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  1. French Exchange
    71 games, 1853-1979

  2. French Tarrasch
    129 games, 1890-2018

  3. French: Advance Variation
    112 games, 1620-1994

  4. Gambito de Rey
    226 games, 1830-1988

  5. Gruenfeld: Exchange Variation
    104 games, 1936-1993

  6. Indonesia 1982
    325 games


    325 games, 1982

  7. Indonesia 1983
    231 games


    231 games, 1983

  8. Keres, Nei - 4 x 25
    Paul Keres & Iivo Nei - 4 x 25
    Eesti Raamat, Tallinn 1975

    100 games, 1949-1974

  9. King's Indian - Classical System
    85 games, 1952-1993

  10. Lajos Portisch (Varnusz)
    Egon Varnusz: Lajos Portisch Portrait eines Schachspielers mit 114 Partien (Verlag Harri Deutsch, 1990) -ISBN 3-8171-1101-0

    (2);
    101 Dely-Portisch, Budapest 1983
    103 Perenyi-Portisch, Szolnok 1984

    112 games, 1956-1988

  11. Läufer gegen Springer (Varnusz)
    Egon Varnusz: Läufer gegen Springer im Endspiel mit Schwerfiguren,

    Verlag Harri Deutsch (1993) - ISBN 3-8171-1264-5

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    2 Capablanca - educative position: In this type of pawn formation Bishop is much better than Knight.


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    19 Maric-Breyther, Bad Woerishofen 1985 - White to play


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    1.b4! Kd7 2.a4 Ke7 3.Bb5! Nf7 4.Kc6 Ne5+ 5.Kb7 Kd6 6.Kxa7 Kc7 7.Ka6 g5 8.Be8 gxh4 9.gxh4 Nf3 10.Bxh5 Nxh4 11.b5! Ng2 12.Ka7 Ne3 13.Be2 1-0

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    24 Kr.Georgiev-Zlatilov, Plewen 1987 - Black to play


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    1...Kd4 2.Ne2+ Kd3 3.Nf4+ Kc3 4.Ke4 Bd6! 5.Nxg6 Kb2 6.Kd5! Kxa2!! 7.Kxd6 Kxb3 8.Kc5 a4 9.Nf4 a3 10.Nd3 h4! 11.Kb5 Kc3 12.Nb4 b6! 13.c5 bxc5 14.Kxc5 Kb3 15.Kb5 Kc3 16.Ka4 Kd4 17.Kxa3 Ke3 18.Nd5+ Kf2 19.Nf4 Kg3 20.Ng6 Kxg2 1/2-1/2

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    27 R.Fine, Study 1941 - White to play and win


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    1.Bd5 Nb8 2.Bg8! h6 3.Bd5 Nd7 4.Be4! Nf8 5.Kd5 Kd7 6.h4! h5 7.Bc2! Ke7 8.Bb1! Kd7 9.Ke4 Ke7 10.Ba2 Nd7 11.Kf4 Kf8 12.Bb1 Kf7 13.Bc2 Nf8 14.Bb3+ Kg7 15.Ke4! Nd7 16.Kd5 Kf8 17.Kd6 Nb6 18.Kc7+-

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    28 Spielmann-Krejcik, Vienna 1930 - White to play


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    1.Kf4 a6 2.Be2 b6 3.h4 Nf7 4.h5 Nh6 5.Bg4 Nf7 6.a4 Ne5 7.Be2 Nf7 8.Bd3 a5 9.Be2 Ne5 10.h6! Ng6+ 11.Kg4 Ne5+ 12.Kh5 Nf7 13.h7! Kg7 14.Bd3 Kf6 15.Kg4 Ne5+ 16.Kf4 Nf7 17.Be2 Kg6 18.Bf3! Nh8 19.Bg4 Nf7 20.Be6 Nh8 21.Bd7! Kxh7 22.Kf5 Kg7 23.Be8 Kf8 24.Bh5 Ke7 25.Kg5 Nf7+ 26.Bxf7 Kxf7 28.Kf5 1-0

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    76 Cvetkovic-Sribar, Yugoslavia 1983 - White to play


