[Event "EST-ch10"] [Site "Tartu"] [Date "1953.04.12"] [Round "18"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Arulaid, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D56"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1953.03.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "EST"] [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 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Qb1 ({RR} 14. d5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Kh8 16. Bb3 e4 17. Nd4 Nb6 18. Qa5 Bg4 19. h3 Bd7 20. Rc7 Rac8 21. Rxb7 Rc5 22. Qxa7 Rg5 23. Qxb6 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 Bxh3 26. Rg1 Qh5 27. Rg3 f5 28. Qc7 Bg4+ {Ramesa,M (2177)-Odak,B (1948) Croatia 2015 1-0}) 14... exd4 ({RR} 14... e4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. b4 Nd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Rfc1 Qd6 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Nb1 Rfc8 21. b5 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc3 Bd7 25. a4 a6 26. bxa6 Qxa6 27. a5 Qe2 28. Qd2 Qb5 29. Qe1 {Moiseenko,A (2678)-Landa,K (2613) Serpukhov 2008 ½-½ (36)}) 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Qf6 $146 ({RR} 16... Qd6 17. Qe4 Bd7 18. Bc2 f5 19. Bb3+ Kh7 20. Qh4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Rce3 f4 24. Re7 Nc8 25. Bc2+ Kg8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Re8+ Rf8 28. Bb3+ Rd5 29. Bxd5+ cxd5 30. Re5 Nb6 31. h4 {Najdorf,M-Medina Garcia,A Barcelona 1946 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 16... Qd6 17. Qe4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Re1 Rf6 21. Rb3 Rd8 22. a4 Rd7 23. a5 Nd5 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. g3 Rf8 26. Rc1 Ne7 27. Rc4 Rd8 28. Rcb4 Rb8 29. Nd3 Nd5 30. Rc4 Re8 31. Nc5 {Bolbochan,J-Maderna,C Mar del Plata 1952 ½-½ (41)}) 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Qc1 Rfe8 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Rce3 Rad8 21. Nxf7 1-0 [Event "Zandvoort"] [Site "Zandvoort"] [Date "1936.07.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1936.07.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 d4 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Qd3 ({RR} 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nd2 Re8 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxe2 22. Rfe1 Rxa2 23. Re7 Bf4 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 Ra6 26. Rc7 Rb8 27. R7xc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 h5 {Jobava,B (2578)-Sarana,A (2674) Skopje MKD 2024 ½-½ (59)}) ({RR} 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rac1 Bb6 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. a3 a5 18. Rd2 Rd7 19. Qc4 Rfd8 20. h3 Be6 21. Qb5 Ba7 22. Ne1 Bd5 23. Qd3 Ne5 24. Qc2 Qe6 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Kg2 Rc5 27. Qe4 Rb5 28. Bxd4 f5 {Hajialiyev,I (2092)-Hamidov,A (2302) Sheki AZE 2026 1-0 (37)}) 14... Re8 15. h3 Bh5 $146 ({RR} 15... Be6 16. Rfd1 Bd5 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxe2 22. Rd7 b6 23. Rc1 Rxa2 24. Rcc7 Rf8 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Rb8 27. Kf3 g6 28. Ke4 Re8+ 29. Kd3 Rd8+ 30. Kc3 {Hawellek,J (2211)-Bach,M (2349) Hamburg 2003 1-0 (58)}) 16. Qf5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qd6 18. Rac1 Bb6 19. Rfd1 Re6 20. Qf4 Qe7 21. Rc2 Rd8 22. Kg2 Rf6 23. Qh4 h6 24. Bxc6 g5 25. Qg4 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. h4 c5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh1 Rd6 30. Qh5 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qb1+ 32. Bc1 Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qe5+ Kd7 35. Kg2 f6 36. Qxd6+ Kxd6 37. Bf4+ gxf4 38. Rxb1 fxg3 1-0 [Event "Parnu Training"] [Site "Parnu"] [Date "1951.11.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1951.11.01"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 h6 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Qxa7 Bc5 15. Qxb7 d4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxa2 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. e3 Qb6 20. exd4 Bb4 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Be5 Ba5 23. d5 f5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Bd7 26. Bc3 Bb6 27. Bd4 Rb8 28. Bxb6 {Varriale,L (2192)-Osetrov,D (2270) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (78)}) 14. Bd2 ({RR} 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 {½-½ (16) Kluger,G-Sterk,K Tatatovaros 1935}) 14... Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Qa6 $146 16. Bf1 Qc4 17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Bg2 Rac8 19. Be3 b6 20. Nb5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 a6 22. Nd4 Ng4 23. Bf4 Bc5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bh3 h5 26. e3 Rf8 27. Rc1 b5 28. b3 Ba3 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. f3 Kh7 31. bxc4 g5 32. Bxg5 Rg8 33. Bf4 e5 34. Bxg4 hxg4 35. Bxe5 Rc8 36. fxg4 bxc4 37. Kf2 Bb4 38. Bc3 a5 39. Kf3 Kg6 40. h4 Kf7 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. Kd4 Bd6 43. Bxa5 Be5+ 44. Ke4 Bxg3 45. h5 Bh4 46. Bc3 Bg5 47. Rb2 Re8 48. Rb5 Bf6 49. Bxf6 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Cup 05th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1966.09.25"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Chernikov, Oleg L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1966.09.24"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Kalev"] [BlackTeam "Vodnik"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O b6 $146 ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bb1 Bb7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. a3 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Na5 16. Qd3 Re8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nce5 Kf8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Ng4 Qd8 21. Nfe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qd5 23. Qg3 Rc8 24. b4 {Hartston,W (2485)-Hamann,S Ribe 1979 0-1 (50)}) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Nc6 17. Rac1 Nde7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Nb3 Kf7 20. Nbd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc6 22. Ne5+ Kf6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxe6 Kxe6 26. Rxc6+ Ke5 27. g3 Rd2 28. Rc7 g5 29. Rxa7 Rxb2 30. a4 f4 31. exf4+ gxf4 32. Rf7 fxg3 33. hxg3 Rb4 34. Rh7 Rxa4 35. Rxh6 Rb4 36. Kg2 Rb2 37. Kf3 b5 38. Rh5+ Kd6 39. g4 b4 40. Rb5 b3 41. Kg3 Kc6 42. Rb8 Kd6 43. f4 1-0 [Event "Budapest International"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1970.02.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Csom, Istvan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1970.02.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [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 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. O-O-O c6 9. Kb1 Nf8 ({RR} 9... a6 10. h4 b5 11. c5 b4 12. Na4 a5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. f4 a4 19. Qf2 Bxg5 20. hxg5 f5 21. gxf6 Rf7 22. Rh6 Qd8 23. Qd2 b3 24. a3 {Cramling,P (2525)-Arakhamia Grant,K (2450) Tilburg 1994 1-0 (45)}) 10. Bd3 ({RR} 10. Ne5 Ng6 11. f4 h6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxg6 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rf8 16. h4 Be8 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. g4 Bxh4 19. Bg6+ Ke7 20. Rxh4 Kd7 21. Qxg7+ Kc8 22. Rxh6 a5 23. Rdh1 a4 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 {Barria Zuniga,D (2341)-Awoki,D (2152) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 10... Qa5 $146 ({RR} 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxe7 14. e4 b6 15. Rhe1 Bb7 16. d5 Red8 17. Bb3 Rac8 18. Qe5 cxd5 19. exd5 Qc5 20. Rc1 Qxf2 21. dxe6 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Nxe6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kf8 25. Ng5 {Majdan,J (2293)-Warakomska,A (2181) Krakow 2008 1-0}) 11. h4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Rd7 Bf8 18. Qf5 Qa4 19. Ne5 b6 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. f3 1-0 [Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"] [Site "Bled"] [Date "1961.10.03"] [Round "19"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Donner, Jan Hein"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1961.09.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Rxd5 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 14... Be6 15. Rh5 f5 16. Rh3 Qd7 17. f4 Rfe8 18. Be3 Bc7 19. Bc2 Bd5 20. Bb3 Re4 21. Rf3 Rae8 22. Qd3 Bb6 23. Kh1 Qe6 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. h3 Rc8 26. b3 Ba5 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Rxd4 29. Qc2 {Bakker,P-Donner,J Zierikzee 1967 0-1 (52)}) 15. Rh5 g6 16. Rh4 f5 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Bh6 Rf6 19. Bg5 Rff8 20. Bh6 Rf6 21. Bc4 f4 22. Bg5 Rff8 23. Bf7 1-0 [Event "Match/Training Keres-Ekstrom +4-0=2"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "1944.06.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Ekstrom, Folke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1944.06.17"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 c6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. a3 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Nxc3 ({RR} 9... f5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 ({RR} 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 f4 14. exf4 Rxf4 15. g3 Rf7 16. f4) 13. f4 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfd1 a5 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Rac1 Rfc8) ({RR} 11. Rfe1 Rf6 12. Nd2 Rh6 13. Nf1 Qh4 14. f3 Ng5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rac1) ({RR} 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Kh8 13. a3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Ba2 e5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qd4 Qe7) 11... Kh8 12. Qe2 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. f4 Rg8 15. Kh1 g5 16. g3) 10. Qxc3 ({RR} 10. bxc3 Nf6 ({RR} 10... e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. O-O) ({RR} 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O c5 14. e4 ({RR} 14. Rac1 b6 15. c4 Bb7) 14... b6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Qe2) 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5) 10... dxc4 ({RR} 10... O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxh7+) 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. a4 ({RR} 12. O-O c5 13. Rfd1 b6 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Bc6 Nf6 17. Ne5 Ng4 18. Nd7 Bxd7 19. Bxd7 Nf6 20. Bf5 Rfd8) 12... c5 13. a5 ({RR} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. O-O) 13... cxd4 14. exd4 ({RR} 14. Nxd4) 14... Nf6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 ({RR} 19. Qe3 Be8 ({RR} 19... Bxc4 20. bxc4)) 19... Qc7 20. Qf3 Bc6 21. Qh3 Bd5 22. a6 Qb6 ({RR} 22... bxa6 23. Bxa6 Rb8 24. Bc4 Qb6 25. Qd3 Rd6) 23. axb7 Qxb7 {Tukmakov,V (2555)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2605) Solin 1999 CBM 075 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O g5 11. Nd2 Ndf6 12. c5 O-O 13. b4 Ng4 14. Nf3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Rab1 b6 20. Nd4 Qf6 21. cxb6 Bb7 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Nb3 Rb5 {Gronnestad,A (1924)-Singh,A (1658) Bergen NOR 2026 1-0 (33)}) 9... f5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 11. Ne2 Kh8 12. Rc1 Qf6 13. h4 Qh6 14. b4 Ndf6 15. Nf4 Ng4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Qe2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Rc5 Rac8 22. Rxd5 Rc1+ 23. Rd1 Bg4 24. f3 exf3 25. gxf3 Qc6 {Cebalo,M (2550)-Muslija,I (2251) Rijeka 2007 1-0}) ({RR} 11. b4 a6 12. O-O Kh8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 f4 16. exf4 Rxf4 17. g3 Rf7 18. f4 Bd7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Qd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qd8 23. Qa7 Be8 24. Qc5 Bc6 25. Bxa6 Qa8 {Fidalgo Fernandez,J (2280)-Amate Tortosa,B (2116) Madrid 2008 1-0 (35)}) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bd7 13. Ne2 Kh8 14. h4 Be8 15. Nf4 Bf7 16. g4 Qc7 17. cxd5 Qxe5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 1-0 [Event "Prague International"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "1943.04.23"] [Round "14"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Fichtl, Jiri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1943.04.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. Kb1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 cxd4 ({RR} 10... Nb6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. g4 Bd7 15. h4 Rac8 16. g5 Qa5 17. Rdg1 f5 18. Qd2 Nd5 19. gxh6+ Kh8 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Bc2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Rg8 {½-½ (22) Alster,L-Fichtl,J Prague 1963}) 11. exd4 Nb6 ({RR} 11... b5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Bc4 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. Rhe1 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Qd8 18. Qd3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Be4 20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21. Be1 Qb6 22. b4 Nxf2 23. Bxf2 Qxb4+ 24. Bb3 Rc3 25. Be1 Rxd3 26. Bxb4 {Nemtsas,H (1913)-Girvalakis,S (1925) Athens 2019 0-1}) 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 13. Rhe1 h6 14. Bh4 Rfe8 15. d5 exd5 16. Nd4 Rad8 17. Rxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qc1 Kg7 20. Rd3 Rh8 21. Qf4 f5 22. Nxf5+ Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qc5 24. a3 Qc7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Rd8 27. Rg3+ Kf8 {Portisch,F (2425)-Prandstetter,E (2440) Trnava 1981 ½-½ (58)}) ({RR} 13. Rhe1 Rac8 14. d5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Ne5 Ba4 17. Qd3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Bxd1 19. dxe6 Bh5 20. Ka1 fxe6 21. Qc4 Qd8 22. Qh4 Be8 23. Qh3 Bd6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Ng4 Rg6 26. Ne3 {0-1 (26) Skacel,J-Groh,J (2140) Czech Republic 1995}) 13... Rac8 14. Qe2 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd7 Bxg5 17. Nxf8 Kxf8 18. Qe4 h6 19. h4 Bf6 20. g4 g5 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Nxf4 23. Rhf1 Qc7 24. Rc1 Qb8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Rxf4 Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Kg7 28. d5 exd5 29. Bxd5 Qd7 30. Qd4+ f6 31. a3 b6 32. Qe4 Qd6 33. Bb3 a5 34. Qe8 Qf8 35. Qd7+ Kg6 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Bc2 Kf7 38. Qd7+ 1-0 [Event "Ostend Int"] [Site "Ostend"] [Date "1937.04.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Fine, Reuben"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1937.04.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Nf6 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. Qh4 Rfd8 ({RR} 17... h6 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Re3 b5 20. d5 exd5 21. e5 Ne4 22. e6 fxe6 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. Rde1 a5 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Rxe6 Rd7 27. Qg4 Rf8 28. Qg6 {1-0 (28) Theodorou,N (2617)-Erigaisi,A (2762) Sharjah UAE 2024}) ({RR} 17... h6 18. Re3 Rfd8 19. Ne5 Kf8 20. h3 Kg8 21. Rdd3 Qc1+ 22. Kh2 Qc7 23. Rg3 Nxe4 24. Qxh6 Nxg3 25. Rxg3 g6 26. Rxg6+ {1-0 (26) Potapova,M (2259)-Ippolitov,M (2066) Odintsovo RUS 2026}) 18. Re3 b5 $146 ({RR} 18... h6 19. h3 b5 20. d5 exd5 21. e5 Ne4 22. Nd4 Qxe5 23. f3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. Re7 Rb8 26. Rc1 Re8 {½-½ (26) Yatzenko,A (2308)-Shuvalova,P (2455) Moscow RUS 2024}) ({RR} 18... h6 19. h3 b5 20. d5 exd5 21. e5 Ne4 22. Nd4 Qxe5 23. f3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. Re7 Rb8 26. Rc1 Re8 {½-½ (26) Yatzenko,A (2308)-Shuvalova,P (2455) Moscow RUS 2024}) 19. Rde1 a5 20. a4 b4 21. d5 exd5 22. e5 Nd7 23. Ng5 Nf8 24. Nxh7 Nxh7 25. Rh3 Qc1 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Rhe3 d4 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7 Rf8 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31. e6 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament-05 playoff 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1962.08.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1962.08.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "URS"] [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 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb4 $146 ({RR} 15... Qd6 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. d5 exd5 18. e5 Qh6 19. Nd4 g6 20. Nb5 Nc4 21. Bd4 a6 22. Nc3 b5 23. Bc2 Re8 24. Qg4 Rcd8 25. f4 Qf8 26. f5 Bc5 27. e6 Bxd4+ 28. Rxd4 Qe7 29. f6 Qxf6 30. Rf4 {Rasmussen,K (2495)-Meins,G (2443) Germany 2007 0-1 (56)}) ({RR} 15... Qc7 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. Qe4 g6 19. Qh4 f6 20. Bxf6 Bxd5 21. Bxg6 Bxf3 22. Rxd6 Nc4 23. Bxh7+ Qxh7 24. Qg5+ {1-0 (24) Seo,J (2483)-Danov,L (2297) Zagreb CRO 2023}) 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Qe7 18. Ne5 f6 19. Qh5 g6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 Qg7 22. Rd3 Bd6 23. f4 Qh8 24. Qg4 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Rc7 26. Bh7+ Kf7 27. Qe6+ Kg7 28. Rg3+ 1-0 [Event "Budapest Maroczy Memorial"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1952.03.19"] [Round "10"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Gereben, Erno"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1952.03.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. a3 Re8 9. Rd1 Nf8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ng6 ({RR} 11... Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne4 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rc1 Rec8 16. Qd3 a5 17. Rc2 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. e4 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Rd8 22. a4 Ng6 23. Rd2 Rd6 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Qc3 Qf5 26. Qd3 {Dokhoian,Y (2530)-Serper,G (2365) Uzhgorod 1987 0-1 (61)}) ({RR} 11... Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bd3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qa4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Qxc6 Qd7 24. Qa8 Kf7 25. g3 Ng6 26. h4 {Nemec,V (2314)-Vucenovic,D (2151) Zagreb CRO 2026 ½-½ (70)}) 12. h4 b5 $146 ({RR} 12... h6 13. h5 Nf8 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Be5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bf6 17. Rh3 Qe7 18. Ba2 Rd8 19. Rg3 Bd7 20. d5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 f6 22. d6 Qe8 23. Ng4 Kh7 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qxf6 {1-0 (25) Steiner,H-Gring,A Pittsburgh 1946}) 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. e4 Qa5 15. h5 Nf8 16. h6 g6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qf4 Nd7 24. Nd6 Qc7 25. Qg3 Re7 26. Nxc8 Qxc8 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qc7 29. Rfe1 Nf8 30. Be4 c5 31. Bxb7 Qxb7 32. Rd8 Rd7 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qe7 35. Rd6 c4 36. Qf4 Nd7 37. Qd2 Nf8 38. Rd8 c3 39. bxc3 Qxa3 40. g3 Qa1+ 41. Kh2 1-0 [Event "Circulo de Ajedrez International"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1939.10.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Gershman, Jose"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D56"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1939.10.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {ChessBase II} 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 c6 11. cxd5 ({RR} 11. Be2) ({RR} 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. a3 b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qc7 Qd8 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. O-O Qxc7 18. Rxc7 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Ne5 Bd7 25. f3 Ne8 {Khromkin,A (2191)-Kshatriya,N (2362) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (64)}) 11... exd5 12. Bd3 b6 $146 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. b4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 Qxe4 16. a4 Be6 17. Nd2 Qg6 18. Kh1 Bf5 19. Ra3 Rfe8 20. Rc1 Be4 21. f3 Bf5 22. Nf1 h5 23. Qd2 h4 24. h3 Re6 25. Rac3 a6 26. Rd1 Rae8 27. Rc5 {Heinicke,H-Roess,L Bad Elster 1939 HCL [ChessBase II] 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. h3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. f4 Qe7 18. Rf3 f5 19. a3 Be6 20. b4 a5 21. b5 cxb5 22. Bxb5 Rfc8 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. Rff1 Qd8 25. Rab1 Rc7 26. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 {Chrestani,G-Nicolau,L Curitiba 1987 ½-½}) 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Rac1 Nf6 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Rc2 c5 18. Qa3 Ba8 19. Rec1 Ne4 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. Rxc5 Bxa2 25. h3 Be6 26. Qc3 Qf6 27. Rc7 Rd8 28. Rxa7 Rc8 29. Rc7 Ra8 30. Nc2 Qd8 31. Qe5 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd8 33. Nd4 Re8 34. Nf5 Bxf5 35. Qxe8+ Kh7 36. Qxf7 1-0 [Event "Circulo de Ajedrez International"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1939.10.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Guimard, Carlos Enrique"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D56"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1939.10.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. Bb5 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 a6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nc3 Qc7 21. h3 Qc4 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Rd4 Qc7 {½-½ (23) Villegas,B-Guimard,C Mar del Plata 1942}) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 11... c6 12. O-O-O a5 13. h3 Na6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. g4 Ne4 16. Ne5 Re8 17. f4 Nd6 18. Rde1 b5 19. h4 a4 20. f5 h5 21. Rhf1 hxg4 22. Nxg4 f6 23. h5 b4 24. h6 bxc3 25. hxg7 Ne4 26. Qh2 {Konstantinopolsky,A-Moiseev,O Moscow 1952 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 11... Be6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfe1 c6 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. f3 Rac8 17. Nb3 Nbd7 18. Qf2 Qb4 19. Bc2 c5 20. a3 Qc4 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Rd4 Qa6 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Red1 Re8 25. Bd3 Qc6 26. Qd2 {Costachi,M (2476)-Svane,R (2622) Katowice POL 2022 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 11... c6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfe1 Nbd7 14. Rab1 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nb6 17. Qc2 Be6 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Nc8 20. a5 Nd6 21. Na4 g6 22. Nc5 Bf5 23. Re2 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qf6 25. Rbe1 Re7 {½-½ (24) Faryma,M (2209)-Novais,C (2102) Vila Nova de Famalicao POR 2026}) ({RR} 11... c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. O-O Qxc5 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Ned4 Nb4 17. Qb3 Bg4 18. Bf5 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 g6 20. Bh3 Nc6 21. Rac1 Rd6 22. Rc2 d4 {½-½ (22) Veresov,G-Kholmov,R Moscow 1963}) 12. a3 Bg4 13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd8 15. b4 Ne6 16. Kh1 c6 17. Na4 Ng5 18. Be2 Ne8 19. Rg1 Nd6 20. Rg2 Kh8 21. Rag1 Rg8 22. Nc5 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. a4 Ra7 25. Bd1 Nc4 26. Qf5 g6 27. Qg4 b6 28. Nd3 Qe6 29. Qg3 Nh3 30. Re1 Ng5 31. e4 Qf6 32. e5 Qf5 33. f4 Ne4 34. Qh4 g5 35. Qxh6+ Qh7 36. Qxc6 Nc3 37. Qf6+ Qg7 38. Rg3 1-0 [Event "EST-ch"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1942.05.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Kalde, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D39"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1942.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 ({RR} 9... c5 10. e5 Qd8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Rad1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. cxd4 Bc6 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Qe7 20. h3 Nb6 21. Rd4 Qe6 22. Rg4 Nd5 23. Qd2 Ne7 24. Nd4 {Radjabov,T (2741)-Salgado Lopez,I (2629) Heraklion 2017 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 9... Rd8 10. e5 Qe7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Qe4 c6 16. Qg4 a5 17. b5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Bd7 19. Nd6 Bc6 20. Rab1 Bc7 21. Nxb7 Rdb8 22. Nc5 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rd8 24. Ne4 {Naranzaya Zorigoo (1900)-Munkhzul,T (2271) Ulaanbaatar MGL 2026 0-1 (47)}) 10. e5 Qe7 11. Ne4 Rd8 12. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Rfd1 Bb6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. h4 Bd7 20. Qe4 g6 21. Qxb7 Rdb8 22. Qe4 h5 23. Qf4 Rd8 24. Ng5 Be8 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. Nf6 Qa7 {Ivanov,A (2280)-Zhidkov,V (2315) Vladivostok 1995 1-0 (36)}) 12... Nf8 13. Bd3 Ba5 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. Be4 c6 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Nd2 Be8 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Qe3 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qe7 23. b4 b6 24. Nd3 Rbc8 25. Rc3 Bg6 26. Rfc1 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 c5 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Qe3 Nd7 30. g3 Rc7 31. Nxc5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 Rcd7 33. Rc8 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Rxc8 35. Rd6 Rb8 36. Qd3 Qe8 37. Kg2 h5 38. h4 Qe7 39. Rd7 Qc5 40. Qd6 Qxd6 41. exd6 Rb6 42. Kf3 Ra6 43. Ke4 Rxa2 44. Rc7 Kf8 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46. d7 1-0 [Event "EST-ch open"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1945.10.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Kalde, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1945.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. g4 Nf8 11. h3 b6 ({RR} 11... Ng6 12. O-O-O ({RR} 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O a5 15. Kb1 b6 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 Ba6 18. Bf5 b5 19. h5 Ngf8 20. Ne2 b4 21. Nf4 a4 22. g6 h6 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qd2 b3 25. a3 Qf6 26. Nh4 Nb6) 12... Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. g5 Nh5 ({RR} 14... Nh5 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nf8 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Qg4 g6 20. f4 Ng7 21. e4 Rad8 22. Qf3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nh5 24. Rhe1 Qf5 25. Ka1 Ne6 26. Ng4 Kh8 27. Nh6 Qxf4 28. Nxf7+ Kg7 29. Qxf4) 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nf8 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Qg4 g6 20. f4 Ng7 21. e4 Rad8 22. Qf3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nh5 24. Rhe1 Qf5 25. Ka1 Ne6 26. Ng4 {Bacrot,E (2653)-Kozak,A (2558) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 11... Ng6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. g5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Qe6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. b3 Qe7 19. Qc5 Qe4 20. Nd2 Qg2 21. Rdf1 b6 22. Qd6 Qxg5 23. Kb2 Ba6 24. Nc4 Qh5 25. Re1 Qf5 26. Qf4 {Kienboeck,B (2217)-Mihelic,V (2089) Linz 2025 ½-½ (56)}) 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Kb1 a6 $146 ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Rhg1 Bb4 15. Bf5 Ra8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Be5 g6 18. Bg4 Ng7 19. h4 Bc8 20. Nh2 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. h5 Nd7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Ng4 Bf8 25. e4 dxe4 26. Qb3+ {1-0 (26) Levtchouk,G (2305)-Labelle,J Montreal 1988}) 14. Rhg1 c5 15. g5 Nh5 16. Be5 g6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bc4 dxc4 19. Rxd8 Raxd8 20. Nd2 Bc8 21. Nxc4 Bxh3 22. e4 Bc8 23. f4 Ne6 24. Nd5 Nd4 25. Qf2 Bf8 26. Rh1 Bg7 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. gxf6 Kh8 29. Nd6 Rxd6 30. Bxd6 Rxe4 31. Re1 Nxf6 32. Be5 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Bf5+ 34. Kc1 Kg7 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Cup 08th select 2"] [Site "Togliatti"] [Date "1974.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Khavsky, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1974.08.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc2 a5 13. Qd4 Be7 14. Qf4 $146 Bd6 15. Qd4 Be7 16. Qe5 f6 17. Qh5 g6 ({RR} 17... f5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Bd7 22. Nf3 Bc6 23. Ne5 Kf8 {½-½ (21) Ernst,S (2473)-Tan,M (2298) Groningen 2005}) 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Bh6 Qd3 22. Nh4 Qh7 23. Qg4+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Rfe1 f5 26. Ng6 Rf7 27. Rad1 Bd7 28. Re3 Re8 29. Rg3 Rg7 30. Nxe7+ Rexe7 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. Qh4 Qg6 33. Bxg7 Qxg7 34. Rd4 Bc6 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. g3 Qe5 37. Kf1 Nd7 38. Rxd7+ Bxd7 39. Qxd7+ Kg6 40. Qxb7 Qd4 41. Qb3 Qe4 42. f3 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 a4 1-0 [Event "Match/City Tallin-Riga"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1945.08.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "185"] [EventDate "1945.08.29"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. d5 Rd8 ({RR} 11... Nb6 12. Be2 cxd5 13. exd5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 e4 16. Nd2 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 18. Bc4 e3 19. Qe2 Ng4 20. d6 Rxd6 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23. Bxf7+ Kg7 24. Nde4 Nxf1 25. Nxd6 Nxg3 26. Bb3 {Mariani,D (1989)-Ribeiro,M (2257) Caioba BRA 2023 ½-½ (66)}) 12. Qe2 ({RR} 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 Nf8 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. Nh4 Nxh4 16. Bxh4 Bc5 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Kh1 Kh7 20. a3 Nf4 21. f3 Kg7 22. Rad1 b5 23. Ba2 Bb7 24. Bf2 a5 25. g3 Ng6 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 {Kortschnoj,V (2601)-Akopian,V (2692) Mallorca 2004 ½-½ (33)}) 12... h6 13. Bh4 Nf8 14. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nh4 Nxh4 17. Bxh4 Bc5 18. Kh1 {½-½ (18) Shumiakina,T (2341)-Sudakova,I (2391) Orel 2006}) ({RR} 14. Rad1 Ng6 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Ne1 Nhf4 17. Qd2 b5 18. Bb3 b4 19. Ne2 Ba6 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 exf4 23. f3 Qh4 24. Kg1 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 cxd5 26. Bxd5 Rab8 27. Nd3 Be3 28. Qc2 Rdc8 {Samigullina,D (2084)-Solovjova,V (2324) St Petersburg 2009 0-1 (38)}) 14... Ng6 15. Bg3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nd3 Ng4 19. Qf3 Bc7 20. e5 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Qh4 22. Qh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Nxe5 24. b3 Bxh3 25. Rfd1 Re8 26. Bf1 Bg4 27. Be2 Bf5 28. Rd4 f3 29. Bf1 Re6 30. h3 Rg6+ 31. Kh1 Bb6 32. Rf4 Be6 33. Nd1 Rg5 34. Ne3 Rh5 35. Kg1 Bxh3 36. Bxh3 Rxh3 37. Re4 Rh5 38. Rd1 Rg5+ 39. Kf1 Bxe3 40. Rxe3 Ng4 41. Re7 Rh5 42. Ke1 Rh1+ 43. Kd2 Rh2 44. Kc3 Nxf2 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Rdd7 Rg2 47. Rxf7 Rg3 48. Kd2 Nh3 49. Rxa7 f2 50. Ke2 Rg1 51. Rxf2 Nxf2 52. Kxf2 Rc1 53. b4 h5 54. a4 Rc4 55. Rb7 c5 56. bxc5 Rxc5 57. Rb2 Kh6 58. Ra2 Ra5 59. Kg3 Kg5 60. Kh3 g6 61. Rg2+ Kh6 62. Ra2 g5 63. Kg3 Kg6 64. Ra3 Kf6 65. Rf3+ Kg7 66. Ra3 Kg6 67. Ra1 h4+ 68. Kg4 Rc5 69. Kf3 Rc3+ 70. Kg2 Rc2+ 71. Kf3 Kf5 72. a5 g4+ 73. Ke3 g3 74. a6 g2 75. a7 Ra2 76. Rxa2 g1=Q+ 77. Rf2+ Kg4 78. a8=Q Qe1+ 79. Re2 Qc3+ 80. Kf2 Qd4+ 81. Ke1 Qg1+ 82. Kd2 Qd4+ 83. Kc1 Qc5+ 84. Rc2 Qe3+ 85. Kb1 Qb3+ 86. Rb2 Qd3+ 87. Ka1 h3 88. Qa4+ Kg3 89. Rb3 Qxb3 90. Qxb3+ Kg2 91. Qd5+ Kg1 92. Qg5+ Kf2 93. Qh4+ 1-0 [Event "EU-chT 04th Final"] [Site "Kapfenberg"] [Date "1970.05.17"] [Round "7.7"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Kurajica, Bojan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "49"] [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 "Yugoslavia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "YUG"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Bg5 c6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 a5 ({RR} 11... Be6 12. Qb3 b5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rfc1 a5 15. Qd1 Rc8 16. Rc2 a4 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 Na5 21. Ra2 g5 22. Bg3 Bb4 23. Ne5 Ne4 24. Bc2 c5 25. dxc5 Nc6 26. Nxc6 {Grischuk,A (2745)-Xiong,J (2691) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (67)}) 12. O-O Nbd7 ({RR} 12... Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Rae1 Bg4 15. Nd2 Be7 16. h3 Bd7 17. Bg3 Ne6 18. Nf3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bg6 Rec8 24. Qe2 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. e4 Qc6 27. exd5 {Sarana,A (2664)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2650) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (79)}) 13. Rae1 Be7 14. Bg3 $146 ({RR} 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxe5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. f4 Qf6 21. Bd3 Be6 22. b3 Rad8 23. Kh1 Rd6 24. e4 Qd4 25. Rf3 Rdd8 26. h3 Qb4 27. Qf2 a4 28. bxa4 Bxa2 {Steingrimsson,H (2538)-Thorhallsson,T (2422) Selfoss 2022 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxe5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. f4 Qf6 21. Bd3 Be6 22. b3 Rad8 23. Kh1 Rd6 24. e4 Qd4 25. Rf3 Rdd8 26. h3 Qb4 27. Qf2 a4 28. bxa4 Bxa2 {Steingrimsson,H (2538)-Thorhallsson,T (2422) Selfoss 2022 ½-½ (43)}) 14... Nf8 15. Ne5 Nh5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Be6 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. R4e3 Rc8 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 g6 22. Qf4 Kg7 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Bh4 N8h7 25. Nxg6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch12 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1940.09.27"] [Round "17"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Levenfish, Grigory"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D59"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventDate "1940.09.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf3 c5 12. Be2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. O-O Qf6 $146 ({RR} 15... Rab8 16. b3 Rfc8 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Rac1 Rbc8 19. Rfd1 Rc6 20. Qb2 Re6 21. g3 Qb7 22. Nh4 Rf6 23. Rd2 Qe7 24. Rcd1 Qe4 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. Qb2 Qe4 27. Qc3 Qe6 28. Ng2 g5 29. Ne1 Rf5 30. Nc2 {Sattarov,F (2357)-Mamedjarova,T (2254) Abu Dhabi 2007 0-1 (56)}) 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. Rd2 Rb7 18. Qa4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Nc7 20. Qa5 Ne6 21. Qc3 Qf5 22. h3 Rdd7 23. a3 Rd6 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 d4 26. exd4 cxd4 27. Rc1 Rd5 28. Nd3 a5 29. Rc4 Rdb5 30. Kf1 Rb8 31. Ke2 h5 32. h4 Kf8 33. Rdc2 Ke7 34. g3 R8b6 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Kd5 38. Rc8 Ke4 39. Ke2 Rxb4 40. f3+ Kd5 41. Nxb4+ Rxb4 42. Ra8 Rb3 43. Ra5+ Kd6 44. Kf2 g6 45. Rd2 Rb7 46. Rda2 Rd7 47. Ra7 Rxa7 48. Rxa7 f6 49. Ke2 Kd5 50. Ra8 f5 51. Ra6 f4 52. g4 d3+ 53. Kd2 Nd4 54. Kxd3 Nxf3 55. gxh5 Ne5+ 56. Ke2 gxh5 57. Ra4 Ng6 58. Ra5+ Ke4 59. Rxh5 f3+ 60. Kf2 Kf4 61. Rh7 Ne5 62. Rg7 Ng4+ 63. Kf1 Nf6 64. Rf7 Kf5 65. Kf2 Kg6 66. Ra7 Kh5 67. Ra4 Ng4+ 68. Kxf3 Ne5+ 69. Kg3 Ng6 70. Ra5+ Kh6 71. Kg4 Nf8 72. Ra6+ Kg7 73. h5 Nh7 74. h6+ Kf7 75. Kf5 Nf8 76. Ra7+ Kg8 77. Rg7+ Kh8 78. Kf6 Nh7+ 79. Kf7 Nf6 80. Kg6 1-0 [Event "Ostend Int"] [Site "Ostend"] [Date "1937.04.