[Event "London blindfold"] [Site "London"] [Date "1790.03.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Captain Smith"] [Black "Philidor, Francois Andre Dani"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C24"] [Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1790.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "ENG"] {[%evp 0,66,16,28,18,-18,15,-17,5,-38,-32,-14,2,-41,-11,-11,-113,-28,-24,-35, -64,-84,-25,-25,-46,-50,-30,-6,-27,-44,-44,-98,-74,-115,-85,-113,-85,-87,-29, -50,-40,-40,-23,-78,-34,-24,-24,-125,-5,-492,-82,-470,-495,-503,-576,-576,-520, -530,-579,-579,-594,-594,-600,-600,-602,-603,-504,-29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 a5 {Black's blanket of pawns begin to sweep forward.} 8. a3 Bc5 9. Nf3 d6 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. O-O g5 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nh2 h5 15. g3 Ke7 {Making way for the Queen's rook to swing over and increase the pressure on the White king's stronghold.} 16. Kg2 d5 17. f3 Nf8 18. Ne2 Ng6 19. c3 Rag8 20. d4 Bb6 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nd4 { Threatening the Royal Fork with Nxc6.} Kd7 23. Rae1 h4 24. Qf2 $4 $19 {Loses the game.} (24. f4 {Would have solved the problem on g3.} Qb8 25. Ng4 hxg3 26. exd5 Kc8 27. fxg5 exd5 $14) 24... Bc7 25. Ne2 $2 (25. Ng4 {Would have been stronger.} Qxg3+ 26. Qxg3 Bxg3 27. exd5 exd5) 25... hxg3 26. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Nxg3 Nf4+ 28. Kh1 Rxh3 {White's fate is sealed. All that remains is the epilogue.} 29. Rg1 Rxh2+ $1 {The White king finds himself in a corridor of death.} 30. Kxh2 Rh8+ 31. Nh5 $8 Rxh5+ 32. Kg3 Nh3+ 33. Kg4 Rh4# 0-1 [Event "London m4"] [Site "London"] [Date "1834.??.??"] [Round "16"] [White "McDonnell, Alexander"] [Black "De Labourdonnais, Louis Charles Mahe"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B32"] [Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1834.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "ENG"] {[%evp 0,74,38,38,100,56,56,66,56,32,12,8,-9,-9,-9,-31,-2,-43,7,-57,-57,-77, -72,-91,-77,-77,-49,-62,-48,-103,-86,-131,-80,-71,-59,-84,-31,-57,-57,-60,-39, -38,44,6,-15,-18,-4,-98,-47,-52,-52,-51,-51,-30,-34,-130,-89,-124,-136,-256, -157,-157,-217,-256,-134,-218,-136,-333,-333,-333,-474,-471,-471,-471,-3028, -3028,-3184]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 { Eyeing up Black's soft underbelly on f7.} Nf6 7. Bg5 $2 (7. Nc3 {Was better or even 0-0.}) 7... Be7 8. Qe2 $6 d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Now Black has a firm hold on the initiative which grows with every move.} 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. exd5 cxd5 (12... a4 13. Bc4 cxd5 14. Rd1 Ra5 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. c4 d4 $17) 13. Rd1 d4 14. c4 Qb6 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bd8 18. c5 Qc6 19. f3 Be7 20. Rac1 f5 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Ba4 Qh6 23. Bxe8 fxe4 24. c6 exf3 {The 3 amigos burst through the center.} 25. Rc2 {At no point from here onwards did White enjoy the opportunity to play a timely h3 to give his king crucial breathing space.} Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Bc8 27. Bd7 f2 28. Rf1 {Hands in the dyke time.} d3 29. Rc3 Bxd7 30. cxd7 e4 31. Qc8 Bd8 32. Qc4 Qe1 33. Rc1 d2 34. Qc5 Rg8 35. Rd1 e3 {No one ever said rooks were great defenders but it's more a case of an unstoppable force than the lack of an immovable object. White is about to be simply overwhelmed by the onrushing swarm of foot soldiers.} 36. Qc3 Qxd1 37. Rxd1 e2 {White throws in the towel as survival is a fantasy.} (37... e2 38. Qxd2 (38. Rg1 fxg1=Q+ 39. Kxg1 e1=Q#) (38. Qf3 e1=Q+ 39. Rxe1 {dxe1}) (38. h4 exd1=Q+ 39. Kh2 f1=Q 40. Qd4 Bc7+ 41. Qf4 Qdf3 42. gxf3 Bxf4#) (38. h3 exd1=Q+ 39. Kh2 Bh4 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. d8=Q Qg1#) 38... f1=Q+ 39. Rxf1 exf1=Q#) 0-1 [Event "Warsaw m"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "1844.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hoffman, Fr Alexander"] [Black "Petrov, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1844.??.??"] {[%evp 0,46,38,42,42,42,42,15,26,-3,11,-25,-14,-34,46,42,55,55,69,50,57,57,93, -267,-20,-114,421,0,-272,-272,-306,-306,-313,-313,-174,-316,-288,-443,-723, -707,-611,-621,-1438,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 (6. cxd4) 6... Ne4 $2 (6... d5 7. Bb5 Ne4) 7. Bd5 $1 Nxf2 8. Kxf2 dxc3+ 9. Kg3 cxb2 10. Bxb2 Ne7 11. Ng5 $2 Nxd5 12. Nxf7 O-O $1 (12... Kxf7 13. Qxd5+ {/\ 14.Q:c5}) 13. Nxd8 (13. Qxd5 $2 Rxf7 14. Qxc5 $2 Qg5+ 15. Kh3 d6+) 13... Bf2+ 14. Kh3 d6+ 15. e6 Nf4+ 16. Kg4 Nxe6 17. g3 Nd4+ 18. Ne6 Bxe6+ 19. Kh4 Nf5+ 20. Kh3 Ne3+ 21. Kh4 Ng2+ 22. Kh5 g6+ 23. Kg5 Be3# 0-1 [Event "Casual Game"] [Site "?"] [Date "1851.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anderssen, Adolph"] [Black "Lionel, Kieseritsky"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [Annotator "Hayes, David"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1851.??.??"] {[%evp 0,45,29,29,42,-47,-12,-47,-29,4,-15,-15,21,40,59,33,79,2,-22,-25,-4,-68, -56,-168,-151,-141,-141,-70,-98,-85,-41,-46,-46,-46,45,-71,15,-675,-636,-636, -636,-732,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03] C3: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nc3 and 3 Bc4} e5 2. f4 {White offers a pawn to gain better development and control of the center.} exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 $6 { Bryan's Counter Gambit. A dubious gambit in modern times, but typical of the attacking style of that time. Here black lures the Bishop from it attacking diagonal against the sensitive f7-pawn, and provides a diagonal for development of his own Bishop to b7 where it will bear down on white's King side. All this value for the price of a pawn.} 5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. d3 Nh5 {The immediate, cheap, and shallow threat of ... Ng3+ is easily defended.} 8. Nh4 {The position is sharp and getting sharper.} Qg5 {Again, playing for cheap threats. In this case, black attacks two pieces at once.} 9. Nf5 c6 {9... g6 10. h4 Qf6 is another complicated position for another day.} 10. g4 {A brilliant move made with a steady hand. Note that white cares little for defensive moves, and is always alert for attack. Now black plays to win the g4-pawn.} Nf6 {Black should have played 10... cxb5 11. gxh5 with a better game. } 11. Rg1 {Now Anderssen sacrifices his Bishop, the first of many sacrifices in this game. White cares little for defensive moves, and plays always for the initiative.} cxb5 12. h4 Qg6 13. h5 {White gets more space.} Qg5 14. Qf3 { White now has the ghastly threat of Bxf4 winning black's Queen next.} Ng8 { Black is forces to clear a path of retreat for his Queen by also retreating one of his only developed pieces.} 15. Bxf4 Qf6 {Black should quickly develop his pieces.} 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Nd5 {Inviting black to indulge his greed. Also good is 17. d4 Bf8 (17... Bxd4? 18. Nd5 when the Knights savage the board.) 18. Be5.} Qxb2 18. Bd6 Qxa1+ {And why not capture with check!} 19. Ke2 {Now who can resist the tender morsel on g1, but resist he must.} Bxg1 {Black is just too greedy. He has too few pieces developed, and what is developed is sent to the far corners of the board. Now it is white's turn to play. Black may have won after 19... Qb2 (to guard against Nxg7+) 20. Rc1 g6 21. Bxc5 gxf5 (not 21.. . Qxc1 22. Nd6+ Kd8 23. Nxf7+ Ke8 24. Nc7#).} 20. e5 {Slipping the noose around the neck of the black King.} Na6 {Perhaps 20... Ba6 would have put up more resistance by giving black's King more room to run.} 21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Qf6+ $1 {A final pretty sacrifice that ends the game.} Nxf6 {A deflection.} 23. Be7# 1-0 [Event "Berlin 'Evergreen'"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "1852.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anderssen, Adolf"] [Black "Dufresne, Jean"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C52"] [Annotator "Kasparov"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1852.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 0,47,29,42,42,42,42,20,24,-16,-16,-15,7,-21,-44,-69,23,-17,37,-34,16, -82,-46,-110,-83,-83,-31,-31,21,26,34,42,94,122,122,-57,-57,-57,-57,-309,-150, -138,29993,29994,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 {Today we will look at a game that bewitched its contemporaries and became known as the "evergreen". Heute werden wir eine Partie betrachten, die ihre Zeitgenossen bezaubert hat und als "Immergrüne" in die Geschichte eingegangen ist. Dufresne war ein deutscher Jurastudent und Journalist, dessen "Kleines Lehrbuch des Schachspiels" ganze Generationen von Schachspielern begleitet hat.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Re1 Nge7 11. Ba3 b5 12. Qxb5 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bb6 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Bxd3 Qh5 {[#] White has a huge advantage and it is time for decisive action. In accordance with his own romantic style and public demand Anderssen played [#] Weiß hat einen gigantischen Vorteil, die Zeit ist reif für den Sturm. Seinem eigenen romantischen Stil getreu, und dem Publikumsgeschmack gehorchend, spielte Anderssen} 17. Nf6+ {?!! The two exclamation marks are for one of the most beautiful combinations in chess history, which was started with this move. But objectively the search for beauty created unnecessary complications. The prosaic ?!! Zwei Ausrufezeichen, weil eine der glanzvollsten Kombinationen der gesamten Schachgeschichte mit diesem Zug eingeleitet wurde. Aber objektiv gesehen kann das Streben nach Schönheit unnötige Komplikationen schaffen. Das prosaische} (17. Ng3 Qh6 18. Bc1 Qe6 19. Bc4 Nd5 (19... Qg6 20. Nh4 Qg4 21. Bxf7+) 20. Ng5 Qg4 21. Re4 {would finish the game without any troubles, but then chess would have lost one of the jewels from its crown! hätte die Partie ohne weitere Schwierigkeiten beendet. Aber damit würde heute dem Schachspiel ein Juwel in der Krone fehlen.}) 17... gxf6 18. exf6 Rg8 $1 {At first sight an open g-file gives Black excellent counter-attacking chances, but Anderssen's calculations were beyond the fears of an ordinary human being. Auf den ersten Blick bietet die offene g-Linie Schwarz ausgezeichnete Chancen für einen Gegenangriff. Aber die Berechnungen von Anderssen waren jenseits der Ängste von normalen Menschen.} 19. Rad1 $1 {I'll spare you hundreds of analyses by following generations of chess players. After endless debate they have agreed that 19.Rad1 was better than the alternative 19.Be4. Now the best reply was 19. ..Rg4!, which would pose some difficult problems for White, but in the emerging wild complications White would, in my opinion, retain the upper hand. Ich werde Ihnen die unzähligen Analysen von Generationen von Schachspielern ersparen. Nach endlosen Debatten haben sie beschlossen, daß Anderssens Zug besser als die Alternative 19.Le4 war. Danach wäre 19...Tg4! der beste Zug. Weiß hätte einige schwierige Probleme zu meistern, aber nach meiner Meinung behält er in den wilden Komplikationen, die folgen, eindeutig die Oberhand.} Qxf3 $2 {Now White's king is suddenly just one step from decapitation. But how can we reproach Dufresne from not recognising the magic of a genius? [#] Jetzt steht der weiße König nur einen Schritt vor seiner Hinrichtung. Aber können wir Dufresne einen Vorwurf machen, weil er die magischen Fähigkeiten eines Genies nicht erkannt hat? [#]} 20. Rxe7+ $1 Nxe7 $5 {Another proof that chess masterpieces require the generous cooperation of the loser! Nowadays a professional player and, of course, a computer, would have without hesitation resorted to Ein weiterer Beweis dafür, daß die Meisterwerke des Schachs der großmutigen Kooperation des Opfers benötigen! Heutzutage würde ein Schachprofi -- und natürlich auch ein schachspielender Computer -- ohne Zögern den Zug 20.. .Kd8 wählen, um die nahende Vernichtung zu vermeiden.} (20... Kd8 {preventing the upcoming demolition, but losing anyway later after Aber Schwarz verliert auch so:} 21. Rxd7+ $1 Kc8 (21... Kxd7 22. Bf5+ Ke8 23. Bd7+ Kd8 24. Bxc6+ { with mate nebst Matt.}) 22. Rd8+ $1 Kxd8 (22... Rxd8 23. gxf3 {or}) (22... Nxd8 23. Qd7+ $3 {- the same motif mit dem gleichen Motiv}) 23. Be2+ {less clear is} ({weniger klar ist} 23. Bf5+ Qxd1+ 24. Qxd1+ Nd4 25. g3 Rg5 $1 26. Bh3 Bf3 $1) 23... Nd4 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. g3 Bxd1 26. Qxd1 {with a boring but winning endgame. mit einem langweiligen aber gewonnenen Endspiel.