110.

16.gxf6
Tal - NN, simul Stuttgart 1958
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Bd7 9.OO-O Qa5 10.Kb1 Rc8 11.g4 h6 12.h4 a6 13.Be2 Ne5 14.g5 hxg5 15.hxg5 Rxh1 16.gxf6
Rxd1+ 17.Nxd1 Qxd2 18.fxg7 and Black resigned.

109.
19.e6
Ostapenko - Kurkin, USSR 1970
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.OO-O Bd7 10.Be2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.g4 Qa5 13.g5 Nd7 14.Rhg1 b5 15.Qh5 b4
16.Nd5 exd5 17.Qh6 Ne5 18.fxe5 Rfc8 19.e6 gxh6 20.gxh6+ Kf8 21.Rdf1 Bg5+
22.Rxg5 Rc7 23.Bg7+ Ke8 24.exf7+ Kd7 25.Bg4+ Ke7 26.Bf6+ Kf8 27.Rg8+ Kxf7
28.Rg7+ Ke8 29.Bh5+ Rf7 30.Rxf7 and Black resigned

108.
14...Rg8
Gomes - Neto, Rio de Janeiro 1942
1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Be3 Nd4 7.Bxd4 Bxd4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nb5 Bb6 10.Qe2 Ne7 11.O-O a6 12.Na3 Ng6 13.g3 Qf6 14.Kg2 Rg8 15.c3 Nh4+
16.gxh4 g5 17.Rg1 Bxf3+ 18.Qxf3 gxh4+ 19.Kh2 Qxf3 20.Rxg8+ Ke7 21.Rxa8 Qxf2+
22.Kh1 Qf3+ 23.Kh2 Qg3+ 24.Kh1 Qxh3 mate

107.
26.Nb8
Braga - Timman, Mar del Plata 1982
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5 9.Nd4
Nf6 10.f4 Nexg4 11.Bb5+ Ke7 12.Bg1 Qc7 13.c6 b6 14.Qe2 Qxf4 15.c7 Ne4 16.Nc6+
Kd6 17.h3 Qg3+ 18.Kf1 Qf4+ 19.Ke1 Qg3+ 20.Kf1 Qxc3 21.Qxg4 Qxb2 22.a4 Qxa1+
23.Kg2 f5 24.Qh4 Qf6 25.Bh2+ Kc5 26.Nb8 Qxh4 27.c8Q+ Kb4 28.Rb1+ Ka3
29.Ra1+ Kb4 30.Rb1+ Ka3 31.Ra1+ Kb4 draw

106.
17...Rxf2
Bird - Morphy, London 1858
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Nh5
O-O 10.Qd2 Qe8 11.g4 Nxg4 12.Nxg4 Qxh5 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Be2 Qh3 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Be3 Rb8 17.O-O-O Rxf2 18.Bxf2 Qa3 19.c3 Qxa2 20.b4 Qa1+ 21.Kc2 Qa4+
22.Kb2 Bxb4 23.cxb4 Rxb4+ 24.Qxb4 Qxb4+ 25.Kc2 e3 26.Bxe3 Bf5+ 27.Rd3 Qc4+
28.Kd2 Qa2+ 29.Kd1 Qb1+ and White resigned

105.
19.Nxg7
Stein - Portisch, Stockholm 1962
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Nd2 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.f4 Bc5+ 10.Kh1 d6 11.Nf3 e5 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Nh4 O-O 14.Nf5 Be6 15.Qe2 a5
16.Bc4 Kh8 17.Bg5 Nd7 18.Rad1 Nb6 19.Nxg7 Bxc4 20.Bf6 Be7 21.Qf3 and Black
resigned

104.
16...Kd7
Filguth - Kortchnoi, Sao Paulo 1979
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 b6 8.O-O cxd4 9.cxd4
Nb4 10.Bb1 Ba6 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.Re1 Be7 13.a3 Nc6 14.b3 Ndb8 15.Bb2 h5 16.h3 Kd7
17.Ng3 Na5 18.Nd2 g6 19.Ngf1 g5 20.Ne3 g4 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.Nxg4 Qg8 23.Nh2 Qg7
24.Ndf3 Rcg8 25.g3 Rh3 26.Kh1 Rgh8 27.Rg1 Qh6 28.Rg2 Nxb3 29.Bd3 Bxd3
30.Qxd3 Nxa1 31.Bxa1 Qc1+ 32.Rg1 Qxa3 33.Bc3 Bb4 34.Qb5+ Nc6 and White
resigned

103.
40.0-0-0
Pupols - Meyers, Lone Pine 1976
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.c4 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 Bxa6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bd2
O-O 10.h3 e6 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Qc2 g5 13.g4 Nc6 14.Nd1 Nd4 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.h4 d3
17.exd3 Rc8 18.Qa4 Bb7 19.Rh3 Bc6 20.Qa5 Qxa5 21.Bxa5 Nxg4 22.hxg5 hxg5
23.Rg3 Nh2 24.Be2 Bf3 25.Bc3 g4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Ne3 Kf7 28.Nxg4 Bxg4 29.Bxg4
Rc2 30.Bd1 Rxb2 31.Rh3 Rg8 32.Rg3 Rh8 33.Be2 e5 34.a4 d5 35.a5 e4 36.dxe4 dxe4
37.a6 Nf3+ 38.Bxf3 exf3 39.Rxf3+ Ke7 40.O-O-O Ra2 41.Re1+ Kd7 42.a7 Ra8
43.Rf7+ Kd6 44.Ree7 Rc8+ 45.Kd1 Rc5 46.Rd7+ Ke6 47.Rh7 Rca5 48.Ke1 R5a4
49.Kf1 Ra1+ 50.Kg2 R4a3 51.Rhe7+ Kf6 52.Rb7 R3a2 53.Rh7 Ke6 54.Rb6+ Kd5
55.Rh5+ Kc4 56.Rb7 Rxa7 57.Rxa7 Rxa7 58.Re5 Kd4 59.f4 Rg7+ 60.Kf3 Rg1 61.Re8
Kd5 62.f5 Kd6 63.Kf4 Kd7 64.Re2 Rg8 65.Ra2 Ke7 66.Ke5 Rb8 67.Rh2 Rb5+ 68.Kf4
Kf7 69.Kg5 Rb6 70.Rh7+ Kf8 71.Ra7 Rc6 72.Ra8+ Kf7 73.Rb8 Ra6 74.Rb1 Rc6
75.Rb7+ Kf8 76.f6 Rc1 draw

102.
52.Bf3
Leonhardt - Tarrasch, Berlin 1920
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Qd2 Qa5 8.Nge2 Bd7
9.O-O-O Na6 10.Qf4 Be7 11.g3 O-O-O 12.Bg2 c6 13.Kb1 Qc7 14.Qh6 Rdg8 15.Rhe1
Bd8 16.a3 f5 17.Qe3 Kb8 18.Bh1 Bg5 19.Qf3 Bc8 20.Nc1 Rd8 21.Nb3 Bh6 22.Rd3
Bg7 23.Red1 Qe7 24.Na5 Qc7 25.b4 Ka8 26.Nc4 Rd7 27.Na4 Rhd8 28.c3 Nb8 29.Nc5
Re7 30.Kc2 b6 31.Nb3 Ba6 32.Nbd2 Bh6 33.Kb3 Rc8 34.a4 Qd8 35.Ne5 Bxd3
36.Qxd3 Bxd2 37.Rxd2 f6 38.Nxc6 Nxc6 39.b5 Kb8 40.bxc6 Qd6 41.Qb5 Kc7 42.c4

Rb8 43.Bg2 Rg7 44.f4 h5 45.Rd3 h4 46.Qa6 Kd8 47.d5 hxg3 48.hxg3 Rh7 49.Re3 e5
50.Re1 Rg7 51.Rh1 Rxg3+ 52.Bf3 Rxf3+ 53.Kc2 Rf2+ 54.Kd1 Rf1+ 55.Rxf1 Qa3
56.Rf2 Qd3+ 57.Kc1 Qc3+ draw

101:
20...Nd2
Bogdanovic - Planinc, Novi Sad 1965
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Bd2 b6 6.Nh3 Nc6 7.a3 Bf8 8.Be3 Bb7 9.f4 Na5
10.Ng5 Ne7 11.Bf2 h6 12.Nf3 O-O-O 13.Bd3 f5 14.Qe2 g5 15.fxg5 hxg5 16.Nxg5 Bh6
17.Nf7 Ng6 18.Nxh8 Nf4 19.Qf3 Nc4 20.g3 Nd2 21.Kxd2 Nxd3+ 22.Be3 Nxe5 23.Qh5
Nc4+ 24.Ke2 Bxe3 25.Nf7 Rf8 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.Kxe3 Nc4+ 28.Kf2 Qg7 29.Ne2 Nd2
30.Qh4 f4 31.gxf4 Rh8 32.Qxh8+ Qxh8 33.h4 Qh5 34.Ke3 Nc4+ 35.Kf2 Ba6 36.Rae1
Nd2 37.Ke3 Nf3 38.Ref1 Bxe2 39.Kxe2 and White resigned.

100.
21.Ne5
Timman - Van Wijgerden, Rotterdam 1979
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.exd5
Re8+ 10.Be3 Bh6 11.O-O Bxe3 12.fxe3 Kg7 13.Qd2 Ng8 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Qc3+ f6
16.Rf2 Bf5 17.Neg5 Bc8 18.Raf1 h6 19.Bxg6 Kxg6 20.Qd3+ Kg7 21.Ne5 dxe5
22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Rxf6+ Nxf6 24.Qh8 mate

99.
12.Qxf6
Nezhmetdinov - Chernikov, Rostov 1962
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 Ng4
9.Qxg4 Nxd4 10.Qh4 Qa5 11.O-O Bf6 12.Qxf6 Ne2+ 13.Nxe2 exf6 14.Nc3 Re8
15.Nd5 Re6 16.Bd4 Kg7 17.Rad1 d6 18.Rd3 Bd7 19.Rf3 Bb5 20.Bc3 Qd8 21.Nxf6 Be2
22.Nxh7+ Kg8 23.Rh3 Re5 24.f4 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 Rc8 26.Bd4 b5 27.Ng5 Rc7 28.Bxf7+
Rxf7 29.Rh8+ Kxh8 30.Nxf7+ Kh7 31.Nxd8 Rxe4 32.Nc6 Rxf4+ 33.Ke2 and Black
resigned

98.
9...Qe7
Rusakov - Verlinsky, Moscow 1947
1.e4 e5 2.c3 Nc6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 exd4 7.e5 dxc3 8.exf6 cxb2
9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.fxe7 Bg7 and White resigned

97.
36.Rc5
Tal - Hjartarson, Reykjavik 1986
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3

Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Ne3 Nc6 16.d5
Nb4 17.Bb1 a5 18.a3 Na6 19.b4 g6 20.Bd2 axb4 21.axb4 Qb7 22.Bd3 Nc7 23.Nc2 Nh5
24.Be3 Ra8 25.Qd2 Rxa1 26.Nxa1 f5 27.Bh6 Ng7 28.Nb3 f4 29.Na5 Qb6 30.Rc1 Ra8
31.Qc2 Nce8 32.Qb3 Bf6 33.Nc6 Nh5 34.Qb2 Bg7 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Rc5 Qa6 37.Rxb5
Nc7 38.Rb8 Qxd3 39.Ncxe5 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Ra1 41.Ng4+ Kf7 42.Nh6+ Ke7 43.Ng8+
and Black resigned

96.
22...c3
Karpov - Kasparov, Linares 1993
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.Rd1
a6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.b3 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.Qxd6 Nfd7 14.f4 b4 15.Nb1 Ng4 16.Bd4
Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Rxa2 18.h3 c5 19.Qg1 Ngf6 20.e5 Ne4 21.h4 c4 22.Nc1 c3 23.Nxa2 c2
24.Qd4 cxd1Q+ 25.Kxd1 Ndc5 26.Qxd8 Rxd8+ 27.Kc2 Nf2 and White resigned

