[Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Lukacs,P"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r2q1rk1/pp2bpp1/4pn1p/2n1N3/5P1P/6N1/PPPBQ1P1/2KR3R w - - 0 16"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [SourceTitle "CBM 070"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]} 16. Bc3 Qc7 {[%CAl Rd1d8] Black has to play very carefully, because suddenly White's ? on the ? may become lethal.} (16... Nd5 $6 17. Qf3 (17. Qg4 f5 {Stockfish 170922:} 18. Qf3 ({Stockfish 170922:} 18. Qg6 $4 Nxf4 {[%csl Re6,Re8,Rf6,Rf7,Rg4,Rg5,Rh5,Rh6,Rh7]} 19. Rxd8 Raxd8 20. Nh5 Nxg6 21. Nxg6 Rf7 $19) 18... Qe8 {[%CAl Ge8g6]} 19. Bd4 Qa4 20. Ng6 Rac8 21. Kb1 Nb4 22. Nxe7+ Kh7 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Qa3 Qxc2+ 25. Ka1 Qc4 26. Kb1 $11 {[%eval 0,35] [%wdl 21,957,22]}) 17... Qc7 18. Nh5 Rfc8 (18... Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Rfc8 20. Qg3 g6 {[%tqu "En","","","","e5g6","",10]} 21. Nxg6 $18 (21. Nxg6 {Stockfish 170922:} Ne4 (21... fxg6 $4 22. Qxg6+ {Stockfish 170922: 1)} Kf8 ({Stockfish 170922: 2)} 22... Kh8 23. Qg7# {[%eval 32766,33] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) 23. Qxh6+ Ke8 24. Qg6+ {[%csl Rd7,Rd8]} Kf8 25. Qg7+ Ke8 26. Kb1 Rd8 {[%csl Gc7]} 27. Qg8+ Bf8 28. Nf6+ Ke7 29. Qh7+ Kxf6 30. Qxc7 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Rd1,Gd8][%CAl Rc7e5,Rd1d8]}) 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Qd3 $18)) 19. Qg4 Bf8 {[%tqu "En","","","","d1d5","",10]} 20. Rxd5 $1 exd5 {[%tqu "En","","","","h5f6","",10]} 21. Nf6+ Kh8 {[%tqu "En","","","","g4g6","[#]",10]} 22. Qg6 $1 $18 {[#]} (22. Qg6 fxg6 23. Nxg6#)) (16... Qb6 17. Ng4 $1 Qa6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxa6 Nxa6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. f5 Nb4 22. Nh5 Nd5 23. Rhe1 $16 Rad8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Kf7 26. Re4 Ne7 27. Rde1 Nc6 28. Re6 Kg6 29. g4 Rd4 30. Rf1 Rxg4 31. Nxf6 Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kg8 33. Ref6 Rd8 34. Rxc6 {1-0 (34) Adams,M (2716)-Magem Badals,J (2557) France 1999}) {[%tqu "En","","","","f4f5","'!' Ftacnik.",10]} 17. f5 $1 {'!' Ftacnik.} exf5 $2 {After this the other ? comes into the battle with great effect. Ftacnik: 'Black is making a reckless move. The prize for solving the problem with the pawn e6 is just too high. '} (17... Nd5 18. Bd4 {The situation is not ripe for moves like} (18. Rxd5 $6 exd5 19. Nh5 (19. Qg4 Bf6 {Stockfish 170922:} 20. Re1 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rxe4 Rfe8 23. Rc4 Qb6 24. Nf3 Rad8 25. a4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Re2 27. Rd4 Rde8 28. h5 R2e3 29. f6 Qxf6 30. Kb2 a6 31. Qd7 Qb6+ 32. Rb4 Qc5 33. Qd4 Rc8 34. Rb3 Qxd4 35. Nxd4 Rc7 36. Nf5 Re6 37. a5 Re5 38. Nd6 Rxa5 39. Nxb7 Rb5 40. Rxb5 axb5 $19 41. Nd6 {[%eval -757,33] [%wdl 0,0,1000]}) 19... Ne4 20. Qg4 Bf6 $19) ({or} 18. fxe6 $2 Nxc3 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. bxc3 Na4 $1 {'-+!' Ftacnik.} 21. Nxf7 Ba3+ 22. Kd2 Qxg3 $19) 18... Rac8 {'=' Ftacnik.