[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Beruf"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p3k1p/1B4p1/4K3/p1b5/2P5/6PP/8 w - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
{[#]} 34. Bc5 Bf1 35. g3 Bh3 36. Ba3 g5 37. Bb4 Kg6 38. c4 Kh5 39. Kf6 Kg4 40.
Ba3 Bg2 41. Bd6 Bf1 42. Kg7 Kf5 43. c5 a3 44. c6 a2 45. g4+ Ke4 46. Be5 bxc6
47. Ba1 c5 48. Kxh7 c4 49. Kg6 Kd3 50. Kxg5 c3 0-1
[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k4r/4rpp1/p3p3/P3P1Pp/1Pp2P1P/8/2PB4/2K1R3 b - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
{[#]} 30... Kb7 31. Be3 Rd7 $8 (31... Kc6 $6 32. Bd4 {
/\c3 gives Black no chances to break through.}) 32. Bc5 Kc6 33. Bd6 f6 34. gxf6
$6 {This probably doesn't lose, but it's definitely a step in the wrong
direction. White opens the g-file and although he manages to occupy it with
his R, Black has 2 major pieces and with Topalov's help gets the file back.
'?' Hecht.} ({Sounder was to keep the position closed with} 34. g6 $1 Rh6 35.
Rg1 $11 {Hecht: 'Festung?'} {as the winning attempt is very double-edged:}
35... c3 $6 36. Rg3 Kd5 37. Rxc3 Rxg6 38. Rc5+ Ke4 39. Rc6 $36) 34... gxf6 35.
Rg1 f5 (35... fxe5 $6 36. Bxe5 $11 {
White has an active B and Black too many >
}) (44. Kf3 Kd4
45. Rxh5 Rh7 $5 $19) (44. Bc5 Rxg5 45. hxg5 h4 $19) 44... Kc6 45. Kf3 Kb5 46.
Bc5 {Returning the B to the defence.} ({Equalizing material with} 46. Rxh5 {
doesn't help:} 46... Rh7 (46... Rg1 47. Bc5 $1 $15) 47. Rxh7 (47. Rg5 Rxh4 $19
{->}) 47... Rxh7 48. Kg3 {Even simpler is} 48... Ka4 (48... Rg7+ 49. Kh2 $5 (
49. Kh3 Rg1 50. Bc5 Rc1 51. Bd4 Rd1 52. h5 Rxd4 $1 $19) (49. Kf3 Rg1 50. Bc5
Rd1 51. Bd4 Rd3+ {/\Rh3-+}) 49... Ka4 $1 (49... Rg4 $2 50. Be7 Rxf4 51. h5 $36
{o^h}) 50. Bc5 Kb3 51. b5 (51. Bd4 Rg4 $1 (51... Rd7 $2 {/\Rd4} 52. b5 $1 axb5
53. a6 b4 54. a7 Rd8 55. cxb4 Kxb4 56. h5 c3 57. h6 c2 58. Be3 Kb5 59. Kg3 $1
$11 Rd3 $2 60. a8=Q Rxe3+ 61. Kf2 c1=Q 62. Qb7+ $18) 52. Kh3 Rxf4 53. b5 axb5
54. a6 Rg4 55. a7 Rg8 56. h5 b4 $19) 51... axb5 52. Bb4 Kc2 53. Kh3 Kd3 $22 54.
a6 (54. h5 Ke4 55. h6 Rg8 $1 56. Be7 Rh8 57. Bg5 b4 $19) 54... Ra7 55. h5 Rxa6
56. Kh4 Ra1 $19) 49. Bc5 Kb3 50. Bd4 Rh8 $1 {(.)} 51. Kh3 (51. b5 axb5 52. a6
Ra8 53. h5 (53. a7 b4 54. cxb4 c3 55. b5 c2 56. Be3 Rxa7 $19) 53... Rxa6 54. h6
Kc2 55. Kh4 Ra1 56. Kg5 Rh1 57. Kg6 Kd3 {/\b4-+}) 51... Rd8 52. h5 (52. b5 axb5
53. a6 b4 $19) 52... Rxd4 $1 53. cxd4 c3 54. h6 c2 55. h7 c1=Q 56. h8=Q Qh1+
$19) 46... Ka4 47. Bd4 (47. Rxh5 Rh7 $19 {-46.Rh5}) 47... Rd7 $1 {
Prepares the removal of White's key defensive piece.} 48. Ke3 (48. Rxh5 Rxd4 $1
49. cxd4 c3 50. Ke2 (50. Rh8 Rc7) 50... c2 51. Kd2 Kb3 52. Rg5 Rxg5 53. fxg5
Kb2 $19) (48. Ke2 Kb3 49. Ke3 Kb2 $5 {only delays the prepared breakthrough.})