95.
24...f6
Zaichik - Psakhis, Riga 1980
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nc6 12.Kh1 Rc8 13.Qe1 Nd7 14.Rd1 Nde5 15.Nd5 Bg5
16.Bg3 Kh8 17.c3 b5 18.h3 Rb8 19.Nb4 Nxb4 20.Bxe5 Nc2 21.Qg3 Ne3 22.Rxd6 Nxf1
23.Bxf1 Qe7 24.Nd4 f6 25.Rxe6 fxe5 26.Be2 Qd8 27.Qxe5 Bf4 28.Qd5 Qh4 29.Nf3
Qf2 30.Qd1 Rbd8 31.Nd4 Qg3 32.Qg1 Be3 33.Qd1 Rf2 34.Bf3 Bf4 35.h4 and White
resigned

94.
22.Nc6
Vyzhmanavin - Sorokin, Toliatti 1985
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.O-O a6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.d4
cxd4 10.Nxd4 b5 11.e4 Nb4 12.e5 Ra7 13.a3 Nd5 14.Nd2 Rc7 15.Ne4 b4 16.axb4
Nxb4 17.Qe2 Bb7 18.Rad1 Nd7 19.f4 Qa8 20.f5 Nc5 21.Nf6+ gxf6 22.Nc6 Kh8
23.exf6 Bd8 24.Rf4 e5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rh4 Bxc6 27.Qh5 Rd1+ 28.Qxd1 Bxg2
29.Qh5 Qg8 30.Rg4 Qf8 31.Rg7 Qxg7 32.fxg7+ Kg8 33.Bxe5 Rd7 34.Kxg2 Rd2+
35.Kg1 Nbd3 36.Bd4 Nxb3 37.Bc3 Rc2 38.Bf6 Rc1+ 39.Kg2 Rc6 40.Qg5 Rc2+ 41.Kg1
Nd2 42.Qe3 Nf3+ 43.Qxf3 Rc1+ 44.Qf1 a5 45.Qxc1 Nxc1 46.Kf2 a4 47.Ke3 a3 48.Bc3
a2 49.f6 Nb3 50.Kd3 Nc5+ 51.Kc2 Ne4 52.Ba1 h6 53.Kb3 Nd2+ 54.Kxa2 Nf1 55.h3
Nxg3 56.Kb3 Ne4 57.Kc4 Ng5 58.Bd4 Ne6 59.Be3 h5 60.Kd5 Kh7 61.Ke4 Nd8 62.Kf3
Nb7 63.Kf4 Nd6 64.Bd4 Kg8 65.Kg5 h4 66.Be5 Nc4 67.Bf4 Nb2 68.Kxh4 Nd3 69.Kg4
Nc5 70.Kf5 Kh7 71.h4 Ne6 72.h5 Nd4+ 73.Ke4 Ne6 74.Be3 Kg8 75.Kd5 Nc7+ 76.Kc6
Ne6 77.Kd7 Kh7 78.Ke7 Kg8 79.h6 Kh7 80.Bb6 Kg8 81.h7+ Kxh7 82.Kxf7 Ng5+
83.Ke7 Kg8 84.Be3 Nf7 85.Bf4 Kh7 86.Kf8 and Black resigned

93.
23.Rxe4
Fischer - Schweber, Buenos Aires 1970
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Bd7 9.O-O
Nge7 10.a4 Na5 11.Re1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc4 13.Bd3 h6 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 Nc6
16.Qg4 g6 17.Re3 O-O-O 18.Rg3 Kb8 19.Rf3 f5 20.exf6ep e5 21.Qg3 Nxd4 22.Re3 e4
23.Rxe4 Qxg3 24.Rxd4 Qg4 25.Rxg4 Bxg4 26.Bxg6 Rhg8 27.Bh7 Rh8 28.Bd3 Rde8
29.f7 Re7 30.f8Q+ Rxf8 31.Bb4 Rff7 32.Bxe7 Rxe7 33.f3 Bd7 34.a5 Kc7 35.Kf2 Rf7
36.Ke3 Kd6 37.g3 Kc5 38.f4 Bg4 39.Rb1 Re7+ 40.Kd2 b6 41.axb6 axb6 42.h3 Bd7
43.g4 d4 44.f5 Re3 45.f6 Rf3 46.Rf1 Rxf1 47.Bxf1 and Black resigned

92.
24.d5
Stoltz - H. Steiner, Saltsjbaden 1952
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d4 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 Kh8 8.Qc2 Qe8 9.b3
Nc6 10.Ba3 exd4 11.exd4 f4 12.O-O-O Nh5 13.Be4 g6 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Bb2 f3 16.Nef4
Bg5 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qxg6 Ng7 19.h4 Bxf4+ 20.gxf4 Bf5 21.Qh6+ Bh7 22.Ne3 Rf6
23.Qg5 Rg6 24.d5 Rxg5 25.hxg5 Ne7 26.Ng4 Qc8 27.g6 Qxg4 28.Rxh7+ Kg8
29.Rxg7+ Kf8 30.Rf7+ Ke8 31.Re1 Qxg6 32.Rexe7+ Kd8 33.Bf6 Qxf6 34.Rxf6 and
Black resigned

91:
11...Bg8
Porreca - Bronstein, Belgrade 1954
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nh3 Bh7 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.Nf4
Nbd7 10.O-O Qc7 11.Re1 Bg8 12.Nd3 e6 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Nf5 Qf8
16.Qf3 O-O-O 17.Ng3 Bh7 18.a4 Bxd3 19.Bxd3 Qd6 20.a5 a6 21.Ra3 g5 22.h5 Qf4
23.Qe2 Kc7 24.c3 Rhe8 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Qxe4 27.Bxe4 Nf6 28.Bf3 g4 29.Bd1
Rg8 30.Re5 Rd5 31.Ra4 Rg5 32.Bb3 Rdxe5 33.dxe5 Nd7 34.Bd1 Nxe5 35.Re4 Rxh5
36.Bxg4 Nxg4 37.Rxg4 Rxa5 38.Rg7 Rf5 39.g4 Rf6 40.Kg2 Kd6 41.Kg3 e5 42.Rg8
Kd5 and White resigned

80.
23...Bg4
Taimanov - Larsen, Vinkovci 1970
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Bf4 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.e3 d5 9.a3
Qa5 10.Rc1 Be7 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd5 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Qb3 g5 15.Bg3 g4
16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.exd4 Bg5 18.O-O Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Be6 20.h3 gxh3 21.Be5 f6 22.Ne4
fxe5 23.Qg3+ Bg4 24.Qxg4+ Kh8 25.Ng5 Qd2 26.Rc7 Qxf2+ 27.Kh2 Qxg2+ 28.Qxg2
hxg2 29.dxe5 Rac8 30.Rxb7 Rc2 31.Nf7+ Kg7 32.e6 Kf6 33.e7 g1Q++ 34.Kxg1 Rg8+
and White resigned

79.
17...Be6
D.Byrne - Fischer, New York 1956

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bf4 d5 6.Qb3 c6 7.Rd1 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nbd7
9.e4 Nb6 10.Qc5 Bg4 11.Bg5 Na4 12.Qa3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Bxe7 Qb6 15.Bc4
Nxc3 16.Bc5 Rfe8+ 17.Kf1 Be6 18.Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19.Kg1 Ne2+ 20.Kf1 Nxd4+ 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 33.h4 h5 34.Ne5 Kg7
35.Kg1 Bc5+ 36.Kf1 Ng3+ 37.Ke1 Bb4+ 38.Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Kc1 Ne2+ 40.Kb1 Nc3+
41.Kc1 Rc2+ mate

78.
28...Rg6
Ivanchuk - Yusupov, Brussels 1991
1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Nd7 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Re8
9.Rd1 c6 10.b3 Qe7 11.Ba3 e4 12.Ng5 e3 13.f4 Nf8 14.b4 Bf5 15.Qb3 h6 16.Nf3 Ng4
17.b5 g5 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Ne5 gxf4 20.Nxc6 Qg5 21.Bxd6 Ng6 22.Nd5 Qh5 23.h4
Nxh4 24.gxh4 Qxh4 25.Nde7+ Kh8 26.Nxf5 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Re6 28.Qb7 Rg6 29.Qxa8+
Kh7 30.Qg8+ Kxg8 31.Nce7+ Kh7 32.Nxg6 fxg6 33.Nxg7 Nf2 34.Bxf4 Qxf4 35.Ne6
Qh2 36.Rdb1 Nh3 37.Rb7+ Kh8 38.Rb8+ Qxb8 39.Bxh3 Qg3 and White resigned

77.
66.a4
Janowsky - Ed. Lasker, New York 1924
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Nd2 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6
9.f4 Ng4 10.Nf1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qb4+ 12.Ke2 Nb6 13.a3 Qe7 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.h3 Rc8
16.Qxc8+ Nxc8 17.hxg4 Nd6 18.Rc1 Nc4 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.N1d2 b5 21.Rh5 f6 22.g5
Kd8 23.Rch1 Be8 24.Rxh7 Rxh7 25.Rxh7 fxg5 26.Nxg5 Kc8 27.Rh8 Kb7 28.Nde4
Kb6 29.Nc5 Bc6 30.Ngxe6 Bd5 31.Ng5 Ka5 32.e4 Bc6 33.Ke3 Be8 34.Nf3 b4 35.Ne5
Bb5 36.a4 Bxa4 37.Nxc4+ Kb5 38.Ne5 Ka5 39.Rb8 Bb5 40.g3 g5 41.Nf3 gxf4+
42.gxf4 Qh7 43.f5 Qh1 44.Nb3+ Ka4 45.Nbd2 Qh6+ 46.Kf2 Bd3 47.Rg8 Qf4 48.Rh8
b3 49.Rh4 Qc7 50.f6 Bc4 51.Rh5 Be6 52.Re5 Qf7 53.Rxe6 Qxe6 54.e5 Kb4 55.Ke3 a5
56.Kf4 a4 57.Ng5 Qd7 58.f7 Qe7 59.d5 a3 60.bxa3+ Kc3 61.d6 Qf8 62.Nge4+ Kd3
63.e6 Qh6+ 64.Kf5 b2 65.d7 Qf8 66.a4 Qa8 67.e7 Qd5+ 68.Kf6 Qd4+ 69.Ke6 b1Q
70.Nxb1 Qxe4+ 71.Kf6 Qh4+ draw

76.
11.0-0
Kasparov - Karpov, Seville 1987 (20)
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.e4 Qa5 9.e5
Nd5 10.Bxc4 Nxc3 11.O-O Qxc5 12.Qxc3 Nc6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rac1 Rfd8
16.b4 a6 17.Qe3 Be8 18.Bd3 Na7 19.Bb1 Bc6 20.Ng5 h6 21.Ne4 Nb5 22.Rc4 Bxe4
23.Bxe4 Rac8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Qxc1 Qd7 27.g3 b6 28.Kg2 Qd8 29.h4
a5 30.bxa5 bxa5 31.Qc5 Nd4 32.h5 f5 33.Bb7 Kf7 34.Kh2 Qb8 35.Qxd4 Qxb7 36.g4
Qf3 37.Qd7+ Kf8 draw

75.
12.0-0-0
Kotkov - Vistanetskis, Vilnius 1961
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6ep Nxd6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Qf4 g6
9.Bd2 Qe7+ 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Nc3 Nxd2 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Nb3+
15.axb3 Bh6+ 16.Kb1 O-O 17.Qe4 c6 18.Bc4 Bg7 draw

