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Month/Day/Round number
Event "21st RSFSR Ch"
Site "Omsk URS"
Date "1961.09.01"
Round "1"
White "Lev Polugaevsky"
Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 b6 11. Re1 Ba6
12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Nc4 Qd7 14. a4 Ng4 15. Nb5 Bf8 16. Bf4
Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qb3 Nb4 19. Red1 Kg7 20. Qc3 f6
21. f4 exf4 22. e5 fxe5 23. Nxe5 Qf5 24. Ng4+ Kg8 25. Nf6+
Kf7 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. d6 Rd8 28. Qc4+ Kg7 29. Nc7 Kh6
30. Ne6 Rxd6 31. Nxf8 Qxf8 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Rf1 Nd5
34. Qe4 c4 35. Rd1 Qc5+ 36. Kh1 Ne3 37. Qxf4+ Kh5 38. Re1
Ng4 39. h3 1-0
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Event "21st RSFSR Ch"
Site "Omsk URS"
Date "1961.09.02"
Round "2"
White "Yuri M Kotkov"
Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1
b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6
12. Nbd2 Re8 13. d5 Na5 14. b4 Nb7 15. a4 cxb4 16. cxb4 a5
17. axb5 Bd7 18. Qe2 axb4 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Nc4 Qxb5 21. Bd2
Qa6 22. Bxb4 Nh5 23. g3 Bxh3 24. Bd3 Qa7 25. Ng5 Nxg3
26. Qf3 Bf1 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Ne6 Bf6 29. Ra1 Qxa1 30. Rxa1
Bxd3 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Qxb7 Ne2+ 1-0
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Month/Day/No Round number
Event "21st RSFSR Ch"
Site "Omsk URS"
Date "1961.09.03"
Round "?"
White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"
Black "Vitaly Georgievich Tarasov"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxd7
Qxd7 12. Nf1 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Ne3
Bd6 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. d6 Qe6 19. dxc7 Qxc4 20. Bg5 Qe6
21. Rc1 Nd7 22. Bd8 Re8 23. Qd3 b6 24. b4 Qc6 25. Red1 Nf8
26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. exd5 Nd7 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Rc4 a5 30. d6
Raxd8 31. cxd8=Q Rxd8 32. Rb1 Kf8 33. f3 Ke8 34. Rb7 Ra8
35. f4 f6 36. f5 h5 37. Rh4 Ra6 38. Rxh5 Rxd6 39. Rh8+ Ke7
40. Ra8 e4 41. Kf2 Rd5 42. g4 Kd6 43. Ke3 Kc6 44. Rb1 Ne5
45. Ra6+ Kc7 46. Rg1 Nc6 47. Ra8 Rd3+ 48. Kxe4 Rxa3 49. g5
Ra2 50. gxf6 gxf6 51. Rf8 Re2+ 52. Kd3 Rxh2 53. Rg7+ Kb6
54. Rxf6 Rh3+ 55. Ke4 Rh4+ 56. Ke3 Rh8 57. Re6 a4 58. Rgg6
Rc8 59. f6 a3 60. f7 a2 61. f8=Q 1-0
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Event "21st RSFSR Ch"
Site "Omsk URS"
Date "1961.09.04"
Round "?"
White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"
Black "Vladimir Antoshin"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"
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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7
12. d5 Nc4 13. a4 Nb6 14. a5 Nbd7 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nbd2 Ne8
17. Nxc4 Nc7 18. Rb1 Nb5 19. g4 Rb8 20. Qd3 Re8 21. Bd2 Bc8
22. Ba4 Bf8 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bd2 Qe7 25. Kh2 g6 26. Re2 Kh8
27. Rg1 Bg7 28. Ree1 f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Ng5 fxe4 31. Qxe4
Nf6 32. Qh4 Rb7 33. f4 Bf5 34. fxe5 dxe5 35. Nxe5 Qd6
36. Bf4 Qxd5 37. Qg3 Rc8 38. Bb3 c4 39. Rd1 Qg8 40. Ba2 Re7
41. Rde1 Nd6 42. Qa3 Rxe5 43. Bxe5 Nf7 44. Nxf7+ Qxf7
45. Rxg7 Kxg7 46. Rg1+ Bg6 47. Qd6 Re8 48. Bxc4 Qe7
49. Qxe7+ Rxe7 50. Bc3 1-0
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Month/No Day/No Round number
Event "21st RSFSR Ch"
Site "Omsk URS"
Date "1961.09.??"
Round "?"
