Best Games of Chess
Soltis - Best Games of the 20th Century
01. Estrin - Berliner, Corr. 1965-68
02. Polugaevsky - Nezhmetdinov, Sochi 1958
03. Capablanca - Marhsall, New York 1918
04. Bogoljobow - Alekhine, Hastings 1922
05. Kasparov - Topolov, Wijk aan Zee 1999
06. Lilienthal - Ragozin, Moscow 1935
07. Gufeld - Kavalek, Marianske Lazna 1962
08. Stoltz - H. Steiner, Stockholm 1952
09. Tal - Hjartarsson, Reykjavik 1987
10. Rotlewi - Rubinstein, Lodz 1907/08
A. J. Goldsby's List
01. Kasparov - Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999
02. Botvinnik - Capablanca, AVRO 1938
03. Lilienthal - Ragozin, Moscow 1935
04. Bogoljubow - Alekhine, Hastings 1922
05. Tal - Fischer, Zagreb 1959
06. D. Byrne - Fischer, New York 1956
07. Capablanca - Marshall, New York 1918
08. Spassky - Bronstein, Leningrad 1959
09. Rotlewi - Rubinstein, Lodz 1907/08
10. Botvinnik - Smyslov, Moscow 1954 (14th game of the World Ch match)
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Chess Informant Best Games of Chess, GM selection
01. Karpov - Kasparov, 40/202
02. Ivanchuk - Yusupov, 52/592
03. Kasparov - Anand, 64/315
04. Beliavsky - Nunn, 39/734
05. Kasparov - Portisch, 36/608
06. Spassky - Tal, 15/518
07. Larsen - Spassky, 9/25
08. Botvinnik - Portisch, Monte Carlo 1968 (5/44)
09. Karpov - Sax, 35/299
10. Fischer - Stein, 4/336
Chess Informant Best Games of Chess, Readers' selection
01. Ivanchuk - Yusupov, 52/592
02. Kasparov - Anand, 64/315
03. Karpov - Kasparov, 40/202
04. Karpov - Korchnoi, 18/433
05. Karpov - Sax, 35/299
06. Spassky - Petrosian, 7/438
07. Botvinnik - Portisch, 5/44
08. Kasparov - Portisch, 36/608
09. Larsen - Spassky, Belgrade 1970 (9/25)
10. Smyslov - Liberzon, USSR (ch) 1968 (6/53)
Burgess List of the Best Games of the 19th Century
01. McDonnell - Labourdonnais, London (match 16) 1834
02. Anderssen - Kieseritzky, London 1851
03. Anderssen - Dufresne, Berlin 1852
04. Zukertort - Blackburne, London 1883
05. Steinitz - Chigorin, Havana (game 4) 1892
06. Steinitz - von Bardelben, Hastings 1895
07. Pillsbury - Lasker, St Petersburg 1895/96
08. Steinitz - Lasker, St Petersburg 1895/96
09. Pillsbury - Lasker, Nuremberg 1896
Other Past Choices
Spassky - Petrosian, Moscow (game 7) 1966
Larsen - Fischer, Monte Carlo 1967
Karpov - Spassky, USSR 1975
Tal - Velimirovic, USSR vs. Yugoslavia 1979
Kasparov - Andersson, Tilburg 1981
Reti - Alekhine, Baden Baden 1925
Pillsbury - Tarrasch, Hastings 1895
R. Byrne - Fischer, US ch 1963/64
Lasker - Capablanca, St Petersburg 1914
Krabbe's 10 Most Fantastic Moves
01. Averbakh - Spassky, Leningrad 1956
02. Topolov - Shirov, Linares 1998
03. Levitzky - Marshall, Breslau 1912
04. Brzozka - Bronstein, Miskolc 1963
05. Ivanchuk - Shirov, Wijk aan Zee 1996
06. Anand - Ivanchuk, Las Palmas 1996
07. Vladimirov - Epishin, USSR 1987
08. Kholmov - Bronstein, Kiev 1964
09. Hindle - Mohrung, Tel Aviv 1964
10. Bischoff - Nogueiras, Havana 1998
Bill Wall's Favorites
01. Larsen - Spassky, Belgrade 1970
02. R. Bryne - Fischer, NY 1963
03. Spassky - Bronstein, Leningrad 1960
04. Taimanov - Polugaevsky, Leningrad 1960
05. Rotlewi - Rubinstein, Lodz 1907
06. Alekhine - Bek, Margate 1938
07. Botvinnik - Portisch, Monte Carlo 1968
08. Lilienthal - Capablanca, Hastings 1934
09. Lazard - Gibald, Paris 1909
10. Alatortsev - Boleslavski, Moscow 1950
Some of the best games.