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    1.a5! Ke7 2.e5! Kd7 3.b4! Kc6 4.g4 b6 5.axb6 Kxb6 6.h4 a5 7.bxa5 Kxa5 8.Ne4 Kb4 9.Nd6 Bg8 10.Kf4 Kb3 11.h5 Kc2 12.g5 hxg5+ 13.Kxg5 Kd3 14.Kf6 Kd4 15.Nxf7 1-0

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    86 Cabrilo-Murey, Belgrade 1986 - White to play


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    1.Ng6! Bf7 2.Ne7 f4 3.gxf4 Bxh5 4.Kd5! Bf7+ 5.Kd6 Bxc4 6.Nc8+!! Kb5 7.c7 Kb4 8.Na7 Ba6 9.Kc6! Kb3 10.Kb6 Kxb2 11.Kxa6 a3 12.c8Q a2 13.Qb7 1-0

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    94 Barbero-Littlewood, Wintherthur 1986 - Black to play


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    1...h4 2.h3 Ke5 3.Ba4 Ne6 4.Kg2 Nf4+ 5.Kh2 Kd4 6.Bd7 Ke3! 7.Bxf5 Kxf3 8.Bc8 Kf2 9.Bd7 Ne2! 10.Bc8 Nd4 0-1

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    129 Puc-Matulovic, Yugoslavia 1969 - Black to play


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    1...g5! 2.h3 h5 3.Be2 h4! 4.Kg2 hxg3 5.fxg3 c4! 6.Qd2 f6 7.Qc1 Qa7 8.Qd2 Qa1 9.Bd1 Nd3 10.h4 Nc5! 11.Qc2 Kg7 12.hxg5 fxg5 13.Qd2 Nxe4 14.Qd4+ Nf6 15.Be2 Qb2 16.Qe3 Kf8 17.Qe6 Qc2 18.Qc8+ Kg7 19.Qe6 Qd2! 20.Qxe7+ Kg6 0-1

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    130 Forintos-Pein, Metz 1984 - White to play


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    1.f5! g5 2.Qf1 Qe4?! 3.Qh3+ Qh4 4.Qf3! Qxa4+ 5.Kb1 Qc4 6.Qh1+ Qh4 7.Qc6! g4 8.Qb7! Qe1+ 9.Ka2 Qe3 10.Qh1+ Qh3 11.Qa8! Bd4 12.Qf8+ Kh7 13.Ng5#

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    124 games, 1862-1990

  12. Max Euwe - From Steinitz to Fischer, Part 1
    Max Euwe: From Steinitz to Fischer, Chess Informant 1976

    Part 1, continued by Game Collection: Max Euwe - From Steinitz to Fischer, Part 2

    354 games, 1859-1973

  13. Max Euwe - From Steinitz to Fischer, Part 2
    Max Euwe: From Steinitz to Fischer, Chess Informant 1976

    A continuation of Game Collection: Max Euwe - From Steinitz to Fischer, Part 1


    246 games, 1873-1973

  14. Meisterspiele (Teschner)
    Rudolf Teschner: Meisterspiele

    Eine Aushwahl unverge

    65 games, 1851-1994

  15. Mittelspiel mit dem Läufer auf dem Feld b2, Haas
    Walter K.F. Haas: Mittelspiel mit dem Läufer auf dem Feld b2

    Ein diagonales Intensivtraining mit 170 Diagrammen

    ROCHADE EUROPA 1996, ISBN 3-920748-36-0

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    24 Cems - Usenko, Kiev 1902
    White to play


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    1.Qxh5! gxh5 2.Rg5+! Bxg5 3.h7#

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    27 Nimzowitsch - N.N., Nuremberg 1904
    White to play


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    1.g4 Bxg4 2.exf6+ Kf7 3.Bd5+! cxd5 4.Qxe8+ Kxe8 5.f7+ Kf8 6.Bg7+ Kxg7 7.f8Q#

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    64 Ahues - N.N, Berlin 1927
    White to play


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    1.Bxf6! Rxd1+ 2.Kh2 Bf8 3.Bxg7! Bxg7 4.Qxe6+ Kf8 5.Bg6 1-0

