june 23 2020

The new software worked again without a hitch as a support for this course with as many listeners as ever and good energy in the variants.

We will meet again in September and until then, have a good "learning" holiday!

Below is the report of our Master, always at the top of his game


Master's words


Saint ex"The "system" consists of a small number of insiders from the highest levels of international finance, pursuing the old messianic dream of world government under the authority of a stateless oligarchy" (J. Bordiot quoting Carroll Quigley).  "The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching plan, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole".

Monde

"If I am killed, I will regret absolutely nothing. The future termite mound frightens me. I hate the virtue of robots. I was made to be a gardener" (last letter of Saint-Exupéry).

"Don't tire yourself out, Totoche, we belong to the same world -- [...] -- I'm getting old, I don't distinguish a gentleman from a herring any more" ("Mélodie en sous-sol", 1963).

"Any man who has had a woman in his arms can have her later... on his arms and finally... on his back" (L. de Funès in "La vie à deux" by Guitry).

"Where did you learn to say so much bullshit? -- Two years of TV" (Sim & Mireille Darc in "Elle boit pas..." 1970).

"I've already seen a lot of arseholes, but you are a synthesis" (ibidem).

Darc

"One cannot protest enough against the stupid idea that genius could be the result of universal suffrage.

"With enemies like the system, there is no need for friends, they come by themselves" (Elise Blaise, lautréamontising the famous phrase).

"The real right is not serious, which is why the left hates it, as an executioner would hate a victim who laughs and mocks before dying" (In Memory of Jean Raspail).

"The grotesque is the only reasonable way out when greatness is no longer recognised by all" (idem).

"As for the miniskirt: everything depends on the legs" (H. Albrecht about the supereconomy in chess problems).

The conjugated squares are an essential theme of the Kings and Pawns endgame. But we find them in many other domains: remember the struggle Rook against Queen of Nadareishvili http://lecoursdumaitre.e-monsite.com/pages/tools/cb-2013/les-nouveaux-diagrammes-du-maitre.html and Queen against Queen of two other great Georgian composers (6 March 2007). 

Farago

Also Bishop vs Queen, Bron's study of May 9 2017; King vs Queen (Marwitz, January 10 2012); King vs Bishop (Marwitz, March 6 2018); Knight vs Bishop (Adamson, January 25 2011); Rook vs Knight (Didukh, June 21 2016). Not to mention King-King matches when there are not only pawns! For example in Knight vs Bishop (Kozlowski, February 1st 2011), King vs Bishop (Fritz, ibidem and Dvoretzky, October 18 2016) and Rook vs Knight (Arestov, March 19 2013).

Today, it's Bishop vs. Bishop from the "Labyrinth"'s author (October 24 2017), but much simpler! And a particular subtlety of motifs.

The practical endgame has two interests: a breakthrough showing that the activation of the King can be more important than a "beautiful" pawn structure, an K+P/K+P where a simple precaution largely facilitates the task. To which is added a pawn endgame find, for which I am entirely indebted to the audience.

A festival of sub-promotions of a great player and composer, who already appreciated studies 50 years ago: at the "Maison des Echecs" rue Vivienne, he had solved one by simply observing a diagram I had lent him, while the whole circle was drying using chessboards.

Finally an "aristocratic" amusement (without pawns). You have to win a piece... or mate.

No holiday homework, which will give you time to review the above-mentioned endgames.

Morphy 2

"Theory". Some have affirmed that Morphy had introduced a "theory" which had allowed the blossoming of modern Chess, based on the principle "development first". Thanks to him, chessmen finally express themselves at their ease! Theory of course not expressed, since he did not write any book, but underlying in his hundreds of brilliant games.

Absurd! Do you think that La Bourdonnais, Anderssen and the others had not understood the virtues of development? Morphy simply used his intuition more. Anderssen

He calculated much less than his predecessors. Not that he was incapable of calculation (!) but with his numerous games with the advantage of a Knight or a Rook (played in a very short time), where pure analysis only led to defeat, he had to find something else. He understood that at that time people were reluctant to give the Queen, even against three figures, and other such things. So he constantly found the move that would complicate his opponent's task. In this, he is the ancestor of Tal, who also calculated very little (remember the hippopotamus anecdote: if you have forgotten it, let me know, I will tell it here).

Two games of the big match, including a very underrated miniature. Once again, we see that the 1858 openings are very popular in our so "intelligent"-sic 21st century. In the first one, at the 24th move, the good and the bad must be interchanged in comparison with the 19th century analyses, as in the last course. The second is a miniature, where the brilliant 13th move is spoiled on the 14th.

Fairy: don't miss the Gockel where anti-distanciation is preached!

Buchwald

Training: several 2# with trials, the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 11th & 12th. Four very dissimilar 3#: 2nd moves found in the 3rd, a hyper-active White King, model mates and an unchained Queen. Strategy and model mates in the 4#. A long problem by Carlos, a living legend, who presents us with an echo-chameleon of stairs! The solution is unfortunately stuck (again anti-distanciation). 

A youthful helpmate #2 (with only one solution!) from the Bosnian sorcerer, then three long, fairly easy helpmates (mate-echo in the last one). A cyclic selfmate where we forbid reading the solution. Ditto for the long and difficult selfmate of the famous Rätselonkel.

Last minute: a joke by Jean Riz (you know what I mean): a simple mate in 2, but the move we want to play... doesn't fit, without the need to be called Michel to understand why! Last minute bis: tribute to Mukkur Parthasarathy. "Good people die, scum remain".

Have a good time. Once again, we don't say goodbye. We're staying alive ! May God protect you this summer.