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "List, Paul M"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1937.04.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Qc2 d5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Qa5 ({RR} 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Re1 h6 14. Qe2 b6 15. d5 Nc5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Nd4 Kg8 19. Ba3 a6 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nxe6 Qxb5 22. Qg4 {LCZero 0.31-dag-e429eeb-BT3-2 (3642)-Stockfish dev-20231010-002636 (3673) tcec-chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (74)}) ({RR} 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. c4 Bg4 12. Ne5 Bh5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. e4 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. Qd2 Qa4 18. Rfe1 Bg6 19. f4 Rfe8 20. f5 Bh5 21. h3 Nd7 22. g4 {Devaev,A (2325)-Tharushi,T (1539) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (31)}) 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. e4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bd7 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. Qb3 Ba4 20. Qb4 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. d5 Rc2 23. a3 Qg6 24. Bf4 {Vorobiov,E (2563)-Paveliev,A (2418) Moscow 2007 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nf6 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. f4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Ne7 15. e4 a6 16. a4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxb5 Qa7 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Bd3 Rac8 21. Rc5 Qa8 22. f5 Bxe4 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Bg5 {Biljanic,L (2262)-Petrov,G (2212) Nis 2016 ½-½}) 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qc7 13. e4 b5 14. Rxb5 Ba6 15. e5 O-O 16. Nd6 c4 17. Bxc4 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nd5 19. c4 Ne7 20. Ba3 a6 21. Ba4 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. g3 Qa5 26. Bc6 Rab8 27. Bc5 Qc7 28. Re1 h6 29. h4 h5 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Bxe4 Qa5 33. Bxg6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch33 Final"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1965.12.20"] [Round "17"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1965.11.22"] [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 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 ({RR} 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f4 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Ndxc4 Rc8 14. Kh1 h6 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Nd6 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Ba8 18. Ndxf7 Rxf7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Bg3 Bf6 21. f5 e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Qe1 Qf6 24. Bc4 Kf8 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Mamedov,E (2317) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb1 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Qf6 17. b4 Na4 18. Ne4 Qb2 19. Qxb2 Nxb2 20. f3 Rac8 21. Nd6 Rc6 22. Nb5 a5 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Nd4 Ba4 {Ohanyan,E (2514)-Davtyan,D (2159) Yerevan ARM 2024 ½-½ (37)}) 10... exd5 ({RR} 10... Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bb5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nb8 14. e4 Nf4 15. g3 Ng6 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Rc3 Rd8 19. Rfc1 a6 20. Bc6 b5 21. Qa5 Nxc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Ne5 24. Rc7 Qf6 25. Nf1 {Keres,P-Remmelgas,A Parnu 1932 ½-½ (43)}) 11. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Qa3 Rfc8 17. Nb3 Bb7 18. Na5 Rab8 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. b3 Nf6 21. Rc2 Rbc7 22. Rfc1 Ne4 23. Nd4 h6 24. Nb5 Rb7 25. Nc3 Nxc3 {Couche,D (2119)-Saada,J (2247) France 2007 0-1 (46)}) 11... Nxc5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nfxd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Nf6 17. Rc6 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 h6 20. h3 Rd8 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Qc2 Qb4 23. Qc1 Rd7 24. a3 Qe7 25. Qc2 g6 26. Rc8+ Kg7 27. f3 Nf6 28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Nc6 a5 33. Ne7 Nf6 34. Ke2 Kf8 35. Nc8 Nd7 36. Kd3 Ne5+ 37. Kd4 Nc4 38. a4 Nxb2 39. Nxb6 Ke8 40. Kc3 Nd1+ 41. Kd2 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-08 Final A"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1939.09.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Lopez Arce, Alberto"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1939.09.01"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Estonia"] [BlackTeam "Cuba"] [WhiteTeamCountry "EST"] [BlackTeamCountry "CUB"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 a6 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nc5 Nd6 $146 ({RR} 16... a5 17. b5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. dxc5 Nd7 20. bxc6 Nxc5 21. cxb7 Bxb7 22. Bb5 Rec8 23. Nd4 a4 24. Rfb1 Rc7 25. h4 Ne4 26. Bd3 Ba6 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Rc1 Rac8 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rb1 Rb7 31. Rxb7 {Bolbochan,J-Lopez Arce,A Buenos Aires 1939 1-0 (45)}) 17. a4 Bg4 18. Nf4 Ne6 19. Ncxe6 Bxe6 20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. Qc5 Nc8 22. h3 Qd6 23. Bf1 Qb8 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Ne7 26. Nd3 Ng6 27. Qb6 cxb5 28. Nc5 Bc6 29. Bxb5 Qd8 30. Qxd8 Rexd8 31. Rab1 Rab8 32. Rc3 Ne7 33. Rcb3 Ra8 34. Bd3 Rab8 35. Ba6 Kf8 36. Rb6 Ra8 37. Bxb7 Bxb7 38. Rxb7 Ke8 39. Nd3 Rdc8 40. Ne5 Ra2 41. Rd7 1-0 [Event "Parnu"] [Site "Parnu"] [Date "1955.07.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D33"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1955.07.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Primel,Dominique} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 ({RR} 6... Nf6) 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O Nge7 9. e4 O-O 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 ({RR} 11. Bg5 Be7) ({RR} 11. Nxd5) ({RR} 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Qd4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 h6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxd5 17. Qxc4 Nf6 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Qb5 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. a3 Nd5 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Rd4 Rd7 24. Bd2 Rad8 25. Rc1 Ne7 {Magerramov,E (2560)-Lputian,S (2570) Azov 1991 ½-½ (53)}) 11... Bg4 $146 ({RR} 11... Nde7 12. d5 Bf5 13. Qd1 Na5 14. Re1 a6 15. Nd4 Bd3 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 Bxe7 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf6 20. Nf5 Kh7 21. d6 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qf6 23. Qd5 ({RR} 23. Qh5) 23... Nc6 24. Rae1 Rad8 25. d7 g6 ({RR} 25... Nb8) ({RR} 25... Qxc3) 26. Ne3 {Kortschnoj,V-Bronstein,D Leningrad 1970 EXT 2001 [Primel,Dominique] 1-0 (52)} {RR} Nb8 27. Ng4 Qf5 28. Qd2 h5 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Rf4 Qxg4 31. Rxg4 hxg4 32. Qf4 Nxd7 33. Qxc4 Nf6 34. Qf4 Kg7 35. Re7 Rfe8 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. c4 b6 38. Qd4 Re6 39. a4 Rc6 40. f3 gxf3 41. g4) ({RR} 11... Bxc3 12. Ng5 g6 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Ne4 Re8 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Bg5 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Rab1 b6 20. Qa4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Nd5 22. Qxc4 Nce7 23. Qa4 Nxc3 24. Qxa7 Nf5 25. d5 Nd4 26. Bg2 {Tleukhanov,Y (2311)-Essing,A (2206) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 11... h6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxc4 Qh5 17. Qd3 Rcd8 18. Nc4 b5 19. Qe4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Ne5 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Nc6 Rc4 24. Rac1 Bc5 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. Rc1 {Figueroa Viart,M (2220)-Medina,M (2245) Havana 1992 1-0 (46)}) 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Nd5 g6 14. Qxc4 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qe7 16. Ne4 Bh3 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Bh6 Rfd8 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Bf4 Qa5 22. d5 1-0 [Event "Kent County CA-32 Premier"] [Site "Margate"] [Date "1939.04.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1939.04.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Nf6 ({RR} 13... a5 14. a3 g6 15. Rfc1 Qf6 16. Qd1 Ne6 17. Ne5 Ng5 18. Rc2 Ng7 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qd6 21. h4 N5e6 22. Qf3 Nf8 23. b5 f6 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 f5 26. Qf3 Ra3 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. g3 {Grigoriants,S (2582)-Najer,E (2648) Ramenskoe 2006 ½-½}) ({RR} 13... Be6 14. b4 Rad8 15. Na4 a6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nf6 19. Qe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nf6 24. a4 Nd5 25. Rfc1 Rc7 26. Rb3 Kf8 27. f3 exf3 28. gxf3 {Keres,P-Ragozin,V Leningrad 1947 1-0 (88)}) 14. b4 Be6 15. Na4 Ne4 ({RR} 15... Rec8 16. Nc5 Rc7 17. Rfc1 Ne8 18. Rb3 Bc8 19. Rc3 Nd6 20. Qb1 Qf6 21. Ne5 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 {½-½ (23) Prusikin,M (2496)-Rodriguez,A (2375) Germany GER 2026}) 16. Nc5 $146 ({RR} 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. Nc5 h6 18. a4 Bc8 19. a5 Rb8 20. b5 cxb5 21. Bxb5 Bf5 22. Bd3 Be6 23. Qa2 {½-½ (23) Schwarz,M (2445)-Nikolic,S (2372) Germany 2002}) 16... Nd6 17. a4 f6 18. Rfc1 Bf7 19. Nd2 g6 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5 Rec8 22. Qb3 Nd7 23. Qb4 Ne4 24. Ndxe4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 b6 26. Bxa8 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Nxc5 28. Bc6 a6 29. dxc5 axb5 30. Qxb5 1-0 [Event "Parnu"] [Site "Parnu"] [Date "1955.07.30"] [Round "11"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Nei, Iivo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1955.07.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 cxb2 13. fxg7 ({RR} 13. Bxb2 Nxf6 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Qg4 Rg8 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. Qh4 g5 20. Qh3 Qe7 21. Bc4 g4 22. Qh6 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rg6 24. Qh4 Rd8 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. Qxf6 Qb4 {Mohammad,J (2038)-Chowdhury,S (2076) Dhaka 2021 1-0 (51)}) 13... Bxg7 14. Bxb2 c5 15. Re1 ({RR} 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Ba3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxd4 18. Qh3 f5 19. Bc4 Rf6 20. Rb7 Nf8 21. Bc1 Qc8 22. Re7 Qd8 23. Rb7 Qc8 24. Qf3 Ng6 25. Rb6 Ne5 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Qd5 Qf8 28. Bf4 Nd3 29. Bd6 Qe8 {Zubarev,A (2504)-Zubov,A (2552) Odessa 2007 ½-½ (33)}) 15... Rb8 $146 ({RR} 15... Bd5 16. Be4 O-O 17. Ne5 Rb8 18. Ba3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qa5 20. Bc1 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rfd8 22. Qc2 Rd4 23. Re2 Rbd8 24. Be3 R4d5 25. Bg5 Rb8 26. f4 Qb4 27. Rf1 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qd3 29. h3 Rb4 30. Rc1 {Sturm,T (2050)-Wiebe,P (2189) Verden 2013 0-1 (50)}) 16. Rb1 Bd5 17. Bc3 Rxb1 18. Bxb1 Qa8 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 Qc6 21. Bc2 O-O 22. dxc5 f5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc3 Qxc5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. h3 d4 27. Qh5 Qxc2 28. Re7+ Kf6 29. Qh4+ Kg6 30. Qg3+ Kh5 31. Rxd7 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qg5 33. Qf3+ Kg6 34. Rxd4 Qe7 35. Qd3 Rf6 36. h4 Qe5+ 37. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Rc6 39. Ra4 Kf6 40. Kf4 Rb6 41. f3 Rc6 42. g4 fxg4 43. fxg4 Rb6 44. Rc4 Rd6 45. Ra4 Rc6 46. h5 Ke6 47. Ra5 Kf6 48. Kg3 Rd6 49. Kh4 Rc6 50. a4 Ke6 51. Rf5 Ke7 52. Rf4 Rc1 53. Rb4 Rh1+ 54. Kg3 Rg1+ 55. Kf4 Ra1 56. Kf5 a5 57. Rb7+ Kf8 58. Kg6 Rxa4 59. Rb8+ Ke7 60. g5 hxg5 61. h6 Rh4 62. Kxg5 1-0 [Event "Prague International"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "1937.05.07"] [Round "10"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Pelikan, Jorge"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "1937.04.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Rfd1 a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b3 Re8 13. Rac1 Nh5 14. Be5 g6 15. g4 Nhf6 16. h3 b5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. dxc5 d4 19. Nb1 Qc7 20. e4 Nf8 21. Qc2 Rac8 22. b4 Ne6 23. Bf1 Nf4 24. Nbd2 {Tukmakov,V (2560)-Petrosian,T (2620) Vilnius 1978 ½-½ (34)}) 10. Rad1 Nb4 $146 ({RR} 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Nb4 12. Bb1 dxc4 13. Ne5 {½-½ (13) Palm,N (2308)-Rendboe,J (2172) Denmark DEN 2023}) ({RR} 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Nb4 12. Bb1 dxc4 13. Ne5 {½-½ (13) Palm,N (2308)-Rendboe,J (2172) Denmark DEN 2023}) 11. Bb1 Ba6 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. a3 Nc6 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 cxd4 17. exd4 dxc4 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. d5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qxe7 Re8 22. Nxd5 Kh8 23. Qxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nb4 Qb5 25. Nxa6 Nf6 26. Nb4 a5 27. Nc2 Qxb2 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. a4 f5 30. g3 b5 31. Ne3 b4 32. Bxf5 c3 33. Rb1 Qa2 34. Bc2 Kg7 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke2 Ke5 37. Kd3 h5 38. f4+ Kf6 39. h3 Qe6 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Qd6+ 42. Ke2 Qd2+ 43. Kf3 Qd7 44. Rd1 Qc6+ 45. Kg3 Ke7 46. Nf5+ Ke8 47. Nd4 Qc5 48. g5 Qb6 49. Kg4 Qb7 50. Re1+ Kf8 51. Re4 Qd5 52. Kf3 Qd6 53. Ke3 Qd7 54. Kd3 Qh3+ 55. Kc4 Qf1+ 56. Kc5 Qf2 57. Kc4 Qf1+ 58. Kc5 Qf2 59. Bb3 Qd2 60. Kb6 Qd3 61. Bc2 Qd2 62. f5 Kg7 63. f6+ Kf8 64. Rh4 Kg8 65. Bh7+ Kf8 66. g6 fxg6 67. Bxg6 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-06"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "1935.08.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1935.08.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Estonia"] [BlackTeam "Latvia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "EST"] [BlackTeamCountry "LAT"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. a4 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 b4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe4 a5 17. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 17. Nd2 f5 18. Bd3 Nb6 19. Nb3 Nxa4 20. Ra1 Nb6 21. Rxa5 Nd5 22. Nc5 Ra8 23. Rfa1 e5 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Bxf5 exd4 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. exd4 Qh4 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Nd7 Rd8 30. Qe6 Qf4 31. g3 Qc7 {Iniyan,P (2380)-Miranda Llanes,Y (2285) Barbera del Valles 2017 1-0 (35)}) 17... Nf6 18. Nd2 e5 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Nb3 exd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Nxd4 Rd8 23. Qc2 g6 24. Bd3 Ng4 25. Qe2 c5 26. Qxg4 cxd4 27. e4 Qe5 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Bc4 Kg7 32. Kf1 Bb7 33. f3 f5 34. e5 g5 35. Ke2 g4 36. Be6 Kg6 37. fxg4 fxg4 38. Bxg4 Bc6 39. Kd3 Bxa4 40. Kxd4 Be8 41. Kc4 Kg5 42. Bc8 h5 43. g4 h4 44. e6 Kf6 45. Bd7 Bxd7 46. exd7 Ke7 47. Kb5 Kxd7 48. Kxa5 b3 49. Kb4 Ke6 50. Kxb3 Kf6 51. Kc2 Kg5 52. Kd2 Kxg4 53. Ke2 Kg3 54. Kf1 h3 55. gxh3 Kxh3 56. b4 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-08 Final A"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1939.09.18"] [Round "15"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Piazzini, Luis Roberto"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D49"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1939.09.01"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Estonia"] [BlackTeam "Argentina"] [WhiteTeamCountry "EST"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARG"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. O-O Bb7 16. Bxb5 ({RR} 16. Be4 Rfe8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bg3 e4 20. Nh4 Qd5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qf5 d3 23. Rfd1 Rac8 24. f3 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Rc5 26. Qf4 Nd5 27. Qd6 Ne3 28. Qxd4 Bxd4 29. Rd2 Rc2 30. Rf2 d2 {Schulte,T (2092)-Scharping,M Germany 2000 0-1 (31)}) 16... Nc5 ({RR} 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc5 18. a4 Rfd8 19. Ra3 d3 20. Bxd3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxa4 23. Be3 Qb8 24. b3 Rh4 25. f4 Rh5 26. Rc1 Rd5 27. Qc4 Bf8 28. h3 Qd6 29. Kh2 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Qxd1 31. b4 {Vanheste,J (2390)-Ninov,K (2515) Amsterdam 1988 1-0 (61)}) 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. Nf3 Bxf3 $146 ({RR} 18... Ra5 19. a4 Ba6 20. Bd2 Rxa4 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 Nxa6 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nc5 26. h3 Rc8 27. Nd2 Ra8 28. Re1 Ra2 29. Ne4 Nd3 30. Re3 Nf4 31. Rg3+ Kf8 32. Rf3 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 {Saborido Carre,R-Pomar Salamanca,A Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1959 ½-½ (71)}) 19. gxf3 Nb3 20. Be3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Kh1 Rb4 23. Bd3 Rd8 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Rad1 Rxb2 26. Qe4 f5 27. Qh4 Qd4 28. Qe7 Rg8 29. Bxf5 Qf6 30. Qxe6 Rxf2 31. Rd7 Qh4 32. Qd6 Rxf3 33. Rdxg7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch15 Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1947.02.