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    73 Zubarev - Goglidze, Odessa 1929
    White to play


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    1.Rxf6! gxf6 2.Qxf6+ Bg7 3.Qf8+ Rxf8 4.Rxf8#

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    75 Illingworth - Alexander, Hastings 1931
    Black to play


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    1...f5? 2.Nd5!! Bxd4 3.Nxe7+ Kg7 4.Bxd4+

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    82 Lachmann - Müller, Stolp 1934
    White to play


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    1.Nf6+ gxf6 2.Qxf6 d4 3.Rxd4! cxd4 4.Bxd4 Kh7 5.g4!! 1-0

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    113 Ladstätter - N.N, Zürich 1950
    White to play


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    1.Qg7+! Kxg7 2.Nf5+ Kg8 3.Nh6#

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    132 Böök - Koponen, Helsinki 1961
    White to play


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    1.exf5! Qxe2 2.f7+ Kh8 3.Bxg7+! Kxg7 4.fxe8Q+ 1-0

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    137 Durst - Ahls, Mannheim 1965
    White to play


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    1.Nd7! Qxd7 2.Bxf6 g6 3.Qg5 1-0

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    144 Tscheremin - Sacharenko, Soviet Union 1971/72

    White to play


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    20.e6! Rxe6 21.Nc5!! e2 22.Nxe6 exf1+ 23.Rxf1 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 Qxe6 25.Qc3 f6 26.Bd5 1-0

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    147 Kajem - Soboljev, Moscow 1976
    White to play


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    1.exf6 gxf6 2.f5 Bxf5 3.Ng4!! Qc6+ 4.Rg2! Bxg4 5.Qxg4 Ng5 6.h4 1-0

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    151 Dvoretsky - Szilagyi, Budapest 1978
    White to play


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    1.Ne4! Rxe4 2.Bxf6 gxf5 3.Bxd8 1-0

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    162 Farago - Schneider, Budapest 1986
    White to play


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    18.c5 Bg4 19.Re1 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Re8 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.cxd6 cxd6 23.Ne3 Bh3 24.Ncd5 Qf8 25.Nc7 Qe7 26.Bd5+ Kh8 27.Ne6 Bf6 28.Ng5 1-0

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    165 McNab - Hodgson, Bath 1987
    Black to play


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    18...Qxe4+ 19.fxe4 Nd8 20.d5 b5 21.Be2 Rg8 22.a4 Rb8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Be5 Rb7 25.Bf6 g6 26.dxe6 Nxe6 27.Rd5 Be7 28.Rxb5 Rxb5 29.Bxb5+ Kf8 30.e5 1-0

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    156 games, 1861-1994

  16. Modernes Benoni und Wolgagambit
    58 games, 1980-1990

  17. My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
    201 complete games and 49 game fragments from Tartakower's book.

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    Volume One
    1905 - 1930

    Position I: Tartakower vs M Billecard, 1907 after Black's 25th move. 'Storm over Asia'


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    26.Qd8 Qe4 27.Be7 1-0

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    Position II: F J Lee vs Tartakower, 1907 after White's 37th move. The Dynamic Principle


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    37...e4 38.Bd5 Ke5 39.Bxb7 g3 40.Bxa6 Bxf2 41.Kd1 f5 42.b4 f4 43.c4 Rg1 44.Rxg1 Bxg1 45.c5 g2 0-1

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    Position III: S von Freymann vs Tartakower, 1909, after White's 37th move. The Art of Liquidation


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    37.Rb6 b3 38.Rxb3 Qd1 39.Rb6 Rxf2+ 40.Kxf2 Rc2+ 41.Kg3 Qg1+ 42.Kf4 Rxh2 43.Qg4 Qh1 44.Rb8 Kg8 45.e4 Rh4 46.e5 h5 0-1

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    Position IV: Gruenfeld vs Tartakower, 1922, after White's 39th move.


