4
23. Ng5 Bxd5 24. Na5 Qb6 25. Rxd5 Qxa5 26. Ne4 Qb4 27. Nxd6
Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Nb3 0-1

[Event "Washington D.C."]
[Site "Washington D.C."]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Claude Frizzel Bloodgood"]
[Black "R Halley"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. g4 {Notes by Bloodgood.} d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. Qb3 c6 6. Qxb7 Nd7 7. Bxd5 cxd5 8. Qxd5 Nb6 9. Qg2 Rc8
10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3 Bc6 12. Nf3 e6 13. Bb2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Be7
15. Ne4 O-O {? Black can't afford this, f6 was best.} 16. Rg1
f6 17. Qg4 Rf7 18. Qxe6 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rc1 Rxc1+
21. Bxc1 Ne5 22. Bb2 Bb4 23. a3 Ba5 24. b4 Bb6 25. h4 Nc4
26. Bxf6 Nxa3 27. h5 Nb5 28. h6 g6 29. Bg7 Rc7 30. Kd1 a5
31. Nf6+ Kf7 32. Nd5 Rb7 33. Nxb6 Rxb6 34. bxa5 Ra6 35. Rg5
1-0

[Event "Soviet Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Viktor Savelievich Zheliandinov"]
[ECO "A66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5
5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Qe7 {Black tries to avoid the main
lines of the Four Pawns Attack, which runs 7...Bg7 8.Bb5+!
This move was introduced in the present game and has been more
or less forgotten, for good reason. Shamkovich simply ignores
the threat on the e-pawn, daring Black to capture.} 8.Nf3 {!}
Nbd7 { 8...Nxe4 9.Qa4+! A simple fork, winning a piece.} 9.e5
{!} dxe5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Bb5+ Ned7+ {A check parried by a
check! Does this resource save Black's bacon?} 12.Kf2 Ng4+
13.Kg3 {! The brave king runs onto the battlefield to
personally grapple with the knight, which must retreat.} Nge5
14.Nxe5 Qxe5+ 15.Bf4 Qf6 {Now White has the
initiative. Neither side has a castled king, though White need
only bring his rook to the e-file and then retreat the king to
g1. Shamkovich doesn't fall for the temptation of securing his
own king, and chooses the mighty queen, instead of the rook,
to challenge the enemy monarch.} 16.Qe2+ {!} Be7 17.d6 {!} g5
{? 17...Qh4+ 18.Kf3 a6 19.Bxd7+ Bxd7 20.Qxe7+ Qxe7 21.dxe7 is
about the best Black could have hoped for.} 18.Be5 {!} Bxd6
{The Black queen is safe, because of the pin on the b8-h2
diagonal. But the bishop hangs with check.} 19.Bxd6+ Kd8
20.Bc7+ {!} {A cute finish. Black resigned because after
capturing the bishop, he loses the queen to the knight fork at
d5.} 1-0

[Event "Oundle School"]
[Site "Oundle School"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Ewing"]
[Black "Christopher Baruch Wood"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 {Notes by David Ewing and Chris Wood} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 {exd5=} Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxe4 7. Bb5+ {the
losing move: correct was 7. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nf6 9. Bd3 and
White is not too bad} Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Qd4 Ngf6 10. Ba3
Qc7 11. Qd6 Qxd6 12. cxd6 O-O 13.Ne2 Rfd8 14. Nd4 Nb6 15. Bc5
Nc4 16. Nb5 b6 17. Bb4 a5 18. Ba3 Nxa3 19. Nxa3 Rxd6 20. Rb1
Rc6 21. Nb5 Nd5 22. Kd2 Rd8 23. Nd4 Nxc3 24. Ke3 Rc4 {CBW: I
remember that school match with pleasure. My school took rugby
rather seriously, and I was 2nd XV captain. When I found we
could save travel expenses by coming to Oundle with the first
rugby team, I got permission to miss one rugby match. On the
way home, having won 6-0, I had to be careful with my remarks,
as our rugby players had been well beaten.} 0-1

[Event "Donald in Mathmagic Land Cartoon"]
[Site "Mathmagic Land"]
[Date "1959.26.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Spirit of Adventure"]
[Black "Donald Duck"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 {From the educational cartoon "Donald in Mathmagic
Land".} d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.d5 c6 4.dxc6 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 bxc6 6.Nc3
Nf6 7.f3 exf3 8.gxf3 e5 9.Bh3 Bxh3 10.Nxh3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3
12.Bxc3 e4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.fxe4 Nd7 15.Nf4 O-O-O 16.c3 Nc5+
17.Kc2 Nxe4 18.Rad1 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Nf2 20.Rd6 Kc7 21.Rxf6 Rf8
22.Nd5+ cxd5 23.Rxf2 Re8 24.Rxf7+ Kc6 25.Rxa7 Re2+ 26.Kb3 Rxh2
27.a4 Kb6 28.Rd7 Rd2 29.Rxh7 d4 30.cxd4 Rxd4 31.Rh6+ Ka5
32.Rc6 Rd3+ 33.Ka2 Kxa4 34.Rc4+ Kb5 35.b3 Rd5 36.Ka3 Rd8
37.Rb4+ Kc5 38.Ra4 Kc6 39.b4 Kb5 40.Ra5+ Kc6 41.Ka4 Kb7 42.b5
Ra8 43.Rxa8 Kxa8 44.Ka5 Kb7 45.b6 Kb8 46.Ka6 Kc8 47.Ka7 Kd8
48.b7 Ke8 49.b8=Q+ Ke7 50.Qe5+ Kf8 51.Qe6 Kg7 52.Kb7 Kf8
53.Kc7 Kg7 54.Kd7 Kf8 55.Qe7+ Kg8 56.Qf6 Kh7 57.Ke7 Kg8
58.Qe6+ Kh8 59.Kf7 Kh7 60.Qg6+ Kh8 61.Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Axel Nielsen"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7
4. c3 Nf6 5. e3 d6 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Qb3 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e4 e5
10. Bb5 Kf8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qa4 Qd6 14. Nb3
{-- heading for the blockading square c5. } 14...Bd7 15. Rd1
Qe7 16. Nc5 {!} Be8 {The way in which Black's bishops are
never given a chance is highly reminiscent of Nimzowitsch.}
17. b4 Kg7 18. O-O Rf8 19. Qa6 fxe4 20. Nd2 e3 21. Nde4 {!}
exf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bg5 23. Rxf8 Kxf8 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Qb7 {White
wins the rook. } 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John N Sugden"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qa4+ Qd7
7. Qxd7+ Nxd7 8. Nbd2 Bb4 9. a3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Ne4 Rc8
12. Bd2 Ngf6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Rc1 b5 15. Ba2 Rxc1+ 16. Bxc1
Ke7 17. Rg1 g6 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Bc3 a5 20. Kd2 a4 21. Rg5 d5
22. Bb4+ Kd8 23. Rg1 Nb6 24. Rc1 Nc4+ 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Re1
Kc7 27. e4 Kd7 28. e5 Ne8 29. Rg1 h5 30. Ba5 Ra8 31. Bb4 Kc6
32. Bd6 {?} Nxd6 33. exd6 Kxd6 34. Re1 Rb8 35. Kc2 f6 36. f4
Rb3 37. Re3 Rb8 38. Rg3 Rg8 39. h4 e5 40. fxe5+ fxe5 41. dxe5+
Kxe5 42. Re3+ Kd6 43. Kc3 Rb8 44. Rg3 Rb3+ 45. Kc2 Rxg3
46. fxg3 d4 47. Kd2 Ke5 48. Ke2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John N Sugden"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. Qg4 g6
7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Qg3 Ne7 9. Bf6 Nf5 10. Qd3 Rg8 11. Qb5+ Qxb5
12. Bxb5+ Bd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. g4 Ne7 15. Nf3 c4 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7
17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ke2 Rab8 19. a4 Rb7 20. Rb4 Rgb8 21. Rhb1 a6
22. a5 h6 23. Nd2 Kd8 24. Ra4 Kc7 25. axb6+ Rxb6 26. Rxb6 Rxb6
27. Rb4 Rxb4 28. cxb4 Kb6 29. Nb1 {?} Kb5 30. c3 Ka4 31. Kd1
Kb3 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John N Sugden"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 g6
7. h3 Be6 8. Nxc4 Bg7 9. Ng5 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 e6 11. Nf3 Nf6
12. b3 b5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nb4 15. Ba3 c5 16. Bxb4 cxb4
17. Rc1 {?} Nd5 18. Be4 Nc3 19. Rxc3 bxc3 20. Bxa8 Qxa8
21. Qa1 b4 22. Ne1 e5 23. Nd3 exd4 24. Nxb4 a5 25. Nd3 Qe4
26. Nc5 Qf5 27. exd4 Bxd4 28. Na4 Rc8 29. Qd1 c2 30. Qc1 Re8
31. g4 Qd3 32. Kg2 Re2 33. Nb2 Qd2 34. Qxd2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Bromley tourney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "N C Totton"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Bb4
5. b3 Ne4 6. Ngf3 Nd7 7. Bb2 Ndf6 8. Bg2 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1
Qa5 11. Rc2 Bd7 12. a3 Bxa3 13. Qa1 Bb4 {?!} 14. Qxa5 Bxa5
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. cxd5 exd5 17. dxc5 Rac8 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Bxe4
{?} dxe4 20. c6 Bb4 21. Rfc1 Bxb3 22. Nd7 Rfd8 23. cxb7 Rxc2
24. Rxc2 Bxc2 25. b8=Q Rxb8 26. Nxb8 Ba4 27. f3 exf3 28. exf3
Bb5 29. Be5 f6 30. Bc7 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Kg2 Bc5 33. Bf4 g5
34. Bc7 Bb4 35. g4 a5 36. Bxa5 Bxa5 37. Kh3 Bc7 38. Na6 Bf1#
0-1

[Event "Ch Ukraine"]
[Site "Kiev (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evsey Poliak"]
[Black "A Olifer"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5
13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 f5 ( 15...Bf4 16.Rf3 Bg4 17.Rxf4 )
16.Qb3 Bb7 17.Nd2 f4 18.Nf3 {!} Qh5 19.Re6 Rad8 20.Re1 Bc8
21.Ne5 {!} f3 22.Qxd5+ Kh8 23.Bg5 {!} Bxe5 ( 23...Qxg5 24.Nf7+
) 24.Qxe5 Rf5 25.Bxd8 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 Qf7 27.Rae1 h6 28.Bh4 fxg2
29.R1e3 Bb7 30.b3 Qg6 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.R8e7 Qb1+ 33.Re1 Qf5
34.Bf6 Kg6 ( 34...Qxh3 {?} 35.Rxg7+ Kh8 36.Re8# ) 35.Rxb7 gxf6
36.Re3 Qb1+ 37.Kxg2 Qxa2 38.Rg3+ Kf5 39.Rf3+ Kg6 40.b4 Qe6
41.Rc7 h5 42.Rc5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York, United States"]
[Date "1960.12.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William James Lombardy"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.Be2 e5 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 a6 11.Nd2 b5 12.O-O Nb6 13.a4
bxa4 14.Nxa4 Bd7 15.Nc3 a5 16.Qb3 Be8 17.Rfc1 a4 18.Qa3 Rb8
19.Rc2 Rb7 20.Na2 h6 21.Be3 Nh5 22.Bxb6 Qxb6 23.Bxh5 gxh5
24.Nc4 Qb3 25.Rac1 Rd7 26.Rc3 Qxa3 27.Rxa3 Rd8 28.Nc3 f5
29.exf5 Rxf5 30.Nxa4 Rf4 31.Nab6 Rd4 32.Ne3 Bf6 33.Nf5 Rf4
34.Ne3 Rb4 35.Nbc4 Rc8 36.b3 Bg5 37.Rca1 Bxe3 38.fxe3 Rcb8
39.Nxd6 Bg6 40.Nc4 {Time forfeit} 1-0

[Event "Leipzig olm prel"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ridha Belkadi"]
[Black "Ludek Pachman"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6 9.f4 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Ne2 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Qb6+
13.Kh1 Qxa6 14.f5 Nxe5 15.Bf4 Bf6 16.Nd4 O-O 17.fxe6 Nc4 18.b3
c5 19.e7 Rfe8 20.Nf5 Bxa1 21.bxc4 Bf6 22.Qxd5 Qe6 23.Bd6 g6
24.Nh6+ Kg7 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Ng4 Bd4 27.Rf8 Rxf8 28.exf8=Q+
Rxf8 29.Bxf8+ Kxf8 30.h4 h5 31.Nh2 e5 32.g4 Ke7 33.Kg2 Ke6
34.Kf3 Bg1 35.Nf1 e4+ 36.Kxe4 Bf2 37.gxh5 gxh5 38.Kf4 Bxh4
39.Nd2 Be7 40.Nf3 Bf6 41.Ng1 Be7 42.Nf3 Kf6 43.Ke4 Bf8 44.Kf4
Bd6+ 45.Ke4 Bg3 46.Nd2 Ke6 47.Kf3 Bd6 48.Ke4 h4 49.Nf3 Bg3
50.Ng5+ Kf6 51.Nh3 Bc7 52.Nf4 Bxf4 53.Kxf4 a5 54.Kg4 Ke5
55.Kxh4 Kd4 56.Kg4 Kc3 57.Kf4 Kb2 {Belkadi resigns in a drawn
position at the end, as noted by Pal Benko among others.} 0-1

[Event "Ch URS (team)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.d4 b5
8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.f3 O-O 12.Be3 c5 13.c4
b4 14.Nd2 Ne8 15.Qf2 Qb6 16.Ba4 Nc7 17.Nb3 Ne6 18.O-O-O Nd4
19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Kb1 Bg5 21.c5 Qf6 22.Qc2 Bc6 23.Na5 Bb5 24.Bb3
Rac8 25.Bd5 d3 26.Qf2 Qh6 27.Nc4 Bxc4 28.Bxc4 d2 29.f4 Bxf4
30.g3 Be3 31.Qe2 Rxc5 32.b3 Rc7 33.Rhf1 Qb6 34.Rf3 Bh6 35.Rd3
a5 36.Rd5 a4 37.Kc2 axb3+ 38.axb3 Qa7 39.Qf3 Qa3 40.Rf1 Qc1+
41.Kd3 g6 42.Ke2 Qc2 43.Rd1 Ra8 44.Qd3 Qxd3+ 45.Rxd3 Ra2
46.Rf3 Rca7 47.Bd5 Rc2 48.Rff1 Rc1 49.h4 Kg7 50.g4 Bf4 51.Rg1
Rac7 52.Bc4 R7xc4 53.bxc4 b3 {%08DA} 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.10"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Ludek Pachman"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.e4 Nge7 7.Re1
O-O 8.e5 d6 9.exd6 Qxd6 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Nb3 Nd4 12.Bf4 Qb6
13.Ne5 Nxb3 14.Nc4 {Very nice tempo move. --Fischer} Qb5
15.axb3 a5 16.Bd6 Bf6 17.Qf3 Kg7 18.Re4 {Now Petrosian is
preparing for a very beautiful finish.--Fischer} Rd8 19.Qxf6+
Kxf6 20.Be5+ Kg5 21.Bg7 {This is a real problem
move. --Fischer} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. c4 e6
7. Qa4 Qd7 8. Nc3 d4 9. Nb5 Be7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. exf3 O-O
12. Qd1 {The queen undevelops. This is the first
retreat. There will be more! -- Chernev} Rfe8 13. f4 Bd8
14. Na3 Ba5 15. Nc2 Bc7 16. a3 a5 17. Rb1 Bd6 18. Bd2 e5
19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nc6 21. Qf3 h5 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1
Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Ne1 {The knight is now happily posted
on the back rank! -- Chernev} Qd8 26. Qd1 Qb6 27. Bc1 {Another
piece returns home! -- Chernev} Ne7 28. Qf3 Qb3 29. g4 hxg4
30. hxg4 g6 31. Bf1 Qb6 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 Kf8 {Would you
believe that White, with only one piece in play, now wins this
in about half a dozen moves? -- Chernev} 34. Bg2 Nc6 35. Qh3
Ng8 36. Qh8 {Threatening Bh6+, winning the knight.} Bg3
{Black's idea is to force Nf3, blocking the bishop. This would
allow Black time to defend with Ne7.} 37. f6! Bxe1 38. Qg7+
Ke8 39. Qxg8+ Kd7 40. Bh3+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Team Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Leonid Stein"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 {Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 {The Classical
Variation, in which the strong zones for both players are
defined clearly once the centre has been dixed: White achieves
play on the Q-side while Black seeks an attack on the opposite
wing.} e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 {Petrosian's own line, which
provokes an immediate challenge to this bishop as White
threatens 9. Qd2. For some years Petrosian earned his living
by playing this variation, which at one point seemed to
invalidate the whole defense until resources were found.} h6
9. Bh4 a6 {At this stage there are many complex lines. If
9...g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 White can choose the positional 11. Nd2 Nf4
12. O-O Nc5 13. Nb3 or try for a direct assault on the black
king with 11. h4. Stein's idea is to unpin the knight on f6 by
moving the queen, having first guarded against Nb5. That way
the g-pawn can stay where it is, and Black might be able to
bring about a more usual advance on the flank by thrusting
forward with the f-pawn.} 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nd2 c5 {This is very
committal, but Black already has problems relating to
development. For example, if aims for a quick ...f5 by means
of 11...Nh7 12. Rc1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14.Bh5 he may not be
quite ready for the exchange sacrifice, almost identical to
this, seen in Yusupov-Kasparov, Barcelona 1989, when Black was
better developed and should have won.} 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. b4
Rb8 14. a3 {Consolidating his position. Black's d-pawn is
vulnerable and the light-square bishop presently has no good
location. Stein's one hope is to create complications that
might nullify any positional defect in the spate of a full
onslaught.} Bb7 15. Nb3 Qe6 16. Na5 {Black's difficulties are
highlighted by this move. If 16...Rfc8 17.Nxb7 Rxb7 18.c5
White wins. Or 16...Ne8 17.Nd5! cxd5 (17...g5 18.Bg4) 18.cxd5
Bxd5 19.exd5 Qf5 20.Bg4 Qf4 21.Bg3} Ba8 {The bishop now
becomes locked behind the pawn at c6, never to move
again. After this, Stein launches his attack, there being
nothing else to play for.} 17. f3 d5 {Here it comes, yet White
simply has to avoid 18.cxd5? to secure a lasting initiative.}
18. c5 {!} Nh5 19. Bxa6 {The first fruit, but of course Black
is no longer concerned about minor material loss.} Nf4 20. Ne2
g5 21. Bf2 f5 22. Rc1 {As one would expect, Petrosian defends
calmly, relying on the inherent soundness of his position to
negate Black's desperate efforts to break through.} fxe4
23. fxe4 Nf6 {The impulsive 23...dxe4 loses at once to 24.Nxf4
followed by 25.Bc4} 24. exd5 N6xd5 {Unfortunately for Black,
the one change to release the encarcerated bishop by 24...cxd5
allows 25.c6!} 25. Ng3 e4 {Denying White the use of e4 while
liberating the dark square bishop and planning to leap into d4
with a knight. The drawback is that d4 becomes available to
the other side.} 26. Bd4 Rbd8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qd4+ Nf6
29. Qc3 Kg6 {After all Black's forceful play, it is HIS king
that has become insecure.} 30. Nc4 Nd3 {30...Rd3 is answered
by 31.Ne5+} 31. Rcd1 Nd5 32. Qc2 {A climax has been
reached. If now 32...N5f4 33.Nd6 is sufficient to steam any
threat based on the e-pawn's desire to push on. Or 32...N5xb4,
when 33.axb4 Nxb4 34.Qa4 e3 35.Nd6 Nxa6 36.Qxe6 Qe5 37.Qc4
wins.} Nc7 33. Nd6 {!} Nxa6 34. Rxf8 Rxf8 35. Ndxe4 Naxb4 {If
instead ...Nf4 then 36.Rd6.} 36. axb4 Nxb4 37. Qb1 {A quiet
retreat that maintains the power to deliver a discovered
check.} Nd5 38. Re1 {One more sotto voce move on the back rank
which leaves black with no adequate reply.} Qd7 {If 38...Kg7
39.Nh5+ Kh8 40.Qa1+ and wins--as played white sacs his knight
to give the long prepared discovered check and forces the
win.} 39. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Dulwich College"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G K Sandiford"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 {One
of Nimzowitsch's more extreme ideas, which is far more
challenging than 3...Bf5.} 4. f4 Bf5 5. Ne2 Qd7 6. Ng3 Bg4
7. Be2 Bxe2 {As so often in this defence, the trade of
light-squared bishops furthers Black's aims rather than
White's.} 8. Nxe2 e6 9. Be3 Nge7 {Almost imperceptibly, Black
has gained tangible influence over the centre, and White's
remaining dark-squared bishop is seriously restricted by its
own pawns.} 10. O-O Nf5 11. Qd2 h5 {This strategically
valuable advance of Black's h-pawn plays a vital role.}
12. Ng3 {A common factor in this opening is that White simply
cannot tolerate the continued presence of the black knight on
f5 and therefore accepts doubled pawns in order to eliminate
it. However, White's doubled pawns on the g-file represent an
attractive target for Black's further attack, by means of
...h5-h4.} 12...Nxg3 13. hxg3 Ne7 14. Bf2 f5 {Black no longer
requires the f5-square for his knight. It is more important to
fix White's g3-pawn as a weakness in preparation for the
line-opening attack ...h5-h4.} 15. Na3 Ng6 16. Qd3 Kf7 {A
vital step in connecting Black's rooks. The king is safer on
f7 than it would be after ...O-O-O.} 17. c4 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 h4
{The final attack commences. There is no need to risk the
opening of the position after 18...dxc4.} 19. cxd5 Qxd5
20. Rac1 c6 21. Rc5 Qd7 22. b4 h3 {White's demonstration on
the other wing comes too late. There is really no defence to
Black's numerous options on the h-file. 23 Qf3! is the sole
try.} 23. gxh3 Rxh3 24. Qc1 Rah8 {The immediate 24...b6 wins
more quickly.} 25. b5 Ne7 26. Kg2 b6 {! This elegant move,
somewhat overdue, now gains control of the vital d5 square for
Black's queen.} 27. bxc6 Nxc6 {28 Rxc6 Qd5+ leads to
checkmate, while after 28 Rb5 Ne7 (or 28...Nxd4) White also
loses control of the long light-squared diagonal.} 0-1

[Event "U-14 Championship"]
[Site "Dulwich College, London"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John N Sugden"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. c4 {Notes and introduction to game 1. from Junior Chess
Games by Ray Bott and Stanley Morrison.} 1...Nf6 { A game
between two young players who had met over-the-board on many
previous occasions. It was due to these continual battles with
J.N. Sugden that Raymond Keene attributes his early chess
development at Dulwich. In this particular game he takes
effective advantage of Black's failure to contest the centre
quickly. His opponent adopts a passive kind of King's Indian
Defence, allowing a breakthrough against a castled king.}
2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 e5 {Stronger is
6...h6, driving away the bishop before White has the
opportunity of playing Qd2.} 7. Qd2 {Aiming to exchange the
dark-squared bishop.} 7...Nc6 8. h4 {Signalling an immediate
kingside assault.} 8...Re8 9. h5 Ne7 {If 9...gxh5 10 Rxh5!}
10. Bh6 Nxh5 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 {Better would have been 11...Kxg7
12 Bf3 Nf6 13 Qh6+ Kg8 14 Ne4 Nf5.} 12. Qh6 {The capture of
White's pawn on h5 weakened Black's position further, by
opening up the h-file for the action of White's queen and
king's rook.} 12...f5 13. Qxh7+ Kf7 14. Nh3 Nc6 {Of course,
not 14...Rh8? because of 15 Ng5+!} 15. Qh6 {Again threatening
Ng5+.} 15...Ne6 16. Bd5 Qf6 17. Ng5+ Ke7 18. Qh7+ {If 18...Qg7
19 Nxe6! or 18...Kd8 19 Nf7+! or 18...Kf8 19 Qh8+! Qxh8 20
Rxh8+ Ke7 21 Rxe8+ Kxe8 22.Nxe6.} 18...Ng7 19. Bf7 {If the
rook moves then 20 Nd5+!} 19...Qxg5 20. Qxg7 {For if 20...Rd8
21 Bg8+ Ke8 22 Qf7 mate.} 1-0

[Event "English Boys U-14"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John N Sugden"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Bxc3+
5.bxc3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.e4 Ne8 10.Ng3 Ba6
11.Qe2 Na5 12.e5 f5 13.d5 Qh4 14.f4 g6 15.Rf3 Bb7 {!} 16.dxe6
{!?} Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nc7 18.exd7 Rad8 19.Be3 Rxd7 20.Bf2 Qd8
21.Rd1 Kh8 22.Qe2 Nxc4 23.Bd4 cxd4 24.Bxc4 dxc3 25.Rxd7 Qxd7
26.e6 Qd4+ 27.Kh1 c2 28.Qxc2 Nxe6 29.Ne2 Qa1+ 30.Ng1 Nxf4
31.Qd2 Nh5 32.Qd6 Qg7 33.h3 Nf6 34.Nf3 Ne4 35.Qa3 Rd8 36.Bb3
g5 37.Be6 Rd1+ 38.Ng1 Nf2+ 39.Kh2 Qe5+ 40.Qg3 Qxg3+ 41.Kxg3
Ne4+ 42.Kh2 f4 43.Bf5 Ng3 44.Bg4 Ra1 45.Be6 Kg7 46.Bb3 Kf6
47.Bg8 h6 48.Bb3 b5 49.Bg8 a5 50.Bb3 a4 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John N Sugden"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3
Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Ne2 c5 11.Bg5
Qb6 12.d5 {!?} exd5 13.e5 Ng4 {?} 14.O-O Ngxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Bf5 Bd6 17.Nf4 h6 18.Qh5 hxg5 {?} 19.Qxh8+ Ke7 20.Qxg7 gxf4
21.Rfe1 Qc7 22.Rxe5+ Bxe5 23.Re1 Qd6 24.Rxe5+ Kd8 25.Qg8+ Kc7
26.Qxf7+ {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John N Sugden"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5
5.Nf3 exd4 {Giving up the center but Black hopes for counter
play in the e-file.} 6.Nxd4 Be7 {In the King's Indian Defense
Black develops his bishop actively at g7. In the old Indian he
prefers a more solid square of the e7.} 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.f4 Bf8 10.Be3 c6 11.Qc2 a6 12.Rae1 Qc7 {Black is careful,
for the moment, to prevent white from ever advancing with
e5. Neglect of this principle is what causes later problems.}
13.Bf2 b5 14.Bh4 b4 15.Nd1 Qb6 16.Bf2 Ng4 17.h3 Nxf2 18.Qxf2
Nc5 {So far Black's strategy cannot be faulted but here the
bold move 18...d5 with thoughts of ...Bc5 was called for.}
19.Nf3 {Pinning Black's knight.} Qc7 20.Bc2 Be6 21.e5 Bxc4
{Much too overconfident. The cautious 21...h6 was called
for. } 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Ng5+ { 23.Qh4+ ! is simpler. Kg6 [
23...Kg8 24.Ng5 ] 24.f5+ Kxf5 25.Qg4# } Kg6 24.f5+ Kh5 25.g4+
Kxg5 26.Qf4+ Kh4 {Black resigned. 27.g5+ Kh5 28.Qg4# } 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1961.11.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Roberts"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6
5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Nf6 10.Qc2
O-O 11.Bd3 Bc7 12.O-O b6 13.b3 Bb7 14.Bb2 Qe7 15.Rad1 Rac8 {!}
16.Rfe1 Rfd8 17.Ne5 c5 {!?} 18.d5 exd5 {!} 19.Nc6 Qd6 20.Nxd8
Qxh2+ 21.Kf1 Rxd8 22.Re3 {??} d4 23.Re4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Re8 25.f3
Bxe4 26.fxe4 Qh1+ 27.Kf2 Qh4+ 28.Kf3 Qg3+ 29.Ke2 0-1

[Event "2nd Replay of Dulwich College Champions"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "G K Sandiford"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5
7. Nge2 c6 8. O-O Be6 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. f4 {?} Qb6+
12. Kh1 Ng4 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nf2+ {??} 15. Rxf2 Qxf2
16. Bxd6 Re8 17. Rf1 Qb6 18. e5 Bf5 19. Rxf5 gxf5 20. Qxf5
Qxb2 21. Be4 1-0

[Event "Minor Trophy team competition"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1961.10.31"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "F A Winter"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3
Nc6 5. Be2 Nge7 6. O-O Nf5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Kh1 h5 9. d3 h4
10. Qb3 Bd7 11. Qxb6 {?!} axb6 12. Na3 Be7 13. Nb5 Kd8 14. d4
c4 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxb5 18. Bf4 Ke7
19. Bg4 g6 20. a3 Ba4 21. Rf2 Ng3+ {!} 22. Kg1 Ne4 23. Re2 Nc5
24. Be3 Ra6 25. h3 Nd3 26. Rf1 Rh7 27. Bd4 Nc5 28. Bxc5+ bxc5
29. Ref2 Bd7 30. Rf4 Rb6 31. R1f2 Rb5 32. Be2 Rxb2 33. Rg4
Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rb3 35. Rff4 Rxc3 36. Rxh4 Rxh4 37. Rxh4 Rxa3
38. Rf4 Re3 39. Rf2 Rxe5 40. Bf3 Rxg5 41. Rb2 b5 42. Re2 Kd6
43. h4 Re5 44. Rf2 b4 45. g4 Be8 46. Ra2 f6 47. Ra6+ Ke7
48. Kg3 c3 49. Bd1 Re1 50. Bc2 Re2 51. Bd1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "London Lge - Stock Exchange"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Gilmore Fraser"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3
Be7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4
10. Bxc4 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qc2 g6 13. h4 Nd7 14. h5 e5
15. Bc4 exd4 16. hxg6 Be4 {!} 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. gxf7+ Kf8 {!}
19. Qd2 dxe3 {? Black has defended well up to now. 19... d3
would have been best here, although Black still may have been
lost.} 20. Qxe3 Qxf7 {?} 21. Ng5 Qg6 22. Nxe4 Re8 23. f3 h5
24. O-O Kg7 25. Qd4+ Ne5 26. f4 c5 27. Qa4 Nc6 28. f5 Qg4
29. Qxc6 Rxe4 30. f6+ Kg6 31. f7+ Re6 32. f8=N+ 1-0

[Event "Clapham Common CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Orly"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. d5 e6 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Bd3 Nc6
{?} 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qxg6+ hxg6 9. Bxg6+ Ke7 10. Bg5# 1-0

[Event "Match game 6, Beckenham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John N Sugden"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 d6 11. f4 Ba6
12. Ng3 Na5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. a4 Rc8 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 c4 18. Qc2 Nb3 19. Ra2 Nf6 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. Bf2 Nc5
22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Qd1 h6 24. Kf1 Kh7 25. Qc2 g6 26. Nh1 {?}
Qg4 27. Re3 Qxf4+ 28. Rf3 Qxh2 29. Rxf6 Qxh1+ 30. Ke2 Qxg2+
0-1

[Event "Match game 21, Dulwich College"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John N Sugden"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4
5. Ne4 Nbd7 6. b3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nc5 8. Bb1 {!} b6 9. Nf3 Bb7
10. O-O Be7 11. b4 Bxf3 12. exf3 Nd7 13. Be4 Rb8 14. Qa4 O-O
15. f4 b5 {!} 16. cxb5 f5 17. Bc6 g5 {?} 18. Qb3 Rf6 19. fxg5
Rg6 20. Re1 Nf8 21. f4 h6 22. h4 hxg5 23. hxg5 Qd6 24. Bb2
Bxg5 25. fxg5 Rxg5 26. Kf2 f4 27. gxf4 Qxf4+ 28. Ke2 Qh2+
29. Kd1 Rd8 30. Rxe6 Kh8 31. Re1 Nh7 32. Bxd4+ Rxd4 33. Re8+
Kg7 34. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Match game 6, Bognor Regis"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John N Sugden"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6
5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8
10. g4 Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. g5 {!?} Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5
14. O-O-O Ne6 {?} 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Rhg1 Qh6 17. Bf5 g6
18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Rxg6 Qh5 20. Rdg1 Rf8 21. Qe2 Qh7 22. f4 Bd7
23. Qf2 Rg8 24. f5 Raf8 25. Rxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Dulwich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John N Sugden"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Bb7 {?} 11. Bxb5+ axb5
12. Ndxb5 Qc4 13. b3 Qxf4 14. Nc7+ Ke7 15. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "Clapham Common CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.04.29"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bhuyia"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O b6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. a4 Bg4 12. a5 Ng6
13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qa2 O-O 15. h3 Qc8 16. Bg5 Nh5 17. Qc2 f6
18. Bd2 Bxh3 19. axb6 Bxg2 {!?} 20. b7 Qg4 21. Nh2 Qh3
22. bxa8=Q Nh4 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Be2 Bh1 {!} 0-1

[Event "Olympia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John N Sugden"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5
5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Nf3 {?} O-O
10. O-O Re8 11. Be3 a6 12. Bd3 Nf6 {?} 13. a4 Ng4 14. Bd2 c4
15. Bxc4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxf2 18. e5 Kh8 {?}
19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Nxd6 Rf8 21. Ng5 Nd7 22. Ndxf7+ Rxf7 23. Nxf7+
Kg8 24. d6 Kf8 25. e6 Nc5 26. e7+ Ke8 27. Bc3 Ne4 28. Be1 Qxb2
29. Nd8 Be6 30. Bxe6 Rxd8 31. Bf7+ Kxf7 32. Qd5+ Ke8 33. Qg8+
Kd7 34. exd8=Q+ Kc6 35. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "Match game 1, Dulwich College"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John N Sugden"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 c6 9. Re1 Bh7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc7
12. e5 Nd5 13. c4 Ne7 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 O-O {?} 16. Rd4
1-0

[Event "London u-14 Champs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.12.31"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Richard C Lemon"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. Bb2 Be7
7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Qc2 Rfd8 11. e4 dxe4
12. dxe4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nxg6 Nxg6 15. Nf3 Rd7 16. Rae1
Rad8 17. e5 Ne8 18. Rd1 Qa5 19. a4 {?} f6 20. Rxd7 Rxd7
21. Rd1 {!} Qd8 {!} 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6
25. Bh3 Qe7 26. Nd4 Nc7 27. Qe2 Kf7 28. Qh5 Kg8 29. Qe2 Kf7
30. a5 Qd6 31. Qe3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BBC"]
[Site "Londres"]
[Date "1961.10.10"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bobby Fischer / Leonard Barden"]
[Black "Jonathan Penrose / Peter Clarke"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 {Radio game} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5
11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Nd5
Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Bxd2 Kxe7 18. Rhe1 Rac8 19. c4 Nd7
20. b3 e5 21. Be3 Nc5 22. f3 b6 23. h4 Ne6 24. Bf1 f6 25. h5
Be8 26. Kb2 Bf7 27. a4 Rb8 28. a5 Nc5 29. Ra1 Rd7 30. Kc3 bxa5
31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Rxa5 Rc7 33. Rea1 Rbb7 34. Rb1 Be8 35. b4
cxb4+ 36. Rxb4 Rxb4 37. Kxb4 Rb7+ 38. Kc3 Bf7 39. Bd3 Kd7
40. c5 Rb3+ 41. Kc2 Rb7 42. Bb5+ Kd8 43. Bc6 Rc7 44. Bd5 Be8
45. Kb3 Bd7 46. Kc4 Ke7 {This game was adjudicated by Dr. Euwe
as a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT U26 08th"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1961.07.26"]
[EventDate "1961.07.17"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Erik Westman"]
[Black "Heikki Westerinen"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5
7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Nh3 Qe7 9. Nf4 g6 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nb6
12. Rh6 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Rdh1 Qb4 15. Nfe2 Nxe5 16. Qg3
Nec4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. b3 Qa3+ 19. Kd1 Nd6 20. Rxh7 Rxh7
21. Rxh7 b5 22. Nc1 b4 23. N3e2 Bb5 24. Qe5 Qb2 25. Nf4 Qc3
26. Qe3 Qb2 27. f3 Nf5 28. Qd2 Nxd4 29. Rxf7 Rh8 30. Nh3 Nf5
31. Qxb4 Ne3+ 32. Kd2 Nc4+ 33. Kd1 Ne3+ 34. Kd2 Qxc2+ 35. Kxe3
Qxc1+ 36. Kf2 Qb2+ 37. Kg3 Qe5+ 38. Kf2 Be8 {time} 0-1

[Event "Varna Olympiad Final"]
[Site "-"]
[Date "1962.10.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wolfgang Unzicker"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {On and off, White resorts to this solid
and still respected system (championed by Smyslov) whenever
the sharper tries fail.} e5 {Black's expectation in this
Najdorf Variation is that his control of important central
squares, with possibilities of Q-side expansion, will more
than compensate for the slight weakness of his backward QP.}
7. Nb3 Be6 {To provoke f4-5 weakening White's KP.} 8. O-O Nbd7
9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Bc4 11. a4 {To hinder ...b5.} Be7 {Better
than 11...Rc8 12 a5 Be7 13 Bxc4 Qxc4 14 Ra4 Qc7 15 Be3 h6 16
Rf2 with a bind. (Schmid-Evans, Varna 1962)} 12. Be3 O-O
13. a5 {A critical alternative is 13 g4 d5! 14 exd5 (if 14 g5
d4! or 14 Nxd5 Nxd5 15 exd5 Nf6 16 d6? Bxd6 17 Bxc4 Qxc4 18
Qxd6? Qxg4+ 19 Kh1 Qe4+), Bb4 15 g5 Bxc3 16 gxf6 Bxb2 17 fxg7
Rfd8 18 Rb1 Bc3. White's Pawns are overextended and his King
is exposed.} b5 {Too passive is 13...h6 14 g4 Nh7 15 Bf2
followed by h4.} 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Bxb6 {? At Curacao 1962,
Geller had found the right line : 15 Kh1! Rfc8 16 Bxb6 Qxb6 17
Bxc4 Rxc4 18 Qe2 Rb4 19 Ra2! and Black is hard-pressed to
defend his a-pawn, but 19...h6! 20 Rfa1 Bf8 21 Rxa6 Rxa6 22
Rxa6 Qb7 23 Na5 Qc7 24 Nb3 Qb7 (Zuckerman)=.} Qxb6+ 16. Kh1
Bb5 {! Intending ...Bc6 followed by a5.} 17. Bxb5 {White has
alredy dissipated his theoretical advantage. He should settle
for 17 Nxb5 axb5 18 Qd3 with opposite colored Bishops.} axb5
18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Ra4 {! Avoids conceding the a-file and
puts pressure on the KP.} 20. c3 Qa6 21. h3 {It's hard for
White to hit upon a constructive plan. At Curacao 1962, Tal
played against me 21 Rad1 Rc8 22 Nc1 b4 23 Nd3!? (White's in a
bad way anyhow) bxc3 24 bxc3 and now ...Rxc3 (instead of my
...Ra5 lemon) wins outright. If 25 Nxe5 dxe5 26 Qxe5 (Qd8+
Bf8!) Bb4! 27 Qxc3 Qxf1+! (Kmoch).} Rc8 22. Rfe1 h6 {! A handy
'luft', as becomes apparent later.} 23. Kh2 Bg5 24. g3 {?
Creating more K-side weaknesses. Better is 24 Rad1.} Qa7
25. Kg2 Ra2 26. Kf1 {What else? On 26 Rxa2 Qxa2 27 Re2 Rxc3!
Now Black has a decisive shot.} Rxc3 {! On 27 Rxa2 (27 bxc3
Qf2 mate) Rf3+ 28 Ke2 Rf2+ 29 Kd3 Qxa2 30 Ra1 Qxb2
wins. Black's first rank is no longer vulnerable since the
King can escape to h7 on the check.} 0-1

[Event "Stockholm Interzonal"]
[Site "Stockholm, SWE"]
[Date "1962.03.03"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Julio Bolbochan"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 Nc6 7.g4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 e5 9.Qd3 Be7 {More accurate
is 9...B-K3 immediately.--Fischer} 10.g5 Nd7 11.Be3 Nc5 12.Qd2
Be6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.f3 Rc8 15.Kb1 {Amateurs are often puzzled
by this apparent loss of time. Actually it is a handy
defensive move, getting out of the pin on the QB-file which
could become annoying after ...P-QN4-5. One never knows when
lightning will strike! -- Fischer} Nd7 16.h4 b5 17.Bh3 Bxh3
18.Rxh3 Nb6 19.Bxb6 Qxb6 20.Nd5 {White has a strategically won
game; his Knight cannot be dislodged. -- Fischer} Qd8 21.f4
exf4 22.Qxf4 Qd7 23.Qf5 Rcd8 24.Ra3 Qa7 25.Rc3 g6 26.Qg4 Qd7
27.Qf3 Qe6 28.Rc7 Rde8 29.Nf4 Qe5 30.Rd5 Qh8 31.a3 h6 32.gxh6
Qxh6 33.h5 Bg5 34.hxg6 fxg6 35.Qb3 {The coup de
grace.--Fischer} Rxf4 36.Re5+ Kf8 37.Rxe8+ {Black
resigns. After 37...KxR; 38 Q-K6+, K-B1; 39 Q-B8+
mates.--Fischer} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1961/62"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1962.01.03"]
[EventDate "1961.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karl Robatsch"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 {Notes by Botvinnik.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3
Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.a4 Nc6 9.Ba3 b6 10.Qd2 Nge7
11.Bd3 h6 12.O-O Na5 13.Qf4 f5 14.Qh4 Kf7 15.g4 Nc4 16.Bc1
Rag8 17.Re1 g5 18.Qh3 f4 {But this is a mistake. White should
definitely have opened up the position by 18.Qh5+ Kf8
19.gxf5. Then after both 19...Nxf5 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.e6 Be8
22.Qh3, and 19...exf5 20.e6 Be8 21.Qh3 great complications
arise. Now Black is able to shut the kingside and then to
occup himself with the weak a4 pawn. -- Botvinnik} 19.Qg2 Na5
20.h4 c4 21.Be2 Qd8 22.h5 Qe8 23.Kh1 Bxa4 24.Bd1 Qd7 25.Ng1
Ke8 {It has now become clear that White wants to make use of
his last chance, a piece sacrific on f4, and so Black removes
his king in advance from the danger zone. -- Botvinnik} 26.Nh3
Rf8 27.Qh2 Ng8 28.Bxf4 gxf4 29.Nxf4 Ne7 30.Nxe6 Qxe6 31.Rxa4
Qf7 32.f3 Qf4 33.Qxf4 Rxf4 34.Kg2 Rhf8 35.Kg3 Nec6 36.Be2 Nb7
37.Rb1 {A clever counter-chance. Now the 'natural' 37...Ke7
38.Rb5 Ke6 would be met with the spectacular 39.Rxd5! [and if
39...Kxd5 40.Bxc4 with mate in the center of the
board]. Therefore Black's knights have to retrace their
steps. -- Botvinnik} Nba5 38.Rb5 Ne7 39.Raxa5 bxa5 40.Rb8+ Kd7
41.Rb7+ Kd8 42.Rxa7 Nc6 43.Rb7 a4 44.Rb1 Kc7 45.Ra1 Na7 0-1

[Event "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "G K Sandiford"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 {Notes by Keene.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.O-O
Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nd2 d5 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e5 Nd7 11.f4
O-O 12.Nf3 f6 13.Ne2 Qc7 14.d4 cxd4 15.Nexd4 Nb6 16.exf6 Bxf6
17.Qe2 c5 {?} 18.Nxe6 Qe7 19.f5 Re8 20.Re1 g6 21.Bg5 Bxg5
22.Nfxg5 h6 23.Qf2 {!} hxg5 24.Nc7 {!} Qxc7 25.Rxe8+ Kf7
26.fxg6+ {!} Kxe8 27.Re1+ Kd7 28.g7 Bb7 29.Qf7+ Kc6 30.Re6+
Qd6 31.Rxd6+ Kxd6 32.Qxb7 1-0

[Event "U.K. Schools Championsihp"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1962.11.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Forster"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qh4
7.Bd3 Nf6 8.Bxb4 Nxb4 9.N1d2 d5 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.exd5 Nxd5
12.Nf3 Qb4+ 13.Nbd2 Qxb5 14.c4 Qa5 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.O-O O-O
17.Re1 Bg4 18.Qa4 f5 19.Rad1 Qf7 20.Rc1 Rae8 21.Qc4 Qxc4
22.Rxc4 e4 23.Nd4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 Rd8 25.Nb3 Rxd4 26.Nxd4 Rd8
27.Nb5 a6 28.Nc3 Rd2 29.b3 Bh5 {!} 30.a3 Bf7 31.b4 Rc2 32.Nb1
Bc4 33.h3 Bd3 34.Re3 {??} Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Kent County Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1962.03.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "A E Aldridge"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Qc8 10.e4 d6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Nd2 c5 13.d5
exd5 14.cxd5 Re8 15.c4 Bf6 16.Rab1 Ne5 17.h3 {!} Qc7 18.f4 Nd7
19.Nf3 Re7 20.Rbd1 g6 21.Bc1 Bg7 22.Rfe1 Ree8 23.Bb2 Nf8
24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qc3+ Kg8 26.e5 Re7 27.Nd2 dxe5 28.fxe5 Qd7
29.Ne4 Qd8 30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.d6 1-0

[Event "Exhibition game"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John N Sugden"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 f5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6
7.Ne2 Bb7 8.f3 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Ng3 Qe8 {! ?} 11.d5 Nh5 {!}
12.Nxh5 Qxh5 13.dxe6 Rf6 14.Qc2 Nc6 15.Ba3 Ne5 16.c5 Nxf3+
17.Rxf3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Rg6+ 19.Kf1 Qxf3+ 20.Qf2 Qh1+ 21.Ke2 Qxa1
22.Bc4 Qxc3 23.Bd5 Qc2+ 24.Ke1 Qc3+ 25.Ke2 Qc2+ 26.Ke1 Qxf2+
27.Kxf2 Re8 28.cxd6 cxd6 29.Bxd6 Rgxe6 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1962.02.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Newmann"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Bd3 d6
5.O-O O-O 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 e5 8.Qc2 Nh5 9.e4 Nf4 10.Nc4 Nxd3
11.Qxd3 Qe7 12.Re1 Nb6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bh4 Nxc4 15.Qxc4+ Be6
16.Qb5 c6 17.Qd3 Rad8 18.Qe3 Qf7 19.b3 Rd7 {!} 20.dxe5 dxe5
21.Qxa7 {?} Rfd8 22.Qb6 g5 23.Bg3 h5 24.h4 g4 25.Nh2 Bh6
26.Rf1 Rd3 27.c4 R8d4 28.Rae1 Qg7 29.Re2 Bf4 30.Bxf4 exf4
31.f3 {??} g3 32.Ng4 hxg4 33.fxg4 Qxg4 34.Ree1 Qxh4 35.Rf3
Qh2+ 36.Kf1 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1962.01.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "R Gray"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 cxd4
5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Bxh6 gxh6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.a3 {!} Qc7 9.Qg3 Bd7 10.O-O
O-O-O 11.c3 dxc3 12.Nxc3 Ne7 13.Rac1 Kb8 14.Nxd5 Qa5 15.Nf6
Bc6 16.Rfd1 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qf4 Rg8 19.Be4 Bxe4 20.Rxd8+
Qxd8 21.Qxe4 f5 22.Qc4 Qd7 23.Nd4 Rg6 24.Ne2 h5 25.Qc2 Bh6
26.Rd1 Qc7 27.Qd3 Bg5 28.Qd4 Qc6 29.Qd6+ Qxd6 30.Rxd6 Be7
31.Rd7 Rg7 32.Rd3 Bg5 33.Rd6 Re7 34.f4 {!} Bh6 35.g3 Kc8
36.Nd4 Rd7 37.Rxe6 {!} Rxd4 38.Rxh6 Rd1+ 39.Kg2 Rd2+ 40.Kh3
Rxb2 41.Rxh7 Kd8 42.Rxh5 Ke7 43.Rxf5 Ra2 44.Rh5 Rxa3 45.Rh7+
1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1962.10.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Casswell"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
e5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.Bxb4 Nxb4 8.Nc3 O-O 9.g3 {?!} d5 {!}
10.exd5 Bf5 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.a3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Na2 14.Ra1 Nxc3
15.Qd2 Be4 16.Rg1 Rc8 17.Bg2 Qd6 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Qe3 f5 20.f3
Rc3 21.Qe2 Ng5 22.Rf1 Qb6 23.Kd2 Rfc8 24.Ra2 e4 25.fxe4 Nxe4+
0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Flamberg"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 e3
5.Bxe3 e6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Qd2 O-O 8.Nge2 d6 9.O-O-O c6 10.Nf4 b5
{!?} 11.Ne4 Nd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Ng3 a5 14.h4 Na6 15.Bg5 Nb4
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qg5 {!} Nxd3+ 18.Rxd3 Re8 19.Qxe7 Rxe7 20.Kd2
Bd7 21.Re1 Rxe1 22.Kxe1 Re8+ 23.Kf2 Kf7 24.Ra3 a4 25.Re3 Rxe3
26.Kxe3 c5 {?!} 27.c3 c4 {?!} 28.a3 Kg6 29.Kf4 Kf6 30.Nh5+ Kf7
31.g4 g6 32.Ng3 h6 33.Nf1 Be6 34.Ne3 Ke7 35.Kg3 Kf7 36.f4 Kf6
37.Kf3 Kg7 38.f5 Bf7 39.Kf4 Kh7 40.fxg6+ Kxg6 41.Nf5 Be6
42.Nxd6 h5 43.gxh5+ Kxh5 44.Ke5 Bg8 45.Nxb5 Kxh4 46.Nc7 Kg4
47.Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "G K Sandiford"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6 4.e4 f5
5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bd3 fxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nd7 {?} 9.Qh5+ Ke7
10.Nh3 Nf6 11.Bg5 Kd7 12.Qd1 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qa6 14.Bf5+ Kc7
15.Bxc8 Rxc8 16.Qc2 h6 17.O-O b5 {?} {17...g5!} 18.b3 Be7
19.f4 bxc4 20.bxc4 Nd7 21.Rab1 Bf6 22.Rb5 Rb8 23.Ba5+ Nb6
24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Qg6 Kd6 26.Rxf6+ {!} gxf6 27.Qxf6+ Kd7 28.Qe6+
Kc7 29.Qc6+ Kd8 30.Qd6+ Kc8 31.Rxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Southern Counties Championship"]
[Site "Bognor Regis ,England"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "K J Evans"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
e5 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1
d6 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.h3 Qd6 13.Qf3 Be6 14.Bd3 Rab8 15.Nd1 c5
16.c4 {?} Rfd8 17.Be2 Qd4 18.Nc3 Bxc4 19.Be3 Bxe2 20.Bxd4 Bxf3
21.Bxe5 Bxe4 {!} 22.Bxf6 Bxg2+ {!} 23.Kxg2 Rxb2+ 24.Rf2 Rxf2+
25.Kxf2 Bxf6 26.Rc1 Rd2+ 27.Kf1 Rh2 28.Ne4 {??} Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Southern Counties Championship"]
[Site "Bognor Regis ,England"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "M G Fountain"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
e5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Qd2 h6 9.Be3 Rc8 10.Bb5 a6
11.Ba4 Be7 12.O-O Ng4 13.h3 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 O-O 15.Bb3 b5 16.Nd5
Bxd5 17.exd5 Na5 18.Rac1 Qc7 19.a3 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Qb3 Rc5
22.Qxc4 Rxc4 23.c3 Rfc8 24.Rcd1 f5 25.Nd2 Ra4 26.Nb3 a5 27.Na1
{?!} Rac4 28.Nc2 f4 29.Rfe1 g5 30.f3 h5 31.Re2 Bd8 32.Rde1
Bb6+ 33.Kh2 R4c5 34.Rd1 Kg7 35.Re4 g4 {Keene is critical of
his strategy here and at move 23, but it seems to be correct
and Black has a significant advantage.} 36.Ree1 {36.g3 is
suggested by Keene but after gxf3 37.gxf4 Rc4! 38.Rxc4 bxc4
39.fxe5 dxe5 40.Kg3 Rf8 White is busted.} g3+ 37.Kh1 Rc4
38.Re2 Bc5 39.Rde1 Bf2 40.Rf1 R8c5 41.Rd1 Kf6 42.Rd3 {?!} Kf5
43.Rd1 Rc8 44.Rd3 e4 45.Rd1 Rg8 {45...Re8} 46.Nd4+ Bxd4
47.Rxd4 Rxd4 48.cxd4 e3 49.Kg1 Rc8 50.Re1 Rc2 51.Rd1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Inter-House match"]
[Site "Dulwich ,England"]
[Date "1962.05.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "H T Jones"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5
5.e3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Bb4 8.Bd2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 {?} 10.Nxd5
{!} Bxd2 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Qxd2 Rc8 13.b4 b6 14.c5 Qd5 15.Qc2
Nd7 16.e4 Qh5 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Rd3 bxc5 19.dxc5 Ne5 20.Nxe5
Qxe5 21.f4 Qf6 22.e5 Qe7 23.Rd6 Qb7 24.Qe4 g6 25.Rfd1 Qc7
26.Qd4 Re8 27.Rd7 Qb8 28.Rd3 a5 29.a3 Qb5 30.Rh3 Qe2 31.Qf2
Qb5 32.Qh4 h5 33.g4 axb4 34.axb4 1-0

[Event "Wernick Cup"]
[Site "Dulwich, England"]
[Date "1962.06.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A M Grayston"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6
5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Nd7 9.O-O Bg7 {!?} 10.Re1
e5 11.Qd2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.b4 Ne6 14.Nf3 a5 15.a3 axb4
16.axb4 Rxa1 17.Rxa1 f5 {?} {!} 18.Ra3 {?! 18.exf5 } f4 19.b5
Nc5 20.Ra8 c6 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Qc2 Qe7 23.Nd2 g5 24.Na4 Qb7 {!}
25.Ra5 Ne6 26.c5 Nd4 27.Qc4+ Be6 28.Qd3 Qb4 29.Ra7 dxc5 30.h3
Qb8 31.Ra6 c4 32.Nxc4 Nxe2+ 33.Qxe2 Qb5 0-1

[Event "Wernick Cup"]
[Site "Dulwich ,England"]
[Date "1962.07.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "A C E Joselyne"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4
exf4 {?} 5.d4 Bb6 6.Bxf4 Bg4 7.O-O Qd7 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Be3 Nf6
10.Qd3 O-O-O 11.d5 Bxe3+ 12.Qxe3 Nb8 13.Qxa7 Rhe8 14.Bd3 Qe7
15.a4 Nfd7 16.a5 Nc5 17.b4 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Qe5 20.d4
Qe7 21.b5 g6 22.a6 b6 23.Qb7+ Kd7 24.Qc6+ {!!} Nxc6 25.bxc6+
Kc8 26.a7 1-0

[Event "Master's Match"]
[Site "Dulwich ,England"]
[Date "1962.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Alexander"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nf6
5.Bd3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c6 {?} 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Ba3 Ne4 9.Bxe4 dxe4
10.Nd2 Nf6 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.Bb4 Qf5 13.O-O b6 14.f3 exf3 15.e4
{!} Qg5 16.Rxf3 c5 17.e5 {!} cxb4 18.exf6 Bb7 19.Ne4 Bxe4
20.Qxe4 Rd8 21.d5 {! 21.Qc6+ Rd7 22.Re1} gxf6 22.dxe6 Rg8
23.Qc6+ Kf8 24.e7+ {!} Kxe7 25.Qc7+ Rd7 26.Re1+ Kf8 27.Qc8+
Kg7 28.Qxd7 Kh8 29.Rg3 Qh4 30.Qe8 1-0

[Event "lerici"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "D'Ippolito"]
[Black "Pierluigi Beggi"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. dxc6 Bxc6 6. Nc3
e6 7. e4 Bb4 8. f3 Ne7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 f5 11. Bd3 O-O
12. Qb3 Qd6 13. O-O fxe4 14. fxe4 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Ng6 16. Ke2
Rf8 17. g3 Kh8 18. Qb4 Qd7 19. Be3 Qf7 20. Re1 Qf3+ 21. Kd2
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qc5 Qg2+ 24. Re2 Qd5 25. Qxc7 Qa2+
26. Kd3 Qb1+ 27. Rc2 h6 28. Bf4 Qf1+ 29. Ke3 { } 29... e5
30. Bxe5 Rf3+ 31. Ke4 Qd3+ 32. Kd5 Nxe5 33. Kxe5 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Wernick Cup"]
[Site "Dulwich England"]
[Date "1962.07.02"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John E Hawkes"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O
5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Re8 9. d5 Ng4 10. Qc2
{10. Bd2!} Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bh6 12. Nd1 a5 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne1 Ra6
15. Nd3 Rb6 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bd3 Qg5 18. Qf2 Rf8 19. Kh1 f5
20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 e4 23. Bc2 Bg7 24. Rb1 Be5
25. g4 Rh6+ 26. Kg1 Bh2+ 27. Kh1 f4 {!} 28. exf4 {??} Bxf4+
0-1

[Event "Inter-House match"]
[Site "Dulwich England"]
[Date "1962.07.06"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Bradbury"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3
a6 5. d4 b5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Be2 exd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 d6
10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bb7 14. c4 Qb6
15. Qd2 O-O-O 16. Bd3 Bg7 17. a3 Nd7 18. b4 {? 18. Rac1 Rhe8
19. b4 !} Bxa1 19. Rxa1 bxc4 20. Bxc4 f5 21. h3 f4 22. Bh2
Rdg8 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nd4 h5 25. h4 gxh4 26. Bxf4 h3 27. g3
h4 28. Nf5 h2+ 29. Kxh2 hxg3+ 30. Kg2 gxf2+ 31. Kf3 Rh3+
32. Bg3 Rhxg3+ {! 33.Nxg3 Rxg3+ 24.Kxg3 Ne4+ +-} 0-1

[Event "British Schools Championship"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1962.02.14"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Parr"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3
Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4
Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Be3 Qxe5 12. Re1 Qd6 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Bd4
Be7 15. Be5 Qb4 16. a3 Qh4 17. g3 Qh5 18. f3 O-O 19. Bf4 g5
20. Re5 Ne8 21. Nxd5 f6 22. Nxe7+ Kf7 23. Bg6+ hxg6 24. Qxd7
fxe5 25. Rc7 {?} Nxc7 {??} 26. Nf5+ Kf6 27. Qg7+ Kxf5
28. Qxe5# 1-0

[Event "British Schools Championship"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1962.06.01"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael V Lambshire"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5
5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 Ne7 9. Kd1 {?} cxd4
{?} 10. cxd4 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. h4 Na5 14. Bd2
Nec6 15. Bb4 Nxb4 16. axb4 Nc6 17. c3 a5 18. Ke2 Kb8 19. Rhb1
axb4 20. cxb4 Qb6 21. Qf4 Na7 22. Kf1 Bb5 23. Bxb5 Qxb5+
24. Kg1 Rc8 25. Ra5 Qd7 26. b5 Rc2 27. Qe3 Qe7 28. Qb3 Rhc8
{Adjudicated as a win for White.} 1-0

[Event "Junior county match"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1962.06.01"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David J Strauss"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nge2 a5 9. f4 Ne8 10. O-O
Nc5 11. b3 exf4 12. Bxf4 f5 13. Rc1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Bg4 16. Qd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nf6 18. Bb1 Re8 19. Qf3 Nh5
20. Bd2 Rf8 21. Qg4 Qc8 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qe6+ Qf7 24. Rf1
Qxe6 25. dxe6 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Ng7 27. e7 Re8 28. Be4 c6 29. Rf8+
Rxf8 30. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 31. Bxa5 Ke7 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. g4 Ke5
34. Kf3 Ne6 35. h4 Bc5 36. Bc3+ Nd4+ {??} 37. Ke3 Ba7 38. h5
gxh5 39. gxh5 h6 40. Kd3 Bb6 41. a4 d5 42. cxd5 cxd5 43. Bg2
Ba7 44. b4 Bb6 45. a5 Ba7 46. Bb2 b5 47. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Surrey - Hampshire"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.10.13"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "D J Groves"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 c6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4
cxd5 11. cxd5 h5 12. h3 Qa5 13. Nge2 {?} Na6 14. Ng3 {?} Nc5
15. Rb1 {?} Qc7 16. Bg5 {?} a6 {!} 17. Ke2 b5 {!} 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. gxh5 Bh4 {!} 20. hxg6+ fxg6 21. Kf2 Qf7 {Also
murderous is the immediate 21... b4. As Played, Black first
manoeuvres his Q into an attacking position. A similar motif
was seen in Ellison-Keene in this collection.} 22. Qe2 Qf4
23. Rg1 b4 24. Re1 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rb8 26. Qe3 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Battersea Club Champs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "E Fielder"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5
10. Be3 Nfd7 11. g4 Nb6 12. Kd2 {!?} c6 13. g5 cxd5 14. cxd5
f5 15. gxf6 Qxf6 16. Nb5 Bd7 {!!} 17. Bg5 {?} Bh6 {!} 18. Bxh6
Bxb5 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. Bxb5 Qxf3 21. Rae1 Rac8 22. Rhf1 Qg2 {!}
23. Bh4 Rf4 {!} 24. Kd1 Rxh4 25. Rg1 Qf3+ 26. Re2 Nxe4 27. Qb1
Nxd5 28. Ke1 Ng5 29. Rd2 Re4+ 30. Be2 Nf4 31. Qd1 Qxh3 32. f3
0-1

[Event "Minor trophy v Sutton"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.01.22"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "S Ellis"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bb3
a6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Kh1 {!} Qb6 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd4
{!?} Bd7 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bg1 {!} Na5 17. f5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rf8
19. Rf3 e5 {?} 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Ne2 Bg5 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. Bb6 Bb5
24. c4 {!} Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qd7 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Rd1 Be7 28. c5
Qc6 29. cxd6 Qxb6 30. dxe7 Rfe8 31. Nc3 Rxe7 32. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Minor trophy v Wallington"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.01.29"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "R Rimmer"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5
Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c5 {?} 9. dxc5 Nxc5
10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Ne4 13. Ra3 exd5 14. Be2
Qb6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Bf3 {?} Rfc8 18. Ke2 a6
19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Kd2 Rc5 21. Rc3 Rac8 22. Rhc1 Rxc3 23. Rxc3
Rxc3 24. Kxc3 b5 {?} 25. Kb4 Kf8 26. Ka5 Bc8 27. Nc6 Ke8
28. Nb8 Kd8 29. Nxa6 Kd7 30. Kxb5 Bb7 31. Nc5+ Kc7 32. Nxb7
1-0

[Event "London u-14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.06.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "C D Stanley"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nd2
Bg7 5. f4 Bf5 6. Bxf5 gxf5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. fxe5 Ng4
10. Nb3 e6 11. h3 {?} Qh4+ 12. Ke2 Qf2+ 13. Kd3 Nh6 14. Qf3
Qh4 {!} 15. Bd2 Qe4+ {!} 16. Qxe4 fxe4+ 17. Ke2 Nf5 18. Be1 h5
19. Rf1 Ke7 20. Bb4+ Kd8 21. Be1 Bh6 22. Bf2 Rg8 23. Rg1 Ng3+
24. Kd2 h4 25. Rae1 Ke7 26. Na5 b6 27. Nb3 Rac8 28. c3 c5
29. Nc1 a5 30. Ne2 Rc7 31. Bxg3 hxg3 32. Rc1 c4 33. Rgf1 b5
34. a3 Rb7 35. Rb1 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Nf4 Bxf4 38. exf4 Rgb8
39. Kc2 f5 40. Rfe1 Kf7 41. Re3 Rg8 42. cxb4 Rxb4 43. b3 cxb3+
44. Rbxb3 Rc8+ 45. Rec3 Rxc3+ 46. Kxc3 Rc4+ 47. Kb2 Rxd4
48. Rxg3 Rd2+ 49. Kc3 Rf2 50. Kd4 Rxf4 51. Ke3 Rf1 52. Ke2 Ra1
53. Kf2 d4 54. Ke2 d3+ 55. Kd2 Ra2+ 56. Kd1 f4 57. Rg4 e3
58. Rxf4+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "London u-14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "P H Collins"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4
Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 c5 {!?} 9. Qd2
cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Rd1 {!} Qc7 13. Bxf6 {!}
exf6 {!} 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Be6 16. Nd5 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8
18. Nec3 Nd7 19. Ke2 Ne5 20. Rd1 Rd7 21. Ba4 Nc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6
23. Ne3 Rxd1 24. Ncxd1 Bf8 25. b3 Bc5 26. Kd3 Kf8 27. Nc3 Ke7
28. Na4 Bb6 29. Nxb6 axb6 30. Kd4 Kd6 31. b4 c5+ 32. bxc5+
bxc5+ 33. Kd3 Bd7 34. g4 {??} Ke5 35. Nd5 g5 {!} 36. Kc3 Ba4
37. Kd3 Bd7 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. Nb6 Kd6 40. Nd5 {??} Ke6 41. Nc3
Kd6 42. Ne2 Bd7 43. Nc1 Ba4 44. Nd3 Bd7 45. Kd2 Ba4 46. Kc1
Bc6 47. Kd2 Ba4 48. Nb2 Bd7 49. Kc3 Kc7 50. Nd3 Kd6 51. Kb3
Be8 52. a4 Bc6 53. a5 Bb7 54. Ka4 Ba6 55. Kb3 Bb7 56. Kc3 Ba6
57. Nf2 Ke5 58. Nd3+ Kd6 59. Nb2 Bb7 60. Na4 {!} Ba6 61. Nb6
Bb7 62. Kb3 h6 63. Nd5 Ke5 64. Kc3 {!} Bc8 65. Nb6 Bxg4 1-0

[Event "UK schools champs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.10.19"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Alan W Whitbread"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4
Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nge2 cxd5 9. cxd5 Na6
10. Qd2 Bd7 11. g4 Qa5 12. Ng3 Rfc8 13. h4 Nc5 14. h5 Nb3
15. axb3 Qxa1+ 16. Kf2 Qa5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6
Bxg4 {!} 20. Qg5 {!} Rf8 {!} 21. Nf5 {!} Bxf5 22. exf5 Qc7
23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bh3 Nh7 25. Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Bf5
Rf7 28. Qe6 {?} Qf8 29. Qg6 Qg7 30. Qe6 Qf8 31. Rxh7+ Rxh7
32. Bxh7 Kxh7 33. Ne4 Qh6 34. Qe7+ Kh8 35. Nxd6 Qd2+ 36. Kf1
Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qxb2+ 38. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simultaneous Display, Dulwich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.03.16"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bozidar Gasic"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5
5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Nbxd4 O-O
10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Bg5 {!} Bg6 14. Re1 h6
15. Bh4 Qb6 {!} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. b4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4
Ne5 20. Qf4 Rad8 21. a4 Rg8 22. a5 Qd6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5+
Kh8 25. Qh5 Qf8 {!} 26. f4 Qg7 27. g4 Ng6 28. Rf1 d4 {!!}
29. c4 d3 30. Bd1 Rd4 31. Qc5 Rxf4 32. Bf3 Ne5 33. Qe3 Rxc4
34. Bxb7 Nxg4 35. Qg3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Simultaneous Display, Dulwich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.03.28"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bozidar Gasic"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7
5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. Qe2 Qe7
11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Bg5 h6 {?} 14. Bh4 exd4 15. Nxd4
Ne5 16. Bb3 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Rad1 Ng6 19. Bg3 Nf4 20. Qd2
N6h5 21. Qf2 {?} Bh3 {!} 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Bb6 24. Ne4
Nxg3 25. hxg3 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Nd5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Rad8
29. f6 gxf6 30. Rf5 Kg7 31. g4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Qc7+ 33. g3 Qc1
0-1

[Event "Match game 4, Dulwich College"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John N Sugden"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6
5. cxd5 Nxd5 {?} 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O
10. Ne5 {!?} a6 11. a4 Qa5 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. f4 Qc7 14. Bb3 b6
15. Nxf7 {!?} c4 16. Nh6+ gxh6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qxe6 Nc5
19. Qxc4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxa8 Be7 23. d5
Kg7 {?} 24. c4+ Kg6 25. f5+ Kh5 26. Bd1+ Kh4 27. Rf3 Qxc4
28. Rf4+ Kg5 29. Rg4+ Kh5 30. Rg6+ Kh4 31. g3+ 1-0

[Event "Match game 2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "G K Sandiford"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5 Ne5
5. Nxe4 {?} Nf6 6. Nxf6+ exf6 7. f4 Ng6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qe2+
Be7 10. h4 a6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. h5 Nf8 13. c4 O-O-O 14. Be3
Bb4+ 15. Kf2 g5 16. a3 Re8 17. Qd3 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Bc5+ 19. Kg3
Rg8+ 20. Kh2 Qg4 21. Qf3 Bxg1+ 22. Rhxg1 Qh4+ {??} 23. Qh3+
Qxh3+ 24. Kxh3 Re4 25. g3 Rxc4 26. Rac1 b5 27. Rxc4 bxc4
28. Rc1 Nd7 29. Rxc4 Ne5 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. d6 Kd7 32. Rxc7+
Kxd6 33. Rxf7 Re8 34. Kg2 e4 35. Kf2 Kd5 36. Ke3 Rg8 37. Rd7+
Kc6 38. Rxh7 Rxg3+ 39. Kxe4 Rb3 40. Ra7 Kb6 41. Ra8 Rxb2 1-0

[Event "Match game 6"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "G K Sandiford"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. Qb3 Qd6 9. Bg2 {!?} Nxb4 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Qb2
Kg8 12. a3 N4c6 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Nb5 Qc5 15. Nxc7 Rad8
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. O-O Qb6 18. Rfb1 Qxb7 19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Rc7
Rc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Nb3 23. Rc3 Nba5 24. Ne5 Nxe5
25. Rxc8+ Kf7 26. Rc5 Nac4 27. d3 1-0

[Event "Bromley match game 22"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G K Sandiford"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. e5 Ne8 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. c4 Ne6
12. Be3 Qa5 13. a3 b5 14. b4 Qa4 15. Bc2 {?} Qa6 16. c5 Nc7
17. Bb3 Nb8 {!} 18. h3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. g4 Rd8 21. Qe1
Nd7 22. Qg3 Nc7 23. f5 Nd5 24. Bf4 Qa4 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. h4 a5
{!} 27. h5 axb4 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Neg5 bxa3 30. Qh2 Nf8
31. Bg3 Qxg4 32. Kh1 Ne3 33. Rg1 Qh5 34. Bh4 Ra4 35. e6 Rd2
{!} 0-1

[Event "Match, Bognor Regis"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John N Sugden"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. a3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bf4 Nd7 5. e3 c5 6. Nbd2 Ngf6
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Re8 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Bd3 g6
12. c3 Ne4 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c4 15. Bc2 Bg5 16. e4 {!} Bxf4
17. Qxf4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Rf8 19. exd5 {?!} Nb6 20. d6 Nc8
21. Rae1 Nxd6 22. Re3 Qd7 23. Qf6 Rae8 24. Rfe1 Nc8 25. Kf2
Nb6 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qd6 Qc6 {?} 29. Qxc6 bxc6
30. Ke3 Nd5+ 31. Ke4 f6 32. Ba4 Ne7 33. Bd1 Kf7 {?} 34. Be2
Ke6 35. Bxc4+ Kd6 36. Bd3 a5 37. c4 Nc8 38. c5+ Kd7 39. b4 1-0

[Event "Wernick Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.05.03"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "B S Sweetman"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. O-O
{?} e5 {!} 7. d3 Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. a3
a5 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. Nd2 {?} d5 {!} 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nd1 d4
16. Nc4 dxe3 17. Nxe5 exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Bf6 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4
Bd4 21. Qf5 Ra6 22. Qg4 Rf6 23. Qg3 Re8 24. Kh2 Be5 25. Rf3
Rxf3 26. gxf3 Bxg3+ 27. Kxg3 Qg5+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. Kf1 Qe1+
30. Kg2 Re2+ 31. Nf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Postal Game"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1963.04.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "P R Hindley"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2
Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.bxc3 f5 10.d5 Qc8 11.Nd4
c5 12.Nb5 a6 13.Na3 exd5 14.cxd5 b5 15.e4 d6 16.Bh3 Nd7 17.Be3
Qe8 18.Rad1 Qh5 19.Bxf5 Rxf5 20.exf5 Qf3 21.c4 Ne5 22.Rfe1
bxc4 23.Nxc4 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Qxd5 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.Rd1 Qc6 27.Qc4+
Kh8 28.Qe6 Qxe6 29.fxe6 Rc8 30.Rd7 Re8 31.Ra7 h6 32.Rxa6 Kh7
33.Rc6 Kg6 34.Bxc5 Bxc5 35.Rxc5 Rxe6 36.a4 Kf6 37.a5 Rd6
38.Rc1 Kf5 39.Ra1 Ra6 40.Ra4 Kf6 41.Kf1 h5 42.h4 g6 43.Ke2 Ke6
44.Kd3 Kd5 45.Ke3 Kd6 46.Ke4 Ke6 47.f3 Kd6 48.Rb4 {!} Rxa5
49.Rb6+ Ke7 50.Rxg6 Kf7 51.Rh6 Kg7 52.Rxh5 Kf6 53.Rh6+ {Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "US Championship 1963/64"]
[Site "New York City, NY USA"]
[Date "1963.12.18"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 {Notes from various sources.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6
4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 {5.Qb3 maintains more tension. -- Fischer}
cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. b3 {It's
hard for either side to introduce an imbalance into this
essentially symmetrical variation. Deadeye equality also
ensues afer 10.Nf4 e6 11.b3 Ba6 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Rc1
(Stahlberg-Flohr, Kemeri 1937) -- Fischer} Ba6 11. Ba3 {After
White's 11th move I should adjudicate his position as slightly
superior, and at worst completely safe. To turn this into a
mating position in eleven more moves is more witchcraft than
chess! Quite honestly, I do not see the man who can stop Bobby
at this time. -- K.F. Kirby, South African Chess Quarterly}
Re8 12. Qd2 e5 {! I was a bit worried about weakening my QP,
but felt that the tremendous activity obtained by my minor
pieces would permit White no time to exploit it. 12...e6 would
probably lead to a draw. -- Fischer} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1
{"Add another to those melancholy case histories entitled: The
Wrong Rook." -- Fischer ~ "This is very much a case of 'the
wrong rook'. One can understand Byrne's desire to break the
pin on the e2-knight, but this turns out to be less important
than other considerations. Fischer spends a lot of time and
energy analysing the superior 14. Rad1!, but still comes to
the conclusion that Black can keep the advantage." -- John
Nunn} Nd3 {Now it's all systems go for the Fischer rocket. --
Robert Wade} 15. Qc2 {There is hardly any other defense to the
threat of ...Ne4. -- Fischer} Nxf2 {! The key to Black's
previous play. The complete justification for this sac does
not become apparent until White resigns! -- Fischer} 16. Kxf2
Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Nxe3 18. Qd2 {Byrne: As I sat pondering why
Fischer would choose such a line, because it was so obviously
lost for Black, there suddenly comes...} Nxg2 {!! This
dazzling move came as the shocker... the culminating
combination is of such depth that, even at the very moment at
which I resigned, both grandmasters who were commenting on the
play for the spectators in a separate room believed I had a
won game! -- Robert Byrne} 19. Kxg2 d4 {!} 20. Nxd4 Bb7+ {The
King is at Black's mercy. -- Fischer} 21. Kf1 {In a room set
aside for commentaries on the games in progress, two
grandmasters were stating, for the benefit of the spectators,
that Byrne had a won game. Byrne's reply to Fischer's next
move must have been jaw dropping! -- Wade} Qd7 {And White
resigns. Fischer writes: "A bitter disappointment. I'd hoped
for 22.Qf2 Qh3+ 23.Kg1 Re1+!! 24.Rxe1 Bxd4 with mate to follow
shortly."} 0-1

[Event "Eastbourne"]
[Site "Eastbourne"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Bernard Adams"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene from Junior Chess magazine.} c5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 {The Sicilian is
essentially a defence in which Black exploits the queenside;
in this particular variation he is completely committed to
that side of the board.} 6. f4 a6 7. a3 {This has the effect
of keeping out the Black king's bishop from b4 as well as
preventing an eventual ...b5-b4.} 7...b5 8. Be3 Bb7 9. Be2 Na5
{Intending the classical invasion of c4. All this is well
known under the name of the Taimanov Variation. Here,
apparently, the best move for White is 10 Qd3 (as played by
Keres against Taimanov himself) in order to answer 10...Nc4
with 11 Bc1. White's next move is a slight inaccuracy.}
10. O-O {?} Nc4 11. Bxc4 {This unattractive exchange is
practically forced since 11 Bc1 (apart from weakening the
g1-a7 diagonal) would lose a pawn to 11...Nxa3.} 11...Qxc4
12. e5 {This weakens the central light squares but it does
deprive Black of the f6 station for his knight and prepares
the following pawn storm.} 12...Bc5 {! Preparing to give back
bishop for knight so as to emphasise Black's control of the
light squares. Black is unconcerned about the attack against
the kingside as he is able to castle on the other wing.}
13. f5 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 {Better was 14 Qxd4, but White is
obviously under the mistaken impression that he is attacking.}
14...Ne7 15. f6 {This seemingly forceful move leads to grave
difficulties.} 15...gxf6 16. Rf4 {Changing plans as he sees
that against 16 exf6 Black will play 16...Rg8! followed by
...Ng6-h4 which will hardly be healthy for White.} 16...f5
{The control of the light squares in the centre and on the
long diagonal is complete and should prove decisive.} 17. Qd2
Rg8 18. Rf2 O-O-O {This is perfectly safe as it will take
White far too long to work up an attack on the queenside.}
19. a4 {If 19 Bb6 then 19...Bxg2! 20 Rxg2 Rxg2+ 21 Kxg2 Qc6+
etc., or 21 Qxg2 Rg8 and White loses the queen.} 19...Rg4
20. Ne2 {Protects his bishop and intends Nf4 to give the
g-pawn much needed support.} 20...Rdg8 21. Nf4 Nd5 22. b3 Qc6
23. axb5 axb5 24. Nh5 {If 24 Nxd5 Qxd5 25 Qc3+ Black's safest
course is 25...Qc6 26 Qxc6+ Bxc6 and Black has a won ending.}
24...f4 25. c4 Ne3 {Every one of Black's pieces is now
attacking the g-pawn. White has no good move.} 26. cxb5 Rxg2+
27. Rxg2 Rxg2+ {Even faster is 27...Qxg2+.} 28. Kh1 Rg1+
{28...Rxd2+ is just as quick.} 29. Kxg1 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qg2+
31. Ke1 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "London Junior Championship"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.01.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "S R Curry"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5
5.Nge2 Be7 6.g3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nc5 8.Bg2 a5 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Bd7
11.Be3 Qc8 12.Kh2 c6 13.Nb3 Rd8 {?} 14.e5 {!} Nxb3 15.exf6
Nxa1 16.fxe7 Re8 17.Qxa1 Rxe7 18.Qd1 Qc7 19.Bf4 Re6 20.c5 Rae8
21.Bxd6 Qd8 22.Qd3 Qf6 23.Bf4 Bc8 24.Rd1 R6e7 {?} 25.Ne4 Qxb2
26.Rd2 Qb4 27.Nd6 Rd8 28.Qc2 Be6 29.Nf5 Red7 30.Nd6 Re7
31.Nxf7 Rxd2 32.Bxd2 Qc4 33.Qxc4 Bxc4 34.Nd6 Bxa2 35.Bxa5 Re2
36.Nxb7 Rxf2 37.Kg1 Rf6 38.Nd8 Rf5 39.Bb6 Bd5 40.Nxc6 Kf8
41.Nd4 Rg5 42.g4 Ke7 43.Nf5+ Ke6 44.Bd8 Bxg2 45.Bxg5 Bxh3
46.Ne3 h6 47.Bf4 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "D Hustler"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7
5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Bf4 c6 8.e3 Nh5 9.Be5 Bg4 10.Bd3 g6
11.Nd2 Nd7 12.Bg3 Re8 13.f3 {!} Be6 14.O-O f5 15.Rae1 Bf7
16.Bf2 Ndf6 17.e4 fxe4 18.fxe4 dxe4 19.Ndxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Nf6
21.Bd3 Qd7 22.d5 {!?} Nxd5 23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Bd4 Bb4 25.Rd1 Rac8
26.Qf2 Re6 27.Bb5 Qe7 28.Bf6 Qc7 29.Bd4 a6 {?} 30.Rc1 Bc5 {
30...Qxc1 31.Qxf7# } 31.Rxc5 1-0

[Event "London Clubs"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.04.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "G H Green"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2
d5 6.O-O Nbd7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Nxd5 Bxd5 10.Qc2 Rc8
11.e4 Bb7 12.Bf4 c5 13.d5 {!?} exd5 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Rad1 Be6
16.Ne5 O-O 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Bd6 Qf6 20.Bxf8 Nxf8
21.a3 Bf5 22.Qc3 Qg6 23.Qe5 Ne6 24.Rfe1 h6 25.Rd6 Qg5 26.h4
Qh5 27.Bh3 g6 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.Rxe6 Rf8 30.Rf6 Kh7 31.Rxf5 f6
32.Qe4 Qg6 33.h5 Qg7 34.Rg5+ {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "London Clubs"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.12.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "D R Hughes"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nc6
2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3
e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.Qd2 Ne8 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 h6 13.Nf3 f5 14.Qd3
f4 15.Bd2 g5 16.g4 {!} Qd7 17.h3 Nf6 18.Nh2 f3 {!} 19.Nxf3 {?}
Nxg4 {!} 20.hxg4 {?} Qxg4+ 21.Kh2 Rxf3 22.Qxf3 Qxf3 23.Rg1
Qxf2+ 24.Rg2 Qh4+ 25.Kg1 Rf8 26.Be1 Qf4 27.Bg3 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Ng6
29.Re1 Qf3 30.Nb1 Nf4 31.Bxf4 Rxf4 32.Nd2 Rh4+ 33.Kg1 Qh5
34.Ree2 Rh1+ 35.Kf2 Qh4+ 36.Ke3 Rh3+ 37.Nf3 Rxf3+ 38.Kxf3 Qf4#
0-1

[Event "Eastbourne Premier"]
[Site "Eastbourne (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.09.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "P F Staley"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 e5 8.Qd2
a6 9.d5 Ne7 10.g4 c5 {?} 11.Ng3 Qc7 {?} 12.h4 Rd8 {?} 13.h5
Bxg4 14.fxg4 Nxg4 15.Bh3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Kh8 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Be6
Ng8 19.Qg5 Nf6 20.Qxg6 Qe7 21.Nf5 Qf8 22.O-O-O 1-0

[Event "Eastbourne Premier"]
[Site "Eastbourne (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.08.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Whyte"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Qd3
c5 9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.Bf4 a6 13.Rac1 Rb8
14.a4 Ne5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5 16.Nd1 {?} Qd7 17.b3 b5 {!} 18.axb5
axb5 19.Ne3 bxc4 20.bxc4 Rb3 21.Qd1 Qxh3 22.Bg2 Qd7 23.Kh2 f5
24.Qd2 f4 {!} 25.Qxa5 fxg3+ {!} 26.fxg3 Rxe3 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8
28.Rf1+ Kg7 29.Qa8 Bf6 30.Bf3 Qf5 31.Qa2 Qg5 32.Qa8 Be5 33.Bg4
{! ?} Qh4+ {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Eastbourne Premier"]
[Site "Eastbourne (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.08.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "D Castello"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nc6
8.Bg2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 O-O 12.O-O Qe7
13.Rab1 Rd8 14.Qc3 Rb8 15.Rfc1 Bd7 16.e3 Rdc8 17.Qc5 Qxc5
18.dxc5 b6 19.cxb6 Rxb6 20.Rxb6 axb6 21.Rb1 Rb8 22.Rd1 Be8
23.Ng5 Rd8 24.Rb1 Rb8 25.Ne4 Na5 26.Nd6 Kf8 27.Kf1 {!} Ke7
28.Nxe8 {? !} Kxe8 29.Ke2 Nc4 30.Rb4 Nd6 31.a4 Kd8 32.a5 Nc8
33.a6 Na7 34.Rh4 h6 35.Rg4 g6 36.Rh4 b5 37.Bb7 Ke7 38.Kd3 Rd8+
39.Kc3 h5 40.Kb4 Rd6 41.Kc5 f6 42.g4 hxg4 {??} 43.Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Battersea Club Championship"]
[Site "Battersea (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.04.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "P L Eastwood"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Nge2
cxd5 9.cxd5 a5 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.g4 b5 12.Ng3 b4 13.Nd1 Bc8 14.h4
Ba6 15.Bxa6 Nxa6 16.h5 Qe7 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Ra7 19.Ne3 Rc8
20.Ngf5 gxf5 21.Nxf5 Qf8 22.Qg5+ Kh8 23.Qxf6+ Kg8 24.Nh6+ Qxh6
25.Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Battersea Club Championship"]
[Site "Battersea (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.07.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A F Stimson"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} c6
2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qb6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.a4
h5 9.a5 Qa6 10.Qxa6 Nxa6 11.O-O Nf5 12.Ne2 c5 13.c3 Rc8 14.Bg5
{!} Be7 15.Bxe7 Kxe7 16.Rfc1 Rhd8 17.b4 cxb4 18.cxb4 Rxc1+
19.Rxc1 Nxb4 20.Rb1 Nc6 21.Rxb7+ Rd7 22.Rb5 Rc7 23.Rc5 Kd8
24.Kf1 a6 25.Ke1 Ncxd4 26.Rxc7 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 Kxc7 28.Kd2 Kc6
29.Ng3 {?} Nxg3 30.fxg3 Kb5 31.h4 Kxa5 32.g4 Kb4 33.f4 hxg4
0-1

[Event "Battersea Club Championship"]
[Site "Battersea (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.06.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "C E Fellows"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} c5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qh4 7.Qf3 Nf6
8.a3 Bxd2+ 9.N1xd2 O-O 10.g3 Qh6 11.Bg2 a5 12.Nc4 a4 13.Nc5 d5
14.exd5 Nd4 15.Qd3 Bf5 16.Ne4 Rac8 17.Ne3 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4
19.Qxe4 f5 20.Qd3 f4 21.Ng4 Qg5 22.c3 Nb3 23.Rd1 Qxg4 24.d6
Qd7 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Rd3 e4 27.Rd1 e3 28.fxe3 fxe3 29.Rf1 Rxf1+
30.Kxf1 Nd2+ 31.Ke2 Qg4+ 32.Kxe3 Qxd1 33.Qf7 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "Southern Counties Junior Championship"]
[Site "Bognor Regis (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.04.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chris McSheehy"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.Nge2
Nh5 9.O-O f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.f4 e4 12.Be3 Nc5 13.Bd4 Nd3
14.Bxg7 Nxg7 15.Nc1 Nc5 16.b4 Qf6 {!} 17.Qc2 Na6 {! ?} 18.Qb3
c5 {! ?} 19.a3 h5 20.N1e2 h4 21.gxh4 Qxh4 22.b5 Nc7 23.b6 axb6
24.Qxb6 Nce8 25.Qb2 Nf6 26.h3 Ngh5 27.Nb5 Rf7 28.Nxd6 Rg7
29.Qc3 Ng3 30.Nxg3 Rxg3 31.Qb2 Qxh3 32.Rf2 Ng4 33.Re2 Qh2+
34.Kf1 Rd3 35.Ne8 Qxf4+ 36.Ke1 Qg3+ 37.Kf1 Nh2+ 38.Kg1 Nf3+
39.Kf1 Nd4 40.Rf2 e3 41.Be4 exf2 0-1

[Event "Southern Counties Junior Championship"]
[Site "Bognor Regis (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.04.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "P R Morriss"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} c5
2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5
8.Qd2 e6 9.Bb3 Be7 10.O-O-O h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.f4 Bd7 13.g4
O-O-O 14.Kb1 Kb8 15.h3 Rc8 16.f5 Rxc3 {! ?} 17.Qxc3 Qxc3
18.bxc3 Nxe4 19.fxe6 Nxc3+ 20.Kc1 Bg5+ 21.Kb2 Nxd1+ 22.Rxd1
fxe6 23.Nxe6 Bf6+ 24.Kb1 Be5 25.Rf1 Re8 26.Rf8 Rxf8 27.Nxf8
Bc6 28.Ne6 Bg2 {? 28...Kc8 ! } 29.h4 Bf3 30.g5 h5 31.Kc1 Bc3
32.Bc4 Kc8 33.a3 Kd7 34.Nf8+ Ke8 35.Ng6 Be1 36.Bd3 d5 37.Nf4
Bxh4 38.Bg6+ Ke7 39.Nxh5 Bxg5+ 40.Kb1 Bh6 41.Kb2 Be4 42.Bxe4
dxe4 43.Ng3 e3 44.Kc3 Ke6 45.Kd3 Bf4 46.Ne4 b6 47.c4 Bd6 48.a4
Bc5 49.a5 {!} Ke5 50.axb6 Bxb6 51.c5 Ba7 52.c6 Bb6 53.Nc3 {?}
Kd6 54.Ke4 Kxc6 55.Kf5 Bd4 56.Ne2 Kd5 57.Nf4+ Kc4 58.Ke4 a5
59.Ne2 Bb6 60.Nf4 a4 61.Nd3 a3 62.Ne5+ Kb3 63.Nd3 a2 0-1

[Event "Southern Counties Junior Championship"]
[Site "Bognor Regis (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.04.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis De Veauce"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} c5
2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7
8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.exd5 f5 10.c4 Qc7 11.Ng3 e4 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Nd7
14.b3 Bf6 15.Rb1 Ne5 16.f3 exf3 17.Bxf3 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Rf2
Qb6 20.Kf1 b4 21.Qc2 Ba6+ 22.Be2 Ng4 23.Rxf5 Bc3 24.Bxa6 Nxh2+
25.Ke2 Rae8+ 26.Ne4 Rxf5 27.Qd3 Rxe4+ 28.Qxe4 Re5 29.Qxe5
Qxa6+ 0-1

[Event "Southern Counties Junior Championship"]
[Site "Bognor Regis (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.04.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Bryant"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.c4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3
Bd7 9.Rb1 a5 10.d3 Ne8 11.Be3 Nd4 12.b4 Nxe2+ 13.Nxe2 cxb4
14.axb4 a4 15.b5 a3 16.d4 a2 17.Ra1 Be6 18.Qb3 Qa5 19.Nf4 Nc7
{?} 20.b6 Ne8 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.e5 {!} Ra6 23.c5 {!} d5 24.Rfc1
Qa4 25.Qxa4 Rxa4 26.Bh3 Rf3 27.Bxe6+ Kf8 28.Bxd5 Rxe3 29.fxe3
Bh6 30.Kf2 Ra3 31.Re1 Ng7 32.Rxa2 1-0

[Event "Thematic Match"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John N Sugden"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d5 Na5 5.Qc2 c5 { 5...a6 Compare 6.b4 Bg7
7.Bb2 b5 8.bxa5 bxc4 9.e4 Bh6 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.dxc6
dxc6 13.Nbd2 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Qxa5 eventually won by
White in Ullmann vs. Iossiovitch, Hassloch 1998. } 6.e4 d6
7.Be2 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O {The game has transposed to King's
Indian territory.} a6 10.Bd2 Bd7 { 10...Bg4 11.b3 Nd7 12.Rab1
Rb8 13.a4 b6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 e5 16.Bg4 White eventually
won, Kavalek vs. Middendorf, Germany 1976. The bishop pair is
very strong. } 11.Rae1 Rb8 12.Nh4 b5 13.b3 bxc4 14.bxc4 Qb6
15.f4 Qb2 16.Qd3 Nh5 {! ?} 17.Bxh5 gxh5 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5
Nxc4 {!? There was nothing better. 19...Qb4 20.Qg3 Kh8 21.Ne4
! } 20.Bc1 {? 20.Qxc4 seems simple enough. } Qb4 21.Re4 Nb2
22.Qg3 Qb6 23.Rf6 {!! The idea is to cut off the queen at b6
from defending the h6-square.} exf6 24.Bh6 c4+ 25.Kh1 Bg4
26.Rxg4 {!} Rfc8 27.Rxg7+ Kf8 28.Rxf7+ {!} Kxf7 29.e6+ Ke7
30.Nf5+ Kd8 31.Qg8+ Kc7 32.Qf7+ {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Lady Northcote Tournament"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "P R Morriss"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} g6
2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.f4 O-O 6.e5 Ne8 7.Nh3 Bxh3
8.gxh3 e6 {! White's position looked good on the kingside, and
my opponent actually thought he was winning in the opening,
but he was positionally lost after this strong move.} 9.Qg4 d5
10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Be3 Nb4 12.Rg1 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 f5 14.Qg3 Bh6 15.h4
Ng7 16.Rc1 Kh8 17.Nb5 Rf7 18.Rg2 Nh5 19.Qf2 Bf8 20.a3 a6
21.Nc3 Be7 22.Qg1 Bxh4+ 23.Bf2 Nxf4 24.Rg3 {!} Bxg3 25.Qxg3
Nh5 26.Qh3 Qg5 27.Rc2 Nf4 28.Qf3 Qg4 29.Qxg4 fxg4 30.Kd2 Raf8
31.Ke3 {?} Ng2+ 0-1

[Event "Correspondence Game"]
[Site "Postal"]
[Date "1963.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "J B Langstaffe"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6
5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5
c6 11.Bc4 cxd5 12.Bxd5 Nc6 13.Rd1 Nd4 14.Kf2 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6
16.Ne2 Nd4 17.Rd2 Nxe2 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Kxe2 Rc8 20.Rd1 Rc2+
21.Rd2 Rxd2+ 22.Kxd2 a6 23.Kc3 Kf8 24.Kc4 Ke7 25.Kd5 Kd7 26.b3
h5 27.g4 Bf6 28.g5 Bg7 29.Bc5 {!} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "A Philpott"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2
Nbd7 8.O-O b6 9.Qa4 Bb7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Ba6 Bxa6 {?} 12.Qxa6
Qc8 13.Qa3 {!} Qd8 {!} 14.Ne5 Nb8 15.h3 h6 16.Bf4 e6 17.Nb5
Ne8 18.Rac1 g5 19.Bh2 f6 20.Nc6 Nxc6 21.Rxc6 e5 22.Qa6 {!} Rf7
23.Rfc1 Kh7 24.a4 Qd7 25.Rxb6 axb6 26.Qxa8 Nd6 27.Nxd6 Qxd6
28.Qc8 Qb4 29.Qf5+ Kg8 30.dxe5 fxe5 31.Rc8+ Bf8 32.Qg6+ Rg7
33.Qe6+ Rf7 34.Bxe5 1-0

[Event "London Clubs"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.01.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Abram Bernfield"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 {Annotations by Keene} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7
5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.bxc3 {!?} f5 10.d5
Bf6 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Rad1 Qc8 {!} 13.Nd4 c5 14.Nb5 Be7 15.Bc1 a6
16.Na3 d6 17.e4 exd5 18.cxd5 Nd7 19.Rfe1 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Nf6
21.Bf5 Qc7 22.c4 Bc8 23.Be6+ Bxe6 24.Rxe6 {?} Bf8 25.f4 Rxe6
26.dxe6 Qc6 27.Qd3 Be7 28.Bb2 Rd8 29.Nc2 Kh8 30.Ne3 b5 31.Nf5
Qe8 32.g4 bxc4 33.Qf3 {!} Qf8 34.g5 Ne8 35.Nh6 Rb8 36.Nf7+ Kg8
37.Ba1 Nc7 38.f5 d5 39.Be5 Rb7 40.Qh5 d4 41.g6 h6 42.Nxh6+ {!}
gxh6 43.g7 1-0

[Event "London Clubs"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.01.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "M O'Connell"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 {Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Ne8 8.g4 f5
9.gxf5 gxf5 10.Qd2 a6 11.Bd3 f4 12.Bf2 Qg5 13.Bf1 Nf6 14.O-O-O
Bd7 15.Kb1 Qg6 16.c5 Qe8 17.Bc4 Kh8 18.Nge2 Qe7 19.b4 Qd8
20.Bb3 Qe8 21.a4 Qe7 22.a5 Rg8 23.Rc1 Bf8 24.Rhg1 Rxg1 25.Rxg1
Qf7 26.h4 Be7 27.Kb2 Qf8 28.Rg5 {!?} dxc5 29.bxc5 Ng8 30.Rxg8+
{!} Qxg8 31.d6 Qg2 32.dxe7 Qxf2 33.Qd5 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1963.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "D Hustler"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 h6
10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Rab1 Qe7 13. Bf5 g5 14. Bg3 Bxg3
15. hxg3 Ne4 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. b4 Ng6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2
h5 20. Qc5 h4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. g4 Rd8 23. Rfc1 Ne5 {!}
24. Nxe4 Nd3 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nh5+ Kg6 27. Rc3 Nxf2 {!}
28. Kxf2 f5 {!} 29. gxf5+ Kxh5 30. b5 {?} cxb5 31. Rxb5 Kg4
32. Rcc5 Rf8 33. Rd5 {?} a6 {??} (33... Rc7 {!} 34. Rb2)
34. Rbc5 b6 35. Rc6 Rfe8 36. f6 {!} Rxe3 37. f7 Re2+ 38. Kg1
Rf8 39. Rf6 b5 {?} 40. Re5 {!} 1-0

[Event "Bognor rapid transit team tourney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.04.26"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Nikola Karaklajic"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8. Qxc4 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd5
12. Qb4 c5 13. Qb1 c4 14. Bc2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 e5 16. e4 Nh5
17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Rg1 Qxf2 19. Bd1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Ra2 Qh4
22. Rag2 g6 23. e5 f5 24. Ba4 {?} Qe7 25. Bb5 {?} Rac8 26. Qa2
Qe6 27. Rg5 Kh8 28. h4 Rfd8 29. Qd2 Nxe5 30. Qxf4 Nd3 31. Qg3
f4 32. Qg2 Rd6 33. h5 Qe3 34. hxg6 Rxg6 35. Rxg6 hxg6 36. Qh3+
{?} Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qh3+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kf6 40. Qxc8 Qxf3+
41. Kh2 Qh5+ 42. Qh3 Qxb5 43. Qh4+ g5 44. Qh6+ Kf7 45. Rxg5
Qb2+ 46. Rg2 Qxc3 47. Rg7+ {After this game, Karaklajic
abandoned speed chess at Bognor and went to the pictures
instead.} 1-0

[Event "CES 2-th anniversary celebration"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.11.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Victor James Richard Soanes"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. Qc2 Nbd7
10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Rab1 Nh5 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nd7 17. b4 a6 18. Na4 Nf6 19. Qc5
Qe6 20. Nb6 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. a4 Qg4 23. Qd6 {?} Bf5 {!}
24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Qc7 Rab8 26. Rfc1 Rec8 27. Qb6 Qd7 28. Rc5
Qf5 29. Rbc1 Qd7 30. R1c2 Kh8 31. Rb2 Kg8 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5
Ra8 {!} 34. Rb1 Qf5 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Qb2 Rc7 37. Ra1 Rxa1+
38. Qxa1 Qd7 39. Qc1 Qd6 40. Qc3 Qf6 41. Qb4 {!?} Qe6 42. Ra5
Qd7 43. Qb1 Rc8 44. Kh2 Qc7 45. Rc5 Rb8 {?} 46. Rxc6 Qxc6
47. Qxb8+ Kh7 48. Qe5 Kg8 49. f3 1-0

[Event "Kent Junior League "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.11.27"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "R S Porter"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. c3 d3 5. Bxd3 d6 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Qb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O
10. Be3 Ng4 11. Rad1 Nxe3 12. Rxe3 e5 13. Be2 a6 14. c4 Qc7
15. Nd2 {??} Nd4 16. Qd3 Bg5 17. Nc2 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Bxe3
19. fxe3 Be6 20. Nb1 b5 21. b3 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rac8 23. Rc1 Qb6
24. Qd3 Bxc4 {!} 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxb1+ 27. Kf2 a5
28. Qc7 Qxa2 29. Qxd6 Qe6 30. Qc7 a4 31. Bc4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Mushrooms-Croydon"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.12.19"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "H S Hope"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene } d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5
Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 c6
10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. O-O Nf8 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. a3 Bd6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Re6 18. Bf5 Rf6 19. Bxc8
Rxc8 20. e4 {!} Rg6 {?} 21. Nxd5 Re8 22. Nf4 Rg5 23. Rbd1 h5
24. e5 Qe7 25. Qc3 Qc7 26. Nd5 Qd8 27. Ne3 Qc7 28. Nc4 a4
29. Nd6 Ra8 30. f4 Rg4 31. f5 h4 32. gxh4 Rxh4 33. f6 g6
34. Qg3 Rh5 35. Nf5 Qb6 36. Ne7+ Kh7 37. Qg4 Ra5 38. Nxg6 fxg6
39. e6 1-0

[Event "Eastbourne Premier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.09.06"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric E Croker"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c5 2. c3 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. d4
cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Be2 Nge7 9. b3 Nf5
10. Bb2 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 O-O 13. g3 f6 14. Kg2 fxe5
15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Qe1 Nfd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. f4
{!} Bxa1 20. Qxa1 Qe3 {??} 21. Bg4 Qe4+ 22. Kh3 Qg6 23. Rc1
Rac8 24. Rc3 Rc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Qc3 Qe8 27. Qc5 Qd7 28. b4
Re8 29. Bd1 d4 30. Bf3 Rc8 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. exd6 Rd8 33. Bxc6
Rxd6 34. Ba4 d3 35. Kg2 d2 36. Bd1 Kf7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Ke2 g5
39. Bc2 Rd4 40. Kd1 h6 41. b5 Ke7 42. Bb3 Kd6 43. fxg5 hxg5
44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 e5 46. h5 Ke7 47. a4 Kf6 48. a5 Rb4
49. Bc2 Rxb5 50. Kxd2 Rxa5 51. Ke3 Kg5 52. Bg6 Ra4 53. Kd3
Rd4+ 54. Ke3 a5 0-1

[Event "Eastbourne Premier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.08.28"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "E E Wright"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 Bf5 {?} 6. h3
c6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. g4 Be6 9. Bg2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 {!} Qd7
11. O-O-O O-O 12. f3 b5 13. e4 Rfd8 14. g5 {?} Nh5 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. e5 a5 17. f4 a4 18. Bf3 Ng3 19. h4 {!?} Nxh1 20. Rxh1
b4 21. Nd1 b3 22. a3 bxc2 23. Ne3 Rab8 24. h5 Qb7 25. Qxc2 Qb3
26. Qxb3 Rxb3 27. h6+ Kf8 28. Re1 Rd3 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5
gxf5 31. g6 fxg6 0-1

[Event "London u-16 boys"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.01"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "F W Hawksworth"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3
Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. N1d2 O-O 9. f3 d5 10. Qc2 a5 11. a4 Be6
12. Nc5 d4 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bf2 Rc8 15. Bc4 Qd6 16. Qb3 Rcd8
17. Rd1 Nh5 18. Bg3 Bg5 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Bd5 Qh6 21. Nf1 Bf4
22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. h4 Rfd8 25. g3 Nxd5 26. exd5
Rxd5 27. Qc2 Qf6 28. Qe4 Ne7 29. g4 dxc3 30. Rxd5 Nxd5
31. bxc3 Nxc3 {time} 0-1

[Event "Surrey Junior Champs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.04.13"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John Nunn"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. Nf3 {This historic game from the Surrey Junior Championship
is the first encounter between Ray Keene and John Nunn.} Nc6
2. d4 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Bc4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 c5 7. Qd3
Be7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O-O Ne8 11. Bg3 a6 12. e5 Be6
13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. exd6 Nxd6 15. Bxd6 Rxf2 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. Kb1 Rxg2 18. Nd5 Qg5 19. Nc7 Rc8 20. Nxe6 Qe5 21. Rhf1
Rxh2 22. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "London League Battersea-Southgate"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.11.26"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milan Podoba"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 c5
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Qc1 Kh7 10. h4 e5 11. Nh2 Be6 12. Nd5
Ng4 13. Nf3 f5 14. Ng5+ hxg5 15. hxg5+ Kg8 16. f3 Nd4 17. fxg4
fxg4 18. Nc3 Qe7 19. Ne4 Rab8 20. Bc3 b5 21. b3 a5 {?}
22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. Bd2 Nf5 24. Be3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Rbb8 26. Rc1
Rbc8 27. Kd2 d5 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. gxf6 Qxf6 30. Rhf1 Qg7 {??}
31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Rxc5 Qe7 33. d4 e4 34. Rxa5 Qb4+ 35. Qc3
Qxc3+ 36. Kxc3 Rf2 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. d5 Bf5 39. d6 Rxe2
40. Rd5 Re3+ 41. Kc4 Rd3 42. Rxd3 exd3 43. d7 Bxd7 44. Kxd3
Kf7 45. a4 Ke6 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. a5 Be6 48. b4 Kc6 49. a6 Bc8
50. Ke4 Bxa6 51. Kf4 Bc8 52. Ke3 Kb5 53. Kd4 Kxb4 54. Kd3 Kc5
55. Ke4 Bf5+ 56. Ke3 Kc4 57. Ke2 Kd4 58. Kf1 Ke3 59. Kg2 Ke2
0-1

[Event "London Junior Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1963.01.04"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nicholas J Patterson"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Nf3 f5 {?!} 8. Be2 Ne7 9. O-O b6 10. a4 O-O {!?} 11. Ng5 h6
12. Nh3 Bd7 {?} 13. Nf4 Nbc6 14. h4 a5 {?} 15. Qd2 Rac8
16. Bb2 Nb8 17. Rfc1 Qd8 18. Kh2 Nec6 19. Rh1 Qe7 { !?}
20. Ng6 Qf7 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Ba3 Qe7 23. Rab1 Qxh4+ 24. Kg1
Qd8 25. dxc5 Qe7 26. Rxb6 Nxe5 27. c6 Qxa3 28. cxd7 Qe7
29. Rb7 Nbxd7 30. Bb5 Rb8 31. Rxb8+ Nxb8 32. Qd4 Nbc6 33. Bxc6
Nxc6 34. Qb6 Qa3 {??} 35. Qxc6 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. g3 Qxf2+
38. Kh3 Qe2 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.11.13"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Stephen O N Hawes"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O
9. Bg5 Qb6 {?} 10. Bb3 Ba6 11. Qf3 h6 {?} 12. h4 {!} d5
13. Qg3 Nxe4 { ??} 14. Nxe4 hxg5 15. hxg5 f5 16. O-O-O {??}
Qd8 17. Qxe5 {?} Bxg5+ 18. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 19. Kb1 Rae8 {??}
20. Rxd5 {!} 1-0

[Event "U.K. Schools Championsihp"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1963.07.03"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Ronald Arthur Harris"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg2 Na6
7. O-O d6 8. d5 Nc7 9. a4 Rb8 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2
a6 13. Bh6 b5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. axb5 axb5 16. cxb5 Nxb5
17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Qc3+ Nf6 19. Nd2 Kg8 20. Nc4 Bg4 21. Rfe1
Qb8 22. e4 {?} Rb3 23. Qc2 Qb4 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Nxe3 Bd7
26. e5 dxe5 27. Nc4 Rb8 28. Nxe5 Bf5 29. Qd1 Qxb2 30. Nc6 Rb7
31. d6 exd6 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Qxd6 Nd7 {Adjudicted as a win for
Black.} 0-1

[Event "Surrey County vs. London University"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1963.11.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "M Hughes"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Qd2 Re8 9. Nge2 cxd5
10. cxd5 a6 11. g4 Re7 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13. h4 b5 14. h5 Nf8
15. Rg1 Rb8 16. Bd3 Ne8 17. Nf5 gxf5 18. gxf5 f6 {18... h6
19. Bxh6} 19. h6 Rbb7 20. Kf2 Kf7 21. hxg7 Nxg7 22. Rg2 Ke8
23. Rag1 Qc7 24. Bh6 Nh5 25. Rg8 Rf7 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Qh6
Qb6+ 28. Kf1 Rxg8 29. Rxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Bognor Regis Blitz"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Louis De Veauce"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "14"]

1.f4 {I think this is the shortest game I have ever won. --
Keene.} e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bf5 4.dxc7 Qxc7 {Threatening
...Bxc2} 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Nb5 {??} Bg3+ 7.hxg3 Qxg3# 0-1

[Event "Experimental match, game 9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John N Sugden"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nc3 Bf5
5. fxe4 Nxe4 6. Qf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Ne2 Bxc2
10. O-O Bg6 11. Nf4 Qd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bf4 Nxd4 {?}
14. cxd4 Qxd4+ 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Rxd6 cxd6 18. Bb5
Qxb5 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. Qxg7 Re8 21. h4 Qa5 22. Rc1 Re7
23. Qf8+ Kd7 24. Qxa8 Qd8 25. Qxd8+ Kxd8 26. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Match game 3, Bromley"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nigel J Kalton"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3
Bf5 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bc4 e6 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Re8
12. Rad1 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nd5 14. Bg3 b5 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. f4 f5
17. Rfe1 Bf6 18. Nf3 Bh5 19. Qf2 Bxf3 {?} 20. Qxf3 Qd6 21. Rd3
Rab8 22. Qh5 Bg7 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Bh4 f6 25. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Match, Bromley"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Nigel J Kalton"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 c6
5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bd3 Bg6
10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Na4 Nc4
15. Nc5 Qc7 16. b3 Nd6 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. b4 a5 19. a3 Nc4
20. Ra1 b5 21. Nd2 axb4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. axb4 Be7 24. Rxa8
Rxa8 25. e4 Bd6 26. exd5 {?} Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 cxd5 28. g3 Bxg3
29. fxg3 Qxg3 30. Rg1 Qh4+ 31. Qh2 Qxd4 32. Na6 {?} Re8 33. b5
Re5 34. b6 Qe4+ 35. Rg2 Rh5 36. b7 Qb1+ 37. Rg1 Qxb7 0-1

[Event "School match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.25"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "J B Lusted"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 {!?} 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 {!?} 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8
9. O-O-O+ Ke8 10. Bd4 b6 11. g3 Bg4 12. Rd3 Rd8 13. e5 Nd5
14. Bg2 {?} Nb4 15. Rd2 c5 16. Be3 Rxd2 17. Bxd2 Bxe5 18. a3
Bxc3 19. axb4 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 cxb4 21. f3 Bf5 22. Rd1 Kd7
23. Kc1+ Kc7 24. f4 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. c3 bxc3 27. bxc3 Kc7
28. c4 Bd3 29. Bd5 e6 30. Kd2 exd5 31. Kxd3 dxc4+ 32. Kxc4 Kc6
33. h3 a5 34. g4 b5+ 35. Kd3 a4 36. g5 a3 37. h4 a2 0-1

[Event "Lady Northcote Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.02.09"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nigel J Kalton"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3
Qxf3 7. gxf3 bxc6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Be3 Bb4 10. Bd4 f6 11. a3 Bd6
12. O-O-O Be5 13. Bc4 Ng6 14. Ne2 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Be2 g5
17. f4 gxf4 18. Bh5+ Ng6 19. Ne2 Ke7 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Nxf4
Rh6 22. Nd3 d6 23. Rd2 Bg4 24. Ne1 Rah8 25. f3 Be6 26. Nd3 Bc4
27. b3 Bxd3 28. cxd3 Rh3 29. Rf2 c5 30. Kd2 g5 31. Ke2 Ke6
32. Kd2 Ke5 33. Ke2 Kd4 {??} 34. Rc1 Rxh2 35. Rc4+ Ke5
36. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 37. Ke3 a5 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 cxb4 40. Rxb4
Rc2 41. Rb5+ Ke6 42. d4 Rc3+ 43. Ke2 c6 44. d5+ cxd5 45. Rxd5
Rc5 46. Rd3 {!} Ke5 47. Kf2 f5 48. exf5 d5 49. Re3+ Kxf5
50. Re8 d4 51. Rd8 Ke5 52. Rg8 Kf4 53. Rf8+ Rf5 54. Re8 Rd5
55. Rf8+ Ke5 56. Re8+ Kd6 57. Rd8+ Kc5 58. Rc8+ Kb4 59. Ke2
Rc5 60. Ra8 Kc3 61. Ra3+ Kc4 62. Ra4+ Kc3 63. Ra3+ Kc2
64. Ra2+ Kb3 65. Ra8 Kc4 66. Ra4+ Kd5 67. Ra8 Ke5 68. Re8+ Kf5
69. Rf8+ Ke5 70. Re8+ Kd5 71. Ra8 Rb5 72. Kd3 Rb3+ 73. Kc2
Rc3+ 74. Kd2 Ke5 75. Re8+ Kf4 76. Rf8+ Kg3 77. Rf5 Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fischer Simul Exhibition Tour"]
[Site "New Orleans"]
[Date "1964.03.26"]
[EventDate "1964.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Fenner Parham"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6
7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5 Bb6 9. exd6 Na5 10. Qb4 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 cxd6
12. O-O Nf6 13. Ba3 O-O 14. e5 Qg4 {!} 15. Nbd2 Nh5 16. Qxg4
Bxg4 17. Bxd6 Rfc8 18. c4 Nf4 19. Rab1 Bf5 20. Rb3 Be6 21. g3
Ne2+ 22. Kg2 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Re1 Rc2 25. Rf1 Rxa2
26. Ng5 Rc8 27. Rf3 Nd4 28. Rd3 Rcc2 29. Ne4 Nf5 30. g4 Ne3+
31. Rxe3 Bxe3 32. Kg3 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Bxc1 34. f4 Re2 35. Nc5 b5
36. f5 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.09.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "E Fielder"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 {Annotations by Keene.} Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 Bg4 4. d5
Ne5 {?} 5. Nxe5 {!} Bxd1 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 bxc6
9. Bxc6+ Kd8 10. Nxf7+ Kc7 11. Bxa8 Bh5 12. Nxh8 e6 13. O-O
Qb6 14. e5 {!} d5 {?} 15. Bxd5 Bb4 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Bxe6 Qxe5
{?} 18. Bf4 {!} Qxf4 19. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.01.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "W Veitch"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2
dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Be2 b4 10.Na4 Ne4 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Qc2 Nd6
13.Bxd6 exd6 14.Qxc6 Nb6 {!} 15.Nxb6 Qxb6 16.Qxb6 {?} axb6
17.Bc4 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Ke2 e5 20.Rhc1 exd4 21.exd4 g5
22.h3 h5 23.Rc4 g4 24.hxg4 hxg4 25.Nd2 Rf4 26.Nb3 Raf8 27.Rf1
Ra8 28.g3 Re4+ 29.Kd3 d5 30.Rxb4 Rxa2 31.Nd2 Re6 32.Rh1 Rf6
33.Rh4 Rg6 34.Rh5 Ra5 35.Nf1 Rf6 36.Ke2 Bh6 37.Re5 1-0

[Event "London U-18 Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "William Hartston"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 {I have
never very much enjoyed playing the white side of open
Sicilians.} 3...Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 {For some time the
paradoxical 5 d4!? enjoyed a vogue here, but Black can obtain
a playable position with 5...cxd4 6 Nxd4 a6 followed by ...Bg7
and ...Nge7.} 5...Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. a4 O-O 9. c3
e5 10. Nc4 f5 11. b4 {!? A thrust inspired by the opening of
Smyslov - Botvinnik, USSR Championship 1955, which I had been
studying the night before this important game. Smyslov's
victory had made a deep impression on the 15-year-old admirer
of ... Botvinnik! I therefore decided to follow his strategy
as closely as I could. Here is what I had been examining: 1
Nf3 Nf6 2 g3 g6 3 Bg2 Bg7 4 O-O O-O 5 d3 c5 6 e4 Nc6 7 Nbd2 d6
8 a4 Ne8 9 Nc4 e5 10 c3 f5 11 b4! cxb4 12 cxb4 fxe4 13 dxe4
Be6 14 Ne3 Nxb4 15 Rb1 a5 16 Ba3 Nc7 17 Bxb4 axb4 18 Rxb4 Bh6
19 Rb6! +/- and Smyslov went on to win.} 11...cxb4 12. cxb4 d5
{!? To be honest I had overlooked that this was possible when
I boldly employed the Smyslov stratagem on move 11. If now 13
exd5 I was worried, rightly or wrongly, by 13...e4, hitting my
queen's rook, so I swiftly decided to retreat. Note, by the
way, that 12...Nxb4 fails to 13 Qb3, a resource which is
helpful to White in a number of lines.} 13. Ncd2 {In spite of
the surprise availability of 12...d5!? Black's position is not
that wonderful, for he has in a sense undermined his own
centre (especially the a3-f8 and a2-g8 diagonals) by his
aggressive treatment, which involves playing both ...e6-e5 and
...d6-d5 in the first 12 moves. Quite a substantial time
investment in Black pawn moves!} 13...fxe4 {Black has a
complicated alternative at this point, and it's interesting
for me now to realise that at that time I could calculate the
tactical variations much more easily than I could grasp the
positional niceties of the situation. If 13...Nxb4 14 Ba3 Nbc6
(or 14...Nxd3 15 Qb3 fxe4 16 Nxe4!, while 14...a5 15 Qb3 gives
White good play for his pawn) 15 exd5 e4 16 dxe4 fxe4 (or
16...Bxa1 17 dxc6 Bg7 18 Qb3+) 17 dxc6 Bxa1 (or if 17...exf3
18 Re1!) 18 Qb3+ +/-. In this kind of position White can often
sacrifice his queen's rook for Black's king's bishop since he
then obtains decisive pressure along the weakened diagonals to
Black's king.} 14. dxe4 dxe4 {If 14...Nxb4 15 Ba3 or 14...d4
15 Qb3+ Kh8 when 16 Ng5 is annoying. In the latter variation
White's active piece-play more than compensates for Black's
passed d-pawn.} 15. Ng5 Nd4 {Once again Black dare not accept
the 'Smyslov pawn' on b4: 15...Nxb4 16 Qb3+ Nbd5 17 Ba3 Kh8 18
Bxe4 +/-. One factor which complicated Black's defensive task
was that he only had about 15 minutes left for 21 moves (time
limit: 36 for 11/2 hours) which, nowadays, I would regard as
unacceptable clock pressure for practical purposes.} 16. Ngxe4
Nd5 17. b5 Bf5 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Rc1 {Not 19 Nd6? Nc3!-+.}
19...Bf8 20. Nd6 {!} Bxd6 21. Bxd5+ Be6 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Bb2
{! After the game I succeeded in rationalising and verbalising
my form of advantage: Black's e-pawn is isolated, the e4
square is weak and can be dominated by a dominating white
knight; White's queenside pawns are mobile and he still exerts
diagonal pressure towards Black's king. During the game I had
no clue as to any of this. I could just see that my opponent
was getting into terrible time-trouble and also that
'something' had gone badly wrong with his position.} 23...Rc8
{Losing material to the a2-g8 pin which now arises, but to
step into the diagonal of White's bishop with 23...Kg7 could
hardly be described as an improvement.} 24. Bxd4 Rxc1 25. Qxc1
exd4 26. Qc4 Qf6 {? 26...Qe7 loses, but more slowly.} 27. Ne4
{27...Qe5 28 Ng5! wins the rook. Probably the most important
national junior game I played, since it was decisive in
gaining my first significant junior championship
title. Although the infamous '30 move rule' (which prohibited
draws in less than 30 moves) came in for a lot of criticism it
certainly added an artificial stiffening to my resolve. Had it
not been for the existence of this short-lived FIDE (World
Chess Federation) regulation we would certainly have
'chickened out' during the complicated middlegame.} 1-0

[Event "British U-18 Championship"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Philip Almond"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 {Black's method in this game is a speedy
development of the queenside. It entails a neglect of the
kingside and care must be taken that this does not become an
embarrassment.} 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. f4 Na5
10. Qd3 {! Best. P. Murphy tried 10 O-O here in an earlier
round and got a bad game.} 10...Nc4 11. Bc1 Rc8 12. Nd1 {Black
was threatening 12...Nxa3 13 bxa3 Qxc3. His queenside now
looks dominating. If White had tried 12 O-O, one possibility
was 12...Nxa3 13 Rxa3 Bxa3 14 bxa3 Qxc3 15 Qxc3 Rxc3 16 Bb2
Rc8 17 Ncxb5! axb5 18 Bxg7 with great complications.} 12...Nf6
13. Bf3 {Better was 13 Nf2.} 13...e5 {! Forcing White to
retreat again, as exchanging pawns gives Black a strong knight
at e5.} 14. Ne2 d6 {With his advantage in space Black now
consolidates and completes his development before exploiting
it.} 15. O-O Be7 16. b3 {Weakening the c-file, but the knight
was bothersome.} 16...Nb6 17. Ra2 O-O 18. g4 {? White has a
bad game, but this leads to a loss by practically forced
stages. It is, nevertheless, hard to see how White could
otherwise have continued.} 18...d5 {! A decisive breakthrough
in the centre.} 19. exd5 e4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rfe8
22. Qd3 Bc5+ 23. Nd4 {If 23 Be3 Rxe3! 24 Nxe3 Nxd5 is
overwhelming, as is also 23 Kg2 Nxd5.} 23...Qd7 {Aiming at d5
and g4.} 24. Nf2 {If 24 c4 then 24...bxc4 25 bxc4 Nxc4! 26
Qxc4 Bxd5 etc.} 24...Qxd5 {White is defenceless and no further
comment is needed.} 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 Bxf3 27. Bb2 Re2
28. c4 Rd8 29. b4 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "British U-18 Championship"]
[Site "Whitby"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Peter C Griffiths"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 { Notes from Junior Chess Magazine. } Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 {The Saemisch Variation. The f-pawn
acts as a central buttress and as a pivot for a pawn advance
on the kingside.} 5...O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 {Blockading the
centre ready for a pawn advance. Here, 7 Nge2 exd4 8 Nxd4 is
also played.} 7...c6 8. Nge2 cxd5 9. cxd5 Ne8 {Preparing for
...f7-f5 which, however, does not turn out well in this
position.} 10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. exf5 Bxf5 {The pawn
exchanges have left White with two isolated weak pawns but
have improved the scope of his pieces. Black's position
doesn't look unattractive, but White quickly highlights its
weaknesses.} 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Qd2 {! A move with several
points. It produces a queen and bishop battery with the
obvious intention of invading eventually at h6. In addition,
the queen is now able to operate on the second rank and switch
to the kingside if need be. Also, the e1-a5 diagonal is
protected in the event of White moving the queen's
knight. White has his eye on the hole at e6 (i.e. Nc3-e4-g5)
and he wants to make the best of the black weakness on the
h3-c8 diagonal by Bh3 - hence he does not want to protect his
f-pawn with his king's bishop, which is why he now offers
it. It cannot be taken safely: 14...Rxf3 15 Be2 Rf8 (there is
no better square) 16 h4 with formidable attacking
possibilities. Black wisely refrains from taking it and
develops instead.} 14...Nd7 15. Nce4 Ndf6 16. Ng5 Nc7
{Guarding e6 and threatening the d-pawn.} 17. Bh3 {So that if
Black captures the d-pawn he loses material to Be6+.} 17...Nh5
{Hoping to relieve his position through exchanges.} 18. Nxh5
Bxh5 19. Rg1 {! Now, if 19...Bxf3? there would follow 20 Nxf3
Rxf3 21 Rxg7+ Kxg7 (if 21...Kh8 22 Bg5 or just 22 Rg3 keeping
the piece) 22 Qg2+ Kh8 23 Qxf3 and White has an extra piece as
well as his attack.} 19...Bg6 {Keeping the g-file closed for a
while.} 20. Rg3 {Cool play to take the sting from ...Qh4+ once
the knight moves.} 20...Qe7 {It is difficult to see how Black
can improve his position.} 21. Rc1 {Quietly taking control of
another line. It contains a sharp tactical idea too.} 21...e4
{? A blunder in a bad position. This just makes White's task
simpler.} 22. f4 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Rxc7 {! Of course.}
24...Qxc7 25. Ne6 Qc4 {There is no defence.} 26. Rxg7+ Kh8
27. Rc7 Qxd5 28. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "English Counties Quarter-finals"]
[Site "Surrey (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.04.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "B Halliwell"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.h4 {!} Ne4 9.Qc2 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 d6 12.Rg1 {!}
Nd7 13.Ng5 Nxg5 14.Bxg5 Qe8 15.g4 {!} Qg6 {?} 16.gxf5 exf5
17.O-O-O Qe6 18.d5 {!} Qe5 19.Bh6 {!} g6 {!} 20.Bxf8 Rxf8
21.h5 Kg7 22.Rg5 Nc5 23.Rdg1 Nxd3+ 24.Qxd3 Rf6 25.f4 Qe8
26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Qd4 Kf7 28.Rh1 Kg7 29.Kb2 Qf7 30.e4 c5 31.Qe3
fxe4 32.Qh3 Kf8 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Rh7 1-0

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Surrey (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.02.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "L Perry"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ c6
5.Qxc4 e6 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nb3 a5 10.O-O a4
11.Nbd2 Nb6 12.Qc2 Nfd5 13.a3 f5 {!} 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Kh8
16.Bf4 Nxf4 17.gxf4 Bf6 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.Ne5 Bd7 20.Qc5 Be8 {!}
21.Qxe7 Bxe7 22.Rc3 Rd8 23.e3 Kg8 24.Bf3 Ra8 25.Rfc1 Bd6
26.Bd1 Rf6 27.Nd3 Bc7 28.Nc5 Ba5 29.R3c2 b5 30.Nd3 Rb8 31.Nb4
Bxb4 32.axb4 Rb6 33.Bf3 Rg6+ 34.Kh1 Rf6 35.Bxc6 Rf8 36.Bxe8
Rxe8 37.Rc7 Reb8 38.Ra7 {?} R6b7 39.Ra6 Rb6 {?} 40.Rxb6 Rxb6
41.Rc7 h5 42.Kg2 Kh7 43.Rc5 g6 44.Rc7+ Kh6 45.h4 Rd6 46.Rb7
Rc6 47.Rxb5 Rc2 48.Ra5 Rxb2 49.Rxa4 Kg7 50.Ra6 Kf7 51.Ra7+ Kf6
52.Rb7 Rb3 53.b5 Rb2 54.b6 Rb5 55.Rb8 Kg7 56.b7 Rb1 57.Kf3 Rb2
58.Kg3 Rb1 59.f3 Rb2 60.Kh3 Rb3 61.Kg2 Rb2+ 62.Kf1 Rb3 63.Ke2
{Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Postal Game"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "C W Hull"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3
O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Qd2 cxd5 9.cxd5 Nh5 10.Bd3 f5 11.exf5
gxf5 12.Nge2 Rf7 13.O-O Qf8 14.Rac1 a6 15.Na4 Nd7 16.Nb6 Nxb6
17.Bxb6 Bh6 18.f4 {!?} e4 19.Bb1 Nf6 20.Ng3 Nd7 21.Be3 b5
22.b4 Nf6 23.h3 Bb7 24.Nxf5 Nxd5 25.Nxh6+ Qxh6 26.Bxe4 Nxe3
27.Bxb7 Re8 28.Rfe1 Rxf4 29.Rc3 Re7 30.Rexe3 Rxe3 31.Qxe3
{Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Postal Game"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "C W Hull"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nbd2 Bg7 4.e3 O-O
5.Bd3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Re1 c6 8.e4 e5 9.c3 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5
11.Qc2 Re8 12.b4 Bf8 13.Bb2 a5 14.a3 c5 15.Qb3 Nb6 16.Rac1 a4
17.Qc2 c4 18.Be2 Nh5 19.g3 Bh6 20.Nh4 Nf6 21.Rcd1 Qc6 22.Bf1
Bg4 23.f3 Be6 24.Bg2 Rad8 25.Nf1 Rd3 26.Rxd3 cxd3 27.Qxd3 Nc4
28.Qe2 Nxb2 29.Qxb2 Rc8 30.Ra1 Qxc3 31.Qxc3 Rxc3 32.Bh1 Rc1
33.Rxc1 Bxc1 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Dulwich Absolute Championsihp"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.07.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roger C Gittins"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.d5
Nc5 6.Qc2 a5 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.Be2 Be7 9.Na4 Nxa4 10.Qxa4 O-O
11.Nf3 b6 12.a3 Nc5 13.Bxc5 Bd7 14.Qc2 bxc5 15.O-O a4 16.Bd3
Bg4 17.Ne1 Qb8 18.f4 exf4 19.Rxf4 Bd7 20.Qe2 {?} f5 {!!}
21.exf5 Bf6 22.Rb1 Re8 23.Qc2 Re3 24.Kf1 Qe8 25.g3 Qh5 26.Kg2
Rae8 27.Nf3 g5 28.fxg6 Bh3+ 29.Kf2 Rxf3+ 30.Rxf3 Bd4+ 31.Re3
Rxe3 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "En Passant Club Tourney"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "P R Morriss"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6
5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 b5 7.Rc1 bxc4 8.e4 g5 9.Bg3 Nxe4 10.Bxc4 Qf6
11.Nge2 Bb7 12.O-O Bxc3 13.Nxc3 Nxg3 14.fxg3 Qd4+ 15.Qxd4 cxd4
16.Nb5 O-O 17.Nc7 exd5 18.Bb3 Na6 19.Nxa8 Rxa8 20.Rfd1 Re8
21.Rxd4 Re4 22.Rcd1 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 Nc7 24.Ra4 a6 25.Rb4 Bc6
26.Ba4 Bxa4 27.Rxa4 Kf8 28.Kf2 f5 29.Rb4 Ke7 30.Rb6 d6 31.Ke3
Ke6 32.Kd4 Nb5+ 33.Kd3 Nc7 34.Rb7 Kd7 35.Kd4 Kc6 36.Rxc7+ Kxc7
37.Kxd5 Kd7 38.b4 h5 39.h4 g4 40.a4 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Stevenson Memorial"]
[Site "Bognor Regis (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.04.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "R J Lighton"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene & Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3
g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f4 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 b5 {!?} 8.e5 Ne8 9.Nf3 bxc4
10.Bxc4 Nd7 { 10...Ba6!? 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.O-O Rb8 =, drawish
position ...0-1, Schnabel Hans 1970 - Schmidbauer Franz 1900,
Germany 1995 } 11.O-O {?} dxe5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5
14.Ne4 { 14.Bh6 Ng7 15.Ne4 Bxb2 16.Ng5 Qd6 17.Rb1 Be5 18.Qf3
Bf5 ...0-1, Mallafre Sala J - Gonzalez Lopez Antoni ESP 2076,
Catalunia Spain 1999. } Nd6 15.Qe2 Bd4+ 16.Kh1 Nxc4 17.Qxc4
Bb7 18.Nxc5 Bxd5 19.Qb4 Rb8 20.Qa3 Qd6 21.Bf4 Qc6 22.Qg3 {
22.Bxb8 Bxg2# } Rxb2 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Stevenson Memorial"]
[Site "Bognor Regis (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Owen M Hindle"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene & Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3
dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 e6 7.N1e2 Qh4 {!} 8.Bf4 Nf6
9.Qd2 h6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 { 10...Be7 11.Ng1 Nh5 12.Be3 Nxg3
13.fxg3 Qg4 was seen in Lein vs. Flesch, Ordzhonikidze, Russia
1964 } 11.Bb3 Nd5 12.Be5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Qb4 14.c4 Qxd2+ 15.Rxd2
Nb6 16.Nc3 Bb4 17.Nge2 Ke7 18.a3 Bxc3 {? 18...Bc5 19.Nd4 Nd7
!? } 19.Nxc3 Rhd8 20.Rhd1 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8 23.Kd2
Ke7 24.Ke3 Nd7 25.f4 Nc5 { 25...f6 !? } 26.Bd1 Nd3 27.b3 Ne1
28.g3 Nc2+ 29.Bxc2 Bxc2 30.b4 b6 31.Kd4 Kd7 32.h4 Bf5 33.Nd1
h5 34.Ne3 g6 35.Nd1 Kc7 36.Nc3 Bc2 37.Ne2 Bd1 38.Nc3 Bc2 39.a4
a6 40.c5 b5 41.a5 Kd7 42.Ke3 Bf5 43.Ne2 Bg4 44.Nd4 Bf5 45.Nf3
Ke7 46.Ng5 Kf8 {Agreed drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stevenson Memorial"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1964.04.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "N Stockman"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene & Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5
exd5 4.Nc3 c5 5.Nf3 Nf6 {? 5...Nc6 ! is the correct order. }
6.Bg5 Nc6 7.e4 cxd4 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nxd4 Qb6 10.Nb3 d4 11.Nd5
Bb4+ 12.Nd2 Qd8 13.Nxb4 Nxb4 14.Bc4 Rg8 { 14...Be6 !? } 15.O-O
Bg4 16.Qb3 { 16.Bxf7+ !? Kxf7 17.Qb3+ Be6 18.Qxb4 } Qe7
17.Rac1 Nc6 18.Bd5 Rc8 19.f4 {?} Be2 {!} 20.Rf2 d3 {!} 21.Nc4
Rg7 {? 21...Rc7 !? } 22.Qc3 Rd8 23.Ne3 Nb4 {?! 23...Rg6 }
24.Nf5 Nxd5 25.exd5 Qe4 26.Nxg7+ Kf8 27.Ne6+ fxe6 28.Qxf6+
{Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Battersea Club Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1964.07.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "P L Eastwood"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} f5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.h4
d5 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.Bg5 Ndf6 10.Ne5 Bd7 11.Be2
g6 12.a3 O-O 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Rg1 Bf8 15.Bg5 Be7 16.g4 {!} fxg4
17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Qxg4 Ng7 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.h5 gxh5
22.Qxh5 Rac8 23.Ke2 Rf8 24.Qh2 Be8 25.Rg3 Kh8 26.Rag1 Nf5
27.Rg6 Qh4 28.Nf7+ {! Black resigned in the face of a coming
Qe5+.} 1-0

[Event "British Junior Championship"]
[Site "Whitby (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.08.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "P W Murphy"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6
5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 b5 8.a3 Bb7 9.O-O Na5 10.f4 {?} Nc4
11.Bxc4 Qxc4 12.e5 Bc5 13.Qd2 {!} Bxd4 14.Bxd4 Ne7 15.Rad1 Nf5
16.Qd3 Qc6 {!} 17.Qf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Rc8 19.Rd3 Rc4 20.Rfd1 Bxf3
21.Rxf3 Rxd4 22.Rxd4 Nxd4 23.Rf2 Ke7 24.Ne4 Rc8 25.c3 Nf5
26.b3 a5 27.Rd2 Rc6 28.Kf2 f6 29.Rd3 a4 30.bxa4 bxa4 31.exf6+
gxf6 32.Nd2 d5 33.Rh3 h6 34.Rd3 Rb6 35.h3 Rb2 36.Kf3 h5 37.c4
d4 38.Kf2 Rc2 39.Ke1 e5 40.fxe5 Rc1+ 41.Kf2 fxe5 42.Kf3 Rc3
{White resigned} 0-1

[Event "British Junior Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1964.08.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David J Strauss"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.e4
d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qc2 Na6 8.h3 e6 9.Be2 exd5 10.cxd5 Nb4 {?}
11.Qd1 Re8 12.Nd2 Rb8 13.O-O Qe7 14.a3 Na6 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.Nc4
{!?} Bxb5 17.Nxb5 Nxe4 18.f3 Ng3 19.Ncxd6 Bd4+ {!} 20.Nxd4
Qxd6 21.Nb5 Qd7 22.Rf2 Qxb5 23.Bf4 Ne2+ 24.Rxe2 Qxe2 25.Bxb8
Qxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Nxb8 27.Rc1 b6 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "British Junior Championship"]
[Site "Whitby (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.08.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Brian Eley"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.h4
d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bd3 a6 9.Qc2 c6 10.a4 b6 11.Ng5 Nb8
12.h5 Ng4 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.Bg3 a5 15.O-O-O Nb8 16.Nh2 Nxh2
17.Bxh2 Na6 18.g4 {?} Nb4 19.Qe2 Nxd3+ 20.Rxd3 Ba6 21.Rdd1 d5
22.gxf5 Bxc4 23.Qg4 exf5 24.Qg2 Bd6 25.Rhg1 Ra7 26.Be5 Bxe5
27.dxe5 Qe7 28.f4 Qc5 {!} 29.Qd2 Bb3 30.Rde1 Bxa4 31.Qd4 Qxd4
32.exd4 Bb3 33.e6 Re8 34.Re5 Rae7 35.Rge1 g6 36.h6 Kf8 37.Nb1
Bc4 38.Nd2 Rb7 {?} 39.R1e3 Ke7 40.Nf3 Kf6 41.e7 {!!} Kf7
42.Ng5+ Kg8 43.Re6 {!} Rc7 44.Rd6 Bb5 45.Ree6 Rcc8 46.Rxg6+
{!! Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "British Junior Championship"]
[Site "Whitby (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.08.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David K Openshaw"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6
5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 a6 7.Be3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Ne7
11.Ne2 Ng6 12.Rc1 Ne5 13.f3 Be7 {?} 14.Nd4 Qc7 15.Qe2 Nc4
16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.b4 O-O 18.c3 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Kh1 Bd6 21.Bg1
Qd7 {?} 22.Nc2 Bf4 23.Be3 Bd6 24.Bg1 Bf4 25.Be3 Bb8 26.Bc5 Qc7
27.Bg1 e5 28.Rcd1 Qc6 29.Rfe1 Re8 30.Ne3 Be6 31.Nf1 Bf5 32.Ng3
Bd3 33.Qd2 f5 34.Ra1 a5 35.Bc5 a4 36.Ra2 Qg6 37.Qf2 Bc7 38.Ne2
Qh6 39.h3 e4 40.Be3 {?} f4 41.Bc1 e3 42.Qg1 Be5 43.Bb2 Ra6
44.Nd4 Rg6 45.Ba1 Bf6 46.Rd1 Bh4 47.Rb2 e2 {White resigned.}
0-1

[Event "British Championship Qualifier"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1964.08.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G W Wheeler"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3
h5 6.Nge2 h4 {!} 7.O-O Nh6 8.d4 hxg3 9.fxg3 cxd4 10.exd4 Nf5
11.Rxf5 {!} gxf5 12.Bf4 d6 13.c5 dxc5 {!?} 14.Nb5 cxd4 {!?}
15.Nc7+ Kf8 16.Nxa8 e5 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Qa4 Qe7
20.Qxc6 Bb7 21.Qc7 Qxc7 22.Nxc7 d3 {!} 23.Be3 Be4 {?} 24.Na6
Bxb2 25.Rd1 Be5 26.Rd2 Kg7 27.Nc5 Rd8 28.Kf2 Bc3 29.Rd1 Rd5
30.g4 Be5 31.h4 a5 32.h5 Bd6 {?} 33.Nxe4 fxe4 34.Bc1 Bc5+
35.Be3 Be7 36.Bd2 Bg5 37.Bxg5 Rxg5 38.Kg3 f5 39.Kf4 Rxg4+
40.Kxf5 Rh4 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Slater Tournament"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1964.09.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "R G White"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7
5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 c6 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 O-O 10.Nge2 Re8
11.Bg3 Nf8 12.O-O Bd6 13.Rab1 Qe7 14.a3 Bd7 15.b4 b5 {!?}
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.a4 a6 18.Ng3 g6 19.Qb2 {!!} Ne6 20.f4 Ng7
21.e4 Qb8 22.e5 Nh7 23.a5 Nf8 24.Qf2 Bf5 25.Nxf5 gxf5 26.Ne2
Qc8 27.Qh4 Re6 28.Ng3 Rg6 29.Qh3 Nfe6 30.Nxf5 Nxf4 {?} 31.Ne7+
{Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Slater Tournament"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1964.06.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "A Weber"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6
5.e3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Ngxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.a3 Be7 9.f4 Ng6 10.Nf3 d6
11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Bf6 13.e4 Re8 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.Bd2
Bc6 17.Rae1 Qf8 18.b4 b6 19.c5 dxc5 20.e5 Bd8 21.f5 Nh4
22.Nxh4 Bxh4 23.g3 Bd8 24.f6 g6 25.e6 Bd5 26.Bc4 {?} c6
27.exf7+ Kxf7 28.Re7+ {!!} Bxe7 29.fxe7+ Kxe7 30.Bg5+ Kd6
31.bxc5+ bxc5 32.Rxf8 Rxf8 33.Bf4+ Ke6 34.Qe4+ Kf7 35.Bxd5+
cxd5 36.Qxd5+ Kg7 37.Be5+ Kh6 38.Qe4 g5 39.Qc6+ Kh5 40.h3 Rae8
41.g4+ {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Slater- Kennington Tournament"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1964.04.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "B C Gould"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ Nc6
5.e3 e6 6.Bxc4 Bd7 7.Qc2 Bd6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.a3 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5
11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Nf3 Bd6 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.Bd3 h6 15.Nd4 Rfe8
16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.Bxf5 Nd5 18.O-O Qh4 19.g3 Qh5 20.Be4 c6 21.Bg2
Nf6 22.b4 Ng4 23.h3 Ne5 24.f4 Qg6 {!} 25.Qxg6 Nxg6 26.e4 f6
27.Rfd1 Rad8 28.Bf3 Re7 29.Be3 b6 30.Rac1 Rc7 31.Rc3 Be7
32.Rdc1 c5 33.Be2 Rcd7 34.b5 {!?} Bd6 35.Kf2 Bb8 36.h4 Nf8
37.Bc4+ Kh7 38.a4 Rd1 39.Ke2 Rxc1 40.Rxc1 Rd6 41.Rd1 Rxd1
42.Kxd1 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.Ke2 Ng6 45.Kf3 gxf4 46.gxf4 Ne7
47.Be6 Kg7 48.Bd2 Ng6 49.Kg4 Bd6 50.Bc1 Kf8 51.Ba2 Ke7 52.Bd2
Nf8 53.Kf5 Nd7 54.Bc3 Kd8 55.Bc4 Kc7 56.e5 fxe5 57.fxe5 Bf8
58.e6 Nb8 59.Be5+ Bd6 60.Bxd6+ Kxd6 61.Kf6 Nd7+ 62.exd7 Kxd7
63.Ke5 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers Reserve"]
[Site "Hastings (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.12.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "L J Mills"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5
5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qb3 Nb6 8.Bb5 d5 9.O-O Bg4 10.Re1 e6
11.Bf4 Be7 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.a3 Bf5 {!} 14.Qe3 Na5 15.Rac1 Rc8
16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Qxg5 Qc2 19.b4 Nac4 20.Nxc4 dxc4
21.Rc1 Qa2 22.d5 {!} a6 {!} 23.Qe3 axb5 24.Qxb6 Qxa3 25.Re1
exd5 26.Qxb5 c3 27.Nd4 c2 28.Nxf5 c1=Q 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Rxc1
Qxc1+ 31.Qf1 Qxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Re8 33.Nxd5 Rxe5 34.Nc3 Kg8 {White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene. I sit down to face Tal. General
expectaton: a gory loss embellished with Tal-like sacrifices.}
c6 {He plays 1.e4, I played the Caro-Kann. It was my main
defence at the time. I had just won the London under 18
championship and I had played it several times during that
event--notably against Kenny Harman. I also played Taimanov
and Lowenthal Sicilians at the time. I used the Lowenthal
against Kotov and drew, but thought this might be too
provocative against Tal.} 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3
Bg6 6.N1e2 e6 7.h4 h6 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Bc4 Nf6 10.O-O Nd5 {Instead,
10...Bd6 allows the famous Nxe6 sacrifice from Tal's first
match against Botvinnik which Tal was still prepared to repeat
in games as late as 1978. I wanted to avoid Tal's vastly
superior knowledge of this line so chose something to try and
dampen down White's attacking prospects.} 11.Qg4 {This is the
error, although it looks absolutely plausible. It was later
discovered that 11.Bxd5 cxd5 and now either Qg4 or Qh5 gives
White a huge attack.} Nxf4 12.Bxf4 Nd7 13.Be5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qc7
15.Rad1 {All this looks like vintage Tal, to keep Black's king
stuck in the centre, and my next move looks like I am
cooperating in my own demise by grabbing a hot pawn against
Tal, of all people!} Bxc2 {This almost seems like desperation
but in fact I was no longer very worried. White's c-pawn was a
very useful unit and its loss now causes White problems. My
main worry was that Tal would still find some way to sac on e6
and explode my position before I could get castled.} 16.Rd2 h5
{A decoy to gain time after 17.Nxh5 Bg6 18.Nf4 Bf5. Tal Hardly
even thought about taking the pawn and slowing down--he kept
his queen fixed on e6 where he clearly still wanted to
sacrifice.} 17.Qh3 Bh7 18.Rfd1 Bb4 19.Rd7 {The only way
forwards now, but Black's position is secure.} Qxd7 20.Rxd7
Kxd7 {So it has come to pass, and Black never got
castled. White now also starts to rip up the Black kingside,
but I was happy with two rooks for a queen and the bishop
pair, and soon some open lines too.} 21.Nxh5 Kc7 22.Nxg7 Rag8
23.Nh5 Bf5 24.Qf3 Rg4 25.Nf4 Bd2 {Now I knew I had him on the
run. Tal thought for a second and gave up his knight.} 26.Qa3
Bxf4 27.Qd6+ Kc8 28.Ba6 Be4 {Defending and attacking. White's
threats are now illusory.} 29.Qc5 Bxg2 30.Qxa7 Bh2+ {A sac
finishes White off. I was very pleased, of course, to beat Tal
in a war of movement (not just simul induced blunders) and I
felt the choice of opening had been psychologically a good
one. I was fortunately though that Tal did not discover the
probable refutation of Black's innovation with 11.Bxd5.} 0-1

[Event "London Clubs"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.11.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A J Sutton"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
5.c4 Qc7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.O-O e5 10.f4 Bc5+
{?!} 11.Kh1 Bg4 12.Qc2 O-O-O {!?} 13.b4 {!?} Bxb4 14.Rb1 Qd6
15.fxe5 {?} Qxd3 16.Qxd3 Rxd3 17.Rxb4 Rxc3 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Bb2
Rc2 20.h3 Be6 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Rd8 23.Be3 Rd1+ 24.Kh2 Re1
25.Bd4 Rxe4 26.Bxf6 Rxc4 27.a3 c5 28.Rxc4 Bxc4 29.Kg3 Bd5
30.Kf2 Kd7 31.g4 Be4 32.Ke3 Bg6 33.Bg7 b5 34.h4 h5 35.gxh5
Bxh5 36.Bf8 Kc6 37.Ke4 Bg6+ 38.Ke5 a5 39.Bh6 b4 40.axb4 axb4
41.Bc1 Bh5 42.Kf5 Kd5 43.Kg5 {White resigned before Keene
could push the c-pawn to c4.} 0-1

[Event "London Clubs"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.12.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Walid E Poutrus"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.O-O Qh4 {!?} 8.N1d2 Nf6 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.Qe2
Nc6 11.Be3 Bb8 {!?} 12.h3 O-O 13.Nfd2 Qxe2 14.Bxe2 d5 15.Bc5
{!} Rd8 16.Bb6 {?} Re8 17.Bd3 dxe4 {!} 18.Nxe4 Nd5 19.Bc5 b6
20.Bd6 {??} f5 {!} 21.Bxb8 fxe4 22.c4 Nf6 23.Bc7 exd3 24.Bxb6
e5 25.f3 Be6 26.Rac1 Rab8 27.Bc5 Nd7 28.Ba3 Nb4 29.Bxb4 Rxb4
30.c5 Bxb3 31.axb3 Rc8 32.c6 Nf6 33.Rfd1 Rxb3 34.Rd2 e4 35.Kf2
Rb6 36.Ke3 exf3 37.Kxf3 Rcxc6 38.Rxc6 Rxc6 39.Rxd3 Rb6 40.b3
Kf7 41.g4 Ke7 42.h4 Rb4 43.g5 Nh5 0-1

[Event "London Clubs"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "M Cath"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O
O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.d3 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Re1 e5 9.Nd2 Nd4 10.Ne2 Bg4
11.f3 Be6 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.b3 Bh6 {!} 14.Nc4 Bxc1 15.Qxc1 b5
16.Na3 Qa5 17.Re2 Rac8 18.Qb2 a6 19.Nb1 Qc7 20.a4 d5 21.axb5
axb5 22.Ra2 dxe4 23.fxe4 Ng4 24.Na3 Qc5 25.Bh3 Ne3 26.Bxe6
fxe6 27.Ra1 Ra8 28.b4 Qa7 29.Rf2 Rxf2 30.Kxf2 Qf7+ 31.Ke2 Rf8
0-1

[Event "London Clubs"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.04.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "J Redon"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 g6 4.e3 Bg7
5.h4 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.h5 {!?} Nxh5 8.Rxh5 gxh5 9.Bxf5 Kf8 {!?}
10.Qd3 {?} Bxf3 {!} 11.gxf3 e6 {!} 12.Bxh7 Nc6 13.Qg6 Qe8
14.Bxc7 Qxg6 15.Bxg6 Ke7 16.Bh2 Rac8 {?} 17.c3 {!} e5 18.d5
Na5 19.Nd2 Bf6 20.Bf5 Rcg8 21.Bh3 Nb7 22.Ne4 Rh6 23.d6+ Nxd6
24.Nxd6 Kxd6 25.Rd1+ Kc6 26.Rxd7 Rg7 27.Rd2 Rhg6 28.f4 exf4
29.Bf5 Rg5 30.Be4+ Kc5 {?} 31.Bxf4 Rg1+ 32.Ke2 Kb5 33.Rd5+ Kc4
{?} 34.Rxh5 Rd7 35.Bc2 Bxc3 36.Bb3+ Kb4 37.bxc3+ Kxc3 38.Be5+
Kb4 39.Rh4+ Kc5 40.Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "Dulwich Absolute Championsihp"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "P R Morriss"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.b3 Bf5
5.Ba3 Qa5 6.Bb2 {!?} Ne4 {!?} 7.Bg2 e6 8.O-O Bc5 9.d4 Be7
10.Nfd2 Ng5 {!?} 11.Nc3 Nh3+ 12.Kh1 h5 13.f3 Bg5 14.e4 dxe4
15.Ndxe4 Qc7 16.Bxh3 Bxh3 17.Nxg5 Bxf1 18.Qxf1 h4 19.Qh3 Nd7
20.Nce4 O-O-O {?} 21.Nxf7 hxg3 22.Nxh8 gxh2 23.Nf7 Rf8
24.Ned6+ Kb8 25.Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers Reserve"]
[Site "Hastings (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.12.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "O H van Donk"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 {Notes by Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O
6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 a5 10.Nd2 Nc5 11.O-O g5
12.Bg3 Nh7 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.axb3 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Bg4 b6
17.Bxf5 Rxf5 18.Qc2 Rf7 19.f3 Nf6 20.Qg6 Nd7 21.Ne4 Nc5
22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Be1 Qf6 24.Qxf6 Bxf6 25.Bc3 {!} Rb8 26.Ra3 c6
27.dxc6 Rc7 28.Rxa5 Rxc6 29.Rfa1 Rcb6 30.Ra7 R8b7 31.Rxb7 Rxb7
32.Ra6 Be7 33.Ra3 Kf7 34.Kf2 Ke6 35.Ke3 h5 36.h3 d5 37.cxd5+
Kxd5 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Bd6 40.Ra1 {!} Rxb3 41.Rd1+ Ke6 42.Ke4
Rb7 43.Rh1 Be7 44.Rh6+ Bf6 45.Kd3 {!} Ra7 46.Kc4 Ra4+ 47.Kxc5
Kf7 48.b4 Ra3 49.Kc4 Ra2 50.b5 1-0

[Event "County Match"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1964.10.24"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "R W Morgan"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Nce2 Nf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. f3 Bd6 13. h3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qa5 {?!} 16. Rfd1
Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 O-O 19. c3 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Qf2
21. Qc2 Rxc3 {?} 22. Nxc3 Qh4 {?} 23. e5 Nh5 24. Bxh7+ Kh8
25. Be4 Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Rc8 28. Qd3 Bd5 29. Nd6 Rb8
30. Qd4 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Rxb2 32. Nxf7+ Kg8 33. Nd6 a5 34. Ne4
Bc6 35. Nc5 Rb4 36. Rxb4 axb4 37. Nd3 Bxa4 38. Nxb4 Kf7
39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Ke3 d6 41. exd6+ Kxd6 42. Kf4 Bb5 {
Adjudicated as a wn for White.} 1-0

[Event "County Match"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1964.11.07"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian W Sharpe"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 Ne5 9. h3 b5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4
12. Qd3 Bb7 13. a3 Qxd3 {?!} 14. cxd3 b4 15. Nce2 Rc8 16. Nb3
d6 17. Rfc1 Kd7 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Rxc8 Kxc8 20. Rc1+ Kd7 21. Bb6
Ne8 22. Nd4 d5 23. e5 g5 24. fxg5 h6 25. Rf1 f5 26. gxf6 h5
27. f7 Ng7 28. Rc1 1-0

[Event "County Match"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1964.12.03"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "D Wells"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e4 d6
7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 a6 10. h3 b5 {?} 11. cxb5 axb5
12. Bxb5 Bb7 {?} 13. Bf4 Ra5 14. Re1 Qb6 15. a4 Nh5 16. Bh2 f5
17. Nd2 f4 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Be2 Qb4 21. Qd2 Nf6
22. Qxf4 Qxb2 23. Qc1 Qb6 24. Rb1 Qc7 25. Bf3 Nh5 26. Nb5 Qd7
27. Bg4 Qd8 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.10.28"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Kenneth W Lloyd"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 Nbd7
7. Nge2 c5 8. d5 a6 9. Ng3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Be2 Rb8 12. O-O
b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. a4 b4 {!} 15. Nb5 Nb6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Kh1
Rec8 18. Rac1 Ra8 19. f4 Nxa4 20. bxa4 Qxa4 21. e5 Ne8 {!}
22. exd6 {??} exd6 {!} 23. Nxd6 Bc3 24. Rxc3 bxc3 25. Qxc3
Nxd6 26. f5 Ne4 27. Nxe4 Qxe4 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Bh6 Qd4
30. Qf3 Bf5 31. Bb5 Ra1 32. Bc1 Rd8 33. Bc4 Qxc4 34. Qd1 Rb8
35. Qe1 Qxf1+ {!} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1964.11.06"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "H I Woolverton"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Bb4 11. g3 Qxf6
12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 h3 15. Be4 {!?} Nd7 16. f4
Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qg5 18. Rf4 Rc8 19. a4 b4 20. cxb4 Rg8 21. Qf3
Rc7 22. Rf1 Rg7 23. b5 h5 24. bxc6 Bc8 25. Kh1 Ba6 26. Qc3 Rg8
{??} 27. Qa5 1-0

[Event "Surrey Juniors v Kent bd 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.10.31"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John N Sugden"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1
Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O Bc6 13. f3 O-O 14. Kh1 f5
{?} 15. Nd5 Rf7 {?} 16. Rad1 Qf8 {?} 17. b4 f4 {?} 18. Bg1 b6
19. c5 {!!} dxc5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. Qa5 Qe8 23. Nc7
Nxc7 24. Bxf7 Qc8 25. Qxc5 Bb5 26. Bc4 Ba4 27. Rc1 Qd8 28. Bb3
Bxb3 29. axb3 Ne6 30. Qc4 Nd4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rfd1 e5
33. Qf7 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. bxc4 Kg7 37. Rb1
Kf6 38. Rb5 Ke6 39. Rd5 h5 40. c5 g5 41. h4 gxh4 42. Kh2 a5
43. c6 Bb6 44. Rd7 a4 45. Rb7 Bd4 46. Rh7 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.09.23"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "D E Lloyd"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6
5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. e5 Ne8 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. Be3 Nc7 12. c3 Ne6 13. Qa4 c5 14. Bf3 Bd7 15. Qa3 d4
{!?} 16. Bxa8 dxe3 17. Bf3 Nxf4 18. Re1 c4 19. Qxa7 Bxe5
20. Na3 Be6 21. Qxe3 Nd3 22. Rad1 Bc7 23. Qe4 Bb6+ 24. Kf1 Qc7
25. Qc6 {!} Nxe1 26. Qxc7 Bxc7 27. Kxe1 Rb8 28. Rd2 Bxh2
29. g4 Bd6 30. Nb1 f5 {??} 31. gxf5 Bxf5 32. Na3 Bf4 33. Re2
Bg3+ 34. Kd1 Rd8+ 35. Rd2 Bd3 36. Nxc4 Bf4 37. a4 Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sunday Times UK Schools Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.10.19"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "S Lawrence"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4
Qb6 7. Na4 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. e3 e6 11. Ne5 Bd6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Bxc6 Rac8 15. Bxd5 Qd7 16. Bb3
Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Rc8 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. Qd1 Bd3 20. Bc2 Qc4 21. Bxd3
Qxd3 22. Qe2 Qc2 23. O-O Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qc2 25. Rc1 Qb2 26. Qd1
Bb4 27. Rb1 Qa3 28. Qb3 {??} Qxb3 29. Rxb3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3
31. Bxc3 Nd5 32. Bd2 f5 33. f3 Kf7 34. Kf2 h5 35. e4 Nf6
36. Bg5 fxe4 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. fxe4 e5 39. d5 Ke7 40. Ke3 Kd6
41. Kd3 Kc5 42. Kc3 Kb5 43. Kb3 a5 44. Ka3 g5 45. Kb3 h4
46. h3 a4+ 47. Ka3 Ka5 48. d6 Kb6 49. d7 Kc7 50. Kxa4 Kxd7
51. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Sunday Times UK Schools Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.11.16"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "C F Saunders"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7
5. Bg5 Nbd7 {?} 6. cxd5 Nb6 7. e4 O-O 8. Qd2 Re8 9. Bd3 a6
10. a4 Bd7 11. a5 Nc8 12. e5 Nh5 13. h3 f6 14. Be3 Bh8 15. e6
Bb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Rf8 18. Bc4 Nd6 19. Bd3 f5 20. Bh6
Bg7 21. Ne5 Nf6 22. h4 {!?} Nde4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qe3 Qxd5
25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. h5 Qxe6 {??} 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qh6+ Kf6
29. Qxg6# 1-0

[Event "Sunday Times UK Schools Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.02.06"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "T Baldwin"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6
5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nge2 Ne8 9. Qd2 f5 10. g3 {!?}
cxd5 11. Nxd5 fxe4 12. fxe4 Bg4 13. Ng1 {!} Nf6 14. Bg2 Na6
15. h3 Be6 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Rc1 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nc5 {?} 19. b4
{!} Ncd7 20. O-O b6 21. Kh2 Qe7 22. a4 Rc7 23. Qa2 Rfc8
24. Rc2 Kh8 25. Rfc1 Bf8 26. a5 Qd8 27. Qa4 {?} Kg7 28. Qb5
{?} Rb8 29. Qa6 {?} Qc8 30. Qb5 {?!} Qd8 31. Ra2 {?} Qc8
32. Rac2 {!} Be7 33. Qa4 {!} Qd8 34. Qa2 {!} Rbc8 35. axb6
axb6 36. Qb3 Qf8 37. Qd3 Qd8 38. g4 Ng8 39. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1965.08.08"]
[EventDate "1965.07.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[MovePly "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 O-O 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Ndb5 Qb8 11.g4 a6 12.Nd4 Nxd4
13.Bxd4 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bd3 b4 16.Nd5 {!} exd5 17.exd5 {The
piece sacrifice is a positional one, since it has been used to
erect an invisible barrier on the e-file. A number of squares
on it (e5 and e6) are controlled by white pawns, and a white
rook will soon be moved to e1. -- Iakov Damsky} f5 18.Rde1 Rf7
19.h4 Bb7 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Rxe7 Ne5 22.Qe4 Qf8 23.fxe5 Rf4
24.Qe3 Rf3 25.Qe2 Qxe7 26.Qxf3 dxe5 27.Re1 Rd8 28.Rxe5 Qd6
29.Qf4 {! With this simple tactic 29 ...Bxd5 30. Re8+ White
keeps his two extra pawns. The finish is straightforward. --
Damsky} Rf8 30.Qe4 b3 31.axb3 Rf1+ 32.Kd2 Qb4+ 33.c3 Qd6
34.Bc5 Qxc5 35.Re8+ Rf8 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Qf7 1-0

[Event "Bognor Regis-A"]
[Site "Bognor Regis"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rob Faase"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Be2 {Against me
in the second round A.K. May played Bd3 here, followed by Nge2
and f4, the system Penrose beat Tal with at Leipzig.} Bg7
8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bd2 { 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Nd2 Nxg3
13.hxg3 f5 is usual and gives Black a good game, as in Pfleger
vs.. Hindle, Hastings, which was eventually drawn. The text
confuses two systems of attack. Bd2 was played in a similar
position between Portisch and Stein at Amsterdam
1964--brilliantly won by White--but the centre was blocked
[Whie had pawns on e4, d5, c4, Black had pawns on e5, d6,
c5]. The difference is significant! } Re8 11.Qc2 Nxe4 {! A
centre destroying combintion, that has become famous from
Tal's games against Gligoric 1959, Averbakh, etc. . Here it
wins a pawn.} 12.Nxe4 Bf5 13.Bd3 Bxe4 14.O-O-O Bxd3 15.Qxd3
Nd7 16.h4 {"Ein Schlag ins Wasser"--Cafferty.} c4 17.Qc2 Nc5
18.Qxc4 {There is no way to stop the check.} Ne4 {Threatening
19...Nxf2 or 19...Rc8.} 19.Qe2 { 19.Qf1 Rc8+ 20.Kb1 Qb6 ! }
Rc8+ {Black resigned, because if the king goes to b1, Black
plays ...Nc3+.} 0-1

[Event "Sunday Times Schools' match"]
[Site "Dulwich"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5
4. d3 {More vigorous is 4 c4!} 4...e6 5. O-O c6 6. Nbd2 h6
7. Qe1 {An artificial-looking move, but White wants to play
e2-e4 as rapidly as possible.} 7...Nbd7 8. e4 Bh7 {Here Black
should consider ...dxe4, removing one of the obstacles to his
queen's bishop from the h7-b1 diagonal.} 9. Qe2 Bc5 10. e5 Ng8
11. Nb3 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 {?! A more direct, and superior,
course is 13 Nfd4 Ne7 14 Kh1 Nf5 15 Nxf5 Bxf5 16 f4 O-O 17 g4
Bh7 18 f5 +/-.} 13...Ne7 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nbd4 O-O 16. Bh3
{Threatening Nxe6. Black's reply parries this but surrenders
the b5 square to a white knight.} 16...c5 17. Nb5 Nc6 18. Rad1
Rac8 19. c4 Nb4 20. Ne1 {Preparing an advance of the f-pawn,
but it is very slow.} 20...Nb8 {!} 21. f4 N8c6 22. Nf3 dxc4
23. dxc4 Bc2 {? Black vents his spleen on an irrelevant
pawn. Instead of this the logical 23...Nd4! is fine for him.}
24. Rd6 Bxa4 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Rcd8 27. Ng5 {!? The start
of a remarkable combination which, unfortunately, should only
draw. The obvious solution 27 e6 would, in fact, have been the
most effective course.} 27...Bxb5 {Clearly 27...hxg5 28 Qh5 g6
29 Rxg6+ is +-.} 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Nxf7+ Rxf7 {If 29...Kxh7
White wins with a stepladder manoeuvre: 30 Rxh6+! gxh6 31 Qe4+
Kg7 32 Qg4+ Kh7 33 Qf5+ Kg7 34 Qf6+ etc.} 30. Rxf7 30...Rxd6
{? Black goes astray in the complications; if 30...Kxh7? White
delivers mate with a queen sacrifice as follows: 31 Qg4 Rg8 32
Qg6+ Kh8 33 Qxh6+ gxh6 34 Rxh6 mate. However, the best defence
is the fantastic 30...Bxc4!! 31 Qxc4 Nxe5 when White is the
exchange ahead but all of his pieces are en prise. I don't
blame Andrew Whiteley for missing this! After 31...Nxe5 the
position burns out to a draw; e.g. 32 Rxb6 Nxc4 33 Rbxb7 Kxh7
34 Rxg7+ or 33...Nd6 34 Bg6 with sufficient compensation for
the pawn.} 31. exd6 Bxc4 {One move too late; 31...Kxh7 still
loses (mundanely now) to 32 Qg4.} 32. Rf8+ Kxh7 33. Qe4+ g6
34. Qxc4 h5 {Since 35 Qf7+ Kh6 36 Rh8+ Kg5 37 Qf4 is mate. I
have to confess that I played the combination starting with 27
Ng5!? like a somnambulist. The whole thing was purely
instinctive and I found the tactical variations several days
after the game had been played.} 1-0

[Event "Richmond Premier"]
[Site "Richmond (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.04.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "M Dunnett"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.Na3 Bg7 5.Bg2
e5 6.O-O Ne7 7.Rb1 Be6 8.b4 {!?} dxc4 9.Ng5 Bf5 10.e4 Bc8
11.Nxc4 f6 12.Nf3 Qd3 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.axb3 {!} O-O 15.Nd6 Na6
16.b5 cxb5 17.Nxb5 Rd8 18.d4 {!} exd4 19.Nbxd4 f5 20.e5 {!}
Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Rxd4 22.Be3 Rb4 23.Ra1 Rb5 24.Nc4 Nc7 25.Nd6 Rxb3
26.Rfc1 Nc6 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.Rxc6 Rd3 29.Nxc8 Rxc8 30.Rxa7 Rd1+
31.Kg2 {Black resigned} 1-0

[Event "British Championship Qualifier"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1965.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "L John Cannon"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} f5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Be7
5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.c3 c6 8.e4 fxe4 9.dxe4 O-O 10.Re1 {!} Na6
11.b4 {!} Nc7 12.a4 Ng4 13.h3 Nh6 14.Nc4 Rf6 15.Qe2 Qf8 16.Bg5
Rg6 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Rad1 Nf7 19.Nh4 Rf6 20.Ne3 g6 21.Rd2 Nh6
22.Nf3 Ne8 23.b5 Bd7 24.Rb1 Qf8 {?} 25.Nxe5 {!} Bxh3 26.Bxh3
{? 26.Nxg6 ! hxg6 27.Bxh3 } dxe5 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Qc4+ Kh8
29.Qa6 Nf7 30.Ng4 Rd6 31.Rxd6 Nexd6 32.Qxc6 Rc8 33.Qd5 Rxc3
34.Nxe5 Ng5 35.Nxg6+ {!} hxg6 36.Qxg5 Rc2 37.Rf1 Qe8 38.Qf6+
{Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "S.M. Tournament"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1965.04.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A K May"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene & Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O b6
10.h3 Ba6 11.f4 Re8 12.Ng3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 a6 14.a4 Ra7 {!?}
15.Bd2 Rd7 16.Rf3 h5 17.Raf1 h4 18.f5 {!?} c4 {!} 19.Qc2 hxg3
20.Bg5 Re5 21.Bh4 g5 22.Bxg5 Rb7 23.Rxg3 Kf8 24.Qd2 Nbd7
25.Bf4 Rb8 26.Rff3 { 26.Bxe5 Nxe5 27.Qg5 ! Bh8 is not so
clear. } Bh8 27.Bh6+ { 27.Bxe5 Nxe5 28.Rf1 Ng8 !? } Ke7 28.Bg5
Nc5 29.Qd4 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Na2 b4 32.Qxc4 Ncxe4 33.Rg4 Nxg5
34.Rxg5 Qb6+ 35.Kh2 Re1 36.Rf1 Rxf1 37.Qxf1 Ne4 38.Qe1 Be5+
39.Kh1 Nf2+ {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "S.M. Tournament"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1965.04.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Nikola Karaklajic"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Keene.} d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5
exd5 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 Be7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.exf3 {!?} O-O 10.f4 Na6
11.g4 Re8 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.f5 d4 14.Ne2 Ndc5 15.a3 Bf6 16.Ng3 Nc7
17.b4 Nd7 18.Ne4 Be7 19.g5 Nd5 20.Ra2 Bf8 21.Qb3 a5 22.g6 {!}
hxg6 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.Ng5 Ne5 25.bxa5 Be7 {!} 26.Ne6 Qd6
27.Nxd4 Kh7 28.Re2 Bf6 29.Re4 Nd7 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Nf3 Nf4
32.Bxf4 Qxf4 33.Qb4 {?} Qc7 34.Rb1 Ne5 35.Nxe5 Rxe5 36.Qxb7
{?} Qxa5 37.Qb4 Qa7 38.Re1 Rf5 39.Rf1 Bd4 40.Bxc6 Bxf2+ 41.Kh1
Qe3 42.Bg2 Rf4 43.Qb7 Qxd3 44.Qe7 {? %00%a10 %V1} Qg3 45.Qe2
Rf5 46.Qg4 {Agreed drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Richmond Premier"]
[Site "Richmond (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.04.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael V Lambshire"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7
5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 a5 10.a4 Be7
11.Be3 Nbd5 12.Ne5 {?} Bb4+ {!} 13.Kf1 O-O 14.Ngf3 Qc7 15.Rc1
Bd6 16.g4 c5 17.c3 b6 18.g5 Ba6 19.Bc4 Bxc4 20.Nxc4 hxg5
21.Nxg5 cxd4 22.cxd4 Rac8 23.Nf3 Nf4 24.Qd1 N6d5 25.b3 Bb4
26.Nfe5 f6 27.Nd3 Nxd3 28.Qxd3 e5 29.Kg2 Qb7 30.f3 Rcd8
31.Rhd1 exd4 32.Bd2 Rfe8 33.Re1 Ne3+ {?} 34.Nxe3 Bxd2 35.Qxd2
dxe3 36.Qc3 Rd2+ 37.Kg3 Qf7 38.Qc4 Rd5 39.Rcd1 Rg5+ 40.Kf4
Qxc4+ 41.bxc4 e2 42.Rd6 Rc5 43.Rxb6 Rxc4+ 44.Kg3 Rxa4 45.Rb2
Rd4 46.Rexe2 Rxe2 47.Rxe2 Rd8 48.Ra2 Ra8 49.Kf4 a4 50.Ra3 Ra5
51.Ke4 Kf7 52.Kd4 Kg6 53.Ke4 Kh5 54.f4 f5+ {?} 55.Kf3 Kh4
56.h3 {!} Ra6 57.Kg2 Kh5 58.Kf3 Kg6 59.Ke3 Re6+ 60.Kf3 Ra6
61.h4 {?} Kf6 62.Ke3 Ke6 63.Kd4 Ra5 64.h5 Kf7 65.Ke3 Kg8
66.Kf3 Kh7 67.Kg3 Kh6 68.Kh4 Ra6 69.Kh3 Kxh5 70.Rg3 a3 {White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "British Championship Qualifier"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1965.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "D C Williams"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3
d6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.f4 b4 9.Nd1 Qb6 10.Ne2 f5 11.O-O Nf6
12.h3 O-O 13.Kh2 a5 14.Bg1 Ba6 15.Re1 a4 16.Rb1 Qc7 {!} 17.e5
dxe5 18.Bxc5 Rfd8 {!} 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxb4 Nc4 21.Qf4 e5
22.Qf2 Rxb4 23.dxc4 Rxc4 24.Ne3 Qb6 25.Nc3 f4 26.Ned1 Qc7
27.gxf4 exf4 28.Bf3 Rcd4 29.Ne4 Nxe4 30.Rxe4 Rd2 31.Re8+ Kf7
{White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers Reserve"]
[Site "Hastings (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.01.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "D E Lloyd"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 Nf6 5.c4
c6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Ne4 9.h4 Nd7 10.Ng5 Ndf6 11.O-O-O
Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Ne4 13.Qc2 Nxg5 14.hxg5 Bxg5 15.Be5 Bf6 16.f4
Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qe7 18.g4 g6 19.Rdg1 Qc5 20.Qh2 {!} Rf7 21.gxf5
dxc4 22.Bc2 exf5 23.Rxg6+ Kh8 24.Qg3 Qf8 25.e6 Rg7 26.Bxf5 c3
27.e4 Bxe6 28.Bxe6 {? 28.Rxh7+! Rxh7 29.Qxc3+ } Rxg6 29.Qxg6
cxb2+ 30.Kb1 Qe7 31.Bf5 {Black resigned} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers Reserve"]
[Site "Hastings (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.01.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "H G Matchett"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5
5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O Na6 10.h3 Rb8
11.Be3 Nc7 12.a4 Re8 13.Ng3 a6 14.b3 b5 15.Rb1 Ng4 {!} 16.Bd2
Ne5 17.Be2 Qh4 18.Qe1 f5 {!} 19.Qc1 Nf7 20.Bd3 f4 {!} 21.Nge2
{?} f3 22.Nf4 g5 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers Reserve"]
[Site "Hastings (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.01.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5
dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4 10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.g3
Nd7 12.f4 Nxe5 13.fxe5 Qg6 14.Qf3 {?} Bb7 15.Bg2 Bb4 16.O-O
Bxc3 17.bxc3 hxg3 18.hxg3 O-O 19.Qe3 Rab8 20.Rf6 Qg5 21.Qf2 c5
22.Rf1 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Rb7 24.Rh1 cxd4 25.Rfxh6 Qxe5 26.Rh8+ Qxh8
27.Rxh8+ Kxh8 28.Qf6+ Kg8 29.Qg5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1965.08.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Hannu Broman"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 b5 6.Rc1 exd5 7.cxd5 O-O 8.e3
a6 9.Nf3 d6 10.Be2 h6 11.Bh4 Bf5 12.O-O Re8 13.a3 Ba5 14.a4 b4
15.Nb1 b3 16.Qxb3 Nbd7 17.Rfd1 g5 18.Bg3 Ne4 19.Nfd2 Qf6
20.Nc4 Rab8 21.Qa2 Rb4 22.Nc3 Nxg3 23.hxg3 Bc7 24.Rd2 Nf8
25.Na3 Bc8 26.Nc2 Rb8 27.a5 g4 28.e4 Qg5 29.Ne3 Ng6 30.Qa4 Re7
31.Rcd1 Rb4 32.Qa3 Ne5 33.Nc2 Rb8 34.b4 cxb4 35.Nxb4 Ra8
36.Ra2 f5 37.Nc6 Re8 38.Nxe5 Rxe5 39.Qa4 Qd8 40.exf5 h5 41.Bd3
Bxf5 42.Bxf5 Rxf5 43.Ne2 Qe8 44.Qc2 Qf7 45.Nf4 h4 46.Ne6 hxg3
47.Qxc7 gxf2+ 48.Kf1 Qxc7 49.Nxc7 Ra7 50.Rc1 g3 51.Ra3 Rg5
52.Ne6 Rg4 53.Rcc3 Rh7 54.Rc8+ Kf7 55.Rf3+ Kg6 56.Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "Ch World (juniors) (under 20)"]
[Site "Barcelona (Spain)"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "R Eggmann"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} d5
2.g3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.Na3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.b4 Nbd7 8.Bb2
dxc4 9.Nxc4 Nd5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.Qb3 N7f6 12.Rac1 Nb6 13.d3 Bd7
14.Rfd1 Nxc4 15.dxc4 Qb6 16.c5 Qc7 17.Qb2 Kg8 18.a4 Rfd8
19.Nd4 Ne8 20.b5 e5 21.Nf3 {Notes by international grandmaster
Raymond Keene.} f6 22.Qb3+ Kg7 23.b6 axb6 24.cxb6 Qc8 25.Qb4
Kf7 26.Nd2 Bg4 27.Bxc6 1-0

[Event "English Juniors vs. Lancashire"]
[Site "Liverpool (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Clifford G Hilton"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} c5
2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 d6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d3 Ne7 7.Bd2 O-O 8.h4 h5
9.Ng5 Nbc6 10.a3 a6 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 b5 14.Nd5 f6
{?} 15.cxb5 {!} axb5 16.Qb3 Kh8 17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.Bxc6 fxg5
19.Bxg5 Bf6 20.Be3 Bb7 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.O-O Rbe8 23.Ra1 Qc8
24.Bh6 Bg7 25.Bxg7+ Kxg7 26.Ra7+ Kh8 27.Qd5 Rf6 28.Qxb5 Qe6
29.Qb7 Qg8 30.Rc1 Rb8 31.Qe7 Re6 32.Qg5 Qf8 33.Rcc7 Kg8 34.Re7
Qf6 35.Rxe6 Qxe6 36.e4 Re8 37.b5 d5 38.exd5 1-0

[Event "Kent League"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1965.12.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "James B Howson"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.g3 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} f5
2.Bg2 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 c6 7.d4 d5 8.Ne5
Nbd7 9.Nd3 dxc4 10.Nf4 Nb6 11.e4 {Notes by international
grandmaster Raymond Keene.} fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nbd5 13.Qe2 Nxe4
14.Bxe4 {? !} Nf6 {?} 15.Bg2 Qxd4 16.Rd1 Qc5 17.Nxe6 Bxe6
18.Qxe6+ Rf7 19.Be3 Qh5 20.h3 Re8 21.Qxc4 a6 22.Rd2 Qb5 23.Bf1
Qf5 24.g4 Qe4 25.Qxe4 Nxe4 26.Rd7 Nd6 27.Rd1 Rf6 28.Bg5 Rxf2
29.Bxe7 Rf7 30.R1xd6 Rfxe7 31.Rxe7 Rxe7 32.Bc4+ Kf8 33.Rd8+
Re8 34.Rxe8+ Kxe8 35.Kf2 1-0

[Event "Guildhall Tournament"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.12.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.g3 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} d5
2.Bg2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.Nc3 e6
8.d3 Nc6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Rac1 Qd7 12.e4 Bg4 {?} 13.Ne5
Nxe5 14.Bxe5 dxe4 15.dxe4 Rac8 16.h3 Bh5 17.g4 Bg6 18.Rfd1 Qc6
19.Nd5 {!! A powerful TN! 19.Bf4 Bc5 20.e5 Be4 21.Bxe4 Nxe4
22.Be3 b6 23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Qc2 f5 25.exf6 1-0, Emma Jaime ARG
2395 - Bartis Gustavo ARG 2250, Buenos Aires Argentina 1959 }
exd5 20.Rxc6 bxc6 21.Qb7 Rfe8 22.exd5 cxd5 23.Bd4 h5 24.g5 Ne4
25.h4 Rc4 26.Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Guildhall Tournament"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Robert Wade"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.g3 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} f5
2.Bg2 e6 3.c4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 Qe8 7.d4 d6 8.b4
Ne4 9.Nxe4 {?} fxe4 10.Ne1 d5 11.c5 Bf6 12.Bb2 a5 13.a3 Bd7
14.f3 axb4 {?} 15.fxe4 {!} bxa3 16.Rxa3 Rxa3 17.Bxa3 Bc6 18.e5
Bg5 19.Nf3 Be3+ 20.Kh1 Qh5 21.Bc1 Qh6 22.h4 {!} Bxc1 23.Qxc1
Qxc1 24.Rxc1 h6 25.Rb1 Kf7 {?} 26.Ne1 Ke7 27.Nd3 g5 28.Bf3 Nd7
29.hxg5 hxg5 30.Kg2 Rh8 31.Nb4 Nf8 32.Nxc6+ bxc6 33.Rb7 Kd7
34.Rb8 Ke7 35.Rb7 Kd7 36.Rb8 Ke7 37.e3 Kd7 38.Bd1 Ke7 39.Rc8
Kd7 40.Ra8 Ng6 41.Rxh8 Nxh8 42.Bh5 {!} Ke7 43.Kf3 Nf7 44.Kg4
Nh6+ 45.Kxg5 Nf5 46.Kf4 Kf8 47.Bg4 Ng7 48.Kg5 Kf7 49.Bh5+ Kf8
50.Bg6 Ke7 51.g4 1-0

[Event "Stevenson Memorial"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1965.04.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "A P Sombor"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} d5
2.g3 Nc6 3.c4 d4 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 f5 6.O-O Be7 7.e3 Bf6 8.exd4
exd4 9.Re1+ Nge7 10.Ng5 O-O 11.c5 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 h6 13.Bxc6 hxg5
14.Bg2 c6 15.Nd2 g4 16.Nc4 f4 17.Qb3 f3 18.Bh1 Nd5 19.Ne5 Kh7
20.h3 Ne3 21.hxg4 Qf6 22.Nxf3 Bxg4 23.fxe3 Bxf3 24.Rf1 Qg5
25.Bxf3 Qxg3+ 26.Bg2 Qxe3+ 27.Kh2 Rf4 28.Be4+ Kh8 {? 28...g6
=, drawish position ! } 29.Rxf4 Qxf4+ 30.Kh3 Rf8 31.Rh1 g6
32.Qe6 Rf7 33.Kg2+ Kg7 34.Qxg6+ Kf8 35.Qxf7+ Qxf7 36.Rf1
{Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1965.05.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Ronald Arthur Harris"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} g6
2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.e3 Nh6 8.Rb1
Nf5 9.a3 Qc8 10.b4 cxb4 11.axb4 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Bxe5
14.d4 Qxc4 15.dxe5 Qxc3 16.e4 Qc6 17.Qf3 {!} Ng7 18.b5 Qc4 {?}
19.Ba3 Qe6 20.Rfc1 O-O 21.Rc7 f6 22.Qb3 {!} fxe5 23.Rxd7 Rf7
24.Rxe7 Rxe7 25.Bxe7 Kf7 26.Bb4 Qxb3 27.Rxb3 Rd8 28.Ra3 Rd7
29.Rf3+ {?} Ke6 30.Rc3 Rd4 31.Rc6+ Kd7 32.Bc3 Rxe4 33.Kf3 Ra4
34.Bxe5 Ne6 35.h4 Ra5 36.Rd6+ Ke7 37.Rd5 Nc5 38.Bb8 Nd7 39.Bf4
a6 40.Bd2 Rxb5 41.Rxb5 axb5 42.Kf4 Kd6 {?} 43.Kg5 Kc5 44.Kh6
b4 45.Kxh7 b3 46.Bc3 Kc4 {Black resigned during adjournment.}
1-0

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1965.05.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "J G Brogden"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} c6
2.d4 d5 3.e5 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.c3 c5 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.O-O Nh6 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 cxd4 10.cxd4 f6 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Nbc3 Kh8 13.Rc1 Bf5
14.Bxf5 Rxf5 15.Na4 Qd6 16.Qd3 Raf8 17.f4 {!} Nb4 18.Qb5 a6
19.Qxb7 Nd3 20.Rc8 {?} Qe6 {!} 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Rf2 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1965.06.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "F W Allen"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4
Bg7 9.e3 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 O-O 13.Nc4 Qe7
14.Qc2 Rd8 15.Be2 Nd7 16.O-O Ne5 17.Rae1 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 a6 19.a4
Rb8 20.f4 Bd7 21.Bd3 b5 {?} 22.fxg5 Qxg5 23.Bh7+ Kh8 24.Ne4
{?} Qe7 25.axb5 Rxb5 26.Nc3 Rb4 27.Bf5 Be8 28.Rf4 Rdb8 29.Rxb4
cxb4 30.Nd1 Rb5 31.e4 {Notes by international grandmaster
Raymond Keene.} Rc5 32.Qd2 Qe5 33.Qxb4 Qxg3 34.Re3 Qe5 35.Qb8
Qe7 {Sealed move} 36.Rd3 Be5 37.Nc3 Kg7 38.Qb3 Qh4 39.Qd1 Bb5
40.Rh3 Qg5 41.Qg4 Bd4+ 42.Kh1 Qxg4 43.Bxg4 Bc4 44.b3 Bf1
45.Rf3 Rxc3 46.Rxf1 Rxb3 47.Bh5 f6 48.Rc1 Rb7 49.g4 {?} a5
50.Rc4 Bc5 51.Be8 Rb2 {!} 52.Ba4 Kg6 53.Bc2 Kg5 54.Kg2 a4 {!}
55.Kf3 a3 56.Bd3 a2 57.Ra4 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1965.06.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "D C Williams"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.g3 g6 3.b4 a5 4.b5 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 a4 7.Na3 c6 8.c4 d5
9.O-O Bg4 10.bxc6 bxc6 11.Rb1 Ne4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Qc2 Qa5
14.cxd5 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nxd2 16.Nc4 Nxf3+ 17.exf3 Qc5 18.Rfc1 Ra6
19.Qb2+ Kg8 20.Ne3 Qd6 21.Qb7 e6 22.dxe6 Qxe6 23.a3 Qd7 24.Qb2
f5 25.Nc4 Qg7 {?} 26.Qxb8 Rxb8 27.Rxb8+ Qf8 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8
29.Ne5 Rb6 30.Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1965.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "J A Lee"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
5.Be2 Nc6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be3 b5 8.a3 Bb7 9.Nb3 Nf6 10.f3 d6
11.O-O Be7 12.Qe1 O-O 13.Qf2 Rac8 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.Bb6 Qb8
16.f4 e5 17.f5 b4 18.axb4 Nxb4 19.Bf3 d5 {!?} 20.exd5 e4 {!?}
21.Nxe4 Rxc2 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6 23.Rd2 Rxd2 24.Qxd2 Nxd5 25.Bd4
Bxd4+ 26.Qxd4 Ne3 27.Rf2 {?} Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Qxb3 29.h3 Qd5
30.Rxe3 {?} Qxd4 0-1

[Event "London Clubs"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.01.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "R A Fertoszegi"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6
5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 b5 {!?} 7.Rc1 bxc4 8.e4 g5 9.Bg3 Bb7 10.Bxc4
exd5 11.exd5 O-O 12.Nge2 Re8 13.O-O d6 14.Qd3 Qe7 15.h4 Nbd7
16.hxg5 hxg5 17.Qf5 Nh5 18.Bd3 Nf8 19.Ne4 {!?} Bc8 {!}
20.Qxg5+ Qxg5 21.Nxg5 Nxg3 {?} 22.Nxg3 Bd2 23.N5e4 Bxc1
24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Nxe8 Bf4 26.Ne2 Be5 27.f4 Bg4 28.fxe5 Rxe8
29.Rxf7 dxe5 30.Rxa7 {?!} e4 31.Bc4 Ng6 32.Ng3 e3 33.Be2 Bxe2
34.Nxe2 Rd8 35.Nc3 Nf4 36.Re7 e2 37.Nxe2 Nxd5 38.Rb7 Nb4
39.Nc3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Challengers"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1965.12.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "S van Seelen"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Keene.} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be3
Nc6 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.f4 Bd7 10.Nb3 e5 {?} 11.f5
{?} {11.Nd5!} Na5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nxb3 14.axb3 O-O 15.Bd3
Bf6 {!} 16.Be4 Bg5 17.Qf3 Bxe3+ 18.Qxe3 f6 19.Rf3 Qc7 20.Kh1
Qc5 {?} 21.Qxc5 dxc5 22.d6 Ra7 23.Bd5+ Kh8 24.Be6 Rd8 25.Rd1
b6 26.Rc3 a5 27.h4 {?} g6 {!} 28.g4 h5 {!} 29.g5 fxg5 30.Re3
e4 31.hxg5 gxf5 32.Bxd7 Raxd7 33.Rd5 Rxd6 34.Rxf5 Rd2 35.Rxe4
Rxc2 36.Re1 Rd7 37.g6 Kg7 38.Rg1 Rcd2 39.Rxh5 Rd1 40.Rh7+ Kg8
41.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 42.Kg2 Rd3 {!!} 43.b4 cxb4 44.Rb7 Rb3 45.g7 a4
46.Ra7 b5 47.Kf2 Rxb2+ 48.Kf3 a3 49.Kf4 Rg2 50.Kf3 Rxg7 51.Ra5
Rg1 52.Ke3 b3 0-1

[Event "Ilford Premiere Reserves A"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1965.06.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5
d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.Nc4 O-O 9.Bf4 Ne8 10.Qd2 b6 11.e3 Ba6
12.a4 Bxc4 13.Bxc4 a6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Rab1 f5 16.Bg3 Qf6 17.Rfc1
Nc7 18.f4 Rfb8 19.Qd3 Qe7 20.Re1 Re8 21.Re2 Nf6 22.Bh4 Qd7
23.b4 {?} Ne4 {!} 24.Be1 b5 {!} 25.axb5 Nxc3 26.Bxc3 axb5
27.Ba2 Ra3 28.Rc2 Bxc3 29.bxc5 b4 0-1

[Event "Ilford Premiere Reserves A"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1965.06.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "G W Wheeler"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Keene.} f5 2.d3 Nf6 3.e4 fxe4 4.dxe4 Nxe4
5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Ng5 e5 7.Nxh7 e4 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.Bxe4 Bc5 10.Qe2
Kd8 {!} 11.Nc3 c6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 d5 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Qg3
Nd7 16.Bf3 Ne5 17.Ne4 Qh6+ 18.Kb1 Nxf3 19.gxf3 {!?} Rf8
20.Rhe1 Qf4 21.Qxg7 Bd7 22.Ng5 Qf6 23.Qxf6+ Rxf6 24.Rd4 Kc7
25.Rh4 Rg8 26.Rh5 Kb6 27.h4 Bf5 28.Kc1 Bg6 29.Rh6 Rf4 30.Re6
Bf7 31.Re7 Bg6 32.Rd7 Be8 33.Rd8 {Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "London Schools League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.11.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Simon Webb"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d6 8.f3 Qb6 9.Nf5 Qxb2 10.Nxg7+ Kf8
11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Qc3+ 13.Kf2 Kxg7 14.Rb1 Qa5 15.Rf1 Qc7
16.Qd2 h5 17.Kg1 Bd7 18.f4 e6 19.Bb3 Ne7 20.Rbd1 Bc6 21.f5
gxf5 22.exf5 Nxf5 23.Rxf5 exf5 24.Bd4+ Kg6 25.Bxh8 Rxh8 26.Qf4
Qb6+ 27.Kh1 d5 28.Rf1 Bd7 29.Bxd5 Be6 30.c4 Rd8 31.h4 f6
32.Rf3 Rh8 33.c5 Qb1+ 34.Rf1 {?? 34.Kh2! Bxd5 35.Rg3+ Kf7
36.Qc7+} Qxf1+ 35.Qxf1 Bxd5 36.Qf2 Re8 37.Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.02.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "M W Wills"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 {Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene.} c5
2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O b5 8.a3
Bb7 9.Kh1 Nf6 10.f4 d6 11.Bf3 Be7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.e5 {!?} dxe5
14.fxe5 Nd7 15.Bxc6 Qxc6 16.Qe1 O-O 17.Qg3 f5 {!} 18.Bh6 Rf7
19.Rfe1 Raf8 {!} 20.Ne2 Kh8 21.Be3 Qc4 {!} 22.b3 {!} Qe4
23.Nf4 Qc6 {!} 24.Qh3 {?!} Kg8 25.Bd4 Bg5 26.Nd3 Qxc2 27.Nb4
Qc8 28.Re2 Qb7 {?!} 29.Rc2 Qe4 {?} 30.Qc3 f4 31.Re1 Qg6
{Sealed move.} 32.Nxa6 f3 33.Rf2 Qh6 {? 33...fxg2+ 34.Rxg2
Rf1+ 35.Bg1 [ 35.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36.Rg1 Qe4+ -+ ] Rxe1 36.Qxe1 Rf5
Black's a bit better. } 34.Rg1 Bf4 35.g3 {!} Bg5 36.Rgf1 Qh3
37.Qd3 Qg4 38.Nc7 Nb8 {!} 39.Nxb5 Nc6 40.Bb2 Be7 41.Nd6 {?}
Bxd6 42.Qxd6 Ne7 {!} 43.Qd4 Qh5 44.Bc1 Nf5 {!?} 45.Qf4 Qh3
46.Kg1 g5 47.Qxg5+ Rg7 {White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Int. junior team tourney, The Hague"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.07.13"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Paul Svedenborg"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6
5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. Nge2
O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. a3 Ba5 13. Rb1 Bc7 14. b4 b6 15. Bb5 Rf8
16. a4 g5 17. Bg3 Bf5 18. Rb2 a6 19. Bxe5 {!} dxe5 20. Ng3 {!}
Bg6 21. Bc6 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Qe7 23. Rb3 Rad8 24. e4 Ne8 25. Qe2
Nd6 {!} 26. Qxa6 h5 27. Qd3 h4 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 e4
30. Qh3 Qe5 31. Qg4 f6 32. g3 e3 33. Qf3 Nxf5 34. Nb5 exf2+
35. Qxf2 hxg3 36. Qxf5 gxh2+ 37. Kh1 Qxf5 38. Rxf5 Bf4 39. Nd4
Kf7 40. Ne6 Kg6 41. Rxf4 gxf4 42. Nxf8+ Rxf8 43. Kxh2 1-0

[Event "Mushrooms v Mitcham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.03.11"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Graham Speed"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. Re1 O-O 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qxd4 d6
12. e6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Rxe6 Bf6 15. Qd5 Kh8 16. Nc3 Qc8
17. Re2 c6 18. Qe6 Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Be5 20. f4 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4
22. Rae1 Rf8 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Re7 h6 25. Ra7 a5 26. Rxa5 Nc7
27. Ra7 Nd5 28. Ng3 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. a3 Rf8 31. Re6 Rf6
32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Ne4 Rg6 34. Kf2 Nf6 35. Nxf6+ Rxf6+ 36. Ke2
Rf5 37. Re6 Rd5 38. b3 Kg8 39. Re7 Kf8 40. Rc7 Rc5 41. Kd3 g6
42. Rd7 Rd5+ 43. Kc3 Ke8 44. Rc7 Rc5+ 45. Kb2 Kd8 46. Rg7 Rg5
47. g3 Rg4 48. a4 bxa4 49. bxa4 Rxa4 50. Rxg6 h5 51. Rxd6+ Kc7
52. Rh6 Ra5 53. Kb3 Kb6 54. c4 Rf5 55. Kb4 Re5 56. Rg6 Rf5
57. h4 Rf3 58. Rg5 Re3 59. c5+ Ka6 60. Kc4 Ra3 61. Rg8 Kb7
62. Rg7+ Ka6 {Adjudicated} 1-0

[Event "Croydeon League, M'ms v Croydon"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.04.08"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "T van Dyke"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O
7. Be2 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nd2
Rb8 13. a5 b6 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Ra2 Qb8 16. b3 h5 17. e5 dxe5
18. Nce4 Nce8 19. Nxc5 Bc8 20. f3 Qc7 21. Bf2 e6 22. Nce4 Nxe4
23. Nxe4 exd5 24. cxd5 f5 25. Rc2 Qb7 26. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 27. Nc5
e4 28. Kh1 Nf6 29. d6 Rd8 30. Na4 {time} 1-0

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.04.11"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Michael John Basman"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. Bg2 e6
7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 Qb8 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be4 12. f3
Bxg3 13. fxe4 dxe4 {!} 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxh4 16. Qd3 f5
17. Bg2 Nf6 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Bc1 e5 20. Rxf5 exd4 21. Qxd4 Ne4
22. Bf4 Qd8 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. Re5 Nc3 25. Bf3 Rf8 26. Bg5
Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Rfe8 28. Rg2 Rd2 29. e4 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Nxe4
31. Re1 Nf6 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. c5 Kf7 34. b4 a6 35. a4 Nc7
36. Bg4 Ne6 {Adjudicated as a win for Black.} 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Barcelona (Spain)"]
[Date "1965.08.22"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Joao Maria Cordovil"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 b5
7. Rc1 {?} exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. e3 c4 {!} 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nf3
O-O 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Qc2 g5 16. Bg3
Nfe4 17. f3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 f5 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Nc2 Rae8 21. Kf2
{?} f4 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. e4 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Re5 25. Qe1 Qh5
26. Qf2 Rg5 27. Rfd1 Bh3 28. Ne1 Rf7 29. Bf1 Nxe4 {!} 30. fxe4
f3 31. Nxf3 Rxf3 32. Qe2 Bg4 33. Qe1 Rh3 34. gxh3 Bxd1+
35. Kh2 Bf3 36. Qe3 Rg7 37. e5 Qg6 38. Qf2 Qg5 0-1

[Event "County Match"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1965.04.03"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "R A Fuller"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 b5 8. O-O Bb7 9. f4
Bc5 10. Bf3 Qb6 11. Nce2 e5 {?} 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. b4 {!} Bxb4
14. Nf5 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O-O 17. Nf4 Kb8 18. a4
Nxf3 19. gxf3 d5 20. axb5 axb5 21. e5 Nh6 22. Nd4 g5 23. Nfe2
g4 24. Ra5 gxf3 25. Rxf3 Ng4 26. Rxb5 Qxb5 {!!} 27. Nxb5 d4
28. Qa1 Bxf3+ 29. Kg1 Rd7 30. Nexd4 Be4 31. Qa6 Rg8 32. Qb6+
Rb7 33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. Qc5+ Kd8 35. Qd6+ Ke8 {??} 36. Nc7+ Rxc7
37. Qxc7 Rg6 38. Nb5 Nxe5+ 39. Kf2 Rf6+ 40. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Dulwich (ENG)"]
[Date "1965.07.17"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Nicholas Lee"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6
4. Ngf3 g6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. h4 {?!}
Qb6 {!} 10. h5 gxh5 {!} 11. Rh4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nf8 13. Nb3 Bg4
14. Be3 Ng6 15. Rh1 O-O 16. Qd2 Qb4 17. Ng1 f6 18. f3 Bc8
19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qxb4 Nxb4 21. Bb1 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Kd2
Rc8 24. Rc1 Rc4 25. a3 Nc6 26. Ne2 h4 27. Kd3 Rxc1 28. Nexc1
e5 29. Ne2 Rf7 30. Kd2 Re7 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Bxh4 exd4 33. Bg3
d3 34. Nec1 Bxb2 35. Nxd3 Bxa3 36. Rh5 d4 37. Rd5 Bf8 38. Nxd4
Bh6+ 39. f4 Nge7 40. Rd6 Nxd4 41. Rxh6 Nef5 42. Rh5 Re2+
43. Kc3 Rc2+ 44. Kb4 Rxg2 45. Bf2 Nc6+ 46. Kc5 Ng7 47. Rh6 Ne8
48. Re6 Kf7 49. Re1 Rg6 50. Rb1 b6+ 51. Kb5 Nc7+ 52. Kc4 Re6
53. Rc1 Rd6 54. Rh1 h6 55. Rh3 Na5+ 56. Kc3 Nd5+ 57. Kc2 Rc6+
58. Kd1 Nc4 59. Ke2 Re6+ 60. Kf3 Nd2+ 61. Kg2 Rg6+ 62. Kh2 Ke6
63. Rh5 Rf6 64. Bh4 Nf3+ 65. Kg3 Nxh4 66. Rxh4 Ne7 67. Rh1
Nf5+ 68. Kf3 Kd5 69. Rd1 Kc4 70. Ke4 Kc3 71. Ke5 Rf8 72. Nf2
b5 73. Ra1 b4 74. Rxa7 Ne3 75. Ne4+ Kb2 76. Rb7 Re8+ 77. Kd4
Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Szombathely"]
[Site "Szombathely"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Janos Flesch"]
[Black "Lubomir Kavalek"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Re8
12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Bf5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Ne4 16. Nc3 h5
17. e3 { last book move} g6 18. Qa4 Bd6 19. Qb5 h4 20. g4 Rc8
21. Rfd1 Nc5 22. Nxd5 Ne6 23. Bxa7 Qg5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nc3
Qe7 26. Qxb7 Rc7 27. Qa8+ Nd8 28. Nd5 Qe5 29. f4 Qxb2 30. Nxc7
Bxc7 31. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Simultaneous Display, Dulwich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.05.12"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dragoslav Andric"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. c3 e6
10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O Bd6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nh4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 O-O-O 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. f4 Bc7 {!} 19. b4
Qa3 20. Rf3 f5 21. Qc4 Rd5 22. Qe2 Rd7 23. Rb1 Bd8 24. b5 {!?}
cxb5 {!} 25. g3 Bxh4 26. gxh4 Rg8+ 27. Kh2 Qd6 28. Rxb5 Kb8
29. a4 f6 30. Rb2 Qc6 31. a5 Rdg7 32. Qe3 Qc4 33. h5 a6
34. Re2 Qd5 35. Rc2 Qxa5 36. Qxe6 Qa1 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.03.03"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "J S Parker"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. c4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6
5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. d4 e4
11. a4 Nc6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nb5 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Qc1 a6
16. Qa3+ Kg7 17. Nd6 Re7 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Rfc1 Nb8 {??}
20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Battersea club champs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.01.25"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "K M Davies"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6
10. Be2 Qa5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bc3 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 d6
15. O-O Bd7 16. Rc1 Bc6 17. Nd5 Nc5 18. Qd4 e5 19. Qe3 Ne6
20. Rfd1 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Qh6 Bxd5 23. Rc3 {?} Rf6
24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Nf4 26. Bh5 Bf7 27. Qg5 Nxh5 0-1

[Event "Ilford Premier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.05.28"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Stefan Fazekas"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 {?} h6 6. Nbd2
c6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4 Bh7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Re1 Qc7
12. Nf1 c5 13. h4 Nc6 14. Bf4 Rae8 15. Bh3 Kh8 16. N1h2 Rg8
{!} 17. h5 Qd8 18. Kg2 Nf8 19. Ng4 {??} Bf5 {!} 20. Qd2 Nh7
{!} 21. Rh1 d4 22. Ngh2 Bxh3+ 23. Kxh3 Qd5 24. Qe2 Ng5+
25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Rhe1 f5 27. exf6 gxf6 28. g4 Bd6 29. c4 dxc3
30. bxc3 Bf4 31. Qe4 Qd7 32. Nh4 {!?} Ne7 33. Ng6+ Nxg6
34. hxg6 f5 35. Qf3 Rxg6 36. Kg2 Rd8 37. Nf1 Qd5 38. Qxd5 Rxd5
39. Rad1 Kg7 40. gxf5 Rxf5 41. Re4 Rgf6 42. f3 Bc7 43. Nd2 Rh6
44. Nf1 Rf4 45. c4 Rhf6 46. Rxf4 Rxf4 47. Rb1 b6 48. Nd2 Rh4
49. Nf1 Kf6 50. Rb2 Rd4 51. Rb3 Bf4 52. Kf2 Rd7 53. Ne3 Rh7
54. Ng4+ Kf5 55. Rb5 Rh1 56. Rb3 Rc1 57. Rb2 Bc7 58. Re2 Rc3
59. Nh6+ Kf6 60. Ng4+ Ke7 61. Ke3 Ra3 62. Ke4 a6 63. Rb2 Ra4
64. Ne5 b5 65. Rh2 Kf6 66. Rh6+ Kg7 67. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.11.24"]
[EventDate "2009.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Christopher Baruch Wood"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Bc5 6. Nge2 Qe7
7. O-O d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Nd8 11. Na4 O-O 12. Ba3 e4
13. c5 {?!} dxc5 14. Qc1 {?!} Re8 15. Rd1 Qf7 16. Nxb6 cxb6
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Ne6 19. Qc4 Bd7 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Qb3
a4 22. Qb2 Ng5 23. Nd4 Qh5 24. h4 Nf7 25. Ne2 Ne5 26. Nf4 Qf7
27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Qc2 h6 29. b6 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Nh3
{Adjourned, but never played off} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Del Val Open - First Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.07.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dan Heisman"]
[Black "Art Dillman"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 { Notes by Heisman. } e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. Bd2 Ne7
5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 Qd5 8. Qg4 e5 9. Qe2 $4
(9. Qxe4 $11) 9... exd4 10. Bd2 e3 11. fxe3 Qxg5 12. exd4 Qh4+
13. Qf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Nbc6 15. Bc3 O-O 16. Re1 Bf5 17. d5
Nxd5 18. g3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rad8 20. Bg2 Rd2+ 21. Kf3 f6 22. Rd1
Rxc2 23. g4 Bxg4+ 24. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 25. Kf3 Rxa2 26. Kg3 Rc2
27. Rd3 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Rd1 Rxc3+ 30. Kf2 Ne6 31. Ra1
a6 32. Rb1 b5 33. Ra1 Rc6 {My first tournament game. Today
play like this does not get a 1385 rating!} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 1966/67"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1966.12.30"]
[EventDate "1966.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. I appeared for this game
wearing a dinner-jacket and black elasticated bow tie,
determined to perish in style. Photographs taken during the
game later revealed that after Botvinnik's 26th move the
elastic snapped, leaving my bow tie dangling at an absurd
angle, a fact of which I was oblivious during the game. }
1...g6 2. c4 Bg7 {This method of opening had become
increasingly popular with Botvinnik in the latter years of his
active playing career.} 3. d4 Nf6 {Opting to transpose into
the King's Indian Defence rather than continue along the lines
of the Kotov-Robatsch with ...d7-d6 and ...Nc6.} 4. g3 O-O
5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d6 {6...d5 is an excellent equalising
alternative, but naturally my opponent was intent on achieving
more than equality.} 7. Nc3 a6 {A refreshing change from the
well-known 7...Nbd7, followed by 8...e5.} 8. a4 {? Botvinnik
accused this move of being stereotyped, and rightly
so. Petrosian had followed a similar plan in the final game of
his 1966 World Championship match with Spassky, but there his
king's knight was on e2 and his king's pawn on e3, and the
weakness of the b4 square was adequately compensated by
increased central control: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 g3 Bg7 4 Bg2 O-O
5 Nc3 d6 6 e3 Nbd7 7 Nge2 a6 8 b3 Rb8 9 a4 a5 10 Ba3 c6 11 O-O
Qc7 12 Qd2 Re8 13 Rac1 Ra8 14 Rfd1 Nb8 15 h3 Na6 16 Kh2 h5
(1/2-1/2, 77). In the present case White's best course is the
aggressive 8 d5!} 8...a5 {! Both preventing the constricting
a4-a5 and exploiting White's ìholeî on b4.} 9. b3 Na6 10. Ba3
Nb4 11. e4 {The natural 11 Na2 Qb6 12 Nxb4 axb4 13 Bb2 has
drawbacks after 13...Ne4, but a safer course might have been
11 Ne1, followed by e2-e3, Nc2 or Nd3.} 11...Bg4 {! In the
following closed manoeuvring struggle knights will be more
useful than bishops.} 12. Qd2 Bxf3 {! The knight must be
eliminated before it can reach e1. Botvinnik plays with great
accuracy and energy.} 13. Bxf3 Nd7 {Initiating pressure
against the central dark squares with the intention of forcing
White to play d5, which will impede the scope of his king's
bishop and provide a target for the flanking blow ...f7-f5.}
14. Rab1 {White prepares to bolster up his d-pawn in attempt
to avoid playing d4-d5.} 14...Qb6 {It is interesting to note
how Botvinnik gradually intensifies his central pressure
without actually having recourse to moving his central pawns.}
15. Rfd1 Rad8 {! Naturally not 15...Bxd4?? 16 Qxd4 Qxd4 17
Rxd4 Nc2 18 Rd2! Nxa3 19 Ra1 and Black will lose a piece.}
16. Ne2 e5 17. Bg2 Rfe8 {The pressure has now reached such a
pitch that White can no longer hold out in the centre, but
must declare his intentions. Nevertheless, a good alternative
would have been 17...exd4 18 Nxd4 Nc5.} 18. d5 {This possesses
the virtue of disarming the immediate effect of the black
rooks.} 18...Nc5 19. Nc1 Rf8 {Discreet but powerful. Note that
Black has the initiative on both sides of the board and that
his pieces are all indirectly aiming at White's main weakness,
the f2 square.} 20. Bb2 cxd5 {If Black plays the immediate
20...f5 then 21 dxc6! bxc6 22 exf5 allows White's two bishops
some scope to compensate for Black's immense pawn centre. As
played White's pawn remains on d5 to muffle his king's
bishop.} 21. cxd5 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Re1 Rc8 {Seizing
another open line and threatening to penetrate at c2.} 24. Bc3
{! Parrying the immediate danger on the c-file and threatening
25 Bxb4 followed by Na2, when White would have overcome all
his problems.} 24...Ne4 {Black is obliged to strike at once
before the above-mentioned threat can be carried out.}
25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Bxb4 {Up to now Botvinnik's play has been a
seemingly classic blend of constant tactical awareness and
profound strategic thought. However, now he must have become
concerned about the simple 26...axb4, since the weakness of
his two sets of doubled pawns is, surprisingly, not offset by
the increased activity of his pieces; e.g. 27 Rb2 Qd4 28 Na2
Bh6! 29 Qxd4 exd4 30 Rxe4 d3 31 f4 Bg7 32 Rd2 Rc2 33 Rxc2 dxc2
34 Rxb4 Rc8 35 Rxb7 c1/Q+ 36 Nxc1 Rxc1+ 37 Kg2 +/- Hitherto
Botvinnik had been playing quickly and confidently, but from
now on his play decelerated considerably and he began to look
more and more unsettled. Although Black has been pressing,
White has managed to hold the lines, and Black's next is
really only a fancy way of forcing a draw.} 26...Bh6 27. Qxh6
{!} Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Rc2 31. Qh3
{Botvinnik himself pointed out a second satisfactory
continuation for White: 31 Qe6+ Kh8 32 Ne2 Rxe2 33 Rxe2 Qxe2
and now 34 h3!} 31...Qf3+ 32. Kg1 axb4 33. Ne2 Qe3+ {?
Complicating the issue. Black should either give perpetual
check himself with ...Qf2+ etc., or regain his piece with
33...Rxe2 34 Rxe2 Qxe2 35 Qe6+ Kh8 36 Qxd6 when we have a
position similar to that given in the last note which is
perfectly happy for White.} 34. Kh1 34...Rxe2 {?? A fantastic
blunder, possibly caused by a combination of mental exhaustion
and disappointment. Black still has one possibility of saving
the game after his mistake on move 33. He should have played
34...Rf2! (not 34...Qf3+? 35 Qg2!) when according to Botvinnik
White must continue with 35 Qe6+, followed by perpetual check,
since the presence of three black major pieces in his position
prevents White from any positive winning attempt.} 35. Qg4+
{At which point Botvinnik gasped, raised his hand to his
forehead, and resigned. } 1-0

[Event "New Jersey Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dan Heisman"]
[Black "David L Zardus"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "1751"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 { Notes by Heisman. I was unrated in my second
tournament - after this game I lost five in a row and then a
draw in the 7th round.} c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Be2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7
5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nc5 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. d4 Ne4
10. Bd3 Nd6 11. Re1 h5 12. Bf4 Be7 13. c4 b6 14. c5 Nb7
15. cxb6 axb6 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Be4 Rc8 18. Rac1 Na5 19. Re3 f5
20. Bd3 Rg8 21. a3 (21. Ne5 $16 {/+-}) 21... Ra8 22. h3 c5
23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Re2 (24. Ree1 $16) 24... Bc6 25. Ne1 $2
(25. Kf1) 25... Qd5 ( 25... Qh4 $19) 26. Kf1 Ke7 $2 27. Bxf5
(27. b4 {But I was afraid of 27...Nxb3 e.p.!! - it was only my
2nd tournament and 6th rated game.}) 27... Bb5 28. Bd3 Bxd3
29. Qxd3 Rad8 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Rc3 { To threaten b4, which of
course I couldn't play due to 31...Nxb3 e.p.!!} 31... Bd4
32. Rd3 Nc4 33. Re4 Rgd8 34. b3 $2 (34. Nc2 $18) 34... Nxa3
35. Nf3 Bb2 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Re2 Bf6 38. Be5 Nb5 39. Bxf6+
Kxf6 $15 40. Rd2 Kf5 (40... Rxd2 41. Nxd2 $15) 41. Rxd5+ exd5
42. Ke2 f6 $11 43. Kd3 Kf4 $2 44. Nd4 $14 Nd6 45. g3+ Ke5
{Believe it or not, Dave thought for almost 20 minutes on this
move. When I saw what he had played, I just looked at him; he
looked back at the board, and all of a sudden his eyes grew
wide, as if he were seeing the position for the first time. He
took his finger and flicked down his King in disgust. I told
him about this 34 years later at the 2000 World
Open. 45... Ke5 46. f4#} 1-0

[Event "Delaware Valley Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.06.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dan Heisman"]
[Black "Norm Tener"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "1519"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 { Notes by Heisman. } e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bb5 a6
5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 Nge7 7. d3 Na5 8. Bg5 Nxb3 9. cxb3 $2 Bb7
10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. Bxe7 Bxe7 13. Rc1 O-O (13... c5
$15) 14. Re1 f5 15. d4 $15 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Rf4 17. Qc2 c6 $2
18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20. Nxc6 Bg5 $2 (20... Rc8 21. Qd2
$18) 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Ne7+ { My only tournament win in my
first tournament - in other words, Dan's first USCF win!} 1-0

[Event "Quaker City Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dan Heisman"]
[Black "Bernard"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 { Notes by Heisman. } e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6
5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3
10. Rb1 {Before I knew Ba3 was a book win.} 10... O-O 11. Qd3
(11. Bg5 $44) 11... Ba5 $2 (11... d5 $8) 12. Bg5 $1 Ne7
(12... Qe8 13. Rfe1 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 $18) 13. Qa3 $1 { Wow! I had
tactical talent even then - my only win at the Quaker City...}
13... Re8 14. Qxa5 b6 15. Qa3 d5 16. Bb5 (16. Bxe7) 16... c6
$2 17. Bxc6 Bd7 18. Bxa8 (18. Bxe7) 1-0

[Event "Quaker City Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.10.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joe Rybczyk"]
[Black "Dan Heisman"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 { Notes by Heisman. The famous "Pal Benko had lunch over
my house while I was playing" game.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6
4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 $6 { Not knowing any theory...} 6. d4
Be6 $2 7. Nxe6 fxe6 8. dxe5 Qd7 $2 (8... Nxe5 $14) 9. Qe2
O-O-O 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bg5 Nd4 12. Qd3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. Nc3 $2 (14. Bb3 $14) 14... Nxc4 $2 (14... Rhf8 15. Kh1 Nf3
16. Qe2 Nxc4 17. gxf3 (17. Qxc4 Nd2) 17... Nd2 $17) 15. Qxc4
Nxc2 16. Rac1 Nb4 (16... Nd4 $14) 17. Nb5 Nc6 $2 (17... Kb8)
18. Rcd1 $2 (18. Qa4 $18 a6 ({Fritz 7:} 18... a5 19. Rxc6 bxc6
20. Na7+ Kb7 21. Nxc6 Qc5 22. Nxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qb3+ Qb6 24. Qc3
{1.94/13}) ({ Fritz 7:} 18... Rd5 19. Nxa7+ Nxa7 20. Qxa7 Rhd8
21. Qa8+ Kd7 22. Qxb7 Ke8 23. Rxc7 R8d7 24. Qc6 {2.84/13})
19. Rxc6 bxc6 (19... axb5 20. Qa8+ Kd7 21. Qxb7 Rc8 22. Rd1+)
20. Na7+ Kb7 21. Nxc6 Qc5 22. Nxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qe4+ $18 ({Fritz
7: } 23. Qe4+ Rd5 24. Qxh7 Rxe5 25. Qxg7 {1.47/13})) 18... a6
(18... Rxd1 19. Rxd1 a6 20. Nc3 Nxe5 $15) 19. Nd4 Nxd4
20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Kb8 (21... Rd8 $14) 22. Rd1 c6 $2
23. Qd7 Re8 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. f4 Kc7 26. Rd6 g6 27. Kf2 b5
(27... Rd7 $16) 28. b4 $16 Rf7 29. Ke3 Re7 30. Kd4 Kb6 31. g4
Rf7 32. Ke4 Re7 33. f5 exf5+ 34. gxf5 gxf5+ 35. Kxf5 Kc7
36. Kf6 Re8 37. Re6 Rd8 $2 (37... Rf8+ 38. Kg5 a5 $16)
38. Re7+ Kb6 { Better is "Resigns - Got to go home and eat
lunch with Pal Benko!"} 39. Rxh7 Rd2 40. e6 Rxa2 41. e7 Rf2+
42. Kg7 Re2 43. Kf8 Rf2+ 44. Rf7 Rxh2 45. e8=Q Rh8+ 46. Ke7
Rxe8+ 47. Kxe8 c5 $2 (47... a5 48. bxa5+ Kxa5 49. Kd7 $18)
48. Rf6+ Kc7 49. bxc5 a5 50. Rb6 b4 51. Ke7 Kc8 52. Kd6 Kd8
53. c6 Kc8 54. c7 a4 55. Rb8# { The only slow game Joe ever
beat me - and I was unrated...} 1-0

[Event "British Chess Federation v Finland"]
[Site "Havana Olympiad"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Matti Rantanen"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 {This
game is included partly to demonstrate the value of studying a
fine example. White consciously based his layout of the
middlegame on the game Reshevsky - Donner, Santa Monica 1966,
which now saw 9 Bd3 b6 10 a3 cxd4 11 exd4 Bxc3 12 bxc3 Bb7 13
Re1 Qc7 14 Bd2 Rfe8 15 Qe2 Rac8 16 Rac1 Bd5 17 c4 Bb7 18 a4
Qc6 19 Bf4 Qxa4 20 Ra1 Qc6 21 Rxa7 Ra8 22 Rxa8 Rxa8 23 h3 Ra3
24 d5! exd5 25 cxd5 Qxd5 26 Bc4 Qc5 27 Bxf7+ Kxf7? 28 Qe6+ Kg6
29 Bd6 Qa5 30 Ne5+ Nxe5 31 Rxe5 Ra1+ 32 Kh2 Qa8 33 Qf5+ Kf7 34
Re7+ Kg8 35 Be5 Re1 36 Rxg7+ 1-0.} 9. Qe2 b6 10. Bd2 {Shunning
the complications of the 'theoretical' 10 d5!?, e.g. 10...Bxc3
11 dxe6 Ne5 12 exf7+ Kh8 13 bxc3 Bg4 14 e4 Qe7 15 Re1 b5 16
Bxb5 Nh5 17 Bg5 Qe6 18 Qe3 Bxf3 19 gxf3 Qxf7 20 Be2 h6 21 f4
Nxf4 22 Bxf4 Qxf4 23 Rad1! Gligoric - H. Olafsson, Lone Pine
1979. Conceivably 17...Nxf3+ is stronger.} 10...Bb7 11. Bd3
cxd4 12. exd4 Bxc3 {!? Surrendering a tempo in comparison with
the Reshevsky - Donner game, although that is not necessarily
a disaster. However, a constructive waiting move, such as
12...Re8, would have been more in keeping with the needs of
the position.} 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfe8 {14...Ng4? loses to
15 Bxh7+ Kh8 16 Be4.} 15. Rfe1 h6 16. h3 Rac8 17. a4 Bd5
18. c4 Bb7 19. a5 Ba6 {Too direct a method of assailing the
hanging pawns. As we know from the first part of the Reshevsky
- Donner game, Black must intensify his pressure along the
a8-h1 diagonal with ...Qc6! The main point of this is to
freeze White's knight on f3.} 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rc3
{Protecting the c-pawn and also preparing to swing the rook
across to the kingside via the third rank.} 21...Bb7 22. Bb1
Ba6 {There was still time for 22...Qc6!} 23. Bd3 {? Intended
as a harmless repetition, but it gives Black a further chance
for ...Qc6 on move 24.} 23...Bb7 24. Bb1 Ba6 {?} 25. Ne5 {!
Renders Black defenceless against the mass transfer of white
pieces to the king's wing.} 25...Nxe5 26. dxe5 Nd7 27. Rg3
Bxc4 28. Qh5 {Even simpler is 28 Qg4, which would force an
advance of Black's g-pawn, but the move chosen has the merit
of creating an elegant sacrificial conclusion.} 28...f5
29. Rxg7+ {! From now on all of Black's moves are forced. The
game ended:} 29...Kxg7 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Re3 Nxe5 32. Rg3+ Ng4
33. hxg4 Re7 34. gxf5+ Rg7 35. f6 Rxg3 36. fxg3 e5 {A forlorn
attempt to retrieve the services of his bishop.} 37. Qg6+ Kh8
38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Bh6 Bd5 41. Bg7+ Kg8 42. f7+
{and mate next move.} 1-0

