1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bxc4 Qa5 8. Qb3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 h6 11. h3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rac1 a6 15. Ba2 c5 16. Bb1 Qb8 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bb7

Black will come to regret passing up the b-pawn

20. Na4 Rc8 21. Qd3 Qe5 22. Qe2 Bd8 23. f4 Qd5 24. Bc3 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. b3 Rcc8 27. Ba5 Rab8 28. Rc7!! Bxc7 29. bxc7 Ra8 30. e4!!

Another hammer-blow, depriving the Nf6 and the Bb7 of the d5 square

30... Kf8

30... Nxe4 31. Nxe6! fxe6 32. Rxd7 followed by Rd8+ wins

31. Nf3 Ke8 32. Nd2! Bc6 33. Nc4 Kf8 34. Nd6 Ne8 35. Nxc8 Rxc8 36. Rc1 Bb7 37. e5! f6 38. Rd1 Bc6 39. Be4! Bb5 40. Nc5!!

40. Nc5 Nxc5 41. Rd8 Rxc7 42. Bxc7 Nxe4 43. f5!?

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5 7. g4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 Nb6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. a3 a5 13. Ne2 d5 14. e5 Bh3 15. f5!! Bg2 16. Kf2!! Bxh1 17. Rxh1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. c3 Nb6 21. f6 Bh8 22. Qc2 e6 23. Nxh5!! b4

23... gxh5 24. g6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Bg7 26. Ng5 Rfe8 27. f7+ Kf8 28. Nh7+ Ke7 29. fxe8=Q+

24. Nf4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nd5 26. h4 Rfb8 27. h5 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 c5 29. d5 exd5 30. Nxd5 Qd7 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. hxg6 Bg7 33. Nf5! fxg6 34. Nxg7 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Qe7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4 g5 12. Bg3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bxd5 14. O-O-O Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bd3 Qc6 17. h4 g4 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Bf4 Nh5 20. Be4!! Qf6

20... Qxe4 21. Bxh6+ Kg8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Qh6+ Ng7 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Rhe1

21. Bxh6+!! Qxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kxh6 23. Bxa8 Nf4 24. Rhe1 c4 25. Rd6+ Kh5 26. Re5+ f5 27. Be4 Kxh4 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Bxf5 g3 30. fxg3+ Kxg3 31. Bxd7 1-0

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxc3 14. O-O-O! Nc6 15. Qe4 Rg8

15... Bd7!? 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Bxf7+! Kd8 18. Bb3

16. Kb1 h5 17. f4 Rg4 18. h3 Rg3 19. Bf2 Bxf5

19... Rg8 20. fxe5 and e6 looks crushing

20. Qxf5 Rf3 21. Bb6!! Rxf4 22. Qh7 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. a4 Bb7 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nf3 Bh4 19. Rf1 Bg3 20. f5 Ne5 21. Ng5 Bh4 22. f6! g6 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. Nxh7!! Bxf6

24... Kxh7 25. Qh6+

25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Qh6 Nh7 27. Rf4

27. Rf4 Qg5!?

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1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Nc1 Rd8 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. c3 Rb8 16. Qc2 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rb4 18. Nfd2 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Nf4 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. Qxc6 Qb8 22. Qc3 Nb6 23. Na5 Bd7 24. b3 Rc8 25. Nac4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Bf6 27. Nf3 a5 28. Qe1 Nf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. e5 Bg7 31. Bxf7+!! Kxf7 32. e6+ Kf8

32... Bxe6 33. Ng5+

33. exd7 Rd8 34. Ra2 Rxd7 35. Rac2 Qe8 36. Rc8 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Ng5 Qd7 39. Rc7!! 1-0

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 dxe4 7. b4 Qc7 8. Nb5 Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Kxd7 10. O-O-O+ Kc6 11. Nd6 Bd7 12. Bd8! a6 13. Bb6 1-0

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3!? Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Rc1 Rfe8 12. Ne4 Bf8 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 f6 16. Rfe1 Bh3 17. Bh1 Be6 18. Nd2 Bd5 19. Bxd5+ Nxd5 20. a3 Kh8 21. b4 a6 22. Qc4 Nb6 23. Qc2 f5 24. Nb3 Na4 25. Ba1 Re6 26. Na5! Nxa5 27. bxa5 Re7 28. Qb3 b5 29. axb6

e.p.

29... cxb6 30. d4! e4 31. d5! b5 32. Red1 Ree8 33. d6 Rc8 34. Bd4 h6 35. Qd5 Kh7 36. g4 fxg4 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Qxe4+ Kg8 39. Qg6 Nc5 40. Bxc5 Rxc5 41. Qe4 Rc8 42. Qd5+ Qf7 43. d7 Rd8 44. Qc6 Qe7 45. e4 Kf8 46. Qc7 1-0

An amazing game featuring an inspired queen sacrifice and some acrobatic piece-play.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. b3! c5 13. bxc4! Qb7!