74.
8.cxd5
Kasparov - Portisch, Brussels 1986
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 h6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bf4 c5 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rfd1 Re8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.a4 Qa5 15.Nh4 Red8
16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Nb5 Ne8 18.Bd6 Nxd6 19.Nfxd6 Rab8 20.Nxb7 Rxb7 21.Rxd5 Rdb8
22.Qd2 Qxd2 23.Rxd2 Nf6 24.Ra2 Ne4 25.Rc2 Rd7 26.g3 a5 27.Kg2 g6 28.Bf3 Nf6
29.Na3 Bd6 30.Bc6 Rdd8 31.Ra1 Be5 32.Bb5 Nd5 33.Rb1 Bd6 34.Rd2 Nb6 35.Rc1
Be7 36.Re2 Rbc8 37.Nb1 Kg7 38.Nd2 Ra8 39.Nb3 Rdc8 40.Rec2 c4 41.Nd2 Ra7
42.Nxc4 Nxc4 43.Rxc4 Rxc4 44.Rxc4 f5 45.h3 h5 46.g4 hxg4 47.hxg4 fxg4 48.Kg3
Bd6+ 49.Kxg4 Re7 50.Bc6 Rf7 51.f4 Kh6 52.Bd5 Rf6 53.Rc1 Kg7 54.b3 Rf8 55.Rd1
Bc5 56.Rd3 Ba3 57.Be4 Bc1 58.Rd7+ Kh6 59.Re7 Bd2 60.Kf3 Bb4 61.Rb7 Bc3
62.Bd3 Rf6 63.Kg4 Bd2 64.f5 and Black resigned

73.
25...b3
Garcia Palermo - Vera, Havana 1981
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O Bf5 9.Qa4
Qd7 10.Rd1 c4 11.b3 c3 12.Nf1 a6 13.Ne5 b5 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Qa3 Bxa3
17.Bxa3 b4 18.Bc1 a5 19.Nc4 dxc4 20.d5 c2 21.Rd2 c3 22.dxc6++ Kc8 23.Rd4 a4
24.bxa4 Rxa4 25.c7 b3 26.Rxa4 b2 27.Ra8+ Kd7 28.Rxh8 Ke7 29.Bf1 Nd5 30.e4 Nxc7
31.Bg5+ f6 32.Rc1 fxg5 33.Rxc2 b1Q and White resigned

72.
40.Ne6
Timman - Hbner, Wijk aan Zee 1982
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Nf3 c6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.g4 Be6 12.Ng5 c5 13.Be5 h6 14.Nf3 N6d7 15.O-O-O Rc8
16.Kb1 a6 17.Bf5 b5 18.dxc5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxc5 20.Nd3 Rc4 21.Ne5 Rc5 22.Qb3
Qc7 23.Nd3 Rc4 24.Nf4 Bxf5+ 25.gxf5 d4 26.Ncd5 Qe5 27.Qd3 dxe3 28.Rhe1 Bc5
29.fxe3 Nh7 30.Rg1 Ng5 31.h4 Ne4 32.f6 Bf8 33.fxg7 Bxg7 34.Rg2 Kh7 35.Rdg1 Bh8
36.a3 Rg8 37.Nb6 Rxg2 38.Rxg2 Rc7 39.Nd7 Qe7 40.Ne6 and Black resigned

71:
46.Qe6
Kengis - Gufeld, USSR 1983
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.h3 e5 6.O-O Be7 7.Bc2 O-O 8.d3 h6 9.Nbd2
Be6 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Nf1 Rad8 12.N3h2 d5 13.Qf3 d4 14.c4 Nh7 15.Ng3 Bg5 16.Nf5
Nb4 17.Bb3 b5 18.h4 bxc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc4 20.dxc4 Bxc1 21.Rexc1 Kh8 22.Qg3 f6 23.a3
Nc6 24.Nf3 Rb8 25.b4 Nd8 26.h5 Ng5 27.N3h4 Re8 28.Ng6+ Kh7 29.Qd3 cxb4
30.axb4 Rxb4 31.c5 Nc6 32.Ra6 Reb8 33.Rca1 Ne6 34.Qg3 Rb3 35.Nf8+ Nxf8
36.Rxc6 Qf7 37.Qg4 Rb1+ 38.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 39.Kh2 Rc1 40.Rc8 d3 41.Nd6 Qd7 42.Nf5
Qf7 43.Nh4 d2 44.Qf5+ Kg8 45.Ng6 Rxc5 46.Qe6 Rxc8 47.Ne7+ Kh7 48.Qxf7 Ne6
49.Nxc8 d1Q 50.Ne7 Qd8 51.Qxe6 a5 52.Qf7 a4 53.Nf5 Qg8 54.Qa7 a3 55.Qxa3 Qe8
56.Qh3 and Black resigned

70.
30...Qxh3+
Averbakh - Kotov, Zurich 1953
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1
Bf8 10.Rb1 a5 11.d5 Nc5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7 14.Rbc1 g6 15.Nd2 Rab8 16.Nb3
Nxb3 17.Qxb3 c5 18.Kh2 Kh8 19.Qc2 Ng8 20.Bg4 Nh6 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Qd2 Ng8
23.g4 f5 24.f3 Be7 25.Rg1 Rf8 26.Rcf1 Rf7 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rg2 f4 29.Bf2 Rf6 30.Ne2
Qxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Rh6+ 32.Kg4 Nf6+ 33.Kf5 Nd7 34.Rg5 Rf8+ 35.Kg4 Nf6+ 36.Kf5
Ng8+ 37.Kg4 Nf6+ 38.Kf5 Nxd5+ 39.Kg4 Nf6+ 40.Kf5 Ng8+ 41.Kg4 Nf6+ 42.Kf5
Ng8+ 43.Kg4 Bxg5 44.Kxg5 Rf7 45.Bh4 Rg6+ 46.Kh5 Rfg7 47.Bg5 Rxg5+ 48.Kh4
Nf6 49.Ng3 Rxg3 50.Qxd6 R3g6 51.Qb8+ Rg8 and White resigned

69.
50.Nf5
Karpov - Csom, Bad Lauterberg 1977
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O d6 7.b3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Qxd4
a6 10.Ba3 O-O 11.Rfd1 Ne8 12.Bb2 Nd7 13.e4 Nc5 14.Qe3 Qb8 15.Nd4 Nf6 16.h3
Rc8 17.g4 h6 18.f4 Nh7 19.Qf2 Ra7 20.Rd2 Ba8 21.Re1 Bf6 22.h4 g5 23.hxg5 hxg5
24.fxg5 Bxg5 25.Rdd1 Nd7 26.Rd3 Ne5 27.Rh3 Re8 28.Nce2 Rc7 29.a4 Qd8 30.Qg3
Ng6 31.Qh2 f6 32.Rd1 Rg7 33.Nf3 Bxe4 34.Rxd6 Qc7 35.Ba3 Be3+ 36.Kf1 Bc5
37.Bxc5 Qxc5 38.Rd4 Bxf3 39.Rxf3 Ne5 40.Rh3 Nxg4 41.Qd6 Qf5+ 42.Rf3 Qb1+
43.Rd1 Qe4 44.Rg3 Ne3+ 45.Kg1 Nxg2 46.Rxg7+ Kxg7 47.Ng3 Qa8 48.Qc7+ Kh8
49.Rd7 Nf8 50.Nf5 and Black resigned

68.
23.Rd7
Gelfand - Shirov, Polanica Zdroj 1998
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.Rxb7 g5
16.Bg3 a4 17.h4 a3 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Rc7 Na6 20.Rxe7 Qb2 21.Bc4 Qb4 22.Bxf7+ Kh8
23.Rd7 Bxd7 24.Nxg5 Qb6 25.Be6 Qxe6 26.Nxe6 Bxe6 27.Be5 Rf7 28.Qh5+ Kg8
29.Qg6 Bd7 30.Bxg7 Rxg7 31.Qd6 Kh7 32.Qxa3 Nc7 33.Qe3 Ne6 34.d5 Ng5 35.f4
Nh3+ 36.Kh1 Ra2 37.f5 Ng5 38.f6 Rg6 39.f7 and Black resigned

67.
16.Rhe1
Tal - Lutikov, Tallinn 1964
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Qe2 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.dxe4 fxe4 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Qb5+ c6
9.Qxb4 exf3 10.Bg5 cxd5 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Qa3 Be6 13.Bc4 Qe7 14.Nxd5 Qxa3
15.Nc7+ Ke7 16.Rhe1 Qc5 17.Rxe6+ Kf8 18.Rxf6+ gxf6 19.Ne6+ Ke7 20.Nxc5 fxg5
21.Rd7+ Kf6 22.Rd6+ Ke7 23.Re6+ Kd8 24.Nxb7+ Kc7 25.Bd5 Nb4 26.Bxf3 Rae8
27.Nc5 Nxa2+ 28.Kb1 Rxe6 29.Nxe6+ Kd7 30.Nc5+ Kd6 31.Nd3 and Black resigned

66.
13.Nxe7
Kholmov - Keres, Tbilisi 1959
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Ng4 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.h3 Nh6
9.Nc3 b6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 c5 12.Nc6 Qd7 13.Nxe7 Kxe7 14.Bxh6 Bxh6 15.Qf3
Bg7 16.Nd5+ Kd8 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.Qb3 Bc6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Qxf7 Bxe5 21.Rxd7+
Bxd7 22.Rxe5 Kc7 23.Re7 Rad8 24.a4 g5 25.Qd5 Rhe8 26.Rxh7 g4 27.a5 gxh3
28.axb6+ Kxb6 29.Rxd7 and Black resigned

65.
14.e4
Richter - Baratz, Prague 1931
1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.f3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.f4 Qa5 7.Bd3 Ne4 8.Bxe4 Bxe4
9.Nf3 f6 10.Bh4 e6 11.O-O Bxf3 12.Qxf3 f5 13.Rae1 Qb4 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 fxe4
16.Qxe4 Qd6 17.Qf5 Qxd4+ 18.Kh1 Be7 19.Qxe6 O-O-O 20.Bxe7 Rhe8 21.Qh3 Qxb2
22.Bxd8 Rxd8 23.Qb3 Qf6 24.Qe6 Qc3 25.Re2 Kc7 26.h3 Nf6 27.Qe5+ Qxe5 28.fxe5
Nd5 29.Rf7+ and Black resigned

64.
28...Re3
Rti - Alekhine, Baden-Baden 1925
1.g3 e5 2.Nf3 e4 3.Nd4 d5 4.d3 exd3 5.Qxd3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nxd2 OO 9.c4 Na6 10.cxd5 Nb4 11.Qc4 Nbxd5 12.N2b3 c6 13.O-O Re8 14.Rfd1 Bg4 15.Rd2
Qc8 16.Nc5 Bh3 17.Bf3 Bg4 18.Bg2 Bh3 19.Bf3 Bg4 20.Bg2 Bh3 21.Bf3 Bg4 22.Bh1
h5 23.b4 a6 24.Rc1 h4 25.a4 hxg3 26.hxg3 Qc7 27.b5 axb5 28.axb5 Re3 29.Nf3 cxb5
30.Qxb5 Nc3 31.Qxb7 Qxb7 32.Nxb7 Nxe2+ 33.Kh2 Ne4 34.Rc4 Nxf2 35.Bg2 Be6
36.Rcc2 Ng4+ 37.Kh3 Ne5+ 38.Kh2 Rxf3 39.Rxe2 Ng4+ 40.Kh3 Ne3+ 41.Kh2 Nxc2
42.Bxf3 Nd4 and White resigned

63.
35...Kc6
Kasparov - Petrosyan, Tilburg 1981

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nc3 a6 8.g4 Bg6 9.Ne5
Nbd7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bf1 c6 12.Bg2 Qc7 13.O-O Be7 14.f4 Nb6 15.g5 Nfd7 16.Qg4
O-O-O 17.Rb1 Kb8 18.b4 Nd5 19.Na4 f5 20.Qg3 Nxb4 21.Bd2 Nd5 22.Rfc1 Ka7
23.Qe1 Ba3 24.Rc2 Qd6 25.Rb3 Qe7 26.Qe2 Rb8 27.Qd3 Bd6 28.Nb2 Rhc8 29.Nc4
Bc7 30.a4 b5 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Ra2 Kb7 33.Bb4 Qe8 34.Bd6 Ra8 35.Qb1 Kc6 36.Rba3
bxc4 37.Rxa6+ Rxa6 38.Rxa6+ Bb6 39.Bc5 Qd8 40.Qa1 Nxc5 41.dxc5 Kxc5 42.Ra4
and White resigned

62.
17...Nd5
Timman - Kasparov, Moscow 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Nc1 e5 9.d5 Nd4
10.Nb3 Nxb3 11.Qxb3 c5 12.dxc6ep bxc6 13.O-O-O Qe7 14.Qb6 Bb7 15.g4 Rab8
16.h4 Rfc8 17.h5 Nd5 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Rxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Qe6 21.Qa7 Ra8 22.Qb7
Rab8 23.Qa7 Ra8 24.Qb7 draw

61:
21...Qb6
Kramnik - Shirov, Linares 1998 (9)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 e5 9.d5
c6 10.h4 h5 11.Be2 cxd5 12.exd5 N8d7 13.d6 Nf6 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Rd1 Be6 16.Nh3 Nc4
17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.b3 Ba6 19.Nd5 e4 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.d7 Qb6 22.dxe8Q+ Rxe8
23.Qe3 Bxg5 24.Qxb6 Bxh4+ 25.Kd2 axb6 26.fxe4 Rxe4 27.Kc2 Rg4 28.Rd2 Be7
29.Rg1 Kg7 30.Nf2 Rf4 31.Nd3 Re4 32.Rgd1 Bb5 33.a4 Bc6 34.Re1 Rxe1 35.Nxe1
Bb4 36.Re2 Bxe1 37.Rxe1 Bxg2 38.Kd2 h4 39.Ke3 Bd5 40.b4 h3 41.Re2 f5 42.Rd2
Be4 43.Kf4 Bg2 44.Rd7+ Kf6 45.Rh7 g5+ 46.Kg3 f4+ 47.Kg4 Ke5 48.b5 and White
resigned.

