[Event "Wch Seniors 05th"] [Site "Bad Liebenzell"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Stoliar, Efim Samoilovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2380"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1995.11.12"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 Qe7 ({RR} 7... a6 8. Be2 b5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. a3 Rb8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. a4 b4 16. Nb1 a5 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Nbd2 Nc3 19. Qf1 Rc7 20. Rc2 Rbc8 21. Rac1 g6 22. Nb1 {Nogerbek,K (2472)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2737) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (45)}) 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. a4 $146 ({RR} 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a4 a6 12. Rc1 c5 13. Bd3 Rfe8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qe2 h5 18. Nf1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Bb1 Rac8 21. f3 Nc5 22. Ba1 a5 23. Qd1 h4 24. h3 Ned7 {Mareco,S (2591)-Bazan Romero,O (2282) Perez, Santa Fe ARG 2025 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd3 c5 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rfd8 15. Ncb5 Be5 16. Rb1 a6 17. Nc3 Nc5 18. Nce2 Bxe4 19. Rc1 b5 20. b4 Na4 21. Ba1 Qxb4 22. Bb3 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 e5 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 {Kanyamarala,T (2127)-Romanchuk,V (2266) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (36)}) 10... a5 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bc7 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Bd3 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Nf8 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qe2 Raa8 21. Rg4 Ng6 22. h4 Rd5 23. g3 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Nd4 c5 26. Nb5 Qd7 27. Nxc7 Qxc7 28. Re4 h5 29. Qe3 Rc8 30. Qc3 e5 31. Qf3 Rcd8 32. Qxh5 Qb7 33. Re3 Rd3 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Qe2 Qxb3 36. h5 Nf8 37. Rxc5 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qxa4 39. Rxe5 Qd7 40. Bc3 a4 41. Re8 Qd5 42. Be1 f6 43. Rb8 a3 44. h6 a2 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. h7 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1970.01.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kuijpers, Frans"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "1970.01.13"] [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 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O b5 9. cxb5 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. exd5 exd5 12. Bd3 ({RR} 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. Qd3 Rc3 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Nb3 Rxb3 20. axb3 d4 21. Rxd4 Be5 22. Bd2 Nxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Rc1+ 24. Kxc1 Qa1+ {0-1 (24) Kolbus,D (2397)-Nielsen,P (2651) Germany 2007}) ({RR} 12. Kb1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 cxd4 15. Nxe4 Rc8 16. Qd3 Be5 17. Be2 Bd5 18. f4 f5 19. Ng5 Qxg5 20. fxg5 Be4 21. Bb4 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. a4 g6 24. Bf3 Bxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rd8 26. h4 Bf4 {Coursaget,N (2309)-Valli,F (2257) Krakow 2012 ½-½ (42)}) 12... c4 13. Bf5 a6 14. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 14. Bg5 axb5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Bf5 Rxa2 19. Qc3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ne5 Nb6 22. Kb1 e3 23. Qxe3 Nd5 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Kxa2 Nb4+ 26. Kb1 Be4+ 27. Kc1 Na2+ 28. Kd2 Qxd4+ {Tolush,A-Zinn,L Warsaw 1961 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rhe1 Bb4 16. Ne5 g6 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Bh6 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. a3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Re6 23. Bd2 Bc6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Ba4 {½-½ (25) Antoshin,V-Zinn,L Leipzig 1965}) 14... g6 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. b6 Bc8 17. f3 Qf5 18. g4 Qxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Rb8 20. Nh3 h5 21. Bg5 Nh7 22. Bf4 Rd8 23. Rhg1 Be6 24. Rde1 hxg4 25. fxg4 Rxb6 26. Bxd6 Rbxd6 27. Nf4 Nf8 28. h3 f6 29. Kc1 Bf7 30. g5 Ne6 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. gxf6 Kf7 33. h4 Kxf6 34. Re5 Rh8 35. Rf1+ Kg7 36. Rh1 Bf7 37. Rg5 Kf8 38. Re5 Rf6 39. Nxd5 Rd6 40. Nf4 Rxd4 41. Rf1 Kg8 42. Rg5 Kh7 43. Rc5 Rhd8 44. h5 gxh5 45. Nxh5 Bxh5 46. Rxh5+ Kg6 47. Rc5 R8d6 48. Rf2 R6d5 49. Rc6+ Rd6 50. Rxd6+ Rxd6 51. Kc2 Rc6 52. Kc3 Kg5 53. Kd4 Kg4 54. Rc2 Kf3 55. Rxc4 Rd6+ 56. Kc5 Rd2 57. Rb4 a5 58. Rb3+ Ke2 59. Kb5 Rd8 60. Ka4 Kd2 61. Rb6 Ra8 62. Rb5 Kc2 63. Rxa5 Rb8 64. b4 Kb2 65. b5 Kxa2 66. Kb4+ Kb2 67. Ra7 1-0 [Event "Bissen"] [Site "Bissen"] [Date "1995.09.14"] [Round "6"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Nezar, Mustapha"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2250"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1995.09.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "LUX"] [EventCategory "8"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2005"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Ne5 O-O 7. f4 ({RR} 7. Bd3 Bxe5 8. dxe5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 Nfd7 11. f4 b6 12. b3 Ba6 13. Ba3 c5 14. Nc3 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Nc6 16. Nb5 Rad8 17. Ke2 Ndb8 18. Rhd1 Na5 19. Nd6 Rd7 20. Bb2 Rfd8 21. Bc3 Nbc6 {Mueller Dehn,C (2042)-Leniart,A (2503) Bad Woerishofen GER 2024 0-1 (48)}) 7... c5 8. Be2 $146 ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. h3 Ne7 13. g4 Ne8 14. Qe1 Bxe5 15. dxe5 f5 16. Qh4 Be6 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Bd2 Rf7 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. gxf5 gxf5 {Muratoglu,S (1897)-Myall,I (2042) Marianske Lazne 2016 ½-½ (67)}) ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Be3 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Bf5 16. Rad1 b6 17. h3 Ne4 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxa2 22. f5 f6 {Martinovic,S (2509)-Plat,V (2395) Rijeka 2010 ½-½ (65)}) 8... Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne7 12. Be3 a6 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. a4 b6 15. Qe2 Ra8 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Bf2 Nfd5 18. Bh4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7 20. Bxe7 Bxe7 21. f5 Bd5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rf3 Qd6 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Rf1 Qe6 27. Rf3 Bd6 28. Re3 Qf5 29. Qa2 Qe6 30. Qe2 Qf5 31. g4 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 b5 33. Qf3 Qc2+ 34. Kh3 Qa2 35. c4 Bxe5 36. Qxd5+ 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Republics 04th final"] [Site "Voroshilovgrad"] [Date "1955.09.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Randviir, Juri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1955.09.14"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Leningrad"] [BlackTeam "Estonia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "EST"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Qe7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 e5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. c5 exd4 16. Qxe7 Bxe7 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Rhe1 Nxc5 19. b4 $146 ({RR} 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Bf8 Nb3+ 21. Bxb3 Re8 22. Bc5 Be6 23. Bxd4 Kg7 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. g4 Kg8 26. g5 fxg5 27. Nxg5 Ree8 28. a3 b6 29. Bf6 h6 30. Nf3 Re6 31. Bd4 Rf8 32. Nd2 Rd8 33. Be3 Kg7 {Levin,E (2303)-Andriasian,Z (2412) Herceg Novi 2005 ½-½ (39)}) 19... Bf5 20. Nxd4 Ne4 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Rd7 b5 23. Bb3 Rad8 24. Rxa7 Ra8 25. Rc7 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Be6 Rc7 28. Bxf5 Ng5 29. Kb2 Kg8 30. Kb3 c5 31. bxc5 Nf7 32. Be6 Rxc5 33. Re3 Bd6 34. f4 Rc7 35. Rd3 1-0 [Event "URS-ch23 Semifinal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1955.11.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Stoliar, Efim Samoilovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1955.11.11"] [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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf6 11. Be4 g6 ({RR} 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qe3 b6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Nc4 Bg5 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Bd7 22. Nd6 Rcd8 23. Rfd1 Be6 24. R5d3 Na5 25. h4 Nc4 26. Nf5 {Ponomariov,R (2675)-Naiditsch,A (2643) Linares 2019 ½-½ (59)}) ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Re1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Qd3 h6 15. Be3 Na5 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. c4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Red8 19. f4 Be8 20. g3 Nc6 21. Nf3 Na5 22. c5 Bc6 23. f5 exf5 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. d5 Qd7 26. Red1 {Guo,H (2004)-Du,Y (2014) Zhangjiakou CHN 2025 0-1 (55)}) 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 $146 ({RR} 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qxb7 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Qc6 Rc8 19. Qb7 Qh4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rb8 22. Qxa7 Rxb2 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc8 25. Nxd5 Rcc2 26. Nf4 g5 27. Rd8+ Kg7 {Lemmers,O (2406)-Hort,V (2535) Germany 1999 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 13. Re1 Nde7 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Nf5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bg5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Be6 19. c4 Qd7 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Bf4 Qc5 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qd7 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Nfxe7 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Rxe6 Rd1+ 27. Re1 Rxe1+ {Mohammad,M (2436)-Maghsoodloo,P (2489) Abu Dhabi 2016 0-1 (68)}) 13... Na5 14. Rad1 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Ng5 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bd3 b5 20. a4 Bd7 21. h4 h5 22. Qf3 Bc6 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 bxa4 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. g4 Qa5 27. gxh5 Qxh5 28. Qf4 Qf5 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Qxf5 exf5 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. Ra1 a3 33. Rfb1 a5 34. Rb5 Rc8 35. Ra2 Ke7 36. Kf1 Kd6 37. Ke2 Re8+ 38. Kf3 Rc8 39. Kf4 Ke6 40. Ra1 Rc7 41. Ra2 Rc8 42. Kf3 Nd6 43. Rb3 a4 44. Re2+ Ne4 45. Rxa3 Kd5 46. Rc2 Kc4 47. Rxa4+ Kd3 48. Raa2 Rh8 49. Re2 Rxh4 50. Re3+ Kc4 51. Ra4+ Kd5 52. Kg2 Rg4+ 53. Kf1 Rh4 54. f3 Nd2+ 55. Kg2 f6 56. Re8 Kd6 57. Re2 Nb3 58. Rc2 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Republics 09th Group3"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1963.08.09"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Gusev, Nikolay Nikolaevich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1963.08.07"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Leningrad"] [BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 cxd4 10. exd4 Ncb4 11. Bb1 Nf6 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Qd3 g6 ({RR} 13... b6 14. Bg5 g6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qh3 Bf8 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Nxe4 21. Rxc7 Nxg5 22. Rxb7 Nxh3+ 23. gxh3 Re7 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Bc2 Rc8 26. Be4 Rd8 27. Nc6 Nxc6 28. Bxc6 {Konaplev,A (2007)-Simakov,A (2212) Tula 2014 0-1 (44)}) 14. Ne5 ({RR} 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Nf3 b6 18. Ba2 Bb7 19. Re3 Rc8 20. c4 Bf6 21. Rae1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 e5 23. Rfe3 Re7 24. Qe2 Qc7 25. Bb3 a6 26. Qf3 Rce8 27. Ba4 b5 28. cxb5 Qa5 {Milos,G (2560)-Campora,D (2550) Buenos Aires 1993 0-1}) 14... Bd7 15. Qh3 $146 ({RR} 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qh3 Qc7 17. Qf3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bc6 19. Qh3 Bd5 20. Bd2 b5 21. Bd3 Bc4 22. a4 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Nd7 25. Ng4 h5 26. Ne3 Red8 27. Qe2 Nb6 28. Ra6 Bd6 29. g3 e5 {Khukhashvili,S (2319)-Khurtsilava,I (2262) Tbilisi 2002 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 15. Ba2 Bc6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Qh3 Qd6 19. Rd2 Bf8 20. Rde2 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Qf8 22. Qh4 Kg7 23. f3 Qe7 24. Ne4 h6 25. Nc5 Nh5 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. g3 Kf8 {Baeumer,L (2106)-Sachs,H (1975) Germany 1998 ½-½ (49)}) 15... Rc8 16. Ba2 Rc7 17. Bg5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bc8 19. Bh6 Bxa3 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21. Rad1 b5 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Qf4 Bb7 24. Rd3 Bf8 25. Qh4 Bg7 26. Ng4 h5 27. Ne5 Qa8 28. Rg3 Be4 29. h3 a5 30. Rge3 Bd5 31. Bb1 Qc8 32. Qg3 h4 33. Qxh4 Rxc3 34. Qg3 Rxe3 35. Qxe3 b4 36. Rc1 Qb7 37. Rc5 Bf8 38. Rxa5 Bxg2 39. Bd3 Be4 40. Rb5 Qa8 41. Bxe4 Nxe4 42. Qf3 Qa1+ 43. Kg2 Nd6 44. Rb8 Nf5 45. Qb7 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG 42-22"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1957.07.14"] [Round "8"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Karaklajic, Nikola"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1957.07.03"] [EventType "team-schev"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Ng4 9. Be1 f5 10. h3 Nh6 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Ne5 Nf7 13. f4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 $146 ({RR} 14. g4 Be7 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. g5 Bd7 18. h4 b5 19. c5 a5 {½-½ (19) Cobo Arteaga,E-Tarnowski,A Leipzig 1960}) 14... dxe4 15. g4 Bd7 16. c5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. Rg1 b6 19. Bc3 g6 20. Bc4 Qxc5 21. Qe2 b5 22. gxf5 Qxc4 23. Qh5 Nh8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Rxg6+ Nxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh5+ 1-0 [Event "URS-ch25 Final"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1958.01.31"] [Round "11"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "136"] [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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O Bc7 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ba2 ({RR} 12. Rae1 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Be2 Bg4 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Nc5 Rb8 21. Rfe1 Qd5 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Qe4 Rfd8 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. g3 Nc7 {½-½ (25) Botvinnik,M-Taimanov,M Moscow 1953}) 12... exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. h3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nbd5 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bb1 g6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bb3 21. Rc1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bd5 23. Ne5 b5 24. Bf4 Nh5 25. Bh6 {½-½ (25) Donaldson,J (2465)-Shipman,W (2239) Reno 2002}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bb4 Qd5 19. Bxf8 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Rxf8 21. Qe4 Rf6 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. g3 Bb6 24. Kg2 h6 25. Re4 Kf7 26. Rae1 Ke7 27. h4 Kd6 28. Ne5 Nc7 29. Rg4 Ne8 30. Nc4+ Ke7 31. Nxb6 axb6 32. Re3 b5 33. b3 Kf7 34. Rge4 Ke7 35. g4 Nd6 36. Re5 Nf7 37. Rf5 Nd6 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Kf3 Ne8 40. Ke4 Nc7 41. Rg3 Kd6 42. a4 bxa4 43. bxa4 Nd5 44. a5 Kc7 45. Ra3 Nb4 46. a6 bxa6 47. Ra4 Nd5 48. Rxa6 Kb7 49. Ra1 Kb8 50. Kd3 Kb7 51. Kc4 Ne3+ 52. Kc5 Nxg4 53. Kd6 e5 54. Rb1+ Kc8 55. dxe5 fxe5 56. Ke6 h5 57. Kf5 Kc7 58. Kg5 e4 59. Kxh5 Ne5 60. Re1 Kd6 61. Rxe4 c5 62. Kg5 Kd5 63. Kf5 Nf7 64. Re7 Nd6+ 65. Kg6 c4 66. Re1 c3 67. h5 Nc4 68. h6 Ne5+ 1-0 [Event "Albena-06"] [Site "Albena"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Onat, Ilhan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1974.09.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 cxb2 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. Bxb2 c5 14. O-O Bb7 ({RR} 14... O-O 15. Rb1 Bb7 16. dxc5 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Nxc5 18. Qc1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd3 20. Qh6 Nxb2 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Qxb2 Rd8 27. h3 Qd5 28. Re1 Qd2 29. Qe5 {Illescas Cordoba,M (2600)-Vallejo Pons,F (2519) Pamplona 2000 ½-½ (36)}) 15. Rb1 Be4 16. dxc5 Bxb1 $146 ({RR} 16... Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Nxc5 18. Rd2 Qe7 19. Nd4 Rg8 20. f3 Qg5 21. Rf2 Bb7 22. Nb3 Qe3 23. Qc1 Nd7 24. Qc7 Bd5 25. Bc4 Qb6 26. Qf4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Ke7 28. Qa4 Rgd8 29. Qa3+ Ke8 30. Rd6 Qe3 31. Kf1 {Blagojevic,D (2446)-Stanojoski,Z (2392) Novi Pazar SRB 2024 ½-½ (53)}) ({RR} 16... Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Nxc5 18. Rd2 Qe7 19. Nd4 Rg8 20. f3 Qg5 21. Rf2 Bb7 22. Nb3 Qe3 23. Qc1 Nd7 24. Qc7 Bd5 25. Bc4 Qb6 26. Qf4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Ke7 28. Qa4 Rgd8 29. Qa3+ Ke8 30. Rd6 Qe3 31. Kf1 {Blagojevic,D (2446)-Stanojoski,Z (2392) Novi Pazar SRB 2024 ½-½ (53)}) 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. c6 Nc5 19. Bd4 Bxa2 20. Bxc5 Bd5 21. Qa4 Qc7 22. Qh4 Bxc6 23. Qxh7 O-O-O 24. Bxa6+ Kb8 25. Rb1+ Ka8 26. Be2 1-0 [Event "URS-ch25 Semifinal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1957.11.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "87"] [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. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Na4 Be7 11. e4 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxc5 ({RR} 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Bd2 O-O 15. a3 a5 16. Qb1 h6 17. Qe1 Bc6 18. Qe4 g6 19. Qg4 Kg7 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Bb1 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Nxc5 23. Rd1 Nxa4 24. Rxa4 Qc7 25. Be4 Rfd8 26. Raa1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Qxe5 {Graf,A (2585)-Gurevich,M (2620) Groningen 1997 1-0 (78)}) ({RR} 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 O-O 16. Qb1 h6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Ba6 20. a3 b3 21. c6 Nxe5 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Ng4 24. Rc3 Be2 25. h3 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Ne5 {Shengelia,D (2507)-Bilguun,S (2441) Hong Kong HKG 2026 0-1 (64)}) 13... Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ng5 Be7 $146 ({RR} 15... Qc7 16. Qf3 a6 17. Qg3 Ne7 18. Be3 Rd8 19. Bxh7 Rxh7 20. Nxh7 Nf5 21. Qg5 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxe3+ {½-½ (22) Ribli,Z (2593)-Borocz,I (2388) Hungary 2004}) ({RR} 15... Qb6 16. Qe2 h6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Ng3 f5 21. Qg6 Qd4 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qxe6+ Rf7 27. Nxf5 Qxd3 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Nxf7 Qe4 30. f3 {Yrjola,J (2505)-Osterman,G (2260) Finland 1991 1-0 (47)}) 16. Qh5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qb6 18. Rad1 h6 19. Rfe1 Rf8 20. Bd2 O-O-O 21. Be4 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rc1+ Kb8 24. Qe5+ Qd6 25. Qxd6+ Rxd6 26. f3 Ra6 27. Bb1 Rb6 28. Re4 Rf7 29. Be1 g5 30. Bf2 Ra6 31. Bg3+ Ka8 32. h4 Rb6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rg4 Rg7 35. Be5 Rg8 36. Bh7 Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8 38. Rxg5 Ra6 39. Bb1 Rc6 40. Be4 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Ra1 42. f4 Kb7 43. f5 Re1 44. f6 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-12 Preliminaries A"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1956.09.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Gromek, Jozef"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1956.09.01"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Poland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "POL"] 1. c4 {Vesely,Jiri} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Qe7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 e5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. c5 Bc7 ({RR} 15... exd4 16. Qxe7 Bxe7 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Rhe1 Nxc5 19. b4 Bf5 20. Nxd4 Ne4 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Rd7 b5 23. Bb3 Rad8 24. Rxa7 Ra8 25. Rc7 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Be6 Rc7 28. Bxf5 Ng5 29. Kb2 Kg8 30. Kb3 {Taimanov,M-Randviir,J Voroshilovgrad 1955 1-0 (35)}) 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Rhe1 a5 $146 ({RR} 17... Nf8 18. dxe5 Qxc5 19. exf6 Be6 20. Bxf8 Qxc4+ 21. Qxc4 Bxc4 22. Bh6 Bd5 23. Rxe8+ {1-0 (23) Dolezal,J-Jezek,J Prague 1957 EXT 2007 [Vesely,Jiri]}) ({RR} 17... Nf8 18. dxe5 Qxc5 19. Qh4 g5 20. exf6 Be6 21. Bg7+ Kg8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. f7+ {1-0 (25) Roy,P (2349)-Sambarta,B (1957) Dhaka 2019}) 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Qe3 Be6 21. Bg5 Qf7 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qb3 Qf5 24. h4 a4 25. Qxb7 a3 26. Re2 axb2+ 27. Rxb2 Ra4 28. Rc2 Bd8 29. Bh6 Qf6 30. Rd7 Be7 31. Bg5 1-0 [Event "EU-chT 01st Final"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "1957.08.22"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Fichtl, Jiri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1957.08.22"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "EU-chT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "CSR"] 1. c4 {Serper,Gigory} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O c5 9. e4 ({RR} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Kb1 c4 11. Ng5 h6 12. h4 g6 13. f3 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh7 15. Nxd5) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 dxc4 ({RR} 10... Be5 11. Be1 ({RR} 11. Bg5) 11... Bxd4 12. Rxd4 e5 13. Rd1 ({RR} 13. Rxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5) 13... d4 14. Nd5 Nc5 15. f3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 ({RR} 16. exd5 Qf6) 16... Bd7 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Qd2 ({RR} 18. Rc1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qg5) 18... f5 19. Bg3 ({RR} 19. Bd3 fxe4 20. fxe4 ({RR} 20. Bxe4 Bf5) 20... Rf4) 19... fxe4 20. Bxe5 d3 21. fxe4 ({RR} 21. Bd6 Ba4 22. Bxf8 Bc2+ 23. Ka1 Qxf8 24. Rc1 Qf6) 21... Nxe4 22. Qxd3 ({RR} 22. Qe3 Nf2 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Bf5) 22... Qg5 ({RR} 22... Nf2 23. Qg3) 23. Qd4 ({RR} 23. Bd4 Bf5 24. h4 Qc1+ 25. Rxc1 Nd2+ 26. Ka1 Rxc1+) 23... Nf2 24. h4 ({RR} 24. Bc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Qxe5) ({RR} 24. Bd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Bf5) 24... Bf5+ 25. Bd3 {Iskusnyh,S (2450)-Serper,G (2575) St Petersburg 1994 CBM 043 Extra [Serper,Gigory] 0-1}) ({RR} 10... Nb6 11. exd5 exd5 12. Bg5 Re8 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Bb5 Rc8 15. Bxd7 Nbxd7 16. Nf5 Be5 17. d6 Kh8 18. Ne7 Rc4 19. Qb3 b5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ned5 a6 22. Kb1 Nc5 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Qc2 b4 25. d7 {Peng,H (2270)-Xiang,Z (2237) Harbin 2016 1-0 (47)}) 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Be3 $146 ({RR} 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. f4 h6 14. e5 hxg5 15. exd6 gxf4 16. Rhe1 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Kb1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qd2 Qf5+ 22. Ka1 Ng4 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. h3 Ne3 25. g3 e5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 {Kuzmin,G (2520)-Filipenko,A (2370) Togliatti 1985 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bxf2 14. Rhf1 Qb6 15. Kb1 Qa7 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 b5 18. Rd3 b4 19. Nd1 Bb6 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Ne3 Bb7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Rh3 g6 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Rhxf3 f5 {Gurevich,M (2315)-Filipenko,A (2320) Severodonetsk 1982 1-0 (38)}) 12... Qe7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. h3 Ng6 15. Kb1 Bf4 16. Qd2 e5 17. Nf5 Qb4 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd6 Bxe3 20. fxe3 b5 21. g4 Rd8 22. b4 h6 23. Kb2 Ne7 24. a3 Kf8 25. Rhf1 Be6 26. Nb7 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Nd7 28. Nd5 Rb8 29. Na5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Nc8 31. Rc1 Ncb6 32. Rc6 Ke7 33. Kb3 Rc8 34. a4 bxa4+ 35. Ka3 Rxc6 36. dxc6 Nf6 37. Bxa6 Kd6 38. Nc4+ Kxc6 39. Nxe5+ Kd5 40. Nxf7 Ne8 41. Bd3 Nc7 42. Nd8 Ke5 43. Nc6+ Kf6 44. Bf1 Kg5 45. Nd4 g6 46. Nf3+ Kf6 47. e4 Ne6 48. e5+ Ke7 49. b5 Nf4 50. Nd4 Nfd5 51. h4 Ne3 52. Be2 Nec4+ 53. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 54. Kxa4 Nxe5 1-0 [Event "URS-ch19 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1951.11.