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Jon R Edwards - Mastering Mates 2 - 1111 2,3,4 Move Mates (Russel 2014)

The document is titled "Jon Edwards - Mastering Mates - 2: 1111 chess puzzles to solve". It contains 10 puzzles in chess notation to practice solving checkmates. The goal is to rearrange the chess pieces on each side to set up the checkmate position shown through the chess notation.

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Jon R Edwards - Mastering Mates 2 - 1111 2,3,4 Move Mates (Russel 2014)

The document is titled "Jon Edwards - Mastering Mates - 2: 1111 chess puzzles to solve". It contains 10 puzzles in chess notation to practice solving checkmates. The goal is to rearrange the chess pieces on each side to set up the checkmate position shown through the chess notation.

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Jon Edwards - Mastering Mates - 2: 1111 chess puzzles to solve

 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
1. 2.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
    
 
3. 4.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
5. 6.

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 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
7. 8.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1
 
9. 10.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
1  
 
11. 12.

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 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
13. 14.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
15. 16.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
17. 18.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
  
   
 
19. 20.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1
 
21. 22.
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
1 
 
23. 24.

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 
   
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
25. 26.
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
1 
 
27. 28.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
29. 30.

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 
 
  
 
   
 
 
  
 
31. 32.
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
33. 34.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
35. 36.

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 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 1  
 
37. 38.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
39. 40.
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
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 
 
  
1 
 
 
 
  
 
43. 44.
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
   1
 
45. 46.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
47. 48.

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 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
 
48. 49.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
50. 51.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 1
 
 
 
52. 53.

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 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
54. 55.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
56. 57.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
1 
 
58. 59.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
60. 60.
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
  
 1
 
61. 62.
 
 
  
  1
 
 
 
 
1 
 
63. 64.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
65. 66.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
67. 68.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
1  
 
69. 70.

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 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
71. 72.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
73. 74.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
75. 76.

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  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
77. 78.
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
1 
  1
 
79. 80.
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
1 
 
 
81. 82.

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 
 
  
 
 
  
1 
  
 
83. 84.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
85. 86.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 1 1
 
87. 88.

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 
  
 
 
 
 
1  
  1
 
89. 90.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
91. 92.
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
1 
  
 
93. 94.

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 
 
 
  
 
 
1 
  
 
95. 96.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
97. 97.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
98. 99.

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 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
100. 101.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
102. 103.
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 1
  
 
104. 105.

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  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
106. 107.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
1 1 
 
108. 109.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
1 
 
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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1   
 
112. 113.
 
 
  
 
   
 
  
 
1 
 
114. 115.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
116. 117.

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 
 
 
 
 
1 
 
  1
 
118. 119.
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
1 
 
120. 121.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   1
 
122. 123.

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 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 1
 
124. 125.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
126. 127.
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
1 
 
 
128. 129.

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 
 
 
 
 
  
 
1 
 
130. 131.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
132. 133.
 
 
  
 
 
   
1 
 
 
 
134. 135.

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 
 
  
  
 
1 
 
 
 
136. 137.
 
 
 
 
  
 1
 
 
  
 
138. 139.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
140. 141.

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 
 
  
 
 
 
 
1   
 
142. 143.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
144. 145.
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
1 
  
 
146. 147.

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 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
148. 149.
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
  1
 
150. 151.
 
 
 
  
  
 
1 
 
  
 
152. 153.

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  
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
154. 155.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
    
 
156. 157.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
158. 159.

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 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
160. 161.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
162. 163.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
164. 165.

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 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
166. 167.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
1  1
  
 
168. 169.
 
 
  
  
 1
 
 
1 
 
 
170. 171.

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 
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
172. 173.
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
174. 175.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
    
 
176. 177.

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 
 
 
 
 
   
 
  
 
178. 179.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
180. 181.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 1  
 
182. 183.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 1
 
184. 185.
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
186. 187.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
188. 189.

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 
  
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
190. 191.
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
192. 193.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
    
 
194. 195.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
1 
 
 
196. 197.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
198. 199.
 
  
 
 
 1
 
 
 
  
 
200. 201.

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 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
202. 203.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
204. 205.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
  
 
206. 207.

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 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
208. 209.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
210. 211.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
1  
 
212. 213.

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 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 1  
 
214. 215.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 1  
 
216. 217.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
218. 219.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
220. 221.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
222. 223.
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
   
 
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 
 
 
  
 
 
  
1 
 
226. 227.
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
228. 229.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
1 
 
230. 231.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
232. 233.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
234. 235.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1
 
236. 237.

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 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 1
 
238. 239.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
1 1 
 
240. 241.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
242. 243.

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 
 
 
 
 
  
  
1 
 
244. 245.
 
 
   
 
  
 
 
 
   1
 
246. 247.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
   1
 
248. 249.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
250. 251.
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
    
 
252. 253.
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
1 
 
 
254. 255.

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  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
256. 257.
 
 
 
 
  
 
1 
 
  
 
258. 259.
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
260. 261.

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 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
262. 263.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
264. 265.
 
 
  
 
 
 
1 
 
 
 
266. 267.

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 
   
 
 
  
 
1 
  1
 
268. 269.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1  
 
270. 271.
 
 
 
  
 1
 
 
 
 
 
272. 273.

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 
 
 
 
 
  
 1
 
 
274. 275.
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 1
 
 
276. 277.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 1
   
 
278. 279.

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 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  1
 
280. 281.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 1
  
 
282. 283.
 
 
   
 
 
 
 1
 
 
 
284. 285.

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 
 
  
  
 
 
 
  1
 
286. 287.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
   
 
288. 289.
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 1
 
290. 291.

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  
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
292. 293.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
294. 295.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
1 
 
296. 297.

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 
 
 
 
 
  
 
1 1
 
298. 299.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
300. 301.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1 
 
302. 303.

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  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
304. 305.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  1
 
306. 307.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
1 
 1  
 
308. 309.

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  
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
310. 311.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
312. 313.
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
314. 315.

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 
 
   
 
 
 
 
  1
 
316. 317.
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
1 
 
318. 319.
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 1
 
320. 321.

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 
 
  
 
 
 
 
1 1 
 
322. 323.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
324. 325.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 
 
 
326. 327.

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  
 
 
 
 
1 1
 
 
328. 329.
 
  
 
 
 1
  
 
 
 1 
 
330. 331.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 1
 
  
 
332. 333.

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  
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
334. 335.
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
336. 337.
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
1 
 
338. 339.

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 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
340. 341.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
1 
 
342. 343.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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   
 
 
 
 
  
 
346. 347.
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
348. 349.
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
 1 
 
350. 351.

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   
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
352. 353.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
  
 
354. 355.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
358. 359.
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
1 
   
 
360. 361.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1
 
362. 363.

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 
 
 
 
 
  
 1
 
 
364. 365.
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
366. 367.
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  1
 
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 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
370. 371.
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
372. 373.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
374. 375.

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 
  
 
 
 
 
 
1  
 
376. 377.
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
1 
   
 
378. 379.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
1 
 
380. 381.

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 
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
382. 383.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 1 
 
384. 385.
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
386. 387.

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 
 
 
 
  
 
 
   1
 
388. 389.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
390. 391.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1   
 
392. 393.

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 
 
  
 
 1
 
 
1 
 
394. 395.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  1 
 
396. 397.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
1 
   
 
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 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  1
 
400. 401.
 
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
402. 403.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
405. 405.
 
 
 1
  
 
 
 
  
   
 
406. 406.
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   1 
 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
409. 410.
 
 
  
 1  
 
 
 
 
 
 
411. 412.
 
   1  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 
 
 
 
  1
 
  
 
 
415. 416.
 
  
 
 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
417. 418.
 
  1
1 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
419. 420.

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 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
421. 422.
 
  1
 
  
1 
  
 
 
 
 
423. 424.
 
1   
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
425. 426.

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  1
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
427. 428.
 
   1
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
429. 430.
 
 1 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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1 
 1
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
433. 434.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
435. 436.
 
1   
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 1   
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
439. 440.
 
1  
 
 
 
 1
 
  
 
 
441. 442.
 
   1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
443. 444.

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   
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
445. 446.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
447. 448.
 
1 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
449. 450.

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 1
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
451. 452.
 
  1 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
453. 454.
 
1  1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
455. 456.

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   
  1
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
457. 458.
 
 
 
 
  
1 
 
 
 
 
459. 460.
 
  
 
1   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
463. 464.
 
    
  
 
 
 1
 
 
 
 
465. 466.
 
1  
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
467. 468.

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  1
 
  
 
  
  
  
 
 
469. 470.
 
1  
 
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
471. 472.
 
   
 1
1 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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 1 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
475. 476.
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
477. 478.
 
1 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
479. 480.

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   
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
481. 482.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
483. 484.
 
1  
 
 1
 
 
 
  
 
 
485. 486.

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  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
487. 488.
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
489. 490.
 
 1 1 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
491. 492.

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   
  
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
493. 494.
 
 
 
  1
 
 
  
 
 
 
495. 496.
 
 1
  
1   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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1  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
499. 500.
 
1   
 
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
501. 502.
 
  
  
 1
 
 
 
 
  
 
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  
1 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
505. 506.
 
 
  1
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
507. 508.
 
   
  
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
509. 510.

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   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
511. 512.
 
 
1 
 1
  
 
 
 
 
 
513. 514.
 
  
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
515. 516.

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  1 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
517. 518.
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
519. 520.
 
  
  
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
521. 522.

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1   
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
523. 524.
 
1  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
525. 526.
 
   1  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
527. 528.

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 
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
529. 530.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
531. 532.
 
1  
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
533. 534.

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1 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
535. 536.
 
 1 
 
  
1 
  
 
 
 
 
537. 538.
 
 
 1 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
539. 540.

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1   1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
541. 542.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 1
  
 
543. 544.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
   
 
545. 546.

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1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
547. 548.
 
 
  
 
 
 1
 
  
  
 
549. 550.
 
 
 
 1
 
 
  
 
 
 
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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
553. 554.
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
555. 556.
 
  1 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
557. 558.

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 
1  
   
 
  
 
 
 
 
559. 560.
 
    
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
561. 562.
 
 1
 
 
1 
 
 
 
  
 
563. 564.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
565. 566.
 
1  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
567. 568.
 
1   
 
 1
 
 
 
  
 
 
569. 570.

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  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
571. 572.
 
  
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
573. 574.
 
 
 
1 
 
  
 
 
 
 
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 1
 
 
1 
 
 
 
  
 
577. 578.
 
  1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
579. 580.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
581. 582.

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1     
 1
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
583. 584.
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
585. 586.
 
  
1 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
587. 588.

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   
 
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
589. 590.
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
591. 592.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
593. 594.

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 1
 
1  
 
  
 
 
 
 
595. 596.
 
 
 
 1
1 
 
 
 
 
 
597. 598.
 
1  
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
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1  1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
601. 602.
 
  1
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
603. 604.
 
   
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
605. 606.

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  
  1 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
607. 608.
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
609. 610.
 
  1 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
611. 612.

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1 
  
  
  
 
 
 
   
 
613. 614.
 
 
 
 1
 
 
 
  
 
 
615. 616.
 
 
 
 
  
 1
  
 
 
 
617. 618.

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1 
  
 
 
 1
  
 
 
 
619. 620.
 
 1  1
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
621. 622.
 
1 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
623. 624.

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 1  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
625. 626.
 
 
   
1 
  
 
 
 
 
 
627. 628.
 
 1
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
629. 630.

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  
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
631. 632.
 
 
 
 1
 
  
 
 
 
 
633. 634.
 
1   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
635. 636.

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   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
637. 638.
 
  1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
639. 640.
 
  
 
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
641. 642.

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  
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
643. 644.
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
645. 646.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
   
 
647. 648.

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1   
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
649. 650.
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
  
 
651. 652.
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
1  
 
653. 654.

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 
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
655. 656.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
657. 658.
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 1
1 
 
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 
 
 
 
 
 
  1
 
661. 662.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
663. 664.
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
665. 666.

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 
 
  
 
 
 1
   
 
667. 668.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
1    
 
669. 670.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
670. 671.

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 
 
 
 
 
   
 
672. 673.
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
1 
  
 
674. 675.
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 1  
 
676. 677.

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 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
678. 679.
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 1
 
 
680. 681.
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
1 1
   
 
682. 683.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
684. 685.
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
   
 
686. 687.
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 1
  
 
688. 689.

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 
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
690. 691.
 
 
 
 
  
 1
 
 
   
 
692. 692.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  1
 
693. 694.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
   
1 
 
695. 696.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1
 
697. 698.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
699. 700.

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 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
701. 702.
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 1
 
703. 704.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
1 
 
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 
  
 
 
 
 
 1
 
 
707. 708.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
709. 710.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
711. 712.

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 
  
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
713. 714.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
1 
 
 
715. 716.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
1 
 
717. 718.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1   
 
719. 720.
 
 
 
 
   
  
 
 
    
 
720. 721.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 1
 
722. 723.

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 
 
  
 
 
  
  
1  
 
724. 725.
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
   
 
726. 727.
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
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 
 
 
 
  
 
 
   
 
730. 731.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
732. 733.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
734. 735.

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 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
736. 737.
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
  
 
738. 739.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
740. 741.

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 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   1
 
742. 743.
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 1
 
744. 745.
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
  
  
 
746. 747.

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  
  
 
1 
 
 
 
   
 
748. 749.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
750. 751.
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
  1
 
752. 753.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
 
754. 755.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
756. 757.
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
   
 
758. 759.

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 
 
 
 
 
  
  
   
 
760. 761.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
    
 
762. 763.
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
764. 765.

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 
  
  
 
 
 
 
1  
 
766. 767.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 1
   
 
768. 769.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
1 
 
770. 771.

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 
  
 
 
 
 
1 
   1
 
772. 773.
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
774. 775.
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
  
 
776. 777.

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 
   
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
778. 779.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
780. 781.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 1
 
 
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 
  
 
  
 
 
 
1  
 
784. 785.
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
1 1
 
786. 787.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
1  
 
788. 789.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
790. 791.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  1
 
792. 793.
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
794. 795.

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 
 
  
 
 
 
1 
 
 
796. 797.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 
 1
 
798. 799.
 
   
 
  
  
 
 
 
 1 
 
800. 801.

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 
 
 
  
  
 
 
1 
 
802. 803.
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
804. 805.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 1
  
 
806. 807.

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 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
808. 809.
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
810. 811.
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
1  
 
812. 813.

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 
  
 
 
 
 
 
1  1
 
814. 815.
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 1
 
816. 817.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
1 
 
 
818. 819.

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 
 
 
  
  
 
 
1 
 
820. 821.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
822. 823.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
824. 825.

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 
 
 
 
   
 
 
1 
 
826. 827.
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
1 
 
828. 829.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
830. 831.

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 
 
 
 
  
  
 1
1 
 
832. 833.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
1  1
 
834. 835.
 
 
  
 
 
   
 
 
1  
 
836. 837.

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 
  
 
 
 
 
 
1 
 
838. 839.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
840. 841.
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
842. 843.

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 
  
 
 
 
 
 1
  
 
844. 845.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
846. 847.
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
848. 849.

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  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
850. 851.
 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
852. 853.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
854. 855.

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   
 
1 
 
 
 
 
  
 
856. 857.
 
  
1   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
858. 859.
 
   
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
860. 861.

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1  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
862. 863.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
864. 865.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
1 
 
 
866. 867.

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  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
868. 869.
 
1  
 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
870. 871.
 
  1
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
872. 873.

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 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
874. 875.
 
1 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
876. 877.
 
 1 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
878. 879.

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   1 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
880. 881.
 
   1
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
882. 883.
 
    1
 
 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
884. 885.

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 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
886. 887.
 
 
 
 1
 
 
 
 
1 
 
888. 889.
 
 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
890. 891.

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  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
892. 893.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
1 
 
 
894. 895.
 
  
 1
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
896. 897.

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  
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
 
898. 899.
 
  
 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
900. 901.
 
  
 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
902. 903.

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 
 
 1  
 
 
 
 
 
 
904. 905.
 
1 
  
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
906. 907.
 
1  
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
908. 909.

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  
 1
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
910. 911.
 
   1 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
912. 913.
 
   
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
914. 915.

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 
  1
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
916. 917.
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
918. 919.
 
1 
  
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
920. 921.

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1 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
922. 923.
 
    
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
924. 925.
 
 
 1
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
926. 927.

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1 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
928. 929.
 
 
 
 
1 1
 
 
 
 
 
930. 931.
 
  1
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
932. 933.

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  
1  
 
 
 1
 
 
 
 
934. 935.
 
 
 
 
  
 1
 
 
 
 
936. 937.
 
  
1 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
938. 939.

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  1
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
940. 941.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
942. 943.
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
944. 945.

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   1 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
946. 947.
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
948. 949.
 
   
 
 1
1 
 
 
 
 
 
950. 951.

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 1
 
 
   
 
 
  
 
 
952. 953.
 
 1 
  
1 
 
 
  
  
 
 
954. 955.
 
1  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
956. 957.

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 
 
 
1 
 
  
 
  
 
958. 959.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
960. 961.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
962. 963.

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 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  1
 
964. 965.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 
  
 
966. 967.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 1  
 
968. 969.

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 
 
 
 
  
 
 
1  
 
970. 971.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
972. 973.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
974. 975.

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 
  
  
 
 
  
1 
 
 
976. 977.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
1 
  1
 
978. 979.
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
1  
 
980. 981.

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 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
982. 983.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
  1
 
984. 985.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 1
 
986. 987.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
988. 989.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    1
 
990. 991.
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
992. 993.

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 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
994. 995.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
   
 
996. 997.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
   1
 
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 
  
 
 
 
  
 1
  
 
1000. 1001.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 1
 
 
1002. 1003.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1  
 
1006. 1007.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
1008. 1009.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 1
 
1012. 1013.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
1 
   
 
1014. 1015.
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 1 1
 
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 
 
 
 
  
 
 
1 
 
1018. 1019.
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
1020. 1021.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
1 
 
1022. 1023.

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 
  
 
 
  
 
1 
  
 
1024. 1025.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 1
  
 
1026. 1027.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1 
 
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 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
1030. 1031.
 
 
 
  
 
 
1 
 
  1
 
1032. 1033.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
    
 
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 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
1036. 1037.
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
  
 
1038. 1039.
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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 
  
  
 
 
1  
 
 1
 
1042. 1043.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1
 
1044. 1045.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
   
 
1046. 1047.

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 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 1
 
1048. 1049.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 
 
1050. 1051.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
1 
 1
 
1052. 1053.

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 
 
 
 
 
1  
 
  
 
1054. 1055.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
1 
   
 
1056. 1057.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   1
 
1058. 1059.

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    
1 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1060. 1061.
 
   1
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
1062. 1063.
 
1    
   
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
1064. 1065.

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1   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1066. 1067.
 
   
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1068. 1069.
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1070. 1071.

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   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1072. 1073.
 
 1  1
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
1074. 1075.
 
 
 
  
1 
 
 
 
 
 
1076. 1077.

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1 
 
 1
 
 
  
 
 
 
1078. 1079.
 
 1 
1  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1080. 1081.
 
  1
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
1082. 1083.

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1 
 1
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
1084. 1085.
 
 
1 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
1086. 1087.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
1088. 1089.

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 
 1
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
1090. 1091.
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
1092. 1093.
 
1  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
1094. 1095.

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  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
1096. 1097.
 
1 1
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
1098. 1099.
 
 1
1 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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  
  
 1
1 
 
 
 
 
 
1102. 1103.
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1104. 1105.
 
1  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
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  
 1 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
1108. 1109.
 
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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1. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O d6


6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. a4 a6 9. Bd5 Nb8 10. Nbd2 c6 11. 
Ba2 Bg4 12. Qb3 Ba7 13. Qd1 g6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxf7+
Kd8 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxf6+ Kc8 18. Qxg4+ Nd7 19. 
Bxh8 Qxh8 20. Be6 Qe8 21. Nc4 Kc7 22. Qf4+ Kd8 23.
Qd6 Bb8 24. Qxd7+ Qxd7 25. Bxd7 Kxd7 26. Nb6+ Kd6

27. Nxa8 Ba7 28. Rfd1+ Kc5 29. Rd4 a5 30. Rad1 b5 
 
 
 
 
   
 

31. Qxe6+ fxe6 32. Rf8# 1-0

 4. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 fxe5 4. Qh5+ Ke7 5.


Qxe5+ Kf7 6. Bc4+ Kg6 7. Qf5+ Kh6 8. d4+ g5 9. h4 Kg7
  

31. b4+ axb4 32. cxb4# 1-0 
2. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6.

cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Re1
d5 11. Rxe4+ dxe4 12. Ng5 O-O 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nxf7 Qf6

15. Nxh6+ Kh8  
 
 
 
  
  
10. Qf7+ Kh6 11. hxg5# 1-0

 5. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+
6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Bxf7+ Kd8 8. d4 Nxe4 9. Qe2 Ng3+ 10. hxg3
 Qxh1+ 11. Kf2 fxg3+ 12. Kxg3 Qxc1

 
 
16. Nf7+ Kg8 17. Qh8# 1-0

3. 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. f3 a6 4. Bd3 e6 5. Be3 c5 6. c3
d6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 Bc6 10. a5 Be7 11. Nd2

Qc7 12. b4 c4 13. Bc2 Rg8 14. Qe1 g5 15. d5 Bb7 16. Nd4 
Nf8 17. Rd1 exd5 18. Nf5 Ne6 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. e5 dxe5 21.
Qxe5 d4 22. Nxd4 Qd5 23. Qe3 g4 24. Nf5 Qc6 25. Nxe7 
Kxe7 26. Bc5+ Ke8 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Qc8 29. fxg4
Rxg4 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 
 


13. Nc6+ Nxc6 14. Qe8# 1-0

6. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6.


d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. f5 exf5 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Qh4 Qd7 11.
Bh6 fxe4 12. Ng5 Qg4 13. Rxf7 Qxh4

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 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  

14. Rxg7+ Kh8 15. Rxh7# 1-0

6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Nd5# 1-0

7. 1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. 10. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3
d3 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O a6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. f4 Bb4 10. O-O d6
Rae1 Nec6 12. Nh4 Rb8 13. Nd1 Ne7 14. c3 Ndc6 15. Nf2 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Qg3 g6 13. f5 Nd7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Qh3
b5 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Ne5 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Nf8 16. Rf6 Ne5 17. Bg5 Bc8 18. Raf1 Bxc3 19. Bh6 Bxb2
Bxf6 Rxf6 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nc4 23. Qg5 Nf5 24. Bd5+ 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Rxf8+ Kd7 22. Bd2 h5 23. Qh4 Qa7+
Kg7 25. Ng4 Rf8 26. Rxf5 Bxf5 27. Re7+ Kh8 24. Kh1 Bb7 25. Qf6 Rxf8 26. Qxf8 Qa8 27. Qg7+ Kc6 28.


Qe7 Bc8 29. Na5+ Kc5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh6# 1-0 
30. Qc7+ Nc6 31. Nb3# 1-0
8. 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 f5 4. exf5 Bxg2 5. Qh5+
g6 6. fxg6 Nf6 11. 1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+


Nxd7 6. e5 Nh6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 c4 9. O-O b5 10. Be3 Nf5
11. Qe2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 h6 13. Nbd2 a5 14. h3 Nf8 15. Nh2
 Nh7 16. Qe2 g5 17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 O-O 19. Qh5 Ra6 20.
Ng4 Qb6 21. Raf1 Qe6 22. R1f3 b4 23. Nf1 bxc3 24. bxc3
 Qg6 25. Ng3 Kg7 26. Ne3 Qe6 27. Ng4 Qg6 28. Qxg6+
fxg6 29. Rxf8 Nxf8 30. Ne3 Ne6 31. Nxd5 Ba3 32. Rf6 Bc1
 33. Ne4 Nc7 34. Nxc7 Ra7 35. Nd6 Kh7 36. Nde8 Be3+
37. Kf1 Bd2 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. e6 Bxc3
  
 
  
 
  

7. gxh7+ Nxh5 8. Bg6# 1-0 
9. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Bg4 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nxe5 
Bxd1 
1

40. Nf6+ Kh8 41. Rh7# 1-0

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15. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3 gxf3 6.


12. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 d5 6. O-O fxg2 7. Rxf4 f6 8. Qh5+ Ke7 9. Qf7+ Kd6 10. e5+
exd5 Qe7+ 7. Kf2 h6 8. Bb5+ Kd8 9. Re1 Qc5+ 10. d4 Kxe5


Qxb5

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

11. Nxf7+ Kd7 12. Qxg4# 1-0
11. Re4+ Kd6 (11... Kf5 12. Qh5#) 12. Qd5# 1-0

16. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 g5 6.


13. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Be6 4. d4 exd4 5. cxd4 c6 6. h4 gxh4 7. Bxf4 Bg4 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Qd2 h3 10. Ng5 d5 11.
Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O f6 8. Nh4 Bf7 9. f4 g5 10. fxg5 fxg5 11. Nxd5 Bh5 12. Nxc7+ Kf8 13. Nxf7 Bxf7


Rxf7 Kxf7 12. Qh5+ Ke7 13. Nf5+ Ke6 14. Bc4+ d5 15.
exd5+ cxd5 16. Bxd5+ Kxd5 17. Qf3+ Ke6 18. d5+ Kf6 19.
Nd6+ Kg7

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 14. Bh6+ Kg8 15. Qg5# 1-0


20. Qf7+ Kh6 21. Nf5# 1-0
17. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6
6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Bb3 c6
11. O-O Nfd5 12. Qe2 f5 13. Ne5 f4 14. Bd2 g5 15. Rae1
14. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Kg7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19.
Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Bb6 8. cxd4 d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 $2 10. Qxe7+ Rf7 20. Qb4 Bf5 21. Re5 Qd7 22. d5 cxd5 23. Qd4
e5 dxe5 11. Ba3 Na5 12. Re1 Nxc4 13. Qa4+ c6 14. Qxc4 Kh6 24. h4 Be6 25. Rfe1 Re8 26. Rxg5 Ref8 27. Qe5 Bg4


Be6 15. Rxe5 Qd7 16. Rxe6+ fxe6 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. Re1
Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qb5+ Kd8

 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
28. Rh5+ Bxh5 29. Qg5# 1-0

21. Nf7+ Kc7 22. Bd6# 1-0 18. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Be3 Bxe3 5. fxe3
c6 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Nc3 Qxe3+ 9. Qe2 d6 10. h3
Qh6 11. O-O Ne3 12. Bxf7+ Ke7 13. Rf2 Nxg2 14. Rxg2

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
Kxf7 15. Ng5+ Ke7 16. Rf1 Rf8 17. Rxf8 Kxf8 18. Qf1+
Ke7 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. Qf8+ Kc7 21. Qe7+ Bd7 22. Ne2
Na6 23. Nf7 Qe3+ 24. Kf1 Qxh3 25. Qxd6+ Kb6 26. Nxe5
Qh1+ 27. Rg1 Qh3+ 28. Ke1 Qh4+ 29. Kd1 Be8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
9. Nf6+ gxf6 10. Bxf7# 1-0
1 22. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fxg3

30. Nc4+ Kb5 31. Nc3# 1-0
6. O-O gxh2+ 7. Kh1 Bf6 8. Ne5 Bxe5 9. Qh5 Qe7 10.
Rxf7 Qc5 11. Rf8+ Ke7 12. d4 Qxd4 13. Bg5+ Nf6 14.
Bxf6+ gxf6 15. Qf7+ Kd6 16. Nc3 Rxf8 17. Qxf8+ Kc6 18.
19. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qf5 4. d4 e5 5. Nf3 e4 Qb4 d5


6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Ndxe4 Nxd4

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1
  

9. Nxf6+ Kd8 10. Qe8# 1-0
19. Bb5+ Kb6 20. Na4# 1-0

23. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5


20. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. c3 dxc3 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qc3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4
6. Nxc3 h6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Bb5 a6 9. Qa4 axb5 10. Qxa8 Ndf5 11. O-O-O Nxh4 12. Nxh4 Qd6 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Rhe1
Nb4 11. O-O Na6 12. Nxb5 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. exd6 Nb6 Be6 15. Ne4 Qf4+ 16. Kb1 cxb5 17. g3 Nd5 18. Rxd5 b4
15. Re1+ Kd8 16. dxc7+ Nxc7 17. Qb8 Qxb5 18. Bf4 Na6 19. Qc4 Qb8 20. Qb5+ Ke7 21. Qxb4+ Ke8 22. Nf6+ gxf6


19. Rad1+ Nd7

 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 1
  

20. Qxc8+ Kxc8 21. Re8# 1-0
23. Qb5+ Ke7 24. Nf5# 1-0

24. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Qe7 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Nf6


21. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Nge7 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bxc4 10. Nxc4
6. Bg5 Bg4 7. Nd5 Nd4 8. Nxe5 Bxd1 Nbd7 11. a4 a5 12. Nxb6 Nxb6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15.
h4 gxh4 16. Bxh4 Qe6 17. d5 Qe7 18. f4 Nbd7 19. fxe5

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dxe5 20. Qb3 O-O-O 21. Qb5 b6 22. Qc6 Rh6 23. Nc4 Rg8 27. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
24. d6 Qd8 25. Rxf6 Nxf6 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Bb2 Nf6 10.
 Nbd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ba3 Be6 13. Ne4 f6 14. Re1
Kf7 15. Nd6+ cxd6 16. Rxe6 Kxe6 17. Bxd5+ Kd7 18. Rc1
 Rc8 19. Qa4 g6 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. d5 Re8 22. dxc6+ Kc7
23. Nd4 Re5 24. Nb5+ Rxb5 25. Qxb5 Qe7 26. Rd1 Rd8
 27. Qa6 Kb8 28. Kf1 Qc7 29. Rxd6 Re8 30. Rd7 Qc8 31.
Bd6+ Ka8
  
 
  
  
 
 

26. Nxb6+ Kb8 27. Qa8# 1-0 
25. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 
Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 h6 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Nc3
Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Ba3 exd4 14. Nxd4
1
Qf6 15. Rfe1+ Nge7 16. Nxc6 Qxc3 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18.
Rxf7+ Kg8 19. Ne7+ Kh7 20. Bb2 Be8

32. Qb7+ Qxb7 33. cxb7# 1-0

 28. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3


 Ba5 6. O-O Bb6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 d6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3
Nxc4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Ba3 c6
  15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Rxe5+ Kd8 17. d6 Qc8 18. Ng5 Bxf2+ 19.
Kxf2 Ng4+ 20. Qxg4 Bxg4
 
 
 
 
 
 

21. Bd3+ Qxd3 22. Rxg7# 1-0 
26. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 4. Bxg8 Rxg8 5. d4 d6 
6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bg5+ Be7 9. Nc3 Bf6 10.
O-O-O+ Bd7 11. exf5 h6 12. Bxf6+ gxf6 13. Ne4 Rf8 14.

Nc5 Rf7 15. g4 b6 16. Ne4 Ke7 17. Nh4 Nd4 18. Ng6+
Ke8 19. Rhe1 Nf3 20. Re3 Nxh2 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Nxe5

21. Nxf7+ Kd7 22. Re7# 1-0
Bxf5 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Ng4+ Kf8 25. Nxh2 Rxf2 26. Ng4
Rf4 27. Nxh6 Re8 28. Rg3 Re6 29. Rg8+ Ke7 30. Rg7+ Kf8 29. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6
31. Rxc7 a5 32. Rh7 Rh4 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 h6 9. d5 Ne7 10. a4 a5 11.
 Be3 c6 12. dxc6 Bxe3 13. cxb7 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 Bxb7 15.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qb3+ d5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qa6 dxe4 19.
 Ne5+ Kg8 20. Qe6+ Kh7 21. Rxf6 Qg8 22. Qxe7 Re8

 





 

33. Rd8+ Re8 34. Rf7# 1-0

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 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 

23. Rxh6+ Kxh6 24. Qh4# 1-0

19. Nh6+ ( { or } 19. Re8+ Qxe8 20. Nh6#) 19... gxh6 20.
Rg6# 1-0
30. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. O-O Na5 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 33. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3
Qxd5 11. Ba3 Be6 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. d5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Qe7 6. Nf5 Qxe4 7. Bd3 Qe5 8. O-O Bxe3 9. Re1 Nge7
Qxd5 15. Bb5+ Qxb5 16. Re1+ Ne7 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. 10. Rxe3 Qf6 11. Nxe7 Nxe7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Ne4 Qh6 14.
Rxe7+ Kf8 19. Qd5 Qc4 Rh3 Qe6 15. Rxh7 f5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Ng5 Qf6
 
 
  
 
   
 
 
 
  

20. Rxf7+ Kg8 (20... Ke8 21. Qd7#) 21. Rf8# 1-0

18. Rh8+ Nxh8 19. Qh7# 1-0

31. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O Nc6 34. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3
6. c3 Na5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Nxe5+ Ke6 10. dxc3 6. O-O cxb2 7. Bxb2 Bf8 8. e5 Na5 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.
Qxg4+ Kxe5 Qd5+ Ke8 11. Qxa5 c5 12. Qd2 b6 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Ng5
 Ne7 15. Qf4 Qb8 16. Nb5 Ng6 17. Qf7+ Kd8 18. Rad1
Be7 19. Rxd7+ Kxd7 20. Qe6+ Ke8 21. Nd6+ Kd8
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
  

11. Qf5+ Kd6 12. Qd5# 1-0  
32. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nc5

22. Ngf7+ Kc7 23. Nb5# 1-0
6. O-O Nxd3 7. Qxd3 d6 8. Re1 Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Na3
c5 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Ng5 Qd8 35. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. Bc4+
15. Qc4 Be6 16. Rxe6 Bxd6 17. Nxf7 Qd7 18. Bxd6+ Kg8 Ke8 6. O-O c6 7. Bb3 Na6 8. d4 g6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 Qd7
11. h3 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. a4 Kd8 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Qf3 Rf8
16. Rad1 Nb4 17. e5 Kc7 18. Qf2 a6 19. d5 dxe5 20. d6+

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Bxd6 21. Bxb6+ Kb8 22. c5 Rxf4 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. cxd6 38. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. c3 dxc3 5. bxc3
Rxf2 25. d7 Rd2 Bc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 Ne7 $2 9. Ng5 O-O 10.
 Qh5 h6 11. Nxf7 Qd7

 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
26. Rf8+ Bc8 27. dxc8=Q# 1-0 
12. Nxh6+ Kh7 (12... Kh8 13. Ng8#) 13. Ng8# 1-0
36. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6
6. h3 Bb6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Bb3 Qd7 9. Qd2 Bxe3 10. fxe3 39. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. Be3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6.
Bxb3 11. axb3 Nh5 12. g4 Nf6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nh4 Nb4 cxd4 Qb6 7. Ne2 Qxb2 8. Nbc3 Qb6 9. Rc1 Na6 10. Nb5
15. Kd2 Qe6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Nf5 Nc5 18. Qg4 Nxb3+ 19. Bf8 11. O-O d6 12. d5 Qa5 13. Bd4 e5 14. Bc3 Qd8 15. f4
cxb3 Qxb3 20. Ke2 Qxb2+ 21. Kf3 Qxc3 22. Qh5 Kh8 23. f6 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Bb4 Nh6 19. Kh1 Nf7 20.
Kg3 Nxd3 24. Qf3 a5 25. h4 b5 26. h5 Ra6 27. Ne7 Raa8 Qa3 Nc5 21. Nxd6+ Bxd6 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qe7
28. h6 Rg8 29. Qxf7 gxh6 30. Qf6+ Rg7 31. Rxh6 Qxa1 24. Qc7 Nd6 25. Qa5 h5 26. Rc7 Rf8 27. Rfc1 a6 28. Nd4
 Rc8 29. Ne6 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Rf7 31. Qb6 Rf6 32. h3 g5 33.
Qb2 Nb5 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. Qxe5 h4 36. Rxb7 Rf1+ 37.
 Kh2 Qf6 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. d6+ Kf7 40. Rf8+ Kg6 41.
Rxf6+ Rxf6 42. Qxg5+ Kf7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33. Qh6# 1-0 
37. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6.

exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Ng5 f6 9. Ne4 Bb6 10. Kh1 Ne7
11. a3 a5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Kh8 14. d4 Nxf4 15. Rxf4 c6

43. Qg7+ Kxe6 (43... Ke8 44. Qe7#) 44. Qe7# 1-0
16. Ng3 Bc7 17. Rh4 Bxg3

 40. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6.


Bc4 Nh6 7. d4 d6 8. Nd3 f3 9. gxf3 Be7 10. Be3 Bxh4+ 11.
 Kd2 gxf3 12. Qxf3 Bg4 13. Qf4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Nxd4 15. Raf1
Ne6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rxh4 Qxh4 18. Bd4 O-O-O 19. Bf6
 Qh3 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Ke1 Ng8 22. Qf2 e5 23. Qxa7 b6
24. Nd5 Qh4+ 25. Rf2 Kd7





 1

18. Rxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5# 1-0

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 43. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3 d6


 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 h6 9. h3 O-O 10. e5 Nh7 11.
Bf4 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
 Qe2 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Qe4 Ng5 19.
Qxb7 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qg5 21. Qe4 Rd2 22. Qa8+ Rd8 23.
 Qe4 Rd2 24. h4 Qe7 25. g3 Rxb2 26. Qg4 Qf7 27. Ne4
Kh7 28. a3 Rb5 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. gxf4 Ra5 31. h5 Ra4 32.
 Re1 Rxa3 33. Kg2 Rd3 34. f3 g6 35. Rc1 gxh5 36. Rc6 h4
 37. Rxe6 h3+ 38. Kxh3 Rxf3+ 39. Kg4 Rf1 40. Re7+ Kg8
41. e6 h5+ 42. Kf5 Be3
 
 
 

26. Qxc7+ Ke6 (26... Ke8 27. Qf7#) 27. Qf7# 1-0 
1

41. 1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6.
Nf3 e5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. d5 h6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. O-O c6 11.
Be3 Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rc8 14. Qf2 b6 15. dxc6
Rxc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Rd6 18. b4 Kh8 19. Qd2 Qh4 
20. Kh2 f5 21. g3 Qe7 22. Bxh6 Nf6 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24.
Qg2 Rh8 25. Rae1 Rd7 26. exf5 Rxd5 27. Be4 Rd4 28. fxg6 
Qxb4 29. Rxf6 Qxe1 30. Rf7+ Kh6 31. g7 Rg8 32. Rf6+
Kxg7 33. Rg6+ Kh7 34. Rg4+ Kh6 35. Rh4+ Kg5 36. Rh5+

Kxh5 37. Qf3+ Kh6 

43. Nf6+ Kf8 (43... Kh8 44. Rh7#) 44. Rf7# 1-0

 44. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3


Bg7 6. d4 c6 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. e5 b5 9. Bb3 h6 10. Ne4 Bf8
 11. d5 c5 12. Qe1 a5 13. Bd2 b4 14. d6 Ba6+ 15. Kg1 Nc6
16. Nf6+ Nxf6 17. exf6+ Kd8 18. Ne5 c4 19. Nxc6+ dxc6
 20. Qe5 cxb3 21. Qxa5+ Ke8 22. Re1+ Be2 23. Qc7 Rd8
24. Qxc6+ Rd7

 
  
 
  
 
38. Qf6+ Kh5 (38... Rg6 39. Qxg6#) 39. Qh4# 1-0 
42. 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 
6. f4 e5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Nf3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 f5 11.
Neg5 e4 12. Ne6 Qe7 13. O-O exf3 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. Bg5 
Qb4 16. Rf2 Na6 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Bd2 Qe7 19. Qc1
Qh4 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. c5 Nb8 22. Bc4 Qf6 23. d6+ Kg7
 
24. f4 Qxc3 25. Bxc3+ Kh6 26. Re1 Nc6 27. Re3 Bg4 28.
d7 Rad8 29. Rd2 g5 30. Re6+ Kh5 31. Bg7 gxf4

25. Qc8+ Rd8 26. d7# 1-0

 45. 1. e4 b6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qe6+ 5. Be3


 Bb7 6. d5 Qd7 7. Nf3 f6 8. Bc4 c6 9. O-O cxd5 10. Nxd5
e5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bxb6+
 Kc8 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. Rxd6 Nf6 17. Rxd7 Nxh5 18. Rc7+
Kd8 19. Rxb7+ Ke8 20. Bb5+ Kf8
 






32. Rh6+ Kg5 33. h4# 1-0

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 48.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  

21. Bc5+ Kg8 22. Bc4# 1-0   
46. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. O-O
6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Bh6 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Qh5+ Kg7 10. Bxf4
Qa5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rac1 a6 13. f3 Rfc8 14. b3 b5 15. Nb1 Bxf4 11. Rxf4 Nh6 12. Raf1 Qe8 13. Qh4 d6 14. Qf6+ Kg8
b4 16. Kh1 Rab8 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 f6 20. 15. Qxh6 Bd7 16. R1f3 Ne7 17. h4 Ng6 18. h5 Bg4 19.
Bd3 Qc5 21. Qb2 a5 22. Nd2 Ra8 23. Nf3 Qe3 24. Nd4 hxg6 hxg6 20. Rf8+ Qxf8


Qxd3 25. Nxe6+ Kf7 26. Rcd1 Qc3 27. Qe2 Kxe6 28. Rf3
Qxf3 29. Qxf3 Nf8 30. e5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Kxe5

 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 1 
21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qxg6# 1-0

32. Re1+ Kd4 33. Qe3# 1-0 49. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5
Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Nd4 9. Bxd5+ Kd6
47. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 10. Qf7 Be6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Ne4+ Kd5 13. c4+ Kxe4
Ba5 6. O-O Nge7 7. Ng5 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. d4 O-O 10. 14. Qxe6 Qd4 15. Qg4+ Kd3


Qc2 g6 11. Ne4 Kg7 12. Qd2 f6 13. Qh6+ Kh8 14. Bxd5
Bf5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ng3 Bxb1 17. Rxb1 Bxc3 18. dxe5
Bxe5 19. Ba3 Rf7 20. Rbd1 Qe8 21. Rd3 Rb8 22. Rfd1 Rg7
23. f4 Bd6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Rxd6 f5 26. h3 c5 27. Qg5 
Re7 28. h4 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kh2 Qe8 31. h5 Qf8
32. hxg6 Qxd6 33. g7+ Kg8 34. Nxf5 h6 35. Nxh6+ Kh7 36. 
Nf5 Qc7 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 16. Qe2+ Kc2 17. d3# { The actual ending (due to the Q-Rook
odds) was: 17.d3+ Kc1 18.O-O mate. } 1-0


50. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6.
Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. Nc3 Ng3 10. Bxf4 Nxh1

37. g8=Q+ Rxg8 38. Qh6# (38. Qh5#) 1-0
11. g3 f6 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Bh6+ Kg8 14. Ne4 fxe5 15.

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dxe5 Nxg3 16. e6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Bb4+ 18. c3 Qxd1+ 19. 53. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6
Rxd1 Be7 20. Rd8+ Bxd8 21. Bc4 Be7 6. c3 dxc3 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nxc3 Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nd5
 Qd8 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh6 Na5 13. Qc3 Nxc4 14. Bxf8
Qxf8 15. Qxc4 Qg7 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Nh4 Kh8 18. Nf5
 Qg5 19. Qg3 Rg8 20. Qxg5 Rxg5 21. Ng3 h5 22. Kh1 Bc4
23. Rfc1 Ba6 24. f4 Rg6 25. Nxh5 Bd3 26. Ng3 Bf2 27. f5
 Rh6 28. Rc3 Bxg3 29. Rxd3 Rxh2+ 30. Kg1 Be5 31. Rc1 c6
32. Rc2 Kg7 33. Rh3 Rxh3 34. gxh3 Kh6 35. Rg2 b5 36. b3
 a5 37. Kf2 Kh5 38. Rg7 c5 39. Rxf7 c4 40. bxc4 bxc4 41.
Kf3 c3

 
 
  
 
 
22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. e7# 1-0 
51. 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 h6 6. 1
Bh4 b5 7. a3 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Be2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11.
Nf3 a6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 g4 15. e6 gxf3 
16. Bxf3 fxe6 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Qd3 Kg8 19. Qe4 Rh7 20.
Bg6 Kh8 21. Bxh7 Qb6 22. Bg6 Nf6 23. Qf4 e5 24. Qd2

Be6 25. Rxh6+ Kg8 26. Rh4 a5 27. Ne4 b4 28. a4 b3 29.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Rdh1 Rd8 31. Rh8+ Bxh8 32. Rxh8+ Kxh8

42. Rh7+ Kg5 43. h4# 1-0
33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qh7+ Kf8

 54. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3


Ba5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. Ba3 d6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qb3
 Qd7 11. Re1 Qf5 12. Bb5 Nd7 13. Qd5 Bb6 14. Nxe5 Ne7
15. Nxd7 Qxd5
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

35. Qh8+ Bg8 36. Qh6# 1-0 
52. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3

Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Ba3 d6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qb3
Qd7 11. Re1 e4 12. Nbd2 Bxc3 13. Nxe4 Bxe1 14. Rxe1

16. Nf6+ Kd8 (16... Kf8 17. Bxe7#) 17. Bxe7# 1-0
Kd8 15. Neg5 Na5 16. Ne5 Nxb3 17. Nexf7+ Qxf7 18.
Nxf7+ Kd7 55. 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Ne2 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6.
 Bb2 Bd6 7. d3 Bd7 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. dxc4 Be7
11. Nd2 Qc7 12. a3 Rad8 13. Qc2 b6 14. Rad1 Ne8 15. f4
 f5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 h6 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
fxe5 Be7 21. Nf4 Bc6 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ Kxh7 24.
 Nxe7+ Rf5 25. Rxf5 exf5 26. Qxf5+ Kh8








19. Bb5+ c6 20. Re7# 1-0

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 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  1

27. Qf8+ Kh7 28. Qg8# 1-0

19. Ba5+ Qxa5 (19... Qb6 20. Qe7#) (19... Qc7 20.
Qxc7# (20. Bxc7#)) 20. Qe7# 1-0
56. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qa4 59. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
Bd7 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Qc2 Kxf7 14. e5 g6 Bc5 6. O-O h6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. d5
15. e6+ Bxe6 16. Ng5+ Kf6 17. d5 Bf5 18. Nce4+ Bxe4 19. Na5 11. Bd3 d6 12. Ne2 c5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Qc3+ Kf5 Qd2 Kh7 16. Bf6 Qd7 17. Rfe1 Ng8 18. e5 c4 19. Ng5+


hxg5 20. Bf5 Qxf5 21. Nxf5 Nxf6 22. exf6 Bxf5 23. Qxg5
Rh8 24. Re7 Kg8 25. Rae1 Rf8 26. g4 Bd3 27. h4 c3 28. h5
 Nc4 29. hxg6 Bxg6

 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
20. g4+ Kxg4 21. Qh3# 1-0 
57. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 
30. Qxg6+ fxg6 31. Rg7# 1-0
6. O-O Ng6 7. Ng5 h6 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Bc4+ Ke7 10. Qh5
Qe8


60.

 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
   
11. Qg5+ (11. Bg5+ hxg5 12. Qxg5#) 11... hxg5 12.
Bxg5# 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6.
O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. e5 Nxc4 11.
58. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 Ne7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Bc6 15. Bg5
Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. d3 Bh6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bd2 c6 11. h6 16. Qh4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 d5 18. f4 Bd4 19. Rad1 c5 20. f5
Rae1 Qc5+ 12. Kh1 d5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Be6 15. Qd6 21. Rfe1 g6 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. f6 Nf5 24. Qh3 Rc8 25.
Nf6+ Kd8 16. Qxb7 Nec6 17. Rxf4 Bc8 18. Rd4+ Nxd4 f7+ Kf8 26. Bf6 Qf4 27. Bxh8 Rc6 28. Qxf5 Qxf5

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
19. Re3 f5 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 c6 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Rd6
Rf7 24. Rcd3 Ra7 25. Rg3 Kh8 26. Qg6 Rf8 27. Rh3 Rf7 28.
 Rh5 Qf8 29. Kh1 Ra8 30. g4 fxg4 31. f5 Re8 32. f6 Re6 33.
Rxe6 dxe6 34. fxg7+ Qxg7 35. Rxh6+ Kg8 36. Qxe6 Kf8
 
 
 
  
 
 
 

29. e7+ Kxf7 30. e8=Q# 1-0 
61. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6
1
6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 
37. Qc8+ Ke7 38. Re6# 1-0
bxc6 11. Be3 f6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Nc3 f5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15.
h3 f4 16. Bc1 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Ne2 Ba6 19. Rfe1
Ba5 20. Qxc6 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 Bxe2 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. 64. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6.
Rxe2 Qh5 24. f3 Rad8 25. Qe4 Qh4 26. e6 Rde8 27. e7 Rf7 d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Re8
28. Qc6 Rfxe7 11. Qd3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Ng5 Rxe3


15. Qxe3 d5 16. Bd3 h6 17. h3 Qf6 18. Qg3 hxg5 19. Qxg4
Qxd4+ 20. Kh2 Nxd3 21. Qxg5 Re8 22. Rf3 Nc5 23. Raf1
 Ne4 24. Re1 Nxg5 25. Rxe8+ Kh7 26. fxg5 Qg1+ 27. Kg3
c6 28. Rxf7 Bc5 29. Re6 Bb4 30. h4 Be1+ 31. Kg4 Qh1 32.
 g3 Qg1 33. Kh5 Qxg3 34. g6+ Qxg6+ 35. Rxg6 d4 36.
Rgxg7+ Kh8 37. Kg6 Bb4
  
 
  
 1
  
 

29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8# 1-0 
62. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4

6. Nxd4 Be7 7. O-O Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc5 9. f4 b6 10. f5 Nb3
11. Qe4 Nxa1 12. f6 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Rb8 14. e6 Rg8 15.

Qxh7 Rf8 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Re1+ Be7 

38. Rf5 $1 { with mate next move on f8 or h5. } ( { Not } 38.
Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rfg7+ Kf8 40. Rh8#) 1-0
 65. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
  Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3
Nge7 11. Ba3 b5 12. Nxb5 Rb8 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nd6+
 cxd6 15. Qxb8 O-O 16. Qxd6 Bb7 17. Qxe7 Bxf3 18. g3
Qf5 19. Rab1 Bd8 20. Qa3 Be4 21. Rb3 Bb6 22. Bd3
 Qxe5 23. Re1 Qf5 24. Rxb6 Bxd3



1

18. Qg8+ Rf8 19. f7# 1-0

63. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O


Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. dxe5 O-O 9. Be3 Ng5 10.
Nxg5 Bxg5 11. f4 Be7 12. Bd5 Bb7 13. Qh5 Na5 14. Bxb7
Nxb7 15. Rf3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Rh3 h6 18. Rg3 Ne4

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 68. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6


 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10.
Nbd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rfe1 Bb8 14. Bf4
 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Bh5 17. Qe5 Qb6 18. c3
Bg6 19. Qxe7 a6 20. Bd7 Rc7
 
 
 
 
 
 

25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rb8# 1-0 
66. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. 
d3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd1 Qb6 11.
Ne3 exf4 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. d4 O-O 14. dxc5 d5 15. Nb6 Ba6

16. Nxa8 Rxa8 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Kd1 Nxe4 19. Qd4 Ndxc5
20. Re1 Nxb3 21. cxb3 c5 22. Qd2 c4 23. Qc2 g5 24. Nxg5

21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22. Re8# 1-0
Qd7 25. Nxe4 dxe4+ 26. Qd2 Qg4+ 27. Qe2 f3 28. gxf3
Rd8+ 29. Bd2 exf3 30. Qf2 c3 31. bxc3 bxc3 32. Ra2 Be2+ 69. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+
33. Kc1 cxd2+ 34. Rxd2 Rc8+ 35. Kb2 Qb4 36. Rg1+ Kf8 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 f3 8. Nc3 d6 9. Nd3 Bg7 10. g3 Qd8 11.
37. Qe3 Qh4 38. Qe5 Qh3 Nf4 O-O 12. h3 Nc6 13. Nh5 gxh3 14. Nd5 Ng4 15. c3 Ne7
 16. Ndf4 Ng6 17. Nxh3 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ng5 Bh6
20. Qb3 Bxg5 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 22. Qxg4 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qe8
 24. c4 d5 25. e5 dxc4 26. Rxc4 Qb5 27. b3 Qa6 28. Nf6+
Rxf6 29. exf6 Qxf6 30. Rxc7 Re8 31. Qd7 Qa6+ 32. Rc4
 Re7 33. Qd5+ Kg7 34. Rh2 b5 35. Rc6 Qb7 36. Rxh7+
Kxh7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Rxg6+ Rg7 39. Rh6 Kf8 40. Rh8+
 Ke7 41. Qe5+ Kf7 42. Qe8+ Kf6 43. Rh6+ Kf5

 
  
 
 
 
 

39. Qd6+ Ke8 40. Rg8# 1-0

67. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 dxe4 5. fxe5 Ng4 6.


Nxe4 Nxe5 7. d4 Nec6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. c3 Qe7 10. Bd3 f5 11. 
O-O fxe4 12. Bxe4 Qd7 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15.
Rxf3 Be7 16. Bxh7 Bf6 17. Qg6+ Qf7 18. Qf5 Bxd4+ 19.
1
cxd4 Qxf5 20. Bxf5 Nbc6 21. Bg6+ Ke7 22. Rf7+ Ke6 23.
Bd2 Nc4 24. Re1+ Kd5 25. Rf5+ Kd6 26. Bf4+ Kd7 27.

44. Qe5+ Kg4 45. Qf4# (45. Rh4#) 1-0
Rf7+ Kc8

 70. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nc5


6. d4 Na6 7. Bc4 Qe7 8. Nc3 h6 9. O-O g5 10. Nd5 Qd8
 11. Nf6+ Ke7 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Qh5 Rxh5

 







28. Bf5+ Kb8 (28... Kd8 29. Bxc7#) 29. Bxc7# 1-0

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
Bc1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Nf1 Kc7 22. f6 Nd6 23. fxg7
Nhf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Re7+ Bd7 26. Bf4 Qg8 27. Qg3 f5
 28. Bxd6+ Kd8 29. Qe5 Rc8

 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
14. Ng8+ Ke8 15. Bxf7# 1-0 
71. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. f4 Nf6 
30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. Qe7# 1-0
6. Qe2 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 exd4 10. e5 Bxf3
11. Rxf3 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Ba3 dxc3 14. Rxf7 Kxf7 15.
Qf3+ Ke6 16. Nxc3 Bxc3 17. Rf1 Nd4 18. Qf7+ Kxe5 19. 74. 1. e3 c5 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 f6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 Nh6 6.
Qxg7+ Ke4 20. Qg4+ Ke5 21. Bd3 Nf6 22. Rf5+ Nxf5 Nc3 Nc6 7. Ne4 b6 8. Ng3 Bb7 9. a3 Qc7 10. Be2 Nd8 11.


Qc2 a6 12. h4 Ndf7 13. h5 g5 14. Bd3 g4 15. Nh4 Ng5 16.
O-O-O e6 17. Rdg1 O-O-O 18. e4 Nhf7 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. f3
 Rhg8 21. Rf1 f5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. exf5 Qa1+ 24. Qb1
Qxa3+ 25. Kc2 gxf3 26. gxf3 d5 27. Nc3 Bxc3 28. dxc3 dxc4
 29. bxc4 Qa4+ 30. Kb2 Qd7 31. Rd1 Nxf3 32. fxe6 Qa4 33.
e7 Rde8 34. Bc2 Qxc4 35. Nf5 Qb5+ 36. Bb3 Rg2+ 37.
 Kc1 Qe2 38. Bc4 Qe5 39. Qd3 Kb8 40. Qd6+ Ka7 41.
Qxe5 Nxe5 42. Bd5 Bxd5 43. Rxd5 Nf7 44. Rd7+ Kb8 45.
 h6 Re2 46. Rhd1 Kc8 47. Ra7 Kb8 48. Rdd7 Ne5

  


 
  
 
 

23. Qxf5+ Kd4 24. Bc5# 1-0

72. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6.


Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. d3 Bh6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bd2 Nbc6 
11. Rae1 Qf5 12. Nd5 Kd8 13. Bc3 Re8 14. Bf6 Bg5 15. g4
Qg6 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. h4 Qxh4 18. Qxf4 d6 19. Nf6 Ne5

20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Bxg4 22. Qd4+ Kc8 23. Be6+ Kb8
24. Nd7+ Kc8 25. Nc5+ Kb8


 49. Rdb7+ Kc8 50. Nd6# 1-0

 75. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3


 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3
Nge7 11. Ba3 b5 12. Nxb5 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Rad1
 Bb6 15. Bd3 f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Rfe1 Kd8 18. Nxa7 Re8
19. Qg4 Nd4 20. Bb2 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxb2




 

26. Na6+ bxa6 27. Qb4# 1-0

73. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3


exd5 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Ba3 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10.
Rb1 Qc7 11. Nd2 b6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Qf3 Ndf6 14. h3 Nh6
15. f5 Bc8 16. Rfe1+ Kd8 17. Re7 Qb8 18. Rbe1 Bd7 19.