Alatortsev - Boleslavski, Moscow 1950
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2
O-O 9.Bd3 Ng4 10.Nf3 Nge5 11.Be2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Nd4 13.Bd1 f5 14.exf5
Bxf5 15.Ne2 Nxe2 16.Bxe2 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 Qg5 18.g3 Rae8 19.O-O Bh3 20.f4
Bxf1! 21.fxg5 Rxe2 22.Qc3 (22.Qd4) Bg2 23.Qd3 Bf3 24.Rf1 (24.Kf1)
Rg2+ 25.Kh1 Bc6 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Qf1+ Rf2+ 0-1
Alekhine - Bek, Margate 1938
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 a6 8.Nc3
b5 9.Bb3 b4 10.d5 Na5 11.Ba4+ Bd7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Rd1 bxc3 14.Rxd7
Nxd7 15.Ne5 Ra7 16.bxc3 Ke7 17.e4 Nf6 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.Bf4 Qb6 (19...Qb7)
20.Rd1 g6 (20...Ra8) 21.Bg5 Bg7 22.Nd7 Rxd7 23.Rxd7+ Kf8 24.Bxf6 Bxf6
25.e5 1-0
Anand - Ivanchuk, Las Palmas 1996
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Nxe4
8.Re1 Be7 9.Rxe4 Ng6 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 d6 12.Nd5 Bh4 13.Qh5 c6 14.Rxh4
Qxh4 15.Qxh4 Nxh4 16.Nb6 Rb8 17.Bf4 Nf5 18.d5 Re8 19.Kf1 h6 20.h3 Re4
21.Bh2 cxd5 22.g4 Rxc4 23.Nxc4 dxc4 24.Re1 Be6 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.Bxd6
Bxh3+ 27.Kg1 Rd8 28.Re8+ Rxe8 29.Bxe8 Be6 30.a4 g5 31.a5 Kg7 32.Ba4
Kg6 33.Bd1 Bd5 34.Bc2+ Kf6 35.Bc7 Ke6 36.Bh7 Bf3 37.Kh2 Kd5 38.Bc2 Be4
39.Bd1 Kd4 40.Be2 Bd3 41.Bb6+ Kd5 42.Bd1 f5 43.Kg3 Ke5 44.Bc5 Kf6
45.Bh5 f4+ 46.Kh2 1-0
Bischoff - Nogueiras, Havana 1998
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.Bb2
a6 9.d4 e5 10.O-O-O e4 11.Nd2 Re8 12.g4 Nf8 13.Rdg1 Be6 14.h4 b5 15.c5
Bc7 16.g5 N6d7 17.f3 exf3 18.Nxf3 f5 19.Kb1 b4 20.Nd1 Ng6 21.h5 Ne7
22.Bd3 a5 23.Nf2 Nf8 24.Nh3 Qb8 25.Ne5 a4 26.Nf4 axb3 27.axb3 Bxe5
28.dxe5 Bc8 29.e6 Nxe6 30.Nxe6 Bxe6 31.Bxg7 d4 32.Bxd4 Ra3 33.Bc4 Nd5
34.h6 Nc3+ 35.Bxc3 Bxc4 36.Bb2 Bxb3 37.Qxf5 Qa7 38.Qxh7+ Qxh7+ 39.g6
1-0
Bogoljubow - Alekhine, Hastings 1922
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 Nd3 29.Rxa5 b4 30.Rxa8 bxc3 31.Rxe8 c2 32.Rxf8+ Kh7 33.Nf2
c1=Q+ 34.Nf1 Ne1 35.Rh2 Qxc4 36.Rb8 Bb5 37.Rxb5 Qxb5 38.g4 Nf3+
39.Bxf3 exf3 40.gxf5 Qe2 41.d5 Kg8 42.h5 Kh7 43.e4 Nxe4 44.Nxe4 Qxe4
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
Botvinnik - Portisch, Monte Carlo 1968
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Nb6
8.d3 Be7 9.a3 a5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Na4 Nxa4 12.Qxa4 Bd5 13.Rac1 Re8 14.Rc2