60.
14...cxd4
Porath - Larsen, Moscow 1956
1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 d6 6.d4 c6 7.e3 Qa5 8.a3 O-O 9.Be2 e5
10.b4 Qc7 11.d5 h6 12.c5 e4 13.Nd4 dxc5 14.Qb3 cxd4 15.d6+ Be6 16.Qxe6+ Qf7
17.Qxf7+ Rxf7 18.exd4 Rd7 19.d5 Nxd5 20.Bc4 Kh7 21.Bxd5 Bxc3+ 22.Bxc3 cxd5
23.g4 Rxd6 24.gxf5 gxf5 25.Rd1 Nc6 26.b5 Nd8 27.f3 Ne6 28.fxe4 fxe4 29.Rf1 Ng5
30.Rf5 d4 31.h4 Nf3+ 32.Ke2 Rc8 33.Bb4 Rg6 and White resigned

59.
32.Rxf7
Keres - D.Byrne, San Antonio 1972
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 c5 9.OO cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.d5 Na5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nbc4
16.Bc1 Nxb3 17.axb3 Nd6 18.Re1 Re8 19.Be3 a6 20.Bf4 Qd7 21.Ra4 Rac8 22.g4 a5
23.Be5 Rc5 24.Rf4 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 b5 26.Qe3 Qc7 27.Rf3 b4 28.Ne2 a4 29.Qxh6 a3

30.bxa3 bxa3 31.Rg5 a2 32.Rxf7 a1Q+ 33.Kg2 and Black resigned

58.
10...Nxe5
Greenfeld - J. Polgar, Haifa 1989
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Nc3 axb5 7.d6 Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.e5 Ng4
10.Bg5 Nxe5 11.Bxe7 Re8 12.Bxb5 Nec6 13.O-O Nxe7 14.dxe7 Rxe7 15.Qd5 Ra5
16.Qxc5 Na6 17.Qc4 Nc7 18.a4 Nxb5 19.axb5 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Bb7 21.Qf4 h6 22.h3
Kh7 23.Rd1 f5 24.Nd5 Re2 25.b3 Rb2 26.Qd6 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Qb6 28.Nd4 Qc7 29.h4
Rd2 30.Re1 Rxd4 31.Qf7 Rxh4 32.g3 Re4 33.Rd1 Qc2 34.Qxd7 Qxb3 35.Kg2 Re5
36.Rd6 Qb1 37.Qf7 f4 38.Rd7 f3+ 39.Qxf3 Qxb5 40.Qf7 Qc6+ and White resigned

57.
24...Qb8
Voronov - Estrin, Leningrad 1971
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 d6 9.c3
Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 Be6 15.Ne3 Rad8 16.Qe2
g6 17.Ng5 Nh5 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.g3 c4 20.Ng4 Bc5 21.Kg2 Nd4 22.cxd4 exd4 23.Bg5
d3 24.Bxd8 Qb8 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.Qd2 Rxf2+ 27.Qxf2 Bxf2 28.Bf6+ Nxf6 29.Kxf2
Qf8 and White resigned

56.
42.Qh1
Euwe - Alekhine, Holland 1935 (2)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Be6 6.Qb5+ Nc6 7.Nf3 Rb8 8.Ne5 Bd7
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.d5 Nd4 11.Qd3 e5 12.e3 Nf5 13.e4 Nd6 14.f4 Qe7 15.Be3 Ng4
16.Bxa7 Ra8 17.h3 Rxa7 18.hxg4 Bg7 19.Qe3 Ra5 20.f5 Bf6 21.a4 Bh4+ 22.g3 Bg5
23.Qf3 O-O 24.b4 Raa8 25.Ra2 Ne8 26.Rb2 Nf6 27.Be2 c6 28.dxc6 bxc6 29.O-O Rad8
30.Kg2 Rd4 31.b5 cxb5 32.axb5 Rb8 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.b6 Qb7 35.Kh3 Rd6 36.Nd5 Kg7
37.Rc2 Nxd5 38.exd5 Rxb6 39.Rc6 Rxc6 40.dxc6 Qe7 41.Bc4 Kh6 42.Qh1 Rb2 43.Rf7
Qe8 44.c7 Rc2 45.Qb7 and Black resigned

55.
11.Nxd7
Shabalov - Ronin, Kiev 1983
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.a4 b4 6.a5 c5 7.c4 a6 8.d4 Nc6 9.d5 Nxa5
10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Nxd7 Nxc4 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qa4+ Kf8 14.e4 exd5 15.exd5 Qf5
16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Bxd2 h5 18.h4 g6 19.Bg5 Re8 20.Rae1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Kg7 22.Be4
Qe5 23.Qd7 Bc8 24.Qc6 Be7 25.Bf4 Qxb2 26.Bf5 Bf6 27.Bxc8 b3 28.Qb7 Bd4 29.Rf1
Rxc8 30.Qxc8 Qc2 31.Qb8 b2 32.Be5+ Bxe5 33.Qxe5+ Kh7 34.Qb8 c4 35.d6 c3 36.d7
Qd2 37.d8Q Qxd8 38.Qxd8 c2 39.Qd2 b1Q 40.Rc1 and Black resigned

54.
27...Nh1
P. v.d. Weide - Ligterink, Leeuwarden 1979
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.d5 Nb8 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Nf3 exf4 8.Bxf4 g6 9.O-O
Bg7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Qe1 Ng4 12.Qg3 Nge5 13.Bc2 Qe7 14.Rf2 a5 15.Raf1 a4 16.a3
c6 17.Nd4 cxd5 18.exd5 Nc5 19.N2f3 Bd7 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bf4 Rae8 22.h4 f5 23.h5 Ne4
24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.Ng5 Ng4 26.Nde6 Nxf2 27.Bxd6 Nh1 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Nxf8 Nxg3
30.Nxd7 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Nxc3 32.bxc3 Rd8 33.c4 Rxd7 34.c5 Bd4+ 35.Ke2 Bxc5
36.Bxc5 Rxd5 37.Nxe4 Rxh5 38.Nf6+ Kf7 39.Nxh5 gxh5 and White overstepped the
time limit.

53.
25...h5
Portisch - Tal, Amsterdam 1964
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Bg4 7.Nc3 Qc8 8.Re1 Re8
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.d5 Na5 11.Qa4 b6 12.Nd2 Bd7 13.Qc2 c6 14.b4 Nxc4 15.Nxc4 cxd5
16.Na3 d4 17.Bxa8 Qxa8 18.Ncb5 Rc8 19.Qd1 Ne4 20.f3 a6 21.Nxd4 Qd5 22.Be3 Rc3
23.Ndc2 Qf5 24.g4 Qe6 25.Bd4 h5 26.Bxg7 hxg4 27.Nd4 Qd5 28.fxe4 Qxe4 29.Nf3
Qe3+ 30.Kh1 Bc6 31.Rf1 Rxa3 32.Qc1 gxf3 33.Qxc6 Qxe2 34.Rg1 Kxg7 35.Rae1 Qd2
36.Rd1 Qe2 37.Rde1 Qd2 38.Rd1 Qe2 39.Rde1 draw

52.
23.Nd7
Stanishevsky - Nikonov, Moscow 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.e5 Ne7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Ne4 d5 10.Nxc5 Nf5 11.d4 Rb8 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.b3 Rb6 14.Kh1 a5 15.Qd2 Ba6
16.Rg1 h6 17.Bf6 Bxf6 18.exf6 Kh7 19.g4 Nd6 20.Rae1 Bb5 21.Qf4 Qd8 22.Re3 Ne8
23.Nd7 Qxd7 24.Ne5 Qd8 25.Nd7 Qxd7 26.Rh3 h5 27.gxh5 g5 28.Qxg5 Qd8 29.h6
Qxf6 30.Qg7+ Nxg7 31.hxg7+ Qh6 32.gxf8N+ Kh8 33.Rxh6 mate

51:
11...Ke7
Kamsky - Karpov, Dortmund 1993
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qh4 Ke7 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qa5+ 14.c3 Qxe5+
15.Be3 b6 16.O-O-O g5 17.Qa4 c5 18.Rhe1 Bd7 19.Qa3 Rhd8 20.g3 Qc7 21.Bd4 Be8
22.Kb1 Rd5 23.f4 Rad8 24.Bc2 R5d6 25.Bxf6+ Kxf6 26.fxg5+ hxg5 27.Rxd6 Rxd6
28.c4 Ke7 29.Qe3 f6 30.h4 gxh4 31.gxh4 Qd7 32.Qh6 e5 33.h5 Qg4 34.Qh7+ Kd8
35.h6 Rd2 36.Qf5 Qxf5 37.Bxf5 Bd7 38.Bg6 Rh2 39.h7 Ke7 40.Bd3 Be6 41.Rg1 f5
42.Rg7+ Kf6 43.Rxa7 e4 44.Be2 f4 45.b3 f3 46.Bd1 Bf5 47.Kc1 Bxh7 48.Rb7 Ke5
49.Rxb6 Rxa2 and White resigned.