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    39...Bxg2 40.Rg4 Bf3 41.Rxf4+ Ke3 42.Rf7 Kf2 0-1

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    Position V: Spielmann vs Tartakower, 1923, after White's 21th move. The King's Flight


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    21...Kf6 22.Qxb7 Qf4+ 23.Kb1 Qxf2 24.Qc6+ Kg5 25.h4+ Kg4 26.Rdf1 Qb6 27.Qc4 Rd2 28.b4 Qe3 29.Rh3 Qb6 30.Rhf3 Rxg2 31.Rf4+ Kg3 32.Qd5 Re8 33.Qd7 Qa6 0-1

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    Position VI: Tartakower vs Lasker, 1924 after Black's 18th move. A Missed Opportunity


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    "I could have obtained a clear advantage, if not even a decisive one, by the double sacrifice of the exchange" (Tartakower): 19.Rxf6!! Bxf6 20.Rxf6!! gxf6 21.Ng4

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    Analysis: 29.c6!! Qxc6 30.Re7 f6 31.Rxg7 Rd6 32.Rg8+ Kxg8 33.Qg4+ and wins. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Position VIII Tartakower vs Reti, 1925 after Black's 37th move. Royal Labours


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    38.Kc2 Kd6 39.Kc3 Ke5 40.a5 d4 41.Kc4 d3 42.Kc3 Kd6 43.f3 Kd5 44.b6 axb6 45.a6 Kc6 46.b5+ 1-0

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    Position IX R Michell vs Tartakower, 1925 after White's 40th move. The Work of Two Bishops


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    40...Kg7 41.Kf1 Bc6 42.Ng1 g5 43.Nf3 h5 44.Be2 Re4 45.Bd3 Rf4 46.Ke2 g4 47.hxg4 hxg4 48.Nh2 g3 49.Nf3 d4 50.Rf1 b4 51.Nd2 Rh4 52.Nf3 Rh8 53.Kd2 Rh2 54.Nxh2 gxh2 55.Rh1 Be5 56.Bf1 Be4 57.Kd1 Kf6 58.Kd2 Kg5 59.Kd1 Kg4 0-1

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Position X L Prokes vs Tartakower, 1925 after White's 35th move. (a) As the Crow Flies


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    35...Qxa2 36.Qxb5 Qb1+ 37.Kg2 Bxc3...

    Tartakower: "After some useful liquidation the position after White's 48th move in the same game was the following"

    (b) Duel of Two Bishops


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    48...Bc5+ 49.Ke2 Bd4 50.Kd3 Bxc3 51.Kxc3 Kf5 52.Kd3 Kg4 53.Ke4 Kxg3 54.Kxe5 Kf3 55.Kd4 Kf4 56.Kd5 e5 0-1

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    Position XI Gilg vs Tartakower, 1926 after White's 91th move. Another Travelling King


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    91...Rg1 92.Ra2 Kf3 93.Ra3+ Kf4 94.Ra4+ Kg3 95.Ra3+ Kh4 96.Ra4+ Rg4 97.Ra1 Re4 98.Rh1+ Kg4 99.Rg1+ Kf5 100.Re1 Kf6 101.Kh7 Kg5 102.h6 Re7+ 0-1

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Position XII H Friedmann vs Tartakower, 1927 after White's 23rd move. The Storm


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    23...Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Bxf4 25.exf4 Nxf4 26.Qe3 Bxg2 27.Re1 Bd5 28.Qg3 Nh3+ 29. Kf1 f4 30. Qg4 Nf6 31. Qe2 f3 32.Nxf3 Nf4 0-1

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    Position XIII Rubinstein vs Tartakower, 1927 after White's 27th move. The Rescue


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    27...bxc4 28.Bxh7+ Kxh7 29.Rf7 Rxb2+ 30.Kg1 c3 31.Qf6 Rb1+ 32.Kf2 Rb2+ 33.Ke1 Rb1+ 34.Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

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    Position XIV E G Sergeant vs Tartakower, 1927 after White's 49th move.


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    49...Kf5 50.Bd2 Re4 51.Bxa5 bxa5 52.Nd2 Rf4+ 53.Rf3 g4 54.Rxf4+ Kxf4 55.e6 Bf6 56.Kg2 Ke3 57.Nc4+ dxc4 58.d5 cxb3 59.d6 b2 0-1

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    Position XV Tartakower vs P Leonhardt, 1928 after Black's 21st move.