Bf8 15.Rfc1 Nb8 16.Rxc7 Bc6 17.R1xc6 bxc6 18.Rxf7 h6 19.Rb7 Qc8
20.Qc4+ Kh8 21.Nh4 Qxb7 22.Ng6+ Kh7 23.Be4 Bd6 24.Nxe5+ g6 25.Bxg6+
Kg7 26.Bxh6+ 1-0
Brzozka - Bronstein, Miskolc 1963
1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qc2
Kh8 9.b3 Na6 10.Bb2 Nc7 11.Rad1 Bd7 12.e3 Qe8 13.Rfe1 Rd8 14.Rd2 Nh5
15.d5 Qf7 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Ne2 c5 18.Nf4 Nf6 19.Ng5 Qg8 20.Bc3 Rde8
21.Ba5 Ne6 22.Ngxe6 Bxe6 23.Nxe6 Qxe6 24.Qd3 Ne4 25.Qd5 Qxd5 26.Rxd5
Bc3 27.Bxc3+ Nxc3 28.Rd2 Ne4 29.Rb2 a5 30.f3 Nf6 31.Kf2 Rb8 32.Ke2 Rb6
33.Kd3 e5 34.f4 e4+ 35.Kc3 Kg7 36.Bf1 h5 37.h4 Rfb8 38.Be2 a4 39.Reb1
a3 40.Rd2 Kf7 41.Rbd1 Ke7 42.Rd5 Ne8 43.R1d2 Nc7 44.Bd1 Na6 45.Bc2 Nb4
46.Bb1 Ra6 47.Rd1 Nxd5+ 48.Rxd5 Rxb3+ 49.Kxb3 Rb6+ 50.Kc2 Rb2+ 51.Kc1
Re2 52.Rd1 Rxe3 53.Rg1 Rc3+ 54.Kd2 Rxc4 55.Bc2 d5 56.Rb1 d4 57.Bd1 Rc3
58.Rb3 e3+ 59.Ke2 Rc1 60.Rxa3 c4 61.Ra7+ Kd6 62.Ba4 Rh1 63.Rd7+ Kc5
64.Rc7+ Kb4 65.a3+ Kc3 66.Bb5 Rh2+ 67.Kf1 d3 68.Rxc4+ Kb2 69.Kg1 e2
70.Kxh2 e1=Q 0-1
D. Byrne - Fischer, New York 1956
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bf4 d5 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 c6
8.e4 Nbd7 9.Rd1 Nb6 10.Qc5 Bg4 11.Bg5 Na4 12.Qa3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4
14.Bxe7 Qb6 15.Bc4 Nxc3 16.Bc5 Rfe8+ 17.Kf1 Be6 18.Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19.Kg1
Ne2+ 20.Kf1 Nxd4+ 21.Kg1 Ne2+ 22.Kf1 Nc3+ 23.Kg1 axb6 24.Qb4 Ra4
25.Qxb6 Nxd1 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+ 38.Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Kc1 Ne2+ 40.Kb1 Nc3+ 41.Kc1 Rc2# 0-1
R. Byrne - Fischer, New York 1963
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e3 O-O
8.Nge2 Nc6 9.O-O b6 10.b3 Ba6 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Qd2 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5
14.Rfd1 Nd3 15.Qc2 Nxf2 16.Kxf2 Ng4+ 17.Kg1 Nxe3 18.Qd2 Nxg2 19.Kxg2
d4 20.Nxd4 Bb7+ 21.Kf1 Qd7 0-1
Capablanca - Marshall, New York 1918
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3
d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.h3 Ng4 14.Qf3
Qh4 15.d4 Nxf2 16.Re2 Bg4 17.hxg4 Bh2+ 18.Kf1 Bg3 19.Rxf2 Qh1+ 20.Ke2
Bxf2 21.Bd2 Bh4 22.Qh3 Rae8+ 23.Kd3 Qf1+ 24.Kc2 Bf2 25.Qf3 Qg1 26.Bd5
c5 27.dxc5 Bxc5 28.b4 Bd6 29.a4 a5 30.axb5 axb4 31.Ra6 bxc3 32.Nxc3
Bb4 33.b6 Bxc3 34.Bxc3 h6 35.b7 Re3 36.Qxf7+ Rxf7 37.b8=Q+ Kh7
38.Rxh6+ 1-0
Estrin - Berliner, Postal 1965
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 b5 6.Bf1 Nd4 7.c3 Nxd5