PGN Reader

Master's diagrams

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Farago, P."] [Black "0043.64"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K1B5/P1kp2n1/P2pP1P1/8/8/2p1p3/b1P1P3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "1948.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1. exd7 $8 Ne6 2. g7 $8 (2. d8=Q+ $2 Nxd8 $8 3. g7 Bd5+ $1 4. Bb7 Bg8 $1 5. Be4 {(we will see this again, but with the d7 pawn in addition!)} Ne6 $1 {(mate threat in 2)} 6. Bd5 Nc5 $1 7. Bc6 Nd7 $1 8. Bxd7 Bd5+ $8 9. Bc6 Bxc6#) (2. Bb7 $2 Nc5 $3 3. d8=Q+ Kxd8 4. Kb8 (4. g7 Kc7 $8) 4... Nd7+ $8 5. Ka8 Kc7 $8 6. Bf3 Nb6#) 2... Nd8 $1 {Apparently places White in zugzwang. Let us note that, as regards that Black to move would win by ...Bg8! Bb7 ...d5!! but not by ...Bd5+? Bb7 ... Nxb7? because of g8Q!} (2... Bd5+ $2 3. Bb7 Nc5 4. d8=Q+ Kxd8 5. Bxd5 $18) ( 2... Nc5 $2 3. d8=Q+ $1 Kxd8 4. Kb8 $8 $18) 3. Bb7 $8 (3. g8=Q $2 Bxg8 $8 4. Bb7 d5 $1 (4... Be6 $1 5. Bf3 Bxd7 6. Be4 Bb5) 5. Bc8 d4 $1 6. Bb7 d3 $19) 3... Bc4 {[%csl Re4,Ge6,Yf3,Yf7,Gg2,Rg8] Where would you play your Bishop? There are 3 pairs of conjugated squares: e4/g8, f3/f7 and g2/e6. So there is only one square.} (3... Be6 4. Bg2 $8 {: below}) (3... Bf7 4. Bf3 $8 {: text}) (3... Bg8 4. Be4 $8 {: below}) 4. Bh1 $3 {[#]The white defence is based on 3 replies : when Black's bishop is on g8, being able (only if the pawn is on d5) have Bh7! When it is on f7, have Bh5! On e6, have Bh3!!. Cleverly, the White Bishop can try to replace h5 with g6 and h3 by g4, but will not succeed. Let us note that, as White to move, the Bishop should return to b7.} (4. Be4 $2 Bg8 $3 {[#]ZZ} 5. Bf3 (5. Bg2 d5 $8) (5. Bh7 Bd5#) 5... d5 $8 {(now we would like to play Bh7!)} 6. Bh5 d4 $8 7. Bf7 Bh7 $3 (7... Nxf7 $2 8. d8=Q+ $8 {and the Knight is too far away for us to capture with the King}) (7... d3 $2 8. Bxg8 $8 dxe2 $8 $11) 8. g8=Q (8. Bd5 d3 $8) 8... Bxg8 $8 9. Bxg8 (9. Bc4 d3 $1) 9... d3 $8 $19) (4. Bf3 $2 Bf7 $3 {[#]ZZ} 5. Bg2 (5. Be4 {(hoping ...d5? Bg6!!)} Bg8 $8 {as above}) (5. Bh1 {(or on b7)} d5 $8) 5... d5 $8 {(Now we'd like to play Bh5!)} 6. Bh3 d4 $8 7. Be6 Nxe6 $3 ({the equivalent of 7...Bh7!! is catastrophic :} 7... Bg6 $2 8. g8=Q $8) 8. d8=Q+ Kxd8 $8 9. Kb7 Nc7 $8 10. a8=Q+ Nxa8 $8 11. Kxa8 Kc7 $1 { (see below variation 4...Be6 where bP is on d5 instead of d4, and so g8Q then a7 is possible)} 12. Ka7 (12. a7 Bd5#) 12... d3 $1 $19) (4. Bg2 $2 Be6 $3 {[#]ZZ} 5. Bf3 {(hoping ...d5? Bg4!!)} (5. Be4 Bg8 $8) 5... Bf7 $8 $19 { as already seen}) (4. g8=Q $2 Bxg8 $8 5. Be4 d5 $1 6. Bh7 (6. Bf5 d4 $1 7. Be4 d3 $1) 6... Be6 $1 7. Bf5 Bxd7 $1 8. Bxd7 Nf7 $1 {and mate in 3}) (4. Bc6 $2 Nxc6 $8 5. d8=Q+ Kxd8 $8 6. Kb7 Nxa7 $8 7. Kxa7 Kc7 $8 8. Ka8 Be6 $1 9. Ka7 Bd5 $1 10. g8=Q Bxg8 11. Ka8 Bd5+ 12. Ka7 Bf3 $1 $19 {or ...Bb3! Ka8...Bxc2!}) 4... Bf7 ( 4... Bg8 5. Be4 $3 {[#]ZZ} d5 (5... Ne6 6. Bc6 $1 {or Bg2! but not Bd5? ...Nc5!}) 6. Bh7 $3 {[#]} (6. Bd3 $1 d4 7. Bc4 $8) 6... Bf7 (6... Bxh7 7. g8=Q $1 {or g8R}) 7. g8=Q $1 (7. Bg6 $1) (7. Bg8 $1) 7... Bxg8 8. Bxg8 $8 d4 $8 9. Bb3 $1 {(or on c4, h7)} (9. Bd5 $2 d3 $8 $19) 9... Nc6 $8 10. Bd5 Nd8 $8 11. Be4 Ne6 $1 12. Bf3 Nd8 $8 $11) (4... Be6 5. Bg2 $3 {[#]ZZ} d5 6. Bh3 $3 {[#]} (6. Be4 $2 d4 $3) 6... Bf7 7. Be6 $3 Nxe6 8. d8=Q+ $1 Kxd8 9. Kb7 Nc7 $8 10. a8=Q+ $8 Nxa8 11. Kxa8 $8 Kc7 12. g8=Q $8 (12. a7 $2 Be8 $3) 12... Bxg8 $8 13. a7 $8 {(because the bP is in d5)} d4 {stalemate}) (4... Ba2 {[%csl Ga2,Gb7,Gc4,Gh1]} 5. Bb7 $8 (5. Bc6 $2 Nxc6 $8 {already seen}) 5... Bc4 6. Bh1 $8 $11) 5. Bf3 $3 {[#]ZZ} d5 (5... Be6 6. Bg2 $8) (5... Bg8 6. Be4 $8) (5... Ne6 $2 6. Bd5 $8 $18) 6. Bh5 $3 {[#]} Bg8 7. Bf7 $3 Nxf7 (7... Bxf7 8. g8=Q $1 Bxg8 {stalemate}) 8. d8=Q+ $1 Nxd8 {stalemate.} (8... Kxd8 $2 9. Kb7 $18) 1/2-1/2 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1930.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Thomas G, Maroczy G"] [Black "0800.66"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r4rk1/pp3ppp/2p5/4P3/5P2/1R6/PP4PP/5RK1 b - - 0 20"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1930.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 20... b6 21. Rd1 Rfe8 $6 (21... Rfd8 22. Rbd3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 f6 $1 24. exf6 Rf8 $1) (21... f6 22. e6 Rfd8 23. Rbd3 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 f5 $1) 22. Rbd3 Kf8 23. Kf2 c5 (23... Re7 24. Rd8+ (24. Rd6 c5 25. R1d5 Ke8 26. g4 Rc8) 24... Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Re8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. f5 Ke7 28. g4 a5 29. h4 h6 30. h5 f6 $3 {[#](a surprising decision, reminding us of Shirov-Timman's failed rescue 1996)} ( 30... Kd7 $2 31. g5 $3) (30... Ke8 $2 31. f6 $3) (30... a4 $2 31. Ke3 $1) 31. e6 Kd6 32. Ke3 Kc7 33. Kd4 Kd6 34. Kc4 Kc7 35. b4 axb4 $8 36. Kxb4 Kd6 37. a4 ( 37. a3 Kc7 38. a4 Kd6 39. a5 bxa5+ 40. Kxa5 Kc7 $3 41. Ka6 c5 $8) 37... Kc7 $8 38. a5 bxa5+ $8 39. Kxa5 c5 $3 {[#]} (39... Kd6 $2 40. Kb6 $1 {ZZ}) 40. Kb5 Kd6 $8 { (ZZ too, but this time on the right side)} 41. Kc4 Kc6 $8 $11) 24. Kf3 Re6 25. Rd7 f6 $2 (25... Re7 26. Rd8+ Re8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rd7 b5) (25... Ke8 $1 26. Ke4 Re7) 26. R1d6 $3 {[#]} Rxd6 (26... Rae8 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxh7) ( 26... Re7 27. exf6 Rxd7 28. Rxd7) 27. exd6 $1 (27. Rxd6 $2 fxe5 28. fxe5 Ke7 $11) 27... Re8 (27... f5 {(how do you achieve your advantage ?)} 28. g4 $3 {[#]} ( 28. h3 $1 {(so as not to damage the beautiful structure !)} Re8 $1 29. g4 $1 (29. Rxa7 Rd8 $1 30. d7 Ke7 31. Rb7 Rxd7 32. Rxb6 Ra7 33. a3 c4 $1 34. Ke3 {(Rc6 ... Rb7)} c3 $1 35. bxc3 Rxa3 36. Kd4 Ra2) 29... fxg4+ (29... Re4 30. gxf5 Rd4 31. Kg4 c4 32. Kg5) 30. hxg4 $1 (30. Kxg4 Re2 31. Kf5 Rxb2 {: Black has one more time than with 28 g4!!}) 30... h6 (30... Re1 31. f5 $1 Rb1 32. g5 $1) 31. f5 $1 Re5 32. Kf4 $1 (32. Rxa7 $1 Rd5 33. d7) 32... Rd5 33. Ke4 Rd2 34. Ke5 {also win}) 28... fxg4+ (28... Re8 29. gxf5 h6 30. a4) (28... g6 29. Rxh7) 29. Kxg4 Re8 30. Kf5 $3 {[#]} Re2 31. Rxa7 {(for Ra8+ and d7)} Rd2 (31... Ke8 32. Rxg7) 32. Ke6 $1 Re2+ 33. Kd5 Rd2+ 34. Kc6 $8 $18) 28. Rxa7 (28. Kg4 $1 Re2 29. Kf5 $1 Rxg2 30. Rxa7) 28... Rd8 $1 29. d7 Ke7 (29... f5 30. Rb7 Ke7) 30. Ke4 $1 (30. Rb7 Rxd7 31. Rxb6 Ra7 (31... f5 32. Ke3) 32. a3 c4 33. Ke4 { (compare with the line 27...f5 28 h3 Re8 29 Rxa7)} c3 34. bxc3 Rxa3 35. Rb7+ $1 Ke6 36. c4) 30... Kd6 (30... Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. Kd5 $18) (30... Ke6 31. f5+ Kd6 32. g4 Kc6 33. a4 Rb8 34. Kd3 Kd5 35. Kc3 Rd8 36. h3 Rb8 (36... Kc6 37. Kc4) 37. Rb7) 31. a4 (31. g4) 31... Kc6 (31... h5 32. Kf5 $1) (31... g6 32. f5) (31... Rb8 32. g4) 32. Kf5 $1 (32. h4 $1) 32... Rxd7 (32... Kd6 33. h4) 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. h4 $3 {[#]Against ...Ke7 & ...g6+. Not the only win, but the simplest.} ({The more laborious is} 34. g4 Ke7 (34... Kd6 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. f5+ Kd6 37. Kd3 $8 Kd5 38. b3 {idem}) 35. Ke4 (35. h4 $2 g6+ $1) 35... Kd6 36. b3 $1 Ke6 37. f5+ Kd6 38. Kd3 $8 Kd5 39. Kc3 $1 (39. h3 $1) 39... g6 (39... h6 40. Kd3 h5 41. gxh5 $8 Ke5 42. Kc4 Kxf5 43. Kb5) 40. fxg6 $8 hxg6 41. h4 $8 Ke5 42. h5 $8 gxh5 43. gxh5 Kf5 44. Kd3 $8 Kg5 45. Ke4 $8 f5+ 46. Ke5 $8 f4 47. h6 $8 f3 48. h7 f2 49. h8=Q f1=Q 50. Qd8+ $1 Kh5 51. Qxb6 c4 52. Qb5 $3 {[#]} Kg6 53. bxc4 $18) ({In the same way} 34. Ke4 Kc6 (34... Kd6 35. f5 $1 Kc6 36. g4 $8 Kd6 37. Kd3 $8 Kd5 38. b3 $8 {idem}) 35. g4 $3 (35. f5 $2 b5 $3 36. axb5+ {(a5 ...g6!)} Kxb5 37. Kd5 h5 $3 {[#](...Kb4? g4!)} 38. Ke6 Kb4 $1 39. Kf7 c4 $1 40. Kxg7 Kb3 $8 41. Kxf6 Kxb2 42. Kg6 c3 43. f6 c2 44. f7 c1=Q 45. f8=Q Qc2+ $8 46. Kxh5 Qxg2 $1 $11) 35... Kd6 (35... g6 36. g5 $3) 36. f5 $1 Kc6 37. h3 $1 (37. Kd3 $2 b5 $3) (37. b3 $1) 37... Kd6 38. Kd3 $8 Kd5 39. b3 $1 $18) 34... Ke7 (34... Kd6 35. h5 $8 (35. Ke4 $2 g6 $8) 35... Ke7 (35... Kd5 36. h6 $8) 36. g3 $1 {Z} Kf7 37. Ke4 $1 Ke6 38. f5+ $8 Kd6 39. Kd3 $8 Kd5 40. Kc3 $8 {as in the text}) 35. h5 $8 Kf7 (35... h6 36. g4 $1 Kf7 37. Ke4 $1 Ke6 38. f5+ $1 Kd6 39. Kd3 $8 Kd5 40. Kc3 $3 {[#]} (40. b3 $2 Kd6 $8) 40... Kd6 41. Kc4 $8 Kc6 42. b3 $8 {idem}) 36. Ke4 $8 Ke6 37. f5+ $8 Kd6 38. Kd3 $1 {1-0 Thomas-Maroczy.} Kd5 (38... Ke5 39. Kc4 $1) 39. Kc3 $1 (39. b3 $1) 39... Kd6 40. Kc4 $8 Kc6 41. g3 $1 h6 42. g4 Kc7 43. Kb5 $1 (43. Kd5 $1 Kd7 44. a5 $1) 43... Kb7 44. a5 $1 bxa5 45. Kxc5 $8 Ka6 46. Kc6 $1 a4 47. Kc5 $8 Ka5 48. Kc4 $8 Kb6 49. Kb4 $8 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2011.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Timman, J."] [Black "0330.72"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/8/P3b2K/1P5P/2p2p2/2P2P2/2P3rP/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1. b6 $8 {The other moves are simply losing.} Kh8 $1 2. b7 $8 Bg8 $1 { Preparing stalemate.} 3. a7 (3. h3 $2 Rg3 $1 (3... Rg7 $1 {idem}) (3... Rg1 $2 4. a7 $8 {ZZ : text}) 4. a7 Rg1 {ZZ} 5. h4 (5. a8=B $2 Rb1 $8 $19) 5... Rg7 $8 6. a8=B Rh7+ $8 7. Kg5 $8 Rg7+ $8 {(the wK does not have the h4 square)} 8. Kxf4 Rf7+ $8 9. Ke5 Rf8 $8 $11) (3. b8=Q $2 Rg6+ $8 {and stalemate}) 3... Rg1 {What do you promote? Or do you play something else ?} (3... Rg7 4. a8=B $8 {: see text}) 4. h3 $3 {[#]ZZ. White will promote differently depending on the square chosen by the bR.} (4. h4 $2 Rg7 $8 $11 {as above}) (4. b8=B $4 { (or b8N??)} Bd5 $8 $19) (4. a8=B $4 {(or a8N??)} Rb1 $8 $19) (4. b8=Q $2 {(or a8Q?)} Rg6+ $8 $11) 4... Rg7 (4... Rg3 5. a8=N $3 {[#](the Rook no longer has access to the "b" column)} (5. a8=B $2 Rg7 {ZZ} 6. b8=B {(h4 Rh7+! as studied at the 3rd move)} Bd5 $3 {[#]} 7. Be5 {(Bxd5 ...Rg6+!!)