50.
26.Ra1
Hollis - Baumbach, cr 1976
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 Qb6 13.Bg2 O-O-O 14.O-O Ne5 15.dxe5 Rxd1
16.Raxd1 Bc5 17.Ne4 Bd4 18.Nd6+ Kc7 19.Bf4 Rf8 20.Bh6 Rh8 21.Bg7 Rd8 22.Nxf7
Bxf2+ 23.Kh1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Qe3 25.Nd6 Qe2 26.Ra1 Qh5 27.g4 Qh7 28.f7 Bg3 29.h3
c5 30.Nxb7 Qxg7 31.Rf1 Qf8 32.Nxc5 and Black resigned

49.
22...Rh8
Geller - Euwe, Zurich 1953
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.f3 Nc6 9.Ne2
O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.e4 Ne8 12.Ng3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.f4 Nxc4 15.f5 f6 16.Rf4 b5
17.Rh4 Qb6 18.e5 Nxe5 19.fxe6 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Qxe6 21.Qxh7+ Kf7 22.Bh6 Rh8
23.Qxh8 Rc2 24.Rc1 Rxg2+ 25.Kf1 Qb3 26.Ke1 Qf3 and White resigned

48.
15.Qxg6
Malinin - Savinov, Leningrad 1988
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 g6 8.g3 Bg7 9.h4 O-O
10.h5 Nbd7 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.Bh3 Re8 13.Qc2 Rb8 14.Be3 Nxd5 15.Qxg6 fxg6
16.Be6+ Kf8 17.Nxd5 Rxb2 18.Ng5 Nf6 19.Nf4 Qa5+ 20.Kf1 Bxe2+ 21.Kg1 Reb8
22.Bf7 Rb1+ 23.Kh2 Ng4+ 24.Kh3 Rxh1+ 25.Rxh1 Nxf2+ 26.Bxf2 Bg4+ 27.Kxg4 Rb4
28.Kf3 Qa3+ 29.Be3 Qa8+ 30.Bd5 Qa5 31.Nfe6+ Kg8 32.Nc7+ e6 33.Bxe6+ Kf8
34.Nh7+ Ke7 35.Bg5+ Bf6 36.Bxf6 mate

47.
24.Qf3
Robovic - Van Wely, Munich 1992
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.a4 Be7 8.c3 O-O
9.Na3 Rc8 10.d3 a6 11.h3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Rfd8 13.Nh2 b6 14.Ng4 Qc6 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6
16.Re3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rg3 Kh8 19.Bg5 c4 20.Nc2 h6 21.Ra7 cxd3 22.Bxh6 gxh6
23.Rxe7 dxc2 24.Qf3 c1Q+ 25.Kh2 Ng4+ 26.Rxg4 f5 27.Rgg7 Q1xc3 28.bxc3 Qxc3
29.Rh7+ Kg8 30.Qh5 Qf6 31.exf5 exf5 32.Rxh6 Qxe7 33.Rh8+ Kg7 34.Rh7+ Kg8
35.Rh8+ Kg7 36.Rh7+ Kf8 37.Qxf5+ Ke8 38.Qh5+ Kf8 39.Qf5+ Ke8 40.Rh8+ and
Black resigned

46.
16.Nf4
Kotov - Keres, Budapest 1950
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nc6 6.f3 b6 7.e4 Ba6 8.e5 Ng8 9.Nh3
Na5 10.Qa4 Ne7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 d5 14.Bb1 g5 15.Qc2 Ng6 16.Nf4

gxh4 17.Nxg6 Re8 18.Nh8 Re7 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.f4 Nxc4 21.f5 exf5 22.O-O Bc8
23.Bxf5 Bxf5 24.Rxf5 Ke8 25.Rxf7 Kd7 26.Qf5+ Kc6 27.Qf6+ Kd7 28.e6+ Kc6
29.Rxe7 Qxh8 30.Rxc7+ Kb5 31.Qe7 a5 32.Qd7+ Ka6 33.Rb1 and Black resigned

45.
26...Bb1
Aronson - Tal, Moscow 1957
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Qe8 8.Re1 Qg6 9.e4
fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 Nc6 12.Qe2 Bf6 13.Bd2 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bc3 Bf5
16.Nh4 Bxh4 17.Rxh4 Rae8 18.Qe3 h6 19.b4 Qf6 20.b5 Nd8 21.Bd5+ Kh8 22.f4 exf4
23.Qd2 Qb6+ 24.Bd4 Qg6 25.Qxf4 Kh7 26.Qxc7 Bb1 27.Be5 Ne6 28.Qd6 Qf5 29.Bf4
Ng5 30.Qb4 Be4 31.Bxe4 Rxe4 32.Rf1 Re2 33.Qd6 Rxa2 34.Qd5 Qc2 35.c5 Rd8
36.Bd6 Re8 and White resigned

44.
32.Nf6
Timman - Kasparov, Hilversum 1985 (m 3)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3
Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.a3 h6 15.Bc2 Nb8 16.b4 Nbd7
17.Bb2 g6 18.c4 exd4 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Nxd4 c6 21.a4 bxa4 22.Bxa4 Qb6 23.Nc2 Qc7
24.Bb3 Ba6 25.Rc1 Bg7 26.Ne3 Bb5 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.exd5 Ne5 30.Ne4
Nd3 31.Qd2 Ra3 32.Nf6 Rxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Kxf6 34.Qc3+ Ne5 35.f4 Ba4 36.fxe5+ dxe5
37.d6 Qxd6 38.Qf3+ Ke7 39.Qxf7+ Kd8 40.Rd1 Ra1 41.Qf6+ and Black resigned

43.
12...Qa8
Zeitlin - Monin, USSR 1978
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c3 a5 8.a4 b6 9.h4 Ba6
10.Bxa6 Rxa6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bf4 Qa8 13.h5 Kd8 14.Nc1 Kc8 15.Nd3 Kb7 16.Bd2 Qf8
17.Kf1 Ra8 18.Rb1 g5 19.b4 axb4 20.cxb4 g4 21.b5 gxf3 22.bxc6+ Kxc6 23.gxf3 Kb7
24.Qc2 f6 25.Nf4 fxe5 26.Nxe6 Qxf3 27.Rh2 Rxa4 28.Qxc7+ Ka6 29.Be3 Qf5 30.Re1
Qxe6 31.Rg2 Bg5 32.Bxg5 hxg5 33.Rxg5 Ra2 34.dxe5 Rf8 35.Kg1 Rg8 36.Rxg8
Qxg8+ 37.Kf1 Nc5 38.Rb1 Qe6 39.Qg7 Qh3+ 40.Kg1 Ra4 and White resigned

42.
8.dxe4
Bronstein - Rojahn, Moscow ol 1956
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.d3 h6 7.Nf3 e4 8.dxe4 Nxc4
9.Qd4 Nb6 10.c4 c5 11.Qd3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Ne5 Bh5 15.b3 Nbd7
16.Bb2 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Nd7 18.Bc3 Bf6 19.Rae1 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Qf6 21.e5 Qf5 22.f4
Bg6 23.Ne4 Rab8 24.Qf3 Bh7 25.g4 Qg6 26.f5 Qb6 27.Qg3 f6 28.e6 Ne5 29.h4 Kh8
30.g5 Rbc8 31.Kh1 Qd8 32.g6 Bxg6 33.fxg6 b5 34.d6 Qb6 35.d7 Nxd7 36.exd7 Rcd8

37.Nxf6 Qc6+ 38.Qg2 Qxg2+ 39.Kxg2 and Black resigned

41:
64.Nxc5
Alburt - Lerner, Kiev 1978
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.Ng3 Ne8 8.h4 g6 9.h5 Bg5
10.hxg6 fxg6 11.Be2 Qf6 12.Bf3 Na6 13.Bxg5 Qxg5 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.Nf1 Nac7 16.Qh6
Rb8 17.Be2 a6 18.a4 b6 19.Ne3 Qg7 20.Qxg7+ Kxg7 21.O-O Nf6 22.g3 Bd7 23.Kg2
h5 24.Rfb1 a5 25.Rh1 Rh8 26.Rh2 Rbe8 27.Rah1 Rh7 28.Kf1 Re7 29.Ke1 Kg8 30.Kd2
Nce8 31.Kd3 Ng4 32.Bxg4 hxg4 33.Rh6 Rxh6 34.Rxh6 Rh7 35.Rxg6+ Kf7 36.Rg5 Kf6
37.Rxg4 Bxg4 38.Nxg4+ Ke7 39.Ne3 Rh1 40.Ke2 Nf6 41.Nf1 Rg1 42.Ne3 Kd7 43.Kf3
Rc1 44.Ned1 Ke7 45.Ke3 Kf7 46.Kd2 Ra1 47.Kc2 Kg6 48.b3 Kg5 49.f3 Nh5 50.g4
Nf4 51.Kb2 Rxd1 52.Nxd1 Nd3+ 53.Kc3 Ne1 54.Ne3 Nxf3 55.Nf5 Kxg4 56.Nxd6 Ng5
57.Kd3 Kf3 58.Kd2 Kf2 59.Kd1 Kf3 60.Kd2 Kf2 61.Kc2 Ke3 62.Nb7 Nxe4 63.d6 Nf6
64.Nxc5 bxc5 65.b4 axb4 66.a5 e4 67.a6 Kf2 68.a7 e3 69.a8Q e2 70.Qf8 e1Q 71.Qxf6+
Kg3 72.Qg5+ Kh3 73.Qd2 Qa1 74.d7 Qa2+ 75.Kd1 Qb3+ 76.Kc1 Qa3+ 77.Kd1 Qb3+
78.Ke2 Kg4 79.Qd1 Qxc4+ 80.Ke3+ and Black resigned.

40.
34.Ra8
Tal - Brinck Claussen, Havana 1966
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O
dxc4 10.Bxc4 b6 11.Qd3 Bb7 12.Rd1 Rc8 13.Ba2 Qc7 14.Bg5 Rfd8 15.Qe2 Nd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qd3 Qd6 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Re1 Ng6 20.g3 Re8 21.h4 Qf6 22.h5 Nf8
23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Ne5 Qg5 25.Qf3 f6 26.Nc4 Rd8 27.Re1 Bc8 28.Ne3 Be6 29.Rc1 Bf7
30.h6 Qxh6 31.Rc7 Qg5 32.Rxa7 Ng6 33.Nxd5 Bxd5 34.Ra8 Bxa2 35.Rxd8+ Kf7
36.Qc6 Ne7 37.Qe8+ Ke6 38.Rc8 Qd5 39.Rc3 Qd7 40.Re3+ Kd6 41.Qb8+ Kc6 42.a4
Nd5 43.Re1 Qd6 44.Rc1+ Kd7 45.Qc8+ and Black resigned

39.
15.Nd6
Spassky - Bronstein, Leningrad 1960
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Bd6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.d4 O-O 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.O-O h6 9.Ne4
Nxd5 10.c4 Ne3 11.Bxe3 fxe3 12.c5 Be7 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Qd3 e2 15.Nd6 Nf8 16.Nxf7
exf1Q+ 17.Rxf1 Bf5 18.Qxf5 Qd7 19.Qf4 Bf6 20.N3e5 Qe7 21.Bb3 Bxe5 22.Nxe5+
Kh7 23.Qe4+ and Black resigned

38.
45...Qb6
A. Petrosyan - Hasaj, Schilde 1970
1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.d5 Na6 7.Be3 Nh5 8.Qd2 Qh4+ 9.Bf2
Qe7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Be3 f5 12.Bd3 f4 13.Bf2 Bf6 14.Nge2 Bh4 15.Bg1 Bd7 16.Kb1
b6 17.Nc1 Nc5 18.Bc2 a5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Ba4 Bxa4 21.Nxa4 Rfb8 22.Qc2 Kh8
23.Rd3 Rb4 24.Ra3 Qe8 25.Nd3 g5 26.h3 Nf6 27.Rc1 Kg7 28.b3 Nd7 29.Qd2 Rb7

30.Ndb2 Nb6 31.Ka1 h5 32.Nd1 Nxa4 33.Rxa4 Rb4 34.Nc3 Qc8 35.Nb5 Bg3 36.Qe2
Kf6 37.Rb1 Ke7 38.a3 Rxa4 39.bxa4 Kd8 40.Nc3 Rb8 41.Rb5 Rxb5 42.axb5 Qa8
43.Na4 Qa7 44.Ka2 Kc8 45.Qb2 Qb6 46.Nxb6+ cxb6 47.h4 gxh4 48.Qd2 h3 49.gxh3
h4 50.Kb3 Kb7 51.Ka4 Ka7 52.Qg2 Kb7 53.Qb2 Ka7 54.Qc2 Kb7 55.Qc3 Ka7 draw

