Sep-24-23 Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 
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N.O.F. NAJDORF: Thank you for your suggestion.
After 29...Rd8 30. c3 Rh8 31. Nf3 Bxf3 32. Qxf3 Rh4 33. g4 f5 34. Rd7+ Kh6 35. Bd3 Bd6 36. Rxd6 (36. Qg2 Qe1+ 37. Bf1 fxg4 38. Rxd6 Rxh3+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+) Qxd6 white must not play 37. gxf5
because of
36 ... g4 38. Qe3+ Kh5 39. Bf1 Qd1 winning
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Sep-23-23 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
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N.O.F. NAJDORF: <While f3 is probably good, I'm not sure what the idea is.> White has to play f3 eventually if he is to save his e-pawn. After 15. Bd2, he cannot play f3 because of:
17. f3 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 g3 19. h3 Bxh3 |
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Sep-22-23 Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 
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N.O.F. NAJDORF: On the move 14 ... Qb7, discussed in the early pages of this thread, it has been reported that according to Kasparov, Geller suggested it to Spassky but he forgot it when the opportunity to play it arose in this match. As has been pointed out already, Geller played it ... |
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Sep-16-23 Euwe vs Najdorf, 1953
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N.O.F. NAJDORF: 37...Kxh5 38. Bf7+ Qxf7 39. g4# |
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Sep-10-23 G Botterill vs R Thomas, 1974 
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N.O.F. NAJDORF: <Chessical: Black tries a little trick at the end, if White carelessly hits the Bishop with <17.g3> he loses his Queen to <Bg5+>. Never give up!> 17. g3? Bg5+ 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 Qe5 and material is equal. |
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Sep-02-23 Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1961
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N.O.F. NAJDORF: An afterthought:
24...Rc2 25. Qb4 Qe6
loses to
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Aug-31-23 Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909
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N.O.F. NAJDORF: <zenwabi: Capablanca annotates this game at p. 81 of his CHESS FUNDAMENTALS, Everyman Chess edition.> I owned a copy of that book many years ago, but made the mistake of lending it to someone, together with two other chess books, and when I got them back, Capablanca's ... |
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Aug-30-23 Karpov vs Spassky, 1974
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N.O.F. NAJDORF: 23. Bc5 Qg5 24. Rd7 Nxc2 25. Rf1 Ne3 26. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Ra7 28. Rfxf7 wins |
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Aug-28-23 Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1961
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N.O.F. NAJDORF: Very nice!
Thanks.
I recall looking at the move Nd4 in a variation last night presumably after playing Nxf5+. Here is one possible finish:
27...Bf5 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Nxf5+ Qxf5 30. Nd4 Qf6 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Nf5 Qxf5 33. Bd6+ Re7 34. Qh8# |
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Aug-24-23 Fischer vs Gligoric, 1959 
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N.O.F. NAJDORF: <Once: Returning to the "is there a quicker finish" argument, Fritzie says that 32. Bxe6+ is mate in 3 and that 32. Qh7+ is mate in 5.> Having read the earlier comments, I was about to make the same point myself, but then noticed that you had beaten me to it by 13 ... |
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Aug-20-23 Stein vs Portisch, 1962
Aug-17-23 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
Aug-16-23 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
Aug-15-23 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
Aug-13-23 Smyslov vs Denker, 1946
Aug-07-23 J Penrose vs Fischer, 1960 
Aug-06-23 Reshevsky vs Savon, 1973 
Aug-06-23 David Bronstein 
Aug-03-23 Karpov vs Spassky, 1974 
Aug-02-23 Kashdan vs I A Horowitz, 1938
