[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinitz, W."]
[Black "Von Bardeleben, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14.
Re1 f6 15. Qe2 {Trapping the King in the middle.} 15... Qd7 16. Rac1 c6 17. d5
cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ $3 22... Kf8 (
22... Kxe7 23. Re1+ Kd6 24. Qb4+ Rc5 (24... Kc7 25. Ne6+ Kb8 26. Qf4+) 25. Re6+
) 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ $3 24... Kh8 25. Rxh7+ (25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kf8 27.
Nh7+) 1-0

[Event "Top 10 games: Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pillsbury, H."]
[Black "Tarrasch, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 (3... c5 {! Tarrasch}) 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 (
5... Ne4) 6. Rc1 O-O 7. e3 b6 (7... c6) (7... Re8) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10.
O-O c5 11. Re1 $6 (11. Qe2 $1 11... Ne4 12. Bf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c4 14. Bf5 g6 15.
Bxd7 (15. Bb1 b5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qc6 Qd5 20. Qxd5
Nxd5 21. Bd2 21... Rfc8 $17) 15... Qxd7 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Bh6 $16 {Tartakover}) (
11. Ne5 $5) 11... c4 (11... Ne4 12. Bf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c4 14. Bf5 g6 15. Bb1 b5
16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 18... Nf6 $13 {Tartakover}) 12. Bb1 a6 13.
Ne5 b5 (13... Nxe5 $6 14. dxe5 Nd7 (14... Ne8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5) (14...
Ne4 15. Bxe7 Nxc3 16. Bxh7+ $18) 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Qd2 b5 17. Rcd1 $16 {
Tartakover}) 14. f4 {The Pillsbury Attack} 14... Re8 15. Qf3 Nf8 16. Ne2 $6 (
16. a3 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 20... f6 $19)
16... Ne4 {/\ f5} 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qg3 (19. Qh3 f6 20. Ng4 20...
Bc8 {Tartakover}) 19... f6 20. Ng4 Kh8 (20... f5 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Nxf5 {
Tartakover}) 21. f5 Qd7 22. Rf1 22... Rd8 $2 (22... Rae8) 23. Rf4 Qd6 24. Qh4
Rde8 25. Nc3 Bd5 26. Nf2 (26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27. Nxf6 gxf6 28. Qxf6+ Rg7 29. Qxa6
$15) 26... Qc6 27. Rf1 b4 28. Ne2 28... Qa4 $2 (28... c3 $19 29. bxc3 bxc3 30.
Rc1 c2 31. a4 Rb7 32. a5 Rb1) 29. Ng4 Nd7 (29... Qxa2 $2 30. Nxf6 $18) 30. R4f2
$1 {/\ 31.Nf4} 30... Kg8 (30... Qxa2 31. Nf4 Bf7 32. d5 (32. Ng6+ 32... Kg8 $44
(32... Bxg6 33. fxg6 Nf8 (33... h6 34. Nxh6 $1 (34. Rxf6 gxf6 35. Nxh6) 34...
gxh6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Rf4 $18) 34. Nxf6 gxf6 35. Rxf6 Nd7 (35... Kg8) 36. Rf7
$18)) 32... Ne5 33. Nxf6 gxf6 34. Qxf6+ Kg8 35. d6 Rd7 36. Ne6 $19 {Tartakover}
) 31. Nc1 c3 32. b3 Qc6 33. h3 a5 34. Nh2 a4 35. g4 35... axb3 $6 (35... h6 $5
$13) 36. axb3 Ra8 37. g5 37... Ra3 $2 (37... fxg5 38. Qxg5 38... Nf6 $13 (38...
Qf6 $13 {Tartakover})) 38. Ng4 Bxb3 (38... Kh8 {Tartakover}) 39. Rg2 $1 39...
Kh8 (39... fxg5 40. Qxg5 Kf8 41. f6 $18 {Tartakover}) 40. gxf6 gxf6 (40... Nxf6
41. Ne5) 41. Nxb3 Rxb3 42. Nh6 Rg7 (42... Qc8 43. Qg4 $18) (42... Qd5 43. Qg4
$18) 43. Rxg7 Kxg7 44. Qg3+ (44. Kh1 Qc4 45. Rg1+ Kf8 46. Rg8+ Qxg8 47. Nxg8
47... c2 $19) 44... Kxh6 (44... Kf8 45. Qg8+ Ke7 46. Qxb3 $18) 45. Kh1 (45. Rf4
$2 $10 45... Rb1+ 46. Kg2 Rb2+ 47. Kg1) 45... Qd5 (45... c2 46. Rg1 c1=Q 47.
Qh4# {Tartakover}) (45... Nf8 46. Rg1 Qe8 47. Qg7+ Kh5 48. Qxf6 Ne6 49. fxe6
$18) 46. Rg1 Qxf5 47. Qh4+ Qh5 48. Qf4+ Qg5 49. Rxg5 fxg5 50. Qd6+ Kh5 51. Qxd7
51... c2 $6 (51... Rb1+ 52. Kh2 Rb2+ 53. Kg3 53... Kg6 $18) 52. Qxh7# (52. Qf7+
$4 52... Kh4 53. Qxb3 $4 (53. Kh2 g4 54. Qf4 Kh5 55. Qxg4+ Kh6 56. h4 c1=Q 57.
Qg5#) 53... c1=Q+ $19 {Tartakover}) 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1916.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 cxd5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd2 {This next bit I found stunning.} 10... Bd7 {
Undeveloping.} 11. Be2 11... e6 {Locking in the Bishop.} 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rfc1
Ke7 14. Bc3 Rhc8 15. a3 Na5 16. Nd2 f5 17. g3 17... b5 {
The Bd7 supports the Queen's-side initiative.} 18. f3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. e4
Kf7 21. e5 Be7 22. f4 b5 23. Kf2 Ra4 24. Ke3 Rca8 25. Rab1 25... h6 {
Opening up a second front.} 26. Nf3 g5 27. Ne1 Rg8 28. Kf3 gxf4 29. gxf4 Raa8
30. Ng2 Rg4 31. Rg1 Rag8 32. Be1 {
And just when White has done what he can to secure the King's-side...} 32... b4
$1 33. axb4 Ba4 34. Ra1 Bc2 35. Bg3 Be4+ 36. Kf2 h5 37. Ra7 Bxg2 38. Rxg2 h4
39. Bxh4 Rxg2+ 40. Kf3 Rxh2 41. Bxe7 Rh3+ 42. Kf2 Rb3 43. Bg5+ Kg6 44. Re7
Rxb2+ 45. Kf3 Ra8 46. Rxe6+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "weak pawns: weak colour comple"]
[Site "weak pawns: weak colour compl"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bernstein"]
[Black "Mieses"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ne4 12. Qd4 Nf6 13. Qd6 Ne4 14. Qb4
d5 15. Bd3 Qd6 16. Qxd6 Nxd6 17. f4 {  ! A key move, preventing the advance
e6-e5 when Black's position is fine. The rest of the game features an iron
determination to prevent any freeing move by Black, and a gradual invasion on
the dark squares.} 17... a5 18. Be3 Ba6 19. Kd2 Nc4+ 20. Bxc4 20... Bxc4 {
  It is sometimes assumed that the presence of opposite-coloured bishops is a
powerful drawing factor. This is true of some simple or blocked positions, but
here all Black's pieces stand badly because of the weak dark squares.} 21. a4
Kd7 22. b3 Ba6 23. Bb6 Bc8 24. Ke3 Ra6 25. Bc5 Kc7 26. Kd4 Bd7 27. Rhe1 h5 28.
Re5 g6 29. Rg5 Rg8 30. Ke5 Be8 31. Re1 Ra8 32. Kf6 Bd7 33. g3 Rae8 34. Ree5 Rh8
35. Rxg6 Rh7 36. Rg7 Reh8 37. Rxh7 Rxh7 38. Kg6 38... Rh8 {
  While there's life...} 39. Kg7 {!} (39. Rxh5 Be8+) 39... Rd8 40. Rxh5 40...
Be8 {White needs to be sure of his ground here, as he has an alternative plan
of advancing the h-pawn.} 41. Rh7 Rd7+ 42. Kh6 Rxh7+ 43. Kxh7 {
How many moves will it take White to Queen a Pawn? How many for Black?} 43...
Bh5 44. h4 Bd1 45. c3 Bxb3 46. g4 Kd7 47. g5 e5 48. f5 Bxa4 49. f6 {
1-0 bernstein-meises} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogoljubow, E."]
[Black "Alekhine, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 (30... Qxa8 {
is OK, but having had the idea, who could resist playing it?}) 31. Rxe8 c2 32.
Rxf8+ Kh7 33. Nf2 c1=Q+ 34. Nf1 {The huddled white defensive formation reminds
me of the 'bear in the hole' of Japanese chess} 34... 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 50... Kg7 {After all that, Black wins the pawn ending!}
51. Kf2 Kf7 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4 d5+ 0-1