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 78. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3


Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10.
 Nh4 Kg7 11. Qh5 Rh8 12. f4 c6 13. Rf3 Ng6 14. Raf1 Qc7
15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Ng3 Rag8 17. Qh6+ Kxh6 18. Nhf5+ Bxf5
 19. Nxf5+ Kh5 20. g4+ Kxg4

 
 
  
 
 
  
  
22. Qxd7+ Kxd7 23. Bb5# (23. Bf5#) 1-0

76. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 f5 5. d3 Nf6 6.
dxe4 fxe4 7. Ng5 Qxd5 8. f3 Bf5 9. Nd2 e3 10. Qxe3+ Be7
 
11. Bc4 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Bxc5 13. Nde4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4
15. h3 Bh5 16. Ne6 Bf7 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Rf1 Kxg7 19.

21. Rg3+ Kh5 22. Be2# 1-0
Rxf7+ Kg6 20. Rf5 Bd4 21. c3 Bf6 22. Rf3 Nc6 23. Rg3+
Kh5 79. 1. e3 c5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6.
 Nge2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. d4 Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. b3 d6 11. Qc2
g6 12. e4 Rf7 13. Bd2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bh3
 16. Bg2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. f4 exf4 20.
Rxf4 Bf8 21. Raf1 Bg7 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Ng5 Rff8 24. Ne6
 Nh5 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Bg5 Qd7 27. Qf2 Bg7 28. g4 Rf8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Bf7+ Kh4 25. Rg4# 1-0
1
77. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6
6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bf5
 
O-O 11. Bg5 Be5 12. Nce2 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Bc7 14. Qd3
Ne5 15. Qh3 Ng6 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Nf5 Bb8 18. Ned4

29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 30. Rxf8# 1-0
Bf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. f4 Ne4 22. Qg4 Qf6
23. Rad1 Rfe8 24. Rd3 a5 25. Kh2 Qa6 26. Rff3 Nf6 27. 80. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3
Qh3 h5 28. Rg3 Ng4+ 29. Rxg4 hxg4 30. Qxg4 Rxc2 31. Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. d3 Bxf3
Rh3 Rf2 32. Kg3 Qf1 33. Rh2 Rxf4 34. Ne7+ Rxe7 35. 11. gxf3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxb2 15.
Qc8+ Nf8 Rb1 Bd4 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Qg2 Nc5 19. Bd5
 Rb8 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Rg1 Ne6 22. Bb3 Kh8 23. Bd2 a5
24. Rbf1 g6 25. Bh6 Bg7 26. Be3 f5 27. Qh3 Qe8 28. Rg2
  f4 29. Ba7 f3 30. Rg4 Rb7 31. Be3 Rf6 32. Rfg1 c5 33. Rh4
h5 34. Bc1 Re7 35. Bxe6 Rexe6 36. Bb2 Rf7 37. Rxg6
 Rxg6 38. Rxh5+ Kg8








36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rh8# 1-0

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 83. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6


Bxf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e5 Be7 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O
 Nc6 11. a3 a6 12. Qd2 h6 13. Rae1 b5 14. Qf4 f6 15. Qg3 f5
16. Ne2 g5 17. h4 g4 18. Nf4 Kh7 19. Qxg4 Rg8 20. Qh5
 Ra7 21. Ng5+ Rxg5 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Nh5
Kh6 25. g4 fxg4 26. Kg2 Rf7 27. Nf6 Kg7 28. Rh1 Nxe5 29.
 Nh5+ Kf8 30. Rxe5 Rxf2+ 31. Kg3 Rf7 32. Rxg5 Be3 33.
Rg6 e5 34. Nf6 Bf4+ 35. Kg2 Bb7 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Rb8
  Kd6 38. Ne8+ Kc5 39. c3 d4+ 40. Rxb7 Rxb7
 
  
 
1  

39. Rh8+ Bxh8 40. Qxh8# 1-0


81. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5
6. h3 h6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 d5 9. Nbd2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bb7 11. 
Qe2 O-O 12. Nf1 Qd6 13. g4 g5 14. Ng3 Ne7 15. Nf5 Nxf5
16. gxf5 Nh7 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Qh6 19. Nf3 Rae8 1
20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Bb3 Re7 22. Rd1 Bd6 23. Nh2 Qf4 24.
f3 Bc5 25. Rg4 Qe3 26. Qxe3 Bxe3 27. Rh4 Bf4 28. Nf1

Kg7 29. Ke2 Nf6 30. Ne3 Rg8 31. Ng4 Bg5 32. Nxf6 Kxf6
33. Rg4 Rh8 34. Rdg1 Bf4

41. b4+ Kd5 42. Rd6# 1-0

 84. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4


 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Ne7 9. Bf3 d6 10. Qd2
Nd7 11. Bh6 Ne5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Be2 f6 14. f4 Nf7 15.
 Rad1 c6 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. Bxf7 Rxf7 18. f5 Nc8 19. e5 fxe5
20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. fxe6 Re7 22. Qg5 Qe8 23. Rd3 Rxe6 24.
 Rh3 Qe7 25. Qh6+ Kg8

 
  
 
1 
 
 
 
35. Rg6+ fxg6 36. Rxg6# 1-0

82. 1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. d3 Be7 6.


b3 d6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 Nd5 10. Bc1 Bf6 
11. c3 Ne7 12. e4 Ng6 13. Na3 Rb8 14. Nc2 Re8 15. Bd2
e5 16. f5 Nh4 17. g3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bg5 19. Ne3 Bxe3+
 
20. Bxe3 Rf8 21. g4 Qe7 22. g5 g6 23. f6 Qe8 24. Qh4 Kh8
25. Bg4 Bc8 26. Rf3 Rg8

26. Rf8+ Qxf8 27. Qxh7# 1-0

 85. 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. a3 c5 6.


 Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. g4 Bxe5 9. gxf5 Bd6 10. dxc5
Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qd4 O-O 14. Bxd7
 Qxd7 15. Nxd5 Ne8 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. Rg1+ Kh8




 



27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rh3# 1-0

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 88. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7


6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Nd1 c5 9. c3 c4 10. f4 f5 11.
 Nf3 a6 12. Be2 b5 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. Bd1 Nc6 15. Bc2 Nd8
16. O-O g6 17. g4 fxg4 18. Nxg4 Qg7 19. Rf2 Rf5 20. Rg2
 Rh5 21. f5 Kh8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nf6 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxf6
25. Nxg6+ Kg8 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Rf1 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Kxe7
 29. Qf4 e5 30. Rg7+ Kd6

 
 
 
 
 
 

18. Qxf6+ Nxf6 (18... Ng7 19. Qxg7#) 19. Bxf6# 1-0

86. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O


Bc5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 
Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Bb3 c5 13. cxd4 c4 14. Bxc4 d5 15.
Bb3 Bg4 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Nxd5 Nxd4 19.
1
Nxd4 Bxd1 20. Ne6+ Kf7 21. Nxd8+ Raxd8 22. Raxd1
Bxb2 23. Ne7+ Kf6 24. Re6+ Kg5 25. f4+ Kxf4 26. Rf1+

31. Qf8+ Kc6 (31... Ke6 32. Qe7#) 32. Qc5# 1-0
Kg5

 89. 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6.


Nbd2 Bd7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. c4 Ne8 9. Rc1 f5 10. h4 Bf6 11.
 Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. Qh5 Rf7 14. Nf3 g6 15. Qh6
Bf8 16. Qf4 c6 17. Ng5 Re7 18. h5 Rg7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20.
 Qh4 Bb4+ 21. Ke2 Kf8 22. a3 Ba5 23. g4 Rc8 24. gxf5 gxf5
25. Nh7+ Rxh7 26. Qxh7 Ng7 27. Rcg1 Qe7
  
 
  
 
 
  

27. Rf5+ Kg4 (27... Kh4 28. Re4#) 28. Re4# 1-0 
87. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. 1
Bb2 Bd7 7. a3 Rc8 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O
11. O-O Be8 12. f4 Qb6 13. c3 Bd6 14. Kh1 Ne7 15. a4 a6
 
16. Ndf3 g6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Qd8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20.
Ba3 Qd8 21. Qe1 Kg7 22. Qe5 Rh8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. f5

28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Rxg7# 1-0
gxf5 25. Nh4 Qc7 26. Nxf5+ exf5 27. Qxf5 Ng8 28. Bc4
Rd8 29. Rae1 Kf8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 90. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6
 6. d3 c6 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. f5 b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd1
Bb6 12. Bg5 Ba6 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. O-O O-O
 16. Kh1 Bd8 17. Ng4 d5 18. Ba2 dxe4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20.
Bh6 exf3 21. Rxf3 Kh8 22. Rg3 Bb6


 



 1

31. Qxf7+ Qxf7 32. Rxf7# 1-0

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 93. 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7


6. Bf4 d6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Rd1 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Nd7
 11. e5 d5 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. Ng5 h6 16.
Nh3 Kh7 17. Bg3 Rh8 18. f4 Kg8 19. Rf3 Qb6 20. Bh4
 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Nf2 Re8 23. g4 fxg4 24. Nxg4 f5 25.
Nf2 Nf8 26. Bg3 Ne6 27. h4 Rh7 28. Nh3 Bf8 29. Rf2 Rg7
 30. Rg2 b4 31. Be1 a5 32. h5 gxh5 33. Ng3 bxc3 34. Bxc3
Kh7 35. Qf3 h4 36. Nxf5 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Nc5 38. Qh5
 Qc6 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Nxh4 Bg7 41. Ng6+ Kh7
 
 
   
1 

23. Bg7+ Kg8 24. Bxf6# 1-0


91. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. Bb5 Ne7 6.
exd5 Qxd5 7. O-O Bd7 8. d4 e4 9. Nfd2 Ng6 10. Bc4 Qa5 
11. Qb3 f5 12. Bf7+ Ke7 13. Nc4 Qa6
1
  
 
 42. Ng5+ hxg5 43. Rh1# 1-0

 94. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3


Be6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10.
 Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Bg4 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. h3
 Be6 15. g4 Ng3 16. Bh4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qb6
19. c3 Nxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxe5 Rae8 22. Qd3+ g6
  23. Bf6 Bf5 24. Rxf5 Kh6

 
  
 
14. Bg5+ Kxf7 15. Nd6# 1-0

92. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 dxe4 5. Nxe5  

Qd5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. d3 exd3 9. O-O Be7 10.
Bxd3 Bd7 11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Na3 Ng4 13. Bf4 Qc5 14. Bg3
Bd6 15. Qe4+ Kf8 16. Qf3 Be6 17. b4 Qxc3 18. Nb5 Qxb4
19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Bf5 Kg8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qxc6 Kf7 23.  
Rab1 Qc5 24. Qd7+ Kg6 25. Rb7 Rag8 26. Qf7+ Kh6 27.
Qxe6+ Nf6 28. Bf4+ Kg6 29. Rb3 h6 30. Rg3+ Kh7 31. 
Bxd6 Qh5 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Rb1 Rhe8 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.
Rb7+ Kg6 36. Qf7+ Kf5 37. Rb5+ Ke4 38. f3+ Ke3 39.

Qb3+ Ke2 40. Qb2+ Kd3 41. Qb1+ Ke2 42. Rb2+ Ke3 43.
Qe1+ Kd4

25. Rh5+ gxh5 26. g5# 1-0

 95. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6.


 dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. Qh3 h6 10. Nf3 Rf7 11.
Bd2 Nf8 12. g4 fxg4 13. Qxg4 Nc6 14. Ne2 a5 15. Ng3
 Ne7 16. Nh5 Qb6 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Rxf6 19. exf6 g6
20. fxe7 Bxe7 21. Nf7+ Kg7 22. Ne5 Qxb2 23. Ke2 Bf6 24.
 Bxg6 Bxe5 25. Rag1 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 e5 27. Bf5+ Kf6 28.
Bg5+ hxg5 29. Qxg5+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Rg7+ Kd6 32.
 Qf7 Nd7 33. Qe7+ Kc6 34. Bxd7+ Bxd7 35. Qxd7+ Kc5
 36. Qc7+ Kd4





44. Qd2+ Kc4 45. Rb4# 1-0

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 
   

37. Rg4+ e4 38. Rd1# 1-0

24. Qxe4+ fxe4 25. Bxe4# 1-0

96. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. 98. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7
c3 Nc6 7. O-O f6 8. Re1 f5 9. Be3 c4 10. Bc2 Be7 11. b3 b5 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Qd3 Nf6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd1
12. a4 bxa4 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. d5 Ncxe5 15. dxe6 Nxf3+ 16. d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bf3 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. Bd2 Ba6 15.
Qxf3 Nb6 17. Qxf5 Bf6 18. Bc5 Bb7 c4 dxc4 16. Qc2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Nd5 19. a3


Rac8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. g3 Qd4 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Qc5
24. a4 Bb7 25. Rfd1 Bd5 26. Rd4 g6 27. Rcd1 Qb6 28. Qd2
 Qb3 29. Bf3 Rc5 30. Rh4 f5 31. Qe3 Rdc8 32. Rxd5 exd5
33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Qe7 R5c7
 
 
  
 
 
 
 

19. Qg6+ hxg6 20. Bxg6# 1-0 


97.

 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Bxd5# 1-0


 99. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
 Ba5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Qd3 Bb6 10. Rd1
Bg4 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qb3
 Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 b6 17. Nf5 h6 18. Bxh6
Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Re8 20. Qh3 f6 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Qh5+
 Kg8

 
 
 
   

1. f4 f5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 c5
 
7. O-O Ba6 8. d3 Nc6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Rc1 h6 
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bh5+ Kd8 15. Bg6 Bc6 16.
c4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bg5 18. Qg3 Bxc1 19. Bxc1 Qb7 20. d4 
Be4 21. d5 Kc7 22. d6+ Kc6 23. Qh4 Qc8

 

23. Qg6 Qd7 24. Nh6# 1-0

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100. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6.


dxe4 Nxe4 7. Qd4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Be2 
Bg4 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Rxe2 13. Bb2 Qf8 14. Nd4
Re4 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Ne6 Re2 17. Nd4 Re3 18. Qd2 Na6 
19. f5 f6 20. h3 Bh5 21. Ne6 Re4 22. Rae1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1
Re8 24. Re3 Bf7 25. Ba3 Qd7 26. Rd3 c5 27. dxc6 Qxc6

28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Rg3+ Bg6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Bc1 g5 32.
Bb2 Kg6 33. Rf3 Re6 34. Qd3+ Kg7 35. Rg3 Qc5+ 36.

Bd4 Qa5 37. h4 Nc5 38. Rxg5+ Kf7 
 
 
 
  
 
12. Nxg7+ Bxg7 13. f5# 1-0

  103. 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3 f4 5. e3 h5 6.
Bd3 Rh6
 
 

39. Qh7+ Ke8 40. Rg8# 1-0 
101. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 d5 6. d4

h6 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. Bxf4 Bd6 9. e5 Be7 10. Bd3 Bxh4+ 11. 
g3 Bg5 12. Qd2 Kg7 13. Nc3 Be6 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Rh5
Bxf4 16. gxf4 Bf7 17. Qh2 Nxd4 18. Rg1 Bxh5 19. Qxh5 
Ne7 20. Qxg4+ Kf7 21. f5 Nexf5 22. Qg6+ Ke7 23. Qf6+
Kd7 24. Bxf5+ Nxf5 25. Qxf5+ Kc6 26. Rg6+ Kc5 27. Qd3 
Qd7 28. b4+ Kxb4 29. Qd4+ Ka5 
   
 
 1-0
7. Qxh5+ Rxh5 (7... Rg6 8. Bxg6# (8. Qxg6#)) 8. Bg6#

  104. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 f5 5. exf5 Bd7 6.


 O-O e4 7. Re1 d5 8. d3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7


11. dxe4 O-O-O 12. e5 Ng4 13. h3 Nxf5 14. hxg4 Bc5+ 15.
Kh2 Nh6 16. e6 Qe7 17. Ng5 d4 18. Nce4 Bb6 19. f5 Qf8
 20. Qf3 Ng8 21. Bf4 h6 22. Nf7 Nf6 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Nxh8
Qxh8 25. e7 Re8 26. Qd5 h5 27. g5 fxg5 28. Bxg5 Qg7
 
 

30. Qc5+ b5 (30... Qb5 31. Qxb5#) 31. Qa3# 1-0 
102. 1. e4 c5 2. b4 e5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 Nc6 6.

O-O Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd1 8. Bb5+ Ke7 9. Nf5+ Ke6 10. Nc3  
cxb4 11. Nd5 Nf6





29. Qd8+ Rxd8 30. exd8=Q# (30. exd8=R#) 1-0

105. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. f4 Bd6 5. Nf3


exf4 6. d4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Ba5 8. O-O Bb6 9. Bxf4 d6 10. Ng5
Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qf6 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bg5
Qxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Kf7 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Ke2 Ke8 18. Nc4 h6
19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. Nc7+ Kf7 21. Rf1+ Kg7

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 108. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. f4 d6 6.


Nf3 Nc6 7. Na4 Bb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6
 11. O-O exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 e5 15.
Bg3 Qe7 16. h3 Qf7 17. c4 O-O 18. Rf2 Qg6 19. Bh2 Nd4
 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. c5+ Kh7 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Bxd6 Rfc8 24.
e5 Ne8 25. Rf8 Qg5 26. Qg8+ Kg6 27. h4 Qe3+ 28. Kh1
 Nxd6 29. Rf6+ Kh5 30. Qxg7 Rg8 31. Rxh6+ Qxh6 32. g4+
Kxh4 33. Qxh6+ Kg3 34. Rg1+ Kf3 35. Qh3+ Kf4 36.
 Qh2+ Kg5 37. Qh5+ Kf4 38. Rf1+ Ke3 39. Qh3+ Kd2 40.
  Qg2+ Kc3 41. Rc1+ Kxb4 42. Qb2+ Ka5 43. Qa3+ Kb5

 
1 
  
 
22. Ne6+ Kh7 23. Rf7# 1-0 
106. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 
6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. c3 Nd7 10. Na3 e6
11. g4 Ne7 12. Qg3 f5 13. Rae1 Nf6 14. exf5 exf5 15. Bg5 
Qd7 16. Nc2 Rae8 17. Re2 fxg4 18. hxg4 Rf7 19. Bxf6 Rxf6
20. Rfe1 Rf7 21. Be4 c6 22. Bg2 Ref8 23. Ne3 Bh6 24. g5 
Bg7 25. Bh3 Nf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. f4 c5 28. Bg2 d5 29.
dxc5 Rc8 30. g6 hxg6 31. Qxg6 Rc6 32. Re8+ Rf8 33.
1
Bxd5+ Kh8 

44. Rb1+ Kc6 45. Qxd6# 1-0

  109. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4


exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxe4 7. Nf5 Nxc3 8. Nxg7+ Kf8 9. bxc3 Bf6
 10. Nf5 Bxc3+ 11. Kf1 Qf6 12. Bh6+ Kg8 13. Qg4+ Qg6
14. Qe4 Qxh6
  
 
 
 
 
  

34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Qg8# 1-0 
107. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. Bb5 Ne7 6. 
exd5 Qxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O-O 10. Nc3
Qh5 11. Be3 a6 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Qxa6+ Kd7 14. b4 Bd5
1 
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Qb7 Bd6 18. a4 Ke6 19.
Bg5 fxg5 20. Rfe1+ Kf6 21. a5 Rhe8 22. a6 Nb6 23. Ne5

15. Qe8+ Qf8 16. Bxf7# 1-0
N8d7 24. g4 Qh3 25. Re3 Qh4

 110. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7


6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5 Nb6 8. c3 a6 9. Na3 c5 10. Nc2 Nc6
 11. f4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Bd3
f6 16. O-O Na7 17. Rae1 f5 18. Ne3 Rc7 19. Kh1 Bb5 20.
  Rg1 Kh8 21. g4 g6 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Rg3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3
Rg8 25. Ng5 Nc4 26. Reg1 Rg6 27. Nxf5 exf5 28. Qxf5 Nb5
 29. Rh3 Rg7 30. Rxh7+ Rxh7 31. Nxh7 Nxd4 32. Nf6 Qh7







26. Qf3+ Ke7 (26... Ke6 27. Qf7#) 27. Qf7# (27. Nc6#)
(27. Ng6#) 1-0

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 113. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Qxd4 5.


 Bd3 e6 6. Nf3 Qd8 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Ng5 h6 10.
Nge4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Ne5 12. Qe2 Nxd3 13. Rad1 O-O 14.
 Rxd3 Qe8 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qh5 e5 17. Qxh6 f6 18. Rg3+
Kf7 19. Rd1 Bf5
 
  
 
 
 
1 

33. Qxh7+ Rxh7 34. Rg8# 1-0 
111. 1. e4 g6 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Nb5 Nd5 6. 
Qf3 Nb6 7. Qf2 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. c3 a6 10. Na3 Bg7 11.
cxd4 cxd4 12. d3 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qd7 15. O-O
 
Rd8 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. Rfe1 Nc7 18. Nc4 Ne6 19. Nb6 Qc7
20. Nd5 Qb8 21. Rac1 h5 22. Be4 Bh6 23. Qh4 Rd7 24.

20. Rg7+ Ke6 21. Ng5# 1-0
Nb6 Rc7 25. Rcd1 Nc5 26. e6 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 f5 28. Re2
Qa7 29. Nd5 Rc8 30. Rc1 O-O 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Nxe7+ 114. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Bd3 f5
Kg7 33. Qg3 Kf6 34. Qxg6+ Kxe7 35. Qh7+ Kd6 36. Qd7+ 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Re1+ Be7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bg5
Kc5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bxf3 14. gxf3
 Qg5+ 15. Kh1 Bd4 16. Rb5 Kh8 17. f4 Qh4 18. Re3 Bxe3
19. fxe3 Nd8 20. Nxc7 Rc8 21. Rh5 Qe7 22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23.
 Qh5 Nf7

  


 
  
 
  
  
 
 
37. Re5+ Kb6 38. Ba5# 1-0
1
112. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 d6 5. Nc3
Be6 6. Bd2 a6 7. f4 Nb4 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f5 Bxa2 10.

24. Rh8+ Nxh8 25. Bh7# 1-0
Nxa2 Nxa2+ 11. Kb1 d5 12. Kxa2 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14.
Qxb7 O-O 15. Be2 Rb8 16. Qf3 Qd4 17. Bc3 Qa4+ 18. 115. 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. f4 Nb4 5. a3
Kb1 Ba3 19. Rd4 Bb4 20. Qg3 Qa5 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nxd3+ 6. cxd3 e6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10.
Rg4+ Kh6 23. Bxf6 Qxf5 24. Bg7+ Kh5 25. Rg3+ Kh4 26. O-O c5 11. Ne2 Qd6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. d4
Nf3+ Qxf3 27. Bxf3 Rg8 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qb6 16. Bc3 c4 17. Nf4 f6 18. Qh5 fxe5 19.
 Qxe5 Bf6 20. Qh5 Qd8 21. Bb4 Rf7 22. Rf3 Rb8 23. Raf1
a5 24. Bc3 Rbb7 25. g4 Bg5 26. Nh3 Rxf3 27. Rxf3 h6 28.
 Nxg5 hxg5 29. Bxa5 Qd7 30. Bb4 Rxb4 31. axb4 Qa4







1 

28. Bf6+ Rg5 29. Bxg5# (29. Rh3#) 1-0

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
gxf5 29. Qh5 Qd8 30. Rg1 Rf7 31. Qh6 Qe7 32. Nf3 Kh8
33. Kh2 Rf8 34. h5 Rg4 35. Ng5 Rxf4 36. Nf7+ Qxf7 37.
 Qxf4 Qxh5+ 38. Kg3 Qe2 39. Kh4 Rc8 40. Rae1 Qxb2 41.
Kh3 Rxc3+ 42. Rg3 Rc2 43. Rh1 Rc8 44. Qh6 Qxe5
 
 
  
 
  
 
 1

32. Qf7+ Kh7 33. Rh3# 1-0 
116. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6.
 
fxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxd1 
45. Qxh7+ Kxh7 46. Kg2# 1-0

 119. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 g6 5. Bf4
Bg7 6. Qd2 c6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Ne5 Nf6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Be2
 Qd8 11. O-O-O Nd5 12. Nc4 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 O-O 14. g4 g5
15. Qe3 Bg6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. f4 gxf4 19.
 Qxf4 f6 20. Rhf1 Nd7 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qe5 Rae8 23. h4
Nd5 24. h5 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 Bf7 27. Bd3 h6 28.
 Rf6 Qf8 29. g5 hxg5 30. h6 Qa3+ 31. Kb1 Kf8

 
 
 
  
 

8. Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Nd5# 1-0

117. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3


Bd6 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Nb5 Bb4+ 8. c3 Qxe2+ 9. Nxe2 Ba5 
10. Bf4 Na6 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 c6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. b5
Nb8 15. Ng3 Ba5 16. Kd2 Rd8 17. Nxc8+ Rxc8 18. Nf5+

Kf8 19. Bd6+ Ke8 20. Rhe1+ Kd8 21. Nxg7 Nbd7 22.
Be7+ Kc7 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Re7+ Nd7 26.
1
Bf5 Rd8 27. Rxf7 Kd6 
32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 (32... Kg8 33. Qg7#) 33. Qg7# 1-0

 120. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 cxd4 6. cxd4
Qb6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Nc3 Nh6 9. Bb5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Bxb5
  11. Nxb5 Qxb5 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Rc1 Bb4+ 14. Kf2 O-O
15. Qb3 Rfc8 16. Rhd1 a5 17. h3 a4 18. Qe3 Bf8 19. Nh2
 Qxb2+ 20. Kg1 Rc2 21. Ng4 Rac8 22. Rb1 Rxg2+ 23. Kf1
Qxa2 24. Rxb7 Rcc2 25. Qf3 Qc4+ 26. Rd3 f5
 
 
  
 
 

28. Ne8+ Rxe8 29. Rxd7# 1-0 
118. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3   
Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nxb3
11. axb3 Bd7 12. b4 Rc8 13. Qe2 a6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qf2

Nb8 16. Bb6 Qc6 17. O-O O-O 18. Ra5 f5 19. Kh1 Rce8
20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. g4 Nc6 23. Raa1 fxg4 24.
1
Qh4 g6 25. Qxg4 Rg7 26. h4 Ne7 27. Nd4 Nf5 28. Bxf5 
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27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Rxh7# 1-0

121. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7


6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5 Qd8 8. c3 a6 9. Na3 c5 10. Nc2 Nc6 
11. f4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Ngf3 Qe7 14. Bd3 f6 15. Qc2
g6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. h4 Nc5 18. h5 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qf7

20. hxg6 Qxg6 21. Qxg6+ hxg6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. g3 Kg7 24.
O-O-O Bb7 25. Ng5 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Kxh8 27. Rh1+ Kg8 28.

Rh7 Bc8 29. Rc7 Rf8 30. Rxc6 Re8 31. Rc7 a5 32. Nf7 Ba6 
33. Ne5 g5 34. fxg5 Rf8 35. Ng4 Rf3 36. g6 Rxg3

 
 
   1
 
 25. Qxb7+ Ke6 (25... Ke8 26. Qe7#) 26. Qe7# 1-0

 124. 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Bxf6 exf6


 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Ng3 Qb6 8. Qe2+ Kd8 9. O-O-O a5 10. Nf3
Na6 11. c3 g6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Rde1 Re8 15.
 Re2 c5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Rhe1 Bf4+ 18. Kd1 c4 19. Nf1
Qc6 20. h3 Kd7 21. g4 b5 22. Nh4 b4 23. Ng2 Bd6 24. f4
 a4 25. f5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Bf7 27. Rxe8 Bxe8 28. cxb4 Bxb4 29.
Re6 Qb5 30. Qe2 a3 31. b3 Kd8 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. Nge3

37. Nf6+ Kf8 (37... Kh8 38. Rh7#) 38. Rf7# 1-0
Bc3 34. Nd2 Bxd2 35. Qxd2 Rb8 36. Ke1 Qb1+ 37. Qd1
Qxa2 38. Qf3 c3 39. Rxe8+ Kxe8 40. Qc6+ Kf8 41. Qxf6+
Kg8 42. Qg5+ Kf7 43. Qh5+ Ke7 44. f6+ Kf8 45. Qc5+ Kf7
122. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Bg7 6. 46. Qe7+ Kg6 47. Qg7+ Kh5 48. Qxh7+ Kg5
d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd3 a6 9. Bxf4 Nbd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11.
O-O h6 12. Nf2 h5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 
Nxe5 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Nfe4 Nd7 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19.
Rxf6 Ke8 20. Re1 Nxf6 21. Bxf6 Rh6 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
49. Qf5+ Kh6 (49... Kh4 50. Qg4#) 50. Ng4# 1-0
 125. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Be6 6.

22. Bb5+ Kf8 23. Re8# 1-0
b3 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. Bg2 h6 9. O-O Qd7 10. a3 a5 11. Bf4
Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nh4 g5 14. Nf3 a4 15. Nbd2 Na5
16. c5 Qd8 17. b4 Nc6 18. b5 Ne7 19. Ne5 Nfd5 20. e3
123. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 O-O 21. exd4 Nf5 22. Re1 Nxd4 23. Ndf3 Nb3 24. Nd4
6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3 Bg4 9. Bc4 Nd4 10. Qd3 Bxf3 Qf6 25. Nxe6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Ne3 27. Rxe3 Qxe3 28. Qd5
11. gxf3 Qd7 12. Kg2 Nh5 13. Nd5 Rf8 14. f4 c6 15. Nxe7 c6 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Nxc6 Nxa1 31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Nf4+
Qg4+ 16. Kh1 Nf3 17. Be6 Qxe6 18. Qxf3 g6 19. Nxg6 Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kh8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Nxf8+ Kh8
hxg6 20. f5 Qf7 21. Bg5 Kd7 22. Rad1 gxf5 23. Qc3 Qg7
24. Qb4 Qg6

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O-O Bc6 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. Bf5 Qb7 18. Ne2 Rad8 19.
Ng3 Nd7 20. Qg4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bf8 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+
 Kh8 24. Nh5 Bd7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Qe2 Qb7 27. Nf4
Kg8 28. Qf3 Re5 29. Rfe1 Qf7 30. Qe2 Qb7 31. Qd3 b5 32.
 Ng6 Re6 33. h4 Red6 34. h5 d4 35. exd4 Rxd4 36. Qe2 Qf7
37. b3 Bd6 38. g3 Rxd1 39. Rxd1 Re8 40. Qg4 Qe6 41. Qf3
 Be7 42. Qb7 Bf6 43. Nf4 Qg4 44. Qd5+ Kh7 45. Kg2 Bd4
46. Rd3 Qc8 47. Rf3 Re5 48. Qf7 Rf5 49. Qg6+ Kg8 50.
  Nd5 Re5 51. Nf6+ Kf8 52. Ne8+ Ke7

 
 
 
1  
 

36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Qf7# 1-0

126. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3


Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. Nxc3 dxc3 9. Re1 Nge7 10.  
Ng5 Ne5 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Ng8 13. Qh4 Nxc4 14. e5 b5
15. Qe4 Rb8 16. Qd4 Kf8 17. e6 Qf6 18. exf7 Qxd4
1
 
 
53. Qd6+ Kxe8 54. Rf8# 1-0
 129. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4
 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nf5 9. Qc4 g6 10.
Nd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Nc3 d5 14. exd6
 Bf6 15. Qc4 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Qd3 a5 18. Qd2 Ba6


19. Rfe1 Qf5 20. f3 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxc3 23.
bxc3 Qd5 24. Qf4 Qd6 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qh4 Rb8 27. h3 Rd8
 28. Re7 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd7 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Rf8+ Ke6 32.
Re8+ Kf7 33. Rf8+ Ke6 34. Qf6+ Kd5 35. Re8 a4
 
  

19. Re8+ Kg7 20. f8=Q# 1-0 
127. 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 d5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Ne2 Nc6

6. c3 Nge7 7. Bg5 Qd7 8. Nd2 Ng6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 Qd8 
11. Nf3 h6 12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. Qd2 c6 14. Ng3 h5 15. f5
exf5 16. Ng5 f4 17. Rxf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Be6 19. Rf1 Qb6 
20. Nf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5 Qc7 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe6 Qe7 24.
Qf5 Kd7 25. Nf8+ Kc7 26. Ng6 Qe8 27. Nxh8 Qxh8 28. 
Qe6 Kb6 29. Qe7 Qh6 30. Qc5+ Ka6 31. b4 b5 32. h3 h4
33. Kh1 Qe6 34. Rf7 Qh6 35. a4 Qe6 36. a5 Qe8

 
 
36. Re5+ Kc4 37. Qxc6# 1-0
  130. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5.
 O-O c6 6. Be2 Bc5 7. d3 Ne7 8. f4 O-O 9. f5 d5 10. Bf3 f6
11. Qe1 Qe8 12. Kh1 Qf7 13. g4 Bd7 14. g5 Rae8 15. Qh4
 fxg5 16. Bxg5 Kh8 17. Nd2 Qg8 18. Bh5 g6 19. Bf6+ Rxf6


20. Qxf6+ Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. f6+ Kh6 23. Bf3 Nc8
24. exd5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Re2 26. Ne4 Bf8 27. Rf2 Re3 28.
 Bxb7 Nb6 29. Rg1 Bh3 30. Rf4 Kh5


1

37. Rxa7+ Rxa7 38. Qb6# 1-0

128. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O


6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 a6
11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Qf3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Re8 15.

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 

31. Rg5+ Kh6 32. Rh4# 1-0

63. Kb3 g2 (63... b4 64. Qxb4# (64. Qc5#)) 64. Qc7# 1-0

131. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 133. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4
e6 6. O-O Qd8 7. c3 c6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Na5 10. bxc3
Nce5 Bf5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Bc2 d6 14. Bg5 Rxe1+
Bd3 Bg4 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Bd4 Qd5 18. 15. Qxe1 f6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19.
Rfe1 O-O-O 19. Re5 Qd6 20. b4 Bh5 21. Qb2 Bg6 22. Be2 Rd1 b6 20. Qh5 g6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Bh6+
Nd5 23. Bf1 f6 24. Ree1 b6 25. Rad1 Rhe8 26. Ba6+ Kb8 Ke7 24. Bg7 Qd6 25. Qh7 Be6 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Rd3
27. a4 Nc7 28. Be2 Qe7 29. Bf3 Nd5 30. a5 b5 31. Bc5 Bxd5 28. Rh3 Qf8 29. Rh6+ Kg5


Qb7 32. a6 Qc7 33. Qb3 Bf7 34. c4 Nb6 35. cxb5 cxb5 36.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 37. Qe3 Nc4 38. Qe4 Rd5 39. Qxh7 Rd2 40.
Qxg7 Rd8 41. Qxf6 Nd2 42. Be3 Nxf3+ 43. Qxf3 e5 44.
Bc5 Qd7 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
30. Qg6+ Kf4 31. Rh4# 1-0
 134. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3

45. Bd6+ Qxd6 (45... Kc8 46. Qa8#) (45... Qc7 46.
Bb4 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 dxc4 10.
Qe2+ Be6 11. fxg7 Rg8 12. O-O Rxg7 13. Rd1 Qf6 14. Rb1
Qb7#) 46. Qb7# 1-0 Qg6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Rxb7 Rc8 17. h4 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Kf8 19.
Qe3 Qf5 20. a4 a6 21. Re1 Rg6 22. Qg3 Qg4 23. Rxc7
132. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Qxg3 24. Nxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rxc8+ Kg7 26. Rxe6 Qxc3 27.
Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Rexc6 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2 29. Rxc4 Qf6 30. Rg4+ Kh6 31.
Qxe7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 Qb4 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 a5 Qe5+ 32. Rg3 Kh5 33. Rg8 Kh6 34. Rg5 Qf4 35. Rd5
N7b6 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. b4 a6 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 Bf5 Qc7 36. Rf5 Qd7 37. Rgf3 Qc7+ 38. Kh3 Qd7 39. g4 Qd1
19. Ra3 Rfe8 20. Rc1 Kf8 21. Kf1 Ke7 22. h3 Kd6 23. Ke2 40. Rf6+ Kg7 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. R3f7+ Kg6
Kc7 24. Ra5 Kd6 25. Kd2 f6 26. Ne1 Re7 27. Nd3 Bxd3 44. h5+ Kg5
28. Kxd3 Rae8 29. Re1 f5 30. f3 Re6 31. Ra2 Rg6 32. b3
Kc7 33. Rae2 Kb6 34. g4 Rf8 35. e4 dxe4+ 36. fxe4 fxg4 37.
Rg1 Rf3+ 38. Re3 Rxe3+ 39. Kxe3 gxh3 40. Rh1 Rg3+ 41.
Kf4 Rxb3 42. Kg4 Rxb4 43. Rxh3 Rxd4 44. Kf5 Kc7 45. e5
Rd7 46. Ke6 Kd8 47. Rf3 Kc8 48. Rf8+ Kc7 49. Rf7 Rxf7
50. Kxf7 c5 51. e6 c4 52. e7 b5 53. e8=Q Kb6 54. Qd8+
Kc5 55. Ke6 Kb4 56. Qd1 c3 57. Kd5 g5 58. Kd4 g4 59.
Qb1+ Ka5 60. Kxc3 g3 61. Qb4+ Kb6 62. Qd6+ Ka5

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  
 
 
1 1
 
 

45. Rg8+ Kh6 46. Rg6# 1-0

49. a4+ Ka5 50. Ra6# 1-0

135. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4 Qe5+ 5. 137. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ne4
Be2 c6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. O-O Bg4 8. d4 e6 9. b5 Bd6 10. h3 6. Nxe4 Bxg5 7. Nxg5 Qxg5 8. g3 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. f4 Qe7
Bf5 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. c4 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. O-O
Nge7 15. a4 O-O 16. Ba3 Qd7 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Na5 a5 16. Rae1 b4 17. f5 exf5 18. g4 fxg4 19. Ng5 g6 20. Rf6
19. Bb5 Qd8 20. Re1 Ng6 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Nd4 a6 23. Kg7 21. Ref1 Be8 22. Qf4 Nd8 23. e6 Ra6 24. Qe5 Kh6 25.
Nxf5 axb5 24. axb5 b6 25. d6 Rd8 26. Qd5 Nf4 27. Qe4 R1f5 fxe6 26. Nf7+ Qxf7


Ne6 28. Ra4 Nc5 29. Ne7+ Kh8

 
 
 
  
 
   
 
 
 

30. Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rh4# 1-0
27. Rh5+ Kg7 28. Rxg6# 1-0

138. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O


136. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10.
Bd3 Nf8 7. Nge2 Ng6 8. Ng3 Nh4 9. Rg1 h6 10. Nf5 Nxf5 h3 O-O 11. f4 d5 12. e5 Ne8 13. f5 c5 14. Nde2 c6 15. Ng3
11. exf5 Nh7 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qg5 15. c4 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Nh5 f6 18. e6 Bc8 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Nf4
Nb5 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Kd8 17. O-O-O f6 18. h4 Bd7 19. Nc3 g6 21. fxg6 f5 22. Qh5 Nf6 23. Bd4 Kg8 24. Bxf6 Rxf6


Ke7 20. b4 Rhc8 21. Kb2 a5 22. a3 c5 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. b5
a4 25. Bc2 d5 26. bxc6 Rxc6 27. Nxd5+ Ke8 28. Bd3 e4 29.
Bxe4 Rb8+ 30. Nb4 Rxc4 31. Rd4 Rc5 32. g4 Nf8 33. Bd5
Bc8 34. Re4+ Kd8 35. Rd1 Bd7 36. Be6 Re5 37. Rxe5 fxe5 
38. Rd5 Ke7 39. Bxd7 Nxd7 40. Ra5 Kd6 41. Rxa4 Nb6 42.
Ra7 Nc4+ 43. Kc3 Nxe3 44. Rxg7 Ra8 45. Rg6+ Kc5 46. 
Rc6+ Kb5 47. Kb3 Nxg4 48. f6 Rf8 
 



 

25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8# 1-0

139. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5


6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 f5 9. c4 Bd6 10. cxd5 Bxf3
11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qe3 Qf6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4+ Kf7
15. Bg5 Qxg5 16. Qxd4 Rhe8 17. Nc3 Kg8 18. Ne4 Qh6

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19. g3 Rad8 20. Qxa7 Bb4 21. Re3 b6 22. Qxc7 Rc8 23.
Qd7 Qg6 24. d6 Rcd8 25. Qc7 Rc8 26. d7 Rxc7 27.
dxe8=Q+ Qxe8 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Re2 Rc4
31. Rd1 Bc5 32. Kg2 Kg6 33. f4 h5 34. Kf3 f5 35. Re6+ Kf7 
36. Re5 Rc2 37. Rxf5+ Kg6 38. Rg5+ Kh6 39. Rd7 Rxb2 40.
Rdg7 Rf2+ 41. Ke4 h4 
 
 
 
 
 
1 
 
40. Qxh7+ Kxh7 41. Rh4# 1-0
 142. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1
 Bd6 6. d4 Ne7 7. Bc4 f6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. e5 fxe5
11. Ne4 Bc7 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qg6

42. R5g6+ Kh5 43. g4# 1-0
15. Bxf4 Qxd6 16. Bxd6 Nf5 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Re1+ Kf8 19.
g4 g5 20. Bxg5 h6 21. Bd2 Ne7 22. Kg2 Nb6 23. Bb3 c5
24. Rhf1 Ke8 25. Ne5 Rh7 26. Ng6 Bxg4 27. Rf8+ Kd7 28.
140. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 Ne5+ Kc7 29. Rxa8 Nxa8 30. Nxg4 Nb6 31. Nf6 Rg7+ 32.
6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Be2 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Kh1 Kc6 33. Re6+ Kb5


Qg6 11. Qd2 e5 12. O-O-O exd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bf6
Qxf6 15. Rhe1+ Be7 16. Bxc6+ Kf8

 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 1
  
34. a4+ Ka6 (34... Nxa4 35. c4#) 35. Bc4# 1-0

17. Qd8+ Bxd8 18. Re8# 1-0 143. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3
Qh5 6. d4 Bg4 7. Bxf4 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Nc6 10.
141. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bxc7 Nxd4 11. O-O-O Ne6


Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4
Bxd4 11. h3 h5 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Nd1 Nf8 14. c3 Ba7 15.
Ne3 Bd7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. Rad1
O-O 20. Kh2 Bb7 21. Rg1 c6 22. Ne3 Qf6 23. Nf5 d5 24. 
Ng3 h4 25. Nh5 Qd6 26. Qg5 exd4+ 27. e5 Qe6 28. cxd4 c5
29. Nxh4 cxd4 30. Rge1 Bb8 31. f4 Qe7 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. 
exf6 Bxf4+ 34. Qxf4 Qxe1 35. Nxg6 Qe4 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37.
Rxd4 Qh7 38. Qh4 Rc4 39. Bxc4 dxc4





  

12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Nd5# 1-0

144. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O


f5 6. Nxe5 fxe4 7. Qh5+ Ke7

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 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 1
  

8. Qf7+ Kd6 9. Nc4# 1-0

36. Rd8+ Kb7 37. Na5# 1-0

145. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 147. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5
Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Qe7 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. dxc3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Qc5
Qg4 g6 11. Qg3 c6 12. Bd3 d6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. O-O Rg8 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Bd3 d5 12. Be3 Qd6 13. Bf4 Qf6 14.
15. Bf4 d5 16. Rfb1 Qd7 17. a4 h5 18. Bg5 Rb8 19. a5 Qxd5 c6 15. Qe4 Be6 16. Re3 Bc5 17. Be5 Qh6 18. Rg3
Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qe7 21. Qe3 Ra8 22. Rb2 g5 23. Rab1 Bc8 Bf8 19. Rd1 O-O-O


24. c4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Rg6 26. Qe4 f5 27. Qd4 Qd7 28. Qc3
Rg7 29. e6 Qe7 30. Qf3 g4 31. Qxf5 Qg5 32. Qe4 Qxa5 33.
Rb3 Qg5 34. Rd3 Re7 35. Rbd1 Bxe6 36. Bxe6 Qf6 37.
Rd6 Kf8 38. Rd8+ Re8 39. Rxa8 Rxa8 40. Qb4+ Qe7 41. 
Qf4+ Ke8 42. Qh6 Qf8

 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 20. Qxc6+ bxc6 21. Ba6# 1-0

  148. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Nd7


6. Nc3 Be7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Ng3 g6 9. Bh6 Re8 10. c3 Bf8

43. Qg6+ Ke7 (43... Qf7 44. Qxf7#) 44. Rd7# 1-0
11. Bg5 f6 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Bd3 Bg7 15.
Qc2 Ne7 16. Nd2 Be6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 d5 19. Rae1 c6
20. e5 f5 21. Nf3 Qd7 22. Ng5 Bg8 23. Bc1 Rac8 24. Ne2
146. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 Nbd7 4. e3 c6 5. c3 Qc7 c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Nf4 a6 27. Rf3 Nc6 28. e6 Qc8 29.
6. Nbd2 e5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. Bh4 Ndf6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 h6 Nxg6+ hxg6 30. Rh3+ Bh6 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Rxh6+ Kg7
11. g4 g5 12. gxh5 gxh4 13. Qa4 Be7 14. O-O-O Nxh5 15. 33. Qxf5 Kxh6


Qe4 Be6 16. Bc4 Nf6 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxc4 19.
Ndxc4 Ne4 20. Rd4 f5 21. Rg1 c5 22. Rd7 b5 23. Na5 Nxf2
24. Rg7 Bg5 25. Nb7 Ne4 26. Nd6+ Nxd6 27. Rxd6 Bxe3+
28. Kc2 Bf4 29. Re6+ Kd8 30. Rd7+ Kc8 31. Rc6+ Kb8 32. 
Ng6 Rc8 33. Rf6 Bg3 34. Ne7 Rc7 35. Nc6+ Kc8


 





34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Bh6# 1-0

149. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nge7 4. Bc4 Ng6 5. d4


Be7 6. Be3 d6 7. h3 f5 8. dxe5 Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10.

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
Bb3 c6 11. O-O fxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Qh5+ Nf7 14. Rad1
g6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Ng5 O-O 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bh6 Re8
19. Rxd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kf6 21. Qe3 Bf5 22. Qd4+ Qe5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1
 
  39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 (39... Kh7 40. Qg7#) 40. Rd8# 1-0


23. Qh4+ g5 24. Qxg5# 1-0
152. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6.
h4 h6 7. hxg5 hxg5 8. Rxh8 Bxh8 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qd3 Qe7
11. Na3 a6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Na5 14. Re1 Nxc4 15.
150. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 Qxc4 O-O-O 16. b4 f6 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5
6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bg5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 c6 20. Qa5 Kb8 21. Kc2 Qd7 22. Rb1 Ne7 23. Rb3 Nc8 24.
Qxe7 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 c4 b6 25. Qa6 Qb7 26. Qa3 Re8 27. Kd3 Kc7 28. c5 dxc5
Qc5 15. e3 O-O 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Rd7 18. Qe2 b5 19. 29. dxc5 b5 30. Nd4 Qa7 31. Ba5+ Kd7 32. Rxb5 Qa6 33.
Rd4 Rad8 20. g4 b4 21. Rc1 Qa5 22. f4 g6 23. Rf1 Rc7 24. Bc3 Qxa3


f5 Bc8 25. Qf2 Qc5 26. Qh4 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Bxd5
Rde8 29. e6 fxe6 30. Bxc4 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Kh8 32. Re5 Rc7
33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Rf4 Rd7 35. Kg3 Rb7 36. Ba6 Rb6 37.
Rg5+ Kh8 38. Bxc8 Rxc8 39. Rf7 Rg8 40. Rc5 a6 41. Rcc7 
Rd8 42. Rxh7+ Kg8 43. h4 b3 44. h5 bxa2 45. h6 a1=Q

 
  
  
 1
 
 
 
 34. Rb7+ Kd8 35. Nxc6# 1-0

 153. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Ne4 f5


6. Ng5 Be7 7. N5f3 c6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Ngf3 b6 10. Bd3

46. Rcg7+ Kf8 47. Rh8# 1-0
Bb7 11. O-O Re8 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. Qe2 c5 15.
Nf7 Kxf7 16. Qxe6+ Kg6

151. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nf3 c6 4. d4 Qc7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. 


dxe5 dxe5 7. a3 Nf6 8. b4 O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11.
Ne1 Rd8 12. Nd3 Nf8 13. Qe2 Ng6 14. f4 exf4 15. e5 Nd5 
16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 Be6 19. Nb5 Qb6+
20. Bd4 Qa6 21. c4 Qc6 22. c5 a5 23. Nd6 axb4 24. axb4 
Rxa1+ 25. Bxa1 b6 26. Bd4 bxc5 27. Bxc5 Ra8 28. h3 Bg5
29. Rf1 d4 30. Bxd4 Ra2 31. Bb2 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Qxb4 33.
 
Rb1 Bd2 34. Ne4 Bf5 35. Rd1 Bf4 36. Nf6+ gxf6 37. exf6 

Rxb2 38. Qe8+ Qf8



 

17. g4 Be4 (17... Bxf3 18. Bxf5#) 18. Nh4# 1-0

154. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3


Qa5 6. Qc2 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. h4 e5 10. O-O-O
b5 11. h5 bxc4 12. Bxc4 e4 13. hxg6 d5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.

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dxe5 Ng4 16. Rxd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 h6 18. Qxe4 Bxe5 19. 36. fxg6+ Ke7 37. Re3# 1-0
gxf7+ Kg7 20. Bxh6+ Kxf7 21. Qh7+ Ke6

 157. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6


6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 Be6 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Ne2 Ne7 10. Bg5
 c6 11. Ba4 Nd7 12. c3 f6 13. Bh4 Nc5 14. Bc2 d5 15. b4
Na6 16. Bb3 Ng6 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. h3 Bf7
  20. h4 d4 21. h5 Nf8 22. a3 dxc3 23. Nh4 Ne6 24. Nf5 Qd7
25. O-O-O Nd4 26. Nexd4 Bxd4 27. Bh4 Nc7 28. Bxf6
 gxf6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Nxf7 Rf8 31. h6+ Kg6 32. Qe2 f5

 
 
 
 
  
 

22. Qe7+ Kf5 23. Bd3# 1-0

155. 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb4 6.


Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Bb7 10.  
O-O-O a5 11. Rhg1 Na6 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5
exf3 15. gxf3 Rf7 16. Bxg7 Rxg7 17. Rxg7+ Kxg7 18. Rg1+
  
Kf6 19. Qc3+ Ke7 20. Qe5+ Kf8 21. Qf5+ Ke8 22. Rg8+
Ke7

33. Qh5+ Kf6 34. Qg5# 1-0

 158. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O


  Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Nc3 Nxa4 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5+ Be7
10. Nd5 O-O 11. Nxe7+ Kh8 12. Qh5 d6
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
23. Qe5+ ( { The game instead continued } 23. Rg7+ Ke8 $2
(23... Kd6 $1) 24. Qf7#) 23... Kf7 24. Qg7# 1-0 
156. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Nd7 
13. Qxh7+ Kxh7 14. Rh5# 1-0
6. O-O Be7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. c3 Bf6 9. Ng3 a6 10. Bc4 exd4
11. Nxd4 Nce5 12. Be2 Re8 13. Be3 Ng6 14. f4 Ne7 15.
Qd2 c5 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Rad1 Be7 18. h3 Bf8 19. Ng5 Qc7 159. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7
20. Bc4 Nd8 21. f5 Ne5 22. Bd5 Bd7 23. Nh5 Bc6 24. Qf2 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 Ne8 9. Bf4 f5 10. c5 Ndf6
Bxd5 25. exd5 h6 26. Ne4 Nd7 27. Qh4 f6 28. Rf3 Nf7 29. 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nf6 14. h4 Nd7 15. Qf2
Rg3 Ng5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Nxg5 fxg5 32. Qxg5 Ne5 33. Bf6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. g4 fxg4 18. fxg4 Qf7 19. g5 Bxd4
Rf1 Rad8 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Qg6+ Nxg6 20. h5 Be5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bg6 Qe7 23. Bxe5 Rxf2 24.


h6 Qxg5








 

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Rd8 24. Rd1 c4 25. Qf1 Bf5 26. Rd2 Qg6 27. Qe2 Bc5 28.
g4 d3 29. cxd3 Bxd3 30. Qf3 Bb6 31. Kh2 Bxf2 32. Qxf2
 Qe4 33. Rd1 b4 34. Re1 Qd5 35. Bd2 Qb5 36. Qe3 c3 37.
bxc3 b3 38. e6 b2 39. exf7+ Kh7 40. Qe7 b1=Q 41. Qxd8
 Qc2

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
25. hxg7+ Kg8 26. Rh8# 1-0

160. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+
gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O Qxb2 10.

Rb1 Qxa2 11. Rxb7 Nb6 12. Qa1 Qxa1 13. Rxa1 Nc8 14. 
42. Qg8+ Kg6 43. Re6# 1-0
d5 Bd7 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Rc7 Bd7 17. Nd4 Kd8 18. Rb7
Nd6 19. Raxa7 Rxa7 20. Rxa7 e5 21. Nb3 Nc8 22. Ra6 Be7
23. c4 Kc7 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. Bd2 Be6 26. Ba5+ Kd7 163. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4


6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Kf1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Bxc3 10. bxc3
O-O 11. Ng5 Nce7 12. h4 c6 13. Ba3 Be6 14. Bd3 Nf6 15.
 Qc2 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Re1 Kf7 19. Rh3
Rfe8 20. g4 Ned5 21. Qf3 Rh8 22. c4 Nc7 23. Qf4 g5 24.
 Qg3 gxh4 25. Qf4 Rag8 26. Rxh4 b6 27. Rxh6 Rxh6 28.
Qxh6 Qxd4
  
 
 
 
 
 

27. Bc6+ Kd6 28. c5# 1-0 
161. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxd4

Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Ne8 10.
f4 Bf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Qxd4+ 13. Bxd4 Be7 14. Nc3
1
c5 15. Nd5 cxd4 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Bxf7 Nc7 18. Rf4 Be6 
29. Bg6+ Rxg6 30. Qf8# 1-0

 164. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O d6
6. c3 dxc3 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Qxc3 b6 9. b4 Bb7 10. Bb2
 O-O-O 11. Nbd2 Kb8 12. a4 Ne5 13. b5 Nf6 14. a5 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 Be7 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qa3 Qg4 18. Bxf7 Qf4 19.
 Be6 Nd7 20. Qa7+ Kc8 21. Nc4 d5 22. Be5 Qxe4

 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Ng6+ hxg6 20. Rh4# 1-0

162. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. a4 Na5 10. Nbd2

Nxb3 11. Nxb3 c5 12. Re1 Be7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8
Qxa8 15. Qe2 Qc6 16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 h6 18. h3 O-O
 
19. Nh2 Ra8 20. Ng4 Ra2 21. Bc1 d4 22. f4 Ra8 23. Nf2 
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23. Nxb6+ cxb6 24. Qb8# 1-0

165. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6


6. e5 Qe7 7. Be2 Ng8 8. Nf3 b6 9. O-O h6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. 
Nd5 Qd8 12. e6 d6 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Ng5+ hxg5 15. Bh5+
Rxh5 16. Qxh5+ Ke6 17. Bxg5 Be7 18. Qg4+ Kxd5 19.

Qf3+ Kc4 20. Qd3+ Kd5 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
 
20. Ba7+ Ka8 (20... Kc8 21. Qxc7#) 21. Nxc7# 1-0

 168. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3


Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. a3 c6 10. Nh4
  Bg4 11. f3 Nd5 12. fxg4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxh4 14. g3 Bg5
15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. Bd3 Bf6 18. Qf3 Na4 19.

21. c4+ Ke6 22. Qf5# (22. Qh3#) 1-0
Ba1 Rb8 20. Rb4 Nb6 21. Qe4 g6 22. Rb3 Qd5 23. Rf1
Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Kg7 25. Bd3 Rfd8 26. h4 Nd5 27. Rf3 h6
28. Rb1 Be7 29. Rbf1 Rf8 30. Bb2 Nf6 31. g5 hxg5 32.
166. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. c5 Nc6 5. Nf3 b6 6. hxg5 Nd5 33. c4 Nc7 34. d5+ Kg8 35. Be5 Bc5+ 36. Kg2
cxb6 cxb6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. e3 Bxf4 9. exf4 b5 10. Bd3 Qb6 Rbc8 37. Rh1 f6 38. gxf6 exd5
11. O-O Bd7 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Ra1 O-O 15.
h3 Nb4 16. Bb1 Nc6 17. Qe3 b4 18. Ne2 Ne7 19. g4 Bb5 
20. Re1 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Rfe8 22. Ne5 Ng6 23. Bd3 Rac8 24.
Kh2 Rc7 25. Kg3 Qb6 26. h4 Nf8 27. h5 Rec8 28. f3 a5 29. 
h6 g6 30. f5 Qd6 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. f4 a4 33. a3 b3 34. Nf3
N6d7 35. Ng5 Nb6 36. Kh3 Nc4 37. Qf2 Re7 38. Rc1 Rec7

39. Rce1 Re7 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Rxe7 Qxh6+ 43.
Qh4 Qxh4+ 44. Kxh4 Ng6+ 45. Kg3 f4+ 46. Kh3 Nxe7 47.