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "175"] [EventDate "1947.02.02"] [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 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Be6 14. b4 Rad8 ({RR} 14... a6 15. Na4 g6 16. Nc5 Ng7 17. a4 Rec8 18. Rfc1 Bf5 19. Qb3 Nfe6 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nf3 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Ne6 24. Rc2 Nc7 25. Qb3 Kg7 26. Ne1 Rd8 27. Nd3 Rab8 28. Nf4 Qf7 29. Ne2 {Nikolov,M (2412)-Nevednichy,V (2429) Chania GRE 2026 ½-½ (42)}) 15. Na4 a6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Bf5 $146 ({RR} 17. a4 Qf6 18. Ne5 g5 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Ng7 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rb6 Rd6 23. Nb7 Bxb7 24. Rxb7 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Qb2 Qxb2 27. Rxb2 c5 28. Rb8 Nge6 29. Rfb1 Kg7 30. R1b6 Rxb6 31. Rxb6 c4 {Ader Hausman,W-Roux Cabral,L San Rafael 1951 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 17. Rfe1 Kh8 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nf3 g5 20. e4 g4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. Nh2 Bc8 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. exd5 Qg7 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Re1 Rg8 27. g3 Ngf4 28. Qe3 Nxd5 29. Qf3 Qh6 30. Bc4 Nhf4 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 {Girya,O (2395)-Charochkina,D (2348) Cheboksary 2022 ½-½ (42)}) 17... Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nf6 19. Qe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nf6 24. a4 Nd5 25. Rfc1 Rc7 26. Rb3 Kf8 27. f3 exf3 28. gxf3 Ke7 29. Kf2 f6 30. h4 b5 31. Nb2 bxa4 32. Nxa4 Rb8 33. Nc3 Kd7 34. Nxd5 cxd5 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. Rc3+ Kd7 37. Ra3 Rb6 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. Ra5 g6 40. Kf4 h6 41. Kg4 Rd6 42. f4 h5+ 43. Kf3 Rb6 44. f5+ Kxf5 45. Rxd5+ Ke6 46. Ra5 Ke7 47. Ke4 Kd6 48. Rd5+ Kc6 49. Rd8 Kb5 50. Rg8 Kxb4 51. Rxg6 f5+ 52. Kxf5 Rxg6 53. Kxg6 a5 54. Kf7 Kc4 55. Ke6 a4 56. d5 a3 57. d6 a2 58. d7 a1=Q 59. d8=Q Qa6+ 60. Kf5 Qa7 61. e4 Qh7+ 62. Ke5 Qg7+ 63. Qf6 Qg3+ 64. Qf4 Qg6 65. Qg5 Qe8+ 66. Kf4 Qf8+ 67. Qf5 Qh6+ 68. Kf3 Qd6 69. Qf7+ Kd4 70. Qg7+ Kc4 71. Qg8+ Kd4 72. Qg1+ Kc4 73. Qc1+ Kb5 74. Qb2+ Kc6 75. Qc3+ Kd7 76. Qg7+ Kc6 77. e5 Qd4 78. Qg6+ Kc5 79. Qe4 Qd1+ 80. Kf2 Qd5 81. Qe3+ Kc4 82. Qe2+ Kd4 83. e6 Qf5+ 84. Ke1 Kc3 85. e7 Qg6 86. e8=Q Qg1+ 87. Qf1 Qg3+ 88. Qf2 1-0 [Event "Helsinki \"Finlands Schack\""] [Site "Helsinki"] [Date "1935.10.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Rasmusson, Birger"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1935.10.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FIN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nd7 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Qb4+ 11. Nd2 Qxb2 12. Rb1 ({RR} 12. Qb1 Qc3 13. Qc1 Qxc1+ 14. Rxc1 e5 15. Ne4 exd4 16. exd4 O-O 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. c5 Nf6 19. Nd6 Ne8 20. Nxe8 Rxe8+ 21. Kd2 Be6 22. Rc2 Rad8 23. Kc3 Rd7 24. Rd2 b6 25. cxb6 axb6 26. a4 Red8 {Lopez Martinez,J (2434)-Moskalenko,V (2510) Badalona 2003 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 12. Qb1 Qxb1+ 13. Rxb1 e5 14. d5 Nc5 15. f3 O-O 16. Nb3 b6 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Kd2 Ba6 19. Kc3 f5 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Bd3 e4 22. Bc2 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. cxd5 g6 25. Re1 Bb7 26. fxe4 fxe4 {Richterova,N (2172)-Cramling Bellon,A (2085) Budva MNE 2023 1-0 (39)}) 12... Qxa2 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 14. Qh4 Qa3 15. Ke2 Qe7 16. Nf3 b6 17. e4 Bb7 18. Qg5 g6 19. c5 Nd7 20. Qd2 e5 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Qh6 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Ra1 Qb4 25. Rxa6 Qb5+ 26. Ke3 Qb3+ 27. Ke2 Qb5+ 28. Ke3 Qb3+ {Landau,S-Spielmann,R Amsterdam 1933 ½-½}) 14... Qa3 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. f4 c5 17. O-O O-O 18. Rf3 Rd8 19. Rh3 g6 20. Qf2 Ng4 21. Qe2 f5 22. Nf3 Qc7 23. d5 b6 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Qd6 27. Be4 Rab8 28. Rg3 Qd2 29. Qxd2 Rxd2 30. Bc6 Rbd8 31. Rxg4 fxg4 32. e7 Rc8 33. e8=Q+ Rxe8 34. Bxe8 Rc2 35. Bc6 h5 36. g3 Kg7 37. Bd5 Kf6 38. e4 g5 39. e5+ Kf5 40. Re1 Rd2 41. e6 gxf4 42. gxf4 Rxd5 43. cxd5 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation EST-FIN"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1938.09.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Salo, Toivo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1938.09.25"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "EST"] [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 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 f6 ({RR} 12... Bxg5 13. Nexg5 Nf6 14. Ne5 Re7 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Ngf3 Be6 17. e4 Qb6 18. h3 Rd8 19. Re3 Ree8 20. Rae1 Qa5 21. b3 Bc8 22. Nc4 Qh5 23. Qb2 Re6 24. Qa3 a6 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. dxc5 Re7 27. Nd6 {Lalic,B (2515)-Cuadras Avellana,J (2320) Olot 1992 1-0 (52)}) 13. Bf4 Nf8 ({RR} 13... Nb6 14. Nc5 Nd5 15. Bg3 b6 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Rfe1 Nb4 18. Qb3+ Qd5 19. Qxd5+ cxd5 20. Nxb4 Bxb4 21. Rec1 Rec8 22. a3 Be7 23. Bc7 Bd3 24. Rc3 Bc4 25. Bg3 a5 26. Rac1 a4 27. Nd2 b5 28. e4 {Sroczynski,M (2255)-Tologontegin,S (2337) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (42)}) 14. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 14. Nc3 g5 15. Bg3 Kg7 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. Nc7 {1-0 (18) Schwarz,P (2280)-Vogel,M Wiesbaden 1994}) ({RR} 14. Nc5 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h4 g4 17. Nd2 Kf7 18. Nd3 Bf5 19. Qc3 Bg6 20. Nb3 Kg8 21. Nf4 Bf7 22. Nc5 b6 23. Ncd3 Rc8 24. e4 c5 25. d5 Bd6 26. Rfe1 c4 27. Nb4 Be5 28. Qe3 Bxb2 {Visser,E (2140)-Ricci,A (2059) Arco 2006 0-1 (47)}) 14... Qd5 15. Nc3 Qh5 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxa7 Rec8 22. Nxe6 1-0 [Event "Tallinn Training Tournament 1936/37"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1936.12.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Schmidt, Paul Felix"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D50"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1937.12.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. e3 ({RR} 10. Rc1 O-O 11. e3 Nc6 12. Be2 Qf6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. b3 a5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Qd2 a4 17. Rc3 axb3 18. axb3 Ra3 19. Rfc1 Rfa8 20. Bf1 h5 21. e4 Ra2 22. R3c2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 d4 24. Rd1 Be6) 10... O-O 11. Bd3 ({RR} 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Qf6 ({RR} 12... Qb4 13. Qb3 Qd2 14. Rfd1 Nxd4 15. Rxd2 Nxb3 16. axb3 Be6 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. h4 g6) ({RR} 12... Be6 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Qa4 Ne5 15. Qxa7 Ra8 16. Qb6 Rxa2 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rc3 Nc6 19. Rb3 Qf6 20. f4 Rf7 21. Bd3 Rd7 22. g3) 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Be6 16. Rc7 Rab8 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. f4 Kf8 19. Bf3 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 Ke8 21. g4 Kd8 22. Rc3 f6 23. g5 Rc8 24. Rc5 b6 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 {Yuffa,D (2617)-Muthaiah AL (2493) Dubai Police Officers Club, A 2024 ½-½ (48)}) 11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O f5 $146 ({RR} 13... Be6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Qxc6 Rfc8 16. Qa4 Rab8 17. Rab1 Rb4 18. Qa3 Rcb8 19. Rbc1 Qh4 20. Qxa7 R8b7 21. Qc5 Rg4 22. f3 Rg5 23. Rc2 Bh3 24. f4 Rxg2+ 25. Rxg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rxb2+ 27. Bc2 Qg4+ 28. Kf2 {Wijesurija,G (2205)-Hutcheson,J (2235) Manila 1992 1-0 (38)}) 14. Rc1 Rf6 15. Qa4 Qd6 16. Qd4 Rb8 17. b3 Rb6 18. Qc5 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Kf7 20. Qxd6 Rxd6 21. Bxf5 Bb7 22. Rc5 Ra6 23. Bb1 Ra3 24. e4 Rd7 25. h4 Re7 26. f3 g6 27. Rd2 Kf6 28. Kf2 Ke5 29. exd5 Kd6 30. dxc6+ Kxc5 31. Rd7 Re8 32. cxb7 Kb6 33. Rxh7 Rb8 34. Rg7 Rxb7 35. Rxg6+ Kc5 36. h5 Kd4 37. h6 Ra5 38. g4 Rc5 39. Rg8 1-0 [Event "Leningrad & Moscow"] [Site "Leningrad/Moscow"] [Date "1939.01.26"] [Round "15"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1939.01.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Primel,Dominique} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 ({RR} 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. cxd5 exd5) 7... exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. O-O ({RR} 10. O-O-O c5) ({RR} 10. h4 c5) 10... h6 11. Bf4 a6 ({RR} 11... c6) ({RR} 11... Nh5) 12. Rfd1 ({RR} 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Rad1 Bf8 ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. Qb1) 15. Nf5 c4 16. Be2 Ne4 17. Ne5 Ndf6 18. b3 cxb3 ({RR} 18... Rc8) ({RR} 18... b5 19. f3 Nd6) 19. Qxb3 Rc8 20. Bd3 Rc3 21. Qb2 Ba3 22. Qa1 Rc7 ({RR} 22... Qc8 23. f3 Qxf5 24. fxe4 Qc8 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Qb1) 23. f3 Nd6 24. Qb1 Nxf5 25. Bxf5 b5 26. h3 Bc8 {Gagunashvili,M (2576)-Serafimov,T (2371) Sautron 2008 EXT 2009 [Primel,Dominique] 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 12. Rac1 c5 13. Bf5 Rc8 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bf6 18. a3 Qe7 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxb6 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc6 23. Qb3 Rd6 24. Rcd1 Rd8 25. Na4 Qc7 26. Nc3 Kh7 {Nguyen,N (2354)-Cao,M (2361) Ho Chi Minh City 2022 1-0 (39)}) 12... Ne8 $146 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Rab1 c5 14. Bf5 c4 15. Ne5 b5 16. a3 Bf8 17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Qh5 Nc5 20. Rd4 Qb6 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rad8 23. Rbd1 g6 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qg3 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Rd8 27. Rxd8 {Palliser,R (2337)-Erwich,M (2263) Witley 2001 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 12... b5 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Rac1 Bd6 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Bb1 b4 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Ng4 Nbd7 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21. Bxh6 Qe4 22. Bxf8 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Kxf8 24. f3 c5 25. Kf2 cxd4 26. Rxd4 a5 27. Bf5 {Varga,P (2310)-Toth,J (2275) Hungary 1992 0-1 (58)}) 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 g6 17. h4 h5 18. Ng5 c5 19. Bf5 cxd4 20. Be6 d3 21. Qxd3 Ne5 22. Qb1 fxe6 23. f4 Kg7 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nd6 27. Nxh5+ Kh6 28. Nf6 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Qd4 30. Nxe6 Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 d4 32. Qc1+ g5 33. Qc7 1-0 [Event "Parnu Baltic Tournament"] [Site "Parnu"] [Date "1960.06.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Sorokin, Nikolay Tikhovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1960.06.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Bf4 ({RR} 12. Rb1 b6 13. Bf4 Be8 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qf3 Bg7 17. Qg3 h6 18. Nf3 Kh8 19. Rbd1 Rg8 20. Be4 Rc8 21. d5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Qf6 23. c4 Qf5 24. Be4 Qa5 25. Bd5 Nb4 26. h5 g5 {Speelman,J (2535)-Basman,M (2395) Southampton 1986 0-1 (54)}) 12... Rc8 ({RR} 12... Bf6 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qe2 Ne7 15. Rbc1 Ng6 16. Bd6 Be7 17. Bg3 Bc6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20. f4 Rc8 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Qd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Re3 Rc6 26. Rb1 f6 27. exf6 {Cani,E (1948)-Fomkin,D (2358) Budva MNE 2026 0-1 (69)}) 13. Qb1 $146 ({RR} 13. Qe2 g6 14. Rab1 Na5 15. c4 Re8 {½-½ (16) Krainski,S (2127)-Borgula,R (2282) Poland 2009}) 13... h6 14. Qxb7 Na5 15. Qb2 Bc6 16. Ne5 Bd5 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. Qe2 Rb6 19. Bd3 Bg5 20. Bg3 f5 21. f3 Bf6 22. Rab1 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rc6 24. Rb8 Qxb8 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Qc2 Nc4 27. Qa4 Nb6 28. Qxa7 Ra8 29. Qe7 Rxc3 30. Rxe6 Rxd3 31. Rxb6 Rxa2 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Rb8+ 1-0 [Event "GEO-ch open"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1946.03.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Sorokin, Nikolay Tikhovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1946.03.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Qa5 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 e5 12. dxe5 Ndc5 13. Qc2 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 dxc4 16. Rd6 Be6 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Bd5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. h3 b5 21. Nd4 b4 22. Qd2 {Kramnik,V (2780)-Kasparov,G (2815) Moscow 1998 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 7... Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. a3 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bb1 Nhf6 16. h3 dxc4 17. Qxc4 c5 18. Qe2 g6 19. Ba2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 a6 21. Nf3 Nc5 22. b4 {Cramling,P (2437)-Stefanova,A (2431) Monaco MNC 2024 1-0 (49)}) 8. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 8. e3 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b6 15. Bb5 Nd6 16. Bc6 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rc1 Nd6 19. O-O g5 20. Bg3 Ke7 21. Rc6 Ne4 22. Rfc1 f6 {Balanel,I-Tarnowski,A Miedzyzdroje 1952 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 8. Nd2 Bb4 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 14. a3 Bf8 15. Qb5 Qd8 16. Nf3 a6 17. Qa4 Rh5 18. Bc2 Qb6 19. Qb4 Qe6 20. Ne2 Nc5 21. Qc3 Nfe4 22. Qd4 Qe8 {Isfan,I (1955)-Patrascu,C (2275) Calimanesti Caciulata 2017 1-0 (65)}) 8... Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nb6 15. Nd2 Be5 16. Rac1 Bf4 17. Rcd1 Bd7 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rfe8 20. Bd3 Bg4 21. Rde1 Rad8 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bh5 24. d6 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 b5 26. Bxb5 Rxd6 27. Bc4 Qd8 28. g4 Rb6 29. Qa4 Qh4 30. gxh5 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.10.06"] [Round "20"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "83"] [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. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 Re8 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxc3 b6 14. Ne5 ({RR} 14. e4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nf6 19. Re5 Qc7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. e5 Nd7 22. Rd1 Nf8 23. Rd6 Ne6 24. Qc4 Rb8 25. h4 b5 26. Qd5 h6 27. Nd2 Qb7 28. Ne4 Qxd5 {Le,Q (2583)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2495) Vung Tau 2008 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 14. e4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Qf6 16. h3 Red8 17. e5 Qe7 18. Qe3 Rab8 19. Ng5 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nf8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. f4 Ne6 25. Nf3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Qd3 Qc5 28. Kh1 b5 {Zierke,O (2189)-Malesevic,N (2260) Pula CRO 2024 1-0 (69)}) 14... Bb7 15. f4 $146 ({RR} 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Be2 Qe7 17. b4 a5 18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 Rec8 20. Rfc1 h6 21. h3 Rc7 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Qa1 Ra8 24. Qb2 Rac8 25. Qa1 Ra8 26. Qc3 Rac8 27. Be2 c5 28. dxc5 Qg5 29. Bf1 bxc5 {Popov,V (2505)-Petkevich,J (2460) St Petersburg 1998 ½-½}) 15... Nxe5 16. fxe5 c5 17. Qe1 Be4 18. Rf4 Bg6 19. h4 cxd4 20. exd4 Rac8 21. Qe2 Rc7 22. Rdf1 h5 23. R1f3 Rec8 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 g6 26. Rg3 Kh7 27. Rg5 Qf8 28. Qe4 Qh6 29. d5 exd5 30. Qxd5 Qf8 31. e6 Qc5+ 32. Qxc5 bxc5 33. exf7 Kg7 34. f8=Q+ Rxf8 35. Rxf8 Kxf8 36. Rxg6 c4 37. Rg5 Rb7 38. Rxh5 Rxb2 39. Rc5 Rc2 40. Kh2 Ke7 41. h5 c3 42. Rc6 1-0 [Event "Salzburg 6 Masters"] [Site "Salzburg"] [Date "1942.06.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Stoltz, Gosta"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1942.06.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 a6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 ({RR} 8... c5 9. Rd1 c4 10. Qc2 Be7 11. e4 Bb7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nbd7 14. a3 h6 15. Bf4 Nb6 16. Rfe1 Qc8 17. Bf1 Rd8 18. g3 Qd7 19. Bh3 Qc6 20. Bg2 Qc8 21. h3 b4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. g4 {Mamedyarov,S (2738)-Shimanov,A (2593) New York USA 2024 1-0 (36)}) 9. Rd1 ({RR} 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Qb6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Be3 a5 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bh3 Qb7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Nh4 c5 17. O-O c4 18. Qd1 Nb6 19. b3 cxb3 20. Qxb3 Bc4 21. Qd1 Qd7 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Bd4 Bh6 {Engqvist,T (2311)-Willstedt,L (2118) Stockholm SWE 2026 0-1 (42)}) 9... Be7 $146 ({RR} 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Bh3 Be7 14. O-O b4 15. Na4 O-O 16. Nd2 c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb5 21. Nc4 Nd5 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Qxe2 24. Rfe1 {Volkov,N (2165)-Yashtylov,A (2319) Orsk 2000 ½-½ (72)}) ({RR} 9... Qb6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Qc2 Bc5 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Be2 Bb7 15. O-O Rfe8 16. b3 exd5 17. exd5 cxb3 18. axb3 Rac8 19. Qb2 Bb4 20. Na2 Bd6 21. Rfe1 Nxd5 22. Bg3 N7f6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nc3 {Strutinskaya,G (2142)-Jakubowska,A (2106) Warsaw 2021 ½-½ (75)}) 10. a3 Bb7 11. e4 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Nd6 Rab8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Bd3 Rc7 20. Qb1 h6 21. O-O Nc5 22. Bc2 Rb8 23. Rd4 b4 24. axb4 Rxb4 25. Rc1 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Qg5 27. Nf3 Qf4 28. Rd1 Qb4 29. Rd4 Qb5 30. b4 Na4 31. Bd3 Qb6 32. Qa1 Nac3 33. h3 Nb5 34. Rg4 Rc3 35. Bf1 Rc2 36. Bxb5 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Ne3 38. Qxa6 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Nxg4+ 40. hxg4 Qe3 41. Be2 Qf4+ 42. g3 Qxg4 43. Qd6 h5 44. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "URS-ch20 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1952.12.08"] [Round "7"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Suetin, Alexey S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [PlyCount "57"] [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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 9... exd5 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Ndf6 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. f3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Rb1 Rc7 20. Qb5 Rec8 21. a4 Ne8 22. Qb3 Qe6 23. e4 Nf6 24. exd5 {Pourramezanali,A (2509)-Dreev,A (2664) Guilan 2016 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 9... exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O a5 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. Na4 Nf6 17. Qc5 Nd5 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. g3 Nb4 20. a3 Nd3 21. Rc2 Be6 22. Nb6 Ra6 23. Na4 Bd5 24. b3 {Goncharov,V (2077)-Caku,K (2036) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (41)}) 10. Bg3 Nxc3 $146 ({RR} 10... Bb4 11. Qb3 Qa5 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Rb1 b6 15. O-O Ba6 16. c4 Be7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. e4 Rfd8 19. h3 Nf8 20. Bf4 Qh5 21. e5 c5 22. Kh2 f5 23. d5 g5 24. d6 Bxd6 25. exd6 {Lopez,H (2068)-Atakhan,A (2414) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 10... Bb4 11. Qb3 Qa5 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Rb1 b6 15. O-O Ba6 16. c4 Be7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. e4 Rfd8 19. h3 Nf8 20. Bf4 Qh5 21. e5 c5 22. Kh2 f5 23. d5 g5 24. d6 Bxd6 25. exd6 {Lopez,H (2068)-Atakhan,A (2414) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (56)}) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O c5 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Bf4 Bg5 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rd7 Qf6 21. Bg3 Bh4 22. Ng4 Qf5 23. Bxh4 h5 24. f3 Bc6 25. Rc7 Rfc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Nf2 g5 28. Bg3 h4 29. e4 1-0 [Event "Tallinn Esimese Klassi Turniir"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1933.04.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Taich, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1933.04.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Nxc4 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Rc1 b6 11. e4 $146 ({RR} 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Nd5 13. Nd6 Bc6 14. Ne4 f5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ned2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Nd4 cxd4 21. Rxc6 Nb4 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Re6 d3 24. Rxd3 Qc5 25. Rd4 b5 {Capablanca,J-Janowski,D New York 1918 1-0}) 11... Bb7 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Rxd4 Qe8 16. e5 Nfe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. b4 Nd7 19. Rcd1 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-09b"] [Site "Petropolis"] [Date "1973.08.17"] [Round "17"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Tan, Lian Ann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1973.07.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 ({RR} 9... b5 10. Ba2 a6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bb1 g6 14. e4 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Qd2 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bd6 19. h3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rd1 Kg7 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. Qg5 Qd8 24. Qh4 {ProfessorPB (2118)-P3rsa (1993) lichess.org 2024 0-1 (36)}) 10. Bxe7 ({RR} 10. h4 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. g4 b6 13. g5 h5 14. g6 f5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 Nf6 17. Ne5 Ng4 18. Rc1 Qf6 19. Qc7 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxg6 21. Kd2 f4 22. Rhg1 fxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Qh6+ 24. f4 Rf5 {Lerner,K (2536)-Kaganskiy,G (2332) Tel Aviv 2002 1-0}) 10... Qxe7 11. Ne4 N7f6 12. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 12. Neg5 g6 13. h4 h5 14. e4 Nc7 15. Ne5 Nh7 16. Ngf3 c5 17. O-O-O b5 18. Ba2 c4 19. g4 Nf6 20. gxh5 Nxh5 21. Qd2 Re8 22. Rdg1 Qf8 23. Rg5 Kh7 24. Rxh5+ gxh5 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Ngxf7 Qg7 {Faleev,I (2082)-Gridchin,M (1947) Vladivostok 2009 1-0 (53)}) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 Nd5 15. Qg3 Qc7 16. Ne5 Qa5+ 17. Ke2 f6 18. Nd3 Nb6 19. Ba2 Qh5+ 20. f3 Kh8 21. h4 e5 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. hxg5 Rf5 25. Rcd1 Rxg5 26. Nxe5 Be6 27. Bxe6 Rxe5 28. Bf7 h6 29. Rh5 Re7 30. Bb3 Rd7 31. Re5 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Rd8+ 33. Ke2 Nd7 34. Re7 Nc5 35. Bc2 a5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Nd7 38. Bf5 Nf6 39. Rxb7 Nd5 40. Bg6 $138 1-0 [Event "Bad Nauheim Olympia Trainingsturnier"] [Site "Bad Nauheim"] [Date "1936.05.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Van den Bosch, Johannes"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "1936.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {ChessBase II Hansen,Curt} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 $146 ({RR} 11... f5 12. Rac1 g5 13. Nd2 Rf7 14. f3 e5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 exd4 19. Qc7 Kg7 20. Rf5 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qb4 22. Rxg5+ {1-0 (22) Alekhine,A-Maroczy,G Karlovy Vary 1923}) ({RR} 11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 ({RR} 12. Bxc4 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Rad1 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Ng5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nf6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 g6 22. Re5 Rd8 23. Qe3 a6 24. a4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Bxd5) 12... e5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rae1 ({RR} 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 e4 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Ne5) 14... exd4 ({RR} 14... Rd8 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qf6 18. e4 Qd4+) ({RR} 14... Re8 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 exd4 17. exd4) 15. exd4 Qd6 ({RR} 15... Qd8 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5) 16. Bc4 Nf6 ({RR} 16... Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 ({RR} 17... Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 {RR} 19. Re4) 18. Qd3 ({RR} 18. Qe4 Be6 19. Bc2 Nf6) 18... Be6 19. Bc2 ({RR} 19. Ne5 Nb4) 19... Nf6 ({RR} 19... g6)) 17. Ne5 Nd5 ({RR} 17... Qxd4 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Rd1 Qb6 ({RR} 19... Qe5 20. Rd8+ Ne8 21. Qb3) 20. Rd6 Qc7 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Qg6+ Kf8 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 ({RR} 23... Ke8 24. Re1+ Re7 25. Qh8+ Kd7 26. Rd1+) 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Rd1) 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. f4 b5 ({RR} 19... Rb8 20. f5 Bd7 21. f6) 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 ({RR} 21... cxd5 22. Rc1 ({RR} 22. Nc6 Rd7 ({RR} 22... Rf8 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxd5) 23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Nb8 Rd6)) 22. Nxc6 Kf8 23. Re5 Rd6 24. Rc5 Bd7 25. d5 Bxc6 26. dxc6 {Sokolov,I (2610)-Yermolinsky,A (2597) Wijk aan Zee 1999 CBM 069 [Hansen,Curt] 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 11... h6 12. Rfe1 f5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 f4 15. exf4 Rxf4 16. g3 Rf8 17. f4 b6 18. b4 c5 19. bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 Bb7 21. Qc2 Rac8 22. Rac1 b5 23. cxb5 d4+ 24. Kg1 Qd5 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Be4 {Smail,B (2078)-Navumenka,M (2260) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (50)}) ({RR} 11... Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 c5 14. Rfe1 ({RR} 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 e5 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. Nd6) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Bf3 ({RR} 16. Bc2 e5) 16... Qc5 17. b4 Qf8 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 a5 21. bxa5 Ra6 22. Qe5 Nd7 23. Qc7 Qc5 24. Qxc5 {1-0 (24) Tartakower,S-Maas,A Nice 1930 EXT 1999 [ChessBase II]}) ({RR} 11... f5 12. Rac1 g5 13. Nd2 Rf7 14. f3 e5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 exd4 19. Qc7 Kg7 20. Rf5 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qb4 22. Rxg5+) 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxh7+ Kf8 17. Qb4+ Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Bb1 Rd2 20. Rc2 Rxc2 21. Bxc2 Be6 22. a3 c5 23. Be4 Rd8 24. Rc1 c4 25. Kf1 Rd6 26. Ke1 Rb6 27. Rc2 Rb3 28. Kd2 Kd6 29. Kc1 Ke5 30. Bf3 Rb5 31. Be2 Rc5 32. Kd2 b5 33. Kc3 a5 34. Rd2 Rc8 35. Rd4 Rb8 36. f4+ Kf6 37. e4 g6 38. Rd6 b4+ 39. axb4 axb4+ 40. Kc2 Rh8 41. e5+ Ke7 42. h3 Rh4 43. Rd4 g5 44. Bxc4 gxf4 45. Bxe6 Kxe6 46. Rxb4 Kxe5 47. Kd3 Rh8 48. Rb5+ Ke6 49. Ke4 Rg8 50. Rb6+ Ke7 51. Kf3 Rg3+ 52. Kf2 Rd3 53. b4 Rb3 54. b5 f6 55. Rb8 Ke6 56. b6 Kf5 57. b7 Rb2+ 58. Ke1 Rb1+ 59. Kd2 Rb3 60. h4 Rb2+ 61. Kc3 1-0 [Event "Madrid Gran Torneo"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1943.10.17"] [Round "12"] [White "Alonso Leira, Jose"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D49"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1943.10.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [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 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. O-O Nc5 ({RR} 15... Bb7 16. Bxb5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc5 18. a4 Rfd8 19. Ra3 d3 20. Bxd3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxa4 23. Be3 Qb8 24. b3 Rh4 25. f4 Rh5 26. Rc1 Rd5 27. Qc4 Bf8 28. h3 Qd6 29. Kh2 Rd1 30. Rxd1 {Vanheste,J (2390)-Ninov,K (2515) Amsterdam 1988 1-0 (61)}) ({RR} 15... Bb7 16. Be4 Rfe8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bg3 e4 20. Nh4 Qd5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qf5 d3 23. Rfd1 Rac8 24. f3 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Rc5 26. Qf4 Nd5 27. Qd6 Ne3 28. Qxd4 Bxd4 29. Rd2 Rc2 30. Rf2 {Schulte,T (2092)-Scharping,M Germany 2000 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 15... Bb7 16. Bxb5 Nc5 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nb3 20. Be3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Kh1 Rb4 23. Bd3 Rd8 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Rad1 Rxb2 26. Qe4 f5 27. Qh4 Qd4 28. Qe7 Rg8 29. Bxf5 Qf6 30. Qxe6 {Keres,P-Piazzini,L Buenos Aires 1939 1-0 (33)}) 16. Bb1 f5 17. Bc2 $146 ({RR} 17. Bf4 Nb3 18. Bd3 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 b4 20. Bc4 Re8 21. Ng5 h6 22. Qh5 Re7 23. Nf3 Bb7 24. Nh4 Qc6 25. Rc1 Qe4 26. Bxh6 Qg4 27. Qxg4 fxg4 28. Nf5 Bxh6 29. Nxe7+ Kf7 30. Re1 Kxe7 31. Rxe6+ Kd7 {Tolush,A-Veresov,G Leningrad 1938 1-0 (35)}) 17... b4 18. Re1 Ba6 19. Qd1 Bc4 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 b3 22. Qxd4 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 bxa2 24. b4 Nd3 25. Bb2 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rd8 27. Ba1 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Rd2 0-1 [Event "Match/Nation TUN-URS-ITA"] [Site "Tunis"] [Date "1960.06.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Belkadi, Ridha"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D40"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1960.06.04"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "TUN"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O cxd4 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. a3 Qb8 11. Re1 Bd6 12. h3 O-O 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 Bf4 15. Ne5 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Qd6 17. Rcd1 Rac8 18. Bb1 Nb6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qg3 Kg7 21. Nd3 Qxg3 22. fxg3 Nfd7 23. g4 Rfd8 24. Ba2 {Cuartas,J (2499)-Peralta,F (2556) Barcelona 2018 ½-½ (53)}) ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. b3 Qc7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Bb1 Rac8 16. e4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. h3 h6 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bb4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qe2 e5 23. a3 Bc5 24. b4 {Moreira,R (2088)-Kazantzoglou,S (2139) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (47)}) 10. exd4 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. h4 Nf8 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Be4 h6 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Nc6 Ree8 23. b3 Kh8 24. Rc3 Qd6 25. Rec1 {Boensch,U (2550)-Darnstaedt,F (2300) Meisdorf 1996 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Kg7 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Re3 Qd8 21. Rg3+ Kh7 22. Qf4 Qf6 23. Rh3 Rg8 24. g4 Rxg4+ 25. Qxg4 {Ruff,R (1587)-Hildebrecht,F (1783) Gerlingen 2007 0-1 (32)}) 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 Na5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qd5 16. Qe2 h6 17. Rfd1 Qc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bg6 O-O 20. Bc2 Qxc5 21. Rac1 Qh5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rab8 24. Nd4 Rfd8 25. Rd3 Qe5 26. Qh4 Kh7 27. Rcd1 Qg5 28. Qe4+ f5 29. Qe5 Nc6 30. Nxe6 Qg4 31. Qe1 fxe6 32. Rd7+ Kh8 33. f3 Qc4 34. Rc1 Qf4 35. Rcd1 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Ne5 37. Rd1 Rg8 38. Kh1 Nxf3 39. g3 Nxe1 40. gxf4 Nf3 41. Rf1 Nd2 42. Rf2 Ne4 43. Re2 b3 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-11 Final A"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1954.09.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Bobekov, Radko"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1954.09.12"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Qe5 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Rc1 Qe5 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Qg5 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Re6 20. Nc3 Bb4 21. Qf3 Qg6 22. Red1 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 h5 24. Qf4 Rde8 25. Bd4 c5 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 {Danchevski,O (2429)-Kosyrev,V (2565) Skopje 2002 ½-½ (75)}) ({RR} 12... Bb7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. Qe2 h5 16. Rfd1 h4 17. g3 Qe6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Bg4 f5 20. Bh3 Qg6 21. Bg2 Qf7 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Bd4 Rf7 25. Qd2 Bb4 26. Bc3 Ba3 27. Bb2 {Jakhari,A (2144)-Gloeckler,C (2497) Maastricht NED 2026 0-1 (44)}) 13. g3 Bh3 14. Re1 Rad8 $146 ({RR} 14... Qe6 15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Na4 Bb4 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Rad8 19. Qd4 c5 20. Qxc5 d4 21. exd4 Ne4 22. Qh5 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bg4 24. Qa5 Bxe2 25. Re3 Qg4 26. R1xe2 Qd7 27. Qxa7 Qc6 28. Qc7 Qa8 29. Qb7 {Svane,F (2260)-Makridis,D (1908) Tornelo INT 2020 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 14... Qg5 15. Bf3 Rfe8 16. Ne2 Bb4 17. Bc3 Rxe3 18. Bxb4 Rxf3 19. Nd4 Rxf2 20. Kxf2 Ne4+ 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Qd2 Qf6+ 23. Kg1 Rd8 24. Bc5 Rd5 25. Rc1 Rxc5 26. Ne2 g5 27. Re1 Rf5 28. Qc1 h6 29. Qa1 {Danner,G (2432)-Luther,T (2533) Graz 2004 0-1 (32)}) 15. Rc1 Qg5 16. f4 Qg6 17. Bd3 Qh6 18. Na4 Bb4 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rd6 21. Nc5 Re8 22. Bf1 Ng4 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Re2 Rh6 25. Qd2 Rg6 26. e4 h5 27. e5 Nh6 28. Rg2 Qc8 29. b4 h4 30. Nb3 hxg3 31. hxg3 Qh3 32. Nd4 Ng4 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Nxc6 Re6 35. Qxd5 Rh6 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd3+ g6 38. Kf1 Qh1+ 39. Rg1 Qxc6 0-1 [Event "Parnu Training"] [Site "Parnu"] [Date "1951.11.