[Event "Teplitz-Schoenau"]
[Site "Teplitz-Schoenau"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maroczy, G."]
[Black "Tartakower, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O Ne4
9. Qc2 Bd6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Rf6 12. Rfe1 Rh6 13. g3 Qf6 14. Bf1 g5 15. Rad1
g4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 {#} 17... Rxh2 18. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 {There is no
calculated win, just the judgement that Black will be able to bring up
reserves before White organises a defence.} 19... Nf6 20. Re2 Qxg3 21. Nb1 Nh5
22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Rf2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Bg3 25. Bc3 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 g3 27. Qg2 Rf8 28.
Be1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 e5 30. Kg1 Bg4 31. Bxg3 Nxg3 32. Re1 Nf5 33. Qf2 Qg5 34.
dxe5 Bf3+ 35. Kf1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Top 10 games:"]
[Site "pawn mobility: restraint"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Samisch"]
[Black "Nimzovitch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 10... a6 {( idea b5 )} 11. Rc1 b5 12. Qb3 12... Nc6 {
  "the ghost!" ( idea Na5-c4 )} 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. h3 Qd7 15. Kh2 15... Nh5 {
( or Qd2 & Nd7-b6-c4 )} 16. Bd2 f5 17. Qd1 b4 18. Nb1 Bb5 19. Rg1 Bd6 20. e4
20... fxe4 {!} 21. Qxh5 Rxf2 22. Qg5 Raf8 23. Kh1 R8f5 24. Qe3 Bd3 25. Rce1
25... h6 {  0-1 samisch-nimzo.( zugzwang! if Kh2 or g4, Rf3 winning wQ )} 26.
g4 0-1

[Event "Top 10 games: "]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, R."]
[Black "Bogoljubow, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Re8 7. Bb2 7... Nbd7 {
A modest start.} 8. d4 c6 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 f5 12. f3 {
Breaking up the Black formation.} 12... exf3 13. Bxf3 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. e4
{White's delayed occupation of the centre is crushing.} 15... e5 16. c5 Bf8 17.
Qc2 {White's Bishops are breathing fire.} 17... exd4 18. exf5 Rad8 19. Bh5 Re5
20. Bxd4 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxd4 23. Rf1 Rd8 24. Bf7+ Kh8 25. Be8 {}
1-0

[Event "Top 10 games:"]
[Site "Baden Baden"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reti , Richard"]
[Black "Alekhine , Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 {Black now begin
s a long combinational run, keeping the initiative to the end.  Since the game
was played, defences for White have been found, but over the board, Reti could
not keep his balance.} 26... Re3 $3 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

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sultan Khan, M."]
[Black "Capablanca, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qc2 f5 12. Nb5 {
Already awkward.  Black makes a concession, allowing his pawns to be muddled.}
12... Bd6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. h4 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Nd2 Ndf6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18.
Be2 Rc6 19. g4 Rfc8 20. g5 20... Ne8 {White provokes a favourable exchange.}
21. Bg4 Rc1+ 22. Kd2 R8c2+ 23. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Qc7+ 25. Kd2 Qc4 26. Be2 Qb3
27. Rab1 Kf7 28. Rhc1 Ke7 29. Rc3 29... Qa4 {
Only the Black Queen is at all active, but on her own she can achieve nothing.}
30. b4 Qd7 31. Rbc1 a6 32. Rg1 Qh3 33. Rgc1 Qd7 34. h5 Kd8 35. R1c2 Qh3 36. Kc1
Qh4 37. Kb2 Qh3 38. Rc1 Qh4 39. R3c2 Qh3 40. a4 40... Qh4 {White continues to
make small steps to improve his position, while the black Queen fidgets.  Has
Capablanca ever been so helpless?} 41. Ka3 Qh3 42. Bg3 Qf5 43. Bh4 g6 44. h6
Qd7 45. b5 a5 46. Bg3 Qf5 47. Bf4 Qh3 48. Kb2 Qg2 49. Kb1 $1 49... Qh3 (49...
Qxf2 50. Rh1 Nc7 51. Bd1 {nets the Queen}) 50. Ka1 Qg2 51. Kb2 Qh3 52. Rg1 Bc8
53. Rc6 Qh4 54. Rgc1 Bg4 55. Bf1 Qh5 56. Re1 Qh1 57. Rec1 Qh5 58. Kc3 Qh4 59.
Bg3 Qxg5 60. Kd2 Qh5 61. Rxb6 {The b-pawn can't be stopped forever.} 61... Ke7
62. Rb7+ Ke6 63. b6 Nf6 64. Bb5 Qh3 65. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Nd7 5. d4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Ngf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Nd6 Qa5 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. Qh4 $5
{You aren't supposed to play like this against world-class players.} 14... bxc4
15. Qg5 Nh5 16. Nh6+ Kh8 17. Qxh5 Qxa2 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. Qxf7 $3 19... Qa1+ 20.
Kd2 Rxf7 21. Nxf7+ Kg8 22. Rxa1 Kxf7 23. Ne5+ Ke6 24. Nxc6 Ne4+ 25. Ke3 Bb6+
26. Bd4 1-0

[Event "ct"]
[Site "Beograd"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Keres P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4 Bb6 12. Nxb6 12... axb6 {
The Black formation looks terrible, but Keres has seen deeply.} 13. Nd4 h6 14.
Bf4 Qd7 15. a3 Bh3 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re4 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Bd2
d4 21. e3 Qd5 22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qe2 Nd6 25. Be3 Rd3 26. Kg1 Nc4
27. Ne1 Rb3 28. Rc1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qe5 30. Ng2 Rxb2 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Nf4 Rb3 33.
Rc3 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 Qe4 35. Qb3 b5 36. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 37. Kf1 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39.
Kf1 g5 40. Ne2 Ne5 41. Qxb7 Nd3 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qf5 Qd2 44. Nd4 Qe1+ 45. Kg2
Qe3 46. Qd5 Qf2+ 47. Kh3 Qf1+ 48. Kg4 Nf2+ 49. Kf5 Qd3+ 50. Ke5 Ng4+ 51. Kd6
Qxa3+ 52. Kc7 Qe7+ 53. Kc8 Ne3 54. Qb5 Qe4 55. Qb2 Kg6 56. Qb6+ f6 57. Ne6 Nc4
58. Qa6 Ne5 59. Nc7 Qc2 60. Qd6 Qxh2 61. Nd5 Qf2 62. Kb7 Qxg3 63. Qxf6+ Kh5 64.
Qe6 Ng4 65. Ne7 Qf3+ 66. Kc8 Kh4 67. Nf5+ Kh3 68. Kd8 h5 69. Qg6 Ne5 70. Qe6
Ng4 71. Qg6 Ne5 72. Qe6 Qd3+ 73. Nd4+ Ng4 74. Qd5 Nf2 75. Kc8 h4 76. Qe5 Qe4
77. Qf6 Qf4 78. Nf5 Ne4 79. Qg6 Qg4 0-1

[Event "From Russia with love"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, B."]
[Black "Bronstein, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 {Confident!  This is an opening that Bronstein had often played.
} 2... 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 $3
{Allowing Black to promote with check, taking a Rook!} 15... 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

[Event "Top 10 games:"]
[Site "style: Fischer the unstoppabl"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byrne, R."]
[Black "Fischer, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[PlyCount "42"]

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 {  "...at worse completely safe. To turn
this into a mating position in eleven more moves is more witchcraft than
chess!" -- KIRBY} 11... Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1 Nd3 15. Qc2 {}
15... Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Nxe3 18. Qd2 18... Nxg2 {
Eliminating the defensive bishop rather than snatching at material} 19. Kxg2 d4
20. Nxd4 Bb7+ 21. Kf1 {As Byrne resigned, GMs in the press room were still
arguing that White was winning.} 21... Qd7 {  White resigns.} 0-1

[Event "corr-Wch5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Estrin, Y."]
[Black "Berliner, H."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 6... Nd4 {
Transposing from the Ulvestad Variation to the Fritz.} (6... Qxd5) 7. c3 Nxd5
8. Ne4 Qh4 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. f3 10... e4 {Two pieces on offer!} 11. cxd4 Bd6 12.
Bxb5+ Kd8 13. O-O exf3 14. Rxf3 {
White's reserves are all still asleep in barracks.} 14... 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 28... cxb6 {And after all that, Black has a Rook ending to bring home.}
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

[Event "Top 10 games:"]
[Site "Wch26-Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Spassky, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5 (10... Rb8 $5) 11. b3 $2 (11. a3 b6 12. b4 Nb7 13. Rb1
{<spc.adv.> <<}) 11... Ng4 12. e4 (12. Bb2 f5 13. Rae1 $5) 12... f5 13. exf5
gxf5 14. Nd1 $5 (14. Bb2 $1 14... Bd7 15. Rae1 b5 16. Nd1 $14) 14... b5 15. f3
$2 (15. Bb2 Rb8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bc3 Bh6 18. Re1) 15... e4 $1 16. Bb2 exf3 17.
Bxf3 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne5 19. Be2 19... f4 $1 (19... Ra7 $5) 20. gxf4 (20. Rxf4
Rxf4 21. gxf4 Ng6 22. Ne4 Nxf4 23. Ndf2 Ra7) 20... Bh3 $2 {  Petrosian is a
master of chess judo: inviting his opponent forward until he topples.  Here he
launches an attack without having a piece further forward than the second
rank!} (20... Rxf4 21. Ne3 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Rxf1+ 23. Ndxf1 23... Ra7 $13) 21. Ne3
$1 {!} 21... Bxf1 (21... Rxf4 $2 22. Rxf4 Qg5+ 23. Rg4 $1 (23. Kh1 Qxf4 24.
Rg1+ $17) 23... Nxg4 24. Nxg4 Bxg4 25. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 26. Kh1 26... Qd4 $7 27. Rg1+
Kh8 28. Qxd4+ cxd4 29. Rg4 $16 {_|_}) 22. Rxf1 22... Ng6 {<=} (22... Nd7 23.
Bg4 Qf6) 23. Bg4 23... Nxf4 $2 (23... Rxf4 $2 24. Be6+ Kf8 25. Rxf4+ Nxf4 26.
Qh8+ $18) (23... Qf6 $7 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Qxf6+ Rxf6 26. f5 Ne5 27. Ne4 $1 $16)
24. Rxf4 $1 24... Rxf4 25. Be6+ Rf7 26. Ne4 Qh4 (26... Raa7 27. Nf5 Qf8 28. Qf6
$18) 27. Nxd6 Qg5+ (27... Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Qxe3 29. Bxf7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Nf5+
Kxf7 32. Qg7+ {and 33.Nxe3 +-}) 28. Kh1 28... Raa7 {  In just eight moves
Petrosian has tripped and leg-locked his opponent. The finish is attractive,
and worth noting.} (28... Qxe3 29. Bxf7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Nf5+ Kxf7 32.
Qg7+ {and 33.Nxe3}) 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qh8+ $1 1-0