Jul-31-23 Bronstein vs Geller, 1961
Jul-30-23 Fischer vs M Pavey, 1956 
Jul-27-23 Spassky vs N Rashkovsky, 1973
Jul-27-23 Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1978
Jul-26-23 Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1977
Jul-24-23 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971 
Jul-24-23 Fischer vs E Hearst, 1956
Jul-24-23 A Bisguier vs Fischer, 1956 
Jul-23-23 D Mayers vs Fischer, 1953
Jul-21-23 Alekhine vs Yates, 1922
Jul-18-23 Capablanca vs R Rey Ardid, 1929
Jul-16-23 Petrosian vs Fischer, 1970
Jul-16-23 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1970
Jul-16-23 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
Jul-16-23 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
Jul-16-23 D Fernandez vs R Gonzalez, 2006
Jul-16-23 Tal vs Leonov, 1949 
Jul-16-23 Fischer vs Benko, 1963
Jul-15-23 Larsen vs W Hartston, 1973
Jul-15-23 W Hartston vs Uhlmann, 1973
Jul-14-23 Larsen vs Gheorghiu, 1968
Jul-14-23 J Davidson vs Yates, 1921
Jul-12-23 Spielmann vs Yates, 1930
Jul-12-23 Menchik vs Yates, 1932 
Jun-17-23 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 
Jun-17-23 Karpov vs Polgar, 1994 
Jun-17-23 Karpov vs Topalov, 1994
Jun-17-23 Lautier vs Karpov, 1994
May-31-23 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
May-30-23 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
May-26-23 Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966 
May-23-23 Reshevsky vs Gligoric, 1953
May-20-23 Botvinnik vs C H Alexander, 1946
May-18-23 Spassky vs Tal, 1965
May-15-23 Smyslov vs A Rosino, 1974
May-13-23 T H Tylor vs Tartakower, 1936
May-13-23 Alekhine vs Botvinnik, 1936
May-11-23 Lasker vs Capablanca, 1935 
May-10-23 Flohr vs S Landau, 1930
May-08-23 Spassky vs Geller, 1968 
May-05-23 Fischer vs Spassky, 1992
Apr-30-23 S Bouaziz vs Miles, 1979 
Apr-21-23 Tal vs Korchnoi, 1987
Apr-20-23 Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969 
Apr-11-23 Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1929
Apr-11-23 Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929
Mar-23-23 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935
Mar-14-23 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935
Feb-14-23 Kotov vs Euwe, 1946
Feb-06-23 Fischer vs Fine, 1963 
Feb-05-23 Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967 
Feb-01-23 Spassky vs B Gurgenidze, 1957
Jan-29-23 Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966
Jan-25-23 Alekhine vs Euwe, 1935
Jan-17-23 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935
Jan-17-23 Rubinstein vs S von Freymann, 1909
Jan-17-23 Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907
Jan-16-23 Portisch vs Petrosian, 1974
Jan-16-23 Stein vs Flohr, 1957
Jan-15-23 Najdorf vs Fischer, 1966
Jan-15-23 Larsen vs Najdorf, 1968
Jan-15-23 Reshevsky vs Najdorf, 1952
Jan-13-23 Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960 
Jan-13-23 Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 
Jan-12-23 Tal vs W Hartston, 1974
Jan-08-23 Reshevsky vs Kavalek, 1973
Dec-24-22 Yates vs G Wainwright, 1909
Dec-24-22 Yates vs Saemisch, 1923
Dec-17-22 G Schories vs Yates, 1910
Dec-17-22 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
Dec-17-22 Bronstein vs Keres, 1950
Dec-15-22 Capablanca vs M Czerniak, 1939
Dec-14-22 J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901
Dec-04-22 Alekhine vs Euwe, 1935
Nov-20-22 E F Schrader vs Capablanca, 1909
Nov-09-22 Capablanca vs J Baca Arus, 1912 
Oct-12-22 Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918
Sep-26-22 Janowski vs Capablanca, 1916
Sep-19-22 Capablanca vs A Becker, 1929
Sep-04-22 C H Alexander vs R B Edwards, 1959
Aug-10-22 Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1983 
Jul-09-22 Pachman vs Bronstein, 1946 
Jul-08-22 Kasimdzhanov vs Adams, 2004 
Jul-07-22 Fischer vs H Ree, 1968 
Jun-12-22 Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987 
May-31-22 Alekhine vs Yates, 1923
May-24-22 Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971 
May-03-22 Y Kraidman vs Fischer, 1968 
Mar-17-22 I Gat vs I Aloni, 1966 
Mar-11-22 M Czerniak vs K Langeweg, 1966
Mar-10-22 Y Stepak vs Spassky, 1964
Mar-10-22 Golombek vs G Szilagyi, 1966
Feb-27-22 O Bernstein vs R G Wade, 1961
Feb-26-22 C Kottnauer vs E Lundin, 1946
Feb-26-22 Yanofsky vs C Guimard, 1946