[Event "London Schools Champioinship Semi-Final"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1966.03.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Graham Speed"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6
5.Qe2 Nc6 6.c3 d3 {!} 7.Qxd3 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Na3 a6
11.Rad1 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.Bc2 Ne5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Qh3 Qb6 17.Kh1 g6 18.f4 {?} exf4 19.Rxf4 Be5 20.Rh4 h5
21.Rf1 Rad8 22.Nb1 b4 23.Rf3 bxc3 24.b3 Qd4 25.Nxc3 Qd2 {White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Anglo-Dutch Match"]
[Site "Vlissingen (NED)"]
[Date "1966.12.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Hans Ree"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O
5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O Bb7 9.Bd2 a6 10.Rc1 Bd6
11.Ne5 c5 12.Bb1 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Qf3 Qb8 {!?}
16.Qh3 Qxb2 17.Nxd5 {!} Bxd5 18.Bc3 Qb7 19.Bxf6 Be4 {!} 20.Qg4
Bg6 21.Ba1 Qc8 22.Qc4 Re8 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Rcd1 Bf8 25.Bb2 Qb7
26.Ba3 Rad8 27.h3 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Qb5 29.Rc1 Qxc4 30.Rxc4 Rd8
31.Rc2 Rc8 32.Rc4 Rd8 33.Rc2 Rc8 34.Kf1 c4 35.Bb2 Bb4 36.Bd4
f6 37.Ke2 Kf7 38.e4 Ke6 39.f4 Bd6 40.Ke3 Rc7 {Agreed drawn.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1966.07.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "G Berriman"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5
5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Re8 8.Nge2 Ne4 {?} 9.Bxe7 Rxe7
10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Qc2 f5 12.Nf4 Na6 13.h4 c6 14.Qb3+ Kf8 15.O-O
Qb6 16.Qc2 Nb4 17.Qd1 Bd7 18.a3 Na6 19.b4 Qd8 20.d5 cxd5
21.Qxd5 Qc7 22.Rac1 Rc8 23.Rfd1 Nb8 24.Nce2 Qe5 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8
26.Rc1 Nc6 27.b5 Be6 {!} 28.Nxe6+ Rxe6 29.Qd7 Ne7 30.Nd4 Rb6
31.a4 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1966.09.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Michael Macdonald-Ross"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 a5 4.c3 {!?} Bg7
5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 d5 7.O-O Re8 8.d3 e5 9.Nbd2 Qd6 10.e4 {!} axb4
11.cxb4 d4 12.a3 Nbd7 13.Nc4 Qf8 14.b5 Ng4 15.h3 Nh6 16.a4 Bf6
17.Qc2 Qg7 18.a5 Bd8 19.Nfd2 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.a6 Rb8 22.Rfb1
Qg6 23.Na5 bxa6 24.bxa6 Bxa6 25.Nc6 Bxd3 26.Qxd3 Rb6 27.Qc4+
Kg7 28.Nxd8 Rxd8 29.Qxc7 Nf7 30.Ba3 Re6 {Black resigned,
seeing Bd5 coming.} 1-0

[Event "Club match"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1966.04.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Graham Speed"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Re1 d6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.c4 O-O
11.Nc3 c5 12.Nc2 Ng4 13.Nd5 Bg5 14.h3 Bxc1 15.Rxc1 Ne5 16.Nce3
Rb8 17.b3 c6 18.Nc3 Qf6 19.Rf1 Qf4 20.Ne2 Qxe4 21.Qxd6 Bxh3
22.Ng3 Qf4 23.Rcd1 Be6 24.Qxc5 Qg5 25.Nef5 Ng6 26.Qe3 Qxe3
27.Nxe3 Rfd8 28.Ne4 Kf8 29.Nc5 Nf4 30.Rfe1 a5 31.g3 Rxd1
32.Nxd1 Ng6 33.Rxe6 {! Black resigned. 33...fxe6 34.Nd7+ Ke7
35.Nxb8 Kd6 36.Na6 } 1-0

[Event "Club match"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1966.04.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "D J Springgay"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O
5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.c4 a5 8.a3 axb4 9.axb4 Rxa1 10.Bxa1 Be6
11.d3 Na6 12.Qa4 Bd7 {?} 13.Qa3 c6 14.Nc3 {!?} Qb6 15.Rb1 Ng4
16.e3 Ra8 17.b5 cxb5 18.Nxb5 Nc7 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Nxd6 e4
21.Bxg7 {!} exf3 22.Bxf3 Kxg7 23.Rxb7 Ne5 24.Rxc7 Nxf3+ 25.Kg2
Bg4 26.Rxf7+ Kg8 27.Rxf3 Bxf3+ 28.Kxf3 Kf8 29.d4 Ke7 30.Ne4
Ra2 31.d5 Rc2 32.c5 h6 33.h4 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1966.03.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Michael J Franklin"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O
5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Rb1 a6 8.b4 e5 9.d3 Re8 10.Nd2 h5 11.h4
Nd4 12.Nde4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Ne6 14.Ng5 Nxg5 15.Bxg5 f6 16.Bd2 f5
17.Bg5 Bf6 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Bd4+ 20.Kh2 Qe7 21.e3 {!} Bf6
22.d4 Kg7 23.Qd2 g5 24.hxg5 Bxg5 25.e4 {!} Bxf4 26.Rxf4 Qg5
27.Rbf1 d5 28.cxd5 Bd7 29.Qc3 Rac8 30.e5 Rh8 31.e6 h4 32.exd7
hxg3+ 33.Kg1 Rh1+ 34.Bxh1 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Kent League"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1966.01.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "G P Robinson"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5
8.e3 c5 9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 {!} O-O 12.Qb3 {!} Qxb3
13.axb3 Be6 14.Ra3 Rfd8 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Bxe7 Rd7
18.Bg5 Bxf3 19.gxf3 b6 20.Rfa1 h6 21.Be3 Kh7 22.Kf1 Bf8 23.Ra6
Kg7 24.c4 Bd6 25.h3 Rb7 26.c5 Be7 27.cxb6 {Black lost on
time.} 1-0

[Event "London Clubs"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1966.01.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A P Sombor"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} e6
2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.Re1 d6 8.Nbd2
O-O 9.h4 e5 10.Nf1 h6 11.N3h2 Be6 12.c3 d5 13.Ne3 d4 14.Neg4
h5 15.Nh6+ Kh7 16.Nf5 gxf5 17.Qxh5+ Kg8 18.Bh6 f6 19.exf5 Nxf5
20.Bxg7 Nxg7 21.Qh6 Qd7 22.Be4 Bf5 23.Nf3 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Qf5
25.Kg2 Qh7 26.Qd2 f5 27.Re2 f4 28.Ng5 Qh5 29.Re4 Nf5 30.Qc2 c4
31.cxd4 fxg3 32.Qxc4+ Kh8 33.d5 Nd6 34.Qc3 Nxe4 35.dxe4 Rxf2+
0-1

[Event "London Clubs"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1966.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Stefano Bruzzi"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} e6
2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d5 7.Nc3 c6 8.Ne5
Nbd7 9.Nd3 Qe8 10.Nf4 Bd6 11.Qc2 Rf7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qxf5 Ne4
14.Qe6 Qxe6 15.Nxe6 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Re7 17.Nf4 Bxf4 18.Bxf4 Rxe2
19.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Nf8 21.Re7 Bf5 22.Be5 Nd7 23.Bxg7 b5
24.Bh6 Nb6 25.Bf1 a5 26.Rg7+ Kh8 27.Rf7 Bb1 28.Bh3 Re8 29.Be6
{!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Habana (Cuba)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Erik Pedersen"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} g6
2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 Ne7 5.O-O d6 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 Nbc6 8.Rb1
f5 9.Ne1 Be6 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.b4 Nd8 12.f4 Kh8 13.b5 Ng8 14.a4 c6
15.Nb4 e4 16.dxe4 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxc4 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Bb2 Nf6
20.Bf3 a5 21.Nbd3 Qe6 22.Qc1 Ba2 23.Ra1 Bd5 24.Bxd5 Qxd5
25.Ng2 Re8 26.Ne3 Qh5 27.Rf3 Rb8 28.Bc3 c5 29.Nf2 c4 30.f5 g5
31.Qd2 Rb3 32.g4 Qf7 33.Rc1 Rxc3 34.Rxc3 d5 35.Rc1 Nc6 36.Nc2
Ne4 37.Nxe4 dxe4 38.Rff1 Qa7+ 39.Kh1 Qe7 40.Ne3 Rd8 41.Qe1 Bd4
42.Nxc4 e3 43.Qg3 Rf8 44.Qf3 Rf6 45.Rfd1 Rh6 46.Kg2 Ba7 47.Nd6
Nd8 48.Nc8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Habana (Cuba)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raimundo Garcia"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} g6
2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Bd2
b6 9.a3 Bb7 10.Rb1 d6 11.b4 Qd7 12.Nb5 Rad8 13.Qc1 Nf5 14.e4
Nfd4 15.Nbxd4 cxd4 16.Bh6 e5 17.Nh4 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 f6 19.Qd2 Rb8
20.f4 Qe7 21.Bh3 Bc8 22.Bxc8 Rfxc8 23.Nf3 Nd8 24.fxe5 dxe5
25.Rf2 Ne6 26.Rbf1 Kg7 27.h4 h5 28.Ne1 Rf8 29.Nc2 a6 30.Na1
Rf7 31.Nb3 Qd7 32.Qa2 a5 33.Nd2 Rbf8 34.Nf3 Qd6 35.Qd2 axb4
36.axb4 Ra7 37.Rb1 Ra3 38.Qd1 Rfa8 39.Qf1 R8a7 40.Nd2 Qe7
41.c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.01.26"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "D Lister"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Rb8
12. Re1 b5 13. Nxb5 c4 14. Bxc4 Rxb5 15. Bxb5 Qb6+ 16. Be3
Qxb5 17. Bd4 Bh6 18. g3 Ndc5 19. Qe2 Qb7 20. Kg2 Bd7 21. Red1
Re8 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. e5 Bg4 24. Qe3 Qxb2+ {Black used 2
minutes on this game!} 0-1

[Event "Sunday Times Schools"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.04.28"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "T W Hart"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6
7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nge2 Be6
12. Nf4 Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Na4 Nd5 16. Nc5 Qe7
17. O-O O-O 18. b4 b6 19. Nb3 Rf6 20. Rae1 Raf8 21. Nd2 Rh6
22. g3 b5 23. f3 Qg5 24. fxe4 Qh5 25. Nb3 fxe4 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8
27. Na5 Ne7 28. Rf1+ Ke8 29. Rf4 Re6 30. Nb7 Qd5 31. Nc5 Rf6
32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Nxe4 Kf7 34. Nc3 Qh5 35. Ne2 Kg7 36. Kg2 Nd5
37. Qd3 Qg5 38. Kf2 Qh5 39. h4 f5 40. e4 fxe4 41. Qxe4 Qf7+
42. Kg2 Qf6 43. Ng1 Nb6 44. Nf3 Nc4 45. Ne5 Nxa3 46. Nxc6 Nc4
47. Nxa7 Nd2 48. Qf4 {Adjudicated} 1-0

[Event "Dulwich College"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.03.28"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Marc Goldstein"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Nd7 9. Na3 {!} O-O
10. Nc4 f6 11. Na5 {!} c5 12. Nc6 Qe8 13. dxe5 Nb6 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. b3 Bb7 18. c4 Rd7 19. Qd3
Re8 20. Nd2 Nc8 21. f3 Qe6 22. Nf1 Red8 23. Ne3 g6 24. Nd5
Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qf7 26. Qxa6 f5 27. Bg5 Ra7 28. Qd3 Rf8 29. Re2
fxe4 30. fxe4 Nb6 31. a4 Nd7 32. Bh6 Re8 33. Rf1 Qe7 34. Ref2
Raa8 35. Qh3 Rad8 36. Rf7 Qxf7 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Bg5 Nf6
39. Qf3 Kg8 40. Bxf6 Rd7 41. Bb2 Rf7 42. Qc3 Re5 43. a5 1-0

[Event "Dulwich College"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.02.04"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "H T Jones"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. c4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5
5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 e4 {!?} 7. f3 Bc5 8. Qb5+ Nbd7 9. fxe4
dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. b4 Qf6 13. Rb1 Qf2+
14. Kd1 a6 15. Qd3 Ne5 16. Qd5 Bd4 17. e3 Bg4+ 18. Nf3 Nxf3
19. h3 Rfd8 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 21. Qc4 Nxd2+ 22. hxg4 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Clare Benedict"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "A Holaszek"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5
7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a5 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. b3
Qc8 13. a3 Nh7 14. b4 Na6 15. Rb1 f5 16. f3 Rf7 17. Bf2 axb4
18. axb4 Bf8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 {!!} exf4 21. Bh5 Re7
22. Ne2 Bg7 23. Nxf4 Nf6 24. Bh4 Re3 25. Rf3 Nxh5 26. Nxh5 Qe8
27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Bf2 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Qg6 30. h3 Re8 31. Rb3 Kh7
32. b5 Nc5 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34. Re3 Qg5 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. Qc3 Qf4
37. Nf3 Bh5 38. Qf6 Bxf3 39. Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clare Benedict"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.05.15"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Francisco Garcia Orus"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5
7. c4 c6 8. d3 Nh5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nc3 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. b5 c5
13. e3 Nbd7 14. Rae1 Re8 15. f4 Nf8 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5 Nxd5
18. cxd5 Rb8 19. e4 b6 20. Nc4 fxe4 21. dxe4 {?} Bd7 22. a4 h5
23. Re3 Nh7 24. Bc3 Ng5 25. Qb2 Bg4 26. h4 Nf7 27. Bf3 Bh3
28. Bg2 Bg4 29. Kh2 Nd6 30. Nxd6 Qxd6 31. Bf3 Rf8 32. Qe2 Bxf3
33. Rexf3 Rxf3 34. Rxf3 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "U.S. Championship"]
[Site "New York, New York USA"]
[Date "1966.12.18"]
[EventDate "1966.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nicolas Rossolimo"]
[Black "James T Sherwin"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.a4 b4
8.Nd1 a5 9.Ne2 Ngf6 10.Bh6 O-O 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Ne3 e5 13.O-O
Re8 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.f4 Ba6 17.Ng3 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 exf4
19.Rxf4 Ne5 20.Bd3 Rad8 21.Raf1 Qa7+ 22.Kh1 Rd6 23.h3 Qd4
24.Rh4 Ng8 25.Qg5 Kh8 26.Nf5 gxf5 27.exf5 f6 28.Rxd4 Rxd4
29.Qh5 Kg7 30.Re1 c5 31.b3 Rf4 32.Bc4 Rf2 33.Bxg8 Kxg8 34.Rd1
Kg7 35.Qh4 Rxc2 36.Qg3+ Kh6 37.Rd6 Nd7 38.Qd3 Rc3 39.Qd2+ Kh5
40.Rxd7 {.../42/} 1-0

[Event "Unknown"]
[Site "Paramaribo"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dirk Daniel van Geet"]
[Black "Guyt"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.Nc3 {Notes by Eric Schiller. This opening is traditionally
known in America as the Dunst, but in Holland and most of
Europe it is the Van Geet, named for Dirk van Geet who has
played and promoted it most of his life. It is a somewhat
unorthodox opening but often transposes into such main lines
as the French, Caro Kann or Closed Sicilian. The development
of the knight at c3 is a normal move in and of itself. This
opening will be treated in greater depth in Unorthodox Chess
Openings, but the present game is a sample of the unique plan
with which van Geet is associated, and also contains a
reference to a very famous game attributed to Napeoleon.} d5
2.e4 {Now Black can switch to the French with 2...e6,
Caro-Kann with 2...c6, Alekhine via 2...Nf6, or Scandinavian
Defense with just about any other move. If Black advances to
d4, the position takes on a more original flavor, while the
capture at e4 still leaves a variety of transpositional
possibilities available.} d4 3.Nce2 e5 4.Ng3 { Looking at this
position we see the rationale behind White's play. Although
Black has occupied the dark squares in the center, this
formation can later be undermined by such moves as c3 and
f4. The knight has already been transferred to the kingside,
where it can take part in an attack, and White does have a
slight lead in development.} g6 {A logical reaction, which
enables the fianchetto of the dark-squared bishop and denies
access to f5 and h5 which might otherwise be useful to White.}
5.Bc4 Bg7 6.d3 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c3 { White establihes a little
tension in the center, though strictly speaking this is not a
the real point of the move. Instead, the idea is to be able to
deploy the queen at b3, creating a powerful battery with the
bishop, aiming at the vulnerable f7-square.} Nge7 9.Ng5 O-O
{Now White has a surprising attacking move.} 10.Nh5 {!} Bh8
{Black tries to preserve the bishop, but this leads to
disaster. 10...gxh5 11.Qxh5 h6 12.Nxf7 is obviously
unacceptable. 10...Na5 11.Nxg7 Nxc4! 12.dxc4 Kxg7 is
necessary.} 11.Qf3 Qe8 12.Nf6+ Bxf6 13.Qxf6 dxc3 {?} {This
loses by force. Again it was necessary to harrass the bishop
at c4 by ... Na5.} 14.Nxf7 Rxf7 15.Bh6 {and Black had no
defense.} 1-0

[Event "England"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Jonathan Penrose"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7
4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nc3 Qc7 {Black
could return to more normal paths with 8...e5. With the text
move he employs a plan of an early queenside advance akin to
that adopted by Botvinnik against me at Hastings.} 9. b3
{White ignores the forthcoming wing demonstration and
concentrates simply on building up a solid central
formation. 9 a4? (as in the Botvinnik game) would invite
9...a5! with an unshakeable grip on the b4 square.} 9...b5
10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Bb2 Rac8 12. Rac1 a6 13. e3 Qb8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Qb1 e6 {From the last few moves it has become clear that
both sides are loath to declare their intentions. White now
initiates a knight manoeuvre designed to tempt forward Black's
pawns and stabilise the central situation.} 16. Nce4 {!} Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 Nd7 {Black must beware of the
latent pressure along the a1-h8 diagonal. For example, if
19...e5 then 20 dxe5 dxe5 21 Qa1 Nd7 (or 21...Re8) 22 Nf4!
threatening Nd3 and Bh3.} 20. Nf4 e5 21. Nd3 c5 22. d5
{Black's queen's bishop is a poor piece. White therefore
refrains from exchanging it before closing the centre.}
22...Rf8 {Like Botvinnik, Black prepares the thematic advance
...f7-f5.} 23. e4 Rce8 24. Bh3 Qd8 {? Admittedly, Black cannot
yet risk 24...f5? on account of 25 Ne1! Nf6 26 exf5 Bc8 27
Ng2! followed by 28 Ne3; yet this preparatory move, 24...Qd8,
is Black's first serious mistake, and should have been
rejected in favour of 24...Bc8.} 25. b4 {!} bxc4 {Or 25...cxb4
26 Nxb4 followed by 27 Nc6.} 26. bxc5 {! A combinative point
overlooked by my opponent. 26 Rxc4 Nb6 is quite adequate for
Black.} 26...cxd3 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. c6 {Had Black played
24...Bc8, this thrust would not have been possible. Black is
now saddled with weak pawns on a6 and d6 and loses control of
the c-file.} 28...Qe7 29. cxb7 Rb8 30. Qxd3 Qxb7 31. Ba3 Rfd8
32. Rc6 Bf8 {The game was adjourned in this position and White
sealed ...} 33. Rdc1 {Capturing the a-pawn at once allows
Black counterplay based on ...Ra8. White prefers to increase
the pressure.} 33...Qb5 {! The most active defence, since
White is now threatening to win the a-pawn with
impunity. 33...a5 allows 34 Rc7 Qb5 35 Qxb5 Rxb5 36 Ra7
followed by doubling rooks on the seventh rank.} 34. Qxb5 axb5
35. Bb4 Be7 36. R1c2 Kf8 37. Ba5 {White can no longer resist
the temptation of material gain. After the game Dr. Penrose
suggested that it might have been more accurate to infiltrate
further with the rooks and centralise the king, since Black is
in no position to offer active resistance.} 37...Re8 {Or
37...Rd7 38 Rc8+ Rxc8 39 Rxc8+ followed by Rb8.} 38. Bc7 Rb7
39. Bxd6 Bxd6 40. Rxd6 Ra8 41. Rdc6 Ra4 42. f3 Ra3 43. R6c3
Rba7 44. Rxa3 Rxa3 45. Kf2 45...Ke7 {? Even at this stage
Black could still have put up resistance with 45...h5!
restricting the mobility of White's kingside pawns. White
probably does best to play 46 h4 followed by Re2, Kg2 and
g3-g4, attempting to create a potential passed pawn on the
kingside. Even in this case, however, it is not at all clear
that White can make positive progress. After the text move
White succeeds in fixing Black's pawns and the winning process
becomes a matter of not over-complex technique.} 46. g4 {!} g5
47. Kg3 Kd7 48. Rc5 Ra5 49. a4 {! Finally clearing up the
position on the queenside.} 49...Rxa4 50. Rxb5 Ra6 51. Rb7+
Ke8 52. Rc7 Rf6 53. Ra7 Kf8 54. h3 Ke8 55. Ra3 Ke7 56. h4
gxh4+ {Black cannot allow 57 hxg5 followed by 58 Ra8 and 59
Re8 or 59 Rg8 depending on which square the black king
occupies.} 57. Kxh4 Kd7 58. Ra7+ Ke8 59. Kg3 Kd8 60. Rb7 Ke8
61. Rc7 {! Black is in zugzwang and has no defence against 62
Rc6, e.g. 61...Kd8 62 Rc6 Rxc6 63 dxc6 Kc7 64 Kh4 Kxc6 65
Kh5+-.} 1-0

[Event "Germantown CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dan Heisman"]
[Black "John Buhalo"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1450"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. d4 { Notes by Heisman. } d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3
exf3 5. Qxf3 Bd7 $2 6. Qxb7 Bc6 $4 (6... Nc6 7. Nb5 Nd5 8. c3
e5 $11) 7. Bb5 (7. Qb3 Qxd4 $17) 7... Qd7 8. Bxc6 Nxc6
9. Qxa8+ Nd8 10. Qxa7 Qc6 11. Qa4 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 e6 13. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Germantown CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dan Heisman"]
[Black "Don Latzel"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 {Notes by Heisman.} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 Nxe4 4. Nxe4
dxe4 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Nc6
10. Qe2 Bg4 11. h3 Bf5 12. Ng5 Qe8 (12... Bf6 $15) 13. g4 $18
Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 h6 17. Nxf7
(17. gxf5) 17... Rxf7 18. gxf5 (18. Qxh6) 18... Kg7 19. Bxf7
Qxf7 20. Qe5+ Kh7 21. Kh2 g5 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Qe6 Qf8 24. Qg6+
Kh8 25. Re6 1-0

[Event "Germantown CC Ladder"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.10.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dan Heisman"]
[Black "Les Segal"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 { Notes by Heisman. I actually played d4. One of the
first games I vary my opening for an opponent and maybe only
my 3rd or 4th win over an A player.} 1... g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3
d6 4. Bg2 c5 5. Qa4+ Qd7 6. Qxd7+ Nxd7 7. d5 $15 Ne5 8. Nd2
Nf6 9. h3 Ned7 10. f4 Nb6 11. Rb1 Nh5 12. Kf2 f5 13. b3 {I
gave this a "?" but Fritz says this is the best move! I
believe Fritz (2700) over 1967 Dan (1600).} 13... O-O 14. e4
$2 Bd4+ $1 15. Kf3 Nf6 (15... g5 $1) 16. Ke2 Nh5 17. Kf3 fxe4+
18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Ne2 Nd7 (19... Nf6 $15) 20. Nxd4 (20. g4 $1
Bxe4+ 21. Kxe4 Nhf6+ 22. Kf3 $1 {and White is winning a
pawn!!}) 20... cxd4 21. Kf2 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxb1 23. Ne6 Rf7
(23... Bxa2 $11) 24. Nxd4 (24. a3 $16) 24... Ng7 25. Bb2 Bf5
26. Re1 g5 ({Fritz 7:} 26... Rb8 27. a3 Bd7 28. h4 h6 29. Bc3
Nf5 {1.06/10} ) ({Fritz 7:} 26... Bc8 27. h4 h6 28. Be4 Bf5
29. Ne6 Nxe6 30. dxe6 Rff8 31. Bxb7 Rab8 {1.06/10}) ({Fritz
7:} 26... Raf8 27. a3 b6 28. Nc6 e5 29. dxe6 Nxe6 30. g4 Nxf4
31. Ne7+ Rxe7 {1.06/10}) 27. Nxf5 (27. g4 Bd7 28. f5 $16
{/+-}) 27... Nxf5 28. g4 Nh4 29. f5 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 h5 (30... a6
{Fritz 7:} 31. Bc1 (31. Re6 b5) 31... h6 ({Fritz 7:} 31... Rg7
32. a4 b5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Bb2 Rf7 35. axb5 Rb8 {0.94/12})
({Fritz 7:} 31... b5 32. Bxg5 bxc4 33. bxc4 Kf8 34. f6 exf6
35. Bf4 Rd8 36. Re6 Rfd7 37. Rxf6+ Ke8 38. Re6+ Kf7 {1.31/12})
32. Re6 Rh7 33. Bb2 Rc8 34. Kf3 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. a4 bxa4
37. Rg6+ Kf7 38. bxa4 {0.91/12}) 31. Re6 hxg4 32. Rg6+ Kh7
33. Rxg5 gxh3+ 34. Kxh3 Raf8 $2 (34... Rff8 $8 35. Kh4 Rad8
36. Rg7+ Kh6 37. Rg6+ Kh7 38. Rg5 $16) 35. Rh5+ Kg8 36. Rh8#
1-0

[Event "La Salle Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Kubacki"]
[Black "Dan Heisman"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1467"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 { Notes by Heisman. } c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 b5 4. g3 e6
5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 Ne7 7. O-O d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5
10. Re1 Be7 11. Nh4 Qd7 12. Qg4 g6 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bd2 Bf6
15. c3 $6 Qxd3 16. Rxe6+ $6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Be7 18. Ne5 Nxe5
19. Qxe5 Bxg2 $1 20. Re1 (20. Qxh8+ Kd7 {Fritz 7:} 21. Qxh7
(21. Qxh7) 21... Qxd2 ({Fritz 7:} 21... Be4 22. Qh3+ Kc7
23. Bf4+ Bd6 24. Qh4 Re8 25. Bxd6+ Qxd6 26. a4 b4 27. cxb4
cxb4 {-2.03/15}) ({Fritz 7:} 21... Bc6 22. Re1 Re8 23. Bg5 Be4
24. Qh3+ Kd8 25. Qh4 Bxg5 26. Qxg5+ Kd7 27. Qf6 Qf3
{-2.00/15}) 22. Kxg2 Rf8 23. Rf1 Qxb2 24. Qxg6 Qxa2 25. Qe4
Rf6 26. Qe5 Qe6 {-2.19/15}) 20... O-O-O ({or} 20... O-O $1)
21. Qxe7 Qxd2 22. Qxc5+ Kb8 23. Re7 Qd1+ 24. Kxg2 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "LaSalle Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.06.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dan Heisman"]
[Black "Frank Camaratta"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "1466"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 {Notes by Heisman. My first game against a USCF Expert!
I beat Kubacki in the first round.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Be2 Ba4 9. Rb1
Qc7 10. Bb5+ Bxb5 11. Rxb5 Nd7 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Qb1 O-O $1
14. Rxb7 Rab8 15. Rxb8 Rxb8 16. Qc1 $2 (16. Qa1 Na5 $15)
16... cxd4 $19 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qc3+ 19. Bd2 Qxd4
20. O-O Nxe5 21. Be3 Qc3 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Be3 Qxa3 24. Qb1 Nc4
25. Bc1 Qa2 26. Qb7 h6 27. Re1 Qa5 28. Rd1 Nd6 29. Qb3 Qa2
30. Qd3 Rc8 31. Bxh6 Nf5 (31... Qxc2 $19) 32. Bf4 Rxc2 33. Rf1
(33. Qf3) 33... Qc4 34. Qxc4 Rxc4 35. g3 f6 36. Rd1 Kf7
37. Kf1 e5 38. Rxd5 Ke6 39. Rb5 exf4 40. Rb6+ Ke5 41. Rb5+ Ke4
42. Kg2 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Preparation Tournament for Student Olympiad"]
[Site "Bognor"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Michael John Basman"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 2. d3 b5 {!? An
eccentricity quite in Basman's style. However, the move also
has some positional basis in that an eventual advance of the
queenside pawns forms a valuable black resource against the
King's Indian Attack.} 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bc5 {?! But
this is much harder to justify, since the king's bishop is
normally needed on the kingside for defensive purposes.}
6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Qe2 Bb6 {Necessary if Black is to
mobilise his c-pawn.} 9. Kh1 c5 10. Nh4 Nc6 11. c3 d5 12. e5
Nd7 13. f4 b4 14. Ndf3 {White's kingside attack proceeds
unopposed, largely due to the absence of the useful defensive
king's bishop.} 14...Qc7 15. f5 {!} exf5 16. Bf4 Rae8 17. Rae1
bxc3 18. bxc3 d4 19. c4 Re6 {Although White's e-pawn is
blockaded there are other ways of prosecuting the assault.}
20. Nxf5 f6 {? Threatening to destroy White's strong point at
e5, but the scheme is over-optimistic and allows the energy in
White's position to burst forth by means of a positional queen
sacrifice.} 21. Nxg7 {!} Kxg7 22. exf6+ Rfxf6 23. Qxe6 {!}
Rxe6 24. Rxe6 {White avoids 24 Bxc7? with only rook for two
minor pieces. White has now given up queen and knight for two
rooks, but Black's famous king's bishop is locked out of play,
while his other pieces cannot participate in the defence of
his king.} 24...Qc8 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. Ng5 {Threatening Bd5 and
Rf7.} 26...Nce5 27. Bxb7 Qxb7+ {Although Black gains a
temporary respite with this check his queen must immediately
return to the back rank to prevent Re8+.} 28. Kg1 Qb8 29. Re7
Ba5 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Nxf7 32. Rgxf7 {! Threatening both
Rxd7 and Rf8+.} 32...Bd2 {?! Obviously desperation. If
32...Qc8 33 Rxd7+- or 32...Qd6 33 Rf8+ Nxf8 34 Rxf8+ Qxf8 35
Bxf8 with a simple win in the endgame.} 33. Bxd2 Qd6 34. Rxd7
{After 34...Qxd7 35 Bh6 wins at once.} 1-0

[Event "USSR vs. UK Match"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "D Ermakov"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 g6 6.f3 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.h4 Qa5
11.h5 Nxh5 12.O-O-O Rfc8 13.Bb3 Ne5 14.g4 Nf6 15.Kb1 Rxc3
16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.bxc3 Rc8 18.Kb2 a5 19.a3 a4 20.Ba2 Be8 21.Rh3
Nfd7 22.Ne2 Rc6 23.Bd5 Ra6 24.Bxb7 Nc4+ 25.Kc1 Ra5 26.Bd4 Nxa3
27.Bd5 Ne5 28.Rdh1 h6 29.Ba2 Rb5 30.Nf4 Kf8 31.Nd3 Rb8 32.Nxe5
dxe5 33.Be3 Nb5 34.Bd2 g5 35.c4 Nd4 36.c3 Ne2+ 37.Kc2 Nf4
38.R3h2 a3 39.Bb3 Ba4 40.Bxa4 Rb2+ 41.Kc1 Nd3+ 42.Kd1 a2
43.Ke2 Nc5 44.Ra1 Nxa4 45.Rhh1 Nc5 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Kent League"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1967.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John N Sugden"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7
5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5 9.d5 e6 10.O-O exd5
11.exd5 Re8 12.h3 {? 12.Bf4 } Bf5 13.Nh4 {?} Be4 {!} 14.Bf3
Nd7 {!} 15.Nxe4 Ne5 16.Bg5 Qxg5 17.Nxg5 { 17.Qxa6 Qxh4 18.Qxb7
!? } Nxc4 18.Rac1 Nd2 19.Rfd1 Bh6 {White resigned. The first
11 moves were theory. White's knights are rather
comic--hopping around on one wooden leg between the two of
them.} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.02.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G A Dickson"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2.Bf4 Bg7 3.e3 c5 4.c3 cxd4
5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.h3 Qc7 9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O e5
11.Bh2 Qe7 12.d5 Nd8 13.c4 b6 14.Nc3 Nb7 15.Re1 Ne8 16.Bf1 Qd8
17.Qd2 h6 18.Rad1 Bd7 19.Kh1 a5 20.b3 Nc5 21.Ne4 f5 22.Nxc5
bxc5 23.g3 Nf6 24.Ng1 Qb6 25.Qe3 a4 26.Rb1 axb3 27.axb3 Ra3
28.Bd3 Rxb3 29.Rxb3 Qxb3 30.Rb1 Qa2 31.Rb6 Ne8 32.Qe2 Qxe2
33.Nxe2 Kf7 34.f4 e4 35.Bc2 Ke7 36.g4 Nf6 {Sealed move.}
37.gxf5 gxf5 38.Rb7 Ra8 39.Ng3 Ra1+ 40.Bg1 Kd8 41.Nxf5 Bxf5
42.Rxg7 e3 43.Rg2 Bxh3 44.Re2 Ng4 {!!} 45.Bd3 Nf2+ 46.Kh2 Nxd3
47.Rxe3 Bf5 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "British Junior Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1967.03.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "E Mason"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2.d3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Nd2 Nc6
5.Ngf3 d6 6.h3 e6 7.g3 Nge7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Re1 Bb7
11.Qc2 Qd7 12.Nf1 d5 13.Bf4 d4 14.c4 e5 15.Bd2 Nc8 16.N3h2 Nd6
17.Rad1 a5 {!} 18.a4 {?} Nb4 {!} 19.Bxb4 cxb4 20.b3 Bc6 21.f3
Nb7 22.g4 {?} Bh6 23.Ng3 Nc5 24.Ra1 Qe7 25.Nhf1 Rfc8 26.Red1
Bd7 27.Qb2 Qe8 28.Ne2 Bg5 29.Kh2 Ne6 30.Kg3 Qe7 31.Kh2 Kg7
32.Kh1 Rh8 33.Nfg3 h6 34.Rf1 Rac8 35.Rad1 Be3 36.Kh2 Qg5
37.Rh1 h5 {!} 38.gxh5 Nf4 39.Bf1 Nxh5 40.Kg2 Nf4+ 41.Kh2 Bxh3
{White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.02.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Michael J Franklin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2
Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 f5 8.Rb1 Nge7 9.a3 O-O 10.Ne1 f4 11.b4 Rb8
12.e3 b6 13.Nd5 fxg3 14.hxg3 Nf5 15.Nf3 Nce7 16.Ng5 Kh8
17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.Ne4 h5 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.Nc3 h4 21.Nd5 Qd8 22.g4
Nh6 23.f3 Be6 24.e4 Bxd5 25.cxd5 g5 26.Qa4 {!} Rf7 27.Qc6 {!}
Bf6 28.a4 Rc7 29.Qb5 Nf7 30.Bd2 Nd6 31.Qb2 Kg7 32.Bc3 Qe7
33.f4 {!!} gxf4 34.g5 {!} Bxg5 35.Bxe5+ Kh7 36.Bxf4 h3 37.Bxh3
Rg8 38.Kh1 Rg6 39.Bh2 Rh6 40.Qg2 Bf6 41.Rg1 Qg7 42.Bxd6 Qxg2+
43.Kxg2 Rg7+ 44.Bg3 Bd4 45.Bf5+ Kg8 46.Rh1 {Black resigned.}
1-0

[Event "Croydon League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.05.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A P Sombor"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Bf4 d6 4.e3 Nf6
5.Nbd2 O-O 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Qe8 8.h3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bh2 Qe7
11.Bc4 e4 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.O-O a6 14.Bd5 {?} c5 {!} 15.Bxe5 Qxe5
{White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Club match"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1967.04.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "D A Learner"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6
5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.c3 Qf6 8.d4 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qxf3 10.gxf3 f6
11.f4 exd4 12.cxd4 O-O-O 13.Be3 Bb4 {?} 14.f5 {!} Re8 15.f3
Ne7 16.Kf2 g6 17.fxg6 Nxg6 18.Nc3 Bd6 19.Ne2 Re7 20.Rg1 Nh4
21.Nf4 Kd7 22.Ng6 Nxg6 23.Rxg6 Rf7 24.Rag1 b6 25.f4 c5 26.dxc5
Bxc5 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.Rg7 Ke7 29.Rg8 Rhh7 30.Ra8 h4 31.Rxa6
Rhg7 32.Rc6 Rxg1 33.Kxg1 Rg7+ 34.Kh2 {?} Rg3 35.Rxc5 Re3 {!}
36.Rxc7+ Kd6 37.Rc2 Rxe4 38.Kg2 Re3 39.b4 Rg3+ 40.Kh2 Rf3
41.Rb2 Rxf4 42.a4 Kc7 43.a5 Kb7 44.Kg2 f5 45.Rb3 Rc4 {Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "London League"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.09.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Macdonald-Ross"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3
Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 e6 9.e3 b6 10.b4 {?} Bb7
11.Qb3 Nc6 12.a4 Re8 13.Rd1 Rc8 14.Ba3 Bh6 15.Ra2 Ba6 16.Nb5
Ne4 {!} 17.Rc2 Bb7 18.Rdc1 a6 19.Nc3 Nd6 20.Nd2 b5 21.Bf1 Nc4
22.Nxc4 bxc4 23.Qb2 e5 24.Rd1 exd4 25.exd4 Bg7 26.Ne2 Rb8
27.Qc3 Bc8 28.Bg2 Bg4 29.Kf1 Bf5 {White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Cambridge Club"]
[Site "Cambridge (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.10.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "M Daube"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 d5
5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.O-O Nge7 7.c4 O-O 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 a4 10.cxd5 Nxd5
11.Nc4 h6 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Qc2 Bg4 {!} 14.Bc3 Nd4 15.Bxd4 exd4
16.Rbc1 Re8 17.h3 Bf5 18.Rfe1 c5 19.Nh4 Be6 20.Nd2 b6 21.Nhf3
Ra7 22.Kh2 f5 23.Nc4 Bf7 24.Nh4 Kh7 25.Nd2 Bf6 26.Nhf3 Qb8
{!?} 27.Nc4 b5 28.Ncd2 Rc7 29.Qd1 Qa7 30.Kg1 Rec8 31.Kh2 c4
32.dxc4 bxc4 33.Kg1 c3 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Cambridge University vs. London University"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1967.04.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Ian W Sharpe"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O
5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3
e5 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Bb2 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nce4 {!} Nxe4
16.Nxe4 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 f5 18.Nc3 Qf6 19.Qd2 b4 20.Nd5 Bxd5
21.Bxd5+ Kg7 {?} 22.a3 {!} Qc3 23.Qxc3+ bxc3 24.b4 Nb7 25.Rfc1
cxb4 26.axb4 Nd8 27.Rxc3 Rxb4 28.Rc7+ Kf6 29.Rxh7 Re8 30.Rd7
Ke5 31.Ra5 Ne6 32.Bc6+ Nc5 33.Rxd6 Rb1+ 34.Kg2 Kxd6 35.Bxe8 g5
36.Bg6 Re1 37.e3 f4 38.exf4 gxf4 39.Kf3 Ne6 40.h4 fxg3 41.fxg3
Rf1+ 42.Kg2 Rf6 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Cambridge University College Championship"]
[Site "Cambridge (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "S Welbourne"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Bg4 {?} 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qd6 10.Nd2
Nd7 11.Nc4 Qf6 12.Qe2 Nb6 13.Ne3 c5 14.a4 O-O 15.b3 Qe6 16.Bb2
Bg5 17.a5 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Nd7 19.f4 f6 20.f5 Qd6 21.g4 Rf7 22.Bc3
b5 23.Rad1 Nb8 24.h4 Nc6 25.g5 Nd4 {?} 26.Rd2 Kf8 27.Rg2 fxg5
{?!} 28.hxg5 Ke7 29.g6 hxg6 30.Rxg6 Qd8 31.Bxd4 {?} Qxd4
32.Qxd4 cxd4 33.Re6+ Kd7 34.Rxe5 c6 35.Re6 Rf6 36.Rxf6 gxf6
37.Kg2 Rh8 38.Rh1 Rg8+ 39.Kf2 c5 40.Rh7+ Kd6 41.Ra7 Rh8 42.Kg3
Ke5 43.Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Cambridge University College Championship"]
[Site "Cambridge (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.12.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Ewing"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.c4 e6
{!?} 6.Nf3 Ne7 {!?} 7.Nc3 a6 8.a4 exd5 9.cxd5 Bg4 10.Be2 O-O
11.O-O Bxf3 12.Rxf3 f5 {!?} 13.Bc4 Bxc3 {!?} 14.bxc3 fxe4
15.Re3 Rxf4 16.Rh3 Rf5 17.Qg4 Nd7 18.Bg5 {!} Ne5 19.Qh4 Rf7
20.Rf1 Qf8 {!!} 21.Rxf7 Qxf7 22.Bxe7 Nxc4 23.Qxe4 Re8 24.Qxc4
Qxe7 25.Rf3 Kg7 26.Qb3 Qe1+ 27.Rf1 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Re7 29.Qb2 Qe2
30.Qa1 Qc4 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Cambridge Club"]
[Site "Cambridge (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A B Bracher"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 exf6 {The doubled pawn isn't
a problem, it can advance later. Then the bishop pair will be
useful for Black.} 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nf3 c6 {? ! 7...f5 would have
been stronger. } 8.Bd3 Qb6 {?} 9.O-O {! Refusing to be bluffed
into protecting b2. I must now take the pawn; declining teh
pawn would only have been an open admission of my idiocy on
moves 7 and 8.} Qxb2 10.Qd2 Qb6 11.Kh1 Bg4 12.Rab1 Qc7 13.Nh4
{! A fine conception, stranding the bishop at g4.Black has no
time to retreat and must plunge into complications.} Nd7 {! ?}
14.h3 g5 {!} 15.Nf5 { 15.hxg4 gxh4 is better for Black. } Bxf5
16.exf5 O-O-O {To castle short would be even more rapidly
fatal.} 17.Rb3 d5 18.Nb5 {!! A brilliant move which convinced
me that it was time to offer a draw. Bracher, not unnaturally,
refused. I was hoping for 18.Nxd5 Qd6 ! 19.Nc3 Nb6 when Black
has freed his position and is in no danger of being mated
immediately. } cxb5 { 18...Qb8 ? 19.Qa5 ! a6 20.Nd6+ Qxd6
21.Rxb7 and mates. } 19.Rc3 a6 20.Rxc7+ Kxc7 21.Qc3+ Kb8 22.a4
{!} Rc8 23.Qb3 {? 23.Qa5 wins at once. ! bxa4 24.Rb1 Ka7
25.Qxd5 Rc7 26.Qxf7 Bf8 27.c4 } Nb6 24.axb5 a5 {Setting up a
temporary defense. I had to play quickly, as games in this
event were subject to adjudication, and I judged with some
justification that a premature adjudication would have been
fatal to my cause.} 25.Qa3 a4 26.Qd6+ Ka7 27.Qb4 Kb8 {!}
28.Qd6+ Ka7 29.Qb4 Kb8 30.Qa5 Kc7 31.Ra1 {? 31.c4! followed by
Rc1 would have forced instant capitulation. } Bf8 32.Rxa4 Bd6
33.Ra1 Bxf4 34.Qb4 Bd6 35.Qb3 Rhe8 36.Rf1 Kd7 {Suddenly Black
is back in the game. The 'ex-pawn' on d3 controls 32 dark
squares and White's king is in trouble. I am sure that Black
is no longer losing and may even be winning, a curious
reversal of fortuine. White now found himself in continuous
time pressure with the time controls at move 36 and 48, and a
few more errors sufficed to lose.} 37.Qb1 h5 {!} 38.Re1 {?
38.Qd1 ? h4 [ 38...Rh8 ! ? ] 39.Qh5 Re7 40.Qh6 ! } Bg3 {!}
39.Rf1 { 39.Rc1 ! } Re7 40.Qd1 h4 41.Qf3 Kd6 42.Kg1 Rce8
43.Rd1 Re1+ 44.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 45.Bf1 Nc4 46.b6 Ne3 {White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Bognor Regis (England)"]
[Date "1967.06.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Alberic O'Kelly de Galway"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7
5.c4 O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Na3 Bxc5
11.Nxc4 Qe7 12.Nce5 Bd7 {??} 13.Bg5 {!} Rfd8 14.Ng4 Bd6
15.Rfd1 e5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nh6+ Kg7 18.Nf5+ Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Bc5
20.Rdc1 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.Be4 Rh8 23.Qg4+ Kh6 24.Rc2 Rad8
25.e3 Ba7 26.Rac1 Bb8 27.Rc4 Bd6 28.Bf5 Bb8 29.Qh4+ Kg7
30.Rg4+ Kf8 31.Qh6+ Ke8 32.Qg7 Rf8 33.Qxh7 Qd6 34.Rg7 Qd2
35.Rf1 Ba7 36.Be6 Ke7 37.Bxf7 1-0

[Event "World Student Olympiad"]
[Site "Harrachov"]
[Date "1967.07.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "E A Pantazi"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6
5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nge2 Nb6 8.b3 Nf6 9.Bh6 O-O 10.f3 b4
11.Nd1 c5 12.h4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qc7 15.Ne2 Qc5 16.g4
Nbd7 17.Ne3 Ne5 18.Rh3 Be6 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.Kf2 {?} Bxg4 21.Kg2
Ng8 22.Qf4 Nxd3 23.cxd3 e5 24.Qxg4 Qxe3 25.f4 Qd2 26.Kh3 Nf6
27.Qf3 Nh5 28.Rg4 Rac8 29.Rag1 Rc2 30.R1g2 Qd1 31.Qe3 Qh1+
32.Rh2 Qf1+ 33.Rhg2 f5 34.exf5 gxf5 35.Rg5 Rxe2 {!} 0-1

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Bognor Regis (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.07.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Wright"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.g3 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2.Bg2 d5 3.Nf3 c6 4.b3 Bg4
5.Bb2 e6 6.d3 a5 7.a3 Bd6 {?!} 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe1 a4
11.e4 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Be7 13.b4 Qb6 14.e5 Ne8 15.c4 Nc7 16.Qe2
Rfd8 17.c5 Qa6 18.Nd4 Nb5 19.Bh3 {?!} Nxd4 20.Bxd4 b6 {!}
21.cxb6 c5 {!!} 22.bxc5 Bxc5 23.Qe3 Qxb6 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Rab1
Qa7 26.Rb4 Nb3 27.Rg4 Qxe3 28.fxe3 d4 29.exd4 Nxd4 30.Rb1 Nf3+
0-1

[Event "World Student Olympiad"]
[Site "Harrachov"]
[Date "1967.02.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jens Kolbak"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.f4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e3 c5 4.Be2 e6
5.O-O Ne7 6.d4 cxd4 {?!} 7.exd4 O-O 8.c3 b6 9.Nbd2 Ba6 10.Ne4
d5 11.Neg5 h6 12.Nh3 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nd7 14.g4 Nf6 15.Nf2 Qc7
16.Ne5 Qb7 17.Re1 b5 18.Bd2 a5 19.Ned3 Rfe8 20.Nc5 Qc6 21.Nfd3
Nd7 22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.Kh1 b4 24.Qf3 bxc3 25.bxc3 Rab8 26.Re2 Nc6
27.Rae1 Rec8 28.Rg2 Kh7 29.Reg1 Qe7 30.Rf1 Qf6 31.Qh3 Re8
32.Rgf2 Rb7 33.Ne5 Ne7 34.f5 exf5 35.g5 Qe6 36.Re1 Reb8
37.gxh6 Bxe5 38.Rxe5 Qc6 39.Qe3 Ng8 40.Re2 Nf6 41.Re7 Ne4
42.Rxb7 Rxb7 43.h4 Qa4 44.Be1 Qd1 45.Kg2 a4 46.Bf2 Rb1 47.Be1
a3 48.Kf1 Rb2 49.Rg2 Rxg2 50.Kxg2 Qc2+ 51.Kf3 Qxa2 52.Qf4 Qc4
0-1

[Event "World Student Olympiad"]
[Site "Harrachov"]
[Date "1967.02.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miso Cebalo"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.e3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.b3 d5 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e6 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Rad1
Qc7 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Qb1 Qb8 16.e4 e5 {!} 17.exd5 exd4 18.Ne4
Nxe4 19.Bxe4 c5 20.Rfe1 a5 21.Rcd1 Bh6 22.Bb2 Qd6 23.Bd3 Ne5
24.a3 Re7 25.Bf1 Rce8 26.b4 b6 27.bxc5 bxc5 28.a4 Qb8 {!!}
29.Qa1 Qd6 {? I missed a neat tactic. 29...Bd2 30.Rxd2 Nf3+
31.gxf3 Rxe1 32.Qa3 Rxf1+ !! 33.Kxf1 Qh2 and wins } 30.Ba3 Qc7
31.Kh1 d3 32.Qc3 d2 33.Re2 Ng4 34.hxg4 Rxe2 35.Bb2 R2e5 36.g3
f6 37.Kg2 Qe7 38.Qxa5 Re1 39.Rxd2 Qe4+ 40.f3 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "Southern Counties Championship Qualifier"]
[Site "Southend (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.02.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "D J Sherman"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 b6
5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Rfd1 Qe8
11.Ba6 Bxa6 12.Qxa6 Qc8 {!} 13.Qa3 {?} Nh5 14.Bg3 Nxg3 15.hxg3
Qb7 16.d5 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.f4 Bg7 19.Nf3 b5 20.Qb3 Rfb8
21.Rab1 a5 22.Qc2 b4 23.cxb4 axb4 24.e4 Rxa2 25.e5 b3 26.Qf2
c4 27.Qe3 Rc8 28.Nd4 Qxd5 29.exd6 exd6 30.Nxb3 Qb7 31.Nc1 Rxb2
32.Rxb2 Qxb2 33.Rxd6 Bf8 34.Rd5 Ba3 35.Ne2 c3 36.Kh2 c2 37.Rd3
Bc5 38.Qc1 Qb5 39.Rd2 Be3 40.Rxc2 Qh5# 0-1

[Event "Southern Counties Championship"]
[Site "Southend (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.02.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "P L Roe"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 Ne7
5.d4 d6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Nbc6 9.Nxc6 Nxc6 10.Bd2
Re8 11.h3 Bd7 12.Rc1 Ne7 13.b3 Bc6 14.e4 Qd7 15.Kh2 f5 16.Re1
Rf8 17.Bf4 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Rae8 19.Nd5 Nf5 20.Qd3 Nd4 21.Bg2 Ne6
22.Be3 Nc5 23.Qc2 Kh8 24.b4 Ne6 25.b5 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Nd4 27.Qd1
c5 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.Qxd4 {!!} cxd5 30.Qxd5 Re5 31.Qg2 Ra5
32.Re2 Qf7 33.Rd2 Rc8 34.Rxd6 Rxa2 35.Rcd1 Qf8 36.Rd7 a5
37.Rxg7 {!} Kxg7 38.Rd7+ Kf6 39.Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Churchill Memorial"]
[Site "Bognor Regis (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.03.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "G Wright"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 d6
5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nfd2 c5 9.Nc3 a6 10.Qc2 Rb8
11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 Qc7 {?} 13.Rac1 Bd7 14.h3 bxc4 15.bxc4 Rb4
16.Ba3 Rb7 17.Nd1 Rfb8 18.f4 Rb6 19.Kh2 e5 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Nf2
Nb7 22.e4 Ne8 23.Nd3 Ned6 24.Rb1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Rf8 26.Nb3 Ba4
27.Qc3 Bxb3 28.axb3 a5 29.Bb2 f5 30.Rf1 Bf6 31.Nf2 fxe4 {?}
32.Nxe4 Nxe4 33.Bxe4 Kg7 34.Rxf6 {!} Kxf6 35.d6 Qxd6 36.Bxb7
Re8 37.Bd5 Qc7 38.Qe3 Qb6 39.Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "International Junior Team Tournament"]
[Site "Hague"]
[Date "1967.07.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Hubert Mossong"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene.} g6
2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4 e5 8.d5
Ne7 9.c5 {!?} dxc5 {?} 10.Nxe5 Nfxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxf7 {!}
Kxf7 13.Bxd5+ Ke8 14.Qb3 c6 15.Bg2 Qe7 16.Be3 Bd4 17.Bxd4 cxd4
18.Qa4 Qd7 19.Rac1 Rf6 20.Rfd1 Rd6 21.Qa3 Qd8 22.Qc5 Kf7
23.Rc4 b6 24.Qa3 Bb7 25.e3 d3 26.Rd4 Rxd4 27.exd4 Qxd4 28.Rxd3
Qg4 29.Rf3+ Kg8 30.Qe7 Qd4 {Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "SCCU Ch, Southend"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.03.26"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Harry Golombek"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. d3 a5 8. a3 axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 Qb6 11. c3 Nbd7
12. Nbd2 e5 13. e4 Re8 14. Qc2 {? 14. Qb1} 14... Nf8 15. Re1
Qc7 16. h3 b6 17. Bb2 Bb7 18. Ra1 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sunday Trophy, Mitcham-M'ms"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.04.19"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Graham Speed"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. e4
Nxa4 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Bg4 e6 17. Qc1
Qe7 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. e5 Rfc8 21. Ra2 a5 22. Bh6
Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qe7 24. Re3 Qf8 25. Qh4 Rc7 26. f4 a4 27. f5
exf5 28. Bxf5 Bc8 29. Rh3 h5 30. Bxc8 Qxc8 31. Rg3
{Adjudicated} 0-1

[Event "Pirbright Tournament"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1967.09.16"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 d5
5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Re1 Ne4 {!?} 9. e3 Bg4
{?!} 10. Qb3 {!} Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Be6 12. Qxb7 Na6 13. a3 Qd6
14. Qb3 Rfb8 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. c5 Qc7 17. Nf3 Qb7 18. e4 {?!}
dxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Re2 Bd3 21. Rd2 Be4 22. Qc4 Qb3 23. Qe2
Qd5 {!} 24. Rd1 Rb3 25. Be3 Nc7 26. Ne1 Bxg2 27. Nxg2 Ne6
28. Nf4 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Bxd4 30. Rd2 e5 31. Be3 Qxc5 32. Bxd4
exd4 33. Rad1 Rd8 34. Qe4 d3 35. Rxd3 Rdxd3 36. Rxd3 Rxb2
37. Qf4 Qe7 38. h4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 h5 40. Re3 Qd8 41. Re5 Rb5
42. Qe3 Rxe5 43. Qxe5 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1967.05.14"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "R A Doney"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6
7. O-O e5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg5 Be6
12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. b3 Qc7 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rac1 Rd7
17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. e3 d5 20. exd4 dxc4 21. d5
{!} Bf7 22. bxc4 a5 23. Qc3 Rdd6 24. Rfe1 Qd7 25. Re2 Qf5
26. f4 h5 27. Re5 Qd7 28. Rce1 Kf8 29. Qe3 Qc8 30. h4 b5
31. Kh2 bxc4 32. Qc3 Qb7 33. Re6 {!} 1-0

[Event "Glasgow Open"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1967.09.24"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roderick M McKay"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. c4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. g3
Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 {! ?} 6. d5 Bxf3 7. exf3 Ne5 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O
O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. f4 Ned7 12. Bd2 a6 13. b3 Rb8 14. Rae1 {?}
Re8 15. Bh3 b5 16. f5 bxc4 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. bxc4 Qc7 19. f4
Rb2 20. Qd3 Nh7 21. Bc1 Rb4 22. f5 g5 23. Ba3 Rb7 24. Ne4 Ne5
25. Qe2 Nf6 {!} 26. Nxg5 Qa5 27. Bc1 Qc3 28. Rf4 {?} Nd3
29. Bd2 Qc2 30. Ref1 Nxf4 31. Rxf4 Rb2 32. Rf2 Bh6 33. Nxf7
Bxd2 34. Qe6 Kg7 35. Ng5 Qd1+ 36. Rf1 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1967.05.10"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "D C Williams"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} e6 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 {?!}
4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qf6 8. Qd1 g6 9. O-O
O-O-O 10. Nc3 Qe6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Be3 Bh6 13. f4 exf4 14. exf5
gxf5 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Nge7 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Qf3 c6
19. Qf2 Kb8 20. Re1 Qd7 21. h4 Rhg8 22. Kh2 Rg7 23. Bh3 Rdg8
24. Rg1 Qe6 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. Rxf5 Qxa2 27. b3 Rd8 28. Re1
Rdd7 {?} 29. Rf8+ Kc7 30. Ree8 c5 31. Rc8+ Kb6 32. Rf6 Qa5
33. d4 cxd4 34. Qxd4+ Ka6 35. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1967.05.30"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "D M Andrew"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3
c5 5. d5 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Nc3 Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Nd2
a6 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. b3 Bf5 13. e4 Bd7 14. Bb2 e5 15. dxe6 fxe6
16. e5 {!} dxe5 17. Nde4 Nfe8 18. a5 {!} b5 19. Nxc5 Qe7
20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Ne4 Rf7 22. h4 Qc8 23. Rac1 Bh6 24. Bxe5
{!?} Bxc1 25. Rxc1 b4 26. Bh3 Ng7 {?} 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Nxf7
Qxf7 29. Qd2 Re8 30. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1967.06.06"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Frank Parr"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4
Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8
10. Rd1 h6 11. Be3 {!?} Na6 12. O-O c6 13. h3 Nh5 14. Rfe1 Nf4
15. Bf1 Ne6 16. Kh2 Kh7 17. a3 Nac5 18. b4 Nb3 19. c5 Nbd4
20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Nb1 a5 23. Nd2 axb4 24. axb4
Ra4 25. Rb1 Ra2 26. Red1 f5 27. Bd3 Be5+ 28. g3 fxe4 29. Bxe4
Bg7 30. Bf3 Bf5 31. Rbc1 Rb2 32. Kg2 Rxb4 33. Nc4 Rf8 34. g4
Be6 35. Nd6 Rb2 36. Rb1 Bd5 {!} 37. Ne4 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Rfxf2+
39. Kg1 Bf8 40. Rbc1 Rfe2 41. Bf3 Re3 42. Rf1 d3 43. Rc3 d2
44. Rxe3 Bxc5 45. Bd1 Bxe3+ 46. Kg2 Kg7 47. Kf3 Bg5 48. Ke2 c5
49. Kd3 b5 50. Kc3 Rb1 51. Kd3 c4+ 52. Ke2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Nottingham Tournament"]
[Site "Nottingham (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.05.21"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark H Horton"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6
5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7
10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxg4+ Qf5
14. Qxf5+ gxf5 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. c3 {!? 16. Bd2 Rhf8 17. O-O-O
Rac8 18. Kb1 Bc5 19. Rhe1 b5 worked out well for Black in
Moragas vs. Garcia Omar, Barcelona 1995.} 16... Bb6 17. Ng3 e6
18. Ke2 Rhf8 19. Be3 Bc7 20. Rad1 Rxf7 21. c4 a6 22. b3 Ke8
23. Kf2 Rd7 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 d5 27. Bf6 Rc8
28. cxd5 exd5 29. Kf3 Kf7 30. Bd4 Re8 31. Rhe1 Re4 32. Be5
Bxe5 33. fxe5 Ke6 34. h3 Kxe5 35. g4 fxg4+ 36. hxg4 Rf7+ 0-1

[Event "Southern Counties Championship"]
[Site "Southend (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.02.25"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Barry Hopewell"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 c6 6. Nge2 d5
7. d3 {?!} dxc4 8. dxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Ng4 10. Ke1 Ne5 11. b3
Nd3+ 12. Kf1 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 Na6 14. h3 Rd8 15. Be4 Nc5 16. Bb1
e5 17. Kg2 Be6 18. Rhd1 a5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
a4 22. Nc3 axb3 23. axb3 f5 24. Bc2 Kf7 25. Na4 Bf8 26. c5 Be7
27. f3 Ra5 28. b4 Ra8 29. Rd2 Bg5 30. f4 exf4 31. exf4 Bf6
32. Kf2 h6 33. Bd1 Ke7 34. Bc2 g5 35. Re2 Kf7 36. Rd2 gxf4
37. gxf4 Bh4+ 38. Ke2 Rg8 39. Nb6 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Training Tournament"]
[Site "Bognor Regis (ENG)"]
[Date "1967.06.23"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Qc8 11. b3 Bh3 12. Bb2
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b6 14. Nd1 e5 15. e4 Nh5 16. Ne3 Bh6 17. Rae1 a6
18. Qc3 f6 19. h3 Ra7 20. Ng4 Bg7 21. Qd3 f5 22. Nh2 Raf7
23. Qe2 Nf6 24. exf5 Qxf5 {?} 25. Ng4 Ne8 26. Ne3 Qd7 27. Ne4
Nc7 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Rd7 30. g5 Rb8 31. Bc3 Nb7 32. Ng4
Ne8 33. f4 exf4 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Rxf4 Re7 36. Ref1 1-0

[Event "Glasgow Open"]
[Site "Glasgow"]
[Date "1967.09.24"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edward Davis"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 {?! -- Keene} Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4
Bg4 6. d5 Nd4 7. Be2 Nxe2 8. Qxe2 Nf6 9. h3 Bc8 10. O-O O-O
11. Rad1 Nh5 12. Be3 e5 13. Qd2 f5 14. Bh6 f4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. Qd3 g5 17. Nh2 Nf6 18. f3 h5 19. Kf2 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4
21. Ke2 g3 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. fxg4 Bxg4+ 24. Kd2 Bxd1 25. Nxd1
Qg5 26. Qf3 0-1

[Event "Cambs v Essex"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.02.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julian Hardinge"]
[Black "James B Howson"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nge2 Na6 11. a3 Re8
12. O-O Bd7 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Na4 Qc8 15. Ng3 Rb8 16. Nc5 Rb6
17. b4 Bg4 18. Rfc1 g6 19. Na4 Bd7 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Qd3 h5
22. h3 h4 23. Ne2 Bxh3 24. gxh3 Qxh3 25. Nf4 Qg4+ 26. Kh2 Qf3
27. Qf1 Bg5 28. Qg2 Bxf4+ 29. exf4 Qxf4+ 30. Kg1 Re4 31. Rxc6
Qf5 32. f3 Rxd4 33. Re1 h3 34. Qf2 Qf4 {White lost on time.}
0-1

[Event "College league match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.11.29"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Nicholas J Patterson"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 Be7
5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2
Rc8 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. Qe2
{!?} cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Kg1 {?} Nf6 19. Nb5
Rcd8 {!} 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 h6 23. Nc3 Bc5
24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. Qd3+ Kg8 26. Qd8+ Kh7 27. Qd3+ Kg8 28. Na4
Ne4 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Qd4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Club match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.04.12"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "A J McMinn"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5
5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. dxc5
Bxc5 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bh3
15. Bg5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ne4 17. Be3 h5 18. Qd3 Rfe8 19. Nb3 Nxf2
{?} 20. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "Surrey Trophy club match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.02.23"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "A K Swift"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 a5 7. Bg5 a4 8. Nd2 a3 9. bxa3 Qa5
10. Bxf6 Qxc3 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O
Qc7 15. Nc4 d6 16. Rb1 Be6 17. Qe2 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxa3 19. Rb3
{?} Ra4 {!} 20. Bd3 Rxa2 21. Rfb1 Rb8 22. Qe3 Nc6 23. Qb6 Qxb6
24. Rxb6 Kf8 {??} 25. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Club match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.02.09"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Dormer"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 {?} 4. Nf3
Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Ne8 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 {?} 9. cxd5
Nd8 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. dxe6 fxe6 {?} 12. O-O c6 13. Ne5 Nf7
14. f4 Nd6 15. Qf3 Qe8 16. g4 Nd7 17. Qh3 g6 18. Nf3 Nf5
19. gxf5 exf5 20. Bc4+ Kg7 21. Rce1 Qd8 22. Kh1 {time} 1-0

[Event "Surrey Championship"]
[Site "Surrey ENG"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "A K May"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.Nf3 { Notes by Ray Keene. } Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7
5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Na6 { Somewhat eccentric: ...c6 or ...dxc4 are
both better. } 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 c5 {This is much too
risky--now Black's queen becomes exposed.} 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Be3
{Clearly better for White now.} cxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxd4 12.Nxd4 Qa5
13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Qe3 {Heading for the kingside to start an attack
on the dark squares weakened by the trade of blacks KB.} Qb6
15. Rfd1 Re8 16.Qh6 e5 17.Nf3 f6 18.Nh4 {With threats of a sac
on g6, Black now tries to shut White's KB out of the attack,
but the chosen method of defence is fatal.} Nb4 19.Rac1 e4
20.Rxc8 {And Black resigned since Rd7 is coming with lethal
outcome.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1967/68"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1968.01.04"]
[EventDate "1967.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Leonid Stein"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Keene.} d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O
O-O 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 {At the time when this game was
played I held the rather simplistic view that this standard
position from the English Opening should resolve itself into a
race between White's Q-side advance and Black's attack on the
K-side. In the further course of the game Stein convincingly
exposed the fallacy of this notion.} h6 { Preparing a haven on
e6 for QB.} 9.b4 Be6 10.b5 Ne7 11.Qc2 {If White does wish to
concentrate all his efforts on the Q-side then the immediate
11.a4 is correct, backed up by Ba3 and c5. However, if
followed up intelligently there is nothing wrong with the move
played.} Qd7 12.Re1 {? This is the real error which hands the
initiative over to Black. The text constitutes a stereotype
method of preserving the KB from exchange and should have been
replaced by 12.Rd1! which prepares a central counterattack. If
Black continues, as in the game, with 12...Bh3 13. Bh1 Ng4
14. d4! gives White a fine position. As White plays he can
never react with d4 and gradually drifts into a position where
no positive plans are available.} Bh3 13.Bh1 {With White's
rook on e1 13.e4 deserved some attention, gaining some
foothold in the centre.} Ng4 14.Nd2 Rab8 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.cxd5
{Capturing with the pawn is only good if White can exploit the
open c-file. In this case Black can easily defend c7 so
16.Bxd5 followed by Bg2 would have been an improvement,
although that course ran counter to the strategy that I
conceived.} f5 17.Rb4 Rbe8 18.Nf3 {White's coming moves make a
very negative impression, but during the game I was acutely
conscious of the fact that there were no active courses
available which did not increase my opponent's prospects.} Nf6
19.e4 f4 {This creates a separate threat of war on the K-side
(20.gxf4 Qg4+) and ultimately White is helpless against an
avalanche in that sector.} 20.Bb2 Ng4 21.Rc4 Re7 22.a4 Ref7
23.Qe2 Qd8 {! A touch of class! After this subtle retreat
Black's Q can swing into action via the dark squares on either
wing.} 24.Rc2 {For the moment White can bolster up his
f-pawn.} h5 {Adding the possibility of ...h4 to his other
trumps.} 25.Bc1 Bh6 26.Bb2 fxg3 27.hxg3 h4 28.Bc1 {If 28.gxh4
Nf6 threatening ...Bg4 and ...Nh5} hxg3 29.fxg3 Bxc1 30.Rexc1
a6 {! Brilliantly introducing a deadly new possibility for his
Q. If now 31.bxa6 then 31...Qb8! and Black's Q seizes White's
last life-line--the g7-a1 diagonal. After this move I felt
like resigning mysteriously, but decided to play the game out
for the benefit of the spectators.} 31.Nh2 Nxh2 32.Kxh2 Qg5
33.Kxh3 Rh7+ 0-1

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Sautend (England)"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "William Hartston"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7
4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. Qc2 d5 7. b3 Bf5 {I am convinced that
the best move in this and similar positions is ...Bg4 with the
intention of capturing on f3 and setting up a solid barrier of
pawns in the centre.} 8. d3 Qc8 9. Bb2 {I saw no reason to
waste time preserving the g2-bishop from exchange. I felt that
Black's light squares would be more likely to suffer than
White's if such an exchange occurred.} 9...Bh3 10. Nbd2 Bxg2
11. Kxg2 Nbd7 {11...a5! followed by ...Na6 is more active. The
text impairs the freedom of movement of Black's queen.}
12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfe1 e6 {13...e5 14 cxd5 cxd5 15 Qb1 Qb8 16
c4 would still be better for White but not quite so
overwhelming as the text.} 14. e4 dxe4 {Since this leads to
almost immediate disaster it might have been more advisable to
allow White to play e5, although Black would then be in some
danger of gradual suffocation.} 15. dxe4 e5 16. c5 b5 {A
radical method of breaking White's grip on d6, but otherwise
Nc4 followed by b4 and moving rooks to the d-file would be
fatal for Black.} 17. cxb6 axb6 18. a3 {! Not 18 a4? b5! and
Black equalises. If now 18...Bf8 then 19 h4! so Black must
play ...c5 to avoid losing a pawn.} 18...c5 {Now Black has
weak light squares, a bad bishop and vulnerable points in the
d-file. It is remarkable how swiftly White's pieces are able
to seize all the key posts and occupy their naturally
attractive squares.} 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. a4 Nh5 21. Rcd1 Bf8
22. Rd5 f6 23. Red1 Nb8 24. Qd3 Qc6 25. Nd6 Re6 26. Qc4 Ng7
27. Nb5 Na6 28. Rd7 {Black has no good move available and must
now lose at least the exchange.} 28...Kh8 29. Na7 Rxa7
30. Rxa7 Nc7 31. b4 b5 32. axb5 Nxb5 33. Rd8 Re8 34. Raa8 Nd6
35. Qxc5 Qxa8 {! The only way of putting up any further
resistance. The remainder of the game is fairly simple, if
lengthy, technique and requires little comment.} 36. Rxa8 Rxa8
37. Qd5 Rb8 38. Bc3 Rb5 39. Qa8 Kg8 40. Qa2+ Kh8 41. Nd2 Rb8
42. Qb3 Nb5 43. Ba1 Ne8 44. Nc4 Ned6 45. Nxd6 Nxd6 46. Qe6 Kg7
47. f4 Nxe4 {It says much for Hartston that even in this
hopeless situation he continues to play the best move
available.} 48. fxe5 f5 49. Qd7+ Kh6 50. e6 Ra8 51. Bd4 Ra2+
52. Kg1 Bxb4 53. Qg7+ Kg5 54. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1968/69"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1968.12.30"]
[EventDate "1968.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4
7. Qb3 Qc8 (7... Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6) 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3
Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 (12... Bh5) 13. Bb5+
Kf8 14. Qc2 h6 (14... a6 15. Bd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 { c4})
(14... Bf5 $5 $145 15. Qd1 Bd3 16. Bxd3 Nxd3) 15. Nb3 a6
16. Nxc5 (16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nxb3 18. axb3 g6 19. c4 dxc4
20. Rac1 Kg7 21. Rxc4 Qd7 22. Rd1 Qb5 23. Qe3 23... Rad8 $10)
16... axb5 17. Nb3 b4 18. Rfc1 18... g5 $1 19. Be3 Kg7
20. cxb4 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Bxb4 22. Rc7 Rhb8 23. h3 Bh5 24. a3
(24. Bc5 $5 24... Ba5 (24... Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Kh8 26. Nd7 Rd8
27. Rxb7 27... d4 $13) 25. Rd7 b6 26. Bd6 Rc8 27. Nd4 Kg8
28. b4 Bxb4 29. Bxb4 29... Rc4 $10) 24... Bf8 25. a4 $2
(25. Rac1 $14) 25... Kg8 26. a5 Be2 27. h4 $2 27... gxh4
28. Bb6 (28. Ra4 $2 28... Bd1 $19) 28... h5 $1 29. f4 $2
29... Bc4 30. Nc5 $2 (30. Nd2 $10) (30. Nd4 Bh6 31. f5 Be3+
32. Kh1 32... exf5 $17) 30... Bxc5+ 31. Rxc5 Rc8 32. Kf2 $6
(32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Rc1 Ra8 (33... Rc6 34. b3 34... Bb5 $10)
34. Rc3 { b3}) 32... Rxc5 33. Bxc5 Kh7 34. b4 $2 (34. Be7 $5
$10) (34. Be7 Bb5 35. Ra3 $10) 34... Rg8 35. Be7 Rg4 36. Bg5
d4 37. Rh1 Bd5 38. Rh2 Kg6 39. b5 39... Rg3 $1 40. Bxh4 Rb3
41. Ke2 Bc4+ 42. Kd1 Rxb5 43. Be1 Rb1+ 44. Kd2 Ra1 45. f5+
Kxf5 46. Rxh5+ Ke4 47. Rh7 Rxa5 48. Rxf7 Ra2+ 49. Kc1 b5
50. Bd2 50... Kd3 $1 51. Rf2 Bd5 52. g4 b4 53. g5 Rc2+
(53... Rc2+ 54. Kd1 54... b3 $19) 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1968.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anthony Saidy"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 {Notes by Wade.} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3
Bc5 6. e3 f4 {A sacrifice. The soundness of the move is
questioned, but there is no doubt it leads to lively play.}
7. exf4 O-O 8. Nge2 Qe8 9. O-O d6 10. Na4 Bd4 11. Nxd4 exd4
12. h3 h5 13. a3 a5 14. b3 Qg6 15. Nb2 Bf5 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Re1
Nc5 18. Bf1 Ra6 {A good move (!). Fischer is trying to use
every piece to exert pressure against White's position. This
move seems to carry it to an extreme, as it requires great
judgement to sense that the rook is not being put out of
play.} 19. Bd2 Rb6 20. Bxa5 Rxb3 21. Bd2 Ra8 22. a4 Ra6 23. a5
Kh7 24. Red1 b6 25. Be1 bxa5 26. Na4 Rxd3 27. Bxd3 Bxd3
28. Qa2 Nb4 29. Qa3 Nc2 30. Qb2 Nxa1 31. Rxa1 Nxa4 32. Rxa4
Qe4 33. Bxa5 {A mistake; although if 33. Bd2 Rb6 is still
hopeless.} Rxa5 34. Rxa5 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qxa5 0-1

[Event "BUCA v. West German Students"]
[Site "Erlangen"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Georg Pollak"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6
4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 {Black wished to
provoke White into playing d2-d4, but since I was intending
this in any case it would have been better to continue with
7...a5 or 7...Bg4.} 8. d4 Ne4 {If White is allowed to play
e2-e4 he will obtain a marked central preponderance, thus the
immediate struggle turns around occupation of this square.}
9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. Rac1 {12 e4 dxc4 13
d5 is not convincing for White. After the text e4 cannot be
prevented by rational means, but Black will always have
counter-chances against White's slightly weakened d-pawn.}
12...Nd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qb6 {Here I had expected
14...Bh3 15 Rfd1 Bg4 16 Bf3! with a grip on the centre.}
15. Rcd1 Rad8 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Bg2 a5 {A logical plan to attack
White's queen's wing, but more active is 17...Qa6! and if 18
Ba1 b5! fighting for control of d5.} 18. Rfe1 Qa6 19. Qc2 Qa7
{Intensifying the pressure against White's d-pawn, but in view
of the game continuation 19...Bg4 would have been more
prudent, especially since Black was now beginning to run short
of time.} 20. Rxe6 {!? I spent half an hour considering this
sacrifice before playing it. I felt that a slower method, such
as 20 h3, followed by a central regrouping, would allow Black
to untangle his pieces and possibly introduce simplification
along the a-file. 20 Rxe6!? is a primarily strategic offer
based on the weakness of Black's pawns and the isolated
position of his queen.} 20...fxe6 21. Re1 {Underlining the
strategic nature of the exchange sacrifice. A more violent,
tactical, course, such as 21 Bh3 fails to 21...e5!, e.g. 22
dxe5 Rxd1+ 23 Qxd1 Ne4, or 22 Be6+ Kh8 23 Nf3 exd4 24 Ng5 Rf8
with good chances for Black.} 21...Nd7 {Black has a difficult
choice: if he returns the exchange with 21...Rxd4 22 Bxd4 Qxd4
then 23 Nf3! leaves White with a plus; or if he attempts to
open files for his rooks with 21...c5 then 22 d5!! exd5 23
cxd5 Nxd5 24 Nxg6! Bxb2 25 Bxd5+ Rxd5 26 Nxe7+ Rxe7 27 Rxe7
Bg7 28 Qe2! +/-. However, there is a very complicated draw
concealed in the position by means of 23...b5. Now White must
act quickly, before Black unravels hence 24 Nxg6! hxg6 25 Qxg6
Rf8 26 Re5 Qd7 27 Rg5 Rf7 28 h4. At first, I thought this was
an easy win for White but the Fritz program proved that Black
can hang on with the following amazing piece of tactics:
28...Kf8 29 h5 Nxh5 30 Bh3!! Qxh3 31 Rxh5 Rd6! 32 Qg5 Qd7 33
Bxg7+ Rxg7 34 Rh8+ when White is obliged to give perpetual
check. Shying away from these complications, Black relies
instead on solid defensive play.} 22. Nf3 Nf8 23. c5 {Further
shutting out Black's queen and preparing to transfer the
bishop to c4.} 23...Bf6 24. Ne5 Qb8 {Should Black play
24...Bxe5 then 25 Rxe5 followed by Qe2 and Bh3 would cause
severe embarrassment.} 25. Bf1 Qc7 26. Bc4 26...Rd5 {This
attempt to relieve the pressure by returning the exchange
fails completely since Black is left with weak a- and e-pawns
and a porous king position. Correct is 26...b6 27 cxb6 Qxb6 28
Qe2! (not 28 Nxc6 Qxc6 29 Bxe6+ since Black collects too much
material for the queen) followed by Qg4, when Black still
retains some defensive possibilities despite White's
aggressive set-up and sounder pawn structure.} 27. Bxd5 exd5
28. Nf3 Qd7 29. Qe2 Qf5 30. Bc3 Ra8 31. a4 {! Fixing one
weakness for ever.} 31...Qd7 32. Bd2 Qf5 33. Bc3 Qg4 34. Kg2
Qc8 35. Ne5 {Black cannot capture on e5 since his dark squares
would become hopelessly weakened, but now White threatens 36
Ng4.} 35...h5 36. h3 Kg7 37. Bd2 Nd7 {This looks bad, but
improvements are hard to find.} 38. Qe3 Bxe5 39. Qh6+ Kg8 {Or
39...Kf7 40 dxe5 Nf8 41 e6+ Nxe6 42 Qh7+ Ng7 43 Rxe7+ Kxe7 44
Qxg7+ and wins.} 40. Qxg6+ Bg7 41. Rxe7 {He loses three to
four pawns.} 1-0

[Event "Slater Tournament"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Wright"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 6...Ne4 {A vigorous line for Black
which has been employed by Alekhine, Spassky, Larsen and
Fischer. I have also tried the more conventional 6...O-O;
e.g. 7 O-O c5 8 Na4 cxd4 9 exd4 Qc7 10 h3? d5 11 c5!? bxc5 12
a3 c4 13 axb4 cxd3 14 Bg5 Nbd7 15 Nc5 Nxc5!? (15...Qb6!) 16
bxc5 Ne4 17 b4 Bc6 18 Qxd3 Rab8 19 Rfb1 Bb5 20 Qe3 Qb7 21 Bf4
Rbe8 22 Ne1? (22 Nd2!) 22...f6! (this move gives Black a
decisive attack) 23 f3 e5 24 Bh2 exd4 25 Qxd4 Ng5 26 c6? Qxc6
27 Rc1 Bc4 28 Rxa7 Re2 29 Qc5 Qe6! 30 Bg3? Rxg2+ 31 Kxg2 (if
31 Nxg2 Nxf3+ 32 Kf2 Qe2 mate, or 32 Kh1 Qxh3+) 31...Qxh3+ 32
Kf2 Qf1+ 33 Ke3 0-1 Patterson - Keene, Training game,
Cambridge 1968.} 7. O-O f5 {White has a strong attack if Black
accepts the pawn in either of the ways available.} 8. Ne2 {!?
Rather passive. Usual is 8 Qc2 Bxc3 9 bxc3 O-O 10 Nd2 Qh4 with
a sharp position and chances for both sides. Gligoric tried 8
Bxe4 against Larsen in the 1967 Capablanca Memorial, but after
8...fxe4 9 Nd2 Bxc3 10 bxc3 O-O 11 Qg4 Rf5! Black stood well.}
8...Be7 {To forestall the possibility of c4-c5 followed by
a2-a3. Overambitious is 8...Bd6?! as in Tisdall - Keene, New
York 1981. That game continued 9 b3 Qe7 10 Qc2 Na6 11 a3 c5 12
Bb2 O-O 13 Ne5 Rad8 14 f3 Nf6 15 Ng3 and White went on to
win.} 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Bf6 12. Rad1 Qe7
13. Rfe1 {? This accomplishes nothing. White should play 13
e4! fxe4 14 Bxe4 Bxe4 15 Qxe4 Nc6 when he has a perfectly good
position.} 13...Nc6 14. a3 Qf7 15. Bc3 Ne7 16. Ng3 {If instead
16 e4 fxe4 17 Bxe4 Bxe4 18 Qxe4 d5! and Black's influence over
the central light squares gives him the advantage.} 16...Bh4
{Black's pieces begin to seep round to the kingside, gradually
assuming more and more threatening posts.} 17. Qe2 Qg6 18. Kf1
{!? White wishes to threaten Qh5 forcing the queen exchange
without having to reckon with ...Bxg3 and the intermezzo
...Bxf2+, hence the text, which does have the virtue of
forcing Black to clarify the situation. On the other hand,
White's manoeuvre does lose two tempi and 18 Bb4, aiming for
c4-c5, was preferable.} 18...Bxg3 19. hxg3 Be4 20. Kg1 d6
{20...Kh8 at once was more accurate.} 21. Bc2 Kh8 {Threatening
to transfer the knight to g4, via g8 and f6, with a strong
attack.} 22. Bb3 {! Threatening in his turn to cut off the
bishop by d4-d5.} 22...Bb7 23. d5 {? A grave strategical
error. Correct was 23 Bc2 when Black can take a draw with
23...Be4 or play on for a win with 23...Qf7 24 Rf1 Ng6 and if
25 e4 then 25...f4. This way White could put up tremendous
resistance. As played he muffles his bishop pair and cedes the
initiative to Black over the entire front.} 23...e5 24. e4 f4
25. Rd3 Bc8 26. gxf4 Rxf4 27. Rg3 Rg4 28. Rxg4 Bxg4 29. f3 Bd7
30. Kf2 {White has conceived the idea of fleeing with his king
from the threatened sector - but the centre also proves to be
an inadequate haven. Golombek suggested 30 Bc2 followed by b4
and c5, but this opening of more lines would be even more in
Black's favour.} 30...Qh5 31. Ke3 a5 {Playing to kill White's
bishops and cripple his queenside pawns; in addition to his
other advantages, if White ever plays g2-g3 to keep a black
piece out of f4, then Black also has the possibility of
creating an outside passed pawn (g- and h-pawns) should White
survive to the endgame stage.} 32. Kd2 Ng6 33. Rg1 Qh2 34. Qe3
Nf4 35. Kd1 {Not 35 Qf2? Nh3!} 35...a4 36. Bc2 Rf8 37. Be1 {If
37 g4 Nh3 38 Re1 Rxf3 39 Qxf3 Bxg4 40 Qxg4 Nf2+ -+} 37...Nxg2
38. Qf2 Bh3 39. Bd2 {Losing at once. If 39 Bxa4 then 39...Rxf3
40 Qxf3 Bg4 41 Qxg4 Ne3+ 42 Kc1 Nxg4 43 Rxg4 Qe2 44 Rg1 Qe3+
etc., but a better chance would have been 39 Bd3! h6 and if
now 40 Bf1? Rxf3!, but at least White would not have been
faced with instant resignation.} 39...Rxf3 40. Qxf3 Qxg1+
41. Ke2 Nf4+ {If 42 Bxf4 Bg4 wins the queen.} 0-1

[Event "Slater Young Masters"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4
d6 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. Bd2 a6 12. a4 Be6 13. Rac1 Ng4 {Commencing
a mistaken knight tour which eventually leaves White in
control of the centre. Better is 13...Qd7 followed by ...Bh3
as Kaplan played against Stein at Hastings earlier in the
year, although I feel that this too should eventually run out
in favour of White.} 14. b3 Ne5 15. Qb1 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Re8
17. Nd5 Nd4 18. Qd3 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. e3 e6 {? Ingenious but
ultimately incorrect. Of course, if White were to play 21 exd4
then 21...exd5 would leave Black with plenty of
compensation. Unfortunately, White has a far superior line at
his disposal, hence it would have been more sensible to play
20...Bf5! 21 e4 Bd7 and if 22 Be3 then 22...e5, holding the
flanking blows ...b7-b5 and ...f7-f5 in reserve.} 21. Nb4 {!}
Nf5 22. Kh1 {An insurance against accidents along the g1-a7
diagonal and a generally useful safety precaution. Black now
has to find an answer to the impending e3-e4.} 22...a5 {!?}
23. Nc2 d5 {!? Black continues in the ingenious, if slightly
unsound, vein that has hitherto characterised his
play. Objectively speaking, White should probably accept
Black's sacrifice with 24 cxd5 exd5 25 Qxd5 Be6 26 Qb5 and
Black would be hard put to it to justify his bold
play. However, I finally resolved to pursue a calm positional
course and ignore Black's demonstration.} 24. e4 dxc4 25. Qxc4
{Not 25 bxc4 Bxa4! 26 Qxd8 Rbxd8 27 exf5 Bb2 and Black wins.}
25...Ne7 26. Qd3 {! This quiet retreat leaves Black with
unsolvable problems. White threatens both Bg5 and Be1 and in
some lines Bf4, while if Black moves his queen's bishop he
would lose his a-pawn after the exchange on d8. Black's
solution is once again ingenious, but not fully satisfactory.}
26...e5 27. Bg5 {I also looked at 27 Be1 Be6 28 Qb5 Qc8 29
Bxa5 but rejected it in favour of the text which seemed more
clear-cut in its effect.} 27...f6 28. Qxd7 {After 28 Bh3 Bxh3
29 Qc4+ Kh8 30 Rxd8 Rbxd8 I felt there would still be
considerable technical problems to overcome.} 28...Qxd7
29. Rxd7 fxg5 30. Ne3 Nc6 31. Bf1 Red8 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Bc4+
Kh8 34. Bd5 Nd4 {Black cannot allow the exchange on c6 which
would shatter his pawns beyond repair, but now White's rook
penetrates to the seventh, after which, at best, both Black's
queenside pawns are doomed.} 35. Rc7 Rb8 36. Nc4 Nxb3 {Pure
desperation, but if 36...b6 37 Nxb6!} 37. Nd6 Nd4 38. Nf7+ Kg8
39. Nxg5+ Kh8 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Nxe5+ Kh8 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43. f4
b6 44. e5 1-0

[Event "Lugano Olympiad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Ricardo Calvo"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7
4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 {This and Black's next move
constitute the Panno Variation, which was then in fashion as a
method of meeting White's kingside fianchetto.} 7. Nc3 a6
8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Bd7 {? Black's best try for
equality would seem to be 10...Rb8 11 b3 b5 12 Bb2 Bh6 without
exchanging on c4.} 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Nd1 Rfb8 {There
is a common misconception that the best way to handle this
type of position for Black lies in building up pressure on the
potentially open b-file. This is completely false, and many
games have been lost by Black through the misplacing of the
rooks on this file, while White gradually steamrollers through
the centre with f2-f4 and e4-e5. Against the configuration of
minor pieces adopted by White here (bishop - c3, knights - d3,
d2) Black's rooks are helpless since they are denied points of
entry. Meanwhile, Black's knight on a5 is beginning to look
ridiculous, and White's minor pieces are admirably placed to
support a central advance and transfer to the opposite wing.}
14. e4 bxc4 15. bxc4 Qd8 16. Bc3 Ne8 17. Nb2 Ra7 18. Nd3 e6
{Black must do something to avoid slow but sure extinction
after f2-f4, but a better method of achieving counterplay
would have been 18...Bd4. Now Black has weakened both his dark
squares and the base of his pawn chain, and White exploits
these factors by means of a temporary pawn sacrifice.}
19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. e5 {! With the dire threat of Ne4.}
20...exd5 21. Bxd5 Bf5 22. Qc3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 dxe5 24. Qe3 Qe7
25. Rfe1 Nf5 26. Qc3 {Now White's bishop has taken up a
commanding post on d5 whence it menaces the vulnerable f7
square, and Black is also obliged to return his extra pawn.}
26...Qc7 27. Rxe5 Nc6 28. Ree1 Nfd4 29. Nf3 {Contemplating a
trip to g5, hence ...} 29...Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Nd4 31. Qf6 Nc2
{Rather optimistic, but it is already too late to discover a
really satisfactory defence. The text does at least have the
virtue of removing White's dangerous bishop.} 32. Rab1 Rxb1
{And not 32...Nxe1? 33 Bxf7+! winning instantly.} 33. Rxb1 Nb4
34. Re1 Qd7 35. h4 {35 Rd1 threatening Bxf7+, as suggested by
team captain C.H.O.D. Alexander after the game, also wins
easily, e.g. 35...Qe8 36 Bb7!! and then Rd8. Now Black is
threatened with imminent mate following the further advance of
the h-pawn, so he is forced to give White a winning passed
pawn.} 35...Nxd5 36. cxd5 Ra8 37. d6 Qf5 {After the
alternative 37...Rd8 38 h5 Black has no defence against 39 h6;
the try 38...Qxd6? is met by 39 Re8+; 38...gxh5 by 39 Re5 or
39 Re7.} 38. Qe7 Qd5 39. d7 Rf8 {Losing at once - but if
39...Kg7 40 Qe8, 41 Qxa8, 42 Re8 etc. wins anyway.} 40. Qxf8+
1-0

[Event "Slater Young Masters"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6
5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Re8 9.e3 a5 {?!} 10.Bd3 e5
11.dxe5 {?} { 11.d5 Nb8 12.Nd2 a4 13.O-O Nbd7 14.f4 Qe7
15.Rae1 g6 16.h3 exf4 17.Rxf4 Ne5 {+/= ...0-1, Kiriakov Petr
RUS 2560 - Gasimov Ragim AZE 2384, Yurmala Latvia 1992} } dxe5
12.O-O e4 13.Bxf6 Qxd3 14.Qxd3 exd3 15.Bc3 Be6 16.c5 Bb3
17.Rfc1 a4 18.Kf1 Rad8 19.Ke1 Rd5 20.Kd2 f5 21.Nd4 Ne5 22.Nxb3
Nc4+ 23.Kd1 axb3 24.Bxg7 {!} Rxc5 {?} 25.Bd4 Rc6 26.Rab1 f4
27.Rc3 fxe3 28.Rxd3 {?} exf2 29.Bxf2 Rf6 30.Rg3+ Kf7 31.Rf3
Rd8+ 32.Ke2 Rxf3 33.gxf3 Re8+ 34.Kd1 Rd8+ 35.Ke1 Rd2 36.Bg3
Rc2 37.Rd1 Nxb2 38.Rd7+ Kg6 39.Rxc7 Nd3+ 40.Kd1 Nf2+ {White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1968.06.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas J Patterson"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3
b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Qc7
10. h3 d5 11. c5 bxc5 12. a3 c4 13. axb4 cxd3 14. Bg5 Nbd7
15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. bxc5 Ne4 17. b4 Bc6 18. Qxd3 Rab8 19. Rfb1
Bb5 20. Qe3 Qb7 21. Bf4 Rbe8 22. Ne1 {?} f6 {!} 23. f3 e5 {!}
24. Bh2 exd4 25. Qxd4 Ng5 26. c6 {?} Qxc6 27. Rc1 Bc4 28. Rxa7
Re2 29. Qc5 Qe6 30. Bg3 Rxg2+ {!} 31. Kxg2 Qxh3+ 32. Kf2 Qf1+
33. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1968.06.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nicholas J Patterson"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3
c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nge2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 { ?} Bxc3 9. Nxc3
cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Nxc3
14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Bb2 {?} Ne5 {!} 16. Be2 Qd5 17. Qh3 Nc4
18. Bc1 Rac8 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Rac1 b5 21. Rfe1 Qd8 22. Bxc4
Rxc4 23. Re5 Bd5 {?} 24. Rb1 a6 25. Rb4 f6 26. Re1 Rxb4
27. axb4 Qc7 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3 g5 30. f4 Kf7 31. fxg5 Kg6
32. Rf1 f5 33. g4 Rc8 {!} 34. gxf5+ exf5 35. g4 {!} fxg4
36. Rf6+ Kh5 37. Rf5 Bf3 38. Rc5 Re8 39. Re5 Rxe5 40. dxe5 Bd5
41. Kf2 Kh4 42. g6 {!} g3+ 43. Kg1 hxg6 44. e6 {!} Bxe6
45. Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Slater Tournament"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1968.04.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael John Basman"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.b3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2.Bb2 c6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.e3 Nd7
5.Be2 Ngf6 6.O-O Bxf3 7.Bxf3 e6 8.c4 Bd6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.d3 Qe7
11.a3 a5 12.g3 Rab8 13.d4 b5 14.Qc2 Rfc8 15.Rfc1 {?} bxc4
16.bxc4 dxc4 17.Na4 Nb6 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.Bd4 Qe7
21.Be5 Rb7 22.Rd1 Nfd7 23.Bd6 Qf6 24.Be4 Nd5 {!} 25.Qxc4 Rb2
26.Rf1 Rxf2 {!} 27.Qa6 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Qd8 29.Rc1 c5 30.Bg2 c4
{!} 31.e4 Qb6+ 32.Qxb6 N5xb6 33.Kf2 f6 34.Bf4 Nc5 35.Rb1 Nba4
36.Bd6 Nc3 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Master Tournament"]
[Site "Marlow"]
[Date "1968.08.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Hartston"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2
b5 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.e5 {?} dxe5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5
11.O-O-O Be6 {!} 12.f4 Qc7 13.Bd4 Bh6 {!} 14.g3 O-O 15.Kb1
Rfd8 16.Bc5 Rab8 17.Qf2 b4 18.Na4 Qa5 19.b3 Nd5 20.Bc4 Bg7
21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxd5 cxd5 23.Bxa7 Rc8 24.Qb6 Qxb6 25.Bxb6 Bf5
26.Bc5 e5 27.fxe5 Bf8 {!} 28.Bxf8 Rxc2 29.Rc1 Rxh2+ 30.Ka1
Kxf8 31.Nb6 d4 32.Rd1 d3 33.Nd5 d2 34.Ne3 Re2 35.Nxf5 gxf5
36.Kb2 Ke7 37.Kc2 Rg2 38.Kd3 Rxg3+ 39.Kxd2 Ke6 40.Rh1 Kxe5
41.Rxh7 Ke4 42.Rxf7 Rg2+ 43.Ke1 Rxa2 44.Rb7 Ke3 45.Kf1 Rf2+
{?} 46.Kg1 Rf4 47.Kg2 Kd2 48.Rc7 Rd4 49.Kf2 Rd3 50.Rc5 Rxb3
{White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1968.12.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "T E Cook"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3
O-O 6.Bc4 c6 7.O-O d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3
e6 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Rad1 a6 14.a3 Na5 15.Ba2 Rc8 16.Bb1 Nc4
17.Bc1 b5 18.b3 Nd6 19.Bb2 Qb6 20.Ne2 Rc7 21.c3 Rfc8 22.Kh1
Nfe4 23.Bxe4 Nxe4 24.Rd3 a5 25.Ng3 Qb7 26.Qe3 Nd6 27.Qd2 Bf6
28.Qd1 Qa6 29.Rff3 Bh4 30.Ne2 Ne4 31.g3 Be7 32.Kg2 b4 {!}
33.a4 bxc3 34.Nxc3 Bb4 35.Qa1 Qb6 36.Rfe3 Bxc3 37.Bxc3 Qxb3
38.Bxa5 Rc2+ 39.Kf3 Rf2+ 40.Kg4 f5+ 41.Kh4 Qb7 {White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Cambridge University Knockout Championship"]
[Site "Cambridge (ENG)"]
[Date "1968.02.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thompson"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene & Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Nbd2
Bb7 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 Nbd7 8.b3 Ne4 {A good plan
for Black against many different Colle Systems.} 9.Bb2 O-O
10.Rc1 Bd6 11.Qc2 f5 12.Rfd1 {?} Ndf6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Ng4
15.Rf1 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Nxe5 17.c4 Nf3+ {!} 18.gxf3 dxc4 19.e4 {
19.bxc4 Qg5+ 20.Kh1 Bxf3# 19.Be5 !? cxd3 20.Rxc7 ! Rf7 21.Rfc1
Rc8 ! White's problems continue. } cxd3 20.Kh1 Rf7 21.Rg1 Qd6
22.Rg5 { 22.Bxg7 Rxg7 23.Qh6 Rg4 !! 24.h3 Rf8 25.hxg4 fxe4 and
Black wins. } e5 23.Rcg1 Re8 24.h4 fxe4 25.Qe3 d2 26.f4 d1=Q
{White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Cambridge University Knockout Championship"]
[Site "Cambridge (ENG)"]
[Date "1968.02.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "C P Hudson"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4
5.Be2 c6 6.exd6 exd6 7.O-O Be7 8.h3 Bh5 9.c4 Nc7 10.Qb3 Qc8
11.Nc3 O-O 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Rac1 f5 14.Qd1 Nf6 15.d5 c5 16.Bf4
Ne4 17.Bh2 Nxc3 18.Rxc3 f4 19.Nd2 Bg6 20.Bg4 Bf5 21.Ne4 Ne8
22.Re1 Nf6 23.Bxf5 Qxf5 24.Nxc5 {!?} dxc5 25.Rxe7 Rae8 26.Rxe8
Rxe8 27.Rc1 Re4 28.f3 Re3 29.Kh1 Nh5 30.Bg1 Re2 31.Kh2 Ng3
32.d6 Qd7 33.Qd5+ Kh8 34.Qxc5 Re6 35.Rd1 Rxd6 {!} 36.Bf2 {
36.Qxd6 ? Qxd6 37.Rxd6 Nf1+ 38.Kh1 Ng3+ 39.Kh2 Nf1+ =, drawish
position } Nf5 37.Rd5 g6 38.Rxd6 Qxd6 39.Qc8+ Kg7 40.Qxb7+ Kh6
41.Qd5 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1968.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "A Moyle"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3
O-O 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Ne4 8.Qc2 Ng5 9.Ne5 f6 10.Nd3 Bxc3+
11.bxc3 Kh8 12.Ba3 Re8 13.h4 Ne4 14.h5 Nc6 15.Nb4 Nxb4 16.Bxb4
f5 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.h6 g6 19.c4 Kg8 20.Bc3 Qe7 21.f3 c5 22.Qb2
cxd4 23.exd4 Bd7 24.Bb4 Qd8 25.Bd6 Qb6 26.Qxb6 axb6 27.Kf2 Kf7
28.Rhb1 Bc6 29.Rxb6 Red8 30.c5 Nd5 31.Rb3 Ra4 32.Be5 Nb4 33.a3
Nxd3+ 34.Rxd3 Rda8 35.g4 Re8 36.Bd6 Bb5 37.Rb3 Bc6 38.Be5 Rea8
39.Rab1 Rxa3 40.Rxb7+ Bxb7 41.Rxb7+ Kg8 42.Rg7+ Kf8 43.Rxh7
{Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Cambs Univ blitz tourney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "2008.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "William Hartston"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3
O-O 5. Bg2 d5 {A fluid counter-attacking line, which aims to
set up White's pans as a target for Black's minor pieces, a
common theme of all Grunfeld systems.} 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6
{Alternatively, 7... Nc6 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5
11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 when White dominates the centre and Black
must lose time with his attacked bishop, Keene-Miles, London
1973. Also premature is the attempt at central clearance
7... c5 8. dxc5 Na6 9. Ng5 Ndb4 10. Nc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nca6
12. Qb3 h6 13. a3 Nc6 14. Rfd1 with a clear advantage to
White, Keene-Barreras, Capablanca Memorial 1974.} 8. Nc3 Nc6
9. e3 Be6 {Preparing a manoeuvre to challenge White's raking
bishop on g2. The slower 9... h6 10. Ne1 Nb4 11. a3 N4d5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Nd3 also left White in command of the
central zone in Keene-Williams, Cambridge University
Championship 1970. Perhaps best, though, is direct action with
9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Bg4 when 12. a4 c6 13. a5 leads to
complications, Keene-Hollis, Marlow Masters 1970. Rowson's
book on the Grunfeld urges the merits of 9... Re8} 10. b3 Qc8
11. Re1 a5 12. Bb2 Re8 {This move, slightly weakening the f7
square, has fateful consequences, which, however, at the time
were impossible to foresee. If instead 12... a4 13. Nxa4 Nxa4
14. bxa4 and although White's extra pawn is enfeebled, it is
not clear how Black can regain it.} 13. Ne4 Bh3 {The exchange
of bishops removes a valuable white piece, but loses time and
gives White the chance to establish a grip over the queenside
terrain.} 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Nc5 Rab8 16. Rc1 {Reviving the
threat of Nxb7, a tactical motif which will recur.} Qc8
17. Qd2 a4 18. b4 Na7 {Over the next two moves, White improves
his chances further by invading the centre.} 19. Ne5 c6
{Playing to establish a light-square blockade.} 20. e4 Nb5
{White could now cement the queenside with 21.a3, but judged
that if Black himself were to advance his pawn to a3, it would
tend to create a source of weakness, rather than strength.}
21. Red1 Nd6 22. Qe2 Qd8 23. d5 a3 {Hoping to unbalance the
defence of White's aggressively-posted knight on e5, but
White's coming retreat is a complete answer.} 24. Ba1 cxd5
25. exd5 Rc8 26. Qf3 Ra8 {White's 26th set up an obvious
attack against the weakling on a3, also a masked threat
against Black's king's defences. The only chance would have
been 26... Bxe5 but the surrender of Black's fianchettoed
bishop would invite all sorts of future problems in his king's
field.} 27. Nxb7 {! A deecisive deflecting sacrifice.} Nxb7
{Black had no choice, but now White's legions storm in.}
28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Cambridge Club"]
[Site "Cambridge (ENG)"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Hartston"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be3 c6
5. Qd2 b5 6. O-O-O Nd7 7. Kb1 Nb6 8. Bd3 Rb8 9. Nf3 Nc4
10. Bxc4 bxc4 11. e5 Qb6 12. b3 Bf5 13. Kb2 d5 {Trying to keep
lines closed, but Black's position is now very passive.}
14. Nh4 Bc8 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Ka1 {! Preparing to open the
b-file for his own purposes. Black has to vacate it in a
hurry.} Ra8 17. Nc5 cxb3 18. Rb1 Qb6 19. Rxb3 Qc7 20. Rhb1 e6
21. Nf3 {? 21. Nb7! Bxb7 [21... Bf8 22. Bf4 followed by Nd6+]
22. Rxb7 Qd8 23. Bg5 Ne7 24. Qf4} Ne7 22. Bh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6
Nf5 24. Qf4 h5 25. Ng5 Qa5 26. Rh3 {Hitting on the winning
plan of forcing through g4.} Rh6 27. Nb3 {27. g4? hxg4
28. Rxh6 Qc3+ 29. Rb2 Qe1+, draw.} 27... Qb4 28. Nf3 Rb8
29. Nfd2 g5 {? Better is ...Qe7} 30. Qxg5 Rg6 31. Qxh5 Rh6
32. Qg4 Rxh3 33. gxh3 Qc3+ 34. Rb2 a5 35. Qg8+ Ke7 36. Qg5+
Ke8 37. Nb1 1-0

[Event "Swansea team tourney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.02.11"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arthur Howard Williams"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6
5. d5 {?} Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O
10. h3 d5 {!?} 11. e5 d4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. O-O
Nf5 15. Bf2 Be6 16. Qe1 Nd6 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Bh4 Bxh4 {?}
19. Qxh4 Re8 20. Rfe1 Qc5+ 21. Qf2 Rac8 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Ne4
Nxe4 24. Bxe4 b6 25. Bd3 Kg7 26. Kf2 h5 27. a3 Kf6 28. Re3 Rd8
29. Ree1 Rdc8 30. Rd2 R8c7 31. Red1 Bf5 32. c3 Rd5 33. Bxf5
Rxf5 34. Ke3 Rb5 35. g3 e6 36. Rc2 Rbc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ybbs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.07.24"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arne Zwaig"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5
5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. c4 a6 9. cxd5 axb5
10. dxc6 c4 {!} 11. Ne4 bxc6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Nxd6 Qxd6
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qe1 Be6 16. a3 Qb7 17. Qc3 Bd5 18. Rfe1 Rad8
{!?} 19. Rad1 Rd6 20. Re3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 c5 22. Rf5 {!!} Rd5
23. Qf3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxf3 25. gxf3 cxd4 26. Rxb5 Rc8 27. Rd5
c3 28. bxc3 dxc3 29. Rd1 Ra8 {?} 30. a4 Kf8 31. Rc1 Rxa4
32. Rxc3 g6 33. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marlow Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.09.01"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Adrian Swayne Hollis"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O
5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4
Nc5 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Re1 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxd6 Bxc4
15. Rc1 Be6 16. Kh2 Nd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. b3 a5 19. Bc5 Nd7
20. Bf2 f5 21. e5 Qe7 22. Qe2 Qf7 23. Red1 g5 24. Bf3 g4
25. Bg2 h5 26. h4 Bf8 27. Na4 Be7 28. Rc2 Red8 29. Nb2 Nf8
30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nc4 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Ne6 33. Bb6 Ra8 34. Qd1
Bd8 35. Bf2 Bc7 36. Rc2 Rd8 37. Rd2 Qe7 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Qc2
Ng7 40. Qc4+ Kh7 41. Qf7 Bb6 {!} 42. Bxb6 Qxb6 43. Qd7 {!} Kg6
44. e6 Qe3 45. Qf7+ {??} Kh6 46. Qxb7 Nxe6 47. Qxc6 Kg7
48. Qe8 Kf6 49. Qxh5 Qf2 {!!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUCA Congress, Swansea"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.04.08"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Hugh F Fenwick"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4
cxd4 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 e5 7. c3 Bc5 8. b4 Bb6 9. c4 a6 10. Ba4
Ba7 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. a3 b5 15. Bb3 d6
16. Rc1 Bg4 {??} 17. Qxg4 {!} Nxg4 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bxd6 Rbc8
20. c5 Bb8 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 22. c6 Rbc8 23. Bd5 Nf6 24. Nb3 Red8
25. Rc5 1-0

[Event "County match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.02.15"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "T B Bennett"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 Nd7
7. c4 e6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Bb4 10. Qb3 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 Nb6
12. Qc3 Qd6 13. a4 a6 14. Bxc6+ Qxc6 15. Qxc6+ bxc6 16. b3 Kd7
17. Ba3 Rhe8 18. Rfc1 Re6 19. Rc3 Kc8 20. Nf1 Kb7 21. Ng3 Bg6
22. Ne2 Rae8 23. Rac1 Bf5 24. Nf4 Rh6 25. f3 g5 26. Ne2 Bd7
27. Kf2 Nc8 28. Re1 Nd6 29. Nc1 g4 {?} 30. hxg4 Bxg4 31. Bxd6
cxd6 32. fxg4 Re4 33. Nd3 Rxg4 34. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1968/69"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1969.01.04"]
[EventDate "1968.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Jan Smejkal"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7
4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5
10. d3 Rb8 {?! The plan introduced with this move is probably
faulty.} 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Nd5 b6 {If 12...b5 13 cxb5 Rxb5 14
Qa4Â¿.} 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nxb4 16. Bxb4 cxb4
17. Rxb4 Ra8 18. Qb3 Ra5 {Now White has a choice: either pile
up on Black's b-pawn, or go for a symmetrical pawn structure
but with active White piece play. I opted for the former, but
19 Rxb6 Nxd5 20 Bxd5 Rxd5 21 Rb7 was also tempting.} 19. Rb1
Nc8 {Black's b-pawn is a permanent weakness and it is just a
question of whether White can win it without allowing Black
any play.} 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc5 23. Bh3 Qf6
24. Qd3 Qe5 25. e4 b5 26. Rdb4 Nb6 27. Rxb5 Na4 28. Re1 Rc3
29. Qd1 Nc5 {Black only had a few minutes left on his clock
now until move 40, and in a difficult position this proved
fatal.} 30. Bf1 Rc8 31. Qb1 Kg7 32. Rb6 Na4 33. Ra6 Qd4
34. Rd1 Qf6 35. e5 {! The safe way to win a piece. Instead 35
Rxa4 Rc2 allows Black to resist.} 35...Qxe5 36. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1968/69"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1969.01.04"]
[EventDate "1968.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Raphael Persitz"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 (4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5
6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Nxd5 7... Nd4 $36) 4... e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 $5 (10. d3)
10... Bf5 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Rc1 Bh3 13. Na4 (13. d3 $2 13... h5
14. dxe4 14... h4 $36) 13... h5 $6 (13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 O-O)
14. f3 $1 14... Bxg2 (14... h4 $2 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. g4)
15. Kxg2 15... h4 $6 (15... O-O) 16. g4 exf3+ 17. exf3 h3+
18. Kh1 O-O 19. Rg1 $1 19... Nh7 20. f4 $1 20... Bf6 21. Qf3
Rfe8 22. Qxh3 Bxb2 23. Nxb2 Re2 24. Rg2 Rae8 25. Nd3 f6
26. Qf3 R2e7 27. h4 Nf8 28. f5 Qd6 29. Qf4 Qa3 30. Qa4 $2
(30. Rc2) 30... Qxa4 31. bxa4 Re4 32. Nc5 32... Rc4 $1
33. Rgg1 Re2 34. Rxc4 dxc4 35. Rc1 Rxd2 36. Rxc4 Rxa2 37. Rd4
(37. Rb4 Rc2 38. Ne4 38... Nd7 { Ne5}) 37... Kf7 (37... Rc2
38. Ne4 c5 39. Rd8 Rc4 40. Re8 Rxa4 41. g5 $1 $40) 38. Rd8 Rc2
39. Ne4 39... Rc4 $1 40. Nd6+ Ke7 41. Nxc4 Kxd8 42. Kg2 Nd7
43. Kf3 (43. a5 $6 43... Ne5 44. Nxe5 fxe5 45. Kf3 c5 46. Ke4
46... c4 $1 $10) 43... Ke7 $2 (43... Nb6 $10) 44. a5 Nc5
45. g5 45... Nd3 $2 (45... fxg5) 46. Ke3 (46. g6 $4 46... Ne5+
$19) 46... Ne1 47. Ke4 47... Nc2 $2 (47... Ng2 48. g6 Nxh4
49. Ne3 Kd6 50. Kf4 Kc5 51. Ng4 Kd6 52. Nxf6 Ke7 53. Nh5 Kf8
54. Ke5 $16) (47... fxg5 $142) 48. g6 Nb4 49. Ne3 Na6 50. Kd4
Nc7 51. Kc5 Kd7 52. h5 Ne8 53. Nc4 (53. Nc4 Kc7 54. Nd6 $1
54... Nxd6 55. h6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1968/69"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1969.01.05"]
[EventDate "1968.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert G Hartoch"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. f4 a5 5. Bb2 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1 a4 9. a3 $6 (9. c4 9... b5 $5) 9... axb3
10. cxb3 Bg4 11. Nc3 (11. Ne5 Bf5 12. d3 12... d4 $1 { Nd5})
11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Qc2 e5 14. Nd1 (14. fxe5 Nxe5
15. Bg2 15... Qb8 { h5,Ng4}) 14... Re8 15. e3 Qe7 16. Nf2 e4
17. Be2 Qc5 18. Rfc1 (18. Qb1 Qb6 19. Bc3 c5 20. Qb2 20... d4
$5 21. exd4 21... e3 $44) 18... Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Rec8 20. g4 $6
(20. Kg2) 20... Ne8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. d3 exd3 23. Bxd3 Nd6
24. Kg2 (24. e4 $2 24... dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 26... Re8
{ Re3} ) 24... Re8 25. Kf3 Nf6 26. a4 Nfe4 27. Nd1 (27. Bxe4
Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Rxe4) 27... Re7 28. a5 c5 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Ra4
$2 (30. Nc3 $1 30... Nxc3 31. Rxc3 b6 32. Rd1 $10) 30... Rae8
31. g5 Re6 32. Nc3 Nd2+ 33. Kg4 $2 (33. Rxd2 Rxe3+ 34. Kf2
Rxc3 35. Rxd5) 33... Rxe3 34. Nxd5 Rd3 35. Rxc5 35... Re2 $2
(35... Nf1 $1) 36. f5 Rg2+ 37. Kf4 Rf2+ 38. Ke5 Rxf5+ 39. Kd6
Nxb3 40. Rb5 Rxg5 41. Ra3 Nd4 42. Rxd3 Nxb5+ 43. Kd7 Re5
44. Nb6 Na7 45. Nd5 0-1

[Event "Hastings 1968/69"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1969.01.07"]
[EventDate "1968.12.28"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 d6
7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3 Nc7 9. a4 Rb8 10. Bf4 b6 (10... a6 11. a5 b5
12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Ra3 $14) 11. e4 Bg4 (11... a6
12. e5 Nfe8 13. Re1 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. b3 $14 {
Najdorf-Szabo, Leipzig ol 1960}) 12. Qd3 $2 (12. h3 $1
12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a6 14. Be2 { Qd2}) 12... a6 13. h3 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Nd7 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Qd2 e6 17. Kg2 exd5 18. exd5 f5
19. h4 Nf7 20. Bd3 20... Be5 $10 21. Be3 Qf6 22. Rab1
22... Bd4 $2 (22... a5 $1 $10) 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Ne2 24... Qf6
{( a5,Na6,Nb4 ) } 25. a5 $1 25... b5 (25... Ne5 $142) 26. b4
Ne5 27. Rfc1 $16 27... bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rfc8 29. Ba2 cxb4 30. Nf4
Nb5 31. Rxb4 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 32... h6 $2 (32... h5 ) 33. Bb1 $1
$16 33... Re8 34. Ne6 Kh7 35. Qe3 (35. h5 $1 35... g5 $2
36. g4 $18) 35... Ng4 $1 36. Qb6 (36. Ng5+ hxg5 37. Qxe8
37... gxh4 $132) 36... Re7 37. h5 Ne5 38. Qxa6 $2 (38. Rf4
$18) 38... Nc3 39. hxg6+ Nxg6 40. Qxd6 Nxb1 41. Rxb1 f4
42. Re1 $2 {(sealed)} (42. Rb6 $18) 42... fxg3 43. Qxg3 Qf5
44. Kg1 ( 44. Rd1 44... Rxe6 { Nf4+}) 44... Rf7 45. d6 $2
(45. Rd1 Ne5 46. f4 $1) 45... Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Atheneum Tournament"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1969.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "H Weinhold"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 Bg7
5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nc6 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Ne2 Nb6
11.b3 e5 12.Qd2 exd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Bxd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Qe7
16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.Qc3 Qe5 {!} 18.Qxe5 dxe5 19.Rad1 a5 20.a4 Re7
21.Rd2 Nd7 22.Red1 Nc5 23.Rd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Kg7 25.Rd5 b6
26.Rd1 Re8 27.g3 Kf6 28.Bg2 Ke7 29.f3 Ne6 30.Kf2 Nd4 31.Rd2
Rb8 {!} 32.Bf1 c6 33.Bd3 b5 34.axb5 cxb5 35.Rd1 Ra8 36.Ra1 Kd6
37.Ra3 {?} Kc5 38.c3 b4 39.Ra4 bxc3 40.Rc4+ Kd6 41.Rxc3 Rb8
42.Bc4 Rc8 43.Rd3 a4 44.Bxf7 Rc2+ 45.Kf1 a3 46.b4 a2 47.Rd1
Rh2 48.Bxa2 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Atheneum Tournament"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1969.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "H H Hawley"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O
O-O 5.c4 c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3
Qa5 11.Bd2 Qh5 12.b3 {!?} Ng4 13.h4 Bf6 14.Rad1 g5 15.f3 Ne5
16.Qe3 Nc6 {?} 17.Nd5 {!} gxh4 18.Nxf6+ exf6 19.g4 Qg6 20.Bc3
f5 21.Kh1 Ne5 22.gxf5 Qxf5 23.Rg1 Ng6 24.Rd5 Qf4 25.Qxf4 Nxf4
26.Bf1+ Ng6 27.f4 f5 28.Rxd6 b6 29.Bg2 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Tournament"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1969.04.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Raymond Charles Cannon"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7
5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Nd2 {?} Qxc5 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.Bf3
Be6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Be3 Bc4 13.Qf2 Nc6 14.g4 a5 15.Nd2 Nb4
16.Nf1 Bd3 {!} 17.Bb6 Qb8 18.Ne3 Bxc2 19.Nxc2 {??} Nd3+ 20.Kf1
Nxf2 21.Kxf2 Rc8 22.h4 Ra6 23.Be3 b5 24.g5 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Hammersmith Tournament"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1969.04.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "D E Bower"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7
5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.O-O Qxc5+ 9.Kh1 Nbd7 {?!}
10.Qe1 {!} a6 11.Bd3 {!} e5 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.a3 b5 14.Be3 Qc7
15.h3 Bb7 16.Qf2 Rac8 17.Qh4 Nh5 18.Nh2 Nf4 19.Ng4 h5 20.Nh2
Nc5 21.Rad1 Rfd8 22.Bxf4 exf4 23.Qxf4 {?} Be5 24.Qh6 Bxh2
25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Nxd3 27.Rxd3 Be5 28.Rdf3 Bg7 29.Qd2 Qd6
30.Rd3 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1969.11.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "P Markwell"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Keene.} d5 2.c4 d4 3.d3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e5
6.O-O Bd6 7.e3 Nge7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Ne4 Ng6 10.Nxd6 Qxd6 11.exd4
Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Be3 Qd6 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Qa3 b6 16.Qxa7 f5
17.b4 {!!} f4 18.bxc5 Qf6 19.Qxb8 f3 20.Bh1 bxc5 21.Qa8 Bh3
22.Qxf3 Qxf3 23.Bxf3 Rxf3 24.Rfb1 h5 25.Rb6 Kh7 26.a4 Bf5
27.a5 1-0

[Event "Cambridge vs. Oxford"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.c4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bf5
5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Rc1 Ndf6
11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Ne1 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Rc8 14.Nd3 Ne4 15.e3 Nd6
16.cxd5 {!} cxd5 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.Ba3 Qd7 {?!} 19.Bxd6 Qxd6
20.Qc2 e5 {!} 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.Nxe5 Qxe5 24.Rd4 Kg7
25.Qd3 Rd6 26.Qb5 b6 27.Qa6 Rd7 28.Qd3 Rd6 29.h4 h5 30.Qd1 Rc6
{!} 31.Rxd5 Qe4+ 32.Qf3 Qc2 33.e4 Rf6 34.Qe3 Qxa2 35.e5 Re6
36.Rd7 Qc2 37.Rxa7 Qc6+ {?} 38.Kh2 Qd5 39.Qf4 Rc6 40.b4 Kg8
41.Ra8+ Kg7 42.Ra3 Kg8 43.Ra8+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "Telephone Match"]
[Date "1969.02.22"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Andrew N Walker"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6
4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. c4 Qe8 7. Bb2 d6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Qh5
10. e3 g5 11. Ne2 Qh6 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. c5 {!} c6 14. cxd6 Bxd6
15. Ne5 Ndf6 16. Rae1 f4 17. exf4 gxf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. gxf4
Qxf4 20. Re3 Bd7 21. Rf3 Qh4 22. Rh3 Qf4 23. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Carnival Play-Off"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.04.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Labelle"]
[Black "Julian Hardinge"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 e5 10. e4 Bg4 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qe4+ f5 15. Qxd5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3
Qc7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. f4 exf4 19. Qh4 f3 20. Rxf3 Ne5 21. Rh3
Ng6 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Qh5 Rae8 24. Qxf5+ Kg8 25. Qd5+ Rf7
26. Bd2 Re5 27. Qd3 Ref5 28. Re1 Ne5 29. Qe4 Nc4 30. Qh4 Bc5+
31. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Be3 Qxe3+ 33. Rhxe3 Nxe3 34. h3 Re5
35. Qd8+ Rf8 36. Qd4 Rfe8 37. Qxa7 R8e7 {Ambiguous 'R-K2' in
score sheet} 38. a4 Kh7 39. a5 1-0

[Event "Consultation game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Patterson / Williams / Allies"]
[Black "Keene / Eales / Allies"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} a6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Nc3 dxe4
5. Nxe4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. d5 {?!} Nce7 9. d6 Nf5
10. Bc5 cxd6 11. Nxd6+ Nxd6 12. Bxd6 Ne7 13. Qa4+ {?} Bd7
14. Qa3 Bc6 15. f3 Nf5 16. O-O-O Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Bf8 18. c4 Nxd6
19. c5 Ne4 {!!} 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nh3 Bxc5 22. b4 Be7 23. Bg2
Rd4 {!} 0-1

[Event "BUCA Ch, Manchester"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.03.31"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul R Kemp"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7
5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bc4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Ned2 dxc4 9. Nxc4 b6 {!}
10. O-O Ba6 11. b3 c5 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Qd5 {?}
15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Rc2 Qh5 18. Rd2 Nb4 {!?} 19. Rxe7
Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Nd5 22. Rb7 Nxf4 23. Rc2 {?} Rac8
{!!} 24. Rxa7 {?} b5 25. Ne3 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Nd3 27. Ba1 Rc8
28. d5 Bxa1 29. Nxa1 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Nf4+ 31. Kg3 Nxd5 32. Rd7
Nf6 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rb8 Rxa1 35. Rxb5 Nh5+ 0-1

[Event "BUCA Ch, Liverpool"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.04.02"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Ne5 {!} Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Nd7 10. Qb3 Nxe5 {?}
11. dxe5 Qb6 12. Bb5+ Kd8 13. e4 Bg6 14. exd5 a6 15. dxe6 {?}
Qxe6 {!} 16. Be2 {?} Qxb3 17. axb3 Bc5 18. Rd1+ Kc7 19. Nd5+
Kc6 {?} 20. b4 Bc2 21. Rd2 Be4 22. bxc5 Bxd5 23. O-O Bb3
24. Rd6+ Kc7 25. f4 Rad8 26. Rf3 Bd5 27. Rg3 g6 28. Rd3 Bc6
29. R3d4 Rhf8 30. Bc4 {?!} Rd7 31. Rxd7+ Bxd7 32. Rd6 Be6
33. Bd3 {??} Ra8 34. Be4 a5 35. Rb6 Ra7 36. Kf2 a4 37. Ke3 a3
38. bxa3 Rxa3+ 39. Kf2 Ra4 {!} 40. Rxb7+ Kc8 41. Bf3 Rxf4
42. c6 Rh4 43. h3 Rc4 44. Rb5 Kc7 45. Ke3 Kc8 46. Ra5 Kc7
47. Kd3 h5 48. Ra7+ Kd8 49. Ke3 Rb4 50. Ra3 Kc7 51. Rd3 Ra4
52. Rd4 Ra5 53. Kf4 Rc5 54. Be4 Ra5 55. Rb4 Rc5 56. Bf3 Kc8
57. Rb2 Kc7 58. Re2 Kc8 59. Kg5 Rc4 60. Rd2 Kc7 61. Rd1 Kc8
62. Rd2 Kc7 63. Rd3 Kc8 64. Rd6 {!?} Kc7 65. Rd3 Kc8 66. Kf6
Kc7 67. Ra3 Rc5 68. Ra7+ Kd8 69. Ra4 Kc7 70. Rd4 Rc3 {?}
71. Bd5 Rc2 72. Bxe6 Rf2+ 73. Ke7 fxe6 74. g4 {!} Kxc6
75. gxh5 gxh5 76. Kxe6 Rg2 77. Rc4+ Kb7 78. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Athenaeum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.06.22"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "L P Burnett"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. d5 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd4 Na6 {??} 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nxc6
Bb7 12. Nd5 {!} Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bxc6 14. dxc6 Rab8 15. Rb1 e6
16. a3 d5 17. Bf4 Qxc6 18. Bxb8 Rxb8 19. b4 Nc7 20. a4 a6
21. Qc1 Qd7 22. Qc2 Kf7 23. Rfc1 Rb7 24. e3 Bf8 25. Bf1 Ke8
26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Ba3 28. b6 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 Kf7 30. bxc7
Rxc7 31. Qd2 Qd8 32. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Open "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.04.05"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "C G O'Reilly"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Na6
7. Re1 c5 8. c3 Rb8 9. Bf1 b5 10. a4 b4 11. c4 {?} cxd4
12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. f3 Nc5 14. N2b3 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 Nd7 16. Rb1 Nc5
17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qc2 Be5 20. g3 Bd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4
22. b3 Qc5 23. Bd3 e5 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Kg2 Rbe8 26. Rf1 Bc8
27. Rf2 Bd7 28. Rb2 Re6 29. Bf1 {?} Ra6 30. Qd3 {?} f5 31. Ra2
Raf6 32. Kg1 Bc6 33. Bg2 R8f7 34. g4 fxg4 35. fxg4 Rf4
36. Rxf4 Rxf4 37. h3 Qf8 38. Re2 Qe7 39. Rf2 Rxf2 40. Kxf2 Qg5
41. Ke2 Qf4 42. Qd2 Qg3 43. Bf3 Qh2+ 44. Ke1 Qxh3 45. Qxb4
Qxf3 46. Qe7+ Qf7 47. Qxe5+ Qf6 48. Qc7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Cambridge Univ college match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.11.11"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard G Eales"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c6 6. Qd2 b5
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nb6 9. O-O-O {??} b4 10. Nce2 a5 11. Nf3 d5
12. Ng3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bg7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qe1 Qd6 16. Ne5
Be6 17. f5 gxf5 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 O-O-O {?}
21. Qf1 Kb7 22. g3 Rhg8 23. Kb1 Rg4 24. d5 {!} cxd5 25. Be2
Re4 26. Bf3 Re5 27. Rd4 Qc5 28. Qd3 Ka7 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Rh4
{??} Re3 0-1

[Event "Cambridge Univ college match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.10.22"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Nicholas J Patterson"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 h6
7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Bb5 {!?} Ne4 11. Bxe7
Qxe7 12. O-O c6 13. Ba4 Nd7 14. Ne2 {!} Rac8 15. Nf4 Rfd8
16. Bb3 {!} Ndf6 17. Ne5 c5 18. Qe2 Nd6 19. Bc2 cxd4 20. exd4
Nc4 {!} 21. Bf5 Rc7 22. Rfe1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Ne4 24. e6 Rxc1
25. Rxc1 {?} fxe6 {?} 26. Bxe6+ Kh7 27. f3 {??} Qg5 {?} 28. g3
Rf8 29. fxe4 Rxf4 30. Bxd5 {??} Bxd5 31. exd5 Rd4 32. Qc2+ Kg8
33. Re1 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Glasgow tourney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.09.28"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Harry Golombek"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7
7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1 d6 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 Rb8 {!} 11. Ne1 Be6
12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 b6 15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Ne3 Nxe3
17. Bxe3 Ne7 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Qc1 h6 20. Ne4 Kh7 21. Nc3 Be6
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. dxc4 Rfd8 26. Be3
e4 27. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Club match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.06.07"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Craig William Pritchett"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7
7. a4 b4 8. Nd1 a5 9. c3 bxc3 10. bxc3 Rb8 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Ne2
e5 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. Ndc3 cxd4 17. Nb5
Nc5 18. Nexd4 Qb6 19. Kh1 Ba6 20. Bc2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 {?} Nfd7
22. Bh6 {?} Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Ne5 25. Rad1 Rbd8
26. h3 f6 27. Rd5 Nf7 28. Qd2 Kg7 29. Rd1 Re7 30. Rb1 {?} Qa6
31. Na3 Rb7 32. Rxb7 Qxb7 33. Nb5 Qb6 34. Qd4 Qc6 35. Qc3 Qb6
36. Qd4 Qc6 37. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Camb Univ college match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.11.05"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "T W Robbins"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3 {?} e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Qd2 Nxf3+
12. gxf3 Bh3 13. Rfe1 Nh5 14. Bf1 Qd7 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Qg2
Qd7 17. Ne2 f5 18. Rf1 Qb5 19. Rab1 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rxf1+
21. Qxf1 Rf8 22. Qg2 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qf3 Qc5+ 25. Kg2
{?} g5 {!} 26. h3 h5 27. Nc3 b5 28. a3 a5 29. Rc1 b4 30. axb4
axb4 31. Na4 Qb5 32. b3 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Qxg4 f3+ 35. Kg3
f2 36. Qe6+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "Cambridge Univ - Civil Service"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.11.22"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Philip Stuart Milner-Barry"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qh4+ 3. g3 Qe7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3
7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Qf2 c6
12. Be3 Qd7 {?!} 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 Bc5
16. O-O Rf8 17. Rf5 Nd7 18. Raf1 f6 19. R5f2 {?} Ne5 20. Bb3
Kd7 21. Nf4 Rfe8 22. Nh5 Re7 23. g4 a5 24. a4 Kc7 25. Ng3 Rae8
26. Kg2 Rd7 27. Nf5 h6 28. Kg3 Bf8 29. Kg2 Bc5 30. Ng3 Rde7
31. Ne2 Ng6 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. Rf5 b6 34. Nf4 Nxf4 35. R5xf4 Bd6
36. Rf5 Be5 37. Kg2 Rb8 38. h4 Kd6 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Rh8
41. Rh1 Rxh1 42. Kxh1 g6 43. Rf1 Rh7+ 44. Kg1 fxg5 45. Rf8 g4
46. Rg8 Rg7 47. Rxg7 Bxg7 48. Kg2 Be5 49. Bf7 b5 50. axb5 {?}
cxb5 51. Bxg6 0-1

[Event "National Cluv, Camb U - Oxford U"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.03.23"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adrian Swayne Hollis"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Ne5 Nc6 {!} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc4
Nd5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 {?} Bd7 {!} 14. Re1 e6 15. Qd2 Qb6
16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 Rac8 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Ne2 Bf8 20. a3 Rc4
21. Nf4 Rec8 22. h4 Rc2 23. Qd3 Rxb2 24. Rb1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qc6
26. h5 g5 27. Ng6 Qc4 {!} 28. Qxc4 dxc4 29. Nxf8 Kxf8 30. Bd6+
Ke8 31. Bc5 a6 32. Rb4 e5 {!} 33. Rxc4 exd4 34. Rc1 Kf7 35. f3
Bb5 36. Kf2 f5 37. a4 Bxa4 38. Ra1 Bb5 39. Bxd4 Rc2+ 40. Kg1
g4 0-1

[Event "Training game, Ipswich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.10.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Bellin"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c3 d5 {!} 6. e5 h5
7. Qb3 Nh6 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd5 c6 11. Be4 Be6
12. Qc2 Nf5 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Bxc6+
Nd7 17. Bxa8 O-O 18. Qe4 Qb6 19. Be3 Qa5+ 20. Bd2 Qxa8
21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. O-O Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Bc4 25. Be3
f6 26. Ra7 Be6 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Rb7 Bxb2 29. Rxb5 Bg7 30. Rb4
Nf6 31. Rb7 Nd5 32. Bf2 Nxf4 {??} 33. Rxe7 Bd5 34. Rd7 Bxg2
35. Bg3 Bd4+ 36. Rxd4 Ne2+ 37. Kxg2 Nxd4 38. h4 Kf7 39. Bf2
Nc6 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Kf4 Ne5 42. Kg5 Kf7 43. Bg3 Nf3+ 44. Kf4
Nd4 45. Bf2 Nc6 46. Be1 Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "corr Betins mem"]
[Site "corr Betins mem"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olgert Dravnieks"]
[Black "Jutta Hempel"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Qh5+ g6 6. Nxg6
Nf6 7. Qe5+ Be7 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Be2
Rg8 12. g3 c5 13. f3 Bf5 14. c3 Nc6 15. f4 Bh3 16. d3 d4
17. dxe4 Bg2 18. Rg1 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bc2 20. Nb3 d3 21. Bd1 Bxd1
22. Kxd1 c4 23. Nd2 b5 24. Nf1 Rge8 25. Be3 Kf7 26. Kd2 Re7
27. Re1 Rae8 28. h3 a5 29. a3 Nd5 30. b3 b4 31. bxc4 Nxc3
32. Rg2 Nd4 33. Kxd3 Rd7 34. axb4 axb4 35. Bxd4 Rxe1 36. Ne3
Rxd4+ 37. Kxd4 Ne2+ 38. Kd3 b3 39. Nd1 Rxd1+ 40. Kxe2 b2
41. Kxd1 b1=Q+ 42. Ke2 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 Qxc4 44. Kf3 Qf1+ 45. Rf2
Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Blitz"]
[Site "Herceg Novi (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6
5. a3 Bf8 {For a time Robert Byrne, the American grandmaster,
enjoyed considerable success with 5...Bxc3+ 6 bxc3 Ne7 7 Qg4
but apparently he found a clear refutation because this sharp
defence has dissappeared from his opening
repertory. "Undeveloping" pieces though as with 5...Bf8?! has
little to recomend it.} 6. f4 Nc6 {Intending to castle
Queenside. If 6...c5 7 Nf3 Nc6 8 Ne2?! gives White a clear
advantage.} 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. Bd3 {Bb5 was more precise.} Nf5
9. Ne2 h5 {...Nh4!? was a good chance to free Black's game
slightly.} 10. g3 Bb7 11. c3 Qd7 12. Qc2 O-O-O 13. b4 f6
14. Bd2 Kb8 15. O-O Nfe7 {Better was 15...Be7 and White would
answer 16 a4.} 16. Rfb1 h4 {Black takes a last chance for
counterplay.} 17. Nxh4 g5 {!} 18. fxg5 fxe5 19. Rf1 {!} exd4
20. cxd4 Bg7 21. Bc3 e5 22. Rf7 exd4 23. Rxg7 {Bb2!} Rxh4
{Correct was 23...dxc3 with good chances for black.} 24. gxh4
Qg4+ 25. Ng3 dxc3 26. Qxc3 d4 27. Qd2 Ne5 28. Rf1 Nd5 29. Bf5
{? Qe2 with a winning endgame in sight.} Nf3+ 30. Rxf3 Qxf3
31. Be4 Qxa3 32. Qxd4 Qc1+ 33. Kf2 Rf8+ 34. Nf5 Nc3 {?
34...Qf4+ and 35...Rf5 wins for Black.} 35. Bxb7 Rxf5+ 36. Bf3
Nd5 {36...Qc2+ 37 Ke1 Rxf3?? 38 Qd8+ Kb7 39 Qxc7+ Ka6 40 Qc4+
Nb5 41 Qc8 mate.} 37. Rg8+ Kb7 38. Qe4 Qd2+ 39. Kg3 c6
40. Qxf5 {?? Rg7+ Ka6 41 Qc4+ forced mate.} Qe1+ {A very
clever trap considering it was 5 minute chess.} 41. Kg4 {or 41
Kh3 Qf1+ 42 Kg3 Qe1 and draws. But being ahead on time I
decided to play for a win.} Ne3+ 42. Kf4 Nxf5 43. Kxf5 Qxb4
44. Rg7+ Kc8 {44...Ka6 gave Black more chances for a win.}
45. Be4 Qf8+ 46. Kg6 Qe8+ 47. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Site "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Milan Matulovic"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {This
is Matulovic's specialty the same as his gambit in the
Sicilian defence. In blitz games there is no problems for
White because of the Black King's weaknesses. I know this
variation very well and because of that I was surprised at
Matulovic's choice.} 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4
7. Nxc6 Qg5 {7 Qd5 gives probably more problems for White.}
8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh3 {The same was
played in the game Gheorghiu-Maric, Skopge 1968. Georghiu
played 12Na7+ but he did not get any advantage in this
position. I analyzed this position all night with Robatch and
Gheorghiu in Vinkovci. Gheorghiu showed me that game against
Maric and it was very interesting for me. Our idea was 12 Bg5}
12. Bg5 a6 13. Ba4 Bd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxe4+ Kf7 16. Ne5+
fxe5 17. Rf1+ Ke7 {Black has many problems. If 17...Kg8 18
Rf6! Re8 (if 18...Bxa4 19 Qd5+ with Qf7 mate) 19 Bb3+ Kg7 20
Rf7+ Kh6 21 dxe5 with a winning attack. If 17...Qxf1 18 Kxf1
Bxa4 19 Qf5+ wins.} 18. Bxd7 Kxd7 {If 18...Qxd7 19 O-O-O and
Black's King and Queen are attacked.} 19. Rf7+ Ke8 {?? Be7!!
gave good chances for a successful defence.} 20. Rxc7 Bd6
21. Rxb7 Rc8 22. O-O-O Qxh2 23. dxe5 Be7 24. Rxe7+ {After this
move Black has no hope. Maybe I had an easier way to win , but
thought I had not enough time. As a matter of fact I had three
minutes.} Kxe7 25. Qb7+ Ke6 26. Qd7+ Kxe5 27. Qd5+ Kf6
28. Rf1+ Kg6 29. Qf5+ Kh6 30. Qe6+ Kh5 31. Rf5+ Kg4 32. Rf4+
Kxg3 33. Qg4# 1-0

[Event "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Site "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Predrag Ostojic"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {A risky continuation.} 6. Nxc6 {!} bxc6
{on 6...dxc6 7 Qxd8 Kxd8 8 Bc4 White's advantage is clear.}
7. e5 {!} Ng8 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. O-O Bxe5 11. Bxe5
{Other possibilities for the initiative are 11 Re1!? Bxf4 12
Qd4 f6 (possible is 12...d5!?) 13 Qxf4 d5 14 Qd6 or 11 b4!?
Qc7 12 Nd5 cxd5 13 Qd5 Nf6 14 Qf7+ Kd8 15 Rfe1 d6 16 Bxe5 dxe5
17 Rad1+ Bd7 18 Be6 Rb8 and the game ended in a draw
eventually after an interesting struggle, Kurajica-Ostojic,
Skopje 1970.} Qxe5 12. Re1 Qc7 {?? Better was 12...Qg7 13 Ne4
d5 14 Bxd5 cxd5 15 Qxd5 Rb8 16 Rad1 with an unclear position
according to Kurajica. Also 12...Qf4! is a tough defence.}
13. Qd4 f6 14. Bxg8 Rxg8 15. Qxf6 {! Nb5! cxb5 16 Qd5 forking
the Rooks was another road to victory.} d5 {Slightly better
was 15...d6 but after 16 Re3 and 17.Rae1 Black's position was
hopeless. Or if 15...e6 16 Ne4.} 16. Re2 {? 16 Rxe7+ Qxe7 17
Qxc6+ Kf7 18 Qxa8 won easily.} Ba6 {? More tenacious was
16...e6 17 Rae1 Qf7!} 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qxa6 Rf8 19. Rae1 Rf7
20. Qe6 {20 Qa4+! and 21 Qd4 won easily. Now White must be
satisfied with grounding out a long win with a Pawn ahead
endgame.} Rd8 21. c3 Kf8 22. g3 d4 23. cxd4 Rxd4 24. Qe5 Qxe5
25. Rxe5 Rd2 26. R1e2 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Rf6 28. Kf1 Rc6 29. Ke1 e6
30. Kd2 Ke7 31. Re4 Rb6 32. b3 Ra6 33. a4 Kd6 34. Rh4 h5
35. Rd4+ Ke7 {More active was 35...Ke5.} 36. Kc3 Rc6+ 37. Rc4
Ra6 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Kb4 {threatening 40 a5! and 41 Kb5.} Rb6+
40. Kc4 a6 41. a5 Rd6 42. b4 Rd2 43. Kc5 Rxf2 44. Kb6 e5
45. Kxa6 e4 46. b5 e3 47. Rc1 Ke5 48. b6 Rg2 49. b7 Rb2
50. Ka7 g5 51. b8=Q+ Rxb8 52. Kxb8 1-0

[Event "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Site "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 {I could have played Qg4 but
was influenced against it because Petrosian as Black had
recently beaten Diez Del Corral at Palma de Mallorca in this
line.} Ne7 8. a4 Bd7 {An interesting idea, Black plays his
Bishop to c6 the knight's square and his Knight to d7, the
Bishop's square.} 9. Bd3 Bc6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ba3 {To prevent
11...Nb6. But clearly 11 Ng5! offered excellent prospects on
the King's flank for White, ie: 11...h6 12 Qh5 g6 (or
12...O-O? 13 Nh7 Re8 14 Nf6+ gxf 15 Qh6 f5 16 Bg5! and wins)
13 Qh3 or Qh4.} h6 12. Re1 b6 13. Nd2 {!? A standard way of
indirectly protecting the a-Pawn.} Bxa4 {? Risky.} 14. dxc5
{Possible also was 14 Qg4 and if 14...c4 15 Bxc4! dxc4 16 Bxe7
with advantage to White. But a better chance for Black is
14...O-O 15 dxc5 b5 16 c6 Nxc6! 17 Bxf8 Rxf8 with compensation
for the exchange.} bxc5 {? I was afraid of 14...Nxe5 15 cxb6
axb6 16 Bf1 ( White is not without some compensation for the
Pawn, ie: 16...Qxc3? 17 Re3 Qc7 18 Bb2 or 16...Ne5g6 17 c4 but
best for Black is 16...Bc6!} 15. Qg4 {!} Bc6 16. Qxg7 Rg8
17. Qxh6 Nxe5 18. Bxc5 {? Qf4 was crushing as after 18...c4!
(only move) 19 Bf1 Ne7g6 18 Qg5 Black is practically in
zuzwang and white threatens 19 h4 and h5.} d4 19. Be4 dxc3
20. Bxc6+ N7xc6 {?? Of course 20...Qxc6! 21 Ne4 Nf3+ 22 Kh1
(22 Kf1 Nd2+ 23 Nxd2 cxd2 wins a piece) Nxe1 23 Rxe1 O-O-O!
and Black should win because 24 Bxe7 is met by 24...Qxe4!! and
mate in four moves - For 23 Nf6+ Kd8 24 Bxe7+ Kxe7 25 Nxg8+
Rxg8 26 f3! Nxf3 27 Rxa7+ Kd6 28 Qf4+ Ne5 and Black should win
after some more checks. If 26 Ra7+ at once Ke8 27 f3 Qc4 mates
quickly} 21. Ne4 O-O-O {21...Nf3+ 22 Kh1 Nxe1 23 Nf6+ and Nxg8
wins.} 22. Red1 {Many other moves were more tenacious.} Ng4 {?
A pleasant surprise; 22...Nf3+ 23 Kh1 (23 Kf1 Nxh2+ Ke2 Qe5
etc.) 23...Rh8! 24 Bd6 Rh6 25 Bc7 Kc7 26 gxf Rdh8 with good
chances for Black.} 23. Qh4 {White plays on Black's weak d6
square and a safe King position. White takes over the
initiative.} Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 f5 25. Nd6+ Kb8 26. Nb5 Qg7 {or
26...Qa5 27 Qh7!} 27. Bd6+ Kb7 28. Rb1 Kc8 29. Qg3 {Bg3! was
crushing.} Qb7 {? ...Nf6 gave more chances for saving the
game.} 30. Nxc3 {Maybe Black was playing for traps, ie: 30 Bf4
Rd8! and 31 Nd6+? Rxd6 or 31 h3? Qxb5! or 31 Nxc3? Qxb1+
etc. } Qa6 31. h3 {31 Qf3!} Nf6 32. Qh4 {Qf3 was better.} Nd7
33. Qh7 Rd8 34. Qf7 Qc4 35. Rb3 Qd4 {?? ...Nd4!} 36. Qxe6 {The
rest is simple enough.} Qf6 37. Qd5 Nde5 38. Nb5 Qf7 39. Qc5
Nf3+ 40. Rxf3 Kd7 41. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Site "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3
Nf6 5. g3 g6 {5...d5 equalizes} 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
{if 8 d4? cxd4 9 Nxd4 Nxe4! wins a Pawn.} d6 9. h3 e5 {Weaker
is 9...b6? 10d4 with an advantage for White as in the game
Smyslov-Reshevsky, the match of the century, Belgrade
1970. Now the position is symmetrical with White two tempi
ahead.} 10. a3 a5 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. Bd2 Ne8 13. Nd5 Ne7 14. b4
Nxd5 15. cxd5 {?? Very anti-positional. Correct of course was
15 exd5. Now Black gets a strong passed a-Pawn, also White's
b-Pawn is isolated.} cxb4 16. axb4 a4 17. b5 {?! Otherwise
17...Nc7-b5. White sacrifices a Pawn for complications.} Nc7
18. b6 Nb5 19. Rb4 Qxb6 20. Qa1 a3 21. Rfb1 {If 20
Rxa4?,... Nc3 wins the exchange.} Rfc8 {!} 22. Bf1 Rc2 23. d4
a2 24. R1b3 exd4 25. Bxb5 Bxb5 {? 25...d3! won by force. For
example a) 26 Bd7 Ba1 27 Rxb6 Bb2 or ...Bd4 etc. b) 26 e5 Rd2!
27 Nd2 Be5 28 Bd7 Ba1 29 Rb6 Bd4 etc.} 26. Rxb5 Qd8 27. Rd3
Qe7 28. Ne1 Qxe4 29. Rbb3 Rxd2 {!} 30. Rxd2 d3 31. Rxa2 {!? A
last swindle try.} Bxa1 {?? 31...Ra2! won easily 32 Qxa2 Qe1+
33Kg2 d2, But as Dr. Tarrasch said "You must see it"}
32. Rxa8+ Kg7 33. Rxa1 d2 34. Ng2 Qxd5 35. Rbb1 b5 36. Rd1 b4
37. Ne3 Qd3 38. Nf1 b3 39. Rab1 b2 40. Rxb2 d5 41. Rdxd2 Qc3
42. Ne3 d4 43. Nd1 Qc4 44. Rb1 h5 45. h4 f5 46. Rdb2 f4
47. Rb3 fxg3 48. Rxg3 Qc2 49. Rb7+ Kh6 50. Nb2 Qe4 51. Rb6
Qe1+ 52. Kg2 Qe4+ 53. Kf1 Qb1+ 54. Ke2 Qc2+ 55. Ke1 Qe4+
56. Kd1 Qf5 57. Rbxg6+ Qxg6 58. Rxg6+ Kxg6 59. Ke2 Kf5 60. Kf3
1-0

[Event "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Site "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. g3 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3
Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 {I played this opening in Benko's style.}
d6 {? The ensuing endgame is clearly better for White because
his Bishop on g2 is more active than Black's on g7 and Black
has weaker squares. Neither is particularly recommendable
6...Qb6!? 7 d5! as in Benko-Fischer, Curacao 1962, when
Black's Queen on b6 was misplaced. Correct for Black was
6...cxd 7 cxd d5! with an equal game as in Smyslov-Fischer in
this same Blitz tournament.} 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3
Na6 10. Na3 Nd5 11. Rfd1 Bg4 12. Bd2 h6 {To keep White out of
g5; if 12...Nac7 but after 13 Nc4 b6? (otherwise 14 Na5 with
pressure) 14 Nce5 Be6 (14...Bxe5 Nxe5 Bxe2 16 Re1 Ba6 17 c4
Nf6 18 Bc3 threatening 19 Nc6 and 19 Ba8 should win) 15 e4 Nf6
16 Nc6! Re8 17 Bf4 Na6 18 Bf1 c4 19 Ng5, Black is lost.}
13. h3 {Nb5, or Re1 were probably more exact.} Be6 14. Nb5
Ndc7 {14...Nb6 gave more counter play.} 15. a4 Bb3 16. Rdc1
Nxb5 17. axb5 Nc7 18. Be3 {!} Nxb5 19. Bxc5 b6 {?? It was not
necessary to give away a Pawn. Correct was 19...e6 still after
20 e3 threatening Nd4, White keeps an edge.} 20. Bxe7 Re8
21. Ba3 Rad8 {21...Rxe2 22 Bf1! wins the exchange.} 22. e3 {A
Pawn up and a powerful square on d4, the position is easily
winning for White.} a5 23. Nd4 Nxa3 24. Rxa3 Bc4 25. Bf1 Bd5
26. Bg2 Bc4 27. Ra4 Bd3 28. b4 {!} axb4 29. Rxb4 Rd6 30. Rd1
Bc2 31. Rd2 Bf5 32. Rdb2 Rc8 {32...Rb8 ofcourse was slightly
more tenacious, but after 33 Nxf5 gxf5, Black's pawn structure
on the King side is hopeless.} 33. Rxb6 Rxb6 34. Rxb6 Rxc3
35. Nxf5 gxf5 36. Bd5 {Rb5 was more precise.} Rc7 37. Rb5 Re7
38. Bc4 Re5 {?} {Better to give up the Pawn on f5 with 38...f4
or Bf8 it is just a matter of time in any case.} 39. Rb7 Kh7
40. Rxf7 Kg6 41. Rc7 Bf8 42. Rc6+ Kg7 43. Bd3 Be7 44. Bc2 Ra5
45. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Site "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 {I
chose Alekhine's move inspite of the fact that 4 e5 was a
safer move.} Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 {Alekhine
recommended 6...Kf8 but after 7 Qxe4, White has a big
advantage.} 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Rg6 {Usually it is better to
play this move later, 8...Nbd7 played Kovacevic against me at
"Turnir mira" in Zagreb. I played 9 Ne2 b6 10 Bg5 Qe7
threatening ...Ng4, 11 Qh4 Bb7 with difficult play.} 9. Qe3
Nc6 10. Bb2 b6 {At "Turnir mira" Zagreb, 1970, Uhlman played
10...Qd6 but after 11 O-O-O Bd7 12 f3 White had a big
advantage.} 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. h3 h5 {? Weak move because the
Pawn at that place is weak and it is loss of time but Black
wanted to prevent g4.} 13. c4 Qd6 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15. Nf4 Rgg8
{If 15...e5 16 Nxg6 exd4 White has many interesting
possibilities the most sure is 17 Nf4 dxe3 18 Rxd6 Rxd6 19
fxe3 h4 20 Be2 with a winning position in the endgame with two
strong Bishops.} 16. Be2 Qe7 {If 16...Na5 which is more active
17 g3.} 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Ne5 {If 18...Na5 19 c4 Ba6 20 Qc3
with good play.} 19. c4 Ba6 20. Qc3 Nfd7 {If 20...Rge8 21 Kb1
and White is safe because on 21...Qc5 White has many moves;
Black's Knight on f6 is under attack. Maybe also 22 Rd4.}
21. d6 {!} cxd6 {? Black overlooked a piece. Black has got to
play 21...Qg5 then 22 g3 is possibly better for White.} 22. c5
{!!} Bxe2 {?? Uhllman was surprised by the last move and he
made a mistake taking White's bishop on e2 - He had to play
22...Nxc5 trying for compensation on the Queen's side. If
22...Nc5 23 Bxa6+ Kb8 24 Bb5 a)...Ncd3+ 25 Nxd3 Rc8 26 Nxe5
with a winning position b) 24...a6 25 Be2 Rc8 26 Kb1 Ncd3 27
Qd4 Nxf4 28 Bxa6 Rc5 29 Qxe4 with a probably winning
position. Possible is also 27 Nd5.} 23. cxd6+ Nc5 24. dxe7
Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxd1 26. Qxe5 Ba4 27. Kb1 Bc6 28. Nd5 Bxd5
29. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Site "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vlastimil Hort"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 h6
{Forcing White to decide at once on which diagonal to place
his Queen's Bishop.} 4. Bh4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e4 d6
8. Bd3 {? Five minute chess...Better was 8 c3.} g4 {! Wins a
Pawn.} 9. Nh4 Bxd4 10. c3 Bf6 11. Nf5 Nxg3 {But not 11...e6 12
Qg4 and White regains his Pawn.} 12. fxg3 {Dubious since it
cedes control of the e5-square to Black. Apparently White was
not interested in positional fine points at this stage. But in
any event after 12 hxg3, ...h5 or ...e6, white would be a Pawn
down without any initiative. Now at least White has the f-file
to work with.} e6 13. Ne3 h5 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rae1
Ne5 17. Ndc4 Bd7 18. Na5 {!?} b6 {But not ...O-O-O?? 19 Ba6!
Bc6 20 Nxc6 Nxc6 21 Bxb7+! etc.} 19. Nac4 {Maybe 19 Nb3 gave
more tactical chances for White.} O-O-O 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Ba6+
Kb8 22. Nc4 Bg7 23. a4 {!? White offers his a-Pawn for the
initiative.} h4 {!? Black offers his g-Pawn for the
initiative! All very interesting.} 24. a5 hxg3 25. hxg3 {White
had no time to open tha a-file, ie: 25 axb6 Rxh2 26 bxc7+ (or
26 bxa7+ Ka8! not ...Kxa7 27 Qe3+! and 28 Qxg3 etc.) Kxc7 27
Qg4 Rg8! 28 Qxg3 Be5! 29 Qxg8 Qh4 and wins.} b5 26. Ne3 c6
27. c4 {?? Weakens d4 irretrievably, he should take the
g-Pawn.} b4 28. c5 Bd4 {!} 29. cxd6 Qxd6 30. Rf4 Rh5 31. Rd1
{??} Bxe3+ 32. Qxe3 Qxd1+ 33. Rf1 Qd6 34. Rc1 c5 0-1

[Event "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Site "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 {This move
is apparently considered best by the Russians. In the "Turner
Mira" 1970, Petrosian played 9 b4 Nh5 10 Nd2!? Nf4 11 a4, but
without great success against Gligoric.} c5 {I think this is a
logical move. Black takes a tempo from his King side play to
slow down White's Queen side initiative which usually comes
quite quickly with b4, c5, etc.} 10. a3 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. Rb1
f5 {! Having made all the necessary precautions on the Queen's
side Black is now ready to attack on the King's flank.} 13. f3
{Maybe better is 13 Nb3 as in the game Gligoric-Tringov,
Belgrade, 1969.} f4 14. a4 g5 15. a5 Rf6 {!} 16. bxc5 {? This
is, as Korchnoi pointed out afterwards, a "terrible mistake"
because now it is impossible for White to get any initiative
on the Queen side.} bxc5 17. Nb3 Rg6 18. Bd2 Nf6 {or ...h5!}
19. Kh1 g4 {Maybe more exact was 19...h5} 20. fxg4 {Forced
because of the threat of 20...g3 and then white cannot play 21
h3 because of 21...Bxh3 etc.} Nxg4 21. Rf3 {? 21 Bf3! was
better, with a more tenacious defence..} Rh6 22. h3 Ng6
23. Kg1 Nf6 24. Be1 Nh8 {!! This attacking manouver is
decisive.} 25. Rd3 Nf7 26. Bf3 {h4!? held out a little
longer.} Ng5 27. Qe2 Rg6 28. Kf1 {Or 28 Kh2 Qd7 threatens
29...Nxh3 etc.} Nxh3 29. gxh3 Bxh3+ 30. Kf2 {At this moment my
hand hovered over White's Pawn on e4, but at the last second I
realized that 30...Nxe4 is answered by 31 Qxe4 and White
wins.} Ng4+ 31. Bxg4 Bxg4 {And here Korchnoi thought for about
a minute and a half and not seeing a defence to the double
threat of 31...Bxe2 and 32...Qh4+ resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Site "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d6 4. e4
Bg7 5. Bd3 {This is not the best move, but Petrosian did not
like to play blitz games according to the analyses. He left
the analyses for the tournament games.} c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nge2
e6 8. Bg5 {Uhlman used to be fond of this system many years
ago.} h6 {!} 9. Bd2 {More consistent was 10 Bh4.} Nbd7 10. b3
{With b3 White weakens the diagonal a1-h8, If 10 f4 e5! 11 f5
gxf5 12 exf5 e4! with good play for Black.} exd5 11. cxd5 a6
12. O-O b5 13. f4 {? a bad move.} c4 {!} 14. bxc4 Nc5 15. Bc2
{15 Qc2 is better, when Black has compensation for the Pawn.}
b4 16. e5 {!} dxe5 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 Bxe5
{White has no hope.} 20. Bf4 Qb6+ {Black threatens on both
sides.} 21. Kh1 Bxa1 {Better is 21...Bxf4 22 Rxf4 Nf2+ winning
easily} 22. Qxa1 Nf2+ {?! 22...g5 is better, this way White
has got a chance.} 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Bxh6 f6 25. Bxf8 Kxf8
26. Ng1 Bg4 {? A bad move because after h3 the bishop has to
move back.} 27. Qb1 {h3 was also sharp.} Kg7 28. h3 Bf5
29. Qxb4 Ra7 30. Bd1 Qxa2 31. Bf3 a5 32. Qc5 Rb7 33. d6 Rb1
34. d7 Bxd7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. Qxd7 {!??} Qf2 { White could make
a draw with Qf8+ or Qf6.} 37. Kh2 Qxg1+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2
Qe5+ 40. g3 Rb2+ 41. Bg2 Qe4 42. Qd5 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Site "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 {!? Reshevsky likes this
flexible system.} c6 {7...Qe7 is the sharpest here. A game
Gligoric-Fischer, Monaco 1967 continued 8 d5 Ne8 9 h4 f5 10 h5
f4 11Bd2 g5 12h6 Bf6, etc.} 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 {or 9...Qb6
10 h3! exd4? 11 Na4!} 10. Bc1 f5 11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5
13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Qb6 {!?} 15. Be3 {! or 15 Kh1 Nf7
equalizes, (not 15...Nxc4?? Bc4+ or 15...Ng4?? 16 Nxf5 Nf2+ 17
Rxf2 Qxf2 18 Be3} Ng6 {? After this move Black is busted. More
enterprising was 15...Qxb2! 16 Na4 Qa3 17 Bc1 Qg3 18 fxe5 Bxe5
19 Rf3 Qh2+ 20 Kf2 Nd7 with play.} 16. Nxf5 Qxb2 17. Nxg7 Qxc3
18. Bd4 Qa5 19. Bg4 {Simple but effective, 19 c5 was snappier
though.} Na6 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. Qg4 {! White's threats are
proliferating chiefly 22 Qe6+, but other less brutal moves
like 22 Ne6 or Nh5 or 22 f5 were not pretty tp
contemplate. Also the fact that Reshevsky had a good 3.5 to 4
minutes to polish me off was not to pleasing. I decided here
to opt for the endgame.} Rc7 22. Ne6 {22 f5 was more aggresive
keeping the Queens.} Qf5 {!} 23. Nxf8 {Of course more
aggressive was 23 Qxf5 Rxf5 24 g4.} Qxg4 24. hxg4 Nxf8 25. f5
{25 Bxa7 was easier, ie 25...b5 26 Bb6 Rb7 27 cxb5 Rxb6 28
bxa6 Rxa6 29 a4 Ra5 30 Rc1 c5 31 Rb1 etc.} c5 26. Bc3 Rd7
27. Rad1 Nc7 28. Rfe1 Kf7 29. Re3 b5 30. Red3 {Ba5!} bxc4
31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Nb5 33. Rf6+ Ke7 34. Rc6 {?? As
Reshevsky pointed out immediately after the game 34 Ba1! c3
Rc6! Nd7 36 Re6+ Kf7 37 Re1 won.} Nxc3 35. Rxc5 Nxa2 36. Rxc4
Nd7 37. Ra4 Nc3 38. Rxa7 Ne4 39. Kh2 Kd6 40. Kh3 Ndf6 41. Kh4
h6 {!} 42. Rg7 Ke5 43. Rg6 Kf4 44. g3+ Kf3 45. Rxh6 Nxg4
46. Rg6 Nxg3 47. Rxg4 {And here Reshevsky proposed a draw and
I accepted.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Site "Herceg Novi blitz"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 {Notes by Bobby Fischer} g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3
O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 {Theory says that
Black equalizes easily against this move. The sharper 8 Ne5 is
answered satisfactorily by 8...Bf5 as in the Botvinnik-Smyslov
match 1957, and also in a later game Benko-Fischer.} Ne4
9. Qb3 Nc6 {!} 10. Be3 {Of course Black's d-Pawn was taboo.}
Na5 11. Qd1 {? Allows a very bad Pawn formation. Correct was
11 Qb4.} Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Ne5 Ba6 {Black has ideal play
against White's backward c-Pawn.} 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Bd2 e6
16. e4 Bb7 {! Of course trading white squared Bishops
highlights White weaknesses on the white squares.} 17. exd5
Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qe2 Rfd8 {19...Nc4! was simpler.}
20. Ng4 {!?} Nc4 {? 20...h5 21 Ne3 Qd7, with a clear
advantage.} 21. Bh6 {! Suddenly White has counterplay;
21...Bxh6 is impossible because of 22 Nf6+.} f5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7
23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rc6 25. Rac1 Rdc8 26. c4 {? Better was
Qd2.} Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Kf7 {!}
30. Re3 {?? 30 d5 gave real chances for a draw, the rest is
easy.} Rxd4 31. Ra3 a5 32. Rc3 Ke6 33. Kg2 Kd6 34. h4 Ra4
35. Rc2 b5 36. Kf3 b4 37. Ke3 Kd5 38. f3 Ra3+ 39. Kf4 a4
40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 b3 42. axb3 axb3 43. Rc7 Ra4+ 44. Kg5 Rb4
45. Rc1 Kd4 46. Kh6 Rb7 {Because Black by approaching with his
king can win White's Rook for the b-Pawn without losing his
own h-Pawn.} 0-1

[Event "Cambridge (England)"]
[Site "Cambridge (England)"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "William Hartston"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4 b6 {Black's last
move intends ...Ba6, exchanging White's dangerous king's
bishop. The English team had spent some time in joint
examination of this line before the Olympiad, with Hartston
supporting White's prospects and Lee, Whiteley and myself
inclining towards Black's chances.} 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 {White
expends a tempo to prevent the aforementioned exchange. This
idea stems from an early Fischer win against Darga.} 10...Nbc6
11. O-O h6 {First played by Krogius and given an "!" by
Keres. It is dangerous for Black to play 11...O-O on account
of Bxh7+ possibilities. Black must also prevent the manoeuvre
Nf3-g5-h3-f4-h5. Frankly, I don't see any other viable idea
for Black in this position, and his next move seems forced as
well. } 12. Re1 {A definite improvement on the 12 h4? which
Hartston played against me at Coventry earlier in the
year. The English team had also looked at the position (after
12 Re1) before the 1970 Siegen Olympiad and concluded that if
now 12...O-O then 13 Bxh6 gxh6 14 Qd2 Kg7 15 Qf4 was critical
for Black in view of the possibility of Re3-g3 (or Rh3) and
h4-h5. I then discovered the resource 12...O-O 13 Bxh6 c4!?
which I felt was adequate for Black. However ...} 12...O-O {By
this stage I suspected that Hartston had not come to the board
unprepared for this variation.} 13. Bxh6 {And this confirmed
my suspicions.} 13...c4 14. Bh7+ {I must admit that this move
had escaped my attention. Hartston had discovered 14 Bh7+ the
afternoon before this game was to be played. His analysis was
14...Kxh7 15 Ng5+ Kg8 16 Bxg7 Kxg7 17 Qh5 or 15...Kxh6 16
Qg4. After the game he confessed that he had barely considered
my actual 14th move, which introduces a whole range of new
complications.} 14...Kh8 {! A droll situation. Black appears
to be dangling over the brink of a precipice, but his position
reveals unexpected resources - Note, in particular, that the
bishop on h7 is trapped!} 15. Ng5 {Another serious plan is 15
Bc1. Post mortem analysis finally produced the following line:
15...f6 16 Ng5 fxg5 17 Qh5 Ng8 18 Bxg5 Be8 19 Bg6+ Nh6 20 Bxh6
gxh6 21 Qxh6+ Kg8 22 Bxe8 Raxe8 23 Re3 Qh7! and Black still
lives.} 15...gxh6 16. Qh5 Kg7 17. Re3 f6 {! Just in time. If
now 18 exf6+ Rxf6 19 Rg3 Black could try 19...Qxg3 and
20...hxg5, although there is probably no need for such extreme
measures.} 18. Rh3 hxg5 {Not 18...fxg5 19 Qxh6+ Kf7 20 Rf3+
Nf5 21 Bg6+ etc.} 19. Qh6+ Kf7 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Qh6+ {And
White opted for a draw by perpetual check. After 21...Kf7 22
Qxf6+ Ke8 Black's king runs away. Or 22 exf6 Ke8 23 fxe7 Nxe7
and White has nothing really convincing to show for his
pieces. At the close of the game White had 2 minutes on his
clock to reach move 36, while Black had 45 minutes to spare,
but it would still have been foolhardy of Black to play for
the full point; e.g. 20 Qh5+ Ng6? 21 Qxg6+ Ke7 22 Qg7+ Rf7 23
exf6+ threatening all sorts of horrors. A draw seems a fair
result. Later analysis proved, after all, that Black could
indeed have accepted the sacrifice with 13...gxh6 14 Qd2 Kg7
15 Qf4 Ng8! but I still harbour a fond affection for this
unique game, with its strange double bishop sacrifice
declined.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch Great Britain"]
[Site "Coventry (England)"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxwell Leonard Fuller"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } d6 2. d4 Bg4 {I had a
tremendous fondness for this idea of the old Franco-Polish
Grandmaster Xavielly Tartakower. He popularised it both before
and after the first World War, scoring wins against Schlechter
and Keres. It is just as valid as other hypermodern defences,
such as Alekhine's Defence against 1 e4 or the Gruenfeld, and
it has the virtue of being vastly less explored. Although it
works out well, White's next move is a squandered tempo which
encourages Black to make an exchange he intended anyway. 3 c4
Nf6 4 Nc3 g6 5 e4 Bxf3 6 Qxf3 Nc6 7 d5 Ne5 8 Qd1 was the
double-edged continuation of Fraguela - Keene, Alicante 1975.}
3. h3 Bxf3 4. gxf3 Nd7 5. Bg2 Ngf6 {Now White brings his
king's bishop to life and the entire theme of the game
revolves around White's attempts to destroy Black on the light
squares and Black's ambition of counter-attacking on that same
chosen battlefield. The direct clash of plans is fascinating.}
6. f4 d5 {More prudent would have been 6 ... c6. White now
proceeds to blast away at Black's centre with great energy.}
7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 e6 11. a4 a5 {Each of
White's moves has been a hammerblow aimed at annihilating
Black's central light square bastions.} 12. f5 Bb4 13. fxe6
fxe6 14. O-O O-O {White enjoys an excellent position apart
from the fact that his king lacks pawn shelter - one of the
points of Black's trade of his queen's bishop for White's
king's knight. This factor comes to Black's rescue in
subsequent play.} 15. e4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe4 17. Rb1 Ra6 {An
awkward square for the rook, but I saw no alternative.} 18. c4
Qh4 {Black throws caution to the winds.} 19. Ba3 Rf6 20. cxd5
Nxd5 21. Qxb7 h6 {!! The star move. With this Black signals
his intention to sacrifice a whole rook to grapple directly
with White's king. 21 ... h6!! is a vital preliminary to give
the black king room to escape from the general conflagration
which is about to sweep the board.} 22. Qxa6 Rg6 {Black has
offered a rook to whip up fantastic complications and White
has to weather a furious combinative storm. Now White could
have steered for a draw with 23 Qc8+ Kh7 24 Qc2! Nf4 25 Qxe4
Nxh3+ 26 Kh2 Nf4+ etc. But this is hard to see, especially
under acute pressure from the clock. However White's best is
23 Kh2. Then 23...Rxg2+ 24 Kxg2 Nf4+ appears terrifying,
especially to a player whose clock flag is hanging, but Black
has nothing clear.} 23. Rb3 Qg5 24. Rg3 Nxg3 25. fxg3 Qxg3
26. Rf8+ Kh7 27. Qe2 Qxa3 {White's next is a horrible blunder
caused by time pressure and nervous exhaustion. But a pawn
down and with a shattered king position he could already have
resigned.} 28. Kh1 Qxf8 0-1

[Event "Hastings 1970/71"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1970.12.30"]
[EventDate "1970.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7
5.g3 Ngf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.h3 Re8 { 8...c6 9.e4 Qb6 } 9.e4
c6 10.Be3 Qa5 {?! 10...exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Qc2 a5 13.Rad1 a4
=, drawish position ! 14.Nxc6 ! [ed.] bxc6 15.Bxc5 } 11.d5 c5
12.a3 { 12.Ne1 !? with the idea Nd3 followed by queenside
play, aiming for b4. } Qd8 13.b4 b6 14.Ne1 Re7 15.Nd3 Ne8
16.a4 a5 17.bxa5 bxa5 18.Nb5 Ra6 {! 18...f5?! 19.exf5 gxf5
20.Nxc5 ! Nxc5 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.d6 Rea7 23.Bxa8 Rxa8 24.Qd5+ +-
} 19.Rc1 { 19.g4!? 19.Qc2!? } f5 20.exf5 {? 20.f3 } gxf5 21.f4
e4 22.Nf2 Nf8 23.g4 Ng6 24.g5 Ra8 { 24...Nh4 ? 25.Qh5 Nxg2
26.Kxg2 } 25.Nh1 Nc7 26.Qe1 h6 {!! 26...Na6 27.Qg3 Nb4 28.Nf2
=, drawish position } 27.Qg3 {! 27.h4 ? hxg5 28.hxg5 Na6 =/+ }
hxg5 28.Qxg5 Nxb5 29.cxb5 Kh7 {? 29...Kf7 ! 30.Ng3 Bf6 31.Qh5
Qh8 =/+ ! } 30.Ng3 Bh6 31.Qh5 Qf8 32.Rc4 { 32.Nxe4 ? fxe4
33.f5 Nh8 34.f6 Re5 -+ } Qf6 { 32...Rf7 33.Rxe4 fxe4 34.f5 !
Ne5 35.f6 Rxf6 [ 35...Nf3+ 36.Bxf3 exf3 37.Bxh6 ! ] 36.Rxf6
Qxf6 37.Nxe4 Qf8 38.Bxh6 Qxh6 39.Nf6+ Kg7 40.Ne8+ Kh7 41.Be4+
+- } 33.Rxe4 fxe4 { 33...Bd7 ! 34.Rxe7+ Nxe7 35.Kh2 +/= }
34.f5 Nh8 { 34...Ne5 35.Nxe4 Qf8 36.f6 +- } 35.Nxe4 Rxe4
36.Bxe4 Nf7 37.Qg6+ Qxg6+ 38.fxg6+ Kh8 39.gxf7 Bxe3+ 40.Kh2
Bh6 { 40...Bf5 41.Rxf5 Kg7 42.b6 c4 43.b7 +- } 41.f8=Q+ Bxf8
42.Rxf8+ Kg7 43.Rd8 Kf6 44.Kg3 Ke5 45.Re8+ Kd4 46.Kf4 {Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Tournament"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1970.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael J Franklin"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c5 2.e4 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2
e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 b6 9.h4 e5 10.h5 d5 11.Nf1 dxe4
12.dxe4 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 gxh5 {!!} 14.c3 Bg4 15.N1h2 Rad8 16.Be3
Be6 17.b3 Ng6 18.Bf1 h6 19.Be2 Kh7 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+
22.Bxd1 Bf6 23.Nd2 h4 24.Be2 Bg5 25.Nhf1 Kg7 26.Bb5 Nce7
27.Nf3 Bxe3 28.Nxe3 hxg3 29.fxg3 f5 30.Nd2 f4 31.Nef1 Nc8
32.Kf2 Nd6 33.Be2 Kf6 34.Nh2 fxg3+ 35.Kxg3 Nf4 36.Bf1 h5
37.Kh4 {?} Bf5 {!} 38.Nhf3 Bxe4 39.Kg3 Bd5 40.Nh4 Nf5+ 41.Nxf5
Kxf5 42.Bb5 e4 43.Nf1 Kg5 44.Ne3 Bb7 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Cambridgeshire - Essex match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Jonathan Penrose"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7
4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 {Dr. Penrose had suffered several
reversals with this defence at Palma de Mallorca 1969, so I
was very pleased when he decided to play the King's Indian in
the present game. I also had happy memories of our previous
encounter (see game 10).} 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3
Qb6 10. d5 {Closing the centre seems advisable at this
stage. 10 Re1 exposes White's centre to some dangers and these
came to the fore in Botvinnik - Geller, Belgrade 1969: 10 Re1
exd4 11 Nxd4 Re8 12 Re2 Ng4 13 Nc2 Nge5 14 Ne3 Nc5 15 b3?
Bxh3! 16 Bd2 Bxg2 17 Kxg2 h5 18 Rb1 Qd8 19 b4 Ne6 20 f4 Nd3 21
Nf1 a5 22 a3 axb4 23 axb4 Bxc3 24 Bxc3 Ndxf4+ and Botvinnik
had to resign. Obviously Botvinnik's play can be radically
improved, but 10 d5 gives White a good game with no contingent
obligations.} 10...Nc5 {In my opinion, it is more advisable to
block the position with 10...c5. White would retain a useful
space advantage, but Black's queen's wing would be less
exposed to invasion than after the text move.} 11. Re1 {In the
first edition of The King's Indian Defence I had only analysed
11 Ne1. This move seems even stronger. White's knight is
destined for c4 via d2. After 11 Re1 White has set up an ideal
situation from which to put the typical anti-King's Indian
light square strategy into operation: first of all White uses
his threats to expand on the queenside and seize control of
the vital squares c4 and b5; then White transfers his knights
to these squares to attack the weak d6 point; eventually Black
will be obliged to play ...f7-f5 in order to work up some
counterplay, but after that White can switch his pieces to the
kingside and begin exploiting the newly created weaknesses on
this front. Naturally 11 Re1 found its way into the second
edition of The King's Indian Defence !} 11...Bd7 12. Rb1 cxd5
{Black cannot maintain the central tension indefinitely. A
time will come when White can capture on c6. Furthermore,
Black must use the open c-file to hinder White's intended
b2-b4.} 13. cxd5 a5 14. Bf1 Rfc8 15. Be3 Qd8 {In Keene -
Perkins, Cambridge University v. London University, 1969, the
less flexible 15...Ne8 was played, and after 16 Nd2 f5 17 exf5
gxf5 18 Nc4 Qd8 19 a4 e4 20 Nb5 Bxb5 21 axb5 b6 22 Qh5! Black
experienced severe difficulties in defending his f-pawn.}
16. Nd2 Ne8 {It might be better to play 16...a4 which at least
retains a measure of light square control.} 17. a4 f5 18. Nc4
{Now the crisis has been reached and Black must take a
decision; the move played leads to disaster, but if Black
temporises with ...b7-b6, ...Rab8, ...Kh8 etc. White will
capture on f5, weakening Black's king's position, and then
follow up with Nb5 and a felicitous blend of b2-b4 and f2-f4,
undermining Black's structure in all sectors of the board.}
18...fxe4 {? 18...f4 is both desperate and unsuccessful; after
19 gxf4 Qh4 White's safest course is 20 Qf3, defending on the
kingside and maintaining lethal threats on the opposite wing.}
19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Nxe4 Rc7 21. Nb6 {Not 21 Ncxd6 Nxd6 22 Nxd6
Bxa4! with equality.} 21...Rb8 22. Nxd7 {White now exchanges
his active minor pieces for Black's inactive ones, which might
develop some activity. At the close of this manoeuvre White
has a technically won position, with the traditional 'good'
light-squared knight versus the 'bad' dark-squared bishop.}
22...Rxd7 23. Bb5 {Also tempting was 23 h4 followed by Bh3 and
Ng5.} 23...Re7 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. b4 axb4 {After 25...b6 the
most accurate reply is probably 26 Rc1, although both 26 b5
and 26 Qd2 come into consideration.} 26. Rxb4 {Black is
hopelessly lost: he has too many weaknesses and his minor
piece is useless.} 26...Re7 27. Qb3 Rd7 28. Rb6 Qe7 29. Rb1 {A
gross winning plan, but the most effective. I wanted to play
the more aesthetically pleasing h4-h5, Kg2, Rh1, and swing the
rook on b4 across to the g- or h-file, but I was scared that
Dr. Penrose would fight back in the complications. Now there
are no complications.} 29...Ra8 {White threatened a5-a6;
something had to be done.} 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Qxb7 Qxb7
32. Rxb7 Rxa4 33. Rb8+ Bf8 {Or 33...Kf7 34 Nxd6+ Ke7 35 Nb5.}
34. Ng5 Ra7 35. Ne6 Rf7 36. Kf1 Rf6 37. Ke2 Rf7 38. Rd8 Rf6
39. Ke3 Rf7 40. f3 Rf6 41. Ke4 h5 42. h4 Rf7 43. Ke3 {! A
waiting move allowing Black to experience the full horror of
his situation. Black took the hint, hence... Black has been
reduced to a paralysis and White has two clear winning
methods: a) Nxf8, Rxd6, Re6, Rxe5 with two extra pawns, or b)
f3-f4 followed by a king march to c6 and liquidation to a won
king and pawn ending.} 1-0

[Event "England v Switzerland"]
[Site "Clare Benedict, Paignton"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hansruedi Glauser"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6
4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. Ng5
{! 9 Rad1 is also good, but the text is the most forceful and
the most effective. Inaccurate is 9 d5 Bxf3 10 Bxf3 Nce5 11
Be2 Nb6 12 b3 c6= Cuellar - Robatsch, Moscow 1956.} 9...Bxe2
10. Nxe2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. f3 h6 13. Nh3 Kh7 14. c4
{Demonstrating that the one disadvantage White suffers from in
this line of the Classical Pirc in comparison with positions
arising in the Classical (or Aronin-Taimanov) King's Indian -
that his pawn lingers at c2 when its advance to the fifth rank
is the routine method of prising open the black queenside -
need not be irremediable. Whether its advance is possible,
however, will often be a question of nice timing and will
depend above all upon the progress that Black is making on the
other flank.} 14...f5 15. exf5 gxf5 {Capturing with the knight
may not be objectively any worse, but it holds out scant hope
for Black. White would reply 16 Nf2, in conjunction with Nc3
and Ne4, when the strongly posted knight at e4 should enable
White to force through the advance c4-c5 whilst containing
Black's threats on the king's wing. After 15...exf5 one
suspects that an assessment of Â¿ is in order, especially if
White now continues with 16 Rac1 a5 17 b3 to be followed by
a2-a3, b3-b4 and c4-c5. Nevertheless, Black's chances down the
g-file are not to be underestimated. In the game White played
weakly and the kingside attack was decisive:} 16. Bf2 {?} Nf6
17. Nc3 Rg8 18. f4 e4 19. Nb5 Ng4 20. Nd4 Bxd4 {! Usually I
hate giving up fianchettoed bishops, but in this case White's
knight had to be eliminated, and Black gains corresponding
pressure on the light squares.} 21. Qxd4 Ng6 22. Bg3 Qe7
23. Nf2 Nxf2 24. Qxf2 Rg7 {The theme of the game becomes
clear. Black masses his forces on the g-file.} 25. Qe3 Nf8
26. Rac1 Nd7 27. b4 a5 28. a3 Nf6 29. Qe1 axb4 30. axb4 Rag8
31. Rc2 Rg4 32. Bh4 Qg7 33. Bxf6 {Apparently this capture
deflects Black from his purpose but a tactical nuance means
that Black can still plough through the white kingside.}
33...Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 Qg6 {Black does not need to recapture and
it is quite clear now that White's position is hopeless. Two
further games elucidate the theme of this opening: (A) 1 e4 d6
2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 g6 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Be2 O-O 6 O-O Na6 7 Re1 c5 8 d5
Nc7 9 Bf4 Rb8 10 a4 a6 11 e5 Nfe8 12 a5 b5 13 axb6 Rxb6 14 Ra2
Rb4 15 Bg3 Bg4 16 h3 Bxf3 17 Bxf3 dxe5 18 Bxe5 Bxe5 19 Rxe5
Nd6 20 Na4 Nc4 21 Re1 Rxa4 22 Rxa4 Nxb2 23 Qa1 Nxa4 24 Qxa4
Qd6 25 Qe4 Re8 26 Rb1 Nb5 27 Qa4 Rd8 28 Ra1 Nd4 29 Bd1 Qe5 30
Qxa6 Qxd5 31 c3 Nf5 32 Bf3 Qe5 33 Qc4 Kg7 34 Ra2 Rb8 35 Ra1
Rb2 36 Rc1 Rxf2 37 Qe4 Qg3 38 Rc2 Rxc2 39 Qxc2 Qe1+ 40 Kh2
Qe5+ 41 Kg1 0-1, Kottnauer - Keene, Hastings 1968. (B) 1 e4 g6
2 d4 d6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 Bg7 5 Be2 O-O 6 O-O Bg4 7 Be3 Nc6 8 d5
Bxf3 9 Bxf3 Ne5 10 Be2 c6 11 f4 Ned7 12 Qd2 cxd5 13 exd5 Qa5
14 Rad1 Rac8 15 Bd4 Nb6 16 Rfe1 Nc4 17 Bxc4 Rxc4 18 Rxe7 Rxd4
19 Qxd4 Ng4 20 Qd2 Qb6+ 21 Kf1 Bf6 22 Re4 Nxh2+ 23 Ke2 Qxb2 24
Rb1 Qxc3 25 Qxc3 Bxc3 26 Rxb7 a5 27 Rc4 Bb4 28 Rcc7 Ng4 29 Kd3
Nf6 30 c4 Nh5 31 Ke4 Ng3+ 32 Kf3 Nf5 33 g4 Ng7 34 Rd7 h5 35
gxh5 gxh5 36 Kg3 Nf5+ 37 Kf3 Kg7 38 Ra7 Kg6 39 a3 Bxa3 40 Rxa5
Bc5 41 Ra2 Re8 42 Rg2+ Kf6 43 Rg5 Re3+ 44 Kg2 h4 45 Rd8 Rc3 46
Rh8 0-1, Quinones - Keene, CamagÂ¸ey 1974.} 0-1

[Event "England v. Holland"]
[Site "Clare Benedict Tournament, Paignton"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Hans Ree"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6
4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. d5 c5 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Rb1
{Fortunately for me, I had forgotten the 'theoretical'
continuation: 9 Ne1 Rb8 10 Nc2 Nc7 11 a4 b6 12 Rb1 (Korchnoi -
Tal, Candidates' match, 1968), which leads to a good position
for Black. The text prepares b2-b3 followed by transposition
into a kind of Panno King's Indian where Black has the extra
move ...f7-f5 - one that is both unaesthetic and seriously
weakening.} 9...Nc7 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 b5 12. e3 {In order to
transfer the queen's knight to e6 via e2 and f4. With this
move White also intends to rule out the possibility of
combinations for Black involving ...Rb8 ...bxc4 ...f5-f4 and
...Bf5.} 12...Rb8 13. Ne2 Bd7 {This is rather stereotyped. If
Black is going to fight against White's strategic idea, he
must play 13...e5!, e.g. 14 dxe6 Nxe6 15 Nf4 Nxf4 16 exf4 Bb7,
and Black can generate some piece activity to compensate for
his dubious pawn structure and diseased central squares.}
14. Bc3 {! A key move. After this there are no more
difficulties for White - if pressed for a judgement, I would
be inclined to claim that Black is already strategically
lost. The only hope I saw for my opponent lay in the manoeuvre
...b5-b4 followed by ...a7-a5-a4-a3 (if allowed) and then a
king march from g8 to the queen's wing. When I suggested this
after the game Ree seemed unimpressed, but we could find
nothing better for Black in our post mortem analysis.}
14...Na8 {I could not understand this move.} 15. Ng5 Bh6 {Or
15...h6 16 Ne6 Bxe6 17 dxe6 when Black's king's wing is
isolated from his defensive pieces and White's bishops sweep
the board.} 16. h4 bxc4 {Sheer desperation - since Black must
ultimately lose control of the b-file. However, if 16...Bxg5
17 hxg5 Ne4 then 18 Ba1! followed by Qd2, with unpleasant
threats on the long dark diagonal.} 17. bxc4 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 Qb6
19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Nf4 Nc7 21. e4 {The final mopping up operation
begins. One can see at a glance just how bad Black's position
is.} 21...Bg7 22. e5 {Also strong is 22 Re1.} 22...Ng4
23. exd6 exd6 {23...Qxd6 is of much more use to Black's king
but does not do much for his pawn formation, which is
sufficiently shattered to guarantee a loss.} 24. Bxg7 Kxg7
25. Re1 Ne5 26. Nd3 Re8 {26...Nxd3 allows 27 Re7+ etc., while
if 26...Qa5 then 27 f4! wins.} 27. Qc3 Kg8 28. Nxe5 dxe5
29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Qxe5 h6 31. d6 1-0

[Event "National Teams SemiFinal"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2
O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qb6 10.Re1 Re8 11.d5 c5
12.a3 Re7 {!} 13.Rb1 Ne8 14.b4 Qd8 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bd2 b6 17.h4
Nf8 18.Nh2 f5 19.Bh3 Rf7 20.h5 f4 {!} 21.Bxc8 Rxc8 22.b5 Nf6
23.g4 Bh6 24.Kh1 gxh5 25.gxh5 Rg7 26.Qf3 Qe8 27.Rg1 Rcc7
28.Rxg7+ Rxg7 29.Rg1 Qxh5 30.Qxh5 Rxg1+ 31.Kxg1 Nxh5 32.Kg2
Bg5 33.Kh3 Kg7 34.f3 Kg6 35.Be1 h6 36.Ne2 Nh7 37.Kg2 N5f6
38.Ng1 Kh5 39.Kh3 Nd7 40.Ng4 Bd8 41.Nh2 Ndf8 42.Nf1 Ng6 43.Bf2
{?} Bh4 44.Kg2 Ng5 45.Bxh4 Nxh4+ 46.Kf2 0-1

[Event "County Match"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1970.10.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "T B Bennett"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 a6 5.h3
b5 6.Be3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.a4 b4 9.Ne2 Ngf6 10.Ng3 O-O 11.O-O c5
12.c3 c4 {!?} 13.Bb1 b3 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Qe2 Rac8 16.f4 e5 17.Qf2
a5 18.Nf3 Rfe8 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Rxe5 22.Bf4
Rce8 23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.Rd1 h5 25.Qd2 Re8 {?} 26.Qd6 Qc8 27.e5
Nh7 28.Be4 Bxe5 29.Bxb7 {?} Qxb7 30.Qd5 Qb6+ 31.Kh2 Qe3 32.Qf3
Qxf3 33.gxf3 h4 34.Kg2 Bxg3 35.Rab1 Re2+ {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Cambridge University College Championship"]
[Site "Cambridge (ENG)"]
[Date "1970.11.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Arthur Howard Williams"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.g3 {Notes by Ray Keene.} g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 O-O
5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e3 h6 {!?} 10.Ne1
{!} Nb4 {?} 11.a3 N4d5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Nd3 c6 {?} 14.Bd2 a5
15.Rc1 Qb6 16.b3 Be6 17.Nc5 Nc7 18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.Qc2 Rfd8 20.h4
h5 21.Be4 Nf8 22.b4 a4 23.Bc3 Nh7 24.Qa2 Kf8 25.Ba1 Nf6 26.Bf3
Kg8 27.Rc5 e6 28.Rb1 Nd7 29.Rc2 Qb5 30.Kg2 Qb6 31.Qc4 Nf6 {?}
32.b5 Rac8 33.Qxa4 cxb5 34.Qb3 Rxc2 35.Qxc2 Bf8 36.Qd3 b4
{Black's time expired while playing this move.} 1-0

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1970.11.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard F Holmes"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.e3
h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 c5 9.O-O Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qxf3
11.gxf3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Be4 Rc8 14.Bxc6 Rxc6 15.d5 Rd6
16.Rfd1 e5 17.a4 h5 18.a5 Rhh6 19.axb6 axb6 20.Kf1 Ke7 21.Ke2
g5 22.f4 exf4 23.exf4 g4 24.Kd3 Kf6 25.Re1 Kf5 26.Re5+ {?}
Kxf4 27.Rae1 f5 28.h4 gxh3 29.R5e3 Rhe6 30.Ke2 Rxe3+ 31.fxe3+
Kg3 {?} 32.Rf1 {!} Rf6 33.Rf3+ Kg4 34.Rf4+ Kg5 35.Kf2 Rf8
36.Rf3 h2 37.Kg2 Re8 38.Rg3+ Kf6 39.Rh3 Rg8+ 40.Kxh2 Rg5
41.Rf3 Ke5 42.Rf1 Rg4 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Siegen ol (Men) qual-B"]
[Site "Siegen"]
[Date "1970.09.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erno Gereben"]
[Black "Haji Ardiansyah"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.c4 cxd4 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.e3 Rb8 11.Qb3 Na5 12.Qc2 Bg4
13.h3 Bd7 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.Qd3 Bb4 16.Nde2 Qe8 17.b3 Nc6 18.Bb2
Ne5 19.Qb1 g6 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Rxd5 Nc6 22.Nf4 Be6 23.Nxe6 fxe6
24.Rd1 Qf7 25.Rf1 Rfd8 26.a3 Be7 27.b4 a6 28.Qe4 Rd6 29.Rad1
Rcd8 30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.Qc4 Bf6 32.Qc5 Be7 33.Qc3 Kf8 34.Rc1 Ke8
35.Bxc6+ Rxc6 36.Qh8+ Bf8 37.Rxc6 bxc6 38.Bd4 Kd7 39.Qe5 Bd6
40.Qa5 Qf3 41.Be5 Qd1+ 42.Kg2 Bxe5 43.Qxe5 Qd3 44.a4 Qc4
45.Qc5 Qe4+ 46.Kh2 e5 47.b5 cxb5 48.axb5 axb5 49.Qxb5+ Ke7
50.g4 Kf6 51.Qe8 Kg7 52.Qe7+ Kg8 53.Qe6+ Kf8 54.Kg3 Qh1
55.Qf6+ Kg8 56.Qf3 Qa1 57.Qd5+ Kf8 58.Qc5+ Kf7 59.Qc7+ Kg8
60.Qd8+ Kf7 61.Qd7+ Kg8 62.Qe8+ Kg7 63.Qe7+ Kg8 64.Qf6 Qg1+
65.Kh4 Qg2 66.Qe6+ Kf8 67.Qf6+ Kg8 68.Kg5 Qxh3 69.Qxe5 h6+
70.Kxg6 Qxg4+ 71.Kxh6 Qg6+ {The end is of course not stalemate
at all! Reputedly the moves after Qxg4+ were all made by
Gereben's opponent, after which Gereben exclaimed: "Patt! Wie
ist es moglich!" (Stalemate! How is it possible?), but to have
agreed to the draw in any case.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Junior Championship"]
[Site "New York City"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Gruchacz"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 d6 4.Nf3 a6
5.a4 Nf6 6.d4 g6 7.dxc5 Qd7 8.Bxf6 exf6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Bd3 Nb4
11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Qc7 13.cxd6 Qxd6 14.Qd2 f5 15.Bc4 Be6 16.Re3
Bxc4 17.bxc4 f4 18.Rd3 Nxd3 19.cxd3 Rac8 20.Rc1 Qb4 21.Nd5
Qxd2 22.Nxd2 Rce8 23.Nxf4 Bh6 24.g3 Bxf4 25.gxf4 f5 26.Rb1 Re7
27.Rb6 Rd7 28.exf5 Rxd3 29.Ne4 Rxf5 30.c5 Rd4 31.Nd6 Rxd6
32.Rxd6 {??} Rxc5 33.Rd2 Rc4 34.a5 Rxf4 35.Rb2 Rf5 36.Rxb7
Rxa5 37.Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge University Knockout Championship"]
[Site "Cambridge (ENG)"]
[Date "1970.03.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Gerard Henry"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 {Notes by Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be3 d6
6.f3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Re8 8.Nc1 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Nb3 c5 11.dxc6 bxc6
12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bxd4 Rb8 14.Rb1 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6
17.Nxd5 Bxb2 18.Qd2 Be5 19.Rxb8 Bxb8 20.Bb5 {?} Re6 21.O-O Qd6
{!} 22.Qc3 Qxh2+ 23.Kf2 Qh4+ 24.Ke2 Bb7 25.Bc4 Be5 26.Qc2 Qg5
27.Kd3 Rd6 28.Rb1 Bc6 29.Qd2 Bf4 30.Qf2 {?} Bxd5 31.Bxd5 Rxd5+
32.exd5 Qf5+ 33.Kc4 Qxb1 34.Qxa7 Qf1+ 35.Kb4 Bd2+ 0-1

[Event "New York City Reserve"]
[Site "New York City"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "John Tompkins"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Bc5
7.d3 Bf5 8.Nc3 f6 9.Nxd5 fxg5 10.Bxg5 Qxg5 11.Nxc7+ Ke7
12.Nxa8 Rxa8 13.Bd5 Rf8 14.c3 Bh3 15.Bf3 e4 16.dxe4 Ne5 17.Bg4
Nf3+ {??} 18.Bxf3 Rf4 19.Qd5 h6 20.Qxg5+ hxg5 21.gxh3 Rxf3
22.Kg2 g4 23.Rad1 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roman"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Ng5 O-O
7.Bxf7+ Rxf7 8.Nxf7 Kxf7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd5 {??}
Qxf2# 0-1

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "oxford (ENG)"]
[Date "1970.12.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "George Steven Botterill"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene.} d5
2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 Bd6 6.O-O Qe7 7.Na3 Nf6 8.Nc2
O-O 9.Rb1 a5 10.b3 Nb4 11.a3 Nxc2 12.Qxc2 Bxa3 13.Bxa3 Qxa3
14.Nxe5 Qc5 15.Nf3 Ra6 16.Qb2 Rd6 {?} 17.b4 axb4 18.Qxb4 Qxb4
19.Rxb4 b6 20.Ra1 Re8 21.Kf1 Bd7 22.Ra7 c5 23.Rb2 Rb8 24.Ne5
Be8 25.Rc7 Rbd8 26.f4 {!} Kf8 27.Rb7 Ra8 28.Rxf7+ Bxf7 29.Bxa8
Be8 30.Bf3 Ke7 31.Ra2 Nd7 32.Nc6+ Kf6 33.Ra8 Bf7 34.Rd8 Be6
35.g4 g6 36.Kf2 h5 37.g5+ Kf5 38.Ne7+ Kxf4 39.Nc8 Ke5 40.Re8
{! Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "England vs. Holland"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Eddie C Scholl"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. O-O d5
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Qa4 Be6 13. Rb1 Qc8 14. Bf4 Bf5 15. Rbc1 Qe6 16. Rfe1 Rfc8
17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 Be6 20. Rxc6 Bxa2 21. Ra6
Bc4 22. Ra3 a5 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rea1 Bxd4 25. Rxa5 Rxa5
26. Rxa5 Bxe2 27. Be5 {!} Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Bf3 29. Re3 Bd5
30. Rxe7 Kg7 31. f4 Be6 32. Kf2 h5 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Re8 Kf5
35. Kf3 Bd5+ 36. Kf2 Be6 37. Rd8 Kg4 38. Rd4 Kf5 39. Kf3 Bc8
40. Rd5+ Kf6 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rb6 Be6 43. Ke4 Kf6 44. Ra6 Kg7
45. Ke5 Bc4 46. Rd6 Be2 47. f5 Bg4 48. f6+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "Siegen Olympiad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Younus Safvat"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4
Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 {It is my
belief that this was the first game in which Fischer's
suggestion of 8...Nh5 [see My 60 Memorable Games] was played
in a serious game.} 9. Be4 Bg4 10. Be3 f6 11. exf6 exf6
12. O-O Ne7 13. Qd2 c6 14. Rae1 Kh8 15. Ne2 f5 16. Bd3 f4
17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Qd6 19. Ng5 Bh6 20. Ne4 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1
Nd5 22. Nxg6+ Kg7 23. Qxh6+ Kxh6 24. Nxf8 Kg7 25. Nxh7 Kxh7
26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Re4 Qxf6 28. Rxf6 Nxf6 29. Rf4 Kg7 30. h3 Be6
31. g4 Rd8 32. Kh2 c5 33. Kg3 a6 34. b3 Rd6 35. h4 b5 36. h5
Nxg4 37. Rxg4+ Bxg4 38. Kxg4 Kh6 39. Bg6 Rf6 40. Kh4 Rf1
41. Kg4 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. a4 a5 44. c3 Rc1 45. Kf3 Rxc3+
46. Ke4 Rd3 47. Bf7 Rd8 48. Bxc4 Kxh5 49. Bd5 Kg5 50. Kd4 Rc8
51. Ke5 Rd8 52. Kd4 Kf6 53. Kc5 Rb8 54. Kd6 Rd8+ 55. Kc5 Ke7
56. Bc6 Rg8 57. Bb5 Rb8 58. Kc6 Kd8 59. Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Camb Univ Blitz Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "William Hartston"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 {The Exchange Slav has been used successfully
by world champions, eg. Capablanca to defeat Lasker, Alekhine
to beat Euwe, and Botvinnik to win against Tal.} 6. Bf4 e6 {A
more fluid piece development arises from 6... Bf5 although
Black still has a number of pitfalls to avoid, not the least
of which arises after 7. e3 e6 8. Ne5 as in Keene-Whiteley,
British Universities Championship, Manchester 1969.} 7. e3 Bd6
{An earlier game, Keene-Hartston, London League 1962 had
continued 7... Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O. Better would have been
the preservation of White's valuable queen's bishop with 9. h3
Nh5 10. Ne5 Nxf4 11. exf4 f5 with complete equality.} 8. Bg3
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Bxg3 11. hxg3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Rc1
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 Rc8 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Nd4 Qb6 {White's
domination of the central dark squares promises him an edge.}
18. b3 Bd7 19. Bb1 a5 20. Qh5 g6 {Now White's presence in the
centre translates into a direct kingside attack.} 21. Qh6 Bb5
22. Nf3 {Here White misses a great chance. Best is 22. f5
threatening the terminal f5-f6, imprisoning the black
king. The point is that after exf5 23. Nxf5 the lateral pin
against the BQ prevents White's murderous knight from being
captured.} 22... f6 23. exf6 {Here 23. Bxg6 is possible, but
after hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Kf2 Nd3+ the position is
unclear.} Rxf6 24. Ng5 Rc7 25. Rf3 Be2 26. Rf2 Bd3 27. Bxd3
Nxd3 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Rc2 {!!} {This deflection sacrifice is
the optimal way to freshen up White's attack.} Qxc2 {Black has
little choice, since if 29... Nc5 30. Rxc5--or 29... Qd7
30. Rc8+ Qxc8 31. Qxh7+ and once again, the WQ erupts into the
black camp in decisive fashion.} 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7
32. Qg7+ Kd6 33. Qxf6 Qc1+ {The last hope of resistance lies
in the alternative queen check 33... Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Nh3
Qe2 when White stays on top, but has no immediate forced
win. Not 35... Nf2? losing to 36. Qe5+ Qxe5 37. fxe5+ Kxe5
38. Nxf2} 34. Kh2 Nf2 35. Qd8+ {The black queen goes to a rear
skewer, after which further resistance becomes futile.} 1-0

[Event "Clock Simul, Glasgow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.06.27"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David John Findlay"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Nbd7
5. f4 h6 6. Bh4 Nh5 7. Qf3 Nxf4 {!?} 8. Qxf4 g5 9. Qf3 gxh4
10. Bc4 Rh7 {!?} 11. e5 Nb6 12. Bb3 e6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. O-O-O
d5 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. exf6 Nd7 17. Rf1 c5 18. Ne2 c4 19. Ba4
Qa5 20. Qa3 {!} Kd8 21. Qe7+ Kc7 22. Bxd7 Bxd7 23. Nf4 Re8
24. Nxe6+ Kc8 25. Qc5+ Qxc5 26. Nxc5 b6 27. Na6 Re4 28. Re1
Bf5 29. Nb4 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Be4 31. Nc6 Kd7 32. Ne5+ Ke6
33. Nxc4 Kxf6 34. Ne3 Rg7 35. Rf1+ Ke6 36. Rf4 h3 37. gxh3
Rg1+ 38. Kd2 Rh1 39. Ng4 {?} f5 40. Nf2 Rxh2 41. Kc3 Rg2
42. Nxe4 dxe4 43. Rh4 Kd5 44. Rxh6 Rg3+ 45. Kd2 Kxd4 46. c3+
Ke5 47. h4 Rg2+ 48. Ke1 Rxb2 49. Rh7 Rxa2 50. h5 Kf4 51. h6
Ke3 52. Kd1 Rh2 53. Rf7 f4 54. h7 a5 0-1

[Event "Clock Simul, Glasgow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.06.27"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Matthew Rosenberg"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 {?} 6. dxc5
dxc5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bg5+ Bf6 9. e5 Be7 10. Nc3 a6 11. O-O-O+
Nd7 12. Ne4 Bxg5+ 13. Nfxg5 Ke7 14. f4 h6 15. Nf3 Rb8 16. h4
h5 17. Bh3 b6 18. Rd6 Nh6 19. Rhd1 Rb7 20. Nfg5 Nf5 21. Bxf5
gxf5 22. Nd2 Rc7 23. Nc4 b5 24. Na5 Nb8 25. c4 Bd7 26. Kb1 Bc6
27. Rc1 bxc4 28. Nxc4 Bb5 29. Ne3 Rc6 30. Rd2 Rhc8 31. Nh7 c4
32. Rc3 Nd7 33. Nc2 Nc5 34. Nf6 Na4 35. Re3 c3 36. Rd7+ Kf8
37. b3 Nc5 38. Rd1 Nb7 39. a4 Bxa4 40. bxa4 Rb6+ 41. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Simul v London Juniors"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.01.24"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Goodman"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 dxe4
5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bd3 Nc6
{?} 10. O-O Rd8 11. c3 Bd7 12. Qe2 h6 13. Rad1 a6 14. Rfe1 Re8
15. Qe4 g6 16. Qe3 Kg7 17. Be4 Re7 18. Bc2 Ree8 19. Rd2 Rad8
20. h3 Qe7 21. Rde2 Qf6 22. Qc1 Rc8 23. Be4 b5 24. Nh2 Qg5
25. f4 Qd8 26. Bc2 Ne7 27. Ng4 h5 28. Ne5 Nc6 29. Qe3 Nxe5
30. fxe5 Re7 31. Rf2 Be8 32. Ref1 c6 33. b4 Qc7 34. Qg5 Rd8
35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Rf8 Rf7 37. R1xf7+ 1-0

[Event "National Club Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.02.22"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Arthur Winser"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Nd2 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Nd7 13. f3 {?} Qe7 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. O-O-O f5 16. e4
f4 17. Bf2 e5 18. Qb2 Rhg8 19. Qa3 Kb8 20. h3 Qf7 21. Qa4 c5
22. Kb1 Nf6 23. Be2 h5 24. d5 Bc8 25. Rdg1 Rdf8 26. Qd1 Rg6
27. Qf1 Qg7 28. Kb2 Rg8 29. Kc1 Ba6 30. Kb2 Qd7 31. Kb3 Ka8
32. a4 R8g7 33. Ka3 Ng8 34. Kb3 Nh6 35. Ka3 Bc8 36. Bd1 Qb7
37. Bb3 Qa6 38. Kb2 Nf7 39. Qe2 Nd8 40. Ra1 Nb7 { Adjudicated}
0-1

[Event "Camb Univ college match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.02.18"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "A F Warren"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O d6 11. Bf4 Ne5
12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. a4 d5
{?} 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 bxa4 19. Rfb1 Ra7 20. exd5 exd5
21. Re1 Kd7 22. Rxa4 Rc8 23. Bh3+ f5 24. Re3 Rc4 25. Ra5 Bc8
26. Bf1 Rcc7 27. Ne6 Rc6 28. Bb5 Kd6 29. Ng7 d4 30. Ne8+ Kd7
31. Bxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Training game, Cambridge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.01.22"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alan G Trangmar"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 h5
{?} 7. h3 Nf6 8. d3 Bd7 9. Rb1 a6 10. a3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Qc8 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nbc3 Rb8 15. Nf4 Re8 16. O-O e5
17. Nfd5 Bxh3 18. Bg5 {?} Nh7 19. Be3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4
21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Ne2 Ng5 23. Nef4 Qg4 24. Kg2 Qxd1 25. Rfxd1
Rb3 26. Ne2 Reb8 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nc6 Ra8 0-1

[Event "County match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.01.31"]
[EventDate "2009.06.11"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Wade"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3
Nf6 5. d3 c5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3
10. Qxf3 Ne8 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Kh1 Nd4 {?!} 13. Qf2 Nc7 14. g4
{?} f5 15. Rae1 {?} e6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. g5 Qd7 18. Nd1 b6
19. c3 Nc6 20. Bd2 d5 21. Re2 Rce8 22. Rfe1 Nb5 {??} 23. Bf3
Kh8 24. Qg2 Nd6 {??} 25. h4 c4 26. dxc4 Ne4 27. Bc1 dxc4
28. Nf2 Nxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Ne7 30. h5 h6 31. Rfe2 Nd5 32. g6 Bf6
33. Bd2 Bh4 34. Rg1 Kg7 35. Re5 Ne7 36. Rd1 Rd8 37. Be3 Qc8
38. Bd4 Bf6 39. Qe2 Rd6 40. Re1 Nc6 41. Rxe6 Rxe6 42. Qxe6
Qxe6 43. Rxe6 Nxd4 44. cxd4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid sim"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Edwin Peinado"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. d3 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. b4 Qc7 12. a4
Be6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Re1 Bh3 15. Bh1 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nb5
Ne6 18. Bxe5 Rec8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Nxa7 Re8 21. Nb5 Ng5
22. Bf4 Ne6 23. Nbc3 d4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1
Qxd4 27. Nb5 Qxd3 28. Bxb7 Nd5 29. Bd6 h6 30. Nc7 Bc3 31. Qc1
Bb2 32. Qe1 Bc3 33. Qc1 { Again 33...Bd2! was a winner.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "simul"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1970.04.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "A Moltrecht"]
[Black "Jutta Hempel"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 {Notes by Rellstab.} e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6
5. Nf3 {5. Nc4} fxe4 6. Qe2 d5 7. h3 h6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Nh2 Be6
10. Qb5+ Nd7 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qxa7 Ne7 13. Qa6 O-O 14. Qe2 Rf7
15. b3 Rbf8 16. Be3 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Nd2 Qxf2+ 19. Qxf2
Rxf2 20. a4 e3 21. Ndf3 Rc2 22. Rb1 Rxc3 23. Ke2 Rb8 24. b4
Rc4 {Better 24...Bf5} 25. Kxe3 Rcxb4 26. Bb5 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 c6
{27...Bf5! wins} 28. Bd3 Rxb1 29.Bxb1 { And Jutta accepted
white's draw offer } 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Tamas Georgadze"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.f3 O-O 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.Bd3 a6
13.O-O Rfc8 14.b3 b5 15.Rc2 Be6 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Rfc1 b4 18.Na4
Rxc2 19.Rxc2 Rb8 20.Rc6 Nd7 21.Bf1 f5 22.exf5 Qxf5 23.Bd3 Qa5
24.f4 Bf6 25.h3 Kg7 26.Be4 Rb5 27.Qc2 Bd5 28.Rc8 Bxe4 29.Qxe4
Rd5 30.Kh2 Rd1 31.Qe6 Nf8 32.Qg4 Re1 33.Bd2 Ra1 34.Rc2 Qa7
35.Bxb4 h5 36.Qe2 Qg1+ 37.Kg3 h4 38.Kg4 Rf1 39.Bc3 Qh2
40.Qxe7+ Kh6 41.Qe3 Nh7 42.Rf2 d5 43.Bxf6 Nxf6+ 44.Kxh4 Rxf2
45.Qxf2 Ne4 46.Qf3 Qg1 47.Kg4 {? A gross error that should
have lost. Although White has three extra pawns, it is only
Black who has winning chances. However, White can salvage this
position with with 47.Qe2!!, leaving Black with no better than
a draw.} Qe1 48.h4 Nf6+ 49.Kh3 Qh1+ 50.Kg3 Ne4+ 51.Kg4 Nf6+
{?? Georgadze must have been so delighted realizing that he
was not going to lose, that he overlooked the win. 51...Qh2!
would have won the game; as there's no good defense to
...Nf6#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonathan Penrose"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4
Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. h3 {?! A theoretical novelty
Penrose had prepared for this event. White prevents ...Bg4 and
envisages g2-g4 and, in fact, it could be compared to
Fischer's idea: 1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc3 d6 4 f4 Nc6 5 Be3 Nf6 6
h3 O-O 7 g4 (see Arnason - Keene, game 88). The drawback to 7
h3?! is the loss of time involved, which enables Black to
inaugurate a swift queenside counter-attack. All in all, 7
h3?! must be regarded as inferior to the normal moves 7 e5 and
7 O-O.} 7...Nb4 {! Menacing White's king's bishop and
facilitating ...c7-c5 to undermine White's centre. If now 8
Be2 one possibility is 8...c5 9 dxc5 Nh5! 10 cxd6 Ng3 11 dxe7
Qxe7 12 Rg1 Rd8âˆ†. This variation exposes one of the seamy
sides of 7 h3, viz: the weakness of the g3 square.} 8. Be3 b6
{In order to support ...c7-c5, but also clearing a path to a6
for the black queen's bishop.} 9. a3 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 {It looks
as if this recapture strengthens White's pawn bastions, but
Black still succeeds in making contact with d3. In any case 10
Qxd3 gives Black no problems.} 10...c5 11. Qd2 Ba6 12. Kf2 {?
Much safer is 12 O-O. With the text I think Penrose had in
mind the grandiose operation: Rag1, g2-g4, h3-h4 etc. but it
is much too cumbersome to be realistic. Already on the next
move White is forced to abandon any aggressive intentions he
may have been harbouring.} 12...Rc8 {If now 13 Rag1 then
13...c4! 14 dxc4 Rxc4 threatening ...Rxc3 and ...Qa8 when
White's 'centre' folds up in mid-board.} 13. Rhc1 Nd7
{Intending ...cxd4 and ...Nc5, hence White pushes his d-pawn,
but this exposes it to dismantling operations from a new
direction.} 14. d5 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Re1 {? White's
position is becoming critical. Now, or on the next move, he
had to play Kg1.} 16...Nf6 17. Rad1 {? 17 Kg1 is
imperative. If, on the other hand, 17 d4 cxd4 18 Bxd4 (or 18
Nxd4 Rxc3) 18...e5 19 fxe5 dxe5 20 Bxe5 Ng4+-+.} 17...d5 {This
wins by force. White carries on meeting each direct threat,
until his resources are no longer sufficient to cope.}
18. exd5 exd5 19. d4 {Otherwise 19...d4-+.} 19...Ne4+ 20. Nxe4
dxe4 21. Ne5 g5 {! The final shattering blow which completes
the demolition of White's centre. As a sidenote it is worth
mentioning the rather pleasing geometrical effect created by
this position, which would be enhanced if Black's king's
bishop were at h6.} 22. Kg1 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4
25. g3 {Or 25 Rxe4 Rxf4! and ...Bxe5.} 25...Rfe8 {The centre
has been painted black in comparison with the position after
move twelve. In regaining his pawn White gets into a fearful
tangle, and the concluding moves were:} 26. Rxe4 Rc5 27. Rde1
d3 28. Nf3 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Bb7 30. Re3 d2 31. Nxd2 Bd4 32. Kf1
Ba6+ 33. Kg2 Bxe3 34. Bxe3 Rc2 35. b3 Bb7+ 36. Kf1 Bd5 37. Ke1
Bxb3 {! After 38 Nxb3 Rc3 more white pawns vanish.} 0-1

[Event "England"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Klaus Viktor Darga"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. g3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4
4. c4 e6 {On 4...dxc4 White would regain the pawn
advantageously with 5 Na3.} 5. cxd5 exd5 {5...Bxf3 and
6...cxd5 would be a more peaceful approach, although the
opposition between White's bishops and Black's knights would
still hold out prospects of complicating the struggle.} 6. O-O
Nd7 7. d3 Ngf6 8. Nc3 Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 {After 9...Bh5 the bishop
could be driven out of play, e.g. 10 e4 O-O 11 Qe2 when White
controls more of the centre and can consider g3-g4 followed by
Nh4.} 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Qc2 Bd4 {? A serious
misconception, which leads Black into great
difficulties. Correct is the centralising manoeuvre 12...Nf8
(intending to go to e6) and Black need not fear 13 Nxd5 on
account of 13...Bxf2+!} 13. Rad1 Ne5 {In my opinion Black's
knights should remain near the centre and queenside. By
transferring these pieces to the king's wing Darga hoped to
create sacrificial opportunities, but in fact they merely act
as targets for White's mobile army of pawns. In addition,
Black drives White's bishops to c1 and g2, which, in any case,
was their ultimate destination.} 14. Bg2 Ng6 15. Bc1 a5
16. Kh2 h5 17. e4 h4 18. g4 {Quite clearly Black's whole
strategy has misfired and, as Darga admitted after the game,
the following piece sacrifice was pure desperation, since he
could see no reasonable answer to White's threatened f2-f4.}
18...Be5+ 19. f4 {If 19...Bc7 then 20 e5 Nd7 21 d4 and Black
is quickly crushed.} 19...Nxf4 {This too loses out of hand.}
20. d4 {! But not 20 Bxf4? Bxf4+ 21 Rxf4 Qd6 followed by
...g7-g5 when Black would emerge on top.} 20...Bc7 {Or
20...Nxg2+ 21 dxe5 gaining a piece.} 21. Bxf4 dxe4 22. Bxc7
Qxc7+ 23. Kh1 e3 24. Qe2 {The rest is very simple and very
enjoyable to play.} 24...Rad8 25. Rf3 Qb6 26. Rd3 Rxd4
27. Rfxe3 Red8 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. g5 Nh7 30. Re4 Qc5 31. g6
fxg6 32. Rxh4 Nf8 33. Re4 b5 34. Re5 Qd6 35. Re7 Qf4 36. Qe5
Qxe5 37. Rxe5 Rd2 38. Bxc6 Rxb2 39. Bxb5 Rc2 40. Ne4 g5
41. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1970/71"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1971.01.02"]
[EventDate "1970.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 {Notes by Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5
Nxd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.e3 e5 {More usual is
9...a5 but Uhlmann makes ...e5 look a fine alternative.} 10.d5
Ne7 11.e4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 {Black has come out of the
opening with a fully satisfactory position.} 14.a4 cxd5
15.exd5 Nc4 16.b3 Nd6 17.Ba3 {} Nef5 18.Ne4 Re8 19.Rc1 Bf8
20.Bb2 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Nd6 22.Bg2 Bg7 23.h4 e4 24.Bxg7 Kxg7
25.Bh3 Qf6 26.Rc7 Re7 27.Rxe7 Qxe7 28.Qd4+ Qf6 29.Qe3 a6
30.Rc1 Re8 31.Rc7 Re7 32.Rxe7 Qxe7 33.Qc3+ Qf6 34.Qc5 Qe5
35.Kh2 Kf6 36.b4 Kg7 37.Kg2 h6 38.Kh2 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Bd7
Kg6 41.b5 axb5 42.Bxb5 Nf5 43.Qf8 Qxd5 44.Qg8+ Ng7 45.Be8 g4
46.Bb5 Qd2 47.Qc8 Qxf2+ 48.Kh1 Qxg3 49.Qxb7 Qf3+ 50.Kg1 Qe3+
51.Kf1 g3 52.Qc6+ Ne6 0-1