} 19. Kb1 $36) (17... Rad8 $5 {Ftacnik} 18. fxe6 Nxe6 19. Nf5 Rxd1+ (19... Nd5 20. Ng6 $1 {[%CAl Re2e6,Re6d5,Rd1d5]} Rfe8 (20... fxg6 21. Qxe6+ $36 {[%CAl Rd1d5,Re6d5,Gd8d5,Re6g8]}) 21. Be5 Qb6 22. Ngxe7+ Nxe7 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Nd6 $14 {[%csl Rd6]}) 20. Rxd1 $14) (17... Na4 $5 {Stockfish 170922:} 18. Bd4 Bc5 19. fxe6 Rae8 20. Nd7 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxe6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Ne4 Ra6 24. Rhd1 Nc5 25. Rc4 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Ra4 27. g3 Qe5 28. Rxc5 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rc7 f5 31. Rxb7 $14 Rg4 32. c4 Rxc4 33. Rxa7 Rg4 34. Rd3 f4 35. gxf4 Rg1+ 36. Kc2 Rg2+ 37. Kc3 Rc8+ 38. Kd4 Rxb2 39. Ke3 Rg2 40. Kf3 Rg1 41. a4 Rf1+ 42. Kg4 Rg1+ 43. Rg3 $14 {[%eval 32,34] [%wdl 47,943,10]}) 18. Nxf5 {McShane: 'It is amazing how potent a knight on f5 is for attacking a kingside castle. Coupled with a bishop on the long diagonal it really softens up the black king.'} Rfe8 $2 (18... Nfe4 19. Qg4 $18 {Stockfish 170922:} Bf6 ({Stockfish 170922:} 19... Ng5 $4 20. Rd7 Nxd7 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Nxf7+ Rxf7 23. hxg5 Nf6 24. Rxh6+ gxh6 25. Bxf6+ Rxf6 26. gxf6 $18) {[%tqu "En","","","","f5h6","",10]} 20. Nxh6+ Kh8 {[%tqu "En","","","","h1f1","",10]} 21. Rhf1 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%CAl Rf6e5,Rc7e5,Gc3e5,Rh6f7,Rf1f7]} Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 {[%tqu "En","","","","h6f7","",10]} 23. Nxf7+ Rxf7 24. Rxf7 $18 Na4 25. Rxb7 Rf8 26. Re1 $18) ({Nice variations arise also after} 18... Nce4 19. Rd7 $1 Nxd7 (19... Nxc3 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 (20... Kh7 21. Qd3+ $1) 21. N5g6+ fxg6 22. Nxg6+ Kh7 23. Nxf8+ Kh8 24. Ng6+ Kh7 25. Rxc7 $18) 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Qxe4 Nf6 22. Qe3 $18) (18... Na4 {[%tqu "En","","","","e2c4","",10]} 19. Qc4 $140 $1 $18 {[%CAl Rc4a4,Rf5e7]} Qxc4 20. Nxe7+ $18) 19. Qf3 {Now the white knights dominate the whole board.} Bf8 {Ftacnik: 'The defense for black is virtually impossible, there are too many tactical threats. White light pieces in the center are exerting exceptional pressure.'} (19... Ne6 20. Ng4 $40 {[%CAl Gf3g4,Rg4g7][%mdl 2176]}) (19... Nce4 {[%tqu "En","","","","d1d7","",10]} 20. Rd7 $1 Nxd7 {[%tqu "En","","","","f5h6","McShane",10,"f5h6","",0]} 21. Nxh6+ $18 {'!' McShane.} (21. Nxh6+ $1 {McShane} Kh8 (21... gxh6 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Ng6# {is double checkmate!}) (21... Kh7 22. Qf5+ {[%CAl Re5f7]} g6 (22... Kxh6 23. Nxf7#) (22... Kh8 23. Nexf7# {[%csl Rg8,Rh7]}) 23. Qxf7+ Kxh6 24. Qxg6#) 22. Nexf7+ Kh7 23. Qxe4+ g6 24. h5 $1 $18 {[%CAl Re4g6,Rh5g6] and Black's chances would not be found by an electron microscope.} {Stockfish 170922:} Qf4+ 25. Qxf4 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Ne5 28. Ng5+ Kxh6 29. Nf7+ Kh7 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg7# {[%eval 32754,133] [%wdl 1000,0,0]})) {[%tqu "En","","","","f5h6","Now White is ruining Black's ? completely. In this tough variation of the Caro Kann one mistake can be decisive.",10]} 20. Nxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 2752] Now White is ruining Black's ? completely. In this tough variation of the Caro Kann one mistake can be decisive.