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    22.Be1 Qa3 23.Nb5 Qxa2 24.Bc3 d4 25.Bxd4 f6 26.Rb2 1-0

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Position XVI H A Cadman vs Tartakower, 1929 after White's 18th move. Abduction of a Pawn


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    18...Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qg6+ 20.Kh1 Qe4+ 21.Kg1 Qxe2 22.h3 Re8 23. Ra1 Re6 24.Qc3 Rg6+ 25.Kh1 Rd3 0-1

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    Position XVII L Prokes vs Tartakower, 1929 after White's 32nd move. Conflict of Squares


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    32.Ra1 Kd6 33.Kf1 Kc5 34.Ke1 Kd4 35.Kd2 Bd5 36.g3 Rb2+ 37.Ke1 Bb3 38.h4 f6 39.Ba6 Kc3 40.Bb5 Kb4 41.Bd7 Ra2 42.Rb1 Kc3 43.Rc1+ Rc2 44.Rb1 Rb2 45.Rc1+ Bc2 46.h5 Rb7 47.Bc6 Re7+ 48.Kf1 Kb2 49.Rxc2+ Kxc2 50.hxg6 hxg6 51.f3 Kb3 52.g4 Rc7 53.Be8 g5 54.Kf2 Kc3 55.Bb5 Kd4 56.Kg3 Ke3 57.Be8 Rc1 58.Bb5 Rg1+ 59.Kh2 Kf2 60.Bc6 Rc1 61.Bd5 Rc7 62.Be4 Rg7 0-1

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    Position XVIII M Romi vs Tartakower, 1930 after White's 32nd move. In the Net


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    32...h4 33.g4 Rh1+ 34.Kg2 Qf1+ 35.Kf3 Rh3+ 36.Ke4 Qc4+ 37.Ke5 Qxc5+ 38.Kf6 Rxe3 39.fxe3 e5 0-1

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Position XIX Znosko-Borovsky vs Tartakower, 1930 after White's 34th move.


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    34...b4 35.Rxb7 Qa6+ 36.Bd3 Qxb7 37.Qxb7+ Kxb7 38.h5 b3 39.h6 a5 40.h7 a4 41.Bc4 Rh8 42.Bd3 a3 0-1

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    Position XX J Gudmundsson vs Tartakower, 1930 after White's 26th move.


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    26...Nxd4 27.Qd1 Qxe5 28.fxe5 Rf1+ 29.Kg2 R8f2+ 30.Kh3 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Ne6 32.b4 Re2 33.Rxd5 cxd5 34.c6 Rf2 35.Bf4 Nxf4+ 0-1

    Position XXI Tartakower vs K Treybal, 1930 after Black's 40th move.


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    41.Rd4 Kd8 42.Nc4 Ke7 43.Rd6 Rb8 44.Bc2 Rb7 45.Kd4 Ne4 46.Bxe4 fxe4 47.Kxe4 1-0

    Position XXII Yates vs Tartakower, 1930 after White's 30th move.


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    30...Nxe4 31.dxe4 Bxf1 32.Rxf1 Rxe4 33.Nh3 Rd2 34.Ng5 Rf4 35.Ra1 Rxb2 36.Nf3 Re4 37.Na4 Rc2 38.h3 Ree2 39.Rb1 Rxg2 40.Rxb4 Rgf2 41. Rb3 Rxa2 0-1

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    Position XXIII D Przepiorka vs Tartakower, 1930 after White's 26th move. Taking by Assault


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    26...Nxd4 27.cxd4 Qxd4 28.Kc2 Nc5 29.Be2 Qxa1 30.Bb2 Qxa2 31.Qf3 Rh2 32.g4 d4 0-1

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    Volume Two
    1931 - 1954

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    Position I O.Garcia Vera - Tartakower, Exhibition Game, Rosario 1931 after White's 36th move. Only one Tempo!


