[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "V Makogonov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Ne5 Nxe5 7.dxe5
Nd7 8.f4 Bb4 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3
13.Kf2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Qxf5 16.g4 Qe6 17.Ba3 Ne4+
18.Kf3 h5 19.h3 f6 20.c4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Rxh1 22.Qxh1 O-O-O
23.Rd1 fxe5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Rc1+ Kb8 26.Qh4 Re8 27.f5 Qf7
28.Rc2 g6 29.Bb2 a6 30.Ke2 Ka7 31.Qh2 Qf6 32.fxg6 Qxg6 33.Qg2
Rf8 34.Bxe5 Rf2+ 35.Qxf2 Nxf2 36.Bd4+ b6 37.Rc7+ Kb8 38.Be5
Nxg4 39.Bf4 Ne5 40.Re7 Qc2+ 41.Ke1 Kc8 42.Bxe5 Qxa2 43.Rc7+
Kd8 44.Rc1 a5 45.Bd4 b5 46.Ra1 Qb3 47.Kf2 a4 48.Kf3 Qc2 49.Kf4
Kd7 50.Ke5 Qe4+ 51.Kf6 Qe7+ 52.Kg6 a3 53.Rf1 b4 54.Rf7 Qxf7+
55.Kxf7 b3 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Vogel"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7
7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 O-O 11. Bg5 Ng4
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 a6 14. Nc3 Qe5 15. Qxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 c6
17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nf5 Rad8 19. Rad1 g6 20. Nd6 Rd7 21. c5 Kg8
22. Nc4 Rfd8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. f3 Nh6 25. Nxe5 Rd2 26. Nc4 Rc2
27. b3 Rxa2 28. Rd1 a5 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 a4 31. Rxa4 Rxa4
32. bxa4 Ng8 33. Nd6 Kf6 34. Nxb7 Ke5 35. a5 Ne7 36. Nd6 Kd4
37. a6 1-0

[Event "ENG"]
[Site "ENG"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Dr. Jonathan Penrose"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Ba6 6.Bxa6 Nxa6 7.d4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.e5 Nd5 10.Qg4 g6 11.Bh6 Nc5 12.c4 f5 13.Qf3
Nc7 14.Nc3 Qc8 15.b4 Nb7 16.a3 Nd8 17.Ndb5 Nxb5 18.Nxb5 Nc6
19.Bg7 Rg8 20.Bf6 a6 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 22.Nd6 Qc7 23.Qg3 g5 24.Qh3
Nxe5 25.Rad1 Raf8 26.Rfe1 Ng6 27.Qxh7+ Kf6 28.Ne8+ Rxe8
29.Rxd7 Re7 30.Rxc7 Rxh7 31.Rxh7 Rc8 32.Ra7 Ne5 33.Rxa6 Nxc4
34.a4 Ke7 35.a5 Rb8 36.axb6 Nxb6 37.b5 Kd6 38.h3 Kd5 39.Raa1
Nc4 40.Rad1+ Kc5 41.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Kamran G Shirazi"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.e4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nh6 7.Be2
O-O 8.Qd2 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 f6 10.Nc3 d6 11.O-O Ng4 12.Nd5 Bh6 13.f4
e5 14.Bxg4 Bxg4 15.Be3 Bg7 16.f5 g5 17.a4 Bh5 18.a5 Rf7 19.b3
Rd7 20.Qf2 Qb8 21.Nc3 Be8 22.Nb5 b6 23.axb6 axb6 24.Qd2 Bf7
25.Qd3 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Bf8 27.Qd2 Rb7 28.h4 h6 29.Nc3 Be7 30.Ra6
Kg7 31.Qa2 Qc7 32.Qa4 d5 33.Nb5 Qd7 34.cxd5 Be8 35.Na7 Qxa4
36.bxa4 b5 37.axb5 Bxb5 38.Nxb5 Rxb5 39.d6 Bd8 40.Ra8 Bb6
41.Bxb6 Rxb6 42.d7 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5
7. Nh4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 d6 11. cxd5 Nh5
12. Bd2 Nd7 13. f4 a6 14. Bf3 Nhf6 15. a4 c4 16. Be3 Qc7
17. g4 Nc5 18. g5 Nfd7 19. f5 Rfe8 20. Bf4 Be5 21. Bg4 Nb3
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rb1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qc5+ 25. e3 Ne5 26. Bf3
Nd3 27. Kh1 Bxd5 28. Rxb3 Nxf4 29. Rb1 Rxe3 30. Ng2 Rxf3
31. Rxf3 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 Re8 33. Kf1 Bxf3 34. Qxf3 Qxg5 35. Re1
Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Qg1+ 37. Kd2 Qxh2+ 38. Kc1 Qe5 39. Kb2 Kg7
40. Qf2 b5 41. Qb6 bxa4 42. Qxa6 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "**Rd--()-, Prague"]
[Site "**Rd--()-, Prague"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Josef Dobias"]
[Black "Jiri Podgorny"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3
Ngf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. O-O Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qh4 b6 11. Bg5 g6
12. c4 Bb7 13. d5 exd5 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Qxh6 Ng4 16. Qh4 Bxg5
17. Nxg5 Nf6 18. Qh6 d4 19. Re6 Re8 20. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "London (10)"]
[Site "London (10)"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Frederick D 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 "Tilburg 53/115"]
[Site "Tilburg 53/115"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Qe2
Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 a5 10.a4 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4
13.Re1 e6 14.Nd2 Nd5 15.Nf3 Qc5 16.Qe4 Qb4 17.Bc4 Nb6 18.b3
Nxc4 19.bxc4 Re8 20.Rd1 Qc5 21.Qh4 b6 22.Be3 Qc6 23.Bh6 Bh8
24.Rd8 Bb7 25.Rad1 Bg7 26.R8d7 Rf8 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.R1d4 Rae8
29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.h4 h5 31.Kh2 Rc8 32.Kg3 Rce8 33.Kf4 Bc8 34.Kg5
1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Nf6
14.c5 Ng6 15.Rc1 Rf7 16.Rc2 Bf8 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Qd2 g4 19.Rfc1
g3 20.hxg3 fxg3 21.Bxg3 Nh5 22.Bh2 Be7 23.Nb1 Bd7 24.Qe1 Bg5
25.Nd2 Be3+ 26.Kh1 Qg5 27.Bf1 Raf8 28.Rd1 b5 29.a4 a6 30.axb5
axb5 31.Rc7 Rg7 32.Nb3 Nh4 33.Rc2 Bh3 34.Qe2 Nxg2 35.Bxg2
Bxg2+ 36.Qxg2 Qh4 37.Qxg7+ Kxg7 38.Rg2+ Kh8 39.Ne1 Nf4 40.Rg3
Bf2 41.Rg4 Qh3 42.Nd2 h5 43.Rg5 0-1