} Bxa8 $8 8. Bxg7+ Kg8 9. Be5 Bxf3 10. Bxf4 Bd1 $11) 5... Rg7 $1 {(defence ignored in the 2015 vdH database)} (5... Rg1 6. Nb6 $3 Rg7 7. Nd7 $3 Rg1 8. Ne5 $1) 6. Nc7 $3 {[#]} Rg1 (6... Rxc7 7. b8=Q $8 Rc6+ 8. Kg5) 7. Nb5 $3 Rg7 8. Nd6 $8 Rxb7 (8... Rg1 9. Nf7+ $8 Bxf7 10. b8=Q+) 9. Nxb7 $8 Bd5 10. Nd6 $1 (10. Na5 $1) 10... Bxf3 11. Kg5 $8 Bd1 12. Kxf4 $8 Bxc2 13. Nxc4 $1 $18) (4... Rg2 5. a8=N $8 {idem}) (4... Rb1 5. a8=Q $1) (4... Ra1 5. b8=Q $1) 5. a8=B $3 {[#]ZZ} (5. b8=B $2 Rh7+ $8 (5... Bd5 $2 6. Be5 $8) 6. Kg5 Bd5 $8) 5... Rg3 (5... Rxb7 6. Bxb7 $8 Bd5 7. Ba6 $1 Bxf3 8. Kg5 $8 Bg2 ( 8... Bd1 9. Kxf4 Bxc2 10. Bxc4) 9. Kxf4 Bd5 (9... Bxh3 10. Bxc4) 10. Ke5 Bf7 11. Kd4 $18) (5... Rh7+ 6. Kg5 $8 Rg7+ 7. Kh4 $8 $18 {: the shelter}) (5... Rg1 { (or on g2)} 6. b8=B $8 {idem}) 6. b8=B $3 {[#]} (6. h4 $2 Rg7 $8 7. b8=B Bd5 $8 { already seen}) 6... Bd5 (6... Bf7 7. Be5+ $1 (7. h4 $1) 7... Kg8 8. h4 $8 Rg2 (8... Be6 9. Bxf4 Rg7 10. Be5) (8... Rh3 9. Be4 $1 {(Kg5)} Rxh4 10. Bh7+ $8 Kf8 11. Bd6+ $8 Ke8 12. Bg6 $8 Rh3 13. Kg7 $8) 9. Be4 $1 Be6 10. Bxf4 Kf7 11. Be5 $18) (6... Be6 7. h4 $1 Rg2 (7... Rh3 8. Bxf4 $1 Rxh4 9. Kg5 $8) 8. Be4 Kg8 (8... Bd5 9. Be5+ $8) 9. Bxf4 $18) 7. Be5+ $8 (7. Bxd5 $2 Rg6+ $8) (7. Bxf4 $2 Bxa8 8. Bxg3 Bxf3 $8 $11) 7... Kg8 8. Bxd5+ $8 Kf8 9. Bxf4 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Glaser, J."] [Black "0018.00"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4B2n/8/5N2/5k2/8/5Kn1/6N1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "1957.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1. Ng3 $8 (1. Kxg2 $2 Kxf5 $8 $11) (1. Nd6 $2 Ne3 $8 (1... Ke5 $2 2. Kxg2 $8 Ke6 3. Nc8 $8 Kd7 4. Nf3 $8 Kxc8 5. Ne5 $8 $18) 2. Ne2+ (2. Nh3+ Ke5 $8) 2... Ke5 $8 3. Kxe3 Ke6 $8 4. Nc8 Kd7 $8 5. Ke4 Kxc8 $8 6. Kf5 Kd7 $8 7. Bb4 Ke8 $8 8. Kg6 Nf8+ $8) 1... Nh4 $1 (1... Ne1 2. N1e2+ $1 Kg4 3. Kxe1 $8 $18) 2. Bxh4 $8 Ng5 $1 {To trap the Bishop and end up with King against 2 Knights !} 3. Nh5+ $8 (3. N1e2+ $2 Kg4 $8 4. Bxg5 Kxg5 $8 $11) (3. N3e2+ $2 {(or on f1)} Kg4 4. Bg3 Ne4+ $8) 3... Kg4 $1 (3... Kf5 4. Nf3 $1) 4. Nf6+ $3 Kxh4 (4... Kf5 5. Nf3 $1) (4... Kf4 5. Ne2+ $1) 5. Kg2 $3 {[#]2 Knight against one, it's better !} Ne6 6. Nf3# $1 1-0 [Event "Paris"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1858.12.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Anderssen, Ad"] [Black "Morphy, P."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1858.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 {Appreciated by Anderssen and later by Steinitz.} Bc5 6. c3 (6. O-O {(préfered by Zukertort)} b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 {Fercec,N (2451)-Ivanchuk,V (2708)/ Mali Losinj 2018}) (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 (7. O-O Qd6) (7. Nbd2 Be6 8. O-O Nd7 { Adams,M (2694)-Aravindh,C (2609)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) (7. Nxe5 $2 Qd4 $1) 7... Nd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Bb4 10. O-O Re8 11. Nd2 Nf8 {Grischuk,A (2737) -Aronian,L (2785)/Doha 2016}) (6. Nc3 d6 7. Nd5 h6 8. c3 O-O 9. Ne3 b5 10. Bb3 Ba7 11. O-O {Nasuta,G (2561)-Pantzar,M (2418)/Cannes 2020}) 6... b5 7. Bc2 (7. Bb3) 7... d5 {Premature according to Steinitz.} (7... d6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 {Harikrishna,P (2673)-Morozevich,A (2741)/ Odessa 2007}) 8. exd5 {On the contrary, it seems that this gives too easy an equalization, which proves the validity of 7...d5.} (8. Qe2 O-O 9. Bg5 d4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bh4 Qd6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Qd2 Nh5 {Ramesh, R (2483)-Sokolov,I (2652)/Catalan Bay 2007 (26)}) (8. O-O O-O (8... dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Be6 {Lin Chen (2417)-Gupta,A (2551)/Gaziantep 2008}) 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. h3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bb6 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Nf1 {Alekseev,E (2629) -Shankland,S (2705)/Douglas 2019}) 8... Nxd5 (8... Qxd5 $11) 9. h3 (9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 (11. Nbd2)) 9... O-O 10. O-O h6 (10... Bb6 11. Re1 Re8) 11. d4 (11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. d4 Qf6 $1 {[#]} (12... Nd7 $6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd4 $1 Ne6 15. Qe4) (12... Bd6 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 {WS} Bf6 15. Qd3 g6 16. f5 g5) 13. dxc5 Bb7 14. a4 b4 $1 $44) (11. a4 Bb7) 11... exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 {[%csl Yd4]} 13. Nc3 Ndb4 14. Bb1 {[%csl Rd4]} (14. Be4 $1 f5 15. Bb1 Nxd4 $6 (15... Ne7 $6 16. Qb3+ Nbd5 17. Re1) (15... Be6 $1 16. a3 Nd5 17. Re1 Bf7 18. Bxf5 Qf6 19. Be4 Rad8 $44) 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 {(forced with pawn on f5)} (16... Bxd4 $2 17. Qb3+ $1) 17. Qf3 $1 {[#]Maróczy} Ra7 (17... Rb8 18. a3) 18. a3 Bb7 $8 19. Qg3 Nd5 $8 20. Ba2 $1 (20. Bxh6 c5 $1 {: with the R on b8 there would be Bxf5!}) 20... f4 $8 21. Qf3 c6 $8 22. b4 $1 $16) (14. Be3 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 Be6 $15) 14... Be6 {Disregard the pawn.