[Event "UKR Spartakiad"] [Site "Dnipropetrovsk"] [Date "1966.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Miroshnichenko, Nikolay"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1966.12.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Ng6 13. b4 Nh5 ({RR} 13... Qd6 14. h3 axb4 15. axb4 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. b5 Bxh3 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 Bg4 20. Nh2 Bd7 21. Rb7 Nf8 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Rfb1 Reb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Ra1 Bg4 26. Nd2 c5 27. Ba6 Ne6 28. Ra4 {Pudovkin,D (2349)-Fomichenko,E (2516) Armavir 2008 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 13... Nd7 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. b5 Ndf8 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Na4 Be8 19. Nc5 Ne6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Qc5 f6 23. Rb7 g5 24. Rcb1 Bg6 25. R1b6 Qe8 26. Rc7 Rb8 27. Qxa5 Rxb6 28. Qxb6 {Paiva,G (1741)-Marques,E (1934) Florianopolis BRA 2026 1-0 (43)}) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rfe1 $146 ({RR} 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nf6 {½-½ (16) Izsak,G (2330)-Polak,T (2410) Stockerau 1992}) 15... Bg4 16. Nd2 axb4 17. axb4 Qg5 18. Nf1 Nh4 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Nf5 21. Ra1 Rad8 22. Ne2 Rd6 23. Nf4 Rh6 24. b5 Nh4 25. Bf1 Nf5 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Ra6 Qd8 28. Rea1 Ne7 29. Qc5 Qd6 30. Ra8 Bc8 31. R1a7 Qxc5 32. dxc5 Kf8 33. Rc7 g5 34. Ne2 Bg4 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. Nd4 Kd8 37. Ra7 Rg6 38. Bd3 Rg7 39. f3 Bd7 40. g4 Nc8 41. Rb7 Ne7 42. Kf2 f6 43. Bf5 Nxf5 44. gxf5 Rf7 45. Nxc6+ Kc8 46. Ra7 1-0 [Event "UKR-ch27"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram Davidovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1958.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Anand,Viswanathan} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 ({RR} 10... Bf6) ({RR} 10... b6 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Be4) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Qc2 ({RR} 12. h4 Bxh4 13. d5 Na5 ({RR} 13... exd5 14. Qa4) ({RR} 13... Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxd5 15. c4) 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3) 12... g6 ({RR} 12... h6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Qe4) 13. h4 ({RR} 13. Bh6 Re8 14. h4 Bf8 ({RR} 14... Bxh4 15. d5 Na5 16. Bb5) 15. Bg5 Be7 ({RR} 15... Qd7 16. Nd2) 16. Bf4 ({RR} 16. Qd2 Bxg5 17. hxg5) 16... Bb7 ({RR} 16... Bxh4 17. d5) 17. h5 Kg7 18. Qd2 Qd5 ({RR} 18... Rc8 19. Bh6+ Kg8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxe6 Bf6 ({RR} 22... Bf8 23. Rxg6+ Kh7 24. Bxf8 Kxg6 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qg7+ Ke6 27. Re1+ Kd5 28. Qf7+ Re6 29. Qxe6#) 23. Qd3 Rxe6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Ng5 Re7 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Ne6 Qd7 29. Re1 Rg8 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kh8 32. d5) ({RR} 18... Bf8 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qh6) 19. Be4 Qxh5 ({RR} 19... Qa5 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. Bh6+ Kg8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qd3) 20. Ne5 Rac8 ({RR} 20... Na5 21. g4 Qh4 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Kg2) 21. Re3 f6 22. Rh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 fxe5 24. dxe5 ({RR} 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxe5+ Bf6) 24... Rc7 25. Kh1 Na5 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 27. Bh6+ Kg8 {Winants,L (2505)-Kamsky,G (2655) Tilburg 1992 CBM 032 [Anand,Viswanathan] 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 13. Bh6 Re8 14. h4 Bf8 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. h5 Bd6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Qf4 Qd6 20. Qh4 Nd8 21. Bb5 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Ng5 Qf6 25. Re3 Ne7 26. g4 Qg7 27. Rae1 Rac8 {Lintchevski,D (2489)-Shturman,A (2364) St Petersburg RUS 2026 1-0 (48)}) 13... Bf6 ({RR} 13... Bb7 14. h5) ({RR} 13... Bxh4 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. Qe4) 14. h5 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 14... Qd7 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Qf4 e5 18. dxe5 {1-0 (18) Fominyh,A (2505)-Jaworski,M (2345) Katowice 1993}) ({RR} 14... Bb7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18. Ng5 Rf6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Ba3+ Ne7 21. Nxe6+) ({RR} 14... Bg7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ng5) ({RR} 14... Bg7 15. Ba3 Ne7 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Ng5 Nd5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qh4 h6 20. Bxf8 hxg5 21. Qxg5 Kxf8 22. hxg6 Nd5 {½-½ (22) Khruschiov,A (2488)-Slugin,S (2375) St Petersburg 2006}) 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. Ng5 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Be4 Qc7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qh3 Qc7 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Rd7 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 1-0 [Event "Chigorin Memorial-12"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Durao, Joaquim Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2305"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1977.08.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Ndf6 14. b5 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rac1 b6 ({RR} 16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Be6 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Nce2 Ne4 20. Ng3 Nd6 21. h3 Qd7 22. a4 Rc4 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Qd4 Rc8 26. Rc1 b6 27. e4 g6 28. f4 Rc5 29. e5 Ne8 30. Ne4 g5 31. Nxc5 {Horvath,P (2337)-Hegedus,B (1998) Ajka HUN 2026 1-0 (31)}) 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. a4 $146 ({RR} 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bf5 Rc7 20. Qb2 ({RR} 20. Qb2 Rd8 21. Nce2 g6 22. Bd3 Nfe4 23. Nc3) 20... Rd8 21. Nce2 g6 22. Bd3 Nfe4 23. Nc3 {½-½ (23) Keller,D (1954)-Binger,F (1719) Germany 2013}) ({RR} 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bf5 Rc7 20. g3 Qe5 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Nd4 Qe5 23. Nf3 Qe7 {½-½ (23) Grigore,G (2410)-Motylev,A (2595) Eforie Nord 2025}) 18... Rec8 19. Bf5 Ne6 20. Nc6 Qd6 21. Ne2 Rc7 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Ned4 Rf8 24. Qg6 Bc8 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Ne4 27. Ne5 Rc5 28. Nb3 Rc3 29. Rxc3 Nxc3 30. Nd4 a6 31. Rc1 Nxa4 32. Ng6 Re8 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Ne7+ Kf7 35. Nxc8 a5 36. f4 Nc3 37. Nxb6 a4 38. Nd7 a3 39. Nc5 a2 40. Ncb3 Ke7 1-0 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Golovko, Nikolay Grigorievic"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1970.02.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Be6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 N6d7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. b5 Bg4 17. bxc6 $146 ({RR} 17. Nd2 Qh4 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bf5 Qh5 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Rfe1 Re6 22. Ne2 Ng6 23. h3 Qg5 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. Rb7 Rf6 26. Ng3 Ndf8 27. Reb1 Rc8 28. Nh2 Re6 29. Nf5 Ne7 30. Nf3 Nfg6 31. Nxe7+ Rxe7 {Krieg,N (2246)-Bayer,E (2251) Germany 2007 ½-½ (44)}) 17... bxc6 18. Be2 Qf6 19. Rb7 Re6 20. Rfb1 Qh6 21. Nd2 Qg5 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. h3 Qh5 24. Nf1 Qg5 25. Ne2 Rd6 26. Rc7 Qf6 27. Nfg3 Ra6 28. Nf5 Re6 29. Rbb7 g6 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Ng4 Qd8 32. Nf4 Rd6 33. Ne5 Nxe5 34. dxe5 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. e6 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-12 Final A"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1956.09.24"] [Round "11"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Radulescu, Mihai"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1956.09.10"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Romania"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "ROU"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. g4 Nf8 11. h3 Qa5 ({RR} 11... Kh8 12. O-O-O a5 13. Rhg1 b5 14. Kb1 a4 15. Nf4 Bd7 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 N8d7 18. f3 Nb6 19. Qg2 Rg8 20. e4 b4 21. Nce2 Nc4 22. e5 b3 23. a3 Qc8 24. Ng3 Bxa3 {½-½ (24) Chernin,A (2640)-Lukacs,P (2520) Austria 1997}) 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 ({RR} 13. Rdg1 Ba6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g5 Be7 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Nh5 b4 19. Nb1 Qxa2 20. b3 Qa1 21. Qf5 Ne6 22. g6 Nxd4 23. exd4 Re2 24. gxf7 Qb2+ 25. Kd1 Qxd4+ 26. Kc1 Qb2+ 27. Kd1 Qxb3+ {Guindy,E (2156)-Sucikova,S (2110) Fredericia 2019 0-1 (31)}) 13... Ba6 14. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 14. Nc1 b4 15. Nb3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Na4 Bh4 19. Rd2 Nd7 20. Nbc5 Nf6 21. Rc2 a5 22. Rhc1 Qh2 23. Qf1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. f4 Qg3 26. Qg1 Qxg1 27. Rxg1 Re6 28. Nc5 Re7 {Hort,V (2535)-Van Rijn,W (2282) Dieren 1999 1-0 (31)}) 14... b4 15. Nce2 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Qa6 17. Nf5 Bd8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. h4 Ne6 20. g5 Be7 21. Nc1 Bf8 22. f4 Qc8 23. Qh2 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. h5 a5 26. g6 fxg6 27. hxg6 h6 28. Qg2 Rad8 29. Nb3 Qc4 30. Rhd1 a4 31. Nc1 Qe4 32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Ne2 Ne6 36. Neg3 Bc5 37. Nxe4 Bxe3 38. Nxe3 Nxf4 39. Kc2 b3+ 40. axb3 axb3+ 41. Kxb3 Nxg6 42. Kc4 Kf7 43. b4 Ke6 44. b5 Kd7 45. Nc5+ Kc8 46. b6 Ne7 47. Nd5 Nf5 48. Kb5 Kb8 49. Ka6 Nd6 50. Ne7 g6 51. Nd7+ Ka8 52. Nd5 1-0 [Event "UKR-ch27"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Bannik, Anatolij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1958.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. f3 ({RR} 16. b4 Ng6 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nc4 Ra7 19. a4 Nh4 20. Ne2 Bg4 21. Ng3 Qe6 22. Ne5 h5 23. Qxe4 f6 24. Nxg4 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. f3 Re7 27. Nf2 Rxe3 28. Rb4 Nf5 29. Rfb1 Ra3 30. Ne4 R3xa4 {Papasimakopoulos,A (2379)-Cahuapaza Tarapaca,L (2047) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (48)}) 16... Qg5 17. f4 Qg6 18. Nc4 h5 $146 ({RR} 18... Qe6 19. Ne2 Nd7 20. Ng3 Reb8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Nf6 23. b5 Nd5 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Rb1 Ra8 27. h3 h6 28. Rb3 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Ne5 f6 31. Nxc6 Bg6 32. Nb4 Ne7 33. Qc3 {Shipov,S (2640)-Rustemov,A (2620) ICC INT 2001 1-0 (90)}) 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 b5 21. Na5 Rac8 22. Qf2 Qf6 23. Rfc1 Ng6 24. Ne2 Ne7 25. Rc5 g6 26. Rbc1 Red8 27. Nc3 Kg7 28. Nb3 Qe6 29. Qb2 f6 30. d5 Nxd5 31. Nd4 Qe8 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 cxd5 34. Rc5 Bd7 35. Qc3 h4 36. h3 Kh6 37. Qe1 Kg7 38. Qc3 Kh6 39. Qa1 Ra8 40. Qe1 Kg7 41. Qxh4 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Rb1 43. Rc7 Qf7 44. f5 Qe7 45. Qg3 g5 46. Nc6 1-0 [Event "IBM"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1970.07.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Janosevic, Dragoljub"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1970.07.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. Rab1 Ne6 ({RR} 12... Nh5 13. Be5 Bg4 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. h3 Bc8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Be6 19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 a5 21. b6 Rec8 22. Rfc1 Nf6 23. Qd1 Bd7 24. Nb5 {½-½ (24) Gavrikov,V (2580)-Lerner,K (2545) Nimes 1991}) 13. Bg3 ({RR} 13. Be5 Bd6 14. b4 Ng4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Ng5 18. Ne5 Nfe4 19. f4 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. b5 cxb5 23. Rxb5 Bd7 24. Rxb7 Rac8 25. Rc7 Be6 26. Qc5 Qa6 27. Qb4 Rxc7 {Manteiga,F (2006)-Tarnowska,A (1876) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (42)}) 13... a5 14. a3 Ng5 $146 ({RR} 14... Bd6 15. Bh4 Ng5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Bf5 Bxg3 19. hxg3 g6 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. Rfe1 Qf8 22. f3 g4 23. f4 Qd6 24. Rbd1 Qc7 25. e4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 {0-1 (27) Syatynya,I-Siemer,T Kallithea 2008}) ({RR} 14... b6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Bb7 17. Rfc1 Nd7 18. Nd2 b5 19. Na2 Nb6 20. Nb3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Ra3 24. Nc3 Qa5 25. Ne4 Ra8 26. h3 Bc8 27. Bd6 Bd8 28. Ng3 c3 29. d5 {Aggelis,N (2329)-Tsiamis,K (2290) Peristeri 2010 1-0 (50)}) 15. Ne5 Nge4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 f6 19. Nc4 Bxa3 20. Bc7 Qe7 21. Qxe7 Bxe7 22. Nxa5 Bb4 23. Ra1 Bxa5 24. Bxa5 Be6 25. f3 Ra6 26. Bc3 Bc4 27. Rxa6 Bxa6 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Kf2 Bc4 30. h4 h5 31. Ra1 f5 32. Ra5 g6 33. Bd2 Bd3 34. Kg3 Bf1 35. Kf2 Bd3 36. Ra1 Bb5 37. Kg3 Bd3 38. Kf4 Bb5 39. Bc3 Bc4 40. Ra5 Bf1 41. Bb4 Bc4 42. Bd6 Bd3 43. Be5 Bf1 44. Ra1 Bd3 45. b4 Rd8 46. Kg5 Ba6 47. Ra2 Bc4 48. Rc2 Bb5 49. Rd2 Bc4 50. e4 Be6 51. Rb2 b5 52. Rc2 Rc8 53. Rc1 fxe4 54. fxe4 Bc4 55. Rc3 Be2 56. Re3 Bg4 57. Re1 Rf8 58. Ra1 Rg8 59. Ra7+ Ke8 60. Bd6 Bd7 61. Kf6 Kd8 62. Be7+ 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Republics 08th final A"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1962.10.21"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1962.10.20"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Lithunia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "LTU"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Bg4 12. Ne5 Bh5 13. b4 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. b5 Bg6 17. bxc6 $146 ({RR} 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Qb3 Rec7 21. g3 Qd7 22. Qa3 b6 23. Ne2 Rc4 24. Rc3 h5 25. h4 Qg4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Kf1 Qe4 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Nxe7 30. Nc3 b5 31. Ke1 Kf8 {Gorisnic,E-De Martin,J Tucuman 1977 1-0 (45)}) 17... Qxc6 18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. Rb5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc8 21. Qb1 b6 22. Rb2 Nf6 23. Rbc2 Rd8 24. Nb5 Qe6 25. Rc6 Qg4 26. h3 Qg6 27. Rc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Re8 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Nxa7 Kf8 31. Kf1 Rxc8 32. Nxc8 Nd7 33. Ke2 Ke8 34. Kd3 Kd8 35. Nd6 Ke7 36. Nb5 f5 37. g4 Nf6 38. f3 Nh7 39. Ke2 Kd7 40. Kf2 Nf8 41. Nc3 Kc6 42. Kg3 Ne6 43. Ne2 Kb5 44. Nf4 Nc7 45. Nxg6 fxg4 46. Kxg4 Kb4 47. Nf4 Ka3 48. e4 dxe4 49. fxe4 b5 50. d5 Na6 51. d6 Nc5 52. e5 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-09b"] [Site "Petropolis"] [Date "1973.08.03"] [Round "8"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1973.07.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O Qe7 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qb3 Ba5 14. Rfd1 Bc7 15. Bd3 a5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Bb1 Nf8 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. f4 Be8 20. Ng3 Kh8 21. Rf1 f6 22. Nf3 Bf7 23. Ba2 Rd7 24. Ne4 {Sedlak,N (2590)-Lajthajm,B (2511) Herceg Novi 2007 0-1 (82)}) ({RR} 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Bb3 Re8 14. e4 a6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 Nf8 17. Ne1 Bd7 18. c4 Ng6 19. g3 Bh3 20. Ng2 Qg5 21. Qf3 Rad8 22. Rfe1 Rd6 23. Qe3 Nf4 24. Nh4 {Slipak,S (2375)-Deichmann,E (2155) Buenos Aires ARG 2025 1-0 (43)}) 10. a3 $146 ({RR} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bc2 {½-½ (15) Ivkov,B-Averbakh,Y Palma de Mallorca 1972}) ({RR} 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 b5 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Bc4 O-O 15. Qb3 Bc8 16. Bxf7+ {1-0 (16) Del Prado Montoro,C-Rodriguez Vargas,O (2465) Madrid 1992}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. a4 Rd8 14. a5 Nf8 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Rfb1 Rab8 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. Rxa3 c5 19. Ra2 Rdc8 20. Rab2 Rc7 21. h3 Ne6 22. Ne5 Bc8 23. Bf5 Kf8 24. Bg4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rc3 26. Rb3 Rxb3 27. Rxb3 b5 28. Bf3 b4 29. Nc6 Rb7 30. Bxd5 Bd7 31. Ne5 Ba4 32. Bxb7 Bxb3 33. Nd3 Ke7 34. Nxb4 Kd6 35. f3 f5 36. Bc8 g5 37. Bxe6 Bxe6 38. f4 gxf4 39. exf4 Bc4 40. Kf2 Be6 41. Kf3 Bb3 42. g4 Ke6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch19 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1951.12.13"] [Round "17"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay Alexandrovi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [Annotator "Moiseev,Vladislav Mikhailov"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1951.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Bondarevsky,Igor Tsakharovich} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 (6... g6 7. e3 $6 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O $10 {Bohm,H-Chekhov,V/Polanica Zdroj/1981/}) 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3 Nf8 (8... O-O) ({RR} 8... O-O) 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. O-O (11. h3 $5 {? 11...?h5 12 ?h2}) ({RR} 11. h3) 11... Re8 (11... Nh5 $5 {RR} 12. Be5) ({RR} 11... Nh5 12. Rab1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bd6 ({RR} 13... a5) 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Be6 16. b5 cxb5 ({RR} 16... axb5) 17. axb5 a5 18. Qb3 Re8 19. Rfc1 Nf8 20. b6 Nd7 21. Nb5 ({RR} 21. Nxd5 Bb4 ({RR} 21... Nxb6 22. Bxh7+)) 21... Qxb6 22. Qd1 Bb4 ({RR} 22... Rec8 23. Nc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Ng5) 23. Nc7 Nf6 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Qc2 h6 26. Ne5 {Geller,E-Horowitz,I New York 1954 MCL [Bondarevsky,Igor Tsakharovich] 1-0 (35)}) 12. Rab1 (12. h3 $5) 12... Nh5 $146 (12... Bd6 $5) ({RR} 12... a5 13. a3 Nh5 14. Be5 Nf8 15. h3 g6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rbd1 Be6 20. Bc4 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Qb3 Qd5 24. Qxd5 {½-½ (24) Srebrnic,A (2245)-Rozic,V (2179) Bled 2004}) 13. b4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a6 15. Rfc1 Bd6 $10 16. a4 Qf6 $6 (16... Be6 $5 17. b5 cxb5 18. axb5 a5 $132) 17. b5 $14 axb5 18. axb5 Bg4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nh2 Be6 (20... Bd7 $6 21. Na4 {? 22 ?b6}) 21. Rb6 Bd7 22. Nf3 Qd8 $6 23. Rcb1 Qe7 24. Na4 (24. e4 $5 dxe4 25. Nxe4) 24... Reb8 25. Rb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Rb8 27. Ra7 Qd8 28. Nc5 Be8 29. Qa4 Qb6 30. Nd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Bc7 $2 (31... Bf8 32. Ng5 Rb7 $14) 32. Ng5 $1 Nf8 $2 (32... Rf8 $142 33. Qd1 Bd8 34. Qh5 (34. Nxh7 $2 Kxh7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Bxg6 fxg6 37. Qxg6 Bf6) 34... Bxg5 35. Qxg5 $16) 33. Rxf7 h6 $6 (33... Bd8 $142 34. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 35. Nxh7+ Kg8 36. Qd1 Qb3 37. Bc2 Qc3 38. Bf5 $16 {? 39 ?h5}) 34. Qd1 $2 (34. Qa3 $1 hxg5 (34... c5 35. dxc5 Qb3 36. Qa1 $18) 35. Qe7 $18) 34... hxg5 35. Qh5 Bd6 $6 (35... Bd8 $1 $19 {? 36...?f6} 36. Qh8+ (36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qh5+ Ke6 39. Qe8+ Be7 $19) 36... Kxf7 $19) 36. Rf3 Qb7 37. e4 (37. g4 $2 Qb1+ $1 38. Bf1 Nh7 $19 (38... Qg6 $4 39. Rxf8+ $18)) 37... Qe7 38. e5 Bc7 39. g4 Rb4 $4 (39... Rd8 40. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Qh5+ Kf8 (42... g6 43. Qh7+ (43. Bxg6+ Kg8 $19) 43... Kf8 (43... Ke6 $4 44. Bf5+ $1 gxf5 45. Qxf5#) 44. Qh8+ $10) 43. Qh8+ $10) (39... Qe6 40. Qxg5 $44 (40. Rh3 $2 Qh6 41. Qxh6 gxh6 42. Rxh6 Rb6 $17)) 40. Rxf8+ $1 $18 Kxf8 (40... Qxf8 41. Bh7+ $18) 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Bg6+ (42. Bg6+ Kxg6 43. Qh5#) (42. Bg6+ Ke6 43. Qc8+ Qd7 44. Bf5+) 1-0 [Event "Budapest Maroczy Memorial"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1952.03.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Troianescu, Octavio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1952.03.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfc1 ({RR} 12. b4 h6 13. Bh4 a6 14. a4 Re8 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 g5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. Nd2 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 c5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Ra1 Qb7 23. Rb1 cxd4 24. exd4 {½-½ (24) Durovka,M (2069)-Senel,H (2177) Montesilvano ITA 2026}) 12... Qe7 13. Rab1 a5 14. Na4 $146 ({RR} 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh4 Qe6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. a3 Bf8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 b5 21. Ne2 Rec8 22. Nf4 Nb6 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. Ra1 Qf5 25. Qc3 Bd6 26. Nfe1 h5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Ra1 Ra4 {Akobian,V (2600)-Vokhidov,S (2536) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 14. h3 Rfe8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh4 Qe6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. a3 Bf8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 b5 21. Ne2 Rec8 22. Nf4 Nb6 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. Ra1 Qf5 25. Qc3 Bd6 26. Nfe1 h5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Ra1 Ra4 {Akobian,V (2600)-Vokhidov,S (2536) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (50)}) 14... Qe4 15. Qb3 b5 16. Nc3 Qe6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. Nd3 Rfc8 21. Nc5 a4 22. Qd1 Re8 23. Rc2 Rac8 24. Rbc1 f6 25. Ne1 Bh6 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Rc5 Bf8 28. Qc2 Qb8 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Qxc6 Bd6 31. g3 Kg7 32. Ng2 Re7 33. Rc2 b4 34. Qxa4 Ra7 35. Qb3 Qa8 36. Qe6 Rxa2 37. Qxd6 Ra1+ 38. Ne1 Rxe1+ 39. Kg2 g5 40. Rc7+ Kg6 41. Qe6 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.10.14"] [Round "25"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1953.08.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Bg4 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 Bd6 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O Bd6 13. f4 c5 14. h3 Be6 15. Qf2 Rc8 16. a3 a6 17. Kh1 b5 18. Qf3 Qb6 19. Rad1 cxd4 20. exd4 Bxa3 21. f5 Qxd4 22. fxe6 Qxe5 23. Rfe1 {Bacrot,E (2710)-Shirov,A (2742) Odessa 2010 ½-½ (55)}) 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O-O $146 ({RR} 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bg3 Rfe8 12. O-O-O Rac8 13. Kb1 b5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 Nb6 20. Rhg1 Nc4 21. Ka1 c5 22. Nxb5 Qb6 23. Nc3 cxd4 24. Na4 Qb4 {Lorincz,I (2257)-Bandy,A (2322) Hungary 2018 0-1 (34)}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Bb4 12. Kb1 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Bg3 Qd7 21. Ne5 Qe6 22. Qb3 Bh7 23. Rc1 a5 24. Qxb7 Nb4 25. Nc4 c5 26. dxc5 Nd3 27. c6 f5 28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. Rhg1 Bg6 30. Rc2 Rac8 31. Bd6 Rfe8 32. Qd7 Qf6 33. c7 Bf5 34. Qb5 Bxh3 35. Bg3 Be6 36. Nd6 Nb4 37. Nxe8 Bxa2+ 38. Kc1 Qe7 39. Nd6 Nd3+ 40. Kd2 Rxc7 41. Qe8+ Qxe8 42. Nxe8 Rd7 43. Rc7 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation USA-URS 12,0-20,0"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1954.06.