[Event "Biel 55/436 Karpov,An"]
[Site "Biel 55/436 Karpov,An"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. b3 e5 13. h3 Bb7 14. Bb2 a6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. a4 Rad8
17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bb4 20. Ng3 f6 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. Bd3 h6 23. Bg6 Rf8 24. Nf5 c5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7
Qc7 27. Nh4 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Ra8 29. Qg4 Qc6 30. Rxb7 Qxb7
31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Be4 1-0

[Event "It Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas-Cordoba"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qc7 9.f4 Qb6 10.c4 Ne3 11.Qd3 Nf5 12.g4 Nd4
13.Bg2 h5 14.g5 Bb7 15.Be3 Nc2+ 16.Kf2 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Qxb2+
18.Kg3 Ba6 19.Rab1 h4 20.Kh3 Qc2 21.Rhc1 Qa4 22.Qc3 Ba3 23.Rc2
Be7 24.Rb3 O-O 25.Nf6+ gxf6 26.gxf6 Bc5 27.Be4 Rfb8 28.Kxh4
Kf8 29.Rg2 Qxc4 30.Qxc4 Bxc4 31.Bh7 Bf2+ 32.Kh5 1-0

[Event "Continental"]
[Site "Continental"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kamran G Shirazi"]
[Black "Sunil Weeramantry"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h4 c5
8.h5 cxd4 9.hxg6 dxc3 10.gxf7 Rxf7 11.Bc4 e6 12.Qxd6 Qb6
13.Qd3 cxb2 14.Bxb2 Qxb2 15.Ke2 Nc5 16.Qxh7+ Kf8 17.Nh4 Nc6
18.Rad1 Nd4+ 19.Ke3 Qc3+ 20.Bd3 Nf5+ 21.Ke2 Nxd3 22.Ng6+ Ke8
23.cxd3 Qc2+ 24.Rd2 Nd4+ 25.Ke3 Nf5+ 26.Ke2 Ng3+ 27.Ke3 Qc5+
28.d4 Nf5+ 29.Kf3 Qc3+ 30.Ke2 Qe3+ 31.Kd1 Bd7 32.Rc2 Ba4
33.Qg8+ Bf8 34.Nxf8 Bxc2+ 35.Kxc2 Nxd4+ 36.Kb1 Qd3+ 37.Ka1
Qc3+ 38.Kb1 Qb4+ 39.Kc1 Rc8+ 40.Kd1 Qb1+ 41.Kd2 Qc2+ 42.Ke3
Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "**Rd--()-, New York"]
[Site "**Rd--()-, New York"]
[Date "1857.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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: 23.Qd3 Rxf2+ 24.Kg1 Rg2+ 25.Kh1
Rg1 -- Zukertort} 23. Kg1 Bh3+ 24. Kh1 Bxf2 25. Qf1
{Absolutely forced.} Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Re2 27. Ra1 Rh6 28. d4 Be3
0-1

[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 "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 "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Johann Hermann Bauer"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.f4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne2 c5 10.Ng3 Qc7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Qc6
13.Qe2 a6 14.Nh5 Nxh5 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qxh5+ Kg8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7
18.Qg4+ Kh7 19.Rf3 e5 20.Rh3+ Qh6 21.Rxh6+ Kxh6 22.Qd7 Bf6
23.Qxb7 Kg7 24.Rf1 Rab8 25.Qd7 Rfd8 26.Qg4+ Kf8 27.fxe5 Bg7
28.e6 Rb7 29.Qg6 f6 30.Rxf6+ Bxf6 31.Qxf6+ Ke8 32.Qh8+ Ke7
33.Qg7+ Kxe6 34. Qxb7 Rd6 35. Qxa6 d4 36. exd4 cxd4 37. h4 d3
38. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "US Ch."]
[Site "-"]
[Date "1963.12.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[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 "Hastings (England)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1895.08.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd5
Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7
16. Rac1 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g6
21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ {And black
resigned at this point. As Steinitz demonstrated immediately
afterward, there is a mate in eleven moves which can only be
averted by ruinous loss of material; analysis follows: ...Kh8
25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+
Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8
34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6#} 1-0

[Event "Lodz"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[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