[Event "Madrid (Spain)"]
[Site "Madrid (Spain)"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Karl Robatsch"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5
4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. cxd5
Nxd5 {This line was employed by Geller in his 1965 Candidates'
match with Smyslov, and resulted in easy equality for
Black. Here, or on the next move, a recapture on d5 with the
e-pawn would restrict the mobility of Black's queen's bishop,
though this might not prove serious in view of the foothold
Black would gain in the centre.} 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. e4 Bb7
12. Bf4 {Smyslov played 12 Rd1, which got him nowhere. The
text seems to me logical to me, since White now has the
opportunity to place his rooks on d1 and e1, and in addition
he has no reason to fear the central thrust ...c7-c5 on
account of the following pawn sacrifice.} 12...c5 13. d5 exd5
14. exd5 Bf6 {And not 14...Bxd5 15 Rad1 when Black must lose
material. 14...Nf6 would fail to 15 d6 followed by 16 Rad1.}
15. h4 Re8 {15...h6 is possible, although White could then try
16 Nh2 and Ng4, attacking the weakness on h6.} 16. Ng5 Nf8
17. Rad1 Bd4 {Hoping to surround White's d-pawn, but White's
next move thwarts this.} 18. Be3 {Now Black cannot capture at
once on e3 in view of the sensitivity of f7.} 18...h6 {After
the game Robatsch suggested 18...f6 but this fails to 19 d6!
Bxg2 20 Qb3+ c4 21 Qxc4+ Ne6 22 Nxe6 Bxf1 23 Kxf1 etc.; en
passant, it should also be mentioned that the variation
18...Bxd5 19 Bxd4 Bxg2 20 Bxg7! is in White's favour.} 19. Ne4
Bxe3 20. fxe3 Ng6 {? A severe tactical error. Correct is
20...Qe7!} 21. Rxf7 {!! I played this sacrifice after only a
few minutes thought. It is clear that both 21...Rxe4 22 Qxe4
or 22 Rxb7 Rg4 23 Qf5 and 21...Kxf7 22 Rf1+ Kg8 23 Nf6+ gxf6
24 Qxg6+ Kh8 25 Qxh6+ Kg8 26 Qg6+ Kh8 27 Rxf6 Re7 28 Be4! are
inadequate, and I felt that after 21...Kxf7 22 Rf1+ Ke7 there
had to be a mate.} 21...Kxf7 {It is hopeless to decline. White
remains a pawn up with a rook firmly established on the 7th
rank.} 22. Rf1+ Ke7 {Now I paused to think for 50 minutes
before continuing with the combination. White is winning but
some of the variations demand precise calculation.} 23. d6+
Kd7 {Or 23...Ke6 24 Nxc5+ bxc5 25 Qxg6+ Kd7 26 Rf7+ etc.}
24. Rf7+ Ne7 {If 24...Kc8 then 25 Rc7+ Kb8 (or 25...Qxc7 26
dxc7 Kxc7 27 Nd6 Kxd6 28 Qxg6+ Re6 29 Qd3+ Kc7 30 Bxb7 Kxb7 31
Qd7+) 26 Rxb7+ Kxb7 27 Nxc5+ Kb8 28 Na6 mate. 25 Nxc5 also
wins easily.} 25. Qa4+ Kc8 {There are two alternatives: a)
25...Bc6 26 Bh3 mate. b) 25...Ke6 26 Qc4+ and now: b1)
26...Kd7 27 Bh3+ Kc6 28 d7 Rf8 29 Qe6+ Kb5 30 Nd6+. b2)
26...Ke5 27 dxe7 Rxe7 (if 27...Qd5 28 Qc3+ Ke6 29 Ng5+) 28
Rf1! and Black's king is stranded. b3) 26...Bd5 27 Rxe7+ Rxe7
(if 27...Qxe7 28 Nxc5+ Kxd6 29 Qxd5+ etc.) 28 Nxc5+ bxc5 (or
28...Kf6 29 Qf4+ Kg6 30 dxe7 Qxe7 31 Bxd5) 29 Qxd5+ Kf6 30
Qf3+ followed by dxe7 and Qxa8 winning a piece.} 26. d7+
{Leading to a surprising final twist.} 26...Qxd7 {Or 26...Kc7
27 dxe8=N+ Qxe8 28 Qc4 and Black is helpless.} 27. Bh3 {!
27...Qxh3 28 Qxe8+; or 27...Bc6 28 Qxc6+ Nxc6 29 Bxd7+ Kb8 30
Bxc6+-.} 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1971.12.13"]
[EventDate "1971.11.29"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Hein Donner"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4
Nc6 5. d5 {The most direct attempt to refute Black's
opening. Less forceful is 5 Be3 e5 (or 5...Nf6!?) 6 d5 Nce7 7
g4 Nf6! and if 8 g5 Nh5 followed, if necessary, by ...Nf4,
sacrificing a pawn to open the diagonal for the king's
bishop.} 5...Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qb6 8. Qd2 {From this
position Black has three distinct possibilities, of which my
choice is probably the worst, but in 1971 we did not know of
Timman's critical analysis. The other two are: a) 8...Nf6!? 9
f3 (after 9 Nxd4 cxd4 10 Bxd4 the idea is 10...Nxe4! - see
Farago - Keene, game 85) 9...Nd7 10 Na4 Qa6 11 Nxd4 Qxa4 12
Nb5 with great complications (Donner - Timman, Wijk aan Zee
1974), and b) 8...f5!?, a very risky move devised by the
German Grandmaster Robert Huebner. Although Huebner can make
this sort of thing work, I would not necessarily recommend it
to anyone else!} 8...Bg4 {?!} 9. O-O-O {? A mistake which
exposes White's king to Black's fianchettoed bishop. Timman -
Suttles, last round, Hastings 1973/74, went instead: 9 f3!
Bxf3 10 Na4 Qa6 11 Nxd4 cxd4 12 Bxd4 Bxd4 13 Qxd4 Nf6 (thus
far analysis by the Soviet Lady Master Zvorikina, which
continued: 14 Nc3 Bg4 15 c5 dxc5 16 Qxc5 Qd6=; this we were
aware of in 1971) 14 c5! Qa5+ 15 Nc3 dxc5 16 Qe5 Bg4 17 d6
O-O-O 18 dxe7+-. Timman devoted the entire free day before the
last round to analysis of this variation, since a win against
Suttles was crucial for his second GM norm. The last round of
Hastings '73/74 thus witnessed the birth of a new Grandmaster
and the death of a variation of the Modern Defence.} 9...Nxe2+
10. Nxe2 Qa6 {Driving the knight to c3 where it forms a target
for the advance of Black's queenside pawns.} 11. f3 Bd7
12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Qc2 a6 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Kb1 Qc7
17. f4 b5 {! Black enjoys the tremendous luxury of playing a
Benko Gambit (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 b5 is the gambit proper)
against White's king. The Dutch Grandmaster should now have
done anything but accept the pawn.} 18. cxb5 {? Even 18 e5 is
an improvement, although 18...Bf5 19 Bd3 Bxd3 20 Qxd3 dxe5 21
fxe5 Nd7 still favours Black.} 18...axb5 19. Nxb5 Qb7 20. Nc3
{In the post mortem we also looked at 20 a4 Nxd5!? (of course
quieter methods are also possible) 21 exd5 Bf5 22 Bd3 Bxd3 23
Qxd3 Rxa4 24 Nc3 Rb4 with a raging attack. Watch the raking
effect of that black king's bishop.} 20...Rfb8 21. Bc4 Ne8
{Commencing a stock Benko Gambit manoeuvre designed to
exchange the knight on c3.} 22. Re2 Nc7 23. Rhe1 {Apparently
building up for an impressive breakthrough in the centre with
e4-e5, but it's all a sham, since ...Bf5 is always an
annihilating response.} 23...Nb5 {A pure Benko position,
except for the bizarre placing of the white king.} 24. Nxb5
Bxb5 25. b3 {If 25 Bxb5 Qxb5 26 e5 Qb7 followed by ...Qxd5-+.}
25...Rxa2 {! Just in time for a miniature; if 26 Kxa2 Ra8+ and
mates, or 26 Qxa2 Bxc4 followed by ...Bxb3-+.} 0-1

[Event "West Berlin (Germany)"]
[Site "West Berlin (Germany)"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } d6 2. e4 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3
Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 {The old
main-line position of the Austrian Attack. Now 8...Nd5 was
refuted in Fischer - Perez, Havana 1965, while 8...Ng4 never
recovered from the game Gligoric - Quinteros, Vinkovci 1970,
which continued 9 Be4 f6 10 h3 Nh6 11 Bd5+ Kh8 12 O-O Nf5 13
Re1! Nfxd4 14 Nxd4 Nxd4 15 Qxd4 and whichever way Black
chooses to regain the piece he remains with a markedly
inferior position. In this line the bold piece sacrifice
10...fxe5! 11 hxg4 exd4 certainly deserves attention. The text
move 8...Nh5! was mentioned, but not analysed, by Fischer in
his My 60 Memorable Games. To the best of my knowledge the
move was first employed in an international tournament in the
game Safvat - Keene, Siegen Olympiad 1970.} 8...Nh5 {! The
idea behind this is to clear g4 for the queen's bishop, to
intensify the measure against White's d-pawn. A similar scheme
is introduced by 8...Ne8!?, as in Sax - Keene, Rovinj/Zagreb
1975.} 9. Be4 {9 Be2 occurred in Browne - Timman, IBM 1971,
but I feel that this meek retreat cannot really be dangerous
for Black.} 9...Bg4 10. Be3 f6 11. Qe2 {!?? A novelty, but no
good. White plans O-O-O plus Qc4+ and Bxc6, maintaining the
cramping pawn at e5. But it's all too slow. Normal is 11 exf6
to which I replied 11...exf6!? in my above-mentioned game
v. Safvat, which continued 12 O-O Ne7 13 Qd2 c6 14 Rae1 Kh8 15
Ne2 f5 with a reasonable game for Black. After 11 exf6, Parma
- Kagan, Netanya 1971, continued 11...Nxf6 12 Bxc6 bxc6 13 O-O
Nd5 14 Nxd5 Qxd5 15 c3 Rab8 16 Qe2 Rf7 17 Rf2 Rbf8 with
balanced chances.} 11...fxe5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc4+ e6 {!
Threatening a potential ...Qh4+ which is most unpleasant for
White.} 14. Bg5 {Alternatives to this move are: a) 14 O-O-O
e4! 15 Nxe4 Qd5 with an excellent game for Black. b) 14 dxe5
Bxf3 15 gxf3 Rxf3 16 Qxe6+ Kh8 17 Ke2 Rxe3+! 18 Kxe3 Qg5+ and
Black wins. c) 14 Nxe5 Qh4+ 15 Kd2 (if 15 g3 Nxg3) 15...Rf2+!
16 Bxf2 Qxf2+ 17 Kc1 Qf4+ 18 Kb1 Bxe5 19 h3 (if 19 Qxc6 Rf8 20
Ne2 Qd2) 19...Ng3 20 Rc1 Qxd4 21 Qxd4 Bxd4 22 hxg4 Bxc3 23
bxc3 Rb8 with an incredible checkmate.} 14...Qb8 {!! Gligoric
had missed this, and now he is lost. Some variations: a) 15
Nxe5 Qxb2 16 Rb1 Qxc2 17 Nxg4 Qxg2 18 Qxe6+ Kh8 19 Qe4 Rae8
(the computer program Fritz gives 19...Rf3 here) 20 Ne5 Qxg5
21 Nf7+ Rxf7 22 Qxe8+ Rf8 with a huge attack; or 16 Rc1 Bxe5
17 dxe5 Qb6! 18 Qxg4 Qf2+ 19 Kd1 Rad8+ 20 Bxd8 Rxd8+ and
wins. b) 15 dxe5 Qxb2 followed by ...Bxf3 and ...Qxc2 winning
much material.} 15. O-O-O Bxf3 16. gxf3 exd4 17. Ne4 Qb5
18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rd3 Rae8 20. Qg4 Qd5 {The position has
clarified into a clear win for Black.} 21. b3 c5 22. c4 Qe5
23. Qg2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 25. Kb2 Qf5 26. Re1 Bh6 {!} 27. Re2
Be3 28. Kc2 Re5 {Covering c5.} 29. Rexe3 dxe3 30. Rxe3 Rd8
31. Qg3 Re7 32. Qe1 Qe5 33. Re2 Qf5 34. Qc3+ Qe5 35. Qe1 Rdd7
36. Qc1 Kg7 37. Qe1 Rf7 38. Nd2 Qf5+ 39. Kb2 Qf4 40. Ka3 Rd6
41. Ne4 Ra6+ {This was the sealed move. White's king is pushed
back to the a1-h8 diagonal. Black wins by concentrating
pressure against the f-pawn.} 42. Kb2 Re6 43. Qc3+ {How else
to save the pawn?} 43...Qe5 44. Re3 Qxc3+ 45. Rxc3 Re5 46. Ka3
Rh5 47. Ka4 Rxh2 48. a3 Ra2 49. Nxc5 h5 50. b4 h4 51. f4 Kf6
52. Rh3 Rh7 53. Ne4+ Kf5 54. Ng5 Rh5 55. Rh1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6
12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Qe3 Rc3
17. e5 Qc7 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rd8 21. h4 Qe7
22. Qg4 Ra3 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bb3 a5 25. d5 a4 26. dxe6 axb3
27. exf7+ Kh8 {On 27 ...Kxf7 White had probably intended
28. e6+ Kg8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. e7} 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. axb3 Qe7
30. e6 Ra6 31. f4 h6 32. f5 Nh7 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Qf4 Nf6
35. Qc7 Qb4 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qxa8 Qd4+ 38. Kf1 Qf4+ 39. Ke2
Qe5+ 40. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John Eric Littlewood"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7
4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qb6 {!?
8...Nxd4 is normal. The text move leads to a certain
congestion of Black's pieces in the centre.} 9. Nc2 d6 10. b3
Be6 11. Nd5 {Quieter methods allow Black to carry out a
measure of reorganisation, e.g. 11 Be3 Qc7 12 Rc1 Qd7 followed
by ...Bh3. Now 11...Nxd5 12 cxd5 would cost Black two pieces
for a rook, while 11...Qd8 12 Bb2 cedes White a great spatial
advantage. So Black must surrender the bishop pair.} 11...Bxd5
12. cxd5 Ne5 13. Be3 Qa6 14. a4 {I am not sure if this plan is
correct. Possibly 14 Qd2 is better - followed by either 15
Rfc1 or 15 h3 and f2-f4. The text is designed to force an
exchange of queens.} 14...Rfc8 15. Na3 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2
17. Bxd2 Ned7 18. Rab1 Nc5 19. Rfc1 Nce4 20. Be1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Nc5 22. Rb1 Rc8 {A difficult position has arisen. Black
controls the only open file and has no obvious weaknesses, but
his knights are somewhat awkwardly placed and White can retain
some initiative by advancing his queenside pawns. Here Black
offered a draw, which was declined.} 23. a5 Nce4 24. b4 a6 {If
24...Nc3 then 25 Bxc3 Rxc3 26 Nb5 Rc2 27 Nxa7 is in White's
favour.} 25. Kf1 {Intending to meet 25...Nc3 with 26 Rc1 -
hence Black's next move.} 25...Rc7 {Black spent some time
considering 25...h5, but I think that this too works out
similar to the game.} 26. b5 axb5 {If 26...Nc3 27 Rb3 Ncxd5
then 28 e4 wins a knight. However, Black could put up more of
a fight with 27...Nxb5, after which the issue would still be
in doubt.} 27. Nxb5 Rc4 28. Rb4 {! Very strong. If now
28...Rxb4 29 Bxb4 Nc5 then 30 Bxc5 dxc5 31 d6 wins for White,
while after 29...Kf8 30 Nc7 Black would find it difficult to
make any constructive moves. Black's troubles stem from the
tangled position of his knights on e4 and f6. The move
actually chosen leads to the loss of a pawn for no
compensation.} 28...Rc5 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxb5 31. Rxe7
Bf6 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. e4 Bd4 34. Rd8 Bc5 35. Bc3+ Kh6 36. Bd2+
Kg7 37. Bc3+ Kh6 38. Rb8 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Rg8 Rb1+ 41. Ke2
Kh5 {He is helpless against 42 Bf6 (threatening Rg5+ followed
by h2-h4 and Bg7 mate) 42...h6 43 h3! and mate after g4+.} 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Nunn"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4
Nc6 {I have always been tempted by this move, which puts
immediate pressure on White's broad pawn centre. The best
reply is 5 Be3 but in the early days of this variation White
players frequently allowed the coming pin.} 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3
Bxf3 7. gxf3 {In order to avoid losing a pawn White must allow
his pawns to be shattered. Black's best now is the immediate
7...d5, as I later played against Ludgate and the German
Grandmaster Unzicker. After 8 Nxd5 e6 or 8 exd5 Nb4 9 Bb5+ Kf8
followed by ...Nxd5 Black has a fine position.} 7...e6 {!?}
8. Qd2 d5 9. f5 {! True to his energetic style the teenage
prodigy, who later went on to become one of Britain's
strongest players, and a renowned expert on sharp openings,
seeks to eradicate his strategic inferiority by blasting the
position open.} 9...exf5 10. exf5 {? 10 Nxd5! is far better,
leaving the issue still in doubt.} 10...Qh4+ {The idea of
playing ...Qh4 to disrupt the opponent's development or take a
sideways swipe at the pawn centre crops up frequently in my
games. A parallel is the game Keene - Eales, Cambridge 1968
which started 1 d4 f5 2 Nc3 d5 3 e4 e6? 4 exf5 exf5 5 Qh5+ g6
6 Qe2+ Be7 7 Bg5+-.} 11. Bf2 Qe7+ 12. Be2 Bh6 13. f4 O-O-O
14. O-O-O Qd6 15. Bg3 gxf5 {Black has a grip and an extra
pawn.} 16. Rhf1 Nge7 17. Bf3 Bg7 18. Qf2 Rde8 19. Qg2 {? White
loses patience and allows Black's king's bishop to enter the
game with devastating effect.} 19...Nxd4 20. Nxd5 Nxd5
21. Bxd5 Ne2+ 22. Kb1 Qb4 {White resigns on account of the
amusing mate 23 Bb3 Nc3+ 24 bxc3 Qxc3 25 Kc1 Qb2+ 26 Kd2 Re7
27 Bh4 Rd8+ 28 Bd5 Qc3+ 29 Kc1 Qa3+ 30 Kd2 Qe3 mate.} 0-1

[Event "Varna"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Milko Bobotsov"]
[Black "Atanas Stefanov Kolarov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 {Analysis from Informant by Bobotsov} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3
b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 c5 7.Rd1 O-O 8.e3 Nc6 9.Be2 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Rxd4 Bxg2 12.Rg1 Bc6 13.Bd3 Re8 14.Rh4 g6
15.Bxg6 {!!} hxg6 {15...fxg6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rh7+!! +-} 16.Rh6
{!} Kg7 {16...d5 17 Rxg6+! fxg6 18 Qxg6+ Kh8 19 Bxf6+ +-;
16...Ne4?! 17 Bxe7 Qxe7 18 Nxe4 Bxe4 19 Qxe4 Qb4+ 20 Kf1 Qxb2
21 Rg3 Kf8 22 Qh4 Kg7 23 Rh7+ Kg8 24 Rh3 +-} 17.Rxg6+ fxg6
18.Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "William James Lombardy"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller. Grandmaster William "Father
Bill" Lombardy was of great help to me in my years at the
Manhattan Chess Club in 1970-72. I was one of a generation of
young players to benefit from his advice. Somehow we all
wandered off to other things, and none of us have reached the
Grandmaster level. I remember the ping pong sessions he used
to take us to after a hard day at the club. He has a wicked
serve!} Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 {Why use the Budapest in a
simul? Well, I hoped the position would get confusing and the
Grandmaster might stumble.} 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Qd5 Qe7 7.Nc3
Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 {Black can be satisfied with the result of
the opening. Now the real game begins.} 9.a3 c6 10.Qe4 d6
11.Be2 a5 12.b3 {I expected the Grandmastrer to castle. I was
hesitant to commit my king until he did. That explains why I
didn't castle here.} f5 13.Qc2 O-O {I couldn't find a better
move.} 14.g3 Be6 15.Bb2 Rfd8 {I was very happy with the
position. White has lots of weaknesses in the pawn structure.}
16.Na4 Ba7 17.Bd4 Bxd4 {!} 18.exd4 Nf3+ {!} {White must
cooperate, since moving the king would leave him at a serious
disadvantage after I eat the d-pawn.} 19.Bxf3 Bd5+ 20.Qe2
Qxe2+ 21.Kxe2 Re8+ {I was pleased with my little combination,
though the result is only a small advantage.} 22.Kd2 Bxf3
23.Rhe1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Kf7 {?! 24...b5 25.cxb5 cxb5 26.Nc3 b4
27.axb4 axb4 would have been considerably stronger,
maintaining the balance.} 25.Re3 Bh5 26.c5 Rd8 27.Kc3 Kf6
28.Nb2 dxc5 29.dxc5 Bf7 30.f4 h6 31.Nd3 Rd5 {! White has no
useful plans.} 32.Re5 Rd8 {No trade! 32...Rxe5 33.fxe5+ (
33.Nxe5 Bd5 34.Nc4 Bxc4 35.Kxc4 Ke7 36.Kd4 Kf6) Ke7 34.b4
axb4+ 35.axb4 and my bishop would not have any targets. I
might draw, but judged the position with rooks on to be easier
to play.} 33.Re1 {? A tactical error in a simple position. I
didn't expect the gift!} Bxb3 34.Nc1 a4 {? 34...Ba4! If I had
played this move, I would have had real winning chances. At
the time, I was 16, knew nothing of advanced endgame theory.}
35.Re2 {! (35.Nxb3 axb3 36.Kxb3 Rd3+ 37.Kb4 Rd2 38.Rh1) I
counted on this line to give me some chances. At this point
the Grandmaster had few opponents left, and I had to move
quickly.} Rb8 {? 35...Bd1 36.Rb2 Rd5!} 36.Kb4 b5 {The
Grandmaster graciously offered a draw, though at this point
that result was almost inevitable. He gained his revenge in a
serious game against me at the 1972 United States Open.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan Chess Club Championship"]
[Site "Manhattan Chess Club"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Vincent Klemm"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5
11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 b4 15.fxe6 bxc3 {?
After this game, no one was willing to defend the Black side
for 20 years! Eventually, however, Black found a way to
defend. 15...Nf6 16.Nd5 ! Nxd5 17.exd5 17.Qxf7+ Qxf7 18.exf7+
Kxf7 19.exd5 Bf6 20.Bc4 unclear} 1-0

[Event "Eastern High School Championship"]
[Site "New York City"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Solomon"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
5.c4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Qb3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3
Qf6 11.Qxf6 Nxf6 12.Bf3 d5 13.exd5 exd5 { 13...cxd5 14.cxd5
Bxd5 } 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Bd2 O-O 16.O-O-O Rfe8 17.Rhe1 f6
18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.g3 Kf7 20.Re1 Re5 {?!} 21.Rxe5 fxe5 22.Be4
Nf6 23.f3 Nxe4 24.fxe4 c5 25.Be3 c4 26.Kd2 Bxe4 27.Kc3 Bd5
28.Kb4 Ke6 29.Kc5 c3 30.bxc3 Bxa2 31.Kb6 Bc4 32.Kc5 Bf1 33.c4
Be2 {...Black won.} 0-1

[Event "Continental Junior"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1971.08.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Jon Jacobs"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.f4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Nf6
5.e5 Ng4 6.h3 Nh6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.g4 Kh8 9.f5 gxf5 10.Bxh6 Bxh6
11.g5 Bg7 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.h4 dxe5 14.dxe5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4
16.Nc3 Qxe5 {-+} 17.O-O-O Qxe2 18.Nxe2 e6 19.h5 a6 20.g6 Bh6+
21.Kb1 b5 22.Bb3 Bb7 23.Rh2 Rad8 24.Rg1 Rg8 25.a3 Be3 26.Rg3
f4 0-1

[Event "Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "Manhattan Chess Club"]
[Date "1971.08.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Florin Gheorghiu"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 d5
5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qc2 Qb6 10.a3
O-O 11.b3 Be7 12.e4 Nf6 13.Be3 Qd8 14.Rd1 Bd7 15.Bf4 Rc8
16.Qe2 Nh5 17.Be3 Nf6 18.Nd4 Qe8 19.Nd2 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Bb5
21.Qe1 b6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.e5 Be7 24.Ne4 Bc6 25.Nd6 Bxd6
26.Rxd6 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Qe7 28.Qe4 f5 29.Qf3 Rfd8 30.Rad1 Rxd6 {I
offered a draw here.} 31.Rxd6 Rd8 32.Qc6 Kf7 33.a4 h6 34.b4 g6
35.a5 bxa5 36.bxa5 g5 37.a6 h5 38.Qb7 {!} Qxb7+ 39.axb7 Rb8
40.Rd7+ Kg6 {? 40...Ke8 White would have had to work harder
for the win. 41.Rh7 Kd8 42.Rxh5 Rxb7 43.Rxg5 a5 44.Rg8+ Kd7
45.Ra8 Rb5 46.h4 [ 46.f4 Rb2+ 47.Kh3 Ra2 48.Ra7+ Ke8 49.g4
fxg4+ 50.Kxg4 Rxh2 51.Kg5 Rh3 52.Rxa5 Rh1 ] Ke7 47.h5 Kf7
48.Ra7+ Kg8 49.f4 Rb2+ 50.Kh3 Ra2 51.Kh4 +- } 41.Re7 a5
42.Rxe6+ {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Secret Training Match"]
[Site "Harrogate"]
[Date "1971.08.06"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Peter Nicholas Lee"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 b6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nge2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8
12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Bc2 b5 14. cxb5 Nb6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Bb3 c4
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. Kh1 Bg7 20. Ng3 f5 21. a4 Rac8
22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Qd7 24. Nxg7 Qxg7 25. a5 Nd7 26. b6 a6
27. Ne4 Qg6 28. Rac1 Nc5 29. Rxc4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. fxe4
Qxe4 32. Qg5+ Qg6 33. Qxg6+ hxg6 34. h3 Kg7 35. b4 Rc2 36. b5
axb5 37. a6 Bxa6 38. Ra1 Bc8 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40. b7 Bxb7 41. Rxb7
{White resigned during adjournment.} 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "1971.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[Black "Peter W Hempson"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4 O-O 9. e4 Nxe4 10. fxe4 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Qxe4
12. Qf3 Qxd4+ 13. Ke1 Na6 14. Qe3 Qf6 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Bxa6
bxa6 17. Bd2 Rd6 18. Rf1 Qh4+ 19. Qf2 Qxh2 20. Bf4 Qh5 21. g4
Bxg4 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qf3 Qh4+
26. Ke2 Rb8 27. b3 h6 28. Ne4 Rf8 29. Rh1 Qe7 30. Qc3 e5
31. Qxc6 Bb4 32. Rag1 Qf7 33. Rf1 Qxb3 34. Rxh6+ Kg8 35. Qe6+
Qxe6 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rxe6 {time} 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Open "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.04.10"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "J A Fidler"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6
7. d5 e5 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Nd4 Bc8 10. Nc3 c6 11. b3 Na6 12. Bb2
Nc7 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Ba3 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. e3
Qc7 18. Ne2 Bf7 19. Nf4 Rd7 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Qa5 22. Bb2
d5 23. Bc3 Qc5 24. Qb2 Qe7 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5
27. Bxd5+ Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxc3 {?} 30. Qxc3 cxd5
31. Qd4 Qe4 32. Qxa7 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. f3 Qc2+ 35. Kh3 Qc6
36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. f4 Qb5 39. Kh4 Qc6 40. a4 h6
41. Kh3 Kh7 42. b4 Qc4 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qf6 Qf1+ 45. Kh4 g5+
46. Kh5 1-0

[Event "County match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.02.06"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael V Lambshire"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be4 f6 11. e6 f5 12. Bd5
f4 13. Bf2 Nf6 14. Bb3 Na5 15. d5 Nxb3 16. axb3 c6 {?}
17. dxc6 Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 bxc6 19. Re1 Rfd8+ 20. Kc1 Nd5
21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. c3 Rd6 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Rxe6 25. Rxe6
Bxe6 26. Bb8 Bxb3 27. Bxf4 Bd5 28. Kd2 h6 29. h4 Kf7 30. Kd3
Ke6 31. c4 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Bxb2 33. Bxh6 Bf6 34. Bg5 {?} Bxg5
35. hxg5 Ke5 36. Ke3 c5 0-1

[Event "County match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.04.24"]
[EventDate "2009.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "E Bramley"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3
Nf6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Nd4 O-O-O 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Qxe6
fxe6 12. g3 h6 13. Be3 d5 14. Bh3 e5 15. Bd2 c6 16. O-O g5
17. f4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 exf4 19. gxf4 g4 20. Bg2 h5 21. Rfe1 Rde8
22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Be3 25. Ne2 Kc7 26. Bg3
Kd6 27. f5+ Ke7 28. Nf4 Nf8 29. h4 Kf7 30. c4 dxc4 31. dxc4
Bd4 32. b4 Be5 {??} 33. Nxh5 Bxg3 34. Nxg3 Kg7 35. Kg1 N8d7
{Adjudicated} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Goodman"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 {Black playing blindfold} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Ne2 Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. h4 h5
9. Be2 Nd7 10. c3 Qa5 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. c4 Qb6 13. Bc3 e5
14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. a4 Rd3 17. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 18. Ke2
Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qf4+ 20. Kg1 Bc5+ 21. Kh2 Qxh4# 0-1

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Coenraad Zuidema"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6
4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 {Probably this move introduces an
overly simple plan of campaign. It would be more appropriate
in this situation to develop obliquely with 6 b3 followed by
Bb2, e2-e3, Qe2 and eventually e3-e4.} Be7 7. Qe1 h6 8. e4 Bh7
9. Qe2 O-O 10. e5 {Inaugurating a typical anti-French King's
Indian Attack formation; but with Black's queen's bishop
already outside the pawn-chain (potentially bearing down on
the queen's wing) this strategy for White is not particularly
effective, and once again b2-b3 deserved preference.}
10...Nfd7 11. Re1 c5 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. h4 Rc8 14. Bf4 Re8 {I
expected either 14...b5 or 14...Nd4, both of which are fully
playable. The text also is not at all bad. Black quietly
strengthens his position so that he will be adequately armed
against White's offensive based on Nh2-g4 and ultimately a
sacrifice on h6. Only after proper prophylactic measures have
been taken will Black turn to his queenside counter-attack.}
15. N1h2 f5 {? But this is a panic step induced by an
unnecessary fear of the knight incursion via g4, and the move
...f7-f5 certainly does not harmonise with Black's previous
strategic dispositions. Black should have played the confident
15...Bf8, after which I could see no clear continuation of the
white attack. The correct reply to Black's error was 16 h5!,
supported by a gradual opening of the g-file. Instead White
produces a move that creates obscure and superfluous
complications.} 16. c4 {!?} g5 {! Best - otherwise Black is
slowly strangled.} 17. Be3 {At this point the lights in the
playing hall were removed, for a reason best known to the
tournament authorities. I protested, but the illumination
never returned, and the remainder of the game before the first
time-control at move 40 was conducted in twilight
conditions. In view of the sudden gloom that had descended I
proposed a draw, but my opponent chose not to reply. Instead
of 17 Be3 I also examined 17 cxd5 but I felt that after
17...exd5 the exposure of White's e-pawn would weigh more
heavily than the chances made available by the weakening of
d5.} 17...d4 18. Bc1 g4 19. Nd2 {The sacrifice of a piece for
two pawns by means of 19 Bxh6 fails to inspire confidence.}
19...Ndxe5 {On 19...Ncxe5 White gains the advantage with 20
Nb3! threatening Bxh6 and Bxb7. After the move played a long
forced variation ensues.} 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Qxe6+ Kg7 22. Nb3
Bf6 {On 22...Bg6 White calmly replies 23 Bf4 threatening
h4-h5, and parrying 23...Bf6 with 24 Nxc5.} 23. Nxc5 {! Of
course not 23 Qxe8? Qxe8 24 Rxe8 Rxe8 25 Nxc5 b6 26 Nb3 Nb4
and Black wins.} 23...Ne5 {If 23...Bg6 then 24 Qxe8 really is
possible.} 24. Rxe5 {! If Black had been expecting easy play
in a vastly favourable ending after 23 Qxe8? then he must have
received a serious shock from this sudden whirlpool of
complications.} 24...Bxe5 {24...Rxc5 is no good: 25 Qxe8 Rxe5
26 Qxd8 Bxd8 27 Bf4 or 26...Re1+ 27 Nf1 Bxd8 28 Bxh6+ winning
at once.} 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Bg5 {? A tempting move to make,
especially when short of time, but it is nevertheless an
error. Correct was 26 b4! intending to retreat the queen to d2
and follow up with Nb3, Bb2 and a siege of the d4-pawn. With
two pawns for the exchange, pressure against d4, and Black's
kingside curiously paralysed, White would have a fine
position.} 26...Qc7 27. b4 {27 Ne6 was originally planned, but
I observed in time that it loses to 27...Qf7 28 Nf4 Rc6 29 Qh5
Bg6! 30 Nxg6 Rxg6 and the white queen has no means of
escape. Now Black should play 27...Qf7 (or maybe 27...b6 and
then ...Qf7) to which White's best reply is full-scale retreat
with Bc1 and Qd2 (necessary to salvage the queen), reverting
to the plan outlined in the note to 26 Bg5? But in this case
White would be lacking several tempi, which could only be to
Black's advantage. Instead of this Black is lured into a false
path by the possibility of a quick victory following the
apparently annihilating blow ...Bxg3.} 27...Bxg3 {? For if 28
fxg3 Qxg3+ and ...Re2 and White is ignominiously
mated. Paradoxically, though, this stroke is a severe mistake,
since it permits White a vital tempo to resuscitate his stray
knight on h2 and it also frees the significant square g3 for
this piece.} 28. Nf1 Be5 29. Bf6 Bf4 30. Bg5 Be5 31. Bf6 Bf4
32. Bg5 Bxg5 {? After this White is probably winning. The
prudent course was 32...Be5=. In the resultant ending the
advantage of the exchange is useless in view of the helpless
nature of the black bishop and the superlative power of the
white knight when it reaches f4. By refusing to admit that he
has no right to claim victory from this bitter struggle, Black
must soon acknowledge that he has nothing left but losing
chances.} 33. Qxg5+ Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Nxb7 Rb8 36. Nd6
Red8 37. c5 Rxb4 {White's task would be more arduous after
37...f4! 38 a3 a5 39 bxa5 Rxd6 40 cxd6 Rd8 and despite an
advantage of three pawns it would be no simple problem to
convert the material plus into a full point. Black still fails
to realise that he should be defending.} 38. Ng3 Kf6 {This
loses by force, but it is hard to suggest any worthwhile
alternative. For example 38...Rdb8 loses to 39 c6 Rb1+ 40 Rxb1
Rxb1+ 41 Kg2 Rc1 42 c7 and the pawn is untouchable and next
move it queens. Meanwhile, White threatens Re1 and Nh5-f4 with
an unshakeable bind. The text does at least possess the virtue
of freeing Black's king to halt the advance of the c-pawn.}
39. Nh5+ Ke6 {a) 39...Ke7 40 Re1+ Kf8 41 Nf4 Rdb8 42 Ne6+ Kg8
43 c6+-; b) 39...Kg6 40 Nf4+ and wherever the king goes a
knight check wins a rook.} 40. Nf4+ Kd7 41. Nd5 {The sealed
move at the close of the first session. Black's best now is
41...Rb2 42 Nf6+ Kc6 43 Nxh7 Kxc5 44 Nxf5 Kb4 45 Rc1 Rxa2 but
with 46 Rc4+ and Ng5 White must win. The plan of resistance
chosen by Black allows White to consolidate and preserve his
c-pawn, when only minor technical difficulties remain.}
41...Ra4 42. Nf6+ Kc6 43. Nxh7 Rh8 44. Ng5 Rxh4 45. Rc1 g3
46. fxg3 Rg4 47. Nf3 Rxg3+ 48. Kf2 f4 49. Rc2 Rg8 50. Nf5 Rd8
51. Ne7+ Kd7 52. Ng6 Kc6 53. Nxf4 Re8 54. Ne2 Rf8 55. Kg3 Rg8+
56. Kf2 Rf8 57. Nc1 Kd5 58. Nb3 Rf6 59. Ke2 Rfa6 {The third
session. Black finds the most active course but he quite
simply lacks the material resources for effective
resistance. All the problems in the position had been solved
in adjournment analysis prior to resumption.} 60. Nfxd4 Rxa2
61. Kd2 Rxc2+ 62. Nxc2 Ra4 63. Kc3 Rh4 64. Nb4+ Ke6 65. d4
Rh3+ 66. Kc4 Rh4 67. Kb5 Kd7 68. d5 Rg4 69. Na5 Rd4 70. Nac6
a6+ 71. Kxa6 Rd1 {Of course if Black could give his rook for
the two pawns it would be a draw, but it's not possible; the
capture 71...Rxd5 fails to 72 Nb8+.} 72. Kb5 Kc7 73. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Teesside"]
[Site "Thornaby-on-Tees ENG"]
[Date "1972.04.27"]
[EventDate "1972.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hans-Joachim Hecht"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 {3 d4,
returning to the Pirc or Modern, is a more severe test of
Black's resources.} 3...c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 {I
like this move very much. I first saw a similar idea in
Christoffel - Petrosian, Zuerich 1961, and since then I have
had several opportunities to use it in my own games. Black
wants, ideally, to establish a queenside advantage rapidly,
before committing the development of his kingside to any set
pattern.} 7. Nf3 {Hartston - Keene, Hastings 1971/72 (a few
months before this game) had gone: 7 Qd2 b5 8 Nge2 b4 9 Nd1
Qb6 10 O-O a5 11 f4 f5 12 Bf2 Nf6 13 Ne3 O-O 14 e5 dxe5 15 Nc4
Qc7 16 Bxc5 Rd8 17 Kh1 Ba6=/+, although White succeeded in
holding the draw after 29 moves.} 7...Nf6 8. h3 b5 9. Qd2 b4
10. Nd1 {? The further course of the game reveals that the
knight is badly placed on this square. 10 Ne2 was indicated.}
10...Ba6 {Aiming, eventually, for ...c5-c4 to hit at the base
of White's pawn chain.} 11. Nh4 O-O 12. O-O c4 13. f4 Qc7
14. Rf2 {To unpin the d-pawn.} 14...Rfd8 {Only this plan, in
connection with the sacrifice at move 17, leaves Black on
top. If White could play d3-d4 free of charge and follow this
with c2-c3, cementing the foundations of his centre, he could
be winning.} 15. d4 {To advance the f-pawn would concede too
many squares, e.g. 15 f5 cxd3 16 cxd3 Ne5.} 15...d5 16. e5 Ne4
17. Bxe4 c3 {! 17...dxe4? 18 c3 leaves White's centre like a
rock and Black's queen's bishop totally out of play.} 18. bxc3
dxe4 {For his pawn Black has achieved two very important basic
advantages: a) his pawn structure is superior (White's huge
centre, with its unwieldy doubled pawns is subject to severe
pressure) and b) his king is more secure. In addition, Black
dominates the light squares and White's minor pieces are badly
congested and incapable of cO-Ordination.} 19. Kh2 {To guard
against ...bxc3 followed by ...Qd7, forking d4 and h3. If,
instead, 19 cxb4 Nxb4 20 a3 Nc6 followed by ...Na5 heading for
the weak c4 square.} 19...e6 20. Qe1 Bf8 21. f5 {?! A
practical decision - White gives back the pawn to enliven his
queen's bishop and create some counterplay. I had expected 21
Bd2 but then comes 21...bxc3 22 Bxc3 Nxd4! 23 Ba5 Nxc2 24 Bxc7
Nxe1 25 Bxb8 Rxb8 with such threats as ...e4-e3, ...Bc5 or
...Nd3.} 21...exf5 22. Bg5 bxc3 {! Another practical decision
- I wanted to keep the initiative and wipe out White's centre
without stopping to save the exchange, but 22...Be7 or
22...Rd7 were doubtless playable. Not surprisingly, my 22nd
move was partly prompted by Hecht's habitual time shortage,
which was not absent in this encounter.} 23. Bxd8 Qxd8
24. Qxc3 Rc8 25. Ne3 Qxd4 {25...Nxd4 is also excellent.}
26. Qxd4 Nxd4 27. Rd1 Nc6 28. Rd5 Re8 29. g4 {The best try in
the circumstances.} 29...Bh6 30. Nexf5 {? In time-trouble it
is difficult to make rational decisions, and after this a rout
ensues. There was still tough resistance possible with 30 Nhg2
Nxe5 31 gxf5 Nf3+ 32 Kh1 Bf8 33 fxg6 hxg6 34 c4 Rb8 35 Rc2,
although Black should win with 35...Bc5! planning ...Bd4 and
an advance of the f-pawn. Note that 36 Rxc5 loses to
36...Rb1+.} 30...gxf5 31. Nxf5 Bf8 32. Nd6 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Landsdale Spring Swiss"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fred Luelsdorf"]
[Black "Dan Heisman"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 {Notes by Dan Heisman with help from Herr Fritz.} c5
2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. b3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 {Fritz 7:}
12. Qf3 (12. Qf3) { Fritz 7:} 12... Rfe8 (12... Bd6 13. Qg3 d4
14. Na4 Bd5 15. d3 Nd7 16. f4 f6 { -0.78/10}) ({Fritz 7:}
12... Rae8 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Nf4 Bc8 15. Nfd3 Ne4 16. Qf4 a5
{-0.38/10}) 13. Ne2 d4 (13... Bd6 14. Nf4 Bc8 15. Nfd3 Ne4
16. Qf4 a5 { -0.41/10}) 14. Nf4 Bd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. c3 dxc3
{Fritz 7:} 17. Qxc3 (17. Qxc3) 17... d4 ({Fritz 7:} 17... a5
18. d3 Bd6 19. Nf3 a4 20. bxa4 d4 21. Qc4 Ng4 22. h3
{-0.25/10}) ({Fritz 7:} 17... a6 18. Rac1 Ne4 19. Qd3 Qb7
20. Qe2 Bf6 21. d3 Bxe5 22. dxe4 Bxb2 {-0.09/10}) (17... Ne4
18. Qd3 Rad8 19. f3 c4 20. bxc4 f6 21. fxe4 fxe5 22. Rab1 dxc4
{-0.44/10}) 18. Qh3 Bf8 19. Nf3 Qf4 20. Qh4 Qf5 21. Ba3 h6
22. Rec1 Rac8 23. Rc4 {The famous position from "Just Because
It's Forced" in Everyone's 2nd Chess Book.} g5 24. Qg3 Ne4
25. Qh3 g4 26. Nh4 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Simultaneous Exhibition, Manhattan Chess Club"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6
{ This is not the most common continuation. Usually Black
plays an early ...e6, locking in the light-squared
bishop. This can lead to great difficulties later on, and
while the system is suitable for masters, it is not easy to
play for beginners. On the other hand, this fianchetto play is
easy to play, even if not as objectively sound.} 5.Bxc4 Bg7
6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Nfd7 { Smyslov's system. The idea is to bring
the knight to b6, driving back the enemy bishop, and then
striking at the center with ...c5 or ...e5.} 8.Qe2 { 8.e4 Nb6
9.Be2 Bg4 10.Be3 Nc6 was played in Evans - Smyslov, Helsinki
Olympiad 1952, which was a game I had studied in preparation
for this contest. Black has a lot of pressure on the
center. Play continued 11.d5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Ne5 13.Be2 Nec4 with
pressure on the long diagonal. After 14.Bc1 c6! Black had a
strong game. } Nb6 9.Bb3 Nc6 {!? An attempt to improve on
Golombek - Smyslov, Budapest 1952, which saw 9...a5.} 10.Rd1
Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qe8 {This move has the goal of blasting
open the center. After the king moves to the h-file Black can
advance both e- and f-pawns. 12...e5 13.dxe5 } 13.Nb5 {?!
Gligoric improved against me a week or two later with
13. Ne4!, with the threat of Nc5. Serves me right for getting
the game published in the New York Times!} Rc8 14.Bd2 a6
15.Na3 Kh8 16.Rac1 e5 {!} 17.d5 e4 18.Qf4 { Now it is clear
that the Nc6 is headed for e5, with the possibility of jumping
into f3. If only the g-file were open and a rook stood on
g8...} g5 {!} 19.Qxg5 Ne5 20.Bc3 {The pin looks strong - but
checks have been known to break pins! 20.g3 Nf3+ } Nf3+ {!!
20...Nd3 21.Qxg7# } 21.gxf3 Bxc3 22.Kh1 { 22.bxc3 Rg8 22.Rxc3
Rg8 } Rg8 23.Qf4 Qd7 24.Qh4 { 24.Rxc3 Qxh3+ 25.Qh2 Qxf3+
26.Qg2 Qxg2# } Qf5 {! Black continues to make threats while
improving the position of his queen, before capturing the pawn
at b2.} 25.f4 Bxb2 26.Rg1 Bxc1 27.Rxc1 Qg6 {White's position
is hopeless.} 28.Qg4 Qxg4 29.hxg4 Rxg4 {White could have
resigned here.} 30.Rg1 Rxg1+ 31.Kxg1 Rd8 32.d6 Rxd6 33.Bxf7
Rd3 34.Nc2 c5 35.Be6 Rc3 36.Ne1 Rc1 37.Kf1 Nc4 38.Ke2 b5
39.Bd5 Ra1 40.Bxe4 Rxa2+ 41.Kd1 Rxf2 42.Nd3 Rd2+ {White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "WchT U26 19th fin-A"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[EventDate "1972.07.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Kenneth Rogoff"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. c4 {This incident was in the nature of a protest because
Huebner had many adjournments pending and he wanted to
rest. But his captain assigned him to play against the
Americans, telling him that a quick draw would be
acceptable. -- Pal Benko} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Ng1 Bg7 4. Qa4 O-O
5.Qxd7 Qxd7 6. g4 Qxd2+ 7. Kxd2 Nxg4 8.b4 a5 9.a4 Bxa1 10.Bb2
Nc6 11. Bh8 Bg7 12. h4 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY"]
[Date "1972.05.10"]
[EventDate "1972.04.23"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Black "William James Lombardy"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7
8.Nc3 O-O 9.Be3 b6 10.d4 Ba6 11.Re1 e5 12.fxe5 cxd4 13.Nxd4
Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bxe5 15.Qa4 Bb7 16.Rad1 a6 17.Qb3 b5 18.a4 Bc6
19.axb5 axb5 20.Kh1 b4 21.Qxb4 Rb8 22.Qa3 Ra8 23.Qb3 Qa5
24.Bb6 Qa6 25.Bf1 Qc8 26.Bd4 Rb8 27.Qa2 Nf5 28.Bxe5 dxe5
29.Nd5 Bxd5 30.Qxd5 Nd4 31.c3 Rd8 32.Qc4 Nf3 33.Qxc8 Rdxc8
34.Re3 Ng5 35.b4 Rc7 36.h4 Ne6 37.Rd5 Ra8 38.Bh3 Ra2 39.Red3
Nd4 40.Rxe5 Ne2 41.Rc5 Rca7 42.Bf1 Nc1 43.Re3 Rc2 44.Ra5 Rd7
45.Rd5 Ra7 46.c4 Raa2 47.b5 Rab2 48.Rf3 Ne2 49.Rd8+ Kg7 50.Rd7
Kg8 51.Rfxf7 Nxg3+ 52.Kg1 Nxf1 53.Rg7+ Kf8 54.Rdf7+ Ke8 55.Ra7
Rg2+ 56.Kxf1 Rbf2+ {??} 57.Ke1 Kf8 58.Rxh7 Kg8 59.Rhg7+ Kh8
60.Rgd7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adrianus M J van den Berg"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7
10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 {A variation on the theme was
the game Hartston - Keene, British Championship, Coventry
1970, which continued 12 h4 O-O 13 Bf4 Ng6 14 Bg3 cxd4 15 h5
Nge7 16 Nxd4 Na5 17 Qd2 Rac8 18 Bf4 Qxc3 19 Bxh6 Qxd2 20 Bxd2
Nc4 21 Bb4 Rfe8 22 Nb5 Bxb5 23 axb5 Nxe5 24 Rxa7 Nxd3 25 cxd3
Nf5 1/2-1/2.} 12...O-O 13. h4 {?! A good alternative is 13
Ba3!?; but as we now Know 13 Bxh6? is unsound: 13...gxh6! 14
Qd2 Kg7-/+.} 13...f5 14. Ba3 Na5 15. h5 Rf7 {!} 16. Nh4 Bxa4
17. g4 {White's opening has been too loosening. If for example
17 Bxc5 bxc5 18 Rxa4 c4-/+.} 17...Raf8 {? Planning an exchange
sacrifice which White declines but better would have been
17...f4!-/+.} 18. Bc1 {! Not 18 gxf5? Nxf5 19 Nxf5 Rxf5! 20
Bxf5 Rxf5 intending ...Be8-+.} 18...Be8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5
{If 20 Ng6? g4!} 20...cxd4 21. cxd4 Qc3 22. Ng6 Nec6 23. h6
{!? White is thoroughly imbued with the spirit of
aggression. If instead 23 Nxf8 Kxf8 24 h6 gxh6 25 Bxh6+
Ke7-/+.} 23...gxh6 24. Bxh6 Rh7 {! After this move an
extraordinary situation arises in which both sides are
attacking on the kingside.} 25. Nxf8 {! If 25 Bxf8 Bxg6 26 Bd6
Bh5 intending ...Nxd4-+.} 25...Rxh6 26. Nxe6 {!? Intending
26...Rxe6 27 Bxf5 Re7 28 Re3 +/-. If 26 Qc1!? Rh5 27 Be2! (not
27 Nxe6 Nxd4!-/+) 27...Nxd4 28 Bxh5 Bxh5 29 Qg5+ (or 29 Re3
Qxc2 unclear) 29...Kxf8 30 Qxh5 Nf3+ 31 Kf1 Nxe1 with a murky
position.} 26...Bh5 {!} 27. Qc1 Rg6+ 28. Kf1 {? A plausible
move but it allows a blow which poleaxes White's
position. Correct would have been 28 Ng5! Nxd4 29 Kh2 Nf3+ 30
Nxf3 Bxf3 31 Qf4! (not 31 Rg1? Qxe5+ 32 Rg3 Qh8+ intending
...Qh1 mate) 31...Qc7 32 Qxf3 Qh7+ 33 Qh3 Rh6 34 Rg1+
unclear.} 28...Nb3 {!! A murderous shot with multiple threats
...Nxc1, ...Nxa1 or ...Nd2+. If 29 Bxf5 Qf3 intending ...Qh1
mate, or 29 cxb3 Qxd3+ 30 Re2 Qxe2 mate.} 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Vladimir Kovacevic"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7
4. g3 Bxf3 {A bold decision indicating that Black is playing
for a win. This was the last round and if Kovacevic could beat
me he would have tied with me.} 5. exf3 Ngf6 6. f4 e6 7. Bg2
{?! Dubious. 7 Bh3! intending the disruptive advance f4-f5 is
less stereotyped.} 7...Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 a5 10. a4 c6
11. Nd2 b5 12. Qe2 bxa4 {? Now White obtains the upper
hand. It was essential for Black to maintain the tension with
moves such as ...Rb8 and ...Re8 when his position would even
be slightly preferable.} 13. Rxa4 Nb6 14. Ra2 {!} a4 15. Rfa1
axb3 16. Rxa8 Nxa8 17. Nxb3 Nb6 {Not good: White now has the
opportunity to launch a variety of favourable combinations,
but it's clear that Black's position is already far from
satisfactory (White is better developed and his well
cO-Ordinated pieces control the vital a-file and a1-h8
diagonal).} 18. f5 {! Inaugurating the combination. Black must
accept the sacrifice, otherwise (after 19 fxe6) he would shed
his e-pawn to the combined onslaught of White's pieces.}
18...exf5 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Bh3 {! Also good was 20 Nxc6 Qxc6 21
Qxe7 but the text is more accurate. Black cannot allow the
white knight to reach f5 since the threats against g7 would be
intolerable.} 20...g6 {Or 20...Ng4 21 Nxf5!} 21. Bxf5 {!! Once
again 21 Nxc6 Qxc6 22 Qxe7 was very good, but White has
something more ambitious in mind.} 21...gxf5 22. Ra7 {!! This
move visibly came as a shock to my opponent. Black has no
choice but to fall in with White's plans.} 22...Qxa7 23. Nxc6
Qd7 {There are two major alternative defences: a) 23...Qa2 24
Nxe7+ Kg7 25 Nxf5+ Kg8 (or 25...Kg6 26 Ne7+ Kg7 27 Qg4+) 26
Qg4+ Nxg4 27 Ne7 mate. b) 23...Ba3! (Best) 24 Nxa7 (24 Bxf6
Qa4! is highly unclear) 24...Bxb2 when White has queen for
rook and two pieces, but Black's forces are rather awkwardly
placed and this enables White to increase his advantage as
follows: 25 c4! Bd4 26 Nb5 Re8! 27 Qf3 Bc5 28 d4 Bf8 29 c5 Nc4
30 Qxf5, and in view of the powerful c-pawn, Black's weakened
kingside and the scattered dispositions of the black army,
White should win. However, this was Black's only chance of
resistance. But, as so often, a combinational blow disturbs
the balance of the victim's objectivity and he fails to
discover the most tenacious defensive possibilities.}
24. Nxe7+ Kg7 25. Qh5 {! Completely unanswerable. For example:
25...Qxe7 26 Qg5+ Kh8 27 Bxf6+ picking up the other knight in
addition; or 25...h6 26 Nxf5+ or 25...Ra8 26 Qg5+ Kf8 27 Bxf6
with Qg8 mate to follow.} 1-0

[Event "Bath (England)"]
[Site "Bath (England)"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Victor Ciocaltea"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. g3
Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 {The old main line which we
designate the 'Classical Fianchetto' in The King's Indian
Defence. Modern alternatives are 6...c6, 6...Nc6 and 6...c5.}
7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Re8 {A move which was popular in the
1950s but which has been superseded by 9...Qb6 or 9...Qa5 with
a rapid counter-attack against White's queenside. The text was
reintroduced by Planinc in his game v. Smejkal from the Vidmar
Memorial Tournament earlier in 1973 and Ciocaltea also
participated in that event!} 10. Re1 a5 11. Qc2 exd4 12. Nxd4
Nc5 13. Bf4 {! Smejkal played 13 Be3 when there followed
13...a4 14 Rab1 (or 14 Rad1 Nfd7 15 Nde2 Qa5 16 Rxd6 Ne5 with
an unclear position, Smyslov - Ciocaltea!, Bucharest 1953)
14...Bd7 15 b4 axb3 16 axb3 Qe7! with an excellent position
for Black who won brilliantly in 38 moves.} 13...Nfd7 14. Nb3
{! 14 Rad1 Ne5 is quite playable for Black. My idea was to
challenge Black's aggressive knight before turning my
attention to the vulnerable black d-pawn.} 14...a4 {Offering a
pawn sacrifice for active play. 14...Be5 was a more solid, if
rather passive, possibility.} 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Rad1 Qa5 {!
Attempts to cling to the pawn would result in asphyxiation. On
17 Bxd6 Black now has 17...a3 18 Bxc5 Qxc5 19 b3 b5!
guaranteeing a lasting initiative in return for the lost
pawn.} 17. Bd2 {White prefers to fight or the initiative
rather than for the extra material. The text inaugurates a
manoeuvre designed to exchange Black's powerful king's
bishop. Also worth considering is 17 a3!?, e.g. 17...Be6 18
Bf1 Qa6 19 Nd5!} 17...Qb6 18. Be3 {The white queen's bishop
haunts the black queen, thus reaching its goal (the d4 square)
with gain of tempo.} 18...Qb4 {Renewing the threat to White's
queenside pawns, but White can safely ignore this.} 19. Bd4
{!} Bxd4 {?! Dubious. Black gains a pawn thereby but allows
his queen to be incarcerated. Correct was 19...Qxc4 20 Bxg7
Kxg7 21 Rxd6 and White's advantage is restricted to a
minimum.} 20. Rxd4 d5 {The fatal corollary to his previous
move.} 21. a3 Qb3 {Obviously forced (otherwise d5 falls) but
Black's queen never escapes from this far-flung outpost.}
22. Qd2 {!} 22...dxc4 {In his notes for The Chess Player
Ciocaltea gave 22...dxe4! 23 Nxe4 Nxe4 24 Rdxe4 Be6 25 Rh4
Rad8 26 Qh6 Qxb2 27 Qxh7+ Kf8 'with advantage to Black'. This
is hopelessly over-optimistic and the fault lies with 24
Rdxe4? Of course White plays 24 Rexe4 ( +/-) since 24...Be6
allows 25 Rh4 and White still controls the d-file, while
24...Rxe4 (which Ciocaltea does not recommend as the answer to
24 Rdxe4) 25 Rd8+ Kg7 26 Bxe4 Qxc4 27 Qf4 grants White a
vehement attack for the sacrificed pawn. Meanwhile Black's
queenside pieces slumber. After 24 Rexe4 Rxe4 it is also
possible to continue with the quiet 25 Rxe4 since Black is
still in no position to challenge the d-file.} 23. e5 Bf5
{Forced. White threatened Rh4 combined with Qh6. Black had to
prevent the additional intervention of White's knight via e4.}
24. Rh4 Ne6 {On 24...Nd3 White has an attractive combination
available: 25 Qh6! Nxe1 26 Qxh7+ Kf8 27 Qh8+ Ke7 28 Qf6+ Kd7
29 Qxf7+ Re7 30 Rd4+ and wins.} 25. Be4 {The final blow,
shattering Black's king's defences.} 25...Nf8 26. Bxf5
26...Rad8 {A mistake, not that it matters any more. After
26...gxf5 27 Rh5 White wins easily since he can transfer all
his pieces into the vicinity of the black king (Qh6, Rxf5,
Re4-h4, Ne4-f6 etc.). After the move chosen a massacre
ensues.} 27. Qg5 Qxb2 28. Ne4 Qxe5 29. Nf6+ Qxf6 30. Qxf6
Rxe1+ 31. Kg2 Rd2 32. Rxc4 gxf5 33. Qxg5+ {An interesting game
and also significant for the theory of the variation.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Site "Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Uwe Kunsztowicz"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 b6 {?! One of
Nimzowitsch's favourites which I subjected to frequent tests
in 1973 with, on the whole, favourable results. My only loss
was against Petrosian in the Europa Cup at Bath.} 3. f3 {Not
bad, but possibly not best. The most effective method of
development against Black's rarely played 2nd move is 3 Nc3
Bb7 4 Qc2 d5 (Nimzowitsch himself favoured the extremely
exotic 4...Nc6!? meeting 5 d5 with 5...Nb4 6 Qb3 a5, but to
modern eyes this does not look particularly trustworthy) 5
cxd5 Nxd5 6 Nf3! Nxc3 7 bxc3 g6 8 e4 Bg7 9 Bb5+! and Black has
no way of parrying the check which does not interfere with his
plan of ...O-O, ...Nc6-a5, and ...c7-c5. I have pleasant
recollections of one game in which my opponent found 3 Nc3 Bb7
but then followed up with the harmless 4 Nf3, permitting me to
carry out a Nimzowitschian kingside attack. White was Peter
Clarke, and the game was played in the 1973 British
Championship: 4 Nf3 e6 5 e3 Bb4 6 Bd2 O-O 7 Be2 d6 8 O-O Nbd7
9 a3 Bxc3 10 Bxc3 Ne4 11 Rc1 f5 12 b3 Rf6 13 Nd2 Rg6 14 Nxe4
Bxe4 15 f3 Qg5 16 Rf2 Bb7 17 Qd2 Re8 18 b4 Nf6 19 a4 Nh5 20 f4
Qh4 21 Bxh5 Qxh5 22 d5 Rh6 23 h3 Rg6 24 Kh1 c6! 25 dxe6 c5! 26
bxc5 Qxh3+ 27 Kg1 Rexe6 28 cxd6 Bxg2! 0-1.} 3...c5
{Application of the Gruenfeld strategy (3...d5) would lead to
a negative position for Black after 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nf6 6
Nc3. Hence I selected a transposition to a kind of Benoni,
deeming it the most dynamic approach available. However, it
cannot be denied that the opening phase of this game was
unfavourable for Black.} 4. d5 g6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg5
O-O 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Nh3 Ne5 10. Nf2 {Why not 10 f4! (since
10...Bxh3? fails to 11 fxe5) - ? But the text is also good,
since f2-f4 cannot be prevented in the long run.} 10...Ba6
11. b3 Qc7 12. Be2 e6 13. f4 Ned7 14. dxe6 {The temptation to
play this move must have been overwhelming, since it is very
hard to envisage a possible black defence of his d-pawn after
14...fxe6 15 Rd1. However, the black position conceals some
remarkable resources and, with the benefit of hindsight, we
can assert that White could have maintained a safe plus with
15 O-O. If White wants a sharp struggle there is nothing wrong
with the text - the only drawback is that the course chosen by
White is not nearly as crushing as it looks.} 14...fxe6
15. Rd1 {How is Black to defend the d-pawn? 15...Ne8 loses to
the reply 16 e5, exploiting the pin on the d-file, but there
is no other defence in sight.} 15...Nb8 {!! The only move, and
I am sure it is one of which Nimzowitsch would have been
proud. This paradoxical retreat is, in my opinion, in a
similar class to some of Nimzowitsch's mysterious moves, such
as his celebrated 18 Nh1 against Rubinstein at Dresden 1926,
or his 16...Qh8 v. Mannheimer at Frankfurt 1930. Incidentally,
after I had made this move on the board my opponent was quite
unable to suppress a brief outburst of laughter. The idea
behind 15...Nb8!! is to reroute the queen's knight onto a
safer (and more efficient) square, thus indirectly defending
the d-pawn. This is what happens if White opens the box: 16
Qxd6 Qxd6 17 Rxd6 Ne8 18 Rd3. Now Black can sacrifice a pawn
with 18...Nc6!? when he obtains fine compensation in the shape
of dark square control (especially d4). 19 Bg4 is simply met
by 19...Nc7! Another idea is 18...h6 19 Bh4 Rxf4 20 Bg3 Rf7!
21 Bg4 Re7 22 e5 Nc6 23 Bf3 Rc8, and Black unravels
successfully. Again if 19 Bg4 Nc7 is a good reply.} 16. Nb5
{This also strains Black to the limit, since White's king's
bishop can develop ferocious activity from the square c4.}
16...Bxb5 17. cxb5 Ne8 {White's 16th move contained its dark
sides too: Black can plant his bishop firmly on d4, with scant
prospect of eviction, and Black now owns a central pawn
majority. Nevertheless, it would be foolish to claim that the
position is anything but unclear.} 18. Bc4 Qd7 {Sacrificing
the exchange; this could have been avoided with 18...Qf7, but
then 19 Ng4 ties the black bishop to g7.} 19. Ng4 {White is in
no mood to grant respite and hurls his forces against Black's
king. He could, instead, have won the exchange at the cost of
the initiative with 19 Bd5!? exd5 20 Qxd5+ Kh8 21 Qxa8 Bc3+ 22
Kf1 Qxb5+ 23 Kg1 when Black can choose between 23...Nc7 or
23...Nc6. For example, one spectacular way for White to lose
is: 23...Nc6 24 Bh6 Nd4 25 Bxf8 (or 25 Rxd4 Bxd4 26 Bxf8 Qe2)
25...Ne2+ 26 Kf1 Ng3+ 27 Kg1 Qf1+ and mate next move; better
would be 25 g3 Rg8, when Black will seek his chances with
...Qe2,. A draw would be the outcome of 23...Nc6 24 a4 Qe2 25
Rf1! (25 Qxc6? Be1 wins for Black) 25...Bd4 26 Qxc6 Bxf2+ 27
Rxf2 Qe1+ 28 Rf1 Qe3+ etc.} 19...Bd4 {Centralisation, even on
the edge of a precipice. All according to Nimzowitsch.} 20. h4
Ng7 21. Nh6+ {? White sends off his troops on an optically
impressive, but actually meaningless, flank diversion, and it
is from this point that we mark his decline. Huge
complications arise after the correct 21 e5, which again
obliges Black to give up the exchange. One line goes: 21 e5!
d5 22 Nf6+ Rxf6 23 exf6 Nh5 24 Be2. My original intention, at
this point, was to win White's queen with 24...Ng3 25 Rh3 Bf2+
26 Kxf2 Ne4+ but after 27 Kg1 Nxd2 28 Rxd2 it is White who
stands better! An improvement on this is 24...Nxf6 and if 25
Bxf6 Bxf6 26 h5 then 26...Qf7 27 Rh3 Nd7 when Black can
consolidate his kingside and still retains his central
superiority - not a bad price to pay for the exchange.}
21...Kh8 22. g4 {It looks terrifying, but it is mainly sham,
since White has no method of forcing open the h-file (the
knight on g7 is a stout defender). White is also faced with
the problem of transferring his queenside pieces to the
kingside assault; meanwhile, Black is not inactive.} 22...a6
{With this thrust the initiative definitely passes into
Black's hands.} 23. Qe2 {White's motives for choosing the
queen move were quite comprehensible: support of the b5-pawn
plus thoughts of sacrificing the exchange against Black's
dominating bishop. Nevertheless, 23 a4 would have been a more
realistic choice and would have gained a useful defensive
tempo in comparison with the game continuation. I doubt if my
opponent had yet grasped that a substantial 'swing' had
occurred against him, so thoughts of defence and consolidation
were far from his mind.} 23...axb5 24. Bxb5 Qa7 {Black's
pieces are now poised for the decisive
infiltration. Interestingly, White is not only exposed on the
a-file but also on the a8-h1 diagonal and the f-file, as the
further course of the game will demonstrate.} 25. a4 {The lost
defensive tempo. Probably White had realised by this stage
that he was no longer dictating events.} 25...Na6 26. Kf1
{Hoping to find asylum on the safe seat g2, but even here the
hecklers are waiting.} 26...Qb7 {! With a dual purpose:
preparing the advance of the b-pawn (e.g. 27 Kg2 Nc7 28 Bd3
b5! 29 Bxb5 Nxb5 30 axb5 Ra5 and White is on the point of
collapse) whilst aiming a combinational blow against White's
fortifications along the a8-h1 diagonal.} 27. Bd3 Nb4 28. Bb5
{From this retraction of his previous move it would appear
that White had lost the thread of the game. However, he feared
- quite justifiably - the threatened exchange ...Nxd3 followed
by ...b6-b5, when his position tumbles in ruins, much as in
the previous note. With the text White hopes to stem his
opponent's queenside advance, but the loss of time involved
allows Black to strike from a completely different angle.}
28...e5 {! Now we can appreciate one of the points of Black's
26th move: 29 f5 loses out of hand to 29...gxf5 30 gxf5 Nxf5!
31 Nxf5 Rxf5+ and the e-pawn is pinned.} 29. h5 {The sole
counter-chance.} 29...Ne6 {! Ensures the win, although White's
fangs are not entirely devoid of venom.} 30. Kg2 {? Hardly a
move to recommend to one's friends. After this error White
loses at once, which is a shame, since there were some
beautiful variations concealed in the position after the best
practical try: 30 hxg6! For example: 30...Nxf4? 31 Nf7+ Rxf7
32 gxf7 Nxe2?? (by now 32...Qxf7 is Black's last chance,
although 33 Qf3 is good for White) 33 Bf6 mate. Naturally
Black's 30th move was at fault, so let us try again:
30...Nxg5! Black has won a piece, but what to do after 31 Nf5!
which threatens fxg5 and g6-g7+. Certainly Black cannot play
31...Nxe4 32 Qxe4! Qxe4 33 Rxh7+ Kg8 34 Nh6 (or the dual 34
Ne7) mate. The only solution to this problem is the following:
30 hxg6! Nxg5! 31 Nf5! Rxf5! 32 gxf5 Nxe4 and Black wins,
since there is absolutely no defence to the threats along the
black queen's diagonal, e.g. a) 33 Rxh7+ Qxh7 34 gxh7 Ng3+ and
Black emerges with an extra piece; or b) 33 Qh2 Ng3+! or c) 33
Qg2 Ng3+! or finally, the most amusing of all, d) 33 Rh3 Ng3+
34 Rxg3 Qh1+ and mate next move.} 30...Nxg5 31. Rxd4 {Since 31
fxg5 fails to 31...Rf2+ White was presumably relying on this
exchange sacrifice to grant him some nebulous
counterplay. However, Black has a humorous touch at his
disposal which nets a whole rook.} 31...exf4 {! There is also
a dual with 31...Ne6, but after the text White's rook is still
under attack and Black threatens 32...f3+. White could have
resigned but preferred to play on until the time-control. The
game concluded:} 32. Qc4 cxd4 33. Qxd4+ Qg7 34. Qxb4 Qxh6
35. hxg6 f3+ 36. Kg3 Qxg6 {The simplest. Black can win with
one extra rook.} 37. Bd3 Rae8 38. Rh5 Qf6 39. Qd2 h6 0-1

[Event "Gstaad (Switzerland)"]
[Site "Gstaad (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Lothar Schmid"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } d6 2. c4 e5 3. d4 Nd7
{Black has clearly decided to maintain a stronghold on
e5. However, on two occasions he could have played more
adventurously by advancing with 3...e4!?} 4. g3 {Later on, I
came to the conclusion that White could play more aggressively
against the Old Indian. Nine years later I played the
following game against Michael McDonald-Ross, Lloyds Bank
1982: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 d6 3 Nc3 e5 4 Nf3 Nbd7 5 e4 Be7 6 Be2 O-O
7 O-O c6 8 Re1 a6 9 a3 Qc7 10 b4 b5 11 Bb2 bxc4 12 Bxc4 Nb6 13
Bb3 Bg4 14 Rc1 Qb7 15 dxe5 dxe5 16 h3 Rad8 17 Qe2 Bxf3 18 Qxf3
Rd2 19 Nd1 Nfd7 20 Qc3 Bg5 21 h4 Bf4 22 Ne3 Rd6 23 Nf5 Bxc1 24
Qg3 Rg6 25 Ne7+ Kh8 26 Nxg6+ fxg6 27 Rxc1 Rf4 28 Bxe5 Rxe4 29
Ba1 Nf6 30 Qd6 Nbd7 31 Bxf6 gxf6 32 Be6 1-0.} 4...Ngf6 5. Bg2
{White could have ruled out any thoughts of ...e4 by Black by
slightly varying the move order, namely 5 Nc3! c6 6 e4.}
5...c6 6. Nc3 6...Be7 {Two years later Minic tried the
ambitious 6...e4 against me. Although I had been concerned
about this possibility while playing against Schmid, it turned
out that Black's endeavours place too great a strain on his
development: 1 Nf3 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 g3 Nbd7 4 Bg2 e5 5 c4 c6 6
Nc3 e4 7 Nh4 d5 8 O-O Bb4 9 cxd5 cxd5 10 Qb3 Bxc3 11 bxc3 Nb6
12 f3 exf3 13 Rxf3 Ne4 14 Ba3 Nd2 15 Qb5+ Qd7 16 Re3+ Kd8 17
Be7+ Kc7 18 Qc5+ Qc6 19 Bd6+ Kd8 20 Bf4 Ne4 21 Bxe4 dxe4 22
Qg5+ f6 23 Qxg7 Re8 24 c4 Nxc4 25 Rc3 Bh3 26 Rxc4 Qxc4 27
Qxf6+ Kd7 28 Qd6+ 1-0, Keene - Minic, Rovinj/Zagreb 1975.}
7. e4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. h3 a6 11. d5 {After
Black's next move White achieves a comfortable space
advantage. More combative are 11...c5 or 11...cxd5} 11...a5
12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Bf1 Bd7 15. Rb1 Qb8 {? Too
passive. Black should play 15...Rec8!} 16. a3 Rc8 {If
16...cxd5 17 cxd5 Rc8 (17...a4 18 Bb5! +/-) 18 a4! +/-}
17. Bg5 {! Putting the finger on Black's main
weakness. Premature would be 17 b4 axb4 18 axb4 cxd5! 19 bxc5
d4 or 19 exd5 Na4.} 17...a4 {?! He must allow the fracturing
of his pawn structure for if 17...Be7 18 b4 axb4 19 axb4 Na6
20 dxc6 bxc6 21 b5 cxb5 22 cxb5 Nc5 23 Nc4 +/-.} 18. Bxf6 gxf6
19. Qh5 {! White's position is now overwhelming. The threat is
Be2-g4-f5, when Black's kingside comes under a devastating
siege.} 19...Rc7 20. Be2 f5 {Sacrificing a pawn to gain some
air.} 21. exf5 f6 22. Nde4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qd8 24. dxc6 {!} Bxc6
25. Bf3 Kh8 26. Rbd1 Be8 {White's material advantage and
control of the centre confers a decisive advantage.} 27. Qh4
Rxc4 28. Qxf6+ Qxf6 29. Nxf6 Bc6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Nd7 {Now
Black's centre pawns come under attack.} 31...Rc2 32. g4 d5
33. Nxf8 Rxf8 34. Rxe5 {If now 34...Rb8 35 Rde1 Rbxb2 36 g5
intending Re8+ and R1e7 mate.} 34...Rxb2 35. Rd4 Rd8 36. f6
Rb7 37. Rxa4 Kg8 38. Re7 Rdd7 {Or 38...Rxe7 39 fxe7 Rc8 40
Rf4! intending Rf8++-.} 39. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Michael Francis Stean"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 {?! A somewhat unimpressive experiment.}
5...Bg7 6. Nc2 Nf6 {? Stereotyped. Both 6...Qa5+ and 6...Qb6
are embarrassing for White.} 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Qa5
10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Bc3 Bf5 {! A good
move. White threatened 14 h3 followed by e2-e4 and Ne3 with
advantage. Now 14 e4 is met by 14...Bg4! so White has to
obstruct the advance of his e-pawn.} 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. Qd2 Rfc8
16. Rac1 Nc4 {? Losing by force. 16...a5 holds the balance.}
17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxg7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Kxg7 20. Rc4 {! This
prevents 20...Rc8 (21 Qc3+) and prepares to swing the rook
into action against Black's king. White already has a winning
position. In view of the dual threats of Rh4 and Qc3+ Black's
next full scale retreat move is obligatory.} 20...Qd8 21. Rh4
Kh8 {21...h5 loses prettily: 22 Bf3 Qh8 23 Bxh5 gxh5 24 Qg5+
Kf8 25 Rxh5 and now (i) 25...Qg7 26 Qh4 or (ii) 25...Qd4 26 e3
Qd1+ 27 Kg2 or (iii) 25...Qxb2 26 Qh4 with a winning position
for White in all cases.} 22. Qh6 Qg8 23. Qe3 Qd8 24. Re4 Kg8
25. Rxe7 Rc8 26. h4 {Avoiding Black's last swindle attempt
(26...Qxe7 followed by ...Rc1+ and ...Bh3 was threatened).}
26...h5 27. Kh2 Rc2 28. Bh3 Bb5 29. Rxb7 Rxe2 30. Qf3 Qe8
31. Rxb5 Qxb5 32. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1973/74"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1973.12.30"]
[EventDate "1973.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7
4. Nc3 {Better is 4 e4; see my game with Timman (below).}
4...cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e3 {!? My own idea - I won't try it
again. The plan is 6...Nxd4 7 exd4 Nf6 8 d5 or 6...Nf6 7 Nc2
d6 8 Be2 O-O 9 O-O Be6 10 Nd5 with the better game for White
in either case. But ...} 6...Nf6 7. Nc2 d6 8. Be2 Be6 {!
Played before ...O-O with the intention of threatening an
immediate ...d6-d5, while 9 Nd5 loses pawn since ...Qa5+ is
on.} 9. e4 Nd7 10. Nd5 {White should play 10 Bd2 O-O 11 O-O
Nc5 12 b4 Bxc3 13 Bxc3 Nxe4 14 Bb2 with clear compensation for
the pawn.} 10...Nc5 11. f3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. O-O O-O {Black
obviously has some initiative now, and White must fight to
maintain himself.} 14. Nce3 e6 {! Giving up the bishop for a
powerful pawn wedge.} 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Nf4 {16 Nc3 Bxc3! is
good for Black.} 16...Bd4+ 17. Kh1 e5 18. Nd5 f4 {Unpleasant
threats loom up, for example ...Rf5-h5 followed by ...Rxh2+
and ...Qh4 mate. It is obviously necessary for White now to
play very actively.} 19. g3 {!} Qg5 20. gxf4 exf4 21. b4 {!
Excellent. 21...Bxa1 22 Rg1 is good for White. Black should
probably play positionally now with 21...Ne6 (which Tal wrote
on his scoresheet and crossed out) but instead he offers an
interesting exchange sacrifice - the only difficulty being
that White need not accept!} 21...Kh8 {Planning 22 Bxf4 Rxf4
23 Nxf4 Qxf4 24 bxc5 dxc5 with advantage to Black in my
opinion (thanks to the dark square control). However, ...}
22. Rg1 {!! Forcing Black to accept an exchange sacrifice
himself. The initiative now passes over to White.} 22...Qxg1+
23. Qxg1 Bxg1 24. Kxg1 Nd7 {24...Ne6 25 Bb2+ Kg8 26 c5 dxc5 27
Bc4 and the bishops gun Black down.} 25. Bb2+ Nce5 26. Rd1 Rf7
27. Rd4 {Hoping for 27...Raf8 28 c5 dxc5 29 Re4 Re8 30 Bb5!
winning; but in view of Tal's next good move, 27 Nc7! at once
was the only chance to play for a win.} 27...Kg8 {! The black
f-pawn is not so important.} 28. Nc7 Rc8 29. Nb5 Nc6 30. Rd5
Re7 31. Rg5+ Kf8 32. Rf5+ {We saw no way in the post mortem
for White to play for a win with the bishop on e2 and pawn on
b4 hanging. A draw is now the logical result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "England v Italy"]
[Site "Clare-Benedict, Gstaad"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Carlo Micheli"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6
4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qa5 {In The King's Indian
Defence I christened this early excursion of the queen the
'Kavalek Variation'.} 8. h3 e5 9. d5 {?! Probably 9 e4! is the
best, e.g. 9...exd4 10 Nxd4 Qc5 11 Nc2! This last move is a
suggestion of the former Cambridge/Sussex player Nigel
Holloway, and promises White much more than the 11 Nb3 of Ree
- Kavalek, IBM 1973.} 9...cxd5 10. cxd5 10...Na6 {? The most
accurate is 10...Bd7! 11 Nd2 Rc8 and only then ...Na6, as in
Keene - Sosonko, IBM Masters 1973.} 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Nde4 Ne8
{In contrast to the previous variation Black has to shut in
his king's rook in order to defend the d-pawn.} 13. Rb1 b5 {If
Black prods White's centralised knight with 13...f5 then 14
Ng5! followed by an invasion on e6. The point of Black's 13th
move is to hold up a possible advance of White's b-pawn.}
14. b4 Qc7 {If 14...Nxb4 15 Qb3 favours White.} 15. Qb3 h6
16. Ba3 {It was at this point that I began to think in terms
of a knight sacrifice at c5 in order to mobilise a mass of
queenside and central pawns.} 16...Kh7 {Not at once 16...f5 17
Nc5! dxc5 18 d6+ c4 19 dxc7 and the Ra8 hangs.} 17. Rfc1 Qb6
18. Nd1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Rc1 Bb7 21. Ne3 Nac7 22. h4 f5
{At last - the time has come.} 23. Nc5 {! Black must accept
this sacrifice, when a highly complicated position would
arise, probably slightly in White's favour: 23...dxc5 24 bxc5
Qf6 25 d6 Bxg2 26 dxc7 Nxc7! 27 Nxg2 or if 26...Bb7 27 c6
+/-.} 23...Bc8 {After this feeble reply White can win
elegantly by means of the invasion outlined in the note to
move 13. The difference is that White uses c5 rather than g5
as his springboard into e6.} 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 f4 26. e7
Rf6 27. Ng4 Re6 {Now the final combination which demolishes
all resistance.} 28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Qxe6 Nxe6 30. e8=Q Nd4
31. Bd5 1-0

[Event "London Chess Club Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6
4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Bf5 {?! A
novelty but it loses time; 8...Nb6 is normal.} 9. Nd2 {Also
interesting is 9 Nh4!?} 9...Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4
Bd7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Nc4 b5 {This creates weaknesses, but Black
cannot afford to be passive in the face of White's central
pawn majority.} 15. Ne3 c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Rfd1
Qb6 19. c4 {Simplification will expose Black's pawn weaknesses
on the queenside.} 19...bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qxb3 21. axb3 Nc8
22. Bc5 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Ra5 Rb8 {If Black tries to
defend his e-pawn by 24...f6, then 25 Rc5 gets the bishop into
trouble.} 25. Nxe5 Bb5 26. Rd5 a6 27. Bf1 {!} 27...Bxf1
{Unfortunately for Black this move is forced.} 28. Nd7+ Kg7
29. Nxb8 Nb6 30. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Hexagon International"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stuart James Hutchings"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 {3 e4!?
is more energetic} 3...Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. g3 {? This variation is
fairly harmless. More aggressive are 5 e3 and 5 Bg5.} 5...Bb4
6. Bd2 c5 {! Black already has an excellent position.} 7. a3
{Perhaps 7 dxc5 could be tried.} 7...Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2
{?! More accurate is 9 Rc1.} 9...Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qf6 {! This
aggressive move forces weaknesses in White's pawn structure
all over the board. } 11. Rd1 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. exf3 Nc6
14. dxc5 {?! This adds the b-file to Black's gains. 14 d5 was
the last chance.} 14...bxc5 15. Bg2 Rb8 {Black obviously has a
great advantage, but what distinguishes this game, after
White's inept handling of the opening is the way in which
Black forces entry into the white fortress. The elements to be
combined are pressure in the b-file, an outpost for the black
rook on b3 and the unchallengeable black knight on d4. It is
interesting that in spite of the numerous exchanges the
cumulative effect of all these pluses leads to black victory
in a mere seven moves.} 16. Rd2 Rb3 17. Kd1 Ke7 18. f4 Nd4
19. Kc1 h5 {!! By threatening ...h4-h3 Black forces White to
weaken his pawn on g3.} 20. h4 Rhb8 {The threat is now
21...Rxg3! 22 fxg3 Nb3+ 23 Kc2 Nxd2 24 Kxd2 Rxb2+-+.} 21. Bf1
Rf3 {! This is totally decisive. White has no defence to the
twin threats of ...Nb3+ and ...Rxa3.} 22. Kd1 {If 22 Kb1 Rxa3
all the same.} 22...Rxa3 {The White fortifications have
crumbled for if 23 bxa3 Rb1 mate.} 0-1

[Event "Hexagon International"]
[Site "Woolacombe"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael John Basman"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 {!? 7 c3 is the usual
continuation, and after 7...Nd7 (aiming to recapture on e5
with a piece after 8...e5 9 dxe5) 8 b4 would transpose into
Parma - Keene, Teesside 1972. Basman seeks new paths with a
move, I must confess, I had barely considered.} 7...Nb8 {The
only possible retreat. Although Black loses development tempi,
he obtains compensation on the dark squares - especially along
his a1-h8 diagonal.} 8. c4 c6 9. Rb1 {Necessary. White's
queen's rook cannot stay on the long diagonal.} 9...a5 10. Re1
Na6 11. b3 Nc5 12. Bf1 Bg4 13. h3 {Dubious. White should fight
for control of the dark squares by 13 Bb2!, e.g. 13...Bxf3 14
Qxf3 Nfd7 15 Bxg7 Kxg7 16 a3 e5 17 b4 axb4 18 axb4 Na6
(intending ...c6-c5) 19 c5! with unclear complications.}
13...Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nfd7 15. Qe3 {A prophylactic move directed
against a possible ...f7-f5 or ...Bd4.} 15...Qc7 16. a3
{Obviously preparing 17 b4.} 16...e6 {!} 17. b4 {?! Again
dubious. 17 Bb2! is better. After 17...Bxb2 18 Rxb2 e5,
although Black retains control of the dark squares, White has
a solid position and should not lose.} 17...axb4 18. axb4 Na4
{Preventing 19 Bb2.} 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Nf3 Ne5 {! 20...c5,
gaining control of more dark squares, is possible, but then b5
is weakened as is Black's d-pawn.} 21. Nd4 Qf7 22. f4 Nd7
23. c5 {? Imaginative but fatally loosening. White had to play
23 Nf3!} 23...dxc5 24. bxc5 e5 {! Either 24...Naxc5 or
24...Ndxc5 would be possible, although White can reply 25 e5
intending Bc4. The counter-attack inaugurated by the text is
more forcing.} 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Bd2 Nxc5 {White's position
has crumbled.} 27. Nf5 gxf5 28. Qxc5 f4 29. Bc3 f3 {!} 30. Rb2
Nd7 31. Qg5 {The only chance, but insufficient.} 31...f2+
32. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Nf6 {And not 33...Qf7 34 Bc4!} 34. Bc4+
Kh8 35. Rf1 Qc2 36. Rf3 Nh5 {Good enough, but more elegant
would have been 36...Qxc3 37 Rxc3 Nxe4 38 Qh4 Rf1+ 39 Kh2 Be5+
etc.} 37. Bxg7+ Nxg7 38. Rg3 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd7 40. e5 Nf5
41. Rf3 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 1973/74"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1974.01.06"]
[EventDate "1973.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5
{Black issues an invitation to the Benoni Defence but White
declines, preferring to remain in the paths of the Maroczy
Bind Sicilian.} 4. e4 {Transposing into a line of the Sicilian
Defence. Now after 4...cxd4 5 Nxd4 Nc6 6 Be3 Nf6 7 Nc3 Ng4 8
Qxg4 Nxd4 9 Qd1 e5 10 Nb5 O-O 11 Qd2 Qe7!? 12 Be2! White
maintains some advantage since Black's d-pawn is very
weak. Timman opts for a move favoured by Fischer and Tal.}
4...Nc6 5. dxc5 {Here it's less effective to play 5 d5 Nd4 6
Nxd4 cxd4 since White's queen's knight cannot enter play at
any good square. } 5...Qa5+ 6. Nfd2 {! An idea of
Petrosian's. The idea is to chase Black's queen with the
king's knight and then develop the queen's knight on the
excellent square c3.} 6...Qxc5 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Be2 {Later I
discovered the more accurate move order 8 Be3! Qc7 9 Qd2 Nf6
10 Nc3 d6 11 Be2 O-O 12 O-O Ne5 13 Nd5 +/- Keene - Sanz,
Orense 1976.} 8...d6 9. O-O Qc7 {! A tremendous move which
improves on the game Petrosian - Fischer, Zagreb 1970. Fischer
played 9...Nf6 but after 10 Nc3 White clearly has an excellent
game since his queen's knight is ready to jump into the key
square d5 (c.f. Keene - Sanz). Timman delays ...Nf6 so that he
can answer 10 Nc3 with 10...Bxc3 11 bxc3 Nf6 and White's
doubled c-pawns are severely exposed. In his turn White now
has to find a good waiting move.} 10. Kh1 {! Waiting, but
useful too. It's a valuable precaution to tuck the king in the
corner away from disturbing checks along the g1-a7 diagonal.}
10...Be6 11. f4 a5 {? Much too optimistic. Black had to
obstruct the further advance of White's f-pawn with 11...f5!}
12. Na3 {It's OK to develop the knight on this inferior square
since Black has seriously weakened b5.} 12...a4 {Continuing
with his plan, but now all hell breaks loose.} 13. Nb5 Qb6
{See my note to White's tenth move!} 14. c5 {! Black confessed
after the game that he had overlooked this move. White now
obtains an irresistible attack by means of this pawn
sacrifice.} 14...Qd8 {The line of least resistance. If Black
tests the accuracy of White's idea: e.g. 14...dxc5 15 Nxc5!
Qxc5 (15...Rd8 16 Nxa4 wins a pawn) 16 Nc7+ Kf8 17 Nxa8, White
wins the exchange but the knight in the corner is
trapped. However, if Black goes after the knight White's
attack crashes through: 17...Qa5 18 f5 gxf5 19 exf5 Bc8 20 Bf3
Nf6 (or 20...Qxa8 21 Bxc6 bxc6 22 Qd8 mate) 21 Bxc6 bxc6 22
Bf4 Qxa8 23 Qd8+ Ne8 24 f6 Bxf6 25 Bh6+ Bg7 26 Rae1 when Black
is finished, viz. 26...Qb7 27 Rxe7!} 15. cxd6 {! This
sacrifice still holds. White's attack virtually conducts
itself.} 15...axb3 16. Nc7+ Kf8 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 18. f5 {Forwards
all the time. White's pieces simply occupy logical and strong
squares and Black can resign.} 18...gxf5 19. exf5 Bd7
20. dxe7+ Ke8 21. Bc4 {Threatening 22 Bxf7+ and 23 Qxd7.}
21...Ne5 22. Bxb3 Qa6 23. Bf4 Nh6 24. Qd5 {Black is quite
powerless against White's dominating centralisation.}
24...Nhg4 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Rfe1 {There is no defence to 27
Rxe5 and 28 Qxf7# 1-0} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1973/74"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1974.01.09"]
[EventDate "1973.12.27"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 e5 {A line which bears a resemblance to Adorjan's
interesting anti-English system: 1 c4 g6 2 e4 e5!? 3 d4 Nf6 4
dxe5 Nxe4. Unfortunately, the resemblance is only
superficial. Normal would be 4...d6, transposing into the
King's Indian Defence.} 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Bxe5 7. d4 Bg7
8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 {White now enjoys a permanent space advantage
based on his superior mobility and the general weakness of
Black's kingside.} 9...O-O {9...d5 10 Nc3 dxc4 11 Bxc4 and
Black cannot castle. This highlights a specific defect of the
move 8...f6.} 10. Nc3 d6 {Perhaps the best plan is 10...Nc6
intending to transfer this piece to f5 via e7. The text is
somewhat passive.} 11. g3 Bd7 12. Bg2 Qc8 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. O-O
Rf7 15. Rc1 {Played precisely to discourage Black's next move!
However, his other possibility 15...Bh3 is also unpleasant for
him after 16 Bxh3 Qxh3 17 Nf4 followed by d5, gaining control
of the weak square e6. Once again we can trace this back to
move eight, and it is clear that Black's treatment of the
opening is a failure.} 10...Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Qb3 {! A
simple way to win a pawn. If in reply 17...Bc6 18 c5+ Kh8 19
d5 Bd7 20 cxd6; or 17...Rb8 18 c5+ and cxd6.} 17...c6 18. Bf4
{It is now impossible for Black to maintain his sickly d-pawn,
e.g. a) 18...Qc7 19 c5+ b) 18...Re6 19 d5 c) 18...f5 19 d5
with a crushing position; White could even indulge in the
trick 18 ..f5 19 Bxd6 Re6 20 Bf4 Bxd4 21 Bd5 cxd5 22 cxd5
neatly picking up the exchange in mid-board.} 18...Bh3
19. Bxd6 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Re8 21. d5 Qd7 22. Bf4 Re4 {With an
extra pawn and a good position White should win easily, but
Miles, typically, puts up tough resistance in a lost cause.}
23. Rfe1 Rae8 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Rd1 cxd5 26. cxd5 Kh8 27. Rc1
h5 28. Rc7 Qf5 29. d6 Rd4 30. d7 Kh7 31. Rc8 {?! A simpler
technical win would result after 31 d8/Q Qe4+ 32 Qf3 Qxf3+ 33
Kxf3 Rxd8 34 Rxb7. As played White acquires an extra exchange
but still has to play accurately in view of the exposed
position of his king.} 31...Rxf4 32. gxf4 Qxd7 33. Rc1 b6
34. h3 f5 35. Rd1 Qc7 36. Qa4 a5 37. Rd7 Qc5 38. Qd1 Kh6
39. b3 Qb4 40. Qd2 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qc6 {Black's 41st move was
sealed and it actually helps White, since the winning plan is
to cO-Ordinate an attack along the sixth rank with play
against Black's g-pawn.} 42. Rd6 Qc5 43. Kg2 Bh8 {'Pass', but
what else?} 44. Qd5 Qb4 45. Qe6 Bf6 {A nice joke. If 46 Qxf6
Black gets a few checks, but the bishop can't run away, so
White takes time to stop the checks on c1.} 46. Rc6 Qxf4
47. Qxf6 Qe4+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. Bg5 {The Leningrad variation, originally a Spassky
speciality, but in 1974 high fashion.} 4...h6 {A natural
reply, but in Timman - Korchnoi, match game 1976, Black
deferred this and obtained a satisfactory position: 4...c5 5
d5 Bxc3+ 6 bxc3 d6 7 e3 e5 8 f3 Nbd7 9 Bd3 Nf8 10 Ne2 Ng6 11
O-O h6 12 Bxf6 Qxf6 13 Ng3 O-O 14 Qc2 Qg5 15 Qd2 f5=.} 5. Bh4
c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ {A violent alternative is 6...b5!?} 7. bxc3 e5
{?! More circumspect is 7...d6, but I wanted to tempt White's
following advance, believing that the pawn on d6 would be
weak.} 8. d6 {! Annotating this game in The Guardian Leonard
Barden wrote: 'Boris Spassky's move, learnt from his boyhood
trainer V. Zak. It was for a long time considered so strong
that Black should not allow it - but now the verdict on 8 d6
is changing to "too sharp".' Since then the verdict has swung
back again and now I consider that it is 7...e5 which must be
condemned as 'too sharp'.} 8...Nc6 9. Qc2 {? Bagirov misses 9
e3! g5 10 Bg3 Ne4 11 Bxe5! Nxe5 12 Qd5 inaugurating
complications favourable to White. His less active choice in
the game permits Black to create a favourable climate for the
exploitation of White's doubled pawns.} 9...g5 10. Bg3 Nh5
11. e3 Qf6 12. Rd1 b6 13. Be2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 {From a Russian
one might have expected the less dogmatic recapture 14 fxg3!?
Admittedly, this would wreck his pawn structure, but there
would be possibilities for counter-attack in the f-file. Black
now succeeds in developing his pieces around the 'Spassky
pawn', which, far from being a bone jammed in Black's throat,
is about to be crushed by Black's jaws.} 14...Bb7 15. Bf3
O-O-O 16. Ne2 {? White already has a difficult game and this
mistake makes it worse. The best chance was 16 g4!} 16...h5
{!} 17. Rxh5 Rxh5 18. Bxh5 Na5 {Black's temporary pawn
sacrifice has exposed the radical weakness in White's
structure.} 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21. Ng1 {This sets a
neat trap: if 21...Qg2? 22 Ke2 e4 23 Qd2 Rh8 (playing to win
the immobilised knight) 24 Qd5 Nc6 25 a4! Rh1 26 Qxf7 Rxg1 27
Rxg1 Qxg1 28 Qe8+ Nd8 29 Qxe4 Kb8 30 Qe8=} 21...Qg4 {! The
most clear-cut. Black wipes out White's queenside and the
d6-pawn.} 22. Qh7 Qxc4 23. Ne2 Nc6 {The threat of ...e5-e4 and
...Ne5 induces White to shed more pawns.} 24. e4 Qxa2 25. f3
Qe6 26. Kf2 Qf6 27. Rh1 Qxd6 {Voila!} 28. Qxf7 g4 29. Qd5 Qxd5
30. exd5 Ne7 31. c4 {? The last try was 31 fxg4 Nxd5 32
Kf3. As played, Black's queenside pawn roller is
irresistible. The rest is easy.} 31...Rf8 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4
Nf5 34. Rg1 Rg8 35. Ng3 Nd6 36. Ke3 Nxc4+ 37. Ke4 Kc7 38. f5
Nd6+ 39. Kf4 c4 40. f6 b5 41. Ra1 Kb6 42. Ke5 Nf7+ 43. Kd4 Rg6
44. Rf1 a5 45. Rf2 a4 46. Ne4 g3 0-1

[Event "Nice 17/109 (Keene,RD)"]
[Site "ol"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Vlastimil Jansa"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } f5 {In 1974 the Dutch
Defence had enjoyed a new wave of respectability, mainly in
those lines where Black fianchettoes his king's bishop.} 2. d4
Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. d5 {! Favoured
by Huebner, Petrosian and Korchnoi. 7 Nc3 Nc6 8 d5 Ne5 9 Nxe5
dxe5 doesn't promise too much for White.} 7...c5 {Against
7...c6 White has 8 Nc3 e5 9 dxe6 Bxe6 10 Qd3Â¿ (see game
63). The text leads to a kind of Yugoslav King's Indian where
Black has the extra move ...f7-f5 which gives him increased
central control, but which could also be construed as a
loosening of his kingside.} 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Rb1 Rb8 {Less good
is 9...Nc7 10 a4 a6 11 b4! +/- (Petrosian).} 10. b3 Nc7
11. Bb2 a6 {A superfluous preparatory move. He could have
played 11...b5 at once, since White would hardly contemplate
12 cxb5? After 11...b5 I would have played 12 Qc2 bxc4 13 bxc4
Ba6 14 Nd2 with a slight edge.} 12. e3 b5 13. Ne2 13...a5 {A
new move. I had reached this identical position on three prior
occasions. Keene - Hindle, English Counties' Team Ch. 1970,
continued 13...Qe8?! 14 Bc3 b4 15 Bb2 h6 16 a3 bxa3 17 Bxa3 g5
18 b4 cxb4 19 Bxb4 Qh5 20 Ned4 f4 21 exf4 gxf4 22 Nc6 +/-,
while Keene - Ree, Paignton 1970 (game 20), saw 13...Bd7 14
Bc3 Na8 15 Ng5 while also not bad is 15 Nf4 as in Keene -
Matulovic, Siegen Olympiad 1970.} 14. Nf4 a4 15. h4
{Threatening Ng5 in conjunction with h4-h5, so Black must
release the tension on the opposite wing in order to
inaugurate instant counterplay.} 15...axb3 16. axb3 bxc4
17. bxc4 Rb4 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. Qc2 {Here I declined the offer of
a draw.} 19...Qd7 20. Nd3 Ra4 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rb8
23. Bc3 Qc8 24. Nf4 Nd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. e4 {The
same advance as in the Ree game, although the circumstances in
this case are by no means so favourable. Black's hold on the
central dark squares gives him definite hope of retaliation.}
27...Ne5 28. Nd3 {28 Bh3 looks most attractive, but it fails
to 28...Qb7! 29 exf5 Qb2 or 29 Rb1 Qxb1+! 30 Nxb1 Rxb1+
followed by ...fxe4 or ...Bxc4 and Black has a powerful
initiative plus adequate material compensation for the queen.}
28...Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Qf8 {Coming round to reinforce the dark
squares.} 30. Re1 Qf6 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Bh3 f4 33. Ne4 {? With
both sides short of time, the play loses its cohesion. Correct
was 33 Qe4! and if 33...fxg3 34 fxg3 Qc3 (which I feared)
simply 35 Qf4! +/-.} 33...Qd4 34. Qxd4 cxd4 35. Bf1 Rb4
36. Nd2 Kf7 {He should have captured on g3, and next move I
should have captured on f4.} 37. Re4 fxg3 {!} 38. fxg3 d3 {!
The d-pawn clings to life by a miracle. If 39 Bxd3 Rb2!
threatening ...Rxd2 and ...Nxd5 exploiting the pin.} 39. Rf4+
Kg7 40. Rg4+ Kf6 {After the game Jansa advocated 40...Kh8, but
it doesn't look convincing after 41 Rd4.} 41. Rf4+ {The sealed
move. 41...Ke5 is impossible (42 Nf3 mate!) so Black must
retreat. It transpired that the Czechs had spent most of the
adjournment pause analysing 41 Bxd3, so the text enjoyed a
certain surprise value.} 41...Kg7 42. Kf2 {Many hours of
adjournment analysis convinced me that the forcing 42 Re4 did
not achieve much, so I decided to try this very quiet king
move as the possibility least likely to have been analysed by
my opponent.} 42...e6 43. dxe6 Nxe6 44. Rg4+ Kf6 {? Here
44...Kh8 really does draw, e.g. 45 Bxd3 d5 (threatening to
liquidate the queenside) 46 Bf5 Ng7! 47 cxd5? Rb2! or 45 Re4
Nc5 46 Rd4 Rb2! 47 Ke3 Rxd2 48 Kxd2 Nb3+ 49 Kxd3 Nxd4 50 Kxd4
Bb7! with a drawn ending. The pawn minus doesn't mean
anything, since White cannot successfully surround Black's
d-pawn.} 45. Bxd3 d5 46. Bxh7 dxc4 47. Ke3 {This is a win for
White who will soon annex the black c-pawn.} 47...Ra4 {After
47...Nc5 White plays 48 Rg6+ followed by Rc6, but not 48 Bg8?
c3!! 49 Rxb4 c2 50 Ne4+ Nxe4 51 Rb6+ Kg7 52 Rc6 Kxg8 53 Rxc2
Bb7 with excellent drawing chances for Black.} 48. Bd3 {!
Winning the pawn much earlier than anticipated. Black could
now have resigned - the more so after his next move.} 48...Ng7
49. Rg6+ {!} Kf7 50. Rxa6 Rxa6 51. Bxc4+ Re6+ 52. Kf4 Kf6
53. Bxe6 Nxe6+ 54. Kg4 Nc5 55. Kh5 Kg7 56. g4 Nd7 57. Kg5 Ne5
58. Kf5 Ng6 59. Nf3 Kh6 60. Kf6 Nf4 61. Nd4 {It was lucky for
me that there were no adjudications in international
tournaments!} 1-0

[Event "Cala Galdana (Clare Benedict)"]
[Site "Cala Galdana (Clare Benedict)"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c5 2. b3 {Preferring this
version of the Nimzowitsch/Larsen Attack to the equalising
line in the English by 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 g6 with ...e7-e6 to
follow.} 2...Nf6 3. Bb2 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 {?! Very risky,
although Black's play can possibly be justified.} 6. Bxf6 {The
only way to punish Black's 5th move. White devalues Black's
kingside pawns and takes firm control of d5, but Black does
obtain some dark square compensation.} 6...exf6 7. Nc3 h5 {!}
8. h4 {!} Bh6 {! Black's last two moves constitute an
excellent plan which gains some space for him on the kingside
and also places the king's bishop on an extremely aggressive
post. By comparison, 7...Bg7 would be merely stereotyped.}
9. Nf3 {White would prefer to develop this piece on e2 in
order to maintain contact with d5, but after 9 e3 Bg4 10 Nge2
Ne5 is unpleasant.} 9...Bg4 10. Nd5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. e3 Ne5
{A good move which provokes White into playing d2-d4, when
Black has a target for counter-attack.} 13. d4 cxd4 14. exd4
Nc6 15. Qd3 Bg7 {Less consistent would be 15...Bf5 16 Qc3 Re2
17 Rae1 Rc2 18 Qa1 when White has the threat of Re8+ followed
by Nxf6+.} 16. Rae1 Qa5 17. Ne3 f5 {? An overambitious advance
which places Black in a precarious situation. With 17...Bxf3
18 Bxf3 f5! he would have maintained equal chances.} 18. Ng5
{White now destroys the opposition with a few tactical
strokes. 18...Nxd4 is no answer because of 19 f3 f4 20 fxg4
fxe3 21 Bd5+-.} 18...f4 {Necessary to salvage his queen's
bishop, and if 19 gxf4? Bf5 20 Qd1 Nxd4-/+.} 19. Bd5 {!!
Forcing the win. 19...fxe3 20 Bxf7+ Kh8 21 Qxg6 Qf5 22 Qxf5
Bxf5 23 fxe3 Bg4 24 Bxe8 followed by Nf7+ and Nd6+-. If in
this variation 21...exf2+ 22 Kxf2 Qd2+ 23 Kg1 Bxd4+ 24 Kh1 and
wins.} 19...Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qxg6 Re7 {Or 21...fxe3 22
fxe3 and Qh7 mate to follow.} 22. Nd5 exd5 23. Rxe7 Nxe7
24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Ne6 Bxd4 28. Nxd4
Qc3 29. Qxf4 Nc6 {Black resigned without waiting for any
more.} 1-0

[Event "Camaguey (Cuba)"]
[Site "Camaguey (Cuba)"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alberto N Caro"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 {In our
book The Modern Defence George Botterill and I classed this
move as slightly dubious.} 3...c5 {Also possible is 3...d5 4
e5.} 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 {!? An innovation. In our book we
recommended 5...d6 as giving Black a good game, but I wanted
to try something sharper.} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e5 {White's centre
lurches forward in the interests of
self-preservation. Actually 7 Nc3 was on since 7...Nxd4 8 Nd5
Nxf3+ 9 gxf3! Qd8 10 Qc2 is unhappy for Black - but 7...Nh6!
(with the idea of ...O-O) keeps up the pressure.} 7...Nh6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. d5 {White has to harry the opponent before he
can dismantle the centre completely with ...d7-d6 plus
...Bg4.} 9...Nb4 10. a3 Na6 11. Bd3 d6 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Bc4 Bg4
14. Be3 {White has little choice but to allow the weakening of
his pawn structure.} 14...Bxf3 {White's position is a
structural wreck but it is not entirely devoid of attacking
prospects.} 15. gxf3 Nf5 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. h4 Rac8 18. Nb5 Qd8
19. Nd4 {On 19 Nxa7 I planned the following powerful exchange
sacrifice: 19...Qa5+ 20 b4 Qxa7 21 bxc5 Qa5+ 22 Qd2 Rxc5! 23
Bxc5 Qxc5 with more than sufficient positional compensation
for the slight material investment.} 19...Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nd7
{Threatening to exploit the exposure of the bishop on c4 by
continual capturing on e5.} 21. b3 Qc7 22. Bb2 h5 23. Rg1
{Setting the trap 23...dxe5?? 24 Rxg6!} 23...Qc5 24. Rg2
{After this move the peculiar alignment of White's queen and
king's rook permits Black a spectacular combinative blow. On
24 Rg3 Black would have been obliged to pursue the following
course: 24...dxe5 25 fxe5 b5 26 Bxb5 Nxe5 27 Bxe5 Bxe5 28 Qxe5
Qxb5 29 Qxh5 Qd3!} 24...Nb6 25. Rc1 Nxd5 26. f5 {Or 26 b4
Qe3!} 26...Qe3 27. fxg6 {My opponent played this as though it
were decisive but he had not taken into account the reply:}
27...Nf4 {!} 28. gxf7+ Kh8 {Black wins in all variations,
e.g.: a) 29 Rg5 Nxe2 30 Rxh5+ Bh6 31 Rxh6+ Kg7! (but not
31...Qxh6?? 32 exd6+ Kh7 33 Bd3+). b) 29 Qxe3 Nxg2+ 30 Ke2
Nxe3 31 Kxe3 b5! 32 Bd5 Rxc1 33 Bxc1 Bh6+ 34 f4 dxe5 35 Bb2
Bxf4+ 36 Ke4 Kg7 37 Bxe5+ Bxe5 38 Kxe5 Rd8 39 Ke6
Kf8-+. Black's rook soon penetrates to the white hinterland
and eats its fill. As so often, a shock move induces the
opponent to make a very bad reply.} 29. Rxg7 {?} Nxe2 30. Rg8+
{30...Rxg8 31 fxg8=Q+ Rxg8 32 Bxg8 Nxc1+ or 32 Bxe2 Rg1 mate.}
0-1

[Event "Camaguey (Cuba)"]
[Site "Camaguey (Cuba)"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6
4. Be3 a6 {!?} 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f3 {The most aggressive move here
is 6 h4, but Jimenez had drawn all of his games in quiet
fashion up to this round, so I was hardly expecting a
super-sharp theoretical test of my provocative defence
inaugurated by 4...a6!?} 6...b5 7. Nh3 Bb7 8. Be2 c5 9. Nf2
{Much stronger is 9 d5! After the feeble text Black can reach
a highly favourable Sicilian style position.} 9...cxd4 {!}
10. Bxd4 Ngf6 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Qc7 13. Rac1 Nb6 {Black has
obviously won the opening and his pressure in the half-open
c-file is especially unpleasant for White. White's next move
looks insanely anti-positional but he is already in a strange
kind of strategic zugzwang.} 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. fxg4 Bxd4+
16. Qxd4 Rac8 17. Kh1 Qc5 {Exchange of queens furthers Black's
cause.} 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne5 21. c3 Rc7
22. Rcd1 Kg7 23. Rf4 Rb8 {Black prepares the traditional
minority attack on the queenside.} 24. h3 a5 25. Ra1 Rcb7
26. b4 Qc7 27. a4 axb4 28. cxb4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 {? A better
chance would have been 29 b5! intending 30 Rfxa4.} 29...Rc8
30. Rd4 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qb1 32. Ba6 {A naive piece of optimism
which allows a cunning refutation.} 32...Rc2 {If now 33 Qf4
Rbc7-+.} 33. Bxb7 {Two rooks for a queen ... please?} 33...Qb2
{!! A painful shock for White. If 34 Qf4 Rxg2+ 35 Kh1 Rf2-+.}
34. Qxc2 {As I said, two rooks for a queen.} 34...Qxc2
{Threatening ...Qxa4 or ...Nf3+. White's reply is forced.}
35. Ra3 Qb2 {! Back again, and it only one rook. After 36 Rd3
Nxd3 37 Rxd3 Qxb4 White has even shed his b-pawn, so ...} 0-1

[Event "England"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Jonathan Penrose"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c5 2. b3 {Quite a bright
move since it cuts out the equalising lines involving ...g7-g6
and ...e7-e6.} 2...Nc6 {2...b6!? may be possible; Saidy tried
something similar against Petrosian at San Antonio 1972. He
lost, but that was not the fault of his second move. A game
Timman - Adorjan, played at Wijk aan Zee a few weeks before
the present encounter, took the following crazy course:
2...Nf6 3 Bb2 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 a3 f6 7 e3 e5 8 Qc2
Be6 9 Bd3 g6 10 h4 Bg7 11 Nc3 Nxc3 12 Bxc3 Rc8 13 h5 Nd4 14
exd4 cxd4 15 hxg6 dxc3 16 dxc3 and White won. I was quite
prepared to copy that, just out of interest.} 3. Bb2 e5 {This
I do not like since it weakens d5, but it is doubtless
playable.} 4. Nc3 g6 {Here 4...Nge7 should be an improvement,
keeping open the possibility of transposing to the game but
also angling for ...d7-d5; e.g. 4...Nge7 5 g3 d5! cannot be
too bad for Black. Thus 5 e3 is an improvement, meeting 5...d5
with 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 Bb5 and 5...g6 with 6 Ne4 forcing 6...Nf5
and then White can continue with 7 g3 and Black's king's
knight is badly placed. Probably the right sequence is
4...Nge7 5 e3 d6! hoping to discourage g2-g3 (6 g3 d5 and the
loss of tempo is not significant).} 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7
7. d3 O-O 8. e3 d6 9. Nge2 Bf5 10. O-O {It is possible to
defer this and try for O-O-O, e.g. Larsen - Kavalek, Lugano
1970: 1 b3 c5 2 Bb2 Nc6 3 c4 e5 4 g3 d6 5 Bg2 Nge7 6 e3 g6 7
Ne2 Bg7 8 Nbc3 O-O 9 d3 Be6 10 Nd5 Qd7 11 h4 f5 12 Qd2 Rae8 13
h5 b5; although Larsen won the game, the plan of O-O-O and
h2-h4 has never struck me as particularly convincing. It is
also worth looking at Larsen's move-order; I would have
thought that Black could have tried ...d7-d5 on move 4 or even
move 6.} 10...Qd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 {Or 11...Bh3 12 Bxh3 Qxh3 13
Nec3 f5 14 f4 with some advantage, since White has established
control of d5 and the light squares in general.} 12. cxd5 Ne7
13. e4 {Naturally I wanted to encourage the exchange of
light-squared bishops.} 13...Bh3 14. Qd2 Rae8 15. Rae1 h5
{Penrose accompanied this move with an offer of a draw,
perhaps believing that Black's solid position gave him hopes
of quick equality. My reading of the position, however, was
quite otherwise. I could not be sure that I had a definite
advantage, but I did feel that Black needed to play positively
and actively (possibly ...b7-b5 and ...b5-b4 or ...h5-h4)
which I did not think would be forthcoming after a draw
offer. I also glanced at the clock to see that Black had less
than half an hour for his next 25 moves. So we play on.}
16. f4 b6 {?} 17. Bc3 Kh7 {? Black's last two slow,
consolidating moves were just the sort of reaction for which I
had hoped. Now White gets a really tangible plus - in fact,
Black's game fell apart with an ease that quite surprised me.}
18. Qb2 {! Putting the finger on Black's weakness - his
e-pawn. Perhaps he should try 18...f6 but this is clearly
unattractive; White could then even consider doubling rooks on
the f-file and sacrificing the exchange after f4-f5.} 18...Ng8
19. f5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bh6 21. Ng1 Nf6 22. Bd2 {There is nothing
odd about this exchange of Black's 'bad' bishop. I required g5
for my knight and there is no other way of achieving this.}
22...Qd8 {I expected 22...Bxd2 23 Qxd2 Kg7 when either 24 h3
(followed by g3-g4) or 24 Nf3 Nh7 25 Nh4 would be a promising
continuation.} 23. Nf3 Nd7 {Allowing a forced winning
variation, but alternatives are not palatable: 23...gxf5 24
Ng5+ or 23...Ng8 24 fxg6+ fxg6 25 Qc1! and White is bound to
establish his knight on g5.} 24. fxg6+ fxg6 25. Bxh6 Kxh6
26. Qd2+ Kg7 27. Ng5 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Nf6 {Offering the exchange
to slow down White's attack. If 28...Nf8 29 Nf7 Qe7 30 Qh6+
Kg8 31 Qh8 mate.} 29. Qf2 {Much stronger than the capture of
the exchange, although that probably wins too. Black's moves
are now forced.} 29...Qe7 {As in game 18 against Penrose,
Black is now utterly paralysed. A giant white knight
established on e6 is a curious feature of both games! If now
29...Nxd5 30 Qf7+ Kh6 31 Qh7+ Kxg5 32 h4+ Kg4 33 Qxg6+ mates,
while 29...Ng4 meets the same fate.} 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. h3 Rg8
32. g4 hxg4 {32...g5 33 Qf5 wins.} 33. hxg4 g5 34. Qf5 Rg6
35. Rh1 Qe8 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 Kh8 {38 Ra8! Qxa8 39 Qxg6
wins on the spot.} 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Site "Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Wlodzimierz Schmidt"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7
4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 {Transposing to the King's Indian
Defence, Double Fianchetto Variation.} 6...e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7
8. Nc3 dxe5 9. Qd2 {A very sharp interpretation of the
variation, planning O-O-O and an attack along the h-file.}
9...Nc6 10. O-O-O Nd4 {Assuming that the square d4 is his
natural birthright. But much stronger was 10...Re8 planning
...e5-e4 and ...f7-f5 to blot out the white king's bishop.}
11. Bg2 Ne6 12. h4 f5 {He should play 12...h5.} 13. Ng5 {! His
king is already over-shadowed by combinational storm clouds. }
13...Nxg5 14. hxg5 c6 {If 14...Re8 15 Qd5+ Kh8 16 Rxh7+ Kxh7
17 Rh1++-.} 15. Rh4 Rf7 {Or 15...Re8 16 Bd5+! cxd5 17 Qxd5+
Kh8 (if 17...Kf8 18 Ba3+ Re7 19 Rxh7) 18 Rxh7+ Kxh7 19 Rh1+
Bh6 20 Qf7++-.} 16. Rdh1 Bf8 17. Nd5 {!! The decisive move. If
in reply 17...cxd5 18 Bxd5 h5 19 Rxh5 gxh5 20 g6 Kg7 21 Bxf7,
threatening Rxh5 and Bxe5+ after which Black is helpless. If
instead 18...Qe7 19 Rxh7 Bg7 20 f4 Nf8 21 Rxg7+ Kxg7 22 Bxe5+
Kg8 23 Rh8 mate. Black prefers to sacrifice the exchange, but
this is equally hopeless and the rest of the game is simply a
matter of gradual technique.} 17...h5 18. Nf6+ Rxf6 19. gxf6
Qxf6 20. f4 Bg7 21. Rd1 Qf7 22. Qd6 a5 23. fxe5 Nf8 24. a4 Be6
25. Kb1 Rc8 26. e4 g5 27. Rhh1 {Both rooks rather amusingly
slide back off the h-file for central action.} 27...b5
28. axb5 cxb5 29. exf5 Qxf5+ 30. Ka1 bxc4 31. Rhf1 Qg6 32. Bd5
{!} c3 33. Rxf8+ Kh7 34. Rxc8 cxb2+ 35. Kxb2 Bxc8 36. Bg8+ Kh6
37. Ka3 {? Owing to time-trouble White only finds the correct
move - Bf7! - three moves later.} 37...g4 38. Qd2+ Qg5
39. Qd6+ Qg6 40. Bf7 {!} 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "James Tarjan"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c5 {A common reply to
RÃˆti's 1 Nf3 in modern tournament chess. Black angles for
transposition to an ordinary Sicilian. Once I fell into the
trap of playing 2 e4 (against Karpov) and lost.} 2. c4 {!} g6
3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {Probably the best choice, since 5 dxc5
dxc5 6 Qxd8+ etc. gives White nothing.} 5. d5 {Opting for a
Benoni set-up. White can also play 5 Nc3.} 5...Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Bd3 e6 8. h3 exd5 9. exd5 Na6 {After 9...Re8+ 10 Be3 Bh6 11
O-O! Bxe3 12 fxe3 Rxe3 13 Qd2 White obtains a tremendous
attack for his pawn.} 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 Nh5 12. Re1 f5
13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Qd2 Bd7 {I did not know during the game that
we were following Pytel - Tarjan from an earlier round of the
Master Group right up to this point! In the earlier game
Tarjan played 14...Bxg5 15 Qxg5 Bd7 and the game rapidly
concluded in a draw. Of course, it's better for White to
recapture with the knight since he then retains attacking
prospects.} 15. Re2 {It's very logical to double rooks on the
e-file.} 15...Bxg5 16. Nxg5 {Of course; the e6 square beckons
to White's pieces.} 16...Qf6 {Here an interesting alternative
was possible: 16...h6!? 17 Ne6 Bxe6! 18 dxe6 Qg5! 19 Qxg5 hxg5
20 Nd5 Nxd5 21 cxd5 Nf4 22 Rd2 Nxd3! (not 22...Nxd5? 23 Bc4)
23 Rxd3. In my opinion, White cannot win the double rook
ending in spite of his protected passed pawn. In fact, after
16...h6 White should simply retreat his knight to f3 which
leaves him with the preferable position.} 17. Nb5 {Again the
logical continuation. White undermines the supporters of the
valuable e6 square and opens the a-file.} 17...Nxb5 18. axb5
Ng7 19. Nf3 a6 {? This is the losing move. Black completely
overlooks the threat contained in White's previous move. After
the game I expressed the opinion (endorsed by Grandmaster
Browne) that Black should play actively with 19...f4! when the
outcome of the struggle would still not be clear. Personally I
would still prefer White's game, but Black is not devoid of
counter-chances linked with a kingside pawn advance.} 20. Qh6
{! It's good luck for Black that he actually has any defence
at all against Ng5. What he plays is forced but White then
obtains a queenless middlegame which offers outstanding
chances of victory.} 20...Nh5 21. Ng5 Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Nxg7
23. Re7 Bc8 {23...Rfd8 loses to 24 Nf7.} 24. bxa6 {A simple
solution which maintains White's plus.} 24...bxa6 {The better
recapture. After 24...Rxa6? 25 Rxa6 bxa6 26 Rc7 Black's case
is quite hopeless. He needs to retain the rook for the defence
of his queenside.} 25. Rae1 h6 26. Nf3 g5 {Also difficult for
Black is the continuation 26...Rf7 27 Nh4! exploiting the
sensitivity of g6.} 27. Rc7 Ne8 28. Rc6 Bd7 29. Rb6 {Black
has, once again, discovered the toughest line of
resistance. He could, for instance, have gone astray with
28...Rb8 allowing 29 Re7, when the total infiltration of
White's rooks would deprive Black of any reasonable moves.}
29...Rf7 30. Nd2 {Freeing the f-pawn to prod Black's kingside
pawns, with the idea of inducing further weak points in that
sector.} 30...Kf8 31. f4 31... Ra7 {Black avoids a cunning
trap here: 31...Re7 32 Rf1 Re3 (highly plausible moves on
Black's part) 33 Bxf5! Bxf5 34 fxg5 Ng7 (or 34...Re5 35 g4) 35
gxh6 and White gains an important pawn.} 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Nf3
Rg7 {Much worse for Black is 33...g4 34 hxg4 fxg4 35 Nh4; the
white knight arrives at g6 with overwhelming effect.} 34. Rb8
{Threatening 35 Bxf5 Bxf5 36 Rexe8+.} 34...f4 35. h4 gxh4 {If
35...g4 36 Ng5 and wins.} 36. Nxh4 Kf7 {In acute time-trouble
Tarjan continues to find his 'only moves', but it's his bad
luck that the position is lost in all events.} 37. Rf1 {The
f-pawn is doomed, and when it drops Black's king will have no
protection left.} 37...Rg4 38. Nf5 Kf6 39. Ne3 Rg3 {Or
39...Rh4 40 g3 winning.} 40. Rxf4+ Kg5 41. Re4 {The most
crushing move: Black loses by force in all lines now. The
threat is to capture on e8, so Black had to seal:} 41...Nf6
{When play was resumed there followed:} 42. Re7 Nh5 {Or
42...Kf4 43 Rf8 Rxe3 44 Rxf6+ Kg5 45 Rg6+ Kf4 46 g3+ Rxg3+ 47
Rxg3 Kxg3 48 Bf5! Rb7 49 Rxd7 Rxb2 50 Rxd6 (since Black has no
mate), or here 48...Bxf5 49 Rxa7 Bd3 50 Rxa6 Bxc4 51 Rxd6 Kf4
52 Rc6 Bxd5 53 Rxc5 and 54 Rc3 is completely hopeless for
Black. After the move chosen, White exploits the scattered and
exposed positions of Black's pieces to create an attractive
mating net.} 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Rh7 Rg5 45. Rf8+ Ke5 46. Re7+ Kd4
47. Be2 {Not 47 Ke2?? Bg4+!, but now there is no good defence
to the threat of 48 Nc2 mate (47...Re5 loses at least a
piece). In view of this:} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Master Group"]
[Site "Camagueey"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Alberto Barreras"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7
4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 {?! A move not
highly regarded by theory. Rather than liquidate the centre it
is better to put pressure on it with 7...Nb6 8 Nc3 Nc6.}
8. dxc5 Na6 9. Ng5 Ndb4 10. Nc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nca6 {The upshot
of Black's 7th move is a big lead in development for
White. Black has lost a lot of time with the queenside
peregrinations of his knights.} 12. Qb3 {! The refutation of
Black's play. Hartston's Gruenfeld monograph mentioned only 12
a3, assessing the chances in White's favour, but Black can
then avoid the worst consequences of his conduct of the
opening with 12...Qxd1! instead of 12...Nc6 as given.} 12...h6
13. a3 {! Only now. After 13...hxg5 14 axb4 White threatens g5
and a6.} 13...Nc6 14. Rfd1 {Gaining more time; meanwhile
Black's pieces are forced onto awkward squares.} 14...Qe8
15. Nge4 b6 {Weakens the position of the knight at c6, but how
else to develop the queen's bishop? Also horrible is 15...Na5
16 Qd5 Nc6 17 Rac1 Be6 18 Qb5 Rb8 19 Bf4.} 16. Nd5 Bb7
{Allowing a destructive combination, but 16...Be6 17 Qb5 is
highly unpleasant.} 17. Bxh6 {! If 17...Bxh6 18 Nef6+ exf6 19
Nxf6+ Kh8 20 Nxe8 Raxe8 21 Bxc6 Bxc6 22 Qc3+! and it is only
two pieces for the queen.} 17...Nd4 18. Qd3 {Black has to play
18...Nf5 or 18...Ne6, but then the combinative idea
re-emerges, this time based on f6 and d6.} 18...Ne6 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Qc3+ f6 21. Ndxf6 {! White wins two pawns with this
coup, and the rest is something of an anticlimax. Black
finally resigned at the end of the session.} 21...exf6 22. Nd6
Qe7 23. Bxb7 Rad8 24. Bxa6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Rc1 Rf7
27. Bd3 Re7 28. Qc6 Qe5 29. Qe4 {A temporary sacrifice of one
of the extra pawns to secure mass simplification.} 29...Qxe4
30. Bxe4 Nd4 31. Bd3 Nxe2+ 32. Bxe2 Rxe2 33. Rc7+ Kh6 34. b4
{!} a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Rc5 Ra2 37. Rxa5 f5 38. Kg2 Kg5
39. h4+ Kg4 {?} 40. Ra8 Kh5 41. Rh8+ Kg4 42. Rh6 1-0

[Event "British Team Championship Final Cambridge v Brighton"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Brian Denman"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} d5 2.b3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb2 e6
5.c4 dxc4 6.bxc4 {This is stronger than Bxc4.} Be7 7.Qc2 Nc6
8.a3 {!} b6 9.Bd3 { 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Rad1
Qc7 [12...h6! was recommended by Petrosian.] 13.Ng5 g6 14.f4
Na5 15.Nb5 Qb8 16.f5 exf5 17.Rxf5 Rc6 18.Rf4 with a tremendous
pull, Tal - Kapengut, Moscow Russia 1972.} Bb7 10.O-O Qd6
11.Nc3 Rd8 12.Be2 O-O 13.Rad1 h6 {!} 14.Rfe1 Rd7 15.Qb1 Qb8
16.d3 Rfd8 17.h3 Ba8 18.Bf1 Bf8 {Black should play
consistently for ...b5 with ...a6.} 19.Ne2 {!} Ne8 20.Ng3 a6
21.d4 Bd6 { 21...cxd4 22.exd4 b5 23.d5! exd5 24.cxb5 axb5
25.Nf5 } 22.Ne4 cxd4 23.Nxd6 Nxd6 24.exd4 Na5 25.Ne5 Rc7 26.d5
exd5 {26...Naxc4 27.Nxc4 Nxc4 28.Bxc4 Rxc4 29.dxe6 fxe6
30.Qg6} 27.cxd5 b5 28.Ng4 {Setting up a bishop sac at g7.} h5
29.Ne3 {The safe move, played in time pressure. 29.Bxg7!? Kxg7
(29...hxg4 30.Bf6 Re8 31.Rd4) 30.Qa1+ and White should win. }
Nac4 30.Bxc4 bxc4 31.Qa1 f6 32.Bc3 Re8 33.Bb4 Rcc8 {33...Rce7
walks into a pin a d6, but it possibly offered more
prospects.} 34.Rd4 c3 {?} 35.Bxc3 Nb5 36.Rd3 Qf4 37.Bb4 Qe4
38.Qd1 Rcd8 39.Nc2 Qc4 40.Rxe8+ Rxe8 41.Ne3 Qe4 42.Qxh5 g6
43.Qd1 f5 44.Qd2 { 44.Ng4! would have led to a more elegant
win. } Nc7 45.Rd4 Qb1+ 46.Kh2 Nb5 47.Rh4 Qa1 48.a4 Qe5+ {
48...Qxa4 49.Nxf5 ! gxf5 50.Qg5+ +- } 49.g3 g5 50.Rc4 {Black
resigned. eg 50...Na7 51.Bc3 50...f4 51.Ng4 fxg3+ 52.fxg3 Qe2+
53.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 54.Kg1 wins } 1-0

[Event "Nice ol"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1974.06.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Paul Milbers"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Raymond Keene} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 c5
5.e3 Nc6 {Inviting a kind of reversed Nimzo-Indian. The
easiest course is probably 5...dxc4 6.bxc4 Be7 and White's
central pawn majority is not yet dangerous. } 6.cxd5 Nxd5 {
6...exd5 7.Bb5 is even less comfortable, since an eventual
White d4 will saddle Black with an isolated d-pawn. [This is a
standard line of the Tarrasch Defense, by transposition after
d4 -- editor.] } 7.Bb5 Bd7 {Rightly avoiding the doubled
pawns.} 8.O-O Nf6 {A necessary loss of tempo, otherwise it is
hard to develop the dark square bishop.} 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Qe2 a6
11.Bd3 {! The bishop is retained for hostile action against
Black's king, the blocking of the d-pawn is an evil of purely
temporary duration.} O-O 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Bb1 b5
15.d4 cxd4 16.exd4 Qb7 17.d5 {The typical isolated d-pawn
advance. Normally, it will either lead to a general
liquidation and equality, or if White's pieces are well
placed, as here a crushing attack.} exd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Rxd5
Be6 {In this position I wanted to unleash a beautiful
combination, but it was flawed, and there was a banal but
considerably more effective alternative, which I reluctantly
chose.} 20.Rh5 { 20.Bxh7+ ! ? Kxh7 21.Qe4+ and now ...Kh6
[21...Kg8 22.Rh5] [21...g6 22.Rh5+ Kg8 23.Rh8#] [21...f5
22.Qxe6 is the fly in the ointment. White's position is
crushing but it's not yet mate.] 22.Rh5+! Kxh5 23.Qh7+ Kg4
24.Rc4+!! bxc4 25.Bc1 and mate cannot be avoided.} g6 {
20...h6 21.Qe4 is also useless for Black. } 21.Bxg6 fxg6 {
21...hxg6 22.Rh8# } 22.Qxe6+ {Black resigned in light of
22...Rf7 23.Qxg6+ hxg6 24.Rh8# } 1-0

[Event "Clare Benedict"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Hans Ree"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6
7. d4 Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 Qc7 10. Nc3 e5 11. e3 exd4
12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Ba3 Bd7 16. Rd2 Rad8
17. Rfd1 Bc8 18. e4 Bh6 19. Re2 Bg7 20. Red2 Bh6 21. Re2 Bg7
22. Kh2 h5 23. Nf3 Nh7 24. Bb2 Be6 25. Red2 Qc7 26. Nh4 Bf6
{?} 27. f4 Bxh4 28. gxh4 d5 29. cxd5 Qxf4+ {?} 30. Kh1 cxd5
{?} 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Qxc5 Rxe4 33. Rxd5 Rde8 34. Qc3 Nf6
35. Rf1 Nxd5 36. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Ilford"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.05.25"]
[EventDate "2009.05.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "K L Escott"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 O-O
{!} 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. cxd6 exd6 9. O-O Nc5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nbd2
Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Qxd6 Rxe4 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8
16. Bd2 Bg4 17. Rae1 Ra4 18. Bc1 Rxa2 19. Re7 Bxf3 20. Rxf3
Bf8 21. Re1 f5 22. h3 Kf7 23. g4 Rd5 24. Kg2 Be7 25. Kg3 Bd6
26. Kg2 Ra1 27. Rff1 Rb1 28. Kf3 Rd3+ 29. Re3 Rd5 30. Ree1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.04.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "A Lukowicz"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. f3 Ne8
12. Qd2 Qa5 13. b4 {!} Qd8 14. Rac1 Ne5 15. Na3 a6 16. Nd5 Be6
17. f4 Nd7 18. f5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nef6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Rf4 Bh6
22. Rh4 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qb6 24. c5 {!} dxc5 25. Nc4 Qa7 26. Qh6
cxb4+ 27. Kh1 Nh5 28. Bxh5 Rxc4 29. Rhxc4 gxh5 {White
announced mate in four} 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Qxh5+ Kg7 32. Qg5+
Kh8 33. Rh4# 1-0

[Event "Hammersmith Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.04.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "R H Watson"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qe2 Bf6 11. Rac1 Nc6
12. Rfd1 Nxc3 13. dxc3 {!} Qe7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne1 d4
16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. exd4 Rad8
20. Nf3 Rfe8 21. Qd3 Re7 22. Re1 Red7 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 g5
25. Rc6 Kg7 26. h4 h6 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Kg2 Rd5 29. Rc7 a5
30. Rb7 R8d6 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 b5 33. Rxb5 {!} 1-0

[Event "Ilford Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.05.26"]
[EventDate "2009.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Szaszvari"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Bc4 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. f3 Nd7 8. a4 b4 9. Nce2 Ngf6 10. a5 O-O 11. h4 c5 12. h5
Nxh5 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nde2 Nc5 16. Qxb4 Nxb3
17. Qxb3 Qe7 18. c4 Rab8 19. Bb6 Rfc8 20. Rd1 Qe6 21. Rc1 Nf6
22. Qd3 Nd7 23. Be3 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. b3 e4 26. Nf4 Qe5
27. Kf2 {??} exd3 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7475"]
[Site "Hastings, United Kingdom"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Steven Botterill"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 c4 7.Bc2
Rc8 8.Re1 g6 9.Qe2 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.d4 cxd3
13.Bxd3 Bg7 14.Be3 Nf6 15.a4 O-O 16.a5 Be6 17.f4 Bd7 18.Nd2 e5
19.Nc4 Qe7 20.Nb6 Rc7 21.Qf2 exf4 22.Bxf4 Be6 23.Qh4 Ne8
24.Qg3 Rc5 25.Bc2 Be5 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Nd5 Qd8 28.Qd3 Ng7 29.b4
f5 30.Nf4 fxe4 31.Nxe6 exd3 32.Nxd8 Rxe1+ 33.Rxe1 dxc2 34.Nxb7
Nf5 35.Kf2 Nd4+ {time} 0-1

[Event "Algarve (Portugal)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fernando Silva"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6
4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 {If 5 g3 Black gets a fine position by
...e6-e5 and ...Bc5, as demonstrated in Jansa - Huebner,
Athens 1969. Interestingly, several of my opponents in the
Algarve resorted to the closed line against the
French. Another example was Durao - Keene, which went 5 Be2
Be7 6 O-O O-O 7 c3 a5 8 a4 e5 9 Qc2 b6 10 Rd1 Bb7 11 Nf1 Re8
12 Ng3 h6 13 h3 Bf8 14 Nh2 Nb8! 15 Bf3 Nbd7 16 Bd2 Nc5 17 Ng4
Nxg4 18 Bxg4 dxe4 19 dxe4 Qd3 20 Qxd3 Nxd3 21 Be2 Nxb2 22
Rdb1. It now looks as if Black's knight is trapped but a
tactical trick allows this piece to emerge, 22...Nd3!! 23 Bxd3
Red8 24 Bxh6 Rxd3 25 Bg5 Rxc3 and Black won in a further 11
moves.} 5...a5 6. a4 {6 Qc2 is less committal (Ciocaltea -
Keene, Tbilisi 1974). After 6 e5 Nd7 7 d4 f6! Black has gained
a little time on one of the main lines of the Tarrasch.}
6...Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. h3 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf1 Re8
12. Qb3 Bf8 13. g3 Qd7 14. Nh4 Rad8 15. Ndf3 h6 {Anticipating
Nf5, I prepared a small combination. The text actually
prevents 16 Nf5, so White should have opted for the
double-edged 16 g4!?} 16. Nf5 {?!} dxe4 17. dxe4 17...Nxe4 {!}
18. Nxh6+ {Forced.} 18...gxh6 19. Rxe4 Nd4 20. cxd4 {The
exchange sacrifice is obligatory (20 Rg4+? Qxg4! wins) but it
seems that White now has fair compensation (one pawn and
weakened black kingside).} 20...Bxe4 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 {! The
point. Black sacrifices a pawn to reach a winning ending.}
22. dxe5 Qd1 23. Qxd1 {If 23 Qe3 Bd3 wins, or 23 Qb5 Qf3 again
winning.} 23...Rxd1 24. b4 {Or 24 b3 Bc5 25 Bb2 Rd2 and wins,
but not 24...Ba3 (hoping for 25 Rxa3 Rxc1 and ...Bd3) in view
of 25 Bb2!! Rxf1+ 26 Rxf1 Bxb2 and White can struggle on with
rook for two bishops.} 24...axb4 {Now Black has a clearly
winning position.} 25. Bb2 Rd2 26. Re1 Rxb2 27. Rxe4 Bc5
28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Rf4 b3 30. Rf3 Rb1 31. Kg2 b2 32. Rb3 Bd4
33. Bd3 Rd1 34. Be4 Rd2 35. Rf3 Kg7 36. g4 c5 37. h4 Bxe5
38. h5 c4 39. Rf5 f6 40. Kf3 c3 0-1

[Event "Hastings (England)"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6
4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 cxd4 {Perhaps 7...Be7 is
more accurate, maintaining the central tension.} 8. exd4 Be7
9. O-O O-O {One of the classical isolated queen's pawn
positions, in which White's extra space and attacking chances
compensate for the structural weakness.} 10. Re1 Nf6 {A solid
alternative is 10...Bf6 11 Be4 etc.} 11. Bg5 {!? Fashionable
was 11 a3, but the text is not bad. All White's pieces are
coming out at great speed while Black still has problems
completing his queenside development.} 11...Nb4 {The immediate
11...b6 deserves attention. Black's plan to dominate the
blockade square d5 instantly is possibly too straightforward.}
12. Bb1 b6 {12...Bd7 is a more cautious treatment, planning a
later development with ...Bc6.} 13. Ne5 Bb7 {It might look as
if Black is over the worst but now a vicious attack appears
almost out of nowhere.} 14. Re3 {!! A difficult and bold
move. When I played it I already had to be sure that my
kingside attacking chances would be sufficient compensation
for my lack of queenside development and the clumsy position
of my rook on the third rank. Strangely, a similar rook
manoeuvre occurred in a game Filip - Pogats, played 14 years
previously, but neither Miles nor I had any notion of this
until I discovered the theoretical background after our
game. Incidentally, the Filip game ended in a draw.} 14...g6
{To prevent 15 Bxf6 Bxf6 16 Bxh7+ Kxh7 17 Qh5+ and 18 Rh3.}
15. Rg3 {! It looks odd to aim the rook against a granite wall
(g6) but the granite has faulty foundations. In contrast, the
more natural 15 Rh3 achieves nothing.} 15...Rc8 {?! At the
time the course I feared most was 15...Nc6! 16 Bh6 Qxd4! when
Black breaks White's attack by sacrificing the exchange. In
view of the lack of weaknesses in Black's position it would
then be a distinctly uphill struggle for White to win. After
the move played the solution became susceptible to precise
tactical analysis.} 16. Bh6 Re8 17. a3 Nc6 {17...Nbd5 does not
alter things significantly.} 18. Nxg6 {!} hxg6 19. Bxg6 {Apart
from capturing the bishop Black has two other defences: a)
19...Bf8 20 Bc2+ Kh8 21 Bxf8 Rxf8 22 Qd2 Ng8 23 Rh3+ Kg7 24
Rh7+ (Fritz gives 24 Qf4) 24...Kf6 25 d5+-; b) 19...Bd6 20
Bxf7+ Kxf7 21 Rg7+ Kf8 22 Qf3+-. In this position Black is
quite helpless, in spite of his extra material.} 19...fxg6
20. Qb1 {! An original square for the queen in a mating
combination, but neither 20 Qd3 Ne5 nor 20 Qc2 Ne5! 21 dxe5
Ne4 (exploiting the pin on the c-file) would be good enough
for White.} 20...Ne5 21. dxe5 Ne4 {Without the c-file pin this
is sheer desperation.} 22. Nxe4 Kh7 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxg6+
Kh8 25. Bg7+ Bxg7 26. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Teesside"]
[Site "Middlesbrough ENG"]
[Date "1975.09.09"]
[EventDate "1975.09.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William James Lombardy"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3
{The main line with 4 g3 is very drawish, though whenever I
reached this position I tried to inject life into the game
with Nimzowitsch's 4...Ba6!? as in Browne - Keene, Orense
1977: 4 g3 Ba6 5 Nbd2 Bb7 6 Bg2 c5 7 O-O Be7 8 e4! O-O (not
8...Nxe4? 9 Ne5!+-) 9 d5 exd5 10 cxd5 d6 11 Re1 Nbd7 with a
difficult and unbalanced situation.} 4...Bb7 5. Bd3 d5
{Botvinnik's favourite, with which he defeated Filip at Varna
1962.} 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 {To prevent
Nb5 after ...Qe7.} 10. Rc1 Ne4 {The Botvinnik plan; Black
stakes out a good central square to emphasise the power of the
fianchettoed queen's bishop. Meanwhile, the remainder of his
army will mobilise in the general direction of White's king,
but now Lombardy discovers an excellent counter-measure. In
fact 10...Qe7! would have been superior.} 11. Ne2 {! Simple
and strong. White will make sure of the e5 outpost.} 11...Qe7
12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ndc5 14. cxd5 {! Another star move. If
14 Bb1 (which, to be honest, I expected) then 14...dxc4
followed by ...Rad8!-/+.} 14...Nxd3 15. Qxd3 exd5 16. f3 Nc5
17. Qd4 {? One careless decision forfeits the entire
advantage, although it does not become clear for some time
that Black has survived the worst. White's idea is to transfer
the queen to a point where it attacks g7 in unison with the
Bb2, and the obvious square is g4. However, as played, Black
gains one crucial tempo, so the most effective course would
have been 17 Qc3! This also aligns the queen and bishop
battery towards g7, while introducing pressure in the c-file
against c7, and one threat would be 18 Ba3. But the most
important difference is that Black is deprived of the
defensive tempo ...Ne6.} 17...Ne6 18. Qg4 g6 {Apparently
loosening, but resolute action is called for. Black has to
fortify the light squares.} 19. Ng3 Ng7 20. e4 {Trying to
obtain e4 for his knight. Against the more forthright 20 f4
there is a defence with 20...h5! followed by ...h5-h4, gaining
control of f5.} 20...c5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. f4 h5 {! The same
resource as mentioned above, but the unexpected renascence of
Black's queen's bishop lends it greater force.} 23. Qe2 h4
{Quite suddenly the picture has changed in Black's
favour. After 24 Ne4 Bxe4 25 Qxe4 Nf5 or 24 Nh1 h3! 25 gxh3
Bxh1 26 Kxh1 Nf5 Black has by far the more valuable minor
piece, since the square f5 is inviolate. In view of this
Lombardy seeks complications - the time-honoured remedy when
one's positional affairs have gone awry.} 24. f5 {!?} Qg5 {!}
25. f6 Ne6 26. Rcd1 {I was now seriously short of time, and
Lombardy soon fell into a similar condition. I recall
overhearing one spectator comment on how calm I looked, but he
would have been disillusioned if he could have seen into my
tortured mind over the next fifteen moves.} 26...hxg3
{Doubtless there is something better, but I wanted, above all,
to simplify and reduce White's tactical chances. If I could
stay afloat until move 40, I reasoned, then my knight, firmly
established on e6, would probably outgun White's bishop,
obstructed by its own pawns.} 27. Rxd5 gxh2+ 28. Kh1 {If 28
Kxh2? Nf4 29 Qd2 Qh5+ -+.} 28...Rad8 29. Rd6 b5 30. Bc1 {Not
30 Rxa6? Rd2.} 30...Qh4 31. Qe3 {Thinking, perhaps, of an
eventual Qh6. White avoids 31 Rxa6 since he must have been
expecting much from the rook at d6.} 31...Rxd6 {Black has to
free his pieces somehow.} 32. exd6 Rd8 33. Rd1 {? A
time-trouble blunder, letting go of his trump card on
f6. after 33 Qe5! any result would have been possible,
especially in view of the nervous state we were both in.}
33...Qxf6 34. d7 Qe7 35. Bb2 {White's last hope is the long
diagonal, conveniently opened by the loss of his e- and
f-pawns.} 35...Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Qe5 Qd1+ 38. Kxh2 Qh5+
{In a way it was sheer luck that this resource was available.}
39. Qxh5 gxh5 40. Kg3 Kh7 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Ke4 Kg5 {Adjourned,
but White resigned without resuming. A scraggy and
unsatisfactory encounter from a purist's or a theoretician's
standpoint, but a typical case of practical, hard-fighting
tournament chess.} 0-1

[Event "World Championship Zonal Tournament"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stuart James Hutchings"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 {This game was awarded the prize for 'the best attacking
combination'. Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6
{It is a foible of mine that I have usually preferred this
risky move to 3...c5 which gives good chances of equality,
according to theory.} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 {The most formidable
try for White is 5 f4, seeking to create an unassailable
central bulwark. In that case, however, I would like to
suggest 5...c5 6 c3 Nc6 7 Ndf3 Qb6 8 g3 and only now 8...Qa5!?
'sacrificing' a tempo. The point is that 7...Qa5 can be met
strongly by 8 dxc5! Qxc5, when Black's queen is misplaced and
White can utilise d4 as a springboard for his pieces. With the
insertion of the extra move g2-g3 this line is less impressive
for White, since his kingside has been loosened and it is
impossible, for example, to transfer a rook along the third
rank from f1 via f3 to g3 or h3 where it could otherwise have
participated in an attack against Black's cramped king's
wing.} 5...c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 {If 9
Nf4 Black can offer an advantageous exchange sacrifice to gain
central control with 9...Nxd4! (that is why it is important to
exchange on d4 at move 7 before playing ...f7-f6) 10 Qh5+ Ke7
11 Ng6+ hxg6 etc.} 9...Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6
13. Bg5 {! White's plan, and a highly dangerous one for Black,
is to gain control of the dark squares by means of the
manoeuvre Bg5-h4-g3. Note, however, that White must be
cautious with his move order. If 13 Re1? O-O 14 Bg5 then
14...Ng4! 15 h3 Nxf2! 16 Kxf2 Bg3+ gives Black a winning
attack.} 13...Ng4 {!? My new idea, introduced for the first
time in this game. The logic of the bold knight move is to
employ Black's aggressively posted pieces to challenge White
on his home territory - the dark squares. 13...Ng4 was
mentioned in Informator 21 as one of the important theoretical
novelties of 1975. By transferring the king's knight from f6
(via g4 and h6) to either f5 or f7, Black hopes to intensify
his dark square operations, mainly directed against White's
queen's bishop.} 14. h3 Nh6 {White can now place Black's
position under immense strain with the subtle 15 Qb1!,
e.g. 15...Nf7 16 Bxh7 Nxd4 17 Nxd4 Nxg5 18 Qg6+ Kf8 and now
either 19 Qxg5 or Bellin's interesting piece sacrifice 19 f4!?
Nxh7 20 f5 Kg8 21 fxe6. Another super-sharp possibility,
suggested by Timman, is 15 Qb1 Rf8!? 16 Bxh7 Rxf3 simply
offering a positional exchange sacrifice to dislocate White's
momentum. In the game White falls in too readily with Black's
schemes.} 15. Bxh6 {? It looks good to inflict doubled
isolated h-pawns on Black's position, the more so since White
can easily prevent Black from castling into queenside safety,
but this turns out to be a near fatal error.} 15...gxh6
16. Qe2 O-O {! A surprising move, castling into the shattered
wing, but it soon transpires that Black can build up intense
pressure against White's exposed kingside pawn-front by
massing his major pieces on the f- and g-files, and combining
this with the activity of his bishop pair.} 17. Rad1 Qg7
18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Bb1 Rg8 20. g3 {White's position is clearly
critical and from now on he also begins to defend weakly. He
should have minimised targets with 20 Rg1, although the rook
would then be poorly placed.} 20...Bd7 21. Rfe1 {If 21 Na4
Raf8 22 Nb6 Be8 23 Qxe6 Bc7-+.} 21...Raf8 {The finishing touch
to Black's mobilisation. White now accelerates the end by
allowing Black's queen's bishop to join in the attack.}
22. Ne5 {?} Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bc5 24. Rf1 Bc6 25. Qc2 Rf7 {Black
could already play 25...Bxf2 26 Rxf2 d4+ 27 Ne4 Qxg3, but in
any case White has no constructive moves left.} 26. Rde1 {The
concluding combination is not very difficult, but what
influenced the prize judges was probably the logic of a dark
square counter-attack beginning with 13...Ng4!? and
culminating in ...} 26...Bxf2 {!} 27. Rxf2 Qxg3 {If 28 Rxf7
Qxe1+ or 28 Nd1 Qxh3+ 29 Rh2 Qf1+ 30 Rxf1 Rxf1 mate.} 0-1

[Event "Zonal Tournament"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Karl Janetschek"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6
4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 Ngf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. e3 h6 9. Qe2 c6
10. Kh1 10...Bh7 {Here 10...Qc7 11 Nd4 Bh7 12 f4 a5 13 a4 Nc5
14 Nd2 Nfd7 is a direct transposition to the game Nimzowitsch
- Rubinstein, Berlin 1928, which continued: 15 e4 dxe4 16 Nxe4
Nxe4 17 dxe4 e5! 18 Nf3! exf4 19 gxf4 Rfe8 20 e5 Nc5 21 Nd4
Ne6 22 Rad1 Nxd4 23 Bxd4 Bf5 24 Be4 Bxe4+ 25 Qxe4 Rad8 26 e6
Bf8 27 Be5 Qc8? (correct was 27...Qe7 28 Rxd8! Qxd8 29 exf7+
Kxf7 30 c4 and White's advantage is only slight) 28 f5! fxe6
29 f6 Rxd1 30 f7+ Kh8 31 Rxd1 Rd8 32 Qg6!! 1-0. After
32...Rxd1+ 33 Kg2 Rd2+ 34 Kh3 the threat of mate on h6 cannot
be parried.} 11. Nbd2 Ne8 12. e4 a5 13. a4 {Adhering to
Nimzowitsch's recipe. Also possible is 13 a3 a4 14 b4 with a
space advantage on the queenside. Stronger, though, is
13...Nc7! with the plan of ...b7-b5.} 13...Nc7 14. e5 Nc5
{Black, too, appears to be following a model, but his is the
unsuccessful pattern established by Rubinstein. The time had
come to vary with, for example, 14...b5 15 Nd4 Ra6 with
counterplay.} 15. Nd4 Ra6 16. f4 b5 17. g4 f5 {Black panics in
his desire to prevent White's juggernaut continuing its
advance with f4-f5. If, however, 17...bxa4 then 18 f5 axb3 19
f6 gxf6 20 exf6 Bxf6 21 Nxc6 and White breaks through. If
Black tries to defend with 20...Bd6 then 21 Qe3 is decisive.}
18. exf6 gxf6 {This way Black hopes to maintain a mobile front
and even to strike back with his centre pawns. The
disadvantage for him, though, is that his king is deprived of
its natural defensive pawn in the g-file. In any case
18...Bxf6 concedes White a huge plus after 19 N2f3.} 19. Rf3
Rf7 {Black does his best to defend, planning to parry 20 Rh3
with 20...Bf8.} 20. Bh3 bxa4 21. bxa4 Bd6 22. g5 {Black's next
move displays an ingenuity born of despair. His problem is
that conventional defences all fail to mass sacrifices based
on the exposure of the black king. Thus if 22...hxg5 23 fxg5
f5 24 g6 Bxg6 25 Rg1 and Black now has four defences, all of
which lose: a) 25...Kh7 26 Bxf5 Bxf5 27 Rh3+ Bxh3 28 Qh5 mate;
b) 25...Rg7 26 Nxf5 exf5 27 Bxg7 Kxg7 28 Bxf5; c) 25...Rf6 26
Nxf5 exf5 27 Bxf6 Qxf6 28 Bxf5; and finally, d) 25...Qf6 26
Nxf5 Qxb2 27 Rxg6+.} 22...Bxf4 23. g6 {! Were White to play 23
Rxf4 Black could resist for some time with 23...hxg5. True, he
would be a piece down, but the breaches in his front would
have been repaired and his centre pawns could have provided
counter-chances. By this intermezzo White keeps his piece and
the attack.} 23...Bxg6 24. Rxf4 e5 25. Rg4 Kh7 26. Rag1 {The
final justification is as follows: 26...Bh5 27 Rh4 Bxe2 28
Bf5+ Kh8 29 Rxh6+ Rh7 30 Rxh7 mate.} 1-0

[Event "Walter Browne Simul"]
[Site "Henderson, NC"]
[Date "1975.12.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Bill Wall"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 {Notes by Bill Wall.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7
10. f4 b5 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Nf3 {A new move. 13.h3
O-O 14.g4 Torre-Panno, Amsterdam 1977 - Wall} Nb8 14. e5 Ng4
15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Nc6 19. Nd6+
Bxd6 20. exd6 Qa5 21. c3 b4 22. cxb4 Qxb4 23. Bxa6 Ra8
24. Qxb4 Nxb4 25. Bb7 Rxa2 26. Rd4 Ra4 27. b3 e5 28. bxa4 exd4
29. Bxd4 O-O 30. Ba7 Bxa4 31. Rc1 Bd7 32. Rc7 Bf5+ 33. Kb2 Rd8
34. Kb3 Nd3 35. Rc6 Be4 {? 35...Ne5 36.Rb6 Be6+ 37.Kc3 Nc4
38.Rb4 Nxd6 - Wall} 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37. Bxc8 Kf8 {?? 37...Ne5
38.d7 Nxd7 39.Bxd7 Bxg2 - Wall} 38. d7 Ke7 39. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Batsford International Quick Play"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1975.09.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7
5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O Bd6
11.f4 {?! A dubious move which restricts the scope of his
dark-square bishop.} O-O 12.Nf3 Bd7 13.Kh1 Qb6 14.Ne5 Be8
15.Ng3 Ne7 {To reinforce the f5 square against White's
projected f5. Black also prepares the exchange of
light-squared bishops.} 16.Be3 Bb5 17.f5 {The thematic
advance, but Black can safely win a pawn.} Bxd3 18.Qxd3 exf5
19.Nxf5 Nxf5 20.Rxf5 Qxb2 21.Raf1 {Threats on the f-file force
an advantageous simplification.} Rac8 22.R5f2 Qc3 23.Qxc3 Rxc3
24.Bd2 Rc2 25.Bg5 Rxf2 26.Rxf2 Ne4 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Bc1 Bxe5
29.dxe5 {The ending should be an easy win for Black, but I did
not choose the most accurate path.} Nf2+ 30.Kg1 Nd3 31.Be3 a6
32.Bd4 g6 33.Kf1 Ke7 34.Ke2 Nf4+ 35.Kf3 Ne6 36.Bf2 Kd7 37.Ke3
Kc6 38.Kd3 Kb5 39.Be3 Kb4 40.Bc1 b5 41.g4 Kc5 42.a3 d4 43.Ke4
Kc4 44.Bd2 Nc5+ 45.Kf4 Kd3 46.Bb4 Ne6+ {That was the square I
wanted for the king.} 47.Kf3 Kc2 48.Ke4 d3 49.Kd5 Nf4+ 50.Ke4
g5 51.h4 h6 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Kf5 d2 54.Bxd2 Kxd2 55.Kxg5 Ke3
56.Kf5 a5 57.g5 b4 58.axb4 axb4 59.e6 { 59.g6 Nxg6 60.Kxg6 b3
61.e6 b2 62.e7 b1=Q+ 63.Kf7 Qb3+ 64.Kf8 Qb4 65.Kf7 Qf4+ 66.Kg8
Qg5+ 67.Kf8 Qf6+ 68.Ke8 Ke4 wins } Nxe6 60.Kxe6 b3 { 61.g6 b2
62.g7 b1=Q 63.g8=Q Qb3+ wins } 0-1

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Farago"]
[Black "Pertti Poutiainen"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 {Notes by Florian from Informant} g6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6
4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5
dxe5 10. e4 f4 11. b4 g5 12. Re1 a6 13. Bb2 Qe8 14. Rc1 Ng4
15. Rc2 Qh5 16. h3 f3 {!!} 17. Bxf3 {17. hxg4 Bxg4 18 Bh1 Rf6
-+; 17. Bf1 Nh6 18 Re3 (18. Kh2 Bxh3; 18. Bg2 Bxh3 19. Bh1
Bf1!! 20. Bxf3 Rxf3 21. Rxf1 Ng4 22. Kg2 Rxg3+! 23. Kxg3 Qh2+
24. Kf3 Rf8+ 25. Ke2 Rxf2+ 26. Ke1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Ne3+ 28. Ke1
Nxc2+ 29. Kf1 Ne3+) Bxh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Rxf3 Ng4 21. Qd3
Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Nxf2! 24. Rxf2 (24. Kxf2 Rf3+
25. Qf3 Rf8) Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rf8+ 26. Ke2 g4! 27. Nd1 (27. Rc1
Qg2+ 28. Kd1 Bh6 29. Qe2 Rf1+ 30. Kc2 Rf2) Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Qg1+
29. Kd2 Rf3 -+} Qxh3 18. Qd3 {18. a4 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Rxf3!!
20. Qxf3 Nf6 21. g4 (21. Bc1 Bg4 22. Qg2 Bh3) Bxg4 22. Qg3
Qh1+ 23. Qg1 Qh3+ 24. Qg2 Qd3+ 25. Kg1 (25. Ree2 Bh3) Qc2 -+}
Nxf2 {!} 19. Rxf2 {19.Kxf2? Qh2+ 20.Ke3 Rxf3+!! 21.Kxf3 g4+
22.Ke3 Bh6#} Qxg3+ 20. Kf1 Bh3+ 21. Ke2 g4 0-1

[Event "Camp. CE Match Desempate"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Luiz Gentil Jr"]
[Black "Gerardo Frota"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nf6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5
12. Rxe5 O-O 13. Re1 e5 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Qc4 Bb7 16. Bg5 Rac8
17. Rad1 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxe5 h6 20. Be3 Qxb2 21. Rb1
Qxc2 22. Rb7 Bf8 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxh6 Qh7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8
26. Bg5 Qh3 27. Re7 Bxe7 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qxe8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+
Kh8 31. Nd5 Bd4 32. Ne7 g5 33. Qg6 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qxh2+
35. Kf3 g4+ 36. Qxg4 Qh1+ 37. Kf4 Qc1+ 38. Kf5 Qc2+ 39. Qe4
Qxa2 40. Qh4+ Kg7 41. Qf6+ {White wins} 1-0

[Event "International Tournament"]
[Site "Alicante (Spain)"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Francisco Javier Sanz Alonso"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "201"]

1. d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6
5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 Ne4 7. cxd5 Nxd2 8. Bxd2 Qxd5 {?!} 9. Bc3
O-O 10. O-O Qh5 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. e3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1
Be6 15. b3 Nd5 16. Ba5 Rac8 17. Nd3 Bg4 18. Re1 g5 19. h3 Bh5
20. g4 Bg6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 f6 23. exf6 {23. e6!?} exf6
24. Red1 Bf7 25. Bd2 Rfd8 26. Kf1 Be6 27. f4 gxf4 28. exf4 Ne7
29. Bc3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Bd5 31. Bf1 Rc7 32. Rd2 Rcd7 33. Rcd1 Be6
{?} 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Bd3 h6 37. Kg3 b6 38. b4
Be6 39. a3 Ba2 {39...c5} 40. h4 {?, Better is 40. Bd4!} c5
41. bxc5 bxc5 42. Be4 f5 {!} 43. gxf5 Nd5 44. Be5 a5 45. Kf2
Bb3 46. Ke2 Ke7 47. Kd2 h5 48. Bf3 Nf6 49. Bc7 a4 50. Bb6 Nd7
51. Ba7 Kf6 52. Bc6 Ke7 53. Bf3 Kf6 54. Bxh5 Kxf5 55. Be8 Nf6
56. Bc6 Kxf4 57. Kd3 Ng4 {?, Better is 57... Kg4} 58. Kc3 Ne5
59. Be8 Kg4 60. h5 Nf7 61. Bxc5 Kxh5 62. Kb4 Kg6 63. Bxa4 Bd5
{?? Instead, 63...Bxa4! =} 64. Bd4 Kf5 65. Kc5 Ke6 66. Bd1 Bg2
67. Bg4+ Ke7 68. Kb6 Ng5 69. a4 Ne6 70. Be5 Kd7 71. a5 Bf1
72. Bf3 Nd8 73. Bg3 Bc4 74. Be4 Be2 75. a6 Bxa6 76. Kxa6 Ke6
77. Kb6 Nf7 78. Kc5 Ng5 79. Bb7 Kf5 80. Kd4 Ne6+ 81. Ke3 Kf6
82. Bd6 Kf5 83. Bc8 Kf6 84. Bg3 Kf5 85. Kf3 Kf6 86. Ke4 Ng5+
{?, Instead 86...Ng7!!} 87. Kd5 Nf7 {?} 88. Bh4+ Kg6 89. Bd7
Ng5 90. Bg4 Kf6 91. Kd6 Kg6 92. Ke5 Nf7+ 93. Kf4 Kg7 94. Bh5
Nh6 95. Ke5 Ng8 96. Bg5 Kh7 97. Ke6 Kg7 98. Bc1 Kf8 99. Bb2
Nh6 100. Kf6 Ng8+ 101. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7475"]
[Site "Hastings, United Kingdom"]
[Date "1975.01.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael John Basman"]
[Black "Pal Benko"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nd4 6.Bd3 d6 7.Nxd4
cxd4 8.Ne2 Nf6 9.b4 O-O 10.Bb2 e5 11.O-O Qb6 12.a3 Bd7 13.Kh1
Bc6 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Ng3 Rfd8 16.Qf3 Bb5 17.Bxb5 Qxb5 18.c3
dxc3 19.Bxc3 Rd3 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.Rf3 Ne8 22.Raf1 f6 23.Qd1 Qc4
24.Rxd3 Qxd3 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.Rf3 Qd7 27.d4 exd4 28.Rd3 f5
29.exf5 gxf5 30.Ne2 Qe7 31.Nxd4 Qe4 32.Qd1 Nf6 33.Rd2 Ng4
34.Nxf5 Rxd2 35.Bxg7+ {Time} 1-0

[Event "Hannover (Germany)"]
[Site "Hannover (Germany)"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Heinz Wirthensohn"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6
4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O {I have never thought very charitably of
the Leningrad Dutch and it is ironic that my opponents have
tended to play it against me when I badly needed a win;
e.g. v. Jansa, Nice 1974, and this game, where anything less
than victory would have eliminated me from the race for 2nd
prize. I must confess, however, that I once resorted to this
suspect defence myself (Fraguela - Keene, Torremolinos 1976)
but with Paulsen's ...Nh6 instead of ...Nf6.} 6. d4 d6 7. d5
c6 8. Nc3 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd3 {I believe this to be more
effective than the exchange sacrifice 10 b3!? Ne4 etc.}
10...Na6 {Perhaps Black should sacrifice a pawn to gain
freedom for his pieces with 10...Ne4!?} 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. Ng5
Bc8 {? After this meek retreat Black's position becomes
irretrievably passive. He had to try counter-attack with
12...Nc5!} 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Nf3 Be6 {Black's defence is already
very difficult, for if 14...Nc5 15 Qe3! forks h6 and c5 -
remember the pin on the d-file. The text envisages
redevelopment, but White can force a decisive weakening of
Black's kingside dark squares.} 15. Qe3 {!} Bxc4 16. Bxh6 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 Qf6 18. Ng5 Qg7 19. Qh4 {Played with tempo on Black's
queen's bishop. Black's pieces are now pressed into a huddle
around their king.} 19...Bf7 20. e4 fxe4 21. Ncxe4 Bd5 {I was
expecting 21...d5 but 22 Nxf7 Qxf7 23 Ng5 Qxf2+ 24 Kh1 is +-.}
22. Rxd5 {! An opportunity too good to miss. Black becomes
hopelessly exposed on the light squares.} 22...cxd5 23. Nc3
Nac7 24. Nxd5 Rf5 {In addition to his positional compensation
White will soon possess a material equivalent. The exchange
sacrifice has been a complete success.} 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Ne3
Rc5 27. b4 Rc3 28. Qd4 Nfe8 29. Bd5+ Kf8 30. Qf4+ Ke7 31. Re1
{Black is now cut down by forced stages. Obviously he has to
avoid the discovered check, but on d8 the black king steps
into a new firing line.} 31...Kd8 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Nf7+ Kd7
34. Qg4+ Ne6 35. Ng5 N8c7 {Or 35...Rxb7 36 Qxe6+ Kd8 37 Nd5
+-.} 36. Nxe6 Nxe6 37. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Haukur Angantysson"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3
Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 Ng4 {!?
Najdorf also played this against me in an earlier round.}
10. h3 Nh6 11. Rb1 {11 Be3 was Keene - Najdorf.} 11...f6
12. b4 Nf7 13. b5 f5 {!} 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ba3 exd4 {?! After
15...Re8! Black does not stand badly.} 16. Nxd4 Qf6 17. Nxc6
{! A sacrifice to disorganise the black position.} 17...Qxc3
18. Bb2 Qxb2 19. Rxb2 Bxb2 20. exf5 g5 {? Overlooking White's
next. Best is 20...Bf6!} 21. c5 {! Smashing Black's defences;
e.g. 21...Nxc5 22 Bc4! Kg7 23 Bxf7 Rxf7 24 Qxd6 winning.}
21...dxc5 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Nxc8 Bd4 24. Re7 Nf6 25. Nxa7 Nd5
26. Rb7 Nc3 27. Qf3 Kh8 {?} 28. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Cavendish v. Cambridge"]
[Site "National Club Championship"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3
Bb4 5. Bd3 {If 5 Qc2 Qh4! is good.} 5...f5 6. d5 {?! 6 Qe2 Nf6
7 Bg5 keeps things about equal; now Black executes a
surprising manoeuvre which subjects White to a lot of
pressure.} 6...fxe4 7. Bxe4 Qh4 {! The key move.} 8. Qd3 {If 8
Qe2 Nf6 9 Bd3 O-O 10 Nf3 Qh5 11 dxe6 Re8 etc.} 8...exd5 {Black
must be careful; 8...Nf6 9 Bf3 exd5 10 g3! would be
unfortunate.} 9. cxd5 {If 9 Bxd5 Bxd5 10 cxd5 (or 10 Qxd5 Nc6)
10...Nf6 11 Nf3 Qe4+ 12 Qxe4+ Nxe4 13 Bd2 Bxc3 with a good
ending.} 9...Nf6 10. Bf3 Ba6 {!} 11. Qe3+ Kf7 12. Qf4 {Running
for cover into an ending.} 12...Re8+ 13. Kd1 Qxf4 14. Bxf4
Bxc3 15. bxc3 d6 16. Nh3 h6 {Simplification has left White
with a smashed position. The bishops are useless, the d-pawn
is weak.} 17. Kc2 Bc4 {17...g5 wins a piece but White might
have obtained some chances with his passed pawns in
compensation.} 18. Rhd1 Nbd7 19. a4 {? Weakens b3. Before this
it was very bad, but now it is definitely lost.} 19...Nc5
20. Rd4 Be2 {!} 21. Bxe2 {21 Be3 Bxf3 22 gxf3 Re5 23 c4 Rh5 is
also dreadful.} 21...Rxe2+ 22. Kd1 Rae8 23. Ra3 Re1+ 24. Kc2
R8e2+ 25. Bd2 Rh1 {Unexpectedly winning the other rook's
pawn. The rest is not difficult.} 26. c4 Rxh2 27. a5 Re7
28. axb6 axb6 29. g4 Re4 30. Rxe4 Ncxe4 31. Rf3 g5 32. Be3 Kg6
33. Kd3 Nc5+ 34. Bxc5 bxc5 35. Rg3 Nxg4 36. Ke2 Kh5 37. Ke1
Ne5 38. Kf1 Kh4 39. Ng1 g4 40. Rc3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Arhus"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erling Mortensen"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } b6 2. e4 {The most militant
reply to the queenside fianchetto, but Black is not without
resources.} 2...Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 {! A big
improvement on 5...Bxc3+ 6 bxc3 Ne7 which Larsen tried
(successfully!) against Guillermo Garcia at Orense 1975. My
way of interpreting the variation puts White's centre under
immediate attack.} 6. Qe2 d5 7. exd5 {Or 7 e5 Ne4.} 7...Nxd5
8. Bd2 {A sharp variation on this is 8 O-O!? Bxc3 9 bxc3 Nxc3
10 Qe5 O-O 11 Qh5 as in Rosell - Keene, from a later round at
Arhus. In this case too, I believe that Black's chances are
more than adequate. The game concluded: 11...g6 12 Qh3 Nd7 13
Re1 c5 14 dxc5? Nxc5 15 Ng5 h5 16 Bf4 Nxd3 17 cxd3 Qf6
(threatening ...Qxf4 and ...Ne2+) 18 Be5 Qxg5 19 Bxc3 Rac8 20
Re5 Bxg2! (an echo of Black's 21st move in the current
game. White's position now dissolves) 21 Qxe6 Qd8! (Fritz
gives 21...Qf4) 22 Qb3 Ba8 23 Rae1 Qd7 0-1.} 8...Nxc3 9. bxc3
Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. c4 c5 {! This
kind of positional pawn sacrifice is known from the Gruenfeld
Defence. The point is to hack up White's queenside pawns.}
14. dxc5 Qe8 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Ne5 {! Correctly playing for
the attack rather than worrying about the a-pawn. If White
tarries to defend a2 then ...Qc6 will grant Black a powerful
game.} 16...Rxa2 17. Bg5 Kh8 {Parrying the threat: Bxf6
followed by Nd7!} 18. Qe3 Ra5 {! The rook is very useful on
this square both for offence and defence.} 19. Bxf6 {If 19 Qh3
or 19 Rfe1 then 19...Ne4! is a good answer.} 19...Bxf6
20. Qxb6 {? Losing by force. Correct is 20 Qh3 h6 21 Ng4 h5!
with an unclear position.} 20...Qa8 {! White now succumbs to
lateral pressure.} 21. Nd7 Bxg2 22. Nxf8 Rg5 {If you study the
diagram it becomes clear that White cannot avoid mate in spite
of his (temporary) extra rook.} 23. f4 Bxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qg2+
25. Ke1 Re5+ {!} 26. fxe5 Bh4+ 27. Qf2 Qxf2# 0-1

[Event "British Chess Federation v Sweden"]
[Site "Haifa Olympiad"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Borje Jansson"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6
4. e3 Be7 {?! An alternative, as we have seen, is 4...Bb4.}
5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 d5 {?!} 9. O-O Bd6
10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 {At the time, this position was considered
favourable for White, but three years later Karpov introduced
the amazing and paradoxical 11...dxc4! (Timman - Karpov,
Montreal 1979). Remarkably this strange anti-positional
capture relieves Black of all his opening problems. The move
played in this game is plausible but worse.} 11...Rd8 12. cxd5
Qe5 13. g3 Bh3 14. Re1 Bb4 {Black's pressure looks serious,
but White can survive the immediate tactical threats and then
he remains with the basically sounder structure.} 15. Qc2 Bf5
{If instead 15...Nxd5 16 Nxd5 Qxd5 17 e4 Qd2 18 Rec1! and
White's position holds together, when the weakness of the
doubled c-pawns will become significant.} 16. Qc1 cxd5 17. Bf3
{The threat of Nxd5 forces Black back.} 17...Qe7 18. a3 Ba5
{An improvement is 18...Bxc3 19 Qxc3 c5, although White's
positional superiority is evident.} 19. b4 Bb6 20. Nxd5 {! An
excellent positional course is 20 Na4, but the combination is
more incisive. It is actually surprising that White can launch
combinations with his pieces on such modest squares.}
20...Nxd5 {Not 20...Rxd5 21 Bxf6+-.} 21. e4 Bg6 {? This goes
down without a fight. If 21...Nxb4 22 exf5 Bxf2+ 23 Kxf2 Nd3+
24 Kf1+-, but the most tenacious is 21...Be3! planning 22 Qc2
Bg6 23 fxe3 Nf6 and Black can resist. A more active
possibility for White is 22 Rxe3 Nxe3 23 exf5 Nd5 24 f6! gxf6
(if 24...Nxf6 25 Bxa8 Rxa8 26 Qc6 +/-) and now 25 Qc4, 25 Qc6
or 25 Qh6, in all cases with a powerful attack against Black's
shattered kingside.} 22. exd5 Qd7 23. Qc3 f6 24. Rad1 Rab8
25. Qc4 Qf5 26. Kg2 Bf7 {Objectively White does not have any
more problems, since his extra pawn should guarantee a sure
win.} 27. Re2 h5 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 Rd7 30. Red2 Rbd8
31. Bc3 Re7 32. Bf3 Be8 33. h4 Ba4 34. Rb1 {Threatening
b4-b5.} 34...Be8 35. b5 Bc5 36. Bb4 Bxb4 37. Rxb4 Rb8 38. a4
Rd8 39. Rc4 Bf7 40. Rc6 {(Time.) Black cannot save his
queenside pawns and is completely lost. Curiously, the
combination with 20 Nxd5! in this game was an echo of a
similar idea from my encounter with Steen Fedder from Arhus a
couple of months previously:} 1-0

[Event "Arhus"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Steen Fedder"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5
4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O
O-O 10. Ncb5 Bb8 11. b3 a6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 Qd6 14. g3
Re8 15. Bb2 Ba7 {The start of a faulty manoeuvre. Black should
concentrate his forces against White's king rather than
congregate them on the queenside.} 16. Rc1 a5 17. Bf3 Ba6
{Another error of the same type as his 15th move.} 18. Re1 Nd7
{Planning ...Nc5-d3, but now White has a combination which
exploits the awkward position of Black's minor pieces.}
19. Nxd5 {!} cxd5 20. Bxd5 {Threatening 21 Bxf7+ winning
Black's queen.} 20...Qe7 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc7 Bc8 {I now
wrote down 23 Qd5 on my scoresheet, but before I could play
it, Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "British Chess Federation v Chile"]
[Site "Haifa Olympiad"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Pedro H Donoso Velasco"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5
4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 {A normal
position from the Exchange Variation. White's next move
introduces a line popularised by Alekhine and Nimzowitsch.}
8. Nge2 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O {More aggressive
would have been 11 f3 in conjunction with O-O-O, but in this
crucial game I did not want to take too many risks.} 11...Ng7
12. Rab1 Nf5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 a6 15. a4 O-O 16. b5 Bd7
17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Nc1 {Heading for c5.} 18...a5 19. Nb3 Be7
20. Ne2 {?! More accurate would have been 20 Na2 to cover b4.}
20...Bb4 {! Now it's much harder for White to exploit the
slight advantage gained by his minority attack.} 21. Nc5 Bc8
22. Rfd1 Qg5 23. Qc1 {A necessary defensive move. If Black
throws too much into a kingside attack, White will react with
a timely e3-e4.} 23...Nd6 24. Nf4 Re8 25. Be2 Bf5 26. Rb3 Qe7
27. Nfd3 {Finally bringing the knight into contact with b4 and
thus forcing an advantageous simplification.} 27...Bxc5
28. Qxc5 Nc4 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Rdb1 {!} Kf8 {Not 30...Nd2? 31
Rb8+!} 31. Rb8+ Rxb8 32. Rxb8+ Re8 33. Rb3 Ra8 34. Nc5 Ke8
35. h3 {Making 'luft' seemed like a good idea, since I was
moderately short of time. } 35...Nd6 36. Ba6 Bc8 37. Bd3 Kd8
38. Kf1 Kc7 39. Ke1 Ne8 {Not 39...Rb8 40 Rxb8 Kxb8 41 Nb3!}
40. Kd2 Nf6 41. Rc3 {The sealed move at the close of the first
session. Unfortunately White cannot avoid the exchange of his
knight, but I hoped still to profit from Black's backward
c-pawn.} 41...Nd7 42. e4 Nxc5 43. Rxc5 dxe4 44. Bxe4 Bd7
45. f4 {To gain space on the kingside; not, however, 45 d5 Kd6
or 45 Bxc6 Bxc6 46 d5 Kd6=.} 45...Kb6 {Holding both a5 and c6,
but White's rook established on the fifth rank is still
formidable.} 46. g4 Re8 47. Kd3 h6 48. h4 Rc8 49. f5 g5 {If
49...gxf5 50 Bxf5 Bxf5+ 51 Rxf5 with a clear advantage for
White.} 50. Rc1 {! A good move which ultimately seizes control
of the h-file.} 50...gxh4 {If 50...f6 or 50...Rh8 then 51 Rh1!
Black seeks salvation now by placing all of his pawns (where
possible) on dark squares.} 51. Rh1 f6 52. Rxh4 Rh8 53. Rh2
Kc7 54. Bf3 Kd6 55. Rb2 Kc7 56. Rh2 Kd6 57. Rb2 {The second
sealed move. In principle White stands better since he
controls more space and Black's pawns are exposed, but how
precisely can White win? Analysis with Stean, Mestel and David
Levy revealed nothing, and it seemed that Black might
recover. Then Ulf Andersson, the world's greatest expert in
unwinnable positions, suggested a strange seesaw manoeuvre of
White's rook with the intention of penetrating Black's
position with my king via e3-f4-g3-h4-h5 etc. Now read on ...}
57...Kc7 {He has to prevent Rb6 or Rb7.} 58. Ke3 Rb8 59. Rh2
Rh8 {? The passive reaction I was hoping for. Stronger is
59...Rb3+ 60 Kf4 Rb4 with vastly improved drawing chances.}
60. Kf4 Kd6 61. Rb2 Kc7 62. Kg3 Rb8 63. Rh2 Rh8 64. Rc2 {!
Diverging from Ulf's set plan, which consisted of 64 Kh4. The
opportunistic text, spotted at the board, happens to win a
pawn.} 64...Kd6 65. Rb2 {! The key position. After 65...Kc7 66
Kh4 Black is in zugzwang, e.g. 66...Be8 67 Rc2 Kd6 68 Rc5 or
67...Kb6 68 Re2! with decisive penetration. Faced with this
problem, Black surrenders his a-pawn, but in the long run this
must result in a loss.} 65...Re8 66. Rb6 Re3 67. Ra6
{Threatening d4-d5.} 67...Kc7 68. Ra7+ Kd6 69. Kf4 {! Securing
the pawn. If 69...Rd3 70 Ke4.} 69...Rc3 70. Rxa5 Rc4 71. Ke3
Rc3+ 72. Ke2 Ra3 73. Ra6 Kc7 74. Ra7+ {I could not figure out
74 d5!?, so I decided to pursue a positional course.} 74...Kd6
{We had already endured one dispute in this particular match
over John Nunn's 'win on time', and my next move was to start
up another. Originally the third session was planned to last
from 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m., but now, at about 11.45 a.m., an
arbiter came to my board, threw down an envelope and told me
to seal a move. I knew the schedule perfectly well and asked
him several times whether he meant what he was saying, and I
received nothing but repeated orders to seal a move. I had
written 75 Ra8 down on my scoresheet but now, faced with the
prospect of some adjournment analysis, I decided the most
sensible thing was to repeat the position with 75 Ra6 in order
to work out the complexities of 75...Kc7 76 d5 (see note to 74
Ra7+) at my leisure. I took ten minutes over this, just to
ensure that I was only repeating for the second time, and
wrote down} 75. Ra6 {My opponent had meanwhile finished making
out the envelope so I sealed the move. On my way out of the
playing hall, I ran into another (apparently more senior)
arbiter who, on learning we had adjourned, demanded that my
move be promptly 'unsealed' and that we resume playing as per
the original schedule. You can see that the arbiters were a
little confused as to their own intentions! Naturally I
objected to this, since I had just wasted ten minutes in
sealing one move when normally I would have played a totally
different move instantly. A huge argument developed, which I
attempted to close by withdrawing my claim to adjourn (as per
arbiter number one!) and substituting a request for a short
break, so that I could calm my nerves before resuming. To my
surprise the senior arbiter now caved in completely and
ordered a three hour adjournment pause. But that's not the end
of the story. On resumption for the fourth session play
continued:} 75...Kc7 76. Ra7+ {I had quickly established that
76 d5 was no good and tried to get back to my original idea
before the arbiter's intervention.} 76...Kd6 77. Ra8 {A little
late, but basically the same.} 77...Ke7 {? A weak defence. The
most prolonged resistance stems from 77...Ra2+ 78 Ke3 Ra3+ 79
Kf4 Rc3 80 a5 Rc4 81 Ke3 Rc3+ 82 Kf2 Rd3 although 83 a6 Rxd4
84 Rf8 then wins quite clearly.} 78. Ra6 {!! An exceptionally
strong move which my opponent had doubtless underestimated or
believed impossible. The point is that his only move to
protect c6 is 78...Rc3, but then White wins easily by pushing
the passed a-pawn. Very important is the fact that Black's
king can never come to d6, in view of d4-d5, but my opponent
thought otherwise. In fact, he announced his intention of
playing 78...Kd6 and claimed a draw by repetition (the same
position arose at move 73 and 75). Unfortunately for him, his
claim was instantly dismissed by the arbiter, since a
different player was to move on the third occasion, which, of
course, invalidates the repetition, as I well knew. The second
unfortunate aspect of Donoso's claim was that, according to
FIDE rules, he was now committed to playing the announced
move!} 78...Kd6 {?} 79. d5 {!} Ke5 80. dxc6 Bc8 81. Ra8 Kf4
82. Bd5 {He then signed both scoresheets as 1-0, which one
might have regarded as the end of the game. Not a bit of it!
Next morning at 8.00 a.m. (rather a long wait for an appeal)
the Chilean captain (on behalf of his player) appealed against
the result of the game and demanded a total replay (from move
one) on the grounds that the game had been 'illegally'
adjourned at one point. Of course this claim was absurd and
hardly legal in itself, since players should not be penalised
for mistakes by the arbiter, but the Appeals Committee of five
convened and fortunately decided in England's favour.} 1-0

[Event "British Team Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "James Macrae Aitken"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 d6
{A passive move which concedes White a hold over the centre,
especially d5.} 5.d4 exd4 { 5...g6 ?! 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 dxe5
8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.b3 ! is highly favorable to White and if Bg7
10.Ba3 followed by queenside castling. } 6.Nxd4 Be7 7.Be2 {
7.Nxc6 bxc6 would be a good plan if White could immediately
fianchetto his light-square bishop or if Black were forced
into ...d5. Since neither is the case it is better to retain
control over d5. } O-O 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Be6 { 9...Re8 10.b3
is Nimzowitsch-Spielmann, Marienbad 1925. } 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Nd5
{Forcibly gaining the bishop pair.} Bxd5 12.Qxd5 { 12.cxd5 is
also good, followed up by play on the c-file. } Nc5 13.Bf3 Bf6
14.Rb1 Rb8 { 14...a5 combined with ....Re8 would have been
more effective. } 15.Bd2 Qe8 16.b3 Qe5 17.Qxe5 Bxe5 18.Ba5 Ne6
{ 18...b6 would leave a severe weakness on c6. } 19.Bd5 Rfc8
20.Rbc1 Kf8 21.Be1 Ke7 22.f4 Bf6 23.Bf3 g6 24.Rd5 h5 25.Rcd1
Rd8 26.Bb4 c5 {A somewhat desperate measure, but Black feared
an eventual c5, opening lines against the king.} 27.Be1 Nc7
28.R5d3 Ne6 29.g3 b5 {? Setting a trap, but White is all too
pleased to fall in.} 30.Ba5 Rdc8 31.Rxd6 {!} Nd4 32.exd4 Kxd6
33.dxc5+ Ke7 { 33...Kxc5 34.Rd5+ +- 33...Ke6 34.Re1+ Kd7
35.c6+ regains the exchange, leaving White a pawn ahead in the
ending. } 34.c6 bxc4 35.bxc4 Rb2 36.a3 Kf8 37.c7 Rb3 38.Bc6
Be7 39.Bd7 Bc5+ 40.Kh1 1-0

[Event "Orense"]
[Site "Orense"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Joaquim Manuel Durao"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.c4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7
5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 b6 7.Bd3 a6 8.Nge2 c5 9.e5 Nfd7 10.exd6 exd6
11.Be4 Ra7 12.O-O Nf6 13.Bc2 Nc6 14.Qd2 Re7 15.Rad1 Bb7 {The
bishop still bites on granite here, but there is no better
square.} 16.Bf2 {White intends to play d5 at an appropriate
moment, leading to a Benoni formation. First, he improves the
position of his pieces. The text threatens Bh4.} h6 {Intending
to meet Bh4 with ...g5, since the kingside pawn weaknesses
would not then be too serious. 16...Rfe8 ? 17.Ba4 Rf8 18.Bxc6
Bxc6 19.dxc5 wins material. } 17.h3 Qc7 18.b3 Rfe8 19.d5 {?!
White should have played one more preparatory move. We shall
see that first 19.Kh1! would have been more exact.} Ne5 20.Bh4
g5 21.Bf2 b5 {! Black employs all the right Benoni strategems
against White's pawn advance. I did not like the look of
22.cxb5 Qa5 so I decided to sacrifice a pawn myself.} 22.Ng3
bxc4 {? Too greedy. Black should have eschewed the offered
material in favor of the dynamic combination 22...Bc8 !
23.cxb5 Bxh3 ! 24.bxa6 Qc8 with the devastating threat 25.Kh2
Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Nxf3 ! 27.Kxf3 Qh3 28.Bf5 g4+ 29.Kf4 Nh5+ 30.Nxh5
Qf3# } 23.Nf5 {Black's chances would not be bad after 22...Bc8
but after the materialistic text he is smashed.} Rd7 24.f4 Nd3
25.fxg5 {The simplest win. Black's kingside collapses.} Nxd5
26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Nxd5 Bxd5 28.bxc4 Nxf2 29.Qxf2 Be4 30.Qf6+ Kf8
31.Rde1 d5 32.cxd5 {Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "International Tournament"]
[Site "Aarhus (Denmark)"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kaj Rosell"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 Bb4
5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.O-O {White offers up a pawn,
something that came up after my game with Mortensen at the
same event.} Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nxc3 10.Qe5 O-O 11.Qh5 { 11.Ba3 Re8 [
11...Nd7 !? 12.Qe1 Bxf3 13.gxf3 [ 13.Bxf8 ? Qg5 ! ] Nd5
14.Bxf8 Nf4 15.Kh1 Nxf8 with compensation for the exchange. ]
12.Qh5 was also possible. 11.Bb2 Na4 [ 11...Nd5 12.c4 ] 12.Ba3
} g6 { 11...Be4 ? 12.Ba3 Bxd3 13.cxd3 Re8 14.Ng5 } 12.Qh3 Nd7
13.Re1 c5 14.dxc5 {? 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Be7 Bxf3 16.Bxf8 Rxf8
17.Qxf3 cxd4 where Black has a dominating knight at c3. 14.Ng5
! Nf6 15.dxc5 Rc8 16.cxb6 Qxb6 17.Bf4 Ba6 unclear } Nxc5 {-/+
!} 15.Ng5 h5 16.Bf4 { 16.Bxg6 Ne2+ ! } Nxd3 17.cxd3 Qf6 18.Be5
Qxg5 19.Bxc3 Rac8 20.Re5 Bxg2 21.Qxe6 Qd8 22.Qb3 Ba8 23.Rae1 {
23.d4 Re8 24.Rae1 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 -+ } Qd7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch FL44"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Lev Alburt"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "198"]

1.e4 {Notes by Van Perlo.} Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nb6
5.Be2 Bf5 6.O-O e6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bf4 dxe5 10.Nxe5 N8d7
11.Nf3 Nf6 12.Qb3 Ne4 13.a4 a5 14.c5 Nd5 15.Bg3 Nexc3 16.bxc3
Ra7 17.Ne5 Bg5 18.Bf3 Bf6 19.Rfe1 h6 20.Ra2 Qc8 21.Rae2 Rd8
22.h4 g5 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Bh5 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Qd7 26.c4 Nf4 27.Qg3
Nxe2+ 28.Rxe2 Qe7 29.d5 f6 30.Bxc7 Rd7 31.Bb6 Ra8 32.Bf3 Qf7
33.Re1 e5 34.c6 bxc6 35.dxc6 Rd6 36.c7 Rxb6 37.Bxa8 Qxc7
38.Qf3 Bc2 39.Qd5+ Kg7 40.Qxa5 Rc6 41.Qxc7+ Rxc7 42.Ra1 Rxc4
43.a5 Rc7 44.a6 Ra7 45.Bb7 Bd3 46.f3 g4 47.fxg4 Kg6 48.Kf2 Kg5
49.Kg3 Be2 50.Bc8 Ra8 51.a7 Rxc8 52.a8=Q Rxa8 53.Rxa8 Bc4
54.Ra7 Bd5 55.Rg7+ Kh6 56.Rd7 Be4 57.Rd8 Kg6 58.Kh3 Bb7
59.Rg8+ Kh6 60.g3 Bd5 61.Rd8 Bf3 62.Kh4 e4 63.Rd5 Kg6 64.Rf5
Be2 65.Ra5 Bf3 66.Ra6 Kg7 67.Ra7+ Kg6 68.Ra6 Kg7 69.g5 f5
70.Ra7+ Kg6 71.Ra6+ Kg7 72.Ra3 Kg6 73.Rb3 Bg4 74.Rb7 Bf3
75.Rb6+ Kg7 76.Re6 Bg4 77.Rf6 Kh7 78.Rf7+ Kg6 79.Re7 Be2
80.Re6+ Kg7 81.Kh3 {(This game ended in a draw after 81.Kh3?
Bg4+ and it must have caused White much grief when it dawned
on him how subtly he could have won!) 81.g6! Kh6 82.g7+!
Something to really keep in mind, as this is often the proper
method to drive the king back. This may be the key to the win
if it is followed by a combined attack with king and
rook... Kxg7 83. Kg5... as is the case here Bg4 84.Re7+ Kf8
85.Kf6 Kg8 86. Ra7 e3 (Forced as after 86... Bh3 87.Rg7+ Kh8
88.Kg6 is decisive.) 87.Re7 e2 88.Kg6 Kf8 89.Re5 and
wins. Quite instructive! } Bg4+ 82.Kg2 Kh7 83.Rf6 Kg7 84.Kf2
Kh8 85.Ke3 Kg7 86.Kf4 Bh3 87.Rh6 Bg4 88.Rh2 Kf7 89.Rh6 Kg7
90.Re6 Bh3 91.Ke5 Bg4 92.Kd6 Bh3 93.Re8 Kf7 94.Rh8 Bg4 95.Ke5
Kg6 96.Kf4 Kg7 97.Rc8 Kg6 98.Rc6+ Kg7 99.g6 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "South African Open"]
[Site "Cape Town"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ponelis"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O
7. g4 {?!} e5 {!} 8. dxe5 Nxg4 {!} 9. Bxg4 Qh4+ 10. Bf2 Qxg4
11. Qxg4 Bxg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nge2 f5 15. exf5
Rae8 16. Kd2 Rxf5 17. Rhf1 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Rd5+ 19. Ke1 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "South African Open"]
[Site "Cape Town"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Turoff"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. c4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bb5+ {?!} N8c6 {!} 7. a3 Nd3+ 8. Ke2 Nf4+
{!} 9. Kf1 Ne6 {!} 10. Ne5 {10. d3 g6 11. h4 Bg7 12. h5 O-O
13. hxg6 hxg6 14.Bh6!? was seen in Piket - Leko, Dortmund
2000.} Ned4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 {!} 12. Bc4 e5 13. d3 Bd6 14. Ne2 a5
{?, Better is 14... O-O! planning ...Kh8 and ...f5.} 15. Qa4
Qc7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Bc3 Rfb8 20. g3
Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Rc2 Rb5 23. Nc1 Rab8 {23...Qb7!? 24. b3
[Unclear is 24.Kg2!? Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. Qxc6 Rd8] 24...Rb4
25. axb4 axb4 26. Qxa8+ Qxa8 27. Ra2 +/=} 24. b3 Qd7 25. Kg2
Re8 26. Qc4 Re5 27. Re2 Rh5 28. h3 Qe7 29. Rhe1 Qd7 30. Rh1
Qe7 31. f4 Qd7 32. e5 {?!} Be7 33. e6 {?} Qd5+ {!} 34. Qxd5
Rxd5 {!} 35. exf7+ Kxf7 36. Rhe1 Rb7 37. Re6 Rd6 38. Rxd6 Bxd6
39. a4 Re7 {??, Instead 39...c4!!} 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Kf3 {+-}
Kf6 42. Ne2 Kf5 43. g4+ Kg6 44. Ng3 Be7 45. Ke4 Bd6 46. Nf5
Bf8 47. Ke5 h5 48. Ke6 hxg4 49. hxg4 Kh7 50. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Boylston Chess Club Championship"]
[Site "Boston, MA"]
[Date "1976.04.22"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Johnson"]
[Black "Harry Lyman"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1
d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Nxd6+
cxd6 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. c4 Qxc4 14. Bxd6 O-O-O 15. Bg3 Bg4
16. Rc1 Qb4 17. a3 Qxb2 18. Qd3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rd5 20. Qe4 Rhd8
21. Qf4 Qb6 22. Rb1 g5 {?} 23. Qxf7 R5d7 24. Qe6 {On
24. ... Qa5 25. Qc6 bc6 26. Rb8#. On 24. ... Qa6 25. Rac1 with
the idea of 26. Qc6 Qc6 27. Rc6 bc6 28. Rb8#.} 1-0

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Kislov"]
[Black "Ignacy Nowak"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 Qc7 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bd3 Nbc6
7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1 Bd7 9. h4 cxd4 10. Qg3 Nb4 11. h5 Nxd3
12. cxd3 Ne7 13. Nxd4 h6 14. Nc3 a6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Be3 Qd8
17. Rad1 Rg8 18. f4 g6 19. hxg6 Rxg6 20. Qf3 Nc6 21. f5 Nxd4
22. Bxd4 Rg5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. e6 Qa5 25. exd7+ Kxd7 26. Re5
{0.43-1.50} 1-0

[Event "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg   GER"]
[Date "1977.03.14"]
[EventDate "1977.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e5 {One of the very few
occasions on which I have played 1...e5 in a serious
tournament. The reason for this was that my study of Karpov's
games revealed that, if he had any weaknesses, it was a slight
hesitancy against 'Romantic' openings. It also seemed that
Karpov had never faced the Larsen Variation during his
tournament career, so I spent the morning prior to our game
examining the analysis of it given in Tim Harding's excellent
monograph on Philidor's Defence.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4
{Morphy liked 4 Qxd4.} 4...g6 {The key move of Larsen's line.}
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 {?! Not the most aggressive course, which
consists of 6 Be3, followed by Qd2 and O-O-O. After Karpov's
move I already began to feel that my choice of opening had
been a qualified success.} 6...Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O
9. Re1 Re8 {Employing the Nimzowitschian strategy of restraint
against White's e-pawn.} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Ba6
13. Rad1 Qb8 {Black has achieved a highly satisfactory
position from the opening, but that does not say so much when
playing Karpov. The then World Champion excelled in spotting
microscopic potential advantages, and, in addition, his
reactions were extremely swift, which meant that he could keep
up constant, rapid pressure on his opponent for long
periods. In fact, although we played 57 moves in our game,
they were all completed in the first session of five hours! In
such cases physical health often contributes as large a part
as chess strength to the final result.} 14. b3 Qb4 15. Nb1
Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Re7 17. Ba5 Ne5 {?! A superior way of defending
c7 is 17...Nb6, followed by ...Rae8, in order to tie White's
king's bishop to the defence of the e-pawn.} 18. Be2 Bxe2
19. Rxe2 Rae8 20. Kf1 c5 21. Bc3 Nc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc3 Nd4
24. Red2 f5 {?! Possibly too impatient. Although this
liquidates White's e-pawn it also helps White in the eventual
creation of a kingside pawn majority.} 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Re2
Rxe2 27. Nxe2 Kf7 28. Rd3 Rb8 29. g4 Ng7 30. Rf3+ Kg8 31. Nf4
c6 32. h4 Rb4 {? The plan was to force c2-c4, so that
eventually ...d6-d5 will give Black a passed pawn. After the
game Fridrik Olafsson criticised my idea as 'too systematic',
recommending the superior 32...Re8!} 33. c4 Rb7 {Now Black has
a difficult defensive task ahead, and I was also running into
time-trouble. Meanwhile Karpov was still moving at top speed
...} 34. Rd3 Rd7 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Rf3 Kg8 37. Kg3 Re7 38. Rd3
Rd7 39. Ne2 Ne6 40. f4 Kf7 {Made it to the first time control,
but Karpov still had plenty of time in hand.} 41. Nc3 Ke7
42. Re3 Kf7 43. f5 {The long-expected passed pawn
materialises.} 43...gxf5 44. gxf5 Ng7 45. Kf4 Nh5+ 46. Kg5 Nf6
47. Re6 h6+ {!} 48. Kf4 {White is temporarily repulsed. If 48
Kxh6 Rd8 49 Kg5 Rg8+ 50 Kf4 Rg4+ 51 Ke3 Rxh4 52 Rxd6 Rh3+ 53
Kd2 Rxc3 54 Rxf6+ Kxf6 55 Kxc3 Ke5 and Black can hold the king
and pawn ending.} 48...d5 {!? Activity at last.} 49. cxd5 {?
Considering his huge time advantage Karpov should possibly
have sealed here, to make sure of victory. Instead he carried
on playing, almost without pause for thought. Much stronger is
49 Rxc6! dxc4 50 Rxc5 cxb3 51 axb3 when it's an open question
whether Black can resist after 51...Rd3!} 49...cxd5 {Here I
was in time-trouble again.} 50. Nb5 d4 {!} 51. Nd6+ Kg7
52. Ke5 d3 {! The saving resource, sacrificing a piece.}
53. Rxf6 d2 54. Rg6+ Kf8 {! Not 54...Kh7? 55 Rg1 Re7+ 56 Kf6
Re1 57 Rg7+ Kh8 58 Nf7 mate.} 55. Rg1 Re7+ {Was this what
Karpov overlooked on move 49?} 56. Kf6 Re1 57. Rg7 {!
57...d1=Q 58 Rf7+ Kg8 59 Rg7+ etc. is perpetual check. Apropos
Karpov's speed of play I quote Tony Miles in the New Statesman
of 1st April 1977: 'One of the most striking features of
Karpov's play is the speed at which he plays in relatively
simple technical positions. Against Ray Keene he played a
57-move game in 1 1/2 hours whilst his opponent survived two
time scrambles in one session taking 3 1/2 hours. Against
Olafsson the difference was even greater. After two sessions
of play the times were Karpov 2 hours, Olafsson 5. I do not
know the times at the end of the game, but in all probability
the difference was even greater - perhaps a record for modern
chess?'} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg   GER"]
[Date "1977.03.15"]
[EventDate "1977.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Klaus Wockenfuss"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 {!?}
4. Ng5 b5 {This gambit, invented by the Spanish Grandmaster
Bellon, can give Black tremendous counterplay if White takes
the pawn.} 5. d3 {I prefer this to acceptance of the pawn.}
5...bxc4 6. dxe4 Nc6 {If 6...h6 7 Nxf7! Kxf7 8 e5 +/-.} 7. e3
Bb4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 {? Premature. Correct is 9...h6!}
10. bxc3 h6 11. f4 {!! A brilliant piece sacrifice, originally
suggested by Michael Stean. This was the first game in which
it was tested. No Black player risked reaching this position
thereafter.} 11...hxg5 12. fxg5 Nh7 13. g6 Ng5 {Or 13...Nf6 14
Rxf6 Qxf6 15 Qh5+-.} 14. Ba3 Ne5 15. Bxf8 Nxc4 16. gxf7+ {If
now 16...Nxf7 17 Rxf7! Kxf7 18 Qd5+ Ke8 19 Qg8, or 18...Kg6 19
Rf1, finally 18...Kxf8 19 Rf1+ Ke7 20 Qg5+ Ke8 21 Qg6++-.}
16...Kxf8 17. Qh5 Bb7 18. Qh8+ Ke7 19. Qxg7 Qf8 20. Qf6# 1-0

[Event "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg   GER"]
[Date "1977.03.13"]
[EventDate "1977.03.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {An old
favourite of Nimzowitsch which had been revived with some new
gambit ideas.} 3...c5 {Also possible is 3...d5 4 e5 d4 5 exf6
dxc3 6 bxc3 Qxf6 7 d4 with some advantage to White, or
4...Nfd7 5 cxd5 Nxe5 6 d4 Ng6 7 dxe6 Bxe6 8 d5 and White will
exert pressure against Black's unprotected queenside.} 4. e5
{The pawn sacrifice associated with this advance is the only
way to avoid sterile equality.} 4...Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 f6 {If 8...d6 9 c5! is +/- (Timman -
Najdorf, Haifa Olympiad 1976) but 8...a6 may be an
improvement. The second of these moves was employed in game
eleven from the Spassky - Hort Candidates' match at Reykjavik,
a few days after my game with Furman.} 9. Bf4 {Possibly 9 Be3
is stronger.} 9...a6 10. Bxe5 axb5 {Not 10...fxe5 11 Qh5+.}
11. Bg3 Nh6 {? A curious mistake coming from Furman, who is
Karpov's trainer. Presumably they conducted a joint study of
these variations (which Korchnoi has been known to employ)
before the 1974 Karpov - Korchnoi match, and it is hardly to
be credited that the superior 11...bxc4! should have escaped
their attention. Perhaps Furman's memory failed him.} 12. Qh5+
{! Furman had only expected 12 cxb5 d5 or 12 Nxb5 Bb4+ (=/+ in
both cases).} 12...g6 13. Qxb5 {White's queen finds itself on
an unusual square, but in compensation his more healthy
queenside pawns confer a long-term advantage.} 13...Nf5
14. Rd1 {The natural reaction, but 14 Qb3, preparing to
recentralise the queen, would have been more accurate.}
14...Ra5 15. Qb3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Re5+ 17. Be2 Bc5 {?! Stronger
is 17...Be7. The optically more aggressive move chosen by
Furman exposes both his king's bishop and exotically placed
queen's rook.} 18. Qc2 {! The most logical continuation now is
18...Qb6. After 19 Ne4 Black would be able to sacrifice the
exchange for complications with 19...Rxe4 20 Qxe4 Bxf2+ 21 Kf1
Bxg3, but 19 O-O threatens both Ne4 and Na4. In view of this
Black selects a move which runs counter to his preceding
strategy.} 18...Bb4 19. a3 {If now 19...Ba5 20 b4 Bc7 21
Qxg6+!+-.} 19...Bxc3+ 20. Qxc3 O-O 21. Qd4 {White's advantage
is manifest. Apart from the superior cO-Ordination of his
forces, the dreaded endgame is approaching, when the white
queenside pawns will prove decisive.} 21...Qa5+ 22. Qd2 b6
{Hoping that the exchange of queens will eliminate the weak
b-pawn.} 23. Qxa5 bxa5 24. Rd6 h5 {Otherwise the king is tied
to the h-pawn.} 25. Kd2 Bb7 {Or 25...Kf7 26 b4 Ke7 27
Rb6+-. In addition to the queenside pawns Black has to cope
with f2-f4, trapping his rook.} 26. f4 Rc5 27. Rxd7 Bxg2
28. Rh2 Be4 29. Kc3 Bf5 30. b4 axb4+ 31. axb4 Rcc8 32. Bd3 {!
It's all over now, but Furman never, never resigns. In another
game from Bad Lauterberg (against Torre) he dragged out a
futile resistance with only a knight and a couple of pawns for
a queen.} 32...Bxd3 33. Kxd3 Ra8 34. Rc2 Rf7 35. Rd6 Rb7
36. b5 Kf7 37. b6 g5 38. fxg5 fxg5 39. c5 Ra3+ 40. Rc3 Ra4
41. Rd4 Ra8 42. Rb4 {Becoming aware of Furman's reluctance to
resign I decided that the safest course would be to win both
black rooks.} 42...Rd8+ 43. Ke4 Rc8 44. c6 Rbb8 45. c7 Rb7
46. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Alicante"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Orestes Rodriguez"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. As a Grandmaster I was now
flooded with invitations from around the world. I participated
in tournaments from Australia to Argentina and was often
described at this time as 'England's Ambassador for chess,'
for example, organising the first ever Pan-African Junior
Chess Championship at Lagos, Nigeria in 1980. During much of
1978 I was also occupied as Viktor Korchnoi's chief assistant
in his controversial World Championship match in the
Philippines against Anatoly Karpov.} 1...e6 2. c4 b6 {The pure
Owen's Defence consists of 1 e4 b6, but in the 1950s the
English player P.N. Wallis experimented with ...b7-b6 defences
against a white pawn centre on d4, e4 and c4. Over the
previous two years it had been taken up and infused with new
life by myself and Miles, the two current English
Grandmasters. Since this deferred kind of Owen's Defence
existed in no works of opening theory (apart from my book on
the Nimzowitsch/Larsen Attack) Leonard Barden suggested that
this modern extension of Owen's idea be christened the
'English Defence', an opinion on nomenclature which soon
prevailed.} 3. Nc3 {After 3 e4 Bb7 4 f3 Black can try the
gambit 4...e5!? or 4...Qh4+ 5 g3 Qh5 or even 4...f5!? 5 exf5
exf5 6 Nh3 Bb4+ 7 Nc3 Qh4+ 8 g3 Qe7+ 9 Kf2 Bxc3 10 bxc3 Nc6 11
Bf4 O-O-O 12 d5 Ne5 13 Qd4 Re8 14 Bg2 Qc5!= Sosonko - Keene,
Bad Lauterberg 1977.} 3...Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 {After 5 f3
there is 5...f5 (as above) or 5...Qh4+. More testing is 5 Qc2,
but against this Black has the startling stroke 5...Qh4!
putting pressure on White's centre from an oblique angle. I
suggested this to the English Olympic Team at Haifa 1976 and
Miles later used it in his game v. Farago from Hastings
1976/77: 5...Qh4! 6 Bd3 f5 7 g3 (if 7 Nf3 Bxc3+ 8 bxc3 Qg4!)
7...Qh5 8 Be2 Qf7 9 f3 fxe4 10 fxe4 Nf6 11 d5 O-O 12 Nf3 Qg6
13 Bd3 Qh5-/+. Apparently Wallis was also aware of such ...Qh4
possibilities but he tended to retreat the queen to f6 rather
than h5. This whole strategy of an early queen assault against
a white pawn centre was an exciting new idea which soon found
its proper place in chess literature along with the
established defences.} 5...f5 6. Qh5+ {Alternative evidence: 6
d5 fxe4 7 Bxe4 Qh4! 8 Qd3 exd5 9 cxd5 Nf6 10 Bf3 Ba6 11 Qe3+
Kf7-/+ Whiteley - Keene, National Club Championship, Cambridge
1976 (game 59); or 6 Qe2 Nf6 7 Bg5 fxe4 8 Bxe4 Bxe4 9 Bxf6
Qxf6 10 Qxe4 Bxc3+ 11 bxc3 Nc6 12 Nf3 O-O 13 O-O Sosonko -
Keene, Haifa Olympiad 1976; continuing now with 13...Qf4! 14
Qe2 Rf5! Black could have obtained an excellent position.}
6...g6 7. Qe2 {The point of the queen check was to weaken
Black's kingside dark squares, but the effect is minimal.}
7...Nf6 8. Bg5 {After 8 f3 it is too dangerous to snatch the
pawn with 8...fxe4 9 fxe4 Bxc3+ 10 bxc3 Nxe4 11 Nf3! etc. (not
11 Bxe4? Qh4+). However, 8...Qe7! or 8...Nc6 would give a
position remarkably similar to Keene - Martin (see next game)
where White has the extra, and not very useful, move c2-c4.}
8...fxe4 9. Bc2 {?! A dubious gambit, but Rodriguez wanted to
avoid the kind of positional inferiority arising out of my
Sosonko game from Haifa (see above).} 9...Qe7 10. O-O-O Bxc3
11. bxc3 Nc6 12. f3 Qa3+ {!? Vigorous but risky. The sober
counter-sacrifice 12...e3! would have taken all the fire out
of White's game.} 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Bc1 {! The only way to gain
counter-chances is to sacrifice a second pawn.} 14...Qxc3
15. Bb2 Qa5 {Threatening ...Nb4.} 16. a3 e5 17. d5 Nd4
18. Rxd4 {Again the only chance. White has to sacrifice the
exchange to stay in the game.} 18...exd4 19. fxe4 b5 {?! After
the game this was criticised as oversharp. The sensible
procedure would have been 19...c5!} 20. Nf3 Ba6 21. c5 b4
22. Qd2 Rab8 {My violent effort to blast open the queenside
files against White's king could have led to some confusion if
Rodriguez had now found the subtle 23 Rc1! Even then, 23...Bc4
planning ...Qxc5 is -/+. Pressed for time my opponent made the
obvious capture, and his game soon collapsed.} 23. Nxd4 Qxc5
24. Nb3 Qc4 25. a4 Nxe4 {The rest is a short, forced
conclusion.} 26. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Ka2 Qd3 28. Qh6 Rf7 29. Nc1
Qe4 30. Rd1 Re8 31. Rd4 Qe3 32. Qh4 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Alicante"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Angel Martin Gonzalez"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. b3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. This game was played just
after I had finished correcting the proofs of the
Nimzowitsch/Larsen Attack. } e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 {One of
the most aggressive systems for Black, but his pawn centre is
liable to come under some pressure.} 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 Qh4+ {On
5...f6 I had planned 6 Qh5+ g6 7 Qh4 when Black's kingside
exhibits some weaknesses.} 6. g3 Qe7 7. Nf3 f6 8. Qe2 {An
important theoretical novelty. While preparing the 'N/L
Attack' I had established that the win of two pawns by means
of 8 fxe5 fxe5 9 Bxc6+ bxc6 10 Nxe5 Nf6! (hoping for
10...Bxe5? 11 Qh5+) 11 Nxc6 exposes White to a ferocious
counter-attack after 11...Qe4! The surprise text unsettled my
opponent who now went astray with ...} 8...Bg4 {?! Unclear is
8...Nh6! 9 Nc3 Be6 10 e4 d4 11 Nd5 Qd8!} 9. h3 Bh5 {Here I
thought for 32 minutes, tempted by the piece sacrifice 10
Nc3!? e4 11 Bxc6+ bxc6 12 g4 exf3 13 Qa6; one possibility now
is 13...d4 14 Qxc6+ Kf7 15 Qxa8 dxc3 16 Bxc3 and Black's
queen's bishop is trapped (16...Bg6 17 f5). There are,
however, many other variations and eventually I opted for a
safer line which also seemed to guarantee an advantage.}
10. g4 Bf7 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qa6 Kd7 {Forced.} 13. Nc3 d4 {?!
Undoubtedly vigorous but certainly bad. Black's idea is to
disrupt White's development before he can castle queenside,
but the move is too loosening. Out of the question is
13...exf4? 14 Nd4!, but 13...Nh6 14 O-O-O would have been
playable, although even in this case I harbour a decided
preference for White's position.} 14. Ne4 Bd5 {Or 14...dxe3 15
O-O-O! Similarly 14...exf4 15 Nxd6 Qxd6 16 O-O-O! With Black's
king stuck on the potentially open d-file, White can happily
sacrifice a pawn.} 15. Nxd6 Bxf3 {Naturally 15...Qxd6 16 Rf1
exf4 (or 16...dxe3) 17 O-O-O! does not trouble White.} 16. Rf1
{Stronger than 16 Nf5 Qc5.} 16...Bd5 {Black has a number of
moves here, but none offers a genuine solution: a) 16...Qxd6
(16...cxd6? 17 Qb7+) 17 Rxf3 dxe3 18 O-O-O+- (this motif
should be familiar by now); b) 16...dxe3 17 Rxf3 exd2+ 18 Kxd2
Qxd6+ 19 Rd3+-; c) 16...Bg2 17 Rg1 Bxh3 18 Nf5; d) 16...Bxg4
and now either 17 hxg4 Qxd6 18 O-O-O or 17 Ba3 Bxh3 18 Rg1; in
both cases White obtains a tremendous attack.} 17. Nf5 Qc5
18. O-O-O {The threats to Black's pawn centre oblige him to
surrender his bishop.} 18...Be4 19. d3 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Ne7 {If
20...dxe3 21 d4! wins by opening more lines against Black's
king.} 21. e4 {White has a sure positional win based on the
following factors: the insecure position of Black's king; the
weakness of his queenside and centre pawns, which are fixed on
the colour of White's bishop; and the activity that can be
generated by White's rooks on the f- and g-files. The toughest
line would have been 21...Qb5! 22 Qxb5 cxb5 23 fxe5 fxe5, but
then 24 Rg1 followed ultimately by Ba3 is very strong, playing
to control the eventual promotion square of White's
f-pawn. Instead of this Black sets a trap, but one which
involves immediate positional capitulation.} 21...exf4
22. Rxf4 g5 {?!} 23. Rf2 {! And not 23 fxg6 Qg5!} 23...Qe5
24. Qa4 {Black loses his d-pawn, the linchpin of his position,
for no compensation.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Montialla"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.c4 Nb6
5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.h3 e6 9.Be3 dxe5 10.dxe5 Qe7
11.Qc2 Nc6 12.Qf2 Rd8 13.Bc5 Qe8 14.Be2 Nd7 15.Be3 Nb4
16.O-O-O b6 17.a3 Na6 18.Qh4 Bb7 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nge4 Nac5
21.Nxc5 Nxc5 22.Bxc5 bxc5 23.Nb5 Rdc8 24.Qf2 Qe7 25.Bf3 Bxf3
26.Qxf3 f6 27.Qc6 {!} fxe5 28.Rd7 Qf6 29.Rxc7 Rd8 30.fxe5 Qxe5
31.Rxg7+ {!} Kxg7 32.Qc7+ Qxc7 33.Nxc7 { and at the end of
this small combination White comes away with a better endga
me. } Re8 34.Rd1 Kf7 35.Rd7+ Kf6 36.Nxe8+ Rxe8 37.Rxa7 Ke5
38.Rd7 Ke4 39.Kc2 Rf8 40.b4 e5 41.b5 Ke3 42.Rd3+ Ke2 43.Rd5 e4
44.Rxc5 e3 45.Re5 Rd8 46.b6 Kf2 47.a4 e2 48.c5 Rd5 49.Rxe2+
Kxe2 50.b7 Rxc5+ 51.Kb2 Rg5 52.g4 Rd5 53.b8=Q Rd2+ 54.Ka3 Rd3+
55.Kb4 Rxh3 56.Qe8+ Kf3 57.Qxg6 Rh4 58.Qf6+ Kg3 59.Qxh4+ Kxh4
60.a5 Kxg4 61.a6 h5 62.a7 h4 63.a8=Q h3 64.Qh1 1-0

[Event "Premia de Mar"]
[Site "Spain"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "J Albert"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 {Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene.} g6
2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nc6 5.d5 Nd4 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Qb6 8.Qd2
Bg4 9.f3 Bxf3 10.Na4 Qa6 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Nf6
14.c5 Qa5+ 15.Nc3 dxc5 16.Qe5 Bg4 17.d6 O-O-O 18.dxe7 Rd4
19.Qxf6 Re8 20.Bb5 Rxe4+ 21.Kf2 Re6 {Up to now I was just
following a game I had seen when playing in Hastings a few
years earlier. I just had to remember it to collect the point,
since White is already winning. 21...R8xe7 22.Nxe4 Rxe4
23.Rhd1 Bxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd4 25.Rxd4 cxd4 26.Qe5 led to an
eventual win for White in Timman-Suttles, Hastings 1974 }
22.Qf4 R8xe7 23.Qxg4 1-0

[Event "v N. Cardiff A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.02.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "O Schiffer"]
[Black "Julian Hardinge"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. O-O Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qxd4 9. Qa4 Na6 10. Be3 Qe5 11. Bg4 Nh6
12. f4 Qf6 13. Bf3 O-O 14. g4 Qh4 15. Bf2 Qh3 16. Qd1 f5
17. exf5 gxf5 18. gxf5 Rxf5 19. Bg3 Nc5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Rf7 22. Qb3 Nf5 23. Qxb7 Nxg3 24. Qxa8+ Rf8 25. Qxc6 Bd4+
26. Rf2 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Bxf2 {White lost on time} 0-1

[Event "Sussex-Berks"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.02.05"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "M J Staples"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. Nf3
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 {?} 6. Nb3 Qe6 {?} 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O fxe4
9. Nc5 Qf7 10. Nxe4 Nf6 11. Ng5 Qg8 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nb5 Kf8
14. f4 d6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Re1 Bg4 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Bd3 Rc8
19. Nge6+ Bxe6 20. Nxe6+ Ke8 21. Bd2 Nd7 22. Nxg7+ Qxg7
23. Bc3 Nf6 24. Qb3 Rc7 25. Rad1 Rf8 26. Bf1 Qh6 27. g3 Kd8
28. c5 Ne8 29. Qe6 Rd7 30. Bh3 Nb8 31. Ba5+ b6 32. cxb6 axb6
33. Bxb6+ Nc7 34. Rc1 Rf6 35. Bxc7+ 1-0

[Event "ACM NACCC"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Blitz 5 (Computer)"]
[Black "Belle (Computer)"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 {Notes by David Levy and Monty Newborn, "How Computers
Play Chess"} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5
6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Bxf7+ Kf8 {Only now does BLITZ 6.5 realise that
it must lose material.} 8. Ng6+ hxg6 9. Bc4 Nxe4 10. O-O Rxh2
{!! A beautiful combination. However White plays there is no
defense.} 11. Kxh2 Qh4+ 12. Kg1 Ng3 13. Qh5 {Delaying the end
without changing the result.} gxh5 14. fxg3+ Nf3# 0-1

[Event "10th World Correspondence Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yakov Estrin"]
[Black "Victor (Vytas) Palciauskas"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 {Notes by Palciauskas.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 {Facing the
former World Champion who is noted for his attacking style and
his extensive knowledge of e4 openings was a challenge. I was
not going to be foolish and play the two Knights defence, a
defence on which he has written extensively. Besides, I had a
feeling he would play the Evan's Gambit against me.} Bc5 4.b4
{Ah! I guessed correctly.} Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Qb3 Qd7
8.dxe5 Bb6 {My knowledge of the Evan's being somewhat limited,
I head for the simpler lines that return the pawn and offer
equality.} 9.Nbd2 {Keres' suggestion, but as the game shows,
it leads to a slightly better game for Black.} Na5 10.Qc2 Nxc4
11.Nxc4 d5 {!} 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.O-O dxe4 14.Qxe4 Qg4 {A
psychological move. Exchanging Queens give Black a very
comfortable ending where he might even stand better. So I was
not very surprised that Estrin plays for the attack.} 15.Qe3
Ne7 16.Nd4 O-O 17.h3 Qg6 18.f4 {The only hope for the attack
is the advance of the Kingside pawn majority. But, this
doesn't turn out well because I will have a firm control of
the square f5. The objective of the next few moves is to
exchange White's best piece, the Knight, and then capiture
control of the Q-file.} c5 {!} 19.Nb5 Rd8 20.Nd6 Nf5 21.Nxc8
{If 21.Nxf5 Bxf5 and White is helpless against the Rook
invasion on d3. Now 21. ...Nxe3 losses to 22.Ne7+} Raxc8
22.Qf3 h5 {! At the minor expense of a pawn, I eliminate any
possibility of g4, which makes the development of White's
Bishop problematic. If White contests the d-file with 23.Rd1,
23. ...Nh4 leads to a winning position.} 23.Qxb7 Rc6 24.Qa6 c4
{Keeping the Queen out of play and further dominating d3.}
25.Qa4 Rd3 26.Rb1 {There was no way to save the h-pawn. If
26.Kh2 Rxh3+! 27.gxh3 Qg3+ 28.Kh1 leads to mate.} 26...Rxh3
27.e6 Rxe6 28.Qxc4 Qg3 {Mate is threatened by 29. ...Qh2+
30.Kf2 Rf3+! 31.Kxf3 Qg3 mate. On 29.Qd5 Re2 leads to mate. So
White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Najdorf"]
[Black "Henrique Mecking"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by John Nunn } Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 f6 8.Bc4 e5 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Ke2 Bc5
11.Rhd1 Bxe3 12.Kxe3 Nb6 13.Nd2 Ke7 14.Bb3 Be6 15.Bxe6 Kxe6
16.b3 Rhd8 17.Nf3 Nd7 18.Ne1 Nc5 19.Nd3 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Rxd3+
21.Kxd3 Rd8+ 22.Ke2 f5 23.exf5+ gxf5 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Kxd1 e4
26.Ke2 f4 27.f3 Kf5 28.g4+ Ke5 29.h4 b5 30.b4 Kd5 31.Kf2 e3+
{Creating a strong protected passed pawn is so natural that is
easy to understand why Black played this move. However, it
actually throws the win away. -- Nunn (Correct is
31...exf3!!)} 32.Ke2 Kc4 {Now White must push a kingside pawn
as otherwise Black plays ...Kxc3 followed by ...Kd4. 2...c5 is
no better as after Kd3 Black cannot make progress.} 33.h5 {Now
there is a threat of g5, so the king must return. Note that
33.g5? is a mistake after 33...Kd5 Black just marches his king
to the h5-square, or if White plays h5, to f5.} Kd5 {Forcing
White to play h5 has given Black's king an avenue of
penetration on the kingside, but surprisingly it is not enough
to win.} 34.Kd3 Ke5 35.Ke2 Kf6 36.Kf1 Kg5 37.Ke1 Kh4 38.Kf1 h6
{Or 38...Kg3 39.Ke2! and now g5 is a threat, so the king must
return. Not, however, 39.g5? at once since 39...Kxf3 40.g6 e2+
41.Ke1 Ke3 wins for Black.} 39.Kg2 Kg5 40.Kf1 Kh4 41.Kg2 c6
42.Kf1 Kg3 43.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montilla Moriles"]
[Site "Montilla Moriles"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene, with excerpts from Jan Timman,
and Tony Miles. *** It was Boris Spassky who was partly
responsible for the generally awakened interest in chess after
1972. This, of course, was a consequence of his sensational
world title fight with Fischer. Six years later, the ex-world
champion was to lose a brilliant game to one of the young men
who had been inspired by the contest in Reykjavik. This great
game was played at Montilla, the so-called 'Wine Tournament'
(Torneo del Vino), August 15-24, 1978. In spite of his setback
here, Spassky still won first prize with 6 1/2 out of 9, ahead
of Miles, Gligoric and Hort on 6. At his best, Miles' style
exhibited a broad penchant for attack. A tip-top Miles game
always seemed to show him having unlimited reserves ready to
throw into the offensive, however many exchanges had taken
place beforehand. The following beautiful game against a
former world champion is, in my opinion, his best. It
demonstrates clearly not only Miles' quality of imagination
but also the relentless formation of Tsunami, or attacking
waves, which so magically appeared in his best games. } Nf6
2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.Bf4 {"My latest anti-Nimzo-Indian
variation. It has the merit of being completely untried at
master level (consequently unanalysed) and having played it
all of three times, I am now undoubtedly the world's leading
authority on it. Indeed, after one or two more it will
probably be named after me!" -- Tony Miles. "Miles had a
patent on this system against the Queen's Indian." -- Timman}
Bb7 5.e3 Be7 {"According to Chess Encyclopaedia 5...Ne4 is
good for Black. I, of course, disagree as, it seems, do my
opponents." -- Miles. "Spassky goes for a passive set-up,
allowing White to get a clear opening advantage." -- Timman }
6.h3 {"6 Nc3 Nh5! gives Black less trouble, otherwise Black
might get the bishop pair." -- Timman} O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5
exd5 {"8...Nxd5 9 Nxd5 Bxd5 10 Bd3 is slightly better for
White, as in Browne-Miles, Amsterdam 1978. It was probably
better to swap a couple of knights, but even then Black would
feel the pressure." -- Timman.} 9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O Nc6 {The stage
is set. White has prospects against Black's kingside, while
Spassky has chances on the other side of the board.} 11.Ne5 c4
{!? "11...cxd4 12 Nxc6 Bxc6 13 exd4+=" -- Miles} 12.Bc2 a6
13.g4 {The signal for the attack. -- Timman} b5 14.g5 Ne8 {In
the diagram, White has already burned his boats. Black has a
dangerous queenside pawn majority and, by advancing his
g-pawn, White has weakened his kingside. White has apparently
staked all on attacking Black's king, rendered somewhat
exposed by the forced retreat of the knight from f6 How should
White pursue the attack? 15 Qh5 allows Black to play ...g6 (a
move he intends to play anyway) with gain of tempo. The
obvious attacking try is 15 Bxh7+ Kxh7 16 Qh5+ Kg8 17 g6 fxg6
(17...Nf6 18 gxf7+) 18 Nxg6 but Black can then defend
satisfactorily by 18...Rf6 when 19 Nxd5 loses to 19...Rxg6+;
18...Nf6 19 Qh8+ Kf7 20 Nxf8 Qxf8 is also not bad for
Black. So Miles played 15 Qg4, a multi-purpose move,
transferring the queen to the kingside, defending the pawn on
g5, vacating d1 for a rook and eyeing d7.} 15.Qg4 g6 16.Rad1
{"White prepares his assault with natural developing
moves. The black counter-offensive on the queenside makes
little difference." -- Timman} Ng7 17.h4 Bb4 {? Up to this
point, the game had been fairly balanced, with White's
kingside attack countered by defence in depth plus a black
queenside pawn majority. But now Spassky removes a key
defensive piece, clearly miscalculating the tactics that
follow. Probably best is 17...b4 18 Ne2 f6.} 18.Nd7 {!
"Already the final blow. But it needed accurate
calculation."--Timman} Bc8 {"Forced. 18...Bxc3 19 Nf6+ Kh8 20
bxc3 followed by h5 is hopeless for Black. 18...f5 19 gxf6+/-"
-- Miles} 19.Nxd5 {"19 Nf6+? Qxf6 20 Qxc8 Qe6!=+" -- Miles}
Kh8 {"If 19...Bxd7 not 20 Nf6+, which is refuted by
20...Qxf6!, when White's queen would be hanging. Stronger
would be 20 Qxd7 Qxd7 21 Nf6+" -- Miles. This game is replete
with such delicate tactics.} 20.N5f6 Ra7 {Best. If 20...Be7 21
Be4 or 20...Ne8 21 Be5. Now White must lose the knight on d7,
but his attack becomes decisive.} 21.d5 { Now the point of
move 16 is revealed." -- Timman} Ne7 {If 21...Na5 22 h5! Rxd7
23 Qh4 gxh5 24 Be5 Re7 [24...Qe7 25 Qe4] 25 Bd4!+ -- Miles}
22.Be5 {! Now 22 h5 is not so clear, e.g. 22...Bxd7 23 Qh4
gxh5 with ...Ng6 to follow. With the point that 22...Bxd7
fails to 23 Qd4" -- Timman} Rxd7 {Not 22...Bxd7 23 Qd4!} 23.h5
{! "23 Qd4? Nc6! or 23 Nxd7? Qxd7 and ...Qg4+. The attack is
still rolling along but it still requires accurate
calculation." -- Timman. Despite exchanges the attack steadily
mounts. } Rxd5 {"23...Rb7 24 Qf4+" -- Miles} 24.Qf4 {! The
best square for the queen.} Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Qa5 {Though a piece
ahead, Black is lost. The more natural 25...Qb6 allows 26h6
when the attacked knight cannot move because of Nd5+.} 26.Ne8
{! The death blow.} f6 {Or if 26...Rxe8 27 Qf6 Rg8 (27...Nef5
28 Bxf5 Rxe5 29 h6 Bf8 30 hxg7+ Bxg7 31 Rd8++) 28 h6 mates
quickly: 28...Nef5 29 Bxf5 Bf8 30 Bxc8+.} 27.gxf6 Kg8 {If
27...Nxe8 28 f7+ or 27...Rxe8 28 f7! Rf8 29 h6 Nef5 30 Qxf5
Bxf5 31 hxg7#} 28.Nxg7 {If 28...Nc6 29 hxg6 soon forces
mate. "And Black resigned, crushed. A magnificent attacking
win, all the more considering that Spassky, together with
Karpov, had won the first Bugojno tournament earlier that
year"--Timman. Many players would find Miles' 18th or 19th
moves more impressive than his fifteenth. But these moves were
susceptible to precise calculation, whereas 15 Qg4 was not. 15
Qg4 stands out as a star move, because White displayed good
judgement in rejecting the tempting 15 Bxh7+ and correctly
chose to pursue the attack by slower means. I think this is
Miles' best game.} 1-0