13... Bxc4 14. e4! Nxe4 (14... Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qb7 16. e5) 15. Nxe4

14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Rfb1 Nc6 19. Bf3 Na5 20. Qxb4!!

Extraordinary!

20... Bxb4 21. Bxb4 Rc5!?

21... Qd7 22. Nd6+ Kd8 (22... Ke7 23. Nxc8+ Kd8 24. Rd1) 23. Bxa5+ Ke7 24. Nxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rd1! Qe8 26. Bb4+ Rc5 27. Bxc5# is one way to die

22. Bxa5 Rxc4 23. Na3 Rc5

23... Rc8!? 24. Bb4 is uncomfortable, so black hands back some material

24. Bb4 O-O 25. Nb5 Rb8 26. Rd1 Bxb5 27. axb5 Qc7 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Bc6 h5 30. Ne2 Ng4 31. h3 Ne5 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. Rdc1 Qb6 34. Ra6 Qb8 35. Rca1 Kh7

35... Rc7?! 36. b6!! Rxc6 37. bxa7 Qa8 38. Nxc6 Nxc6 39. Rxc6!

36. Be4+!? Kh6?!

36...g6 37.Rxa7 targets the f-pawn but looks better than the game move. 36...Kg8 37.Rxa7 has uncomfortable back-rank threats, and ...f5 leads to interesting complications.

36... f5!? 37. Nxf5!? (37. Nc6 Nxc6 38. Bxc6 seems simple and strong, eg 38... Rc7?! 39. b6!! axb6 (39... Rxc6 40. bxa7!) 40. Ra8! winning the queen) 37... exf5 38. Bxf5+ Kg8 39. Bxc8 Qxc8 40. Rxa7 Qc5!? 41. Rb7 leaves a curious balance of material

37. Nf5+! Kg5

37... Kg6 38. Ne7+ Kh6 39. Rxa7!? Rd8 40. Ra8 Qc7 41. Ng8+!? Kg5 42. f4+ Kh4 43. Kh2!? threatening g3 mate is curious and wonderful 43... Ng4+ 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. g3+ Kh5 46. Kg2! and Rh1 mate

38. f4+ Kf6 39. fxe5+ Qxe5 40. Nd6! Rc7

40... Rd8 41. Rf1+ Ke7 42. Rxf7#

41. Ne8+ Kg5 42. Nxc7 Qxe4 43. Rxa7 Qxe3+ 44. Kh1 Kh6 45. Ne8! Qb6 46. Rxf7 Qxb5 47. Nxg7 h4 48. Raf1 Qe2 49. Nxe6!

A wonderful game!

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. Nxc4 e6 8. Qb3 Na6 9. Bg5 Nb4 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bh4 a5 12. f3 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Rd2!? Be7 15. Be5 Rg8 16. Nd1 gxf3 17. gxf3 Nfd5 18. e4 b5!? 19. axb5?! a4! 20. Qa3 Nc2+! 21. Rxc2 Bxa3 22. bxa3

White has just two pieces for the queen, but strong threats

22... Bxf3 23. exd5! Qxd5?

23... Bxh1 24. dxc6 might be OK for white, despite a huge material deficit! Nd6+ and a pawn charge is hard to meet.

24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Bc4!

Recovering the queen

25... Qxd6?!

25... Bxh1 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. bxc6 Rg1+ 28. Kd2 Rg2+ 29. Kc1 Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Bxc6 looks better

26. Bxd6+ Kxd6 27. Rf1 Be4 28. Re2 cxb5 29. Rxe4 bxc4 30. Rxf7 Rg1+ 31. Kd2 Rg2+ 32. Re2 Rag8 33. Nf2 R8g6 34. Kc3 Kc6 35. Kxc4 Rxh2 36. Re5 h5 37. Ra5 Kb6 38. Rfa7! 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 Nc4 15. e5 Nd7 16. Be4 Ndxe5! 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Nd5 Bd6 19. Rb1 Rd8 20. b3 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxh2+!! 22. Kxh2 Rxd5 23. fxg4 Rxd1 24. Rbxd1 Ne5 25. Bxc5 Nf3+ 26. Kg3 Nxe1 27. Rxe1 h5! 28. gxh5 Qd5 29. b4 Qg5+ 30. Kf3 Qxh5+ 31. Ke4 Qg4+ 32. Kd5 Qd7+ 33. Bd6 Qf5+ 0-1

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nd2 e6 4. Ngf3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nf1 d6 9. Ng3 c5 10. c3 Nbc6 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. a4 a5 14. Nd2 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Qh5 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bb5!

Hindering the Nb8's development

20... Bxd5 21. Nc4! Bxc4? 22. Bxc4+ Kh7 23. Re3!

Rh3+ a killer - unusual attack without the queens

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