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kopylov, Nikolai Georgievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "139"] [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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Kb1 $146 ({RR} 13. f3 b5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. g4 b4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 b3 18. axb3 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Rab8 20. Qa3 Bxb2+ 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. Kxb2 Rb8+ 23. Kc2 Qe6 24. Kd3 Rd8+ 25. Ke2 Qc4+ 26. Ke1 a5 27. Rf1 a4 {Malchev,A-Benderev,Y Sofia 1948 ½-½ (58)}) ({RR} 13. Ne2 Be6 14. h3 Rfd8 15. g4 b5 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Kb1 Nd5 18. f4 Nb4 19. Bxb4 Bf6 20. e4 a5 21. Bc5 Rac8 22. e5 Be7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rd1 Qh4 26. Nd4 Qxh3 27. Nxc6 Kh8 {Jaiveer,M (2230)-Vasenev,S (2283) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (46)}) 13... a5 14. f4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ng4 16. Rhe1 Nxe3 17. Bd3 Nxc2 18. Rxe7 Nb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Bc4 Bf5+ 21. Kc1 b5 22. Bb3 c5 23. Rd5 c4 24. Rxf5 cxb3 25. axb3 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rb1 27. Kc2 Rg1 28. Re2 f6 29. Rxb5 Rc8+ 30. Kd3 Rd1+ 31. Ke3 Re8+ 32. Kf2 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Rb1 34. Rxb4 Rxb2+ 35. Kf3 h5 36. h4 f5 37. Rb7 Kh7 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. Rb6+ Kf7 40. Kf3 Rb1 41. Ke3 Rb2 42. Kf3 Rb1 43. b4 Rb3+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kg3 Rb3+ 46. Kh2 Ke7 47. b5 Kf7 48. Rb8 Kg6 49. b6 Kf7 50. Kg1 Rb2 51. Kf1 Kg6 52. g3 Rb3 53. Ke2 Rxg3 54. Rc8 Rb3 55. Rc6+ Kf7 56. Kd2 Ke7 57. Kc2 Rb5 58. Kc3 Kd7 59. Rg6 Rb1 60. Rxg7+ Kd6 61. Kc4 Rc1+ 62. Kb5 Rb1+ 63. Ka6 Ra1+ 64. Kb7 Ra4 65. Rg5 Rxf4 66. Rxh5 Rf1 67. Kc8 Rc1+ 68. Kb8 Ke6 69. b7 f4 70. Ka7 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation ARG-URS"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1954.03.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "1954.03.16"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nh5 9. h4 h6 ({RR} 9... Ndf6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. Kb1 Be6 14. g3 O-O 15. Rhf1 Rc8 16. Ne2 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Ned4 Bf6 20. Nb3 Rc7 21. Qa5 Qxa5 22. Nxa5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rc1 {Kramnik,V (2780)-Kasparov,G (2815) Moscow 1998 ½-½}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g4 ({RR} 11. O-O-O Nhf6 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. Na4 Ka8 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Qa4 N8d7 20. Nexd7 Nxd7 21. Rc3 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Bd7 23. Rhc1 b6 24. R5c3 Qd6 25. Ba6 Rc7 {Bluebaum,M (2694)-Klukin,K (2400) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (53)}) 11... Nhf6 $146 ({RR} 11... Nf4 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Rde1 Qd6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Qg2 Rde8 20. f5 Nc7 21. Rhg1 Re7 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. Rxg3 Rhe8 24. Kc2 b6 25. b4 Kb7 26. Kd2 {Protopopova,A (2233)-Laukhina,M (1772) Moscow 2020 ½-½ (78)}) ({RR} 11... Nf4 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Rde1 Qd6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Qg2 Rde8 20. f5 Nc7 21. Rhg1 Re7 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. Rxg3 Rhe8 24. Kc2 b6 25. b4 Kb7 26. Kd2 {Protopopova,A (2233)-Laukhina,M (1772) Moscow 2020 ½-½ (78)}) 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Bg2 Qxg5 18. O-O-O Qe7 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 g6 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Ke7 24. Nc5 Rb8 25. Kd2 Nd7 26. Nd3 Kd6 27. Rh4 b6 28. b4 a5 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Rh7 f6 31. Rh6 Rg8 32. Nf4 Rb8 33. Kc2 c5 $2 (33... g5 $5 34. Nh5) 34. dxc5+ Nxc5 35. Rxg6 Ke5 36. Rg4 Kf5 37. Rh4 Rc8 38. Nd3 Ne4+ 39. Kb2 Rb8+ 40. Ka3 Nd2 41. Ka4 Rc8 42. Rh5+ Kg4 43. Rxa5 Rc3 44. Rd5 Ne4 45. Kb4 Rc8 46. a4 Rb8+ 47. Kc4 Rc8+ 48. Kd4 Nd2 49. Nc5 Nf3+ 50. Kc3 Ne5 51. f4 Nc6 52. Rd6 Ne7 53. Kb4 Kf3 54. f5 Nxf5 55. Rxf6 Kg4 56. e4 Nd4 57. a5 Nc6+ 58. Kb5 Nxa5 59. Ra6 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation URU-URS"] [Site "Montevideo"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kalkstein, Rodolfo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1954.04.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "URU"] [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 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 c6 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. h3 g5 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Rab1 Ne6 14. Bh2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. b4 Nd7 17. Rfe1 b6 18. e4 Bb7 19. e5 Qc7 20. Rec1 Ndf8 21. Ne2 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Ra3 24. Qd2 Rea8 25. Ng3 Ng6 26. Rc3 Ngf4 27. Bf5 {Kuzubov,Y (2629)-Rapport,R (2752) Monzon 2016 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 12... b5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. Rfd1 a5 16. a4 b4 17. Nb1 Rac8 18. Bf5 Rcd8 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 g6 22. Bd3 g5 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Rdc1 Ra8 25. Nd2 Ne6 26. Bg3 Bf8 27. Nb3 {Bok,B (2592)-Shubenkova,V (2013) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (67)}) 13. Bg3 Bb4 $146 ({RR} 13... g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Ne5 Be6 16. f3 Bd6 17. Kf2 Nh5 18. f4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nxg3 20. Kxg3 Kg7 21. Rh1 f6 22. f5 fxe5 23. fxe6 Qg5+ 24. Kf2 Nxe6 25. Bf5 d4 26. Rh3 dxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Nd4 28. Rg3 {De Borba,G (1765)-De Oliveira,I (1890) Blumenau 2014 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 13... g4 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rae1 Qf6 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. Ng3 Ng7 21. Be2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Qg6 23. Rc1 h5 24. Qc2 Qg5 25. Ne2 Nf5 26. Nc3 Nh4 27. g3 Qg4 28. Qd1 {Kozak,M (2215)-Tadjerbashi,A (1917) Chrudim 2002 ½-½ (31)}) 14. Ne5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Bh2 f6 17. Nf3 Be6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 f5 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. f4 Nh7 22. fxg5 Nxg5 23. Bf4 Rf8 24. h4 Nf7 25. Rf3 Kh8 26. Raf1 Rae8 27. Qf2 Qe7 28. Bh2 Nd6 29. Be5+ Kh7 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Bxf5+ Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Qxf5+ Kh8 34. Rf3 Qe7 35. Qg6 Qe6 36. Rf8+ 1-0 [Event "Yalta"] [Site "Yalta"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Archangelsky, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nf8 ({RR} 11... Nb6 12. h3 Be6 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Ne5 Kb8 15. Kb1 Nf6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ka1 Rc7 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Nd7 20. Nxd7+ Bxd7 21. Rhd1 c5 22. Qa3 Rhc8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Bb1 Be6 26. Qb4 {Tomashevsky,E (2706)-Andreikin,D (2716) Tromsoe 2013 ½-½}) ({RR} 11... Nb6 12. h3 Be6 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Ka1 Rhe8 17. Nd2 Bc8 18. a3 g6 19. b4 Be6 20. Na2 Rc8 21. Rb1 Ka8 {½-½ (21) Perdomo,L (2389)-Molina,R (2403) Caioba BRA 2023}) 12. Kb1 Be6 13. Nge2 O-O-O 14. Ka1 $146 ({RR} 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Qb3 Ka8 17. Rc2 Qd6 18. h3 Rhe8 19. Rhc1 f5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qd7 22. Nd4 Rf8 23. Qa4 f4 24. Rc3 Rf7 25. Ra3 a6 26. Bxa6 Kb8 27. Rb3 Bf5+ 28. Ka1 Rc8 {Dylag,E (1956)-Movsesian,J (2300) Warsaw 2021 1-0}) ({RR} 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Qb3 Ka8 17. Rc2 Qd6 18. h3 Rhe8 19. Rhc1 f5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qd7 22. Nd4 Rf8 23. Qa4 f4 24. Rc3 Rf7 25. Ra3 a6 26. Bxa6 Kb8 27. Rb3 Bf5+ 28. Ka1 Rc8 {Dylag,E (1956)-Movsesian,J (2300) Warsaw 2021 1-0}) 14... Kb8 15. Rb1 Bg4 16. Nc1 g6 17. b4 Ng7 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. Rhc1 Nfe6 20. Na4 Rc8 21. Na5 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nf5 23. b5 c5 24. Nc6+ bxc6 25. bxc6+ Ka8 26. Rb7 c4 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Rxe7 Rxc6 29. Nc3 Rd8 30. Rxf7 f4 31. Re7 fxe3 32. fxe3 Nc7 33. Rf1 Kb7 34. Rff7 Kb6 35. Kb2 a6 36. a4 a5 37. Nb5 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Cup 02nd"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.09.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1954.09.03"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Iskra"] [BlackTeam "Medik"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. O-O Bd6 12. Rfe1 g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Nf8 15. b4 a6 $146 ({RR} 15... Qd6 16. b5 Bd7 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rac1 N8d7 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Qb1 a6 21. Nc3 Qd6 22. Bf5 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Ne5 Bc6 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Qb7 Rec8 28. Rc5 Qe6 29. a4 a5 30. Rec1 {Brunner,L (2485)-Mikavica,M (2204) Switzerland 2008 1-0 (37)}) 16. a4 Kg7 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qd6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Na4 Ng4 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Bf5 Nf6 25. Ne5 Ne6 26. Bxe6 Bxe6 27. Qa4 Bf5 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Nxc6 Ra8 30. Nb4 Ra3 31. Re1 Bc8 32. f3 g4 33. Kf2 h5 34. Re2 Ra1 35. Ncd3 Be6 36. Nf4 Kh6 37. Nbd3 Kg5 38. Rb2 Bf5 39. Ne5 Ra7 40. Rb6 Bg6 41. Rd6 Ra2+ 42. Ke1 Ra1+ 43. Kd2 Rg1 44. Kc3 Rc1+ 45. Kb4 Rb1+ 46. Kc5 Rc1+ 47. Kb6 Rb1+ 48. Ka7 gxf3 49. Nxf3+ Kf5 50. Nh4+ Kg5 51. Nh3+ 1-0 [Event "URS-ch22 Semifinal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1954.11.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Tolush, Alexander V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "69"] [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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rfe1 Ng6 ({RR} 11... Be6 12. a3 a5 13. Na4 h6 14. Bh4 N8d7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qc3 Ra8 20. Qd4 Qf6 21. h3 g6 22. b3 Kg7 23. Rb1 Nf8 24. Bc2 Bd7 25. Qxf6+ Kxf6 26. Nd4 {Voskanyan,V (2240)-Yang,D (2498) Montreal 2012 0-1 (89)}) 12. Rab1 $146 ({RR} 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Nd2 Nf8 15. Bf5 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Bxd4 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rd1 g6 19. Bh3 Qa5 20. b3 Rad8 21. Red2 Re4 22. g3 Rde8 23. Qb1 R4e7 24. Bg2 Ne6 25. h4 Qb4 26. Ne1 Nc5 {Zuazua Conde,I-Penaranda Grilo,J (1961) Parla 2008 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 Bf5 15. Qf2 Qc8 16. Qh4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rf1 f6 19. Nxg6 Bxg6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxf6 Qe6 22. Qg5 Qf5 23. Qh6 Qh5 24. Qxh5 Bxh5 25. Rae1 Re4 26. h3 Rae8 {Grande_Diagonal (1945)-MeLoDejoTodo (2206) lichess.org 2024 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Qh4 15. g3 Qh6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Be6 18. Nd6 Re7 19. Ndxf7 Qxh2+ 20. Qxh2 Nxh2 21. Ng5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 h6 23. Kxh2 hxg5 24. Rxe6 {1-0 (24) Opocensky,K-Rohacek,I Sliac 1932}) 12... Bg4 13. Ne5 Bc8 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 Qh4 19. h3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 d4 21. Rf3 dxc3 22. Qxc3 Be6 23. Be4 Red8 24. Kh2 g6 25. Re1 Rd7 26. f5 gxf5 27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Re8 29. Ref1 Re6 30. R1f4 Qe7 31. Rf6 Qe8 32. Qg3+ Kh8 33. Qf3 Kg8 34. Rg4+ Kh8 35. Qf4 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation AUT-URS"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "1953.10.29"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Beni, Alfred"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "1953.10.29"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Austria"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "AUT"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rae1 Nf8 14. Nc1 Qg5 15. b4 $146 ({RR} 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Nb3 b6 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. h3 Qh4 23. Kg1 Nf6 24. Ng3 Ne6 25. Nf5 Qg5 26. Kh2 Nf4 27. g3 N4d5 28. Nd2 Nb4 29. Qc3 Nfd5 {Ismagilov,D (2143)-Haug,H (2341) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 15. f4 Qd8 16. Qf2 Nf6 17. Bc2 b6 18. Qg3 Qd6 19. Nb3 a5 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. Rf2 b5 22. Nf3 c5 23. Nh4 Nh5 24. Nf5 Qf6 25. Qg4 g6 26. Nxd5 Qd8 27. e4 b4 28. Rd1 Bc8 29. dxc5 Bxf5 {Caruana,F (2782)-Moussard,J (2661) Dusseldorf GER 2023 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. f3 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Rad8 18. Qf2 Ne6 19. Ne5 c5 20. f4 Qe7 21. Ne2 Nf6 22. Nc3 cxd4 23. exd4 Qb4 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. a3 Qb6 26. g4 Ne4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Qe3 Nd5 29. Qxe4 f6 {Kashlinskaya,A (2474)-Mendonca,L (2605) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (82)}) ({RR} 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Nb3 b6 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. h3 Qh4 23. Kg1 Nf6 24. Ng3 Ne6 25. Nf5 Qg5 26. Kh2 Nf4 27. g3 N4d5 28. Nd2 Nb4 29. Qc3 Nfd5 {Ismagilov,D (2143)-Haug,H (2341) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 15... Bd7 16. Nb3 b6 17. a4 Qe7 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. Nd2 Ne6 20. Qa2 Qd6 21. Rfc1 Ng4 22. Nf1 Nf6 23. Rb2 Rec8 24. Ng3 g6 25. Qb1 Ng7 26. a5 Ng4 27. Na4 b5 28. Nc5 Bf5 29. Rbc2 Bxd3 30. Nxd3 Rc7 31. Qb2 Rac8 32. Rc3 Nf6 33. Ne5 Nd7 34. f4 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Qe7 36. Ne2 c5 37. bxc5 Rxc5 38. Nd4 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 Rxc3 40. Qxc3 b4 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. a6 Qh4 43. g3 Qh5 44. Qb7 Qd1+ 45. Kf2 Qd2+ 46. Ne2 Qa2 47. Qxa7 b3 48. Qb7 b2 49. a7 b1=Q 50. Qxb1 Qxb1 51. a8=Q Qh1 52. h4 Nf5 53. Qf8 Qh2+ 54. Ke1 Nxg3 55. Qxf7+ Kh8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qd7+ Kh8 58. Qd8+ Kh7 59. Qc7+ Kh8 60. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 61. Kd2 Qf2+ 62. Kd3 Qf1+ 63. Kd4 Qd1+ 64. Kc5 Qc1+ 65. Kd6 Qxe3 66. Qd8+ Kh7 67. Qe7+ Kg8 1-0 [Event "URS-ch22 Semifinal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1954.11.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram Davidovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "85"] [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. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Nf8 8. Bd3 c6 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. h4 ({RR} 10. Bh4 a5 11. Ne5 g6 12. O-O Ng7 13. f3 Bf5 14. Bf2 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 O-O 16. Qd1 Ne6 17. Re1 Re8 18. Qb3 Qb8 19. h3 Qa7 20. Nc5 Rad8 21. Qc2 Bf8 22. Bh4 Bg7 23. f4 Nf8 24. Kh1 Rb8 {Rajesh,V (2331)-Deepan,C (2394) Bengaluru IND 2025 1-0}) 10... Nd7 $146 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. g4 Qa5 14. g5 Be7 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. g6 Bxe5 17. gxf7+ Ke7 18. dxe5 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Qd2 Be6 21. Qf4 c5 22. Rhg1 Qb4 23. f8=Q+ Raxf8 24. Rxg7+ Kd8 25. Qe3 {Sapis,W (2400)-Lukasiewicz,G (2310) Slupsk 1988 1-0}) ({RR} 10... Ng4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 h5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O 16. Bf5 Nh6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Rhe1 Qf6 20. d5 Nc5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Ng5 g6 23. g3 Kg7 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. Bxf5 {Inarkiev,E (2686)-Zvjaginsev,V (2672) Cheliabinsk 2016 1-0 (73)}) ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O h5 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 O-O 21. Rd6 Rad8 22. Rhd1 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qd7 24. Qe5 Qg4 25. f3 {Hofer,M (2100)-Wohlfahrt,F (1973) Mittelfranken 2014 0-1 (38)}) 11. O-O-O Bxg5 12. hxg5 Nxg5 13. e4 Nxf3 14. gxf3 Nb6 15. Kb1 Be6 16. e5 Qd7 17. f4 g6 18. Rh6 O-O-O 19. Rdh1 Kb8 20. Rxh7 Rxh7 21. Rxh7 Qc8 22. f5 gxf5 23. f4 c5 24. Rh5 Rg8 25. Qf2 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Nc4 27. Rh2 Qc6 28. b3 Qb6 29. Qxb6 Nxb6 30. Ne2 Nd7 31. Nd4 Rg4 32. Rh8+ Kc7 33. Rh7 Kb6 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Rxd7 Rxf4 36. Rd6+ Kc5 37. Rxe6 Kd4 38. Be2 Rf2 39. Bd1 Rd2 40. Bc2 f4 41. Re7 Re2 42. e6 Ke5 43. Rf7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch19 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1951.11.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "73"] [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 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. h3 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Be5 Nhf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nf4 Nc5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qb1 Bd7 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. b3 a5 20. a4 Rc7 21. Bg6 Kg8 22. Bh5 Ne4 {Inkiov,V (2470)-Laketic,G (2444) Porto San Giorgio 2001 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Qc2 f5 11. Be5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Nf6 13. O-O Bd6 14. f4 a6 15. a3 b5 16. b4 Bb7 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Qe7 19. Qb2 Rc7 20. Ne2 Rfc8 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rc1 Ne4 {Bjerke,R (2019)-Al Tarbosh,W (2249) Oslo NOR 2026 0-1 (50)}) 8... a6 9. a4 $146 ({RR} 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Ne5 f5 14. Rac1 Ndf6 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. f3 Bc6 17. Qe2 Nh7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Bxa6 Qh4 21. Bd3 Rf6 22. Qf2 Qh5 23. Qg3 Ne8 {Bielicki,C (2283)-Vega,O Buenos Aires 1999 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 9. Bd3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 a5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Bb5 Qa8 17. Nc1 Nb8 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. Rc1 Nc6 20. Ne1 Rc8 21. Nd3 Ba6 22. Kf1 Nd6 23. Ndc5 Bxb5 {Lukacs,P (2490)-Farago,S (2360) Budapest 1995 1-0 (40)}) 9... O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Rfc1 f5 14. Na2 g5 15. Bc7 Qe8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd8 18. f3 Nf6 19. Nb4 a5 20. Bb5 Nd7 21. Nd3 Qe7 22. Bh2 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 f4 27. Qd2 fxe3 28. Qxe3 Rf7 29. Rc3 Qb4 30. b3 Rf5 31. Bc7 Bf6 32. Bxb6 Qd6 33. Bc7 Qe7 34. Bd3 Qb4 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Be5 1-0 [Event "Budapest2"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Dely, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1965.02.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Qd6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. e3 Ne4 ({RR} 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. dxc5 Qc6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Rc1 Qc6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. f4 Qa4 15. Bd3 Qxa2 16. O-O Bg4 17. Qxg4 Qxb3 18. Qh3 h6 19. Qf5 Rd8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxg7 Nd7 23. Bg6 {Dely,P-Karaklajic,N Sombor 1966 1-0}) 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bf4 Qg6 11. Bg3 $146 ({RR} 11. Qb3 Ba5 12. Bc4 c6 13. O-O b5 14. Be2 Be6 15. d5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nc6 17. Bxb5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nb4 19. Qe5 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Bb6 21. a3 Nd3 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. Qb5 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Qe4 {Kristiansen,J-Holt,E Schilde 1969 1-0 (49)}) 11... c6 12. a3 Be7 13. Be2 Bf5 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bh5 Qe6 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Bd6 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Bxd6 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qxd6 21. Rd1 Rf8 22. g4 Bg6 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Qc7 Rd8 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. h3 Qe8 27. Rd4 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.10.17"] [Round "26"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "95"] [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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. Qd1 Ne7 14. Na4 b6 15. Nc3 ({RR} 15. a3 g5 16. g3 h5 17. b4 h4 18. Nc5 Ng6 19. e4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Be7 21. e5 Qg7 22. Kh1 g4 23. Ne1 hxg3 24. hxg3 f5 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Kg1 Raf8 27. Nd3 Bf5 28. Bxg4 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Nh4 {Papasimakopoulos,A (2352)-Bluebaum,M (2695) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (49)}) 15... Rfd8 ({RR} 15... Rfc8 16. Qf1 b5 17. a4 c6 18. Nb1 bxa4 19. Nc3 Bg4 20. Nxa4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rcb8 22. Qe2 a5 23. Qd2 Bb4 24. Qd3 g6 25. b3 Qd6 26. Rc2 Rb5 27. h4 h5 28. g3 Rab8 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Nc3 {Mamedyarov,S (2763)-Eljanov,P (2751) Astrakhan 2010 ½-½ (36)}) 16. Qf1 c6 $146 ({RR} 16... Bc8 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Nd2 Qe6 20. Bf3 Rab8 21. g3 f5 22. Be2 Ra8 23. Bf3 Rab8 24. Be2 Ra8 25. Bf3 Rab8 {½-½ (25) Burmakin,V (2433)-Iljiushenok,I (2522) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2024}) ({RR} 16... Bc8 17. Rc2 Bb7 18. Rac1 Nf5 19. Na4 Re8 20. Bd3 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. g3 Qf6 23. Qh3 Re7 24. Qf5 Qxf5 25. Bxf5 g6 26. Bg4 Rd8 27. Bf3 f5 28. Nc3 c6 29. Na4 b5 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 {Noe,C (2530)-Baum,J (2260) Tegernsee 2021 1-0 (59)}) 17. Na4 Rdb8 18. Rc3 a5 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. a3 Ng6 21. Bd3 Qe6 22. Qd1 Bc7 23. Qc2 Ne7 24. Re1 f5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Bd6 27. Rb1 b5 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Ra4 30. Ne5 Rba8 31. Qe2 Be8 32. Qf3 Ra1 33. Rcc1 Rxb1 34. Rxb1 g6 35. h4 Kg7 36. Qg3 Qd6 37. f4 h5 38. Be2 Ra4 39. Bd1 Rxb4 40. Ra1 Nc8 41. Ra8 Qe6 42. Bxh5 Kf8 43. Bxg6 Bxg6 44. Nxg6+ Ke8 45. Ne5 Kd8 46. Qg7 Ra4 47. Rb8 c5 48. Rb7 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Cup 03rd Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1961.12.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "1961.12.22"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"] [BlackTeam "Daugava"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 {La défense RAGOZIN} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Qd6 7. Nd2 c6 8. e3 O-O (8... Bf5 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. c4 O-O 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Be2 c5 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Qd3 Ngf6 19. cxd5 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. d6 Nh5 24. Bg3 f6 25. Nf3 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Ne4 27. Rh4 Rfe8 28. a4 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Nxd6 30. Rd4 Rd8 31. g4 h6 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kd3 Ke7 34. Nh4 g5 35. Nf3 Rc8 36. Rd5 Nc4 37. Ke4 Nd6+ 38. Kd3 {Sanikidze,T (2549)-Harikrishna,P (2678) Cappelle la Grande 2012 0-1 (64)}) 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 {[%csl Gc5]} Bd8 13. Nb3 $146 (13. Bf4 Qe7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ndxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nd6 Nd5 18. Be5 Rf8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Qg4 f5 21. Bxf5 Ra8 22. Rae1 Qg5 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Qxg5 Bxg5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. f4 Bd8 27. Bd6 Rg8 28. Re6 Bf6 29. Be5 Rge8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rc1 {1-0 (31) Botvinnik,M-Ragozin,V Moscow 1938}) ({RR} 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ndxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nd6 Nd5 18. Be5 Rf8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Qg4 f5 21. Bxf5 Ra8 22. Rae1 Qg5 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Qxg5 Bxg5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. f4 Bd8 27. Bd6 Rg8 {Botvinnik,M-Ragozin,V Moscow 1938 1-0 (31)}) 13... Nf8 {[%CAl Gf8e6,Gf8g6]} 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. b5 $14 Ng6 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nc5 $16 f5 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Rfc1 (21. Rab1) 21... Bb6 22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Rc2 Red8 24. Rac1 $36 {[%csl Gc5] Les pièces Blanches sont nettement plus actives et les Noirs manquent de contre-jeu} Be8 25. Qa6 Ra8 26. a4 $1 {[%CAl Ga4a5]} h5 27. a5 h4 28. Bf4 Nxf4 29. Nxf4 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 {[%csl Re8]} Qf7 (30... g5 31. Re5) 31. Re5 Rab8 32. h3 Rb2 33. Qc4 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Re8] Les Blancs ont une bonne finale} Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Rdb8 35. Rc1 R2b5 (35... Ra2 $5 {[%CAl Gb8b2]}) 36. d5 Bf7 37. Re7 Rb1 38. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 39. Kh2 Bxd5 40. Rxa7 {[%CAl Gf4g6,Gg6h4]} Rb2 41. a6 Rxf2 42. Ng6 f4 43. Nxf4 Kh7 44. Rd7 Ra2 45. a7 {[%csl Rh2] Le ?a7 est trés dangereux mais les Blancs ont perdu une grande partie de leur avantage car le ?h2 est mal placé} Kh6 46. Kg1 g5 47. Rd6+ Kh7 48. Nxd5 cxd5 49. Rxd5 Kg6 50. Rd7 Kf5 51. Kf1 g4 52. hxg4+ Kxg4 53. Rg7+ $1 {[%CAl Gg7g2,Gg7a7,Gf1b1] La ?g7 libère le ? Blanc de la protection du ?g2 et le ? Blanc pourra venir attaquer la ?a2} Kh5 54. Ke1 Kh6 55. Re7 Kg5 56. Kd1 Kf6 57. Rh7 Kg6 58. Rb7 Kg5 59. Kc1 h3 $2 60. gxh3 $18 Kh4 61. Rg7 Kxh3 62. Kb1 Ra6 63. Kb2 Kh4 64. Kb3 Kh5 65. Kb4 Kh6 66. Re7 1-0 [Event "Marianske Lazne"] [Site "Marianske Lazne"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Sliwa, Bogdan Stanislaw"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "CSR"] [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 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3 a5 ({RR} 8... Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qb4 Rc8 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Nfe4 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Qb6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Qxb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Be2 Nac3 23. Bf3 {Grischuk,A (2745)-Ding Liren (2811) chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 8... Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxd3 c6 12. a3 Bd6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rab1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rfd8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Re4 Bf8 20. Qe3 Qf5 21. Re1 Qb5 22. Re2 c5 23. g3 {Villarreal,A (2283)-Tristan,L (2534) Villa Constitucion ARG 2024 0-1 (70)}) 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 Be7 $146 ({RR} 10... Be6 11. O-O Na6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. a3 Bg4 14. Rd2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Bg3 Re8 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Rg1 Nc7 19. Rdd1 Ne6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rg4 Nf6 22. Rg3 Nh5 23. Rg4 b5 24. Rdg1 b4 25. Ne2 {Salimu,R (1860)-Barrish,D (2257) Cape Town RSA 2023 ½-½ (54)}) ({RR} 10... Be6 11. O-O Na6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. a3 Bg4 14. Rd2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Bg3 Re8 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Rg1 Nc7 19. Rdd1 Ne6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rg4 Nf6 22. Rg3 Nh5 23. Rg4 b5 24. Rdg1 b4 25. Ne2 {Salimu,R (1860)-Barrish,D (2257) Cape Town RSA 2023 ½-½ (54)}) 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Bg3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Na6 15. Qd2 Bh4 16. Bxh4 Qxh4 17. f4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Qe7 19. Rae1 f5 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Nd4 Qf7 24. b3 a4 25. Qb4 axb3 26. axb3 Qe7 27. Qc3 Ra2 28. Ra1 Rea8 29. Rxa2 Rxa2 30. Ra1 Rxa1+ 31. Qxa1 Kf7 32. Qa5 Qd7 33. h3 g5 34. g3 gxf4 35. gxf4 Bxb3 36. Qe1 Bc4 37. Qh4 c5 38. Qh5+ Kf8 39. Nxf5 Qd3 40. Qxh6+ Ke8 41. Nd6+ Kd8 42. Qf8+ Kc7 43. Qc8+ Kb6 44. Qxb7+ Ka5 45. Qxe4 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Bd5 47. Qf5 Qf3 48. Qc2 Qxe3 49. Nc4+ Bxc4 50. Qxc4 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qf3+ 52. Kg1 Qg3+ 53. Kf1 Qxh3+ 54. Kf2 Qh2+ 55. Kf3 Qh3+ 56. Ke4 Qh1+ 57. Kf5 Qh5+ 58. Ke6 Qg6+ 59. Ke7 Qh7+ 60. Kd6 Qc7+ 61. Ke6 Kb6 62. Qb3+ Ka5 63. Kd5 Qf7+ 64. e6 Qf5+ 65. Kc6 Qe4+ 66. Kxc5 1-0 [Event "Dortmund 100 Years Schachbund NRW"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1961.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Teschner, Rudolf"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "1961.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Lutz,Christopher} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Nd2 ({RR} 12. a3 a5 13. O-O Be7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Qc2 ({RR} 15. Nc4 Qc7) 15... h6 16. b3 c5 17. axb4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxb4 19. Rd1 Rfb8 20. Ba3 Qb5 21. Rab1 Bf8 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Nf3 Ra7 25. Nd4 ({RR} 25. Rdc1) 25... Rc7 26. g3 Be7 {Lautier,J (2670)-Bareev,E (2729) France 2003 CBM 095 [Lutz,Christopher] ½-½ (112)}) ({RR} 12. O-O Rc8 13. a3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bb5 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 18. axb4 cxd4 ({RR} 18... cxb4 19. e4) 19. b5) 12... Rc8 ({RR} 12... a5) ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Na5) ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Bd6 16. Bd2 a5 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Qc2 h6 19. g3 Rac8 20. O-O c5 21. dxc5 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxc5 23. Rc2 Qd7 24. Rfc1 Be7 25. Rxc8 {½-½ (25) Nagy,G (2463)-Diao,M (2244) Dulles 2025}) 13. a3 ({RR} 13. O-O Be7 14. a3 bxa3 15. b3 Qa6 16. Bxa3 Qxa4 17. bxa4 Ba6 18. Rfc1 c5 19. Nb3 cxd4 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nxd4 Nb8 22. Nb5 Bxa3 23. Nxa7 Bc5 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Nxc8 Kd8 26. Bc6 Kxc8 27. Bxd7+ Kxd7) 13... bxa3 ({RR} 13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. O-O Rc7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nb3 O-O 19. Rd1 Rb8) 14. bxa3 $146 ({RR} 14. b3 Ba6 15. Nc4 Qb5 16. Rxa3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Kd8 18. O-O Rc7 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Bd3 Bc8 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Ba5 Qb8 23. Qd6+ Bd7 24. Ba6 Re8 25. Rc1 {1-0 (25) Tarjan,J (2490)-Silva,F (2340) Odessa 1976}) ({RR} 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Qb3 Qb5 16. Qxb5 cxb5 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Nxa3 Rxb7 19. Bd2) ({RR} 14. b4 Bxb4 15. Bxa3 c5 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. O-O Ke7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxa7) ({RR} 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Qb3 Qb5 16. Qxb5 cxb5 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Nxa3 Rxb7 19. Bd2 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nb6 21. b3 Kd7 22. Ke2 Rc8 23. Rha1 Rcc7 24. Kd3 Nc8 25. Bb4 f5 26. f3 Rc6 27. Bc5 e5 28. R3a2 Rbc7 {Portisch,L-Ree,H Wijk aan Zee 1975 1-0 (40)}) 14... Ba6 15. Rb1 Bb5 16. Qb3 Qa6 17. f4 Be7 18. Kf2 Nb6 19. Re1 Ba4 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 c5 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Bb2 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Rc2 25. Ke2 O-O 26. Bd3 Ra2 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Rc8 29. Ne4 Bc2 30. Nc3 Bxd3+ 31. Kxd3 Bc5 32. a4 Bxd4 33. exd4 g6 34. Rb1 Kg7 35. Rb5 Rc7 36. a5 Nc4 37. a6 Nb6 38. Rc5 Rd7 39. g3 Kf8 40. Nb5 Ke7 41. Rc6 Nd5 42. Kc4 Kd8 43. Kc5 Nf6 44. Kb4 Nd5+ 45. Ka5 Ne7 46. Rd6 Nc8 47. Rc6 Ne7 48. Rc1 Nc8 49. Rb1 Nd6 50. Nxd6 Rxd6 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Kb5 Rxd4 53. Rb7+ Kf6 54. Rxa7 Rd2 55. Rc7 Rxh2 56. a7 Ra2 57. Kb6 Rb2+ 58. Kc6 Ra2 59. Kb7 Rb2+ 60. Kc8 Ra2 61. Kb8 Kf5 62. Rxf7+ Kg4 63. a8=Q Rxa8+ 64. Kxa8 Kxg3 65. Kb7 h5 66. Kc6 h4 67. Kd6 h3 68. Ke5 h2 69. Rh7 Kg2 70. Kxe6 1-0 [Event "New Delhi"] [Site "New Delhi"] [Date "1982.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Parameswaran, Tiruchi Natesan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1982.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Dautov,Rustem} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ne4 11. Bg3 ({RR} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4) 11... Nxg3 ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Rfd1 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qe7 16. Rac1 c5) 12. hxg3 c5 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Qc2 ({RR} 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Bd6 17. f4 Nf6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. a3 Rd8) 13... c5 ({RR} 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 c5) 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nf6 16. Nc3 Qc8 ({RR} 16... Bd6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Nh4 Rfd8 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. e4 Be5 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 g6) 17. Rad1 Qg4 18. e4 Qh5 ({RR} 18... Nxe4 19. Nh2 Qf5 ({RR} 19... Qg6 20. Rd7) 20. Bd3) ({RR} 18... Rad8 19. Rxd8 Bxd8 20. Rd1 Bc7) 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. e5 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qb3 Ng4 23. Bd5 ({RR} 23. Nd5 Bg5) 23... Ba6 ({RR} 23... Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Bg5 25. Qc4) ({RR} 23... c4 24. Qxc4 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Bc5 26. Re2 Qf5 27. Nc3 Bxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Rd2+ 30. Kg1 Rxb2 31. Ne4 b5) 24. Qa4 Bd3 25. Qxa7 Bg5 26. e6 fxe6 27. Bxe6+ {Gelfand,B (2704)-Bologan,V (2627) Cap d'Agde 2002 CBM 092 [Dautov,Rustem] 1-0}) ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qe2 c5 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Ncb5 Qe5 18. a3 a6 19. Nc3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxa6 Bf6 22. f4 Qb8 23. Bc4 Be4 24. Rac1 e5 25. Nb5 Be7 26. Rd7 Bc5 27. b4 {Unzicker,F (2241)-Kristinsson,O (2000) Reykjavik ISL 2025 1-0 (41)}) 13. Qe2 a6 $146 ({RR} 13... Nc6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Ne4 Rfd8 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Ba6 Qe7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qb5 a6 21. Qa4 b5 22. Qf4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Qd6 Nc6 26. Nd2 Ne7 27. Nb3 Nc8 28. Qd8+ {Stahlberg,G-Minev,N Marianske Lazne/ Prague 1954 ½-½ (66)}) ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. exd4 Bb4 15. Rfd1 Bxc3 {½-½ (15) Levin,E (2465)-Nemcova,K (2307) Pardubice 2011}) 14. Rad1 b5 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Bb1 Nd7 17. Qc2 g6 18. dxc5 b4 19. Na4 Nxc5 20. Rd4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rac8 22. Rc4 Rfd8 23. Rc1 Qe5 24. Kg2 Nxa4 25. Rxc8 Nxb2 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Qc8 Qf6 28. Qd7 Kg7 29. Rc8 1-0 [Event "URS-ch25 Semifinal"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1957.11.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Khalilbeili, Sultan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "63"] [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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. c5 b6 ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be5 f5 12. b4 Nhf6 13. Ne2 g5 14. Rg1 Ne4 15. g4 Qe8 16. Nf4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 gxf4 18. gxf5+ Kh7 19. f6 Rxf6 20. f3 Rf5 21. fxe4 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 dxe4 23. Bxe4 {Yuffa,D (2576)-Grigoryan,K (2630) Alicante 2022 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 a5 11. O-O b6 12. cxb6 c5 13. Bg3 Qxb6 14. Na4 Qa7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Rac1 Bb6 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bd6 Re8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. Qc6 {Kim,T (1921)-Park,H (1831) Hong Kong HKG 2025 0-1 (52)}) 9. b4 $146 ({RR} 9. cxb6 cxb6 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. Ne5 Nc4 16. b3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bb1 Qd5 20. Rcd1 Qc5 21. Qg4 Rfd8 22. Bxh6 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Qf5 {Morales Garcia,S (2221)-Cardenas Carbajal,N (2126) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (53)}) ({RR} 9. cxb6 cxb6 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. Ne5 Nc4 16. b3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bb1 Qd5 20. Rcd1 Qc5 21. Qg4 Rfd8 22. Bxh6 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Qf5 {Morales Garcia,S (2221)-Cardenas Carbajal,N (2126) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (53)}) 9... Ne8 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 g6 12. O-O f5 13. a4 a5 14. c6 Ndf6 15. b5 Nd6 16. Ne5 g5 17. f3 Nf7 18. Kh1 Qd6 19. f4 g4 20. h3 h5 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Nxg4 hxg4 23. g3 Kg7 24. Kg2 Qd8 25. Rh1 Qf6 26. Rh4 Rh8 27. Rah1 Rxh4 28. Rxh4 Rb8 29. Kf1 Ra8 30. Qh2 Qg6 31. Ne2 Rb8 32. Bc2 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation ARG-URS"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1954.03.23"] [Round "4"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1954.03.16"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Qb3 ({RR} 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Rfd8 17. Bf3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Ke2 Ke7 21. Rac1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Nc5 b6 25. N5e4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Kd7 27. f4 Ne7 28. Kd3 Kc6 {Novikov,I (2475)-Kaidanov,G (2492) Saint Louis USA 2026 ½-½ (43)}) 14... Qb6 $146 ({RR} 14... Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Bf3 Nc6 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. Qc5 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Be2 {½-½ (21) Babula,V (2562)-Stohl,I (2458) Czech Republic 2022}) ({RR} 14... Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. a3 e5 18. Ndb5 a6 19. Nd6 Be6 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. axb4 Ned5 22. Bxd5 Rxd6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Ra5 Rb6 {½-½ (24) Gagunashvili,M (2584)-Kuzubov,Y (2642) Tornelo INT 2021}) 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bf3 e5 17. Ndb5 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Nf5 19. Nd6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nh4 21. Nxb7 Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 Nh4+ 23. Kh3 Ng6 24. Nd6 Nh7 25. Nf5 Rfc8 26. Rd6 Ng5+ 27. Kg2 Rc4 28. Rxb6 Rg4+ 29. Kf1 h5 30. a4 h4 31. a5 e4 32. a6 Ne5 33. Ke2 Rg2 34. a7 Kh7 35. Rb8 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Ng4 37. Nxe4 Nxe4 38. Kf3 h3 39. Kxe4 Nxf2+ 40. Kd5 Rxh2 41. Rxf7 Rg2 42. Rff8 Ng4 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Nh4+ Kg5 45. Nf3+ Kg6 46. Rxh3 1-0 [Event "Venice"] [Site "Venice"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1969.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c5 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ba6 Ndf6 15. dxc5 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 bxc5 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. b3 $146 ({RR} 19. Qa3 Rac8 20. Nd2 f5 21. Qa6 Rb8 22. b3 Rb6 23. Qa5 Rf8 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qxc5 Qh4 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Rd2 Rbf6 28. Rcc2 Rg6 29. Qc5 Qf6 30. h3 Qf3 31. g3 Rf5 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qc7 h5 {Gasparian,N (2172)-Andriasian,S (2228) Yerevan 2008 ½-½ (41)}) 19... Rab8 20. h3 Rb6 21. Qa5 Rg6 22. b4 Qf6 23. Kf1 Rb8 24. Rc2 Rxb4 25. Qxa7 Kh7 26. Qa3 Qf5 27. Rxc5 Nxc5 28. Qxb4 Qc2 29. Qd2 Qc4+ 30. Kg1 Ne4 31. Qb2 Nc3 32. Rd2 Ra6 33. a3 Ne4 34. Ne5 Qc5 35. Rc2 Qa7 36. Nc6 Qa8 37. Qb5 Nf6 38. Rc3 Ne4 39. Rc2 Nf6 40. Qd3+ g6 41. Ne5 Rxa3 42. Qd4 Ra4 43. Qb2 Ra7 44. Nc6 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Qh8 46. Qd4 Ra6 47. f4 Kg7 48. Ne5 Qd8 49. Rb2 Qe7 50. Rb8 h5 51. Qb2 Qc5 52. Rb7 Qxe3 53. Rxf7+ Kh6 54. Qb4 Rd6 55. Rb7 Ne4 56. Nf7+ 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS 26-38"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1956.06.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Trifunovic, Petar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D56"] [PlyCount "166"] [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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Be2 Rfc8 ({RR} 15... a5 16. Nd2 c5 17. Bf3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc5 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Qc3 Qxb7 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Rd2 23. Rc5 a4 24. Qb5 Rfd8 25. Rc4 R8d5 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Rxa4 Rd1 28. Rc4 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rd1+ 30. Ke2 {Navara,D (2738)-So,W (2765) Saint Louis 2019 0-1 (36)}) 16. Rfd1 c5 17. Qa3 ({RR} 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. h3 Ne4 19. Qe5 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. Ne5 Kf8 22. f3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. e4 Bb7 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. Ke3 Ne8 28. f4 Nd6 29. Bd3 f5 30. Ng6+ Kf7 31. e5 Nc8 {Krivonosov,O (2290)-Povilaitis,T (2150) Parnu EST 2026 ½-½ (38)}) 17... a6 18. h3 $146 ({RR} 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Nxc5 20. Qb4 Qc7 21. Qd4 Bd5 22. Qc3 {½-½ (22) Michalik,P (2505)-Babula,V (2585) Banska Stiavnica 2012}) 18... Rc7 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Nxc5 21. Qb4 Qc7 22. Qd4 a5 23. Ne5 Bd5 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Nb7 26. Qd7 Rc8 27. Ne5 Nc5 28. Qd4 Nb7 29. Qf4 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Nc4 e5 32. Qe4 Nc6 33. a4 f6 34. b3 Ne7 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qe8 Nc8 37. Qe6 Kh8 38. g3 Kh7 39. h4 Kh8 40. Qd5 Kh7 41. Qe6 Qc5 42. Kf1 Qc7 43. Ke2 Kh8 44. g4 Kh7 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 fxg5 47. Qxe5 Qxe5 48. Nxe5 Kh6 49. Kd3 Kh5 50. Kd4 Ne7 51. e4 g4 52. Nc4 Nc6+ 53. Ke3 g3 54. fxg3 Kg4 55. Nxb6 Kxg3 56. Nc4 Kg4 57. Nd6 g5 58. Nc4 Kh5 59. e5 Kg6 60. Ke4 g4 61. Ne3 Kg5 62. Kd5 Ne7+ 63. Kd6 g3 64. Kxe7 Kf4 65. Ng2+ Kf3 66. e6 Kxg2 67. Kd6 Kf1 68. e7 g2 69. e8=Q g1=Q 70. Qb5+ Ke1 71. Qxa5+ Ke2 72. Qe5+ Kd3 73. Qd5+ Ke2 74. Kc6 Qa7 75. Qc5 Qg7 76. a5 Qg6+ 77. Kb5 Qe8+ 78. Kb4 Kd1 79. a6 Qd7 80. a7 Qb7+ 81. Ka5 Qxb3 82. Qg1+ Kc2 83. Qg2+ Kb1 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires International"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1960.07.19"] [Round "18"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1960.06.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [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. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bg3 a6 ({RR} 12... N7f6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bc4 Qh5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd4 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 a6 18. Nb3 Be7 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 b5 21. Bf1 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. f3 Ne8 24. Rb6 Rc7 25. Na5 Bc8 26. Bd3 Kf8 27. Kf2 {Ikonnikov,V (2546)-Bruzon Batista,L (2613) Havana 2003 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Ba6 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Re1 Re8 20. Bh4 Be6 21. Qa4 a6 22. a3 Rf8 23. Ne5 b5 24. Qa5 c4 25. b3 g5 26. Bg3 Bd8 27. Qd2 {Koneru,H (2535)-Kaminskii,D (2138) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (91)}) 13. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 13. Bb1 N7f6 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rcd1 Ne4 17. Rxd4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qc6 19. Rc4 Qb5 20. Qc2 g6 21. a4 Qh5 22. Rc7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bd6 24. Rc6 Bc5 25. b4 Bxb4 26. Kg2 Rfd8 27. Rh1 Qg5 {Mehmeti,D-Solomon,M Istanbul 2000 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 13. Bb1 N7f6 14. Ne2 cxd4 15. Nexd4 Rc8 16. a3 b5 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Rcd1 Qe8 19. Nd2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qd7 23. f3 Rc8 24. Rd1 Qe8 25. e4 Nd7 26. Bf2 Ne5 27. Ba2 Nc4 {Steinbacher,C (2125)-Sheynina,Y (2085) Germany 1998 1-0 (57)}) 13... b5 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ne4 Bf8 18. a3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rdc8 20. Qh5 f5 21. Bd4 Qd8 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Qf6 24. b4 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. f3 g6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. h3 Nf6 29. Ra1 Nd7 30. Bd4 e5 31. Bb2 Ke6 32. Bb1 Nb6 33. e4 Nc4 34. exf5+ gxf5 35. Bc1 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Bxg5 Rd4 38. g4 f4 39. Bf5+ Kd6 40. Re1 Ne3 41. Rxe3 fxe3+ 42. Bxe3 Rd1 43. h4 Rh1 44. Kg3 Ke7 45. h5 Rf1 46. Bf2 Ra1 47. f4 Rxa3+ 48. Kh4 e4 49. Bc5+ Kf7 50. h6 Ra1 51. h7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch29 Final"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1961.12.04"] [Round "12"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1961.11.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 ({RR} 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. cxd5 {½-½ (12) Taimanov,M-Zinn,L Decin 1975}) 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 ({RR} 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Qb3 c6 15. Bd3 Rb8 {½-½ (15) Barbosa,O (2482)-Ostrovskiy,A (2393) New York USA 2024}) 12... Qxe7 13. Qa4 ({RR} 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 c5 15. Qa4 Rfd8 16. Nb3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qa3 a5 19. Nb3 Rac8 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Rb1 Kf8 24. Kf1 Bd5 25. b3 Be6 26. Ke1 Ra8 27. Rc1 a4 {Dyachkov,S (2550)-Rychagov,A (2575) Saratov 2006 ½-½}) 13... c5 14. Ba6 $146 ({RR} 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15. Qa3 Rfd8 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Rd2 Qf6 20. Rcd1 Bb7 21. Qc3 Rac8 22. Bg4 Rb8 23. Be2 Rbc8 24. Nb5 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Nd3 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Bxd3 exd3 28. Nc3 b5 {Schneider,B (2415)-Klovans,J (2445) Germany 1996 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Rfc8 17. Qa3 a5 18. Bg4 a4 19. Nc4 Ra6 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Rd6 Rca8 22. Rcd1 Nf6 23. Qxc5 Nxg4 24. Rxc6 Qh4 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Qf5+ Rg6 28. h3 Nf6 {Gheorghiu,F (2495)-Chudinovskih,A (2315) Lenk 1991 1-0 (39)}) 14... Ndf6 15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 c4 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Ne4 19. R3c2 Nd6 20. b3 f6 21. Ng6 Qf7 22. Nf4 g5 23. Ne2 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Qe6 25. Ng3 f5 26. Nf1 Rc6 27. Nd2 Qc8 28. Qa3 b5 29. Nf3 a5 30. Ne5 Rca6 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Qb2 a4 33. d5 Qf8 34. Nc6 Qg7 35. Qb4 Qf6 36. f3 Rc8 37. Rd1 Kh7 38. e4 fxe4 39. fxe4 Raxc6 40. dxc6 Rxc6 41. Rcd2 Nxe4 1-0 [Event "URS-ch26 Semifinal"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Nikolaevsky, Yuri V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1958.09.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2008"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 Re8 9. a3 a6 10. Bd3 h6 ({RR} 10... Nf8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14. c5 Bd7 15. b4 Be8 16. a4 h6 17. Ne5 g5 18. e4 f6 19. Ng4 Qg7 20. exd5 exd5 21. Re3 Nf4 22. Rde1 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Bg6 24. Qd1 Re8 25. Qf3 {Dizdar,G (2495)-Kovacevic,V (2475) Vinkovci 1993 0-1 (59)}) ({RR} 10... b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bf4 g6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6 Nf8 18. Qh5+ Nh7 19. Ne4 Ra7 20. Ng5 Bf8 21. Nf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxf7 Re7 23. Qh5 Qa5+ 24. b4 Qxa3 25. O-O {Panelo,M (2312)-Prieto Aranguren,A (2279) Gijon ESP 2025 1-0 (38)}) 11. Bf4 Nh5 $146 ({RR} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 Qb6 14. e4 Bb7 15. O-O Rad8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb1 Nf8 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. Rfe1 Rc8 21. h4 Qd8 22. h5 Bc6 23. Re3 Rdc7 24. Ne1 Bg5 25. Rg3 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 {Pedersen,S (2420)-Nolsoe,E (2200) Torshavn 1997 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. O-O N7b6 14. Ba2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxa3 16. Bb1 f5 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. Bxf5 Nd5 19. Bg6 Re7 20. Bg3 Rd7 21. Ne5 Re7 22. e4 Nf6 23. Bh4 Qa5 24. c4 c5 25. Qg3 cxd4 26. Bxf6 {Zhukova,N (2468)-Stojadinov,S (1935) Kragujevac 2013 1-0}) 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxc4 14. Bh7+ Kf8 15. Bg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6 Kg8 17. Nf7 Qd7 18. Nxh6+ Kh8 19. Nf7+ Kg8 20. Ne5 Qd8 21. Qf7+ Kh7 22. Qxh5+ Kg8 23. Ng6 Bf6 24. Ne4 b5 25. h4 Bd7 26. Nd6 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-12 Final A"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1956.09.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Tsvetkov, Alexandar K"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [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 "Bulgaria"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "BUL"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nh7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 11. Qc2 Ng5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 f6 14. f4 Nf7 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. O-O Nd6 17. b3 d4 18. exd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Nf5 20. Rcd1 Qb6 21. Qe2 c5 22. Bb1 Qc6 23. Be4 Qe8 24. Na4 Qe7 25. Qf2 e5 {Busom Isach,C (2244)-Fernandez Pintado,X (2032) Barcelona 2002 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 f5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. O-O a6 14. Ne2 Nhf6 15. Nf4 Qe8 16. h4 Ne4 17. h5 Nef6 18. Ng6 Rf7 19. Be2 Ne4 20. g3 Kh7 21. Kg2 b5 22. Qc6 Rb8 23. Nfe5 Bb7 24. Qc7 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Rc8 {Kalinin,A (2459)-Vlasenkov,M (2079) Kolomna 2008 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 11. O-O Ng5 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. Nxc4 e5 14. Re1 e4 15. Bb1 f5 16. f4 exf3 17. h4 f2+ 18. Kxf2 Ne4+ 19. Nxe4 fxe4+ 20. Kg1 Qxh4 21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Nf6 23. Ne5 Be6 24. Qe2 Qg5 25. a3 Rd8 {Wong,F (1650)-Sklenka,S (1510) Calgary CAN 2023 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. f4 Qe7 14. O-O f5 15. Qf2 Nf6 16. a3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qg3 Bd7 19. Rf2 Rf7 20. Rcf1 Raf8 21. h3 Qd6 22. Qh4 c5 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. cxd5 exd5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 {Schramm,T (2190)-Karassek,J Germany 2005 1-0 (64)}) 11... Ndf6 12. f4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Nc5 Rc7 18. O-O Bc8 19. b4 b6 20. Nd3 Ne4 21. a3 Bb7 22. Ne5 c5 23. f5 Bd5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. b5 Re8 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. bxc6 Rd8 29. Qg4 Nf6 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. Rxc5 Re8 33. Bg4 Rxe3 34. Ra5 Ke7 35. Bf3 Ke6 36. Kf2 Re5 37. Rxe5+ Kxe5 38. Rd1 Ne4+ 39. Ke3 Ng5 40. Rd7 Rxd7 41. cxd7 1-0 [Event "Vinkovci"] [Site "Vinkovci"] [Date "1970.10.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Szabo, Laszlo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1970.10.