[Event "British Team Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Joseph Carleton"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {I now regard 6 c3! as best.} 6. Bc4
Qe7+ {6 Bc4 was the only move given in the Encyclopaedia of
Chess Openings as leading to White's advantage against
5...exf6, but 6...Qe7+ is an adequate counter and far superior
to 6...Bd6 or 6...Be7. 6...Qe7+ was first conceived by
Bronstein and was later propagated by Bob Wade who used it to
draw with Matanovic in 1972. After 6...Qe7+ Black's threat of
...Qb4+ more or less forces White to play 7 Qe2 (7 Be2 Bg4 is
easy for Black, while 7 Kf1?! looks artificial) when the most
reliable procedure is 7...Be6!, as played in this game.}
7. Qe2 Be6 {!} 8. Bb3 Nd7 {8...Bxb3 9 axb3 Qxe2+ 10 Nxe2
(Kuijpers - Lechtynsky, Nice Olympiad 1974) gives White a
nagging edge in the endgame. If light-squared bishops are to
be traded, Black would prefer this to take place on e6; e.g. 8
Bxe6 (in place of 8 Bb3) 8...Qxe6 9 Bf4 Na6 10 c3 O-O-O
(Gaprindashvili - Andersson, Dortmund 1978) and now if White
swaps queens Black can straighten out his pawn structure,
while if White avoids the exchange Black's queen is
excellently posted on e6.} 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. O-O-O Nd5 {Here
White has two ways of moving his queen's bishop - either to
g3, as in the game, or retreating it to d2. Thus, 11 Bd2 b5 12
Nf3 Qd7 13 Ne1 Be7 (Tal proposed 13...Bd6) 14 Nd3, and here I
suggest the aggressive 14...a5! In the game Tal - Bronstein,
USSR 1974, Black proceeded carelessly with 14...O-O? when the
blockading coup 15 Ba5! utterly stymied Bronstein's intended
queenside pawn offensive.} 11. Bg3 g6 {Worth consideration is
11...b5 as an immediate remedy against White's playing
c2-c4. } 12. Nf3 {?! If 12 c4!? Bh6+ 13 Kb1 Nf4!? (13...Nb4 14
d5 Bf5+ is unclear) 14 Bxf4 Bxf4 15 d5 Bf5+ 16 Bc2 Bxc2+ 17
Qxc2 O-O 18 Ne2 Be5 with an obscure position.} 12...Bh6+
13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rhe1 {If 14 Bxd5 cxd5 15 h4 Rac8! 16 h5 Rxc2!!
17 Qxc2 (17 Kxc2 Bf5+ is winning for Black) 17...Bf5 18 Rd3
Rc8 19 Qb3 (or 19 Qd1 Rc1+) 19...Qe2 etc.} 14...Rfe8 15. Qe4
Qd7 16. Qh4 Bg7 {Intending ...g6-g5.} 17. h3 {! The only
move.} 17...a5 18. a3 b5 19. Nd2 a4 20. Ba2 b4 21. axb4 a3
22. Bb3 {If 22 Bxd5 cxd5! planning ...Qa4, which is better for
Black.} 22...g5 {!} 23. Qh5 axb2 24. Kxb2 Nxb4 {Black
evidently enjoys a devastating attack against the exposed
white king, but White's next move makes things even worse.}
25. Kc3 {? If 25 Nc4 Bxc4 26 Rxe8+ Rxe8 27 Bxc4 Qb7 28 Bb3 c5!
(better for Black) 29 Bd6 c4! 30 Bxc4 Nd3+ 31 Kc3 Nxf2
threatening ...Nxd1+ and ...Ne4+.} 25...Na2+ 26. Bxa2 Rxa2
27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 c5 29. Nb3 Bxb3 {If 30 cxb3 Qxd4+, or 30
Kxb3 Qb5+ 31 Kc3 Qb4+.} 0-1

[Event "Marshall Chess Club"]
[Site "New York City"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adzemovich"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.c4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Be7 4.Nc3 O-O
5.d4 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Ne5 h6 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 c5 11.e3
Nc7 12.Bd2 { 12.Rd1 Ba6 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.cxd5 Ncxd5 15.Nxd5
exd5 =/+ } Rc8 13.a4 cxd4 14.exd4 Ba8 15.Be3 { 15.Nb5 dxc4
16.Nxa7 Bxg2 17.Nxc8 Bxf1 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Kxf1 b5 20.axb5
Nxb5 21.Qxc4 Qb7 22.Qc6 Qxc6 23.Nxc6 Nd5 24.Be3 Rc8 25.Ne5 [
25.Rc1 Nxe3+ 26.fxe3 Kf8 27.b4 Na7 28.b5 Nxb5 29.Rc2 Na7
30.Nb4 = ] Rc2 = } dxc4 16.Bxa8 Nxa8 17.Nb5 a6 18.Na7 Rc7
19.Nac6 Qe8 20.Nxe7+ { 20.Qxc4 Bd6 21.Rac1 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Nd5
23.Bd4 Qd7 24.Rc2 Rfc8 25.Rfc1 Kh8 =/+ } Qxe7 21.Rfd1 Nd5
22.Bd2 Rfc8 23.Ra3 b5 24.Rf3 f5 25.Bf4 { 25.g4 b4 26.gxf5 c3
27.bxc3 bxc3 28.Bc1 Qf6 29.Ng4 Qh4 30.h3 h5 31.Ne5 Rf8 -/+ }
Nxf4 26.Rxf4 Nb6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rf3 Nd5 29.Rc1 b4 30.Qa4 g5
31.g4 Nf4 32.Rxf4 { 32.Rc2 Ra7 -+ 32.Re1 c3 33.bxc3 bxc3
34.Qc2 Qb4 -/+ } gxf4 33.Qa6 c3 34.b3 Re8 35.Kg2 { 35.d5 Qf6
36.d6 Rg7 37.d7 Rd8 38.Qb5 f3 39.h3 h5 40.Kf1 fxg4 41.hxg4 Rg5
-+ } Ra7 36.Qb5 { 36.Qc4 fxg4 37.Nc6 Qh4 38.Nxa7 Qh3+ 39.Kg1
f3 -+ } Qb7+ 37.Qxb7 Rxb7 38.gxf5 exf5 39.Kf3 Rd8 40.Nc6 Rd6
41.d5 Rxd5 42.Kxf4 Rd2 43.f3 Rxh2 44.Kxf5 Rf7+ 45.Ke4 Re2+
46.Kd3 Rd2+ 47.Ke3 Rc7 48.Nd4 Re7+ 0-1

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 {Notes by G. Kasparov from the book: "The Test Of
Time".} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3
d6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Be2 O-O 9. Qd2 {In my opinion, another
promising development plan is 9 O-O f5 10 Qd2 Ng4 11 Bxg4
fxg4.} Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. b3 a6
14. Nxc6 Rxc6 {14...bxc6 is unfavourable because of 15. c5!}
15. Bh6 Rfc8 {But not 15...Bh8? which leads to: 16 Nd5 Qd8 17
Qg5! or15...b5? 16 Bxg7 Kxg7 17 Qg5!} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4
{!?-In spite of the exchanges, the position has not lost its
sharpness. After 17 Qb2! f6 18 Nd5 White evidently stands a
little better, but I was in too much hurry and the evaluation
immediately changed.} f6 {!-Now the gains resulting from the
advance of the f- pawn is unclear, whereas the threat of ...b5
is unpleasant. White decides to complicate the play at the
cost of his c-pawn.} 18. Kh1 b5 19. f5 g5 {The incautious
capture 19...bxc4 would have lost a piece - 20 b4! Qxb4 21
h3.} 20. Qf2 {If 20 Qb2 bxc4 21 b4 then 21... Qe5!} bxc4
21. Nd5 cxb3 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Qa7 {White planned this raid
before the 18th move. Now the knight is in the centre and the
queen rampaging in the enemy rear compensate by their activity
for the lost material.} Qd8 24. axb3 Be2 {!} 25. Re1 Bb5
26. h4 {Of course, 26. Qxe7 would have favored black but now I
considered that 26... h6 with the possible sequel 27 Rd1 Kf8
28 Kh2 Rc2 29 e5! Qd7! (29... dxe5? 30 Nf4!) 30 Qxd7 Bxd7 31
exf6 was the most solid and would give equal chances. Not
wishing to tempt fate against an opponent who before this had
won six games in a row, I offered a draw, but he declined.}
gxh4 {?- This reply weakens the kings position and gives the
white rook a clear objective.} 27. Qf2 Kh8 28. Qxh4 Rc2 {Black
has got rid of the threats to his e7-pawn and has activated
his rook, but he stands worse in view of the impending danger
to his king.} 29. Re3 {A natural manoeuvre, but at the same
time a mistake, which loses White his advantage. After 29 Nf4!
Black would have been unable to transfer his queen to f8 and
Bishop to f7 and would evidently have lost, e.g. 29... Be8 30
Ne6 Qa5 31 Qg3, or 29... Qe8 30 Re3 Qf7 31 Rg3.} Qf8 {!}
30. Rh3 Qg7 31. Rg3 Qf8 32. Nf4 Be8 {!-Now black's defenses
hold. After 33. Ng6+ Bxg6 34 fxg6 Qg7 he has everything in
order.} 33. Ne6 Qf7 34. Kg1 {Had he caught the queen by 34
Rg7, white would have risked losing. Realizing that my
advantage had gone, I set a last trap.} Qh5 {After 34... Bd7
35 Nd8 Qf8 the game would have immediately been decided by 36
Qh6!, but by now black is firmly on the correct path.}
35. Qxh5 Bxh5 36. Rg7 Re2 {!- The draw becomes obvious,
whereas after 36... Rc7? 37 g4! White would have unexpectedly
have trapped the bishop.} 37. Rxe7 {White too is on the alert:
37 g4? Rxe4! 38 gxh5 Rxe6 39 h6 Re5 40 Rf7 Kg8 41 Rg7+ Kf8 42
Rxh7 Rxf5 43 Rh3+ Kf7 44 h7 Rh5! and black wins.} Rxe4 38. Ra7
h6 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Telechess ol1 7778"]
[Site "telex"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ingvar Asmundsson"]
[Black "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. Ba3 Na5
12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc3 14. O-O Qxd4 15. Qh5 Qf4 16. Bc1 g6
17. Qe2 Qd4 18. Ba3 Nec6 19. Rfe1 O-O-O 20. Bd6 Kb7 21. c4
Nxc4 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 f5 24. Ba6+ Ka8 25. Red1 Qc3
26. Rac1 Qa5 27. Bc7 Ne7 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Bb5 Nd5 30. Bxd7
Rxd7 31. Rc8+ Kb7 32. Qc4 Rc7 33. Rxc7+ Nxc7 34. Rd7 Qxe5
35. Rxh7 Qa1+ 36. Qf1 Qxa4 37. Rg7 a5 38. Rxg6 Qd4 39. Rg3 a4
40. Rd3 Qb2 41. Qd1 b5 42. h4 Nd5 43. h5 Qh8 44. Qe2 Qf6
45. Rh3 Ka6 46. Qd2 {time} 1-0

[Event "v Bridgend 'A'"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.10.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arthur Howard Williams"]
[Black "Julian Hardinge"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc4 Ng4
12. Bf4 g5 13. Bc1 Bf6 14. Ne3 Bxd4 15. Nexd5 Nge5 16. e3 Bc5
17. Ne4 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Be7 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Nc3 g4 21. Bd5
Bb4 22. e4 Nd4 23. Bh6 Rfe8 24. Kg2 Nef3 25. h3 gxh3+ 26. Kxh3
Re5 27. Kg2 Rh5 28. Rh1 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 {Black lost on time
(time control on move 30).} 1-0

[Event "Havana Radio Rebelde"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rogelio Ortega"]
[Black "Reynaldo Vera"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5
12. Qd3 Qxf6 13. Rf1 Qe5 14. O-O-O Ra7 15. Ne4 Rd7 16. Kb1 Be7
17. Bf3 O-O 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. c3 Qc7 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. h4 Nc6
22. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bxc6 25. h5 Bd5 26. Qd4
Qc4 27. Qxc4 Bxc4 28. Kc2 Bd5 29. b3 Kf8 30. Kd3 g6 31. hxg6
hxg6 32. c4 bxc4+ 33. bxc4 Bxe4+ 34. Bxe4 Bc5 35. Kc3 Ke7
36. Kb3 Kd6 37. Ka4 f5 38. Bb7 e5 39. Bxa6 e4 40. Kb3 f4
41. Kc3 Ke5 42. Bb7 g5 {0-1 time} 0-1

[Event "GER-chT SW 7778"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1978.04.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Joerg Weidemann"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Ba3 d6
12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nc6 15. Qe3 e5 16. dxe5
Nxe5 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Rfe1 Re6 21. Kg2
Qe8 22. Bb2 Rh6 23. Nf4 Bg5 24. e3 { # } 24... Rxh2+ 25. Kf1
Kh8 26. Qd5 Ng4 27. Rd2 Bf6 28. Qe6 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Ne5 30. Qxe8
Rxe8 31. Rd1 g5 32. Nd5 c6 33. Nc3 Rh1+ 34. Kg2 Rxd1 35. Nxd1
Kg7 36. Rd2 Re6 37. Nc3 Nf7 38. Ne2 c5 39. Nc3 Kg6 40. a4 h5
41. Nd5 h4 42. gxh4 Re4 43. hxg5 Kxg5 44. a5 bxa5 45. Ra2 Rg4+
46. Kf1 Ne5 { time } 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Pasadena, United States"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Pal Benko"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.c3 b6 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.Rad1 Qc8
13.Ng5 Nd5 14.Qd3 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 c5 16.Bb3 h6 17.Bc2 f5 18.Bd2
Ba6 19.c4 cxd4 20.Bb3 Qc5 21.Rfe1 Rf6 22.a3 Rc8 23.Rc1 Ne7
24.Bb4 Qc7 25.Qxd4 Nc6 26.Qe3 Nxb4 27.axb4 f4 28.Qh3 Rd8 29.c5
Kh8 30.Bxe6 Bb5 31.Qc3 f3 32.g3 Be2 33.Bc4 Bxc4 34.Qxc4 Qc8
35.c6 a6 36.c7 Rdf8 37.Re7 b5 38.Qh4 Qf5 39.h3 Rc8 40.Kh2 {
Time forfeit} 1-0

[Event "Rome (Italy)"]
[Site "Rome (Italy)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Bela Toth"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2
Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O e4 {?! This looks premature. He should
prefer 11...Nc6 12 Bb2 and now, perhaps, 12...e4 13 Bb1 Na5 14
Ng3 Re8 15 f3 Nc4 with equal chances.} 12. Bc2 Nc6 13. f3 cxd4
14. cxd4 exf3 15. Rxf3 Bg4 {Tempting fate, inasmuch as White
is presented with a typical exchange sacrifice opportunity.}
16. Rxf6 {!} gxf6 17. Qd3 {Critical here is 17...f5 18 Nf4
Rac8 19 h3 Na5 20 Ra2 Qc4 21 Qxc4 Rxc4 22 Bd2! Rfc8 23
Bd3. However, there are many complications concealed in this
variation, and what Black plays leads to unmitigated
disaster.} 17...Rfd8 {?} 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Nf4 Rac8 20. Bd2 a5
21. Bb3 Qd7 22. Rf1 Bf5 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Qg7 Be4 25. Qxf7+ Kd6
26. Qxf6+ Kc7 27. Ne6+ Kb6 28. Nxd8 Qg4 29. Rf2 Rxd8 30. Qf4
Qg6 31. Bf7 Qh7 32. Be6 Rh8 33. Bc3 Ka7 34. d5 Re8 35. Bf7 Rd8
36. dxc6 Bxc6 37. Bd4+ Ka8 38. Qf5 Qh4 39. Qxa5+ Kb8 40. Be5+
Kc8 41. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "Sydney (Australia)"]
[Site "Sydney (Australia)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Maxwell Leonard Fuller"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 {!? I don't trust this move,
since I believe Black needs his light-squared bishop for most
King's Indian structures. However, Max had used it before and
once scored a notable victory with it against Belgian GM
O'Kelly.} 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 {Alternatively
the game Keene - Avner, Student's Olympiad Orebro 1966 had
continued 9...e5 10 d5 f5 11 h4 Nf6 12 Qc2 f4 13 Bd2 c5 14 g3
fxg3 15 fxg3 a6 16 Qd3 Nbd7 17 g4 b5 18 h5 bxc4 19 Qe2 Rf7 20
hxg6 hxg6 21 g5 Nh7 22 Bg4 Ndf8 23 Qxc4 Rb7 24 Be6+ Kh8 25
O-O-O Qb6 26 b3 Qc7 27 Rh3 Rb4 28 Qe2 c4 29 Rdh1 cxb3 30 Rxh7+
1-0. This extract shows that Fuller was a victim of a strategy
prepared way in advance.} 10. Ne2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. h4 {!! A
theoretical novelty. Only 12 Qc2 is given in ECO. This, in my
opinion, is considerably stronger.} 12...f5 13. h5 f4
{13...Nf6 is possible, as is 13...fxe4 14 Bxe4 Nf6. But in the
former case, 14 Nc3 is good, while in the latter, 15 Ng3 is
clearly better for White. Alternatively, if 13...fxe4 14 Bxe4
Nf5 then 15 Qd3 is strong.} 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. hxg6 hxg6
{Probably 15...Nxg6 is better (more resilient).} 16. g3 {! The
fatal rupture.} 16...g5 17. gxf4 gxf4 {If 17...exf4 18 Nd4!
winning, because of the threat 19 Ne6. Black has no tactics
down the long dark diagonal.} 18. Nc3 {With the threat of 19
Bg4.} 18...Qd7 19. Bg2 {! This wins - Black now has no light
square defence.} 19...c6 20. Bh3 Qc7 21. Be6+ Rf7 22. Qf3 b5
23. cxb5 cxd5 24. exd5 Re8 25. Qg2 Nc8 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4
Qb7 28. Qg6 Rxe6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. dxe6 Rf6 31. O-O-O Ne7
32. Rdg1 Nf5 33. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Brisbane"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 { Notes by Rogers from the tournament book. } d5 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 {Keene is an expert theoretician but the
Hennig-Schara gambit is not his forte and he saw fit to avoid
4 cxd5 cxd4!?} 4...Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 cxd4
8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 {After 10...b6 11 Be4 is
strong.} 11. a3 b6 12. Ne5 {!? A fairly new move, and until
now considered a strong one. The more traditional 12 Bc2 Bb7
13 Qd3 does not offer White anything after 13...g6!} 12...Bb7
{12...Nxd4 would be foolhardy in the extreme. White gets a
crushing position after 13 Be3 Nf5 (forced) 14 Bxf5 exf5 15
Qf3 Bd7 16 Red1!} 13. Ba6 {!} Qc8 {Black must avoid 13...Bxa6
14 Nxc6 Qc7 15 Nxe7+ Qxe7 16 Bg5! Bb7 17 d5! +/-.} 14. Bxb7
Qxb7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. d5 {!} Qc4 {! Since Black's pawn
structure is about to be destroyed he decides to go for the
throat and attack the somewhat underprotected white king.}
17. Qe2 Qh4 18. dxe6 Bc5 19. h3 {The only good defence: it is
imperative for White to prevent ...Ng4.} 19...Rae8 20. exf7+
Rxf7 21. Be3 {Again forced: 21 Qf1? loses immediately to
21...Qxf2+.} 21...Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rfe7 {The obvious move, but it
meets with a fantastic reply. 22...Ne4 23 Nxe4 Qxe4 would have
given a position dismissed by Keene as 'drawn'. Personally I
would favour the GM's chances of grinding out a win.} 23. e4
{!! The most subtle single move in the
tournament. Psychologically the move is a (grand)master
stroke. Black had calculated that he was winning back the
e-pawn in all lines and reasoned that White had decided to
acquiesce to the inevitable and would soon agree to a
draw. Black's 11 minute tactical check failed to reveal the
point of Keene's combination, so} 23...Nxe4 {? 23...h6 was
more circumspect. Now Black was rocked by} 24. Qc4+ Kh8
25. Re2 {!! and the game is all but over. Black has absolutely
no defence to White's simple threat of 26 Rae1. Since 25...b5
loses both queenside pawns for no compensation Black, after
half an hour's thought, decides to give up his queen.}
25...Nxc3 26. Qxh4 Nxe2+ 27. Kh2 {Black's last hope was 27 Kh1
Re4 28 Qf2 Rf4 with domination of the queen and a resulting
draw.} 27...Re4 28. Qh5 R4e5 29. Qf7 R5e7 30. Qf2 Re6 31. Rd1
h6 32. Qf7 R6e7 33. Qf3 Kg8 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Rf1 Re3 36. Rf3
{!} Rxf3 37. Qxf3 Kg8 38. Qb7 Re6 39. Qd7 Nf4 40. Qxa7 Kh7
41. Qc7 Rf6 42. a4 h5 43. h4 Ng6 44. Kg3 Nh8 {and resigns.}
1-0

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Haji Ardiansyah"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {I used
to play 3 Nf3 here, allowing the Queen's Indian, but after
some work in 1978 on the Nimzo-Indian, I started to invite
Nimzos, although I consider that the main lines probably
permit Black equality.} 3...Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
O-O {A reasonable alternative is 6...b6. My opponent tries to
implement a strategy akin to the Huebner central blockade
system of the main line, but here White enjoys the advantage
of not having yet committed his king's knight to f3.} 7. Bd3
d6 8. e4 Nc6 9. Ne2 e5 10. d5 Na5 {Black hopes to molest
White's c4-pawn, but it transpires that he cannot muster
sufficient force to cause White serious problems. A safer
alternative is 10...Ne7, but after 11 Ng3 Ne8 12 h4 f5 13 exf5
Nxf5 14 Ne4, I still prefer White.} 11. Ng3 b6 12. O-O Re8 {If
12...Ba6 White can inaugurate a dangerous attack with 13 Nf5
Bxc4 14 Bxc4 Nxc4 15 Qd3 followed by Bg5, when there is an
unbreakable pin on Black's king's knight.} 13. Ra2 {En route
to the kingside. This development of the rook via the second
rank was typical of the ancient Arabic form of chess, and it
seemed appropriate against a Muslim opponent who, by visiting
Mecca, had earned the title of 'Hadji'.} 13...Nd7 14. Nf5 Nf8
15. Ne3 {An ideal post for the knight. It defends the c-pawn
and prepares future kingside aggression.} 15...Ng6 16. g3 Bh3
17. Re1 Rb8 18. f3 {White's long-term objective is to achieve
expansion with f3-f4, but it is necessary, as a preliminary,
to feed over more pieces to the critical sector.} 18...h5
19. Rf2 Rb7 {Curiously, the 'Hadji' also decides on the Arabic
development of his rook which, perhaps, lends some emphasis to
my comment at move 13.} 20. Kh1 {Not 20 f4? exf4 21 gxf4 Nxf4!
22 Rxf4 Qg5+.} 20...Qf6 21. Bd2 h4 22. Rg1 Bc8 23. Bc2 {The
point of this move is to discourage Black from moving his king
over to the queenside via f8 and e7, for if now 23...Kf8 24
Qc1 Ke7 25 Nf5+ Bxf5 26 Bg5 wins Black's queen. In this line
it is essential to protect the b3 square, otherwise Qc1 would
be refuted by ...Nb3.} 23...h3 {? The losing move, which not
only releases all of the kingside tension, but also exposes
the pawn to capture.} 24. Qf1 {!} Qe7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5
Nf8 27. g4 {Black also has little defence against the
methodical advance of White's mobile pawn mass.} 27...b5
28. cxb5 c4 29. g5 Rxb5 30. Qxh3 {30 Ba4 would net the
exchange, but there is no need for this. The attack against
Black's king is more important.} 30...Qd7 31. Rg4 Rb2 32. Be4
{After 32 Rh4? Ng6! Black could still struggle for a bit.}
32...Nb3 33. Be3 Rxf2 34. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "Gausdal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Steven M Odendahl"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 { Notes by Leonard Barden from his column in The
Guardian. } g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 {This and
similar systems (e.g. 1 d4 d6 2 Nf3 Bg4) are growing in
popularity.} 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Qb3 {? This seemingly
aggressive move misplaces the queen and is a source of later
troubles.} 7...Qc8 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 Bf5 10. d5 Na6 11. Nd4 Bd7
12. Bf3 c6 {Probing the white centre. Less good is 12...Nc5 13
Qc2 followed by b2-b3, Rb1 and b3-b4, when the knight is
kicked back.} 13. Qd1 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e4 {Stopping
...e6-e5-e4 but conceding dark square weaknesses.} 15...e5
16. Nc2 Qc7 17. b3 Nc5 18. Ba3 Rad8 19. Kh2 {If 19 Bxc5 dxc5
and the other knight works round to d4.} 19...a5 20. g3 Be6
21. Qe2 Bf7 22. Rad1 Nfd7 23. Ne3 Nf8 24. Bg2 Nfe6 25. Nc2 Nd4
26. Qd2 a4 {! Energetically pursuing the advantage before
White can get in f2-f4-f5.} 27. b4 Bxc4 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Qc1
Bxf1 30. Bxf1 {Better is 30 Rxf1.} 30...Rf8 {So that if 31 Kg2
Qf7.} 31. Ne3 Rxf2+ 32. Kg1 Rf3 33. Bg2 Rf7 34. Kh1 Qa5
35. Bf1 Kh8 36. Ng4 Rdf8 37. Nb1 b6 {! The pawn was not
threatened but Black plans a Nimzowitschian regroup to the
kingside for the final attack.} 38. Nd2 Qa7 39. Bd3 h5 40. Ne3
Qd7 41. Bf1 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Brisbane"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Terrey Ian Shaw"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6
4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nf6 {In the Manila leg of the Asian
Circuit I won against Shaw with 6...Rb8 7 Nf3 b5 8 a3 a5 9 O-O
b4 10 axb4 axb4 11 Nd5 e6 12 Ne3 Nge7. White now sacrificed a
pawn with 13 f5, but it turned out to be insufficient. I
decided, for this game, that it would be a mistake to try to
win the same way twice, especially since White has a
significant improvement in 13 g4.} 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. h3
{9 Nh4 is a reasonable alternative.} 9...b5 10. g4 {?! This
looks too sharp; stronger would be 10 Be3 or 10 a3.} 10...b4
11. Ne2 Ba6 {Even more to the point is 11...c4 followed by
...Ba6, when White cannot avoid pawn weaknesses in the
centre. My choice forces White onto the defensive to hold up
the ...c5-c4 thrust, but it gives Black fewer prospects of
active play.} 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Kh1 Bb5 {I did not like 13...Nb6
14 a3, which throws a spanner into the works of Black's plan
of achieving ...c5-c4.} 14. Rg1 {? A highly artificial means
of removing the rook from the line of fire of Black's queen's
bishop. Much better would be 14 a4!, when after 14...Ba6 15
Rb1 followed by b2-b3, White could seal up the queenside and
avert much of the impending danger. And 14 a4! bxa3 15 Rxa3
gives White a target, in the shape of Black's a-pawn, to
compensate for the vulnerability of his own b-pawn.} 14...a5
15. Rb1 a4 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 Ra8 {Now Black controls the
a-file, which is a distinct advantage in comparison with the
previous note.} 18. Bb2 Nd4 19. Nf3 {If 19 Bxd4 cxd4 20 e5
Black can offer a promising exchange sacrifice with 20...dxe5
21 Bxa8 Qxa8+.} 19...Nxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 e5 {!
Introducing the theme of dominating the dark squares. White's
only chance now is 22 f5, although after 24...Qh4 he must
avoid 23 Qf1 Ra1!} 22. Rb1 {?} Qh4 23. Qf1 exf4 {The omission
of 22 f5 allows Black to occupy the powerful e5 square with a
knight, and this piece will exert a decisive influence on
events.} 24. Nxf4 Ra2 25. Rc1 Ne5 {Threatening 26...Bxd3! 27
Nxd3 (or 27 cxd3 Rf2-+) 27...Nxd3 28 cxd3 (28 Qxd3 Qxh3 is
mate) 28...Rf2-+.} 26. Kh2 Rfa8 27. Rg2 Bc6 28. Nd5 {White is
running out of constructive moves. The text is an unpleasant
choice, which leaves White with a virtually helpless minor
piece to combat the monster on e5.} 28...Bxd5 29. exd5 h5 {!}
30. Rg3 {If 30 gxh5 Qf4+ 31 Rg3 Nxf3+ 32 Qxf3 Qxc1-+.}
30...hxg4 31. Bxg4 Kg7 32. Qg2 Ra1 {White has been totally
surrounded. I particularly liked the way in which Black's
pieces operate together on the far-flung a- and h-files. It is
only a matter of time now before White's position collapses in
the pincer movement.} 33. Rg1 Rxg1 34. Qxg1 Ra2 35. Qb1 Ra3
36. Qd1 Qf6 37. Kg2 Qf4 38. Qf1 Qd4 39. Qf2 Qxd5+ 40. Bf3 Qd4
41. Be4 Ra2 42. Qd2 Qc3 {White resigned at adjournment. } 0-1

[Event "Sydney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Cecil John Seddon Purdy"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 { Notes by Purdy from the tournament book. } Nf6 2. Nc3
e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 {This early a2-a3 was
often played by Botvinnik. Black can safely reply 6...Be7,
regarding ...Bb4 as having achieved some good in inducing
White to shut in his queen's bishop. However, an old-style
Queen's Gambit Declined results in which White's a2-a3 can be
of use to him.} 6...Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 Nc6
{? A routine move which sets Black downhill. Correct is 9...b6
followed by ...Ba6. By exchanging off White's major bishop,
Black can equalise. Capablanca played this against Botvinnik
at AVRO 1938, but lost because he afterwards bypassed the
centre by playing ...c5-c4 (see game 94).} 10. O-O Re8 11. f3
cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Ra2 {! White embarks on a
slow but sure plan of enforcing e3-e4.} 14...Rc8 15. Re2 Rc7
16. Bb2 {The bishop plays here a menial role of protecting d4
to enforce e3-e4, but only temporarily.} 16...Rce7 17. Qe1 Re6
18. Qf2 Rd6 19. Nf5 Rd7 20. e4 {At last.} 20...g6 21. e5 Nh5
22. Nh6+ Kg7 {Sheer loss of time as White's queen's bishop
must return to c1 anyway, to become active again. With
22...Kh8 Black could have made a longer resistance. White
finishes incisively.} 23. Bc1 Kh8 24. f4 Ng7 25. f5 gxf5
26. Nxf5 Ne6 27. Be3 Rg8 28. Nd6 Rg7 29. Bh6 Ncxd4 30. Bxg7+
Kxg7 31. Re3 1-0

[Event "Sydney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Colin Morris"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4
Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 {I discovered this move in
1976 and it first saw the light of day in Bednarski - Keene,
Hanover 1976. However, I had not had the opportunity to use it
since then and David Goodman had been the main point scorer
with it.} 8. O-O {? Usual is 8 e5!, e.g. 8...Ng4 9 Bg1 b5 10
Ng5 (10 h3 Nh6 11 Bf2 Bb7 12 O-O Na5 13 b4 Nc4 14 Bxc4 bxc4 15
Qe2 e6 16 Rad1 Bxf3 17 Qxf3 d5 Balashov - Keene, Skara 1980)
10...Nh6 11 Bf3 Bd7 12 Bf2 b4 13 Ne2 f6 14 e6 fxg5 15 exd7
Qxd7 Lein - Keene, New York 1981.} 8...b5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bc1
Bb7 11. d5 {White seems to be playing aggressively, but in
fact his centre is on the verge of collapse after all this.}
11...Na5 12. e6 f5 13. a4 {? The losing move. He must play 13
h3.} 13...b4 14. Na2 c6 {Smashes White's centre and introduces
the possibility of an unpleasant check at b6.} 15. Kh1 Qb6
16. Qe1 b3 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bd2 bxa2 19. Bxa5 Qxb2 20. dxc6 Bxc6
21. Bc3 Qa3 22. Bc4 Qxa4 23. Bxa2 Qxf4 24. Nd4 24...Qe4
{24...Bxg2+ 25 Kxg2 Qg5+ 26 Kh1 Ne4 27 Nf3!! is unclear. The
text leaves Black a clear two pawns up.} 25. Qf2 Rac8 26. Bb2
Ba8 27. Bb3 Qb7 28. Rg1 Ne4 29. Qf3 Be5 30. Rgb1 Ng3+ 31. Kg1
Bxd4+ 32. Bxd4 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Sydney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Stephen G R Kerr"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 {! Much better than 6 Qa4? as in
Purdy - Kerr in round 8 from the same tournament.} 6...O-O
7. e4 Nc6 8. Bd3 8...e5 {Not 8...Nxd4 when 9 Qa4 wins.} 9. a3
{! This was a theoretical novelty. Usual is 9 d5, but not 9
O-O Nxd4 10 Qa4 Bxc3 11 bxc3 Ne6 12 Ba3 Bb7! with more than
enough for the exchange.} 9...Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 {10...exd4 11
cxd4 Nxd4 12 Bb2 c5 13 Bxd4 cxd4 14 O-O would be better for
White, as he regains the pawn with a great advantage in
structure.} 11. Bg5 {! With the idea of 12 Nh5, therefore
provoking ...h7-h6.} 11...h6 12. Be3 Na5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Nf5
Qa4 {? Overlooking disaster. Correct is the paradoxical
14...g6! 15 Nxh6+ Kg7! with complications.} 15. Bxh6 {!! This
wins in all variations.} 15...gxh6 16. Qe3 Ne8 17. Qxh6 Qd7
{If 17...f6 then 18 Qg6+ Kh8 19 Ne7 with the unstoppable
threat of 20 Qh6 mate. A peculiar zig-zag manoeuvre now wins
the queen.} 18. Qg5+ Kh7 19. Qh4+ Kg8 20. Qg3+ Kh7 21. Qh3+
Kg8 22. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Marshall Chess Club Tourney"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Cornford Meyer"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "A76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 { Notes by Eric Schiller. } Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5
exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4 d6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Qc2
Na6 { Black sometimes plays ...Na6-c7 before advancing the
a-pawn to a6. This strategy is rarely effective, as the knght
on c7 is a bit out of place. Against White's rather innocuous
opening play, Shamkovich decides to give it a try.} 11.Bf4 Nc7
12.Nd2 {? White overlooks the pin on the e-file!} Nfxd5 {!}
13.exd5 Bxc3 {!} 14.bxc3 { 14.Qxc3 Rxe2 } Rxe2 15.Qd1 Re8
16.Nc4 {??} {At this point, White must have been thorougly
disillusioned and confused, since he punts a piece to a simple
fork.} Re4 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "New York City Championship"]
[Site "New York City"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vitaly F Zaltsman"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} f5 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O Nf6
5.c4 c5 6.Nc3 e6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.d4 cxd4 {?! I could not
resist the temptation to lure the White queen to the center
and then gain a tempo by attacking it with my bishop. 9...Ne4
! } 10.Qxd4 Bc5 11.Qf4 Nh5 {?! I rely on an attack with
...f4. But White has a solid defensive formation, so perhaps
11...Nc6 would have been wiser.} 12.Qd2 f4 13.Na4 fxg3 14.hxg3
{# I had spotted the pin on the f-pawn but overestimated the
effect of the capture at g3, since the bishop is under
attack.} Bxf3 { 14...Nxg3 15.Nxc5 Bxf3 # What a mess to have
to deal with at the board. The complications continue, but
White comes out on top. 16.Nxe6 ! dxe6 [ 16...Nxf1 17.Qd4 ! ]
17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.Bxf3 Nxf1 19.Bxa8 Nd2 20.Bg2 +/- White has the
bishop pair and better pawn structure. Black's outside passed
pawn would not have been sufficient compoensation. } 15.Bxf3
Rxf3 16.exf3 Nxg3 17.Rfe1 Qh4 {# This line was much easier to
calculate and I figured I would have a very strong attack. The
problem is I overlooked was the horrible lack of development
on the queenside. This reinforces the idea that my 11th move
was misguided. I was also so taken with my attack on the
h-file that I totally forgot that the h7-square would be
vulnerable. As the game shows, it is White who takes advantage
of the h-file.} 18.Kg2 Nh5 19.Re4 {! So much for my ambitions
at f4! If only the rook at a8 were at f8.} Qe7 20.Nxc5 bxc5
21.Rh1 {# Black's position is already hopeless.} Nf6 22.Qg5
Nc6 23.Bxf6 {!} Qxf6 24.Qxf6 gxf6 25.Reh4 a5 26.Rxh7 Ra7
27.Rh8+ Kg7 28.R1h7+ {White eventually won.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Winfree"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.O-O h5 8.h3 Qc7 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.f4 c5
11.c4 h4 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.a4 Bd7 14.Qc2 Bc6 15.a5 g5 {!?} 16.fxg5
Bd6 17.e5 Bxe5 18.Bxc5 Bh2+ 19.Kf2 { 19.Kh1 Ng3+ 20.Kxh2 Nxf1+
21.Kg1 Ng3 22.g6 f5 23.Bd4 e5 24.Bf2 e4 25.Re1 O-O-O 26.Bb6
exd3 27.Bxc7 dxc2 28.Bxd8 Rxd8 29.Rc1 Rd1+ 30.Rxd1 [ 30.Nxd1
Ne2+ 31.Kf1 Nxc1 32.Ne3 Be8 33.g7 Bf7 34.Nxc2 Bxc4+ -+ ] Ne2+
31.Kf1 cxd1=Q+ 32.Nxd1 Ng3+ 33.Kf2 Ne4+ 34.Ke3 Nf6 35.Kf4 Be4
36.Nf2 Kd7 37.Kg5 Ke7 -+ } Qf4+ 20.Ke1 Qe5+ 21.Ne2 Bg3+ 22.Bf2
Nf4 23.Bxg3 Nxg2+ 24.Kd2 hxg3 25.Rxf7 Qxg5+ 26.Kc3 Kxf7
27.Rf1+ Ke7 28.Qb3 Qxa5+ 29.Kc2 Ba4 0-1

[Event "New York City Championship"]
[Site "New York City"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John C Timm"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.Qe2 e5 10.b3 Bc5
11.Bb2 Bg4 12.Qc2 Rd8 13.h3 Qd6 {!} 14.hxg4 Qxd3 15.Qxd3 Rxd3
16.Bxe5 Nxe4 17.Na3 O-O { 17...Bxa3 18.Rae1 } 18.Rae1 Nd2
19.b4 Nxf1 20.Nc2 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Rd2+ 22.Kxf1 Rxc2 23.Bd6 Rd8
24.Re7 Rxc4 25.Rxb7 Rc2 26.Kg1 h6 0-1

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Musaiev"]
[Black "Mazhmudin Karmov"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by John Nunn.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5
5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Bb4 9.Bd2 Qa5 10.a3
Nxc3 11.axb4 Nxb4 {! A remarkable continuation which appears
to give Black the advantage in every line. 11...Nxd1 is bad
due to 12.bxa5 Nxb2 13.Be2 when the knight on b2 is
trapped. -- Nunn} 12.Be4 {! White also displayed great
resources. The alternatives are worse: 12.Bxh7 Rxh7 13.O-O
Nxd1 14.Rxa5 b6 15.Ra3 Nxb2 16.Bxb4 Bb7 and Black is a pawn
up. Or, 12. bxc3 Nxd3+ 13.Ke2 Qb5 14.Qa4 Nf4+ 15.Kd1 Qxa4+
16.Rxa4 Bd7 and again Black has an extra pawn.} 12...Qd5 {!!
Perhaps the most spectacular move in this whole sequence. Not
12...Nca2 13.Bb1 and White wins after 13...Qb5 14.Ne5, or
13...Qd5 14.Bxa2 Nxa2 15.Qa4+} 13.Bxd5 {!} 13...Nd3+ 14.Kf1
Nxd1 15.Ke2 {? After this error, Black gains the advantage
without a fight. The critical line is 15.Bb3 N1xf2 16.Ke2 Bd7!
In Informator 27, the combination was considered to lead only
to equality because this move was not considered.} 15...exd5
16.Rhxd1 Nxb2 17.Rdb1 Nc4 18.Rb5 O-O 19.Rxd5 Re8+ 20.Kd3 Be6
21.Rc5 Nd6 22.Ng5 {? This error leads to further loss of
material, but Black's position was close to winning in any
case.} 22...Bf5+ 23.Kc3 h6 24.Bf4 b6 25.Rd5 Rac8+ 26.Kb4 a5+
27.Ka4 Bc2+ 28.Ka3 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "v Cardiff A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julian Hardinge"]
[Black "K Williams"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 O-O 13. Qa4 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. a3 h6 16. g3 Bd6
17. Bg2 a6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. Bb6 Re8
22. Rad1 Be5 23. Rd7 Ne7 24. Rxb7 Bxb2 25. Be3 Be5 26. Rb6 Qa2
27. Rxa6 Nf5 28. Bc5 Qe2 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 {time} 1-0

[Event "Dutch Team Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.12.01"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Willem Andriessen"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. d3 Nge7
7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Nd5 f5 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Qd2 Rf7
12. f4 fxe4 13. dxe4 Raf8 14. Rf2 Nc8 15. Raf1 Bh3 16. Bxh3
Qxh3 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Nxc7 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Rxf2
21. Bxf2 Qd7 22. Nd5 Qf5 23. Ndc3 h6 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Kg2 Qg6
26. Qe4 Qf7 27. Nd5 N8e7 28. Nxe7 Qxe7 29. Nf4 {?? -- Keene}
exf4 0-1

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.06.04"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Josif D Dorfman"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3
a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. g3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qxc5
10. Bg2 Bd7 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. a5 Ne5 13. b3 Rac8 14. O-O Qc7
15. Ra2 e6 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Qd2 d5 18. f4 Ned7 19. e5 Ne8
20. Nd4 Nb8 21. Nce2 Qe7 22. Nc1 Nc7 23. Nd3 Rfd8 24. g4 Bb5
25. Rc1 Nc6 26. Nxb5 Nxb5 27. Bc5 Qd7 28. Bb6 Re8 29. g5 Bf8
30. c3 Be7 31. b4 Bd8 32. Bf2 Be7 33. Bb6 Bd8 34. Bf2 Be7
35. Bf1 h6 36. h4 hxg5 37. hxg5 Kg7 {!} 38. Nc5 Qc7 39. Bxb5
axb5 40. Qd3 Rh8 41. Qxb5 Bxg5 {!!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sydney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.11.06"]
[EventDate "1979.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "*"]
[White "Cecil John Seddon Purdy"]
[Black "Ian Parsonage"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 {The final game played by Cecil John Purdy.} Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5
8.cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. O-O Nc6 11. f3 b6 12. Qe1 Bd7
13. Qf2 Na5 14. Rb1 Ba4 15. Ng3 c4 16. Be2 Bc2 17. Rb2 Bg6
18. e4 Qe7 19. e5 Nh5 20. f4 Nxg3 21. hxg3 f5 22. Bf3 Rad8
23. Rb5 Qe6 24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Bd1 b5 26. Qa2 a6 27. a4 Ra8
28. Ba3 bxa4 29. Bd6 Nb3 30. Rf2 Rad8 31. Qa3 Re6 32. Bc2 h5
33. Rb2 Qe8 {White died of a heart attack.} *

[Event "Offhand Game"]
[Site "Detroit"]
[Date "1979.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Sargon (Computer)"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 {Notes by Charles Sullivan, printed in Chess Notes 7949}
g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.c3 c5 8.d5
b6 9.f4 Bb7 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.a4 Qc7 13.Nc4 Rae8
14.Qb3 Ng4 15.a5 bxa5 16.Rxa5 a6 17.h3 Ngf6 18.g4 Rb8 19.Qa2
Rfe8 20.Ng3 {Mr Sullivan points out the possibility 20 g5 Nh5
21 Rxf7.} Bf8 21.g5 Nh5 22.Nxh5 gxh5 23.h4 Nb6 24.Nxb6 Qxb6
25.Be3 Rbd8 26.b4 Rc8 27.Qf2 Qg6 28.bxc5 Rcd8 29.c6 Bc8 30.Bb6
Rd6 31.Bc7 Re7 32.Bxd6 Qxd6 33.Qf6 Qxf6 34.Rxf6 Bg7 35.Rf1 Ra7
36.d6 Be6 37.d7 Ra8 38.Rxa6 Rb8 39.c7 Rf8 40.d8=Q h6 41.Rxe6
fxe6 42.Rxf8+ Bxf8 43.Qxf8+ Kxf8 44.c8=Q+ Kg7 45.Qxe6 hxg5
46.hxg5 Kf8 47.Qf6+ Ke8 48.g6 Kd7 49.Bh3+ Ke8 50.Qf7+ Kd8
51.Qd7# 1-0

[Event "01, EU-chT Skara ;EU-chT"]
[Site "01, EU-chT Skara ;EU-chT"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 { Notes by Tony Miles, edited by Ray Keene. } a6 {!
After a few moments hesitation. I watched Karpov's face as he
returned to the board - there was no reaction at all. The
audience, though, was another matter. Conditions for
spectators were not wonderful so at first only a few noticed,
but after some nudging and pointing a general hushed
sniggering broke out. Mutters of "I thought the Skara Schools
Championship was not until next week..." I tried to look
serious. Miles is the only grandmaster to have espoused this
weird defence in a serious game. This extraordinary move is
hardly ever played since it does little to challenge White's
domination of the centre. Miles chose it primarily to sidestep
the then world champion's superior knowledge of opening
theory.} 2. d4 {If White is prepared to admit taking this
opening seriously than 2 c4 comes into consideration.} 2...b5
{Several atrocities have also been committed at this
point. Whilst they may find their way into the general heading
of 1...a6 they certainly do not qualify as the "Birmingham
Defence". However, since this is supposed to be a theoretical
magazine, a brief survey: (a) For historical interest 2...d5?
3 exd5 Qxd5 4 Nc3 Qa5 5 Nf3 e6 6 Bd3 c6 (it would seem more
consistent to allow the queen to retreat via b6 to a7) 7 O-O
+/- Rubinstein-Gunsberg, St. Petersburg 1914. (b) 2...g6 3 g3
d5!? 4 Nc3 dxe4 5 Nxe4 Bg7 6 Be3 Nc6 7 c3 e5 8 d5 Nce7 with an
excellent position for Black (a distinct improvement on
Gunsberg's play). Patterson + Williams - Keene + Eales,
consultation game 1969, continued 9 d6 Nf5 10 Bc5 cxd6 11
Nxd6+ Nxd6 12 Bxd6 Ne7 13 Qa4+? Bd7 14 Qa3 Bc6 15 f3 Nf5 16
O-O-0 Bh6+ 17 Kb1 Bf8 18 c4 Nxd6 19 c5 Ne4! 20 Rxd8+ Rxd8 21
Nh3 Bxc5 22 b4 Be7 23 Bg2 Rd4 0-1. (c) Several games have
continued with 2...d6 or 2...g6 leading to a Modern Defence,
where 1...a6 has little more than psychological value. One of
slight independent value: 2...d6 3 f4 g6 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 c3 d5 6
e5 h5 7 Qb3 Nh6 8 c4?! dxc4 9 Bxc4 b5 10 Bd5 c6 11 Be4 Be6 12
Qc2 Nf5 with a good position, Bellin-Keene, Norwich
1969. Oddly enough, when I consulted the relevant reference
works after the game to discover the official refutation, I
could discover no lines that conferred a tangible White
advantage. The game Rubinstein-Gunsberg, St. Petersburg 1914,
continued instead 2...d5 3 exd5 Qxd5 4 Nc3 Qa5 5 Nf3 e6 6 Bd3
c6 7 O-O with evidently better chances for White. The Miles
strategem of expanding on the queenside is considerably more
rational.} 3. Nf3 {As far as I know, the only person to play
1...a6 (or 1 d4 b5 2 e4 a6) with the same idea as myself is
Michael Basman (not completely surprising as we both
'invented' the idea as an improvement on 1...b6). However, I
only have the score of one game, Chandler-Basman, London 1979,
which went 3 a4(?!) Bb7 4 axb5 axb5!? (simple and good is
4...Bxe4 5 bxa6 Bb7 or even 5...Nxa6) 5 Rxa8 Bxa8 6 Nd2 e6!? 7
Bxb5 f5 8 Qe2 (8 Qh5+ g6 9 Qe2 seems preferable) 8...Nf6 9 Bd3
c5 10 Ngf3 c4! 11 Bxc4 fxe4 12 Ne5 Bd6 with good compensation
for the pawn. Black soon had an excellent position but later
went astray. White could try 3 f3 when ...Bb7 would reach a
position which has seen before via the move order 1 d4 b5 2 e4
Bb7 3 f3 a6, e.g. 4 Be3 e6 (or 4...Nf6 5 Nh3 e6 6 Nd2 d5 7 e5
Nfd7 8 Bd3 c5 9 c3 Nc6 with a decent position,
Tatai-Ljubojevic, Palma de Mallorca 1971) 5 Nd2 d5 6 Bd3 Nf6 7
e5 Nfd7 8 f4 += Portisch-Ljubojevic, Vrsac 1971. These games
illustrate the possibility of transposing to a French type
set-up, but if Black wishes, he might well defer ...d5.}
3...Bb7 4. Bd3 {Murray Chandler has suggested the odd-looking
4 e5!? (gaining space and preventing ...Nf6) 4...e6 5 c4 bxc4
(Basman would doubtless gambit this pawn) 6 Bxc4 Bb4+ 7 Nc3
striving for control of d5, though after 7...Ne7 Black's
position looks OK.} 4...Nf6 {Attacking e4 before White has the
chance to defend with Re1. ECO mentions (by transposition)
4...e6 5 Nbd2 c5 6 dxc5 Bxc5 7 Nb3 Bb6 8 a4 +=
Spielmann-Hartingsvelt, 1914. Remarkably similar to the
present game!} 5. Qe2 e6 6. a4 {!? Premature perhaps? Of
course normal moves - O-O, Bg5, Nbd2 - are playable.} 6...c5
{!? A sharp reaction, but the natural 6...b4 is quite a
reasonable alternative. Note that White was threatening to win
a pawn by 7 e5. The text still offers the pawn, but only in
return for the bishop pair and an initiative. While playing
...c5 I felt sure Karpov would avoid such tactical lines.}
7. dxc5 {After 5 minutes thought. If 7 axb5 axb5 8 Rxa8 Bxa8 9
e5 c4 and now: (a) 10 exf6 cxd3 11 fxg7 Bxg7 12 Qxd3 when with
such an open position the bishop pair, particularly the one
lurking on a8, give excellent value for the pawn. Black might
continue quietly with 12...Qb6, or maybe 12...Qa5+!?, for
example 13 Bd2 Qa1 14 Qxb5!? Qxb1+ 15 Ke2 Bxf3+ 16 gxf3 Nc6!
17 Qxc6 Qxh1! and the black king runs to safety. (b) 10 Bxc4
bxc4 11 exf6 gxf6(!) and if 12 Qxc4 Rg8 with a fierce
initiative. 7 c3 looks more vigorous.} 7...Bxc5 {7...b4!?.}
8. Nbd2 {Again choosing the quietest path. 8 e5 was certainly
worth considering. If 8...Nd5 just 9 axb5 and 8...Ng4 9 O-O
leaves Black a bit out on a limb, e.g. 9...b4 10 h3 h5!? 11
Nbd2 followed by Ne4 or Be4. White reinforces his pawn on e4
which would be undefended after a series of captures on b5.}
8...b4 9. e5 {Less critical now as the knight can safely go to
d5.} 9...Nd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O {After this, yet another
peaceful move, Black's position is very comfortable. The last
chance to try for an advantage was 11 Bg5. Then 11...f6?! 12
exf6 gxf6?? would lose disastrously to 13 Ne5! and 12...Nxf6
is also uncomfortable. I intended 11...O-O and if 12 Nd6 Bc6
when 13 Qe4 is met by ...f5 and White must look after the
N(d6). Probably White is a little better, but Black has
chances for counterplay based on the a8-h1 diagonal, the f4
square and the break ...f6. More active is 11 Bg5.} 11...Nc6
{! Much more accurate than 11...O-O. Now if 12 Bg5 f6! 13 exf6
gxf6! followed by ...Qc7 and ...O-O-0 with a tremendously
active position and automatic kingside attack.} 12. Bd2 Qc7
13. c4 {As expected, still playing quiet moves. The only
alternative to defend the d-pawn was 13 Ng3 when Black could
either challenge in the centre with ...d6 (simplest) or ...f6
(sharper), or as his king is still uncommitted, even consider
...h5!?.} 13...bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nb4 {! Opening the
long diagonal and putting the knight on its best
circuit. Black has comfortably equalised.} 16. Bxb4
{Understandably, White did not want to part with his
light-squared bishop, and since 16 Bb1 is scarcely palatable,
this was the only move. Karpov later regrets his decision to
part with the bishop pair, but after 16 Be4 White would have
no means of challenging the future impregnable establishment
of a black knight on d5.} 16...Bxb4 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Be4 {To
counteract Black's powerful queen's bishop.} 18...O-O {!}
19. Ng5 {!? After half an hour's thought. 19 Bxh7+ was
interesting - though again I was sure that Karpov wouldn't
play it! On 19...Kxh7 20 Ng5+ of course not 20...Kg8?? because
of 21 Qh5, but 20...Kh6 also fails to 21 Rc4! threatening Rh4+
and if 21...g6 22 Qg4 and Black loses the B(b4). Correct is
20...Kg6 and if 21 Qg4 either 21...f5 22 Qg3 (22 exf6 Kxf6)
22...Qd4!? to block on g4 (23 h3? Kh5! winning) or even
21...f6!?. Afterwards it was established that 19 Bxh7+ is
quite dangerous but Miles was confident that Karpov would
regard it as speculative and avoid it. The commencement of an
artificial manoeuvre which ultimately loses the game for
White. The simple 19 Bxb7 Qxb7 20 Rfd1 is perfectly adequate
for equality, whilst a further superior alternative to the
text is the complicated attacking variation 19 Bxh7+ Kxh7 20
Ng5+ Kg6 21 Qg4 f5 22 Qg3 when Black's king is in considerable
danger. NOTE: checking with the computer - 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7
20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. Qg4 f5 (21...f6 looks inferior, and 21. Qd3+
f5 22. Qg3 avoids it anyway) 22. Qg3 and now: (a) 22...Kh5 is
Fritz's first choice (intending 23 Rc4 f4!), but give it White
and it soon comes up with 23 Nh3! which looks to win,
e.g. 23...Bd2 (only move) 24 Rc4 g5 25 Qd3 g4 26 Qxd2 gxh3 27
Qxd7 Kg6 28 Rc3, while 25...Bxg2!? (Fritz) 26 Kxg2 Qb7+ 27 Kg1
g4 28 Qxd2 gxh3 fails to 29 Rh4+!. (b) Fritz's second choice
is 22...Rg8, but it then finds the very attractive 23 Rc7! Bc6
24 Nxe6+ Kf7 25 Qb3! and if 25...Ke7 26 Ng5 Qxc7 27 Qf7+ wins
- capture Rg8 and Pg7, play Qf6+ ...Ke8, Rd1 with the decisive
threat Qf7+ ...Kd8, Nf7+. (c) Miles' 22...Qd4 (Fritz's fifth
choice) probably deserves "!". White seems to have nothing
better than 23 Nxe6+ (23 h3 f4! 24 Qg4 Kh6 25 Qh4+ Kg6 is a
draw) 23...Qg4 24 Qxg4+ fxg4 25 Nxf8+ Bxf8 and Black is fine,
e.g. 26 Rfd1 Bc6 27 e6 Ra7! 28 Re1 Kf6 29 Rc4 g5/Bd6.} 19...h6
20. Bh7+ {?! Distinctly artificial. I expected 20 Bxb7 Qxb7 21
Qe4 though Black is certainly not worse in the resulting
ending. I suspect the text was rather due to the psychological
effect of 1...a6. Karpov, having got nowhere from the opening,
felt he should be doing something forceful. This is too
optimistic and White should prefer the simple 20 Bxb7.}
20...Kh8 21. Bb1 Be7 {Of course not 21...hxg5? 22 Qh5+.}
22. Ne4 {Or 22 Qd3 g6 =+.} 22...Rac8 23. Qd3 {?? A ridiculous
oversight, though Karpov played it very quickly. However,
Black's bishops already give him the edge. The battery looks
dangerous, but it never gets the chance to operate. This looks
dangerous since White is lining up his queen and bishop as a
battery against the black king. However, Miles was never one
to be scared of phantoms and he demonstrates that White's
threats are in fact hollow.} 23...Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxb2 {Gullibly
taking the pawn(s). White's back rank weaknesses prevents any
serious counterplay.} 25. Re1 {? This doesn't help. On 25 Rc7
Black has a pleasant choice between ...Rc8, ...g6 and ...Bc6,
and on 25 Rd1 g6 26 Qxd7 is impossible because of 26...Rd8.}
25...Qxe5 {Pinning the knight against the rook. White has
nothing to do but take back one pawn, but the game is over.}
26. Qxd7 Bb4 27. Re3 Qd5 {Simplest. It is obvious after this
move that any vestiges of a white attack have totally
evaporated and that the world champion faces a hopeless
ending, where he is material down and his pieces lack
coordination.} 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 29. Nc3 Rc8 {The liquidation has
left the world champion with a hopeless position. He is a pawn
down, his a-pawn remains weak, his opponent possesses the
bishop pair in an open situation and, to cap it all, White has
problems with his own back rank. The remainder of the game is
a mere technical exercise for one of Miles' strength.} 30. Ne2
g5 31. h4 Kg7 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Bd3 a5 34. Rg3 Kf6 35. Rg4 Bd6
36. Kf1 Be5 37. Ke1 Rh8 38. f4 gxf4 39. Nxf4 Bc6 40. Ne2 Rh1+
41. Kd2 Rh2 42. g3 Bf3 43. Rg8 Rg2 44. Ke1 Bxe2 45. Bxe2 Rxg3
46. Ra8 {I now sealed ...Bc7} 46...Bc7 {but Karpov resigned
without resumption.} 0-1

[Event "Australian Chess Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Darryl K Johansen"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6
7. e3 Nd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Qe6
12. Rae1 Nf6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 c5 15. Qd2 b6 16. Qe2 Bb7
17. Qf3 Rad8 18. h3 Ne4 19. f5 Qf6 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4
22. Qxe4 Rde8 23. Qb7 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxa7 Qxb2 26. Rb1
Qe5 27. Qxb6 Rb8 28. Qb5 Rxb5 {Robert Jamieson comments:
Johansen moved his queen to c6, keeping his hand on the piece,
but decided to think about the move some more and so put the
queen back. The only problem was that he put the queen back on
b5 instead of b6.} 0-1

[Event "British Chess Federation v Yugoslavia"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Slavoljub Marjanovic"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 { Notes by Leonard Barden from his Guardian column. } g6
2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 a6
{The 'English recipe' which Miles played on move one against
Karpov. Here part of the idea is to induce a weakness if White
later castles long.} 8. a4 e6 9. h3 Ne7 {! An interesting
Nimzowitsch-type idea, prophylactic against e4-e5.} 10. g4 b6
11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nc4 d5 {!! Finely judged. Black
temporarily gambits two pawns but opens up the centre when the
white king has nowhere safe to go.} 14. Bxc5 Nd7 {Not
14...dxc4?? 15 Qxd8 Rxd8 16 Bxe7.} 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. exd5 Bb7
17. Qd2 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qe4 19. O-O-O Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxe2
21. Rhe1 Qf2 22. Qxd7 Qxf4+ 23. Ne3 Rab8 24. c3 Rfe8 25. Qd6
Qxa4 {See note to Black's 7th. White has defended ingeniously
against material disaster but his queenside is now open to
attack.} 26. Nc2 Rec8 27. g5 {Preventing ...Bh6+ but White's
stopgap measures only delay defeat.} 27...Qb5 28. b4 Qxg5+
29. Kb1 Bxc3 30. Rd5 Qg2 31. Red1 Bxb4 {! Completing the
demolition job.} 32. Nxb4 Qc2+ 33. Ka1 Qc3+ 34. Ka2 Rxb4 0-1

[Event "Rotterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Kick Langeweg"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 {Similar to the main line, except
that White's king's knight goes to e2 rather than f3. There
are transpositional possibilities to Botvinnik's Variation, as
seen in game 77.} 6...d5 7. O-O 7...Nc6 {Alternatively,
7...dxc4 8 Bxc4 cxd4 9 exd4 Nc6 (9...Bd6!? 10 Nb5 Be7 11 Bf4
is interesting) 10 Be3 b6 11 a3 Be7 12 Qd3 Bb7 13 Rac1 Rc8 14
Rfd1 Re8 15 Ba2 Qd7 16 Nf4 Rcd8 17 d5 exd5 18 Ncxd5 Nxd5 19
Nxd5 Ne5 20 Qf5! +/- (if 20...Qxf5? 21 Nxe7+) Keene -
Blackstock, Canton (Kwang-Chow) 1981.} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 cxd4
10. axb4 dxc3 11. b5 {! If now 11...cxb2 12 Bxb2 Nb4 13 Bxh7+
Nxh7 14 Qd4 or 13...Kxh7 14 Bxf6 Qxf6 15 Qb1+.} 11...Ne5
12. Nxc3 Qc7 {12...Nxd3 13 Qxd3 is very nearly equal, in spite
of White's control of d4. On the other hand, 12...Bg4 13 f3 d4
14 Bxh7+ Nxh7 15 exd4 is exceedingly complex.} 13. Be2 Rd8
14. Qd4 b6 15. b3 Bf5 {? Now Black is totally pushed back. The
correct move here is 15...Neg4!} 16. Bb2 Ng6 17. g4 {!} Be6
18. f4 Ne7 19. f5 Bc8 20. g5 Ne8 21. Bd3 f6 22. Ne2 Kh8
23. Rf3 Bd7 24. Raf1 {He is helpless against White's numerous
threats, e.g. 24...Qc5 25 Qh4 Bxb5 26 b4 winning, or 24...Qd6
25 Rh3 Ng8 26 Rf4 Qc5 27 Rfh4 h6 28 gxh6 gxh6 29 Qg4 and Black
is crushed. } 1-0

[Event "International Tournament"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Gregorio Garcia Conesa"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 {I
had consulted Michael McDonald-Ross's excellent Batsford
monograph on the Leningrad system in preparation for this
context. It was my favorite earlier, when I competed in the
world Junior championship.} c5 5.d5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 {Black's plan
of chasing away White's Queen's bishop is very natural, but
too direct. In practice, at club and weekend Swiss level,
White players who use the Leningrad are quite likely to face
this premature hunt of the white Queen's bishop. There was a
more accurate alternative. 6...d6 7.e3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5 } 7.Bg3
Ne4 8.Qc2 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 e5 {Black has apparently
constructed a successful blockade, but he will still suffer
from weaknesses on the central light squares, especially e4
and f5, over which black can exert no control.} 11.e3 d6
12.Bd3 Qf6 {Black is trying to contest ownership of f5 but
here the queen is exposed and moving the queen to e7 would've
been safer.} 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.Nd2 Nf8 15.f4 gxf4 16.gxf4 Qe7 {
16...exf4 17.O-O ! with a decisive lead in development. }
17.f5 Nd7 {Striving for queenside castling is also dangerous
as the following variations show. 17...Bd7 18.Ne4 O-O-O [
18...f6 19.g4 O-O-O 20.g5 ! Bxf5 [ 20...fxg5 21.f6 +- ]
21.Nxd6+ Rxd6 22.Bxf5+ Kb8 23.gxh6 followed by h7 with a
menacing extra pawn. ] 19.f6 Qe8 20.Nxd6+ +- } 18.g4 Qg5
19.Ne4 {!} Qxe3+ 20.Qe2 Qxe2+ 21.Kxe2 Kf8 { 21...Ke7 22.g5
followed by gxh6 or f6+. } 22.g5 h5 23.Rag1 {Now Black is
swamped.} Kg7 24.Rh4 b5 25.Nxd6 bxc4 26.f6+ Kf8 27.Bf5 Nb6
28.Bxc8 Nxc8 29.Nxc4 Nb6 30.Nxe5 Rg8 { 30...Nxd5 31.g6 is hard
to meet. 30...Re8 31.Re4 Nxd5 32.Nd7+ +- } 31.c4 {!} Rd8
32.Kf3 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Islington"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Laskowski"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3
exf3 5.Qxf3 g6 6.Be3 {Against the Bogoliubow Defence, White
should not develop his bishop at d3, because it will bite on
granite at g6, and the simplistic advance of the h-pawn is too
slow.} Bg7 7.h3 {I think that this prophylactic move is
useful, though it need not be played right away. 7.Bc4 O-O
8.Nge2 Nc6 see Danner - Gittel. } O-O 8.O-O-O c6 { 8...Nc6
9.d5 Ne5 10.Qf4 Ned7 [ 10...Qd6 11.Nb5 Nh5 12.Nxd6 Nxf4
13.Nxc8 ] 11.g4 and White has plenty of compensation for his
pawn in the form of a kingside attack. } 9.Bc4 Nbd7 10.Nge2
Qa5 { Black is aiming for e7-e5, and has achieved
equality. But White still has com pensation for his pawn. }
11.g4 e5 12.g5 Ne8 {! 12...Nd5 13.Bxd5 cxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxa2
15.Nec3 Qa1+ 16.Nb1 and the h-pawn marches while Black
scrambles to develop. 12...Nh5 13.Ng3 Nxg3 14.Qxg3 exd4
15.Bxd4 Ne5 16.Bb3 and although Black's position looks secure,
White is going to play Nc3-e4-f6. } 13.d5 { Otherwise Black
captures at d4 and plays Nd7-e5. } e4 { Black offers the pawn
back in order to open lines. } 14.Qf2 { 14.Nxe4 Qb4 ! 14.Qxe4
Nd6 15.Qd3 Ne5 -+ } Ne5 15.Bb3 b6 { to prevent Bc5 } 16.dxc6
Nxc6 17.Nxe4 { This position must be evaluated as better for
White, who controls the f6-square. } Qe5 {?} 18.N2c3 Bf5
19.Bf4 Qa5 20.Rd5 {!} Qb4 21.Nf6+ {!} Bxf6 22.gxf6 Nxf6
23.Rxf5 {! The decisive blow! } gxf5 24.Bh6 Ne7 25.Rg1+ Ng6
26.Qxf5 Qc5 27.Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Welsh Corr. Zonal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.07.12"]
[EventDate "2008.09.29"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julian Hardinge"]
[Black "David O Vaughan"]
[ECO "C32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5
7. Qe2 Bf5 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. Be3 Nxc3 10. Bxc5 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Nxe2
12. Kxe2 Na6 13. Ba3 Bxc2 14. Kd2 Be4 15. Ng5 f5 16. Nxe4 fxe4
17. Ke3 b5 18. b3 O-O-O 19. Rhd1 Rhe8 20. Rac1 Kb7 21. Rd4 Rd7
22. Rxe4 Red8 23. Rd1 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Re7 g5 26. Ke4
Rd2 27. f5 {The game was adjudicated as a win for White.} 1-0

[Event "Private match game 2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.10.12"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Philip Stuart Milner-Barry"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5
4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3
Qd8 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qe4
g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Bb5 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rc3
a6 20. Bf1 Ne7 21. Rdc1 Nf5 22. Be3 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Rc8 24. g4
Rxc3 25. bxc3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Kg3 Bg7
29. Kf4 f6 30. h4 Ke6 31. Bd3 Bf8 32. Nd2 Ba3 33. c4 {??} Bd6+
0-1

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.10.24"]
[EventDate "2007.11.25"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Dusan Rajkovic"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3
d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f3 O-O 7. Bg5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 Na6
10. Nge2 Nc7 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. a4 a6 13. Be2 b5 14. O-O Qe7
15. Qf4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. Rxa4 Rfb8 18. Ra2 Rb4 19. Qc1
Qe8 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bg5 Qf8 22. Bc4 Nd7 23. Bd2 Rb7 24. f4 Nb5
25. Qc2 Qd8 26. Qd3 Nb6 27. Bxb5 axb5 28. Rxa8 Qxa8 29. Bc3 c4
30. Qd2 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qa3 32. f5 Nd7 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Nf5 {!}
Ne5 35. Qg5 Rd7 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Qf6 Ke8 38. Qh8+ {?} Kxe7
39. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chT"]
[Site "Yugoslavia"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dragoljub Velimirovic"]
[Black "Ilievsky"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bc4
Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. O-O-O
Qxe5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rhe1 Qc5 15. Bb3 Be7
16. Bf4 h5 17. h3 g5 18. Bh2 h4 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. Re5 Qd6
{Better was 20...Qd4 21.Nb5, g4!} 21. Nb5 Qb8 22. Rd5+ cxd5
23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Bxd5 Bf6 25. Bxb7 Rhd8 26. Qc6+ Ke7 27. Qc5+
1-0

[Event "Mississippi State Championship"]
[Site "Mississippi, USA"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph Sentef"]
[Black "Cray Blitz (Computer)"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. c4 {This game is a milestone: the first tournament victory
by a computer over a rated master.} Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d5
4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. g3 Ne4 7. Bg2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 e6 9. O-O
Bd6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Ng5 f5 12. f4 Na5 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Bd2 Nc4
15. Bc1 Qa4 16. g4 h6 17. gxf5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Ba3 19. g6 Bxc1
20. Raxc1 Nd6 21. Qh3 Rxf5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxg7+
Kd8 25. Rxf5 Nxf5 26. Qf6+ Ne7 27. g7 Qe8 28. Bf3 Kd7 29. Rf1
Ng8 30. Qg5 Qe7 31. Qg6 Kd6 32. e4 dxe4 33. Bxe4 Qh4 34. Qg3+
Qxg3+ 35. hxg3 Bd7 36. Rf8 Rc8 37. Bh7 Rxc3 38. Rxg8 Rg3+
39. Kf2 Rg5 40. Be4 b6 41. Ke3 e5 42. Ra8 Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Rxg7
44. dxe5+ Kxe5 45. Bf3 Be6 46. a4 Rf7 47. Ke3 Rxf3+ 48. Kxf3
Bd5+ 49. Ke3 Bxa8 50. a5 Be4 51. Kd2 Kd4 52. Kc1 b5 53. Kb2
Kc4 54. a6 b4 55. Ka2 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Manchester"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael John Basman"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. g4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. I have never been quite sure
whether this is the worst opening move or whether that dubious
title belongs to 1 f3. At least after 1 f3 d5 White can play 2
f4, or after 1 f3 e5 2 e4 Bc5 3 f4!?, but 1 g4 gives no such
opportunity. One of the best ways to manhandle this miserable
move is to play a sharp gambit against it.} 1...d5 2. h3 e5
3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. c4 Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7 {! A powerful gambit,
which casts doubt on White's whole opening.} 7. g5 {In his
book The Killer Grob, Basman recommends instead accepting the
gambit with 7 Qb3 O-O 8 Bg5 f6 9 cxd5 cxd5 10 Nxd5 Be6 11
Nxe7+ Qxe7 12 d5, but then 12...Bf7 13 Be3 Na6 or 13...Nd7
leaves White virtually lost, since he will automatically lose
the pawn on d5 and he cannot meanwhile develop his kingside.}
7...Be6 8. h4 Nf5 9. Bh3 {Not 9 e3 Nxh4 10 Rxh4 Qxg5 winning.}
9...O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 {Or 11 Bxf5 Bxf5 12 Nxd5 Qa5+
13 Nc3 Nc6 with a decisive lead in development.} 11...Ng3
{Basman completely overlooked this. If 12 fxg3 Bxg3+ and
13...Bxd5, or 12 Bxe6 Nxh1 13 Bh3 Bh2! stabbing White's
knights in the back. The rest is a slaughter.} 12. Nf6+ gxf6
13. fxg3 Bxg3+ 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Kg2 Nd5 17. Kxg3
Nxe3 18. Qd2 Qd6+ 19. Kf2 Qf4+ 20. Nf3 exf3 {21 Qxe3 Qxh4+ is
hopeless for White.} 0-1

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Karl Burger"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6
4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5
10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxg3 {This is inaccurate here. Best is
11...d6.} 12. hxg3 Nc6 13. d5 Na5 14. g4 {! Breaking down
Black's defences.} 14...fxg4 15. Bg6+ Ke7 16. Ne5 Qg8 17. Bh5
exd5 {If 17...Qh7 18 Qa4!} 18. Ng6+ Kd6 19. Nxh8 Qxh8 20. cxd5
Bxd5 21. Rd1 Kc5 22. Bxg4 Bxg2 23. Bxd7 {If now 23...Bxh1 24
Qf5+ Kc4 25 Qd3+ Kc5 26 Qb5 mate.} 23...Nc4 24. Qb3 1-0

[Event "Esbjerg"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Ole Jakobsen"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7
4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 {A more active course is
6...c5.} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Qf3
cxd4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. exd4 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Be5 b5 {?
Queenside counter-attack is quite out of place. He should
steer for exchanges with 15...Qg4, since White now succeeds in
massing his forces for a kingside onslaught.} 16. Bf5 Qb7
17. Re3 b4 {Or 17...Ne4 18 Qh5 g6 19 Qxh7+ Kxh7 20 Rh3+ Kg8 21
Rh8 mate.} 18. Ne2 g6 19. Ng3 {Another idea is 19 Bxf6 Bxf6 20
Bxg6 hxg6 21 Qxf6 Rxe3 22 fxe3 with a good extra pawn.}
19...Nd7 {After 19...gxf5 20 Nxf5 White has a decisive
attack.} 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Nh5 {Forcing a decisive weakening
of the dark squares, for if 21...gxh5 22 Qxh5 f6 23 Rg3+ Kh8
24 Qh6 Rg8 25 Bxf6+ Bxf6 26 Qxf6+ Rg7 27 Rxg7 Qxg7 28 Qxc6+-.}
21...f5 22. Rae1 Rf8 23. Qf4 Rf7 24. Rg3 Re8 25. Ree3 {Not the
premature 25 Rxg6+? hxg6 26 Qh6 Bf6! 27 Qxg6+ Bg7.} 25...Qe6
26. h4 Bf8 27. Ng7 Bxg7 28. Bxg7 Qd7 29. Be5 Re6 30. h5
30...Qe8 31. hxg6 Rxg6 32. Rxg6+ hxg6 33. Rh3 Rh7 34. Rxh7
Kxh7 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Esbjerg (Denmark)"]
[Site "Esbjerg (Denmark)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Farago"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4
Nc6 {This move does not enjoy a particularly good reputation,
since 5 Be3 e5 6 d5 Nce7 7 g4 and 7 c5 are both meant to
guarantee White a plus. However, I had discovered that Black
can simply play 5...Nf6, when White has nothing better than
transposition to a Saemisch with 6 f3. In a game Ligterink -
Keene, Rotterdam 1981, White tried 6 Be2 but after 6...e5 7 d5
Nd4 8 Bxd4 exd4 9 Qxd4 O-O Black had excellent compensation
for the pawn. Farago tries a different approach.} 5. d5 Nd4
6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qb6 8. Qd2 {In this position I once beat
Donner with 8...Bg4 (see game 29), but the move was refuted in
Timman - Suttles, Hastings 1973/74. Later, in Donner - Timman,
Wijk aan Zee 1974, Timman himself revived 8...Nf6 from Donner
- Ree, Wijk aan Zee 1972. I decided to try it out here.}
8...Nf6 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 {On 10 Qxd4 I planned 10...Qxb2
11 Nb5 Qb4+ 12 Bd2 Qa4 13 Nc7+ Kd8 14 Nxa8 Nh5 15 Qd3
Bxa1. White's knight looks in more trouble than Black's
bishop.} 10...Nxe4 11. Bxb6 Nxd2 12. Nb5 {?! Trying to win
material. Safer is 12 Kxd2 axb6 when Black's bishops
compensate for the broken queenside pawns.} 12...axb6 13. Nc7+
Kd8 14. Nxa8 {It looks as if the white knight will escape via
b6, but things are not quite what they seem.} 14...Bxb2
15. Rd1 Ne4 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Nxb6 {If now 17...Bf5 18 Bxf5 gxf5
19 Rb1 Bc3+ 20 Ke2 Kc7 21 Rb5! So Black must find another way
of preventing Nxc8, which would solve all of White's
problems.} 17...Bg4 18. f3 {If 18 Be2 Bc3+ 19 Kf1 Bxe2+ 20
Kxe2 Ba5 21 Rb1 Kc7.} 18...Bxf3 {!! The point of Black's
play. White remains the exchange ahead, but his king's bishop
is feeble, his pawns disjointed and his knight b6, remarkably,
trapped.} 19. gxf3 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Kc7 21. h4 {If 21 Rb1 Ba5.}
21...Kxb6 22. h5 Ra8 23. Bb1 Bf6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rh7 Na4
26. Rc1 Rf8 27. Be4 {!? In time-trouble, White chooses an
active line of defence which gives reasonable drawing
chances.} 27...Nc3+ 28. Kd3 Nxa2 29. Rb1+ Kc7 30. c5 dxc5
31. d6+ Kxd6 32. Rxb7 Ke5 33. Rh2 {? He should play 33
Kc4. Although he has many pawns, it is not easy for Black to
recentralise the knight.} 33...c4+ 34. Kxc4 Rc8+ 35. Kd3 {?
Paradoxically, since it moves White's king away from the
pawns, 35 Kb3! Nc1+ 36 Kb2 offers White better prospects of
salvaging half a point.} 35...Nc1+ 36. Kd2 Bg5+ 37. Ke1 f5
38. Bb1 Rc3 39. Rg2 Kf6 40. Rb6+ e6 41. Rc2 {The best sealed
move. If instead 41 Rxe6+ Kxe6 42 Rxg5 Kf6 43 Rg3 Nb3 wins.}
41...Re3+ {The clearest way to win. 41...Rxf3 42 Rcc6 allows
White to fight on, e.g. 42...Re3+ 43 Kd1 Re5 44 Rd6 Ne2? 45
Rxe6+ Rxe6 46 Rxe6+ Kxe6 47 Kxe2 (=) in spite of the extra
black pawns.} 42. Kf2 {Now 42 Kf1 Rxf3+ 43 Kg2 Rb3! is
hopeless. After the text Black can win as he pleases.}
42...Nd3+ 43. Kg3 Bf4+ 44. Kg2 Ne1+ 45. Kf2 Nxc2 46. Bxc2 Rc3
47. Rb2 Be5 48. Ra2 Bd4+ 49. Kg2 Ke5 50. Bd1 Kf4 51. Rc2 Rd3
52. Be2 Re3 53. Ra2 e5 54. Rd2 g5 55. Ra2 Rc3 56. Bd1 Rc1
57. Be2 Rg1+ 58. Kh2 g4 59. fxg4 fxg4 60. Bc4 g3+ 61. Kh3 Rh1+
62. Kg2 Rh2+ 63. Kf1 Rxa2 64. Bxa2 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Esbjerg (Denmark)"]
[Site "Esbjerg (Denmark)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Andrew Jonathan Mestel"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5
{Mestel had also used this defence against Jakobsen in an
earlier round of this tournament and it is a form of Benoni
well suited to his uncompromising style. Black offers a kind
of "space gambit", but in return he gets long-term prospects
of breakthroughs with ...b7-b5 and ...f7-f5.} 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4
g6 {In the magazine Modern Chess Theory I once wrote that with
Nimzowitsch, Petrosian and Mestel the move ...g7-g6 (or g2-g3)
does not necessarily portend a fianchetto of a bishop! Here,
it seems, his idea was essentially to make g7 available for
his king's knight.} 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 {Another move that
comes strongly into consideration here is 7 Bg5, e.g. 7...Be7
8 Bh6 Bf8 9 Qd2 or 7...h6 8 Be3, after which Black will
experience a slight weakness in his king's field if he tries
to steer for ...f7-f5 in the future.} 7...Nh5 {The manoeuvre
already known from Mestel's game with Jakobsen. If White
wastes time playing g2-g3 (to stop ...Nf4) then Black will
develop his king's bishop on e7, and play ...Ng7 and later
...f7-f5. There is nothing wrong with g2-g3 but at the time it
struck me as needlessly passive.} 8. O-O Nf4 {Black accepts
the challenge.} 9. Bxf4 {Although this weakens the dark
squares in the centre (especially e5) it is the only
consistent course. If White permits ...Nxe2 he has nothing.}
9...exf4 10. Qd2 g5 {An interesting move, and probably the
best. Black keeps a firm grip on f4, and also conjures up some
threats of ...g5-g4 (kicking White's knight) and then
...f4-f3. In contrast, 10...Qf6 11 Nb5 Kd8 is somewhat awkward
(though perhaps playable), while 10...Bh6 11 Nb5 Nf6 12 Nxd6+
Qxd6 13 e5 Qd8 14 exf6 Qxf6 15 b4! causes Black severe
headaches. After 13...Ne4 White plays simply 14 exd6, not 14
Qd3?? Qd8 15 Qxe4 Bf5-+.} 11. e5 {! Mestel said afterwards
that 11 g3 is also possible, but I regard this sacrifice as
more or less forced before Black takes over the whole board
with ...Bg7. The a1-h8 diagonal must be blocked. Nimzowitsch
wrote something about this kind of vacuum-filling operation,
which also frees squares behind (e4) for the officers. He
explained that it was very similar to the "passed pawn's lust
to expand"; for which see White's next move.} 11...dxe5 {Or
11...Nxe5 12 Nxe5 dxe5 13 Ne4 Bd6 14 b4.} 12. d6 Rb8 {A subtle
move which takes away some of the force from Nb5 (or Nd5) and
Nc7. If instead 12...Bg7 13 Nd5 O-O 14 Ne7+ Kh8 15 Nxg5.}
13. h4 {! A second pawn sacrifice to disjoint Black's pawn
phalanx on the kingside. It is vitally important to clear up
the question of whether Black will have ...g5-g4 available as
a resource.} 13...gxh4 {Not just grabbing a pawn - also hoping
that ...h4-h3 will, in the later part of the game, embarrass
White's king. If 13...g4 14 Ng5 h6 15 Nd5! Bg7 16 Nc7+ Kf8 17
Nge6+ fxe6 18 Nxe6+ wins; or 15...Bxd6 16 Ne4 Be7 17 Bxg4 with
a total blockade.} 14. Rfe1 {Preparing combinations in the
e-file, which Black now underestimates.} 14...Qf6 15. Ne4 Qh6
{! Here Black can suffer a cataclysm after 15...Qg6? 16 Nxe5!
Nxe5 17 Bh5 Qg7 (if 17...Qxh5 18 Nf6+; or 17...Qh6 18 d7+ Bxd7
19 Nxc5 Bxc5 20 Rxe5+ Be7 21 Rae1 with a massive attack) 18
Qxf4. Watch out for Bh5, it occurs again.} 16. Qd5 Bg7
17. Nxc5 h3 {? Completely overlooking White's threats. Forced
is 17...O-O, e.g. 18 Nxd7 Bxd7 19 Nxe5 Be6 20 Qe4 h3 21 Bf3
Kh8 22 Rad1. I like White's position with the passed pawn plus
massive centralisation, especially since any endings are
automatically won for White by the simple plan of c5, b4, b5,
c6 making two connected passed pawns. However, Black is not
totally without counter-chances, since White's king is not
perfectly safe.} 18. Nxe5 {!} Nxe5 19. d7+ Bxd7 20. Nxd7 hxg2
{If 20...Nxd7 White can win any way he likes, e.g. 21 Bh5+ Ne5
22 Rxe5+ or 21...Kd8 22 Rad1 Qc6 23 Bg4. Black's move
threatens mate, and if 21 Kxg2 Qg5+ 22 Kf1 Rd8. However,}
21. Bh5 {!! Black had not seen this annihilating blow. He must
now submit to a combination which wins his queen and leaves
his king exposed.} 21...Qxh5 22. Rxe5+ Bxe5 23. Nf6+ {Here we
see the same theme as in the note to 15...Qh6.} 23...Bxf6
24. Qxh5 {Not 24 Re1+? Qe5! 25 Rxe5+ Bxe5 26 Qxe5+ with two
rooks for the queen.} 24...O-O 25. Kxg2 Bg7 26. Rh1 h6 27. Rh4
Rbe8 28. Rxf4 Re5 29. Rf5 Re6 30. b3 b6 {Black's only chance
is to reach a structure with pawns on a5 and b6 and with his
bishop on c5, but it's not really possible. His defence was
also hampered by desperate time-trouble.} 31. Rf3 Re5 32. Qh3
Rd8 33. Rg3 Kh8 34. Qg4 Rg5 35. Qf3 Rxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Be5+
37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. Qh5 Bg7 40. c5 {!} Rc8 {Or
40...bxc5 41 Qxc5+ and Qxa7.} 41. cxb6 axb6 42. Qb5 {If
42...Bd4 43 Qd7; or 42...Rb8 43 a4 Bc3 44 b4! and a4-a5, but
not 44 a5? Bxa5 45 b4 Bxb4!} 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Loftur Arnason"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 { Notes by George Botterill from the British Chess
Magazine. 'The player who shone most in the middle rounds was
Ray Keene. He had rediscovered the spirit of adventure and his
self-confidence had returned. In round five the new,
swash-buckling Keene really shattered Arnason.'} g6 2. d4 Bg7
3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 {Fischer once won a game
with this ambitious plan, and it is certainly one of the more
dangerous ideas that Black has to face. (See Keen's game
against Penrose for something similar.)} 6...O-O 7. g4 e5
8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 gxf5 10. exf5 {! Fischer - Udovcic, Zagreb
1970, went 10 gxf5 Nd4 11 Nf3 c5 12 Bg5 +/-. But 10...Qxd1+ 11
Rxd1 Nd4 is known to be an improvement.} 10...Nd4 11. Bg2
11...Qe7 {!? Varying from 11...Ne8, which was tried without
success in van der Sterren - Goodman, Phillips and Drew
Knights 1980. Black is already offering a piece: if 12 g5 Bxf5
13 gxf6 Qxf6 with nasty threats.} 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Qf2 h6
14. O-O-O c5 15. Nge2 a5 {!} 16. Ng3 a4 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5
a3 19. Nd5 {19 b3 c4! helps Black. But Ray thought that 19 Nh5
was stronger.} 19...axb2+ 20. Kb1 Rxd5 {! This obliges White
to trade in his important dark-squared bishop, because 21 Bxd5
Qd6 would win for Black.} 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Bxd5 Qa6 23. c3 c4
24. Qxb2 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 {? '25 Rdg1! is better, but Arnason was
scared of ...Ne3' (Keene).} 25...Bxf5+ 26. Ka1 e4 27. Rhg1 Bg6
28. Rg4 {? To answer 28...Bxc3? with 29 Rxg6+. But 28 Rg3 was
a better defence.} 28...e3 {!} 29. Rxc4 Re8 30. Qxb7 e2
31. Re1 Qxc4 {!! This temporary queen sacrifice annihilates
White's resistance.} 32. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 33. Qb2 Bxe1 34. Bxe2 Bg3
{! 'White is quite helpless against the threat of 35...Be5. A
truly beautiful finish. But beware of imitating such risky
play.' 'Keene continued to live dangerously and give rich
entertainment. Then in round eight came another brilliancy,
this time a double exchange sacrifice against Ligterink.'
(BCM)} 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Gert Ligterink"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 {I
was impressed by Portisch's play against Miles from the IBM
tournament earlier in the year, so I decided to try it for
myself.} 9...h6 10. Qe2 Qc7 {Black prepares to castle
queenside. Another possibility is the immediate 10...b6.}
11. dxc5 {A major decision, since White's doubled c-pawns now
look very sick. However, White does now have time to direct
his knight towards d5, which he does not have after the
premature 9 dxc5.} 11...dxc5 12. Nh2 {In some ways a
surprising move, but the knight is en route to the dominating
square d5. } 12...b6 13. Nf1 Ba6 14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. Nd5 Qd7 {Of
course Black does not capture voluntarily on d5. He hopes, in
the long run, to annex White's pawn on c4.} 16. O-O Ne8
17. Rb1 Qe6 18. f4 f6 19. f5 Qd6 {After 19...Qf7 White can
launch a powerful attack with moves like 20 Rb3 followed by
Ra3, Be3 and Rb1. There are many sacrificial possibilities
against a black knight on a5 or pawn on c5. 19...Qd6, though
forced, temporarily blocks the journey of Black's king's
knight to this desirable square.} 20. Be3 {Even here a
possible improvement is 20 Rb3 Na5 21 Ra3 planning an exchange
sacrifice on a5, followed by a concerted attack on c5 based on
moves such as Be3 and Qf2.} 20...Na5 21. Rb2 Rd7 22. Rfb1 Rb7
23. a4 Rf8 24. Kh1 Rff7 25. Bg1 Rfd7 26. Be3 Rd8 27. Ra2 Qd7
28. Kh2 Nd6 {If Black indulges in the preparatory 28...Kb8,
intending ...Ka8 and ...Rb8, White does not need to mark time
but could thrust forward his kingside pawns.} 29. Rb5 {! An
exchange offer to blunt Black's pressure against the
c4-pawn. An added bonus is the opening of the a-file.}
29...Bxb5 30. axb5 Kb8 31. Ra3 Rc8 32. Qa2 Qf7 {? Overlooking
a fresh exchange sacrifice which disables Black's
position. Correct is 32...Qd8.} 33. Rxa5 {!} bxa5 34. Qxa5 Qf8
{There is no time to sit on this volcanic position. 34...g6!
is forced.} 35. Qa6 Ne8 {An improvement is 35...Rd7 36 Qa3 Nb7
37 Be2 Qf7! although at this point it is not so easy to grasp
that Be2-h5 must be stopped.} 36. Qa3 Qd6 37. Be2 {! On
material criteria alone Black is 28 points to 25 points ahead,
and should win. But White's sacrifices have turned a static
situation into a dynamic one, and have also unbalanced Black's
mental equilibrium. Now the threat of Bh5 suddenly leaves
Black hamstrung. Ligterink now decides to jettison excess
baggage.} 37...Ka8 38. Bh5 Nc7 39. Bxc5 39...Nxb5 40. Bxd6
Nxa3 41. Bxa3 Rxc4 {After the game Ligterink preferred
41...a5.} 42. Bb4 Rxe4 43. Bf3 Rc4 44. Ne3 e4 {? A time
pressure error. Correct is 44...Rcc7, with drawing chances.}
45. Nxc4 exf3 46. g4 Rd7 47. Kg3 Rd3 48. Kf2 Kb7 49. Ne3 Kb6
50. Kxf3 Kb5 {If 50...a5 51 Ke4! wins.} 51. Ke4 Rd7 52. Nc2 a5
53. Nd4+ Kb6 54. Ba3 a4 55. c4 {The sudden turn of events left
Black stunned. My opponent could not cope with the quick-fire
changes from an apparent technical win to a running
battle. 'In accordance with an earlier decree the tie between
Keene, Seirawan and Miles also had to be resolved. Finally
recourse had to be made to SOS and on this second count Ray
Keene came out ahead and was duly declared the Lloyds Bank
Master for 1981.' (BCM).} 1-0

[Event "England v. Iceland (Telex)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Johann Hjartarson"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 {As
we have seen, one of the ideas behind this modest-looking pawn
move is to swap on c5 and then head a knight towards d5, via
h2-f1-e3 or d2-f1-e3, or finally e1-c2-e3.} 9...h6 10. O-O Bd7
{!? An interesting idea, to which White reacts in rather too
cO-Operative a fashion. After the more conventional 10...O-O
Black retains the option of ...b7-b6 plus ...Ba6 to attack
White's c4-pawn. I have tried 11 Be3 b6 12 d5 Ne7 13 Nh4 but
with 13...g5 14 Nf3 Nh7! Black can equalise. White cannot play
the enticing 14 Qf3 on account of 14...Ng6! 15 Nf5 Bxf5 16
exf5 e4! or 16 Qxf5 Nh4, trapping White's queen. After
10...O-O White should probably just play 11 Re1 or 11 Qe2.}
11. dxc5 {Too direct. More subtle is 11 Re1 followed by dxc5,
dispatching the knight to d5 along the h2 route.} 11...dxc5
12. Ne1 Na5 13. Nc2 Ba4 {The consistent plan to eliminate
White's knight, but 13...Bc6 is also possible as a way of
holding up Ne3.} 14. Qe2 Bxc2 15. Bxc2 Qc7 {The only piece
White can now establish on d5 is a rook, if necessary as an
exchange sacrifice to undouble the c-pawns and activate his
bishops.} 16. f4 Nc6 17. Be3 Nd7 {? A passive move which
removes his defence of two critical squares, d5 and
g4. Correct is 17...O-O-O! and if 18 Bxc5 then 18...exf4.}
18. Qg4 {! Most annoying for Black. If now 18...O-O 19 f5 Nf6
20 Qh4 Qe7 21 Bxh6 gxh6 22 Qxh6 threatening Rf3 with a winning
attack.} 18...g6 19. Rad1 O-O-O 20. Rd5 h5 21. Qg5 f6 {A
radical method of ridding himself of White's dominating
rook. If he does not take this chance it is difficult to
arrange a convenient knight move which attacks the rook,
without succumbing to White's pressure on the f-file.}
22. Qxg6 Ne7 23. Qg3 Nxd5 24. exd5 {Now that White has already
gained a pawn for the exchange it is possible to leave the
c-pawns doubled and recapture with the e-pawn to free the
diagonal for the king's bishop.} 24...Nb6 25. fxe5 fxe5
26. Bg5 Rde8 {26...Nxc4 27 Bxd8 Rxd8 fails to relieve the
pressure after 28 Bf5+ Kb8 29 Be6 threatening Rf7.} 27. Bg6
Ref8 28. Bf6 {In such an open position Black's major pieces
are no match for White's raking bishops. The curious
similarity to my game against Ligterink is that the pawn
structure seems to favour White's minor pieces, rather than
Black's rooks.} 28...Rhg8 29. Bxe5 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qd7 31. Qd3
{Threatening 32 Kg1 followed by Bf5 or Bxh5.} 31...Nxc4
{Forced. White cannot, of course, reply 32 Bf5 because of
...Rf8 or ...Ne3+.} 32. Qxc4 Rxg6 33. Qxc5+ Kd8 34. Qf8+ Qe8
35. Qf5 {35 Bc7+ Kd7 achieves nothing.} 35...Qg8 36. d6
{Black's last chance now is 36...Qe6 setting the trap 37 Qxh5
Qf7+ 38 Kg1 Rxg2+! However, the simple 37 Qf4 should win
easily enough, since Black's pieces cannot be cO-Ordinated and
his king remains terribly exposed.} 36...Qc4+ {?} 37. Kg1 Qe6
38. Qxh5 {Without the resource outlined above this capture is
possible. The game concluded:} 38...Kd7 39. Qh7+ Ke8 40. Kh1
a6 41. Qc7 Rg5 42. Qb8+ Kf7 43. Qxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Regency Masters"]
[Site "Ramsgate"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Marcos Paolozzi"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller. This was the first game of mine
to be published in the exclusive and prestigious Chess
Informant. It came with the recommendation of two of the top
players in the world. It remains one of my absolute favorites,
despite the fact that I didn't play with total precision.} c5
2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 {Now we have reached the
standard positions in the opening.} a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.g4 { This
move transposes to systems which usually arise after 6.g4. A
human opponent will now immediately consider transposing back
into the normal lines by playing either 7...h6 or 7...Nc6. But
a human player will also consider the significance of the fact
that the bishop has already been developed at e3. My opponent
reasons that there is another possibility which suggests
itself because of the position of the bishop. In fact, the
same reasoning led Swedish Grandmaster Ulf Andersson to the
same conclusion back in the 1970s, and both played the same
reply, advancing the pawn to h5.} h5 8.g5 Ng4 9.Bc1 Qb6 { A
novelty, which runs somewhat counter to the theme of the
opening, which usually involves b7-b5 and the placement of the
queen at c7. Still, there is some logic behind the move, as it
inhibits the development of the bishop at c1.} 10.h3 Ne5
11.Be2 { 11.Nb3 g6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.f4 Nec6 14.Nd4 is an
interesting option. } g6 12.Nb3 Nbc6 13.f4 {!? This exposes
the entire kingside and commits White to a do or die
battle. 13.Be3 Qc7 /, b7-b5. The loss of time is not so
important, bcause in the interval between the development of
the queen at b6 and the present move the kingside pawn
structure has changed. 14.Qd2 b5 15.f4 Nc4 16.Bxc4 bxc4
unclear } Nd7 14.Rf1 Qc7 15.Be3 b5 { 15...Bg7 16.Nd4 O-O
17.Qd2 [ 17.f5 !? ] Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 e5 20.Nd5 !?
Qxc2 21.fxe5 dxe5 =/+ } 16.f5 {!? A thematic advance, but one
which concedes the e5 square, from which a knight can play a
major defensive role on the kingside. 16.Qd2 Bb7 17.Rd1 Be7
18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 e5 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 exd4
23.Qxd4 Qg3+ ! } Nde5 17.Nd4 Bd7 { 17...Nxd4 18.Bxd4 and a
subsequent capture at e5 will give White a permanent advantage
on the queenside. b4 19.fxg6 bxc3 20.gxf7+ Nxf7 21.Rxf7 ! Qxf7
22.Bxh8 followed by Bxh5. 17...b4 18.Na4 exf5 19.Nxc6 Qxc6
20.Nb6 Qxe4 21.Nxa8 Qxa8 Black has sufficient compensation for
material deficit } 18.fxe6 fxe6 {Now things become very
interesting.} 19.Rf6 {! 19.Qd2 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Bc6 21.Rf6 Qe7
22.Bf4 Bg7 23.Bxe5 ! dxe5 24.Qxe5 Bxf6 25.gxf6 Qf7 26.Qc5 Rc8
27.e5 unclear } Nd8 {Now all Black has to do is play Be7 and
White is in deep trouble, having clearly overextended.}
20.Rxg6 {!? This is a defining point for man vs. machine. No
computer would play such a move, or even consider it among the
top half dozen candidates. Two World Champions, seeing this
position, reacted visibly in surprise. Then quickly they
started to understand the point and begin the calculation
process, trying to evaluate the complications that
ensue. 20.Qd2 Be7 ! 21.Rf2 Ndc6 unclear } Nxg6 21.Bxh5 Nf7 {
21...Kf7 ?? 22.Qf3+ +- 21...Rxh5 22.Qxh5 Kf7 23.Qh7+ Bg7
24.O-O-O ! +- 21...Rg8 22.Bxg6+ ! Rxg6 23.Qh5 Kf7 24.O-O-O Be8
25.Qh7+ Bg7 26.Rf1+ Ke7 27.Nf5+ !! Kd7 28.Rd1 Nb7 29.Nxg7 Kc8
30.Qg8 Rxg7 31.Qxe8+ Nd8 32.h4 and White's pawns are worth
more than the exchange. } 22.Bxg6 Rxh3 23.Bxf7+ {?! 23.Kd2 !
would have been much stronger. Bc8 24.Qe2 e5 25.Nd5 Qb7 26.Nf5
b4 27.Nf6+ Kd8 28.Bxf7 Qxf7 was preferred by one computer
program, which evaluated the final position as half a pawn
better for Black, but the program didn't look any farther to
see that 29.Bb6+ +- wins the Q! } Kxf7 24.Qe2 {!? 24.Kd2 was a
worthy alternative. } Qc4 {?! It was of course tempting to
elimitate the Qs, now that the h-pawn is gone from the
board. In addition, from c4 the queen defends the critical
square e6. Yet it might have been wiser to enter the thicket
with an extra rook in hand. 24...Rh1+ 25.Kd2 Rxa1 26.Qh5+ Ke7
26...Kg8! was found by Stuart Conquest. 27.Nf5+ ! exf5 28.Nd5+
Kd8 29.Qf7 [ 29.Nxc7 Kxc7 unclear ] Kc8 30.Qxf8+ Kb7 31.Qxa8+
! Kxa8 32.Nxc7+ Kb7 33.Nd5 unclear } 25.Qf2+ Kg8 26.g6 Bg7 {?
This was a miscalculation due to time pressure. With 15 moves
remaining Black had under 5 minutes. 26...Rh1+ ? 27.Kd2 Rxa1
is too dangerous now. 28.Qf7+ Kh8 29.Qh7# 26...Be8 ! was
clearly best. 27.O-O-O Bxg6 ? 27....Bg7 is unclear. 28.Rg1 Kh7
29.Qg2 +- } 27.Qf7+ Kh8 28.O-O-O {! The bishop cannot be
captured because of 29.Rh1+. Now Black thinks his problems are
solved because he can drive away the enemy queen and go on the
attack.} Be8 29.Qxe6 {!! White has calculated this very
well. The pressure is maintained in the endgame and the
material is not important.} Qxe6 30.Nxe6 Rxe3 {? The losing
move. But most spectators also missed what was coming, which
involves the realization that an endgame will arise with even
material, but where the White knight is superior to the Black
bishop. If this were appreciated now, then Black would capture
on c3 immediately, as the machines suggest, though White could
possibly draw. In time pressure with a truncated search , the
machine is almost certain to choose to capture on c3. Humans
would immediately calculate any drastic consequences of
capturing the bishop at e3, and, seeing none, would likely
respond just as my opponent did. The cleanest move, however,
is to capture on g6 immediately. 30...Bxg6 ! was correct,
leading to an equal game. 31.Bd4 Bxd4 32.Rxd4 Rh4 33.Rxd6 Bxe4
34.Nxe4 Rxe4 35.Nc7 Rf8 36.Nxa6 Rf1+ 37.Kd2 and it is White
who holds the only winning chances. } 31.Rh1+ Kg8 32.Nd5 {!
This is the point of the variation. White threatens Ne7 mate!}
Bxg6 33.Nxe3 Bxe4 { This endgame might at first be thought to
favor Black, who holds the bishop pair. But in fact, it is
much better for White, whose pieces are much more active.}
34.Rg1 Ra7 35.Rg4 Bh7 {? The losing move, although Black was
in trouble anyway. 35...d5 ! 36.Kd2 ! d4 [ 36...Kh8 37.Nxg7
Rxg7 38.Rxg7 Kxg7 39.Kc3 +/- ] 37.Rxe4 dxe3+ 38.Kxe3 Bxb2
would have drawn. } 36.Nd5 {! Black's clerics are cowering in
the corner, but one will soon die, and the other will be
powerless against the galloping horse.} Kh8 37.Nxg7 Rxg7
38.Rxg7 Kxg7 {The end comes remarkably quickly.} 39.Nc7 Kf6
40.Nxa6 Ke5 41.Nc7 { and with time control reached Black saw
no reason to continue the game. The b-pawn will be chased by
the knight until it falls, and the endgame is a simple matter
thereafter.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jonathan Levitt"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5
5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Bf6
11.Na4 Re8 12.Rc1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Bxd4 Bf5 15.e3 Qd7
16.Ba1 {!?} Rad8 17.f3 Nd6 { 17...Ng5 18.g4 Bg6 19.f4 +/- }
18.Qxd5 Rxe3 {#} 19.Rxc6 {!} Rd3 { 19...bxc6 20.Qd4 +- }
20.Rxd6 Rxd5 21.Rxd7 R8xd7 22.Nc3 Rd2 23.Re1 h6
{Fortunately,. Black's pieces are very active, and White's are
not in a position to inflict much pain.} 24.Bf1 Bd3 {! What is
Black doing trying to exchange, when White will have a
material advantage in the endgame? This is a typical Tarrasch
Defense plan, counting on activity to compensate for
material. In the end, White is often better, but the advantage
is insufficient to win.} 25.a4 { 25.Bh3 would have been
stronger. } Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Rc2 27.Ne4 Rd3 28.b4 {White offered a
draw, and I accepted. We agreed afterwards that Black was at
least equal here.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benedictine International"]
[Site "Manchester (ENG)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Robert Bellin"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 {Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene.} f5
2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 d5 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.e3 Na6 11.Ne2 Bd6 12.Nf4 Qe7 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Ng5
h6 15.Nf3 Rfd8 16.Qe2 g5 17.Nd3 Qh7 18.Nfe5 Nb8 19.f3 Rf8
20.Nf2 Rce8 21.Ned3 Nfd7 22.e4 dxc4 23.bxc4 c5 24.e5 Be7 25.d5
exd5 26.f4 b5 27.cxd5 c4 28.Ne1 Bc5 29.Qd2 Nb6 30.d6 b4 31.Bd4
Bxd4 32.Qxd4 Nc6 33.Qc5 Qd7 34.Nf3 gxf4 35.gxf4 Kh8 36.Nh1 Rg8
37.Ng3 Rg4 38.Rce1 Rxf4 39.Nh5 Rg4 40.Nf6 Qg7 41.Nxg4 fxg4
42.Nh4 Nd7 43.Qd5 Nd8 44.Qxc4 Bxg2 45.Kxg2 Ne6 46.Qe4 Rg8
47.Nf5 Qg5 48.Qe3 {Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "Jena"]
[Site "Jena"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wlodzimierz Schmidt"]
[Black "Peter Enders"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by Tim Krabbe - see
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm} Nf6 2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.e3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5 9.Bd3
Nbd7 10.Ne2 Qe7 11.Bf5 g5 12.Bg3 Nb6 13.Bxc8 Rxc8 14.Qb3 Qd7
15.a4 Qg4 16.f4 exf4 17.a5 fxg3 18.axb6 gxh2 19.bxa7 Qxg2
{Very deep!--Tim Krabbe} 20.Rxh2 Qxh2 21.a8=Q O-O 22.Qaa2
{Black has a Rook where White has a Queen, but each side rules
his half of the board - White a ghost town on the left; Black
a bustling city where Things Happen on the right. Even the
computer realizes Black is already better.} Rce8 {Now e3
cannot decently be guarded.} 23.O-O-O Rxe3 24.Qbc2 Rfe8 25.Rd2
{25.Ng1 or even Nd4 are met with the nice little crosspin
Rxc3} Qe5 26.Qab2 h5 {The Queens are utterly helpless against
the progress of this pawn, however slow.} 27.Qd1 {After
27.Qb6, Black does not win a piece on e2 which would be a
great relief to White, but plays 27...h4 with the possible
continuation of 28.Nd4 h3 29.Qf5 h2 30.Rxh2 Rxc3+ 31.Kb2 Qxh2+
32.Kxc3 Re3+ 33.Qd3 Ne4+ and mates.} Ne4 28.Rd3 Nf2 29.Rxe3
Qxe3+ {and White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Dutch club ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.10.10"]
[EventDate "2008.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ronald Dickhoff"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 {Annotation by Ray Keene.} c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7
4. O-O d5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 d4 8. Nc4 {?} b5 {-/+}
9. Ncd2 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Ne1 h5 {!} 12. f4 h4 13. axb5 axb5
14. f5 hxg3 15. hxg3 Qg5 {!} 16. Qf3 Qe3+ 17. Qxe3 dxe3
18. Ndf3 Bh6 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. c3 Nf6 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxf6
c4 23. dxc4 Ke7 24. Rf1 bxc4 25. Nf3 Nd3 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Ra7
Nxc1 28. Rxc1 e2 29. Kf2 Bxc1 30. Nc6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marcel Sisniega"]
[Black "Reynaldo Vera"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 6. d5
g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nc4 Nb6
12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Nd7 16. Re1
e5 17. Ra3 Qd6 18. Rae3 f5 19. c4 b5 20. b3 Rab8 21. Qc2 Rb7
22. Bb2 bxa4 23. bxa4 Qb6 24. Ba1 f4 25. Re4 Qb3 26. Qe2 Qxa4
27. Rxf4 Reb8 28. Bxe5 Re8 29. Re4 Nxe5 30. f4 Reb8 31. fxe5
Rb2 32. Qg4 Qc2 33. R4e2 Qc3 34. e6 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Rb2 36. Qe4
{time} 1-0

[Event "Budapest plof (3pl Riga-izt)"]
[Site "Budapest plof (3pl Riga-izt)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andras Adorjan"]
[Black "Gabor Glatt"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.c4 {Nots by Adorjan from Informant} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nxd5 7.cxd5 Ne7 8.e4 c6 9.O-O cxd5
10.d4 dxe4 11.Nxe5 Qc7 12.Bf4 f6 13.Rc1 Qb8 14.Bxe4 fxe5
15.dxe5 Bc7 16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qh6 Bxe5 18.Rxc8+ {!!} Nxc8
{18...Qxc8 19 Bxe5 +-} 19.Bxg6+ hxg6 20.Qxg6+ Kd8 {20...Kf8 21
Qf5+ +-; 20...Ke7 21 Re1! d6 22 Qg7+ Ke6 23 Qxh8 Ne7 (23...Nb6
24 Qh6+ Kf7 25 Qh7+ Kf6 26 h4!) 24 Qh6+ Kf7 (24...Kd7 25 Bxe5
dxe5 26 Rd1+ Ke8 27 Rd6! +-) 25 Qh7+ Ke6 (25...Kf6 26 h4 +-)
26 Bg5 with the idea of f4 +-} 21.Qg5+ Ne7 22.Bxe5 Rg8 23.Qf4
Qc8 24.Rc1 1-0

[Event "It ( cat. 14 )"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 {Noted by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 {
4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 is also popular, but after
capturing at c3, Black gets counterplay. Bxc3+ [ 7...g5 8.Bg3
Ne4 9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 Nc5 13.h4 g4 14.Nd4
Qf6 15.O-O Nxd3 16.Qxd3 and White was better in a game from
the Kasparov vs. Timman match in 1985. ] 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nd2 g5
10.Bg3 Qe7 11.a4 a5 12.h4 Rg8 13.hxg5 hxg5 and Black had a
fine game in game 18 of the 1986 Kasparov vs. Karpov World
Championship match. } Bb7 { 4...c5 is less effective. A good
example is Kasparov's crushing defeats of Van der Wiel and
Fedorowicz at the 1981 World Youth Team Championship. 5.d5 Ba6
6.Qc2 Qe7 [ 6...exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 d6
11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Qa4 Bb7 16.Qh4
a6 17.Rac1 b5 18.b4 Qd8 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bd2 f5 21.Bg5 Qb6 22.e4
cxb4 23.axb4 Rac8 24.Be3 Qd8 25.Bg5 Qb6 As team captain, I was
very worried here, seeing the Black pieces drift away from the
kingside. I had no idea how Kasparov would do it, but I
expected a breakthrough soon. 26.exf5 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Bxc3
28.Re7 Rc4 29.Qh3 Bc8 30.fxg6 Ndf6 31.Bxf6 Nxf6 32.gxh7+ Kf8
33.h8=Q+ Kxe7 34.Qg7+ and Fedorowicz resigned. The American
team did manage to draw the match, thanks to a fine effort by
Joel Benjamin. ] 7.Bg5 exd5 8.Nc3 Bxc4 9.e4 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6
11.exd5 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 d6 13.Re1+ Be7 14.Ne4 Qg6 15.Qa4+ Kf8
16.h4 and Van der Wiel eventually lost. The kingside pressure
was just too much. } 5.Nc3 {This is the Kasparov vs. Petrosian
variation, though now it is usually just called the Kasparov
Variation, since he not only rehabilitate the line, but also
set a good example by racking up many points as White.} d5
{His opponent, the great Miguel Najdorf developer of the
Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian was not well prepared for
this event. He was supposed to be the arbiter, but when one of
the players couldn't make it the veteran gamely stepped
in. Still, he plays well in the opening, following the main
lines and improving on Petrosian's play. 5...Ne4 led to one of
the most famous games in the variation, played by Kasparov
against Ulf Andersson at the Tilburg Interpolis tournament of
1981. 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Nd2 Bg6 8.g3 Nc6 9.e3 a6 10.b4 b5 11.cxb5
axb5 12.Bb2 Na7 13.h4 h6 14.d5 exd5 15.Bg2 c6 16.O-O f6 17.Re1
Be7 18.Qg4 Kf7 19.h5 Bh7 20.e4 ! dxe4 21.Bxe4 Bxe4 22.Nxe4 Nc8
23.Rad1 Ra7 24.Nxf6 gxf6 25.Qg6+ Kf8 26.Bc1 d5 27.Rd4 Nd6
28.Rg4 Nf7 29.Bxh6+ Ke8 30.Bg7 Andersson resigned. } 6.cxd5
Nxd5 {Black usually captures with the knight, at after
6...exd5 7.g3 White gets a superior position.} 7.e3 {Kasparov
has also been effective with 7.Qc2, especially against
Karpov. 7.Qc2 Nd7 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bf4 c5 11.g3 g6
12.h4 with a better position in game 41 of the 1984/85 World
Championship. } Be7 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bd3 Nxc3 { 9...O-O 10.e4 Nxc3
11.bxc3 was better for White in Kasparov vs. Marjanovic, Banja
Luka Yugoslavia 1979. } 10.bxc3 c5 11.O-O Nc6 {This is an
attempt to improve on the simple castling, where White can get
an advantage via rapid development. 11...O-O 12.Qc2 g6 13.e4
Nc6 14.Bh6 and White had the advantage in Kasparov
vs. Petrosian, Moscow 1981. Kasparov later blundered away the
game in time pressure. } 12.e4 O-O 13.Be3 cxd4 14.cxd4 {White
has a good central position, but Black has no weaknesses.} Rc8
15.Qe2 Na5 16.Rfe1 {! Kasparov realizes that the e-pawn will
eventually need protection.} Qd6 { 16...Kh8 17.h4 Bxh4 18.Rad1
Be7 19.d5 Bc5 20.Bf4 led to a messy game in Kasparov
vs. Groszpeter, also from the 1981 World Youth Team
championship. } 17.d5 {! A strong positional pawn sacrifice.}
exd5 18.e5 Qe6 19.Nd4 {!} Qxe5 20.Nf5 {White has plenty of
compensation for the pawn, with active pieces and attacking
changes on the kingside. Black's queenside forces are out of
play.} Bf6 21.Qg4 Rce8 {? I recall that as I watched this game
from the audience which was large, even in the bucolic little
Yugoslav town that this move made little sense to me. I had
been concentrating on a different idea. 21...Qc3 was a good
move, I thought. Another spectator pointed out to me that this
could invite 22.Ne7+ ! Bxe7 23.Bd4 but it wasn't hard to see
Qxd4 24.Qxd4 Bf6 25.Qg4 Bxa1 26.Rxa1 and the question is, does
White have a change to win. It is hard to evaluate the
position. White can try to attack on the h-file or get a rook
to the seventh rank. If a pair of rooks are exchanged, then it
is likely that the White queen will be able to infiltrate and
win a pawn or too. Still, White's advantage would be pretty
small, far less than in the game. } 22.Bd2 {Now the queen
sacrifice fails for tactical reasons.} Qxa1 23.Rxa1 Bxa1
24.Nxg7 Bxg7 25.Bh6 {Najdorf resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Luzern olm ;BIG"]
[Site "Luzern olm ;BIG"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "John Nunn"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.Bb5+ Nfd7 {The most common reply. 8. ... Bd7 runs into ugly
complications with 9. e5. The move 8. ...Nbd7 invites the
extremely double-edged 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. e6} 9.a4
Na6 10.Nf3 Nb4 11.O-O a6 12.Bxd7+ Bxd7 13.f5 O-O {Still the
best defence according to Kasparov who gives analysis to show
that 13. ...gxf5 14. Bg5 is very strong for White. -- Borik }
14.Bg5 f6 15.Bf4 gxf5 {A desperate move which only hastens the
end. -- Borik} 16.Bxd6 Bxa4 17.Rxa4 Qxd6 18.Nh4 fxe4 19.Nf5
Qd7 20.Nxe4 Kh8 21.Nxc5 { After 21. ...Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5
23. Ne6 Black is forced to lose the exchange, and at least a
pawn to Rd4. A fine victory for Garry.} 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Patxi Gallego Eraso"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 { Notes by Tisdall and Keene. } c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7
4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. h3 {Preventing the plan of
...Bg4, ...Bxf3, ...e7-e6 which Keene employed against Lobron
in the 1981 BBC Master Game. Keene was happy to see it, having
planned something different here: piece pressure on d4 and
using the e6 square as a base for piece play.} 7...Nh6 8. Be2
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. O-O Nf5 11. Re1 a6 {! A good move, planning
a general queenside expansion as well as 12...Qb6 13 Na4 Qa7!
14 Nc5?! Ncxd4! This motif defuses the danger of White's
occupying the c5 square throughout most of the game.} 12. b3
{! Preparing added support for d4 as well as strategic
retaliation to the impending ...b7-b5.} 12...Rc8 13. Bb2 b5
14. a4 {! Despite weakening b3 this opens a route for the Nc3
to eye c5.} 14...b4 15. Na2 Qb6 16. Bf1 {16 g4 would give
Black counterplay with an ...f7-f6 or ...f7-f5 break.} 16...h5
17. Nc1 Rc7 18. Ne2 {White can't occupy d3 yet because of the
soft d-pawn, so instead the knight heads for f4 to keep up
some pressure and have the option of quickly rerouting via
d3-c5.} 18...Na5 19. Nf4 Bh6 20. Nxe6 {? A serious mistake,
trading an agile piece. White can now exploit the weak c5
square as Black's tactical defence is not quite working,
e.g. 20 Nd3! Nc6 21 Nc5! Ncxd4 22 Nxd4 Qxc5 23 Bxa6, when the
passed a-pawn guarantees White some advantage and would be the
consistent follow-up to his earlier play. This course of
action would be forced for Black, who needs to conquer the d4
square before g4-g5 wins material. After the text White
becomes passive and Keene hammers the edge home with great
energy.} 20...Qxe6 21. Bd3 {If 21 g4?! hxg4 22 hxg4 Ng7 23 g5?
Qg4+.} 21...Rfc8 {Transferring to the scene of action now that
it is no longer necessary to have the option of counterplay
along the f-file.} 22. Kh1 Ng7 23. Ng1 Qb6 {! Smooth
regrouping.} 24. Ne2 Ne6 25. Bb1 {Little to do.} 25...Rc3 {!
The patented positional exchange sacrifice.} 26. Bxc3 bxc3
27. f4 {Panic. 27 Bc2 Nc6! was not appealing either but
offered chances to resist.} 27...Nxb3 28. Ra3 Nexd4 29. Nxd4
Nxd4 30. e6 c2 31. exf7+ Kf8 32. Bxc2 {32 Qc1!? loses to
32...Ne2!} 32...Nxc2 33. Rf1 Nxa3 {A very difficult and
strategically interesting encounter.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel John King"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6
4. d3 Bg4 {The development to f5 with Black's queen's bishop
is also possible, but the text is more flexible. White is
often tempted to chase the black bishop, which is a
double-edged weapon. White's kingside pawns may become a
bludgeon or a weakness.} 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. O-O e5 7. e4 Bd6
8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 {There is no obligation to trade. Black
prefers to maintain the tension. White's next manoeuvre seeks
also to mobilise his queen's bishop in fianchetto, but it is
rather time consuming and Black seizes the opportunity to
expand in the centre and on the queen's flank.} 10. b3 Re8
11. Bb2 d4 {Locks the white queen's bishop out of play for
some time to come.} 12. a3 c5 13. Nf1 b5 {Black has won the
queenside skirmish, so White turns his attention to the other
wing. He seeks to regain the initiative by hounding the black
queen's bishop.} 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 Nf8 16. Bc1 Ne6 {Black
prepares to fasten onto the debility of f4 in the wake of
White's bold advance.} 17. Nf5 Bc7 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. h4 h5 {A
key defensive stroke. White's pawns must not be allowed to
become a mobile juggernaut.} 20. Bh3 hxg4 21. Bxg4 Nf4 22. Ng5
Nf8 {It appears that White is massing his forces for a direct
attack against the black king, while Black is hoping to block
the enemy efforts there, whilst expanding on the
queenside. Now, though, a sudden switch of fronts takes
place.} 23. a4 N8e6 {White lunges at Black's queenside, but
Black ignores it.} 24. axb5 Nxg5 25. hxg5 Qxg5 26. Ng3 Qh4
27. Bd7 27. ... Re6 {!! The key move in Black's
counter-attack. By sacrificing rook for bishop, Black gains
control of the f-file as a future avenue of aggression and
simultaneously annihilates White's command of the kingside
light squares, which derives solely from the existence of his
light squared bishop.} 28. Bxe6 fxe6 {White now tries to
reduce Black's attacking force - shooting down one of the
vultures hovering ominously around his king.} 29. Bxf4 exf4
30. Nh1 Bh5 31. f3 Rf8 32. Rf1 Rf6 { However, the
concentration of Black's energy now proves too
powerful. White's defences crumble. } 33. Rf2 Rh6 {Lining up
for the sacrificial kill. White overlooks the finish, but by
now there was little he could do.} 34. Qe2 {And Black
announced mate in three.} 34...Qxh1+ 35. Kxh1 Bxf3+ 36. Kg1
Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Rotterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Franciscus Antonius Kuijpers"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 {Black should
preface this thrust with 7...dxc4. As played, White is given
the chance to establish a mobile pawn centre, a dream
situation for White in this opening.} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6
10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. f3 {A key
preparation for achieving the vital central advance e3-e4
which will crown White's opening strategy.} 13...Qb7 14. Ng3
Rad8 15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Re6 {White would like to play now
17 e4 but for the moment this is not possible. After 17 e4
there would occur 17...cxd4 18 cxd4 dxe4 19 fxe4 Nc5! 20 Qf3
Ncxe4 21 Nxe4 Rxe4 when White loses a pawn for no
compensation.} 17. Re2 g6 {It is understandable that Black
wishes to deny the f5 square to the hostile white knight, but
this innocent looking move weakens the support of Black's
knight on f6, permitting White to play e3-e4, the whole goal
of his strategy, and to justify this by tactical means.}
18. e4 {A standard scenario. This type of position should be
memorised by the student. White here achieves the liberating
central advance, without even having to sacrifice a
pawn. Suddenly Black must recognise that his entire defence
has misfired. If now 18...cxd4 19 cxd4 dxe4 20 fxe4 Nc5,
relying on the d-file pin to dismantle White's centre, then
White wins with 21 Qf3 Ncxe4 22 Nxe4 Rxe4 23 Qxf6 Rxe2 24
Qxd8+. Alternatively, 22...Nxe4 23 d5! and suddenly Black is
losing, e.g. 23...Ng5 24 Qc3 or 23...Rxd5 24 Rxe4 or 23...Qxd5
24 Qxf7 mate. Deprived of this defensive resource, Black can
only watch helplessly as White's majority of pawns in the
centre and on the king's wing metamorphoses into a lethal
bludgeon.} 18...h5 19. e5 Ne8 20. f4 c4 21. Qc2 h4 22. f5 Rc6
23. Nh1 Qe7 24. f6 Qd7 {White's strategy of advancing his
central and kingside pawn majority has proved spectacularly
successful.} 25. Rf4 h3 26. Re3 hxg2 27. Qxg2 Nac7 28. Rh3
{There is absolutely no defence against White's threat to
double major pieces on the h-file thus forcing checkmate.} 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Graham Lee"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 {Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.d4 Bb4 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Na4
cxd4 9.a3 Be7 10.exd4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nc6 12.Be3 d5 13.Rfd1 Rc8
14.Nc3 Na5 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qh3 g6 18.Bh6 Re8
19.Bb5 Nc6 20.Rac1 Qd6 21.Rc3 Bf6 22.g3 a6 23.Bxa6 Ra8 24.Bf4
Qe6 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Rxc6 Rxa6 27.Be3 Kf7 28.Kf1 h5 29.h4 Re7
30.Rd3 Rb7 31.Bg5 Bxg5 32.hxg5 Re7 33.Ke2 e5 34.Rf3+ Ke8
35.Rxg6 Ra4 36.dxe5 Rxe5+ 37.Re3 Rae4 38.Rxe4 dxe4 39.Rxb6
Rxg5 40.Re6+ 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Cuba"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joaquin Carlos Diaz"]
[Black "Reynaldo Vera"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qf3 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. e5 Bb7 13. exf6 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxf6 15. Bxa8 d5 16. Bc6+
Kf8 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Rhe1 Bxg3 19. hxg3 b4 20. Nxd5 exd5
21. Re6 Kg8 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bxd5 h5 24. Nf5 hxg4 25. Nd6 Kf8
26. Bb3 Qc6 27. Rd5 Rh1+ 28. Kd2 Rh2 29. Ke2 Qb6 30. Ne4 Kg7
31. Bc4 Rh8 {(Time/Zeit)} 0-1

[Event "Corr."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Moldovanenko"]
[Black "Mikhail Golubev"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. h4 Rfc8
12. O-O-O Ne5 13. g4 Rc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Nb3 Qb4
17. Bd4 e5 18. Bf2 Be6 19. a3 Nxa3 20. bxa3 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3
22. Nd2 Rxa3 23. Kb2 Ra2+ 24. Kc3 d5 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 a6
27. Kb4 dxe4 28. c4 exf3 29. g5 Ng4 30. Bc5 e4 31. Rd1 f5
32. gxf6 Nxf6 33. Bd4 Bf5 34. Re1 Ng4 35. Bxg7 f2 {time} 1-0

[Event "Severodonetsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Danilovich Tseitlin"]
[Black "Vladimir Karasev"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Bc4 h6 8. Be3 e6 9. O-O Nc5 10. Qf3 b5 11. b4 bxc4
12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Nf5 Bb7 {White gives mate with 13...exf5 14
exf5 Ra7 15Re1 Be7 16 Bxc5 Rd7 17 Bxe7 Re7 18 Qc6+ Nd7 19 Nd5
Re1 20 Re1+ Kf8 21 Qd6+ Kg8 22 Ne7+ Kh7 23 Qg6+ fxg6 24 fxg6
mate } 14. Rab1 Qc8 15. Ng3 Be7 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Nh5 Kf8
18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Rxb6 g6 20. Rfb1 Ra7 21. Nf4 Kg7 22. Bd2 Bf6
23. Qg3 Kh7 24. Rxe6 Bg5 25. Reb6 Bxe4 26. h4 Bd8 27. Rb8 Qf5
28. Bc3 Bf6 {best was Re8} 29. Nh5 gxh5 30. Rxh8+ Bxh8 31. Rb8
1-0

[Event "Bath (England)"]
[Site "Bath (England)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bf4 {!? This was a new move at
the time, but the idea was old. It was just a matter of 6 Bc4
usually being played first. 7 Be2 Qc7 8 O-O e6 9 c4 Nd7 10 d5
O-O-O is Spassky-Larsen, Buenos Aires 1979.} Nd7 {On 7...Qb6
White might try 8 Bd3, which is a promising gambit. 7...Na6,
intending to transfer the knight to c7, comes into
consideration. 7...Qb6 8 Bd3 Bxd3 9 Qxd3 Qxb2 10 O-O with
compensation; 7...Na6.} 8. c3 {8 Bd3 Bg6} Qb6 9. b4 {!? On 9
Qb3 Black could either castle long or just play 9...e6. In the
later game Karpov-Miles, Oslo 1984, the World Champion essayed
the promising gambit 9 Bd3!?} e5 {As usual, a reckless advance
on the flank is met by a counter-operation in the centre.}
10. Bg3 {10 dxe5 fxe5 (10...O-O-O!? with compensation) 11 Nxe5
Bg7 =+} O-O-O 11. Be2 h5 {! This is a fully justified kingside
operation, since the Bg3 is vulnerable.} 12. O-O Be4 {Perhaps
this was not the best move, but Miles did not want to face
12...Bg4 13 Bh4 Bxf3 14 Bxf3 exd4 when the pawn-grabbing could
prove expensive.} 13. Nd2 {On 13 Bh4 Black could have played
13...Rg8! intending to infiltrate on g4.} Bd5 {Miles was
eating up the clock here. There seems to be a difference of
opinion on the line 13...Bxg2!? 14 Kxg2 h4 15 Bf4! exf4. Miles
thought it was about equal, but Karpov claimed an advantage
for White. On 13...Bg6 the players could head for a draw with
14 Nf3 Be4, though that result was unlikely, since this was a
sudden death game.} 14. Bxh5 exd4 15. c4 Be6 16. a3 {White has
a generally more compact pawn structure, but Black has
counterplay in the centre with his passed d-pawn.} Ne5
{Freeing d4 for the queen.} 17. Re1 d3 18. c5 Qb5 19. Rb1
{Karpov later pointed out 19 Bxe5 fxe5 20 Rxe5 Bg7 21 Bxf7!
Bxe5 22 Bxe6+ Kb8 23 Bc4 Bxh2+ 24 Kf1 Be5 25 Kg1 Bh2+ with a
draw. Miles provided 20 Bg4! Rh6 21 Rxe5! Bg7 22 Bxe6+ fxe6 23
Re4! Bxa1 24 a4! Qa6 25 Qxa1 with an excellent position for
the exchange.} Bh6 20. a4 Qa6 {Unclear.} 21. f4 {!?} Nc4
22. b5 cxb5 23. Rxb5 {This move took Miles by surprise. He had
been expecting 23 axb5 Qa2 unclear.} Na3 {! 23...Nxd2 24 Qxd2
Qxa4 25 Reb1 Qc2? [25...Bd5] 26 Qa5 d2 [26...Bd5 27 R5b2 +-]
27 Bd1! +-} 24. Rb2 {There are a lot of tempting sacrificial
lines, but none of them works.} Nc2 {Perhaps 24...Bf8
(intending 25...Bxc5+ 26 Kh1 Nc2) would have been better, but
Miles was influenced by the fact that Karpov was
uncharacteristically short of time, having about two minutes
left for 16 moves.} 25. Bf3 Bd5 26. Re7 Bf8 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 {Now
logical was 28 Rexb7 Bxc5+ 29 Bf2! and Black could have tried
to hold a draw with 29...Qxb7 or head for muddy waters with
29...Bb6!? 30 R7xb6 or Rxf7. For example, 28 Rexb7 Bxc5+ 29
Bf2! (29 Kh1 Bb6 30 Rxf7 Ne3 with initiative) 29...Bxf2+
(29...Bb6!? 30 R7xb6/Rxf7; 29...Qxb7) 30 Kxf2 Qxa4 (30...Qxb7
=) 31 Qg4+! f5 32 Qg5! (intending Rb8+) 32...Qd4+ 33 Kg3 Qe3+
34 Nf3 +-.} 28. Rbxb7 {? A blunder. He must take with the
other rook.} Bxe7 29. Rxe7 Qc6 {!} 30. Rxf7 Rxc5 {30...f5!
would have stopped any counterplay.} 31. Qg4+ f5 {only move;
31...Kb8? 32 f5+ Ka8 33 Qg7 +-} 32. Qg7 {? 32 Rxf5 was obvious
and good. Karpov must have been in a state of panic.} Re8
33. h4 {33 h3 would have held out longer, but White would lose
in the end: h3 Ne3 34 Bf2 Rc1+ 35 Kh2 Qxg2+ 36 Qxg2 Nxg2 37
Kxg2 Rc2 -+} Ne3 34. Bf2 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Ng4+ 36. Kg3 Nxf2
37. Nf3 {If 37 Kxf2 Re2+ and ...Qxg2 mate.} Ne4+ 38. Kh2 d2
39. Nxd2 Nxd2 {Here Karpov's flag fell and Karpov shook
hands. Was it a resignation or loss on time? Miles didn't
care; he had collected the point. A most unclear game.} 0-1

[Event "International Tournament"]
[Site "Aarhus (DEN)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Bo Jacobsen"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.f3
d6 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 { 9...h6 !? 10.Bxh6
Nxe4 ! 11.Nxe4 Qh4+ gives Black good chances to hang on to the
pawn at d6. Instead, 10.Be3! highlights the weakness of the
pawn at h6. } 10.Nge2 Qa5 {10...a6 11.a4 a5 12.Ra3 ! brings
the rook to a useful position. } 11.Ng3 {I can play for a4 or
b4, since Black hasn't yet played ...a6, setting up the ...b5
break. My strategy was to aim at Black's weaknesses on the
queenside pawns that would come to b5 and c5.} a6 12.Be2 b5
13.O-O Nbd7 14.a4 {! Consequential, but a bit hasty. White
should have played for 14.Kh1 c4 15.a3 Nc5 16.Rad1 or Rae1,
with the plan of advancing in the center or on the kingside. }
b4 15.Nd1 c4 {!} 16.Kh1 { 16.Bxc4 ? ! Qc5+ 17.Ne3 h6 18.Bxf6
Bxf6 19.Rad1 Nb6 20.Bb3 Bd7 with a more promising game for
Black. } Nb6 17.Be3 Nfd7 {Black has been playing well, but
used up a lot of time.} 18.Bd4 Nc5 {? 18...Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Qc5
was correct.} 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qg5 Kg8 21.Ne3 c3 22.bxc3 b3
23.Nh5 Nbd7 24.Ng4 Qd8 { 24...Qxc3 ? would have been refuted
by 25.e5! dxe5 26.Nhf6+ Nxf6 27.Nxf6+ Kf8 28.Nxe8 Kxe8 29.d6 }
25.Nhf6+ Kh8 {25...Nxf6 26.Nxf6+ Kh8 27.Qh4 h5 28.Qg5! } 26.h4
{!} Rb8 { 26...Nxf6 27.Nxf6 Re5 [ 27...Rf8 28.Qh6!; 27...Re7
28.Qh6! ] 28.Qh6 Qxf6 29.Qf8# } 27.Nxe8 Qxe8 28.Qd2 Qe7
29.Qd4+ f6 30.Ne3 Kg8 31.Rfb1 Ne5 32.f4 Nf7 33.Bf3 {Black was
now in desperate time trouble, with just a few minutes
remaining.} f5 34.e5 Qxh4+ { 34...dxe5 35.fxe5 Nxe5 36.d6! }
35.Kg1 b2 36.Ra2 Nb3 37.Qa7 Nd2 { 37...Rb7 38.Qa8 Rc7 39.Raxb2
and White wins. 37...Qxf4 38.Nf1 Rb7 39.Qa8 Rc7 40.Raxb2 Nc5
41.Rb8 } 38.Qxb8 Qg3 39.Qxc8+ Kg7 40.Raxb2 Nxf3+ 41.Kf1 {Black
resigned, avoiding the catastrophic 41.Kh1?? Qh2# } 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Reito"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 a6 3.Nf3 b5 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Bf4 {An open invitation
to the Spanish approach, since ...e5 will be played with gain
of tempo.} Nf6 6.Qe2 c5 7.c3 d6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.a4 e5
11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 {The position certainly resembles a Ruy
Lopez!} c4 13.Bc2 Be7 14.b4 Qc6 15.Nbd2 O-O 16.Nf1 {White
adopts a typical Spanish strategy.} Rfe8 17.Ng3 g6 18.a5
{18.Ra3 might have been useful, to defend the weakling at c3.}
Bf8 19.Nd2 h6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 {The bishop pair gives Black a
small advantage.} 21.Ngf1 Rad8 22.Ne3 Qe6 23.h3 h5 24.Qf3 Bh6
25.Ndf1 Bf4 {!} 26.h4 Qc6 {The pressure is intense at e4.}
27.Nd5 {27.Nd2 Ng4! takes advantage of the pin at e3.} Nxd5
28.exd5 Qd7 29.Ne3 Bxe3 30.fxe3 Bxd5 {Black has a healthy
extra pawn.} 31.e4 Qa7+ {! This tactic is what made the pawn
digestable.} 32.Qf2 Qxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Be6 34.Ke3 Bg4 {!} 35.Rf1
Rd6 36.Rf2 Red8 37.Raf1 {? Allowing an elegant finish.} Rd3+
{! Black resigned, faced with checkmate.} 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Championship"]
[Site "Melbourne (AUS)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O c5 8.Nc3
Ne4 9.d4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Qc7 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Bh6 13.e3 Nc6
14.Ba1 Bg7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qd2 f6 17.Rfe1 Rad8 18.Nd4 a6
19.Rcd1 Na5 20.e4 Nc6 21.Nc2 d6 22.Ne3 e6 23.f4 Ne7 24.h3 Bc6
25.Kh2 Qb7 26.Nc2 e5 27.Ne3 Rfe8 28.Qc2 Qc7 29.Qf2 Qb7 30.Rf1
Ng8 31.Qc2 Kh8 32.f5 g5 33.Rd2 Nh6 34.Rfd1 Nf7 35.Bf3 Kg7
36.Nd5 Bxd5 37.Rxd5 Kh6 38.Qe2 Re7 39.Bh5 Qc6 40.h4 gxh4
41.gxh4 Kg7 42.Qd2 Kh8 43.Rg1 Red7 44.Rg4 Rg8 45.Rxg8+ Kxg8
46.Bxf7+ Rxf7 47.Rxd6 Qxe4 48.Qg2+ Qxg2+ 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Championship"]
[Site "Melbourne (AUS)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Maxwell Leonard Fuller"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} e6
2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 { 4...Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 is also worth
considering, to prevent White's queenside fianchetto. This was
invented by Alekhine and championed by Bronstein. } 5.Bg2 O-O
6.O-O d5 7.Nc3 c6 8.b3 { I used to believe oin Alekhine's pawn
sac 8.Ne5 Nbd7 [ 8...Ne4 ! ? ] 9.Nd3 dxc4 10.Nf4 Nb6 11.e4
until I read Robert Bellin's book on the Dutch which pointed
out the refutation e5 ! 12.dxe5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Ng4 } Ne4 9.Bb2
Qe8 10.e3 Qh5 11.Ne2 g5 12.Ne5 Nd7 13.f3 Nd6 14.Qc2 Nf7
15.cxd5 { 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.e4 ! ? } exd5 { 15...cxd5 16.Rac1 }
16.g4 {! ?} Qh4 {! 16...fxg4 ? 17.Ng3 Black's queen is
embarrassed for decent squares. } 17.gxf5 Bd6 {! 17...Nh6
18.e4 Nxe5 19.dxe5 dxe4 20.Qc4+ ! } 18.f4 Nf6 19.Ng3 {!} Nxe5
{ 19...g4 ! 20.Rae1 is only a bit better for White. } 20.dxe5
{ 20.fxe5 Ng4 21.Bf3 ! ? Nxe3 22.Qe2 Nxf1 23.Rxf1 is an
interesting exchange sac. } Ng4 21.Bxd5+ {! 21.Bf3 Bc5 ! [
21...Nxe3 22.Qe2 Nxf1 23.Kxf1 is possible. ] } cxd5 22.exd6
Bxf5 {! 22...Nxe3 ? 23.Qc3 ! } 23.Qd2 { 23.Nxf5 ?? Rxf5 !
24.Qxf5 ?? Qxh2# } Rae8 24.Rf3 {! Avoiding Black's trap and
setting one of my own. 24.Rad1 ? Bd3 ! 25.Rf3 gxf4 ! and White
is in trouble. } Be4 {? 24...d4 ! 25.Nxf5 Rxf5 26.Bxd4 }
25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.d7 {!} Rd8 { 26...exf3 27.Qd5+ Rf7 28.dxe8=Q#
26...Re6 27.d8=Q ? [ 27.Rg3 ! gxf4 28.exf4 e3 29.Qg2 Rxf4
30.Rd1 Qd8 [ 30...e2 31.d8=Q+ Qxd8 32.Rxd8+ Kf7 33.Qxb7+ ]
31.Qd5 ] exf3 28.Qxg5+ Qxg5 29.fxg5 f2+ ! is good for
Black. 30.Kh1 f1=Q+ 31.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32.Kg2 Rf2+ 33.Qxf2 Nxf2
34.Kxf2 Rc6 ! } 27.Rh3 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth Championship"]
[Site "Melbourne (AUS)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Greg Hjorth"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} c5
2.a3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.Nf3 Nc6
8.Rb1 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.d3 Rac8 11.Ne2 Nh5 12.c3 b6 13.Qb3 h6
14.h3 Kh7 15.d4 f5 16.d5 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.f4 Bg7 19.bxc5
bxc5 20.Qb5 Qxb5 21.Rxb5 Rb8 22.Ra5 fxe4 23.Rxa7 Rfe8 24.c4
Ra8 25.Rb7 Ra4 26.g4 Nf6 27.g5 Nh5 28.f5 gxf5 29.Rxf5 Kg6
30.Rf2 Rxc4 31.Rg2 Bd4+ 32.Kh1 Rc2 33.Kh2 Be5+ 34.Kg1 Ng3
35.Nf4+ Bxf4 36.Bxf4 Rxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Ne2 38.Be3 hxg5 39.a4 Nc3
40.Rd7 Nxa4 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Championship"]
[Site "Melbourne (AUS)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Teo"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} d5
2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7
8.g3 Nd5 9.Bg2 N7f6 10.O-O e6 11.Re1 b5 12.axb5 cxb5 13.Ne5
Rb8 14.e4 {!} Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bg6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Bf4 Qb6 18.Bxb8
Qxb8 19.e5 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Illinois Chess League"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Stein"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc5
5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O d5 8.Bg5 { 8.cxd5 is the usual
move. } dxc4 { 8...Be7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qb3 Na5 11.Qd3 h6 12.Be3
Nc4 13.Bd4 Be6 14.Nbd2 Nd6 was seen in Jesus Angel Lobo
vs. Llames Prado Raimundo, Asturias [Spain] 1996 8...h6 9.cxd5
exd5 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nc3 [ 11.Qxd5 ? Qxb2 ! ] d4 12.Ne4 was
agreed drawn in Miladinovic vs.Pegorari, 2000. } 9.Qc2 h6
10.Rd1 {! ? 10.Qxc4 Bxf2+ ! 11.Rxf2 hxg5 didn't appeal to
me. } Qb6 11.Bxf6 Bxf2+ 12.Kh1 gxf6 13.Nbd2 {I'm two pawns
down, but my king is safer and I have the initiative.} Nd4 {?
Black wants to trade pieces. Bad idea. 13...Rd8 14.Ne4 Rxd1+
15.Rxd1 f5 16.Nf6+ Kg7 17.Qc3 ! 13...Nb4 14.Qxc4 Nd5 was a
reasonable defensive strategy. } 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Ne4 Qb6 {
15...Qe5 16.Nxf2 } 16.Nxf6+ Kg7 17.Qc3 {! The weakness of
Black's king is exposed, and soon his fate will be sealed.} e5
18.Nh5+ {!} Kh8 19.Qxe5+ f6 20.Qe7 Rg8 21.Nxf6 Bf5 22.Nxg8 {?
In time pressure, I just vacuumed pieces, not bothering to
look for a checkmate. 22.Rd7 ! was a more efficient and more
elegant win. } Rxg8 23.Qe5+ {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters"]
[Site "London (ENG)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "John J Cox"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 {Notes by Keene.} d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3
Bg4 6.Bxc4 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Bb5 Bd6 9.e4 Bb4 10.Qa4 Bxf3 {?
10...O-O 11.Bxc6 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 bxc6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5
15.Nxg5 hxg5 16.Bxg5 e5 17.Qxc6 } 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Qxc6+ Ke7
13.gxf3 Qxd4 14.Qxc7+ Nd7 15.Bg5+ f6 16.Rd1 {!} Rhc8 {
16...Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 Rhc8 18.Qg3 ! Qxc3+ 19.Bd2 followed by
Qxg7+ } 17.Rxd4 Rxc7 18.Bxf6+ Kxf6 19.Rxb4 Ne5 20.Ke2 Kg5
21.Rg1+ Kf4 22.Rg3 Rd8 23.Kf1 Nc4 24.Rb5 Ne3+ 25.Ke2 Rcd7
26.Rbg5 {! Black resigned. 26...Rd2+ 27.Ke1 Nc2+ 28.Kf1 and
Black is helpless. } 1-0

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Attila Schneider"]
[Black "Sergey Dolmatov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by A. Schneider.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Be7
5.O-O O-O 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.b3 d6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Qc7
11.Rc1 Re8 12.e3 Nf8 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.f4 Rab8 15.g4 e5 16.Nf5
Bxf5 17.gxf5 N8d7 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Kh1 Qa5 20.a3 b5 21.b4 Qb6
22.cxb5 axb5 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 Bf6 25.Rg1 Qd8 26.Qh5 Kh8
27.Rg3 g6 28.fxg6 fxg6 29.Qh6 Bg7 30.Qh3 Nd3 31.Rf1 {!!
31.Bxg7+? Kxg7 32.Rf1 Ne5 -/+} Qe7 {31...Nxb2? Qxh7+!! +-;
31...Bxb2? 32.Qxh7+!! +-; 31...Rf8? 32.Bxg7+ Kxg7 33.Rxf8 Qxf8
34.Qd7+ Kh8 35.Rf3 Qd8 36.Rf7 Qxd7 37.Rxd7 Rb6 38.Rb7! Rxb7
39.Bxb7 +-} 32.Bxg7+ Kxg7 33.Rgf3 {33.Rf7?+ Qxf7 34.Bxf7 Nf2+
-+} Rf8 34.Rxf8 Rxf8 35.Rxf8 Qxf8 36.Qd7+ Kh6 {! 36...Kh8?
37.Qf7 +-} 37.Qh3+ {37.Qf7?! Qc8 =/+} Kg7 38.Qd7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corr."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kuljvanovskiy"]
[Black "Mikhail Golubev"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

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. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8
12. Kb1 Ne5 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qa6 16. h5 Rac8
17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bd4 Be6 19. g4 Bf7 20. g5 Rxd4 21. Nxd4 Nd7
22. Nd5 Nb6 23. b3 Nxd5 {time} 1-0

[Event "Bratislava"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "1983.09.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Reynaldo Vera"]
[Black "Eduard Prandstetter"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb5 Ba6
12. Nxd6 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f3
Nf6 17. Bd2 c6 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Rc3 g6 20. Rec1 Rac8 21. a4
Qb7 22. Qc2 Re6 23. Be1 a6 24. Bg3 Nd7 25. Bf4 b5 26. axb5
axb5 27. Ra3 Ra8 28. Rca1 Ree8 29. h3 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Ra8
31. Rc3 Ra6 32. Kh2 Rb6 33. g4 fxg4 34. hxg4 b4 35. Rb3 Qa6
36. Bd6 Qf1 37. Kg3 Nf8 38. Rd3 Qg1+ 39. Qg2 Qc1 40. Qf2
{Time} 0-1

[Event "Great Britain (ch) 38/165"]
[Site "Great Britain (ch) 38/165"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6
7.d4 Bg4 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nb6 10.Be3 e6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.d5
exd5 13.Bxb6 axb6 14.Nxd5 O-O 15.Rg1 Bf6 16.Rg4 Ra5 17.Kb1 Rc5
18.Nxb6 Nd4 19.Qb4 Rc6 20.Nc4 Qd7 21.Re4 Rfc8 {Here, the
positional 22.a3 led Short to victory, but he might have
forced matters with the strong 22.Nb6! where Black has no good
response. 22...Rxb6? fails to 23.Qxb6 Qa4 24. b3. More
importantly, 22...Ne2 seems like a clever defense, the point
being that Black threatens both ...Qxd1# and ...Rc1+. However,
Nigel missed the brilliant refutation 23.Qf8+!! which wins in
all variations. For example, 23...Kxf8 24.Nxd7+ Kg8 25.Nxf6+
gxf6 26.Bxe2 and White is up a piece. Or 23...Rxf8 24. Nxd7
and again Black must lose a piece.} 22.a3 Rd8 23.Na5 Re6
24.Bh3 Qc7 25.Rexd4 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Bxd4 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Qxb7 Qe5
29.Nc6 Qe1+ 30.Ka2 Bf6 31.Qb3 h5 32.Qc2 Qh1 33.a4 Qxf3 34.a5
Qd5+ 35.Ka3 Qd6+ 36.b4 Qxh2 37.a6 Qh3+ 38.Ka4 Qf1 39.a7 Qa6+
40.Kb3 h4 41.Qc4 Qa1 42.Qxe6+ Kh7 43.Qe4+ g6 44.Ne5 Qd1+
45.Kc4 Qf1+ 46.Nd3 1-0

[Event "European Club Championship"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Ostermeyer"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. Is there such a thing as a
national characteristic in chess? If there was ever a Don
Quixote of the chessboard, it must be the tall, thin Spanish
Grandmaster Bellon, often to be seen launching attacks that
don't quite work. To me the Germans appear to be heavily
influenced by their great teacher, Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch. It
was Tarrasch who conducted a theoretical dispute with
Nimzowitsch over the relative value of the initiative plus
domination of space (even with weaknesses) as against a
cramped position without weakness, but with counter-attacking
potential. Nimzo, of course, supported the latter
view. Frequently, when I am playing Germans, and we have a
perfectly ordinary position, it seems that the ghost of
Dr. Tarrasch descends to seize control of their brains,
issuing manic orders to go berserk and lash out with their
pawns over the entire board. Here is a typical example:} Nf6
2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6
8. a3 Bd7 9. b4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. d5 {Of course not 11 Nxb5
Nxb4 12 Nxc7 Ba4!} 11...Na7 {!? An unorthodox move. Normally
Black would play 11...Ne5.} 12. Nd4 e6 13. dxe6 {If 13 Ndxb5
Nxb5 14 Nxb5 exd5 15 exd5 Re8 with a terrible attack.}
13...fxe6 14. Rc1 {Or 14 Ndxb5 Nxb5 15 Nxb5 Nxe4 16 fxe4 Rxf1+
17 Rxf1 Qh4+.} 14...Nh5 15. Qd2 Be5 16. Nce2 c6 {Defending b5
and thus preparing the manoeuvre ...Nc8-b6-c4. If immediately
16...Nc8 I could not see a clear reply to 17 Bg5.} 17. g4 Nf6
18. g5 Nh5 19. f4 {Megalomania sets in.} 19...Bg7 20. Qa2 {?!}
20...Kh8 {Sacrificing a pawn when Black could also have won
one with 20...Bxd4. However, when playing the King's Indian,
Modern or Pirc, I am programmed not to give up my fianchettoed
king's bishop for anything less than a rook.} 21. Nxe6 Bxe6
22. Qxe6 Nc8 {! A mysterious retreat, leaving a second pawn en
prise. The move seemed to have a mesmeric effect on my
opponent who had probably only been expecting 22...Re8 23 Qb3
Rxe4 24 Bg2 Re7 25 O-O.} 23. Rxc6 Rxa3 24. Kf2 {He must try 24
Bc1.} 24...Re8 {24...Rxe3 25 Kxe3 Nxf4 only leads to perpetual
check.} 25. Qg4 Ne7 26. Rc2 Nd5 {! The rest is easy as White's
overextended structure collapses into ruins.} 27. exd5 Raxe3
28. Ng3 Qb6 29. Kg2 Qd4 30. Rg1 Nxg3 31. hxg3 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Championship"]
[Site "Hong Kong"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Aaron"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6
4. Be3 a6 5. a4 {Not the most aggressive move. More testing is
5 Qd2 Nd7 6 Nf3 b5 7 a4 b4 8 Ne2 Ngf6 9 Ng3 h5! with
interesting complications (Hort - Keene, Dortmund 1982).}
5...Nf6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Nge2 e5 9. Qd2 exd4 10. Nxd4
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 {The most efficient way of
equalising. During this game I had a vague mental picture of a
resemblance between this and a game Furman - Petrosian, USSR
Championship, Moscow 1969. When I checked the reference, I
discovered this was not so far out, namely: 1 d4 g6 2 e4 Bg7 3
Nf3 d6 4 c3 Nf6 5 Nbd2 O-O 6 Be2 Nc6 7 O-O Nd7 8 a4 e5 9 dxe5
Ncxe5 10 Nxe5 Nxe5 11 Nc4 Re8 12 Ne3 a5 13 f3 Nd7 14 Qc2 Nc5
15 Rd1 Be6 16 Bc4 Qh4 17 Bxe6 fxe6. Black later won by
doubling rooks on the f-file and playing ...g6-g5-g4.}
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Rfd1 {?! White should play 14
Rad1!, keeping the king's rook on the f-file for defensive
purposes.} 14...Rad8 15. Qe2 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Qc4 Qf7
18. Rd2 Nf4 19. Rad1 g5 {! To transfer a knight to e5; in
addition Black launches a kingside "minority attack".} 20. Kh1
Ng6 21. a5 Ne5 22. Qe2 Qh5 {Suddenly White realises he is on
the defensive and retreats all of his pieces to defend his
kingside.} 23. Rf1 Rf6 24. Rdd1 Rdf8 25. Nb1 {To play Nd2, but
there is no time.} 25...g4 26. fxg4 Nxg4 27. h3 Rf2 {!
27...Nf2+ 28 Rxf2! Qxe2 29 Rxe2 Rf1+ achieves much less.}
28. Qd3 {Or 28 Qc4 d5!} 28...R8f3 {! If 29 gxf3 Qxh3+ or 29
Qc4 Rxh3+. Finally, 29 Qxf3 Rxf3 30 Rxf3 Nf2+ X-rays all of
White's pieces, leaving Black queen for rook ahead. Black
cannot, of course, play 28...Rxf1+ 29 Rxf1 Nf2+? 30 Rxf2 Rxf2
31 Qg3+ and White wins.} 0-1

[Event "Commonwealth Championship"]
[Site "Hong Kong"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Greg Hjorth"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6
4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nge2 h6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Bxc6
Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Qd2 b5 {! The point of this is to make
White declare which side he will castle. Probably White should
prefer the simple 12 O-O. Instead ...} 12. b4 {!? Not much
doubt now. White will have to castle kingside.} 12...a5
13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Rb1 h5 15. Qd3 O-O 16. O-O h4 17. Nxb5 h3
18. g4 Rxa2 {Black has maintained material equality on the
queenside while on the other wing his h-pawn is a constant
menace to White's king.} 19. Qc4 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 {If 20 Qxa2
Bxe2 21 Rf2 and now Black can sacrifice on e4, g4 or f3.}
20...Ra3 21. Bg5 Qd7 {21...Qc8! preventing Rb7 is more
accurate.} 22. Rb7 Rc8 23. Bxf6 {? White is nervous of a
sacrifice on g4 and thus eliminates Black's knight. Better is
23 Nc3 Nxg4 24 Qb5! Qxb5 25 Nxb5 Ra4 26 fxg4 Rxe4. Black is,
of course, not committed to sacrificing a piece on move 23.}
23...Bxf6 24. Nc3 Bg5 {Here Black's dark-squared bishop is too
strong.} 25. Kf2 Qe7 26. Nb5 Re3 27. Re1 {Now come two deadly
quiet moves:} 27...Qf6 {!!} 28. Rxe3 Qf4 {! There is no
defence, e.g. 29 Re2 Qxh2+ 30 Kf1 Qh1+ 31 Kf2 Qg2+ 32 Ke1 Qg1
mate, or 29 Ra3 Qd2+ 30 Qe2 Bh4+ wins.} 29. Qf1 Qxh2+ {!}
30. Ke1 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "Gausdal International"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Halldor Gretar Einarsson"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3
O-O 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Nc6 8.dxc5 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bd6 g4
11.Ne5 {?! 11 Nd2! } Qg5 12.Qc2 Qf5 13.Nxg4 Qxg4 14.f3 Nxc3
15.fxg4 Nd4 16.Qxc3 Bxc3+ 17.bxc3 Nc2+ 18.Kd2 Nxa1 19.Bxf8
Kxf8 20.e3 b6 21.Bd3 Bb7 22.Rxa1 bxc5 23.g3 Ke7 24.Rb1 Bc6
25.Ke1 Rc8 26.Rb2 Rc7 27.Kf2 { 27 Rb8 /\ Rh8 } Rb7 28.Rb3 Rb6
29.h4 f6 30.Be2 Ra6 31.a3 Ra4 { At this critical point in the
game the power went out for about an hour! } 32.Ke1 d5 33.cxd5
Bxd5 34.c4 Bxc4 35.Bxc4 Rxc4 36.g5 fxg5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Rb7+
Kd6 39.Rxa7 Kd5 40.Rg7 g4 41.Kd2 {Sealed. GM Jansa helped
analyse the difficult rook and pawn endgame, which most people
figured was lost. It isn't.} Ra4 42.Ke2 e5 43.Rg6 Rxa3 44.Rxg4
Ra2+ 45.Kd3 e4+ 46.Kc3 Ra3+ 47.Kd2 Ra2+ 48.Kc3 Ra3+ 49.Kd2
Rd3+ 50.Ke2 Rb3 51.Kd2 Rb1 52.Kc2 Rf1 53.Kd2 Rf3 54.Ke2 Rf5
55.Rg8 Re5 56.g4 Kc4 57.g5 {Sealed} Kc3 58.g6 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal International"]
[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Pia Cramling"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5
5.Nge2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Be3
Ng4 11.Bd4 Bf6 12.h3 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Ne5 14.f4 Ng6 15.O-O-O d6
16.Ng3 Qh4 17.Bb5 {!} Rf8 18.Nce2 Ne7 19.Qb4 Rd8 20.Ne4 a5
21.Qd2 Bf5 22.N2c3 Na6 23.g3 Qh6 24.Bxa6 Rxa6 25.g4 Bxe4
26.Nxe4 Raa8 27.h4 f5 28.g5 Qh5 29.Nc3 Rac8 30.Qe3 Ng6 31.Qe6+
Kh8 32.Kb1 Nxf4 33.Qxf5 Rf8 34.Qd7 Ne2 {White is cearly
better, as long as the king remains safe. The Black d-pawn
must fall. But is should not be eaten immediately! The clock
was a factor here. White had 9 minutes left, Black had just
4. After a couple of minutes deciding between Nxe2 and Qxd6, I
chose wrongly.} 35.Qxd6 {? Simplistically counting on the fact
that after capturing on c3 with the knight, Black couldn't
follow up with the rook because then the other rook at f8
would be undefended. 35.Nxe2 Qxe2 36.Qxd6 +/- } Rfd8 {?
Cramling used half of her remaining time on this move, but
missed a powerful move. 35...Nxc3+ ! 36.bxc3 Qe2 ! Although
there is no immediate threat, White is actually lost. White
can't allow a rook to get to f2, but there isn't much to be
done about it. 37.Qe6 Qb5+ ! 38.Ka1 Rce8 One rook will get to
the seventh rank, and then it is game over. } 36.Qb6 {! Saving
the game.} Nxc3+ 37.bxc3 Qf3 {! Just three moves to time
control, which was the old, generous 40 moves in two and a
half hours. With 6 minutes left I used up half my time, and
again chose a bad move!} 38.Qxa5 {?! 38.d6 Qxc3 39.d7 A draw
is almost inevitable. Rb8 40.h5 White could play on, though
the chances of a draw would be high. } b6 39.Qb4 Rxd5 {
39...Rxc3 Black threatens ...Rb3+, but White was ready with a
strong counter. 40.Rhf1 ! Rb3+ Forced, as if the queen moves
there is trouble at f8. 41.Ka2 Rxb4 42.Rxf3 Rxh4 43.d6 ! A
difficult game for Black, though not clearly winning for
White. } 40.Rdf1 Qd3+ {Time control reached, with each player
in their last minute.} 41.Ka1 Rdc5 42.Rd1 {Draw agreed.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal International"]
[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6
5.e3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.Qc2 dxc4 {?!} 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O
Nd5 11.e4 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Nf6 14.Rfe1 Rd8 15.Bd3 h6
16.Rac1 Nh7 17.Bb1 Bd7 18.Qe3 f6 19.h4 Be8 20.Qf4 Rac8 21.Rcd1
Nf8 22.Qg4 Qf7 23.b4 Bd7 24.e5 f5 25.Qg3 Ng6 26.Nd2 Ne7 27.Nc4
Rc7 28.Nd6 Qg6 29.Qxg6 Nxg6 30.g3 Ne7 31.Rc1 Be8 32.a3 Nc8
33.Ba2 Bf7 34.Nxf5 {!? 34.d5 ! exd5 35.Nxf5 would have been
even stronger. } Kf8 { 34...exf5 35.e6 Nd6 36.exf7+ Nxf7 37.d5
! +/= } 35.Ne3 Rxd4 36.Rcd1 Rcd7 37.Rxd4 Rxd4 38.Rd1 Rxd1+
39.Nxd1 Nb6 40.Nc3 Ke7 41.Ne4 Nc8 42.f4 b6 43.Kf2 Bg6 44.Ke3
{Unfortunately there was double pressure here. We were into
the second time contol and the arbiter would soon approach
with the envelope into which I would have to place my sealed
move. There are several possibilities. I could try to hold the
knight vs. bishop endgame after exchanging on d4. The
Grandmaster had played the last few moves quickly, forcing me
to think on my own. If the game were to be adjourned, I'd have
a chance to analyze with Grandmaster Jansa, with whom I had
already had many instructional endgame sessions as we both
seemed headed for adjournments in almost every game. I didn't
want to commit myself to the capture on e4 until after
adjournment. I sought out a waiting move, but couldn'f find
one. I then saw that by advancing the c-pawn, I could get to a
forcing variation which would make the adjournment analysis
much easier.} c5 {!? 44...Bxe4 45.Kxe4 g6 46.Bc4 b5 47.Bd3 Nb6
48.Kd4 +- 44...Kd7 45.g4 Ne7 46.Nd6 h5 ! 47.gxh5 Bxh5 White's
weakened pawn structure gives Black some chances. It isn't
clear how White could make progress. This would have been the
best plan, but I had a feeling that with a less forcing line
my opponent would surely find a way to captalize on his
positional advantages. } 45.bxc5 Bxe4 46.Kxe4 bxc5 {This much
was predictable. Black has four pawn islands, and it is very
difficult for the knight to defend. The passed c-pawn is just
weak. White's strategy is clear: break through on the
kingside.} 47.g4 { 47.Kd3 Nb6 48.h5 White should have prepared
the kingside advance in this way, instead of plunging right
in. In fact, the adjournment analysis concentrated on this
line. I'll just summarize the main line. Nd5 [ 48...Kd7 49.g4
Nd5 50.f5 ! ] 49.Kc4 Ne3+ 50.Kxc5 Nf1 51.g4 Ne3 52.Kd4 Nxg4
53.Bb1 Nf2 54.Be4 ! White's knight will never get into the
game, but capturing at e4 loses. Nxe4 55.Kxe4 Ke8 56.f5 Ke7
57.fxe6 Kxe6 58.a4 a5 59.Kf4 Ke7 60.Kf5 Kf7 61.e6+ Ke7 62.Ke5
Ke8 63.Kd6 Kd8 64.e7+ Ke8 65.Ke6 There is no stalemate,
because the g-pawn can move. It will be captured, but then
Black still has the h-pawn so it is mate in 3. } Nb6 {?! This
inferior move was chosen because of an error in analysis later
on. My scoresheet shows I took only about ten minutes to play
up to move 53, and only at move 54 was I taken out of the
adjournment analysis. 47...g6 ! I can't recall why this move
was rejected. I think it was mostly a matter of not wanting to
put the pawn where the bishop could get at it. But that is
lazy thinking. With the knight at b6, the formation is solid
enough to draw. In choosing between the move orders, I
obviously [in hindsight] failed to evaluate the position at
move 53 properly. } 48.f5 {! Critical, because otherwise I can
repair the error with ...g6.} exf5+ 49.gxf5 Na4 50.Bc4 {
50.Kd3 Nb2+ 51.Kc2 Na4 52.Kb3 Nb6 The wall holds. } Nb6 51.Bg8
{! White finds the correct plan. The king will infiltrate via
d5 after Black eventually runs out of moves.} Na4 {? Passive
play is unpleasant. Being ground down by a Grandmaster is
often even more unpleasant, as reprieves are rarely granted. I
figured that I couldn't keep the king out forever, so might as
well get it over with. Bad decision. 51...Kd7 52.h5 Ke7 53.Be6
a5 54.Ke3 Ke8 55.f6 Otherwise there is no way to make
progress. gxf6 56.exf6 Kf8 57.Ke4 Black must give way. a4
58.Ke5 Ke8 59.Kf5 Kf8 60.Kg6 c4 61.Kxh6 c3 62.Bf5 Kf7 63.Kg5
Nd7 # 64.h6 Nxf6 65.h7 Nxh7+ 66.Bxh7 Ke6 67.Kf4 Kd5 68.Ke3 Kc4
69.Bc2 Black wins, because the bishop is of the correct color
to support the a-pawn. Although this line is very long, it was
easy to analyze. So before resuming the game after adjornment,
51...Na4 had been prepared. } 52.Kd5 Kf8 53.Bh7 Ke7 54.Bg6 {#
How is White to make progress? I wasn't quite sure.} a6 55.Bh5
Kd7 56.Bf3 Ke7 57.Bg2 {Shamkovich just marks time while I run
out of moves and drop the c-pawn.} a5 58.Bh3 Nc3+ 59.Kxc5 Nb1
{This was the type of defense I had envisioned. White can't
defend the a-pawn. So with all the queenside pawns gone, I can
bring the knight to the kingside, annoy the kingside pawns,
and get a draw.} 60.Bf1 {! +-} Nd2 { 60...Nxa3 ? 61.Bd3 ! The
knight cannot escape, and will be captured after
Kb6xa5-a4. This was the tactic I missed during analysis. The
simple domination theme in pure form! } 61.Bd3 Nf3 62.Kd5 a4 {
62...Nxh4 63.Be4 ! Domination on the other side of the board!
I couldn't miss this after my horrible realization at move 60!
} 63.h5 Nd2 64.Be2 Nb3 65.Bd1 Kf7 { 65...Kd7 66.Kc4 Nd2+
67.Kd3 Nb1 68.Bxa4+ Ke7 69.Bb5 Nxa3 70.Ba6 Again the knight is
trapped. } 66.Kd6 Nd4 67.e6+ Kf6 68.Bc2 {! Black
resigned. There is no way to prevent White from getting a new
queen. 68.Bc2 Nxc2 69.e7 Kf7 70.Kd7 Nxa3 71.e8=Q+ } 1-0

[Event "Simultaneous"]
[Site "Framingham Massachusetts"]
[Date "1984.09.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Jack Young"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 Bg4 6.f3 Bf5
7.Nge2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O-O 9.Bd3 Bg6 {Better 9...Nb4} 10.f4 e6
11.Be3 Nb4 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.h3 Qf5 14.Rc1 Qh5 15.Qe1 Nbd5
16.Ng3 Qh4 17.Rf3 Bb4 18.Bd2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nh5 20.Qf2 Nxg3
21.Rxg3 Nf6 22.Re1 Nh5 23.Rg5 Qxf2+ 24.Kxf2 Nf6 25.Kf3 Rd6
26.Rb1 Rb6 27.Rb3 Rd8 28.Ra5 a6 29.Ke3 Rd5 {?} 30.c4 Rxa5
31.Bxa5 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odessa jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Tarapatin"]
[Black "Mikhail Golubev"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Qa5
12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. g4 Rc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Nb3
Qb4 17. Bd4 e5 18. Be3 Be6 19. a3 Nxa3 20. bxa3 Qxc3 21. Qxc3
Rxc3 22. Kd2 Rc8 23. Bxa7 Ra8 24. Be3 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. g5
Nh5 27. Rhf1 Ng3 28. Rf2 Nf5 29. Bc5 Nxh4 30. Kc1 Bxf3 31. Rd7
h6 32. Nd2 e4 33. Be3 Rxa3 34. Nb3 Nf5 35. Bc5 Ra8 36. Rxb7
hxg5 37. Ra7 Rc8 38. Bb4 g4 {time} 0-1

[Event "Ukraine Young Masters, Kharkov"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.11.26"]
[EventDate "1984.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Golubev"]
[Black "Valery Neverov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bb3 b5 11. f3 Nd7 12. g4
Rb8 13. g5 Nc5 14. Rhe1 b4 15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 Be7 17. Bf4
Rb7 18. Kb1 Ncxb3 19. cxb3 Qb6 20. Rc1 O-O 21. Be3 Qd8 22. f4
Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Bd2 Qb6 25. Be3 Qb7 26. Bf2 Bd8 27. Rc1
Bd7 28. Qf3 Bb6 29. h4 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Bf5+ 31. Ka1 Re8 32. h5
Re4 33. Be3 Nxb3+ 34. axb3 Qxd5 35. Bb6 Qe6 36. Qf2 Qxb3
{time} 0-1

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Billy Colias"]
[Black "Edward Friedman"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller, from the book Saving Lost
Positions, Batsford 1987.} c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Bd3 b5 8.a4 b4 9.Nb1 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nbd7
11.O-O g6 12.c4 Bg7 13.Nb3 O-O 14.N1d2 e5 15.f5 a5 16.g4 Rfc8
17.g5 Nh5 18.f6 Bf8 19.Nf3 Nb6 20.Be3 Bc6 21.Qf2 Nxa4 22.Rfc1
Qd7 23.Kh1 Qh3 24.Ra2 Nxb2 25.Rxb2 a4 26.Nbd2 a3 27.Ra2 d5
28.Bf1 Qe6 {Black offers another piece!} 29.cxd5 Bxd5 30.Rxc8
{? 30.exd5 was better, because the exchange of rooks brings
another attacker to c8, but White has lost the defender. Qxd5
31.Nc4 and White is comfortably ahead. The young master was
overconfident, and, assuming that two extra pieces woukld be
more valuable than three pawns, followed the dictum "simplify
to win", which we discuss elsewhere in the book.} Rxc8 31.exd5
Qxd5 32.Bc4 {?! This would have been more effective with the
rook at c1, as mentioned in the previous note.} Rxc4 {!}
33.Nxc4 Qxc4 34.Rc2 Qe6 {The two passed pawns on the queenside
are almost equivalent to a rook. In the endgame section, we
show that these pawns, if they both reach the 6th rank, are
even stronger than a rook!} 35.Bc5 b3 36.Bxf8 bxc2 37.Bxa3
{White has given up the rook, but has a bishop for two pawns,
and the pawns do not appear to be strong. Ah, but they are!}
Qd5 {!} 38.Kg1 {? White naturally wants to break the pin,
especially since he was in deep time trouble. 38.Qe3 Nf4
39.h3! was best. I am sure Friedman would have tried 36...h6
here, with an unclear position. If White doesn't preserve some
pawns, it will be hard to win the endgame.} Qd1+ 39.Qf1 e4 {!}
40.Ne5 e3 41.Nf3 e2 42.Qe1 {White covers all the promotion
squares, but in the end it costs him a piece.} Qd3 {?! Good
enough, but there was a simpler win. 42...Nf4 followed by
...Nd3 would have finished White off immediately.} 43.Qb4 Qe3+
44.Kg2 Nf4+ 45.Kg3 e1=Q+ 46.Qxe1 Ne2+ 47.Kg2 Qxa3 {A thrilling
contest to the end!} 0-1

[Event "Windy City International"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lawrence Day"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c6 2. Nc3 {I had expected 2
d4 d5 3 e5!? Bf5 4 Nc3, e.g. 4...e6 5 g4 Bg6 6 Nge2 Bb4 7 h4
Be4 8 Rh3 h5 9 Ng3 c5 10 Bg5 Qb6 as in Day - Vranesic,
Canadian Championship 1981; here Day himself in BCO gives 11
a3! 'better for White'. Therefore I wanted to try 4...Qb6!? 5
g4 Bd7 6 Na4 Qc7 7 Nc5 e6 8 Nxd7. Velimirovic - Kasparov,
Moscow Interzonal 1982, proceeded with 8...Nxd7. My new idea
was 8...Qxd7 intending a quick ...c6-c5 in conjunction with
...Nc6. The black Ng8 can go to e7 to hold up White's thematic
plan of f2-f4-f5 which caused Kasparov trouble in his game.}
2...d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. b3 {!? This must
be a novelty, though it's quite in Day's inventive style. I
anticipated White to follow up with O-O-O and then g4, h4, g5,
h5, trying to mince my kingside in cO-Operation with the Bb2.}
6...e6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. exd5 {? From now on White starts to play
feebly. He should maintain the tension with 8 O-O-O, although
8...Bb4 is satisfactory for Black.} 8...cxd5 9. Qg3 {With
threats of Nb5, also trying to impede the development of
Black's dark-squared bishop. A broadly similar concept was
seen in Smyslov - Botvinnik (first match game, World
Championship 1958), which duplicated this game for the first
five moves and then varied with 6 d3 e6 7 Be2 Nbd7 8 Qg3, but
Botvinnik proved that 8...g6! is possible, even with ...e7-e6
already played. Black developed the Bf8 on g7 and went on to
win. So in this game I always had ...g7-g6 in mind as a
reserve development.} 9...a6 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. d4 {? A losing
positional blunder which weakens c3 and blocks his
dark-squared bishop. Perhaps White was bothered by distant
threats of ...d5-d4 from Black. Anyway, 11 Re1 is superior.}
11...Qa5 {Black swiftly works up an annihilating initiative.}
12. Kb1 Ba3 13. Ba1 Bb4 14. Rd3 {Of course 14 Qxg7 loses a
piece to 14...Rg8.} 14...O-O 15. Qe3 {The threat was 15...Bxc3
and 16...Ne4.} 15...Rc6 16. Nd1 Ne4 {Also tempting but
complicated is 16...Rxc2 17 Kxc2 Qxa2+ 18 Bb2 Rc8+ 19 Rc3!
Bxc3 20 Nxc3 Ne4 21 Bc4! Nxc3 22 Ra1 Nd1!} 17. c3 Be7 18. h4
b5 {The rest is automatic. White's queenside pawns are
structurally dead, and Black enjoys the luxury of having the
white king as an additional target.} 19. b4 Qc7 20. f4 {I
didn't understand this, but it is too late to make any
difference.} 20...Rc8 21. Bb2 Nb6 22. Rh3 Nc4 23. Qe1 {A
series of brutal sacrifices now forces mate.} 23...Bxb4
24. cxb4 Na3+ 25. Bxa3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Lawrence Day"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller} d6 2.e4 Bg4 3.d4 e6 {This is
the small center approach in the Wade Defense, and it is not
too bad, though it is unambitious. My opponent, one of
Canada's best players and an International Master, is known
for his slow buildup method of opening play.} 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2
Be7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qd2 a6 8.Rd1 Nfd7 9.e5 Bxf3 10.exd6 cxd6
11.Bxf3 d5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Ne2 Qa5 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.Bc7 Nc6 16.c3
Rfc8 17.Bf4 b5 18.Rc1 {My opponent decides to go for broke on
the kingside.} g5 19.Bd2 f5 20.g4 f4 21.h4 {!} h6 22.Kg2 Kg7
{I am threatening to take over the kingside.} 23.b3 Nb6
24.Rfe1 Bd6 25.Rh1 Ne7 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Rh5 Kf6 28.Rch1 Ng6
29.Rh6 Ra7 30.Ng1 a5 {Black does not appreciate the
danger. This is because my light-squared bishop is at f3. In
my mind's eye, it drifts to d3. Of such things are
combinations born!} 31.Be2 b4 {Black's position looks good but
White wins with a combination.} 32.Rxg6+ Kxg6 33.Bd3+ Kg7
34.Rh7+ Kf6 35.Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Amstelveen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Albert Blees"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 Nc6 {!? Provocative. Keene -
Lauri, Malta 1985, went: 6...e5 7 d5 c6 8 h4 Qb6 9 Be2 Na6,
when I could have tried the amazingly unclear line 10 Be3!?
Qxb2 11 Na4 Qa3 12 Bc1 Qb4+ 13 Bd2 Qa3 14 Nf5! gxf5 15 Rh3
Qxh3 16 gxh3 Nxe4, and Black has distinct compensation for the
queen.} 7. d5 Ne5 8. Be2 c6 9. f4 Ned7 10. Be3 h5
{Considerably more combative than 10...cxd5 11 exd5 a5 12 O-O
Nc5 13 f5 Bd7 14 Qd2, Keene - Jassem, Dubai 1984, when all
Black can do is sit and watch.} 11. h3 Nc5 12. Bf3 {Inviting
adventures. The sensible course is 12 Bxc5 dxc5 13 e5 with a
solid plus for White.} 12...Qb6 13. Rb1 {Avoiding the hideous
trap 13 Qd2 Qxb2! 14 Qxb2 Nd3+.} 13...Qb4 14. e5 dxe5 15. a3
Qa5 {15...Qxc4? 16 Be2 wins a piece.} 16. fxe5 Nfd7 17. O-O
Nxe5 18. Bxh5 {! The justification of White's play. If
18...gxh5 19 Nxh5 White's forces pour into a kingside attack,
while Black's queen is cut off on the far extremity of the
board. Note that White could not play b2-b4 on move 17 or 18,
since ...Qxa3 attacks the knight on c3. The white bishop now
stands en prise on h5 for a further 12 moves.} 18...Nxc4 {More
resistance is provided by 18...Ncd3, cutting out the fork
possibility of b2-b4.} 19. Bd4 e5 20. b4 {! Now this works.}
20...Qxa3 {The only chance is 20...exd4 21 bxa5 dxc3, although
22 Bxg6! fxg6 23 Rxf8+ Bxf8 24 Qc2 favours White.} 21. Bxc5
Qxc3 22. Ne4 {What follows is a slaughter.} 22...Qa3 23. Ra1
Qb2 24. Rf2 Ne3 25. Bxe3 Qxb4 26. Ra4 Qe7 {Or 26...Qb5 27
Nc3.} 27. Bc5 Qd8 28. Bxf8 Bxf8 29. dxc6 Qb6 30. Bxg6 {At
last.} 30...fxg6 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Eugene Martinovsky"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 {A reliable system which I have used about
six or seven times. I was also impressed with Karpov's win
with it over Korchnoi at Phillips and Drew, London 1984.}
5...Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 {Also possible is the gambit
7...c6!? 8 dxc6 Nxc6 9 e3 e5 10 d5 Qxg5 11 dxc6 O-O. Huebner
had a rough time on the white side of this against Kavalek at
Montreal 1979, so I had no reason to doubt that his subsequent
try 12 h4! Qe7 13 Nd5 Qd6 14 c7 e4 15 Bc4 Qc5 16 Qc2 b5 17 Bb3
Qxc2 18 Bxc2 Re8 19 O-O-O Bb7 20 Kb1, eventually won by White
in 143 moves (Huebner - Ftacnik, Biel 1984), truly does
represent a well thought out edge for White.} 8. Qd2 exd5
{Most theoretical texts regard this as equal, but in my
opinion Black still has to contend with certain difficulties,
e.g. a displaced king. Safer is 8...h6 9 Nh3 exd5 10 Nf4, as
in Karpov - Adorjan, Budapest 1973. After 10 Qe3+ Kf8 11 Nf4
c5! Black is OK.} 9. Qe3+ Kf8 {I love it when my opponent
cannot castle.} 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. Nf3 c6 {Authorities
differ on this position. BCO says 13 e4 dxe4 14 Nxe4 is
slightly better for White, as in the game. Other books give 13
e4 Be6 14 e5 Be7 15 Bd3 Kg7 'equal'. I don't believe that at
all. White can play g4-g5 or h4-h5; also 16 Qe3 intending
Ne2-f4. Black has many difficulties to overcome.} 13. e4 {!}
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 {This looks plausible but loses by
force. 14...Qa5+ 15 Nfd2 Bg7 16 Bc4 is virtually winning, so
the best defence is 14...Kg7, although 15 Bc4! keeps White on
top.} 15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. g4 Qe6+ {16...Qe7+ 17 Ne5 Qb4+ 18 Kd1
Qxb2 19 Rc1 Be6 20 Bc4! Bxc4 21 Rxc4 with an crushing attack;
or 17...Bd7 18 Bc4.} 17. Ne5 {!} f6 {17...Qd5 18 gxf5 Qxh1 19
fxg6.} 18. gxf5 fxe5 19. dxe5 Qxf5 {19...gxf5 20 Bc4 wins.}
20. Qb4+ Kg7 21. O-O-O {This is crushing. No need to enter
complications with 21 Qxb7+ Qd7 22 Qxa8 Qc7. Black now has to
stop 22 Qxb7+.} 21...b5 22. Bd3 Qxe5 23. Rhe1 Na6 24. Qg4 Qf6
25. Bxg6 25...Rhd8 {If 25...Nc5 26 Bc2+ Kf7 27 Qh5+ or
26...Kf8 27 Qb4.} 26. Re6 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Qxb2 {Or 27...Qf8 28
Bc2+ Kh8 29 Qd4+ Qg7 30 Rxh6+; 27...Qxf2 28 Bf5+ Kf8 29 Rf6+
also wins easily.} 28. Bc2+ Kf8 29. Qf5+ {I organised two Mind
Sports Olympiads in cO-Operation with the uniquely qualified
team of Bob Bishop, Tony Buzan, Julian Hardinge, David Levy,
Don Morris, David Pritchard and Sir Brian and Lady Mary
Tovey. I also entered the field of corporate lecturing,
developing chess and Mind Sports as a strategic metaphor. The
book Samurai Chess, co-written with US thinking guru, and 1999
Brain Trust co-winner of the 'Brain of the Year' award Michael
Gelb, is based on this metaphor. Samurai Chess, by the way,
was my 100th book on chess/Mind Sports and thinking in
general. The following article, a light-hearted yet
essentially serious discussion on the relative merits of Mind
Sports vis-a-vis physical sport, appeared in The Spectator and
The Daily Mail in the UK, as well as being published in
Australia and the USA. LIVE LONG AND PROSPER: Did you know
that your brain, has been described as the most complex
structure in the observable universe? Consider the facts. Your
brain weighs about the same as a bag of sugar, approximately
2% of body weight, yet the brain alone accounts for up to 20%
of your body's energy needs. A million million nerve cells are
packed into every human head and there are as many cells
between your ears as there are stars in the Milky Way
Galaxy. Each of these cells can be connected with up to
100,000 others and just counting each possible nerve
connection in the human brain cortex -- the outer layer -- at
the rate of one per second, would take 32 million
years. Indeed, humankind's privileged place on the
evolutionary ladder is not the result of powerful
physique. Any self-respecting tyrannosaurus would easily have
seen off a feeble specimen of Homo Sapiens, if such a
temporally anomalous meeting had ever taken place. No, our
place in evolution is entirely down to our massive mental
power, unique in known creation. So, the true answer is
obvious. If you really want to live long and prosper, forget
about jogging, jumping and honing those bronzed pectorals to
glistening perfection. It's your brain you have to worry
about. Amidst all the noisy worship of the body, worrying
little warnings are already surfacing. Medically confirmed
observations, for example, that 'super-fit' athletes are
somehow more prone to colds and infections than the average
mortal. That over-specialised physical fitness, in a curious
way, erodes the immune system. The most ghastly warning, of
course, was the sad case of James F. Fixx, super-fit athlete,
guru of jogging and author of The Complete Book of
Running. Fixx set himself up as the High Priest of
Fitness. When he first discovered running as the universal
panacea, Fixx weighed nearly 16 stone and was breathing hard
after the first 50 yards. He got down to 11 and a half stone,
ran the equivalent of once around the equator and competed in
races and marathons all over the world. As the cover of his
'runaway best-seller' trumpeted: 'Fixx explains why runners
feel better, live longer, enjoy a more vigorous life, sleep
better and smoke and drink less than their sedentary
friends. Here is the guide to total fitness.' Fixx ran ten
miles every day, and dropped dead of a heart attack while
jogging in North Vermont in 1984 at the age of 52. Then there
are those embarrassing fitness glitches that regularly seem to
afflict US Presidents and presidential hopefuls. One might
mention Jimmy Carter collapsing very publicly during a jogging
session or Bob Dole falling off his podium and taking most of
the structure with him, just after we had all seen him on
television being super-fit and super-coordinated on a running
machine. Of course, one must strike a balance. I would not,
for a moment, advocate a totally sedentary way of life as the
ultimate goal. This was the trap which snared the Roman
senator and polymath, Pliny the Elder (born AD24) described by
contemporaries as: 'The most learned man of his age.'
Biographer, historian, linguist, orator, lawyer, naturalist,
political advisor to two emperors and blessed with an
heroically enquiring mind, Pliny decided to investigate
first-hand the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in
79AD. Unfortunately, so entranced was he with the life of the
mind, that Pliny had neglected the physical completely and had
become accustomed to being carried everywhere in a litter by
his slaves. As the ash and pumice from Vesuvius rained down,
the slaves, human nature being what it is, did a runner and
poor Pliny was left stranded: 'When daylight finally returned,
on the second day after they had last seen him, his body was
found intact and undamaged, wearing the same clothes he had
put on, his appearance more like one sleeping than one dead.'
(Pliny the Younger, letters, book six, letter 16). All of
Pliny's independently mobile slaves, by the way, survived the
ordeal and lived to run another day. At least, as the
arithmetically alert amongst you will have noticed, the
sedentary Pliny outlived the super-fit Fixx by three years. If
Pliny neglected one side of the Graeco-Roman equation for the
good life 'a healthy mind in a healthy body', our culture is
in danger of leaning too far the other way. But there is a
useful corrective to the boredom of the jogging track, the
horrors of the gym and the hysteria of the football pitch,
namely, the pursuit of sports, certainly, but sports of the
mind. In particular, what the Japanese refer to as 'the three
games', chess, go and backgammon. By playing any, or all, of
these or other mind-stretching games, such as bridge,
crossword solving, draughts or scrabble, medical and
psychological opinion now believes that you maximise your
chances of a long and healthy life and, perhaps more
importantly, one that remains at a high, even increasing,
level of mental activity. Fitness and aerobics yes but
aerobics for the mind! How long will we live? Three score
years and ten is the most commonly quoted biblical estimate,
yet the Book of Genesis itself suggests that man's span shall
be an hundred and twenty years. More recent official figures
for the UK put a woman's average life expectancy at 79.1 years
and a man's at 73.8. But experts now believe that it should,
with improved lifestyles and medical advances, be reasonable
for all of us to reach 100. After all, the most rapidly
increasing age group in the USA is the over-85s, already with
50,000+ centenarians in this ever-expanding group and a
prediction of 1.2 million by the year 2050. Insurance
companies devise actuarial tests to gauge longevity and, of
course, their professional existence depends very much on
getting this sort of thing right. Their questions divide up
into fixed responses, i.e. items you cannot reasonably change,
such as, are you male or female, or how long did your parents
live? and variables, i.e. one's you can do something
about. Interestingly, of the 20+ key questions which are
standardly set, it is an eye-opener to see the huge extent to
which mental performance, IQ and Mind Sports related answers
can make a difference, accounting for a staggering leeway of
up to 11.5 productive years in your favour! Brain cells, or at
least the ones that matter, do not inevitably die off as we
age, nor do our mental powers automatically diminish. In fact,
contrary to rumour and received opinion, brain power and
articulacy can increase with age if the mind is kept
active. The theory that we lose millions of brain cells every
day, especially after a drink, has been widely accepted for
years, but it is apocryphal. There is no scientific evidence
for it, rather the contrary. Consider this statement from
Professor Arnold Scheibel, then head of the Brain Research
Institute at UCLA Los Angeles, 'What can the average person do
to strengthen his or her mind? Anything that is intellectually
challenging can probably serve as a kind of stimulus for
dendritic growth, which means it adds to the computation
reserves in your brain. Do puzzles, try a musical instrument,
try the arts, tournament bridge or chess and remember,
researchers agree that it is never too late. All of life
should be a learning experience, because we are challenging
our brain and therefore building brain circuitry. Literally,
this is the way the brain operates.' Additionally, research by
Dr Gordon Shaw, also of UCLA, shows that higher brain
functions can be improved by listening to Mozart's
music. According to his research, this has a similar effect on
brainwaves to playing chess. Shaw compared three listening
states Mozart's Sonata in D Major for two Pianos, a relaxation
tape and silence and tested the subjects' spatial reasoning
after each tape. In the short term certainly listening to
Mozart raised IQ scores by an average of nine points above the
other two tapes. And now there is a chance to take up serious
Mind Sports for yourself, at little personal risk and win a
medal for it. It definitely won't involve undignified loping
around city streets in your underwear, as the marathon
does. The Mind Sports Olympiad, now in its second year,
features 40 different thinking sports from one-day chess to
the IQ, creativity and speed reading World Championships. The
first year, 1997, offered £100,000 of prize money and
attracted numerous Grandmasters and world champions from
around the world in the various disciplines. But the beauty of
it is, it's open to all. There are no barriers of nationality,
sex or physical ability and no qualifying hurdles to jump, as
it were. The second Mind Sports Olympiad was held in London
1998, but for future years, starting 1999, the organisers are
bent on taking the show on the road, and cities the world over
are welcome to bid! There are further valuable lessons to be
learnt from Mind Sports! The story is told that one committee
meeting of the British Chess Federation had to be cancelled
because the group was inquorate. Mr Soanes turned up, but Mr
Ritson-Morry was in jail for embezzlement, while Mr Stammwitz
was in jail for bigamy. His feeble protestations at the trial
of: 'I forgot about the other one,' not unnaturally having
been brushed aside. I used to hold the belief that teaching
chess in prisons was a good idea. A controlled regime of
exercise ensures that the inmates of our jails are kept
physically fit during their sojourn. It seemed, therefore,
logical that improving the minds of those incarcerated, by the
teaching and general encouragement of chess would be a
beneficial parallel. Indeed, there are many examples of those
imprisoned for political reasons turning to chess as a way of
keeping their brains occupied, while they were out of
circulation. A notable example was the former Prime Minister
of Israel, Menachim Begin, who helped to keep his formidable
mental powers in shape whilst jailed by the British regime in
Palestine. There are also cases of strong chessplayers in
their own right finding themselves behind bars. For example,
the two US International Masters, Norman Whitaker and Raymond
Weinstein were jailed respectively for confidence trickery and
murder. The Yugoslav Grandmaster Milan Matulovic was sentenced
to nine months for careless driving after a fatal car crash,
while the two world champions Wilhelm Steinitz and Bobby
Fischer both found themselves under arrest for bizarre
reasons. Steinitz, was arrested and accused of spying when the
moves of some of his correspondence games were
intercepted. The authorities suspected that the moves were
coded military secrets. Meanwhile, Bobby Fischer was arrested
in Pasadena in May 1981 under suspicion of being a bank
robber. Other chessplayers, including Alexandre Deschapelles,
James Mortimer, Ludek Pachman, Alex Wojtkiewicz and Vladimir
Petrov were all jailed for political dissidence or matters of
principle. Mortimer was, by profession, a dramatist and
newspaper editor. The crime for which he was imprisoned was to
refuse to reveal the author of an article which was sued for
libel. While inside, Mortimer taught his fellow inmates how to
play chess. This is all well and good, but I have recently had
some new thoughts on this entire matter of how best to handle
the criminal classes. Surely, by insisting on physical
exercise, we are helping to breed stronger and fitter
criminals to be unleashed on our streets. While by encouraging
chess, or other mind games, we are assisting them to develop
Moriarty-like cunning for their new forays, once released,
against the law-abiding citizenry. No, after much thought I
have come to a startling new conclusion. Following what I now
term the 'Fixx-Pliny' model, the prison population should a)
be deprived of all contact with chess and other mind-enhancing
activities, and b) cut off from all forms of physical exercise
and fed on an exclusive diet of cholesterol-forming, high
calorie cream cakes. This way, we will ensure that instead of
dangerously fit and intelligent malefactors being reintroduced
into society, all recidivists would, in fact, be stunningly
stupid, massively obese and totally ill-equipped to run away
successfully from any crime they may commit in the future. My
paper on this new penal approach is winging its way to HM
Government at this very moment. I leave the last word to the
evolutionary forces of Darwinian natural selection. Professor
John Townshend of the Syracuse University of New York, has
just completed an extensive anthropological study, proving
that the female of the species is far more attracted to
intelligent successful males than to the overtly good-looking
ones. Good-looking barman, Chris Johnson, is quoted in the
London Sunday Times as saying, 'I can't believe women will go
for a fat, balding city boy over a good-looking barman.' But
if Professor Townshend is right, precisely 92% of women will
do just that!} 1-0

[Event "International Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joseph G Gallagher"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3
Qd6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.Be2 {A modest continuation in the
Panov Attack.} Nbd7 8.Qd2 e6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Be7
12.Rfe1 O-O 13.Rad1 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5 {Black has
the better bishop, but White has some attacking chances on the
kingside. The future Grandmaster is known for his attacking
style.} 16.Bc1 Rac8 17.c3 Qc4 18.Rd3 Bc5 19.b3 Qa6 20.c4 dxc4
21.Rh3 g6 22.Qd2 Rc7 {! Preparing to defend along the seventh
rank after an eventual ...f5.} 23.Re4 cxb3 24.axb3 Qc6 25.Re1
f6 26.Rf3 f5 27.h4 Be7 28.h5 g5 29.Rd3 h6 30.Rd1 Rf7 31.Qa5 b6
32.Qa6 Bc5 33.Ba3 Kg7 34.Bxc5 Qxc5 35.Qa1 Qb5 36.Qb2 Rfe7
37.Rd6 Qc5 38.Qa1 Qc3 39.Qxc3 Rxc3 40.b4 {I have a clear
advantage, but now I blunder and White sneaks out with a
draw.} 40...Rc4 {?? The last move of time control is always a
place where it is easy to blunder. 40...Kf7 41.Rd7 Rc7 42.R7d4
Ke8 43.Rd6 Red7 etc. } 41.Rd7 {!} Kf7 {41...Rc7 42.R7d6 Rc4
43.Rd7 Rxd7 44.Rxd7+ Kf8 45.Rxa7 Rxb4 46.Rh7 Re4 47.Rxh6 Rxe5
48.Rg6 Kf7 (48...f4? 49.h6! Kf7 50.h7 Kxg6 51.h8=Q Rf5 52.Qg8+
Kf6 53.Qd8+ Kg6 54.Qxb6 Kf6 55.Qd4+ Kg6 56.Qd7 Kf6) 49.Rxg5
Re1+ 50.Kh2 Rc1 51.h6 Rc8 and Black is clearly better.} 42.Rd8
Kg7 43.Ra8 Rec7 {Draw agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Windy City Invitational"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 dxe4 4.Nxe4
Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3
Ngf6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.Qe2 e6 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Ne5
Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nd7 17.f4 Be7 18.Be3 {!? My preparation for this
game mostly concentrated on flank openings, but I had a
suspicion that Ray might want to tackle my Caro-Kann. He
really needed a win, as he was not doing well in the
round-robin tournament. I figured on either 5.Nc5 or something
in the main lines. I know that Keene is a fan of the Caro for
Black, but not the Classical lines. What would he use for
inspiration? As one of the main chess advisors to my publisher
at the time, Batsford, Ray knew that I had translated many
books and articles by Kasparov, but that I didn't have a hand
in the book that Kasparov and Shakarov wrote on the Caro-Kann,
though I was probably familiar with much of it. He found a new
idea, a suggestion by Kasparov in a little note, which claimed
an advantage for White. Why not go with Garry's idea? I was
more than a little familiar with the move. My copy of the book
had a little note I scribbled in the margin which read:
18...Qa5! =. I definitely did not agree that the position
favored White in any significant way. I was delighted when the
position arose at the board, and for once had no problem
remembering my analysis.} Qa5 {!} 19.Kb1 Nc5 20.c3 Rxd1+
21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Bxc5 Bxc5 {I was out of
preparation now, but was certain I could hold the
position. Out of respect for his need position in the
tournament, I didn't insult him with an offer.} 24.Ne4 Qd5
{Why give up the bishop? Why not, as the exchange leads to an
easily drawn queen endgame.} 25.Kc2 Be7 26.b3 Qa5 27.Kb2 Qb6
28.Qf2 { Keene's endgame analysis skills have been
demonstrated to me time and time again as we have worked
together a lot. He is a tremendous analyst. Of course the
minor piece endgame is fine for Black, but keeping queens on
the board is easier.} Qa6 29.c4 Qa3+ 30.Kb1 Qb4 {! The
exclamation point is for psychological effect. Instead of
cowardly retreating to a5, protecting the pawn, I keep my
queen's eye on d6, a more dangerous square. The a-pawn can't
be taken because of ...Qe1+. Indeed, Keene could not find any
useful plan and offered a draw when I returned to the board. I
accepted.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Kennedy International"]
[Site "Malta"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zarb"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} Nf6
2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 c5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 d6 8.Re1
Nd7 9.Nf1 {?! Too passive, Black now seizes the intitiative.}
Rb8 10.c3 b5 11.d4 {11.h4!? b4 12.d4 bxc3 13.bxc3 Qa5 with
strong play for Black, Canteli Martinez vs. Rodriguez Parra,
Gijon 1994. } b4 12.Be3 bxc3 13.bxc3 Qa5 14.Qc2 { 14.Qd2 Nb6
15.Rec1 Nc4 16.Qe1 Ba6 17.N1d2 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Ne5
20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 was played in Sidelnikov vs. Moulin, New
York 1991. } Ba6 15.Reb1 Nb6 16.N1d2 cxd4 17.cxd4 Rfc8 18.Nb3
{Giving up the c4 square. 18.Qd1 ! is a better defense, but
Black holds the advantage. } Qa4 19.Qd1 Nc4 20.Bf1 Nxe3
21.fxe3 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Nb4 23.Rb2 Qc6 {! Threatens ...Qxe4 and
also ...Nc2!} 24.Ne1 Qxe4 25.Kf2 Bh6 26.Qf3 Qxf3+ 27.Kxf3 Rc3
28.Re2 Nxa2 { 28...Rb5 ! ? 29.g4 f5 ! } 29.Raxa2 Rbxb3 30.Ng2
Rb7 31.Nf4 { 31.Reb2 Rxb2 32.Rxb2 a5 33.Ra2 Bg7 ! 34.Rxa5 Bxd4
} e6 32.h4 d5 33.g4 Bg7 34.Kf2 Bf6 35.g5 Bd8 36.Ng2 h6 37.gxh6
Kh7 38.Kg3 Bc7+ 39.Kf3 Kxh6 40.Nf4 a5 41.Kg4 Rbb3 42.Kf3
{White resigned. 42...Bb6 ! 43.Kf2 Bd8 44.Ng2 Rc4 } 0-1

[Event "Hotel Kennedy International"]
[Site "Malta"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krause"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.c4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} b6
2.Nc3 Bb7 3.Nf3 c5 4.e4 Nf6 5.d3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O
O-O 9.h3 Ne8 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bd2 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Nc7
14.Rb1 e6 15.Be3 d6 16.Bg2 Qe7 17.Qd2 Kh7 18.Rbe1 Rad8 19.d4
{? Loses a pawn. 19.f4 ! ? 19.b3 ! ? } Ba6 20.b3 b5 21.f4 bxc4
22.Rf2 cxb3 23.axb3 Nb5 24.Nxb5 Bxb5 25.Qa5 { 25.dxc5 dxc5
26.Qa5 a6 27.e5 Rd3 ! } cxd4 26.Bd2 Qd7 27.f5 { 27.Bb4 d3
28.e5 dxe5 ! 29.Bxf8 Bxf8 Black should win. } Be5 {! White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Hotel Kennedy International"]
[Site "Malta"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Claude Sollars"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by international grandmaster Raymond Keene.} g6
2.d4 Bg7 3.Be3 c5 4.c3 Nf6 5.f3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Qd2 O-O
8.Ne2 d6 9.Nbc3 Bd7 10.Nf4 Rc8 11.Be2 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nd3
Be6 14.Nc5 Qe7 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.O-O Rfd8 17.Qe1 Nd4 18.Qf2 a6
19.Rfd1 b5 20.Bd3 Nd7 21.Rac1 Nb8 22.Ne2 Nbc6 23.Bb1 Bf6 24.g3
Bg7 25.Kg2 Rf8 26.Nxd4 exd4 27.Bd2 Ne5 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.f4 Nc4
30.e5 {?} Nxb2 31.Rc1 Nc4 32.Bd3 Qb7+ 33.Kg1 Bf8 34.g4 Nxd2
35.Rxc8 Nf3+ 36.Kf1 Nxh2+ 37.Qxh2 Qxc8 38.Qd2 Qc6 39.Kf2 Qh1
40.Qc2 Qh2+ 41.Kf3 Qh3+ {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Eileen Tranmer Memorial"]
[Site "Brighton ENG"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Andrew Jonathan Whiteley"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5
Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 e5 13.Bc5 Be6 14.Ne4 Re8 15.g4 Nf4
16.Qxd8 {?} Rexd8 17.Ba6 Bd5 18.g5 Ne6 19.Be7 Re8 20.Bf6 Bxe4
21.fxe4 Bxf6 22.gxf6 Nc5 23.Bc4 Rad8 24.Rhe1 Kf8 25.b4 Na4
26.Bb3 Nc3 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Re3 Nb5 29.Ba4 Rd6 30.Bxb5 cxb5
31.c4 Rc6 32.Rc3 a6 33.c5 Ke8 34.Rf3 Kd7 35.Kc2 Ke6 36.Kc3 Rc7
37.a3 Ra7 38.Kc2 h5 39.Kd2 g5 40.Rf5 Rd7+ 41.Ke3 Rd1 42.Rxg5
Ra1 43.Rxh5 Rxa3+ 44.Kd2 Rb3 45.Rh8 Rxb4 46.Rd8 Kxf6 47.Rd6+
Kg5 48.Rxa6 Rxe4 49.Rd6 b4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Futurity #2"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Billy Colias"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.c3 d5
5.Be2 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Bxd1 e5 8.Na3 Be6 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.g3
{?! 10.Ba4 ! exf4 11.e5 Be7 12.Bxf4 +/= } Nf6 11.Bc2 O-O
12.Nb5 Bb8 13.Be3 b6 14.f5 {?! 14.Ng5 } gxf5 15.exf5 Bd5
16.Rf1 {?? 16.Bd1 e4 17.Nd2 Ne5 -/+ } Bc4 {-+} 0-1

[Event "Biel Master Tournament"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1985.07.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kai Bjerring"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4
Nf6 5.Bd3 c6 6.Nge2 g6 7.Bf4 Qd8 8.Qd2 Bf5 9.Bxf5 gxf5
10.O-O-O e6 11.Rhe1 Nbd7 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 exd5
15.Nc3+ Qe7 {? 15...Be7 16.Nxd5 O-O 17.Rxe7 [ 17.Nxe7+ Kh8 -/+
] Kh8 -/+ } 16.Nxd5 Qxe1 17.Rxe1+ Ne5 { 17...Kd8 18.Bc7+ [
18.Nc7 Bh6 ] Kc8 19.Re8# } 18.Bxe5 O-O-O 19.Bxh8 Bh6+ 20.f4
Rxd5 21.g3 Kd7 22.c3 Bf8 23.Bd4 Bd6 24.a4 Ra5 25.b3 b5 26.Rd1
Kc6 27.axb5+ Kxb5 28.c4+ Kc6 29.Kb2 Ba3+ 30.Kb1 Bb4 31.Rd3 Be1
32.Kb2 Ra6 33.Bc3 Bxc3+ 34.Kxc3 Ra2 35.Rd2 Ra1 36.Rd5 Ra2
37.Rxf5 Rxh2 38.Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Eileen Tranmer Memorial"]
[Site "Brighton ENG"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "N Thomas"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 dxe4
5.Qg4 Nf6 6.Qxg7 Rg8 7.Qh6 Qxd4 8.O-O-O Bf8 9.Qh4 Rg4 10.Qh3
Qxf2 11.Be3 Qf5 12.Be2 Rg6 13.g4 Qe5 14.Bd4 Qg5+ 15.Be3 Qa5
16.g5 Rxg5 17.Qh4 Rg6 18.Nh3 Bd6 { A Novelty. 18...Be7 19 Nf4
and 18...Nbd7 19 Nf4 give White an attack. } 19.Rhf1 Be5
20.Nf4 { Not 20 Bh5 which allows the brilliant reply
20...Bg3!! } Bxc3 {! Not 20...Nbd7 21 Nxg6 +/- } 21.bxc3 { If
21 Nxg6 Bxb2+ 22 Kxb2 Qb4+ White may retain a small edge. }
Nd5 {!} 22.Rxd5 {!} exd5 23.Nxg6 Qa3+ {!} 24.Kd2 hxg6 25.Qh8+
{? White missed the terminal 25 Rxf7!!, winning. } Qf8 26.Qe5+
Qe7 27.Qh8+ Qf8 28.Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Portugal International Open"]
[Site "Lisbon"]
[Date "1985.08.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "J Reys"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Bg2 d5
5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O Nc6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Bd7 9.Na3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5
11.Nc2 Ne4 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.dxe5 Rfd8 15.Qb1 Qd2
16.Nd4 e3 17.f4 Bc6 18.Rd1 Rxd4 {!} 19.Bxd4 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Rogers"]
[Black "Vitomir Arapovic"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Analysis by Ian Rogers, from "Anthology of Chess
Combinations" (Chess Informant, 2002)} g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 Nc6
4.Be3 d6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.g4 Nf6 8.f3 h5 9.g5 Nh7 10.h4 f6
11.Qd2 fxg5 12.hxg5 O-O 13.O-O-O Rf7 14.Kb1 Nf8 15.c5 dxc5
16.Bxc5 Nd7 17.Be3 Kh7 18.Bc4 Rf8 19.Qg2 Nb6 20.Bb3 Bd7
21.Nge2 Be8 22.Ng3 Nbc8 23.d6 {!} Nxd6 24.Rdg1 Nxe4 {24...Bf7
25.Nxh5 Kg8 (25...gxh5 26.g6+ +-) 26.Nf6+ Bxf6 27.gxf6 Bxb3
28.fxe7 +-; 24...Bh8 25.Nxh5 gxh5 26.g6+ Bxg6 27.Rxh5+ Bh5
6.Qg5! +-} 25.Nxh5 {25.Ncxe4? Qd3+ 26.Qc2 Qxc2+ 27.Kxc2 Rxf3
+/=} Nxc3+ 26.bxc3 gxh5 {26...Qd3+ 27.Kb2 gxh5 28.Bc2 +-}
27.g6+ Bxg6+ 28.Qxg6+ {28...Nxg6 29.Rh5+ Bh6 30.Rxh6+ Kg7
31.Rgxg6# } 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel, Switzerland"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrei Sokolov"]
[Black "Li Zunian"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bb2
O-O 8.e3 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Rd1 dxc4 11.bxc4 Qc7 12.Nc3 a6
13.Rab1 Rfd8 14.Ba1 Rab8 15.d3 Na7 16.d4 cxd4 17.exd4 b5 18.d5
exd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Rxd5 21.Re1 Bf8 22.Be5 Bd6 23.Rbc1
Nc6 24.Ba1 Qd7 25.Nh4 Rg5 26.Rcd1 Qc7 27.Qd2 Be7 28.Qd7 Qxd7
29.Rxd7 Bb4 30.Red1 Na5 31.Bc3 Bxg2 32.Bxb4 {/Kg2,Ba5} 1-0

[Event "WorldOpen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Ilya M Gurevich"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.d3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qe1 e6 9.Qh4 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.g4
{?!} Qxh4 12.Nxh4 g5 {!} 13.fxg5 Ndxe5 14.Nb5 Rd8 15.c3 a6
16.Na3 d4 17.c4 Nb4 18.Rd1 Bd7 19.Bf4 Bc6 20.Kf2 Re8 21.Rd2
Ng6 22.Nxg6 fxg6 23.Bd6 Bf8 24.Be5 Be7 25.h4 h6 26.Kg3 hxg5
27.h5 Rf8 28.hxg6 Bf6 29.Bd6 Rad8 30.Bxf8 Be5+ 31.Kh3 Kxf8
32.Rf1+ Kg7 33.Bf3 Bxf3 34.Rxf3 Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "m/24"]
[Site "Sevilla  44/11 (Kasparov,G)"]
[Date "1987.12.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.c4 {I can look back at my chess career and pick out more
than a few crisis points, but only one Mount Everest. I would
like to share the tale to investigate the means I used in
winning the most important game of my life. ... After a tough,
prolonged defense I suffered one of the worst hallucinations
of my career and blundered to a loss in game 23. Suddenly,
Karpov was up by a point and was only a draw away from taking
back the crown he had lost to me two years earlier. The very
next day after this catastrophe, I had to take the white
pieces into a must-win game 24. Caissa, the goddess of chess,
had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my
nature. I would not be allowed to hold on to my title without
winning a game in the second half of the match. Only once
before in chess history had the champion won a final game to
retain his title. With his back against the wall, Emanuel
Lasker beat Carl Schlechter in the last game of their match in
1910. The win allowed Lasker to draw the match and keep his
title for a further eleven years. The Austrian Schlechter had,
like Karpov, a reputation as a defensive wizard. In fact, his
uncharacteristically aggressive play in the final game against
Lasker has led some historians to believe that the rules of
that particular match required him to win by two points. When
preparing for my turn on the other side of this situation, I
recalled that critical encounter. What strategy should I
employ with the white pieces in this must-win final game?
There was more to think about than game 23 and game 24, of
course. These were also games 119 and 120 between us, an
extraordinary number of top-level encounters between the same
two players, all played in a span of thirty-nine months. It
felt like one long match, with this final game in December,
1987, the climax of what we had started in September 1984. My
plan for the final game had to consider not only what I would
like best but what my opponent would like least. And what
could be more annoying for Karpov than my turning the tables
and playing like Karpov?" -- Garry Kasparov, excerpt from "How
Life Imitates Chess", 2007, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, ISBN:
1596913878. } e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O b6
7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Ne2 a5 11.d3 Bf6 12.Qc2 Bxb2
13.Qxb2 Nd6 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.d4 c5 16.Rfd1 Rc8 17.Nf4 Bxf3
18.Bxf3 Qe7 19.Rac1 Rfd8 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.b4 axb4 22.Qxb4 Qa7
23.a3 Nf5 24.Rb1 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Qc7 26.Nd3 h6 27.Rc1 Ne7 28.Qb5
Nf5 29.a4 Nd6 30.Qb1 Qa7 31.Ne5 {Seeing a chance to play for
an attack, I moved my knight to the central e5 square,
offering a pawn. Karpov took the bait and grabbed the pawn, a
temptation that could have led to disaster. And he had to play
quickly now, as it was still a long way to move 40, when, by
the rules then in force, the game would be adjourned and more
time added before continuation the next day. -- Kasparov, "How
Life Imitates Chess"} Nxa4 32.Rxc8+ {I exchanged rooks,
leaving me with queen, knight, and bishop against his queen
and two knights. He had an extra pawn, but I had seen a
tactical possibility that would give me a powerful attack. His
pieces were dangerously uncoordinated, and his king was
vulnerable. If I could penetrate into his position with my
queen, I could exploit both of these factors at the same
time. The question was where to move my queen on move
33. Karpov could only wait, knowing he would have to reply
almost immediately or he wouldn't have enough time to make the
next eight moves without losing on time. -- Kasparov, "How
Life Imitates Chess"} Nxc8 33.Qd1 {Lost in thought, I was
startled by a tap on my shoulder. The Dutch arbiter leaned
over and said, "Mr. Kasparov, you have to write the moves." I
had become so wrapped up in the game that I had forgotten to
make note of the last two moves on my score sheet as required
by the rules. The arbiter was of course correct to remind me
of the regulations, but what a moment to be strict!
Distracted, I played my queen to the wrong square. I missed a
subtlety and failed to see why a different move with the same
idea would have been stronger. My move gave Karpov a clever
defense, and suddenly he was one move from reclaiming his
title. But under pressure from the clock, he missed the best
move (though our exchange of errors would not be discovered
until well after the game), and the momentum was still with
me. -- Kasparov, "How Life Imitates Chess"} Ne7 34.Qd8+ Kh7
35.Nxf7 Ng6 36.Qe8 Qe7 37.Qxa4 Qxf7 38.Be4 Kg8 39.Qb5 Nf8
40.Qxb6 {Karpov's best opportunity to defend had passed, and
my forces surrounded the black king. I regained my sacrificed
pawn with interest, and by the time we reached move 40, ending
the time scramble, my position was clearly superior. The game
was adjourned until the next day with the title still up in
the air. It was going to be a long night. Getting a good
night's sleep before the game had been wise, but now there was
work to do. Thirteen pieces were still on the board, including
queens, too much material for definitive endgame analysis. I
had an extra pawn, but with such limited material, Karpov had
definite chances of a draw. A lot of chess was still ahead. --
Kasparov, "How Life Imitates Chess"} Qf6 41.Qb5 Qe7 42.Kg2
{The best news was that I could play this position forever,
maneuvering around to provoke a mistake by my opponent. Black
would be tied down on defense the entire time, and Karpov knew
it. The prospect of such prolonged torture took its toll; I
could see it in his eyes when he walked on the stage a few
minutes after I did. His fatalistic expression told me that he
had already lost the game psychologically, which boosted my
confidence. -- Kasparov, "How Life Imitates Chess"} g6 {The
maneuvering began. I remember being surprised when early on
Karpov made a pawn push that my team and I had established as
bad for black's defensive chances. Apparently Karpov and his
team disagreed with our analysis, or perhaps it was a
psychological error. Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a
pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The
temptation is to make a decision, any decision, even if it is
an inferior choice. And Karpov's move made the position more
concrete, reducing the level of uncertainty. But in my favor,
his structure was now fixed, presenting me with clearer
targets. Convinced of the quality of our analysis, I took
Karpov's significant deviation from it as a mistake, not a
potential improvement, further increasing my confidence. --
Kasparov, "How Life Imitates Chess"} 43.Qa5 Qg7 44.Qc5 Qf7
45.h4 h5 46.Qc6 Qe7 47.Bd3 Qf7 48.Qd6 Kg7 49.e4 Kg8 50.Bc4 Kg7
51.Qe5+ Kg8 52.Qd6 Kg7 53.Bb5 Kg8 54.Bc6 Qa7 55.Qb4 Qc7 56.Qb7
Qd8 57.e5 Qa5 58.Be8 Qc5 59.Qf7+ Kh8 60.Ba4 Qd5+ 61.Kh2 Qc5
62.Bb3 Qc8 63.Bd1 Qc5 64.Kg2 {After another ten moves of
steady squeezing, I began to feel the win was in the
bag. Karpov's pieces were pinned up against the wall, and a
little more maneuvering would lead to decisive material
gain. Later I heard that FIDE President Florencio Campomanes
was busy calling a special meeting in another room to decide
how to handle the closing ceremony, which was scheduled to be
held on the same day. But it still looked as if this game
could last forever; what was to be done? Two crises were
averted at once when someone ran into the meeting room to
announce, "Karpov resigned!" It was without question the
loudest and longest standing ovation I had ever received
outside my native country. The theater thundered as Spanish
television cut from futbol to broadcast the conclusion of the
match. I had done what Karpov had failed to do in 1985: won
the final game and drawn the match to retain my title. This
time I would have a good, long time to enjoy it. -- Garry
Kasparov, excerpt from "How Life Imitates Chess", 2007,
Bloomsbury Publishing USA, ISBN: 1596913878. } 1-0