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    36...d3 37.Qa6+ Ke5 38.Qxd3 Qh4+ 39.Qh3 Qxh3 40.Kxh3 Kd4 41.Kg4 f6 42.Kf4 Kc4 43.Ke4 Kb3 44.Kd5 Kxb2 45.Ke6 Kxa3 46.Kxf6 a5 47.Kxg6 a4 48.g4 Kb4 0-1

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    Position II Tartakower vs S Landau, 1931 after Black's 68th move. The Blockade


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    69.Bxb6 Rff7 70.Ra8 cxb6 71.Rxd8 Qh7 72.Rh8 1-0

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    Position III Tartakower vs Flohr, 1932 after Black's 24th move. Geometrical Ending


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    25.Nd4 a6 26.Kc2 Bc8 27.Kd3 Bd7 28.g4 g5 29.Ke4 Kf7 30.f4 Ke7 31.f5 Be8 32.Nc6+ Bxc6 33.dxc6 Kf7 34.Kd5 Ke7 35.a4 a5 36.Kd4 Kf7 37.Kc3 Ke7 38.b4 Kf7 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.Kd4 Ke8 41.Kd5 Kf7 42.c5 1-0

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Position IV Tartakower vs A Gromer, 1933 after Black's 41st move. Unequal Weapons


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    42.Nh3 Kg6 43.Kg4 a5 44.Nf2 Bg7 45.a4 b6 46.Nh3 Bh6 47.Ng1 Bg7 48.Nf3 Bf6 49.Kf4 Kf7 50.Kf5 Ke7 51.Nh2 Kf7 52.Nf3 Ke7 53.e5 dxe5 54.Nxe5 Bg7 55.Ng6+ Kd6 56.Nf4 Bh6 57.Nd5 Bd2 58.Nxb6 Bc1 59.Nd5 Bd2 60.Nf6 Kc7 61.Ke6 Bb4 62.Nd5+ Kb7 63.Kd6 Ba3 64.Nf6 Bb4 65.Nd7 Ba3 66.Kd5 1-0

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    Position V Tartakower vs E Klein, 1935 after Black's 39th move. The Pawn Phalanx


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    40.g4 Kf6 41.h4 Ra2+ 42.Kg3 Re2 43.Kf3 Rh2 44.h5 Rh3+ 45.Kf2 Rh2+ 46.Kg3 Rh1 47.Rc6+ Kg7 48.hxg6 fxg6 49.f5 gxf5 50.gxf5 h5 51.Rg6+ Kf7 52.Kf4 h4 53.e4 h3 54.Ke5 Ra1 55.Rh6 Ra3 56.Kf4 Rb3 57.e5 Kg7 58.Rh5 Rb4+ 59.Kg5 Rb3 60.f6+ Kf7 61.Rh7+ Kg8 62.f7+ Kf8 63.e6 1-0

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    Position VI Tartakower - I.Schaechter, Jurata 1937 after the 64th move. No Trumps


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    65.Bd2 Bd3 66.b4 Re2 67.Bc3 Rg2 68.Rd5 Kg6 69.Rd7 Rxg5+ 70.Kd6 Kh7 71.Rxa7 Bf1 72.Rf7 Bg2 73.a7 Rg3 74.Be5 Rg6+ 75.Kc5 Rg5 76.Kd4 Bh1 77.b5 Rg1 78.Kxc4 Rg2 79.Rxg7+ Rxg7 80.Bxg7 Kxg7 81.Kc5 Kf8 82.Kd6 1-0

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    Position VII Tartakower vs Szabo, 1938 after Black's 36th move. The Pincers


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    37.g5 Bf8 38.Rd2+ Ke5 39.Nd4 Rxd4 40.cxd4+ Ke4 41.Kc3 Ke3 42.Rd1 Ke2 43.Rff1 1-0

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    Position VIII (a) Tartakower - Winter, after Black's 31st move in the second game of a short match played in Paris, August 1938 (+2, -1, =2). As the Crow Flies


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    32.d6 Qxd6 33.Qh4 Qg6 34.Nd5 Kh8 35.Qe7 Re8 36.Qf6+ 1-0

    (b) Tartakower- Winter, after the 42nd move in a game from the same match.