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1951.11.01"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 Re8 12. b3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bg4 ({RR} 13... Ne4 14. Bb2 h5 15. e3 h4 16. Qh5 h3 17. Bh1 Nf6 18. Qh4 Ne4 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rfd1 Bd7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Bf3 g5 23. g4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Be2 g4 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke1 {Vidit,S (2716)-Carlsen,M (2839) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. e3 Qe7 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Qh5 Nf6 18. Qh4 Qe5 19. Rc2 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bh3 Bxh3 22. Qxh3 Re8 23. Ba1 Bd8 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Bb2 a6 26. Rc8 g6 27. Qf1 Qd7 28. Qc1 {Bondarevsky,I-Lundin,E Saltsjobaden 1948 1-0 (36)}) 14. Re1 $146 ({RR} 14. f3 Bd7 15. Rf2 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Bb2 Qe3 18. Rd1 a5 19. Bf1 a4 20. Qb4 Bc5 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qa6 axb3 23. axb3 Rxb3 24. Bc1 Qc3 25. Nxb3 Qxb3 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Bb5 28. Rc3 Bd4 {Ikonnikov,V (2522)-Pietrow,A (2051) Haarlem 2002 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 14. Be3) 14... Ne4 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. Qd3 h5 17. e3 h4 18. f3 Nc5 19. Qd2 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Bf1 h3 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. b4 Nd7 24. Bxh3 Ne5 25. f4 Qh4 26. fxe5 Qxh3 27. Qg2 Qh6 28. Qg3 Be4 29. g5 Qg6 30. Ne2 Rc8 31. Bd4 Rc4 32. Rxc4 dxc4 33. Qf4 Bd3 34. Nc3 Rd8 35. Kf2 Bxd4 36. exd4 Qb6 37. Qe3 Rxd4 38. Nb5 Rf4+ 39. Kg3 Qxe3+ 40. Rxe3 Rf1 41. e6 fxe6 42. Rxe6 a6 43. Nd4 c3 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Rc8 c2 46. Nb3 Kg6 47. h4 Bf5 48. Rc7 Rh1 49. Kg2 Be4+ 50. Kf2 Bc6 51. Ke3 c1=Q+ 52. Nxc1 Rxc1 53. a4 Rb1 0-1 [Event "Tallinn Mustpeade Klub 75th Anniversery"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1935.06.08"] [Round "7"] [White "Book, Eero"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D52"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1935.06.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "EST"] [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 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Be2 e5 ({RR} 10... Re8 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfb1 exd4 16. cxd4 Re7 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Rc1 Be6 21. f3 Ne8 22. Nb1 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Nxc7 24. Nc3 Kf8 25. Kf2 {Sunye Neto,J (2522)-Limp,E (2447) Sao Paulo 2005 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 10... c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qb6 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Bd7 17. Bf3 Bb5 18. Nd4 Bc4 19. Be2 Rac8 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. O-O Rfc8 22. h3 h6 23. Rfd1 a6 24. b3 Rc3 25. b4 {Montano Vicente,G (2001)-Myagmarsuren,E (2265) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (52)}) 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. a3 $146 ({RR} 12. O-O exd4 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qe5 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rfd8 18. h3 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 b5 21. f3 Kf8 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. g4 a5 24. Ke2 a4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rc1 h6 {Khachatryan,V (2058)-Baleev,K (2312) Alushta 2008 ½-½ (33)}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd6 14. h3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qa5 16. Rd1 Bc7 17. f4 Re8 18. Kf2 g5 19. b4 Qxa3 20. Rb1 Qxc3 0-1 [Event "URS-ch22 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1955.02.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D50"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1955.02.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Qe3 Nb4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qd2 exd5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exd5 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxd5 15. Qe5+ Kf8 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Qg5 $146 ({RR} 17. Qd4 Qb5 {0-1 (17) Glatt,G (2250)-Vegh,E (2395) Boeblingen 1988}) 17... f6 18. Qd2 Qb5 19. Kf1 Kf7 20. h4 Re5 21. Rh3 Rhe8 22. Re1 Qc4 23. b3 Qg4 24. Rd3 Nf4 25. Nxf4 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-16 Preliminaries A"] [Site "Tel Aviv"] [Date "1964.11.06"] [Round "4"] [White "Borja, Meliton"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D40"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1964.11.03"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Philippines"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union"] [WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. dxc5 ({RR} 8. O-O Be6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ne2 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Qc1 Qxc1 15. Raxc1 Bg4 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfc8 18. f3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. b4 Ne8 22. a4 Kf8 {Caruana,F (2766)-Carlsen,M (2859) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (55)}) 8... Bxc5 9. a3 ({RR} 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. b3 O-O 12. Be2 Qd6 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qc1 Rfe8 15. Rd1 Ba7 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Qc1 d4 18. exd4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxd4 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qh4 Nf5 22. Qf4 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rxd1+ {Mahmud,N (1777)-Hamidov,A (2306) Shamakhi AZE 2026 0-1}) 9... Bg4 10. b4 Ba7 $146 ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. Bb2 Bc7 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. g3 Ne7 16. Nd4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rac8 18. Nb3 Qe6 19. Nc5 Qh3 20. Qf3 Ra8 21. Qg2 Qh5 22. Nb1 Be5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rfd1 Rfc8 25. Nd2 {Simondet,C-Karbovnik,S Nancy 1999 1-0 (37)}) 11. Bb2 d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Ne4 O-O 14. O-O Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Kh1 Ne6 17. Qb3 Nhf4 18. Bc4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Rad1 Qe5 21. Rd7 Rad8 22. Rxb7 Bb8 23. Ng3 Qf6 24. b5 Nd3 25. bxa6 Nc5 26. Qe3 Nxb7 27. axb7 Rfe8 28. Qb3 Re5 29. Rc1 h5 30. Ne4 Rxe4 31. Bxf7+ Kh8 32. Rc8 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Kh3 Qf5+ 35. Kg2 Rxc8 36. bxc8=Q+ Qxc8 0-1 [Event "Match Keres-Friedemann +2-1=0"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1935.01.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Friedemann, Gunnar"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "1935.01.07"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "EST"] [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. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Bf5 ({RR} 14... f5 15. Nc4 Ng6 16. f4 exf3 17. Rxf3 Be6 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Rf2 Kh8 20. Nd2 c5 21. Nf3 a6 22. Rd1 b5 23. Qc2 Bc8 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Rd4 h6 26. Qd2 Rxd4 27. exd4 Qd6 28. a3 Bb7 29. d5 {Sarana,A (2618)-Short,N (2646) Moscow 2018 1-0 (85)}) 15. Rae1 ({RR} 15. f4 h5 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. b3 Rac8 18. Rad1 b5 19. Na5 c5 20. d5 Qb6 21. Nc6 Bd7 22. Ne5 c4 23. Rd4 f6 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. b4 f5 26. Rb1 Nf6 27. Kf2 Red8 28. Rbd1 Ne8 29. R1d2 {½-½ (29) Peng,L (2522)-Labruyere,R (2281) Amsterdam NED 2025}) 15... Qe6 16. f3 $146 ({RR} 16. Qd1 Qg6 17. Kh2 Qd6+ 18. g3 Re6 19. f4 Qe7 20. g4 Rh6 21. Rg1 Qh4 22. Rg3 Bc8 23. Ncxe4 f5 24. g5 Rg6 25. Nf3 Qh5 26. Nc5 Nd7 27. Qb3+ Kf8 28. Nxd7+ Bxd7 29. Qxb7 {1-0 (29) Karatekin,T (2268)-Sumer,G (1807) Kemer 2011}) 16... Qg6 17. fxe4 Bxh3 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Qf2 Bc4 20. Nh4 Qh5 21. Nf5 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qg6 23. e5 f6 24. Qh4 Qg5 25. Qxg5 fxg5 26. Ne4 Nd7 27. Nxg5 Nxe5 28. Nd6 Ng4 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. e4 h6 31. Rf4 Nf6 32. Nf3 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Nxe4 34. Ne5 Kf8 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Ke3 Nd6 38. b3 Kd5 39. Kd3 Nf5 40. Nf3 h5 41. b4 b5 42. a3 a6 43. Ne5 Nxd4 44. Ng6 Ne6 45. Ne7+ Kd6 46. Ng6 c5 47. bxc5+ Kxc5 48. Kc3 a5 49. g3 b4+ 50. axb4+ axb4+ 51. Kb2 Kb5 52. Kb1 b3 53. Kb2 Ka4 54. Ne5 Nc5 55. Nc6 g5 56. Nd4 h4 57. gxh4 gxh4 58. Nf3 h3 59. Nh2 Kb4 60. Ng4 Na4+ 61. Kb1 h2 62. Nxh2 Ka3 63. Nf3 Nc3+ 64. Kc1 b2+ 65. Kc2 b1=Q+ 66. Kxc3 Qb3+ 67. Kd4 Qxf3 0-1 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.10.11"] [Round "23"] [White "Geller, Efim P"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D41"] [PlyCount "54"] [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. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Nxe4 9. O-O ({RR} 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfb8 19. b3 a5 20. Rac1 a4 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 axb3 23. axb3 Rxb3 {Peyrer,K (2480)-Neugebauer,M (2509) Trencin SVK 2025 ½-½}) 9... Nf6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Qe5 O-O $146 ({RR} 11... Be6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nd4 Qd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6 15. Nxc6 Kd7 16. Nd4 Rab8 17. Ncb5 Bc5 18. Bf4 Rb7 19. Rab1 a6 20. b4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Ne4 22. f3 Nc3 23. Rb2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Nb5 25. Rxc8 Kxc8 26. Nxb5 {Dworzynski,R-Brzozka,S Warsaw 1957 ½-½}) 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bh4 Ne4 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bf6 18. Qxe8+ Qxe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rxd5 Rc8 21. Rd3 Nb4 22. Re3 Nxa2 23. h3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nxc3 25. Bd7 Rd8 26. Bf5 g6 27. Bd3 Nd1 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-06"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "1935.08.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Gruenfeld, Ernst"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D52"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "1935.08.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Austria"] [BlackTeam "Estonia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"] [BlackTeamCountry "EST"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Ndxe4 dxe4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Re8 ({RR} 15... Be6 16. Rab1 b6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. f4 exf3 19. gxf3 Kf8 20. Kf2 Ke7 21. e4 g5 22. Ke3 c5 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Rbd1 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. h4 h6 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. a3 Ke7 29. Kf2 Rg6 30. Ke3 {Montano Vicente,G (2035)-Sauer,T (2123) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (52)}) 16. Rfd1 Kf8 17. Rab1 Rxe5 18. Rb2 $146 ({RR} 18. Rd8+ Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 20. f3 Kd8 21. fxe4 Kc7 22. Kf2 Be6 23. Bd3 Rd8 24. Ke2 b6 25. c5 bxc5 26. Ba6 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Kxb8 28. a4 Kc7 29. a5 Kd6 30. Kd3 Ba2 31. Bc4 Bb1+ 32. Kd2 Bxe4 {Costa,P (2054)-Villalba,M (2179) Maringa 2013 0-1 (38)}) ({RR} 18. Rd8+ Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 20. c5 b6 21. f3 bxc5 22. fxe4 Be6 23. Rb2 Kd7 24. Kf2 Kd6 25. Bd3 Ke5 26. Bc2 Rd8 27. Ke1 h5 28. Rb7 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Kf2 h4 31. Kf3 f6 32. g3 hxg3 {Kunin,V (2595)-Vitiugov,N (2721) Gjakova 2016 ½-½ (77)}) ({RR} 18. Rd8+ Re8 19. Rd2 b6 20. a4 Be6 21. a5 bxa5 22. Ra1 Reb8 23. f4 Rb3 24. Rxa5 Rab8 25. Rxa7 Rxc3 26. Kf2 g6 27. Ra6 Rbb3 28. Rxc6 Rxe3 29. Rc7 Rec3 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rd4 e3+ 32. Kf3 Rb2 {Pogosian,M (2377)-Novikov,M (2517) Kosaja Gora 2014 ½-½ (48)}) 18... Ke7 19. Rd4 f5 20. Kf1 b6 21. Ke1 Be6 22. Kd1 Ra5 23. Kc1 c5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Rd2+ Ke7 27. Kb2 b5 28. a3 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Rd5 Ke6 31. Rd8 Rb5+ 32. Kc2 Rb3 33. Re8+ Kf6 34. Rc8 Rxa3 35. Rc6+ Kg5 36. Kb2 Ra5 37. Rc7 Kh6 38. f3 exf3 39. gxf3 g5 40. e4 f4 41. e5 Kg6 42. e6 Kf6 43. Rxh7 Kxe6 44. h4 gxh4 45. Rxh4 Kf5 46. Rh7 Rb5+ 47. Kc2 a5 48. Rf7+ Kg5 49. Rg7+ Kf6 50. Rg4 Kf5 51. Rg8 Rb6 52. Ra8 Re6 53. Rxa5 Re5 54. Kd2 Kg5 55. Ra8 Kh4 56. Rg8 Rg5 57. Re8 Rg2+ 58. Ke1 Kg3 59. Re5 Kxf3 60. Rxc5 Ke3 61. Kf1 Rc2 62. Rxc4 f3 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-06"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "1935.08.26"] [Round "13"] [White "Ichim, Traian"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1935.08.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Romania"] [BlackTeam "Estonia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"] [BlackTeamCountry "EST"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Ng3 Nf8 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bf5 Nxe5 15. O-O Bf8 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Nce2 Nc4 18. Nd4 Bxf5 19. Ngxf5 Qg6 20. Rfe1 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Qxc2 22. Nxc2 Bxd6 23. e4 Rad8 24. exd5 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 {Rotstein,A (2400)-Kveinys,A (2435) Miedzybrodzie 1991 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. Be5 Ng4 14. Nf5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Be2 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qa5 18. Kb1 b5 19. Bf3 b4 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 Rf8 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. g4 b3 {0-1 (23) Tabakovski,D (1812)-Novakovic,D (1590) Arandjelovac SRB 2023}) 11. h4 a5 $146 ({RR} 11... b6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 c5 14. O-O-O c4 15. Kb1 b5 16. e4 g6 17. e5 Nh5 18. Bg4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Nf4 20. g3 Nd3 21. Bf3 Ne6 22. Nxd5 Nxd4 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. gxf6 Nxc2 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Kxc2 {Alekhine,A-Flores Alvarez,R Santiago de Chile 1927 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 11... c5 12. dxc5 d4 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Bb5 dxc3 15. Bxe8 cxb2+ 16. Kf1 Be6 17. Ba4 Bxa2 18. Nf5 Bd8 19. Bb3 Qb5+ 20. Qc4 Qxc4+ 21. Bxc4 Bxc4+ 22. Kg1 Bd3 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (23) Litwiniec,M-Kowalewski,J (2090) Lublin 1999}) 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 a4 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Qa5 16. Ne2 Ra6 17. g4 b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qd2 Be7 20. h5 Qd8 21. Rc1 Bd6 22. Rcg1 Qg5 23. f4 Qe7 24. Rh3 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Nd4 Qa7 27. g5 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Bxd4 29. Rge1 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 a3 31. b3 Qc5 32. Bd3 Re6 33. Rxe6 Nxe6 34. Bc2 Qd4 35. Qxd4 Nxd4 36. Bd1 Nb5 37. Bc2 h6 38. Bd3 Nc3+ 39. Ka1 f6 40. gxh6 gxh6 41. Bf5 Kf7 0-1 [Event "Match/Club Kalev-Joud"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1969.10.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Karner, Hillar"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D56"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1969.10.25"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 ({RR} 7... g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. e3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. g4 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rc8 16. Qa4 a6 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qb4 Qb5 19. Qxb5+ axb5 20. Nf3 Ke7 21. Nd4 b4 22. Kd2 {Yoo,C (2595)-Baltag,I (2409) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (34)}) 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Ne4 $146 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rfc1 Bd6 12. c5 Be7 13. Bg3 Qd8 14. h3 Nh5 15. Bh2 f5 16. b4 Rf8 17. b5 Nhf6 18. Qa4 cxb5 19. Bxb5 a6 20. c6 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Ra7 22. Rab1 Ne4 23. Rc2 Bd6 24. Bxd6 {Drozdovskij,Y (2574)-Born,B (2068) Bad Woerishofen 2008 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 9... c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. O-O a6 14. Nc4 Nb4 15. Qb1 Nf6 16. dxc5 Be4 17. Qa1 Bxc5 18. a3 a5 19. Rfd1 Nbd5 20. Nfd2 Bh7 21. Bf3 Nd7 22. Ne4 Ra7 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 {Gurevich,M (2641)-Malakhov,V (2647) Saint Vincent 2002 1-0}) ({RR} 9... c5 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rfc8 16. Qb1 Nc5 17. Bf3 Ba6 18. Be2 Bb7 19. N2f3 g6 20. e4 Nf4 21. e5 Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Ng3 {Jonsson,O (1847)-Catona,D Reykjavik 2022 ½-½ (42)}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. g4 Qh4 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Rf1 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. O-O-O Be6 18. b4 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. Qxd3 Rac8 21. f4 a5 22. Kb1 Rfd8 23. Qc3 axb4 24. Qxb4 Qh5 25. Rg1 Bxc4 26. Qb2 Rd7 27. Rc1 Bd3+ 28. Ka1 Re8 29. Nb3 b6 30. Rg3 Qe2 31. Nd4 Qxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Rde7 33. Rc6 Rxe3 34. Rxb6 Rxg3 35. hxg3 Re3 36. a4 0-1 [Event "Match Keres-Kibbermann +3-1=0"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1935.04.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Kibbermann, Feliks"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "1935.04.25"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 ({RR} 8. Bb5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bg5 d4 14. exd4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxd4 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qa6 Rxb5 18. Nxb5 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Ne4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Kg1 Qb4 {Kazhgaleyev,M (2641)-Iuldachev,S (2520) Manila 2008 ½-½ (36)}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bf5 ({RR} 9... Ne4 10. h3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bf6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. b3 a5 17. Rd6 Qf5 18. Rxc6 Bd7 19. Bg4 Qd5 20. Rd6 Rac8 21. Rxd5 Rxc2 22. Bxd7 Rxa2 23. Ba4 h6 24. Rxa5 {Raczek,K (2443)-Lantini,M (1931) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (31)}) 10. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Nbd4 Be6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Rxc8 Bxc8 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. b4 Bxb4 18. Bc7 Qe7 19. a3 Nc4 20. axb4 Qxc7 21. Rc1 Bd7 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Rc8 {Simonetto,A (2173)-Ballista,M (2087) Alessandria 2018 ½-½}) 10... c4 11. b3 Ba3 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. bxc4 Bxb1 14. Nxb1 Be7 15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qf5 Qxa2 17. Nbd2 Qc2 18. Qe5 Nc6 19. Qc7 Rab8 20. Bg5 Rfc8 21. Qg3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Bd1 Qxc4 25. Nd2 Qe6 26. Bf4 Ra8 27. f3 Qg6 28. Qh3 Qe6 29. Qg3 Nb4 30. fxe4 Rc1 31. d5 Qg6 32. Qf3 a5 33. Be5 a4 34. h4 h5 35. Bb2 Rc7 36. e5 Nd3 37. d6 Nxe5 38. Bxe5 Bxd6 39. Bxd6 Qxd6 40. Ne4 Qg6 41. Ng5 Rc6 42. Qd5 Rf6 43. Qxb7 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Qa6+ 45. Qxa6 Rxa6 46. Ke2 Kf8 47. Ne4 a3 48. Nc3 a2 49. Nxa2 Rxa2+ 50. Kf3 Rb2 51. Kg3 g6 52. Bf3 Kg7 53. Bd5 f6 54. Bf3 Rb4 55. Bc6 g5 56. hxg5 fxg5 57. Bd5 Kh6 58. Bc6 g4 59. Kh4 Rb1 60. Kg3 Kg5 61. e4 Rf1 62. Bb5 h4+ 0-1 [Event "Poznan Training Tournament"] [Site "Poznan"] [Date "1943.05.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Kieninger, Paul"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1943.05.24"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. e4 ({RR} 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Rc7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Ba5 b6 20. Bc3 Nf4 21. Bd2 Nd5 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 Re7 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 {Sidorov,A (2438)-Lastin,A (2583) Krasnoyarsk 2007 ½-½ (40)}) 11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 h6 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Bc3 Nd7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Bd5 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Re3 Nh5 20. Rae1 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qg5 22. Be4 Be6 23. g3 Rad8 24. h4 Qe7 25. Bf5 Qd7 26. Rf3 Qd5 27. Qe4 {Ruben,C-Palau,L London 1927 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 12... Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Rxe4 14. Bxe4 {½-½ (14) Kurajica,B (2519)-Strikovic,A (2489) Brena Baja 2022}) ({RR} 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Be6 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Rxe6 hxg5 18. Rxd6 Nxh7 19. Rd7 Rf8 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Bb4 Nf6 {½-½ (22) Pannekoek,J-Censer,M The Hague 1927}) 13. Bg5 f6 14. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Qxd6 16. Bh4 Be6 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. a3 Nb6 19. Qc5 Rd8 20. h3 Nc8 21. Be4 a6 22. Qb4 Ne7 23. Bb1 Nfg6 24. h4 Bg4 25. Ba2+ Nd5 26. Nh2 Be6 27. Qd2 Nf8 28. Qa5 Bf7 29. Nf3 Ne7 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Bc7 Re8 32. Bb6 Nd5 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 34. Bc5 Ng6 35. h5 Ngf4 36. Nh4 Qd7 37. h6 g5 38. Nf3 Nxg2 39. Kxg2 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Qxf3 41. Qd8 Qxf2+ 42. Kh1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Nf4 44. Qf8+ Kg6 45. Qg7+ Kh5 46. Qxh7 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qg2# 0-1 [Event "EST-ch05"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1935.01.05"] [Round "8"] [White "Kursk, E."] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D48"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1934.12.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. exf6 dxc3 12. Be4 Rb8 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. bxc3 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 14... Bxc3+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Nc5 17. Qc3 Nxe4 18. Qxh8+ Ke7 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 20. Ne5 Ke8 21. Rc1 f6 22. f3 Nd6 23. Ng4 Kf7 24. Rc7+ Kg6 25. Kf2 Rb6 26. Rd1 e5 27. Ne3 Be6 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 {Taube,H-Bogoljubow,E Berlin 1935 1-0 (57)}) 15. O-O Nc5 16. Bc2 Bxc3 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Rc1 b4 19. Nd4 Rg8 20. f3 Rd8 21. Ba4+ Ke7 22. Nc6+ Bxc6 23. Bxc5+ Kf6 24. Qe2 Bxa4 25. Bf2 Qf4 26. Qxa6 Qg5 27. Bg3 Bb5 28. f4 Qc5+ 29. Bf2 Qd5 30. Bh4+ Kf5 0-1 [Event "Zandvoort"] [Site "Zandvoort"] [Date "1936.07.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Landau, Salo"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "1936.07.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Belov,Igor} e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 ({RR} 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. a3 Bxc5 9. g3 Bg4 10. Bg2 {½-½ (10) Belov,V (2623)-Alekseev,E (2716) Dagomys 2009}) ({RR} 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nbc6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c4 ({RR} 9... b6) 10. Bc2 Bf5 11. O-O b5 12. Ng3 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 O-O 14. f3 a5 15. Bd2 Qd6 16. e4 b4 17. f4 b3 18. Qd1 dxe4 19. f5 e3 20. Bxe3 Nd5 {Lo Gatto,R (2055)-Motola,J (2242) Parma ITA 2024 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bb2 Rc8) ({RR} 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Qd4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Qa5) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. Ne2 c4 10. Bc2 Bf5 11. O-O Qd7 12. Ng3 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 h5 14. f3 O-O-O 15. Bd2 h4 16. Nh1 g5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Rhg8 19. Nf2 Na5 20. Rae1 Nd5 21. Qc2 f6 22. Re2 {Alvarez Pedraza,A (2460)-Aleksandrov,A (2616) Pamplona 2009 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. Ne2 c4 10. Bc2 Bf5 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Qd7 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14. Ng3 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Na5 16. Rae1 Nb3 ({RR} 16... b6 17. f3 Rad8 18. e4 Nb3) 17. e4 dxe4 ({RR} 17... b6 18. e5 Qxa4 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. f4) 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Nd6 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Qxa4 21. Qe4 Qc6 ({RR} 21... Nxc3 22. Qe7 Rf8 23. Nxf7) 22. Qe5 {Vyzmanavin,A (2620)-Serper,G (2600) Novosibirsk 1993 CBM 036 [Belov,Igor] 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 7... Nd7 8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O) 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Nxc5 11. Bb1 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bb2 Bc4 15. Nd4 Re8 16. Bf5 Rc7 17. a4 Nfe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. a5 bxa5 20. Ba3 Nd3 21. Re2 Qd7 22. Rd2 Rb7 23. f4 Reb8 24. h3 Rb6 25. Qh5 Qd5 26. Nf5 Kh8 27. Qg4 Rg6 28. Ne7 Rxg4 29. Nxd5 Rg6 30. Ne7 Rf6 31. g4 g6 32. Kg2 Rfb6 33. Kg3 f6 34. h4 Rb1 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rb3 37. Bd6 Rxc3 38. g5 Kg7 39. Ra1 Nc1 40. gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Be5+ Kxe7 42. Bxc3 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nxc3 44. Rc1 Kd6 45. Rxc3 Kc5 46. Ke1 Kb4 47. Kd2 a4 48. Rc1 a3 49. Rb1+ Bb3 50. h5 a2 51. Ra1 Bc4 52. hxg6 hxg6 {Time} 0-1 [Event "URS-ch15 Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1947.02.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "1947.02.02"] [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. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 (6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Bxc6 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Ne4) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qb3 ({RR} 11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O Qd6 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Na5 17. Ba6 Rcd8 18. Qc3 Be6 19. Rac1 c6 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. Nd3 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Nb3 23. Rb1 c5 24. Rxb3 cxd4 25. exd4 Bxb3 {Duda,J (2760)-Giri,A (2772) chess24.com INT 2022 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 11. e3 O-O 12. Qb3 Qd6 13. Bd3 Na5 14. Qb4 b6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Ng1 Rfc8 17. Ne2 b5 18. O-O Rab8 19. Rfb1 Nc4 20. Nf4 Bc6 21. Rb4 a5 22. Rbb1 Kf8 23. Ra2 g5 24. Ne2 Bd7 25. h3 h5 {Novozhilov,S (2473)-Ahmad,K (2472) Baku AZE 2026 ½-½ (45)}) 11... Qd6 12. e3 Bf5 $146 ({RR} 12... O-O 13. Be2 b6 14. O-O Na5 15. Qb4 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Rac1 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Ba6 Qe5 23. h3 Bc8 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Nb5 Qb8 26. Qh4 Ba6 27. a4 {Le Tuan Minh (2542)-Bluebaum,M (2657) Almaty KAZ 2022 ½-½ (47)}) ({RR} 12... O-O 13. Be2 b6 14. O-O Na5 15. Qb4 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Rac1 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Ba6 Qe5 23. h3 Bc8 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Nb5 Qb8 26. Qh4 Ba6 27. a4 {Le Tuan Minh (2542)-Bluebaum,M (2657) Almaty KAZ 2022 ½-½ (47)}) 13. Be2 (13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qa6 O-O 15. Be2 Rb2 16. O-O Rfb8 $19) 13... O-O 14. O-O b6 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Qa2 c5 17. Nb3 $2 (17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Rad1 {?e4}) 17... Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. Rfd1 Rfc8 21. Ba6 Rb8 22. Bf1 c4 23. Qb2 b5 24. Re1 a5 25. f3 Re7 26. Ra1 g5 $1 {?27... Lg6 28... f5} 27. e4 dxe4 28. a4 b4 (28... exf3 $143 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. axb5) 29. fxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Bxc4 Rc8 32. Qe2 Bg6 33. Bd3 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Rxc3 35. Qe4 b3 36. Rf1 Qe6 37. Qxe6 (37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Qxa5 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Rc1 $19) 37... fxe6 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 b2 41. h3 Ke7 42. g4 Kd6 43. Ke4 Rh2 $19 44. d5 exd5+ 45. Kd4 Rg2 46. Kc3 Kc5 47. Rf1 d4+ 48. Kb3 Rf2 49. Re1 d3 50. Ka2 Kc4 51. Re8 d2 0-1 [Event "Tartu Training Tournament"] [Site "Tartu"] [Date "1935.05.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Malk, H."] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1935.02.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Jakovenko,Dmitrij} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. e3 e5 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Na5 12. Bd3 f5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O Qc6 15. a4 Nc4 16. Rb1 Ned6 17. Ra1 Rf6 18. a5 a6 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Rxa4 b6 21. axb6 cxb6 22. Ra1 Ne4 23. Bxc4 {Kostic,V (2167)-Ciolek,A (2215) Germany GER 2024 ½-½ (103)}) 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 11. Be2 Rfe8 12. Bb2 ({RR} 12. O-O Nxd4) 12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 ({RR} 13. Bxc4 a6) 13... Na5 14. Qb4 ({RR} 14. Qa2 c5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. c4) 14... b6 15. dxe5 ({RR} 15. Rd1 Qc6 ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. dxe5) 16. O-O Nd5 17. Qb5 Nxc3) 15... Nc6 ({RR} 15... Rxe5 16. c4 Rc5) 16. Qf4 Nxe5 17. Rd1 Qc6 ({RR} 17... Qe7 18. c4 Ng6 19. Qf5 Rad8 ({RR} 19... Ne4 20. Rd7) 20. O-O Ne4) 18. O-O Ne4 ({RR} 18... Re7 19. c4 Rae8 20. Rd4) 19. c4 Nxc4 ({RR} 19... f6) 20. Rc1 ({RR} 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qg4 g6) 20... b5 21. Bxc4 ({RR} 21. f3 Ned2) 21... bxc4 22. f3 Nf6 ({RR} 22... Nd6 23. Qg5) ({RR} 22... Nd2 23. Qd4) ({RR} 22... Qb6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. fxe4 Qe6 25. Rf3) 23. Rxc4 Qe6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 {Jakovenko,D (2738)-Giri,A (2776) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Jakovenko,Dmitrij] 1-0 (61)} {RR} 26. e4 Rab8 27. Rxc7 ({RR} 27. Kf2) 27... Rb2 28. Rxa7 Rd8 29. Kh1 Rdd2 30. Rg1 Ra2 31. h4 Rd3 32. Rc1 Raxa3) ({RR} 11. Be2 Rfe8 12. Bb2 Rad8 13. Rd1 a6 14. Qc2 e4 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. O-O Qg5 17. Bc1 Ne7 18. f3 Nf5 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Rf4 Nh4 21. Bc4 Nd6 22. Bd3 Ng6 23. Rf3 Qg4 24. Rdf1 Qe6 25. c4 c5 {Polaczek,R (2411)-Parligras,M (2603) England 2017 ½-½ (80)}) 11... Rfe8 12. Be2 exd4 13. cxd4 Qf5 14. Rxb7 Ne4 15. f3 Nc3 16. Qxc6 Qc2 17. O-O Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 Qd3 19. Re1 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxa3 21. cxd5 Qxe3 22. Rbb1 Qxd4 23. Re1 Red8 24. Qxc7 Qxd5 25. h3 h6 26. Rb7 Rac8 27. Qf4 Qxb7 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-06"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "1935.08.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Naegeli, Oskar"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1935.08.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Switzerland"] [BlackTeam "Estonia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "EST"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. Ng3 Nf8 11. O-O Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bf5 ({RR} 13. h3 Nf6 14. a3 Be6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qb2 N8d7 19. Na4 Qd6 20. Qd4 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qh4 h6 24. a4 Qb6 25. Ne2 Rc5 26. Nd4 Rec8 27. Qg3 Rc3 {Lajthajm,B (2460)-Savanovic,A (2396) Budva 2004 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 13. a3 Qh4 14. h3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qxg3 16. Rf3 Qh4 17. Raf1 f6 18. e4 Ne6 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Kh2 Re7 22. Bf5 Rae8 23. Bxe6+ Bxe6 24. Nf4 Bf7 25. Qc5 b6 26. Qd6 Re4 27. Nxd5 Rxd4 {Jezt,G (2022)-Elpons,W (1922) Austria 2019 ½-½ (38)}) 13... Qh4 $146 ({RR} 13... g6 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Rae1 Rad8 16. Na4 Bc8 17. Nc5 h5 18. f3 h4 19. Nh1 b6 20. Nd3 Ba6 21. Nhf2 c5 22. Qa4 Bc4 23. b3 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Rc8 25. e4 Qf6 26. dxc5 dxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 {Rohmeiss,R (2065)-Kirste,O Finsterbergen 2001 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 13... g6 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. f3 Be6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. b4 Qd6 19. Qa4 a6 20. Qa5 Nd7 21. Na4 f5 22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Qxb6 Qc7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. f4 Kf8 26. Nf1 Rec8 27. Nd2 Ke7 28. Nb3 {Bernacki,G (1888)-Kowalik,P (1857) Warsaw 2009 1-0 (81)}) 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. e4 Re6 17. Nf5 Qg5 18. f4 Qg6 19. Ne3 Qh5 20. e5 Rh6 21. g3 c5 22. Ncxd5 cxd4 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nxf5 d3 0-1 [Event "Christmas Congress 1954/55-30 Premier"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1955.01.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Phillips, Alan"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D40"] [Annotator "Wade,Robert Graham"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1954.12.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Source: Bulletin} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qe2 (10. a3 Be7 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. Bg5 b4 14. Na4 bxa3 15. bxa3 Na5 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qxa5 Rfd8 23. Rb4 Qd3 24. Nb6 Rc1 {0-1 (24) Fontein,G-Euwe,M Amsterdam 1939}) 10... cxd4 11. Rd1 d3 ({RR} 11... dxc3 12. Rxd8+ Rxd8 13. bxc3 Bc5 14. c4 b4 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Rd1 Ne4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Be7 19. d5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. dxe6 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. h3 Re8 25. Qb6 Be4 26. Ba4 {Dayal,S (2264)-Skytte,R (2005) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (48)}) 12. Rxd3 Qc7 13. e4 Be7 $146 (13... Bc5 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Bh4 Nd4 16. Rxd4 Bxd4 17. Bg3 Be5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qh5 O-O 20. Bxe5 Qe7 21. Qg4 g6 22. Qf4 f5 23. Qh6 {1-0 (23) Tarrasch,S-Vogel Nuremberg 1910}) ({RR} 13... Bc5 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Bh4 Nd4 16. Rxd4 Bxd4 17. Bg3 Be5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qh5 O-O 20. Bxe5 Qe7 21. Qg4 g6 22. Qf4 f5 23. Qh6 {1-0 (23) Tarrasch,S-Vogel Nuremberg 1910}) ({RR} 13... Nd7 14. Nd5 Qb8 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. Rd2 Nxb3 18. axb3 f6 19. Nh4 h5 20. Nb6 Bc5 21. Nd7 Qa7 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Nf5 Kf8 24. Rad1 g6 25. Nh4 Rg8 26. Nxg6+ Rxg6 27. Qxh5 Rg7 28. Qh8+ {Boehm,U (2230)-Stocker,R (2110) Bayern 1999 1-0}) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Nh5 $1 $11 {[%CAl Gh5f4,Ge7h4]} 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 O-O 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nd5 $5 exd5 21. exd5 Bf6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 a5 25. Qd2 a4 26. Bc2 g5 27. g4 Qc4 28. Bf5 Bg7 29. a3 Qb3 30. Qd7 Bd5 {White lost on time (limit was 34 moves in 2 hours)} 0-1 [Event "World-ch17 Tournament"] [Site "The Hague/Moscow"] [Date "1948.04.15"] [Round "13"] [White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "1948.03.