[Event "Illinois"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Stein"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nc3 c6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.Nh4 g6
5.Nxf5 gxf5 6.Bg5 Qc7 7.Qd3 e6 8.f3 Bd6 9.O-O-O Bxh2 10.Kb1 h6
{?! 10...b5 11.a3 a5 } 11.Bh4 Bg3 12.e4 {! White opens up the
game before I have a chance to castle.} Bxh4 13.Rxh4 Qe7
14.Rh3 fxe4 15.fxe4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qb3 Qe7
{ 18...b5 ! 19.Rf3 Qe7 20.Rg3 +/= } 19.Be2 Qc7 { 19...b5
20.Bxb5 ! cxb5 21.Qf3 wins the rook. } 20.Bh5 {The weakness at
f7 is brutally exposed.} Kd8 { 20...O-O 21.Qe3 Kg7 22.Bxf7!!
Kxf7 (22...Rxf7 23.Qxh6+ Kg8 24.Qh8#) 23.Rf1+ Ke7 24.Rxf8 Kxf8
25.Qxh6+ Qg7 26.Rf3+ Kg8 27.Qxe6+ +- } 21.Rf3 Qb6 22.Qa3 Nd7
23.Rxf7 {With the fall of f7 there was no point in
continuing. Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Kitchener-Waterloo op"]
[Site "Kitchener"]
[Date "1987.03.01"]
[EventDate "1987.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hans Rudolf Jung"]
[Black "Stephen Wright"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. exd6 cxd6
7. Be2 g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 e6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1
d5 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rc8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. c5 Nd7 17. Nf3
Rb8 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Rc2 Qc7 20. h4 h5 21. g3 Rb7 22. Qd3 a5
23. Kg2 a4 24. Bc1 axb3 25. axb3 Qb8 26. Rc3 e5 27. dxe5 Nxe5
28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Qe2 Bxc3 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31. Bf4 Qxe8 32. Rxe8
Rb5 33. b4 Bxb4 34. Rc8 Rxc5 35. Be5+ f6 36. Rc7+ Kg8 37. Bd6
{Time} 0-1

[Event "Chicago Lawn Open"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1987.06.14"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Thomas J Belke"]
[Black "Marvin Dandridge"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1727"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. g4 {A00: Irregular Openings} d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6 {White
attacks both black's d-pawn directly and black's b-pawn and
Queen's Rook indirectly along the long diagonal. Black has
several responses to choose from. In this game we see the
natural 3... c6 trying to blunt the long diagonal. This is one
of the most popular ways of defending against the Grob,
because black both captures the g-pawn and momentarily
maintains the illusion that he can keep it indefinitely for a
permanent advantage.} 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. h3
Bf5 8. e4 Bg6 9. dxe6 Na6 10. d4 Nb4 11. exf7+ Bxf7 { The
passed pawn on e4 is a dangerous weapon.} 12. Qd1 O-O-O
13. Nge2 h6 { Controls g5 to avoid Bg5 and all its
complications.} 14. a3 Na6 15. Bf4 { White prepares e5} Qd7
16. Rc1 Nh5 {This move may seem a bit odd, but black wants to
develop his Bishop to d6. However, if he does so immediately,
then e5 would fork both the Bishop and Knight on f6, and all
would be lost. So he removes the Knight from the center of
play.} 17. Bh2 { White chooses to keep his Bishop with
pressure on black's King.} Bd6 18. e5 Bc7 19. Qa4 g5 20. Ne4
Bd5 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Bxd5 Bb4+ 23. axb4 Qxd5 24. O-O Nf4
25. Nxf4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Rhg8+ 27. Bg3 Qxd4 {Black's strongly
centralized Queen threatens both Rxg3+ and Qxe5 based on the
pins against white's King.} 28. Kh2 {Black can complicate
matters now with 28... Qxb2 29. Rxc6+! Kb8 30. e6+ (not
30. Rxh6 Rxg3 31. Qa1 Qxb4) 30... Rxg3 31. e7 (31. Kxg3?? Qe5+
32. Kg2 Qe4+ (32... bxc6?! 33. Qxc6 (33. Qxa6?? (if White
takes the knight he will lose) 33. .. Qg5+ 34. Kh1 Qf5)
33... Nc7 34. e7 Qxe7 35. Rc1) 33. Kh2 Qf4+ (33... Qxc6
34. Qxc6 bxc6 35. f4) 34. Kh1 Qf3+ 35. Kh2 bxc6 (35... Qxc6
36. Qxc6 bxc6 37. f4)) 31... Rg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qg7+ 33. Kh1 Qxe7
34. Rc3 (34. Rxh6? (is no good) 34.. . Qe2 35. Rg1 Qe4+
36. Rg2 Rg8) 34... Qe4+ 35. Kg1)} Rdf8 29. Qb3 h5 $2 {
Instead, 29... Qxb4 30. Qe6+ Kb8 31. Qxh6 Qxb2 32. e6+ Ka8
leaves white with a dangerous advanced passed pawn.} 30. Qe6+
Kb8 31. Qd6+ { Black's powerful Queen must be exchanged away.}
Qxd6 32. exd6 { The passed pawn on d6 is very dangerous.} Kc8
33. Rcd1 Kd7 { A King blockade is easily broken.} 34. Rfe1 Rf7
35. Re4 Rgg7 36. Bh4 c5 37. Re7+ Kc6 38. d7 1-0

[Event "Corr."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "M P Volf"]
[Black "Mikhail Golubev"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6
7. Nde2 Bd7 8. Bg2 Qc8 9. h3 Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Be3 Rd8
12. Qd2 d5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Rc1 e6 15. Bg5 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. g4 Re8 18. O-O Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 {time} 1-0

[Event "Adsteam-Lidums International"]
[Site "Adelaide, Australia"]
[Date "1987.01.02"]
[EventDate "1986.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Stefan Djuric"]
[Black "Gyula Sax"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. h3 cxd4
12. exd4 Na5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rfd1 Nc4 16. Ne5 Nb6
17. Rac1 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Bxg5 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. Nb4 Nb6 21. Qg4
Bf6 22. Nbd3 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Nf4 Qd6 25. Qe2 Rd8 26. Rd3
Nc4 27. Qh5 Qc7 28. Qe2 Qd6 29. g3 Bg5 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Qh5+
Kg8 32. Qxg5 Rf8 33. b3 Nxa3 34. Re3 Nc2 35. Rxe6 Qxd4 36. Re7
Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qd4 38. Re2 {Time} 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki (ol) 46/79"]
[Site "Thessaloniki (ol) 46/79"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carsten Hoi"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 {Notes by Carsten Hoi} e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 b6
5.O-O Bb7 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Re1 O-O 9.c3 d6 10.Qe2 Re8
11.Nf1 Nbd7 12.Ng3 Bf8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Bc2 Bd5 16.b3
Qb7 17.Nh4 b5 18.Qd3 g5 19.Nf3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Bg7 21.h4 gxh4
22.Ne4 Qc6 23.Kh1 Nh5 24.Rg1 Kf8 25.Rxg7 {!} Kxg7 {25...Nxg7
26.Bxh6 f5 27.Rg1 Re7 28.Qe3!! +-} 26.Bxh6+ {26.Rg1 Kf8 Bxh6
Ke7 unclear } Kxh6 {forced} 27.Rg1 {27.Qe3+ 28.Kg7 Qg5 Kf8
unclear } f5 {27...Nf4 28.Ng5! +-} 28.Qe3+ f4 {28...Kh7 29.Qg5
+-} 29.Nxd6 {!} Qxd6 {forced} 30.Qd3 Nf8 {? 30...Ng3+ (forced)
31.Rxg3 Nf8 32.Rg6+ Kh5 33.Rf6 Qe7 34.Rxf8 Qg7 35.Rxe8 /\
Qxb5+ +-} 31.Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Frunze URS Army"]
[Site "Frunze URS Army"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Alexander (Nenashev) Graf"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ivanchuk from Imformant.} d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.Nge2 c5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 Rb8 9.d5 Bg7
10.Bf4 O-O 11.Qd2 Ne5 12.b3 Bc8 13.a4 a6 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6
b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.h3 b4 18.Nd1 Ned7 19.Ne3 Nb6 20.f4 e6
21.dxe6 fxe6 22.e5 Nfd5 23.f5 {!!} gxf5 {23...Ne3 24.fxg6 hxg6
25.Qxg6 Kh8 26.Qh6 Kg8 27.Qxe3 +-} 24.Ra7 {!} Nc7 {24...Rb7
25.Rxb7 Bxb7 26.Qxe6+ +-; 24...Bd7 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 exd5
27.e6 +-; 24...Ne7 25.exd6 Qd6 26.Rd1 +-; 24...Rf7 25.Rxf7
Kxf7 26.Qxh7+ +-} 25.exd6 Qxd6 26.Qg5+ Kh8 27.Rd1 Qe5 28.Ng4
{!} Qxe2 29.Rd8 {!} 1-0

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Patrick Wolff"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O
Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.dxe5
dxe5 11.Qa4 {This move has the dual purpose of attacking the
pawn at c6 and freeing the d-file for the rook.} Qe8 {!? My
novelty. The idea is that the fracturing of the pawn structure
if White takes the knight is not terribly important. The
bishop pair will then be very effective.} 12.Bg3 { 12.Bxf6
gxf6 13.Nbd2 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Rad1 Rd8 =, quiet position } c5
{! A paradoxical move, since it seems to turn the dark-squared
bishop into a pawn. But the light-squares are available to the
other bishop.} 13.Qxe8 Rxe8 14.Re1 Bb7 15.a4 { 15.Nbd2 Rad8 =,
quiet position } a5 16.Nbd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 {? A simple
oversight. The rook at e1 is overworked.} Nxe4 {!} 18.Nxe4
Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Bxe4 20.Nxe5 Bc2 {This is probably what Wolff
missed in his calculations.} 21.Rd2 Bxa4 22.h4 {Black has only
a small advantage here, because the bishop at b6 serves no
useful function.} f6 23.Nc4 Bb3 24.Ne3 { 24.Nxb6 cxb6 25.Bc7
Re6 26.Rd8+ Kf7 27.Rb8 Re1+ 28.Kh2 Re2 29.Bxb6 Rxb2 30.Bxc5 a4
31.Ra8 =, quiet position } a4 25.c4 Re4 26.Rd8+ Kf7 27.Rd7+ {
I should have played on, as the position is better for Black,
but with the pressure of team competition and a lack of
confidence, I accepted the offer of a draw. Wolff went on to
become United States Champion, so looking back I wish I had
continued.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Diego (AC)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Reyna"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6
5.Bc4 Bg4 {? Black falls for a simple opening trap.} 6.Bxf7+
{!} Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Ke8 8.Qxg4 Nh6 9.Qd1 {White is simply a pawn
up with a better position.} Qd7 10.d3 Bd4 11.Ne2 Qg4 12.Nxd4
Qxg2 {?! Black was counting on the double attack against the
knight at d4 and rook at f1, but the tables are turned with a
single move. 12...Qxd1+ was the only chance. 13.Kxd1 Nxd4
14.c3 Nc6 Black is a pawn down, but the game is far from
over. } 13.Qf3 {+-} Qxh1+ { 13...Qxf3 14.Ngxf3 White has an
extra piece. } 14.Qxh1 Nxd4 15.Kd1 c6 16.c3 Nb5 17.Qg1 {Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Lugano"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1988.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Malcolm Pein"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 {At the start of his career Anand played incredibly
quickly which explains the following. -- Comments by Malcolm
Pein from the Daily Telegraph.} d5 2.Nf3 a6 {A number of
Indian GMs played this way at the time including Dibyendu
Barua. If White continues with c4 Black has the option of dxc4
and then b7-b5 trying to keep the pawn. Precisely the kind of
thing one wants to avoid against a tactical genius. I resolved
to be as boring as possible.} 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.dxc5
{Playing the Queen's Gambit Accepted in reverse with an extra
tempo.} Nc6 {?!} 6.c3 {! Now it's a Slav Defence with two
extra tempi because after b2-b4 Black needs to play a6-a5 to
attack the pawn chain and he has already played a7-a6.} e6
7.b4 a5 8.Bb5 Be7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.a3 Nh5 11.O-O Bd7 {Better
11...Nxf4 12.exf4 Qc7 13.g3 Bf6 14.Qb3 with some advantage}
12.Nb3 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 f6 {?!; 14...Nxf4 15.exf4 Qc7
16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Ne5 Be8 18.Nd4} 15.Bd6 {The Nh5 is very bad
now.} Bxd6 {15...f5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Be2 Nf6 18.b5 Nd8 19.c4}
16.cxd6 e5 17.Qd1 {!} Be6 18.Nc5 Bf7 {18...Qxd6 19.Nxb7 Qc7
20.Nc5 Qd6 21.Nxe6 Qxe6 22.Bxc6 Qxc6 23.g4} 19.g4 {Winning a
piece} Qxd6 20.gxh5 b6 21.Ne4 Qc7 22.Ng3 1-0

[Event "Downeast Open"]
[Site "Portland, ME"]
[Date "1989.06.25"]
[EventDate "06/25/1989"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Johnson"]
[Black "Guy Moreau"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 {Annotations by Joel Johnson} e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Nf6
4.Nf3 Be7 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qxd4 Nc5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qd5 Ne6 9.Be3 b6
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Qd2 Na5 12.Bd3 d5 13.exd6 Bxd6 14.Ne4 Be7
15.Qc3 O-O 16.h4 {!} Qe8 17.Neg5 Bf6 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Qb4 c5
20.Qg4 Qb5 21.b3 g6 22.Bxg6 {!} fxg6 23.h5 {!} Nxg5 24.hxg6+
Kg8 25.Nxg5 Qe8 26.Nf7 Bc8 27.Rh7 {!!} Bg7 28.Bh6 {!} Rxf7
29.gxf7+ Qxf7 30.Rxg7+ Kh8 31.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Albert Chow"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 dxe4
5.Qg4 Qxd4 6.Nf3 Nh6 7.Qf4 Qd6 8.Qxe4 Nf5 9.O-O-O Nc6 {?}
10.Bb5 {? Missing the shot! I needed to keep the square for my
knight. 10.g4 Nfd4 [ 10...Nfe7 11.Nb5 Bxd2+ 12.Rxd2 +- ]
11.Bf4 would have won a piece! } Bd7 11.g4 Nfe7 { 11...Nfd4
12.Bf4 +- } 12.Bf4 Qc5 { 12...f5 13.gxf5 exf5 14.Bxd6 fxe4
15.Bxb4 exf3 16.Rhe1 +- White must win a piece. } 13.Be3 f5
14.Qf4 e5 { 14...Ng6 15.Qxc7 Qe7 16.Bg5 +- } 15.Bxc5 exf4
16.Bxb4 {Black resigned. The knight at c6 is pinned and cannot
capture at b4.} 1-0

[Event "New Orleans Open"]
[Site "New Orleans, LA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A J Goldsby"]
[Black "Dennis Baker"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+
7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5
Bxg5 13.Nxg5 h6 14.Qe2 hxg5 15. Re1 Be6 {!} 16.dxe6 f6 17.Re3
{!} Kf8 {!} 18.Rh3 Rxh3 19.gxh3 g6 20.Qf3 Kg7 21.Qxb7 Qb8
22.Qe4 c6 23.Bf1 d5 24.Qc2 Qd6 25.a3 Re8 {25...Nf5!?} 26.Qa4
Qc5 27.b4 Qb6 28.b5 {?!} c5 29.h4 gxh4 30.Qxh4 Qd6 31.Qa4 Rh8
32.h3 Qc7 33.Qb3 Qa5 34.Rd1 Rh5 35.Qe3 Rg5+ 36.Kh1 Qc7 37.Bg2
Re5 38.Qg3 Qd6 39.a4 Qxe6 40.Qc3 d4 41.Qa5 Qd7 42.b6 {?} axb6
43.Qxb6 Qxa4 44.Rc1 d3 {!} 45.Qd8 Qf4 {!} 46.Rd1 c4 47.Kg1 Re2
48.Qb6 c3 49.Bf1 c2 50.Bxe2 dxe2 51.Rd7 e1=Q+ 52.Kg2 Qee4+ 0-1

[Event "Correspondence Game"]
[Site "U.S. Mail"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Ed Trice"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ed Trice. } c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.f3 Be6
11.Nd5 Nd7 12.Qd2 f5 13.exf5 Rxf5 14.Rad1 Bf8 15.f4 Rf7 16.Bh5
g6 17.Bf3 Bg7 {?!} 18.Rf2 Rc8 19.Nc3 exf4 20.Bxf4 Be5 21.Bg5
Qe8 22.Kh1 Nb6 {!} 23.Ne4 {!} Nc4 24.Qe2 {!} Nxb2 25.Rxd6 Bxb3
26.cxb3 {!} Nd4 27.Rxd4 {!} Bxd4 28.Nd6 {!} Qxe2 29.Rxe2 Rxf3
30.gxf3 Rb8 31.Rd2 Bc3 {?!} 32.Rd5 {!} Bg7 33.a4 h6 34. Be7 b6
35.Kg2 1-0

[Event "USAT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Herbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3
Nxc3 5.dxc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O a6 10.Bd5
Qa5 11.h4 b5 12.h5 e6 13.Bxc6 Qxa2 14.Qe3 dxc6 15.Bg5 b4 16.h6
Bh8 17.Qxc5 bxc3 {?? 17...Qa1+ forces the king to block the
d-file, eliminating the mating trick. 18.Kd2 Qxb2 19.cxb4 Rb8
! [ 19...Bb7 20.Ra1 ! Black cannot prevent the queen from
being trapped with Rhb1! ] 20.Be7 Re8 21.Rb1 Qa2 22.Ra1 Qd5+
23.Qxd5 cxd5 24.Bd6 +/= } 18.Qxf8+ {! Black resigned, because
after the queen is captured the rook delivers mate at d8.} 1-0

[Event "USAT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikulecky"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4
5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5
11.Qe2 Qc7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.f3 h5 14.g5 Nd7 15.h4 Bb4 16.a3
Ba5 17.Qf2 Bb6 18.Qe2 Nc5 19.Bc4 f5 20.gxf6 gxf6 21.Rhg1 Qh7
22.b4 Nd7 23.Be3 f5 24.Be6 f4 25.Bxb6 axb6 26.Na4 Kc7 27.Qf2
b5 28.Bxd7 bxa4 {!} 29.Bh3 Rxd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rd8 31.Rg1 Rd6 32.c4
Rd4 33.c5 Qf7 34.Kb2 Qb3+ 35.Ka1 Qxa3+ 36.Qa2 Qxa2+ 37.Kxa2
Bf7+ 38.Kb2 Rxb4+ 39.Ka3 Rb3+ 40.Kxa4 Rxf3 41.Bf5 b5+ 42.cxb6+
Kxb6 43.Rg7 Bb3+ 44.Ka3 Bd1+ 45.Kb4 c5+ 46.Kc4 Bb3# 0-1

[Event "USAT"]
[Site "Cyberspace"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Jim Warren"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4
Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.N1e2 {This is slightly off the beaten track,
and Black needs to be prepared to meet it. My opponent plays
the right moves, for a while, but comes up one short.} Nf6
7.h4 h6 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Bc4 e6 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.O-O { 11.Be3 is the
normal move, but why block the useful e-file, especially when
the pawn at d4 is not under attack. } O-O { 11...Nbd7 is
usually played immediately, to avoid the fiasco that
follows. } 12.c3 Nbd7 {?} 13.Nxe6 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "La Spezia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marco Albano"]
[Black "Pierluigi Beggi"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5
7. Be3 Nf6 8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7
12. c4 Nf5 13. Bd2 Nd4 14. Bc3 b4 15. Bxb4 Qh4 16. Be2 Qe4
17. f3 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qh3 19. Kf2 Be7 20. Nc2 Nf5 21. Bd2 Bd8
22. Ne3 Bb6 23. Bd3 Nd4 24. Bf1 Qh6 25. b4 f5 26. Nxf5 Qf6
27. Nxd6+ Qxd6 28. c5 Qxd5 29. cxb6 O-O 30. Bg2 Nxf3
{30... Bb7 31. Be3; 30... Rb8 31. f4 Qd6 32. Rf1 Rxb6 33. Kg1
Bb7} 31. Bf4 Qxd1 32. Rhxd1 exf4 33. Bxf3 Rb8 34. Rd6 Rf5
35. Rc1 fxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Bb7 37. Bxb7 Rxb7 38. Rc8+ Rf8 1-0

[Event "NatWest Young Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.09.23"]
[EventDate "1990.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildiko Madl"]
[Black "Andrew Ledger"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nh6 6. h3 O-O
7. Ngf3 f6 8. O-O Nf7 9. Qe2 e5 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Nb3 b6
12. Be3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Bc1 Rad8 16. exd5
cxd5 17. c4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. b3 Nd6 21. Ng5
Qc6 22. Ba3 e4 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 e3 25. fxe3 Rfe8 26. c5
bxc5 27. Qc2 Bh6 28. Qc3 Rd7 29. Nf3 Nf5 30. Rxd7 Qxd7
31. Bxc5 Qf7 32. e4 Ng3 33. Ne5 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4 35. Qxg3
(35. Qb3+ $1 {and then 36. Qxg3 wins}) 35... Rxe5 36. Bd6
Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Ra5 38. a3 Bf8 39. Bb4 Bxb4 40. axb4 Rb5
41. Rc1 Rxb4 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. Kf4 g5+ 45. Kf3
Rb3+ 46. Kg4 h5+ 47. Kxh5 Rg3 48. Rxa7 Rxg2 49. Ra6+ Kf7
50. Ra3 Re2 51. Ra4 Rg2 52. e5 Rg3 53. Ra6 Rxh3+ 54. Kxg5 Rh1
55. e6+ Ke7 56. Ra7+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NatWest Young Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.09.02"]
[EventDate "1990.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew Ledger"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan Ravikumar"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. O-O Nd4 6. a4 a6
7. Bc4 Qc7 8. d3 Bd6 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Nc6
12. f4 b6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Qe1 O-O 15. f5 Rfe8 16. f6 g6
17. Qh4 Na5 18. e5 Bf8 19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. Qg5 Bd5 21. b3 d6
22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Kh1 Rac8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nxd4 h6 26. Qg4
Qb4 27. Rac1 Rc7 28. c3 Rxc3 29. Qxg6+ (29. Rxc3 $1 29... Qxc3
30. Qxg6+ {would win}) 29... Kh8 30. Qxf7 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Re1+
32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Bd6+ 34. g3 0-1

[Event "NatWest Young Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.08.31"]
[EventDate "1990.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrew Ledger"]
[Black "Christopher Ward"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. a4 O-O 8. Na3 d5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Qb1 Ne4 11. Rd1 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Qd7 14. Nb5 Rfc8 15. f3 Nd6 16. Nxd6
Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e3 Qb4 19. Bf1 a5 20. Bd3 g6 21. Ra3
Bc6 22. Bc2 Bd7 23. Rdd3 Ra7 24. Rdb3 Qd2 25. Rc3 Rac7 26. Qd1
Rxc3 27. Qxd2 Rxc2 28. Qd3 Rxb2 (28... Rc1+ $1 29. Kg2 R8c2+
30. Kh3 e5+ 31. g4 31... e4 $1 { and if fxe4 then Rg1 wins})
29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Bxa4 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qb8
Bd7 34. Qd6 Be8 35. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee 51/138 Khalifman,A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51/138 Khalifman,A"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6
7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2 Re8 9.O-O Qc7 10.Ng3 Be6 11.f4 c5 12.d5 Bd7
{12...Bxd5? 13.Qh5! +-} 13.c4 Na6 14.Qf3 Qb6 15.b3 Bf8 16.Bb2
Nc7 17.Bf5 Bxf5 18.Nxf5 Red8 19.Rae1 Ne8 20.Qh5 Qa5 21.Rxe8
{!} Rxe8 22.Nh6+ gxh6 {22...Kh8 23.Qxf7 Be7 24.Qg8+! Rxg8
25.Nf7# } 23.Qg4+ {23...Bg7 24.Bxf6 (any) 25.Qxg7#} 1-0

[Event "Makaha (casual"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "L Shipman"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6
5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Ng4
11.cxd5 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.O-O a6 14.a4 b6 {?!} 15.Qd2 Ra7
16.d6 Rd7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.Bf4 Rxd6 20.Qxd6 {!?} Qxd6
21.Rad1 Qe7 22.Bc4+ {!} Kh8 { 22...Kf8 ? 23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.Rd8+
Ke7 25.Rxc8 Qd4+ 26.Kh1 Qxc4 27.Re1+ Kd7 28.Rxb8 Kc7 29.Rbe8
and Black is in deep trouble. 22...Be6 ! 23.Bxe6+ Qxe6 [
23...Rxe6 24.Bxb8 ] 24.Rd8+ ! Kf7 25.Rxb8 Re1 26.Rb7+ unclear
} 23.Bxe5 fxe5 24.Rf7 Qe8 { 24...Qh4 25.g3 Qxc4 26.Rd8+ }
25.Ne4 {rest unreconstructable.} 1-0

[Event "Hawaii Action Chess Championship"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Paul Yasutake"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.f3 b5 9.Qd2 Be6 10.g4 h6
11.Ng3 Nbd7 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.gxf5 Qc7 14.Rg1 Kf8 15.Qg2 Rh7
16.Qf2 Rc8 17.a3 Qa5 18.Rd1 Rxc3 19.Bd2 {!} Rxf3 {!} 20.Qxf3
Qa4 {!} 21.Bd3 Qd4 {!} 22.Ke2 Qxb2 23.Rb1 {!} Qd4 { 23...Qxa3
24.Bb4 Qa4 25.Rgc1 Nc5 26.Bxc5 dxc5 27.Ra1 Qd4 28.Rxa6 c4
29.Ra8+ Ne8 30.Rb1 cxd3+ 31.Qxd3 Qxd3+ 32.Kxd3 b4 33.c3 Bd6
34.cxb4 Ke7 35.b5 +/- } 24.Be3 Qc3 25.Rb3 Qa5 26.Rgb1 Nc5
27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Bxb5 {!!} axb5 29.Rxb5 Qa6 30.Qd3 {!} Ne8
31.c4 g5 32.Rb6 Qa8 33.Rb8 Qc6 34.R1b6 Qa4 35.f6 Bxf6 36.Rxf6
Kg7 37.Rf1 {+/-} Rh8 38.Rb7 Rf8 39.Re7 Nf6 40.Qd6 Qxc4+ 41.Qd3
Qa2+ 42.Qd2 Qc4+ 43.Kf2 Qxe4 44.Re1 Qh4+ 45.Kg1 Qg4+ 46.Kh1
Rd8 47.Qf2 { 47.Qxd8 Qf3+ 48.Kg1 Qg4+ 49.Kf2 Qh4+ 50.Ke2 Qxh2+
51.Kd3 Qg3+ 52.Re3 e4+ 53.Kd2 Qf2+ 54.Re2 Qf4+ 55.Kd1 Qf1+
56.Re1 Qf3+ 57.Kd2 Qf2+ 58.Re2 Qf4+ 59.Ke1 Qc1+ 60.Qd1 Qxa3
unclear } Qh5 48.R7xe5 Rd4 49.R5e3 1-0

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "H Stern"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Nxe4 7.d4
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.a4 Nc5 10.axb5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8
13.Nc3 Na7 14.Nd4 b4 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Na4 { 16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qg4
bxc3 18.Qxe6+ Be7 19.Bg5 Qd8 20.Ra1 cxb2 ! } Qc8 17.Be3 Nc6
18.f4 Be7 19.Qc2 Qd7 20.Rc1 Na5 21.Nc5 Qc6 {# And now White
indulges in a most unsound sacrifice, motivated by the fact
that it seemed to provide lots of pawns and an attack. But who
gets the attack?} 22.Nxe6 {?! 22.Qd3 ! /\ Na7. } Qxe6 23.Qxc7
Bd8 24.Qxg7 Rg8 25.Qxh7 {# White has four pawns and active
pieces, but the next move changes the picture considerably.}
Qg4 {!} 26.Qc2 Nxb3 27.Qc6+ {?! 27.Rd1 !? d4 28.Bxd4 Nxd4
29.Rxd4 Bb6 30.Qc6+ Ke7 31.Qf6+ Ke8 32.Qc6+ = } Kf8 28.Rc2 d4
{!} 29.Bc1 Qd1+ 30.Kf2 Nxc1 31.Rxc1 Qd2+ 32.Kg1 {#} Rxg2+ {!}
33.Qxg2 Qxc1+ 34.Qf1 Qxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Ke7 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Kd3 Kd5
38.b3 Be7 39.h3 Bh4 {-+} 40.e6 Be7 41.f5 Ke5 42.Kc4 Ke4 43.f6
Bxf6 44.Kxb4 d3 0-1

[Event "USAT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tim Just"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3
exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Qd2 Bb4 9.O-O-O Nc6
10.Bb5 Bd7 11.d5 {!?} Ne5 { 11...Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Ne5 [ 12...exd5
13.Rhe1+ ] 13.dxe6 with 14.Rxd5 is unclear. } 12.dxe6 fxe6 {
12...Bxb5 13.Qxd8+ Rxd8 14.exf7+ Kxf7 [ 14...Nxf7 15.Nxb5 ]
15.Nxe5+ fxe5 16.Nxb5 } 13.Nxe5 fxe5 { 13...Bxc3 14.Bxd7+;
13...c6 14.Nxd7; 13...Bxb5 14.Qxd8+ Rxd8 15.Rxd8+ Kxd8 16.Nf7+
} 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.Qxd7+ {and Black loses material.} 1-0

[Event "Coppa italia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carlo D'Amore"]
[Black "Marco Albano"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nd7 4. c4 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. Nc3 Bxf3
7. Qxf3 Bg5 8. Bxg5 Qxg5 9. c5 Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Ke7 11. b4 a6
12. bxc5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Nf6 14. O-O dxc5 15. Nxc7 Rac8 16. Nb5
Rhd8 17. Rfb1 Rd7 18. a4 Kf8 19. Nc3 Ne8 20. Qh3 Nf6 21. Rxb7
Rdd8 22. a5 Ra8 23. Qd3 h5 24. a6 Kg8 25. a7 Ne8 26. Nb5 c4
27. Qf3 f6 28. d6 Qd2 29. Qd1 c3 30. h4 Nxd6 31. Nxd6 Qxd1+
{31... Rxd6 32. Rb8+ Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Qxd2 cxd2 35. a8=Q
d1=Q+ 36. Rxd1 Rxa8} 32. Rxd1 c2 33. Rc1 Rxd6 34. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Framingham February Swiss"]
[Site "Framingham, Mass."]
[Date "1991.02.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Louis A Mercuri"]
[Black "Jack Young"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.Nh4 e5 5.Qh5+ g6 6.fxg6 Nf6
7.g7+ Nxh5 8.gxh8=Q Qxh4 9.Qxh7 Nd4 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Qxc7 Bb4
12.Be2 Nf4 13.g3 Ng2+ 14.Kf1 Qh3 15.Qxe5+ Be7 16.Kg1 Ne1
17.Qxd5 Rd8 18.Qxb7 Rd7 19.Qa8+ Rd8 20.Qb7 Rd7 21.Qa8+ Rd8 {My
10th and 11th moves cost me an hour on the clock (!) so I took
the draw as I had less than 5 minutes to reach move 40.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.05.12"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Keith Arkell"]
[Black "Daniel John King"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 f5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. d5 Na6 8. O-O Qe8 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 c6 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Be3 c5 15. Ne2 b5 16. cxb5 Nxb5
17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Qd2 Qf7 19. b4 Na3 20. Rb3 Nc4 21. Qc1 Nxe3
22. Qxe3 c4 23. Rbb1 c3 24. Rec1 Rbc8 25. f3 Rc4 26. b5 e6
27. Qd3 exd5 28. Bxd5 Be6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Nxc3 Rd4 31. Qe2
Qxe2 32. Nxe2 Rd2 33. Nf4 Rxa2 34. Ne6 Re8 35. Nxg7 Kxg7
36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Re7 38. Ra6 Rd7 {39. - Rb7 =} 39. Kf2
Kf6 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. Ra5 d5 42. f4+ Kf5 43. Kf3 h5 44. h3 Rc7
45. g4+ hxg4+ 46. hxg4+ Kf6 47. Ra6+ $14 Kg7 48. Ke3 Rb7
49. Ra5 Rf7 50. Ra4 Rb7 51. Ra5 Rf7 52. g5 Kh7 53. Ra4 Kg7
54. Ra5 Kh7 55. Kd4 Rxf4+ 56. Kxd5 Rf7 (56... Rf5+ 57. Kc6
Rxg5 58. Rxa7+ { Not 58.b6? Rxa5 59.b7 Rb6+ followed by 60. -
Rb6 - +} Kh6 59. b6 Rf5 { 59. - Rg1 60.Ra5 + -} 60. b7 Rf6+
61. Kd7 $18) 57. Ra6 Rb7 58. Kc6 Re7 59. Ra1 Re6+ 60. Kd7 Re5
61. Rxa7 Rxg5 62. b6 Kh6 63. b7 { 63. - Rb5 64.Kc6 Rxb7 (64. -
Rb1 65.Ra5) 65.Rxb7 + -} 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich, Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Eric Lobron"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2
c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8
13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4 16.c6 cxb3 17.Nc4 b2
18.Bxb2 Bxc4 19.cxd7 Rc7 20.Be5 Rc5 21.Re1 Be6 22.Qd4 Rxe5
23.Rxe5 Bf6 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Qd6 Bxe5 26.Qxf8+ Kxf8 27.d8=Q+ Qxd8
28.Rxd8+ Ke7 29.Rd2 b5 30.Bd5 a5 31.Bxe6 Kxe6 32.f4 Bc3 33.Rd3
b4 34.Kf2 Bb2 35.Ke2 Bf6 36.Re3+ Kd5 37.Kd3 a4 38.Re4 Kc5
39.Rc4+ Kb5 40.Rc7 b3 41.axb3 Kb6 42.Rxf7 a3 43.Kc2
{Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich, Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Lobron"]
[Black "Leonid Yudasin"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12.Kf1
gxf6 13.h4 Ke7 14.Rh3 Qa5 15.Rb1 Rd8 16.Qc1 Ne5 17.f4 Rxd4
18.Qc5+ Rd6 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Qxe5 Bd7 21.Qg5+ Kf8 22.Qh6+ Ke7
23.Qg5+ Kf8 24.Qh6+ Ke7 25.e5 Bxb5+ 26.Kg1 Rd2 27.Qf6+ Ke8
28.Rg3 Qb6+ 29.Kh2 Qf2 30.Qh8+ Ke7 31.Qxa8 Bc6 32.Rxb7+ Bxb7
33.Qxb7+ Rd7 34.Qb4+ Kd8 35.Qf8+ Kc7 36.Rc3+ Kb7 37.Qc8+ Kb6 {
Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Maringa, BR"]
[Date "1991.09.??"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lucas Brunner"]
[Black "Patrick Wolff"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 Na5 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nxb3 13.axb3 Nd7 14.b4 O-O 15.f4 a5 16.Ncxb5 Qb7 17.Bd2 axb4 18.Bxb4 Ra1+ 19.Kd2 Ra4 20.c3 Nc5 21.Ra1 Qa6 22.Rxa4 Qxa4 23.Nc6 Ba6 24.Nxe7+ Kh8 25.Bxc5 Bb5 26.Qd1 Qxe4 27.Bxd6 Ra8 28.c4 Qd4+ 29.Ke2 Qxb2 30.Kf3 Bxc4 31.Kg3 Be2 32.Qg1 Qc3+ 33.Kh4 Qf3 34.h3 Ra3 35.Bxa3 Qxf4+ 36.Qg4 Bxg4 37.hxg4 Qf2+ 38.Kh5 Qf3 {time} 0-1


[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Manila, Philippines"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Darryl K Johansen"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. f3 Nxc3
7. bxc3 Be7 8. e4 Nc6 9. Ng3 Ba6 10. Bd3 Na5 11. Qe2 d6
12. O-O Qd7 13. Rb1 h5 14. Re1 {Sokolov: In the game I
definitely saw the possibilities associated with 13. f4!, but
playing White against some under-2500 Australian guy, I
thought 'regular' moves should suffice, and the win should
arrive without any risks involved. This is perhaps a
reasonable way of thinking when you play some Catalan line
with white, but not in this type of Nimzo. White is about to
learn this lesson soon.}14... h4 15. Nf1 c5 16. Be3 Rc8
17. Nd2 e5 18. f4 Bf6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nf3 Qe6 21. fxe5 Be7
{Sokolov: Looking at my horrible pawn structure and slowly
becoming aware of the long and difficult defence that lay
ahead, I could not help but wonder abut the speed of my
positional collapse: in a mere 20 moves, playing White against
an opponent I had never heard of and not having made any clear
mistake - except that my whole concept was a positional
blunder}22. Rf1 Bxc4 23. Bg5 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nc6 25. Bxe7 Qxe7
26. Rbd1 O-O 27. Qd7 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 h3 29. gxh3 Rce8 30. Kg2
Nxe5 31. Rxa7 Nc4 32. Rf2 Rxe4 33. Ng5 Re5 34. Nxf7 Ne3+
35. Kg3 Rf5 36. Re2 Nf1+ 37. Kg2 R8xf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Kg1
Kf6 40. Kg2 b5 41. Kg1 c4 42. Kg2 Kg5 43. Kg1 Kh4 44. Kg2 Rf4
45. a3 g6 {Sokolov: And White resigned. A painful defeat and a
positional lesson that I have taken to heart} 0-1

[Event "Vermont Resort Open"]
[Site "Vermont USA"]
[Date "1992.04.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert M Sulman"]
[Black "Jack Young"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.h3 Nf6 5.e5 Nh5 6.Nf3 Ng7 7.Be2 h5
8.Bf4 a6 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.O-O-O b5 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.Kb1 Nc4 13.Qc1
Qa5 14.Ng5 e6 15.Nf3 Rb8 16.Ne2 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Ned4 Qb6
19.c3 Nf5 20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.Rhe1 b4 22.cxb4 Bxb4 23.Re2 a5
24.Ka1 Bd7 25.Ng5 Rb7 26.Rc2 Bc5 27.Ngf3 a4 28.Rd3 Kd8 29.Bg5+
Kc7 30.b3 axb3 31.Nxb3 Rhb8 32.Nfd4 Ba4 {?} 33.Rxc4 {!}
33...dxc4 34.Qxc4 Qb4 35.Rc3 Qxc4 36.Rxc4 Bxb3 37.Nxb3 {?
R:c5+ wins but we were both in extreme time trouble} 37...Rxb3
38.axb3 Kb6 39.b4 Bxf2 {This game was also published in
"Randspringer"} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Women)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "1992.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Irina Levitina"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. a4 Be6 11. f4 Rc8 12. Kh1
Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bf3 Qb4 15. Rb1 Bc4 16. Rf2 Qc5 17. Qe1
b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rd2 b4 20. Na4 Qa5 21. b3 Be6 22. Rbd1 h6
23. Bh4 g5 24. fxg5 hxg5 {#} 25. e5 gxh4 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Bd5
Bf5 28. Qf2 Bg6 29. Nb6 Rcd8 30. Nc4 Qc7 31. Qf4 Kg7 32. Rf2
Be5 33. Qg5 f6 34. Qd2 Qc5 35. Ne3 f5 36. Nxf5+ Bxf5 37. Qg5+
Bg6 38. Qxe7+ Rf7 39. Rxf7+ Bxf7 40. Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Be4 1-0

[Event "Orlando Tornado"]
[Site "Orlando, FL"]
[Date "1992.02.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mike Serovey"]
[Black "Arno Nolting"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rb5 b6 11. d4 Ba6
12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Na5 15. Re1 Rxc3 16. Nb5
Bxb5 17. Rxb5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rc2 19. Rd7 Rxe2 20. Rxa7 Nc4
21. Rxe7 Bd4 22. Rb3 Re1+ 23. Bf1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Nd2 25. Rb2
Nxf1 26. Kf2 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 Rb8 29. a4 Kf8
30. Kd4 Ke7 31. Kd5 Ra8 32. Rb4 Kd7 33. Rxb6 Ra5+ 34. Rb5 Rxa4
35. Rb7+ Ke8 36. Kd6 Kf8 37. Ke5 Ra2 38. h4 Rf2 39. Rb8+ Kg7
40. Rb3 h5 41. Ke4 Kh6 42. Ke3 Rf5 43. Rb6 f6 44. Rc6 g5
45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. Rc4 Rf1 47. Ke2 Rf5 48. Rd4 Re5+ 49. Kf3 f5
50. Rd8 Re4 51. Rg8+ Kf6 52. Rh8 Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kh7 54. Rg5 Rg4
55. Rxf5 Kg6 56. Ra5 Rb4 57. Rc5 Ra4 58. Rb5 {Draw Agreed}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Lloyds"]
[Site "London Lloyds"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Nunn"]
[Black "Matthew Sadler"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5
Qc7 14.g5 Nh5 15.O-O-O Nf4 16.h4 h6 17.Rg1 hxg5 18.hxg5 Rh4
19.Kb1 Qd8 20.Nd4 exd4 21.Bxf4 Nb6 22.Bg3 Nxa4 23.Bc4 Nc3+
24.bxc3 dxc3 25.Qe2 Qa5 26.Rde1 Ra7 {At first sight, White
faces a very difficult problem in meeting Black's threat, but
in fact there are two solutions. -- Nunn} 27.Bf4 {! Excellent
move, however the incredible 27.Bxa6! also wins. -- Nunn} b3
28.Bxb3 Rb7 29.Rg4 Rxg4 30.fxg4 Qb4 31.Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Budapest 57/419 Stohl,I"]
[Site "zt"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Stohl"]
[Black "Robert Kuczynski"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 {The Moscow
Variation avoids the ultra-sharp complexities of the
Anti-Meran Gambit, although it is not without its own
complications, as this game shall illustrate.} 6.Bxf6 Qxf6
7.Qb3 a5 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Bb4+ 10.Kd1 Qf4 11.Bd3 Be7 12.Ne5 h5
13.g3 Qh6 14.Qb6 {In this extremely sharp position, White
essays his novelty.} f6 {Looks strange, but O-O fails after
15.Qc7! Re8 16.c5!, a prophylaxis against ...Na6. Stohl then
mentions the interesting line 16...Nbd7 17.Nxd7 Bd8 18.Qd6 Be7
19.Nb6! Bxd6 20.Nxd6 Bd7 21.Nxd7 Red8 22.Nb6 +-, with three
very good pieces for the queen. -- Peter Wells} 15.Ng6 Nd7
{Preparing to meet 16.Qc7? with Qxg6+! 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxg6+
Ke7! -+} 16.Qb3 a4 17.Qc3 f5 18.Nxe7 fxe4 19.Nxc8 Rxc8 20.Bxe4
Nf6 21.Bf3 O-O 22.Ke2 e5 23.dxe5 Ng4 24.Bxg4 hxg4 25.Rad1 Rce8
26.Rd3 Rf5 27.Re3 Ref8 28.Rf1 Qxh2 29.Qe1 Qh6 30.Kd1 Rf3
31.Rxf3 gxf3 32.Qe3 Qe6 33.Qe4 b5 34.Kc2 bxc4 35.Rd1 Re8
36.Qxf3 Qxe5 37.Qxc6 Qf5+ 38.Kc1 Qg5+ 39.f4 Qe7 40.Qxc4+ Kf8
41.Rh1 Qe3+ 42.Kb1 1-0

[Event "World Op, Philadelphia"]
[Site "World Op, Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shlightin"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rc1 O-O
12. e4 d6 13. Qe2 Ra7 { A strong move which gives Black the
advantage.} 14. Nc2 {A poor reply. The knight is headed for
e3, where it will just be in the way.} 14... Rc7 15. Ne3 Qb7
16. f3 Nh5 17. Nc2 Rfc8 18. b3 {The c-file is the focus of
Black's activity, as is usually the case in the hedgehog
formation. Now Browne employs a typical break on the
queenside.} 18... b5 19. Be3 bxc4 20. b4 Nf6 {Black aims at
the companion motif -- the break with d5.} 21. a3 Nc6 $1
22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. Rb1 Nd3 {Black has an overwhelming
advantage.} 24. Bg1 d5 25. e5 Nd7 26. Bd4 Nb8 27. Qe3 Nc6
28. h4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qb6 30. f4 a5 31. f5 {White tries to
create some kingside counterplay, but Black just keeps on
working the queenside.} 31... axb4 32. axb4 Ra7 33. Rd2 Rca8
34. Ncb5 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Rxa1 36. Re2 h6 37. Nd6 Bxd6 38. exd6 e5
39. Nc2 Ra6 40. d7 Qd6 41. b5 Ra5 42. f6 Qxd7 43. fxg7 Kxg7
44. Ne1 d4 45. Qd2 Nxe1+ 46. Qxe1 Qd5+ {Notes after
suggestions by Walter Browne} 0-1

[Event "Chicago Action Championship"]
[Site "Oak Brook"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 {
4.Qc2 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O was part of Gurevich's
experience as White in the line. 8.b3 Qe7 9.Ne5 Na6 10.Nd3 Nh5
11.a4 f4 12.Ba3 fxg3 13.hxg3 Bxa3 14.Nxa3 Qg5 15.Qc1 was
better for White in D. Gurevich vs. McClelland, New York Open
1995. The e-pawn is backward and weak, while White controls
e5. } f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O {This position can be
reached from many move orders, including 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3
c6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7.Nbd2.} Qe7 {Black usually
plays ...Nbd7, to prevent White from occupying e5 with a
knght.} 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Ne5 {White needs to occuly the e5 square
at some point, since otherwise Black will eventually play
...e5. As long as White maintains control of e5, Black will
find it difficult to activate the light-squared bishop.} Nbd7
10.Ndf3 {This is a standard anti-Dutch plan. The knight at e5
is supported by both a pawn at d4 and another knight at either
f3 or d3.} Ne4 {Black can safely keep the knight here if an
enemy knight is at f3, so that White cannot place a pawn
there. In many cases the knight can sit at e4 even if the
f3-square is not occupied, since the weakening of the a7-g1
diagonal can prove embarassing for White if the f-pawn
advances. In addition, g3 can become vulnerable.} 11.Bf4
{White invites Black to advance the g-pawn. This is a
double-edged strategy.} g5 {!? Black accepts the challenge.}
12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Bxd6 Nxd6 {White now owns a superior bishop,
but Black has plenty of room to maneuver.} 14.Ne5 Be8 {There
are two ways to activate the light-squared bishop in the
Stonewall Dutch. Black can fianchetto it at b7 under some
circumstances, msot easily when the knight sits at b8 to
defend the pawn at c6. The other plan, seen here, is to
redeploy it on the kingside. 14...Nf7 15.Nd3 Nd6 16.c5 Nf7
17.Qc3 Rfe8 18.e3 e5 19.f4 e4 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 gxf4 22.gxf4
Be6 23.Kh1 was agreed drawn in, Stupica vs. Piskur, 1999. }
15.f4 { 15.c5 Nf7 16.Nxf7 Bxf7 17.f3 Bg6 18.e4 f4 leaves White
with more problems to solve than Black. } Bh5 16.Rac1 Rac8
17.Kh1 {White takes care to get the king off the a7-g1
diagonal in case Black opens up the game with ...c5.} Nf7
18.cxd5 exd5 {! 18...cxd5 allows White to sacrifice the queen,
though moving her to a safe square is also good. 19.Qxc8 Rxc8
20.Rxc8+ Kg7 21.Rfc1 Qb4 22.fxg5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Qxb2 24.R1c7+
Bf7 25.Bf3 ! and White wins. } 19.e3 { 19.Qxf5 Nxe5 20.Qxe5
Qxe5 21.fxe5 Bxe2 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 would have been equal. } Nxe5
{! Although Black has a bad bishop, there is little to fear in
most of the possible endgames.} 20.fxe5 Bg6 {White must now
take seriously the threat of advancing the f-pawn.} 21.Qd2 Kg7
{Black prepares to operate on the h-file.} 22.b4 h5 23.Rf2 Rh8
24.Rcf1 h4 {!} 25.Kg1 {White gets the king off the dangerous
h-file.} g4 26.Rc1 Qg5 27.Rf4 {White does not want to allow
...f4, even as a sacrifice.} Rh7 28.b5 hxg3 29.hxg3 Qh5 30.Qf2
{? This square is needed for the king. 30.Kf2 threatens Rh1,
trapping the enemy queen. Qh2 31.Rh1 Forced, in view of the
threat of ...Rh3. Qxh1 32.Bxh1 Rxh1 33.Qb4 cxb5 34.Kg2 [
34.Qe7+ Kh6 35.Kg2 Rcc1 36.Qxb7 Rhg1+ 37.Kf2 Rgf1+ 38.Ke2
Rfe1+ 39.Kd2 Red1+ is a draw. ] Rch8 35.Qe7+ Bf7 36.Qf6+ Kf8
37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Qf6+ would have drawn. } Qh2+ 31.Kf1 Rhh8 {! It
looks as though Black cannot make further progress. It is true
that I have exhausted the possibilities on the h-file, but
there is another path to the enemy king, via the queenside,
and with the next very subtle move I prepare a deep and long
plan} 32.bxc6 {Had Dmitry figured out the point of my last
move, he never would have opened up the b-file. 32.Rb1 b6
33.bxc6 Rxc6 34.Bxd5 Rc2 35.Qxh2 Rhxh2 and White is too tied
down to make any progress. } Rxc6 33.Rxc6 bxc6 34.Qe1 { 34.Qc2
Rb8 35.Kf2 Rb6 and again White has no way to make progress. }
Rb8 35.a4 Rb3 {! White is in completely tied down.} 36.Rf2
{Desperation. The rook should stay in its passive post at f4,
as now the Black bishop enters the game. ? 36.a5 Rb7 and White
is at a loss for a move, as all of the pieces must remain in
place to defend. 37.a6 Rb2 38.Rf2 f4 ! wins. 39.e4 [ 39.Rxb2
Bd3+ 40.Re2 f3 ] Rxf2+ 40.Qxf2 f3 41.Bxf3 Qxf2+ 42.Kxf2 gxf3
43.Kxf3 Bxe4+ White will win by retreating the bishop to c8
and capturing the pawn at a6. } f4 {! The threat is ...Rb1,
pinning the queen.} 37.Rd2 Rxe3 38.Qf2 Qxg3 39.Qxg3 Rxg3
40.Rf2 f3 41.Bh1 Bd3+ {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Ostend op"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eckhard Schmittdiel"]
[Black "Leif Svensson"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 {Annotation by Leif Svensson, translated by Fredrik
Josefsson} 1... e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6
6. Nge2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Ne8 { The centre is closed: flank
attack.} 9. h3 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Ng5
Qd7 14. f4 Bc5+ 15. Kh2 h6 16. Nf3 Bxd3 { Exchanging bad
bishop for good knight} 17. Qxd3 e4 18. Qc2 exf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8
{ I felt rather comfortable here.} 20. Bd2 Nb4 21. Qd1 Nd3
22. Bc3 Nf2 23. Qc2 N6xg4+ {Im sensing blood!} 24. hxg4 Nxg4+
25. Kg3 Ne3 26. Qg6 Re6 27. Qh5 Rf5 28. Qh3 Nxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qf7
30. Bg4 Qg6 $2 {At home I further looked into 30... Re3+
. There could follow Rf3, Rxe2! Bxf5 and then Bg1! , a move I
didn't see during the game. After Qg4 , h5! looks winning.}
31. Kh2 Re3 32. Ng3 Rf8 33. f5 $1 Qg5 34. f6 g6 $2 {Of course
gxf6 is necessary} 35. Be6+ Kh7 $2 { Losing a tempo} 36. Bd5
Kh8 37. f7+ Kh7 38. Bf6 {Leif Svensson doesn't give the
remaining moves, he just mentions that "after a few more
moves, black resigned".} 38... Rxg3 39. Qxg3 Qh5+ 40. Qh3 Qe2+
41. Qg2 Qh5+ 42. Kg3 c6 43. Bf3 Qf5 44. Be4 Qe6 45. Kh2 Qxf7
46. Be7 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT"]
[Site "ITA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marco Albano"]
[Black "Fabrizio Molina"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+
Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qc7 Nge7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. Bc5 Be6
12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxb7 Rfd8
16. Rd1 Qh4 17. Be2 Ne3 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bd3 e4 20. Qxe4
Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rd1+ 22. Ke2 Rxh1 23. Kxe3 Rxh2 24. b4 Kf8
25. a4 Ke7 26. a5 {...} 1-0

[Event "Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "Rockville, MD"]
[Date "1993.02.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Acholonu"]
[Black "Bruce Till"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O {The King's
Indian Defense, played as early as 1879, but not really
understood until the mid 1940s and 50s by Bronstein,
Boleslavsky, and Gligoric. It was a favorite of both Fischer
and Kasparov.} 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 {9. Ne1,
heading to d3 to support the pawn push c5, is often played
here, as well as the newer 9.b4, the so-called Bayonet
Attack. White tries a kind of hybrid of two lines.} Nd7 10. b4
f5 11. f3 Nf6 {Standard Kings Indian play. Black moves his
knight twice to get in ...f5 and a start potential kingside
attack.} 12. c5 {White counters with a queenside attack. The
only problem is that if Whites attack succeeds, he only wins
some material. If Blacks attack succeeds, he wins the White
king.} Rf7 {Activating the rook along the seventh rank and
making space for Bf8, guarding the d6 pawn.} 13. Nc4 {Putting
more pressure on d6.} Bf8 {Helping defend d6 and making space
for the rook to go to g7.} 14. Ba3 {More pressure on d6.} f4
{Opening the diagonal of the white-squared bishop pointing at
Whites kingside.} 15. b5 {Opening the diagonal of the bishop
on a3 to pressure d6, which is now attacked three times and
defended twice.} Ne8 {Defending d6 a third time.} 16. Rb1
{Activating the rook for later operations.} g5 {Advancing on
the White king and clearing g6 for the knight.} 17. b6 {trying
to undermine the pawn at c7 which defends d6. Both sides have
been basically ignoring each other, but Black will need to
make a couple of moves on the queenside now to stabilize the
situation before continuing on the kingside.} axb6 18. cxb6
cxb6 19. Nb5 {White had a lot of choices here and the computer
liked 19. Qb3 a little more than the text. Of course 19. Nxb6
loses to 19...Rxa3 and 19. Rxb6 loses to the same move
(19...Rxa3 20. Nxa3 Qxb6). The text attacks d6 again.} Ng6
{Black redeploys the knight to the kingside while
simultaneously uncovering the bishop to defend...what
else...d6. 19...Bd7 and 19...Rf6 were also good moves.}
20. Qb3 h5 {Preparing to play ...g4, all standard Kings Indian
stuff.} 21. Nc3 {The computre liked 21. Rfc1 or 21. Bb4
better, although it is hard to say why at this point. The text
threatens 22. Nxb6, now that the bishop on a3 is protected by
the queen.} g4 {Black barrels ahead on the kingside,
continuing to ignore Whites queenside play.} 22. Nxb6 Qh4
{Blacks thinking here is simple. The rook on a8 is
contributing nothing to the kingside attack, so why save it?
Black figures that if White takes it, that just gives him
another free attacking move (like 23...g3). Actually, after
23. Nxa8, the computer gives 23...g3 and announces mate in 32
for Black! Notice how the two players priorities are
illustrated by the placement of their pieces. Queenside: White
5 pieces, black two. Kingside: White two pieces, Black 5.}
23. Nxc8 {White wisely takes the computers advice and takes
the dangerous bishop instead.} Rxc8 {Note how Whites queenside
attack, taking many moves, has maxed out and he has zero
material to show for it, whereas Black attack is just getting
started and looks promising already.} 24. fxg4 {The computer
hated this move and put Black way ahead after it. It suggested
24. Kh1 or 24. Nb5.} hxg4 25. Nd1 {The computer had this in
fourth place, but had Black way ahead after the other three
also. I think White sees by now that he desperately needs
pieces on the kingside immediately. } Rh7 {I thought that
threatening 26...Qxh2 couldnt be bad, but the computer liked
25....f3 better, with the idea of 26. g3 fxe2! winning. If I
had seen that move, I would have played 25...f3. It does rate
25...Rh7 as a solid second and still winning.} 26. h3 f3
{Always trying to open lines to the king.} 27. Bxf3 {If White
tries to save his bishop with 27. Bb5, for example, Black
plays 27...Nf4 with even greater effect than in the game.}
gxh3 28. Rb2 Nf4 29. g4 {The computer liked 29. Ne3 here. The
text is very bad.} Nf6 {Black misses his chance to finish
brilliantly! If only he had seen 29....Qg3 30.Kh1 Qg2!!
31. Bxg2 hxg2 double check 32. Kg1 Rh1 33. Kf2 gxf1=Q 34. Ke3
Rh3 35. Kd2 Qe2 mate. Oddly enough, Black does see this same
idea a few moves later, but it is not quite as effective
then.} 30. Kh2 Nxg4 31. Bxg4 Qxg4 32. Rg1 {Pinning the queen
to the king. Has Black missed something?} Qg2 {Theres the idea
again! Now with which rook should White capture?} 33. Rbxg2
{The right rook, since 33. Rgxg2 loses to 33...hxg2 34. Kg1
Rh1 35. Kf2 g1=Q 36. Kf3 Rh3 mate.} hxg2 34. Kg3 Rh3 {Getting
his queen back, but the game is sliding towards a draw now.}
35. Kg4 Rxb3 36. axb3 Rc2 {Protecting his one trump card, the
g2 pawn.} 37. Ne3 Ra2 38. Bb4 Rb2 {Perhaps 38...Re2 39. Kf3
Rb2 would have been slightly more accurate, since 40. Nxg2
Nxg2 41. Rxg2 loses to 41....Rxb3, winning the bishop.}
39. Be1 Rxb3 {Missing his last chance to win. Better was
39...Rb1 40. Bf2 Rxg1 41. Bxg1 Ne2 42. Bh2 g1=Q 43. Bxg1 Nxg1
leaving Black a piece ahead and a win after a lot of work.}
40. Nxg2 Nxg2 41. Rxg2 {Now Blacks extra pawn just counters
Whites kingside activity.} Be7 42. Kf5 Kf7 43. Bd2 Rb2 44. Rh2
{Here the players agreed to a draw, as it was getting late at
the club and this was the last game going. The computer
agrees, however, giving the following plausible line: 44...Bf6
45. Rh7 Bg7 46. Bh6 Rf2 47. Kg4 Rg2 48. Kf3 Kg8 49. Kxg2 Kxh7
50. Bd2 b5 51. Bb4 Bf8 and the b-pawn is blockaded and the d6
pawn must be watched. An interesting game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch World (juniors) (under 20), Matinhos (Brazil"]
[Site "Ch World (juniors) (under 20), Matinhos (Brazil"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zsofia Polgar"]
[Black "Giovanni Vescovi"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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.g4 Be6 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.a3 Rfc8
13.h4 Rab8 14.h5 b5 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Qg5 Bc4 17.f4 e5 18.fxe5
b4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.e6 bxa3 21.exf7 Kxf7 22.b4 a2 {!!} 23.bxa5
Bxd4 24.Rh7+ Bg7 25.Kd2 Rb1 {25...Nf6! -/+, e.g. 26.Bxc4+ Rxc4
27.Rf1 Rd4+ 28.Ke2 Rxe4+ 29.Kd3 Rd4+! 30.Ke3 [30.Kxd4? a1=Q+!]
Re8+ 31.Kf3 Nxh7} 26.Bxc4 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 a1=Q+ 28.Ke2 Qd4
29.Bxd5+ Ke8 30.Qxg6+ Kd8 31.Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Peoples Open"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Aragon"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.g3 Bg7
5.Bg2 h5 6.c3 dxe4 7.dxe4 Nd7 8.Nb3 Ngf6 9.Ne2 h4 10.f4 hxg3
11.hxg3 Rxh1+ 12.Bxh1 Qb6 13.Qd4 e5 {!} 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Bf3
Ra4 16.Nd2 Nc5 17.b3 Nd3+ 18.Kd1 Ra8 19.Kc2 Ne1+ 20.Kb2 Nxf3
21.Nxf3 Bg4 {-/+} 22.Neg1 Nxe4 23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.fxe5 Nxg3
25.Be3 c5 26.Re1 Kd7 27.Bf4 Nf5 28.Ne2 Rh8 29.Nc1 Rh3 30.Kc2
Nh4 31.Rg1 Bf5+ 32.Kb2 Nf3 33.Rd1+ Ke7 34.Ne2 g5 35.Bg3 Nh4
36.Rg1 Ng6 37.Kc1 Ke6 38.Re1 Bg4 39.Bf2 Rh2 40.Nd4+ cxd4
41.Bxd4 Nf4 42.Rf1 Bf5 43.a3 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Peoples Open"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Marc Leski"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d6 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6
5.d3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Kh1 Rb8 9.Qe1 b5 10.Qh4 b4
11.Nd5 e6 12.Ne3 Nd4 13.Bd1 Nd7 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.a3 {!} bxa3
16.Rxa3 Nxf3 17.Bxf3 Bxb2 18.Bxb2 Rxb2 19.Rxa7 Nb6 20.Rfa1 Rd7
21.R7a2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cal Chess Season Opener"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Renard W Anderson"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Na6 4.Ne2 g6
5.Ng3 Nh6 6.Nc3 Nc7 7.Be2 Nf5 8.Nxf5 Bxf5 9.g4 Be6 10.Be3 Bg7
11.Qd2 b5 12.Rg1 f6 13.f4 f5 14.g5 Bf7 15.O-O-O Kd7 16.h4 h5
17.gxh6 Bxh6 18.Rh1 Bf8 19.Rh2 Ne6 20.Rdh1 Ng7 21.Bf3 e6
22.Ne2 Be7 23.Bf2 b4 24.Kb1 a5 25.Nc1 {!} Qb6 26.Nd3 Rhb8
27.Rc1 Ra7 28.c4 Kd8 29.Rg2 Qa6 {Black is in zugzwang 29...Ne8
!? } 30.cxd5 cxd5 31.Be2 {!} Qb6 32.h5 {!} Nxh5 33.Bxh5 gxh5
34.Rg7 Ke8 35.Qe2 {+/-} Bf8 36.Rh7 a4 37.Nc5 b3 38.a3 Rc7
39.Rg1 Rbc8 40.Rh8 h4 41.Qd3 Rxc5 42.dxc5 Qc6 43.Qf3 Qb5
44.Rc1 Kd7 45.Rh7 Ke8 46.Rxf7 {!} Kxf7 47.Qh5+ Ke7 48.Bxh4+
Kd7 49.Qf7+ Kc6 50.Qxe6+ Kb7 51.Qxd5+ Qc6 52.Qf7+ Ka6 53.Qxf5
1-0

[Event "Cal Chess Season Opener"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Kichinski"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4
Bf5 5.Bd3 e6 6.Qf3 Bxe4 7.Qxe4 Nf6 8.Qh4 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O
h6 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.Rfe1 O-O-O 13.Ne5 g5 14.Qh3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd5
16.Qh5 Bc5 17.a3 Bd4 18.Qe2 Bxb2 19.Rab1 Bxa3 20.Rb3 Bc5
21.Reb1 b6 22.c4 Nf4 23.Bxf4 gxf4 24.Qf3 Rd4 25.Be4 Rxc4
26.Bd3 Rd4 27.Ba6+ Kb8 28.Rc3 Rd5 29.Qxf4 Rxe5 30.Qf6 Rd8
31.Qxh6 Rf5 32.Qc1 Bxf2+ 33.Kh1 c5 34.Rcb3 Bd4 35.Be2 Rf2
36.Bf3 Rh8 {White resigned, not wanting to see 37.h3 Rxh3+! on
the board.} 0-1

[Event "U.S. Open"]
[Site "Alexandria VA"]
[Date "1994.08.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Gabriel Schwartzman"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller. This game featured a major upset
in the U.S. Open. Gabriel Schwartzman is a very talented young
Grandmaster but he runs into a creative sacrifice in this
game.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 {The old Steinitz variation
is enjoying renewed popularity these days. A game between
Kasparov and Short at the 1994 Euwe Memorial in Amsterdam had
made a deep impression on me, and I was hoping to make use of
a plan involving h4, Rh3-g3 and a kingside attack that worked
well for Kasparov.} Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Qd2
{The pawn sacrifice offered by this move has rarely been
tested in the tournament arena. I was quite surprised when
Schwartzman accepted it.} Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.dxc5 {This was my
own idea. 10.Be2 was recommended in an old book by Harding,
but it did not impress me at all. I decided to eliminate the
dark-squared bishops and use Kasparov's attacking formation on
the kingside.} Bxc5 11.Bxc5 Qxc5 12.Bd3 a6 13.h4 Nb6 {13...Qe7
would have made it harder for me to justify the investment of
the pawn.} 14.Rh3 {!} Nc4 15.Bxc4 Qxc4 16.a3 {! This is a very
important move. I need to free the knight from the need to
hang around at c3 just to defend the poor pawn.} b5 17.Ne2 Bd7
18.Nfd4 {! This eliminates the enemy knight, and I have a
decent endgame even without the pawn, because Black is left
with a very bad bishop.} Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Rc8 20.Rbb3 {! There are
two points to this move. One is to be ready to transfer to the
kingside at a moment's notice, and the other, more subtle,
will be revealed shortly.} O-O 21.Rhg3 f6 {Standard French
counterply.} 22.f5 {!? I hadn't worked out all the tactics
here. But I had a great deal of confidence and had seen some
pleasant long variations, beginning at move 27!} exf5 {This
fell in with my plans. But what about the alternative? Could I
have held the position following:} ( 22...fxe5 23.Qh6 Rf7
24.Rb4 Qc5 {!} ( 24...Qc3+ {?!} 25.Rxc3 gxh6 26.Rg3+ Kh8
27.fxe6 Re7 28.exd7 exd4+ 29.Kd2 Rxd7 30.Rxd4 ) 25.fxe6 Re7
{!} 26.exd7 exd4+ 27.Kf1 Rxd7 ( 27...Rf8+ 28.Kg1 d3+ 29.Kh2
Kh8 {! 29...dxc2? allows 30.Rbg4! with devastating threats at
g7!} ( 29...Rxd7 30.cxd3 $15 ) 30.Qf4 {!} Rxd7 ( 30...Rxf4
31.d8=Q+ ) 31.Qg4 Rdf7 ( 31...dxc2 {!} 32.Qxd7 g6 $19 )
32.cxd3 Qc1 {It might not have been easy, but neither would it
have been a simple matter to find all these moves at the
board!} 33.a4 {keeps White in the game. A draw is quite
possible.} ) 28.Qe6+ Rf7+ 29.Rf3 Rcf8 {! White has no good
moves.} 30.h5 Qxc2 31.Qxd5 {is still extremely
complicated. Black gets connected passed pawns after} Qc1+
32.Kf2 Qxa3 {! The rook at f7 and the rook at f3 are both
pinned!!} 33.Rxd4 Qe7 {!} ( 33...b4 {?} 34.Qxf7+ {!} Rxf7
35.Rd8+ Rf8 36.Rdxf8# ) 34.Rdf4 {What a crazy position! Black
cannot unpin without dropping a rook except by getting the
king to g7.} b4 ( 34...g6 35.h6 b4 36.Kg1 {! breaks the pin.}
a5 37.Rxf7 Rxf7 38.Rxf7 Qxf7 39.Qd8+ Qf8 40.Qd5+ Kh8 41.Qe5+
Kg8 42.Qd5+ {draws.} ) 35.Kg1 {!} h6 36.g4 Qe1+ 37.Kg2 Qe8
38.Rxf7 ( 38.Qc4 a5 39.Qd5 a4 40.Rxf7 Rxf7 41.Rxf7 Qxf7
42.Qa8+ Kh7 43.Qe4+ Kh8 44.Qxb4 Qa2+ 45.Kf1 Qa1+ 46.Ke2 a3
47.Qf8+ Kh7 48.Qf5+ Kg8 49.Qe6+ Kf8 50.Qc8+ {It is doubtful
that the king can find shelter.} ) Rxf7 39.Rxf7 Qxf7 40.Qa8+
Qf8 41.Qxa6 b3 42.Qb7 Qf7 43.Qa8+ Kh7 44.Qe4+ Kh8 45.Qa8+ Qg8
46.Qb7 Qc4 {! Black controls e4, so White can't attack the
Black king when it is at h7.} ) 23.Rbc3 {! A critical
preparatory move before the real attack begins.} Qa4 {The rest
of the game is virtually forced.} ( 23...Qa2 24.Qh6 Rf7 25.e6
{! is crushing.} Re8 26.Rce3 Bxe6 27.Nxe6 Rfe7 28.Rxg7+ {wraps
things up.} ) 24.Qh6 Rf7 25.exf6 {!} g6 {Forced, but Black's
defenses cannot hold.} 26.Rxg6+ {!! The rook is sacrificed for
two pawns and a tremendous attack.} hxg6 27.Qxg6+ Kf8 28.Qh6+
{The attack plays itself!} Ke8 29.Qh8+ Rf8 30.Re3+ Kd8
31.Qxf8+ Kc7 32.Qc5+ Kb8 33.Qd6+ Rc7 34.Rc3 Qa5 35.Qxc7+
{Black resigned, because once the pieces come off, the f-pawn
promotes. Black is powerless to prevent it.} 1-0

[Event "Cal Chess Season Opener"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mike Janniro"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Rc1 c4 11.b3 {!?} Ba3 {Perhaps not
best, as White gets sufficient compensation for the exchange.}
12.bxc4 {!} Bxc1 13.Qxc1 Ne7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Ne4
{!? 16.e4 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Bxa2 18.Qb2 Bc4 } f5 17.Nc5 Rc8 18.Qg5+
{!} Qxg5 19.Nxg5 Nc3 20.Ngxe6 fxe6 21.e3 {#} Rxc5 {There is
nothing better, but the active position of the N provides some
compensation for the pawn.} 22.dxc5 Rc8 23.Bxb7 Rxc5 24.Ra1
Kf7 25.Kf1 Rb5 {!} 26.Bf3 Ra5 27.a3 Nb5 28.a4 Nc3 29.Bc6 Ra6
30.Bb7 Rxa4 31.Rc1 Ra3 {!} 32.Ke1 Rb3 {!} 33.Ba6 Rb1 34.Rxb1
Nxb1 35.f3 Nc3 {=/+} 36.Kd2 Nd5 37.h3 Kf6 38.Ke2 Ke5 39.f4+
Kd6 40.g4 fxg4 41.hxg4 {=} Nb4 42.Bb5 a6 {?! This just makes
it easier for the White K to get to.} 43.Ba4 Nd5 44.Kd3 h6
45.Kd4 Nb6 46.Bb3 Nd7 47.Kc4 e5 48.Kb4 exf4 49.exf4 Nc5 50.Bc2
Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch-Israel(men), 1/4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yelena Dembo"]
[Black "Raanan Palaj"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 {Notes by Yelena Dembo.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3
b5 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. Qg3 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. f5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3
{15. cxd3 Qb6+ -+ } 15... exf5 {15... d5 16. fxe6 [16. exd5
Bd6 [16... exf5 17. Bf4 +/- ] 17. h3 exd5 18. Bg5 +/= ]
16... dxe4 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Nxe4 Bb7 19. Ng5 +/- } 16. exf5
d5 17. Bf4 {17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bb7 White has sufficient
compensation for material deficit } 17... Bd6 18. Nb5 Bc5+ {?
18... Qb6+ ! 19. N5d4 unclear 19. Be3 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Ng4+ -+ }
19. Kh1 Qc6 20. Nxc5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qxb5 Ne4 {?!
22... Bxf5 23. Be5 +/= } 23. f6 {!?} Nxc5 {? 23... Nxf6
24. Be5 [24. Bd6 Re8 25. h3! +/= [25. Rxf6 Qc6!! -+] ]
24... Ne4 25. Bd4 +/=} 24. Qxc5 {+/-} Qa6 25. Re1 Be6
{25... Qxf6 26. Bd6 ! Rd8 [26... Qh4 27. Qc3 +- ] 27. Be7 Re8
28. Qb5 !! Rxe7 29. Qe8+ ! } 26. Qe3 {26. fxg7 +- } 26... g6
27. Bd6 {!} 1-0

[Event "Lakes Region Chess Club Open"]
[Site "Gilford, NH"]
[Date "1994.07.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Philip F Salathe Jr"]
[Black "John A Curdo"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1525"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 { This is not a great game, but it has some historical
significance: it was the opening win in John Curdo's 4-0 sweep
of the Lakes Region Chess Club Open, which in turn was his
500th first-place victory (as referenced in Larry Eldridge's
article "Forty Years at the Top" on Chesscafe.com). Curdo is
widely believed to hold the all-time record in tournament
victories, and if that's true, this was a historic occasion --
no one had ever broken the 500-win mark before. I had just
earned a draw against Curdo in the pre-tournament simul, so he
didn't have to wait long to exact revenge! I'm normally a 1 e4
player, but got spooked by Curdo's comprehensive knowledge of
the open games... } f5 { So instead we ended up with a
Staunton Gambit, an opening I knew next to nothing about! }
2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 g6 5. f3 d5 6. Qd2 Bg7 7. O-O-O
O-O 8. Bh6 Nc6 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. fxe4 dxe4 11. Nge2 Bg4 12. h3
Bxe2 13. Bxe2 e5 14. d5 Nd4 15. Bc4 Qd7 16. Rhe1 b5 17. Bb3 a5
18. a4 Nxb3+ 19. cxb3 bxa4 20. bxa4 Rab8 21. Kb1 Rb4 22. Re3
Rfb8 23. g4 h6 24. Qc2 Rc4 25. Qd2 Rd4 26. Qc2 Rbb4 27. b3 c6
28. dxc6 Qxc6 29. Qb2 Qb6 { White resigned. Afterward Curdo
suggested that my resignation was a bit premature, saying that
30. Kc2 might have held out for a few more moves. I wish I'd
given him more of a game, but I'm proud to have been a part of
chess history, however slight! } 0-1

[Event "Lakes Region Chess Club Simul"]
[Site "Gilford, NH"]
[Date "1994.07.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John A Curdo"]
[Black "Philip F Salathe Jr"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "1525"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 { This simul game was played in the early morning prior
to the Lakes Region Chess Club Open, which proved to be John
Curdo's 500th tournament victory (he won 4-0). } d5 2. exd5
Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 { I'd
checked Curdo's book "Chess Caviar" before the game, and
discovered that he favored this line, which seemed to me (and
still seems) to lead only to equality. } Nb6 8. Bb3 Nfxd5
9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O e6 11. d4 Bd6 { We simul participants
were allotted three "passes" per game, and I took my first
pass here, making sure there were no White threats on the
e-file before playing 11...Bd6. Perhaps 11...Be7 is better. }
12. c4 Nf6 13. c5 Be7 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. f4 Qd7 16. Be3 O-O-O
17. Kh1 h5 18. Qf3 h4 { 18...c6 was Arthur Bisguier's
suggestion when I showed him this game at a tournament in
Vermont. } 19. c6 bxc6 20. Ne2 h3 21. Ng3 hxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Bh5
23. Nxh5 Rxh5 24. Ba4 Rdh8 25. Bg1 Qd5 26. Bxc6 Qxf3+ 27. Bxf3
Ra5 28. a3 Nd5 29. b4 { I took my second "pass" here, looking
for nonexistent mate threats. } Nxf4+ 30. Kg3 Nh5+ 31. Bxh5
Bd6+ 32. Kg2 Raxh5 33. Rxf7 Bxh2 34. Rxg7 Bd6 35. Re1 a5
36. Rxe6 axb4 37. axb4 Bxb4 38. Reg6 Rd8 39. Bh2 Bd6 40. Bxd6
Rxd6 41. Rxd6 cxd6 42. Kf3 Ra5 43. Ke4 Rh5 44. Rf7 Ra5 45. Rf5
Rxf5 46. Kxf5 d5 { The only drawing line -- not a bad catch
for a teenaged C-player! } 47. Ke6 Kd8 48. Kd6 Kc8 49. Kxd5
Kd7 50. Kc5 Kc7 51. d5 Kd7 52. d6 Kd8 53. Kc6 Kc8 54. d7+ Kd8
55. Kd6 { Curdo made this last move with a wink and a wry
smile -- clearly he'd wanted to check my knowledge of K+P
endgames. I was pleased to pass the old master's test with
flying colors! If memory serves, Curdo's final score at this
simul was something like +7 -2 =2. He had his revenge on me
soon enough, as we were paired in the opening round of the
tournament that followed. (I lost meekly in thirty moves.) }
1/2-1/2

[Event "Atlanta Action Tournament"]
[Site "Atlanta, Georgia"]
[Date "1994.08.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bill Melvin"]
[Black "Robert Cunningham"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 {Notes by Bill Melvin.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7
5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. Bd3 Ba4 {Okay, I admit
it, I was out of book with 8. Bd3. Looks like I do not have
too good a feel for this position as 8. ... Ba4 took me
totally by surprise. Turns out I was supposed to play
8. a4. Why? I am not sure...perhaps to stop 8. ... Ba4? My
danger sense went off around here and I felt that I was about
to receive a lesson.} 9. O-O Qa5 10. Bd2 Nbc6 11. c4 Qc7 {This
is action chess and I do not care to get crushed positionally
by some French guru. The problem with big centers is: the
bigger they are the harder they fall. Mine is about to
fall. Unfortunately for my opponent, someone should have
posted a sign that read: Danger: Beware of Falling Centers.}
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. dxc5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 {My position does
not inspire confidence. Pawn structures do not get a lot worse
than mine. But, I have a development lead and not a whole lot
to lose so...} 15. Qg4 Bc6 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. c4 Nf6 {It looked
necessary to kick the Knight back to f6 before taking the
g-Pawn. Otherwise, black simply castles Queenside and mauls me
down the g-file.} 18. Qxg7 {No turning back now!} 18... Rg8
19. Rxe6+ fxe6 {Well, shoot. I cannot play 20. Qxc7 because of
20. ... Rxg2+ 21. Kh1 Rg7+ 22. Qxc6 bxc6 when I am down an
Exchange. I did not see this when I played 18. Qg7 or
19. Rxe6+. If only I could block the g-file...} 20. Bg6+ Kd8
21. Qxf6+ Qe7 22. Ba5+ b6 23. Rd1+ Bd7 {Yikes. Everything is
hanging with no way to break through. If 24. Qf3 then
24... Kc7 and I will soon be down a full Rook. Not exactly a
storybook ending. If only Mr. Magoo were here. Wait... what is
that? It is--it is Mr. Magoo!} 24. cxb6 Qxf6 25. b7+ {Get a
look at that final position! I am down a Queen and an
exchange, but it is forced checkmate. The ending would have
been 25... Ke7 26. Bb4+! (another move I did not see until
move 24) Kd8 27. bxa8=Q Kc7 28. Ba5#. This was easily the best
combination I have ever played. Incredibly, I still had around
15 of my original 30 minutes left on my clock. Somewhere,
Mr. Magoo is smiling.} 1-0

[Event "I Circuito do Sol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dirk Dagobert van Riemsdijk"]
[Black "Luiz Gentil Jr"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 d3 5. c4 g6 6. Bxd3 Bg7
7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Nc3 Qh5 12. Qf1
Ne5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qc5 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Nb5 Bd7
17. Nxa7 Qxb2 18. Rdb1 Qe5 19. Rxb7 Ba4 20. Rab1 Nxe4 21. R1b4
Nc3 22. Bd2 Qa5 23. Bc6 Rxa7 24. Rxa4 Qxa4 25. Bxa4 Rxb7
26. Bxc3 Bxc3 27. Bb5 Bd4 28. Qe2 Ra7 29. a4 Bc5 30. h4 Rfa8
31. h5 gxh5 32. Qxh5 Rxa4 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qg5+
Kf8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Bc6 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Bd4 39. g3 R8a2 40. Qg5+
Kf8 41. Qg4 Rxf2+ 42. Bg2 Raa2 43. Qxd4 Rxg2+ 44. Kh3 f6
45. c5 h5 46. g4 {Black wins} 0-1

[Event "Aberto do Brasil"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "2014.12.04"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Carlos Alejandro Martinez"]
[Black "Gilberto Milos"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c3 b6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Ba6 11. Nf1 Qd7 12. h4 Ne5 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Ne3 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Nc4 Ng4 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. Re1 Nc6 19. a4 d5 20. Na3 h6 21. Bc1 e5 22.
Nh2 Nxh2 23. Kxh2 e4 24. Qh5 Ne5 25. dxe4 fxe4 26. Bf4 Rf5 27. Qd1 Nd3 28. Nb5
{Milos analyzed the spetacular 28 Bh3 Nxf2 29 Bxf5 Qxf5 30 Qb3 Qh3+ 31 Kg1
Qh1+ 32 Kxf2  Qh2+ 33 Ke3 d4+ 34 cxd4 cxd4 checkmate.} Nxf4 29. Bxe4 Rfe5 30.
gxf4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 0-1


[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen SUI"]
[Date "1995.10.26"]
[EventDate "1995.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
b6 5. a3 Bf8 {Black has chosen an anti-intuitive system in
which he not only postpones the development of his pieces, but
also retreats to the back rank the only piece he has so far
developed. This is the kind of defence calculated to enrage
the classically minded Kasparov. The virtues of Black's system
are its solidity and the potential mobility of his queenside
pawn mass. } 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 {Played to cramp
Black's kingside, but Black, following the Nimzowitsch
example, has not yet committed himself to castling on either
flank. } 8...a5 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4 {An artificial decision. In
the further course of play this bishop becomes a target for
Black's advancing pawns thus involving White in a serious loss
of time and space. It seems more sensible to play 10 Bd3 with
the plan of Ne2 and c3. After 10 Bd3 White can meet 10...c5
with 11 Nb5 Nec6 12 dxc5 bxc5 13 c4, exploiting his lead in
development. Black's best after 10 Bd3 is doubtless 10...Ba6
when White could try 11 Bf4 Bxd3 12 cxd3 sacrificing pawn
structure for dynamic chances in the c-file. } 10...Nd7
11. Ne2 b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. O-O Qc7 {In spite of his
lack of development, Black's position is rich in resources. He
clearly, for example, possesses the initiative on the queen's
flank. Kasparov's next move is a further waste of time. His
plan should be to attack Black's position by utilising the
White f-pawn as a battering ram. To that end White's most
promising course is 15 Nh2 followed immediately by f4 and f5
when White's knights, after due preparation with Be3, can then
gallop directly to aggressive squares such as f4 and g4. }
15. Re1 c4 16. Bc2 Nb6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Bg3 Rb8 19. Nh2 {At
last, but the force of the f4-advance has been weakened by
White's displacement of his queen's rook. } 19...Qd8 {A
mysterious defensive move. The only justification I can see
for it is that Black wishes to remove his queen from the
potential long term range of White's dark-squared bishop.}
20. Ng4 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 {White could still eliminate
all risk by playing 22 b3 at once when 22...bxc3 23 Nxc3 Bb4
can be met by 24 Re3. } 22...Nxb4 23. Bb1 Bd7 {The critical
moment. White now mistimes his effort to eliminate his one
queenside weakness, the b-pawn. By playing instead 24 Qd2 he
would maintain the balance of the position. In particular,
Black could not then complete his mobilisation with 24...O-O
on account of possible sacrifices against the h6-pawn
introduced with 25 Bf4. Note, however, that White cannot
sacrifice at once with 25 Nxh6+ gxh6 26 Qxh6 on account of
26...Nd3. } 24. b3 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. bxc4 Nxc4 {Black's
knights have seized dominating posts. } 27. Nc1 Ba4 {White's
pieces are in a terrible tangle and it suddenly transpires
that he cannot defend his pawn on d4. } 28. Qe2 Qa7 29. Ne3
Qxd4 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Qf1 {A counsel of despair. } 31...O-O
{At long last Black completes his mobilisation. This is one of
the later instances of castling in a grandmaster game and with
Black's king now in safety, Kasparov decided to resign. White
is only a pawn down, but the advance of Black's passed c-pawn
will inevitably cost White a piece.} 0-1

[Event "Training Tournament"]
[Site "Foster City CA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Mike Arne"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller. As I was finishing work on a
book about Rudolph Spielmann, I took part in one of the
regular all-Master training tournaments held monthly in the
San Francisco area. I found myself paired with a very strong
opponent, Mike Arne, 2400 FIDE. Since we were due to meet a
few weeks later in an IM norm tournament, I decided that I
shouldn't play my special preparation for him. Naturally with
so much Spielmann on my mind I turned to one of his favorite
lines, the Worral Attack in the Spanish Game. My preparation
consisted solely of annotating a few games for that book, and
the choice was made at the board. So this game shows that it
is not necessary to study a lot of opening theory as White in
the Spanish Game. All that is needed is some basic concepts,
and either courage or recklessness!} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 { 5...Be7 6.O-O O-O ? is a blunder: 7.Bxc6
dxc6 8.Nxe5 Qd4 9.Nf3 and if Qxe4 then 10.Qxe4 Nxe4 11.Re1
wins a piece. } 6.Bb3 Bc5 {The sharpest continuation. 6...Be7
7.c3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.d3 Bb7 This is a popular and conservative
defense, and has served Black well recently, for example in
Ehlvest vs. Anand, Riga 1995. } 7.c3 {I was in no mood for
quiet play with 7.d3, nor to face some of my own published
analyis after 7. a4!} O-O 8.O-O {I could have settled for
equality with 9.d3, but felt like taking a few chances.} d6 {
8...d5 9.exd5 [ 9.d3 is unclear, according to ECO. ] e4 10.Ng5
Bg4 11.Qe1 Ne5 12.d4 Nd3 13.Qe3 Bd6 14.Nxe4 Nxc1 15.Rxc1 Re8
16.f3 Bxh2+ 17.Kxh2 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Nxe4 Black had a good game in
Milev vs. Karaklajic, Belgrade 1957. } 9.h3 {This is prob ably
not necessary, as Black's bishop is headed to b7, but I wanted
to make sure it was kept off of g4, where the pin on the
knight would weaken my control of d4.} Bb7 10.Rd1 Re8 11.a4 b4
12.a5 Qb8 {?! In retrospect, this is an error. The simple
12...Qe7 would have given Black an equal game.} 13.d4 {!? This
is a deliberate sacrifice. I saw the Black forces huddled on
the queenside and felt that a pawn could safely be invested
for good attacking chances.} exd4 14.cxd4 Ba7 { 14...Rxe4 was
certainly playable, but I felt that I would then have
sufficient compensation. 15.Be3 !? Ba7 16.Nbd2 Re7 17.Qd3
White has g ood play for the pawn. Whether it is enough is not
entirely clear, but as a practical matter I would have been
satisfied with the position. } 15.e5 {!} d5 { 15...Nd7 16.Ng5
gives White a strong attack. 15...dxe5 16.dxe5 Nd8 17.Ng5
threatens Rxd8 followed by an assault at f7. 15...Re7 16.Bg5
Threatens to smash open the kingside. } 16.Qd3 {! Now Black
must try for complications.} Ne4 { 16...Nd7 17.Bxd5 Ne7 18.Bc4
is simple and strong. } 17.Bxd5 Nxf2 {The idea is that if
White captures the knight the pin the d4 allows captures at e5
with counterplay. Instead, I sacrifice a bishop and a rook to
go after the undefended Black king.} 18.Bxf7+ {!! 18.Kxf2 Nxe5
19.Qb3 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Nxf3 [ 20...c6 21.Qe4 Nxf3 22.Qxf3 Qd6
23.Be3 Re6 also provides a little counterplay. ] 21.gxf3 c5
leaves the White king vulnerable to attack. } Kxf7 19.Qf5+ Kg8
20.Ng5 Nxd1 { 20...Nxh3+ would have put up more
resistance. 21.Qxh3 Bxd4+ 22.Rxd4 Nxd4 23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.Qh8+
Ke7 25.Qxg7+ Kd8 26.Be3 Nf5 27.Qf6+ Ne7 28.Qe6 wins for
White. } 21.Qxh7+ Kf8 22.Qh8+ Ke7 23.Qxg7+ Kd8 24.Nf7+ Kd7
{This position looks great for White, but it is not so
simple.} 25.e6+ {! 25.Nd6+ Re7 26.Qg4+ Re6 and unfortunately
the d-pawn, being pinned, cannot advance to d5. 25.Ng5+ Kc8
25.Bg5 Bxd4+ 26.Kh1 Nf2+ 27.Kh2 Ne7 } Kxe6 {Now there is a
long series of forced moves.} 26.Ng5+ Kd5 27.Qd7+ {If the
Black king is allowed to capture the d-pawn, then the next
time it moves it will expose the White king to check from the
bishop at a7, and that may, in some circumstances, give Black
enough time to regroup.} Kc4 28.Nd2+ Kd3 29.Qf5+ {!} Kxd4
{Surely there is a mating net here! There is, but it involves
a problem-like move.} 30.Ngf3+ {! 30.Ndf3+ Kc4+ would have
prolonged the game. } Ke3 31.Kf1 {!! A quiet king move ends
the spectacular combination. Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "EUCup Gr4"]
[Site "Tyniste"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Yona Kosashvili"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Qe7 11. Bb2 Rfd8
12. Rfd1 c5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. a4 Rac8 15. Qc2 cxd4 16. exd4
Qb4 17. Nd2 Qd6 18. Qb3 Qc6 19. Bf1 Nf8 20. a5 Ng6 21. Nb1 Nf4
22. f3 Nd7 23. a6 Ba8 24. Na3 Nf8 25. Nb5 Qd7 26. Qe3 N4g6
27. Ba3 Ne7 28. Nd6 Rc6 29. c5 Nd5 30. Qd2 Rc7 31. Rab1 Ng6
32. Bd3 Nge7 33. Be4 Bc6 34. Rdc1 Rb8 35. h4 b5 36. Bd3 Nc8
37. Qa5 Qe7 38. Nxb5 Qxh4 39. Qe1 Qxe1+ 40. Rxe1 Bxb5 41. Rxb5
Rxb5 42. Bxb5 Nce7 43. Bc4 Kf8 44. Rb1 Ke8 45. Rb8+ Rc8
46. Bb5+ Kd8 47. Rb7 Rc7 48. c6 Nc8 49. Bf8 g5 50. Ba3 h6
51. Kh2 f6 52. Bc5 h5 53. Ba4 h4 54. Bb3 Rxc6 55. Bxa7 Rxa6
56. Bc5 Nd6 57. Bxd5 exd5 58. Bxd6 Rxd6 59. Kh3 Rd7 60. Rb5
Ke7 61. f4 gxf4 62. Kxh4 Ke6 63. Kg4 Rg7+ 64. Kxf4 Rxg2
65. Rb6+ Kf7 66. Rb7+ Kg6 67. Rd7 Rg5 68. Kf3 Rh5 69. Kf4 Rf5+
70. Kg4 Rh5 71. Kg3 Kh6 72. Kg4 Rg5+ 73. Kf4 Kg6 74. Kf3 Rh5
75. Kg3 {3:20 - 3:10} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Colorado Open"]
[Site "Denver, Colorado"]
[Date "1995.09.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Lucky"]
[Black "Todd Bardwick"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "286"]

1.e4 {This game lasted exactly 12 hours (with no adjornment),
and is unofficially the longest continuous master game in the
history of the U.S.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5
6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.g3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Kf2 g5 11.h3 gxf4
12.Bxf4 f6 13.Kg2 Be7 14.Rh2 Nf8 15.Kh1 Bd7 16.exf6 Bxf6
17.Rd2 O-O-O 18.Rc1 Be8 19.Rc5 a6 20.Qe2 Kd7 21.Ne5+ Bxe5
22.Bxe5 Nxe5 23.Qxe5 Ng6 24.Qg7+ Kd6 25.Bg2 Rd7 26.Qf6 Rf8
27.Rxd5+ Kc7 28.Rxd7+ Bxd7 29.Rc2+ Kb8 30.Qg7 Qd6 31.Qxh7 Ne7
32.Qe4 Nd5 33.Qe5 Qxe5 34.dxe5 Ne3 35.Rd2 Bb5 36.g4 Kc7 37.b3
a5 38.a4 Nxg2 39.axb5 Ne3 40.Rd3 Nd5 41.Rf3 Rb8 42.Rf7+ Kb6
43.Nf3 Rc8 44.g5 Rh8 45.h4 Ne3 46.Kh2 Nf5 47.Kh3 Kxb5 48.Rxb7+
Kc6 49.Rf7 Kd5 50.g6 Ke4 51.Rh7 Rg8 52.Ng5+ Kxe5 53.h5 Rb8
54.Nf3+ Kf4 55.Nd2 Rd8 56.Nc4 Rd3+ 57.Kh2 Rxb3 58.Rf7 Kg5
59.g7 Nh6 60.Rf8 a4 61.Rh8 Rb7 62.Rxh6 Rxg7 63.Rh8 Rc7 64.Ne5
a3 65.Kg3 a2 66.Nf3+ Kf6 67.Ra8 Rc5 68.h6 Kg6 69.Rxa2 Kxh6
70.Kf4 Rf5+ 71.Kg4 Kg7 72.Re2 Kf6 73.Nd4 Re5 74.Rf2+ Kg6
75.Nf3 Re4+ 76.Kg3 Ra4 77.Ne5+ Kg5 78.Rf8 Rb4 79.Kf3 Ra4
80.Ke3 Rb4 81.Nf3+ Kg6 82.Nd4 Rb1 83.Kf4 Rf1+ 84.Nf3 Kg7
85.Ra8 Kf6 86.Ra6 Rb1 87.Nd2 Rb7 88.Ne4+ Ke7 89.Nc5 Rb1 90.Ke5
Re1+ 91.Ne4 Kd7 92.Rd6+ Ke7 93.Rxe6+ { Start of 50-move draw
count. } Kd7 94.Rh6 Kc7 95.Kd5 Rd1+ 96.Kc4 Kd7 97.Rg6 Ke7
98.Ra6 Kf7 99.Nc3 Rd2 100.Nd5 Rd1 101.Rd6 Kg7 102.Kc5 Rd2
103.Re6 Kf7 104.Kd6 Rd1 105.Re2 Kg6 106.Ke6 Rg1 107.Nf4+ Kg7
108.Ke7 Rg4 109.Re4 Rg1 110.Re6 Rg5 111.Rf6 Ra5 112.Rg6+ Kh7
113.Rg4 Ra7+ 114.Kf6 Ra6+ 115.Ne6 Rb6 116.Rh4+ Kg8 117.Ra4 Kh7
118.Ra8 Rd6 119.Ra1 Rb6 120.Ra2 Rd6 121.Rh2+ Kg8 122.Rh6 Ra6
123.Kf5 Ra5+ 124.Kg6 Ra6 125.Kh5 Ra1 126.Rf6 Rh1+ 127.Kg6 Rg1+
128.Ng5 Rg2 129.Re6 Kf8 130.Re1 Rg4 131.Re3 Rg1 132.Kf6 Rf1+
133.Nf3 Ra1 134.Nd4 Rf1+ 135.Nf5 Rf2 136.Ra3 Ke8 137.Rd3 Rf1
138.Rd2 Rf4 139.Ke5 Rf1 140.Nd6+ Ke7 141.Ra2 Re1+ 142.Ne4 Kf7
143.Ra7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel, Switzerland"]
[Date "1995.07.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julian Michael Hodgson"]
[Black "Stefan E S Kindermann"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.b3 e5 7.Ba3
Be7 8.Rc1 Nba6 9.Nf3 f6 10.O-O O-O 11.e3 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4
Bf7 14.Nh4 Rb8 15.Nf5 Re8 16.d4 exd4 17.exd4 Bf8 18.dxc5 Bxc5
19.Bb2 Qxd1 20.Rfxd1 Bf8 21.Ne4 Red8 22.Ned6 b6 23.Nxf7 Kxf7
24.Bf1 Bc5 25.Bc4+ Kf8 26.a3 b5 27.Bf1 Ne6 28.b4 Bb6 29.Bxb5
Nac7 30.Bf1 Nd5 31.Nd4 Nxd4 32.Bxd4 Nf4 33.Bxb6 axb6 34.a4
Rxd1 35.Rxd1 Ra8 36.Ra1 Ke7 37.a5 bxa5 38.bxa5 Kd6 39.a6 Kc5
40.Ra5+ Kd6 41.a7 Kc7 42.Ra4 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel, Switzerland"]
[Date "1995.08.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lucas Brunner"]
[Black "Julian Michael Hodgson"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.e3 d5 6.Nxd5 Nxd5
7.cxd5 Nb4 8.d3 O-O 9.a3 Nxd5 10.Nf3 Re8 11.O-O Bb6 12.b3 Bg4
13.Bb2 Qd6 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Nh4 Rad8 17.Nxg6 Qxg6 18.Qe2
Nf6 19.Bxb7 h5 20.Be4 Qg5 21.Kh2 hxg4 22.Rg1 Qh5 23.Rg3 Re6
24.Kg1 Nxe4 25.dxe4 Red6 26.Bc3 Rd3 27.Rc1 Qh7 28.Qxg4 f6
29.Kh2 Kh8 30.Bb4 c5 31.Bxc5 Bxc5 32.Rxc5 g5 33.Rc6 Qf7 34.Qf5
Kg7 35.Kg2 R3d6 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.h4 Qg6 38.hxg5 Qxf5 39.exf5
{Ribli} 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Simon Kim Williams"]
[Black "Christopher Ward"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Bc2 Bg7
7. O-O Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a6
12. Kh1 Re8 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rae1 Qc7 { Black usually has his
bishop on e7 in this line and then plays Bf8-g7 so he is two
tempi ahead.} 15. Nd5 Qb8 16. f4 e6 17. Nc3 e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5
19. Qg5 Ned7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rf1
Ne5 24. Nc6 Qc7 (24... Nxc6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qf6+) 25. Nxe5
Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qf6 Re8 28. Bd3 Qe7 29. h4 Qxf6
30. Rxf6 Rd8 31. g4 Kg7 32. g5 h6 {This draw secured an IM
norm for Simon Williams.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GM Open"]
[Site "Groningen "]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gerlef Meins"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5
5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.b3 Re8 {A worthy
alternative to the normal 9...Ne4.} 10.Bb2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bc5 {
This is technically a novelty, but it was suggested in a 1993
book by Keilhack.} 12.Nf3 { The capture on c6 also comes into
consideration, though it is nothing special.} Bg4 13.Rc1 Bb6
14.Na4 Qe7 { This is my own idea. The plan is to offer the
d-pawn as a sacrifice for rapid development. I worked this out
last year, but had not reviewed the analysis, since 9.b3 is
rather rare against the Tarrasch these days.} 15.e3 { If
15.Nxb6 axb6 White has pawns hanging at e2 and a2.} Ne4 {This
is a rea l sacrifice, since White can actually consider taking
the pawn at d5, after which Black has a between 16...Rad8 and
16...Nb4. I believe that practical chances justify the
investment, but the complications need to be worked out by
objective analysis. What follows are just some preliminary
post-game thoughts.} 16.h3 {This looks like strong move, since
if the bishop retreats, the power of the pin is
lessened. Black, however, has other plans. 16.Qxd5 Nb4 looked
good to me during the game, but maybe it fails to a maniacally
tactical line. 17.Qe5 Qxe5 18.Nxe5 Bf5 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Rc4 Nd3
21.Rxe4 Nxb2 22.Nxb2 f5 23.Rf4 Rxe5 24.Nc4 Rd5 25.Nxb6 axb6
26.a4 b5 27.Rb4 and White is clearly better. } Nxf2 { A very
strong sacrifice, which gives Black a definite advantage.}
17.Rxf2 Bxf3 { The only correct continuation, since 17...Qxe3
fails to 18.Nxb6! and 17... Bxe3 18.hxg4 is too much of an
investment for Black.} 18.Bxf3 Bxe3 19.Nc3 Qg5 {There is no
need to capture either rook when the bishop is so strong.}
20.Kg2 d4 21.Nd5 Rad8 {At this point I thought the game was
simply winning, but White found a strong reply.} 22.Rc5 Bxf2
23.Kxf2 Ne5 { It took me far too long to work out the
complications, and I caught up to my opponent on time. Each of
us was down to 12 minutes. 23...Re3 I considered this move for
a while. Far too long, actually. The ensuing time pressure
would prove very costly indeed. 24.h4 Qe5 25.Kg2 and I just
could not find anything convincing for Black. Rxf3 26.Qxf3 Nb4
27.Qf5 Qe2+ 28.Kh3 Nd3 29.Rc8 was one line I looked at, but my
brain couldn't go any further than capturing the knight if
Black checks at f2. Nf2+ 30.Qxf2 Qe6+ 31.g4 Rxc8 32.Qxd4 and
now I am glad I didn't go into this line! } 24.Qxd4 { What a
picture! White has veiled threats against g7 and the move Ne7+
must always be attended to. Black does not seem to have much
of an attack, but in fact the attack continues.} Nxf3 {This
undermines the knight at d5 and exposes the White king. Each
of us is down to 8 minutes here.} 25.Kxf3 Qf5+ { Wrong
check. I missed the fact that the White knight is lost after
...a6 and ...b6, so that White cannot afford to exchange
queens. 25...Qh5+ 26.Qg4 Qxg4+ 27.hxg4 b6 28.Rb5 a6 29.Rxb6
Rxd5 30.Rxa6 Rd3+ 31.Kf4 Rd2 Black wins. I must admit that I
missed the entire line with ...b6 and ...a6. This would have
been a much more efficient line, but my move should also
win. } 26.Nf4 Rxd4 27.Rxf5 {Still, the position is completely
winning for Black.} Rd2 28.Bc3 Rxa2 29.Nh5 f6 {Now 30.Bxf6
fails to 30...g6!} 30.Rb5 { Ten moves to go and only 2 minutes
left, so I try to keep it simple.} Rd8 31.Nf4 Rc2 32.Be1 b6
33.h4 Rd1 {This rook should have stayed home, but I didn't see
any possible threat to my king.} 34.Bb4 Rf1+ 35.Kg4 g6 36.h5 {
Here all I had to do is play 36...Rb1, but with both flags
hanging I thought I saw a mating net.} Kg7 37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Rd5
{Now things are tougher, because the simple 38...Rc7 fails to
39.Ne6+. Checking at f5 was necessary.} Kh6 {Now White forces
mate, pattern I have never encountered. I just never saw it
coming.} 39.Bf8+ Kh7 40.Rd7+ Kg8 41.Nxg6 { At first I thought
I had won on time here, but I had forgotten to notate the
exchange at g6. Then I thought that the position was not
winning for me. Finally, it dawned on me that it was mate in
one! A tragedy but certainly an entertaining and theoretically
important game!} 1-0

[Event "CP.1995.S.00004"]
[Site "IECG"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "1996.09.09"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Adrian Rios"]
[Black "Gian Paolo Costantino"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. N1e2 e6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. c3 Nf6 10. Be3 {10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Bc4
b5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Qe7 14. O-O Bd3 15. Re1 Bc4 16. Nc7+
Kd8 17. Rxe7 Bxb3 --+} Nbd7 11. Bd3 {11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nfh5 Nd5
13. Bd2 g6 14. c4 gxh5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxh5 O-O-O 17. Bf4
Re8+ 18. Be2 Bd6 19. Be3 Be4 20.Kf1} Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Nd5 13. Qf3
{13. Bd2 b5 =} Nxe3 14. fxe3 Be7 15. O-O-O {15. h5 Qb6 16. e4
c5 17. d5 c4 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nf4 Qxb2 20. Rd1 Qb6 21. Qg4
Qe3+ 22. Kf1 Ne5 23. Qxg7 Qxf4+ 24. Ke1 Rf8 25. Rf1 Qe3+
26. Ne2 Nd3+ 27. Rxd3 cxd3} Qa5 16. Kb1 { 16. Nh5 Nf6
17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Qg3 Rg8} O-O 17. Nh5 { 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Ng5
hxg5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Qh3 Qh6 21. Qf3 Qg6 22. Qh3 Nh7} Qf5
18. Qe2 {18. Qxf5 exf5 oo} g6 {18... Nf6!?} 19. g4 {19. Ng3
Qb5} Qb5 20. Nhf4 { 20. Ng3 c5 21. h5 g5 22. d5 c4 23. Nf2 Ne5
24. d6 Bf6 25. Nge4 Bg7} Nf6 21. e4 {21. g5 Ne4} Nh7
{21... Kg7? 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nd7 24. Rh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh2+
Kg7 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Rh1 Qxg5 28. Qh7#; 23... Ng8 24. Qh2 Qxg5
25. Qh8# 21... c5 22. d5?! exd5 23. exd5 Bd6 24. g5 Rae8
25. Qg2 Ne4 26. gxh6 Nxc3+ 27. Ka1 Bxf4 28. Nxf4 Nxd1 29. Nxg6
Qxb2+ 30. Qxb2 Nxb2 31. Nxf8 Rxf8 32. Kxb2 Kh7; 22. e5?! Nd5
23. Nxc5 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Rfc8 26. b4 a5 27. Rd4
axb4 28. cxb4 Ra4; 22. g5! +-} 22. g5 {22. d5!? exd5 23. exd5
Bd6 24. Rhe1?! Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Rfe8 27. dxc6!?
bxc6 28. Rd6 Rxe2 29. Nxe2 Re8 30. Nd4 Re4 31. g5 hxg5
32. hxg5 Nxg5 33. Nxc6 Ne6 34. Nxa7 g5 35. Rd3 g4 36. b4 f5
37. b5 f4 38. b6 Nc5 39. Rd5 f3 40. Rxc5 f2 --+} h5 23. Rhg1
{23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. Qxh5 Nf6 25. Qf3 Nd7 26. Rdg1 Kg7 27. g6 f5
28. Nf4 fxe4 29. Nxe6+ Kg8 30.Qxe4Qf5} c5 {23... Kh8 24. Nxh5
gxh5 25. Qxh5 Ba3 26. c4? Qxc4 27. g6 fxg6 28. Qxg6?! Rg8
29. Qh5 Rxg1 --+; 28. Qe5+ Rf6 29. bxa3 Kg7 30. Nf4 Qb5+ --+;
26. Rd2! +--} 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5 {25. Nxd5!? Bd6 (25... Qd7
26. N3f4 +-) 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. gxf6 c4 (27... Be5 28. Qxh5
Bxf6 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Nxc5 Bxh4 31. Nxb7 Rae8 32. Rg4 +-)
28. Nf2 Be5 29. Rd5 Qe8 30. Qxc4 +-} Rae8 {25... Rfe8 26. Nxh5
gxh5?! 27. g6? fxg6 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qxg6 Rg8 -+; 27. Qxh5 +-;
26... Bf8 27. Qf3 gxh5 28. Qxh5 Bg7 29. g6 fxg6 30. Qxg6 Re7
(30... Qd7 31. Nxc5 Qf7 32. Ne6 Rxe6 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. dxe6+
Kf8 35. e7+ +--) 31. h5 Kh8 32. d6 +-; 25... Bd6 26. Nxh5 Rae8
27. Qf3 gxh5 28. g6? fxg6 29. Rxg6+ Kh8 30. Qxh5 c4 31. Rxd6
cxd3 32. Rh6 Re7 33. Rg1 Qe8 -+; 28. Qxh5 +-} 26. Qf3
{26. Nxh5 Bxg5!? 27. Qg4 Bf6 28. Ka1 (28. c4 Qb6 29. Nxf6+
Nxf6 30. Qg2 Re4 oo) 28... Re3 29. c4 Qb6 30. Nxf6+ Nxf6
+=/oo} c4 27. Nf2 Ba3 28. Rd2 Bc5 {28... Re5 29. Nxh5?! gxh5
30. Qxh5 Rfe8 -+ (30... Bc5?! 31. Ng4! Bxg1 32. Nxe5 Qe8
33. Re2 [33. Nxc4? Qe4+] +=; 30... Rxd5? 31. Rc2 Rfd8 32. Ng4
Be7 33. Nh6+ +--; 31. Ng4! Rxd2 32. Nf6+ +--; 30... Qb6?
31. Rg2 Re1+ 32. Nd1 Bc5 33. g6 +--); 29. d6?! Rd8 =+;
29. Ka1?! Bc5 30. d6 Rd8 =+; 29.Ne4! oo/+=} 29. d6 {29. Nxh5?!
gxh5!? (29... Bxf2!? 30. Rxf2 gxh5 31. Rd2 Rd8 -+) 30. Qxh5
Qd7 31. g6?! fxg6 32. Rxg6+ Kh8 33. Ng4 Rf1+ 34. Kc2Qf5+-+}
Re3 30. Qd5 { 30. Qg2 Rxc3 31. Nxh5 Bxf2 32. Rxf2 Rd3 33. Nf4
Rxd6 34. h5 Qf5+ 35. Ka1 Rfd8-+ } Rd8 31. a4 {31. d7 Re7=+;
31. Ne4?! Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Bxg1 33. Nxg6?! fxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kh8
35. Re2 Qd5 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. Qxe8+ Kg7 (37... Qg8!? 38. Qxh5
Qe6 39. g6 Qe4+ --+) 38. Qe7+ Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kf5 40. a3 Qxd6
41. Qf7+ Kg4 42. Qxh7 Qd1+ 43. Ka2 Qd3 44. Qxb7 Bf2 --+
Strategic considerations should be applied before pure tactics
and crude variations are exposed. White pieces are now better
placed than Black ones (Nh7 is out of play), so in midgame
White is better, but if Black manages to change a couple of
pieces (primarily Queens), then endgame is in Black favour
since h4 pawn is very week (it could be attacked laterally or
behind forcing White pieces to be passive; if White leaves h4
undefended, after h4 falls soon will fall g5, attacked by
Nh7); Nh7 could come back to play with Nf8-e6-g7-f5, attacking
h4. Play now could be: 31. .. Qc6! [better than 31... Qb6?!
32. Qxc4 Rf3 33. a5 Qxa5 34. b4 Qa4 35. Qxc5 Rxf4 36. Nd3 Rxh4
37. Qc7 Qd7 38. Ne5 winning; 34... Qa3? 35. Ra2 Rxc3 36. Qxc5
winning; 32... Rxd6 33. Nd5 winning; 31... Qa5 32. Qxc4 Rxd6
33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Nd5 Rf3 (34... Re5 35. Rd1 Re6 36. Ne4 White
is better; 35. Nf6+ !? Nxf6 36. gxf6 Bc5 37. Rxg6+ with strong
attack) 35. Ne4 Be5 with better play for White] and now if
32. Qxc6 bxc6 33. N2h3 (33. Rgd1? Rf3, followed by Be3 winning
a piece) 33.. . Rxd6 (followed by atack to h4 pawn; after h4
has fallen, g5 will soon fall, attacked by Nh7; in the
meantime W could attack and win Black's 'c' pawns, with a
complicated endgame with 2 or 3 passed pawns for each side
where Black should have a time advantage since White pawns
should fall sooner than Black ones) Black should be slightly
better; it should be better for White not to change Queens,
but on 32.Qxc4 follows Rxd6: strategic considerations are
similar to the previous ones, even if Queens are still in play
and, without Queen side weaknesses, an endgame is good for
Black; White has better placed pieces for the middle game, but
the are variations like 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Qd4 Qc5 forcing
Queen exchange, or 33. Rgd1 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Re1+ 35. Kc2 Bxf2
36. Qxc6 bxc6 37. Rxf2 Rh1 38.Ng2 Nf8 with idea Ne6, Ng7, Nf5
x h4 and Black is better} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkeley (Class Struggle)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Blohm"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 a6 4.Nf3 b5
5.a4 b4 6.Nb1 a5 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.O-O c5 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7
11.Qe2 Qb6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Nbd2 Qa6 14.Qxa6 Rxa6 15.Nc4 Nb6
16.Nxb6 Rxb6 17.Nd2 Nf6 18.Nc4 Ra6 19.f3 Nd7 {?! 19...O-O = }
20.Be3 O-O 21.Rad1 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.b3 Rc8 24.Rd5 Bd4 {!}
25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Rf2 Rac6 27.Rxd4 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.Rd5 Rc3
30.Rxa5 Rxb3 31.Rb5 Rb1+ 32.Kf2 b3 33.h4 b2 34.Kg3 Kg7 35.a5
Ra1 36.Rxb2 Rxa5 37.Rb7 e6 38.Rc7 Rb5 39.Ra7 Rc5 40.Rb7 Ra5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkeley (Class Struggle)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Houbein"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5
5.a3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Nd7 7.f4 e5 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.O-O Ne7 10.Be3 O-O
11.Qd2 Qe8 12.Rad1 Nf6 13.fxe5 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.exd6 cxd6
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Nf5 18.Qd2 Qc6 19.c3 Rab8 20.g4 Ng7 21.Ng5
Bxg2 22.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 23.Kxg2 f5 24.gxf5 Nxf5 25.Rde1 Rbe8
26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Kf2 Ne3 28.Rg1 Nc4 29.b3 Nd2 30.b4 Kg7 31.Rd1
Nc4 32.Kf3 {??} Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen (GM Open)"]
[Site "Groningen (GM Open)"]
[Date "1996.12.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Hania"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4
Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3
Ngf6 11.Bd2 e6 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.O-O-O c5 {Very
risky. Castling was better.} 15.Rhe1 cxd4 {This invites a
sacrifice, but I felt that the position did not hold
tremendous danger.} 16.Nxf7 d3 {! an important move which
deflects the White queen from e6.} 17.Qxd3 Kxf7 18.Qg6+ Kg8
19.Nf5 Bf8 20.Rxe6 Ne5 {!} 21.Qg3 Rc8 {!} 22.Bc3 Neg4 {! This
leads to a complicated endgame. The knight at g4 should fall
eventually, but in the meantime Black has time to
consolidate.} 23.Qxc7 Rxc7 24.f3 Nf2 25.Rd2 Bc5 {I had counted
on this move tetting me out of trouble, but had initially
overlooked White's reply.} 26.Bxf6 {!} Kf7 {! 26...gxf6
27.Rxf6 and White should win. } 27.Re7+ Bxe7 28.Bxe7 g6
29.hxg6+ Kxg6 30.g4 Nh3 31.Rd6+ Kf7 32.Rf6+ Ke8 33.Bd6 {The
knight on h3 does not seem particularly relevant, though it
does manage to get into the game later.} Rf7 34.Rg6 Kd7 35.Be5
Rhh7 36.Rd6+ Kc8 37.c4 Ng5 38.f4 Nf3 39.Re6 Nxe5 40.Rxe5 Rd7
{White is slightly better here, as the rooks have very little
scope.} 41.Re6 Rc7 42.b3 b5 43.Nxh6 bxc4 44.b4 {!} c3 {! This
move and the next are part of a plan to create the possibility
of a study-like draw.} 45.g5 Kb7 {!! This quiet move is the
key to Black's plan. Objectively the game is lost but there is
just once chance...} 46.f5 Rcg7 47.f6 Rxg5 48.f7 Rg1+ 49.Kc2
Rf1 50.Re7+ {! I had seen all this, and a bit more.} Kb6
51.f8=Q Rxf8 52.Rxh7 Rf2+ 53.Kxc3 Rxa2 {This was my best
chance. True, if White now plays Nf5 the position is still
lost. But I had been moving quickly, hoping for a little
imprecision. My opponent figured that the control of the 5th
rank is important, so played the knight to another
square. What a difference!} 54.Ng4 {? 54.Nf5 wins. } a5
55.Rh6+ Kb5 56.Rh5+ Kb6 57.b5 {Now White thought the position
is winning, but it is a draw!} Ra3+ 58.Kc2 Ra2+ 59.Kb3 Ra1 {!}
60.Ne3 {There is nothing better.} Rb1+ 61.Kc3 Rxb5 62.Nd5+
{The position is a draw, but White plays on a few moves before
letting reality sink in.} Ka7 63.Kc4 Rb1 64.Rh7+ Ka6 65.Rh6+
Kb7 66.Rh7+ Kc6 67.Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkeley"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Russell Wong"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 {Notes by Schiller} Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.d4 c5 5.f4
e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 a6 10.Qd2 b5 11.Be2
b4 12.Nd1 a5 13.Ne3 Nc5 14.Bf3 Ba6 15.f5 {?!} Ne4 16.Bxe4 Qh4+
17.Qf2 Qxe4 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.O-O-O Be7 20.h4 a4 21.b3 axb3
22.axb3 Rc8 23.Kb2 Bc5 24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.Nc4 Rxc4 {!} 26.bxc4
Qxe5+ 27.Kb1 Bxc4 28.Rhe1 Qd6 29.Qd4 { 29.Rxe6+ Qxe6 30.Re1
Qxe1+ 31.Qxe1+ Kd7 32.Qxb4 Kc6 and it is very hard for White
to win, though in retrospect this was the better plan, and was
my original idea when planning 25.Nc4. } Qa6 30.Qxg7 Rf8
31.Qe5 Qa2+ 32.Kc1 Qa3+ 33.Qb2 Kd7 34.Qxa3 bxa3 35.Re3 a2
36.Kb2 Kd6 37.Ra3 e5 38.Ra7 e4 39.Rxh7 e3 40.Rh6+ Kc5 {
40...Ke5 !? =/+ } 41.Re6 e2 42.Ra1 {!} Rf1 43.h5 Rf2 44.h6
Rxg2 45.Rh1 {!} Rg8 46.h7 Rh8 47.Re7 d4 48.Rc7+ Kb4 49.Re7 Kc5
50.Rc7+ Kb4 51.Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles CA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Anthony Saidy"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.O-O Nge7 7.b4
Ba7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Bxc6
dxc6 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Rfd1 Kf8 16.f3 a5 {# Evaluate
17.Rxd8+, 17.b5 and 17.bxa5.} 17.b5 { 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.bxa5
Rd2 19.Rc1 Ke7 20.Nb1 ! 17.bxa5 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rxa5 19.a4 b5
20.axb5 cxb5 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 c6 23.Re5 } cxb5 18.Nxb5 {
18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Nxb5 c6 20.Nc3 Rd2 21.Rc1 b5 22.Nb1 Rd4 -/+ }
Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Bxa2 20.Rd7 c6 21.Nd6 { 21.Nc3 Be6 22.Rxb7 a4
23.Kf2 a3 24.Rb1 a2 25.Ra1 -/+ } b5 22.Rc7 a4 23.Rxc6 { 23.Nc8
Be6 24.Nb6 Ra6 25.Rxc6 Ke8 ! 26.c4 b4 -+ } a3 24.Nxb5 Bd5 0-1

[Event "U.S. Open"]
[Site "Alexandria VA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Steve Shutt"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.c4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.d4 c5
5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O {We have finally
arrived at the point of departure for the Tarrasch
Defense. Unfortunately for my opponent, he didn't know the
theory and an hour had elapsed before he played the next
move.} 9.b3 {Larsen's favorite, leading to exciting play, but
Black's chances are no worse.} Ne4 10.Bb2 Bf6 11.Qc1 {? An
innovation, but a bad one.} Nxc3 {!} 12.Bxc3 cxd4 13.Bb2 Re8
{!} 14.Qd2 Bg4 15.Bxd4 {Nowcomes one of those moments Tarrasch
players live for!} Rxe2 {!! # Black wins a pawn by force.}
16.Bxf6 {There is nothing better. 16.Qxe2 Nxd4 17.Qd1 Nxf3+
18.Bxf3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Bxa1 20.Rxa1 Qd6 -/+ } Rxd2 17.Bxd8 Bxf3
18.Bxf3 { 18.Bg5 Bxg2 19.Bxd2 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 Rd8 -/+ } Rxd8
19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 d4 {Now the grind begins, and Shutt puts
up valiant resistance.} 21.Kf1 Kf8 22.Ke2 Ke7 23.Kd2 Rd6
24.Re1+ Re6 25.Rc1 Rf6 26.Ke2 Kd6 27.Be4 Re6 28.Kd3 g5 {!? I
have a plan. I don't know if it is a good one, but I could
find nothing better.} 29.h3 h5 30.f3 Rf6 31.a3 h4 {!} 32.g4
Ke5 33.b4 Kf4 {Dark squares!} 34.Rc5 Ne5+ 35.Kxd4 Nxf3+
36.Bxf3 Kxf3 37.Rxg5 Kg3 38.Ke5 Ra6 39.Rg7 Kxh3 40.g5 Kg4 {!}
41.Rxf7 Kxg5 42.Rg7+ Kh6 43.Rg8 Rg6 44.Rh8+ Kg5 {The rest is
technical.} 45.Rh7 Kg4 46.Rxb7 h3 47.Rxa7 h2 48.Rh7 Rg5+
49.Ke4 Rh5 50.Rg7+ Kh3 0-1

[Event "Wch U14 Disney Girls"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yelena Dembo"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 {Notes by Yelena Dembo.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7
10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Nd7 14. h4 b4
15. Na4 Nc5 16. h5 Bd7 {16... Nxe4 17. g6 White has the attack
} 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Nf3 Bb5 19. Qd2 c4 {19... Rd8 20. Qe1 +/-
} 20. Bf4 Qa5 21. Kb1 c3 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. Be5 { Provoking O-O.}
O-O 24. g6 {!} f6 {24... fxg6 25. hxg6 h6 26. Bxg7 ! +- }
25. h6 {!!} hxg6 {25... fxe5 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. hxg7+ Kxg7
28. Nxe5 +- } 26. hxg7 Rfe8 27. Rh8+ Kf7 {27... Kxg7 28. Qh6+
+- } 28. Ng5+ {!} Kxg7 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Qh3 {!} 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "Dimitrios Mastrovasilis"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Qe7 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Qc2 Re8
12. Rae1 b6 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 Qc7
17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Ng3 Neg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Nce4 c5 21. Nc3 Re6
22. Nd5 Bd6 {52-move} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barbera op"]
[Site "Barbera"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fermin Gonzalez Velez"]
[Black "Reynaldo Vera"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Qd7 10. Qc2 b6 11. O-O Bb7
12. Ba3 Rfe8 13. Rad1 e6 14. Bb5 a6 { #} 15. Ne5 Nxd4 16. cxd4
Qxb5 17. Rb1 Bxe5 18. Rxb5 axb5 19. dxe5 Rxa3 20. Qxc7 Bxe4
21. h4 Rxa2 22. Re1 Bd5 23. Qxb6 h5 24. Qxb5 Rea8 25. Rc1 R2a4
26. Qd7 Rxh4 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Qxc8+ Kg7 29. Qd8 Rf4 30. Qg5
Rf5 31. Qe3 g5 32. f3 Rf4 33. Qd2 Kh6 34. Qe3 Kg6 35. Qd3+ Kg7
36. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tal Shaked"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 { Annotation by Mark Hathaway hathawa2@marshall.edu }
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 {
attempting to show the irrelevance of 5. Ne2 } 7. cxd5 Nxd5 {
7...exd5 } 8. g3 Nxc3 { no better is 8...b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qb3
} 9. Nxc3 c5 10. d5 Bf6 { The alternative is 10...exd5
11. Nxd5 Bd6 } 11. Bg2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 exd5 13. Qxd5 Qe7 {
13...Qa5 14. Bd2 and Pc5 is still in danger and Black's
queen-side is still undeveloped. } 14. Rb1 Nc6 15. O-O {
15. Rb5 a6 16. Rb6 keeps the pressure on Nc6 & Pb7. } 15...Be6
16. Qh5 Rad8 17. e4 Ba2 18. Ra1 Bc4 19. Re1 Ne5 { -/+ }
20. Be3 g6 21. Qh4 Qxh4 22. gxh4 b6 23. Bh6 Rfe8 24. h3 f6
25. Rad1 Bb5 { 25...Rd3 } 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Kh2 Bc6 28. Kg3
Rd3+ 29. Re3 Rd1 30. Re2 Ra1 31. Rd2 Nf7 32. Be3 Rxa3 33. Rc2
Ne5 34. f3 Ba4 35. Rc1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics Masters"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller} d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7
5.g3 a5 6.a3 e5 7.d3 Ne7 8.Bg2 c5 9.Qb3 axb4 10.axb4 Rxa1
11.Bxa1 Nbc6 12.b5 Qa5+ 13.Nfd2 Nb4 { 13...Qxa1 14.bxc6 Nxc6
15.O-O is very unclear.} 14.Bb2 O-O 15.O-O b6 16.Na3 Qa7
17.Ra1 {!} Qb8 18.Nc2 Nxc2 19.Qxc2 Bg4 {Black tries to get
some counterplay.} 20.Nf1 h5 21.h3 Be6 22.Qa4 Qd6 23.Bc1 h4 {!
I underestimated this.} 24.Qa7 {Should have just captured at
h4.} f5 25.Bg5 Nc8 26.Qb7 hxg3 27.Nxg3 e4 28.Ra8 {White is
exploiting the weak back ranks, though Black does have a lot
of defensive force.} Be5 29.Bh6 {29.Nf1 !?} Rf7 {Now the
tactics explode.} 30.Rxc8+ Kh7 31.Bf8 Rxb7 32.Bxd6 Bxg3 33.Rc6
Bxd6 34.Rxd6 {The endgame is tremendous for White.} Bf7 35.Kh2
Rb8 36.Rd7 Kg8 37.h4 Ra8 38.Rb7 Ra2 39.dxe4 Rxe2 40.exf5 Rxf2
41.Rxb6 Bxc4 42.Rxg6+ Kf7 43.b6 Ba6 44.Kg3 Rxf5 45.Rc6 Kg7
46.Rc7+ Rf7 47.Ra7 d3 48.Rxa6 {I took the simple road. But
there was another, better win. 48.Bd5 Rxa7 49.bxa7 d2 50.a8=Q
d1=Q 51.Qg8+ Kh6 52.Qf8+ Kg6 53.Be4+ Kh5 54.Qh8# would have
been more efficient.} d2 49.Ra1 c4 50.Be4 c3 51.Bc2 Rf6 52.Rb1
Rf8 53.b7 1-0

[Event "Mechanics Masters"]
[Site "San Francisco CA USA"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Burt Izumikawa"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4
5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.Qxd5 Nc6 {The Schara Gambit is one of
my favorite openings.} 8.Qd1 Nf6 9.e3 Bc5 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Bb5
O-O {In the past, queenside castling was considered better, so
that a pawn storm could be used on the kingside. But Black's
fortress on the queenside is a bit airy, and I prefer kingside
castling. It is more comfortable to attack when your king is
safe.} 12.O-O Rfd8 {Better 12...Rad8. I realized later that
rooks belong at e8 and d8. Typical wrong rook move!} 13.Qe2
Bg4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.b3 Nd7 16.h3 Bh5 17.Bb2 Bd6 18.Nb1
{Intending Nd2. Probably 18.Rfd1 was better.} Be5 19.g4 Bg6
20.Nc3 h5 21.Rfd1 hxg4 {Opening the h-file is very
double-edged!} 22.hxg4 Bc7 23.Kg2 {!} Nf6 24.Nd4 Re8 {! To
discourage any advance of the f-pawn. This is why the rook
should have been at e8 all along.} 25.Rh1 Qd7 26.Rh4 c5
27.Rah1 Nh7 {The defensive plan is ...f6, ...Ng5 and the
initiative comes back to me.} 28.Nf5 Rad8 29.Qf3 f6 30.Rd1
{Last move of time control 30/90 , with 17 seconds
left. Izumakawa has been in deep time pressure for the last 7
moves.} Qe6 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Ne4 {? 32.Qb7 ! and the position
is still a mess. } Rd5 {! A dangerous square for the rook,
with lots of tricks involving Ne7 to calculate.} 33.Nc3 {?!
33.Ba3 Bxf5 34.gxf5 Rxf5 35.Nxc5 Rg5+ 36.Kf1 was correct. }
Bxf5 34.gxf5 Rxf5 35.Qa8+ Nf8 {A computer may prefer White,
but I was very happy to reach this position as Black!} 36.Ne4
{White seems to have the better attack, but Black turns the
tables with the next move. Perhaps the queen should have moved
here, hoping to get the queens off the board. The resulting
endgame would be about even.} Qa6 {! This covers all key
squares, not only eliminating threats from the enemy queen,
but also threatening a deadly infiltration at e2.} 37.a4 {
37.Rh8+ Kxh8 38.Qxf8+ Kh7 39.Nxf6+ Rxf6 40.Bxf6 doesn't work
because Black has Qxf6 41.Qxc5 Bb6 42.Qh5+ Kg8 43.Qe8+ Qf8
where 44.Qxf8+ Kxf8 45.Kf3 Ke7 46.Ke4 Ke6 47.a3 would be a
difficult endgame for White, though a draw is within reach as
long as White doesn't run out of movesand get forced into
zugzwang. } Qe2 38.Ba3 Qf3+ 39.Kf1 Qxe3 {! The endgame has
been calculated.} 40.Qd5+ { 40.Bxc5 Qd3+ ! 41.Ke1 Rxc5 42.Nxc5
Qc3+ 43.Kf1 Qc1+ ! 43...Qxc5 44.Rc4 44.Ke2 44.Kg2 Qg5+ 45.Kh3
Qxc5 Qxc5 45.Rc4 Qe5+ 46.Kf1 Bb6 47.Rc8 Qd6 and Black will
find it difficult to make progress because of the nasty pin at
f8. } Rxd5 41.fxe3 Ne6 42.Ke2 {? 42.Rg4 Kf7 [ 42...f5 ?
43.Nf6+ Kf7 44.Nxd5 fxg4 45.Nxc7 Nxc7 46.Bxc5 a6 is likely to
wind uo as a draw. ] 43.Rg2 was perhaps safest. } Ba5 {!}
43.Nxc5 {? A quick death, but the alternative was prolonged
suffering. And Izumakawa had almost exhausted his remaining
hour. 43.Bb2 Kf7 44.Rh7 f5 ! 45.Nc3 Rd6 Black will eventually
win the b-pawn with ...Rb6. 43.Rg4 Kf7 44.Rg1 f5 45.Ng5+ Nxg5
46.Rxg5 g6 leaves White a pawndown with two many weaknesses. }
Nxc5 44.Bxc5 { 44.b4 Nxa4 45.bxa5 Rxa5 gives Black two extra
passed pawns. } Rxc5 45.b4 g5 {! There is no need to delay the
advance.} 46.Rd4 Re5 47.bxa5 Rxa5 {The rook and pawn endgame
is a simple win.} 48.Kd3 Kf7 49.Kc3 Ke6 50.Kb4 Re5 51.e4 g4
52.Kb3 g3 53.Rd3 g2 0-1

[Event "Berkeley (People's)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "David Pruess"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 Nc6 4.d4
cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6
gxf6 11.Nd5 Be6 12.c3 Bg7 13.Nc2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Nce3 Bg6
{?} 16.h4 h5 17.Be2 Bf6 18.a4 b4 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Qd5 {+/-}
Kd7 21.cxb4 Rab8 22.b5 Nd4 23.Rc1 Qf4 24.Rc6 {!} Qf6 25.Nc4
Nxc6 26.Qxc6+ Kd8 27.Nxd6 Bf5 28.O-O Ke7 29.Qc7+ Bd7 30.Rd1
Rbd8 31.Nb7 Qxh4 32.Qxe5+ Be6 33.Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emory Tate"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 a6
5.Bg5 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O-O Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.Kb1 O-O 10.Qe1 Nd7
11.h4 Bf6 12.Be2 Re8 13.Nd2 {! ?} b5 { 13...Bxg5 14.hxg5 Qxg5
15.g3 scared me a bit. } 14.f4 b4 15.Na4 Nd4 {!} 16.g4 c5
17.b3 { 17.Rh2 Nxe2 18.Qxe2 h6 19.Rdh1 ! ? } Bd5 18.Qf1 Bc6 {
18...Rxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 Black is clearly better. } 19.Nc4 {?
Way too ambitious.} Bxe4 20.Bd3 Bxh1 21.Qxh1 Nb5 22.Bf5 Nf8
23.Ncb6 h6 {? ! 23...Ra7 24.Nd5 Bxg5 25.hxg5 Nd4 } 24.Nxa8
Na3+ 25.Kc1 hxg5 26.N8b6 {? ! 26.fxg5 ! Be5 27.N8b6 Bf4+
28.Kb2 g6 29.Bd3 Be5+ } gxf4 {!} 27.Nd5 Bd4 28.Bd3 f3 29.g5 {
29.Qxf3 Qxh4 } f2 30.Qf1 Re5 31.Nf4 {? 31.c3 was needed. }
Be3+ 32.Kb2 Bxf4 33.Qxf2 Be3 34.Qf3 Qe7 35.Nb6 Rxg5 36.c3 Re5
37.Nc8 Qxh4 38.Rc1 bxc3+ {? 38...Bxc1+ 39.Ka1 Bb2+ ! 40.Kxb2
bxc3+ 41.Kxc3 Qd4+ 42.Kd2 Qb4+ 43.Kc1 Qc3+ 44.Kd1 Qe1# }
39.Ka1 Bf4 40.Bb1 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1997.10.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller. A game in which Browne
demonstrates his originality in the opening, and strength in
the middlegame. After the dubious exchange sacrifice, I am
positionally lost. -- Damn swisses! No time to prepare. Five
minutes with Najdorfmeister Danny Olim and I would have raced
into Browne's favorite defense, looking forward to an
interesting theoretical duel. Against a GM, mainline thoery is
the best plan. Use the mighty power of Grandmaster experieces
to present the GM with the need to improve on existing theory,
or sidestep it with an inferior line.} d6 {A last chance for
me to go to the Sicilian, and I thought about it - for a split
second.} 2.d4 {Well, we may go into a Torre after 2...Nf6
3.Bg5. I know a little something about that.} Bg4 {The Wade
Defense!? True, it is now respectable, but still has an
unorthodox flavor which I thought was unappealing to Browne's
rather converntional palate.} 3.c4 {What would Tisdall do? I
recall that he likes the plan with Qb3. Why this entered my
head, I do not know, but I didn't really consider the
immediate e4.} Nd7 4.Qb3 Rb8 {# Now we are getting weird.}
5.g3 {I felt the bishop would be useful at g2. Browne's move
is by no means original, strange as it may appear. With White
commited to the fianchetto, Black may be able to use a break
with ...b5. There are plenty of alternatives, and perhaps
hitting the bishop is best. 5.h3 Bxf3 (5...Bh5 invites
aggression. 6.g4 and after Bg6 , 7.Bf4!? is an interesting
line. h5 [7...e6 8.Bg2 Ngf6 9.O-O Be7 10.Qe3 O-O 11.Nc3 Re8
was agreed drawn in Shcherbakov-Vaulin, Katowice 1991, but
surely White enjoys more space here.] 8.g5 e5 9.Qe3 f6 10.Nh4
Ne7 11.Nxg6 Nxg6 12.Bh2 f5 13.Nc3 c6 14.Rg1 Qe7 was a bit
better for White in Sherbakov-Khomeriki, Mlada Boleslav 1994,
but why not just 14...Be7?) 6.Qxf3 [gives up the bishop pair
but here] g6 [is one of several good defenses.] 7.Nc3 Bg7 [and
White must somehow support the weakling at d4.] 8.e3 [is the
most logical move. Black can now add to the pressure at d4 by
advancing either the c-pawn or the e-pawn.] c5 (8...e5 9.d5
gives Black great opportunities, for example f5 10.e4 Ne7
(10...Nh6 11.g4 fxg4 12.hxg4 Nf7 13.Qe3 h6 14.Qxa7 Nc5 15.Qa5
O-O 16.Be3 Rubinetti,J-Paglilla,C/Buenos Aires FMDAsup
1993/0-1 [31]) 11.g4 O-O 12.gxf5 gxf5 13.Be3 Ng6 14.O-O-O
where Hodgson played the fascinating Nc5!? 15.exf5 e4 16.Nxe4
Nh4 17.Qg4 h5! in Naumkin-Hodgson, France 1992.) 9.d5 Bxc3+
10.bxc3 Ngf6! 11.g4 Qa5 12.Qd1!? h5 [12...Qxc3+ 13.Bd2 Qa3
14.Qb3 Qxb3 15.axb3 a6 is interesting.] 13.gxh5 [13.g5 Ne4]
Rxh5 14.Qb3 Ne4 15.Bb2 Rh4 16.Be2 [with a complicated positin
in Miles-Adams, Tilburg 1993.]} g6 6.Bg2 {6.Nbd2 c5 7.dxc5
Nxc5 8.Qc3 Nf6 9.b4 Bg7 10.Qa3 [10.bxc5?! has been criticized,
but it is not so clear. Nh5 11.Nd4 dxc5 12.Qa3 cxd4 13.Qxa7 d3
14.Rb1 Bd4 15.Qa4+ Bd7 16.Qb3 dxe2 17.Bxe2 Bf5 18.Qb5+ Bd7
19.Qb3 is one way to end the game.] Nce4 11.Nxe4 [11.Bb2?!
Bxf3! 12.Nxf3 O-O 13.Bg2 is Lautier-Adams, Manila Interzonal
1990. Instead of 13...Qc7, Black should play aggressively on
the queenside. a5! 14.bxa5 Ra8 15.O-O Qxa5 16.Qe3 and the
weakness at c4 and a2 is more important than the bishop pair.]
Nxe4 12.Bb2 Bxb2 [12...Qb6? 13.c5 dxc5 14.Bxg7 cxb4 15.Qe3
Qxe3 16.fxe3 Rg8 17.Bd4 a5 does not give Black enough for the
piece.] 13.Qxb2 O-O 14.Bg2 Qc7 [looks acceptable for Black,
for example] 15.Nd4! Ng5! 16.h3 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rfc8 18.Qd2 Ne6}
Bg7 {6...c5 7.e3 Qa5+ 8.Nbd2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Bg7 10.Qd3 Ngf6
11.O-O O-O 12.Bg2 b5 13.b3 led to obscure complicaitons in
Olafsson-Kosten, Hastings 1990.} 7.Be3 {# 7.Nbd2 c5 8.e3 [did
not appeal to me, but after] Ngf6 9.a4 [9.O-O has been solved
by Jansa's b5! 10.cxb5 a6 11.Ng5 O-O 12.f3 Rxb5 13.Qd3 cxd4!
14.Nxf7 Rxf7 15.fxg4 dxe3 16.Qxe3 Nxg4 gave Black a great game
in Blatny-Jansa, Munster 1992.] O-O 10.O-O e6 (10...Qa5 11.h3
Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Ne4 13.Qd3 f5 14.Nd2 Nef6 15.d5 a6 16.Ra3 Nh5?
[16...Nh5 17.Kh2 Nhf6 18.Qc2 and the game is level,
Razuvaev-Jansa, Prague 1992.] 17.Kh2 Nhf6 18.Qc2) 11.h3 Bxf3
12.Nxf3 d5 [! Black managed to equalize.] 13.Rd1 dxc4 14.Qxc4
Rc8 [gave Black good counterplay in Polak-Jansa, Czech
Republic 1995.] 7.d5 allows Black to have fun on the long
diagonal. c6 8.Nc3 Ngf6 9.Be3 Qa5 10.Nd4 c5 11.Nc2 a6 12.Bd2
b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.f3 b4 15.Nd1 Bf5 16.e4 forced Black to take
desperate measures. Ne5 17.exf5 c4 18.Qe3 Nxd5 19.Qe2 Nd3+
20.Kf1 Nxb2 21.Nxb2 Bxb2 with some pawns for the piece but
White gets the initiative with 22.Re1 O-O 23.Qxc4 Rfc8 and
here by retreating the queen to b3, White would have had no
difficulty in warding off Black's threats. Instead, he gave up
the a-pawn and lost in Pfleger-Jansa, Germany 1994.} Nh6
{7...c5 can be played immediately, and usually play
transposes. But my next move takes the game into new
territory. 8.Nbd2 Nh6 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bxc5 dxc5 11.O-O O-O
12.Ne4 Qa5 13.Rfd1 b5! 14.Nxc5 Rfc8 15.Nd7 bxc4 forces White
to accept a miserable game after 16.Qe3 Nf5 or go for broke
here: 16.Qxb8 Rxb8 17.Nxb8 Bxb2 18.Nc6 Qa4! 19.Rab1 c3 and
Black won without difficulty in Scarella-Bezold, 1992 World
Junior Championship.} 8.Ng5 {I wanted to try to trap the
bishop. 8.Nbd2 c5 leads to the previous note.} c5 {! 8...Nf5
9.h3 Nxe3 10.Qxe3 Bf5 11.Nc3 was what I had in mind.} 9.dxc5
Nf5 {! 9...Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.h3 Bf5 12.e4 Be6 13.Nxe6 fxe6
struck me as a position with more potential for White.} 10.h3
{# Here I sacrifice the exchange at a1, hoping to mount an
attack that never really materializes. 10.cxd6 Nxe3 11.Qxe3
Bxb2 is also nothing for White, for example 12.Bd5 e6 13.h3
Bxa1 14.hxg4 Qa5+ 15.Nd2 Qc3!} Nxe3 11.Qxe3 Bxb2 12.hxg4 Nxc5
13.Qf4 f6 14.Nxh7 Bxa1 15.Nd2 Qa5 16.Bd5 Kd7 17.Kf1 Be5 18.Qe3
Qc3 {! White is already lost. #} 19.Qxc3 Bxc3 20.Ne4 Nxe4
21.Bxe4 g5 22.Kg2 b5 23.Rc1 b4 24.f4 gxf4 25.gxf4 Rbc8 26.Bd3
Rc5 27.Rh1 Rg8 28.Kf3 Ra5 29.Bb1 Rc5 30.Bc2 Ke8 31.g5 f5 32.e4
fxe4+ 33.Bxe4 e6 34.Rd1 Ke7 35.Bd3 d5 36.cxd5 Rxd5 37.g6 Rxg6
38.Ng5 Rf6 39.Nh7 Rh6 40.Ng5 Rh2 41.Ke3 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Willem Luberti"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4
Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.O-O e6 9.Qe2 Bxd3 10.Qxd3
Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.c4 Bd6 14.b3 Rfe8 15.Bb2 Rad8
16.Ne5 Bf8 17.Nxd7 Rxd7 18.Rd3 Qd8 19.Rad1 Qa5 20.a3 Qg5 21.b4
Bd6 22.d5 cxd5 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Rxd5 Qe7 25.R5d3 Rdd8 26.c5 Bc7
27.Nf5 {!} Qf6 28.Nd6 Bxd6 29.cxd6 Rd7 30.b5 Red8 31.Qd2 h6
32.Qa5 Rxd6 33.Qxd8+ Qxd8 34.Rxd6 Qa5 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.R8d7 Qxb5
{ 36...Qa4 !? } 37.Rxf7 Qb3 { 37...Kg6 38.Rfd7 Kf6 !? } 38.Rf1
e5 39.Rf3 Qb2 40.h3 Kg6 41.Re1 b5 42.Kh2 a5 43.Re4 h5 44.Ree3
b4 45.axb4 axb4 46.Rf8 Qd4 47.Rg3+ Kh7 48.Rf7 e4 49.Re3 Qd5
{!? 49...h4 50.Rb7 Kh6 is an interesting alternative. } 50.Rf4
{ 50.Ra7 ! b3 51.Rg3 Qe5 52.Kg1 b2 53.Rb7 would have led to an
advantage for White. } b3 51.Rexe4 b2 52.Rb4 {# Here Black
wins a rook. When I first gleamed the opportunity back at
about move 45, I thought this would be enough to win and
confidently played the key move} g5 {! If the rook moves
vertically, then either ...Qd6+ or ... Qe7+ wins. There are no
safe lateral move, because White threatens to deflect the
other rook from b4 and make a new queen, as in the game.}
53.Rfc4 Qxc4 { 53...b1=Q 54.Rxb1 Qxc4 } 54.Rxc4 b1=Q 55.h4 Qb5
56.Re4 Qd5 57.Re3 Qd6+ 58.Kg1 g4 {?!} 59.g3 {# This fortress
cannot be penetrated, and the king and pawn endgame is Black's
only hope. To this end I played for a sacrifice on e3.} Qd5
60.Re1 Kg6 61.Re8 Kf7 {This is designed to move the king
forward along the f-file.} 62.Re1 Kf6 63.Re3 Qc6 64.Re1 Kf5
65.Re7 Qc1+ 66.Kg2 Qc5 67.Re1 Qc3 68.Re3 {I can't see any way
to contain a rook on the e-file using just king and queen,
even if there is a zugzwang against the White king. The rook
at e3 has 7 possible moves on the e-file. The king can cover
at most three. The queen can cover another three. To cover
seven squares, the open square must be one where a check along
the a8-h1 diagonal will pick off the rook. Yet the Black king
cannot cross the e-file, so it can never cover e3, e2, or
e1. I can't find a way to combine enought threats to win.}
Qxe3 {Hoping he wouldn't see. 68...Qc2 should have been
tried. 69.Re7 Qc5 70.Re3 Qd5+ 71.Kg1 Qd1+ 72.Kg2 Qd6 73.Kf1 !
[ 73.Re2 ?! Qd5+ 74.Kh2 Qd1 75.Ra2 Qf1 76.Ra5+ Ke4 77.Ra4+ Kd3
78.Rf4 Ke2 79.Re4+ Kxf2 80.Rf4+ Ke2 81.Re4+ Kd2 82.Rd4+ Kc1 !
and Black wins. ] Qd1+ 74.Re1 Qd3+ 75.Kg2 still holds. }
69.fxe3 Ke4 70.Kf2 Kd3 71.e4 {!} Kxe4 72.Ke2 {! But he did,
and a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.10.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Peterson"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 a6
5.Bc4 Nc6 6.Qe3 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.Rd1 Bd7 10.Nc3 b5
11.Bf1 Re8 12.a3 Bf8 13.Qe2 h6 14.Qd3 g5 {This advance is
always an invitation to a sacrifice, but it is notnecessary to
accept the challenge!} 15.Nxg5 { 15.Be3 Bg7 is already better
for Black, who has the initiative on both flanks. White's
pieces have no scope. 16.Nd4 Ne5 17.Qd2 Qe7 and White has no
useful plan. The aggressive 18.f4 allows Black to expose the
weakness of the pawn at e4 with Ng6 ! 19.fxg5 Nxe4 [ 19...hxg5
20.Bxg5 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxe4 22.c3 Ne5 23.g3 Qxd4+ ! 24.cxd4 Nf3+
25.Kf2 Nxd2 26.Rxd2 is perhaps only marginally worse for
White, who must worry about the weak pawn at d4. ] 20.Nxe4
Qxe4 21.gxh6 Qxe3+ 22.Qxe3 Rxe3 23.hxg7 Kxg7 } hxg5 16.Bxg5
Bg7 17.Nd5 Be6 18.f4 Bxd5 19.exd5 Ne7 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.c3 Qd7
22.Qg3+ Bg7 23.Bd3 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "ICCF - corr"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "1997.12.15"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Kranabetter"]
[Black "Anatoly Vitalievich Grishin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Bd7 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Rc8 10. Nb3 b5 11. Rd2 b4
12. Nd1 a5 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Bxf6 Qxb5 15. Bh4 a4 16. Na1 Na5
17. Re1 Nc4 18. Rd3 g5 19. Bxg5 Bg7 20. Kb1 a3 21. b3 Ne5
22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. c3 Qxg5 24. Nc2 bxc3 25. Rxd6 Bb5 26. e5
Bxe5 27. Qb7 Bxd6 28. Qxc8+ Qd8 29. Qxc3 O-O 30. g3 Be7
31. Nf2 Qb6 32. Qc8 {??} Rxc8 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade, ?"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qc2
a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 a5 11.Nbd2 Na6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.e4 Nb4 14.Rfc1 Qb8 15.h4 Rd8 16.e5 Be7 17.Qe2 Qa7 18.Bf1
Rd7 19.Ne4 Rad8 20.Qe3 Qb6 21.Bc4 h6 22.Qe2 Bd5 23.Bxd5 Rxd5
24.Nc3 R5d7 25.Qb5 Qa7 26.Qc4 c6 27.Ne4 Qb6 28.Rc3 Rc8 29.Kg2
Qd8 30.Rh1 b6 31.Qe2 Rcc7 32.Rc4 Qa8 33.Rhc1 Rc8 34.b3 Rcd8
35.Ra1 c5 36.dxc5 Bxc5 37.Nxc5 bxc5 38.Qe4 Qxe4 39.Rxe4 Rd3
40.Rb1 Rc3 41.Rb2 Nd3 42.Re3 Rd5 43.Ne1 Nxe1+ 44.Rxe1 Kf8
45.Re4 Ke7 46.Rc4 Rdd3 47.Rc2 Rxc2 48.Rxc2 Rd5 49.Re2 Kd7
50.Re3 Kc6 51.Kf1 h5 { Und in dieser ausgeglichenen Stellung
einigte man sich auf remis.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade, ?"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kiril D Georgiev"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
Nd7 8.a3 g6 9.b4 Bg7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Qe7 13.Qb3
Nb6 14.a4 Bd7 15.a5 Nc8 16.Rac1 Nd6 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 b5
19.e4 Rxc3 20.Qxc3 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Nxe4 22.Qc7 Nd6 23.Ne5 Bxe5 {
Gerade als die Partie spannend wird, erfolgt der Remisschluß.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friso Nijboer"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Anand} c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5
11.Kb1 h6 12.h4 Rd8 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Qe3 Rac8 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5
hxg5 17.hxg5 Rxc3{!} 18.Bd3 {18. bxc3 Nd5 19.Rxd5 (19.Qh3
Nxc3+-+) exd5-+; 18.Qf4 Ba4! 19.gxf6 (19.bxc3 Bxc2+!-+;
19.Rd8+ Bxd8-+)Bxc2+ 20.Ka1 Ra3! 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Bc4 Rxa2
24.Bxa2 Bb3-+; 18.Qf2 Rxc2! 19.Kxc2 (19.gxf6 Rb2+ 20.Kxb2
Ba3+-+) Qxa2!-+} Rxd3 {Only move} 19.cxd3 {19.Rxd3 Nh5!
20.Rxh5 Bc6-+} Ng4 20.Qh3 Nh6 21.gxh6 Qxe5 22.Rde1 Qg5 23.hxg7
Qxg7 24.Re3 Bg5 25.Rg3 f6 26.Qg4 Kf7 27.Qd4 Qg8 28.Qe4 Bc6
29.Rh7+ Ke8 30.Qh4 Qg6 31.Qh3 Rd6 32.a3 Kd8 33.Ka1 Qf5 34.Qh1
Bd7 35.d4 Rc6 36.Qh2 e5 0-1

[Event "Golden Bear Class Struggle"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Clarence Lehman"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Qd3 Nbd7 4.f4 e5
5.c3 Qe7 6.fxe5 dxe5 7.Nd2 g6 8.Ngf3 Bg7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Re8
11.d5 {?} Qc5+ 12.Kh1 Ng4 13.Nd4 exd4 14.Bxg4 Ne5 15.Qxd4 Qxd4
16.cxd4 Nxg4 17.e5 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Mechanics Masters"]
[Site "San Francisco CA"]
[Date "1998.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Pruess"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.f4 e5
5.Nf3 exd4 6.Qxd4 c6 7.Bc4 h6 {!? A novelty, but it isn't
really superior to the standard 7...d5!} 8.h3 Qb6 {!} 9.Be3
Qxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.Bb3 b4 {Wins a pawn, but White gets much
more counterplay that I expected.} 12.e5 {!} bxc3 13.exf6 cxb2
14.Bxb2 Nxf6 15.O-O-O d5 {?! 15...Ne4 would have been more
accurate. I had missed the possible rook sacrifice in the
game. The point is to defend the knight with the f-pawn, since
the d-pawn is not as useful as I thought. } 16.Rhe1+ Be7 {
16...Ne4 was my original intention, but then I saw 17.Rxd5 !
cxd5 18.Bxd5 Rb8 19.Rxe4+ Be7 20.Bxg7 Rg8 21.Bf6 Be6 22.Bc6+
with a horrible game. } 17.Ba3 Ne4 18.Bxe7 { 18.Rxd5 ?? Bxa3+
} Kxe7 19.Ne5 {! I was obsessed with sacrifices at d5, and
never even considered this strong plan. Black is busted.} Be6
20.f5 {!} Bxf5 21.Nxc6+ Kf6 22.Rxd5 Rac8 23.Ne7 {!} Be6
24.Nxc8 Bxd5 25.Bxd5 Nc3 26.Bb7 Rd8 27.Rf1+ Ke6 28.Nxa7 Nxa2+
29.Kb2 Rb8 30.Kxa2 Rxb7 31.Nc6 {rest indecipherable.} 1-0

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduardo C Bauza Mercere"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 Nd7
{?? This is a well-known opening trap. In my desire to set up
the Lion Formation, I casually switched the move order
around. The price was very, very high.} 5.dxe5 {!} Nxe5 6.Nxe5
dxe5 7.Qh5 g6 8.Qxe5 {Well, I'm down a pawn. My rook is
attacked. My bishop is pinned. White has a huge
advantage. What can I do? Resign? No, it is too early.} Nf6
9.Bh6 {!} Rg8 10.Nc3 {# Lesson one is over. Don't fall for
opening traps! Now it is time for lesson two: Don't give up!
Sure, Black's position would make a mother cry. The gods are
laughing. At the prestigious New York Open my colleagues are
trying not to laugh out loud. People stroll by the board and
just shake their heads. It is very tempting to just concede
the game and get out of the room.} Ng4 {!? I realized this
wouldn't work, but my opponent, an experienced and literate
Candidate Master who exploited my move order, was now under
that typical pressure you feel when you have a game you know
you should win.} 11.Qf4 Nxh6 12.Qxh6 {?! 12.Rd1 ! would have
letely refuted my plan. However, Whte saw no reason to refrain
from capturing at h6 and h7, with mate threat at f7. } Bg5 {!}
13.Qxh7 Qd2+ {!} 14.Kf1 Rf8 {# It must be admitted that Black
has nothing for the pawns, really. Yet White must play
accurately. It is logical to batten down the hatches and
protect the pawns on the second rank. After all, if Black eats
both the c-pawn and b-pawn then the game could get
interesting. However, passivity is rarely a good idea,
Crawling into a shell concedes the initiative and gives the
opponent time to act. White should have chosen a pawn
sacrifice instead of defense.} 15.Bb3 {?! 15.Rd1 ! Qxc2 16.Qg7
Qxb2 17.Qe5+ Be7 18.Qxc7 ! Black cannot take the knight
because White will play Bxf7+ with discovered check, winning
the queen. } Be6 {!? I knew I'd need a lot of luck towin this
game, but saw some tactical possibilites if only I could open
the f-file. So I invited my opponent to do so, giving up a
pawn and placing my king in mortal danger. I realized that I
was doomed if my opponent finally got the rook to d1, but
having spurned all previous opportunities, I suspected that
White would pass on the move one more time. Bluffing doesn't
work as well in chess as in poker, but when you hold a hand as
bad as this, it is bluff or fold. Nothing to be gained by
folding, and no way to raise the stakes.} 16.Bxe6 {? 16.Rd1
Qf4 17.Bxe6 Rd8 !? [ 17...fxe6 18.Qd7# ] 18.Nd5 would have
encouraged my immediate resignation. } fxe6 17.Qxg6+ Ke7
18.Nd1 {# White chooses an obvious defense of f2 over the
weakening move 18.f3, but it was the wrong choice.} Rxf2+ {!!
My turn now. I was still furious with myself for the opening
play, but after this move I was all business again. I knew
that I was close to equalizinng, rebounding from a totally
lost position. Those who strolled past my board thinking I was
a complete idiot would see a miraculous escape! Perhaps even
enough to redeem my earlier stupidity.} 19.Nxf2 Rf8 20.Qg7+
Rf7 {# White has to give up the queen. On the other hand, with
two rooks and two pawns for the queen, White is still way
ahead in material. For the moment. My queen has been busy and
she is hungry. Three queenside pawns make a tasty snack!}
21.Qxf7+ Kxf7 22.g3 Qxc2 23.Kg2 Qxb2 24.Rab1 Qxa2 {# White can
take the b-pawn, or go after the a-pawn. If you recall the
first few tactical examples, you'll already suspect that a
rook at a7 and a knight at e3 could run into trouble. Taking
the b-pawn was correct.} 25.Ra1 {?} Qc2 26.Rxa7 {??} Be3 {My
opponent resigned, since I win the rook or the knight. I had
been to the brink of the abyss, and with perserverence and a
bit of luck, come away with a full point, to the astonishment
of anyone who had passed by the board during the opening. Does
this mean you can get away whenever you fall for a trap?
Hardly. Amazingly, I stumbled into a related trap a year
later, and lasted all of 15 moves before toppling my king, and
half of those were just available because my opponent made
some inferior moves.} 0-1

[Event "Golden Bear Class Struggle"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Craig Mar"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 Bf5
5.O-O h6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.c4 Be7 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.c5 Qc7 10.Qc3 a5 11.a3
a4 12.b4 axb3 13.Qxb3 Nbd7 14.Re1 Bh7 15.Nf1 e5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5
17.dxe5 Nd7 {!} 18.Be3 Nxc5 19.Bxc5 Bxc5 20.e4 d4 21.Rec1 b6
{#} 22.e6 O-O 23.e5 Qxe5 24.Bxc6 { 24.exf7+ Rxf7 25.Bxc6 Rd8
26.Re1 Qf5 unclear } Rad8 25.Re1 Qf6 26.exf7+ Qxf7 27.Qxf7+
Rxf7 28.Ra2 d3 29.Ne3 Re7 30.Rd1 Bg6 31.Bb5 Kh8 32.Bc4 {
32.Ng2 !? } Red7 33.a4 Bh5 34.g4 Bxe3 35.gxh5 {To preserve
bishops of opposite color. 35.fxe3 Bxg4 36.Rdd2 Bf5 would have
been a tough struggle for White. } Bg5 36.Ra3 {? 36.a5 was
absolutely necessary, to eliminate the pawn that eventually
leads to White's defeat. bxa5 37.Rxa5 d2 38.Re5 would not be
fun for White, but some resistance was possible. } d2 37.Kf1
Rc8 38.Be2 Rc1 39.Ra1 Kg8 40.a5 {Too late.} Rxa1 41.Rxa1 Bf6
{! I simply overlooked this powerful move.} 42.Rb1 bxa5
43.Bc4+ Kf8 44.Ke2 Bc3 45.Rb8+ Ke7 46.Bb3 {One move from
salvation, but it is one move too many.} d1=Q+ {!} 47.Bxd1
Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 16th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Belezky"]
[Black "Jorge Magem Badals"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Sasha Belezky.} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4
e6 5. b3 Ngf6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3
Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Be5 {Exchanging one of my
best pieces in this position. Black will play some day
e6-e5. That's why he is interested in exchanging his "future"
bad Bishop for my good one. Leaving me with bad Bishop. Later
I shall find myself with bad Bishop against good Knight}
14. Qc2 {I was preparing upon the game Zarnicki-Magem, Buenos
Aires 1996. Here the players agreed draw. Unfortunately I
didn't suspect how difficultthe arising position will be for
White} Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qc7 17. Be2 {White has
several important weak squares: d3, d4 and f3. My Bishop is
blocked by my own pawns. I have no way to improve it. With the
move in the game I wanted to defend the square d3. Now the
pawn e4 is protected only by my Knight. I have to improve the
position of my Knight, but since it is the only defender of
the pawn e4 it will be difficult to do so. That's why I
suggest now 17.Bg2 17. Bg2 e5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 c5 20. bxc5
Nxc5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rb1. Compared to the game I'd save few
tempo's} e5 18. b4 {If I can push my pawn to c5, then my
Bishop and/or Knight may access to c4} 18... axb4 19. axb4
19... c5 {! It was easy for Black to predict my plan. Now
Magem makes impossible pawn push c4-c5} 20. Bf3 {I have to
return my Bishop to the same square which it has left only 3
moves ago.} cxb4 21. Qxb4 Nc5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rb1 h5 24. h4
Ra2 25. Qc3 g6 {GM Magem isn't hurrying up.} 26. Ra1 Rxa1+
27. Qxa1 Ne6 28. Qc3 Nd4 29. Kg2 Nd7 30. Qb4 {My Bishop and
Knight are just poor spectators. Black Knights are the rulers
of this position.} Nc5 31. Nb1 Qc6 32. Nc3 Qf6 33. Bd1 Nd3
{Black has occupied the weak squares which appeared after
12.e4} 34. Qxb7 Qxf2+ 35. Kh3 Qg1 36. g4 Nf4# {Nice lesson on
chess strategy by Spanish Grandmaster.} 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 16th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Manuel Apicella"]
[Black "Alexander Belezky"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 {Notes by Sasha Belezky.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7
9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. dxc5 {10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. c3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 (-
Dzindzichashvili,R-Gurevich,D/Chandler 1997/CBM 61 [12])}
10... Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Ke2 12... Ne4 {[RR] 12... Ke7
13. Rd3 Rhd8 14. Rhd1 Rxd3 15. Rxd3 h6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Kxe3
Rc8 18. Rb3 Rc7 19. h3 Nd5+ 20. Kd2 a6 21. g3 Kd6 22. Kd3 b5
23. Nd2 Nb6 24. Ra3 Ra7 25. c4 bxc4+ 26. Nxc4+ Nxc4 27. Kxc4
(Hermanowicz,D-Rozic,V/Oropesa del Mar 2001/EXT 2002)} 13. Be3
Ke7 14. h4 Bxe3 15. Kxe3 Nf6 16. Rd4 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 Nd5+
18. Ke2 b5 19. c3 {And in few minutes the broadcast of the
football match with the French National Team begun, Maybe that
was the reason for the peaceful character of this game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 16th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Belezky"]
[Black "Alexander Baburin"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Sasha Belezky} d5 2. c4 d4 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7
5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 {7. Na3 Nf6 8. Nc2 O-O 9. a3 a5
10. b3 Bg4 11. Rb1 Qd6 12. h3 Bf5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4
15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. Nxb4 e5 17. Nh4 Bd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nd8
20. Bb4 Qb8 21. Qd2 b5 22. Rfc1 Ra6 23. Rc2 Nb7 24. Rbc1 Nd6
25. Rc7 Rd8 26. Nf3 Ne8 27. R7c2 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Qc2 Bd7
30. Nd2 Bf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Ne4 Kg7 33. Qc5 Nd6 34. f4 Nxe4
35. dxe4 exf4 36. Qxd4+ Kg8 37. gxf4 Qxf4 38. Rf1 Qb8 39. e5
Qb6 40. Qxb6 Rxb6 41. Kf2 b4 (Franke,R-Schudro,V/Germany
2003/EXT 2004} Nf6 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Na3 {10. a3!?
10... a5 11. b3} O-O 11. Nc2 Nc5 {We have obtained with
reversed colours standard Benoni formation. I wasn't familiar
with these type of position.} 12. b4 {?! I didn't expect
12... Nxd3 to be so strong} Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bf5 14. Qb3 d3
15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 dxc2 17. Ne5 {?? This was a decisive
mistake which gave Black an advantage After the correct 17. b5
17... Na5. Other moves permit me to play Nd4 immediately
18. c5 Rc8 19. Qb4 [White may regain the pawn soon. My Bishop
on g2 is much better than his "Black" colleague. My Knight is
also better. The only thing to worry about is the pawn c2. But
Black can't prevent Nd4.]} 17... Qd4 {-/+} 18. Qxd4 Nxd4
19. c5 Rab8 20. Bd5 {20. g4 Be6 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Nf3 Bxg4
23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxc2 Rxb4 [Black should win this]} 20... Kg7
21. g4 Rfd8 22. Bb3 f6 23. gxf5 fxe5 24. Kf1 Nxb3 25. axb3 Rd2
26. fxg6 Rf8 27. Re2 Rd1+ 28. Re1 Rfd8 29. Ke2 R8d2+ 30. Kf1
Rxa1 0-1

[Event "North Bay International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johanne Charest"]
[Black "Lorne Yee"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2
c6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. h3 h6
12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. g4 Bh7 15. h4 Nb6 16. g5 hxg5
17. hxg5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bg3 Ne7 20. Kg2 Bxe5 21. Bxe5
Qd8 22. Qh5 Bg6 23. Qh2 Nf5 { 23..Bf5 was reported in error,
then copied from one database to another.} 24. f4 Re8 25. Bd3
f6 26. gxf6 gxf6 27. Rh1 Kf7 28. Rad1 fxe5 29. dxe5 Rh8
30. Qxh8 Qd5+ 31. Kg1 Qd4+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. Kf2 Rxh8 34. Rxh8
Qd4+ 35. Ke2 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Queensland Championship"]
[Site "Brisbane, Australia"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Smerdon"]
[Black "Jonathan D Sarfati"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 {Notes by Jonathan Safarti} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4
Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 {I think this is Black's best, reaching the
Italian by transposition.} 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Na5 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Ne5 {?! 12.Qb3 Na5=}
12...O-O {!} 13.Nxc6 Qe8+ {!} 14.Kd1 Nb6 15.Qb5 bxc6 16.Qc5
Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Be6 18.Qc5 Qd7 19.h3 {?! Probably the final
straw} 19...Rfd8 20.Nf3 Rab8 21.b3 Rb5 {!} 22.Qxa7 c5 23.Rc1
Bd5 24.Re1 Ra8 {Winning the Queen.} 25.Ne5 Qd8 26.Rxc5 Rxa7
27.Rxb5 f6 28.Nd3 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "World Amateur Chess Championship 1996-97"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1998.01.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Graham Reid"]
[Black "Viraf Avari"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.d4 {After winning this thrilling tension packed game, there
was a great sigh of relief as I won the most covetous World
Amateur Chess Championship Title & a glittering Gold Medal for
India. I was also conferred upon a Title of FIDE Chess
Master. The sweet memories of Hastings still linger in my
mind. -- Viraf Avari} Nf6 2.e3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Ne2 b6
6.O-O Bb7 7.Qe1 Qc7 8.f4 g6 9.Bd2 d5 10.b4 a5 11.b5 Na7 12.a4
c4 13.Bc2 Nc8 14.Bc1 Nd6 15.Qh4 Be7 16.Rf3 O-O-O 17.Qe1 h5
18.Ra2 h4 19.Rh3 Ng4 20.Nd2 Rdg8 21.Nf3 Qd8 22.Bb1 Rh5 23.Qf1
Kc7 24.Kh1 Qe8 25.Neg1 Nh6 26.Qe1 Nhf5 27.Ba3 Rgh8 28.Bxd6
Nxd6 29.Ne5 g5 30.fxg5 Bxg5 31.Ngf3 Be7 32.Rf2 f5 33.Rf1 Bf6
34.Qc1 R5h6 35.Bc2 Qf8 36.Qb2 Qg7 37.Bb1 Be7 38.Qe2 Ne8 39.Rg1
Nf6 40.g3 Ng4 41.gxh4 Bxh4 42.Nxh4 Rxh4 43.Rxh4 Rxh4 44.Nxg4
Rxg4 45.Rxg4 fxg4 46.Kg2 Qe7 47.Qxg4 Qa3 48.Qg7+ Kb8 49.Kf3
Qxa4 50.Kf4 Qxb5 51.Bc2 a4 52.h4 Qb2 53.Qh8+ Ka7 54.Ba4 Qf2+
55.Ke5 Qxe3+ 56.Kd6 Qxc3 57.h5 b5 58.h6 bxa4 59.h7 a3 60.Qe8
Qb4+ 61.Ke5 a2 62.h8=Q a1=Q 63.Qb8+ Ka6 64.Kxe6 Qb6+ 65.Ke7
Qa3+ 66.Kf7 Qf3+ 67.Ke7 Qe4+ 68.Qbe5 Qbxd4 {!} 69.Qxe4 Qxe4+
70.Kd6 Qf4+ 71.Kc5 Qe3+ 72.Kb4 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "NCL978 BCM-Midland Ms"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Hebden"]
[Black "Murray Chandler"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6
7. O-O Bd6 8. Qc2 Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxh2+ 10. Nxh2 Qxb5 11. Na3 Qb4
12. Bd2 Qe4 13. Bc3 Qxc2 14. Nxc2 Ne4 15. Bd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 a5
17. f3 Nf6 18. Rfe1+ Be6 19. a3 a4 20. Nb4 h5 21. Re5 O-O-O
22. Rae1 Ng8 23. f4 Ne7 24. Nf3 h4 25. Ng5 Ng6 26. R5e3 Rd7
27. f5 Bxf5 28. Rf1 Be6 29. Nxe6 Re8 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Nc7
Rxe3 32. Nxd5 Rb3 33. Rxf7 h3 34. Rxg7 Nh4 35. Nb6+ Kd8 36. d5
hxg2 37. Rg8+ Ke7 38. d6+ Kf7 39. Rg4 Rh3 {time} 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "1998.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ndf6 6. Ng5
Bg4 7. Be2 Bxe2 8. Nxe2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. c4 Ne7 11. Qb3 h6
12. Nf3 Qb8 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Bb4 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bxb4 16. Qxb4 Qc7
17. Ng3 Rd6 18. Rd3 c5 19. Qb3 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Nxd4 a6
22. Qb4 Rd8 23. Nf3 Rd3 24. b3 Ng6 25. Qe1 Qc6 26. Ne5 Nxe5
27. Qxe5 Rd2 28. Ra1 Ng4 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qf4 Rxf2 31. Qe4+
Qxe4 32. Nxe4 Rc2 33. Re1 b6 34. Nd6 f6 35. a4 Ne5 36. h3 Nd3
37. Rxe6 Nf4 38. Re4 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rd2 40. Nc8 Nxh3 41. Nxb6
f5 42. Re3 Ng5 43. c5 f4 44. Re2 Rd1+ 45. Re1 Rxe1+ 46. Kxe1
Ne6 47. b4 a5 48. c6 axb4 49. Nd5 b3 {...} 50. Kd2 f3 51. Kc3
f2 52. Ne3 g5 53. Kxb3 g4 54. Nf1 h5 55. Kc4 h4 56. Kd3 g3
57. Ke3 Kg6 58. a5 Kf5 59. a6 Kg4 60. a7 Nc7 61. Ke2 h3
62. Ne3+ Kf4 $4 63. Nd5+ Ke4 64. Nf6+ Kf5 65. Nh5 Kg4 66. Nf6+
Kh4 67. Nd5 h2 68. Nxc7 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Cancan Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Roquebrune"]
[Date "1998.09.15"]
[EventDate "1998.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "195"]

1. d4 { Annotation by Dvoretsky } Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5
4. e3 b6 5. d5 d6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7
9. Nc3 e5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. h4 Qg6 12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 Qxf5
14. Nde4 Nf6 15. Ng3 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Nxg4 17. Ke2 Kd7 18. Rag1
Nf6 19. h5 Rhg8 20. Nge4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Raf8 22. Rg4 Rf5
23. Ng3 Rg5 24. Re4 h6 25. b4 cxb4 26. Rxb4 Rc8 27. Rc1 Bd8
28. c4 Rg4 29. Kd3 Rh4 30. Rbb1 Rh2 31. Rc2 Bh4 32. Ne4 Rf8
33. Rg1 Rf7 34. Rcc1 Be7 35. Rh1 Rxh1 36. Rxh1 Rf5 37. Rh2 Bf8
38. Ng3 Rf7 39. Ke4 Ke8 40. Rg2 Rc7 41. Kd3 b5 42. cxb5 Rc5
43. e4 Rxb5 44. Nf5 Ra5 45. Nxg7+ Kf7 46. Ne6 Rxa2 47. Nxf8
Kxf8 48. Rg6 Ra3+ 49. Ke2 Ra6 50. Rxh6 Kg7 51. Rg6+ Kh7
52. Re6 Rb6 53. Re7+ Kh6 54. Rxa7 Kxh5 55. Rg7 Kh6 56. Rg8 Rb3
57. f3 Rb2+ 58. Ke3 Kh5 59. Rc8 Rb3+ 60. Kf2 Kg5 61. Kg3 Kf6
62. Rc6 Ke7 63. Rc7+ Kf6 64. Rd7 Rb6 65. Kg4 Ra6 66. Rh7 Ra3
67. Rh8 Ke7 68. f4 exf4 69. Kf5 f3 70. Rh7+ Kd8 71. Ke6 Re3
72. Kxd6 Rxe4 73. Rf7 Ke8 74. Rxf3 Rh4 75. Rg3 Rd4 76. Rg8+
Kf7 77. Rd8 Ra4 78. Rc8 Rd4 79. Rd8 Ra4 80. Rb8 Rd4 81. Rc8
Rd1 82. Rc2 Ke8 83. Kc6 Ke7 84. Re2+ Kd8 85. Rh2 Rc1+ {??}
86. Kd6 Kc8 87. Rh8+ Kb7 88. Kd7 Rc7+ 89. Ke6 Rg7 90. Re8 {??}
Rg5 {?} 91. d6 Rg6+ 92. Kd7 {?} Rg1 {?} 93. Re7 {?} Rg8 {?}
94. Rh7 Rf8 95. Ke7 Rf1 96. d7 Re1+ 97. Kd8 Kc6 98. Kc8 1-0

[Event "Capablanca mem Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana, Cuba"]
[Date "1998.05.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.c4 a6 7.e4
Qb6 8.Nbd2 d6 9.cxb5 axb5 10.a4 b4 11.Bb5+ Nd7 12.Nc4 Qc7
13.a5 Ra7 14.Nb6 Bc8 15.Nd4 Rb7 16.Nxc8 Qxc8 17.a6 Ra7 18.Nc6
Ra8 19.a7 Nb6 20.Nxb4+ Kd8 21.Nc6+ Kc7 22.O-O {/4,Ra6-b6,Qa4}
1-0

[Event "United States Womens Championship"]
[Site "Salt Lake City USA"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chouchanik Airapetian"]
[Black "Olga Sagalchik"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Eric Schiller} c5 2.Nf3 {2.Nc3 a6 3.g3 b5
4.Bg2 Bb7 5.d3 e6 6.f4 d5 7.e5 Ne7 8.Nf3 Nf5 9.O-O Nd7 =,
drawish position 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.c4} a6 {The O'Kelly
Sicilian is considered a bit suspect, but it has been
difficult to prove that White has a significant
advantage. 2...e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4
is another path to this position.} 3.d4 {Accepting the
challenge. Usually 3.c3 or 3.c4 are played.} cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6
{Now if White brings the knight to c3, the game can transpose
to normal Sicilians. Instead, White can apply the Maroczy
Bind.} 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Be2 Bd7 8.O-O Nc6 9.Be3 Nf6 {White
seems to be set up to prevent the Sicilian Break with ...d5,
leaving Black with less room to maneuver.} 10.Kh1 {This is
played a bit earlier than usual, but it is a safe
strategy.Often White advances the f-pawn. 10.f4 Qc7 11.Rc1
Nxd4 12.Bxd4 O-O 13.Kh1 Bc6 14.Bf3 Rac8 15.Qe2 Rfd8 Castillo
Larenas vs. Molina, Buenos Aires 1935. 10.f3 Rc8 11.Rc1 O-O
12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.cxd5 +/= Cebalo
vs. Margeta, Belisce CRO 1999.} Nxd4 11.Qxd4 {11.Bxd4 e5
12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Rac1 Bc6 LoehH-Seibel, Germany
1995. 15.Nd5 +/=} Bc6 12.b4 {! White can play on the queenside
in a Maroczy Bind.} e5 13.Qd3 b6 14.a4 {!} O-O 15.a5 {! +/-
Black is completing development, so White can take the
initiative onthe queenside.} b5 {15...bxa5 16.Rxa5 +/-}
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Be8 19.Bb6 Qb8 {Black has no
room to breathe, no tricks, and a weak pawn at b5. Surely
White will wrap things up soon!?} 20.f4 {?! 20.Rfc1! would
have maintained White's advantage, for example f5 21.Qc2 Bd8
22.Bxd8 Qxd8 23.Qc7 Qf6 24.Qb7 +/=} f5 {!} 21.fxe5 dxe5
22.Rxf5 Bxb4 {The position is starting to get random, and
White needs to be aware of the weakness of her back rank.}
23.Rxf8+ Bxf8 24.Qb3 Bd6 25.Bxb5 {?? 25.Rf1! b4 26.Bd3
unclear} Qxb6 {! White resigned. The a-pawn is pinned.} 0-1

[Event "U.S. Open"]
[Site "Reno USA"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Lawrence Stevens"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 {The text is a longtime favorite of
Walter's.} 3... e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 exd4
7. Bxc4 7... c5 { Trying to hang onto the pawn doesn't enjoy a
great reputation.} 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Bb5 9... Nge7 {It's very
risky for Black to try to hang onto the pawn. One example is
9...Qb6 10.Nc4.} 10. Rxc5 Bg4 11. Qa4 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6
Nxc6 14. Rd5 {This leads to sharp play. White looks to have an
advantage after the quieter 14.h3.} 14... Qf6 15. Re1 { It's
not possible to capture on d4 as 15.Nxd4 b5 wins a piece.}
15... Rfd8 16. Qa3 Be6 17. e5 Qe7 18. Rd6 Rd7 19. Ne4 Rad8
20. Qc5 $2 { This drops an important pawn. Walter was already
in time pressure.} 20... Nxe5 $1 21. Rxd7 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3
22... Qxd7 { Black's extra pawn and White's exposed King give
Stevens a winning advantage.} 23. Qg5 Kf8 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Qe5
Qd6 26. Nxe6+ Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 { In extreme time
pressure - Walter had only two minutes on his clock on move
25! - the Six-Time US Champion falls into a lost King and Pawn
ending.} 28... d3 $1 {Lawrence Stevens understands the
position quite well. His passed pawn ties down White's forces
and allows him to transpose into a winning King and Pawn
ending at the right moment.} 29. Re1 d2 30. Rd1 30... Kf7 {
Black's King wants to head to f4.} 31. Kf1 Kf6 32. Ke2 Kf5
33. Rg1 {Even in extreme time pressure Walter understands that
the position is lost and White needs a trick to save the
position. The natural looking 33.Ke3 (to keep the Black King
from f4) fails to 33...Re8+ 34.Kd3 (34.Kxd2 Rd8+ leads to a
winning pawn ending as in the game.) 34...Kf4 35.Kc3 (Once
again 35.Rxd2 or 35.Kxd2 allows 35...Rd8+ with a winning pawn
endgame.) 35...Rd8 followed by capturing the Kingside pawns.}
33... d1=Q+ $1 { Black shows he knows his endgame
fundamentals.} 34. Rxd1 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 Kf4 36. Ke2 36... h6 {
White is a pawn up, but Black's better King and superior pawn
structure.} 37. h3 g6 38. b3 h5 39. Ke1 Kxf3 40. Kf1 b5
41. Kg1 g5 42. Kf1 b4 43. Kg1 g4 44. hxg4 44... Kxg4 {The
power of the outside passed pawn is proven once again.}
45. Kg2 45... Kf4 {A memorable win for Stevens and a tough
start for the Six-Time US Champion. Don't count Walter out
just yet. He often needs an early loss to get his competitive
juices flowing.} 0-1

[Event "Nova Gorica 1999"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Adrian Mikhalchishin"]
[Black "Dusko Pavasovic"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 {Notes by Adrian Mikhalchishin} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3
Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e4 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Qxe4 e5
10.dxe5 O-O 11.exd6 Re8 12.Qxe8+ Qxe8 13.Be3 b5 14.O-O-O Nf6
15.Bd4 Be6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.c5 b4 {A bad move, but also
unsatisfactory is 17...Bxa2 18.Bd3 Bd5 19.Rhe1 Qd7 20.Be4!
--Mikhalchishin} 18.Kb1 Qd8 19.Nd4 Bd5 20.Rc1 Qa5 21.Nb3 Qd8
{What else is there to do? --Mikhalchishin} 22.Bc4 Be4+ 23.Ka1
Qd7 24.f3 Bf5 25.Nd4 Re8 26.Rhe1 Re5 27.Rxe5 fxe5 28.Nxf5 Qxf5
29.Rd1 Qd7 30.Bb5 {!} 1-0

[Event "Mind Sports Olympiad Ch."]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bogdan Lalic"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.Nf3
c6 5.d4 Nf6 { 5...Bg4 !? } 6.h3 Bf5 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Nh4
Bg6 10.f4 {!?} Bd8 {?! 10...Bxc2 11.Qxc2 ? Qxd4+ 12.Qf2 Qxc4 }
11.f5 exf5 12.Bf4 Qb4 13.Qe2+ Qe7 14.Rfe1 Kf8 15.Qf2 Qb4
16.Bb3 Bb6 17.Kh1 Nbd7 18.Qg3 Kg8 { 18...Nh5 19.Nxg6+ hxg6
20.Bd6+ Kg8 21.Bxf7+ ! Kxf7 22.Re7+ Kg8 23.Qxg6 Qc4 24.Re8+
Rxe8 25.Qxe8+ } 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.a3 Nh5 {? 20...Qxd4 21.Re7 Ng4
! 22.Rxf7 ! Nc5 23.Rd7+ Nxb3 24.Rxd4 Nxd4 +/= } 21.axb4 Nxg3+
22.Bxg3 Nf6 23.d5 { and White eventually won.} 1-0

[Event "Falconer International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jordy Mont-Reynaud"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4
5.a4 Na6 6.e4 Bg4 7.Bxc4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Qd2 Qa5
11.O-O h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.f4 Qh5 {I was quite happy with this
position. My king is safe in the center, and can castle in
either direction. White is surely not willing to part with his
bishop just to weaken my pawns by capturing at a6. The queen
is in attacking position and the g-file is open.} 14.Qe3 Nb4
15.Rac1 { An interesting move which I had not considered. It
seems to discourage queenside castling, but I thought I could
manage to defend, and hurl my pieces at at the White king.}
O-O-O 16.Be2 {As expected. I get a little carried away and
think only of attack, when I should have first attended to
defense.} Qh4 {? Going into this line I missed White's
20th. 16...Qa5 ! was much stronger. The queen can help defend
the kingside and ...f5 is coming. White can try 17.f5 but exf5
18.exf5 Bd6 opens a path to the White king. } 17.d5 {!} Kb8 {
17...b6 ! would preserve Black's advantage, for example
18.dxc6 Bc5 19.Qf3 Nxc6 20.e5 Nd4 ! 21.Qa8+ Kd7 22.Qxa7+ Ke8
and the king is safe at home on e8. The pawn at f4 is
doomed. } 18.dxc6 bxc6 { 18...Nxc6 19.Nb5 Rd7 ! would have
been my choice, had I seen what was coming. } 19.Nb5 {!} cxb5
{ 19...Rd7 ! was the best defense, but I didn't see this idea
until later. 20.Rfd1 Rhd8 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 and the knight must
retreat. The strong knight at b4 is probably enough to make up
for the queenside weaknesses. } 20.Rc7 {!! Ouch! If there had
been a pawn at c7, I would have considered this possibility
earlier. Nothing to do now, the game is lost.} Rhg8+ {
20...Kxc7 21.Qxa7+ Kd6 22.Rd1+ and mate is forced. } 21.Kh1
Nc6 22.Rxc6 {!} Rd7 {! 22...bxa4 23.Rc7 would have been truly
embarrassing! } 23.Rfc1 Bd6 24.e5 { 24.Qc3 ! would have been
crushing. } fxe5 25.Qc3 { 25.fxe5 is also strong. Bc7 26.Rxc7
! Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Kxc7 28.Qxa7+ Kc8 29.Qa8+ Kc7 30.Qxg8 Qxf2
31.Bxb5 Qe1+ 32.Qg1 Qe4+ 33.Qg2 Qe1+ 34.Bf1 Qxe5 35.b4 is a
simple win. } Qd8 26.fxe5 Bc7 27.Qb4 {!} Qg5 {?
Desperation. The threat of mate at g2 is serious, but White
wins by striking first.} 28.Qxb5+ Bb6 29.Bf3 Rb7 30.Qa6 {!
With deadly threats!} Qe7 { 30...Bc7 31.Rxc7 and mate in
6. 30...Qd8 31.Rc8+ Qxc8 32.Rxc8+ Kxc8 33.Qxb7+ } 31.R6c2 Bd4
32.Qxb7+ Qxb7 33.Bxb7 Kxb7 34.Rc7+ Kb8 35.Rxf7 Bxb2 {??}
36.Rb1 1-0

[Event "Stamer Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.06.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Steven Lender Krasnov"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 c6 4.b3 f5
5.Bb2 Nf6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.O-O e5 10.Ng5 {?!}
Qe7 11.g3 { 11.f4 exf4 12.exf4 Bxf4 13.Rxf4 Qe3+ 14.Rf2 Qxg5
-/+ } h6 12.Ngf3 g5 13.a3 Rf7 14.Qc2 Rg7 15.Rfe1 Nf8 { 15...f4
!? } 16.e4 Ng6 17.Bf1 {? 17.cxd5 cxd5 } fxe4 {!} 18.dxe4 g4 {
18...d4 would have been safer. The advance of the g-pawn wins
a piece for two pawns, but White has a lot of counterplay. }
19.exd5 {!} gxf3 20.dxc6 Bg4 {I wanted to preserve the
f-pawn. 20...bxc6 21.Nxf3 White has sufficient compensation
for material deficit } 21.h3 Bh5 22.cxb7 Qxb7 { 22...Rd8 !?
23.Ne4 Bb8 } 23.c5 {!} Bc7 24.Nc4 Re8 25.Kh2 {! A good move,
eliminating tricks involving ...Nh4 or ...Nf4.} Qc6 26.b4 e4
27.b5 {!} Qe6 28.Rad1 Kh7 {# The Black king gets off the
dangerous a2-g8 diagonal. White will win the exchange, but
Black keeps the kingside pressure on.} 29.Nd6 Ne5 {!} 30.Nxe8
Bxe8 31.a4 { 31.Qa4 !? } Bg6 32.Qd2 Rd7 33.Qc3 Nd5 34.Qb3 {
34.Qd2 e3 ! 35.fxe3 f2 36.Qxf2 Rf7 followed by ...Nf3+. } Qf5
35.Rxd5 {?? 35.b6 axb6 36.Bxe5 Qxe5 37.c6 Rd6 unclear } Rxd5
36.b6 { 36.Qxd5 Ng4+ 37.hxg4 Qxd5 -+ } axb6 37.cxb6 Bb8 38.Qe3
{ 38.Bc3 -/+ } h5 {!} 39.Bc1 Nf7 40.Bc4 Ng5 {!} 41.Bf1 {
41.Qxg5 Qxg5 42.Bxg5 Rxg5 43.h4 Rc5 44.Bb3 -/+ } h4 {-+}
42.Kh1 hxg3 43.Qxg5 g2+ 44.Bxg2 Qxg5 45.Bxg5 fxg2+ 46.Kxg2
Rxg5+ 47.Kh1 Bh5 0-1

[Event "Mechanic's Master / Expert"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Agnis Kaugars"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} f5 2.b3 b6 3.Bb2 Bb7 4.e3 e6
5.d4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Qe2 Ne4 9.h4 {?! 9.O-O 9.c4
9.h3 ES. } a5 10.a3 Bf6 11.c4 c5 12.Bc2 Nxd2 13.Kxd2 {?!
13.Qxd2 } Nc6 { 13...Bxf3 ! 14.gxf3 [ 14.Qxf3 Nc6 15.Kd3 d5
16.cxd5 cxd4 17.dxc6 [ 17.exd4 Bxd4 ! 18.Bxd4 e5 19.Rhe1 Nxd4
-+ ] dxe3+ 18.Kxe3 Bxb2 -/+ ] Nc6 15.Qd3 cxd4 16.exd4 d5 -/+ }
14.Rad1 a4 15.bxa4 Qc7 { 15...cxd4 16.exd4 Qc7 =/+ } 16.Ke1
Ba6 { 16...cxd4 17.exd4 Na5 18.Bd3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Rfc8 -/+ }
17.Bd3 Rae8 18.d5 {?! 18.dxc5 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 bxc5 +/= } Nd4
19.Bxd4 {?! 19.d6 Nxf3+ [ 19...Nxe2 20.dxc7 Nc3 21.Rc1 Nxa4
22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Rb1 e5 24.Bc2 Nc3 25.Rb3 +/= ] 20.gxf3 Qxd6
21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Bxf5 Qc6 =/+ } cxd4 20.dxe6 { 20.d6 Qxd6 [
20...Qc5 ! ES ] 21.Nxd4 =/+ } dxe3 21.fxe3 Rxe6 22.Kf2 {
22.Ng5 Qg3+ 23.Kd2 23.Kf1 Rxe3 24.Rh3 Rxe2 25.Rxg3 Ra2 26.c5
Bd4 27.Bxa6 Rf2+ 28.Ke1 Re8+ 29.Re3 Bxe3 30.Bc4+ Kf8 31.Rxd7
Bxc5+ 32.Be6 Re7 33.Rd8+ Re8 34.Rd7 Rd6 -/+ 23...Rxe3 24.Qxe3
Bc3+ 25.Ke2 Qxg2+ 26.Qf2 Re8+ 27.Ne4 Qxf2+ 28.Kxf2 fxe4 29.Be2
e3+ 30.Kg3 Bb7 31.Rhf1 Be5+ 32.Kh3 } Qc5 {-+} 23.Qd2 f4
24.Rhe1 Bxh4+ 25.Kf1 fxe3 26.Qc2 Qh5 27.Ke2 Bxe1 28.Rxe1 Bb7
29.Bxh7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alan Kobernat"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5
5.Bc4 h6 6.h3 {?!} Be7 7.Be3 c6 8.a4 Qc7 9.a5 {!? #} Nf8 {
9...Nxe4 is thematic, but messy. 10.Nxe4 [ 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7
11.Nxe4 d5 12.Ng3 e4 13.Nd2 Rf8 looks safe enough for Black,
who can complete manual castling with ...Kg8. ] d5 11.Nxe5
Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qxe5 13.Qd4 Qxd4 14.Bxd4 dxc4 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Bxh6
Rxg2 17.Ng3 Bc5 was possible. I hadn't spotted this move when
calculating the consequences of 9...Nxe4. I had thought that
after exchaning queens the position might quickly become
drawish. Even in this line, is there anything better than
18.Ne4 Be7 19.Ng3 Bc5 ? } 10.Qe2 Ne6 11.d5 Nf8 {I was happy to
lure the d-pawn forward and was not worried about the slightly
backward development.} 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.g3 {#} Bd7 {?! A poor
move, strategically, since b7 needs support. That's not
obvious yet. 13...O-O was correct, but I stubbornly wanted to
try a kingside pawnstorm. } 14.a6 O-O 15.f4 {White knows that
this will lead to a situation where his king is stranded in
the center, but correctly judges that it will not be in danger
there.} exf4 16.gxf4 b5 {?! 16...cxd5 should lead to equality
for Black. } 17.dxc6 {!} bxc4 { 17...Bxc6 18.Bxb5 Bxb5 19.Qxb5
would have led to an unpleasant position for Black. The
kingside can be atttacked, there is an extra pawn for White
and the endgame after Rab8 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Nxc4 Rb4 22.b3 looks
bad, even after Nxe4 23.Nxe4 d5 24.f5 ! } 18.cxd7 Nxd7 {#}
19.Qxc4 {?! Believe it or not, castling queenside would have
been less risky, though Black would be able to attack the
queenside, using a bishop at f6 as though we were in a
Dragon.} Bh4+ 20.Ke2 {White has a small advantage here. The
extra pawn is not of immediate use, but the control of the
center and possible action on the g-file provide a strong
grip. Black can't survive by grovelling, so it is time to look
for active counterplay at any price. It comes from a move
which is seemingly passive, but has a hidden point.} Qb8 {!?
This move is a retreat, hampers communications between the
rooks, and doesn't even threaten the pawn at b2, which is
truly poisoned. Ah, but if the d-pawn moves, the pawn at f4
will be attacked.} 21.Rhg1 { 21.Ra5 would be even stronger
here than as played on the next turn. } Kh7 { 21...Qxb2
22.Rgb1 Qxc2 23.Ra2 d5 24.Qb4 and there is no escape for the
lady. } 22.Ra5 {!} Nb6 { 22...Qxb2 23.Rb1 Qxc2 24.Ra2 d5
25.Qb4 also wins the queen. } 23.Qc6 { 23.Qb4 would have been
less cooperative. } d5 {!} 24.e5 { 24.exd5 Nxf4+ 25.Bxf4 Qxf4
and Black is back in business! 24.Nxd5 !? Rc8 25.Qb7 Nxd5
26.exd5 Rxc2 27.Qxf7 Qe8 28.Qxe8 Rxe8 29.Kd3 Rxb2 +/= } d4 {!?
In for a penny, in for a pound!} 25.Qe4 {!? 25.Bxd4 ! Nxf4+
26.Kf1 would have been better. Black doesn't have much of an
attack and the queen sill return to e4 soon enough. } dxe3
26.f5 {!? #} exd2 { 26...Nh8 {is correct, but I didn't really
consider exiling my extra piece.} 27.fxg6+ { 27.Kxe3 Bg5+
28.Ke2 Re8 is no better. } Kh8 { 27...g6 ? 28.Qxh4 exd2 29.Ne4
Re8 30.Ng5+ Kg8 31.Qxh6 !! Rxe5+ 32.Kf2 and Black cannot avoid
mate by Qg7 or Qh7 and Qxh8. } 28.Qxh4 Qc7 {! White has no way
to continue the attack.} 29.Ne4 {?? 29.gxf7 Qxf7 30.Qg3 Rae8
is difficult for White, because the d-pawn cannot be captured
without hanging the rook at a5 to a knight fork. In any case,
...Nc4 is a threat. 29.Qe4 Nc4 -/+ } Qc4+ {This is possible
only because White volunatrily blocked the 4th rank on his
last move.} 30.Kd1 fxg6 31.Rc5 Qd4 {White resigned. The game
might have concluded} 32.Qg4 Na4 33.Rb5 Nxb2+ 34.Rxb2 Qxb2
35.Qxg6 Qxe5 36.Kxd2 Rad8+ 37.Ke2 Rde8 38.Rg4 Re6 0-1

[Event "Stamer Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "R Mapp"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 d5
5.c3 Nbd7 6.O-O b6 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.f4 g6 9.Nd2 Bg7 10.Ndf3 O-O
11.Qe1 Ne4 12.a4 f6 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qh4 c4 15.Bc2 a6 16.g4 Bc6
17.Kh1 b5 18.a5 b4 {!} 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nd2 Bd5 21.f5 {!?} exf5
22.gxf5 g5 { 22...gxf5 23.Qf4 unclear } 23.Qg4 Rfe8 24.Rg1 b3
25.Nf1 {!} Rab8 26.Ng3 Rb5 27.h4 h6 28.Rg2 Kf7 29.Bd2 Qc7 {#}
30.Nh5 {!} Rxa5 {? The computers like this greedy move, but
The whole idea behind the advance of the pawn to a5 was to
lure the enemy pieces into wsting time going after it. Black
should have waited, as the pawn was not going anywhere.}
31.Rag1 Rh8 32.Be1 Ra1 {? Black should be thinking about
defense!} 33.Nf4 {!} Qd7 34.Ng6 Re8 35.hxg5 fxg5 {?! Wrong
pawn, though Black, in time trouble, could hardly have worked
out all the details. 35...hxg5 36.Qh5 Kg8 37.Rh2 Rd8 38.Qh7+
Kf7 39.Ne5+ fxe5 40.f6 Rg8 41.fxg7 Ke8 42.Qh5+ Qf7 43.Qxg5
Qf3+ 44.Rhg2 [ 44.Qg2 ?? Rxg7 ! -/+ ] Qh3+ 45.Rh2 draws. }
36.Rh2 Kg8 37.Bg3 {!} Rxg1+ 38.Kxg1 Bf7 39.Ne5 {!} Qa4 40.Rf2
Qa1+ 41.Kg2 Qa5 42.f6 Bf8 43.Nxf7 h5 44.Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Stamer Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.06.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Ed Seid"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4
5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne5 {!? # An unusual
line. 9.Nh4 and 9.Qe2 are the common replies.} Qa5 { 9...c5
10.Na2 Ba5 11.dxc5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bc2 13.Rd4 Bc7 14.Nf3 Nc6 is
Capablanca-Euwe, Nottingham 1936. Ribli, in his Informant
monograph, claims equality but I think White is better. }
10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.f4 Nf6 14.Bd2 Rad8 15.e5
Nd5 16.Rac1 Nb6 17.Be3 Rd7 { 17...Bxc3 18.Rxc3 Qxa4 19.b3
White has sufficient compensation for material deficit }
18.Bb3 Rfd8 19.g4 Bxc3 { 19...c5 ! } 20.Rxc3 Be4 21.f5 Bd5 {
21...Nxa4 22.Bxa4 Qxa4 23.Ra3 unclear } 22.Bc2 {!} Qb4 23.f6
{?! A miscalculation, missing Black's 27th. 23.g5 Qxb2 24.fxe6
!? Qxc3 25.Rc1 ! Qa3 26.exd7 Nxa4 27.Bf5 unclear } g6 24.Qf2
Qxb2 25.Rc5 {? 25.Qf4 Qb4 26.Qh6 Qf8 unclear } Nc4 {! -/+}
26.Qh4 Nxe3 27.Qh6 {#} Nf5 {!! Forced, but nevertheless
brilliant, if seen in advance. Perhaps I can be forgiven for
assuming that my king is safe in this position, bit I hadn't
reckoned on the weakness at d4 being fatal.} 28.Rxf5 { 28.gxf5
Qxd4+ 29.Rf2 Qg4+ 30.Kf1 Bg2+ !! 31.Rxg2 Qf3+ 32.Ke1 Rd1+
33.Bxd1 Rxd1# } Qxd4+ 29.Kf1 Bg2+ {# Here a draw was agreed,
but White is mated. The best defense is 29...Bc4+ ! 30.Rxc4
Qxc4+ 31.Ke1 Qb4+ and Black wins. } 30.Ke1 {but} Qb4+ 31.Kf2
Qxc5+ 32.Kg3 Qc3+ 33.Kh4 Qh3+ 34.Kg5 Qxh6+ 35.Kxh6 exf5 {is
hardly worth playing!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arco op 21st"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[EventDate "1999.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arkadij Rotstein"]
[Black "Josef Kloster"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Be6 5. b3 Nd7 6. Bb2 Ngf6
7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Qb6 9. Nf3 d5 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. cxd5 Nbxd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O Be7 14. e4 Be6 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Bh3 Kf7 19. Re2 Rd3 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bg2
{Diagram # Black's position is very solid, but he has to deal
with the threat of Be4. but Black made an "active" move:}
21... Nc3 ({He could play} 21... Nb4) ({or} 21... Nc7) {After}
22. Re3 {he had to resign, as 22...Re3 would be met with
23.fxe+ and 24.Bxc3.} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel, Switzerland"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Dimitrij Bunzmann"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 b6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.c3 Be7 6.Qa4+ c6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O b5 9.Qc2 c5 10.d4 Qb6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bd3 Nc6
13.exd5 exd5 14.Nb3 Bg4 15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.Be3 Qd6 17.Nd4 a6
18.Nxc6 Qxc6 19.Bd4 h6 20.f3 Bd7 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Qd2 Nh7
23.Bc2 Rfe8 24.Qf2 Qd6 25.Rd2 Bc6 26.Bc5 Qf4 27.Rd4 Qe5
28.Rfd1 Nf6 29.R4d2 Nh5 30.Qd4 Qg5 31.g3 Nf6 32.Qd3 g6 33.Bd4
Nd7 34.Qf1 Qe7 35.Qh3 Kh7 36.g4 Nc5 37.Qg3 Ne6 38.Re2 Qg5
39.Be5 Nc5 40.Bf4 Qf6 41.g5 Qh8 42.Be5 Qf8 43.gxh6 Ne6 44.h4
Qxh6 45.h5 Ng7 46.hxg6+ Kg8 47.gxf7+ Kxf7 48.Kf2 Nh5 49.Qh4
Rg8 50.Rh1 d4 51.Bb3+ { All game was played by Bologan with
big energy.} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel, Switzerland"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Avrukh"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 f5 4.e4 fxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nge2 Bf5 7.Ng3
Bg6 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Ncxe4 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Bh4
13.Ne2 Qe7 14.Qc2 Rf7 15.N2c3 Raf8 16.b4 a6 17.Rad1 Qd8 18.Qe2
Nb6 19.c5 Nc8 20.g3 Be7 21.a4 a5 22.bxa5 dxc5 23.a6 bxa6
24.Bxa6 Rf3 25.Rd3 Bh5 26.Qa2 R3f7 27.Rd2 Qd7 28.Be2 Bxe2
29.Rxe2 Na7 30.Qc4 Qh3 31.Qa6 Nc8 32.Qe6 Qxe6 33.dxe6 Rf3
34.Nd5 Bd6 35.Rc1 Ra3 36.Nxc5 Re8 37.Ne4 Rxe6 38.Nxc7 Bxc7
39.Rxc7 Nb6 40.Nc5 Re8 41.Re4 Nd5 42.Ra7 h5 43.a5 Nf6 44.Rb4
e4 45.Rbb7 Kh8 46.a6 e3 47.fxe3 Ra1+ 48.Kg2 Ra2+ 49.Kf3 Ng4
50.Re7 Rd8 51.Rxg7 Rf2+ 52.Ke4 Nf6+ 53.Ke5 Rd5+ 54.Ke6 Rxc5
55.Rgc7 Ra5 56.Rf7 Re2 57.Kxf6 { Und Schwarz gab in verlorener
Stellung auf.} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel, Switzerland"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dimitrij Bunzmann"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 Re8 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5
Bxc3 8.dxc3 d6 9.Nh3 Nbd7 10.Qd4 b6 11.Nf4 Bb7 12.Rd1 Ne5
13.b3 a5 14.Be3 Neg4 15.Bc1 a4 16.b4 Ne5 17.Be3 c5 18.Qxd6
Nxc4 19.Qxd8 Rexd8 20.bxc5 Nxe3 21.fxe3 bxc5 22.Rdb1 Bc6
23.Rb6 Rac8 24.h4 h6 25.Bh3 Rc7 26.h5 Kf8 27.Rab1 Ke7 28.c4
Rd2 29.Ra6 Rxa2 30.Rbb6 Kd6 31.Kf2 a3 32.Ke1 Rb2 33.Rb5 Rb4
34.Rba5 Rxc4 35.Rxa3 Rb7 36.Ra2 Rc1+ 37.Kd2 Rg1 38.Kc3 Rxg3
39.Bc8 Rc7 40.Bf5 Rxe3+ 41.Kc4 Ke5 {Und Weiss gab auf.Er
verliert eine Figur.} 0-1

[Event "Brasil 75/115"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hindemburg Melao"]
[Black "Carlos Alejandro Martinez"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Bd3 Nh6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. Nf4 e6
9. h3 Bf5 10. c3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf5 12. Bd2 Qa5 13. O-O-O Qxa2 14. g4 hxg4 15.
hxg4 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 Qa1+ 17. Qb1 Qxb1+ 18. Kxb1 Ne7 19. Ng5 Na6 20. Rh7 Kf8 21.
Ngxe6+ fxe6 22. Nxe6+ Kf7 23. Rxg7+ Kxe6 24. Bg5 Re8 {
If Nc8 25 f4 b5 26 Rxg6+ Kf7 27f5 Nc7 28 e6+} 25. f4 c5 26. Bxe7 cxd4 27. Bd6
dxc3 28. Rxg6+ Kd7 29. Rg7+ Kc6 30. bxc3 Rh8 31. f5 Rh1+ 32. Kc2 Rh2+ 33. Kd3
b6 34. f6 Nc5+ 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. f7 1-0


[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.01"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Filatov"]
[Black "Pieter Bierkens"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nf6
7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Bb2 a5 11. Qe2 Bb7
12. Rac1 a4 13. b4 Na7 14. Ne5 b5 15. f4 Ne8 16. Rf3 f6
17. Rh3 h6 { Massive sacs coming that don't pay off in the
long run.} 18. Rxh6 gxh6 19. Qg4+ Ng7 20. Qg6 f5 21. Qxh6 Bf6
22. Ndf3 Bxe5 23. Ng5 Rf7 24. fxe5 Qb6 25. Rf1 Nc6 26. Rf4
Nxe5 27. Rh4 Kf8 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Bc1 Ng6 30. Rg4 e5 {
Another sac is imminent.} 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Qh7+ Ng7 33. Bh6
Rg8 34. h4 Bc8 35. Rg3 Qxd4+ 36. Be3 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qh5 38. Rf3+
Nf4 39. Qxh5+ Ngxh5 40. g3 Rxg3 41. Rxg3 Nxg3 42. Kxg3 Kg6
43. Bxf4 exf4+ 44. Kxf4 Kf6 45. c3 Bf5 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. h5 Bg4
48. h6 Bf5 49. Kd2 d4 50. cxd4+ Kxd4 51. Ke2 Kc3 52. Ke3 Bh7
0-1

[Event "Koltanowski Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2000.12.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Pinto"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5
5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bf4 Be6
11.h3 Nf6 12.Rc1 Qd7 { 12...c4 !? } 13.Kh2 Ne4 {!? 13...Rfe8
!? } 14.dxc5 Nxc3 { 14...Nxc5 15.b4 ! +/= } 15.Rxc3 d4 16.Rc1
Bf6 { 16...Bxa2 17.b3 Qe6 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 +/- } 17.b3 h6
18.h4 { Not necessary.} Rfe8 19.Qd2 {+/=} a5 20.Rfd1 Rad8 {
20...Bg4 !? } 21.Bd6 Bg4 22.a3 {? 22.Re1 +/= } Qe6 23.Re1 Qxb3
24.Rb1 Qxa3 25.Rxb7 Qc3 {!} 26.Rc1 {? 26.Rd1 Qxd2 27.Rxd2 is
unclear } Qxd2 27.Nxd2 Rxe2 {-/+} 28.Ne4 Nb4 { 28...Be5 ! -/+
} 29.Bc7 Rc8 30.Rf1 {? 30.Nxf6+ gxf6 31.Bxa5 Nd3 32.Rd1 Nxc5
33.Rxd4 ! h5 [ 33...Nxb7 34.Rxg4+ Kh8 35.Bxb7 ] 34.Ra7 } Bd8
{!} 31.Bxd8 Rxd8 32.f3 Be6 33.Rd1 d3 34.Rd2 {?} Bd5 {?!
Inefficient, but wins straightforwardly. 34...f5 ! -+ }
35.Rxb4 {!} axb4 36.Rxd3 Rc2 {-+} 37.Nd2 Rd7 38.Bh3 Be6
39.Rxd7 Bxd7 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Victor Ossipov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 d5 4.h3 Nf6
5.Bf4 Bb4 6.Nd2 Bd6 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Qe7 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.Qe2 Ne4
11.a3 c6 12.Bxe4 fxe4 13.f4 exf3 14.Nxf3 Qg3+ 15.Qf2 Qxf2+
16.Kxf2 e5 {!} 17.dxe5 Bf5 18.Kg3 Nd7 {!?} 19.e6 Nc5 20.e7
Rfe8 21.Nd4 Bg6 22.b4 Ne4+ 23.Nxe4 Bxe4 24.c3 Rxe7 25.Rac1 a5
26.Rhf1 h6 27.Ra1 Bd3 28.Rfe1 axb4 29.cxb4 Rae8 30.Kf2 Rf7+
31.Kg3 Rf6 32.Rad1 Be4 33.Nf3 Rc8 34.Rc1 Bd3 35.Rc3 Bc4 36.Nd4
h5 37.Nc2 Rf7 38.Nd4 Rf1 39.Rxf1 Bxf1 {...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capps Memorial #29"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Mladen Vucic"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O
5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 c6 7.O-O a5 8.Re1 d5 9.Nbd2 Bf5 10.Ne5 a4 11.c4
axb3 12.axb3 Rxa1 13.Qxa1 Nbd7 14.cxd5 {!? 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.e4
Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Rxe4 Qd3 =/+ }
cxd5 15.Qa7 Nxe5 {!? 15...Qb8 16.Ra1 +/= } 16.dxe5 Nd7 {
16...Ng4 17.Qxb7 e6 18.Nf3 Qa5 } 17.f4 {!? 17.Qxb7 ! Bxe5
18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Qxd5 Qxd5 20.Bxd5 Rd8 21.e4 +/= } b6 18.Ba3
{+/=} Nc5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Qxc5 e6 21.Rc1 Qa8 {!} 22.Bf3 {?!
22.Nf3 Rb8 23.Nd4 Bf8 24.Qc7 unclear } h5 23.Qd4 Rc8 24.Rxc8+
Qxc8 25.e4 Bf8 26.b4 dxe4 27.Bxe4 Bh3 {Black has sufficient
compensation for material deficit} 28.Bg2 Qc1+ 29.Kf2 Bf5
30.Bf3 { 30.Be4 Bh3 31.Bg2 Bf5 } Qa3 31.Ne4 Bxe4 32.Qxe4 Qb2+
33.Qe2 {?!} Qxb4 34.Kg2 h4 35.Kh3 hxg3 36.hxg3 Be7 37.Qe4 Qa3
38.Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.11.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John William Donaldson"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.c4 Bf5
5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.O-O e6 7.Re1 Nf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.e4 Bg6 10.d4 O-O
11.Ne5 Qb6 12.Na4 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qd8 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Be3 Nbd7
16.Qc2 {?!} Ng4 17.Bf4 e5 {!?} 18.dxe5 g5 19.e6 {!?} fxe6 {?!
19...gxf4 20.exd7 fxg3 21.hxg3 Qxd7 } 20.Qb3 gxf4 21.Qxe6+ Rf7
22.Qxg4 fxg3 { 22...Ne5 23.Qe6 Nd3 24.Re2 +/- } 23.hxg3 Ne5
24.Qe6 Qd4 25.Rf1 Nd3 26.Rad1 Rd8 27.Nc3 Bc5 28.e5 {!} Bb6
29.Bh3 {!} Kf8 30.Bf5 Qxe5 {? 30...Nc5 31.Qxf7+ Kxf7 32.Rxd4
Rxd4 33.Rd1 Rxd1+ 34.Nxd1 g6 35.Bc8 Nd3 36.e6+ Ke7 37.Bxb7 Bd4
38.Bxc6 Nxb2 39.Nxb2 Bxb2 40.Be4 g5 41.Bd5 +/- } 31.Rxd3 Qxf5
32.Rxd8+ Bxd8 33.Qd6+ Ke8 34.Re1+ {!} Re7 35.Rxe7+ Bxe7
36.Qb8+ Kf7 37.Qxb7 {+/-} Qc5 38.Qb3+ Kf8 39.Kg2 Qe5 40.Qc4
Qd6 41.b3 a5 42.Ne4 {+-} Qd7 { 42...Qd5 43.Qxd5 cxd5 44.Nc3 d4
45.Na4 +- } 43.Nc5 Qd5+ 44.Qxd5 cxd5 45.Ne6+ Kf7 46.Nf4 d4
47.Kf3 g5 48.Nd3 1-0

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.11.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Mladen Vucic"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.d4 a6
5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Qe2 b6 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Rd1 Qc7
11.b3 Nc6 12.Bb2 Nb4 13.Bb1 Bb7 14.a3 Nc6 15.Bc2 Rfd8 16.Rd2
Rab8 17.Rad1 {?!} Na5 {!} 18.e4 { 18.Qd3 Nxb3 19.Nb5 axb5
20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Qxh7+ Kf8 =/+ } e5 19.Rb1 Nc6 20.Nd5 Nxd5
21.exd5 Nd4 22.Nxd4 exd4 { 22...cxd4 !? } 23.Re1 Bf8 24.Qe4 g6
25.Rde2 Bc8 26.Qf3 Bd7 27.Bc1 Re8 28.Bd2 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 {?!} Re8
{ 29...d3 ! 30.Bxd3 [ 30.Qxd3 Bf5 -/+ ] Rxb3 =/+ } 30.Rxe8
Bxe8 31.Qe2 Bd7 32.b4 Qc8 33.h3 h5 34.Bd3 Qd8 35.bxc5 dxc5
36.Qe5 Qb6 37.Bf4 {!} f6 { 37...Qb3 38.Qb8 Qxd3 ?? 39.Bh6 +- }
38.Qc7 Qxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Arabian Vasken"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 Nf6
5.Qd2 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 e5 10.d5 a6
11.h4 h5 12.Bg5 Qe7 13.g4 {!} hxg4 14.Bxg4 Rfd8 15.h5 Qf8
16.h6 {+/-} Nxg4 17.hxg7 Qxg7 18.Bxd8 Rxd8 19.Qg5 Ngf6
20.O-O-O Kf8 21.Rh3 Ke7 22.Rdh1 Rg8 23.f3 Kd8 24.Qe3 b6 25.a4
Kc8 26.b4 Kb7 27.Ne2 Nh5 28.Qc3 Ndf6 29.Qc6+ Kb8 30.a5 bxa5
31.Qxa6 Nd7 32.Nc3 Nf4 33.Nb5 Ne2+ 34.Kd2 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Alexander Ivanov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6
5.Be3 Nf6 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.Be2 b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Nd5
11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qf3 {?} Bxe5 13.Qxd5 cxd5 14.dxe5 Kd7 {!}
15.O-O-O {?!} Ke6 {-/+} 16.g4 h5 17.h3 Nc6 18.f4 hxg4 19.hxg4
Rxh1 20.Rxh1 d4 21.Bd2 Kd5 22.Rh7 Rf8 23.Kd1 g5 {!} 24.Ke2
gxf4 25.Bxf4 Nxe5 26.Rh5 f6 27.c3 Ke4 28.cxd4 Nxg4 29.Bd2 a6
30.Rh7 Re8 31.Rg7 f5 32.Bb4 e6 33.Ra7 f4 34.Rf7 Nh6 35.Rf6 Nf5
36.Bc5 a5 {!} 37.Kf2 Ne3 38.Ke2 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Zemitis Futurity"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter G Grey"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.O-O Nbc6 8.Nxc6 Nxc6 9.Re1 Be7 10.a4 b4
11.Nd5 Bd6 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Ne5 { 13...Qf6 14.Qc1 unclear }
14.Bf1 Qg5 15.Nd3 { 15.Nh3 Qe7 16.Qd4 f6 17.f4 Nc6 18.Qf2 O-O
19.Rad1 Bb7 } Nxd3 16.cxd3 { 16.Qxd3 Qe5 } O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grumette Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Austin Ong"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6
5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 Ng4 7.Bg5 c5 {?!} 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Qxd8 Rxd8
10.h3 { 10.Bxe7 Re8 11.Bxc5 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Rxe4+ 13.Be2 } Nf6
11.e5 Nfd7 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Nd5 Kf8 14.Bb5 {!?} h6 15.Bh4 {
15.Be3 +/= } g5 16.Nc7 Rb8 17.Bg3 e6 18.Rd6 Nb6 19.Rhd1 {
19.Bxc6 Rxd6 20.exd6 bxc6 leaves White vulnerable at b2, but I
should have seen the simple 21.Be5 Nd7 22.Re1 ! with a lock
ont he position. } Ke7 {?? But I couldn't resist setting the
trap, and my opponent obligingly walked right into it!}
20.Bxc6 Rxd6 21.exd6+ Kd8 22.Be8 {Resignation would have been
appropriate here, but the brutal end was} Bd7 23.Bxf7 Nc4
24.c3 b5 25.Bxe6 b4 {?} 26.Bxc4 1-0

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.11.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ted Field"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Be3 e5
5.Qd2 Be7 6.Bd3 Ng4 7.Nf3 Nxe3 8.Qxe3 c6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.O-O
O-O 11.Ne2 Qa5 12.c3 Nf6 13.Ng3 Ng4 14.Qd2 Be6 15.b4 Qc7 16.h3
Nh6 17.Qc2 g6 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Rad1 Rd7 20.Re2 Rfd8 21.Red2 f6
22.Be2 Nf7 23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Rxd7 Qxd7 25.a4 Qc7 {!} 26.Nd2 a5
27.b5 cxb5 28.Bxb5 Nd6 29.Qd3 Nxb5 30.Qxb5 Kf7 {=/+} 31.c4 {?}
Bb4 {-/+} 32.Ngf1 Qd7 {!} 33.Qxd7+ Bxd7 34.f3 Bc5+ 35.Kh2 Bxa4
36.g3 Bd1 37.f4 a4 38.Nb1 Bb4 39.Ne3 Bf3 40.fxe5 Bxe4 41.e6+
Kxe6 42.Nd5 Bxd5 43.cxd5+ Kxd5 0-1

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.11.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ron Hermansen"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nge7 9.Be3 d6 10.f4 b5
11.Qf2 {?! A waste of time.} O-O 12.O-O-O Bxe3+ 13.Qxe3 Qc7
14.Qh3 Nb4 {!} 15.Kb1 Nxd3 16.cxd3 b4 17.Ne2 a5 18.Qe3 {!
Takes away b6, a7.} Bd7 19.Rc1 Qb7 20.h4 Ba4 21.Nd2 Bb5 22.h5
Qa6 23.Rh3 { 23.Nc4 !? } Rac8 24.h6 Rxc1+ 25.Nxc1 g6 26.Qd4 f6
27.Nc4 Bxc4 28.Qxc4 Qxc4 29.dxc4 Rc8 {=/+} 30.b3 d5 {!}
31.exd5 exd5 32.cxd5 Nxd5 33.Ne2 {? 33.Rf3 Nc3+ 34.Kb2 Nd1+
35.Kb1 Kf7 =/+ } Re8 {!} 34.Rd3 Ne3 {!} 35.Nd4 {? 35.g3 Nf5
36.Nc1 Nxh6 37.Rd5 Nf5 38.g4 Ne3 39.Rxa5 Nxg4 -/+ } Nxg2 36.f5
{?? 36.Nc6 This is White's only chance to survive, though it
doesn't offer much hope. } Rd8 {-+} 37.fxg6 hxg6 38.Rg3 Rxd4
39.Rxg6+ Kh7 40.Rxg2 Kxh6 {Since White's king is cut off, the
rest is trivial.} 41.Rg8 f5 42.Ra8 Rd5 43.Rg8 Kh5 44.a3 f4
45.axb4 axb4 46.Kc2 Rd4 47.Rg1 Kh4 0-1

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.11.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Harutyun Akopyan"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4
Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6
11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.c4 O-O 14.Ne4 b5 {!} 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6
16.Ne5 bxc4 17.Qf3 {?!} Qd5 {!} 18.Nxc6 Bd6 19.Rh3 {!?} Qxf3
{? 19...c3 ! -/+ } 20.Rxf3 Rfc8 21.Ne5 Bxe5 {?!} 22.dxe5 Ne4
23.Bb4 a5 24.Bd6 c3 { 24...Rc6 } 25.b3 a4 26.b4 Nd2 {?!
26...c2 ! } 27.Rh3 Ra6 {?!} 28.Kc2 Ne4 29.Re3 f5 30.f3 Ng3
31.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 32.Kxc3 Rc6+ {?!} 33.Bc5 Nxh5 34.Rd8+ {+-} Kf7
35.Kc4 Nf4 36.b5 Rc7 37.b6 Rb7 38.Kb5 Nxg2 39.Kc6 Rxb6+
40.Kxb6 Ne1 41.f4 g5 42.Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Mechanics g/45"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Ricky Grijalva"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 dxe4
5.Qg4 Nf6 6.Qxg7 Rg8 7.Qh6 Qxd4 8.Nge2 {!? 8.O-O-O is
normal. } Qe5 9.O-O-O Rg6 10.Qh4 Rg4 11.Qh3 Nc6 12.f3 exf3
13.gxf3 Rc4 {?! 13...Rg6 unclear } 14.Qh6 Bf8 15.Qg5 {!} Rc5
16.Qxe5 Nxe5 17.Bg5 {? 17.Be3 ! Ra5 unclear } Nd3+ {!} 18.Rxd3
Rxg5 19.f4 Rg8 { 19...Rh5 !? } 20.Nb5 Bd6 21.Nxd6+ { 21.Rxd6
cxd6 22.Nc7+ Kd8 23.Nxa8 b6 } cxd6 22.Rxd6 Nd5 23.Nc3 {!} Ke7
24.Rxd5 exd5 25.Nxd5+ Kd6 26.Nf6 Rg6 27.Nxh7 Bf5 {! -/+}
28.Ng5 f6 29.Nf7+ {!? 29.Nf3 Rg4 } Ke7 30.Bc4 Rg2 31.Re1+ Kf8
32.c3 Rc2+ 33.Kd1 Rxb2 34.Re3 Bg6 35.Re6 {! Both sides der 5
minutes for all remaining moves, and this is the only chance
to introduce complications.} b5 {? 35...Rb1+ ! 36.Kd2 Kxf7
There is no useful discovered check! } 36.Bd5 Bxf7 37.Rxf6 Rd8
38.Rxf7+ Ke8 39.Rf5 Rxa2 40.Kc1 Rxh2 41.Bc6+ Ke7 42.Rxb5 Rg8
43.Bf3 Rg1+ 44.Bd1 Rhh1 45.Rd5 {Draw agreed in mutual time
scramble.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.11.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Raffi Codilian"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 e6
5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd2 Be7 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.h3 Kh8
11.Ng5 Nd5 12.h4 Nxc3 13.Rxc3 Qb6 14.Qd1 Nd7 15.g4 Bxg5
16.hxg5 Bg6 17.Rb3 Qc7 18.Qe2 Be4 19.Rh3 Rg8 20.f3 Bg6 21.f4
Be4 { 21...c5 !? } 22.Qh2 Nf8 23.Bb4 { 23.g6 ! } b5 {? 23...c5
24.Bxc5 b6 25.Bxf8 Qxc4 ! =/+ } 24.Bd3 {+/-} f5 {?} 25.Rxh7+
Nxh7 26.g6 1-0