8.Ne4 Qh4 9.Ng3 Bg4 10.f3 e4 11.cxd4 Bd6 12.Bxb5+ Kd8 13.O-O exf3
14.Rxf3 Rb8 15.Be2 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Qxd4+ 17.Kh1 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Rb6 19.d3
Ne3 20.Bxe3 Qxe3 21.Bg4 h5 22.Bh3 g5 23.Nd2 g4 24.Nc4 Qxg3 25.Nxb6
gxh3 26.Qf3 hxg2+ 27.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 28.Kxg2 cxb6 29.Rf1 Ke7 30.Re1+ Kd6
31.Rf1 Rc8 32.Rxf7 Rc7 33.Rf2 Ke5 34.a4 Kd4 35.a5 Kxd3 36.Rf3+ Kc2
37.b4 b5 38.a6 Rc4 39.Rf7 Rxb4 40.Rb7 Rg4+ 41.Kf3 b4 42.Rxa7 b3 0-1
Gufeld - Kavalek, Marianske Lazne 1962
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 f5 5.d4 fxe4 6.Ng5 Bb6 7.d5 e3 8.Ne4
Qh4 9.Qf3 Nf6 10.Nxf6+ gxf6 11.dxc6 exf2+ 12.Kd1 dxc6 13.Be2 Be6
14.Qh5+ Qxh5 15.Bxh5+ Ke7 16.b3 Bd5 17.Ba3+ Ke6 18.Bg4+ f5 19.Bh3 Rhg8
20.Nd2 Bxg2 21.Bxg2 Rxg2 22.Rf1 Rd8 23.Ke2 Rxd2+ 24.Kxd2 e4 25.Bf8 f4
26.b4 Rg5 27.Bc5 Rxc5 28.bxc5 Bxc5 29.Rab1 f3 30.Rb4 Kf5 31.Rd4 Bxd4
32.cxd4 Kf4 0-1
Hindle - Mohring, Tel Aviv 1964
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O-O
8.Nc3 Qd7 9.d5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Ne5 11.Be2 Nf6 12.O-O Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5
14.Qa4 Bc5 15.Qc2 Nc6 16.Bc4 Nd4 17.Qc3 Qd6 18.Be3 f5 19.Rfd1 f4
20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.Qf3 Rhe8 22.Rac1 Qb6 23.b3 h6 24.h3 g5 25.a4 a5 26.Rd3
Rd6 27.Rdd1 Kb8 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Ka7 30.Re8 Qb4 31.Kh2 Qd2 32.Re2
Qb4 33.Qe4 Qc5 34.Qf3 Qb6 35.Rc2 Qb4 36.Bb5 Bb6 37.Bc4 Qe1 38.Qe2 Qa1
39.Rd2 Qf6 40.Rxd6 Qxd6 41.Kg1 c6 42.Qd3 Qc5 43.Qf3 Qe5 44.Be2 Qd6
45.Kf1 Qc5 46.g4 fxg3 47.Qxg3 Qc1+ 48.Kg2 Qd2 49.Qf3 Qd4 50.Bc4 Bc5
51.Qf5 Kb6 52.Qf3 Qe5 53.Qg3 Qd4 54.Qf3 Qe5 55.Qg3 Qe4+ 56.Qf3 Qd4
57.Qf5 Bd6 58.Qd3 Qxd3 59.Bxd3 Kc5 60.Bg6 Kb4 61.Bf7 b5 62.axb5 cxb5
63.Kf3 a4 64.bxa4 bxa4 65.h4 Kc3 66.Kg4 Bf4 67.h5 a3 68.Kf5 Kb2 69.Kg6
Be3 70.Kxh6 g4+ 71.fxe3 g3 72.Kh7 g2 73.h6 g1=Q 74.Kh8 a2 75.Bxa2 Kxa2
76.h7 Qg6 77.e4 Qf7 0-1
Ivanchuk - Shirov, Wijk aan Zee 1996
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O
15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5 17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Qg4+ Rd7
21.Qg7 Bxg7 22.fxg7 Rg8 23.Nxc5 d4 24.Bxb7+ Rxb7 25.Nxb7 Qb6 26.Bxd4
Qxd4 27.Rfd1 Qxb2 28.Nd6+ Kb8 29.Rdb1 Qxg7 30.Rxb4+ Kc7 31.Ra6 Rb8
32.Rxa7+ Kxd6 33.Rxb8 Qg4 34.Rd8+ Kc6 35.Ra1 1-0
Ivanchuk - Yusupov, Brussels 1991