[Event "zugzwang"]
[Site "zugzwang"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaplan, J."]
[Black "Bronstein, D (Hastings)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 (
7... b6) 8. Qd2 c5 9. d5 f5 10. dxe6 fxe4 11. exd7+ Qxd7 12. Qc3 O-O 13. Nd2
Qf5 14. O-O-O Qxf2 15. Nxe4 {
"White ties himself up regaining an unimportant Pawn"} (15. Bc4) 15... Qf4+ 16.
Nd2 {The rest of the game is all about this pin.} 16... Bg4 17. Re1 Bg5 18. Bd3
Rae8 19. Ref1 Qe3 20. h3 Be2 21. Rf5 Bh6 22. Bxe2 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rxe2 24. Rd5
Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rd8 26. Rhd1 26... c4 {  Zugzwang!} 0-1

[Event "Skara"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, A."]
[Black "Miles, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 1... a6 {Such a slap in the face...} 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5.
Qe2 e6 6. a4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nbd2 b4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O Nc6 12.
Bd2 Qc7 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Rac1 Qb6 18.
Be4 18... O-O {Daring White to sacrifice on h7.} 19. Ng5 h6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21.
Bb1 Be7 22. Ne4 Rac8 23. Qd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 24... Qxb2 {Cheeky.} 25. Re1 Qxe5
26. Qxd7 Bb4 27. Re3 Qd5 28. Qxd5 28... Bxd5 {
Black embarks on the endgame with the Bishop pair and an extra pawn.} 29. Nc3
Rc8 30. Ne2 g5 31. h4 Kg7 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Bd3 a5 34. Rg3 Kf6 35. Rg4 Bd6 36.
Kf1 Be5 37. Ke1 Rh8 38. f4 gxf4 39. Nxf4 Bc6 40. Ne2 Rh1+ 41. Kd2 Rh2 42. g3
Bf3 43. Rg8 Rg2 44. Ke1 Bxe2 45. Bxe2 Rxg3 46. Ra8 Bc7 1-0

[Event "Top 10 games:"]
[Site "style: Karpov keeping control"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, A."]
[Black "Kasparov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2
Na6 9. Rd1 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. cxd5 Nxc5 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Nd4 exd5 14. Be2 Qb6
15. O-O Ne4 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Be6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Qb1 Rc7 20. Rd2 Rdc8 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bg4 Rc4 23. h3 Qc6 24. Qd3 Kh8 25. Rfd1 a5 26. b3 Rc3 27. Qe2 Rf8
28. Bh5 b5 29. Bg6 Bd8 30. Bd3 b4 31. Qg4 Qe8 32. e4 {  Black's exposed pawns
are given a push. The trouble with having three pawn islands is the same
problem plate spinners have: one is easy, two is harder...} 32... Bg5 33. Rc2
Rxc2 34. Bxc2 Qc6 35. Qe2 Qc5 36. Rf1 Qc3 37. exd5 exd5 38. Bb1 Qd2 39. Qe5 Rd8
40. Qf5 Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kh8 42. Qg6 Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kh8 44. Bf5 Qc3 45. Qg6 Kg8 46.
Be6+ Kh8 47. Bf5 Kg8 48. g3 Kf8 49. Kg2 Qf6 50. Qh7 Qf7 51. h4 Bd2 52. Rd1 Bc3
53. Rd3 Rd6 54. Rf3 Ke7 55. Qh8 d4 56. Qc8 Rf6 57. Qc5+ Ke8 58. Rf4 Qb7+ 59.
Re4+ Kf7 60. Qc4+ Kf8 61. Bh7 Rf7 62. Qe6 Qd7 63. Qe5 {
  Black has to let a plate drop.} 1-0

[Event "Simple Chess (1) - NOT (cm 1/4)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Yusupov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "MB"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 {} 13... 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 26...
Qh2+ { That's the first move I've expected so far!} 27. Kf1 Re6 28. Qb7 Rg6
29. Qxa8+ (29. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 30. Kg1 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32. Bxh1 Nh2+ 33. Ke1 Rg1#)
29... Kh7 30. Qg8+ Kxg8 31. Nce7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Nxg7 Nf2 34. Bxf4 Qxf4
35. Ne6 Qh2 36. Rdb1 Nh3 37. Rb7+ Kh8 38. Rb8+ Qxb8 39. Bxh3 39... Qg3 {
Wonderful, exciting chess - but not, I believe, the way to get results.  In
fact, not even Yusupov believes this is the way to get results - this was
actually a quickplay tie-break where nerves count as much as chess.  Normally,
Yusupov prefers the bear-hug.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, G."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 23... Qd6 {# A sacrifice of a Rook!} 24. Rxd4 cxd4
25. Re7+ Kb6 (25... Qxe7 26. Qxd4+ Kb8 27. Qb6+ Bb7 28. Nc6+ Ka8 29. Qa7#) 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+ 35... Kd1 {Remarkable!} 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

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3
b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qf3 {The fiery Shirov announces his intention to attack.}
10... g5 $3 11. fxg5 11... Ne5 $1 12. Qg2 b4 13. Ne2 13... h5 $1 14. gxh5 14...
Nf5 {Black's cunning pawn moves have secured points for the Knights.} 15. Bf2
15... Qxg5 $1 16. Na5 16... Ne3 {Rubbing it in!} 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. Nxg3 Nxc2+
19. Kd1 Nxa1 20. Nxb7 20... b3 {
Securing an escape for the Knight, and a win with the Exchange.} 21. axb3 Nxb3
22. Kc2 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Be1 Nf3 25. Bc3 Nd4+ 26. Kd3 Bd6 27. Bg2 Be5 28.
Kc4 Ke7 29. Ra1 Nc6 (29... Nc6 $1 30. Kxc5 Nd4 31. Bxd4 Rhc8+ 32. Kb4 Rab8+ 33.
Ka3 Bxd4) 0-1

[Event "Top 10 combinations: Berlin 'Evergreen'"]
[Site "Berlin 'Evergreen'"]
[Date "1852.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, A."]
[Black "Dufresne, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 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 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. exf6 18... Rg8 {} 19. Rad1 $3 19...
Qxf3 20. Rxe7+ Nxe7 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 22. Bf5+ Ke8 23. Bd7+ Kf8 24. Bxe7# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zukertort, J."]
[Black "Balckburne, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nb5 Ne4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
dxc4 15. Bxc4 d5 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Rae1 Rc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 Ne8 20. f4 g6 21.
Re3 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. f5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. fxg6 Rc2 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27.
d5+ e5 28. Qb4 $3 28... R8c5 (28... Qxb4 29. Bxe5+ Kxh7 30. Rh3+ Kg6 31. Rf6+
Kg5 32. Rg3+ Kh5 33. Rf5+ Kh6 34. Bf4+ Kh7 35. Rh5#) 29. Rf8+ Kxh7 30. Qxe4+
Kg7 31. Bxe5+ Kxf8 32. Bg7+ Kg8 33. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Lodz"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rotlewi, G."]
[Black "Rubinstein, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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 {#} 22... Rxc3 $3 {
Black sees that his pieces are so active, he can do without the Queen.} 23.
gxh4 23... Rd2 {Everything is hanging, but nothing can be taken!} 24. Qxd2
Bxe4+ 25. Qg2 Rh3 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rf2 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Gold coin Game"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levitsky, S."]
[Black "Marshall, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "46"]

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 {
Black is winning, but what a move to produce resignation!} 23... Qg3 $3 (23...
Qg3 24. Qxg3 (24. hxg3 Ne2#) (24. fxg3 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Rxf1#) 24... Ne2+ 25. Kh1
Nxg3+ 26. Kg1 (26. fxg3 Rxf1#) 26... Ne2+ 27. Kh1 $19 {
would have been an anti-climax.}) 0-1

[Event "Top 10 games:"]
[Site "style: Capablanca the elegant"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bernstein, O."]
[Black "Capablanca, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. Ba6 Bxa6 11. Qxa6 c5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 13... bxc5 {
  Black has the hanging pawns and a bishop to cramp the knights.} 14. O-O Qb6
15. Qe2 15... c4 {<p> Nimzovitch called this "blockaded security"} 16. Rfd1
Rfd8 17. Nd4 Bb4 18. b3 Rac8 19. bxc4 19... dxc4 {<p> Now a secure passed pawn}
20. Rc2 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nd5 22. Rc2 c3 23. Rdc1 Rc5 24. Nb3 Rc6 25. Nd4 25... Rc7
$3 {  White snaps back at the pushy pawn.} 26. Nb5 Rc5 27. Nxc3 Nxc3 28. Rxc3
Rxc3 29. Rxc3 29... Qb2 $1 {
  A finish that expresses Capablanca's elegance more than any other.} 0-1