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    43.f5 exf5 44.Nxf5 Qb1 45.Qf3 Rxc2 46.Ne7+ Kg7 47.Qf6+ 1-0

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    Position IX Tartakower vs Denker, 1946 after Black's 40th move. A Massive Ending


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    41.Kc5 h1=Q 42.Rxh1 Rxb3 43.Re4 Rb7 44.Kc6 Rbb2 45.Rh7+ Kf6 46.Rhxe7 Rdc2 47.c5 Rb3 48.R4e6+ Kf5 49.Re2 Kf6 50.R7e6+ Kf7 51.Rxc2 Kxe6 52.Re2+ Kf7 53.Kc7 Rc3 54.c6 Rc1 55.Kd7 Rd1+ 56.Kc8 Rc1 57.c7 Rb1 58.Re4 Rb2 59.Kd7 Rd2+ 60.Kc6 Rc2+ 61.Kd6 Rc1 62.Re5 1-0

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    Positon X L Prins vs Tartakower, 1946 after White's 29th move. A Diabolical Trap


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    29...Kh8?! 30.Qe4!?? Rg8! 31.Rf4 Bf3+ 0-1

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    Position XI Vidmar vs Tartakower, 1946 after White's 39th move. The Bludgeon


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    39...c4 40.Rf1 g4 41.Qg3 Bd6 42.Kh1 d3 43.Qe3 Nf3 44.Bxf3 Qh5 45.Qd4+ Be5 0-1

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    Position XII Euwe vs Tartakower, 1946 after White's 49th move. The Last Act


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    49...h5 50.Kb6 h4 51.Kc6 h3 52.Kd6 h2 53.Rb1 Kf5 54.Rh1 Kf4 55.Rxh2 Kxf3 56.Ke5 g4 57.Ra2 g3 1/2-1/2

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    Position XIII Yanofsky vs Tartakower, 1946 after White's 60th move. Miraculous Escape


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    60...Nd4+ 61.Rxd4 Rxd4 62.Kc3 Rg4 63.b5 Kf6 64.b6 Ke6 65.b7 Rg8 66.Bf4 Kd5 67.Kb4 Rg1 68.b8=Q Rb1+ 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2

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    Position XIV Tartakower vs C H Alexander, 1947 after Black's 24th move. What Continuation?


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    25.Rf1 Qg6 26.Nb4 Ra8 27.Qxa8 Nxe3 28.Nxd5+ cxd5 29.Qa5+ b6 30.Rf7+ 1-0

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    Position XV Tartakower - A. Gromer, after Black's 66th move in the fourth game of a match played at Paris in February, 1947 (+2, -0, =4). The Pass


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    67.Kg6 Bf3 68.f5 Ke8 69.f6 Bd5 70.Kxh5 Kf7 71.Kg5 Be4 72.h5 Ke6 73.Bc5 Bc2 74.Be7 Bb1 75.Kf4 Bc2 76.Ke3 Bd1 77.h6 Bc2 78.Kd4 Bd3 79.Kc5 Kd7 80.Kd5 1-0

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    Position XVI Tartakower - Golombek, Baarn 1947 after Black's 33rd move. Pawns and Their Secrets


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    34.Kd3 Ke7 35.Kc3 a5 36.Kd4 Kd6 37.g4 f6 38.g5 fxg5 39.fxg5 Kc6 40.a3 Kd6 41.b4 a4 42.h3 1-0

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    Position XVII Tartakower - Sacconi, Venice 1947 after Black's 56th move. A Rook in the Rookery


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    57.Kf4 Re2 58.h4 Re1 59.Kg4 Re5 60.Rf8+ Kg6 61.h5+ Kh6 62.Rf6+ Kg7 63.Rf7+ Kh6 64.Re7 Rg5+ 65.Kf4 Rxh5 66.Rxh7+ 1-0

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    Position XVIII Benko vs Tartakower, 1948 after White's 38th move. A Knight Duel