1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Nd7 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2
Re8 9.Rd1 c6 10.b3 Qe7 11.Ba3 e4 12.Ng5 e3 13.f4 Nf8 14.b4 Bf5 15.Qb3
h6 16.Nf3 Ng4 17.b5 g5 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Ne5 gxf4 20.Nxc6 Qg5 21.Bxd6
Ng6 22.Nd5 Qh5 23.h4 Nxh4 24.gxh4 Qxh4 25.Nde7+ Kh8 26.Nxf5 Qh2+
27.Kf1 Re6 28.Qb7 Rg6 29.Qxa8+ Kh7 30.Qg8+ Kxg8 31.Nce7+ Kh7 32.Nxg6
fxg6 33.Nxg7 Nf2 34.Bxf4 Qxf4 35.Ne6 Qh2 36.Rdb1 Nh3 37.Rb7+ Kg8
38.Rb8+ Qxb8 39.Bxh3 Qg3 0-1
Karpov - Kasparov, Moscow 1985
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 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 27.Qa2 Bg6 28.d6 g4 29.Qd2 Kg7 30.f3 Qxd6 31.fxg4 Qd4+ 32.Kh1 Nf6
33.Rf4 Ne4 34.Qxd3 Nf2+ 35.Rxf2 Bxd3 36.Rfd2 Qe3 37.Rxd3 Rc1 38.Nb2
Qf2 39.Nd2 Rxd1+ 40.Nxd1 Re1+ 0-1
Karpov - Kasparov, Linares 1993
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.Qd2
c6 9.Rd1 a6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.b3 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.Qxd6 Nfd7 14.f4 b4
15.Nb1 Ng4 16.Bd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Rxa2 18.h3 c5 19.Qg1 Ngf6 20.e5 Ne4
21.h4 c4 22.Nc1 c3 23.Nxa2 c2 24.Qd4 cxd1=Q+ 25.Kxd1 Ndc5 26.Qxd8
Rxd8+ 27.Kc2 Nf2 0-1
Kasparov - Anand, New York 1995
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5
8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Ng5 dxc3 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.bxc3 Qd3
14.Bc2 Qxc3 15.Nb3 Nxb3 16.Bxb3 Nd4 17.Qg4 Qxa1 18.Bxe6 Rd8 19.Bh6 Qc3
20.Bxg7 Qd3 21.Bxh8 Qg6 22.Bf6 Be7 23.Bxe7 Qxg4 24.Bxg4 Kxe7 25.Rc1 c6
26.f4 a5 27.Kf2 a4 28.Ke3 b4 29.Bd1 a3 30.g4 Rd5 31.Rc4 c5 32.Ke4 Rd8
33.Rxc5 Ne6 34.Rd5 Rc8 35.f5 Rc4+ 36.Ke3 Nc5 37.g5 Rc1 38.Rd6 1-0
Kasparov - Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.f3 b5 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.Bh6
Bxh6 9.Qxh6 Bb7 10.a3 e5 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.Kb1 a6 13.Nc1 O-O-O 14.Nb3
exd4 15.Rxd4 c5 16.Rd1 Nb6 17.g3 Kb8 18.Na5 Ba8 19.Bh3 d5 20.Qf4+ Ka7
21.Rhe1 d4 22.Nd5 Nbxd5 23.exd5 Qd6 24.Rxd4 cxd4 25.Re7+ Kb6 26.Qxd4+
Kxa5 27.b4+ Ka4 28.Qc3 Qxd5 29.Ra7 Bb7 30.Rxb7 Qc4 31.Qxf6 Kxa3
32.Qxa6+ Kxb4 33.c3+ Kxc3 34.Qa1+ Kd2 35.Qb2+ Kd1 36.Bf1 Rd2 37.Rd7
Rxd7 38.Bxc4 bxc4 39.Qxh8 Rd3 40.Qa8 c3 41.Qa4+ Ke1 42.f4 f5 43.Kc1
Rd2 44.Qa7 1-0
Kholmov - Bronstein, Kiev 1964
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3
Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Ne5 13.Qh3 O-O 14.g5 b4