}) 21. Qxd7+ $3 Kxd7 22. Bf5+ Ke8 23. Bd7+ Kf8 24. Bxe7# {It was not surprising that chess players of the time, impressed by this kind of greatness, did not want to listen to dull positional advice. But the old combinational school, led by its first knight Anderssen, was doomed in the battle against the modernized warfare techniques of Paul Morphy, whose tactics had much better positional foundations. Es ist nicht verwunderlich, daß die Schachspieler jener Zeit angesichts solcher großartigen Angriffspartien wenig Neigung hatten, stumpfe strategische Regeln zu lernen. Aber die alte kombinatorische Schule, geführt von ihrem strahlendsten Ritter Anderssen, war letztendlich zum Untergang verdammt. Ihre Vertreter konnten den fortschrittlicheren Techniken eines Paul Morphy, dessen taktische Schläge ein viel solideres positionelles Fundament besaßen, nicht lange widerstehen.} 1-0 [Event "World Championship 04th"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1892.01.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Steinitz, William"] [Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1892.01.01"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "CUB"] {[%evp 0,55,42,42,42,19,30,-20,30,16,30,-21,26,18,5,-53,-53,-60,-26,-35,-34, -12,-9,-15,22,31,44,50,78,59,59,59,59,120,120,120,134,55,55,80,40,7,48,38,39, 68,102,50,29987,29988,29989,29990,29993,29994,29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ba4 (8. Qe2 Bd7 9. Ba4 Nd4 10. cxd4 Bxa4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bb5 $17 {Steinitz}) 8... Nd7 (8... a6 9. Ne3 (9. Ng3 b5 10. Bb3 d5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. O-O Bb7 {Keres}) 9... b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 d5 {Euwe}) (8... d5 $5 {Mason}) 9. Ne3 Nc5 (9... f5 $5 {Reti} 10. b4 (10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nd5 $14 {Neistadt}) 10... f4 11. Nd5 g5 $13 ) 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. h4 $1 {"Normally I am not a dangerous attacking player in the early stages of a game, but I saw a weakness on the opposing kingside. You shouldn't stick your fingers in my mouth because I will bite, even at my age." (Steinitz) "Normalerweise bin ich kein gefährlicher Angreifer im frühen Partiestadium, doch ich sah eine Schwäche am feindlichen Königsflügel, und man darf mir nicht die Finger in den Mund stecken, sonst beiße ich, auch noch in meinem Alter." (Steinitz)} (11. O-O f5 $13) 11... Ne7 (11... f5 $5 12. exf5 ( 12. h5 f4 13. Nd5 g5 14. h6 Bf6 15. Bb3 Kh8 {Chigorin}) 12... gxf5 13. Nd5 (13. d4 $1 $16 {-> Neistadt}) 13... Ne7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Ng5 h6 $13) (11... h6 $142 {Mason} 12. h5 g5 13. Nf5 {/\ 14.d4+/-}) 12. h5 d5 (12... g5 $5 {Mason} 13. h6 $1 $16) 13. hxg6 fxg6 $2 (13... hxg6 14. exd5 (14. Qe2 {/\ Bd2, 0-0-0 +/ - Reti}) 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Rxh6 Kg7 18. Qd2 Nf4 $15 { Chigorin}) 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bb3 $16 Qc6 17. Qe2 Bd7 (17... a5 $142 18. a4 Qb6 19. Bxe6+ (19. Qc2 {/\ 20.Be3+/- Neistadt}) 19... Bxe6 20. Ng5 Bf5 21. Nxh7 Rfd8 $44 {|^ Chigorin}) 18. Be3 (18. Nxe5 $2 Qxg2) 18... Kh8 ( 18... Rf7 $142 {/\ Bh8 Steinitz} 19. O-O-O Bh8 20. d4 $1 $16 {Neistadt}) 19. O-O-O Rae8 20. Qf1 $1 a5 (20... Rf5 $1 {/\ 21... Nf8}) (20... Nf4 $142 { Steinitz/Chigorin} 21. Rxh7+ (21. Ng5 $1 h6 22. Nf7+ Kh7 $10 {Chigorin} 23. d4 $1 Qxg2 24. Qxg2 Nxg2 25. Nxh6 $18 {Ravinsky}) (21. d4 $1 exd4 (21... Bg4 22. Ng5 h6 23. f3 $16 {Neistadt}) 22. Rxd4 $1 $16) 21... Kxh7 22. Ng5+ Kh6 23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. Qh1+ Kg5 25. Bxf7 Rh8 26. Qg1 Kf6 $17) 21. d4 $1 exd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 ( 22... Nxd4 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh1+ $18) (22... Qa6 23. Bc4 Qa8 24. Nf3 $18 { Euwe}) (22... Qe4 23. Bc2 Qg4 24. f3 Qg3 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. Rxd7 $18) 23. Rxd4 $1 $18 Nxd4 (23... Re7 24. Rdh4 Rff7 25. g3 {/\ 26.Bd4 Kg8 27.Qd3 /\ 28.Qg6 +- Chigorin}) 24. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Qh1+ Kg7 26. Bh6+ Kf6 27. Qh4+ Ke5 28. Qxd4+ ( 28. Qxd4+ Kf5 29. g4#) 1-0 [Event "Baden-Baden"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "1870.07.30"] [Round "13"] [White "Steinitz, William"] [Black "Paulsen, Louis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C25"] [Annotator "Kasparov"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1870.07.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 0,71,42,28,30,30,30,-5,23,-294,-256,-263,-72,-29,-29,-11,59,-42,110,69, 118,75,97,50,102,151,151,73,201,156,157,166,114,95,89,84,134,120,167,152,178, 140,152,117,117,-14,-12,-12,101,171,177,177,288,288,366,403,407,407,638,407, 369,442,1126,1165,1165,1481,1481,1505,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 {In this game Steinitz uses the gambit named after him to demonstrate his superiority in the combined assessment of all positional factors and a great sense of long and short-termed advantages and disadvantages.} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 $6 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 {A blasphemy for a normal player of the time. Since the quick development of the white pieces is interrupted by the king in the centre, Black should be automatically better. But Steinitz noted that long-term factors could override temporary inconvenience. The white minor pieces will gain extra tempi attacking Black's queen. White's better control of the centre will help him to organize future attacks and also to prevent Black's pieces from harmonious development. As it later turned out Steinitz' Gambit was proven to be not very dangerous for Black, but only as a result of precise and very dynamic play. Not surprisingly Steinitz' opponents, who weren't ready to take this ugly opening seriously, couldn't resist testing his revolutionary strategy.} d6 {Some players tried the sharper 5...d5 against Steinitz, but without success. In the final game of his match against Zukertort he celebrated a victory and the attainment of the first official title of World Champion against this variation!} 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bxf4 O-O-O $6 { Here 7...f5! would underline the uncomfortable position of the White king.} 8. Ke3 {[#]} Qh5 $2 {Black is constantly wasting time. 8...Bxf3 was better.} 9. Be2 Qa5 $2 {fearing h3, Paulsen misses his last chance to play f5 to disturb the white king:} (9... f5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qe8) 10. a3 $1 {The black queen cannot find a single pleasant square on the board.} Bxf3 11. Kxf3 $1 {Paulsen hoped for} (11. Bxf3 g5 {with counterplay, but now g7-g5 leaves the black queen to die}) 11... Qh5+ (11... g5 $2 12. b4 Qb6 13. Be3 {followed by d5 or Nd5 or Na4.}) 12. Ke3 Qh4 13. b4 $1 {While tenaciously chesing the black queen Steinitz prepares an attack against his opponent's king.} g5 14. Bg3 Qh6 15. b5 Nce7 16. Rf1 Nf6 17. Kf2 Ng6 18. Kg1 $1 {Would you believe that the white king has already made six moves. But the outcome of the game is clear. The disconnected black army has nothing to counter the widespreading white attack,} Qg7 19. Qd2 h6 20. a4 Rg8 {[#]} 21. b6 $1 {This pawn sacrifice opens up the lines around the opponent's king, a manoeuvre that became typical for the games in our century.} axb6 22. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 23. Bg4+ Kb8 24. Nd5 Qg7 25. a5 { The entire white army is in the attack.} f5 {Desperately trying to make use of his queen. Other moves fail to change anything:} (25... Ne7 26. axb6 Nxd5 27. Ra8+ $1 Kxa8 28. Qa5+ {and mate;}) (25... b5 26. a6 b6 27. a7+ Kb7 28. Nxc7 $1 Kxc7 29. Qc3+ Kb7 30. Bd7 {etc.}) 26. axb6 cxb6 27. Nxb6 $1 Ne7 (27... fxg4 28. Ra8+ Kc7 29. Qc3+ Kxb6 30. Qa5+ Kc6 31. d5+ {and mate.}) 28. exf5 (28. Qb4 { More precise from the computer's point of view, because it forces mate more quickly.} Kc7 29. Na8+ Kc8 30. Bxf5+ Rd7 31. Bxd7+ Kxd7 32. Qxd6+ Ke8 33. Nc7+ Kf7 34. Qe6# {but I don't think we can criticize Steinitz for such an "inaccuracy".}) 28... Qf7 29. f6 Nc6 30. c4 {Slow but sure.} Na7 31. Qa2 Nb5 32. Nd5 {Black already could resign, but he preferred to be mated.} (32. Qa8+ Kc7 33. Qa5 {and mate in three more moves.}) 32... Qxd5 33. cxd5 Nxd4 34. Qa7+ Kc7 35. Rc1+ Nc6 36. Rxc6# 1-0 [Event "Amsterdam"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1889.08.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Lasker, Emanuel"] [Black "Bauer, Johann Hermann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A03"] [Annotator "Kasparov"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1889.08.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] {[%evp 0,75,30,-19,-19,-18,-35,-46,-27,-23,4,4,33,2,0,-3,6,0,0,-18,-7,-18,2,9, 35,-12,5,18,38,29,-4,-50,-50,228,180,126,126,412,412,434,434,434,434,450,450, 450,421,439,487,427,479,376,798,829,829,829,829,829,848,862,862,862,873,866, 873,881,881,901,901,881,887,901,880,897,901,929,929,437]} 1. f4 {This game contains one of the beautiful combinations of the young Lasker which created a blueprint for future similar double bishop sacrifices that destroyed the lives of dozens of his opponents' kings. Diese Partie beinhaltet eine der schönsten Kombinationen des jungen Lasker, die späteren Läuferpaaropfern als Vorbild diente und zahlreiche gegnerische Könige das Leben kostete.} d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qc6 13. Qe2 a6 {[#] After very passive Black play in the opening White's army is ready for action, and Lasker begins the final storm Nach sehr passivem schwarzen Spiel in der Eröffnung stehen die weißen Figuren zum Angriff bereit. Lasker beginnt nun die entscheidende Attacke.} 14. Nh5 Nxh5 (14... d4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qg4 Kh8 (16... e5 17. Be4 $1) 17. Rf3 Rg8 18. Bxh7 $1) 15. Bxh7+ $1 (15. Qxh5 f5 {achieves nothing. führt zu nichts.}) 15... Kxh7 16. Qxh5+ Kg8 17. Bxg7 $3 {Today Lasker might have tried to copyright this idea. Heutzutage würde Lasker vielleicht versuchen, diese Idee urheberrechtlich für sich in Anspruch zu nehmen.} Kxg7 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Rf3 e5 20. Rh3+ Qh6 21. Rxh6+ Kxh6 {Black has narrowly escaped mate, but Schwarz ist knapp dem Matt entronnen, aber} 22. Qd7 $1 {wins a piece and the game. gewinnt eine Figur und die Partie.} Bf6 23. Qxb7 Kg7 24. Rf1 Rab8 25. Qd7 Rfd8 26. Qg4+ Kf8 27. fxe5 Bg7 28. e6 Rb7 29. Qg6 f6 30. Rxf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qg7+ Kxe6 34. Qxb7 Rd6 35. Qxa6 d4 36. exd4 cxd4 37. h4 d3 38. Qxd3 1-0 [Event "Hastings"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1895.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Steinitz, William"] [Black "Von Bardeleben, Curt"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1895.??.??"] {[%evp 0,49,30,24,28,30,16,11,5,-14,-5,-14,26,-1,-1,-27,40,69,70,84,86,59,69, 77,87,109,82,77,136,110,133,109,105,97,130,137,189,260,260,287,195,195,195,198, 198,221,284,361,371,378,522,522]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 $5 (7. Bd2 $1) 7... d5 $2 (7... Nxe4 $142 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 {Steinitz-Schlechter/ Hastings/1895}) 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 ( 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 12. Qb3 Bxa1 13. Ba3+ Ne7 14. Re1 $40 {+- }) (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qb3 $40 {+/-}) 10. Bg5 Be7 (10... Qd7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Nxd5 {Wins a tempo.}) 11. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Rxe7 $2 {Zaitsev} Qxe7 $2 (14... Bxf3 $1 $17 {Fritz2}) 15. Nxd5) 12... Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 (13... Kxe7 14. Rc1 Rhe8 (14... Kd7 15. Qa4 $40) 15. Rc5 Qd6 16. Qc1 (16. Qc2 $5)) 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7 (15... Qd6 $2 16. Qb5+ Qc6 17. Qb4 Qd6 18. Qxb7) 16. Rac1 $6 (16. Rad1 $1 {Zaitsev} Kf7 17. Qc4+ Nd5 18. Ne5+ fxe5 19. dxe5 $18) 16... c6 $2 (16... Kf7 $1 {Black can save the game. } 17. Qxe7+ $2 (17. Qc4+ Nd5) 17... Qxe7 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. Rxc7+ Kd6 20. Rxb7 Rhb8 21. Rxg7 (21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. b3 Kd5 $15) 21... Rxb2 22. h3 Rxa2 $44) (16... Kf8) (16... Kd8) 17. d5 $3 cxd5 (17... Kf7 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Rcd1 $40) 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 {/\ 20.Rc7} Rhc8 (19... Rac8 20. Qg4) (19... Nc6 20. Nc5 Qc8 21. Qb5 Rb8 (21... Nd8 22. Nd7 Nc6 23. Qxd5+ Kg6 24. g4 $40) 22. Na6 Ra8 (22... bxa6 23. Qxd5+) 23. Qxd5+ Kg6 24. Nc5 Rd8 25. Qe4+ f5 26. Qh4 $40) 20. Qg4 $1 g6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 (21... fxg5 $4 22. Qxd7 $18) 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 (22... Qxe7 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxc8+ $18) (22... Kxe7 23. Re1+ Kd6 24. Qb4+ Rc5 (24... Kc6 25. Rc1#) (24... Kc7 25. Ne6+ Kb8 26. Qf4+ $18) 25. Ne4+ $18) 23. Rf7+ $1 (23. Qxd7 $4 Rxc1+ $19) 23... Kg8 $1 (23... Qxf7 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Qxc8+ Qe8 26. Nxh7+ $18) 24. Rg7+ $1 Kh8 $1 (24... Kf8 25. Nxh7+ Kxg7 26. Qxd7+ $18) 25. Rxh7+ $1 { Black disappeared from the tournament hall without resigning.