Rxe7 Nxb2 48. Bf5 Rc3+ 49. Kh4 Nc4 50. Be6+ Kf8 51. 
Rf7+ Ke8

  
 1
   
 
 39. f7+ Rxf7 40. Rh8# 1-0

 169. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O Nf6 6.


 d3 Be7 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. a3 Nd4 11.
Qf2 a6 12. Be3 Ne6 13. f5 Nc5 14. g4 c6 15. Ba2 Ncd7 16.
 g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nh7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Kh2 Kh8 20.
Rg1 g5 21. Qe2 Ndf6 22. Raf1 Rg8 23. Nd1 Rg7 24. Ne3
 Rag8 25. b4 b5 26. Bb3 Rd8 27. Qf3 Rdg8 28. a4 g4 29.
hxg4 Ng5 30. Qg3 Rh7+ 31. Kg2 Rh3 32. Rh1 Rxh1 33.

52. Bd7+ Kd8 53. Ne6# 1-0
Rxh1+ Nfh7 34. axb5 axb5 35. Rh6 Qa7 36. Rxd6 Re8 37.
Rxc6 Qa1 38. Rb6 Qc1 39. Rxb5 f6 40. Qf2 Ra8 41. Qe2
Ra1 42. Rb8+ Kg7
167. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 5.
Kxf2 Nxe5 6. d4 Ng6 7. e5 d6 8. Bd3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qh4+
10. g3 Qd4+ 11. Be3 Qxe5 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nb5 Qf6+ 14.
Kg1 O-O-O 15. Nxa7+ Kb8 16. Qd2 N8e7 17. Qa5 Ne5 18.
Nb5 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Bd5

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 
 
 
 1
 
 
 1 
 

43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Rg6# 1-0

60. c7+ Kb7 61. c8=Q# 1-0

170. 1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 172. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7
6. f4 Nf6 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Na3 a5 11. 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 c6 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 b5 11.
Nc4 a4 12. Bd4 b5 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. c4 bxc4 15. bxc4 Nb4 Nd2 b4 12. Ncb1 exd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Be3 Bb7 15. g5
16. Bc3 a3 17. d4 N8a6 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. c5 Bf6 20. Rb3 Ne8 16. Rg1 f5 17. exf5 Bd8 18. f6 gxf6 19. g6 Ne5 20. f4
Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qa5 22. Rfb1 Rb7 23. Qd2 Rfb8 24. Bf1 Qc7 Nf3 21. Nxf3 Bxf3 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Rg8+ Rxg8 24.
25. Bxb4 Nxb4 26. Rxb4 Qa5 27. Rxb7 Qxd2 28. Rxb8+ hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Ra7
Kf7 29. Bc4 Qxd4 30. Bb3 Qxc5 31. Rb7 Qxe5 32. Rxd7+ 28. f5 Qh7 29. Qf3 Be7 30. Rg1 Ng7 31. Rg6 Qh5 32. Qg2
Kf6 33. Rbd1 c5 34. R7d6 Qc3 35. Rxe6+ Kg5 36. Re3 Qb4 Nxf5


37. Rc1 f4 38. Re5+ Kh6 39. Rexc5 fxg3 40. hxg3 g6 41.
R1c4 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 g5 43. Rc6+ Kg7 44. Rc7+ Kf6 45.
R4c6+ Kf5 46. Rf7+ Kg4

 
  
  
  
 
  
 
1 
 33. Rg8+ Kf7 34. Qd5# 1-0


47. f3+ Kh5 48. Rxh7# 1-0
173. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6.
Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. b3 Nf8 10. Bb2 Bg4
11. Nd2 exd4 12. exd4 d5 13. h3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bd7 15. Nf3
171. 1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O Qc8 16. Kh2 Nh5 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. Ng3 Nhf4 19. Rae1
6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 e6 9. d4 Ne4 10. Na4 d6 11. Nxg2 20. Kxg2 Nf4+ 21. Kh2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bxh3 23. Qd2
dxc5 Bxb2 12. Nxb2 dxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfd1 Nd4 15. Qg4 24. Be2 Bg2 25. Qe3 Nxe2 26. Kxg2 Nf4+ 27. Kg1
Kf1 Kf8 16. Na4 b6 17. e3 Nc6 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Ng5 Bh6 28. Nh2 Qg5 29. Qf3 Qf6 30. Ng4 Nh3+ 31. Kg2
Bb7 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nc3 Nc6 23. Rd1 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Bf4 33. Rh1 Bxg3 34. Rxh3 f5 35. Nf6+
Ke7 24. Nxe4 h6 25. f4 Nb4 26. Rd2 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 Kf7 36. Rxh7+ Kxf6 37. Kxg3 Rc8


28. Nc3 Ke7 29. Ke2 Kf6 30. Ne4+ Ke7 31. a3 Nc6 32.
Kd3 e5 33. Nc3 Ke6 34. Nd5 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. g4 Na5
37. Nc3 Kf6 38. b4 cxb4 39. axb4 Nc6 40. Nd5+ Ke6 41.
Ke4 Nd8 42. Nc7+ Kd7 43. Nb5 a6 44. Nc3 Ke6 45. Nd5 
a5 46. b5 Kd6 47. Kd3 Ne6 48. Nxb6 Nc5+ 49. Kc2 a4 50.
Kb2 Nd3+ 51. Ka3 Nf2 52. h3 Nxh3 53. Kb4 Nf2 54. c5+  
Kc7 55. Nd5+ Kb8 56. c6 a3 57. b6 a2 58. Ne7 Nd3+ 59.
Kb5 a1=Q







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
38. d5+ Kg5 39. f4# 1-0

174. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. d4


Nxe4 6. O-O Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bxc3 8. dxe5 Bxa1 9. Bg5 f6 10. 
Qd5 Rf8 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Re1+ Ne7 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 
 
  
 
 
  
   
 
 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 (22... Kh8 23. Nxf7#) 23. Qxf7# 1-0

 177. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Bg5 Be6


6. h3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Bxc4 8. dxc4 Nb6 9. b3 Bb4 10. O-O

14. Qg8+ Rf8 15. Bf7# 1-0
h6 11. Bc1 g5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nc8 14. Qe2 c6 15. f4
gxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5+ Kf8 19. Rxf4 Qd6
20. Qxf6 Qxf6 21. Rxf6 Kg7 22. Raf1 Rf8 23. Ne4 a6 24.
175. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 Ng3 Ne7 25. Nh5+ Kg8 26. Rxh6 Ng6
6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3
Nxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. e4 exd4 15. 
cxd4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. a4 Qb4 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. Ra1
Rfd8 20. Rfb1 Rab8 21. d5 Bd7 22. Ne5 Rbc8 23. Nxd7 
Rxd7 24. dxc6 Rxc6 25. Qe2 Rcd6 26. Bb5 Rd2 27. Qe3
Rd8 28. e5 Nd5 29. Qe1 Nc3 30. Rc1 a6 31. Bc4 Qb4 32.

e6 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Re1 Rf8 35. f3 b5 36. axb5 axb5
37. Bf1 Nd1 38. Qe5 Rfd8 39. Ra7 Rg8 40. Ra6 Qh4 41. h3

b4 42. Re4 Qf2+ 43. Kh2 Kh7 44. Qf5+ Kh8 45. Qe5 Kh7 
46. Qf5+ Kh8 47. Rxh6+ gxh6 48. Qf6+ Rg7 49. Re8+ Kh7
50. Qf5+ Rg6 51. Re7+ Kh8 
 
 
  
 
27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Rh7# 1-0
 

178. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nc3 e5
6. d5 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 c6 9. O-O cxd5 10. Nxd5
 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd7 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Qc7 14. Be3 Qe5
15. Rf3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qd2 f5 18. Bc4 Ne4 19.
 d6+ Kh8

 
 
52. Qf8+ Rg8 53. Qxh6# 1-0

176. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nf4 5. Qf3
e5 6. g3 Ne6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. d4

exd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Nf3 a6 
15. Ne4 Bf8 16. h4 Qc8 17. c3 Na5 18. Bd3 c5 19. Ne5
Ba4 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qh5 Bg7 
 



20. Ng6+ hxg6 21. Rh3# 1-0

179. 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6.


e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Ne4 9. O-O Bb4 10. Nxe4
Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. f4 c5 13. d5 Qe7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e4
O-O-O 16. a5 Nf6 17. e5 Ne8 18. a6 b6 19. Qf3 Nc7

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 182. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3


d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Bf3 Qc7
 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qe1 Bb7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. Qf2 c5 15. e5
Ne8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. f5 Qc8 18. f6 Nxf6 19. exf6 Bxf6
 20. Ne4 Bd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Ng5 Qxc2
24. Nxe6 Rg8 25. Rxd4 Qxb2 26. Rh4 Qd2 27. Nf4 h6 28.
 Ng6+ Kh7 29. Qf5 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qe8

 
 
  
 
   
 

20. Qb7+ Kd7 21. Bb5# 1-0

180. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6.


Bd3 f5 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Nxg6 Ndf6 10. Qh4 Rg8 
11. Nxf8 Kxf8 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rxg2 14. O-O-O Kf7
15. Rhg1 Qg8 16. Rxg2 Qxg2 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qg4 19.
 1
Qh6 Qg6 20. Qe3 Bd7 21. Rg1 Ng4 22. Qf4 Ne5 23. Rg3
Nxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Ke7 25. Rg3 Qf7 26. Qh4+ Ke8 27. Bb4

31. Nf8+ Kh8 32. Qh7# 1-0
Bc8

 183. 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O cxd4


6. Nxd4 Ne7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. Be3 Bc5 9. Qh5 O-O 10. Rad1
 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 e5 13. Bc4 Kh8 14. Rd6 Qe7
15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. R6d3 Rf7 19.
 Nd5 Qc5 20. Rh3+ Kg8 21. Nxf6+ Kf8 22. Rh8+ Ke7 23.
Re8+ Rxe8
 
 
 
 
 
 

28. Rg8+ Kd7 (28... Qxg8 29. Qe7#) 29. Qd8# 1-0 
181. 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Be7 5. Bd3 Bg5 6. 
Nd2 f5 7. h4 Bh6 8. g4 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 Qe7 10. Qc2 Qf7
11. Nh3 h6 12. gxf5 exf5 13. O-O-O Nge7 14. Nf4 Be6 15.
 
Rdg1 g6 16. Rxg6 Nxg6 17. Nxe6 Qe7 18. Bxf5 Nxh4 19.
Bg6+ Nxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kd7 21. Nc5+ Kc8 22. Qf5+ Kb8

24. Rxd7+ Kf8 25. Rxf7# 1-0
23. Nd7+ Kc8 24. Nb6+ Kb8 25. Bg5 Qg7 26. Bf6 Qf7 27.
Nd7+ Kc8 28. Nc5+ Kb8 29. Rxh6 Rxh6 30. Nd7+ Kc8 184. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 Nb8 8. Qe2 d6 9. h3 Kh8 10. c4 Ng8
11. Nh2 f5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 fxe4 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. g4
 Nbd7 16. Bc2 Nc5 17. Rae1 a5 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. g5 Ng8
20. Nxe4 Qe8 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Rxf8 Bxf8 23. Qf3 Ne7 24.
 h4 Kg8 25. h5 Qd8 26. g6 Nc8 27. Ng4 Nd6 28. Nh6+ Kh8
29. Qf7 Nxf7 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. gxh7+ Kxf7 32. Rf1+ Bf5
 33. Rxf5+ Ke8 34. Re5+ Kf7

 





31. Nb6+ Kb8 32. Qc8# 1-0

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 187. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3


Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10.
 Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qh5+ Kg8 12. Re1 Nf8 13. Rxe6 Nxe6 14.
Bc4 Qd6 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Re1 Bc8 17. Qe8 Bd7 18. Rxe6
 Rxe8 19. Rxe8+ Be6

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
35. Bg6+ Kf6 36. Re6# 1-0

185. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. g3 Nc6
6. d5 Nd8 7. h3 Bd7 8. Nc3 g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11.

g4 b6 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nde2 h5 14. f3 Nb7 15. Qc2 a6 16.
Nc1 Qe8 17. Nd3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Be2 c6 20. dxc6

20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. Rxf8# 1-0
Bxc6 21. Nb4 Rd8 22. Nbd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 b5 24. b4 Ncd7
25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxa6 Rb8 27. Nxa4 Ra8 28. Bb7 Rb8 29. 188. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O
Bc6 Qd8 30. b5 Ne8 31. gxh5 gxh5 32. O-O f5 33. exf5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 b6
Rxf5 34. Qc2 Kg6 35. Kh1 Kf6 36. Rg1 Bf8 37. Bg5+ Rxg5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Ne5 c4 14. Bf5 a6 15. a4
38. Rxg5 Kxg5 39. Rg1+ Kf6 Qc7 16. f4 Bb4 17. g4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Ne4 20.
 Rf3 g5 21. Bg3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Kg7 23. Rdf1 Re7 24. Qf2
Rh8 25. Bc2 Bc8 26. Rf6 Rg8 27. Rxh6 Kxh6
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
1 

40. Qg6+ Ke7 41. Qe6# 1-0  
186. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4

28. Qf6+ Rg6 29. Qh8# 1-0
6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Ne3 Nf6 8. Ned5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qf7 10.
Bc4 c6 11. Ne3 d5 12. Bb3 Be6 13. O-O Bd6 14. f4 Qc7 189. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3
15. c4 Bxf4 16. cxd5 Bxe3+ 17. Bxe3 cxd5 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Ng3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10.
Qg5 Rg8 20. Rf6 Bc8 21. Qxd5 Rg7 22. Raf1 Bf5 23. R1xf5 Qe2 c5 11. c3 Re8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Ne5
gxf5 24. Qe6+ Re7 Rac8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Nh5 g6 18. Nxf6+
 Qxf6 19. Be4 Qe7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. Nc4
Red8 23. d5 Qb7 24. d6 Nd7 25. Rd3 b5 26. Ne3 c4 27.
 Rd2 Nc5 28. Nd5 Nd3 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Qf6 Ke8 31. Nxc8
Nxe1

 






25. Rf8+ Kxf8 26. Qg8# 1-0

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
19. Qg5+ Kxf7 20. Rh7 Rg8 21. Rd4 Qxc5 22. Rxd7+ Bxd7
23. Ne4 Qb4 24. Nd6+ Kf8
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

32. d7+ Rxd7 33. Qh8# 1-0


25. Qf6+ gxf6 26. Rf7# 1-0
190. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5
Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 h6
11. Bh4 Bb7 12. O-O Re8 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. h3 a6 15. Qb3 193. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5
Ne6 16. Bf5 Nd7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 a5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nge2 h6 10. h4
20. f4 Ba6 21. Rf3 Ra7 22. Qc2 Bh4 23. Qg6 Rf7 24. Rc2 Re8 11. Bf4 a6 12. O-O-O c5 13. g4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15.
Qe7 25. Nd1 Bf6 26. Rg3 Bxe5 27. dxe5 d4 28. Rxc6 Qb4 g5 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Nh5 17. gxh6 Nxf4 18. exf4 g6 19. h5
29. Qc2 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Be2 31. Rxe6 Rd8 32. Rxh6 d3 33. Kh7 20. hxg6+ fxg6 21. Rg3 Rg8 22. Rhg1 Qb6 23. Nxd5
Qb3 Bxd1 34. Qxb6 Re8 35. Qg6 Ba4 36. e6 Rxe6 37. Qxd4 24. Rxg6 Qc5


Qh7+ Kf8 38. Rxe6 Rd7

 
 
   
  
 
 
  
 
 

39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qe8# 1-0
25. Rg7+ Kxh6 (25... Kh8 26. Rxg8# (26. Rh7#)) 26.
Rh7# 1-0

191. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 194. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3
h6 6. Ba3 Nd7 7. Qe2 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Ngf6 9. Bd3 b6 Be7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O


Nbd7 11. b4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb2 Rc8
15. Bh3 Ne6 16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Nb3 Rce8 19.
 Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. e3 Qh3 23.
Qf3 Ne4 24. Rfd1 Bg5 25. Qf5 Qh6 26. f4 Bd8 27. Qxd5
 Bb6 28. Nf5 Qh3 29. Bxg7 Nxg3 30. Nh6+ Kxg7

 
 
 
 
   
  
 
10. Qxe6+ fxe6 (10... Qe7 11. Qxe7#) 11. Bg6# 1-0

192. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6
Bxf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. e5 Be7 9. h4 c5 10. Bxh7+
  
Kxh7 11. Ng5+ Kg8 12. Qh5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 Kf8 14. g6 
31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qf6# 1-0
Ke7 15. gxf7 Rf8 16. O-O-O a6 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. Rxd5 Qa5

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195. 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 


6. c3 c5 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Rd8 10. Ndf3 h6
11. O-O-O Nf8 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. g4 Bd7 14. h4 Be8 15. g5 
Nh5 16. gxh6 Nxf4 17. exf4 gxh6 18. Rdg1+ Kh8 19. f5 exf5
20. Qd2 Rd6 21. Nd4 Rf6 22. Nxf5 Bd6 23. Nxh6 Ng6 24.

Nhxf7+ Bxf7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bxg6 Bxe5 
 
 
 
 
 
 

31. Re7+ Kd8 32. Rf8# 1-0

 198. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6.


O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11.
  b4 Be7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nbd2 Rfd8 15. Rac1
Rac8 16. Bb1 Qb8 17. Nb3 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 e5 19. Nc5

27. Bh7+ Kh8 28. Qg7# 1-0
Rd8 20. Qc2 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Rd5 22. Qc2 g6 23. Ba2 Rd7
24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qe8 26. Ng5 Nd8 27. Qd6 Nd7
28. h4 Kg7 29. f4 f6 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Ne6+ Nxe6 32. Bxe6
196. 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nf8
c4 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 g6 9. Nc3 Qc8 10. Nxd5 Bg7 11.
Bg5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 O-O 13. Qd2 d6 14. Be7 Re8 15. Bxd6 
Ba6 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Bf4 Bc4 18. e4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Na6
20. d6 Rad8 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nb4 23. Qd2 Bf6 24. 
Nf3 Nc6 25. Qd5+ Kg7 26. Rad1 h6 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28.
Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Qxe5+ Kh7 31. Qf6 Re8 32.

Rd3 Re6 33. Qf4 Kg7 34. h4 Qc6 35. Kh2 Re1 36. Rf3 Qe8
37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Qf7+ Qxf7 39. Rxf7+ Kg8 40. d7 Kxf7 41.

d8=Q Re2 42. Qd7+ Kf6 43. Qd6+ Kf7 44. Qd5+ Ke7 45. 
Kg2 h5 46. Kf3 Re1 47. Qb7+ Kf6 48. Qxa7 Re6 49. a4
Ke5 50. a5 bxa5 51. Qxc5+ Kf6 52. Qxa5 Re5 53. Qc7 Rf5+ 
54. Kg2 g5 55. hxg5+ Kxg5 56. b4 h4

 
 
 
 33. Qxe5+ Kh6 34. Qg5# 1-0

 199. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6


6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. Qc2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Rd1
Bd7 11. h3 Qc8 12. Kh2 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. b3 Rb8
 15. Be3 a6 16. Rac1 b6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
cxd5 Qb7 20. Bh6 Rfc8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qe3 Kf8 23.
1 Qh6+ Kg8 24. Rd4 Rxc1 25. Rh4 f5 26. Qxh7+ Kf8

 
 
57. Qg7+ ( { White instead played } 57. Qe7+ Kg4 $2 ( {
Black can play on for a while after } 57... Kg6) 58. Qxh4#) 57...
 
Kh5 58. g4# 1-0 
197. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 f5 6. 
Bd3 Qf6 7. Qc2 Nh6 8. O-O Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4 fxe4
11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qf8 13. Re1 Kd8 14. d5 c5 15. b4 
Ng4 16. Bg5+ Ngf6 17. Rac1 b6 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Nxd6
Qxd6 20. Rxe5 cxd4 21. Bf4 d3 22. Qd2 Qd7 23. d6 Re8

24. Rc7 Qg4 25. f3 Qg6 26. Rg5 Re2 27. Rxg6 Rxd2 28. 

Rgxg7 Rc2 29. Rcf7 Ke8 30. Rxf6 d2


27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Rh7# 1-0

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200. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 h6


6. Bh4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qe2 c5 9. c3 Re8 10. h3 Qb6 
11. b3 a6 12. O-O Qa5 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 dxc4 15. Nxc4
Qd8 16. Nfe5 Nb6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qe4 Nxc4 19. Qh7+ 
Kf8 20. bxc4 Qxd4 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Bg6+ Ke7 23. Bxe8
Kxe8 24. Qg8+ Ke7 25. Rad1 Qb6 26. c5 Qc7 27. Rd6 Be5
 
28. Rfd1 Qxc5 29. Rd8 Kf6 30. Rf8+ Kg6 31. Qf7+ Kg5 32.
g4 g6 33. h4+ Kxg4 34. Qxg6+ Kxh4 35. Qxh6+ Kg4 36.

Rg8+ Kf5 
  
  
 
 
 
39. Qh3+ Kg6 40. Qxh7# 1-0

 203. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4
Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. c3 O-O 9. Qc2 Be7 10.
 O-O-O c6 11. h4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd3 g6 14. h5
Kg7 15. Rh2 Rg8 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Qh6 Bg7
  

37. Qg6+ Kf4 38. Qg4# 1-0 
201. 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nge2 Be7 6.

Ng3 a6 7. a4 h5 8. Be2 g6 9. Nf1 Nbd7 10. Ne3 Nf8 11. a5
h4 12. Nc4 Nh5 13. Na4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Nab6 Rb8

16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Nh7 18. Qxf4 O-O 19. O-O h3 20. 
g3 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Qg4 Kg7 23. Rae1 Qc7 24. f4 Rbf8
25. Qxh3 R5f7 26. Qd7 Qxd7 27. Nxd7 Rh8 28. Ndb6 Nf6 
29. Re6 Ng4 30. Ne3 Nf6 31. Nbc4 Rd8 32. f5 g5 33. c3
Kf8 34. Kg2 Rh7 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Ng4 Ng8 37. f6 Bf8 38. 
Nce3 Nh6 39. Nxh6+ Rxh6 40. Ng4 Rh8 41. Kf3 Rb8 42.
Ke4 b6 43. axb6 Rxb6 44. Re2 Rb5 45. Kf5 c4 46. Re7+

Bxe7 47. Rxe7+ Kf8 48. Ra7 Rb8 49. Rxa6 Rh7 50. Rxd6
Rxb2
 

 18. Qxh7+ Kxh7 19. hxg6# 1-0

 204. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6


 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3 Re8 9. e4 c6 10. Qd2 Nh5 11.
Ba3 Bf8 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. a4 Bf8 15. h3 Ng7
 16. Ba3 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Nb5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Ne6 20.
Rfd1 a6 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. f4
1 f6 25. h4 Kg7 26. Rf1 Nb8 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Kh2 Nc6 29.


Rdf6 Be6 30. Bh3 Bg8 31. Bd7 Red8 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33.
Rxc6 Rab8 34. Rc7+ Kh8 35. Be7 Be6 36. Bf6+ Kg8 37.
 Bxe5 d3

 
 
 
51. Rd8+ Kf7 52. Ne5# 1-0 
202. 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. 
e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4
11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 Qe7 13. Nd4 Qxc5 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bb2 
Rfd8 16. Qg4 Bg6 17. Qg3 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxd4
Qa5 20. Rc1 Bd2 21. Rd1 a6 22. h4 Rd8 23. h5 Qxh5 24. 
Rxd2 e5 25. Be2 Qf5 26. Bd3 Qc8 27. Qxe5 f6 28. Qa5 b6
29. Bxb6 Re8 30. Bc4+ Bf7 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qc5 Qa8

33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Qc7 Rg8 35. Qg3+ Kh6 36. Qf4+ Kg6
37. Qg4+ Kh6 38. e4 g5
 

38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rxg6# 1-0

205. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Qb3


Qc7 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Bxf5 exf5 9. Qc2 g6 10. cxd5

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
Nxd5 11. O-O O-O-O 12. a3 h5 13. b4 N7f6 14. Nb3 Ne4
15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Rac1 Kb8 17. Nc5 Rde8 18. a4 Qe7 19.
b5 cxb5 20. axb5 g5 21. Qa2 Nb6 22. Ra1 Nc8 23. b6 g4 24.
bxa7+ Ka8 25. Ne1 h4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Nc2 Reg8 28. Qb3 
Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 g3+ 30. Kg1 Nd6 31. Nb4 Nc8 32. Nd5
Qd6 
 
 
 
 
 1
  
  
33. Rf7+ Kd6 (33... Ke8 34. Qg8#) (33... Re7 34. Qxe7#)
 34. Qd5# 1-0

  208. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3


Bg4 6. O-O Bxf3 7. gxf3 e6 8. c3 Bd6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qf3 g6

33. Qxb7+ Kxb7 34. a8=Q# 1-0
11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 Nf6 13. Ne1 Ne7 14. Ng2 Nh5 15. Bd2
O-O 16. Rfc1 b5 17. a4 Rab8 18. b4 Rb7 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Ra5 Rfb8 21. Rca1 Nf6 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Ne1 Nc8 24. Nf3
206. 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O Ne8 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Ne7 27. Bg5 Nc7 28. Qd2 Nc6
6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 29. R5a3 h5 30. Bf6 Kh7 31. Qg5 Ne8


Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Bb3 exd4 14. Nxd4
Nf6 15. Qc1 Ne4 16. Rc2 c5 17. Ne2 b6 18. f3 Nf6 19. Rd1
Ba6 20. Nf4 Rad8 21. e4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 c4 23. Bxc4
Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Bxc4 25. Qc1 Rd8 26. h3 b5 27. b3 Rc8 28. 
bxc4 bxc4 29. Nd3 Qc7 30. Nb2 c3 31. Na4 Nh5 32. Rxc3
Ng3+ 33. Kh2 Nf1+ 34. Kg1 Qh2+ 35. Kf2 Rxc3 36. Qxc3 
h6 37. Kxf1 Qb8 38. Qc2 g6 39. Nc5 Qh2 40. Nd7 Qh1+
41. Kf2 Qa1 42. Qd2 h5 43. e5 Kg7 44. h4 a5 45. Qd6

Qxa2+ 46. Kg3 g5 47. Qf6+ Kh7 48. Qxg5 f6 
 
 
 
 
 

32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33. Qh8# 1-0

 209. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e4 c5 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3


Be7 7. a3 h6 8. Bd3 g5 9. O-O gxf4 10. Bxf4 Be6 11. Nbd2
 Qc7 12. Qe1 O-O-O 13. Nh4 Nxe5 14. Nf5 Bg5 15. Bxe5
Qxe5 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. b4 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nf6 19. bxc5 Rde8
 20. Qd1 Ng4 21. c6 bxc6 22. Rb1 Ne3 23. Qa4 Kd7 24. f6
Bxf6 25. Rfe1 Rhg8 26. Re2 Rb8 27. Rbe1 Qb6 28. Nd2

49. Nxf6+ Kh8 50. Qh6# 1-0
Be5 29. Rf2 f6 30. Nf3 Ke7 31. Nh4 Qc7 32. Nf5+ Kf8 33.
h3 Nxf5 34. Rxf5 Ke7 35. c5 Rb2 36. Bf1 Qd7 37. Rf3 Qd5
38. Qxa7+ Ke6 39. Qh7 Rg5 40. Qd3 Qxc5 41. Kh1 Kd6
207. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. 42. Rb1 Rxb1 43. Qxb1 Qa7 44. Qb4+ c5 45. Qb3 Rg7 46.
d5 d6 7. Ne2 Bd7 8. Nbc3 Qc8 9. O-O Bh3 10. Bxh3 a4 Qb7 47. Qd3 Qa8 48. Qb3 Rb7 49. Bb5 Qa5 50. Rf1
Qxh3 11. Nf4 Qc8 12. Kg2 Nbd7 13. Bd2 a6 14. Qe2 Rb8 Qd2 51. Qg8 Kc7 52. Qd5 Qc3 53. Bc6 Rb2 54. Qd7+
15. a4 a5 16. Nb5 b6 17. Bc3 Rb7 18. Nd3 Ne8 19. f4 Nc7 Kb6 55. a5+ Ka6 56. Qc8+ Kxa5 57. Ra1+ Kb4 58. Qb7+
20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. e5 Nxb5 22. axb5 Re8 23. f5 Nxe5 24. Kc4
Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qxe5+ f6 26. Qe4 gxf5 27. Rxf5 e6 28. dxe6
Rxe6 29. Qg4+ Kf7 30. Rxf6+ Kxf6 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32. Qg5+
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 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
1 

59. Qa6+ Kb4 (59... Kb3 60. Qa4#) (59... Rb5 60.

47. Be7+ Kh5 (47... Kh6 48. Rh2#) 48. Rh2# 1-0
Qxb5#) 60. Qa4# 1-0
212. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
210. 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne5 9. d6 exd6 10.
6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 Qe8 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 f4 Nc6 11. Bc4 Be7 12. O-O a6 13. Nc3 b5 14. Bd5 Qb6+
Ne4 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. Ne1 Qg6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Kh1 Bb7 16. Bf3 O-O 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Be3 f5 19. Re1
15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Nd3 Nh5 17. Nf2 Qh6 18. Kg1 Qg6 19. Bh4 20. Re2 a5 21. Bb6 Qc8 22. Bc7 Ra6 23. Bxd6 Nd4
f4 Nf7 20. e4 Nh6 21. Qe2 Bc8 22. e5 d5 23. Bc1 Qf7 24. 24. Bxf8 Nxf3 25. Be7 Qc4 26. Bxh4 Rh6 27. Ne7+ Kf8
Rfe1 c6 25. Ba3 Rfe8 26. Bd6 g6 27. c5 Kh8 28. Bf3 Rg8 28. Qxd7 Qxe2


29. a4 Rg7 30. b4 Bd7 31. Rb1 Be8 32. b5 Ng8 33. Rb3 h6
34. Nd3 Ne7 35. Reb1 cxb5 36. axb5 Nc8 37. Kf2 Kh7 38.
Rc1 g5 39. Bxh5 Qxh5 40. Qxh5 Bxh5 41. c6 bxc6 42. bxc6
Nb6 43. Nc5 gxf4 44. Nxe6 fxg3+ 45. hxg3 Rc8 46. Nxg7 
Kxg7 47. Ra3 Be8 48. Rxa7+ Kg6 49. Bf8 Nc4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
 29. Qd8+ Kf7 30. Qg8# 1-0

 213. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6.


Bd3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O f6 9. b4 Be7 10. Bf4 fxe5 11.

50. Rg7+ Kh5 51. Rh1# 1-0
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nf6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3 a5 15. bxa5
Rxa5 16. Rb1 Qa7 17. Ng5 g6 18. Rb2 Rxa2 19. Bd4 b6 20.
Bxg6 Rxb2 21. Qh5 e5 22. Bxe5 Rxf2


211. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6.
Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Bf4
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qf5 12. Qb2 Nb6 13. Re1 Qb5 14. Qd2 Ne4
15. Qc2 f5 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Nd5 18. Be5 Bd7 19. 
e4 Nf6 20. a4 Qa5 21. Reb1 b6 22. f3 Rad8 23. Bc7 Rc8 24.
Bd6 Rf7 25. h3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Qh5 27. Rf1 c5 28. e5 Nd5 29. 
dxc5 Bc6 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Rf1 Qg6 33. Kh2
h6 34. Rf2 Qd3 35. Qxd3 cxd3 36. Be4 Nxc3 37. Bxd3

Nxa4 38. Bg6 Bd5 39. h4 b5 40. g4 Nb6 41. g5 hxg5 42.  

hxg5 Nc4 43. Bf7+ Kh7 44. g6+ Kh6 45. Bb4 Kg5 46. Kg3
Ra8


 

23. Qxh7+ Nxh7 24. Bxh7# 1-0

214. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6


6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Bf3 Qc7 10. Qe1 Nc6
11. Be3 Bd7 12. Qg3 Rfd8 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Kh1 b5 15.

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a3 Na5 16. Rd3 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qb8 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bb2 Rc5 217. 1. f4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. e4 dxe4 6.
20. Rfd1 Bc8 21. e5 Nfd5 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd5 Bxf4 24. dxe4 Be7 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. Be3 e5 10. f5 a6 11.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nxe6+ Kh6 Nbd2 O-O 12. Bc2 b5 13. h4 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. g4 g6
 16. Qe3 Na4 17. Qh6 Qf6 18. h5 Qg7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20.
Bb3+ Kh8 21. Ng5 Na5
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 1 

26. Bg7+ Kg6 27. Ne7# 1-0  
215. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. c3 b6 6.

22. Qxh7+ Qxh7 23. Rxh7# 1-0
Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 Bd6 8. Qf3 Bb7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. g4 Ne8
11. Qh3 g6 12. Ndf3 f6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Nxg6 Ng7 15. g5 218. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3
Re8 16. Qh8+ Kf7 17. Nge5+ fxe5 18. g6+ Kf6 19. fxe5+ O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. e3 Re8 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 h6 10. Bh4 e5
Bxe5 20. dxe5+ Nxe5 21. Qh4+ Kxg6 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O b6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 exd4 15. Bf3
 Bb7 16. cxd4 g4 17. Bd1 Nb8 18. Bh4 h5 19. Qf5 Nbd7
20. Bc2 Kh8 21. Qg5 Qf8 22. f3 Qg7 23. fxg4 Qxg5 24.
 Bxg5 Kg7 25. gxh5 Nxh5 26. Rf5 f6 27. Bh4 Kh6 28. g4
Ng7 29. Rf2 Rxe3 30. Nf1 Re6 31. Ng3 Rae8
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

22. Nxe5+ Kf5 23. Qf4# 1-0 
216. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3

d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 Be6
11. f4 Rc8 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Rf3 Bxe2 15.

32. Rxf6+ Nxf6 (32... Rxf6 33. g5#) 33. g5# 1-0
Qxe2 Qc7 16. Rh3 Qc4 17. Qd2 Ng4 18. Bg1 Nc6 19.
Ndb5 Nf6 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. Qf2 Qe6 22. f5 Qd7 23. fxg6 219. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6.
hxg6 24. Rf1 Ne5 25. Qb6 Nc4 26. Qf2 Nxb2 27. Nd5 Qc2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Nf8 10. Nbd2 b6
Nxa4 28. Nd4 Qe8 29. Qh4 Nxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. e4 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15.
 Qd3 Red8 16. Qf3 N8d7 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. e5 Ne8 19. c5
bxc5 20. dxc5 Bf8 21. Qg4 g6 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. f4 Rcd8 24.
 Nf6+ Nxf6 25. exf6 Bf8 26. Bd4 a5 27. h4 Kh8 28. h5 Bh6
29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qh4 Kh7 31. Kf2 Rh8




 

 1

30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Ne6# 1-0

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
11. Qb1 Nc6 12. Ne5 Qf5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qb6 Nd7 15.
Qxc6 Bxd4 16. e3 Bxc3 17. Qxa8 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Qxf2+
 19. Kd1 O-O 20. Qxd5 Bb7 21. Qxb7 Ne5 22. Qd5 Ng4
23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Rxa5 Rb8 25. Rf1 Rb1+ 26. Ke2 Rxf1 27.
 Bxf1 Qf2+ 28. Kd3 Qxf1+ 29. Kc3 Qf3 30. Kb2 Nxe3 31.
Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qd4+ e5 33. Qxe5+ Kg8 34. Rc5 f6 35.
 Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qd7+ Kh6 37. Qh3+ Kg7

 
 
 
 
  
 
32. Qxh6+ Kxh6 (32... Kg8 33. Qg7#) 33. Rh1# 1-0
 
220. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6.
Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. c3 dxc3 9. Qh5 Qe7 10. Nxc3

Nf6 11. Qe2 Be6 12. O-O c6 13. Bg5 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qe6
15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Rxa6 Rc8 17. Rfa1 h6 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19.

Ra8+ Nb8 20. Rxb8+ Rc8 21. Nd5 Rxb8 
38. Rc7+ Kf8 (38... Kg8 39. Qc8#) 39. Qc8# 1-0

 223. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qxd4
Nb4 6. Na3 N4c6 7. Qf4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. h4 d6 10. Qe4
 g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. O-O-O dxe5 13. Bc4 Bd6 14. Ng5 Re7
15. g4 Nd7 16. h5 Nf6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. hxg6 Nxe4
 
 
 
 
  
 

22. Qc6+ Qd7 23. Nc7# 1-0 
221. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 cxd4 6.

Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. Nd6+ Kf8 10.
Qf4 Nf5 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. g3 Be6 14. Bd3
  
g6 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16. Rhe1 Rc8 17. a3 a6 18. Qf4 b5 19. 
19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. g7# 1-0
Nxd4 Na5 20. h4 Nc4 21. h5 Qa5 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Re3
b4 24. Rb3 bxa3 25. bxa3 Bd7 26. h6 Qc7 27. Rd2 Kf8 28.
Re3 Qc5 29. e6 fxe6 30. Qe5 Rg8 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Nxe6 224. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6.
Re4 Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Qc2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Na6 10. e4


dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nd7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qe2
Nb6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Rcd1 Qe6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Qe3 Nb4
 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qf6 21. Qe3 Na6 22. h3 Nc7 23.
Ne2 Rc8 24. Ne5 Rcd8 25. f4 Nd7 26. Ng4 Qe6 27. f5 gxf5
 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Qg5 f6 30. exf5 Qd5 31. Qh5 Rf8 32.
Nf4 Qe4 33. Ng6+ hxg6







33. Qd8+ Kf7 34. Ng5# 1-0

222. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 a5


6. b5 c6 7. a4 cxb5 8. axb5 Qb6 9. Bd4 Qxb5 10. Nc3 Qd7

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 227. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6


6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Qc2 Bd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. dxc5
 Qxc5 11. Rac1 Qb6 12. Qb1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rfe1
Bc6 15. Nf3 Bb8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Rd8
 19. Bxc6+ Qxc6 20. Qf5 Ke7 21. Nd4 Qd5 22. Qh3 Be5
23. Nf5+ exf5 24. f4 Rhg8 25. Rc2 Rg4 26. Rf2 Rdg8 27. g3
 Kd8 28. fxe5 f4 29. Rg2 fxe5 30. Qxh7 fxg3 31. hxg3 Qf3 32.
Qh5 e4 33. Rd2+ Ke8
 
 
 
 
   
  
34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Qxg6# 1-0 
225. 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. 
Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Na6 8. Bf4 Nc7 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8
11. Rd1 a6 12. Ng5 b5 13. h4 bxc4 14. h5 Nb5 15. hxg6 fxg6 
16. Bxc4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Rc1 Rb8 19. Bd3 Bd7 20.
e5 dxe5 21. Nxh7 e4 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. Bc4 Bb5 24. Bxb5

Qxb5 25. Bf8 e3 26. Qc2 exf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxf8 28. Qxg6+
Bg7 29. Qh7+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Rhe1+ Kd8 32. Qg6

34. Qe5+ Kf8 35. Rd8# 1-0
Qd7 33. d6 Qf7 34. Qe4 Re8 35. Qc6 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 Bf8

 228. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 Qc8 6.


O-O g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Re1 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Ndf3 Ne4
 11. Be3 Qe6 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. Qd3 c4 15.
Qc2 Ndf6 16. Ne5 b5 17. f3 Ng5 18. Nfxg6 Nxf3+ 19. exf3
 hxg6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Qd2 Bc8 22. Re2 Be6 23. Rae1 Kh7
24. g4 Bh8 25. Bg5 Ng8 26. Qf4 Bf6 27. h4 Rad8 28. Qh2
  Kg7 29. Bf4 Kh7 30. g5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Bf5 32. h5 f6 33.
Bc7 Qb7 34. Rxe7+ Nxe7 35. Rxe7+ Kg8 36. Bxd8 Qc6 37.
 hxg6 Bxg6 38. Qh6 Bf7
 
 
 
 

37. Re8+ Qxe8 38. Qc7# 1-0


226. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e4 e5
6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Rac1 
Rac8 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 h6 13. Nh3 g5 14. f3 Kh7 15.
g3 Rg8 16. Kh1 Nf8 17. f4 gxf4 18. gxf4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Ne6 
20. Be3 Qa5 21. f5 Nc5 22. Rf4 Nfd7 23. Rh4 Bf8 24.
Ng5+ Rxg5 25. Bxg5 Re8 26. Rg1 d5 27. Bxh6 Bxh6 28.

Rxh6+ Kxh6 

39. g6 Rxd8 (39... Bxg6 40. Qg7# (40. Rg7#)) 40. gxf7#
1-0
 229. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7
 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. f4 f5 9. Qh3 a6 10. Bd3 c5 11.
dxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. g4 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 fxg4 15.
 Qxg4 Nc6 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. Rg1 Rc7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Rh3
hxg5 20. Qh5 Rf5 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Qh8+
 Kf7 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qh7+ Kf8


 
1

29. Qe3+ Kh7 (29... Kh5 30. Qg5#) 30. Qh3# 1-0

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 
  
 
 
 
  1
 
 

26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Rh7# 1-0

48. Qe7+ Kf4 49. Qe4# 1-0

230. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. 232. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O
Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 f5 8. f4 c5 9. Nf3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Kh1 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nc6
h5 12. Qe1 g6 13. Be3 Rf7 14. Neg1 Nf8 15. Nh3 Nh7 16. 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Be5 h6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. O-O c4 15. Bc2
Rg1 Rg7 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Nf2 Kh8 20. h3 b5 16. Qf3 b4 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Bf4 Bg5 19. Bd6 a5 20.
Rag8 21. g4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nhf8 23. gxf5 Rh7+ 24. Nh2 exf5 Qh3 Nf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. f4 Bf6 23. g4 Bd7 24. Rf3 Ra6
25. Bf3 Ne6 26. Rg2 c4 27. Rag1 Ndf8 28. Nd1 Kg7 29. 25. Raf1 Qc8 26. Rg3 a4 27. Qh5 Bd8 28. g5 b3 29. axb3
Bf2 Rgh8 30. Bg3 Kf7 31. Ne3 Qd7 32. Qc2 Bh4 33. Nxf5 axb3 30. Bb1 Qb7 31. h4 Qc6 32. f5 Re4 33. Nc3 Ra1 34.
Bxg3 34. Nxg3 Nxf4 35. Rf2 Ke7 36. Nf1 Nh3 37. Bg4 Nxe4 dxe4 35. f6 gxf6 36. Qxh6+ Ke7 37. gxf6+ Kd6


Nxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Qc6 39. Rg3 Rf7 40. Rf3 Rxf3 41. Qxf3
Nh7 42. Qh3 Qe8 43. Qh4+ g5 44. Qh6 Qf8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
1 
38. Qf4+ Ke6 (38... Kd5 39. Qe5#) 39. Qe5# 1-0

45. Qe6+ Kd8 46. Qd7# 1-0 233. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6.
Bb5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. O-O
231. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 c5 O-O 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Na5 14. Nxa5
6. Ne2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbc3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Bg5 Qxa5 15. c3 Rac8 16. Nd4 f6 17. Qe2 f5 18. a3 b5 19. Rh3
h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd5+ Rf7 14. Rad1 Nc6 Rf7 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6 Qd8 22. Rg3 Qf8 23. Qg5 Qe7 24.
15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Nd5 Qf4 Rc4 25. h4 Rg7 26. Re1 a5 27. Qh6 Rc8 28. b4 a4 29.
Rd7 19. Rd1 Kh8 20. c3 b6 21. Kf1 Bg5 22. Ng1 Ne7 23. Ree3 Kh8 30. Nc2 Rc4 31. Rg5 Be8 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. h5
c4 Nc6 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Ke2 Nd4+ 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Kd3 Kg8 34. Reg3 Rb8 35. Ne2 Bf7 36. Nf4 Qe8 37. hxg6 hxg6
Rf7 28. f4 g5 29. e5 Bg7 30. e6 Rf8 31. e7 Re8 32. Re1 Bf8 38. Nh5 Rh7


33. f5 Kg7 34. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 35. Re7+ Rf7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7
37. g4 Ke8 38. b4 Kf7 39. a4 Ke8 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. Nc7+
Kd7 42. Ne6 Kd6 43. Ke4 a5 44. Kd3 Kc6 45. f6 Kd6 46. f7
Kxe6 47. f8=Q Ke5 








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
39. Nf6+ Kh8 40. Qxh7# 1-0

234. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6


6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. f4 
Na5 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. h3 a6 14. a4 Ne8 15. Rac1
e5 16. Nde2 exf4 17. Bxf4 Be5 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. Nd5 Be6

20. Nec3 Nc6 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 Nb4 23. Ne2 Nxd5 24.
exd5 Bd7 25. a5 Nf5 26. Bb6 Qe7 27. Bf2 Rfe8 28. c4 Ng7

29. b4 f5 30. c5 Bb5 31. Rfe1 Qf6 32. Nd4 Bxd4 33. Bxd4 
Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Qf8 35. cxd6 Qxd6 36. Be5 Qd7 37. Ba1
Rc7 38. d6 Rc6 39. Bxc6 Qxc6 40. Qd4 Nh5 
 
 
  
 
27. Qg8+ Ke7 28. Qxf7# 1-0


237. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6
dxc6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 h5 9. d3 Qe7 10. Qe2
 O-O-O 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Ne2 Kb8 14. c3 g5
15. d4 Bb6 16. Qf5 Rdg8 17. Rad1 Rg6 18. d5 Bxe3 19.
 dxc6 Nb6 20. fxe3 Rxc6 21. Qxf7 Qc5 22. Rd3 Qb5 23.
Rfd1 Qxb2 24. R3d2 Qa3 25. Qg7 Rhh6 26. Qxe5 g4 27. h4
 Ka7 28. Rc2 Nc4 29. Qd4+ Rc5 30. Qg7 Rb6 31. Rd8 Nxe3
32. Rc1 Rb2 33. Kf2 Nc4 34. Re1 Nb6 35. Kf1 Qxa2 36. e5

41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Re7# 1-0
Rc6 37. Rh8 Rxc3 38. e6 Rcc2 39. Qf8 Nd5 40. e7 Rxe2 41.
Rxe2 Rxe2 42. e8=Q Ne3+ 43. Qxe3+ Rxe3

235. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 


d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe1 b5
11. a3 Na5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Bf3 Nc4 14. Bc1 Nxa3 15. e5 
dxe5 16. fxe5 Ng8 17. Bh5 g6 18. Qf2 f5 19. exf6 Kf7 20.
Ne4 gxh5 21. Qh4 Qe5 22. Rf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 exf5 24.

Qxh5+ Ke6 25. Ng5+ Ke5 26. Rxd7 Bc5+ 27. Kf1 Nxf6 28.
Nf3+ Ke4 29. Qh4+ Ng4


 
 
  
 1
 
 44. Qc5+ b6 45. Qxc7# 1-0

 238. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6


 6. h3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ne5 Bxe5
11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qh5 Re8 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qxh6 Nf8 15.
1 Re3 Ne7 16. Rg3+ Nfg6 17. h4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. h5
Qh4 20. Nd2 Re6 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. hxg6 Rxg6 23. Rxg6+
 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Ng5 Qd7 26. Nh7+ Ke7


30. Qe7+ Bxe7 (30... Ne5 31. Qxe5#) 31. Rd4# 1-0

236. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6


6. c3 Bd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bb3 Ne8 
11. Nf1 Bf6 12. Ne3 Na5 13. Bc2 c6 14. b3 Nb7 15. Bb2
Nc7 16. Qd2 c5 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Nf5 Re8 19. dxe5 dxe5

20. Qe3 Qc8 21. c4 h6 22. g4 Ne6 23. Bxe5 Nd4 24. Bxf6
Nxc2 25. Nxh6+ Kf8 26. Qg5 gxf6
 






27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Qf8# 1-0

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239. 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ 


gxf6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Bc4 e6 8. c3 Qc7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Nd7
11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Bb3 c5 15. 
Nxg6 hxg6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. O-O-O g5 18. c4 Bd4 19. Kb1
Qc5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 f5 22. Bc1 fxg4 23. hxg4 Qe5 24.

Qf3 Qg7 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Rf1 Rf8 27. g5 Nd7 28. Bc2 f5
29. Re1 Qf7 30. c5 e5 31. c6 bxc6 32. Qxc6+ Kb8 33. Qd6+

Kc8 34. Bb3 Qg7 35. Bd2 Nc5 36. Rc1 Rd8 37. Be6+ Kb7 
38. Qxd8 Nxe6

 
 
 1 
 
 36. gxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qg7# 1-0

 242. 1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2


 Bb4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. c3 Nxc3 8. dxc3 Be7 9. Rd1 Nd7 10.
Nf3 Bf6 11. Qe3 Qe7 12. a4 Qc5 13. Nd4 Qe5 14. Qxe5
 Bxe5 15. Ba3 a6 16. g3 Bd6 17. Bc1 Ke7 18. Bg2 Rb8 19.
O-O c5 20. Nf3 Ne5 21. Ng5 f6 22. f4 Ng6 23. Nf7 Kxf7 24.
1 Rxd6 a5 25. Rfd1 Re8 26. Rb6 Nf8 27. Bc6 Re7 28. Ba3
Rc7 29. Bb5 Bd7 30. Bc4 Ke7 31. f5 exf5 32. Re1+ Kd8

39. Qc8+ Kb6 40. Qc6# 1-0
33. Bc1 Ng6 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Re1+ Kd8 36. Rd1 Ke7 37.
Re1+ Kf8

240. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. 


Bd3 c5 7. c3 c4 8. Bc2 Qxb2 9. Ne2 Be7 10. O-O Qb6 11.
e5 Nfd7 12. f4 g6 13. Kh1 h5 14. Nf3 Nf8 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. 
Neg1 Nc6 17. Nh3 Qa5 18. a4 Qc7 19. Nhg5 Rg8 20. Nh4
Rg7 21. Qf2 O-O-O 22. a5 Nxa5 23. Rfb1 b6 24. Bd1 Bc6

25. Nhf3 Nd7 26. Ne1 Nb8 27. Qb2 Kd7 28. Ra2 Rh8 29.
Nc2 Rc8 30. Nb4 Bb7 31. Ba4+ Kd8 32. Qe2 a6 33. f5 exf5

34. e6 f6 35. Nf7+ Rxf7 36. exf7 b5 37. Bc2 Nb3 38. Bh6 
Qd6 39. Re1 Nd7 40. Bf4 Qxf4 41. Qxe7+ Kc7 42. Nxa6+
Bxa6 43. Rxa6 Qd2 44. f8=Q Rxf8 45. Qd6+ Kb7 
 
 
 
  
38. Rxf6+ gxf6 39. Bh6# 1-0


243. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4
Nxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 g6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Bb2
 O-O 11. h4 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. h5 a5 14. hxg6 fxg6 15.
Bd5+ Ne6 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 c6 18. Bxe6+ Bxe6 19.
 O-O-O Qb6 20. Rxh7 Kxh7 21. Rh1+ Kg8 22. Rh8+ Kf7
23. Qf6+ Ke8 24. Rxf8+ Kd7
1 

46. Qc6+ Kb8 47. Ra8# 1-0 
241. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O

Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 b5 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 O-O
11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Qc7 14. Ne3 Nc6 15. g4

Bg6 16. Nh4 Ne8 17. Nhf5 Bg5 18. Qf3 Qd8 19. Bb3 Nc7 
20. Kg2 Ne6 21. Nd5 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 h6 23. Rh1 Na5 24.
Bc2 Ra7 25. h4 f6 26. Qe3 Be8 27. b4 Nc6 28. Bb3 Bf7 29. 
Rcg1 a5 30. Kf1 Kh7 31. g5 fxg5 32. hxg5 h5 33. Nf6+ gxf6
34. g6+ Kg8 35. Qh6 Re8 



25. Qg7+ Bf7 26. Qxf7# 1-0

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244. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6.


e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bd3 
Nbd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rc1
Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qc2 f5 17. f3 Nd6 18. f4 Be6 19. 
Qc5 Rad8 20. a3 a6 21. b4 Rfe8 22. a4 Ne4 23. Qb6 Nd6
24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Nxb5 26. Bxb5 cxb5 27. Rc7 Qa3 28.
 
Qxb7 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Qe2 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Rg1 Rb8 32.
Qc7 Rbc8 33. Rf7+ Kg8 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Qa7 Ra8 36.

Qb7 Rab8 37. Nd7+ Kxg7 38. Nxb8+ Bf7 39. Nc6 Qb2 40. 
Ne5 Rf8 41. g4 Qxd4 42. gxf5+ Kf6 43. Qc6+ Kxf5 44.
Rg5+ Ke4 45. Qc2+ Ke3 46. Ng4+ Kf3 47. Ne5+ Ke3 48. 
Qb3+ Kxf4

 
  
 
 20. Qf6+ Bxf6 (20... Rg7 21. Qxg7#) 21. Nf7# 1-0

 247. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 a6


6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. dxe5 Bg4 8. exd6 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 cxd6 10.
O-O Nh6 11. Qg3 g6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Rfe1 f6
  15. Ne2 Nf7 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. Qb3 Ne5 18. Ne6 Rc8 19.
Bg3 Ke7 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nf3 Bg7 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. f4 Qa7
 24. Kh1 c4 25. Qc3 Qc5 26. Rd5 Qc7 27. fxe5 Ke6 28. Qa3
Bxe5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Qh3+ Ke7 31. Red1 Rhd8 32.
1 Qxh7+ Kf6 33. Rf1+ Ke6

 
49. Qg3+ Ke4 50. Qf3# 1-0

245. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6.
Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bb4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Qg5 10. g3 Qf5
 
11. f3 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd3 Ng5 14. Qc3 Kd7 15. h4
Ne4 16. g4 Nxc3 17. gxf5 Nb5 18. fxe6+ Kxe6 19. O-O-O

a5 20. Be1 a4 21. Ne2 Na7 22. Rg1 g6 23. Bb4 Rag8 24.  
Rg2 Nc8 25. Rdg1 Nb6 26. Nf4+ Kf5 27. Bd2 g5 28. b3
axb3 29. axb3 Ra8 
 
 
  1
 
34. Qxg6+ Ke7 35. Qf7# 1-0


248. 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. c4 Ng6 5. Be3
Bb4+ 6. Nd2 Qh4 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. Nf3 Qxe4 9. Bd3 Qg4 10.
 h3 Qxg2 11. O-O-O Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qxd5
14. Nc4 Qe6 15. Be4 Ne7 16. Bc5 d6 17. Bxd6 Qh6+ 18.
  Kb1 cxd6 19. Nxd6+ Kf8 20. Qc7 g6 21. Qd8+ Kg7 22.
Qxe7 Qf4 23. Bd5 Rf8 24. Rhe1 Bf5+ 25. Ka1 Bxh3 26.
 Rh1 Bg4 27. f3 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Qxf3 29. Rdf1 Qd5 30. Nf5+
Kg8

30. Rxg5+ hxg5 31. Rxg5# 1-0 
246. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 
Bg4 6. Be2 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Nc6 8. Nf3 e6 9. Ne4 Bb4 10.
Nxf6+ gxf6 11. c3 Be7 12. a4 Qd5 13. b4 a6 14. O-O O-O

15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. b5 Nb8 17. Ne5 f5 18. Qh5 Kh8 19. Qxf7
Rg8





  

31. Nh6+ Kg7 (31... Kh8 32. Qf6#) 32. Qf6# 1-0

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249. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 


6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4 Nc6 9. Kh1 Be7 10. Bf3 Bd7
11. Nde2 Rc8 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Ng3 Rfd8 15. 
Qd2 Bf8 16. Nce2 e5 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Bxh5 Be6 19. f5
Bd7 20. Nc3 Nd4 21. Rf2 Bc6 22. Re1 Re8 23. Nd1 Bb7

24. c3 Nc6 25. Ne3 Nd8 26. Ng4 Kh8 27. Rf3 g6 28. fxg6
fxg6 29. Nf6 Ne6 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Rh3+ Kg7 32. Rh7+

Kxf6 33. Rf1+ Nf4 34. Rxf4+ exf4 35. c4+ Ke6 
 
 
  
  
 
19. Qxd8+ Nxd8 20. Rxd8# 1-0

 252. 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3
Qxd4 6. Be3 Qe5 7. O-O-O c6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10.
 Nge2 O-O-O 11. Bf4 Qh5

1 
 
36. Qd5+ Bxd5 37. cxd5# 1-0

250. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6.
d5 b5 7. b3 bxc4 8. bxc4 exd5 9. Nh4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qa6

11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Na3 dxc4 13. Qe3+ Ne7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 
15. O-O Qe4 16. Nb5 Qxe3

  
 
   
 
 12. Qxc6+ bxc6 13. Ba6# 1-0

 253. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3


 Nxf4 6. Nxe5 Bd6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qe7+ 10.
Be3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Ng6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Rhf1 a6 14. Nd5
 Qd8 15. h4 Qxh4 16. Rh1 Nxd4 17. Qh3 Qxh3 18. Rxh3
Nc6 19. Rdh1 Nce7 20. Nxe7+ Bxe7 21. Rxh7 Bf6
  

17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Ba5# 1-0 
251. 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3
 
Qxd4 6. Be3 Qg4 7. Qf2 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Qxe4 9. O-O-O a6
10. Nf3 f6 11. Bd3 Qa4 12. a3 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Rhe1

O-O-O 15. Bf2 Bf7 16. Bf5+ e6 17. Rxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6+ 
Kb8



 

22. Rh8+ Nxh8 23. Bh7# 1-0

254. 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6


6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 exd6 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2
Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Bf6 13. Rb1 Re8 14. b3 Ng6 15.
Nf3 Nd7 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. b4 Ne4 19. Bd3 b5
20. c5 Nc3 21. Rb3 Nxd5 22. Bxb5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24.
Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Qc4 c6 26. Bd2 dxc5 27. bxc5 Bb8 28. g3
Qd8 29. Rfb1 Bc7 30. Kg2 Qc8 31. Rf3 h6 32. Bc3 Qe6 33.