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "25"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Lutz,Christopher} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. c5 ({RR} 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5) ({RR} 6. Bd2) ({RR} 6. Qc2) ({RR} 6. b3) 6... Nbd7 ({RR} 6... b6 7. cxb6 c5 8. Bd3 Qxb6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b3 O-O 17. Bb2 Be7 18. Rc1 Bf6 19. Qe2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nf6) 7. b4 a5 ({RR} 7... g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. a3 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. Nc4 Ra7 20. Bc3 Rea8) 8. b5 e5 ({RR} 8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. f3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh6 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O Nf6 16. Nc4) 9. Qa4 ({RR} 9. bxc6 bxc6 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. e6 fxe6 13. Nd4 Nxc5 14. Bc4 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 exd3 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qc5 Qd5 20. Qxc6+ Qxc6 21. Nxc6 b3 22. Kd2 Bb7 23. Nb4 Bxg2) 9... Qc7 10. Ba3 e4 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5) ({RR} 10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Bc4) ({RR} 10... exd4 11. exd4) ({RR} 10... h5 11. h3 ({RR} 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5 Ng4)) 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Be2 $146 ({RR} 12. b6 Qd8 13. h3 O-O 14. Nb3 Bd6 ({RR} 14... Ne8) 15. Rb1 ({RR} 15. cxd6 Nxb6) 15... Be7 16. Nxa5 Nb8 17. Bb4 Qd7 18. Rb2 Qe6 19. Qd1 Nfd7 20. a3 Qh6 21. Nb3 Bh4 ({RR} 21... f5 22. g3 g5) 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Kd1 Be6 24. Kc1 Rd8 25. Rc2 Nbd7 26. Kb2 Nf8 {Kasparov,G (2830)-Comp Fritz X3D New York 2003 CBM 098 [Lutz,Christopher] 1-0 (45)}) 12... h5 13. b6 Qd8 14. h3 Nf8 15. O-O-O Ne6 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 h4 ({RR} 17... dxe4 18. d5) 18. Nd2 O-O 19. Rhg1 Re8 20. Bd3 Bf8 21. Bb2 Ng5 22. Qc2 a4 23. a3 Qe7 24. Rde1 Ne4 25. Nf1 Qg5 26. f3 Nf6 27. Kb1 Nh5 28. Bc3 Bd7 29. f4 Qh6 30. Qf2 Qf6 31. Kb2 Bf5 32. Qc2 Be4 33. g4 hxg3 34. Nxg3 Nxg3 35. Rxg3 Bxd3 36. Qxd3 Re4 37. Reg1 Rae8 38. Rf1 Qh4 39. Rfg1 R8e6 40. Qd2 f5 41. Qd3 Qh5 42. Bd2 g6 43. Rg5 Qxh3 44. R1g3 Qh2 45. Rxg6+ Rxg6 46. Rxg6+ Kf7 47. Rg5 Be7 48. Rxf5+ Bf6 49. Kc3 Qh3 50. Rxf6+ Kxf6 51. Qc2 Qf1 52. Qxa4 Qa1+ 53. Kc2 Re8 54. Qb3 Ra8 55. Bc1 Rh8 56. e4 Rh1 57. e5+ Ke7 58. Qe3 Qa2+ 59. Kc3 Rh2 60. Qd3 Qa1+ 61. Kb3 Qxc1 62. f5 Qb2+ 63. Ka4 Rh8 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-06"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "1935.08.31"] [Round "19"] [White "Sacconi, Antonio"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D52"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "1935.08.16"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Italy"] [BlackTeam "Estonia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"] [BlackTeamCountry "EST"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 c5 ({RR} 8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. c5 Qa5 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. f4 O-O 14. Rf3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Rh3 f6 17. Qh5 h6 18. Ng4 Rf7 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Qxh6 Rg7 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 {Grischuk,A (2810)-Mamedyarov,S (2765) Beijing 2014 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Bd3 Qd6 16. g4 g6 17. g5 Nd5 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. f4 f5 20. h4 Bd7 21. Kf2 Be8 22. Rg1 Rc8 23. h5 {Rodgers,J (2043)-Chemin,J (2040) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (51)}) 9. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Qb1 g6 13. h4 O-O 14. h5 cxd4 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. cxd4 Qh5 17. Rc1 Kg7 18. Kf1 b6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 Ba3 21. Rc7 Bd6 22. Rc3 Bb7 23. Rac1 Rac8 {Zude,E (2397)-Boidman,Y (2415) Saarbruecken 2009 ½-½ (48)}) 9... Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Be7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qc2 Qh5 15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. Rac1 e5 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Qc5 a6 19. Qb6 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. h3 Rfc8 22. Rc7 Rxc7 23. Qxc7 Qc8 24. Rd7 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 Kf8 26. e4 Bd8 27. Rd7 Ke8 28. Rd2 f6 29. Rc2 Kd7 30. Kf1 b5 31. Ne1 Bb6 32. Nd3 a5 33. Ke2 Kd6 34. b3 Bd4 35. f3 h5 36. b4 Ra8 37. Nc5 axb4 38. axb4 Ra3 39. Nb7+ Kd7 40. Nc5+ Ke7 41. Nb7 Bc3 42. g4 h4 43. Na5 Kd7 44. Nc6 Kxc6 45. Kd3 Kd6 46. Rxc3 Ra4 47. Rc8 Rxb4 48. Rg8 g5 49. Rf8 Rd4+ 50. Kc3 b4+ 51. Kb3 Rd3+ 52. Kxb4 Rxf3 53. Kc4 Kc6 54. Ra8 Kd6 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Ra7+ Ke6 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Ra7+ Kg6 59. Kd5 Rxh3 60. Ke6 Rb3 61. Ra8 Rb6+ 62. Ke7 h3 63. Ra2 Rb7+ 64. Ke6 Rh7 65. Ra8 Rb7 66. Ra2 Rb6+ 67. Ke7 Kg7 68. Rf2 Ra6 69. Rh2 Ra3 70. Rf2 Ra4 71. Re2 h2 72. Rxh2 Rxe4 73. Rg2 Rf4 74. Ke6 e4 75. Rg3 Kg6 76. Kd5 e3 0-1 [Event "Tartu Training Tournament"] [Site "Tartu"] [Date "1935.03.26"] [Round "?"] [White "Sarap, J."] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D52"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1935.02.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Qc2 ({RR} 8. Qb3 b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. Bd3 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Be7 12. h4 h6 13. Nf3 Ba6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qe2 c4 17. a4 Bb4 18. O-O O-O 19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Nf6 22. Qe2 Nd5 {Medina,M (2368)-Yevchenko,A (2276) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (57)}) 8... e5 9. a3 $146 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 f6 11. Bxh7 Rxh7 12. Qxh7 Qxc3+ 13. Ke2 b6 14. Rhc1 Ba6+ 15. Kd1 Qb2 16. Qc2 Qxc2+ 17. Rxc2 e4 18. Nd2 fxg5 19. cxb6 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. bxa7 Rxa7 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. axb3 Be2+ {Kauffmann,S (1621)-Sharma,R (1528) Moehnesee 2005 0-1 (48)}) 9... Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Be7 11. b4 Qc7 12. h4 h6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Be2 Re8 15. e4 exd4 16. Nxd4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Bd3 Qe5 19. Nb3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. O-O-O fxe4 22. Rde1 Bf5 23. g3 Bf6 24. Re3 Be6 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Bd5 27. Qd3 Bxh1 28. f3 Re1+ 29. Kc2 Rd8 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Nc1 Bxf3 32. Qf4 Rf1 33. Qe3 Bd4 34. Qe7 Rf2+ 35. Kd3 Bf6+ 36. Qxd8+ Bxd8 37. Ke3 Rc2 38. Nd3 Rc3 39. Kxf3 Rxd3+ 0-1 [Event "GEO-ch open"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1946.04.05"] [Round "17"] [White "Sereda, Viktor"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1946.03.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. a3 $146 ({RR} 10. e3 c5 11. Be2 Be7 {½-½ (11) Potapov,A (2380)-Kozirev,A (2335) Ufa 1993}) 10... c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 Qb6 13. Be2 Ng4 14. O-O Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qh3 O-O 17. Kh1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bd4 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. Nd1 e5 21. Qg4 Qd6 22. Re1 Qe6 23. Qh5 Rfd8 24. Bb1 Qf6 25. Ba2 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Ne3 Bxe4 28. f3 g6 29. Qh3 Bb7 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Rc2 32. Be4 Rd2 33. g3 Qg5 34. Rac1 Bxb2 35. Rc7 Bxa3 36. Rc8 Kg7 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Qf1 Qd4 39. f4 exf4 40. Qxf4 Qb2 41. Qh4 Be7 42. Qh3 Re2 43. Rb1 Qe5 0-1 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.09.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Stahlberg, Gideon"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D50"] [PlyCount "134"] [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 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Nc6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd4 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Nxd4 16. exd4 Rd6 $146 ({RR} 16... Rd7 17. Qf4 Bd5 18. Bg4 Rd6 19. b3 Rad8 20. Rd2 Bc6 21. Rad1 Bb5 22. Qe3 Bc6 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Red1 h6 25. h3 {½-½ (25) Barat,A-Karkus,A (2110) Paks 1997}) ({RR} 16... Bd5 17. Qe3 Qe6 18. b3 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rc3 f5 22. Qc1 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Bc4+ Kf8 26. g3 Ke7 27. Kf1 g5 28. Ke2 Kd6 29. Bg8 h6 30. Ke3 a5 31. h4 {Purdon,C (2106)-Spanton,T (1975) Vale 2014 ½-½ (54)}) 17. Qe3 Bd5 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Bc4 h6 20. h3 a6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc4 f5 23. f3 b5 24. Rc6 Qd7 25. Rxa6 exf3 26. Qxf3 Rxd4 27. Rf1 Rd2 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kh7 30. Qf3 g6 31. Re1 Rxb2 32. Qa3 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 h5 34. Qe7+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kg5 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Qg7 38. Qc5 Qf6 39. a3 Rb3 40. Rd1 f4 41. Rf1 f3 42. Rxf3 Rxf3 43. gxf3 Qxf3+ 44. Kh2 h4 45. Qe5 Qf2+ 46. Kh1 Qf5 47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. Qd8+ Kf4 49. Qd2+ Kf3 50. Qd1+ Ke3 51. Qe1+ Kd3 52. Qb1+ Ke2 53. Qb2+ Ke3 54. Qc1+ Ke4 55. Qb1+ Kf3 56. Qd1+ Kf4 57. Qd2+ Ke5 58. Qc3+ Kd5 59. Qb3+ Kc6 60. Qc3+ Kb7 61. Qg7+ Ka6 62. Qc3 Qf1+ 63. Kh2 Qf2+ 64. Kh1 Kb6 65. Qc8 Qe1+ 66. Kg2 Qe4+ 67. Kg1 Qd4+ 0-1 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"] [Date "1959.10.21"] [Round "24"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "158"] [EventDate "1959.09.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "28"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4 Bb6 ({RR} 11... Be7 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. a3 Re8 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd4 h6 19. e3 Bb5 20. Rfe1 Bxa4 21. Qxa4 Qf6 22. Re2 Qe5 23. Rec2 Re7 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. g4 Qg5 26. Qd4 {Ikonnikov,V (2587)-Szakolczai,P (2299) Griesheim 2006 1-0 (63)}) ({RR} 11... Be7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Nc5 Qb5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qe5 Qd7 18. Bh3 Qd6 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Rac1 Rd6 22. Bh3 h6 23. Bf4 Rb6 24. b3 Ne4 25. f3 Ng5 26. Bd7 {Bilan,D (2303)-Kiselev,P (2179) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (109)}) 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nd4 h6 14. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 14. Be3 Ra6 15. a4 Qd7 16. Qd3 Rfa8 17. b3 Bh3 18. Rfd1 Ne5 19. Qb5 Qg4 20. f3 Qh5 21. Rac1 Bd7 22. Qb4 Re8 23. Bf2 Nc6 24. Qd2 Qg6 25. Bf1 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 b5 27. Rc7 Rd6 28. axb5 Bxb5 {Vilela de Acuna,J (2410)-Espig,L (2440) Leipzig 1980 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qb3 Ra6 17. e4 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 21. exd5 exd5 22. Rfd1 Ra5 23. Kg2 Rf7 24. Rd4 Kf8 25. a3 Rc5 26. Rad1 Rd7 27. b4 Rc3 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 {Langeweg,K (2440)-Dieks,D Dieren 1979 1-0 (41)}) 14... Qd7 15. a3 Bh3 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re4 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Bd2 d4 21. e3 Qd5 22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qe2 Nd6 25. Be3 Rd3 26. Kg1 Nc4 27. Ne1 Rb3 28. Rc1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qe5 30. Ng2 Rxb2 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Nf4 Rb3 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 Qe4 35. Qb3 b5 36. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 37. Kf1 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 g5 40. Ne2 Ne5 41. Qxb7 Nd3 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qf5 Qd2 44. Nd4 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe3 46. Qd5 Qf2+ 47. Kh3 Qf1+ 48. Kg4 Nf2+ 49. Kf5 Qd3+ 50. Ke5 Ng4+ 51. Kd6 Qxa3+ 52. Kc7 Qe7+ 53. Kc8 Ne3 54. Qb5 Qe4 55. Qb2 Kg6 56. Qb6+ f6 57. Ne6 Nc4 58. Qa6 Ne5 59. Nc7 Qc2 60. Qd6 Qxh2 61. Nd5 Qf2 62. Kb7 Qxg3 63. Qxf6+ Kh5 64. Qe6 Ng4 65. Ne7 Qf3+ 66. Kc8 Kh4 67. Nf5+ Kh3 68. Kd8 h5 69. Qg6 Ne5 70. Qe6 Ng4 71. Qg6 Ne5 72. Qe6 Qd3+ 73. Nd4+ Ng4 74. Qd5 Nf2 75. Kc8 h4 76. Qe5 Qe4 77. Qf6 Qf4 78. Nf5 Ne4 79. Qe6 Qg4 0-1 [Event "Tallinn Mustpeade Klub 75th Anniversery"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1935.06.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Turn, Johannes"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D40"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1935.06.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "EST"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 a6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Be2 O-O ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bxc4 Ke7 10. a3 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ke2 Nbd7 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bb2 Rac8 15. Rac1 Nb6 16. e4 Bf4 17. Rc2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. g3 Bxe4 {0-1 (19) Varasdy,I (2380)-Gyimesi,Z (2545) Hungary 1997}) 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Qxd8 $146 ({RR} 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 h6 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. b3 Rd8 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Nh4 Rd7 17. h3 Rad8 18. Bb1 Be7 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. g3 Qd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxd1+ {Von Scheve,T-Dyckhoff,E Barmen 1905 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qb1 h6 16. b4 Be7 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. a3 Qb6 19. Bd4 Qb7 20. Qb2 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Ne8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Bf6 24. h3 Bxd4 {Sartor,K (1475)-Jetter,E (1703) Steinach 2004 ½-½ (37)}) 10... Rxd8 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Ng5 Nb4 15. a4 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Rxd3 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Nxb5 h6 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 e4 22. Nc3 Bb4 23. Bc1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 exf3 25. Nc3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Ne4 27. c4 Kf8 28. Ba3+ Ke8 29. h4 h5 30. Kh2 Kd7 31. Bf8 g6 32. Bg7 Ke6 33. Kh3 f6 34. Bf8 g5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Kh2 g4 37. Kg1 h4 38. Bh6 g3 39. fxg3 h3 40. g4 f2+ 41. Kf1 h2 0-1 [Event "Buenos Aires International"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1964.07.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Wexler, Bernardo"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1964.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qf4 Bc8 ({RR} 16... Bh5 17. Rd2 Rfe8 18. Rad1 d3 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. exd3 Nd4 21. Kh1 Nxf3 22. Bxf3 g5 23. Qf6 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Bxf3+ 25. Kg1 Rxe5 {0-1 (25) Yoo,C (2600)-Mamedov,R (2651) chess.com INT 2024}) 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Rd2 f6 $146 ({RR} 18... Rfe8 19. b3 h6 20. Qh4 Bf5 21. Ne1 Ne5 22. Qf4 Bh7 23. h4 Re7 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rde8 26. e3 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Nf3 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Kg7 30. b4 b6 31. a3 Bg6 32. g4 Rh8 33. Kg2 {Dohmes,H-Mielke,C Mittelrhein 1993 1-0 (40)}) 19. h4 Be6 20. b3 Rf7 21. Ne1 Ne5 22. Be4 Rfd7 23. Rdc2 Ng6 24. Qf3 Ne7 25. Qf4 Nd5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rc7 Bc6 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rd1 Qa5 30. Qd2 Qc5 31. Nd3 Qf5 32. Qf4 Qe6 33. Rd2 a5 34. f3 Qe7 0-1 [Event "Tallinn Mustpeade Klub 75th Anniversery"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1935.06.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Witte, G."] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D41"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1935.06.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "EST"] [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. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bb5 ({RR} 11. h4 b6 12. h5 h6 13. g4 Bb7 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. a3 b5 16. Be2 a6 17. Rd1 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 f6 19. Rg1 Ne7 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Nh4 Nf4 24. Qe7 Qc3 25. Qxb7 Qh3+ {Caruana,F (2822)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2018 0-1 (54)}) 11... a6 ({RR} 11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Qe3 Rac8 17. h4 f6 18. Nf3 Rc2 19. h5 h6 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Rxc2 Rxc2 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. e5 Qd5 24. exf6 Qxb3 25. axb3 Bd5 26. f7+ {Gontcharov,V (2421)-Zhauynbay Aldiyar (2278) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (51)}) 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. d5 $146 ({RR} 13. e5 Qa5 14. Be4 Bd7 15. Rb1 Rab8 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Ke2 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Ke3 b5 21. Rhc1 Ne7 22. Ng5 Nd5+ 23. Kd2 Rdc8 24. Ne4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Kf8 26. Rc6 a5 27. Ra6 a4 {Saya,E (2217)-Zeman,M (2308) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 13. Qc3 Qd6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Bb1 Rac8 17. Qd2 h6 18. Rfe1 Ne7 {½-½ (18) Arsovic,G (2379)-Maksimovic,B (2128) Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2023}) 13... exd5 14. exd5 Re8+ 15. Be2 Ne7 16. Rd1 Bg4 17. O-O Nxd5 18. Bc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nf6 20. Qb2 Qb8 21. Qb3 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qc7 24. a4 Rc8 25. Rc1 Kh8 26. Rc2 Qd7 27. Rb2 Qf5 28. Rb1 Rxc4 29. Qxb7 h5 30. Rd1 Kh7 31. Qxa6 Qxf3 32. Qxc4 Qxd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd5+ 34. Qxd5 Nxd5 35. a5 Kg6 36. a6 Kf5 37. a7 Nc7 38. Kf3 g5 39. Ke3 g4 40. Kd3 Ke5 41. Ke3 f5 42. Kd3 h4 43. Kc4 Kd6 44. Kd3 h3 45. Kc4 f4 46. Kd3 g3 47. fxg3 fxg3 0-1