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {ChessBase} e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 Nxc3 ({RR} 11... N7f6 12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4 b6 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. Rfd1) 12. bxc3 b6 ({RR} 12... c5 13. O-O Qa5 14. Ne5 ({RR} 14. Qe2 a6 15. d5) 14... Nf6 15. Qf3) ({RR} 12... Qa5 13. O-O b5 14. Bd3 Qxa2 15. Ra1 Qb2 16. Nd2) 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe2 Nf6 ({RR} 14... a6 15. Rfd1 b5 16. Bd3 c5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qa5 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rfc8 21. Bf1 cxd4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Nxd4 Bd5 24. Bxa6 Rc1+ 25. Bf1 Nc5 26. Ne2 Ra1 27. Be5 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Bxa2 29. Nc3 {Samadov,R (2522)-Dudin,G (2583) Ankara TUR 2025 ½-½ (31)}) 15. Rfd1 ({RR} 15. Ne5 c5 16. f3 Bd6 17. Bh4 Qc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ng4 f5 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. f4 Qe7 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. Ng3 Rad8 24. Qh5 Qf6 25. Be2 b5 26. Bf3 Bc8 27. Rfd1 a5 28. Qh3 Be7 29. Nh5 Qg6 {Sokolov,I (2635)-Oll,L (2645) Koge 1997 0-1 (43)}) 15... Ne4 16. Bf4 Ba3 $146 ({RR} 16... Qc8 17. Ne5 c5 18. Bb5 ({RR} 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qh3 Bd5 20. Bd3 Be4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qf3 Qb7 23. c4 Rad8 24. Rd3) 18... Nf6 19. c4 Rd8 20. Bg3 a6 21. Ba4 Ra7 22. Qb2 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Qa8 25. a4 ({RR} 25. dxc5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxc5 27. Qc1 Ba3 28. Qc2 Bxg2 ({RR} 28... Be4 29. Qe2) 29. f3 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Qxf3 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Qc5+ Kd8 35. Qb6+) 25... Bxg2 26. dxc5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bxc5 28. Qc3 Rc7 29. Nxf7 Bd6 ({RR} 29... Qf3 30. Bxc7 Bh3 31. Nxh6+ gxh6 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Bf1) ({RR} 29... Ne4 30. Rd8+ Kxf7 31. Rxa8 Nxc3 32. Kxg2) 30. Nxh6+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ {Lputian,S (2540)-Bischoff,K (2500) Altensteig 1989 CBM 014 [ChessBase] 1-0 (37)}) 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Ne5 c5 19. Bd3 cxd4 20. exd4 Nf6 21. Nc4 Rac8 22. Nxa3 Qxa3 23. c4 Rfd8 24. h3 Qa4 25. Be5 Nd7 26. Bg3 Qc6 27. d5 exd5 28. cxd5 Qf6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bb5 Qf5 31. Qe7 Qc2 32. Re1 Qd2 33. Bxd7 Qxd5 34. f3 Rc2 35. Bf2 Rxa2 36. Re5 Qc4 37. Bf5 g6 38. Qxb7 gxf5 39. Qd5 Qxd5 40. Rxd5 Rb2 41. Rxf5 a5 42. Rf6 b5 43. Rxh6 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-02"] [Site "Saltsjobaden"] [Date "1952.10.08"] [Round "15"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Sanchez, Luis Augusto"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D67"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1952.09.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [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. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Ng3 Qb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Rd8+ 17. Ke2 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 19. Rc2 Bd7 20. Bd3 Nd6 21. Rhc1 a5 22. a3 f6 23. Nd2 axb4 24. axb4 e5 25. f3 Ra4 26. Rb2 Ra3 27. Nb1 {½-½ (27) Brinck Claussen,B (2385)-Fries Nielsen,J (2300) Horsens 1978}) 19... Rd2+ 20. Ke1 Rd8 21. f3 Nd6 22. Bb3 f6 23. Nd3 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ne8 25. g4 a5 26. Rhg1 axb4 27. g5 Ra5 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Nf4 Re5 30. Rc4 b6 31. Rc6 Ba6+ 32. Ke1 Ke7 33. Rxb6 Rd6 34. Rxd6 Kxd6 35. Kf2 Nc7 36. Rg7 Rc5 37. Rxh7 Bc4 38. h4 Bxb3 39. axb3 Rc3 40. h5 Rxb3 41. h6 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 e5 43. Nd3 Rb1 44. Kh2 Ra1 45. Rh8 Ra2+ 46. Kg3 Ra1 47. h7 Rh1 48. Rd8+ Kc6 49. h8=Q Rxh8 50. Rxh8 b3 51. Rb8 Nb5 52. Kg4 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-08"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1970.11.27"] [Round "13"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1970.11.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [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 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O a6 13. a4 bxa4 $146 ({RR} 13... b4 14. Nb1 c5 15. Nbd2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nd5 17. Bg3 Rc8 18. Qe2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qa8 20. a5 Rc8 21. Re1 N5f6 22. h3 Bd8 23. Nc4 Be4 24. Nd6 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Rc6 26. Nc4 Bc7 27. Nfe5 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 {Vidmar,M-Stahlberg,G Bad Nauheim 1936 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Qe2 Qa5 15. e4 b4 16. Nb1 Rfe8 17. Nbd2 Rcd8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Qe4 Nf8 22. Nd6 f5 23. Qe2 Qb6 24. Bc4 a5 25. Rfd1 Ng6 26. g3 Rc7 27. h4 Nge7 28. Nd2 {Ruck,R (2572)-Huzman,A (2595) Panormo 2002 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 13... b4 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rc8 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Qf3 Rc7 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. d5 e5 24. Rc1 a5 25. Qf5 Rc7 26. Qd3 h5 27. Qf5 h4 28. g3 {Garcia Granja,J-Kusa,J (2336) Lichess.org INT 2021 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. e4 b4 17. Nb1 c5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nf4 20. Qe3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxe7 22. Nbd2 cxd4 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nc4 Qc5 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Bb7 27. Ncd2 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 {Kamishov,M-Zagoriansky,E Leningrad 1938 1-0 (68)}) 14. Nxa4 Qa5 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Ne4 g5 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Nc5 gxh4 19. Nxb7 Qg5 20. Qf3 Rc7 21. Bxa6 Qd5 22. Qf4 1-0 [Event "URS-ch28 Final & Zonal"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1961.02.07"] [Round "18"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Lutikov, Anatoly S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D62"] [PlyCount "73"] [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. d4 {Postny,Evgeny} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 ({RR} 8... Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3) 9. Nxd4 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 ({RR} 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. h3 Rac8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bc4 Be8 18. Bb3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxd8+) 11... e5 ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Na4 ({RR} 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. Nxb3) 14... Qa5 ({RR} 14... Bxa4 15. Qxa4 Rfd8) 15. Qc5 Qxa4 16. b3 b6 17. Qxe7 Qa5 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Qa3 Qe5 20. h3 ({RR} 20. a5 Rac8 ({RR} 20... Qxa5 21. Qxa5 bxa5 22. Rxa5) 21. axb6 axb6 22. Qa7 Qc5) 20... Rad8 21. Rac1 a5 22. Nf3 Qb8 23. Qd6 Qa8 ({RR} 23... b5 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Ne5) 24. Qxb6 Rb8 25. Qc7 Rec8 26. Qd6 {Moiseenko,A (2665)-Iordachescu,V (2609) Warsaw 2005 CBM 108 [Postny,Evgeny] 1-0 (39)} {RR} Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rxb3 28. Ne5 Be8 29. Bf3 Qb8 30. Qxb8 Rxb8) ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. O-O Ned5 13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Bf3 Nb6 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qxc8 Bxc8 22. Nb5 a6 23. Na7 g6 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Bxb7 a5 26. h3 {Kryakvin,D (2456)-Antipov,F (2230) Sochi RUS 2025 1-0 (41)}) 12. Nf3 Qa5 $146 ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Ng5 g6 15. Bc4 Nc5 16. Rd6 Bf5 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. e4 Rxd6 19. Qxd6 Qb4 20. Bxf7+ Kg7 21. exf5 Nb3+ 22. Bxb3 Qxd6 23. Nce4 Qb4 24. fxg6 Kxg6 25. Kb1 Nd4 26. Bd1 Rc8 27. Nf3 {Koziak,V (2415)-Pyda,Z (2315) Krynica 1998 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rac1 Bf5 15. Qa4 Nc6 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Qa3 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. Nde4 Qb8 22. Nd5 f5 23. Ng3 e4 24. h3 Nh6 25. Nh5 Re8 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Ne7+ {Flohr,S-Dreibergs,L Kemeri 1939 1-0 (41)}) 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rfc1 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Nc6 19. Nc5 e4 20. Nh4 Rfd8 21. Nxb7 Rd2 22. Rxc6 Rxe2 23. Rac1 h5 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. g5 Nd7 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Kf7 28. Nd6+ Ke6 29. Nxe4 Rxb2 30. a4 Rb4 31. Nc3 Kd6 32. Ra8 Rc4 33. Nb5+ Ke5 34. Rxa7 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Nc5 36. Rc7 h4 37. a5 1-0 [Event "URS-ch20 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1952.12.16"] [Round "12"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D63"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1952.11.29"] [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 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Rc1 dxc4 $146 ({RR} 6... c6 7. f4 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd2 N7f6 12. Nf3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rb1 Rae8 18. Ne5 Bc8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rf2 Nf7 21. Qa5 {Lange,M-Speijer,A Hilversum 1903 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 6... c6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. O-O N6d7 14. f4 Nb6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Bh4 Qc7 18. Nc3 Be6 19. a4 a5 20. g4 Bxe5 21. dxe5 {Fedoseev,V (2691)-Nogerbek,K (2471) Doha QAT 2023 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 6... h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 exd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Qe2 Nfe4 16. Be5 Qf5 17. Bd4 Ne6 18. Rfd1 g4 19. Ne5 Nxd4 20. exd4 Bg5 21. Nxe4 {Hebden,M (2351)-Lucchi,L (2027) Peterborough ENG 2026 ½-½ (79)}) ({RR} 6... c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. Nf3 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Qc2 Qc6 14. f3 Ng4 15. Nd5 exd5 16. fxg4 O-O 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Qd3 Rae8 19. Bxd5 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bxc1 21. Bxc1 {Heemskerk,J-Trimborn,C Hilversum 1903 0-1}) 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Rcd1 Nfd5 15. Bc1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Rd3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Rh3 b4 20. Rd1 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nd5 22. Bd2 Bg5 23. Rg3 Bh4 24. Rh3 Bg5 25. Qd3 f5 26. Bxg5 Qxg5 27. Rg3 Qe7 28. Qd2 Rc7 29. Nd3 Nc3 30. Nc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Rd8 33. Qa5 Kf8 34. Bxe6 g6 35. d5 Qd6 36. h3 Bc8 37. Re1 Re8 38. Qc3 Bxe6 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. dxe6+ Rxe6 41. Qxh7+ Kf6 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Rb1 Re7 44. a4 Qc5 45. Qh7+ 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1981.01.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Ree, Hans"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D64"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1981.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "12"] [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. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfd1 c5 ({RR} 14... Rfd8 15. Be2 Qf8 16. Qc2 h6 17. a3 {½-½ (17) Bronstein,L (2380)-Soppe,G (2430) Buenos Aires 1994}) 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Qa3 a6 17. h3 $146 ({RR} 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Rxc5 Nxc5 19. Qb4 Qc7 20. Qd4 Bd5 21. Rc1 a5 22. b3 h6 23. Ne5 Rd8 24. Qc3 Qe7 25. f3 Qf6 26. Bb5 Bb7 27. Bf1 Bd5 28. Be2 h5 29. Bf1 h4 30. h3 g6 31. Nd3 Qxc3 {Gaprindashvili,N (2325)-Fatalibekova,E (2120) Yerevan 1985 ½-½ (35)}) 17... h6 18. Rc2 Kf8 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Nxc5 21. Qb4 Qc7 22. Qd4 Rc8 23. Ne5 Kg8 24. Bh5 f6 25. Ng6 Bd5 26. b3 a5 27. Bg4 Re8 28. Nf4 Be4 29. Nxe6 Qc6 30. Nxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. Rc1 f5 33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. gxf3 Rc8 35. Rc4 Kf7 36. Kf1 Ke6 37. Ke2 Kd5 38. Ra4 Ra8 39. h4 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kd3 Ra7 42. f4 g4 43. e4+ Ke6 44. Ke3 Ra8 45. Rc4 Rc8 46. exf5+ Kxf5 47. Ke2 Rc7 48. Kf1 Rd7 49. Rxc5+ Kxf4 50. Kg2 Rd2 51. Rxa5 Rc2 52. Ra4+ Kg5 53. Rc4 Rxa2 54. Kg3 1-0 [Event "URS-ch29 Final"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1961.11.27"] [Round "8"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D56"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1961.11.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nf6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O Rd8 $146 ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. e4 Ng4 16. Bb3 Qh5 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 Nxe5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. f4 Ng6 22. g3 Bc6 23. Nc3 h5 24. h4 a6 25. Kf2 Nf8 26. Ke3 Nd7 27. e5 {Ulko,J (2451)-Danielian,O (2530) Moscow 2010 ½-½ (85)}) 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. h3 Rac8 18. a3 Be8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Qd6 22. Be4 b6 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Qa6 Ne7 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Nd2 Nd6 28. Bd5 Qc7 29. Bc4 Bd7 30. Bf1 Be6 31. Qd3 g6 32. g3 Kf8 33. Kh2 Ke7 34. Bg2 Qc1 35. b4 f5 36. e4 Qb2 37. Qe3 g5 38. exf5 Nxf5 39. Qd3 Qd4 40. Qc2 Qd7 41. Nf3 Kf6 42. Qe4 Qd6 43. Qa8 Qc7 44. Qh8+ Qg7 45. Qb8 e4 46. Qe5+ Kf7 47. Qxe4 Qb2 48. g4 Ne7 49. Qh7+ Ke8 50. Qxh6 Bd5 51. Qxg5 Qxa3 52. Qf4 a5 53. Qb8+ Kd7 54. Qa7+ Ke8 55. Ne5 Be6 56. Qxb6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch17 Semifinal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Shamaev, Leonid Ivanovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D51"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1949.05.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c6 7. e3 Bb4 8. a3 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 O-O 14. O-O e5 15. Rfd1 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb6 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Rxb6 axb6 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Qg6 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qf5 22. Qd6 Bd7 {Prasanna Raghuram,R (2460)-Rapport,J (2352) Caleta 2016 0-1}) 8... Be7 ({RR} 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 a5 14. c5 Nd7 15. b5 f6 16. Be2 Kf7 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 e5 19. Rb1 Re8 20. Bg4 exd4 21. bxc6 dxe3+ 22. fxe3 bxc6 23. Bxd7 {Gerl,H (1954)-Kurpiela,F (1782) Altenkirchen 2022 0-1 (65)}) 9. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Nb5 Nb6 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Nxa8 18. O-O Nf6 19. Qa4 Nd7 20. Qxa7 Nab6 21. Ne5 Nc4 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Qa8+ Kc7 {Novakovic,N-Zaloznik S,D Ljubljana 2010 1-0}) 9... b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Ne8 13. Bg3 Nd6 14. Ne5 Nf5 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. f4 Bc5 20. Kf2 Kg7 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. b4 Be7 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Qb2 Qb8 25. Nb5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Qc3 Bd7 29. Nd4 Kf8 30. Nf5 exf5 31. e6 Ke8 32. Qh8+ Bf8 33. exd7+ Kxd7 34. Qf6 Qd6 35. Qxf7+ Be7 36. Qxf5+ Kc7 37. Bg4 b5 38. Qd3 a6 39. Bf3 gxf4 40. gxf4 1-0 [Event "Budapest2"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Bilek, Istvan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1965.02.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [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. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. g3 Qxc5 12. Bg2 Nbc6 13. O-O $146 ({RR} 13. Rc1 e5 14. O-O Bf5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Qa3 f6 18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. Nc5 Bf7 20. e3 Rab8 21. Bh3 Qb4 22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23. a3 Nd3 24. Nxd3 Rxd3 25. Rc7 Kf8 26. Rfc1 Nd5 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 {Gelfand,B (2733)-Jakovenko,D (2753) Odessa 2009 ½-½ (49)}) 13... b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qa4 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. a3 Nbd5 18. Nb5 Ba6 19. Nbd4 Rac8 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Ndc6 Nxc6 22. Nxc6 Re8 23. Nxa7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxe2 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rc8 Kf8 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Nc6 g5 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Kd7 31. Nd4 Bg4 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. b3 Kg6 35. Nc6 Be6 36. b4 Kh5 37. Nd8 b5 38. Kd4 Kg4 39. Ke5 h5 40. f5 f6+ 41. Kxe6 1-0 [Event "WchT Students unofficial (01)"] [Site "Liverpool"] [Date "1952.04.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Pastuhoff, Oleg"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1952.04.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bf4 ({RR} 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Rd1 Nxc5 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Be2 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qxe4 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 Rfd8 18. b3 Nf6 19. Qc2 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qa5 21. Bf3 Rd8 {Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Kramnik,V (2792) Paris 2018 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 7. Bh4 a6 8. Rd1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Bf3 Qc8 12. e4 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bxh4 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nf3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Be7 18. O-O O-O 19. Ne4 Nb6 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Rg4+ Kh8 {Wang,S (2426)-Golubovic,B (2318) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 7... c6 8. h3 a6 9. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf3 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. b4 O-O 17. Rb1 Bd7 18. Qc5 Ne8 19. Nf3 Qe6 20. Ne5 Nd6 21. O-O Be8 22. a4 f6 23. Nf3 Bd7 {Zimmermann,R (2203)-Rohne,L (2147) Germany 2019 1-0 (57)}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bh2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qc7 Qxc7 18. Rxc7 Rd8 19. Rac1 Kf8 20. g4 g5 21. Kg2 f6 22. h4 Ke7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Kg3 Rh8 25. e4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Rb8 27. d5 e5 28. Bf5 Kd8 29. Nd2 Nb6 30. d6 Bxf5 31. gxf5 Rc8 32. R1c6 Rb8 33. Ne4 Nd7 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Rc7+ Kd8 36. Nc5 Re8 37. Rd7+ Kc8 38. Re7 Rh8 39. Rc7+ Kd8 40. Ne6+ 1-0 [Event "URS-ch27 Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1960.02.16"] [Round "14"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Sakharov, Yuri N"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1960.01.26"] [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 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Ned2 cxd4 13. exd4 a5 14. Nc4 Be7 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. Bg3 Ba6 $146 ({RR} 17... N7b6 18. Ncd2 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Nb3 Nxa4 21. Qa1 Nab6 22. Nxa5 Ba6 23. Rc1 Qa8 24. Bxa6 Qxa6 25. Nc6 Qxa1 26. Rxa1 Rc8 27. Nxe7+ Nxe7 28. Bd6 Ned5 29. Bc5 Nd7 30. g3 f6 31. Ra5 Nxc5 32. dxc5 {Palac,M (2571)-Feletar,D (2394) Zadar 2005 1-0 (45)}) 18. Qb3 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 h6 20. Rfc1 Bg5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Qd1 Rfd8 23. h4 Qe7 24. Be4 N7f6 25. Bf3 Ne8 26. Rc5 Qf6 27. Be4 Ra7 28. Qg4 Qe7 29. Qe2 Ndf6 30. Be5 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Nf6 32. Qf4 Nd5 33. Qg4 f6 34. Bg3 Qf7 35. h5 Kh7 36. Re1 Ra6 37. Qe2 Rda8 38. Qc2+ f5 39. Qe2 f4 40. Qc2+ g6 41. Bh4 Kg7 1-0 [Event "Dortmund 100 Years Schachbund NRW"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1961.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Trifunovic, Petar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "1961.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Bulletin} c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 ({RR} 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Bxb5+ Bd7) 10... exd5 ({RR} 10... c4 11. dxe6 fxe6) 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bg5 f6 ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Nxd5+ Kf8 15. Be4 Bb7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Nf4 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Bxe4 19. Qxd7 Re8 {1-0 (19) Yakovich,Y (2560)-Lazic,M (2430) Munich 1992}) ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Nxd5+ Kf8 15. Be4) 13. exf6 Ngxf6 ({RR} 13... Ndxf6 14. h3 Nh6 15. Qe2+ ({RR} 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxd5 Bb7) ({RR} 15. O-O d4 ({RR} 15... Be7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxd5) 16. Re1+ Be7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd5) 15... Qe7 ({RR} 15... Be7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxd5) 16. Bxf6 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 gxf6 18. Nxd5 Kf7 19. Be4 ({RR} 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8) 19... f5 20. Ne5+ Ke6 21. f4 ({RR} 21. Nc7+ Kxe5 22. Bxa8 Bd6 23. f4+ Kxf4 24. Nd5+ Kg3) 21... fxe4 22. Nc7+ Kf5 23. Nxa8 Kxf4 24. Nf7 Nxf7 25. Rhf1+ Ke5 ({RR} 25... Kg3 26. Rxf7 Be6 27. Ra7 Bc4+ 28. Ke3 Bd3 29. Rxa6 Be7) 26. Rxf7 Be6 27. Raf1 ({RR} 27. Ra7 Bc4+ 28. Ke3 Bh6+) 27... Bc4+ 28. Ke1 {Pachman,L-Trifunovic,P Bled 1961 MCL [Bulletin] 0-1 (38)}) ({RR} 13... gxf6 14. Bf4) 14. Nxd5 Be7 15. Nf4 $146 ({RR} 15. Nxe7 Qxe7+ 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O Nb6 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Bh4 Bb7 20. Rc1 Rad8 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Bg3 {½-½ (22) Cocchi,A-Taruffi,D (2365) Barcellona PG 1981}) ({RR} 15. Bf5 Bb7 16. Ne3 O-O 17. O-O Kh8 18. Re1 c4 19. Qe2 Bb4 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Red1 Qe7 22. Ng5 Qe5 23. Qc2 Bc5 24. Ne6 Ne4 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxh7 Ne4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Qc3 Qf4 29. f3 Bd3 {Drozd,R-Najdekier,A Warsaw 1964 1-0 (41)}) 15... Nb6 16. O-O O-O 17. Re1 c4 18. Bc2 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bb4 20. Re2 Bg4 21. a3 Bc5 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 h6 24. Bh4 g5 25. Ne6 gxh4 26. Nxc5 Nbd5 27. Rd4 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Kf1 a5 30. Rxh4 Kg7 31. Nb7 Re6 32. Nxa5 Ra6 33. Nb7 c3 34. Nc5 Ra7 35. bxc3 Rxa3 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Nd4 Rxc3 38. Rxh6 Rc4 39. Rh4 b4 40. Bb3 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Rc3 42. Re4 Rd3 43. Bxd5+ Nxd5 44. Nc6 Rb3 45. f4 Rb2 46. Rd4 Ne3+ 47. Kf3 Nc2 48. Re4 Rb1 49. Re7+ Kf6 50. Rb7 b3 51. Rb6 Kg7 52. f5 b2 53. f6+ Kf8 54. f7 Kg7 55. Ne5 Nd4+ 56. Kg2 Ne6 57. Rxe6 Rg1+ 58. Kxg1 b1=Q+ 59. Kg2 Qf5 60. Re8 Qg5+ 61. Kf3 Qf5+ 62. Ke3 Qg5+ 63. Ke2 Qh5+ 64. Ke1 Kh7 65. Rh8+ 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-02"] [Site "Saltsjobaden"] [Date "1952.09.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Prins, Lodewijk"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D50"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1952.09.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [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. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Qe3 Nxd5 9. exd5 Bxg5 10. f4 Nb4 11. O-O-O Be7 12. dxe6 Qc7 13. exf7+ Kf8 $146 ({RR} 13... Kxf7 14. a3 Na2+ 15. Kc2 Bf5+ 16. Bd3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Qc6 19. Nf3 Qa4+ 20. Kd2 Rhd8 21. Nd4 Qxa3 22. Qe6+ Kf8 23. Rb1 b6 24. Rb5 Bf6 25. g4 Rac8 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Rxb3 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 {Hybl,J-Blatny,F Prague 1963 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 13... Kxf7 14. Nf3 Nxa2+ 15. Kb1 Bf5+ 16. Kxa2 Qa5+ 17. Kb3 Qb4+ 18. Ka2 Qa5+ {½-½ (18) Tatevosian,E-Martirosian,A Yerevan 1981}) 14. a3 Na2+ 15. Kb1 Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Bf5+ 17. Bd3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Rd8 19. Kc2 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Kxf7 21. Nf3 Bxd3+ 22. Kxd3 Rd8+ 23. Kc2 Rd5 24. a4 Ra5 25. Kb3 b5 26. Ne5+ Kf6 27. axb5 Rxb5+ 28. Kc4 Rb2 29. g3 a5 30. Ra1 h5 31. Rxa5 Rxh2 32. g4 Bd6 33. g5+ Ke6 34. Nf3 Rf2 35. f5+ Kf7 36. Ra7+ Kg8 37. Ra8+ Bf8 38. Nd4 h4 39. f6 gxf6 40. g6 Kg7 41. Ne6+ Kxg6 42. Rxf8 Kh7 43. Rd8 h3 44. Rd3 h2 45. Rh3+ Kg6 46. Nd4 f5 47. Kd3 f4 48. Ke4 1-0 [Event "URS-ch37 Semifinal"] [Site "Rostov on Don"] [Date "1969.05.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Bukhman, Eduard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1969.05.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qd3 ({RR} 10. Qd2 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+ 24. Kf2 Qxh1 {Oll,L (2615)-Vaganian,R (2645) Moscow 1994 ½-½ (56)}) 10... Bd7 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. Be2 g5 $146 ({RR} 12... Rhe8 13. O-O Kb8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qg5 {½-½ (15) Vladimirov,B-Kholmov,R Leningrad 1967}) 13. O-O Qf4 14. a3 Qxe3 15. fxe3 f5 16. b4 g4 17. Ne1 h5 18. Nd3 Be8 19. Bd1 Rh6 20. Bc2 Ne7 21. b5 Rf6 22. a4 Ng6 23. Rf2 c6 24. Rb1 Rf7 25. Nc5 Rf6 26. bxc6 Bxc6 27. d5 exd5 28. Bxf5+ Kb8 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Nd7+ Rxd7 31. Bxd7 Rd6 32. Bf5 Bc6 33. a5 a6 34. Bc2 Ne5 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Nc4 37. Rf8+ Kc7 38. Kf2 Nxa5 39. Rf5 Nc4 40. Rxh5 a5 41. Be2 1-0 [Event "Tallinn"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1975.03.06"] [Round "13"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Lengyel, Levente"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "1975.02.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "11"] [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. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bb3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 ({RR} 14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Re1 Be6 17. Qf3 Qd6 18. h3 Rac8 19. Rc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Qa5 a6 22. Nf3 Bd8 23. Qd2 Bb6 24. Qd3 Ba5 25. Rd1 Qf4 26. Qe3 Qc7 27. Ne5 Bb6 28. Qf3 Bxd4 29. Nd3 {Akbas,U (2141)-Diaz Camallonga,C (2463) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (126)}) 15. dxe5 Be6 $146 ({RR} 15... Bf5 16. Qf3 Qg5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rae8 19. f4 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Qd4 Nb6 22. e6 f5 23. Rcd1 Kh7 24. Qe5 g6 25. Rd6 Rd8 26. Red1 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qg7 28. a4 Qxe5 29. fxe5 a5 30. Kf2 {McKay,R (2370)-MacArainn,G (2055) Clarkston 2003 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 15... Qxd1 16. Rcxd1 Bf5 17. Rd4 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Re8 20. f4 Kf8 21. Kf2 Ke7 22. h3 {½-½ (22) Zaja,I (2481)-Cvitan,O (2499) Porec 2016}) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. Nd6 Rd7 20. f4 Nc8 21. Ne4 Rd4 22. Nc5 Rdxf4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Nxb7 Ne7 26. a3 Rd4 27. Na5 Rd2 28. Nc4 Re2 29. Kf1 Re4 30. b3 Rd4 31. Ke2 Rd5 32. b4 Kh7 33. Rc3 Kg6 34. Kf3 c5 35. b5 Nc8 36. g4 Nb6 37. Na5 c4 38. a4 Rxe5 39. Nc6 Rc5 40. Nxa7 Nxa4 41. Re3 Kf6 42. Ke2 c3 43. Rf3+ Kg5 44. Rf1 c2 45. Kd2 Kxg4 46. Nc6 Rxb5 47. Nd4 Rb1 48. Rc1 Rxc1 49. Kxc1 Nc5 50. Kxc2 Kh3 51. Kc3 Kxh2 52. Kc4 Nd7 53. Nxe6 g5 54. Kd5 g4 55. Ke4 g3 56. Nd4 g2 57. Kf5 h5 58. Nf3+ Kg3 59. Ng1 h4 60. Ne2+ Kh2 61. Kg5 h3 62. Kg4 Ne5+ 63. Kh4 Nf3+ 1-0 [Event "Match/City Leningrad-Moscow"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1959.05.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. h4 c5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. g4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qd6 $146 ({RR} 14... g6 15. g5 Nb4 16. Qe2 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 hxg5 18. h5 Kg7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Rdg1 Bc8 21. Qd2 Rh8 22. Rxh8 Qxh8 23. Nxd5 Qh5 24. Qc3 Bd7 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. d5+ Ke7 27. d6+ Kf8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Rxg5 {Murali Krishnan,B (2323)-Sudhakar,K (2175) Chennai 2000 1-0}) 15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 g6 18. g5 Bc8 19. Ka1 Bf5 20. Qd2 Bg4 21. Nb5 Qe6 22. Rde1 Qf5 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 h5 25. Nd6 Qe6 26. Re3 Rad8 27. Rc1 Rd7 28. Qd4 Bh3 29. Rf3 Re7 30. a3 Rd8 31. Rf6 Qg4 32. Qxd5 Qxh4 33. Rxg6+ Kf8 34. Qf3 Qd4 35. Qxh5 1-0 [Event "CSR-ch35 International01"] [Site "Harrachov"] [Date "1966.06.04"] [Round "6"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Augustin, Josef"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D56"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1966.05.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "CSR"] [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. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 c6 13. Bd3 Bb7 ({RR} 13... Ba6 14. O-O Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rc8 16. Rc2 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Qd6 18. h3 c5 19. b3 Rc7 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Rdc1 Rac8 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. Qb5 Qb6 25. Qa4 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Ne5 Rdd6 28. Nxc6 {Czyz,A (1936)-Majewski,D Katowice POL 2026 1-0 (66)}) 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rc2 $146 ({RR} 15. Bf5 Nf6 16. Ne5 c5 17. Qa3 Rfe8 18. f4 c4 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rf3 b5 21. Qd1 Bc8 22. Bb1 Bg4 23. Nxg4 Nxg4 24. Qc2 Nf6 25. g4 Ne4 {½-½ (25) Stickler,A (2250)-Schmidt,G (2265) Germany 1992}) ({RR} 15. Rfe1 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Red1 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Bf5 Ne4 20. Qd3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qb4 22. Qe2 Qe7 23. g3 Nd6 24. Qg4 Nc4 25. b3 Nxe3 26. Re1 Nxg4 27. Rxe7 Bc8 28. Bxg4 Bxg4 29. Rxa7 Rc8 {Van Scheltinga,T-Landau,S Netherlands 1939 1-0 (75)}) 15... Rfe8 16. Rfc1 g6 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Rc3 Qd6 19. Qe2 a5 20. h4 Re6 21. h5 Qe7 22. a3 a4 23. Qd1 Rf6 24. Bc2 b5 25. Bd3 Re6 26. Bf1 Nb6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Bxb5 cxb5 29. Rc7 Nc4 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Ne5 Bc8 32. Qe1 1-0 [Event "URS-ch20 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1952.12.04"] [Round "5"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Goldenov, Boris Petrovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D54"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1952.11.29"] [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 {Chekhov,Valery A} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 ({RR} 7... b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne2) ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. Nf3) 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Nc3 f5) ({RR} 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6) 9... Nxc3 10. Rxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. O-O ({RR} 13. Bb1 Re8 14. O-O Nf8 15. a3 Bd7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. b4 a6 18. Kh1 Bc8 19. Qb3 Rd6 20. a4 Bd7 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rf6 23. Bd3 Ne6 24. b5 c5 25. Qxd5 cxd4 26. exd4 Nf4 27. Qc4 axb5 {Kortschnoj,V (2625)-Vaganian,R (2615) Luzern 1993 ½-½}) ({RR} 13. Bb1 Nf6 14. f3 Bd7 15. Qd3 Rfe8 16. O-O b5 17. Kf2 b4 18. Rc5 Qd6 19. Ng3 Re7 20. Kg1 Rae8 21. Re1 g6 22. Qd2 h5 23. Nf1 Qb8 24. Qf2 Kg7 25. Qh4 Qb6 26. Qf4 Qb8 27. Qxb8 Rxb8 {Damljanovic,B (2362)-Ciric,P (2271) Belgrade SRB 2026 1-0 (75)}) 13... Nf6 14. Qb1 Re8 $146 ({RR} 14... Bg4 15. Ng3 a5 16. a3 h5 17. h3 h4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Ne8 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bd3 Nd6 22. b4 g6 23. Rc5 Rfc8 24. bxa5 Ra7 25. Qb4 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. a6 b5 28. a4 Rxa6 29. axb5 {Sliwa,B-Dzieciolowski,A Warsaw 1957 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 14... a5 15. a3 Bd7 ({RR} 15... Bg4 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bxe2 18. Bxe2 Ne4 19. Rc2 Ra4) 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ra4 18. Rb3 ({RR} 18. b5 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Rb4 20. Rb3 Bxb5 21. Rxb4 Bxe2) 18... Rfa8 ({RR} 18... b5 19. Nc3 Ra7) 19. b5 g6 ({RR} 19... c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Nd4 Ng4 23. Nf3 Ne5) 20. bxc6 Bxc6 ({RR} 20... bxc6 21. Rb8+ Kg7) 21. Bb5 Ra2 22. Nc3 R2a3 23. Rc1 Ng4 24. Rxa3 ({RR} 24. h3 Nxe3 25. Re1 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Ra3 ({RR} 26... Qa3 27. Qxa3 Rxa3 28. Rxe3) 27. Qb2 Nc4) 24... Rxa3 25. Nd1 Qc7 ({RR} 25... Qd6) 26. g3 Qa5 ({RR} 26... Kg7 27. h3 Nf6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Qb4 Ra6) 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. h3 Nf6 29. Rxc6 {Euwe,M-Medina Garcia,A London 1946 MCL [Chekhov,Valery A] 1-0 (44)}) 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Qd6 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Ng3 h5 19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 a5 21. Rc7 b6 22. Nf5 Qb4 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Nd6 Red8 25. h3 Ra3 26. Be2 Be6 27. R1c6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Bf5 29. g4 Be4 30. f3 Bg6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rdd8 Bb1 33. Ra8 Rxe3 34. Kf2 Re6 35. Bd1 Bd3 36. g5 b3 37. Bxb3 Re2+ 38. Kg3 h4+ 39. Kxh4 Rg2 40. Rh8+ Kg6 41. gxf6 Kxf6 42. f4 Kf5 1-0 [Event "Bucharest Int 12th"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "1973.03.18"] [Round "11"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Fichtl, Jiri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "1973.03.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [EventCategory "8"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2011"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 a6 8. Rd1 ({RR} 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. a4 {½-½ (9) Nikolaidis,I (2530)-Miladinovic,I (2560) Karditsa 1996}) 8... b5 ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 b5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Ra7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rc7 20. Rd6 f6 21. Red1 fxe5 22. f3 Qg5 23. Qc3 {Nguyen,T (2274)-Tran,T (1869) Ho Chi Minh City 2021 1-0 (56)}) 9. c5 a5 10. Be2 $146 ({RR} 10. a3 b4 11. Na2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. O-O bxa3 14. bxa3 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rb1 O-O 17. Rb7 Qd8 18. Rfb1 Qc8 19. Nc3 f5 20. Ne2 g5 21. h4 h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Ne5 Nexc5 24. Ng6 Qxb7 {Kacheishvili,G (2582)-Barnett,A (2254) Orlando 2011 1-0 (38)}) 10... b4 11. Na4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. O-O O-O 14. a3 bxa3 15. bxa3 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rb1 Ra7 18. Nb6 f6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rb6 Rc8 21. Rfb1 Kf7 22. Ne1 Kg8 23. Nd3 Ng5 24. Rb8 Nf7 25. R1b6 Nd8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Qa4 Qa8 28. h3 Kf7 29. f4 Ke7 30. Kh2 Kd7 31. Qd1 h6 32. Qg4 Ke8 33. f5 exf5 34. Qxf5 Rb7 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Qg3 Qc8 37. Qd6+ Ke8 38. Nf4 Qc7 39. Qxc7 Rxc7 40. Kg3 g5 41. Nh5 Kf7 42. Kf3 Ne6 43. g4 Ng7 44. Ng3 Kg6 45. Ra6 f5 46. Rxa5 fxg4+ 47. hxg4 h5 48. Nxh5 Nxh5 49. gxh5+ Kxh5 50. Ra8 Rf7+ 51. Kg3 Re7 52. Rh8+ Kg6 53. Kf2 Rf7+ 54. Ke2 g4 55. Rc8 Kg5 56. Rxc6 g3 57. Rc8 Kg4 58. c6 Kh3 59. Rh8+ Kg2 60. e4 Re7 61. Kd3 1-0 [Event "Leningrad-ch"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Karasev, Vladimir I"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "2480"] [BlackElo "2325"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "1987.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [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. Bh4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bg3 ({RR} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qc2 c6 14. Rab1 a5 15. Nc3 Be6 16. a3 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Nb6 18. Ne2 Ra7 19. Nf4 a4 20. Qc3 Bd7 21. Qb4 Nc8 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 {Bogner,S (2552)-Adams,M (2753) Germany 2014 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Nf3 b6 12. Be4 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qb3 Nd7 16. a4 Rac8 17. Rfb1 Qe4 18. Rd1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc7 20. h3 Rdc8 21. a5 Nf6 22. axb6 axb6 {Kraczek,C (2228)-LAPITE,O (2228) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (33)}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Qa5 $146 ({RR} 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Nd7 12. Qf3 Nf6 13. Ne2 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Be4 Rd8 16. Rb1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. O-O Rd7 19. Rb5 b6 20. Rc1 Ba6 21. Rb2 Rc8 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Ng3 Rxd4 24. Nf1 Rdc4 25. Rb3 {Nikulich,O (1986)-Zhong,K (1967) Montreal 2019 0-1 (46)}) 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qb3 b6 15. a4 Bb7 16. Bb5 Rac8 17. f4 a6 18. Bf2 Na7 19. Bd3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Rfb1 Bd8 22. c4 Rd7 23. d5 Ra8 24. Bxb6 Bxb6+ 25. Rxb6 Nc8 26. Rb3 exd5 27. c5 Ne7 28. Nd4 Rc7 29. Rab1 Bc8 30. c6 g6 31. Rb6 Kg7 32. a5 Nf5 33. Bxf5 Bxf5 34. R1b3 Bc8 35. Re3 Kf6 36. Re8 Raa7 37. Kf2 g5 38. g3 Bg4 39. Rh8 Kg7 40. Rd8 gxf4 41. gxf4 Re7 42. Rxd5 Re4 43. f5 Rc7 44. Rb7 Rc8 45. Rdd7 Kf6 46. Rxf7+ Kg5 47. Ne6+ Kh4 48. c7 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Rxh2 50. Rb8 Kg3 51. Rb3+ Kh4 52. Rc3 Ra2 53. Rd7 Bxf5 54. Rd4+ Bg4 55. Rcc4 Ra1+ 56. Kf2 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Re2+ 58. Kd3 Rxe6 59. Rxg4+ Kh5 60. Rg7 Rd6+ 61. Kc3 Rd5 62. Kb4 Rb5+ 63. Ka4 Rd5 64. Rc2 Rd4+ 65. Kb3 Rg4 66. Rh2+ Rh4 67. Rxh4+ Kxh4 68. Kc4 h5 69. Kc5 Kh3 70. Kb6 h4 71. Kb7 Rh8 72. c8=Q+ Rxc8 73. Kxc8 1-0 [Event "Capablanca Memorial-03"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1964.09.20"] [Round "18"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Donner, Jan Hein"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D54"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1964.08.26"] [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. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. O-O c5 $146 ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 c5 17. Qa3 a6 18. Ne1 Kf8 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 a5 21. Qd3 Kg8 22. Qb5 Rab8 23. h3 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc5 25. b4 axb4 26. Qxb4 e5 27. Nf5 Qf6 28. Qg4 h5 29. Qf3 {Sliwa,B-Book,E Krakow 1959 ½-½ (40)}) 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. cxb6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Qh5 19. Rg1 Qxf3+ 20. Rg2 g6 21. e4 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 axb6 23. Rxg6+ Kh7 24. Rf6 Ra7 25. e5 Rac7 26. b3 Nc6 27. f4 Na5 28. Rxf7+ Rxf7 29. Bd3+ Kg7 30. Rxc8 Rxf4 31. Rc7+ Kf8 32. Kg1 Rd4 33. Bf1 h5 34. Rc3 Ke7 35. a3 Nb7 36. Rc7+ Rd7 37. Rc6 Nc5 38. Rxb6 Rd5 39. b4 Nd7 40. Rb5 Nxe5 41. Rxd5 exd5 42. Kf2 d4 43. h4 Kf6 44. Bb5 Ke6 45. Be8 Nc4 46. a4 Nb2 47. Ke2 1-0 [Event "Christmas Congress 1955/56-31 Premier"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1955.12.31"] [Round "4"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Persitz, Raaphi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1955.12.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. h3 Ng7 12. g4 O-O 13. O-O-O Nfe8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rdg1 Nd6 16. h4 f5 17. h5 fxg4 $146 ({RR} 17... Ne4 18. hxg6 fxg4 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Ne5 {1-0 (20) Gibiec,E (2142)-Buttell,D (1797) Cardiff 2015}) 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Nxg4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 gxh5 21. Ne5 Kh8 22. Rg2 Qe6 23. Rhg1 Ngf5 24. Ne2 Nf7 25. Qc3 N7d6 26. Nf4 Qh6 27. Qd3 Ne4 28. Rg8+ 1-0 [Event "EU-chT 04th Final"] [Site "Kapfenberg"] [Date "1970.05.15"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Baumbach, Friedrich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D33"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1970.05.10"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "EU-chT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "DDR"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Ncb5 Qd7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Nb3 Bh3 $146 ({RR} 15... h5 16. Qd4 Bd6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxe2 19. Rfe1 Bg4 20. Qxa7 Qxa7 21. Bxa7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Ra8 23. Bc5 Rxa2 24. Ba3 Nd7 25. Bf1 Bf5 26. Rc1 Be4 27. Be2 c5 28. f3 Bf5 29. Kf2 c4 30. Ke3 {Kamp,C (2255)-Bezold,M (2345) Muenster 1992 ½-½ (61)}) 16. Bd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne4 18. Bxg7 Ng5 19. Bf6 Qh3+ 20. Kh1 Ne4 21. Bh4 Be7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Nc5 Re5 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qd6 Rce8 26. Rg1 Qf5 27. Qd4 R8e6 28. Qxa7 c5 29. Rg2 Kg7 30. Qa3 e3 31. fxe3 Rxe3 32. Qxc5 1-0 [Event "Tallinn"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1975.02.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Espig, Lutz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1975.02.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e3 ({RR} 12. Rc1 h6 13. Na4 Bb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Rfe1 Bg6 20. Nd4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rc5 Qc8 24. Kh2 Re6 25. Rec1 f6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 {Bocharov,D (2600)-Zvjaginsev,V (2683) Tiumen 2012 1-0 (53)}) ({RR} 12. Rc1 d4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxb2 20. Rc2 Qa3 21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Bxb7 d3 23. exd3 Bxh3 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Rc4 Be6 26. Ra4 Bc5 {Perez Torres,N (2015)-Navarro,T (2117) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (34)}) 12... h6 13. h3 Nf6 14. Rc1 Bb6 $146 ({RR} 14... g5 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 d4 19. exd4 Qxd4 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Bf3 Rfd8 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. b3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rd2 25. a3 Rxb3 26. Rxb3 Bxb3 27. Ra1 Be6 28. Rd1 Ra2 29. Rd3 {Gentes,K-Southam,T Winnipeg 1985 0-1 (62)}) 15. g4 Qe7 16. Qa4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Na5 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Qe2 Qb4 21. b3 Na5 22. Ncb5 Nc6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bd6 Qa5 25. Bg3 Qb4 26. a3 Qe7 27. b4 a5 28. bxa5 Nxa5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. e4 dxe4 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Nc6 33. Kg2 Rf8 34. Rd6 Rf6 35. Bh4 g5 36. Bg3 Bc5 37. Rd2 Kg7 38. h4 e5 39. h5 Re6 40. Rd5 Bd4 41. Qf5 Bb6 42. Qe4 Bd4 43. Qb1 Bb6 44. Kh3 Nd4 45. Nd6 Bc7 46. Bxe5+ Rxe5 47. Qg6+ Kf8 48. Rxe5 1-0 [Event "URS-ch25 Semifinal"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1957.11.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Naftalin, Solomon D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "95"] [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 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. Qb1 ({RR} 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. d5 Nf6 11. d6 Qb7 12. b3 ({RR} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. g3 ({RR} 13. Nd4 e5) ({RR} 13. Qd4 Nd7 14. Be2 a6 15. Qh4 Qd5 16. Rd1 Qf5 17. e4 Qg6 18. e5 Bb7 19. O-O Nxe5) 13... Bd7 14. Qd4 Qxf3 15. Bg2 Qxg2 16. Qxf6 O-O) ({RR} 12. g4 Bd7 13. g5 Ne4 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bh6 Bc6 16. Rg1 Nd7 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. f3 Nec5 19. Be2 ({RR} 19. e4)) 12... O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd4 e5 15. Qh4 Kg7 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qb4+ 18. Nd2 Qxd6 19. O-O) ({RR} 8. Be2 Nf6 ({RR} 8... Bb7 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 cxb5 11. d5 Nf6 12. d6 Qd8 ({RR} 12... Qf8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. b3 Rg8 15. O-O Qg7 16. g3) 13. Ba5 ({RR} 13. b3 Ne4 14. Ba5 ({RR} 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Be5 Rxg2 16. Bg3 Qf6 ({RR} 16... Nc3 17. Qd4 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 Nd7 19. bxc4)) ({RR} 14. Be5 Nd7) 14... Qxd6) ({RR} 13. O-O a5 14. b3 Ne4 15. Qc2 O-O 16. bxc4 b4 17. Be5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Ndc5) 13... Qc8 14. O-O O-O 15. b3 Nc6 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Bc3 Ne4) 9. O-O a6 ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. axb5 Bxc3 11. bxc6 Bxb2 12. cxb7 Qxb7 13. Rb1 Ne4 14. Bxc4) ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nb6 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. axb5 Bxc3 12. bxc6) ({RR} 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 ({RR} 11. Bxc3 O-O) 11... a6 12. Rfb1 Nb6 ({RR} 12... Bb7 13. Bxc4) 13. Bc1 Nxa4 14. Bxc4 c5 15. Bb3 Nb6 16. c4) 11. Ne5 ({RR} 11. axb5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 cxb5 13. Rfb1 a6 14. Bc1 Bb7 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Nd2) 11... Bxc3 ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. a5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Na4 14. Nxc4) 12. Bxc3 Nxa4 13. Ba5 ({RR} 13. Nxc6 Qd6 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Bb4 Qc7 16. Rxa4 Bxc6 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6 18. Ra5 a6 19. b3 Nd5 20. Bc5) 13... Bb7 14. Nxc4) 10. axb5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 ({RR} 11. Bxc3 cxb5 12. Be1 ({RR} 12. b3 b4) 12... Bb7 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 Nc6) 11... cxb5 12. Bc1 Bb7 13. Ba3 Qc7 14. Nd2) ({RR} 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. f4 ({RR} 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. e4 Nc7 14. Rad1 ({RR} 14. Bf4 c5) 14... f6 15. Ng4 ({RR} 15. Nf3 c5) 15... c5 16. e5 ({RR} 16. dxc5 Bxc5) 16... Bxg2 17. exf6 Bxf1 ({RR} 17... gxf6 18. Kxg2 cxd4) 18. Nh6+ gxh6 ({RR} 18... Kh8 19. fxe7) 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. fxe7 Rf7 21. Rxf1 Rxe7 22. dxc5) 12... Rd8 13. Qe2 Nd5 ({RR} 13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. axb5 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Ra7 17. Nxc4) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxb4 Qxb4) 8... a6 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Bc1 ({RR} 11. e4 Bb7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bc1 Qc7 14. Be2 Ne7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rd1 Nd7 18. Ra2 Nf8 19. Ne1 Nfg6 20. g3 f5 21. Bf3 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Nd5) 11... Bb7 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Be2 ({RR} 13. e4 Ne7 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2 Re8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. h4 h6 19. Rfe1 Rad8 {½-½ (19) Gulko,B (2635)-Bagirov,V (2525) Luzern 1993}) ({RR} 13. e4 Ne7 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2 Re8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. h4 h6 19. Rfe1 Rad8) 13... Ne7 14. O-O h6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nbc6 15. Rd1 h6 16. e4 Rd8 17. e5 Nd5 ({RR} 17... O-O) 18. Qc2 Nf4 19. Bf1 Ne7 20. Nd2 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Kf7 23. Re1 Rhg8 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. g3 Nd3 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Qd2 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 f5 29. Ree1 {Yrjola,J (2460)-Nevanlinna,R (2300) Finland 1996 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 14... O-O 15. Ng5 g6 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Nc5 Nd5 ({RR} 17... Bc6 18. e4 a5 19. Bg4 ({RR} 19. Qb2) 19... Na6 20. f4 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 f5 22. Bf3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd5 24. Qe1) 18. Bxc4 Nxc3 19. Qc1 ({RR} 19. Qb3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 ({RR} 20. Bxe6 Nxc5) 20... bxc4 21. Qc2 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Nd7 23. Rfc1 Rdc8) ({RR} 19. Qb2 Nd5 ({RR} 19... Na4 20. Nxa4 Qxc4 21. Nc5 ({RR} 21. Nb6 Qc6) 21... Ra7 22. Rfd1 Qd5 23. e4)) 19... Nd5 ({RR} 19... bxc4 20. Qxc3 Nd7 21. Qxc4 Nxc5 22. Bxc5) ({RR} 19... Nd7 20. Qxc3 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 bxc4) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxd5 Qd7 ({RR} 21... Qxc1 22. Bxe6+) 22. Ba2 ({RR} 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qc3 Nd7 24. Qb3 ({RR} 24. d5 Qxd5 25. Bb2 ({RR} 25. Rfd1 Qe5 26. Qc6 Nf6 27. Bd6 Qf5 28. f3 Ne8 29. e4 Qf7 30. Bg3 ({RR} 30. Be5 Rdc8 31. Qb6 Qa7) ({RR} 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Qxa6 e5 32. Rd5 Qe6 33. Rxe5 Qc4 ({RR} 33... Qxd6 34. Rxe8+) 34. Qb6 Qe2 35. h3 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 ({RR} 36. Kh2 Qxd6) 36... Qd2+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+) 30... Rdc8 31. Qb6 Qa7) 25... e5 26. Rfd1 Qe6 27. Qc7 Rac8 28. Qa5 Ra8 29. Qc7) 24... Qd5 25. Rfb1) 22... Bd5 23. Qd2 ({RR} 23. Qb2 Nc6 24. Bc5 Bxa2 25. Rxa2 Qd5 ({RR} 25... Qb7 26. Qb3 Rd5 27. Rfa1 Qc8 28. Qb2) 26. Rfa1) ({RR} 23. Bb1 Nc6 ({RR} 23... e5 24. dxe5 Bxg2 25. e6 ({RR} 25. Kxg2 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+) 25... Qb7 26. e7 Re8 27. Rd1) 24. f4 ({RR} 24. Rd1 Na5 25. e4 Nb3 26. Qe3 Bc4 ({RR} 26... Nxa1 27. exd5 exd5 28. Bb2) 27. Ra2 Nxd4 28. Rad2 e5) ({RR} 24. Bb2 a5 25. e4 Bc4 26. Rd1) 24... b4 25. Bb2 a5 26. e4 Bb3 27. d5 exd5 28. f5 d4 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rf6 Ne7 ({RR} 30... Ne5 31. Qc5 Qe8 32. Rxa5 ({RR} 32. Bxd4 Nd7 33. Qg5 Nxf6 34. Qxf6 Rxd4 35. Qxd4 Rd8) 32... Nd7 33. Qxb4 Rab8 ({RR} 33... Nxf6 34. Qxb3+ Qf7 35. Qa4 Rxa5 36. Qxa5 Qe8 ({RR} 36... Qe7 37. Qg5) 37. h3 ({RR} 37. e5 Ng4 38. Bxg6 Qe7 39. Bf5 Nxe5 40. Ba3 Qf6 41. Qc7 Nf7 42. Be7 Qxf5 43. Bxd8 Qb1+ 44. Kf2 Qf5+)) 34. Rb5 ({RR} 34. Qxd4 Nxf6 35. Qxf6 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Qf7) 34... Rxb5 35. Qxb5 Nxf6 36. Qxb3+ Kg7) 31. Bd3 Rac8 32. Qg5 Bc4 33. Bxc4+ Rxc4 34. Rxa5) 23... Nc6 24. Bb1 ({RR} 24. Rfb1) 24... a5 25. Bb2 ({RR} 25. Bc5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qd5+ 27. e4 Qxc5) 25... b4 26. Rc1 ({RR} 26. f4 a4 27. e4 Bc4 ({RR} 27... Bb3 28. Rf3 Bc4) 28. Rc1 Nxd4) 26... a4 27. e4 Bb3 ({RR} 27... a3 28. exd5 axb2 29. Qxb2 Rxa1 ({RR} 29... Qxd5 30. Ba2 ({RR} 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rc5 Qxd4) 30... Qxd4 31. Bxe6+ Kg7 32. Rab1 Qxb2 33. Rxb2 Nd4 ({RR} 33... Ne5 34. Rbb1 ({RR} 34. Rxb4 Nd3 35. Rbb1 ({RR} 35. Rb7+ Kf6) 35... Nxc1 36. Rxc1) 34... Kf6 35. Bb3 Rd4) 34. Bc4 Rac8 35. Kf1 b3) 30. dxc6 ({RR} 30. Qxa1 Qxd5 31. Ba2 Qd6 32. d5 exd5 33. Rd1 Ne7 34. Bb3 Rf8 35. Qa2 Rd8)) 28. d5 ({RR} 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Qxb4 Rab8) 28... Rac8 ({RR} 28... exd5 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Qd4 Kf7 31. Qg7+ Ke6 32. Qxh7 Rg8 33. exd5+ Bxd5 34. Bxg6) ({RR} 28... e5 29. Bd3 a3 30. Rxc6 axb2 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Qxb2) 29. Bd3 {Tsesarsky,I (2425)-Rabinovich,A (2425) Israel 1998 CBM 063 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 0-1 (45)} ({RR} 29. Qh6 Na5 ({RR} 29... exd5 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Re1) 30. Bd3 exd5 ({RR} 30... a3 31. Bd4 ({RR} 31. Bf6 Rf8 32. Rxc8 ({RR} 32. Bb5 Qf7 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Qh4 exd5 35. Be7 Qg7 36. Bf6 Qb7) 32... Rxc8 33. d6 Bc4 34. Rc1 b3 35. Rc3 a2 36. Qc1 Rf8 37. Bxc4 Nxc4 38. Rxc4 Rxf6 39. Rc8+ Rf8 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 31... Bc4 32. Bxc4 Nxc4 33. Rab1 e5 34. Rxb4 exd4 35. Rbxc4 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 a2 37. Qc1 Rb8) 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Bxg6 a3 33. Bf6 hxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Re1)) ({RR} 14... Nbc6 15. Rd1 h6 16. e4 Rd8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qc2 Nf4 19. Bf1 Ne7 20. Nd2 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Kf7 23. Re1) 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. e4 Ng6 19. g3 Nd7 20. f4 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Qb7 22. Bf3 Nf8 23. Ra2 Nd7 24. Be7 Re8 25. Ba3 Nf6 26. Re2 a5 27. g4 Red8 28. g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 Nh7 30. g6 Ng5 31. Bg4 f5 32. exf5 Bf3 33. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 34. Kf2 b4 35. Kg3 Nxd4 36. cxd4 Qc7+ 37. Kg2 Qc6+ 38. Kh3 exf5 39. Qxf5 Qd7 40. Bc1 Qxf5+ 41. Rxf5 c3 42. Re7 Ra6 43. Rb7 Rxg6 44. Rxa5 Rxd4 45. Rb8+ Kf7 46. Ra7+ Ke6 47. Rb6+ Rd6 48. Rxd6+ 1-0 [Event "Helsinki International"] [Site "Helsinki"] [Date "1966.10.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Book, Eero"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1966.10.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FIN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Nd2 f5 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Qc2 ({RR} 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qc2 b6 12. O-O-O a5 13. f3 Qg5 14. fxe4 Qxe3 15. Bd3 e5 16. exf5 exd4 17. Rde1 Qg5 18. Be4 Nc5 19. h4 Qh6 20. g4 Bf4 21. Bxd4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxd2+ 23. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 c5 {Sprzeczka,E (2076)-Ziobrowska,M (1972) Chotowa POL 2026 1-0 (60)}) 10... Qa5 $146 ({RR} 10... O-O 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 e5 13. Be2 exd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. g3 Ng4 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Nf1 Qf7 18. Rd2 Qf3 19. Rg1 Bf5 20. Ne3 Bg6 21. a3 Bh5 22. Ka2 a5 23. Re1 Qf7 24. Ree2 a4 25. d5 {Pogosian,G (2174)-Chernov,V (1992) Voronezh 2010 1-0}) 11. Bc3 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. f3 exf3 14. gxf3 c5 15. Kb1 e5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bd3 Bxe3 18. Bxf5 Nf6 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf4 22. Rd5 Rce8 23. Rhd1 Rf7 24. c5 Kh8 25. Bxe5 Qc8 26. Qd4 Qf5+ 27. Qd3 Bxe5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. f4 h6 30. fxe5 Rfxe5 31. b4 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Re7 33. Kc2 g5 34. Kd3 Kg7 35. Rd6 g4 36. b5 h5 37. a4 Rc7 38. Kc4 Re7 39. c6 bxc6 40. bxc6 Kf7 41. Rh6 Re2 42. c7 1-0 [Event "Osterskars op"] [Site "Osterskars"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Berg, Susanne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D33"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2085"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1995.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O Nge7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. b3 cxb3 ({RR} 10... Qa5 11. Qe1 cxb3 12. axb3 Qd8 13. Na4 Bd6 14. b4 a6 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Qb1 a5 18. b5 Na7 19. Ra2 Qe8 20. Rb2 Bd7 21. Nde5 Bf5 22. Nd3 Rc8 23. Nfe5 Kh8 24. Re1 Bc7 25. e4 {Taimanov,M-Kholmov,R Kiev 1954 ½-½ (42)}) 11. axb3 $146 ({RR} 11. Qxb3 Ba5 12. e3 Bc7 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Rfc1 a6 15. Na3 Bd6 16. Nc2 Na5 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Nd3 Rac8 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxb7 Rc6 23. Rab1 Rfc8 24. h3 Qd6 25. Bf1 Rxc2 {Goglidze,V-Stahlberg,G Moscow 1935 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 11. Qxb3 Re8 12. e3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 b6 14. Rfc1 Ba6 15. Qa4 Bc4 16. Nd2 b5 17. Qd1 Rc8 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Qa4 f5 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. Rb5 Rb8 22. Rc5 Rb6 23. h4 Reb8 24. Kh2 Qe6 25. Bf3 h6 {Stepanencu,N (2353)-Carlsen,M (2840) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 11. Qxb3 Ba5 12. e3 Rb8 13. Rfc1 Bf5 14. Be1 a6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Nc5 Qc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nf3 h6 20. Qd3 Qe8 21. Rab1 Nf5 22. Nd2 Nd6 23. Nb3 Bb6 24. Rc2 Ba7 25. Nc1 Rf6 {Gaprindashvili,N (2376)-Sosnowska,E (2095) Warsaw 2001 1-0 (52)}) 11... Be6 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Bc3 h6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 a6 18. Nh4 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. f4 Qc7 21. e3 Bg6 22. Nxg6 Nxg6 23. h4 Bf8 24. Bh3 Ra8 25. Qd3 Qb6 26. Rab1 Na7 27. Rf1 Nc6 28. f5 Nge7 29. f6 Ng6 30. fxg7 Bxg7 31. Nd7 1-0 [Event "Albena-06"] [Site "Albena"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Knezevic, Milorad"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1974.09.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Psakhis,Lev} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bd3) 8... Bg4 ({RR} 8... Ne4) 9. Qc2 h6 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. f4 c5 13. O-O) ({RR} 9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nbd7 11. Rg1 Re8 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 a5 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. e4) 10. Bh4 ({RR} 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Ne5 ({RR} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c5) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 ({RR} 12... Be6 13. O-O Ng4 14. Bf4 Bd6) 13. Bg3 c5 ({RR} 13... Re8 14. O-O Bh4 15. b4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Nf6 17. b5 Qd6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Na4) ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. O-O Nf6 15. Rab1 Re8 16. b4 Bd6 17. Rfc1 Qe7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. a4 b6 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5) 14. O-O ({RR} 14. Nxd5 cxd4 15. Bc7 Qe8 16. Qc4 ({RR} 16. exd4) 16... Nc5 17. Qxd4 Be6 18. Bc2) 14... cxd4 ({RR} 14... Be6 15. Rad1) 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Qb3 ({RR} 16. Rfe1 Bd6 ({RR} 16... Bb4 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd7 19. Qb4) 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. h3 Be6 19. Nb5) 16... a5 17. h3 ({RR} 17. a4 Bb4 18. Rae1 Bd7) 17... a4 ({RR} 17... Be6 18. Rae1 a4 19. Qd1) 18. Qc2 ({RR} 18. Nxa4 Rxa4 19. hxg4 Rxd4 20. Rac1 Bd6) 18... Bd7 19. a3 Bc6 ({RR} 19... Bf6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22. Ne4 Re8) 20. Rae1 Bd6 21. Qd2 Qc7 ({RR} 21... Bxg3 22. fxg3 Nd7 23. Rf4 Nf6 24. Ref1) 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Re3 Rae8 ({RR} 23... Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. d5) ({RR} 23... Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Kf8 26. Nb5) 24. Rfe1 Qb8 {Kramnik,V (2780)-Zvjaginsev,V (2650) Tilburg 1998 EXT 1999 [Psakhis,Lev] 1-0 (41)} ({RR} 24... Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qb8)) ({RR} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf6 Bxg2 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Bxg7+ Kxg7 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. Rxg2 Nd7 16. O-O-O) 10... Bxf3 ({RR} 10... Re8 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Be6 13. g4 Nf8 14. Ne5 N6d7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc5 18. Rde1 b5 19. Kb1 b4 20. Na4 Qxc2+ 21. Bxc2 a5 22. Rc1 d4 23. exd4 Bd5 24. Rhd1 Ne6 25. Nb6 {Avramidou,A (2310)-Miserendino,A (2043) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (55)}) 11. gxf3 a5 $146 ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Rg1 Rc8 13. Rg2 Qa5 14. Ke2 Rfe8 15. Rag1 Nh5 16. Bg6 Nf4+ 17. exf4 Bxh4+ 18. Kd1 fxg6 19. Qxg6 Re7 20. Qxh6 Bf6 21. Rg3 Rce8 22. Qg6 Bxd4 23. Rh3 Nf8 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh6 Qc7 26. Rxg6+ {Oliveira,J (1929)-Souza,L Goiania 2011 0-1}) ({RR} 11... Na6 12. a3 c5 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rd1 d4 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rxd4 Qb6 18. O-O Rac8 19. Qb1 Rfe8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rd6 Rc6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rd4 f5 24. Kh1 Rg6 25. b4 Qc6 26. Qxf5 {Abdukhakimov,A (2329)-Kuchava,A (2101) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 12. O-O Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Kh1 Nfe8 15. Bg3 Nd6 16. Rg1 Ne6 17. Be5 f6 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Bf5 Qe7 20. f4 Kh8 21. Qe2 Rg8 22. Qh5 Nf8 23. Rg6 Nh7 24. Rag1 b5 25. Ne2 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Ng3 c5 28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Bd3 d4 30. Nf5 Qe8 31. Nxg7 Qc6+ 32. f3 Ra7 33. Be4 Qc8 34. Rxh6 Rgxg7 35. Rxg7 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 1-0 [Event "URS-ch17 Semifinal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir Pavlovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1949.05.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Bulletin ChessBase II} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Bd7 ({RR} 7... Be6 8. Qxd8+ Rxd8) 8. Bg5 ({RR} 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. O-O g5 13. b4 Bxb4 14. Bb2) 8... Nf6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Qa5 12. e3 O-O-O 13. Nb5 $146 ({RR} 13. Nge2 Bb4 14. a3 Ne4 15. Qc1 Nc5 16. axb4 Nd3+ 17. Kd1 ({RR} 17. Kd2) 17... Qxb4 18. Rxa7 Be6 19. Ra8+ Kd7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qa1 Ke7 22. Kc2 Qb3+ 23. Kd2 Nxb2+ {0-1 (23) Gufeld,E-Nikolaevsky,Y Kiev 1968 EXT 2013 [ChessBase II]}) ({RR} 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bb4 15. Bd3 Nxd4 16. exd4 Rhe8+ 17. Kf1 Re6 18. Qc2 Bxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Nd5 20. h4 ({RR} 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rc1+ Kd7 22. Rc7+ Ke8) 20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxc3 22. Rc1 Rc6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rh7 Bxd4 25. Rxc6+ bxc6 26. Qc4 Qb5 27. Qxb5 cxb5 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2560)-Marjanovic,S (2490) Yerevan 1989 CBM 014 [Bulletin] 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 13. Nge2 Bb4 14. a3 Ne4 15. Qc1 Nc5 16. axb4 Nd3+ 17. Kd2 Qxb4 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 Rxd4 21. Bxd3 Rxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Qxb2+ 23. Ke3 Re8+ {0-1 (23) Movsesian,A (2048)-Babanov,A (2127) Moscow 2007}) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bg4+ 15. Ke1 Bb4+ 16. Nc3 Ne4 17. Be2 Be6 18. a3 Ba5 19. Rc1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rd5 21. Bc4 Rc5 22. Bxe6+ fxe6 23. Ne2 Rb5 24. h4 g4 25. h5 e5 26. Kd2 Bc7 27. Kc2 Rd8 28. Rhd1 Rbd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 b5 32. Kc2 Bd6 33. Nd4 Nxd4+ 34. exd4 Bxa3 35. dxe5 Kd7 36. Kd3 Bf8 37. f4 gxf3 38. gxf3 a5 39. f4 Ke6 40. Ke4 a4 41. f5+ Kd7 42. Kd5 Ke8 43. Bf2 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Republics 09th Group3"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1963.08.11"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Nei, Iivo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1963.08.07"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Leningrad"] [BlackTeam "Estonia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "EST"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 b5 14. dxe5 $146 ({RR} 14. Bf1 a6 15. Bg3 c5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. a4 c4 20. Qb4 Bd7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nf3 Qf4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. e5 Nh7 25. Qd6 Nf8 26. Nd4 Qd2 27. Re2 Qc1 28. f3 Ra1 {Gaifullin,A (2061)-Brinovec,D (1910) Al Ain 2013 0-1 (33)}) 14... Nxe5 15. Bf1 Bg4 16. Rac1 a6 17. Nd4 g5 18. Bg3 c5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 c4 21. Qc2 Qd7 22. Rcd1 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxg3 26. Qxd7 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Nxd7 28. Ne4 Re8 29. f3 Kg7 30. Rc1 Nf6 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Rc6 Nd5 33. a3 Ra8 34. Ne4 Ra7 35. Rd6 Nf4 36. g3 Ne2 37. Kh3 Rc7 38. Rd2 Nc1 39. Kg4 Nb3 40. Rd6 Rc4 41. Kh5 Nc5 42. Rxh6 Nxe4 43. fxe4 Rxe4 44. Rxa6 b4 45. Kxg5 1-0 [Event "RSFSR-ch 20th"] [Site "Perm"] [Date "1960.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Yudovich, Mikhail Jr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "1960.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2021"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.10.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 (8. Nc3) 8... Bxc5 9. Nbd2 $6 (9. Bg5 $142 O-O 10. Nc3 (10. Qa4)) 9... O-O 10. Nb3 {[%CAl Gb3c5,Gb3d4]} Bb6 11. Bf4 (11. h3 {0-1 Gusakov,V-Shaposhnikov,Y RUS Ch 20th Perm 1960}) 11... Re8 (11... Bg4) 12. Nbd4 ({RR} 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 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 {Harikrishna,P (2551)-Georgiev,K (2658) Bled 2002 0-1 (55)}) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 $146 ({RR} 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Qb6 17. Be5 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 b6 19. Rac1 Bd3 20. Red1 Be4 21. f3 Bf5 22. g4 Be6 23. f4 Rac8 24. f5 Bd7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bxd5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Kf2 {Varga,Z (2366)-Karas,M (2244) Slovakia SVK 2024 ½-½ (101)}) ({RR} 14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Qb6 17. Be5 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 b6 19. Rac1 Bd3 20. Red1 Be4 21. f3 Bf5 22. g4 Be6 23. f4 Rac8 24. f5 Bd7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bxd5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Kf2 {Varga,Z (2366)-Karas,M (2244) Slovakia SVK 2024 ½-½ (101)}) 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. g4 Rxc1 17. Bxc1 Bg6 18. Bg5 Qd6 {[%csl Rd5]} 19. e3 (19. Qa4 {[%CAl Gf1d1]}) 19... Ne4 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Bh2 Rc8 22. f4 h6 23. f5 $1 {[%csl Rg6]} Bh7 {[%csl Rh7]} 24. Qd3 $16 Qe7 25. Bf4 Kh8 26. Ne2 Nf6 27. Nc3 Rd8 28. Na4 Bc7 29. Qd4 Bxf4 30. Rxf4 b6 31. Nc3 Bg8 32. Qd3 Re8 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Re4 Qd8 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. Bxd5 Qe5 37. Qd4 Qg3+ 38. Bg2 f6 39. a3 Kh7 40. Qe4 Qc7 41. Kf2 Qc1 42. Qd4 Qc2+ 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Bf1 (44. Kh2 Qc7+) 44... Qc7 45. Kf2 Bf7 46. Bg2 Qc2+ 47. Kg1 Qc7 48. Qc3 Qg3 49. Qd2 Be8 50. Qf2 Qxf2+ $2 (50... Qe5) 51. Kxf2 Kg8 52. Kg3 Kf7 53. Kf4 {[%CAl Ge3e4,Ge4e5]} Ke7 54. h4 (54. e4 $6 Kd6 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} 55. h4 a6 56. Bf1 b5) 54... Kd6 55. Be4 Bf7 56. Bc2 Bc4 57. g5 hxg5+ 58. hxg5 Bf7 59. gxf6 gxf6 60. e4 Bc4 61. e5+ fxe5+ 62. Kg5 Bd5 63. f6 e4 64. Kg6 Ke5 $2 (64... b5 65. f7 Ke7) 65. f7 Bxf7+ 66. Kxf7 Kd4 67. Ke6 e3 68. Bd1 Kd3 69. Kd5 Kd2 70. Bh5 Kc2 71. b4 a6 72. Kc6 Kb3 73. Kxb6 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 04th round of 16"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Ekstroem, Roland"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "1983.??.??"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"] [BlackTeam "Stockholm Rockaden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "SWE"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Rc1 h6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qa5 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. a3 Rac8 $146 ({RR} 17... Rad8 18. Qc2 Qa6 19. e3 Rc8 20. f3 Ng5 21. Qc5 Rc7 22. Qd6 Rb7 23. Rfe1 Qd3 24. h4 Ne6 25. Rcd1 Qc2 26. Bc3 Rd8 27. Rd2 Qg6 28. g4 f5 29. gxf5 Qxf5 30. Qe5 Qf7 31. Bh1 Bc8 32. Rg2 {Ovod,E (2404)-Tomilova,E (2317) Taganrog 2011 1-0 (79)}) 18. f3 Ng5 19. Qd3 Bh3 20. b4 Qd8 21. Bxa7 Qe7 22. Bf2 Qxe2 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. a4 Rb8 25. Rb1 Ra2 26. a5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Ne6 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 d4 30. a6 Ra8 31. a7 Kf8 32. f4 f5 33. Kf3 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Kd3 c5 36. Kc4 cxb4 37. Ra6+ Kd7 38. Kxb4 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Ra5 Nd8 41. Rxf5 Rxa7 42. Kb3 Rb7+ 43. Kc2 Ne6 44. Rf7+ Kc6 45. Rxb7 Kxb7 46. Kd3 Kc6 47. Bxd4 Kd5 48. Bf6 Nc5+ 49. Ke3 Ne4 50. Bd8 Ke5 51. Bc7+ Kd5 52. Kf3 Nd2+ 53. Kg4 Ke4 54. h3 Nf3 55. Bb6 Ne5+ 56. Kxg5 Kf3 57. Bc7 1-0 [Event "Wch Seniors 09th"] [Site "Gladenbach"] [Date "1999.11.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Langmann, Claus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2424"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1999.11.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 b6 ({RR} 5... O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Ba3 9. Qc1 Bxb2 10. Qxb2 Nc6 11. a3 Qf5 12. Be2 b6 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ne3 Qf4 15. O-O Ne7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. b4 d6 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Nf1 {Kortschnoj,V (2630)-Portisch,L (2635) Linares 1985 0-1 (68)}) ({RR} 5... O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb4 16. Bf5 Rc4 17. a3 Nxd5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bd3 Rg4 20. Ne5 {Liyanage,R (2402)-Hovakimyan,V (2289) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) 6. d4 cxd4 $146 ({RR} 6... Bb7 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Nb4 9. Qb1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. a3 Na6 12. Be2 Nc5 13. O-O d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. b4 Na4 16. Bf3 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxf3 18. N2xf3 Nd5 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Rxc8 {Bouvier,C (1668)-Ferriere,P (1735) Montigny le Bretonneux 2007 1-0 (58)}) ({RR} 6... Bb7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Ba6 14. Qa4 Qb7 15. Rc3 Nd5 16. Rb3 Bf6 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. Be4 Qb8 19. a3 b5 20. Rxb4 cxb4 21. Qxa6 {Sromovsky,J (1972)-Brutovsky,F (1899) Slovakia 2008 1-0 (48)}) 7. exd4 d5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. f4 Bd6 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. g4 Qa8 17. g5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bb1 Nf8 21. a4 Ng6 22. Rce1 Nh4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Nf5 26. Kf2 Red8 27. Ke2 Rd7 28. Kd3 Rcd8 29. Bc3 f6 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. exf6 Kf7 32. Rfe1 Rd6 33. b4 Kxf6 34. d5+ Kf7 35. Rxe6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch44 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.12.07"] [Round "8"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1976.11.27"] [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. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 ({RR} 6. d4 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b3 Nc6 {½-½ (13) Yudasin,L (2635)-Greenfeld,A (2560) Haifa 1996}) 6... c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. h3 Bxf3 ({RR} 13... Be6 14. Na4 Bf8 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne1 Nb4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Rc7 22. Qe2 f5 23. Bd3 Rg7 24. Kh2 Nd5 25. Bc4 Qd6 26. Nf3 b5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Rd1 {Kavutskiy,K (2315)-Vassis,M (2353) Kavala GRE 2026 ½-½ (99)}) 14. Bxf3 Bd4 15. e3 $146 ({RR} 15. Ba3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bg4 Rb8 18. e3 Bb6 19. Bd7 Ne5 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21. Qd5 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Rd8 23. Qxb7 Qe5 24. Rc8 Qe6 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Qb8 Qd7 27. Be7 Qxe7 28. Rd1 Ne1+ 29. Rxe1 Qc7 {Neidhardt,C (2325)-Szitas,G (2200) France 1991 1-0}) 15... Be5 16. Bg2 Ne4 17. Ba1 Qa5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxa1 20. Bxc6 Red8 21. Bxb7 Rxd1 22. Rxc8+ Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rc1 Bc3 25. Rxc3 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 g6 27. Rc4 Qd7 28. Bf3 Kg7 29. Rb4 Qd2 30. Rb7 a5 31. a4 Kf6 32. Rb5 h5 33. h4 Ke7 34. Bd5 f6 35. Be4 f5 36. Bf3 Kf6 37. Bd5 Qc3 38. Bc4 Qd2 39. Rb6+ Kg7 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. Rf7+ Ke8 42. Rf6 Qc2 43. Rxg6 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Kf8 46. Rb6 Qc2 47. Kg1 Kg7 1-0 [Event "EU-ch Seniors 01st"] [Site "Saint Vincent"] [Date "2001.09.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Chehlov, Aleksander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2439"] [BlackElo "2267"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2001.09.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.10.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {ChessBase II Rogers,Ian} e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. Ne5 Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. c5 b6 13. Qc1) 9. Ne5 Nf8 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Ndxc4 ({RR} 10. bxc4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxh7+) 10... Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Bf8 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. Rd1 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Qe4 g6 17. h4 c5 18. h5 Qg5 19. Qf3 Bd7 20. Qh3 Re7 21. Kg1 ({RR} 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. f4 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Nxe3+) 21... Rf8 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. f4 Qh5 24. Qxh5 {Miles,A (2565)-Rogers,I (2550) Melbourne 1992 EXT 1997 [Rogers,Ian] 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 9... c5 10. O-O b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rfd1 f5 15. Bxe4 Bxe5 16. Bf3 Bf6 17. dxc5 Bxb2 18. Rc2 Bf6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nf1 Rxc5 21. Rcd2 Qe7 22. Qd3 Rc3 23. Qxf5 Nc5 24. Bxd5+ {Eugene,F (2431)-Napoli,N (2270) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (61)}) 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 11. f4 N6d7 12. Kh1 f6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 Bc7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qh5 f5 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. Qh4 Ne4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Ne5 Be6 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Ba3 Ree8 24. Bb5 Red8 25. Be7 Bxe5 {Huang,Q (2305)-Plazaola,M Heraklion 2002 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 11. f4 N6d7 12. e4 Nf6 13. Qf3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f6 16. Qf3 {½-½ (16) Weber,M (1982)-Schlierkamp,F (2047) Nordrheinwestfalen 2014 EXT 2020 [ChessBase II]} ({RR} 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. c5 Bc7 19. b4 a6 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. f5 Qf7 22. Qh4 Bc8 23. g4 h6)) 11... N6d7 12. e4 f6 13. Nef3 Bb8 14. exd5 exd5 15. Rfe1 Qf7 16. Rxe8 Qxe8 17. Re1 Qd8 18. Nf1 Bd6 19. Ne3 dxc4 20. Nf5 Nb6 21. bxc4 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 c5 23. d5 Qc7 24. h4 Rd8 25. h5 Bf4 26. Re4 Nc8 27. Qe2 Bd6 28. h6 Ne7 29. Be6+ Nxe6 30. Rxe6 Ng6 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Nf8 33. Nh4 Bh2+ 34. Kh1 Qf4 35. hxg7 Kxg7 36. Qe7+ 1-0 [Event "Osterskan op"] [Site "Osterskan"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Hardstam, Johan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 ({RR} 6. a3 a5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. c5 b6 9. cxb6 cxb6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. h3 Nd7 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Re8 14. Nxd5 Ndxe5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Rad8 18. Qb3 Qf6 19. Rad1 Qg6 20. f3 Rd6 {Reetoo,S (1475)-Leva,R (1611) Montesilvano ITA 2026 1-0 (60)}) 6... O-O 7. Rc1 ({RR} 7. h3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Na5 9. Be2 Nd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Qc2 a6 15. Qc5 Qd8 16. b4 Be6 17. a4 Rc8 18. Bxa6 Nxb4 19. Bxb7 Nd3 20. Qc2 Nxc1 21. Bxc8 Ne2+ {Huss,A (2352)-Bieri,C (2127) Geneve 2001 1-0 (36)}) 7... a6 8. a3 Na7 $146 ({RR} 8... Bd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Qf3 Re8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. O-O Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Ne7 16. h3 Nh5 17. Qf3 g6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxd4 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. b4 Qb6 22. Bd5 Qf6 23. Qg4 {Voskanyan,V (2365)-Destree,F (1960) Montreal 1998 1-0 (38)}) 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Bg3 f6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Qd7 17. Nd2 Nc8 18. Nb3 Ncb6 19. Na5 Na4 20. Rc1 Nb2 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qc2+ Kg8 23. Qxb2 Nb6 24. Qb3 Ra7 25. Rc2 Ba8 26. Rfc1 Qd5 27. Qxd5 cxd5 28. Bd6 Rd8 29. Bc7 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Nc4 31. f3 Kh7 32. Kf2 e5 33. Re7 exd4 34. exd4 Kg6 35. g4 Rd6 36. Ra7 Bc6 37. Rxa6 Bd7 38. Rxd6 Nxd6 39. Rc5 Nc4 40. Rxd5 1-0 [Event "Wch Seniors 06th"] [Site "Bad Liebenzell"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Oud, Niek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1996.11.11"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 {ChessBase II} d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Be6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Ng5 ({RR} 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Nfd4 Rfd8 15. e3 Bd7 16. Qh5 Nb4 17. Ba3 g6 18. Qd1 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Nxa2 20. Rxc5 Nxc5 21. Qd2 a6 22. Nd4 Qc7 23. Qxa2 Ne4 24. Bb2 Qb6 25. Ba1 Rc5 26. Ne2 Rb5 27. Rd1 Re8 {Filippov,V (2593)-Blanco Fernandez,A (2371) Merida 2000 1-0}) 13... h6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Na4 $146 ({RR} 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Rcd8 17. Rxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Qa1 Nd4 20. Bc4 Rd7 21. Qc1 Rfd8 22. Kg2 Qc6+ 23. f3 b5 24. Bd3 Qxc1 25. Bxc1 b4 26. h4 Rd5 27. Bf4 Ne6 28. Be3 Ra5 29. Bb1 Rad5 {Nikolaevsky,Y-Momo,S Budapest 1959 EXT 2009 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (47)}) 15... Bd6 16. e3 Kh8 17. Qe2 a6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rf5 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Rc2 Qf8 23. Rce2 Be5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qg6 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Nd4 27. Re3 e5 28. Nc5 Re7 29. Nd3 Qc8 30. Qe4 Nc6 31. b4 Qe8 32. Kg2 Qd8 33. a4 Qd6 34. h4 Re8 35. h5 Rd8 36. Rf3 Qd4 37. Qxd4 Rxd4 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Ne7 40. Nxe5 Rd5 41. Ng6+ Nxg6 42. hxg6 Kg8 43. Rc3 Kf8 44. Rc8+ Ke7 45. Rc7+ Rd7 46. Rxd7+ Kxd7 47. Kf3 Kd6 48. Ke4 Kc5 49. f4 1-0 [Event "Elekes Memorial-07 Group A"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1982.06.