48... Kb3 49. Ke2 Rxg5 {
'!' Hecht. Preparations are over, Black can't improve his position any more.}
(49... Kc2 $6 50. Ke3 Rxg5 (50... Kd1 $5 {Hecht}) 51. fxg5 f4+ 52. Ke4 $1 $11 (
52. Kxf4 $2 Rxd4+ 53. cxd4 Kd3 54. g6 c3 55. g7 c2 56. g8=Q (56. Kg5 c1=Q+ 57.
Kf6 Qc8 58. Kf7 Kxd4 59. g8=Q Qxg8+ 60. Kxg8 Kxe5 61. b5 Kd6 62. bxa6 Kc7 $19)
56... c1=Q+ 57. Kf3 Qf1+ $19 (57... Qf1+ {Hecht} 58. Kg3 Qg1+ $19))) (49...
Rxd4 $5 50. cxd4 (50. Rxg7 Kxc3 $19) 50... Rc7 {was also probably sufficient.})
50. fxg5 (50. hxg5 $6 h4 51. Kf3 h3 52. g6 (52. Kg3 Rxd4 $1 $19) 52... Rg7 53.
Kg3 Rxg6+ 54. Kxh3 Kc2 {loses even faster.}) 50... Rxd4 $5 {
Black wins the arising Q_|_ in a study-like manner.} ({
Kasparov allegedly wanted to avoid complications after} 50... f4 51. b5 $5 (51.
Kf2 $6 Rxd4 $1 52. cxd4 c3 53. g6 c2 54. g7 c1=Q 55. g8=Q Qe3+ 56. Kf1 f3 57.
Qg3 (57. Qxe6+ Kb2 58. Qc4 Qd2 $1 $19) 57... Qe2+ 58. Kg1 Kxb4 $19 {
leads to an even worse version of the Q_|_.}) 51... axb5 52. a6 {
But White's <=> is seemingly insufficient:} 52... b4 53. a7 Rd8 54. cxb4 Kxb4 (
54... c3 $2 55. Bxc3 Kxc3 56. b5 $18) 55. Bb6 (55. Kf3 c3 56. Bb6 c2 $1 57.
Bxd8 c1=Q 58. a8=Q Qh1+ $19) (55. g6 c3 56. Kf3 Kc4 $1 57. Bxc3 Kxc3 58. Kxf4
Kd4 59. g7 Rg8 $22) 55... Ra8 56. Kf3 (56. Kd2 Kb3 57. g6 c3+ 58. Kc1 c2 59. g7
f3 {/\Rd8-+}) 56... c3 57. Kxf4 c2 58. Be3 Rxa7 59. g6 Kc4 60. Kg5 Ra3 61. Bf4
Rf3 62. Bc1 (62. g7 Rxf4 $1 $19) 62... Rf1 63. Be3 Kd3 $19) 51. cxd4 {
Hecht: '#
B) Bauernendspiel'} 51... c3 {
Hecht: 'einziges Thema:einfaches Bauernrennen '} 52. g6 c2 53. g7 c1=Q 54. g8=Q
{Hecht: '# C) Damenendspiel mit aktiven schwarzen und schlecht postierten
weissen Figuren.'} 54... Qc4+ 55. Ke3 $8 (55. Kf3 $143 $2 Qd3+) (55. Ke1 $143
$2 Qxb4+) 55... Kc3 $1 $19 {A beautiful example proving positional factors and
piece coordination can outweigh material even in a Q_|_.} 56. Qd8 {
White's Q is misplaced.} (56. Kf3 Qd5+ $5 (56... Kxd4 57. Qd8+ Qd5+ $2 58.