} (14... Nxd4 {(it was capturable)} 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 {(possible with pawn on f7)} (15... Qxd4 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. a3 Bb7 18. Qg3 Nd5 19. Bxh6 Rfe8 $11) 16. Be4 (16. Qf3 Be6 17. Qe4 Re8 18. Rd1 c5 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Be3 {(Bf4 ...f5!)} Qf6 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Bxd4 cxd4 $11 {GM} 23. f4 $2 {(Ng3!)} Qxf4 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7 Rg8 26. Qxd4 Rxg2+ $3 {[#]} 27. Kxg2 Rg8+ {and mate}) 16... c6 (16... Rb8 17. a3 f5 18. Bf3 Bxc3 $8 19. Qb3+ Kh7 20. Qxc3 Nd5 $11) 17. a3 (17. a4 Be6) 17... Bxc3 $1 (17... f5 $1 18. Bf3 Bxc3 $8 {and not ...Nd3? Bxc6 ...Nxf2 Qf3}) 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Bxc6 Rb8 (20... Ra7 21. Bxb5) 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Rfd1 Rb6 $1 (22... Be6 $1 {idem}) 23. Rac1 Be6 $8 (23... Be7 $2 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Be3 $8 Rb8 26. Ba7 $18) 24. Bxd6 (24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Bxd6 Bc4 $8) 24... Bc4 $3 {[#]} ( 24... Rc8 $2 25. Bc7 $3 {[#](brilliant move chameleon-echo)} Rxc7 26. Rd8+ $8 Kh7 27. Be4+ $8 f5 28. Bxf5+ Bxf5 29. Rxc7) 25. Bxb5 axb5 $11) (14... Bxd4 $2 15. Ne2 $1 (15. Be4 f5 $1) 15... Bb6 16. a3 $1 Re8 (16... Nd5 $2 17. Qc2 $18) ( 16... Qxd1 $2 17. Rxd1 $16) 17. Nf4 $16) 15. a3 $1 Nd5 16. Ne2 (16. Be3 Nf6 ( 16... f5 17. Ba2) (16... Re8) 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Rd1 Bd5 19. Ne5 Qd6 $3 {[#]} (19... Qe7 $2 20. Nxd5 $18 {and Qc2}) (19... Nxd4 $2 20. Bxd4 c5 21. Nxd5 $1 Qxd5 22. Ba2 Qxd4 23. Bxf7+ {1-0 Tarrasch-Euwe, Den Haag thema A 1922}) (19... Na5 $2 20. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Bc4 {(against Rd3)} 22. Bf5 $1 {stronger than Ne4 -- and especially Ng4? -- ...Re6!}) (19... Ne7 $2 20. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 21. Qxh6 $18) (19... Nxe5 $2 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Bxb6 $8 {(Ba2? ...c6!)} cxb6 22. Ba2 $8 $18) (19... Re7 $6 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 $8 21. Ba2 $1 Qd6 $8 22. Bf4 $1 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 $16) (19... Ba5 $2 20. b4 $8) 20. Nxd5 $1 (20. Qc2 $2 Nxd4 $3 $17 {Anderssen-Morphy, (4e) Paris Wch m 1858}) (20. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Nxe5 $8 22. Nxd5 $1 {(dxe5? ... Bxf2+!!)} Qxd5 $8 23. Qxf6 Rad8 $8 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. dxe5 Bd4 $1) (20. Bf4 Bb3 $1 {(or ...Nxd4! but not ...Bxd4? Nxc6!)} 21. Nxc6 Qxc6) 20... Nxd5 $8 21. Qd3 $6 (21. Ba2 $1 Nxe3 22. Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 {(...Nxd1? Bxc6)} 24. Qxe3 Nxe5 $8 25. dxe5 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxe3 27. fxe3 $11) (21. Qc2 Nxe3 22. fxe3) 21... Nxe3 22. Qh7+ (22. Nxc6) 22... Kf8 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. fxe3 Ke7 25. Be4 $44) (16. Qc2 $1 g6 $8 (16... Nf6 $2 17. Ne4 $1 {(Nxb5? ... Na5!)} Nxe4 18. Qxe4 $18) 17. Bxh6 $1 (17. Re1 $1 Bf5 18. Qb3) 17... Nxd4 ( 17... Re8 18. Qe4 $1 {(Rd1!)} f5 19. Qd3 $1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bc4 21. Ba2 $1) 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Ba2 $16) (16. Qd3 $1 Nf6 17. Ne4 g6 18. Bxh6) 16... Nf6 17. Be3 (17. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 18. Qc1 Ne7 $1 19. Qxh6 Nf5 $8 20. Bxf5 (20. Qg5+ Ng7 $8 21. Ng3 Nh7) 20... Bxf5 21. Ng3 Bg6) 17... Re8 (17... Bd5) 18. Ng3 $6 ( 18. a4) 18... Bc4 (18... Qd6) 19. Nf5 $6 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Yc4f1]} (19. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qd5 21. a4 $11) (19. Re1 $6 Nxd4) 19... Bxf1 20. Qxf1 (20. Kxf1 Ne7) 20... Ne7 $17 21. N3h4 $6 (21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qc1 Qe6 $1 $17) 21... Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Qd7 $1 $17 (22... Ne4 $2 {[%cal Yd8f6] JZ} 23. Qd1 $1 (23. Qe2 $1) 23... Qf6 (23... Ng5 24. h4 Ne6) 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qf3 $8 {(threatens Nxh6+)} Qe6 26. Ng3 $11) (22... Qd5 $1) 23. Bxh6 $1 {[#]The "!" for the "psychological" strength of the move, as White is objectively losing.} (23. Qc1 Ne4 $1 24. g4 Ng5 $1 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qxg5 Re1+ (26... Bxd4) 27. Kh2 (27. Kg2 Qc6+) 27... Bxd4 $8 (27... g6 $2 28. Ba2 $1 Re6 $8 $11) 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 $19) (23. Bd3 Qd5 $1 (23... g6 $1 24. Nxh6+ Kg7)) 23... gxh6 (23... Bxd4 24. Nxg7 Re5 $1 $19) 24. Qc1 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Yc1h6]} Bxd4 $3 {[#]Criticised at the time.} (24... Nh7 $2 { (recommended at the time)} 25. Qxh6 $8 f6 26. Ba2+ $1 (26. Nh4 $2 Re1+ $8 27. Kh2 Rxb1 $8 28. Rxb1 Bxd4 $19) 26... Kh8 27. Nh4 $8 Rg8 $8 28. Bxg8 Kxg8 29. Re1 Bxd4 30. Qg6+ $1 (30. Re4 c5) 30... Kh8 (30... Kf8 31. Nf5 $1 Be5 $8 {(...Bc5 Re4!)