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Horowitz, Israel Albert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [Annotator "Bondarevsky,Igor Tsakharovich"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1954.06.16"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Moiseev,Vladislav Mikhailov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. e3 Nf8 (8... O-O $142) ({RR} 8... O-O) 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. O-O (11. h3) ({RR} 11. h3) 11... Nh5 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Rab1 ({RR} 12. h3) 12... Nh5 ({RR} 12... Bd6) 13. b4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a6 15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. a4 Qf6 ({RR} 16... Be6 17. b5 cxb5 18. axb5 a5) 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bg4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nh2 Be6 ({RR} 20... Bd7 21. Na4) 21. Rb6 Bd7 22. Nf3 Qd8 23. Rcb1 Qe7 24. Na4 ({RR} 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4) 24... Reb8 25. Rb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 {Geller,E-Novotelnov,N Moscow 1951 URS-ch [Moiseev,Vladislav Mikhailov] 1-0 (42)}) 12. Rab1 (12. Be5) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bd6 $146 (13... a5 $142) ({RR} 13... a5 14. a3 Bf6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Qd6 17. b5 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Ne4 Qxc2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bxc2 Ne5 22. Nd4 Be6 23. Ra1 Nc4 24. Bd3 Nb6 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Rd8 28. Ra7 {Hanel,R (2365)-Gottsmann,H (2110) Werfen 1991 1-0 (48)}) 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Be6 16. b5 cxb5 (16... axb5 $142) 17. axb5 a5 18. Qb3 Re8 19. Rfc1 Nf8 20. b6 $1 Nd7 21. Nb5 $1 (21. Nxd5 $143 Bb4 (21... Nxb6 $2 22. Bxh7+)) 21... Qxb6 22. Qd1 $1 {[%CAl Yb5c7] ?Sc7} Bb4 (22... Rec8 $8 23. Nc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Ng5 $16) 23. Nc7 Nf6 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Qc2 h6 26. Ne5 Ra8 27. Bf5 Qd6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Qc7 Ne4 30. Qxb7 Rf8 31. Rc2 Qf5 32. g4 Qg5 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Nxf7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch25 Semifinal"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1957.11.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Nikolaevsky, Yuri V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1957.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 ({RR} 12. Ne5 Nh5 13. Rfe1 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Be5 Nf6 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Bg3 Bb4 18. Rec1 Qe7 19. a3 Bd6 20. Qd2 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qd6 22. Rc2 b6 23. Rbc1 Bb7 24. Qc3 Rec8 25. Qb3 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 {Sian,S (2240)-Smietanska,W (2143) Krakow POL 2026 1-0 (71)}) 12... Nh5 ({RR} 12... Ne6 13. Bg3 g6 14. b4 b5 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Rfc1 Nh5 18. Qd2 axb4 19. axb4 Bd6 20. Nf3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qe7 22. Nf4 Ng7 23. Be2 Ra8 24. Nd3 Reb8 25. Nfe5 Rc8 26. f4 Ne8 27. Nc5 {Pham Le Thao Nguyen (2348)-Sevian,S (2683) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (44)}) 13. Be5 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 13... f6 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Be6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bf7 18. Nh4 g6 19. Na4 Rc8 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Rfc1 b6 22. Na4 Ne6 23. Qb3 Qb7 24. Nc3 Ra8 25. b5 c5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Nxd5 Bd8 28. dxc5 {Devera,S (1911)-Stauder,M (2069) Slovakia 2022 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 13... f6 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Be6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bf7 18. Nh4 g6 19. Na4 Rc8 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Rfc1 b6 22. Na4 Ne6 23. Qb3 Qb7 24. Nc3 Ra8 25. b5 c5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Nxd5 Bd8 28. dxc5 {Devera,S (1911)-Stauder,M (2069) Slovakia 2022 0-1 (57)}) 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 17. f4 Re6 18. Kh1 Rh6 19. Rg1 Be7 20. f5 Bd6 21. Rg4 Qe7 22. f4 Bxb4 23. Rbg1 f6 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Ng3 Nxg3+ 26. R4xg3 Kh8 27. Rxg7 Qxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Qb2 Kf7 30. Qxb4 Ra2 31. Kg1 Rhxh2 32. Qxb7 Rag2+ 33. Kf1 Ke8 34. Bd6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch28 Final & Zonal"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1961.01.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1961.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 ({RR} 2... d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O {½-½ (13) Arkhipov,S (2515)-Hracek,Z (2460) Kecskemet 1992}) 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Ba6 Qc8 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. dxc5 ({RR} 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Ne4 15. Nb5 a6 16. Na3 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Qh5 Bf6 19. Nc2 Rac8 20. Rab1 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nf6 23. Qf5 Qc6 24. Rd2 Qc1+ {0-1 (24) Truskova,S (1728)-Volanek,M (1905) Zilina 2025}) 13... bxc5 14. Rfd1 $146 Nb6 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Qf3 Qb8 18. Qf5 Qb7 19. Nd3 g6 20. Qf3 Ne4 21. Bh6 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Nxg5 23. Qf6 Ne6 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Qe7 26. h4 Rd7 27. b4 d4 28. Ne4 Nd5 29. Qf3 Rdd8 30. bxc5 Nc3 31. Nxc3 dxc3 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Rxc3 Qd2 34. Qf6 Qxa2 35. h5 Qe6 36. Qd4 gxh5 37. e4 h4 38. Qd5 Kf8 39. Qd4 f6 40. Rf3 Kg7 41. Rxf6 Qxf6 42. Qd7+ Kh6 43. Qxc8 a5 44. c6 a4 45. e5 Qxe5 46. c7 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. Kh3 Qd6 49. Qb7 Qe6+ 50. g4 1-0 [Event "Zagreb Masters (Glavni)"] [Site "Zagreb"] [Date "1955.11.15"] [Round "12"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Porreca, Giorgio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1955.11.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Kd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 O-O-O ({RR} 11... Nb6 12. Nf3 a5 13. Nh4 Nc8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Ng3 Nd6 17. Rhe1 Kf8 18. a3 Rd8 19. Rad1 f5 20. Nhxf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5 Rxd4+ 22. Kc2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bh4 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rd7 Bxg3 26. hxg3 {Xiong,J (2692)-Grischuk,A (2745) chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 11... Bd6 12. Nge2 Ke7 13. Ng3 b5 14. Nf5+ Bxf5 15. Bxf5 a5 16. g3 h5 17. h4 Nb6 18. Bd3 b4 19. Ne2 a4 20. Rac1 Rhc8 21. Bf5 Rc7 22. Rhg1 b3 23. a3 Nc4+ 24. Kc3 Rb8 25. Bd3 Nxa3 26. bxa3 {Thornton,C (1766)-Boder,J (2324) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (157)}) ({RR} 11... Bd6 12. h4 h5 13. Nge2 Bxd3 14. Kxd3 Rg8 15. g3 f5 16. Rhc1 Ke7 17. Rc2 Nf6 18. Nc1 Ne4 19. Ke2 Rae8 20. Nd3 Kf6 21. Re1 Re7 22. Kf1 Kg6 23. b4 a5 24. a3 Ra8 25. Ne2 Kh6 26. Rb1 {Geller,E-De Greif,B Havana 1963 1-0 (40)}) 12. Nge2 Rg8 13. Rhg1 $146 ({RR} 13. g3 Kb8 14. a3 Nb6 15. b3 Nc8 16. h4 h5 17. Rhb1 Nd6 18. b4 Kc8 19. a4 Be7 20. Nf4 Rde8 21. b5 Nc4+ 22. Ke2 Bd6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Ncxd5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 f5 27. Ba6+ Kd8 {Grigoryeva,O (2015)-Kostrikina,A (2157) Moscow 2009 1-0 (37)}) 13... Kb8 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Ng3 Nc4+ 16. Kc2 Nd6 17. h4 Bh6 18. Nge2 Bxd3+ 19. Kxd3 f5 20. Rdf1 Rde8 21. Kc2 Kc7 22. g3 Re6 23. Nc1 Re7 24. Nd3 f6 25. Ra1 Kb8 26. a4 Ne4 27. Rgf1 Rc8 28. b4 Bf8 29. Rab1 Rd7 30. Rfc1 Bd6 31. Kd1 Rdc7 32. Rc2 b6 33. Rbc1 Kb7 34. Ne2 a6 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-10a"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1976.07.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1976.07.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. e3 Bf5 14. Be2 $146 ({RR} 14. Bb5 Qa5 15. Qf3 Qxc3 16. O-O Bg6 17. Qxd5 O-O 18. Nf3 cxd4 19. Rfc1 Qb2 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qxd4 Rfb8 22. Rxc6 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Rb2 24. Rac1 Kg7 25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8 Ra2 27. Rc3 g4 28. f3 Ra1+ {Timman,J (2610)-Sosonko,G (2560) Tilburg 1984 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 14. Qb3 Qd6 15. dxc5 {½-½ (15) Timoscenko,G (2530)-Horvath,P (2463) Austria 2003}) 14... Qe7 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nf1 c4 17. Ng3 O-O-O 18. O-O Qe6 19. Re1 Kb8 20. Bf3 Be4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rb1 Ne7 23. f3 exf3 24. Qxf3 Nd5 25. Nh5 Rhg8 26. e4 Nf4 27. Rb5 Nxh5 28. gxh5 Rd7 29. Qf5 Rc8 30. Rf1 Rc6 31. Re5 Qxf5 32. Rexf5 Ra6 33. Rf6 Rxa3 34. Rxh6 b5 35. Rh8+ Kb7 36. h6 Ra6 37. Rb1 Rb6 38. h7 Rh6 39. Rxb5+ Ka6 40. Rhb8 Rxh7 41. Rb1 1-0 [Event "UKR-ch28"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1959.04.??"] [Round "17"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Pogrebissky, Iosif"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1959.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Nf3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Nd7 ({RR} 11... c6 12. Ne2 Qd6 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. e4 e5 16. Bc2 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Rac8 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Bc2 Rfd8 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Rfe1 Qf6 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qc3 Nd7 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Re7 a5 26. h3 {Tkachiev,V (2644)-Sipila,V (2431) Istanbul 2012 1-0 (79)}) 12. e4 ({RR} 12. b4 c6 13. Qb3 Nb8 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Nf4 Bc8 16. b5 Bb7 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bb1 g6 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Rc3 Nd7 21. Rfc1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bg5 23. Qc2 Bxf4 24. exf4 d4 25. Rg3 Kh8 26. f5 Rc8 {Kurniawan,T (1838)-Solbu,A (2061) Montesilvano ITA 2026 1-0 (32)}) 12... c6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Ba6 $146 ({RR} 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Re1 Bg5 16. Rc6 Rfc8 17. Nc7 Qb4 18. a3 Qxb2 19. Rc2 Qxa3 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Re3 Qb4 23. h3 a5 24. Rg3 a4 25. Rxg5 a3 26. Qh5 a2 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 {Petr,J (2180)-Rybak,M (2280) Czech Republic 1999 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 14. Qb3 Nb8 15. Nb5 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Bg5 17. Rc6 Bf4 18. g3 Bb8 19. Rcc1 a6 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Na4 Bc7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nd7 24. Ree1 Qf6 25. Qd1 b5 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 g6 28. Bf1 Rac8 {Hegewald,R-Giese,L (1940) Mecklenburg VP 1995 0-1 (40)}) 14... Rb8 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. a3 Bg5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. f4 Qg6 19. Nxa7 Bg4 20. Qb3 Nf6 21. Nc6 Rbe8 22. Ne5 Qh5 23. Rce1 Bf5 24. Be2 Qh4 25. Bf3 Qxf4 26. Be4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Nd7 Rc8 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Qxb6 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Ke3 Kg7 34. a4 Rxg2 35. a5 1-0 [Event "URS-ch26 Final"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1959.02.01"] [Round "14"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Nikitin, Aleksander S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "1959.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 {Ribli,Zoltan} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 ({RR} 7... g5 8. Bg3 Ne4) 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bb5 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qxc5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Be6 17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. e4 Kf8 20. exd5 {1-0 (20) Ferreira,V (2128)-Zapata Romero,I (1957) chess.com INT 2024}) 9... O-O ({RR} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qc2 Ne4 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Nd4 Qe8 17. Bd6 ({RR} 17. Rab1) 17... Nxd6 18. cxd6 Bd7 19. Rab1) 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 ({RR} 15. Ne5 Ba6 16. Nxc6 Qd7 17. Nb4 Bxf1 18. Nxd5 Qe6 19. Kxf1 Rad8 20. c4 Ne4 21. Qd4 Rc8 22. Qxe4) 15... Qf6 ({RR} 15... Ba6) 16. Qf3 ({RR} 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Ne4) ({RR} 16. f4) 16... Qg6 ({RR} 16... Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bh3 ({RR} 17... Bd7 18. Bd6) 18. Bd6 Bxf1 19. Bxc5 Bc4 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Nxc6) 17. c4 h5 ({RR} 17... dxc4 18. Nxc6 Kh7 ({RR} 18... Qe4 19. Qf6) ({RR} 18... Re8 19. Ne7+ Rxe7 20. Qxa8) 19. Ne5 Qe4 20. Qxe4+ Nxe4 21. Nxc4) ({RR} 17... Ne4) 18. h3 h4 19. Bh2 g4 ({RR} 19... Ne4) 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Nxc6 Bxf3 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. gxf3 {Borovikov,V (2593)-Aleksandrov,A (2646) Kramatorsk 2001 CBM 086 [Ribli,Zoltan] 0-1 (34)} {RR} Rxf3 25. cxd5) ({RR} 9... Qb6 10. O-O ({RR} 10. Bxf6 Qxb5 11. Bxg7 Rg8) 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Ne5 Qe6 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Nd3 Ne4 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qc6 17. Qd4 ({RR} 17. Be7 Re8 18. Bd6 b6) 17... Re8 18. f3) 10. O-O Be6 $146 ({RR} 10... g5 11. Bg3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bf5 17. Be5 Rc8 18. Rc1 Kh7 19. Qf3 Bg6 20. Bd3 f5 21. g4 Qd7 22. gxf5 Qxf5 23. Qe2 Ng3 24. fxg3 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 {Sieciechowicz,M (2432)-Wandzik,W (2219) Poronin 2012 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 c4 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Bg3 Qe6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Ne4 16. Rfc1 c5 17. Rab1 cxd4 18. exd4 f6 19. Ng6 Rf7 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Nxd5 Bf5 23. Ne3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 {Stojanovski,S (2232)-Efremov,V (2188) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (50)}) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 c5 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qa4 Rfd8 18. Qa3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. h3 Rb7 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 g5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Rxg5+ Kf8 25. Rgxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Ne4 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. f3 Nf6 30. e4 Rd7 31. Rc2 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Nh5 33. Ke3 Ra1 34. b3 Re1+ 35. Re2 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Nf4+ 37. Kf1 Nd3 38. a3 a5 39. h4 Kf6 40. g3 Ke5 41. h5 Kf6 42. g4 Kg7 43. Ke2 Nc1+ 44. Ke3 Nxb3 45. e5 a4 46. f4 Nc5 47. f5 Nd7 48. Kf4 Nc5 49. g5 Nd3+ 50. Ke4 Nf2+ 51. Kf3 Nh3 52. f6+ Kg8 53. Kg4 Ng1 54. g6 Ne2 55. e6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch26 Semifinal"] [Site "Tashkent"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "1958.09.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c6 11. Qc2 Be6 12. e3 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nf6 ({RR} 13... Qf6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nb3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Kb1 Nb6 18. Na5 h5 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Na4 Nxa4 21. Qxa4 Rc7 22. Rc2 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Ka2 h4 25. gxh4 gxh4 26. Rhc1 Rg8 27. f3 Qd3 28. Rc3 {Potapova,M (2215)-Mamedov,E (2464) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (46)}) 14. a3 Be7 15. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Nc5 Bg4 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Qe7 20. Qc2 O-O-O 21. O-O-O h5 22. Bf5+ Kb8 23. e4 h4 24. e5 Nh5 25. Bg4 Ng7 26. Kb1 Rdf8 27. gxh4 gxh4 28. f4 f5 29. Bh3 Qf7 {Frolyanov,D (2567)-Gaifullin,A (2423) Moscow 2018 0-1 (54)}) 15... Ng4 16. O-O-O Qd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 O-O-O 19. d5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Kb8 21. Kb1 Bf6 22. Rhe1 Qc8 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ne4 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rc8+ 27. Kb3 Rd8 28. Nxf6 Rxd1 29. Nxg4 Rf1 30. Nd2 Rh1 31. Ne3 Kc7 32. Kc3 Kd6 33. Ndc4+ Kd7 34. Ne5+ Ke7 35. Nd3 h5 36. Kd4 h4 37. g4 Rg1 38. f3 Kf6 39. Ke4 b6 40. Kd4 Rb1 41. Kc3 Rg1 42. Kd2 Rh1 43. Nf2 Rg1 44. Nh3 Rh1 45. Nf2 Rg1 46. Nd3 Rh1 47. Ke2 Rg1 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. Nf1 Kg6 50. Ke2 Kf6 51. Nd2 Rg1 52. Ne4+ Kg6 53. Ne1 Kh6 54. Kf2 Rh1 55. Nc3 Kg6 56. Ne2 Kf6 57. Ng1 Ke5 58. a4 a6 59. Nh3 Kf6 60. Ke2 Kg6 61. Nf2 Rg1 62. b3 Kh6 63. b4 a5 64. b5 Kg6 65. Nh3 Rh1 66. Kd1 Rf1 67. Kd2 Rh1 68. Ke2 Kf6 69. Nf2 Rg1 70. Ne4+ Kg6 71. Nd2 Kf7 72. Nc4 Ke7 73. Kf2 Rh1 74. Nxb6 h3 75. gxh3 Rh2+ 76. Ke3 Ra2 77. Nd3 Kd6 78. Kd4 1-0 [Event "Skopje Solidarnost-01"] [Site "Skopje"] [Date "1967.08.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Damjanovic, Mato"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1967.08.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Re8 ({RR} 11... Be7 12. Bb1 Re8 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rce1 Nf8 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd3 Bf5 18. Nf4 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Bd6 20. Nd3 a5 21. a3 a4 22. Qc2 Qa5 23. b3 axb3 24. Rxb3 Re7 25. a4 h5 26. Rfb1 {Petrosian,T (2585)-Beliavsky,A (2620) Moscow 1981 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 11... Be7 12. a3 a5 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Nf6 15. Rb1 Re8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bg4 18. Nd2 Qe7 19. Qb2 Bd7 20. h3 Be6 21. Nf3 b6 22. Ne5 c5 23. Bb5 Rec8 24. Na4 Qc7 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. bxc5 {Geller,E (2620)-Liberzon,V (2540) Biel 1976 ½-½ (92)}) 12. Re1 ({RR} 12. h3 g6 13. Qc2 Kg7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Nb6 16. Ne2 Qd6 17. Rb1 Be6 18. Nf4 Bg5 19. Nxe6+ Qxe6 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Re6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rb3 Be7 26. Rfb1 Rc8 {Gomez Ledo,R (2381)-Malka,S (2235) Andujar ESP 2026 ½-½ (57)}) 12... Nf8 13. b4 a6 $146 ({RR} 13... Bg4 14. b5 Qd6 15. Be2 Ne6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Rec8 18. Qc2 Bh5 19. Red1 Rab8 20. Rd2 Rb4 21. Ba6 Rcb8 22. Ne1 c5 23. Nd3 Qxa6 24. Naxc5 Nxc5 25. Nxb4 Rxb4 26. Qxc5 Qb7 27. Qc8+ Qxc8 28. Rxc8+ {Levitt,J (2455)-Upton,T (2280) Swansea 1987 ½-½ (41)}) 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Bf1 Ng6 18. g3 Bf8 19. N3a4 Ne7 20. Nb2 Nf5 21. a4 Nd6 22. a5 Bf5 23. Nbd3 Rc8 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qf6 27. Re2 Qf5 28. Qxf5 Nxf5 29. Rec2 f6 30. Ned3 Nd6 31. h4 Nc4 32. h5 Bd6 33. Rxc4 dxc4 34. Rxc4 Kf7 35. Kg2 Bxc5 36. bxc5 Rce7 37. Nf4 Rd7 38. Kf3 Red8 39. g4 Re8 40. Rb4 Red8 41. Rb1 Re8 42. Ng6 Ke6 43. Nf4+ Kf7 44. Rc1 1-0 [Event "Dresden International"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "1959.10.29"] [Round "10"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Bertholdt, Dieter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1959.10.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "DDR"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Na6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nd7 15. Qc2 Ba6 16. Ncxe4 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rac8 18. Nc4 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. h3 Rfd8 21. Qa4 Qe7 22. a3 h6 23. Qc2 Rd7 24. Na5 Qf6 25. Qc3 Qd8 26. Ke2 Qg5 27. g4 Rcd8 28. Nc4 Qh4 29. Rh1 {Rombaldoni,D (2322)-Szabo,Z (2460) Balatonlelle 2006 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 14... Nd7 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Nb3 Ba6 18. Nd5 Qe5 19. Qc3 c4 20. Na5 Rc8 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Rxe4 Rc5 24. b4 Rxd5 25. f4 Rb8 26. fxe5 Rxb4 27. Nc6 Rb7 28. Nd4 g6 29. Kf2 {Wen,T (2071)-Xu,A (2105) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (50)}) 15. a3 f5 16. Nc4 Rad8 17. Qb3 Bc8 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Qa4 Nb4 20. axb4 Bxc4 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ne2 Qb5 24. Qxb5 Bxb5 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. h4 Rc8 27. Ra1 Rc7 28. Kh2 g6 29. Kg3 Kg7 30. Kf4 Kh6 31. Ra5 Rb7 32. b4 Kh5 33. Kg3 h6 34. Rd5 g5 35. Nxf5 Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxb4 37. Ra5 Rb7 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Ra6 Rc7 40. Kh3 g4+ 41. Kg3 Kg5 42. Ra5+ Kf6 43. Kxg4 Ke6 44. Kf4 1-0 [Event "Copenhagen cm-3pl"] [Site "Copenhagen"] [Date "1966.03.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Larsen, Bent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "1966.03.10"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qa4 Rc8 $146 ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. b5 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Nc6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qc7 21. Rc1 h6 22. Bf1 Qd6 23. Rd1 Qc5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxc6 26. bxc6 Rc8 27. Bb5 Kf8 28. e4 Ke7 29. f3 Rd8 30. Ra4 {Tabatabaei,M (2696)-Alekseenko,K (2650) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (108)}) ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. b5 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Nc6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qc7 21. Rc1 h6 22. Bf1 Qd6 23. Rd1 Qc5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxc6 26. bxc6 Rc8 27. Bb5 Kf8 28. e4 Ke7 29. f3 Rd8 30. Ra4 {Tabatabaei,M (2696)-Alekseenko,K (2650) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (108)}) 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. b5 Bg6 18. Ne5 Qf6 19. Qd4 Qe7 20. Nc6 Qa3 21. Bf3 Kh8 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qxd5 h6 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Rc7 26. f3 Rfc8 27. Rc4 Kh7 28. Rdd4 Bf5 29. Nd8 f6 30. Kf2 Bg6 31. Nc6 Bf5 32. Rd6 Ra8 33. e4 Bg6 34. Nb4 Rc5 35. Rxc5 bxc5 36. Na6 Rc8 37. Rc6 Rd8 38. Ke3 Be8 39. Rxc5 Rd1 40. Nc7 Bf7 41. b4 Re1+ 42. Kd4 Rd1+ 43. Kc3 Rg1 44. Nd5 f5 45. Kd4 fxe4 46. fxe4 Be8 47. g3 Rg2 48. Nc7 Bg6 49. Ne6 Bf7 50. Ke5 Rxh2 51. Nd8 Bg6 52. Nc6 Ra2 53. Rc4 h5 54. Kd6 Ra3 55. e5 Rxg3 56. e6 Rd3+ 57. Kc7 Re3 58. e7 Bf7 59. Rf4 Kg8 60. Kb8 g5 61. Rf5 g4 62. Kxa7 Be8 63. Ne5 Ra3+ 64. Kb7 Kg7 65. b6 g3 66. Kc7 Rb3 67. b7 g2 68. Rg5+ Kf6 69. Rxg2 Rxb4 70. Re2 1-0 [Event "URS-ch25 Final"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1958.01.31"] [Round "11"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Bannik, Anatolij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "1958.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. O-O-O ({RR} 10. h4 Ng4 11. O-O-O Be6 12. h5 Nf8 13. h6 g6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e4 O-O-O 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Rhe1 Qd7 19. Bc4 Rd6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qe7 23. Qb3 Ne6 24. Bxe6+ fxe6 {Tsakiris,H (2159)-Lopez Fuentes,W (2030) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (60)}) 10... Be6 11. h4 Nf8 ({RR} 11... Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. h5 Nf8 14. e4 Nf6 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nh4 O-O-O 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5+ Kb8 19. Qd2 Nh6 20. Bh3 Ne6 21. f4 f5 22. g3 g5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bg2 Nf7 25. a3 Qd7 26. Ne2 {Spraggett,K (2555)-Efimov,I (2490) Andorra 1993 ½-½ (43)}) 12. Rhe1 $146 ({RR} 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Kb1 Bxg5 15. hxg5 O-O-O 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Rc1 Kb8 18. Qb3 Rd6 19. Qb4 Qd8 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Rc3 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bf5 Ree8 24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Qd6+ Qc7 26. Qh2 Re6 {Kopylov,N-Averbakh,Y Moscow 1951 ½-½ (57)}) 12... N8d7 13. Kb1 h6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Rg1 b5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Kc2 f5 23. g3 Rhg8 24. Kd3 Rg4 25. Rc1 Rc7 26. Rc2 Rg8 27. Ne2 Rg6 28. Ra1 Rg8 29. Nc1 Re8 30. Kd2 Bb4+ 31. Ke2 Bd6 32. Nd3 Rg8 33. a4 a6 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ra6 Rgc8 36. Rc1 Ke6 37. Rg1 Rg8 38. Rga1 Rgc8 39. Rb6 Rd8 40. Rba6 Rdc8 41. Ra8 Kf6 42. R1a7 Rxa8 43. Rxa8 Kg7 44. Kd2 Kf6 45. Rh8 Kg7 46. Rd8 Be7 47. Re8 Bd6 48. Nc5 f4 49. gxf4 h5 50. Nd3 Be7 51. f5 Bxh4 52. Nf4 Bxf2 53. Nxh5+ Kh7 54. Nf6+ Kg7 55. Nh5+ Kh7 56. Ke2 Bh4 57. Kf3 Bg5 58. Kg4 f6 59. b4 Ra7 60. Re6 Rf7 61. Kf3 Kh6 62. Nf4 Rc7 63. Ng6 Ra7 64. Ne7 Ra3 65. Nxc6 Rb3 66. Ne7 Rxb4 67. Nxd5 Rb1 68. Nxf6 Bxf6 69. Rxf6+ Kg5 70. Rf8 b4 71. Ke4 b3 72. Rg8+ Kf6 73. Rg6+ Kf7 74. Rb6 b2 75. Rb7+ Kf6 76. d5 Rd1 77. Rb6+ 1-0 [Event "URS-ch18 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1950.12.07"] [Round "16"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1950.11.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. f3 Qa5 12. Kb1 ({RR} 12. h4 Be6 13. g4 c5 14. Rdg1 c4 15. Bf5 b5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Be7 18. h5 b4 19. Bxh7+ Nxh7 20. g6 bxc3 21. h6 cxb2+ 22. Kb1 Ng5 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nf4 Bf6 25. Rxg5 Ke7 26. Rgg1 Kd6 {Jacob,V (2265)-Lukes,L (2325) Imperia 2000 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 12. h3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Rxe7 16. Kd2 Be6 17. b4 Nd7 18. b5 c5 19. g4 Ree8 20. Rc1 c4 21. Bc2 Nb6 22. a4 Rad8 23. Rce1 f6 24. Ne2 g6 25. Ng3 Bf7 26. Re2 Re7 {Gahler,C (2072)-Lunnebach,O (2086) Nordrheinwestfalen 2017 ½-½ (58)}) 12... Ng4 13. h4 $146 ({RR} 13. fxg4 Bxg5 14. h4 Bxe3 15. g5 b5 16. Rdf1 Bg4 17. Ng3 b4 18. Nce2 b3 19. axb3 Qd2 20. Qxd2 Bxd2 21. Kc2 Ba5 22. Rf4 Be6 23. Nf5 Bc7 24. Rf3 Rab8 25. Rhf1 Rb4 26. h5 Bd8 27. g6 hxg6 {Remlinger,L (2340)-Taylor Chicago 1992 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 13. Bf4 Nf2 14. h4 Nxd1 15. Qxd1 b5 16. Ng3 b4 17. Na4 Ne6 18. Nf5 Nxf4 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. exf4 Ba6 21. Bc2 Rae8 22. Nc5 b3 23. Nxb3 Qb4 24. a3 Qd6 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. g3 Re3 27. h5 Qe7 {Touzane,O (2330)-De Lagontrie,J Paris 1994 0-1 (45)}) 13... Nf2 14. g4 Nxh1 15. Rxh1 Be6 16. Nf4 Qd8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. g5 Red8 19. Qg2 Bd7 20. Nd1 Ne6 21. Nh5 Kh8 22. f4 f5 23. Ng3 Rf8 24. Qc2 g6 25. h5 Kg8 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rh6 Qg7 28. Nf2 Rae8 29. a3 Nd8 30. Ng4 Re6 31. Ne5 Bc8 32. Rh1 b6 33. Ka2 c5 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. Nh5 Qc7 36. Qg2 Rg6 37. Nxg6 Kf7 38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. Ng7+ Kd6 40. Rh6+ Ke7 41. Nh5 Be6 42. Rh7+ 1-0 [Event "URS-ch19 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1951.11.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1951.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 b6 11. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Rfe8 16. c4 Bf6 17. Qc2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qd6 19. Rfe1 g6 20. h4 Nf6 21. Ne5 Re7 22. Re3 Rce8 23. Rde1 Nd7 24. Ng4 f6 25. h5 Kg7 {Gholami Orimi,M (2530)-Lissillour,B (2280) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (45)}) 11... Bb7 12. Qe2 g6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bf6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qa8 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. e5 Bg7 21. Rc7 Qe4 22. Nd2 Qe1+ 23. Nf1 Nf8 24. Qxa7 Bh6 25. Rxf7 Qb1 26. Qe7 Rc8 27. Rxh7 Nxh7 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qd7+ Kg8 30. Qxc8+ Kg7 31. Qc7+ Kg8 32. e6 1-0 [Event "Bogota"] [Site "Bogota"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Hernandez Onna, Roman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2465"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1978.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "COL"] [EventCategory "7"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nb6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Ne1 Bf6 13. Be3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 N4xd5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. Bd4 ({RR} 16. Qd4 Qf6 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Nd3 Na4 20. c4 Be6) ({RR} 16. Qd4 Be6 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Qc7 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. a4 Red8 21. Qh4 Bd5 22. Nd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc4 24. Qg5 Rd5 25. Qe7 Rd7 26. Qg5 Qd5+ 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Ne2 Rdc7 29. Rab1 b6 30. Rb3 Kf8 {Tsarkou,M (2039)-Dambaev,D (2261) Orsha BLR 2026 0-1 (55)}) 16... Bf5 ({RR} 16... Be6 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Re1 Red8 20. Qh5 h6 21. Red1 Qf8) 17. a4 ({RR} 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Nf3 Be4 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Bh3 Rc7 21. Ng5 Bg6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 ({RR} 22... Nxe8 23. Bxb6 ({RR} 23. Qb3) 23... Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 axb6 25. Rd8 Kf8 26. Bd7 Ke7) 23. Bg2 Nc4 24. Bf1 b6 25. Nh3 Bh5 26. Qd3 Ne5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qd8+ Ne8 29. Qa8 Bg4 30. Nf4 Bd7 31. Nd3 Qd6 {Portisch,L (2605)-Dlugy,M (2525) Wijk aan Zee 1990 CBM 017 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0 (77)}) 17... Rc8 $146 ({RR} 17... a5 18. Qb3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Ng2 Re6 21. Rfe1 Rc6 22. Re2 Qd7 23. Rae1 h6 24. Ne3 Rac8 25. Qb5 R6c7 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Nf5 Nxa4 28. Bxg7 Naxc3 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kh7 31. g4 f6 32. Bxh6 {Spraggett,K (2535)-Zaltsman,V (2410) New York 1986 0-1 (36)}) 18. a5 Nc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bxd5 Qf6 21. Ng2 Qxc3 22. Rc1 Qd3 23. Bxb7 Nd2 24. Re1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Be4 26. Nh4 Nf3+ 27. Nxf3 Qxf3 28. Qb2+ Kg6 29. Bxe4+ Rxe4 30. Qc2 f5 31. Qc6+ Kg5 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Qd5+ 1-0 [Event "Przepiorka Memorial-02"] [Site "Szczawno Zdroj"] [Date "1957.08.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Winiwarter, Felix"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1957.07.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 Be7 ({RR} 8... Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Ne5 Bxc5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rab1 Rae8 21. Qe3 Ba8 22. Re1 f6 {0-1 (22) Kazhgaleyev,M (2607)-Anand,V (2792) Bastia 2006}) 9. O-O ({RR} 9. a3 Bb7 10. e4 a6 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O N7b6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Rc1 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Qe4 a4 21. Bc2 g6 22. Bd3 b4 23. h4 h5 {D'Arruda,R (2271)-Shamsi,M (2217) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (50)}) 9... b4 10. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 10. Na4 O-O 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Rxc5 Rxc5 17. Bxb4 Ne4 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bc2 Bb7 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Bb1 Na4 23. b3 Nc3 24. Re1 Nxb1 {Herman,D (1927)-Khismatullin,D (2579) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (70)}) ({RR} 10. Na4 O-O 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Rxc5 Rxc5 17. Bxb4 Ne4 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bc2 Bb7 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Bb1 Na4 23. b3 Nc3 24. Re1 Nxb1 {Herman,D (1927)-Khismatullin,D (2579) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (70)}) 10... Qb6 11. Ng3 c5 12. e4 cxd4 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bf4 Ba6 15. Re1 d3 16. Qd2 Bc5 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Bg3 Nh6 19. Ba4 Rc8 20. Qxd3 Bd5 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Nd4 Rc5 25. Nb3 Rc6 26. Rec1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 O-O 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Nd4 Ng4 30. Nc6 Nc5 31. Qd4 e5 32. Qxg4 f5 1-0 [Event "October Revolution 50years"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1967.05.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [Annotator "Dolmatov,Sergey"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1967.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Unzicker,Wolfgang Kasparov,Garry} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 (5... Nf6 $5 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 $10) 6. e3 Bf5 ({RR} 6... Nf6 7. Qc2 ({RR} 7. Bd3)) 7. g4 Be6 ({RR} 7... Bg6 8. h4 Bxh4 ({RR} 8... h5 9. g5) ({RR} 8... h6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. h5 Bh7 11. Bd3) 9. Qb3 b6 10. Nf3 ({RR} 10. Rxh4 Qxh4 11. Nxd5) 10... Bf6 11. g5 Be7 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Bb5 Qd6 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Kd7 18. Rc1) 8. h3 ({RR} 8. h4 Bxh4 ({RR} 8... Nd7 9. h5 Ngf6 ({RR} 9... Nh6 10. f3 f5) 10. f3) 9. Qb3 b6 ({RR} 9... g5) 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Ne5 Bd7 ({RR} 12... Rc8) 13. e4) 8... Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Kg2 cxd4 (12... Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb5 $14 {Korchnoi,V-Karpov,A/Merano/1981/ Inf 32/486/}) ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb5) ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb5 Bf8 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 ({RR} 16... Qb6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 ({RR} 17... fxe6 18. g5 Ne4) 18. g5 Ne4) 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 ({RR} 17... Bxc8 18. exd4 a6 19. Nc7 Re7 20. Qc2) 18. exd4 Qd7 ({RR} 18... Re7 19. Nxa7 Qa8 20. Qa4 b5) 19. Nc7 Rc8 ({RR} 19... Rd8 20. Qb3) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Re1 a6 ({RR} 21... Bd6 22. Be5) 22. g5 Ne4 23. Qg4 ({RR} 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5) 23... Bb4 24. Re2 Rf8 ({RR} 24... Re8 25. f3 Nd6 26. Qh5 g6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Qg7 ({RR} 28... Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 ({RR} 29... Kg8 30. Be5) 30. Qf6#) 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. a3) 25. f3 Qf7 ({RR} 25... Nd6 26. a3 Ba5 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Qh5 g6 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Rxe6 Qd7 33. Rg6+ Kf7 34. Rg7+ Ke8 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 36. Qxf8) 26. Be5 Nd2 27. a3 {Kortschnoj,V (2650)-Karpov,A (2690) Merano 1981 MainBase [Unzicker,Wolfgang] 1-0 (41)}) 13. Nxd4 Bd6 $146 (13... Nxd4 14. exd4 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. f3 Rc8 $13 {Botvinnik,M-Petrosian,T/Moscow/1963/}) ({RR} 13... Nxd4 14. exd4 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. f3 Rc8 17. Be5 Bd6 18. Rae1 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 g6 20. Qf2 Nd7 21. Re2 Nb6 22. Rhe1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Re3 a6 26. b3 Rc6 27. Na4 b6 28. Nb2 {Botvinnik,M-Petrosian,T Moscow 1963 MainBase [Kasparov,Garry] 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 13... Nxd4 14. exd4 Ne8 15. Qc2 g6 16. Rhe1 Ng7 17. Be5 Qd7 18. f3 Bh4 19. Re3 f6 20. Bh2 f5 21. Qa4 Qf7 22. Rf1 h5 23. Be5 a6 24. Qb3 b5 25. Be2 Qd7 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. Rh1 Rf7 28. a4 {Lutz,H-Dlugy,M (2310) Rio de Janeiro 1982 ½-½ (57)}) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nce2 Rfe8 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Bb1 Rad8 18. Qb3 Rb8 $6 (18... Na5 $5 19. Qd3 Nc4 20. g5 Ne5 21. Qb3 Ne4 $40) 19. Rhd1 h5 $5 20. g5 (20. f3 $2 hxg4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. fxg4 Nxg4 $17) 20... Ne4 21. Nf3 (21. Nb5 $6 Bxh3+ 22. Kxh3 Qe6+ 23. Kg2 Qg4+ 24. Ng3 h4) (21. Nf4 $2 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxg5 $17) 21... Bxh3+ 22. Kxh3 Nxf2+ 23. Kg2 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Qc5 25. Rxd5 $6 (25. Kf2 $5 Rbd8 26. Ned4 $14) 25... Qxe3 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. Nc3 Rd8 $4 (27... Re7 $10 {??d8}) 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Be4 $18 Kf8 30. Kf2 Rxe4 31. Nxe4 Ke7 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Kf4 Kd5 34. Nc3+ Kc4 35. Ke4 Nc6 36. Nd5 f5+ 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Nxf6 h4 39. Ng4 Nb4 40. Ne3+ Kc5 41. Nxh4 1-0 [Event "EU-chT 06th Final"] [Site "Moscow (Russia)"] [Date "1977.04.??"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Whiteley, Andrew Jonathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2395"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1977.04.13"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EU-chT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "England"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Ne2 c5 ({RR} 9... Ba6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 c5 12. Ng3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Bc2 O-O 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bb2 g6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. Nf3 e4 20. Nxe4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Rxd3 22. Nxd3 Ne4 23. Rac1 a5 24. Rc4 {Bluebaum,M (2647)-Dziuba,M (2590) Warsaw 2020 ½-½ (47)}) ({RR} 9... Ba6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ng3 c5 13. e4 Bxg3 14. hxg3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Be3 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nxe4 20. Rc7 Nb6 21. Ne5 Nd6 22. Nxf7 Nb5 23. Nh6+ gxh6 24. Bxe6+ {Radhakrishnan,S (2224)-Aradhya,G (2422) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (60)}) 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nf4 cxd4 $146 ({RR} 11... Bd6 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. d5 e5 14. Nfe6 Rg8 15. e4 h6 16. Nxf7 Qxf7 17. f4 Rc8 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 c4 21. Ba4 Qe7 22. Qf1 Kf7 23. Re1 Ne5 24. Rf5 Qd6 25. Kh1 c3 26. bxc3 {Talu,M (2386)-Stefan,M (2077) Mamaia 2021 0-1 (61)}) ({RR} 11... Bd6 12. a3 a5 13. axb4 axb4 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bd2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Bxf4 18. exf4 O-O 19. Rc1 cxd4 20. Bxb4 Rd8 21. Be7 Ra8 22. Rd1 Rb8 23. Rxd4 Rxb3 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rxd7 Rxb2 26. Kg2 {Fernandez Madrid,C (2166)-Obon Temprano,S (2294) Barcelona 2016 ½-½ (61)}) 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Nxd5 Nfxd5 15. Ba4+ Nd7 16. Qh5 Qe7 17. Re1 g6 18. Qf3 N5b6 19. d5 Nxd5 20. Nxf7 Qxf7 21. Qxd5 O-O-O 22. Qa8+ 1-0 [Event "URS-ch26 Semifinal"] [Site "Tashkent"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Grushevsky, Alexander V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1958.09.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 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 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. O-O Qb6 12. Nd2 ({RR} 12. a3 a5 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Bd3 Be7 15. axb4 axb4 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Qc2 O-O 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. e4 b3 20. Qd1 c5 21. e5 Nd7 22. Be3 Bd5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Qb7 {½-½ (25) Abramovic,B (2502)-Kosic,D (2508) Herceg Novi 2001}) ({RR} 12. b3 Bd6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Bf3 c5 17. Nc4 Be7 18. dxc5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxc5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Bd4 Qd5 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. Ne5 Rdc8 24. Rac1 Ne4 25. Nc6 Bf8 26. Rc4 Nd6 {Koridze,L (2016)-Kukhmazov,A (2458) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (53)}) 12... Be7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. b3 Rd8 $146 ({RR} 14... O-O 15. Bb2 Nf6 16. Bf3 c5 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. dxc5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxc5 20. Ne5 Qb6 21. Nc6 Bc5 22. Bxf6 Rxc6 23. Qg3 g6 24. Rc4 Rfc8 25. Qh3 Bf8 26. Rh4 Bg7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rxh7+ Kf8 29. Qf3 {Malich,B-Baumbach,F Strausberg 1971 1-0}) 15. Bb2 c5 16. Qf3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 O-O 18. dxc5 Nf6 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxc5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Na5 Rc8 26. Rac1 Bd6 27. Nc4 Be5 28. f4 Bc7 29. Rc2 Red8 30. Rdc1 Bd6 31. Nxd6 Rxc2+ 32. Rxc2 Rxd6 33. Rc7+ Rd7 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Kd3 Kc6 36. Kc4 a5 37. g4 e5 38. f5 Kd6 39. e4 Kc6 40. h3 h6 41. h4 1-0 [Event "Budapest Maroczy Memorial"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1952.03.15"] [Round "7"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Pilnik, Hermann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1952.03.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 ({RR} 10. Re1 b4 11. Na4 c5 12. dxc5 {½-½ (12) Adorjan,A (2550)-Horvath,J (2505) Hungary 1992}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 ({RR} 11. a3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 a6 14. e4 Qc7 15. Bg5 Rac8 16. Rac1 Ng4 17. b4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qxh2# {0-1 (18) Castellano,A (1873)-Roatta,L (2024) Acqui Terme ITA 2026}) 11... Qc7 $146 ({RR} 11... b4 12. Na4 c5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. a3 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Bd2 bxa3 17. bxa3 a5 18. Nd4 Qg5 19. f3 Bd6 20. Nb5 Bb8 21. Bc4 Qh4 22. g3 Qh5 23. e4 Qg6 24. Bd3 Nh5 25. Qg2 f5 26. Bc3 {Bicer,A (2350)-Can,I (2415) Antalya 2021 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 11... b4 12. Na4 c5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. a3 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Bd2 bxa3 17. bxa3 a5 18. Nd4 Qg5 19. f3 Bd6 20. Nb5 Bb8 21. Bc4 Qh4 22. g3 Qh5 23. e4 Qg6 24. Bd3 Nh5 25. Qg2 f5 26. Bc3 {Bicer,A (2350)-Can,I (2415) Antalya 2021 0-1 (42)}) 12. Bd2 a6 13. e4 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Ng5 Bc6 19. Nb6 N5xb6 20. cxb6 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Qxb6 22. Rd6 Qb7 23. Rcd1 Nf8 24. Qg4 Be4 25. R1d4 Bf5 26. Rxb4 Bxg4 27. Rxb7 Ng6 28. f3 Bf5 29. g4 Bb1 30. Kf2 Nxe5 31. Be3 h6 32. Bd4 Nc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. Bc3 Bxa2 35. Rdd7 Rf4 36. Be5 Rxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Bd5+ 38. Rxd5 exd5 39. Rb8+ Rxb8 40. Bxb8 f6 41. Ke3 Kf7 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Bg3 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens 27th"] [Site "Beverwijk"] [Date "1965.01.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Pachman, Ludek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1965.01.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Dolmatov,Sergey Unzicker,Wolfgang} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 ({RR} 5... Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6) 6. e3 Bf5 ({RR} 6... Nf6 7. Qc2 ({RR} 7. Bd3)) 7. g4 Be6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Nf3 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Rdg1 Nbd7 14. g5 hxg5 15. Rxg5 Rac8 16. h4 b5 17. h5 Nb8 18. h6 Ne8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. hxg7+ Nxg7 21. Bg8+ {1-0 (21) Gomes,M (1744)-Tischler Lema Garcia,M (1299) Florianopolis BRA 2024}) 9... h5 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Kg2 Rc8 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb5) 13. Rc1 Re8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb5 Bf8 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 ({RR} 16... Qb6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 ({RR} 17... fxe6 18. g5 Ne4) 18. g5 Ne4) 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 ({RR} 17... Bxc8 18. exd4 a6 19. Nc7 Re7 20. Qc2) 18. exd4 Qd7 ({RR} 18... Re7 19. Nxa7 Qa8 20. Qa4 b5) 19. Nc7 Rc8 ({RR} 19... Rd8 20. Qb3) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Re1 a6 ({RR} 21... Bd6 22. Be5) 22. g5 Ne4 23. Qg4 ({RR} 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5) 23... Bb4 24. Re2 {Kortschnoj,V (2650)-Karpov,A (2690) Merano 1981 MainBase [Unzicker,Wolfgang] 1-0 (41)} {RR} Re8 25. f3 Nd6 26. Qh5 g6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Qg7 ({RR} 28... Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 ({RR} 29... Kg8 30. Be5) 30. Qf6#) 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. a3) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Kg2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd6 ({RR} 13... Nxd4 14. exd4 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. f3 Rc8) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nce2 Rfe8 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Bb1 Rad8 18. Qb3 Rb8 ({RR} 18... Na5 19. Qd3 Nc4 20. g5 Ne5 21. Qb3 Ne4) 19. Rhd1 h5 20. g5 ({RR} 20. f3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. fxg4 Nxg4) 20... Ne4 21. Nf3 ({RR} 21. Nb5 Bxh3+ 22. Kxh3 Qe6+ 23. Kg2 Qg4+ 24. Ng3 h4) ({RR} 21. Nf4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxg5) 21... Bxh3+ 22. Kxh3 Nxf2+ 23. Kg2 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 {Geller,E-Spassky,B Moscow 1967 MCL [Dolmatov,Sergey] 1-0 (41)}) 10. g5 Ne4 11. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. Nxe4 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ke7 17. Rg1 g6 18. h4 Rd8 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. b4 b6 21. Ng5 c5 22. Nxe6 Kxe6 23. Rg5 cxd4 24. exd4 Nf8 25. Ke3 Kf6 {Ognean,M (2285)-Stepanencu,N (1804) Calimanesti 2018 ½-½ (49)}) 11... Qb6 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Qa5 14. Rc1 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Rxc3 Nb8 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. g6 fxg6 19. Bxg6+ Bf7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rb3 b6 22. Ke2 Bf6 23. Rg1 Rhe8 24. Rd3 c5 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxd5 Bxb2 27. Rxh5 Bxa3 28. Be5 Ne6 29. Ng5+ Nxg5 30. Rhxg5 g6 31. h4 Rg8 32. Bd4 Be7 33. R5g4 Rad8 34. Rf4+ Ke6 35. Re4+ Kf7 36. Rg3 Rd5 37. Be5 Rd7 38. h5 Bd6 39. Rf3+ Ke6 40. Bb2+ Kd5 41. Rd4+ Ke6 42. Rf6+ 1-0 [Event "Dresden International"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "1959.10.27"] [Round "8"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Zinn, Lothar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1959.10.