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Frey Beckman, Kenneth"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2480"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1982.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [EventCategory "8"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Na4 Be7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Qb6 16. Rc2 d4 17. b3 h6 $146 ({RR} 17... Rfd8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bg5 Nb4 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Qd2 a5 22. Rc1 h6 23. Bh4 Bf5 24. a3 Na6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qxh6 Nc5 27. g4 Nxb3 28. g5 Bg6 29. gxf6 Qxf6 30. Rc7 b5 31. Ng5 d3 32. Ne4 {Staniszewski,P-Zolnierowicz,K (2330) Poznan 1984 1-0 (35)}) 18. Bc1 Rfd8 19. Bb2 Qa5 20. Qa1 Qh5 21. Rfc1 Bd5 22. h3 Bxf3 23. exf3 Nge5 24. f4 Nd3 25. Rd1 Nxb2 26. g4 Nxd1 27. gxh5 Nc3 28. Rxc3 dxc3 29. Qxc3 b6 30. Qe3 Nd4 31. Qe7 a5 32. Bb7 Nf5 33. Qe2 Rc5 34. Qa6 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rc2 36. Qxb6 Rdd2 37. Be4 Rxf2+ 38. Kg1 1-0 [Event "Los Polvorines op"] [Site "Los Polvorines"] [Date "1980.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Torres, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1980.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 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. Be3 b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 ({RR} 10... c4 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bg5 Na5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ng4 Re8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxd5 Rad8 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. e3 Nd6 19. Re1 b5 20. e4 Qg6 21. e5 Nf5 22. Nxb5 Qb6 23. Nd6 Nxd6 24. exd6 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 {Goldin,A (2575)-Lalic,S (2335) Le Touquet 1992 1-0 (72)}) ({RR} 10... c4 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf4 a6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Rxc4 Na5 16. Rc1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 f6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Bd5 20. Rc3 Bxa2 21. Qd3 Bd5 22. Rfc1 b5 23. Rc7 Bc4 24. R7xc4 bxc4 25. Qxc4+ {Golubovskis,M (2228)-Toroptseva,Y (2104) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (43)}) 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 12. Na4 d4 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd2 Nb4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Nxc5 Qd5 19. a3 Nc6 20. Qd3 Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Qh5 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Qf3 Qh6 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qf5 Re5 26. Qf3 Rdd5 {Cabrera Trujillo,J (2348)-Abreu Suarez,I (2038) Tenerife 2017 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 12. Na4 d4 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Rxc5 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rc2 Qb4 18. a3 Qb6 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Qa4 Ba6 21. Rc1 Rd6 22. b4 Bb5 23. Qd1 Qa6 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxa3 {Shahinyan,D (2451)-Poghosyan,T (2230) Batumi 2015 ½-½ (69)}) 12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 Qb6 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nxc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qxb2 19. Rc2 Qb5 20. Qd6 Rfe8 21. Rd1 Qc6+ 22. Qxc6 Nxc6 23. Rd6 Ne5 24. Ne6 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd5 Nc6 27. Rxf5 Re8 28. Nf4 Nd4 29. Ra5 Nxe2 30. Nxe2 Rxe2 31. Rxa7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch23 Semifinal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1955.11.29"] [Round "12"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Estrin, Yakov Borisovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1955.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 Bxg3 8. hxg3 Nf6 ({RR} 8... Nd7 9. Nh4 Ne7 10. e3 Nf6 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bd3 Nd6 13. Qc2 {½-½ (13) Stanec,N (2539)-Stangl,M (2493) Austria 2004}) ({RR} 8... h6 9. e3 Nf6 10. Nh4 Bh7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 ({RR} 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nbd7 13. Nf5 Kf8 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. f3 Rc8 16. g4 Ng8 17. e4 g6) 12. Bxh7 Nxh7 13. Nf5 Qf6 14. Qg4 O-O-O 15. Qf4 Nb6 16. Rc1 a6 17. a4 g6 18. Nh4 Qxf4 19. gxf4 Nf6 20. Nf3 Nbd7 21. Ke2 Rde8 22. b4 Kb8 23. Rh3 {Cai,Y (1826)-Gao,Y Bengbu 2025 1-0 (45)}) 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. Qc2 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 10... Qd6 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Bd3 g6 13. b4 Nb6 14. Rb1 Rc8 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Rh4 b5 19. Ne2 Nd5 20. a3 a5 21. e4 Nc7 22. Kf1 Ne6 23. Qc3 axb4 24. axb4 Ke7 25. Kg2 {Reinaldo Castineira,R (2490)-Vidal Fernandez,P (2021) Pontevedra 2015 1-0 (35)}) 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. f3 Be6 13. g4 h6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. gxf5 O-O-O 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Qc7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rd3 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 f6 22. e6 Nb8 23. Rg3 Nc6 24. Rh4 Ne7 25. Bd3 Rdg8 26. Kd2 Kc7 27. Bc2 Kd6 28. Rb3 Rb8 29. Rg4 Rh7 30. Ke1 Nc6 31. Kf2 Ne7 32. Kg1 Nc6 33. Kh2 Ne7 34. Kh3 Kc7 35. Ra3 Ra8 36. b4 Kd6 37. Rc3 Rc8 38. Rc5 b6 39. Rxc8 Nxc8 40. b5 Kc7 41. Kh4 Ne7 42. Kh5 Kc8 43. Rg3 Kb7 44. Bb3 1-0 [Event "URS-ch23 Semifinal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1955.12.03"] [Round "15"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Beilin, Mikhail Abramovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1955.11.11"] [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. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Nc6 12. b4 ({RR} 12. Rd1 Be6 13. b4 Ba7 14. Bb2 Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. h3 d4 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. Rd2 Ba7 19. Rcd1 h6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bd3 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Bb1 Bc4 25. Qc2 Be5 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {Royle,A (2001)-Maharnab Choudhury (1556) Bradford ENG 2026 1-0 (76)}) 12... Ba7 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 14. b5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Bb8 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Ne4 18. Qb2 f5 19. Rfb1 Rf7 20. Qa2 Ra5 21. Rc1 Bc7 22. g3 h6 23. Qb2 Bd6 24. a4 Ra8 25. Bd1 Qe6 26. Qa2 Raf8 27. Ne1 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 f4 {Zeynalov,F (2269)-Sulashvili,M (2482) Urmia 2008 ½-½ (41)}) 14... Qd7 15. Rad1 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne5 18. Qb1 Qg4 19. Nxd5 Qxg5 20. f4 Qh6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. fxe5 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. h3 fxe5 25. Qe4 Rae8 26. Qxb7 Re6 27. Rd7 Qg5 28. Rxf7 Qg3 29. R1xf4 1-0 [Event "Vrnjacka Banja International-08"] [Site "Vrnjacka Banja"] [Date "1977.03.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1977.03.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Be3 c4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Qb6 13. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bc1 Nf6 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Na4 Qb5 20. e3 Rab8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nc5 Ne4 23. Rc1 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Qb6 25. Qc1 Bd7 26. Qa3 Qxb3 27. Qxa7 Qb6 {Glud,J (2496)-Kristensen,K (2296) Denmark 2012 ½-½ (89)}) ({RR} 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. Qd3 a5 15. Rfb1 g6 16. Rb2 Bf5 17. Qd1 Bb4 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Bf4 Ra8 20. f3 h5 21. h3 Rfe8 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bc8 24. Bf1 Qb7 25. Nc5 Qe7 26. Qc1 Nd7 27. Rc2 Nxc5 {Kilgus,G (2352)-Ferrari,J (2212) Austria 2002 0-1 (50)}) 13... a5 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Qxc6 Qxc6 17. Rxc6 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bg5 19. Kf2 Rfe8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Rxa5 Bb7 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rc7 Rb8 24. e3 Ba6 25. Nd2 f5 26. Rc5 g6 27. Bxe4 Re8 28. Bd5+ Kf8 29. Rc3 f4 30. gxf4 Bxf4 31. Nf3 Bb8 32. e4 Kg7 33. e5 Re7 34. Ke3 Ba7 35. Rc1 h6 36. Be4 Bb5 37. h4 Be8 38. b4 Bb6 39. Bc6 Bf7 40. Ra1 g5 41. hxg5 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation FRA-URS"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1954.04.19"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Raizman, Maurice"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "75"] [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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. h3 Qb6 $146 (9... Nf8 10. Nge2 Ne6 11. Be5 Nd7 12. Bh2 Nf6 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. f4 Qe7 15. O-O-O Nc7 16. Rhe1 Bd7 17. Ng1 O-O-O 18. Nf3 Kb8 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Kb1 Bb4 21. Re2 Ka8 22. Rc1 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Ne4 24. Qe1 f6 25. Nf3 Bd7 26. Nh4 Rhe8 27. f5 Bc8 28. Ng6 Qf7 29. g4 Rd7 30. Rec2 Nd6 31. Bf4 Red8 32. Qa5 b6 33. Qb4 Bb7 34. a4 Ne4 35. a5 b5 36. Bxc7 Rxc7 37. Nf4 Qe7 38. Qb3 Rcd7 39. Ne6 {Chistiakov,A-Saigin,V Moscow 1945 1-0}) (9... O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. O-O-O (12. O-O) 12... Ne6 13. Be5 b5 14. Kb1 (14. g4)) ({RR} 9... Nf8 10. Nf3 Ne6 11. Be5 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. a3 b5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qb1 Ng5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nd7 21. e4 g6 22. Qf3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 d4 24. Rfd1 {Rakhmanov,A (2585)-Xiong,J (2649) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (65)}) ({RR} 9... Nb6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Nc4 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Bf5 Qd7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. e4 b5 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. d6 Bd8 21. Rad1 Re8 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 b4 24. Ne4 {Navrodskiy,B (2127)-Punin,A (2289) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (67)}) 10. Qc2 Nf8 $146 ({RR} 10... c5 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. a4 a6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Ndxe4 Qxd4 19. Rfd1 Qb6 20. Bxc4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Ne5 22. Bd5 Bf5 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. Qf3 Be6 25. Bxe6 {Goczan,L (2215)-Kovacs,G (2285) Hungary 1997 ½-½ (34)}) 11. Nf3 Be6 12. O-O N8d7 13. Rab1 $1 {[%csl Rb6] Face à l'attaque de minorité la ?b6 est mal placée} a5 14. Na4 Qd8 15. a3 O-O 16. b4 $16 axb4 17. axb4 Ne4 18. Nc5 $36 Nexc5 19. bxc5 {[%csl Rb7] Les Noirs vont souffrir} Ra7 20. Rb2 f5 21. Rfb1 Qc8 22. Ra2 Rxa2 23. Qxa2 g5 24. Bg3 f4 25. exf4 gxf4 26. Bh4 Bxh4 27. Nxh4 Rf7 (27... f3 $5 28. Nxf3 Bxh3 {[%CAl Gf8f3]}) 28. Qe2 Nf6 29. Qe5 Bxh3 30. Bg6 Rf8 31. gxh3 Qxh3 32. Qxf4 Ng4 33. Bf5 Qxh4 34. Be6+ Kg7 35. Rxb7+ Kg6 36. Bf7+ Rxf7 37. Qxf7+ Kg5 38. f4# 1-0 [Event "URS-ch17 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1949.11.09"] [Round "14"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [Annotator "Knaak,Rainer"] [PlyCount "81"] [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 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 (6. g3 Ne7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Bg5 f6) ({RR} 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 Nge7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc5 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Nd4 Ng6 14. Qb3 h6 15. Qxb7 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. exf4 Rxa2 20. Bf3 Rd2 {Mamedyarov,S (2742)-Movsesian,S (2723) Moscow 2008 ½-½ (53)}) ({RR} 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Bf5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Na4 Be4 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Qd2 f6 16. Bc3 Nf5 17. Rfd1 Rcd8 18. Nd4 Nfxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 {Amartuvshin,G (2430)-Rakotomaharo,F (2441) London ENG 2025 ½-½ (58)}) 6... Ne7 7. e3 $146 ({RR} 7. dxc5 Nbc6 8. e3 Qa5 9. Rc1 Qxa2 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd3 Ne7 15. Ra1 Bf5 16. Qd4 Bxc3 17. Rxa5 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 a6 19. Rfa1 Rad8 20. Be2 Bd7 21. R5a3 Nc6 {Christiansen,L (2620)-Kortschnoj,V (2605) Monte Carlo 1993 ½-½ (42)}) 7... c4 (7... Nbc6 8. Be2 Be6) 8. Be2 Nbc6 9. O-O O-O (9... Bf5 $142) 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxe4 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Nxe4 Be6 14. Bd2 Bd5 15. Qc2 Rad8 (15... Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxd2 18. Rfd1 Qg5 19. Bxc4 Nc6 20. d5 Ne5 (20... Rfe8 $1 {?21... Se5}) 21. f4 $18 (21. Bb3 Rad8 22. d6 $16)) 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Bf1 Qc7 18. Re3 Nce7 19. Rae1 Qc6 $2 (19... h6 20. Bc1 Qc6 21. Ba3 Nf5 22. R3e2 Rfe8 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qxf5 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Bxg2 $1 26. Bxg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Nh4+) 20. Ng5 h6 21. Rxe7 hxg5 22. R7e3 f5 $1 23. Rg3 g4 24. h3 gxh3 25. Rxh3 Rde8 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Bc1 $2 (27. a4 {?28.Da2}) 27... f4 $2 (27... b5 28. Qd1 Be4 29. Qh5 f4) 28. Rh5 $1 Be6 (28... Bf7 29. Ba3) (28... Qf7 29. Rxd5) 29. d5 Bd7 30. Bxc4 Rf6 31. Qe2 Qc8 32. Rg5 Nf8 33. Bd3 $1 Bf5 34. Bxf5 Rxf5 35. Qg4 g6 36. Bxf4 (36. Rxg6+ $142 Nxg6 37. Qxg6+ Kh8 38. c4 {?39.Lb2+-}) 36... Kf7 37. c4 Kf6 38. Be3 b6 39. Qd4+ Kf7 40. Qg4 Qd7 41. Rxf5+ 1-0 [Event "Skopje Solidarnost-04"] [Site "Skopje"] [Date "1970.06.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Marovic, Drazen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1970.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6) 7. g4 Be6 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. h4 Nd7 9. g5 h6 10. g6) 8... Bd6 ({RR} 8... Nd7 9. Bf5 Bxf5 10. gxf5 Bb4 11. Nge2 Ne7 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. f3 ({RR} 13. Rg1 g6 14. Be5) 13... g6 14. fxg6 Nxg6 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Rd3 Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Qb2 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Rg8 20. Qf2 O-O-O 21. Kb2 Kb8 22. Nb1 Rde8 23. Nxa3 {Laznicka,V (2677)-Topalov,V (2769) Novy Bor 2013 CBM 157 [Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro] 0-1 (38)}) ({RR} 8... Nd7 9. h3 g5 10. Bh2 h5 11. gxh5 Ngf6 12. Qc2 Rxh5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. a3 b5 15. Kb1 b4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Na2 c5 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. Bd6 Rc8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qe2 Nfe4 22. Bb5+ Kd8 23. Be5 {Berin,A (2321)-Valiyev,S (2158) Krakow POL 2024 0-1 (33)}) 9. Qe2 h5 $146 ({RR} 9... Ne7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. h4 Nd7 13. h5 O-O-O 14. f4 f6 15. f5 Bf7 16. Nh3 Rhe8 17. Nf4 h6 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Rc1 Nc8 20. Qf2 Ndb6 21. Rhe1 Qd7 22. Bf1 Nd6 23. Nd3 Re7 24. Nc5 {Murshed,N (2410)-Abramovic,B (2495) Subotica 1984 ½-½ (51)}) 10. g5 Ne7 11. Nf3 Bxf4 12. exf4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd6 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. f5 O-O-O 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. Kb1 h4 19. Ne2 g6 20. f6 Nc8 21. Nf4 Rde8 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Rd8 24. Ng2 c5 25. Nxh4 Rh8 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Ng2 d4 28. Qf3 Qb6 29. Bc2 Rd8 30. Qf4+ Ka8 31. Rxd4 Na4 32. Rxa4 1-0 [Event "St Petersburg-ch"] [Site "St Petersburg"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2410"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "9"] [SourceTitle "CBM 047"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Ba7 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Bxg4 Be5 15. Bf3 Qd6 16. g3 Rad8 17. Na4 Rfe8 $146 ({RR} 17... Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Ne5 19. Nd3 b6 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd3 a5 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. Qd4 Qe6 24. Rc7 h6 25. Rdc1 Rd6 26. Rb7 Re7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. h4 Ne4 30. h5 Rf6 31. Qxd5 Rxf3 32. Qa8 {Danner,G (2330)-Damjanovic,M (2335) Prague 1990 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 17... Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Ne4 19. Nd3 f5 20. Bg2 d4 21. exd4 Nxd4 22. Nf4 Rfe8 23. h4 b5 24. Qd3 Qa3 25. Rfe1 Qb2 {0-1 (25) Dumitrascu,C (2090)-Baratosi,D (2372) Sarata Monteoru 2011}) 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Bg2 Qa3 20. Rc2 Ne4 21. Qd4 Nc6 22. Qb6 Qe7 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 d4 25. exd4 Nxd4 26. Rc7 Qe5 27. Rxb7 Rd6 28. Qc7 Qf6 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Qxb8+ Rd8 31. Qb7 h5 32. h4 g6 33. Re1 Kg7 34. Qe7 Nc2 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Re4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Nd4 38. b4 Rd2 39. a4 Nf5 40. Rf4 Ke5 41. Bb7 Rd6 42. a5 Nd4 43. Rxf7 Nb5 44. Rf4 Na3 45. Kg2 Ke6 46. Rf3 Nb5 47. Rf8 Nc7 48. Rg8 Ke5 49. Rc8 Rd7 50. Bc6 Re7 51. Rd8 Rf7 52. f4+ Kf6 53. Rd6+ 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Cup 06th"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1968.12.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Nei, Iivo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "1968.12.11"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"] [BlackTeam "Kalev"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 a5 11. b5 Nbd7 12. Be2 a4 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qb1 $146 ({RR} 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Nd4 Ncd7 17. Qc1 Rfc8 18. Qa1 Nc5 19. N2f3 Nfd7 20. Rc1 Nb6 21. Nd2 Bd7 22. Rfd1 f5 23. Nf1 Rf8 24. Bf3 Ne4 25. Nd2 Bxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh4 27. g3 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Qh2 {Petkov,V (2415)-Lupulescu,C (2558) Plovdiv 2008 0-1}) 14... Nc5 15. Rd1 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd4 Qg5 18. Bc3 Bh3 19. g3 Rfe8 20. b6 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Bb4 Rac8 23. Ra2 Be5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rc2 Rd5 26. Rc4 h5 27. h3 Qxh3 28. Qxe4 Red8 29. Rxa4 Bxg3 30. fxg3 Rg5 31. Kf2 Qxg3+ 32. Ke2 Qh2+ 33. Kd3 Rc5 34. Rd2 Qg1 35. Qg2 Qb1+ 36. Ke2 Qxb6 37. Qe4 Rcd5 38. Rb4 Qa6+ 39. Rd3 Qd6 40. Qh4 Qc7 41. Rb2 Qc4 42. Rxb7 Re8 43. Re7 Rb8 44. Qe4 Qa2+ 45. Rd2 Qc4+ 46. Kf2 Rd6 47. Re8+ Rxe8 48. Qxe8+ Kh7 49. Qe4+ g6 50. Nf3 Qxe4 51. Ng5+ Kh6 52. Nxe4 Ra6 53. Ra2 f5 54. Nc3 g5 55. a4 g4 56. a5 Kg5 57. Nd5 1-0 [Event "Peer Gynt"] [Site "Gausdal"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Thorhallsson, Gylfi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2285"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1992.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "TD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd7 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Qxd7 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Nf3 a6 16. Rd2 Qc6 17. Rad1 h6 18. h3 b5 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Ne2 Rc4 21. a3 Rac8 22. Nf4 Qc6 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 {Li,T (2224)-Kona,V (2071) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (118)}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 11... a6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 f6 17. Qb6 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Bf3 Bc7 20. Ba3 Bxb6 21. Bxe7 Ba7 22. h3 Kf7 23. Ba3 b5 24. Nb2 Nc3 25. Re1 Nxa2 26. Rxc8 {Balla,T (2295)-Mizzi,J (2051) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 11... a6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Rc1 Ba7 14. Na4 Rc8 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Nxe6 Qxa3 18. Nf4 d4 19. exd4 Ne4 20. Bc4 Rcd8 21. Bd5 Qd6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne2 c5 24. dxc5 Qxd1 25. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 {Artemiev,V (2704)-Rasulov,V (2478) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0 (68)}) 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Ncxe2 Re8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. Nd4 Qh5 21. h3 c5 22. Nb5 Bb8 23. Qd1 Qg6 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Rc6 26. Rfd1 Rd8 27. f3 Nf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Nd4 cxd4 30. Rxc6 dxe3 31. Kf1 d4 32. Ke2 Kg7 33. Rc4 Be5 34. f4 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-09a"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1973.06.21"] [Round "13"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Rukavina, Josip"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1973.06.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Unzicker,Wolfgang} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 ({RR} 6... Nf6 7. Qc2 ({RR} 7. Bd3)) 7. g4 Be6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Bd3 ({RR} 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Kg2 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 {Kortschnoj,V (2650)-Karpov,A (2690) Merano 1981 MainBase [Unzicker,Wolfgang] 1-0 (41)}) 9... Bd6 10. Nge2 h6 $146 ({RR} 10... 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}) ({RR} 10... 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}) 11. Qb3 Bc8 12. O-O-O Na6 13. Rde1 Nc7 14. Rhg1 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qd6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Rxg5 Kf8 18. Reg1 Nce8 19. Nce2 b6 20. Kb1 Rh6 21. f3 Nh7 22. R5g3 Be6 23. Qc2 Kg8 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Nf8 26. Qc3 f6 27. e5 Qe7 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Qxc6 Rd8 30. Bc4 fxe5 31. Rg6 Rd6 32. Qc8 Rxg6 33. Rxg6 Kf7 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. dxe5 g5 36. Nd4 Ng7 37. a4 a6 38. Bd5 b5 39. a5 b4 40. Bb3 g4 41. hxg4 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-02"] [Site "Saltsjobaden"] [Date "1952.09.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Steiner, Herman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1952.09.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Dautov,Rustem} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 Bd7 ({RR} 9... e5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Bd3 ({RR} 12. b4 Nf6 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qxc4 15. Rxe5 Nxb4 16. Re7 Nbd5 17. Rc1) 12... Qf4 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxd1 15. Bf5+ ({RR} 15. Raxd1 Nh6 16. Bc2 g6 17. Nf3 Rhe8) 15... Kc7 16. Nxf7 Bh5 ({RR} 16... Ne7 17. Bxh7 Bg4 18. Nxh8 Rxh8 19. Rfe1 Nc8 20. Bc2 Nb4 21. Be4) ({RR} 16... Nh6 17. Nxh6 ({RR} 17. Nxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxh7 Be2 19. Rfc1 Rd2) ({RR} 17. Nxh8 Nxf5 18. Nf7 Rd7 19. Ne5 Be2 20. Nxd7 Bxf1) 17... Bh5 ({RR} 17... Be2 18. Rfe1 Rd2 19. Bg4 Re8) 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Nxg4 Rd2 20. Rab1 Re8 21. Rfd1 ({RR} 21. Ne3 Nb4 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxa2) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Re2 23. Rb1 Nb4) 17. Nxd8 ({RR} 17. Nxh8 Nh6 18. Bxh7 Rxh8 19. Be4 Be2 20. Rfc1 Rd8) 17... Kxd8 18. g4 Nh6 ({RR} 18... Bg6 19. Rad1+ Kc7 20. Rd7+ Kb6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rxg7) 19. Rad1+ Kc7 20. Rd7+ Kb6 21. Rxg7 Nxf5 22. gxf5 Rf8 23. Re1 Nc5 ({RR} 23... Rxf5 24. Ree7 Bg6 25. Rxb7+ Kc5 26. Rxa7 Nb4 27. b3 Kd4 ({RR} 27... Rg5+ 28. Kf1 Bd3+ 29. Ke1 Rxg7 30. Rxg7 Nxa2 31. Kd2 Bg6 32. h4)) 24. b4 {Aronian,L (2752)-Vallejo Pons,F (2650) Morelia/Linares 2006 CBM 112 [Dautov,Rustem] 1-0 (36)}) 10. Nf3 c5 ({RR} 10... f6 11. b4 Nh6 12. O-O Nf7 13. Re1 Nxd6 14. Qxd6 O-O-O 15. Bf1 Qf5 16. Nd4 Qh5 17. b5 Qc5 18. Qg3 Nc7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nb3 Qg5 21. Qd6 c5 22. Qd3 Ba4 23. Qc3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3 Rd6 25. Rab1 {Garv,G (2331)-Aashman,G (2294) Bijeljina BIH 2026 0-1 (76)}) 11. Ne5 Bc6 $146 ({RR} 11... Qd4 12. Nxd7 Rd8 13. Be5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 f6 15. Bh5+ {1-0 (15) Tegelidis,P-Skevos,S Athens 1997}) ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. O-O Qd4 ({RR} 12... Rd8 13. Bf3 Qh4 14. Bxb7 Nb4 15. Bxc5 Qf4 16. Qd6 Nbd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qg5 19. f4 Qf6 20. Ng4 Qh4 21. g3) 13. Qxd4 cxd4 14. Bf3 Bc8 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Rxd4 Ke8 18. Rad1 f6 19. c5 e5 20. Bxe5 Kf7 21. Bd6 Nb8 22. Bd5+ Kg6 23. R1d3 h6 24. Rg3+ Kh7 25. Be4+ f5 26. Be5 {Dyachuk,A (2293)-Shevchenko,Y (2064) Lvov 2025 1-0}) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Ne7 14. Qa4 Nb4 15. Bxc5 a5 16. Bf3 Qc2 17. b3 Rc8 18. Qxa5 Nd3 19. Be4 Qe2 20. Bxd3 Qxd3 21. Rad1 Qf5 22. Qa7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch20 Semifinal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1952.05.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D50"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1952.05.