} 32. f4 $1 Bxf4 33. Ne7 Be5 $8 34. Qxh7 Qxe7 {(thinner ...Ke8! leaving bQ more active)} 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qxa8 Qc5+ {(...Bd4+ Kf1)} 37. Kh1 Qf2 38. Qd5+) 31. Qe4 $3 (31. Qh5 $1) 31... Rd8 32. Ng6+ $8 Kg7 33. Ne7 $3 {[#]} Be5 (33... Nf8 34. Nc6 $11) (33... Bxb2 $2 34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qg8#) 34. Qg6+ $8 Kf8 $8 (34... Kh8 $2 35. Qf7 $3 $18) 35. Qxh7 $8 Qxe7 36. Qxe7+ Kxe7 37. f4 $8 $11) (24... Ne4 $6 25. Qf4 Qc6 $1 $17) (24... Re4 $2 25. Bxe4 $8 Nxe4 26. Qf4 $8 $18) 25. Qxh6 Re1+ $8 26. Kh2 Ne4 $2 {Misses a material win.} (26... Qxf5 $3 27. Bxf5 Rxa1 $8 28. Qg5+ Kf8 $8 (28... Kh8 $2 29. Qh4+) 29. Qh6+ Ke7 $8 30. Qf4 Rd8 $8 31. Qxc7+ (31. g4 Ne8 $1) 31... Ke8 $1 (31... Nd7 32. f4) 32. Qc6+ (32. Bc8 Re1 $1 {(for ...Be5+)} 33. Qc2 Ne4) (32. g4 Rf1 $1) (32. h4 Rd5 $1) 32... Kf8 $1 33. Qxa6 $6 Be5+ $3 (33... Bxb2 34. Qxb5 Bxa3 35. Qb6 Be7) 34. g3 Rd2 $1 35. Kg2 Bd4 $19) (26... Ne8 $2 27. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 28. Bh7+ $11) 27. Bxe4 $8 Rxe4 $1 ( 27... Rxa1 $2 28. Nxd4 $8 f6 $2 (28... Qd6+) 29. Nf5 $1 $18) 28. Qg5+ $8 Kf8 29. Qh6+ $8 Ke8 30. Nxd4 $8 Qd6+ $1 (30... Qxd4 31. Qc6+ $8 Ke7 32. Qxa8 $8 Re2 (32... Re6 33. Qb7 $16) 33. Qc6 $11) (30... Qd5 31. Rd1 Kd7 32. Qf6 Kc8 33. Qf3 $11) (30... Rxd4 $2 31. Qh8+ $1 (31. Re1+ $1)) 31. Qxd6 cxd6 32. Rd1 $1 {[%csl Gd4]} Kf8 (32... Re5 33. g4 Rd5) (32... Kd7 33. g4) 33. Rd2 Rae8 (33... Rc8 34. f3 (34. g4 Rc4 35. Nf5) 34... Re5 35. Kg3 Rd5 36. Kf2 Rc4 37. Ke3 $8 $11) 34. g4 R8e5 35. f3 Re1 36. h4 Rd5 37. Kg3 a5 38. h5 Kg8 39. Kf2 Re8 40. Kg3 Re7 41. Kf4 Kh7 42. Kg3 Re3 43. Kf4 Re8 44. Kg3 Re3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Paris"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1858.12.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Morphy, P."] [Black "Anderssen, Ad"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1858.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 (4... e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6) 5. Nb5 {So this is not 'hypermodern' !} d6 (5... Nf6 6. N1c3 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bg5 {Lajthajm,B (2493)-Kozul,Z (2593)/Sarajevo 2012}) (5... a6 {(playable when the pawn is on e5 rather than e6)} 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qe7 (7... Nge7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 $16 {Ljubojevic,L (2550)-Shorbagay/Skopje 1972}) 8. Qg3 Nf6 9. Nc3 d5 10. e5 Nh5 11. Qf3 g6 12. g4 Nxe5 (12... d4) 13. Qe2 $1 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 e5 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qb3 $18 {Loewenthal,J-Morphy,P/London 1858}) 6. Bf4 ({The fashionable move is} 6. c4 a6 (6... Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Nd4 Bd7 {Vignesh,N (2464) -Tabatabaei,M (2590)/Abu Dhabi 2018}) 7. N5a3 (7. N5c3 g6 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Be2 e5 10. Be3 Be6 {Quparadze,G (2506)-Rapport,R (2707)/Riyadh 2017}) 7... Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 (8... Qa5 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Be2 Qc7 {Fedorov,A (2568)-Firouzja,A (2582)/Batumi 2018}) 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 (11... Ne5 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 Bb7 {Maze,S (2617)-Bachmann,A (2641)/Baku 2016}) 12. f3 Qc7 (12... Ne5 13. Rc1 Ned7 14. Qd4 Qc7 15. b4 Rfd8 {Yeritsyan,A (2372)-Iljiushenok,I (2533)/ St Petersburg 2018}) 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. b4 Rac8 15. Qb3 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Ng6 17. Na4 Nd7 {Gorbatov,A (2374)-Rychagov,A (2537)/Benasque 2019}) 6... e5 7. Be3 f5 $6 { Generally criticised.} (7... Nf6 8. Bg5 a6 (8... Be6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd2 a6 11. Nc3 f5 {Morozevich,A (2739)-Vitiugov,N (2719)/Tromso 2013}) 9. N5c3 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 (11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Nd5 b5 14. Nce3 Bg5 {Ponomariov, R (2756)-Dubov,D (2624)/Tromso 2013}) 11... Bg5 12. Bd3 {Le Roux,J (2564) -Rouler,C (2333)/Agen 2016}) (7... a6 8. N5c3 Nf6 {idem} (8... Be6 9. Nd5 { Szen,J-Anderssen,A/London 1851})) (7... Be6 8. c4 Be7 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Bg5 { Leko,P (2737)-Morozevich,A (2736)/Beijing 2013}) 8. N1c3 $1 {Mobilisation of Cavalry.} f4 (8... a6 9. Nd5 $1 axb5 10. Bb6 $8 Qh4 11. Nc7+ $8 Kf7 12. Nxa8 Qxe4+ 13. Qe2 $16) (8... Nf6 9. Bg5 $1 Be6 (9... a6 $2 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. Qxf5+ Ke8 13. Qh5+ Kd7 14. Nd5 $1 axb5 15. c3 $3 {[#]} {(Be2? ...Nd4!)} Be7 16. Be2 $18) 10. Nd5 $1 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5) 10... Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5+ $1 Ng6 14. Qxf5 $1 (14. Bd3 e4 15. Be2) (14. Nc3 $1) 14... a6 15. Nc3 $16) 9. Nd5 $3 {[#]Great style.} fxe3 10. Nbc7+ Kf7 11. Qf3+ $2 { Let the advantage melt away.