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
Qd4 Nxc3 34. Qxc3 Qxa2 35. Ra1 Qd5 36. Rxa7 Be5 37.
Qd3 Qxc5 38. Qd7 Rf8 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40. Qxf7+ Kh8 41.
Ra8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ g6
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
1 
 34. Rg8+ Kh6 35. Nxf7# 1-0


43. Qf7+ Bg7 44. Qg8# 1-0
257. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 h6
6. O-O d6 7. Nxc3 Nf6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Qb4
Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Qc6 12. Qd3 Bg4 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. f3 Be6
255. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 15. Be3 Be7 16. f4 c5 17. Ndb5 Bg4 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5
6. c3 f6 7. Bd3 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Ndxe5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qh5+ Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Qe2 Qg4 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.
Nf7 11. Bxh7 Be7 12. Nf3 Bf6 13. h4 e5 14. Bg5 Kf8 15. Nd6+ Kd7 24. Qb5+ Ke6 25. Qxb7 Nd7


O-O-O e4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. hxg5 Qf4+ 19.
Rd2 Be6 20. Rh4 Qe5 21. g3 Ke7 22. Qe2 Qxg5 23. Qb5
c6 24. Qxb7+ Kd6 25. Rxe4 Rad8 26. Qb4+ c5 27. Qb5
Bd7 28. Qa6+ Bc6 29. b4 Rxh7 30. bxc5+ Kxc5 31. Rc4+ 
dxc4
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 26. Qd5+ Ke7 27. Qxf7# 1-0

 258. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6.


O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11.

32. Qxa7+ Kb5 33. a4# 1-0
b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. Ncb1 e6 15. Bc3 exd5
16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Na3 Bg7 18. Nac4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Bb5
20. Na5 Re8 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. a4 Bd7 23. Nc4 Bf5 24. e4
256. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. Nxe4 25. Bxg7 Nf6 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Bxf6 Qd7 28. Rxe8+
a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4 a5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Rxe8 29. Nb6 Qc7 30. a5 c4 31. Rc1 Qc5 32. Rxc4 Qxa5 33.
Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Nc1 c5 Bd4 Re1+ 34. Bf1 f6 35. Kg2 Qa2 36. Bd3 f4 37. Rc7 f3+
16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. axb5 Nab8 18. Nb3 a4 19. Rfc1 cxd4 20. 38. Kh3 h5 39. Bxf6 Qxf2 40. Bh7+ Kf8 41. Bg7+ Ke8


Nbxd4 Bf6 21. Bd6 Re8 22. e5 Be7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24.
Rc8+ Nf8 25. Nc6 Rb7 26. Rd1 g6 27. Nxb4 Rxb5 28. Rdd8
Rxb4 29. Rxf8+ Kg7 30. Ng5 a3 31. h4 Rxh4 32. bxa3 Rxa3
33. g3 Rh5 




1



42. Bg6+ Kd8 43. Rd7# 1-0

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259. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3


dxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. Qd5 d6 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
  
29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rh5# 1-0

8. Qxf7+ Kd7 9. Be6# 1-0 262. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3
Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ngf6 10.
260. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Bd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Nf5 e6 13. Ne3 Nc5 14.
Nce2 Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qa5+ 9. Kf2 f6 10. Nf3 fxe5 Qa3 Nce4 15. Qxa7 Nxf2 16. Nc4 Nd5 17. Nfe5 Re8 18.
11. fxe5 Be7 12. h4 Qb6 13. Kg3 Nf8 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. Bd2 Rhf1 Nxd1 19. Rxf7 Re7 20. Qa8+ Qb8 21. Nd6+ Kc7 22.
O-O-O 16. b4 Kb8 17. Qe1 a6 18. a4 Be8 19. b5 axb5 20. Ba5+ b6 23. Qxc6+ Kd8
axb5 Bg6 21. Rb2 Rc8 22. Qa1 Nd8 23. Nc3 Nf7 24. Be2
Nh6 25. Rc1 Nf5+ 26. Kh2 Nxd4 27. Ra2 Nc2 28. Rcxc2 
Bxc2 29. Ra8+ Kc7 30. Nxd5+ exd5 31. Ba5 Rxa8 32.
Bxb6+ Kxb6 33. Qxa8 Ng6 34. Qa2 Be4 35. Nd2 Bxh4 36. 
Nb3 Kc7 37. Qa5+ Kb8 38. b6 Kc8 39. Nc5 Kd8 40. Qa8+
Ke7 41. Qxb7+ Ke8 42. Bb5+ Kf8
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
24. Qd7+ Rxd7 25. Rxd7# 1-0
 263. 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6.
 fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 f6 8. Bd3 g6 9. e6 f5 10. Bxf5 Bg7 11.
Qg4 Nxd4 12. Bxg6+ Kf8 13. Ne2 Nxe2 14. Rf1+ Nf4 15.
 Qxf4+ Bf6


43. Ne6+ Kg8 44. Qxg7# 1-0

261. 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Nf6


6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. e5 Nfd7 
11. Na4 Qa5 12. b3 b5 13. Bd2 Bb4 14. c3 Ba3 15. c4 Qa6
16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Bc1 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb7 20.

Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Rac8 22. Qf3 Ndb8 23. Qe4 Kh8 24.
Rc5 Qd7 25. Rfc1 Ne7 26. Bxf7 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 a6 28. e6

Qd6 



 

16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Bf7# 1-0

264. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6


6. c4 e5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bd2 Nh5 9. b4 a6 10. a4 f5 11. Rc1 h6
12. Ne1 Kh7 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 f4 15. e3 fxg3 16. hxg3
Nf6 17. Rb1 Ng4 18. Nf3 Rf7 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Nh2 d5 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bf5 25.

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Be3 Bxe4 26. dxe4 Ra4 27. Rfd1 Qc8 28. Rbc1 Qe6 29.
Qc2 Qa2 30. Qxa2 Rxa2 31. Rd8 Rf8 32. Rxf8 Bxf8 33.
Rc7+ Kg8 34. Ng4 Bd6

 
 
 
 
 1
 
 
 
 45. Qd8+ Ke6 46. Qd7# 1-0


35. Nf6+ Kf8 (35... Kh8 36. Rh7#) 36. Bxh6# 1-0
267. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6.
Nc3 O-O 7. Bb3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. Nde2
Nxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. O-O Rfd8
265. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Nf4 Rd7 17. Nfd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5
Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Ne5+ Ke6 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Qg4+ 19. Qxd5 Rad8 20. Be3 Bf6 21. c3 Rc8 22. Rd2 b6 23. Rfd1
Kxe5 10. d4+ Kxd4 11. c3+ Ke5 12. Bxf4+ Kxe4 13. Qf3+ Rcd8 24. Qf5 Be7 25. Bf4 Qc6 26. Rd5 a5 27. e5 Bf8 28.
Kf5 14. Bxc7+ Kg6 15. Bxd8 Rxd8 16. O-O Nc6 17. Qg3+ exd6 Re8 29. Qd3 Re6 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 c4 32. Qd4 Rf6
Kh6 18. Rf7 g5 19. h4 Rg8 20. Raf1 Be6 21. hxg5+ Rxg5 33. g3 Qb7 34. Qxc4 Re6 35. b5 Qb8 36. Qc6 Qe8 37. Re5
22. Qh4+ Rh5 f6 38. Rxe6 Qxe6 39. g4 g5 40. Bg3 Kg7 41. Qxb6 Qe2 42.


Rc1 Kg6 43. Qc6 Qxb2 44. Qxd7 Qxc1+ 45. Kh2 Bg7

 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
23. R1f6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf6# 1-0 
46. Qe8+ Kh6 47. Qh5# 1-0
266. 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. c3 Ne7 6.
Be2 O-O 7. Nf1 Bc7 8. Ne3 Nd7 9. g4 Nc5 10. Qc2 Ne6 268. 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O
11. Nf5 Ng6 12. Be3 Ngf4 13. O-O-O g6 14. Ng3 d4 15. 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 Qh5 9. e3 a5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. a3
Bd2 Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Qf6 17. Neg1 dxc3 18. bxc3 Nf4 19. c6 12. Ne1 Qh6 13. Nd3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Rae8 15. b4 Bd8 16.
g5 Qe7 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. h3 c5 22. Ne2 Re8 23. c4 Rb8 24. b5 Nb8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rab1 Bc7 19. Ba1 Bc8 20. d5
Nc3 Be6 25. Rde1 Ba5 26. Re2 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 b5 28. cxb5 exd5 21. cxd5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Nf4 c5 24. Qc3 Re7
Rxb5 29. Rc2 Qb7 30. Kd2 Rd8 31. Qf6 Re8 32. Qxf4 Rb2 25. h4 Rfe8 26. Qc2 Nd7 27. Bh3 Ne5 28. Qxe4 Bxh3 29.
33. Rc1 Qb4+ 34. Ke2 c4 35. d4 c3 36. Qe3 Bxh3 37. Ne5 Nxh3 Ng6 30. Qg4 Ne5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rb7 Bd8 33.
Be6 38. Kf3 Bxa2 39. Ng4 Kg7 40. Rxc3 Qb7 41. Qf4 Nf4 Kh8 34. Kg2 Rg8 35. Rh1 Qf6 36. h5 Rg5 37. Ng6+
Rxe4 42. Qf6+ Kf8 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Rc7+ Kd6 Rxg6 38. hxg6 h6

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 
  
 
 
  
 
1 
   1

39. Rxh6+ gxh6 40. Rh7# 1-0

30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qf8# 1-0

269. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. 271. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7
Be2 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Na3 Nf5 10. Nc2 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qc8 10. d5 Na6
Rc8 11. g4 Nfe7 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. g5 f5 15. Re1 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. f4 f5 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. Rad1 a6 15. e3 g6 16.
Bg7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Ng6 19. Bf1 Qd8 g4 fxg4 17. e4 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bb4 exd5 20. exd5 Ra6
20. Ne3 Nf4 21. h4 Qe8 22. Nc2 Ng6 23. Be2 Nge7 24. 21. f5 Qa8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Rf1+ Kg7 25.
Qf4 Qh5 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Ng6 27. Bxh5 Nxf4 28. Qe2 Bd6 26. Qxg4 Rxa2 27. Nf5+ Kh7 28. Qh4+ Kg8 29.
Bd1 h6 29. gxh6 Kh7 30. Re3 Rg8+ 31. Kf1 Kxh6 32. Rf3 Nh6+ Kh7


Ng6 33. Re3 Nf4 34. Bd2 Kh7 35. Rb3 Ng6 36. Rxb7 Rg7
37. h5 Ngxe5 38. h6 Rf7 39. Bh5 Ng6 40. Ke2 Nce5 41.
Nd4 Rc4 42. Nf3 Nxf3 43. Kxf3 f4 44. Rg1 Ne5+ 45. Ke2
Rf6 46. Be8 Re4+ 47. Kf1 Rxh6 48. Bxd7 Nf3 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
30. Rf7+ ( { White instead played } 30. Nf7+ Kg7 31. Qh6+
1 Kg8 32. Qh8#) 30... Kh8 31. Qf6# 1-0


49. Bxe6+ Kh8 50. Rg8# 1-0
272. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. e3 d6
6. Bd3 e5 7. h3 Qe7 8. Nge2 c6 9. O-O Ne8 10. a3 Ba5 11.
b4 Bc7 12. d5 f5 13. f3 Qg5 14. f4 Qg6 15. Kh2 Nf6 16.
270. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 Ng3 e4 17. Be2 Nbd7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Be1 Bb6 20. Bf2
6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3 Be6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 a6 21. Rad1 Bc7 22. a4 Ng8 23. a5 Qh6 24. Qb2 Ndf6 25.
11. Kh1 O-O 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nf5 Bd8 15. Nh1 Ne7 26. g3 Bd7 27. Kg2 Be8 28. Be1 Bf7 29. dxc6
Qf3 Ne8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rc8 19. b3 bxc6 30. Na4 Rfb8 31. Qa3 Bh5 32. Qa2 Bxe2 33. Qxe2
f6 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. c4 Rd7 22. c5 g6 23. Ne3 Ng7 24. Qc4 Qg6 34. c5 Nfd5 35. Nb6 Ra7 36. Rd4 h6 37. Kh2 Qf6 38.
Kh8 25. d6 Qc6 26. Ng4 b5 27. Qe2 Nh5 28. Nxe5 fxe5 29. Nd7 Qf7 39. Nxb8 Bxb8 40. Bd2 Kh7 41. Rc1 Qe8 42.
Qxe5+ Kg8 Nf2 Qd7 43. Nd1 Qb7 44. Qc4 Bc7 45. Nc3 Nxc3 46. cxd6
Bxd6 47. Bxc3 Bb8 48. Qf7 Qb5 49. Rd2 Ng6 50. Qa2
Ne7 51. Qe6 Rb7 52. Rcd1 Ba7 53. Re1 Ng6 54. Rd8 h5
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  
 
 
 
 
 

56. Qg8+ Kh6 57. g5# 1-0

34. Rh5+ Kg7 35. Qf6# 1-0

273. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O 275. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 a6 10. O-O-O Bd7
11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Na5 15. Nbd2 11. h4 h5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Be2
Nc6 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. d5 Nd4 20. Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. f5 Qc7
Bb2 Bf6 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rb1 Qf6 23. Kg2 Qf4 24. Nf1 20. Rhg1 Rc8 21. c3 gxf5 22. Rg5 Nf6 23. Bd4 Kh8 24.
Rae8 25. N1h2 Bh5 26. Qd3 Be5 27. Rh1 Bg6 28. Qe3 Rdg1 Bh6 25. Rg8+ Kh7 26. R8g5 Rg8 27. Kc2 Bxg5 28.
Qxe3 29. fxe3 Bxh2 30. Rxh2 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Kf2 hxg5 Ng4 29. Rxg4 fxg4 30. Qh2+ Kg6 31. Qh6+ Kf5 32.
Rfe8 33. Re1 a5 34. Rh4 g6 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Nd2 Re8 37. Qh7+ Rg6 33. Qxf7+ Kxg5 34. Be3+ Kh4 35. Qxg6 Qc8
a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Re5 39. e4 f5 40. Nc4 Re7 41. Nxd6 fxe4 36. Bg5+ Kh3 37. Qh7+ Kg2 38. Qd3 g3 39. Nd2 Rg4


42. Nxe4 Rf7+ 43. Ke3 Rf5 44. Rc1 h5 45. Rxc5 h4 46. d6
Rxc5 47. Nxc5 Kf7 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. Ke4 h3 50. Kd5 h2 51.
Ne4+ Kf5 52. Nf2 Kf4 53. d7 Kf3 54. d8=Q Kxf2 55. Qh4+
Kg2 56. Qg4+ Kh1 57. Qg3 g5 
 
 
 
 
1  
 1
 
 
40. Qf1+ Kh2 41. Nf3# 1-0
 276. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6.

58. Qf2 g4 59. Qf1# 1-0
Nf3 Na6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc7 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. a4 b6 11.
e4 a6 12. e5 Nfe8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Bf4 b5 15. b3 bxc4 16.
bxc4 Rb4 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. Rac1 g5 19. Bxg5 Bxe5 20.
274. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nxe5 Bxe2 21. Nc6 Qd7 22. Nxe2 f6 23. Bh6 Ng7 24. Nf4
Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 a5 11. Re8 25. Bh3 f5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Ne6+ Nxe6 28. Rxe6
Nge2 f4 12. Bf2 Na6 13. g4 Nc5 14. Bb1 Bd7 15. h4 Be8 Rxa4 29. Bxf5 Qc7 30. Rce1 Qb6 31. R1e4 h5 32. Rf4 Rf8
16. Rh2 Qe7 17. Rdh1 Qd8 18. Ng1 h6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Nh3 33. Rxe7+ Kh8


Kh7 21. Rg2 Qe7 22. Bc2 Qd8 23. gxh6 Bxh6 24. Ng5+
Kg7 25. Bxc5 Bxg5 26. Rxg5 dxc5 27. Rxe5 Kh6 28. Rg5
Bd7 29. Rhg1 Rg8 30. e5 Be8 31. Ne2 Qd7 32. Nxf4 Nxf4
33. Qxf4 Kh7 








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34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Ne7# 1-0

277. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6


6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 exf4 9. Bxf4 Ne5 10. Bxe5 
dxe5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qd7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Qxe5
Qb5 15. Ke2 Qb6 16. Rhf1 Bd4 17. Qf5 Qxb2 18. Bb3 c5

19. Rab1 Qc3 20. Qd5 Bf6 21. Qxb7 c4 22. Bxc4 Qxc2+
23. Kf3 Qd2 24. Rf2 Qg5 25. Qd5 Qh6 26. Ke2 Rad8 27.

Qf5 Bd4 28. Rf3 Bc3 29. Rf4 Qd6 30. Rb5 Qa3 31. Bxf7+ 
Kh8

 
 1
  
 
   38. Qf6+ Kd5 39. Qe5# 1-0

 280. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6.


 Be3 O-O 7. Nge2 e5 8. Qd2 c6 9. d5 c5 10. g4 a6 11. Ng3
Ne8 12. h4 Bf6 13. Qh2 Nc7 14. g5 Be7 15. h5 Bxg5 16.
1 hxg6 h6 17. Nf5 fxg6 18. Nxh6+ Kg7 19. Nf5+ Rxf5 20. exf5
Nf8 21. Ne4 Bxe3 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. fxg6+ Ke7
 

32. Qxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rh4# (33. Rh5#) 1-0 
278. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6.

Bg2 e5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 exd4
11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Nfd7 14. Rad1 Ne6

15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bd4 f6 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. 
Qd2 Bf8 20. f4 Rad8 21. f5 Qf7 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rf1 Bg7
24. Rf2 Be6 25. Rdf1 Nd7 26. Ne2 Ne5 27. Bxa7 g5 28. 
Bb6 Rd7 29. g4 Qg6 30. Kg1 c5 31. Ng3 Bxc4 32. bxc4
Nxc4 33. Qd5+ Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rb1 Ke6 36. Bf1 
Nxb6 37. Rxb6 Ke5 38. Rf5+ Kd4 39. Rd5+ Kc3 40. Rb3+
Kc2 41. Bd3+ Kc1 42. Rb1+ Kd2

  
 
24. Qg7+ Ke8 25. Qf7# 1-0
 281. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. d3 Nbd7 5. g3 e6
 6. Bg2 h6 7. O-O Bc5 8. e3 c6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe7
11. e4 Bh7 12. e5 Ne8 13. a3 Bb6 14. Kh1 a5 15. Nd4 Nc7
  16. f4 c5 17. N4f3 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Ne5


Nb5 21. Ndf3 Nd7 22. c4 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 dxc4 24. bxc4
Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rb1 Qc7 27. Rb5 Rb8 28. Rfb1 Bc5
 29. Rxb7 Qd6 30. Qg4 g5 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Rxb8+ Qxb8
33. Qxe6+ Kh8
 
  

43. Nf1+ Kc3 44. Rb3# 1-0 
279. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. c3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O
 
6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 a5 9. Bb5 Nd7 10. Nb3 e6 
11. Nbd4 Qc7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. b4 e5 14. Ne2 e4 15. Nfd4
Ne5 16. Bd2 Ng4 17. g3 g5 18. Kg2 h5 19. Ng1 h4 20. a3 f5 
21. Nh3 Bh6 22. Qa4 Rf6 23. c4 dxc4 24. f3 Nxh2 25. f4
Nxf1 26. Rxf1 gxf4 27. exf4 Rg6 28. Be1 Qd7 29. Qd1 axb4 
30. Qh5 Kg7 31. Ne2 Rxa3 32. Bxb4 Ra2 33. Bc3+ Kf7 34.
Ng5+ Bxg5 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qxg6 Ke7 37. Qxg5+ Ke6

1

34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Bd5# 1-0

282. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6


6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 g6 8. Qf3 Bg7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 Nb6

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11. h3 O-O 12. f5 Bd7 13. h4 Rac8 14. Rh2 Bc6 15. fxg6
hxg6 16. h5 Bd7 17. h6 Bxg4 18. hxg7 Bxf3 19. gxf8=Q+
Kxf8 20. Nxf3 Ng8 21. Bd3 f6 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Be3 Nc4
24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rg1 e5 26. Nb3 g5 27. Nd2 Rc8 28. Nd5 
Qa4 29. c3 Qxa2 30. Rh8 Kg7 31. Rgh1 Qa1+ 32. Nb1 Qa4
33. R8h7+ Kg6  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
30. Rxa7+ Kb5 31. Qc4# 1-0
 285. 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 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. a4 Bb7 15. Nf1

34. Ne7+ Nxe7 35. R1h6# 1-0
Rfd8 16. Qe2 c4 17. Ne3 g6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qd7
20. g5 Qe6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Be3 b4 23. Bb6 Rdc8 24. Ba4
bxc3 25. bxc3 Nb4 26. cxb4 Qxb6 27. Nxe5 Bxb4 28. Nd7
283. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 Qa5 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Reb1 Bc3 31. Ra3 Qxg5 32. Rxc3
6. Bb3 Nxe4 7. d4 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Be7 Qxf6 33. Rf3 Qe7 34. Qb2+ c3 35. Qxb7 Qxb7 36. Rxb7
11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. b4 Nd7 13. Qe1 O-O 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rxa4 37. Rfxf7+ Kh6 38. f4 Rh8 39. Rbc7 Rxe4 40. Kf2 Kh5
Nh2 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. f4 a5 18. e6 Nf6 19. exf7+ Rxf7 41. Kf3 Re1


20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. Qg3 Kh7 22. Nhf3 Nh5 23. Qh2 Nxf4
24. g3 Ne6 25. Qe2 Qd7 26. Kg2 Bd6 27. Qxe6 Qxe6 28.
Ng5+ Kg8 29. Nxe6 Re7 30. Nd4 b4 31. cxb4 Bxb4 32.
N2f3 c5 33. Nc2 Bc3 34. Rb1 Nc4 35. Rf2 Rxa2 36. Rb8+ 
Kh7
 
 
 
 
 1
 
 
 
1 42. Rxh7+ Rxh7 43. Rxh7# 1-0

 286. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6.


O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. b3 b5 10. e3 Na5 11. cxb5

37. Ng5+ Kh6 38. Rh8# 1-0
axb5 12. Bb2 b4 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Rc1 Rfc8
16. Nf4 c6 17. h4 Qa7 18. Rc2 Nb7 19. h5 c5 20. hxg6 hxg6
21. Bh3 Rf8 22. Ng5 Bh6 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Be6+ Kg7 25.
284. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. f4 Nd8 26. d5 Bc8 27. Rh2 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Qa6 29. Qg4
O-O c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. d3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Rh8 30. Nf3 Qd3 31. e4 c4 32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. f5 g5 34. Qh5
f4 Be7 11. Qf3 Qd7 12. Qe4 Nc7 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Kf8 35. Qg6 Bg7 36. Rxh8+ Bxh8 37. Nxg5 Bg7 38. Nh7+
Bf6 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. Qf5 Qc7 17. Bd2 Rd5 18. Qh3 Rd7 Kg8 39. Bxf6 exf6
19. Re4 g6 20. Rae1 b6 21. f5 gxf5 22. Qxf5 Qd8 23. Bf4
Kb7 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Rd5 26. Qxf7+ Nc7 27. Nf3
Rd7 28. Re7 Rd6 29. Rxc7+ Ka6

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 289. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7


6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. a3 Qc7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Rd8
 11. Qe2 a6 12. b4 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. f5 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Qxe5 16. fxe6 Bd6 17. exf7+ Kh8 18. g3 c5 19. Nd5 Qe4
 20. Rxf6 b5 21. Bd3 Qxd5 22. Rh6 Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Qg2+ 24.
Ke1 Bxg3+ 25. hxg3 Rxd3
  
 
 
 
 
 

40. Nxf6+ Kf8 (40... Kh8 41. Qh7#) 41. Qe8# 1-0 
287. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4  
Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11.
Be3 O-O 12. g3 Rf7 13. Bh3 Nf8 14. Kg2 Bd7 15. Rf1 Ng6

16. Bg1 Raf8 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qd8 20.
a3 Ba5 21. b4 Bc7 22. Nc3 Nge7 23. Qd3 Be8 24. Rfe1

26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qh5# 1-0
Bg6 25. Qe3 Nf5 26. Qd2 Re8 27. Bg2 Nd6 28. Ne5 Nc4
29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 e5 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. 290. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
Qc2 Nxd4 34. Qxc4+ Kh8 35. Bxb7 Nf5 36. Bc6 Ree6 37. d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 a6 8. Rd1 Bd7 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O
Rcd1 Qb8 38. Bd7 Re7 39. Qc8+ Qxc8 40. Bxc8 h6 41. Be7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. f4 Nb4 14. Qh4 d5 15.
Rd5 Bd6 42. Red1 Be5 43. Bc5 Rc7 44. Bd7 Nxg3+ 45. exd5 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxg5 17. fxg5 Nxd5 18. Bd3 h6 19.
hxg3 Bxg3 46. Bf5 Kg8 Qe4 g6 20. Qd4+ Kh7 21. c4 Nb6 22. gxh6 e5 23. Qxe5
 Kxh6 24. c5 Na4 25. Bb1 Qc7 26. Rd6 Bb5 27. Rf5 Qxd6
28. cxd6 Rfe8
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 1 

47. Rd8+ Kf7 (47... Rf8 48. Rxf8#) 48. Rf8# 1-0 
288. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. g3 d6 6. Bc4

29. Rh5+ gxh5 30. Qf6# 1-0
g4 7. Nh4 f3 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Qd3 Qf6 10. Nc3 c6 11. O-O-O
Nb6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 291. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4
 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+
10. Kxe2 cxd5 11. Nb5 Kd7 12. Rd1 Re8+ 13. Kf1 c6 14.
 Nd4 Kc7 15. Bf4+ Bd6 16. Bxd6+ Kxd6 17. c4 Bd7 18. b4
c5 19. bxc5+ Kxc5 20. Be2 Ba4 21. Nb3+ Kd6 22. Bf3 Re5
 23. Rd4 Bc6 24. Na5 Rc8 25. Rad1 Ba8 26. cxd5 Ree8 27.
Nc6 Bxc6 28. dxc6+ Kc7 29. Rd7+ Kb6 30. Rb7+ Ka6 31.
 Rd3 Re5



 

  

14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (14... Qxf7 15. Qd8#) 15. Qg6# 1-0

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
Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
Qd2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Bf6 17. Qf4 Na5 18. Ne5 Nc6 19. Ng4
 Bh4 20. g3 Be7 21. Bc4 Rc7

  
 
 
 
  
 
1 
 
32. Ra3+ Ra5 33. Be2# 1-0 
292. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nd7 6. 
22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 (22... Kh8 23. Qg7# (23. Bg7#)) 23.
Nf3 Ngf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Bc2 cxd4
11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Ng5 Rd8 13. Bd2 Nf8 14. Nd5 Qc5 15. Bxe6# 1-0
b4 Qxd4


295. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nc3
Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 Bxd1 9. Bb5+ c6 10.
 dxc6 Qb8

 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Nxf7# 1-0  
293. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Bg5 Na6 
11. c7+ Nd7 12. Bxd7# 1-0
6. h4 h5 7. a3 c6 8. Rb1 Qa5 9. b4 Qd8 10. f3 Nc7 11. a4 a6
12. Qd2 b5 13. a5 Bb7 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Nh3 Rc8 16. Nd1
e5 17. c3 Ne6 18. Nhf2 Qe7 19. g3 Nd7 20. Bf1 Qf6 21. f4 296. 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6.
exd4 22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Bg2 Rc7 24. O-O O-O 25. Nd3 c5 Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 d6 9. Bb2 Be6 10. f4 d5 11.
26. e5 Qe7 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Be6 14. f5 Bd7 15. Nc3
Qxd4 Ne6 31. Qe4 Rc8 32. f5 Rc4 33. Qd5 gxf5 34. Rxf5 g5 16. Nd5 f6 17. Rc1 b6 18. h4 gxh4 19. gxh4 Kh8 20. Rc3
Rg4 35. Bf2 Rd7 36. Qg2 Nd4 37. Rxh5 Bxe5 38. Qa8+ Ne7 21. Rg3 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bb5 23. d3 Qd6 24. Bc1 Rad8
Kg7 25. Kh1 Rg8 26. Be4 Be8 27. Rfg1 Bf7 28. Qf3 Bf8 29.


Bg5 fxg5 30. hxg5 Bxd5 31. Rh3 Bxe4 32. dxe4 Rg7 33. f6
Rf7 34. g6 Rxf6 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Qh5 Rf4
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
  

39. Qh8+ Kg6 40. Qh6# 1-0
1

38. Qh7+ Kf6 39. Qf7# 1-0
294. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5
6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1

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297. 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 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Be6 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. 
Nxg4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Rd7 21. Kh2 c4 22. Rh1 Qd8 23. b4
Nc6 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Kg1 f6 26. Rxh7 Bf8 27. Rxd7 Qxd7

28. Qf3 Be7 29. a4 Rd8 30. Be3 Qe6 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. Rd5
Rb8 33. g5 Rb7 34. gxf6 Bxb4 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bg5 Bf8

37. Qd1 b4 38. cxb4 Nxb4 39. Rd8 Nxc2 40. Qxc2 Qc6 41. 
Rd5 Bc5 42. Rxe5 Bd4 43. Re7+ Rxe7 44. fxe7 Qb5 45. e5
Bxe5 46. Qe4 Bd6 47. g4 c3 48. Qf3+ Ke6 49. Qf6+ Kd7 
50. e8=Q+ Kxe8
 
 
 1
 
 30. Qxh6+ Bxh6 31. Rxh6# 1-0

 300. 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6.


cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Nb6 9. Bb3 d5 10. Nc3 Be7 11.
Ne2 Bd7 12. Nf4 Qc7 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. a4
 Nc8 16. Nd3 Rdf8 17. Bf4 Ka8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. e6 Bd6
20. exd7 Bxf4 21. dxc8=Q+ Rxc8 22. Rc5 Bd6 23. Rxd5 f6
 24. Rb5 a6 25. Rb3 g5 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Rhd8 28. Rd3
Rxd3 29. Qxd3 g4 30. Nh4 Ne5 31. Qf5 Qxc5 32. b4 Qc3
 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Rc5 35. Qe6 Ka7 36. b6+ Ka6 37. Nf5
Rc6 38. Qg8 Kxb6 39. Ne7 Rc5 40. Nd5+ Rxd5 41. Qxd5

51. Qe6+ Kf8 (51... Be7 52. Qxe7#) 52. Bh6# 1-0
Qc6 42. Qd8+ Kc5 43. Qe7+ Kd5 44. Rd1+ Ke4 45. Qxh7+
Kf4 46. Rd4+ Kg5

298. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 


O-O 7. Be3 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 Qe8 11.
Bd3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Nf6 13. Nge2 b5 14. c5 b4 15. Nd1 Bb5 
16. b3 fxe4 17. Bxe4 a5 18. Ng3 a4 19. Qxb4 Na6 20. Qd2
axb3 21. axb3 Qb8 22. Nb2 Nd7 23. c6 Ndc5 24. Rc3 Qb6
 
25. Rhc1 Qa5 26. Kc2 Nb4+ 27. Kd1 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Na2
29. Ng5 Nxc3+ 30. Rxc3 Qb4 31. Ne6 Ra1+ 32. Kc2 Rf7

33. Bg5 Bf8 34. Re3 Qa3 35. Re4 Qa2 36. Qb4 Rb1 37. 
Bc1 Ra1 38. Qd2 Bg7 39. Rb4 Ba6 40. Rb8+ Bf8 41. Qh6
Qb1+ 42. Kd1 Qf5 
 
 
 
 
47. f4+ gxf3 48. h4# 1-0


301. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nc6
6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qe2 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. d3 Nf6 10. O-O
 Be7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Be3 Qd5 13. c4 Qh5 14. Rad1
O-O-O 15. f5 Bd6 16. fxe6 Rhg8 17. Rd2 fxe6 18. Kh1 Rg4
 19. Bg1 Rdg8 20. Qxe6+ Kc7 21. h3 Rg3 22. Bh2 Qg6 23.
Nh4 Qg5 24. Rxf6 Qxh4 25. Qxd6+ Kb6 26. b4 R3g5 27.
1 Rff2 Ka7 28. d4 Rxg2 29. Qxc5+ Ka8 30. Rf8+ Rxf8 31.
Qxf8+ Ka7

43. Rxf8+ Rxf8 44. Qg7# 1-0

299. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5


O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. O-O Ng4 11.
Bd3 Ne3 12. Bxe3 Rxe3 13. Qd2 Re7 14. f5 Nd7 15. Qf4
Ne5 16. Bc2 Nxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Be5 18. Qh4 Re8 19. f6 Bd4+
20. Kh1 Re5 21. g4 Bd7 22. Raf1 Qf8 23. Bxg6 h6 24. Bf5
Bxf5 25. gxf5 Rae8 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Rg7 Be3 28. Rf3 Bc1
29. Rh3 Rxf5

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 1 

32. Qb8+ Kb6 33. Bc7# 1-0

29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Qxh7# 1-0

302. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 304. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
c4 7. g3 Bd7 8. Bg2 Na5 9. Nbd2 Nb3 10. Nxb3 Ba4 11. 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. h4 Nb6
O-O Qxb3 12. Qe2 h5 13. Bg5 Qc2 14. Bd2 Be7 15. h4 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qd3 Nxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. Nde2 Be6 15.
Qg6 16. Ne1 Bc2 17. Nxc2 Qxc2 18. Rfc1 Qb3 19. Bf4 O-O-O dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. h5 e5 19. hxg6
Rc8 20. Bf3 g6 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Rcb1 Kf8 23. Bd1 Kg7 exd4 20. Qh4 fxg6 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Bxd4 Rg8 23. Ne4
24. b3 cxb3 25. Rxb3 Qc6 26. a4 Nh6 27. Bxh6+ Rxh6 28. Qc6 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Nd6+ Kf6 26. Qh4+ g5 27. Qd4+
Qb2 b6 29. f4 Rhh8 30. Be2 Qb7 31. Bd3 Ra8 32. Qe2 a6 Kg6 28. Qd3+ Kf6 29. Rh6+ Ke7 30. Qd4 Kd8 31. Rh8+
33. Rab1 Bd8 34. Rb4 Ra7 35. c4 dxc4 36. Be4 Qd7 37. Kc7


Qxc4 Bc7 38. Bc6 Qe7 39. R4b3 Rd8 40. Rd3 Kf8 41. Kh2
Kg7 42. Qa2 Kh7 43. Qf2 Kg7 44. a5 b5 45. d5 Bb8 46. d6
Qf8 47. Qb6 f6 48. Rf3 Kh8 49. Rbf1 Qg8 50. Bb7 g5 51.
fxg5 fxe5 52. Qxd8 Qxd8 53. Rf8+ Kg7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
32. Nb5+ Qxb5 33. Qd6# 1-0
  305. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7

54. R1f7+ Kg6 55. Be4# 1-0
6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nce2 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Ng3
Nbd7 11. c3 h5 12. Re1 h4 13. Nf1 b6 14. b4 Bb7 15. Qc2
d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Bb2 g5 19. f5 Nxe5 20.
303. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 fxe6 f6 21. Ne3 Nd3 22. Rf1 Bd6 23. Ng4 O-O-O 24. Rxf6
6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 h3 25. Rf7 Qb8 26. g3 Nxb2 27. Qxb2 Bxg3 28. Nf5 Rd3
Qc7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 29. c4 Re8 30. c5 e3 31. c6 Ba8 32. c7 Bxc7 33. Rc1 Rd2
15. Qe4 Rc8 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 b5 18. Qe4 O-O 19. 34. Qxd2 exd2


Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rd6 Qc7 21. Rhd1 Nb4 22. c3 Nxa2+ 23.
Kb1 Qa5 24. Ng5 g6 25. e6 Nxc3+ 26. bxc3 Qxc3 27. exf7+
Kg7 28. Qd4+ Kh6

 







35. Nd6+ Kd8 36. Rd7# 1-0

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306. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 


6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 d5
11. Rd1 e5 12. Nf3 d4 13. e3 Nc6 14. exd4 exd4 15. Nb5 
Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qe7 19. Bf4 f5
20. Rd5 Rad8 21. Rad1 a6 22. Nd4 Rde8 23. Bxe5 Bxe5
 
24. Nc6 Qb7 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Kg1 Rfe8 27. Rxe5 Rxe5
28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Qd2 Qc6 30. b3 b5 31. Kh2 bxc4 32. Qh6

Qf3 
 
 
 1
 
 
35. Ng4+ Kg5 36. Qh6# 1-0

 309. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5
Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. h4 c6 9. O-O-O a6 10. c5 b6
 11. cxb6 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g4 Be7 14. Na4 c5 15. Kb1
cxd4 16. exd4 Nxb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Bd3 Rab8 19. Ne5
 Qd8 20. g5 h5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. g6 f5 23. Qe2 Bf6 24.
Qxh5 Bxe5

33. Qf8+ Ke6 34. Rd6# 1-0 
307. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 
6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. f4 b5 10. Bf3 Bb7 11.
e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Bf4

O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Qe2 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Nd4 19. Qe4
Qxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxf3 21. Nxc5 Nfxe5 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23.

Rf3 Nf8 24. Raf1 Rd7 25. Be3 f6 26. h4 Rc8 27. c3 Rc4 28.  
g3 Ng6 29. Bd4 e5 30. b3 Rc8 31. Bf2 Rd2 32. h5 Ne7 33.
h6 f5 34. Be3 Rxa2 35. Bg5 e4 36. Rf4 Ng6 37. Rxf5 Rxc3 
38. hxg7 Rxg3

 
 1  
 
 25. Bg8+ Kxg8 26. Qh7# 1-0

  310. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5


Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bd3 Bd6 10.
Nc3 O-O 11. Bf5 e4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14.
 Bxe4 g6 15. h4 f5 16. h5 fxe4 17. hxg6+ Kg8 18. Qh5 Be5
19. Nf7 Rxf7 20. gxf7+ Kf8 21. d4 Bg7 22. Qh8+ Kxf7 23.
 Rh7 Kg6 24. Qg8 Bb7

 1 


  
39. Rf8+ Kxg7 (39... Nxf8 40. gxf8=Q#) 40. R1f7# 1-0
 
308. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6.
Nge2 e5 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2 Re8 9. d5 Na6 10. g4 Qa5 11. h4

cxd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. h5 b4 15. Nd1 Nc5 16. 
Ne3 Nb3 17. axb3 Qxa1+ 18. Kf2 Red8 19. Nc4 Qa6 20.
Bh6 Bh8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Qc8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bh3 
Qc5+ 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Be6+ Kf8 27. hxg6 Ke7 28. Bg5
Qc5+ 29. Ke2 Rg8 30. Rxh7+ Rg7 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Qh6 
Rxh7 33. Qxh7 Rf8 34. Ne3 Qc1 


25. Rh6+ Kf5 26. Qe6# 1-0

311. 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Be2 c6


6. Qd2 b5 7. f3 Nbd7 8. a4 b4 9. Nd1 a5 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11.
Qxh6 Qb6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Ne3 Re8 14. h4 e5 15. Nc4

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Qxd4 16. Qxd4 exd4 17. Nxd6 Rd8 18. O-O-O c5 19. f4
Ne8 20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21. h5 Nb6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nf3 Nf6
24. Ng5 Nfd7 25. Bg4 Rb8 26. e5 Nf8 27. Rh4 Nd5 28. Bf3
Ne3 29. Rdh1 c4 30. Ne4 d3 31. Kd2 Nf5 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. 
Rh8 Ne7 34. g4 Rbc8 35. f5 c3+ 36. Ke1 dxc2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Qh6+ Ke7 (25... Kg8 26. Nf6#) 26. Qd6# 1-0

  314. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3


Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Re8 9. Qd2 Bf8 10.

37. Ne8+ Rxe8 38. f6# 1-0
Rad1 Bd7 11. f3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Rfe1 g6 14. Bc4
Bg7 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5
Qc8 19. f4 f6 20. c3 Nc5 21. b4 Nd7 22. Rd3 Re7 23. Rh3
312. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. a5 24. Qh4 Nf8 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Kh8 27. Qxf6+ Rg7 28.
dxe4 Nxe4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bxc3 10. e6 axb4 29. e7 c6 30. exf8=Q+ Qxf8


bxc3 Re8+ 11. Kf2 c6 12. Nf3 cxd5 13. Bd3 Qb6+ 14. Nd4
Nc6 15. Rab1 Qc5 16. Rb5 Qd6 17. Nf3 g6 18. Bc4 Be6
19. Bxd5 a6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Nd4 Rad8 22. Re5 Qd7 23.
a3 f6 24. Re3 Qd6 25. Rhe1 Qxf4+ 26. Kg1 Qd6 27. Qf2 
Bf7 28. Qf3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rd7 30. Qg4 f5 31. Qe2 Kf8 32.
g4 f4 33. Re4 g5 34. a4 Re7 35. Kf2 Bd5 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. 
Qd3 Qf7 38. a5 Bc4 39. Qe4 Bd5 40. Qe5 h6 41. Qh8+
Ke7 42. Nf5+ Ke6 43. Qxh6+ Qf6 44. Qh7 Qf7 45. Qh8

Kd7 46. Qd4 Kc6 47. c4 Bxc4 48. Qb6+ Kd5 
 
  
 
 
 

31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qh4# 1-0

 315. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7


6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8. Qg4 Rg8 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Qxd4
 Nc6 11. Qf4 a6 12. O-O-O f6 13. exf6+ Nxf6 14. Bd3 Qd6
15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Qg5 Kf7 17. g4 h6 18. Qg6+ Kf8 19. g5
 Qf4+ 20. Nd2 Ne7 21. Ne2 Qc7 22. gxf6 Nxg6 23. fxg7+
Qxg7 24. Rdg1 Ne5 25. Rxg7 Nxd3+ 26. cxd3 Kxg7 27.

49. Qd6+ Ke4 50. Qd4# 1-0
Rg1+ Kf7 28. Nf3 Bd7 29. Ne5+ Kf8 30. Nf4 Rac8+ 31.
Kd2 Rc7 32. Rg6 Ke7 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Nh5
Be8


313. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6
6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5
Be6 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Rc2 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Rd2 g5 15.
Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qe7 17. Bxd5 Bh3 18. Qa4 Bxf1 19. 
Qh4 Qc5 20. e3 Bd8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxf6 Ne5 23. Ne4
Qc1 24. Qg5+ Kf8  







36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Ng6# 1-0

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316. 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 


6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. d3 Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. Nbd2 Ne8 11. Ne1
Nd6 12. f4 f5 13. exf5 exf4 14. g4 g5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nef3 
Kg7 17. Re1 h5 18. h3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rh8 20. Qe2 Bf6 21.
Qg2 Qa5 22. Ne4 Nf7 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. g5 Bd8 25. g6 Nh6

26. f6+ Bxf6 27. Nxf6 Bg4 28. Nxg4 Nf5 29. Ng5 Ng3 30.
Re7+ Kxg6 31. Qxc6+ Kxg5 32. Rg7+ Kh4
 

 
 
 
  1
 
 38. Qh6+ Ke7 (38... Rg7 39. Qxg7#) 39. Qd6# 1-0

 319. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6.


 Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. f3 Nh5 9. g3 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne7
11. Qd2 Nf6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. g4 Kh8 14. h4 Bb6 15. h5
 Nfg8 16. g5 Nc6 17. Rdg1 Rf8 18. Nd5 Bxd4 19. Bxd4
Nxd4 20. Qxd4 f6 21. Nf4 Ne7 22. c5 dxc5 23. Qc3 h6 24.

33. Qf6+ Kh3 (33... Kh5 34. Qg5#) 34. Nf2# 1-0
gxh6 gxh6 25. Ng6+ Nxg6 26. Rxg6 Be8 27. Rxh6+ Kg7 28.
Qe3 Qd4 29. Rg1+ Kf7 30. Rh7+ Ke6 31. Qb3+ Ke5

317. 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 


6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. Kh1 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Bg5 Be5
11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bd2 g5 14. Na3 Bb7 15. Nc4 
Nc6 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. f4 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. e5 Nxd4
20. cxd4 f3 21. gxf3 Nd5 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Qe4 Bc6 24.
 
Qh4+ f6 25. Be4 Rbf8 26. Rg1 Kd8 27. Rg6 Qa7 28. exf6
Qxd4 29. f7+ Ne7 30. Ne8 d5 31. Rxe6 Rxf7


 
  
 
  
 
 32. Re7+ Kd6 (32... Kf4 33. Rg4#) 33. Qe6# 1-0

 320. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6.


 Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Ne8 9. g4 Ndf6 10. h3 c6 11.
Nge2 c5 12. Ng3 Nc7 13. O-O-O a6 14. h4 Nd7 15. h5 Re8
 1 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. Rdg1 Qd7 19. Qe2 Rb8 20.
a4 Re7 21. Kc2 Rf7 22. Rb1 a5 23. Bd2 b6 24. f3 Qe8 25.

32. Rb8+ Kd7 33. Rd6# 1-0
Qh2 Rxf3 26. Be2 Rf7 27. Nd1 Na6 28. Nf2 Nb4+ 29. Kc3
Rbb7 30. Nh3 Bh8 31. Ng5 Rfe7 32. Rbf1 Rec7 33. Rf2
Qd8 34. Qh4 Qe8 35. Qh6 Re7 36. Be3 Rbc7 37. Qh4 Ra7
318. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. 38. Qh6 Rac7 39. Bd1 Ra7 40. Rff1 Rac7 41. Rh2 Bg7 42.
dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nd4 10. Bd3 f5 Nxh7 Bxh6 43. Nf6+ Kh8 44. Bxh6 Qd8 45. Bg5+ Kg7 46.
11. Qh3 a6 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Ne2 Ba7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rfh1 Re8 47. Rh7+ Nxh7 48. Rxh7+ Kf8 49. Bh6+ Rg7 50.
O-O-O Bd7 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. g4 Qc7 18. gxf5 exf5 19. c3 Bxg7+ Ke7
Qb6 20. Bc2 Be3+ 21. Kb1 g6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4
Be6 24. Qg3 Rac8 25. Rb4 Qa7 26. h4 Rf7 27. Bb3 b5 28.
Rd4 Rc5 29. Qg2 Qa8 30. Rd3 Qe8 31. h5 Rg7 32. Rg3
Rcc7 33. Rg1 Kf8 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rxg6 Rxg6 36. Qxg6
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
29. Bc6+ Bd7 (29... Qd7 30. Qe7# (30. Qf8#)) 30. Qf8#
1-0
 323. 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6.
  Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bd3 g6
11. h4 c5 12. h5 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. Ng5 Nb6 15. Nxh7 Bf5
 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Bf3 c3 20.
bxc3 Nc4 21. Rde1 Ba3+ 22. Kd1 b4 23. g4 Be6 24. Bg5
 Qc7 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Rxe6 Nb2+ 27. Kc1 Qc4 28. Bd5
 Nd3+ 29. Kb1 Qxc3 30. Qxc3 bxc3 31. Ne8+ Raxe8 32.
Bf6+ Kh6
 
 
 

51. Bh6+ Kxf6 52. g5# 1-0  


321. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 Bg4 5. Qa4
Bxf3 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Qxc6+ Ke7 8. gxf3 dxe4 9. fxe4 f6
10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 g6 12. Qc4 Qd7 13. Nc3 Kd8 14. Bf4
Rb8 15. O-O-O Bh6 16. Bxh6 Nxh6 17. Rhe1 Kc8 18. 
Qa6+ Rb7 19. Qxf6 Re8 20. Qh4 Ng8 21. e5 a5 22. d5 Rb4
23. Rd4 g5 24. Qe4 Nf6 25. Qd3 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qg4 27. 
Qd2 Nd7 28. e6 Nc5 29. Kb1 a4 30. Qe3 Qc4 31. Ka1 a3
32. b3 Qb4 33. Rd1 Nb7 34. Kb1 Nc5 35. Rd4 Qb6 36.
1 
Na4 Nxa4 37. Rxa4 Qd6 

33. hxg6+ Kxg6 34. Be4# 1-0

 324. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6.


exd4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. b3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Nc6
 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. Bb1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Rc8 14. Ne5 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Re3 Rfd8 19.
 Qe2 Qxd4 20. Nd5 Qc5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23.
Nxf6 gxf6 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd4 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27.
 h3 b5 28. Qh5 Rxc4 29. Rd1 Qe5
  
 
 
1 

38. Ra8+ Kb7 39. Qa7# 1-0
 

322. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3
e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O a6 8. Kh1 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f4 Nxd4 
11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Qc3 Qa7 16. f5 Bd4 17. Qg3 exf5 18. c3 Bf6 19. Rxf5 
Be6 20. Be3 Qb8 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Qg7 Ke7 23. Bc5+
Kd7 24. Bf3 Kc7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qg3+
 
Kd7 28. Qd6+ Ke8 

30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qd8# 1-0

 325. 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 Ne7 5. dxe5 dxe4


6. Qe2 Qd5 7. Nd2 e3 8. fxe3 Qxe5 9. Ngf3 Qh5 10. O-O
 Bd7 11. b4 g6 12. Ne4 Bg7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. c4 f6 15. Nc5
Bc8 16. Rad1 Nxb4 17. Nd7 Bxd7 18. Rxd7 Nf5 19. c5 a5
 20. a3 Nc6 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. g4 Nxe3 23. gxh5 Nxc4 24.
Bxc4 Rac8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Nh4 Rfd8 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28.
 Rxf6 Kh7 29. Rf7+ Kh6 30. Bc1+ g5 31. Rf6+ Kg7 32.
 Bxg5 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Rf8



1

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

34. Nf5+ Kh7 (34... Kh8 35. Rh6#) 35. Rh6# 1-0

39. Rxa6+ Nxa6 40. Rxa6# 1-0

326. 1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. Bc4 d6 5. O-O e6 6. 328. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f3 exf3 6.
d3 Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nbc6 8. c3 Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nxf3 e6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Nb6 10. Bd3
axb5 axb5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Re1 b4 14. c4 e5 15. Nf1 Bg4 Bd7 11. Ne5 Nbd5 12. Rhf1 Qc7 13. g4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Rf8
16. Qf2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nd4 18. Bd1 Nec6 19. Be3 b3 20. 15. g5 Nd5 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Rf3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 O-O-O 19.
Bxd4 Nxd4 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Ne3 Ne6 23. Nd5 Nf4 24. Rdf1 Be8 20. Bxh7 Rh8 21. Bd3 Kb8 22. c4 Ne7 23. Be1
Qf1 Qh4 25. Ra5 f5 26. Rb5 Nxd3 27. Re3 Rxb5 28. cxb5 g6 24. h4 c5 25. Be4 Nc6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Rd3 Qc7 28.
c4 29. Bxb3 fxe4 30. Bxc4 Nxb2 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Nxe4 Rd6 Kc8 29. Bg3 Bc6 30. Rfd1 b6 31. Qe3 Rhf8 32. a3 Rg8
Bh6 33. Rb3 Nxc4 34. Qxc4 Qe1+ 35. Qf1 Qa5 36. b6 Rb8 33. Qf4 Rgf8 34. Kb1 a5 35. Ka2 a4 36. R1d3 Rg8 37. Bf2
37. Rb5 Be3+ 38. Kg2 Qa2+ 39. Kh1 Rxb6 40. Nc3 Qa6 Rdf8 38. Rh3 Rh8 39. Rh2 Re8 40. Bg3 Rd8 41. Rf2 Rdf8
41. Qb1 Qb7 42. Kg2 Rxb5 43. Qxb5 Qe7 44. Ne4 Bf4 45. 42. Qe3 Kb7 43. Rf6 Rd8 44. Qf4 Rdf8 45. Rd2 Kb8 46.
Qc5 Qf7 46. Qa3 h5 47. Qa8+ Kh7 48. Qd5 Qf5 49. Qd8 Rf2 Be8 47. Qd2 Bc6 48. Qd6 Be8 49. Rxe6 fxe6 50. Rxf8
Qf7 50. Qd5 Qe7 51. Qd6 Qf7 52. Qd5 Qe7 53. Qd6 Qh4 Qxd6 51. exd6 Rxf8 52. d7+ Kb7 53. d8=Q Rf3


54. Nf6+ Kg7

 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
1 
 

55. Qe7+ Kh6 (55... Kh8 56. Qh7# (56. Qf8#)) 56. Ng8#
54. Qb8+ Kc6 (54... Ka6 55. Qa8#) 55. Qc8# 1-0
1-0 329. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6.
O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11.
327. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Qd7 5. Qxc4 Nd3 Nf6 12. f3 h6 13. Kh1 g5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nf2 Rb8
Qc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qd3 Na6 8. a3 O-O-O 9. b4 Qa4 10. 16. Qd3 a6 17. b4 Nd4 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Nfe4 c5 20. bxc5
Bb2 g6 11. g3 c6 12. Bg2 Bg7 13. O-O Nc7 14. Rfc1 Qb5 dxc5 21. a4 b6 22. Ra2 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Bg4 24. Rb1 Bf3 25.
15. Qxb5 Nxb5 16. a4 Nc7 17. Ng5 Kb8 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Bxf3 Rxf3 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Qd6 28. Qh3 Rf8 29.
e3 Nc7 20. Nc4 Nfd5 21. Ba3 Rhe8 22. Rab1 a6 23. e4 Nf6 Qg4 Kh7 30. Kg2 Qf6 31. Rf2 Qd6 32. Rxf8 Qxf8 33. h3
24. Rd1 Nd7 25. d5 cxd5 26. exd5 Ne5 27. Ne3 b5 28. axb5 Qf6 34. Qd1 Qg6 35. g4 Bf8 36. Bf2 Qf6 37. Bg3 Kg7 38.
Nxb5 29. Bb2 Bf6 30. Ra1 Ka7 31. Ra2 Nd7 32. Bf1 Kb7 Qd3 Kg6 39. Bh2 Be7 40. Ne2 h5 41. gxh5+ Kxh5 42.
33. Bxf6 Nxf6 34. Rda1 Ra8 35. Ra5 Nc7 36. Bg2 Ka7 37. Ng3+ Kg6 43. Qd1 Qf4 44. Qh5+ Kf6 45. Bg1 Qd2+ 46.
b5 Rab8 38. d6 exd6 Bf2 Qc2 47. Qh7 g4

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  
  
 
 1
  
 
1 
 

48. Nh5+ Kg5 49. h4# 1-0

55. Qh4+ Kf5 (55... Kg7 56. Qe7#) (55... Kf7 56. Qe7#)
56. Qf2# 1-0
330. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6
6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Bh2 f5 332. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4
11. O-O f4 12. Re1 Qd6 13. Re2 Ng3 14. fxg3 fxg3 15. Bxg3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qd5 9. Nb5 Qxe4 10.
Qxg3 16. Qb3 e6 17. Rae1 a6 18. Qb6 Bf6 19. Nf1 Qd6 20. Nc7+ Ke7 11. Nxa8 Qe5 12. Qf3 Qb8 13. O-O-O Qxa8 14.
Ne3 Bd8 21. Qb3 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qxh3+ 24. Bb5 Nf6 15. Rhe1 Bd7 16. Bg5 Qc8 17. Rd2 Nb8 18.
Rh2 Qxf3+ 25. Rg2 Bh4 26. Qd1 Qf4 27. Rf1 Qh6 28. Ng4 Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Red1 Nb6 20. Rd8 Qc6 21. Qf4 Nd5 22.
Qg7 29. Qd2 Kh8 30. Nh6 Nd8 31. Qf4 Be7 32. Bxg6 e5 Qb8 h6 23. Rc8 Qd6


33. Qh2 hxg6 34. Rxg6 Qxg6

  


 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 1 

35. Nf7+ Kg8 (35... Kg7 36. Qh8#) 36. Qh8# 1-0
24. Re8+ Kd7 25. Qc8# 1-0

333. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qxd4


331. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O Nb4 6. Qe4 N8a6 7. Bd2 Nc5 8. Qxb4 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3
6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 a6 Bxb4 10. Bxb4 d5 11. Nc3 c6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be2 Qb6
11. O-O Re8 12. Rfb1 Nf8 13. b4 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. 14. Ba3 a5 15. Na4 Qd8 16. c4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 dxc4 18. Rfd1
a4 Nf6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Bd7 18. b6 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 Qh4 19. Nc3 Rd8 20. Ne4 Rd3 21. Rxd3 cxd3 22. Rd1 Kd7
20. Qb3 Bc6 21. Nd4 N8d7 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Na4 Nc5 23. Rxd3+ Kc7 24. Bd6+ Kb6 25. Rb3+ Ka7 26. Bc5+ Ka8
24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Rc1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Nd7 27. Qb5 Qxb5 27. Nd6 Qf4 28. Be3 Qxe5 29. Nxb7 a4 30. Rb6 Rc8 31.
28. Bxb5 Rd8 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Rb8 d4 32. Nc5 Qd6 32. Ra6+ Kb8 33. Rxa4 Re8 34. Ne4 Qe5 35. g3
exd4 Rxd4 33. Kf1 Rd7 34. Ke2 Kg6 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. Ke4 g5 36. Bxg5 Rg8 37. Bf6 Qf5 38. Bg2 Re8 39. Bd4 Qd7
Ke6 37. g4 g6 38. f4 f5+ 39. gxf5+ gxf5+ 40. Kf3 Kd5 41. 40. Rb4+ Ka8 41. Be3 Qd1+ 42. Bf1 f5 43. Nc3 Qe1 44.
Rf8 Kc6 42. Rxf5 Rd6 43. Kg4 Kxb6 44. Kh5 Kc6 45. Rf8 Ra4+ Kb7 45. Bf4 Qa1 46. Rb4+ Ka8 47. Kg2 Re1 48. Ba6
b5 46. f5 b4 47. f6 b3 48. f7 b2 49. Rc8+ Kd5 50. f8=Q Rh1 49. Bb7+ Ka7 50. Bxc6 Qf1+ 51. Kf3 Rxh2
b1=Q 51. Qf3+ Kd4 52. Qc3+ Kd5 53. Qc4+ Ke5 54. Re8+
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11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15.
h3 Rfe8 16. b3 Nf8 17. Nh2 Ng6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf4
 20. Qe4 Bc5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Ng4 Nd5 23. f6 Nxf6 24.
Qf5 Nxg4
 
 
 
 
1  
 
 

52. Be3+ Ka6 53. Ra4# 1-0 
334. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5

6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bf4 h6 11. 
25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8# 1-0
Qd2 Ne5 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Ke7 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. c5
dxc5 16. Na5 b6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 e5 19. Nd5+ Nxd5
20. exd5 Kf8 21. d6 Qd8 22. Bxe5 b5 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. Re1 337. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6.
Rh7 25. Bc3 Qg5 26. Re7 Qxd2 27. Rxf7+ Kg8 Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg3 Bb7 10. Be2 c5 11.