37.
86.Qh3
Mhring - Kaikamdzozov, Zamardi 1978
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.f3 h5 7.h4 Bh6 8.Bxh6 Rxh6 9.g3 Rh8
10.Bh3 a6 11.Bxc8 Qxc8 12.Qd2 Kf8 13.Nh3 Kg7 14.Kf2 Nbd7 15.Kg2 Qd8 16.b3
Qa5 17.a4 Rab8 18.Qb2 Qd8 19.Rhf1 Nf8 20.Rf2 N8h7 21.Rh1 Qe7 22.Rff1 Rhf8
23.Nf2 Nd7 24.g4 Nhf6 25.Qd2 Rh8 26.Rh3 Qd8 27.g5 Ne8 28.Nd3 Qe7 29.f4 Nc7
30.Rhf3 Rhf8 31.f5 Kg8 32.Ne2 Rbe8 33.Ng3 Qd8 34.R3f2 Kg7 35.Qe2 Rh8 36.Qb2
a5 37.fxg6 fxg6 38.Rf7+ Kg8 39.Nf4 Rh7 40.Rxh7 Kxh7 41.Nfxh5 Rf8 42.Qe2 Rxf1
43.Qxf1 Qe7 44.Nf6+ Nxf6 45.gxf6 Qf7 46.h5 gxh5 47.Qf5+ Kh6 48.Nxh5 Ne8 49.Kf2
Qf8 50.Kg3 Qg8+ 51.Kh2 Qf7 52.Kh3 Qf8 53.Kg4 Qg8+ 54.Kf3 Qf8 55.Ke2 Qf7
56.Ke3 Qf8 57.Kd3 Qf7 58.Kc2 Qf8 59.Kc3 Qf7 60.Kd3 Qf8 61.Kc2 Qf7 62.Kb2 Qf8
63.Ka3 Qf7 64.Ka2 Qf8 65.Kb2 Qf7 66.Ka3 Qf8 67.Ka2 Qf7 68.Ka1 Qf8 69.Kb1 Qf7
70.Kc1 Qf8 71.Kd1 Qf7 72.Kd2 Qf8 73.Ke1 Qf7 74.Kf1 Qf8 75.Kg1 Qf7 76.Kh2 Qf8
77.f7 Ng7 78.Qf6+ Kxh5 79.Kg3 b6 80.Kh3 Ne8 81.Qf5+ Kh6 82.Qe6+ Kh7 83.fxe8Q
Qf3+ 84.Kh4 Qf2+ 85.Kh5 Qh2+ 86.Qh3 Qxh3+ 87.Kg5 Qg3+ 88.Kf6 Qf3+ 89.Ke7
Qxb3 90.Qh5+ Kg7 91.Qg4+ and Black resigned

36.
18...Ra3
Pillsbury - Em. Lasker, St. Petersburg 1896
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.Bg5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qh4 Be7 8.O-O-O Qa5
9.e3 Bd7 10.Kb1 h6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nd4 O-O 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qh5 Nxd4 15.exd4
Be6 16.f4 Rac8 17.f5 Rxc3 18.fxe6 Ra3 19.exf7+ Rxf7 20.bxa3 Qb6+ 21.Bb5 Qxb5+
22.Ka1 Rc7 23.Rd2 Rc4 24.Rhd1 Rc3 25.Qf5 Qc4 26.Kb2 Rxa3 27.Qe6+ Kh7 28.Kxa3
Qc3+ 29.Ka4 b5+ 30.Kxb5 Qc4+ and White resigned

35.
24.Ba7
Karpov - Unzicker, Nice 1974
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3
Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.d5 Nd8 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5 16.b4 Nb7
17.Nf1 Bd7 18.Be3 Ra8 19.Qd2 Rfc8 20.Bd3 g6 21.Ng3 Bf8 22.Ra2 c4 23.Bb1 Qd8
24.Ba7 Ne8 25.Bc2 Nc7 26.Rea1 Qe7 27.Bb1 Be8 28.Ne2 Nd8 29.Nh2 Bg7 30.f4 f6
31.f5 g5 32.Bc2 Bf7 33.Ng3 Nb7 34.Bd1 h6 35.Bh5 Qe8 36.Qd1 Nd8 37.Ra3 Kf8
38.R1a2 Kg8 39.Ng4 Kf8 40.Ne3 Kg8 41.Bxf7+ Nxf7 42.Qh5 Nd8 43.Qg6 Kf8 44.Nh5
and Black resigned

34.
21...Bxh3
Short - Tisdall, Westmann Islands 1985
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 Nc6 9.Be3
O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.Ba7 Ra8 16.Be3
exf4 17.Bxf4 Be6 18.Rfd1 Red8 19.a5 Rac8 20.h3 h6 21.Ra4 Bxh3 22.gxh3 Qd7
23.Qg2 Rxc3 24.Rad4 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Qxh3+ 26.Bh2 Qxf3+ 27.Qg2 Qxg2+ 28.Kxg2
Ng4 29.Bf4 g5 30.Kf3 h5 31.Bxd6 Bf6 32.Rd5 Kh7 33.b4 Kg6 34.Rc1 Bb2 35.Rcc5 f6
36.Bg3 Re8 37.Rc7 Be5 38.Bxe5 Nxe5+ 39.Kg2 Nc6 40.b5 axb5 41.a6 bxa6 42.Rxc6
Rxe4 43.Rxa6 Rg4+ 44.Kf3 Rf4+ 45.Ke3 h4 46.Rxb5 Kh5 47.Ra2 Kg4 48.Rg2+ Kh3
49.Rbb2 Ra4 50.Rgf2 Ra6 51.Ke4 Kg4 52.Rg2+ Kh5 53.Rb8 Kg6 54.Rg8+ Kf7 55.Rd8
Ra4+ 56.Rd4 Ra5 57.Rgd2 Re5+ 58.Kf3 Rf5+ 59.Kg2 Kg7 60.Ra4 Kg6 61.Rd3 Kg7
62.Ra6 Rf4 63.Kh3 Kg6 64.Ra8 Kg7 65.Rb3 Kg6 66.Rg8+ Kh6 67.Kg2 Kh7 68.Rbb8
Rf5 69.Kh3 Rf4 70.Rbf8 Kh6 71.Rf7 Rf3+ 72.Kg2 Rf4 73.Rh8+ Kg6 draw

33.
11.Bxc4
Geller - Dreev, New York 1990
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 c4 7.O-O Bd6 8.b3 b5 9.a4 Bb7
10.bxc4 bxc4 11.Bxc4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Be7 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Rb1 Qxc4 15.Rxb7 Nc6
16.Nd2 Qxd4 17.Bb2 Qxa4 18.Re4 Qa2 19.Bxg7 O-O-O 20.Rb3 Bf6 21.Qg4+ Kc7
22.Qf4+ Kc8 23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Qxf6 Qxc2 25.Qf5+ and Black resigned

32.
31...Re4
Kramnik - Shirov, Linares 1994
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qc7 7.Bf4 Qc8 8.e3 Nf6 9.Qa4
Nbd7 10.b4 a6 11.h3 Be7 12.Qb3 O-O 13.Be2 Be4 14.O-O Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Bd8 16.a4
Bc7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.b5 e5 20.b6 Bb8 21.a5 exd4 22.exd4 Bf4 23.Qc2 Qd7
24.g3 Qxh3 25.Bg2 Qh5 26.gxf4 Ng4 27.Rfd1 Rae8 28.Rd3 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 f5 30.Qd2
Rf6 31.f3 Re4 32.Nxd5 cxd5 33.c6 Rxf4 34.cxb7 Re4 35.Rc1 Kh7 36.b8Q Qxb8
37.fxg4 Qh2 38.Rf3 Rxg4 39.b7 Rfg6 40.Rc2 Rxg2 41.Qxg2 Rxg2 42.Rxg2 Qh1+
43.Kf2 Qb1 and White resigned

31:
21.Qa8
Panczyk - Schurade, Zakopane 1978
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Bd3
dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Bg3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 13.O-O b6 14.d5 Nb8 15.Ne5 a6 16.dxe6
Bxe6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qg4 Qc8 19.Qe4 Ra7 20.Ng6 Rf6 21.Qa8 and Black resigned

30.
22.Bh7
Hommeles - Skoblikov, Rotterdam 1992
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 Bf5 5.fxe4 Nxe4 6.Qf3 Nd6 7.Bf4 e6 8.O-O-O Nd7
9.g4 Bg6 10.Qe3 Be7 11.Nf3 h6 12.Ne5 Bh7 13.h4 c6 14.d5 exd5 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Bxd6 Nf6 17.Bc5 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Bd3 Bxh1 20.Re1 Be4 21.Bxe4 Kf8
22.Bh7 Qd7 23.Bxe7+ Ke8 24.Bf5 Qb7 25.Bb4+ Kd8 26.Ba5+ and Black resigned

29.
25.Rd5
Polugayevsky - Maslov, Moscow 1963
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 b6 9.b3
a5 10.Bb2 Nbc6 11.Qe2 a4 12.Nc4 Ba6 13.h4 Qc8 14.Rad1 Bb5 15.h5 Qa6 16.hxg6
hxg6 17.Ng5 Na5 18.Qg4 Nxc4 19.bxc4 Bxc4 20.Qh4 Rfe8 21.f4 Qb5 22.Bxe5 f6
23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Bh3 Rad8 25.Rd5 Nxd5 26.Be6 Rxe6 27.Nxe6+ Ke7 28.Nd4 Qc5
29.Qxg7+ Ke8 30.Qxg6+ Ke7 31.Rf2 fxe5 32.Qe6+ Kf8 33.fxe5+ and Black resigned

28.
47.Ng2
Karpov - Kasparov, Moscow (9) 1984
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bg5
cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.Nf5 Rc8 15.Bd4 Bc5
16.Bxc5 Rxc5 17.Ne3 Be6 18.Rad1 Qc8 19.Qa4 Rd8 20.Rd3 a6 21.Rfd1 Nc4 22.Nxc4
Rxc4 23.Qa5 Rc5 24.Qb6 Rd7 25.Rd4 Qc7 26.Qxc7 Rdxc7 27.h3 h5 28.a3 g6 29.e3
Kg7 30.Kh2 Rc4 31.Bf3 b5 32.Kg2 R7c5 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.Rd4 Kf8 35.Be2 Rxd4
36.exd4 Ke7 37.Na2 Bc8 38.Nb4 Kd6 39.f3 Ng8 40.h4 Nh6 41.Kf2 Nf5 42.Nc2 f6
43.Bd3 g5 44.Bxf5 Bxf5 45.Ne3 Bb1 46.b4 gxh4 47.Ng2 hxg3+ 48.Kxg3 Ke6 49.Nf4+
Kf5 50.Nxh5 Ke6 51.Nf4+ Kd6 52.Kg4 Bc2 53.Kh5 Bd1 54.Kg6 Ke7 55.Nxd5+ Ke6
56.Nc7+ Kd7 57.Nxa6 Bxf3 58.Kxf6 Kd6 59.Kf5 Kd5 60.Kf4 Bh1 61.Ke3 Kc4 62.Nc5
Bc6 63.Nd3 Bg2 64.Ne5+ Kc3 65.Ng6 Kc4 66.Ne7 Bb7 67.Nf5 Bg2 68.Nd6+ Kb3
69.Nxb5 Ka4 70.Nd6 and Black resigned

27.
17.Rxe6
H. Olafsson - Levitt, Reykjavik 1990
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Bf4 O-O 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Qd2 Qb6 12.Rfd1 Rd8 13.Qe3 Qb7 14.Bd6 Bxd6 15.Rxd6
Qxb2 16.Rad1 Qb7 17.Rxe6 fxe6 18.Ng5 h6 19.Nxe4 Nc6 20.Nxc5 Qc7 21.Nxd7 Rac8
22.Qxe6+ Kh8 23.Be4 Ne7 24.Rd6 Qxc4 25.Qxe7 Qc1+ 26.Kg2 Re8 27.Qf7 Rxe4
28.Rg6 Rg8 29.Nf6 Qc4 30.Rxh6+ and Black resigned

26.
18.Bxh6
Portisch - Johannessen, Havana 1966
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4 9.Ne4
Bb7 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.Qa4 Be7 12.Bd2 a5 13.e4 O-O 14.e5 Nd7 15.Qc2 h6 16.h4 c5
17.Rh3 Bxf3 18.Bxh6 Bxh4 19.gxf3 gxh6 20.Ke2 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Qd4 22.Rxh4 Qxh4
23.Rg1+ Kh8 24.Qc1 f6 25.Rg6 and Black resigned