[Event "Grumette Memorial"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.05.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "D Hein"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4
5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd1 exd5 7.Qxd5 Be6 8.Qxd8+ Rxd8 9.e3 Nb4 10.Bb5+
Ke7 11.Kf1 a6 12.Be2 Nf6 {! 12...g5 13.Nf3 Nc2 14.Rb1 h6
15.Ne1 Nb4 16.a3 Nc6 17.f3 Bg7 18.Kf2 f5 19.Nd3 Kd6 20.Bd2 +/=
Legky-Bronstein, French Teams 1996. 12...b5 13.b3 Nc2 14.Rb1
b4 15.Na4 Bf5 16.Rb2 Na3 17.Nf3 Rc8 18.Bd2 a5 19.Nd4 +/- }
13.e4 {!? 13.Nf3 Nc2 [ 13...Nd3 ?! 14.Nd4 ! Nxc1 15.Rxc1 Bc8
16.Bf3 +/- Wimmer-Lenoir, Huy Open 1992. ] 14.Rb1 b5 15.Ng5
Bc8 !? unclear } Nc2 14.Rb1 b5 15.Bg5 { 15.Nf3 b4 ! 16.Nd5+
Nxd5 17.exd5 Bxd5 } h6 16.Bxf6+ Kxf6 {!} 17.Nf3 Bc5 {!?
17...Nd4 !? } 18.Rc1 Nd4 19.a3 { 19.e5+ Ke7 20.Nxb5 Nxf3
21.Bxf3 axb5 22.Rxc5 Rc8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.g3 Rc2 25.Kg2 Bxa2
26.b4 Ke6 19.Nxb5 Nxf3 20.Bxf3 Bxf2 ! 21.Kxf2 axb5 =/+ } Rc8
{!? 19...Nxe2 20.Nxe2 Bc4 !? } 20.h3 Rhd8 21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.Ke1
Ke5 {!} 23.Rf1 { 23.f3 Be3 24.Rd1 Bb3 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Bd1 Be6
! Black has sufficient compensation for material deficit } g5
24.Bg4 {? 24.f3 Bb3 25.Rh1 Be3 26.Ra1 Rd2 27.Rb1 Rc2 ! 28.h4
Bd2+ 29.Kf2 Bxc3 30.bxc3 R8xc3 31.hxg5 hxg5 -/+ } Bxc3+
25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.bxc3 Bxg4 27.hxg4 Rd3 {! -+ 27...Kxe4 ? 28.Rh1
! } 28.f4+ gxf4 29.Rf3 Kxe4 30.Ke2 Re3+ {!} 31.Kf2 Rxf3+
32.gxf3+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "Zemitis Futurity"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "David T Steel"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.c4 c6
5.Nc3 Bd6 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Bd3 Qe7 9.Bc2 {A new
move. Castling is normal. I wanted to create the possibility
of Qd3, and also prepare in advance for a possible e5-e4
counter.} dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.O-O Ng4 {?!} 12.Ne4 Bc7 {
12...Bb8 13.h3 Nh6 14.Neg5 +/= } 13.d5 {!} Qb4 { 13...f5 14.d6
Qe8 15.Ng3 +/- } 14.Bc3 Qxc4 15.Nfd2 Qa6 { 15...Qxd5 ? 16.Qxg4
f5 17.Qh3 fxe4 ?? 18.Bb3 } 16.Qxg4 f5 17.Qh3 fxe4 18.Qe6+ {!
The game takes a positional turn. A weakness is created at
c6.} Kh8 19.dxc6 Qxc6 20.Qxc6 bxc6 21.Bxe4 {+/-} Bb7 {
21...Rf6 would have provided a bit more defense. } 22.Rab1 Nb6
{ 22...Rab8 23.Rxb7 ! Rxb7 24.Bxc6 Nc5 25.Bxb7 Nxb7 26.Nc4 +/-
22...Bb6 23.Rfd1 +/- } 23.Rfc1 Rab8 24.Nf3 Rfe8 25.Ba5 Kg8 {?!
25...Re6 26.Ng5 } 26.h4 {Since Black's last move hasn't really
changed anything, White eliminates some deep back rank tactics
and secures the g5-square.} Re6 {? Black sacrifices a pawn to
get the king closer to the queenside. The journey is never
completed. 26...h6 Was the move I expected, though after
27.Bxc6 Bxc6 28.Rxc6 Nd5 29.Rxb8 Bxb8 30.Rc5 Black's position
is still awful. 26...c5 27.Bxb7 Rxb7 28.Rxc5 } 27.Bxh7+ Kf8 {
27...Kh8 28.Ng5 Rf6 29.Be4 is no better. } 28.Ng5 Rh6 29.Be4 {
29.Bb4+ would also have been strong, but I wanted to maintain
the bind. } Bd8 { 29...Rxh4 30.Bxc6 Rh6 31.Bb4+ Bd6 32.Bxd6+
Rxd6 33.Bxb7 Rxb7 34.Nf3 +/- } 30.g3 Rc8 {? 30...Ke8 31.Nf3
Bc7 32.Bc3 c5 33.Bxb7 Rxb7 34.a4 ! a5 35.Bxa5 Ra7 36.Bxb6 Bxb6
37.Ra1 is an easy win, but the text loses quickly. } 31.Bf5
{!} Rb8 32.Ne6+ Ke7 33.Nxd8 Kxd8 34.Rd1+ {!} Ke8 35.Bxb6 axb6
36.Rxb6 Rf6 37.Be4 Kf8 38.Rdb1 Rf7 39.Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Stamer Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2000.06.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Elliot Temple"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O
5.e3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.b4 a5 9.b5 b6 10.Ba3 Ne8 {?!
10...exd4 11.exd4 Re8 12.Re1 Bb7 } 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Na4 exd4
13.exd4 c5 {!? 13...Nef6 14.c5 bxc5 15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Nxc5 Nxc5
17.Bxc5 +/= } 14.bxc6 Bxc6 15.Re1 Rb8 { 15...Rc8 !? } 16.Bf1
{!? 16.Nc3 +/= } Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Bxd4 18.Rcd1 Bg7 { 18...Be5 !?
18...Qf6 19.Qxf6 Bxf6 20.Bxd6 Nxd6 21.Rxd6 +/- } 19.Qe3 {
19.Bxd6 Nxd6 20.Rxd6 Be5 unclear } Qh4 { 19...Ne5 20.f4 Nxc4
21.Bxc4 b5 22.Bb3 bxa4 23.Bxa4 White has sufficient
compensation for material deficit } 20.g3 Qh6 21.Qxh6 {!} Bxh6
22.Bxd6 Nxd6 23.Rxd6 Nc5 24.Nxb6 Rfd8 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Nd5 {!}
Rb8 27.Ne7+ Kf8 28.Nc6 Bd2 {?? 28...Rc8 29.Bg2 +/- } 29.Re5
{!} Rc8 30.Rxc5 Bb4 31.Nxb4 Rxc5 32.Na6 {!} Rc6 33.c5 Ke7
34.Bb5 Re6 35.c6 Kd8 36.a4 {+-} Kc8 37.Kg2 Re4 38.Nc5 Re5
39.Nb3 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "First Saturday IM section"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "2000.02.10"]
[EventDate "2000"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yelena Dembo"]
[Black "Dmitrij Driamin"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 {Notes by WGM Yelena Dembo} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 {I like to
play this old variation. Other possibilities for white are
3.Nc3, 3.e5. Some years ago I was playing also these
lines. All these lines are good but on this day I wanted to
sacrifice the central d-pawn and to attack...} 3...Nf6 4.e5
Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 {All these are only moves for both
colours.} 6...Nc6 7.Ngf3 {Here white had an alternative move -
7. Ne2. I also played like this some times but this line has
mostly positional ideas.} 7...Be7 8.O-O a5 {An interesting
move (but cannot say very good one!). It was played against a
possible defence of the d-pawn (after cxd4 and Qb6) with
Nb3. But I was dreaming about giving d4 away!} 9.Re1 {The
usual idea in French - defence of e5 square. It is a very
important moment.} 9...cxd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Qa4 {Modern theory
already recommends 11.Nb1! The idea of an Israeli GM Ilia
Smirin.} 11...g5 {!? A very agressive move! My opponent hopes
for an IM norm in this tournament and starts attacking my King
very sharply!} 12.h3 {! A novelty at that time. I didnt want
to follow Kwaitkowsky-Rendle game!! (12.Nb3 g4 13.Nfd2 Qc7
14.Nf1 Nb6 15.Qb5 a4 0:1 Kwiatkowsky-Rendle, Hastings 2000)}
12...h5 {Black continues attacking.} 13.g4 {! An only but very
good answer. Of course white K will be open but black Q is
still on the queen's side...} 13...hxg4 14.hxg4 Nf8 {Not
bad. Black opens the way to Bc8 and tries to improve the
position of his N.} 15.a3 {The idea is simple: to get space on
the queen's side with b4.} 15...Bd7 {Not only developing the
B. Black threatens to play Nxe5!} 16.Qd1 {An exact move: it is
important to defend g4 after d4-pawn sacrifice! I dont like to
retreat the pieces but here it was necessary.} 16...a4 {Of
course Black wants to take on d4 but also dont want to give
white a possibility of Nb3. (16...Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4 18.Nb3 Qa4
19.Bc2~~)} 17.Nf1 {White is also improving the N.} 17...Nxd4
{The game started!} 18.Nxd4 Qxd4 {It is hard to believe but
the opponents reached this complicated position on the 19th
move only ten minutes after the start of play. This variation
of French Defence, involving the sacrifice of my d-pawn, had
occured before in my games. My Moscovite opponent knew that of
course and had prepared for the game very meticulously; in
particular he spent about one-and-a-half minutes for the first
twelve moves...). Naturally, this did not appeal to me but I
did not want to refrain from my variation. I had great faith
in my ability to checkmate the opponent's uncastled king! For
this it is necessary to bring about a very sharp and
complicated position...} 19.Be3 {! The first move leading to
this aim. At last my opponent thought for 40 minutes! Before
this move White already was a pawn down and now offers two
more; Black even has the choice! Now there is no question "to
take or not?": Black queen has no other moves. The question is
only "which pawn to take and what to do after that?". After
prolonged thought Black decided to take the central pawn, an
understandable decision.} 19...Qxe5 {(19...Qxb2 20.Rb1 Qxe5
21.Bf5~~)} 20.Bf5 {!! After the game my opponent admitted
having missed this move - also understandable... At this
moment 30-35 chessplayers gathered around our table and one
grandmaster said to my father and coach: "your daughter is
either a genius or crazy!" "Of course the first!" was the
prompt answer of my father, but his hands were still shaking
even some hours after the game, due to the emotional
strain... White has achieved her aim: the position is becoming
totally crazy. White's idea is now Bd4 or Bxg5. Here Black
once again sank into thought, calculating several
variations;as a result he ended up in serious time-trouble.}
20...Rh4 {!? An interesting move. But what about material? How
will the position be after mutual captures?} 21.Bxg5 Qxb2
22.Bxh4 Bxh4 {The captures have finished, so let's sum up: For
WHITE: 1) the material balance: White has a rook against a
bishop and two pawns. 2) the white king is deprived of
protection and the f-pawn is under attack, but there is no way
for Black to increase the pressure on it. 3) the bishop on f5
is very unusually but nicely placed but it is not clear how to
make use of it. 4) the white queen and the rook on a1 are out
of play. For BLACK: 1) the material situation is OK. 2) Black
has the bishop-pair. 3) the queen and the Bh4 are very
active. The f2-square in particular can become a very
dangerous for white. 4) the rook and the knight are
inactive. 5) the Bd7's situation lies somewhere in between. 6)
but the main feature of the position is the king on e8. It is
true though that an immediate attack against it is not
apparent. Therefore the conclusion is: it is necessary to
improve the activity of my pieces.} 23.Qf3 {There are three
ideas behind this move: 1) the queen is more active; 2) the
f-pawn is protected; 3) the d1-square can be used by one of
the rooks (I don't know which yet!).} 23...Qf6 24.Rac1 {?! I
am trying to prevent the black king from castling, but
24.Ng3!? with an idea of Nh5 was much stronger. Of course it
would have been a blunder to play 24.Qd5?? because of
24...Qxa1.} 24...Bc6 {My opponent, just like me, didn't see
the move 24...Kd8. It is hard to say how the game would have
ended after this move... Black was already in serious
time-pressure.} 25.Ng3 {The pin on the f-file is very
dangerous for White, as Black constantly has at his disposal
threats to win the bishop or exchange queens. Therefore the
knight is in a hurry to drive away the black queen.} 25...Nd7
{Black brings his knight into the game as well. (25...Qh8
26.Nh5 Be7 27.Bb1 Nd7 28.Qe3)} 26.Nh5 Qg5 27.Nf4 {The knight's
route from b1 to f4 was long and complicated, but it now
consitutes a source of danger to the black king.} 27...O-O-O
{Black managed to beat back the first wave of attack. But a
second wave is forming...} 28.Nxd5 {! A very interesting idea!
(Much worse was 28.Bxe6? fxe6 29.Nxe6 Qf6! 30.Qe2 Ne5 31.Nxd8
Nf3+-/+)} 28...exd5 {(28...exf5 29.Ne7+ Kb8 (29...Qxe7
30.Rxc6+ bxc6 31.Qxc6+ Kb8 32.Rb1++-) 30.Rxc6 (30.Nxc6+ bxc6
31.Rc4 Qg6! (31...Qf6? 32.Rxc6 Qb2 33.Qf4++-) 32.Rb1+->)
30...bxc6 31.Rb1+ Nb6 (31...Ka7 32.Nxc6++-) 32.Rxb6+ Ka7
33.Ra6+ Kxa6 34.Qxc6+ Ka7 35.Qc7+ Ka6 36.Qc6+=)} 29.Qxd5 {Now
White has rook for two minor pieces. The genius Mikhail Tal
very much liked to bring about and use this material
correlation...} 29...Qh6 {After this move my opponent had
15-20 seconds left until the time-control on move 40. People
around the board were already holding their breaths... }
30.Red1 {It appears that the bishop is about to start working:
31.Bxd7 is threatened. (30.Be6 Bxf2+ 31.Kg2 Bb6 32.Rxc6+ bxc6
33.Qxc6+ Kb8 34.Qd6+ Ka7)} 30...Kb8 31.Rxc6 {! Unfortunately
this last sacrifice only leads to a draw, but luckily for me
my opponent was intent on winning!} 31...bxc6 {31...Qxc6
32.Qxc6 bxc6 33.Rxd7 (33.Bxd7 Kc7-+) 33...Rxd7 34.Bxd7 Kc7
35.Be8=} 32.Rb1+ Kc7 {32...Kc8 would lead to a nice finish
(nice for White, that is!) after 33.Qe5!+-} 33.Qa5+ Kd6
{33...Kc8 34.Qe5!+-} 34.Rd1+ Ke7 35.Qc7 Kf8 {My opponent had
only a few seconds left, but still dreamt of winning!} 36.Rxd7
Rxd7 37.Qxd7 Qc1+ 38.Kg2 Qxa3 39.Qxc6 Qa2 {?? A terrible
blunder in time-pressure. (After 39...Kg7 the position would
be equal.)} 40.Qh6+ {!} Ke8 41.Qh8+ {Never offer the opponent
a tempo!} 41...Ke7 42.Qxh4+ {After the game my father told me:
"I lost some kilograms during these few hours!" I think I also
did...} 1-0

[Event "Chess Iceland Rapidplay"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2000.04.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "Final.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4
7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bg5 Qd6 9.Bd3 Qb4+ 10.Bd2 Qxb2 11.O-O Qa3 12.Ne5
Qd6 13.Be3 Be7 14.c4 c5 15.Bc2 O-O 16.Qd3 g6 17.Rad1 Qc7
18.Qc3 b6 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Bh6 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Rd1 Bb7
23.Ng4 Ne8 24.Ba4 Bc6 25.Bxc6 Qxc6 26.h3 Be7 27.Ne5 Qe4 28.Re1
Qb7 29.Ng4 Rd8 30.Bf4 Bf8 31.Bh6 Rd4 32.Be3 Rd8 33.Nh6+ Bxh6
34.Bxh6 Qb4 35.Qc1 Nf6 36.Rd1 Rxd1+ 37.Qxd1 {time} 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.18"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Alexei Fedorov"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 {This pawn
sacrifice throughout the century had been considered safe for
black. Perhaps, this game will force theoreticians to reassess
this continuation, as not quite sound.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 {Rogozenko: 'Ivanchuk played this
line before only once (although 9.O-O-O is his favourite
line). Although it was never considered very dangerous for
Black by the theory, the present game may change the
evaluation, or at least Black will have to look for better
ways to prove compensation for the pawn.'} Qc7 14. Qc5 Qb7 {
The main line. In the game Ivanchuk-Hodgson, 1996 14...Qb8 had
been played...} (14... Qb8 {Rogozenko:} 15. b3 (15. Qa3)
15... Bf5 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Qa5 Rc3 18. Bxf5 Rxe3 19. Be4 Qf4
20. Bxa8 (20. g3 Qf6 21. Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxd8+ Bf8 23. Kb1 Qc3
24. g4 e6 (24... Re2 $44) 25. h4 h6 26. h5 gxh5 27. gxh5 f5
28. Bd3 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kb2 Qe5+ 31. Kb1 Qe1+ 32. Kb2
Qe5+ 33. Kb1 { 1/2-1/2 Rios,M-Cabrera,A/Medellin 2000})
20... Rxb3+ $2 (20... Rd3+ $1 21. Kb1 Qd4) 21. Rd2 Rb8 22. Bd5
Bh6 23. Rhd1 Qd4 24. c3 Qd3 25. Bb3 Rd8 26. c4 e5 27. c5 e4
28. fxe4 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Hodgson,J/Amsterdam 1996}) 15. Qa3 $1
{ Rogozenko: 'Also 15.b3 is not bad, but in that case Black is
not forced to put the Rook on b8. After 15.Qa3 he has to play
Rb8, otherwise White will not weaken the position with b3.'}
Bf5 16. Bd3 {More exact than} (16. Ba6 Qc7 17. Qc5 Qb6 $1
{what leads to an about equal endgame.}) 16... Rab8
(16... Rfb8 { Rogozenko} 17. b3 a5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Qc5
(19. Qa4 $5) 19... a4 20. b4 (20. Qxf5 $2 axb3) 20... a3
(20... Qxb4 $2 21. Rd8+ $18) 21. Rd3 e6 {and Black has some
compensation for the pawn, but not clear if enough. 1/2-1/2
Mellado Trivino,J-Martin Gonzalez,A/Barcelona 2000/ (33)})
17. b3 Rbc8 {Two rounds r, against Movsesian, Fedorov has
choosen 17...Rfc8, what looks more active. Rogozenko: 'Taking
on d3 would help White to double his Rooks quicker. But I
would think twice before allowing White to take on f5, which
seriously breaks black pawn structure.'} (17... Rfc8
{Rogozenko} 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rd3 Qc7 20. c4 a5 21. Rhd1 Ra8
22. Rd7 Qe5 23. Bd4 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Bf8 25. Qc1 Qxc1+ 26. Kxc1
$18 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Fedorov,A/Polanica Zdroj 2000/ (56)})
(17... Bxd3 { Rogozenko} 18. Rxd3 Rfc8 {with some
compensation.}) (17... Qc6 {Rogozenko} 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Bd4
Rfc8 20. c4 Qh6+ 21. Kb1 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 e5 23. Rd6 $16 { 1-0
Dubiel,J-Zaskalski,A/chT-Pol 2000/ (43)}) 18. Bxf5 gxf5
19. Rd3 {Rogozenko: 'White's strategy becomes clear: he will
take control over d-file and protect the King by playing
c4. The Queen on a3 plays an important role in protecting the
King along the diagonal a1-h8. In fact White has a solid
position and at the same time obvious possibilities for active
play.'} Qc6 20. c4 Qf6 21. Rhd1 $3 {This is the main point of
the Ivanchuk's discovery: black threats along the black
diagonal are not too dangerous.} Rc6 {Too optimistic. Black
threatens to win the game by Ra6 - this threat is easy to
repel. Instead I would suggest 21...Rcd8 - just to change a
pair of rooks...} (21... Qa1+ 22. Kc2) 22. Bd4 e5 23. Bc3 Ra6
24. Qb2 Qh6+ 25. Kb1 Qxh2 26. Rd8 {'!' Rogozenko.} Bf6
27. R8d7 $1 {Rogozenko: 'Everything is equal now, but White
has a huge advantage. He has a better pawn structure and his
pieces are much more active. On top on this black King is not
safer than his white colleague.'} Bg7 28. Qc2 Rg6 29. R1d2
Qg1+ 30. Kb2 f4 31. Re2 {'!' Rogozenko.} Rg5 32. b4
{Rogozenko: lack is totally helpless with no active play at
all, so White just starts pushing his pawns. At one point he
will just exchange Queens (by activating white Queen) and the
game will be over.'} a5 $6 {Black play could certainly be
improved. In order to render longer resistance - 32...Rc8 or
Qb6 was stronger.} 33. b5 h5 34. Qd1 Qc5 {The endgame does not
suit black: after} (34... Rxg2 35. Qxg1 Rxg1 36. b6 {black has
a difficult task - to stop white pawns. Still, it was the best
what black could do...}) 35. Qd5 Qg1 { Rogozenko: 'Black
overlooked the next move, but the position is lost anyway.'}
36. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 37. Qd8+ Rf8 38. Qxg5 Qf1 39. Rc2 Qxc4
40. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Chrismas Open @ DCC Toronto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.12.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lewis Harkes"]
[Black "Lorne Yee"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 {This game has theoretical value. -- Yee} d5 2. exd5
Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 {This is the first time I played this move in
tournament chess. About one week before the tournament, I
brought some chess books including Melts "Scandinavian Defence
The Dynamic 3...Qd6" ISBN: 1-888690-11-9. } 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4
a6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bf4 Nc6 (9... Qb6 $5 {is
also interesting}) 10. Ng6 (10. Nxf7 $6 {This move is not
mentioned in the book, but it looks like the complication
favours Black during the game and in post analysis} 10... Qxf4
11. Nxh8 Ng4 $1 {A strong move} 12. Qd2 (12. Rf1 Nxd4 13. Ne2
Nxc2+ $1 { A bolt from the blue} 14. Qxc2 Bb4+ 15. Nc3 Bxg2
16. Qe2 (16. Rg1 $2 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qe5+ 18. Kd1 Rd8+ 19. Kc1
Be4 $19) 16... Ne5 { Black threatens a king hunt starting with
Nf3+} 17. Qe3 Qxe3+ 18. fxe3 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ke7
$19) 12... Qxd2+ {The ending favours Black} 13. Kxd2 Nxd4
14. f3 Rd8 $1 15. Ke1 Ne3 16. Kf2 Bc5 17. Rab1 (17. Kg3 Ke7
$19) (17. Rae1 Nexc2 $19) 17... Nxb3 18. cxb3 Ke7 $19)
10... Qxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxh8 Bxg2 13. Rg1 (13. O-O-O $6
Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Bxh1 15. Rxh1 Bd6 $17) 13... Nf3+ 14. Ke2 Nd4+
{Melts gives two !! for this move} 15. Kd1 {This move is not
even mention in the book. Book only mentions Kd3 Rd8 or Ke3
Bc5. Not knowing I was in the running for prizes, I offered my
opponent a draw. He refused and ended up losing. The "real"
game starts here. Black has used about 12 minutes. White used
up about 50 minutes.} ({We were following Game 27 in Melts
book. That game went } 15. Ke1 Nf3+ 16. Ke2 Nd4+ 17. Ke1
{1/2-1/2 Tzermiadianos K.Georgiev, Greece 1992. The players
probably don't want to take risks and want to prepare for the
next time. }) (15. Kd3 $2 Rd8 {idea: Nb3 and Na1} 16. Bxc7 Rd7
17. Ke3 (17. Bd5 Nxd5 18. Kxd4 Rxc7 (18... Nxc7+ 19. Ke3 Bd5
$19) 19. Rxg2 Rc4+ 20. Kd3 Nf4+ $19) 17... Bc5 18. Rad1 Nxb3+
19. Kf4 Nd4 (19... Rxc7 20. axb3 Bb7 21. Rd3 (21. Rxg7 Nh5+
$19) 21... Ke7 $19) 20. Rxg2 Rxc7 $15) (15. Ke3 {Better than
Kd3} 15... Bc5 16. Rad1 (16. Kd2 $1 { White gets out of
discovery check and planning to play Ra-d1 and Kc1.} 16... Rd8
$5 (16... Nf3+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Kd1 (18. Kd2 Nf3+ 19. Ke2 Nd4+
{Draws}) 18... Bf3+ (18... Rd8 $5 {Black plays for a win}
19. Kc1 { White plays for a win too} (19. Ke1 Nf3+ 20. Ke2
Nd4+ {Draws}) 19... b4 $2 ( 19... Ne4 $5 {Best try for Black}
20. Rxg2 ({Another interesting try is} 20. Nxe4 Ne2+ 21. Kb1
Nxg1 ({Weaker is} 21... Bxe4 $6 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Bg5 { An
intermediate move to bail white out} 23... Nxg1 24. Bxd8 Bd6 {
Attacking h2 and defending c7} (24... Bxf2 25. Bxc7) 25. a4 b4
26. Ka2 Nf3 27. Rd1 Nxh2 28. Bxc7 Bxc7 29. Rd7+ {unclear})
22. Nxc5 Rd1+ 23. Bc1 Ne2 24. Nd3 Be4 {White cannot hold his
position} 25. a4 Bxd3 26. cxd3 Rxc1+ 27. Ka2 Kf8 $17 )
20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 Ba3+ 22. Kd1 (22. Kb1 $2 Ne2 $19)
22... Nxb3+ 23. Ke2 Nxa1 24. Rxg7 Rd7 25. Bg5 (25. Rg8+ Ke7
26. Bg5+ Kd6 27. Rg7 f5 28. Nf7+ (28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Nf7 Nxc2
30. Kd3 Na1 31. Bf6 Ke8 32. Ne5 c5 33. c4 Bb2 { White cannot
trap the knight at a1} 34. Ng4 bxc4+ 35. Kxc4 fxg4 36. Bxb2
Nc2) 28... Kd5 29. Rxh7 (29. Kd2 e5 $19) 29... Nxc2 $17)
25... Kf8 26. Bf6 Be7 27. Rxf7+ Ke8 28. Rxe7+ (28. Be5 Bd6
29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 $17 { Black will be a pawn up by
capturing c3}) 28... Rxe7 29. Kd2 { It is Black's turn to get
his knight trapped} (29. Bxe7 Kxe7 { Similar to the previous
variation}) 29... Rd7+ 30. Kc1 Kf8 31. c4 Rg7 $1 32. Bxg7+
(32. Bxa1 $2 Rg1+ 33. Kb2 bxc4 34. a4 Rh1 $19) 32... Kxg7
33. cxb5 axb5 34. c3 {White want to save the c pawn} (34. Kb2
Nxc2 35. Kxc2 c5 36. Kb3 Kxh8 37. a4 bxa4+ 38. Kxa4 Kg7
39. Kb5 Kf6 $11) 34... Kxh8 35. Kb2 Kg7 36. Kxa1 Kf6 37. Kb2
Ke5 38. Kb3 Kd5 (38... c5 {is a weaker try} 39. a3 { White
wants to play c4} 39... Ke4 40. c4 Kd3 41. cxb5 c4+ 42. Kb2
Kd2 43. b6 c3+ 44. Ka2 c2 45. b7 c1=Q 46. b8=Q $19) 39. c4+ {
White wants to create a distance passed pawn} 39... bxc4+
40. Kc3 e5 41. h4 h5 42. f3 Kc5 43. a3 Kb5 44. a4+ Kxa4
45. Kxc4 Ka3 46. Kc5 Kb3 47. Kc6 Kc4 48. Kxc7 Kd5 49. Kd7 e4
50. fxe4+ Kxe4 51. Ke6 Kf4 52. Kd5 Kg4 53. Ke4 $11) 20. Rxg2
bxc3 21. Bc4 $1 {Covering e2 check} 21... Ke7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7
23. Bxc7 $18) 19. Kc1 (19. Ke1 {The king is better here than
here than c1. White can try to remove the bishop from f3 and
free his rook by moving a1 to d1.} 19... Ke7 20. Nxf7
(20. Rxg7 Rxh8 21. Bxc7 Bh5 22. Rg3 Rc8 23. Bf4 a5 24. a4 b4
25. Nb5 { White is an exchange up, but the black pieces are
very active} (25. Nd1 Ne2 26. Bg5 Nxg3 27. fxg3 Bd4 $15)
25... Ne4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rh3 Bxb2 28. Rxh5 Bxa1 29. Rxa5
Bd4 30. f3 Nc3 $14) 20... Kxf7 21. Bxc7 Bb7 22. Kf1 Nf3
23. Rd1 (23. Rg2 Nd2+ 24. Kg1 Rc8 25. Bf4 Nxb3 26. axb3 Bxg2
27. Kxg2 Rc6 $11) 23... Nxg1 24. Kxg1 Rc8 25. Bg3 $11)
19... Ke7 $1 20. Rxg7 Rxh8 21. Be5 (21. Rg5 Bd6 22. Bxd6+ cxd6
23. Rg3 (23. Rg1 b4 24. Na4 Ne2+ $19) 23... b4 $19) (21. Bxc7
$2 Ne8 22. Rg5 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 Bxf2 24. Bf4 (24. Bg3 $2 Be3+
$19) 24... f6 $17) 21... Nf5 (21... b4 22. Nd1 (22. Na4 Nxb3+
23. axb3 Bxf2 24. Kb1 $19 (24. Bxc7 $2 Ne8 25. Rg3 Bxg3
26. Bxg3 $15)) 22... Rd8 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. c3 bxc3 25. Nxc3
Bd6 26. h3 Bf4+ 27. Kb1 Ne4 $19) 22. Rg1 Bxf2 23. Rf1 Be3+
24. Kb1 Bg2 25. Re1 c5 $15) 17. Kc1 (17. Ke1 Nf3+ 18. Ke2 Nd4+
19. Ke1 Nf3+ {Still could be a draw}) 17... b4 $2 (17... Ne4
$5 {This is Black's best bet. See previous analysis.})
18. Rxg2 bxc3 19. Bc4 $18 {Stopping Ne2+. white is better.})
16... Nxb3+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Rxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxg2 Bxc3
(19... Ke7 20. Rxg7 Rxh8 { Black is a pawn up. White cannot
take the c7 pawn.} 21. Bxc7 $2 Ne8 $19) 20. bxc3 Ke7 21. Nxf7
Kxf7 22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. Be5 Rc4 24. Kd3 Ra4 $19 { Black has a
better pawn structure and will have a passed a pawn})
15... Bf3+ ( 15... Rd8 16. Bxc7 Rd7 17. Kc1 Ne4 $5 18. a4
(18. a3 Rxc7 19. Rxg2 Nxb3+ 20. cxb3 g6 21. Kd1 (21. Kc2 Bg7
22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rb1 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3+ 25. Kd1 Be5 $11)
21... Nxc3+ 22. bxc3 Rxc3 23. a4 b4 24. Rg4 Bg7 25. Rxb4 Rc8
26. Nxf7 Kxf7 $18) (18. Rxg2 Nxc3 19. Bd6 (19. bxc3 Ba3+
20. Kd2 Nxb3+ 21. Ke2 Nxa1 $19) 19... Bxd6 20. Kd2 Be5 21. Ke1
$19 (21. bxc3 Nxb3+ $19)) 18... Rxc7 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ne2+
20. Kb2 Nxg1 21. Rxg1 Rxc7 22. Rxg2 g6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rg5
Rb7 $11) 19. Rxg2 b4 20. Nxe4 (20. Rg4 f5 $11) 20... Nxb3+
21. Kb1 Nxa1 22. Kxa1 Rxc2 23. Kb1 Re2 24. Ng5 (24. Ng3 Re1+
25. Ka2 g6 $19) 24... b3 25. Kc1 Bb4 26. Rg1 Rxf2 {Black's
chances are not worse}) 16. Kc1 {Black continues with his
piece restriction policy. The threat is c4 trapping the bishop
at b3.} (16. Ke1 $1 {This is probably better than Kc1 because
its makes easier to activate the white rook at a1.} 16... c5
17. Be5 Rd8 {Threatening c4} 18. Bxd4 (18. a3 c4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4
20. Ba2 g6 21. Rg3 Bh5 22. a4 b4 23. Ne2 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 Bg7
25. Nxf7 Kxf7 $14) (18. a4 b4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Rg3 bxc3
21. Rxf3 cxb2 22. Rb1 c4 23. Rxb2 (23. Ba2 c3 24. Bb3
(24. Rxc3 $2 Bb4 $19) 24... Ne4 $19 {idea: Nd2}) 23... cxb3
{Play might continue:} 24. Rfxb3 Nd7 25. Rb7 g6 26. Ra7 Bb4+
27. Ke2 a5 28. c4 Kf8 29. c5 Bxc5 30. Rxa5 Kg7 31. Rb7 Kxh8
32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxc5 $15) 18... cxd4 19. Ne2 g6 20. Rd1 Bg7
21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rxd4 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd2 (24. Rf4+ Kg8
25. b3 Rc8 26. c3 Be5 27. Rh4 Bxc3+ 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Kd2 Rf3
30. Ke2 Rc3 31. Rd4 Rh3 $11) 24... Rc8 (24... Bxb2 $2 25. c4
$18) 25. c3 Bxa2 ( 25... Be5 26. f4 Bc7 27. a3 $16) 26. Rd7+
Kg8 27. Rg3 Bc4 28. h4 (28. Ra7 b4) 28... e5 29. h5 Rc6 $14
{White has a small plus in this line. I don't expect the
readers to follow all these lines. The work is given here to
show the complications. White can get a advantage if he can go
through the maze.}) 16... c5 17. Be5 (17. Be3 Rd8 (17... Nf5
18. a4 c4 19. Ba2 b4 20. Nb1 Rc8 21. Nd2 Bd5 22. Bg5 Nh5
23. Rg4 b3 24. Bb1 g6 25. c3 Bg7 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Bxf5 exf5
28. Rg1 Nf6 29. Re1+ Kd7 $11) (17... g6 18. Rg3 Bh5 19. Rg5
Rd8 20. Bf4 c4 (20... Bh6 21. Kb1 c4 $19 (21... Bxg5 $2
22. Bxg5 $18))) 18. Rg3 Bh5 { Renewing the threat of c4}
19. a3 g6 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rd3 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Bg7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7
{Black has the bishop pair plus a pawn versus a rook and a
minor piece. But white's pieces are all tied up. This position
has to be better for black.}) 17... Nc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. a4
(19. Rg3 Nd4 20. Rh3 h5 21. a4 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 b4 23. Nd5 exd5
24. Rxf3 Nxf3 25. Bxd5 Nd2+ 26. Ka2 Ra7 27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Bc6
f5 (28... Re7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Bd5 c4 31. Nxf7 Bf4 32. h4 f5
33. Nh8 Be5 34. Ng6+ Kd6 35. Nxe5 Kxd5 { Black is winning
because his king is more active than white's}) 29. Re8+ Kg7 {
Black is better because the white knight at h8 is out of
play.}) 19... b4 $11 { Fritz 6 evaluates the position is about
level here.} 20. Nd1 Bh6+ 21. Ne3 Ke7 22. Bc4 Ne5 23. Nxf7
Kxf7 24. Bf1 $2 {Both players have played well up to here. Now
white is under time pressure and he cracks.} ({A better try
is} 24. b3 { to activate the rook at a1. But after} 24... Nxc4
25. bxc4 Rd8 26. Rb1 Bf4 27. h3 Rd4 28. Rb3 Rxc4 29. Kb1
{Black is still on top.}) 24... Bf4 $1 $19 { Threatening to
win white's rook. White loses material.} 25. Bh3 Bxh2 26. Re1
Rd8 27. b3 Bf4 28. a5 $5 {White makes the best of his chances
by fixing and winning black's a pawn and bank hope on
advancing his 'a' pawn.} 28... h5 29. Kb2 Ng4 (29... Rd2
30. Bf1 Rd6 {Also wins for black.}) 30. Nxg4 (30. Bxg4 Be5+
31. Kc1 Bxg4 32. Ra2 Bf3 {Is hopeless for white.}) 30... hxg4
31. Bf1 Be5+ $2 { A careless error that makes Black work
harder for the win. Black was not under time pressure and
should have played Bd2 winning outright.} ({Better is}
31... Bd2 $1 $19 32. Bxa6 Bc3+ 33. Ka2 Ra8 {White is
finished.}) 32. Rxe5 fxe5 33. Bxa6 Rd2 34. Bc8 Ke7 (34... Be4
35. Rc1 Rxf2 36. a6 Ke7 37. Bb7 Bxb7 38. axb7 Rf8 39. Rg1 Rb8
40. Rxg4 Kd6 41. Rg7 Kc6 42. Rg5 Rxb7 43. Rxe5 Kd6 44. Re2 e5
$17) 35. a6 Rd8 36. Bb7 Bxb7 37. axb7 Rb8 38. Rh1 ({White was
under time pressure when he played 38 Rh1 hoping for a cheapo
with 38...Rb7 39 Rh7+. Another try is 38 Rg1 leaving black
with the double pawns.} 38. Rg1 Rxb7 39. Rxg4 Kd6 40. c3 bxc3+
41. Kxc3 Rf7 42. Rg2 Kd5 43. Kd2 Rf3 44. Kc2 {White's pie ces
are all tied up. Black moves his king to b4 and capture
white's b pawn.} 44... e4 $19 45. Kb2 Kc6 46. Kc2 Kb5 47. Kd2
Rxb3 48. Rg4 Rd3+ 49. Ke2 Rd4 50. Rg6 c4 51. Ke3 (51. Rxe6 c3
52. Rh6 c2 53. Rh1 Kb4 54. Rc1 Kb3 $19) 51... Rd6 52. Kxe4 c3
53. Rg1 Kb4 {Black promotes the c pawn and win white's rook.})
38... Kd6 39. Rh7 Kc6 40. Rh5 (40. Rg7 Rxb7 41. Rxg4 Rf7
42. Rg2 Kd5 $19 43. Kc1 (43. c3 bxc3+ 44. Kxc3 Rf3+ 45. Kc2 e4
{Similiar to previous analysis.}) 43... e4 44. Kd2 Kd4 {
Black's pieces are aggressively posted. Typical play could
continue.....} 45. Kc1 Kc3 46. Rg5 Rf5 47. Rg6 (47. Rg3+ Rf3
48. Rg5 e5 49. Rxe5 Kd4 50. Rh5 Rxf2 51. Rh3 e3 52. Rh4+ Kd5
53. Rh5+ Ke4 54. Kd1 (54. Rxc5 Rf1+ 55. Kb2 e2 $19) 54... Rd2+
55. Kc1 { White gets his king cutted off and black advances
his e pawn.} 55... Rd5 $19)) 40... Rxb7 41. Rxe5 Kd6 42. Re2
Kd5 43. c4+ bxc3+ 44. Kxc3 Rb4 {Black's winning procedure is
advance his e pawn, capture or exchange white's f pawn and
advance his king side pawn(s).} 45. Rd2+ Rd4 46. Re2 e5
47. Re3 Rf4 48. Rd3+ ( 48. Rg3 Rf3+ 49. Rxf3 gxf3 50. Kd3 e4+
51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kd2 Kd4 $19) 48... Ke4 49. Re3+ Kf5 50. Re2
Rd4 51. Ra2 Rf4 (51... Kf4 52. Ra6 (52. Ra5 Rd1 53. Rxc5 (
53. Kc2 Rf1 54. Rxc5 Rxf2+ 55. Kd1 g3 56. Ke1 e4 57. Rc8 e3
58. Rf8+ Ke4 59. Re8+ Kd3 60. Rd8+ Kc2 61. Rc8+ Kb2 62. Rg8 g2
63. b4 Rf1+ 64. Ke2 g1=Q 65. Rxg1 Rxg1 66. Kxe3 Rg5 67. Kd4
Kb3 $19) 53... Rc1+ 54. Kb4 Rxc5 55. Kxc5 {In this po sition,
Fritz 6 gives Black to mate in 46 moves. Generally, Q vs Q
with a center pawn is a draw, but this assumes the king is far
away from the centre.}) ) 52. Re2 (52. Ra5 Rxf2 53. Rxc5 g3
54. Rc8 Rf4 55. Rg8 Rg4 56. Rf8+ Ke4 $19) 52... Re4 {Tempo}
53. Ra2 ({The foot race to queening wins for black.} 53. Rxe4
Kxe4 54. Kc4 Kf3 55. Kxc5 Kxf2 56. b4 g3 57. b5 g2 58. b6 g1=Q
$19) 53... Kf4 54. Kd3 ({What else can white do?} 54. Ra5 Kf3
55. Rxc5 Kxf2 56. b4 g3 57. Rc6 g2 58. Rg6 Re3+ 59. Kd2 Rg3
60. Rf6+ Rf3 61. Rg6 e4 $19) 54... Rb4 55. Kc3 Kf3 56. Rc2 e4
57. Ra2 Rd4 58. Ra5 Kxf2 59. Rxc5 Rd3+ 60. Kc4 g3 {I have
mixed results for this tournament. My standing is respectable,
but I have not played anyone who is rated higher than
myself. My play was relatively good, but I made careless
errors like 31...Be5+ which could have been costly. The same
thing happened in round 3. After achieving a winning position
I started to relaxed. My best effort was in round 1. I played
a relatively error free game. My flag fell while I was
determining which is the best line of winning. This also
happened in the Toronto International Open a few years back.}
0-1

[Event "Chess Emporium Friday Swiss"]
[Site "Phoenix, AZ"]
[Date "2001.11.09"]
[EventDate "11/09/2001"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolai Andrianov"]
[Black "Joel Johnson"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 b5 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bxb5 Bxe4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3
Bb7 8.d5 O-O 9.Ba4 Na6 10.a3 Nc5 11.Bc2 a5 12.Re1 d6 13.Be3
Nfd7 14.Nd4 Nb6 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Rxa1 17.Qxa1 Na6 18.dxe6
Nxb4 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Qb1+ Kg8 21.Qxb4 c5 22.Qb3 cxd4 23.Bxd4
fxe6 24.Bxb6 Qd7 25.f3 Bf6 26.Bf2 Be5 27.Ne4 Rc8 28.c5 Bd5
29.Qd3 dxc5 30.Ng5 Bf6 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.h4 e5 33.Qc2 c4 34.Nh7+
Kf7 35.Nxf6 gxf6 36.Rd1 Qc6 37.h5 Rg8 38.h6 e4 39.h7 Rh8
40.Qd2 Ke6 41.Qh6 c3 42.Qh3+ Ke7 43.fxe4 Bxe4 44.Re1 Kf7
45.Bd4 c2 {And, eventually Black won by capturing the h-Pawn
on h7 with the Rook, trading off both Queens and Rooks,
followed by using superior King position to win the
g-Pawn.--Joel Johnson} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics Summer"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Michael Aigner"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5
5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Ne5 Bxe5 {?} 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.cxd5 {? 9.Qd4 !
+/- is correct and the main line. Black cannot
equalize. However, my preparation had been interrupted by a
student's mom and I never did get down to reviewing this
line. The result was forced improvisation. } cxd5 10.e4 {!?}
dxe4 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Bg5+ Ke8 13.Na3 Nxe5 { 13...Nc6 ! -/+ }
14.Nb5 Na6 15.Rac1 Kf7 {!} 16.h4 Kg6 17.Rfd1 Nd3 {!} 18.Rc3
Bd7 19.Nd6 Bc6 20.a3 Nac5 21.b4 Na4 22.Rc2 a6 23.g4 {!?} h6
{?! 23...Bd5 -/+ } 24.Be7 Nf4 25.h5+ Kh7 26.gxf5 Nc3 27.Rxc3
Ne2+ 28.Kh2 Nxc3 29.Rc1 Nd5 30.Bh4 Nf4 31.fxe6 Nxe6 32.Rxc6
{!} bxc6 33.Bxe4+ g6 34.hxg6+ Kg7 35.Bxc6 {?! 35.Bg3 unclear }
Raf8 36.Bb7 Kxg6 37.Bxa6 Ra8 38.Bc4 Ng5 39.Bg3 {? 39.Bd3+ Kg7
40.Nb5 Nf3+ 41.Kg3 Nxh4 42.Kxh4 -/+ } Rxa3 40.f4 Nf3+ 41.Kg2
Rd8 42.f5+ Kf6 43.b5 {?!} Ng5 44.b6 {??} Rxd6 {White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "ICC tourney 28 (8 2)"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rodrigo Rafael Vasquez Schroeder"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7
5.g3 e5 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 { 8.Re1 More consistent with
the King's Indian Attack plan. } a5 9.Re1 Nd7 10.b3 { 10.exd5
cxd5 11.c3 Qc7 12.Nf1 b6 13.d4 e4 14.Bf4 Qc6 Evans -
Saidy,1972. } Re8 { 10...d4 This closes the position, not to
my taste. 11.h4 b5 12.h5 Nb6 13.Nh2 Bd7 14.f4 bxa4 15.bxa4 c5
Black was a bit better in Maus-Vinke, 1991. } 11.Bb2 h5 {?!
That's more like it! But really, a terrible move.} 12.d4 {This
is only momentarily confusing. 12.exd5 Nxd5 [ 12...e4 !?
13.Nd4 c5 14.d6 unclear ] 13.Qe2 +/= } exd4 13.Bxd4 Nf6 {Not
going to swap bishops. No way!} 14.exd5 Nexd5 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 {#
The openi ng is over and it is time for some planning. Black
has a very comfortable position, I think.} 16.Nc4 { 16.Qf1
Suggested by Fritz, but the program doesn't explain its
reasoning and I can't figure it out. } Bg4 17.h3 Bf5 18.Rc1
Qd7 {Black's position is easier to play. That's important in a
fast time control.} 19.Kh2 Bh6 20.Ra1 { 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Qxd7
Nxd7 22.Rd1 White has no real pressure, and other than the
dependency of the a-pawn on the rook at a8, Black has no
problems. } Ne4 {I thought I was clearly better here, but
Fritz disagrees.} 21.Qe1 {?! 21.Nh4 !? Rd8 22.Ne5 Qe6 23.Nxf5
Qxf5 24.Qd3 !? Nf4 !? 25.Qxe4 Qxe4 26.Bxe4 Rxd4 27.Bxc6 !
unclear } Nb4 {!? During the game I thought this was
winning. I was wrong.} 22.Qe2 {?! 22.Nb6 ! Qd8 23.Nxa8 Nxc2
24.Qe2 Nxa1 [ 24...Nxd4 25.Nxd4 Qxd4 26.Bxe4 Qxe4 [ 26...Qxa1
27.Bxf5 gxf5 28.Qxh5 Qf6 29.Nb6 ] 27.Qxe4 Bxe4 28.Nb6 Bc2
Black has enough for the exchange, but no more. ] 25.Bxa1 Qxa8
26.g4 ! } Re8 23.Nce5 Qe6 24.Re1 Nd6 { 24...Ng5 25.Nxg5 Bxg5
!? } 25.c3 {? 25.Qf1 ! unclear } Nc2 26.Rd1 Nxd4 27.cxd4 {
27.Rxd4 Bg7 -/+ } f6 {-+} 28.Bf1 fxe5 29.dxe5 Nf7 30.Re1 Qxb3
31.Bg2 Qxa4 32.Qb2 {White resigns. After 32...Qb4 there would
be no point in continuing.} 0-1

[Event "Mechanics G.45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Pinto"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6
5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 e6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.c3 Nf5 {? The only move that
has been played, but it must be abandoned. 8...Qa5 ! is a big
improvement. 9.Qa4 Qxa4 10.Bxa4 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nf5 } 9.Bd4 {
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qa4 +/- } Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nbd2
a5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Qb8 15.Qe2 {+/=} Qa7 16.g4 Nh4 17.Nxh4
Bxh4 18.Qe3 Rab8 19.Rfb1 Rb5 20.b4 axb4 {? 20...a4 Too
drawish. } 21.cxb4 {+/-} Rfb8 22.a3 Qe7 23.Bc3 f6 24.a4 R5b7
25.f4 fxe5 26.Bxe5 {I hadn't noticed this would hit the rook
at b8.} Rc8 { 26...Bf6 27.Bxb8 Bxa1 28.Be5 Bxe5 29.Qxe5 +/- }
27.Ra3 Qe8 28.Qd3 Bf6 29.Bd6 Be7 30.Be5 Qf8 {?! 30...Bf6
31.Bd6 Be7 32.Qa6 Qd7 33.Bxe7 Qxe7 34.Kg2 +/= } 31.Rc3 Ra8
32.a5 Rxb4 {!? Spirit of adventure, I couldn't win a decent
prize anyway. 32...Rb5 33.g5 Ra7 !? } 33.Rxb4 Bxc5+ 34.Rd4 {?!
34.Rxc5 Qxc5+ 35.Qd4 Qc1+ 36.Kg2 c5 37.Qb2 ! +- We both missed
this. Fritzy found it. } Rxa5 35.Kg2 Ra2+ 36.Kg3 g5 {Hoping to
get to f2.} 37.f5 {?} Qh6 {?? 37...Bxd4 38.Qxd4 Qh6 -+ }
38.Rc2 {!} Ra3 39.Rc3 {? 39.Qxa3 Bxa3 40.Ra4 Bf8 41.Rxc6 Qh4+
42.Kg2 Qe1 43.Bg3 forced Qe2+ 44.Bf2 exf5 45.gxf5 unclear }
Ra2 {Agreed drawn in mutual time pressure.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stamer"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daichi Siegrist"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5
5.c3 Be7 6.O-O h6 7.Be3 c6 8.Nbd2 Qc7 9.Qe2 Nf8 { 9...O-O }
10.Nc4 Ng6 11.h3 Be6 12.Rfd1 O-O 13.b3 b5 14.Ncd2 Nf4 15.Bxf4
exf4 16.Nf1 g5 {?! 16...Rfe8 } 17.Qd2 {+/=} a5 {?!} 18.Bc2 Nh5
{?! 18...Rfe8 +/= } 19.N1h2 Ng7 20.Ng4 h5 21.Ngh2 {?! 21.Nh6+
Kh7 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 f6 24.Nxg5+ ! fxg5 25.f6+ Kg8 26.fxg7
Kxg7 27.Qd3 White has the attack } g4 22.hxg4 hxg4 23.Ne1 Nh5
{ 23...d5 ! 24.e5 f6 ! } 24.Nd3 Bg5 25.g3 Qe7 {?! 25...f5 ! }
26.Nxf4 Bxf4 {? 26...Nxf4 27.gxf4 Bh6 +/= } 27.gxf4 Qh4 28.f5
Bc8 {!} 29.Qe3 {?! 29.Qh6 ! +/- } f6 30.Kg2 {!} Ra7 { 30...Rf7
!? 30...Kf7 !? } 31.Rh1 Qh3+ {! Best practical chance.}
32.Qxh3 gxh3+ 33.Kf1 { 33.Kf3 ! 33.Kxh3 Nf4+ 34.Kg3 Ne2+
35.Kf3 Nxc3 unclear } Nf4 34.f3 Rg7 35.Ng4 {!} Kf7 36.Kf2 Rh8
37.Rag1 Rg5 { 37...b4 !? } 38.Ke3 Ng2+ 39.Kf2 Rhh5 {Playing
for a win in a worse position. 39...Nf4 40.Rh2 b4 +/= } 40.Bd3
Nf4 41.Bf1 {+/-} d5 42.Rg3 {!? 42.Ke3 ! +/- 42.Kg3 dxe4
43.fxe4 [ 43.Kxf4 exf3 44.Bxh3 Rxf5+ 45.Ke3 +/- ] Rh4 44.Kxf4
+- } dxe4 43.fxe4 Rh4 44.Kf3 Nh5 {?! 44...Bxf5 45.exf5 Rxf5
+/- } 45.Nh6+ Kg7 46.Rxg5+ fxg5 47.Ng4 Nf6 {!} 48.Nxf6 Kxf6
49.Bd3 {! +/- 49.Bxh3 ?? g4+ 49.Rxh3 ?! g4+ 50.Kg3 Rxh3+
51.Bxh3 gxh3 52.Kxh3 Bxf5+ 53.exf5 Kxf5 54.Kg3 Ke4 55.a4 !
bxa4 56.bxa4 Kd3 57.Kf4 Kxc3 58.Ke5 Kc4 59.Kd6 Kxd4 60.Kxc6
Kc4 61.Kd6 Kb4 62.Kd5 Kxa4 63.Kc4 } c5 {! The only move to set
a trap.} 50.Bxb5 {?! 50.Kg3 cxd4 51.cxd4 Bxf5 Relatively
best. 52.exf5 Rxd4 53.Bxb5 +- } cxd4 51.cxd4 h2 52.Bd3 Rh3+
53.Ke2 Bb7 {!} 54.Bb1 {!} g4 55.Kf2 Rc3 {! +/-} 56.Kg2 g3
57.d5 Ke5 {! #} 58.Rf1 {? 58.Re1 +/= 58.Rd1 Ba6 -/+ } Ba6 {!
-+} 59.Rd1 Be2 {#9} 60.d6 Bxd1 61.d7 Bf3+ 62.Kxg3 h1=Q 63.d8=Q
Qg2+ 64.Kh4 Qg4# 0-1

[Event "Bagby Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Alex Setzepfandt"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 d5 4.exd5
exd5 5.d4 c4 {?!} 6.Bf4 a6 7.g3 b5 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.a3 Nf6 10.O-O
Be7 11.Be5 Nbd7 12.Nf4 Nb6 13.Qf3 O-O 14.Rad1 Ne4 15.Qg4 {
15.Ncxd5 ! Nxd5 16.Qxe4 Nxf4 17.Qxb7 Nxg2 18.Kxg2 +/- } Nf6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rfe1 g6 18.Qf3 Qd6 19.Nfxd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Qxd5
21.Qxd5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 Rad8 23.Bb7 Bxd4 {? 23...Rd7 ! 24.Bxa6
Rb8 25.a4 bxa4 26.Bxc4 Rxb2 } 24.c3 Bf6 25.Bxa6 Rfe8 26.Bxb5
Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rd2 28.Rb1 1-0

[Event "Bagby Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tom Allen"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3
e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bc4 { 6.Bf4 !? } Qc7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1
Ne5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.f4 {!?} Bd4+ { 11...Bxf4 12.e5 } 12.Kh1 b5
13.Bb3 Bb7 {-/+} 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Ne7 16.Bd1 {?!} Rc8
17.Be2 O-O 18.Rad1 d5 19.Bf3 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Nd5 21.Rxd5 Bxd5
22.Ng5 h6 {-+} 23.Bxd5 hxg5 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Qxe6+ Qf7 0-1

[Event "Bay Area Masters"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.10.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Mark Pinto"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.e4 Na6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7
5.Be3 d6 6.Qd2 e5 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O
11.b4 Nc7 12.Rfd1 exd4 13.Bxd4 Qe7 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bc5 Qe6
16.Bxf8 Bxf8 17.c5 Qf5 18.Ne2 Ne6 19.Ng3 Qf4 20.Qxf4 Nxf4
21.Rd2 a5 22.bxa5 Ne6 23.Re1 Rxa5 24.Rxe5 Bxc5 25.Kf1 Rb5
26.Bd1 Rb1 27.Ke2 {?} Bb4 28.Rxe6 fxe6 29.Rd8+ Kf7 30.Bb3 Rb2+
31.Kf3 b5 32.Ne4 Nxe4 33.Kxe4 Be7 34.Rh8 Rxf2 35.Rxh7+ Kf6
36.g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Peninsula G/15 Championship"]
[Site "San Mateo, CA, USA"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Jaffrey"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.dxc5
Qa5+ 5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Bc3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nbd2 {?} Ng4 {!} 9.O-O
Bxc3 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.bxc3 Qxc3 12.Nfd4 Ne5 13.f4 Qe3+ {!} 14.Kh1
Nec6 15.Rf3 Qxe4 16.Bd3 Qd5 {-/+} 17.c4 Qh5 18.Be2 Nxd4 19.Rh3
{??} Qxe2 20.Qxd4 Nc6 21.Qc3 Qe6 22.Re1 Qf6 23.Qd2 d5 {-+}
24.f5 Bxf5 25.Rf3 dxc4 26.Nc5 Rad8 27.Qh6 Qg7 {Black won.} 0-1

[Event "Peninsula G/15 Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Vladimir Mezentsev"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Bg7
5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.O-O Nc6 9.h3 Bf5 10.Re1 Rc8
11.a3 {?! 11.Qa4 unclear } a6 12.c5 Ne4 13.Bf1 e5 14.Be3 exd4
15.Nxd4 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Qd7 17.g4 { 17.Nxf5 Qxf5 18.Qd2 !? } Be6
18.Bg2 Ne5 19.f4 Nc4 20.Bf2 Rfe8 21.Qc2 Qd8 22.Bf1 {? 22.f5 !
gxf5 23.Nxe6 ! fxe6 24.gxf5 +/= exf5 ?? 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Bxd5+
+- } Qf6 {! =/+} 23.Nxe6 Rxe6 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Bxc4 dxc4 26.Qe4
Rf8 27.Be3 Qxc3 28.Qxe6+ Kh8 29.Rc1 Qxa3 30.Rxc4 Qa1+ 31.Kg2
Qa2+ 32.Kg3 a5 33.Qe4 {Eventually drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dolan Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco CA"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "George Sanguinetti"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 f5 4.Bd3 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Ba3 Bd7 8.c4 c6 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nc3 {+/=}
Be8 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Rc1 Bh5 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nc6 15.Be2
Rac8 16.Na4 Nd7 17.Qd2 Kh8 {?!} 18.Bb5 Ncb8 19.Rxc8 Rxc8
20.Rc1 Qd8 21.h3 Rc7 22.Rxc7 Qxc7 23.Qb4 Nc6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6
25.Qe7 h6 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.dxc5 b6 {?} 28.b4 {!} bxc5 29.bxc5
{+/-} Kg8 30.Qxa7 Qc8 31.a4 {...1-0, 60.} 1-0

[Event "Dolan Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco CA"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Monty Peckham"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 cxd4
5.exd4 d5 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.h3 h6 10.Re1 dxc4
11.d5 Nb4 12.Bxc4 b5 {!?} 13.Bxb5 Bb7 14.Be3 Nbxd5 15.Bd4 Rc8
16.Qa4 a6 17.Bxa6 {??} Ra8 {? 17...Nxc3 ! 18.Bxc3 Ra8 19.Ba5
Rxa6 20.Bxd8 Rxa4 21.Bxe7 Rfa8 -/+ } 18.Bxb7 Rxa4 19.Nxa4
{unclear} Nb4 {!} 20.Rad1 Qa5 21.Nc3 e6 22.Ne4 {? 22.Be4 ! }
Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Rd8 24.Bxg7 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Kxg7 26.a3 Na6 27.Bc2
Qc5 28.Rd2 Nc7 29.a4 Qb4 30.b3 Qc3 31.Bd1 Nd5 32.Kh2 g5 33.Rd4
f5 {=/+} 34.b4 {!?} Nxb4 35.Rd7+ Kf6 36.Rh7 Kg6 { 36...g4
37.Rxh6+ Kg7 38.Rxe6 gxf3 39.Bxf3 -/+ } 37.Re7 Kf6 38.Rh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dolan Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco CA"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mario L Samatra"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4
5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd1 exd5 7.Nf3 d4 8.Ne4 Bf5 9.Nfd2 Qa5 10.f3 Bxe4
11.fxe4 Nf6 12.g3 Ng4 13.Bh3 Ne3 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Rf1 Nxf1
16.Kxf1 Qh5 17.Bg2 Be7 {?! 17...Qxh2 -/+ } 18.Nf3 O-O 19.Bf4
Na5 {?!} 20.Qa4 { 20.Qd5 Qxd5 21.exd5 unclear } Rbc8 21.Qxd4
Bc5 22.Qa4 Bb6 23.Rd1 Qc5 24.Nd4 Rfd8 25.e3 Qc4+ { 25...g5 ! }
26.Qxc4 Rxc4 27.b3 Rc3 28.Ke2 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 Bxd4 30.exd4 Rc2+
31.Kf3 Rxa2 {-+} 32.d5 Rb2 33.d6 Rxb3+ 34.Kf2 Nc6 35.e5 Rb2+
36.Kf1 Rxg2 37.Kxg2 Kf8 38.Kf3 Ke8 39.Ke4 Kd7 40.Kd5 a5 41.Bd2
a4 42.Bc3 b5 43.Kc5 b4 44.Bxb4 Nxe5 45.Kb5 Ng4 46.Kxa4 Nxh2
47.Kb3 Nf1 48.g4 Ne3 49.g5 Nf5 50.Kc4 Nxd6+ 51.Kd5 Ne8 52.Bc3
Nc7+ 53.Ke4 Ne6 54.Kf5 Kd6 55.Be5+ Kd5 56.Bc3 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Bay Area Masters"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.09.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Walter Shipman"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.e3 b5
5.a4 c6 6.b3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nfxd2 a5 9.bxc4 b4 10.c5 Nf6
11.Nc4 O-O 12.Bd3 Nbd7 13.f4 Ba6 14.O-O Nd5 15.Rf3 f5 {
15...Bxc4 ! } 16.Nd6 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Qf6 18.Ra2 Rfb8 19.Rff2 Qh6
20.Nd2 N7f6 21.h3 Nc3 22.Ra1 Nfd5 23.Nb3 Qf6 24.Nc4 Qd8 25.g3
Rb7 { 25...Ne4 26.Rg2 Ndc3 } 26.Rg2 Ne7 27.Nd6 Rd7 28.g4 Ncd5
29.Re1 Nc3 30.Ra1 Ncd5 {Time Control 1} 31.Kh1 Qf8 32.Rag1
Raa7 33.Nc4 {+/=} Ng6 {?! 33...g6 } 34.Ncxa5 Qa8 35.Nc4 fxg4
36.Rxg4 Rxa4 37.h4 Qe8 38.Nd6 Qd8 39.h5 Nf8 40.h6 Ng6 {?!
40...g6 +/= } 41.f5 { 41.hxg7 ! +/- } exf5 42.Nxf5 Nf6 43.Qc4+
{ 43.Rxg6 hxg6 44.Rxg6 White has the attack } Rd5 44.e4 Nxg4
45.Rxg4 Qf6 { 45...Qe8 !? } 46.exd5 {? 46.Rg2 ! +/- } Qxf5
47.dxc6+ Kh8 48.hxg7+ Kxg7 49.d5 {?! 49.Rg2 } Qf3+ {? I missed
that later White has Qd4+, ruining my plan. 49...Ra2 ! -+ }
50.Rg2 Ra2 51.Qg4 Qf1+ 52.Rg1 Qf8 { 52...Qf7 53.Qd7 52...Qf6
53.Qd4 52...Qf2 53.Qd4+ } 53.c7 Ra8 54.Nd4 Kh8 {!} 55.Ne6 {?
55.Nf5 +- } Qh6+ 56.Kg2 Ra2+ 57.Kf3 {forced} Ra3+ {only move}
58.Kg2 {forced} Ra2+ 59.Kf3 Ra3+ 60.Kg2 Ra2+ {Drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bagby Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mariusz Krubnik"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4
5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 c5 9.a3 Ba5 { 9...Bxc3+
10.bxc3 Qa5 } 10.dxc5 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Qc2 Qxc5 13.Be3 Qh5
14.Bd4 {?!} Nc6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.O-O-O e5 17.h3 Be6 18.g4 Qh6+
19.Kb2 Kh8 20.Nd2 a5 21.Ne4 Rfc8 22.Nd6 Rcb8 23.Bf5 Qf8 {!?}
24.Bxh7 b5 25.c5 b4 26.Be4 {?} bxc3+ {-/+} 27.Kxc3 Nd4 28.Rxd4
exd4+ { 28...Rb3+ ! } 29.Kxd4 Ra6 30.Rb1 Rxd6+ {!} 31.cxd6
Qxd6+ 32.Ke3 Rxb1 {!} 33.Qxb1 Qxa3+ 34.Bd3 Qc5+ 35.Ke2 a4
36.Qb8+ Kg7 37.Qf4 a3 {-+} 38.Qe4 {?} Qe5 0-1

[Event "Mechanics Summer"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vivek Nambiar"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.c4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5
5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 Bg4
11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rc1 Bb6 13.Na4 Qe7 14.h3 Bf5 15.e3 Be4 {
15...Nb4 !? was recommended in Complete Defense to Queen Pawn
Openings on the basis of Vaulin-Obukohov, Chelyabinsk 1989. }
16.a3 { 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.a4 Nd7 ! unclear } Bc7 17.Nc5 Bd6
18.Bxf6 {? 18.b4 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 a5 ! } Qxf6 19.b4 { 19.Nxb7 Bxa3
-/+ } Bxc5 20.Rxc5 Rac8 21.Qe2 b6 22.Rcc1 Ne5 23.Nxe5 Qxe5
24.Rfd1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 d4 27.Qd3 dxe3 28.Qxe3 Qxe3
{Here I offered a draw, anticipating 29.fxe3 Kf8 31.Rc7 Re7
32.Rc8+ etc. 28...Qd5+ } 29.fxe3 Kf8 {!} 30.Kf3 f6 31.Kf4 Re7
32.Rc8+ Kf7 33.Rh8 {?!} Ke6 34.Ke4 g6 35.Rd8 f5+ 36.Kd4 Kf6
37.Rd6+ Kg5 {!} 38.Kd3 Rc7 39.a4 {?} Rc1 {! =/+ At this point
it is clearly Black who is plahying for a win. Unfortunately
White just manages to hold the position together.} 40.Ke2
{forced} Ra1 41.a5 {!} bxa5 42.Ra6 a4 43.Rxa7 a3 44.b5
{forced} Rb1 { 44...a2 45.b6 Rb1 [ 45...Rh1 ?! 46.b7 Rb1 ]
46.Rxa2 Rxb6 } 45.Rxa3 Rxb5 46.Kf3 Rb2 {Black has no real
winning chances, but White was doen wot 3 minutes in sudden
death, while I had over an hour. But draw is draw.} 47.Ra7 h6
48.Ra6 Rb1 49.h4+ Kh5 50.Ra5 Rf1+ 51.Kg2 Re1 52.Kf2 Rb1 53.Kf3
Rf1+ {Agreed drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mechanics G.45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emilia Krubnik"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6
5.Nf3 a6 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 c4 9.Bd2 { 9.a4 b4 10.Ne4
Bb7 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Qxc4 Nc6 13.O-O Rc8 Black has sufficient
compensation for material deficit } Bb7 10.O-O Nc6 11.b3 {?}
b4 12.Nb1 c3 13.Bc1 Qd5 {!?} 14.a3 a5 15.Rd1 Bd6 16.Ne1 {
16.Bc4 Qh5 17.e4 Bc7 18.d5 Ne5 19.Bb5+ Kf8 ! -/+ } Bc7 17.f3
Rd8 18.e4 {?} Nxd4 {? 18...Qh5 19.g3 Nxd4 -+ } 19.Qa2 {??
19.exd5 Nxc2 20.Nxc2 Nxd5 21.Bc4 Bb6+ 22.Kf1 O-O Black has
sufficient compensation for material deficit } Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2
Qxd1 0-1

[Event "Bagby Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Jeff Mallett"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.c4 Bb7
5.Nc3 Ne4 {!?} 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Nd2 Bb4 {?!} 8.Qg4 Bg6 9.a3 Bxd2+
10.Bxd2 {+/=} O-O 11.Be2 d5 12.Rc1 Nd7 13.h4 Nf6 14.Qh3 dxc4
15.Rxc4 h6 16.h5 Bh7 17.Qh4 Rc8 18.Rh3 { 18.f3 +/= } Ne4 {!}
19.Bb4 Qxh4 20.Rxh4 c5 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.Bxc5 bxc5 23.Ra4 Rc7
24.Rhc4 Rb7 {!} 25.e4 {?! An attempt to avoid a draw.} Rxb2
26.Rxa7 Rd8 27.Bd3 f5 {!} 28.Bc2 fxe4 29.Rxc5 e3 {!} 30.Bxh7+
Kxh7 31.fxe3 Rdd2 32.Rf7 { 32.Rac7 Rxg2 33.Kf1 Rbf2+ 34.Ke1
Rh2 } Rxg2 33.Kf1 Rgd2 34.Kg1 Ra2 35.Rc3 Ra1+ 36.Rf1 Raa2
1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Amant Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Paul A Gallegos"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7
5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.b3 e5 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8
11.Bb2 Bf5 12.Rfd1 e4 13.Ne1 Ng4 14.h3 Nf6 15.Nb5 Ne8 16.Bxg7
Kxg7 17.Nc3 g5 18.g4 Bg6 19.f4 exf3 20.Bxf3 Nf6 21.Na4 Re8
22.Nxc5 Rxe3 23.Nxb7 Ne5 24.Kf2 {? 24.Bg2 +/- } Rxf3+ {!}
25.Nxf3 Nxf3 26.Rd8 {?! 26.Nd6 unclear } Rxd8 27.Nxd8 Ne5
28.Nb7 {? 28.Rg1 =/+ } h5 {! -/+} 29.gxh5 Nxh5 30.Nd6 f5
31.Nb5 a6 32.Nc7 a5 33.Rd1 Nf4 34.Kg3 Nfd3 35.Ne6+ Kf6 36.Nd4
f4+ 37.Kh2 Be4 38.Rf1 Kg6 39.a3 Kh5 40.b4 axb4 41.axb4 Nxb4
42.Re1 Nf3+ 43.Nxf3 Bxf3 44.c5 {?} Nd3 {Black won.} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga "]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.01.07"]
[EventDate "2001"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Kempinski"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "358"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.b4 b6 6.Bb2 d6 7.Be2 c5
8.b5 Bb7 9.O-O e6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.a4 a5 12.bxa6 Rxa6 13.Qc2
Ra8 14.Rfc1 Re8 15.Ne1 cxd4 16.exd4 e5 17.d5 Nc5 18.Nd3 Nxd3
19.Bxd3 Rc8 20.Qb1 Ba6 21.Bf1 Bh6 22.Bc3 Rc5 23.Qb2 Bc8 24.Re1
Bf5 25.a5 bxa5 26.Nb3 Rc8 27.Nxa5 Bd7 28.Bb4 Bf8 29.Qa3 Ra8
30.Qc3 Qb6 31.g3 Reb8 32.Reb1 Qc7 33.Qe1 Bf5 34.Rb2 Bd7 35.h3
Rb6 36.Bc3 Rxb2 37.Bxb2 h5 38.Bg2 Qc5 39.Bc3 Rb8 40.Rb1 Rxb1
41.Qxb1 Bf5 42.Qb4 Qc8 43.h4 Be4 44.Bd2 Qg4 45.Qb3 Qe2 46.Qe3
Qd1+ 47.Qe1 Qc2 48.f3 Bd3 49.Qc1 Qa2 50.Qc3 e4 51.Nb3 Bg7
52.fxe4 Qb1+ 53.Nc1 Nxe4 54.Qxd3 Qxd3 55.Nxd3 Nxd2 56.c5 Bd4+
57.Kh2 Bxc5 58.Kh3 Be3 59.g4 hxg4+ 60.Kxg4 Kg7 61.Kg3 Kh6
62.Bh3 f5 63.Bg2 Bd4 64.Kh3 Kg7 65.Ne1 Bf2 66.Nf3 Nc4 67.Ng5
Kf6 68.Nh7+ Kg7 69.Ng5 Ne5 70.Bf1 Be3 71.Ne6+ Kf6 72.Be2 Bf2
73.Ng5 Be3 74.Ne6 Bh6 75.Nd4 Bc1 76.Kg3 Bd2 77.Kh3 Be3 78.Nc6
Nd7 79.Bf3 Bf2 80.Nd8 Nc5 81.Bg2 Be1 82.Bf3 Ba5 83.Nc6 Bb6
84.Kg3 Nb3 85.Bg2 Nd2 86.Bh1 Nf1+ 87.Kh3 Bc5 88.Bf3 Nd2 89.Bg2
Bf2 90.Nd8 Nc4 91.Nc6 Ne3 92.Bf3 Be1 93.Bh1 Nd1 94.Bf3 Nf2+
95.Kg2 Nd3 96.h5 g5 97.Bd1 Nf4+ 98.Kf1 Bc3 99.h6 Nxd5 100.Bb3
Ne3+ 101.Ke2 f4 102.Kd3 Bb2 103.h7 Kg7 104.Bg8 Bf6 105.Ke4 d5+
106.Kf3 Kh8 107.Nb4 d4 108.Nd3 Nf5 109.Ke4 Ne7 110.Bc4 Kxh7
111.Nxf4 gxf4 112.Kxf4 Kg7 113.Kg4 Nc6 114.Kf5 Bh4 115.Ke4 Bf2
116.Bb5 Nb4 117.Bc4 Kf6 118.Be2 Ke6 119.Bc4+ Kd6 120.Be2 Kc5
121.Bf1 Nc6 122.Be2 Kb4 123.Bf1 Kc3 124.Bb5 Nb4 125.Bf1 d3
126.Bxd3 Nxd3 127.Kf3 Bc5 128.Ke4 Kc4 129.Kf5 Kd5 130.Kf6 Bd6
131.Kf7 Ne5+ 132.Ke8 Ke6 133.Kd8 Nf7+ 134.Kc8 Kd5 135.Kb7 Kc5
136.Ka6 Bc7 137.Kb7 Kd6 138.Ka6 Kc6 139.Ka7 Nd6 140.Ka8 Bd8
{?} {140...Nc4 141.Ka7 Nb6 142.Ka6 Bb8 is the standard win.}
141.Ka7 Kb5 142.Kb8 Kb6 143.Ka8 Nb7 144.Kb8 Bc7+ 145.Ka8 Kc6
146.Ka7 Nc5 147.Ka8 Nd7 148.Ka7 Nb6 149.Ka6 Bb8 {! Reaching
the same position Black could have forced earlier--see
previous note.} 150.Ka5 Kc5 {? 150...Nd5 is the standard win.}
151.Ka6 Bd6 {?} 152.Kb7 Kb5 153.Ka7 Kc6 154.Ka6 Bb8 {!
Reaching the same position as after Black's 149th move.}
155.Ka5 Nd5 {! - Belatedly finding the winning move he missed
five moves ago.} 156.Ka6 {Objectively best was 151.Ka4.} Bc7
{? - Missing the standard 156...Nb4+.} 157.Ka7 Bb6+ 158.Kb8
Bc5 159.Ka8 Nc7+ 160.Kb8 Nb5 161.Ka8 Kb6 162.Kb8 Na7 163.Ka8
Ka6 164.Kb8 Bb6 165.Ka8 Nb5 166.Kb8 Nd6 167.Ka8 Kb5 168.Kb8
Kc6 169.Ka8 Bc7 170.Ka7 Nb7 171.Ka8 Nc5 172.Ka7 Bb6+ 173.Ka8
Bc7 174.Ka7 Nd7 175.Ka8 Bd6 176.Ka7 Nb6 177.Ka6 Bb8 178.Ka5
Bc7 179.Ka6 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "50th World Champions Jubilee Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Markovich Umansky"]
[Black "Hans Berliner"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 {Notes by GM Umansky.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O
5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 {9. c5 Nd7
10. cxd6 cxd6 11. a4 Nc5 12. Nd2 b6 13. b4 Nb7 14. Qb3+/=} Nd7
10. Ne1 b6 11. Nd3 Nc5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 h6 {13... Nxd3
14. Qxd3 h6 15. h4 Re8 16. Rae1 Bg4 17. e5} 14. Nf2 {! 14. h4
Bg4! 15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. Rae1 Rae8=} g5 15. Be3 f5
{15... Ba6 16. Bd4 Ng6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ng4 Bc8 19. Qd4+ f6
20. Ne3 Ne5 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Nb5 a5 23. Nd4} 16. Bd4 Bxd4
17. Qxd4 f4 18. b4 f3 {!} 19. Bxf3 {19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qd1 fxg2
21. Kxg2 Ng6 22. Qh5 Kh7 23. Nd3 Ba6 24. Nb5 Qe7=} Rxf3
20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Qd1 {21. Qd2?! Ng6 22. Nd3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1
Qe7} Qf8 {21... Rxc3 22. Qh5 Rxc4 (22... Bd7 23. Nd1 Rxc4
24. Qxh6 Nf5 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Ne3 Qe8 27. Qf6+ Ng7 28. Nxc4
+-) 23. Nd1 (23. Nd3!?) Bf5 (23... Rxe4 24. Nc3 Bf5 25. Nxe4
Bxe4 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kh7 28. Rae1 +-; 23... Bg4 24. Qf7+
Kh8 25. Ne3 Be2 26. Nxc4 Qe8 27. Qf6+ +-; 23... Nf5 24. Qg6+
[24. exf5? Qf6=] Kh8 25. exf5 Qf8 26. f6 Bd7 27. Ne3 Rd4
28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 Re8 30. f7+-) 24. exf5 Qf8 25. Ne3 Re4
26. Ng4 Rxg4 27. Qxg4 Nxd5 28. f6 Nxf6 29. Qf3 +- } 22. e5 {!
After 22. Nb5 Ng6 23. Nxc7 Rb8 Black would get sufficient
counterplay for the pawn. 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Ne5 26. Qd5
Qe7 27. Rad1 Re8 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Ra3 30. Rd5 Rxe6
31. Rxc5 Rxa2 ~/=} Ng6 {Once again the N cannot be
taken. 22... Rxc3 23. Ne4 Qg7 24. Nxc3 Bh3 25. Rf2 Qxe5
26. Nb5!? +-} 23. e6 Ne5 24. Nce4 {24. Nfe4 Ba6 25. Nb5 Qf5
<=>} Ba6 25. Nd2 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Ng4 Rxf1+ {27... Ne5
28. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 29. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 30. Rxf1 dxe5 31. Rf7 Rc8
32. Rxc7} 28. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Kg7 30. Nf6 Ne5 {30... Kf8??
31. Nh5+ +- } 31. h4 {! 31. e7 Kf7 32. e8=Q+ Rxe8 33. Nxe8+
Kxe8 34. h4!?} Rc8 32. h5 c4 33. Kg2 a5 34. a4 g4 {(A)
34... Ra8 35. Nd7 Nxd7 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rxd7 Rc8 38. Kf3 c3
39. Ke3 c2 40. Kd2 c6 41. Kxc2 cxd5+ 42. Kd3 Kf8 43. Kd4 Rc4+
44. Kxd5 Rxa4 45. Rh7 Ra3 46. Rxh6 Rd3+ 47. Ke4 Rxg3 48. Rh7
Rh3 49. h6 a4 50. Rf7+ Ke8 51. h7 +- (B) 34... c3 35. e7 Kf7
(35... c2 36. e8=Q Rxe8 37. Nxe8+ +-) 36. e8=Q+ Rxe8 37. Nxe8+
Kxe8 38. Rc1 +- (C) 34... c6 35. Ne4 cxd5 36. Nxd6 Rb8 37. e7
+- (D) 34... Kf8 35. Ng4+ Ke8 36. Nxh6 Rb8 37. Nf5 Rb2+
38. Kg1 g4 39. h6 Nf3+ 40. Rxf3 gxf3 41. h7 +- (E) 34... Rb8
35. e7 Kf7 36. Nd7+ +-} 35. e7 Kf7 36. e8=Q+ Rxe8 37. Nxe8+
Kxe8 38. Kf2 Ke7 {38... c6 39. Ke3 Ke7 (39... cxd5 40. Kd4
+/-) 40. Ke4 +/- } 39. Ke3 c6 40. Ke4 {!} Nf3 {40... Kd7
41. Rc1 Kc7 42. dxc6 Kxc6 43. Kd4 +-; 40... c5 41. Kf5+-}
41. Rc1 c5 {41... cxd5+ 42. Kxd5 Ne5 43. Rb1 +-} 42. Kf5
{42... Kf7 43. Kxg4 Nd4 44. Rxc4 (44. Kh3!? Kf6 45. g4 Ke5
46. g5 +-) Kf6 45. Kf4 Ne2+ 46. Kf3 Nd4+ 47. Ke4 Kg5 48. Rc1
Ne2 49. Re1 Nxg3+ 50. Kf3 Nf5 51. Rb1 Kxh5 52. Rb5 +-} Ne5
43. Rc2 Kf7 44. Rb2 Nd3 45. Rb7+ Kf8 {45... Ke8 46. Ke6 Kd8
47. Kxd6 Kc8 48. Rb5 +-} 46. Kf6 Ke8 {...Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kf8
48. Rxg4 +-} 47. Ke6 Kf8 48. Rf7+ Kg8 {48... Ke8 49. Rg7 Kf8
50. Rxg4 +-} 49. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Internet Challenge II"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Gambit Tiger (Computer)"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 { comments from ICC live chat } d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5
4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3 Bg4 9. h3
{GMR: Smirin is once again trying for a reversed King's
Indian. He hopes that Tiger will close the center with
d5-d4. Of course first the bishop on g4 has a decision to
make.} 9... Bc8 {Time: 58:56. Menno: There are only five games
in the online database.} 10. Re1 {GMR: Smirin is still hoping
for d5-d4, which would be the correct move here.} 10... d4
11. Nc4 Qc7 {GMR: a2-a4 wwould be normal here, but it is
probably not what Smirin was hoping for} 12. a4 {Black plan:
Rab8, b6, then a6 and b6-b5 with good play on the queenside}
12...Be6 13. Bd2 Nd7 {Time: 52:53. GMR: I don't like the
bishop on e6.} 14. Qc2 {Christophe Theron: Last time the
antihuman setting was ON, and it was a mistake. This time Shay
has set it correctly (I hope). Anti-human is not what people
believe it is. It has been designed to avoid human players
that try to get a draw by closing the position and then moving
a piece back and forth (happens a lot on chess servers).}
14... f6 15. Rec1 Nb6 {GMR: Not good. Now for example 16.Nxb6
Qxb6 17.c3-c4 is possible. After that White can turn his
attention to the kingside.} 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. b4
{ GMR: The isolated double pawn on the b-file is not so bad at
this moment.} 18... Qd7 {Mikhalevski: Did Ilya miss this
double attack? Probably not.} 19. b5 Na5 20. Bxa5 {GMR: I'm
not too happy about the passive bishop on g2. How is it going
to come into play?} 20... Rfc8 {GMR: Pretty "zwischenzug"
(yes, it IS an English word). CT: My laptop crashed, it is 31
degrees here in Guadaloupe and it overheats. I'm back online
now. I'm happy with how the game is going so far. I think that
the antihuman setting would have hurt the program's play in
this game. Tiger would have tried too hard to open the game,
and too early.} 21. Qd2 {Time: 40:46} 21... Rxa5 {GMR:
Interesting... Pressure on a4. Black is clearly better, Nf3
and Bg2 are not in play. CT: I think I would have preferred
bxa5 and then a bishop on b4, bt I'm not a strong player. It
seems that Tiger wants to pressure the weak a pawn. Is it THAT
important?} 22. h4 Kf8 {GMR: Really?? CT: Huh... I have no
idea why it played Kf8. Maybe some strong player will find a
reason for it? :-( HDX: Sometimes computers make moves that
seem odd and then when evaluated later serve a great tactical
purpose.} 23. h5 Rca8 {Time: 35:44. CT: Looks like Tiger's
bishop is going for b4 and c3 after all. Mikhalevski: maybe
Qd1, Bb4, Rc4, trying to block the position. Then
Bg2-f1-d3. CT: Smirin is going into time trouble. That is is
much more a problem for a human player than for a computer.}
24. h6 g6 { Tiger was expecting the last move.} 25. Qc2 {Time:
24:44} 25... Bb4 { GMR: The pawn on h6 is going to become very
weak at some stage.} 26. Qc7 { GMR: One could almost say
Smirin has been positionally outplayed.} 26... Bc3 { Tiger is
playing exactly like Christophe predicted.} 27. Qxb6 Qe7
{V. Mikhalevs ki: The f6 pawn has become a target, Black has
to defend it. CT: Now that white's queen is in black's side
I'm not sure anymore about what can happen...} 28. Kh2 {CT:
One thing I am sure here, the game is MUCH more interesting
than the previous one!} 28... g5 {GMR: Cruel! But Black also
has to watch out. What about 29.Rxc3 dxc3 Rc1, Rxc3 and Rc7?
CT: I think Rxc3 can get white out of
trouble... Unfortunately. Time: 20:40} 29. Nd2 { GMR: Smirin
is looking for tactical counterplay. The motif is always Rc7}
29... Bxa1 {Draco: ??} 30. Rc7 Qd8 { CT: This does not look
good for Gambit anymore... Time: 15:37} 31. Bh3 { GMR: Smirin
is tactically quite brilliant. The kingside attack after
31...g4 32.Bxg4 Bxg4 33.Qc5 looks deadly.} 31... g4 {GMR:
Smirin has dug a deep tactical pit, and I think maybe he has
caught a Tiger in it.} 32. Bxg4 { Mathias: NOW I understand
the combination! Stefsias: Smirin has got real guts! Deep
Fritz: White has won this game! Wilfred: Smirin for President!
Time: 13: 30} 32... Bxg4 33. Qc5+ {Frodo: Smirin has tamed the
Tiger! Mathias: Chapeau for Smirin! GMR: A typical game
against a computer: they are positionally superior to us
humans, but we still have a tactical edge. CT: OK, so it seems
that Bxa1 was a blunder.} 33... Ke8 34. Rxh7 {Time: 13:24 GMR:
The pawn on h6 would have been very weak in the endgame, but
Tiger didn't make it so far. Now it is very strong.} 34... Rc8
35. Rh8+ {Time: 13:17} 35... Kf7 36. Rxd8 Rxc5 37. h7 Rc8
38. Rxc8 Bxc8 39. h8=Q {Chuenthe: On behalf of humanity, thank
you Smirin! Mendi: From Israel "Kol Akavod Smirin!!"
Christophe Theron: Frankly, I liked this game more than the
last game Tiger played against Smirin. At least the GM could
feel some real pressure this time. I don't care if Tiger has
lost the game, it was of very good quality and that's what
counts. GAME OVER, Tiger resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Qualifier"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Konstantin Sakaev"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6
5.Nc3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Ng4 10.Be2
Qa6 11.O-O Nb6 12.h3 Nf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Ne4 15.Bh6 {
15.Bd3 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 +/= } f5 {!? 15...Nxc3 16.Qe1 Nxe2+
17.Qxe2 White has sufficient compensation for material deficit
} 16.Bd3 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.Bg7 Rg8 19.Be5 {+/=} O-O-O 20.Re1
Nd6 21.a4 { 21.Rb1 !? } Nf7 22.Bh2 { 22.Rb1 Nxe5 23.Rxe5 +/= }
Rge8 23.Qf3 e5 {!} 24.dxe6 Rxe6 25.Qf4 Qd6 26.Bf1 Qxf4 27.Bxf4
g5 28.Be3 Rde8 29.Red1 b6 30.a5 f4 31.axb6 axb6 32.Bd2 Bc6
33.Ra6 Bb7 34.Raa1 Rd8 {=/+} 35.Be1 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Ne5 {
36...Rd6 37.Rxd6 Nxd6 38.g3 =/+ } 37.h4 g4 { 37...gxh4 38.Bd2
Rd6 ! } 38.Rb1 f3 39.g3 Rd6 {!} 40.Ra1 Bc6 41.Rb1 Kb7 42.Ra1
Nd7 43.Rb1 Nf6 44.Ra1 Ne4 45.Rb1 Nd2 {-/+} 46.Bxd2 {forced}
Rxd2 47.Re1 Rc2 {? 47...Bd7 48.Re7 h6 49.Rh7 Rd1 ! -/+ } 48.h5
Rxc3 49.Re7+ Ka6 50.Kh2 Rc2 51.Re6 {Game drawn by mutual
agreement} Bd7 52.Re7 Rxf2+ 53.Kg1 Rd2 {-/+} 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Levon Altounian"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Qb3 Rb8
5.h3 Bh5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Bg3 Ngf6 10.Nbd2 Bg7
11.e3 {?!} Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bg2 {=/+} c5 {!} 14.Rd1 Qa5+
15.Qc3 {!?} Qxc3+ 16.bxc3 Rc8 17.O-O Nb6 {!} 18.Nd2 Bxg2
19.Kxg2 cxd4 20.cxd4 Nxc4 21.Rc1 {!?} Nb6 { 21...d5 22.Rc3
21...b5 22.Rc3 } 22.Rxc8+ Nxc8 23.Rb1 b6 24.a4 {?!} Kd7 25.Rc1
e6 26.Ne4 { 26.Kf3 a6 27.Ke2 -/+ } Rf8 27.Nc3 a6 28.f3 Ne7
29.Ne4 Rc8 {-/+} 30.Rb1 Rc2+ 31.Kf1 Nd5 {!} 32.Rb3 Bf8 33.Nf2
Rc3 34.Rxc3 Nxc3 35.a5 bxa5 36.Nd3 Nd5 37.e4 Nb4 38.Nb2 Nc2
39.Bf2 Bg7 40.Nc4 Nxd4 41.Nxa5 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "D02S15A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Umer"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 Bf5
5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 Rc8 { 9...Qb6
9...Ne8 9...Qc7 9...a5 } 10.a3 a5 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Rfc1 Rfe8
13.cxd5 Nxd5 {??} 14.e4 {+/-} N7f6 15.exf5 exf5 16.Re1 Qd6
17.Be5 Qd7 18.Nc4 b5 19.Nxa5 c5 20.Qd2 Bd8 21.Bxf6 Nxf6
22.Rxe8+ Nxe8 23.Re1 h6 24.Ne5 Qa7 25.Nac6 Qxa3 26.Nc4 bxc4
27.Rxe8+ {+-} Kh7 28.bxc4 Bg5 29.f4 Rxe8 30.fxg5 hxg5 31.h3 f6
32.Kh2 Qa6 33.Qf2 g6 34.Qxc5 Re2 35.Qa7+ Qxa7 36.Nxa7 Kg7
37.c5 Rc2 38.c6 Kf7 39.Nb5 Ke7 40.d4 f4 41.gxf4 gxf4 42.Kg1 g5
43.d5 Kd8 44.d6 Rc1+ 45.Kf2 Rc2+ 46.Kg1 Rc1+ 47.Kh2 Rc2 48.c7+
Kd7 49.Na7 Kxd6 50.c8=Q Rxc8 51.Nxc8+ Kd7 52.Nb6+ Ke6 53.Bf3
Kf5 54.Nd5 Ke5 55.Ne7 Ke6 56.Ng8 Kf5 57.Bg4+ Kg6 58.Ne7+ Kf7
59.Nf5 Kg6 60.Kg2 Kf7 61.Kf3 Kg6 62.Ke4 Kf7 63.Kd5 Kg6 64.Ke6
Kh7 65.Kxf6 Kg8 66.Kxg5 Kh7 67.Bf3 Kg8 68.Kh6 Kh8 69.h4 Kg8
70.h5 Kh8 71.Nh4 Kg8 72.Bd5+ Kh8 73.Ng6# {Black checkmated}
1-0

[Event "D02S16A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Alberto Rodriguez Morales"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 c4
5.Be2 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Bb4 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.a3 Bd6 9.e4 {+/-} Qb6 {?
9...Nxe4 ? 10.Nxe4 +- 9...dxe4 10.Nxe4 Qb6 11.Nxd6+ Qxd6
12.Bxc4 +/- } 10.e5 Ne4 11.exd6 e5 12.Nxd5 Qxb2 13.Nc7+ Kd7
14.Nxa8 g5 15.O-O g4 16.Nxe5+ Ke6 17.Nc7+ Kf6 18.Bxg4 Qxd4
19.Qf3+ Kg7 20.Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "D02S16A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Genrikh Chepukaitis"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.h4 Bg7 3.h5 d5 4.Nc3 Bf5
5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Qb6 7.Rb1 gxh5 8.Nge2 Nf6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.Qd2 Bg6
11.Bh2 h4 {!} 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Rxh4 Bf6 14.Rh1 Nxf4 15.exf4 e6
{=/+} 16.g3 h5 17.Bh3 O-O-O 18.b4 h4 {! Thematic!} 19.g4 Rde8
20.a4 Qc7 21.a5 a6 22.Kd1 Be7 23.Na4 Bd6 24.Nc5 Kb8 25.Rb3 f6
26.Kc1 e5 {!} 27.g5 Bxc5 28.bxc5 exd4 29.Bxd7 Qxd7 30.Nxd4
fxg5 31.fxg5 Ka8 32.Qf4 Qe7 33.Qd6 Qxg5+ 34.Kb2 Qd2 35.Qf6
Rhf8 36.Qxg6 Qxd4+ 37.Kb1 Re2 38.Qh7 Rb8 39.Qd3 Qf2 40.Kb2
Rbe8 41.Qh7 Qd4+ 42.Ka2 R8e7 43.Qf5 Ka7 44.Rhb1 Qa4+ 45.Kb2
Qxa5 {-+} 46.Ra1 Qxc5 47.Qd3 h3 {? 47...R7e3 ! -+ } 48.Rc3
Qb6+ 49.Rb3 R7e3 50.Rxa6+ bxa6 51.Qh7+ Re7 52.Qh8 Qc7 53.Qd4+
Ka8 54.Rb6 Qe5 55.Rxa6+ Kb7 56.Ra7+ Kc8 57.Qxe5 R7xe5 58.Ra8+
Kd7 59.Rh8 h2 60.f4 R5e3 61.f5 Rf3 62.Rh7+ Kd6 63.Rh6+ Ke5
64.f6 Rxf6 65.Rh5+ Rf5 66.Rh3 Rf1 67.Rh5+ Kd6 68.Rh6+ Kc5
{White resigns} 0-1

[Event "D02S16A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Meelis Kanep"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6
5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.Nd2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 e6 10.dxe6 {
10.Nc4 +/= } fxe6 11.e5 dxe5 { 11...Nd5 !? } 12.Nc4 Nc6
13.Nxe5 {?? 13.Bg5 Nd4 14.Qd3 } Nd4 {! -/+} 14.Qc4 Nd5 15.Nd3
{? 15.Ng4 -/+ } Nb6 {-+} 16.Qxc5 Rf5 17.Qa3 Nxc2 18.Qb3 Nxa1
19.Qxe6+ Kh8 20.Nf4 Qg8 21.Qe3 Nc2 22.Qh3 Be5 23.Nd3 Rh5
24.Qf3 Bxh2+ 25.Kh1 Be5+ 26.Kg1 Bg7 27.Nf4 Rf5 28.g4 Rf7
29.Qh3 Be5 30.Ne6 Re8 31.Ng5 Rfe7 32.Kg2 Nd5 33.Nce4 Nf6
34.Nc3 Qc4 35.f3 Bxc3 36.bxc3 Re1 37.Rxe1 Nxe1+ 38.Kg3 Qxc3
39.Bf4 Nd3 40.Bd6 Qe1+ 41.Kg2 Re2# {White checkmated} 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Patrick Hoehensteiger"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.c4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 d6
5.e4 Qa5 {!?} 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.d3 Bg4 8.O-O h6 9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3
Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Qxc3 12.Bb2 {?? 12.Rb1 Nd4 13.Qd1 b6 14.Qa4+ Kf8
unclear } Nd4 {-+} 13.Qd1 Qxb2 14.e5 Qb3 15.Qd2 dxe5 16.Rfb1
Qc2 17.Qa5 Nf6 18.Bxb7 Rd8 19.Qxc5 O-O 20.Qxe5 Qxf2+ {!}
21.Kxf2 Ng4+ 22.Kg2 Nxe5 23.c5 Rd7 24.Ba6 Rc7 25.Rb7 Rxc5
26.Rxe7 Rc2+ 27.Kf1 Ng4 28.Bb7 Nxh2+ 29.Ke1 Rd8 30.Re3 Rb2
{White resigns} 0-1

[Event "D02S19B"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Sebastian Naranjo"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7
5.O-O Be7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qc2 a6
11.Ne5 Bd6 12.f4 c5 13.Bd2 c4 {!?} 14.Be2 { 14.Bf5 g6 15.Bxd7
Nxd7 } b5 15.Bf3 b4 16.Nd1 {!?} Rc8 17.Rc1 Bxe5 {? 17...Qa5
=/+ } 18.fxe5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nf2 {?! 20.Bxb4 +/- } f5 {?
20...a5 21.Nxe4 ? [ 21.Rf1 unclear ] Nxe5 !! -/+ } 21.Bxb4
{+/-} Re8 22.Nh3 Nb6 23.Ba5 Re6 24.Rf1 g6 25.Nf4 Rec6 26.Qd1 {
26.Rfd1 +- } R8c7 27.d5 Rd7 28.dxc6 {+-} Rxd1 29.Rfxd1 Qc7
30.cxb7 Qxb7 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.e6 Na4 33.Rd7+ Qxd7 34.exd7 Kf7
35.d8=Q {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "D02S19B"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Fridman"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.dxc5
Qa5+ 5.c3 Qxc5 6.Be3 Qc7 7.h3 Nc6 8.Na3 Nf6 9.Bd3 { 9.Bc4 }
O-O 10.O-O d5 {!} 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 Nf4
{ 14...Rd8 !? } 15.Bxf4 Qxf4 16.Qe2 a6 17.Na3 { 17.Nbd4 Nxd4
18.cxd4 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Rad1 unclear } Be6 18.Bxg6 {?!
18.Be4 } Bd5 { 18...Bxh3 !? unclear } 19.Bh5 Rad8 20.Rfd1 b5
21.Ne1 b4 {!} 22.cxb4 Nxb4 23.Nd3 Nxd3 24.Rxd3 e6 { 24...Be6
!? =/+ } 25.Rg3 Kh8 26.Bf3 Qe5 27.Nc4 Bxc4 28.Qxc4 Qxb2 29.Rf1
Rd2 30.Be4 Rd4 31.Qc6 Qxa2 {-/+} 32.Bb1 Qd2 33.Qxa6 Rb4 34.Rd3
Qg5 35.Rg3 Qd8 36.Qc6 Qb8 37.Qc2 f5 38.Ba2 Rb2 39.Qc4 e5
40.Qe6 Qe8 41.Qd5 Qd8 42.Qc4 Qd7 43.Rg6 Kh7 { 43...e4 !? }
44.Rc6 {??} Rxa2 {-+} 45.Rc7 Qa4 46.Qe6 Qe8 {?? 46...Rc2 -+ }
47.Qxa2 e4 48.Qa7 {+/-} Rg8 49.Rd1 e3 {? 49...Qg6 50.Rf7 Kh8
51.Rdd7 +/- } 50.fxe3 Kh8 51.Rdd7 Qg6 52.Kf2 f4 53.Rxg7 fxe3+
54.Kxe3 Rxg7 55.Rxg7 Qe6+ 56.Kf2 Qf6+ 57.Kg1 Qxg7 58.Qxg7+
Kxg7 59.Kf2 Kg6 60.Kg3 Kg5 61.Kf3 Kh4 62.Kf4 h5 63.Kf5 Kg3
64.Kg5 Kxg2 65.h4 Kg3 66.Kxh5 Kf4 67.Kg6 Ke5 68.h5 Ke6 69.h6
Ke7 70.h7 Kd6 71.h8=Q {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "D02S19A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tomasz Markowski"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.g3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 e6
5.O-O Nf6 6.c4 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6
11.Be3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qa6 {?!} Ng4
16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Qxb6 { 17.Qd3 !? g5 18.Bd2 Qxb2 19.Rb1 unclear }
axb6 18.h3 Nf6 19.Rfd1 Bc5 20.b3 g5 {!} 21.Bd2 Ba3 22.Ra1 d4
{-/+} 23.Na4 Rab8 24.Bc1 Bxc1 25.Raxc1 c5 26.Rc2 Bxa4 27.bxa4
Rbc8 28.Rb1 Nd7 { 28...Re6 !? 29.Rb5 Kg7 =/+ } 29.Bd5 Kg7 {
29...Rc7 !? } 30.Kf1 f5 31.Bc4 Re7 32.Bb5 Ne5 33.Ba6 Rc6
34.Bb5 Rc8 35.Ba6 Rc6 36.Bb5 Rc8 {Game drawn by repetition}
1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jesse Kraai"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 c5 4.e3 Nf6
5.Nc3 cxd4 6.exd4 Bb4 7.cxd5 exd5 {!?} 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Bg4
{!?} 10.Qb3 {!?} Bxc3 11.bxc3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Qc7 {!} 13.Kh1 Re8
14.Rg1 Re6 15.Bh6 {?!} Ng4 {!} 16.Rxg4 Rxh6 17.Rg3 Rh5 {!?
17...Rd6 } 18.Rag1 g6 19.f4 Nc6 {!} 20.f5 Ne7 21.Qc2 Kh8
22.fxg6 hxg6 23.R1g2 Qf4 24.Qe2 Qc1+ 25.Rg1 Qh6 26.f4 {!?} Nf5
{ 26...Rc8 !? } 27.Rg5 Ng7 28.Rxh5 Qxh5 29.Qxh5+ Nxh5 30.f5
Nf4 31.Bf1 {!} Re8 32.Rg4 Ne2 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.Rh4+ Kg7 35.Rh3
Re6 {Draw offered.} 36.Rf3 Nc1 37.a3 Rf6 { 37...Nb3 !? }
38.Kg2 Rxf3 39.Kxf3 Nb3 40.Ke3 Kf6 41.c4 {!} dxc4 42.Bxc4 Na5
43.Bd5 g5 {!} 44.Ke4 Nc6 45.Kd3 { 45.Bxc6 bxc6 } Ke7 46.h3 Nd8
47.Ke4 Kf6 48.Ba2 b5 49.Kd5 Ne6 50.Ke4 a5 51.d5 Nc5+ 52.Kd4
Nd7 53.Bb1 b4 54.a4 {?!} Ke7 55.Kc4 Kd6 56.Kb5 Kxd5 57.Kxa5
Kc5 58.Ka6 b3 {-/+ Draw Agreed} 59.Kb7 Kb4 60.Kc6 Ne5+ 61.Kd5
Nf3 62.Ke6 Ng1 63.Kf5 Nxh3 64.Kg4 Nf2+ 65.Kxg5 Kxa4 66.Kf4 Nd1
67.Ke5 Nc3 68.Bd3 b2 69.Kd4 Kb3 70.Ke3 Nb5 71.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "D02S15A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bassem Amin"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6
5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bxd7 { 8.Re1
Trojacek-Fiedler, 1992. } Bxd7 9.h3 b5 10.Qe2 b4 11.Nb1 Qb6
12.a4 Rac8 { 12...e6 !? } 13.Nbd2 Nh5 14.Nc4 Qa6 15.Re1 e6
16.e5 {!} dxe5 17.Ncxe5 Qxe2 18.Rxe2 Rfd8 19.Bg5 {?! 19.g4 Nf6
20.Nxf7 ! Kxf7 21.dxe6+ Kg8 [ 21...Bxe6 22.Ng5+ ] 22.exd7 Rxd7
23.Bf4 +/= } f6 20.Nxd7 fxg5 {!} 21.dxe6 Nf4 22.Re4 Nxe6
23.Rxe6 Rxd7 24.Nxg5 Bxb2 {=/+} 25.Rae1 Bd4 26.Ne4 Rf8 27.Rd1
Rdf7 28.Rd2 Rb7 29.Rc6 b3 { 29...Re7 ! -/+ } 30.cxb3 Rxb3
31.Nxc5 {? 31.Rc2 } Bxf2+ {!} 32.Rxf2 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 Rxf2 {-/+}
34.Rc8+ Rf8 35.Rc7 Rc1 36.a5 h5 37.Rc6 Kh7 38.a6 h4 39.Rc7+
Kh6 40.Ne6 Rxc7 41.Nxc7 Rf6 42.g4 Rc6 43.Nb5 Rxa6 {-+} 44.Kg2
Ra2+ 45.Kf3 Rh2 46.Nxa7 Rxh3+ 47.Kf4 Rb3 48.Nc6 h3 49.Nd4 Rb4
50.g5+ Kh5 51.Ke5 Rxd4 52.Kxd4 h2 53.Ke5 h1=Q 54.Kd6 Kxg5
55.Kc5 Kf5 56.Kd4 Qe4+ 57.Kc5 Qd3 58.Kb6 Ke5 59.Kc7 Ke6 60.Kc6
Qd5+ 61.Kb6 Qc4 62.Kb7 Kd6 63.Kb6 Qc5+ 64.Kb7 Qb5+ 65.Ka8 Kc7
0-1

[Event "D02S16A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pawel Jaracz"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5
5.d5 d6 6.h3 {?!} a6 7.Bd2 Qb4 8.Bd3 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 Qa5
11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bf4 Nd7 13.O-O Nxe5 {?! 13...dxe5 ! -/+ }
14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Bh2 b5 16.Be4 { 16.Rfe1 b4 17.Na4 Bd7 18.Nb2
=/+ } Rb8 17.a4 b4 {-/+} 18.d6 {!} exd6 {? 18...Qd7 19.dxe7
Nxe7 20.Rbd1 Qe6 -/+ } 19.Nd5 Qa5 20.f4 Ne7 {!? 20...f5
21.fxe5 fxe4 22.exd6 Bd4+ 23.Kh1 Bf5 24.d7+ ! Kxd7 25.Bxb8 +-
} 21.fxe5 dxe5 { 21...Nxd5 22.Bxd5 O-O 23.e6 Bxe6 [ 23...fxe6
24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.Bxe6+ Bxe6 26.Qxe6+ Kh8 27.Be5+ !! dxe5
28.Qxe5+ Kg8 29.Qxb8 +/- ] 24.Bxd6 } 22.Nxe7 Kxe7 23.Bd5 {+-}
Be6 24.Bxe5 Qb6 25.Bxg7 Rhe8 26.Bf6+ Kf8 27.Qd2 1-0

[Event "D02S17A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Juan Manuel de Dios Ortega"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5
5.Be3 d6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.O-O Rc8 9.Qd2 a6 10.Nd5 {?!
10.Rad1 } Qxd2 11.Bxd2 cxd4 {-/+} 12.Rac1 e6 13.Nb4 Ngf6
14.Rfe1 e5 15.c3 dxc3 16.Rxc3 O-O {-/+} 17.Rec1 { 17.Ng5 h6
18.Nh3 Rxc3 19.Bxc3 Rc8 -/+ } Rxc3 18.Bxc3 Nxe4 19.Nd5 Nxc3
20.Nxc3 Rc8 {-+} 21.Rd1 Nb6 22.Rxd6 Nc4 23.Rd1 Nxb2 24.Rc1 e4
25.Nd2 Rxc3 26.Rxc3 Bxc3 27.Nxe4 Bb4 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Nd7 b5
30.Kf1 Bc3 31.Ke2 Bd4 32.f3 a5 33.Kd2 b4 34.Nb8 a4 35.Nc6 Bc3+
36.Kc2 Nc4 37.g3 Ne3+ 38.Kd3 Nf1 39.Kc4 Nxh2 40.Nxb4 Bxb4
41.Kxb4 Nxf3 42.Kxa4 f5 43.Kb3 g5 44.a4 Ne5 45.a5 Nc6 46.a6 f4
47.gxf4 gxf4 48.Kc4 h5 49.Kd3 Kf6 50.Ke4 Kg5 51.Kd5 Na7 52.Kc5
f3 53.Kb6 f2 54.Kxa7 f1=Q 55.Kb7 Qb5+ 56.Ka7 h4 57.Ka8 Qxa6+
0-1

[Event "D02S17A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Flavio Guido"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Be3 Qa5
5.Qd2 cxd4 6.Bxd4 Bxd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bc4
Qb4 11.Bd3 d6 12.h3 {!? 12.Rb1 } Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qa3 14.O-O Qa5
15.Rb5 Qc7 16.Qh6 {?! 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 White has sufficient
compensation for material deficit } Be6 {-/+} 17.Rfb1 Ne5 {!}
18.Nxe5 Qxc3 {!} 19.Nf3 b6 20.a4 Bc4 21.Bxc4 Qxc4 22.e5 dxe5
23.R1b4 Qxc2 24.Rh4 Rfd8 {!} 25.Ng5 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Qxf2 {-+}
27.Rxe5 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Hidalgo Begines"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.c3 Bg7 3.d4 d5 4.e5 c5
5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bg4 7.O-O { 7.h3 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Nbd2 } Qb6
8.Bxc6+ Qxc6 { 8...bxc6 !? } 9.Be3 c4 10.Nbd2 Nh6 11.h3 Bd7
12.Qc2 O-O 13.Nh2 Bf5 14.Qc1 Bd3 15.Re1 Nf5 16.g4 Nxe3 17.Rxe3
Bh6 {-/+} 18.Rf3 {? 18.Re1 Qe6 -/+ } Be4 19.Qd1 Bxf3 20.Ndxf3
Qe6 21.Kg2 f6 22.h4 Bf4 23.Kh3 fxe5 {-+} 24.dxe5 Bxh2 25.Nxh2
Rxf2 26.Qg1 Raf8 27.Rf1 Rxf1 28.Nxf1 Rf3+ 29.Ng3 Qxe5 30.h5
gxh5 31.gxh5 Qxh5+ 32.Kg2 Rxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Qg5+ 34.Kf2 Qxg1+
35.Kxg1 e5 36.Kf2 d4 37.cxd4 exd4 38.Ke2 Kf7 39.b3 b5 40.b4
d3+ 41.Kd2 h5 42.a4 a6 43.a5 h4 44.Ke3 h3 45.Kd2 h2 46.Kc3
h1=Q 47.Kd2 Qg2+ 48.Ke3 Qe2+ 49.Kd4 d2 50.Kc5 d1=Q 51.Kc6 Qe6+
52.Kb7 Qdd7+ 53.Kb8 Qee8# {White checkmated} 0-1

[Event "D02S19A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Piotr Bobras"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5
5.Bd2 cxd4 6.Nd5 Qd8 7.Bg5 { 7.Bf4 d6 +/= } Nc6 8.Qd2 h6 9.Bh4
d6 10.Bb5 a6 11.Ba4 g5 12.Bg3 b5 13.Bb3 e6 14.O-O {? 14.Nb4 !
Bb7 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Nxd4 Bxe4 17.O-O White has sufficient
compensation for material deficit } exd5 15.exd5 Ne5 16.Rfe1
Ne7 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Rxe5 O-O 20.Rae1 Ng6 21.R5e4
Bf5 22.Rxd4 Qd6 23.a4 Rfe8 24.axb5 axb5 25.g3 Bh3 {! -+} 26.c3
Rxe1+ 27.Qxe1 Ne5 28.Bd1 Ra1 29.Qe2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "D02S19A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Manuel Apicella"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6
5.f4 Qa5 6.Bd2 Nd7 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 a6 9.Be2 Ngf6 10.O-O O-O
11.h3 { 11.Kh1 c4 unclear Hausmann-Meiossner 1996. } e6
12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Re8 14.f5 {!?} Ne5 { 14...gxf5 15.exf5 Ne5
16.Bf4 unclear } 15.fxe6 Bxe6 16.Nxe6 Rxe6 17.Bg5 Rf8 18.Nd5
{+/=} Qd7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Bg4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Bd4+ { 21...Qe8 ! }
22.Kh1 Rfe8 23.c3 Bg7 24.Rf4 { 24.Rae1 +/= } Qd8 25.Raf1 Kh8
26.Qf3 c4 27.g4 Re5 28.Rf7 b5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Nc7 R8e7 31.Rxe7
Qxe7 32.Nd5 Qe8 33.Ra1 h5 { 33...Rxe4 ! 34.Nc7 Re3 35.Nxe8
Rxf3 36.Nxd6 Be5 37.Ra8+ Kg7 38.Ra7+ Kf8 ! 39.Nxb5 Rxh3+
40.Kg1 =/+ } 34.Nc7 Qe7 35.Ra8+ Kh7 36.Nd5 hxg4 37.hxg4 Qh4+
38.Kg2 Rg5 39.Ne3 Re5 40.Ra1 Kg8 41.Nd5 Qh6 42.Nf4 Re8 43.Nh3
Rf8 44.Qe2 Qh4 45.Rh1 Qe7 46.Qe3 d5 47.Ng5 Qe5 48.Nf3 Qe7 {?
48...Qxe4 49.Qxe4 dxe4 50.Ng5 e3 -/+ } 49.e5 Rxf3 {? 49...Qe6
50.Qd4 Rd8 51.Rd1 Rd7 } 50.Qxf3 Qxe5 51.Rd1 {Black forfeits on
time} 1-0

[Event "CalChess"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Uri Andrews"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 e6
5.O-O Nf6 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 Ne4 {!?} 9.Nxe4 dxe4
10.Ne5 cxd4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qxd4 Qxd4 13.cxd4 f5 14.Bf4 Bf6
15.Red1 Rd8 16.e3 g5 17.Bc7 Rd7 18.Ba5 Rb8 19.Bc3 Ba6 20.Bf1
Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Rb5 {!} 22.Rac1 Kf7 23.Ke1 h5 24.Ke2 h4 25.Rc2
Kg6 26.Rdc1 Kh5 27.f3 {?!} exf3+ 28.Kxf3 g4+ 29.Kf2 { 29.Kf4
?? Bg5# } Bg5 30.b3 c5 {!} 31.Rd2 cxd4 32.Rxd4 Rc7 33.Rc4 Rd7
34.Rd4 Rxd4 35.Bxd4 Rd5 { 35...e5 36.Bc5 =/+ } 36.Rc5 {!} Rd6
37.Rc8 hxg3+ 38.hxg3 e5 39.Rh8+ {!} Kg6 40.Rg8+ Kf6 41.Rf8+
Kg6 { 41...Ke6 42.Re8+ Be7 43.Bxa7 } 42.Rg8+ {Agreed drawn.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "CalChess"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Jacob Chudnovsky"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5
5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 e6 {!?} 7.O-O b6 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.f4 dxc4 10.Bxc4
Nbd7 11.Qe2 c5 12.Rd1 cxd4 13.Rxd4 {?! A bad plan. I don't get
the pawn to e4 for another dozen moves, and when I do, it is a
blunder. This seemingly small error costs me the game, I never
do recover. 13.exd4 } Qe7 {=/+} 14.Nf3 Rac8 15.Bb5 Nc5 16.Ne5
a6 17.Bc4 b5 18.Bb3 Nfd7 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Rd1 Nc5 21.Bc2 Rfd8
22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Bd2 b4 {-/+} 24.Nd1 a5 25.e4 {?! 25.Be1 -/+ }
Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.Rc1 {Hoping the activity will make up for
the pawn, but my queenside is toast.} Bd5 28.Be3 { 28.b3 Qa7+
29.Be3 Qa8 was equally unpleasant. } Bxa2 29.Qa6 Bb3 30.Nf2 a4
{-+} 31.Bb6 Qd6 32.Rc8 Rxc8 33.Qxc8+ Bf8 0-1

[Event "D02S19A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Ali Kumbus"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 e6
5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.c4 Re8 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.f4 b6
11.O-O Bb7 12.Qf3 a6 13.Qh3 h6 14.Rac1 Rad8 15.g4 Bb4 16.Ndf3
Ne4 17.g5 {!} f6 18.gxf6 Ndxf6 19.Rc2 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Nd5 21.Rg2
b5 22.Bd3 Nef6 { 22...Nxe3 23.Bxe4 Nxg2 24.Ng5 ! g6 25.Ngf7
Re7 26.Nxh6+ +- } 23.Ng5 c5 24.Qxh6 {!!} gxh6 25.Nxe6+ Kh8
26.Nxc7 {+-} Rxe5 27.fxe5 Nxc7 28.Rxf6 Bxg2 29.Rxh6+ Kg7
30.Rh7+ Kg8 31.Rxc7 Bd5 32.e4 c4 33.bxc4 bxc4 34.Bxc4 Bxc4
35.Rxc4 Bd2 36.d5 Bf4 37.e6 Rb8 38.Bf6 Rb1+ 39.Kg2 Rd1 40.h4
Rd2+ 41.Kf3 Bd6 42.h5 Kh7 43.e5 Bf8 44.Rc7+ {Black forfeits on
time} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Corrado Astengo"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 c6
5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Qxb6 axb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bd2 e6 10.Bb5
Bd6 11.Rc1 { 11.Nh4 Bg4 12.f3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Rc1 +/= } O-O
12.Nh4 Bg6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.a3 Rfc8 15.Bd3 Na5 16.Nb5 Be7
17.Rxc8+ Rxc8 18.Ke2 Nc4 19.Rc1 Rc6 20.Na7 Rd6 21.Bxc4 dxc4
22.Bb4 {+/-} Rd7 23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.Rxc4 Nd5 25.e4 Nf4+ 26.Kf3
Nh5 27.e5 {+-} g5 28.Nc8 Rd7 29.Nxb6 Rd8 30.Rc8 Rxc8 31.Nxc8
Nf4 32.Nd6 Nd3 33.Nxb7 Nxb2 34.Nc5 Kf8 35.a4 Ke8 36.a5 Kd8
37.a6 Kc7 38.a7 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Ildar Ibragimov"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5
5.b3 Nc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bb2 Qe7 8.Ne5 O-O 9.f4 Ne4 { 9...Nd7 !?
10.Nd2 f5 } 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 f5 12.Ndc4 Bxe5 13.fxe5 Qg5
14.dxc5 { 14.Qe2 !? cxd4 15.exd4 b6 16.Nd6 Bd7 17.Bc1 ! +/- }
Rd8 15.Bd4 Bd7 16.Nd6 Be8 17.Qe2 Bh5 18.Qc4 Kh8 { 18...Qg6
19.Nxf5 ! } 19.Qxe6 {+/-} Rf8 20.Rxf5 Nxd4 21.exd4 Qe3+ 22.Kh1
Bg6 23.Rxf8+ { 23.Rff1 Qxd4 24.Qe7 !? } Rxf8 24.Qc4 { 24.d5
Qxc5 25.c4 } Qf2 25.e6 e3 26.e7 { 26.Nf7+ Bxf7 27.exf7 e2 -+ }
Rf4 {only move} 27.Ne4 {?!} Rxe4 28.Rf1 Rxe7 29.Qe2 Rf7
30.Rxf2 Rxf2 31.Qe1 Be4 32.Qxe3 { 32.h3 Rxg2 33.Qf1 Rf2+
34.Kg1 Rxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Bf5 -+ } Rf1+ 33.Qg1 Rxg1+ 34.Kxg1 Bxc2
35.d5 Be4 36.d6 Bc6 37.Kf2 Kg8 38.g3 Kf7 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Kd4 a5
41.a3 Bb5 42.g4 {?} g5 {-+} 43.Ke4 Bc6+ 44.Kd4 Bf3 45.h3 Bg2
46.Ke3 Bxh3 47.Kf3 Bf1 48.b4 a4 49.Ke4 Be2 50.b5 Bxb5 51.Kd4
Be2 {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "D02S17A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Tim Hartigan"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 c6
5.Qb3 Qc7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 e6 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.Rc1 a6 10.Ne2 Bd6
11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Ne5 {!?} O-O 13.Bb4 Rfc8 {?! 13...Bxb4+ !
14.Qxb4 Nxb4 15.Rxc7 Rac8 16.Rxb7 ! Rc1+ 17.Kd2 Rc2+ 18.Kd1
Rxb2 19.a3 Nd3 20.Rxb2 Nxb2+ 21.Kd2 a5 22.Be2 Rc8 23.Rc1 Rxc1
24.Kxc1 Na4 25.Kd2 Nb6 26.Bb5 +/= } 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Qxb7 {+/-}
Qb4+ 16.Qxb4 Nxb4 17.Rxc8+ Rxc8 18.a3 Nd3+ {?? 18...Nc2+
19.Kd1 +/- } 19.Bxd3 Bxd3 20.Nxd3 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "D02S17A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Xavier Lopez Roca"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Be7
5.O-O b6 6.c4 Bb7 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5
Ne4 11.Qg4 {+/=} O-O 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Qd7
15.b3 Rad8 16.Bb2 c5 17.Qf3 Qe6 18.Rad1 c4 19.Rxd8 Rxd8
20.bxc4 Qxc4 21.Qb7 {!} Bc5 22.Qxa7 Qe2 23.Bd4 h6 {? 23...Qc4
+/- } 24.e6 {!} Bxd4 25.Qxf7+ {!} Kh8 {Black resigns} 26.e7
{+-} 1-0

[Event "People's Open"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2002.02.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Richard Kelson"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Bd3 e6
5.O-O c5 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 d6 8.Re1 O-O 9.a3 Nbd7 10.b3 d5
11.cxd5 cxd4 {!? 11...Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 [ 12...exd5 13.Bb2 +/=
] 13.e4 Bb7 14.Bb2 looks promising for White. } 12.Nxd4 Nxd5
13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.e4 {!} Bb7 15.e5 {!?} Nc5 16.Bc4 a6 17.b4 Ne4
18.Bb2 {!} Rc8 19.Rc1 Nd2 {!! 19...Bg5 20.Rc2 Rxc4 21.Rxc4 Qd5
22.Rc2 Nd2 23.Qg4 ! +- 19...Rxc4 20.Rxc4 Qd5 21.Rc2 Nd2 22.Qg4
! Nc4 23.Nf3 Nxb2 24.Rxb2 +/- } 20.Ba2 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 Bg5 {!}
22.Qd1 Bd5 23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Qg4 Nc4 {=/+} 25.Bc3 {!? 25.Qxg5
Nxb2 26.Qd2 Nc4 =/+ } Be7 26.Qg3 {? I didn't sense any danger
on the third rank, and thought I could get some sort of trick
going against Black's knight if the pawn is captured. 26.f4 !
Nxa3 27.f5 ! Kh8 unclear 26.a4 Nxe5 27.Nc6 ! Qxc6 28.Bxe5 g6
29.Ba1 !? Rd8 ! 30.Qe2 Qd5 31.Qb2 f6 =/+ } Nxa3 27.Bd2 {!?}
Qxd4 28.Bh6 g6 29.Bxf8 {! 29.Qxa3 Bxb4 ! 30.Qa4 b5 31.Rd1
doesn't work. bxa4 32.Rxd4 Rb8 33.Rc4 a3 34.Rc2 Bc3 !! -+ }
Bxf8 30.Qxa3 Bxb4 31.Qa4 b5 32.Rd1 {!} Qxf2+ {Draw agreed.}
33.Kxf2 bxa4 34.Rd8+ { 34.Ke2 Bc3 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Ra8 Bxe5
37.Rxa6 Bxh2 38.Rxa4 is worth playing for Black. White has
zero winning chances. } Kg7 35.Ra8 a3 36.Rxa6 Bc3 37.Rxa3 Bxe5
38.Ra4 {looks good but} Bxh2 39.g3 h5 40.Kg2 Bxg3 41.Kxg3 g5
{! is still no fun for White, though a draw is possible.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "D02S19A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Efstratios Grivas"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O
5.e3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.b4 c6 9.a4 e4 10.Nd2 Re8 11.Bb2
{ 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.a5 Nf8 13.Nb3 +/= } h5 { 11...d5 12.a5 Qe7
13.Qb3 +/= } 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.a5 Nf8 { 13...a6 14.b5 Nf8 15.Ba3
Bf5 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Qa4 Rac8 18.c5 d5 19.Bxa6 Rc7 20.Rfb1 Ng4
21.Nf1 Qh4 22.Ra2 Rd8 23.Bb7 Ne6 24.Bxc6 Rxc6 25.Qxc6 Nxd4
26.exd4 Bxd4 27.Nd1 e3 28.Rb4 exf2+ 29.Nxf2 Bxf2+ 30.Kh1 Bd3
31.Rxg4 hxg4 32.a6 Bxf1 33.a7 g3 34.h3 Qe4 0-1, Pandurevic
Miro CRO 2259 - Lisjak Zlatko CRO 2318, Pula Croatia 1992 }
14.b5 {!} N8h7 15.c5 d5 16.a6 {!} bxa6 17.bxc6 h4 18.h3 Ng5
19.Bxa6 Bxh3 {!!} 20.gxh3 Qe6 21.Ne2 {! 21.c7 ? Qxh3 22.c8=Q
Rexc8 23.Bxc8 Ng4 !! 24.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 25.Kh2 Qh3+ 26.Kg1 Nf3+
27.Nxf3 exf3 -+ } Qxh3 22.Nf4 Qg4+ 23.Kh1 Nh3 24.Qd1 {?!
24.Be2 Qf5 25.Ra3 Nxf4 26.exf4 +/- } Qf5 25.Ra3 {!} Nxf4 {!}
26.exf4 e3 {!} 27.Rxe3 { 27.Nf3 ! I forgot that my bishop
covered e2. e2 28.Bxe2 } Rxe3 28.fxe3 Qh3+ 29.Kg1 Qg3+ 30.Kh1
Qh3+ 31.Kg1 Qg3+ {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CalChess"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Eduard Shamilov"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6
5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.b4 e4 9.Nd2 Re8 10.Qc2 Qe7
11.Bb2 Nf8 12.d5 {!? 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Bf5 14.Rfc1 Rec8 [
14...Rac8 ! ] 15.b5 +/= Ciribasi vs. Zoldan, Celle Ligure
1997. } h5 13.a4 N8h7 14.c5 {! +/=} Ng5 { 14...dxc5 15.bxc5
Qxc5 ?? 16.Ba3 Qb6 17.Rab1 +- } 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 {!} Bg4
17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qc7 {!} Qe5 {!?} 20.Qxd6 Qb2
21.Rad1 { 21.Nc4 Qe2 unclear } Ne5 22.Qc5 { 22.Nc7 ! Red8
23.Qe7 Rd7 24.Qxg5 Rxc7 25.Nxe4 +/- } Rad8 23.Qc3 Qxc3 24.Nxc3
f5 25.Nb3 Nd3 26.Nc5 {!?} Nxc5 { 26...Nxb4 27.Nxb7 Rd7 28.h4
Rc8 29.Rb1 and all four knights are hanging!! Rxb7 30.Na2 Nh3+
31.gxh3 a5 32.Rfd1 +/= } 27.bxc5 Rc8 28.Rb1 Rxc5 29.Rxb7+ Kf6
30.Nb5 Rd8 31.Rxa7 Rdxd5 32.Ra6+ Kf7 33.Nd4 Ra5 34.Rxa5 Rxa5
35.Ra1 {+/-} Ne6 36.Nb3 Ra7 37.a5 Ke7 38.Kf1 Kd6 39.Ke2 Kd5
40.Rc1 { 40.f3 !? } Rb7 41.Rc3 Rc7 42.Kd2 g5 43.Rxc7 Nxc7
44.Kc3 h4 45.Kb4 f4 46.Nd4 g4 47.Nf5 g3 48.hxg3 hxg3 49.Nxg3
{!! 49.fxg3 f3 50.gxf3 exf3 51.g4 Ke4 52.Kc4 f2 53.Ng3+ Kxe3
54.Nf1+ Kf4 } fxg3 50.fxg3 Na6+ 51.Kb5 Nc5 52.g4 {+-} Nb7
53.a6 Nd6+ 54.Kb6 Ke5 55.Kc6 Nc8 56.Kc7 Na7 57.Kb7 Nb5 58.a7
Nxa7 59.Kxa7 Kf6 60.Kb6 1-0

[Event "CalChess"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Victor Baja"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O
5.e3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.b4 e4 9.Nd2 Re8 10.Qc2 Qe7
11.Bb2 c6 {for 11...Nf8 see Schiller vs. Shamilov, from the
last round of this event. 11...h5 12.a4 Nf8 13.d5 N8h7 14.c5
Bf5 15.Rfc1 h4 16.Qb3 a6 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.b5 Nd7 18...h3 !?
19.Nc4 Nc5 20.Qd1 Rac8 21.bxa6 bxa6 22.Na5 Qg5 23.Qf1 Rb8
unclear 0-1 Bott,H-Werner,I/Badenweiler op 1994/EXT 94op2 36 }
12.c5 {!? 12.a4 h5 13.Rfd1 [ 13.a5 ] Nf8 14.d5 h4 15.a5 h3
16.g3 a6 17.Na4 Bf5 18.Nb6 Rad8 19.Nb3 Ng4 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Nd4
Ne5 22.Nxf5 gxf5 23.b5 +/- Webster vs. Cobb, Great Britain
1994. } d5 13.b5 Nf8 14.a4 h5 15.a5 a6 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Na4 Bf5
{ 17...Bg4 !? } 18.Nb6 Ra7 19.Qa4 Qc7 20.Ra3 {!?} N8h7 21.f4
{!? 21.Rb1 !? } exf3 22.Nxf3 Re7 23.Ne5 Re6 24.Qb4 Nf8 25.Rb3
h4 26.Qe1 {!} h3 27.g4 {!} Rxe5 {?! 27...Bc2 28.Rc3 Be4 29.g5
Rxe5 ! 30.dxe5 N6h7 31.Rb3 +/= } 28.dxe5 Nxg4 29.Bxg4 Bxg4
30.Qg3 { 30.e4 ! Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Qxe5 32.exd5 ! } Bf5 31.Bd4 Ne6
{unclear} 32.Rb2 Bd3 33.Rff2 Be4 34.Rbd2 { 34.Qxh3 Bxe5 } Bg2
{!} 35.Rb2 Qd8 36.Qg4 Re7 { 36...Qg5 37.Rxg2 hxg2 38.Qxg5 Nxg5
39.Kxg2 Bf8 40.Nc8 ! +/- } 37.Rxg2 {!?} hxg2 38.Kxg2 Re8 39.h4
Nf8 40.Qf4 Qc7 41.Rf2 Ne6 {unclear 41...Bxe5 42.Bxe5 Rxe5
43.Nd7 !! Nxd7 44.Qxf7+ Kh8 45.Rf6 !! Qxa5 46.Rxg6 Qd2+ 47.Kh1
Qe1+ } 42.Qg4 Rd8 43.Kh3 {!?} Kh7 44.Qf3 Rh8 {? Black sets up
a combination, but misses the trick at move 50. 44...Bxe5
45.Qxf7+ Qxf7 46.Rxf7+ Kg8 47.Re7 ! Nxd4 48.Rxe5 Nb3 49.Re6
Nxa5 ! 50.Rxg6+ Kf7 51.h5 } 45.Qxf7 {!} Qxf7 46.Rxf7 Ng5+ {!}
47.hxg5 Kg8+ 48.Kg4 Kxf7 49.e6+ {! +/-} Kg8 { 49...Kxe6
50.Bxg7 Rh2 +/- } 50.Bf6 {! +- 50.Nd7 Bxd4 51.exd4 Rh1 52.Nb8
Re1 53.Nxc6 Rxe6 54.Ne5 Kf8 55.c6 Kg7 56.c7 Re8 57.Nd7 Rc8
58.Nc5 Kf7 59.Nxa6 Ke6 60.Kf4 Kd6 61.Ke3 Kc6 62.Nb4+ Kd6
63.Na6 Kc6 } Rh7 51.Nc8 Bf8 52.e7 Bxe7 53.Nxe7+ Kf7 54.Nxc6
Ke6 55.Nd4+ Kd7 56.Kf4 Rh4+ 57.Ke5 Re4+ 58.Kxd5 Rxe3 59.c6+
Kc8 60.Kc5 Kc7 61.Be5+ Kc8 62.Bf6 Ra3 63.Ne6 Rxa5+ 64.Kb6 Ra2
65.Nf4 a5 66.Nxg6 a4 67.c7 Kd7 68.Ne7 Rc2 69.c8=Q+ Rxc8
70.Nxc8 Kxc8 71.g6 a3 72.g7 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch zt playoff"]
[Site "Richmond"]
[Date "2002.04.01"]
[EventDate "2002.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pascal Charbonneau"]
[Black "Kevin Spraggett"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 { the opening is a Paulsen variation of the Sicilian}
Nbd7 {- Berry} ({ their previous game, played at normal time
control, saw} 7... Be7 {- Berry}) 8. Nc3 ({if white wishes to
avoid this continuation of the rapid game of Charbonneau vs
Spraggett, 2002, then he can play} 8. b3 {- Berry}) 8... Qc7
9. b3 {black usually struggles mightily to achieve} b5 {but
here it comes with no effort, but it cannot achieve the usual
goal of breaking up the Pawn structure - Berry} 10. Bb2 b4
({after} 10... bxc4 11. Bxc4 {, the black position comes under
pressure, where threats to sacrifice a piece will quickly oust
the black Queen from her keystone position - Berry}) {a
strategic goal for black is to attempt to isolate the Knight
from the King-side} 11. Na4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. f4 O-O 14. Kh1
{necessary is} g6 15. f5 e5 16. Nc2 a5 17. a3 bxa3 { breaks up
the Queen-side Pawn wall - Berry} 18. Nxa3 Bc6 19. Nb5 Qb7
20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Qf3 Bf8 22. Bc1 Qb8 23. g4 Bg7 24. Ba3 d5 {!
- Berry} 25. exd5 Bxb5 26. cxb5 { the temporary sacrifice of
two Pawns gains black adequate counter-chances with} e4 {!,
but his position never becomes easy to play - Berry} 27. Bxe4
Ne5 ({ better than 27 ... Ne5 is} 27... Qxb5 {, threatening to
win a piece - Berry}) 28. Qg3 Nxe4 ({black is in the game
with} 28... Nexg4 {- Berry}) ({ black is in the game with}
28... Qxb5 {- Berry}) 29. Rxe4 Qxb5 30. Rfe1 Rad8 ({ if}
30... Qxd5 {,} {then} 31. Nb6 {- Berry}) 31. d6 {! - Berry}
Qd5 32. Kg1 Rxd6 ({more stubborn than 32 ... Rxd6 is}
32... Rb8 {- Berry}) 33. Bxd6 Qxd6 34. Nb2 Qb6+ 35. Kg2 Qc6
36. Kh3 f6 37. Nc4 gxf5 38. gxf5 Qd7 39. Nxe5 fxe5 40. Rxe5
Rxe5 41. Rxe5 Kf7 42. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Quebec-ch int"]
[Site "Montreal, Quebec"]
[Date "2002.06.18"]
[EventDate "2002.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandre Lesiege"]
[Black "Jean Hebert"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. c5 { releases the
Central tension, grabbing extra space on the Queenside -
Berry} Nbd7 6. Bf4 {heating up the waters of strategy is} Nh5
{- Berry} (6... b5 { allows} 7. cxb6 {in passage, when the
black Pawn is a target - Berry}) 7. e3 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Be2
({an interesting option is} 9. g4 Nhf6 10. h3 h5 11. Rg1 { -
Berry}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nd2 gxh4 12. Bxh5 e5 13. O-O
O-O 14. Nf3 ({ after} 14. Nb3 {, white may not like his
Knights offside, with the other side unresolved - Berry})
14... e4 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Be2 Nf6
19. b4 f4 20. a4 {an ambitious plan is} Bh6 {- Berry} ({ some
players with black will try} 20... h3 21. g3 f3 { , but
eventually leaves white the choice of playing for:} {a win,
with} 22. b5 {- Berry} ({a draw, with} 22. a5 {- Berry}))
21. Rfb1 { simplifying the white task is} fxe3 {- Berry}
(21... g4 {- Berry}) 22. fxe3 g4 23. Nd1 g3 {no longer attacks
the base of the Pawn chain - Berry} ({ black can also await
further developments with} 23... Bd7 {- Berry}) 24. h3 ({
strong is} 24. hxg3 hxg3 25. Nf1 Ng4 26. Ra3 {- Berry})
24... Bd7 25. Nb3 { - Berry} ({a more even-handed strategy
than 25 Nb3 is} 25. b5 { , and might even have succeeded -
Berry}) 25... Nh7 26. Na5 Ng5 27. Nxb7 Nxh3+ {! - Berry}
28. gxh3 Bxh3 29. b5 Rf6 30. bxa6 {- Berry} 0-1

[Event "Kiel op 15th"]
[Site "Kiel"]
[Date "2002.08.11"]
[EventDate "2002.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Leonidovich Kalinitschew"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6
7. e3 O-O 8. d4 Bf5 9. b3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg4 11. Qd2 Qc8
12. Bb2 Bh3 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4
{(=)} Qf5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Qf6 19. Qb4 Qe5 20. Qxb7 Rfb8
21. Qc6 Rc8 22. Qb7 Rcb8 23. Qc6 Rc8 24. Qb7 Rcb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Amant Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco CA USA"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Eduardo De Guzman"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.g3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nf3 Bf5
5.Qb3 Qb6 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Be3 Bc5 9.Bxc5 Nxc5 10.Qxb6 {
10.Qc3 Ncd7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.b4 Rfe8 13.a4 a5 14.Rfb1 axb4
15.Rxb4 Qa7 16.Qb2 +/= 1-0, Romanishin Oleg M UKR 2560 -
Piesina Gintautas LTU 2390, Moscow Russia 1979 } axb6 11.Nc3 {
11.Nbd2 h6 12.Rfc1 O-O 13.b4 Ncd7 14.a4 Ra7 15.Ra3 Rfa8
16.Rca1 c5 17.b5 +/= 0-1, Janus Elfi GER 2105 - Bandziene Rasa
LTU 2125, Germany 1995 } h6 12.Nd2 d4 13.Nce4 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 O-O
15.Bg2 Rfd8 16.Rfb1 e5 17.Kf1 Kf8 18.b4 { 18.b3 =, drawish
position } Na4 19.b5 Nc3 20.Rb2 Na4 21.Rbb1 Rdc8 22.Nf3 Re8
23.Nd2 Re6 24.Rc1 Ra7 25.Rc2 c5 26.Bf3 Ne8 27.Bd5 Re7 28.e4
Nd6 29.f4 g6 30.Kg1 {? ! 30.fxe5 Rxe5 31.Nf3 =, drawish
position } Kg7 31.Nb1 Ra8 32.a3 f5 33.fxe5 Rxe5 34.Nd2 Nc3
35.Nf3 Re7 36.e5 {!} Ndxb5 37.Rb2 Nc7 38.Bxb7 Rb8 39.Bc6 {=/+}
g5 40.Re1 Ne6 41.Bd5 Nc7 42.Bc6 Kg6 43.Nd2 Re6 44.Bd7 Re7
45.Bc6 g4 46.a4 {? 46.Nb1 =, drawish position ! } Na6 {!}
47.Bg2 Nb4 48.Bf1 Nxa4 {Black won.} 0-1

[Event "St. Amant Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco CA USA"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "T Ramanathan"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.c3 cxd4
5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nc6 { 7...Qb6 ! } 8.d5 Nb8 {
8...Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nd4 10.O-O Qb6 11.Kh1 Nh6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Be3
Qb4 14.a3 Qc4 15.Rc1 Nxf3 16.Rxf3 Ng4 =/+ 1-0, Henriquez
Garcia David ESP 2165 - Prieto Marcelo ARG 2210, Spain 1993 }
9.Qb3 Nd7 10.O-O Ngf6 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Bxf3 13.exf6 Bxe2
14.fxg7 Rg8 15.Re1 Rc8 {?! 15...Ba6 } 16.Bg5 Bc4 17.Qe3 {
17.Bxe7 Bxb3 18.Bg5+ ! This is the finesse we both missed. We
only calculated taking the queen immediately. Ne5 19.Rxe5+ Kd7
20.Bxd8 Rc1+ 21.Kf2 Bc2 22.Bf6 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Bxb1 24.a3 Ba2
25.Ke3 +/- } f6 18.Qe6 {? 18.Bh6 Qb6 =/+ } Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Qxe6
20.dxe6 Nc5 21.Na3 Bxe6 {? ! 21...Nd3 -/+ } 22.Bxf6 exf6 23.b4
Kf7 24.bxc5 Rxc5 25.Rab1 Bd5 26.Rbc1 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Kxg7 28.Rc7+
Kh6 29.h3 Re8 30.Kg1 {?} Re2 31.g4 Rg2+ 32.Kf1 Rxa2 33.Nb5
Bg2+ 34.Kg1 Bxh3 35.Rxb7 Rg2+ 36.Kh1 Rxg4 37.Nd6 Bg2+ 0-1

[Event "American Open #39"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.11.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Dovdon Majisuren"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5
5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.Bf4 Re8
11.Rc1 Rc8 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Bc4 Qa5 15.Qb3 e6
16.Qxb7 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Bb5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rf8 20.Rd1 Qb6
21.Qxb6 Bxb6 22.b4 a5 23.bxa5 Bxa5 24.a4 Rc8 25.h3 h5 26.Be5
Rc5 27.Bd6 Rc2 28.f3 Ra2 29.Be5 Bc2 30.Ra1 Rxa1+ 31.Bxa1 f5
32.Be5 g5 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Ke3 Bb6+ 35.Kd2 Bb3 36.Kc3 Bd5 37.Kb4
h4 38.Bf1 Bf2 39.Kb5 Kg6 40.a5 g4 41.fxg4 fxg4 42.a6 Kf5
43.Bd6 g3 44.Bc5 Bxc5 45.Kxc5 Kf4 46.a7 Ba8 47.Kd6 {?!} e5
48.Bc4 Bxg2 49.Bd5 Bxd5 50.Kxd5 g2 51.a8=Q g1=Q 52.Qa4+ Kg5
{!} 53.Kxe5 Qg3+ 54.Kd5 Qxh3 55.Qc4 Qf3+ 56.Kd6 h3 57.Qg8+ Kf4
58.Qf7+ Kg3 59.Qg6+ Kh2 60.Qc2+ Qg2 {... Fedorowicz-Van der
Wiel} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Amant Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco CA USA"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Ted Castro"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.c4 d5
5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.cxd5 {?! 7.Qxc6+ Bd7 8.Qb7 Ne4 9.a3
Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nxc3 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Qa6 1-0, Baumann
Claude SUI 2070 - Parigini L, Ticino Switzerland 1993 7.Ne5
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Bb7 9.Nxc6 Qd7 } Qxd5 8.Ne5 Bd7 9.Nxd7 Nxd7
10.Bb5 Ndb8 {? 10...Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Ndb8 12.O-O } 11.Qxb4 Qxg2
12.Rf1 a6 13.Bxc6+ Nxc6 14.Qa3 Qxh2 15.Bd2 Qd6 16.Qxd6 cxd6
17.Rc1 {White eventually won.} 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Classics GM"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[EventDate "2003.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Berg"]
[Black "Mark Bluvshtein"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 ({ The
Najdorf Sicilian, a favourite of Bobby Fischer, is} 5... a6 {-
Berry}) 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4
Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bh4 ({ Previously, round two featured
Bluvshtein winning with the play} 12. h4 { , winning the game
after many adventures - Berry}) 12... e5 13. Qd2 Nxe4 { !
black has equalized - Berry} 14. Nxe4 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Bxh4
16. Nxd6 ({ white has acheived his best drawish results by
playing} 16. g3 {- Berry}) 16... exf4 {A novelty is} 17. Be2
{, where the white choice of the opening suggests that perhaps
he had detected an endgame weakness of his young opponent -
Berry} ({the usual move is} 17. Bc4 {, but black scores well
in that line - Berry}) 17... Rb8 18. Bf3 Rd8 19. Rhd1 b6
20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Rd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 { activity is the key to
successful defence in this ending of alternate squared
Bishops} Re8 {! - Berry} 23. c4 Re7 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Rc8 Bf2
26. b4 f5 27. Kc2 g5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Kb3 Kf6 30. Rc6+ Re6
31. Rc7 Re7 32. Rc6+ Re6 33. Rc8 Re7 { white decides to
torture black some more with} 34. c5 {- Berry} ({ allowing a
draw is} 34. Rc6+ {transposes}) 34... bxc5 35. bxc5 Rg7 {! -
Berry} 36. c6 ({if} 36. Rc6+ {,} {then} Ke5 {- Berry})
36... Bb6 37. Rf8+ Ke5 38. Re8+ Kd6 39. Kc4 g4 40. Bd5 {white
strikes at the base of the Pawn chain, forcing a passed Pawn
that the white troops are ill-placed to deal with:} f3 {! -
Berry} 41. Re6+ ({if} 41. gxf3 {,} {then} g3 {immediately wins
the Bishop - Berry}) ({ white does not even have time for}
41. hxg4 f2 {- Berry}) 41... Kc7 42. Rf6 f2 43. Rxf5 gxh3
44. gxh3 {the move} Rg1 {wins the Bishop - Berry} 45. Rf7+ Kd6
46. c7 Rc1+ 47. Kd3 Kxd5 0-1

[Event "Aarhus GM"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hannes Stefansson"]
[Black "Jens Ove Fries Nielsen"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+
Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qc7 Nge7 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. Bd3 d6 11. Be3 O-O
12. Na4 Bg4 13. Nb6 Rad8 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. O-O d5 16. f3 Qd6
17. Qxd6 Rxd6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd7 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Rf2
g6 22. Bf1 Rxd5 23. c4 Re5 24. Rxd4 Be6 25. Re2 Ra5 26. b3 Ra3
27. Rb2 Kg7 28. Rd6 Kf6 29. Rb6 Rc7 30. Bd3 Ke7 31. Be4 Bc8
32. Bd5 Rd7 33. Kf2 Ra5 34. a4 Rc5 35. Re2+ Kf8 36. Re4 Rcc7
37. Ke3 Rd8 38. Kf4 h6 39. h4 Kg7 40. Re3 Kf8 41. g4 Kg7
42. Kg3 Kh7 43. Re5 Kg7 44. f4 Rcd7 45. Kf3 Rc7 46. a5 Rh8
47. f5 gxf5 48. gxf5 {Black is hopeless. The following
variation shows how easy for white to "complete the mission".}
1-0

[Event "SCG-chT"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2003.09.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8.51"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dragan Popadic"]
[Black "Suat Atalik"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Nh6
7. Qg5 Qb6 8. b3 Nf5 9. Bd3 Nfxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. O-O Bd7
12. Nc3 h6 13. Qh5 Be7 14. Rfe1 g6 15. Qd1 h5 16. a4 Bc6
17. Qc1 h4 18. h3 Rh5 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 c4 21. bxc4 dxc4
22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qc6 24. Qe1 Rd8 25. Bc3 Bc5 26. Kf1 Rf5
27. f3 Be7 28. Qe2 Rc8 29. Kg1 b6 30. Kh1 a6 31. Qe1 a5
32. Rb1 Qxa4 33. Rxb6 Qxc2 34. Rb2 Qa4 35. Bxa5 Bg5 36. Bb4
Rd8 37. Rb1 Rf4 38. Bd6 Qc2 39. Re2 Qf5 40. Qb4 c3 41. Qb5+
Rd7 42. Ra1 Bd8 43. Ra8 {And my bad results keep on going!}
1-0

[Event "North Island Ch"]
[Site "Hamilton, NZ"]
[Date "2003.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Graeme Spain"]
[Black "Gary W Lane"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. h3 c5
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 9. Nc4 Re8 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. Re1 Nf8
12. c3 b6 13. d4 Qf6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh2 Qg6 16. Kh1 Bb7
17. Qg4 Qc6 18. f3 Rad8 19. Qg3 Bc8 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Rd3
22. Qf2 Red8 23. Be3 a5 24. a3 a4 25. Re2 Ne6 26. Rd2 Rxd2
27. Bxd2 c4 28. Be3 Nc5 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Re1 Rd3 31. Kg1 h6
32. Kf1 Qd6 33. Kg1 Kh7 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. Re2 Rd1 36. g3 Qd3
37. Kg2 Kg8 38. Rc2 Ra1 39. Qe2 Kh7 40. Kf2 Kg6 41. Kg2 Rd1
42. Kf2 f6 43. Kg2 h5 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. Kf2 Kg6 46. Kg2 Kf7
47. Kf2 Ke7 48. Kg2 Kd6 49. Kf2 Kc6 50. Kg2 Kb5 51. Qf2 g6
52. g4 Kc6 53. Qe2 Kd6 54. Qf2 {time} 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 12th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[EventDate "2003.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Psakhis"]
[Black "Simon Kim Williams"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. h4 Ne5
12. Kb1 b5 (12... Qa5 13. Be2 Rxc3 $5 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3
Rc8 16. Kb2 Be8 17. h5 Nfd7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bh6 $36 { 1-0
Sutovsky,E-Hodgson,J/Oxford-A 1998/CBM 69 (32)}) 13. h5 Nxf3
(13... b4 14. Nd5 e6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. g5 Qd8 17. Qh2 Re8
18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Nb5 $1 $16 {1-0
Zambrana,O-Pazos Gambarrotti,P/La Habana 2002 (26)}) 14. Nxf3
Bxg4 15. Bg2 $146 (15. Qg2 Rxc3 (15... Bxh5 16. Bd4 Ng4
17. Nd5 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 e6 19. Nf4 e5 20. Nxe5 Qb6 21. Nf3 Ne3 {
1-0 Pruess,D-Aramil,W/Lindsborg Rotary op 2002/The Week in
Chess 425 (31)}) 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. e5 (17. Rd3 Be6 18. Nd4
Bxa2+ 19. Kc1 Rc8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bg5 Rxc3 22. Bxf6 exf6
23. hxg6 fxg6 { 1/2-1/2 Tancsa,R-Dearing,E/Paks IM 2001/The
Week in Chess 356 (27)}) (17. Bd4 e5 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. Qxg4
Nxc3+ 20. Kc1 Nxa2+ 21. Kb2 b4 22. c4 Qa3+ 23. Kc2 Qc3+
24. Kb1 Qb3+ 25. Ka1 Nc3 { 0-1 Savage,B-Duncan,C/BCF-ch
Nottingham 1996 (25)}) 17... Ne4 18. Qxg4 Nxc3+ 19. Kc1 Nxa2+
20. Kb2 b4 21. Rd3 Nc3 22. Kb3 Rb8 23. Bb6 Rxb6 $19 { 1-0
Hennigan,M-Duncan,C/Budapest 1993 (39)}) (15. Be2 $5 b4
16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Qxb4 Bf5 18. hxg6 e6 19. Nh4 fxg6 20. Nxf5
gxf5 21. Nf4 Rb8 22. Bb5 Qe8 23. a4 a6 {1-0
Gallagher,J-Summerscale,A/Cannes op 1997 (29)}) 15... b4
16. Nd5 (16. Nb5 $5 Qa5 17. h6 Bh8 18. Nxa7 Rc7 $13)
16... Nxe4 17. Qxb4 e6 (17... Rb8 18. Qxe4 Rxb2+ 19. Kc1 Bf5
20. Qxf5 $1 (20. Qc4 Rxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Bxc2 22. Kxc2 Qa5 $132)
20... gxf5 21. h6 $40) 18. h6 $1 (18. hxg6 $5 exd5 19. gxh7+
Kh8 20. Rxd5 ) 18... Bh8 $8 19. Qxe4 Bf5 20. Qxf5 (20. Qa4 $5
Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Bxc2+ 22. Kxc2 exd5 23. Bd4 Qc8+ 24. Kb1 Qf5+
25. Ka1 $14) 20... exf5 (20... gxf5 $5 21. Rhg1 Re8 22. Ng5
(22. Bh3+ Kf8 23. Ng5 exd5 (23... f6 24. Nxh7+ Kf7 25. Nf4 Rg8
26. Bg2) 24. Nxh7+ Ke7 25. Bxf5 Qa5 (25... Rg8 26. Rxg8 Qxg8
27. Rg1 $18) 26. Bg5+ f6 27. Bxf6+ Bxf6 28. Rde1+ Qxe1+
(28... Be5 29. Rg7+) (28... Kd8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Nxf6+ Kf7
31. Bxc8 $18) 29. Rxe1+ Be5 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Ng5 $16)
22... exd5 (22... Rb8 23. Bh1 $5 Bxb2 $8 24. Nxe6+ Bg7+
(24... Kh8 25. Nxd8 Rexd8 26. Rd3 $18) 25. Kc1 Rxe6
(25... fxe6 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Bg5 $1 $18) 26. Rxg7+ Kh8
27. Bd4 $18) 23. Bxd5 Kf8 24. Nxh7+ Ke7 25. Bg5+ f6 26. Bh4
Kd7 27. Rg7+ Bxg7 28. hxg7 $18) 21. Bg5 $1 f6 22. Bc1
(22. Rhe1 $5 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Bxf6 Rc4 $1) 22... Re8
23. Nd4 Qa5 (23... Qd7 $142 24. Nf4 Re4 $1 $16) (23... Re5
24. Bf4) 24. Rh3 $1 Re4 $2 (24... Qd8 25. Rb3) (24... Qa4
25. Nc3 (25. Rb3 Qd7 26. Rb7 Qxb7 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Bxb7 Rc5
29. c4 Kf8 30. Bd5 $18) 25... Qd7 26. Ndb5 $18) 25. Bxe4
(25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Ne7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Brissago, Switzerland"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene *** 1. e4 No surprise; Leko
plays little else. I felt a pang of sympathy for those
commenting live on this game. After the combinational flurry
ending on move 23, it was too easy to reach for the script
that was titled "And White converts his material
advantage". However, that account had to be shelved hastily as
Kramnik emphatically showed the virtues of Black's position,
rapidly attaining at least equality, then having some
pressure, and finally seeing Leko go astray in a much
simplified ending where the best White could hope for was a
draw.} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 {The Petroff Defence was originally
designed as an equaliser, but it also gives Black dynamic
counterchances.} 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 {This
move order has supplanted the ancient debate between 6...Bd6
and 6...Be7.} 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 {As we shall see, the
Petroff is a defence where Kramnik appears to be equally at
home with both White and Black.} 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8
16. h3 {So far, we are still well inside 'theory', the current
habitual move order of modern masters. 16.h3 is an interesting
psychological ploy by Leko, as it was Kramnik's own choice
when he played against Anand in Corus 2003.} Be4 { Kramnik -
Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2003 saw 16...Bf6 but, according to
Huzman, after 17 Nh2 Qa5 18 Bd2 Rcd8 19 Bf3 h6 20 Ng4 Bxg4 21
hxg4 Bg5 22 Bxg5 hxg5 White could have got a clear advantage
by 23 Qc1 Rxe1+ 24 Qxe1 Kf8 25 Rb1 Re8 26 Qc1.} 17. Be3 Na5
{"Provocative," said Leko afterwards, but also "the most
thematic in this position, It reminds me of the Grunfeld,
which I love to play with Black.". He had this position as
White against Bologan at Dortmund earlier this year, but his
opponent that day played now 17...Rcd8; the game was drawn in
26 moves.} 18. c4 {Leko is provoked! This forcing sequence
leads ineluctably to a situation where Black will have rook
and bishop for the white queen. Also possible was 18 Nd2 as
18...Bxg2 fails to 19 c4 Qc6 20 d5 Qg6 21 Bh5 Bf3+ 22 Bxg6
Bxd1 23 Bf5.} Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4
22. Bg5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 24. Qa5 Bf6 {!? A tremendous
decision. Black could probably draw with 24...Bf4 25Qxa7 b6
followed by ...Bd6 when it is doubtful that White can break
through. The text is considerably more ambitious. Black
creates a passed pawn for himself, but he must also take
account of the fact that White's passed apawn could become
exceedingly dangerous.} 25. Qxa7 c5 {! This is a key move,
creating a situation with rival racing pawns. One might expect
this still to favour the side with the material advantage, but
Leko's Queen and Rook are out-numbered and out-manoeuvred by
Kramnik's pieces.} 26. Qxb7 Bxd4 27. Ra2 c4 28. Re2 Red8
29. a4 c3 30. Qe4 Bb6 31. Qc2 g6 32. Qb3 {In the press
conference afterwards, Leko with cheerful self-deprecation
commented that "Once I got my queen to b3, I then spent time
trying to get it to e4!"} Rd6 33. Rc2 Ba5 34. g4 Rd2 35. Kg2
Rcd8 36. Rxc3 {Leko, with only a few minutes left, tires of
the bind that Black is exerting and chooses to go into and
endgame where only Black has winning chances. It might have
been better to stay passive and trust in his blockade.} Bxc3
37. Qxc3 R2d5 {Susan Polgar, commenting live online, pointed
out that an ending with the same material and the same
distribution of pawns on the king's-side occurred in
Gurgenidze-Averbakh, Baku 1961, and it saw a win for the
rooks. However, Leko's pawns stand better placed for defence
here than did Averbakh's.} 38. Qc6 Ra5 39. Kg3 Rda8 40. h4
R5a6 {When Leko played h4, Kramnik should have quickly replied
...h7h6, so as to meet h4h5 with ...g5. It's important to
retain pawns here, as explained below. After the game, Leko
mentioned that he was thinking about the idea Qe1!? but
rejected it as too ugly for such a game(!).} 41. Qc1 Ra5
42. Qh6 {White's last two moves inhibit this ...h6 manoeuvre
by Black.} Rxa4 43. h5 R4a5 44. Qf4 {? This is a blunder,
which allows Black to fix the pawn formation and ultimately
gang up on the weak white fpawn. White must play 44 hxg6 as
they say in the beginner's books, swap pawns in the ending to
reduce the opponent's winning chances. Even after the superior
44 hxg6 hxg6 it is not obvious that White can reach the safe
haven of a draw, as the basic black strategy of piling up with
his rooks against the white f-pawn still seems valid. However,
with only two pawns each on the board, White can place his
g-pawn on g5, so that even if black trades both rooks for
queen and f-pawn, the resulting king and pawn ending is a
draw.} g5 45. Qf6 h6 {This is a very clever move from Kramnik,
clearly overlooked by Leko, whose last move could have no
other purpose than to threaten h6. If now 46Qxh6, then ...R8a6
traps the white queen.} 46. f3 R5a6 47. Qc3 Ra4 48. Qc6 R8a6
49. Qe8+ Kg7 50.Qb5 R4a5 51. Qb4 Rd5 52. Qb3 Rad6 53. Qc4 Rd3
54. Kf2 Ra3 55. Qc5 Ra2+ 56. Kg3 Rf6 57. Qb4 Raa6 58.Kg2 Rf4
{Black weaves a net inexorably around White's sorry f-pawn.}
59.Qb2+ Raf6 60. Qe5 Rxf3 {Kramnik's manoeuvres, though
lengthy, have finally triumphed. If White does not trade his
queen for Black's rooks, the white king will soon be hunted
down. If White does exchange, then Black has an easy win in
the king and pawn endgame.} 61.Qa1 Rf1 62. Qc3 R1f2+ 63. Kg3
R2f3+ 64. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 65. Kxf3 Kf6 {White resigns. The pawn
endgame is a trivial win, e.g. 66 Ke4 Ke6 67 Kd4 f5 68 gxf5+
Kxf5 69 Ke3 g4 70 Kf2 Kg5 71 Kg3 Kxh5 72 Kg2 Kg5 73 Kg3 h5 and
the black pawns march down to promote. A marvellously dramatic
encounter and a fine riposte to critics who thought the match
would be dull. In the press conference after the game, Kramnik
looked drained, Leko cheerful and phlegmatic. Kramnik insisted
throughout that the position objectively is drawn, and pulled
many sceptical faces when describing his win. The following
day, both players remarked how hard it is to move on from such
a battle, Kramnik musing "I tried to get the two rooks out of
my mind, and to stop trying to coordinate them in different
attacking patterns. I think it was four o'clock in the morning
when I was able to sleep." Leko added, "I needed until five
a.m. to get rid of those two black rooks."} 0-1

[Event "Classical World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 {(Notes by Raymond Keene.) After all the predictions of
a dull event, this is proving to be one of the most dramatic
sporting contests of recent WCC matches. Kramnik needed at
least one win from the last two games, and was not going to
leave it all to the very last game. He chose as Black a
strongly counter-attacking, unbalanced system, the Modern
Benoni, and one could not help but recall how this defence
gave Fischer his first win against Spassky in 1972. Kramnik, a
long-time 1 d4 player, must have been more familiar with this
structure than the neophyte Leko, and played in true Benoni
style, putting pressure on White with a King's-side pawn
advance. Leko seemed to escape any difficulties and a rook
endgame emerged on the board, but again Kramnik found ways to
set his opponent problems. Leko faced pressure on the board
and the clock, probably missing some chances to obtain a more
clearly drawn position, but with characteristic determination
found a series of 'miracle' saves and Kramnik could not find a
final decisive manoeuvre. Perhaps through sheer momentum, the
players continued until the most clearly drawn position of all
was reached... two lonely Kings. Did Kramnik miss a win?
Probably! I have been greatly assisted in my understanding of
this endgame by comments from acirce, a chessgames.com
contributor who is also a noted endgame composer [Ulf
Hammarström], and the analysis published on
www.chessbase.com. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 {The Benoni is
often seen as a dubious defence, but Kramnik is desperately in
need of something irrational to disturb the balance, given his
dire match situation.} 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2
Bg7 {Or 7...Nbd7 8 Nc4 Nb6 9 e4 Bg7 10 Ne3 O-O 11 Bd3 Nh5 12
O-O Be5 13 a4 Nf4 14 a5, was Nimzowitsch-Marshall, New York
1927. In this line, 11...Re8 12 O-O c4 13 Bc2 Bd7 14 Bd2 Rc8
15 Kh1 Rc5 16 f3 Nc8 17 a4 a6 18 Ne2 Ne7 19 Bb4 Rc8 20 Bc3
also greatly favours White (Keene-Pritchett, British Ch
1972).} 8.e4 O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nc4 {This transfer
of the Knight to c4 was, I believe, first seen in the
Nimzowitsch game and is now standard in many main lines of the
Benoni.} Nac7 12. a4 f5 13. exf5 {Kramnik has had this
position as White, a number of years ago. He drew in 46 moves
after the continuation 13 f3 Qe7 14 Bf4 g5 15 Bg3 f4 in the
game Kramnik Ivanchuk, Belgrade 1995.} Rxf5 14. Bg4 Rf8 { A
new move, it seems. } 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Qb3 b6 17. Nb5 {White
is playing for a light square grip, but there is something
rather static about the position for White that emerges. That
is, it looks impressive, but it is hard to see how to improve
the position thereafter, or to exchange White's advantages for
others. } Nxb5 18. axb5 Rc7 19. Bd2 Rcf7 20. Bc3 Qd7 {The
online audience were baying for Kramnik to 'launch' 20...Qh4,
but this may just get in the way of Black's actual plan.}
21. f3 {Kramnik now begins a bold King's-side pawn advance.}
g5 22. Ne3 Rf4 23. Rfe1 h5 {Black's play looks loosening but
at least he has a plan to improve his position. By going so
consistently for exchanges, White may have robbed himself of
any serious activity.} 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. h3 Bd4 26. Bxd4 {Black
faces an important choice. Kramnik of course spent some time
considering 26...cxd4, but could not find enough in its favour
at the board. His actual choice allows White to play a
liquidating combination. } Rxd4 27. Nf5 Qxf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5
29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Rb8 Rdxd5 {Here the immediate ...Rd2
deserves attention. } 31. Rxa7+ Ke6 32. Re8+ Kf6 {The dust has
cleared, with an apparently level position. Leko now produces
the sort of move which might produce further clarification,
but which might simply create weaknesses. In fact, it turns
out to be the latter. White should play 33 Rh7! Kramnik now
devotes renewed energy to probing White's position. } 33. g4
hxg4 34. hxg4 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Re5 36. Rh8 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Ree2
{Given the looming mating net, White forces an exchange of
rooks.} 38. Rf8+ Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kf6 40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. Re8+ Kd5
42. Rxe2 Rxe2 43. Rg7 Re5 {Another example of trying to reach
the end of a story too soon. Everyone 'knew' that White was
completely lost in this position. But Garry Kasparov,
commenting on www.playchess.com, declared to some general
surprise, "Wait a minute. After 44.Rb7, White has chances to
draw." According to chessbase.com, "In spite of harsh
contradiction by the heavily armed spectators (equipped with
Fritz, Junior and even the 16-processor Hydra) Kasparov stuck
to his analysis, which Leko went on to play, almost move by
move. GM Jon Levitt called it 'a magical draw'."} 44. Rb7 c4
45. Rxb6 Re2 46. f4 {!! The key move in Kasparov's analysis,
and a defensive move of genius.} Re3+ 47. Kf2 gxf4 48. Rb8 Rb3
49. b6 {It seems that 49 g5 Ke5 50 b6 Rxb2+ 51 Kf3 holds the
draw} Ke4 {Kramnik's major alternative was 49...Rxb2+. All
night the computers whirred and the kibitzers muttered... One
chessgames.com kibitzer amongst many, Honza Cervenka gave
49...Rxb2+ as a win for Black after 50 Kf3 c3 e.g. 51 Rc8 (51
g5 fails to the neat trick 51...Rxb6! 52 Rxb6 c2) 51...Kd4 52
g5 (52 Rc6 d5 53 g5 c2 54 g6 Rxb6 55 Rxc2 Rxg6 56 Kxf4 Rf6+ 57
Kg5 Rf1) 52...Rxb6 53 g6 Rb7 54 Kxf4 d5 55 Kg5 Kd3 56 Kf6
d4. ChessBase gave instead 51 b7, marking it "winning for
Black" but analysing 51...Kd4 52.Rd8 Rxb7 53.Rxd6+ Kc5 54.Rd1
Rf7 55.g5 Kc4 56.g6 Rf8 57.g7 Rg8 58.Rd7 c2 59.Rc7+ Kd3
60.Rd7+ Kc3 61.Rc7+ Kd2 62.Rd7+ Kc1 63.Kxf4=} 50. Re8+
{Dionyseus queries this move, giving instead 50 g5 Rxb2+ 51
Ke1 c3 (simply "-+" ChessBase) and analysing 52 g6 Rb1+ 53 Kf2
c2 54 Rc8 Rb2 55 Ke1 Rxb6 56 g7 Rb1+ 57 Kf2 Rb2 58 Kf1 c1=Q+
59 Rxc1 Rb8 60 Kf2 Rg8 61 Re1+ Kf5 62 Rd1 Rxg7 63 Rxd6 with a
draw.} Kd3 {It's likely that this move lost the last chance of
holding the win. 50...Kd4! avoids the defensive plan chosen by
Leko during the game, and now neither 51 g5 Rxb2+ 52 Kf3 Rxb6
nor 51.Rb8 Rxb2+ 52.Kf3 c3 53.b7 c2 54.Rc8 Rb3 save White. The
best defence 51 Re2 can now be met with 51...f3!, which is
possible with the black king on d4 instead of d3. Now on 52
Rd2+ (also losing are 52 Re1 [ChessBase] and 52 Re6 [acirce] )
52...Ke4 White loses after both 53 Rc2 d5 54 Kg3 Rxb6 55 g5
d4–+ and 53 Rxd6 Rxb2+ 54 Kg3 f2 55 Kg2 c3 56 Rc6 c2 57 b7
Kd3-+. 'acirce' gave a long analysis of the position but the
conclusion remains the same: Black has a win with the accurate
50...Kd4!} 51. Re2 d5 52. Kf3 d4 53. g5 c3 54. bxc3 dxc3
55. Rg2 Rb2 56. b7 Rxb7 57. Kxf4 Rb2 58. Rg1 c2 59. Rc1 Rb1
60. Rxc2 Kxc2 61. g6 Kd3 62. Kf5 Rb5+ 63. Kf6 Rb6+ 64. Kf7
Rxg6 65. Kxg6 {Draw agreed. The players finally agree that
there is little left to play for in this position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee Corus Chess"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5
12. Qc2 c5 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. f3 cxd4 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. Bxe4 h6 18. Bd2 {18. b4! dxc3 [18... Bd6 19. bxa5 Bxe5
20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Rxe5 +-] 19. bxa5 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21. Ba3
Rf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bxa3 23. Rf5 Qe8 24. Re1 Bf7 25. Qxc3 +-} Bh4
19. Rf1 Bf6 20. Rae1 Bxe5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rxe5
Nc4 24. Rxh5 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 dxc3 26. Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Classical World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2004.01.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. d4 {Grandmaster Peter Leko equalised the score in the World
Championship at Brissago, Switzerland by holding game four and
exploiting Kramnik's endgame errors in game five. Leko won a
pawn in the opening. However, this was known theory and most
experts assumed that Kramnik had worked out in advance how to
draw. Nevertheless, after many hours of play Kramnik committed
an error in a seemingly drawn position that annihilated his
prospects of salvation. (Notes by Raymond Keene.)} Nf6 {1.d4
is a definite surprise. Kramnik chooses a line that he likes
to play against as White, but one that he also knows well. For
example, Kramnik had the position after 11.Bd3 as White
against Nigel Short at the Corus tournament, Wijk aan Zee,
2000. This wasn't Leko's first outing with 1 d4, but 2 c4 was
new for him . "It felt exciting," he said.} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5
4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 {White's next move
heads for a small but clear plus. The more complicated
alternative is 8 Qc2.} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 {White
has inflicted an isolated dpawn on Black's camp, but black has
free piece activity in compensation.} Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 {Kramnik
also chose this move playing Black against Van Wely in the
Melody Amber rapidplay in 2001; Short preferred 11...Be7. I've
played this position myself, and in Keene-Rodriguez, Indonesia
1982, Black came up with the idea 12 h3 d4!?} 12. O-O Bg4
13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 Re8 15. Rc1 a6 {Black does not want to see
his knight driven from its central post and therefore prevents
white from advancing with b5. However, this move permits a
small fork trick combination that enables White to retain an
edge.} 16. Bxa6 {! Outwardly startling, but in fact the point
of White's play.} Rxa6 17. b5 Rxa3 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Ra7
20. Rd6 Rd7 21. Qxd5 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Bxf3
{Informator 84 gave Kramnik's choice "?!", but it seems likely
Kramnik knew of this Doubling White's pawns would appear to
secure the draw, but when Anand reached this position against
Karpov (Russia vs. Rest of the World 2002) he felt it would be
safer to maintain the bishop pair as compensation. White could
make no progress in that game, which was drawn in 114
moves. White's winning task is complicated by the fact that
all the pawns are restricted to one side of the board, and as
Fine briskly asserted in 1943: "If you are just one pawn
ahead, in 99 cases out of 100 the game is drawn if there are
pawns on only one side of the board." Leko of course knew
this, but as he said afterwards: "Objectively, this is a draw,
but Black needs to prove it there is no forced draw, and also
no draw familiar to everyone as there might be in a Rook
endgame. With the Bishops on the board it is already
unusual."} 24. gxf3 Bd8 25. Rb1 Bf6 {IM Jacob Aagaard,
commenting live on the official website during one of Leko's
long thinks, reminded us that "Kramnik won the World
Championship in 2000 from Kasparov by being better than the
old champion in positions without queens. He frustrated him by
drawing with Black in positions where White had chances, but
could not win. Later, Kramnik talked about positions in which
he knew was worse but also knew how to draw. I think he would
include the [current] position among them."} 26. Kg2 {Only
here is the first new move. 26 Rb5 g6 27 f4 Rd8 28 Bb4 h5 was
Gritsak - Kruppa, Alushta 2002, which was drawn.} g6 27. f4
Kg7 28. Rb7 Re6 29. Rd7 {White manoeuvres carefully, but
ultimately he must gain central terrain with e3-e4 and e4-e5,
committal though this might be.} Re8 30. Ra7 Re6 31. Bc5 Rc6
32. Ra5 Bc3 33. Rb5 Ra6 34. Rb3 Bf6 {That's a hat-trick of
Bf6s in this match for Kramnik...} 35. Rb8 h5 36. Rb5 Bc3
37. Rb3 Bf6 {With the return of the bishop to f6, White makes
his central move.} 38. e4 Ra5 39. Be3 Ra4 40. e5 {The only way
to make progress he has to place his bishop on d4 and his king
on e4, and submit to any tactics Black may be able to conjure
up. Kramnik said afterwards he was right to stay passive, but
lost concentration, and was "already thinking about next
game". After the time control, he found himself with serious
problems.} Be7 41. Rb7 Kf8 42. Rb8+ Kg7 {Kramnik cannot be
tempted to weaken his position, so Leko must try something
else.} 43. Kf3 Rc4 44. Ke2 Ra4 45. Kd3 Bh4 46. Bd4 {This
combined with the threat of e6+ is White's only chance.} Ra3+
47. Kc2 Ra2+ 48. Kd3 Ra3+ 49. Ke4 Ra4 50. Kd5 Ra5+ 51. Kc6 Ra4
52. Kc5 Be7+ 53. Kd5 Ra5+ 54. Ke4 Ra4 {White now gets his Rook
off a dark square, in case of Bd6, forking b8 and f4.} 55. Rc8
Bh4 {Leko has now placed his pieces as well as he can, and
makes his push. Kramnik is obliged to sacrifice the exchange.}
56. e6+ Bf6 57.e7 Rxd4+ 58. Ke3 Bxe7 59. Kxd4 Bh4 {Immediately
after the game, GM Amador Rodriguez commented on Kramnik's own
website www.kramnik.com, "The above position is well-known as
a theoretical draw, and therefore the result of the game was
still unclear." At the top of that web page was the chess
proverb, "A chess master is a good informed amateur": all over
the world there were GMs on the Internet explaining why it
could only be a draw, but Leko was in no hurry to
agree... After the game, he commented "In the Rb1 variation of
the Grnfeld, there is a long variation, which arrives in
exactly this endgame, and this was part of my repertoire as
black. I knew if the bishop stays on long diagonal, it's a
draw, but after the time control, Black is not in time to
place bishop on long diagonal." There are a couple of well
known theoretically drawn positions relevant here known as
'fortresses', because while White has a plus in material and
freedom to manoeuvre, there is no way to make progress. [notes
w/ diagrams omitted] What makes the real difference is that
Black has yet to set up the fortress, and before he can do so
Leko's check on move 61 pushes the Black king to a square that
the bishop would like to use.} 60. f3 f5 61. Rc7+ Kf6 62. Kd5
Bg3 {? Leko in the press conference afterwards suggested
62...Be1 as more awkward: with idea if 63 Rc6+ Kf7 64 Ke5 then
64...Ba5 stopping Rc7+ for the moment, when it's not easy to
make progress. Now, after either 65 Ra6 Bc3+ 66 Kd5 Bf6 or 65
Rc4 Bd8 and 66 Bf6, Black has his fortress. If White
temporises with 64 Rc8, for example, then 64...Bb6. Leko hoped
he might still win this position, but I can't see how.}
63. Rc6+ Kg7 64. Ke5 {Kramnik's next appears to make life
easier for White. After 64.Bh4, it is not at all clear White
can penetrate the black fortress, but GM Shipov gave 64 Bh4 65
Rc7+ Kg8 66 Ke6 Kf8 67 Rc8+ Kg7 68 Rb8! with zugzwang, eg 68
Bg3 69 Rb7+ Kh6 70 Kf7 Bxf4 71 Rb6 Kg5 72 Rxg6+ Kh4 73 Kf6,
etc.} h4 65. Rc7+ Kh6 66. Rc4 Kg7 67. Ke6 Bh2 68. Rc7+ Kh6
69. Kf7 {Black resigns. Tom Furstenburg found a neat finish in
analysis, involving an under-promotion: 69 Kf7 Bxf4 70 Rc6 Kh5
71 Rxg6 Be3 72 Kf6 f4 73 Rg8 Bd4+ 74 Kf5 Kh6 75 Kxf4 Bf2 76
Kg4 Kh7 77 Rg5 Kh6 78 f4 Be1 79 f5 Kh7 80 f6 Kh6 81 f7 Bc3 82
f8=N Be5 83 Rg6#. After six-and-a-half hours of play, Peter
Leko has done something that Kasparov could not -- won a WCC
match game from Kramnik.} 1-0

[Event "Classical World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2004.01.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 {The dangerous
Marshall Gambit, which Kramnik had avoided in earlier games.}
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4
14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 {This was first played in the game
Petrosian-Averbakh, Moscow 1947. That game saw 16 Nd2 Bf5 17
Qe2 Nf6 18 Re5 Bxe5 19 dxe5 Ng4 and Black went on to win. The
point of 15 ... g5 is to prevent Rh4, while 16 Bxg5 fails to
16 ... Qf5.} 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Re1 Rae8
20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4 Qg6 22. axb5 {Starting on the road to
perdition. White must play 22 Ne4 Nxe4 23 fxe4 when 23
... Bxe4 24 axb5 axb5 (24 ... Bd3 fails to 25 Bxf7+) 25 Bxg5
is in White's favour. In this line Black must play 22 Ne4 Bxe4
23 fxe4 Nxe4 with approximate equality.} Bd3 23. Qf2 Re2
24. Qxe2 {This was played quickly in the evident belief that
White was winning. In fact White must now turn his thoughts to
survival by 24 bxa6 Rxf2 25 Kxf2 Qh5 26 Ke3 Bxa6 27 Rxa6 Qxh2
when there is still some fight left in the game. In this line
26 Kg1 loses to 26 ... Qh3 27 a7 Bxg3 28 a8=Q+ Kg7 29 hxg3
Qxg3+ 30 Kh1 g4 31 Qxc6 Qh3+ 32 Kg1 g3} Bxe2 25. bxa6 Qd3 {The
key move which Kramnik and his team had underestimated before
the game. If now 26 a7 Qe3+ 27 Kg2 Bxf3+ 28 Nxf3 Qe2+ 29 Kg1
Ng4 30 a8=Q+ Kg7 31 Qxc6 Qf2+ 32 Kh1 Qf1+ 33 Ng1 Nf2
mate. Alternatively 30 Be3 Nxe3 31 a8=Q+ Kg7 32 Nh4 gxh4 33
Qxc6 hxg3 34 hxg3 Bxg3 and mate follows. White can also play
26 Bc4 which is refuted by 26 ... Qe3+ 27 Kg2 g4 28 f4 Ne4 29
a7 Qf2+ 30 Kh1 Nxd2 31 a8=Q+ Kg7 and White is defenceless.}
26. Kf2 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Ne4+ 28. Ke1 Nxc3 {Much stronger than 28
... Qxf3. This final sacrifice lays White's position to
waste.} 29. bxc3 Qxc3+ 30. Kf2 Qxa1 31. a7 h6 32. h4 g4 {At
the end of the game Kramnik said, sportingly: "a beautiful
game that will be remembered in the history of chess."} 0-1

[Event "Classical World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 {(Notes by GM Ray Keene.) Kramnik, the defending world
champion, scored a brilliant victory in the 14th and final
game; Peter Leko resigned after 41 moves when faced with
checkmate. This is only the third time in the entire history
of the World Championship that the defending champion has
saved his title by winning in the final game. The game itself
was a jewel of controlled aggression. Despite consistent
exchanges throughout the game, Kramnik maintained an iron grip
on the position and ultimately blasted his way into the black
camp via the dark squares. Taking no account of material
sacrifices it was Kramnik’s king that dealt the fatal blow
when it marched right into the heart of the opposing
position. This outstanding game, the best of the match,
recalled the classic fifth game won by Petrosian against
Botvinnik in 1963 when a similarly epic king march in an
endgame brought White a classic victory. "I had to give
everything, especially at the end, to win against such an
opponent. Peter Leko is an incredible defender. For me it was
more difficult than my match against Kasparov in the year
2000", said Kramnik after the game. Leko said in conclusion:
"It was a very hard fight. In the end, it was not enough for
me to win the title. I'm disappointed, but I'm looking forward
to the future. I'm 25 years old, and I hope to get a new
chance to become world champion." } c6 {Leko is not averse to
repeating the main lines of the Caro-Kann.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {By
contrast, Kramnik must seek sharper paths. This move, favoured
by Nimzowitsch, Tal and Short, is ideal for a must-win
situation, since it locks pawn formations and avoids premature
exchanges.} Bf5 4. h4 {Nimzowitsch liked this 3 e5 variation
and would play here 4 Bd3. His most famous game with this line
is sadly a loss, a magnificent manoeuvring game against
Capablanca from New York 1927. The most common alternative
these days is 4 Nc3, as played for example by Kasparov in a
drastic win over Karpov at Linares 2001, which continued
4...e6 5 g4 Bg6 6 Nge2 Ne7 7 Nf4 c5 8 dxc5 Nd7 9 h4 Nxe5 10
Bg2 h5 11 Qe2 N7c6 12 Nxg6 Nxg6 13 Bg5 Be7 14 gxh5 Nf8 15 Nb5
Nd7 16 h6. The latest try for Black is 4 Nc3 a5!? as in
Sebag-Chiburdanidze, FIDE WCh Women KO, Elista 2004. Black won
in 33 moves after 5 Be3 a4 6 a3 Qb6 7 Rb1 Qa5 8 g4 Bd7 9 Bg2
e6 10 Nge2 c5 11 0–0 Nc6 12 f4 h5. This 4 h4 line was tested
repeatedly in the Tal-Botvinnik WCC match, Moscow 1961, with
generally favourable results for Black. The paths they
followed are retraced below.} h6 {4...h5 may be preferable,
after which Tal tried 5 Ne2 e6 6 Ng3 g6 7 Nxf5 gxf5 8 c4 c5 9
cxd5 Qxd5 but only drew their 14th game from 1961.} 5. g4
{Instead 5 Ne2 is possible and in their 20 th game 5 e6 6 Ng3
Ne7 7 Nc3 Nd7 8 Be3 Bh7 9 Bd3 Bxd3 10 cxd3 h5 led to a
marathon struggle and another draw.} Bd7 {It looks more
natural to retreat the bishop along the b1-h7 diagonal, but,
in that case, Black has to reckon with the dangerous pawn sac
e5-e6.} 6. Nd2 {This looks like a new move. In the 10th
Tal-Botvinnik game from 1961, we saw 6 h5 c5 7 c3 Nc6 8 Bh3 e6
9 Be3 Qb6 10 Qb3 cxd4 11 Qxb6 axb6 12 cxd4 Na5 and Black won
in 42; while the 18 th game followed the course 6 c3 c5 7 Bg2
e6 8 Ne2 Bb5 9 Na3 Bxe2 10 Qxe2 cxd4 11 cxd4 Bxa3 12 bxa3 Nc6
and Black won again. However, Tal persisted with this line,
and in Tal-Pachman, Bled 1961, he finally won after launching
an attack following 7... e6 8 f4 Qb6 9 Nf3 Nc6 10 Na3 cxd4 11
cxd4 O-O-O 12 Nc2 Kb8 13 Bd3 Nge7 14 Rb1 Na5 15 Bd2 Rc8 16
b4.} c5 {Black has one way to free himself before White's
pawns begin to exert a fatal grip.} 7. dxc5 e6 8. Nb3 Bxc5 {A
small combination that regains his pawn, but at the cost of
trading his dark squared bishop. 9...Qc7 would doubtless
transpose, but this is more forcing.} 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5
11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nbc6 13.Be3 Qa5 14. Qd2 {The tone of play
for the middlegame is set -- Black's position is resilient,
but White has a promising future on the central dark
squares. Fritz now wanted to try the line-opening gambit
14...d4!?, but no human player would yet regard such drastic
measures as necessary. (It's a mark of how far computer
programs have advanced that Fritz makes this dynamic choice.)}
Ng6 15. Bd4 {Accepting some exchanges, but White's dark square
grip persists. In contrast, 15 Bxg6 gives black too much
counterplay along the half-open f-file.} Nxd4 16.cxd4 Qxd2+
17.Kxd2 Nf4 18.Rac1 {From now on, White's play is direct and
brutal. I would have played Bf1 and followed it with
Ke3. Kramnik has no truck with such sophisticated nuances and
goes directly for the jugular.} h5 {And here I would have left
Black's king's-side pawns severely alone and traded on
d3. After 18...Nxd3 19 Kxd3 Ke7 20 Rc7 Rab8 followed by
...Rhc8, I believe Black could withstand the onslaught from
White, though it must be admitted that White's knight will
always be superior to Black's bishop.} 19. Rhg1 {19 g5 is
possible instead, but Kramnik is all for open lines.} Bc6
20.gxh5 Nxh5 21.b4 a6 22.a4 {An admirable display of energy,
but, after 22...Bxa4 23 Rc7 Bb5 24 Rxb7 O-O, Black reduces the
tension and gains counterplay. Taking the pawn could even be
dangerous for White after 25 Bxb5 axb5 26 Rxb5 Ra2+. For this
reason, I prefer 22 Ke3 restricting Black's knight, and if
22...O-O then 23 Rg5 g6 24 Rcg1 Ng7 25 h5! or if 24...Kh8 25
Bxg6! fxg6 26 Rxg6 Rf7 27 Ng5 and wins.} Kd8 {? Leko exhibits
an alarming tendency towards a bunker mentality. After this
passive move, Black is strangled in the style of his hero
Petrosian or of Nimzowitsch, the arch-blockader and early
prophet of 3 e5 against the Caro-Kann.} 23. Ng5 Be8 24.b5 Nf4
{Clearing the a-file merely offers White a further avenue of
attack after 24...axb5 25 axb5 Ra3 26 Ra1!} 25.b6 {Creating a
terrible outpost on c7 for his rook. Black must prevent such
an invasion at all costs.} Nxd3 26.Kxd3 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Kxc8
28.Rc1+ Bc6 {Black has plugged one path for White's forces but
more soon open. Black, we soon see, is fatally debilitated on
the central dark square complex.} 29.Nxf7 Rxh4 30.Nd6+ Kd8
31.Rg1 Rh3+ {Passive defence is hopeless, so Black tries to
clear off as many white pawns as he can. } 32.Ke2 Ra3 33.Rxg7
Rxa4 34.f4 {!! The decisive coup. White's small but highly
efficient army is ready to concentrate its powers and deal the
death blow. If now 34...Rxd4, then 35 f5 exf5 36 e6 Re4+ 37
Nxe4 fxe4 38 Rc7, threatening Rxc6, and if 37...Bb5+, 38 Ke3
when Black's b-pawn is doomed and White's king penetrates.}
Ra2+ 35.Kf3 Ra3+ 36.Kg4 Rd3 37.f5 {The same theme. The way
White's king now takes the Black fortress by storm with just
rook and knight against rook and bishop reminds me strongly of
the epic king march and superlative conclusion of game 5 from
the Petrosian-Botvinnik WCC match, Moscow 1963.} Rxd4+ 38.Kg5
exf5 39.Kf6 Rg4 40.Rc7 Rh4 41.Nf7+ {Black resigns since
41...Ke8 42 Rc8+ Kd7 43 Rd8 is mate. A jewel of a game and a
sublime atonement for the sins of omission in some previous
games of this match. Now compare the celebrated king march by
Petrosian that doubtless provided inspiration for Kramnik as
he conducted his final onslaught. } 1-0

[Event "ChessBrain Match"]
[Site "chessbrain.net INT"]
[Date "2004.01.30"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[Black "ChessBrain (Computer)"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6
{The position has entered the domain of the King's Indian
Defense, one of the richest and most complicated of all chess
openings.} 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 {Nielsen chooses the solid
Classical approach. White dominates the center, but Black will
counterattack with either ...e5 or ...c5.} 6...e5 7.O-O 7...a5
{It is a bit early for this advance, but the idea is to
prevent White from playing a pawn to b4. After the pawn at d4
is exchanged, Black will be able to use a knight at c5 or
b4. Out of about 20,000 games played from this position, this
advance has only been seen a few dozen times.} 8.Re1 {8.Be3
has been the most successful move, winning most of the
games. Ng4 is the most interesting reply. 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 g5
11.Bg3 causes some problems for Black, since if the pawn at e5
captures at d4, the knight at f3 will recapture. Then the
Black knight at g4 is under attack, and White`s knight may
soon get to the hole at f5.} 8...exd4 9.Nxd4 {The central
exchange brings about a formation known as the Maroczy
Bind. White has a grip on the central light squares, but the
light square bishop has little to do. Black can make use of
knights at e5 and c5.} 9...Bd7 {ChessBrain unveils a new plan!
The idea is to bring the knight out at c6, and if White
captures it, then the bishop can recapture, instead of the
pawn. 9...Na6 10.Be3 Nc5 11.f3 leads to a fairly standard
position with a persistent advantage for White, since Black
lacks any clear plan. Re8 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rad1 had had
absolutely miserable results for the Black side.} 10.Bg5 Nc6
11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.f3 {White cannot claim any advantage in this
position.} 12...Qd7 13.Qd2 Rfe8 14.Rac1 h5 {I don`t like this
move, which just weakens Black`s king position. The pawn at g6
will later need support, and this pawn can no longer provide
it. 14...b6 15.Nd5 Re6!? 15...Bxd5? 16.cxd5 would create
serious weaknesses on the c-file. 16.Qf4 Nh5 17.Qd2 Nf6 might
have been tried.} 15.Kh1 Nh7 {15...b6 might have been
considered here as well.} 16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 {The White queen
presents no immediate threats but the dark squares on the
kingside will be weak for a long time to come.} 17...Re5
{Definitely a computerish move, but it is hard to find
anything constructive for Black. 17...Qd8 intends to try
trading queens after ...Qg5, but White responds with 18.Nd5!
and the weakness at c7 is again exposed.} 18.Nd5 Rae8 {Most
human players would be reluctant to give the rook at e5 so
little wiggle room, but there is no tactical refutation. So
the Grandmaster retreats the queen, which can't accomplish
anything on the kingside, to attack the newly unprotected pawn
at a5} 19.Qd2 b6 20.Bd3 Qd8 {Black`s position is very
passive.} 21.Rf1 {White has a plan now. Thrust the f-pawn up
the board and smash open Black`s king position, making him pay
for the ill-advised advance of the h-pawn.} 21...Nf6 22.b3 Bb7
{Black prepares to evict the knight by playing c6, but there
will be a price. The pawns at d6 and b6 will be
weakened. Pawns don`t move backwards, and each advance creates
a weakness or two.} 23.Qc2 {The dark squares are not where the
action is. The b1-h7 diagonal, and especially the f5-square,
will be the focus of attention.} 23...Nd7 {The knight is
better here than at h7. The queen at d8 can handle defense of
g5 if needed. 23...c6 comes into consideration. Black`s pawn
structure has holes after 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Qf2 c5 but White`s
bishop is entombed. The future of the game would depend on
White`s ability to play f4 and e5 and some point. 26.Rce1}
24.f4 {White has no reason to hesitate. The attack may not be
decisive, but it is the best plan.} 24...R5e6 25.e5 {The
Grandmaster is going all-out now. The advance opens the path
to g6. At e4, it was just in the way. He later remarked that
he couldn`t resist having a bit of fun, and this is certainly
the most exciting move. It takes guts to play with such
aggression against computers!} 25...c6 {The knight is driven
back.} 26.f5 {The defender at g6 must give way! 26.Nc3!? would
likely have been countered by 26... Nc5 since the bishop has
come alive. Nevertheless, White seems to have the better of it
after 27. Rcd1! This clever move would line up the rook
against the enemy queen, and the pressure at d6 is
significant. Black has weak pawns along the third rank, and
the bishop at b7 is pathetic. Hardly a winning position, but
one which definitely favors White.} 26...gxf5 {26...Rxe5 runs
into serious trouble after 27.fxg6! cxd5 28.gxf7+ Kg7
29.fxe8=Q} 27.Bxf5 {The knight at d5 is sacrificed, but the
rook at e6 will be won at the cost of a bishop, and Black`s
king is exposed.} 27...cxd5 28.Bxe6 Rxe6 {Grandmaster Nielsen
sees the enemy king defended by a mere pawn. Although he is
behind two pieces for a rook, he sacrifices a rook for the
pawn!} 29.Rxf7 Kxf7 30.Qh7+ Ke8 31.Qxh5+ {Black has a bishop
and a knight for two White pawns, but the king is trapped and
cannot flee to the queenside. The only question is whether the
king will be checkmated of whether White has nothing better
than continuing to give check until the game is drawn.}
31...Ke7 {31...Kf8 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.exd6+ Rxd6 34.Qg7+ Ke6
35.Re1+ and it is a forced checkmate in 8 moves. Kf5 36.Rf1+
Ke4 37.Qg4+ Kd3 ( 37...Ke5 38.Qf4+ Ke6 39.Qf5+ Ke7 40.Qf7#)
38.Rd1+ Kc3 39.Qd4+ Kb4 40.a3+! Kxb3 41.Rb1+ Ka4 42.cxd5+ Kxa3
43.Qa1#} 32.Qg5+ {White has nothing better.} 32...Ke8 33.Qh5+
Ke7 34.Qh7+ {Agreed drawn. Black`s extra pieces are useless,
and only blocked the escape route of the king. Unfortunately,
there is no way to force the king to the f-file, allowing the
rook to give check at f1. An exciting game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emory Tate"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O
a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bb3 Ng6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.a4 {A new move in
this rarely explored opening. It caught me offguard and I did
not react properly.} Bb7 {?! 9...b4 was surely the correct
plan. 9...Rb8 looks dubious because of 10.axb5 axb5 11.d5 +- }
10.d5 Nb8 { This retreat is not justified. I simply was afraid
of the plan of maneuvering my knight to c4, because I feared
that after a capture by the bishop, and recapture with my
d-pawn, that the pawn at c4 would then be a serious
weakness. 10...Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.b4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.bxc5
Bxc5 15.Na3 +0.27 would not be so bad for Black. } 11.Qe2 bxa4
{ I was thinking along the lines of my game with Nicholas
Yap. that's what happens when you win a nice game, it carries
over and the next time you use the opening you tend to play
the same way, whether or not it is appropriate.} 12.Rxa4 d6
13.Be3 {+/= No doubt about it, White has a small advantage
here. Nevertheless, Black can whip up some serious counter
play.} Bc8 {?! This bishop is destined to stagger drunkenly
all over the board, without having any serious effect on
White's position. 13...Nd7 would've been a much better plan
and in that case White's advantage would not have been so
significant. } 14.Nbd2 Bd7 15.Ra3 f5 {At this point there
really isn't any other source of counterplay.} 16.exf5 Bxf5
17.Bc4 Bg4 18.h3 Bc8 19.Ne4 h6 20.b4 {! +/- White has a
dominating position and Black is suffering under the weight of
a large number weaknesses.} Qe8 21.Nc5 {! A powerful move! The
sacrifice cannot be accepted.} Bd8 { 21...dxc5 ? 22.d6+ Kh8
23.dxe7 Nxe7 24.Bxc5 is a miserable for Black. } 22.Ne6 Rf6
23.Nd2 Bxe6 {!? Of course that this is not the best move,
objectively. I made the capture simply because it allowed me
to develop a plan to win White's new weakling at e6, and
possibly get some counter play going by advancing central
pawns. Other moves would have left me with a miserable
position with no real chances to establish any sort of counter
play.} 24.dxe6 Ne7 { All I have to do is somehow advance my
pawn from d6 to d5 and everything will be fine. Unfortunately
my opponent doesn't allow me to do that..} 25.Ne4 {!} Rf8
26.Ba2 {By the way, did I underestimate this move. At the very
end of the game you will see the point.} Qg6 27.Bc1 Kh8 28.b5
a5 29.f4 {!} d5 { Finally! At this point, however, the move
doesn't have much of an impact and allows the knight to take
up an even better post at c5.} 30.Nc5 c6 31.Qxe5 Bb6 32.Be3
Nf5 {? Right square, wrong piece. I could have kept the game
close by moving my rook to the square. 32...Rf5 ! 33.Qd4 Bxc5
34.Qxc5 Qxe6 35.bxc6 Nbxc6 +/= } 33.Bf2 {? A serious error
which allows me to get back into the game, but both of us
mis-analyzed the position and missed the finesse at the
end. 33.Bd4 ! Nxd4 34.cxd4 cxb5 35.Bxd5 Bxc5 36.dxc5 Ra7 37.f5
was the correct plan. White's passed pawns and dominating
bishop provide a winning advantage. } Re8 {? 33...Nh4 ! was
the saving plan. I spotted the move, of course, but simply
didn't date indeed enough into the position. Both players saw
the same continuation 34.Bxd5 ! cxd5 35.Qxd5 Ra7 ! 36.Bxh4 but
here we both failed to spot Rf5 ! 37.Qe4 Bxc5+ 38.Bf2 Qf6 [
38...Bxa3 39.Bxa7 ] 39.Bxc5 Rxc5 40.Rxa5 Rxa5 41.e7 Rc8
42.e8=Q+ Rxe8 43.Qxe8+ Kh7 44.Qxb8 Qxc3 with a difficult but
not hopeless position for Black. } 34.Bb1 {! +- The bishop
slips onto the long diagonal and finishes off the game.} Bxc5
35.Bxc5 Nd7 {I allow Emory Tate to finish the game with a
flashy tactic. Why not? He played very well.} 36.exd7 Rxe5
37.fxe5 {I resigned. My opponent at long last got his revenge
for my upset victory in the 1997 United States Masters.} 1-0

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc5
5.e3 Nf6 6.a3 O-O 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.b4 Be7 9.Bb2 b6 10.cxd5 Qxd5
11.e4 { 11.Bc4 Qd7 12.O-O Bb7 +0.00 } Qd7 {I should have taken
the pawn but the bluff worked. 11...Nxe4 12.Bc4 Qf5 13.Qc2
Nxd2 14.Qxf5 exf5 15.Nxd2 Rd8 =/+ } 12.e5 { 12.Bb5 ! +/= } Ng4
13.Nc4 Rd8 14.Qxd7 Rxd7 15.h3 Nh6 16.g4 Bb7 17.Be2 Rc8 {
17...f5 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.O-O +0.00 } 18.O-O {+0.00} Nxb4
19.axb4 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Rxc4 21.b5 {White has sufficient
compensation for material deficit} Rc2 22.Bc6 {!} Rc7 23.Ba3
Bc5 24.Rfd1 f5 { 24...g5 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.Ra8 Ng8
28.R8xa7 Rxa7 29.Rxa7 Rxe5 30.Rb7 Kf6 31.Rxb6 Ne7 +0.00 }
25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.Rd8+ Kf7 27.g5 Ng8 28.Rad1 Rxe5 29.f4 Rc5
30.Be8+ Ke7 31.Bh5 g6 32.Rxg8 gxh5 33.Rh8 Kf7 34.Rxh7+ Kg6
35.Rh6+ Kg7 36.Rxe6 Rxb5 37.Red6 { 37.Rdd6 +0.00 } Rb4 {
37...a5 38.Rd7+ Rxd7 39.Rxd7+ Kf8 40.Kf2 Black has all the
chances, but White can hold. } 38.Rd7+ Rxd7 39.Rxd7+ Kg6
40.Rd6+ Kg7 {Agreed drawn} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "Reno NV"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dragoljub Milicevic"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.g3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Bg2 e6 {+0.24 +0.24 +0.24
+0.24 2...Nf6 3.Nf3 c6 4.c4 dxc4 5.Qc2 Qd5 +0.00 2...c6 3.d4
+0.06 2...e5 3.c4 d4 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.a3 +0.00
2...c5 3.d3 +0.12 } 3.d3 c5 4.Nd2 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Ngf3 Be7
7.O-O O-O {+0.24 +0.24 7...b6 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.c3 Qc7 +0.00 7...Qc7
8.c3 O-O +0.00 } 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1 b5 10.Qe2 a5 11.Nf1 Re8 {N}
12.h4 Nf8 13.N1h2 f6 14.h5 fxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Qxe5 Bf6
17.Qe2 Ra7 18.Ng4 Rae7 19.Ne5 Bb7 20.Bf4 Qb6 21.g4 Nd7 22.c3
Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Qxe5 Qc7 25.Qxc7 Rxc7 26.Re5 Rf7 27.Rae1
Ref8 28.R1e2 Rf4 29.f3 Bc8 30.Kh2 b4 31.Kg3 bxc3 32.bxc3 Ra4
33.g5 Ra3 34.Rc2 Ba6 35.d4 {? 35.Bh3 Bxd3 36.Bxe6+ Kh8 37.Rc1
d4 38.Rxc5 Be2 ! ? } Bd3 36.Rd2 Bf5 37.Re3 cxd4 38.Rxd4 Rxa2
{-/+} 39.f4 Rc8 40.Bh3 g6 41.Bxf5 gxf5 42.c4 dxc4 43.Rc3 Ra4
44.Kh4 Rb4 45.h6 a4 46.g6 hxg6 47.Kg5 Rb3 48.Rcxc4 Rg3+ 49.Kf6
Rf8+ 50.Kxe6 Re3+ 51.Kd7 a3 52.Ra4 Kh7 53.Rd6 Rf7+ 54.Kd8 Kxh6
55.Raa6 Rg7 56.Rd2 Kh5 57.Rg2 Kh4 58.Ra4 Rb3 59.Kc8 Rg3 60.Rf2
Kg4 61.Kd8 Rh3 62.Re2 Rh8+ 63.Re8 Rxe8+ 64.Kxe8 a2 65.Rxa2
Kxf4 66.Ra4+ Kg3 67.Ra3+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Berkeley (People's)"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Michael Aigner"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} f5 2.Qd3 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bg5
{Transposes to known line,} g6 5.Nf3 {N} Nd7 6.h4 Ngf6 7.Ne5
{!? 7.e3 =, drawish position } Nxe5 8.dxe5 Ne4 9.Nxe4 fxe4
10.Qg3 Bg7 11.f3 {? 11.h5 } Bf5 12.h5 Qc7 13.f4 O-O-O {?}
14.Qa3 {+/= !} Rde8 15.h6 Bf8 16.Qxa7 {+/-} e3 17.O-O-O e6
18.Qxe3 Qa5 19.Qb3 Kc7 20.e3 Bc5 21.Kb1 {? !} Bg4 22.Rc1 Ra8
23.a3 b5 24.Bh4 Qa7 25.Bd3 {? 25.e4 +/- ! } b4 26.a4 Bxe3
{-/+} 27.Rce1 {? ! 27.Qxb4 Qxa4 28.Qxa4 Rxa4 29.b3 Ra7 -/+ }
Bd2 28.Bf6 Rhg8 29.Rd1 Qxa4 30.Qxa4 Rxa4 31.Rxd2 Rga8 32.c4 b3
{-+} 33.Kc1 Ra1+ 34.Bb1 Bf5 35.Rdd1 Rxb1+ 36.Kd2 Rxb2+ 37.Kc3
Rc2+ 38.Kd4 Rxc4+ 39.Ke3 b2 0-1

[Event "Black Knight Memorial Day"]
[Site "San Jose CA (USA)"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Bernard Liang"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} f5 2.Qd3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6
5.e4 {N 5.f3 g6 6.O-O-O Bg7 7.Qc4 h6 8.Bh4 f4 9.Bxf6 Bxf6
10.Nd5 e6 11.Nxf4 Bg5 12.e3 Qf6 13.Ngh3 Bd7 14.d5 Ne5 15.Qxc7
with a clear advantage for White, Krouzel vs. Spal, Czech
Republic 1997. } g6 6.h4 { 6.d5 Ne5 7.Qd4 Bg7 =, drawish
position } fxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Qxe4 Bf5 {=, drawish position}
9.Qd5 {! ?} h6 10.Be3 Qd7 { 10...Bg7 } 11.c3 {? ! 11.h5 ! ?
Nb4 12.Qxb7 Nxc2+ 13.Kd2 Rc8 14.Rc1 +/= 11.Qb3 !? +/= } a6 {
11...Bg7 } 12.b4 { 12.Qb3 !? Aiming for d5. } e6 {!} 13.Qb3
Bg7 14.Be2 { 14.h5 g5 15.O-O-O O-O Black has slight
counterplay } e5 15.d5 Ne7 { 15...Nd4 ! 16.cxd4 exd4 17.Bd2 d3
18.Rc1 dxe2 19.Nxe2 =/+ } 16.O-O-O {? !} c6 {? 16...O-O }
17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.Bc4 b5 { 18...Rc8 =, drawish position } 19.Bd5
Qc7 20.Ne2 Ke7 { 20...a5 21.Ng3 Ke7 22.Kd2 !? Computer line. I
didn't consider it. } 21.Ng3 Rhb8 {? ! 21...Rhc8 ! ? 22.h5 a5
23.hxg6 Bxg6 24.Nh5 ! 21...a5 ! Black has slight counterplay }
22.Nxf5+ gxf5 23.Qc2 Rf8 24.g4 {!} f4 25.Qh7 {+-} fxe3
26.Qxg7+ {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Michael Patraw"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nc6 4.b3 d5
5.Bb2 Bd6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.c4 Re8 8.c5 {? ! 8.Ne5 would have
eliminated the possibility of ...e5. } Bf8 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.Rc1
{?! Playing for tricks. Castling was correct.} e5 {! Black
rips open the center. I'm going to have to get my king castled
somehow!} 11.dxe5 Nxc5 12.Bb1 b6 {! The bishop correctly heads
for the a6-f1 diagonal. 12...Bg4 ? 13.Rxc5 Bxc5 14.Qc2 g6
15.Qxc5 } 13.O-O Ba6 {!} 14.h4 {!? I'm willing to sacrifice
the exchange, and more. I was in a headhunting mood.} Nb4 {
14...Bxf1 15.Nxf1 threatens the greek gift sacrifice on h7. g6
[ 15...Ne7 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Ng5+ Kg6 18.Qg4 Qd7 19.e6 ! fxe6
20.Ng3 ! e5 21.Qh5+ Kf6 22.Qf7# ] 16.h5 was a position I was
willing to play. } 15.Bxh7+ {!} Kxh7 16.Ng5+ Kg6 { 16...Kg8
17.Qh5 } 17.Qg4 Qd7 {!} 18.e6 {!} fxe6 19.Rxc5 {! The knight
at c5 might have otherwise have been able to participate in
the defense.} bxc5 20.Ndf3 {Threatening a huge fork at e5.}
Nc6 21.Nxe6+ {!} Kf7 22.Nfg5+ {The second knight comes into
the attack.} Ke7 23.Ba3 {! Threatening mate at c5.} Nb4 24.Rc1
{!} Nd3 25.Rc3 {! ? 25.Rxc5 works right away. I saw I could
win the queen, but got a little lazy, and was seduced by the
clear win I saw coming on the next move. ! Nxc5 26.Bxc5+ Qd6
27.Bxd6+ cxd6 [ 27...Kxd6 28.Qf4+ Kc6 29.Qxc7+ Kb5 30.Nd4+ Kb4
31.Nc2+ Kb5 32.a4# ] 28.Qf4 Kd7 29.Qa4+ Ke7 30.Qxa6 is simple
enough. } Kd6 26.Rxc5 {!} Rxe6 { 26...Nxc5 27.Bxc5+ Kc6
28.Nd4+ Kxc5 29.Qxd7 Kb4 30.Qa4+ Kc3 31.b4 leads to a forced
mate. } 27.Ra5+ Ke5 { 27...Kc6 28.Qa4+ Kb7 29.Qxd7 } 28.Qd4+
Kf5 29.Rxd5+ Re5 { 29...Ne5 30.Qe4+ Kf6 31.Rxd7 Nxd7 32.Qxe6#
} 30.Rxd7 Bxa3 31.Rxg7 Bd6 32.Nf7 Bc5 33.Qg4+ Kf6 34.Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Black Knight Memorial Day"]
[Site "San Jose CA USA"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hayes"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.c3 cxd4
5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.g3 Nxd5 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.O-O Bg4
11.Be3 { 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.d5 Bxf3 13.dxc6 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 bxc6 =,
Seils vs. Djeno, Germany 1994. } Rc8 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Ne5 Qxg2+
14.Kxg2 Bxd1 15.Rfxd1 Nb4 16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.a3 Nd5 18.Nd3 Kf8
19.Kf3 Ke8 20.h3 b6 21.Ne5 Nxe3 22.Kxe3 f5 23.Nc6 Rd6 24.Ne5
Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Rd5 27.f4 {I had hallucinated that
this move wasn't available because in my mind the king was
still at f3. I assumed the king would have to go to f4, when I
have a clear advantage. So now the rook endgame is even, I
have to find a way to exploit White's little weaknesses.} Kd7
28.Rc4 b5 29.Rc2 Rd1 30.Rc5 a6 31.a4 {? 31.Rc3 =, drawish
position } bxa4 32.Ra5 Rg1 33.Kf2 {? 33.Kf3 =, drawish
position } Rb1 34.Rxa6 Rxb2+ 35.Ke3 Rb3+ 36.Kd4 Rxg3 37.Rxa4
Rxh3 38.Ra7+ Ke6 39.Ra6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Black Knight Halloween tournament"]
[Site "San Jose CA (USA)"]
[Date "2004.10.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Eduardo De Guzman"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.e3 {?} Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.c4
Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 {=} Nc6 {
9...Nbd7 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bf5 12.h3 Rc8 13.Qe2 Nfd5 14.Ne4
Bxe4 15.Qxe4 e6 16.Bg5 Qd6 17.Rad1 a5 18.a3 Rfe8 19.Qd3 a4
20.Ba2 Ne7 21.Qe2 Nbd5 22.Bc1 Rc7 23.h4 Rec8 24.Bb1 Nf5 25.Qd3
Rc4 26.Ba2 Rc2 27.h5 Bh6 28.Bxh6 Nxh6 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Ne5 Rxb2
31.Bxd5 exd5 32.Qh3 Nf5 33.g4 Rb3 34.Qh1 Ng7 35.Qh6 Qf6 36.Rc1
Rbc3 37.Rxc3 Rxc3 38.Qd2 Rc8 39.Kg2 Ne6 40.Kg3 g5 41.Nd7 Qf4+
42.Qxf4 gxf4+ 43.Kg2 Kg7 44.Rb1 Rc7 45.Nb6 Nxd4 46.Nxd5 f3+
47.Kg3 Rc5 48.Ne3 b5 49.Rd1 ...1/2-1/2, Rodriguez Jorge Luis
2403 - Real De Azua E 2351 , Buenos Aires 2003 It [open]
9...a6 10.a4 Bg4 11.d5 Nbd7 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Ba2 Nb6 14.h3 Bxf3
15.Qxf3 Qd7 16.d6 exd6 17.Bg5 Qc6 18.Re7 Qxf3 19.gxf3 h6
20.Be3 Nc4 21.Rxb7 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rb8 23.Bxf7+ Kh7 24.Rxb8 Rxb8
25.Ra2 Nd7 26.Bc4 Nc5 27.a5 Rb4 28.Be2 g5 29.Kf2 Kg6 30.Nd1
Be5 31.Ra1 Kf6 32.Rc1 Bxb2 1/2-1/2, Lputian Smbat G 2590 -
Kakageldyev Amanmurad 2450 , Moscow 1994 Olympiad 9...Bg4
10.Be3 Nc6 11.d5 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Ne5 13.Qe2 Nxc4 1/2-1/2, Kotsur
Pavel 2586 - Seirawan Yasser 2636 , Bled 2002 Olympiad } 10.h3
{ 10.d5 Na5 11.Be2 b6 12.Bg5 +0.00 CAP } b6 11.Re1 { 11.a3 Bb7
12.Ba2 e6 13.Re1 Ne7 14.Ne5 Nfd5 15.h4 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Nd5 17.Qg4
b5 18.Bd2 Rc8 19.a4 Nxc3 20.Nxf7 Rxf7 21.Bxe6 b4 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7
23.Qe6+ Kf8 24.Bg5 Qd5 25.Be7+ Ke8 26.Bxb4+ Qxe6 27.Rxe6+ Kd8
28.Rd6+ Ke8 29.Bxc3 1-0, Kalod Radek 2479 - Van Wessel Rudy
2321 , Barcelona 2001 It [open] 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Be2
Nd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Qd2 Rfd8 16.Red1 e6 17.b3 Ne7 18.Bg5 Rd7
19.Bc4 Qf5 20.Bd3 Qd5 21.Bc4 Qc6 22.Qe2 Qe4 23.Qxe4 Bxe4
24.Ne5 Rdc7 25.Ng4 Bb7 26.Bf4 Rd7 27.Be5 Rdd8 28.Rac1 Kh8
29.Ne3 Nf5 30.Nxf5 gxf5 31.f3 Bxe5 32.dxe5 Kg7 1/2-1/2,
Mueller Michael 2270 - Milov Leonid 2510 , Berlin 1994 It
[open] "Berlin Summer" 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Re1 Na5 13.Bf1 h6 14.Bf4
Rc8 15.Qe2 Re8 16.Rad1 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.b3 Qf5 19.Qe3 g5
20.Bg3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Rcd8 22.a4 Nc6 23.d5 Rxd5 24.Bb5 Red8
25.Rxd5 Qxd5 26.Bxc6 Qxc6 27.Qxe7 Rd3 28.Qe8+ Qxe8 29.Rxe8+
Kh7 30.Re3 Rd7 31.Kf1 f5 32.f4 g4 33.hxg4 fxg4 34.Re6 Rf7
35.b4 h5 36.a5 bxa5 37.bxa5 Bf6 38.f5 h4 39.Bf4 Bg7 40.Bg5
Rxf5 41.Bxh4 Rxa5 42.Re4 Ra1+ 43.Kg2 a5 44.Rxg4 a4 45.Be7 a3
46.Ra4 a2 1/2-1/2, Djuric Stefan 2487 - Machulsky Anatoly D
2505 , Tbilisi 1973 Match "URS-Yugoslavia" } Bb7 12.Bg5 Na5 {
12...Rc8 13.Bf1 Nb4 14.Qa4 a5 15.a3 Nbd5 16.Nb5 h6 17.Bd2 e6
18.Rad1 Ne7 19.Ne5 Nfd5 20.Qb3 Nf5 21.Bc1 Qe7 22.Nc3 Qc7
23.Nb5 Qe7 24.Nc3 Qc7 25.Nb5 Qd8 26.Qf3 Qe7 27.Qb3 Ba8 28.Nc3
Qc7 29.Nb5 Qb7 30.Qf3 Rfd8 31.Bd3 Nh4 32.Qg3 Nf6 33.Bf1 Nf5
34.Qf4 g5 35.Qd2 Rd5 36.f3 Nd7 37.Qe2 Nxd4 38.Nxd4 Nxe5 39.Nb5
Rcd8 40.Rxd5 Qxd5 41.Nc3 Qb3 42.Be3 Bc6 43.Qf2 b5 44.Bb6 Rd7
45.Qc5 Nxf3+ 46.gxf3 Bd4+ 47.Qxd4 Rxd4 48.Bxd4 Qxb2 49.Nxb5
Qb3 50.Nc3 Qxa3 51.Ne4 Qxf3 52.Nf6+ ...0-1, Boehm Uwe 2245 -
Umansky Mikhail 2471 , Germany 3/30/2003 Landesliga South
2002/03 } 13.Bf1 { 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bf4 Rc8 15.Qe2 Re8 16.Rad1 Nd5
17.Bd2 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Qd5 19.Bxa5 Qxa5 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.dxe5
1/2-1/2, Lputian Smbat G 2445 - Vasiukov Evgeni 2528 , Moscow
1979 Olympiad URS 13.Be2 Rc8 14.Ne5 Nd5 15.Bd2 Nxc3 16.Bxc3
Rc7 17.Bf3 Bd5 18.Bxa5 bxa5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Qa4 Rfc8 21.Rad1
a6 22.Qb3 Qxb3 23.axb3 Rb8 24.Rd3 a4 25.bxa4 Rxb2 26.d5 Rcc2
27.Nc6 Rxf2 28.Nxe7+ Kf8 29.d6 Rxg2+ 30.Kh1 Rh2+ 31.Kg1 Rbg2+
32.Kf1 Rd2 33.Rxd2 Rxd2 34.Nc8 Bf6 35.Re4 Rd5 36.Ke2 Bd4
37.Kd3 Bg1+ 38.Kc3 h5 39.Rc4 Bh2 40.Rc6 a5 41.Kc4 Rd1 42.Kb5
g5 43.Kxa5 g4 44.hxg4 hxg4 45.Kb5 g3 46.Rc2 Bg1 47.Rg2 Bf2
48.a5 Ke8 49.a6 Kd8 50.a7 Ra1 51.Ne7 Kd7 52.Nf5 Rxa7 ...0-1,
Roos Celine 2176 - Spiridonov Nikola 2400 , Naujac 2000 It }
Rc8 { 13...h6 14.Bf4 Rc8 15.Qe2 Re8 16.Rad1 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5
18.b3 Qf5 19.Qe3 g5 20.Bg3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Rcd8 22.a4 Nc6 23.d5
Rxd5 24.Bb5 Red8 25.Rxd5 Qxd5 26.Bxc6 Qxc6 27.Qxe7 Rd3 28.Qe8+
Qxe8 29.Rxe8+ Kh7 30.Re3 Rd7 31.Kf1 f5 32.f4 g4 33.hxg4 fxg4
34.Re6 Rf7 35.b4 h5 36.a5 bxa5 37.bxa5 Bf6 38.f5 h4 39.Bf4 Bg7
40.Bg5 Rxf5 41.Bxh4 Rxa5 42.Re4 Ra1+ 43.Kg2 a5 44.Rxg4 a4
45.Be7 a3 46.Ra4 a2 1/2-1/2, Djuric Stefan YUG 2440 -
Machulsky Anatoly D RUS 2350, Tbilisi Georgia 1973 1/2-1/2,
Djuric Stefan 2487 - Machulsky Anatoly D 2505 , Tbilisi 1973
Match "URS-Yugoslavia" } 14.Rc1 h6 {-0.18 CAP 14...a6 15.Ne5
b5 16.a3 Qd6 17.Qd2 Nb3 18.Qd3 Nxc1 19.Rxc1 Rfd8 20.Rd1 Bd5
21.Qe3 Be6 22.Qf3 Bc4 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Bf4 Qb6 25.d5 Qxb2
26.Nc6 Rd7 27.Rb1 Qxa3 28.Bc1 Qd6 29.Bf4 Qa3 30.Bc1 Qd6 31.Bf4
Qa3 1/2-1/2, Sargissian Gabriel 2519 - Belotti Bruno 2403 ,
Ohrid 2001 Ch Europe } 15.Bh4 { 15.Bf4 a6 16.Ne5 b5 17.b4 Nc6
18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Be5 Qb6 20.Qb3 e6 21.a4 Rfd8 22.axb5 axb5
23.Qa2 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Qa5 Qxa5 26.bxa5 Bc4 27.a6 Rd7
28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Re5 Rxd4 30.Rxb5 Bxb5 31.Rxc8 Rd1 32.a7 Rxf1+
33.Kh2 Bc6 34.Rxc6 Ra1 35.Rc7 1/2-1/2, Raffalt Manfred 2189 -
Horvath Gyula 2440 , Austria 1995 Staatsliga B South 1995/96 }
g5 16.Bg3 e6 17.Ne5 Nc6 {+- ?! 17...Qe7 !? 18.Bd3 Rfd8 19.Nb5
Nc6 +- } 18.Nb5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Rxc1 20.Qxc1 Ne4 21.f3 {?!} a6
22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.fxe4 axb5 24.Qc3 Qf6 {+- !? 24...Qd7 ?! 25.d5+
f6 26.Qb4 exd5 +- } 25.Bxb5 Rd8 26.d5 {+- 26.e5 !? Qf4 27.Rd1
Qe4 28.Bf1 +- } Qxc3 27.bxc3 exd5 28.exd5 Rxd5 29.a4 {+- ?!
29.Re7 !? Rxb5 30.Rxb7 Kg6 31.Kf2 +- } Rd2 {!} 30.Re2 Rd1+ {+-
?! 30...Rxe2 !? 31.Bxe2 f5 32.Kf2 Be4 +- } 31.Kf2 Rc1 {-/+}
32.c4 Kf6 33.Kg3 h5 34.Rf2+ {+- ?! 34.Rd2 !? Ke5 35.Rd7 Ba8
36.Re7+ +- } Ke7 {+- ! 34...Ke6 ? 35.Re2+ Kd6 36.Rd2+ Ke6 +- }
35.Re2+ Kd6 36.Rf2 {+- 36.Rd2+ !? Kc5 37.Re2 f6 38.Re7 +- }
Rc3+ 37.Kh2 Be4 38.Be8 {+- ! 38.Rb2 !? Bc2 39.g3 Bb3 40.Rd2+
+- } f5 {+- ?! 38...Rxc4 !? 39.Bxf7 Rxa4 40.Bxh5 b5 +- }
39.Bxh5 Rxc4 40.Rb2 {+- ?! 40.Be8 !? Rb4 41.Re2 f4 42.Kg1 +- }
Kc7 {+- ? 'better is' 40...Rc2 41.Rxc2 Bxc2 42.Be8 f4 +- }
41.Ra2 Kb7 {+- 41...Bc6 !? 42.Bd1 Rb4 43.Kg3 f4+ +- } 42.Be8
{offered draw} Kc7 43.Bb5 Rd4 44.Kg3 Kd6 45.Kf2 Rb4 46.Be2 {+-
46.Be8 !? Bd5 47.Re2 f4 48.Rd2 +- } Bd5 47.Ra3 Rb2 48.Ke1 Bxg2
{+- 48...Ke5 !? 49.a5 bxa5 50.Rxa5 Kd4 +- } 49.Rg3 Be4 50.Rxg5
Ke5 51.h4 Kd4 {+- ?! 51...Rb4 !? 52.h5 Rxa4 53.h6 Ra1+ +- }
52.h5 Rb1+ 53.Kf2 Rh1 {+- 53...Rb2 !? 54.Rg8 f4 55.Rd8+ Kc3 +-
} 54.Bf3 {+- ?! 54.Rg6 !? Rh2+ 55.Ke1 f4 56.Rxb6 +- } Rh3
55.Bxe4 fxe4 56.Kg2 Rh4 57.Kg3 Rh1 58.Kg2 Rh4 59.Kg3 {+-
Agreed drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkeley"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Dmitry Zilberstein"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6
5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O a6 8.b4 Nbd7 9.Bb2 e5 { 9...b5 10.Nd2
d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.a3 ...1/2-1/2, Nitsche Dirk GER 2295 -
Farago Sandor HUN 2285, Germany 1996 } 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.dxe5 dxe5
12.b5 Nc5 13.Nd2 axb5 14.cxb5 cxb5 15.Bxb5 Be6 16.a4 Rac8
17.Ba3 Qc7 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Nce4 Ncxe4 20.Qxc7 Rxc7 21.Nxe4
Rxc1 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western States Open"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Dmitry Zilberstein"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7
5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O c5 8.b3 Bb7 9.Bb2 a6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.d5
Qb8 {N} 12.Rad1 { 12.Rfd1 =, drawish position } b5 {!?}
13.cxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Nb6 15.e4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Rxa2 17.Rb1 {
17.Nc3 Rxb2 ! 18.Qxb2 Nxd5 =, drawish position } Nxd5 18.Bc4
{!} Nb4 19.Nc3 Rxb2 {!} 20.Rxb2 d5 21.Bxd5 {?! Played mostly
out of exhaustion, this was the second tough game of the
day. 21.Be2 e5 21...d4 22.Na4 d3 23.Bd1 Bxb2 24.Qxb2 Qd6 Still
not so clear. 22.Rbb1 e4 23.Ng5 23.Ne1 was the move I
concentrated on during the game. d4 24.Na4 d3 25.Bxd3 Qd6
26.Rc1 Na6 27.Qe2 exd3 28.Nxd3 Bd4 with some compensation for
the exchange. Bh6 24.Na4 e3 25.Qxe3 Re8 26.Qxc5 Rxe2 27.Nxh7 !
I didn't see this. Kxh7 28.Qxb4 -/+ } Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5
23.Qxd5 Bxb2 24.Qxc5 {Agreed drawn} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 0304 (4NCL)"]
[Site "West Bromwich"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[EventDate "2003.10.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bogdan Lalic"]
[Black "Simon Kim Williams"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 g5 9. h3 h5 10. Nf1 cxd4 11. Bb5 g4 12. hxg4
hxg4 13. N3h2 Qb6 14. a4 Nf8 15. Qxg4 Bd7 16. Nf3 O-O-O
17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. a5 Qc7 19. Bd2 Ng6 20. a6 {(=)} Rdg8 21. Ba5
Qb8 22. Qxd4 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Rxh4 24. Qd3 c5 25. Qb3 Bb5 26. Ng3
Kd7 27. Bd2 Kc6 28. Qf3 Rg7 29. Ra5 Bd8 30. Ra3 Rgh7 31. b3
Kd7 32. c4 Bc6 33. Qd3 Ke8 34. cxd5 Bxd5 35. Ra4 Qxb3 36. Qxb3
Bxb3 37. Rxh4 Rxh4 38. Ne4 Be7 39. f3 Bd5 40. g3 Rh8 41. Be3
Bxe4 42. fxe4 Kd7 43. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "East Bay Masters"]
[Site "Berkeley CA"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Justin Sarkar"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 a6 {!?} 3.Nc3 { 3.Nf3
c5 4.d5 b5 reached a Benko Gambit in F.Portisch - Barczay,
Budapest 1976 Hungarian Championship. } c5 4.d5 { 4.dxc5!? Qa5
( 4...e6 5.e4 Bxc5 would be a Kan Sicilian, but White's knight
is still at g1 instead of d4. 6.e5!? Qb6 7.Qf3 Ng8 Black will
play ...Nc6 and drop the queen back to c7, and Nge7-g6
followed by castling. White has no lead in development and
Black's position is probably safe enough. ) 5.Nf3 e6 6.Nd4
Qxc5 7.e4 Qc7 is a Sicilian Maroczy Bind, Kuligowski -
Barczay, Warsaw Zonal 1979. } b5 {We now have a Benko Gambit
position, compare 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nc3 a6!?} 5.cxb5
axb5 6.Nxb5 { 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 is another way to play, as in
Farago - Barczay, Budapest 1976 Hungarian Championship. } Ba6
7.Nc3 d6 8.Nf3 g6 9.e4 {This is one of the most popular
methods of dealing with the Benko Gambit.} Bxf1 10.Kxf1 Bg7
11.h3 O-O 12.Kg1 { This is known as the King Walk variation,
because White's king strolls to h2 so that the rook can get
into the game on the e-file.} Na6 {!? Black usually puts the
knight at d7, but this is a more active plan.} 13.Kh2 Nb4
14.Re1 {A new move, but not an improvement. 14.Be3 e6 15.a3
Na6 16.Qd2 exd5 17.exd5 Re8 18.Bh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Rb8 20.Rab1
Nc7 21.Rhd1 gave White a better game in Harmon - Basanta,
Vancouver 1989. } Qa5 15.Bg5 { 15.a3 Qa6 ( 15...c4 16.Nd4 Nd3
17.Nc6 Qc7 18.Re2 e6 19.Qc2 Rfe8 20.Nb5 gave White a strong
initiative in Graf - Suhendra, Jakarta .1997 ) 16.Qe2 Rfb8
17.Qxa6 Rxa6 18.Re2 Nd3 19.Ne1 Nxc1 20.Rxc1 Nd7 and the
powerful Black bishop compensates for the missing pawn,
Akkerman - Van Der Sterren , Netherlands 1974. } Qa6 16.Qd2
Nd3 17.Re3 c4 18.Ne1 Nc5 19.f4 {? This creates a weakness on
the second rank that is deftly exploited by Fed.} h6 20.Bh4
Nh5 21.g3 Rfb8 22.Rc1 Bxc3 {!} 23.Rcxc3 Qxa2 { Black has
invaded the seventh tank and regained the pawn. The dark
square bishop was useful, but the decision to part with it was
correct.} 24.Bxe7 {White will regret opening up the
e-file. 24.Re2! would have helped out at e2. Sometimes passive
defense is the best strategy.} Re8 25.Bxd6 Nxe4 {White loses
the exchange, but that is just the beginning of the problems.}
26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Be5 Rxe1 {White won. 28.Qxe1 Qxb2+ 29.Kh1 Ra1
{wins easily.} 0-1