15.gxf6 Bxf6 16.Rg1+ Kh8 17.Qh6 Qe7 18.Nc6 Nxc6 19.e5 Bg5+ 20.Rxg5 f6
21.exd6 Qf7 22.Rg3 bxc3 23.Bc4 cxb2+ 24.Kb1 Nd8 25.Rdg1 Ra7 26.d7 Rxd7
27.fxe6 Nxe6 28.Bxe6 Rd1+ 29.Rxd1 Bxe6 30.Kxb2 Rb8+ 31.Ka1 Bxa2
32.Rgd3 Qe7 33.Kxa2 Qe6+ 34.Rb3 1-0
Kholmov - Keres, Tbilisi 1959
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Ng4 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O g6 7.Re1 Bg7
8.h3 Nh6 9.Nc3 b6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 c5 12.Nc6 Qd7 13.Nxe7 Kxe7
14.Bxh6 Bxh6 15.Qf3 Bg7 16.Nd5+ Kd8 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.Qb3 Bc6 19.Nxb6
axb6 20.Qxf7 Bxe5 21.Rxd7+ Bxd7 22.Rxe5 Kc7 23.Re7 Rad8 24.a4 g5
25.Qd5 Rhe8 26.Rxh7 g4 27.a5 gxh3 28.axb6+ Kxb6 29.Rxd7 1-0
Larsen - Spassky, Belgrade 1970
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Bc5 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.e3 Bf5
8.Qc2 Qe7 9.Be2 O-O-O 10.f4 Ng4 11.g3 h5 12.h3 h4 13.hxg4 hxg3 14.Rg1
Rh1 15.Rxh1 g2 16.Rf1 Qh4+ 17.Kd1 gxf1=Q+ 0-1
Lazard - Gibald, Paris 1909
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4
8.O-O Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.g4 h6 13.h4 Kf8 14.h5 g5
15.Nd4 c6 16.Qf3 Nxd5 17.Bd2 Nc7 18.Rae1 d5 19.Bb4+ Kg7 20.Re7 dxc4
21.Nxc6 Qd3 22.Rxf7+ Kxf7 23.Re7+ Kg8 24.Qxf6 Rh7 25.Re8+ Nxe8 26.Qf8#
1-0
Levitzky - Marshall, Breslau 1912
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 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 Rxf6 16.Rad1 Qc5 17.Qe2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qxc3 19.Rxd5
Nd4 20.Qh5 Ref8 21.Re5 Rh6 22.Qg5 Rxh3 23.Rc5 Qg3 0-1
Liliental - Capablanca, Hastings 1934
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.f3 d5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4
Ba6 9.e4 Bxc4 10.Bxc4 dxc4 11.Qa4+ Qd7 12.Qxc4 Qc6 13.Qd3 Nbd7 14.Ne2
Rd8 15.O-O a5 16.Qc2 Qc4 17.f4 Rc8 18.f5 e5 19.dxe5 Qxe4 20.exf6 Qxc2
21.fxg7 Rg8 22.Nd4 Qe4 23.Rae1 Nc5 24.Rxe4+ Nxe4 25.Re1 Rxg7 26.Rxe4+
Kd7 1-0
Lilienthal - Ragozin, Moscow 1935
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 d5 7.e3 O-O
8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Ne2 Re8 11.O-O a6 12.Qe1 b5 13.Qf2 Be6 14.h3
Ra7 15.Bd2 Qb6 16.Rfb1 Rae7 17.a4 c4 18.Bc2 Bc8 19.Ng3 h5 20.Ne2 Nd8
21.Ra2 Bd7 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rba1 Bc8 24.Rb2 Bd7 25.Qh4 Ne6 26.Kh1 Nf8
27.Ng3 Rxe3 28.Bxe3 Rxe3 29.Nxh5 Nxh5 30.Qxh5 Bc6 31.Qg5 Rxc3 32.Qd2
Rxc2 33.Rxc2 Ne6 34.Rd1 b4 35.Rb2 b3 36.Qc3 Nc7 37.Re2 Qa7 38.Qb4 Nb5