} gxh6 {[%tqu "En","","","","e5g4","This is again a nice move. Ftacnik: 'Leko have missed this simple move, black king is open and lost due to the strength of the bishop c3. '",10,"f3f6","was certainly also strong, but Black can escape to a bad ? ?.",0]} 21. Ng4 $1 {[%CAl Rg4f6,Gf3g4,Rg4g8][%mdl 2048] This is again a nice move. Ftacnik: 'Leko have missed this simple move, black king is open and lost due to the strength of the bishop c3. '} (21. Qxf6 $5 {was certainly also strong, but Black can escape to a bad ? ?.} Bg7 $16 (21... Ne4 $1 $11 {[%tqu "En","","","","d1d7","",10]} 22. Rd7 $1 {[%CAl Rd7c7,Rd7f7]} Nxf6 23. Rxc7 Nd5 {[%tqu "En","","","","e5d7","",10]} 24. Nd7 $1 {[%CAl Rd7f6,Rf6e8,Rc3h8]} {Stockfish 130722:} Bg7 25. Rxb7 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Bxc3 27. Rf1 Rac8 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Rxf6 Re2 30. Rfxf7 Rexc2+ 31. Kd1 Rxg2 32. Rxa7 Rxa2 $11) 22. Rd7 Bxf6 $5 (22... Nxd7 $2 23. Qxf7+ $18 Kh8 24. Ng6+ Kh7 25. Qxg7#) (22... Qxd7 $2 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxd7+ Kg8 25. Nxc5 $18 {[%csl Ga8,Rc3,Rc5,Ge8,Rh1]}) 23. Rxc7 Bxe5 24. Rxc5 $16) 21... Nxg4 (21... Nfe4 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Qxf6 $18 {[%CAl Rf6h8] - 21...?g4}) 22. Qxg4+ Kh7 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Qf6 {and the battery on the long ? decides the battle.} Kh7 {'?' Ftacnik.} 25. Qh8+ (25. h5 $5) 25... Kg6 {[%tqu "En","","","","h4h5","McShane: 'I like to see players punished for playing to draw with Black.'",10,"h4h5","",0]} 26. h5+ $1 {McShane: 'I like to see players punished for playing to draw with Black.'} (26. h5+ Kf5 27. Qf6+ Kg4 28. Qf3+ Kg5 29. Bf6#) 1-0 [Event "Rated Blitz game"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2023.05.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Marcusus"] [Black "Tinu24"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2298"] [BlackElo "2293"] [Annotator "Hirneise,Jens"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.11"] [TimeControl "180"] {[%mdl 32768]} 1. Nf3 {The Game of the month April 2023 (voted by 37,6% of the final 4 games) was played on April 26th ( https://lichess.org/gayqLDR1 ) between the Catalonian Lichess Streamer https://lichess.org/?/Marcusus and the active Blitz player https://lichess.org/?/Tinu24 , who played more than 24000 Blitz games on Lichess. Game analysis by Lichess moderator FM Jens Hirneise https://lichess.org/?/jeffforever} Nf6 {Study from the Lichess Game of the Month April 23: https://lichess.org/?/Lichess/blog/lichess-game-of-the-month-april/3SN0Jbxm} 2. e3 {A flexible move order that is also seen on top levels these days. White keeps different options with d4 or c4 in the center open.} (2. c4) (2. g3) (2. d4) 2... d5 (2... c5 {is a solid alternative, as well as}) (2... g6 {leading to a Grünfeld / King's Indian type of position, where 2.e3 isn't one of the most dangerous systems.