} (11. Nxa8 $1 exf2+ 12. Kxf2 Qh4+ (12... Nf6 13. Nac7 ) 13. g3 Qxe4 14. Bg2 Qd4+ 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Nac7 Nf6 (16... Nxc2 $2 17. Rac1 $8 Nd4 18. Nb5 $3) 17. c3 Ne6 18. a4 $16) 11... Nf6 $8 12. Bc4 $1 (12. Nxa8 $2 Nd4 $1 13. Qd1 Bg4 $1) 12... Nd4 $3 13. Nxf6+ $8 d5 $3 {[#]Great style (bis).} ( 13... Kg6 $2 14. Qh5+ $8 Kxf6 15. Ne8+ $1 (15. fxe3 $2 Qxc7 $8 16. O-O+ Nf5 $8) (15. f4 $1) 15... Qxe8 16. Qxe8 Nxc2+ (16... d5 17. O-O-O $1) 17. Kf1 $8 e2+ $1 (17... Nxa1 18. g4 $1 {threatens mate in 3}) 18. Bxe2 $1 (18. Kg1 $1) 18... Nxa1 19. Bc4 $1 Nc2 20. h4 $1 {et 3#}) (13... Ke7 $2 14. Nfd5+ $1 Kd7 15. O-O-O $18) (13... Be6 $2 14. Bxe6+ $8 Nxe6 15. Nfd5+ Kg8 16. Nxe6 $18) 14. Bxd5+ $8 Kg6 $2 {Ouch! Too bad.} (14... Qxd5 $6 15. Nfxd5+ $8 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 exf2+ 17. Kxf2 Bc5+ {Maroczy} 18. Kg2 Rb8 $16) (14... Ke7 $1 {would have been a refutation of the 11th move :} 15. Qh5 (15. Ng8+ Kd6 $8 16. Nb5+ $1 Nxb5 17. O-O-O Kc7 $11) 15... gxf6 $1 16. Qf7+ (16. Nxa8 Nxc2+ {(or ...Be6)} 17. Ke2 Nd4+) 16... Kd6 17. Nxa8 Nxc2+ $1 (17... Qe7 $6 18. Qxe7+ Bxe7 19. O-O-O $16) 18. Ke2 Qe7 (18... Nxa1 $2 19. Bb3 $1 {(or Rc1!)} Nxb3 20. axb3 $18) (18... Nd4+ 19. Kd3 {(Kxe3 ...Bh6+ f4 ...Bxf4+ Kf2 ...Rf8!)} exf2 $1 20. Bc4 $1 Bh6 $1 $11) 19. Qxe7+ (19. Rhc1 Qxf7 20. Bxf7 Bg4+ 21. f3 Nd4+ 22. Ke1 $1 Bd7) 19... Bxe7 20. Rac1 Nd4+ 21. Kxe3 Bd7 22. Rc7 (22. Bxb7 Rb8 $8 23. Bd5 Rxb2 24. Nc7 $2 {(better Rb1! ... Re2+ Kd3 ...f5! f4!=)} Bd8 $1 25. Na6 f5 $1 26. Kd3 Ba5 27. Rc5 Rd2+ {GM} 28. Kc4 Rxa2 $19) 22... Rxa8 23. Rxb7 Rc8 $1 (23... Bc6 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25. Rc1 Nd8 26. Rd1+ Ke6 $8 27. Rc7 Rb8 {GM} 28. b3 h5 29. g3 $16) 24. Rxa7 Bb5 $1 25. a4 Be2 $1 26. Re1 Rc2 $44) 15. Qh5+ $1 (15. Qg3+) 15... Kxf6 16. fxe3 $1 (16. Ne8+ $4 Qxe8 17. Qxe8 Bb4+ $8) (16. f4 $1 $18) 16... Nxc2+ (16... Qxc7 17. Rf1+ $1 ( 17. exd4 $6 Ke7) 17... Nf5 18. Rxf5+ $8 Bxf5 19. Qxf5+ $8 Ke7 20. Qe6+ Kd8 21. O-O-O $1 Bd6 22. Bb3 $18) 17. Ke2 (17. Ke2 Qxc7 18. Rhf1+ Ke7 19. Rf7+ $8) 1-0 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "2014.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Romanovskis, V."] [Black "4178.24"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4N3/KR1p3q/2N1p1p1/BPk5/2b1Q3/4P3/n3n2p/6b1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Vasilenko, A & Basisty M"] [Black "1857.24"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3Br3/6R1/2n4n/3BPp1P/r1p2k2/1p4Nb/6p1/3RQ1K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rusenescu, E."] [Black "0875.33"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "RN1BK3/1R2p3/b1P3p1/2kp1N2/3b4/1PP5/3r4/4rn2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1959.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1961.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Stoyanov, K."] [Black "4888.34"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7q/p3n1b1/bN1BR3/7p/r2k3r/pR2Np2/K2PPP2/nB4Q1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1961.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Dzektser, A."] [Black "4147.13"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "q3n3/8/bp1p2K1/7R/4k3/3N2P1/5B1p/3Q2n1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1956.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "2012.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Keller, M."] [Black "0785.45"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r3b1BK/1R1pN3/p7/1PkNP3/p7/b2PP1n1/rp2p3/4B3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1961.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Dimitrov, N."] [Black "1558.25"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1b1N1n2/p1rR2BB/N2P4/3k1p2/R1pn4/3p1P1p/K5Q1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1961.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pikulik, A."] [Black "4545.14"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6np/1pp1BQ1K/2b1P3/2N1k2p/1N3R2/7q/5R1r w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Cubat, A."] [Black "4278.20"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3Q4/5nR1/1b3N2/2n5/2RB1k1N/K1P2b1q/5P2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1957.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balcu, S."] [Black "4148.13"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3N4/3p3K/1Q1n2Bp/3kp3/8/1P1b3q/3R1N2/4n3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1955.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCategory "7"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bratosin, L."] [Black "1788.11"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b1Q4K/b4B2/3B2Np/3r4/n2k3r/R7/1n1N1P2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1959.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Korski, L."] [Black "1050.23"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4B3/4B3/3pkP2/4p3/2P1Qb2/6p1/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "3#"] [Site "?"] [Date "2006.