White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"
Black "Georgy Ilivitsky"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "rusbase"
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d4
dxe4 7. Qe3 e6 8. Nxe4 Nbd7 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Be2 Bd6
11. O-O O-O 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Qf3 Qa5 14. c3 e5 15. dxe5 Qxe5
16. g3 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Kg2 Rad8 19. Rd1 Bc5 20. Bg5
f6 21. Bd2 g6 22. Kf1 Kg7 23. Be2 a6 24. a4 Nc7 25. Bf3 Kf7
26. Rab1 Re7 27. b4 Bb6 28. Bf4 Nd5 29. Bd2 Red7 30. Rdc1
Ne7 31. Be1 Ba7 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Bc5 34. bxc6 bxc6
35. Ra1 Ra7 36. Rxa7 Bxa7 37. Ra1 Bb6 38. Ra6 Rb8 39. Bd2
Ke6 40. Bg4+ f5 41. Bf3 Kd7 42. Bg5 Nd5 43. Ra4 Nxc3
44. Rh4 h5 1/2-1/2
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Event "21st RSFSR Ch"
Site "Omsk URS"
Date "1961.09.??"
Round "?"
White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"
Black "Anatoly Lein"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. e5
Ne4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 h6 10. Ba3 g5 11. Bb5
Bd7 12. h3 a5 13. Qd3 Bb4 14. Bc1 Bf8 15. c3 b6 16. Nh2 Ne7
17. f4 gxf4 18. Ng4 Bg7 19. Rxf4 h5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxf6
Bxb5 22. Qxb5+ Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rxf7 Raf8 25. Rf6 Nf5
26. Kh2 h4 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Bg5 Rg8 29. Bf6 Rg3 30. Bxh4
Rxc3 31. Bf2 Rc2 32. Kg1 Rxa2 33. g4 Ne7 34. h4 a4 35. Be3
Re2 36. Bf2 a3 0-1
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No Month/No Day/Round number
Event "21st RSFSR Ch"
Site "Omsk URS"
Date "1961.??.??"
Round "3"
White "Nikolai Krogius"
Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "rusbase"
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4
O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5
11. Qb3 Qd6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Qb2 b6 15. O-O Bb7
16. Rfd1 Na5 17. Be2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Bd5 19. Ne5 Rfe8 20. Nd3
Nc4 21. Qb4 a5 22. Qc3 g5 23. Bg4 Rcd8 24. Bf5 Qf6 1/2-1/2
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Event "21st RSFSR Ch"
Site "Omsk URS"
Date "1961.??.??"
Round "4"
White "Mikhail M Yudovich Jr."
Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. O-O Nf4
12. Ne1 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 f5 14. exf5 Nf6 15. f3 Bxf5 16. Ne4
Qe8 17. Nd3 Qg6 18. Ndf2 Nh5 19. c5 Nf4 20. Qc4 Rad8
21. Rac1 Rf7 22. Rfd1 h5 23. h3 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. fxg4
Bxg4 26. Re1 Rdf8 27. Rc3 Bf5 28. Rb3 b6 29. cxd6 cxd6
30. Qc6 Ne2+ 31. Rxe2 Rc8 32. Qb5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Qh5+ 34. Nh3
Bxh3 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qxf7 1-0
===
No Month/No day/No Round number
Event "21st RSFSR Ch playoff"
Site "Dubna URS"
Date "1961.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Anatoly Lein"
Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Qe3
Ne6 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Bg3 Bc5 14. Qe2 f6 15. Nh4 Qf7 16. Rd3
Re8 17. Kh1 Bb4 18. a3 Bf8 19. f4 c5 20. Nf3 c4 21. Rdd1
Nc5 22. Nd4 f5 23. e5 b5 24. Nf3 h6 25. Bf2 Bb7 26. Be3 Ne6
27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Re6 29. Qd2 Rg6 30. Rf2 Bc6 31. Rd8
Rxd8 32. Qxd8 Kh7 33. Kg1 Re6 34. Rd2 Re8 35. Qh4 Be7
36. Qf2 Qe6 37. Bc5 Bd8 38. Ne2 Qf7 39. Nd4 Be4 40. Qe3 g5
41. Nf3 Rg8 42. fxg5 Bxg5 43. Nxg5+ Rxg5 44. g3 Qe6 45. Rd8
Bb7 46. Qd4 Rg7 47. Qf4 Rg4 48. Qd2 Rg7 49. Qf4 Rg4 50. Qd2
Qxe5 51. Bd4 Rxg3+ 52. hxg3 Qxg3+ 53. Kf1 Qh3+ 54. Kg1 Qh1+
55. Kf2 Qh4+ 56. Kf1 Qxd8 57. Qf4 Kg6 58. Qe5 Qd6 59. Kf2