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "DDR"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Qb6 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. Ne4 Be7 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. axb5 Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Bd3 cxb5 15. Bxb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Qxb5 17. Rxb5 Nc6 18. Ke2 Rfb8 19. Rc5 Ne7 20. g4 h6 21. h4 Nd5 22. e4 Nb6 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Be7 25. Rc7 {Ngo,T-Huynh Mai Phuong,D (2128) Vung Tau 2005 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 10... Nf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. axb5 Nd7 13. Bd3 Rb8 14. Qa4 cxb5 15. Qxa7 b4 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. Ke2 Bb7 18. Rhb1 f5 19. Ra4 Bc6 20. Ra6 Rxa6 21. Bxa6 O-O 22. Rc1 Bd5 23. Rc7 Nb8 24. Bb5 Bd6 25. Rc1 {Dizdar,G (2535)-Tukmakov,V (2600) Makarska Tucepi 1995 ½-½}) ({RR} 10... Nf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. axb5 Bd7 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. d5 Na6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qb1 Nc5 17. Be2 O-O 18. Ba5 Qb7 19. Nd4 Rab8 20. Bf3 Qc8 21. O-O e5 22. Rc1 exd4 23. exd4 Bf5 24. Qa2+ Be6 25. Qe2 {Malvin Joshua (1966)-Srijon Saha (2076) Guntur IND 2025 1-0 (53)}) 11. Bd3 Ngf6 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qxb5 Bb7 15. Ke2 Qxb5 16. Bxb5 a6 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. Rhb1 Ra7 19. e4 Ke7 20. Be3 a5 21. Rb5 Rha8 22. d5 Ba6 23. Raxa5 Bc5 24. Rxa6 Bxe3 25. Rxa7 Bxa7 26. Ra5 exd5 27. Nd4 Kf8 28. Nc6 dxe4 29. Bb5 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens 27th"] [Site "Beverwijk"] [Date "1965.01.17"] [Round "10"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Ivkov, Borislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1965.01.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O ({RR} 11. b4 c6 12. O-O a5 13. b5 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Na4 c4 16. Bf5 g6 17. Bh3 Nd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Nb6 Qxb5 20. Rb1 Qa6 21. Nxa8 Qxa8 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Qc2 Qa7 24. Rfd1 Ba6 25. h3 Qc5 {Matlakov,M (2685)-Fischer,D (2331) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (35)}) 11... Qe7 ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. Bb1 g6 13. Qb3 c6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Kg7 16. Nb5 Nb8 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Ne5 a4 19. Qc3 Re8 20. Red1 Qe7 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Qxc6 Rac8 24. Nc7 Red8 25. Re1 Qb4 26. a3 {Melnikov,F (2315)-Barseghyan,A (2335) Yerevan ARM 2026 1-0 (71)}) 12. Re1 c5 $146 ({RR} 12... Rd8 13. e4 Qb4 14. e5 Be7 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. a3 Qa5 17. b4 Bxb4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Bb1 Ne7 24. Qd3 g6 25. e6 Nf5 26. exf7+ Qxf7 27. Ne5 {Ilandzis,S (2168)-Steimbach,I (1984) Pardubice 2015 1-0}) 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd4 15. Nc5 Qxc5 16. Rxc5 bxc5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nd7 19. Re7 Bc6 20. h3 Rfe8 21. Qe1 Nb6 22. b3 Nd5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qc1 Nc3 25. Kh2 Rd8 26. Qf4 Nd5 27. Qf5 Nb4 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Bc4 Bd5 30. Bf1 f6 31. a3 Na2 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7+ Bf7 34. Bc4 Rf8 35. Qh7 Nc3 36. Qf5 Bxc4 37. Qxc5+ Ke6 38. Qxc4+ Ke5 39. Qc5+ Ke4 40. Qxf8 Kd3 41. Qxf6 1-0 [Event "Varna-03"] [Site "Varna"] [Date "1964.09.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Bradvarevic, Aleksandar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1964.09.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] {SCHACH 11/1964 Seite 330} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3 Bd6 $2 {Es ist keine gute Idee, diesen Läufer zum zweiten Male zu ziehen und zu tauschen. Die schwarzen Felder werden geschwächt.} ({Viel näher lag die Entwicklung des Damenspringers.} 8... Nd7 {nach b6}) 9. Nge2 Ne7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nce2 b6 15. Kf1 c5 16. Kg2 Nc6 17. Bb1 g6 18. g5 Rfd8 19. h4 Nf8 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. Ng3 Qd7 22. Nd3 Qd6 23. Ne5 cxd4 24. exd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Qf4 Qe6 {Reshevsky,S-Ivkov,B Sousse 1967 ½-½}) 13... O-O 14. Qg3 Qb4 15. O-O Qxb2 16. Nce2 $1 Qa3 17. Rfb1 $1 Ng6 18. Rb3 $1 Qe7 19. Rxb7 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 a5 21. Rab1 Rfd8 22. Ra7 Qd6 23. Rbb7 Nf8 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Bf5 $1 {Entscheidet schnell!} Qf8 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qe5 $1 {Besser kann wohl die Macht der "7.Reihe absolut" nicht demonstriert werden!} 1-0 [Event "Novi Sad"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1979.10.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Bojkovic, Slobodan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2410"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1979.10.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {ChessBase II} e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Qa5+ ({RR} 6... exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O Ne4 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qc2 Ndf6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nc3 g6 14. Rad1 Re8 15. h3 Nh5 16. Bh2 Bh4 17. g4 Ng3 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bxg6 Re7 21. Kg2 {Matlakov,M (2662)-Mamedov,E (2317) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (58)}) ({RR} 6... exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nfd2 Nf6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Nxa3 a5 18. b3 b5 19. Ne2 a4 20. b4 Bxa2 21. Rxc6 {Odegov,A (2244)-Savchenko,B (2464) Sochi RUS 2025 0-1 (68)}) 7. Nbd2 exd5 8. a3 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. b4 Qb6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Ne5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Nef3 Bd7 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Nb3 N6d7 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nf3 Nf6 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Ne5 {Perk,E (2063)-Hermann,A (1713) Rheda Wiedenbrueck 2001 EXT 2002 [ChessBase II] ½-½ (56)}) ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Re7 18. g3 Rae8 19. Qc3 Qg5 20. Kg2 Re3 21. Qc1 Qg6 22. Qd2 Rxf3 {0-1 (22) Denkinger,R-Brey,H Weiler 1993}) 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf4 16. Rad1 a4 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Nfe5 N7f6 19. Bf5 b5 20. Nd2 c5 21. Ndf3 cxd4 22. Qxc7 Nxc7 23. Bxc8 Raxc8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Nxd4 Rfd8 27. Nc6 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Kf1 Ne6 30. Ndb4 Bxb4 31. Nxb4 Rc8 32. g3 Rc5 33. Rd5 Kg7 34. Ke2 f5 35. Ke3 Kg6 36. Rxc5 Nxc5 37. Nd5 Ne4 38. Nc3 Nd6 39. Kd4 Nc4 40. Nd1 f4 41. gxf4 Nxb2 42. Nxb2 b4 43. Nd3 bxa3 44. Kc3 Kf5 45. f3 f6 46. Kc2 Ke6 47. h4 Kd5 48. Nf2 Ke6 49. Ng4 Kf5 50. Nxh6+ Kxf4 51. Ng8 f5 52. Ne7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch26 Final"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1959.01.28"] [Round "12"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Furman, Semen Abramovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D64"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1959.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 a6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rfd1 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 15... Bd7 16. b4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Ne4 18. Qd4 Bc6 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Kf1 Nd2+ 22. Nxd2 Rxd2 23. Bxa6 Ra2 24. Bc4 Rxa3 {½-½ (24) Varga,Z (2302)-Adithya A Chullikkad (2120) Budapest HUN 2025}) 16. b4 Nd7 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rd4 a5 19. Qa4 Rd8 20. Rcd1 Qc7 21. h3 b6 22. Bb5 Nf8 23. Bc6 Bb7 24. b5 Rxd4 25. exd4 Rd8 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nf3 Bc8 28. Qb3 Kh8 29. a4 Ng6 30. h4 f5 31. Ned2 Bf6 32. Nc4 Nxh4 33. Nfe5 Kh7 34. Qg3 g5 35. Ng4 f4 36. Nxf6+ Kg6 37. Ne8 Qxc6 38. Qd3+ 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation FRA-URS"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1954.04.17"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Noradounguian, Georges"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1954.04.17"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "URSS"] [BlackTeam "France"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] [TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"] 1. d4 {Kertesz,Alfred} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 $5 O-O 7. Bf4 c6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. g4 Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 $146 (11... b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Kb1 a6 14. Rhg1 c5 15. g5 Nh5 16. Be5 g6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bc4 dxc4 19. Rxd8 Raxd8 20. Nd2 Bc8 21. Nxc4 Bxh3 22. e4 Bc8 23. f4 Ne6 24. Nd5 Nd4 25. Qf2 Bf8 26. Rh1 Bg7 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. gxf6 Kh8 29. Nd6 Rxd6 30. Bxd6 Rxe4 31. Re1 Nxf6 32. Be5 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Bf5+ 34. Kc1 Kg7 {1-0 (34) Keres,P-Kalde,V Tallinn 1945}) (11... Be6) 12. O-O-O ({RR} 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O a5 15. Kb1 b6 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 Ba6 18. Bf5 b5 19. h5 Ngf8 20. Ne2 b4 21. Nf4 a4 22. g6 h6 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qd2 b3 25. a3 Qf6 26. Nh4 Nb6) 12... c5 $146 (12... Be6) ({RR} 12... Bb4 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. f3 Be6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. h4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Nh7 19. h5 g5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Bf4 Rac8 23. Kd2 c5 24. Rb1 b6 25. Rhg1 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rc6 27. Rbc1 {Kertesz,A-Heim,C Craiova 1982 EXT 2019 [Kertesz,Alfred] ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 12... Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. g5 Nh5 ({RR} 14... Nh5 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nf8 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Qg4 g6 20. f4 Ng7 21. e4 Rad8 22. Qf3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nh5 24. Rhe1 Qf5 25. Ka1 Ne6 26. Ng4 Kh8 27. Nh6 Qxf4 28. Nxf7+ Kg7 29. Qxf4) 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nf8 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Qg4 g6 20. f4 Ng7 21. e4 Rad8 22. Qf3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nh5 24. Rhe1 Qf5 25. Ka1 Ne6 26. Ng4 Kh8 27. Nh6 {Bacrot,E (2653)-Kozak,A (2558) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 12... Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. g5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qe6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. b3 Qe7 19. Qc5 Qe4 20. Nd2 Qg2 21. Rdf1 b6 22. Qd6 Qxg5 23. Kb2 Ba6 24. Nc4 Qh5 25. Re1 Qf5 26. Qf4 Qd5 27. Rc1 {Kienboeck,B (2217)-Mihelic,V (2089) Linz 2025 ½-½ (56)}) ({RR} 12... Qa5 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Be5 Nd7 15. Rdg1 c5 16. h4 Rac8 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. h5 g5 19. h6 g6 20. Bg7 b5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Nd4 Qa6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Qb3 Bf6 25. Rd1 Bxg7 26. hxg7 Nf6 27. Nxb5 {Metge,J-Ker,A (2410) Dunedin 1988 0-1 (35)}) 13. dxc5 Be6 14. Kb1 Qa5 15. Nd4 Nf8 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Bb5 N8d7 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nxd5 Nxf4 {La première partie à se terminer} 20. Nxf4 1-0 [Event "Capablanca Memorial-02"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1963.09.14"] [Round "14"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "De Greif, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1963.08.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "CUB"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Kd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 Bd6 ({RR} 11... Nb6 12. Nf3 a5 13. Nh4 Nc8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Ng3 Nd6 17. Rhe1 Kf8 18. a3 Rd8 19. Rad1 f5 20. Nhxf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5 Rxd4+ 22. Kc2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bh4 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rd7 Bxg3 26. hxg3 {Xiong,J (2692)-Grischuk,A (2745) chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 11... O-O-O 12. Nge2 Rg8 13. Rhg1 Kb8 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Ng3 Nc4+ 16. Kc2 Nd6 17. h4 Bh6 18. Nge2 Bxd3+ 19. Kxd3 f5 20. Rdf1 Rde8 21. Kc2 Kc7 22. g3 Re6 23. Nc1 Re7 24. Nd3 f6 25. Ra1 Kb8 26. a4 {Geller,E-Porreca,G Zagreb 1955 1-0 (34)}) 12. h4 ({RR} 12. Nge2 Ke7 13. Ng3 b5 14. Nf5+ Bxf5 15. Bxf5 a5 16. g3 h5 17. h4 Nb6 18. Bd3 b4 19. Ne2 a4 20. Rac1 Rhc8 21. Bf5 Rc7 22. Rhg1 b3 23. a3 Nc4+ 24. Kc3 Rb8 25. Bd3 Nxa3 26. bxa3 Bxa3 {Thornton,C (1766)-Boder,J (2324) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (157)}) 12... h5 $146 ({RR} 12... Rg8 13. g3 Bxd3 14. Kxd3 f5 15. Nh3 Nf6 16. Ne2 Ke7 17. Nef4 h6 18. Rhc1 Ne4 19. Ke2 a5 20. Rab1 a4 21. Nd3 Ra5 22. Nhf4 Rb5 23. Ke1 Ra8 24. Ne2 Ra7 25. Nc3 Rb6 26. Ne2 a3 27. b3 {Nasriddinzoda,M (2090)-Tan,L (2054) Batumi 2018 ½-½ (54)}) 13. Nge2 Bxd3 14. Kxd3 Rg8 15. g3 f5 16. Rhc1 Ke7 17. Rc2 Nf6 18. Nc1 Ne4 19. Ke2 Rae8 20. Nd3 Kf6 21. Re1 Re7 22. Kf1 Kg6 23. b4 a5 24. a3 Ra8 25. Ne2 Kh6 26. Rb1 axb4 27. axb4 Ra3 28. Ndf4 Bxf4 29. Nxf4 Nd6 30. b5 Nc4 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Rb8 Raxe3 33. Rc8 Re1+ 34. Kg2 R1e6 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Rxc6 Kg7 37. Kf3 e5 38. Re2 f4 39. gxf4 e4+ 40. Kg3 1-0 [Event "UKR-ch28"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1959.04.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Bannik, Anatolij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1959.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c6 9. Bd3 a6 10. b3 ({RR} 10. a4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nf6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. a5 Bb4 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. Qc2 Rab8 21. Nd4 Rfc8 22. Qb3 Bc5 23. Na4 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 Bb4 {Wang,Y (2696)-Zvjaginsev,V (2658) Taiyuan 2007 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 10. c5 e5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Bg3 Nxc5 13. Bb1 f5 14. Nd4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. O-O c5 17. Ne2 Nc7 18. Rc2 Bg4 19. Rd2 Qc8 20. h3 Bh5 21. e6 Rd8 22. Bxc7 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qxc7 24. Qh5 d4 {Aronyak,G (2522)-Lopez Martinez,J (2499) Seville ESP 2026 1-0}) 10... c5 11. O-O cxd4 $146 ({RR} 11... b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. bxc4 cxd4 15. exd4 Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Re8 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf6 20. c5 Qd5 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Na4 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nd5 25. Rc4 Bf6 26. Nd3 {Miton,K (2624)-Jaracz,P (2527) Legnica 2013 ½-½ (36)}) 12. exd4 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qf3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxe5 20. Qe4 Ng6 21. Rfe1 Qg5 22. g3 Ra7 23. h4 Qh5 24. Qd4 Raa8 25. Re3 b5 26. Qe4 Rac8 27. Rce1 Rc5 28. Qb7 Ne5 29. Be2 Qf5 30. b4 Rc2 31. Qd5 Rxe2 32. R1xe2 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-15 Preliminaries A"] [Site "Varna"] [Date "1962.09.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Puig Pulido, Pedro"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1962.09.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Spain"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 Qb4+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 c6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. g3 ({RR} 14. b4 Rc8 15. Be2 f6 16. Nd3 g6 17. h4 Nd7 18. Nf4 b5 19. h5 g5 20. Bg4 Nb6 21. Bxc8 Bxc8 22. Nd3 Nc4+ 23. Ke2 Bg4+ 24. f3 Re8 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. fxg4 cxd3+ 27. Kxd3 Re4 28. Rc1 Rxg4 {Citak,S (2319)-Gijsen,W (2185) Maastricht NED 2026 ½-½ (49)}) 14... Rd8 $146 ({RR} 14... f6 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Bh3 Rfd8 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Rc2 Rd6 19. Rhc1 Kf7 20. h4 Rc8 21. Rc3 Rc7 22. a4 Ba6 23. Nb4 Bb7 24. a5 Ke8 25. a6 Bc8 26. Rxc6 Rdxc6 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Nxc6 Bxa6 29. Kc3 {Krejci,J (2489)-Delorme,A (2306) Merlimont 2011 1-0 (41)}) 15. Bh3 Rd6 16. Bg4 Kf8 17. Rc2 Na6 18. Be2 Nb4 19. Rc3 f6 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. Bxd3 Kf7 22. Rhc1 h6 23. a4 Rc8 24. a5 bxa5 25. Ra1 a6 26. Rxa5 Ra8 27. Rca3 Rd7 28. Bxa6 Bxa6 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Rxa6 Rc7 31. b4 Ke7 32. h4 Kd7 33. h5 Rb7 34. Kc3 Kc7 35. g4 Kd7 36. f3 Kc7 37. e4 Kd6 38. Ra5 dxe4 39. fxe4 Re7 40. Kd3 Rb7 41. Kc4 Re7 42. e5+ fxe5 43. dxe5+ Ke6 44. Ra6 Kxe5 45. Rxc6 g5 46. hxg6 Kf4 47. b5 Kxg4 48. b6 Rg7 49. Kb5 h5 50. Rc7 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-12 Final A"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1956.09.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Enevoldsen, Jens"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1956.09.10"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Denmark"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "DEN"] 1. d4 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. dxc5 d4 10. Na4 Be6 ({RR} 10... Bg4 11. a3 Ne4 12. b4 Bf6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. exf3 Nc3 16. Bxc3 dxc3 17. Rc1 Qd2 18. b5 Na5 19. f4 Rad8 20. c6 bxc6 21. bxc6 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rc8 24. Nxc3 Bxc3 25. c7 {Kovalyov,A (2643)-Pulvett Marin,D (2437) Medellin 2017 ½-½ (33)}) 11. a3 ({RR} 11. b3 Qd7 12. Bb2 Rad8 13. Rc1 Bd5 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. Qd3 Nb4 17. Qxd4 Bf6 18. Qxb4 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Nf6 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5 22. Qc4 h5 23. Nf3 Qf5 24. Rd4 Nf6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Zhao,Y (2169)-Genkeswaran,G (2164) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (43)}) 11... Qd7 12. b4 Rad8 13. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 13. Nb2 Nd5 14. Nd3 Nc3 15. Qc2 Bf6 16. Bb2 Bf5 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Bxc3 dxc3 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. b5 Na5 21. Qa4 Nb3 22. Nf4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 c2 24. Rf1 Nxc5 25. Nxe6 Nxa4 26. Ned4 Nc3 27. e3 Rd8 {Toivola,J (2230)-Kauranen,M (2200) Finland 2012 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 13. Bb2 Bc4 14. Qc2 Qe6 15. Ng5 Qxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxe2 17. Rfe1 d3 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nc3 Nd5 20. Nxe2 Bxg5 21. Nd4 Rfe8 22. Red1 Bf6 23. Rxd3 Nc7 24. Rad1 Nb5 25. R3d2 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 {Chen,J (2371)-Golsefidy,S (2040) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (43)}) 13... Ne4 14. b5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nb8 16. Rab1 Bf6 17. Rfc1 Bd5 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Nf3 g5 21. h3 h5 22. c6 bxc6 23. Rc5 Qe4 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. exd3 cxb5 26. Rbxb5 g4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Nh2 Rd6 29. Nxg4 Bg7 30. Nb2 Na6 31. Rf5 Rb6 32. Nc4 Rxb5 33. Rxb5 Rc8 34. Kf3 Nc5 35. Ke2 Na4 36. Ra5 Nc3+ 37. Kf3 Rc7 38. Nd6 Kf8 39. Nf5 Bh8 40. Kg2 Bg7 41. f4 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-11 Preliminaries A"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1954.09.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Papapavlou, Paulos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1954.09.04"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Greece"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "GRE"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. Bg5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Be7 14. Qh4 h6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Qa5 17. Ng5 e5 18. Bh7+ $146 ({RR} 18. Rae1 Qd2 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Re4 {1-0 (20) Kaniansky,M (2155)-Kriz,M (2135) Slovakia 1998}) 18... Kh8 19. Be4+ Kg8 20. Rae1 Bg4 21. Re3 Rad8 22. Rg3 Rd4 23. Ne6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch19 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1951.11.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Kopylov, Nikolai Georgievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1951.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. O-O O-O 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Qc3 Bf5 17. Be3 Qd3 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Qxd3 Bxd3 20. Rfe1 b6 21. f3 f6 22. Kf2 Kf7 23. h4 c5 $146 ({RR} 23... f5 24. Rc3 b5 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. b3 Rd3 27. Rxd3 Bxd3 28. Rd1 Ba6 29. Rd2 Re7 30. Bc5 Rc7 31. Kg3 Bc8 32. Rd8 g6 33. Kf4 Be6 34. Ke5 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Bxa7 Ba6 37. Kd6 Bf1 38. Kxc6 {Baenziger,F (2413)-Garifulin,Y (1975) Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2023 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 23... f5 24. Rc3 b5 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. b3 Rd3 27. Rxd3 Bxd3 28. Rd1 Ba6 29. Rd2 Re7 30. Bc5 Rc7 31. Kg3 Bc8 32. Rd8 g6 33. Kf4 Be6 34. Ke5 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Bxa7 Ba6 37. Kd6 Bf1 38. Kxc6 {Baenziger,F (2413)-Garifulin,Y (1975) Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2023 1-0 (41)}) 24. g4 Rh8 25. Red1 Rd7 26. Rc3 Bf5 27. Rxd7+ Bxd7 28. Rd3 Be6 29. Kg3 Re8 30. b3 Bc8 31. Bf4 Be6 32. Rd6 Re7 33. Rd8 Rb7 34. h5 Ke7 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Bxb8 Kd7 37. Bxa7 Kc7 38. f4 Kb7 39. Bxb6 Kxb6 40. g5 Bf5 41. g6 Kc6 42. Kh4 Be6 43. h6 gxh6 44. Kh5 Kd6 45. Kxh6 Ke7 46. g7 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-07"] [Site "Sousse"] [Date "1967.10.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Sarapu, Ortvin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1967.10.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "TUN"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Na4 Bb6 ({RR} 11... Be7 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. a3 Re8 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd4 h6 19. e3 Bb5 20. Rfe1 Bxa4 21. Qxa4 Qf6 22. Re2 Qe5 23. Rec2 Re7 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. g4 Qg5 26. Qd4 {Ikonnikov,V (2587)-Szakolczai,P (2299) Griesheim 2006 1-0 (63)}) ({RR} 11... Be7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Nc5 Qb5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qe5 Qd7 18. Bh3 Qd6 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Rac1 Rd6 22. Bh3 h6 23. Bf4 Rb6 24. b3 Ne4 25. f3 Ng5 26. Bd7 {Bilan,D (2303)-Kiselev,P (2179) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (109)}) 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Re1 $146 ({RR} 14. Bd4 Ne4 15. Re1 Bg4 16. b3 b5 17. a3 Qd7 18. Qd3 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Qb1 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 Bxf3 22. exf3 Nc5 23. Rd1 Re2 24. Bc3 Nca6 25. f4 Qc6 26. Rc1 Na2 27. Bxd5 Qe8 28. Qf5 Nxc1 {Liebert,H-Mueller,K Halle/Saale 1974 0-1}) 14... Ra6 15. Bd4 Ne4 16. b3 b5 17. a3 Qd7 18. Bb2 d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxb3 22. e3 Bd5 23. Red1 Bc6 24. f3 Nd6 25. e4 Nc4 26. Bc5 h6 27. Rd3 Rea8 28. Bf1 Ra4 29. Rad1 Nxa3 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kh7 32. Bd3 Nc4 33. e5+ g6 34. Bd4 Nd2 35. Be2 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Nxf3+ 37. Bxf3 Bxf3 38. Rd7 Kg8 39. Kf2 Bc6 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Ke3 f6 42. Kd4 Kf7 43. Rd6 fxe5+ 44. Kxe5 Kg7 45. h4 h5 46. Kf4 Kh6 47. Rd8 Kg7 48. Kg5 Kf7 49. Rd2 Be4 50. Rd4 Bc6 51. Rf4+ Kg7 52. Rf6 Be4 53. Re6 Bf5 54. Re7+ Kf8 55. Kf6 Bd3 56. Rd7 1-0 [Event "AVRO"] [Site "Hilversum"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D59"] [Annotator "Nagesh,Havanur"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1973.06.