Feb-26-22 L Konovalov vs Mordkovich, 1957
Feb-26-22 A Kaldor vs Y Porat, 1973
Feb-26-22 Yanofsky vs Botvinnik, 1946
Feb-26-22 Artiushikhin vs I Koyfman, 1961
Feb-26-22 Reshevsky vs M Czerniak, 1973
Feb-26-22 Yanofsky vs A Kaldor, 1973
Feb-25-22 Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927 
Feb-24-22 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927 
Feb-23-22 Tal vs E Bhend, 1959 
Feb-23-22 Tal vs Larsen, 1959
Feb-22-22 G Botterill vs Tal, 1973
Feb-17-22 Tal vs Tolush, 1957
Feb-17-22 Kholmov vs Bronstein, 1965 
Feb-17-22 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974 
Feb-13-22 Taimanov vs Fischer, 1971 
Feb-10-22 H Hecht vs Spassky, 1973 
Feb-09-22 Alekhine vs Euwe, 1935
Feb-07-22 Reshevsky vs Smyslov, 1970 
Feb-02-22 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986 
Feb-02-22 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1914 
Feb-01-22 Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914 
Jan-30-22 Tal vs Larsen, 1965
Jan-29-22 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935 
Jan-28-22 V Liberzon vs O Benitez, 1976
Jan-27-22 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927 
Jan-27-22 Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973 
Jan-21-22 I Gat vs Gheorghiu, 1966
Jan-20-22 Lilienthal vs Capablanca, 1935 
Jan-19-22 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935
Jan-19-22 Botvinnik vs Denker, 1946
Jan-19-22 G T Crown vs R Broadbent, 1947
Jan-16-22 Y Stepak vs G Szilagyi, 1966 
Jan-16-22 Barcza vs Tal, 1971 
Jan-13-22 Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958 
Jan-13-22 Pachman vs Benko, 1960
Jan-13-22 Fischer vs Pachman, 1960 
Jan-09-22 Tal vs Uhlmann, 1971
Jan-09-22 Bronstein vs Parma, 1971
Jan-09-22 Kasparov vs Ribli, 1989
Jan-08-22 Fischer vs Larsen, 1970 
Jan-07-22 Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961 
Jan-03-22 S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 
Dec-25-21 Unzicker vs Tal, 1977
Dec-16-21 Y Kraidman vs G Szilagyi, 1966
Dec-12-21 S Kagan vs Y Bernstein, 1968
Dec-12-21 M Czerniak vs V Ciocaltea, 1968
Dec-05-21 Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971 
Dec-01-21 Ljubojevic vs Panno, 1973
Dec-01-21 A Planinc vs R Calvo, 1973
Oct-28-21 Y Kraidman vs R Persitz, 1961
Oct-28-21 Gligoric vs Y Porat, 1964
Oct-27-21 Kavalek vs S Kagan, 1969
Oct-27-21 Larsen vs Gligoric, 1956
Oct-24-21 Browne vs Karpov, 1977 
Oct-16-21 Capablanca vs Janowski, 1911 
Oct-09-21 J Penrose vs Filip, 1963
Oct-03-21 Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999 
Oct-02-21 M Peretz vs I Veinger, 1977
Oct-02-21 M Peretz vs B Jansson, 1970
Sep-27-21 L Levy vs A Pinkus, 1942
Sep-27-21 Yanofsky vs J F Donovan, 1942
Sep-21-21 Yates vs R Loman, 1913
Sep-19-21 Spielmann vs J Mieses, 1910 
Sep-19-21 Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929
Sep-15-21 I Koenig vs A R Thomas, 1939
Sep-14-21 H Rossetto vs P Garcia Toledo, 1969
Sep-14-21 H van Riemsdijk vs Mecking, 1969
Sep-13-21 Stein vs Najdorf, 1965
Sep-09-21 H Pfleger vs Z Domnitz, 1964
Sep-04-21 Keres vs Flohr, 1937
Sep-04-21 Geller vs Keres, 1973 
Sep-04-21 Capablanca vs M Karff, 1941
Aug-31-21 Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1968 
Aug-31-21 Spielmann vs P Johner, 1929
Aug-29-21 Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 
Aug-25-21 Tal vs Petrosian, 1974 
Aug-22-21 Petrosian vs Y Rantanen, 1979 
Aug-22-21 Bronstein vs A Veingold, 1979
Aug-22-21 Stein vs Petrosian, 1961 
Aug-21-21 Y Kraidman vs Szabo, 1964
Aug-21-21 Dzindzichashvili vs A Zaitsev, 1965
Aug-21-21 Dzindzichashvili vs G Botterill, 1978
Aug-18-21 Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1954 
Aug-06-21 S Giterman vs J Murey, 1968
Aug-06-21 Tal vs S Giterman, 1951 
Jun-28-21 R Sanguineti vs H Rossetto, 1958
Jun-11-21 V Liberzon vs B Gurgenidze, 1969
Jun-05-21 Najdorf vs Botvinnik, 1946 
Jun-03-21 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1936 
May-10-21 Botvinnik vs Keres, 1948 
May-09-21 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 
Apr-24-21 Euwe vs Lasker, 1934
Apr-22-21 J Penrose vs W Fairhurst, 1955 
Apr-17-21 Yates vs E MacDonald, 1911
Apr-17-21 Yates vs Duras, 1911
Apr-17-21 Yates vs W C Palmer, 1911
Apr-14-21 Yates vs J Davidson, 1911 
Apr-13-21 Yates vs B Verlinsky, 1925 
Apr-01-21 Yates vs Reti, 1924 