f4 60. Qe8+ Kg5 61. c3 c5 62. Qg8+ Kh4 63. Bh8 Qd2+ 64. Kf1
Qc1+ 65. Kf2 Qxb2+ 66. Kf1 Qc1+ 67. Kf2 Qe3+ 68. Kf1 Kh3 0-1
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Event "21st RSFSR Ch playoff"
Site "Dubna URS"
Date "1961.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"
Black "Vladimir Antoshin"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"
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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4
12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 16. Qe2 Qe8
17. a3 Na6 18. Nb3 a4 19. Na5 Rb8 20. b3 axb3 21. Nxb3 Bc8
22. Bd3 Bd8 23. Be3 Bd7 24. Rab1 Kh8 25. Nh2 Ng8 26. f4 f5
27. exf5 e4 28. Bc2 Nf6 29. Bd4 Bxf5 30. g4 Bg6 31. Bxf6
Bxf6 32. f5 Bf7 33. Bxe4 Nc7 34. Qd3 Ra8 35. Bg2 Qb8
36. Re6 Bxe6 37. dxe6 Qb6+ 38. Kh1 Rxa3 39. Nf3 Na6 40. Qe2
b4 41. g5 Be7 42. Nbd4 Rxf3 43. Qxf3 Qxd4 44. f6 Bxf6
45. gxf6 Qxf6 46. Qe2 Re8 47. Rf1 Qe7 48. Rf7 Qh4 49. e7 1-0
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0000 bug WAIT SEVERAL HOURS fix by stephen TEST GAMES
Event "US op"
Site "Concord"
Date "1995.??.??"
EventDate "?"
Round "11"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Daniel Chinn"
Black "Filipp Frenkel"
ECO "D43"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
PlyCount "112"
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Qb6 8.
Qc1 Ne4 9. e3 Bf5 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 c5
15. Nc4 Qe6 16. d5 Qg6 17. Qd1 O-O 18. a4 g4 19. Qb3 b6 20. Rfd1 h5 21. Rd2
h4 22. Bf4 Bg5 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Bd7 26. Bc7 Rdc8 27. d6 g3
28. Bc4 gxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Bf6 30. Bd5 Be5+ 31. Kh1 h3 32. f4 exf3 33. gxf3 Kh8
34. f4 Bf6 35. Rg1 Qh5 36. Qd1 Qh4 37. Kh2 Rg8 38. Bxa8 Rxa8 39. Qf3 Rg8 40.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Kf8 43. e4 Bd4 44. f5 Ke8 45. Kxh3 Bxa4
46. Kg4 f6 47. Kf3 Kd7 48. Ke2 b5 49. Kf3 b4 50. Rg2 c4 51. Rd2 Be5 52. Ba5
c3 53. bxc3 bxc3 54. Ra2 Bd1+ 55. Ke3 Kxd6 56. Kd3 1/2-1/2
D Chinn vs F Frenkel, 1995
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Event "Brooklyn CC-Chicago CC"
Site "Cable Match"
Date "1903.??.??"
EventDate "1903.??.??"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "V Jelinek"
Black "Edward William Libaire"
ECO "B23"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
Source "ChessBase"
PlyCount "52"
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be6 8.
O-O Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Na4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4
Bc7 15. b4 Qf6 16. Qd2 axb4 17. axb4 Bd7 18. b5 Rfe8 19. Qxd5 Rxe2 20. Qxd7 Qg6
21. Qh3 Rae8 22. Nc3 Rxc2 23. Rae1 Rd8 24. Nd5 Kf8 25. Nxc7 Rxc5 26. Qd7 1-0
V Jelinek vs E W Libaire, 1905
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Event "Handicap tournament"
Site "St Petersburg RUE"
Date "1910.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Arvid Kubbel"
Black "Kamkin"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. d3
Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. g4 Rg8 11. Kh1 Bg6
12. Nh2 Nd4 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 c6 15. Qf1 Nxc2 16. Rxf6
Qe7 17. Rc1 Ne3 18. Qf4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Bd4 20. Rxd6 Be5
21. Rxg6 Bxf4 22. Rxg8+ Kd7 23. Rd1+ Ke6 24. Rxa8 Qh4
25. Re8+ Kf6 26. Ne2 Be3 27. Rf1+ Kg7 28. Kg2 h5 29. Ng3
Qg5 30. Nxh5+ 1-0
A Kubbel vs I Kamkin, 1910
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Event "Tournament - A"
Site "St Petersburg RUE"
Date "1916.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Lev Yakovlevich Travin"
Black "Arvid Kubbel"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "rusbase"
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3