O-O Nd7 12. Rc1 a6 13. a4 N7f6 14. h3 Rc8 15. Qb3 cxd4
16. exd4 Bd6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Ne5 Bb7
 20. Rc1 Qg5 21. Rf1 Nf4 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxe5 24.
dxe5 Nd5 25. Qe2 a5 26. h4 Qe7 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Rc4 Qd7
  29. Rd4 Rc8 30. h5 Qc6 31. Qg4 Qc2 32. Bh4 Rc5 33. Kh2
Qxb2 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Bf6 Kf8 36. Qxg7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+
 Kd7

 
  
 
 
 
 
28. Rxg7+ Kf8 (28... Kh8 29. Rg8#) 29. Rg8# 1-0

335. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3
Bg7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 d6 10. f4

Qc7 11. Qd2 e6 12. Bf3 b5 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Qf2 Rb8 15.
a3 Nd7 16. Nd4 b4 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. e5 d5 19. axb4 Bf8

20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Qb5 22. Qh4 Bb7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 
38. Qd8+ Kc6 39. Qc8# 1-0
24. Qxh7+ Bg7 25. e6+ Kxe6 26. Qxg7 Nf6 27. Bc5 Qc6
28. Qe7+ Kf5


338. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6.
Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11.
 Bxf3 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Be2 Qe7 15. Qc2 b6
16. Bh2 Bd4 17. Kh1 Nc7 18. f4 Rfb8 19. Bf3 b5 20. e5
 bxa4 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. f5 Ne5 23. Rxa4 Re8 24. fxg6 hxg6
25. Qc1 Rab8 26. Ne4 Qd8 27. Qh6 Nxf3 28. Rxd4 Nxd4
 29. Ng5 Qxg5 30. Qxg5 Rb7 31. d6 Nce6 32. Qe5 Nc6 33.
Qf6 Rd7 34. Be5 Kh7 35. h4 Nb4 36. Rd1 c4 37. Bc3 Nc6
 38. h5 Rg8 39. Rd5 Nf8




  

29. Qe5+ Kg4 30. Qg5# 1-0

336. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7


6. d4 Nf6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qe2 Bd6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. c3 h6

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 341. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6.


cxd5 cxd5 7. a3 Ne7 8. Bg5 f6 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Be3 Bg6 11.
 Nge2 Nf5 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. Bd3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bd6 15. O-O
f5 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qh5+ Bf7 18. Qxf5 Qe7 19. Bb5
 Bg6 20. Qh3 O-O-O 21. Nxd5 Qg7 22. Qe6 Bf8 23. Nf6
Kb8 24. Nxd7+ Ka8 25. Bc6 a6 26. Bxb7+ Kxb7
 
  
 
  
 
1 

40. hxg6+ fxg6 (40... Nxg6 41. Rh5#) (40... Rxg6 41. 
Qh8#) 41. Qh4# 1-0

339. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6
6. Nc3 c6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. e4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O
 
11. O-O e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. a4 cxd5 15. exd5
Bf5 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rfe1

27. Qb6+ Kc8 (27... Ka8 28. Qxa6#) 28. Qc6# 1-0
Kh8 20. Ne4 b6 21. Ng3 Qf4 22. Re4 Qf6 23. Qe3 Bd6 24.
Rg4 Nc5 25. h3 Rg8 26. Nh4 Rbc8 27. b4 Nxa4 28. Ne4 342. 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6
Qd8 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Rh4 Nb2 31. Nxh6 Qxh4 32. Nxf7+ 6. Bh4 c6 7. O-O-O O-O 8. f3 b5 9. g4 a5 10. g5 hxg5 11.
Kh7 33. Neg5+ Kg6 34. Qxe5 Be7 35. Qxe7 Qf4 36. Re1 Bxg5 a4 12. Bh6 b4 13. Nce2 Be6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Kb1
Rge8 37. Re6+ Kh5 38. g4+ Kh4 Qa5 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. h4 Rh8 18. Be2 Na6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6
 20. Nge2 e5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Nd3 Rb6 23. h5 Nxh5 24.
Ndf4 Nf6 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Nxg6+ Kg7 27. Nh4 c5 28.
 Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qxe5 Qb5 30. Nf4 b3 31. cxb3 axb3 32. axb3
Qxb3 33. Rxd7 Nxd7
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

39. Nf3+ Kxh3 40. Qh4# 1-0 
340. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6.
1
Bh4 Nbd7 7. f4 c5 8. d5 Nb6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Ng4 11.
Qd2 f5 12. h3 Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 O-O 15. Nxg6 Rf7

34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Nf5# 1-0
16. Ne5 Rf8 17. O-O-O Qe8 18. g4 fxg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20.
Rdg1 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Rf3 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rg1+ Kf8 343. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4
 6. h3 Bd7 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. c3 dxc3
11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd5 Be6 13. Qc6+ Bd7 14. Qxc3 Nf6 15.
 e5 b4 16. Qe3 dxe5 17. Qxe5+ Qe7 18. Qxc7 Bb5 19.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 20. Re1 h6 21. Bf4 Kf8 22. Nd2 g5 23. Be5
 Rg8 24. Rac1 Nd7 25. Bg3 Nc5 26. Rxe7 Nxb3 27. Rcc7
Nxd2 28. Rxf7+ Ke8 29. Rce7+ Kd8 30. Bc7+ Kc8 31. Ba5
 b3 32. a4 Bxa4 33. Rc7+ Kd8







24. Qxh6+ Kf7 25. Qg7# 1-0

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
O-O Nxc2 11. Rb1 Nb4 12. Ra1 Nc2 13. Rb1 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bxb1 15. Bxb7 exd4 16. Qf3 Ra5 17. Bc6+ Ke7 18.
 Bd2 Rf5 19. Qg4 Kf8 20. Rxb1 Rc5 21. Re1 Nf6 22. Qf3
Kf7 23. b4 Re5 24. Qb3+ Kg6 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Qe6 Rg8
  
 
 
  
 
 
 

34. Ra7+ Ke8 (34... Kc8 35. Rxa8#) 35. Rae7# 1-0 
344. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O

Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Qd7 
27. Be4+ Kh5 28. Qh3# 1-0
11. Nc3 Nd8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Qa1 Ne6 15.
Qa5 Bc6 16. Bd5 Rb8 17. Qa6 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nc5 19. Qa2
Qc8 20. d4 Ncd7 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Rxe5 347. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6.
Bd6 24. Re1 Qf5 25. Qa7 Rf8 26. Qd4 Qxc2 27. Bg5 Nd7 Bg5 Nd4 7. Nd5 h6 8. Bd2 e6 9. Ne3 Ne7 10. c3 Ndc6 11.
28. Nxb5 Be5 29. Qb4 Bxb2 30. Nxc7 Ne5 31. Qe7 Bd4 Ne2 b6 12. Qa4 Rb8 13. f4 b5 14. Qc2 f5 15. exf5 exf5 16.
32. Bh4 Qc3 33. Rb1 Qc2 O-O O-O 17. Nd5 Kh7 18. Nxe7 Nxe7 19. d4 Qc7 20. Be3


Re8 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. Bf2 Ng8 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Nc1 Be6
25. Re3 Ne4 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27. Bxe4 Bf7 28. Nb3 Bf8 29.
 f5 gxf5 30. Bxf5+ Kh8 31. g4 Rbd8 32. Bh4 Be7 33. Bg3
Bd6 34. Bh4 Be7 35. Bg3 Bd6 36. Bh4 Bxb3 37. Bf6+
 Kg8 38. Be6+ Rxe6 39. Qg6+ Kf8

 
 
 
  
 
  
 
34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rb8# 1-0

345. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e5
6. Ne2 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. O-O e4 9. Nec3 Qc6 10. Nxe4
 
Be7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Nc3 f5 13. a4 Rg8 14. g3 b6 15. 
40. Be7+ Kxe7 41. Qf7# 1-0
Nd5 Bb7 16. c4 Bb4 17. Re1+ Bxe1 18. Qxe1+ Kf8 19.
Qe7+ Kg7 20. Bd2 Re8 21. Bc3+ Kh6


348. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3
Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Be3 Bb4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Qh4 Be7 10. Qf2
 Nf6 11. Be2 Bb4 12. Bf3 d6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qh4 Ne8 15.
f5 Bc5 16. Rad1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Rxd4 Qc5 19.
 Rd1 e5 20. Nd5 Kg7 21. b4 Qa7 22. f6+ Kh8 23. Qh6 Rg8
24. Rd3 exd4 25. Bd1 g5 26. g4 Rg6 27. Qf8+ Rg8 28. Qxf7
 b5 29. Ne7 Be6







22. Qh4+ Kg6 23. Nf4# 1-0

346. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Na4


Bb6 6. Nxb6 axb6 7. Ne2 f5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. d4 Nb4 10.

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 351. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d4 Qe7


 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Na3 g5 11.
Bg3 Nxe4 12. Bh2 g4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Be2 O-O-O 15.
  Nc4 exd4 16. Nxb6+ axb6 17. Nxd4 Bxe2 18. Nxc6 bxc6
19. Qxe2 d5 20. Qa6+ Kd7 21. Rfe1 Qh4 22. Re2 Rhg8 23.
 f3 Ng3 24. Bxg3 Qxg3 25. Qd3 h5 26. Qf5+ Kd6 27. Qxf7
Rde8 28. Rae1 Kc5 29. Qf6 Ref8 30. Qe7+ Kb5 31. Qa3 h4
 32. b3 Rf4 33. c4+ dxc4 34. bxc4+ Kxc4 35. Rc2+ Kd5 36.
 Qd3+ Rd4

  


 
 
 
30. Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rh3# 1-0 
349. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 
Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10.
Bb2 c5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. c4 Re8 13. e5 Nd7 14. cxd5 Bxd5  
15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Rac1 Qb4 17. Nc4 Qb7 18. Qg4 Red8 19.
Ne3 Bc6 20. Nc4 Bd5 21. Re1 a5 22. Re3 Nf8 23. h4 a4 24.  
h5 axb3 25. axb3 Rd7 26. Rg3 g6 27. Nd6 Rxd6 28. exd6
Bxd6 29. Qg5 Bxg3 30. Qf6 e5 31. h6 Ne6 32. fxg3 Ra2 33.

Qxe5 Kf8 34. Bf1 Qxb3 35. Bc3 Qb7 36. Ra1 Rc2 37. Rd1
Bxg2

37. Qf5+ Kd6 (37... Qe5 38. Qxe5#) 38. Qe6# 1-0

 352. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Be3 Bb4


 6. Ne2 d6 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O Ng4 9. h3 Nf6 10. f4 exf4 11.
Nxf4 Qe7 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qd7 14. b4 Bb6 15.
 Nxb6 cxb6 16. Rxf7 Qd8 17. Qh5 Ne7

 
 
  
 
  
  
 
38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Bf6# 1-0

350. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6
6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Qf3 Bg6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qd1 Qb6

11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Nf3 Rg8 13. Be2 Bd6 14. O-O f5 15. Bd3
Nf6 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Qc2 Bh7 18. Na4 Qc7 19. f3 f6 20.

18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 (18... Kf8 19. Qf7#) 19. Qf7# 1-0
fxe4 fxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. exd5 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bg3 24.
Bxf5 Qe7 25. Qc4 Rg5 26. dxc6 b5 27. Bd7+ Kd8 28. Qf7 353. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3
Bd6 29. Bh3 Be4 30. Rad1 bxa4 31. Rxd6+ Qxd6 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Bg4 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd4 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bf6 10.
 Qe3+ Kd7 11. Bg4+ Kc6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qf3+ d5 14. c4
Na6 15. cxd5+ Kd6 16. Bf4+ Be5 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Qa3+
 Nc5 19. Be3 b6 20. Bxc5+ bxc5 21. Qa6+ Ke7 22. f4 Qd6
23. Qxd6+ cxd6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Rf1 Rab8 26. b3 Rb4 27.
  c4 Reb8 28. Be6 a5 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Raf1 a4






 1

32. c7+ Qxc7 33. Qf8# 1-0

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 
  
 
 
 
 
 1
   

31. Rf8+ Ke7 32. R1f7# 1-0

36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Bd5# 1-0

354. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 356. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6
Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 O-O 11. 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8
Bh3 Ndb8 12. Ne2 f6 13. Kg2 Na6 14. Rf1 f5 15. Be3 Bd7 Rxd8 11. Bg5 Rd4 12. b3 c6 13. Na4 Kf8 14. Bc1 Rd8 15.
16. g4 g6 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Kh1 Na5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. b3 Nc5 Rb8 16. Bb2 Ng4 17. Rad1 Ke8 18. h3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1
Rac8 21. Ng3 Be8 22. Bf1 Bd7 23. Rg2 Nc6 24. Rc1 Be7 Nh6 20. f4 Nf5 21. fxe5 Nxg3 22. Na6 bxa6 23. Bxc6+ Ke7
25. Bd3 Ncb8 26. Bb1 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Be8 28. Ne2 Rg8 24. Ba3+ Ke6 25. Bd5+ Kf5 26. e4+ Kg5 27. Bd6 Ne2+ 28.
29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Ng5 Bxg5 31. Qg1 Qd8 32. Qxg5+ Kf2 Nc3 29. Rg1+ Kf4


Qxg5 33. fxg5 Nd7 34. Nf4 Nf8 35. Bd2 Bd7 36. Nh5 Bc8
37. Nf6+ Kf7 38. Bd3 Nb8 39. Be2 b6 40. Bh5+ Kg7 41.
Ne8+ Kg8 42. Nd6 Bd7 43. Kg2 Nc6 44. Bc3 Ng6 45. Kg3
Nd8 46. Be2 Nf7 47. Nxf7 Kxf7 48. h4 Ne7 49. h5 a5 50. 
b4 axb4 51. Bxb4 Nc6 52. Bc3 Na5 53. h6 Nc4 54. Bh5+
Kg8 55. Kf4 Na3 56. g6 hxg6 57. Bxg6 Nb5 58. Bb4 Nc7 
59. h7+ Kg7 60. Bf8+ Kh8 61. Kg5 Be8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. e6+ Be5 31. Rg4# 1-0

 357. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O


6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Qd2 Nxe3
 11. Qxe3 Ne6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. e5 Nd4 14. Rad1 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Qa5 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. g4 Qc7 19.

62. Kh6 Bxg6 63. Bg7# 1-0
Ng5 h6 20. Ngh7 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qe7 23.
Qd2 Bxf6 24. Nxf6 Kg7 25. Qd8 Qxd8 26. Rxd8 h5

355. 1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. 


Nxd4 d5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. exd5 exd5 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1+
Nge7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Bf1 Ne5 14. c3 Bg4 15. 
Qb3 Qd7 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. Ne4 N7c6 18. Nc5 Qf7 19.
Bg2 Ne7 20. h3 Bc8 21. Nb5 Rd8 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Rad1 
Kf8 24. Nxd5 b6 25. Nxe7 Qxe7 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Ne6+
Bxe6 28. Qxe6 Qe7 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Kf1

Nc4 32. b3 Ne5 33. c4 Rc7 34. Ke2 f5 35. Bg5+ Ke8 





27. Rg8+ Kh6 28. g5# 1-0

358. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6


6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Be7 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Rg1 Nc6 10. g4 b5

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
11. a3 Rb8 12. Be3 g6 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Be2
b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Qh3 Qa5 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Qxh5
Bf8 20. Bd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Bg7 22. Rxd6 Bxc3 23. Rxe6+
Kf8 24. bxc3 fxe6 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Qxe6+  
Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kg6

 
 
 
 
 1
 
 
 48. g5+ Kf5 49. Rf7# 1-0

 361. 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6.


Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. h3 Bb7 9. O-O a5 10. Ne5 Nxe5

29. Qf6+ Kh5 30. Qh6# 1-0
11. Bxe5 Bd6 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. f4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
f5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f6+ gxf6 18. exf6+ Nxf6 19. Qf3
Ne8 20. Qxf7+ Kd6 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Nc4+ Kd7 23. Ne5+
359. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Kd6 24. Qf4 Qg7 25. Nf7+ Kc6 26. Nxh8 Qxh8 27. Qb8
Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. f3 Qg8 28. Qc8+ Kb5


Bd7 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rac8 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Kh1
Bc6 15. Rfe1 b5 16. a3 Rd7 17. Re2 Qc7 18. Qg5 Qb7 19.
Red2 a5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Rdc7 22. Nb6 Re8 23. Qxa5
Nd7 24. Nd5 Rcc8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Ne3 Nc5 27. Qc3+  
Kg8 28. Ng4 h5 29. Nh6+ Kh7 30. Nxf7 Nxb3 31. cxb3
Bxe4 32. Qe3 Bf5 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Rxd6 exd6 35. Qh8+ 
Kxf7 36. Qh7+ Kf6 37. Qxb7 Re2 38. h4 Rcc2 39. Rxd6+
Ke5 40. Qe7+ Kf4

 
 
 
 
   
 
29. Qd7+ Kc4 30. Qa4# 1-0
 362. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be6
 6. c5 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Bb5 Ne8 11.
O-O Nc7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Re2
1 Ne6 16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 Nf8 18. Rae1 g5 19. Qd3 Ng6 20.
b4 g4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. b5 Bd7 23. a4 Qa5 24. Bh2 Rac8

41. Qg5+ Ke5 42. Qg3# 1-0
25. Bg3 Bg4 26. bxc6 Rxc6 27. Nxd5 Qxa4 28. Nxe7+
Nxe7 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Bh5 31. Kh2 Bg6 32. Qe3
Qc4 33. Nh4 f5 34. Nxg6 hxg6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Be5 Re6


360. 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6.
dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Bd3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6
11. O-O a6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Nb1 Be8 14. Nd2 Nh5 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be5 Bd6 17. Qg4 Bxe5 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19.  
Qxe5 Nf4 20. Nf3 Bg6 21. Bxg6 Nxg6 22. Qg5 Qb6 23. b3
Nf4 24. Ne5 Qd4 25. Rae1 Qc3 26. Nd7 Rf7 27. Qe5 Qxc2 
28. Qe8+ Rf8 29. Nxf8 Rxe8 30. Rxe8 Kg8 31. Rfe1 Kf7 32.
g3 Nd3 33. R1e7+ Kf6 34. Nd7+ Kf5 35. Re2 Qc1+ 36.

Kg2 Nc5 37. R8e5+ Kg6 38. Nf8+ Kf6 39. Nxh7+ Kg6 40. 

Nf8+ Kf6 41. f3 Qc3 42. b4 Qxb4 43. h4 Qb8 44. Re8 Qb1
45. g4 Nd3 46. R2e6+ Kf7 47. R6e7+ Kf6




37. Qh3+ Bh6 38. Rh8# 1-0

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363. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 Qa5 6.


e5 Nfd7 7. a3 c5 8. f4 Qb6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 
cxd4 12. b4 Qd8 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rc8
16. Ne2 Nc4 17. Bc1 b5 18. O-O a5 19. bxa5 Qxa5 20. f5 
exf5 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nf4 Be6 23. Ng5 Qc3 24. Bd2
Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 c3 26. Nfxe6 fxe6 27. Nxe6 Qxd2 28. Qf3

g6 29. Rad1 Qa2 30. Qxc3 Qxa3 31. Qd2 d4 32. Ra1 Qe7
33. Qa2 Bh6 34. Qc4 Be3 35. Ra6 Na7 36. Qa4+ Qd7 37.

Ng7+ Ke7 38. Qa3+ Kd8 39. Rd6 Nc6 
 
  
 1
 
 
43. Nh6+ Kh8 44. Nef7# 1-0

 366. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 d4 5. b4 a5 6.
Bb2 axb4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Nc2 Na6 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Re8
 11. Nd2 e5 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Rb8 14. Ra5 Nd7 15. Qa1
Nac5 16. Nb4 c6 17. Bc3 Qe7 18. Rb1 Qd6 19. e3 b6 20.
 1 Ra7 Bb7 21. d4 exd4 22. exd4 Qf6 23. Re1 Ra8 24. Rxe8+
Rxe8 25. Qf1 Ra8 26. Rxb7 Nxb7 27. Bxc6 Bf8 28. Bxb7

40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Qd6# 1-0
Ra3 29. Qc1 Ra7 30. Bd5 Bxb4 31. Bxb4 Qxd4 32. Bc3
Qd3 33. Ne4 Kf8 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. Qh4 f6 36. Nd6+ Kd8
37. Bxf6+ Nxf6 38. Qxf6+ Kd7 39. Qe6+ Kd8
364. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. Bd3 dxc3
6. exd5 Qxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. Nxc3 Qd7 9. Qe2 O-O-O 10. 
Rd1 Bd6 11. Nb5 Bg4 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14.
Bxa7 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Re8 16. Qc2+ Kd8 17. Bf5 Qc7 18. 
Qb3 Ke7 19. Rac1 Nc6 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. Qa3 g6 22. Rxd6
Qa8

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
40. Qe8+ Kc7 41. Nb5# 1-0
 367. 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 Qc7 12. a4 b4 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. b3 Nc6 15. Nbd2

23. Re6+ Kd7 24. Re7# 1-0
exd4 16. Nf1 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bb2 Bc5 19. Qd3 a5 20.
N1d2 Ba6 21. Nc4 dxc4 22. Qxe4 d3 23. Ng5 g6 24. Qh4
h5 25. Qf4 dxc2 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Qh6 f6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8
365. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 29. exf6 Bc5
O-O Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d4 e6 9. Qe2 Rd8 10.
Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nge7 12. Nc3 Qh5 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Ne4 
Qb5 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Rac1 Be7 17. a3 a5 18. Bg5 O-O 19.
Bxe7 Ndxe7 20. Nc3 Qb6 21. Na4 Qa6 22. Ng5 g6 23. 
Nc5 Qb5 24. Nf3 Nf5 25. d5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. a4
Qb4 28. Qc3 Re8 29. Nd3 Qxa4 30. Qf6 Rf8 31. Nc5 Qb4

32. Ng5 Qf4 33. Rd1 Nd8 34. g3 Qc4 35. Nd7 Re8 36. Ne5
Qb3 37. Rd3 Qxb2 38. Ngxf7 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Ng7 40. Nxd8
 
Qb4 41. Ndf7 Qe4+ 42. Rf3 a4 





30. f7+ Bd4 (30... c3 31. Qh6#) 31. Qh6# 1-0

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368. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. 


Be3 c6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Nge2 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nb6 11.
Rc1 Nfd7 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Nc7+ Ke7 14. Nxa8 Nxa8 15. 
Nc3 Ndb6 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nxd6 Kxd6 18. Bc5+ Kc7 19.
Bxb6+ Kxb6 20. Qb3+ Ka5

 
 
 
 
 
  
  
23. Qf8+ Rxf8 24. f7# 1-0
 371. 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O
  6. O-O Bg4 7. Re1 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5
11. h3 Be6 12. Bb5 Qd6 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Rd1 Qe7 15.
 Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxe5 Bxh3 17. Nd3 Be6 18. Bc5 Qe8 19.
Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Qe3 Ng4 21. Qg3 Qe7 22. Ne2 Re8 23. c3
21. Qc3+ ( { White instead played } 21. Qa3+ Ba4 22. Qc3+
Kb6 23. Qc5#) 21... Ka4 (21... Kb6 22. Qc5#) 22. Qa3# h5 24. Nd4 h4 25. Qf3 Bd7 26. b4 Kg8 27. Nc5 Ne5 28.
1-0 Qe3 Bc8 29. f4 Bh6 30. Qf2 Ng4 31. Qf3 g5 32. e5 gxf4 33.
e6 Ne3 34. Qh5 Bg7 35. Nxc6 Qf6 36. Nd8 Rxd8 37.
369. 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. Qxf7+ Kh7 38. Rxd8 Qxd8 39. Ne4 Qd3
d5 e6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf3 exd5 10. e5 dxe5
11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Qxd5 Nxe5 13. Qxc5 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qe6+ 
15. Ne4 f5 16. Qd6 Qe7 17. Bg5 Qxd6 18. Nxd6+ Kd7 19.
O-O-O Kc6 20. Rhe1 Nd7 21. Re7 Rhg8 22. Nxb7 Nb6 23. 
Rd6+ Kb5 24. b3 Rae8 25. a4+ Kb4 26. Kb1 Bc3 27. Rc6
h6 28. Be3 Nxa4 29. Rc4+ Kb5
 

 
 
 
 
 
  
 40. Nf6+ Kh6 (40... Kh8 41. Qg8#) 41. Qh5# 1-0
 372. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
1 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8. O-O-O Qc7 9. Qg3 b5 10. Bxb5
axb5 11. Ndxb5 Qa5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rxd6 Nxe4 14.

30. Nd6+ Ka5 (30... Ka6 31. Rxa7#) 31. Rxa7# (31.
Nc7+ Qxc7 15. Rxe6+ Kd7 16. Rd1+ Nd6 17. Nb5 Qc5 18.
Nxd6 Kxe6 19. Qb3+ Ke5
Rxa4#) 1-0

370. 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Ne4 6.
Qc2 Nc6 7. Bd3 Ng5 8. Nxg5 Qxg5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4

e5 11. f4 Qe7 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. fxe5 O-O 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4
Bb6 16. Bb2 Nd8 17. Qe4 Kh8 18. Bd3 f5 19. exf6 g6 20.

Nxb6 axb6 21. d5 Rf7 22. Qe7 c6 


 

 

20. f4+ Kxf4 (20... Kf6 21. Qxf7#) 21. Qg3# 1-0

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373. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3


e5 6. Nde2 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Ng3 O-O 9. b4 Bc7 10. Nd5 
Ne8 11. Bc4 b5 12. Ba2 a5 13. h4 axb4 14. Bg5 Nf6 15.
Nh5 d6 16. Nhxf6+ Kh8 17. Qh5 h6 18. Bxh6 g6 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
45. Qf8+ Kd7 46. Rf7# 1-0
  376. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Bb5 Ne7 5. Ngf3 g6

19. Bg7+ Kxg7 20. Qh7# 1-0
6. O-O Bg7 7. e5 O-O 8. Nb3 Bd7 9. Bd3 f6 10. exf6 Rxf6
11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Re1 b6 13. c3 Qf8 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Bb5
Rf5 16. Rad1 Nc8 17. Bh4 Nd6 18. Bd3 Rf4 19. Bg3 Rf7
374. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 20. Ng5 Rfe7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Bh6 23. Bxg6+
Qxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Kg7 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Rd3 Qf4 26. Rg3 Kh8 27. Rg4 Qf8
Nb5 Qd8 11. Qd2 Re8 12. c4 a6 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. Bf4 d6 28. Re3 e5 29. Rh4 exd4 30. cxd4 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Re7 32.
15. Rac1 Nge5 16. Be2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Bd1 Be6 Nd2 Kg8 33. Bd3 Bxe3+ 34. Kh1 Qf2 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36.
19. Be3 Nc6 20. Nd5 Rc8 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Ba4 Rf8 23. b4 Qh5+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qh7+ Ke6
f5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Bc2 Rf7 26. Be4 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28.
Rfd1 Qc7 29. a4 Rd8 30. b5 Ne5 31. c5 d5 32. Qe2 e6 33. f4 
d4 34. Bd2 d3 35. Qe3 Nf7 36. Qxe6 Rxc5 37. Kh1 axb5
38. Nd5 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Qd6 40. Ne7+ Kf8 41. Qe4 Qd4 42. 
Qe1 Bf6 43. Nc8 bxa4 44. Rc7 Qa1 45. Rc1 Qa2 46. Rc7 a3
47. h4 Qb3 48. Bb4+ Kg7 49. Nd6 Rxd6 50. Bxd6 a2 51.
 
Qe8 a1=Q+ 52. Kh2 Kh6 53. Bf8+ Kh5 54. Rc5+ Kxh4 55.
Qd7 Ng5


 
 
  
 1
 
 39. Qg6+ ( { White instead played } 39. Qg8+ { after which Black
 is winning after } 39... Rf7) 39... Qf6 40. Bf5# 1-0

 377. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6.


Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bc1 Nxc3 10. Bd3 c5
 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bd2 h5 15. Qf4

56. g3+ Kh5 57. Qh3# 1-0
Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxc5 18. Bg5 Nb4 19. Rab1
a5 20. a3 Bc6 21. axb4 Bxe4 22. bxc5 a4 23. Nd4 Kd7 24.
Rfd1 Rhc8 25. Nb5+ Kc6 26. Rd6+ Kxc5 27. Be3+ Kc4
375. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. 

Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. Nge2 e5 9. d5 c5 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4
f6 12. Ng3 Rf7 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Rdg1 Nc8
16. g5 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh5 Ne7 19. Nxg7 Nxg7 20. h5
f4 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. g6+ Kh8 23. h6 Ngf5 24. g7+ Kh7 
25. Ne4 Ng8 26. Bf2 Ngxh6 27. g8=Q+ Qxg8 28. Rxg8
Rxg8 29. Bh4 Nxh4 30. Rxh4 Rg1+ 31. Kc2 Rg6 32. Kc3 
Bf5 33. Nf2 Rfg7 34. Qd1 Rg3 35. Kd2 Rg1 36. Qe2 R1g2
37. Rh1 R7g3 38. Kc1 Kg7 39. b4 cxb4 40. c5 dxc5 41.

Qxe5+ Kg8 42. Rxh6 Rxf2 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Rf6+ Ke7 


 

28. Na3+ Kc3 29. Bd2# 1-0

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378. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 381. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4
Be6 6. f4 Nd7 7. Nf3 O-O-O 8. Kc2 f5 9. Ng5 Re8 10. 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7
Nxe6 Rxe6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Bxc4 Re8 13. Nxe4 Nh6 14. Be3 10. Qb3+ Ke8 11. Qxb4 d6 12. O-O Qf6 13. Re1 d5 14.
Nb6 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Rad1 Nf5 17. Rd3 h5 18. Ng5 Bc5 Nc3 Qf4 15. Nxd5 Qf7 16. Rxe4+ Kd8 17. Qc5 c6 18.
19. Be6+ Rxe6 20. Nxe6 Be7 21. Rhd1 Rh6 Qd6+ Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Bxd7 20. Nc3 Bf5 21. Re5 g6 22.


Rae1 Kc7 23. Re7+ Kb6 24. R1e5 Rad8 25. b4 Bg4

 
 
 
 
 
  
1 
  
 
22. Rd8+ Bxd8 23. Rxd8# 1-0 
26. Na4+ Ka6 27. Ra5# 1-0
379. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3
Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 Re8 9. Ne5 Nf8 10. 382. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg5 f6 6.
Ndf3 a6 11. Ng5 N6d7 12. Ngxf7 Qb6 13. Qg4 Nf6 Bh4 g5 7. Nxg5 Ng7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. c3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Nf5


11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxh4 13. Bd3 f5 14. g3 Ng6 15. f4
Qe7 16. h4 h5 17. Be2 Qh7 18. Nf3 Bh6 19. Nd4 O-O-O
 20. a4 c5 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 b6 23. Ra6 Rd7 24. Qa4
Kb8 25. Kf2 Bf8 26. Ra1 c4 27. Rxb6+ Kc8 28. Rxe6 Qf7
 29. Qa6+ Rb7 30. Rxg6 Bc5 31. Rc6+ Kb8 32. Rxc5 Rg8
33. Qd6+ Ka8 34. Qxd5 Qg7 35. Qf3 Kb8 36. Bxc4 Rd8
 37. Bd5 Rbd7 38. b6 a6 39. Rxa6 Rb7 40. Rc7 Rd7

 
  
 
  
  
 
14. Nh6+ Kh8 15. Nef7# 1-0
 
380. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Bf4 Nxe4 8. Qf3 d5 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10.

Nc7+ Ke7 11. bxc3 g5 12. Bg3 f5 13. Bc4 Bd7 14. Nxd5+
exd5 15. Rxd5 Qc8 16. Re1 Be6 17. Rxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4

Qg8 19. Rd6 Nd8 20. Qe5 Rc8 21. Rxe6+ Nxe6 22. Qd6+ 
41. Ra8+ Kxa8 42. Rc8# 1-0
Kf6 23. Be5+ Kg6 24. Bxe6 Qf8 25. Qd3+ Kh6 26. Bg4
Qa3+ 27. Kb1 Rc6


383. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3
O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. b4 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O
 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b5 Re8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Rfd1 Ng6 15.
Rab1 Bd6 16. h3 Nd7 17. a4 Bc7 18. Bc3 Rc8 19. Qb2 d4
 20. exd4 Nf4 21. Bf1 cxd4 22. Bxd4 e5 23. Be3 e4 24. Nd4
Nc5 25. Nc6 Qh4 26. Qd4 Re6 27. Qxc5 Bxc6 28. Qf5
 Bd7 29. Nf3 exf3 30. Rxd7 Rg6 31. Bxf4 fxg2 32. Bxg2 Rf6
33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Qe4 Rc8 35. Bg3 Qxe4 36. Bxe4 Rxc4
 37. Rd1 Kf8 38. Bc6 Rxa4


 

1

28. Qh3+ Kg6 29. Qh5# 1-0

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 386. 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 Be7


 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Be2 a5 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Nf1 Re8
11. b3 Bf8 12. a3 Ne7 13. Bg5 Ng6 14. Nh4 h6 15. Nxg6
 hxg5 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. e5 Nd7 18. d4 c5 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20.
Re3 Ra7 21. Rae1 Re8 22. Qe2 Nf8 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qg4
 Qe7 25. f4 Nh7 26. Rg3 cxd4 27. cxd4 gxf4 28. Qxf4 Rc8
29. Ne3 Kh8 30. Rh3 g5 31. Qf3 Rc3 32. Qh5 f5 33. exf6
 Qxf6 34. Rf1 Qxd4
 
 
 
  

39. Rd8+ Ke7 40. Re8# 1-0
 

384. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 a6  
11. Bd3 b5 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Rae1 Nb4 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qh3
b4 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Nb6 bxa3 18. bxa3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 
20. e5 dxe5 21. f5 exf5 22. Bxf5 Qc7 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Kh1
Nd8 25. Ne4 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Ne6 27. Ref1 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4
 
29. Qf3 O-O 30. Rxf4 Bxa3 31. Nf6+ gxf6 

35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Qh6# 1-0

 387. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O


6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nd7 10. O-O c6 11.
 Qc2 Qe8 12. Rad1 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. h3 Nh6 15. dxe5 dxe5
16. b4 Qg6 17. c5 Re8 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Qb3 h4 20. Bh2
 Nf8 21. Rd6 Qh5 22. Nd2 g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. f3 Bc8 25.
Nd1 Nh7 26. Ne3 Ng5 27. Kh1 Nhf7 28. Bxf7 Nxf7 29.
 Rd3 Be6 30. Ndc4 Bh6 31. Qc2 Rg8 32. Nd6 Ng5 33.
 Ndf5 h3 34. g4 Qg6 35. Qf2 Rgd8 36. Rd6 Bf8 37. Nh4
Qh7 38. Rxd8 Rxd8 39. Nef5 Bc4 40. Rc1 Be6 41. Qe3
  Qd7 42. Bxe5 Bg7 43. Bd4 Bxa2 44. Qc3 Qe6 45. Re1
Qc4 46. Qxc4 Bxc4 47. Nd6 Bg8 48. Kh2 Kh7 49. Kg3 b6
 50. Nhf5 Rb8 51. f4 bxc5 52. Bxc5 Ne6 53. Rh1 Nxc5

 1 


 
32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. Qxf6# 1-0

385. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6
6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7

11. f4 b6 12. g4 Nc5 13. g5 Ne8 14. f5 Bb7 15. Bc2 e5 16. 

Nf3 Rc8 17. Nd2 g6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 b5 20. b3 bxc4
21. Nxc4 Qb7 22. Rad1 Bd8 23. Rf3 Qd7 24. Rdf1 Kg7 25.
Qg2 Qb7 26. Qh3 f6 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. fxg6 e4 29. Rh3
Qg7 30. gxh7+ Kh8 31. Qxg7+ Nxg7 32. Nxd6 Rc7 33. Bd4 
Nce6 34. dxe6 Nxe6 35. Bxf6+ Bxf6 36. Rxf6 Rxf6 37. gxf6
Ng5 38. Rg3 Nf3+ 39. Rxf3 exf3 40. f7 Kg7 
  
 
54. Rxh3+ Kg6 (54... Bh6 55. Rxh6#) 55. Ne7# 1-0
 388. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O
 f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 Nh6 10. h3
Bd7 11. Qb3 b6 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Nc4 Nf7 14. Rfd1 Bc5
 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Nxb6+ Qxb6 18. Qxf7+
 Kc8 19. Nxe5 Qxb2 20. Qd7+ Kb8 21. Qd1 Qxc3 22. Rb1+
Ka7




41. h8=Q+ Kxh8 42. f8=Q# 1-0

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 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

23. Qd4+ Qxd4 (23... c5 24. Nc6#) 24. Nxc6# 1-0

60. Bxg6+ Kh6 61. Rh8# 1-0

389. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 d6 391. 1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6.
6. Nxc3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa4 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. c5 e5 10. a3 exd4 11.
Qa6 Be7 11. O-O Bf6 12. e5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. axb4 dxc3 12. Bxc3 Qe7 13. O-O-O a5 14. bxa5 Nxa5 15.
Qxa7 Rc8 15. Qe3 Nf6 16. f4 Ng4 17. Qe2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 d4 16. exd4 Nb3+ 17. Kc2 Na1+ 18. Kb1 Qe6 19. Rg1
Nf6 19. Ne4 O-O 20. Ng5 e5 21. f5 c5 22. Ne6 Rf7 23. Bg5 Qa2+ 20. Kc1 Ra3 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Rd3 Qb3 23. Rd2
d5 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. h3 Rb8 26. Rab1 Qa7 27. b3 e4 28. Qe6 24. bxa3 Nb3+ 25. Kb2 Nxd2 26. Rxh7+ Nxh7 27. d5+
Rbd1 Rf7 29. Qh5 h6 30. f6 Bxf6 31. Qxd5 Qxa2 32. Qxe4 f6 28. dxe6 Nxf1 29. e7 Re8


Rxb3 33. Rxf6 Rxf6 34. Rd8+ Kf7

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
1 

35. Ng5+ hxg5 36. Qe8# 1-0
30. Bxf6+ Kg8 31. Qc4# 1-0

392. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6.


390. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Be2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 c6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Na6
O-O 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Bg5 Re8 9. Ne2 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. g4 Rad8 12. g5 Ne8 13. O-O-O b5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2
11. g4 Nf8 12. Bf2 Bxg4 13. fxg4 Nxe4 14. d5 Qf6 15. Bg3 Nec7 16. Nc1 Nb5 17. Nb3 Qa4 18. h4 c5 19. Be2 Rb8 20.
Qf3 16. Rg1 Ng6 17. Bg2 Qxg4 18. h3 Qf5 19. Qd3 Nxg3 Bxb5 Rxb5 21. h5 c4 22. Nc1 c3 23. Qh2 cxb2 24. Nb3 Rc8
20. Qxg3 Qf4 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 exf4+ 23. Kd2 Re3 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. f5 gxf5 27. exf5 Kf8 28. f6 exf6 29. gxf6
24. Raf1 Rae8 25. Rxf4 Re2+ 26. Kd3 R8e3+ 27. Kd4 Rg3 Bxf6 30. Qxd6+ Be7


28. Rg4 Rd2+ 29. Ke4 Rxc3 30. Bf1 g6 31. Rf4 c5 32. dxc6
bxc6 33. Rf3 Rxf3 34. Kxf3 Ra2 35. Ke3 Rxa3+ 36. Bd3 Kf8
37. Rg4 Ke7 38. Rh4 h5 39. Re4+ Kd7 40. Rf4 f5 41. h4
Ke6 42. Rf1 Ra2 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Re1 d5 45. Re8 dxc4 46. 
Bxc4 Rg2 47. Re6+ Kg7 48. Ke5 Rg4 49. Re7+ Kh6 50.
Be6 Rxh4 51. Kf6 Re4 52. Re8 Kh7 53. Rc8 h4 54. Bf7 
Rg4 55. Bg8+ Kh8 56. Be6+ Kh7 57. Rc7+ Kh8 58. Bf7
Rd4 59. Rc8+ Kh7





1  

31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Qh6# 1-0

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393. 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5


6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Qe1 e5 9. e4 d4 10. Nc4 Bxf3 
11. Bxf3 b5 12. Na5 b4 13. Nb3 a5 14. c3 a4 15. Nd2 Nc5
16. cxd4 exd4 17. e5 Nxd3 18. Qe2 Nxe5 19. Nc4 Bd6 20. 
Bf4 Nd7 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxc6+ Qxc6
24. Qxe5+ Kf8 25. Qxd4 h5 26. Rac1 Qe6 27. Rfe1 Qxh3

28. Rc7 Kg8 29. Qf4 Rf8 30. Re8 Kh7 31. Qe4+ g6 32. Qe7
Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kh6 34. Rxf7 Rxf7 35. Rxh8+ Rh7
 

 1
 
 
 
 
 61. Rdb6+ Kc4 62. Ra4# 1-0

 396. 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6.


 e5 Nfd7 7. h4 c5 8. h5 cxd4 9. Qxd4 dxe5 10. Qf2 Re8 11.
hxg6 hxg6 12. Qh4 Nf8 13. fxe5 Nc6 14. Bh6 f6 15. Bxg7
 Kxg7 16. Qh8+ Kf7 17. Bc4+ Be6

 
36. Qf4+ Kg7 (36... g5 37. Qf6#) 37. Qf8# 1-0

394. 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Be3
Nbd7 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 a6 8. Bh6 O-O 9. h4 b5 10. f3 Re8

11. h5 b4 12. Nd1 Nf8 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. g4 e6 15. dxe6
Bxe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Ne3 Qc7 19. Qf4

Qe7 20. O-O-O Red8 21. Kb1 a5 22. Nh3 Kg7 23. Ng5 
Bg8 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Ne8 26. Rd2 h6 27. Rxh6
Kxh6 28. Ne6+ g5 
 
 
  
 
18. Ng5+ fxg5 19. O-O# (19. Rf1#) 1-0


397. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3
Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bd2 c6 8. Bc4 e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. g4 Bg6
 11. g5 Nh5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Qc8 14. Ne5 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 a5 18. Qe5 Rg8 19.
 O-O-O Be7 20. h4 a4 21. h5 Bf5 22. f3 h6 23. Rhg1 Qb7
24. gxh6 Bf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Rxg8+ Ke7 27. Bd6+ Kd7
1 28. Rg7 Kc8 29. h7 Bxh7 30. Rxh7 Qb6 31. Rxf7 Qe3+ 32.
Kb1 Qxf3

29. Rh2+ Kg6 30. Qf5# 1-0 
395. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O 
Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 f6 9. Nh4 g6 10. f4
exf4 11. Rxf4 Ne5 12. Rf1 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 Ng4 14. Qe1 Be6
 
15. Nhf3 Qd7 16. d4 O-O-O 17. c4 h5 18. a3 c5 19. d5 Bf7
20. Rb1 Bd6 21. b4 Rhe8 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Nb3 Bb6 24.

h3 f5 25. e5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. Bg5 Rd7 28. Bf4 Nf6 
29. Nbd2 Ne4 30. Nxe4 fxe4 31. Ng5 Ba5 32. Qxe4 Qxe4
33. Nxe4 Rd4 34. Nf6 Re6 35. Rbd1 Ra4 36. Rd3 b5 37. 
Nd7 Re8 38. g3 Rc4 39. h4 Bc3 40. Rfd1 Bb2 41. Re1 Re6
42. Re2 Bxa3 43. Rxa3 Kxd7 44. Rea2 Rcc6 45. Kg2 Kc8 
46. Kf3 Kb7 47. Ke4 Re8 48. Rd3 Rc4+ 49. Rd4 Rc3 50.
Rd7 b4 51. Rd3 Rc5 52. Rd5 Rc3 53. Rd3 Rc5 54. Rd5 Rc3

55. Ra4 c5 56. Rd7+ Kc6 57. Rd6+ Kb5 58. Raxa6 Rb8 59.
e6 b3 60. e7 Re8
1 

33. Bxe6+ Kd8 34. Rf8# 1-0

398. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6.


O-O Bg7 7. c3 Qc7 8. Re1 O-O 9. a4 Rb8 10. Na3 a6 11.
Qe2 Nd7 12. Nc2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. d4 b4 15. Bg5 h6

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
16. d5 hxg5 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxg5 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxc3 20.
Qg4 Kg7 21. Qh4 Rh8 22. Ne6+ fxe6 23. Qxe7+ Kh6 24.
Qh4+ Kg7 25. Qe7+ Kh6 26. e5 d5 27. Ra3 Bxe5 28. g4
Bf6 29. g5+ Kxg5 30. Rg3+ Kf4 31. Qf7 Rh6 32. Rxe6 
Rb1+ 33. Bf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qb5+ 35. Kg2 Qb2 36. Rf3+
Kg5 37. Rg3+ Kf4 38. Ne3 Rh4 39. Nxd5+ Kf5 40. Ne3+ 
Kf4 41. Re4+ Kxe4 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 20. Rg8+ Kh7 21. Rh8# 1-0

1 401. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6


6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1 b5 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. f4 b4 11.
 Na4 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qf3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Qc6 16. Qg3 g6 17. Qh3 Nxe4 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. f5

42. Qd5+ Kf4 43. Rf3# 1-0
Ng5 20. fxe6 f5 21. Nd5 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxh3 23. Bxb7
Ng5 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bb7 Rab8 26. Bd5 Rfc8 27. h4 Rb5
28. Bb3 Ne4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Rf7 Bxh4 31. e7 Bxe7


399. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7
6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Nh3 Qe7 9. Nf4 c6 10. Qg4 g6
11. O-O-O h5 12. Qg3 b5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15.
Ncxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. e6 Kf8 18. Qf4 Nf6 19. Nxf6 
Kg7 20. Nxh5+ gxh5 $2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
 32. Rg7+ Kh8 (32... Kf8 33. Rg8#) 33. Rg8# 1-0

   402. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. Ne4 Nxe4


6. Bxe4 Be7 7. d3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 a5 10. e3
 e5 11. Ne2 c5 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Nc6 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
( { The game actually continued } 20... Rxh5 21. Qxf7+ Kh6 22. exd4 cxd4 16. Qf4 Bg4 17. Qxe5 Bxe2 18. Rf2 Bg4 19.
g4 Qg5+ 23. f4 Qxg4 24. Rdg1 Be2 25. e7 Nxe7 26. Rxh5+ Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bd5 Qb6 21. Raf1 Bh3 22. Rxf7 Raxf7 23.
Qxh5 27. Qxe7 Rc8 28. f5 Bg4 29. Qe3+ Qg5 30. Qxg5+ Rxf7 Qh6


Kxg5 31. fxg6 Rc6 32. g7 Rg6 33. c4 Rxg7 34. b3 Kf4 35.
Kb2 Rh7 36. Ka3 Bf3 37. Kb4 Ke3 38. Kc3 a5 39. Re1+
Kf4 40. d5 Rh2 41. a3 Be4 42. Kd4 Rd2+ 43. Kc5 Rd3 44.
b4 Rxa3 45. b5 Rc3 46. d6 Rd3 47. b6) 21. Qxf7+ Kh6 22. 
Rxh5# 1-0
 
400. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Bb3 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6.
Nc3 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8. O-O Qc7 9. Nh4 Re8 10. Qf3

Be6 11. Nf5 Nbd7 12. Bg5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Be7 14. Rad1 
Rad8 15. Rd3 Nf8 16. Rg3 Qd7 17. Bxf6 Qxf5 18. Rxg7+
Kh8 19. Bxf7 h6 




24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rg8# 1-0

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403. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 405.


6. Nc3 Qg6 7. f3 Nf6 8. fxe4 Be7 9. Be3 Nxe4 10. Bd3
Qxg2 11. Bxe4

 
   
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
1. e4 c5 2. Qh5+ $2 g6 3. Qxc5 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. Qe3 Nf6

11... Bh4+ 12. Bf2 Qxf2# 0-1
6. h3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Qe2 $2 Nf4 9. Qf3 Bh6 10. Bb5
O-O 11. Qe4 Bf5 12. Qc4+ Kh8 13. Qf1 $2 Bd3 14. Bxd3
Nxd3+ 15. Ke2 Rxf2+ 16. Qxf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Qd3 18. Ne2
404. Rf8+ 19. Ke1 e4 20. Rf1 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qc2 22. Ke1 Ne5
23. Na3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

1. f4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Bxc6+ 
bxc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 c5 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. Qb3 Be7 11. g4 23... Nd3+ 24. Kf1 Qd1# 0-1
h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. fxg5 Ne7 15. Qxb6
axb6 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. Nf3 Bd3 18. Kf2 Be4 19. Re1 Rh3 406.


20. Rxe4 dxe4 21. Ng1 Rd3 22. Ne2 Nxe5 23. Nf4 Ng4+
24. Kg2 c4 25. Nxe6 Ke7 26. Nd4 Rf8 27. Kg1 Rd1+ 28.
Kg2 Rf2+ 29. Kg3

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 1. e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. d4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6.
Be3 Qc6 7. a4 a6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Bg2 e6 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. f4

29... Rg1+ 30. Kh4 Rxh2# 0-1
Bc5 12. Bd4 Bf7 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. b4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7
16. h4 Rc8 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. a5 Nc4 19. Qe2 O-O 20. h5
Nc6 21. Nf3 b5 22. Qd3 Qa7 23. Ke2 Kh8 24. Nh4 Be8 25.
Ng6+ Bxg6 26. hxg6 Rxf4 27. Rxh7+ Kg8 28. Bxd5

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 409. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+


6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Bc4 d6 9. Nd3 f3 10. g3 Qh3+
 11. Kf2 Qg2+ 12. Ke3 Bh6+ 13. Nf4 Bxf4+ 14. gxf4 f2 15.
d3 g3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Qf1 Qxg3+ 18. Kd4 Nc6+ 19. Kc3
1 Nxe4+ 20. Kb3 Nd4+ 21. Ka4 Bd7+ 22. Ka5 b6+ 23. Kb4
a5+ 24. Ka3 Nxc2+ 25. Kb3 Ba4+ 26. Kxa4
  
   
 
 
  1
 

28... Qf2+ 29. Kd1 Nb2# 0-1 
407. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. h4 Be7 4. Qg4 d5 5. Qxf4 dxe4 
6. Qxe4 Nf6 7. Qa4+ c6 8. d3 O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Be2 Na6
11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Qd4 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. Be1 Bg4 15.

Nc3 Re5 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rae8 18. Qd1 Nh5 19. Ne4
Bb6 20. Bc3 Ng3+ 21. Kg2 Qe3 22. Kxg3 Rxe4 23. dxe4

26... Nc5+ 27. Kb5 Nd4# 0-1
Rxe4 24. Qd3

 410. 1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+


Bd7 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nge2 Bd6 9. O-O Bxh2+
  10. Kxh2 Ng4+ 11. Kg1 Qh4 12. Re1 Qxf2+ 13. Kh1 Re8
14. d4 Re3 15. Bd2
 
  1 
 
 
 
 
 

24... Qf2+ 25. Kh3 Rxh4# 0-1 
408. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3

Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Re1
O-O-O 11. Ne5 Ne7 12. a4 Nd5 13. Bb3 Bxe5 14. dxe5

15... Rh3+ 16. gxh3 Qh2# 0-1
Nc5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Ra3 Kb8 17. Rd1 h5 18. c3 h4 19.
Nf1 Rh5 20. f4 Rhh8 21. Rd4 Ne4 22. a5 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. 411. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3
Be3 e5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rb4 Nc5 27. Qb5 Nd3 28. Rg4 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. Nd5 Kd8 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Nxf6 Bxf6 10. e5
Bf5 29. Rg5 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Ra1 Bc6 32. b4 d4 33. Be7 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. c3 Bd7 13. g3 Qh6 14. exd6 Bxd6 15.
cxd4 exd4 34. Bd2 Rhg8 35. Rxg8 Rxg8 36. g3 Re8 37. Ra3 h4 g4 16. Bd1 Qf6 17. Ke1 Qe7+ 18. Kf2 Re8 19. gxf4
Re2 38. b5 Qe1+ 20. Kg2 Qe4+ 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Bc2 Re8 23. Bxh7
 Be6 24. Kg3 Bd5 25. Rh2 Re1 26. Ne2 Bc4 27. d5 Ne7 28.
Nd4 Nxd5 29. h5 Rg1+ 30. Kf2 Rf1+ 31. Kg3 Nxf4 32.
 Kxg4 Kd7 33. b3 Be6+ 34. Nxe6 Nxe6 35. Re2 Rh8 36.
Be4 Rg8+ 37. Kh4 Be7+ 38. Kh3 Bd6 39. h6 Rxc1 40. h7
 Rxc3+ 41. Kh4








38... Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Nf2# 0-1

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
Nc3 Rd2 15. Rd1 Rxg2+ 16. Kh1 Rhg8 17. Rf5 f6 18. Rxf6
Nh3 19. Rff1
 
  1  
 
 
 
 
 
 

41... Be7+ 42. Kh5 Rh3# 0-1


19... Rg1+ 20. Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1
412. 1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. e5 f6 6. Na3
Nh6 7. Nc2 Qb6 8. d4 Bd7 9. Ne3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11.
Kf2 O-O 12. Kg3 fxe5 13. fxe5 Rac8 14. h4 Rxf3+ 15. gxf3 415. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. Kf1
Nxd4 16. Bd3 Rf8 17. f4 Bc5 18. Rf1 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 Bf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 g5 9. h4 g4 10. Bxf4 gxf3 11.
20. Kh3 Ne2 21. Ng2 Nf5 22. Kh2 Neg3 23. Rf3 Ne4 24. Qxf3 h5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Re1 Kf8 14. Bxd6 Rh7 15. Be5
Qf1 Qe8 25. b4 Bd4 26. Rb1 Qh5 27. Rbb3 Rc8 28. Be3 Nc6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Bc7 Qd7 18. Rxe6 Qxe6 19. Nb6
Rc2 29. Kg1 Nxe3 30. Rfxe3 Nd2 31. Qd3 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Nxd4 20. Qxb7 Qf5+ 21. Kg1 Re8 22. Kh2 Nf6 23. Rf1
Nf1+ 33. Kh3 Nxe3 34. Nxe3 Ng4+ 24. Kg1 Bc5 25. Rxf5

 
 
 
1   
 
  
 
  
 

34... Qf3+ 35. Kh2 Rh1# 0-1

25... Nf3+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kf1 Re1#) 26... Nf2# ( { Not } 26...
Re1+ 27. Bf1 Nf2#) 0-1
413. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d4 Qe7
6. d5 Nd8 7. Be2 d6 8. h3 f5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. 416. 1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6.
Nh4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6
 11. Bc2 Ba6 12. Rf2 Rfe8 13. h3 Rac8 14. Be3 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 c5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd5 Re1+ 18. Kh2 c4 19. Qd2
   Rce8 20. a4 Bh4 21. g3 Bxg3+ 22. Kxg3 R8e3+ 23. Kh2
Bb7 24. Na3 Rxh3+ 25. Kxh3 Re3+ 26. Kg4 Bc8+ 27. f5
 Qg6+ 28. Kh4 Qg3+ 29. Kh5 g6+ 30. fxg6

 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
13... Bxf2+ 14. Kf1 Ng3# 0-1

414. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d4 Bxd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O
Nf6 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10.