}) 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. b3 {[%CAl Gc1b2]} (5. d4 {would transpose to the Meran System. White however had different plans in mind!}) 5... Be7 6. Bb2 {[%CAl Bb2g7] White already demonstrates the delay of the kingside development that was possible with Be2 and 0-0.} O-O {[%csl Bg8]} (6... Nbd7 {[%csl Be8][%CAl Bb7b6,Ba7a6,Bb7b5,Bc8b7] Black can also delay castling and continue developing on the queenside (followed by b6 and Bb7, or a6-b5) which might be a somewhat safer option.}) 7. Qc2 {[%csl Bh7][%CAl Bc2h7,Bb2g7] The queen already says hello to the pawn on h7...} Nbd7 {Taking the central square e5 under control.} 8. Ng5 $5 {[%CAl Bc2h7] White doesn't wait any longer and goes straight forward towards Black's monarch!} h6 $1 (8... g6 {could be answered with} 9. h4 $5 {[%CAl Bh4h5,Bh5g6,Bh1h8,Bb2h8]}) {[%tqu "En","","","","h2h4","Was Ding Liren possibly inspired by Marcusus in the 14th round of the World Chess Championship? ;-) See https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-chess-championship-2023/round-14/qiMCJOhv/7qDGum8C#25 for comparison.",10,"g5f3","",0]} 9. h4 $5 {Was Ding Liren possibly inspired by Marcusus in the 14th round of the World Chess Championship? ;-) See https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-chess-championship-2023/round-14/qiMCJOhv/7qDGum8C#25 for comparison.} (9. Nf3 $2 {Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} e5 10. Rc1 a6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Ng3 {[%CAl Gg3f5]} g6 14. Be2 Re8 15. O-O h5 {[%csl Gd6,Gf6,Gg5,Gh4]} 16. h3 Nh7 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Qc3 Ndf6 19. d3 Bd7 20. Qd2 Bc6 21. a3 a5 22. a4 Qd8 23. Ra1 Nd7 24. Bc3 Bc7 25. Rdc1 Ng5 26. b4 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 axb4 28. Bxb4 e4 29. dxe4 dxe4 $15 {[%eval -54,33]}) 9... e5 $2 {[%csl Bd5][%CAl Bc4d5,Bc3d5,Bf6h7,Bf6d5] Black overlooked that White can take the central pawn twice, as the Knight on f6 has to defend the Qh7 checkmate.} (9... hxg5 {the Knight cannot be taken, as the h-file would open up.} {[%tqu "En","","","","h4g5","",10]} 10. hxg5 {[%CAl Rh1h8]} Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 {[%tqu "En","","","","c2e4","",10]} 12. Qxe4 {[%csl Gg7,Gg8][%CAl Re4h7,Rh1h8]} f5 (12... g6 13. Rh8#) 13. Qxe6+ Rf7 14. g6 $18 {[%CAl Re6f7,Rf7g7]} (14. g6 Qe8 {Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} 15. gxf7+ ({Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} 15. Rh8+ Kxh8 16. gxf7 {[%csl Re6,Rf7][%CAl Re6h6,Rf7g8]} Qxf7 17. Qxf7 $18 Bf6 18. Qe8+ Nf8 19. Qxf8+ Kh7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. O-O-O Be6 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. Bd3 {[%CAl Gd1h1]} f4 25. Rh1 Bh3 26. Rxh3 fxe3 27. Bh7# {[%eval 32742,31]} (27. Rh8#)) ({Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Qxe5 $18 Be6 17. Qh2 {[%CAl Rh2h8]} Bh4 18. Qxh4 Kf8 19. gxf7 Qd8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qxg7 $18 Qf8 22. Ba3+ c5 23. Bxc5+ Kd7 24. Bxf8 b6 25. Bd6 Kxd6 26. f8=B+ Rxf8 