Be6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4
Be7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rc1 a5 14. b5 Na7 15. Be3 b6 16. Na4
Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nxb5 18. Bxb6 Qa8 19. Bc5 Rc8 20. Nb6 Rxc5
21. Nxa8 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxa3 23. Rb1 Bb4 24. Nb6 Nc3 25. Rb2
Nfe4 26. e3 Bc5 27. Nd4 a4 28. Bxe4 a3 29. Rc2 a2 30. Nb3
dxe4 31. Rxa2 Nxa2 32. Nxc5 1/2-1/2
L Travin vs A Kubbel, 1916
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Radugin vs A Kubbel, 1934
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P Romanovsky vs A Kubbel, 1930
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A Kubbel vs Y Rokhlin, 1930
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Ragozin vs L Kubbel, 1929
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L Kubbel vs N Kosolapov, 1934
L Kubbel vs Alatortsev, 1929
A Model vs L Kubbel, 1929
A Kubbel vs Ragozin, 1929
L Travin vs A Kubbel, 1929
A Kubbel vs P Romanovsky, 1926
P Romanovsky vs P Ostrovsky, 1926
V Chekhover vs P Romanovsky, 1926
V Chekhover vs Y Rokhlin, 1926
N Zubarev vs Radugin, 1927
Panov vs Radugin, 1927
V Sozin vs A Perfiliev, 1928
P Romanovsky vs V Sozin, 1928
V Sozin vs Zek, 1928
I Golubev vs V Sozin, 1928
G Lisitsin vs P Ostrovsky, 1928
P Romanovsky vs P Ostrovsky, 1928
Belchikov vs P Romanovsky, 1928
P Romanovsky vs V Chekhover, 1928
M Marsky vs P Romanovsky, 1928
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Event "WCA CHAMPIONSHIP"
Site "geocities.ws/cmby2k"
Date "1998-2002"
Round "4"
White "NM/CM Ljupco Steriev"
Black "Correspondence GM Somborski Nebojsa"
Result "1-0"
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. Nc3 axb5 7. Nxb5 Ba6 8. Nc3 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 Qc7 13. e4 Ng4 14. Qc2 Rfb8 15. b3 c4 16. Bb2 Nc5 17. Bf1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qd2 Bh6 20. Ng5 Ne5 21. Kg2 f6 22. f4 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Rf8 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Rf1 Raf8 26. Rf4 Qd7 27. h3 h6 28. Raf1 Bc8 29. Rh1 g5 30. Rxf6 Rxf6 31. Nd1 Nf3 32. Qe3 Rf8 33. Bc3 e5 34. Nf2 Ba6 35. Rc1 Kh7 36. a4 Kg6 37. Nxd3 g4 38. h4 Bxd3 39. Qxd3 Rb8 40. Ba1 Qa7 41. Rb1 Rc8 42. Bc3 Qc5 43. Rc1 Qa3 44. Qc2 Rxc3 45. Qxc3 Qa2+ 46. Kf1 Qh2 47. Qe3 Qxg3 48. Ke2 Nd4 It's the ♗est Move, Everything else draws the game, position becomes balanced, this is part of ending theory, extremely precise moves are needed to keep your winning chances floating 49. Kd3 Qxh4 50. Rc6 Qh1 ♗est move, ♖ook is very active, puts pressure on the pawn and when the knight takes the rook, the pawn becomes a dangerous passing artilery, deep in the enemy territory = a dangerous threat! 51. a5 Qf1+ 52. Kc3 Kh5 53. Kb2 Qg2+ 54. Kb1 Nxc6 55. dxc6 Qh3 56. Qxh3+ gxh3 57. c7 h2 58. c8=Q h1=Q+ 59. Kb2 Qxe4 60. Qe8+ Kg5 61. Qe7+ Kh5 62. Qxd6 Qe3 63. a6 e4 64. b4 Qf2+ 65. Kc3 Qf3+ 66. Kc4 e3 67. a7 Qe4+ 68. Qd4 Qxd4+ 69. Kxd4 e2 70. a8=Q e1=q ♘now lots of precise moves are essential component needed to win this very complicated end game! 71. Qd5+ Kg6 72. b5 Qf2+ 73. Kc4 Qa2+ 74. Kc5 Qa3+ 75. Kc6 Qa8+ 76. Kd6 Qd8+ 77. Kc5 Qa5 78. Qg2+ Kf5 79. Qh3+ Kg5 80. Qg3+ Kf5 81. Qd3+ Kg5 82. Qe3+ Kg6 83. Qe6+ Kg5 84. Qe5+ Kg6 85. Qe8+ Kg5 86. Qg8+ Kh4 87. Qc4+ Kg5 88. Qc1+ Kg6 89. Qg1+ Kf5 90. Qd4 Qc7+ 91. Kb4 h5 92. b6 Qb7 93. Qc5+ Kf6 94. Qd6+ Kg5 95. Qd8+ Kg4 96. Qc7 Qh1 97. Qd7+ Kg5 98. b7 Qb1+ 99. Kc5 Qc1+ 100. Kd5 Qd2+ 101. Ke6 Qe3+ 102. Kf7 Qa7 103. Qb5+ Kh4 104. Qc4+ Kh3 105. Qc7 Qf2+ 106. Kg8 Qg2+ 107. Kh8 Qb2+ 108. Kh7 Qb1+ 109. Kh6 h4 110. b8=Q!!! 1-0
Event "The WCA/WCF Correspondence Match"
Site "Las Vegas & Chicago 4/30/00"
Date "1999-2000"
Round "?"