Qxd5+ Kxd5 59. Kf4 $16 {/\b5,Kg5}) 57. Kg3 Kxd4 $19) (56. b5 $5 Qxd4+ (56...
axb5 $5) 57. Kf3 Qd5+ 58. Kf2 axb5 59. Qc8+ {
was probably the last desperate chance to create some confusion.}) 56... Qd3+
57. Kf4 (57. Kf2 $142 f4 $1 58. Qg5 Qxd4+ 59. Ke2 Qd2+ 60. Kf1 Qe3 $22 {-+})
57... Qd2+ (57... Kd2 58. Kg5 f4 $1 $19 {o^f is even more convincing.}) 58. Kf3
Qd1+ 59. Ke3 $6 {'?' Hecht. Enables the final mating attack.} (59. Kf2 f4 $1
60. Qc8+ (60. Qg5 Qxd4+ {-57.Kf2}) 60... Kd2 61. Qxa6 (61. Qxe6 Qe2+ 62. Kg1 f3
63. Qa2+ Ke3 64. Qb3+ Kxd4 $19) 61... Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Qg3+ 63. Kh1 f3 64. Qf1
Qxh4+ 65. Kg1 Qg3+ 66. Kh1 Qe1 $1 67. Kg1 h4 {'-+!' Hecht.} 68. a6 f2+ 69. Kg2
h3+ $19) 59... Qg1+ 60. Ke2 (60. Kf3 Qf1+ 61. Ke3 f4+ 62. Ke4 Kd2 $1 {/\Qd3-e3#
}) 60... Qg2+ 61. Ke3 {Hecht: '#'} (61. Ke1 Kd3) 61... f4+ $1 {'!!' Hecht.
Hecht: 'und wegen 62.Kxf4 Kd3 nebst 63...Dg4 matt bzw. 63...Df2 matt nach 63.
Dg5.'} (61... f4+ 62. Kxf4 Kd3 {/\Qg4#} 63. Qg5 Qf2#) 0-1
[Event "Dresden Olympia Trainingsturnier"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1936.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "Beruf"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p7/1p6/1P1Pp1k1/2P3p1/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 63"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1936.06.07"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
{[#]} 63. Ke4 Kf6 64. Ke3 Kf5 65. Kf2 e4 66. Ke2 g3 67. Ke3 Kg4 68. d6 g2 69.
Kf2 Kh3 70. d7 e3+ 71. Kf3 g1=Q 72. d8=Q Qf2+ 73. Ke4 e2 74. Qd7+ Kg2 75. Qg4+
Kf1 0-1
[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/2p2ppp/p7/1Pn1P3/8/5Q2/1P3PPP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
{[#]} 17... axb5 18. Bg5 $1 Rxa1 {Wedberg: The point of Anands novelty is to
give away the queen and build a drawing endgame fortress.} 19. Bxd8 Rxf1+ 20.
Kxf1 Rxd8 21. g3 $14 {
It is not so easy to improve White's position as it looks from the first sight.
} (21. Qc6 Ne6 22. Qxb5 $4 Rd1+ 23. Ke2 Nd4+ $19) 21... Ne6 22. Qb7 g6 23. Qxb5
c5 24. h4 {Wedberg: After this move the draw is a mathematical certainty. The
only hope was to press through g4 and f5 to drive the gigantic knight away,
but it looks very difficult - especially if Black posts his R on d4.} 24... h5
25. b4 $6 {After this exchange White has no one chance to win the game.
Better was to keep the 'b' pawn and to try to speculate with both ideas
'f4-f5' and penetration to the White's king on the queenside.} 25... cxb4 26.
Qxb4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Kg8 28. Qc3 Ra8 29. Qf3 Rb8 30. Qe3 1/2-1/2
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gashek"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Beruf"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p6/1Pp2N1q/p1Ppk2p/P3p3/3PPpPp/3K1P1P/1R6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
{[#]} 1. Ng4+ hxg4 2. d4+ Ke6 3. Rh1 $3 Qf8 4. Ke1 $3 Qa8 5. Kf1 Qa6+ 6. Kg1
$11 1/2-1/2
[Event "USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naroditsky"]
[Black "Raly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Beruf"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2p1k1p1/1p2n3/p3P3/4K3/1P6/PR6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
{[#]} 1. Rc2 Kd7 2. Rc3 Ke7 3. a3 Kd7 4. b4 axb4 5. axb4 Ke7 6. Kd5 $1 (6. Ra3
$2 Kd7 7. Ra8 Ke7 8. Kd5 Kd7 9. b5 Nd8 10. Rb8 Ke7 $1 $11) 6... Nf4+ (6... Kd7
7. Ra3) 7. Kc6 Ke6 8. Rg3 b5 9. Rxg7 Nd3 10. Kxb5 $18 1-0