27. Qxf8+ Kc6 28. Rh7 Bd7 29. Bf3+ Kc7 30. Qxf5 Kc8 31. Qxd7+ Kb8 32. Qb7# {[%eval 32732,31]}) ({Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qxd6 $18 Be6 18. Qh2 Kf8 19. Ba3+ c5 20. Bxc5+ Re7 21. Qh8+ Bg8 22. Bxf5 $18 Qc8 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qxg7+ Kd6 25. c5+ Kc6 26. Qf6+ Be6 27. Bxe6 Qd8 28. Bd5+ Kxc5 29. Rc1+ Kb5 30. Bc4+ Kb4 31. Qc3+ Kc5 32. Bf7+ Kd6 33. Qd4+ Ke7 34. Qe5+ Kd7 35. Be6+ Ke8 {[%eval 32718,31]}) 15... Qxf7 16. Rh8+ Kxh8 17. Qxf7 $18 Bf6 18. Qe8+ Nf8 19. Qxf8+ Kh7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. O-O-O Be6 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. Bd3 f4 25. Rh1 Bh3 26. Rxh3 fxe3 27. Bh7# {[%eval 32742,31]})) (9... Re8 {Black should instead bring another defender to the kingside (Nf8) and look for counterplay in the center with d4/e5 in the center later.} 10. O-O-O b5 $132 {[%CAl Rc4b5,Rc4d5]} {Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} 11. cxb5 ({Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} 11. g4 bxc4 12. Nxf7 $6 Kxf7 13. g5 Rb8 14. Be2 cxb3 15. axb3 Nc5 $17 16. Rdg1 e5 17. b4 Na6 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. b5 Nb4 20. Qh7 Rh8 21. Bh5+ Ke6 22. Qb1 c5 23. f4 exf4 24. Rg6 c4 25. Be2 f3 26. Bxf3 Nd3+ 27. Kc2 Kf7 28. Rxf6+ Qxf6 29. Rf1 Bf5 30. e4 Nxb2 $17 {[%eval -90,33]}) ({Stockfish dev-20230412-acb0d204:} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. g4 d4 13. Nce4 Nd5 14. a3 Ne5 15. f3 c5 16. Bxb5 Bd7 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. d3 Nbxc4 21. dxc4 Qa5 22. b4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7 Nxc4 26. Qxf7+ Kd8 27. Qf6+ Kc7 28. Qxd4 Ba4 29. Ne4 Rab8 30. Rd3 {[%CAl Gd3a3,Gd3e3]} Qxb2+ 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. Rc3 $17 {[%eval -108,33]}) 11... c5 12. g4 Bb7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. g5 d4 15. Rg1 dxc3 16. dxc3 Be4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf8 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. c4 hxg5 21. hxg5 N6d7 22. Qh5+ Ng6 $17 23. Bxg7 Rh8 24. Bxh8 Rxh8 25. Qf3+ Kg8 26. Qg3 Qb7 27. Qg2 Qxg2 28. Rxg2 Ndf8 29. a4 e5 $17 {-0.81}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 (10... Nb6 {Black should have tried to get the pieces into play - at least not allow another knight on d5!}) {[%tqu "En","","","","c3d5","Now both knights of Black can't make a move, keeping Black paralyzed.",10]} 11. Nxd5 $3 $18 {[%CAl Rf6d5,Rc2h7,Rg5h7,Rh4g5,Rh1h8,Gf6h7,Rh6g5,Rd5f6] Now both knights of Black can't make a move, keeping Black paralyzed.} b6 $6 (11... Nxd5 $4 12. Qh7#) (11... Nb6 $4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qh7#) (11... e4 {Black at least could have prevented checkmate threats, but would end up in a much worse position regardless:} 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Nxe4 $18 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15)) 12. Bc4 {[%CAl Rc4g8]} (12. Bxe5 $1 {[%CAl Rc2h7,Re5f6,Rd5f6] would have finished the game even faster, since both Knights still can't make a move and White threatens now to eliminate the defender on f6.