25.
10...Bd7
Janowsky - Capablanca, New York 1916
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Qxb6 axb6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5
cxd5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Bd2 Bd7 11.Be2 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 and White resigned

24.
19...Bd3
Gutman - Vitolinsh, Riga 1979
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 b5 6.cxb5 a6 7.Ng3 Bb7 8.Bd2 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 axb5 10.Bxb5 Bxg2 11.Rg1 Bc6 12.Nh5 Nxh5 13.Qxh5 Bxb5 14.Qh6 g6 15.d5
e5 16.Bxe5 f6 17.Rxg6+ hxg6 18.Qxg6+ Kh8 19.Kd2 Bd3 20.Kxd3 Qe7 21.e4 Qg7
22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.Bd4 c5 24.Bxc5 Rc8 25.f4 Na6 26.Bf2 Nb4+ 27.Ke2 Rxa2 and White
resigned

23.
14...Rh1
Larsen - Spassky, Beograd 1970
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Bc5 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Qc2 Qe7
9.Be2 O-O-O 10.f4 Ng4 11.g3 h5 12.h3 h4 13.hxg4 hxg3 14.Rg1 Rh1 15.Rxh1 g2
16.Rf1 Qh4+ 17.Kd1 gxf1Q+ and White resigned

22.
24.Nb6
Oren - Dyner, Tel Aviv 1952
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.e4 d6 7.Ne2 Nfd7 8.O-O b5 9.cxb5 a6
10.bxa6 Nxa6 11.Nbc3 Rb8 12.b3 Nb4 13.Bb2 Ne5 14.Na4 Nbd3 15.Bc3 Ba6 16.f4
Ng4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rf3 c4 19.bxc4 Rb4 20.Rxd3 Bxc4 21.Ra3 Qa5 22.Bf3 Bb3
23.Rxb3 Qa7+ 24.Nb6 and Black resigned

21:
10.Kd1
Kortchnoi - Plachetka, Luhacovice 1969
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.Qe2 a6 9.a4 b6
10.Kd1 Ne8 11.f4 f5 12.exf5 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.g4 b5 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.axb5 Nd6
17.Nf3 Bb7 18.Kc2 axb5 19.cxb5 e4 20.Nd2 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 e3 22.Qxe3 Bg5 23.Qxc5
Bxd2 24.Kxd2 Qg5+ 25.Kc2 Qf4 26.Re1 Nc4 27.Re2 Qxg4 28.d6 Bxg2 29.d7 Nd6
30.Qxd6 Qxf5+ 31.Kb3 Qf7+ 32.Kb4 and Black resigned

20.
9.Nxe5
Granda Zuniga - Seirawan, Buenos Aires 1993
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Nc6 7.e4 e5 8.d3 g6 9.Nxe5
Nxe5 10.f4 Nc6 11.e5 Ng8 12.f5 Nh6 13.Ne4 Nxf5 14.Nf6+ Ke7 15.Nd5+ Ke8
16.Nf6+ Ke7 17.g4 Nfd4 18.Qe1 Qb8 19.Nd5+ Kd8 20.Bg5+ Kc8 21.Rxf7 Ne6 22.Bf6
Ncd8 23.Re7 Rg8 24.Re8 Bc6 25.Bxd8 Nxd8 26.Nf6 Rh8 27.Bxc6 dxc6 28.Qe4 Qc7
29.e6 Bg7 30.e7 Rxe8 31.Nxe8 Bd4+ 32.Kh1 Qd7 33.Nd6+ Qxd6 34.e8Q a5 35.Rf1
Ra7 36.Rf8 Rd7 37.Q4e6 Qxe6 38.Qxe6 Kc7 39.Qe2 Bg7 40.Rf2 Bd4 41.Rf3 Nf7
42.Rf4 Nd6 43.Kg2 Nc8 44.b3 Re7 45.Re4 Rf7 46.Qe1 Rd7 47.Qg3+ Kb7 48.h3 Rf7
49.h4 Rd7 50.Re6 Bc3 51.Qf3 Nd6 52.Qf8 Nc8 53.Re8 Rc7 54.Rd8 Bg7 55.Qe8 Bf6
56.Rxc8 and Black resigned

19.
12...0-0-0
T. Espig - Mhring, Leipzig 1973
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Bc4 b5 6.Bb3 b4 7.O-O Ba6 8.Re1 Qf6 9.e5
Qf5 10.Ng5 cxb2 11.Bxf7+ Qxf7 12.e6 O-O-O 13.Bxb2 Qf5 14.Nf7 dxe6 15.Nxd8
Nxd8 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.Rc1 Bb7 18.Be5 Nd5 19.Qa4 Nc3 20.Bxc3 bxc3 21.Rxc3 Bc5
22.Nf3 Rf8 23.Rd1 Nf7 24.h3 Ne5 25.Rb3 Bb6 and White resigned

18.
17.Rxb7
Kasparov - Shirov, Horgen 1994
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3
b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 Bb7 13.Nc2 Nb8 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 Nd7 16.Rb4
Nc5 17.Rxb7 Nxb7 18.b4 Bg5 19.Na3 O-O 20.Nc4 a5 21.Bd3 axb4 22.cxb4 Qb8 23.h4
Bh6 24.Ncb6 Ra2 25.O-O Rd2 26.Qf3 Qa7 27.Nd7 Nd8 28.Nxf8 Kxf8 29.b5 Qa3
30.Qf5 Ke8 31.Bc4 Rc2 32.Qxh7 Rxc4 33.Qg8+ Kd7 34.Nb6+ Ke7 35.Nxc4 Qc5
36.Ra1 Qd4 37.Ra3 Bc1 38.Ne3 and Black resigned

17.
17.Bxg7
Karpov - Hbner, Tilburg 1982

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3
Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Ne5 O-O 14.c4 c5 15.d5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Ng4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qe2 Bg5+ 19.Kb1 Nf6 20.dxe6 Qc8 21.e7 Re8 22.Rd6
Qg4 23.Qe5 Kg8 24.Re1 Nd7 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Nf5 f6 27.Qd5+ Qxd5 28.cxd5 Bf4
29.g3 Bc7 30.Kc2 b5 31.Nxh6+ Kh7 32.Nf5 Rg8 33.d6 Ba5 34.Re6 Rg5 35.Rxf6 Rxh5
36.d7 Rh2 37.Ne3 and Black resigned

16.
37...h5
Kamsky - J. Polgar, Buenos Aires 1994
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3
Be6 10.Nc4 Rc8 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nb6 Rb8 13.Ncd5 Qg6 14.Qd3 Be7 15.g3 O-O
16.Bg2 Bd8 17.O-O Kh8 18.Nc4 Ne7 19.Qa3 Bxd5 20.exd5 Bc7 21.Rad1 Ng8 22.Na5
f5 23.c4 f4 24.c5 f3 25.Bh1 Bxa5 26.Qxa5 e4 27.Rfe1 Nf6 28.cxd6 Qg4 29.Rd4 Rbe8
30.Qb4 Qh3 31.Rdxe4 Nxe4 32.Rxe4 Qf5 33.Rxe8 Rxe8 34.h4 Re2 35.d7 Qb1+
36.Kh2 Rxf2+ 37.Kh3 h5 38.Qf8+ Kh7 and White resigned

15.
15.e6
Tisdall - Lee, London 1981
1.d4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e5 Ne4 7.Qg4 Nxc3 8.Qxg7 Rf8
9.a3 Nb5+ 10.axb4 Nxd4 11.Bd3 Qb6 12.Bg5 Nf5 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.O-O-O Qg6 15. e6
d5 16. Rxd5 Nc6 17. e7 Nxe7 18. Rd8+ and Black resigned

14.
48...e3
Gligoric - Stein, Lvov 1962
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Bd3 e6 8.dxe6 fxe6 9.Nge2
Nc6 10.O-O h6 11.Bd2 e5 12.Nd5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.f4 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bf5 16.Qc2
Qd7 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Be4 Rf6 19.Rf3 Raf8 20.Raf1 h5 21.c5 Qb5 22.Bxf5 gxf5 23.Bg5
R6f7 24.Rh3 Qe8 25.d6 Qe6 26.Qd1 f4 27.Qxh5 Qf5 28.g4 Qe4 29.Bh4 f3 30.Bf2 Rf4
31.Rh4 Bf6 32.g5 Rxh4 33.Bxh4 Bd8 34.Bf2 Qf5 35.Kh1 Kg7 36.Qh6+ Kf7 37.Rg1
Qg6 38.Qh3 Kg8 39.b4 d3 40.b5 e4 41.Qh6 Qxh6 42.gxh6+ Kh7 43.Be3 f2 44.Rf1 Ba5
45.c6 bxc6 46.bxc6 Bb6 47.Bxb6 axb6 48.Rxf2 e3 49.Rxf8 d2 50.c7 d1Q+ 51.Kg2
Qg4+ 52.Kf1 Qc4+ 53.Kg2 e2 54.Kf2 Qe6 55.Ke1 Qxd6 56.Rh8+ Kg6 57.Rg8+ Kh5
and White resigned

13.
15...Rd7
Sosonko - Rivas, Amsterdam 1978
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 c6 8.axb5 Nxc3 9.bxc3
cxb5 10.Ng5 f6 11.Qf3 Ra7 12.e6 Qb6 13.d5 fxg5 14.Qf7+ Kd8 15.Bxg5 Rd7 16.exd7

Nxd7 17.Be2 h6 18.Be3 Qf6 19.Qxf6 exf6 20.Bg4 Bb7 21.O-O Bd6 22.Rfd1 Re8
23.Be6 Nc5 24.Bxc5 Bxc5 25.Bg4 Kc7 26.Bf3 Bd6 27.Kf1 Kb6 28.Re1 Rxe1+
29.Kxe1 a5 30.Kd2 b4 31.cxb4 axb4 32.Ra4 Ba6 33.Be4 c3+ 34.Kc2 Bc4 35.g3 Kc5
36.Bd3 Bxd5 37.Ra6 Be5 38.Ra5+ Kd4 39.Rxd5+ Kxd5 40.f4 Bd6 41.Bg6 Kc4
42.Bf7+ Kd4 43.Bb3 Ke3 44.f5 h5 45.Bf7 h4 46.gxh4 Bxh2 47.Ba2 Bd6 48.Bb1 Kf4
49.Kb3 Kg4 50.Kc4 Kxh4 51.Bc2 Kg5 52.Kd5 Bf8 53.Ke4 g6 54.fxg6 f5+ 55.Ke5
Bg7+ 56.Ke6 f4 57.Kf7 Kh6 and White resigned

12.
18.c4
Rossolimo - Livingstone, New York 1961
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Qh5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Bxh3
9.gxh3 Qxh3 10.Ng5 Qh4 11.d5 Ne5 12.Bb5+ c6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Nd5 O-O-O 15.Ba6+
Kb8 16.Bf4 Rxd5 17.Bxe5+ Ka8 18.c4 Qxg5+ 19.Bg3 Rxd1 20.Raxd1 Nd5 21.cxd5 c5
22.b4 c4 23.Rd4 e5 24.dxe6ep Bxb4 25.Rd7 Rb8 26.Rfd1 Be7 27.exf7 c3 28.f8Q and
Black resigned

11:
1.Bg5
Simagin - Bronstein, Moscow 1947
Much to my regret, I have not been able to find the whole game. It ended with 1.Bg5
h1Q 2.Qe8+ Kg7 3.Qg6+ Kf8 4.Qxf6+ Kg8 5.Qd8+ Kg7 6.Qe7+ Kg8 7.Qe8+ and
Black resigned