[Event "Top 10 combinations: Tarnopol blind"]
[Site "Tarnopol blind"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine Alexander"]
[Black "Feldt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Ne4 f5 6. Ng5 Be7 7. N5f3 c6 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. Ngf3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Re8 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. Qe2
14... c5 {  ? (...Nf8) An undistinguished game but a great finish} 15. Nf7 $1
{! ( threat Qxe6 )} 15... Kxf7 16. Qxe6+ $1 16... Kg6 {( mate in two )} (16...
Kxe6 17. Ng5#) 17. g4 (17. g4 Be4 18. Nh4#) 1-0

[Event "Top 10 combinations:"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Awerbach"]
[Black "Kotov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 Bf8 10. Rb1 a5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rbc1 g6 15. Nd2
Rab8 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 c5 18. Kh2 Kh8 19. Qc2 Ng8 20. Bg4 Nh6 21. Bxd7 Qxd7
22. Qd2 Ng8 23. g4 f5 24. f3 Be7 25. Rg1 Rf8 26. Rcf1 Rf7 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Rg2
f4 29. Bf2 Rf6 30. Ne2 {#} 30... Qxh3+ $3 31. Kxh3 Rh6+ 32. Kg4 Nf6+ 33. Kf5
Nd7 34. Rg5 Rf8+ 35. Kg4 Nf6+ 36. Kf5 Ng8+ 37. Kg4 37... Nf6+ {Black was in
time trouble, so the main aim here is to get to the time control without
disaster.} 38. Kf5 Nxd5+ 39. Kg4 Nf6+ 40. Kf5 Ng8+ 41. Kg4 Nf6+ 42. Kf5 Ng8+
43. Kg4 {Now it can be calculated.} 43... Bxg5 44. Kxg5 Rf7 45. Bh4 Rg6+ 46.
Kh5 Rfg7 47. Bg5 Rxg5+ 48. Kh4 Nf6 49. Ng3 Rxg3 50. Qxd6 R3g6 51. Qb8+ Rg8 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "Pachman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Re1 7... O-O {
7...d6 This should be strongly considered. The idea is to take control of the
dark squares.} 8. e5 {Taking advantage of Black's weakened dark squares.} 8...
d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 10... Qc7 {10...b6 This would have the advantage of
first seeing how White would attack the queen instead of guessing.} 11. Nb3
11... Nd4 {Although, Black has protected his c-pawn. A better way was 11...b6
preparing to fianchetto the bishop on b7.} 12. Bf4 {
A good move which develops a piece with a gain of tempo.} 12... Qb6 13. Ne5 {
White has the clever threat of 14. Nc4, attacking the Black queen, followed by
15. Nxc5 winning a pawn.} 13... Nxb3 {13...Bxe5 Stopping White from playing 14.
Nc4 would leave Black's kingside weakened after 14.Bxe5 when White would have
an advantage due to his more active pieces and Black's weakened dark squares.}
14. Nc4 Qb5 15. axb3 15... a5 {15...a5 is played with the idea of stopping
White's threat of 16. Ra5 winning the c-pawn.} 16. Bd6 {
A powerful pin on the Black knight. Which leaves Black's pieces in disarray.}
16... Bf6 17. Qf3 {
Once again White finds a way to develop a piece with a gain of tempo.} 17...
Kg7 18. Re4 {Petrosian himself later criticized this move.} 18... Rd8 19. Qxf6+
$3 {A very beautiful queen sacrifice that leads to mate.} 19... Kxf6 20. Be5+
Kg5 21. Bg7 $3 (21. Bg7 $3 {
Black resigned. Since he has no way of stopping 22. h4+ Kh5 23. Bf3 mate.  1-0}
21... Rxd3 22. cxd3 Kh5 23. Bf3+ Kg5 24. h4+ Kf5 25. Rf4#) 1-0

[Event "wcc"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1984.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov A"]
[Black "Kasparov G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nf5 Rc8 15.
Bd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Qa4 Rd8 20. Rd3 a6 21. Rfd1
Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Qa5 Rc5 24. Qb6 Rd7 25. Rd4 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rdxc7 27. h3 h5
28. a3 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30. Kh2 Rc4 31. Bf3 b5 32. Kg2 R7c5 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rd4
Kf8 35. Be2 Rxd4 36. exd4 Ke7 37. Na2 Bc8 38. Nb4 Kd6 39. f3 Ng8 40. h4 Nh6 41.
Kf2 Nf5 42. Nc2 f6 43. Bd3 g5 44. Bxf5 Bxf5 45. Ne3 Bb1 46. b4 46... gxh4 {#}
47. Ng2 $3 {Astounding.  White secures an entry for the King.} 47... hxg3+ 48.
Kxg3 Ke6 49. Nf4+ Kf5 50. Nxh5 Ke6 51. Nf4+ Kd6 52. Kg4 Bc2 53. Kh5 Bd1 54. Kg6
Ke7 55. Nxd5+ Ke6 56. Nc7+ Kd7 57. Nxa6 Bxf3 58. Kxf6 Kd6 59. Kf5 Kd5 60. Kf4
Bh1 61. Ke3 Kc4 62. Nc5 Bc6 63. Nd3 Bg2 64. Ne5+ Kc3 65. Ng6 Kc4 66. Ne7 Bb7
67. Nf5 Bg2 68. Nd6+ Kb3 69. Nxb5 Ka4 70. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, N."]
[Black "Timman, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 a5 10. a4 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Re1 e6 14. Nd2 Nd5 15.
Nf3 Qc5 16. Qe4 Qb4 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. b3 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Re8 20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Qh4 b6
22. Be3 Qc6 23. Bh6 Bh8 24. Rd8 Bb7 25. Rad1 Bg7 26. R8d7 Rf8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
R1d4 Rae8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. h4 30... h5 {#} 31. Kh2 $3 {
White's idea is most amusing.} 31... Rc8 32. Kg3 Rce8 33. Kf4 Bc8 34. Kg5 (34.
Kg5 Bxd7 (34... Kh7 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Kh6) 35. Kh6) 1-0

[Event "Credit Suisse Biel SUI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Lautier, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. Rh3 Bg2 13. Re3 Nb6 14. Bd3 Nd5 15.
f3 Bb4 16. Kf2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rb1 Qxd4 19. Rxb7 19... Rd8 {
White is fighting for the chance to capture the Bishop.} 20. h6 $3 20... gxh6
21. Bg6 $3 21... Ne7 (21... Qxd1 22. Rxe6+ Ne7 (22... Kf8 23. Bxh6+ Kg8 24.
Bxf7#) 23. Rexe7+ Kf8 24. Bxh6+ Kg8 25. Bxf7#) 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rd3 Rd8 24.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bd3 {going a piece up} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. h3 {
 These days played before d2-d4, otherwise a fairly typical Lopez position.}
12... Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. a4 {a typical undermining thrust in the Ruy Lopez;
Black's Pawns offer a target for White and counterplay for Black!} 14... b4 15.
Nc4 15... a5 {} 16. Nfxe5 $1 16... Ba6 17. Bb3 dxe5 18. d6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6
20. Nxd6 Nb7 21. Nxb7 21... Bxb7 { White has the two Bishops and pressure
against Black's advanced but rather immobile Queen's-side Pawns.  "Whether
this advantage is decisive or not does not interest Capablanca.  He simply
wins the ending!  That's why he is Capablanca!" -- EUWE} 22. cxb4 cxb4 23. f3
Rfd8 24. Be3 h6 25. Red1 Bc6 26. Rac1 Be8 27. Kf2 {
KUFTE - "King Up For The Ending"!} 27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 28... Rc8 { Poor Black'
s Rook has no entry point, as the unmoved White Pawn on b2 secures the c3
square.  This is a concrete example of Tarrasch's statement that every Pawn
move loosens the position.} 29. g4 Bd7 30. Bb6 {Decisive.  Now there are a
couple of exchanges, which leave only White's best piece (Bb6) and Black's
worst piece (Nf6) on the board!} 30... Be6 (30... Ra8 31. Bc7 {
snookering the Rook} (31. Rc1 {& Rc5})) 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Bxd8
Nd7 34. Bxa5 34... Nc5 {} 35. b3 Nxb3 36. Bxb4 Nd4 37. a5 {
1-0 Capablanca,Jose-Vidmar,Milan sr [New York (12)]/a Capablanca ending 1927}
1-0

[Event "Top 10 endgames: "]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Znosko Borovsky Euge"]
[Black "Alekhine Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Be8 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxd1 14.
Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Rxd1 15... fxe5 {  The endgame position reached is by no means
as easy to conduct - especially for the first player - as it appears.  Black's
plan - which will prove a complete success - is divided into the following
parts:    (1) Exchange one pair of Rooks.  (2) Bring the King to e6 where he
will be protected from a frontal attack by the e-Pawn, and can prevent the
entrance of the remaining White Rook at d7.  (3) By operating with the Rook on
the open g-file, and advancing the h-Pawn, force the opening of the h-file.  
 (4) After this the White King - and eventually also the Bishop - will be kept
busy in order to prevent the intrusion of the Black Rook at h1 or h2.  (5) In
the meantime, Black, by advancing his a- and b-Pawns, will sooner or later
succeed in opening one file on the Queen's-side.   (6) As, at that moment, the
White King will still be on the other wing, White will not have sufficient
force to prevent the final intrusion of the Black Rook on his first or second
rank.      Granted that, if White had, from the beginning, realised that there
actually existed a danger of losing this endgame, he probably would, by
extremely careful defence, have saved it.  But as it happened, Black played
with a definite plan, and White only with the conviction that the game must be
drawn.  And the result was, a very instructive series of typical stratagems,
much more useful for inexperienced players than so-called 'brilliancies'.} 16.
Bh6 {(prompts an exchange Black wants anyway!)} 16... Rfd8 17. Kf1 f5 18. Rxd8+
Rxd8 19. g3 Kf7 20. Be3 h5 21. Ke2 Ke6 22. Rd1 Rg8 23. f3 h4 24. Bf2 hxg3 25.
hxg3 Rh8 26. Bg1 Bd6 27. Kf1 Rg8 28. Bf2 b5 29. b3 a5 30. Kg2 a4 31. Rd2 axb3
32. axb3 Ra8 33. c4 Ra3 34. c5 Be7 35. Rb2 b4 36. g4 f4 37. Kf1 Ra1+ 38. Ke2
Rc1 39. Ra2 Rc3 40. Ra7 Kd7 41. Rb7 Rxb3 42. Rb8 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 b3 44. Kg1 Kc6
45. Kf1 Kd5 46. Rb7 e4 47. fxe4+ Kxe4 48. Rxc7 Kf3 49. Rxe7 Rxf2+ 50. Ke1 b2
51. Rb7 Rc2 52. c6 Kg3 53. c7 f3 54. Kd1 Rxc7 55. Rxb2 f2 0-1