} g6 (12... Nxe5 {is still not allowed:} 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qh7#) {[%tqu "En","","","","g5e6","",10]} 13. Ne6 $1 {[%CAl Rc2g6]} fxe6 14. Qxg6+ Kh8 {[%tqu "En","","","","e5b2","",10]} 15. Bb2 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb2][%CAl Rb2h8]} exd5 16. Bd3 $18 {[%CAl Bg6h7,Bd3h7,Bb2h8] and Black has to sacrifice a rook on f7 in order to avoid Qh7#}) 12... Bb7 {[%tqu "En","","","","c2g6","threatening Nxf6+ followed by Nxf7/Bxf7. Qg6 adds another attacker on f7. The alternatives also don't help Black anymore:",10]} 13. Qg6 $3 {[%CAl Bg6f7,Bg5f7,Bc4f7] threatening Nxf6+ followed by Nxf7/Bxf7. Qg6 adds another attacker on f7. The alternatives also don't help Black anymore:} fxg6 {Allowing a beautiful checkmate with two Knights and a Bishop.} (13... Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qe8 15. Rh3 $18 {[%CAl Gh3f3,Rf3f6,Gg6h7,Gh3g3]} {Stockfish dev-20230507-65e21505:} Nc5 16. Bxe5 Ne6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. Nxe6 $18 {+3.61}) (13... b5 {it is noticeable that Marcusus already played the Queen sacrifice even 5 times on Lichess before! See also: https://twitter.com/Lopez_Forn/status/1655872379069816832/photo/2} {[%tqu "En","","","","d5f6","",10]} 14. Nxf6+ ({Stockfish dev-20230507-65e21505:} 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 (15... Rxf7 16. Nxf7 $18) 16. Bxe5 (16. Rd1) 16... Be4 17. Nxe4 Qd3 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6 Qxg6 20. Bxg6 Rxf6 21. Bd3 $18 {+5.74}) ({Stockfish dev-20230507-65e21505:} 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qxf7+ $18 {+3.98}) ({Stockfish dev-20230507-65e21505:} 14. Nxe7+ $4 Qxe7 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Qxf7+ Qxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. O-O $14 {+0.78}) 14... Nxf6 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Bxe5 Bb4 17. Rd1 $18 {Marcusus - PitZampas, 1-0, -, https://lichess.org/KoTBITCA}) {[%tqu "En","","","","d5e7","",10]} 14. Nxe7+ {[%CAl Re7g8,Rc4g8]} (14. Nxf6+ $4 {Stockfish dev-20230507-65e21505:} Kh8 15. Ne6 Qc8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qc2 18. Bc3 Nc5 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. O-O Qf5 21. Bc4 Bxh4 22. f4 e4 23. Be2 Kh7 24. b4 Nd3 25. a4 Qd7 $19 {-4.25}) 14... Kh8 15. Nxg6# {Kudos to Marcusus for a brilliant attacking game that included all of his major pieces. Thanks also to Tinu24 for fair sportsmanship allowing the beautiful checkmate in the end. We will announce the voting for the Game of the Month May on June 1st. Stay tuned on all our Lichess socials!} 1-0 [Event "New Jersey State-ch op"] [Site "East Orange"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Sherwin, James T"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [Annotator "Reeh,Oliver"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1957.