White "NM Vaughan, Stan"
Black "NM Steriev, Ljupco (Ljupce/Lupco"
Result "0-1"
ECO "A50"
Annotator "Alan OB"
PlyCount "210"
EventDate "1999.08.08"
EventType "game (corr)"
EventCountry "USA"
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Qf3 c5 7. d5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Ne2 O-O When is best time to castle, just like when to play b2, g2 bishops is one of chess's unsolved mysteries, positional or open tactics & strategies; here black's perfect play is slowly turning into masterpiece! 12. O-O e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qe8 15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. Bc2 Ng8 17. Ba4 Ne7 18. Ng3 Ng6 19. Nf5 Nxh4 20. Nxh4 Qd8 21. Nf5 Nf6 22. Qg3 g6 23. Nxh6 Nxe4 24. Qe3 Ng5 25. h4 Nh7 26. Qg3 Qf6 27. Ng4 Qe7 28. Ne3 Rg8 29. h5 gxh5 30. Qh3 Rg5 31. Kf1 Rag8 32. Bd7 Nf6 33. Bf5 Ne8 34. Qh4 Ng7 35. Qe4 Qf6 36. Bh7 Rf8 37. Qc2 Qh6 38. Bd3 e4 39. Bxe4 f5 40. Bf3 f4 41. Re1 fxe3 42. Rxe3 Nf5 43. Re6 Rg6 44. Re4 Rfg8 45. Ke2 Qf8 46. Rh1 h4 47. g4 Nh6 48. Rxh4 Qf6 49. Rh3 Bc8 50. Qd2 Rf8 51. Qe3 Kg8 52. Rxh6 Rxh6 53. g5 Qxf3+ 54. Qxf3 Rxf3 55. gxh6 Rf8 56. Re7 Ba6 57. Kd3 Rf7 58. Re6 Rxf2 59. Rxd6 Rf4 60. Rd8+ Kh7 61. a4 Kxh6 62. d6 Bxc4+ 63. Ke3 Rf7 64. a5 b5 65. Ke4 Kg5 66. Rh8 a6 67. Rh2 Rf4+ 68. Ke3 Rf5 69. Rd2 Re5+ 70. Kf2 Re8 71. d7 Rd8 72. Rd6 Kf4 73. Rxa6 Rxd7 74. Rc6 Rd2+ 75. Ke1 Ke3 76. Rg6 Re2+ 77. Kd1 Bb3+ 78. Kc1 Ra2 79. Rg5 Kd3 80. Rxc5 Rxa5 81. Kb2 Bc4 82. Rh5 Ra2+ 83. Kb1 Kxc3 84. Rh3+ Kd4 85. Rh4+ Kc5 86. Rh5+ Bd5 87. Rf5 Re2 88. Kc1 b4 89. Rf8 b3 90. Rd8 Kb4 Alan: This seems to be move played, as it is the ▢ that allows the subsequent moves to make sense. 91. Kd1 (Alan: 91. Rxd5 $11) 91... Bc4 92. Rb8+ Kc3 93. Rc8 Re4 94. Rh8 b2 Alan: ♗lack is bloody lucky that this still wins! 95. Rh3+ Bd3 96. Rxd3+ Kc4 97. Kc2 Re2+ 98. Rd2 Rxd2+ 99. Kxd2 b1=Q Vaughan's position was unstable, unbalanced long before the endgame. 100. Ke2 Qd3+ 101. Kf2 Kd4 102. Kg2 Ke3 103. Kh3 Qg6 104. Kh4 Kf3 Only careful play and precise order of moves won this game for Steriev. There were many traps for a theoretical draw that were well avoided! ♔udos, bravo, bravisimo!!! 105. Kh3 Qg3# 0-1