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Bb5 $5 {Furman's novelty that he introduced against Geller in Moscow1970. The move became famous after Fischer beat Spassky with it in Game Six, World Championship 1972.} ({The standard} 14. Be2 {is still in vogue and has stood the test of time.}) 14... Qb7 $1 $146 {A brilliant move that calls into question Furman's novelty. The immediate threat is to encircle the White bishop with...c5-c4. So White has no time to castle.} ({After} 14... a6 $2 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Ra7 17. Be2 {Black has to fight for equality as shown in the games, Furman-Geller, 1970 and Fischer-Spassky, 1972.}) 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rxc5 Rxc5 17. Qxc5 Na6 $1 {The refutation of White's play. Geller showed it all to Spassky durig their preparation for the World Championship Match.} 18. Bxa6 ({If} 18. Qc6 $2 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Rb8 $1 20. b3 ({or} 20. O-O Rxb2 $17) 20... Rc8 {wins the exchange.}) 18... Qxa6 {With a new threat on the horizon, 19...Rc8.} 19. Qa3 Qc4 20. Kd2 $2 (20. Qc3 {was the lesser evil. After} Rb8 $1 ({not} 20... Qxa2 $2 21. O-O {lets White off the hook.}) 21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 Rxb3 24. O-O Rb2 $15 {Black has a slight plus on account of the passed pawn.}) ({RR} 20. Qb3 Qg4 21. O-O Rc8 22. Nd4 Qg6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rd1 Rc4 25. h3 a5 26. Qb6 Qf6 27. Qxa5 Rc2 28. Qe1 Qxb2 29. a4 Re2 30. Qf1 Rd2 31. a5 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Qa2 33. Qe1 Kh7 34. Qc3 Qb1+ {Chitlange,S (2173)-Khamdamova,A (2291) FIDE Online Arena INT 2024 1-0 (50)}) 20... Qg4 21. Rg1 d4 $1 {Opening up lines against the white king.} 22. Nxd4 $146 ({If} 22. exd4 Rb8 {Black threatens 23...Bd5 among other things.}) ({RR} 22. exd4 Bd5 23. h3 Qg6 24. Qc3 Rb8 25. b3 Qa6 26. Qb2 Qa5+ 27. Kd1 Rd8 28. Ne1 Be4 29. f3 Qc5 30. Nc2 Bxc2+ 31. Kc1 Qf5 32. g4 Qxf3 {0-1 (32) Rodriguez Cespedes,A-De Greif,B Camaguey 1974}) ({RR} 22. exd4 Rc8 23. Qe3 Bxa2 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Ne1 Rxb2+ 26. Rc2 Rxc2+ 27. Kxc2 Bd5 28. f3 Qd7 29. Qc3 Qa4+ 30. Kc1 Qc4 31. Qxc4 Bxc4 32. Kd2 a5 33. Kc3 Bd5 34. Nc2 Kf8 35. Ne3 Be6 36. d5 Bd7 {Biyiasas,P (2460)-Winslow,E (2365) San Francisco 1985 ½-½ (41)}) 22... Qh4 23. Re1 Qxf2+ 24. Re2 Qf1 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qd6 {White had to stop...Rd8+.} Kh8 27. e4 Rc8 28. Ke3 Rf8 29. Rd2 (29. Kd2 {is also met by the same move} e5 $1) 29... e5 $1 $19 30. Qxe5 Qe1+ 31. Re2 Qg1+ 32. Kd3 Rd8+ 33. Kc3 Qd1 34. Qb5 Qd4+ 35. Kc2 a6 36. Qxa6 Qc5+ {Played with youthful energy by Geller!} 0-1 [Event "Belgrade GMA op"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Zaichik, Gennadi"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2465"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bf6 11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Nxc6 ({RR} 12. Na3 Ne4 13. Nac2 Re8 14. e3 Ne5 15. h3 b6 16. Nb4 Qd6 17. a3 Bd7 18. Ne2 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxb2 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxa1 22. Nc7 Bf6 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxa8 Bxh3 25. Rc1 h5 26. Nf4 Bg4 {Chigaev,M (2621)-Fressinet,L (2637) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (43)}) 12... bxc6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd2 Ne6 $146 ({RR} 14... Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Re6 19. Rfd1 Rae8 20. Rd2 Bg6 21. Qd1 Be4 22. Nd4 Rd6 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Kg2 h5 25. h4 Nf8 26. e3 Qg6 27. Qc2 Rf6 28. Nxc6 Ne6 29. Ne7+ {Wilde,P-Liesecke,A Berlin West 1987 1-0}) ({RR} 14... Ba6 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. e3 Rd8 20. Qd4 Rd7 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Qxe5 Rd8 23. Qb2 Bb7 24. Rd1 h6 25. h3 Rd7 26. Qd4 Qa6 27. a4 Bc6 28. Ra1 Qb6 29. Qxb6 {Sotiropoulos,A (1834)-Papakonstantinou,G (1612) Rio 2018 1-0 (56)}) 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Nf3 c5 17. Ne1 Rfd8 18. Nd3 Rac8 19. Qd2 Ba6 20. Rfd1 g6 21. e3 Kg7 22. h4 d4 23. e4 c4 24. Qa5 cxd3 25. Qxa6 Rc2 26. f4 Nc5 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. e5+ Ke7 29. Ra1 a5 30. Bf1 d2 31. Bg2 Rc8 32. Kf1 Nd3 33. Be4 Rc1 34. Bxd3 Rxa1 35. Ke2 Rxa2 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 05th quarterfinal"] [Site "Eindhoven"] [Date "1986.04.12"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Douven, Rudy C"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2380"] [BlackElo "2525"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "1986.04.12"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Eindhoven"] [BlackTeam "Moscow CSKA"] [WhiteTeamCountry "NED"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 ({RR} 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Bc4 Nb4 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Nxd5 Qxc5 15. Qxb4 Qxb4 16. Nxb4 Bxc4 17. Nd5 Bxa2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rd4 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nd4 Be6 22. Kd2 Rc8 23. Ra1 a6 24. Ra5 Kg7 25. f3 Kg6 {Bauer,C (2635)-Schroeder,J (2550) Basel 2017 1-0 (76)}) 11... Bg4 ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. O-O d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qa4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxa4 17. Bxa4 Be6 18. Rfb1 Rfc8 19. Rxb7 Rxc5 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 {½-½ Chernin,A (2495)-Geller,E (2540)/Riga 1985/URS-ch}) ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. O-O d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qa4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxa4 17. Bxa4 Be6 18. Rfb1 Rfc8 19. Rxb7 Rxc5 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 {½-½ (21) Chernin,A (2495)-Geller,E (2540) Riga 1985}) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 $146 {[%csl Re1][%CAl Gf8e8]} ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. O-O Qxc5 15. h3 Bh5 16. Ne4 Qxc2 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Nxc2 Rab8 19. b4 a5 20. Nd4 axb4 21. Nxc6 Rb6 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Nxd5 Rb5 24. Nc7 Ra5 25. Rab1 Rb8 26. Rb2 Bg6 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Rc1 {Jussupow,A (2590)-Thorsteins,K (2400)/Reykjavik 1985/MCD/1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. O-O Qxc5 15. h3 Bh5 16. Ne4 Qxc2 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Nxc2 Rab8 19. b4 a5 20. Nd4 axb4 21. Nxc6 Rb6 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Nxd5 Rb5 24. Nc7 Ra5 25. Rab1 Rb8 26. Rb2 Bg6 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Rc1 {Jussupow,A (2590)-Thorsteins,K (2400) Reykjavik 1985 1-0 (35)}) 14. exd4 Re8+ 15. Kf1 Qf6 (15... Qg5) 16. Qd2 Rab8 17. h3 Bh5 18. Kg1 Rb7 19. a3 Rb3 20. Kh2 Qd8 {[%csl Rb2][%CAl Gd8b8,Gb8h2,Gb8b2]} 21. Ra2 {[%csl Ra2]} Qb8+ 22. g3 Bg6 {[%CAl Gg6e4]} 23. Rd1 Qb7 24. Qc1 h5 25. h4 Rb8 $36 26. Rd2 Qa6 27. Qe1 Qc4 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Bd3 30. Rd2 Bc4 $15 {[%csl Gc4]} 31. Nd1 Re8 32. a4 Re1 33. Ra3 Rxa3 34. bxa3 Be2 35. Ne3 Bf3 36. Ng2 Rf1 $1 {[%csl Rd2,Rf2,Rg2,Rh2]} 37. a5 a6 38. Rb2 f6 39. Rd2 Kh7 40. Rb2 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%CAl Gb2b6]} Kh6 41. Rd2 g5 $40 42. hxg5+ (42. Rb2) 42... fxg5 43. Rb2 Kg6 $1 {[%CAl Gg6f6,Gf6e6,Ge6d7,Gd7c7]} 44. Rd2 Kf6 45. Rb2 Ke6 46. Rd2 Kd7 47. Rb2 Kc7 48. Rd2 g4 49. Rb2 Rd1 50. Rb4 Be4 51. Rb6 Rxd4 52. Rxa6 Rc4 {[%csl Rc5,Gd5]} 0-1 [Event "URS-ch17 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1949.10.27"] [Round "8"] [White "Levenfish, Grigory"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D48"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "1949.10.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 Be7 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Be5 Qa5 ({RR} 16... a5 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Ba6 Qd7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qb5 Qa8 21. h3 h6 22. Nd2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Nc4 Bd8 26. b3 Qa8 27. f3 Qa7 28. Kf1 Nd7 29. Ke2 Bb6 30. d5 Bg1 31. Bg3 {Makharadze,J (2291)-Muir,A (2157) Batumi 2025 1-0 (67)}) 17. Nd2 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 17... Qd5 18. f3 Qd8 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. Ne4 Qb6 21. Nc5 Rfd8 22. a5 Qa7 23. Qe4 g6 24. Nxb7 f5 25. Qe2 Qxb7 26. Bg3 Qd7 27. Bxa6 Bf6 28. Rd1 f4 29. Bb5 Qd6 30. Bf2 Ne3 31. Bxe3 fxe3 32. d5 {Roizman,A (2315)-Bagirov,V (2560) Jurmala 1980 0-1 (54)}) 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rac8 20. Nb3 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Nc1 Bf8 24. Nd3 Rc4 25. Red1 f6 26. Bf4 Rxd4 27. Be3 Rde4 28. Nf4 Ne5 29. Nxd5 Nc4 30. b3 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Bc5 32. Kf2 Bxe3+ 33. Kf3 R4e5 34. g4 f5 35. Nxb4 fxg4+ 36. Kg3 h5 37. Rd5 g5 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Nd3 Bf4+ 40. Kf2 Re3 41. Rd1 Rh3 42. Nxf4 gxf4 43. Rd4 Rxh2+ 44. Kg1 Rb2 45. Rxf4 Kg7 46. Rb4 Kg6 47. Rb6+ Kg5 48. Rxa6 Rxb3 49. Kf1 h4 50. Ra8 Kf4 51. Re8 Ra3 0-1 [Event "URS-ch17 Semifinal"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Ilivitzki, Georgi A"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "1949.04.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 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. Rb1 Be4 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 18. Rb5 Qxa2 19. dxc5 Rfd8 20. Qf1 a6 21. Rb2 Qa4 22. Be3 Bxc3 23. Rbb1 Ne5 24. Rdc1 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Be5 26. c6 Rdc8 27. Rc4 Qa2 28. Rb7 a5 29. f4 Bc7 30. Qd3 Qa1+ 31. Kg2 Qf6 32. Qd7 Qg6+ {Zoler,D (2506)-Boruchovsky,A (2542) Israel 2018 1-0 (73)}) ({RR} 18. Rb7 Qa4 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 c4 21. Qf3 Nb6 22. Rd2 Nd5 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. h4 Qa5 25. Be7 Nxe7 26. Rxe7 Qa3 27. Qg5 h6 {0-1 (27) Artemiev,V (2699)-Gledura,B (2628) Chess.com INT 2021}) 18... Qxc3 19. dxc5 Rab8 20. Be3 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Nxc5 22. Qb5 Ne4 23. Qa4 Qd3 24. Rd1 Qe2 25. Re1 Nc3 26. Rxe2 Nxa4 27. Bxa7 Ra8 28. Rc2 Nc3 29. Rb2 h6 30. Rb8+ Rxb8 31. Bxb8 Nxa2 32. g3 Kf8 33. Kf1 Nc3 34. Ba7 Ke7 35. Ng1 Kd6 36. Ne2 Nb5 37. Be3 Kd5 38. f3 Be5 39. Kf2 Bd4 40. Nf4+ Kc4 41. Bxd4 Kxd4 42. Ne2+ Kd3 43. Nf4+ Kd4 44. Ne2+ Ke5 45. Ke3 Nd6 46. Nc1 Nf5+ 47. Kf2 Kd5 48. Nd3 e5 49. Nb4+ Kc5 50. Nd3+ Kd4 51. Ke2 Ne7 52. Nc1 f5 53. Nb3+ Kc4 54. Nd2+ Kc3 55. Nb1+ Kd4 56. Nd2 Nc6 57. Nb3+ Kc4 58. Nd2+ Kc3 59. Nb1+ Kd4 60. Na3 e4 61. f4 Kc5 62. Ke3 Nb4 63. h4 Nd5+ 64. Kd2 Nf6 65. Ke3 Kb4 66. Nc2+ Kc3 67. Na3 Nd5+ 68. Ke2 Kb3 69. Nb5 Nc3+ 70. Nxc3 Kxc3 71. g4 fxg4 0-1 [Event "URS-ch19 Semifinal"] [Site "Sverdlovsk"] [Date "1951.06.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Bannik, Anatolij"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D49"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1951.05.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 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 Ng4 12. Qa4 Rb8 13. Qxd4 $146 ({RR} 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Qb6 15. h3 Ngf6 16. O-O Qxd6 17. b3 Nd5 18. Ba3 Nb4 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Rc4 e5 21. Bxb4 Qd5 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Qa3+ Kg8 24. Qe7 Bb7 25. Rc7 {1-0 (25) Kevitz,A-Turover,I Bradley Beach 1929}) ({RR} 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Qb6 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rb6 18. Nb3 Rxd6 19. Be2 O-O 20. O-O Nd5 21. Bd2 Ne5 22. Rfd1 Nc6 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. Bc5 R6d7 25. Bf1 Ndb4 26. Rdc1 Rb7 27. Be3 a5 {Tukmakov,V (2580)-Horvath,J (2465) Sochi 1987 ½-½ (75)}) ({RR} 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Bb7 15. Qxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qa5+ 17. Qc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Nge5 19. Bxa6 Nxf3+ 20. Ke2 Rb6 21. Bd3 Nfe5 22. Rd1 O-O 23. a4 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Rc8 25. Be3 e5 26. Rc1 {½-½ (26) Porat,I (2272)-Arngrimsson,D (2359) Budapest 2008}) ({RR} 13. Nbxd4 Rb4 14. Qc2 Ngxe5 15. O-O Bb7 16. a3 Rxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Be3 Qd5 19. f3 Nexd3 20. b4 Nd7 21. Qxd3 e5 22. Qe2 exd4 23. Bxd4+ Kd8 24. Rfd1 Qe6 25. Qf2 Be7 26. Rac1 f6 27. Bc5 Bxc5 {Podhorzer,D-Kmoch,H Vienna (SV Hietzing) 1932 1-0 (47)}) 13... Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxd4 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. Nc6+ Kd7 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Nb3 Rxb3 20. axb3 Nxf2 21. Ke2 Nxh1 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Kxe3 Bb7 24. Rxh1 Rb8 25. Rf1 Kd6 26. Rf7 Bd5 27. Rxg7 Rxb3 28. Kd2 Rxb2+ 29. Kc3 Rb3+ 30. Kc2 a5 31. Be4 Rb7 32. Rg4 Rb4 33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. gxf3 Rxg4 35. fxg4 Ke5 0-1 [Event "Interzonal-05"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "1962.02.13"] [Round "11"] [White "Teschner, Rudolf"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D59"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "1962.01.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Qe2 c5 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. Rc7 Rab8 $146 ({RR} 16... Qd8 17. Rxb7 Nc5 18. e5 Qc8 19. Re7 Qd8 20. Rb7 Qc8 21. Qd1 {½-½ (21) Spalir,J (2063)-Krivec,S (2073) Rogaska Slatina 2009}) 17. Bb5 Rfd8 18. e5 a6 19. Bd3 b5 20. Nxd4 Qh4 21. f4 Nc5 22. Nf5 exf5 23. Rxc5 Qe7 24. Rfc1 Qd7 25. Bb1 Qd4+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rd2+ 28. Ke3 Rxg2 29. Rc7 Rxb2 30. Bxf5 g6 31. e6 gxf5 32. e7 Re8 33. Rxb7 Rxa2 34. Rc6 Kg7 35. Ra7 b4 36. Kd3 a5 37. Rca6 Ra3+ 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Kd3 Ra3+ 40. Kd4 f6 41. Kc4 Rf3 42. Rxa5 Rxf4+ 43. Kb3 Kf7 44. Rb7 Rxe7 45. Rxb4 Re3+ 46. Ka4 Ree4 47. Rxe4 fxe4 48. Kb3 Kg6 49. Ra2 Rf1 50. Rg2+ Kf5 51. Kc2 Ra1 52. Kc3 Rd1 0-1 [Event "Women-Veterans"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1993.06.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nd4 $146 ({RR} 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Qxc5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Rab1 c5 18. b3 Qa5 19. Rfd1 c4 20. bxc4 dxc4 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rb5 Qa6 23. Bf5 Rfd8 {Malich,B-Lengyel,L Budapest 1965 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 9. e3 Qxc5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 h6 14. Bh4 Rac8 15. Bd3 b5 16. Qd2 b4 17. Ne2 g5 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Qc2 22. O-O Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bxa2 {Sargissian,G (2660)-Berkes,F (2645) Paks 2008 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 Qxc5 11. a3 Be6 12. Bd3 a6 13. Rd1 Nbd7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Nd4 b5 16. Qb1 Qb6 17. a4 b4 18. Nce2 Rfe8 19. Nf4 Nf8 20. h3 N6d7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Be2 Ree8 23. Nb3 Nc5 {Ivanchuk,V (2611)-Xiao,T (2484) Sant Ferran de ses Roques ESP 2024 ½-½ (62)}) ({RR} 9. e3 Qxc5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Qa4 Nf5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. e4 Ne3 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qxe2 22. Rfe1 Qf2 23. exd5 exd5 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2540)-Geller,E (2465) Belgrade 1988 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 9. e3 Qxc5 10. a3 Be6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nbd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Bf5 Qb6 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bh3 Nh7 19. Nxd5 Qd6 20. Nf4 Ng5 21. Qb3 Rc6 22. Bg4 Rb6 23. Qc4 Rxb2 {Beyen,R-Niemela,I Havana 1966 1-0 (32)}) 9... Qxc5 10. Nb3 Qd6 11. e3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Be2 Rac8 14. O-O h6 15. Bf4 Qb4 16. a3 Qb6 17. Na4 Na5 18. Nbc5 Qc6 19. b4 b6 20. Ba6 bxc5 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. bxa5 Qb5 23. Rb1 Qxa5 24. Rb7 Bf8 25. Rfb1 d4 26. exd4 cxd4 27. Qd1 Nd5 28. Qxd4 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Rc4 30. Qe3 Qxa4 31. Rxa7 Qc2 32. Rf1 Bc5 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Qe5 Qxf2+ 0-1 [Event "URS-ch27 Semifinal"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Geller, Aleksandr Girshevic"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1959.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 ({RR} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 {½-½ (10) Psakhis,L (2575)-Ftacnik,L (2550) Vienna 1990}) 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf3 Be5 11. Qd2 ({RR} 11. b3 h6 12. Ba3 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. a4 a6 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Nd1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qc3 Bd7 22. Ne3 b6 23. a5 bxa5 24. Qxa5 Bb5 25. h3 g6 {Wang,C (2236)-Guo,W (1854) Beijing CHN 2025 ½-½ (49)}) 11... Re8 $146 ({RR} 11... a6 12. Rd1 Bxd4 13. exd4 Bg4 14. Qf4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 h6 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Qh3 Qc8 18. Qh4 Qf5 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Rfe8 21. f3 Re6 22. Kf2 Rae8 23. Rd2 g5 24. Bg3 Kg7 25. Na4 Nd7 {½-½ (25) Kurayan,R (2155)-Molnar,P (2306) Odessa 2008}) 12. b3 Qd6 13. h3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bb2 Bxh3 17. Ne2 Rad8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe5 Qb5 20. Nf4 Qxe5 21. Nxh3 Rd2 22. Rac1 g6 23. Rc8+ Kg7 24. a4 Rb2 25. Nf4 Rxb3 26. Rd1 Ra3 27. Rd7 Rc3 0-1 [Event "URS-ch43 Final"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Furman, Semen Abramovich"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1975.11.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4 Nd7 9. h5 Qb6 10. Rb1 Ngf6 11. f3 h6 ({RR} 11... O-O 12. Bd3 c5 13. Nge2 Rac8 14. Kf1 cxd4 15. exd4 Bd6 16. Qd2 Ne8 17. Kg2 Qd8 18. Rbe1 Nb6 19. Bb1 Nc4 20. Qd3 f5 21. Bc1 Nf6 22. Ng3 Bxg3 23. Rxe6 fxg4 24. Kxg3 Ne4+ 25. Nxe4 Rxf3+ 26. Qxf3 {Beliavsky,A (2570)-Geller,E (2575) Moscow 1983 1-0}) 12. Bd3 O-O $146 ({RR} 12... Qa5 13. Nge2 b5 14. Nc1 Qd8 15. Nb3 O-O 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 a4 18. Nc1 c5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 cxd4 21. exd4 Qb6 22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Qd2 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Rfe8+ 25. Kf1 Nb8 {½-½ (25) Botvinnik,M-Spassky,B Leiden 1970}) ({RR} 12... c5 13. Nge2 Rc8 14. Kf2 cxd4 15. exd4 a6 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Qb3 b5 18. a4 O-O 19. axb5 Nc5 20. Qd1 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 axb5 22. Nxb5 Qd7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ra1 Ne4+ 25. Kg1 Bg5 26. Bxg5 Nxg5 27. Nbc3 {Knaak,R (2535)-Balashov,Y (2600) Sochi 1980 0-1 (40)}) 13. Nge2 c5 14. Kf1 Rfe8 15. Kg2 Rac8 16. Qe1 Nh7 17. Qf2 cxd4 18. exd4 Bd6 19. Rhe1 Ng5 20. Rbd1 Nf6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Ng3 Nxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxg4 24. Qf1 Bxd1 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nxd1 Qb4 27. Qf4 Qe1 28. Nf2 Qe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Be2 Kf8 31. Nd1 Re6 32. Kf2 Ne4+ 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Nc3 Rxd4 35. Ke3 Rb4 36. Nxd5 Rxb2 37. Bc4 b5 38. Bb3 a5 39. Nf4 a4 40. Bd5 b4 41. Nd3 Rh2 42. Nxb4 Rxh5 0-1 [Event "Dortmund-A"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mohr, Stefan"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2480"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1989.03.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "CBM 013"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Dautov,Rustem} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. h3 Bg6 ({RR} 8... Ngf6 9. g4 Be4 10. Rg1 h6 ({RR} 10... Bf3 11. Rg3 Bxe2 12. Bxe2 Bb4 13. f3 Qe7 14. Rg2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Qe7 18. Qc2 O-O-O 19. O-O-O) ({RR} 10... Qb6 11. Qd2 Bf3 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bd3 h6) ({RR} 10... Nf8 11. Ng3 Ne6 12. Be5 Ng5 13. Ngxe4 Ngxe4 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Bxe4 Bxe5 16. Bd3 Bh2 17. Rg2 Bd6 18. g5 Nd7) 11. Ng3 Qb6 12. Ngxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. Bd3 Ng5 ({RR} 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3) 15. Rh1 Nf3+ 16. Ke2 Nh4 17. Rhg1 Qd8 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. a4 a5 20. Nb1 O-O 21. Nd2 Re8 22. Bg3 Ra7 23. Bxh4 {Dreev,A (2704)-Vaganian,R (2670) Poikovsky 2005 CBM 106 [Dautov,Rustem] ½-½ (69)} ({RR} 23. Nf3 Nd7 ({RR} 23... Nc8 24. Bb8))) ({RR} 8... h5 9. Nc1 Nb6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Bd6 12. O-O Bxf4 13. exf4 Nf6 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. a4 Nc4 16. Ne5 Nd6) ({RR} 8... Qb6 9. Qd2 Ngf6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. a3 h5 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 g6 15. Bd3 Ne6 16. Be5 O-O 17. g4 h4 18. O-O Nh7 19. Qc2 Bf6 20. f4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Rad8 22. b4 Nxd4 23. exd4 {Cojocari,D (2136)-Goroshkov,M (2350) Eforie Nord ROU 2025 ½-½ (60)}) 9. Ng3 ({RR} 9. Bh2 Ngf6 10. Nf4 Ne4 11. Nxg6 Nxc3 12. bxc3 hxg6 13. Bd3 b5 14. a4 a6 15. O-O O-O 16. e4) ({RR} 9. g4 h5 10. Rg1 hxg4 11. hxg4 Ngf6 12. f3 Nb6 13. Ng3 Rh2 14. Be2 Bd6 15. Nf1 Rh3 16. Kf2 Qd7 17. Kg2 Rh7 18. a4 a5 19. Qb3 Nc8 20. Ng3 Kf8 21. Qd1 Kg8 22. Rh1 Rxh1 23. Qxh1 Qc7 {Chekhov,V (2480)-Geller,E (2480) Moscow 1989 ½-½}) 9... Nf8 10. h4 $146 ({RR} 10. Be5 Ne6 11. Nge2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc1 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 O-O 16. O-O Ne4 17. Rc1 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rfe8 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Rb1 Ng5 21. Nc5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. b4 a6 24. a4 g6 {Sadler,M (2645)-Lutz,C (2555) Pula 1997 ½-½ (32)}) 10... Bxh4 11. Qb3 Bxg3 12. Bxg3 Qe7 13. Rc1 Ne6 14. Bh4 f6 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Bg3 O-O 18. O-O Nf5 19. Bh2 a6 20. Qa3 Rae8 21. Bg4 h5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qd6 Qf7 24. Na4 h4 25. f3 Qg6 26. Kh1 h3 27. g4 Bxg4 28. Qg3 Bf5 29. Qxg6 Bxg6 30. Kg1 Bh5 31. Bd6 Rf7 32. Nc3 Ng5 33. f4 Nf3+ 34. Kf2 Nh2 35. Rfe1 Ng4+ 36. Kg3 Rxe3+ 37. Rxe3 Nxe3 38. Kxh3 Nf5 39. Bc5 g5 40. fxg5 fxg5 41. Re1 Bf3 0-1 [Event "URS-ch46 Final"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1978.12.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Romanishin, Oleg M"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2590"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "1978.