[Event "Zappa - Ehlvest Exhibition Match"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Zappa (Computer)"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 {Comments by GM Ehlvest. In the last game I decided to
continue to play open chess and started with 1.e2-e4, as in
game two I played slow chess with 1.d2-d4 and did not get much
from the opening. Computers play the same regardless of their
opponent, so it means that to make a draw as white against a
computer is not so difficult.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3
Bh5 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Nd7 14. b3 Ncb6 15. Nbd2 c5
16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf1 {Yes 17.d4-d5 was the right move against
computer keeping the position as closed as possible. I of
course saw this move but instead went for dynamic play where
once again the computer proved that in open positions it
calculates very well. } cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Re2 exd4
20. Nxd4 d5 21. e5 Bxc2 22. Nxc2 Re8 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. e6 fxe6
25. Nxe6 Qe7! {! A strong move as after nearly every move Bxf2
is coming. Still white has enough compensation for the pawn.}
26. Bb2 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxe6 28. Qd4 Qe5 29. Rd1 Qxd4 30. Bxd4
Rf8 31. Rxf8+ {? The draw was imminent and I just made this
move too carelessly, losing a few tempi in the endgame.} Kxf8
32. Ne3 g6 33. Re1 Rc6 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Nc8 36. Ke2 Ne7
37. Kd3 Nc5+ {This move got some critical remarks from some
internet onlookers, but it is nearly impossible to make the
extra pawn worth of something. Computers are not good
practical players; they don't use methods like keeping the
tension in equal positions and using psychological pressure
against your opponent.} 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Kd4 Rc6 { And a draw
was agreed. Anthony: A bit of an explanation is perhaps in
order here. Zappa needs a minute or so to find the drawing
line for White: 1. Ne3xd5 Ne7xd5 2. Kd4xd5 Rc6-c2 3. a2-a4!
Rc2-c3 4. Re1-e6! Rc3xb3 5. Re6xa6 b5xa4 6. Ra6xa4 Rb3xh3 =
(-0.23) Depth: 17/35 00:01:14.98 283066kN (3775 KN/s, 18467
splits, 1617 aborts) After this Black has 2v1 on the the
kingside in a rook endgame, which is drawn with perfect
play. I didn't feel like grinding out another 50 moves, so I
offered the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Seongeup Village vs. Douglaston Village Summit"]
[Site "Douglaston"]
[Date "2005.02.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lauren S Hwang"]
[Black "Hyungsook Kim"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "240"]

1. d4 { Lauren S. Hwang (2005) authors the annotative notes to
this game in the private Book of the Douglaston-Seongeup Chess
Summit, a joint project of the DCC and the SCS. On 1 February
2005, four members of the Seongeup Chess Society squared off
in four individual games against four Douglaston masters at
Rockefeller Park. We used the Douglaston Time Control of three
hours per player per game with no increments. The four SCS
members who partook in this summit (all very young women) were
Haneul Chung, Junghye Kang, Eunyoung Park, and Hyungsook Kim,
the twenty-year-old team captain and youngest member of the
delegation. The four DCC members who partook in this summit
were Frank Estrus, Paul Roberts, Andrew West, and myself. We
were only told that the four were players of 2200 strength and
well-versed in prophylaxis. As anyone from the Korean chess
school of thought will tell you, Korean chess players,
especially girls, will only play "conventional openings"
(i.e., the Ruy Lopez and not the Damiano Defense). It conforms
to notions of Confucian duties and an adherence to principles
of "virtuous obedience" as opposed to "innovative
individualism." I felt that the romantically inclined chess
styles of Estrus, West, and Roberts had absolutely no chances
against their respective opponents. The next day, the girls
punctually arrived at the park. I was quite shocked! They
emerged from a limousine, were extraordinarily well-dressed,
and had personal servants, as if their stunning looks and
ultra-trim figures weren't enough. Estrus, West, Roberts, and
I crammed ourselves in a taxicab to save money (!). I was
wondering whether these people really came from Seongeup
Village, a tourist attraction in Korea renown for its thatched
huts and villagers. In this game, I crossed swords with
Hyungsook Kim, the team captain. I was told that Kim was an
expert at Queen-and-Pawn endgames. Her apparent reputation for
playing quickly, though, frightened me a little. Nonetheless,
I smiled warmly and bowed to my opponent, who reciprocated the
gesture. The arbiter, Mr. Steven Brooks, started our four
clocks at two in the afternoon, Eastern Standard Time. The
summit ended at five, and the final score was: DCC 1, SCS 3. I
notched up our only point, and my colleagues fell to their
opponents. } 1... d5 2. Nf3 { I wasn't afraid that the
prim-and-proper Kim would play 2...e5, for the
rough-and-tumble Albin Countergambit that is certainly not the
favorite province of Korean chess-players. } 2... Nf6 3. c4 c6
4. cxd5 { Having just watched my three respective colleagues
essay three unsound openings at the starts of their games, I
was groaning in my mind and decided that against the "Great
Wall of Korea" I had no choice but to go for the Slav Exchange
(the fast-track to equality) and at least salvage some DCC
dignity. } 4... cxd5 { With this move, Kim turned down my
first offer of a draw. } 5. Nc3 Nc6 { With this move, Kim
turned down my second offer of a draw. } 6. Bf4 Bf5 { With
this move, Kim turned down my third offer of a draw. } 7. e3
e6 { With this move, Kim turned down my fourth offer of a
draw. } 8. Bd3 Bxd3 { With this move, Kim turned down my fifth
offer of a draw. } 9. Qxd3 Bd6 { With this move, Kim turned
down my sixth offer of a draw. } 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 { With this
move, Kim turned down my seventh offer of a draw. } 11. O-O
O-O { With this move, Kim turned down my eighth offer of a
draw. } 12. a3 a6 { With this move, Kim turned down my ninth
offer of a draw. } 13. Na4 { This is the first new move in the
given position. According to my database the first dozen moves
have occurred sixteen times in history, with a record of
O-O-16 (!!). Only three of those sixteen games actually lasted
longer than fourteen moves. } 13... e5 { When Kim made this
move, I was quite shocked. Surely the captain of the Seongeup
Chess Society did not mean to create an IQP for herself...or
did she? Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Junghye Kang,
who looked rather happy pummeling the living daylights of her
confused DCC opponent. When she noticed Black's thirteenth
move, she placed her hand over her mouth and quickly walked
away. Black's thirteenth move is a positional error, but one
cannot blame her. Everyone else on her side was winning games,
and she felt compelled to follow the lead. } 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. h3 { At this point the both of us had
consumed about five minutes of our time. Perhaps my pawn nudge
was superfluous but I did not want to see 16...Ng4. Now I get
to double Rooks on the d-file, a possibility that was slowed
down by my somewhat laborious 22. Qd4?!. } 16... b5 17. Nc3
Rac8 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Qd4 Qd6 20. Rd2 Rc4 21. Qa7 Rc7 22. Qd4
Rcc8 { I found this move rather astonishing. Kim is
essentially saying "pass" but I don't think she is conveying
her wish constructively. } 23. Rfd1 Rc4 24. Qa7 Qe6 { Black
simply overlooked White's next move, but then again her d-pawn
is no asset and I am not sure she wanted her entire army stuck
defending it. Still, I would have been more worried if she
tried to isolate my b-pawn by a Queenside demonstration. }
25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 h6 28. Rd2 { As I felt
during the game, White had several plans of action. Plans
involving the placement of my heavy pieces on Black's first
rank seemed highly suspect and I decided to cautiously defend
my Queenside pawns instead. } 28... Qe5 29. Rd1 { Here I took
my turn in saying "pass" but I think that this version was
better than Kim's espousal of 22...Rcc8. I am tempting Black
to play 29...Rc2. } 29... Rc2 30. Qxa6 Qf5 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. f4
Rxb2 33. Rd8 Rb3 34. Re8 Rc3 35. Kh2 Qd7 36. Qe4+ f5 37. Qe5 {
With this move I have achieved a fairly dominating
position. White's maneuvers from moves 30 to 36 deserve
careful study. } 37... Rc7 38. Re6 Qf7 39. g4 { This move,
which Kim could not avoid in the long run, helps to create a
passed e-pawn. In addition, the constellation of White's heavy
pieces around the King is of grave concern and Kim's b-pawn
looks unhealthy. The student should give serious thought to
White's thirty-ninth to fifty-first moves. } 39... fxg4 { If
Black tried 39...g6?! there would follow 40. Re8! (40. Rf6??
Qa2+ and mates) Qg7 41. Qxb5. } 40. hxg4 Qd7 41. Kh3 Ra7
42. Rd6 Qf7 43. Qe4+ g6 44. Qd3 Re7 45. Kg3 Qe8 46. Kf3 Qa8+
47. e4 Qc8 48. e5 Qe8 49. Rb6 Rc7 50. Kg3 Ra7 51. Rxb5 { White
finally wins the weak b-pawn. The win would seem easy but
Black is still fighting and the advance of White's passers is
by no means a sure possibility. I was moreover concerned about
my consumption of time here. Kim, true to her swift nature,
had consumed only half an hour but I had used ninety-five
minutes. } 51... Qe7 52. Rb4 Qc5 53. Qf3 Qe7 54. Rb3 Kg7
55. Re3 Ra5 { Black has achieved the optimal placements of her
pawns and pieces for a position this desperate. Her defensive
maneuvers indicate her depth of defensive strategies and
deserve diligent study. } 56. Qe4 { I played this move after
nine minutes' thought and was muttering regrets to myself. I
can't believe I let Kim take one of my pawns AND go into the
Queen-and-pawn endgame that is her specialty. But what else
could I do? } 56... Rxa3 57. Rxa3 Qxa3+ 58. Qf3 { With this
move, I began the hardest Queen-and-pawn endgame of my
life. Hyungsook Kim's strength in these endgames is best
demonstrated by a game I remembered in the back of my head. In
a game with Junghye Kang, she fell behind three pawns in a
Queen-and-pawn endgame and miraculously managed to draw! I
give the endgame of that fascinating encounter below, played
in Andong in 2001: White (Kim) to move: Kb1, Qd2; Black: Kd5,
Qc5, Pc4, Pd3, Pg6: 52. Qg2+ Kd6 53. Qxg6+ Kc7 54. Qg7+ Kb6
55. Qc3 Qg1+ 56. Kb2 Qf2+ 57. Kc1 Qf1+ 58. Kb2 Qe2+ 59. Kc1
Kb5 60. Kb1 d2 61. Qb2+ Kc5 62. Qa3+ Kc6 63. Qa8+ Kc7 64. Qa5+
Kd6 65. Qd8+ Kc5 66. Qc7+ Kd4 67. Qd6+ Ke4 68. Qe6+ Kf3
69. Qh3+ Kf4 70. Qh4+ Kf5 71. Qh7+ Kg4 72. Qg7+ Kf3 73. Qf6+
Kg3 74. Qg5+ Kf2 75. Qf4+ Kg2 76. Qg5+ Kf1 77. Qf4+ Kg1
78. Qd4+ Qf2 79. Qg4+ Kf1 80. Qxc4+ Qe2 81. Qf4+ Kg2 82. Qg5+
Kh3 83. Qf5+ Kg3 84. Qg5+ Kf2 85. Qf4+ Ke1 86. Qh4+ Qf2
87. Qe4+ Kd1 88. Qg4+ Ke1 89. Qe4+ Qe2 90. Qh4+ Kf1 91. Qf4+
Kg1 92. Qg3+ Kh1 93. Qh3+ Qh2 94. Qxh2+ Kxh2 95. Kc2 d1=B+
Draw. It was on this game that Hyungsook's reputation with
this endgame was established. } 58... Qe7 59. Qe3 Qe6 { Kim
played this move immediately. As a matter of fact, Kim would
only consume five minutes for her fifty-ninth through
one-hundred-and-twentieth moves (!!). This was really not cool
and I resented having to play against "Miss Endgame
Perfection." } 60. Qa7+ Kh8 61. Qb8+ Kg7 62. Qc7+ Kg8 63. Qb7
Kh8 64. Qb4 Kg7 65. Qd6 Qb3+ 66. Kf2 Qb2+ 67. Kf3 Qb3+ 68. Ke4
Qc4+ 69. Qd4 Qc6+ 70. Ke3 Qc1+ 71. Kf3 Qf1+ 72. Kg3 Qe1+
73. Qf2 Qc3+ 74. Qf3 Qe1+ 75. Kg2 Qa5 76. Kh3 { The annoying
checks have ended and I am itching to advance a pawn. }
76... Qc5 77. e6 Qe7 78. Qe3 Kg8 79. f5 gxf5 80. gxf5 Qf6
81. Qe4 Qc3+ 82. Kg4 Qg7+ 83. Kf3 Qc3+ 84. Qe3 Qf6 85. Qg1+
Kh7 86. Ke4 { I have finally achieved a beautiful arrangement
of my pieces and pawns and this is practical Zugzwang for Kim!
I honestly thought she would resign here. } 86... Qe7 { Kim's
alternative was 86...h5, which loses quickly 87. Qg6+ Qxg6
88. fxg6+ Kxg6 89. Ke5 h4 90. Kd6 h3 91. e7. She decided to
jettison her last pawn but obtains a healthy and continuous
resistance. } 87. Qg6+ Kh8 88. Qxh6+ { I began to relax a
little here. Am I not winning? Unfortunately, the issue is
very complicated. } 88... Kg8 89. Qd2 Qh4+ 90. Qf4 Qe7
91. Qg3+ Kh7 92. Qe5 Qb4+ 93. Kf3 Qb3+ 94. Kf4 Qh3 95. Qc7+
Kh6 96. Qc1 { After exhaustive preparations, I finally get to
advance a pawn. } 96... Qh2+ { This move is objectively
Black's best reply. Kim later told me that she during the game
she rejected 96...Qh4+ because it loses more quickly, having
foreseen the following variation: 97. Ke5+ Kh7 98. Qg1 Qb4
99. Qg6+ Kh8 100. Qh6+ Kg8 101. Qg5+ Kh8 102. Qd8+ Kh7
103. Qd7+ Kg6 104. e7 Qe1+ 105. Kd5 Qd1+ 106. Kc6 Qa4+
107. Kd6 Qf4+ 108. Kc5 Qe3+ 109. Qd4 Qa3+ 110. Kc6 Qxe7
111. Qd6+ Qxd6+ 112. Kxd6 Kg5 113. Ke6. } 97. Ke4+ Kh7 98. f6
Qe2+ 99. Kd5 Qd3+ 100. Ke5 Qb5+ 101. Kd6 Kg6 { This move is
objectively Black's best reply. Kim later told me that she
during the game she rejected 101...Qb6+ because it loses more
quickly, having foreseen the following variation: 102. Qc6
Qd4+ 103. Ke7 Kg6 104. Qc2+ Kg5 105. f7 Qa7+ 106. Kd8 Qa3
107. Qc6 Qf8+ 108. Kd7 Kf5 109. Qd6 Qg7 110. Qd5+ Kg6
111. Qg2+. } 102. f7 Qb6+ 103. Qc6 Qd8+ 104. Qd7 Qb6+ 105. Ke7
Qb4+ 106. Kd8 Qf8+ 107. Kc7 Qc5+ 108. Qc6 Qe7+ 109. Kc8 Kh6 {
Kim cannot afford to check again, i.e.: 109...Qf8+ 110. Kd7
Kg7 111. Qc3+ Kg6 112. Qg3+ Kh7 113. Qh2+ Kg7 114. Qe5+ Kg6
115. Qe4+ Kg7 116. Qg4+ Kf6 117. Qf4+ Kg6 118. e7. } 110. Qd7
Qa3 { Kim still cannot check again, i.e. 110...Qf8+ 111. Qd8
Qc5+ 112. Qc7 Qf8+ 113. Kd7 Kh5 114. Qd6, or 110...Qf8+
111. Qd8 Qc5+ 112. Qc7 Qf5 113. Qh2+ Kg7 114. Qd6 Qc2+
115. Kd8 Qf5 116. f8=Q+. } 111. Qd4 Kg6 { Kim is simply stuck
for checks, i.e.: 111...Qf8+ 112. Kd7 Kh5 113. Qd5+ Kh6
114. Qg2+ Kh7 115. Qg8+. I believe the divergence of our
depths of foresight in this endgame illustrates Kim's superior
understanding of Queen-and-pawn endgames over my insights. The
student will notice that the variations I foresaw are rather
short, but Kim's lines reached much further in the earlier
parts of the game when affairs were less certain. } 112. Qg4+
Kf6 { Kim was fighting bravely in a very uphill battle, and
very quickly at that. I was clearly unhappy with my
progress. I was inching ever closer to victory but she seemed
to elude my grasp. I had forty minutes left on my clock and
sank into deep thought here. At first, I believed I had an
easy win because of my opportunity for a second Queen with
113. Qf4+. On deeper reflection, however, I found out what a
sly fox Kim was. As a matter of fact, Black actually escapes
with a draw and might even win (!), as the following
variations will show. I have omitted confusing “sub-variation”
parentheses and the like, so the student can easily view each
variation as a separate line: (A) 113. Qf4+ Kxe6 114. f8=Q
Qa6+ 115. Kd8 Qa5+ 116. Qc7 Qd5+ 117. Kc8 Qa8+ 118. Qb8 Qc6+
119. Qc7 Qa8+ 120. Qb8 Qc6+ 121. Qc7 Qa8+ drawn. (B) 113. Qf4+
Kxe6 114. f8=Q Qa6+ 115. Kd8 Qa5+ 116. Kc8 Qa6+ 117. Kc7
Qc6+!! 118. Kb8 Kb6+ 119. Kc8 Qa6+ drawn. (C) 113. Qf4+ Kxe6
114. f8=Q Qa6+ 115. Kd8 Qa5+ 116. Kc8 Qa6+ 117. Kc7 Qc6+!!
118. Kxc6 stalemate. (D) 113. Qf4+ Kxe6 114. f8=Q Qa6+
115. Kd8 Qa5+ 116. Qc7 Qd5+ 117. Kc8 Qa8+ 118. Qb8 Qc6+
119. Qc7 Qa8+ 120. Qb8 Qc6+ 121. Qc7 Qa8+ drawn. (E) 113. Qf4+
Kxe6 114. f8=Q Qa6+ 115. Kd8 Qa5+ 116. Ke8?? Qa8+ 117. Qb8
Qxb8#. (F) 113. Qf4+ Kxe6 114. f8=Q Qa6+ 115. Kd8 Qa5+
116. Qc7 Qd5+ 117. Ke8?? Qa8+ 118. Qd8 Qc6+ 119. Qd7+
Qxd7#. (G) 113. Qf4+ Kxe6 114. f8=Q Qa6+ 115. Kb8 Qb6+
116. Kc8 Qa6+ 117. Kd8 Qa5+ 118. Qc7 Qd5+ 119. Kc8 Qa8+
drawn. In each of the seven variations, Black employs some
very elegant-looking geometric themes (even a thematic
concession of the Queen for stalemate!!) to survive by the
narrowest of margins despite being DOWN A QUEEN in every
single line! I did not foresee all of these variations (though
my opponent did, as she told me after the game) but I finally
(and sadly) convinced myself that there was no win with
113. Qf4+. My best try would have been obviously 113. Qf4+ Ke6
114. f8=N+ etc., but I had only five minutes left and I had no
desire to engage Kim any further in her field of expertise. I
was about to offer a draw. As I plowed through the thicket of
all these divinely ordained Two-Queens-versus-one-Queen draws,
my head was bowed and my eyes were closed. I slowly opened my
eyes. The three winners of these games were calmly sipping on
bubble tea and by their expressions, looked satisfied that
there was no win for me. Out of my corner of my eye, I even
saw Kim write 1/2 on her score sheet (!!). I began to despair;
maybe she really was unbeatable in Queen and pawn endgames!
Then suddenly, I noticed something awry about the placement of
Black's Queen and King. My mind suddenly leapt for joy. With a
slight grin on my face (I don't like showing over-ecstatic
emotions very much) I slipped the Queen between my thumb and
index finger and gently nudged it one square. } 113. Qf3+ { Oh
wow! This is White's quickest and perhaps most elegant way to
victory. After years of boring positional struggles with JW,
it's nice to know that I can still pull off a "Queen
sacrifice" every now and then (it's not really a sacrifice,
but for me, it counts!). At this point, Kim gasped and buried
her face in her hands. She then stared at the board for about
a minute, her longest think (!) of the second half of this
game. } 113... Qxf3 114. f8=Q+ Ke5 { Kim vainly tries to take
advantage of my time-trouble by one last trick, as White
cannot play 115. e7. } 115. Qxf3 Kxe6 116. Qh5 { There are
obviously quicker mates in the QK v. K endgame but I wasn't
inclined in the least to figure this one out. } 116... Kd6
117. Qf5 Kc6 118. Qe5 Kb6 119. Qd5 Ka6 120. Kc7 Ka7 { Kim
quietly made this move and gently pushed her clock. I took my
pen and began to write her move. My opponent finally muttered
(in Korean), "Not bad at all..." and tipped her King over. You
could not hear a pin drop in those next few moments as my
opponent and I looked at each other blankly for a few
moments. Then we both got up and embraced. This marathon
struggle won the Brilliancy Prize. } 1-0

[Event "HB Global Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shen Siyuan"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 c5 4.Bb2 Nf6
5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 d4 9.e4 e5 10.h3 h6 {A new
move, but nothing special. 10...Qc7 is an old Cecil Purdy
game. 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.Nbd2 a6 13.Kh2 b5 14.Nh4 g6 was already a
bit better for Black in Koshnitsky vs. Purdy, Sydney Australia
1934. } 11.Nh4 Kh7 12.Nf5 g6 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.Bc1 Ng8 15.a3 Be6
16.Nd2 f6 17.f4 Bd7 { 17...exf4 18.gxf4 Bd7 would have been
wiser. } 18.f5 g5 19.Bf3 Qg7 20.Bh5 Nge7 21.Rf2 Be8 22.Bxe8
Raxe8 23.Nf1 Qf7 24.g4 Rb8 {Computers like this move, but in
hindsight I don't. 24...Rh8 might have saved me a tempo over
the game. } 25.Rh2 Rh8 26.Ng3 Kg7 27.Bd2 Qf8 28.Qc2 Kf7 29.Kf2
Ke8 30.h4 Kd7 31.Rah1 Qg7 32.Qc1 Rbg8 33.Qd1 Nc8 {The dance of
the knights begins. Eventually, both of my knights will target
White's pawn at e4.} 34.Rh3 Nd6 35.R1h2 Ne8 {This knight is
instructed to sacrifice himself at e4 a bit later in the
game. The plan involving retreating both knights to the back
rank gives this game an artistic bent that I'm very proud of.}
36.Qh1 {The pressure is intense! I thought my position was
busted, but then I came up with a plan. I actually saw the
line to the end of the game at this point. A lot of moves, but
mostly forced. My opponent clearly had no idea what I was up
to!} gxh4 37.Rxh4 Nd8 {Headed for g5. ! ? 37...Qe7 38.Bxh6 is
the computer choice, but then I'd be just a pawn down, with
absolutely no counterplay. } 38.Bxh6 { 38.g5 fxg5 39.Rxh6 Rxh6
40.Rxh6 Nf6 } Rxh6 {This gives White a bigger advantage, but
allows me to try a deep plan to get out of the mess with a
draw. Alternatives were simply hopeless, as White would have
no problems to solve. 38...Qf7 39.g5 fxg5 40.Bxg5 Rxh4 41.Bxh4
leaves me down a pawn with no counterplay. } 39.Rxh6 Qg5 {!
The point! I'm not interested in the g-pawn. 39...Qxg4 ?
40.Rh7+ Kc8 41.Ne2 ! Black is busted. } 40.Qf3 {A very
sensible move, but it allows a glimmer of hope in a deep
line. 40.Rh7+ ! Kc8 [ 40...Rg7 41.Rxg7+ Nxg7 42.Rh7 ! ] 41.Qd1
! Qe3+ 42.Kg2 would probably have won for White. } Qd2+ 41.Ne2
{? 41.Kf1 Qc1+ 42.Kg2 Qb2+ 43.Qe2 Qxb3 44.Rh7+ Kd6 45.Rh8
would have preserved the win. However, the move chosen in the
game seems cleaner. The danger is not yet evident. 41.Kg1 also
works } Nf7 {! I'm back in the game!} 42.Rg6 {This is an
obvious move, leading to a new queen for White. But I have
worked out the details of a shocking reversal! 42.Rh7 Ned6 !
43.g5 Kd8 ! leaves White with nothing better than 44.Rxf7 Nxf7
45.gxf6 and then Ng5 gives Black the advantage! 42.R6h4 ? Ng5
! White is busted. } Ng5 {!} 43.Qg3 { 43.Rxg5 Qxg5 is
even. 43.Rxg8 Nxf3 44.Rh7+ Kd8 [ 44...Kc6 45.Rxe8 Qe3+ 46.Kf1
Nd2+ 47.Ke1 Nf3+ 48.Kf1 ] 45.Rhh8 Qe3+ 46.Kf1 Qxd3 } Rxg6 {!
Yes, I'm going to let White have a new queen!} 44.fxg6 Nd6
{Suddenly the plan is clear, I'm going to sac a knight to get
a fork against the king and queen. Even so, White will have an
extra rook. So what is the point? !} 45.g7 { 45.Kf1 was
White's other option. I intended to snatch the d-pawn and had
figured that I could wind up just down a pawn or so. Computer
analysis starts out claiming this is a win, but give the beast
enough time and it sees the line that most good players would
spot right away. Qd1+ 46.Qe1 Qxd3 47.g7 Ndxe4 and after
48.g8=Q Qf3+ ! 49.Qf2 Nxf2 50.Rxf2 Qh3+ 51.Kg1 Nf3+ ! 52.Rxf3
Qxf3 his queen can't get back, so I have either some perpetual
or will manage to gain three pawns for the knight. A draw
would have been likely. } Ndxe4+ 46.dxe4 Nxe4+ 47.Kg2 Nxg3
{White can no longer avoid a draw without risking a loss!}
48.g8=Q {Forced. 48.Kxg3 ? Qe3+ 49.Kh4 Qg5+ 50.Kg3 Qxg7 Black
wins. } Qxe2+ 49.Kxg3 { 49.Kh3 Qf3 ! and White must use a
perpetual to save a draw! } Qe3+ 50.Kg2 Qe2+ {Draw agreed. A
great escape from a lost position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southern Open"]
[Site "Orlando, FL US"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joe Buvel"]
[Black "Andrew R Green"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 h5 6.Bc4 Nh6 7.d4 d6
8.Nd3 Bg7 9.Nxf4 Ng8 10.Rf1 Qxh4+ 11.Rf2 Qh1+ 12.Rf1 Qh4+
13.Rf2 Nc6 14.Be3 Nf6 15.Nc3 g3 16.Rf1 Ng4 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7
18.Nh3+ Nf6 { 18...Kg8 19.Bg5 Nf2 20.Bxh4 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 Bg4
22.Rd2 Bxd4 } 19.Nd5 Bxh3 20.gxh3 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Internacional Alajuela 2005"]
[Site "Alajuela, Costa Rica"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[EventDate "2005.07.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gur Mittelman"]
[Black "Neuris Delgado Ramirez"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6
7. O-O O-O 8. e4 a6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rc1 h6 {El GM
Delgado escogio un esquema un tanto irregular probablemente
con la idea de sacar a su adversario del terreno conocido.}
12. Qd2 Kh7 13. b3 Ne7 {El GM Delgado continua con su juego
flexible, en este momento tiene a su disposicion todos los
avances de peon posibles para definir la posicion.} 14. Qc2
Kg8 15. c5 {Las blancas consideran que la posicion esta lista
e inician el avance el flanco de dama.} 15... dxc5 16. dxc5
Nc6 17. a3 Qe7 18. b4 Re8 19. Red1 { Pareciera que las blancas
ya tienen una ligera ventaja.} 19... g5 { Las negras aseguran
el cuadro e5 e inician el contrajuego en el flanco de rey.}
20. h3 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bd4 Rd8 { Las negras amenazan
tomar en d4 con jaque descubierto en f3.} 23. Ne2 Bd7 24. f4
Ng6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Qe3 Ba4 {En este momento a
considerar es 28.Td8 Td8 y e5, abriendo la diagonal del
alfil.} 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. e5 Bb5 30. Nc3 Rd3 31. Qf2 gxf4
32. gxf4 Bc6 { Las negras ya lograron activarse y va a
comenzar el zeitnot.} 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. Ne4 Qd8 35. Rf1 Kg7
36. Nf6 Rxh3 37. f5 exf5 38. Qxf5 Qd4+ 39. Rf2 Qd1+ 40. Rf1
Qd4+ {Tablas. No hay una forma clara de progresar para las
negras. La partida Akobian-Leyva derivo a un final en el que
las negras tienen un peon por la calidad y buenos chances de
empatar. Comento para Uds. Carlos Granados. Muchas gracias,
hasta manana.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Internacional Alajuela 2005"]
[Site "Alajuela, Costa Rica"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[EventDate "2005.07.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "Hector Leyva"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. b4 c5 11. O-O Rc8
12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Ne5 16. Rac1
Qb7 17. Qd1 Rfd8 18. f4 Ned7 19. Bf3 Qb8 20. Bb2 e5 21. Qd2
Nf8 22. f5 Qc7 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Rg1 N8d7 25. e4 Kh8 26. Rc3
{Las blancas inician una reagrupacion muy original. Se libera
el cuadro c1 para pasar el alfil a g5 y la dama o el alfil se
coloca en e2, despues de lo cual la torre c3 podra
incorporarse al ataque en el flanco de rey.} 26... Ne8 { Las
negras inician una reagrupacion para recibir al blanco en el
flanco de rey. } 27. Be2 Ndf6 28. Qg5 {El ataque blanco luce
amenazador. Las negras deben reagruparse y esperar
pacientemente.} 28... Qb7 29. f3 Rd7 30. Rcc1 a6 31. Rg3 Kg8
32. Rcg1 Kf8 33. Qh4 {Las blancas crean la amenaza de Tg7
(Marco Zumbado). Al maestro Leyva le quedan 11 minutos mas la
adicion.} 33... Rdc7 34. Rxg7 Rxc4 {El ataque blanco parece
decisivo.} 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. R7g2 Ke7 37. Bc1 Qc6 38. Bg5 Rc3
39. Rg3 Rxa3 40. Qxh7 d5 41. f4 Rxg3 42. hxg3 Qc4 43. exd5
Qxd5+ 44. Kh2 exf4 45. gxf4 Qd2+ 46. Rg2 Qxf4+ 47. Bxf4 Nxh7
48. Re2+ Kd7 49. Kg3 Nhf6 50. Ra2 Nd5 51. Rxa6 Kc6 52. Ra7 f6
53. Kg4 Nd6 54. Bd2 Nc4 55. Ra2 Nxd2 56. Rxd2 Nxb4 57. Kf4 b5
58. Ke4 Na6 59. Kd4 Kd6 60. Rb2 Nc7 61. Rb1 Kc6 62. Ra1 Nd5
63. Re1 Nc7 64. Re7 Kd6 65. Rf7 Nd5 66. Rf8 Kc6 67. Re8 Nc7
68. Rd8 b4 69. Kc4 b3 70. Rb8 Nd5 71. Rxb3 Ne7 72. Rf3 Kd6
73. Kd4 Nc6+ 74. Ke4 Ne5 75. Ra3 Nc6 76. Ra6 Kc5 77. Ra8 Kd6
78. Re8 Kd7 79. Re6 Nd8 80. Rxf6 Ke7 81. Rb6 Kf7 82. Ke5 Kg7
83. Rg6+ Kf7 84. Rd6 Ke7 85. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Internacional Alajuela 2005"]
[Site "Alajuela, Costa Rica"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[EventDate "2005.07.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leonardo Valdes"]
[Black "Alonso Zapata"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5
Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Re1 Bh3 15. Bh1 Ng4 16. Qb3 f5 17. c5+ Kh7
18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Na4 Qd8 20. Rec1 f4 21. Ra1 { Uno de los
duelos mas interesantes de la ronda. Todos recordamos la
maestria de Zapata en estos esquemas, en particular su
victoria contra Mednis en el torneo B del Ohra en los 80's. El
MI Valdes tambien conoce la linea muy bien. Por la velocidad
con la que fueron hechos los primeros movimientos es claro que
ambos jugadores llegaron con "la tarea hecha".} 21... Nf6
22. Nc3 Qd7 23. Ne4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Rc8 { Parece
que las blancas estan mejor gracias a la debilidad del peon
d6.} 26. Rb1 {A Td1 presionando en e5 hubiera seguido Tc5
cubriendo la debilidad y amenazando el peon de b5.} 26... Be6
27. Qd1 fxg3 28. hxg3 Ng8 29. Ba3 Bf8 30. Bg2 Nf6 31. b6 Qd8
32. Qd3 Be7 33. Rd1 Bc4 34. Qd2 Bb3 35. Rb1 Bc2 36. Rc1 Bxe4
37. Rxc8 Qxc8 38. Nxe5 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 dxe5 40. Bxe7 Qc6+ 41. f3
{ La posicion es dificil de valorar, si 41...Cd5 interesante
es 42. Af8.} 41... Qxb6 42. Bf8 g5 43. Qc2+ e4 44. Be7 Kg7 {Y
Tablas. Esta partida puede ser considerada como un excelente
resultado para el maestro Valdes.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Internacional Alajuela 2005"]
[Site "Alajuela, Costa Rica"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[EventDate "2005.07.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alejandro Ramirez-Alvarez"]
[Black "Ricardo Urbina"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. a3 {Despues de un orden
de jugadas muy de moda, la posicion derivo hacia un gambito de
dama aceptado en una redaccion algo favorable al blanco.}
10... a6 11. Ba2 O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 b5
15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Bb1 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Rd8 19. Qc2
Ne5 20. Nd5 Qxc2 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Bxc2 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxf3
24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Internacional Alajuela 2005"]
[Site "Alajuela, Costa Rica"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[EventDate "2005.07.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "Luis Manuel Perez Rodriguez"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6
7. Rc1 Ne4 8. a3 Bf5 9. e3 e6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Bd6 {Las negras buscan con los cambios igualar la
posicion y evitar una posible ofensiva blanca en el flanco de
Rey} 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 {Al igual que en la partida con
Lemmys Arias en una ronda anterior, el GM escoge una linea en
apariencia muy sencilla pero que debe ser jugada con mucho
cuidado, especialmente por el negro, que facilmente puede caer
en una posicion pasiva.} 14... f6 {Las negras te deciden no
esperar el avance blanco en el flanco de dama y deciden
contragolpear en el centro.} 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Qd6 17. Nd2
{La partida a en una fase en la que ambos bandos maniobran
tratando de llevar a cabo su plan: las negras hacer e5 y las
blancas atacar en el flanco de dama.} 17... Rac8 18. Nb3 Na7
19. Nc5 Rc7 20. a4 Rd8 21. b4 Qe7 22. e4 { El blanco parece
haber tenido exito, su posicion luce mejor.} 22... Qd6 23. f4
{Ahora las negras deben tomar en cuenta la posibilidad de e5.}
23... dxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Nxe6 Rxc3 27. Rxc3
{ La posibilidad de Tc7 hace que el blanco este ligeramente
mejor.} 27... Rd7 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Nc5 Rc7 30. a5 Ke7 31. g4
Kd6 32. Re3 Kc6 33. Ne6 Re7 34. Nd4+ Kd7 35. Kf3 Nc6 36. Rc3
Re1 37. Nxc6 bxc6 38. Re3 Rf1+ 39. Kg3 Kd6 40. Re8 Rb1 41. Rb8
Rb3+ 42. Kh2 Rb2 43. Kh3 Kc7 44. Rb6 Rb3+ 45. Kh2 Rb2 46. Kg3
Rb3+ 47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Kf3 Rb3+ 49. Ke4 g6 50. g5 fxg5 51. fxg5
Rg3 52. Kf4 Rxg2 53. Rxa6 Rf2+ 54. Ke4 Rb2 55. Ra7+ Kb8
56. Rxh7 Rxb4+ 57. Ke5 Ra4 58. Kf6 c5 59. Kxg6 Rxa5 60. Kf6
Ra6+ 61. Kf5 Ra1 62. g6 {Con los resultados de las demas
mesas, V. Akobian gana el torneo, ya que es inalcanzable por
el resto de jugadores con el sistema de desempate progresivo.}
1-0

[Event "Internacional Alajuela 2005"]
[Site "Alajuela, Costa Rica"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[EventDate "2005.07.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Antonio Guillen Ramirez"]
[Black "Alejandro Ramirez-Alvarez"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. b3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. O-O a6
7. Bd3 Ne7 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qh5 d6 11. cxd4 Bxd4
12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Nc3 { La posicion se ve igualada, la negras
han igualado sin mucho problema} 13... O-O 14. Rae1 b5 15. Re3
g6 16. Qh6 Ra7 {Excelente jugada, tipica de muchas variantes
de la siciliana. Despues de f5 la posicion del negro va a ser
preferible.} 17. f4 f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 {El negro propone una
operacion de cambio de piezas en el centro confiando en que su
alfil sera mejor que el caballo blanco cuando tome la diagonal
a8-h1.} 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. g4 { El blanco insiste en el
ataque. La partiuda entra en una fase critica.} 20... Qf8
21. Qxf8+ Rxf8 22. Ne4 d5 { Sin embargo el caballo blanco no
se ve inferior al alfil negro.} 23. Nc5 Raf7 { Las negras no
se detiene a defender el peon de e6 y pasan al contrataque.}
24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rxf4 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 {Si ahora 27. Ta6
interesante se ve Td4!?. Si Tg4+ entonces Re2 y el blanco
llega primero al centro, aunque las negras tienen
29...Th4. Tablas. La posicion se simplifica demasiado y no
quedan posibilidades.} 27. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Internacional Alajuela 2005"]
[Site "Alajuela, Costa Rica"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[EventDate "2005.07.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ricardo Ernesto Chavez Monterrosa"]
[Black "Gur Mittelman"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 {Notes by Ricardo Ernesto Chavez Monterrosa.} c5 2. d3
Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
d6 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Ba6 11. Bf2 e5 12. Na3 exf4 13. gxf4 d5
14. Re1 Qd7 15. Nc2 Rae8 16. Bg3 Kh8 17. Ng5 {Despues de una
apertura un tanto conservadora las blancas tratan de tocar
puntos debiles en la posicion del negro.} 17... h6 18. Nh3 Bb7
19. Nf2 f5 20. e5 {Ahora las negras deberan bloquear en e6 y
luego intentar romper la cuna blanca con g5.} 20... Nd8 21. d4
Ne6 22. h4 Kg8 23. Nh3 Rd8 24. Kh1 Nc6 25. Bf2 Na5 26. Ne3
cxd4 27. cxd4 h5 {Las negras sienten que no hay posibilidades
en el flanco de rey y lo cierran tratando de crear juego en el
flanco de dama, sin embargo la posicion del blanco luce
solida. Si el blanco logra trasladar su alfil a d3 y pone la
torre en g1 tendra muy buenas posibilidades.} 28. Bf3 Kf7
29. Ng5+ Ke8 { Ahora las negras si podran tomar en g5.}
30. Rc1 Nxg5 31. fxg5 f4 32. e6 Qd6 33. Qd3 {A considerar era
33.e7. Sin embargo el ataque blanco parece ganador.} 33... Rb8
34. Qxg6+ Kd8 35. Nf5 {Rindieron las negras.} 1-0

[Event "Internacional Alajuela 2005"]
[Site "Alajuela, Costa Rica"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[EventDate "2005.07.23"]
[Round "8.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexis Murillo Tsijli"]
[Black "Ricardo Urbina"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Be2 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Na4 Rfc8 13. a3 Bd6 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Nc5 a5
17. Bb5 axb4 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. axb4 b6 20. b5 Rxc5 21. dxc5
bxc5 22. Nh4 Bg6 {Las negras sacrifican la calidad por un peon
y obtiene una masa de peones centrales de apariencia
amenazadora. El blanco en primera instancia debe tratar de
neutralizar la pareja de alfiles y despues tratar de bloquear
el avance de los peones negros a la vez que avanza su peon
pasado en la columna b. La posicion es incierta. Una posible
continuacion es 23. Cg6 hg6 y ahora Ta1 Tb8 25.Da4} 23. Nxg6
hxg6 24. Ra1 Rb8 25. Qa4 c4 26. Rfb1 Bc5 { la posicion del
blanco se ve ligeramente preferible, pero el negro tiene
buenos contrachances si logra mobilizar su masa central de
peones.} 27. g3 Bb6 28. h4 Qc7 29. Kg2 e5 30. Qd1 d4 31. exd4
exd4 32. Qf3 Qb7 {El negro cambia las damas considerando que
los peones en la cuarta fila le dan ventaja.} 33. Qxb7 Rxb7
34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Rc8 {Las blancas deciden correctamente que
los peones pasados del negro deben atacarse desde atras.}
35... c3 36. Kf3 Ra7 37. Rc6 Ra2 38. Rxb6 d3 { Las negras
entregan el alfil para avanzar sus peones. Si 39.Tc6 entonces
c2.} 39. Ke3 d2 40. Rh1 {Excelente jugada. de repente queda
claro que lo mejor para el negro es un final de torres
perdido. Si ahora Tc2 entonces Ta6! y a Tc1 entonces Ta1
ganando.} 40... c2 41. Kxd2 c1=Q+ 42. Kxc1 Ra1+ 43. Kc2 Rxh1 {
y las blancas se impusieron.} 44. Rd6 Ra1 45. b6 Ra5 46. Kc3
Rb5 47. Kc4 Rb2 48. Kc5 Rc2+ 49. Kb5 Rxf2 50. b7 Rb2+ 51. Ka6
Rb3 52. Rb6 Ra3+ 53. Kb5 Rb3+ 54. Kc5 1-0

[Event "People's Open"]
[Site "Berkeley CA"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Victor Ossipov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 d5 4.Ne5 Nf6
5.g4 {A new gambit, improvised at the board. It strikes me as
rather a gonzo gambit, so I'm going to name it after the late,
great Hunter S. Thompson, who died while the tournament was
going on. I name it the Dutch Hunter Gambit.} Nxg4 6.Nxg4 fxg4
7.e4 dxe4 8.Qxg4 Nc6 9.Bb5 Qxd4 10.Be3 Qf6 { 10...Qe5 was the
move are expected. After castling on the queenside I felt I
would add sufficient compensation for the pawns. } 11.Qxe4 Bd7
12.O-O-O {I was satisfied the compensation for single
pawn. Even at this point I'm starting to look at combinations
involving capturing the bishop at d7 with my rook. Sooner or
later, I'm going to make this idea work.} Bd6 13.Rhg1 g6 14.h4
{This is a bit ambitious, but I was uninterested in trying to
squeeze something out of moving my knight to d5. 14.Nd5 Qg7
15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nb4 is a computer suggestion but it is hardly
in the spirit of gambit play. } Qf5 15.Qh1 {I'm not sure this
was objectively best but it seems to me that keeping pressure
on the long diagonal from the corner of the board might lead
to good things, and the queen could support the advance of the
h-pawn as well.} O-O-O 16.Rg5 Qf7 17.Ne4 Bf4 {A critical
position. I had of course anticipated that my opponent might
want to get these bishops off the board, and had intended all
along to leave my Rook at g5. As far as I was concerned,
getting rid of Black's defender on the d-file was worth the
exchange. Finally I could go back to my obsession with the
exchange sacrifice at d7, even if it had to be added to an
exchange sacrifice at g5.} 18.Nc5 {!} Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Qxf2 {? Oh
happy day! I was hoping for this, though I thought my opponent
would have spotted my tactical reply. 19...Qf5 was the move I
expected, and feared. 20.Nxb7 ! I don't think there is
anything better than this, though it leads to a position where
Black has some advantage Qxb5 21.Nxd8 Rxd8 22.Bxd8 Kxd8 23.Qf3
was what I had in mind. Objectively Black is better, but with
so many weak pawns, I figured that as long as I kept queens on
the board I had good practical chances. } 20.Nxb7 {!} Kxb7 {?
20...Qb6 ! 21.Nxd8 Qxb5 22.Nf7 I certainly would have been
happy with this position, down a mere pawn but with much more
active pieces and plenty of weaknesses to work against. }
21.Rxd7 {! Finally I am able to carry out my main idea, though
it really isn't a sacrifice as I regained the material
immediately and return with a profit.} Rxd7 {? This makes it
easy as I force a winning endgame. 21...Kb8 was a better plan,
even though after 22.Bxd8 Nxd8 23.Qe4 ! Black is still in deep
trouble. } 22.Qxc6+ Kb8 23.Qxd7 Qe1+ 24.Qd1 Qxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Kb7
26.Bc4 {White went on to win without difficulty.} Re8 27.Ke2
Kc6 28.Be3 a5 29.a4 Kd6 30.Bd3 Rb8 31.b3 Rf8 32.Bd2 Ra8 33.Ke3
Ke7 34.Kf4 Kf7 35.Bc3 h6 36.Bc4 Ke7 37.Ke5 Rf8 38.Bd3 Rf3
39.Bxa5 Rh3 40.Bxg6 Rxh4 41.Bxc7 Rg4 42.Be4 Kd7 43.Bb6 Rg5+
44.Kf4 e5+ 45.Kf3 h5 46.Bf2 Rg4 47.a5 Kc7 48.a6 Rf4+ 49.Ke3
{Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "People's Open"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matthew Ho"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7
5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 a6 7.c3 { 7.a3 b5 8.Bd5 Bd6 9.d4 Nxd5 10.exd5
Nxd4 11.Nxe5 Re8 =, drawish position } d6 8.Bb3 Be6 9.Nbd2 {
9.Bc2 } Bxb3 {!} 10.axb3 {?! 10.Qxb3 Qd7 11.Nf1 Rfe8 12.Ng3 g6
13.d4 Bf8 14.Bg5 Bg7 15.Rad1 Qc8 16.h3 h6 17.Bc1 b6 18.Nh2 Na5
19.Qc2 c5 20.d5 b5 21.Qe2 Nc4 22.Ng4 Nxg4 23.hxg4 Nb6 24.Be3
Na4 25.f3 c4 26.Qd2 Kh7 27.Kf2 Rh8 28.Rh1 Kg8 29.Bxh6 Nxb2
30.Rdf1 Nd3+ 31.Kg1 Bxh6 32.Rxh6 Qc5+ 33.Kh2 Nf4 34.Rxh8+ Kxh8
35.Nf5 gxf5 36.g3 fxe4 37.fxe4 Rg8 38.gxf4 Rxg4 39.fxe5 Kg7
40.e6 fxe6 41.Qe2 Rg6 42.Qf3 Rh6+ 1/2-1/2, Kramnik Vladimir
RUS 2490 - Kuzmin Gennadi P UKR 2495, Moscow Russia 1989 } Qd7
{ 10...Re8 11.Nf1 Bf8 12.Ng3 g6 13.h4 h5 14.Bg5 Bg7 15.Nh2 Qd7
16.Qd2 Ng4 17.Nhf1 f6 18.Be3 Nxe3 19.Nxe3 Bh6 20.Ngf1 Qf7
21.Qd1 Ne7 22.Qf3 Bg7 23.b4 Rad8 24.Kh1 d5 25.g4 d4 26.cxd4
exd4 27.Ng2 hxg4 28.Qxg4 f5 29.Qg3 Nc6 30.Rac1 Be5 31.f4 Bg7
32.h5 gxh5 33.Rc5 fxe4 34.dxe4 Re6 35.Rg5 d3 1-0, Khmara Maxim
RUS 2136 - Eriomkin Vladimir RUS , Dagomys Russia 2004.04 }
11.Nf1 Nh5 {!?} 12.Nxe5 { 12.Ne3 !? } Nxe5 13.Qxh5 Nxd3 14.Re3
{? 14.Rd1 Nxc1 15.Rdxc1 Bf6 =, drawish position } Nf4 15.Qf3
Ng6 16.Ng3 Bg5 17.Re1 Bxc1 18.Raxc1 Qb5 19.c4 Qe5 20.Qe2 {
20.Qc3 =, drawish position } Rae8 21.Qd2 Nf4 22.Ne2 Nxe2+
{Pretty much conceding the draw. 22...Ne6 !? remains unclear,
but Matthew doesn't lose such positions. Against weaker
opposition I would have chosen that move and played on. }
23.Rxe2 Re6 24.b4 Rfe8 25.f4 Qh5 26.Rce1 Qh6 {Draw agreed in
light of 27.e5 dxe5 28.Rxe5 Rg6 [28...Rxe5 29.Rxe5 Qc6
30.Rxe8+ Qxe8 =, drawish position ]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Peter J Grieve"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5
5.b3 Nc6 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Ne5 Qe7 9.f4 cxd4 10.exd4 Ba3
11.Bxa3 Qxa3 12.O-O {!?} Nxd4 13.g4 Qc5 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.Qe1 Nxe5
16.fxe5 b6 17.Qh4 g6 18.Nf3 Nxf3 19.Rxf3 Bb7 20.Rh3 d4+ 21.Kg1
h5 22.Re1 {!} f5 23.exf6 Kf7 24.gxh5 gxh5 25.Rg3 Rg8 26.b4 {!}
Qc7 27.Qxh5+ Kxf6 28.Qh6+ {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "HB Global Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tom Henderson"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6
5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Ng4
11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Rb8 15.Qc2 Qd6
16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Bf5 Rxb2 18.Qxb2 Bxf5 19.Qd2 Bd3 20.Rfe1 Rd8
21.Rad1 Qf6 22.Ne4 Qxd4 23.Qg5 Ne5 24.Qh4+ Kg8 25.Qf4 Ng6
26.Qe3 Qb6 27.Nc5 Qb4 28.Nxd3 cxd3 29.Re2 c5 30.Rxd3 {?} Qb1+
31.Kg2 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "People's Open"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eduardo De Guzman"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6
5.a3 Nge7 6.b4 Bg4 { 6...Ng6 7.Bb2 a5 [ 7...Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.e3 Be6 10.c5 Nc4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Nc3 c6 13.Be2 a5 14.O-O +/-
1/2-1/2, Laasanen-Lardot Finland 2000 ] 8.b5 Ncxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5
10.e3 Be6 11.Bxd4 Nxc4 12.Qc2 Nd6 13.Bd3 Qg5 14.f4 Qh4+ 15.g3
Qh5 Topalov vs. Morozevich, Monaco Rapid 2005. } 7.Bb2 Bxf3
{!? 7...Ng6 8.Nbd2 Qd7 9.Qa4 Be7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Rd8
12.O-O-O Qe6 13.b5 Ncxe5 14.b6+ Qc6 15.Qxc6+ Nxc6 16.bxc7 Rc8
17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Rxc7 +/- 1/2-1/2, Braun Christian GER
2249 - Hauser Robert 1795, Goetzis Austria 1996 } 8.exf3 Ng6
9.Be2 Nf4 10.g3 Nxe2 11.Qxe2 Qd7 12.O-O O-O-O 13.Nd2 h5
14.Rad1 h4 15.f4 g5 {!?} 16.b5 hxg3 {!?} 17.bxc6 Qxc6 18.fxg3
d3 19.Qg4+ Kb8 20.Qf3 {!} Qb6+ 21.Kh1 g4 {? 21...gxf4 22.gxf4
Bc5 23.Rb1 Rxh2+ ! 24.Kxh2 Rh8+ 25.Kg2 Rg8+ =, drawish
position 26.Qg3 Rxg3+ 27.Kxg3 Qg6+ =, drawish position }
22.Qg2 Bg7 {+-} 23.h4 { 23.Rb1 ! Rxh2+ 24.Qxh2 Rh8 25.Qxh8+
Bxh8 26.Rfe1 } gxh3 24.Qf3 Rh6 25.Bc3 Qa6 26.Bb4 Bf8 { 26...f6
27.Ne4 } 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Qxd3 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "People's Open"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikunj Chandrakant Oza"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Bd6 4.Bg3 c6
5.e3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Ne4 {!?} 7.c3 f5 { 7...Nxg3 8.hxg3 Nd7 9.Bd3
Nf6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Ke2 Qc7 12.c4 b6 13.a3 a5 14.cxd5 exd5
15.Rae1 Bd7 16.Bf5 c5 17.Bxd7+ Qxd7 18.Kf1 Rc8 19.Qb1 O-O
20.e4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Qb5+ 23.Kg1 Qd7 24.Reh4
1/2-1/2, Geisert Bernd - Moeller Bruno GER 2042, Dresden
Germany 2001 } 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.Ne5 Nd7 11.f4 Rf6
12.Qe2 Rh6 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Bc2 a5 {!} 15.g4 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qe7
17.g5 Rh3 18.Kd2 Qc5 {!} 19.Rag1 b5 20.Rg3 Rxg3 21.hxg3 g6 {
21...Ra7 22.g6 !? } 22.Rc1 b4 23.c4 Ba6 24.Qg4 Re8 {!} 25.cxd5
Qxd5+ 26.Ke1 Qc4 27.Kf2 Qxa2 28.Bxe4 Qxb2+ 29.Rc2 Qa1 {?!
Wrong move. I was a bit tired, didn't look deeply
enough. 29...Qb1 30.Rc4 Qa1 ! } 30.Qh3 b3 { 30...Bb5 31.Bxc6
Qd1 !? } 31.Rxc6 Qa2+ 32.Kg1 b2 {? 32...Qd2 ! 33.Rxe6 Bb5
34.Rxe8+ Bxe8 35.Qc8 Qxe3+ =, drawish position } 33.Rxa6 b1=R+
34.Bxb1 Qxb1+ 35.Kf2 { 35.Qf1 ! Qb4 36.Qe2 } Qa2+ 36.Kg1 Kh8
{!? Sets a trap. 36...Qb1+ =, drawish position } 37.Ra7 h5 {!}
38.gxh6 {? 38.Qg2 Qb1+ 39.Kh2 Qb6 40.Qb7 Qxb7 41.Rxb7 Ra8
42.Rb3 a4 43.Ra3 Kg7 44.Kg2 Kf7 45.e4 Ke7 46.Kf3 Kd7 47.f5
exf5 48.exf5 gxf5 49.Kf4 Ke6 50.g6 ! Ra7 51.Rd3 a3 52.Rd6+ Ke7
53.g7 Kf7 54.Rd7+ ! Rxd7 55.e6+ Kxg7 56.exd7 a2 57.d8=Q a1=Q
58.Qg5+ Kf8 59.Qxf5+ Kg7 60.Qg5+ Kf8 =, drawish position } Rb8
{White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "People's Open"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Drake Wang"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7
5.c4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.Re1 c5 9.cxd5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 {
10.exd4 Nxd5 11.a3 } Nxd5 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Nxc6 { 12.Ba6 !? Bxa6
13.Nxc6 Qc7 14.Nxd5 ! exd5 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Qa4 +/= } Bxc6
13.Rc1 Qd7 14.e4 Nf6 15.Re3 e5 16.Rh3 Rfd8 17.Bg5 Nxe4 {!}
18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Qh5 Nf6 20.Bxh7+ Kf8 21.Qh4 Nxh7 22.Qxe7+ Kxe7
23.Rxh7 Kf6 24.Rh4 Bb7 25.f3 Rac8 26.Ra4 a5 27.f4 {!?} exf4
28.Rxf4+ Kg6 29.Rcf1 f6 30.h3 Rd2 31.R1f2 Rd3 32.Rg4+ Kf7
33.Kh2 Rcd8 34.Rgf4 {=, drawish position Agreed drawn.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "WebChess Gambit Match, games 1 & 2"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gert Jan Timmerman"]
[Black "Mikhail Markovich Umansky"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 { This is the only decisive game of the Gambit Match
between former world champions of correspondence chess,
Mikhail Umansky and Gert Jan Timmerman. Six daring openings
were tested and the match was finished after nearly 2 and a
half years. Notes by Jan van Reek. } e5 2.f4 {Can we regard
the King's Gambit as 'The Royal Opening', or a premature
weakening of the kingside? Important lines are 2...Bc5
(Classical Defence) and 2...d5 (Falkbeer Counter-Gambit).}
exf4 {Obligated moves bring the King's Gambit Accepted} 3.Bc4
{Timmerman avoids the pawn avalanche of the Knight's Gambit. I
agree with him, because the line 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6!
6. Nxg4 Be7 is sunny for Black.} 3... Nf6 {3... Qh4+!? 4. Kf1
was often played in the nineteenth century, but this variation
is less suitable for correspondence chess at top level.} 4.Nc3
Bb4 {4... c6! gives a positional edge in the Bishop's Gambit,
Spielmann-Bogoljubow, Karlsbad 1923. Umansky wants tactics!}
5.Nf3 O-O 6. Nd5 {!? Usual is the quiet 6.O-O Paulsen -
Kolisch, ninth match game London 1861.} 6... Nxd5 7.exd5 Re8+
8.Kf2 {Timmerman has followed De Riviere - Morphy, eleventh
match game, Paris 1863. White plans to further develop his
centre pawns and hopes to regain the gambit pawn on f4.}
8... b5 {! Umansky sacrifices a pawn for a quick development
of the queenside.} 9.Bxb5 c6 10.Bc4 cxd5 11.Bxd5 Nc6 12.d4
{White avoids 12.c3 Ba6! 13.cxb4 Bd3! 14. Bxf7+ Kf8!} 12...Ba6
13.c4 Rc8 14.a3 {14.Bxf4 Ne7 15.Bg5 Bxc4 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Qb3
d5 18.Rac1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 leads to equality by exchanges.}
14...Bd6 15.b3 Bb8 16.Bxc6 {? I found 16.Qd3 very strong
during the game, but 16...Qf6 17.Be4 Ne7! 18.Qc2 g6 is okay
for Black.} 16... Rxc6 17. d5 Qb6+ 18. Qd4 Rg6 19. Bd2 Rxg2+
{!! Suddenly, a lightning strikes: the quasi-sacrifice opens
the white defence.} 20.Kxg2 Re2+ 21.Kf1 Qxd4 22.Nxd4 Rxd2
23.Nf3 {23.Re1 Kf8 24.Re4 f5 25.Nxf5 Rd1+ 26. Re1 (26. Kg2
f3+) 26... Rxd5! wins for black.} 23...Rb2 24.Re1 Kf8 25.Nd4
Rd2 {The rook on the second rank restrains the white pieces.}
26.Nb5 {26.Nf3 Rd3 27.Kg2 Rxb3 28.Rb1 Rxb1 29.Rxb1 Bd6 30.Rc1
Bc5! exchanges rooks but brings another restriction.}
26...Bxb5 27.cxb5 g5 28.Rg1 f6 29.Rg2 Rxd5 30.a4 f3 31.Rc2 Kf7
32.h3 h5 33.Rc4 f5 34.Rcc1 Rd2 35.Rcd1 Rh2 36.Rxd7+ Kf6
37.Ree7 g4 38.Rf7+ Ke5 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.Rh7 Rb2 41.Rhe7+ Kf4
42. Rd4+ Kg3 {The feared avalanche of pawns has struck at the
end.} 0-1

[Event "Pawn Eater"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andres Castaneda"]
[Black "Miro Reverby"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 {Notes by Andres Castaneda} c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3
Bd7 10. Qd2 Na5 11. O-O-O a6 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 b5 14. Nde2
Nxb3+ 15. axb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 a5 18. Nd4 Qb6
19. Rhe1 a4 20. Rxe7 axb3 21. Nxb3 Bf5 22. Qe3 Qa6 23. Qf2
Bxb2+ {Even stronger is 23...Bc3!!} 0-1

[Event "Qld Teams Champs - Logan v Bullwinkle"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jonathan D Sarfati"]
[Black "Roland Schmaltz"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 {Notes by Jonathan Safarti} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4
O-O 5.Be3 d6 6.f3 a6 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Nh3 c5 9.d5 b5 {Transposing
into a reasonable form of the Benko Gambit} 10.cxb5 Ne5 11.Nf2
Qa5 12.Bh6 {Displaces the queen, but at least it gets rid of
the formidable dark-squared bishop.} Bxh6 13.Qxh6 axb5 14.Bxb5
Ba6 15.Bxa6 Qxa6 16.Qd2 Rfb8 17.Rb1 Nfd7 18.Qe2 c4 19.f4
{Letting Black play ...Nc5-d3 would have been dangerous.} Nd3+
20.Nxd3 cxd3 21.Qe3 Nc5 22.O-O Qc4 23.e5 Rb4 24.exd6 exd6
25.f5 {This attack forces Black to exchange Qs, and the fewer
pawns there are, the fewer Black's winning chances} Qd4
26.Qxd4 Rxd4 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.Rf3 {With a draw offer. But the
move is a waste of time, because White hasn't time to grab the
d6 pawn.} d2 29.Rd1 Re8 30.Rf2 Re1+ 31.Rf1 Re3 32.Rf2 Re1+
33.Rf1 Re3 34.Rf2 Re1+ {It would be dangerous for Black to
play on, while his strong d2 pawn makes it difficult for White
to think about winning.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qld Teams Champs - Gold Coast A v Logan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Matthew Sonter"]
[Black "Jonathan D Sarfati"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 {Notes by Jonathan Safarti} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5
Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.a4 Rfe8 20.axb5 axb5
21.Bxd5 {White should not exchange this B, the guardian of his
shaky light squares.} Qxd5 22.Qg2 Qh5 23.b3 h6 {A safety move
is handy, otherwise Black will always have to watch his back
rank.} 24.c4 Bb4 {One advantage of the B pair is the ability
to force the exchange of the enemy's best minor piece. This
results in opposite-coloured Bs, but they help the attacker in
the middlegame.} 25.cxb5 cxb5 26.Ra8 Rxa8 27.Qxa8+ Kh7 28.Qg2
Bxd2 29.Bxd2 Bf3 30.Qf1 Rxe1 31.Qxe1 Bd5 {Black has all the
chances, even though he is a pawn down. White is barely
holding on the K-side, so Black plays on the principle of two
weaknesses. White will find it difficult to defend the b3 and
against the resulting passed pawn. White's extra passed pawn
make no impact. Note that if White could swap queens, the
opposite Bs would guarantee a draw. But his dark-squared B can
offer no help against Black's Q+B battery on the light
squares.} 32.Qe3 Qd1+ 33.Be1 Bxb3 34.Qe4+ g6 35.h4 Bc4 36.Qe3
Bd5 37.Kh2 b4 38.Kh3 b3 39.Bd2 {White could not untangle in
time. Black's pawn is advanced enough to force the win with a
combination.} Qh1+ 40.Kg4 Qf3+ 41.Qxf3 Bxf3+ 42.Kxf3 b2 0-1

[Event "05 Turkey Bowl"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Renier Gonzalez"]
[Black "Charles Galofre"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 {Notes by Charles Galofre.} Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5
4. Nf3 Qf6 {!? I wanted to avoid a queen exchange. My opponent
is known to be talented in those types of positions. 4... Bb4+
5. c3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Bc5 7. Bc4 Qf6 [is the usual...]} 5. Nxe5
Qxe5 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 d6 9. f4 Qe7 10. Nc3 Ng4
11. Qe1 a6 12. h3 h5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. e5 {He wants to take
advantage of my king being in the center but I had a
interesting sacrfice in mind.} dxe5 15. Ne3 {This is the core
of the plan, gaining a tempo by threatning to capture a piece
on g4.} Kf8 {!! Now, black will have the initiative for a
looooong time.} 16. hxg4 hxg4+ 17. Kg1 exf4 {!} 18. Rxf4 Qd6
{! It's very important to place the queen here. First, it
defends the bishop and therefore white cannot gain a tempo on
his defense by attacking it. Second, it threatens Qh6. Third,
it eyes h2. Russians call this a "multipurpose move".} 19. Qf2
Be6 {No hurry. a la stein.} 20. Bd2 Re8 21. Re1 g5 22. Rf6
Qh2+ 23. Kf1 g3 {My opponent was low on time now.} 24. Qf3 Rh4
25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Ke2 Rf4 27. Qxb7 Qh5+ 28. Qf3 Rxf3 29. gxf3
Qh2+ 30. Kd1 Bxe3 31. Bxe3 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 g2 0-1

[Event "Museum Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Charles Galofre"]
[Black "Julio Becerra Rivero"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 {Notes by Charles Galofre.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4
4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6
bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qxd5 Qe7 13. O-O Rxb2
{Here my theory ended. I found the threat of ...Rd8 very
unpleasant.} 14. Rd1 Bf5 {Apparently Rxc2 was the best
move. Both players had rejected this due to Na3} 15. Nc3 Rxc2
16. Qd4 Ne6 17. Nd5 Qa3 18. Qh4 Kh8 19. Qe7 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5
21. Rac1 Bc2 22. Rd2 Rxc6 23. Rdxc2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rd8 25. Ne3
g5 26. g3 h5 27. h3 Kg7 28. Rc6 Rd7 29. Ra6 c5 30. Nc4 Kg6
31. Nd6 g4 32. Rc6 Rd8 33. Ra6 Rd7 34. Rc6 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Nxc7
36. hxg4 hxg4 37. f3 gxf3 38. Kf2 a6 39. Kxf3 Nb5 40. Ke4 Nc3+
41. Kd3 Nxa2 42. Kc4 Nc1 43. Kxc5 Nd3+ 44. Kb6 Nxe5 45. Nxf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Miami Beach Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Charles Galofre"]
[Black "Renier Gonzalez"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 {Notes by Charles Galofre.} d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5
4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 {!?} c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Qe2 Bf5 8. h3 h5 9. Nf3
e6 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. O-O Bc5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. a4 a5 14. Rae1 Nbd7
15. f4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Bf5 17. Nd1 {!} Qd6 18. Qf2 O-O-O 19. Bc3
{! +/-} b6 20. Be5 {+-} Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qc7 22. exf6 gxf6
23. Qf4 Qb7 24. Ne3 Bg6 25. Qxf6 Rhg8 26. Rf2 Qd7 27. Qe5 Kb7
28. Bb3 Qe7 29. Nc4 Qb4 30. Ref1 Rd5 31. Qe1 Qc5 32. Qe3 Qxe3
33. Nxe3 Rg5 34. Rf4 {!} Kc7 35. d4 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Mem Premier 1"]
[Site "Havana CUB"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Gonzalez Vidal"]
[Black "Aryam Abreu Delgado"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 {Notes by Yuri Gonzalez from Informant} d5 2. c4 c6
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6
8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e4 e5 12. Be3 Bd6
13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Qb3 Nc8 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. f4 Be6 17. Bc4 Bxc4
18. Qxc4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rf1 Qe3+ 21. Ne2 Rf8 22. Rxf7
{!} Ne7 {22...Rxf7 23.Qe6+ Ne7 (23...Re7 24.Qg8#; 23...Kf8
24.Rd8#) 24.Qd7+ Kf8 25. Qd8+! Rd8 26.Rd8#} 23. Rd3 {? 23.Qe6!
Qg5 (23...Qc5 24.Rd6 Qg5 25.g3! with the idea of h4+-) 24.g3!
g6 (24...b6 25.e5 with the idea of h4+-) 25.Rxh7 Rd8 26.Rxd8+
Kxd8 27.Qd6+ Ke8 27.Qb8+ +-} Qg5 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rf3+ Ke8
26. Qf7+ Kd7 27. Rd3+ Kc7 28. Rg3 Qh4 29. Nf4 Kb6 30. Ke2 Ng6
31. Rb3+ Kc5 32. Nd3+ Kd6 33. e5+ Nxe5 34. Nxe5 Kxe5 35. Qxg7+
Kd6 36. Rd3+ Kc5 37. Rc3+ Kd6 38. Rd3+ Kc5 39. Qe5+ Kb6
40. Qd4+ Qxd4 41. Rxd4 Re8+ 42. Kd2 Re7 43. Rc4 Rf7 44. Ke2
Re7+ 45. Kd2 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Guelph Futurity"]
[Site "Guelph, Ont."]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[EventDate "2005.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikolay Noritsyn"]
[Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3
Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c6
12. Bf1 Nc7 13. g3 Re8 14. Bg2 c5 15. Nh4 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7
17. f4 Nb5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qxc3 21. e5 Bg4
22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. cxd3 Nh5 24. Rac1 Nd4 25. Rxc5 Nxf4 26. gxf4
Ne2+ 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. d4 Rad8 29. Nf5 Bg4 30. Nd6 Re7 31. h3
b6 32. Rc3 Bh5 33. Nf5 Red7 34. d5 Kf8 35. d6 g5 36. fxg5 Re8
37. Bc6 Rc8 38. Nd4 a6 39. Rc2 Rdd8 40. Rf2 Kg8 41. Kg2 Bg6
42. Kf3 h6 43. Kf4 hxg5+ 44. Kxg5 Kg7 45. Rf6 Rh8 46. Bf3 Rc1
47. Ne6+ Kh7 48. Nf4 Rc5 49. Nxg6 fxg6 50. Re6 Kg7 51. Bg4 1-0

[Event "chessgames consultation"]
[Site "chessgames.com"]
[Date "2006.01.11"]
[EventDate "2006.01.11"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maarten Ronteltap / Allies"]
[Black "Ron Barber / Allies"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 {Notes by "EmperorAtahualpa" *** January 11, 2006. It was
a sunny day in the Kibitzer's Cafe when fellow kibitzer "me to
play" announced he would be running a consultation game on his
chessforum. He immediately found 10 enthusiastic participants,
who would be divided in two teams of five. White: "The
Knightmares" - AdrianP, Chopin, EmperorAtahualpa (captain),
hitman84 and Saruman. Black: "The Dark Horses" -
NakoSonorense, Robin01, RonB52734 (captain), sitzkrieg and
WannaBe. The first chessgames.com consultation match was
born!} c5 {The first few moves for White and Black were made
in a matter of hours, but eventually both teams would agree
that each team would have 24 hours per move. Also, both teams
had their own discussion forum which members of the other team
were not allowed to visit, so that both teams could analyze
the position and vote for their next move at their
discretion.} 2.Nf3 {We're playing a standard Sicilian defense
game so far. Of course, in a correspondence game such as this,
you cannot easily afford to play dubious openings that work
better in Blitz or standard chess, such as the King's Gambit
opening.} d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 {!? The Smith-Morra Gambit. This
was a suggestion from hitman84 that was widely welcomed by the
rest of the team except the team captain EmperorAtahualpa, who
preferred the normal move 4.Nxd4. As the viewer will notice,
White will hereafter be playing to regain the pawn for a
substantial part of the game, even though it is ahead in
development. For an interesting article on the Smith-Morra
gambit, go here:
www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Smith-Morra} dxc3 {As
expected, Black accepts the gambit.} 5.Nxc3 Nf6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.e5
{! A tricky move. If 7...dxe5?, then 8.Qxd8 Kxd8 and Black is
still a pawn up but at least cannot castle anymore. (7...dxe5
8.Qxd8 Nxd8? 9.Nb5! Rb8 10.Nxe5 e6 11.Nxa7 +/=) Also, if
7...Nxe5??, then 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.Bxf7+! Kxf7 10.Qxd8 +-.} Nd7
{7...Ng4 was another option with many interesting possible
variations that could have followed, such as 7...Ng4 8.exd6
exd6 9.Ng5 Nge5 9.Qd5, or 7...Ng4 8.exd6 exd6 9.Qe2+ Be7
10.O-O O-O} 8.Bxf7+ {!! Credits go to Saruman for finding this
move.} Kxf7 9.e6+ {9...Kxe6 is impossible, because 10.Qd5+ Kf6
11.Ne4+ Kg6 12.Nh4# mates!} Ke8 10.exd7+ {Gaining back the
knight.} Bxd7 11.O-O {It has been a wild opening, but the dust
has settled a bit now. White's early attack is over and even
though Black is still a pawn up, it is compensated (at least
partly) by the fact that Black cannot castle anymore.} e5
{With 11...e5, Black is seeking control of the center, however
in hindsight perhaps it would have been wiser to keep the
pawns closer to the king for adequate protection.} 12.Qd5 Bg4
13.h3 Bh5 {13...Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qd7 15.Be3 Be7 16.Rad1 Rd8 would
have been solid too.} 14.Ng5 Qd7 15.f4 {The idea here was to
aim at the f7 square while simultaneously attacking Black's
pawn center. If Black's pawn center could be removed, the king
would have been extra vulnerable. However, as you will see,
this plan doesn't work out.} h6 16.Nf3 {-/+ On top of the fact
that Black is a pawn up, it also appears that Black's pieces
are better placed than those of White. It is therefore time
for White to reorganize! 16.Nf3 looked a bit clumsy at first
sight, but probably it is just as good as 16.Ne4. After
16.Ne4, play could have continued pretty spectacularly with
16...Bf7 17.Qd1 d5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Re1 dxe4 20.Rxe4 Qxd1+
21.Nxd1 Bd6 22.Bf5 Bd5 23.Re1 Kd7 24.Bxe5 with material
equality but a better position for Black.} Bf7 17.Qd3 {This is
White's first move with newcomer brankat in the team. Chopin
had to quit the game due to a busy schedule, and brankat will
be replacing him for the rest of the game.} Be7 18.Be3 Qe6
{Both sides are developing and it seems that inevitably
another eruption of exchanges is to follow. Here, with
18...Qe6, Black probably intends ...Qc4 seeking queen
exchanges, which would be favorable for Black, given that
Black is already a pawn ahead.} 19.b3 {19.b3 is the most
direct prevention of ...Qc4, however there's more to this
move. White here was in the process of finding a new long-term
strategy and was thinking of bringing the bishop to a3 via
c1.} a6 20.Rae1 {Other good options are 20.Rad1 (which we were
considering) and 20.Rac1. There are an awful lot of variations
to be taken into account here, and we spent a lot of time
analyzing in this part of the game. If 20.Rad1, then possibly
20...Rd8 21.Qd2 b5 22.Qf2 Rf8 =/+. If 20.Rac1, then possibly
20...Rf8 21.g4 Nb4 22.Qd2 h5 =/+} Rf8 21.Bc1 {Another move
White almost went for is 21.Bb6, which could have been
followed by 21...Rc8 22.Nd4! Qg6 23.Qf5 Qxf5 24.Nxf5 =/+} b5
22.fxe5 {Here, hitman84 started to work out his plan for
White's beautiful and controversial 23rd and 24th moves, which
you are about to witness.} dxe5 23.Nxe5 {! A nice knight
sacrifice that in the long run gives White at least a pawn
back. Credits go to hitman84 for finding this move. Computers
suggest the following combination, which funnily the White
team completely overlooked: 23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.Qe4! Rd8 25.Qxe5
Qxe5 26.Rxe5+/=. However, hitman84 had a deeper move in
mind...} Nxe5 24.Qg3 {!! The point behind 23.Nxe5. For the
next moves you are about to see, White had worked out long
combinations already in the days before so now needed little
time to think.} Qb6+ {Here, both teams overlooked a very
interesting move Black could have made: 24...Bg6!?. This move
was suggested by Robin01, but his suggestion got
outvoted. However, computer analyses say that 24...Bg6 25.Rxe5
Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Qf7+ 27.Bf4 equalizes} 25.Be3 Qb8 26.Bf4 {White
has a couple of winning combination in mind no matter what
Black's response is. For instance: 26.Bf4 Qa7+ 27.Kh1 Ng6
(27...Nc6? 28.Qxg7!) 28.Bd6!! Rd8 29.Nd5!} Qb6+ 27.Be3 Qb8
{Here, Black offered a draw, even though they are a piece
ahead! This shows that Black realized that despite their
material advantage they would not be able to convert it into a
win. Or perhaps they were even afraid of losing!} 28.Bd4 {!
White has rejected Black's draw offer and is changing plans!
Bd4 avoids Qb6+, but this move also requires completely new
lines to work out. For instance, one line that White
calculated is this one: 28.Bd4 Nc6 29.Qxg7 Qd6 (29...Nxd4
30.Nd5!) 30.Bf6!} Be6 {? Arguably Black's poorest move of the
game. 30...Nc6 should have been moved here.} 29.Rxf8+ Bxf8
30.Rxe5 Qd6 {?!} 31.Bc5 Qxc5+ {!? Black's most interesting and
controversial strategic move of the game. It would appear
suicidal to give up the queen via 30...Qd6 31.Bc5 Qxc5+, but
Black comes up with a very original and effective defense
later on in the game.} 32.Rxc5 Bxc5+ 33.Kf1 {White now has a
material advantage in the game, but will not be able to
checkmate Black's king before he queens a pawn. And that will
be a tough job! Both teams still have 4 pawns and none of them
are passed pawns. Also, Black appears to still have the proper
resources to prevent White's pawns from reaching the back
rank.} Bf8 34.Qe3 Kd7 {After this move, NakoSonorense (one of
Black's players) would be replaced by Cogano for the rest of
the game} 35.a4 {! A tricky move. Credits go to hitman84 for
this one. If Black responds improperly, he can lose a pawn!}
Bxb3 {? This is exactly the response White had been hoping
for! Now follows a neat trick.} 36.Qd3+ {!} Bd6 37.Nxb5 {!}
axb5 38.Qxb5+ Kc7 39.Qxb3 {Now White is also up a pawn, and
White is counting on a definite win now.} Rf8+ 40.Ke2 Re8+
41.Kd3 Re7 42.Qc3+ Kd8 {The sad reality is by now beginning to
dawn upon White. White will not be able to queen his a-pawn!
White's problem is that Black can defend the a7-square with
both the bishop and the rook. Also the kingside pawns can
easily be defended with the bishop and rook.} 43.a5 Bb8 44.Qc6
Rd7+ 45.Ke4 Re7+ 46.Kf3 Rf7+ 47.Ke2 Re7+ 48.Kf1 Rf7+ 49.Kg1
Ba7+ 50.Kh2 Rc7 51.Qa8+ Ke7 52.a6 Kd6 {And here Black offered
a draw again.} 53.g4 {White seriously considered to accept the
draw here, but in the end decided to keep on fighting for a
win. White was thinking of a plan to sacrifice the queen in
order to promote one of the kingside pawns.} Bd4 54.Qd8+ Rd7
55.Qf8+ Kc6 {And here the arbiter of the game, "me to play",
called the game a draw, much to the disappointment of
White. White believed it was too early to stop the game
because White believed there was a reasonable chance that
either of the teams could make a mistake that significantly
affects the outcome of the game. However, in the end everybody
enjoyed taking part in it. In hindsight, a draw is perhaps the
best result, since it recognizes the effort both teams put
into it.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queenstown Classic"]
[Site "Queenstown"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tibor Karolyi Jr."]
[Black "Junta Ikeda"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7
7. d5 b5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. cxb5 O-O 10. Nf4 Qe8 11. Be2 Qf7
12. Bf3 d5 13. O-O Bd6 14. Nh5 Nbd7 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. b4 e5
17. Na4 Rad8 18. Bb2 Bc8 19. Nc5 Kh8 20. Be2 Qg6 {Black: 7min}
21. f3 Bh3 22. Rf2 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Ne4 24. Bf1 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 d4
26. exd4 Bg4 27. h3 Bh5 28. d5 e4 29. Qd4 Rde8 { Black: 1min}
30. Re1 Re7 31. Re3 exf3 32. g4 Rxe3 33. Kxe3 Qg5+ 34. Kf2 Bf7
35. Kg3 Rg8 36. d6 cxd6 37. cxd6 Be6 38. h4 Qd8 39. Bd3 Bf7
40. Qf4 Qa5 41. Qe3 Re8 42. Be5 {Black lost on time} 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.08.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tea Bosboom-Lanchava"]
[Black "Peter K Wells"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O
5.Nge2 Re8 {Black usually plays 5...d5 right away.} 6.a3 Bf8
7.g3 {White could have prevented black from playing d5 by
pushing the d-pawn instead.} d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bg2 c6 {Black
chooses a solid approach.} 10.Nf4 g6 11.O-O h5 12.Re1 Bg7
13.h4 Bf5 {13...Bg4!? 14.f3 Bf5 Just wastes a tempo.} 14.f3
Na6 15.Qb3 {!? White foresees an opening of the center after
e4 and eventual pressure at the always vulnerable f7 square as
well as at b7.} Re7 16.Bd2 Ne8 {16...Qb6!? Comes into
consideration.} 17.Kh1 Nd6 18.e4 {!} Bd7 {18...dxe4? 19.fxe4
Be6 20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.Bh3 Re8 22.Bg5 Gives white a strong
initiative.} 19.Be3 Kh7 {? Critically weakening the f7
square.} 20.exd5 {!} Rxe3 {Black doesn't have much
choice. Without this exchange sack he's just getting
steamrolled.} 21.Rxe3 Nf5 22.dxc6 {!! This pawn will win the
game almost single-handedly} Nxe3 23.cxd7 Nxg2 24.Ne4 {! The
knight heads to g5 to finish things off.} Nxf4 25.Ng5+ {!} Kg8
26.Qxf7+ {!} Kh8 27.gxf4 Qf6 28.Qe8+ {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2006.08.14"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Erwin L'Ami"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6
5.c3 Bd7 6.Nbd2 g6 7.Nf1 Bg7 8.Ng3 O-O 9.O-O Qe8 10.Kh1 {A new
move but probably unnecessary. Moving the rook to e1 is more
natural.} Kh8 {To make room for the knight to retreat.} 11.h3
Ng8 12.Nh2 f5 13.f4 { 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Nh5!? } Nce7 14.Bxd7
Qxd7 15.exf5 gxf5 16.fxe5 dxe5 {Black and now has hanging
pawns but they are powerful attacking weapons and white has to
be careful.} 17.Nh5 Ng6 18.Nf3 {? 18.Nxg7 Kxg7 19.Nf3 was more
natural.} Rae8 19.Bg5 Bh6 20.Ng3 Bxg5 21.Nxg5 Nf4 22.Rxf4 {??
A tactical blunder.} exf4 23.Ne2 {? 23.Nh5 was forced.} Qe7
{White resigned because the knights are forked.} 0-1

[Event "WCC Match 2006"]
[Site "Elista, Russia"]
[Date "2006.01.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "01"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.d4 {Notes by various authors, as indicated.} Nf6 2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 {Something of a
sideline which has been played by Grischuk and Efimenko. --
Malcolm Pein} 7.Qc2 {The calmest move which ensures the regain
of the c4 pawn. Of the other moves; 7.O-O is sound; 7.a3
wastes time; 7.Bxb4 doesn't seem right but has been played,
7.Nc3 gambits a pawn for decent compensation and is not how
Kramnik wants to play against Topalov in game one. 7.Qc1 was
played by Jan Gustafsson against Efimenko and there is also
7.Na3!? when 7...Bxa3 8.bxa3 is also reasonable
compensation. -- Malcom Pein} Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6 9.a4 b5 10.axb5
cxb5 11.Qg5 O-O 12.Qxb5 Ba6 13.Qa4 {If instead 13 Qxa5 Black
replies 13 ... Bb7 14 Qxd8 Rxa1 and now a safe move is 15
Qxf8+. However it is tempting to try 15 Qb6 Rxb1+ 16 Kd2 which
looks good for White. For the refutation see the (Times)
puzzle. -- Keene} Qb6 14.O-O Qxb2 15.Nbd2 Bb5 16.Nxc4 Bxa4
17.Nxb2 Bb5 18.Ne5 Ra7 19.Bf3 Nbd7 20.Nec4 Rb8 21.Rfb1 g5 {A
great move from Topalov, typically aggressive. Kramnik needs
to play e2-e3 and Topalov has worked out he can exploit the f3
square. -- Malcom Pein} 22.e3 g4 23.Bd1 Bc6 24.Rc1 Be4 25.Na4
Rb4 26.Nd6 Bf3 27.Bxf3 gxf3 28.Nc8 Ra8 29.Ne7+ Kg7 30.Nc6 Rb3
31.Nc5 Rb5 32.h3 Nxc5 33.Rxc5 Rb2 34.Rg5+ Kh6 35.Rgxa5 Rxa5
36.Nxa5 Ne4 37.Rf1 Nd2 38.Rc1 Ne4 39.Rf1 {Having sacrificed a
pawn, Topalov could have forced a draw here by repeating the
position. Instead, he boldly sought to extract the win but
went a step too far. -- Keene} f6 40.Nc6 Nd2 41.Rd1 Ne4 42.Rf1
Kg6 43.Nd8 {! Played after a long thought. It is essential to
tie one black piece down otherwise he will have a completely
free hand. -- Malcolm Pein} Rb6 44.Rc1 h5 45.Ra1 h4 46.gxh4
Kh5 47.Ra2 Kxh4 48.Kh2 Kh5 49.Rc2 Kh6 50.Ra2 Kg6 51.Rc2 Kf5
{Now white is given an opportunity to change the course of the
fight - 52.Nc6 Rb7 53.d5 e5 54.h4 Kg4 55.Rc4 Kf5 56.Rc2 and
black can choose between the repetition after 56...Kg4 and
double-edged 56...Nd6, rekindling the fire on the board:
56...Nd6 57.Kh3 Ke4 Probably it's safer not to make extra
movements and choose calm 52.Ra2. -- Sakaev} 52.Ra2 Rb5 53.Nc6
Rb7 54.Ra5+ Kg6 55.Ra2 Kh5 56.d5 e5 {If instead 56 ... Rg7
then White replies 57 dxe6 Rg2+ 58 Kh1 Nxf2+ (58 ... Kg6 59
Nd8 keeps the black king out and wins) 59 Rxf2 Rxf2 60 e7 Rf1+
61 Kh2 Rf2+ 62 Kg3 Rg2+ 63 Kxf3 Rg8 64 Ke4 with a winning
position. -- Keene} 57.Ra4 f5 { "The losing blunder. Black
must play 57 Nxf2 58 Kg3 e4 59 Kxf2 Rb2+ with a draw by
perpetual. If White attempts to evade this the black f-pawn
will promote." -- Keene; "A big mistake. Black could be fixed
at draw, for example by 57.Nf2 58.Kg3 e4 59.Kf2 Rb2 with
perpetual check, cause f pawn will promote otherwise." --
Inarkiev} 58.Nxe5 Rb2 59.Nd3 Rb7 60.Rd4 Rb6 61.d6 Nxd6 62.Kg3
Ne4+ 63.Kxf3 Kg5 64.h4+ Kf6 65.Rd5 Nc3 66.Rd8 Rb1 67.Rf8+ Ke6
68.Nf4+ Ke5 69.Re8+ Kf6 70.Nh5+ Kg6 71.Ng3 Rb2 72.h5+ Kf7
73.Re5 Nd1 74.Ne2 Kf6 75.Rd5 1-0

[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista, Russia"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 {Notes by GM Ray Keene} d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6
5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O a6 8.Bb3 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Nc3 Be7
11.Re1 O-O 12.a4 Bd7 13.Ne5 Be8 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nb4 16.Qf3
Bc6 17.Qh3 Bd5 18.Nxd5 Nbxd5 19.Rcd1 Rc7 20.Bg5 Qc8 21.Qf3 Rd8
22.h4 h6 23.Bc1 Bb4 24.Rf1 Bd6 25.g3 b6 26.Qe2 Ne7 27.Rfe1
Bxe5 28.dxe5 Rxd1 29.Qxd1 Nfd5 30.Bd2 Rc5 31.Qg4 Nf5 32.Qe4 b5
33.h5 bxa4 34.Qxa4 {If 38 Bc3 then 38 ... Nd5 39 Bxb2 Qxb2 40
Qd1 Nd4 looks promising but leads nowhere after 41 Rb1. Black
should prefer 38 Bc3 Rb5 with an edge.} Rb5 35.Rc1 Qb7 36.Bc2
Nb6 37.Qg4 Rxb2 38.Be4 Qd7 39.Be1 Nd5 {After 39 ... Nd4
White's only move is 40 Ra1 but this is fine.} 40.Bd3 Nb4
41.Bf1 Nd3 42.Qd1 Nxe5 43.Qxd7 Nxd7 44.Rc8+ Kh7 {A blunder
which enables White to force an immediate draw. The last
chance was 44 ... Nf8. In that case, though, despite being a
pawn down, White's bishop pair should guarantee him against
loss.} 45.Rc7 Rb1 46.Rxd7 Rxe1 47.Rxf7 a5 48.Kg2 Kg8 49.Ra7
Re5 50.g4 Nd6 51.Bd3 Kf8 52.Bg6 Rd5 53.f3 e5 54.Kf2 Rd2+
55.Ke1 Rd5 56.Ke2 Rb5 57.Rd7 Rd5 58.Ra7 Rb5 59.Bd3 Rd5 60.Bg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista, Russia"]
[Date "2006.01.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 {Notes by GM Ray Keene} d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4
5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 {This is unusual. More common is 7
... Bb4 which can lead to great complications after 8 e4
Bxe4.} 8.e4 Bg6 {Again Black has a more complex alternative
available with 8 ... cxd4 but Kramnik is determined to play
quietly.} 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7
13.Bxc4 a6 14.Ke2 Rg8 {This is necessary in order to develop
his f8-bishop. White is a long way ahead in development and,
optically at least, his position looks promising. However,
Topalov proves unable to convert this into any more concrete.}
15.Rhd1 Rc8 16.b3 Bc5 17.a5 Ke7 18.Na4 Bb4 19.Nb6 Nxb6 20.Bxb6
f6 21.Rd3 Rc6 22.h4 Rgc8 23.g4 {Topalov's kingside advances
look attractive but they don't really get anywhere.} Bc5
24.Rad1 Bxb6 {Kramnik has seen a path to complete equality.}
25.Rd7+ Kf8 26.axb6 Rxb6 27.R1d6 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 Rc6 29.Rxc6 bxc6
30.b4 e5 31.Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista, Russia"]
[Date "2006.01.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.O-O b4 10.Na4 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Bb5+ Ncd7
13.Ne5 Qc7 14.Qd4 Rd8 15.Bd2 Qa5 16.Bc6 Be7 17.Rfc1 Bxc6
18.Nxc6 Qxa4 19.Nxd8 Bxd8 20.Qxb4 Qxb4 21.Bxb4 Nd5 22.Bd6 f5
23.Rc8 N5b6 24.Rc6 Be7 25.Rd1 Kf7 26.Rc7 Ra8 27.Rb7 Ke8
28.Bxe7 Kxe7 29.Rc1 a5 30.Rc6 Nd5 31.h4 h6 32.a4 g5 33.hxg5
hxg5 34.Kf1 g4 35.Ke2 Nf6 36.b3 Ne8 37.f3 g3 38.Rc1 Nf6 39.f4
{A misjudgment. Kramnik wants to attack the g3-pawn but his
advance allows the black knights to run riot in the centre. --
Keene} Kd6 40.Kf3 Nd5 41.Kxg3 Nc5 42.Rg7 Rb8 43.Ra7 Rg8+
44.Kf3 Ne4 45.Ra6+ Ke7 46.Rxa5 Rg3+ 47.Ke2 Rxe3+ 48.Kf1 Rxb3
49.Ra7+ Kf6 50.Ra8 Nxf4 51.Ra1 Rb2 52.a5 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista, Russia"]
[Date "2006.01.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 {Notes by GM Ray Keene} d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5
5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.a3 Nbd7 9.g3 Be7 10.f4 dxc4
11.Bxc4 O-O 12.e4 b5 13.Be2 b4 14.axb4 Bxb4 15.Bf3 Qb6 16.O-O
e5 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Na4 Qb8 19.Qc2 exf4 20.Bxf4 Qb7 21.Rad1 Rfe8
22.Bg5 Be7 23.Kh1 Nh7 24.Be3 Bg5 25.Bg1 Nhf8 26.h4 Be7 27.e5
Nb8 28.Nc3 Bb4 29.Qg2 Qc8 30.Rc1 Bxc3 {This amounts to
strategic capitulation. Now White's bishops and central pawns
quickly become overwhelming.} 31.bxc3 Ne6 32.Bg4 Qc7 33.Rcd1
Nd7 34.Qa2 Nb6 35.Rf3 Nf8 36.Rdf1 Re7 37.Be3 Nh7 38.Rxf7 Nd5
{If 38 ... Rxf7 then 39.Rxf7 Qxf7 40.Be6 wins.} 39.R7f3 1-0

[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.01.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 {(Notes by GM Ray Keene.) World champion Vladimir Kramnik
fought back to take game 10 of the match in Elista and now
leads by three to two in terms of games actually won. However
Kramnik's forfeit from game five has still not been rescinded
by FIDE, the world chess federation, and Kramnik has announced
his intention of suing FIDE after the match in the Court of
International Sports Arbitration in Lausanne. FIDE has already
lost one case there to the former women's world champion Susan
Polgar.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O
7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 a5 10.Rd1 Nh5 11.Bc1 {White avoids
the exchange of his bishop for Black's knight, as occurred
with colours reversed in the previous game which was published
yesterday.} b5 12.cxd5 {The alternative is the blockading
advance 12 c5 but Kramnik has, to his credit, something
considerably more energetic in mind.} cxd5 13.e4 {The only
logical continuation after the exchange on d5.} dxe4 14.Qxe4
Rb8 15.Qe2 Nhf6 16.Bf4 Rb6 17.Ne5 Nd5 {Black needs just one
more move, ... N7f6, to consolidate and get a perfectly viable
position. Kramnik acts at once with a seemingly antipositional
trade -- surrendering his Catalan bishop in order to thwart
this plan.} 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Nc3 {Now White will win a pawn but
it would appear that Black obtains plenty of counterplay for
his nominal material deficit.} Nf6 20.Nxb5 Ba6 21.a4 Ne4
22.Rdc1 Qe8 23.Rc7 Bd8 24.Ra7 f6 {?? This is a blunder. It was
essential to play 24 ... Bxb5 25 axb5 Qxb5 26 Qxb5 Rxb5 27 Ra2
when White would retain a small but permanent plus. The move
played loses outright.} 25.Nd7 {In fact 25 Qg4 might be even
stronger for White.} Rf7 26.Nxb6 Rxa7 27.Nxd5 {White has
gained a second pawn and is winning easily.} Rd7 28.Ndc3 Rxd4
29.Re1 {Good enough but after 29 f3 Black will simply lose his
knight.} f5 30.Qc2 Rb4 31.Nd5 Rxb5 32.axb5 Qxb5 33.Nc7 Qc4
34.Qd1 Bxc7 35.Qd7 h6 {White was threatening mate.} 36.Qxc7
Qb4 37.Qb8+ Qxb8 38.Bxb8 Nd2 39.Ra1 g5 40.f4 Nb3 41.Ra3 Bc4
42.Bc7 g4 43.Bxa5 {Kramnik's most convincing win so far in the
match.} 1-0

[Event "Kramnik vs Deep Fritz"]
[Site "Bonn, Germany"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Deep Fritz (Computer)"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6
7.Qd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.Nc3 b6 12.Ne4
Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qh4 Bb7 15.Bg5 Rfd8 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6
gxf6 18.Rfd1 Kf8 19.Ne1 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 f5 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Nd3
Bd4 23.Rc1 e5 24.Rc2 Rd5 25.Nb4 Rb5 26.Nxa6 Rxb2 27.Rxb2 Bxb2
28.Nb4 Kg7 29.Nd5 Bd4 30.a4 {Missing the direct path to
victory. After: 30.e3! Bc5 31.Kf3!, the win is as clear as a
sunny sky. White's King is making a beeline to the b5-square,
where the b6-pawn is captured and the a-pawn is escorted to
coronation. -- Seirawan} Bc5 31.h3 { This is a real groaner. I
think the text throws away most of the winning chances that
were left. I was still wildly optimistic about White's chances
after 31.Kf3! One point is to trick the computer into playing
an innocuous move like: 31...Kg6? After which White plays:
32.e3!, and he is back in business as his King goes to the
b5-square. -- Seirawan} f6 32.f3 Kg6 33.e4 h5 34.g4 hxg4
35.hxg4 fxe4 36.fxe4 Kg5 37.Kf3 Kg6 38.Ke2 Kg5 39.Kd3 Bg1
40.Kc4 Bf2 41.Kb5 Kxg4 42.Nxf6+ Kf3 43.Kc6 Bh4 44.Nd7 Kxe4
45.Kxb6 Bf2+ 46.Kc6 Be1 47.Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Icelandic Television"]
[Site "Iceland"]
[Date "2006.09.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bragi Thorfinnsson"]
[Black "Arnar Gunnarsson"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.d3 Be6 5.Bxe6 fxe6 6.c3 Qd7 7.O-O
Nf6 8.b4 a6 9.a4 Be7 10.Na3 O-O 11.Nc4 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Na5
d5 14.Bg5 Bd6 15.Re1 h6 16.Bh4 Nxa5 17.bxa5 b4 18.Qb3 Qb5
19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.c4 dxc4 21.dxc4 Qc6 22.Nh4 Kh7 23.c5 Be7
24.Qxb4 Bxc5 25.Qb3 Bd4 26.Rac1 Qd7 27.Qa3 Qd6 28.Qf3 Rxa5
29.Qh5 Rg8 30.Qf7+ {?} Rg7 31.Qxf6 Ra2 {? 31...Ra8!} 32.Rf1
Re2 33.Qf3 Rd2 34.Qf6 Re2 35.h3 Rxe4 36.Rc6 Qxc6 37.Nf5 Kg8
{?? Gunnarson touched his king and was forced to move it.}
38.Qxg7# {After the game ended, the main analyst Helgi
Olafsson received a phone call from Bobby Fischer, who pointed
out the following variation: 37...Rxg2+! 38.Kh1 (38.Kxg2? Rg4+
39.Kh2 Qg2#) Rh4!! 39.Qf7+ Rg7+ 40.f3 Rxh3# } 1-0

[Event "Bradley Open 06"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jarod J Bryan"]
[Black "Andres Castaneda"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 {Notes by Andres Castaneda} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3
e5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. Bc2 Bg7 8. d4 O-O 9. dxe5 dxe5
10. Be3 Qe7 11. a4 h6 12. Na3 Be6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Nb5 Nb6
15. Rfd1 Nc4 16. Rd5 $2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 a6 18. Na3 Bxd5 19. exd5
Na5 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Ne1 f5 $2 22. d6 Qf6 23. Qxc5 Nc6 24. Nc4
e4 25. Nb6 Kh8 26. d7 Qe7 $6 27. Qe3 $2 ( 27. Qxe7 $11)
27... Ne5 28. Nc8 Qe6 29. Rd6 Qf7 (29... Qa2 $1) 30. Nb6 Nxd7
31. Qd2 Nxb6 32. Rxd8 Qc7 (32... Nc4) 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Bb3
Qd6 35. Qe3 Nd7 36. Nc2 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Bd6+ $6 (37... Nc5 $1)
38. g3 Kg7 39. Nd4 Qf1 40. Qe2 Qxe2 41. Nxe2 Ne5 42. Bd5 b6
43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Bb7 a5 45. Nf4 Bc5 46. b4 axb4 47. cxb4 Bd4
48. Ne2 Nf3 49. g4 (49. Nxd4 Nxd4 50. a5 bxa5 51. bxa5 Nb5
52. a6 $14) 49... Be5 50. a5 bxa5 51. bxa5 Ne1+ 52. Kf1 Nd3
53. a6 Bb8 54. Nd4 Ba7 55. Nb5 Bxf2 56. Ke2 $2 Bb6 $17 57. a7
Bxa7 $6 (57... Nf4+ 58. Kf1 Bxa7 59. Nxa7 Nxh3 $19) 58. Nxa7
Nf4+ 59. Ke3 Nxh3 60. gxf5 gxf5 61. Nb5 $2 Ke5 62. Nc3 f4+
63. Ke2 Ng5 64. Bc8 Nf3 65. Bg4 (65. Nxe4 Nd4+ 66. Kd3 Nb3)
65... Nd4+ 66. Kf2 Nf5 67. Ke1 f3 68. Kf2 Kf4 69. Bxf5 $2 e3+
$1 70. Ke1 Kxf5 71. Nd5 Ke4 72. Nf6+ Kd3 73. Nh5 f2+ 0-1

[Event "2nd PAL/CSS Freestlye Tournament - Main"]
[Site "playchess.com 60m+15s"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[EventDate "2006.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arno Nickel"]
[Black "Alexander Belezky"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 {This is a man-machine "freestlye" tournament in which
both players are allowed to use computer assistance. It was
played online, where Arno Nickel was playing as "Ciron" and IM
Alexander Beletzky was playing as "Schurick". The time control
was 60 minutes + 15s/move. According to GM Nickel: "Black lost
right from the opening in a critical line, a rare case when
the two knights were stronger than the two bishops."} c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6
7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 e6 11. Nc3 Rc8
12. Rac1 h5 13. Rfd1 h4 14. h3 Be7 15. b4 Qc7 16. Qe3 Rh5
17. Ne2 Bf8 18. Nh2 Ba4 19.Ng4 Be7 20. Rd2 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5
22. Qc3 Qd8 {Schurick offers a draw.} 23. c5 {Draw declined.}
d5 24. Nd4 Rf4 25. Nf3 a5 26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 Ra8 28. Qg7 Bf8
29. Qg8 Rxb4 30. Ng5 Qe7 31. Re1 Kd7 32. Rxd5+ Kc6 33. Rd6+
Kxc5 34. Nxf7 Bc6 35. Qg6 Qc7 36. Rdxe6 Kb6 37. Nge5 Ra5
38. Nxc6 bxc6 39. Ne5 Rxe5 40. R6xe5 Bd6 41. Re6 Bc5 42. Qg8
Rb5 43. Re8 Bd6 44. Ra8 Bh2+ 45. Kh1 Be5 46. Qa2 Qb7 47. Rxe5
Rxe5 48. Qb2+ Rb5 49. Qd4+ Rc5 50. Qd8+ Kb5 51. Ra1 Kc4
52. Qxh4+ Kd3 53. Qg3+ Kc2 54. Qa3 Qb2 55. Qxc5+ Qc3 56.Rc1+
Kxc1 57. Qxc3+ Kd1 58. f4 c5 59. f5 c4 60. f6 Ke2 61. f7 Kd1
62. f8=Q Ke2 63. Qff3# 1-0

[Event "Northeast Open 06"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andres Castaneda"]
[Black "Boris Reichstein"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2001"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 {Notes by Andres Castaneda} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5
10. h3 O-O 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8
15. Re2 Nc6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Nb4 18. Bb3 a5 19. a3 Na6 {?!}
20. Ne3 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Bd5 Rab8 23. b4 Na4 24. Qb3 Be8
25. Ndf5 Qd8 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. f4 Rc3 28. Qd1 Qa7 29. Bxf6
gxf6 30. Kh2 Bd7 31. Qe1 Be6 32. Qh4 $6 Rxe3 33. Qf2 Qd4
34. Rxe3 Qxa1 35. Bxe6 {? 35. Rg3+ Kh8 [35... Kf8 36. Bxe6
fxe6 37. Qa7] 36. f5 Bxd5 37. Qf4} fxe6 36. Rg3+ Kh8 37. Qa7
Rg8 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Qb8+ Kf7 40. Qxb5 Qd4 {? 40... Qxa3 =}
41. Qxa4 Qxe4 42. Qd7+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. Qxd6
axb4 46. Qxb4 Qe3 47. a4 h5 48. a5 h4 49. f5+ exf5 50. Qxh4 f4
51. Qg4+ Kh6 52. h4 Qe5 53. h5 Kh7 54. Qg6+ Kh8 55. h6 f3+
56. Kh3 Qe6+ 57. Kg3 { ? 57. g4 And there are no checks.} Qe1+
{?? 57...Qd6+ 58. Kf2 Qd4+ 59. Kxf3} 58. Kxf3 {? 58. Kg4} Qf1+
59. Kg3 Qe1+ 60. Kh3 Qh1+ 61. Kg3 Qe1+ 62. Kf3 Qc3+ {??
62... Qf1+ =} 63. Kg4 Qc4+ 64. Kh3 Qe6+ 65. Qg4 Qe3+ 66. g3
1-0

[Event "Hastings Chess Congress"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[EventDate "2006.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akash Jain"]
[Black "Rasa Norinkeviciute"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 {Black's mobile phone went off} 1-0

[Event "CG.com Masters vs. Machines Invitational"]
[Site "Yahoo Chess"]
[Date "2007.04.15"]
[EventDate "2007.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Greg Gomez / Deep Fritz"]
[Black "Branko / Schiller / Wall"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 {Notes by Bill Wall.} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3
10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4
19. Rhe1 Nf6 20. g4 Rfd8 21. c4 {All book} Bb4 {We should have
played 21...Bd6 or some other safer move.} 22. Rh1 Ne4 {Maybe
22...Bd6.} 23. Be3 Rac8 {We still had a chance to played
23...Bd6, but wanted to activate the other rook and try to get
in c5.} 24. f3 Ng5 25. c5 {Traps out bishop a bit} Rd5 {Hoping
for Bxc5 and Rxe5. We probably should have played 25...Ba5.}
26. Rd3 f6 {26...Bxc5 27.dxc5 Rxe5 doesn't work because of
28.f4. We thought about 26...f6 and 26...Nh7 and went with
26...f6 to kick out the knight from the center. 26...Nh7 may
have been better so that we could threaten Bxc5.} 27. Ng6
{Threatening 28.Ne7, forking king and rook.} Rd7 28. Rb3 Ba5
29. Ra3 b6 30. Rf1 Nf7 31. Ra4 {Threatening 32.b4 and trapping
the bishop.} Rb8 32. f4 {32.b4, we could play 32...bxc5.} Nh8
33. Nxh8 Kxh8 34. Kc2 {Threaten 35.b4. White will win the
bishop for a pawn and an easy endgame.} Rbd8 35. b4 Rxd4
36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. a3 Re4 38. Rf3 f5 39. gxf5 exf5 40. bxa5
Rxa4 41. axb6 axb6 42. cxb6 Ra8 43. b7 Rb8 44. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods 07"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andres Castaneda"]
[Black "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 {Notes by Andres Castaneda} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8. O-O Nxc5
9. Bc4 Qh5 10. Re1 Ncd7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bg5 Nb6
14. Ng3 Qg4 15. b3 $6 {An over optimistic attempt to trap the
queen.} (15. Bd3 $14) 15... Nh5 16. Bxe7 Nxg3 17. Qd3 Nh5
18. Bd6 Nxc4 19. Re4 Nb2 20. Qb5 Bd7 21. Qxb7 Qf5 22. Ne5
(22. Re5 $11) 22... Nf6 23. Re2 Rad8 24. Ba3 Rc8 $2 25. Rc1 $2
(25. Bxb2 Rxc2 26. g4 $1 $18) 25... Rb8 $11 26. Qc7 Bb5 $4
27. Qxf7+ $18 Kh8 28. Ree1 Na4 29. bxa4 Bxa4 30. Bd6
(30. Qxa7) 30... Rbc8 31. c4 Ne4 32. Qxf5 $2 {The mutual time
trouble made for many errors in the next moves until the time
control.} (32. Qxa7 $18) 32... exf5 $11 33. c5 $2 (33. Nf7+
Kg8 34. f3 $11) 33... Kg8 $2 (33... Nxd6 34. cxd6 Rxc1
35. Rxc1 Rxe5 $17) 34. Nf3 (34. f4 $16) 34... Nxd6 35. cxd6
Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Rd8 37. Rd1 $4 Kf7 $2 {Free rook?} 38. Ne5+ Ke6
39. Nc4 $4 Bb5 $2 40. Na3 Ba6 41. Nc2 Rxd6 42. Rxd6+ Kxd6 {
The time scramble is over and white finds himself in a
hopeless ending.} 43. Nb4 Bb7 44. f3 Kc5 45. Nd3+ Kd4 46. Nf4
Kc3 47. Ne6 g6 48. Nf8 Bd5 49. Nxh7 Bxa2 50. Nf8 Bf7 (50... a5
51. Nxg6 a4 {The pawn is unstoppable!}) 51. Nd7 a5 52. Nb6 Kb4
53. Kf2 Kb5 54. Nc8 Be6 55. Ne7 a4 56. Nxg6 a3 57. Nf4 Bc4
58. Ne2 Bxe2 59. Kxe2 a2 60. Ke3 a1=Q 61. Kf4 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods 07"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Renard W Anderson"]
[Black "Andres Castaneda"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 {Notes by Andres Castaneda} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Bxf6
Nxf6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O-O Qh5 $2 (12... Bd7 13. e5
dxe5 14. fxe5 Ne8 $11) (12... Nd7 $11) 13. Qxh5 $16 Nxh5
14. g3 $6 (14. f5 $16) 14... Nf6 $14 15. Kb1 $6 (15. f5 $14)
15... Rd8 $6 (15... Bd8 16. f5 e5 $11) 16. f5 $14 exf5
17. exf5 Ng4 18. Nd5 Bf6 19. Rhf1 Be5 20. Nf3 Bd7 21. h3 Nf6
22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Nb6 $6 (23. Rfe1 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 $14)
23... Rab8 $11 24. Rde1 Re8 25. g4 Bb5 26. Rg1 Nd7 27. Nd5 Bc6
28. g5 Nc5 29. Ne3 $6 Nxb3 30. axb3 Kf8 (30... Rbd8) 31. Ng4
e4 32. Re3 Rbd8 33. Reg3 Rd2 34. Kc1 Red8 35. Re3 R2d5 $17
36. Rf1 Ra5 37. Kb1 Rad5 38. Ree1 Rd2 39. Ne5 Rh2 $6
(39... Re8 $15) 40. Nxc6 bxc6 41. Rxe4 Rxh3 $11 42. f6 Rh5
43. Ra4 $6 Rxg5 $15 44. Rxa6 Rg6 $6 45. Rxc6 $11 Rxf6 $5
(45... gxf6 $11) 46. Rcxf6 gxf6 47. b4 $14 Ke7 48. b5 Ke6
49. c4 Rh8 50. Rd1 h5 51. b6 h4 52. b7 Rb8 53. Rh1 Rxb7
54. Rxh4 Ke5 55. Kc2 f5 56. Kc3 f4 57. Rh1 Ke4 58. b4 Ke3
(58... f3 $11) 59. c5 f3 60. Kc4 f2 61. c6 Rc7 62. b5 Ke2
63. Kd5 f1=Q 64. Rxf1 Kxf1 65. b6 Rxc6 66. Kxc6 f5 67. Kd5 1-0

[Event "NBCC Championship 07"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andres Castaneda"]
[Black "Richard N Bauer"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 {Notes by Andres Castaneda} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3
Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. Qf2 b4 13. Nce2 Nc4 14. Bc1 Qb6
15. Qg3 e5 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Ng1 a5 18. Bd3 a4 19. Nd2 Nxd2+
(19... Ne3 $17) 20. Rxd2 g6 21. Qf2 $6 Rb8 (21... Qxf2
22. Rxf2 d5 $17) 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Ne2 d5 24. Rdd1 Bg7
25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Be4 Rb5 27. c4 bxc3 28. Bxd5 c2+ 29. Kxc2
Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Nc3 Bc6 32. Rd1 O-O 33. Nd5 Kh7 34. Be3
Rd8 35. Nb4 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Bb7 37. b3 axb3 38. axb3 f5 39. Nd3
e4 40. Nc5 Bd5 41. fxe4 fxe4 42. Kd2 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBCC Championship 07"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nelson Castaneda"]
[Black "Andres Castaneda"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Andres Castaneda} Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7
4. d4 O-O 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 Bf5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4
$6 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 (11. Ng5 Bf5 12. g4 Be6 13. f4 $14)
11... Bf5 $11 12. g4 Be6 13. f4 Nf6 14. Rf2 Qd7 15. Rg2 c5
16. Bf3 (16. dxc5 Nxg4 17. Bxg4 (17. Bxg7 Nxe3 18. Qc1 Nxg2
$19) 17... Bxb2 $15) 16... cxd4 17. f5 $6 (17. Bxd4 $14)
17... gxf5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 $11 19. cxd5 $2 dxe3 $15 20. Bxf6
exf6 21. Ne4 Bg6 22. Nc5 Qb5 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Be2 Qa5 25. b4
Qxb4 26. Rg4 Qd2 27. Rd4 Qxd1+ 28. Rdxd1 b6 29. Nd3 Be4
30. Nb4 f5 31. d6 Bb2 (31... Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd8) 32. Rxc8 Rxc8
33. d7 Rd8 34. Bb5 Bc3 35. Nd5 Bd2 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nxe4 fxe4
38. Kf1 f5 39. Ke2 f4 40. Rg1+ Kf6 41. Rg4 f3+ 42. Kd1 Kf5
43. Rh4 Ba5 (43... Bb4 {Right away is more precise.}) 44. Rxh7
Bb4 45. h4 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods 07"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Holger Schacht"]
[Black "Andres Castaneda"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 {Notes by Andres Castaneda} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5
10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nf6 14. f3 Bh6
15. Nb3 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 f4 $6 (16... Nh5) 17. c5 $14 g5 18. cxd6
$6 (18. Qd2 $14) 18... cxd6 $11 19. Nb5 Ne8 (19... Qb6+
20. Kh1 Bd7) 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 g4 (21... Qb6+ 22. Kh1 g4
$11) 22. Qa5 $14 Nf6 $2 (22... b6) 23. Qxd8 (23. Rc1 { Is even
stronger}) 23... Rxd8 24. Rc1 gxf3 25. gxf3 Ne8 $6 (25... b6)
26. Na5 $16 Kf8 27. Nc7 Nxc7 28. Rxc7 b6 29. Nc6 $2 (29. Nb7
$16) 29... Rd7 $11 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Nxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ruth Coxhill Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan D Sarfati"]
[Black "Sam Grigg"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 {Notes by Jonathan Safarti} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5
5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 b6 {?! Mixing two systems} 7.O-O Bb7 8.d5 Ne5
9.e4 d6 10.f4 Ned7 {? 10...Nxd3 Gains the B-pair as some
compensation for his cramped game. As played, he gets into
trouble} 11.Nb5 {!} Qb8 12.a3 Ba5 13.Rb1 a6 14.Nxd6+ {!} Qxd6
15.e5 Qc7 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.b4 $18 cxb4 18.axb4 exd5 19.cxd5
Bxd5 {19...Bxb4 20.Qa4+} 20.bxa5 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Qc6 22.Rxb6 {!}
Bxg2+ 23.Kg1 Qd5 24.Nc3 Qxa5 25.Re1+ Kf8 26.Qb3 {Defends
everything, leaves Black's B en prise, and threatens Rb8+} Nd7
27.Qa3+ Qxa3 28.Bxa3+ Kg8 29.Rd6 Bh3 30.Re3 Bg4 31.h3 Nf6
32.hxg4 Nxg4 33.Re7 h5 34.Rxa6 Rf8 35.Rc7 h4 36.Bxf8 h3 37.Bc5
h2+ 38.Kh1 {Lack of pieces now means lack of any more tricks.}
1-0

[Event "Qld Teams Champs - Bullwinkle v Logan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jonathan D Sarfati"]
[Black "Jonathan Humphrey"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 {Notes by Jonathan Safarti} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6
5.Nge2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 O-O 10.b4
d6 11.Bb2 Qf6 12.f3 Qh4+ 13.g3 Qh6 14.Bg2 f5 15.O-O Nd7 16.c5
{?! Weaker than it looks} dxc5 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.bxc5 Bc6 {!}
19.Rfe1 Rab8 20.Rab1 Rb5 21.Ba1 Rfb8 22.Rxb5 Rxb5 23.Qd2 {My
hasty c5 resulted in a weak pawn that Black blockaded and
surrounded. But strangely enough, if Black captures, the open
lines help White} Qh5 {?} 24.e4 {? My opponent pointed out
24.f4! Bxg2 25.Qxd7 after the game. I didn't even consider
such an "antipositional" move weakening the light squares, but
Black's pieces are temporarily flimsy, supported by the B.}
fxe4 25.fxe4 Rb8 26.Rc1 Rf8 27.Qa5 Qe2 28.Qe1 Qxe1+ 29.Rxe1
Rb8 30.Bh3 {Just in time to tie Black down, preventing him
going after White's weaknesses} Nf8 31.Be5 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CalChess Championship"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2007.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Eduardo De Guzman"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 d5 4.d4 cxd4
5.exd4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7
11.Re1 Rc8 12.Rc1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Na5 14.Bf1 a6 15.Ne5 Nc6
16.Nxc6 {?} {!} Rxc6 17.Ba3 Rc7 18.d5 {!} {?} Rd7 19.Qe2 {?}
{! 19.Qf3 = } Re8 20.Qe3 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Rxd5 22.Qf4 { 22.Bxe7?
Qd7 } Rd7 23.Bc4 e6 24.Bf1 Rd4 25.Qg3 h5 26.Re2 Rg4 27.Qc7 Qa8
28.f3 Bd4+ 29.Kh1 Rc8 30.fxg4 Rxc7 31.Rxc7 hxg4 32.Rd7 e5
33.Rc2 Kg7 34.Be7 {? 34.Rcc7 Bd5 35.Ra7 Qc6 36.Rxd5 Qxd5
37.Bc4 Qa5 -+} Bd5 35.Rcc7 Be6 36.Rd8 Qe4 37.Bf8+ Kf6 38.Rc1
Qe3 0-1

[Event "CalChess Championship"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2007.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dana N Mackenzie"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6
5.Be3 Ne7 6.Nc3 Ng6 {6...Nf5!?} 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.Qd2 Bc6 9.O-O-O
Nd7 10.h4 h5 11.Re1 Nxc5 12.Bg5 Qa5 13.Bd3 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 Bb4
{-/+} 15.Nd4 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.bxc3 Rc8 18.Re3 Bd7 19.Kd2
Ne7 {19...f6 20.exf6 gxf6 21.Bxf6 O-O} 20.Rb1 b6 21.Rb4 Nc6
{?! 21...Ng6} 22.Nxc6 Bxc6 {=} 23.c4 O-O 24.Rg3 Kh7 25.Be7
Rfe8 26.Bd6 dxc4 27.Rxc4 Bd5 28.Rf4 Kg8 29.a3 Rc6 30.Rc3 Rxc3
31.Kxc3 Rc8+ 32.Kb2 Bxg2 33.Ra4 a5 34.c4 {?? 34.Rf4 -/+} Bc6
0-1

[Event "CalChess Championship"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2007.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nicholas Nip"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4
Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6
11.Bd2 {Nicholas Nip, just 9 years old, is rated over 2000 and
has international experience already at the World Youth
Championships. I expected he'd go for the sharper 11.Bf4,
against which I was ready to try out some ideas in Jovanka
Houska's new book on the Caro-Kann from her personal
perpective.} Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.c4 O-O { 13...b5 is a sharp
alternative, but Nip is a good tactician, I didn't want to
open things up too soon. The idea behind the move is to gain
d5 for the knight. I use this strategem a bit later.} 14.Bc3
Qc7 15.Kb1 b5 16.c5 Rfd8 17.Qe2 Nd5 18.Bd2 Rab8 {!?} {New, and
an improvement, I think. 18...N7f6 19.Ne5 Bf8 20.f4 Ne7 21.Bc1
{was a bit better for White in Murawski vs. Szczechowicz ,
1998} 19.Ne4 b4 20.g4 Qa5 21.Qc4 N7f6 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6 23.Ka1 Rb5
{?! 23...Qb5 was obvious, but it seemed drawish to me.}
24.Rhg1 {? Too slow. 24.g5! hxg5 25.h6! was very strong, and I
was a bit worried about it.} e5 {!? 24...Qa6 didn't satisfy
me.} 25.dxe5 Rxc5 26.Qb3 {! 26.Qe4 Nc3 27.bxc3 bxc3 28.Bc1 Rb8
was what I was fixated on, considering. 29.exf6 Qxa2+!!
30.Kxa2 Ra5+ mating. Well, I could dream, but reality was
different.} Be7 27.Rc1 {? Thinking defensively, but attack was
necessary. 27.g5! hxg5 (27...Nc3 28.gxh6! Nxd1 29.Rxg7+ Kh8
30.Rh7+! Kxh7 31.Qxf7+) 28.Nxg5 should win.} Qb5 28.Nd4
{28.e6!? fxe6 29.Nd4} Qb6 29.Nf5 Rxc1+ 30.Rxc1 Bg5 {?!
30...Qxf2! 31.Nxe7+ Nxe7 32.Bxb4=} 31.Bxg5 hxg5 {Here I
offered a draw, which was accepted. I was confident I could
hold the endgame. E.g. 32.Qf3 Nf4 33.Rxc6 Qb5! (33.h6 g6
34.Ne7+ Kh7 35.Nxc6 [35.Rxc6?? Qb7 -+] Qb5!) 34.Rc1 Qxe5 = }
1/2-1/2

[Event "CalChess Championship"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2007.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Nicolas A Yap"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 b6
5.O-O Bb7 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nbd2 d5 {8...d6!?} 9.Ne5 Nc6
10.f4 Rc8 11.a3 cxd4 12.exd4 g6 13.Qf3 {!?} a6 14.Qh3 Nxe5
15.fxe5 Ne4 16.Nf3 b5 17.Bc1 Qb6 18.Bh6 Rfe8 19.Rad1 {!?} f5
{?! 19...Nc3 20.Ra1 Ne4 21.Kh1 +/=; 19...Bxa3 20.Bxe4 dxe4
21.Ng5 Rc7 22.Nxh7! Kxh7 23.Bg5+ Kg8 24.Bf6 +-} 20.exf6 Bxf6
21.Kh1 a5 22.Qg4 {!} b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.h4 {24.Bxe4 dxe4
25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Qc7 27.Qf4. I just couldn't evaluate this
clearly, so chose to attack and keep the center closed.} Qd6
25.Bf4 {25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qxe5 28.Rd7 Bc6
29.Rg7+ Qxg7 30.Bxg7 Kxg7. Again, I just couldn't work the
position out. I'm worried that ...e3 might unleash the bishop
later. A computer can work it out as good for White. I
couldn't.} Qe7 26.Ng5 {!?} h5 {Ah, but g6 is eternally weak!}
27.Qh3 Rc3 28.Qh2 Qg7 29.Be5 Bxe5 30.dxe5 Rc7 31.Rf6 {!} Rce7
{31...Nxf6 32.exf6 Qxf6 33.Qxc7 Qg7 34.Qb6 +-} 32.Rdf1 Bc6
33.Qf4 Bb7 34.Nxe4 dxe4 35.Bxe4 Bxe4 36.Qxe4 Kh7 37.Qxb4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene. --- The first positive result of
the event. Aronian thought that his d5 was not good, and that
he had missed ...Qe6. He said that Anand had played well and
he had not, his attacking idea being too speculative. In reply
to a question about his state of mind after achieving the
first win of the tournament, Anand replied that one should
play on a day-to-day basis, and not get ahead of oneself. 40%
of people think that games should end in a draw, but sometimes
they are not correct.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6
{At this point 5 ... dxc4 6 e4 b5 7 e5 h6 8 Bh4 g5 9 Nxg5 hxg5
10 Bxg5 Nbd7 is the famous Botvinnik variation.} 6.Bh4
{Offering a different type of gambit and admitting that 6 Bxf6
Qxf6 is probably harmless for Black.} dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5
9.Ne5 h5 10.h4 g4 {Although Black's position is weakened on
both wings he does enjoy an extra pawn. Furthermore a pattern
is beginning to emerge in that Black's pawns on g4 and c4 are
threatening to restrict the movement of White's f1-bishop.}
11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qc2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bg7 15.Rad1 O-O
16.Bg3 Nd7 17.f3 c5 18.dxc5 Qe7 19.Kh1 {This move seems
insufficiently active. The critical line must be 19 Bd6 Qxh4
(threatening ... g3) 20 fxg4 Bh6 21 Rf3 with complications.}
a6 20.a4 Bc6 21.Nd5 {White's next move tries to storm the
black camp with his bare hands. It is surprising that Aronian
did not instead seek to counter Black's strategy of containing
the white king's bishop. White could have achieved this by
playing 21 fxg4 which also has the virtue of pocketing a
pawn. After this the position remains devilishly
complicated. } exd5 22.exd5 Be5 23.f4 Bg7 24.dxc6 Nxc5 25.Rd5
Ne4 26.Be1 Qe6 {! This was the move White had overlooked. His
rook is now driven out of play, Black's knight dominates the
centre and by permitting Black with his next move to
consolidate the pawn on g4, White is suddenly faced with a
situation where his light squared bishop is virtually
useless. } 27.Rxh5 f5 28.Kh2 Rac8 29.Bb4 Rfe8 30.axb5 axb5
31.Re1 Qf7 32.Rg5 {An admission of the bankruptcy of his
entire strategy beginning with 21 Nd5.} Nxg5 33.fxg5 Rxc6
34.Bf1 Rxe1 35.Bxe1 Re6 36.Bc3 Qc7+ 37.g3 Re3 38.Qg2 Bxc3
39.bxc3 f4 40.Qa8+ Kg7 41.Qa6 fxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Half Moon Bay"]
[Date "2007.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Nicholas Nip"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3 c5
5.d4 Nc6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.a3 O-O 8.O-O a6 {?! 8...b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7
10.Ne5 Rc8 11.f4 cxd4 12.exd4 Nxe5 13.fxe5 Ne4! 14.Qe2 Nxd2
15.Qxd2 f5 16.exf6 Rxf6 17.Rxf6 Bxf6 18.Qe2 Qd7 19.Re1 Re8
20.Qg4 Bc8 21.Re3 Qf7 22.Qe2 Bd7 23.c4 g6 24.Kh1 Rf8 25.Rf3
Qg7 26.Qe3 1/2-1/2, Machulsky vs.Mus, Poznan 1986} 9.Ne5 Qc7
10.f4 {!? New. Usually the knight goes to d2. 10.Nd2 b5
11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.e4 Bb7 14.b4 Qc7 15.e5 Nd7 16.Re1
(16.Qh5!?) f6 17.Qh5 f5 18.Nf3 g6 19.Qh6 Rf7 20.Bd4 Bf8 21.Qg5
Nb6 22.h4 Nc4 23.Qg3 Rg7 24.Qf4 a5 25.c3 Bc6 26.Nd2 a4 27.Nf3
Be7 28.Ng5 Qd7 29.Nf3 Rf8 (1/2-1/2, Voiska vs. Andreeva, Sunny
Beach Bulgaria 2005.09.29)} b5 {?? Loses by force. 10...cxd4
11.exd4 Ne4!?} 11.dxc5 {Opens up the line for the bishop.}
Bxc5 {? 11...Nxe5 12.fxe5 Ne4 13.b4 White is a pawn up and
Black's bishops are useless.} 12.Nxc6 {Ditto.} Bxe3+ 13.Kh1
{Black can't avoid disaster on the kingside.} Qxc6 {13...Ne4
14.Qf3 Nf2+ 15.Rxf2 Bxf2 16.Qxf2 Qxc6 17.Nd2 +1.22} 14.Bxf6
{!} gxf6 15.Bxh7+ {!!} Kxh7 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Qg4+ Kh8 18.Rf3
Qxc2 19.Rh3+ Qh7 20.Rxh7+ Kxh7 21.Qh3+ Kg7 22.Qxe3 Bd7 23.Nd2
Rfc8 24.Rf1 Kf8 25.Qd4 Ke7 26.f5 exf5 27.Qb4+ Ke8 28.Re1+ Be6
29.Nf3 Kd7 30.Qd4 Ke7 31.Qxd5 Kf8 32.Qd6+ Kg7 33.Nd4 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Half Moon Bay"]
[Date "2007.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nicholas Nip"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be6 {!?}
4.Be2 {?! 4.Bxe6 fxe6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Qd7 8.O-O e5
9.Nde2 Nc6 10.a3 Be7 11.Ng3 O-O 12.Nd5 Kh8 13.f3 Nxd5 14.Qxd5
Nd4 1/2-1/2, Frolov vs. Mikhel, Novosibirsk 2002} Nf6 5.Nc3
Nc6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 c5 11.Bf2
Qa5 12.O-O Rfd8 13.f5 Bd7 14.Be1 Qc7 15.Bc4 Bc6 16.Qf3 a6
{16...Nxe4 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Nxe4 +0.56 16...Qd7 17.Rd1 b5
18.Bd5 16...b5 17.Bxb5 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 Qb7 19.Nc3 Qxb2 20.Rb1
Qxc2?? 21.Rf2! would trap my queen.} 17.a4 b5 {? I overlooked
White's 23rd move. I was prepared to sac the pawn, but
realized I need to get a pair of rooks off so that my queen
wouldn't be trapped.} 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Bxb5 Bxb5
21.Nxb5 Qb7 22.Nc3 Qxb2 {??} 23.e5 Re8 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Nd5
Bd4+ 26.Bf2 h6 27.f6 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Half Moon Bay"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nicholas Nip"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7
5.d3 Nc6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nge2 b4 9.Nd1 Bg4 {!?} 10.h3 Bd7
11.O-O Qc8 {11...Nd4 12.f4 Ba4 13.Rc1 e6 14.Kh2 f5 15.Ng1 Ne7
16.c3 Bxd1 17.Rfxd1 bxc3 18.bxc3 Ndc6 19.exf5 gxf5 1/2-1/2,
Buckley vs. Flear [Christine], England 2003} 12.Kh2 h5 13.f4
a5 14.Rb1 a4 15.d4 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Nh6 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Bd4 O-O
19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Ne3 Qb7 21.f5 Qb6 22.Rbe1 Qc5 23.Rf2 Ng8
{23...h4} 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Rbe8 26.Re4 Rb8 27.Rfe2 Rb5
28.fxg6 fxg6 29.Qg5 e5 {!} 30.g4 Nf6 31.gxh5 Nxh5 32.Rg4 Nf4
33.Rxe5 {!?} dxe5 34.Qxe5+ Rf6 35.Rxf4 Rbb6 36.Be4 Qd6 37.Qxd6
Rbxd6 38.Rxf6 Kxf6 {Agreed drawn in mutual time pressure.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Half Moon Bay"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Nicholas Nip"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4
5.exd4 d5 {We have reached a standard Panov Attack.} 6.Nc3 e6
7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 a6 11.a3 b5 12.Ba2 h6
13.Bf4 {New, and promising, I think.} Bb7 14.Rc1 {?! 14.d5 was
surely the right way to play, but I thought it might be
drawish.} Rc8 15.Re2 {? A terrible move. Once again, pushing
to d5 would have kept the advantage. I realized there was some
danger if Black gets in ...Bxf3, but way overestimated the
value of the bishop pair.} b4 {!} 16.axb4 Nxb4 17.Bb1 Bxf3
18.gxf3 Nbd5 {The game is positionally lost. This is rather
typical of my losses. One bone-headed positional move leads to
weaknesses that can't be overcome.} 19.Nxd5 Qxd5 20.Qd3 Qb5
21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc2 {!? 22.Qxb5 axb5 23.Bd3 Nd5! 24.Bg3 b4 is
a slow painful death.} Rd8 23.Qxb5 axb5 24.Be3 Nd5 25.Rc6 g5
26.Kg2 Kg7 27.Be4 Rd7 28.Rc8 f5 29.Bd3 Rb7 30.Bd2 {?!} Bf6
31.Rc5 Bxd4 32.Rxb5 Rxb5 33.Bxb5 Bxb2 {I've given up a pawn
and if my kingside pawns weren't crippled, could probably hold
a 4 vs. 3 kingside endgame. But this is hopeless.} 34.Bc4 Kf6
35.Be3 Kf7 {I didn't really think he'd capture at e3, but
hoped he would. Then I could draw.} 36.Bc5 Bg7 37.Bd6 h5 38.h3
Bd4 39.Kg3 Kf6 40.Bb8 Be5+ 41.Bxe5+ Kxe5 42.h4 g4 {There
really is no way for Black to misplay this, it is too easy and
most moves win.} 43.fxg4 fxg4 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Half Moon Bay"]
[Date "2007.12.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nicholas Nip"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be6 4.Bxe6
fxe6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 {7.Nxe6 Qe7 8.Nxf8 Qxe4+
+0.00} Qd7 8.O-O Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 {A new move. Nicky
typically likes f4-plans in such positions. 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rad1
d5 12.Nxe6 Qxe6 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bd6 gives good attacking
chances. Solomon vs. Sarapu, Manila 1992.} O-O 11.h3 Nxd4
12.Bxd4 Qc6 {I could have played ...d5, but I am already
better in any case.} 13.Qd3 d5 14.e5 Nd7 {14...Ne4!? 15.Nxe4
dxe4 16.Qb3 Rad8!?} 15.g4 Bc5 16.Ne2 {!} Rae8 17.c3 Qb6 18.Qd2
Bxd4+ 19.cxd4 c5 20.Rac1 cxd4 21.Qxd4 Qa6 22.Nc3 Rc8 {?
22...Nb8! followed by ...Nc6 would have given me a clear
advantage.} 23.b3 Nc5 {? 23...Nb8!} 24.Nxd5 {!} exd5 25.Rxc5
{25.Qxd5+ Ne6 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.f5!} Rxc5 26.Qxc5 Qd3 {I felt,
correctly, that I'd be able to whip up enough counterplay to
compensate for the pawn minus.} 27.Kg2 Qe4+ 28.Kh2 d4 29.Qc1
Qe2+ 30.Kg3 Qxa2 31.Qc4+ Kh8 32.Rd1 g5 {!?} 33.Rxd4 Qb1 34.f5
Qe1+ 35.Kg2 Qxe5 36.Re4 Qf6 37.Re6 Qb2+ 38.Re2 Qf6 39.Qe4 Rf7
40.Qe8+ Rf8 41.Qe4 Rf7 42.Qd5 Kg7 43.Re6 Qb2+ 44.Kf3 Qc3+
45.Re3 Qa1 46.Qe5+ Qxe5 47.Rxe5 Rc7 {The time control was
game/60 and I stopped keeping score here, as did my
opponent. The game was eventually drawn. Not easy, but I
managed to reach a forced drawn position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Half Moon Bay"]
[Date "2007.12.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Nicholas Nip"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6
5.Nf3 e6 {? I'm now a tempo up on an Exchange
French. Unfortunately, this gave me too much confidence and I
got sloppy.} 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.O-O Bd7 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nb4 {!
Black eliminates my powerful bishop and I never manage to
develop a sensible plan. Objectively, I have no weaknesses and
no problems, but I just couldn't think of anything
constructive to do.} 10.Rd1 Nxd3 11.Qxd3 Rc8 12.Nc3 Ne7 13.a4
{?! This creates too many weaknesses. But I simply couldn't
come up with a plan.} Nc6 14.Bd2 Na5 15.Nb5 Nc4 16.Bc1 {? I
miss my chance. 16.Rdc1 Nxb2 17.Rxc8+ Bxc8 18.Qb3 Nc4 19.a5!
is what I overlooked. White would be much better, despite the
missing pawn.} a6 17.Nd6+ Nxd6 18.exd6 Bxd6 19.Ne5 Bxe5
20.dxe5 Qc7 21.Qg3 Qc2 {!} 22.Bf4 O-O 23.h4 {23.Bh6 Qg6} Qg6
24.Qb3 b5 25.axb5 Bxb5 26.Rac1 Qg4 {!} 27.Bg3 {??} Ba4 28.Qb7
Rb8 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "2007 US Senior Championship"]
[Site "Palm Springs, CA"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[EventDate "08/18/2007"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Walter Shipman"]
[Black "Joel Johnson"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 {Annotated by Joel Johnson} b5 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3
Nf6 5.Bd3 e6 6.O-O d6 7.Re1 Nbd7 8.Nf1 Be7 9.c3 h6 10.a4! c6
{This was a tough move where I am not crazy about any of the
choices. 10. ... bxa4 leaves me with a weak and isolated
a-Pawn that White can easily attack. 10. ... O-O does not
address the issue, but is okay for now. 10. ... Bc6 leaves me
vulnerable to a latter d5 by White. So, I chose the ugly
looking 10. ... c6. But, it causes me several problems also,
like blocking in my light-squared Bishop and weakening my
center squares, in particular d6.} 11.Bf4 g5 12.Bxd6 {This was
a real surprise! Particularly because White is giving up a
Bishop for a Knight, while opening up the position.} 12...Bxd6
13.e5 Bc7? {Missing the strong move, 15. ... g4! 16. N3d2 Nxe5
17. Bxe5.} 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.axb5 cxb5 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Rxe4 Qg6
18.Re1 O-O 19.Qe2 Rfd8 {I chose this move over 19. ... g4
primarily because I was worried about Black playing an
eventual d5.} 20.Ra2 {Now, I realize that d5 is the least of
my worries.} 20...Rdb8 21.Ne3 a5 22.Ng4 b4 23.Qc4 Rc8 24.Qb5
h5! {The position is starting to get complicated and I need to
play accurately here or get wiped out.} 25.Ne3 Nf6!? {The best
move on the board was the conservative 25. ... Rd8 and if
White played 25. ... cxb5, I could play 26. Rab8 holding onto
my b-Pawn. However, I really liked the potential Poison Pawn
line, where after White captures my Pawn on g5 and we trade
down to the ending, I have a few shocking moves to flip the
game around.} 26.Qxg5? {Walter bites and grabs the Pawn,
Instead, he should have played 26. Ne5.} 26...Qxg5 27.Nxg5
bxc3 {This move gives me a Passed a-Pawn and prepares his
backward c-Pawn to be a target of attack.} 28.bxc3 Bf4! {This
is a great move for several reasons. First of all, it forces
White to retreat his Knight to h3 where the Knight has no
squares. Then, it puts pressure on the e3 Knight and would
create a pin on the Knight should the White Rook on e1 decide
to move to c1 to protect the White c-Pawn.} 29.Nh3 Bh6 30.Nd1
{Walter thought for a very long time on this move, as now he
sees that I plan on playing 31. ... Ng4 in response to
31. Rc1. In addition, to placing a great deal of pressure on
the pinned White Knight, he cannot capture the Black Knight on
g4 because after 30. ... hxg4, his other Knight on h3 will be
trapped!!} 30...a4 31.g3 {White is consumed with freeing his
trapped Knight on h3 and by the time his Knight is free, I
have built up a huge positional advantage centered around my
passed a-Pawn.} 31...Nd5 32.f4 Nxc3 33.Nxc3 Rxc3 34.Rd1 a3
35.Kf2 Rb3 36.Ng1 Bf8 {And with one move, my Bishop is back in
the game.} 37.Nf3 Rab8 38.Ke2 Rb2+ 39.Rd2 Kg7 {Now, White is
somewhat tied up, so I will work on improving the position of
all my pieces, especially, my King.} 40.Kd1 {A desperate
attempt by White to get his King in front of Black's passed
a-Pawn.} 40...Rb1+ 41.Ke2 R8b3 {The purpose of this move is to
tie up White's Knight because he will need to worry about the
h2-square. In addition, I want to get my Bishop closer to the
action (b4 square) without blocking out this Rook.} 42.Ne5 Rh1
43.Nf3 Bb4 44.Rdc2 Kf6 {The plan now is to get my King in
position to finish off White.} 45.Kf2 Rhb1 46.Ne5 Kf5 47.Nc4
{The Black f-Pawn is poison. Black could respond with
47. ... R1b2.} 47...Ke4 48.Re2+ Kxd4 49.Ne5 R3b2 50.Nc6+ Kc4
51.Rc2+ Bc3 52.Ke3 Rxa2 53.Na5+ Kb4 54.Rxa2 Bb2 {Now, White's
Rook is trapped.} 55.Kd3 Kxa5 56.Kc2 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Goch (open)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[EventDate "2007.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lars Stark"]
[Black "Christian Schatz"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "195"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. b4 Nge7
7. Rb1 d6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Bb2 b6
12. d3 Bb7 13. Nb5 e5 14. a4 a6 15. Nc3 Nd4 16. Nd2 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. Kg1 f5 19. Ba3 a5 20. Bb2 Ndc6 21. Nf3 Nd4
22. Ne1 f4 23. Ne4 Nec6 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nf3 Nb4 26. Kg2 h6
27. h3 Rbe8 {(=)} 28. g4 Qc6 29. Nfd2 Bf6 30. Qb3 Kg7 31. Rg1
Bd8 32. Kf1 Re6 33. f3 Rfe8 34. Ke1 Bh4+ 35. Kd1 g5 36. Rf1
Kg6 37. Kc1 R8e7 38. Kb2 Rd7 39. Rbd1 Rd8 40. Ka3 Rd7 41. Qb1
Kg7 42. Nb3 Rd8 43. Na1 Rd7 44. Qb3 Rd8 45. Nc2 Re7 46. Ra1
Ra7 47. Kb2 Kg6 48. Rfb1 Rdd7 49. Nxb4 axb4 50. a5 bxa5
51. Qa4 Qb6 52. Kb3 Rdb7 53. Ra2 Rb8 54. Rba1 Qc7 55. Rb1 Ra6
56. Raa1 Ra7 57. Rb2 Ra6 58. Rd2 Ra7 59. Rc2 Ra6 60. Rb2 Ra7
61. Kc2 Ra6 62. Qb3 Rba8 63. Ra4 Qe7 64. Rb1 Bf2 65. Rba1 Be3
66. Rf1 Qc7 67. Kb2 Rb8 68. Rfa1 Ra7 69. Qa2 Raa8 70. Kb3 Qe5
71. Qb1 Qe7 72. Qh1 Ra6 73. Qg2 Kh7 74. Rh1 Rg6 75. Qf1 Kg7
76. Qe1 Qc7 77. h4 Rh8 78. Qa1 Ra8 79. Rh2 gxh4 80. Rxh4 Rc6
81. Rh5 Qb6 82. Qh1 Ra6 83. Rf5 Qc7 84. Qh5 Qe7 85. Nxc5 Ra7
86. Ne4 Rca6 87. Rb5 Bc1 88. Kc2 Be3 89. Kb2 Qd8 90. Qe5+ Kh7
91. Rb8 Qh4 92. Rh8+ Kg6 93. Qf5+ Kg7 94. Qf8+ Kg6 95. Rg8+
Kh7 96. Rh8+ Kg6 97. Qf5+ Kg7 98. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Goch (open)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[EventDate "2007.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail M Ivanov"]
[Black "Helge Hintze"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nd2 d6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. b3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Bb2 O-O 8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Rb8 11. Rc1 a6
12. N2f3 b6 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4 Nd8 15. Qb3 Nb7 16. Rfd1 Rfc8
17. Ng5 Nd8 18. Bf3 Bg4 {(=)} 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Ngxf3 Qb7
21. Ne2 Ne6 22. Nfd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rc7 24. Rc2 Rbc8 25. Rdc1
Nd7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nd4 Kg8 28. f3 h5 29. Qd3 Ne5 30. Qe2
Nc6 31. f4 e6 {(=)} 32. Nf3 Ne7 33. e4 b5 34. c5 dxc5 35. bxc5
Qa7 36. Qf2 Qb7 37. Qe3 a5 38. Nd4 Nc6 39. f5 e5 40. Ne2 Kh7
41. Qg5 Nd4 42. Nxd4 exd4 43. c6 Rxc6 44. fxg6+ fxg6 45. Qd5
d3 46. Rxc6 d2 47. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "2nd ACCA Americas' Comp Chess Championship"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Crafty (Computer)"]
[Black "Frenzee"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "254"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6
7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 exd4 11. cxd4 Kh8
12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nf3 g5 15. Bd2 Ne8 16. Rc1 g4
17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Be2 Nd6 19. Ba5 Rac8 20. Nd2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2
f5 22. Bb4 Rcd8 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Ne4 Qf7 25. Bxd6 cxd6
26. Qd3 Rf4 27. Rc4 Bf8 28. Rc3 a6 29. g3 Rf5 30. Rec1 Rd7
31. Rc8 Kg8 32. R1c3 Qg6 33. Qe2 Kh7 34. a3 Rf4 35. f3 Rf5
36. Kf1 Qh5 37. Qg2 Rg7 38. Ke1 Qg6 39. Qe2 Be7 40. Rb8 Bf8
41. Kd1 Rd7 42. Kc1 Rdf7 43. Kc2 Rd7 44. Kb3 Qf7 45. Qd3 Qg6
46. Re8 Kh8 47. Rcc8 Rdf7 48. f4 Kg7 49. Rcd8 R5f6 50. Qf3
exf4 51. g4 Kh7 52. Ka2 Qg7 53. Nxf6+ Qxf6 54. Rb8 Kg7 55. Re6
Qg5 56. Ka1 Kh7 57. Rc8 Kg7 58. Ra8 Kh7 59. Rc8 Kg7 60. Kb1
Kh7 61. Ka2 Kg7 62. Ra8 Rf6 63. Ree8 Rf7 64. Rad8 Qh4 65. Rc8
Qg3 66. Qd1 Qh4 67. Rc3 Qg5 68. Re6 Kg8 69. Qf3 Kh7 70. Rc8
Kg7 71. Rce8 Kh7 72. Ka1 Kg7 73. Rb8 Kh7 74. Kb1 Kg7 75. Ra8
Kh7 76. a4 h5 77. gxh5 Qf5+ 78. Ka2 Qc2 79. Re4 Bg7 80. Rb4
Be5 81. a5 Rg7 82. h6 Re7 83. Rf8 Rc7 84. Re8 Qf5 85. Re6 Kh8
86. Rb3 Qf7 87. Qh3 Qd7 88. Qg2 Rc8 89. Qe4 Rf8 90. Rf3 Qf7
91. Ka1 Qc7 92. Qb4 Qf7 93. Ka2 Rc8 94. Qa4 Qc7 95. Rb3 Rf8
96. Rd3 Rg8 97. Rb3 Rf8 98. Ra3 Qc8 99. Rd3 Qc7 100. Qb4 Qf7
101. Rd2 f3 102. Rf2 Qf4 103. Qxf4 Rxf4 104. Re7 Bd4 105. Rf1
f2 106. Rxb7 Rg4 107. Rf7 Kg8 108. R7xf2 Bxf2 109. Rxf2 Ra4+
110. Kb3 Rxa5 111. Kc4 Rc5+ 112. Kd4 Rb5 113. Rf6 Rb6 114. Kc3
a5 115. Kd3 a4 116. Kc3 Kh7 117. Kc2 Kg8 118. Rf4 Ra6 119. Kc3
Kh7 120. Kb4 a3 121. bxa3 Kxh6 122. Kb5 Ra8 123. Rf6+ Kg5
124. Rxd6 Kf5 125. Re6 Rb8+ 126. Ka6 Rb3 127. Re8 {Black
resigns} 1-0

[Event "17th EU-ch U18 Boys"]
[Site "Sibenik CRO"]
[Date "2007.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marco Gaehler"]
[Black "Octavian-Mihai Cartas"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. c4 Nf8 10. Ne5 Ng6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Be3 O-O 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. b3 Qd6 15. Rad1 Rbd8 16. Bb1 Nh4
17. Qe2 Qb4 18. Bg5 Ng6 19. h4 Nd7 20. Bd2 Qb7 21. h5 Nh4
22. Qe4 g6 23. Bc3 Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Qa8 25. Qf4 Qb7 26. Be4 f5
27. Bc2 g5 28. Qd2 f4 29. Qd3 Nf8 30. Ne4 Qc8 31. Bb2 e5
32. f3 g4 33. Nf2 gxf3 34. gxf3 Bb4 35. Ng4 Bxe1 36. Rxe1 Rd7
37. d5 Rg7 38. Kf2 Nxf3 39. Nh6+ Kh8 40. Qxf3 Nd7 {Time} 1-0

[Event "Ukrainian Ch"]
[Site "Kharkiv"]
[Date "2007.11.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Rogovski"]
[Black "Alexander Zubarev"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3
d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O g6 9. c4 Ndb4 10. Be4 Bg7 11. a3 Na6
12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rc1 f5 15. Bf3 e5 16. Bd5+ Kh8
17. f4 e4 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Qf2 Rd8 20. Nb5 Be6 21. Rfd1 Qf7
22. Qd2 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Ne7 24. Bd4 Rxd5 25. Nd6 Qe6 26. Bxg7+
Kxg7 27. Qc3+ Kg8 28. Nxb7 {=} 28... Rc8 29. Qe3 Rxc1 30. Rxc1
Qb6 31. N7c5 Nxc5 32. Nxc5 Qxb2 33. Kh1 Rd2 34. Rg1 Nd5
35. Qg3 Qc3 36. Ne6 Qf6 37. Ng5 h6 38. Nh3 Rd3 39. Qf2 Qd4
40. Qh4 Kg7 41. Qd8 Qf6 42. Qa8 Qe7 43. Rb1 Nb6 44. Qc6 Qd6
45. Qb7+ Qd7 46. Qb8 Rd1+ 47. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 48. Ng1 Qd7 49. Qe5+
Kh7 50. h4 Nc4 51. Qc5 Nb2 52. Ne2 Nd3 53. Qf8 Nf2+ 54. Kh2
Ng4+ 55. Kh3 h5 56. g3 Qb7 57. Nd4 e3 58. Nf3 Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.09"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael J Yeo"]
[Black "Alexandra Wilson"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 g6 5. Bg5 Qc8 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nbd2 d6 8. Re1 Nd7 9. c3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne7 12. e5
d5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. h4 g4 17. Nh2 h5
18. f3 gxf3 19. Nhxf3 Bh6 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 h4 22. Bf4 Qd7
23. Nf3 O-O-O 24. Kf2 Qf7 25. Bd2 Nd7 26. Rh1 Rdf8 27. Rh3 Rh5
28. Rch1 Rfh8 29. Ke1 Ba6 30. Be3 c5 31. Kd2 cxd4 32. cxd4+
Kb8 33. Qa4 Kb7 34. Nxh4 Rc8 35. Rf3 Qe8 36. g3 Nxe5 37. Qxe8
Nxf3+ 38. Nxf3 Rxe8 39. Rxh5 gxh5 40. g6 Rg8 41. Ne5 Bb5 {(=)}
42. Bh6 Be8 43. g7 Kc7 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. Kf4 Ke7 46. Bg5+ Kd6
47. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.09"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Chino Atako"]
[Black "Lanka Ravi"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. e5 d4 6. Ne2 Bg4
7. Nexd4 Bxe5 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Bg7 10. d4 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O
12. O-O Nbd7 13. Re1 c5 14. d5 Ne8 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 exf6
17. c4 Nd6 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Re7 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Re8
22. Qe2 Qd8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qxe8+ Nxe8 25. Nd2 Ne5 26. Bf1
g5 27. g3 Nd6 28. b3 f5 29. f3 Kg7 30. Kf2 Ng6 31. a3 Kf6
32. b4 b6 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. Nb3 Nb7 35. Ke2 Ke5 36. Kd3 f4
37. g4 f5 38. Kc3 Nh4 39. Nd2 h6 40. Bd3 Nd6 41. Bf1 Nb7
42. Be2 Nd6 43. Nb3 Nb7 44. Nc1 fxg4 45. hxg4 Ng6 46. Bd3 Ne7
47. Bh7 Nc8 48. Nd3+ Kd6 49. Bf5 {remaining moves illegible}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.09"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Thomas E Rendle"]
[Black "Martin Brown"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ngf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6
12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Qc5 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Be3 Qa5 16. a3 Qd8
17. Rac1 O-O 18. Bd4 Re8 19. Rc3 Nf8 20. Qe3 b6 21. Rfc1 Nd7
22. b4 f5 23. Bb5 Rf8 24. Rc6 Rf7 25. Qc3 Bb7 26. Rc7 Nc5
27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Bxc5 Rc7 30. Nd4 Kf7 31. Bf1
Qg5 32. Nb5 d4 {(=)} 33. Qxd4 Bxg2 34. f4 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.09"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Augustin Madan"]
[Black "Charles H Storey"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 b6 4. Bd3 c5 5. Be3 d6 6. Nf3 Nd7
7. h3 Bb7 8. a4 a6 9. Nbd2 Ngf6 10. O-O Qc7 11. b4 c4 12. Bxc4
O-O 13. Qb3 Rac8 14. Ng5 e6 15. Rac1 h6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7
17. Bxe6+ Ke7 18. d5 a5 19. Bd4 Nh5 20. Bxd7 Kxd7 21. Bxg7
Nxg7 22. c4 axb4 23. Qg3 Nh5 24. Qg4+ Kd8 25. Rb1 Qf7 26. g3
Rg8 { remaining moves illegible} 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.09"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Normunds Miezis"]
[Black "Stewart Haslinger"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Rb1 a5 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Rc1 f6
12. Ne4 a4 13. d4 axb3 14. axb3 Ra2 15. Bc3 Nd5 16. dxe5 f5
17. Ned2 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Nxe5 19. Re3 Bf6 20. Nb1 Ra8 21. Nd4
Bd5 22. b4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 f4 25. gxf4 Ng4 26. Rd3
Ra6 27. h3 Nh6 28. b5 Nf5 29. Nc3 Qc4 30. Qa4 {remaining moves
illegible} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.09"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viesturs Meijers"]
[Black "Alberto David"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 Qe7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 d6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Nbd2 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Bc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Ng5 Qh6 16. Nge4 f5
17. Ng3 Qe6 18. d4 Rae8 19. Rf2 g6 20. Qb5 Qd5 21. Qb3 Na5
22. Qxd5+ Nxd5 23. e4 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Ngxe4 exd4
26. cxd4 Nc6 27. Nc3 Ne3 28. g3 Nb4 {remaining moves
illegible} 29. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.09"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Vovk"]
[Black "Alexandre Dgebuadze"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Nf3 Qa5 {(=)} 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. a4 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O c4
12. Be2 f6 13. Re1 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 O-O 16. Bg4 Nc6
17. Qe2 Qc8 18. h4 Rb8 19. h5 h6 20. Bh3 Qd8 21. f4 Qh4
22. Kh2 b5 23. g3 Qe7 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Bc1 Re8 26. Ba3 Qd8
27. g4 Qh4 28. Qe3 a5 29. Re2 Reb8 30. Bd6 d4 31. Qg1 d3
32. Rd2 R8b7 33. cxd3 Rb2 34. Qg2 Nd4 35. Rxb2 Rxb2 36. Qxb2
Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Bc6 38. Qb6 Nxe5+ 39. Qxc6 Nxc6 40. g5 Qxh5
41. Bxe6+ Kh8 42. Bxc4 Qe2+ 43. Kg3 h5 44. Ra2 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 {
remaining moves illegible} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ellisiv Reppen"]
[Black "Tony Blades"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O
c6 7. Bc4 d6 8. Qf3 Qe7 9. Re1 Be6 {(=)} 10. Bb3 Qf6 11. Qg3
Ne7 12. Bf4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qg6 14. c3 Qxg3 15. Bxg3 O-O-O
16. Nd2 h5 17. h4 Ng6 18. b4 Bb6 19. Nc4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5
21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. cxd4 a6 24. d5 cxd5 25. exd5
Rxd5 26. Re7 Rd7 27. Rc1+ Kd8 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Kf1 Re8 {(=)}
30. Rc4 Re5 31. g3 Rd5 32. Ke2 Re5+ 33. Re4 Rd5 34. Ke3 Rb5
35. f3 a5 36. bxa5 Rxb2 37. Ra4 Rb1 38. a6 bxa6 39. Rxa6 Ke7
40. Ra7+ Kf8 41. d4 Rg1 42. Kf2 Rd1 43. Ra4 Ke7 44. Ra7+ Ke6
45. Rxg7 Rxd4 46. g4 hxg4 47. Rxg4 Rd1 48. Kg2 Rd2+ 49. Kg3
Rd1 50. h5 Rg1+ 51. Kh2 Rd1 52. h6 Rd5 53. Rh4 Rd8 54. Rh5 Rh8
55. Kg3 Kf7 56. Kf4 Kg6 57. Rh1 Rxh6 58. Rxh6+ Kxh6 59. Kf5
Kg7 60. Ke6 f5 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Almond"]
[Black "Dennis Owen"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2
Nbd7 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6
12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 Bd7 14. Nd1 Rfe8 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Rac8
17. Nc1 Na8 18. Nb3 Rcd8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Nc7
22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Rb6 Rd6 25. Qa4 Bd7 26. h3 Ra8
27. Qc2 Bc8 28. Rfb1 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. Na4 Be8 31. Rb7 Rf6
32. Nc5 Qd8 33. R7b2 Ne6 34. Nb7 Qe7 35. Qc3 Ra3 36. Qc2 Ra8
{(=)} 37. Rb6 Nd8 38. Nxd8 Qxd8 39. Ba6 Qd6 40. Bb7 Rb8
41. Qd3 Qc7 42. Qa6 Rd8 43. Ba8 Qc8 44. Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Martin Brown"]
[Black "Alan Minnican"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. f3 Qb6 9. Bb3 Nxe4 10. fxe4 Bxd4 11. Bh6 Bg7
12. Bxg7 Qe3+ 13. Ne2 Kxg7 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 d6 16. d4 Bg4
17. Rd1 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. h3 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Nd4+ 21. Ke3
Nxb3 22. axb3 Rfd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rc1 {(=)} 24... Rd7
25. g4 h6 26. h4 f6 27. Rc8 a6 28. b4 b5 29. Ra8 Rd6 30. Ra7+
Kg8 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Ra7+ Kf8 33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. Ra7+ Kd8
35. Rh7 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Rxh5 Rd4 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. h5 Rxb4
40. h6 Rxb2 41. h7 Rh2 42. Ra8 Rxh7 43. Ra7+ Kd6 44. Rxh7 a5
45. Kd3 Kc5 46. Rf7 Kb4 47. Rxf6 Kb3 48. Re6 a4 49. Rxe5 b4
50. Ra5 a3 51. e5 Kb2 52. e6 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Joseph Carleton"]
[Black "Raymond Charles Cannon"]
[ECO "A66"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. f4 Bg7 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Ne4 dxe5 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Qxc8
12. Nf3 Re8 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb5 Nbd7 15. Nxe5 Kf8 16. O-O
Rxe5 17. Bf4 c4 18. Qd4 Rf5 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxb2
21. Rad1 Be5 22. Bh6+ Bg7 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Bc1 Rc8 25. Ba3+
Nc5 26. d6 b6 27. Bd3 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. Bxf5 Rxd6 30. Bxh7
Rf6+ 31. Ke1 Rc6 {(=)} 32. Kd2 Rh6 33. Bf5 Rh5 34. Bg4 Rg5
35. Bf3 Kg7 36. Kc2 Ne6 37. Bb4 a5 38. Ba3 Re5 39. Bg4 f5
40. Bf3 Kg6 41. h4 Re3 42. Bc1 Rc3+ 43. Kb1 Rc5 44. Rd3 Rb5+
45. Kc2 f4 46. Ba3 Re5 47. Bd6 Rb5 48. Rb3 Rxb3 49. Kxb3 Kf5
50. Kc4 Bf2 51. Be7 Nd4 52. a4 Nxf3 53. gxf3 Kg6 54. Kd5 Kh5
55. Ke4 Be3 56. Bg5 Bf2 57. Kxf4 b5 58. axb5 a4 59. Be7 Bd4
60. Ke4 Bb6 61. Kd5 a3 62. Bxa3 Kxh4 63. Bd6 Kg5 64. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lanka Ravi"]
[Black "Normunds Miezis"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. c4 Nge7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 d6 9. Ne1 a5 10. Nc2 h6 11. Rb1 a4 12. Ne3
Nd4 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bh3 15. Re1 Qd7 16. b4 axb3 17. e3
Nc6 18. Qxb3 Rab8 19. Bd2 Kh7 20. Ne2 Be6 21. Qb5 h5 22. a4 h4
23. a5 h3 24. Qa4 Qc7 25. Nc3 Rfe8 26. Qd1 Qe7 27. Bxc6 bxc6
28. f4 f5 29. Qf3 {remaining moves illegible} 0-1

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Stewart Haslinger"]
[Black "Kjetil A Lie"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nde2 Be7 10. f4 d6 11. Qd2 b5 12. O-O
O-O 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Qf2 Rac8 15. a3 Qb8 16. Rae1 Na5 17. Bd4
Nc6 18. Be3 Nd7 19. f5 Nf6 20. Nge2 Ne5 21. Nf4 Nxd3 22. cxd3
e5 23. Nfd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 f6 25. Rc1 Qa8 26. Qf3 a5 27. Qe4
Qa6 28. b4 a4 29. Ne2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. d4
Qb7 33. Nc3 {(=)} 33... Bd7 34. Qd3 Kf7 35. g4 Qc8 36. Kf2 h5
37. Kg3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kg8 39. dxe5 fxe5 40. Ne4 Qd8 41. Qd2 g6
42. fxg6 Qe8 43. Bg5 Qxg6 44. Bxe7 Qxg4+ 45. Kf2 Qxe4 46. Qg5+
Kh7 47. Qh5+ Kg7 48. Qg5+ Kh7 49. Qh5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.08"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Smerdon"]
[Black "Yuri Vovk"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 dxe5 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 f6 11. Be3 Bd7
12. O-O {(=)} 12... Nbc4 13. Nh4 g6 14. Qd3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nxb3
16. axb3 Bh6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. d6 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1
Rh6 21. Qd3 Bf4 22. Nd5 e4 23. dxe7+ Qxe7 24. Qc2 Rxh2+
25. Kg1 Rh1+ 26. Kf2 e3+ 27. Kf3 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 e2 29. Rh1
e1=N+ 30. Rxe1 Qxe1 31. Nxf4 Bc6+ 32. Kg4 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.06"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John K Shaw"]
[Black "Matej Sebenik"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 Ne8
7. h3 c5 8. c3 Nc7 9. O-O d5 10. Bd3 Ne6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. dxc5
d4 13. cxd4 Nexd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Re1 Be6
17. Nc3 Rac8 18. Rad1 Qxc5 19. Kh1 Qb4 20. Be4 Rfd8 21. Bd5
Qb6 22. f4 Rxc3 23. Bxe6 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qxb2 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7
26. e6+ Kg8 27. Qd8+ Bf8 28. Qe8 Rxh3+ 29. gxh3 Qf6 30. Qf7+
Qxf7 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Kg2 Bg7 33. Rc1 b6 34. Rc4 Ke8 35. Kf3
Kd7 36. Ke4 Kd6 37. Rc8 Bf6 38. Rf8 a5 39. Rf7 h5 40. Rh7 Ke6
41. a4 h4 42. Rh6 Kf7 43. f5 gxf5+ 44. Kxf5 Ke8 45. Ke6 Kd8
46. Rh5 Kc7 47. Rd5 Kc6 48. Rb5 Kc7 {(=)} 49. Rb1 Kc6 50. Rc1+
Kb7 51. Kd7 b5 52. Rc7+ Kb8 53. axb5 a4 54. Rc4 Kb7 55. Rxa4
Kb6 56. Rb4 Bc3 57. Rxh4 Kxb5 58. Kxe7 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.06"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alberto David"]
[Black "Normunds Miezis"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
c5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Rd8 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Rac1 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Na4 Rac8 16. Nc5
Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Re1 Bg6 19. Qd4 Ne4 20. e3 h5 21. h4 Bf5
22. b3 Rd6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qb4 Re8 25. Rc4 Qd8 26. Bxe4 a5
27. Qa4 Rd1 28. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kh2 Qf1 30. Bg2 {remaining
moves illegible} 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.06"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lanka Ravi"]
[Black "Kjetil A Lie"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. g4 Nhf6 12. Bf4
h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. h4 O-O 16. Rg1 c4 17. Bc2 f5
18. Nd4 {(=)} 18... Nc5 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxd6
fxe4 22. Qxe6+ Nxe6 23. Be3 Rae8 24. Rd1 Nf4 25. Rd6 Nd3+
26. Ke2 Rf5 27. Rxg6 Nf8 28. Rd6 Ne6 29. Nd1 Nef4+ 30. Kd2 Nd5
31. g6 Bf8 32. Rd7 Bb4+ 33. Ke2 Nxe3 34. Kxe3 Rf3+ 35. Ke2
Nf4+ 36. Kf1 e3 37. Nxe3 Rexe3 38. Rd1 Re2 39. Rd8+ Kg7
40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. Rf7+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.06"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chino Atako"]
[Black "Viesturs Meijers"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. g3 Nf6
7. Bg2 d5 8. e5 d4 9. exf6 dxc3 10. bxc3 Qxf6 11. Bd2 Bd6
12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Qe7 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Rfb1 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bxg2
17. Qxg2 Bxe5 18. fxe5 bxa4 19. Qe4 Qd8 20. Qc4 Nb6 {
remaining moves illegible} 0-1

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.06"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Smerdon"]
[Black "Stewart Haslinger"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nde2
c6 7. g3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Bf8
12. Bf4 {(=)} 12... a5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bxe5 Nbd7
16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bf3 Rd2 20. Rac1
Rc8 21. Nc3 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ne4 Rdxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2
25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Re2 b3 27. Kf1 Bc5 28. Bd5 Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marcus Chard"]
[Black "John Brooke"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Rc8
12. Rf2 b5 13. a3 Nh5 14. Be2 Ng3 15. Bf3 h5 16. Nd5 e5
17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Nd4 19. Bd3 Qh4 20. f5 gxf5 21. Bg5 Qg3
22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 f4 24. Nb6 Bxh3 25. Be7 Re8 26. Nd5 Bg4
27. c3 Ne6 { remaining moves illegible} 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Vovk"]
[Black "Stewart Reuben"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Na6 10. Bf4 Nc7 11. a4 a6
12. Be2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5
Nxe4 17. Re1 e5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 e5 20. Bh2 Nxf2 21. Qe6+
Kh8 22. Qxd6 Qa5 23. Rf1 Qxb5 24. Rxf2 Re8 25. c3 e4 {(=)}
26. Bf4 c4 27. Be3 Qe5 28. Qc6 Qe6 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Rf7 Rc6
31. Re7 Kg8 32. Rxe4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Rf6+ 34. Ke2 Re6 35. Kf3 Rc6
36. g4 Bf6 37. Bd4 Be7 38. Be5 Ke6 39. Bf4+ Kd7 40. Rd4+ Ke8
41. Ke4 Rb6 42. Bc1 Rc6 43. Bf4 Rb6 44. Rxc4 Rxb2 45. Kd5 Rb5+
46. Kc6 Rb1 47. Re4 Kf7 48. c4 Rh1 49. Re3 Rf1 50. Bd6 Bg5
51. Re5 h6 52. Kd7 Rf3 53. c5 Bf6 54. Re4 Rxh3 55. c6 Rb3
56. c7 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Thomas E Rendle"]
[Black "Emanuel Berg"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ngf3 g6 8. h4 h6 9. O-O Qb6 10. c4 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Nb3 Bg7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qd2 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 17. Bxh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Bd7 19. Bf1 Qf6 20. Qg5 Qxg5
21. hxg5 d3 22. Nc5 Bf5 23. Red1 Rac8 24. Nxb7 Re6 25. b4 Rb6
26. Nc5 Rxb4 27. Nxd3 Bxd3 28. Bxd3 Rb2 29. Bf1 Rc5 30. f3
{(=)} 30... Nc4 31. Rab1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Ne3 33. Bd3 d4 34. f4
Rc3 35. Rb3 Nd5 36. g3 a5 37. Kf2 Nb4 38. Be4 Kf8 39. g4 Ke7
40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 f6 42. g6 Rxb3 43. axb3 Na6 44. Bd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Lambert"]
[Black "Raymond Charles Cannon"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 exd5 6. exd5 Be7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nc7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Rb1 Re8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Rxe1+ 15. Nxe1 Qd7 16. Bxf5
Qxf5 17. g4 Qf4 18. Ng2 Qd4 19. Qf3 Re8 20. Rd1 Qb4 21. Rb1
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxg4 23. Qd3 Re5 24. c4 Rg5 25. Qf1 Qe4 26. f3
Qc2 27. Re1 Qxb2 28. f4 Rg6 29. Re7 Na6 30. Re2 Qd4+ 31. Kh1
Kh7 32. Re7 {(=)} 32... Qb2 33. Rxf7 {(=)} 33... Qxa2 34. Rxb7
Nb4 35. Ne3 a5 36. f5 Rf6 37. Ng4 Qb2 38. Nxf6+ Qxf6 39. Ra7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Brooke"]
[Black "Yuri Vovk"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Bf5 4. Qf3 Bg6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Ng5
e6 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Qxg5 9. hxg6 Qxg6 10. Bd3 Qf6 11. Be4 Qxf3
12. Nxf3 Nge7 13. a3 g6 14. d4 Bg7 15. c3 O-O-O 16. Bd2 f5
17. Bc2 e5 18. dxe5 {(=)} 18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxh6
Rxh6 21. Bxh6 Rh8 22. Bc1 Rh1+ 23. Ke2 Bf4 24. Bd1 Nd5 25. g3
Bxc1 26. Rxc1 f4 27. Kd3 Kd8 28. c4 fxg3 29. fxg3 Nf6 30. Kc2
Ne4 31. Bf3 {(=)} 31... Rh2+ 32. Kd3 Nxg3 33. Rc2 Rxc2
34. Kxc2 b6 35. b4 Ke7 36. Kd3 Kd6 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. b5 Nf5+
39. Kd3 Kf4 40. Bh1 g5 41. Bc6 g4 42. Bd7 g3 43. Bc6 Ne3
44. a4 g2 45. Bxg2 Nxg2 46. c5 Ke5 47. cxb6 cxb6 48. Kc4 Ne3+
49. Kb4 Kd4 50. a5 Nd5+ 51. Ka4 Kc5 52. axb6 axb6 53. Ka3 Kxb5
54. Kb3 Kc5 55. Ka4 Kc4 56. Ka3 b5 57. Kb2 Ne3 58. Kb1 Kc3
59. Kc1 b4 60. Kb1 b3 61. Kc1 b2+ 62. Kb1 Nd5 63. Ka2 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Malcolm J Armstrong"]
[Black "Thomas E Rendle"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. c3 b6 6. e3 Bb7
7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Qg5
12. e4 f4 13. f3 e5 14. a4 a5 15. Nc4 d6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. dxe5
dxe5 18. Nxa5 Bc8 {(=)} 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. a5 bxa5
22. Rxa5 Bb7 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Nc5 Qh5 25. Nd7 Bxe4 26. fxe4
Ng4 27. h3 Ne3 28. Qe2 f3 29. Qxe3 f2+ 30. Kh2 Qxd1 31. Nxf8
Qg1+ 32. Kg3 f1=N+ 0-1

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chino Atako"]
[Black "Richard J Palliser"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5
exd5 7. Ne5 g6 8. Qe2 Be6 9. O-O Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bxc6 Nxc6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Qf3 c4 15. Kh1 cxd3 16. cxd3 Qh4
17. h3 d4 18. Ne4 Bd5 19. b4 f5 20. Qg3 Qh5 21. Ng5 Re2
22. Rf2 Rae8 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1
Bf6 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Kf7 29. a4 a6 30. Qa2+ Kg7 31. Qf2
Kh6 32. Bd2 Kh5 33. Qh2 Qxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Bh4 35. Kg2 Be7 36. Kf1
Bd6 37. Kg2 Kh6 38. Kh3 Kg7 39. Kh2 Kf6 40. Kh3 Ke6 41. Kh4 h6
42. Kh3 {remaining moves illegible} 0-1

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikolaj Mikkelsen"]
[Black "Dagne Ciuksyte"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Na3 Ne5 11. Nc4 Nxc4
12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Bb3 Qb6
17. Bc3 Qc5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. a3 a5 20. a4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Nb3 Qg5 24. Rd4 Bc6 25. Rg4 Qh5 26. Nxa5
Bxa4 27. Rxa4 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Rxc3 29. f3 Rc7 30. Rc4 Rxc4
31. Nxc4 Bf6 32. Ne5 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Nd3 Ke7 35. Re4 Rd2+
{remaining moves illegible} 36. Re2 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Charles H Storey"]
[Black "Viesturs Meijers"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6
7. c3 b6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Qe2 d6 11. Rae1 Nbd7 12. f4
h6 13. Bh4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Nfxe4 15. Bxe7 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Kxe7
17. b4 Nd7 18. Nf5+ Kf8 19. Nxd6 Bd5 20. f5 Nf6 21. c4 e5
22. cxd5 Qxd6 23. Bb3 Ke7 24. Rf3 Rhd8 25. Rfe3 Kf8 26. h3 e4
27. Qd4 Rac8 28. Rf1 a5 29. a3 Rc7 30. Rd1 Rdc8 31. Qd2 axb4
32. axb4 Rd8 33. Qd4 b5 34. Rc3 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Kg8 36. Ba2 Qd7
37. Qc5 Rc8 38. Qf2 Qd6 39. Qd4 Qg3 40. Bb1 e3 41. Qb2 Nxd5
42. Rxd5 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Re8 44. Bd3 Qh4 45. Qd4 Qxd4 46. Rxd4 e2
47. Bxe2 Rxe2 48. Rd8+ Kh7 49. Rd5 h5 50. Kg3 Kh6 51. Rxb5 Re4
52. h4 f6 53. Kh3 Rc4 54. Rb8 Kh7 55. g3 Rc2 56. Rd8 Rc4
57. Rb8 Rc2 58. Rb5 Rb2 59. Rb7 Rc2 60. Rb6 Rb2 61. b5 Rf2
62. Rb8 Rxf5 63. Kg2 Rc5 64. b6 Rb5 65. Kf3 Rb3+ 66. Kf4 Kg6
67. Ke4 Rxg3 68. Kd5 Rb3 69. Kc6 Kf5 70. Rd8 Kg4 71. Rd4+ {
remaining moves illegible} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.05"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrew Greet"]
[Black "Stewart Haslinger"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Bd6
12. b4 Bg4 13. Nd2 Bh5 14. Bh4 a6 15. a4 Bg6 16. b5 axb5
17. axb5 Ra3 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bg3 Ng4 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. Nf3
Bxg3 {(=)} 22. hxg3 Qa5 23. Ne2 Qa6 24. Rb2 Ne7 25. Rfb1 g6
26. Nf4 Ra8 27. Rb7 Ra2 28. Qd3 Ra1 29. Qxa6 R8xa6 30. Nd3 f6
31. Nh2 Nxh2 32. Kxh2 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Ra2 34. g4 Rd2 35. Rb3 Kf7
36. Kg3 h5 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Kf3 Nf5 39. Rb7+ Ke8 40. Nf4 Nh4+
41. Kg3 Nf5+ 42. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.04"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Jameson"]
[Black "Augustin Madan"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Qb6+
12. Kh1 Ne5 13. Qd4 Qc7 14. Nc5 dxc5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxe5
Rfd8 17. Rad1 a6 18. a4 Kf8 19. h3 Rac8 20. Kg1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Nd7 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Ke7 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Kf2 Nc6 26. Nd5+
Bxd5 27. exd5 Ne5 28. c4 {(=)} 28... b6 29. Ra1 a5 30. Ra3 Kd6
31. Rb3 Rb8 32. Rg3 g6 33. Re3 f5 34. Rb3 Ke7 35. Re3 Kf6
36. Rb3 Rb7 37. Re3 Re7 38. Rb3 Rb7 39. Re3 Rd7 40. Rb3 Rd6
41. Re3 Rd8 42. Rb3 Rb8 43. Re3 Re8 44. Rb3 Nd7 45. Bf3 Ke7
46. Re3+ Kd8 47. g3 Ne5 48. Be2 Kc7 49. Bf1 Kd6 50. Be2 Re7
51. Bf1 g5 52. Be2 h6 53. Rb3 Nd7 54. Rf3 Rf7 55. Re3 Re7
56. Rf3 Ke5 57. Re3+ Kf6 58. Bd3 Ne5 59. Be2 Nd7 60. Bd3 Re5
61. Be2 Rxe3 62. Kxe3 Ne5 63. Bd3 Nf7 64. Be2 Ke5 65. Bf1 Nh8
66. Be2 Ng6 67. Bh5 Ne7 68. Be2 Ng8 69. Bf1 Nf6 70. Bd3 Nh5
71. Kf3 f4 72. gxf4+ Nxf4 73. Bf1 Nh5 74. Bd3 Nf6 75. Ke3 Nd7
76. Bg6 { remaining moves illegible} 0-1

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.04"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Siegrun Macgilchrist"]
[Black "Charles H Storey"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Be2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. d3 d6
7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Na3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Ne3 O-O
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 Nf5 15. Rb1 a5 16. a4 h5
17. Nd2 Bh6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Bxh5 Nd4 20. Be2 f5 21. Nc3 Kg7
22. Nb5 Rh8 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. g3 Bg5 25. Kg2 Kf6 26. h4 {(=)}
26... Bh6 27. Rh1 g5 28. hxg5+ Bxg5 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. Qg1 e4
31. Qe1 Qh7 32. Qh1 Qg7 33. Qf1 Bf4 34. dxe4 fxe4 35. Qe1 Qd7
36. g4 Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.04"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard J Palliser"]
[Black "John Brooke"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 e5 6. Nf3 Qe7
7. Rd1 Bg4 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bc5 Qc7 10. Bxf8 Kxf8 11. Qd8+ Qxd8
12. Rxd8+ Kg7 13. Rxh8 Kxh8 14. Nxe5 Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4
Nbd7 17. f3 Kg7 18. Kf2 b5 19. Na5 b4 20. Ne2 c5 {(=)} 21. Rd1
Kf8 22. Nf4 Ke8 23. e5 Ng8 24. Nc4 Nb6 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Nd5+
Nxd5 27. Rxd5 f6 28. Nc4 {remaining moves illegible} 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.04"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Normunds Miezis"]
[Black "Alexandre Dgebuadze"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O
7. cxd5 Bg4 8. Nge2 Nxd5 9. f3 Be6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ne4 Be7
12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 Ndb4 14. Be3 b5 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Re8
17. Bf2 Bf8 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Nf4 Rad8 { remaining moves
illegible} 1-0

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ak Hirawan Pg Mohd Omar"]
[Black "Normunds Miezis"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 b5
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. O-O h5 10. h3 Bb7 11. Qe2 h4 12. Nf3
Be7 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. Rfd1 d6 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Na2 Nh5 17. Bxe7
Kxe7 18. Qd2 Nf4 19. Qe3 g5 20. f3 Rhc8 21. Rac1 Qc5 22. Qxc5+
Rxc5 23. Bf1 Rac8 24. c3 f5 25. exf5 exf5 26. Rd2 e4 27. Rcd1
R8c7 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Nc1 Bd5 30. Ne2 Ke6 31. Nd4+ Ke5
32. Re1 Kf6 33. Nc2 Re7 34. Ne3 Be6 35. Red1 Ke5 36. c4 bxc4
37. Bxc4 {remaining moves illegible} 0-1

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Malcolm J Armstrong"]
[Black "Dennis Owen"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Bd3
7. Bxd3 cxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O
12. Rad1 Re8 13. Ne5 Nf8 14. Rfe1 N6d7 15. Qc4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5
Ng6 17. Bg3 Bh4 18. Rd3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rc8 20. e5 Rc7 21. Ne4
Ne7 22. Nd6 Rf8 23. Rb3 b6 24. Qe2 Nd5 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qh5 Qd7
27. Rf3 c5 28. Nb5 Rc6 29. dxc5 a6 30. Nc3 Rxc5 31. Rd3 Qc6
32. Nxd5 {(=)} 32... Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Qxd5 34. Qe2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edward Taylor"]
[Black "Andrew Greet"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 cxd4
7. exd4 b6 8. Ngf3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O d6
12. h3 Qd7 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Bg3 b5 15. a3 Ncd5 16. Ne1 Nb6
17. Nd3 a5 18. f4 g6 19. Ne4 Nfd5 20. Be1 f5 21. Ng3 Bf6
22. Bf2 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Bg7 24. Nf1 Qc6 25. Qf3 Rf7 26. Ne3 Rc7
27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rac1 Kf7 29. Qe2 Nb6 30. Ra1 Qc4 31. Rac1
Nd5 32. Qd2 Nf6 33. Bh4 Ne4 34. Qe3 Rec8 35. Rcd1 Qb3 36. Rc1
d5 37. Bf2 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. cxb4 Rxc1 40. Ne5+ Bxe5
41. Qxb3 {(=)} 41... Bxd4 42. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 43. Kh2 Rcc1 0-1

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emma Bentley"]
[Black "John Brooke"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. h3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nxe4
7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. d3 Qc7
12. Re1 c5 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. c3 Rb8 15. Bd2 Ba6 16. b3 Bxd3
17. Rb2 c4 18. Qc1 Rfe8 19. Bh6 Ne5 20. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3
Kxg7 22. Qg5 Qe7 23. Nh5+ Kh8 24. Qe5+ f6 25. Nxf6 Qg7
26. Nxe8 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe8 28. bxc4 Bxc4 29. Rb7 Kg8
{remaining moves illegible} 0-1

[Event "Liverpool op"]
[Site "Liverpool"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viesturs Meijers"]
[Black "Raymond S Kaufman"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. Qc1 Nd7 5. e3 e6 6. Ne2 Ngf6
7. Nf4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Qc2 Qe7
12. Be2 a6 13. d4 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15. c5 e5 16. O-O O-O
17. Rfe1 Qa5 18. a3 exd4 19. exd4 Rfe8 20. b4 Qc7 21. a4 Nf8
22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qf4 25. Rd1 Ne6 { remaining
moves illegible} 0-1

[Event "DGT Clock Simul"]
[Site "Enschede NED"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Jan Werle"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 {Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2
Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7
10. Bd2 Ra7 {It's a brave man who takes on Kramnik in the
Catalan but I suppose Werle was comforted by at least knowing
what to expect. Ra7 looks odd but is normal here and defends
b7 and c7 while preparing Qa8.} 11. a3 Be4 12. Qc1 Nc6 13. e3
Qa8 14. Qd1 {Defending f3. Black must counter in the centre or
he will just have weaknesses on the c file and no play.} Nd5
15. Qe2 e5 16. Re1 {16. dxe5? Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 and White
cannot recapture because of 18. Kxg2 Nf4+ 19. Kg1 Nxe2#
[mate]} 16... exd4 17. exd4 f5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bf6
{19... Qd8 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qd5+ 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3
Nxe5+ 24. dxe5 c5 25. e6, planning Ra1-d1-d7 with a clear
advantage.} 20. d5 {!} Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nd8 22. Rad1 Bxd5 23. Ng5
c6 {23... Bxg2 24. Qh5! h6 25. Re7 hxg5 26. Rdd7 [wins]}
24. Bxd5+ cxd5 25. Qd3 {25. Qa2} 25... h6 26. Nf3 f4
{26... Nf7 27. Nh4 Ng5!?} 27. Nh4 {!} fxg3 28. hxg3 Nf7
29. Nf5 Ng5 {This comes very close to working but Kramnik
calculates further.} 30. Ne7+ Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 d4
33. Qg6 Nh2+ 34. Ke1 {!} Nf3+ 35. Ke2 Ng1+ 36. Kf1 {! 36. Rxg1
Qf3+ 37. Kd2 Qxf2+ 38. Kd1 Qxg1+ wins for Black after 39. Kd2
Rf2+ 40. Kd3 Qb1+ 41. Kxd4 Qxg6} 36... Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Nh3+
38. Ke1 1-0

[Event "DGT Clock Simul"]
[Site "Enschede NED"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Marie Sebag"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 {Notes by IM Malcolm Pein.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. a4
dxc4 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6
10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Qc2 c5 {Allowing
Kramnik to secure the bishop pair 13... Rad8 14. Na2 Bd6 [is
more commonly played.]} 14. Na2 cxd4 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Rxd4
Rac8 {16... Qe1+ 17. Bf1 Rac8 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2} 17. Qe2
Qb6 18. a5 Qc7 19. a6 e5 20. axb7 exd4 21. bxc8=Q Rxc8 22. b3
{!} Nb6 23. exd4 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Be3 Rc7
27. Ra5 {A typical nagging edge for Kramnik. Black has to
control d5 and centralise her king} Rd7 28. Kf1 Nd5 29. Ke2 f6
30. Kd3 Kf7 31. h3 Ke6 32. Ra6+ Nb6 33. g4 g5 {[Black succeeds
in ruining her kingside, better to sit tight with something
like] 33... Kd5 34. Ra5+ Ke6 35. h4 Nd5} 34. f4 {!} gxf4
35. Bxf4 Kf7 36. h4 {White plans h5 and Ke4 but this should
not be decisive but with a world champion opposite, panic is
easily induced} g5 {?} 37. hxg5 Nd5 38. Bd6 {!} fxg5 39. Ke4
Nc3+ 40. Ke5 Nb5 41. Bc5 {Black cannot hold a7 and g5 and
attend to the passed d pawn. We now get a typically elegant
finish from Kramnik from a position with equal and diminished
material} Rd8 42. Ra5 Rb8 43. d5 {!} Rb7 44. d6 Ke8 45. Ke6
Kd8 46. Be3 Ke8 47. Bc5 Kd8 48. Bxa7 {!} Nxa7 49. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Logan City Chess Club champs"]
[Site "Logan City Chess Club, Australia"]
[Date "2008.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan D Sarfati"]
[Black "Ryan Stevens"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 {Notes by Jonathan Sarfati.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3
c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Bxc3+ {?! not so good here with White's
center mobile. Against 6.Nf3 it's the Huebner variation, a
sound line, but then White's f-pawn is blocked.} 7.bxc3 d6
8.O-O e5 9.e4 O-O {Taking the pawn would open the game for
White's bishop pair. But one advantage of having the bishops
is discouraging pawn exchanges, so the side with the bishops
can gain more space.} 10.f4 h6 11.d5 Nb8 12.f5 Nbd7 13.h3 Nh7
14.Qe1 f6 15.g4 Nb6 16.Be3 Qe8 17.Ng3 Qa4 18.Qe2 Kf7 {Although
White's doubled pawns are supposed to be Black's target, it's
hard to get at them. Meanwhile, Black sensibly tries to run
his king away from White's pawn advance.} 19.Nh5 Rg8 20.h4 Ke7
21.Rf2 Bd7 22.Rg2 Be8 23.Nxg7 {! Not exactly calculated, but
it seemed that Black would have a hard time stopping this
passed pawns with only 2 ranks to work with.} Rxg7 24.Bxh6 Rg8
25.g5 Qa5 26.Rc1 Na4 27.g6 Nf8 { 27...Nxc3 28.Qd2 } 28.h5 Bd7
29.Bd2 Be8 30.h6 Bxg6 {Desperation.} 31.fxg6 Nxg6 32.Qg4 Nf4
33.Qxg8 Rxg8 34.Rxg8 Nxc3 35.h7 Nce2+ 36.Bxe2 Qxd2 37.Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Chicago Open 2008"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Ginsburg"]
[Black "Yury Shulman"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Qa4 Nbd7 6.e4 c6 7.Qxc4
Qb6 8.Nbd2 {!} Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Bc7 O-O
13.O-O Nb6 14.Qc2 Qa4 15.Qc3 {? 15. Rb3!} Nfd5 {!} 16.exd5
Nxd5 17.Qa5 Qxa5 18.Bxa5 b6 19.Ne5 bxa5 20.Nxc6 Bd8 21.Rfc1
Bd7 22.Nxd8 Rfxd8 23.Be4 Rac8 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Rc5 Rxc5 26.dxc5
Rc8 27.Rc1 Bb5 28.f3 Bc4 29.Kf2 Rxc5 30.Ke3 Rb5 31.Nxc4 dxc4
32.Rc2 g5 33.Kd4 Rb4 34.Kc3 Kg7 35.Re2 Kf6 36.Re8 Rb1 37.Re2
Rc1 38.Kb2 Rh1 39.h3 Kf5 40.Rc2 Rg1 41.g4 Kf4 42.Rxc4 Kxf3
43.Rc7 Kg3 44.Rxf7 Kxh3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Baburin"]
[Black "Stephen Jessel"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 {Notes by GM Baburin.} e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6
5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5
10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bc2
Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Qd3 {17. Qxd4 Be6 18. Bb3
Nc7 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Nd4 Bxb3 21. Nxb3 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8
23. Kf1 +/= [Baburin - K. Szabo, Triesen 2007.]} 17... g6
18. Qxd4 {My idea was that here Black can't play 18...Be6 -
the black queen won't have support of the g-pawn. However, the
pawn can be useful on g6 as limits White's pieces.} Qxd4
19. Nxd4 b6 {!} 20. Be4 Bb7 21. Nb5 Rfd8 22. Rac1 Rd7 23. Red1
{?} Rad8 {! =/+} 24. Kh1 Nb4 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxb7 Rxb7
27. a3 Nd3 28. Rc2 Re7 29. h3 a6 30. Nd4 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Rb1
32. b3 a5 33. Rc6 Nxf2 34. Rxb6 a4 {White has severe time
control pressure} 35. Rb4 {35. b4} 35... axb3 36. Rxb3 Ra1
37. Re3 Rd1 38. Nf3 f5 39. Kg3 Nd3 {39... Ne4+ 40. Kf4 [=,
quiet position]} 40. Re8+ {White has severe time control
pressure 40. Re7} 40... Kf7 41. Rd8 f4+ 42. Kh4 {42. Kh2!}
42... Kf6 43. a4 {? How should Black deal with the pin on the
d-file? 43. Rd4!} 43... Nb2 {? 43... Ne1!! John Redmond
mentioned that move after the game. 44. Rxd1 [44. Nd2! and
White should be able to hold.] 44... Nxg2+ 45. Kg4 h5#}
44. Rxd1 Nxd1 45. Kg4 {! 45. a5 Ne3 46. Ne1 h5 47. g4 fxg3
48. Kxg3} 45... Nc3 46. a5 Nd5 47. Nd2 h5+ 48. Kf3 Kf5
{48... g5 49. Ke4!?} 49. h4 {49. a6 g5} 49... g5 50. hxg5 Kxg5
51. a6 h4 52. Nc4 Nc7 53. a7 Na8 {White has severe time
control pressure 53... Kf5 54. Nb6 Ke5 [54... Kg5 55. Nd5]
55. a8=Q Nxa8 56. Nxa8 Kf5 57. Nb6 Kg5 58. Nc4 h3 59. gxh3 Kh4
60. Kg2 f3+ 61. Kh2 f2 62. Ne3} 54. Ne5 Kf5 55. Nd3 Nc7
{55... Ke6 56. Nxf4+ Kd6 57. Kg4 Kc6 58. Kxh4 Kb7 59. Nd5 Kxa7
60. g4 Kb7 61. g5 Kc6 62. g6} 56. Nxf4 Na8 57. Nd5 Kg5
{57... Ke5 58. Ne3 Kd4 59. Kg4 Kxe3 60. Kxh4 [+-]} 58. Ne3 Nb6
59. Ke4 Na8 60. Kd5 Kf4 61. Nf1 {61. Kc6 Kxe3 62. Kb7 Kf2
63. Kxa8 Kxg2 64. Kb8 h3 65. a8=Q+ +-} 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia International 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.06.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abhijit Kunte"]
[Black "Charles Galofre"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 {Notes by Charles Galofre.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3
e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O {I
went into a big think here because of} c5 {9... O-O 10. e4
9... b5 10. Bd3 O-O [10... Bb7 11. Ne4] 11. Ne4} 10. dxc5 Bxc5
11. Bd3 O-O 12. e4 Qc7 13. Bg5 b6 {13... Ng4 [Kunte]} 14. Rae1
e5 {I thought this move was ok because it stopped the purpose
of Re1 and the bishop on d3 was.... 14... h6 [Kunte]} 15. Nd5
{15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. b4 Bxb4 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. Nxe5
[+/=]} 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 h6 17. Bh4 {17. Be7 Re8 18. Bxc5
Qxc5 19. Qxc5 bxc5 (19... Nxc5 [Kunte])} 17... Bb7 {17... Re8}
18. b4 Bd6 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Be7 Rfe8 21. d6 Bd8 {21... Bxf3
22. dxc7 Rxe7 23. Bxa6} 22. Bf5 Bc6 23. Nxe5 {23. Bxd7 Bxd7
24. Nxe5 Bb5} 23... Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe7 25. dxe7 Ra7 26. Rfe1
g6 27. Bd3 {27. Bg4 [Kunte]} 27... Kg7 28. f4 Kf6 29. g4 Bd7
30. h3 {30. g5+ hxg5 31. fxg5+ Kg7 32. Bc4 Galofre white is
better Be6 [Kunte =]} 30... Be6 31. Bxg6 Kxg6 32. f5+ Bxf5
33. Rxf5 Rexe7 {Galofre: Draw} 34. Ref1 Re6 35. R1f3 Rd7
36. Kg2 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 f6 38. a3 b5 39. Rc5 Rd7 40. Kh4 Rf7
41. Rd5 Rc6 42. Rd8 Re6 43. Ra8 f5 44. gxf5+ Rxf5 45. Rg8+ Kh7
46. Rxf5 Kxg8 47. Kh5 Re3 48. h4 Rxa3 49. Kxh6 Ra4 50. Rg5+
Kf7 51. Rg7+ Kf6 52. h5 Rxb4 53. Rg6+ Kf7 54. Rxa6 Rg4 55. Rb6
b4 {=, quiet position} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia International 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.06.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Charles Galofre"]
[Black "Kantholi Rathnakaran"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Charles Galofre.} Nf6 {I had prepared for
1...g6 2.e4} 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2
{Hoping for 6...e5} Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 {Andersson/Kraai}
dxe5 9. Be3 c6 10. Qa4 {White has the initiative small,on the
queenside} Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bc1 {12. Bd2 [Bc1 seems cleaner
to me.]} 12... Nc5 13. Qa3 {13. Qc2} 13... Ne6 14. h3 Nh6
15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Be3 Nf7 17. Rac1 b6 18. Nd5 {18. b4 Rd8 [i did
not like this line..]} 18... Qb7 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nxc8 {now i
help him develop his pieces but it was all i saw} Raxc8 21. c5
b5 22. b4 {not so sure how good this move was. seemed the most
natural there was Qb4 or a ton of other moves with the
queen.Also knight moves to e1 d2...} f5 {this complicated
matters.. I thought for a while..did not know what would have
been best.. alot of ideas associated with the hanging
pawns... exchanging Nh4.. .} 23. Qb3 {Improving queen gaining
tempo} Qe7 24. Qc2 {holding the center} Qf6 25. Bd2 {! I
really liked this move... he was threatning f4 gaining the
initiative} Rcd8 26. Bc3 {!} Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. exf5 {I
offered him a draw.} gxf5 29. Bd3 Ng5 30. Nxg5 Qxg5 31. Qe2
Qf4 32. Re1 Rf6 33. Qh5 Rdf8 34. Rc2 Rh6 35. Qe2 Rg6 36. Kh1
Rh6 37. Qd2 Qh4 38. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia International 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.06.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Pruess"]
[Black "Charles Galofre"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 {{Notes by Charles Galofre. Before the round i was
talking to pruess waiting for the pairings and I mentioned to
him I didnt want to play him... sure thing there it was.... I
told him: Oh well, I have to study for King's Gambit now...}
d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 {I was thinking of
playing the Botvinnik with Be7 but decided not to.} Nbd7 6. e3
Qa5 7. Nd2 {After the game pruess told me he did not know any
theory and he was trying to stop Ne4} dxc4 8. Bh4 {8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. Nxc4} 8... Nd5 9. Nxc4 {9. Bxc4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3
[black has no weaknesses... he is probably slight, to clearly
better]} 9... Nxc3 10. Nxa5 Nxd1 11. Kxd1 Be7 {! I liked this
move very much. 11... Bb4 12. Nc4!} 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 {I offered
draw..} 13. g3 {white has plans of getting catalan bitshop and
stopping e5 and c5...} e5 14. Bg2 Rd8 {! I think this is the
best move..} 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Bxc6 exd4 {16... bxc6 17. Nxc6+
[I think white is doing well here, maybe slightly better.]}
17. Bxb7 dxe3+ 18. Ke2 {Pruess offered draw...} Bxb7 19. Nxb7
Rd2+ 20. Kxe3 Rxb2 21. Nc5 Kf8 22. Kf3 Rd8 23. Re2 Rdd2 {I
offered..} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia International 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Charles Galofre"]
[Black "Rajaram R Laxman"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Charles Galofre.} Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7
4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 c6 {A new variation for
me. It appeared that he wanted to avoid preparation. He made a
lot of faces during the game.} 8. e4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5
Ne8 11. d4 {This is the position I had envisioned. I hoped it
was what was proper to play there.} Nc7 12. h4 {This seemed
awkward at the moment but it's what I thought was right.} Nba6
13. Bg5 Ne6 14. Qd2 Nac7 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. h5 {I
liked this. Now White keeps the initiative.} c5 18. dxc5 bxc5
19. h6 {19. Nh4 I saw this line during the game and was what I
was aiming for but I did not notice the move b4, only moments
after.} g6 20. Nh2 Rfd8 21. Ng4 Ne8 {I had a think here and
saw why I could not capture the pawn. Unfortunately I did not
see how to progress and therefore chose the sharpest line.}
22. Nxd5 {!} Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Nd4 {! We're in the jungle now. I
lose the queen in exchange for some pieces.} 24. Bg2 Nf3+
25. Bxf3 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 {This is what I had envisioned.} f5
{This is what I had missed.} 27. Nh2 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Rd1
Qe7 30. Bd5+ Kf8 31. Nf3 Qd8 {He offered draw.} 32. Bb3 Qe7
33. e6 Nd6 34. Ne5 Qc7 35. Nc4 {35. Nf7} Nxc4 36. Bxc4 Qc6
{This is another critical position where I had to calculate
everything until "clarity" but I did not see everything quite
right.} 37. Rd8+ {37. Rd7! is more accurate.} Ke7 38. Rd7+ Kf6
39. Rf7+ Kg5 40. e7 Qd7 41. Rxh7 f4 42. gxf4+ Kxf4 43. Be2 Kg5
44. b3 a5 45. a4 Qe6 46. Kf1 Qh3+ 47. Kg1 Qe6 48. Bf3 Qe1+
49. Kg2 Qe6 50. Kf1 c4 51. bxc4 Qxc4+ 52. Kg2 Qe6 53. Kf1 Qc4+
54. Be2 Qe6 55. Bb5 Qh3+ 56. Ke2 Qe6+ 57. Kd3 Qd5+ 58. Kc3
Qc5+ 59. Bc4 Qb4+ 60. Kd4 Qd6+ 61. Bd5 Qb6+ 62. Ke5 Qxf2
63. Rf7 Qe1+ 64. Kd4 Qb4+ 65. Ke5 Qb2+ 66. Kd6 Qb8+ 67. Kc6
Qc8+ 68. Kb6 Qd7 69. h7 Qd6+ 70. Bc6 Qb8+ 71. Bb7 1-0

[Event "WA Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[EventDate "2008.02.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Readey"]
[Black "Slava Mikhailuk"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bf4 cxd5
12. exd5 Nac4 13. Qe2 Nxb2 14. Qxb2 Na4 15. Nxa4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2
Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Qb5 18. Rd2 f6 19. Nd4 Qh5 20. Nb3 Bg4 21. Bxb7
Rad8 22. Re1 e5 23. Be3 Bf3 24. Bxf3 Qxf3 25. Red1 Rxd2
26. Nxd2 Qe2 27. Ndc4 h5 28. h4 Rf7 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. Rd2 Qg4
31. Nd6 Rf8 32. Nbc4 g5 33. f3 Qe6 34. hxg5 h4 35. gxh4 e4
36. g6+ Kxg6 37. fxe4 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Kh5 39. Rd5+ Kg6 40. Rd2
Kh7 41. Bxa7 Qf3+ 42. Ke1 Rg8 43. Bb6 Rg3 44. Be3 Rh3 45. Rf2
Rh1+ 46. Kd2 Qd1+ 47. Kc3 Qa1+ 48. Kb4 Rxh4 49. a4 Rh3 50. Bb6
Qe1+ 51. Nd2 Rh4 52. Kb5 Rh5+ 53. Kc6 Qa1 54. a5 Qa4+ 55. Kc7
Re5 56. Kd8 Re6 57. N2c4 Qc6 58. Bc7 Kg8 59. Rh2 f5 60. exf5
Rf6 {the game is equal} 61. Re2 Rf8+ 62. Re8 Rxe8+ 63. Nxe8
Qxc4 64. Nd6 Qc6 65. f6 Kf8 66. Nc8 {?? a horrible
blunder. 66. f7! Kg7 67. Kc8 Kf8 68. Kd8 Kg7 69. Kc8 =}
66... Qe8# 0-1

[Event "WA Championship"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2008.02.18"]
[EventDate "2008.02.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ignacio Perez"]
[Black "Grigory Serper"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O d6 8. Be3 (8. Re1 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 {[Ryan]}) 8... b5
9. a4 { Be3 does not wok together with a4 [Ryan]} b4 10. Na2
Bb7 11. f3 d5 (11... Nbd7 12. c3) 12. c3 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bd6
14. Rxf6 {forced and good [Perez]} (14. Nf3 $2 Nxe4)
14... gxf6 (14... Bxh2+ $143 $6 15. Kh1) 15. Qh5 Ke7 16. cxb4
{ "its a pawn"} Nd7 {Nobody but Serper could defend this
[Perez]} 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Nc3 Bf4 19. Qh3 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Ne5
21. Nd5+ (21. b5 $5 {[Gale]} Qd6 22. bxa6 ( 22. b6 Rac8)
22... Rad8) 21... exd5 22. Nf5+ Kd7 $8 23. exd5 {/\ d6}
(23. Qc5 $2 Qa7) 23... Rc8 24. Rc5 Rxc5 25. bxc5 Bxd5 26. Qd4
Nf3+ ({ During the game white was concerned about} 26... Qb3
$1 27. Be4 Qc4 28. Bxd5 ({ But Fidel Mendoza found} 28. Qxc4
Nxc4 29. Bxd5 $18) 28... Qxd4+ 29. Nxd4 Rb8 30. b3 Rb4)
27. gxf3 Qe5 28. Qf2 (28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. Ne3 Bb3) (28. c6+ {
doesn't work:} Kxc6 29. Qxe5 fxe5 30. Ne7+ Kd6 31. Nxd5 Rg8+
$1) (28. Qg4 Qe1+ 29. Bf1 Qd2) 28... Rb8 29. Nd4 Qg5+ 30. Kf1
(30. Kh1 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Rxb2) 30... Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Rg8+
(31... Rxb2) 32. Kh3 Qh6+ 33. Qh4 Qxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Rb8 { black
stops b4} 35. Kg3 Rb4 36. Ne2 a5 37. Nc3 Bc6 38. Bxh7 Rxb2
39. h4 Rb3 ( 39... Bxf3 40. Kxf3 Rb3 $19) 40. Bf5+ Ke7 41. Ne4
Bxa4 42. h5 Rb8 43. h6 Rh8 44. h7 Bd7 45. Bxd7 Kxd7 46. Nxf6+
Kc6 47. Kf4 a4 48. Ke5 a3 49. Nd5 Kxc5 50. Nc3 Rxh7 51. Kf6
0-1

[Event "Vote Chess Match"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2008.03.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nigel Rodney Davies"]
[Black "The World"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 { Annotations by "Patzer24". *** In this tough challenge
GM Davies opens with the English opening. A respectable choice
at all levels. } 1... e5 { Chess.com decides to counter with
the logical 1...e5 to control the d4 square and prepare for
quick development of the f8 Bishop. Now we have a type of
reversed Sicilian with the two sides opening with the c-pawn
and e-pawns. } 2. g3 { This is a thematic move in many English
opening positions. Now white intends to fianchetto the Bishop
to g2 when it will have strong effect on the long diagonal. }
2... Nf6 { A natural developing move which will fight for
control of the e4 and d5 central squares. } 3. Bg2 { A logical
continuation from the last move to complete the kingside
fianchetto. } 3... Bc5 { A nice spot for the Bishop where it
aims at the potentially weak f2 square as well as helps to
control the d4 square. } 4. Nc3 { Of course a logical move,
continuing with natural development. } 4... O-O { Bringing the
King to a nice safe position and preparing for the Rook to
participate in the action when it comes to the e8 square. }
5. e3 { This move opens the e2 square for the remaining Knight
to be developed and blunts the Bishop on c5. } 5... Nc6 { An
important developing move which aims to prevent white from
expanding with d2-d4 when white would be the one with the
strong center. } 6. Nge2 { Completing kingside development and
preparing for a quick kingside castling. } 6... d6 { A very
natural move, allowing for the development of the c8 Bishop. }
7. O-O { Taking the safe and smart choice of castling. Also
possible was 7. d4 but it is risky to open the center with the
King still uncastled. } 7... Bb6 { A reasonable choice in
preparation of white playing d2-d4 when the Bishop would have
to move back anyways. } 8. d3 { A more slower positional type
move, almost with a hedgehog Sicilian type feel with many of
the pawns on the third rank. } 8... Bf5 { Developing the last
minor piece. Also perfectly playable was 8...Bg4 putting a
temporary pin on the e2 Knight. } 9. h3 { A prophylactic move,
preventing black from putting a piece on g4 and also possibly
intending g2-g4 next to play for kingside expansion. }
9... Re8 { A good place for the Rook as the e-file may likely
open if white ever plays d3-d4 after a pawn exchange. } 10. g4
{ A logical continuation from the previous move. Now white
takes a space advantage on the kingside, forces the Bishop's
retreat, and opens a square on g3 for the white Knight. }
10... Bg6 { The best retreat square for the Bishop. On e6 or
d7 the Bishop would just be in the way of the other pieces. }
11. Ng3 { Improving the placement of the Knight. } 11... h6 {
A useful move which opens the h7 square for the King or Bishop
if ever needed and this also takes control of g5 which will
slow white's progress on the kingside. } 12. Kh2 { An
interesting choice. White moves the King off the diagonal of
the black Bishop as well as clearing the g1 square for a Rook
later in the game with attacking chances on the kingside. }
12... Qd7 { The best choice, developing the Queen and
connecting the Rooks. } 13. f4 { Looking to open the f-file as
the Rook is at f1 waiting to have influence. } 13... exf4 {
Black could not allow white to play f4-f5 which would take
strong control on the kingside. } 14. exf4 { Replacing another
pawn on f4, looking to continue with the advancement on the
kingside. } 14... Bd4 { Improving the placement of the Bishop
and exploiting the hole white has created on d4. Another try
would have been 14...Rad8 bringing the last piece into the
game. } 15. Nb5 { Threatening to exchange off the well placed
Bishop on d4. } 15... Be3 { Preventing white from exchanging
the Knight on b5 which is now awkwardly placed on b5. }
16. Bxe3 { A logical choice, exchanging the Bishop which has
not yet moved for the Bishop which has moved multiple times
already. } 16... Rxe3 { Of course the only choice here, black
must regain the Bishop. } 17. f5 { Gaining more space on the
kingside and locking the black Bishop in on h7. } 17... Bh7 {
The only safe square for the Bishop, now locked in by the
white pawns. } 18. Qd2 { Connecting the Rooks as well as
attacking the black Rook. } 18... Rae8 { A very natural
looking move but a mistake as we will see with white's next
move. Best would have been 18...Re5 to avoid the loss of a
Rook for questionable compensation. } 19. Ne4 { Interrupting
the coordination of the black Rooks, now putting serious
threat to the e3 Rook. } 19... R3xe4 { There was no way to
save the Rook therefore it must be sacrificed for a minor
piece and pawn. } 20. dxe4 { Capturing with the pawn to open
the scope of the Queen on the d-file. } 20... Nxe4 { Regaining
a pawn plus a minor piece in exchange for the Rook. } 21. Bxe4
{ Exchanging off the very strong centralized Knight }
21... Rxe4 { Recapturing the piece as well as attacking the c4
pawn. } 22. b3 { Defending the c4 pawn. } 22... a6 { Forcing
the Knight backwards. } 23. Nc3 { The Knight is well placed
here as it attacks the black Rook and aims at the d5 outpost
square. } 23... Re8 { The Rook must be retreated as it was
threatened by the Knight. } 24. c5 { Exploiting the pinned
pawn on d6. } 24... Ne5 { Bringing the Knight to a strong
centralized square. } 25. cxd6 { The best move to give black
an isolated Queen pawn which may be a liability later in the
game. } 25... cxd6 { The best recapture. If 25...Qxd6 26. Qxd6
cxd6 27. Rad1 and white will have a very strong position. Now
with the Queens still on the board it is not so clear. }
26. Nd5 { A great square for the Knight where it blockades the
isolated pawn and controls many squares from this centralized
position. } 26... Kh8 { Bringing the King to a safer position
in preparation for challenging the white kingside pawns. }
27. Kg3 { Advancing the King to a better position, possibly in
preparation for an endgame. } 27... f6 { Fixing the white
kingside pawns to prevent white from making a breakthrough on
this side of the board. } 28. Rfe1 { Putting the Rook to the
open file as it is no longer needed on the f-file with the f5
pawn fixed. } 28... h5 { A very interesting move! This pawn
cannot be captured as the f5 pawn would be lost and now h5-h4+
is threatened. } 29. Rad1 { Bringing the last piece into the
game and adding underlying pressure on the d6 pawn. }
29... h4+ { A strong move as the pawn cannot be taken as that
would put the King into a fork position with the black Knight
coming to the f3 square. } 30. Kg2 { A safe position for the
King where it will not be threatened in the immediate
future. } 30... Rc8 { Activating the Rook to a better file as
it as blocked in by it's Knight on e5. } 31. Rc1 { Challenging
for control of the c-file. } 31... Rc5 { Bringing the Rook up
with the support of it's pawn hoping to correct the pawn
structure with a Rook exchange. } 32. b4 { A good move gaining
space with time on the black Rook. However, white may have
missed a chance with 32. Nxf6 uncovering the Queen on d2 to
put pressure along the d-file. } 32... Rc6 { Placing the Rook
where it is supported by the Queen and pawn on b7. } 33. Red1
{ Improving the placement of the Rook to a more effective file
where it will pressure along the d-file where the black Queen
and black's isolated pawn is located. } 33... b6 { Allowing
for Qd7-b7 to place the Queen on the same diagonal as the
white King. } 34. Rxc6 { Exchanging a pair of Rooks as white
is slightly up in material and the endgame should be favorable
for him. } 34... Qxc6 { Incorrect would be 34...Nxc6 as the
Knight is already well placed on e5. } 35. Qc3 { Correctly
playing for an endgame as white will have the better pieces
and pawn structure. } 35... Qb7 { Black cannot allow an
endgame as the white Rook will start to win some of the loose
black pawns. } 36. Qe1 { Targeting the h4 pawn. } 36... Qc6 {
Threatening checks down on c2. } 37. Rd4 { Improving the
position of the Rook so that it will not be lost after Qc6-c2+
when white plays Qxh4. } 37... a5 { Looking to neutralize the
pawns on the queenside. } 38. a3 { Maintaining the pawn
tension and not allowing black any progress on the
queenside. } 38... axb4 { Deciding to exchange pawns in hopes
of getting closer to a draw. } 39. axb4 { The only recapture
as the Rook is needed to defend the Knight. } 39... b5 {
Fixing the queenside pawns to lock the position in hopes of
better drawing chances. } 40. Qxh4 { Winning a pawn, now up a
full exchange but black wil have counter chances as we will
see. } 40... Nd3 { Threatening the pawn on b4. } 41. Kf1 {
Unpinning the Knight on d5 so that the pawn on b4 is
defended. } 41... Qc1+ { The only chance, trying for
counterplay against the white King. } 42. Ke2 { If 42. Kg2
Qb2+ winning the Rook on d4. } 42... Qc2+ { Hoping for a
perpetual check draw as black is down the exchange. } 43. Ke3
{ If 43. Kf3 Ne5+ when there may be some complications. }
43... Ne5 { Taking control of the d3 square and intending Qb3+
next. } 44. Qf2 { Bringing the King back to defend as it was
not providing a useful function on h4. } 44... Qb3+ { Trying
to find a perpetual check or some attacking chances on the
King as black is down significant material. } 45. Ke2 { If
45. Ke4 Qb1+ and if 45. Kf4 Nd3+ therefore going to e2 is the
best try. } 45... Bg8 { Finally activating the Bishop as it
was not well placed locked in on h7. } 46. Qh4+ { Forcing the
Bishop back. } 46... Bh7 { Black must block the check. }
47. Qf2 { Repeating the position as black does have some
attacking chances and perpetual check threats. } 47... Bg8 {
Black also is happy to repeat being down a significant amount
of material. } 48. Qh4+ { And now the draw is agreed with
another repetition of the position. A hard fought battle and
well earned draw by both sides! } 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Belgrade Trophy"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2008.11.29"]
[EventDate "2008.11.27"]
[Round "3.95"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Lovric"]
[Black "Stojan Devedzic"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[PlyCount "2"]