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [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. Bg5 c5 5. Bxf6 ({RR} 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. e3 d4 7. exd4 Bxd4 8. Qd2 h6 9. Bh4 Bb6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Nb4 12. Rd1 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qxd3 14. Rxd3 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. O-O Ke7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 {Einwiller,D (2205)-Ginsburg,G (2470) Deizisau 1998 0-1 (36)}) 5... Qxf6 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 $146 ({RR} 7... Bb4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. O-O Rd8 12. Ne4 Qf4 13. Ng3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Rxc4 Be7 17. Qc2 e5 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. Bg4 Be6 20. Rc3 e4 21. Rg3 Qxb2 22. Qxe4 {Agasiyev,K (2441)-Weisz,B (1965) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 7... Bb4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. O-O Rd8 12. Ne4 Qf4 13. Ng3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Rxc4 Be7 17. Qc2 e5 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. Bg4 Be6 20. Rc3 e4 21. Rg3 Qxb2 22. Qxe4 {Agasiyev,K (2441)-Weisz,B (1965) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (59)}) 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Qe3 Bd6 13. O-O Qf4 14. g3 Qxe3 15. fxe3 Bd7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Rc1 Rab8 19. Bb5 Rdc8 20. Nb3 g6 21. Rc3 Bb4 22. Rc4 Bd6 23. Ng5 Be7 24. h4 h6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Ne4 c5 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Rxf6 cxd4 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. exd4 Rc4 31. Rf2 Ba4 32. Rd2 Bxb3 33. axb3 Rb4 34. Rd3 a5 35. Kf2 a4 36. Ke3 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 axb3 38. Kd2 f5 39. Kc3 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 0-1 [Event "URS-ch34 Final"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1967.01.22"] [Round "15"] [White "Savon, Vladimir A"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1966.12.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. Qc2 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 h6 14. Be3 exd4 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bxd4 Nf6 17. Bf5 Qa5 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Qb3 Qd5 20. Qd1 Qf5 21. Re1 b6 22. Nh4 Qg5 23. g3 Bc5 {Berserk 20250113-LCZero 0.31-dag-c93c6a8-BT4-6 (3652) tcec-chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 9. e4) 9... exd5 10. b4 a6 $146 ({RR} 10... Re8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qe2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ne5 Qg5 20. Kh1 f6 21. Nc4 Bc7 22. Rae1 Qh4 23. f4 exf3 24. Rxf3 Bg3 25. Ref1 {Zolboot,E (1723)-Wumaier Yikemu Aksu, Xinjiang CHN 2025 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 10... Re8 11. b5 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Nce4 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Be5 17. Qe1 Rc8 18. Rc1 Bb8 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Be2 Be5 21. Qb4 Bxb2 {½-½ (21) Uhlmann,W-Bobotsov,M Sofia 1953 EXT 2006 [ChessBase II]}) 11. Na4 Re8 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Qc2 Re6 14. Nc5 Rh6 15. g3 Ndf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd7 18. Ng5 Rh5 19. f4 h6 20. Nf3 Qe8 21. Ne5 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f6 23. Qf3 fxe5 24. dxe5 Bc7 25. g4 Rh4 26. h3 h5 27. Qg3 Qe7 28. f5 Qg5 29. Rf4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Bd7 31. Rd1 Be8 32. Bc3 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Kg2 Bc7 35. Qf3 Bf7 36. Qg3 Bd5+ 37. e4 Bc4 38. Qf3 Be2 0-1 [Event "Przepiorka Memorial-01"] [Site "Szczawno Zdroj"] [Date "1950.07.07"] [Round "14"] [White "Troianescu, Octavio"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1950.06.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 8. b4 Bc7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Ba2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Rfe8 17. O-O Qe5 18. Qh3 a5 19. Rd4 axb4 20. Rxb4 Qg5 21. Bb1 h6 22. Rh4 Qe5 {Kottnauer,C-Kotov,A Moscow 1947 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 8. b4 Bc7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Ne2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qb3 e5 14. Ng3 e4 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Be2 Be6 17. Qc2 axb4 18. axb4 Bd5 19. Nb3 h5 20. Nc5 g6 21. Rfc1 h4 22. Nf1 Nh7 {Vaganian,R (2600)-Van der Wiel,J (2570) Amsterdam 1986 0-1 (53)}) ({RR} 8. b4 Bc7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb2 b6 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 Rc8 16. Rc1 b5 17. Bxb5 a6 18. Bd3 Bb6 19. Rxc8 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxc8 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qc3 {Ziukaite,L-Kudarauskas,N (1133) Kaunas 2018 ½-½}) ({RR} 8. b4 Bc7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Ba2 a5 14. b5 c5 15. d5 Bd6 16. Bb1 Nb6 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nge4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. O-O c4 21. f4 f6 22. fxe5 fxe5 {Kottnauer,C-Van Scheltinga,T Beverwijk 1948 0-1 (42)}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bc7 10. Qc2 a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Ng3 Nf8 14. Bf5 Ne4 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Be1 Ndf6 18. b4 Ng4 19. Nf1 Re6 20. h3 Nh6 21. a4 g5 22. N1h2 f5 23. Qe2 Qe8 24. Rab1 b5 25. Nd2 g4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. g3 gxh3 28. Qf1 f4 29. Qxh3 fxg3 30. Qxh6 gxh2+ 31. Kh1 Rg4 0-1 [Event "Przepiorka Memorial-01"] [Site "Szczawno Zdroj"] [Date "1950.07.10"] [Round "16"] [White "Szapiel, Henryk"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1950.06.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 ({RR} 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 {½-½ (12) Nogueiras Santiago,J (2545)-Tal,M (2565) Taxco 1985}) 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Bg5 ({RR} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd2 Qd6 14. f4 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxc4 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Qf3 Nxe5 18. Qh5 f6 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Rac1 Nd3 21. Nd5 Nxf4 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ Nxg6 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. Rc1 Ne5 {Blokhin,S (2019)-Iannaccone,E (2375) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (43)}) 11... Qe7 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 13. Ba2 Bc7 14. Qe2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qd6 16. Nf3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Ng4 20. Bxd8 Nf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qxf2 22. Bxc7 Bg4 23. Rf1 Qxb2 24. Be5 Qd2 25. h3 Bh5 26. g4 Bg6 27. f5 Qe3 {Eliskases,E-Shocron,R Mar del Plata/ Buenos Aires 1954 ½-½ (60)}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nb6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Be5 19. Rad1 Re8 20. f3 Nfd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd2 Bf4 23. Rd3 Ne3 24. Bf1 Nxf5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bf2 b6 27. Rd7 Re7 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Bd3 g6 30. b4 Bc7 31. Rc8 Rd7 32. Be2 Ne7 33. Re8 Nd5 34. Bd4 Rd8 35. Re4 Nf4 36. Bf1 Ne6 37. Bf2 Rd1 38. g3 Ra1 39. Re3 Bd8 40. Rc3 c5 41. bxc5 bxc5 42. Kg2 Bf6 43. Rb3 Ra2 44. Kg1 Rc2 45. Rb7 Bd4 46. Bxd4 Nxd4 47. Bg2 c4 48. f4 h5 49. Rxf7+ Kh6 50. Rxa7 c3 51. Bd5 Rd2 52. Bg8 g5 53. fxg5+ Kxg5 54. h4+ Kg4 55. Rg7+ Kh3 56. Bh7 c2 0-1 [Event "URS-ch19 Semifinal"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1951.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "80"] [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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. b3 b5 8. Be2 Be7 ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. c5 Be7 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Qh4 Re8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qe4 Qd5 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Rad1 Ke7 21. Bc2 Rh8 22. Qd3 Rad8 23. Rfe1 {Riazantsev,A (2692)-Korobov,A (2680) Dubai 2014 1-0 (31)}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 10... b4 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Bd3 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. f3 Nc3 16. Nxc3 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Ne8 18. Bb2 f5 19. Rac1 a5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qc6 Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Kf7 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 {Herraiz Hidalgo,H (2488)-Pinto Henriquez,R (2212) La Laguna 2010 ½-½ (67)}) ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 h6 12. Bd3 Qb8 13. c5 a5 14. Ne2 Bd8 15. Ng3 Bc7 16. a4 b4 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Re1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rad1 Ra8 22. Ned2 Qd8 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Bc1 Nc3 25. Rd3 {Cancedda-Dupuis,L (2160)-Mitev,V (2313) Ryde ENG 2026 1-0 (61)}) 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Qb1 dxc4 14. bxc4 b4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 c5 17. Qb1 a5 18. Bd3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 g6 20. d5 e5 21. Kg2 Qd6 22. Rh1 Bh4 23. Rcg1 f5 24. Kf1 e4 25. Be2 exf3 26. Bxf3 f4 27. e4 Ne5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Rg4 Bf6 30. h4 a4 31. h5 g5 32. Kg2 Ra8 33. Rd1 Ra6 34. Rd3 Rb8 35. Kh1 b3 36. d6 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Qxd6 38. e5 Qxe5 39. Bd5+ Kh8 40. Rg1 g4 0-1 [Event "Przepiorka Memorial-01"] [Site "Szczawno Zdroj"] [Date "1950.06.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Zita, Frantisek"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1950.06.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Nc6 6. c4 cxd4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bc5 ({RR} 11... h5 12. Rc1 h4 13. e3 h3 14. Bh1 Bf8 15. Nce2 Ne5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ne4 18. Nf4 Be6 19. Bd4 Ng5 20. Bg4 Bd6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. f4 e5 23. Bb2 Qb6 24. fxg5 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Be6+ {Svane,R (2613)-Pantzar,M (2421) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0}) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Re1 $146 ({RR} 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. Bf3 Bf8 15. Na4 Bb5 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Qd4 c5 18. Qa4 Re6 19. Rfd1 d4 20. e3 d3 21. Qf4 Rc8 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Qf5 Ne7 24. Qh3 Rh6 25. Qg2 c4 26. bxc4 Bxc4 27. Nc3 Rb6 {Pitam,E (2255)-Klink,T (2275) Yerevan 1996 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. Qd3 Re3 18. Qf5 Qh4 19. Rfd1 Re5 20. Qf4 Bxf2+ 21. Kf1 Ne3+ {0-1 (21) Abbasi Abeluie,M (2244)-Guliev,G (2123) chess.com INT 2025}) ({RR} 13. Na4 Bd6 14. Rc1 Bg4 15. Re1 Bb4 16. Bc3 Ba3 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Qa1 Rac8 19. Bd4 Bf5 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Ne4 22. Rcc1 c5 23. f3 Nf6 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Be6 26. Nc3 c4 27. e5 Qc5+ {De Souza Haro,P-Miranda,M Cabo Frio 1984 0-1 (38)}) 13... Ba6 14. Bf3 Qd6 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Red1 Bb6 17. e3 Qe6 18. Bg2 Ng4 19. Bf3 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Qh3 21. Rd4 Qxh2+ 22. Bg2 Rxe3 23. Nxd5 Qxg3+ 24. Kg1 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 cxd5 27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 d4 29. Bxd4 Rd8 30. Be3 Rxd2 31. Bxd2 h6 32. a4 g5 33. b4 Bc4 34. Bc6 a6 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. a5 Bd4 37. b5 Bxb5 38. Bb4+ Kg8 39. Bxb5 axb5 40. a6 f5 41. Kf3 Ba7 0-1 [Event "URS-ch31 Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1963.11.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Furman, Semen Abramovich"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "174"] [EventDate "1963.11.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 ({RR} 11... c4 12. Bb1 a6 13. Ne5 b5 14. Qf3 Re8 15. Qh3 Nf8 16. f4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. f5 f6 20. Ng4 Bd5 21. Rf4 b4 22. axb4 Rab8 23. Nf2 Qxb4 24. Bxe4 Bf7 25. Qf3 Qxb2 26. Rf1 {Indjic,A (2547)-Morozevich,A (2683) Kazan 2016 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 11... Rc8 12. Qe2 h6 13. Bh4 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ba6 Ndf6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nd4 Rcd8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Nc6 Qe6 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nd4 Qd6 24. b4 Nce4 25. Rc6 Qe5 26. Rdc1 {Fedosov,A (2271)-Ruiz Vazquez,J (2267) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (41)}) 12. Qe2 a6 $146 ({RR} 12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ba6 {½-½ (14) Lund,S (2420)-Bekker Jensen,S (2392) Bodsmot 2008}) 13. Rfd1 c4 14. Bb1 Bd6 15. Bh4 b5 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Ng6 19. b3 Qd6 20. Qb2 Rab8 21. Bc2 Bc6 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qa2 Ng4 24. Re1 Nf6 25. Rb1 Nf8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Rb1 N8d7 28. Rxb8+ Qxb8 29. Qb1 Qxb1+ 30. Bxb1 Kf8 31. Nd2 Nb6 32. Bc2 Ne8 33. g4 h6 34. f3 Nc7 35. Kf2 Nb5 36. Ndb1 Nc7 37. e4 Bd7 38. Bd1 Ke7 39. Ke3 f6 40. Nd2 Kd6 41. f4 dxe4 42. Ndxe4+ Ke7 43. g3 Bc6 44. Be2 Bxe4 45. Kxe4 Nb5 46. Nb1 Na4 47. Ke3 Nb2 48. Bf3 c3 49. Be4 g5 50. Bh7 Kd6 51. Bg6 a5 52. Bh7 a4 53. Bg6 Nc4+ 54. Kd3 Ncxa3 55. Nxa3 Nxa3 56. Kxc3 Nb5+ 57. Kc4 a3 58. Bb1 Nc7 59. fxg5 hxg5 60. Ba2 Nd5 61. Kb3 Ne3 62. Kxa3 Nxg4 63. Kb4 Ne3 64. Kc3 Nf5 65. g4 Ne3 66. Kd3 Nxg4 67. Ke4 Nh6 68. Bc4 f5+ 69. Kf3 Ke7 70. Bd3 Kf6 71. Ke3 Nf7 72. Kf3 Nh8 73. Kg3 Ng6 74. Kf3 Ne7 75. Bc4 g4+ 76. Kf4 Ng6+ 77. Ke3 Kg5 78. Be6 Nh4 79. Bc8 f4+ 80. Ke4 g3 81. Bh3 g2 82. Bxg2 Nxg2 83. d5 Ne3 84. d6 Ng4 85. Kd4 Nf6 86. Kd3 Kf5 87. Ke2 Nd7 0-1 [Event "URS-ch37 Semifinal"] [Site "Rostov on Don"] [Date "1969.05.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Vesselovsky, Serguei"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1969.05.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2018"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 ({RR} 9. a3 a5 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qd8 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. h3 Qe7 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rfxc8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 f5 21. Nc4 Bc7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 b5 {Kuligowski,A (2405)-Schinzel,W (2385) Warsaw 1980 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O 15. Qc2 Qf6 16. d5 c5 17. Nd2 b6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Be4 Bb7 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Bf3 Qf6 {Priyankara,C (1986)-Weerawardane,R (2055) Nugegoda 2019 ½-½ (46)}) 9... Be7 $146 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. Nd2 Bb4 16. Qb3 Be6 17. a3 Ba5 18. Qa4 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bc4 f5 22. Rhc1 Rhf8 23. g3 g5 24. Bxe6 {Enevoldsen,J-Stahlberg,G Stockholm 1937 ½-½}) ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O Nf6 12. h3 O-O 13. Rab1 Re8 14. a3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. f3 exf3 18. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Bh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxf2 21. Nxf3 Rad8 22. Ne4 Qe2 23. Ne5 Re7 24. Ng3 {Knechtel,R (2191)-Stoer,A (2140) Bayern 2006 1-0 (55)}) 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. Rhg1 Nb6 13. g4 a5 14. g5 hxg5 15. Nxg5 Qh6 16. h4 a4 17. Bd3 b4 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Ng3 b3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Qxb3 Bg4 22. Bxc4 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Qxg5 26. Kc2 Rfb8 27. Qd3 Qa5 28. Rb1 c5 29. Ne4 cxd4 30. exd4 Rb4 31. d5 Qb6 32. Nc3 Qxf2+ 33. Qd2 Qb6 34. Qg2 Rb8 35. Kc1 Rf4 0-1 [Event "Leningrad-ch34"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1961.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tolush, Alexander V"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1961.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2012"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qb3 (7. Qc2) (7. e3) 7... a5 (7... Nd7) (7... dxc4) 8. e4 a4 (8... dxe4) 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ $1 11. Kd1 (11. Nc3 $6 a3 $36) 11... Qd8 ({RR} 11... Qf4 12. a3 Be7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Ke2 Nd7 15. Rhe1 e5 16. Kf1 exd4 17. Ng3 Bc5 18. Re4 Qc7 19. Rae1 Nf6 20. Re5 Bd6 21. R5e2 c5 22. Bf5 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Rfe8 25. g4 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 {Barria Zuniga,D (2341)-Postny,E (2538) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (34)}) 12. c5 O-O 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bc4 $146 ({RR} 14. Qxa4 Na6 15. Nd6 Bc7 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qc2 e5 19. Ke2 Re8 20. Rhe1 e4 21. Nd2 e3 22. Nf3 Qb8 23. g3 Qc8 24. fxe3 Qh3 25. Rf1 Raa8 26. Rae1 Re6 27. e4 Ba5 28. b4 Bc7 {Nesterov,A (2205)-Guliev,S (2470) Moscow 1995 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 14. Qxa4 b5 15. cxb6 Bb7 16. Nc5 Bxb6 17. Nxb7 Rxa4 18. Nxd8 Rxd8 19. Kc2 Bxd4 20. Kb3 Ra7 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Kc3 Rf4 23. Rd1 Nd7 24. Rd2 Kf8 25. Kc2 Ke7 26. g3 Rf5 27. Bg2 Nb6 28. Kb1 Rc5 {Ivanchuk,V (2625)-Ribli,Z (2630) Reggio Emilia 1988 1-0 (66)}) ({RR} 14. Qxa4 b5 15. Qc2 e5 16. Nd6 exd4 17. Qe4 Be6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qf4 Kg7 20. Nxd4 Qf6 21. Qxf6+ Kxf6 22. Be4 Ra6 23. Kc2 Rd8 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Bd3 Rf8 26. Rad1 Nd7 27. b4 Bd8 28. Rhe1+ Kf6 {Uhlmann,W (2505)-Kuczynski,R (2460) Dresden 1988 1-0 (35)}) 14... Nd7 15. Ke2 b5 16. Ba2 (16. Bd3) 16... Ba6 {[%CAl Ga6e2]} 17. Rhd1 Bc7 (17... b4+ 18. Bc4 b3 {[%csl Rb2]}) 18. Kf1 $1 {[%CAl Gf1g1]} Qb8 19. Kg1 Rd8 20. Re1 Ra7 21. Rad1 b4 22. Bb1 {[%csl Rh7]} bxa3 23. bxa3 Qb3 24. Qc1 Rb8 25. d5 $5 {[%CAl Gf3d4]} cxd5 26. Nd4 $2 (26. c6) 26... Qxb1 27. Qxb1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 dxe4 29. c6 Nf6 30. Rb4 Ba5 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Reb1 Nd5 33. Nb5 Bxb5 34. R1xb5 Ra6 35. Rc5 Kg6 36. Rb7 f5 37. h4 Bb6 38. Rc4 e3 39. fxe3 Bxe3+ 40. Kh2 Bf4+ 0-1 [Event "Przepiorka Memorial-01"] [Site "Szczawno Zdroj"] [Date "1950.06.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Black "Tarnowski, Alfred"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1950.06.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Paoli,Enrico} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. O-O ({RR} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 10... exd4 11. Bg5 ({RR} 11. Qxd4 Qf6) ({RR} 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qxg7 Qf6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Rfe1 O-O-O 18. Rad1 Rhg8 19. Bh4 Rg7 20. Nxf7 Bxf7 21. Rxe7 Ng8 22. Bf5+ Rd7 23. Rexd7 Nh6 24. Rxf7+ Nxf5 25. Rd8# {1-0 (25) Ghimoyan,N (2168)-Piliczewski,B (1796) chess.com INT 2024}) 11... f6 ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Qe5 Be6 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. Qc3 Qf4 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. b3 Qc7 20. h3 Rad8 21. Nd4 Bc8 22. Qd3 Kf8 23. Qf3 Qa5 24. Nf5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 {Gelfand,B (2737)-Ivanchuk,V (2751) Nice 2008 0-1 (73)}) 12. Nxd4 Ne5 ({RR} 12... fxg5 13. Qh5+) 13. Bh4 $146 ({RR} 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Rad1 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf4 18. Nc5 Bc7 19. Rfe1 Ba5 20. Re2 Bb6 21. b4 ({RR} 21. Nb3 Bf5 22. c5 Rad8) 21... Bxc5 22. bxc5 Bf5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Rd7 Rf7 25. Ree7 Rb8 26. Kf1 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Bf7 {Barczay,L-Paoli,E Reggio Emilia 1971 EXT 2000 [Paoli,Enrico] 1-0 (51)} ({RR} 27... Bd3+ 28. Be2 Kf8 29. Rc7 Bxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Re8+)) 13... O-O 14. Nf5 Bc5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Nd6 Qc7 19. Bg3 Bxd6 20. c5 Be7 21. f4 f5 22. Rd6 Bxd6 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Qb4 0-1 [Event "URS-ch23 Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1956.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Polugaevsky, Lev"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "1956.01.10"] [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. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 e5 10. Bd3 ({RR} 10. c5 Bc7 11. dxe5 Nxc5 12. Qc4 Qe7 13. Bg5 Ba5+ 14. Kd1 Qd7+ 15. Kc1 Bb6 16. Be2 O-O 17. Rd1 Qg4 18. Be3 Be6 19. Qxg4 Bxg4 20. h3 Be6 21. Ng5 Bd5 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Kb1 Rfd8 {Karpov,A (2655)-Grischuk,A (2711) Odessa 2008 0-1 (69)}) ({RR} 10. Bg5 f6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. c5 O-O 13. cxd6 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 fxg5 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. f3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bc4 Rae8 20. Rhe1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rf6 22. Rd1 g6 23. Kc2 Kg7 24. Re1 Rxd6 {Farkas,L (2218)-Szabolcsi,J (2319) Budapest 2017 ½-½ (34)}) 10... f5 11. Qe2 e4 12. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 12. Bc2 Be7 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Nb3 O-O 15. O-O Qe8 16. Bf4 b5 17. f3 Be6 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nc5 Bc4 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Qc6 22. Ra6 Qd5 23. Ne6 Qb7 24. Rfa1 Nd5 25. Be5 Rfc8 26. fxe4 Nb4 {Nielsen,H-Jensen,E Aarhus 1959 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Ng5 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 e3 16. Qxe3 Re8 17. Ne6 Qf6 18. d5 Qxb2 19. O-O Qxc2 20. Qg5 Qc3 21. Nc7 Qe5 22. Nxa8 Nf6 23. d6 Qxd6 24. Rad1 Qe5 25. h4 Ne4 26. Qh5 g6 {Sanz Lazaro,A-Amigo Roman,P Valladolid 1983 1-0 (34)}) 12... Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Nf6 14. c5 h6 15. Nh3 g5 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. a3 Ba5 18. b4 Bc7 19. Bb2 Nd5 20. Qh5+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Ng1 Be6 23. Rc1 Rhd8 24. h4 g4 25. g3 Nf6 26. Ne2 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Nd5 28. Bc1 h5 29. Kg2 Ke6 30. Bg5 Rf8 31. Rb1 a6 32. a4 f4 33. gxf4 Bxf4 34. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 35. Nxf4+ Rxf4 36. Rc2 Rg8 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 g3 39. fxg3 Rf3 40. bxc6 bxc6 41. Kh2 Rgxg3 42. Rg2 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Kd5 44. Rb8 Kxd4 45. Re8 Rf5 46. Kg3 Ke3 47. Ra8 Rxc5 48. Ra3+ Kd4 49. Kf4 Rc1 50. Ra4+ Kd5 51. Ra8 Rg1 52. Rd8+ Kc4 53. Kxe4 Rg4+ 54. Ke5 Rxh4 55. Rd1 c5 56. Rc1+ Kb5 57. Kd5 0-1 [Event "URS-chT Cup 08th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1974.08.27"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1974.08.20"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Dinamo"] [BlackTeam "Burevestnik"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 Qd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 b5 12. Qc2 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 12... Na5 13. e4 Qd7 14. Be2 Nb3 15. Ra2 Bb7 16. O-O Rg8 17. Re1 a6 18. Bf1 O-O-O 19. a4 c6 20. g3 Qc7 21. Bg2 Kb8 22. Rd1 Rd7 23. Qe2 c5 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. axb5 {Melnik,G (2083)-Garcia Vicente,N (2213) Mallorca 2004 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 12... Na5 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. e4 Qg5 15. g3 Bc6 16. Bg2 Rd8 17. f4 Qg7 18. a4 Nb3 19. Nxb3 cxb3 20. Qxb3 bxa4 21. Qc4 Bd7 22. Qxc7 Rc8 23. Qxa7 Rxc3 24. O-O h5 25. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Qf8 27. Rb1 {Szepes,T (1902)-Bogar,A (2198) Hungary 2005 1-0}) 13. e4 Qh5 14. Be2 Na5 15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Bf3 O-O 17. O-O c5 18. Qb2 a6 19. a4 cxd4 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxd4 Nb3 22. Nxb3 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxb5 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Qxd4 27. Qa4 Qe5 28. g3 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 f5 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. h3 Qe4 33. Qc3+ e5 34. Kf1 f4 35. gxf4 Qxf4 36. Kg2 Kg6 37. Qc6+ Kg5 38. Qd5 Kh4 39. Qb7 e4 40. Qc6 h5 41. Qe8 Qf3+ 0-1 [Event "URS-ch35 Final"] [Site "Kharkov"] [Date "1967.12.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Zaitsev, Alexander N"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1967.12.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "50/9000:16/5400:0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 $146 (11... Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. Rac1 Ng7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Nf1 Nf5 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Re8 18. Bf1 Bf8 19. Bg2 Qe7 20. Ne1 Nf6 21. c5 bxc5 22. dxc5 e5 23. f4 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Kh1 Ne4 26. Nd3 Bd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Bf3 Ba6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Kg1 Rc3 31. Nb4 Rxf3 32. Nxa6 d3 33. Nb4 d2 34. Kg2 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 Re2 36. Kf1 Rxh2 37. Kg1 Re2 38. Nc2 Nc3 39. Kf1 Rh2 40. Kg1 Nxd1 41. Kxh2 {Benko,P-Rossolimo,N New York 1962 0-1}) ({RR} 11... g6 12. Rfd1 Nh5 13. g3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Bb4 15. a3 Bd6 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. b4 dxc4 18. Ndxc4 Ndf6 19. b5 Ng7 20. Qe1 {½-½ (20) Kempinski,R (2579)-Ftacnik,L (2573) Hamburg 2007}) 12. Rac1 $146 (12. Ne5 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Nc5 16. Rad1 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qc7 {½-½ (17) Keres,P-Szabo,L Varna 1962}) 12... Rc8 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Bb1 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Rc3 Nf8 18. Qe3 Qb4 19. h3 dxc4 20. bxc4 $2 (20. Rxc4) 20... Nd5 21. cxd5 Rxc3 22. Qf4 f6 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Nef3 Qa4 25. Nb3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 f5 27. Qxf5 Rf6 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Kg2 Ne6 30. Qe4 Nf4+ 31. Kh2 Ng6 32. d5 Rc4 33. Qe3 Qd7 34. Bxg6 hxg6 35. Nd2 Rh4 36. f4 Rhxf4 37. Ne4 Rf3 38. Qg5 Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 R6f4 40. Qd8+ Rf8 0-1