39.Re7 Qa3 40.Qe1 c3 41.Re8+ Bxe8 42.Qxe8+ Kh7 43.Qxf7 Qa8 44.Re1 Nd6
45.Qc7 c2 46.Qxd6 b2 47.Qf4 Qc6 0-1
Olafsson - Levitt, Reykjavik 1990
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 Ne4 8.Nxe4
Bxe4 9.Bf4 O-O 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Qd2 Qb6 12.Rfd1 Rd8 13.Qe3 Qb7 14.Bd6
Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Qxb2 16.Rad1 Qb7 17.Rxe6 fxe6 18.Ng5 h6 19.Nxe4 Nc6
20.Nxc5 Qc7 21.Nxd7 Rac8 22.Qxe6+ Kh8 23.Be4 Ne7 24.Rd6 Qxc4 25.Qxe7
Qc1+ 26.Kg2 Re8 27.Qf7 Rxe4 28.Rg6 1-0
Polugaevsky - Nezhmetdinov, Sochi 1958
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2
O-O 9.Bd3 Ng4 10.Nge2 Qh4 11.Ng3 Nge5 12.O-O f5 13.f3 Bh6 14.Qd1 f4
15.Nge2 g5 16.Nd5 g4 17.g3 fxg3 18.hxg3 Qh3 19.f4 Be6 20.Bc2 Rf7
21.Kf2 Qh2+ 22.Ke3 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Nb4 24.Rh1 Rxf4 25.Rxh2 Rf3+ 26.Kd4
Bg7 27.a4 c5+ 28.dxc6 bxc6 29.Bd3 Nexd3+ 30.Kc4 d5+ 31.exd5 cxd5+
32.Kb5 Rb8+ 33.Ka5 Nc6+ 0-1
Reti - Alekhine, Baden-Baden 1925
1.g3 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 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5
Re3 27.Nf3 cxb5 28.Qxb5 Nc3 29.Qxb7 Qxb7 30.Nxb7 Nxe2+ 31.Kh2 Ne4
32.Rc4 Nxf2 33.Bg2 Be6 34.Rcc2 Ng4+ 35.Kh3 Ne5+ 36.Kh2 Rxf3 37.Rxe2
Ng4+ 38.Kh3 Ne3+ 39.Kh2 Nxc2 40.Bxf3 Nd4 0-1
Rotlewi - Rubinstein, Lodz 1907
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 Qe7 11.Bd3 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
21.Be4 Qh4 22.g3 Rxc3 23.gxh4 Rd2 24.Qxd2 Bxe4+ 25.Qg2 Rh3 0-1
Rubinstein - Hromadka, Moravska Ostrava 1923
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3
8.Qxf3 Nd4 9.Qg3 Qe7 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Kd1 c6 12.a4 Rg8 13.Rf1 h6 14.Ne2
O-O-O 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.c3 Bb6 17.a5 Bc7 18.Be3 Kb8 19.Kc2 Ka8 20.Rf3
Nd5 21.Bg1 Nf4 22.Qf2 Bb8 23.g3 Nxh3 24.Rxf7 Qd6 25.Qb6 Rd7 26.Bc5
Rxf7 27.Bxd6 Rf2+ 28.Qxf2 Nxf2 29.Bc5 1-0
Spassky - Bronstein, Leningrad 1960
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Bd6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.d4 O-O 7.Bd3 Nd7
8.O-O h6 9.Ne4 Nxd5 10.c4 Ne3 11.Bxe3 fxe3 12.c5 Be7 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Qd3
e2 15.Nd6 Nf8 16.Nxf7 exf1=Q+ 17.Rxf1 Bf5 18.Qxf5 Qd7 19.Qf4 Bf6
20.N3e5 Qe7 21.Bb3 Bxe5 22.Nxe5+ Kh7 23.Qe4+ 1-0
Stoltz - H. Steiner, Stockolm 1952
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d4 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 Kh8 8.Qc2