} (25. Rxh7+ $1 Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6#) 1-0 [Event "St Petersburg9596"] [Site "St Petersburg"] [Date "1896.01.04"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Pillsbury, Harry Nelson"] [Black "Lasker, Emanuel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D50"] [Annotator "Kasparov"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1896.??.??"] {[%evp 0,64,16,19,34,-24,-23,-16,-16,-14,46,20,7,-41,-23,-23,-15,-44,10,10,28, -11,-10,-10,-51,-69,-66,-66,-71,-75,-75,-90,-90,-140,-111,-150,-102,-64,30,-29, -141,-141,-178,-178,-178,-178,42,42,66,-155,121,29,49,0,0,0,0,-29991,-29992, -29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. d4 {The American Harry Nelson Pillsbury was one of the brightest stars to ever sparkle in the chess firmament. He never played in a world championship match, but for a year he was considered the future of the game. His sensational victory in his international debut at the Hastings Christmas tournament 1895/96, ahead of the newly crowned world champion Lasker, won him a place amongst the very best players. At the time there was an uncertainty about the true hierarchy at the top of the chess world, which made new contests inevitable. To clarify the situation five of the best players in the world were invited to a tournament in St. Petersburg in 1896: Lasker, Steinitz, Pillsbury, Chigorin and Tarrasch (at the last moment Tarrasch cancelled his attendance because of his duties as a medical practitioner). Each player played six games against each of the others. After three rounds Pillsbury was in the lead and Lasker was second, but even he was badly losing his micro-match against Pillsbury 2 1/2 : 1/2. It was only due to Steinitz' successful performance against the leader that Lasker managed to remain in contention, just one point behind Pillsbury. The following game was played in the fourth round. If Pillsbury would win, the outcome of the tournament would be more or less clear. And then the chess world would call into question the legitimacy of Lasker's title, forcing him to play a new match for the world championship with this young energetic opponent under very unfavourable circumstances.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qh4 Be7 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. e3 Bd7 10. Kb1 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qh5 Nxd4 15. exd4 Be6 16. f4 Rac8 17. f5 $2 {[#] As you can see, both opponents were in a real fighting mood. After the "normal" 17...Bd7 18.Qf3 the position remains double-edged. But here Lasker unleashes a beautiful, deeply calculated combination that any great player of today would be proud to have found. Wie Sie sehen können, sind beide Kontrahenten in kämpferischer Stimmung. Nach dem "normalen" 17...Ld7 18.Df3 bleibt die Stellung zweischneidig. Aber nun entfesselt Lasker eine wunderschöne, sehr tief berechnete Kombination, auf die jeder Spitzenspieler der heutigen Zeit stolz sein würde.} Rxc3 $3 18. fxe6 $2 {Objectively Objektiv war} (18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Qf3 {was better, but Pillsbury doesn't yet understand why he should head for a worse endgame. besser, aber Pillsbury versteht noch nicht, warum er sich mit einem schlechteren Endspiel zufrieden geben soll.}) 18... Ra3 $3 {This paradoxical rook sacrifice drives White's king out into the fight, where he will meet his destiny. Dieses paradoxe Turmopfer zwingt den weißen König aufs Schlachtfeld, wo er seinem Schicksal erliegen wird.} 19. exf7+ {Lasker's ingenious idea proved to be correct in all variations: Es stellt sich heraus, daß Laskers geistreicher Plan in allen Varianten korrekt ist:} (19. bxa3 Qb6+ 20. Ka1 (20. Kc2 Rc8+ 21. Kd2 Qxd4+ 22. Ke1 (22. Bd3 Rc2+ $3 23. Kxc2 Qb2#) 22... Qc3+ 23. Ke2 Qc2+ 24. Rd2 (24. Ke3 Bg5+) 24... Qe4+ 25. Kf2 Bd4+ 26. Kg3 Rc3+ {etc.}) 20... Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kb1 fxe6 23. Be2 Qe4+ 24. Ka1 Rf2 {with a decisive attack mit entscheidendem Angriff.}) ({ Vielleicht sieht} 19. e7 $5 {looks stronger, but it doesn't break the co-ordination of Black's pieces: stärker aus, aber auch dieser Zug kann nicht die Koordination der schwarzen Figuren unterbrechen:} Re8 $1 (19... Rc8 $4 20. Qf5 $1 {and the queen comes back to the defence und die Dame eilt zur Verteidigung zurück.}) 20. bxa3 Qb6+ 21. Kc2 Rc8+ 22. Kd2 Bxd4 {and after this deadly quiet move White is defenceless, e.g. und nach diesem tödlich-stillen Zug ist Weiß hilflos, z.B.} 23. Ke2 Qe6+ 24. Kf3 Qe3+ 25. Kg4 g6 $1 26. Qxd5 h5+ {with mate to follow. It would be interesting to know whether a computer can come close to executing such a great combination. mit anschließendem Matt. Es wäre interessant, zu erfahren, ob die heutigen Computer eine so großartige Kombination berechnen können.}) 19... Rxf7 20. bxa3 Qb6+ 21. Bb5 $1 {The best chance. Die beste Chance.} (21. Ka1 Bxd4+) (21. Kc2 Rc7+ {both lose as above. verlieren wie zuvor.}) 21... Qxb5+ 22. Ka1 Rc7 $2 {A pity. After spending so much energy and creativity to reach this position Lasker, under heavy time pressure, misses the simple win Schade! Lasker hat so viel Energie und Kreativität verbraucht, um diese Stellung zu erreichen. In schwerer Zeitnot verpaßt er einen einfachen Gewinn:} (22... Qc4 23. Qg4 Re7 $1 {threatening Re4 and Re2, e.g. mit den Drohungen Te4 und Te2, z.B.} 24. Rhe1 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Rxe1 26. Qxc4 (26. Qd2 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1) 26... Rxd1+) 23. Rd2 Rc4 24. Rhd1 $2 { Losing again. Verliert wieder.} (24. Re1 $1 {would lead to a nice draw: hätte zu einem schönen Remis geführt:} Qa5 $1 (24... Qc6 25. Qe8+) 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qf5+ g6 27. Re7+ $3 (27. Qxf6 $4 Rc1+ 28. Kb2 Qc3#) 27... Bxe7 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qxe7+ {with perpetual check. mit Dauerschach.}) 24... Rc3 $2 { A very serious mistake that could change everything dramatically Ein sehr ernster Fehler, der alles dramatisch verändert. Nach} (24... Qc6 $1 {gives Black an easy win. hätte Schwarz leicht gewinnen können.}) 25. Qf5 (25. Re1 $1 {was more energetic, forcing Black to retreat: war aktiver, Schwarz wäre gezwungen, den Rückzug anzutreten:} Rc8 {and White has a clear advantage. und Weiß hat einen klaren Vorteil.}) 25... Qc4 26. Kb2 $2 {[#] Lasker's time trouble is making Pillsbury nervous! He feels that his opponent has lost the thread of the game, but he himself cannot keep up with the pace. Laskers Zeitnotprobleme machen Pillsbury nervös! Er fühlt, daß der Gegner den Faden verloren hat, aber er kann selbst das Tempo nicht durchhalten.} (26. Kb1 $1 { would pose serious problems for Black, e.g. hätte Schwarz ernsthafte Probleme bereitet, z.B.} Rxa3 27. Rc1 $1 {and chess history would have gone a different route. und die Schachgeschichte hätte einen anderen Weg eingeschlagen.}) 26... Rxa3 $3 {In the magical world of chess lightening can hit the same place twice! I wonder if Pillsbury could believe his eyes - here the horror comes again! In der magischen Welt des Schachs kann der Blitz doch zweimal an gleicher Stelle einschlagen. Ich glaube, daß Pillsbury seinen Augen nicht traute – das Gespenst auf a3 ist wiedergekehrt.} 27. Qe6+ Kh7 28. Kxa3 $4 { Exhausted by the black hurricane Pillsbury succumbs to a mating threat. Vom schwarzen Sturm erschöpft, tappt Pillsbury in ein Mattnetz hinein.} (28. Kb1 { was also losing: führte auch zum Verlust:} Bxd4 $1 29. Qf5+ g6 $1 30. Qd7+ Bg7 {but the immediate}) ({aber sofortiges} 28. Qf5+ $1 {would have saved half a point: hätte den halben Punkt gerettet:} Kh8 29. Kb1 $1 Rxa2 $1 (29... Bxd4 30. Qf8+ Kh7 31. Qxa3) 30. Rxa2 Qb3+ 31. Kc1 Bg5+ (31... Qxa2 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qc2+ ) 32. Rad2 Qc3+ 33. Qc2 Qa1+ 34. Qb1 Qc3+ {and draw. und remis.}) 28... Qc3+ 29. Ka4 b5+ $1 {The final touch. Das I-Tüpfelchen.} 30. Kxb5 Qc4+ 31. Ka5 Bd8+ 32. Qb6 Bxb6# {mate ended this fascinating human drama. "Too many mistakes" you say? Please don't rush to write off this game. Remember its unique historical importance! That day Caissa chose Lasker, and as we know today, the chess goddess did not err. Her cruel decision marked a fork in the lievs of both players. Lasker, inspired by this victory, won the tournament convincingly. Later that year he crushed Steinitz in a rematch and kept his title for 25 more years! Pillsbury, after the above disaster, collapsed and lost five games out of the remaining eight, ending up third behind Steinitz. He never achieved the same peak of playing strength as in that magnificent year and died eight years later at the age of 34. Who know how often Harry Nelson Pillsbury remembered that traumatic day in St. Petersburg and the chances he had missed - chances that would have changed his entire life and the course of chess history. womit ein faszinierendes menschliches Drama zu Ende ging. "Zu viele Fehler" sagen Sie? Bitte schreiben Sie nicht diese Partie zu schnell ab. Denken Sie an ihre historische Bedeutung! An jenem Tag entschied sich Caissa für Lasker, und, wie wir heute wissen, irrte die Schachgöttin nicht. Ihre vielleicht etwas grausame Wahl markierte eine Wende im Leben der beiden Spieler. Lasker, von seinem Sieg in dieser Partie inspiriert, gewann das Turnier in überzeugender Manier. Später im gleichen Jahr zerschmetterte er Steinitz im Rückkampf um die Weltmeisterschaft. Er behielt den Titel für weitere 25 Jahre! Pillsbury dagegen brach nach diesem Desaster förmlich zusammen, verlor fünf von den nächsten acht Partien und beendete das Turnier als Dritter hinter Steinitz. Er konnte nie wieder den gleichen Gipfel der Spielstärke erklimmen wie in diesem glorreichen Jahr. Er starb acht Jahre später im Alter von 34. Wer kann wissen, wie oft er diesen traumatischen Tag in St. Petersburg durchlebt hat und dabei an die verstrichenen Chancen denken mußte – Chancen, die sein Leben so gründlich geändert hätten.} 0-1 [Event "Lodz1"] [Site "Lodz"] [Date "1907.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rotlewi, Georg A"] [Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D40"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1907.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "POL"] {[%evp 0,50,27,22,28,14,39,30,75,27,33,14,15,-20,-11,-13,10,13,17,-5,16,-14,10, -29,-27,-15,-16,-16,-14,-84,-77,-115,-47,-44,-44,-33,-64,-78,-79,-82,-82,-82, -159,-111,-68,-140,256,-566,-591,-1168,-29992,-29993,-29994]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 a6 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qd2 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2) (10. Bd3) 10... Qe7 $1 11. Bd3 (11. cxd5 $2) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 Bb6+ 20. Kh1 Ng4 $1 21. Be4 (21. Qxg4 $2 Rxd3 {/\ Rc3}) (21. Ne4 Rxd3 $1 22. Qxd3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qh4 24. h3 Qg3 25. hxg4 Qh4#) (21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxg4 Rd2 $19) 21... Qh4 22. g3 (22. h3 Rxc3 23. Bxc3 (23. Bxb7 Rxh3+ 24. gxh3 Qxh3+ 25. Qh2 Qxh2#) (23. Qxg4 Rxh3+ 24. Qxh3 Qxh3+ 25. gxh3 Bxe4+ 26. Kh2 Rd2+ 27. Kg3 Rg2+ 28. Kh4 Bd8+ 29. Kh5 Bg6#) 23... Bxe4 24. Qxg4 (24. Qxe4 Qg3 $19) 24... Qxg4 25. hxg4 Rd3 26. Kh2 Rxc3 $19) 22... Rxc3 23. gxh4 (23. Bxc3 Bxe4+ 24. Qxe4 Qxh2#) (23. Bxb7 Rxg3 24. Rf3 (24. Bf3 Nxh2 $19) 24... Rxf3 25. Bxf3 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 (26. Kg2 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Ne4+ 28. Kh1 Ng3#) 26... Ne4+ 27. Kf1 Nd2+ 28. Kg2 Nxf3 29. Qxf3 (29. Kxf3 Qh5+) 29... Rd2+ $19) 23... Rd2 24. Qxd2 (24. Qxg4 Bxe4+ 25. Rf3 Rxf3 $19) (24. Bxc3 Rxe2 25. Rf2 Bxe4+ 26. Kg1 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 Bf3 28. Rd1 Nxh2#) (24. Bxb7 Rxe2 25. Bg2 Rh3 $19) 24... Bxe4+ 25. Qg2 Rh3 $3 {Rubinsteins 'Immortal game'.} (25... Rh3 $3 26. Rf3 (26. Rf2 Bxf2 27. Qxe4 Rxh2#) 26... Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Rxh2#) 0-1 [Event "London casual"] [Site "London"] [Date "1912.