10.
38.Qxh7+
Bischoff - Nogueiras, Havana 1998
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.Bb2 a6 9.d4 e5
10.O-O-O e4 11.Nd2 Re8 12.g4 Nf8 13.Rdg1 Be6 14.h4 b5 15.c5 Bc7 16.g5 N6d7
17.f3 exf3 18.Nxf3 f5 19.Kb1 b4 20.Nd1 Ng6 21.h5 Ne7 22.Bd3 a5 23.Nf2 Nf8 24.Nh3
Qb8 25.Ne5 a4 26.Nf4 axb3 27.axb3 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Bc8 29.e6 Nxe6 30.Nxe6 Bxe6
31.Bxg7 d4 32.Bxd4 Ra3 33.Bc4 Nd5 34.h6 Nc3+ 35.Bxc3 Bxc4 36.Bb2 Bxb3 37.Qxf5
Qa7 38.Qxh7+ Qxh7+ 39.g6 Ba2+ 40.Kc1 and Black resigned

9.
69...Be3
Hindle - Mhring, Tel Aviv 1964
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O-O 8.Nc3 Qd7
9.d5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ne5 11.Be2 Nf6 12.O-O Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qa4 Bc5 15.Qc2
Nc6 16.Bc4 Nd4 17.Qc3 Qd6 18.Be3 f5 19.Rfd1 f4 20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.Qf3 Rhe8
22.Rac1 Qb6 23.b3 h6 24.h3 g5 25.a4 a5 26.Rd3 Rd6 27.Rdd1 Kb8 28.Re1 Rxe1+
29.Rxe1 Ka7 30.Re8 Qb4 31.Kh2 Qd2 32.Re2 Qb4 33.Qe4 Qc5 34.Qf3 Qb6 35.Rc2
Qb4 36.Bb5 Bb6 37.Bc4 Qe1 38.Qe2 Qa1 39.Rd2 Qf6 40.Rxd6 Qxd6 41.Kg1 c6
42.Qd3 Qc5 43.Qf3 Qe5 44.Be2 Qd6 45.Kf1 Qc5 46.g4 fxg3ep 47.Qxg3 Qc1+ 48.Kg2
Qd2 49.Qf3 Qd4 50.Bc4 Bc5 51.Qf5 Kb6 52.Qf3 Qe5 53.Qg3 Qd4 54.Qf3 Qe5 55.Qg3
Qe4+ 56.Qf3 Qd4 57.Qf5 Bd6 58.Qd3 Qxd3 59.Bxd3 Kc5 60.Bg6 Kb4 61.Bf7 b5

62.axb5 cxb5 63.Kf3 a4 64.bxa4 bxa4 65.h4 Kc3 66.Kg4 Bf4 67.h5 a3 68.Kf5 Kb2
69.Kg6 Be3 70.Kxh6 g4+ 71.fxe3 g3 72.Kh7 g2 73.h6 g1Q 74.Kh8 a2 75.Bxa2 Kxa2
76.h7 Qg6 77.e4 Qf7 and White resigned

8.
18.Nc6
Kholmov - Bronstein, Kiev 1964
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-OO Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Ne5 13.Qh3 O-O 14.g5 b4 15.gxf6 Bxf6 16.Rg1+
Kh8 17.Qh6 Qe7 18.Nc6 Nxc6 19.e5 Bg5+ 20.Rxg5 f6 21.exd6 Qf7 22.Rg3 bxc3
23.Bc4 cxb2+ 24.Kb1 Nd8 25.Rdg1 Ra7 26.d7 Rxd7 27.fxe6 Nxe6 28.Bxe6 Rd1+
29.Rxd1 Bxe6 30.Kxb2 Rb8+ 31.Ka1 Bxa2 32.Rgd3 Qe7 33.Kxa2 Qe6+ 34.Rb3 and
Black resigned

7.
26.Bh6
Vladimirov - Epishin, USSR 1987
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Be7 8.g5 hxg5 9.Bxg5
Nc6 10.Qd2 a6 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.f4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Bc6 14.Rg1 Qa5 15.Bh3 Qc5
16.Qd3 b5 17.f5 b4 18.Be3 Qa5 19.Qc4 Bb7 20.fxe6 bxc3 21.Rxg7 d5 22.Qb3 cxb2+
23.Kb1 Qb5 24.exf7+ Kf8 25.Rdg1 Qxb3 26.Bh6 Ng4 27.Rh7+ Nxh6 28.Rxh8+ Kxf7
29.Rh7+ and Black resigned

6.
14.Rxh4
Anand - Ivanchuk, Las Palmas 1996
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Nxe4 8.Re1 Be7
9.Rxe4 Ng6 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 d6 12.Nd5 Bh4 13.Qh5 c6 14.Rxh4 Qxh4 15.Qxh4
Nxh4 16.Nb6 Rb8 17.Bf4 Nf5 18.d5 Re8 19.Kf1 h6 20.h3 Re4 21.Bh2 cxd5 22.g4 Rxc4
23.Nxc4 dxc4 24.Re1 Be6 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.Bxd6 Bxh3+ 27.Kg1 Rd8 28.Re8+ Rxe8
29.Bxe8 Be6 30.a4 g5 31.a5 Kg7 32.Ba4 Kg6 33.Bd1 Bd5 34.Bc2+ Kf6 35.Bc7 Ke6
36.Bh7 Bf3 37.Kh2 Kd5 38.Bc2 Be4 39.Bd1 Kd4 40.Be2 Bd3 41.Bb6+ Kd5 42.Bd1 f5
43.Kg3 Ke5 44.Bc5 Kf6 45.Bh5 f4+ 46.Kh2 and Black resigned

5.
21.Qg7
Ivanchuk - Shirov, Wijk aan Zee 1996
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5
17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Qg4+ Rd7 21.Qg7 Bxg7 22.fxg7 Rg8 23.Nxc5
d4 24.Bxb7+ Rxb7 25.Nxb7 Qb6 26.Bxd4 Qxd4 27.Rfd1 Qxb2 28.Nd6+ Kb8 29.Rdb1
Qxg7 30.Rxb4+ Kc7 31.Ra6 Rb8 32.Rxa7+ Kxd6 33.Rxb8 Qg4 34.Rd8+ Kc6 35.Ra1

and Black resigned

4.
48...Rxb3+
Brzozka - Bronstein, Miskolc 1963
1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qc2 Kh8 9.b3
Na6 10.Bb2 Nc7 11.Rad1 Bd7 12.e3 Qe8 13.Rfe1 Rd8 14.Rd2 Nh5 15.d5 Qf7 16.dxc6
bxc6 17.Ne2 c5 18.Nf4 Nf6 19.Ng5 Qg8 20.Bc3 Rde8 21.Ba5 Ne6 22.Ngxe6 Bxe6
23.Nxe6 Qxe6 24.Qd3 Ne4 25.Qd5 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Bc3 27.Bxc3+ Nxc3 28.Rd2 Ne4
29.Rb2 a5 30.f3 Nf6 31.Kf2 Rb8 32.Ke2 Rb6 33.Kd3 e5 34.f4 e4+ 35.Kc3 Kg7 36.Bf1
h5 37.h4 Rfb8 38.Be2 a4 39.Reb1 a3 40.Rd2 Kf7 41.Rbd1 Ke7 42.Rd5 Ne8 43.R1d2
Nc7 44.Bd1 Na6 45.Bc2 Nb4 46.Bb1 Ra6 47.Rd1 Nxd5+ 48.Rxd5 Rxb3+ 49.Kxb3
Rb6+ 50.Kc2 Rb2+ 51.Kc1 Re2 52.Rd1 Rxe3 53.Rg1 Rc3+ 54.Kd2 Rxc4 55.Bc2 d5
56.Rb1 d4 57.Bd1 Rc3 58.Rb3 e3+ 59.Ke2 Rc1 60.Rxa3 c4 61.Ra7+ Kd6 62.Ba4 Rh1
63.Rd7+ Kc5 64.Rc7+ Kb4 65.a3+ Kc3 66.Bb5 Rh2+ 67.Kf1 d3 68.Rxc4+ Kb2 69.Kg1
e2 70.Kxh2 e1Q and White resigned

3.
23...Qg3
Levitzky - Marshall, Breslau 1912
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bg5 O-O
9.dxc5 Be6 10.Nd4 Bxc5 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bg4 Qd6 13.Bh3 Rae8 14.Qd2 Bb4 15.Bxf6
Rxf6 16.Rad1 Qc5 17.Qe2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qxc3 19.Rxd5 Nd4 20.Qh5 Ref8 21.Re5 Rh6
22.Qg5 Rxh3 23.Rc5 Qg3 and White resigned

2.
47...Bh3
Topalov - Shirov, Linares 1998
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.Ne2 Nd7 10.O-O e5 11.f3 Qe7 12.Be3 Rd8 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Bb3 Be6 15.Rad1 Nc4
16.Bc1 b5 17.f4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Bg4 19.Rde1 Qc5 20.Kh1 a5 21.h3 Bd7 22.a4 bxa4
23.Ba2 Be8 24.e5 Nb6 25.f5 Nd5 26.Bd2 Nb4 27.Qxa4 Nxa2 28.Qxa2 Bxe5 29.fxg6
hxg6 30.Bg5 Rd5 31.Re3 Qd6 32.Qe2 Bd7 33.c4 Bxd4 34.cxd5 Bxe3 35.Qxe3 Re8
36.Qc3 Qxd5 37.Bh6 Re5 38.Rf3 Qc5 39.Qa1 Bf5 40.Re3 f6 41.Rxe5 Qxe5 42.Qa2+
Qd5 43.Qxd5+ cxd5 44.Bd2 a4 45.Bc3 Kf7 46.h4 Ke6 47.Kg1 Bh3 48.gxh3 Kf5
49.Kf2 Ke4 50.Bxf6 d4 51.Be7 Kd3 52.Bc5 Kc4 53.Be7 Kb3 and White resigned

1:
16...Nc6
Averbakh - Spassky, Leningrad 1956
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 Qa5 8.Bd2 a6 9.a4 e5
10.g4 Ne8 11.h4 f5 12.h5 f4 13.g5 Qd8 14.Bg4 Nc7 15.Bxc8 Qxc8 16.Nf3 Nc6 (About

his #1 greatest move, Spassky wrote to me: I have played 16...Nc6 because I did not see
any other practical resources because my position was so passive. I was very surprised
that Yuri Averbakh was thinking about 1 hour (!!) (55 min.) I considered that after
17.dxc6 bxc6 18.h6! Bh8 White would have two pieces up and they could manage the
win very easy. Mark Taimanov: "I would rather resign the game than to make such a
move...") 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Nh4 Qe8 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Qg4 Rb8 21.Nd1 Ne6 22.Ra3
Nd4 23.Rah3 Qf7 24.Bc3 Rfe8 25.R3h2 Qxc4 26.Nxg6 Re6 27.Bxd4 Rxg6 28.Qf5 Qe6
29.Qxe6+ Rxe6 30.Bc3 d5 31.f3 Rb3 32.Rh3 c4 33.Kd2 Rg6 34.Rg1 d4 35.Ba5 Bf8
36.Rg4 Rd6 37.Kc2 Rd7 38.g6 Rdb7 39.Be1 c5 40.Rgh4 Bg7 41.Ba5 c3 42.bxc3 Ra3
43.cxd4 exd4 44.Rxf4 Ra2+ 45.Kd3 Rb1 46.Rh1 Rxa4 47.Kc2 Rb5 48.e5 d3+ 49.Kxd3
Rxf4 50.Bc3 Rxf3+ 51.Ke4 Rg3 52.Kf4 Rxg6 53.Ne3 Rb8 54.Nf5 Rf8 55.Rh5 Re8
56.Ke4 Rg1 57.Rh3 Bf8 58.Kd5 Rd1+ 59.Ke4 Rc1 60.Kd5 Rd1+ 61.Ke4 Rd7 62.Nh6+
Bxh6 63.Rxh6 Rh7 64.Rg6+ Kf7 65.Rf6+ Ke7 66.Rc6 Kd7 67.Rxc5 Rh6 68.Kd5 Rb6
69.Ba5 Rb5 70.Rxb5 axb5 71.e6+ Rxe6 72.Kc5 Re5+ 73.Kb6 draw