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Marandiuk, M."] [Black "1138.15"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b1n2NN1/5p1p/4p3/3p1p2/2n2k2/1R5K/4Q2P/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "3#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Buchwald, J."] [Black "4754.23"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1r5q/1n4r1/3p4/1p1BPR2/1B1k4/2N1p3/1K1bP3/Q7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "3#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Paboucek, J."] [Black "0454.23"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/kB6/P1P5/3N4/5B1K/2p1p3/p3rn2/Rb6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "3#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Caresmel, A."] [Black "4355.45"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6B1/p1npB3/qp4p1/1P2k3/Pr3pP1/7N/2P1N2K/1b5Q w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "4# "] [Site "?"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Grunenwald, A."] [Black "1034.21"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "n7/8/8/3P4/Pp6/kb4Q1/1N6/1K6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1955.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "4#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fabel, K."] [Black "3342.45"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3K4/3P1P2/2p1PB2/3Nr1Pp/2q3pk/6p1/6p1/5bN1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "17#"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fornasari, C."] [Black "1733.14"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/5P2/8/8/1p6/1Rppp2K/nbrrk3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1. Kg2 $1 (1. Kg1 $2 Ba2 2. f7 Rb1 $1 3. f8=Q Rdc1 $1 4. Qf2+ Kd1 5. Qf3 Ke1 $1 (5... Rxb2 $2 6. Kf2 {and mate in 13}) 6. Qg3+ Kd1 7. Qg4 Ke1 8. Qh4+ Kd1 9. Qh5 Ke1) (1. f7 $2 Kf2 2. f8=Q+ Ke3) 1... Ba2 2. f7 Rb1 3. f8=Q Rdc1 4. Qf2+ Kd1 5. Qf3 Ke1 $1 (5... Rxb2 $2 6. Kf2 Rcb1 7. Qxe2+ Kc1 8. Qe3 {: text}) 6. Qg3+ Kd1 7. Qg4 Ke1 8. Qh4+ Kd1 9. Qh5 Rxb2 (9... Ke1 $2 10. Qh1#) 10. Kf2 Rcb1 11. Qxe2+ Kc1 12. Qe3 Kd1 13. Qf3+ Kc1 14. Qf4 Kd1 15. Qg4+ Kc1 16. Qg5 Kd1 17. Qg1# {Staircase echo chameleon !} 1-0 [Event "h#2"] [Site "?"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Abdurahmanovic, F."] [Black "3675.16"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b4b2/1r6/p4B2/r1pKN3/p3p3/P1k5/3p2p1/4Nqn1 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1967.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "h#7,5"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Joksimovic, N."] [Black "0007.03"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7N/6nK/6n1/1p6/1p3p2/k7/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "h#8"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Guttman, N."] [Black "3610.01"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/1k6/3r2p1/8/q7/5KBr b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "h#5 2 sol"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Sizonenko, V."] [Black "0605.16"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K1n1/4p1p1/3pPp1p/6r1/p6N/6N1/8/2kr4 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "s#3 "] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Khramtsevich, M."] [Black "4844.21"] [Result "0-1"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2Q5/2N1R3/4b2P/r4k1K/3B1r1p/3P1R2/1n6/7q w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "6"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1. Qg8 $1 {(2 Rf7+)} Ra4 (1... Rxf3 2. Qg6+ Kf4+ 3. Qg5+ Rxg5#) (1... Nxd3 2. Qg5+ Ke4 3. Rxf4+ Nxf4#) (1... Ra6 2. Rxf4+ Kxf4 3. Qg4+ Bxg4#) (1... Qxf3+ 2. Qg4+ Rxg4 3. Rf7+ Bxf7#) (1... Bd7 2. Qe6+ Bxe6 3. Rf7+ Bxf7#) 2. Rf7+ Bxf7+ 3. Qg6+ Bxg6# {Cycle AB-BC-CD-DE-EA.} 0-1 [Event "s#7"] [Site "?"] [Date "1951.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Giegold, F."] [Black "1242.54"] [Result "0-1"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3R4/2Q2p2/1P1b1p1p/1p1k1P2/4N2P/1N3K2/1B3PP1/2R5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "14"] [EventDate "1951.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1. Qa7 $1 (1. Bc3 $2 b4 $1 (1... h5 $2 2. Qb7+ Kc4 3. Qxf7+ Kd3 4. Ng3 b4 5. Be5 fxe5 6. Nh1 e4#) 2. Qb7+ Kc4) 1... b4 (1... h5 2. Qa1 {idem}) 2. Qa1 h5 3. Be5 $1 fxe5 4. Qa6 $3 f6 5. Kg3 $1 Kxe4 6. Qd3+ $3 Kxd3 7. Kf3 {Return.} e4# $1 {Presented at the 1988 World Championship.} 0-1 [Event "2#"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rice, J."] [Black "0111.50"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/5PPP/4BPk1/3N2P1/4K2R w K - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0 [Event "2# "] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Parthasarathy, M."] [Black "1883.12"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "kb6/p7/2RP3K/8/4R3/r6p/bQ3B2/r1n4B w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] [SourceDate "2010.01.01"] 1-0






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