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. d5 ({RR} 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qd2 ({RR} 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Qe3 ({RR} 11. O-O-O a5 12. Be2 Rd8 13. g4 e5 14. g5 hxg5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 b6 19. h4 Re8 20. Kd2 gxh4 21. Rdxh4 Kf8 22. Bf3 c6 23. Rh8+ Ke7) 11... Rd8 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Re8+ 16. Be2 Qg6 17. Kf1 Bf5 18. Rd2 Rxe2 19. Kxe2 Qxg2 20. Rdd1 Re8+ 21. Kd2 Re4 22. Qxa7 Rxc4 23. Rc1 Qxd5+) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 14. Be2 Bg4 15. f3 Bf5 16. Qd5 Qxb2 17. Qxf5 Rfe8 18. Rd2 Qa1+ 19. Rd1 Qxa2 20. Rd2 Qa1+ 21. Rd1 Qb2 22. Rd2 Rxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Qc1+ {Oll,L (2615)-Vaganian,R (2645) Moscow 1994 ½-½ (56)}) ({RR} 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bd3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. Rad1 Qf4 15. b4 b6 16. Bc2 O-O 17. b5 Bb7 18. g3 Qf3 19. Qxf3 Bxf3 20. Rd7 Be2 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Bd1 Bxd1 23. Rcxd1 Rfe8) ({RR} 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qd3 b6 11. Qe4 Bb7 12. Ne5 O-O-O 13. Nxc6 Rd6 14. Nxa7+ Kb8 15. Qe5 Kxa7 16. O-O-O Rhd8 {½-½ (16) Ghitescu,T (2390)-Geller,E (2505) Palma de Mallorca 1989}) 9... Ne5 10. Be2 ({RR} 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 exd5 14. cxd5 Bf5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. O-O-O Rhe8 18. Rd2 Re5 19. Kc2 Kd6 20. Rhd1 Rae8 21. Kc3 Re1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1 23. g3 f5 24. b4 Re5 {Da Silva,C-Sega,C (2111) São José do Rio Preto 2024 ½-½ (63)}) 10... O-O 11. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Be5 15. Re1 Rb8 16. Qa4 a6 17. Qa3 Bf5 18. Rbd1 Re8 19. h3 Bd6 20. Qc3 Re7 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Qe3 b5 25. Kh2 b4 {Singleton,M (2172)-Hulmes,D (2212) Sunningdale 2007 0-1 (33)}) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. Rd1 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qa5+ 15. Rd2 Re8 16. Kd1 Be5 17. Re1 Bf5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 cxd5 21. Bxd5 Qc7 22. f3 Rxe1+ 23. Kxe1 Re8+ 24. Kf1 b6 25. c4 Qf4 26. Rf2 h5 27. Qd1 Re3 28. Kg2 Qe5 29. f4 Be4+ 30. Kf1 Bd3+ 31. Kg2 Qd4 32. Rf3 Qb2+ 33. Rf2 Qd4 34. Rf3 hxg4 35. Rxe3 Be4+ 36. Rxe4 Qxd1 37. Re7 Kh7 38. Rxf7 Qd3 39. Rxa7 Kh6 40. Ra8 g6 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. Re8 b5 44. Bg8+ Kg7 45. cxb5 Qxb5 46. Re5 Qb2+ 47. Kg3 Kxg8 48. Rg5 Kf7 49. Rxg4 Qa3+ 50. Kg2 Qxa2+ 51. Kg3 Qb3+ 52. Kg2 Qc2+ 53. Kg3 Qd3+ 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Kf3 Qd1+ 56. Kg3 Qe2 57. Rg5 Qe3+ 58. Kg4 Qf2 59. Re5 Qg2+ 0-1 [Event "Cappelle op 09th"] [Site "Cappelle la Grande"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Markotic, Gordan"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2405"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. h3 h5 ({RR} 9... g5 10. Be5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 d4 12. exd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qf4 14. Be4 Bb4 15. Qd4 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 h5 17. gxh5 Rd8 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. fxe3 Rxh5 20. Rg1 Bd5 21. Nxg5 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Ke7 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 {Navara,D (2702)-Riazantsev,A (2679) Mulhouse 2011 ½-½ (45)}) 10. Qf3 ({RR} 10. gxh5 Ndf6 11. Qc2 Nxh5 12. Be5 Bf6 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. O-O-O Kf8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Nxe6+ Qxe6 18. h4 Re8 19. Kb1 Nc8 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Rdg1 Nd6 22. Nc3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rg5 Qf6 {Bashylina,L (2145)-Van Hesselingen,G (2210) Netherlands NED 2026 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 10. gxh5 Ndf6 11. h6 Nxh6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Ne5 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Bd6 16. Be5 Qe7 17. O-O-O Nf5 18. Kb1 Ne4 19. Na4 f6 20. Bxd6 Nexd6 21. Nac5 b6 22. Nf4 bxc5 23. dxc5 Ne4 24. Ng6 Qf7 {Lputian,S (2530)-Geller,E (2540) Riga 1985 1-0 (35)}) 10... g5 11. Bg3 Ndf6 $146 ({RR} 11... Ngf6 12. Bf5 Bxf5 13. gxf5 Bb4 14. Nge2 Ne4 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. e4 Qxa2 19. exd5 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qa2+ 21. Kd3 Qa6+ 22. Kc2 Qa2+ 23. Kd3 Qa6+ 24. Kc2 Qa2+ 25. Kc1 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 {Georgiev,B (2232)-Kalodoukas,O (2136) Thessaloniki 2022 ½-½}) ({RR} 11... Nh6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. f3 f5 14. O-O-O hxg4 15. hxg4 O-O-O 16. e4 dxe4 17. gxf5 Nxf5 18. Rxh8 Rxh8 19. Qxe4 Rh6 20. Be1 Qc7 {½-½ (20) Novotny,M (2328)-Cyborowski,L (2512) Czech Republic 2014}) 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. Nge2 Nxg3 14. Nxg3 Qd7 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Rg1 f6 17. O-O-O Ne7 18. Nxe7 Bxe7 19. Bg6+ Kd8 20. e4 Rxh3 21. Qe2 Bb4 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Rde1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3+ 25. Kb2 Rc6 26. Rh1 Qd6 27. Rh8+ Kc7 28. Rh7+ Bd7 29. a3 Rd8 30. Bf5 Kb8 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Qh5 Rxh7 33. Re8+ Rc8 34. Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. Qxh7 Qb6+ 0-1 [Event "Moscow-A"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Goldin, Alexander"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2480"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1989.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "CBM 014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Nikitin,Aleksander S} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. f3 g5 ({RR} 9... Nb6 10. e4 Be6 11. e5 h5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. b3 Bh4+ 14. g3 Be7 15. Kf2 Bf5 16. Bf1 Kf8 17. Kg2 a5 18. a3 Qd8 19. Nh3 Bxh3+ 20. Kxh3 Kg7 21. Kg2 Nd7 22. Bd3 Nf8 23. Be3 Ne6 24. Ne2 {Karpov,A (2705)-Kasparov,G (2740) London/Leningrad 1986 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 9... Ngf6 10. g4 Be6 11. h4 h6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Nge2 Nb6 14. b3 b4 15. Nd1 Bd6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Nf2 a5 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Nd3 Ra7 20. Rxc6 Bxf4 21. Rxe6+ fxe6 22. Bb5+ Nbd7 23. Nexf4 Kf7 24. h5 {Kalogridis,A (2399)-Stefanou,K (2260) Patras GRE 2026 1-0 (38)}) 10. Bg3 Bg6 ({RR} 10... h5 11. e4 dxe4 ({RR} 11... h4 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Nge2 Qd7) 12. fxe4 Bg6 13. Bd3 ({RR} 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. d5 cxd5 15. exd5 Bb4 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Qd4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5) 13... h4 14. Bf2 Nf8 ({RR} 14... Qa5 15. Nge2 Ngf6 16. O-O-O) 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Nf3 Bh5 17. d5 h3 18. Bd4 Rh6 19. Rhg1 hxg2 20. Be2 Ng6 21. Rxg2 Nf4 22. Qxf4 gxf4 23. Rxg8+ {1-0 (23) Yakovich,Y (2560)-Geller,E (2465) Elista 1995 CBM 050 [Nikitin,Aleksander S]} {RR} Bf8 24. Bg7 O-O-O 25. Bxf8) 11. e4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. Nge2 Ne6 13. a3 Nf6 14. Be5 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. b4 a6 17. Na4 O-O 18. O-O Rae8 19. Ng3 Ng7 20. Nc5 Re7 21. Rae1 Rfe8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. e4 Qf4 24. Qc3 Qh4 25. e5 Nfh5 {Karp,M-Winkler,C (2110) Brussels 1993 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 11. Bd3 Ngf6 12. Nge2 Nh5 13. Bf2 Ng7 14. e4 Nb6 15. O-O O-O {½-½ (15) Razuvaev,Y (2545)-Geller,E (2505) Sochi 1989}) 11... Ngf6 12. Bd3 dxe4 13. fxe4 Nh5 14. Nge2 Nxg3 15. Nxg3 Qb6 16. Nge2 Rd8 17. O-O-O Qa5 18. Kb1 b5 19. Nxb5 Qxd2 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Rxd2 Nb8 22. Ka1 Bb4 23. Rdd1 Ba5 24. Na6 Nxa6 25. Bxa6 Bxe4 26. Bd3 Bg6 27. Rhf1 Kg7 28. Bc4 Bb6 29. b3 Rhe8 30. Kb2 f5 31. g3 Re4 32. Kc3 Re3+ 33. Kb4 Bh5 34. Rd2 c5+ 35. Ka4 Be8+ 36. Bb5 Rxe2 37. Rxe2 Rxd4+ 38. Ka3 Bxb5 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Rfe1 Ba5 41. R1e5 Rd2 0-1 [Event "OHRA-B"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Ligterink, Gert"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1987.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Qd2 h5 11. e4 h4 12. Nf5 dxe4 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 14... Ndf6 15. h3 Ne7 16. O-O Nfd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bc5 Qe6 19. Qb4 b6 20. Qa4+ Kf8 21. Ba3 Kg8 22. Rac1 Bf5 23. Rc7 Ng6 24. Rc6 Qe8 25. Qc2 Nf4 26. Rd6 Qe7 27. Bg4 Qg5 28. Qd1 Rc8 29. Kh2 {Hellsten,J (2592)-Lobos Barrenechea,M (2368) Santiago de Chile 2006 ½-½ (69)}) 15. d5 Nf6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qf4 Qxb2 18. Rc1 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qg5 Rd8 21. Bc5 Bh5 22. Rc2 Qa1+ 23. Rc1 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Bc4 Nd7 26. Bxa7 h3 27. O-O hxg2 28. Kxg2 Bf3+ 29. Kg1 Rh6 30. Rfe1 Ne5 31. Be3 Rg6+ 32. Kf1 Bg2+ 33. Ke2 Bf3+ 34. Kf1 Rg4 35. Be2 Bg2+ 36. Kg1 Bf3+ 37. Kf1 Bg2+ 38. Kg1 Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 40. Kf1 Rh4 0-1 [Event "Dortmund-B"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Paehtz, Thomas Sr"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2455"] [BlackElo "2525"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1991.03.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 023"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. f3 g5 10. Bg3 Ngf6 11. Bd3 Bg6 12. Nge2 Nh5 13. Bf2 Ng7 14. e4 Nb6 15. O-O-O $146 ({RR} 15. O-O O-O {½-½ (15) Razuvaev,Y (2545)-Geller,E (2505) Sochi 1989}) 15... Ne6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. h4 gxh4 18. Qe1 Rc8 19. Bxh4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bxh4 21. Rxh4 Nxd4 22. e5 c5 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Rhxd4 Qg5 26. Qe4 Rc7 27. a4 Re7 28. e6 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Re4 Kg7 31. b4 a5 32. bxa5 Rxa5 33. Rd6 Rc5 34. Kc2 Rc6 35. Rd7 Kf6 36. Kd3 Rc8 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Rb4 Rxc3+ 39. Kxc3 Nd5+ 40. Kc4 Nxb4 41. Kxb4 Kxe6 42. Kc5 Kd7 43. a5 h5 44. Kd5 h4 45. Ke5 Kc6 0-1 [Event "New York Manhattan"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1990.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 019"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. f3 Nf6 8. Bh6 ({RR} 8. O-O-O Be6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. h5 Qa5 12. e3 Nb6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bd3 Kd7 16. Nge2 Rhg8 17. Bg5 Rg7 18. Bh6 Rgg8 19. Bg5 Rg7 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. e4 Rb8 {Jiang,H (2454)-Adarsh,T (2262) Senta SRB 2026 1-0 (35)}) 8... Bf5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 $146 ({RR} 10. e3 Bd6 11. Nge2 Qe7 12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. O-O-O Ne8 15. g3 Qe6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Nb6 18. Qd3 Bb4 19. Bh3 Nd6 20. Rhe1 Kb8 21. a3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 h5 23. Re2 Qf7 24. b3 Rhe8 {Petursson,M (2555)-Geller,E (2515) Reykjavik 1990 ½-½}) ({RR} 10. e3 Bd6 11. Nge2 Qc7 12. g4 Be6 13. Nf4 O-O-O 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Rc1 Rhe8 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Nxg6 Bxg4 18. Bf4 Qe6 19. Qa5 Nh5 20. Qc7# {1-0 (20) Urkedal,F (2572)-Mikalsen,E (2307) Drammen 2018}) 10... Be6 11. Nh3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qf4 Qe7 15. Nf2 h5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. h4 O-O 18. Bg2 c5 19. O-O Rac8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nd6 Rc6 22. Nxb7 cxd4 23. Na5 Rc2 24. Qxd4 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Qe3 Rxh4 27. f4 Qd6 28. Nd3 d4 29. Qf2 Rg4 30. Kh1 Re8 31. Bf3 Bd5 32. Kh2 Re3 33. Rad1 Rxg5 0-1 [Event "Reykjavik op"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1990.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.11.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bf6 11. Qc1 ({RR} 11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Na3 Ne4 13. Nac2 Re8 14. e3 Ne5 15. h3 b6 16. Nb4 Qd6 17. a3 Bd7 18. Ne2 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxb2 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxa1 22. Nc7 Bf6 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxa8 Bxh3 25. Rc1 h5 {Chigaev,M (2621)-Fressinet,L (2637) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (43)}) ({RR} 11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd2 Ne6 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Nf3 c5 17. Ne1 Rfd8 18. Nd3 Rac8 19. Qd2 Ba6 20. Rfd1 g6 21. e3 Kg7 22. h4 d4 23. e4 c4 24. Qa5 cxd3 25. Qxa6 Rc2 {Zaichik,G (2510)-Geller,E (2465) Belgrade 1988 0-1 (35)}) 11... Re8 ({RR} 11... Nxc5 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Rd1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Re8 15. e3 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Qb2 Ne5 20. f4 Nd3 21. Qd2 Be4 22. Bf1 Nc5 23. g5 Be7 24. Rac1 a6 25. h4 Qd7 26. Kh2 {Aalto,P (2304)-Gadzhiev,R (2320) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (51)}) 12. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 12. Na3 Bg4 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Nb5 Nb4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nbd4 Rxc5 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. gxf4 Nc2 19. Nxc2 Rxc2 20. Nd4 Rb2 21. f3 Nc3 22. fxg4 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxa2 24. Bxd5 b6 25. Kf2 g6 26. Kf3 Rc8 {Prokopisin,V (2361)-Laszlo,J (2286) Hungary 2003 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 12. Nbd2 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Nxc5 14. Rac1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bg4 19. Qe3 Qa3 20. h3 Bf5 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Bg6 23. Kf1 {½-½ (23) Edouard,R (2536)-Maurizzi,M (2601) L'Alpe d'Huez FRA 2024}) 12... Bg4 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rd6 Qf5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxe2 19. Qe3 Bf3 20. Rc1 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bf1 a6 23. a4 a5 24. Qc3 Ra8 25. Rc2 h5 26. h3 Rd8 27. Rc1 Rd3 28. Qxa5 Rxb3 29. Qd2 e3 30. fxe3 Qe5 31. Kf2 Be4 32. Be2 Qf5+ 33. Ke1 Qxh3 34. Qd4 Qxg3+ 35. Kd2 Qg2 36. c6 Rd3+ 37. Qxd3 Bxd3 38. Kxd3 Qd5+ 39. Kc3 Qxc6+ 40. Bc4 Qxa4 41. Rf1 Qd7 42. e4 g6 43. Rb1 Kg7 44. Bd5 Qc7+ 45. Kd4 b6 46. Rb3 f6 47. Ke3 h4 48. Ke2 Qh2+ 49. Kf3 h3 50. Kg4 Qg2+ 51. Rg3 f5+ 52. Kh4 f4 53. Rg4 Kh6 0-1 [Event "OHRA-B"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "De Boer, Gert Jan"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2390"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1987.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bf4 Re8 ({RR} 11... Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rc1 Nh5 14. Ne5 Nxf4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. gxf4 Qh4 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. f5 Bd7 19. e4 Qg5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rfd8 22. exd5 Bxf5 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. fxg3 cxd5 25. Rxd5 g6 26. Rfd1 {Vargas Drechsler,C (1891)-Cros Garcia,M (1966) Llinars del Valles ESP 2026 0-1 (45)}) 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. e3 $146 ({RR} 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne4 17. e3 Qd7 18. h4 f6 19. h5 Bf7 20. Nf5 Be6 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Bc7 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Re7 25. Bf4 Rd8 26. Rfd1 Red7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rc4 Rd5 {Fabian,L-Sapi,L Budapest 1981 0-1 (83)}) ({RR} 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 h5 17. e3 hxg4 18. hxg4 Ne4 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Nh4 Bh7 21. g5 Rad8 22. Qh5 d4 23. Rfe1 d3 24. Red1 Qb5 25. b3 Nf6 26. Qf3 Be4 27. Qh3 Nh5 28. Qg4 g6 {Harikrishna,P (2551)-Georgiev,K (2658) Bled 2002 0-1 (55)}) 14... Ne4 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nbd4 Rc8 17. h4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Nd6 20. Ne5 Be4 21. h5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 f6 23. Nd3 Nb5 24. Nc5 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Re4 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Qd5 28. f3 Qxa2 29. h6 Qc4 30. Nc3 gxh6 31. Bxh6 Qb3 32. Ne4 Qxb2+ 33. Kh3 Kf7 34. Bf4 Bd4 35. Nd6+ Ke6 36. Nf5 Be5 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Kg3 Qd2 39. Rh1 Qf4+ 40. Kg2 e4 0-1 [Event "Women-Veterans"] [Site "Aruba"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Galliamova, Alisa"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2400"] [BlackElo "2525"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1992.08.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NAU"] [SourceTitle "CBM 033"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.04.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3 h5 $5 (8... Bd6 9. Qb3 (9. Nge2 Ne7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nf4 Ng6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. h4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. h5 Ngf8 17. Kb1 Ne6 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Qc2 h6 20. Bf5 Ndf8 21. e4 Qa5 22. Rhe1 O-O-O 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Nxd5+ $16 {Spraggett,K-Banchev,B/Cannes op A(1)/1990/}) 9... Bxf4 10. exf4 Bc8 11. O-O-O Qd6 12. Kb1 h5 13. Bg2 hxg4 14. hxg4 Rxh1 15. Bxh1 Qxf4 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Qa3 Qxg4 19. Ka1 Qf4 20. Bg2 f6 21. Ne2 Qc7 22. Ng3 Qf4 23. Ne2 Qc7 24. Ng3 $13 {Littlewood,P-Chandler/Hastings/1982/}) (8... Qb6 9. Rb1 h5 10. g5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 g6 13. Nge2 Nd7 14. O-O Qd8 15. h4 Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb6 18. Be5 Rh7 19. f4 Qd7 20. f5 Ne7 21. Ng3 O-O-O 22. f6 Nf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Nxf5 $16 {Pieterse,G-Cifuentes Parada,R/Amsterdam OHRA-B/1988/}) (8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg2 Ne7 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Bb6 14. a3 Ng6 15. Bg3 a6 16. b4 Rc8 17. Na4 Bc7 18. Bxc7 Rxc7 19. Nc5 Kh8 20. Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Rxc6 a5 22. Qd2 axb4 23. axb4 Qe7 24. Nd4 $16 {Lputian,S-Magomedov,M/URS-chT Azov/1991/}) 9. gxh5 Nd7 10. Be2 Ndf6 11. a3 (11. Be5 Bd6 12. Rh2 Nxh5 13. Bxh5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qg5 15. Bg4 Bxg4 16. Rg2 Bxd1 17. Rxg5 Bh5 18. Nge2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 g6 20. Rh1 Ne7 21. Kd3 Kd7 22. Ne2 Nf5 23. Nf4 Ng7 24. Ke2 $10 {Hort,V-Renet,O/Uzes tt (01)/1990/}) ({RR} 11. h4 Nh6 12. Nh3 Qd7 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Rg1 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nf5 16. h6 Rxh6 17. Nf3 Rh5 18. O-O-O g6 19. Bg5 O-O-O 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. Rh1 Ka8 22. Qc2 Re8 23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Ne2 Rh7 25. Nf4 Qc8 {Collin,M (2246)-Rohith,K (2410) Basel SUI 2024 ½-½ (51)}) 11... Nh6 12. Be5 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 12... Nf5 13. Bg4 Nd6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nge2 Bg5 16. Rg1 Bh6 17. Qc2 Qf6 18. Rg3 O-O 19. Rf3 Qh4 20. Rg3 f5 21. Bf3 f4 22. exf4 Bf5 23. Qc1 Rae8 24. Kf1 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bg4 Qf6 27. Qd2 {Karpov,A (2617)-Vaganian,R (2526) Platja d'Aro 2019 ½-½ (50)}) 13. Qb3 (13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Bf3 O-O-O 15. Nge2 $14) 13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Qxb7 Nxe5 16. O-O-O (16. f4 Rb8 17. Qxa7 Qh4+ 18. Kd1 Nd7 $13) 16... O-O 17. f4 Nd7 18. Nf3 (18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Qa4 Nf5 $132) 18... Nf5 19. Nd4 Rb8 20. Qxa7 (20. Qxc6 Rb6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qa4 Nxe3 $40) 20... Ra8 21. Qb7 Nc5 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qb5 (23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qb5 Nxe3 $17) 23... Nxe3 24. Rdg1 Qf6 25. Qb4 (25. Nc6 Rxc6 26. Qxc6 Nb3+ 27. Kb1 Bf5+ $19) 25... Qxd4 $1 26. Qxd4 Nb3+ 27. Kb1 Nxd4 28. Rg5 $2 Rxc3 $1 29. bxc3 Nxe2 30. Ka1 Rb8 0-1 [Event "Interzonal-12c"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1982.09.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Rodriguez, Ruben"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2405"] [BlackElo "2545"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1982.09.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 ({RR} 6. O-O d4 7. d3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Na3 e5 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Nc2 Re8 13. b4 Bf5 14. c5 Bc7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Nd2 Qg6 19. Ne4 Be6 20. Rab1 Bd5 {Sason,N (2199)-Rueda Ahumada,G (1958) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 6... Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Ne4 $146 ({RR} 8... Be6 9. O-O h6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. e3 Rac8 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. h3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Bxe3+ 18. Kh1 Bxc1 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxc1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 a6 {½-½ (21) Bagirov,V (2490)-Stavenhagen,J (1870) Dresden 1999}) 9. dxc5 Bf6 10. Qc1 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rd6 Qf5 17. Nd2 Bxe2 18. Qc3 Bd3 19. Re1 a5 20. a3 Na7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qe3 Qh5 24. Bxe4 Ne5 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26. f4 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Rxe3 28. Bxh5 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Rc1 30. Rc6 g6 31. Be2 Rxb3 32. Bb5 Rbc3 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. c6 R1c2+ 35. Ke1 Rxh2 36. c7 Rc1# 0-1 [Event "Moscow-A"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2480"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1989.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "CBM 014"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c5 12. Bb5 Rc8 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Qd6 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. Kf1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 c4 23. Ne5 Kf8 24. Nd7+ Nxd7 25. Rxd7 c3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27. a4 {Mangini,B (1727)-Dutra,L (1568) Rio Claro 2015 1-0 (57)}) 13. a3 $146 ({RR} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Rc2 Rd5 20. Nc4 Qg5 21. Na5 Ba8 22. Rec1 Rcd8 23. Nb3 Rc8 24. h3 Qe7 25. Rc3 Rg5 26. Qc2 Qe6 27. h4 Re5 {Portisch,L (2655)-Tal,M (2705) Tilburg 1980 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. Rc2 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Rec1 Qb7 22. b3 Qb4 23. Qa6 Qb6 24. Qa3 Rfd8 25. Nf1 Bb7 26. h3 Qb4 27. Qxa7 Ra8 {Beliavsky,A (2620)-Giorgadze,T (2530) Moscow 1981 1-0 (42)}) 13... Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Qa4 Rc7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. h3 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 h5 21. Rc3 a6 22. Qc4 Bd5 23. Qe2 cxd4 24. exd4 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Qxh5 e3 27. fxe3 Rc2 28. e4 Bxe4 29. Nf3 Bd5 30. Qg5 Bxf3 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qh4+ Qh6 33. Qxh6+ Kxh6 34. gxf3 Kg5 35. d5 Rc7 36. Kf2 Kf5 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. f4+ Kd6 39. Rg1 g6 40. Kd4 b5 41. Rg5 Rc4+ 42. Ke3 Rc3+ 43. Ke4 Rxh3 44. f5 Rh4+ 45. Kd3 Rh5 0-1 [Event "URS-ch47 Final"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1979.12.??"] [Round "15"] [White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2550"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1979.11.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qb3 c5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rfd1 (14. Nb5 $5 {??bd4}) ({RR} 14. Qa4 Ne4 15. Rac1 Qf6 16. Ba6 Bc6 17. Qd1 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 Nd6 21. a4 Rab8 22. Rfd1 b5 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Nxb5 25. Kf1 Rb6 26. Ra1 Nc7 27. Bd3 Rxb2 28. Rxa7 Ne6 {Beliavsky,A (2590)-Jussupow,A (2485) Vilnius 1980 ½-½ (113)}) 14... Qe7 15. Nd4 Rad8 $146 ({RR} 15... Rfd8 16. Bf3 Qe5 17. Nde2 Ne4 18. Nb5 Ng5 19. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Qe4 21. Nfd4 h5 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Ng3 Qg6 24. Ngf5 Qf6 25. Qd3 g6 26. Ng3 Bd6 27. Nge2 Rc5 28. Rc3 Rdc8 29. Rdc1 Qe5 30. Nf3 {Nikolic,P (2515)-Kapelan,M (2340) Vrsac 1981 1-0 (63)}) ({RR} 15... Rfd8 16. Bf3 Ne4 17. Nce2 Qh4 18. Ng3 g6 19. a4 a6 20. Rd3 h5 21. Rad1 Qf6 22. Nge2 Bd6 23. g3 Be5 24. h4 Nc5 25. Qc2 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Rac8 {0-1 (26) Schwarz-Klovans,J (2415) Oberwart 1993}) 16. Rac1 Ne4 17. Bf3 Rfe8 18. Na4 (18. g3 $2 Nxf2 19. Nf5 (19. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 20. Kg2 Bxd4 $19) 19... Qe5 20. Kxf2 Qxf5 $19) 18... Ng5 19. Bg4 g6 20. Nc3 Ne4 21. Qc2 h5 22. Bf3 h4 23. Qd3 Qe5 24. Nce2 a5 25. Rc2 Ra8 {'!' ChessBase.} 26. a4 {'?' ChessBase.} (26. Bxe4 $8 dxe4 $17) 26... Ba6 27. Qb3 Bc4 {'-+' ChessBase.} 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Qxc4 Rad8 30. Qb3 Rd6 31. h3 Rf6 32. Qc2 Ng5 33. Bb7 Bd6 34. Nf4 Rxf4 35. Nc6 Nxh3+ 36. gxh3 Qg5+ 37. Kf1 Rf6 38. Qd2 Bg3 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-24"] [Site "Valetta"] [Date "1980.12.06"] [Round "14"] [White "Hoi, Carsten"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2410"] [BlackElo "2565"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1980.11.20"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MLT"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Denmark"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union"] [WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. d4 {ChessBase} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Bb5 Na6 14. O-O Nc7 15. Qa4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. exd4 $146 ({RR} 17. Qxd4 Ne6 18. Qe5 a6 19. Ba4 ({RR} 19. Be2 d4 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. exd4 Ng5 22. Qg3 Rc8 23. Bf1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxe4) 19... d4 20. Rfd1 ({RR} 20. exd4 Qxd4) 20... Qh4 21. exd4 Nf4 22. d5 Qg4 23. Qe4 Rac8 24. Kf1 a5 25. h3 ({RR} 25. Qf3 Ba6+ 26. Bb5 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Bxb5+ 28. Nxb5 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nxd5) 25... Qg5 26. Bb5 ({RR} 26. Rb1 f5 27. Qf3 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Qxg2+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ 30. Kd2 Qxf2+ 31. Kc1 Ne2+) 26... Nxd5 27. Ne2 Ne3+ 28. Qxe3 Qxb5 29. Kg1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Re8 31. Nd4 Qd7 {Raicevic,V (2485)-Geller,E (2525) Moscow 1986 MCL [ChessBase] ½-½ (32)}) 17... Ne6 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Qg5 20. Ne2 Rab8 21. Rc3 Rb2 22. Re3 Rd2 23. h3 Rb8 24. Rc1 Rbb2 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Rc8 Rxe2 28. Qg8+ Kg6 29. Rc6+ Kh5 30. Qf7+ Kh4 31. Rg6 Rxf2 32. Qxf2+ Rxf2 33. Rxg5 Kxg5 34. Kxf2 Kf4 0-1 [Event "URS"] [Site "Soviet Union"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lputian, Smbat G"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D58"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1979.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bb1 Na5 14. Qc2 g6 15. h4 h5 16. g4 hxg4 17. h5 gxf3 18. hxg6 Rxe3+ $146 ({RR} 18... Re7 19. g7 Bxg7 20. Rh8+ {1-0 (20) Movsziszian,K-Kuzmin,A (2355) Leningrad 1985}) 19. fxe3 Bh4+ 20. Kd2 Nc4+ 21. Kc1 Qg5 22. Rxh4 Qxe3+ 23. Rd2 Qe1+ 24. Qd1 Qxh4 25. Qxf3 fxg6 26. Rg2 Qh6+ 0-1 [Event "Women-Veterans"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Galliamova, Alisa"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2445"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1993.06.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 c5 6. dxc5 d4 ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 O-O 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 Qa5 11. Be2 Qxc5 12. Rd1 Be6 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Bxb5 Rfd8 {½-½ (16) Eingorn,V (2570)-Geller,E (2490) Sochi 1986}) 7. Nb5 ({RR} 7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Nc6 9. e3 Bxc5 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Bd2 f5 12. Qd3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bd4 14. Bc3 Qf6 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Be2 Bxc3+ 17. Rxc3 e5 18. O-O Be6 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qxa7 Rxb2 21. Bd1 e4 {Krasenkow,M (2478)-Baenziger,F (2444) Weissenhorn GER 2026 ½-½}) 7... Bxc5 ({RR} 7... e5 8. e3 ({RR} 8. Nxe5 a6 9. Na3 ({RR} 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. cxd6 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxe5 12. Qf4 Qc5 13. e3 Nc6 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Bd3 Ne6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qf3 Qxd6) ({RR} 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Nd6 Bxd6 11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Qa3 Qxc4) 9... O-O ({RR} 9... Bxc5 10. Nd3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 O-O 12. g3 Re8 13. Bg2 Bg4 14. O-O ({RR} 14. f3 Bf5 15. O-O Nc6) 14... Bxe2 ({RR} 14... Rxe2 15. Qb3) 15. Re1 Bxd3 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qxd3 Qe1+ ({RR} 17... Nc6 18. Rb1 ({RR} 18. Bf4)) 18. Qf1 Qc3 19. Rb1) 10. g3 ({RR} 10. Nd3 Bf5) 10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12. Nd3 ({RR} 12. Nf3 Bf5 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Bg2 Ne4 15. O-O Rac8) 12... Qc6 13. Rg1 ({RR} 13. f3 Bxa3 14. bxa3 Re8) 13... Bf5 14. Bg2 Qc8 15. c5 ({RR} 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. O-O-O ({RR} 16. c5 Re8 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. Kf1 ({RR} 18. Nc4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bxc5) 18... Ne4 19. Be1 Qd7 20. Bf3 Bh3+ 21. Bg2 Bf5 22. Bf3) 16... b5) 15... Nbd7 16. c6 ({RR} 16. b4 a5) 16... Bxa3 17. bxa3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxc2 19. cxb7 Qe6 20. bxa8=Q Rxa8 21. Bxa8 Qxe5 22. Bf4 ({RR} 22. Rc1 d3 23. e3 Ne4) ({RR} 22. f4) 22... Qa5+) 8... Nc6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. exd4 exd4 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. h3 Nb4 15. Qd1 Rd8 16. Re1 b5 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Bf4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Bd2) 9. exd4 exd4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Bc7 ({RR} 11. Nc7 Bxc5 ({RR} 11... Nh5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxa8 Re8+ 15. Kd1 Bg4) 12. Bd3 ({RR} 12. Nxa8 Re8+ 13. Kd2 Nb4 14. Qb3 Ne4+ 15. Kc1 Bd6 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. a3 ({RR} 17. Bxb4 Bf4+) 17... Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Qa5 19. Kd1 Bd7) 12... Nb4 13. Qb1 Rb8 14. O-O Bg4) 11... Qd7 ({RR} 11... Qe8 12. O-O-O Bxc5 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Qe6 15. Nb5) 12. Ne5 ({RR} 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Nxd6 ({RR} 13. cxd6 Re8+ 14. Kd1 Ne4) 13... b6 14. O-O-O bxc5) ({RR} 12. O-O-O a6) 12... Qe6 13. O-O-O Ne8 ({RR} 13... Nxe5 14. Nxd4 Qa6 15. Bxe5) 14. f4 ({RR} 14. Re1 a6 15. Nd3 Qf6 16. Bg3 axb5 17. cxb5 Nd8) 14... Qh6 ({RR} 14... a6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nxd4 Qe3+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Nxc7) 15. Nxc6 ({RR} 15. Qd2 Bxc5 16. Nd3 a6 17. Nxc5 axb5) 15... bxc6 16. Qe4 Bxc5 17. Be5 ({RR} 17. Ba5 Bg4 18. Rd2 Bb6 ({RR} 18... f5 19. Qe5) 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. a3 Rd8 21. Nxd4 Nf6 22. Qe5 Rde8 23. Qg5 ({RR} 23. Qd6 c5 24. Nc6 Re1+ 25. Kc2 Rfe8) 23... Qxg5 24. fxg5 Re1+ 25. Kc2 Ne4) 17... Bg4 18. b4 ({RR} 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 cxb5) ({RR} 18. Rd2 f5 19. Qc2 cxb5) 18... Bxb4 19. Rxd4 f6 ({RR} 19... f5 20. Qc2 ({RR} 20. Qb1 Bc5) 20... Bc5 21. Rd3 cxb5 22. cxb5 Bb6) 20. Bd6 ({RR} 20. Qxc6 Rc8 21. Qa6 ({RR} 21. Qd5+ Rf7 22. Bd6 Nxd6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Rd7) 21... fxe5) 20... Nxd6 21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 {Svidler,P (2744)-Jakovenko,D (2729) Sochi 2012 CBM 148 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 0-1}) ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Nbxd4 Qa5 11. a3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxc5 13. b4 Qc8 14. e4 a5 15. b5 Qc5 16. e5 Nh5 17. Be3 Qxe5) 8. Bf4 e5 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. Nbxd4 Bxd4 11. Rxd4 Nc6 12. Bd6 Nxd4 13. Bxe7 Nxc2 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Kxc2 Ng4 16. g3 Nxf2 17. Rg1 b6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Rxg2 Ne4 21. b3 Rc8 22. Kb2 Ke7 23. Nd3 {Sachdev,T (2389)-Efroimski,M (2447) Douglas IOM 2023 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 8... Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. b4 Be7 11. a3 e5 12. Nxe5 g6 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. cxd6 O-O 16. Rc1 Qxd6 17. Qxc8 Qxe5 18. Qxb7) ({RR} 8... Na6 9. a3 Ng4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bd6 Qf6 13. c5 Bd7 14. Nbxd4 Rfd8 15. h3 e5 16. hxg4 exd4 17. Be5 Qe6 18. cxb6 Bc6 19. Bxd4) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. a3 Nc6 11. b4 Bxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Bd2) ({RR} 8... Na6 9. a3 Ng4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bd6 Qf6 13. c5 Bd7 14. Nbxd4 Rfd8 15. h3 e5 16. hxg4 exd4 17. Be5 Qe6 18. cxb6 Bc6 19. Bxd4 axb6 20. e3 Nc7 21. Qc2 h6 22. Bc4 Qe8 23. Ng5 {Miles,A (2565)-Noble,M (2320) Auckland 1992 1-0}) 9. Bxe5 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. e3 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Ne4 15. Qb4 Qf6 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Be2 Rad8 18. c5 Rfe8 19. Rd1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 a5 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Ng5 24. Kd2 Ne6 25. Bd3 Nxd4 26. Be4 Re7 27. Rc1 f5 28. Bd5+ Kf8 29. Kd3 Ne2 30. Rc4 g5 0-1 [Event "Novi Sad"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1979.10.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Farago, Ivan"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1979.10.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Kavalek,Lubomir} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Be2 ({RR} 14. exd4 Nxd4 ({RR} 14... exd4 15. Be3 Qe8 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 ({RR} 17. Bxd4) 17... Bc5 18. Rd3 Bf5) 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nb5 Bc5 17. Be3 dxe3 18. Rxd8 exf2+ 19. Kd1 Rxd8+ 20. Kc1 Be3+ 21. Kb1 Rd7) 14... a5 15. O-O ({RR} 15. exd4 a4 16. Nxa4 ({RR} 16. dxe5 axb3 17. Rxd8 ({RR} 17. Qxb3 Nd7) 17... bxc2) 16... Nxd4 ({RR} 16... Rxa4 17. d5 Nb8 ({RR} 17... Na5 18. d6 Bxd6 19. Nc5) 18. d6 Bxd6 19. c5) 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. b3 ({RR} 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. b4 Qe5 21. Nd5 Bf5) ({RR} 18. O-O Qa5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. b3 Bd7) 18... Qa5+ 19. Qd2 ({RR} 19. Bd2 Bf5 20. Qb2 Qe5 21. Bb4 Bxb4+ 22. axb4 Rfe8 23. Rxd4 Bc2) 19... Bxa3 20. Qxa5 ({RR} 20. Bxf6 Bb4) 20... Rxa5 21. Bxf6 Bb4+ 22. Kf1 gxf6 23. Rxd4 Re5 24. g4 b5 25. cxb5 Bb7 26. f3 ({RR} 26. Rg1 Rfe8) 26... Rfe8 27. Bd1 Rxb5 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Kf2 Ba5 {Kortschnoj,V (2650)-Karpov,A (2690) Merano 1981 MainBase [Kavalek,Lubomir] ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. O-O a4 17. Nc5 Qa5 18. N3xa4 Be7 19. b4 Qc7) ({RR} 15. a4 Nb4 16. Qc1 d3 17. Bf3 Nc2+ 18. Kf1 Nb4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bf5 21. Nc5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 e4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qb6 25. Bxd3 Bxb2 26. Qc2 Bf6 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28. Be4 Rfd8 29. Bd5 Rac8 {Solomon,K (2271)-Nikologorsky,M (2182) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (35)}) 15... a4 16. Nc1 Be6 17. f4 $146 ({RR} 17. Bd3 g6 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Qd2 Nh5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qe3 f6 22. Be4 Ng7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Qc3 Nde6 26. Ne2 Nc5 27. Qb4 Rfc8 28. Rfe1 Qf8 29. Nc3 Nf5 30. Nb5 Ra6 31. Qd2 Nd6 {Sokolov,I (2670)-Portisch,L (2600) Jakarta 1996 ½-½ (33)}) 17... Qb6 18. Nxa4 Qa7 19. f5 Bd7 20. b3 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Bxg5 22. Kh1 Bxe3 23. Qe4 Rfe8 24. Nd3 Na5 25. Ndb2 Bxa4 26. Bh5 b6 27. bxa4 Nxc4 28. Qxa8 Qxa8 29. Nxc4 Qc6 30. Be2 Qxa4 31. Nxb6 Qxa3 32. Nc4 Qc5 33. Bd3 g6 34. Rb1 Qc7 35. Rb6 Rb8 36. Ra6 Bg5 37. Nd6 Be7 38. Ne4 gxf5 39. Ng3 f4 40. Nf5 Bf8 41. Ra4 f3 42. Rxf3 Rb1+ 43. Bf1 Qc1 44. Ng3 d3 45. Rg4+ Bg7 0-1 [Event "Belgrade GMA op"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Nikolic, Stanimir"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2320"] [BlackElo "2465"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b3 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Qb1 Rfd8 16. Ba3 Nf8 17. Na4 Ne6 18. Nd4 cxd4 19. Bxe7 dxe3 20. fxe3 Qe5 21. Bxd8 Qxe3+ 22. Kf1 Nf4 23. Rc2 Ng4 24. Bxg4 {Djordjevic,V (2350)-Bryakin,M (2444) Paracin SRB 2025 0-1}) 10. Qa4 $146 ({RR} 10. Rd1 Be6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb4 14. Qc1 Ne4 15. a3 a5 16. Ne1 Bg5 17. f4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bf6 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Rac1 Qd6 21. Bb2 Rfe8 22. Nf3 Bg4 23. Ne5 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 g6 {Volodin,V (2245)-Malinovsky,K (2316) Cartak 2005 ½-½ (58)}) ({RR} 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b3 d4 13. Na4 Nb4 14. Qb2 d3 15. a3 dxe2 16. Rxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Bxb4 Bf6 19. Qxe2 Bxa1 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Rac8 22. b4 a5 23. h4 axb4 24. axb4 Bf6 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Firouzja,A (2728) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (75)}) 10... Bd7 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. Qd1 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. b3 c4 15. Rb1 b5 16. b4 Bd6 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. a4 Ne4 19. axb5 axb5 20. h3 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Ra4 22. Bd2 Bd7 23. Qb2 Rea8 24. Ra1 Qa7 25. Rxa4 Qxa4 26. Ne5 Be8 27. e4 Qa2 28. Qc1 dxe4 29. Bc3 f6 30. Ng4 Qb3 31. d5 Bg6 32. Qd2 h5 33. Ne3 Ra2 34. Qe1 Ra3 35. Nd1 Qc2 36. f3 Qd3 37. fxe4 Bg3 38. Qd2 Bxe4 39. Qb2 Rb3 40. Qa1 Rb1 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qe8 Qxf1+ 0-1 [Event "Chigorin Memorial-17"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gruenberg, Hans Ulrich"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2575"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "1983.08.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Bulletin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Rd2 h6 ({RR} 11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Rd8 ({RR} 13... f5) 14. Qc2 ({RR} 14. c5 Qxc5 ({RR} 14... Bxc5 15. b4) ({RR} 14... f5 15. Qc4) 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qc4) 14... e5 15. Bg3 e4 16. Qxe4 ({RR} 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Bg5) 16... Bf5 17. Qf4 Rxd2 18. Nxd2 Rd8 19. e4 Bg4 20. c5 ({RR} 20. Qxg4 Qxd2#) 20... Nb4 21. f3 ({RR} 21. axb4 Qa1+) ({RR} 21. Qxg4 Nc2+) 21... g5 22. axb4 ({RR} 22. Qxg4 Nc2+ 23. Kf2 Bxc5+ 24. Ke2 Rxd2#) 22... Qa1+ 23. Ke2 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Be6 25. Be5 Qc1 26. Bc3 {Miles,A (2565)-Beliavsky,A (2565) Wijk aan Zee 1984 MCL [Bulletin] 0-1}) ({RR} 11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Bg3 f5 16. h3 f4 17. Bh2 fxe3 18. fxe3 Bg5 19. Re2 Bf5 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. g4 Bg6 22. Bg2 Rf3 23. Nxe4 Bh4+ {0-1 (23) Burkov,D (2125)-Karpov,V (2383) Moscow 2009}) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rfd1 b5 16. Bxb5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxc6 exf3 19. Qa4 Qb6 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxb2 22. Qxa7 Bh4 23. g3 Bf6 24. e4 Rfe8 25. R5d2 Qb3 26. Qa6 Ra8 27. Qc6 Qxa3 {Meduna,E (2475)-Geller,E (2575) Sochi 1983 ½-½}) 13... Be6 14. Qxb7 Rac8 15. Bb5 d4 16. exd4 Nd5 17. Bxc6 Nxf4 18. O-O Bd6 19. Nb5 Rb8 20. b4 Qd8 21. Qxa7 Bc4 22. Qd7 Qxd7 23. Bxd7 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. g3 Nd5 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. Rd3 Rb7 28. Rc6 Rb6 29. Rxb6 Nxb6 30. Nd2 Kf8 31. Ne4 Ke7 32. Nc5 Nc4 33. a4 Bxc5 34. dxc5 Rxa4 35. b5 Rb4 36. Rd4 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Ne5 38. b6 Nd7 39. Re4+ Kd8 40. Rd4 Kc8 41. Rf4 f6 42. Ra4 Nxc5 43. Ra8+ Kd7 44. Ra7+ Ke6 45. Rxg7 Rxb6 46. Rh7 Rb2 47. Rxh6 Nd3 48. g4 Kf7 49. g5 Rxf2+ 50. Kg3 f5 51. Rd6 f4+ 52. Kg4 Rd2 53. Rf6+ Ke7 54. h4 Rg2+ 55. Kf3 Rf2+ 56. Kg4 Rg2+ 57. Kf3 Rf2+ 58. Kg4 Rf1 59. Kf5 f3 60. Ke4 Ne5 61. Kxe5 f2 62. Kf5 Re1 63. Kg6 f1=Q 64. Rxf1 Rxf1 65. h5 Kf8 66. Kh7 Rf5 67. h6 Rxg5 68. Kh8 Kf7 69. h7 Kg6 0-1 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"] [Date "1956.04.05"] [Round "7"] [White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D40"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1956.03.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bg5 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Rc1 ({RR} 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Rad1 Na5 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. d5 Nc4 {½-½ (18) Pfleger,H (2540)-Tatai,S (2455) Lanzarote 1975}) 13... b4 ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Nd5 16. Ne4 h6 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Bb1 f5 19. Ng3 Bf6 20. Ne2 Rcd8 21. Ba2 Kh8 22. b4 Nce7 23. Ng3 Nc7 24. Nh5 Be4 25. Qe2 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Bxd4 27. Bc3 e5 28. Qg3 {Spassky,B-Ivkov,B Palma de Mallorca 1968 1-0 (32)}) 14. axb4 ({RR} 14. Na4 bxa3 15. bxa3 Bxa3 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nc5 Ba8 20. Qa4 a5 21. Rfe1 Nb4 22. Ne5 Nxa2 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qxa2 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. f3 Nc3 27. Ra1 f6 28. Nc4 Bd5 {Uysal,K (1920)-Azimov,Y (2058) Cubuk 2025 0-1 (54)}) 14... Nxb4 15. Bb1 Qa5 $146 ({RR} 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxd4 17. Rfe1 Nbd5 18. Rcd1 Qb4 19. Qh3 Nf4 20. Qf3 Ng6 21. Rd2 Rad8 22. Rde2 Nd5 23. Ne4 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Ndxf4 26. Re4 Rd2 27. Nxh7 Rb8 28. b4 f5 29. Rxf4 Nxf4 30. Ng5 {Lobron,E (2335)-Van der Sterren,P (2465) Thessaloniki 1988 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nfd5 17. Be3 f5 18. f4 Bd6 19. Qf3 Qh4 20. Ne2 Rf6 21. Kh1 Rh6 22. Qg2 Rb8 23. Rg1 Rg6 24. Qf3 Rxg1+ 25. Kxg1 Qd8 26. Nc3 Qa5 27. Bd2 Qb6 28. Bxf5 Nc7 29. Be4 Qxd4 30. Be3 {Baker,E-Suarez,J Buenos Aires 1992 ½-½ (41)}) 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Re1 Nbd5 (17... Rfd8 $2 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qxf7+ Kh7 22. Qxb7 $18) (17... Rcd8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Qh3 $40 Nbd5 $2 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxe6#) 18. Qd3 g6 19. Qh3 Qb4 $2 (19... Nh5 $142 $1 20. Bxe7 (20. Bh6 Ndf4 $1 21. Qg4 f5 22. Qd1 Rfd8) 20... Nxe7 21. Nd7 Rfd8 22. Nc5 Rxd4 $1 23. Nxb7 (23. Nxe6 Rd2 $13) 23... Qb4 $13) (19... Qb6 $2 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Nd7 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxb2 24. Qh6 $18) 20. Bh6 Rfd8 21. Ba2 $4 (21. Nxf7 $142 $1 $18 Kxf7 22. Qxe6+ Ke8 23. Bg5 $1 {??xf6} (23. Bc2 {??c2-a4+} Nxc3 24. bxc3 (24. Qxf6 Ne4 $1 25. Bxe4 Rxc1) 24... Qd6 $13) 23... Qd6 (23... Rd6 24. Qe5 Kd8 (24... Kf7 25. Ba2) (24... Kf8 25. Ba2) 25. Bxf6) (23... Rc6 24. Nxd5 Rxe6 25. Nxb4 $18) 24. Qh3 Qd7 (24... Rd7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 (25... Rxc1 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Bxc1 $18) 26. Qxh7 $18) (24... Nxc3 25. bxc3 Bd5 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Qxh7 Bf7 28. Re3 {??f3} Rxd4 29. Rce1 Rd7 30. Rf3 $18) 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxg6+ $1 $18) 21... Rd6 22. Bg5 Qxd4 23. Rcd1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxd6 $2 (25. Nxf7 $142 $1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bc5 27. Bxe6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Rb8 29. Nd8+ Kg7 30. Nxb7 Rxb7 31. b3 $10) 25... Bxd6 26. Nxf7 $2 Rxc3 $1 (26... Kxf7 27. Bxe6+ $1 (27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Qf7+ Kh6 29. Qxb7 Qxh2+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Re8+ $19) 27... Kg7 28. Bxc8 Bxc8 29. Qxc8 Qxh2+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qxg2 $14) 27. Nh6+ (27. bxc3 Ne4 $1 (27... Kxf7 $2 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. Qxb7) (27... Bc5 28. Rf1 Ne4 29. Qxe6 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Ng3+ 31. hxg3 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kh2 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Qf3+ $10) 28. Nh6+ (28. Rf1 Nxf2 $1 29. Rxf2 Qc1+ 30. Rf1 Bc5+ 31. Kh1 Qxf1#) 28... Kg7 29. Ng4 h5 $19) 27... Kg7 28. bxc3 Bc5 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. hxg3 Kxh6 31. Bxe6 Ne4 32. Re2 Nxc3 33. Rb2 Bc6 34. Kh2 Bb5 35. f3 Kg7 36. Rb3 Bd4 37. Bc8 a5 38. Ra3 a4 39. g4 g5 40. g3 Kf6 41. f4 Bc6 42. Bf5 h6 0-1 [Event "Berliner Sommer 09th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Cosma, Ioan"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2365"] [BlackElo "2525"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1991.07.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 c5 ({RR} 7... Re8 8. a3 c6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nf8 13. O-O Bg4 14. Bg3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Kg2 Qg5 17. Rae1 Ne6 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bg4 Bf8 20. Qd1 Nhg7 21. f4 Qf6 22. Qd3 {Dmitrenko,V (2395)-Hamidov,A (2250) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (91)}) 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 Bxc5 10. a3 $146 ({RR} 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. a3 Ne4 12. Rxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne7 14. Ng5 g6 15. Rd1 Bf5 16. e4 Bg4 17. Rb1 Bd4 18. h3 Bxc3+ 19. Bd2 Bxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rad8+ 22. Ke3 Bc8 23. Bc4 h6 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 {Turov,M (2600)-Oglaza,O (2322) Teplice 2018 ½-½ (50)}) 10... d4 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Nb5 Be7 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Rfd8 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. Bxc5 Ne4 19. Rc1 d3 20. Bd1 d2 21. Rc4 Nxf2 22. Rf1 Bf5+ 0-1 [Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS 26-38"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1956.06.