[Event "Zuerich ct"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stahlberg, G."]
[Black "Boleslavsky, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "Bronstein"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
Re8 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Qc2 a4 13. Be3 c6 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15.
f4 Qa5 16. Bf2 Nb6 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. a3 (18. Kh2 $5) 18... Rad8 19. Kh2 Bc8 20.
Na2 Nbd7 21. Bg2 Nf6 22. Nc3 Rd7 23. Nf3 23... Rde7 $11 {"I think now is the
time to acquaint the reader with the mysteries of the Black d-pawn in the
King's Indian. Even though it is situated on an open file and therefore always
exposed to attack, it is not a very easy nut to crack. The simplest method for
White is apparently to retreat the Knight from d4, but d4 is precisely where
the B needs to be: its jobs are to supervise b5, c6, e6, and f5 and to buffer
the influence of the Bg7. Only after White has taken steps against possible
Black attacks (...a3, ...Be6, ...f5) can his Knight leave the centre, but
during that time Black can regroup to cause worries elsewhere."      "So the
weakness of the d-pawn proves to be imaginary. Contemporary methods of play in
the opening recognise the illusory weakness of such pawns. But it was exactly
this 'eternal' weakness of the Pd6 that led to the King's Inidan being
regarded as dubious.  } 24. Ng1 Nfd7 25. Bd4 Nb6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rxd6 Nxc4
28. Rdd1 Be6 29. Qf2 f6 30. Nf3 Bf7 31. e5 fxe5 32. Nxe5 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34.
fxe5 Rxe5 35. Rf1 Rf5 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Rxf5 gxf5 38. Qe5 Qb6 39. Qxf5 Bg6 40.
Qe5 Nd3 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Bf7 43. Ne4 Qxb2 44. Nd6 Qf2 45. Ne8+ Kg8 46.
Nf6+ Kg7 47. Nh5+ Kg6 48. g4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "planning: Black adopts formati"]
[Site "planning: Black adopts format"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Najdorf"]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Nxd4 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Bg2 {#} 12... c5 {"A serious
itional mistake, whose significance the reader can realise from the following
considerations: Black has an open file on the Queen's side and can provoke
b2-b3, whereupon his plan must be to attack White's b3 by advancing his a-pawn.
This attack had prospects of succeeding if Black can support his pawn when it
gets to a4. What is he to support it with? He has no white-squared bishop, and
the square c5 has beeen taken away from his knight by his last move. Moreover,
it is clear that Black will not be able to maintain his knight on d4 forever.
Hence he is now left without any plan that has prospects of being successful."}
13. e3 Ne6 14. Qc2 a5 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. b3 Qd7 17. Kh2 Nc6 18. Rad1 Ned8 19. Be1
Kh8 20. Na4 Qc8 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Rd5 Ne6 25. Rxf5
Nb4 26. Rh5 Ng7 27. Rh4 Nf5 28. Rf4 e6 29. Rd1 Rb6 30. Na4 Rbb8 31. Be4 Ng7 32.
Rxd6 Nxa2 33. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "Top 10 annotations: "]
[Site "Lessons from Bobby Fischer: e"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert (Yugoslavia "]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "RJF"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 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 13... O-O {
  Black's "ugly" defence is based on sound positional considerations: once he
can consolidate, there is strong potential in the twoi Bishops coupled with
the beautifully posted Knight and compact Pawn mass. These assets, in the long
run, hopefully should outweigh the temporary weakness of his King and the
immobile target on e6.} 14. Nce2 Kh8 15. Nf4 Rg8 16. Rg1 d5 17. fxe6 dxe4 18.
Nd5 Qc5 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Nf5 Qxe6 21. Qh6 Bd7 22. Rd6 Nxg4 23. Rxg4 Qxf5 24.
Rxg8+ $2 (24. Rf4) 24... Rxg8 $2 (24... Kxg8) 25. Rxf6 Qd5 26. Rd6 Qf5 27. Rf6
Qg5+ 28. Qxg5 Rxg5 29. Rxf7 Bg4 30. Kd2 Bf3 31. Ke3 Rg1 32. Bh3 Re1+ 33. Kf4
33... Bd1 {  Playing, as Dr.Tarrasch wryly put it, "for the loss". Nowadays I
would know better than to try to squeeze a win out of such a simplified
position.} 34. Ke5 $1 {Inviting Fischer to overextend.} (34. Re7 Bxc2 35. Bf5
$10) 34... e3 35. Bf5 Rg1 36. Rxh7+ Kg8 37. Rc7 37... Bg4 $2 (37... e2 38. Kf6
Kh8 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rc7 40... Kh8 $10) 38. Bxg4 Rxg4 39. Rc3 e2 40. Re3 {
  "Fortunately, Black can still hold the draw"} 40... Rg2 (40... Rg7 $2 41.
Kd4) 41. Kd4 41... e1=Q $1 (41... Rxh2 42. Kd3 $18) 42. Rxe1 Rxc2 43. Rb1 {}
43... Kf7 $1 (43... Rxh2 44. Kc5) 44. a3 Ke6 45. b3 Rxh2 46. Kc5 Kd7 47. Kb6
Ra2 48. Kxa6 Rxa3+ 49. Kb7 Kd6 50. Kb6 Kd7 51. b4 Rh3 52. Rc1 {} 52... Rh8 $2
{After the game, Olafsson scolded me: "How can you play an ending like this so
fast?" (I'd only been taking a few seconds a move for the last dozen moves or
so.) "Because there's no danger. It's a dead draw," I replied.} (52... Rh5 53.
Rc5 Rxc5 54. Kxc5 (54. bxc5 $4 54... b4 $19) 54... Kc7 55. Kxb5 55... Kb7 {
  with the opposition, a book draw and easy to hold}) 53. Kxb5 $2 {"As Olafsso
n showed me, White can win with 53. Rc7+! It's hard to believe. I stayed up
all night analysing, finally convincing myself and, incidentally, learning a
lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process." (Gligoric failed to point it
out in his notes to the Bled tournament book.)} (53. Rc7+ $1 {This helps keep
the Black King away, so the White King can control the Queening square. If the
Black Rook checks, White will interpose the Rook.} 53... Kd6 (53... Kd8 54. Rc5
Kd7 55. Kb7 $1 55... Kd6 56. Rxb5) 54. Rc6+ Kd7 (54... Kd5 55. Kxb5 Rb8+ 56.
Rb6) 55. Kxb5 Rb8+ 56. Rb6 Rh8 57. Rb7+ Kc8 58. Ka6 Rh6+ 59. Ka7 $18) 53...
Rb8+ 54. Ka4 Ra8+ 55. Kb3 Rc8 56. Rxc8 Kxc8 57. Kc4 57... Kb8 $1 {
  holding the "distant opposition"} (57... Kb7 58. Kb5 Kc7 59. Ka6 Kb8 60. Kb6
Ka8 61. Kc7 Ka7 62. b5 Ka8 63. Kb6 Kb8 64. Ka6 Ka8 (64... Kc7 65. Ka7) 65. b6
Kb8 66. b7 {If you can play to the seventh without check, it's a win, because
the King is on the queening square, and has to move off.} 66... Kc7 67. Ka7 Kc6
68. b8=Q) (57... Kb8 $1 58. Kc5 (58. Kd5 Kb7) 58... Kc7 59. Kb5 Kb7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 10 annotations: "]
[Site "Wch29-Baguio City"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karpov, An"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Larsen"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4
8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14.
Nxg2 g5 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. e4 f4 17. e5 Bg7 18. Qe4 Qe7 19. Rd3 Rad8 20. Re1 d5
21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Red1 Qe7 23. Ne1 Qf6 24. R1d2 Qf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Ng2 g4
27. Nxf4 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Bh6 29. Re2 Bxf4 30. Re6 Rfe8 31. Rf6 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Rf8
33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. d5 34... Bd6 {  ...There was a beautiful example of this
in the second match game between Polugaevsky and Korchnoi, Evian 1977.  "Polu"
had four Pawns against three on the Queen's-side, but they were on a2/b3/c4/d5.
A nice chain? Oh no, for there were only Rooks and Bishops on the board and
the Bishops were dark-squared.  Black's Bishop stood on d6, his Pawns on c7,
b6 and a5.  White's Pawns were immobile and on the other side Black was a Pawn
up.} 35. Bc3 Rc1 36. Bd2 Rc2 37. a4 f4 38. h3 f3+ 39. Kf1 h5 40. hxg4 hxg4 41.
Ke1 {0-1 Polugayevsky,L-Korchnoi,V/Evian (Match) 1977/[Larsen]}) 1... d6 2. d4
Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd3 e5 9. d5 Nb4
10. Qd2 a5 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Nh2 Kh8 14. a3 Na6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6
Ng8 17. Qe3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. g4 Bd7 21. f4 exf4 22. Qxf4 Nc5
23. Rce1 Nfe4 24. Qe3 Qe5 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bf3 Ng5 27. Qxe5+ dxe5 28. Bg2
Rxf1+ 29. Nxf1 Re8 30. Nd2 30... a4 $1 {  Long live Philidor! ... He
understood that it was not always wrong to have your Pawns on the same colour
square as the Bishop.  He said that this was correct on the flank where you
have to defend!   There was a beautiful example of this in the second match
game between Polugaevsky and Korchnoi, Evian 1977....} 31. Re3 Kg7 32. Kf2 Re7
33. c4 b6 34. Rc3 h5 35. Kg3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Be8 37. c5 bxc5 38. Ne4 Nxe4+ 39.
Bxe4 Kf6 40. Rxc5 Kg5 41. Bd3 Rf7 42. Be2 Rh7 43. Bf3 Rf7 44. Rc4 Rh7 45. Rb4
Re7 46. Kf2 Bd7 47. Kg3 Be8 48. Kf2 Bd7 49. Ke3 e4 50. Bxe4 Kxg4 51. Kf2 Kg5
52. Bc2 Re5 53. Bxa4 Bxa4 54. Rxa4 Rxd5 55. Ke3 Rb5 56. b4 Re5+ 57. Kd4 Kf4 58.
Ra8 g5 59. Rc8 Re4+ 60. Kd5 Re5+ 61. Kc6 g4 62. Rxc7 g3 63. Kb6 g2 64. Rc1 Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lessons from John Nunn: attack"]
[Site "Lessons from John Nunn: attac"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nunn, J."]
[Black "Dlugy, M. [London UK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Nunn"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. O-O
Nf5 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Ng3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. b3 {
"If you want to lose a miniature, then here are three helpful tips. First of
all, it is a big help if you are Black: losing with White in under 20 moves
requires a special talent which few possess. Secondly, choose a provocative
opening, for example an opening in which you try to realise strategicambitions,
but at the cost of backward development and delayed castling. Thirdly, if
something goes slightly wrong, don't reconcile yourself to defending a bad
position - seek a tactical solution instead! Don't worry about the fact that
tactics are bound to favour the better developed side; just go ahead anyway.
Follow this advice and at least you will get home early."} 14... c5 15. c4 cxd4
16. cxd5 Nxe5 17. Qxd4 Qxd5 18. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Capablanca"]
[Black "Shipley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "Chernev"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6
8. Qd2 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qe3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Bd3 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 O-O-O 14.
Rhb1 14... e5 {
"Don't simplify against Capablanca!", I keep telling them at the office.} 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 fxe5 18. Be4 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rb3 Kc7 21.
Rab1 Rb8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rxb8 Kxb8 24. Kd3 Kc7 25. Ke4 Kd6 26. g4 Ke6 27. h4
f6 28. f4 exf4 29. Kxf4 h6 30. c3 a6 31. a3 a5 32. a4 Ke7 33. Kf5 c5 34. c4 1-0