Bxe6 Nxe6 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rxf6 Nf4 14. 
30... Qg4+ 31. Kh6 Qh4# (31... Rh3#) 0-1

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417. 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. 


a3 a5 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O
11. Be3 Nd5 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rad1 f4 14. Bc1 Rb8 15. Qe4  
Kh8 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Bg4 18. Rd3 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Bd6 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. Qxd8 Rbxd8 22. Rfd1 Rf5 23. b3
1
Rfd5 24. Bb2 Bb6 25. Kf1 h6 26. Ke2 Bxd4 27. b4 axb4 28.
axb4 b5 29. Nc5 Rxc5 30. Bxd4 Re8+ 31. Kf1 Rc4 32. Ba1

Re7 33. Bb2 Nxb4 34. Rd7 Nc6 35. Rxe7 Nxe7 36. Rd7 
Nf5 37. Rd5 Rb4 38. Bc3 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Nh4+ 40. Kh3
Nxf3 41. Rd7 Rg1 42. Rd3 Ng5+ 43. Kh4 Ne4 44. f3 Ng5 
45. Kh5 Kh7 46. Be5 Ne6 47. Rd7 Rg5+ 48. Kh4 Rxe5 49.
h3 Rg5 50. Rd6 Rg6 51. Kh5 Nf8 52. Rd8 
  
 
 
31... Qe5+ 32. Be4 Qxe4# 0-1
 420. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. h3 Na5 10. Nc3

1
Nxc4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 Ne7 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5
Be6 15. Qf4 O-O 16. a4 a5 17. Ne4 h6 18. Bb2 Ng6 19.
 Qg3 Qd3 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. h4 Kh8 22. Ba3 Rfe8 23. h5
Ne7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Nf6 gxf6 26. exf6 Rg8 27. fxe7 Rxg3
 28. e8=Q+ Kh7 29. Nh4 Qd4 30. Qe7 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1

 
 1
52... Rg5+ 53. Kh4 Ng6# 0-1

418. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6.
Nxe4 fxe4 7. Qe2 Bc5 8. Qxe4 Qh4+ 9. g3 Bf2+ 10. Kf1

fxg3 11. Qxh4 g2+ 12. Kxg2 Bxh4 13. Nf3 Be7 14. d4 Nc6 
15. c3 b6 16. d5 Na5 17. Bd3 O-O 18. b4 Nb7 19. Bb2 Nd8
20. a3 Bb7 21. c4 c6 22. d6 c5 23. Rhf1 Bg5 24. Kg3 Bf4+ 
25. Kg4 g6 26. h4 Ne6 27. Rae1 Rf7 28. Be4 Bxe4 29.
Rxe4 Raf8 30. Ne1 h5+ 31. Kh3 g5 32. Nd3 gxh4 33. Rg1+ 
Kh7 34. Kxh4 Kh6 35. Bc1 Bxc1 36. Rxc1 Rf3 37. Rd1
Ng5 38. Nf2 Nxe4 39. Ng4+ hxg4 40. e6

 
  
31... Qxg2+ 32. Nxg2 Rh3# 0-1
 421. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bd6 5. c3
 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 h6 8. Nh4 Ne7 9. Bc4 c6 10. Qf3
Bc7 11. Bxh6 d5 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Qg3 gxh6 14. h3 Kh7
 15. hxg4 Rg8 16. Qf3 Nxg4 17. Qxf7+ Rg7 18. Qf3 Qd7 19.


Qe2 Rf8 20. Nd2 Ng6 21. Nxg6 Rxg6 22. Nf3 Rgf6 23. Bd1
Rxf3 24. gxf3 Nh2 25. Kxh2 Rf4 26. Rg1
 
 
  

40... Rh3+ 41. Kxg4 Nf2# 0-1


419. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5
Qd5 6. Qa4 Ne7 7. f4 exf3 8. Nxf3 Bd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. 
d4 Qh5 11. Bf4 Kb8 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Qd1
Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Nbd2 Ne5 17. dxe5 Bc6 18. h3 
Be3+ 19. Kh2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxe5+ 21. Kh1 Rxd2 22. Qb3
Bb6 23. Qxf7 Rhd8 24. Rae1 Qg3 25. b4 c6 26. Re8 Bc7

27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Kg1 Qh2+ 29. Kf2 Bb6+ 30. Ke1
Qg3+ 31. Ke2


26... Rh4+ 27. Kg2 Qh3# 0-1

422. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. h3 h6


6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 Qf6 8. a4 exd4 9. a5 Bxa5 10. cxd4 Bb6 11.

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
e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qh4 14. Ra4 Qe7 15. e6
Bxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Re4 Nf6 18. Re2 O-O 19. Nc3 e5
20. Nd5 Qd6 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Rd1 Qe7
24. Rde1 Nd7 25. f4 Nc5 26. Qc2 Rad8 27. Rxe5 Qd6 28. 1
Qc3 Qg6 29. Re7 Nd3 30. R1e6 Rf6 31. Qxc7 Rdf8 32.
Rxf6 Qxf6 33. Be3 Nxf4 34. Rd7 Nxg2 35. Bd4 Qf1+ 36. 
Kh2 Nf4 37. Rxg7  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28... Qxh2+ 29. Bxh2 Rhxh2# 0-1

 425. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3


dxc3 6. O-O d6 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb3 Qf6 10.
 Kh1 h6 11. f4 hxg5 12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. Bxf7+ Ke7 14. Bh5
g6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. g4 gxh5 17. gxh5 Nf6 18. Bxg5 Qxg5

37... Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Ne2# 0-1
19. a4 Qxh5 20. Qxf6+ Kd7 21. Qg7+ Kc6 22. Qg2 Rag8
23. Qb2

423. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. a3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Nf3 a5 6. 


e3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Nf6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. Bxc6 Ba6 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Nc3 Ne5 15. 1 
Qxd5 Nd3+ 16. Kd2 Qc8 17. Kc2 Rd8 18. Qh5 Nf4 19.
exf4 Bd3+ 20. Kb3 Qe6+ 21. Ka4 Qc4+ 22. b4 
 
  
 
 
1 
  
 
23... Qf3+ 24. Rxf3 (24. Qg2 Qxg2#) 24... Rg1# 0-1
 426. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nc6 5. b4 Bb6 6.
 b5 Na5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Bb2 Bxf3
11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Ke2 Ne7 13. a4 Nc4 14. Bc3 Ng6 15.

22... Bc2+ 23. Kxa5 Ra8# 0-1
Kd3 Nge5+ 16. Ke2 Nxf3 17. Qd3 Nfe5 18. Qg3 Qxe4+
19. Kf2 Ng4+ 20. Kg1 Bxd4+ 21. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kg2
Nce3+ 23. Kh3


424. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6.
exd4 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11.
cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qc2 Qh5 15.
Be4 Rc8 16. Qd2 f5 17. Bd3 Na5 18. Qe3 Bd5 19. Ba6  
Rc2 20. Rab1 Nxb3 21. Bb7 Bxb7 22. Qxb3 Bxf3 23. gxf3
Rf6 24. Bc1 Rg6+ 25. Kh1 Qh3 26. Rg1 Rxf2 27. Bf4 Rh6 
28. Rb2 1






23... Nf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qg4# 0-1

427. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O h6 6.


d3 d6 7. g3 g4 8. Bxf4 gxf3 9. Qxf3 Qe7 10. Nc3 Be6 11.
Nd5 Qd7 12. Rae1 Nc6 13. c3 O-O-O 14. a4 Nge7 15. d4

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h5 16. b4 h4 17. a5 hxg3 18. Bxg3 Rdg8 19. Ra1 Bxd5 20. gxf3 g5 11. Qe6 Ne5 12. Qf5+ Kg7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. Rg1
exd5 Qh3 21. dxc6 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Rxg3 23. cxb7+ Kb8 24. g4 15. f4 Nf3 16. Rxg4 Qh4 17. Rg2


Qe2 Be5 25. Rf2 Nf5 26. Qf1 Rg1+ 27. Kxg1

 1
   
 
 
  
 
 
 
 

27... Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 (28. Rxh2 Qxh2#) 28... Ng3# 0-1
17... Qxh2+ 18. Rxh2 Rg1# 0-1

431. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5


428. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3 Na5 9. Bg5 Nxb3 10. axb3 h6
Bd2 e3 7. Bxe3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Bh4 Rg8 15.
Nxd5 11. Qd2 Ne3 12. Be5 Nxf1 13. Rxf1 f6 14. Bc3 g5 15. Nbd2 Rg6 16. c3 Qe7 17. b4 Bb6 18. b3 Qe6 19. c4 Bh3
Rf2 Qd5 16. Kf1 Nc6 17. h3 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Rxe2 19. Kxe2 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Qh3 22. Qf3 Qxh4 23. Rfc1 Nh5
Re8+ 20. Be5 Nxe5 21. Qe3 Kf7 22. Qg3 Nc4+ 23. Kf1 24. c5 Nf4 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Nf1


Qh1+ 24. Qg1 Qxh3+ 25. Rg2

 
1 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 

25... Nd2+ 26. Kf2 Qe3# (26... Qf3#) 0-1
26... Rxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Ne2# 0-1

432. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O


429. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 f5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 fxe4 6. 6. O-O d5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 dxe4 9. d4 Bb6 10. f4 c5
dxe5 exf3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. gxf3 Nc6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Be3 11. dxc5 Bxc5+ 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. c4 Re8 14. a3 e3 15. Qe2
O-O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Qf3 Bf5 13. O-O-O d5 14. Bxd5 Qd4 16. Nc3 Rad8 17. Nb5 Qe4 18. b4 Nh5 19. bxc5 Nxf4


20. Rxf4 Rd1+ 21. Rf1

   


 1 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
14... Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Ba3# 0-1 
21... Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Rxf1# 0-1
430. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O
d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. 433. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3
Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10.

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
Bxf6 Bxf6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 c6 14. f4 f5
15. g5 Qb6+ 16. Rf2 Nd7 17. Qe1 Nc5 18. Kh2 Ne4 19.
Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bf1 e3 21. Rf3 Be4 22. Rxe3 Rxf4 23. Bg2
Qxb2 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Re8 27. Rb1  
Rxe5 28. Rxb7 e3 29. Rxc6 e2 30. Rc8+ Rf8 31. Rcc7 Rxg5
32. Re7 Rf2+ 33. Kh1 h6 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Ree8 Rgg2 36. 
c4 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 22... Bd1+ 23. Kf1 Qe1# 0-1

 436. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. d3 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 fxe4 6.


dxe4 Bc5 7. Qf3 Nh6 8. Bxf4 Rf8 9. g3 Qg4 10. Kg2 g5 11.
  Qxg4 Nxg4 12. Bxg5 Rf2+ 13. Kh3 d5 14. Bxd5 Ne3+ 15.
Kh4 Nd7 16. b4 Ng2+ 17. Kh5 Bf8 18. Nh3 Nf6+ 19. Bxf6

36... Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Rfg2# 0-1
Rxf6 20. Nf4 Nxf4+ 21. gxf4 Rh6+ 22. Kg5 Rg6+ 23. Kh5
Bg4+ 24. Kh4 Bf3 25. Rg1 Rxg1 26. Nd2

434. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. 


h4 h6 7. Qd3 g4 8. Ng1 Qf6 9. c3 h5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Bd2
Nc6 12. O-O-O Nge7 13. Kb1 d5 14. Bb3 dxe4 15. Qf1 e3 
16. Bc1 g3 17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Ng5 Be6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Nc2 Na5 21. Ba4 Qf5 22. b4 Nd5 23. Bb2 Nb6 24. Bb5 
Nc6 25. a4 Nd5 26. Bd3 Qf6 27. Qe1 Rhf8 28. c4 Nb6 29.
b5 Nb8 30. Qa5 c5 31. Qxa7 Rd6 32. Ba3 N8d7 33. a5 Na4

34. Ka1 Rxd4 35. Kb1 Nc3+ 36. Kc1 e2 37. a6 exd1=Q+ 38. 

Rxd1 b6 39. Qb7+ Kd8 40. Rd2 f3 41. a7 Ke7 42. Nb4 Qf4
43. Nc6+ Kf6 44. Nxd4 fxg2 45. Nf3 Bh6 46. Bb2 Qxd2+
47. Nxd2 g1=Q+ 48. Kc2

 
 
1 
 26... Be7+ 27. Kh3 Bg4# 0-1

 437. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6.


 dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 Ne4
11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bb6 13. b4 d4 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bb2
 dxe3 16. fxe3 Rxe3 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Kh1 Bg4 19. b5 Bxf3
20. bxc6 Re2 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kxh7 23. Qxf3
  Qe7 24. cxb7 Rb8 25. Qf5+ Kh8 26. Rac1 Qxb7 27. Qh3
Re6 28. Rc4 Rg8 29. Rcf4 Reg6 30. Rxf7 Qxg2+ 31. Qxg2
 Rxg2 32. Rf8 Rxf8 33. Rxf8+ Kg7 34. Rf1 Ra2 35. Rf3 Kg6
36. Rg3+ Kf5 37. Rh3 Kg4 38. Rg3+ Kf4 39. Rh3

48... Qd1+ 49. Kxc3 Bxd2# 0-1 
435. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. b3 Be7 6. 1
Bb2 Nc6 7. Be2 d4 8. Nb5 e5 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Na3 d3 11.
Bf1 e4 12. Ng1 O-O 13. g3 Bg4 14. Qc1 Re8 15. Bg2 Bxa3 
16. Bxa3 Nd4 17. Kf1 Be2+ 18. Ke1 Nf3+ 19. Nxf3 exf3
20. Bh3 Qd4 21. Bb2 Qe4 22. Bxf6
 






39... Ra1+ 40. Kg2 Rg1# 0-1

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438. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Bb5+ c6 5. dxc6 bxc6


6. Ba4 Nf6 7. d4 Bd6 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 e3 10. Qf3 Re8 11. 441. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6.
h3 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Nh5 13. Qf3 Qh4+ 14. Kd1 Qxd4+ 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. h3 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 O-O
Kc2 Nf4 16. g4 Na6 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. Qd1 Qxc4 19. Bxe3 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. g4 d5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. O-O-O a5 15. Nh2
Bf5+ 20. gxf5 Rxe3 21. Bb3 Qc5 22. Qg4 Re1+ 23. Bd1 Be6 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. Ba3 a4 18. Rdf1 Qb8 19. f4 exf4 20.
Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qxf5+ 25. Kc1 Nfd3+ 26. Kd2 Rxf4 Qb7 21. Ka1 Reb8 22. Rb1 g5 23. Rff1 dxe4 24. Nxe4


Bxa2 25. Rbe1 Be6 26. d4 Qb5 27. Nf3 Qc4 28. Nc3 c5 29.
Rd1 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Ne5 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Nd5 Rd8 33.
   Qe2 Rac8 34. Ne7 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Re8 36. Nf5 Bh8 37.
Qb5 Nc4 38. Qxa4 Rb8 39. c3 Nxa3 40. Qxa3 Qe2 41. Rc1
 Qe4 42. Ng3 Qe3 43. Rf1 Qxg3 44. Rxf7+ Kg8 45. Qe7
Ra8+ 46. Kb1
 
 1
 
 
 
 

26... Qf4+ 27. Ke2 Qf2# 0-1 
439. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6.
 
h4 h6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Ne2 Qe7 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Bd2 O-O-O
11. Bc3 Nf6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. a3 Ng4 15. Bb4

Qf6 16. Bc5 b6 17. Ba6+ Kb8 18. Qb3 Bf8 19. Bg1 Be7 
46... Qd3+ 47. Kc1 Ra1# 0-1
20. a4 Qd6 21. c3 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bc4 Be4 24. a5 Bxd5
25. axb6 cxb6 26. Qa4 Qc7 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. b4 Rhd8 29.
c4 Rd2 30. c5 e4 31. cxb6 Rxe2+ 32. Kf1 Qc4 33. Qxa7+ 442. 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6.
Kc8 34. b7+ Kd7 35. b8=Q+ Ke8 36. Qa4+ Kf7 37. Qbb5 Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Bc4 a6


11. Ne5 e6 12. O-O b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3
Nbd7 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Ne5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Nd7
 1 Rfd8 20. Nc5 Qb6 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. g3 Qa7 23. a4 Nxe3
24. fxe3 e5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qxb5 exd4 27. e4 d3 28. b4
 Bd4+ 29. Kg2 Qa2+ 30. Kh3 Rxc5 31. bxc5 Qe6+ 32. Kg2
Qxe4+ 33. Kh3 Rd5 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. g4 Be5 36. Qb6
 Qf3+ 37. Kh4 g5+ 38. Kh5

  
   
 
 
 
 1
37... Rf2+ 38. Ke1 Rf1# (38... Qc3#) 0-1

440. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 d5 5. Bb3 Ne4
6. Ne2 Bc5 7. f3 Qh4+ 8. g3 d3 9. gxh4

 
   
38... Qh3+ 39. Kxg5 Bd6# 0-1
 443. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6
 6. h3 Ne7 7. Bg5 c6 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Nc3 Ng6 10. Qd2 Be6
11. Bb3 O-O 12. Rad1 Qd7 13. Nh2 Bxh3 14. Bxb6 Bxg2
 15. Kxg2 Nf4+ 16. Kh1 axb6 17. f3 N6h5 18. Rf2 Ng3+ 19.


Kg1 Qh3 20. d4





9... Bf2+ 10. Kf1 Bh3# 0-1

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11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Bd2 Re8 14. O-O-O Bxe6
15. Re1 Bg4 16. Qb5 Qxe1+ 17. Bxe1 Bf4+ 18. Bd2
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 

20... Qg2+ 21. Rxg2 Nh3# 0-1


18... Re1+ 19. Nd1 Rxd1# 0-1
444. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Nc3 c6 5. d3 g5 6.
h3 h6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Bd2 d6 9. Nh2 Bd4 10. Nf3 Bb6 11.
Na4 Bc7 12. Bc3 Nf6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. b3 Nh5 15. O-O-O 447. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3
Ng3 16. Rhe1 b5 17. Nb2 a5 18. Bd4 c5 19. Bf2 a4 20. Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 d6 8. O-O Ne5 9. Be2 Qg6 10. Nd2
Bxg3 axb3 21. cxb3 Rxa2 22. Kc2 Ba5 23. Qc1 Be6 24. Bh3 11. Bf3 h5 12. Kh1 Nxf3 13. Qxf3 Bg4 14. Qf4 O-O-O
Nd2 Qf6 25. Kb1 Ra3 26. Nbc4 15. Nb5 Be2 16. Bxc5 Bxb5 17. c4 Bc6 18. Bd4 f5 19. f3


h4 20. b4 Rdf8 21. e5 h3 22. gxh3 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxh3 24.
Bxc7 Rfh8 25. Rf2 Qf7 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 g5 28. Qd6
 1 Ng6 29. exf5 Nf4 30. Ba5 Rxh2+ 31. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2
Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+ 34. Kf2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

26... Ra1+ 27. Kc2 Qc3# 0-1 
445. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6

6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. a3 h6 9. O-O Bg4 10. c3 Qe7 
34... Qe2+ 35. Kg3 (35. Kg1 Qg2#) 35... Qg2# 0-1
11. h3 Bh5 12. Be3 g5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Kg2 O-O-O 15. Qe2
d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne1 f5 18. f3 h5 19. Qd2 f4 20. Bf2
hxg4 21. fxg4 e4 22. Qc2 f3+ 23. Kg1 Rxh3 24. dxe4 Bxe4 448. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 d6
25. Bd3 Qh7 26. Bd4 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Ne1 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6


11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 d5 13. Ng2 Qd6 14. Qe1 Nd7 15.
Be3 Rfb8 16. Qf2 Rb2 17. Nh4 a5 18. a4 Rab8 19. Nf5
  Bxf5 20. gxf5 c5 21. Kh1 d4 22. Bc1 Rb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb1 24.
cxd4 cxd4 25. Rg1 h6 26. Qg3 Qf6 27. f4 c5 28. Bd2 exf4
  29. Bxf4 Rxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Nb6 31. h4 Nd7 32. Kh2 Kh7 33.
Bd2 Ne5 34. Bxa5 h5 35. Bd2 Ng4+ 36. Kg2 Qc6 37. a5
 Qa4 38. Kf3 Qxc2 39. Ke2 Ne3 40. Qg1 c4 41. dxc4 Qxc4+
42. Kf3 Ng4 43. Qb1 f6 44. Bb4 Ne5+ 45. Kg3 Qe2 46.
 Be1 Qf3+ 47. Kh2 Ng4+ 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 49. Kg2 Qe2+ 50.


Kg3





26... Rh1+ 27. Kf2 Qh4# 0-1

446. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6.


e6 Bc5 7. Nxe4 Be7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe5 Nf6 10. Ng5 O-O

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39... Qh3+ 40. Kf2 Qf3# 0-1

  451. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5


Qd5 6. Qa4 Ne7 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 O-O-O
 10. Rxe4 Bc5 11. Qc4 Qg5 12. Na3 Bh3 13. g3 Rhe8 14.
d3 Qh5 15. g4
 
 
 
 
   
 

50... Qh2+ 51. Kf3 Ne5# 0-1 
449. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. 
c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. g3 Nb6 9. gxf4 g4 10. Ne1 Nxc4 11.
Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 h5 13. e5 d5 14. Qxd5 Ne7 15. Qg2

Bc6 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. Nd2 Qd5 18. Qg2 Qd7 19. Ne4 h4
20. Nc2 h3 21. Qe2 O-O-O 22. Nb4 Nxd4 23. Qe3 Nf3+

15... Qxg4+ 16. Rxg4 (16. Kh1 Qg2#) 16... Re1# 0-1
24. Rxf3 gxf3 25. Ng3 Qg4 26. Kf2 Rd1 27. Qxa7 Rg1 28.
Nxc6 Rg2+ 29. Kf1 Qxg3 30. Ne7+ Kd8 31. Nf5 Qxh2 32. 452. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5
Qa8+ Kd7 33. Qa4+ c6 34. Qd4+ Ke8 35. Be3 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Qe2 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 10. h3
 O-O 11. Nh2 b5 12. b3 bxc4 13. bxc4 Ba6 14. O-O c6 15.
dxc6 Qd4 16. c3 Qd6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qxc6 19. Nd2
1 Rfd8 20. Rf4 Rab8 21. Nhf1 Rb2 22. g4 Rd3 23. Rb1 Rxb1
24. Nxb1 Bxc4 25. Qb2 Rd1 26. Nd2 Bd3 27. Rf2 Qc7 28.
 Kh1 Qg3 29. Rg2 Qxh3+ 30. Rh2

 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
35... Rg1+ 36. Bxg1 Qe2# 0-1

450. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3
Ne7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 Nbc6 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10.

Bxe4 f5 11. Bd3 g5 12. Ba3 Rf7 13. Re1 Ng6 14. c5 Bd7
15. c4 g4 16. Ne5 Ngxe5 17. dxe5 Ne7 18. Bc1 Rh7 19. a4

30... Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Qxf1# 0-1
Bc6 20. Be3 Ng6 21. Bf1 Qh4 22. g3 Qh5 23. Bg2 Bxg2
24. Kxg2 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Nxe5 26. f4 Nf3+ 27. Kf2 Qxh2+ 453. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Nc6 5. Bb5
28. Kf1 Nxe1 29. Qxe1 Rd7 30. Bg1 Qh3+ 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bxc6+ Bd7 8. Bxa8 Bg4 9. Bc6+ Ke7
Ra2 Rad8 33. Qe5 h5 34. Re2 Re8 35. Qe3 h4 36. gxh4 10. Qxg4 Nxg4 11. b3 Qd4 12. Nc3 Qf2+ 13. Kd1 Qxg2 14.
Qxh4+ 37. Kg2 c6 38. Re1 Qh6 39. Qe5 Re1 Nf2+ 15. Ke2
 
 
1 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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15... Qf3+ 16. Kf1 Nh3# 0-1

454. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 d5


6. exd5 Bg4+ 7. Nf3 O-O-O 8. dxc6 Bc5 9. cxb7+ Kb8 10. 1 
Nb5 a6 11. c3 axb5 12. Kd3 Bf5+ 13. Kd2 Qg4 14. Ke2
Nf6 15. Kf2 Ne4+ 16. Kg1 Ng5 17. Bxb5 Rxd4 18. cxd4

Bxd4+ 19. Kf1 
 
 1  
 
 
 
 

31... Qg1+ 32. Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1

 457. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3


Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8. f4 Nc6 9. e5 Bb4 10. d5
 Ne4 11. Qf3 Nc5 12. dxc6 dxc6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Bxc6+
bxc6 15. Qxc6+ Qd7 16. Qxa8 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Qf3
 Bb7 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. Be3 Ng3+ 21. hxg3 Qh3+ 22. Kg1


19... Qxg2+ 20. Kxg2 (20. Ke1 Qf2#) 20... Bh3# 0-1

455. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.


Nxe4 d5 6. Qf3+ Kg8 7. Ne2 Be6 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. N4g3 Rb8  
10. c3 Qf6 11. O-O h5 12. Re1 h4 13. Nf1 h3 14. Neg3 hxg2
15. Kxg2 Bc5 16. d4 Rf8 17. Qc2 Qf3+ 18. Kg1 Bh3 19.
 
Ne3 exd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Qd2 Qxg3+ 22. fxg3 Nf3+ 23.
Kh1 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 Rf2 25. Rad1 Rh5 26. Bc1 c6 27. Kg1

Rg2+ 28. Kh1 Rf2 29. Kg1 Rg2+ 30. Kh1 Rf2 31. Kg1 Rf3 
32. Kh1 Rf2 33. Kg1 Rf3 34. Kh1 Rf2 35. Kg1 Rg2+ 36.
Kh1 Rf2 37. Kg1 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Rf2 39. Kg1 Rf3 40. Kh1 
Rf2 41. Kg1 Rhf5 42. a3 Rg2+ 43. Kh1 Rff2 44. Nf1

 
1  
 
 22... Bxe3+ 23. Rf2 (23. Qxe3 Qxg2#) 23... Qxg2# 0-1

 458. 1. e3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6.


Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 c5 10. d4 dxc4 11.
bxc4 Ne4 12. Bf3 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nd6 15. Nd2
 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rac8 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Rh3 Nf8 19. g4 Bf6
20. Rf3 Qb7 21. Rb3 Qa6 22. Ra3 Qb7 23. Rb3 Rc7 24. c5
 Ne8 25. Ndc4 Qd5 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Re1 Bxe5 28. Nxe5
Rdc8 29. Rxb6 Rc2 30. Qe4 Qa5 31. Rb3 Qd2 32. Nd3
 Qxh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Nf6 36. Qh1
Nxg4 37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Kxe2

44... Rg1+ 45. Kxg1 Rxf1# 0-1 
456. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6.  
Nbd2 Bb6 7. Bb3 Ne7 8. Nc4 Ng6 9. h3 c6 10. O-O Bc7
11. a4 Qe7 12. Re1 O-O 13. d4 Kh8 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. Nh2
1
Nhf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Qg3 Be6 18. Rad1 f6 19. Nf1 Qf7
20. Nfe3 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. dxe5 dxc4 23. Bxc4 fxe5 24.
 
b3 e4 25. Qh4 Rae8 26. Rd4 g5 27. Qh6 Nxh3+ 28. Kh1 
Nxf2+ 29. Kg1 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. Rf1





38... Rc2+ 39. Kd1 (39. Kf1 Ne3#) 39... Ne3# 0-1

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459. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Nd7 5. exd6


Bxd6 6. Be2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O-O 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Bd3 Ne5 
10. Nd5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 12. Kxh2 Rxd5 13. Qe3
Rh5+ 14. Kg1 Kb8 15. f3 Bc8 16. Bd2 Rd8 17. Rad1 g5 18.  
g4 Rh3 19. Qe2 Qe5 20. Rf2 h5 21. Rg2 hxg4 22. Rf1 Rdh8
23. f4 g3 24. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 25. Kf2 gxf4 26. Ke1 Rh4 27. Bc3

Qg5 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. e5 Qb6 30. Kd2 Bg4 31. Qe4 Qxb2
32. Rf2 Rg1 33. Qxf4 Rd1+ 34. Ke3 Rh3+ 35. Ke4 Re1+ 36.
1 
Kd5 
 
 
 
 
 
26... Qf3+ 27. Kh4 g5# (27... Be7#) 0-1
1
 462. 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. f4 Nb4 5. Nf3
Nxd3+ 6. cxd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nd2 c5 10.
 dxc5 Bxc5 11. d4 Bd6 12. Rf3 Bd7 13. Rh3 Rc8 14. g4 g6
15. g5 Nh5 16. Ng4 f5 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Kh1
 Qa6 20. Bd2 Qd3 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Ba4 23. Qxa4
Qxd2 24. Qa3 Rc1+ 25. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 26. Kg2 Qd2+ 27.
 Kg1 Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Qe2+ 29. Kg1 Rc8 30. b3


36... Be6+ 37. Kc5 Qb6# 0-1

460. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qe2


Bb4+ 6. Kd1 d5 7. exd6 f5 8. Ng5 O-O 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. 
Qc4+ Kh8 11. Qxb4 Nc6 12. dxc7 Bg4+ 13. Be2 Bxe2+
14. Kxe2 Rxf2+ 15. Ke1 Qh4 16. g3 Rxh2 17. Rg1 Qg4 18.

Qc4 d3 19. Nc3  
 
 
 
 
  
 

30... Qd1+ 31. Kg2 (31. Kf2 Rc2#) 31... Rc2# 0-1

 463. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3


Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd5
 c5 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Qf3 h6 15.
Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nxd5 17. exd5 f5 18. Qh5 f4 19. Qg6+ Qg7

19... Re2+ 20. Kd1 (20. Nxe2 Qxe2#) (20. Kf1 Qf3#)
20. Qxd6 Bf5 21. Qxc5 Rbc8 22. Qb6 Qf6 23. d6 Rxc2 24.
Qxa6 fxg3 25. fxg3 Be4 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. d7


20... dxc2# 0-1

461. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5


Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Qe2 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 10. h3 
O-O 11. Nh2 b5 12. cxb5 Nxd5 13. O-O Re8 14. Ng4 Bxg4
15. Qxg4 Qf6 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Qb3 Rad8 18. Be3 Qe5 19.

g3 Re6 20. Na3 Rg6 21. Bxa7 e3 22. Nc4 Rxg3+ 23. Kh2
Rxh3+ 24. Kxh3 Qh2+ 25. Kg4 Qf4+ 26. Kh3



 



27... Rxg2+ 28. Kh1 Rxg3# 0-1

464. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O


O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Ne7 9. d4 Ng6 10. h3 a6

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11. Bf1 Re8 12. d5 h6 13. Nh2 Nh7 14. Ng4 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. g3 Rf8 18. Ng4 Ng5 19. Bg2 Rf7 20. 467. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 O-O 5. d3 d5
Be3 Nh7 21. Be4 Bf5 22. Bxh6 Ng5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. h4 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nf4 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Kh2
Nxh4 25. gxh4 Qxg4+ 26. Qxg4 Bxg4 27. Kg2 Raf8 28. Nc6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Rh1 h5 15.
Kg3 Bf3 29. Bg6 Rf6 30. h5 Bxd5 31. Rad1 Rf3+ 32. Kh4 Kg1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qf3 Qg5 18. Kf1 Rfe8 19. c3
Be6 33. Rh1 Rad8 20. Rg1 c6 21. d4 Bc7 22. gxh5 Qxh5 23. Qg2 f3 24.
 Qg4 Qd5 25. b3

   


 1
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
33... R8f4+ 34. Kg5 Rg4# 0-1 
25... Qxc4+ 26. bxc4 Bd3# 0-1
465. 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6.
Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. O-O 468. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Bd2
Ng4 11. g3 Qe8 12. f3 Nf6 13. Bd2 c5 14. c3 e5 15. dxe5 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8. f3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10.
Bxe5 16. Qb1 Qg6 17. Kf2 c4 18. Bc2 Qh5 19. Rh1 Bc6 Qf2 Be6 11. Bc4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qc8 13. Bb5 Bxa2 14. b3
20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Ne4+ 22. fxe4 fxe4+ 23. Kg1 Qh3 Qf5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Kb2 a5 17. Kxa2 a4 18. b4 Qe6+ 19.
24. Qe1 c3 25. Qe2 cxd2 26. Qxd2 Rf3 27. Qg2 Bd7 28. Ka1 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6+ 21. Rd4 Rab8 22. c3 c5 23. bxc5
Bb3 Qf5 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Rxf3 exf3 31. g4 Rb3 24. Ne2 Reb8 25. Rxa4 Qc6 26. Qd4 Qb5 27. Qe4
 
   
  
 
   
 
 
 
 

31... f2+ 32. Kf1 (32. Qxf2 Qxf2#) 32... Qd3# 0-1

27... Ra3+ 28. Rxa3 Qb2# 0-1

466. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Bd6 5. Nc4 469. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3
Bxf4 6. Nc3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Bxg3+ 8. Ke2 Bg4+ 9. Ke3 Bf2+ Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10.
10. Kxe4 Be2+ 11. Kd5 Bf4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. O-O Bg6 14. Bxg6
 hxg6 15. Bg5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Qxb2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd2
Qb6 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Rad1 Kg7 21. Qf4 Ne5 22. Qb4
   Rh8 23. h3 Qc8 24. Qe7 Qf5 25. Kg1 Rae8 26. Qxb7 Rxh3
27. gxh3 Qg5+ 28. Kf2 Nd3+ 29. Rxd3 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Qg3+
 31. Kh1 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1



1




11... Ne7+ 12. Ke5 Nd7# (12... Nbc6#) (12... Qd4#) 0-1

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 472. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6.


dxc5 Nc6 7. Bd2 Bxc5 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Nf3 f5 10. Qh3 h6
  11. a3 Rf7 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. g4 fxg4 14. Qxg4 a6 15. Ne2 b5
16. O-O-O Rb8 17. Ng3 b4 18. a4 b3 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4
 Na5 21. Be2 Qe8 22. Nf1 Qxa4 23. Bc3 Bb7 24. Qg3 Rxf4
25. Rd3
  
  
 
  
  
 

32... Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Rh8# 0-1 
470. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 
Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6
10. Be3 O-O 11. c3 b6 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Bxh7

g6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6 Qe7 17. f4 Qh7 18. Qxh7+
Kxh7 19. Nf3 Rg8 20. Rae1 Rg6 21. Bd2 Bd5 22. b3 Rf8

25... Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Nc4# 0-1
23. Kh1 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. c4 Ba8 26. Bb4 Rfg8 27.
Bxc5 Rxg2 28. Be3 Bh4 29. Rd1 Bf2 30. Rd7+ Kh6 31. 473. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6.
Rd5 Bxe3 32. Ng5 R2xg5 33. fxg5+ Rxg5 34. Rf6+ Kh5 35. Nc3 Be7 7. a3 fxe4 8. dxe4 Bg4 9. Qd3 Qd7 10. Bc4 Rf8
Rxe6 11. Ne1 Nh5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. f3 Be6 14. c3 Nc6 15.
 Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Bxe6 g5 17. b4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. a4
Rf6 20. Qc4 Bd8 21. Nd3 Qe7 22. Bh3 Bb6+ 23. Kh1 Qf7
1 24. Nb2 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Qxc4 26. Nxc4 Bc7 27. Rd2 a6 28.
Kg1 Ne7 29. Rad1 Nc8 30. Kf1 Na7 31. Na3 b5 32. a5 Ke7
 33. Kf2 Rh6 34. Rh1 Nc6 35. Bg4 Bb8 36. g3 fxg3+ 37.
Kxg3 Ba7 38. h4 Rg8 39. Nc2 Nd8 40. Ne1 Rf6 41. h5 Ne6
 42. Ng2 Ng5 43. Rd3 Ne6 44. Rhd1 Ng7 45. Rf1 Rh6 46.
Kh3 Nxh5 47. Rdd1

  
    
 
 1
 
35... Bxd5+ 36. cxd5 (36. Re4 Bxe4# (36... Rg1#)) 36... 

Rg1# 0-1

471. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5


Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 f6 8. cxd5 fxe5 9. Bxe4 Qh4 10. Qd3 
exd4 11. g3 Qh5 12. Qxd4 Bh3 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. Nc3 Rae8
15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Ne4 Ne5 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. f4 Nd3 19.

Qc4 Re2 20. Rf3 Bc5+ 21. Kf1 

47... Nf4+ 48. Kg3 Ne2# (48... Rh3#) 0-1

1 474. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2


Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Bd7 8. h3 Qc8 9. Kh2 h5 10. Nd5 Ng8
 11. c3 e6 12. Ne3 Qc7 13. f4 Nge7 14. Bd2 f5 15. Ng1 h4
16. g4 e5 17. exf5 exf4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Ne7 20.
  Qb3 O-O-O 21. Bxf4 gxf5 22. Rae1 Ng6 23. Bg5 fxg4 24.
Bxd8 g3+ 25. Kg2 Rxd8 26. Rf7 Bh6 27. Re4 Ne5 28. Rf6
  Bg5 29. Rxd6 Rf8 30. Qxb7+ Qxb7 31. Bxb7+ Kxb7 32. d4





21... Re1+ 22. Kg2 Rg1# 0-1

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 
  
  
 
 
 

32... Rf2+ 33. Kh1 Rh2# 0-1

48... Qf3+ 49. Rxf3 (49. Rg2 Qxg2#) 49... Rg1# 0-1

475. 1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e5 6. 477. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
dxe5 Nxe5 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nf1 Bd6 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Nf3 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 d5
Qc7 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. f4 Bd6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bf3 h5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nf1 Bc5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nde7 15.
15. b4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qa4 f5 18. Qxa7 h4 19. Ne2 Ng3 Qd7 16. Bg5 Bd6 17. Ne4 Na5 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19.
Bc4 20. Kf2 cxb4 21. Bb2 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Qc4+ 23. Kf2 Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bd5 Rab8 21. Re4 Qc7 22. a4 Nc6 23. axb5
Bc5 24. Qa5 Kb8 25. Rfd1 b6 26. Qa4 Rd3 27. Rxd3 exd3 axb5 24. Rh4 Ne7 25. Bb3 Qb7 26. Qh5 h6 27. Rg4 Qd7
28. cxb4 Qxf4+ 29. Kg1 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 h3 31. bxc5 hxg2+ 28. Re1 Qf5 29. Qh4 Ng6 30. Qg3 Kh7 31. Re3 Qh5 32.
32. Kxg2 Qe2+ 33. Kg3 Rb4 f5 33. Qh2 f4 34. Re1 Qg5 35. Bd5 Ne7 36. Be4+ Kh8


37. h4 Qf6 38. Qh3 d5 39. Bf3 Rfd8 40. Ra1 Rb6 41. Rb3
Qg6 42. Ra7 Nf5 43. Rba3 h5 44. Rc7 Rbd6 45. Rb7 e4 46.
 dxe4 dxe4 47. Bxe4 Ng3 48. fxg3 Qxe4 49. Rxb5 Rd1+ 50.
Kh2 g6 51. c4 Qb1 52. gxf4 Rh1+ 53. Kg3
 
 
  
  
 
  
 

33... Qxh2+ 34. Kf3 Rh3# 0-1 
476. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3

Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 O-O 10. 
53... Qe1+ 54. Kf3 Rf1# 0-1
Bf4 d6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Rad1 Ne5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. b3
Kh8 15. Qe3 f5 16. f4 Bg7 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Na4 Bxc2 19.
Rc1 c5 20. Kh1 Bf5 21. Bd5 Rab8 22. Nc3 e6 23. Be4 Bd4 478. 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6.
24. Qd3 Qg7 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Ne2 Rg8 27. Qf3 e5 28. e3 O-O 7. Be5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxf6
Qd5 e4 29. g3 Qf6 30. Rc4 Be3 31. Rc2 Rg6 32. Kh2 Rbg8 Qxf6 11. Bxc4 a6 12. O-O b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne4 Qe7
33. Qc4 Qg7 34. Qc3 Bd4 35. Qc4 Rh6 36. Kg2 Rg6 37. 15. Re1 Bb4 16. Re3 Rfd8 17. a3 Bd6 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nxe5
Kh2 h5 38. Qd5 Qf6 39. Rd2 Be3 40. Rc2 Kh7 41. Qc4 Bxe5 20. Qh5 f5 21. d6 Bxd6 22. Ng5 g6 23. Qh4 Bd5 24.
Kh6 42. Qd5 a5 43. Qc4 Qg7 44. Qa6 d5 45. Qb5 Rxg3 46. Rae1 Rac8 25. Rh3 Rd7 26. f4 Rdc7 27. b4 Rc1 28. Rxc1
Nxg3 Qxg3+ 47. Kh1 Qxh3+ 48. Rh2 Rxc1+ 29. Kf2 Qa7+ 30. Ke2 h5 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. Qf6
Qf7 33. Qd8+ Qf8 34. Qg5 Qg7 35. Qd8+ Bf8 36. Re3
Qb2+ 37. Kf3 Rc8 38. Re2 Qxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Rxd8 40. g3
Bc4 41. Bxc4+ bxc4 42. a4 c3 43. b5 c2 44. bxa6 c1=Q 45.
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44... f6+ 45. Ke6 Qxe4# 0-1

 481. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6


6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6 8. Ne2 d6 9. O-O g5 10. Rb1
 h5 11. f3 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Qd2 h4 14. h3 O-O 15. Qe3
b6 16. Bd5 Rb8 17. Nc1 Nf4 18. Bc4 Kh7 19. Kh2 Rg8 20.
 Bd3 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Qe6 22. Qf2 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 g4 24.
Qh2 gxf3+ 25. Kh1 Qg2+ 26. Qxg2 fxg2+ 27. Kh2 Rg3 28.
 Re1
 
  
 
 

46... Rd2+ 47. Kg3 (47. Ke3 Bc5# (47... Qe2#)) 47...

Qxg4# 0-1 
479. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. 
d4 Nc6 7. c3 d6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Qb3 Nd8 10. hxg5 hxg5 11.
Qb5+ Bd7 12. Qxg5 Bf6 13. Qxf4 Ne6 14. Bxe6 Bxe6 15. 
e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 O-O-O 17. Na3 Rh4 18. Qg3 Bxe5 19.
Qxe5 Rd5 20. Qg7 Rg4 21. Qh7 Nf6 22. Qh8+ Rd8 23.

Qxf6 Rdg8 24. Rf2 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 

28... g1=Q+ 29. Rxg1 Rh3# 0-1

1 482. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. b3 c6 5. Bb2 Qc7 6.


Nbd2 Ne7 7. Be2 Ng6 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nc4 Rd8
 11. Qc1 Nf4 12. Re1 Nxe2+ 13. Rxe2 f6 14. Nh4 Nf8 15.
Ne3 Ne6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nhf5 Bb4 18. c3 Nf4 19. Rd2
 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Bc5 21. b4 Bf8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qc2 Qd7
24. Rf1 Qd3 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Ng3 h5 27. Bc1 h4 28. Bxf4
 exf4 29. Nf5 h3 30. Qe6 hxg2 31. Kxg2 f3+ 32. Kg1
 
  
 
 

25... Bc4+ 26. Nxc4 (26. Re2 Qxe2#) 26... Rg1# 0-1


480. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6.
b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Be3 c6 10. Qe1 Ng6 11.  
Nbd2 O-O 12. Ba2 Bc7 13. a5 d5 14. Rd1 Re8 15. Bg5
Be6 16. Nh4 Nf4 17. Bb1 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Kh1 h6 20. 
Bxf6 Qxf6 21. g4 Rad8 22. c4 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Be6 24. Ne3
Bb3 25. Rd2 c5 26. Nhg2 cxb4 27. Rb2 Nxd3 28. Bxd3

Rxd3 29. Qxb4 Qe6 30. Rfb1 Rc8 31. Nf5 Rcd8 32. Ne1
Bd1 33. Nxd3 Bxf3+ 34. Kg1 Rxd3 35. Rc1 Bxg4 36. Rxc7

32... Qxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Rd1# 0-1
Bxf5 37. exf5 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39. Kf2 Qh1 40. Qxb7
Qf1+ 41. Ke3 Rd3+ 42. Ke4 Qf3+ 43. Kxe5 Qe3+ 44. Qe4 483. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O
 O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 h6 10. Bc1
Bd7 11. d4 Rad8 12. Ba3 Rfe8 13. Qd3 Nh5 14. Bxc6 Nf4
 15. Qe3 Bxc6 16. dxe5 Ng6 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Rad1 Qxe4
19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Nd4 Bd5 21. Nb3 Nf4 22. f3 Re2 23.
 Rxe2 Nxe2+ 24. Kf2 Nxc3 25. Rd3 Nb5 26. Rxd5 Nxa3 27.
Ra5 Nxc2 28. Rxa7 Rb8 29. Na5 b5 30. Nc6 Rb6 31. Ne7+
 Kh7 32. Nd5 Rc6 33. Rxf7 Ra6 34. h4 Rxa2 35. Kg3 Kg8
36. Rb7 Ne1 37. Nf4 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Ne6 Rxg2+ 40.
  Kh3 Rb2 41. Kg4 Rg2+ 42. Kh3 Rg1 43. Kh2





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11. Qa3 Nd4 12. Qxa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Kd2 g6
15. Nc3 f5 16. Kd3 Rb8 17. b3 Bg7 18. f3 f4 19. Bb2 c6 20.
 Rhd1 g5 21. Na4 c5 22. Nc3 Bf6 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Nc3 Ke6
25. Na4 h5 26. Rh1 Rb7 27. Rh2 Ba5 28. Bc3 Bxc3 29.
 Nxc3 Rbh7 30. Rah1 Nc6 31. Nd5 a5 32. Kc3 Rg8 33. Rg1
Nd4 34. Kd3 Rhg7 35. Nc3 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Rh6+ Rg6
 38. Rxg6+ Rxg6 39. Rh1 gxf3 40. gxf3 Nxf3 41. Rh7 Rg2 42.
Nd5
 
 
 
  1
 

43... Nxf3+ 44. Kh3 g4# 0-1 
484. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 
Nc3 Be7 7. Nd5 O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. Bg5
Bg4 11. Qd2 Rfe8 12. h3 Bd7 13. O-O Rab8 14. b3 d5 15.
 
Qa5 Qd6 16. Nd2 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rfe1 Kh7 19. Nf1 f5
20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ng3 Bd7 22. Qd2 f5 23. Ne2 f4 24. f3

Rg8 25. Kh1 Rg5 26. Ng1 Rbg8 27. Re2 Qg6 28. Rf1 c5 29. 
42... Ne1+ 43. Kc3 Rc2# 0-1
Rff2 Bc6 30. Qa5 Qd6 31. Qe1 R8g7 32. Qa5 Rg3 33. Qe1
Qg6 34. Qd2 Rg5 35. Qa5 e4 36. dxe4 dxe4 37. fxe4 Bxe4
38. Qd2 Rg3 39. Kh2 f3 40. Nxf3 Bxf3 41. gxf3 487. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4


6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Nxf2 8. Kxf2 Qh4+ 9. Ke3 Bc5 10. Bxc6
dxc6 11. g3 Qg5+ 12. Kd3 Qg6+ 13. Kc3 Bg4 14. Qe1
 Bxd4+ 15. Kxd4 Qxc2 16. Nc3 O-O-O+ 17. Kc5 a5 18. Qe4
Rd3 19. Qxg4+ Kb8 20. Qc4 Rhd8 21. Qxd3 Qxd3 22. Rd1
  
  
 
 
 
 
 

41... Rxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Qg3# (42... Qh5#) 0-1 
485. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. O-O Nxf3+ 5.

Qxf3 Qf6 6. Qg3 Bc5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Kh1 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. f4 
22... b6+ 23. Kxc6 Qc4# 0-1
h5 11. d3 Be6 12. f5 h4 13. Qg4 Bxb3 14. Bg5 Nh6 15.
Qxh4 O-O-O 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. axb3 Nxf5 18. Qxh8


488. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e5 Nh5 6.
d4 g5 7. Be2 g4 8. O-O Rg8 9. Ne1 Bh6 10. Bd3 Be6 11.
1  Bxh7 Rh8 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. a3 Qh4 14. Bf5 O-O-O 15.
Bxe6+ fxe6 16. Na4 Bg5 17. h3 gxh3 18. Qxh3 Ng3 19. Rf2
 Qg4 20. Rxf4 Bxf4 21. Qxg4








18... Ng3+ 19. hxg3 Rxh8# 0-1

486. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bg4


6. d5 b5 7. dxc6 bxa4 8. c4 Ne7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxc6

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 491. 1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nc7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.


 Nf3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Nd5 O-O 9. h4 d6 10. h5 dxe5 11.
hxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bc4 Qd6 15.
 Nh4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxc5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4+ 19.
Kf1 Rfc8 20. Qg5 d3 21. Re1
 
   1
 
 
 
 

21... Rh1+ 22. Kf2 Rf1# 0-1 
489. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Nce2 
Nc6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. h3 Be6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. c3 h6 10. b4 Bb6
11. Ng3 a5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. a4 O-O 14. Nh4 Kh7 15.

Nhf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Qe6 17. g4 d5 18. g5 dxe4 19. Nxg7
Kxg7 20. gxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh7 22. Qxe4+ Kh8 23.

21... Qxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Rc1# 0-1
Be3 Qd6 24. Ke2 f5 25. Qh4 f4 26. Bc5 Bxc5 27. bxc5 Qe6
28. c4 Rab8 29. f3 Rb2+ 30. Kd1 Qg6 31. Kc1 Rfb8 32. 492. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6
Qe7 Rc2+ 33. Kxc2 Qg2+ 34. Kc1 Qxh1+ 35. Kc2 Qg2+ 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nd4 Bc5
36. Kd1 Qf1+ 37. Kd2 Qf2+ 38. Kd1 Qg1+ 39. Kd2 11. c3 O-O 12. f4 Qe8 13. Be3 Bb6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. N2f3
 Rd8 16. Qc2 c5 17. Nb3 c4 18. Nbd4 c5 19. Ne2 Qc6 20.
Rad1 h6 21. Rf1 Kh8 22. Kh1 Qg6 23. Neg1 Qh5 24. Nh3
 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Nxd4
Qxh3 29. gxh3
 
 1 
  
 
 
 
 

39... Rb2+ 40. Kc3 Qd4# 0-1 
490. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4 dxe4 6.

d5 f5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Nh3 Bxb5 9. Nxb5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3
Na6 11. f3 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Ng5 O-O 14. d6 Bd8 15.

29... Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Nxh3# 0-1
Qb3+ c4 16. Qxc4+ Kh8 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxf7 Bb6+ 19.
Kh1 e3 20. Re1 f4 21. Rb1 Nb4 22. Qc4 Nh5 23. Re2 Ng3+ 493. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5.
24. hxg3 Qh5+ 25. Kg1 fxg3 26. Rxe3 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4
28. Ke2 Qxg2+ 29. Kd1 Qc2+ 30. Ke1 g2 31. Qg4 exd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Bd5
 Be5 14. Qa4 c6 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Kb1 a5 17. Bd4 Bd6 18.
Bb6 Bb4 19. c3 Ra6 20. Be3 Bf5+ 21. Ka1 b5 22. Qb3
  Bd6 23. a4 Rb8 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Qd1 Be5 26. Bd4 Bf4 27.
Be3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 b4 29. cxb4 Rab6 30. Rd6 Rxb4 31.
 Bxc6 Rxb2 32. Bb5 Ra2+ 33. Kb1 Rxa4 34. Kc2 Ra2+ 35.
Kc3 Rc8+ 36. Bc6 Rxc6+ 37. Rxc6 Qb4+ 38. Kd3 Qb5+ 39.
 Kd4 Qxc6 40. Ke5 Qc5+ 41. Kf4

 





31... Nd3+ 32. Rxd3 Bf2# 0-1

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   
 
  
 
 
  
 
 

41... Qf5+ 42. Kg3 Qf2# 0-1

54... b6+ 55. Kb5 a6# 0-1

494. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. b3 Be7 6. 496. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6
Bb2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11.
Nbd7 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Qb1 a6 13. Nd1 Rxc1 14. Qxc1 Nbd2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Nc4 13. Ng3 Qe8 14. h3 Bc8 15. Qe2
Qb8 15. Ne3 a5 16. Qa1 Bd6 17. Bh3 Ba6 18. d3 Rc8 19. c6 16. a4 cxd5 17. axb5 Qxb5 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. exd5 Nb6
Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Qc7 21. Nc2 Ne5 22. Nfd4 Bxd3 23. 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Bxa6 Nfxd5 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Bxb6 Nxb6
exd3 Nxd3 24. Qb1 Ne4 25. Ne1 Ndxf2 26. Bg2 Bxg3 27. 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 g6 26. Bd3 f5 27. Bc2 Rxa1 28. Rxa1
hxg3 Qxg3 28. Qc2 h5 29. Bc1 Ng4 30. Kf1 Nh2+ 31. Kg1 Rb8 29. Bb3+ Kg7 30. Bd1 Nd5 31. c4 Nf4 32. Qc2 Qc5
Ng4 32. Kf1 Nh2+ 33. Ke2 Qf2+ 34. Kd3 Qxe1 35. Bxe4 33. b3 Bf6 34. Ra2 e4 35. Qd2 Nd3 36. Ne1 Nxf2 37. Ra5


Nxh3+ 38. Kh2 Qg1+ 39. Kxh3

 
  
1 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
35... dxe4+ 36. Kc4 Qb4# 0-1 
39... Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qh4# 0-1
495. 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6.
Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bd3 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. O-O Qe7 11. 497. 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. h3 b6 6.
Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Nh5 13. Rae1 Ndf6 14. Nd1 Ng4 15. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Qc8 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Nf4 O-O
Bg5 f6 16. Bc1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Re1 cxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Nfd5 Nxd5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5
20. Kh2 Qh4 21. Qf2 Qh6 22. Qf3 Bf6 23. Nf2 Bh4 24. 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. Kh2 Re8
Rb1 Qg5 25. Kg1 h5 26. Be2 Bd7 27. c5 Be8 28. b4 Kh7 19. f4 Bc3 20. Rf1 f5 21. Qd3 h5 22. Rb3 Bg7 23. Qd1 Qc4
29. Nh1 Rf7 30. Kh2 Bd7 31. Qc3 Raf8 32. Rf3 Bg4 33. 24. Rff3 Qe2 25. Qc1 Bd4 26. Rbd3 Bc5 27. Qb2 Kf7 28.
hxg4 hxg4 34. Rd3 f3 35. Bxf3 gxf3 36. gxf3 Kg7 37. Rg1 Qb5 Nf6 29. h4 Ng4+ 30. Kh3 Bg1 31. Qd7+ Re7 32.
Qh5 38. Kg2 Rh8 39. Kf1 Bd8 40. Ng3 Qh3+ 41. Kf2 Qxd6


Qh2+ 42. Rg2 Qh4 43. Kf1 Rhf8 44. Nf5+ Rxf5 45. exf5
Qh1+ 46. Kf2 Bh4+ 47. Ke3 Qxg2 48. Qxe5+ Bf6 49. Qe6
Bg5+ 50. Kd4 Qb2+ 51. Kc4 Qxa2+ 52. Rb3 Rxf5 53. c6
Rf4+ 54. Kc5 

1  






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32... Nf2+ 33. Rxf2 Qg4# 0-1

498. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O


Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Qxe4 Ng6 10.  
c4 O-O 11. Nc3 c6 12. Bc2 d6 13. Qd3 b5 14. Qe4 Bb7 15.
d5 Rc8 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Rad1 Bxc3 19. bxc3

Rxc3 20. Bd3 Ra3 21. Bb1 Ra4 22. Qf5 Bc8 23. Qd3 Qh4
24. f4 Qh5 25. Rc1 Nh4 26. Qd1 Bg4 27. Qd2 Bf5 28. Rc6

Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Nf5 30. Re1 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 Qf5 32. Re1 
Qf6 33. g3 g6 34. Rd1 a5 35. Qf2 Re8 36. Rd2 b4 37. Kg2
Ra3 38. f5 g5 39. g4 Rae3 40. Rc8 Qe5 41. Rxe8+ Qxe8 42. 
Kf1 Qe4 43. Qg2

 
1 
  
 13... Qf2+ 14. Kd1 Nxc3# 0-1

 501. 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6.


O-O Bd6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. e4 dxe4
11. dxe4 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nh4 Ndf6 14. Re1 Nc5
 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh5 Qc7 17. Rad1 Be7 18. Bh3 Rfd8 19.
Nf5 Bf8 20. Nd4 Rd7 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Ne2 Rad8 23. Nf4
 f5 24. Qe2 Ne4 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Bg2 Nc3 27. Qe5+ Bg7
28. Qxa5 Qd2 29. Kf1
 

43... Re1+ 44. Kf2 Qe3# 0-1 1
499. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6.