1. e4 e5 {forfeit due to mobile phone} 0-1

[Event "Harlem simul"]
[Site "Harlem, New York"]
[Date "2008.09.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Rochelle Ballantyne"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 {See
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/crosswords/chess/12chess.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=chess%20kasparov&st=cse&oref=slogin} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 Bg4 5.Ne5 Bh5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.Nc4 Qc7 10.e4 e5 11.Be3 exd4 12.Bxd4 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Nxc5 14.f3 O-O 15.Qf2 Qe7 16.Be2 b5 17.Na5 Rac8 18.a3 Rfd8 19.O-O Ne6 20.Rfd1 Qc7 21.Nb3 Nf4 22.Bf1 a5 23.Nc5 Ng6 24.Rac1 Ne5 25.Be2 Qe7 26.h3 h6 27.a4 b4 28.Nb1 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rd8 30.Nd2 Nfd7 31.Nb7 Ra8 32.Nb3 Qe6 33.Qe3 f5 34.N3c5 Nxc5 35.Nxc5 Qa2 36.Qd4 Re8 37. exf5 Bf7 38.f4 Nc4 39.Ne6 Bxe6 40.fxe6 Nxb2 41.Rd2 Qb1+ 42.Kh2 Nxa4 43.Bh5 g6 44.Qf6 1-0

[Event "Goch (open)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.09"]
[EventDate "2008.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Christian Wiegand"]
[Black "Tom E Wiley"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 d6 6. Qc2 O-O
7. d5 a5 8. Bg2 Na6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nd4 Rc8 11. Ne6 Bxe6
12. dxe6 c6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nc5 16. Qe2 Kh8
17. Rb1 Rf5 18. Bf4 Qg8 19. Bh3 Rxf4 20. gxf4 Rf8 21. f5 gxf5
22. Kh1 Nxe6 23. Qe3 Bd4 24. Qg3 Qf7 25. Rg1 Be5 26. Qh4 Nd4
27. Qh6 Ne2 28. Rg2 Nf4 29. Rg3 e6 30. Bf1 Re8 31. b4 Ng6
32. Rg2 Bf4 33. Qh5 a4 34. Bd3 { (=)} Rg8 35. Rbg1 Be5 36. Bc2
a3 37. Bd3 Rg7 38. Be2 Kg8 39. Qf3 Bb2 40. Qd3 d5 41. cxd5
cxd5 42. Bh5 Kh8 43. Qh3 Kg8 44. Qd3 Kh8 45. Qh3 Kg8 46. Qd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Goch (open)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.10"]
[EventDate "2008.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jaroslav Ulko"]
[Black "Norbert Bruchmann"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. Ne1 Bd7 9. Nd3 Qe7 10. Qb3 b5 11. c5 Bc7 12. a4
a5 13. Bg5 b4 14. Nd2 Be8 15. Nf3 Bh5 16. Nf4 Bxf3 17. exf3 h6
18. Ng6 Qe8 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 g5 21. Nd3 Ra7 22. Rfe1 Re7
23. Re2 Nbd7 24. Rae1 Qf7 25. Qd1 Rfe8 26. Re3 Nh7 27. Bh3
Nhf8 28. f4 Qf6 {(=)} 29. Nc1 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rg7+ 31. Rg3 Ng6
32. Qh5 Qh4 33. Qxh4 Nxh4 34. Kf1 Nf6 35. Nb3 Ne4 36. Rge3 Ng6
37. f3 Nf6 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Rxe6 Nh5 40. Bxf5 Nhxf4 41. Rf6
Ne7 42. Be6+ Nxe6 43. Rxe6 Nf5 44. Re5 Nh4 45. Rh5 Nxf3
46. Rxh6 Rf7 47. Ke2 Ng1+ 48. Ke1 Nf3+ 49. Kd1 Re7 50. Rxc6
Re1+ 51. Kc2 Re2+ 52. Kb1 Re3 53. Ka2 Ne1 54. Rc8+ Kf7 55. c6
Ke7 56. Nxa5 Nd3 57. Rc7+ Kd8 58. Rd7+ Kc8 59. Nb7 Nc1+
60. Kb1 Re1 61. Nd6+ Kb8 62. c7+ 1-0

[Event "Goch (open)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.10"]
[EventDate "2008.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitri Saulin"]
[Black "Volker Nowik"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Be3 e6 6. Qd2 h6
7. Be2 a6 8. O-O b6 9. a4 Bb7 10. h3 Ngf6 11. d5 e5 12. Nh2
Nc5 13. Bf3 Bc8 14. b4 Ncd7 15. a5 b5 16. g3 Nf8 17. Bg2 g5
18. Ne2 Ng6 19. c4 bxc4 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Rxc4 O-O 22. Rfc1 Ne8
{(=)} 23. R4c2 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Rc4 Rf7 26. Nc3 Qc8 27. h4
gxh4 28. Bxh6 Nf6 29. Bg5 hxg3 30. fxg3 Qf8 31. Rf1 Nh7
32. Be3 Re8 33. b5 axb5 34. Nxb5 Ree7 35. a6 Bc8 36. Rxf7 Qxf7
37. Nxd6 cxd6 38. Rxc8+ Ngf8 39. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Goch (open)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.11"]
[EventDate "2008.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georgios Souleidis"]
[Black "Michael Coenen"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Nxe4
Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Bf6 8. d4 Qd5 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Qe3 c5 11. Be4 cxd4
12. Bxd5 dxe3 13. Bxf6 exd5 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bd4 Rxg2 16. Bxe3
Nc6 17. Ne2 Rg8 18. O-O-O Bg4 19. Rd2 O-O-O 20. Rg1 Bxe2 {(=)}
21. Rxg8 Rxg8 22. Rxe2 Rg4 23. c3 Rh4 24. Rd2 Rh5 25. Bf4 Rf5
26. Bg3 b5 27. Re2 Kd7 28. Kd2 d4 29. Re4 dxc3+ 30. Kxc3 Rf3+
31. Kd2 h5 32. Ke2 Rc3 33. Kd2 Rf3 34. Rh4 Rf5 35. a4 Rd5+
36. Kc3 Rc5+ 37. Kd3 Rd5+ 38. Ke3 a6 39. axb5 Rxb5 40. Kd2 Rf5
41. Ra4 Ra5 42. Rxa5 Nxa5 43. Kc3 Nc6 44. b4 Ne7 45. Kd4 Kc6
46. Bf4 Kb5 47. Ke4 Nc6 48. Kf5 Nxb4 49. Bd2 a5 50. Kg5 Kc4
51. Kxh5 a4 52. Bc1 Nd3 53. Ba3 Kb3 54. Bd6 Nb4 55. Kg5 a3
56. h4 f6+ 57. Kxf6 a2 58. Be5 Nd5+ 59. Kg6 Nc3 60. Bxc3 Kxc3
61. h5 a1=Q 62. h6 Kd3 63. Kh7 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Goch (open)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.11"]
[EventDate "2008.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Coenen"]
[Black "Jaroslav Ulko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {(=)} a6
6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4
b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bh3 f5
17. g6 Nd7 18. Rhg1 Nb6 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Qg2 a4 21. Bxb6 Qxb6
22. Nc1 a3 23. b3 Rac8 24. c4 bxc3 25. Kc2 Bg5 26. Nd3 Bh6
27. Qe2 Rce8 28. Rgf1 Nf6 29. Nf2 g6 30. Rd3 e4 31. fxe4 Nxe4
32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Qf2 Qb4 34. Bg2 Re5 35. Bf3 Rfe8 36. Qd4 Qb8
37. Qg1 Qb5 38. Qd4 Bg7 39. Qf2 Qb4 40. Rg1 Qf4 41. Rf1 Re3
42. Bd1 Qh6 43. Rxe3 Rxe3 44. Qf4 Qh3 45. Rf2 Re1 46. Rf3 Qg2+
47. Rf2 Qxd5 48. Qf3 Qd4 49. Re2 Qxd1# 0-1

[Event "Goch (open)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.12"]
[EventDate "2008.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oleg Krivonosov"]
[Black "Dirk Pohle"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "197"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 e6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Na5 11. Ne5 Rc8
12. Rb1 a6 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Bd3 f5 15. f3 O-O 16. e4 Bf6
17. exd5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 exd5 19. f4 b5 20. Rf3 Rc6 21. Rg3 Rf7
22. Qb2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qa3 Bc8 {(=)} 25. Rb4 Bb7 26. h3
Qb6 27. Kh2 Rc6 28. Rb1 Rg6 29. Re1 Rxg3 30. Kxg3 h6 31. Kh2
Qd8 32. Re3 Qe7 33. Qa5 Qd7 34. Rg3 Kh7 35. Qb6 Qc6 36. Qd8
Qd7 37. Qb8 Re7 38. Qf8 Rf7 39. Qb4 Qe6 40. Qb1 Qe7 41. Qd1
Qh4 42. Re3 Bc6 43. Qe2 Qd8 44. Qh5 Qd7 45. Rg3 Qe6 46. Qd1
Qe7 47. Qb1 Qd7 48. Qb4 Bb7 49. Re3 Re7 50. Qc5 Re6 51. Rg3
Rg6 52. Re3 Re6 53. Qf8 Re8 54. Qa3 Re6 55. Qb3 Bc6 56. Qb1
Re7 57. g4 g6 58. Rg3 Rf7 59. g5 h5 60. Re3 Re7 61. Qb4 Kg8
62. Qc5 Re6 63. Kg3 Bb7 64. Kf2 Bc8 65. Ke1 Kf7 66. Kd2 Bb7
67. Qa7 Bc8 68. Qb8 Qb7 69. Qxb7+ Bxb7 {(=)} 70. Kc2 Ke8
71. Kb3 Kd7 72. Kb4 Kc6 73. Ka5 Bc8 74. Re1 Kb7 75. h4 Rc6
76. Kb4 Kb6 77. Bf6 a5+ 78. Kb3 a4+ 79. Kb2 Re6 80. Be5 Bd7
81. Kc2 Kc6 82. Rb1 Bc8 83. Kb2 Bb7 84. Re1 Bc8 85. Ka3 Kb6
86. Re3 Kc6 87. Re2 Bd7 88. Kb4 Re8 89. Re3 Kb6 90. Ka3 Kc6
91. Re1 Kb6 92. Rb1 Rc8 93. Rc1 Re8 94. Kb2 Kc6 95. Kc2 Ra8
96. Re1 Re8 97. Kd2 Re6 98. Rb1 Re8 99. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "KW Winter Open"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ontario"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ricardo Mohammed"]
[Black "Vladimir Drkulec"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. d3 O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1
Nc6 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bh6 Bg4 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qd2 h6
18. c3 Rb8 19. d4 b3 20. Bb1 c4 21. Qe2 exd4 22. cxd4 Na5
23. e5 Nd5 24. Be4 { remainder illegible, based off of results
of 2 unclear scoresheets - Gauer} Be8 ( 24... Ne7 25. d5 Be8
26. Nd2 Qc7 27. Rec1) 25. Nd2 Qc7 26. Rec1 0-1

[Event "KW Masters 2008"]
[Site "Kitchener City Hall"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Gillanders"]
[Black "Sebastian Niemiec"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Ne8 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. a3 Ne7 11. h3 g5 12. Bg3
Ng6 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 b6 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Qe3 e5
18. d5 h5 19. Nd2 Nf4 20. b4 Bc8 21. Bf1 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5
23. Nce4 Bh6 24. Qc3 Ng6 25. c5 h4 26. Bh2 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6
28. f3 Nf4 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Bg7 31. Kh1 Kh7 32. Qc2 Kh6
33. cxd6 cxd6 34. Bxf4 gxf4 35. Rc4 Rfd8 36. Rc1 Bf8 37. Qe4
Rd7 38. Rc7 Rg7 39. R1c6 Be7 40. Bd3 a5 41. b5 Rb8 42. Qf5
Qxf5 43. Bxf5 Kg5 44. Be4 Kf6 45. Rd7 Rbg8 46. Rc2 Rb8 47. Kg1
Rgg8 48. Rcc7 Rg7 49. Kf1 Rf7 50. Rc6 Bf8 51. Rdxd6+ Bxd6
52. Rxd6+ Kg7 53. Rg6+ Kf8 54. Rh6 Rg7 55. Rh8+ Rg8 56. Rh6
Kf7 57. d6 Rbc8 58. Bc6 Rg6 59. Rh7+ Rg7 60. Rxh4 Rg6 61. d7
Rd8 62. Rh7+ Ke6 63. h4 Rdg8 64. g4 fxg3 65. Kg2 Kd6 66. Rh5
Re6 67. Rg5 Rf8 68. Kxg3 Kc5 69. h5 Rxc6 70. bxc6 Kxc6
71. Rxe5 Kxd7 72. f4 Kd6 73. Rg5 Re8 74. Rg6+ Kc5 75. h6 b5
76. Kg4 b4 77. axb4+ axb4 78. Rg7 b3 79. Rb7 Kc4 80. Kg5 Kc3
81. f5 b2 82. Kg6 Kc2 {Time} 1-0

[Event "Oktoberfest II"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Prysiazny"]
[Black "Jordan Palmer"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. Be3 e6 { = a draw is
offered here} 11. d5 exd5 12. O-O-O Be7 { drawn by agreement
here} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oktoberfest II"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alex Ferreira"]
[Black "Jesse Wang"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 dxe4 5. fxe5 Ng4 6. dxe4
Qxd1+ 7. Nxd1 Nxe5 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Nd4
11. Kf2 Ne6 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Ne2 g5 15. Bh3 h6
16. Bg4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Nd4 O-O 20. h4
Rcd8 21. Ke3 Kg7 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rag1 Kg6 24. f4 f6 25. b4
Rxd4 26. f5+ Kg7 27. Kxd4 Nd7 28. c4 Ne5 29. Kc3 c5 30. bxc5
Rc8 31. Rb1 b6 32. Rb5 Rc7 33. a4 g4 34. Rg1 bxc5 35. a5 Kh6
36. a6 Rd7 37. Rxc5 Rd3+ 38. Kc2 Rd4 {remaining moves
illegible; draw agreed at move 40} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oktoberfest II"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tim E Knechtel"]
[Black "Omar Shah"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. g3 c5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Bd2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e4 d6
7. h3 Nc6 8. Qc1 Nd4 9. Nf3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Re8 11. Bg2 Rb8
12. a4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Kh2 a6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Ne2 e6 17. Bc3
Bf8 18. Qe1 d5 19. e5 d4 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bd2 Nb8 22. Ng1 Qc7
23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Ng5 Ne7 25. Ne4 Rd8 26. Nd6 Rbb8 27. g4 Nd5
28. Nc4 Re8 29. b3 Ra8 30. Kg1 b5 31. Ba5 Qb8 32. Nb2 Ne3
33. Rf2 g5 34. Rc1 gxf4 35. Rxf4 Qxe5 36. Qf2 Bd6 37. Rf3 c4
38. Nd1 Qg5 39. Bd2 Rac8 40. dxc4 Nxd1 41. Rxd1 Qg7 42. axb5
axb5 43. Qh4 Be7 44. Qe1 bxc4 45. Bb4 Bg5 46. Bd2 d3 47. cxd3
c3 48. Bxg5 Qxg5 49. Re3 c2 50. Rc1 Qc5 51. Qf2 Qd4 52. Rf3
Qb2 53. Qf1 Re7 54. Rf2 Rec7 55. Rd2 {white runs out of time -
flag fall} 0-1

[Event "Oktoberfest II"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alex Ferreira"]
[Black "Michael Prysiazny"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. e5 dxe5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Nxd1
Nd5 7. Ne3 Be6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Ng5 Nxe5 11. Bb5+ c6
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Be2 Nf4 14. Bd2 Nxe2 15. Kxe2 Nf7 16. Rhe1
Nd6 17. c3 O-O 18. f3 Rad8 19. Kd1 Bh6 20. Kc2 Nf5 21. Nc4
Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Ng7 23. Ne4 Rf5 24. c4 b6 25. Rad1 {in addition
to his 25th move, black also plays 27 ...} Rff8 {draw agreed
by perpetual repetition of attack after this 27th move; clock
times = 1:22 vs 1:10} 26. Ng5 Rd6 27. Ne4 {black decides to
repeat:} Rdd8 {transposes} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oktoberfest II"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jesse Wang"]
[Black "Jordan Palmer"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 {Palmer takes two 1/2 point byes in rounds 3 & 4 -
Gauer} d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. d4 e6 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. h4 Nc6 6. Bb5 h6
7. Ne2 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf4 Ne7 10. Nxg6 Nxg6 11. h5 Ne7
12. c3 c5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Bf4 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. Qa4 Qd7
17. O-O Nxe5 18. Qxd7+ Nxd7 19. Bxc7 Nf6 20. Nd2 Nxh5 21. Ba5
Bf6 22. Nb3 Bxc3 23. Rac1 d4 24. f4 Ng3 25. Rf2 O-O 26. Kh2
Nf5 27. Rf3 f6 28. Nc5 Rae8 (28... Rfe8 {the notes do not
indicate which Rook} 29. Ne4 Ne7 30. Rg3 Nd5 31. a3 f5 32. Nd6
Re7 33. Rf3 Bd2 34. Rcf1) 29. Ne4 Ne7 30. Rg3 Nd5 31. a3 f5
32. Nd6 Re7 33. Rf3 Bd2 34. Rcf1 0-1

[Event "Oktoberfest II"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Omar Shah"]
[Black "Robert Gillanders"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Ne7 14. h4 Bh6 15. Bg2 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6
17. Qd1 Qd7 18. O-O a5 19. Re1 Rac8 20. Kh2 Rc5 21. Ne3 g6
22. Qd3 Rfc8 {37 min} 23. Red1 {41 min} Bf8 24. Bf3 h5 25. Qe2
b4 26. cxb4 axb4 27. b3 Bh6 28. Rd2 Rc3 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3
Rc3 31. Qe2 Bxe3 32. fxe3 Qc6 33. Bg2 Bg4 34. Qf1 Rc2 35. a4
Qxe4 36. Kh1 Qxe3 37. a5 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Oktoberfest II"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jesse Wang"]
[Black "Tom McClelland"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 {Tom is on bye-break duty} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. dxe5
Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Bg5
c6 15. a4 b4 16. Qc4 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kf8 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. Ne2 Ke7 21. Bc4 c5 22. f3 Bg5 23. Kf2 g6 24. g3 h5
25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. cxd3 a5 27. Kg2 Bc6 28. f4 exf4 29. Nxf4 Bxf4
30. gxf4 Rf8 31. Bb5 Bxb5 32. axb5 Ra8 33. b6 Rb8 34. Rxa5
Rxb6 35. Rxc5 Rd6 36. Re5+ Kd7 37. Rd5 Rxd5 38. exd5 Kd6
39. Kf3 Kxd5 40. Ke3 h4 41. h3 b3 42. d4 Kd6 43. Ke4 Ke6
44. d5+ Kd6 45. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Oktoberfest II"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lee Hendon"]
[Black "Tim E Knechtel"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. e5 Ne8 10. Be3 e6 11. Qe1 d5 12. Qg3
Nd7 13. Qh3 Rc8 14. b4 Nb6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Bc1 c6
18. g4 Ra8 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Bc8 21. Bd3 a5 22. Bxh6 axb4
23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. axb4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bxf5 26. Qh6 Ne6 27. Bxf5
gxf5 28. Kh1 f6 29. Rg1+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ Ke8 31. Qxf5 Qe7 32. Ra1
fxe5 33. Ra8+ Nd8 34. Qg6+ Rf7 35. Qxc6+ Kf8 36. Nxd5 Qd7
37. Qh6+ Rg7 38. Qh8+ Rg8 39. Qxg8+ Kxg8 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Nxd7
Nc6 42. Ndxe5 (42. Nfxe5 {the scoresheet does not indicate
which Knight captures} Nxb4 43. Nxc4 bxc4 44. Rc8 Nxc2
45. Rxc4 Ne3 46. Rc6) 42... Nxb4 43. Nxc4 bxc4 44. Rc8 Nxc2
45. Rxc4 Ne3 46. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Oktoberfest II"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Dragusanu"]
[Black "Omar Shah"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. e5
Ne8 13. Nf3 f5 14. Rad1 b5 15. a3 Rb8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Nb4
18. b3 Qxc2 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Bc4 d5 22. Be2 Nc7
23. Nc5 Kf7 24. Qh3 Kg8 25. g4 g6 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Kh1 Kh8
28. Rg1 {in addition to 28 ... Na2, black also tests} Rc8
({black first tests} 28... Na2 29. Rc2 Nb4 {white goes back:}
30. Rcc1 {transposes}) 29. Qh6 {Dragusanu offers a draw here,
& black accepts} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artem Samsonkin"]
[Black "Liam Henry"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1
Nc6 7. b3 e6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6
12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Rad1 Qc6 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qb4
Rfe8 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxd6 Rd8
21. Nc4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bc5 23. Nd2 Rb2 24. Kf1 Bb4 25. Nc4 Rxb3
26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. e5 Rb4 28. Rc8 fxe5 29. Nxe5 Rb7 {draw agreed
here} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Plotkin"]
[Black "Brian Hartman"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 {black is an IM - Gauer} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3
Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5
10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Bc2 Ne6 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qg4 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 Nxg5 19. Nf1
Ne6 20. Ne3 Kg7 21. g3 Rf8 22. Nd5 Rae8 23. f4 Ne7 24. Nxe7
Rxe7 25. Rf1 f6 26. Rad1 exf4 27. gxf4 g5 28. fxg5 fxg5
29. Rxf8 Nxf8 30. Rf1 Ng6 31. d4 h6 32. Kh2 Re6 33. b4 Nf4
34. a4 Ne2 35. Bd3 Nf4 36. Bc2 c6 37. Rf2 Re7 38. a5 Re8
39. h4 Rf8 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kg3 Rh8 42. e5 dxe5 43. dxe5 Re8
44. Rxf4 gxf4+ 45. Kxf4 Rh8 46. Bf5 Kf7 47. Ke4 Ke7 48. Kd4
Kd8 49. c4 Kc7 50. Ke4 Rh4+ 51. Kd3 {in addition to 53
... Rh1, black also tries} Rf4 ({prior to 51 ... Rf4, black
tries} 51... Rh1 52. Kd4 Rh4+ {white goes back:} 53. Kd3
{transposes}) 52. Be4 Rf1 53. Kd4 Rf2 54. Kc5 Rd2 55. Bf3 Rb2
56. Bh1 Kd7 57. Bf3 Rf2 58. Bg4+ Kc7 59. Bh3 Rf4 60. Bg2 Rg4
61. Bf3 Rg5 62. Kd4 Kd7 63. b5 axb5 64. cxb5 cxb5 65. Bxb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Justin McDonald"]
[Black "Michael Dougherty"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d3 Bg7
7. Be3 Nd4 8. e5 Qb6 9. Na4 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qd8
12. bxc5 Ne7 13. Nb6 Nf5 14. Bf2 Rb8 15. d4 d6 16. Qa4+ Kf8
17. Nxc8 dxc5 18. Nd6 Nxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Rd1 Qxf4 21. Qa3
Rc8 22. Bg3 Qg5 23. dxc5 Kg8 24. Kf2 h5 25. h4 Qxc5+ 26. Qxc5
Rxc5 27. Bd6 Ra5 28. a3 Bb2 29. Bb4 Ra4 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rxh8
Kxh8 32. Be2 Bxa3 33. Bxa3 Rxa3 34. Rb1 b5 35. cxb5 axb5
36. Rxb5 Ra7 37. Bd3 Kg7 38. Be4 Rc7 39. Rb7 Rxb7 40. Bxb7 f5
41. f4 Kf6 42. Ke3 e5 43. Bf3 exf4+ 44. Kxf4 Kg7 45. Kg5 Kh7
46. Kf6 Kh8 47. Bd5 Kh7 48. Kg5 Kg7 49. Bc4 Kh7 50. Kf6 Kh8
{in addition to 51 Kf7, white later plays} 51. Kg5 ({white
first Tries} 51. Kf7 Kh7 {white goes back with} 52. Kf6
{transposes}) 51... Kg7 52. Bb3 Kh7 53. Bf7 Kg7 54. Be8 Kh7
55. Bxg6+ Kh8 56. Kh6 f4 57. Bxh5 f3 58. Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Drkulec"]
[Black "Brian Fiedler"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5
7. Nge2 c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 a6 11. Nc1 b5
12. d5 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Rb8 14. Qc2 c5 15. Ka1 Nh5 16. g4 Nf4
17. N3e2 (17. N1e2 {the notes only indicate that one of the
Knights on the File goes here} Nxe2 18. Nxe2 {transposes})
17... Nxe2 18. Nxe2 f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rhg1 Kh8 21. Bg5 fxe4
22. Qxe4 Nf6 23. Qh4 e4 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Rf7 26. fxe4 Qb4
27. b3 Bg4 28. Qc1 Bxe2 29. Bxe2 Nd7 30. Bg4 Qxe4 31. Bxd7
Qe5+ 32. Qb2 Qxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Rxd7 34. Rde1 Rf7 35. Rg2 Rf5
36. Rd2 Rb4 37. Re6 Rd4 38. Rg2 h5 39. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alvah Mayo"]
[Black "Aman Hambleton"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d3 Bg7
7. g4 Nge7 8. Bg2 f5 9. gxf5 {MA - inter(esting), noted on
(guessing of scoresheet belonging to Alvah) the scoresheet}
exf5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Bd5 O-O-O 13. Be6 Bxe6
14. Nxe6 Nf5 15. Nxg7 Rhe8 16. Nxe8 Rxe8 17. Qxe8+ Qxe8+
18. Kd1 g5 {later downstairs, Aman shows Liam what he finds in
the idea with this move, with Michael Dougherty (wonders later
about which way to capture around c3 / d4), Kyle Morrison, etc
watching, but Alvah Mayo not around at that point} 19. Re1
Qh5+ 20. Re2 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Qf3 22. Bd2 {"MA - analysis, 4
minutes!", on scoresheet} b5 23. Na3 Ncd4 24. cxd4 Nxd4
25. Nc2 Qxe2+ 26. Kc1 Nf3 {white resigns here} 0-1

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julien Touboulic"]
[Black "Brian Hartman"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5
Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd7 15. Bc2 Bh5 16. h3 Rae8 17. g4
Bg6 {remainder illegible, 68 moves} 0-1

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Artem Samsonkin"]
[Black "Victor Plotkin"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6 3. fxe5 Nxe4 4. Nf3 Ng5 5. d4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3
Qh4+ 7. Qf2 Qxf2+ 8. Kxf2 d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nb5
Bf5 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. d5 Nb4 15. Rd1 Nxc2
16. a3 Rhe8 17. Kg3 Re7 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Rc7
21. Kf2 (21. Bd2 {both (!) scoresheets indicate this move, but
only the main makes sense in the continuation of 30 Kg1, also
avoiding the 24 ... Nf5 checking fork}) 21... Rc4 22. Rc3 Rc5
23. Rc1 Nd4 24. Be3 Nf5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Rxc5+ Kb8 27. Rc7
Rxd5 28. Rxf7 Nd6 29. Rxg7 Rd2+ 30. Kg1 Rxb2 31. Rxh7 Nb5
32. Ra1 Nd4 33. g4 a5 34. a4 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Rb4 36. Ra3 Ng5
37. Rg7 Rxg4 38. Rb3 Rxa4 39. Rxg5 Ra1+ 40. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kyle Morrison"]
[Black "Gordon Olheiser"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bd3 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Ne7
7. Re1 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ng6 11. h3 Qe7 12. Nbd2
c5 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Be6 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nd2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qa4
b6 22. Nc4 h5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. Qxa7 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 g3+ 29. fxg3 Qh5+ 30. Kg1 {after 30
... Qd1, black proceeds with 32 ...} fxg3 ({in addition to 30
... fxg3, black originally tries} 30... Qd1+ {to which white
replies} 31. Kh2 {transposes}) 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Qxg3 Qd1+
33. Kh2 Qh5+ 34. Qh3 Qxh3+ 35. gxh3 b5 36. Ne3 Kg6 37. Kg3 Kg5
38. Ng2 Be5+ 39. Kf3 b4 40. cxb4 cxb4 41. b3 Bb2 42. Nf4 Kf6
43. Nd3 Bc3 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. h4 Kf6 46. h5 Bd2 47. h6 Kg6
48. Nf4+ Kxh6 49. Nxe6 Kg6 50. Nf4+ Kf6 51. Nd3 Ke6 52. Kf3
Kd6 53. Kf2 Bc3 54. Ke2 Ke7 55. Nf2 Bd4 56. Kd2 Bc3+ 57. Kd3
Be1 58. Ng4 Kd6 1-0

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Justin McDonald"]
[Black "Brian Fiedler"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Qf3 Rc8 11. f5 g6
12. fxg6 hxg6 13. d3 Bg7 14. Be3 a6 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Rae1 O-O
17. Bg5 Rb6 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. b3
Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Rf6 23. Qe2 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Nc6 25. Qe1 Kg7 26. g3
Rd8 27. Kg2 Rd7 28. Kf3 Re7 29. Qd2 Re3+ 30. Kg2 Ne5 31. g4
Rf3 32. Qd1 Rf2+ 33. Kg3 {in addition to 35 ... Rf3, black
later Tries} g5 ({prior to 33 ... g5, black tests 33... Rf3+
34. Kg2 {transposes}) 34. Qc1 Rf4 35. h3 Bf2+ 36. Kg2 Bh4
37. Qa1 f6 38. Kh1 Rf2 39. Qe1 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Drkulec"]
[Black "Alvah Mayo"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Be3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6
7. Ne2 d5 8. Nbc3 Nf6 9. f3 e6 10. e5 Nd7 11. O-O-O h6 12. Kb1
a5 13. Nc1 a4 14. Nb5 a3 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. b3 Kg8 17. h4 Ne7
18. h5 g5 19. g4 f6 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 fxe5 22. dxe5 Nxe5
23. Ne8 Nf7 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Qf6 Nc6 27. Bg2 Ra4
{throws away a winning position, says one of the players on
their scoresheet} (27... Bd7 {completes Development & allows
Qg5, evicting the Qf6 & with extra Pawn, a3, & invulnerable
Central Pawns, says one of the players}) 28. Rhf1 Rh7 29. Bxh6
Rxg4 30. Bh3 Rg3 31. Bxe6 Bxe6 32. Qxe6 Qd8 33. Rxd5 Kh8
34. Rxf7 Qg8 35. Qf6+ {black resigns here} 1-0

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan van Run"]
[Black "Vladimir Drkulec"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. b3 Nc6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e3 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Ne2 f5 6. d4 e4
7. Nf4 Qf6 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Nfd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. c4 a6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nf4 Qf6 14. Rb1 Qf7 15. Qd2 g5 16. d5 Rg8
17. Ne2 c5 18. g3 Be7 19. Bc3 Qh5 20. Ng1 Rb8 21. Qd1 {after
21 ... Qf7, black tries 23 ...} Qh6 ({in addition to 21
... Qh6, black originally tests} 21... Qf7 22. Ne2 Qh5 {when
white goes back with} 23. Ng1 {transposes}) 22. f4 gxf4
23. gxf4 Rg2 24. Rb2 Qh4+ 25. Kf1 Rxb2 26. Bxb2 a5 27. Ne2
Qh3+ 28. Ke1 Qxe3 29. Qd2 Qxd2+ 30. Kxd2 a4 31. Kc2 axb3+
32. axb3 Kf7 33. Rg1 Bf8 34. Rg3 Re8 35. Rh3 h6 36. Rg3 Ra8
37. Rg2 Rb8 38. Ng3 Be7 39. Nh5 Rg8 40. Rxg8 Kxg8 41. Nf6+
Bxf6 42. Bxf6 Kf7 43. Bd8 c6 44. Bc7 Ke7 45. Kc3 Be8 46. dxc6
Bxc6 47. Ba5 Ke6 48. b4 cxb4+ 49. Bxb4 Bb7 50. Kd4 {after 50
... Bxe7, black next tries} Ke7 ({in addition to 50 ... Ke7,
black originally tries} 50... Ba8 51. Ba3 Bb7 {white replies
with} 52. Bb4 {transposes}) 51. c5 dxc5+ 52. Bxc5+ Kf6 53. Bf8
Kg6 54. Ke3 Kh5 55. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julien Touboulic"]
[Black "Justin McDonald"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. Re1 O-O 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 d6
12. Qf3 Rb8 13. cxd4 dxe5 14. dxe5 Be6 15. Nc3 Bb4 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. Qg4 Bxc3 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. bxc3 Rb6 20. Qh3 c5
21. Be3 Qe7 22. f4 Nc7 23. Rad1 Rh6 24. Rd7 Rxh3 25. Rxe7 Rxe3
26. Rxe3 Nd5 27. Rf7 Rxf7 28. Rd3 Ne7 29. Rd7 g6 30. g4 Rg7
31. Kf2 Nc6 32. Rd5 c4 33. Ke3 Kg8 34. Ke4 Kf8 35. Rc5 Rc7
36. f5 gxf5+ 37. gxf5 {black resigns around move 47} 1-0

[Event "Oktoberfest I"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Brian Fiedler"]
[Black "Artem Samsonkin"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 {Fiedler withdrawls after round 4 - Gauer} Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Nbd7
9. Nd2 Nc5 10. b3 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. h3 Nh7 13. g4 h4 14. O-O
f5 15. f3 Bf6 16. Kg2 Bg5 17. Bf2 Bf4 18. Qc2 Qg5 19. Rad1 Nf6
20. exf5 gxf5 21. Kh1 Bg3 22. Bxg3 hxg3 23. Kg2 Qh4 24. Rh1 e4
25. Nf1 exf3+ 26. Bxf3 Nfe4 27. Ne2 fxg4 28. hxg4 Qf6 29. Bxe4
Qf2+ 30. Kh3 Rf6 31. Qc1 Nxe4 32. Nfxg3 Bxg4+ 33. Kxg4 Rg6+
34. Kh5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[EventDate "2008.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhiyuan Zhang"]
[Black "Hugues Masse"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7
7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne3 Nh4
12. b3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qb6 14. Bb2 Rac8 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. a3 Rxc1
17. Bxc1 Nc6 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. Be2 f6 20. f4 fxe5 21. fxe5 Nxe5
22. Kh1 Ng6 23. Bg4 Qd6 24. Rf2 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Qf3 Be7
27. Qh3 Bf6 28. Qf3 Bc6 29. Bh3 Bg5 30. Ng4 Qf4 31. Qe2 Bd7
32. g3 Qd2 33. Qxd2 Bxd2 34. Nf2 Kf7 35. Nd3 b6 36. Kg2 Bb5
37. Bc1 Bc3 38. Bb2 Bxd4 39. Bxd4 Bxd3 40. Kf2 Bc2 41. b4 e5
42. Bb2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. Bg2 Ba4 45. h4 Bc6 46. Bf1 d4+
47. Kd2 Ne7 48. Bh3 g6 49. Ke2 Nf5 50. Kf2 Ne3 51. Bc1 Nd1+
52. Ke1 Nc3 53. g4 Bd7 54. Kf2 Kd5 55. Bg2+ Kc4 56. g5 e4
57. Bf4 e3+ 58. Ke1 Nd5 59. Be5 d3 60. Bf3 Nc3 61. Bxc3 Kxc3
62. a4 Bxa4 63. b5 d2+ 64. Ke2 d1=Q+ 65. Kxe3 Qd4+ 66. Ke2
Bxb5+ 67. Ke1 Qxh4+ 68. Kd1 Qxg5 69. Ke1 a5 70. Kf2 a4 71. Bg2
a3 72. Bf3 a2 73. Bg2 h5 74. Bf3 h4 75. Be2 Qg3+ {(I am
missing the final moves of this game. A reliable source tells
me that Masse mated Zhang with three knights)} 0-1

[Event "Grand Prix CCAS"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Christian Bauer"]
[Black "Evgueniy Pozdnjakov"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. a3 a5 9. b3 Be7 10. h4 f6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Ne2
cxd4 13. cxd4 f5 14. h5 Ndb8 15. Kf1 Bd7 16. Be3 Na7 17. Rg1
Bb5 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qa6 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. gxf5 Rxf5 22. Kg2
Rc8 23. Ng3 Rf7 24. a4 Nf8 25. Ra2 Rc3 26. Bd2 Rc6 27. Qb1 Bd8
28. Kh1 b6 29. f5 exf5 30. e6 Rxe6 31. Ne5 Rc7 32. Nxf5 Qc8
33. Bh6 Bf6 34. Bxg7 Bxg7 35. Rag2 Ng6 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Nxg6
Re4 {#} 38. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[Round "4.18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luca Shytaj"]
[Black "Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6
7. Be2 Bg4 8. O-O e6 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Qd2 Bf8 11. Bf2 Nd7
12. Rad1 Bb4 13. a3 Be7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 h4 16. Na4 b5
17. Nc3 Nb6 18. Qd3 a5 19. Ra1 Kf8 20. a4 b4 21. Nd1 Qc7
22. Ne3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. c3 bxc3 26. Rac1
Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qb7 28. b3 Kg7 29. Rxc3 Rhc8 30. Be2 Nd7
31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. g3 Nc5 33. Qe3 hxg3 34. Qxg3+ Kf8 35. Qe3
Rc7 36. Bb5 Ne4 37. Rg2 Qa7 38. Qxa7 Rxa7 39. Rc2 f6 40. Rc8+
Kg7 41. Kg2 fxe5 42. fxe5 Kh6 43. Rc6 Rg7+ 44. Kf3 Ng5+
45. Ke3 Kh5 46. Ra6 Kh4 47. Rxa5 Nxh3 48. Kd4 f4 49. Ra8 f3
50. Rf8 Kg3 51. a5 Rb7 52. Rg8+ Kf2 53. Kc5 Nf4 54. a6 Rh7
55. b4 Ke3 56. Rf8 f2 57. Bf1 d4 58. Rxf4 Kxf4 59. Kxd4 Rh1
60. Bb5 Rd1+ 61. Kc5 Kxe5 62. Be2 Rd8 63. b5 Rc8+ {Black won
in 70 moves} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[Round "4.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dennis Breder"]
[Black "Alexej Sofrigin"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5
7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 b6
12. Qd2 f5 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bh6 Qc7 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16. a4 f5
17. Nc3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Ne2 c5 20. b4 f4 21. bxc5 f3
22. Ng3 bxc5 23. Qg5 Bf5 24. Qe7 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Nxf5
Rxf5 27. Rab1 Rf7 {White won in 71 moves} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[Round "5.24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Saevar Bjarnason"]
[Black "Luca Shytaj"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 d6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rac1 b6
12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. h3 Rfe8 14. Bb1 Rac8 15. e4 Qb8 16. d5 exd5
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 b5 19. Qe3 Nb6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qf4
Bg7 22. h4 Nd7 23. h5 Ne5 24. hxg6 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 hxg6 26. g3
c4 27. Kg2 Qb6 28. Rh1 Rc7 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Rcd1 Rec8 31. Qg4
b4 32. Rh4 Qa5 33. Qg5 { Black won after 44 moves} 0-1

[Event "Battle of Grandmasters"]
[Site "Dapitan City, PHI"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[EventDate "2009.03.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jayson Gonzales"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6
7. Nh4 Be4 8. cxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+
Nfd7 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Ke2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 g5 15. Nf3 g4 16. Ne1 a6
17. Nd3 Nb6 18. Ba4 N8d7 19. Nc5 Rab8 20. Rc2 Rhc8 21. Rac1
Nf6 22. f3 Bxh2 23. Be1 gxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Bd6 25. Bh4 e5
26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Nd7+ Nxd7 28. Rxc8 b5 29. Rxb8 e4+ 30. Ke2
Nxb8 31. Rc8 Ke7 32. Rh8 Nc6 33. Rxh7 Nb4 34. g4 bxa4 35. bxa4
a5 36. Kd2 Nd3 37. Kc2 Ne1+ 38. Kd1 Nf3 39. Ke2 Bb4 40. Rh5
Ke6 41. Rh6+ f6 42. Rh8 Ne1 43. Rh6 Kf7 44. Rh7+ Kg6 45. Rh5
Nd3 46. b3 Nc1+ 47. Kd1 Nxb3 48. Rxd5 Nd2 49. Rb5 Nc4 50. Ke2
Nb2 51. Rb8 Nxa4 52. Kf2 {White forfeits on time} 0-1

[Event "Scandinavian Open 2009"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Vesterbaek Pedersen"]
[Black "Bjorn Thorfinnsson"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxe5+ 6. Be3
Bd6 7. Na3 Qe7 8. Nb5 Bf4 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Bxf4 Bxb5 11. Bd6 Qe4
12. Bxc5 Nd7 13. Bd4 Ne7 14. f3 Qe6 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Bxe2
17. Nxe2 Nc6 18. b4 O-O-O 19. b5 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rhe8+ 21. Kd2
Kb8 22. Rhe1 Ne5 23. b3 Re7 24. Re4 f6 25. Rae1 Red7 26. f4
Nf7 27. Re7 Nd6 28. Kc2 g6 29. c4 a6 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. bxa6 f5
32. axb7 Nxc4 33. bxc4 Rxd4 34. Kc3 Rd7 35. Rb1 Re7 36. c5
Re3+ 37. Kd2 Re4 38. Kd3 Re6 39. g3 Ra6 40. Rb2 h5 41. h4 Ra3+
42. Kd4 Ra4+ 43. Kd5 Ra3 44. c6 Rd3+ 45. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Calgary International"]
[Site "Calgary CAN"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edward Porper"]
[Black "Anton Kovalyov"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. e3 e5 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3
12. Qxc3 e4 13. Nd2 d5 14. c5 a5 15. Nb1 a4 16. Bf4 Bd7
17. Nd2 Re8 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Bh3 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. Nf1 Bf5
22. Rad1 Ne4 23. Qc1 Bg4 24. Bxe4 Bxd1 25. Qxd1 dxe4 26. d5
Na5 27. d6 Qf5 28. Qc2 Nb3 29. Ne3 Qxc5 30. Qxc5 Nxc5 31. Nd5
Nd3 32. Rd1 Nxf4 33. gxf4 Red8 34. d7 Kf8 35. Rc1 Rxd7 {Black
wins 0-1} 0-1

[Event "BSG Pinkstertoernooi"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivo Wantola"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Nxg4
Nxg4 13. Bxg4 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5
Bxd5 18. O-O-O Rxg4 19. Rxd5 Nd7 20. Re1+ Kd8 21. Red1 Rd4
22. R1xd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. h5 Rc6 25. Kc2 Ra6 26. b3
cxb3+ 27. Kxb3 Ra5 28. Bh4+ Kc7 29. g4 Kc6 30. Rc4+ Kb5
31. Rc7 Rxa4 32. Rxd7 Ra3+ 33. Kb2 Rf3 34. Rxa7 Bc5 35. Rb7+
Kc4 36. Rc7 Kb5 37. Bg3 {White offers a draw.} f5 38. Rxc5+
Kxc5 39. g5 f4 40. g6 fxg3 41. g7 gxf2 42. g8=Q f1=Q 43. Qc8+
Kd4 44. Qh8+ Ke3 45. Qxh6+ Kf2 46. Qb6+ Kg2 47. Qg6+ Kh1
48. h6 Qe2+ 49. Qc2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "BSG Pinkstertoernooi"]
[Site "Bussum"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[EventDate "2009.05.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vincent Blom"]
[Black "Marijn Otte"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. h4 h6 8. Rb1 Nge7 9. a3 Be6 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. b4 O-O 12. b5
Nd8 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. O-O Rc8 15. e4 f6 16. Nh2 Bh3 17. f3 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 f5 19. g4 Ne6 20. h5 fxg4 21. fxg4 Nf4+ 22. Bxf4 exf4
23. Ne2 Be5 24. Nxf4 g5 25. Nh3 {White offers a draw.}
25... Bxh2 26. Kxh2 Qxg4 27. Qd1 Qh4 28. Kg2 g4 29. Ng1 Qxh5
30. Rb2 Ng6 31. Rbf2 Nh4+ 32. Kg3 Nf3 33. Nxf3 Qh3# 0-1

[Event "ZONAL SUL AMERICANO 2.4 FIDE - 2009"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "2009.06.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexandr Hilario Takeda dos Santos Fier"]
[Black "Darcy Lima"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7
7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nge2 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ncd5
12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O Kh8 15. Rad1 Nxc3 16. Nxc3
e5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Qd6 Rae8 20. Qxe5 Rxe5
21. Rd6 g6 22. Rfd1 Re7 23. b4 Kg7 24. a4 b6 25. Be2 Rc8
26. Bf3 c5 27. b5 Be6 28. Bc6 Kf7 29. a5 bxa5 30. Ra1 Ne8
31. Bxe8+ Kxe8 32. Rxa5 Rcc7 33. h4 Bf7 34. b6 Rb7 35. Rxc5
Red7 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 38. bxa7 Rxa7 39. Rh8 h5
40. Rb8 Ke7 41. Rb6 Kf8 42. Kh2 Rc7 43. Nb5 Rc4 44. Rb8+ Kg7
45. Kh3 Rb4 46. Rb7 Kf6 47. Nd6 Rxb7 48. Nxb7 Bd5 49. Nc5 Ke5
{Time} 1-0

[Event "Argentinian Championship"]
[Site "84 ch ARG"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[EventDate "2009.05.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Diego Valerga"]
[Black "Fernando Peralta"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O c4 11. Bf5 Re8
12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. f3 Bd7
17. h4 Ba4 18. Qc1 Bc6 19. Rb1 Re6 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Nf1 Na4
22. Rb4 Qc7 23. Re2 b5 24. g4 Kg7 25. Rg2 f6 26. Bf4 Qe7
27. g5 fxg5 28. Bxg5 Qf7 29. Bf4 a5 30. Rb1 Kh8 31. Ng3 Qf6
32. Rh2 h5 33. e4 dxe4 34. fxe4 Bxe4 35. Rxb5 Kh7 36. Be5 Rxe5
37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. dxe5 Qxe5 39. Qe3 Nxc3 40. Rc2 Nd5 41. Qxe4
Qxg3+ 42. Rg2 Qd6 43. Qxc4 Ne3 44. Qf7+ Kh6 {Time/Tempo} 0-1

[Event "Mar de Ajo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.23"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Salvador Alonso"]
[Black "Raul Claverie"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+
7. Qxd2 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. f4 Ne7 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. Bd3 Qb6
12. O-O-O Ne3 13. Rde1 Bd7 14. Nxd4 Nxg2 15. Qxg2 Qxd4 16. f5
Qf4+ 17. Kb1 Qh6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rhf1 Bc6 20. Qf2 Qh5
{Negras ofrecen tablas} 21. Qc5 Qh4 22. Bb5 Rc8 23. Bxc6+ bxc6
24. Qxa7 Qe7 25. Qa6 Qc7 26. Qd3 Qe7 27. Rf2 Kd7 28. Ref1 Rcf8
29. Qa6 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Rc8 31. a4 Rc7 32. a5 Qe8 33. Qf1 Ke7
34. Qh3 c5 35. Qxh7 Kd8 36. Qd3 Ra7 37. Qf1 Ke7 38. a6 c4
39. Qg1 Kd8 40. Rf8 Qxf8 41. Qxa7 Qb4 42. Qa8+ Kc7 43. Qa7+
Kc8 44. c3 Qa4 45. Qc5+ Kb8 46. Qf8+ Ka7 47. Qe7+ Kxa6
48. Qxe6+ Ka7 49. Qxd5 g5 50. e6 Qb3 51. Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "Mar de Ajo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk"]
[Black "Maximiliano Ginzburg"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 h5 5. h3
Bd7 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Be3 Qc8 8. Qd2 c6 9. Bg2 b5 10. Ne2 Nf6
11. Ng5 Nh7 12. Nxh7 Rxh7 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. g4 b4 15. f4 Nc7
16. f5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Qa6 18. Kb1 Nb5 19. Rhf1 Qa5 20. Ka1 Rb6
21. c4 bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mar de Ajo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Juan Pablo Hobaica"]
[Black "Andre Diamant"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 {(=)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mar de Ajo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk"]
[Black "Jorge Luis Rodriguez-Lopez"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6
7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 O-O 12. Rc1
Re8 13. b4 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Rac8 15. Qd4 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Bd8 17. Kh1
Bc7 18. Bg1 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 Be5 22. Qf2
d4 23. Nxd4 Nxc5 24. Rb1 Qc7 25. Bf1 {(=)} Ba8 26. Qa2 Ne6
27. Nce2 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bd5 29. Qd2 Qd6 {(=)} 30. Qa5 Bc4
31. Nb3 Qc7 32. Bxc4 Qxc4 33. Nc5 Nd5 34. Nd7 Nc3 35. Nxe5 Qe6
36. Nd3 Nxd1 37. Rxd1 Qe2 38. Qa4 Red8 39. Nf2 h6 40. h3 Rxd1
41. Qxd1 Qb2 42. a4 Rc1 43. Nd3 Qxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Rxd1 45. Nc5
Rd6 46. a5 f5 47. Nb7 Rd7 48. Nc5 Rd6 49. Nb7 Rd7 50. Nc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mar de Ajo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carlos Garcia Palermo"]
[Black "Raul Claverie"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6
7. Ba3 Bxa3 8. Nxa3 Qe7 9. Qc1 O-O 10. c4 Nbd7 11. Qb2 Ne4
12. Nc2 b6 13. Nce1 Bb7 14. Nd3 a5 15. a4 c5 16. e3 Rac8
17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Nfe5 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bb7 21. Nd3
dxc4 22. bxc4 Bc6 23. Ra1 Rd6 24. Ne5 Be8 25. f3 Nf6 26. f4
cxd4 27. exd4 Rcd8 28. Rd3 Kf8 29. h3 Nd7 30. Nxd7+ Qxd7
31. d5 Qc7 32. Rd4 Qc5 33. Kh2 Bc6 34. Qd2 Bd7 35. Ra2 Bc6
36. Qd1 Be8 37. Rad2 exd5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. cxd5 Rd6 {(=)}
40. Qa1 Rf6 41. Qe5 Bxa4 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Qg8 Kd7 44. Qxg7+
Qe7 45. Qh8 h6 46. Qa8 Qd8 47. Qa6 b5 48. d6 b4 49. Re2 Rxd6
50. Qb7+ Qc7 51. Re7+ Kxe7 52. Qxc7+ Bd7 53. Qxa5 b3 54. Qb4
Be6 55. g4 fxg4 56. hxg4 Bxg4 57. Qxb3 Bf5 58. Qb5 Bg6 59. Bh3
Be8 1-0

[Event "Chess Club Reti Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2009.08.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Marcel Bieler"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 {Notes by Marcel Bieler. *** This game was played during
a simul at the Chess Club Reti in Zurich. Morozevich played
against 29 boards, 10 of which featured a player with a rating
of +2200. Morozevich won 24.5 - 4.5. } c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. g4 Nb6 { I used
to be quite fond of the Nbd7-Nb6 combination. Probably because
it's never been refuted by anybody. } 9. a4 Qc7 10. g5 Nfd7
11. Qe2 e5 12. a5 exd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Nd5 Qd8
16. b4 Nd7 17. Qc4 Qxg5 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 Nc5 20. bxc5 Be6
21. Qb4 Qh4+ { I actually thought about giving up, but when I
saw I could give check, well, I just had to. } 22. Bf2 Qe7
23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "World Champions Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Marcel Bieler"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 {Notes by Marcel Bieler. *** This simul was played in
the great hall of the Zurich Main Station. It was part of the
celebrations for the 200 year anniversary of the
Schachgesellschaft Zurich, the oldest chess club in the
world. I had won a seat against Spassky in a
competition. Boris Spassky was a little odd in the
beginning. He wore thick, dark glasses, and he did not shake
any hands nor make his first move. Instead, he shouted all
around "Pawn to e4". It actually took the players a while to
realize he had just made his first move - the acoustics were
very bad in the Zurich Main Station. Spassky had a very mean
demeanor and did not seem to be in a good mood. } c5 {
Everyone answering 1...e5 was treated to the King's Gambit. I
was expecting a closed Sicilian. His hand hovered above the
b-Knight but after a couple of seconds he moved: } 2. Nf3 {
Never before have I seen a professional chess player move the
pieces like Spassky. Sometimes he moved them with a sloppy
nonchalance, but most often he would slam them onto the board,
just like in the movies, when some patzer is making a clever
move. } 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nc6 { The most common move is
9...Nbd7. I used to like the Nbd7 move in similar positions
but thought it was bad in my game against Morozevich so I did
not consider it here. } 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 { I was not sure whether to take with the Knight
or the Queen. I settled on the Queen because I wanted her to
stay connected to f7. According to my engine, 13...Nxe7 would
have been better, though. } 14. Ne4 O-O { In another game,
something very odd had happened: Spassky made a move, then
took it back again, then sat down and had a very long
think. Then shook the opponents hands but after some analyzing
they settled for a draw--even though Spassky had indeed
lost. All of a sudden Boris was not behaving as meanly
anymore. He started joking and talking trash to intimidate
us. He would say "Behold my whole army", "I am very happy now
that you made this move" or "You're opening was good but now
we're in the middlegame. I am an expert of the middlegame." }
15. c4 Nc7 16. Qg3 Ne8 17. Bd3 Rb8 { This might have been a
decisive mistake but Spassky failed to play 18...Nf6+
immediately. } 18. Rhf1 Qb4 19. Rd2 g6 20. Qg5 Rb7 21. Nf6+ {
Every check Spassky delivered was accompanied by a loud
exclamation of "Chookee!" } 21... Nxf6 22. exf6 Kh8 23. Qh6 {
Spassky said "I am looking for a mate". } 23... Rg8 24. Rf3
Qf8 25. Qg5 Rc7 { It's quite obvious that this was a bad move
but I was in some kind of Zugzwang and did not have many
options. } 26. Rh3 e5 27. Rh6 Bg4 28. h3 { Spassky said to me
"I can kill you in my business." } 28... Bh5 29. Qxh5 {
Actually, I was ready to give in here, but my goal was to
reach move 30. As I told him this he just smiled. Well
then... } 29... Rg7 30. fxg7+ { He counted aloud how many
moves it would take to mate now. } 30... Qxg7 31. Bxg6 fxg6
32. Rd8+ { 32... Qf8 33.Rxg6 Qxd8 34.Qxe5+ Qf6 35.Qxf6+ Rg7
36.Qxg7# } 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Junior Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[EventDate "2009.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andres Felipe Gallego Alcaraz"]
[Black "Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "184"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nf6
7. Re1 Be7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qf3 O-O
12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Qc8 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 c6 16. Ne4 d5
17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 {57'} gxf6 {58'} 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8
20. Kf1 {41'} Qd7 {56'} 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rd3 Rg8
24. Qf4 {23'} Qe7 {49'} 25. Re3 Qa3 26. Re1 Kg7 27. Qg3+ Kh8
28. Qc7 Kg7 29. Qxb7 Qc5 30. Re2 a5 31. Qe7 Qd4 {35'} 32. g3
a4 33. Kg2 c5 34. Qe3 Qb4 35. c3 Qb7 36. Qxc5 Rc8 37. Qd4 axb3
38. axb3 Qxb3 39. Re3 Qb7 40. Qg4+ Kh8 41. Qb4 Qc6 42. Kh3
{4'} Qd7 { 21'} 43. Rf3 Kg7 44. Rf4 Kh8 45. Qd4 Qd6 46. Qa7
Qc7 47. Qxc7 Rxc7 48. Rf3 Rc4 49. Rd3 Kg8 50. Kg2 Kf8 51. Kf3
Ke7 52. Ke3 Kd6 53. f4 Re4+ 54. Kf3 h5 55. Rd4 Re1 56. c4 Rc1
57. Rxd5+ Ke7 58. Rd4 Rc2 59. h3 Rc3+ 60. Ke4 Rxg3 61. Rd3 Rg1
62. Kd5 h4 63. Ra3 Rg3 64. Ra7+ Ke8 65. Ra8+ Ke7 66. Ra7+ Ke8
67. c5 Rxh3 68. Ra8+ Ke7 69. Ra7+ Ke8 70. Ra8+ Ke7 71. Rh8 Rh1
72. Kc6 h3 73. Kc7 Rh2 74. c6 Rh1 75. Rd8 Rg1 76. Rd7+ Ke8
77. Rd2 Rg2 78. Rd3 h2 79. Rh3 Ke7 80. Kb8 Rb2+ 81. Kc8 Rd2
82. c7 Rb2 83. Re3+ Kf8 84. Re1 Rg2 85. Kd7 Rd2+ 86. Kc6 Rc2+
87. Kb7 Rb2+ 88. Ka6 Ra2+ 89. Kb5 Rb2+ 90. Kc6 Rc2+ 91. Kd7
Rd2+ 92. Kc8 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Junior Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[EventDate "2009.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andre Diamant"]
[Black "Claudio Coppola"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. cxd4 Ne6 18. Nf5 O-O 19. f4 Bb4 20. Rf1 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Qe7
22. Kh1 Ba5 23. Be3 c5 24. dxc5 {71'} d4 {53'} 25. Bf2 g6
26. Bxe6 {66'} fxe6 {45'} 27. Qg4 Rd5 28. a3 {64'} Bd2 {39'}
29. Bh4 Qd7 30. Rad1 Be3 31. b4 a5 32. Bf6 {62'} Ra8 {32'}
33. h4 Qf7 34. Rf3 {59'} Kf8 {27'} 35. h5 gxh5 36. Qh3 Ra7
37. f5 Ra6 38. fxe6 {54'} Rxe6 {16'} 39. Bg7+ Kxg7 40. Rxf7+
Kxf7 41. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Junior Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[EventDate "2009.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bryan Macias Murillo"]
[Black "Daniel Pulvett"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6
7. Be2 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 d6 10. O-O Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. a4
Nbd7 13. a5 bxa5 14. Nb3 Rab8 15. Nxa5 Ba8 16. Qd2 Rfe8
17. Rfc1 Bf8 18. Bf1 Ne5 19. Na4 g6 20. b4 Bg7 21. b5 Nfd7
22. b6 Nxb6 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Rab1 Qc7 26. Nb3
Qe7 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Qf2 g5 29. c5 d5 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. Be2 Qf6
32. Qe3 h5 33. Nd2 g4 34. Ne4 Qg6 35. f4 Nc6 36. Nd6 Bd4
37. Qg3 f5 38. Bc4 h4 39. Qxh4 Bf6 40. Qf2 { tablas en 75
movidas} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Junior Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[EventDate "2009.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Luis Sanguinetti"]
[Black "Nicolas Cucchi"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O f5
7. d3 Nf6 8. Rb1 O-O 9. b4 h6 10. Ne1 Ne7 11. Nc2 c6 12. d4
Be6 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bf7 15. Ne3 Rc8 16. Qb3 f4 17. Ned1
g5 18. e4 Ng6 19. Ne2 Qd7 20. f3 Nh5 21. g4 Nf6 22. Nf2 Nh4
23. b5 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 h5 25. h3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Bg6 27. Nc3 Kf7
28. Ba3 Rh8 29. Rh1 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Ne8 31. Rc1 Ra8 32. Qc4 Rc8
33. Qa4 Ra8 34. Qb4 Kg8 35. Na4 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Nb2 {61
movidas} 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Junior Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.11"]
[EventDate "2009.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Diego Carbone"]
[Black "Bryan Macias Murillo"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. e4 Qc7 12. Ba3
Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 O-O 16. Qe3 Rfc8 17. f3
h5 18. b4 Nb7 19. Rac1 Nd6 20. c5 Nf5 21. Qe2 bxc5 22. bxc5
Rd8 23. Re1 Rd4 24. Nb1 Nd5 {65'} 25. Nc4 {6'} Bg5 26. Bb2
Bxc1 27. Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Qd3 {4'} Qxc5 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Nbd2
{23'} Nf5 31. Re1 Qb5 32. Rb1 Qa4 33. Qb3 Qd7 34. Kh1 Nd6
35. Nxd6 Qxd6 36. Ne4 Qc6 37. Qb2 Qc2 38. Nd6 Qxb2 39. Rxb2
Rd8 40. Nc4 Nc3 41. Kg2 Rd4 42. Ne5 Nb5 43. Kf2 f6 44. Nc6 Ra4
45. Nb4 Nd4 46. Nc2 Nb5 47. Nb4 Nc3 48. Ke3 Nd1+ 0-1

[Event "ICC 2 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bassem Amin"]
[Black "TransWarp (Computer)"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "480"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Be3 c5 9. c4 Qb6 10. Qc1 Nc6 11. c3 Ne5
12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 f5 14. f3 Bd7 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Rd2 Be6
17. Rhd1 Qc6 18. Bf1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 b6 20. b3 a6 21. a4 Qe8
22. Kb2 Qg6 23. Bd3 Bc8 24. Qd1 Qh5 25. Qg1 Rd8 26. Bc2 Rxd2
27. Bxd2 Be6 28. Be3 a5 29. Bd1 Qh4 30. Bf2 Qg5 31. Be3 Qf6
32. Bc2 Bd7 33. Qd1 Bc6 34. Qd2 g6 35. Qf2 Kg7 36. Qd2 Qh4
37. g3 Qf6 38. f4 e4 39. Bd1 Qe6 40. h4 Bf6 41. Be2 Kf7
42. Kc2 Ke7 43. Bd1 Bg7 44. Be2 Bd7 45. Bf1 Kd8 46. Be2 Kc7
47. Bf1 Be8 48. Be2 Bc6 49. Bf1 Bb7 50. Be2 Qf7 51. Bf1 Bc6
52. Be2 Qf6 53. Bf1 Qe6 54. Be2 Kb7 55. Bf1 Qf6 56. Be2 Qe7
57. Bf1 Kc7 58. Be2 Bb7 59. Bf1 Qe8 60. Be2 Qe6 61. Bf1 Qe7
62. Be2 Bc6 63. Bf1 Kb7 64. Be2 Qf6 65. Bf1 Qf7 66. Be2 Bf6
67. Bf1 Qe7 68. Be2 Kc7 69. Bf1 Qe6 70. Be2 Bb7 71. Bf1 Qe8
72. Be2 Qf7 73. Bf1 Qe6 74. Be2 Qe8 75. Bf1 Qe7 76. Be2 Qf8
77. Bf1 Bc6 78. Be2 Qe8 79. Bf1 Qf7 80. Be2 Qe6 81. Bf1 Qc8
82. Be2 Qf8 83. Bf1 Bg7 84. Be2 Qf7 85. Bf1 Be8 86. Be2 Qf6
87. Bf1 Bd7 88. Be2 Qe7 89. Bf1 h6 90. Be2 Bc6 91. Bf1 Kb7
92. Be2 Qe6 93. Bf1 Qf6 94. Be2 Qf7 95. Bf1 Bf6 96. Be2 Qg8
97. Bf1 Qe6 98. Be2 Qf7 99. Bf1 Qe7 100. Be2 Qg7 101. Bf1 Qf8
102. Be2 Qe8 103. Bf1 Kc7 104. Be2 Qf7 105. Bf1 Qe6 106. Be2
Qe8 107. Bf1 Qf8 108. Be2 Qg8 109. Bf1 Qf7 110. Be2 Qg7
111. Bf1 Qe7 112. Be2 Be8 113. Bf1 Qg7 114. Be2 Bd7 115. Bf1
Bc6 116. Be2 Be8 117. Bf1 Qe7 118. Be2 Qf8 119. Bf1 Bd7
120. Be2 Qg8 121. Bf1 Qe8 122. Be2 Bg7 123. Bf1 Bc6 124. Be2
Qf7 125. Bf1 Qe6 126. Be2 Be8 127. Bf1 Qf6 128. Be2 Kb7
129. Bf1 Qe7 130. Be2 Kc7 131. Bf1 Qe6 132. Be2 Qf6 133. Bf1
Bc6 134. Be2 Kb7 135. Bf1 Kb8 136. Be2 Kc7 137. Bf1 Qe7
138. Be2 Qe6 139. Bf1 h5 140. Be2 Bf6 141. Bf1 Kb7 142. Be2
Qe7 143. Bf1 Bg7 144. Be2 Bd7 145. Bf1 Kc7 146. Be2 Bc6
147. Bf1 Bb7 148. Be2 Qf6 149. Bf1 Qe6 150. Be2 Bc6 151. Bf1
Qe7 152. Be2 Kb7 153. Bf1 Bf6 154. Be2 Qf7 155. Bf1 Qf8
156. Be2 Bg7 157. Bf1 Qf6 158. Be2 Qe6 159. Bf1 Qf7 160. Be2
Qf6 161. Bf1 Qe6 162. Be2 Bf6 163. Bf1 Kc7 164. Be2 Qe7
165. Bf1 Kb8 166. Be2 Bb7 167. Bf1 Bg7 168. Be2 Kc7 169. Bf1
Qf6 170. Be2 Kb8 171. Bf1 Bc6 172. Be2 Kc7 173. Bf1 Be8
174. Be2 Bd7 175. Bf1 Bc6 176. Be2 Qf7 177. Bf1 Bh6 178. Be2
Bf8 179. Bf1 Bg7 180. Be2 Bb7 181. Bf1 Qe8 182. Be2 Bc6
183. Bf1 Bf6 184. Be2 Kb7 185. Bd1 Qh8 186. Be2 Qf8 187. Bd1
Qg8 188. Be2 Qd8 189. Bf1 Qxd2+ 190. Kxd2 Bg7 191. Be2 Kc7
192. Bf1 Bb7 193. Be2 Ba8 194. Bf1 Kd7 195. Be2 Ke6 196. Bf1
Bc6 197. Be2 Kd6 198. Bf1 Bf6 199. Be2 Bd7 200. Bf1 Kc7
201. Be2 Kb7 202. Bf1 Be6 203. Be2 Kc6 204. Bf1 Bg8 205. Be2
Bg7 206. Bf1 Kb7 207. Be2 Kc7 208. Bf1 Bh7 209. Be2 Kd6
210. Bf1 Bh8 211. Be2 Bg8 212. Bf1 Ke6 213. Be2 Bf7 214. Bf1
Be8 215. Be2 Bc6 216. Bf1 Ba8 217. Be2 Ke7 218. Bf1 Bb7
219. Be2 Bg7 220. Bd1 Ke6 221. Be2 Bc8 222. Bf1 Kf6 223. Be2
Be6 224. Bd1 Bf7 225. Be2 Ke6 226. Bf1 Bh6 227. Be2 Kd7
228. Bf1 Kc7 229. Be2 Bg7 230. Bf1 Bg8 231. Be2 Bf6 232. Bf1
Bh7 233. Be2 Be7 234. Bf1 Kd6 235. Be2 Bf6 236. Bf1 Bg8
237. Be2 Kc6 238. Bf1 Bh7 239. Be2 Be7 240. Bf1 {Game drawn by
the 50 move rule} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad Mercosur"]
[Site "Mar del Plata, ARG"]
[Date "2009.06.20"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oswaldo Zambrana"]
[Black "Giovanni Vescovi"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4
Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3
Bd7 12. Bg5 Ne4 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Bc4 Qc7 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. h3 O-O
17. Rfd1 Na4 18. Bf1 Nxb2 19. Rdb1 e5 20. Rxb2 Qc3 21. Bc1
exd4 22. Qxb7 Bb5 23. Rab1 Rae8 24. Bg5 Re1 25. Rxe1 Qxe1
26. Rxb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Rb8 28. Qa6 Rb1 29. Qxd6 Qxf1+ 30. Kh2
h6 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Bh4 Qc4 {time} 0-1

[Event "3rd WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Crafty (Computer)"]
[Black "Rybka (Computer)"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Qe1 e5 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. exd5 exf4 19. a4 b4 20. Qe2 c4 21. b3 Nxd5 22. Qxc4
Qxc4 23. bxc4 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Ne3 25. Bxe3 fxe3 26. Nf7 Ne6
27. Nxh8 Rxh8 28. Bf5 Re8 29. Rae1 b3 30. Bg4 Kc7 31. Rf7+ Kb6
32. Rb1 Nd4 33. a5+ Kxa5 34. Rb7 Ba3 35. Ra1 Nc2 36. Rxb3 e2
37. Rbxa3+ Nxa3 38. Re1 Kb4 39. Kg1 Nc2 40. Rxe2 Rxe2 41. Bxe2
a5 42. c5 Kxc5 43. Bd1 Ne3 44. Ba4 Kb4 45. Be8 a4 46. Bxa4
Kxa4 47. Kf2 Ng4+ 48. Kg3 Nxh2 49. Kxh2 Kb4 50. Kh3 Kc4
51. Kg4 Kd3 52. Kg5 Ke3 53. g4 Kf3 {crafty resigns} 0-1

[Event "3rd WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rybka (Computer)"]
[Black "Sjeng (Computer)"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "184"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 c6 10. b4 O-O 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5
d5 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. b5 bxa5 15. Rfc1 Bb4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Na2
Qd8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Qxb4 Nd7
22. Nb3 a6 23. Qd6 axb5 24. Rc7 Bc8 25. Nc5 b4 26. e3 b3
27. Nxb3 Ra6 28. Rc6 Rxc6 29. Qxc6 Nf6 30. Nc5 Bd7 31. Qa6 Qc8
32. Qd3 Bc6 33. Qa3 Bb5 34. h3 Ne8 35. h4 Nd6 36. Bh3 Qe8
37. Qa5 h6 38. Qc7 Nc4 39. Bg2 Qc6 40. Qb8+ Qe8 41. Qb7 Qc6
42. Qa7 Qe8 43. Bf3 Qd8 44. Kg2 Nd6 45. Bd1 Bc4 46. Bh5 Bb5
47. Bg4 Ne4 48. Kg1 Nf6 49. Bd1 Ne8 50. Bc2 Nd6 51. Kg2 Be2
52. Bb1 Bb5 53. Qa2 g6 54. Qa7 Ne8 55. Bc2 Nd6 56. Bd1 h5
57. Kh1 Nc4 58. Be2 Qe8 59. Bf3 Qd8 60. Kg2 Qa5 61. Qxa5 Nxa5
62. Bd1 Kf8 63. Kf3 Nc6 64. Kf4 Ke7 65. Kg5 e5 66. Nb3 Ba4
67. Na5 Nxa5 68. Bxa4 Nc4 69. dxe5 Nxe5 70. Bd1 Nd3 71. f3 Ne1
72. g4 Ng2 73. gxh5 gxh5 74. e4 d4 75. e5 d3 76. f4 Ne3
77. Bxh5 d2 78. Bf3 d1=Q 79. Bxd1 Nxd1 80. h5 Nc3 81. h6 Kf8
82. f5 Kg8 83. e6 fxe6 84. fxe6 Ne4+ 85. Kg4 Nf6+ 86. Kf5 Nd5
87. Ke5 Ne7 88. h7+ Kxh7 89. Kf6 Ng8+ 90. Kf7 Nh6+ 91. Kf8 Ng8
92. e7 Nxe7 {Game drawn because neither player has mating
material} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ikarus (Computer)"]
[Black "Rybka (Computer)"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5
7. O-O a6 8. a4 Nc6 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 Be7 11. exd4 O-O
12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Ne5 b6 14. Qf3 Ra7 15. Qg3 Bb7 16. Be3 Ra8
17. Rac1 Rc8 18. b3 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. Bd3 Qe7
22. Be4 g6 23. Rc4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Rd8
27. Rc1 Nb4 28. Bxb4 Bxe4 29. Qe3 Bd5 30. Bc3 Bg7 31. Ng4 f6
32. f3 h5 33. Nf2 Kh7 34. Bd2 e5 35. Ne4 Bc6 36. b4 Rd4
37. Qe1 Qd7 38. Nd6 Bf8 39. Be3 Rd5 40. Ne4 Be7 41. Nf2 f5
42. Rc2 Bh4 43. Bd2 Rd3 44. g3 Qd5 45. Nxd3 Qxf3 46. Qf1 Qh1+
47. Kf2 Qxh2+ 48. Ke1 Qxg3+ 49. Nf2 f4 50. Rc3 Qh2 51. Bc1 g5
52. Rh3 Bxf2+ 53. Ke2 Qg1 54. Qxg1 Bxg1 55. Kf1 Bd4 56. Rxh5+
Kg6 57. Rh2 g4 58. Bb2 g3 59. Rd2 Bxb2 60. Rxb2 Kg5 61. Rd2 f3
{IkarusX resigns} 0-1

[Event "3rd WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rybka (Computer)"]
[Black "HIARCS (Computer)"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. a3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. f4 Nfd7 12. Qf3
Nb6 13. O-O-O N8d7 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bc1 Qc7 16. h4 Rfc8 17. Rh3
b4 18. axb4 Qb6 19. g5 Qxb4 20. Na2 Qb6 21. Qg4 Nc5 22. Qe2
Na5 23. h5 Rab8 24. g6 Bf6 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. h6 g6 27. f5 Ke7
28. Nc3 e5 29. fxg6 exd4 30. Nd5+ Bxd5 31. exd5+ Kd8 32. Qf2
Nd7 33. g7 Kc7 34. Be4 Qb4 35. Rhd3 Nc4 36. Rb3 Qa4 37. Rdd3
Ncb6 38. Rf3 Be5 39. Rf7 Rd8 40. Bg5 Rg8 41. Bxh7 Bxg7
42. hxg7 Rge8 43. Bf5 Rb7 44. Qg3 d3 45. Be3 Rxe3 46. Rc3+ Nc4
47. Rxc4+ Qxc4 48. Rxd7+ Kb6 49. Qxe3+ Ka5 50. Qd2+ Qb4 51. c3
Qxb2+ 52. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 53. Kxb2 d2 54. g8=Q d1=Q 55. Bc2 Qd4
56. cxd4 Kb5 57. Kc3 a5 58. Rb7+ Ka6 59. Qa8# {Hiarcs8x
checkmated} 1-0

[Event "3rd WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rybka (Computer)"]
[Black "ChessThinkerX (Computer)"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Nbd7 8. e5 Ne8 9. Qe1 Nc7 10. Qh4 Nb6 11. Ne2 dxe5
12. fxe5 Ne6 13. c4 f6 14. Bh6 Rf7 15. Rae1 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 f5
17. b3 a5 18. a4 Bd7 19. h4 Qf8 20. Qd2 Rg7 21. h5 Qd8
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Kf2 Be8 24. Rh1 Bf7 25. Rh2 Kf8 26. Rh8+ Bg8
27. Reh1 Qe8 28. Nf4 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Nd7 30. Qh6 Nf6 31. exf6
exf6 32. c5 Qf7 33. Bc4 Re8 34. Bxf7 Kxf7 35. Rd1 Kf8 36. d5
cxd5 37. Rxd5 {ChessThinkerX resigns} 1-0

[Event "3rd WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pandix (Computer)"]
[Black "Rybka (Computer)"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. a3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6
7. Be2 Be7 8. Nc3 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Na4 Nxa4
12. Qxa4 Qd7 13. Rfc1 Rfd8 14. Kh1 Be7 15. b4 a6 16. Qc2 h6
17. Qb2 Bg4 18. Rxc6 Bxf3 19. Rc3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 a5 21. b5 Qxb5
22. Rxc7 Bf8 23. Rc3 Rac8 24. a4 Qd7 25. Rb3 Bb4 26. Qb2 Qe6
27. h3 Rc7 28. Kh2 Rdc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Rxc1 31. Rxb4
axb4 32. Qxc1 b6 33. Qc2 h5 34. Kg1 Qe7 35. Kf1 Qd7 36. Ke2 g6
37. Qb3 Qd4 38. g3 Kg7 39. h4 Kf8 40. Qc2 Kg8 41. Qb3 Kg7
42. Qc2 Qa1 43. Ke3 Qe1+ 44. Kf3 Qf1 45. Ke3 Qa1 46. Ke2 Kg8
47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Qc2 Qd4 49. Qb3 Kg8 50. Qc2 Kg7 51. Qb3 {Game
drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rybka (Computer)"]
[Black "Scorpio (Computer)"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. c5 b4 16. Bxb4 Bf6
17. Nf3 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 a5 19. Ba3 Nb8 20. Bb5 Nc6 21. Qd2 Qc7
22. Bb2 Ra8 23. Bc3 Ne7 24. Re1 Rfb8 25. Ba4 Rc8 26. Ne5 Bxe5
27. Rxe5 Ng6 28. Re1 e5 29. f3 Rd8 30. Qe3 f6 31. c6 Qb6
32. Qf2 Qa7 33. h4 Qc7 34. Kg2 Rac8 35. Qd2 Ra8 36. Bb5 a4
37. bxa4 exd4 38. Bxd4 Ne5 39. Qe3 Qf7 40. Bb6 Re8 41. Qd4 Kh8
42. c7 Rf8 43. a5 Rfc8 44. Qc5 d4 45. f4 Ng4 46. Bc4 Qg6
47. f5 Qh5 48. Qxd4 Qxf5 49. Bd3 Qh5 50. Be4 Rxc7 51. Bxa8
Rc2+ 52. Kh1 {dshawul resigns} 1-0

[Event "3rd WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Learning Lemming (Computer)"]
[Black "Rybka (Computer)"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3
12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 c5 14. dxc5 O-O 15. Ba3 Be7 16. Qd4 Qc7
17. c6 Bxa3 18. cxd7 Bc5 19. Qd3 h6 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Rab1 Bd5
22. Qb5 Bd6 23. c4 Bc6 24. Qh5 Ba4 25. Rdc1 Rxd7 26. c5 Be7
27. Qg4 Bc6 28. Rb3 Rd5 29. Rbc3 Bg5 30. R1c2 Rfd8 31. g3 Bf6
32. Ra3 Rd1+ 33. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kg2 g5 35. Qh5 Qb7 36. Re2 Qb1
37. Kh3 Rh1 38. Ne1 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 Qxe1 40. f3 Be7 41. Qxf7+
Kxf7 42. Kg4 Kg6 43. Kh3 Qf1+ 44. Kg4 h5# {LearningLemming
checkmated} 0-1

[Event "CCT 11"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Glaurung (Computer)"]
[Black "Crafty (Computer)"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Be6 6. Bd3
O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 Bb4+ 11. Ncd2
Qd5 12. O-O f5 13. Nb1 Rfe8 14. a3 Bf8 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. Rc1
Rad8 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. Qb3 Qc8 20. Ng5 Re7 21. Rf1
h6 22. Nf3 Na5 23. Qc2 Nc6 24. Nh4 g6 25. Nf3 Kg7 26. Rfd1 Qa8
27. b4 Ree8 28. h4 Nb8 29. Nd5 c6 30. Nb6 Qa7 31. Nc4 Bc7
32. Ncd2 Rd6 33. a4 Rd5 34. Nb1 Qb6 35. Qb2 Nd7 36. Nc3 Rd6
37. d5 Nf6 38. a5 Qa7 39. dxc6 bxc6 40. Na4 Rxd1+ 41. Rxd1 Rd8
42. Rxd8 Bxd8 43. Qd4 Qa8 44. h5 Qc8 45. Nc5 Be7 46. hxg6 fxg6
47. Ne5 Bxc5 48. Qxc5 Qe6 49. Qa7+ Kg8 50. Qb8+ Qe8 51. Nxc6
g5 52. Kf1 h5 53. Ke2 h4 54. Qxe8+ Nxe8 55. Nd4 Nc7 56. Nxf5
Nd5 57. b5 Nc3+ 58. Kf3 Nxb5 59. Kg4 Nc3 60. f3 Nb1 61. Kxg5
Kf7 62. Nd6+ Ke6 63. Nc4 Kd5 64. Nb6+ Kd6 65. f4 Nd2 66. Kxh4
Nb3 67. g4 Nxa5 68. g5 Ke7 69. g6 Nb7 70. Nd5+ Kf8 71. Kg5
{Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Site "Kitchener"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Borissov"]
[Black "Hans Rudolf Jung"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 {Last week as a birthday present (something special) I
taught a student of mine to play blindfold chess. He just
turned 12, has a CFC rating of 1200, and a Chess and Math
rating just under 1000. He really enjoyed the experience. He
was White. I told him to play an opening that he was very
familiar with and liked, and I also played the defence he
wanted (Black side of an exchange Ruy Lopez) - Jung} e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bd6 6.Bg5?! f6 7.Be3 Ne7 8.O-O
O-O {Here i got him to do a position check. I asked first for
the placing of all the pawns for White, then all of White's
pieces, then Black pawns and Black pieces. (need to add we
were playing with only a board in front of us - green and
white squares with algebraic notation.) - standard CFC
stuff. He got the position correct but forgot the bishop on
d6. He then corrected himself when I gave him a questioning
look after asking if he had named all Black's pieces - Jung}
9.Nc3 Bg4 10.h3 Be6 11.Qd2 c5 12.b3 b5 13.a3 Nc6 {Here I asked
him to do another position check. This time it was correct -
Jung} 14.g4 Nd4 15.Nh2 g5 16.Kg2 Kg7 17.f3 h5 18.Rh1 Rh8
{Another position check. He forgot the pawn on f3 but
otherwise correct - Jung} 19.Rag1 hxg4 20.hxg4 c4 21.b4 c6
22.Ra1 a5 23.Ne2 Nxe2 {Another position check - Jung} 24.Qxe2
axb4 25.axb4 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Bxb4 {Here he blundered with - Jung}
27.d4 {and after - Jung} exd4 {he resigned. He was surprised
at how many moves he did (for a first time try) and he really
enjoyed the experience. He will definitely play blindfold
chess again - Jung} 0-1

[Event "double blindfold casual game"]
[Site "Ottawa RA Centre, Youth Chess Club, Ont., KANADA"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tom O'Donnell"]
[Black "Jerry Xiong"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Kb1 b5
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd5 Bd7 14. Bxa7 Qa5 15. Bxb8 Rxb8 16. Bb3
Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nd5 {originally I was intending 18.e5,
but ...b4 looked rather scary - O'Donnell} Qa7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6
20. Qb4 Ra8 21. a3 Qb6 22. Qb3 Kf7 23. f4 Ra4 24. f5 Rxe4
25. fxe6+ Kg7 26. h4 Re2 27. Qb4 {I saw 27.Rd5, but for some
reason I didn't play it - O'Donnell} Qc5 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Rd5
b4 30. Rxc5 bxa3 31. bxa3 Rxg2 32. a4 Rg3 33. a5 Ra3 34. c3
Bxc3 35. Rxc3 {I totally missed that 35.Rh3 was even possible
- O'Donnell} Rxc3 36. Kb2 Rc8 37. Kb3 Kf6 38. Re1 g5 39. hxg5+
Kxg5 40. Kb4 h5 41. a6 h4 42. Kb5 h3 43. a7 h2 44. Kb6 Kf6
45. Kb7 Rh8 46. a8=Q h1=B+ 47. Rxh1 Rxa8 48. Kxa8 Kxe6
49. Re1+ Kd6 50. Kb7 e5 51. Kb6 Kd5 52. Kb5 Kd4 53. Kb4 e4
54. Kb3 Kd3 55. Kb2 e3 56. Kc1 e2 57. Rh1 Ke3 58. Kc2 e1=N+
59. Rxe1+ 1-0

[Event "Cdn. Post-Secondary Chess Championship"]
[Site "Queen's University, Kingston"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[EventDate "2009.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kyle Morrison"]
[Black "Bindi Cheng"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2
Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Qc6 15. Qf3 h6 16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Be3
hxg5 (17... Nd3 {- Armstrong}) 18. Qxh8 O-O-O 19. Rfd1 Ncd7
20. Qh3 g4 21. Qg3 Be7 22. b3 b4 23. Na4 e5 24. bxc4 Qe6
25. Ba7 Rh8 26. c5 Nxe4 27. Qe3 Bg5 28. Qb3 g3 29. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Cdn. Post-Secondary Chess Championship"]
[Site "Queen's University, Kingston"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[EventDate "2009.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alex Ferreira"]
[Black "Ronak Kapadia"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Nxd1 Nd7 6. Bc4
Ngf6 7. f3 Ne5 8. Bb3 e6 9. Ne2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 a5
12. a4 Ke7 13. Ne3 Rd8+ 14. Ke1 b6 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Ra7
17. Nf4 Rad7 18. Nd3 Rd4 19. b3 Bb7 20. Rd1 Ne8 21. Ke2 Nc7
22. Nf2 b5 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Bd3 a4 26. Ra1 Rb4
27. Nd1 axb3 28. Ra7 b2 29. Nxb2 Rxb2 30. Rxb7 Kd6 31. Rb8 e5
32. Rd8+ Ke7 33. Rb8 b4 34. Rb7 Kd6 35. Ke3 f6 36. g3 h6
37. f4 Ne6 38. Rb6+ Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Kd2 exf4 41. Kc1 fxg3
42. hxg3 Nc5 43. Rxg7 Ra2 44. Rg6 Ke5 45. Rxh6 Ra1+ 46. Kb2
Ra3 47. Rh5+ Kd6 48. Rd5+ Kc6 49. Rd4 Nxd3+ 50. cxd3 Kc5
51. Rd5+ Kc6 52. Kc2 Ra2+ 53. Kb3 Rg2 54. Kxb4 Rxg3 55. Kc4
Rg6 56. Kd4 Rg3 57. Kc4 Rg6 58. Kc3 Rg2 59. Rd8 Kc7 60. Rd5
Kc6 61. Kd4 Rg3 62. Rf5 Rg6 63. Ke3 Kd6 64. d4 Ke6 65. Ra5 Rg4
66. Ra6+ Ke7 67. Kd3 Rf4 68. d5 Rg4 69. Ke3 Rh4 70. Kf3 Kf7
71. Ra7+ Ke8 72. Rg7 f5 73. e5 Re4 74. e6 Rd4 75. Rd7 {white
claims a Flag Fall here} 1-0

[Event "KW Winter Open Pro"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gordon Olheiser"]
[Black "Alvah Mayo"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 {88} f5 {86} 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 {83} Nf6 5. Bg5
{73} Be7 6. exf5 {70} Bxf5 7. d4 e4 {86} 8. Nd2 {65} d5 {80}
9. Be2 c6 {77} 10. Nf1 {63} O-O 11. Ne3 {62} Be6 {74} 12. Nb1
{47} Qb6 {71} 13. b3 {47} Nbd7 14. O-O {43} Rae8 15. c3 Qc7
16. Bh4 Bd6 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rf7 19. Nd2 Ref8 {66}
20. Rc1 {39} Qd8 21. c4 Ne8 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. b4 {30} Qg5
24. Qb3 Nb6 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe6 Kh8 27. Qxe4 Nd6 {63}
28. Qe5 {26} 28... Qf6 {62} 29. Bd3 {23} g6 {60} 30. Ng4 Qg7
31. Qxd6 h5 32. Ne5 Rf6 33. Qc7 {21} Qh6 34. Nxg6+ Rxg6
35. Bxg6 Qxg6 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Rc5 Re8 38. Qg5 Qxg5 39. Rxg5+
Kf7 40. Rxh5 Re2 41. Rh7+ Ke6 42. Rxb7 Rxa2 43. Re1+ {18} Kd5
44. Ree7 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Rf1 46. f3 Kxd4 {56} 47. Rxa7 {51} Kc3
48. Re5 Nc4 49. Rc7 Kb3 50. Rxc4 Kxc4 51. Re4+ Kd5 52. g4 Ra1
53. Kg3 Ra2 54. g5 Rc2 55. g6 {17} Rc6 {51} 56. Rg4 Rc8 57. g7
Rg8 58. Kf4 Ke6 59. b5 Kf7 60. Kf5 Ke7 61. Kg6 Rb8 62. Re4+
Kd6 63. Kh7 Rb7 64. Kh8 {black resigned here} 1-0

[Event "KW Winter Open U2000"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.16"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Omar Shah"]
[Black "Michael Prysiazny"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3
Qf6 {72} 7. Qe2 {81} Nge7 8. g3 {73} O-O {72} 9. Bg2 d6 {53}
10. O-O {73} Nd4 11. Qd1 {53} c6 {40} 12. Kh1 {48} Nxb3
13. axb3 Qg6 {35} 14. Bf4 {36} Bc7 15. Be3 b6 {24} 16. b4 Bg4
17. f3 {30} Bd7 18. Ra3 {28} d5 19. Qa1 Qh5 {14} 20. f4 {21}
dxe4 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Qxa7 Nf5 23. Bf2 e3 24. Be1 e2 25. Nxe2
Qxe2 26. Qxc7 Ne3 27. Rg1 Nxg2 28. Bc3 Bg4 29. Qe5 Qxe5
30. Bxe5 Ne3 31. Rc1 Bf3+ 32. Kg1 Nc4 33. Bc7 f6 34. b3 Rc8
35. bxc4 Rxc7 36. Kf2 Bh5 37. Ke3 Rd7 38. Ra1 c5 39. Ra6 Re7+
40. Kd3 Be2+ 41. Kc3 cxb4+ 42. Kxb4 Rc7 43. Rxb6 Rxc4+ 44. Kb3
Rc5 45. Rb8+ Kf7 46. Rd8 Bg4 47. Rd4 Be6+ 48. Kb2 Rc4 49. Rd2
Kg6 50. Rf2 Bf5 51. c3 Kf7 52. Rd2 Bh3 53. Kb3 Be6 54. Kb2 Kg6
55. Rf2 Kf5 56. Rd2 Ra4 57. Kb1 Ra3 58. Rc2 Kg4 59. Re2 Kf5
60. Rc2 Kg6 61. Rc1 Bc4 62. Rd1 Rxc3 63. Kb2 Rd3 64. Rc1 Be6
65. Kc2 Bf5 66. g4 Be4 67. Re1 Re3+ 68. Kd2 Rxe1 69. Kxe1 Bf3
70. h3 Bxg4 71. hxg4 0-1

[Event "KW Winter Open Pro"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.16"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alvah Mayo"]
[Black "Mikhail Egorov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 {89} 6. Qe2
Be7 {84} 7. f4 d5 {78} 8. e5 {89} Nc6 9. Nf3 {87} h5 10. h3
{86} Nh6 11. Qf2 {83} Nf5 {78} 12. O-O {81} Ncd4 {73} 13. Nd1
{78} Qc7 {67} 14. c3 {73} Ne2+ {61} 15. Qxe2 {73} Nxg3 16. Qf2
{72} Nxf1 17. Kxf1 {71} a5 {59} 18. Qg3 {67} g6 {57} 19. Nd2
{64} a4 {48} 20. c4 {62} dxc4 {34} 21. dxc4 {58} bxc4 22. Bxb7
{56} Qxb7 {33} 23. Qg2 Qd5 {27} 24. Ne3 Qd3+ {27} 25. Qe2 O-O
{26} 26. Ndxc4 Qe4 27. Ng2 {57} Qf5 28. Qf3 {55} Rad8 29. Be3
{38} Qd3+ 30. Qe2 {38} Qf5 {26} 31. Nd6 Qxh3 32. Rd1 {32} c4
{24} 33. Kf2 {24} Bh4+ 34. Nxh4 {24} Qxh4+ {24} 35. Kf1 {24}
Qh1+ {22} 36. Kf2 {23} Qh4+ 37. Kg2 a3 {22} 38. Rh1 axb2 {21}
39. Qxb2 Qg4+ 40. Kf2 Rb8 {21} 41. Qc2 Kg7 {19} 42. a4 {21}
Rb3 {17} 43. Nxc4 {18} Rb4 44. Bd2 Rfb8 45. a5 Rb3 46. Be3
{17} R8b4 {15} 47. a6 {13} h4 {6} 48. Rg1 {12} Qh3 49. a7 {10}
Rxe3 50. Nxe3 Rxf4+ 51. Ke2 Qf3+ 52. Kd3 Qe4+ 53. Ke2 {9} Qf3+
54. Kd3 {4} Qe4+ 55. Ke2 {3} Qf3+ {6} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KW Winter Open Pro"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.16"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Dougherty"]
[Black "Vladimir Drkulec"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 {88} Nc6 {90} 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5
6. O-O {88} d6 {89} 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5 {74} dxe5 {83} 9. Qxd8+
{66} Nxd8 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Bxe6 {58} Nxe6 {83} 12. Nc4 Bc5
13. Nbd2 {54} Nf6 {79} 14. Rb1 {47} b6 {71} 15. e5 Nd7 16. Ne4
Be7 17. Be3 {35} O-O {62} 18. f4 f5 {61} 19. exf6 {26} Nxf6
20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. f5 Ng5 {57} 22. Bd4 {21} Bxd4+ 23. cxd4
Rad8 24. Rbd1 {21} Ne4 25. Rf4 {19} Nc3 26. Rd2 c5 27. g4 Rd5
28. Ne5 {10} Re8 29. Kf1 Rexe5 30. dxe5 Rxd2 31. g5 Nd5 0-1

[Event "KW Winter Open U2000"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.16"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garvin Nunes"]
[Black "Robert Gashgarian"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 {1} 5. Re1 O-O {3}
6. h3 c6 {5} 7. d4 {2} b5 8. Bb3 {2} exd4 {6} 9. Nxd4 {4} Qc7
{8} 10. Bf4 {5} Rd8 {13} 11. Qf3 {8} Bb7 {20} 12. Nd2 {15}
Nbd7 {22} 13. g4 {24} Ne5 {24} 14. Qg3 {26} a6 {26} 15. N4f3
{37} Ng6 {36} 16. Ng5 {43} Nxf4 {38} 17. Bxf7+ {45} Kh8 {39}
18. Qxf4 Nd5 {43} 19. exd5 Bxg5 {43} 20. Qxg5 {46} Qxf7
21. Re7 1-0

[Event "KW Winter Open Pro"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Geordie Derraugh"]
[Black "Michael Dougherty"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 {90}
Bg7 {91} 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 h5 9. O-O-O {88} Bd7 {90} 10. Kb1
Rc8 11. f4 {84} a6 {81} 12. f5 {76} Ne5 {79} 13. fxg6 fxg6
14. Bf4 {70} Nf7 {73} 15. Nf3 {65} Ng4 {69} 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nb4
a5 18. Nd3 {54} O-O {56} 19. h3 Nf6 20. Qe1 {47} e5 {52}
21. Bc1 {38} Qc7 {50} 22. c3 d5 23. exd5 {31} e4 {48} 24. Nh4
exd3 25. Nxg6 Nxd5 26. Nxf8 {31} Nxc3+ {36} 27. bxc3 Bxc3
28. Qf2 {30} Bd4 {30} 29. Qxd4 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 Qxd1 31. Bxd3 {29}
Rxc1+ {30} 32. Kb2 Qd2+ 33. Kb3 a4+ 0-1

[Event "KW Winter Open Pro"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alex Ferreira"]
[Black "Jesse Wang"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. e3 e5 4. d4 e4 5. c4 Bd6 {6} 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. h3 O-O 8. Qb3 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Nbc6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6
12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Bd2 Bc4 14. Qa3 Qxa3 15. bxa3 f5 16. g5 Rae8
17. h4 a5 18. Nf4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bf1 Na7 21. Rb1 Re6
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Bc3 Rd8 24. Ke2 {4} Rd5 25. a4 b5 26. axb5
Nxb5 27. Kd2 f4 28. a4 fxe3+ 29. fxe3 Nxc3 30. Rb8+ Kh7
31. Kxc3 Rd7 32. Rf1 Rde7 33. Rff8 {18 minutes vs 21 minutes}
1-0

[Event "KW Winter Open Pro"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aquino Inigo"]
[Black "Alex Ferreira"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1994"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 {6} dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 {4}
Be6 6. e3 Nd7 {9} 7. b3 {5} Bb4 {4} 8. Bb2 {3} Ne7 9. O-O-O c6
10. Nf3 f6 11. Be2 {4} Kc7 12. a3 {5} Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Rhe8 {3}
14. Kb2 {7} Nc5 {3} 15. Rhf1 {11} Ne4 {6} 16. Bd3 Nxc3
17. Kxc3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 {10} Nxf5 19. Nd2 {3} b6 {3} 20. Ne4
Rad8 {3} 21. Kc2 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Kxd6 24. Rd1+ Kc7
25. Kc3 {4} Re6 {4; 1:13 vs 0:40} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KW Winter Open Pro"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Dougherty"]
[Black "Daniel Raats"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. e3 {90}
h6 {87} 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 {91} d6
{85} 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 {88} Nd7 {82} 13. O-O Qe7 14. Nd2
{83} O-O {76} 15. e4 {79} Kg7 {71} 16. Rae1 {76} e5 {70}
17. Rf5 f6 18. Nf1 {72} Rf7 {64} 19. Ne3 Kg6 20. Nd5 {62} Qd8
{63} 21. Qf2 c6 22. Ne3 Qe7 23. Rf3 {55} Nf8 {56} 24. Nf5 Qd8
25. d5 {54} c5 {54} 26. g4 Bc8 27. Rh3 {51} Rh7 {42} 28. Rf1
Rb8 29. Bc2 {45} Rbb7 {39} 30. Ba4 Rbf7 31. Bc6 Bxf5 32. gxf5+
{42} Kg7 {35} 33. g4 Nd7 34. Rh5 {39} Nb8 {32} 35. Ba4 Kg8
36. Kg2 {33} Qc7 {30} 37. Be8 Rf8 38. Bg6 Rh8 39. h4 {31} Qg7
{25} 40. Qc2 {27} Qd7 {24} 41. Rh1 Kg7 42. Kf3 Qc7 43. hxg5
{25} fxg5 {23} 44. Rxh6 Rxh6 45. Rxh6 Rh8 46. Rxh8 Kxh8 47. f6
{23} 1-0

[Event "KW Winter Open Pro"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alvah Mayo"]
[Black "Neal Pan"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. Bd3 {90} e5 {89} 8. Nge2 Nh5 {82} 9. Bc2 {87} exd4 {74}
10. Nxd4 Ne5 {74} 11. b3 Qh4+ {66} 12. Bf2 Qg5 13. g4 {85} Nf4
{62} 14. h4 {82} Ng2+ {59} 15. Ke2 Nf4+ 16. Kf1 {82} Qe7 {56}
17. Be3 {78} Ne6 {53} 18. Rc1 {41} c6 {46} 19. Qe2 {36} Nxg4
{44} 20. Nf5 {31} Nxe3+ {28} 21. Qxe3 {31} Qf6 22. Nxg7 Nxg7
23. Rd1 {24} Nh5 {28} 24. Kf2 Nf4 {24} 25. Qd4 Nh3+ 26. Rxh3
{18} Qxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Bxh3 28. Rxd6 Rad8 {23} 29. e5 {13} Kg7
{20} 30. c5 {13} Be6 {18} 31. Be4 {11} h5 {18} 32. Ke3 {11}
Rde8 {13} 33. f4 f6 {12} 34. Ne2 {9} fxe5 35. fxe5 g5 36. hxg5
h4 {12} 37. Nf4 {10} Bd5 {8} 38. Rg6+ Kh8 {7} 39. Rh6+ Kg7
40. Nh5+ Kg8 41. Bh7+ Kf7 {5} 42. Bg6+ {9} Ke7 43. Bxe8 {7}
Rf3+ {5} 44. Ke2 Rf5 45. Nf6 Rxe5+ {4} 46. Kf2 Rf5+ {2}
47. Ke3 Rxg5 48. Nxd5+ Rxd5 49. Bg6 Rxc5 50. Rxh4 Ra5 51. a4
Rg5 52. Be4 Kd6 53. Rh7 Rg3+ 54. Bf3 b6 55. Rxa7 Kc5 56. Kf4
{8} Rg6 57. Rc7 Rf6+ 58. Ke3 Rd6 {2} 59. Be4 Rh6 {80'} 60. Kd2
Rh2+ {4'} 61. Kc3 Rh3+ 62. Bd3 Rh6 63. Rb7 {6; white claims a
black flag fall here} 1-0

[Event "KW Winter Open Pro"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Liam Henry"]
[Black "Alex Ferreira"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Ne4 {12, 8} h6
11. h3 Be6 12. c3 {8} Ba5 13. Nc5 {70} Bb6 {88} 14. Nxe6+ fxe6
15. g4 Ne7 16. Kg2 {3} Ke8 17. Bf4 {67} Rf8 18. Bg3 Nd5
19. Rad1 Ke7 {4} 20. Nh4 Rfd8 {8} 21. a3 {52, 9} g5 {3}
22. Nf3 Rf8 {71, 6} 23. Rd3 Rad8 {4} 24. Rfd1 Be3 {3} 25. fxe3
{29, 23} Nxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rxd1 27. Re2 Kf7 28. Bf2 a6 29. Be3
Kg6 30. Nd4 c5 31. Nxe6 Re8 32. Nxc5 b6 33. Nxa6 Rxe5 34. Nxc7
Rd7 35. Na6 Rde7 36. Kf2 Rf7+ 37. Ke1 Rf3 38. Bxb6 Rxe2+
39. Kxe2 Rf6 40. Nc5 Rxb6 41. b4 Rb8 42. Kd3 Rf8 43. b5 Kf7
44. b6 Ke7 45. b7 {77 vs 41} 1-0

[Event "KW Winter Open Pro"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alex Ferreira"]
[Black "Daniel Raats"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. Nexd4 a6 9. c3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Bd3 b5
12. Qg4 g6 13. Be3 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 h5 15. Qh3 Bb7 16. Bxg6 {7}
Qe7 {11} 17. Bxh5 {4} O-O-O 18. g4 Nc5 19. b4 {3} Ne4 20. a4
Qd7 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Qf1 {4} Qd7 23. Qd3 {15} Kb8 24. Ke2 {4}
Rc8 25. b5 axb5 26. Ba7+ Kc7 27. Rhb1 {3} Kd8 28. Bd4 Rc4
29. Ra5 Ke7 30. Rbxb5 Rhc8 31. Rxb7 {10} Qxb7 {6} 32. Ra7 Qxa7
33. Bxa7 Rxc3 34. Qd4 {23} Rc2+ 35. Kf1 Nd2+ 36. Kg2 Nb3+
37. Qf2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 d4 40. g5 Rc7 41. Bb8 Rc3+
42. Kf2 Rh3 43. Bd6+ Ke8 44. g6 fxg6 45. Bxg6+ Kd8 46. Kg2 Rh6
47. Bc2 Na5 48. Kg3 Nc4 49. Bc5 Ne3 50. Bd3 Nf5+ 51. Bxf5 exf5
52. Bxd4 Kd7 53. Bc5 Ke6 54. Bf2 Kd5 55. Kg2 Ke4 56. Bg3 Rc6
57. Kh3 Rh6+ 58. Kg2 Ke3 59. Kf1 Rh7 60. Kg2 Ke2 61. Kg1 Kf3
62. Kf1 Rh8 63. Ke1 Rd8 64. Bh4 Ra8 {8} 65. Bg5 Ke3 66. Kd1
Kd3 67. Ke1 Ke3 68. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "KW Winter Open Pro"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gordon Olheiser"]
[Black "Michael Dougherty"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 O-O
7. O-O {91} Nc6 {89} 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 {90} axb4 {89}
11. axb4 Nh5 12. b5 {87} Ne7 {86} 13. Qb3 Kh7 14. Rd1 {81} f5
{82} 15. h3 {76} c6 {74} 16. bxc6 {63} bxc6 {69} 17. Ne1 {60}
g5 {60} 18. Nc2 {57} Be6 {56} 19. Ba3 Ra7 20. Qb6 {54} Qd7
{47} 21. Bxd6 Nc8 22. Bxf8 Nxb6 23. Bxg7 Nxc4 24. dxc4 Qxg7
25. Bxc6 {47} Bxc4 {44} 26. Rb4 Be6 27. Rdb1 {(=) white offers
a draw here, accepted by black} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KW Winter Open Pro"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Drkulec"]
[Black "Liam Henry"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 {90} Nf6 {83} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6
6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
11. Be2 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. O-O Nd7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qa3 Qd8
{70} 16. b4 cxb4 17. Qxb4 Rb8 18. Qa3 Qb6 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Rac1
Rfc8 21. Bf3 a5 22. Rc2 Nd7 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Be2 {65} Ne5
25. h3 {59} Nc6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qd6 Kf7 28. Bg4 1-0

[Event "KW Winter Open U2000"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Bzikot"]
[Black "Robert Gashgarian"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. a3 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6
7. Bd3 {8} d6 {4} 8. Be3 {11} Nbd7 {6} 9. O-O {12} b6 {9}
10. f4 {16} Bb7 {11} 11. Qf3 {39} Nc5 {16} 12. f5 {46} e5 {18}
13. Nde2 {47} Be7 {27} 14. Bxc5 {58} Qxc5+ {28} 15. Kh1 {58}
O-O-O {30} 16. b4 {62} Qc7 {34} 17. Nd5 {64} Bxd5 {39}
18. exd5 {64} Qb7 19. Be4 {70} Kb8 20. c4 {72} Rc8 {42}
21. Rfc1 Qd7 {45} 22. a4 {76} g6 {46} 23. Ng3 {77} Nxe4 {48}
24. Qxe4 Bg5 25. Rc2 Bf4 26. Ne2 {83} gxf5 27. Qf3 Bg5 {50}
28. Qf2 Bd8 29. Nc1 {82} f4 {53} 30. Nb3 {84} Qb7 31. a5 {87}
b5 {62} 32. cxb5 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Qxb5 {62} 34. Rc1 Qb7 {65}
35. Qc6 Be7 36. Nd2 Rc8 37. Qxb7+ Kxb7 38. Rxc8 Kxc8 39. Kg1
f5 40. Kf1 e4 41. Ke2 Bf6 42. Nb1 Bd4 {67} 43. Kd2 h5 44. Na3
Kc7 45. Nc2 Bb2 46. h3 Kd7 {69} 47. Ne1 Bd4 48. Nc2 {48} Bb2
49. Ne1 h4 50. Nc2 Be5 51. Ne1 Bd4 52. Nc2 Bg1 53. Ke2 Ke7
54. Na3 Bd4 55. Nc2 Bc3 56. b5 Bxa5 57. bxa6 Kd7 58. Nd4 Bb6
59. Nc6 Kc7 60. a7 Kb7 61. a8=Q+ Kxa8 62. Ne7 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "KW Winter Open U2000"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Gashgarian"]
[Black "Michael von Keitz"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 e6 3. a3 c5 4. b5 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. e3 d6
7. c4 {1} Nbd7 8. d3 {3} Qc7 9. Nbd2 {3} d5 {5} 10. Rc1 {4}
dxc4 {10} 11. Nxc4 {5} Be7 12. Be2 {6} O-O {10} 13. O-O {7}
Bd6 {18} 14. e4 {17} Ng4 {21} 15. Nxd6 {19} Qxd6 16. h3 Nge5
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Qd2 Bxe4 {22} 20. Qc3 f6 {25}
21. dxe4 {19} Nxf4 {25} 22. Bc4 Ng6 {31} 23. Rcd1 {21} Qe7
24. Qb3 Rfe8 {31} 25. Rd2 {23} Nf8 {35} 26. Qg3 {25} Kh8 {36}
27. Rfd1 {27} Rad8 {41} 28. Rd6 e5 {43} 29. Qd3 Rxd6 30. Qxd6
Qxd6 {45} 31. Rxd6 {28} 1-0

[Event "KW Winter Open U2000"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tim E Knechtel"]
[Black "Robert Gashgarian"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 {4} d4 {1} 5. Ne4 {5} e5
{1} 6. f4 {7} f5 {4} 7. Nf2 {9} Nf6 {6} 8. Bxc6+ {11} bxc6 {5}
9. fxe5 {11} Nd5 {8} 10. Nf3 {14} Be7 {8} 11. Bd2 {15} O-O
{11} 12. Nh3 {19} f4 {17} 13. Nxf4 {21} g5 {31} 14. Nxd5 {26}
Qxd5 15. c4 {40} dxc3 {31} 16. Bxc3 g4 {34} 17. e4 {40} Qf7
18. O-O {44} gxf3 {34} 19. Rf2 {44} Ba6 {36} 20. Qd2 {48} Qh5
{44} 21. Qe3 {53} Rad8 {45} 22. Rd1 Bg5 {50} 23. Qxc5 Rxd3
24. Rxd3 Bxd3 {51} 25. e6 {55} Qg6 {62} 26. Qd4 Bf6 27. Qxd3
Bxc3 28. bxc3 {58} Qxe6 {61} 29. Rxf3 {white offers a draw
here, which black accepts} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KW Winter Open U2000"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Gashgarian"]
[Black "Kevin Zhou"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1610"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6
{3} 7. d5 {3} Ne5 {3} 8. Nf3 {7} h6 {7} 9. Bd2 {9} Nfd7 {11}
10. Nxe5 dxe5 {11} 11. O-O {9} a5 {16} 12. a3 {11} b6 {23}
13. b4 {17} axb4 {27} 14. axb4 {17} Bb7 {27} 15. Qb3 {20} Nf6
{30} 16. c5 Rxa1 {42} 17. Rxa1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxd5 19. Qe3 {22}
Bxe4 20. Qxe4 {24} Qxd2 {41} 21. Rd1 Qf4 22. Qxf4 exf4 {43}
23. Rd7 bxc5 {44} 24. bxc5 Rc8 {52} 25. Rxe7 Bf6 {52} 26. Rd7
Re8 27. Kf1 {26; draw offered, accepted by black} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KW Winter Open U2000"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Jordan"]
[Black "Lee Hendon"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c6
7. Bd3 a6 8. c5 Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. b4 b5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4
Re8 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e4 Nf4 16. e5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3
f6 18. Qe3 f5 {black offers a draw here, which white accepts}
1/2-1/2

[Event "KW Winter Open U2000"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Steven Liu"]
[Black "Omar Shah"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6
7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. h3 e6 11. Be3 b5
12. f3 {72} Be7 {82} 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Nce2 d5
16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bf2 Rfd8 18. c3 Bd6 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Nc1 Bf4
21. Qe2 e5 22. Nf5 g6 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. Bxe3 Bg3 25. Bf2 Bxf2+
26. Qxf2 Qd6 27. Rce2 f6 28. Nb3 Qc7 29. Qh4 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Rc4
31. Qf2 Qxf2 32. Rxf2 Kf7 33. Ree2 e4 34. Na5 exf3 35. Nxb7
Rd1+ 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Kh2 fxg2 38. Kxg2 Rd1 39. Na5 Rc5
40. Nb3 Rg5+ 41. Kh2 h5 42. Nd4 Rd5 43. Nf3 g5 44. Kg3 Kg6
45. Nd4 R1xd4 46. cxd4 Rxd4 47. b3 a5 48. Rc2 a4 49. bxa4 bxa4
50. Kf2 Rf4+ 51. Kg2 Rb4 52. Kf3 Rd4 53. Rc3 Rh4 54. Kg3 Rb4
55. Rd3 Kf5 56. Re3 Re4 57. Rc3 Ke5 58. Rd3 f5 59. Rd8 Re3+
60. Kg2 Kf4 61. Rd4+ Re4 62. Rd2 Ke3 63. Rb2 Rd4 64. Kg3 h4+
65. Kg2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Spring Pro-Am U1400"]
[Site "Guelph, Ont."]
[Date "2009.05.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Melissa Lee"]
[Black "Rick McCleary"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1251"]
[BlackElo "1166"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Bd7 5. g3 Bc6 6. Bg2 Nd7
7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 Qb6 9. Nf1 O-O-O 10. Rb1 Ne7 11. c3 Rde8
12. Qc2 Rhf8 13. b4 f5 14. bxc5 Qxc5 15. d4 Qc4 16. e5 Bc7
17. Rb4 Qa6 18. Bd2 h6 19. c4 g5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Rbb1 g4
22. Nh4 f4 23. Rbc1 f3 24. Bh1 Ba4 25. Qb2 N7b6 26. Bxh6 Nc4
27. Rxc4 Qxc4 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rc1 Qa6 {black resigned here}
1-0

[Event "Spring Pro-Am Pro"]
[Site "Guelph, Ont."]
[Date "2009.05.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liam Henry"]
[Black "Roman Sapozhnikov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 {90} e6 {90} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6
11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 Rc8
16. Rh3 Nf5 17. h5 Qc5 {76} 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Rxb7 Bc6 20. Rb3
Nd4 21. Rb1 Nxa3 22. Rc1 Nc4 23. h6 {50} Nf5 {36} 24. h7 Rh8
25. g4 {42} Ne7 {32} 26. Ne4 {36} dxe4 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4
e3 29. Rxe3 Rxh7 30. Bxa6 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 Rh2+ 32. Ke1 {drawn by
repetition} Rh1+ {transposes} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Pro-Am U2000"]
[Site "Guelph, Ont."]
[Date "2009.05.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Doug Gillis"]
[Black "Mickey Stein"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e6 {67} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6
6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. c3 Bxf3
11. Qxf3 c6 12. Rfe1 Qd5 {57} 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 O-O-O
15. a4 Bd6 {50} 16. g3 h6 17. Rad1 Rhe8 18. f4 g6 19. b4 h5
20. Be4 Kb8 21. Kg2 Rh8 22. b5 cxb5 23. axb5 Nb6 24. Bd3 Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Pro-Am Pro"]
[Site "Guelph, Ont."]
[Date "2009.05.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Liam Henry"]
[Black "Jesse Wang"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 {60} c5 {60} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Nc5 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 h6 11. Bxf6
{5} Bxf6 {45} 12. O-O-O Qc7 {46} 13. Kb1 {44} O-O 14. g4 Nxb3
15. cxb3 Qc5 16. Nce2 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 exf4 19. Nxf4
Rac8 20. Rd2 Bg5 21. Nd3 Qc6 22. Rf2 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Rfe8 24. h4
Bf6 25. Rg3 g5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. g5 Be5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. gxh6
Kh7 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 Kxh6 32. Rg4 g5 33. hxg5+ Rxg5
34. Rd4 d5 35. Kc2 a5 36. b4 b6 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Kb3 Kg6
39. Rd2 Kf6 40. Ka4 Ke5 41. Kxa5 d4 42. b4 Ke4+ 43. b5 Ke3
44. Rd1 Rg8 45. a4 Ra8+ 46. Kb4 d3 47. b6 Ke2 48. Rc1 d2
49. Rc2 Kd3 50. Rxd2+ Kxd2 51. a5 Rb8 52. Kb5 Kc3 53. a6 Rh8
54. a7 Rh1 55. Ka6 Rh8 56. b7 1-0

[Event "Oktoberfest2009Masters"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Brian Fiedler"]
[Black "Artem Samsonkin"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Kb1
Ne5 13. Bg5 b5 14. f4 Neg4 15. Re1 b4 16. Nd1 Qb6 17. e5 dxe5
18. fxe5 Ng8 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Nd5 22. Qe4
Rd8 23. Bc4 Bc8 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Nf5 Bb7 26. Nxg7+ Kf8
27. Qf4 Rh7 28. Nxe6+ Qxe6 29. Qxb4+ Qe7 30. Qf4 Kg8 31. Rhf1
Rg7 32. g3 Bc8 33. Qf6 Qe6 34. Qf3 Rxe5 35. Qc3 f6 36. Rd1 Bd7
37. b3 Qe7 38. Rf4 Bg4 39. Rdf1 f5 40. Rb4 Kh7 41. Rb6 Rg6
42. Rb8 Rge6 43. a4 Qg7 {white resigned here} 0-1

[Event "Oktoberfest2009Masters"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Gashgarian"]
[Black "Victor Plotkin"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bg3 {3} cxd4 9. exd4 Qa5 {1} 10. Qb3 {3} Nc6
{2} 11. a3 {7} Rd8 {3} 12. Be2 {10} Bf6 {9} 13. Rd1 {17} Nxc3
{10} 14. Qxc3 {20} Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 {20} b6 16. Nd2 {22} Bb7
17. Nc4 {26} Be7 {11} 18. a4 {27} Rac8 {13} 19. Ne3 {35} Na5
{13} 20. c4 {39} Ba6 {18} 21. d5 {46} Nxc4 {19} 22. d6 {50}
Bf6 {21} 23. d7 {51} Rc5 {23} 24. Rc1 {53} Nxe3 {26} 25. Rxc5
Nxg2+ 26. Kf1 Bxe2+ 27. Kxe2 {54} bxc5 28. Rd1 e5 29. Rd5 Nf4+
30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Kd3 Kf8 {white resigned here} 0-1

[Event "Oktoberfest2009Masters"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.10.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Gashgarian"]
[Black "Brian Fiedler"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5
{1} 7. d5 {1} Qa5 {3} 8. Bd2 {4} e6 {6} 9. Nf3 {10} exd5 {7}
10. cxd5 {11} Re8 {12} 11. Qc2 {12} a6 {13} 12. O-O {18} Bg4
{16} 13. h3 {21} Bxf3 {16} 14. Bxf3 {21} Nbd7 {19} 15. a4 {27}
Qc7 {24; drawn by agreement here} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oktoberfest2009Masters"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.10.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Drkulec"]
[Black "Simon Gladstone"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O Bf5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Ne5 d4
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 Bb4 14. a3 Be7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Rxc6 Rxc6
17. Bxc6 Bd7 18. Qc2 Qc8 19. Rc1 Qa6 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Qc4 Qb7
22. Qxd4 Bf6 23. Qd1 Nb6 24. Nc5 Qc6 25. Nd3 Qb5 26. Rc5 Qa6
27. Qc2 h6 28. Be5 ({prior to 28 Be5, white tries} 28. Nb4 Qa4
{white returns to the game with} 29. Nd3 Qa6 {transposes})
28... Bxe5 29. Nxe5 Rb8 30. Nc6 Re8 31. e3 Na4 32. Ra5 {black
resigned here} 1-0

[Event "Oktoberfest2009Masters"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Gashgarian"]
[Black "Vladimir Drkulec"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c6
7. e3 Qa5 8. Qb3 {1} Bg7 9. cxd5 {5} cxd5 10. Nf3 {6} O-O
11. Bd3 Nc6 {2} 12. O-O {8} Bf5 {3} 13. Bxf5 {11} gxf5
14. Qxb7 Rac8 15. Rfc1 e6 16. Qb3 {11} Qa6 {3} 17. Nd2 {15}
Qd3 {6} 18. Nf3 {20} f6 {10} 19. Bd6 {25} Rfd8 {11} 20. Bc5
{27} Bh6 {16} 21. c4 {32} Qe4 {18} 22. cxd5 {34} exd5 {25}
23. Nd2 Qe8 24. Qd3 {34} Qh5 25. f3 {47} Re8 26. Re1 {48} Re6
{28} 27. Nf1 {52} Rce8 {38} 28. Qb3 {57} f4 29. e4 {57} Kh8
30. Rec1 dxe4 31. d5 Na5 32. Qa4 Qxd5 {40} 33. fxe4 Rxe4 {42}
34. Qxa5 {60} Re2 0-1

[Event "Oktoberfest2009 - U2000"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Logan"]
[Black "Tim E Knechtel"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. d5 h6 5. c4 Be7 6. Ne2 g5
7. Nbc3 Nbd7 8. Ng3 Nf8 9. Nh5 Ng6 10. Ng7+ Kf8 11. Nf5 Nf4
12. g3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Qf3 Bxf5 16. Qxf5
gxh4 17. gxh4 Bxh4 18. Qh5 Nd3+ 19. Ke2 Nxc1+ 20. Raxc1 Bg5
21. Rcg1 Rg8 22. Nd1 Qf6 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rxg1 25. Rxg1
Ke7 26. Rf1 Qg6 27. Qh4+ Qg5 28. Qf2 f6 29. Rg1 Qh5+ 30. Kd2
Kf7 31. Qg2 Ke7 32. Qg7+ Qf7 33. Qxh6 Rg8 34. Rxg8 Qxg8
35. Qh3 Kd8 36. Ke2 ({prior to 36 Kh2, white tries} 36. Qh6
Ke7 {transposes}) 36... Ke7 37. Kf3 Kd8 38. Qg4 Qf7 {drawn
here by agreement;} {prior to agreeing to a draw, white also
tries} 39. Qh3 Qg8 {transposes} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oktoberfest2009 - U2000"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Chernik"]
[Black "Steven Liu"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. g3 Bd7 6. Bg2
Bc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Nb6 11. Ne4 O-O
12. Rad1 Bd5 13. c4 Nxe4 14. cxd5 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Nxd5 16. Ne4
c6 17. Kh1 {remaining moves are illegible} 0-1

[Event "Oktoberfest2009 - U2000"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Laurentiu Grigorescu"]
[Black "Paul Leblanc"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd3 b5
12. Kb1 Bb7 13. h3 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Rc1 a4 16. Qd1 a3 17. b3
Rfc8 18. Nd2 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qd1 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6
22. Ka1 Qd3 23. Nb1 Qb5 24. f3 h6 25. Qd2 Nb8 26. Rc1 Rxc1
27. Nxc1 Nc6 28. Qd3 Qb6 29. Ne2 Nd7 30. Nd2 Kh8 31. Kb1 Kg8
32. Kc2 Kf8 33. Kd1 Kg8 34. Ke1 Kf8 35. Kf1 Kg8 36. g4 Nf6
37. Kg2 Ne7 38. Qc2 Nd7 39. Nf1 Ng6 40. Qc8+ Ngf8 41. Nfg3 Qb5
42. Qc2 Ng6 43. Nh5 Qb8 44. Neg3 Nh4+ 45. Kf2 Ng6 46. Qc6 Ngf8
47. Nf4 Nf6 48. Nd3 N6d7 49. h4 Qd8 50. h5 Qb8 51. Kg2 Kh7
52. Ne2 Kg8 53. Nef4 Kh8 54. Ne1 Kg8 55. Nfd3 e5 56. Qxd5 exd4
57. Qxd4 Qb5 58. Qxb4 Qg5 59. Qd4 ({prior to 59 Qd4, white
tries} 59. Qf4 Qa5 {white returns to the game with} 60. Qb4
Qg5 {transposes}) 59... f5 60. Qd5+ Kh8 61. Nc2 Qf6 62. Qxf5
Qc3 63. Nxa3 Qd2+ 64. Nf2 Qxa2 65. Nc4 Qxb3 66. Ne5 Nf6 67. e4
Ne6 68. Ng6+ Kg8 69. e5 Nh7 70. Qd3 Qa2 71. Qb5 Nhg5 72. Qe8+
1-0

[Event "George Trundle Qualifier 2009"]
[Site "Auckland, N.Z."]
[Date "2009.09.28"]
[EventDate "2009.09.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Taylor"]
[Black "Helen Milligan"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1
Na5 13. d5 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Re3 Be6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. b3 h5
23. h4 Bh6 24. Red3 Bg4 25. c4 Bf4 26. b4 Qe7 27. cxb5 axb5
28. Qc6 Rc8 29. Qxd6 Qa7 30. Ne2 Rc2 31. Ned4 Rxa2 32. Rb1
Rxf2 33. Qc6 Rc8 34. Qf6 Qa2 35. Ne1 Bh2+ {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "Edmonton International 09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.??.??"]
[EventDate "2009.12.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marc Esserman"]
[Black "Keith MacKinnon"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 {Keith returns to
the Scandinavian via the portugese defense move
order. However, his bishop is now committed to g4 whereas in
the Scandinavian it can go to f5 or g4 depending on the
situation.} 5. Nc3 Qd6 {entering the Bronstein variation, yet
with the moves bg4 and nf3 thrown in the mix. Normally black
has a chance to play a6 to secure his queen's position on d6
(stopping nb5), but this tempo has already been spent on
bg4. White's resulting play attempts to take advantage of this
nuance.} 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 { sending the bishop on its way and
taking the momentum.} Bg6 8. Ne5 { The principle motive behind
this move is to further harass the queen by Bf4.} c6 (8... a6
{black no longer has time for the thematic a6 as bf4 and bg2
yield white a large advantage} 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. Bg2 $16) 9. Bf4
Qd8 {White already has a near decisive advantage. The simple
moves h4 or Bg2 would be fine, but white tries for even more.}
(9... Qb4 $2 { the queen's problems are highlighted in the
following variation} 10. Nc4 { threatening a3!} Ne4 11. a3
{anyway!} Nxc3 12. axb4 (12. Qd2 Qa4 13. b3 Qb5 14. Nd6+ exd6
15. Bxb5 Nxb5 { and white has a queen for three pieces plus a
big lead in development}) 12... Nxd1 13. Nb6 {and white wins,
or}) 10. d5 $5 Nxd5 (10... cxd5 { meets an immediate end
after} 11. Bb5+ Nbd7 12. Nxd5 Qa5+ 13. b4 $18) 11. Nxd5 Be4
{Keith finds the most challenging move. If white is not
careful now he will be punished for the ambitious d5}
(11... Qxd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14. O-O-O e6 15. c4
$16) 12. Nxf7 $1 {in the spirit of Tal. With two pieces en
prise, put another one under attack. As Tal said, "they can
only take them one at a time!"} (12. Nf6+ $6 {is not
sufficient} gxf6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Nxf7+ Ke8 15. Nxh8 Bxh1
16. Bc4 Bd5 {and the white knight will not escape the corner}
) (12. Bc4 $6 Bxd5 {stops this fantasy} (12... Bxh1 13. Nc7+
Qxc7 14. Bxf7#)) ( 12. Nxc6 $3 {Even stronger, and more
irrational, than nf7!} Qxd5 (12... Nxc6 13. Nc7+) 13. Qxd5
Bxd5 14. Nxb8 { The white knight has now swapped roles with
its counterpart!} Bxh1 (14... e5 $8 15. Bxe5 Bxh1 16. Bb5+ Ke7
17. O-O-O {with a massive attack for the exchange} Bf3
18. Rd7+ Ke6 19. Bg3 $16) 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. O-O-O+ Kc8 17. Bd7+
Kd8 18. Bf5+ Ke8 19. Rxh1 $18) 12... Qxd5 $8 (12... Kxf7
13. Nc7 $1 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bxh1 15. Nxa8 $16) 13. Qxd5 {black
is now presented with a difficult recapture.} cxd5 $1
(13... Bxd5 14. Nxh8 Bxh1 15. Bd3 {and with the pawn on c6,
not d5, black cannot play be4 to seal the knight's fate.} g6
{black falls one move short} ( 15... g5 $5 16. Bxg5 Bg7
17. Ng6 $1 {again!} hxg6 18. Bxg6+ Kf8 (18... Kd7 19. O-O-O+)
19. O-O-O {threatening mate!} Bd5 20. c4 $18) 16. Nxg6 $1 hxg6
17. Bxg6+ Kd7 18. O-O-O+ Bd5 19. c4 $18 { white regains all
material with and the attack remains}) 14. Nxh8 Bxh1 { finally
it appears there will be no escape for the knight} 15. Bxb8 $1
{ the key to the combination, trading off white's strong
bishop for black's inactive knight} (15. Bd3 $2 Be4 $1)
(15. Bb5+ $5 {Ironically it turns out that this move also
wins, as in the following variation the trapped h8 knight
participates in the trapping of the h1 bishop!} Nc6 (15... Nd7
16. Ke2 Be4 ( 16... Bg2 17. f3) 17. f3 Bxc2 18. Rc1 $18)
16. Ke2 $1 Be4 (16... Bg2 17. Rg1 Bxh3 18. Rg3) 17. f3 $1 {the
knight eyes the bishop's retreat to g6!} Bxc2 18. Rc1 $18)
15... Rxb8 16. Bb5+ { the king must give ground, releasing the
wayward knight} Kd8 17. Nf7+ Kc7 18. Bd3 {it is now the black
bishop short of squares} g6 19. Ke2 Be4 (19... Bg2 20. Rg1
Bxh3 21. Ng5 $18) 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ng5 {the rest of the game
is technical--white has an extra pawn with a superior minor
piece and pawn structure} h6 22. Nxe4 Bg7 23. c3 b5 24. b4 Kb6
25. a4 a6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nc5 Bxc3 28. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Campeonato Paranaense Absoluto 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vitorio Chemin"]
[Black "Marcel Utiyama"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne4 9. Nxd7 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd7 11. c4 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Qa5 13. Rb1 b5 14. Bb3 Bf5 15. a4 a6 16. Qf3 Qc3
17. e4 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bh3 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Be3 Rab8 21. axb5
axb5 22. d5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Rc8 25. Bb3 Ra8 26. f4
Ra1 27. Rxa1 Bxa1 28. f3 Kf8 29. Kf2 Bc3 30. Bd5 Bd7 31. Ke2
h5 32. Kd3 Ba5 33. c3 Bc7 34. e5 Bf5+ 35. Be4 Be6 36. Bc5 Bd7
37. Kd4 Ke8 38. Bd5 Ba5 39. Bb7 Kd8 40. Be4 Ke8 41. Bd5 Bc7
42. Ke3 Ba5 43. Bd4 e6 44. Bb7 Kd8 45. Be4 Kc7 46. Bc2 Be8
47. Bb3 Bc6 48. Bd1 Bd5 49. Be2 Bc6 50. Kf2 Be8 51. Bd1 Kc6
52. c4 Bd7 53. cxb5+ Kxb5 54. Kg3 Be1+ 55. Bf2 Bd2 56. Bb3 Kb4
57. Ba2 Kc3 58. Bb1 Bb5 59. Be4 Kb2 60. Bd4+ Kc1 61. Bc5 Kd1
62. Bg1 Bf1 63. Bc6 Bd3 64. Be8 Bf5 65. Bxf7 Ke1 66. h3 h4+
67. Kg2 Bxf4 68. Bd4 g5 69. Bb2 Bd3 {Impossível transcrever a
partida.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Mercosur"]
[Site "Mar del Plata, ARG"]
[Date "2009.06.20"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bernardo Roselli Mailhe"]
[Black "Carlos Silva Sanchez"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Ne8 9. O-O g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. Qd2 Nf6
12. h3 Kh8 13. Rae1 Ng8 14. Be3 a6 15. f4 f6 16. a3 Qc7
17. Rb1 Bd7 18. b4 b6 19. Rb3 Rfb8 20. Rfb1 Qc8 21. Kh2 Bd8
22. g4 Bc7 23. f5 g5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Qe1 cxb4 26. Rxb4 b5
27. cxb5 Ba5 28. b6 Bxb4 29. Rxb4 Rb7 30. Qf2 {Ilegible} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Mercosur"]
[Site "Mar del Plata, ARG"]
[Date "2009.06.23"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gustavo Mahia"]
[Black "Claudio Olivares Olivares"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Re8 12. h3
Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Qc7 15. f4 Ned7 16. e4 c4 17. Be3 Nh5
18. Kh2 f5 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. e5 dxe5 22. d6 Qf7
23. Nxc4 e4 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Qd5 Nd7 26. Rfd1 Kf8 27. Rac1 Nxe5
28. fxe5 Bd7 29. Qxe6 Bxe6 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Ne6 32. g4 e3
33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Rd3 f4 35. Bd5 Ng7 36. Rxe3 fxe3 37. Rf1+
Nf5 38. Rxf5+ Kg7 39. e6 Rbd8 40. d7 Re7 41. Re5 Kf6 42. Rxe3
Rg7 43. Bxb7 Rb8 44. b3 a5 45. Bd5 Ke7 46. Rf3 Rb6 47. Rg3
Rxg3 48. Kxg3 Rd6 49. Bc4 Rd4 {Ilegible} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad Mercosur"]
[Site "Mar del Plata, ARG"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Smith Dolorier"]
[Black "Darcy Lima"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O Ng6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4
Bc5 7. Be3 Bxd4 8. Bxd4 Qg5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. f4 Nxf4 11. Qf3
Ne6 12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Qf2 Rf8 14. Be3 Qh5 15. Qe1 Rxf1+
16. Qxf1 Ke7 17. Nc3 a5 18. Re1 Ba6 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qxh5 gxh5
21. Bf2 Rf8 22. Re3 d6 23. Rf3 Bb7 24. Be3 d5 25. Rxf8 Kxf8
26. Na4 d4 27. Bd2 c5 28. Bxa5 Ke8 29. c3 Bxe4 30. b4 d3
31. Kf2 c4 32. Nb2 Bd5 33. Ke3 { Ilegible} 0-1

[Event "Uzbekistan Ch"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jahongir Vakhidov"]
[Black "Jamshid Mustafaev"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5
Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Be2 Bd7 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.b3 Be7
13.Nd2 O-O-O 14.Nc4 Kc7 15.Bb2 b5 16.Nd2 Bf6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6
18.Nf3 Ne4 19.Rdc1 Kb6 20.a4 {+0.00} Rc8 21.Re1 Rhd8 22.h4 f6
23.Rad1 Nc3 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Bf1 Na5 27.b4 Nc6
28.Nd4 Nxd4 29.exd4 Rd6 30.Bd3 h6 31.Rc1 Nd5 32.Rc5 Nc7 33.Be4
Na6 34.Rc8 Nxb4 35.Rb8+ Ka5 36.Ra8+ Na6 37.Bb7 b4 38.Bf3 b3
39.Be2 b2 40.Bd3 Kb4 41.Kh2 Kc3 42.Bb1 Nb4 43.Ra7 Rxd4 44.Rc7+
Kb3 45.g4 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "L Rudenko Memorial"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.08.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svetlana Shulakova"]
[Black "Zoja Severiukhina"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4
7.Qc2 f5 8.e3 b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Ne2 Qh4 11.Ng3 d6 12.b3 Nd7
13.Bb2 Nxg3 14.fxg3 Qg5 15.Qe2 Nf6 16.O-O Be4 17.Rac1 Bxd3
18.Qxd3 Ne4 19.b4 Rf6 20.c5 d5 21.cxb6 cxb6 22.Rc7 Rh6 23.Rf3
Qh5 24.h3 Ng5 25.Rf2 Ne4 26.Rf3 Qe8 27.Qc2 Rg6 28.Kh2 Qd8
29.Qc6 h5 30.Rd7 Qe8 31.Rc7 Qxc6 32.Rxc6 Kf7 33.b5 Nd2 34.Rf2
Nc4 35.e4 Rf6 36.e5 Rh6 37.Rc7+ Kg6 38.Re7 Kh7 39.Bc1 Rg6
40.Rf3 {time} 0-1

[Event "Winter Open"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alex Ferreira"]
[Black "Hans Rudolf Jung"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5
Nd7 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bb1 b5 15. Ne4 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2
Nd7 17. Nd6 Nb6 18. Be4 Bd7 19. b3 Ra7 20. Rhd1 a5 21. Bf3 f5
22. exf6 Rxf6 23. g3 a4 24. Kb1 axb3 25. axb3 e5 26. c5 Nd5
27. Bxd5+ cxd5 28. fxe5 Rf3 29. Kb2 Bc6 30. Re1 ({prior to 30
Re1, white tries} 30. Rd3 Rf2+ 31. R3d2 Rf3 {transposes})
30... b4 31. e6 ({prior to 31 e6, white tries} 31. Nc8 Rc7
32. Nd6 Ra7 {transposes}) 31... Ra3 32. e7 Rfxb3+ 33. Kc2 Re3
34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. e8=Q+ Bxe8 36. Nxe8 Rxe8 37. Rxd5 Re3
38. Kd2 Rc3 {1:22} 39. Rd4 {0:52; drawn here} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winter Open"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Humphreys"]
[Black "Liam Henry"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. a4 a5 11. Nd2 {82} Nd4
{86} 12. Re1 {66} c6 13. Nce4 {63} Be6 {69} 14. Nc5 {61} Bd5
15. Bxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qxd4 17. Nce4 Kh8 {44} 18. Qb3 {58} f5
19. Ng5 {37; drawn here} 1/2-1/2

[Event "April Saturday Active"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.04.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hans Rudolf Jung"]
[Black "Gordon Olheiser"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nc3 e6 2. e4 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. d4 a6 8. Qg4 f5 9. Qh5+ Qf7 10. Qxf7+ Kxf7 11. Nce2 c5
12. c3 Nc6 13. a3 c4 14. Nf3 h6 15. h4 g6 16. Nf4 Nb6 17. Rg1
Rg8 18. g4 Bd7 19. Be2 Na5 20. Nd2 Ba4 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Bh5+
Ke7 23. Ke2 Bc2 24. Rae1 Na4 25. Ng6+ Kd7 26. Nf4 Nxb2 27. Bf7
Bd3+ 28. Ke3 Rxg1 29. Bxe6+ Kc6 30. Rxg1 Kb5 31. Nxd3 Nxd3
32. Bxd5 f4+ 33. Kf3 Rc8 34. Rb1+ Ka4 35. Bxb7 Rb8 36. Bxa6
Rxb1 37. Nxb1 Kb3 38. e6 Nc6 39. Bb5 {black flag fell} 1-0

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tomas Krnan"]
[Black "Mikhail Egorov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. h3
{1:28} Bf5 {1:25} 7. Bc4 e6 {1:18} 8. Qe2 {1:18} Nbd7 9. Bg5
Qc7 {1:10} 10. Ne5 Nxe5 {54} 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. f4
Nb6 14. Bb3 {1:07} Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. O-O-O O-O {41} 17. h4
h6 18. Rdf1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 {?; 54} cxd5 20. f5 Bh7 21. f6 Qb4
22. fxg7 Kxg7 23. Qf2 a5 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. h5 Qe4 26. Re1 Qd4
27. g5 1-0

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jingle A Kho"]
[Black "Hans Rudolf Jung"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 d6
7. O-O Nge7 8. e4 O-O 9. h3 f5 10. Bd2 h6 11. a3 f4 12. Rb1 a5
13. Nb5 g5 14. Ne1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Qe8
18. b5 Qg6 19. g4 Kh7 20. Bf3 Qe6 21. Qb3 h5 22. Be2 Qh6 {48}
23. Kg2 {64} Bd7 {41} 24. Rh1 {55} Ng6 {37} 25. f3 {53} b6
26. Bb4 Nh4+ 27. Kf2 Rh8 28. Nc2 Bf8 {30} 29. Rb2 {49} Ng6
30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rbb1 Nh4+ 32. Kf2 Ng6 {30} 33. Bd2 {30} hxg4
34. hxg4 Qxh1 35. Rxh1 Rxh1 36. Kg2 Rh8 37. Qb2 Be7 38. Ne1
Rh7 39. Bf1 Rah8 40. Kf2 Rh2+ 41. Ng2 R8h3 42. Kg1 Rh1+
43. Kf2 R3h2 44. Qa3 {15'32"} Kf7 {13'7"} 45. Qa7 Ke6 46. Bb4
Nh4 47. Qb7 Nxg2 48. Bxg2 Rb1 49. Qd5+ Kf6 50. Bxd6 Rb2+
51. Kf1 Bxd6 52. Qxd6+ Be6 53. Qf8+ Kg6 54. Qe8+ Bf7 55. Qxe5
Rbxg2 56. Qf5+ Kg7 57. Qxg5+ Kh7 58. Qxf4 Bg6 59. Qc7+ Kh6
60. Qb8 ({prior to 60 Qb8, white tries} 60. Qf4+ Kh7
{transposes}) 60... Ra2 61. Qf4+ Kg7 62. Qc7+ Bf7 63. Qe5+ Kh7
64. Qf5+ Bg6 65. Qd7+ Kh6 66. g5+ Kxg5 67. Qg4+ Kf6 68. Qf4+
Ke6 69. Kg1 Rhc2 70. Qg4+ Kd6 71. Qf4+ Kd7 72. Qg4+ Kc7
73. Qg3+ Kb7 74. Qe1 Bh5 75. Qf1 Bxf3 76. Qxf3 Rc1+ 77. Qf1
Rxf1+ 78. Kxf1 Rd2 79. e5 Rxd3 80. Ke2 Re3+ 81. Kd2 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Steve Demmery"]
[Black "Mavros Whissell"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 a6 10. O-O Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2
Nbd7 13. Qc2 b5 14. b3 b4 15. Na4 Ne5 16. h3 Ra7 17. f4 Ned7
18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Rae1 Rae7 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Nb2 a5 22. Nd1 Qe8
23. Nf2 Bd7 24. Kh1 a4 25. f5 axb3 26. axb3 g5 27. Nfe4 Qb8
28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Ne4 Nh7 30. h4 Be5 31. f6 Re8 32. hxg5 Kh8
33. g6 fxg6 34. Bxh6 Nxf6 35. Nxf6 Rf8 36. Nxd7 Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1
{black resigned here} 1-0

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Liam Henry"]
[Black "Jesse Wang"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 {86} Nc5 9. O-O Be7 {88} 10. Qe1 h6 {86}
11. Bh4 g5 {83} 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rd1 {79} Nxg3 {80} 14. fxg3
{74} Nxb3 15. axb3 Qc7 16. Kh1 {45} Bd7 {71} 17. Nf5 Bf8
18. Qd2 {40} exf5 {68} 19. Nd5 {37} Qc5 20. b4 Qa7 21. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Kleinman"]
[Black "Steve Demmery"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. fxe5 dxe5
12. Ne2 Qxe1 13. Raxe1 exd4 14. Nxd4 O-O-O 15. f4 Nhf6 16. e5
Ng4 17. Nf5 Bb4 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 g6 21. f5
Nc5 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. b4 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 b5 25. Rf6 Rd7 26. Kf2
Re8 27. Re3 Red8 28. Ree6 Kb7 29. Ke3 Kb6 30. Kd4 g5 31. a3 h5
32. Ke5 c5 33. Kd5 cxb4 34. axb4 g4 35. Rh6 Rf7 36. Re5 Rf2
37. Rhxh5 Rd2+ 38. Ke4 R8xd6 39. Rxb5+ Ka6 40. Rb8 R2d4+
41. Ke3 R4d5 42. Rxd5 Rxd5 43. c4 Rh5 44. b5+ Ka5 45. Ra8 Rxh2
46. Rxa7+ Kb4 47. Rc7 Rh6 48. Kf4 Rg6 49. Rc6 Rg8 50. Kg3 Ka5
51. b6 Ka6 52. c5 Kb5 53. Rc7 Ka6 54. b7 Ka7 55. Rc8 Rxc8
56. bxc8=R Kb7 57. Rf8 {black resigned} 1-0

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kevin Chung"]
[Black "Liam Henry"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 {88} b6 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qe1 Bb7
{73} 12. Kh1 {84} O-O {40} 13. Qh4 {74} d5 {38} 14. e5 {65}
Ne4 {34} 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxe4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5
19. Qg3 {55} e6 {30} 20. Be3 {40} Qc6 21. b4 b5 {22} 22. axb5
axb5 23. Bd4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ {35} Bxa8 {21}
26. Qf2 Bf8 27. c3 {32} Qd5 {17} 28. Kg1 {24} Bc6 29. Kf1 Qb3
30. Qc2 Qd5 31. Be3 {28} Be7 32. Ke1 g5 {14} 33. Qe2 gxf4
34. Bxf4 Bg5 35. g3 Qh1+ 36. Kd2 Qa1 37. Bxg5 hxg5 38. Qg4
Qa2+ 39. Ke3 Qxh2 40. Qxg5+ {17} Kf8 {6} 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qf6+
Kf8 43. Qf2 {15} Qh1 {6} 44. Kd2 Kg8 45. g4 Qh6+ 46. Qe3 Qh2+
47. Be2 Qg2 48. Qd3 Kg7 {3} 49. Qd8 Bd5 50. Qf6+ {12} Kg8
51. Kd1 Bb3+ 52. Ke1 Qg1+ 53. Kd2 Qg2 54. Qf3 Qh2 55. Qe3 Bc4
56. Kd1 Qh1+ 57. Kc2 Qh2 58. Kd2 Qg2 59. Qf3 Qh2 60. Qe4 Qf2
61. g5 Kg7 62. Qf3 Qh2 63. g6 Kxg6 64. Qf6+ Kh7 65. Qxf7+ Kh6
66. Qf3 Kg6 67. Qg4+ Kh6 68. Qe4 Kg5 69. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mavros Whissell"]
[Black "Josh Guo"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Qf2 Nfd7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. h4 Rc8 14. g5 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Na4 16. Qe1 Qc7
17. c4 Bxc4 18. Qa5 Qc6 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qd5 Qc3 21. Rd3 Qb2+
22. Kd2 Ndb6 23. Qxb7 Nc4+ 24. Ke2 Qxc2+ 25. Nd2 Nab2 {doesn't
say which Knight} (25... Ncb2 {doesn't say which Knight}
26. Rd5) 26. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kevin Chung"]
[Black "Michael Kleinman"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7
7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 {78} bxc6 {92}
11. e5 Ne8 12. Bh6 Bxe5 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Na4 Rb8 15. c4 {64}
Bf5 {65} 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. g3 {49} Nd6 {44} 18. Qe2 {33} Nxc4
{35} 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Qa5 21. Nc3 Rb4 22. Qxc6 Rxb2
23. Rd2 {23} Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Rb1# 0-1

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Drkulec"]
[Black "Hans Rudolf Jung"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nb3 Ne7
7. O-O Nbc6 8. e4 d4 9. c3 Be6 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nc5 Bc4
12. Re1 Ng6 13. Na3 Bxc5 14. Nxc4 O-O 15. a3 b5 16. Nd2 Nge5
17. Nf3 d3 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Qd4 21. Qb3
Rfd8 22. Rd1 a6 23. Bf1 Qc4 24. Qb4 Qc2 25. Rd2 Qc1 26. Kg2
Nc4 27. Rdxd3 Nxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Rd2 29. b3 Ra2 30. Qd4 Qxa3
31. Qd5 Rf8 32. e5 Qc1 33. Rf3 Ra1 34. Bd3 Qh1+ 35. Kh3 Re1
36. Be4 Qf1+ 37. Kh4 Qe2 38. Bxh7+ Kxh7 39. Re3 Qxe3 40. fxe3
Rxe3 41. Kh3 Kg8 42. Qc6 Rxe5 43. Qxa6 Rfe8 44. Qc6 Kh8
({prior to 44 ... R8e6, black tries} 44... R8e6 45. Qc8+ Re8
46. Qc6 {transposes}) 45. Kg4 Re4+ 46. Kh3 R8e5 47. Qc8+ Kh7
48. Qc2 g6 49. Qc7 Rf5 50. g4 Re3+ 51. Kg2 Re2+ 52. Kg3 Rff2
53. Qb7 b4 54. h3 Rf1 55. Qxb4 Re3+ 56. Kg2 Rff3 57. Qb7 Rg3+
58. Kf2 Kg7 59. Qd5 Rxb3 60. Qe5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jingle A Kho"]
[Black "Dina Kagramanov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. d4 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 h5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 {82} 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. h3 Bf5
12. e4 dxe4 {70} 13. Nxe4 {91} Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Qc7 15. Qe2 O-O-O
16. Bg2 Nb6 17. a3 h4 {65} 18. Rad1 {90} hxg3 19. fxg3 Bc5+
20. Kh2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nd5 {60} 22. b4 {85} Be7 23. c4 Nb6 {49}
24. Rf1 Bg5 {44} 25. Bd4 {75} Rd8 26. Bc5 Rd2 {38} 27. Qe4
{65} Qd7 28. h4 Bh6 {34;} 29. Qg4 {44} ({prior to 29 Qg4,
white tries} 29. Qh7 {50} Qe8 30. Qe4 Qd7 {transposes})
29... Na4 {17'33"} 30. Bd6 {38} Nb2 31. c5 {33} Nd3 {13'49"}
32. Qh5 {28} Nxe5 33. Qxe5 f6 34. Qh5 Ra2 {3'50"} 35. Rd1 b5
36. Bf8 Rd2 {3'05"} 37. Rxd2 {27} Bxd2 38. Qh8 Qd8 39. Qxg7
1-0

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jesse Wang"]
[Black "Michael Humphreys"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e5
7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. Nd1 Bg4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Bh6 Bxh6
12. Qxh6 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Be6 15. h4 h5 16. Bh3
Bxh3 17. Rxh3 f6 18. f3 Kf7 19. c4 g5 20. Nf2 Rh7 21. Rc1 b6
22. b4 Ng6 23. hxg5 fxg5 24. c5 dxc5 25. bxc5 Rc8 26. cxb6
Rxc1 27. Kxc1 axb6 28. Rh2 h4 29. Ng4 Ke6 30. gxh4 gxh4
31. Rb2 Rc7+ 32. Kd2 Rc6 33. Rb5 Kd6 {drawn here after
repetition of position} 34. Rd5+ Ke6 35. Rb5 {transposes}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Egorov"]
[Black "Mavros Whissell"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 Be7
12. Ng3 Rb8 13. b3 h6 14. Be3 c5 15. c3 Bd6 16. Nf5 Bxf5
17. Bxf5 Qc7 18. h3 Qe7 19. Qc2 Qe5 20. g3 Qe7 21. Rae1 Qc7
22. Bc1 Rfe8 23. Kg2 Qc6 24. Kh2 ({prior to 24 Kh2, white
tries} 24. Kg1 Qc7 {transposes}) 24... Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8
26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Be3 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 dxe4 30. Kg2
Kf8 31. f3 f5 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Bf4 Be7 34. Kf2 c4 35. Ke3 Bf6
36. Kxe4 cxb3 37. axb3 Bxc3 38. Be3 a5 39. Kd5 Ke7 40. Kc4 Be1
41. g4 Kd6 42. Kb5 Kd5 43. Bb6 g6 44. Bxa5 Bg3 45. Bd2 h5
46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Ka6 Ke4 48. Bg5 h4 49. b4 Kf3 50. b5 Kg2
51. b6 Kxh3 52. Bd8 Kg2 53. Bc7 h3 54. Bxg3 Kxg3 55. b7 h2
56. b8=Q+ Kg2 57. Qg8+ Kf2 58. Qh7 Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Josh Guo"]
[Black "Steve Demmery"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nfd7 9. Bf4 Be7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxe5
12. Qg3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Bf6 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5
h6 17. Qf5 Kb8 18. Be2 Qc5 19. Qf4 Ka8 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Rhd1
Rxd2 22. Qxd2 {drawn by perpetual repetition of position here}
Kb8 23. Qf4 Ka8 24. Qd2 {transposes} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liam Henry"]
[Black "Tomas Krnan"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. a3
e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 Bf6
12. Be3 h6 13. b4 Re8 {75} 14. Ra2 {88} Qe7 {72} 15. Qb3 {77}
Red8 {50} 16. Rd2 {67} a5 {46} 17. b5 a4 18. Qa2 Na5 19. c5
Nd5 20. Nxa4 {63} Be4 {43} 21. Rc1 {41} Nxe3 {41} 22. fxe3 Bd5
23. Qb2 Nb3 24. Nc3 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 {25} Bg5 {33} 26. h4 Bxf3
27. Bxf3 Bxh4 28. Bxb7 {13} Rxa3 29. Qb2 Ra7 {28} 30. Bf3 {12}
Qg5 31. Nd1 {9} Qg3 32. Nc3 {5} Bg5 33. Qd2 {2} Ra3 34. Ne4
Qh4 35. Nxg5 Qxg5 36. Rc3 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Qh4+ 38. g3 Qh2+
39. Bg2 Rg1 40. Kf3 Rd5 41. g4 h5 0-1

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mavros Whissell"]
[Black "Kevin Chung"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 {85}
c5 {90} 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O {75} g5 {80} 9. c4 {70} g4 {72}
10. cxd5 exd5 11. e6 {59} fxe6 12. Bg6+ Ke7 13. Nh4 {56} Nxd4
{65} 14. Nb3 {45} Nxb3 {57} 15. axb3 Qb6 16. Re1 {35} Kd8
17. Bf4 Be7 {45} 18. Bg3 Nf8 19. Bh5 Bd6 20. Qxg4 Bxg3
21. hxg3 Qc7 22. Nf3 {17} Qe7 {21} 23. Ne5 Kc7 24. Nf7 Rh7
25. Qf4+ Kb6 26. b4 a6 27. bxc5+ Ka7 28. Nd6 Bd7 29. Qb4 Bc6
30. Rxa6+ 1-0

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dina Kagramanov"]
[Black "Jesse Wang"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. h3 e6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nb4
12. Bb1 Ba6 13. Re1 Nd3 14. Re3 Nxc1 15. Qxc1 Rc8 16. Qd1 Bb7
17. a4 Rc7 18. Nb3 Qc8 19. Nfd2 e5 20. d5 Nd7 {the game
finishes with the repetition after black's 22nd move;} {prior
to transposing back, the game continues with the try of}
21. Nf1 Nc5 22. Nfd2 Nd7 {transposes} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Steve Demmery"]
[Black "Liam Henry"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Qb3 {83} Nc6 {79}
11. Nb5 {78} Be6 {77} 12. Qa3 Nb4 {68} 13. Nd2 {37} Bxc4
14. Nc7 Rad8 {65} 15. Rxc4 Nc2+ 16. Ke2 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Steve Demmery"]
[Black "Hans Rudolf Jung"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4
Qb6 7. N4f3 Ne4 8. e3 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qc6 11. Rg1
O-O 12. b3 Qc5 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. O-O-O a5 15. a3 f6 16. Qc3 Qh5
17. h3 Rf7 18. g4 Qh4 19. Qc2 b6 20. f4 Bb7 21. g5 f5 22. g6
hxg6 23. Rxg6 Ne7 24. Rg5 d5 25. Qg2 g6 26. Be2 Kh7 27. Rg1
Rg8 28. Be5 Qh6 29. h4 Nc6 30. Rh5 Qxh5 31. Bxh5 Nxe5 32. fxe5
dxc4 33. Bxg6+ {black resigns} 1-0

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liam Henry"]
[Black "Michael Kleinman"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 b4
17. axb4 axb4 18. h4 Qa5 {88} 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. h5 Bf5 21. Kd2
{33} Rc5 {72} 22. Ke3 Bxc2 {48} 23. Bxc2 {32} Rxc2 24. hxg6
fxg6 25. Rxh7 e5 26. dxe6 Qg5+ 27. Kd3 Qf5+ 28. Qe4 {22} b3
29. Qxf5 {5} Rxf5 30. Rdh1 Rd5+ 31. Ke4 Re5+ 32. Kf4 Rxg2
33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. R1h7+ Kf6 35. Rf8+ Kxe6 36. Re8+ Kd5
37. Rxe5+ dxe5+ 38. Ke3 Rxb2 39. Rb7 Rb1 40. Kf2 e4 41. fxe4+
Kxe4 42. Re7+ Kd3 43. Re3+ Kd4 44. Re2 b2 0-1

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kevin Chung"]
[Black "Jingle A Kho"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. a3 {84} dxc4 {90} 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O a6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1
b5 12. Ba2 {73} Bb7 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Qe2 h6 15. Nf3 {71} Rfd8
{77} 16. Rfd1 b4 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 {53} Qg4 {48} 19. Nxe7+
{47} Nxe7 {47} 20. Bxf7+ {43} Kh8 {43} 21. axb4 {39} Rf8 {28}
22. Bc4 {38} Ned5 {17'05"} 23. Rd4 Qe6 {12'48"} 24. Qd2 Rad8
{6'35"} 25. Re1 {31} Qf5 26. Nh4 Qh5 {5'49"} 27. Be2 {30} Qf7
28. Bd3 {30} Ne7 {4'04"} 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bb6 Rd7 31. Rxe7
Rxe7 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Nxe7+ Qxe7 34. Bc4+ Kh7 35. f3 Qe5
36. Bd4 Qd6 37. Qd3+ Kh8 38. Bc5 Qc7 39. Qd6 Qc8 40. Qf8+ Qxf8
41. Bxf8 Kh7 42. Bd3+ Kg8 43. Bc5 Kf7 44. Bd4 Ke6 45. Kf2 h5
46. Bc4+ Kf5 47. b5 axb5 48. Bxb5 g5 49. Bd3+ Ke6 50. Bxf6
Kxf6 51. Be4 Ba6 52. g3 Bc4 53. b4 Bb5 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Kd4 Kd6
56. Bd5 h4 57. g4 Be2 58. Ba8 Bb5 59. Ke4 Bd7 60. Bb7 Kc7
61. Ba6 Bc6+ 62. Kf5 Bxf3 63. Kxg5 h3 64. Kh4 Kb6 65. Bc4 Bg2
66. g5 Be4 1-0

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tomas Krnan"]
[Black "Steve Demmery"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 e6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6
12. O-O-O b5 13. h4 Nb6 14. h5 gxh5 15. gxh5 b4 16. Nb1 Nc4
17. Nfd2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 c5 19. dxc5 Na6 20. Rdg1 Bf8 21. Nb3
Rc8 22. c6 Rxc6 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. Rxg7 Qc7 25. c3 bxc3 26. bxc3
Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Rc4 28. Qe3 Nb4 {(=); draw offer accepted}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hans Rudolf Jung"]
[Black "Kevin Chung"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nc3 e6 2. d3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Bd2 c5 6. e4 Nc6
7. f4 a6 8. a4 b6 9. Nh3 {86} Bb7 {72} 10. O-O dxe4 11. dxe4
Qd4+ 12. Rf2 O-O-O 13. e5 {79} Ne8 {55} 14. Qf1 f5 15. Bxc6
Bxc6 16. Qxa6+ Bb7 17. Qxb6 Nc7 18. a5 {65} Rd7 {30} 19. a6
Ba8 20. Ra4 c4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Bxd4 Bxd4
24. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Kb8 26. Ng5 Re8 27. a7+ Kb7 28. Nf7
Re7 29. Nd6+ Ka6 30. Ra4+ 1-0

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Kleinman"]
[Black "Michael Humphreys"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 e6
7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 {Draw offer accepted; this was the 1st game
to finish and was top board of the final round. The prize
structure of the tournament was undoubtedly taken into
consideration here.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario Closed"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mavros Whissell"]
[Black "Liam Henry"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nfd7
12. f4 Na4 13. f5 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nf6 {85} 16. Qc2
{63} Rc8 {74} 17. Kb1 {51} Qc7 18. Bd3 {40} Be7 {52} 19. Bc1
Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Bb2 {29} Rc6 22. Rc1 {28} Kd7 {48}
23. Rxc6 Kxc6 24. Rc1+ Kb7 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4 g6 {35}
27. Rc3 gxf5 28. exf5 Rg8 {27 (time marker indicates the first
repetition);} {white decides to test} 29. Rb3+ {20 (time
marker indicates the first repetition);} Ka7 30. Rc3 {drawn
here by repetition on the 3rd time;} {black continues on with}
Kb7 {transposes} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Senior Championship"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Finlay"]
[Black "Thomas Verny"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4
Qf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. Nc3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Nb5 Kd8 11. c3 Be5
12. h4 Qe7 13. f4 Bf6 14. g3 a6 15. Na3 Nh6 16. f5 Be5 17. Bf4
Re8 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. O-O-O Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. f6 gxf6
22. Bd3 Rg4 23. Bxh7 f5 24. Rhe1 Rg7 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26. Nc4 Be6
27. Ne5 Rxg3 28. h5 Ke7 29. Nd3 Rh8 30. Nf4 Rg4 31. Rxe6+ fxe6
32. Ng6+ Rxg6 33. hxg6 Rg8 34. Rh1 Rxg6 35. Rh8 d5 36. b4 Rg2
37. a5 Ne3 38. Rb8 Rc2+ 39. Kb1 Rxc3 40. Rxb7 Rc6 41. b5 axb5
42. Rxb5 Nc4 43. Ka2 Ra6 44. Kb3 Rxa5 45. Rb7 Kd7 46. Kb4 Ra6
47. Kc5 Rc6+ 48. Kd4 Kd6 49. Rb8 e5+ 50. Kd3 Rb6 51. Rd8+ Kc5
52. Kc3 Nd6 53. Rh8 d4+ 54. Kc2 Kd5 55. Rh5 c5 56. Rh3 c4
57. Rh5 d3+ 58. Kc1 c3 59. Rh4 e4 60. Rh5+ Kd4 61. Rh1 c2
62. Rg1 Nc4 {white resigns} 0-1

[Event "Canadian Senior Championship"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jaime Solis"]
[Black "Hugo Ortiz"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7
7. O-O Ng6 8. c3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. h3 c5 12. Qe2
Rc8 13. Rfc1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qb6 15. Nb3 a6 16. Rxc8 Rxc8
17. Rc1 Rxc1+ 18. Nxc1 Qc6 19. Qd1 Nb6 20. Nd2 Nc4 21. Nxc4
Qxc4 22. Qb3 b5 23. a3 f6 24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. f4 f5 26. Ne2 Kf7
27. g3 Nf8 28. Kf2 h6 29. Kf3 g6 30. Nc3 Nd7 31. Na4 h5 32. h4
Ke8 33. Ke2 Kd8 34. Kd2 Kc7 35. Kc2 Kc6 36. Nc3 Kb6 37. Bf2
({prior to 37 Bf2, white tries} 37. Na4+ Kb5 38. Nc3+ Kb6
{transposes}) 37... Bf8 38. Na4+ Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Senior Championship"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Glew"]
[Black "Jaime Solis"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4
7. Re1 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. c3 d6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd4 Bb7
12. e6 c5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Ne6 Qd7 15. Nxc5 Qc6 16. Nxb7
Qxb7 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nf6 19. Ra4 h6 20. Nd2 Nd7 21. Rae4
Kf8 22. b4 c5 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Re6 cxb4 25. cxb4 Rb8 26. Bd2
Nd5 27. Rc1 Kg8 28. Re4 Bf6 29. Rc6 Bxb2 30. Rxd6 Nf6 31. Rc4
Ra8 32. Rd3 Nd7 33. Bc3 Bxc3 34. Rdxc3 Ra7 35. Ra3 Rf6 36. h3
Rb7 37. Ra5 Rbb6 38. Ra4 Rbd6 39. Rd4 Rc6 40. Nd2 Rb6 41. Nb3
Nb8 42. Nc5 Rf7 43. g4 Kh7 44. Kg2 Rc7 45. Re4 Rcc6 46. f4 Rd6
47. f5 Rd2+ 48. Kg3 Rb2 49. Ne6 Kg8 50. Nc7 Kf7 51. Re6 Rb3+
52. Kf4 R3xb4+ (52... R6xb4+ 53. Rxb4 Rxb4+ {transposes})
53. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 54. Ke5 a5 55. Nd5 Rb7 56. h4 Nd7+ 57. Kd6 Nf6
58. g5 Rd7+ 59. Kc6 Rxd5 60. gxf6 Rxf5 61. fxg7 Kxg7 62. Re7+
Kg6 63. Ra7 Kh5 64. Kd6 Kg6 65. Ke6 Rb5 66. Kd6 Rh5 67. Ra8
Rxh4 68. Rxa5 Re4 69. Kd5 Re1 70. Ra6+ Kg5 71. Ra8 h5 72. Rg8+
Kf4 73. Rf8+ Kg4 74. Rg8+ Kh3 75. Kd4 h4 76. Kd3 Kh2 77. Kd2
Re7 78. Rg4 h3 79. Rg8 Kh1 80. Rh8 h2 81. Rg8 Ra7 82. Ke2 Ra1
83. Kf3 Rf1+ 84. Ke2 Rg1 85. Rb8 Rg7 86. Kf2 Rf7+ 87. Kg3 Rf1
88. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Senior Championship"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hugo Ortiz"]
[Black "Colin Archibald"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. c5 a5 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bf4
N6d7 13. Na4 Bf6 14. Qc3 g5 15. Bh2 Kg7 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. f4
gxf4 18. exf4 Nh4 19. Nf3 Nf5 20. Ne5 Nf8 21. Kh1 Bh4 22. Be2
Ng6 23. Bh5 Rf8 24. g3 Bf6 25. Bg1 Kh7 26. Bf2 Ng7 27. Be2 h5
28. Bd3 Nf5 29. Qc2 Kh6 30. Rg1 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Qg5 32. Rg2 Ne3
33. h4 Nxc2 34. hxg5+ Kxg5 35. Bxc2 Kh6 36. Be3+ Kg7 37. Rf2
f5 38. exf6+ Rxf6 39. Rxf6 Kxf6 40. Rf1+ Kg7 41. Bxg6 Kxg6
42. Rf8 b6 43. Nxb6 Ra7 44. Rxc8 Rf7 45. Bf4 Kf5 46. Rxc6 Ke4
47. Rxe6+ Kxd4 48. c6 {black resigns} 1-0

[Event "Canadian Senior Championship"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joe Damsic"]
[Black "Ian Finlay"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 a6 5. a3 Qc7 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 Ng4 11. Rf1 Nxh2
12. Rh1 Ng4 13. Rf1 b5 14. Bb3 Qa7 15. Nd1 Bb7 16. a4 b4
17. a5 Rd8 18. c4 O-O 19. Qg3 f5 20. Bc2 {66} Bd4 {63} 21. Ra2
Qc5 22. b3 d6 23. Bb1 Nf6 24. Be3 Bxe4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Bxe4
Nxe4 27. Qe3 Qxe3+ 28. Nxe3 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Canadian Senior Championship"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Glew"]
[Black "Thomas Verny"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. d4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd1 O-O 11. Re1 d6
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxg4 Qxb2 16. Nd2 Ne5
17. Qe2 Qd4 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Red1 c5 21. Bd5 Ra7
22. Qh5 Re7 23. Rd3 c4 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Rd1 f6 26. Qg6 Qc5
({prior to 26 ... Qc5, black tries} 26... Qc7 27. Qf5 Qb6
28. Qg6 {transposes}) 27. Be6 1-0

[Event "Canadian Senior Championship"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Finlay"]
[Black "Istvan Kiss"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bc4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Bb3 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. a5 Nxa5 12. O-O
Nxb3 13. Nxb3 Bd7 14. g4 Bc6 15. Na5 Rfc8 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Na4 Nd7 19. c3 c5 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Qd2 Rd8
22. Rf2 Nb6 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. h4 Nc4 25. Qh6 Qe7 26. b3 Ne5
27. Nb6 Ra7 28. Nd5 Qe6 29. g5 Nd7 30. h5 fxg5 31. hxg6 fxg6
32. Rh2 Ne5 33. Kg2 Ng4 34. Qxg5 Re8 35. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 36. fxg4
Kg7 37. Kf3 Rf8+ 38. Ke2 a5 39. Rah1 Kg8 40. g5 Rb8 41. Nf6+
Kf8 42. Rf2 Rxb3 43. Nd7+ Kg7 44. Nf6 Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Rxf2
46. Rxh7+ Kf8 47. Rxa7 Ra2 48. Kd3 a4 49. Kc4 Rg2 50. Rxa4 Ke7
51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Nd5 {black resigns} 1-0

[Event "Canadian Senior Championship"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Glew"]
[Black "Istvan Kiss"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Nf6
7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qd2 d6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 O-O
12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qxd6 Qe8 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qg3+ Kh8 16. Kb1
Qa4 17. a3 Nxc2 18. Rd3 Rfc8 19. Qf3 f5 20. exf5 Bxb3 21. Rxb3
Nd4 22. Qd5 Nxb3 23. Be2 f6 24. Rd1 Nd4 25. Qxb7 Qc2+ 26. Ka2
Rcb8 {doesn't indicate which Rook; white resigns} (26... Rab8
{doesn't indicate which Rook; white resigns}) 0-1

[Event "Canadian Senior Championship"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Colin Archibald"]
[Black "Thomas Verny"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. h3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6
7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Nbd2 c4 11. Bc2 Ba6
12. Re1 Nd7 13. b4 f5 14. a4 b5 15. a5 Nf6 16. Nf1 Ne4
17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. N3h2 Rf6 19. f4 exf3 20. Nxf3 Re8 21. e4
dxe4 22. Rxe4 Bb7 23. Re3 Ne7 24. Ne5 Nd5 25. Rg3 Nf4 26. Qg4
Re7 27. Ne3 h5 28. Qg5 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 {a black move is probably
misrecorded here or afterwards;} {the finale seems to have
continued somewhere along the lines of} Rf1 30. Rxf1 Nxg3
31. Kxg3 Bc6 32. Kh4 Be8 33. g3 a6 34. Rf3 Rc7 35. Ng2 Qe7
36. Nf4 Qxg5+ 37. Kxg5 Re7 38. Re3 0-1

[Event "Canadian Senior Championship"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Istvan Kiss"]
[Black "Jaime Solis"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. Be3
Bh5 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Nf1 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 Re8 16. h3 Bf8 17. d5
Ne7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Nef5 Ng6 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Ng3
Be7 23. a4 Qd7 24. Bd3 Rab8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra5 Rf8 27. Bxb5
Qc8 28. b4 Bh4 29. Rf1 h5 30. c4 Rf4 31. Ra3 hxg4 32. hxg4 Kh8
33. Kg2 Rxg4 34. Rh1 g5 35. Re3 g6 36. Rh3 Rf4 37. Rf3 g4
38. Rxf4 gxh3+ 39. Kh2 exf4 40. Nf1 Kg7 41. e5 dxe5 42. Qxe5+
Bf6 43. Qxf4 Qd8 44. Ng3 Qd6 45. Qe4 {not certain whether the
Queen particularily played to here or another square or not
(but she does later arrive at d4)} Be5 46. Kxh3 Bxg3 47. fxg3
Rf8 48. Qd4+ Qf6 0-1

[Event "Canadian Senior Championship"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hugo Ortiz"]
[Black "Joe Damsic"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 c5 8. d5 Nb6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Qc2
Qe8 13. Nd2 a6 14. Rab1 e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nce4 {doesn't say
which Knight} (16. Nde4 {doesn't say which Knight} Nxe4
17. Nxe4 {transposes}) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qd7 18. Nf6+ Bxf6
19. Bxf6 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. b3 Rfe8 23. Rbd1
Re6 24. Bh4 Kf8 25. Rd2 f6 26. Rfd1 Rd8 27. Bg3 Nc8 28. Rd5 b5
29. cxb5 axb5 30. Rxc5 dxc5 31. Rxd8+ Re8 32. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Canadian Senior Championship"]
[Site "Kitchener, Ont."]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ian Finlay"]
[Black "Richard Glew"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5
12. Be3 Be6 13. O-O Bxb3 14. cxb3 O-O 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. g4 exf4
17. Bxf4 g5 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Qg2 h6 20. Rf5 Qe6 21. Rcf1 Nh7
22. Nd5 Rac8 23. Bd4 f6 24. Qf3 Kg7 25. Bc3 Rc5 26. Ne3 Qc8
27. b4 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Qxc3 29. Rd5 Rc8 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. Qxc3
Rxc3 32. Nxh6 Rc4 33. b5 Rxe4 34. Rc1 Ra4 35. Rc8+ Kg7
36. Nf5+ Kf7 37. h3 Rxa2 38. Rc7 Re2 39. b6 Nf8 40. Rxd6 Ng6
41. Rdd7 Ke8 42. Nxe7 Nxe7 43. Rxb7 Nc6 44. Rh7 Re7 45. Rbxe7+
{doesn't say which Rook} (45. Rhxe7+ {doesn't say which Rook}
Nxe7 46. Rxe7+ {transposes}) 45... Nxe7 46. Rxe7+ {black
resigned here} 1-0

[Event "11th World University Championship Men"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Round "4.17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oliver Kurmann"]
[Black "Gombosuren Munkhgal"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5
Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4
12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Nfd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qb6 16. c3
Raa8 17. f3 Nd6 18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Rab1 N6e5 20. Red1 Rfe8
21. Nc2 Qg6 22. Nb4 Rad8 23. Qg3 Qb6+ 24. Qf2 Ne3 25. Re1 N5c4
26. Nd4 a5 27. Nd3 Qg6 28. Nf4 Qh6 29. Qg3 Re5 30. Re2 Qf6
31. Rbe1 Rde8 32. b3 Nd6 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Rxe3
h5 36. a4 Rg5 37. Qf2 h4 38. h3 Qf4 39. Re1 Rg6 40. c4 b6
41. Rd1 Ne8 42. Ne2 Qf6 43. Qe3 Nc7 44. Nf4 Rg5 45. Qd4 Rf5
46. Qxf6 Rxf6 47. Nd5 Nxd5 48. cxd5 Kf8 49. Kf2 Ke7 50. Ke3
Kd6 51. Ke4 Rg6 52. Rd2 Rg5 53. f4 Rg3 54. Rb2 Rc3 55. Kd4 Rc5
56. b4 Rxd5+ 57. Ke4 Kc7 58. Ke3 axb4 59. Rxb4 Kc6 {some moves
probably missing} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Thies Heinemann"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2
Nbd7 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Bf1 Rbc8
17. a3 Qb8 18. Kh1 Bd8 19. Nd2 Bc7 20. g3 Qa8 21. Bg2 d5
22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Nf1 Nf8 26. f4
Bxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Qb8 28. Rc6 Rcd8 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Qd5 h6
31. Kg2 Nh7 32. Qd6 Qa8 33. Qd7 Nf6 {And here it seems there
was an illegal move: 34. Rc8 Nxd7+ 35. Rxa8 a5 36. Kf2 Kf8
37. Bd4 Bf6 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. Nd2 Bxd4+ 41. Kxd4
Kd6 42. Nc4+ Ke6 43. Ne3 b5 44. a4 bxa4 45. Kc4 g5 46. Kb5 f5
47. Kxa4 gxf4 48. gxf4 Nc5+ 49. Kxa5 Nd3 50. b4 Nxf4 51. b5
Nd3 52. b6 Nc5 53. Kb5 Nd7 54. b7 f4 55. Ng4 h5 56. Nf2 Kd5
57. Nd3 f3 58. Nf4+ Kd6 59. Nxh5 Kc7 60. Ng3 Kxb7 61. Kc4 Kc6
62. Kd4 Kd6 63. Ke3 Ne5 64. Ne4+ Ke6 65. Ng5+ Kf5 66. Nxf3
Ng4+ 67. Ke2 Nxh2 } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bay Area Chess"]
[Site "Atherton"]
[Date "2010.10.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alisha Chalwa"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 ( 5.c3 Bc5 {is
the main line.} ) Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Bg5 ( 8.O-O d5
{is a well-explored continuation.} ) h6 9.Bh4 Qe7 10.O-O Qe5
11.Qd2 ( 11.f4 Qc5+ 12.Bf2 Qa5 {was what I expected.} ) Re8
{Later this turns out to be an important move. I have achieved
equaliy.} 12.Bxf6 {?!} {A bit panicky. The pressure at e4 was
becoming uncomforable. It was time to resolve things with a3.}
Qxf6 13.Rae1 ( 13.a3 {!} {?} ) Bb7 14.f4 {?!} {This lets me
set up a second annoying pin.} Qd4+ {!} 15.Kh1 c5 {Simple
threat is c4.} 16.e5 {!} {Clever girl!} Kh8 ( 16...c4 {??}
17.Bh7+ ) 17.a3 Ba5 18.Rd1 d6 {?} {I should have taken at c3
but couldn't resist setting a nice trap.} 19.exd6 {?} ( 19.Qe2
{!} {was much stronger, for example} Bxc3 20.Bb5 Qe4 21.Qxe4
Bxe4 22.Bxe8 ) cxd6 20.Bb5 {This was what I was hoping for. I
can force a good endgame. It looks like a strong move for
White and even computers like it.} Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Bxc3 22.bxc3
Re3 23.Rd3 {?} ( 23.Bd3 {was best.} ) Re2 {!} {Black now has a
decisive advantage with rook on the seventh and a huge pin at
g2.} 24.Rg3 Rxc2 25.c4 {?} {The game cnnnot be saved, but this
makes it easy. She just didn't see my 28th move.} a6 26.Ba4
Rxc4 27.Bb3 Rd4 28.Bxf7 Rf8 {The skewer wins the f-pawn and it
is all over.} 29.Be6 Rfxf4 30.Rg1 ( 30.Rxf4 {??} Rd1+ 31.Rf1
Rxf1# ) Bd5 31.Bh3 g5 {Kids don't like to resign.} 32.Re3 g4
33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Re7+ Kf6 35.Re8 gxh3 36.Rf8+ Ke7 37.Rxf4 hxg2+
{A final exploitation of a pain.} 38.Rxg2 Rd1+ 39.Rf1 Rxf1#
0-1

[Event "Bay Area Chess"]
[Site "Atherton"]
[Date "2010.10.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eric Schiller"]
[Black "Rayan Taghizadeh"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2
Be7 {?!} {The bishop would be better placed on d6 in this
line, to put pressure at e5.} 8.Nbd2 c5 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Qf3 Qc7
{We are back in theory.} 11.Qh3 g6 {A reasonable defense but
11...h6 is probably better.} 12.Ndf3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Rfd8 (
13...Nd7 {?} ) 14.g4 ( 14.f3 {!?} ) Bc6 {?!} {Black has a
tough position and can't come up with much of a plan.} (
14...cxd4 {should have been played, with equality.} ) 15.f4 c4
{?} {With no counterplay Black panics.} ( 15...cxd4 {was
best.} ) 16.bxc4 Bf8 {?} ( 16...dxc4 {at least opens a line.}
) 17.f5 exf5 18.gxf5 Bg7 19.Rf4 {?} {This throws away my
initiative. I simply overlooked his reply.} g5 {!} 20.Rf2 dxc4
21.Bxc4 Bd5 22.Bd3 {I want the exchange of bishops to take
place under slightly different circumstances.} Be4 23.Qg3 h6
24.Rc1 Rac8 25.Bc4 Bd5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 {?!} {As expected but
taking with the knight would have been better.} 27.Qg2 Rb5 {?}
{The immediate ...Ra5 would have been wiser.} 28.c4 Ra5 29.a3
b5 {?} {This just tosses the game away.} ( 29...Nh7 {threatens
to get rid of my powerful knight and keeps the game alive.} )
30.cxb5 Qxc1+ {A hopeless sacrifice. Resignation was justified
but kids hate to resign.} 31.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 32.Rf1 Rxf1+ 33.Qxf1
Rxa3 34.Qc4 Rxe3 35.Qxf7+ Kh7 36.Qxa7 Nd5 37.b6 Nxb6 38.Qxb6
Bxe5 39.Qg6+ Kh8 40.dxe5 Rxe5 41.Qf6+ Kg8 42.Qxe5 Kf8 43.f6 g4
44.Qe7+ Kg8 45.Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Thematic"]
[Site "Correspondencce (chess.com)"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aku Salminen"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 {Thematic Game
- This is the starting position.} 6.f3 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Bc4 O-O
9.Qd2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.g4 Ne5 12.Bb3 Rfc8 13.Nd5 Qxd2+
14.Rxd2 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Rab8 16.h4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.h5 b5
19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Nb3 a5 21.Nxa5 Ra4 22.Nb3 Rxa2 23.Bd4 Bxd4
24.Rxd4 Be6 25.Nd2 Ra1+ 26.Nb1 Ba2 27.Kd2 Rc8 28.c3 Rxb1
29.Rxb1 Bxb1 30.Rb4 Rc5 31.Rb3 Ba2 32.Ra3 Be6 33.Ra7 Kf8
34.Kd3 g5 35.Rb7 Bc4+ 36.Kd4 f6 37.b4 Rc8 38.Ra7 Be2 39.Ra5
Kf7 40.Ke3 Bc4 41.Kd4 Rh8 42.Ra2 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "WYCC Girls U16"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "11.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sabina Ibrahimova"]
[Black "Aleksandra Lach"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5
7. Nb3 d6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qe1 Nbd7 11. Kh1 b5 12. a3
Re8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Rf3 Nb6 17. Na5
Bc8 18. h3 Rb8 19. Qf2 Be6 20. b4 Red8 21. Re1 Rd7 22. Rf1 Rc8
23. Be3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Bb6 Qb8 26. Re1 Nh5 27. Be3 Bd8
28. Na4 Bxa5 29. bxa5 Rcd8 30. Bb6 Re8 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Nxa6
Qb7 33. Nc5 Qe7 34. Nxe6 Qxe6 35. Be3 c3 36. Rf1 Nf6 37. Qh4
Qc4 38. Kh2 Rf8 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. Rxf6 {49 moves} 1-0

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kirill Alekseenko"]
[Black "Nima Javanbakht"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8
17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. O-O f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5
Rxf5 22. Bd5 Ba6 23. c4 Qb6 24. b3 Rbf8 25. Qd3 R5f6 26. g3
Bc8 27. Kg2 Bb7 28. f3 Bxd5 29. cxd5 h6 30. Rc2 e4 31. Qxe4
Qxb3 32. f4 Rf5 33. Rd2 Qb4 34. Rd4 Qb5 35. Rf2 g5 36. Rdd2
Qc5 37. h4 gxf4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 39. gxf4 Rg8+ 40. Kf3 Qg1
41. Qd4+ Qxd4 42. Rxd4 Ra8 43. Ke4 Kg7 44. Kf5 Kf7 45. Rc4 a4
46. Rc7+ Kg8 47. Ke6 a3 48. Rc1 a2 49. Ra1 Ra6 50. Ke7 h5
51. f5 Ra7+ 52. Kxd6 Kf7 53. Kc6 Ke7 54. d6+ Kd8 55. f6 Ra6+
56. Kd5 Kd7 57. f7 Rxd6+ 58. Ke5 Re6+ 59. Kf5 Re2 60. f8=N+
Kd6 61. Ng6 Kc5 62. Nf4 Rh2 63. Nd3+ Kc4 64. Nc1 Rxh4 65. Rxa2
Rh1 66. Rc2+ Kd4 67. Nb3+ Kd3 68. Rc8 h4 69. Kg4 h3 70. Kg3
Rg1+ 71. Kxh3 Rg7 72. Rd8+ Kc4 73. Nd2+ Kc5 74. Ne4+ Kc6
75. Ng3 {115 moves} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYCC Open U18"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "8.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sethuraman P Sethuraman"]
[Black "Renato Terry"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6
7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3 Ne7 9. f3 Nf5 10. Bf2 c5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. d5
Ne7 13. e4 Ng6 14. Qc2 d6 15. g3 a6 16. a3 Ba5 17. O-O exd5
18. cxd5 b5 19. b3 Ne5 20. Be2 Rc8 21. a4 c4 22. bxc4 Nxc4
23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Rab1 Ba8 25. Nd1 Nd7 26. Ne3 Bb6 27. Nxc4
Bxf2+ 28. Rxf2 f5 29. exf5 Qc7 30. Rc1 Bxd5 31. Ne3 Qb7
32. Qd2 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Bf7 34. Qd2 Qc6 35. a5 {(drawn after
111 moves)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "7.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Diego Cuellar"]
[Black "Roman Grib"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O a6
7. Bc4 b5 8. Bd5 Rb8 9. d3 e6 10. Bb3 Ne7 11. Nxd4 Bxd4+
12. Kh1 d5 13. Ne2 Bg7 14. c3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bb7 16. Bc2 O-O
17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qe1 Nc8 19. Qf2 Nd6 20. e5 Nc4 21. Bxc5 Nxb2
22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Qg3 Rd8 24. Nd4 b4 25. f5 exf5 26. Bb3 Qxc3
27. Nxf5 Qxg3 28. Nxg3 Rd2 29. Rxf7 Bxg2+ 30. Kg1 Bc5+
31. Rf2+ Kg7 32. Kxg2 Rxf2+ 33. Kh3 Nd3 34. Ne4 Re2 35. Ng3
Rxe5 36. Kg2 Nf4+ 37. Kf3 Ne6 38. Ne4 Nd4+ 39. Kf4 Rf5+
40. Kg3 Ne2+ 41. Kg2 Nc3 42. Ng3 Rf2+ 43. Kh3 Bd6 44. Re1 a5
45. Re6 Rf6 46. Rxf6 Kxf6 {63 moves} 0-1

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "6.14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bozidar Ivekovic"]
[Black "David Adelberg"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. g5 Nd7 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nce2 Nc5 15. Bh3 O-O 16. Rhg1 Re8
17. f5 Bf8 18. Rdf1 e5 19. Nb3 Bb7 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. g6 f6
22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Qb3 d5 24. Bg2 a5 25. exd5 Ba6 26. Qf3 a4
27. Qh5 a3 { 39 moves} 0-1

[Event "WYCC Girls U16"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "6.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hanieh Khalaji"]
[Black "Boglarka Bea"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 Bb6
12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qa4 g5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6+ Kf8 16. Bg3 Bc7
17. Nb3 h5 18. Nd4 h4 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Rfe1 Bg4 21. Qb4+ Kg7
22. Re7 Qf4 23. f3 Kg6 24. Bb7 Rc4 25. Qb3 Rxd4 26. cxd4 Qxd4+
27. Qe3 Qxb2 28. Re1 h3 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Be6 {66 moves}
1-0

[Event "WYCC Open U14"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "5.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gary Giroyan"]
[Black "Bozidar Ivekovic"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. Re1 d6 8. c3 Bb6 9. d4 O-O 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Qb1
h6 13. h3 Qd7 14. a3 Rad8 15. d5 Ne7 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nf1 Ng6
18. Qc1 Nf4 19. Qe3 N6h5 20. Nh4 Nf6 21. Qxb6 Bc8 22. Qe3 Qe7
23. Nf3 g5 24. N1d2 Kh8 {63 moves} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WYCC Girls U16"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Diana Carime Real Pereyra"]
[Black "Boglarka Bea"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Ndb5
Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+
Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bb5 Nge7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. h4
f5 17. h5 fxe4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qxe4 Rf5 20. Be2 Raa5 21. Rh3
Rf4 22. Qc2 Re5 23. f3 Rc5 24. Qd2 Rd5 25. Qe3 Nf5 26. Qg1 Rh4
27. Rd1 Ra5 28. a3 Nce7 29. c4 Bg3+ 30. Kf1 Be5 31. Rd3 Rxc4
32. Rd1 Rc2 33. Qb6 {39 moves} 0-1

[Event "WYCC Girls U16"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maria Gevorgyan"]
[Black "Aleksandra Lach"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Nb3 Ng6 10. Be3 d6 11. f4 h5 12. h4
Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Ne2 Ne7 15. f5 e5 16. Qxd6 Nc6 17. Qd3
Rd8 18. Qb3 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rad1 Be7 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8
22. c3 Nc6 23. Bb6+ Kc8 24. Rd1 f6 25. Bf3 Nb8 26. Nc1 Nd7
27. Be3 Nf8 { 54 moves} 1-0

[Event "15. HIT Open - A"]
[Site "Nova Gorica"]
[Date "2010.02.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Markus"]
[Black "Jan Gombac"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 Bxf3
7. Bxf3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nd2 c5
12. Be2 O-O 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. f4 f5 15. Re1 fxe4 16. Rxe4 Nf5
17. Qg4 Qf7 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Re6 Ne3 20. Qh3 b5 21. Rxd6 bxc4
22. Rd7 cxd3 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Qe6 Rd8 25. d6 c4 26. Nd2 Kf8
27. d7 Bg7 28. Nxc4 Rf6 29. Qe5 Rc6 30. Qa5 Rxd7 31. Nd2 Rc2
32. Qb4+ Re7 {time} 1-0

[Event "Space Coast Open"]
[Site "Cocoa Beach, FL"]
[Date "2011.05.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bill Wall"]
[Black "John Gabriel Ludwig"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Bxf3 5.Bxf3 e6 6.c4 c6 7.b3
Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Rc8 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 dxe4
13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.Bg2 e5 16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.Bb2 Qc7
18.Rd4 { Probably not the best. Perhaps Qf5 } Rcd8 19.Rh4 h6
20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Bh3 Nh7 22.Rhe4 { weak. Rf4 was better }
22...Ng5 23.Qc3 Nxh3+ 24.Kg2 f6 25.Kxh3 Qd7+ 26.Kg2 Bc5 27.Qf3
Rxe4 28.Qxe4 Kf7 29.Bxf6 Bxf2 { this loses. Black has a
perpetual after 29...gxf6 30.Qh7+ Kf8 } 30.Re2 Re8 { a better
fight was 30...gxf6. Now Black loses. } 31.Qxe8+ Qxe8 32.Rxe8
Kxe8 33.Bxg7 Be3 34.Kf3 Bc1 35.Bd4 a6 36.Be3 Bb2 37.Bxh6 Kf7
38.h4 Kg6 39.Bg5 b5 40.Kg4 Bd4 41.h5+ Kf7 42.Kf5 Bh8 43.g4
bxc4 44.bxc4 Ba1 45.Bd8 Bg7 46.g5 Bb2 47.Bf6 Ba3 48.g6+ Kg8
49.h6 a5 50.h7+ Kf8 51.h8=Q# 1-0

[Event "Chessgames Humans vs. Machines"]
[Site "Yahoo.com"]
[Date "2011.05.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kutztown46 / Stockfish"]
[Black "Hosea / Schiller / Wall"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4
11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 {12.Nb3 dxc3 13.Qc2!?} Ncxd4 13.Ne4 Be7
14.Be3 Qd5 15.Nxd4 Qxe4 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qh5+ g6 18.Qh3 Qxe5
19.Rfe1 Qf5 20.Qxf5 gxf5 21.Bd4 O-O 22.Rxe6 Rfe8 23.Rc6 Bd6
24.Kf1 Re4 25.Rd1 Rae8 {25...Bxh2 26.Bc5 Be5 27.b3} 26.g3 Bxg3
27.hxg3 Rd8 28.Rdc1 Rexd4 29.Rxa6 Rd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Ke2
Rc1 32.Kd2 Rf1 33.Ke3 Re1+ 34.Kf4 Re2 35.f3 Rxb2 36.Kxf5 Kf8
37.g4 b4 38.Ra7 Rc2 39.Ra4 Rc4 40.f4 Kf7 41.Ra5 h6 42.a3 bxa3
43.Rxa3 Rc5+ 44.Ke4 Rc4+ 45.Kf3 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CG.com Masters vs. Machines Invitational"]
[Site "Yahoo Chess"]
[Date "2011.04.29"]
[EventDate "2011.4.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Golden Executive / Houdini"]
[Black "Hosea / Schiller / Wall"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5
10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3
15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qf3 Bf5 {ES: This second pawn sacrifice is
key.} 17. Qxd5 Rae8 18. Bd2 Bd3 19. Na3 {?! ES: I didn't
expect the machine to allow us to weaken the queenside.} Bxa3
20. bxa3 Bc4 21. Qf3 Qd7 {ES: A suggestion of Leonid
Shamkovich back in the 1980s when we were working on our
Spanish Gambits book.} 22. h4 {ES: Later White will pay for
this weakness. } Bd5 23. Qh5 h6 24. Kh2 {ES: This just shifts
the target.} Bb7 25. Be3 Re4 26. Rad1 Rfe8 27. a4 g6 28. Qe2
Qd6 29. Kh3 Bc8+ {ES: The attack begins!} 30. Kg2 Qd5 {ES:
Setting up massive threats.} 31. Kh2 Bg4 32. Qd3 g5 {ES:
Breaking down the gates.} 33. Rg1 gxh4 34. Rde1 Qh5 {ES:
Aiming the big gun.} 35. Rh1 f5 36. Kg1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "CG.com Masters vs. Machines Invitational"]
[Site "Yahoo Chess"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[EventDate "2011.4.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aylerkupp / Rybka"]
[Black "Hosea / Schiller / Wall"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 {Notes from Bill Wall and Sangeeta Hosea and user:
AylerKupp} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.b3
{BW: I had not encountered this move before. I have seen d3,
d4, Na3, and Nc3. I think 6.b3 was invented by Michael Stean
of England.} f6 {BW: Other moves we considered were 6...Bg4,
6...Ne7, and 6...c5} 7.Bb2 {BW: I thought Rybka was going to
play 7.Ba3 c5 8.c3} Bg4 {BW: We also considered 7...c5 and
7... Ne7. But we wanted to get this bishop out and castle
long.} 8.h3 {BW: I think we expected 8.d3 or 8.Ba3} Bh5 {BW:
We wanted to preserve the light-squared bishop.} 9.d3 O-O-O
10.Nbd2 Qe6 {BW: I thought about 10...g5, but probably too
risky. We wanted to continue development and get the dark
colored bishop out and try to play Bc5. We also considered
10...Nh6 and 10... Ne7.} 11.Nd4 {BW: This move surprised me. I
thought Rybka was going to play 11.Nc4 or 11.a4.} Qf7 {BW:
11...Qf7 looked safest as it protected the light colored
bishop. Black threatens ...Bxd1 and ...exd4.} 12.Ne2 Bc5 {I
still liked ...g5, but 12...Bc5 was a better development
move.} 13.Nc4 Ne7 {BW: I still was looking for ...g5 and
...g4, but we had to develop all the pieces first.} 14.Qe1
{BW: !? This surprised us. We were expecing 14.a4 or 14.Qd2}
Qe6 {BW: We looked at 14...Bxe2 and 14...Ng6 and 14...Qg6, but
14...Qe6 looked the safest. It allowed ...Bf7 if we had to
move the bishop. Hosea: considering we did exchange the LSB
later I missed this chance for Black to get a nice line with
14...Bxe2 15.Qxe2 h5} 15.a4 Ng6 16.Kh2 Bxe2 {BW: We were
worried about 17.Ng3 or 17.g4, and we saw a tempo move of
getting in ...Nf4.} 17.Qxe2 Nf4 18.Qe1 Bd4 {BW: We thought out
18...g5 and 18...h5, but was worried about 19.b4. We thought
it was time to trade off bishops if we could. Hosea: 18...h5
was better} 19.Bxd4 Rxd4 {AK: Black team considered and
rejected 19...exd4, fearing that the advanced pawn might
become weak. While that's could be true, it's difficult for
White to attack it and easy for Black to defend it. And
19...exd4 would have denied White the e3 square for its knight
and the c3 square for its queen.} 20.Qa5 Kb8 {BW: We wanted to
make room for Qc8 and defend our king on the queen-side.}
21.Ne3 Qc8 22.Qc3 {BW: aiming for 23.b4 and 24.b5} Qf8 {BW:
preventing 23.b4.} 23.Nc4 c5 {BW: Wasn't sure if this was
best. I was looking at 23...g5 or 23...h5. We were trying to
prevent an immediate 24.b4, which was coming.} 24.Rab1 Qc8
25.Ne3 {BW: We were expecting 25.b4. White threatens 26.Qxc5.}
Qf8 {BW: again, to prevent b4 and to protect the pawn on c5}
26.Qa5 Ka7 27.Nf5 {BW: Threatening the rook.} Rd7 28.Qd2 g6
29.Ne3 b6 {BW: or 29...Qd6 or perhaps 29...f5} 30.b4 {BW: or
30.a5 or 30.g3} cxb4 31.Rxb4 Rd4 32.Rc4 {BW: threatening
33.Rxc7} Rxc4 33.dxc4 Qd6 {BW: we offered a draw at this
point.} 34.Rd1 Rd8 35.Qc3 Qe7 36.Rxd8 Qxd8 37.c5 Qd7 38.cxb6+
Kxb6 {AK: I thought that 38...cxb6 might be better, connecting
its pawns.} 39.Nc4+ {BW: perhaps 39.Qb4+} Ka7 40.Nb2 {BW: to
prevent 40...Qxa4} Qd6 {BW: to prevent 41.Qc5+} 41.a5 Ne6 {BW:
aiming for ...Nd4} 42.Nd3 Nd4 43.Nb4 f5 {BW: time to exchange
pawns} 44.f3 fxe4 {BW: We thought about 44...f4} 45.fxe4 h6
{BW: a safe move} 46.Nd3 Qc6 47.Qxc6 {BW: Perhaps avoid the
queen exchange and play 47.Qe1 and 48.Qe3} Nxc6 {BW: looks
like a draw} 48.Kg3 Kb7 49.Nc5+ Ka7 {BW: other king moves
allows 50.Nxa6} 50.Nb3 {BW: preventing 50...Nxa5} Kb7 51.Kg4
Nb8 {BW: aiming for Nd7} 52.h4 Nd7 53.h5 {AK: Interesting move
by Rybka, giving up a pawn, even though Black's extra pawn
would be a doubled rook pawn} Nf6+ {BW: looks like the only
move to draw.} 54.Kf3 gxh5 {BW: We need the knight in the
center} 55.Nc5+ Kc6 56.Nxa6 Kb5 57.Nxc7+ Kxa5 58.Nd5 Nd7 {BW:
looks like the best move here.} 59.g4 {AK: 59.Kg3 would be
better, certainly OTB, since White would win both h-pawns and
allow its g-pawn to advance. Black's king would be distracted
by White's c-pawn and even if Black sacrificed its knight for
one of White's pawns then with Black's king away the other
pawn might break free.} hxg4+ 60.Kxg4 Kb5 61.Kf5 h5 62.Ke6
Nc5+ 63.Kxe5 h4 64.Nf4 Kc4 65.Kf5 Nxe4 66.Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CG.com Masters vs. Machines Invitational"]
[Site "Yahoo Chess"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[EventDate "2011.4.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aylerkupp / Rybka"]
[Black "Golden Executive / Houdini"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1.e4 {Notes by user: AylerKupp and user: Golden Executive.} c5
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3 Nf6
8.O-O Bb4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qd3 a5 11.Bd4 {AK: I wasn't entirely
happy about its choice for defending White's h-pawn since it
put its queen opposite Black's LSB after the inevitable
advances of both the d-pawn and e-pawn.} Bd6 12.Qh3 Be5
13.Bxe5 Qxe5 14.Qe3 O-O {AK: But I think that Black could have
postponed O-O one move longer and tried 14...d5 with full
equality} 15.f4 Qb8 16.b3 e5 17.Rad1 Re8 18.f5 {AK: Now, if
White can prevent ...d5, he should be able to work up a k-side
pawn storm with h4, g4-5, etc. Black may be able to survive if
he can exchange queens. But, as the analysis and the game
shows, White apparently can't prevent ...d5} Qb4 19.Bf3 {AK:
19.Rd2 with the plan of doubling rooks on the d-file and
attempt to prevent ...d5 that way might have been better (Rd6
would then have been awfully strong). It will also prevented
...Ba6, or at least eliminated Black's well-placed bishop and
prevented later tactical tricks on e4.} Ba6 20.Rfe1 Rad8
21.Na4 d6 22.h3 {AK: 22.c4 is not possible because of
22...Bxc4, a consequence of 19.Bf3. I thought of 22.g4 h6
23.h4 but 23...d5 is still possible and gives Black a slight
edge. It's proving to be more difficult to prevent ...d5 than
I thought during the game because of the ...e4 push after
exd5. And Black's ...h6 will come in very handy later in the
game.} h6 23.Rd2 Bb5 24.Nc3 d5 25.Nxb5 cxb5 26.c3 Qa3 27.Red1
a4 28.bxa4 b4 {AK: I thought that the last 2 moves were
excellent moves on Houdini's part and almost human. First
counter in the center to blunt White's k-side attack and then
counter on the q-side to weaken White's pawns. And possibly
also gaining a passed d-pawn in the process.} 29.Qc5 Qxc3
30.Rc2 Qa3 31.exd5 Qxa4 32.d6 e4 33.Be2 Re5 34.Qxe5 Qxc2
35.Qa5 Rd7 36.Kf2 e3+ {AK: An interesting temporary pawn sac.}
37.Kxe3 Qe4+ 38.Kf2 Qf4+ 39.Bf3 Rxd6 {AK: Eliminating White's
dangerous passed pawn.} 40.Rxd6 Ne4+ 41.Kg1 Nxd6 42.Qa8+ Kh7
43.Qd5 f6 44.Be2 {AK: the Pf5 is immune due to the pin after
Bd3 and the possibility of g4.} h5 45.Bxh5 {GE: At this point,
my thinking was that if H could exchange its knight for R
bishop, and avoiding Queen's exchange, the game would be a
draw and maybe a win for H because at that moment, H had a
significant advantage in time.} Nxf5 46.Bg4 Ng3 47.Bf3 Kh6
48.Kf2 f5 49.Ke1 Kg6 50.Kd1 Nh5 51.Kc2 Nf6 52.Qc5 Kh7 53.Kb3
Ne4 54.Qxb4 Qc1 55.Bxe4 Qe3+ 56.Kb2 fxe4 57.a4 Qe2+ 58.Kc3
Qe3+ 59.Kb2 Qf2+ 60.Kc3 Qg3+ 61.Kd4 Qd3+ 62.Ke5 e3 63.Qg4 Kg8
64.Qe6+ Kf8 65.Qc8+ Kf7 66.Qe6+ Kf8 67.Qc8+ Ke7 68.Qb7+ Kd8
69.a5 e2 70.Qb6+ Kc8 71.Qc6+ Kd8 72.Qb6+ Ke8 73.Qe6+ Kf8
74.Qc8+ Ke7 75.Qe6+ Kd8 76.Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CG.com Masters vs. Machines Invitational"]
[Site "Yahoo Chess"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[EventDate "2011.4.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hosea / Schiller / Wall"]
[Black "Kutztown46 / Stockfish"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 {Notes by Bill Wall.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3
Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O Bd6 10.Bd2 O-O
11.Rc1 Qb8 {!? BW: this seems to be a new move } 12.Qe2 a6
13.e4 {BW: threatening 14.e5} e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.f4 Bd4+ 17.Be3 c5 18.e5 Re8 19.Nd1 Qa7 20.exf6 c4 21.Bxh7+
Kxh7 22.Rc3 Bxe3+ 23.Nxe3 gxf6 24.Kh1 {BW: threatening 25.Qh5+
} Qc5 {BW: threatening 25...b4 and 26...Qxe3 } 25.b4 Qf5
26.Qd1 Qg6 {BW: threatening 27...Rxe3 28,Rxe3 Qxg2 mate} 27.f5
Qg5 {BW: threatening 28...Rxe3 } 28.Qd7 Rxe3 {BW: threatening
29...Qxg2 mate} 29.Qxf7+ Kh6 30.Qxb7 Rxc3 31.Qxa8 Kg7 32.Qb7+
Kh6 33.Qc8 Kh7 34.Qb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CG.com Masters vs. Machines Invitational"]
[Site "Yahoo Chess"]
[Date "2011.04.29"]
[EventDate "2011.4.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kutztown46 / Stockfish"]
[Black "Aylerkupp / Rybka"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 {Notes by user: Kutztown46.} Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3 Bd6 8.d4 O-O 9.Re1 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8
11.Bc2 Bf8 12.Nf1 d6 13.Ng3 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.Bd2
g6 17.d5 a5 18.a3 Na6 19.Qc1 Kh7 20.Bc3 Bg7 21.h3 b4 22.axb4
cxb4 23.Bd4 Nc5 24.Bc2 Rc8 25.Qd2 Ba6 26.b3 Kg8 27.Rac1 Bb5
28.Qd1 h5 29.Rb1 Bh6 30.Be3 Bxe3 31.Rxe3 Qb6 32.Qd2 Ncd7
33.Rbe1 Ne5 34.Nd4 h4 35.Nge2 Ba6 36.Bb1 Nh5 37.Qd1 Qd8 38.f4
Bxe2 39.Nxe2 Qb6 40.Kf2 Nd7 41.Qd4 Qd8 {KT: 41...Qxd4 42. Nxd4
Nxf4 does not win a pawn as white plays 43. Nb5, threatening
black's pawn on d6. The pawn cannot move because of white's
pawn on d5. That same white pawn prevents either of black's
rooks from defending the pawn on d6. Black must move a rook on
move 43. Otherwise, 44. Nxd6 forks black's rooks.} 42.Kg1 Rc5
43.Kf2 Qc7 44.Rd1 Nhf6 45.Bd3 Kg7 46.Ra1 Qb6 47.Ra4 Kh8 48.Ra1
Kg8 49.Rb1 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Australian Open"]
[Site "NSLCC, Cammeray, NSW"]
[Date "2011.01.07"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Illingworth"]
[Black "Moulthun Ly"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Qd2 b5 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Nfd7
12. Kb1 Rc8 13. g5 Ne5 14. Qe1 Be7 15. h4 Nec4 16. Bc1 d5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Be4 O-O 20. g6 Bxe4 21. gxf7+
Rxf7 22. Qxe4 Qd5 23. Nxe6 Qxe4 24. fxe4 Rc6 25. Nd4 Rc8
26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Rhg1 Rfc7 28. Bf4 Ra7 29. h5 Kf7 30. Rgf1 Ke8
31. c3 g6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Nd6+ Bxd6 34. Bxd6 Rf7 35. Rh1 Rc6
36. Rh8+ Kd7 37. Bc5+ Kc7 38. Ra8 Rf4 39. Ra7+ Kb8 40. Rd8+
Rc8 41. Rxc8+ Kxc8 42. Rxa6 Rxe4 43. b3 Ne5 44. Re6 g5 45. Bd4
Nf3 46. Rxe4 Nd2+ 47. Kc2 Nxe4 48. Kd3 Nd6 49. Be3 Nf7 50. Ke4
Kb7 51. Kd5 g4 52. Ke6 Nd8+ 53. Kf5 g3 54. Kg4 g2 55. Kf3 Kc6
56. Kxg2 Kd5 57. Kf3 Nc6 58. Bd2 Ne5+ 59. Kf4 Nd3+ 60. Ke3 Nc5
61. Bc1 Ne4 62. Bb2 Nd6 63. Ba3 Nf7 64. Bf8 Ne5 65. Bg7 Nf7
66. Kd3 Nd6 67. Kc2 Nf5 68. Bf6 Ke6 69. Bh8 Kd5 70. Kb2 Ne7
71. Kc2 Nc8 72. Kd3 Nd6 73. Bg7 Nb7 74. Bd4 Nd6 75. Be3 Nb7
76. a4 bxa4 77. c4+ Kc6 78. b4 a3 79. b5+ Kd6 80. Kc2 Na5
81. c5+ Kd5 82. Kb1 Nb7 83. c6 Nd6 84. c7 Nc8 85. b6 Kc6
86. Bc5 {And Black resigned, although Stephen Solomon pointed
out that Black can just put his king on a8, and White can make
no further progress because of stalemate defences.} 1-0

[Event "Washington International"]
[Site "Rockville, USA"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Awonder Liang"]
[Black "Larry Kaufman"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 {This game created a new world record when 9 year old
Awonder Liang defeated GM Larry Kaufman, the youngest person
ever to defeat a GM.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6
bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nd2 a5 10.Qe4 g6 11.Bd3 Bg7
12.Nf3 Qb4+ 13.Nd2 O-O 14.O-O Re8 15.Nf3 d5 16.Qh4 Nxc4
17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Bf4 Bd7 19.Rac1 Qb4 20.a3 Qf8 21.Rfe1 c5
22.Bg5 Rab8 23.Bf6 c4 24.Qd4 Be6 25.Qa7 c5 26.Rc2 Ra8 27.Qc7
Rec8 28.Qb6 Bxf6 29.exf6 Qd8 30.Rxe6 fxe6 31.Qxe6+ Kf8 32.Ng5
Ra7 33.Re2 Qd7 34.Nxh7+ Qxh7 35.Qxc8+ Kf7 36.Re7+ Rxe7 37.fxe7
1-0

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.06.02"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Deysi Estela Cori Tello"]
[Black "Masha Klinova"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. O-O Bf5 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. b3 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6
12. Bb2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. Qd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a6 16. Rfd1
Rc8 17. f3 Qd7 18. e4 Rfd8 19. Na4 Qc6 20. Qe3 b5 21. Nb6 Rb8
22. Bxf6 Qxb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Bxe7 Rd7 25. c5 Rc6 26. Rac1
Bb2 27. Rc2 Ba3 28. Rxd6 Rdxd6 29. Bxd6 f6 30. f4 f5 31. Kf3
Kf7 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. exf5+ gxf5 {Ke4 Kd5+} 1-0

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.06.02"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Zhao Xue"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 Nbd7
7. d3 Bb7 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Re1 Qc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 c4
12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Nd4 c3 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Bxc3 a6
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd6 Qxd6 19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Rb1 Rad8 21. Nc4
Qc6 22. Qe2 Qa4 23. e5 Be7 24. a3 Rd4 25. Rb4 Qd7 26. Nd6 Rxd6
27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. h4 g6 30. Qe3 Rc8 31. h5 Bf8
32. Rh4 Qe7 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Qd4 Bg7 35. Qd6 Qxd6 36. Rxd6
Bf8 37. Rc6 Rb8 38. Rb4 Rd8 39. Rc4 Nb7 40. Rxa6 Rd1+ 41. Kh2
Nd6 42. Rf4 Rd2 43. Ra8 Kg7 44. a4 g5 45. Rf3 e5 46. Rd3 Rxf2
47. Rxf8 Kxf8 48. Rxd6 Rxc2 49. Kg1 Ra2 50. Bc6 Kg7 51. g4 Rc2
52. Kf1 Kf8 53. a5 Ke7 54. Rd7+ Ke6 55. Bb5 Ra2 56. Bc4+ {Kd5}
1-0

[Event "Women's World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Batumi. Georgia"]
[Date "2012.06.02"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sopiko Khukhashvili"]
[Black "Maia Lomineishvili"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Ng3 h5 6. h4 Nh6
7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. a3 Qb6 11. Ra2 Bd7 12. Be2
c4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Ne2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bh6 17. Nf4
Bxf4 18. exf4 O-O-O 19. O-O Bf5 20. Re1 Kb8 21. Qe2 e6 22. Qf2
Rc8 23. Bd1 Rc7 24. Kh2 Rhc8 25. Nf3 Nb3 26. Bc2 Bxc2 27. Qxc2
Rc6 28. Nd2 Nxd4 29. cxd4 Qxd4 30. Rf1 c3 31. bxc3 Rxc3
32. Qb2 Qa4 33. Qb4 Qa6 34. Rb1 R3c6 35. Rab2 R6c7 36. Nf3 Qd3
37. Nd4 Qe3 38. Rf1 b6 39. Rb3 Qe4 40. Nb5 Qxb4 41. axb4 Rc2
42. Rff3 a6 43. Nd6 R8c7 44. Ra3 Rb2 45. Rxa6 Rcc2 46. Rxb6+
Kc7 47. Rb7+ Kc6 48. b5+ Kc5 49. Rc7+ Kb6 50. Rxc2 Rxc2
51. Nxf7 d4 52. Rd3 Kc5 53. Nd6 Rb2 54. Kh3 Kd5 55. Kg3 Rb4
56. Kf3 Rb1 57. g3 Rb2 58. Ra3 Rc2 59. b6 Kc6 60. b7 Rb2
61. Ke4 {Kd5+} 1-0

[Event "2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship"]
[Site "Jakarta, Indonesia"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "3.22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Oliver Barbosa"]
[Black "Rudin Hamdani"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Be4
12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Qc3 h6 15. Bh3 Ra7 16. Nd2 Ba8
17. Qc2 e5 18. d5 Bb7 19. Nb1 Bc8 20. Nc3 Ra8 21. Bg2 Nc5
22. b4 Na6 23. Qb3 Bd7 24. Nb5 Rec8 25. Bc3 Qe8 26. bxa5 Nc5
27. Qa2 bxa5 28. a4 Bf5 29. f3 Nfd7 30. e4 Bg6 31. Bh3 Qd8
32. Be1 Qf8 33. Qc2 c6 34. Nc3 cxd5 35. Nxd5 Ne6 36. Bf2 Rab8
37. f4 Bh7 38. f5 Nec5 39. Rb1 Kh8 40. Bg2 f6 41. Be1 Bg8
42. Bxa5 Rxb1 43. Rxb1 Bxd5 44. exd5 Ra8 45. Rb5 Ra7 46. Bf3
Qa8 47. Qc3 Nb7 48. Bb4 Rxa4 49. Kg2 Nbc5 50. Bxc5 Nxc5
51. Kh3 Qa6 52. Qb2 h5 53. Qe2 g5 54. Bxh5 Kg7 55. Bg6 g4+
56. Kh4 {Unreadable notation. Game ended in 71 moves.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship"]
[Site "Jakarta, Indonesia"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "6.35"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sophie Milliet"]
[Black "Hanny Marentek"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 Be7 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Qe2 b6
17. f4 Bb7 18. Rae1 Rad8 19. Bb1 Rd5 20. Rf2 Rfd8 21. Bc2 Qc5
22. Kh1 Ba6 23. Qf3 Rd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Bb1 Qd5 26. Qxd5
Nxd5 27. f5 Rxb2 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Bg6 Kf8 30. c4 Nf6 31. a3
Bb7 32. Nf3 Ke7 33. Bf5 Bc8 34. Nd4 Kd6 35. Bxe6 Bb7 36. Nf5+
Kc7 37. Ne3 Ra2 38. c5 Rxa3 39. cxb6+ axb6 40. Rc1+ Kb8
41. Nf5 Ra5 42. Kg1 Re5 43. Nd4 Re4 44. Rd1 h5 45. Bf5 Re5
46. Rb1 Rd5 47. Rb4 Rd6 48. Nf3 Bxf3 49. gxf3 Kc7 50. Kf2 Rc6
51. Bg6 b5 52. Bf7 Rc5 53. Rb2 Kc6 54. Ke3 Rc3+ 55. Kf4 Kc5
56. Rg2 Nd7 57. Bxh5 { Unreadable notation. Game ended in 65
moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala, Latvia"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Igor Kurnosov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. Nd5 b5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bh6 Re8
12. Rc1 b4 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. h3 Nd7 16. Nc2 a5
17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. e4 Bc8 21. Ne1 Be7
22. Nd3 Bd6 23. f4 Qe7 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5
27. Qf2 f6 28. Qxc5 Qxg3 29. Rf3 Qe5 30. Qxa5 Bd7 31. Qc5 Rb7
32. Rd1 Rf8 33. Qd4 Qxd4+ 34. Rxd4 Ra8 35. c5 Rb5 36. c6 Be8
37. Rf2 Rd8 38. Rc2 Kf7 39. d6 Ke6 40. dxc7 Rc8 41. Rd8 Rxc7
42. Rxe8+ Kd6 43. Rd2+ Kc5 44. e5 {Kd5} 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala, Latvia"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[Black "Egons Lavendelis"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Nc6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Nc4 Be6
12. Rb1 Rfd8 13. Qa4 Bd5 14. e4 Be6 15. Ne3 Rxd3 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. exd5 Na5 18. Qc2 c4 19. Be4 Rd8 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Qxd3 Nc4
22. Be3 b6 23. Rfd1 g6 24. Bh6 f5 25. Qe2 Bf6 26. Rb4 Nd6
27. c4 g5 28. h4 g4 29. Be3 Ne4 30. Rc1 Be7 31. Rb3 h5 32. a4
Bc5 33. a5 f4 34. axb6 axb6 35. Bxc5 Nxc5 36. Ra3 e4 37. gxf4
{Game record not complete} 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov memorial"]
[Site "Jurmala, Latvia"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arturs Neiksans"]
[Black "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "252"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 e5 10. Qd5 Qc7 11. Qd3 Rc8
12. O-O-O g5 13. Nd5 Qa5 14. Bg3 Qxa2 15. Nxe5 Bb5 16. Qd4 Bg7
17. Nc3 Qa1+ 18. Nb1 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qa4 20. Nc3 Qxd4 21. Bxd4
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc6 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rxh4 Ne7 25. g4 Ng6 26. Rh5
Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Kd2 Bd7 29. f3 Be6 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Ne2
f6 32. Nd4 Ne5 33. b3 Bd7 34. Ne2 Kf7 35. Nf4 Kg7 36. Rh2 Rc8
37. c4 b5 38. Nh5+ Kf7 39. Nxf6 Kxf6 40. Rxh6+ Ng6 41. Rh7 Ne5
42. Rh6+ Ke7 43. Rxa6 bxc4 44. bxc4 Nxc4+ 45. Kf2 Ne5 46. Ra3
Nc4 47. Rc3 Be6 48. Kg3 Rg8 49. Rc1 Ne5 50. Rc3 Rb8 51. g5 Rb1
52. f4 Nc4 53. f5 Bg8 54. Kf4 Rf1+ 55. Rf3 Re1 56. Rc3 Nd6
57. Re3 Rf1+ 58. Rf3 Ra1 59. e5 Ra4+ 60. Kg3 Ne4+ 61. Kg4 Nf6+
62. Kh3 Ne4 63. Kg4 Nf6+ 64. Kh3 Nh7 65. Rg3 Nf8 66. g6 Ke8
67. e6 Rf4 68. Rg5 Ke7 69. Kg3 Ra4 70. Rh5 Nxg6 71. Rg5 Ra3+
72. Kh2 Ra2+ 73. Kg3 Ra3+ 74. Kh2 Nh4 75. Rxg8 Nxf5 76. Rg6
Nd4 77. Rg3 Ra2+ 78. Kh3 Kxe6 79. Rg8 Nf5 80. Rb8 Ke5 81. Rb5+
Kf4 82. Rb4+ Kg5 83. Rg4+ Kf6 84. Rb4 Rd2 85. Ra4 Rd1 86. Kg2
Rd3 87. Kf2 Nd4 88. Ra5 Nf5 89. Rb5 Kg5 90. Rb4 Nd4 91. Rb8
Kf4 92. Rf8+ Nf5 93. Ke2 Rd7 94. Rf6 Ke5 95. Rf8 Nd6 96. Ra8
Rh7 97. Ra5+ Kf4 98. Ra8 Rh3 99. Ra6 Ne4 100. Ra8 Re3+
101. Kd1 Rc3 102. Ke2 Re3+ 103. Kd1 Rh3 104. Ke2 Nd6 105. Ra4+
Ke5 106. Ra5+ Kd4 107. Ra4+ Nc4 108. Ra8 Rh2+ 109. Kf3 Ne5+
110. Kg3 Rh7 111. Ra4+ Ke3 112. Ra3+ Nd3 113. Kg4 Rf7 114. Ra4
Nc5 115. Ra8 Ne6 116. Ra3+ Ke4 117. Ra4+ Nd4 118. Kg3 Rf3+
119. Kg4 Rf8 120. Kg3 Rf7 121. Ra8 Ne2+ 122. Kg2 Nf4+ 123. Kg3
Rg7+ 124. Kf2 Rg2+ 125. Kf1 Rc2 126. Re8+ {Rc4 Ke1} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Individual Championships"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2014.03.06"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 b5 10. Kb1 Be7 11. h4 O-O 12. g4
b4 13. Nce2 a5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Bb5 Qc7 17. h5
Rfc8 18. Ba4 Qd8 19. Qh2 h6 20. Bh4 Nh7 21. Nb5 d5 22. Bxe7
Qxe7 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. e5 Ng5 25. Qf2 Rxd6 26. exd6 Qxd6 27. f4
Ne4 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. Rd4 f6 30. Bb3 Nc5 31. Re1 Ba6 32. g5 a4
33. Bxa4 Nxa4 34. gxf6 Nc5 35. Rg1 Rd7 36. f5 exf5 37. Qe8+
Qf8 38. Rxg7+ Rxg7 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. fxg7+ Kxg7 41. Rxd5
{41...f4!! 42.Rxc5 Kf6! 43.Rc6+ Ke7 44.Rxa6 f3 45.Ra5 Ke6 =}
Ne4 42. Rxf5 Nf6 43. Kc1 Be2 44. Kd2 Bxh5 45. Rb5 Bf3 46. Rxb4
h5 47. a4 Be4 48. Rb3 Kg6 49. a5 h4 50. a6 Kg5 51. a7 Bg2
52. Ke2 1-0