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "Yaroslavl"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "Razuvaev"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Re1 c6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Ne5 13... Nc7 {
Black badly needs a bright idea -- or to put in in conventional chesssign-langu
age: +-} 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qf3 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qg3 Rad8 19.
Rad1 Nf6 20. f4 Nh5 21. Qf2 f5 22. g4 Ng7 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Kh2 Kh8 25. Rg1 Bd5
26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Rg6 Nce6 28. Rdg1 Rf8 29. Rh6 Kg8 30. Bb3 Rd6 31. Qg2 Rfd8
32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxe6 Qf8 34. Re8 Rxe8 35. Qxd5+ 1-0

[Event "10th Century"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dilaram's problem"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/8/5PP1/8/K1n3NR/7B/1r6/7R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{The piece on h3 is an Elephant (al-fil), which moves along diagonals two
moves at a time, and, unlike its counterpart in the natural world, it can jump
over other pieces.    SOLUTION: 1.R4h8+ Kxh8 2.Af5+ Kg8 3.Rh8+ Kxh8 4.g7+ Kg8
5.Nh6#}  1-0

[Event "Study"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W"]
[Black "B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Saavedra"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1KP5/3r4/8/8/8/k7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]

{} 1. c7 Rd6+ 2. Kb5 $1 (2. Kb7 Rd7) (2. Kc5 Rd1 3. c8=Q Rc1+) 2... Rd5+ 3.
Kb4 (3. Kc6 Rd1 4. c8=Q Rc1+) 3... Rd4+ 4. Kb3 (4. Kb5 Rd5+) (4. Kc5 Rd1 5. Kb6
Rc1) 4... Rd3+ 5. Kc2 (5. Ka4 Rc3) 5... Rd4 $1 {} 6. c8=R (6. c8=Q 6... Rc4+
$1 7. Qxc4 {stalemate}) (6. Kc3 Rd1) 6... Ra4 (6... Rc4+ 7. Rxc4 Ka2 8. Ra4#)
7. Kb3 $18 {} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W#3"]
[Black "B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Shinkman"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2N2Q2/8/4k3/8/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

1. Na8 $1 1... Kd6 2. Kd4 Kc6 3. Qd5# 1-0

[Event "Problem: Tijdschrift v.d. N.S.B."]
[Site "Tijdschrift v.d. N.S.B."]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loshinsky, LI."]
[Black "problem (m2)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b3K2b/r1R2p1r/4k3/1N1n4/2BP1Q2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{} 1. Bb3 {Three(!) sets of interferences: b7, g7, f6.} 1... Bf6 (1... Bc6+ 2.
Rxc6#) (1... Bxd4 2. Nxd4#) (1... Rxc7 2. Nxc7#) (1... Bb7 2. Re7#) (1... Bg7
2. Qxf7#) (1... Rg7 2. Qe5#) (1... Rb7 2. Rc6#) (1... Ra6 2. Re7#) 2. Qg4# 1-0

[Event "Ekstrom/Andersson"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "cycles"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1b3r2/8/2B5/1NPP2RN/Rn1Bk1nK/1r4pb/3PP3/5Q2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

1. Bc3 (1. Be5 $2 1... Nxe5 $1 (1... Re3 2. d6#) (1... Ne3 2. Nxg3#) (1... Rc8
2. Qf5#)) (1. Be3 $2 1... Nxe3 $1 (1... Ne5 2. Nxg3#) (1... Bd6 2. Nxd6#) (1...
Nf2 2. d6#)) (1. Bf6 $2 1... Nxf6 $1 (1... Ne5 2. Qf4#) (1... Bd6 2. Nxd6#) (
1... Rf3 2. exf3#) (1... Ne3 2. Qf3#) (1... Rxf6 2. d6#) (1... Nf2 2. d6#) (
1... Rc8 2. Qf5#)) 1... Ne5 (1... Bd6 2. Nxd6#) (1... Ne3 2. d3#) (1... Nf6 2.
Qf3#) (1... Rf5 2. Qxf5#) 2. Nxg3# 1-0

[Event "Where is the white king? SOLUTION"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W"]
[Black "B"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Smullyan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/1r1b4/Bp6/1K6/2P5/3k4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

1. c4 bxc3+ 2. Kxc3+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W"]
[Black "B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Missiaen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k4b2/8/8/8/8/1b6/2R3K1/3B4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. Bf3+ Ka7 (1... Kb8 2. Rb2) 2. Rc3 Be6 (2... Ba2 3. Rc8) (2... Bf7 3. Rc7+) (
2... Bg8 3. Rc8) 3. Rc6 Bb3 4. Kh1 $3 4... Bb4 5. Rc1 Bg8 6. Rg1 Be6 7. Rg7+
1-0

[Event "Study"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W"]
[Black "B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Rinck"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6q1/6p1/2k4p/R6B/p7/8/2P3P1/2K5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

{} 1. Ra8 Qa2 (1... Qxa8 2. Bf3+) (1... Qe6 2. Ra6+) (1... Qd5 2. Bf3) (1...
Qc4 2. Rc8+) 2. Rxa4 Qg8 (2... Qxa4 3. Be8+) 3. Ra8 Qh7 (3... Qxa8 4. Bf3+) 4.
Bg6 Qxg6 5. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kovacs"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "RNB4k/8/7K/8/8/8/pppppppp/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{} 1. Nc6 a1=Q (1... f1=Q 2. Bf5#) (1... e1=Q 2. Be6#) (1... d1=Q 2. Bd7#) (
1... b1=Q 2. Bb7#) (1... c1=Q 2. Be6#) (1... f1=Q 2. Bf5#) (1... g1=Q 2. Bg4#)
(1... h1=Q+ 2. Bh3#) 2. Ba6# 1-0

[Event "Knight Manoeuvres"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Win"]
[Black "B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7K/8/2N5/5ppp/4ppnq/4pkp1/4nrrb/5bb1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]

{} 1. Kg7 Qh3 2. Kf8 Qh4 (2... h4 3. Kg7 Ne5 4. Nxe5#) 3. Ke7 Qh3 4. Kd8 Qh4
5. Kc7 Qh3 6. Kc8 Qh4 7. Kd8 Qh3 8. Ke7 Qh4 9. Kf8 Qh3 10. Kg7 Qh4 11. Kg6 Qh3
12. Kxg5 Qh4+ 13. Kxh4 Nc3 14. Nd4# 1-0