Apr-01-21 Yates vs Gruenfeld, 1925
Mar-24-21 Yates vs J S Morrison, 1922
Feb-24-21 Blackburne vs Yates, 1907
Feb-01-21 J Penrose vs Tartakower, 1950 
Dec-25-20 Y Dobkin vs M Grinberg, 1944 
Dec-25-20 M Czerniak vs J Hernando Pertierra, 1975 
Jul-28-20 Uhlmann vs Smyslov, 1973
Jul-02-20 Lilienthal vs Najdorf, 1948 
Jun-20-20 Averkin vs Geller, 1969
Jun-19-20 Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1977 
Jun-13-20 Andersson vs W Hartston, 1973
May-28-20 Fischer vs O I Truelsen, 1962 
Apr-11-20 Romanishin vs S Kagan, 1977 
Mar-23-20 Winawer vs Steinitz, 1896 
Mar-05-20 Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 
Feb-23-20 Fischer vs R Cardoso, 1957
Feb-23-20 Fischer vs K Warner, 1955
Feb-22-20 G Kuzmin vs M Mukhin, 1972
Feb-20-20 Bronstein vs Najdorf, 1954 
Jan-24-20 Y Stepak vs Y Mashian, 1980
Dec-08-19 Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960 
Dec-07-19 J Krejcik vs K Krobot, 1908 
Dec-05-19 Reti vs L Asztalos, 1913 
Nov-10-19 Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927 
Nov-07-19 Capablanca vs H L Brooke, 1919 
Nov-03-19 Fine vs Capablanca, 1938
Oct-31-19 Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924 
Oct-22-19 Smyslov vs Bronstein, 1975
Oct-16-19 Capablanca vs C A Wolff, 1915
Oct-12-19 Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901 
Sep-08-19 Ljubojevic vs Sax, 1973
Sep-06-19 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
Sep-06-19 Spassky vs Fischer, 1960 
Jul-30-19 Spassky vs J H Donner, 1970
Jul-22-19 Fischer vs Larsen, 1958 
Jul-22-19 Fischer vs Larsen, 1971
Jul-22-19 Larsen vs Fischer, 1971
Jul-10-19 J Penrose vs E A Isles, 1950
Jul-09-19 J Penrose vs Bogoljubov, 1950 
Jul-07-19 Larsen vs J Diez del Corral, 1967
Jul-07-19 Reshevsky vs J Gallagher, 1990 
Jun-30-19 Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1970 
Jun-30-19 Taimanov vs Fischer, 1971
Jun-19-19 Fischer vs Geller, 1967 
Jun-16-19 Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929 
Jun-16-19 Reshevsky vs R Byrne, 1969
Jun-16-19 Miles vs Reshevsky, 1979 
Jun-09-19 Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971 
Jun-04-19 Korchnoi vs Tal, 1962 
May-22-19 Spassky vs Geller, 1968 
May-19-19 Tal vs Koblents, 1957 
May-17-19 V Doroshkievich vs Tukmakov, 1970
May-17-19 Bagirov vs Kholmov, 1970 
May-17-19 Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 
May-16-19 Y Troinov vs L Popov, 1962 
May-14-19 R Byrne vs J Tarjan, 1975
May-13-19 Smyslov vs V Liberzon, 1968
May-05-19 Fischer vs Geller, 1962 
May-03-19 Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929 
May-03-19 H Mattison vs Nimzowitsch, 1929 
May-02-19 Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923 
May-02-19 Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930 
Apr-30-19 Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971 
Apr-28-19 Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938 
Apr-19-19 Capablanca vs P C Aalhuizen, 1911 
Apr-18-19 Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1911 
Mar-18-19 Alekhine vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1934
Feb-04-19 M Damjanovic vs Botvinnik, 1967 
Feb-04-19 Geller vs Golombek, 1952 
Dec-04-18 J Penrose vs Tal, 1960 
Oct-18-18 Tal vs Keres, 1973 
Sep-03-18 Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1936 
Aug-24-18 Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974 
Jul-10-18 Spassky vs Tolush, 1958 
Mar-16-18 Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957 
Mar-12-18 Vasily Smyslov 
Oct-17-17 Charousek vs J Wollner, 1893 
Sep-05-17 Fischer vs R Byrne, 1965 
Sep-05-17 Fischer vs J Dedinsky, 1964 
Aug-23-17 H W Russner vs C Walcker, 1942 
Aug-03-17 M Smith vs Capablanca, 1911 
Jul-26-17 Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934 
Jul-15-17 Karpov vs L Havrdova, 1998
Jul-10-17 Karpov vs Topalov, 2002 
Dec-17-16 Tal vs Portisch, 1965 
Nov-18-16 Petrosian vs Portisch, 1974 
Nov-12-16 Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1956
Nov-12-16 S Bouaziz vs Y Gruenfeld, 1979
Sep-11-16 Tal vs Adorjan, 1979 
Aug-05-16 V Mikenas vs S F Lebedev, 1941 
May-28-16 Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918 
Sep-08-15 Fischer vs E Bone, 1964 
Jan-17-15 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1975 
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