Qe8 9.b3 Nc6 10.Ba3 exd4 11.exd4 f4 12.O-O-O Nh5 13.Be4 g6 14.Nd5 Qd8
15.Bb2 f3 16.Nef4 Bg5 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qxg6 Ng7 19.h4 Bxf4+ 20.gxf4 Bf5
21.Qh6+ Bh7 22.Ne3 Rf6 23.Qg5 Rg6 24.d5 Rxg5 25.hxg5 Ne7 26.Ng4 Qc8
27.g6 Qxg4 28.Rxh7+ Kg8 29.Rxg7+ Kf8 30.Rf7+ Ke8 31.Re1 Qxg6 32.Rexe7+
Kd8 33.Bf6 Qxf6 34.Rxf6 1-0
Taimanov - Polugaewski, Leningrad 1960
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ Nbd7 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 c5 7.d5 exd5
8.e5 d4 9.exf6 dxc3 10.Bxc4 Qxf6 11.Bg5 Qc6 12.O-O-O cxb2+ 13.Kxb2 Be7
14.Rhe1 f6 15.Bb5 Qb6 16.Kc1 fxg5 17.Bxd7+ Kf8 18.Rxe7 Kxe7 19.Qe4+
Kd8 20.Bf5+ Kc7 21.Qe5+ Kc6 22.Rd6+ Kb5 23.Qb2+ 1-0
Tal - Hjartarson, Reykjavik 1987
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3
d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8
15.Ne3 Nc6 16.d5 Nb4 17.Bb1 a5 18.a3 Na6 19.b4 g6 20.Bd2 axb4 21.axb4
Qb7 22.Bd3 Nc7 23.Nc2 Nh5 24.Be3 Ra8 25.Qd2 Rxa1 26.Nxa1 f5 27.Bh6 Ng7
28.Nb3 f4 29.Na5 Qb6 30.Rc1 Ra8 31.Qc2 Nce8 32.Qb3 Bf6 33.Nc6 Nh5
34.Qb2 Bg7 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Rc5 Qa6 37.Rxb5 Nc7 38.Rb8 Qxd3 39.Ncxe5
Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Ra1 41.Ng4+ Kf7 42.Nh6+ Ke7 43.Ng8+ 1-0
Topalov - Shirov, Linares 1998
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6
8.Ba4 O-O 9.Ne2 Nd7 10.O-O e5 11.f3 Qe7 12.Be3 Rd8 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Bb3
Be6 15.Rad1 Nc4 16.Bc1 b5 17.f4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Bg4 19.Rde1 Qc5 20.Kh1 a5
21.h3 Bd7 22.a4 bxa4 23.Ba2 Be8 24.e5 Nb6 25.f5 Nd5 26.Bd2 Nb4 27.Qxa4
Nxa2 28.Qxa2 Bxe5 29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Bg5 Rd5 31.Re3 Qd6 32.Qe2 Bd7 33.c4
Bxd4 34.cxd5 Bxe3 35.Qxe3 Re8 36.Qc3 Qxd5 37.Bh6 Re5 38.Rf3 Qc5 39.Qa1
Bf5 40.Re3 f6 41.Rxe5 Qxe5 42.Qa2+ Qd5 43.Qxd5+ cxd5 44.Bd2 a4 45.Bc3
Kf7 46.h4 Ke6 47.Kg1 Bh3 48.gxh3 Kf5 49.Kf2 Ke4 50.Bxf6 d4 51.Be7 Kd3
52.Bc5 Kc4 53.Be7 Kb3 0-1
Vladimirov - Epishin, USSR 1987
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Be7 8.g5
hxg5 9.Bxg5 Nc6 10.Qd2 a6 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.f4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Bc6 14.Rg1
Qa5 15.Bh3 Qc5 16.Qd3 b5 17.f5 b4 18.Be3 Qa5 19.Qc4 Bb7 20.fxe6 bxc3
21.Rxg7 d5 22.Qb3 cxb2+ 23.Kb1 Qb5 24.exf7+ Kf8 25.Rdg1 Qxb3 26.Bh6
Ng4 27.Rh7+ Nxh6 28.Rxh8+ Kxf7 29.Rh7+ 1-0
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