Be2 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bf3 Rab8 13. Qc2 Be6 14. b3 Ne8

15. Rad1 f5 16. Ne2 c5 17. Nc3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Nd5 
Bxd5 20. Bxd5+ Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Rf7 22. Rfd1 Rbf8 23. Qe4
Qc8 24. Qc2 Bh6 25. g3 e5 26. Rxd6 exf4 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. 
gxf4 Qg4+ 29. Qg2 Qxf4 30. Rd8 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Rxd8 32.
Rxd8+ Kg7 33. Qb2+ Kh6 34. Qd2 
 
1 
 
29... Qxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Rd1# 0-1
 502. 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 c6 6.
 Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng5 Bxh2+ 10. Kh1


Ng4 11. f4 Qe8 12. g3 Qh5 13. Kg2 Bg1 14. Nxg1 Qh2+
15. Kf3 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxe5+ 17. fxe5 Nxe5+ 18. Kf4 Ng6+
 19. Kf3 f4 20. exf4 Bg4+ 21. Kxg4

 
   
 
34... Rf1+ 35. Kg2 Rg1# 0-1 
500. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. 1
Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Qf3 Qxd4 11.
Qxf7+ Kd8 12. Qxg7 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 




21... Ne5+ 22. fxe5 h5# 0-1

503. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7


6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Rd1 c6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bd3 h6 11.
Bf4 Bd6 12. Bg3 a6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4

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Nf6 16. O-O c5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. b4 Qc7
20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. c5 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bc6 23. Qg4 Rad8 24.
Nd4 Ba4 25. Rd2 Rd5 26. Nf3 Red8 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28.
Qe4 Rh5 29. Ne5 Bc6 30. Qf4 Rg5 31. g3 Rf5 32. Qd4  
Bd5 33. f4 Qc8 34. Ng4 Qc6 35. Ne5 Qa4 36. Qc3 h5 37.
Kf2 h4 38. Ng4 hxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Qd7 40. Rg1 Qd8 41. h3 1
Rh5 42. Kh2 Kf8 43. Ne5 Qh4 44. Qe3 Rh7 45. Rg4 Qh5
46. a4 Qf5 47. Qd3 f6 48. Ng6+ Kf7 49. Qd1 Qe4 50. f5

Qxf5 51. Nf4 g5 52. Nxd5 Qf2+ 53. Rg2 
 
  
  
 
 

27... Bc4+ 28. Ka1 Qa3# 0-1

 506. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6.


Bd3 a6 7. a3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11.
 Bc2 Qxd1+ 12. Nxd1 Bb7 13. b4 Nce4 14. Bb2 Be7 15.
Rc1 O-O 16. Nc3 Nd6 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. O-O Nc4 19. Bxc4
 Rxc4 20. Ne5 Rc7 21. Nxb5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 axb5 23. Rc7
Rd8 24. h3 Rd1+ 25. Kh2 Bd6 26. Rxb7 Rd2 27. Bd4 Rxf2

53... Rxh3+ 54. Kxh3 Qh4# 0-1
28. Ra7 h5 29. Kg1 Ne4 30. g4 f6 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Nf7


504. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Qa5+ 6.
Nbd2 Ne4 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. O-O 
Nxg3 11. fxg3 gxf3 12. Qxf3 Qc7 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Nd6+
Qxd6 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Qxg7 Re8 17. Rf7 Nd7 18. Raf1 
Nb6 19. Qg5+ Re7 20. Rxh7 Bd7 21. Rff7 Nc8 22. h4 Be8
23. Rf8 Kd7 24. Rhh8 Nb6 25. b3 Rf7 26. Rfg8 Qe7 27.

Qg4 Nxc4 28. bxc4 Qb4 29. Qe2 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Rf1 31. 

Rg7+ Bf7 32. Rxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxa8 Rf1 34. g4 Re1 35. Qf3
Rc1 36. Qe2 Re1 37. Qf2 Rf1 38. Qd2 Qh7 39. g3 Qf7 40.
Kh3

 
  
 
1 32... Bh2+ 33. Kh1 Ng3# 0-1

 507. 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 e6 4. axb4 Bxb4 5. Bb2 Nf6


 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6
11. Qh4 e5 12. O-O d6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Nbc3
 Bxc3 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qc4+ d5 18. Qxc3 d4 19. Qb3+
Kh8 20. Ba3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rf7 22. g3 Qf5 23. Qb3 e4 24.
 Rae1 Ne5 25. Re2 Qh5 26. f3 Rxf3 27. Qxb7 Rxf1+ 28.
Kxf1 Qf3+ 29. Ke1
  

40... Rh1+ 41. Kg2 Qf1# 0-1 
505. 1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 O-O 6.  
g4 d5 7. g5 Ne8 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Bxd5 e5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11.
Qf3 exf4 12. Qxf4 Nc7 13. Qg3 Nd5 14. Nge2 Ba6 15.

O-O-O c4 16. h4 Nb4 17. Ne4 cxb3 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Nf4 

bxc2 20. Rdg1 Bd3 21. Be5 Nxa2+ 22. Kb2 Qb6+ 23. Ka1
Nc1 24. Nxg6+ fxg6 25. Rxc1 Qa5+ 26. Kb2 Qb4+ 27. Ka2

 


29... Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Ng4# 0-1

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508. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3 Qh4+ 4. Ke2 d5 5. Nxd5


Bg4+ 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxc7+ Kd8 8. Nxa8 Ne5 9. h3 Bh5 10. 
Rg1 Qg3 11. Qe1
  
 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 20... Nb5+ 21. Kc4 Nd6# 0-1


11... Bxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qxf3# 0-1
511. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6.
Bd2 Nfd7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. f4 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nb5 Bxd2+
11. Kxd2 cxd4 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Nd6 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bd7
509. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 15. h4 Qa5+ 16. Ke2 Qb4 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. Rd2 Nc8 19.
6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Qg3 Rc5 21. Qf2 Ke7 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23.
cxd4 Qe7 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bxf6 Nxd4 Rhc8 24. Ke3 Ba4 25. Rf1 Rc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 27. b3
gxf6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Nh4 Ne7 18. Qd3 Kh8 19. Bc2 Rg8 Bd7 28. Rc2 Re1+ 29. Kd2 Ra1 30. Kc3 Rf1 31. Nf3 Bb5
20. Qe3 Rg5 21. f4 Rg7 22. f5 Kh7 23. Rf2 Nc6 24. Raf1 32. a4 Bc6 33. Kb4 Kd7 34. d4 Kc7 35. Kc3 Kb6 36. Kb4
Qe7 25. Nf3 Rag8 26. Qf4 b4 27. Kh2 b5 28. Rg1 Rg3 29. Kc7 37. a5 g6 38. Rc3 Rf2 39. g3 Re2 40. Rd3 b6 41. Nd2
e5 dxe5 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxe5 fxe5 33. Re1 42. axb6+ Kxb6 43. Kc3 Bb5 44. Rf3 a5 45. Kc2 Be2
f6+ Kh8 34. Bb3 R3g5 35. Bxf7 Rf8 36. Be6 e4 37. Rc1 e3 46. Rc3 Bg4 47. Kb2 Bf5 48. h5 gxh5 49. Ka3 Re2 50. Nf3
38. Re2 Rxf6 39. Bg4 h5 40. Bc8 Bd5 41. h4 Rg8 42. Rc5 Bb1 51. b4
Rf2 43. Rxe3 Rfxg2+ 44. Kh3 Rg1 45. Re2

 
 
  
1 
 
 
 
 
 

45... Rh1+ 46. Rh2 Bg2# 0-1
51... Ra2+ 52. Kb3 a4# 0-1

512. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3


510. 1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bb6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb3 d5 10. exd5
Be7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nd4 8. Qd1 Qd6 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Re1 f5 14. Nd2
e5 11. d3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Ba5 15. f3 Rf6 16. a3 Rg6 17. b4 Bb6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19.
Bxe4 Qxg3+ 16. Kd2 Bg5+ 17. Kc3 Qe5 18. b4 a5 19. a3 Nb3 b5 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Rad1 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 23.
a4 20. Bxb7 Kh1 Qc3 24. d4 e4 25. Qxb5 Rf8 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. fxe4
fxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxa3 29. Qxb7 c6 30. Qe7 Qa8 31. Re4 h6
32. c4 Kh7 33. d5 cxd5 34. cxd5 Rff6 35. Qc5 Qa2 36. Qg1
Rd6 37. Red4 Rg5 38. b5 Qb2 39. Rb1 Qc2 40. Rdd1 Rdg6
41. g4 h5 42. Qg2 Qc4 43. b6 hxg4 44. h4 Rh5 45. Qf2 g3
46. Qd4 Rxh4+ 47. Qxh4+ Qxh4+ 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kg1

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 
   
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
44... Qf1+ 45. Kg3 Nf5# (45... Qf3#) 0-1
49... Rh6 { and ...Rh1# on the next mate in two. } ( { Black instead
played } 49... Qe3+ 50. Kg2 Qf2+ 51. Kh3 Qh2#) 0-1
515. 1. e4 Nc6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 d6
513. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Bb3 Qe7 9. Ne2 Nd8 10. Ng3
O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Re8 8. Re1 c6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Rxe5 g6 11. h4 Ne6 12. Bxe6 Bxe6 13. f3 h5 14. Bd2 Nd7 15.
Nbd7 11. Rg5 Nb6 12. Bd3 Qxd4 13. Bxh7+ Nxh7 14. Be3 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Qe6 19. Rh3
Qxd4 Bf6 15. Qd1 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Nf6 20. Qf3 Ng4 21. O-O-O Qa2 22. c4 b5 23. Bc5 Rfd8
Ne4 Bd5 19. Qf5 Bxe4 20. Qxg5 Bxc2 21. h4 Re6 22. h5 24. cxb5 Rab8 25. Bb4 Rxb5 26. Bc3 Rdb8 27. Rf1 Qa1+
Rae8 23. f4 f5 24. g4 Rf8 25. Rc1 Be4 26. Kf2 fxg4 27. 28. Kc2 Rxb2+ 29. Bxb2 Qxb2+ 30. Kd1 Qb1+ 31. Kd2
Qxg4 Ref6 28. Kg3 Nd5 29. Re1 Bd3 30. Re5 Nxf4 31. Rg5
Ne2+ 32. Kg2 Rf2+ 33. Kh1 Rf1+ 34. Kg2 
  
 
1   
 
  
 
 
 
 
31... Rb2+ 32. Kc3 Qc2# (32... Rc2#) 0-1

34... R8f2+ 35. Kh3 Rh1# 0-1 516. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 c6 5. Qd2
Nbd7 6. O-O-O Bg6 7. e4 dxe4 8. d5 cxd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10.
514. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Qxd5 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qc8 12. Nc3 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Nc5 14.
Nbd2 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. a3 O-O 10. Bb2 e5 Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. fxe4 Qg4 17. Be2 Qxg2 18.
11. e4 Be6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. c4 d4 15. c5 Bf3 Qf2 19. Qxb7 Kg7 20. Qa6 Rab8 21. Qe2 Qc5 22. Rd3
Bb8 16. Rfc1 Nh5 17. g3 a6 18. Ne1 g6 19. Ng2 Ng7 20. f4 Bf4 23. Nh3 Be5 24. Rb3 a5 25. Nf2 a4 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27.
Bh3 21. Rf1 exf4 22. gxf4 Nh5 23. e5 f6 24. Nc4 fxe5 25. Nd3 Qc3 28. Kc1 Rxb2 29. Nxb2 Qxb2+ 30. Kd1 Qxa2 31.
fxe5 Bxg2 26. Qxg2 Nf4 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. Bc1 Bxe5 29. Qd3 a3 32. h4 h5 33. Kd2 Qb2 34. Rg1 a2 35. Bxh5 a1=Q
Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Bxf4 Qxf4 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Rxa1 Qxa1 37. Bf3 Bg3 38. Ke3
33. Qh5+ Kg7 34. Rf1 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qe4+ 36. Rf3 Ne5 37.
Qg5+ Ng6 38. Qf6+ Kh6 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Rd5 41. 
Rh3+ Rh5 42. Rxh5+ Kxh5 43. Qxd4 Nh4+ 44. Kh3


 






38... Qg1+ 39. Kd2 (39. Ke2 Qe1#) 39... Qe1# 0-1

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517. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. 


Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4
Nf6 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qc2 
Bxd4 15. cxd4 f5 16. Bf3 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Rd6 Qe7
19. Rfd1 Rb8 20. Be2 b5 21. Qb3 a6 22. a4 h6 23. axb5

axb5 24. Bc4 Rf6 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Qg3 Qa7 27. Bxb5
Rg6 28. Qe5 Bb7 29. Qxb8 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1


 
  
 
 
 
 22... Qxg3+ 23. hxg3 Rh1# 0-1

 520. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5


 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10.
O-O c5 11. Bb1 Re8 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bf5 Bc6 14. Bxf6
 Bxf6 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Nxd5 Nf8 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Bg4
Rd6 19. Qa4 Re4 20. Bf3 Rh4 21. g3 Rdh6 22. Bg2 Rxh2
 23. dxc5 Qg5 24. c6 Qh5 25. Qe4


31... Rg2+ 32. Kh1 (32. Kf1 Qf2# (32... Qg1#)) 32...
Rg1# 0-1

518. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5.  


Qxd4 e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10.
Rad1 Bd7 11. f4 Bc6 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Qd2 f5 14. e5 d5 15.

Nxd5 Bc5 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19.
Rxf3 Rad8 20. Rff1 a5 21. b3 h6 22. Ne2 Qb4 23. Nd4 Kf7

24. c3 Qb6 25. Qf3 Ne4 26. g4 g6 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Kh1  
Rg8 29. Qh5+ Rg6 30. Rde1 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Qxd4 32. Rc1

 
1  
 
 
 25... Rh1+ 26. Bxh1 Qh2# 0-1

  521. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6.


 Bg2 d5 7. O-O Na6 8. d3 Be6 9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. Re1 Bh3
11. Bh1 h5 12. Rc1 Qf5 13. a3 Bh6 14. b4 Ng4 15. cxd5
 cxd5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Rc5 Ne3 18. Qb3 Nd7 19. Rc7 e5 20.
Qc3 d4 21. Nxd4 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Ng4+ 23. Kf3 e4+ 24.
 Kxe4 Ndf6+ 25. Kf3 Ne5+ 26. Kf2

 
32... Qg1+ 33. Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1

519. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Bd3 Nc6
6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Qe2 e5 8. Bb5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bxc6

bxc6 11. exd5 Re8 12. dxc6 e4 13. Qc4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Bxf2+
15. Rxf2 exf3 16. gxf3 Re1+ 17. Kg2 Bh3+ 18. Kg3 Rg1+

19. Kxh3 Qxf2 20. Qf4 Qg2+ 21. Kh4 h6 22. Qg3 





26... Nfg4+ 27. Kg1 Be3# 0-1

522. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 Nbd7


6. Bg2 c6 7. b3 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 dxc4
11. bxc4 e5 12. e3 Qe7 13. Rab1 Bd6 14. Nh4 Nf8 15. Nf5

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
Bxf5 16. Qxf5 g6 17. Qc2 Rab8 18. Qa4 a6 19. Rb3 exd4
20. exd4 Ne6 21. Re1 Qd8 22. Ne2 Bc7 23. Bc3 Ng5 24.
Rbb1 Nfe4 25. Bb4 a5 26. h4 axb4 27. hxg5 Qxg5 28. Qc2
f5 29. d5 cxd5 30. cxd5 Bb6 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Kg2 Qe7   
33. Kf1 Re8 34. Rbd1 f4 35. d6 Qe6 36. d7 Qh3+ 37. Kg1
Bxf2+ 38. Kxf2 fxg3+ 39. Kf3 1
 
  
  
1 
 
 
 
18... Nf4+ 19. Ke3 Qd4# 0-1
 525. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5
 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Be3 Ndxc5 13. g3 Be6 14.

39... Re3+ 40. Kf4 Qh4# 0-1
Bg2 Rc8 15. Bd4 O-O 16. Rb1 b6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Rb4
Rfe8 19. Kd1 a5 20. Rxb6 Nxc3+ 21. Bxc3 Na4 22. Bxa5
Nxb6 23. e4 Na4 24. Nc4 Rxc4 25. exf5 Rd4+ 26. Kc2 Re2+
523. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 27. Kb1 Rd3 28. Rc1


exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. h3
O-O 11. Rb1 Re8 12. b4 a6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 f5 17. Ne2 Be6 18. a4 Bd5 19. Qc5
Qg5 20. Qd6 Rf8 21. Qg3 Qe7 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. exf4 Kh8 1
24. Rfc1 Qf6 25. Qc3 g5 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. Nf1 f4 28. Rb2
Rg8 29. g4 h5 30. f3 exf3 31. Rh2 Rg7 32. Re1 Qh4 33. Re5 
hxg4 34. hxg4 Rxg4+ 35. Kh1 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 28... Rb2+ 29. Ka1 Rxa3# 0-1

 526. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6.


Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Qf3 Qxd4 11.
 Qxf7+ Kd8 12. Qxg7 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3

 
 
35... f2+ 36. Rxd5 (36. Qf3 Bxf3# (36... Rg1#)) 36...
Rg1# 0-1

524. 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Qb3 dxe4 5. Bc4 


e6 6. Qxb7 Nc6 7. Qa6 Rb8 8. Bb3 Ne5 9. Qe2 Nd3+ 10.
Kd1 Nf6 11. Nh3 e5 12. Ng5 Bb5 13. Bxf7+ Ke7 14. c4

Ba4+ 15. b3 Rxb3 16. Qf1 Rxb1+ 17. Ke2 Rxa1 18. Ba3 





13... Qf2+ 14. Kd1 Nxc3# 0-1

527. 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. e3 Be7 6.


Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3 b6 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Qc2 Bb7
11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bb8 15.
Nd2 Ne5 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. a3 d4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. b4 e5 20.
Nd2 Ne7 21. Re1 Ng6 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Nd5 24.

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Rcd1 Qd7 25. Qd2 Ndf4 26. Kh1 Qg4 27. h3 Qd7 28. Kh2 530. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5
Nxg2 29. Rh1 N2f4 30. Ng1 Nh4 31. f3 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10.
 Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Nc6 12. e3 O-O 13. Be2 Qe4 14. Qf3
Rfd8 15. O-O Qxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd5 17. Rfc1 f5 18. Be1 Rac8
   19. e4 Nf4 20. exf5 Nd4 21. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxc8 23.
Kf1 Rc2 24. Bc3 Nd3 25. Kg2 Rxf2+ 26. Kg3 Re2 27. Rd1
 Nxb2 28. Rd7 Nc4 29. Bb4 h6 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rd7 Ne3
32. f6 Kg6 33. f4 e4 34. Rxg7+ Kf5 35. Kh3 Kxf6 36. Rxb7
 Nf1 37. Rxa7

 
 
 
 1
 
 

31... Qxh3+ 32. Nxh3 Nxf3# 0-1

528. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 d6


6. e3 e5 7. Ne2 Nbd7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 exd4 10. exd4 
Re8+ 11. Be2 Nf8 12. Nd5 Bg4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne3
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qe7 16. O-O Qe4 17. Qd2 c6 18. Rfe1 Qf4

19. Qb4 Ne6 20. d5 Nd4 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rad1 Re4 23.
Qd2 Rae8 24. Rf1 c5 25. h3 R8e5 26. Ng4 Ne2+ 27. Kh1

37... Rxh2+ 38. Kg4 h5# 0-1
Qxg4 28. hxg4

 531. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nf3 Nd4


6. O-O Nxf3+ 7. exf3 Bc5 8. Re1 Bd4 9. Nb5 Kf8 10. Nxd4
1   exd4 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. d3 Ne7 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. f4
g6 16. Qe2 Bxg2 17. Qe5 Rg8 18. Kxg2 d6 19. Qe4 f5 20.
 Qe6 Rg7 21. Rb7 Nc6 22. Rxg7 Kxg7 23. Bd2 Rb8 24. Qd5
Qc7 25. g4 Ne7 26. Qe6 Rb7 27. g5 Ng8 28. Qd5 Ne7 29.
 Qe6 Qc6+ 30. Kg3 Ng8 31. Ba5 Re7 32. Qf6+ Nxf6 33.
Rxe7+ Kf8 34. gxf6 Qh1 35. Rxh7

 
 
 
 
 
28... Rh5+ 29. gxh5 Rh4# 0-1 
529. 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. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5
11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. Ne3 Rad8 15. Nf5  
Bxf5 16. exf5 Nc6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Be3 Rfe8 20.
Rc1 c4 21. g4 Ne4 22. Bb1 Bd6 23. Nh4 Bf4 24. Qf3 Bg5

25. Ng2 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Re7 27. Qf4 Nxd4 28. Qxc7 

35... Qg1+ 36. Kh3 Qg4# 0-1

 532. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2


Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10.
 Qd2 f5 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qd7 13. Be3 Rad8 14.
Rfd1 Qf7 15. Bc5 Rfe8 16. b3 Nd5 17. Nb1 f4 18. Qe1 b6
 19. Ba3 Nd4 20. Rc1 Qh5 21. Bf1 Bg4 22. h3 Bxe2 23.
Nd2 fxg3 24. fxg3 Bxf1 25. Qxf1 Ne2+ 26. Kh2 Ne3 27.
 Qe1 Re6 28. h4 Rg6 29. Ne4 Qf3 30. Qh1





28... Nf3+ 29. Kf1 (29. Kh1 Nxf2#) 29... Ned2# 0-1

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  
 
 1
 
 
 
 
 

30... Ng4+ 31. Kh3 Nf4# 0-1

41... f1=Q+ 42. Kg3 Re3# 0-1

533. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O 535. 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6.
Be7 6. c3 Nxe4 7. Re1 Nc5 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 Na6 9. a3 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11.
d4 Nd7 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. f3 Bf5 14. Ne4 Re8 c6 Qa5 12. Rd1 b5 13. Nd4 b4 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. axb4 Nxb4
15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Be5 Bh4 17. Re2 a5 18. Qd2 a4 19. Rd1 f6 16. Bxc4 e5 17. Ndb5 Qc5 18. Be2 Bf5 19. e4 Bg6 20. Nc7
20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. Nxg3 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Bg6 23. c4 Ne7 24. Rab8 21. N7d5 Nxc6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rd5 Qb6 24. Rd6
Nf4 Bf7 25. Ne6 Qd6 26. Nc5 b6 27. Nce4 Qd7 28. Nc3 Rfc8 25. Bb5 Bh5 26. O-O Qc5 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Bxc6
Ng6 29. b3 axb3 30. axb3 Ra3 31. Qc2 Qe7 32. Nge2 Nh4 Rxb2 29. Na2 Be2 30. Rc1 Bc4 31. Kh1 Qxf2 32. Rg1 Bf1
33. Kf2 b5 34. d5 bxc4 35. bxc4 Qc5+ 36. Kf1 cxd5 37. 33. h3


Nxd5 Be6 38. Qb2 Rxf3+ 39. gxf3

 1
1  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

39... Bh3+ 40. Ke1 Nxf3# 0-1
33... Bxg2+ 34. Kh2 (34. Rxg2+ Qxg2#) 34... Qf4# 0-1

536. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6


534. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 bxc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Ng4 10.
6. Bb3 d6 7. Ng5 d5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. Re1 Bc5 10. Rxe5+ Nd2 Bf6 11. c3 Ne5 12. Be2 Re8 13. f4 Nd7 14. Qc2 g6 15.
Kf8 11. h3 Nd7 12. Ne4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nxe5 14. Nxc5 Nc4 Nc5 16. Bf3 Bg7 17. Na5 Bd7 18. b4 Ne6 19. g3 Rb8
Qxd5 15. d4 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Nf3+ 17. Kf1 Nxd4 18. f3 Qxc5 20. Rad1 Re7 21. e5 d5 22. c4 Qe8 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rxd5
19. Be3 Qf5 20. Bxd4 Qxh3+ 21. Kg1 Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ Ba4 25. Qc3 Bf8 26. a3 c5 27. Qd2 Rc7 28. Bc3 Qc8 29.
23. Kg1 h5 24. Be3 Kg8 25. Nd2 Re8 26. Bf4 Re6 27. Ne4 Be4 cxb4 30. Bxb4 Nc5 31. Qg2 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Rc2 33.
Rg6+ 28. Kf2 Rg2+ 29. Ke3 Qe6 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qxc7 Rf2 Bxb4 34. axb4 Qc3 35. Rxc2 Bxc2 36. Qe2 Rxb4 37.
f5 32. Rh1 Re8 33. Rxh5+ Kg6 34. Rh2 Rxh2 35. Bxh2 fxe4 Qd2 Qa1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Ke3 Bf5 41.
36. Qg3+ Kh5 37. Qxg7 exf3+ 38. Kf4 Qe3+ 39. Kg3 f2+ Qd4
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
37... Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Bf3# 0-1

 539. 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6.


Nc3 O-O 7. Nge2 Bd7 8. a4 Qc8 9. Nf4 Na6 10. O-O Nc7
 11. Qe2 a6 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nd1 Ng4 14. c4 b5 15. axb6
Rxb6 16. Nd3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ra2 e6 19. f4 Bd4+
 20. Be3 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 exd5 22. cxd5 Re8 23. Qc3 Qd8
24. Re1 Nb5 25. Qd2 Nd4 26. e5 Qb8 27. exd6 Rxd6 28.
 Nc3 Bh3 29. Ne4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Qb3 32.
 Rxd4 cxd4 33. Ra5 Rxd5 34. Rxa6 Qb7 35. Ra3 Rb5+ 36.
Kh3
 
 
 

41... Qe1+ 42. Kf3 Qe2# 0-1 1


537. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 d5 6.
Bg2 e5 7. Nc2 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e4 Bc5 10. Ne1 Be6 11.
Nd3 Nd7 12. Nd2 a5 13. f4 f6 14. Bh3 Qe7 15. Bxe6 Qxe6
16. Qh5+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Kg2 Rhe8 
20. f5 Rec8 21. Bd2 Bb4 22. a3 Bxd2 23. Nxd2 a4 24. Rac1
Na5 25. Kf3 Nc5 26. Ke2 Ncb3 27. Nxb3 Nxb3 28. Rc2 
Rc7 29. c5 Rac8 30. Rc4 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5
Rxc5 33. Kd3 Ke7 34. g4 Rb5 35. Rf2 Rb3+ 36. Kc4

 
36... Rh5+ 37. Kg4 f5# 0-1
 540. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7
11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 O-O 15.
 Bg5 Nc4 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qc1 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. b3
Nb6 20. Ng3 Nc7 21. Qe3 f6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 g5 24.
1 Kh1 Ne8 25. h4 h6 26. Nh2 Nd7 27. Bd1 Kg7 28. Bh5
 Rd8 29. Rad1 Nc7 30. Rg1 Nb8 31. Be2 Nc6 32. Ng4 Rxd1
33. Rxd1 b4 34. cxb4 cxb4 35. Qb6 Nd4 36. Rc1 Na8 37.
 Qxa6 Rd8 38. Ne3 Nc7 39. Qc4 Ncb5 40. Nd5 Qd6 41.
Bh5 Qd7 42. Nxb4 Qb7 43. f3 Rd7 44. Qc8 Ne2 45. Be8
 Rd1+ 46. Kh2 Qxc8 47. Rxc8 Nbd4 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Nd5
Nxf3+ 50. Kg2 g4 51. Rc7+ Kh6 52. Bg6 Kg5 53. Rc2
 Ned4 54. Ne3

 
36... Kd6 { with ...b5# next } 37. g5 b5# 0-1

538. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3
Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10.
1 
O-O Nc6 11. Qb3 Qa6 12. e3 Be6 13. Qb2 Bc4 14. Rfd1
Rfd8 15. dxc5 Rd7 16. Be1 Bd3 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. Rd2 e5

19. Nb3 e4 20. Nd4 Bf8 21. Rad1 Ne5 22. Qb3 Bxc5 23. a4 
Qf6 24. a5 g5 25. h3 h5 26. Qa4 Kg7 27. Nb3 b5 28. axb6
Bxb6 29. Bxe4 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Qxf3 31. Nd4 Rxd4 32. cxd4 
Be4 33. Kf1 Bc6 34. Qb3 Bd5 35. Qb5 Rc8 36. Rd3 Rc7
37. Bd2 
 
1  
 
54... Rg1+ 55. Kf2 g3# 0-1
  541. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5
 Nxd5 6. Qa4 Nb6 7. Qd1 Be6 8. Bg2 h6 9. d3 Qd7 10. h3

 
O-O-O 11. a3 g5 12. Be3 Kb8 13. Rc1 Bg7 14. Ne4 Bd5
15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Qc2 f5 17. b4 f4 18. Bd2 h5 19. e4 fxe3 20.
 fxe3 e4 21. dxe4 Bc4 22. Bc3 Bxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Rhf8 24. a4
g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. exd4 Qf6 28. Qe3 Qxd4
 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. a5 Rfd8 31. axb6 axb6 32. Na4 Bb3 33.
Nc3 Rxb4 34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. exd5 Rb2 36. Rg1 Re8+ 37.
 Kd1 Ree2 38. Bf1 Red2+ 39. Ke1 Rxd5 40. Rd1 Re5+ 41.
Be2 Rexe2+ 42. Kf1

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 544. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 b6 5. e4 e5 6.


1  Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Qc2 g6 11.
Ne2 Bf8 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Rae1 Nh5 14. f4 Nxf4 15. Nxf4
 exf4 16. Rxf4 f5 17. Rff1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Qh4 19. g3 Qh6 20.
d5 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Qg7 22. Qd2 Rf8 23. Qe3 a5 24. Ng5
 Nc5 25. Bc2 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rf8 27. Re1 Bc8 28. a3 h6 29.
b4 axb4 30. axb4 hxg5 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Qxg5 Bf5 33. Bxf5
 gxf5 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Rxc7 Ke5 37. Rd7
 Ra8 38. Re7+ Kd4 39. Re6 Ra6 40. h4 Kxc4 41. Rf6 Kxd5
42. Rxf5+ Ke4 43. Rf8 Ke5 44. h5 d5 45. Kf2 c4 46. g4 d4
 47. g5 c3 48. h6 c2 49. Rc8 Ra2 50. Kg3 Ra3+ 51. Kg4 Rc3
52. Re8+ Kd5 53. h7 c1=Q 54. h8=Q Qg1+ 55. Kf5 Qb1+
 56. Kf6 Rc6+ 57. Ke7 Re6+ 58. Kf7

 
 
42... Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Rbe2# 0-1

542. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2

dxc3 11. f4 b6 12. Nd4 Ba6 13. Bb5+ Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qc5 

15. Nd6+ Kd7 16. Qh3 Nbc6 17. Be3 d4 18. Ne4 Qc4 19.
Nf6+ Kc7 20. Nxg8 Rxg8 21. Bf2 Nd5 22. Qf3 Ne3 23.
Bxe3 dxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxg2 25. O-O-O Nb4 26. Rd4 Rxc2+
27. Kd1 Qb3 28. Rxb4 
 1
 1  
 
58... Qg6+ ( { Black instead played } 58... Qb7+ 59. Kg8 ( {
 when White could have lengthened the game with } 59. Kf8) 59...
 Rxe8#) 59. Kf8 Rxe8# 0-1

 545. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 e5 5. Bg2 d6 6. e4


Bg7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Nbc3 Bd7 10. a4 Qc8 11. a5
 Bh3 12. Qd3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nbd7 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Rb8
16. Bd2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a6 b4 19. Nd1 Ra8 20. Ne3
 Re8 21. Ng3 h5 22. h4 Ng4 23. Nxg4 hxg4 24. h5 Bxb2 25.

hxg6 fxg6 26. e5 Nf8 27. Ne4 dxe5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxe8+
Qxe8 30. Ra2 Bd4 31. f5 e4 32. Qg3 e3 33. f6+ Bxf6 34.

28... Rd2+ 29. Ke1 (29. Kc1 Qc2#) 29... Qd1# 0-1
Qxe3 Qxe3 35. Bxe3 b3 36. Ra4 Nd7 37. a7 b2 38. Kf2
Be5 39. Ra6 Rf8+ 40. Kg2 Rxf1 41. a8=Q b1=Q 42. Qe8
Rg1+ 43. Bxg1 Qe4+ 44. Kf1 Qd3+ 45. Ke1
543. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 cxd4 10. Bxf5 exf5

11. Qg3 g6 12. cxd4 Qc7 13. c3 b6 14. Nh3 h4 15. Qf3 Ba6 

16. Bg5 Bc4 17. Bf6 Rg8 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Bxh4 Nf8 20. f4
Ne6 21. Bf6 Ba6 22. Kd2 Rc8 23. Rhb1 Kd7 24. a4 Bc4
25. Nf2 Nd8 26. g4 Nc6 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Qh3 Na5 29.
Qxf5+ Kc6 30. Ng4 Kb7 31. Ne3 Nb3+ 32. Rxb3 Bxb3 33. 
Rc1 Bxa4 34. Nxd5 Rg2+ 35. Ke1 Qc6 36. Ne7 Rg1+ 37.
Kf2 Qg2+ 38. Ke3 Rxc3+ 39. Rxc3 
 
  
 
  
 
45... Bc3+ 46. Kf2 Qf3# 0-1
  546. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6.
 Bg2 Nd7 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. Qd1 Bg4 15. f3
 Be6 16. Na4 c5 17. e3 b5 18. Nc3 Nf5 19. Qe2 Nxe3 20.

Nxb5 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 a4 23. f4 Rb8 24. Rd1
Rxb5 25. cxb5 Bxb3 26. Re1 Qa5 27. Qe2 Bc4 28. Qe7

39... Re1+ 40. Kd3 Qe2# 0-1
Bxb5 29. Bd5 Qd2 30. Qe4 Re8 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qb7+
Kf6 33. Rxe8 Qd1+ 34. Kf2

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 549. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. Bd3 d5


6. c3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 Ne4 8. O-O Bd6 9. c4 O-O 10. a3 a5 11.
 g3 f5 12. Ne1 Ng5 13. f3 Qf6 14. Qg2 c5 15. f4 Ne4 16.
Ndf3 Qe7 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. b3 Rf6 19. N1f3 Rh6 20. Bb2
 Ndf6 21. Qe2 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ng4 24. Nh4
Kh8 25. Rad1 Rf8 26. Rd3 Bc6 27. a4 g5 28. Nf3 Nxh2 29.
 Nxh2 Nxg3 30. Qf2 gxf4 31. Rfd1 Rg8 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33.
Ng4 Rxg4 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Qc2 Qh4 36. R1d7+ Kh6 37.
 Rh8
 
 
   
  

34... Qf1+ 35. Ke3 Qe2# 0-1


547. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Bf3 Bd7 
11. Nde2 O-O 12. b3 b5 13. a3 Rac8 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Rc1
Na5 16. Qe1 Ne8 17. e5 Bc6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 d5  
20. Bd3 g6 21. Rf3 Nc6 22. Rh3 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bxf6
Nxf6 25. Re3 Re8 26. Ng1 e5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Qh4 Nfg4

29. Ree1 Nxd3 30. cxd3 

37... Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qf1# 0-1

1 550. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6.


Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11.
 Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Qf3 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Rb8 15.
Qg3 Qd6 16. Nf3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 Bd6 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19.
 Bd2 Ng4 20. f4 g6 21. Nf3 O-O 22. Ng5 h5 23. Ne4 Be7
24. Rhc1 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. a3 f5 27. Nc3 Rb8 28. b4
 Bf6 29. Rc1 Kf7 30. Nd1 Ra8 31. Rc7 Ke8 32. Bc3 Kd8 33.
 Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Bxb5+ Kd6 35. a4 Rb8 36. Bxf6 Nxf6 37.
Nc3 Ne4 38. Nxe4+ fxe4 39. Kd2 e5 40. Kc3 Rc8+ 41. Kb3
 exf4 42. gxf4 h4 43. a5 Rc1 44. Bc4 e3 45. Be2 Re1 46. a6
Kc7 47. Bf3 e2 48. a7 Rb1+ 49. Kc2 e1=Q 50. a8=Q Rc1+
 51. Kd3 Qc3+ 52. Ke4 Re1+ 53. Kd5

 
 
30... Qxh2+ 31. Qxh2 Nf2# 0-1

548. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. O-O
Nf6 6. Re1 d6 7. d4 Bg4 8. d5 Ne7 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Bg5

Ng6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nh2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qf3 Nf4 15. 
1
Nd2 Qg5 16. g4 Nxh3+ 17. Qxh3 Qxd2 18. Re2 Qg5 19.
Kf1 g6 20. f3 Kg7 21. Rg2 Rh8 22. Rg3 h5 23. Qg2 Qf4 24.
Rd1 Rh7 25. Rd2 Rah8 26. Ke1 hxg4 27. Nf1 Rh1 28. fxg4
R8h2 29. Qxh2 Rxh2 30. Rxh2 Bxg4 31. Rd2 
 
  
 
53... Qd3+ 54. Kc5 Rc1# 0-1
 551. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ne5 d6 6.
 Nxc6 bxc6 7. g4 g6 8. gxf5 gxf5 9. Rg1 Be7 10. Bf4 Nf6 11.
 e3 h5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Kd2 Be6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nxd5
16. Qa4+ Kf7 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qd4 c6 19. Qg7+ Ke6 20.
 Rg6+ Bf6 21. Bg5 Rf8 22. Rg1 Ke5 23. Bf4+ Ke6 24. R1g5
Qa5+ 25. Kc2 Rab8 26. Rxf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxd6 Rxb2+ 28.
 Kxb2 Qd2+ 29. Kb1 Qe1+ 30. Kc2 Qxe2+ 31. Kc1 Qe1+
32. Kc2 Qxf2+ 33. Kd1 Qf1+ 34. Kd2 Qd3+ 35. Ke1
 Qxe3+ 36. Kd1 Qd3+ 37. Kc1 Qc3+ 38. Kd1 Qa1+ 39.
Kd2 Kxd6 40. Rg6 Qxa2+ 41. Kc3 Qb3+ 42. Kd2 e3+ 43.

31... Bf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qc1# 0-1
Ke2 Bc4+ 44. Kf3 e2+ 45. Kf2 e1=Q+ 46. Kxe1

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 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 

46... Qe3+ 47. Kd1 Bb3# 0-1

56... d2+ ( { Black instead played } 56... Bf3 57. g5 ( { when
White could have delayed the mate with } 57. Bxc3) 57... d2#) 57.
552. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Kd1 Bf3# 0-1
Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 c5 9. c3 Nf6 10.
Bc2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Be5 554. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
Qb6 15. f4 g6 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. Bb3 a5 18. Nf3 a4 19. Bd4 d6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 Rb8 10.
Qa6 20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Bc2 Bb5 22. Rfe1 Nd5 23. g3 a3 24. Rb1 Rxb2 11. Qd2 Bh6 12. Qxh6 Rxb1+ 13. Kd2 Rxh1 14.
Rab1 axb2 25. a4 Bc6 26. Kg1 Nxc3 27. Ne5 Nxb1 28. f4 Bg4 15. Qg7
Rxb1 Bxa4 29. Bxa4 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Rxb1 31. Bxe8 Rg1+
32. Bxg1 b1=Q 33. Bxf7+ Kf8 34. Bxe6 Qe4+ 35. Kh3
Qh1 36. Bd4

 
 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
15... Rd1+ 16. Ke3 Qc5# (16... Qb6#) 0-1

36... Qf1+ 37. Kg4 h5# 0-1
555. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 h6 5. Bh4
Nbd7 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 N7b6 8. Qd2 Bh7 9. exd5 Qxd5
10. b3 O-O-O 11. Rd1 g5 12. Bf2 Bg7 13. c4 Qd6 14. Qa5
553. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O Kb8 15. Ne2 Qg6 16. Nc3 g4 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nxc7 Kxc7
6. b3 Nfd7 7. Bb2 a5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Rad1 Nb4 19. c5 Kb8 20. cxb6 Qe6+ 21. Be2 gxf3 22. gxf3 Rd5 23.
11. Qb1 Qc7 12. d4 Rb8 13. Rd2 Re8 14. Rfd1 f6 15. dxe5 Qb4 Rb5 24. Qc4 Rd5 25. Bg3+ Ka8 26. Bc7 Bf6 27. Rg1
dxe5 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Nd6 Red8 19. c5 b6 20. Bh4+ 28. Bg3 Rc8 29. Qxc8+ Qxc8 30. Bxh4 Qd8 31. Bc4
cxb6 Qxb6 21. Nhf5 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 a4 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Rh5 32. Bg3 Qxb6 33. Bxf7 Rf5 34. Bc4 Rxf3 35. Be5
Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. a3 Na2 27. Qxa2 Qd1+ 28. Qb4+ 36. Rd2 Qc3 37. Rg7 Qe3+ 38. Kd1 Qe4 39. Rxh7
Bf1 axb3 29. Ne3 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 bxa2 31. Ke1 Nd7 32.
Kd2 Nc5 33. Nc2 Na4 34. Bc3 c5 35. e3 Kf7 36. f4 e4 37.
Ba5 Ke7 38. Bc3 Kd7 39. Ba1 Kc6 40. h4 h5 41. Ne1 Kb5

42. Ng2 Bh3 43. Ne1 Kc4 44. Kc2 Bf1 45. Kd2 Bd3 46. 1

Ng2 Kb3 47. f5 c4 48. Nf4 c3+ 49. Kc1 Nc5 50. Nd5 Na4
51. Nf4 Bc4 52. Nxh5 Nc5 53. Nf4 Nd3+ 54. Nxd3 exd3
55. h5 Bd5 56. g4




 


39... Qb1+ 40. Ke2 Qf1# 0-1

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556. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3


d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 Qc7 
11. f4 Na5 12. Qe1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qg3 h5 15. e5
Ng4 16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. 1 
Rad1 Qb6 20. Rd3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 O-O 22. Rb3 Qc7 23.
Rd1 Rad8 24. Rc3 Bc6 25. Rdd3 Rd5 26. f5 Re5 27. Qg3

exf5 28. Re3 f6 29. Nf3 Re7 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Nd4 f4 32.
Rh3 Rd8 33. Rc4 Bxg2 34. Rxc7 Bxh3 35. Ne2

 
 
  
 
 
 
 50... Qh3+ 51. Ke1 Rxg1# 0-1

 559. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5


 exd5 6. a3 Be7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nf3
c5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. O-O Bd6 15.
 Na4 Qc6 16. Bb5 Qc7 17. dxc5 Bxf4 18. exf4 Rae8 19. g3
e5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Qc2 a6 22. Bd3 Qc6 23. b4 Ng4 24. h3

35... Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rf1# 0-1
Ngf6 25. Nc3 Qe6 26. Kg2 Rh5 27. Rh1 Ne5 28. Rae1 Qc6
29. Rhf1 d4+ 30. Ne4 Nf3 31. Re2 Ng4 32. Qb3+ Kh8 33.
a4 Qc8 34. Rh1 Ngh2 35. h4 Qg4 36. Rxh2 Nxh2 37. Kxh2
557. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ Rf3 38. Nf6 Rxh4+ 39. Kg2
6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bc3 f6 10. Qd6
Nh6 11. Rd1 Nf7 12. Qa3 e5 13. Kf1 Be6 14. b3 Rd8 15. 
Re1 Qc2 16. Rc1 Qg6 17. Nf3 c5 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Be3
Bc8 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 e4 22. Ne1 f5 23. f4 Qh6 24. 
Qe3 Ne5 25. Kf2 Ng4+ 26. Bxg4 fxg4 27. g3 g5 28. Ng2
Rd3 29. Qxe4 Bf5 30. Qxb7 Rd2+ 31. Ke1 Qd6 32. Ne3
1 
Re8 33. Rc3  
 
  
 
 
 
 

39... Qh3+ 40. Kxf3 Qh1# 0-1

  560. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5


exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10.
 Nge2 g6 11. g4 Ng7 12. h4 Nf6 13. h5 gxh5 14. gxh5 Ngxh5
15. O-O-O Be6 16. Rdg1 h6 17. f3 Qf8 18. e4 Ng7 19. e5

33... Rd1+ 34. Kf2 (34. Ke2 Qd2#) 34... Qd2# 0-1
Ng8 20. f4 Ne7 21. Ng3 f5 22. Nd1 O-O-O 23. Ne3 Qf7 24.
Rg2 Kb8 25. Rgh2 h5 26. Qf2 c5 27. Qf3 Nc6 28. Nc2 Rh6
29. Nxh5 Rdh8 30. Be2 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Rh3 Nxh5
558. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. 33. Rxh5 Rxh5 34. Rxh5 Qc7+ 35. Kd1 Rc8 36. Ke1 Qc1+
c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nf3 Be7 37. Bd1 Qxb2 38. Qf2 Qc3+ 39. Kf1 d3 40. Rh3 d4 41. Kg2
11. Bd2 Nb4 12. Bb1 Nc4 13. Bc1 a5 14. Nf4 g6 15. g3 Bd5+ 42. Kh2 Qc2 43. Bxc2 dxc2 44. Qxd4 c1=Q 45. Qxd5
Qc7 16. h4 O-O-O 17. a3 Nc6 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bd2 Kb8 20. Rc2+ 46. Kg3
Bd3 Rc8 21. Qe2 h6 22. Ng2 Rcg8 23. Rfc1 Qd8 24. Bb5
Nc8 25. b4 N8a7 26. Bd3 Ka8 27. b5 Nb8 28. Rcb1 g5 29.
Kf1 Rg7 30. h5 f5 31. b6 Nac6 32. Bc3 Qe8 33. Ng1 g4 34.
Nf4 Bg5 35. Ng6 Rxg6 36. hxg6 Qxg6 37. Qc2 Qe8 38.
Qb3 h5 39. Bb5 Nd8 40. Bxa5 Bxb5+ 41. Qxb5 Ndc6 42.
Qa4 Na6 43. Ne2 h4 44. Kg2 Qf7 45. gxh4 f4 46. Kf1 Rxh4
47. Ng1 Qh7 48. Rd1 Rh1 49. Rac1 f3 50. Rxc6

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 563. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bc4


Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. Be3 b5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. a3 Re8
 11. Re1 Nf8 12. Bg5 a6 13. Bf1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5 c5
16. a4 b4 17. Nb1 g6 18. Nbd2 Bg7 19. Nc4 f5 20. Nfd2 a5
 21. c3 Nd7 22. Qc2 Nf6 23. Bd3 f4 24. f3 Nh5 25. Nb3
Qd8 26. cxb4 axb4 27. Nbd2 Bf8 28. Nf1 Re7 29. a5 Ba6
  30. Nb6 Raa7 31. Bxa6 Rxa6 32. Qc4 Rea7 33. Qb5 Kf7
34. Ra4 Qe8 35. Qxe8+ Kxe8 36. Rea1 Be7 37. Nd2 Ng3
 38. Nc8 Rc7 39. Nxe7 Kxe7 40. Kf2 Nh5 41. Nc4 Kd8 42.
  Ke2 Kc8 43. Kd3 Kb7 44. Nb6 Rf7 45. Nc4 Rf6 46. Nd2
Ng7 47. Kc4 Ne8 48. Nb3 Rf7 49. Rg1 Ra8 50. Raa1 Ka6
 51. h4 Nc7 52. g3 fxg3 53. Rxg3 Rg8 54. Rag1 Nb5 55.
Rxg6 Rxg6 56. Rxg6 Rxf3 57. Nxc5+ Kxa5 58. Nb7+ Ka4
 59. Rg8

 
 
46... Qe1+ 47. Kf3 Qf2# 0-1

561. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6.
Ne5 e6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Nxc4 Qe7 10. Be2 Rd8

11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 e5 13. h5 Be4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxb4 1

Qxb4+ 16. Kf1 O-O 17. Qe1 Qe7 18. Rd1 exd4 19. Rxd4
Ndc5 20. h6 Qf6 21. hxg7 Rfe8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Kg2 b5
24. axb5 cxb5 25. Na3 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Nxb5 Rd1
28. Qxd1 
 
    
1 
59... Na3+ 60. bxa3 Rc3# 0-1
 564. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. d4 e6 5. O-O
 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 c6 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1
 Rc8 11. e3 c5 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7
15. Qb2 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Be5 Qa8 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19.
 Nxg2 Nce4 20. Nd2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. Nf1 Ng5 23.
Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qc2 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Qf3 26. a4 h6 27. b4 Bc3
 28. Qxc3 Qxf2 29. Nd2

 
 1
28... Qxf2+ 29. Kh3 Qg3# (29... Ng5#) 0-1

562. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 e5 6.
Nge2 Bg4 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg2 Nc6 10.

Bg5 h6 11. Rd1+ Nd4 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nb5 

d3 15. Rxd3 Bxb2 16. Rd2 Bg7 17. O-O c6 18. Nbd4 Bxe2
19. Nxe2 Kc7 20. Bh3 Nc5 21. f3 Rhd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd2 23.
Rxd2 a5 24. Nc1 a4 25. Kf2 a3 26. Ke2 Bb2 27. Rc2 Rd8
28. Bf1 Na4 29. Nd3 Nc3+ 30. Ke3 Nxa2 31. Nxb2 Nb4 
32. Rc1 axb2 33. Rb1 Nc2+ 34. Kf4 g5+ 35. Ke5 Rd6 36. c5

 
  
 29... Qg1+ 30. Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1

 565. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3


d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. c3 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Nf1 Re8
 11. Ng3 d5 12. exd5 exd4 13. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Nc5
 15. Bc4 Bxd5 16. Bf1 Qd7 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Nc2 c5 19.
Na3 Bb7 20. Rd1 Qc6 21. Nc4 Nd5 22. Bc1 Re8 23. Qd2
 Nef4 24. Qc2 Bf8 25. f3 Qc7 26. Qf2 b5 27. Ne3 c4 28.
Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Ne2 b4 30. Kh1 Bc5 31. Qh4 Be7 32. Bg5
 Bxg5 33. Qxg5 Ne3 34. Nf4 Nxd1 35. Nh5 Re1 36. Nf6+
Kh8 37. Kg1 Qb6+ 38. Kh2 Qd6+ 39. g3 Qb6 40. h4 Qf2+
 41. Bg2


36... Re6+ 37. Kf5 Ne3# 0-1

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 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

41... Qg1+ 42. Kh3 Nf2# 0-1

39... Ne3+ 40. Ke2 Qf2# 0-1

566. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 568. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. d5 Nb8
Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 cxd4 10. 6. Nc3 f5 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. h3 a6 10. Bd3 Bxd3
cxd4 Nc6 11. O-O Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Rc1 e5 14. dxe5 11. cxd3 Bf6 12. g4 h6 13. Nd4 Qe7 14. Ne6 Nf8 15. Nxf8
Bxe5 15. f4 Bg7 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Rf2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxd1+ Qxf8 16. a4 Ne7 17. Qe4 Qf7 18. f4 exf4 19. d4 O-O 20.
19. Rxd1 Bxc4 20. e5 f6 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. f5 Rf7 23. Rc2 b5 O-O Ng6 21. Bxf4 Rae8 22. Qd3 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Bxd4+ 24.
24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bc5 Rc8 26. Bb4 Re8 27. Rcd2 Kh7 28. Rxd4 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 27. Kg2 Rf2+
a3 Bh6 29. Rd8 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Rxd8 31. Rxd8 Bb6 32. Re8 28. Kg3 Rd2+ 29. Kf3 Rf2+ 30. Kg3


Rd7 33. Re7+ Rxe7 34. Bxe7 Kg7 35. Ne4 Kf7 36. Bg5
Bd3 37. Nc3 Bd4 38. Bd2 Ke6 39. g4 a5 40. Kg2 b4 41.
axb4 axb4 42. Na4 Bc2 43. Bxb4 Bxa4 44. Bd2 Bd1 45. h3
Be5 46. Kf2 Kd5 47. Ke1 Ba4 48. Kf2 Bd7 49. Kf3 Bf6 50. 
Kg3 Ke4 51. Bc1 Be5+ 52. Kh4 Bf4 53. Ba3 Be8 54. Be7
Kf3 55. Bf6 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
30... Rf1+ 31. Kg2 (31. Kh2 Qf2#) 31... Qf2# 0-1
 569. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6.
 fxe5 Nxe5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qa5 10. d4 Ng6
11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. c3 Rae8 15.

55... g5+ 56. Bxg5 Bg3# 0-1
h3 Bh5 16. Kh1 Ne4 17. Bb5 Re6 18. Kg1 Nh4 19. Qd3
Nxg2 20. Ne5 Rxe5 21. dxe5 Qg6 22. Kh1 Be2 23. Qd7
Nh4 24. Rg1


567. 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. c4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Ne7 6.
Bd3 Ng6 7. Nge2 Be7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f3 Nh5 10. Qd2 a6
11. g3 Bd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. a3 O-O 14. Rab1 b6 15. b4 Ra7
16. Rb2 Qc7 17. Rfb1 Bd8 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb3 Bc8 20. 1
Qb2 Qe7 21. Nd1 h6 22. Bd2 Nh7 23. Ne3 Ng5 24. Kf2
Qf6 25. Ng1 Ne7 26. Qc1 Qg6 27. g4 h5 28. Nf5 hxg4 29. 
Bxg5 Nxf5 30. Bxd8 g3+ 31. hxg3 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Nd4 33.
Bg5 Bh3+ 34. Nxh3 Qxh3+ 35. Kf2 Qxf3+ 36. Ke1 Qg3+

37. Kf1 f5 38. exf5 Nxf5 39. Rb8 


 


24... Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Nf3# 0-1

570. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O


6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. Nxc7

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Bxe5 11. Nxa8 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bc3+ 13. Ke2 Nd4+ 14. Kd3
Ba5 15. c5

 
   
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
31... Rh1+ 32. Kg3 Qh4# 0-1

15... Bf5+ 16. Kc4 Ne5# 0-1 573. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6.
Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nb5 d6 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11.
571. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 Nxd6 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc6 13. Nb7 Qc7 14. Nxa5 Nxa5 15.
6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. f3 exd4 10. cxd4 c5 Bd2 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Rd7 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. Rad1 e5 19. Be2
11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nbd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Bc2 b6 15. Nc6 20. Qf5 Ne8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rd1 Nd6 23. Qh5
Bb2 Qg5 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Qf2 Ba4 19. Bb1 Qd8 24. Rd5 f6 25. Qg4 Ne7 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. Rxc5 Ndf5
Rad8 20. h4 Qd5 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. Qg3 g6 23. Qg5 Nh5 24. 28. Rd5 Nxd5 29. cxd5 g6 30. Bb5 Rxd5 31. Bc4 Rd1+ 32.
Nh6+ Kf8 25. Ng4 Kg8 26. Ba2 Bb3 27. Bxb3 Nxb3 28. Kg2 Kg7 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Qxa7 Nh4+ 35. Kh3 Qc8+ 36.
Rad1 Rd6 29. e4 Nc5 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Nf5 Kxh4


Qf4 33. Qxf4 Nxf4 34. Ne3 Ncd3 35. Rb1 f5 36. Ba1 fxe4
37. fxe4 Rxe4 38. Nf1 Re2 39. g3

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
36... g5+ 37. Kg3 Rg1# 0-1

39... Rg2+ 40. Kh1 Nf2# 0-1 574. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5
572. 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 Qc7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Bf3 d5 14. exd5 Nb4
6. Bb5 Nf6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Qe2 15. Qe2 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Bd4 f6 18. f4 Bxa3 19.
O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f5 fxe5 Bc4 20. Qe3 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 fxe5 22. Qe4 Bxb2 23.
15. f4 Bf6 16. Nf3 fxg4 17. hxg4 c4 18. dxc4 Be4 19. Bxf6 Qa8+ Ke7 24. Qxh8 Bc3+ 25. Kf2 Qb6+ 26. Kg3 Qe3+ 27.
Qxf6 20. Ng5 Bg6 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rad1 h6 23. Nf3 Be4 Kh4 Qh6+ 28. Kg3 Qf4+ 29. Kh3


24. Rd2 Rac8 25. Qf2 Rc3 26. Ne5 Rfc8 27. Rc1 d4 28.
Rxd4 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30. Rd2 Rc1+ 31. Kh2
 

1






29... Be6+ 30. g4 Qxg4# 0-1

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575. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d6 5. d3 e5 


6. e4 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. Nc4 Bd7 10. d4 Qc8
11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bh1 h6 14. a4 Qe6 15. Nfd2 
Rad8 16. Qe2 Rd7 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Nd5 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5
20. Ne3 Bd3 21. Qg4 Qf7 22. Ne4 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.

Qh3 h5 25. Nf1 Rf7 26. Be3 e4 27. Nd2 Re8 28. Qg2 g5
29. f3 Ne5 30. Nxe4 Nxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Qxf3 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33.