[Event "Organ pipes"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1859.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Loyd"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2brrb2/8/p7/7Q/1p1kpPp1/1P1pN1P1/3K4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{} 1. Qa5 Bb7 (1... Bd7 2. Qd5#) (1... Be6 2. Qe5#) (1... Bf5 2. Nxf5#) (1...
Rd7 2. Nf5#) (1... Be7 2. Qe5#) (1... Bg7 2. Qxb4#) (1... Re5 2. Qxe5#) (1...
Re6 2. Nf5#) (1... Re7 2. Qxb4#) (1... Rd5 2. Qxd5#) (1... Rd6 2. Qxb4#) (1...
Rd7 2. Nf5#) (1... Bc5 2. Qa1#) (1... Bd6 2. Qd5#) (1... Bh6 2. Qb6#) 2. Nf5#
1-0

[Event "Top 10 combinations: London m4"]
[Site "London m4"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[Round "62"]
[White "McDonnell, A."]
[Black "De La Bourdonnais, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Qe2 d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. exd5 cxd5 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 25. Rc2 Bc8 26. Bd7 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 f2
28. Rf1 d3 29. Rc3 Bxd7 30. cxd7 e4 31. Qc8 Bd8 32. Qc4 Qe1 33. Rc1 d2 34. Qc5
Rg8 35. Rd1 e3 36. Qc3 Qxd1 37. Rxd1 37... e2 {
Three passed pawns on the seventh rank!} 0-1

[Event "Top 10 endgames: "]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pillsbury, H."]
[Black "Gunsberg, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne5 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nd5 9. f4 Be6 10. Qb3 b5 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Nd3 Nd7
15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Ke2 e6 17. Rhc1 Bf8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Bd6
21. Bd2 Kf8 22. Bb4 Ke7 23. Bc5 a6 24. b4 f6 25. g4 Bxc5 26. bxc5 26... Nb8 {}
27. f5 g5 28. Nb4 a5 29. c6 Kd6 30. fxe6 Nxc6 31. Nxc6 31... Kxc6 {} 32. e4
dxe4 33. d5+ Kd6 34. Ke3 b4 35. Kxe4 a4 36. Kd4 h5 37. gxh5 a3 38. Kc4 f5 39.
h6 f4 40. h7 1-0

[Event "Havana Wch-m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
Qa5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. O-O Rac8
15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Rfe1 Nbd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qb3 Bc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6
21. Re5 Qb6 22. Qc2 22... Rfd8 {
 There are two isolated pawns: which is weaker?} 23. Ne2 Rd5 24. Rxd5 24...
cxd5 { Now there is only one.  It is not exposed on a half-open file, so can
White defend?} 25. Qd2 Nf5 26. b3 h5 27. h3 27... h4 {
a typical preparatory probe} 28. Qd3 Rc6 29. Kf1 g6 30. Qb1 30... Qb4 {
Black's pressure on the d-pawn cannot be increased.  So Black opens up a new
point of attack.} 31. Kg1 31... a5 {
Lasker said when he saw this that he was lost.} 32. Qb2 a4 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34.
Rxd2 axb3 35. axb3 Rb6 36. Rd3 Ra6 37. g4 hxg3 38. fxg3 Ra2 39. Nc3 Rc2 40. Nd1
Ne7 41. Nc3 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Nc6 43. Nd1 43... Rb1 {
 Black has his two points of attack.} 44. Ke2 {
I think not really a blunder, more a desire for clarity.} (44. Ne3 44... Na5 {
picks up the b-pawn anyhow}) 44... Rxb3 45. Ke3 Rb4 46. Nc3 Ne7 47. Ne2 Nf5+
48. Kf2 { White still has two points to defend.} 48... g5 49. g4 Nd6 50. Ng1
Ne4+ 51. Kf1 Rb1+ 52. Kg2 Rb2+ 53. Kf1 Rf2+ 54. Ke1 Ra2 55. Kf1 Kg7 56. Re3 Kg6
57. Rd3 f6 58. Re3 Kf7 59. Rd3 Ke7 60. Re3 Kd6 61. Rd3 Rf2+ 62. Ke1 Rg2 63. Kf1
63... Ra2 { Both sides are repeating moves: Capablanca because he can, Lasker
because he has to!} 64. Re3 64... e5 {
the final push: Black creates a passed pawn} 65. Rd3 exd4 66. Rxd4 Kc5 67. Rd1
d4 68. Rc1+ 68... Kd5 { poor White can do nothing  0-1 Lasker,
Emanuel-Capablanca,Jose (Havana m10)/a rook/knight ending: two weaknesses 1921}
0-1

[Event "Top 10 endgames: "]
[Site "weak pawns: weak colour compl"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bernstein"]
[Black "Mieses"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ne4 12. Qd4 Nf6 13. Qd6 Ne4 14. Qb4
d5 15. Bd3 Qd6 16. Qxd6 Nxd6 17. f4 {  ! A key move, preventing the advance
e6-e5 when Black's position is fine. The rest of the game features an iron
determination to prevent any freeing move by Black, and a gradual invasion on
the dark squares.} 17... a5 18. Be3 Ba6 19. Kd2 Nc4+ 20. Bxc4 20... Bxc4 {
  It is sometimes assumed that the presence of opposite-coloured bishops is a
powerful drawing factor. This is true of some simple or blocked positions, but
here all Black's pieces stand badly because of the weak dark squares.} 21. a4
Kd7 22. b3 Ba6 23. Bb6 Bc8 24. Ke3 Ra6 25. Bc5 Kc7 26. Kd4 Bd7 27. Rhe1 h5 28.
Re5 g6 29. Rg5 Rg8 30. Ke5 Be8 31. Re1 Ra8 32. Kf6 Bd7 33. g3 Rae8 34. Ree5 Rh8
35. Rxg6 Rh7 36. Rg7 Reh8 37. Rxh7 Rxh7 38. Kg6 38... Rh8 {
  While there's life...} 39. Kg7 {!} (39. Rxh5 Be8+) 39... Rd8 40. Rxh5 40...
Be8 {White needs to be sure of his ground here, as he has an alternative plan
of advancing the h-pawn.} 41. Rh7 Rd7+ 42. Kh6 Rxh7+ 43. Kxh7 {
How many moves will it take White to Queen a Pawn? How many for Black?} 43...
Bh5 44. h4 Bd1 45. c3 Bxb3 46. g4 Kd7 47. g5 e5 48. f5 Bxa4 49. f6 {
1-0 bernstein-meises} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, A."]
[Black "Yates, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[PlyCount "75"]

{A game which seems to illustrate the positional elements in turn.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3
dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Bxe7 12... Qxe7 {Bad bishop.} 13. Ned2 b5 14.
Bxd5 cxd5 15. O-O a5 16. Nb3 {Dark squares.} 16... a4 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5
Qxc5 19. Rxc5 b4 20. Rfc1 {Controlling the file.} 20... Ba6 21. Ne5 {
Outpost in front of a backward pawn.} 21... Reb8 22. f3 b3 23. a3 h6 24. Kf2
Kh7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Kg3 {KUFTE.} 26... Rfb8 27. Rc7 {Seventh rank.} 27... Bb5
28. R1c5 Ba6 29. R5c6 Re8 30. Kf4 Kg8 31. h5 Bf1 32. g3 Ba6 33. Rf7 Kh7 34.
Rcc7 {Seventh absolute.} 34... Rg8 35. Nd7 Kh8 36. Nf6 {Silent sacrifice.}
36... Rgf8 37. Rxg7 Rxf6 38. Ke5 {A final quiet move wins.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 (1... e6 2. Nf3 f5) 2. Nf3 e6 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 (22... Qc6 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24. c5 Re7)
23. h4 d5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. h5 Rf6 (27... gxh5
28. Rh1 Kf8 29. Rxh5 Kg8 30. Rxd5) 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh1 Kf8 (29... Ke7 30.
Rh7+ 30... Rf7 {else 31.Rg7} 31. Bxg6) 30. Rh7 { rook on the seventh} 30...
Rc6 31. g4 (31. Rd7 {?} 31... Nc4 32. Rxd5 Ne3+) 31... Nc4 32. g5 Ne3+ 33. Kf3
{} 33... Nf5 (33... Nd1 {
this counterattack fails, because of White's strong King and K-side pawns} 34.
Rh6 Kg7 35. f5 Nxc3 36. Kf4 Ne4 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. f6+ Rxf6+ 39. gxf6+ Kxh6 40.
Kxe4 Kh7 41. Kd5 Kg8 42. Kc6 g5 43. Kxc7 g4 44. d5 g3 45. d6 g2 46. d7 g1=Q 47.
d8=Q+ Kh7 48. Qe7+ Kh6 49. Qg7+ Qxg7+ 50. fxg7 Kxg7 51. Kb7 Kf7 52. Kxa7 Ke7
53. Kxb6 Kd7 54. Kb7) 34. Bxf5 34... gxf5 {} 35. Kg3 Rxc3+ 36. Kh4 Rf3 37. g6
Rxf4+ 38. Kg5 38... Re4 {} 39. Kf6 {using the f-pawn as cover} 39... Kg8 40.
Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxc7 Re8 42. Kxf5 Re4 43. Kf6 Rf4+ 44. Ke5 Rg4 45. g7+ {} 45...
Kg8 (45... Rxg7 46. Rxg7 Kxg7 47. Kxd5 Kf7 48. Kd6 {!} 48... Ke8 49. Kc7 Ke7
50. d5) 46. Rxa7 Rg1 47. Kxd5 Rc1 48. Kd6 Rc2 49. d5 Rc1 50. Rc7 Ra1 51. Kc6
Rxa4 52. d6 {
  1-0 capablanca,j-tartakower,s/rook ending: seventh rank (new york) 1924} (
52. d6 {! by declining the Kxb6 capture White's K gets shelter} 52... Rd4 53.
d7 Rc4+ 54. Kb7 Rd4 55. Kc8) 1-0