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lasker, Edward"] [Black "Thomas, George Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A83"] [Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1912.??.??"] {[%evp 0,35,28,29,69,55,55,66,63,60,72,74,39,42,42,42,44,36,15,-21,15,-5,69, 29988,29989,29990,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996,29997,29996,29997,29998, 29999,-30000]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qh5 {The Black King is tucked up safe and sound in his stronghold with all angles covered. Or are they?} Qe7 $4 {Now Lasker will force mate in 8 moves starting with...} ({What was wrong with...} 10... Bxe5 11. Nd2 g6 12. Qxe5 Nc6 13. Qg3 Nxd4 $11) 11. Qxh7+ $3 {The Queen sac is not a gift horse but a Trojan one compelling the Black King out into a cold and dangerous world from which there is no return.} Kxh7 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 { With each step the door slams shut behind him and he must trudge grimly on.} 13. Neg4+ Kg5 14. h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3 {White expertly herds his quarry deeper and deeper into hostile territory, like a condemned man on the walk to the gallows.} 16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 {The final indignity for the beleaguered monarch? Mate is delivered by his opposite number by way of discovery,} 18. Kd2# 1-0 [Event "DSB-18.Kongress"] [Site "Breslau"] [Date "1912.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Levitsky, Stepan M"] [Black "Marshall, Frank James"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C10"] [Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1912.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 0,46,29,16,42,3,43,34,178,94,108,108,109,71,73,51,42,42,66,15,36,13,13, -22,-6,-63,-72,-78,-60,-62,-40,-84,-72,-67,-72,-82,-60,-81,8,11,13,-212,-219, -278,-273,-371,-350,-381,-381]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 {French Defence} 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bxc5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bg4 Qd6 13. Bh3 Rae8 14. Qd2 Bb4 15. Bxf6 $2 {Black has already secured the initiative but placing a rook on e1 would have made more sense.} (15. Rae1 h6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6) (15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6) 15... Rxf6 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Qe2 {Black will now win a pawn and undermine White's Queenside in one fell swoop.} Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Rxd5 Nd4 20. Qh5 Ref8 21. Re5 Rh6 $1 22. Qg5 (22. Qg4 {does not work as...} Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Qxe5 24. Kh1 Rf4 25. Qg3 Rg6 26. Bg4 h5 27. h3 Qe2 28. Rg1 Rf8 29. f4 hxg4 30. Qe3 Qc4 31. f3 Rxf4 32. Rxg4 Rgxg4 33. hxg4 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Rxf3 35. Qxe6+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ g6 37. Qxb7+ Rf7 38. Qg2 Rf2 39. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 40. Kh1 Kh6 41. g5+ Kxg5 42. a3 Kg4 43. a4 Kf3 44. c4 Qg2#) 22... Rxh3 23. Rc5 (23. gxh3 $4 Nf3+ $19) 23... Qg3 $3 {This move is considered one of the most brilliant moves ever played on a chess board.} ( 23... Qg3 24. Qxg3 {White's only resource to avoid immediate defeat but still the best he can hope for is a lost game.} (24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rg5+ Qxg5 26. Rb1 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxh2+ 28. Ke1 Nf3+ 29. gxf3 Qe5+ 30. Kd2 Rd8+ 31. Kc1 Rh1#) (24. hxg3 Ne2#) (24. fxg3 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Rxf1#) 24... Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nxg3+ 26. Kg1 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Rc3 28. Rxc3 Nxc3 $19) 0-1 [Event "Hastings Six Masters"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1922.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bogoljubow, Efim"] [Black "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A84"] [Annotator "Kasparov"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1922.??.??"] {[%evp 0,106,29,29,95,24,33,24,24,24,24,40,47,36,46,29,36,39,24,54,74,18,33, -20,35,-27,40,-43,1,-44,32,3,65,-3,-3,-31,-31,-69,-102,-107,-99,-105,-108,-123, -121,-113,-120,-140,-120,-199,-192,-188,-177,-212,-194,-177,-191,-217,-182, -179,-241,-244,-102,-204,-226,-214,-214,-223,-205,-241,-312,-312,-194,-241, -241,-292,-292,-268,-198,-200,-166,-213,-245,-268,-238,-265,-264,-343,-302, -327,-327,-414,-402,-402,-395,-402,-110,-128,-288,-334,-582,-616,-941,-912, -942,-1011,-1011,-1015,-1013]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Qc3 e5 11. e3 a5 12. b3 Qe8 13. a3 Qh5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. f4 e4 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nh3 d5 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Bh1 Qe8 24. Rg2 dxc4 25. bxc4 Bxa4 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nd1 {[#] White's position looks awful. He is a pawn down and his pieces are badly in need of breathing space. Die weiße Stellung sieht ziemlich schrecklich aus: Er hat einen Bauern weniger und die Figuren haben kaum Luft zum atmen.} Nd3 $1 {Alekhine of course doesn't allow any activity on the part of his opponent. Now White can restore the material balance, but his forces are doomed to die inside their own camp. Aljechin gestattet dem Gegner natürlich nicht die ersehnte Aktivität. Jetzt bekommt Weiß zwar seinen Bauern wieder, aber seine Streitkräfte sind dazu verdammt, im eigenen Lager vernichtet zu werden.} ({However, after the primitive try 28... bxc4... Aber nach dem primitiven Versuch} 28... bxc4 29. Nxc4 Nfd5 30. Qa3 { the coordination of the white pieces is practically restored, and also the poor knight gets a nice square on e5. ist die Koordination der weißen Figuren weitgehend wiederhergestellt, und außerdem erhält der arme Springer ein nettes Plätzchen auf e5.}) 29. Rxa5 {or oder} (29. cxb5 Bxb5 30. Rxa5 Nd5 31. Rxa8 Qxa8 32. Qb3 Ba4 {etc. usw.}) 29... b4 30. Rxa8 {[#] Now simply 30...Qxa8...} bxc3 $3 ({Jetzt hätte} 30... Qxa8 31. Qb3 (31. Qc2 Ne1) 31... Qa1 32. Qb1 Ra8 { would have forced White's resignation in a few moves. But Alekhine was not satisfied with this prosaic demolition - he was after something immortal! eine baldige Aufgabe durch Weiß erzwungen. Aber Aljechin war mit diesem prosaischen Schluß nicht zufrieden. Er wollte etwas Unsterbliches schaffen!}) 31. Rxe8 c2 32. Rxf8+ Kh7 {[#] The white rook from a1 can be proud of itself. It has taken Black's queen and both rooks. Alas, a single modest pawn from b7 has nullified these achievements! For decades chess fans have enjoyed this mind-boggling position of spiritual domination. Der weiße Turm, der ursprünglich auf a1 stand, kann stolz sein: Es hat die schwarze Dame und beide Türme erobert. Aber der bescheidene kleine Bauer von b7 macht diese Leistung zunichte. Generationen von Schachspielern haben diese atemberaubende Stellung genossen.} 33. Nf2 c1=Q+ 34. Nf1 Ne1 $1 {The threat is no more and no less than Nf3#. Die Drohung ist nicht mehr und nicht weniger als Sf3#.} 35. Rh2 Qxc4 {The attack doesn't stop - the black bishop is ready to join the death squad from b5, with decisive effect. Der Angriff hört einfach nicht auf - gleich wird auch der schwarze Läufer als Todeskandidat auf b5 entscheidend in das Geschehen eingreifen.} 36. Rb8 {The only defence. Die einzige Verteidigung.} Bb5 37. Rxb5 Qxb5 38. g4 {For a second a glimpse of hope for the doomed bishop on h1. Für einen Augenblick ein Lichtblick für den armseligen Läufer auf h1.} Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 exf3 40. gxf5 Qe2 $1 {Zugzwang! The white pieces cannot move anymore, e.g. 41.Rh3... Zugzwang! Die weißen Figuren können überhaupt nicht mehr ziehen, z.B. 41.Th3...} 41. d5 (41. Rh3 Ng4 $1) (41. Nh3 Ng4 $3 {anyway (trotzdem)} 42. Rxe2 fxe2 {and a new black queen will make her appearance. und eine neue schwarze Dame tritt in Erscheinung.}) 41... Kg8 42. h5 Kh7 {A show of strength. Ein Zeichen der Stärke.} 43. e4 Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 {and Black easily won the game. und Schwarz gewann ganz leicht die Partie.} 45. d6 cxd6 46. f6 gxf6 47. Rd2 Qe2 48. Rxe2 fxe2 49. Kf2 exf1=Q+ 50. Kxf1 Kg7 51. Kf2 Kf7 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4 d5+ 0-1 [Event "Copenhagen; Immortal Zugzwang"] [Site "?"] [Date "1923.12.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Samisch, Friedrich"] [Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E06"] [Annotator "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1923.??.??"] {[%evp 0,50,29,29,29,-16,-16,-14,7,-16,9,9,20,11,26,16,24,0,46,-1,2,0,27,19,29, 4,30,9,36,-16,-13,-45,-37,-37,-10,-52,-52,-72,-47,-88,-62,-81,-81,-81,-86,-116, -116,-123,-114,-181,-132,-106,-130]} 1. d4 {This game is eulogized as the ultimate zugzwang. It is called The Immortal Zugzwang Game. Notes by Nimzowitsch} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5 c6 {Safeguards the position} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 a6 {Protects the oupost station c4, i.e., by ...a6 and ...b5.} 11. Rc1 b5 12. Qb3 Nc6 {The ghost! With noiseless steps he presses on towards c4.} 13. Nxc6 {Samisch sacrifices two tempi (exchange of the tempo-eating Knight on e5 for the Knight which is almost undeveloped) merely to be rid of the ghost.} Bxc6 14. h3 Qd7 15. Kh2 Nh5 {I could have supplied him with as yet a second ghost by ...Qe7 and ...Knight-d7-b6-c4, but I wished to turn my attention to the King's side.} 16. Bd2 f5 {!} 17. Qd1 b4 {!} 18. Nb1 Bb5 19. Rg1 Bd6 20. e4 fxe4 {! This sacrifice, which has a quite surprising affect, is based upon the following sober calculation: two Pawns and the 7th rank and an enemy Queen's wing which cannot be disentangled - all this for only one piece!} 21. Qxh5 Rxf2 22. Qg5 Raf8 23. Kh1 R8f5 24. Qe3 Bd3 25. Rce1 h6 {!! A brilliant move which announces the Zugzwang. White has not a move left. If, e.g., Kh2 or g4, then R5f3. Black can now make waiting moves with his King, and White must, willy-nilly, eventually throw himself upon the sword.} 0-1 [Event "New York"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1924.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Reti, Richard"] [Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A15"] [Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1924.03.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "USA"] {[%evp 0,61,29,29,29,-16,17,-26,2,-28,-20,-55,3,-5,-1,-21,13,11,4,3,14,-21,9, -17,-23,-20,-22,-35,-4,-17,4,2,5,-55,-14,-30,-35,-35,12,-25,16,1,74,74,74,-20, 37,8,38,49,31,45,82,60,79,92,98,149,149,132,145,171,214,239]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 {Reti's beloved fianchetto, his preferred method to play for the center.} Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rfd1 a5 12. a3 h6 13. Nf1 c5 14. b5 Nf8 15. e3 Qc7 16. d4 Be4 17. Qc3 exd4 18. exd4 N6d7 19. Qd2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxc4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qb2+ Kg8 23. Rxd6 Qc5 24. Rad1 Ra7 25. Ne3 Qh5 26. Nd4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qe5 28. Nc4 Qc5 29. Nc6 {And suddenly a mob is forming around Capa's queen even as the rook is attacked.} Rc7 30. Ne3 Ne5 $2 {The hapless nag traps his own queen.} 31. R1d5 { With that the queen falls and Capa's amazing unbeaten run comes to an end.} 1-0 [Event "New York"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1924.03.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Tartakower, Saviely"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A85"] [Annotator "Alekhine, Reti"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1924.03.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "USA"] {[%evp 0,103,29,27,29,30,75,32,32,4,44,30,36,49,49,41,25,25,56,37,69,48,38,31, 42,14,20,20,19,14,23,14,36,-5,30,15,28,2,32,34,41,29,8,25,43,37,26,23,68,60,83, 97,104,89,89,101,94,94,84,93,80,75,51,18,66,15,0,0,23,36,36,0,29,51,65,119,157, 171,183,180,182,182,189,187,183,183,173,205,203,187,192,253,277,277,290,290, 299,311,321,354,357,497,507,507,661,719]} 1. d4 {Notes for this game provided by Capa's future nemesis Alexander Alekhine and the man who had ended his decade long unbeaten run the previous day, Richard Reti.} e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Qe8 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxe7 12. a4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Rfb1 Rae8 15. Qh3 Rf6 16. f4 Na5 17. Qf3 d6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. e4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 g6 21. g3 Kf8 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. h4 d5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. h5 $1 {Alekhine: This is the calamity; the Rook now enters the hostile camp.