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Ivkov, Borislav"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D36"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1956.06.17"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 g6 13. b4 ({RR} 13. h3 Ne6 14. Bh4 Ng7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. b5 Qa5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne2 Rec8 22. Rfc1 Nd6 23. Nd2 Bg5 24. Qd3 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Rxa6 26. Rc2 {½-½ (26) Bologan,V (2686)-Onischuk,A (2670) Poikovsky 2008}) 13... Ne6 14. Bh4 Ng7 15. b5 Nf5 $146 ({RR} 15... Bf5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Rb6 Rec8 19. Rfb1 Rc7 20. Bg3 Qe6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bxc7 Bxa3 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Rb8+ Rxb8 25. Rxb8+ Kg7 26. Be5 Nd6 27. Nb1 Nc4 28. Nxa3 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Qb2 {Lacrosse,M (2166)-Soors,S (2197) Belgium 2008 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 15... Bxa3 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Na4 Nf5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Nxc6 Be6 22. Nb6 Nd6 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Ra1 Bd7 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nxd5 Bc6 27. Nb6 Rb8 28. Rxa3 Rxb6 29. Rxa5 Nc8 30. Ra6 {Lukachewski Junior,W (2036)-Yushko,O (2012) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 15... Bxa3 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Bg3 Qe6 19. Qa4 Bf8 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Nxc6 Bf5 22. Ne5 Bb4 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Rfc1 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Rec8 26. Na4 Rab8 27. Kf1 Ne4 28. Ke2 Bd6 29. Nd3 Rxb1 30. Rxc8+ {Gedgafov,C (2202)-Brunner,N (2407) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (51)}) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Ba6 19. Rb6 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd6 21. Rfb1 Bd8 22. Rb7 Bc7 23. Nc5 Re7 24. Na6 Bd8 25. Rb8 Rea7 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rb7 Be7 28. a4 Qd8 29. Ne5 Rc8 30. Rd7 Qf8 31. Qb3 $16 {[#]} c5 $2 (31... Nd6) 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. g4 $18 (33. g3) 33... Nh4 34. Qxd5 Bd6 {[#]} 35. Rxf7 $4 (35. Nc6 Qg7 36. f4 $18) 35... Rc1+ 0-1 [Event "Baden-Baden"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "1985.08.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Witt, Rob"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2295"] [BlackElo "2540"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1985.07.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "9"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. a3 ({RR} 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 c4 17. Be2 Qc7 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Nd4 Nc6 22. Ndb5 Qa5 23. Bxc4 a6 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb5 {Polugaevsky,L (2635)-Tal,M (2705) Almaty 1980 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 12. g3 c6 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. Qc2 Qd6 15. a3 Nd7 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. Bg2 Ba6 18. Bf1 Bb7 19. Bg2 Ba6 {½-½ (19) Han,Y (2435)-Siva,M (2454) England ENG 2026}) ({RR} 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bb1 Na5 14. Qc2 g6 15. h4 h5 16. g4 hxg4 17. h5 gxf3 18. hxg6 Rxe3+ 19. fxe3 Bh4+ 20. Kd2 Nc4+ 21. Kc1 Qg5 22. Rxh4 Qxe3+ 23. Rd2 Qe1+ 24. Qd1 Qxh4 25. Qxf3 fxg6 26. Rg2 Qh6+ {Lputian,S-Geller,E (2550) Soviet Union 1979 0-1}) 12... Re7 13. Be2 $146 ({RR} 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. O-O {½-½ (15) Jasnikowski,Z (2410)-Hawelko,M (2450) Polanica Zdroj 1986}) ({RR} 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. O-O Qb6 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Bf5 d4 18. Na4 Qc6 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Nxc5 d3 21. Qa4 Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 d2 24. Rb1 Rc8 25. Rfd1 Rc2 26. Kf1 g5 27. Ke2 Kg7 {Schmidt,W (2475)-Boensch,U (2445) Dresden 1985 ½-½ (34)}) 13... c6 14. O-O Na6 15. Qa2 Nc7 16. Rd2 Ne8 17. Rc1 Nd6 18. Ne1 Qe8 19. Rdd1 Rd8 20. Bf3 g6 21. b4 Ba6 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Bg7 24. Nc7 Qa4 0-1 [Event "Novi Sad"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1979.10.23"] [Round "9"] [White "Knaak, Rainer"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1979.10.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Ngf6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rab1 a5 13. Rfc1 ({RR} 13. a3 a4 14. Rfc1 Nb6 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Ne2 Nc8 17. b4 axb3 18. Rxb3 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Nd6 20. Qc3 Qe7 21. Rcb1 Ra7 22. Nd3 h6 23. Nc5 b5 24. Nd3 Nc4 25. Nb4 Qd6 26. Nc2 Rea8 27. Ra1 Ra4 {Sarana,A (2679)-Nakamura,H (2802) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (53)}) 13... Bf8 ({RR} 13... Nb6 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Na7 Ra8 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Nc3 Bd6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qc2 Bc7 21. a3 Qe6 22. Re1 f5 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 b5 26. Ne2 Nb6 27. Nf4 Qf6 28. Nd3 {Altman,J (2218)-Moor,N (2205) New York USA 2026 0-1 (46)}) 14. Na4 $146 ({RR} 14. a3 a4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bg3 Re6 18. Ne2 Nb6 19. Nf4 Re8 20. b4 Nc4 21. Qc3 b5 22. Nd3 f6 23. Nb2 Qd7 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Rd1 Qe6 26. Re1 f5 27. Rbd1 Rad8 28. Rd2 Bd6 {Rojas Solano,J (2029)-Lovece,R (2005) Riobamba 2007 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 14. Ne5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qb3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qd7 18. Bf4 a4 19. Qc4 Re6 20. Rd1 b5 21. Qe2 Qd5 22. Rbc1 Rd8 23. a3 Rg6 24. Rc2 Qf5 25. Kh1 Rd5 26. Rdc1 {½-½ (26) Benedeczky,L (1969)-Albrecht,G (2084) Balatonalmadi 2013}) 14... Ne4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Re6 17. Bf4 Qh4 18. Qe2 Rae8 19. Nb6 Rg6 20. Kf1 Qd8 21. Na4 Rf6 22. Kg1 b5 23. Nc5 Rxf4 24. exf4 Nxc5 25. Qg4 Ne6 26. f5 h5 27. Qd1 Nf4 28. Kh1 Qg5 29. Qf3 Qxf5 30. Re1 Re4 31. Rbc1 g6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Qg5 34. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1 [Event "URS-ch22 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1955.02.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1955.02.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 Re8 13. Bf2 ({RR} 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. b3 Qa5 16. h3 a6 17. Bf2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qb1 Ne6 20. Rd3 Bb4 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Qa1 Red8 23. Bh4 Nc5 24. Rdd1 Nxb3 25. axb3 Qxa1 26. Rxa1 Bxc3 27. Ra2 g5 {Carlsen,M (2841)-Sarana,A (2668) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (63)}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. dxc5 Qxb2 17. Nxd5 Bxc5 18. Rd2 Qe5 19. Nec3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Red1 Rcd8 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kh7 25. R8d2 b5 26. e4 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qc6 28. g3 h5 {Nosach,R (2310)-Sarana,A (2664) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 14. Nf4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. b3 Rc8 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Nxa7 Rcd8 20. Nb5 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Kf2 Re7 24. Nd4 Rc7 25. Rfc1 Rdc8 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. a4 Nbd7 28. Nd3 Kf8 {Mukhaev,A (2365)-Kosyrev,V (2155) Moscow 1995 ½-½ (62)}) 14... Bxc5 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qb5 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. b3 Nc6 19. Nf4 Nb4 20. Nd3 Nxa2 21. Nxa2 Rxa2 22. Rfe1 Bd6 23. h3 Rc2 24. Kf1 Rc3 25. b4 b5 26. Re2 Rb3 27. Be1 Nh5 28. g4 Ng3+ 29. Bxg3 Bxg3 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Kf2 Rc8 32. Red2 Rc4 33. Nc1 Rbxb4 34. Rxd5 Rb2+ 35. Ne2 Bb4 36. Kf1 Bc5 37. Nd4 b4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rc8 Rc3 40. Ne2 Rxe3 0-1 [Event "Tiraspol"] [Site "Tiraspol"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Nesterov, Yakov"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2490"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "MDA"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "CBM 040"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b4 c6 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rc1 ({RR} 12. Qb3 a6 13. a4 b5 14. a5 Be7 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. Na2 Rc8 17. Rc2 Qf6 18. Rfc1 Nb8 19. Qb2 Bf5 20. Rd2 Nd7 21. Bd3 Be4 22. Ne1 Qe6 23. Nc3 f5 24. g3 Qe7 25. Rb1 Nf6 26. Re2 h5 {Khachiyan,M (2381)-Baryshpolets,A (2556) Los Angeles USA 2026 ½-½ (57)}) 12... Qe7 13. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 13. b5 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Nd4 Qa3 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qa4 b6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. e4 Rd8 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 dxe4 {Arkell,K (2545)-Marciano,D (2485) France 1997 1-0 (40)}) 13... Rfc8 14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 Rcb8 16. Qc2 Rxa5 17. Nd2 Raa8 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Rfd1 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bf3 Nxa4 22. Nxd5 Rxc2 0-1 [Event "Yerevan Zonal"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1981.02.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Psakhis, Lev"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2615"] [Annotator "Kharitonov,Andrei Y"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1982.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {ChessBase} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qd2 Be6 $1 (10... Bb7 11. Rd1 (11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Rc1 {??b5?/})) 11. Rd1 ({RR} 11. O-O-O a5 12. Ne5 c5 13. f4 c4 14. e4 b5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Be2 Ra7 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. g4 Rc8 20. h4 b4 21. g5 c3 22. Qe2 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Be7 24. Be4 b3 25. Ka1 Rac7 {Noritsyn,N (2512)-Winterberg,L (2389) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (33)}) 11... Qe7 $1 (11... Be7 12. a3 c6 13. g3 Qc8 14. Bg2 Bh3 15. O-O Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 $14 {Petrosian,T-Huebner,R/Sevilja(m/2)/1971/0,5 (42)}) 12. g3 c5 $146 (12... Nd7 13. Bg2 Rfd8 14. O-O (14. Ng1 $5 {??e2-f4/}) 14... Rac8 15. Rc1 c5 {Giorgadze,T-Geller,E/Erevan(zt)/1982/0,5 (15)}) ({RR} 12... Rd8 13. Bg2 c5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Ne2 Bf5 16. Rc1 Be4 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. dxc5 ({RR} 18. b3) 18... bxc5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 ({RR} 20. Qxc3 Nb4 21. Qa3 Rc6 22. Qa4 Rb8 23. a3 Ra6 24. Qb3 c4 25. Qc3 Na2) ({RR} 20. bxc3) 20... d4 21. exd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 ({RR} 22. Qe3 Qb7) 22... Bxg2 ({RR} 22... Rxd4 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. Rxc8+ Kh7 25. Bxe4+ Qxe4 26. Rd8) 23. Nf5 ({RR} 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. Rf3 ({RR} 24. Kg1 Rxd4) 24... cxd4 ({RR} 24... Rxd4 25. Qe2 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qxb2 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Qd7+) 25. b3 d3) 23... Qf6 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Bh3 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. b3 {Bischoff,K (2395)-Lobron,E (2520) Bad Neuenahr 1984 EXT 1999 [ChessBase] 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Bg2 Rfd8 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rc1 c5 {½-½ (15) Giorgadze,T (2530)-Geller,E (2615) Yerevan 1981}) 13. dxc5 $6 (13. Bg2 $142 Nc6 14. O-O cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Qd7 $10) 13... Rd8 $1 (13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 bxc5 15. Bg2 Nd7 (15... d4 16. Qa3 Bc4 $2 17. Nd2) 16. O-O $14) 14. cxb6 $2 (14. Bg2 bxc5 15. O-O Nc6 $15) 14... d4 $1 $17 15. Bg2 (15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Bd5+ $19) (15. exd4 Bd5+ $19) (15. Ne2 Qb7 16. Bg2 dxe3 17. Qxe3 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 axb6 $19) (15. Ne4 Bd5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxd4 Qxf3 18. b7 Rd7 $1 19. Qa4 (19. bxa8=Q Bxa8 $19) (19. Bb5 Qxh1+ 20. Kd2 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Bf3+ $19) 19... Qxd1+ $1 20. Qxd1 Bxh1 21. f3 Rxd1+ 22. Ke2 Rd2+ 23. Kxd2 Bxf3 $19 {Geller/}) 15... Nc6 16. Nxd4 (16. Ne4 dxe3 17. Qxe3 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 axb6 $17) 16... Nxd4 17. exd4 (17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. exd4 Bd5+ 19. Qe2 Bxh1 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21. bxa7 Rxa7 $17) 17... Bh3+ 18. Kf1 Rxd4 19. Qe3 (19. Qxd4 $142 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qf6 21. Rf4 (21. Rd3 Qf5 22. Re3 axb6 23. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 24. Ke2 b5 25. a3 b4 26. axb4 Qg4+ $17) 21... Qc6 22. Rg1 (22. f3 g5 $19) 22... Bxg2+ 23. Rxg2 axb6 $17) 19... Qb7 $1 $19 20. f3 (20. Rg1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Rd8 22. Nc3 Bxg2+ 23. Rxg2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qa6+ $1 25. Ke1 Qxa2 $19) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Qa6+ 22. Kg1 Rd8 23. Nf2 Bd4 24. Qe1 Bxf2+ $1 (24... Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Rd1+) (24... Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qxb6+ 26. Qe3 (26. Kf1 Bc8 $1 27. Qc3 Ba6+ 28. Ke1 Qe6+ 29. Kf2 Qe2+ 30. Kg1 Rd1+ $19) 26... Rd2+ $19) 0-1 [Event "URS-ch52 Final + Zonal"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1985.02.16"] [Round "18"] [White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2540"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1985.01.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. c5 b6 7. b4 a5 8. a3 axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Qxa1 Nc6 11. Qa4 bxc5 12. Qxc6 cxd4 $146 ({RR} 12... cxb4 13. Bxc7 Qd7 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. Nd1 Rc8 16. Ba5 Ra8 17. Bb6 b3 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Ra1 20. Bd3 b2 21. Kd2 Ng4 22. Nh3 Ne5 23. Bc2 Nc4+ 24. Ke2 Na3 25. Bd3 Bb5 26. Nxb2 Rxh1 27. Bxb5 {Cruz Diaz,F (1680)-Diaz Reyes,F (1810) Tenerife 2021 0-1}) ({RR} 12... cxb4 13. Bxc7 Qd7 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. Nd1 Rc8 16. Ba5 Ra8 17. Bb6 b3 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Ra1 20. Bd3 b2 21. Kd2 Ng4 22. Nh3 Ne5 23. Bc2 Nc4+ 24. Ke2 Na3 25. Bd3 Bb5 26. Nxb2 Rxh1 27. Bxb5 {Cruz Diaz,F (1680)-Diaz Reyes,F (1810) Tenerife 2021 0-1}) 13. Na2 Bd7 14. Qa6 dxe3 15. fxe3 c6 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Ng3 Nd6 18. Bd3 Qa8 19. Qxa8 Rxa8 20. Nc3 Ne8 21. Kd2 Bxb4 22. Kc2 c5 23. Rb1 f6 24. e4 d4 25. Nb5 e5 26. Bc4+ Kf8 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Kxd2 g6 29. Kd3 Ra4 30. Nf1 Ra5 31. Nd2 Ke7 32. Rb3 Ra4 33. Bd5 f5 34. Nc4 fxe4+ 35. Bxe4 Be6 36. Nba3 Nd6 37. Nxd6 Bxb3 38. Nac4 Rb4 39. Bd5 Kf6 40. Ne4+ Ke7 41. Nxc5 Ba2 0-1 [Event "Cappelle op 09th"] [Site "Cappelle la Grande"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Birens, Eric Andre"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3 c5 9. Nf3 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Nf3 Qxc5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Rd1 Be6 13. O-O Rfe8 14. a3 Rac8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Rd2 Na5 17. Rc2 Nc4 18. Qb3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 d4 20. Qxb7 d3 21. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 22. Bf2 Qxd3 23. Rd2 Qc4 {Stefansson,H (2493)-Kjartansson,G (2480) Mosfellsbaer ISL 2024 0-1 (74)}) 9... Nc6 10. a3 ({RR} 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. Qb1 g6 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 c4 14. Qe2 Be6 15. O-O g5 16. Bg3 Bg4 17. e4 Bb4 18. e5 Re8 19. Qc2 Nh5 20. h4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 gxh4 23. Bh2 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qf5 {Pinero,C (2311)-Martins,A (2060) Florianopolis BRA 2025 0-1 (47)}) 10... Ng4 $146 ({RR} 10... Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 d4 13. Rd1 Ne5 14. Qf5 Nfd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rxd4 g6 17. Qh3 Nxc5 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Nd5 Qe6 20. Qxh6 f5 21. Rh4 Rd7 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qh7+ Ke8 24. Nc7+ Rxc7 25. Qxc7 {Sigurdsson,B (1934)-Ingvason,J (2161) Reykjavik 2018 1-0 (54)}) 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. exd4 c5 14. dxc5 d4 15. Na4 Re8 16. Bb5 Qa5+ 17. b4 Qxb5 18. f3 d3 0-1 [Event "URS-ch22 Semifinal"] [Site "Gorky"] [Date "1954.11.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "1954.11.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rac1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rfe1 Rf6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rh6 17. f3 Re6 18. Re2 Re8 19. Rce1 Qg5 20. Nd1 Qh4 21. b3 Nf8 $146 ({RR} 21... Rh6 22. g3 Qh5 23. Rf1 Qg6 24. Nb2 Qd6 25. Nd3 {½-½ (24) Muco,F (2320)-Westerinen,H (2470) Valetta 1980}) 22. g3 Qh5 23. Kg2 Rh6 24. Rh1 Ne6 25. h4 Qf7 26. Ree1 Rg6 27. Kf2 Qc7 28. Rhg1 c5 29. dxc5 Qxc5 30. f4 Rd8 31. Qd3 d4 32. e4 fxe4 33. Rxe4 Qd5 34. Re5 Qc6 35. Rge1 Nxf4 36. Qf3 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kf2 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Nd3 40. Re8+ Rxe8 41. Rxe8+ Kf7 42. Rd8 Rf6+ 43. Ke4 Nc5+ 44. Kd5 Rf5+ 45. Kc4 Ne6 46. Rd7+ Kf6 47. a4 Rc5+ 48. Kd3 Rc1 49. Ke2 Rc7 50. Rd5 Rc2+ 51. Kf3 Rc1 52. Ke2 Rc2+ 53. Kf3 a6 54. Rd7 Rc1 55. Ke2 Rc7 56. Rxc7 Nxc7 57. Kd3 Ke5 58. Kc4 b6 59. Nf2 Ne8 60. Kd3 Nd6 61. b4 Kd5 62. Nh3 Ne4 63. Nf4+ Ke5 64. Ne2 Nf2+ 65. Kd2 Kd5 66. Nf4+ Kc4 67. Ne6 Ne4+ 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1977.01.27"] [Round "11"] [White "Nikolac, Juraj"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "1977.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 {Dolmatov,Sergey} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 ({RR} 13. Bg3 N7f6 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bc4 Qe4 16. Bd3 Qd5 17. Bc4 {½-½ (17) Lin,W (2540)-Lputian,S (2565) Luzern 1993}) 13... Qxe7 ({RR} 13... Nxc3 14. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Rfxd8) ({RR} 13... Nxc3 14. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Rfxd8 16. Rfd1 Kf8 {½-½ (16) Petrosian,T-Geller,E Curacao 1962}) 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bb1 $146 ({RR} 15. Ba6 Rc7 16. a3 Nb8 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Nd2 Nd7 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. Bb5 Qc2 23. Nc3 Qxe2 24. Bxe2 Bb3 25. Rc1 Kf8 26. Kf1 a5 27. Ke1 Nc5 28. Bb5 {½-½ (28) Gligoric,S-Benko,P Los Angeles 1963 MCL [Dolmatov,Sergey]}) ({RR} 15. a3 Rcd8 16. dxc5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxc5 18. Bb1 Rd5 19. Ba2 Rh5 20. f4 Qh4 21. f3 e5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Kh1 Qf4 24. Rc3 Rfe8 25. Re1 Qf6 26. e4 Nxe4 27. Re3 Ng3+ 28. hxg3 Rxe3 {0-1 (28) Biliskov,V (2311)-Ivekovic,Z (2345) Sibenik 2016}) ({RR} 15. Ba6 Rc7 16. e4 Ba8 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Bd3 Rd8 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Bb1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {½-½ (21) Marovic,D (2475)-Kurajica,B (2530) Malgrat de Mar 1977}) 15... Bb7 16. e4 $6 (16. Rfd1) 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. a3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nc5 20. Qe3 $2 (20. Nf3) 20... Qf6 $1 21. e5 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Nb5 Nb3 24. Re1 Rd2 25. Nxa7 Rxb2 26. Bd3 Nc5 27. Bf1 g4 (27... Rb3 $5) 28. Nb5 Ba6 29. Nd6 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 (30. Kxf1 Nd3) 30... Nd3 31. Nc4 Rb3 32. f4 gxf3 33. Rxf3 Rc3 34. Nxb6 Rxa3 35. Nc4 Rc3 36. Kf1 Rxc4 37. Rxd3 Re4 38. Kf2 Rxe5 39. g4 g5 40. Kg3 Re1 41. Ra3 Kg7 42. Ra7 Re3+ 43. Kf2 Rd3 44. Rb7 Kg6 45. Rb6 Kf6 46. Rb7 Rd6 47. Kg3 e5 48. Rb4 Rd3+ 49. Kf2 Ke6 50. Rb6+ Rd6 51. Rb8 Rd2+ 52. Kg3 Rd3+ 53. Kg2 e4 54. Re8+ Kd5 55. Re7 f6 56. Re8 Ra3 57. Kf2 Rf3+ 58. Kg2 Rc3 59. h3 Rc6 60. Kf2 Kd4 61. Ra8 Rc2+ 62. Kg3 Rc1 63. Rd8+ (63. Ra6) 63... Ke3 64. Rd6 Rg1+ 65. Kh2 Rf1 66. Ra6 f5 67. gxf5 Rxf5 68. Kg3 Rd5 69. Ra2 Kd3 70. Ra3+ Kd2 71. Ra2+ Ke1 72. Ra4 e3 73. Ra1+ Rd1 0-1 [Event "Linares-04"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1983.02.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Larsen, Bent"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2575"] [PlyCount "178"] [EventDate "1983.02.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Re8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 Ra3 $146 ({RR} 18... f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Rfe1 Ra3 21. Qd4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Kf2 Rc4 25. Red1 Ra2+ 26. Kf3 Rcc2 27. g3 Rxh2 28. Rbc1 Rac2 29. Ra1 h5 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Rf1 Rc4 32. Rc8 Rb2 33. Ra1 {Bashirov,K (2293)-Weetik,V (2423) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (38)}) 19. Rfd1 Rea8 20. Qd4 Nf8 21. Rdc1 Ne6 22. Qd2 Qa7 23. f5 Nf8 24. Qd4 Nd7 25. Nd1 Qc7 26. Qxd5 Nxe5 27. Qxb5 Ng4 28. Qxc6 Qxh2+ 29. Kf1 h5 30. Rb3 Ra2 31. Rb2 Rxb2 32. Qxa8+ Kh7 33. Nxb2 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Qxc1 35. Nd1 Qc4+ 36. Kd2 Qxb4+ 37. Ke2 Qb5+ 38. Ke1 Qxf5 39. Qf3 Qe6 40. Kd2 Qa2+ 41. Ke1 g6 42. e4 Kg8 43. Qe2 Qa5+ 44. Qd2 Qb6 45. Ke2 Qc7 46. Qc3 Qh2 47. Qf3 Qg1 48. Nc3 Qd4 49. Nd5 Qb2+ 50. Kd1 Kg7 51. Qe2 Nf2+ 52. Ke1 Qxe2+ 53. Kxe2 Nxe4 54. Kf3 Nf6 55. Ne3 Ng8 56. g3 Nh6 57. Kf4 f6 58. Ke4 Kf7 59. Kf4 Ke6 60. Ke4 Nf7 61. Ng2 Nd6+ 62. Kf3 g5 63. Ne3 Ke5 64. Nc2 Nb5 65. Nb4 Nd4+ 66. Ke3 Nf5+ 67. Kf3 Ne7 68. Nd3+ Kd4 69. Nb4 Ke5 70. Nd3+ Kf5 71. Nc5 Nc6 72. Nb3 Ne5+ 73. Kg2 Ke4 74. Nc5+ Kd5 75. Nb3 Nc6 76. Nd2 Nd4 77. Kf2 Ne6 78. Nb3 Nc5 79. Na1 Ke4 80. Nc2 Nd3+ 81. Kg2 f5 82. Na3 f4 83. gxf4 Nxf4+ 84. Kg3 Ne2+ 85. Kf2 Nd4 86. Nc4 g4 87. Ne3 Nf5 88. Nf1 h4 89. Nd2+ Kf4 0-1 [Event "URS-ch45 Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.12.12"] [Round "10"] [White "Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2465"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1977.11.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 c4 17. Be2 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 17... Qc7 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Nd4 Nc6 22. Ndb5 Qa5 23. Bxc4 a6 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb5 27. a4 Qb6 28. Qe4 Nd8 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. b4 Kf8 31. Rd7 Nd8 32. g3 {Polugaevsky,L (2635)-Tal,M (2705) Almaty 1980 1-0 (42)}) 18. Nd4 $2 (18. Rd2 $142 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Red8 $10) (18. Nc3 $6 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. Rxa5 Rxe2 $15 {Geller}) 18... Nc6 $1 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc4 Qa5 21. Bb3 Bxa4 22. Bxa4 Rec8 23. Bc6 (23. b4 Qa6 24. Qb3 Rc3 25. b5 Qa5 $19) 23... Qa6 24. Rc1 Bxb2 0-1