[Event "Top 10 endgames: "]
[Site "Arnstadt"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hage"]
[Black "Nimzovitch, A."]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "84"]

{I have a vision of a perfect game, where on move one I lay claim to a square,
and I keep collecting squares until my opponent resigns on move 63, facing
inevitable mate.  This is the nearest I can think of: with every exchange
White gets more cramped!} 1. d4 f5 2. e3 d6 3. Bd3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Bb5+ c6
6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Ke7 10. a3 Rd8 11. Bd2 b5 12. Ba2 a5
13. O-O b4 14. Nb1 c5 15. Bc4 e4 16. Ng5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. axb4 axb4 19.
Rxa6 Nxa6 20. c3 h6 21. Nh3 Ng4 22. g3 Ne5 23. Kg2 g5 24. Bc1 b3 25. Nd2 c4 26.
Ng1 Nc5 27. Ne2 Rg8 28. Nd4 f4 29. Nf5+ Ke6 30. Nxd6 f3+ 31. Kg1 Kxd6 32. Rd1
Ke6 33. Nb1 Ncd3 34. Na3 Kd5 35. Nb5 Rb8 36. Na3 Ra8 37. h3 Kc5 38. Kf1 Nxc1
39. Rxc1 Nd3 40. Rb1 {} 40... Nxb2 41. Rxb2 Rxa3 42. Rb1 b2 *

[Event "model ending: rooks & minors (Bad Kissi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogoljubow, E."]
[Black "Capablanca, J [t50]"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Be2 Qg5 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14.
hxg3 { how can anyone spin a win out of this dry stuff?} 14... Ke7 15. g4 h6
16. a3 a6 17. Ke2 Rhb8 18. Ne4 18... b5 {
White cannot afford to have Black open a file} 19. c5 d5 20. cxd6+ cxd6 21. f4
Rc8 22. f5 Na5 23. Kd3 Nc4 24. Rab1 d5 25. Nc3 Rc6 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. g5 hxg5
28. Rh5 Kf6 29. Rh3 Rac8 30. Na2 30... a5 {
 Black's domination of the Q-side is impressive.} 31. Rf3+ Kg6 32. g4 Nd6 33.
Nc3 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Nd1 35... Rc2 {rook on the seventh} 36. Rf2 b3 37.
Ra1 Ne4 38. Re2 R8c6 39. Rb1 e5 40. Ra1 R6c4 41. Ra5 41... Nc5+ { an unusual
mid-board mate in an ending.  Remarkable: White's pieces can hardly lift a
finger between them.} 0-1

[Event "Top 10 endgames: "]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Znosko Borovsky Euge"]
[Black "Alekhine Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Be8 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxd1 14.
Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Rxd1 15... fxe5 {  The endgame position reached is by no means
as easy to conduct - especially for the first player - as it appears.  Black's
plan - which will prove a complete success - is divided into the following
parts:    (1) Exchange one pair of Rooks.  (2) Bring the King to e6 where he
will be protected from a frontal attack by the e-Pawn, and can prevent the
entrance of the remaining White Rook at d7.  (3) By operating with the Rook on
the open g-file, and advancing the h-Pawn, force the opening of the h-file.  
 (4) After this the White King - and eventually also the Bishop - will be kept
busy in order to prevent the intrusion of the Black Rook at h1 or h2.  (5) In
the meantime, Black, by advancing his a- and b-Pawns, will sooner or later
succeed in opening one file on the Queen's-side.   (6) As, at that moment, the
White King will still be on the other wing, White will not have sufficient
force to prevent the final intrusion of the Black Rook on his first or second
rank.      Granted that, if White had, from the beginning, realised that there
actually existed a danger of losing this endgame, he probably would, by
extremely careful defence, have saved it.  But as it happened, Black played
with a definite plan, and White only with the conviction that the game must be
drawn.  And the result was, a very instructive series of typical stratagems,
much more useful for inexperienced players than so-called 'brilliancies'.} 16.
Bh6 {(prompts an exchange Black wants anyway!)} 16... Rfd8 17. Kf1 f5 18. Rxd8+
Rxd8 19. g3 Kf7 20. Be3 h5 21. Ke2 Ke6 22. Rd1 Rg8 23. f3 h4 24. Bf2 hxg3 25.
hxg3 Rh8 26. Bg1 Bd6 27. Kf1 Rg8 28. Bf2 b5 29. b3 a5 30. Kg2 a4 31. Rd2 axb3
32. axb3 Ra8 33. c4 Ra3 34. c5 Be7 35. Rb2 b4 36. g4 f4 37. Kf1 Ra1+ 38. Ke2
Rc1 39. Ra2 Rc3 40. Ra7 Kd7 41. Rb7 Rxb3 42. Rb8 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 b3 44. Kg1 Kc6
45. Kf1 Kd5 46. Rb7 e4 47. fxe4+ Kxe4 48. Rxc7 Kf3 49. Rxe7 Rxf2+ 50. Ke1 b2
51. Rb7 Rc2 52. c6 Kg3 53. c7 f3 54. Kd1 Rxc7 55. Rxb2 f2 0-1

[Event "Top 10 endgames: "]
[Site "style: Petrosian as constrict"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. d5
e6 9. dxe6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 11... fxe6 {  Petrosian said before
the match that if Botvinnik played this variation he would lose. Black has
only one weakness, but it proves his Achilles heel.} 12. Ke2 Nc6 13. Rd1 Rad8
14. Rxd8 Rxd8 15. Ng5 Re8 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 b6 18. Rb1 Nb4 19. Bd2 Nd5 20.
a4 Rc8 21. b3 Bf8 22. Rc1 Be7 23. b4 c4 24. b5 Kf7 25. Bc3 Ba3 26. Rc2 Nxc3+
27. Rxc3 Bb4 28. Rc2 Ke7 29. Nd2 c3 30. Ne4 Ba5 31. Kd3 Rd8+ 32. Kc4 Rd1 33.
Nxc3 Rh1 34. Ne4 Rxh2 35. Kd4 Kd7 36. g3 Bb4 37. Ke5 {  White is perfectly
coordinated - for attack and defence. Black has gathered some crumbs of
counterplay but cannot pull his pieces together.} 37... Rh5+ 38. Kf6 Be7+ 39.
Kg7 e5 40. Rc6 Rh1 41. Kf7 Ra1 42. Re6 Bd8 43. Rd6+ Kc8 44. Ke8 Bc7 45. Rc6 Rd1
46. Ng5 Rd8+ 47. Kf7 Rd7+ 48. Kg8 {
Black cannot regroup on the ninth rank so resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Top 10 endgames: "]
[Site "model ending: rooks & minors "]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "fischer"]
[Black "petrosian #7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
c4 Nf6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 10... exd5 {  The IQP is often compensated by
free development, but Black actually is well behind in development.} 11. Nc3
Be7 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Re1 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 {
  A complex endgame has arisen, where Black is also striggling to mobilise.}
14... Be6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bc5 {  exhanging the opponent's better bishop cf.
<a href = "canonidx.html#strategy">strategy</a> section on the IQP} 16... Rfe8
17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. b4 Kf8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. f3 {
  Black's problems persist: how can he mobilise the Q-side?} 20... Rea7 (20...
Nd7 21. Nb3 Ne5 22. Bf1 Bd7 23. Rad1 {which is awkward}) (20... Bd7 21. Nxd7+ {
with a B for N advantage}) 21. Re5 Bd7 22. Nxd7+ Rxd7 23. Rc1 Rd6 24. Rc7 Nd7
25. Re2 {
Black mobilises his King's-side pawns to try and restrict the White pieces.}
25... g6 26. Kf2 h5 27. f4 h4 28. Kf3 f5 29. Ke3 d4+ 30. Kd2 Nb6 31. Ree7 {
  The final phase.} 31... Nd5 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rb7 Nxf4 34. Bc4 {1-0} 34... h3
35. Rg7 {and the mate threats decide.} 1-0

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Brissago SUI"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. Nd2 c5 7. dxc5 e6 8. Nb3 Bxc5
9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nbc6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Ng6 15.
Bd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nf4 18. Rac1 h5 19. Rhg1 Bc6 20. gxh5 Nxh5 21.
b4 a6 22. a4 Kd8 23. Ng5 Be8 24. b5 Nf4 25. b6 Nxd3 26. Kxd3 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Kxc8
28. Rc1+ Bc6 29. Nxf7 Rxh4 30. Nd6+ Kd8 31. Rg1 Rh3+ 32. Ke2 Ra3 33. Rxg7 Rxa4
34. f4 34... Ra2+ {
The black King has no moves.  The white King lights the blue touch-paper...}
35. Kf3 Ra3+ 36. Kg4 Rd3 37. f5 Rxd4+ 38. Kg5 exf5 39. Kf6 Rg4 40. Rc7 Rh4 41.
Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Bd3 {
White seeks a solid advantage.  Before it solidifies, Black stirs up trouble...
} 9... 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 {
The King makes a run for safety.} 21... Qh2+ 22. Ke3 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Rh1
24... Rxf4 $3 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

[Event "top 10 openings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DR"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. e4 (1. d4 d5 (1... Nf6 2. Bg5) 2. c4 (2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3) 2... e6
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2) (1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3
Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 (5. e3)) 1... e5 (1... g6) (1... c5) (1... e6) 2. Nf3 (2.
f4) 2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 (3... Nf6) 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3
Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Ba3 1/2-1/2