} Rf6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh1 {Reti: White plays logically to utilize his advantage on the K-side and very properly does not concern himself with the weakness of the Q-side. Black, on the other hand, makes a defensive move which he could perhaps have omitted.} Kf8 30. Rh7 Rc6 31. g4 {Reti: Anxious nature might have moved the King towards the queenside, but Capablanca adheres to the principle of aggression that governs rook endings.} Nc4 32. g5 {Reti: He gives his opponent the opportunity of winning a pawn. But Capablanca has confidence in the passed pawn which he obtains.} Ne3+ 33. Kf3 Nf5 34. Bxf5 {Alekhine: Simple and compelling.} gxf5 35. Kg3 $1 {Alekhine: Decisive! White sacrifices material in order to obtain the classical position with King on f6, pawn on g6, and Rook on h7, whereupon the black pawns tumble like ripe apples.} Rxc3+ {Reti: It is extremely instructive to see how Capablanca is no longer in the least concerned about material equality, but thinks only of supporting his passed pawn.} 36. Kh4 Rf3 37. g6 Rxf4+ 38. Kg5 Re4 39. Kf6 {Reti: It is a frequently available finesse in such positions not to capture hostile pawns, but to pass them by in order to be protected in the rear against checks by the rook.} Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxc7 Re8 42. Kxf5 {Alekhine: Again the simplest. Kf7 would not yet have been disastrous because of Rd8, etc.} Re4 43. Kf6 Rf4+ 44. Ke5 Rg4 45. g7+ Kg8 ( 45... Rxg7 {Alekhine: After exchanging rooks, White would win still more easily.} 46. Rxg7 Kxg7 47. Kxd5 Kf7 48. Kd6 Kf6 49. d5 a6 50. Kc7 b5 51. d6 bxa4 52. d7 Ke5 53. d8=Q Ke4 54. Qh4+ Ke5 55. Qxa4 Kd5 56. Qxa6 Kd4 57. Qd6+ Ke4 58. Qb4+ Kf5 59. Kd7 Ke5 60. Kc6 Kf5 61. Kd6 Kg6 62. Qg4+ Kf6 63. Qh5 Kg7 64. Ke7 Kg8 65. Kf6 Kf8 66. Qf7#) 46. Rxa7 Rg1 47. Kxd5 Rc1 48. Kd6 Rc2 49. d5 Rc1 50. Rc7 Ra1 51. Kc6 Rxa4 52. d6 {Black resigns. Reti: Capablanca's management of the endgame gives the impression of being so natural that one easily forgets the difficulty of such precise play. The difficulty is chiefly psychological. In chess, as in life, one is so accustomed to place value on the material factors that it is not easy to conceive the idea of indulging in pawn sacrifices when there is so little available material.} 1-0 [Event "Baden-Baden"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "1925.04.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Reti, Richard"] [Black "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [Annotator "Kasparov"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1925.04.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "20"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 0,84,27,-1,5,-51,-43,-56,1,-18,43,7,42,17,46,28,28,18,48,56,56,44,44,44, 44,4,16,36,14,-1,41,-5,-4,-12,-3,5,39,23,23,16,23,-9,42,-18,34,12,7,-15,25,38, 11,-18,-6,3,74,-94,-89,-299,-173,-193,-193,-185,-168,-233,-219,-252,-251,-270, -179,-195,-312,-316,-316,-316,-315,-330,-332,-334,-326,-313,-328,-336,-333, -428,-421,-421,-424]} 1. g3 {Clash of the titans Modern philosophy vs evergreen imagination The great Czech player Richard Reti, 1889-1929, never scored superb results in big international tournaments, but his contribution to opening theory has widely expanded the horizons of chessplayers. 1.Nf3 followed by g2-g3, or even 1.g3 - this concept was anathema for the tenets of the classical chess school: "White has an opportunity to seize an immediate advantage in the centre". Reti did not accept the conventional wisdom of his time - on the contrary, he believed that the opponent's centre would be prone to attack later, using the power of the two fianchettoed bishops against the advanced central pawns. This revolutionary approach had a devastating effect on many strong players who regularly missed the turning point of the game in such unusual environment. Even Capablanca suffered a humiliating defeat against Reti's favourite construct, in the famous game in the New York tournament of 1924, where the Cuban champion used the words "I resign" for the first time in ten years. Nowadays, of course, Reti's opening, with numerous modifications, is a common guest in all tournaments at any level. But chess players will start the game with 1.Nf3 without thinking of the brave challenge sent out by the visionary Czech genius to the chess world 75 years ago. Der große tschechische Spieler Richard Reti, 1889–1929, hat nie hervorragende Ergebnisse in den großen internationalen Turnieren erzielt, sein Beitrag zur Eröffnungstheorie und -strategie hat indes das Verständnis der Spieler grundlegend erweitert. 1.Nf3 gefolgt von g2-g3, oder sogar 1.g3 – diese Konzeption galt als Anathema zur klassischen Schule des Schach, die verlangte, daß der Anziehende sofort nach Vorteil im Zentrum streben sollte. Reti hat diese althergebrachte Weisheit nicht akzeptiert – im Gegenteil rechnete er damit, daß die gegnerischen Zentrumsbauern im Verlaufe der Partie vortreffliche Zielscheiben für Angriffe durch die fianchettierten Läufer abgeben würden. Diese revolutionäre Strategie hatte eine vernichtende Wirkung auf die Spielweise von vielen starken Spielern, die bei solch ungewöhnlichen Verhältnissen auf dem Schachbrett regelmäßig den Wendepunkt der Partie verkannten. Sogar der große Capablanca mußte 1924 beim Turnier in New York eine peinliche Niederlage gegen Retis Lieblingsverteidigung einstecken und zum ersten Mal in zehn Jahren die Worte "Ich gebe auf" aussprechen. Heutzutage ist Retis Eröffnung, mit zahlreichen Modifikationen, natürlich ein regelmäßiger Gast bei Turnieren jeder Kategorie. Allerdings wird selten ein Spieler, der mit dem sehr beliebten Zug 1.Nf3 seine Partie beginnt, an die mutige Herausforderung denken, mit der das visionäre tschechische Genie vor 75 Jahren die Schachwelt aufrüttelte.} e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 d5 4. d3 exd3 5. Qxd3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 O-O 9. c4 Na6 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Qc4 Nbxd5 12. N2b3 c6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Rd2 Qc8 16. Nc5 Bh3 17. Bf3 Bg4 18. Bg2 Bh3 19. Bf3 Bg4 20. Bh1 h5 21. b4 a6 22. Rc1 h4 23. a4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Qc7 {Forced to fight against Reti's special weapon Alekhine has almost equalized, but his opponent, playing with ongoing inventiveness, has managed to retain the initiative. He has a positional edge because of his superiority in the centre and on the queenside, with Alekhine obviously looking for counterchances on the kingside. Aljechin ist gezwungen, gegen Retis Spezialwaffe anzutreten, hat aber fast gleichgezogen. Aber der Gegner hat es mit anhaltendem Einfallsreichtum geschafft, die Initiative zu behalten. Er hat einen positionellen Vorteil im Zentrum und am Damenflügel, während Aljechin offensichtlich Gegenspiel am Königsflügel sucht.} 25. b5 ({Eine solide positionelle Alternative war} 25. e4 Ne7 26. a5 {strengthening the knight on c5 was a solid positional alternative, but Reti wanted to create weaknesses on c6. , wonach der Springer auf c5 verstärkt wird. Aber Reti wollte eine Schwäche auf c6 erzeugen.}) 25... axb5 26. axb5 {White's strategy seems to be working very nicely. The isolated black pawn is doomed to fall within a few moves. But Alekhine wasn't going to passively wait for destruction. He finds a way to completely change the unwanted course of the game. Die weiße Strategie scheint sehr gut zu funktionieren, zumal der schwarze Isolani in wenigen Zügen verlorengehen wird. Aber Aljechin hatte nicht vor, passiv auf seine eigene Vernichtung zu warten. Er findet einen Weg, um den Charakter der Partie völlig umzukehren.} Re3 $1 {All of a sudden the white king feels insecure. The audacious rook cannot be taken: Auf einmal ist es der weiße König, der sich nun unsicher fühlt.} 27. Nf3 $2 {From now on Alekhine makes a series of moves that sweep White off the board. Von nun an führt Aljechin eine Reihe von Zügen aus, die Weiß förmlich vom Brett fegen.} ({The impudent rook cannot be taken: Der freche Turm kann nicht geschlagen werden:} 27. fxe3 $4 Qxg3+ {with mate; and even after nebst Matt;}) ({und auch nach} 27. Bg2 Rxg3 $1 28. fxg3 $2 ({ Hier ist} 28. e3 $1 {is much stronger, but Black still has sufficient compensation for the sacrificed material: viel stärker, aber Schwarz hat immer noch genügend Kompensation für das geopferte Material.:} Nxe3 29. fxe3 Nd5) 28... Ne3 29. Qd3 Qxg3 {wins. In the last variation 28.e3! was much stronger... (see above). Alas Alekhine's original attempt to complicate the position could have been met by simply gewinnt Schwarz.}) ({Leider konnte Aljechins origineller Versuch, die Stellung zu verkomplizieren, ganz einfach durch} 27. Bf3 Bxf3 28. exf3 {ending Black's activity; or even by the cold-blooded abgewehrt werden, wonach die schwarze Aktivität zum erliegen kommt.}) ({ Auch das kaltblütige} 27. Kh2 {Black will continue to apply pressure on g3: war spielbar. Schwarz wird weiterhin Druck auf g3 üben:} Raa3 $1 {and the rook still cannot be touched der Turm ist immer noch tabu} 28. fxe3 Nxe3 29. Qb4 Nf1+ $1 30. Kg1 Qxg3+ 31. Bg2 (31. Kxf1 Bh3+) 31... Ne3 {and mate. But the quiet 28.Ncb3 would have given White the upper hand. However, confronted with Alekhine's dramatic assault Reti panicked - unfortunate for him, lucky for the world of chess! nebst Matt. Aber das gelassene 28.Ncb3 hätte Weiß die Oberhand gegeben. Allerdings geriet Reti angesichts des dramatischen schwarzen Angriffszugs in Panik. Das war für ihn ein Unglück, aber eine große Bereicherung für die Welt des Schachs!}) 27... cxb5 $1 28. Qxb5 Nc3 {Now the black pieces are swarming Die schwarzen Figuren schwärmen in den Angriff.} 29. Qxb7 (29. Qc4 {doesn't help: hilft wenig:} b5 $1) 29... Qxb7 30. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 31. Kh2 {Die weiße Stellung ist wenig attraktiv, aber wie kann Schwarz das zum vollen Punkt verwerten?} (31. Kf1 {is hopeless too: ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos: } Nxg3+ 32. fxg3 Bxf3 33. Bxf3 Rxf3+ 34. Kg2 Raa3 {etc. White's position has lost its attraction, but how can Black make something serious out of that? Both 31...Nxc1... (see below)}) 31... Ne4 $3 {What a move! This new member of the cavalry regiment will turn White's defence lines into dust. Now White's best chance was 32.Nd8... (see below) Was für einen Zug! Das neue Mitglied der schwarzen Kavallerie wird die weiße Verteidigungslinie in Staub auflösen.} ({ Sowohl} 31... Nxc1 {and}) ({wie auch} 31... Rxf3 32. Rxe2 Rf5 33. Rb2 {lead to an obvious draw. führen offensichtlich zum Remis.}) 32. Rc4 {Reti, using nice tactical attempts, desperately hopes he will be able to exchange the terrifying black pieces. 32.. .Bxf3... (see below) Mit netten taktischen Finessen versucht Reti verzweifelt, die furchterregenden schwarzen Figuren abzutauschen.} ({Jetzt war die beste Chance für Reti} 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. fxe3 { although after obwohl nach} Rd5 $1 {Black wins the pawn while his pieces still dominate the board. Schwarz den Bauern erobert, während seine Figuren immer noch das Brett beherrschen.}) (32. fxe3 $2 Nxd2 {loses right away. verliert sofort}) 32... Nxf2 {The simple refutation - Black takes the key pawn on f2 and keeps all threats alive. Die einfache Widerlegung – Schwarz nimmt den wichtigen Bauern auf f2 und hält alle Drohungen aufrecht.} ({Nach} 32... Bxf3 { is met by kommt} 33. Rxe4 $3 Bxe4 34. fxe3 Bxh1 35. Kxh1 Nxg3+ 36. Kg2 Ne4 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Nxd8 {with good drawing chances. mit guten Remischancen.}) (32... Nxd2 {also doesn't work geht auch nicht:} 33. Nxd2 Rd3 34. Nc5 $1) 33. Bg2 { Black is clearly winning, but Alekhine's final combination makes this game a true masterpiece. Schwarz war klar auf der Siegerstraße, aber Aljechins Schlußkombination macht aus der Partie ein Meisterwerk.} Be6 $1 34. Rcc2 Ng4+ 35. Kh3 Ne5+ 36. Kh2 Rxf3 $1 37. Rxe2 Ng4+ 38. Kh3 {Neither now nor before could the white king move to the first rank because of the deadly check on a1 Weder jetzt noch früher konnte der weiße König auf die erste Reihe ziehen, wegen des tödlichen Schachs auf a1.} Ne3+ 39. Kh2 Nxc2 40. Bxf3 Nd4 41. Rf2 Nxf3+ 42. Rxf3 Bd5 {and the abandoned knight on b7 is lost. The endgame with a piece less is hopeless, so Reti resigned. I think there is reason to nominate this game the most beautiful ever played in the history of chess. und der verlassene Springer auf b7 geht verloren. Das Endspiel mit einer Minusfigur ist verloren, also hat Reti die Partie aufgegeben. Es überrascht mich nicht, daß diese Partie damals zu den schönsten der ganzen Schachgeschichte gezählt wurde.