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,65,28,32,54,51,46,30,22,-8,10,10,24,30,41,6,30,16,30,-6,11,-15,-1,-5,148,64,66,69,86,69,69,46,101,107,154,166,213,189,206,212,219,218,227,227,227,215,172,168,257,252,294,281,619,616,733,742,734,723,1070,1076,1115,600,607,610,610,609,1031,1031]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Rb8 8. Re1 d6 9. c3 b6 10. d4 Qc7 11. e5 Nd5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Ne4 c4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Ng5 Nce7 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. h4 Nf6 18. Nxh7 $1 {A litte combination to conquer the diagonal f4-b8. Eine 'petite combinaison' zu Eroberung der Diagonalen f4-b8..} Nxh7 (18... Kxh7 19. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Gb8,Gd6,Rf4,Gg6][%CAl Rc2h7,Rf4b8] - the ?g6 is pinned by the ?c2! - der ?g6 ist ja von der ?c2 gefesselt!}) 19. h5 {[%CAl Gg6e7,Gg6h4,Rh5g6]} Nh4 (19... Ne7 20. Bf4 $18) (19... Bb7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Bf4 Qd5 23. Qxg6 $18) 20. Bf4 $1 {As long as this square is still protected by a pawn. Solange dies Feld noch von einem Bauern gedeckt wird.} Qd8 21. gxh4 Rb7 22. h6 $1 {Going for the attack on the king himself. Geht selbst auf K?nigsangriff.} (22. Bxb7 $6 Bxb7 {with the threats 23...?d5 and 23...?xh4 would give Black counterplay. mit den Drohungen 23...?d5 und 23...?xh4 w?rde Schwarz Gegenspiel geben.}) 22... Qxh4 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. Re4 Qh5 25. Re3 f5 26. Rh3 Qe8 27. Be5+ Nf6 28. Qd2 Kf7 29. Qg5 Qe7 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Rh7+ Ke8 32. Qxf6 Rxh7 33. Bc6+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Fischer, Robert James"] [Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B35"] [Annotator "Reeh,Oliver"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1958.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,83,16,28,46,51,51,42,42,47,67,86,75,74,100,55,55,16,55,55,13,348,409,360,360,373,372,379,364,354,355,326,364,360,352,355,355,355,377,336,377,365,360,357,488,492,474,454,454,454,457,445,460,471,468,471,453,463,455,459,457,442,493,459,457,436,441,480,460,469,493,495,503,543,532,532,532,368,368,320,323,315,315,333,355,341]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Na5 $6 9. e5 Ne8 $2 {Following this game, this mistake was repeated no less than 25 times! Dieser Fehler wurde nach dieser Partie noch 25 Mal wiederholt!} (9... Nxb3 10. exf6 Nxa1 11. fxg7 Nxc2+ 12. Qxc2 Kxg7) 10. Bxf7+ $1 {Weak spot e6! Schachpunkt e6!} Kxf7 (10... Rxf7 11. Ne6 {Costs the queen as well. Kostet ebenfalls die Dame.} dxe6 12. Qxd8) 11. Ne6 $1 dxe6 (11... Kxe6 {leads to checkmate after f?hrt zum Matt nach} 12. Qd5+ Kf5 13. g4+ Kxg4 14. Rg1+ Kf5 (14... Kh5 15. Qd1+ Rf3 16. Qxf3+ Kh4 17. Qg4#) (14... Kh3 15. Qg2+ Kh4 16. Qg4#) 15. Rg5#) 12. Qxd8 Nc6 13. Qd2 Bxe5 14. O-O Nd6 15. Bf4 Nc4 16. Qe2 Bxf4 17. Qxc4 Kg7 18. Ne4 Bc7 19. Nc5 Rf6 20. c3 e5 21. Rad1 Nd8 22. Nd7 Rc6 23. Qh4 Re6 24. Nc5 Rf6 25. Ne4 Rf4 26. Qxe7+ Rf7 27. Qa3 Nc6 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Bf5 30. b4 Rff8 31. b5 Nd8 32. Rd5 Nf7 33. Rc5 a6 34. b6 Be4 35. Re1 Bc6 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. b7 Rab8 38. Qxa6 Nd8 39. Rb1 Rf7 40. h3 Rfxb7 41. Rxb7+ Rxb7 42. Qa8 1-0