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    38...Qd4 39.Qxd4 exd4 40.Ne1 Kf6 41.Nd3 g5 42.Kg2 gxh4 43.f4 h3+ 44.Kxh3 Nxf4+ 45.Nxf4 Ke5 46.Kg3 Kxe4 47.Ng2 Kxd5 48.Kf3 Kc4 49.Nf4 Kb3 50.Nd3 d5 51.Nb4 Kxb2 52.Nxd5 Kxa3 53.Nc7 Kb4 54.Ne6 Kc3 55.Nc7 Kc4 0-1

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    Position XIX Tartakower vs J Enevoldsen, 1948 after Black's 27th move in the 5th game of a match played at Copenhagen, December 1948 (+1, -2, =3). The Danger Zone


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    28.Rcf1 Nxd5 29.Rxf7 Nxc3 30.bxc3 Ba5 31.Rf6+ Kd5 32.Bxg6 Bxc3+ 33.Kd3 Bxd4 34.Bf7+ Kc5 35.Rf5+ 1-0

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    Position XX Tartakower - Wade, Bewerwijk 1949 after Black's 45th move. Heroic Pawn


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    46.g5 Kd4 47.Kc2 Kc5 48.Ra7 Rxh4 49.Rc7+ Kb4 50.a3+ Kxa3 51.Kc3 Rh3+ 52.Kd4 Rg3 53.Ra7+ Kb4 54.Rb7+ Ka5 55.c5 Rxg5 56.c6 Rg1 57.Rb8 Rc1 58.Kd5 f5 59.Kd6 Rd1+ 60.Ke6 Rc1 61.Kd7 Rd1+ 62.Kc8 f4 63.c7 f3 64.Kb7 f2 65.c8=Q Rb1+ 66.Ka7 Rxb8 67.Qa6+ 1-0

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    Position XXI Tartakower - Hugot, Paris 1949 after Black's 30th move. The Domesticated Knight


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    31.Qxc6 bxc6 32.d4 Kg6 33.Bd7 Nf5 34.Bxc6 Nxd4 35.Bxd5 f5 36.Kg2 Nc2 37.Kf3 Nb4 38.Bc4 Nc6 39.Kf4 Kf6 40.a3 Ne7 41.Ke3 Ke5 42.Bf7 Nd5+ 43.Bxd5 Kxd5 44.Kf4 Kc4 45.Kxf5 Kb3 46.g4 hxg4 47.Kxg4 Kxb2 48.h5 Kxa3 49.h6 1-0

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    Position XXII Tartakower - H.G. Rhodes, after Black's 35th move in the fourth game of a match played in Southport at the end of April, 1950 (+3, -0, =3). Supporting Squares


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    36.Kd2 Kd6 37.Kc3 Kc6 38.Kb4 Kd6 39.Ka4 Kc6 40.b3 Kc7 41.b4 Kc6 42.b5+ Kd7 43.Kb4 Kd6 44.h3 h5 45.h4 axb5 46.Kxb5 Kc7 47.Kc5 1-0

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    Position XXIII F Mastichiadis vs Tartakower, 1950 after White's 31st move. Ill-fortune


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    31...Rxg2+ 32.Rxg2 Rh1+ 33.Kf2 Bxd5 34. Rg1 Rh3 0-1

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    Position XXIV C. Grodner - Tartakower, Paris 1953 after White's 31st move. The Last Act


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    31...Qf4 32.Bg2 Nh5 33.Ra3 Ng3+ 34.Rxg3 Qxg3 35.Nc3 Rf1 0-1

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    Position XXV W. Morena - Tartakower after White's 48th move in a game from the match Saar-France, played at Paris, March 28, 1954. The Final Assault


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    48...Re5 49.Qc3 Rh5+ 50.Kg2 Kh7 51.b4 Bf5 52.Qd2 Bh3+ 53.Kg1 Qf1+ 54.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 55.Kh2 Bg4+ 56.Kg2 Rhh1 0-1

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    Position XXVI Tartakower - Dr. M. Falk, from a game played in Paris, 1954. Prophecy


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    1.Rf3 h4 2.Bc7 Nxh2 3.Qxa7+ Kxa7 4.Ra3#

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    201 games, 1905-1953

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    66 games, 1947

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    333 games, 1923-2016

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