} 0-1 [Event "Warsaw"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "1929.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Glucksberg"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A85"] [Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1929.??.??"] {[%evp 0,44,27,24,92,32,33,53,53,44,54,54,91,82,78,80,55,66,83,-27,-74,-74,-74, -136,-142,-208,-208,-181,-104,-104,-52,-45,-71,-91,0,-11,-53,-65,-185,-257,165, 266,-549,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. d4 {This game became known as the Polish Immortal as Najdorf with the Black pieces throws all four of his minor pieces to the wolves in order to snare the enemy king.} f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng5 Bxh2+ {The first sac.} 10. Kh1 (10. Kxh2 Ng4+ 11. Kg1 Qxg5 $17) 10... Ng4 11. f4 Qe8 12. g3 Qh5 13. Kg2 Bg1 {This time it really is the first sac as White is finally compelled to accept.} 14. Nxg1 Qh2+ 15. Kf3 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxe5+ {The second, continuing the process of forcing the king up the board away from safety.} 17. fxe5 Nxe5+ 18. Kf4 Ng6+ 19. Kf3 f4 20. exf4 Bg4+ {The third, dragging the king on to the inescapable g-file lest he let the queen fall.} 21. Kxg4 Ne5+ { The fourth, this one bringing the f-file fully under the Black rook's control.} 22. fxe5 h5# 0-1 [Event "World Championship 16th"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1935.12.03"] [Round "26"] [White "Euwe, Max"] [Black "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A90"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1935.10.03"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "NED"] {[%evp 0,93,24,23,30,-14,44,24,47,47,52,53,53,56,71,56,84,69,114,50,50,57,49, 40,40,43,72,60,45,44,59,21,0,-3,51,3,23,35,23,26,28,23,15,-3,-9,-14,-11,48,33, -8,5,-8,-8,-8,18,38,61,52,81,-9,38,15,38,0,107,37,80,72,72,74,63,48,173,0,17, 17,24,32,61,55,99,66,76,94,94,47,76,37,48,194,269,269,271,372,385,398]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 (7... d5 $142) 8. O-O b6 (8... Bf6 {24th game}) 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxc3 (10... d6 $2 11. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 (11... dxe5 12. Nf6+) 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4) 11. Bxc3 (11. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 12. Kg2 Nxd4 13. Qd3 Nbc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 (14... dxc6 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 $17 16. Qxd4 $4 c5+ $19) 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 $17 16. Qxd7 $4 Ne5+ $19 {Euwe}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. d5 $1 d6 14. Nd3 e5 15. Kh1 (15. f4) 15... c6 16. Qb3 $1 {/\17. c5! bc 18.Ne5 de 19.d6+} Kh8 (16... c5 17. f4 e4 18. Ne1 {/\Ng2-e3 Euwe}) 17. f4 e4 18. Nb4 $1 {/\19.dc, 20.Sd5} c5 19. Nc2 Nd7 20. Ne3 Bf6 21. Nxf5 $1 $16 Bxc3 22. Nxd6 Qb8 23. Nxe4 Bf6 24. Nd2 $1 {/\e4,e5} g5 $1 25. e4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bd4 27. e5 Qe8 28. e6 Rg8 (28... Nf6 $2 29. Nf3 {/\30.Nd4}) 29. Nf3 $6 (29. exd7 $2 Qe2 $1) (29. Qh3 $1 {/\1.Protecting the king. 2.Threatening the black king. Nf3-g5 3.Supporting the advance of the passed pawns.} Nf6 30. Nf3 Bxb2 31. Rab1 $18 {Euwe}) 29... Qg6 30. Rg1 (30. Ng5 Ne5 $1 $132) 30... Bxg1 31. Rxg1 Qf6 $2 $18 (31... Qf5 $1 32. exd7 (32. Ng5 h6 $1 {Euwe} (32... Rxg5 33. fxg5 Qe4+ 34. Rg2 Qe1+ 35. Rg1 $10 {Euwe})) 32... Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qxd7 34. Kf2 $10 {Euwe}) 32. Ng5 $1 Rg7 (32... h6 33. Nf7+ Kh7 34. Qd3+ Rg6 35. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 (35... Nf8 36. e7 $1) 36. fxe5 Qg7 37. d6 {/\38.Qg6 Rg6 39.Rg6 Kg6 40.d7... 41. e7+- Euwe} Qb7+ 38. Qd5 Rxg1+ (38... Qxd5+ 39. cxd5 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Kg6 41. d7 Rg8 42. Kh1 Kf5 43. e7 $18) (38... Qg7 39. Rxg6 Qxg6 40. Qb7+ $18) 39. Kxg1 Qg7+ 40. Qg2 Rg8 41. Qxg7+ Rxg7+ 42. Kh1 Kg6 43. d7 $18) (32... Rxg5 33. fxg5 Qd4 34. Qc3 $18 {o^Euwe}) 33. exd7 Rxd7 34. Qe3 Re7 (34... Qxb2 35. Qe6 $18) 35. Ne6 Rf8 (35... Qxb2 36. d6 $1 Ree8 (36... Rd7 37. Nc7 Rf8 38. Qe5+ $18) 37. d7 Re7 38. d8=Q+ Rxd8 39. Nxd8 $18 {Euwe} Rxe3 $4 40. Nf7#) 36. Qe5 Qxe5 37. fxe5 Rf5 (37... Rxe6 $142 38. dxe6 Rf5 $1 (38... Re8 39. Kg2 Rxe6 40. Re1 Kg7 41. Kf3 $18) 39. Re1 Kg8 40. Re3 $1 (40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Rf1 $2 Rxf1 42. Kxf1 Ke7) 40... Kf8 41. Ra3 Rxe5 (41... a5 42. Rb3) 42. Rxa7 Rxe6 43. b3 $1 Re2 44. Rxh7 Rxa2 45. Rb7 $18 {Euwe}) 38. Re1 $6 (38. Rg5 $1 Rxg5 39. Nxg5 Kg7 (39... h6 40. d6 $1 $18) 40. d6 $1 Rxe5 (40... Rd7 41. Ne6+ Kf7 42. Nf4 Ke8 43. Kg2 Rg7+ 44. Kf3 Kd7 45. Ke4 Kc6 46. Nd5 $18) 41. d7 Re1+ 42. Kg2 Rd1 43. d8=Q Rxd8 44. Ne6+ $18 {Euwe}) 38... h6 $6 (38... Rxe6 $1 39. dxe6 Kg8 40. Re3 $1) (38... Kg8 39. Rg1+ Kf7 (39... Kh8 40. Rg5) 40. Nd8+ Kf8 41. Nc6 $18 {Euwe}) 39. Nd8 Rf2 40. e6 Rd2 {adjourned} 41. Nc6 Re8 42. e7 b5 43. Nd8 Kg7 44. Nb7 Kf6 45. Re6+ Kg5 46. Nd6 Rxe7 47. Ne4+ {This game is called: The Pearl of Zandvoort} 1-0 [Event "City Of London Championship"] [Site "London, England"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Frank Parr"] [Black "G Wheatcroft"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D71"] [Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1938.??.??"] {[%evp 0,59,24,23,23,-14,48,-2,29,24,25,16,16,17,14,14,24,-9,19,19,19,5,14,10, 129,83,116,114,121,62,111,91,98,98,110,46,46,67,67,178,206,199,167,45,45,-166, -198,333,333,-227,108,108,104,0,0,0,0,429,29991,29992,29997,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nc3 Qa5 15. Qb3 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxd5 (16... Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa3 (18... Qxd5 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Nxd5) 19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. Nxe8 Kxe8 $18) 17. Rac1 Be6 18. Rc5 Qb6 19. Rb5 Qa6 20. Nc5 Nxe3 21. Nxe6 Nxf1 22. Ng5 Nd2 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Bd5 h6 25. Bb2 Rg8 26. Qd7 Qa4 27. Bb3 Nxb3 28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Rh5 Qa5 (29... Qxd7 30. Ng5+ Kh8 31. Rxh6#) 30. Rxh6+ {Black resigns.} (30. Rxh6+ Bxh6 31. Ng5#) 1-0 [Event "New York Rosenwald"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Byrne, Donald"] [Black "Fischer, Robert James"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D97"] [Annotator "Shipov"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1956.10.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] {[%evp 0,82,23,23,23,-14,60,39,35,35,37,27,29,7,-8,-7,53,28,39,14,19,10,15,-46, -39,-52,-52,-48,-6,-6,32,-80,134,-158,-101,-4,-133,-190,-474,-474,-492,-501, -505,-501,-496,-501,-502,-505,-504,-504,-504,-509,-495,-561,-501,-516,-481, -567,-567,-658,-657,-662,-593,-643,-682,-701,-711,-724,-702,-926,-1048,-1114, -1599,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998, -29999,-30000]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. Qb3 (6. e3) (6. Rc1 $5) 6... dxc4 7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 (8... Bg4 9. Be2 Nfd7 10. Rd1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxd8 Nxc4 15. Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. Be2 $1 Nb6 (16... Nxb2 17. Kd2 b5 $8 18. Rb1 Nc4+ 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rb4 $16) 17. Kd2 $14 {Dydyshko,V-Dorfman,J/Minsk/1986/1:0/57/}) (8... b5 $1 9. Qb3 Qa5 { /\ b4/} 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qd1 c5 $5 $132) 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Bg5 $2 (11. Be2 Nfd7 12. Qa3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Qe8 15. Be2 Nxe5 16. O-O $14 { Flear,G-Morris,P/ Dublin/1991/1:0/46/}) 11... Na4 $3 12. Qa3 (12. Nxa4 Nxe4 13. Qc1 (13. Qxe7 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qxa4 15. Qxe4 Rfe8 16. Be7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf8 $19) 13... Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxg5 $17) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qb6 $17 {î@} 15. Bc4 (15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Qb3 Nxc3 $1 $17) 15... Nxc3 $1 16. Bc5 (16. Qxc3 Rfe8 17. Bxf7+ (17. Qe3 Qc7 $19) 17... Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kxe7 19. O-O Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Qb5 $19) 16... Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 Be6 $3 (17... Nb5 $2 18. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 (18... Kh8 19. Bxb6 Nxa3 20. Bxe8 $16) 19. Qb3+ Be6 20. Ng5+ $18) 18. Bxb6 (18. Bxe6 Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+ 21. Kg1 Qf1+ $1 22. Rxf1 Ne2#) (18. Qxc3 Qxc5 $1 19. dxc5 Bxc3 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 $19) (18. Bd3 Nb5 $17) 18... Bxc4+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ 21. Kg1 (21. Rd3 axb6 22. Qc3 Nxf3 $19) 21... Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4 Ra4 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 $19 26. h3 Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4+ (37... Bb3 $5) 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2# {mate} 0-1 [Event "World Championship 23th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1960.04.26"] [Round "17"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B18"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1960.03.15"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "URS"] {[%evp 0,81,23,16,49,71,59,44,50,50,71,49,45,57,63,25,16,6,2,2,-6,-12,8,4,-7, -18,6,-5,8,-41,-41,-15,-9,3,-10,-18,3,-49,-5,-11,25,9,17,1,1,3,-10,8,26,12,0,0, 29,-13,-5,-86,-68,-58,-58,-51,-56,-56,-18,-28,-42,-35,-51,-59,-35,-33,-34,-34, -38,-75,1,-36,-33,-119,-113,-113,286,531,531,315]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 { Botvinnik chooses the Caro Kann Defence.} 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8. Nf4 {Tal wants to take out the light-square bishop.} Bd6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. O-O Qa5 12. f4 O-O-O {Black castles on the queenside so we're in for a lively encounter with pawns free to advance on the kings.} 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4 Nb6 15. Be2 Be7 16. Qd3 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. c4 Nf6 19. Rab1 Qd7 20. Rbd1 Kb8 21. Qb3 Qc7 22. a4 Rh4 23. a5 Nc8 24. Qe3 Ne7 25. Qe5 Rhh8 26. b5 {The White queenside pawns build up a head of steam and the Black King is feeling uneasy.} cxb5 27. Qxb5 a6 28. Qb2 Rd7 29. c5 Ka8 30. Bf3 Nc6 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. Rf3 Qa4 33. Rfd3 Rc8 34. Rb1 Qxa5 35. Rb3 {White's big guns are moving into position but there is a bit of dancing to do yet.} Qc7 36. Qa3 Ka7 37. Rb6 Qxf4 38. Ne2 Qe4 39. Qb3 Qd5 $4 {The error.} (39... Ka8 $1 $19 { Would have been decisive.}) 40. Rxa6+ $1 Kb8 41. Qa4 1-0 [Event "URS-ch27"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1960.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Spassky, Boris V"] [Black "Bronstein, David I"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C36"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1960.??.??"] {[%evp 0,45,23,30,16,-26,-20,-34,3,-25,39,35,39,36,38,7,48,35,23,12,45,18,6,6, 6,-13,-22,-58,-35,-8,54,-248,-198,-99,-99,138,70,126,255,270,270,257,224,184, 222,540,714,815]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. Nc3 $6 (5. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4 O-O 9. d4 b6 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Rae1 Rae8 14. a3 a5 15. Nb5 $16 {Gurgenidze-Radovici/Tbilisi/1960/} ) 5... Ne7 6. d4 O-O (6... c6 $5 {-> C 31:2...d5 3.ed5 c6 4.Nc3 ef4 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.d4 Ne7 7.Bd3 / 7.Bc4 / 7.dc6}) 7. Bd3 Nd7 $6 (7... Bf5 $5) 8. O-O h6 $2 (8... Nf6 $5 9. Ne5 Nfxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12. Rxf4 Qg5 $1 $10) (8... Ng6 $5 9. Ne4 Nf6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. c4 Bg4 $13) 9. Ne4 $1 Nxd5 10. c4 Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. c5 Be7 13. Bc2 $1 (13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Qxe3 Nd5 $13) 13... Re8 14. Qd3 e2 $2 (14... Nf8 $1) 15. Nd6 $5 (15. Rf2 $1 $16) 15... Nf8 $6 (15... Bxd6 $5 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. cxd6 exf1=Q+ (17... cxd6 $2 18. Rf2 Nf6 19. Qh8+ Ng8 (19... Ke7 20. Rxe2+ Be6 21. Qxg7 $18) 20. Bh7 $18) 18. Rxf1 cxd6 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Re1+ Ne5 21. Qxg7 $44 Rg8 $1 22. Qxh6 Qb6 $1 23. Kh1 Be6 24. dxe5 d5 $10) 16. Nxf7 exf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Bf5 (17... Kxf7 18. Ne5+ Kg8 19. Qh7+ $1 Nxh7 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Ng6#) (17... Qd5 $5 18. Bb3 $1 (18. N3e5 $2 Bxc5 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Bb3 Rxe5 $1 $13) 18... Qxf7 $1 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qc4+ Kg6 21. Qg8 $1 Bf6 (21... Be6 22. Ne5+ Kh5 23. Qxg7 $18) 22. Ne5+ Bxe5 23. Qf7+ Kh7 24. Qxe8 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 Ng6 26. Rd1 Bxc5 27. Rd8 Ne7 28. h4 $1 $18) 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bf6 20. N3e5 Qe7 ( 20... Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qe7 22. Qe4 g6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 (23... Qxf8 24. Bb3+ Kh7 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ $18) 24. Bb3+ Kh7 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh6+ Qh7 27. Ng6#) 21. Bb3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5+ Kh7 23. Qe4+ 1-0 [Event "World Championship 28th"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "1972.07.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Spassky, Boris V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D59"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1972.07.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "ISL"] {[%evp 0,81,23,-15,-14,1,1,-14,-3,4,5,-3,32,13,42,3,36,23,31,33,28,30,40,30,64, 47,25,13,20,14,51,17,2,-4,44,12,18,5,38,8,8,11,34,36,48,41,49,49,59,40,95,56, 53,51,81,55,117,81,125,100,185,119,128,99,154,157,185,184,211,163,214,169,224, 131,219,261,257,267,383,351,383,287,659,659]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 (7... Nbd7 8. Rc1 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 { Tartakover} (9... Nxd5 $2 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Rxc7) 10. Bb5 $1 $16 {Capablanca}) 8. cxd5 (8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O { Korchnoi-Geller/Suchumi/1971/}) 8... Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Bb5 $1 a6 (14... Kf8 {/\ c4, a6, b5} 15. dxc5 bxc5 (15... Rxc5 $1 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 $1 17. Kd2 (17. Qxc5+ bxc5 18. Kd2 Ke7 19. Rc1 Kd6 {/\ 20...Nd7 Zelinskis}) 17... Qxa3 18. bxa3 Nd7 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Rc1 Ke7 22. Kd3 f6 23. Nf3 Kd6 24. Kd4 Bd7 25. Nd2 Re8 26. f3 g5 { 1/2/Zelinskis-Sichov/corr/1971}) 16. b3 c4 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Nd4 a6 19. Ba4 $16 {Timman}) (14... Qb7 {/\ 15... c4 Pachmann} 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rxc5 Rxc5 17. Qxc5 a6 18. Bd3 Qxb2 19. O-O Nd7 (19... Qxa2 $2 20. Nd4) 20. Qc6 Rb8 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Rc1 $14 {Timman}) 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Ra7 (16... Qb7 {Geller} 17. Ba4 $1 Qb6 18. Ne5 {/\ 19.Nd3} a5 (18... Ra7 19. f4 $1 (19. Nd3 Rac7)) 19. f4 $1 ( 19. Nd3 Na6) 19... f6 20. f5 Bf7 (20... fxe5 21. fxe6 Na6 22. e4 $1) 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rfd1 $16 {Andersson}) (16... Qa7 {Larsen} 17. Be2 (17. Ba4 a5 18. Ne5 f6 $1 19. Nd3 Na6 $10)) (16... Nc6 {Donner} 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Ne5 $1 (18. Nd4 Rc7 19. Nb3 d4 $1 $132) 18... Rc7 19. Nd3 $16) 17. Be2 Nd7 (17... c4 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Nd4 Nc6 {Tal} 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. b3 Na5 22. bxc4 Nxc4 23. e4 $16 Rec7 24. Bg4 {Purdy}) (17... a5 18. Rc3 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Re8 20. Bb5 $16 {Furman-Geller/ USSR ch/1970/}) 18. Nd4 $1 {/\ 19.Nb3, 19.Ne6} Qf8 {? Timman} (18... Kf8 $142 $16 {Purdy}) (18... Nf8 $142 $16 {Purdy}) (18... Nf6 $142 19. Nb3 Nd7 $13 { Timman} (19... Ne4 20. f3 $1 (20. Bf3 c4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Bxe4 (22. Nd4 Nc5 23. b3 cxb3 $1 24. axb3 Nd3 25. Ra1 Nb4 $17) 22... cxb3 $1 (22... dxe4 23. Nd4 $16) 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bxd5 bxa2 25. Bxa2 Rb7 $10 26. Rc1 Bf5 {Timman}) 20... c4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd4 (22. fxe4 cxb3 $10) 22... Nc5 23. b3 {K +/-/+/= Timman }) (19... c4 $16 {Purdy}) 20. Bb5 Nf6) 19. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 20. e4 $1 d4 $2 (20... Nf6 $142 {Purdy} 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bf3 $16 {Timman}) (20... c4 21. Qh3 Qf7 22. Bh5 (22. Bg4 Re8 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rfe1 Ne5 (24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Kf8) 25. Bh5 g6 26. Qg3 Rae7 27. f4 Nd3 (27... Kh7 $5) 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Bxg6 Qxf4 30. Bf7+ $1 Kxf7 31. Rf1 Qxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Re1+ 33. Qxe1 Nxe1 34. Kxe1 $18 {Tal}) 22... Qe7 (22... g6 $2 23. Bg4 $18) 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rfe1 Qf6 25. Bg4 $18 {Timman}) 21. f4 Qe7 (21... Kh8 $142 {/\ 22.e5 Nb6} 22. Bc4 {/\ 23.e5 +/-} e5 23. fxe5 Qe7 24. e6 Ne5 25. Qg3 $1 Nxc4 $2 26. Rf7 $18 {Timman}) 22. e5 Rb8 (22... Nb6 $2 23. f5 {/\ 24.f6} exf5 $2 (23... c4 24. Qa5 Qc5 25. b4 $1 Qb5 (25... Qc6 $142 26. Rf4) 26. a4 $3 Nxa4 27. Rxc4 $1 Rxc4 28. Qd8+ $18 {-> Timman}) 24. Qb3+ $18 {Purdy}) 23. Bc4 Kh8 (23... Nb6 $142 24. Qxc5 (24. Qb3 $1 $18 {Tal}) 24... Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxb2 26. Qxd4 (26. f5 Qg5) 26... Rab7 {Purdy} (26... Rxa2 $2 27. f5 Rd7 28. f6 $1 $18)) 24. Qh3 Nf8 25. b3 a5 26. f5 exf5 27. Rxf5 Nh7 28. Rcf1 ( 28. Rf7 $4 Ng5) 28... Qd8 29. Qg3 Re7 30. h4 Rbb7 31. e6 $1 Rbc7 32. Qe5 Qe8 ( 32... d3 33. R5f3 $18 {Timman}) 33. a4 Qd8 34. R1f2 Qe8 35. R2f3 Qd8 36. Bd3 Qe8 37. Qe4 Nf6 (37... Rxe6 38. Rf8+ Nxf8 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8 40. Qh7#) 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg8 40. Bc4 {/\ 41.Rf7 Timman} Kh8 41. Qf4 1-0 [Event "World Championship 32th-KK2"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.10.15"] [Round "16"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1985.09.03"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "URS"] {[%evp 0,80,29,30,55,56,66,39,45,58,58,28,50,-7,-7,15,17,-21,58,49,63,67,62,1, 76,-14,57,41,27,25,0,-2,4,11,-23,-79,-48,-137,-129,-138,-117,-118,-115,-102, -62,-80,-71,-79,-81,-97,-99,-99,-90,-100,-92,-98,-92,-116,-84,-75,-60,-105,-92, -97,-115,-115,-23,-241,-260,-310,-250,-250,-424,-424,-153,-288,-288,-416,-785, -29997,-29994,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Be2 Bc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf3 Bf5 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Qd2 b5 16. Rad1 Nd3 $1 {The Octopus Knight that will prove decisive for Black will prove next to impossible to dislodge.} 17. Nab1 h6 18. Bh4 b4 19. Na4 Bd6 20. Bg3 Rc8 21. b3 g5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. g3 Nd7 24. Bg2 Qf6 25. a3 a5 26. axb4 axb4 {Black winning the battle for space and White's pieces are desperately cramped. Both knights are frozen as is the Queen while the bishop is passive to say the least.} 27. Qa2 Bg6 28. d6 g4 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. f3 Qxd6 31. fxg4 {Now the final assault begins...} Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Nf6 33. Rf4 Ne4 34. Qxd3 Nf2+ 35. Rxf2 Bxd3 36. Rfd2 Qe3 37. Rxd3 Rc1 $1 38. Nb2 Qf2 39. Nd2 Rxd1+ 40. Nxd1 Re1+ {White hoists the White flag.} (40... Re1+ 41. Nf1 Rxf1+ 42. Bxf1 Qxf1#) (40... Re1+ 41. Bf1 Rxf1+ 42. Nxf1 Qxf1#) 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens op"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1995.01.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"] [Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2585"] [Annotator "Zvjaginsev"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] {[%evp 0,70,23,23,30,30,23,-14,4,4,39,26,37,1,31,14,28,22,14,0,0,-19,11,11,-3, -3,-3,-3,15,1,18,-14,1,-22,-22,-22,-93,-93,-54,-93,-86,-86,-59,-72,-61,-57,-41, -36,4,-41,0,0,0,0,0,-114,0,0,0,0,4,-210,-246,-222,305,305,928,928,500,1,-29996, -29997,-29998]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Be2 (7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O dxc4 $6 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Qe2 $16) 7... Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 (9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 $14) 9... O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qc7 12. Nc3 (12. Bg5 $10) (12. Nxf6+ $6 Nxf6 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 a5 $15) 12... c5 13. d5 (13. Nb5 Qb8 14. g3 cxd4 $13) 13... exd5 14. cxd5 a6 15. Nh4 $1 g6 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Qd2 $6 (17. a4 $132) 17... Bd6 18. g3 b5 $1 $15 19. Bf3 (19. Nf5 b4) 19... b4 20. Ne2 Ne4 $6 (20... Ne5) 21. Qc2 Ndf6 22. Ng2 $1 $10 Qd7 23. Ne3 (23. Bf4 Bf8 $10 ) 23... Rad8 24. Bg2 $2 (24. Rac1 $1 $13) 24... Nxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Rxe3 $1 26. Bxe3 (26. Kxe3 Ng4+ 27. Kd2 Nxh6 $17) 26... Ng4+ 27. Kf3 Nxh2+ 28. Kf2 Ng4+ 29. Kf3 Qe6 $1 $19 30. Bf4 (30. Qe4 Qxe4+ 31. Kxe4 Re8+) (30. Qd2 $2 Re8) (30. Bc1 Re8 31. Nf4 Bxf4 32. gxf4 Ne3 33. Kf2 Qe7 $1 34. Qe2 (34. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kf1 a5 ) 34... Nxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qh4+ 36. Kf3 Qh5+ $19) 30... Re8 (30... Bxf4 31. Qe4 $1) 31. Qc4 Qe3+ 32. Bxe3 Rxe3+ 33. Kxg4 Bc8+ 34. Kg5 h6+ $1 35. Kxh6 Re5 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.20"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Stohl"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] {[%evp 0,87,23,16,78,77,77,93,103,65,88,48,58,36,44,33,29,-18,-17,-14,8,17,32, -4,31,22,68,14,27,8,32,25,32,35,69,65,50,50,69,43,37,72,72,72,135,22,0,0,0, -224,-195,-412,-280,-344,-344,-530,-509,-803,-408,-387,-311,-126,-126,-126,136, 55,55,348,348,344,344,344,344,344,347,347,347,371,373,364,377,376,377,385,374, 386,372,460,457,457]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} d6 {Topalov is a Sicilian player, but against Kasparov he prefers to spring a slight surprise on his well prepared opponent as soon as possible.} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 ({Pirc is a somewhat rare opening in Gary's practice and he often used to react with} 3. f3 $5 {e.g.} e5 4. d5 c6 5. c4 Qb6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 cxd5 9. Na4 $1 Qc7 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Be2 Bd8 14. O-O Qa5 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Bd2 Ne8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bf6 19. Bg4 Qd8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qf3 Rc7 22. Nf5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Na4 24. Qg3 Nxc3 25. Rae1 f6 26. Bxd6 Nxd6 27. Nxd6 $36 {Kasparov,G-Wahls, M/GER-Kasparov/ 1992/ But the Bulgarian was probably well prepared for a fight in the Saemisch, after all he is King's Indian expert.}) 3... g6 4. Be3 Bg7 $6 {A major exponent of the 4.Be3 line GM Vlastimil Jansa would be dissatisfied with this move, as later Black will have to lose a tempo capturing on h6.} ( 4... Ng4 $6 5. Bg5 {is also not ideal, as it rather loses than gains time.}) ( 4... c6 $5 {has the best reputation.} 5. h3 $1 {Black's most reasonable alternative is} ({Less dangerous is} 5. Qd2 $143 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b5 7. Nf3 e5 $5 $132) 5... Nbd7 (5... b5 $143 $6 6. e5 $1 dxe5 (6... Nfd7 7. exd6 exd6 8. d5 b4 9. dxc6 bxc3 10. cxd7+ Nxd7 11. b3 Be7 12. Bh6 Bb7 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Be2 g5 15. Bg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 h5 17. Qd3 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Bxc3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Bb4 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Ba8 24. Rxg4 Rh8 25. O-O-O $18 {Sokolov,A-Zakharevich, I/Elista/1995/}) 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Rxd1 Nfd7 9. f4 Bg7 10. Nf3 f6 11. e6 Nf8 12. Nxb5 Nxe6 13. Nxa7 Bb7 14. Bc4 Nc7 15. Kf2 Nd5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rxa2 19. Rb5 O-O 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rc8 23. Rd2 $18 { Jansa,V-Schlosser,M/Muenster/1992/}) (5... Bg7 $143 $6 6. f4 $1 {[+]()} O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. e5 Nh5 9. Ne2 Bh8 10. g4 Ng7 11. Bg2 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nb6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. O-O Qd7 15. Nf4 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rae1 Nc7 19. c3 Nce6 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Ne4 a5 22. Rf2 b5 23. Ref1 Qb6 24. Kh1 $40 {Jansa,V-Hoi,C/Gausdal/ 1991/}) 6. f4 e5 7. Qf3 $5 {Black's main problem is to break up effectively the strong pawn cahin e4,f5, so deserving attention is} b5 $142 $5 (7... Qa5 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. f5 b5 (10... gxf5 $6 11. Qxf5 $1 b5 12. Nge2 b4 13. Nb1 Nb6 14. Qf2 Na4 15. O-O Be6 16. b3 Nb2 17. Ng3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qb5 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Bg5 $40 {Movsesian,S-Ftacnik,L/Hamburg op/1997/}) 11. Nge2 $36 (11. g4 $143 $6 b4 12. Nd1 gxf5 $1 13. gxf5 b3+ 14. Nc3 bxc2 15. Nge2 Rb8 16. Bc1 Rg8 17. Bxc2 Bf8 18. b3 Ba6 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. a3 Nh5 21. Qxh5 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Bxd2+ $17 {Kharlov,A-Labok,V/Podolsk/1992/})) 8. O-O-O (8. Bd3 Bb7 $132) 8... b4 9. Nce2 Qe7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Qxf5 (12. exf5 $6 Bb7 13. g4 Nd5 14. Bf2 e4 15. Qg3 e3 16. Be1 Bg7 17. g5 Be5 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qg2 O-O-O 20. Nf3 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf4 22. Be2 c5 23. h4 Ne5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kb1 Nxf3 {0-1,Wagener,C-Andersen, J/Szeged/1994/}) 12... Qe6 $5 $13 {<=>}) 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 {More consistent and preferred by Jansa is} (6. Bh6 $5 {as White can sometimes effectively play f4 later on.} Bxh6 7. Qxh6 Qa5 (7... b5 8. e5 $1 b4 9. exf6 bxc3 10. bxc3 exf6 11. Bd3 Qe7+ 12. Ne2 Qf8 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfe1 f5 16. c4 Nd7 17. Rab1 Nb6 18. Qa5 Be6 19. Nf4 Qf6 20. c5 dxc5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxc5 $16 {Jansa, V-Gazik,I/CSR-chT/1992/}) 8. Bd3 c5 $5 (8... b5 9. Nf3 b4 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Rg8 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. a3 Qb5 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qxb4 Rxb4 18. Rfc1 Nb8 19. Rxa7 Rxb2 20. e5 $1 $36 {?e8,Van der Wiel, J-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Wijk aan Zee/1993/}) ({Rather passive is} 8... Nbd7 9. Nf3 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Qh5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Be2 Qe5 14. f4 Qe7 15. Bf3 Nb6 16. Rae1 Rd8 17. b3 c5 18. Nde2 Bd7 19. Ng3 Bc6 20. a4 $16 {(),[+]Adams, M-Nogueiras,J/Buenos Aires/1991/}) 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 $143 Bg4 $1 $13) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 $5 ({Unplayable is} 10... Qb6 $2 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. Ne4 Be6 15. Qg7 O-O-O 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Qxf6 Rhe8 18. Rhe1 Bg4 19. f3 e4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Ba6+ Qxa6 22. Rxd8+ Kb7 23. Qxf7+ Kb6 24. fxe4 { 1-0,Jansa,V-Hoffmann,H/BL2-O 9697/1997/}) 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Nd5 (12. O-O-O Be6 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Kb8 15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. Rxe3 g5 18. g3 h5 19. f4 h4 20. Bb5 Ng4 21. Re2 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rh3 $15 {Kroeze,F-Beim,V/ Leeuwarden/ 1994/}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 $5 $132 (13... Ne5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. a4 Kb8 17. a5 Qc7 18. c4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Qf4 Ne5 21. Ra4 g5 22. Qd4 h5 23. Rc1 h4 24. Qe3 h3 25. g3 e6 26. Nd4 Qc5 27. Rc3 Ng4 28. Qd2 e5 29. Nb3 Qc8 30. c5 $40 {Hamdouchi,H-Chabanon,J/FRA-chT/1998/})) 6... b5 7. Nge2 { White has various possibilities here.} ({Not too promising is the old line} 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. Kb1 Nbd7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Nb6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 $1 12. Qxh3 Na4 $1 $15) ({Ultra-sharp is} 7. g4 h5 $5 (7... Nbd7) 8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 Nb6 $13) 7... Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 {Black should strive for immediate counterplay.} ( 9... e5 $142 $5 10. a3 {and forcing a central exchange costs Black precious time, e.g.} ({Too soft is} 10. dxe5 $143 $6 dxe5 11. Nc1 Bb7 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. b4 a5 15. a3 Kc7 16. Be2 axb4 17. axb4 Ra8 $11 {Kristensen,B-Hansen, C/Vejle/1994/}) 10... Qa5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc1 Bb7 13. b4 $1 Qb6 14. Nb3 $14) (9... Qa5 10. Nc1 b4 (10... Qb6 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Ba6 14. Ne3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Qa6 (15... c5 $5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Nbxa5 cxd4 18. Qd2 $14) 16. Kf2 Rc8 17. Kg1 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. b3 Ncd7 22. Nb5 Ne5 23. Ne3 Qb6 24. Kh1 Rc5 25. Rad1 Rg8 26. Rd2 g5 27. Nxd6+ Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Rg6 29. Rxf6 {1-0,Moroz-Janda/Decin/1998/}) 11. Nb3 Qh5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Nd1 a5 14. a3 Bb7 15. axb4 axb4 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Nf2 O-O 18. Nd3 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Nbxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Rc8 22. Nd3 Rxc2 23. Kd1 b3 24. Be2 Bb7 25. Re1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Nb4 $1 $14 {Rantanen,Y-Jamieson,R/Haifa olm/1976/}) 10. a3 $1 {The right moment for prophylaxis} (10. O-O-O $143 $6 Qa5 $36) ({Gary tries to achieve a better version of} 10. Nc1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nb3 a6 13. O-O-O Qc7 $5 14. Qg7 Rf8 (14... Rg8 $2 15. Rxd7 $18) 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Bh3 Kb8 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxh7 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20. Nc1 a3 21. b3 b4 22. N3e2 c5 23. Qh6 f5 $5 $44 {Moroz, A-Yurasov,A/Simferopol/1991/}) 10... e5 (10... a5 11. Nd1 b4 12. Ng3 $5 $14 { As Black's K will have to castle <<, he doesn't want to weaken his position here any further.}) 11. O-O-O Qe7 {Black wants to get his K to safety as soon as possible.} ({But interesting was} 11... a6 $5 12. Kb1 (12. f4 Ng4 13. Qg7 Qf6 $11 {nikam nevedie a po}) 12... Qc7 {/\ (Covers a5.)} 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qg7 Ke7 $5 $132) 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 $1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 $5 {Topalov realizes the danger, connected with Na5 followed by a timely d5-> and decides to open up the position and fight.} (14... c5 $6 15. d5 $16) 15. Rxd4 (15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nb3 {-15.Rd4}) 15... c5 16. Rd1 Nb6 {/\d5} (16... Ne5 17. Be2 d5 $2 18. f4 {/\e5+/- }) 17. g3 {'!' Ftacnik.} Kb8 (17... d5 $5 18. Bh3+ (18. Qf4 d4 19. Bh3+ Nfd7 $13) 18... Kb8 19. exd5 (19. Qf4+ Ka7 $1 {/\} 20. Nxc5 $2 Nh5 21. Qe3 d4 $1 $17 ) 19... Nbxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 (20... Rxd5 21. Qf4+ $5 Qe5 22. Qxe5+ Rxe5 23. Rd6 $36) 21. Na5 $14) 18. Na5 $6 {Kasparov already envisages the rich combinational possibilities, but this very natural move is probably objectively not the best.} (18. Bh3 $142 $5 {/\Rhe1} d5 19. exd5 {-17...d5!?}) ({Deserving attention is also} 18. Qf4 Ka7 (18... Ka8 19. Na5 $36) 19. g4 $5 { /\Bb5 and Black can't play} (19. Bxb5 Nh5 20. Qh4 $5 Qxh4 21. gxh4 axb5 22. Nxb5+ Kb8 23. Nxd6 f5 24. Nxc5 Bd5 $5 $13) 19... d5 $2 20. Nxc5 $1 $16) 18... Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4 {Ftacnik: 'Black has achieved impressive success, but his position is a bit dangerous. Kasparov unleashes phantastic combination.'} ({Opening the position is suicide, after} 21... dxe4 22. fxe4 {/\Nd5} Nxe4 (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxe4 24. Rd7+ $1 $18) 23. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxe4 25. Re1 Re8 26. Rxe4 $1 Qxe4 27. Qc7+ Ka8 28. Nc6 $18) 22. Nd5 {'!' Ftacnik.} Nbxd5 (22... Nfxd5 $2 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Qxf7+ $18) 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 $1 {'!!' Ftacnik.} (24. Qxd6 $2 Rxd6 25. b4 cxb4 26. axb4 Nxd5 $17 ) (24. Nc6+ Bxc6 25. dxc6 Qxf4 26. Re7+ (26. gxf4 Nd5 $5 $15) 26... Kb6 27. gxf4 Nd5 28. Rxf7 Rdf8 $15) 24... cxd4 $2 {Ftacnik: 'It should be noted, that 24...Kb6! would most certainly save the game for black, but we would be robbed of some fascinating lines. '} (24... Kb6 $142 $1 $11) (24... Bxd5 $5 25. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 (25... Qxf4 26. Rxd8 Qh6 (26... Qc7 27. Rxh8 Qxa5 28. Re7+ $18) 27. Re7+ Kb6 28. b4 $1 $18) 26. Qxf7+ Nc7 27. Re6 Rd7 (27... Qd1+ 28. Ka2 Rd7 29. Re7 $16) 28. Rxd6 Rxf7 29. Nc6+ Ka8 30. f4 $44) 25. Re7+ $3 {'!' Ftacnik. The real point of the combination.} (25. Qxd4+ $2 Qb6 $1 26. Re7+ Nd7 27. Rxd7+ ( 27. Qc3 Qg1+) 27... Rxd7 28. Qxh8 Rxd5 $19) 25... Kb6 (25... Qxe7 $2 26. Qxd4+ $18) (25... Kb8 26. Qxd4 Nd7 27. Bxd7 Bxd5 28. c4 $1 $18) 26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 (26... Qc5 27. Qxf6+ Qd6 28. Be6 $3 Bxd5 29. b4 $18) 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 $5 {This shows Kasparov's combination was more intuitive, than arithmetically exact. Ftacnik: 'It seems, that white could have won more easily with the help of a fine move 28.Ra7!!'} ({A simpler and even more beautiful win was found by (I think) Kavalek:} 28. Ra7 $1 {/\} Bb7 (28... Nxd5 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxa6+ $3 Qxa6 30. Qb2 Nc3+ 31. Qxc3 Bd5 32. Kb2 Qe6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Qb3+ $1 Bxb3 35. cxb3#) 29. Rxb7 Qxd5 (29... Nxd5 30. Bd7 $3 Ra8 (30... Rxd7 31. Qb2 Nc3+ 32. Qxc3 Qd1+ 33. Kb2 Rd3 34. Ra7 $1 $18) 31. Bxb5+ axb5 32. Ra7+ Qa6 33. Qxd5 Qxa7 34. Qb3#) 30. Rb6 $1 $18 (30. Rb6 Ra8 (30... a5 31. Ra6 Ra8 32. Qe3 $3 Rxa6 (32... Rhe8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Kb2 $18) 33. Kb2 axb4 34. axb4 Kxb4 35. Qc3+ Ka4 36. Qa3#) 31. Qxf6 a5 32. Bf1 $18)) 28... Qxd5 (28... Bxd5 $2 29. Kb2) 29. Ra7 (29. Kb2 $2 Qd4) 29... Bb7 $8 30. Rxb7 (30. Qc7 $2 Qd1+ $11) 30... Qc4 $6 {Ftacnik: 'Black is spoiling the defensive effort, it was much tougher to win the game after the best 30...Rhe8!'} ({A better chance was} 30... Rhe8 $1 31. Rb6 (31. Ra7 $2 Rd6 32. Kb2 Qe5 $19) 31... Ra8 32. Bf1 $3 $18 {/\Rd6} (32. Be6 $143 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Qc4 $1 34. Qxc4 bxc4 35. Rxf6 Kxa3 36. Rxf7 Re8 $11)) 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 { Now White wins by force.} (31... Rd1+ $142 32. Kb2 Ra8 (32... Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxf7 Rd6 35. Re7 {/\Be6}) 33. Qb6 Qd4+ (33... a5 34. Bd7 $1 Rd5 35. Qe3 axb4 36. Ra7+ $18) 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxf7 a5 36. Be6 axb4 37. Bb3+ Ka5 38. axb4+ Rxb4 (38... Kb6 39. Rxh7 {and with 3 pawns for the exchange White gradually wins.}) 39. c3 $16 {KR}) (31... Ra8 $2 32. Qb6 a5 33. Ra7 $18) 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ $1 Kxc3 (33... Kb3 34. Qa2+ Kxc3 35. Qb2+ Kd3 36. Re7 $1 $18 ) 34. Qa1+ Kd2 $8 (34... Kb4 35. Qb2+ Ka5 (35... Qb3 36. Rxb5+) 36. Qa3+ Qa4 37. Ra7+ $18) 35. Qb2+ Kd1 {Ftacnik: 'You are not dreaming, black king went all the way from e8 to d1!'} (35... Ke3 $2 36. Re7+) (35... Ke1 36. Re7+ Kd1 37. Bf1 $1 $18 {is the same as in the game.}) 36. Bf1 $1 Rd2 $8 37. Rd7 $1 { Ftacnik: 'The final trick, but white is completely right, the game is finally over.'} Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 $8 39. Qxh8 Rd3 (39... Rb7+ 40. Ka2 Kc2 41. Qd4 $18) 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 (41... Kd2 42. Qc2+) 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2005.05.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2778"] [Annotator "Connaughton"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] {[%evp 0,120,23,16,56,47,111,93,65,91,95,56,64,66,99,85,83,94,106,48,58,52,128, 53,84,15,23,-3,12,-44,108,67,67,40,59,-165,-164,-164,-171,-149,-150,-148,-153, -149,-171,-184,-137,-198,-136,-138,-133,-118,-66,-172,-81,-92,-65,-117,-145, -124,12,12,26,29,33,27,33,-4,61,49,84,61,69,37,69,23,65,23,23,23,50,41,41,0,10, 10,-42,-66,-66,-39,-51,-43,-59,-59,-8,-8,122,119,41,0,0,-125,0,-25,-1,-41,33, -129,-107,-221,-150,-150,-150,-150,-151,-152,-185,-185,-180,-180,-177,-177, -177]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nb2 d5 14. Bf4 Nxf3 15. Nxf3 Nxe4 16. Qd4 f6 17. Bd3 $6 {Confining the queen.} (17. Qe3 Nc3 18. Bd3 Kf7 19. Rhf1 Qa5 20. Na4 Bxa4 21. Ne5+ fxe5 22. Bxe5+ Ke7) 17... Bc5 18. Bxe4 Bxd4 19. Bg6+ Kf8 20. Rxd4 a5 21. Re1 Be8 22. Nh4 e5 23. Rd2 a4 24. bxa4 Kg8 25. Bg3 d4 26. Rd3 h5 27. Bxe8 Qxe8 28. g5 Rc8 $2 {Allows White to pick off the d pawn.} (28... Qd7 29. Ng6 Rh7 30. Rf3 Qb7) 29. g6 Rh6 $2 { Still doesn't address the issue in the center and now White can equalize.} 30. Rxd4 Rxg6 31. Nxg6 Qxg6 32. Rd2 Rc3 33. Red1 Kh7 34. Kb1 Qf5 35. Be1 Ra3 36. Rd6 Rh3 37. a5 Rxh2 38. Rc1 Qe4 39. a6 Qa8 40. Bxb4 h4 41. Bc5 h3 42. Nd3 Rd2 43. Rb6 h2 44. Nf2 Qd5 45. Be3 Re2 46. Rb3 f5 47. a7 Rxe3 48. Rxe3 Qb7+ 49. Rb3 Qxa7 50. Nh1 {And now begins a remarkable sequence of moves.} f4 51. c4 e4 52. c5 e3 53. c6 e2 54. c7 Qxc7 55. Rxc7 e1=Q+ 56. Rc1 Qe4+ 57. Ka1 Qd4+ 58. Kb1 Qe4+ 59. Ka1 Qd4+ 60. Kb1 Qe4+ {After a game of what Vladimir Kramnik would describe as 23rd Century chess both players are happy to share the spoils.} 1/2-1/2