Nc5 Rexe3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Kf2 Re2+ 36. Kf3 1
 
 
 
1 
 
48... Qf3+ 49. Kg5 Qf5# 0-1

 578. 1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Nh6
6. c3 Nf7 7. Qb3 e6 8. Ng5 d5 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Nd2 Bf6
 11. Nf3 g5 12. Rd1 h5 13. c4 c6 14. Bd2 h4 15. Rac1 hxg3
16. hxg3 Nd7 17. Bc3 Kg7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Ne5 Nf8 20.
 e4 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Qe8 22. Bf3 g4 23. Bg2 Qh5 24. Qa3 Bf5
25. Bb4 Re8 26. Bxf8+ Rexf8 27. Qd6 Re8 28. Rc3 Qh2+

36... g4+ 37. Kf4 Bh6# 0-1
29. Kf1 Rhf8 30. Re3 Bg5 31. Re2 Qh5 32. Nd7 Rh8 33.
Ne5 Rh6 34. Qb4 Be4 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Qxb7+ Re7 37.
Qc8 e3 38. Re1 exf2 39. Re2 Rf6 40. Nxg4 Rxe2 41. Nxf6
576. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6
6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. Qc1 Ngxe5 10. Na3 
Re8 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Nb5 Nc5 14. Qe3 e4
15. Nc3 c6 16. Rab1 Bf5 17. h3 h5 18. b4 Na6 19. b5 Nb4 1
20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rd2 Rab8 22. a3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24.
c3 Rb3 25. Rxd5 Reb8 26. Rd2 Qf8 27. g4 Bh6 28. g5 Bg7

29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxb1+ 32. Kg2
R1b5 33. f4 Qc8 34. Be5 Rb1 35. e3 Qc1 36. Qd5 Qh1+

37. Kf2 Rf1+ 38. Ke2 Re1+ 39. Kf2 
 
 
 
  
 
41... Re1+ 42. Kxf2 Qe2# 0-1
 
 579. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4
6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Re1
 f5 11. f3 Nc5 12. Nc3 Ne6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15.
Ne2 f4 16. Qd2 c5 17. Bc3 Qe8 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Qc1 Bh4
 20. Bd2 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 g5 22. Nc3 Bd5 23. e6 Bxe6 24.
Ne4 Qf5 25. Nxg5 Bd5 26. Nh3 Bxf3 27. Nxf4 Qg4 28. g3

39... Qg1+ 40. Kf3 Rxe3# 0-1
Rae8 29. Rf1 Bc6 30. Bc3 Qf5 31. Qd1 Rd8 32. Qe2 b5 33.
Qe7 Rd7 34. Qh4 Rff7 35. g4 Qe4 36. Qg5+ Rg7 37. Bxg7

577. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 


6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11.
Nh4 g6 12. cxd5 Re8 13. f4 Ng4 14. Rf3 Bf6 15. Qd2 Bd4+  
16. Kh1 Ndf6 17. f5 Ne3 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Raf1 Nxf1 20.
Rxf1 Qe7 21. e4 Nd7 22. Nf3 Bg7 23. Nb5 Bxb2 24. Qxb2

Ba6 25. a4 Bxb5 26. axb5 a6 27. bxa6 Rxa6 28. Qd2 Ne5
29. Ng5 Rea8 30. Qf4 Ra1 31. Qh4 f6 32. Ne6 R8a2 33.

Qh6 Rxf1+ 34. Bxf1 Qf7 35. h3 Nf3 36. Bg2 Ra1+ 37. Bf1 
Ra2 38. Bg2 Ra1+ 39. Bf1 Rxf1+ 40. Kg2 Rb1 41. Kxf3
Rxb3+ 42. Kf4 b5 43. h4 Ra3 44. Kg4 f5+ 45. Kg5 Rxg3+ 
46. Kf4 Rg4+ 47. Kf3 fxe4+ 48. Kxg4




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
37... Qe3+ 38. Rf2 Rd1# 0-1

580. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3


c4 7. g3 Na5 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Bh3 O-O-O 10. Rb1 Kb8 11. 
Ng5 Nh6 12. f4 f6 13. Ngf3 Rg8 14. O-O g5 15. fxg5 fxg5
16. Nxg5 Rxg5 17. Nxc4 Rxg3+ 18. hxg3 dxc4 19. Rxf8 Rxf8

20. Bxh6 Rg8 21. Bf4 Be8 22. Qe2 Bg6 23. Re1 Bd3 24.
Qf2 Qc6 25. Bg2 Qe8 26. d5 Bf5 27. Qc5 b6 28. Qd6+

Kc8 29. dxe6 Bxe6 30. Bd5 Rg6 31. Be4 Rg7 32. Qd2 Nb3 
33. Qg2 h5 34. Bh6 Rg4 35. Bf3 Rg8 36. Qh2 Qe7 37. Bf4
h4 38. Rd1 hxg3 39. Bxg3 Qg5 40. Kf2 Rf8 41. Rd6 Qf5 42. 
Bf4 Nc5 43. Ke3 Nd3 44. Rd4 Nxe5 45. Be2 Nc6 46. Rd6
Bd5 47. Kd2 Na5 48. Qh6 Rg8 49. Qf6 Nb3+ 50. Ke1 
Qb1+ 51. Bd1 Qe4+ 52. Kf2 Rg2+ 53. Kf1 
 
1 
 42... Nf5+ 43. Ke4 Re2# 0-1

 583. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6.


Nbd2 cxd4 7. Bc4 Qh5 8. cxd4 Bd6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O
 Nbd7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qd3 b6 14. Bg5


Bb7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 gxf6 18. Rg1 Kh8
19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Qe3 f5 21. Be2 Qh4 22. Rg2 Bf4 23.
 Qc3 Rc8 24. Qd3 Rfd8 25. Rd1 Be5 26. Qe3 Bxd4 27. Qf3
Bxb2 28. Qb7 Qxh3+ 29. Rh2
 
 1 

53... Rg1+ 54. Kf2 (54. Kxg1 Qg2#) 54... Qe1# 0-1 
581. 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. dxe6

fxe6 7. e5 d5 8. c4 Ne7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O 
O-O 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rb1 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 d4 16.
Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Nd6 Ba6 19. Re1 c4 20. Nd2 
Rxf4 21. N2xc4 Rff8 22. Qa4 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Ra8 24. Qc2
d3 25. Qc3 Nd4 26. Bd2 Ne2+ 27. Rxe2 dxe2 28. Re1 Qe4 
29. b3 Rad8 30. Qe3 Qxe3+ 31. Bxe3 Rd1 32. Bf2  
 
 
 29... Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 (30. Bf1 Rxf1# (30... Qxf1#)) 30...
Qf1# 0-1
 584. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f3
 O-O 7. Be3 Na6 8. Qd2 Re8 9. O-O-O Nc7 10. g4 a6 11.


h4 h5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. Nge2 b5 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 e6
16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxd6 Qa5 18. e5 b4 19. Ne4 Qxa2 20.
 Qc2 Bh6+ 21. Nd2 Nd4 22. Qb1 Nb3+ 23. Kc2 Bf5+ 24.
Bd3 Nd4+ 25. Kc1 Ne2+ 26. Kc2
 
    

32... Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Rf1# 0-1 1
582. 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O

6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 h6 9. Rd1 Qe8 10. d5 cxd5 11. 
cxd5 Na6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. b3 Qf7 14. Bb2 Kh7 15. Qd2
Nc5 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Qf4 Nh5 
20. Qe3 f4 21. Qf3 g5 22. g4 Nf6 23. h3 h5 24. gxh5 g4 25.
hxg4 Bxg4 26. Qxf4 Bh6 27. Qg3 Nxh5 28. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 
29. Kh1 Rf4 30. Ne4 Qh4+ 31. Qxh4 Rxh4+ 32. Kg1 Rg8
33. Nf5 Rxe4 34. Nxh6 Kxh6 35. Kf2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2

Rxe2+ 37. Kf3 Rxb2 38. Re1 Nd3 39. Re6+ Kg5 40. Rc7
Ne5+ 41. Ke3 Ng7 42. Rexe7


26... Qxc4+ ( { Black instead played } 26... b3+ 27. Nxb3
Nd4+ 28. Nxd4 Qxc4#) 27. Nxc4 Nd4# 0-1

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585. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7


6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 Qc7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. 
a5 a6 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. dxc4
Bc6 16. Nd2 a5 17. Nf1 Qb7 18. h3 Rdb8 19. g4 a4 20. Ng3 
Nd7 21. g5 Qb3 22. Qe2 Ne5 23. Bf1 a3 24. bxa3 Qxc3 25.
Be3 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Qxa3 27. f4 Rb2 28. Qd1 Ba4 29. Qxa4
1
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
52... Qh5+ 53. Ke3 (53. Nf3 Qxf3#) 53... Qf3# 0-1
 588. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6
Bxc6 11. f3 Qb6 12. Bxd6 O-O-O 13. Qf4 Bxd6 14. Rxd6

29... Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Rh2# 0-1
Rxd6 15. Qxd6 Rd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qg3 Qe3+ 18. Kb1
Nc3+ 19. bxc3 Rd1+ 20. Kb2 Qc1+ 21. Kb3 Qb1+ 22. Ka3
Qxc2 23. Bc4 Qxc3+ 24. Bb3
586. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Ne7 6.
d4 Bd7 7. Be3 g6 8. h4 h6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bb3 Bg7 11. h5 
g5 12. Bxg5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Be6 14. Qf3 Bxb3 15. axb3 Rf8
16. Na3 Nc8 17. Qg3 Bh6 18. Nh7 Qd2+ 19. Kf1 Qxb2 20.  
Rd1 Nd6 21. Nf6+ Ke7 22. Qh4 Qxa3 23. Ng8+ Kd7 24.
Nxh6 Qxb3 25. Qg4+ Qe6 26. Qg7 Rad8 27. Rh3 Kc8 28.

Rf3 Nxe4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Kg1 f6 31. Qg6 Nd6 32. Rxf6
Qc4 33. Nf7 Nxf7 34. Rxf7


 
 
 
 
 
 24... Qc5+ 25. Kb2 Qc1# 0-1
  589. 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7
  6. c5 g6 7. h3 Qc7 8. g4 Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Bg7 10. g5 Nh5 11.
Bxg7 Nxg7 12. d4 O-O 13. h4 f5 14. Bd3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5
 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Qb2 Qe6 19. Rc1 f4 20.
e4 Qg4 21. Kd2 Qf3 22. exd5 Qxf2+ 23. Kc3 Qxb2+ 24.

34... Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh4# 0-1
Kxb2 cxd5 25. a3 f3 26. Rcf1 Re3 27. Kc2 Nh5 28. Rh2
Ng3 29. Rff2 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Rh1 a5 32. b5 Rf5 33.
c6 Rc5+ 34. Kd2
587. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6
6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 a6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Rb8 10. a4 Ne8 11. 
e4 Nc7 12. Bf1 e5 13. Nh4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bh3 Nb6 16.
Qe2 Bd7 17. f4 e4 18. a5 Nc8 19. Nd1 Ne7 20. Rb1 Ne8  
21. Bd2 Ng6 22. Ng2 Bd4+ 23. Nge3 Ng7 24. b4 b5 25.
axb6 Qxb6 26. Kh1 cxb4 27. Rxb4 Qa7 28. Nc2 Bc5 29.

Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Bc3 Ne7 31. Qd2 Rb3 32. Nde3 h5 33. Bf1
Be8 34. Rd1 a5 35. Nd4 Rb7 36. Ba1 a4 37. Nec2 Ng6 38.

Nb5 Bxb5 39. cxb5 a3 40. Nd4 Qa4 41. Rc1 h4 42. Rc4 
Qa8 43. Qc2 hxg3 44. hxg3 Qf8 45. Ra4 Nh5 46. Bh3
Nxg3+ 47. Kh2 Nf1+ 48. Bxf1 Rh7+ 49. Kg1 Nxf4 50. Qd2 
Qh6 51. Kf2 Nd3+ 52. Ke2




34... Rd3+ 35. Ke1 Rc1# 0-1

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590. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Kg4 49. Ke2 h5 50. Kf1 h4 51. Rg8 Rxa4 52. Kg1 Ra1+ 53.
Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. f3 Ne5 10. e4 Kh2 Ra2 54. Kg2 Rb2 55. Kf1 h3 56. Kg1 Rb1+ 57. Kh2
Ng6 11. Bf2 O-O 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rb1 Qg5 Rf1 58. f4 Rxf4 59. Kg1 Kh4 60. Kh2 Rf2+ 61. Kh1
15. Kh1 Nf4 16. Rg1 f5 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Re1 fxe4 19. Bxc5
dxc5 20. fxe4 Rd8 21. Qc1 Qe5 22. Qe3 b6 23. Rbd1 Bb7 
24. Bf3 a6 25. Na3 Bc6 26. g3 Ne6 27. Bg2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1
Ng5 29. Nb1 Bxe4 30. Kg1 Bxg2 31. Qxe5 Nf3+ 32. Kxg2 1
Nxe5 33. Na3 Kf7 34. Kf2 Re8 35. h3 Re7 36. Rd5 c6 37.
Rd8 Re8 38. Rd1 Ke6 39. Rb1 Rb8 40. Ke3 b5 41. cxb5

cxb5 42. Ke4 Rd8 43. Rf1 Rd2 44. Nb1 
 
  
 
 
1  
 

61... Rf1+ 62. Kh2 Nf3# 0-1

 593. 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6.


d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Bg4 8. Bb5 Qd7 9. O-O a6 10. Bc4 Nb6
 11. Be2 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 g6 13. Kg2 Bg7 14. h3 Bf5 15. Bf4
Nd7 16. g4 Bxb1 17. Raxb1 Ndxe5 18. Rd5 Nd7 19. Rbd1

44... Re2+ 45. Kf4 g5# 0-1
Nb6 20. Be3 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 b6 22. Nd2 O-O 23. Nc4 Rab8
24. Bf3 Rfc8 25. Bf4 e5 26. Bg5 b5 27. Ne3 h6 28. Bh4 g5
29. Bg3 Ne7 30. Rd7 Kf8 31. Nc2 a5 32. Ne1 c4 33. h4 Rd8
591. 1. e4 d6 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 c6 5. c3 d5 6. 34. Ra7 a4 35. Nc2 Rd2 36. Be4 Ke8 37. Ra5 Rd7 38. Nb4
Bb3 dxe4 7. Ng5 Nh6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 Na6 10. Nxe4 Rd2 39. Nc2 Nd5 40. Kf1 Nf4 41. Ke1 Re2+ 42. Kd1 Rxe4
Bf5 11. d4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Qc7 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nf3 cxd4 15. 43. f3 Rd8+ 44. Kc1
cxd4 Rad8 16. Bd2 Nf5 17. Bc3 b5 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. a3
Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Nc5 22. Qc2 Nxb3 23. 
Qxb3 Bf6 24. Qb4 Rd5 25. Rfe1 Qd6 26. Qb3 e6 27. Re4
Rd8 28. h3 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kh2 
Bxb2 32. a4 bxa4 33. Rxa4 Rd7 34. Kg3 Kf8 35. Ng5 h6 36.
Nf3 Ke7 37. Ra6 Rc7 38. Kg4 Kd7 39. h4 h5+ 40. Kg5 Ke7

41. Ra5 Bf6+ 42. Kh6 Kd6 43. Ng5 Bxg5+ 44. hxg5 Kc6
45. Re5 Kb6 46. Kg7 a5 47. Re1 Ra7 48. Re5 a4 49. g3 a3

50. Kf6 a2 51. Re1 a1=Q+ 52. Rxa1 Rxa1 53. Kxf7 h4 54. 
gxh4 Ra4 55. Kxg6 Rxf4 56. h5 e5 57. h6 e4 58. h7 Rh4 59.
Kg7 e3 60. g6 e2 61. Kh8 e1=Q 62. g7 
 
 
 
 
44... Ne2+ 45. Kb1 Rd1# 0-1


594. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7
6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2
 Qh4 11. f3 Ng5 12. Rf2 Nc6 13. f4 Nf7 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15. e4
g6 16. Re1 Ne7 17. g3 Qf6 18. Rfe2 Nh6 19. d5 c5 20. dxc6
 Nxc6 21. Nf3 Rac8 22. c5 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf5 24. Rd2 Red8
25. Ne5 Rc7 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Ng4 Qg7 28. Bb2 d5 29. c4
 Nfd4 30. Qd3 dxe4 31. Rxe4 Rcd7 32. Qe3 h5 33. Rexd4
Nxd4 34. Bxd4 Rxd4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Ne5 Rxd2 37.

62... Qe5 63. Kg8 Qe8# 0-1
Nf7+ Qxf7 38. Qxf7

592. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6


6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Kd2
Nd7 11. Bd3 Bg6 12. Nge2 Rg8 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. g3 Nf8
15. Nfxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 O-O-O 17. Nxf6 Bb4+ 18. Ke2
Bxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Rg6 20. Rac1+ Kb8 21. Ne4 f5 22. Nc3
Bxc3 23. bxc3 Kc7 24. Rc2 Nd7 25. c4 Rc6 26. Ke2 b5 27.
Rhc1 bxc4 28. Rxc4 Ra8 29. Rxc6+ bxc6 30. Rc2 Nf6 31.
Kf3 Ra5 32. h3 Kd6 33. g4 fxg4+ 34. hxg4 Rg5 35. Kf4
Rxg4+ 36. Kf5 Rg6 37. e4 Ne8 38. a4 Ng7+ 39. Kf4 Ne6+
40. Ke3 Rg1 41. d5 cxd5 42. exd5 Kxd5 43. Rc8 Ra1 44.
Rb8 Ra3+ 45. Kd2 Ng5 46. Ra8 Ke4 47. Re8+ Kf3 48. Rf8+

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 1
 
  
 
 
 
  
 

38... Rg2+ 39. Kf1 (39. Kh1 Rd1#) 39... Rd1# 0-1

37... Rxh3+ 38. gxh3 (38. Kg1 Qf2#) 38... Qh2# 0-1

595. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 597. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Rc8 10. Nf3 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5
Qc7 11. Kb1 b5 12. a3 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nb6 15.
Rhe1 e5 16. fxe5 Be6 17. exf6 Ba2+ 18. Kc1 Bb3 19. Qe2 dxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bb7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19.
Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21. Bb5+ axb5 22. Qxb5+ Rc6 23. Bxg5 Qd6 20. Be4 Nc4 21. b3 Nb6 22. c4 h6 23. Be3 bxc4
Qb8+ Kd7 24. Ne5+ dxe5 25. Ke3+ Bd5 26. Qa7+ Ke6 27. 24. Rc1 Bc8 25. g4 Rf8 26. Qf3 Ra7 27. bxc4 f5 28. gxf5
exd5+ Nxd5+ 28. Kf3 Qxc3+ 29. Rd3 Qxe1 30. Rxd5 e4+ Raf7 29. Kh2 Bxf5 30. Rg1 Nc8 31. Rg2 Ne7 32. Rcg1 Kh8
31. Kg4 h5+ 32. Kh3 Rc3+ 33. g3 33. Bxf5 Nxf5 34. Qe4 Qe7 35. Rg4 Rb8 36. Bc1 Nd4 37.


f4 Qf8 38. Kh1 exf4 39. Rxf4 Re8 40. Rxf7 Qxf7 41. Qf4
Qe7 42. Bb2 Rf8 43. Qg4 Qe5 44. Qg3 Rf4 45. d6 g5 46.
 Re1 Qxd6 47. Re8+ Kg7 48. Qe3 Kf7 49. Rh8 Qc6+ 50.
Kh2 Rf3 51. Qe1 Rxh3+ 52. Kxh3 g4+ 53. Kxg4
 
1 
 
  
 1
 
 
 
33... Rxg3+ 34. Kh4 (34. hxg3 Qh1#) 34... Re3# ( { On }
34... Rf3+ 35. Qf2) 0-1 
596. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 
53... Qf3+ 54. Kh4 Nf5# 0-1
6. Nf3 c4 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nb5 a6
11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Nb1 Be6 13. c3 Be7 14. Nbd2 b5 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 a5 17. Re1 b4 18. Nf1 Bd6 19. Bg4 Re8 20. 598. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6.
Ne3 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rb8 24. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb6 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Bd7 11.
Rg3 Rb2 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qg4 Qe7 27. h4 Rf8 28. f4 Rf5 Bb2 a4 12. b4 Na7 13. Nc3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rc1 Rc8
29. h5 Qa7+ 30. Kh2 Qf7 31. Rh3 Rxf4 32. Qg5 Rff2 33. 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Ne5
Rg3 Rf5 34. Qd8+ Qf8 35. Qxa5 Rxh5+ 36. Rh3 Qf4+ 37. b5 21. Nd1 Nc6 22. Ne3 N6xe5 23. dxe5 Bd8 24. Bxc4
Kh1 dxc4 25. Bd4 Qg6 26. Bc5 Rf7 27. Rcd1 Bc6 28. Rd6 Be4
29. Qd2 Be7 30. Rb6 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Bd3 32. Rf3 Qe4 33.
Rxe6 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Qxf4 35. c6 h6 36. g3 Qe4 37. Qf2 Rf8
38. c7 Qb7 39. Qg2 Qxc7 40. Qd5 Kh8 41. Ra6 Qe7 42.
Rd6 Qa7 43. Qd4 Qa5 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Rf2 46. Ng4

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 601. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5


6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. d4 exd4 11.
 Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nc3 c6 15. Be3 f5
16. Ne2 Nc7 17. f4 Be6 18. Rc1 Qe8 19. Bc2 Qh5 20. Ng3
 Qe8 21. Ne2 a4 22. Kh2 Ra6 23. Rg1 Na8 24. Qd3 Qh5 25.
Bd1 Bd7 26. Bd2 Nb6 27. Ng3 Qh6 28. b3 axb3 29. axb3
1 Ra3 30. Qf1 Ra2 31. Rc2 Ra1 32. Qf3 Ra3 33. Bc1 Ra1 34.
Be2 Na8 35. Bb2 Rxg1 36. Kxg1 Nc7 37. Bc1 Na6 38. Ra2
 Nb4 39. Ra7 Qe6 40. Kh2 c5 41. dxc5 Bxc5 42. Ra1 d4 43.
 Rb1 g6 44. Qf1 Rb8 45. Bd2 Bc6 46. Qe1 Nd5 47. Bd3
Ne3 48. Bxe3 dxe3 49. Nf1 Qd5 50. Qe2 Qd4 51. Kh1
 Qxf4 52. Qb2 Qh4 53. Qc1

 
 1 
 
46... Bf1+ 47. Kh4 Qg5# 0-1

599. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 

6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3 h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11.
Bf2 Qc6 12. Ne3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. f5 gxf5 15. Bd3
Qc6 16. Bxf5 Nf6 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. O-O Qe4 19. c3 Rg8
20. h3 h5 21. Qb1 Qc6 22. Qc2 Bh6 23. Rae1 Nd5 24. Nf5 
Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 Rg5 26. Kh2 Nf4 27. Nxd6+ Qxd6 28. Bg3
Kf8 29. Qb3 h4 30. Bxh4 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 Qd2 32. Qxb7 
 
1  
53... Qxh3+ 54. Nh2 (54. Kg1 Qxg2#) 54... Qxg2# 0-1
 602. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3
 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Nxd2 d6 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2
Nbd7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rac1 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rfd1 e4
 15. Bc2 Qe7 16. Nf1 Ne5 17. Ng3 Qe6 18. Rd2 h5 19.
 Nxh5 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Nxh5 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Qg6+ 23.
Kf1 Rxe4 24. Rd7 Qf5 25. Qd3 Rae8 26. Rd8 Qh3+ 27.
 Ke1 Qxh2 28. Qxe4 Rxd8 29. Qf3 Qg1+ 30. Ke2 Qg6 31.
e4 Qg5 32. Qe3 Nf4+ 33. Kf1
  
 1

32... Rh2+ 33. Kg1 Nxh3# 0-1 
600. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 a6 6.

dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. a3 Re8 9. b4 Bf8 10. c5 d5 11. 

cxd6 Qxd6 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. O-O e5 15. Rfd1
Qe7 16. e4 Bg4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4
20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rc8 23. Ng5 Rc3
24. f3 Bd7 25. Re7 Ba4 26. d6 Bf8 27. Rxf7 Bxd6 28. Rxh7 
Rxd3 29. Rxb7 Bb5 30. Ne4

 
 
 33... Qg2+ 34. Ke1 Qg1# (34... Qh1#) 0-1

 603. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4


Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. Qd2
 Nc6 11. Bh6 a5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Be2 a4 14. Nd4 Qb6
 15. Ndb5 Bd7 16. Bd1 Ne5 17. Nxa4 Rxa4 18. Bxa4 Nxe4
19. Qc2 Nxf2 20. Rf1

 


30... Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Rf1# 0-1

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  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 

20... Qe3+ 21. Qe2 Ned3# 0-1

43... Qg3+ 44. Ke2 Bd1# 0-1

604. 1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 606. 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4 g6 5. g5 Nh5 6.
6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. d5 Ne8 10. Nb3 h6 Nxe4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be2 Ng7 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11.
11. h3 f5 12. Kh1 Ndf6 13. Bd3 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. h4 Qb6 12. Nge2 e6 13. Qd2 a5 14. Qe3 O-O-O 15. O-O-O
Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qe2 g5 17. g4 Bd7 18. Rg1 c6 19. c4 cxd5 20. Re8 16. Bh2 e5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. dxe5 Nxe5
cxd5 Qf7 21. Nbd2 Qxd5 22. Ne4 Bc6 23. Nfd2 Qf7 24. f3 20. Nf4 Nc4 21. Na4


Rd8 25. Rg3 d5 26. Qd3 dxe4 27. Qxd8 exf3 28. Nf1 Qc4
29. Be3 f2+ 30. Kh2 e4 31. Rg2 Be5+ 32. Kh1 Rf3 33. Qd2
Rxh3+ 34. Rh2
  
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21... Bxb2+ 22. Kb1 (22. Nxb2 Qxb2#) 22... Na3# 0-1


34... Qxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rxh2# 0-1
607. 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. axb4 Bxb4
6. c3 Ba5 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Ba3 d6 10. Ng5 Qe7
11. Bxf7+ Rxf7 12. Bxd6 Qe8 13. f3 Bd8 14. Na3 h6 15.
605. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 c6 5. d3 Be7 6. Qxf7+ Qxf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Nb5 Ne8 18. Bc5 a6 19.
Bd2 O-O 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O Nfd7 10. g4 Bg6 O-O Be6 20. Na3 Bg5 21. f4 exf4 22. g3 Bh3 23. Rf2 f3 24.
11. e4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Ne6 13. Ne2 h6 14. d4 Nd7 15. Rad1 Rxf3+ Nf6 25. d4 Kg6 26. e5 Ne4 27. Bb6 Bg4 28. Rff1
h5 16. Bc3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Qc7 18. c5 d5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd2 29. Kg2 Nxf1 30. Rxf1 Be6 31. Bc5 Bd5+ 32. Kh3
dxe5 Bxc5 21. b4 Bb6 22. Qb3 dxe4 23. Ng3 e3 24. fxe3 Na5 33. Bb6 Nc4 34. Nxc4 Bxc4 35. Rd1 Rf8 36. Kg2
Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Bh3 Qh4 27. Kg2 Nf4+ 28. Rxf4 Bd5+ 37. Kh3 Rf2 38. c4


Bxf4 29. Be1 Qe7 30. Bc3 Rad8 31. Rf1 Bxg3 32. Kxg3
Rd3+ 33. Rf3 Rxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Qh4 35. Bf1 Qh1+ 36. Kf2
Qh2+ 37. Kf3 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Kf3 Bc2 40. Qc4
Bd1+ 41. Ke4 Rd8 42. e6 Bc2+ 43. Ke3  

1






38... Bg2+ 39. Kg4 h5# 0-1

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608. 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. d3 d6 6.


Rb1 f5 7. h4 h6 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. 
Qc1 Kh7 12. Nh3 Nf6 13. Qc4 Bd7 14. Rc1 c6 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. h5 g5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5+ Kh6 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 
20. Qxf7 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22. Rh4 e4 23. dxe4 Nxe4 24.
Rc2 d5 25. e3 a5 26. Bf3 a4 27. Be2 Bf6 28. Rh2 Rb8 29.

Bd3 Bxb2 30. f3 Be5 31. fxe4 Bxg3+ 32. Kf1 fxe4 33. Ba6
Rb6 34. Rhg2 Rb1+ 35. Ke2


 
  
 1  
 
 
 26... Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Rh2# 0-1

 611. 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 Qc7 6.


 O-O e5 7. Nc3 e4 8. Ne1 Be7 9. f3 exf3 10. exf3 O-O 11.
Nd3 Na6 12. Be3 Be6 13. b3 Bf7 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Rfd1
 Qd7 16. a4 Nc7 17. a5 Nh5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Ne6
20. Qe3 f4 21. Qf2 fxg3 22. hxg3 Bg6 23. Bh3 Qf7 24. f4

35... Bg4+ 36. Kd2 Be1# 0-1
Qf6 25. Ne2 Rde8 26. Ra2 Be4 27. Qe3 Qg6 28. Kh2 Bf5
29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Qg1 Nf6 31. Qh1 Ng4+ 32. Kg1 Ne3 33.
Rdd2 Ng5 34. fxg5
609. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O
6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Nd2 Qxc5 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Rd8 
11. Rc1 Nc6 12. b4 Qf5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bc7 Rd7 15. g4
Qf6 16. b5 Rxc7 17. bxc6 Rxc6 18. Ncb1 b5 19. Bxb5 Rxc1  
20. Qxc1 Bb7 21. Rf1 Qe5 22. Qc4 Rc8 23. Qd3  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 34... Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Ng4# 0-1

 612. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6.


Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. f4 a6 9. Nd6 cxd4 10. Nf3

23... Rc1+ 24. Ke2 Nf4# 0-1
Nbc6 11. Bd3 f6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qf2 Bd7 14. Kh1 Be8
15. c3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxb2
19. exf6 Rxf6 20. f5 Raf8 21. a4 exf5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23.
610. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O Rad1 f4 24. Rd2 Qa3 25. a5 h6 26. h3 f3 27. g3 Qxc3 28.
6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. e4 c6 10. b4 f5 11. exf5 Ne4 Qc8 29. Nxf6 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+
gxf5 12. Ng5 Qf6 13. b5 e4 14. Bb2 Qxg5 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Rxf6 34. Qxb7 Rf4 35. Qb8+ Kh7
dxe4 f4 17. Rfd1 fxg3 18. hxg3 Ndf6 19. Rxd6 Ng4 20. Qd2 36. Rh2 Nh4 37. Qb1+ Nf5 38. Rg1
Qc5 21. Na4 Qxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Rxf2 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxc6
Nxg3 25. e5 Rb8 26. Bd5 
1 








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
38... Qxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Rh4# 0-1

613. 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 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. 
Be3 Bf8 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nh2 Ng6 15. a4
Be7 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nh7 18. Nb3 Bg5 19. Na5 Bxe3

20. Rxe3 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Rc1 Nf4 23. b4 Rf8 24. Rf3
Kh8 25. Nc6 Qf6 26. b5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Qg6 28. Rg3 Qf7

29. Nb4 Nf6 30. Ng4 Bxg4 31. hxg4 Ne4 32. Re3 Nxg2 33. 
Re2 Nh4 34. Qd3 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Qf4 36. Rcc2 Qxg4 37.
Rxe4 
 
1 
  
  
34... Qb5+ 35. Ka3 Bxb2# 0-1
 

616. 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6
6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Ndb5 Qd8 10. Nd5
 d6 11. Nbc3 Bg4 12. Be3 Na5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6
Re8 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nxc4 17. Nd5 Ne5 18. Nxf6+
 exf6 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. h3 Be6 22. b3 d5 23.
Be3 Qa6 24. Rd1 Nc6 25. Qb2 Kg7 26. Bg5 d4 27. Bxc6
 Qxc6 28. Qxd4 Bxh3 29. e4 h6 30. Kh2 hxg5 31. Kxh3
Rxe4 32. Qd7 Re2 33. Rd2

37... Qg1+ 38. Ke2 Qe1# 0-1 
614. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Nf3 b6 6. 
Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 a6 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3
O-O 11. Qd3 h6 12. Nh4 c5 13. Qg3 Kh7 14. Qh3 Qe8 15.

f4 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. g4 Kg8 18. Bd2 Ng6 19. Ng2 Qf7 20.
Qd3 Ne7 21. Rfe1 Nc6 22. Re2 Qg6 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5
1
Qxd3 25. cxd3 Rf3 26. Ne1 Rf5 27. Rxe6 Rc8 28. Rd6 Rc7 
29. dxc5 bxc5 30. h4 Kf7 31. c4 dxc4 32. dxc4 Nde5 33. Rc1
Nd4 34. Kg2 Rb7 35. Bc3 Nxc4 36. Rxa6 Ne3+ 37. Kh3 
Ne2 38. g6+ Ke8 39. Ra8+ Kd7 40. Bxg7 Nxc1 41. Bc3
Ne2 42. g7 Rf1 43. Kh2 Rg1 44. g8=Q 
  
 
 
33... Qh1+ 34. Kg4 Qh5# 0-1
 617. 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Bxc6
 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. h3 O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Nh2 Nh7 10. Be3


Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qg5 12. Rf3 f5 13. Qf1 Be6 14. Rf2 Qxe3 15.
Re1 Qc5 16. Kh1 f4 17. Nf3 Nf6 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Red1
 Nh5 20. Kh2 Bc8 21. Ne2 Qe7 22. d4 Ng3 23. Nxg3 fxg3+
24. Kxg3 exd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxf3+ 27. Qxf3
 Qe5+ 28. Qf4 Qxd4 29. Qxc7 Be6 30. e5 Kh7 31. Qd6
Bd5 32. e6 Qe4 33. e7
   

44... Nf1+ 45. Kh3 Nf4# 0-1 
615. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6

6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 g6 8. Qf3 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Be2
Qc7 11. Rhe1 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bb7

15. Qe3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rac8 
19. Rd2 Qa5 20. Kb1 Rc4 21. Rd4 Rfc8 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23.
Rd1 Qc7 24. e6 Rxc2 25. Rd8+ Qxd8 26. exf7+ Kf8 27. 
Kxc2 Qc8+ 28. Kd2 Kxf7 29. Ng5+ Ke8 30. Nxh7 Qd7+
31. Kc2 Qf5+ 32. Kb3 Qd5+ 33. Ka3 b4+ 34. Kxb4 



33... Qxg2+ 34. Kf4 Qg5# 0-1

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618. 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 


6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nbd7 10. Qe2
Ne4 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. Rfe1 Rae8 
15. a4 a5 16. Rab1 Qd8 17. Qc2 Bc6 18. c5 dxc5 19. d5
Ba8 20. Bb5 Re7 21. Rbd1 Nf6 22. Nh4 g6 23. Qd3 Ne8
 
24. Qg3 Ng7 25. Qg5 Qd6 26. Rd3 Bb7 27. Rh3 Bc8 28.
g4 f6 29. Qh6 Bxg4 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Rh6

Bh5 33. Re3 Rg8 34. Rg3 Kf8 35. Rgxg6 Bxg6 36. Rxg6 c6 
37. Bxc6 Rc7 38. Bb5 Qe7 39. Bc4 Qd6 40. h4 Rf7 41. h5
Rc7 42. h6 Rf7 43. Bb5 Rc7 44. Ba6 c4 45. Bc8 Rxc8 46. 1
hxg7+ Kf7 47. Qh6 Rb8 48. Rg3 b5 49. axb5 Rxb5 50.
Qg6+ Ke7 51. Qh7 Rbb8 52. Qh5 a4 53. Qe2 Rbc8 54. 
Qc2 a3 55. f4 exf4 56. Rg6 Rb8 57. Qa4 Qc5+ 58. Kg2
Rb2+ 59. Kh3 Qe3+ 60. Kg4 Rg2+ 61. Kf5

 
 
31... Bd7+ 32. Kg6 Qh6# 0-1
 621. 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4
 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5
11. a4 c6 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Rb1 Na6 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15.
  Nxe4 f5 16. Nc3 g5 17. Bg3 f4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qxd6 Nb4

1
20. Be4 fxg3 21. hxg3 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Ne4 Nc2+ 24.
Ke2 Rxf2+ 25. Nxf2 Qxe3+ 26. Kd1 Nd4 27. Qg6
  
  1 
 

61... Qh3+ 62. Kxf4 (62. Rg4 Qxg4#) 62... Rf2# 0-1


619. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 a6
6. e3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. h3 Ng6 
11. Bh2 O-O 12. Ne5 Re8 13. O-O-O Be6 14. f4 Nf8 15. g4
Qc8 16. Rhg1 Bd6 17. f5 Bd7 18. g5 Nh5 19. f6 Bxe5 20.  
Bxe5 g6 21. Na4 Rxe5 22. dxe5 Qc7 23. Qc3 Re8 24. Be2
Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Bxh5 gxh5 27. h4 Ng6 28. Nc5

Bg4 29. Rd3 Nxh4 30. Rb3 b5 31. Ra3 Rxg5 32. Rxa6 h6
33. Rxc6 Nf3 34. Rh1 h4 35. Nd3 h3 36. Nf2 h2 37. b4 Bf5

38. Kd1 Be4 39. Rxh2 
27... Qe2+ 28. Kc1 Nb3# 0-1

1 622. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. f4 exf4 5. Nf3 Be6
6. Be2 Ne5 7. O-O Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 g5 9. d4 Bg7 10. e5 d5
 11. Na4 b6 12. c4 c6 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. g3 Ne7
16. gxf4 g4 17. Be2 O-O 18. Rf2 f5 19. Be3 a6 20. Na4
 Rfb8 21. Rc1 Bf8 22. Bf1 Ng6 23. Qb3 b5 24. Nc5 Bxc5
25. Rxc5 Rc8 26. Rfc2 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Rc8 28. Qc3 Rxc5 29.
 Qxc5 Qc8 30. Qd6 Kf7 31. Bd2 Qc2 32. Bb4 Qc1 33. Bc5


Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qxf4 35. Qc7+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Kg1
Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Qf2 39. Qf6+ Kh6 40. Bd3 Kh5 41. Be7
  
 1
 

39... Rg1+ 40. Ke2 Re1# 0-1


620. 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6.
f4 Bd6 7. g4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb4 9. Bb1 Bd7 10. g5 Ng8 11. 
a3 Nc6 12. Ngf3 h6 13. h4 hxg5 14. fxg5 f5 15. Nf1 Qc7 16.
Rg1 Nge7 17. g6 e5 18. h5 Rxh5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 
Bxe5 21. Qxh5 Qxc1+ 22. Qd1 Qxb2 23. Ra2 Bc3+ 24.
Nd2 Bxd2+ 25. Ke2 Bb5+ 26. Kf3 Qf6 27. Rxd2 Nxg6 28.

Qc2 Ne5+ 29. Kf4 Qh6+ 30. Kxe5 Qxe3+ 31. Kxf5 

41... Qe1+ 42. Kg2 (42. Bf1 Qxf1#) 42... Nf4# 0-1

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623. 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c5 6.


Be2 a5 7. c4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. 
Na4 Rc8 12. d3 Qc7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. h3
Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf3 Qd6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e4 Ne5  1
20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Be2 Ng6 22. d4 dxe4 23. dxc5 e3 24. fxe3
Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nh4+ 26. Kh1 Qg3 27. Bf1 Rfe8 28. e4 Nf3

29. Nxf3 Nxe4 30. Bg2 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nxh3+ 32. Kf1 Re3
33. Rd2 Rxf3+ 34. Bxf3


 
1 
  
 
 
 30... Ne3+ 31. Ke1 (31. Kg1 Rxg2#) 31... Bg3# 0-1

 626. 1. b4 a5 2. Bb2 d5 3. b5 a4 4. e3 Nd7 5. c4 dxc4 6.


 Bxc4 Nb6 7. Be2 e6 8. a3 Nf6 9. d4 Qd5 10. Nd2 Qxg2 11.
Bf3 Qg5 12. Rb1 Qxb5 13. d5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxe6
 Qxe6 16. Qc1 Bd6 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4
Bxa3 20. Bxb7 Bxb7 21. Rxb7 Bd6 22. Ng3 Qe6 23. Qb5+

34... Qg1+ 35. Ke2 Nf4# 0-1
Kf8 24. Nf5 a3 25. Rb8+ Rxb8 26. Qxb8+ Qe8 27. Qb3 Rg8
28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. Qxa3 Qc6 30. Rf1 Ke7 31. Qa7+ Ke6 32.
f4 Qc1+ 33. Kf2
624. 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7
6. Nbd2 c6 7. c3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. e4 Bh7 10. Re1 Nbd7 
11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 Nb6 13. e5 Nfd7 14. Qe2 c5 15. Nfd2
Qc7 16. c4 Rfd8 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. e6 Nf8  
20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Nf3 Bf6 22. Ne5+ Kg8 23. Ng4 Bg5 24.
f4 Re8 25. Be3 Be7 26. Qf3 d4 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Ne5

Bg8 29. Nf7+ Bxf7 30. Qxf7 
 
 
 
 
 
 

33... Qd2+ 34. Kf3 Qg2# 0-1

  627. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O


6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 Ng4 8. f3 Nh6 9. h4 f5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11.
 exf5 gxf5 12. Qd2 f4 13. O-O-O Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. g4
Bd7 16. h5 Na6 17. Ne4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Re1 h6 20.

30... dxe3 31. Rxe3 c4 32. dxc4 Qb6 33. Re1 Bb4 34. c5
Bh4 b5 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Bf5 23. h6 Bf6 24. Bxf4 bxc4
25. Bg5 Qa4 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Qc3 Re8 29.
Bxc5 35. Nxc5 Qxc5 36. Kf2 Rad8 37. Kf3 Rxe3+ 38. Rxe3 f4 Bh7 30. Rh2 Qxa2 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. fxe5 Qb1+ 33. Kd2
Qc6+ 39. Kg4 Nh7 40. Re7 Nf6+ 41. Kh4 Rg8 42. Rxb7 Rf4 34. Ke2 Rd4 35. e6 Qg1 36. Rg2 Bd3+ 37. Kf3


Qg2 43. h3 g5+ 44. fxg5 hxg5# 0-1

625. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6.


Be2 O-O 7. Bg5 e6 8. f4 exd5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 d4 11. 
Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Ne3 13. Qb3 Rxd8 14. Kf2 Nc6 15.
Nf3 Ng4+ 16. Ke1 Re8 17. h3 Ngxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19.
 
Kf2 d3 20. Bd1 Be6 21. Rc1 b5 22. Qxb5 Rab8 23. Qa4
Rxb2+ 24. Kg1 Bd7 25. Qa3 Nxc4 26. Qxd3 Re1+ 27. Qf1
1
Bd4+ 28. Kh2 Be5+ 29. Kg1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 





37... Qf1+ 38. Rf2 (38. Kg3 Qf4#) 38... Qxh3# 0-1

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628. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. 


Ne2 h5 7. Qd3 d5 8. f5 Nf6 9. fxg6 dxe4 10. gxf7+ Kf8 11.
Ng5 exd3 12. Nf4 Bf5 13. Bxd3 Qd7 14. Rf1 Bh6 15. Bxf5 1
Qxf5 16. Nfe6+ Qxe6+ 17. Nxe6+ Kxf7 18. Nxc7 Ra7 19.
Nd5 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Rd7 21. Nxf6 exf6 22. c3 Re7+ 23. Kf2

Rhe8 24. Rc2 Nd7 25. a4 bxa4 26. Ra1 Nb6 27. c4 Re4 28.
c5 Nd5 29. Rxa4


 
 
  
 
  
 59... Nc3+ 60. Kc1 (60. Ka1 Ra2#) 60... Rc2# 0-1

 631. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6


 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nc6 11.
Nb3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 Nf6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Rad1
 Rd8 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Bf1 Kg7 18. Qf2 Ng4 19. Qh4 Qb6+
20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Kh1 h5 22. h3 Nxc2 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. a5

29... Rf4+ 30. Kg3 (30. Kg1 Re1#) 30... Re3# 0-1
Qxa5 25. Qf2 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 b6 27. Re3 Rh8+ 28. Kg1
Qh5 29. Qd2 Qh2+ 30. Kf2 Qxf4+ 31. Kg1 g3 32. Bc4 Bd7
33. Qd4+ e5 34. Qd2 Rh6 35. Qe1
629. 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6
6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Rc8 
11. Qa4 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 Ne4 13. Rcc1 Qb6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Qa3 Rfd8 16. b4 f6 17. Rfd1 g5 18. Bg3 h5 19. h4 Bg4 
20. hxg5 fxg5 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. Ne5 Qb7 23. Qd3 Rf6 24.
Bh2 Bf5 25. Qe2 h4 26. Rc2 Qh7 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Nxc6

g4 29. Be5 Rf8 30. Rc1 h3 31. gxh3 Ng5 32. hxg4 Be4 33.
Ne7+ Kf7 34. f3 Nxf3+ 35. Kf2 Nxe5 36. Kg3 Nf3 37. Rc7

Qh4+ 38. Kf4 
 
 
  
 
 

35... Rah8 { There's no way to prevent or delay ... Rh1 mate } 36.
Qxg3 Rh1# 0-1
 632. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6.
 O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. d5 e5 10. e4 a5 11. Re1
Nc5 12. b3 Bc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Nh7 15. Rf1 f5 16.
 Ne1 f4 17. Qe2 Ng5 18. gxf4 exf4 19. e5 dxe5 20. d6 Bxd6
21. Bxa8 Bh3 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 f3+ 24. Nxf3 Nxf3

38... Ke8+ 39. Nf5 Rxf5# 0-1
25. Ne4 Qh4 26. Rh1 Nxe4 27. Be3


630. 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 Be7 6.
cxd5 exd5 7. e3 O-O 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. a3 Rd8  
11. Rd1 Be6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. O-O Qxc5 15.
Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 d4 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Na4 Bd6 19. 1 
Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Rc4 22. Nc5 b6 23.
Nb3 a5 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 a4 26. Nd2 Rxd4 27. Nf3

Rd3 28. Kf1 Rb3 29. Rc2 Nd5 30. Rd2 Nf4 31. Ne1 g5 32. 

g3 Ne6 33. Ke2 Kg7 34. Nf3 Kf6 35. Ne1 Nc5 36. h3 Ke7
37. Nf3 Ne6 38. Ne5 f5 39. Rd7+ Kf6 40. Nd3 f4 41. Rd6
fxg3 42. fxg3 Ke7 43. Rd5 h5 44. Kd2 Kf6 45. Rd6 Kf5 46.
Kc2 h4 47. Rd5+ Kf6 48. gxh4 gxh4 49. Rd6 Ke7 50. Rd5 
Kf7 51. Re5 Nd4+ 52. Kb1 Rxd3 53. Re4 Rd1+ 54. Ka2 b5
55. b4 axb3+ 56. Kb2 Rd2+ 57. Kb1 Kg6 58. Rxh4 Ne2 59. 
Rb4 

27... Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Qh3# 0-1

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633. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6.


Nc3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Qe2 Ne4 
11. Rfd1 f5 12. Rac1 Ndf6 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4 Rc8 15.
Nb5 a6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Bb2 Bh4 19. g3 1 
Bf6 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Ne1 dxc4 22. bxc4 Ng5 23. h4 Ne4 24.
Ng2 Kh8 25. Nf4 Qd7 26. Nh5 Nd6 27. Nxf6 gxf6 28. d5

e5 29. Qh5 Rg8 30. Kh2 Rg6 31. Ba3 e4 32. Bf1 Rcg8 33.
Bb2 Qg7 34. Bh3 Rxg3 35. Bxf6 Rxh3+ 36. Kxh3 Qxf6 37.

Rg1 Rf8 38. Rg5 Nf7 39. Rg2 Ne5 40. Rb1 Nd3 41. Qg5 
Qe5 42. Rg3 f4 43. Qxe5+ Nxe5 44. Rc3 Rg8 45. Kh2 b5
46. a4 Ba8 47. axb5 axb5 48. Rxb5 e3 49. fxe3 
 
 
 
 
37... Bg2+ 38. Ke1 Bf2# 0-1

 
636. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6.
Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 O-O 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qc2
 c5 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. f3 Bf5 15.
Qc3 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. h4 Bh7 18. b3 Qf4+ 19. Kb2
 Rd2+ 20. Ka3 Rc2 21. Qe1 a6 22. Nc3 Qd4 23. Na4 a5 24.
b4 Nxb4 25. g3
 

49... Nf3+ 50. Kh3 (50. Kh1 Rg1#) 50... Rg3# 0-1  
634. 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6

6. e4 Nbd7 7. f4 c5 8. d5 Nb6 9. Qd3 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11.
b3 Re8 12. Nge2 Bg4 13. Rb1 d5 14. cxd5 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5

Nxd5 16. Bb2 Qa5+ 17. Kf2 Nb4 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Bxg7 
Nd3+ 20. Kg1 Kxg7 21. h3 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Qc3 23. Kh2
Rd4 24. Rbd1 b6 25. Rhf1 Nb4 26. a3 Nc6 27. Rf3 Qa5 28. 
Qb2 Kg8 29. Rfd3 Red8 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Nxd4 32.
b4 Qb5 33. Qc3 Qe2 34. h4 Nc2 35. Kh3 Ne3 36. Bh1 
 
 
 
25... Rxa2+ 26. Kb3 Bc2# 0-1
1 637. 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5
 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2


Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 Qd6 13. b5 Bg4 14. bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nd2 Bd8 16. Rfc1 Re6 17. Nf1 Bh4 18. Rab1 Rf6 19. Ng3
 Bxg3 20. hxg3 h5 21. e4 Rh6 22. e5 Qd8 23. f3 h4 24. fxg4
hxg3 25. Ne2 Qh4 26. Kf1 Qxg4 27. Qd2 Ne6 28. Rb4 Nf4
 29. Ng1 Nxd3 30. Rcb1 Qf5+ 31. Ke2 Nxb4 32. Qxb4
Qc2+ 33. Ke3 Rh4 34. Nh3
 

36... Qf1+ 37. Kh2 (37. Bg2 Qxg2#) 37... Ng4# 0-1  
635. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6.

Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qf4 O-O 10. Rd1 a6
11. e4 d6 12. b3 Qb8 13. Bb2 Ra7 14. g4 Ba8 15. g5 Nd7

16. Ne2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Ng3 Nce5 19. Nh5 Rc8 20. 
Nd4 Nc5 21. Qe3 Bf8 22. f4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Bd4
b4 25. Ng3 Ra5 26. Rdc1 Ba8 27. Bh3 e5 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. 
Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Bxc8 Nxe4 31. Rd1 g6 32. Rac1 Rxa2 33.
Bh3 Qxg5 34. Qxg5 Nxg5 35. Bg4 h5 36. Ra1 Bc5+ 37. 
Kf1 


34... Re4+ 35. Kf3 Qd3# 0-1

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638. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4


Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O 
Na5 11. Bb3 b5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 e5 14. Nde2 b4
15. Nd5 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qc7 18. Qd2 a5 19.  1
g4 Qb6 20. Kb1 a4 21. bxa4 Rxa4 22. b3 Ra5 23. Kb2 Ba6
24. Ng3 Ra8 25. Ne4 Ra2+ 26. Kc1 Rc8 27. Qg2 Qa5 28.

Rdg1 Ra1+ 29. Kd2 
 
  
  
 
 
 

24... Nxa3+ 25. Kc1 Bb2# 0-1

 641. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6.


Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11.
 h4 g4 12. Nh2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 h5 14. O-O Nf6 15. Bd3 c6 16.
Qe2 Bh6 17. Rf2 Nh7 18. Nf1 Kg7 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Ncd1
 f5 21. exf5 Nf6 22. Kh1 a5 23. Nf1 cxd5 24. cxd5 e4 25.
Bxe4 Re8 26. Nc3 Bd7 27. Qc2 Rac8 28. Bd3 Qd4 29.
29... Qxd5+ ( { Black instead played } 29... Rxc2+ 30. Ke3 {
and White can play on for a while. } ( { Not } 30. Kxc2 Qa2#)) 30. Rd1 Ba4 30. Bb5 Qxd1 31. Qxd1 Bxd1 32. Nxd1 Re1 33.
Ke3 Qd4# 0-1 Nc3 Rxc3 34. bxc3 Ne4 35. Rb2 Bc1 36. Rb3 Nxg3+ 37.
Kh2 Nxf1+ 38. Bxf1 Rxf1 39. Rxb7+ Kf6 40. Ra7 g3+ 41.
639. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 Kxg3
6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Rc8
11. Qb3 Qe7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Na5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh4 
Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Ne5 Rc7 18. Ng4 g5 19. Nxh6+
Kg7 20. Bxg5 Rh8 21. f4 Rxh6 22. Bxh6+ Kxh6 23. Rf3

Ne4 24. Rh3+ Kg7 25. Qe2 Qf6 26. g4 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Bxa3 

28. Ra1 Rxc3 29. Qe1 Bb4 30. g5 Qg6 31. Qh4 Kf8 32.
Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qb8 Qe4 34. Rh8 Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 Qe4+ 36.
Kg1 Qxd4+ 37. Kh1 Qe4+ 38. Kg1

 
 
 
 
 
 41... Bf4+ 42. Kh3 Rh1# 0-1

 642. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qh5 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. d3 Nd4



6. Qd1 d5 7. Bxd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Nc3
Bxf3 11. Nxd5 Bxd1 12. Nxc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Bg4 14. Kd2
 Bh6+ 15. Kc3 Rc8+ 16. Kb4 Bf8+ 17. Ka4 Rc6 18. Bd2

 
38... Bc5+ ( { Black instead played } 38... Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+
40. Kg1 Bc5#) 39. Kf1 Bb5# 0-1
 

640. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 a5 10. Bb3 Bd7 
11. a3 a4 12. Ba2 Qa5 13. h4 Rfc8 14. Nde2 Ne5 15.
O-O-O Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxa5 Nxe3 18. Qb6 Rxc2+ 1
19. Kb1 Bxa2+ 20. Kxa2 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Nc4 22. Qc7
Rxb2+ 23. Ka1 Rxe2+ 24. Kb1





18... Ra6+ 19. Ba5 b5# 0-1

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643. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6.


f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. Be3 Nd4 11. 
Ne2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bc6 13. g4 f5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Bg2 b6
16. gxf5 exf5 17. Bh3 Qb7 18. exf5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bd4+ 20. 
Rf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qg7 22. c3 Qh6 23. Bg2 Nxf4 24. Bxc6
Qxh2+ 25. Kf3 Nxd3 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Be1 Ne5+ 28. Ke3

Rae8 29. Be6 gxf5 30. Qd5  
 
  
 
 
 
  

31... Qe1+ 32. Kb2 Nc4# 0-1

 646. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qc7 6.


Be2 f5 7. O-O Bd7 8. Re1 O-O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. b3 cxd4
 11. cxd4 g5 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Rc1 Bb4 14. a3 Be7 15. Rf1
Kb8 16. Nb1 g4 17. Ne1 Bg5 18. Rc2 Qxb3 19. Nd3 b6 20.

30... f4+ 31. Ke4 Qg2# 0-1
Nb4 Nge7 21. Na6+ Ka8 22. Nc7+ Kb8 23. Na6+ Ka8 24.
Nc7+ Kb7 25. Ba6+ Kb8 26. Bb5 Rc8 27. Na6+ Kb7 28.
Nb4 Nxb4 29. Rc7+ Rxc7 30. Qxb3 Bxb5 31. Rd1 Be2 32.
644. 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Re1 Nd3 33. Rxe2 Nxb2 34. f4 Bxf4 35. Rxb2 Rc1+ 36. Kf2
cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bxf6 Rhc8 37. g3 Bg5 38. Nd2 R8c3 39. Qa4 Nc6 40. Qb5
Bxf6 11. O-O g6 12. b4 O-O 13. Rac1 a6 14. a4 b5 15. Nd2
Be7 16. Na2 Bd7 17. Nb3 Bd6 18. Na5 Rc8 19. axb5 axb5 
20. Qb2 Qh4 21. g3 Qe7 22. Nb7 Bb8 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24.
bxc5 h5 25. Rfe1 h4 26. e4 hxg3 27. hxg3 Qg5 28. Nb4 dxe4 
29. Bxe4 f5 30. Bb1 f4 31. Ba2+ Kh7 32. Qd2 Rf5 33. Nd3
Rcf8 34. Re2 Kh8 35. d5 cxd5 36. c6 Bc8 37. c7 Ba7 38.

Kf1 Qh5 39. Qb2+ d4 40. Kg1 fxg3 41. fxg3 Qf3 42. Qd2
Qxg3+ 43. Rg2 Qe3+ 44. Qxe3 dxe3 45. Rxg6 Kh7 46.

Rcc6 e2+ 47. Kg2 Rf2+ 48. Nxf2 Rxf2+ 49. Kg3 Rf6 50. 
Rcxf6 e1=Q+ 51. Kh2
 
 
 
 
 
 40... Be3+ 41. Kg2 (41. Ke2 Nxd4#) 41... Rg1# 0-1

 647. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O


  Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Qe2 exd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. Bxd5
Qxd5 11. c3 Bg4 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Bxd4 Bxf3 14. gxf3
 Qg5+ 15. Kh1 O-O 16. Be3 Qh5 17. Rg1 Bd6 18. Rg2
Rfe8 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Qf1 Nf4 21. Rg3 Nd5 22. Rh3 Qf5
 23. Ne4 Bf4 24. Qg2 Bxe3 25. Rg1 g6 26. fxe3 Nxe3 27.
Qg3 Rxe4 28. fxe4 Qxe4+ 29. Qf3 Qxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Nc4 31.

51... Qh4+ 52. Kg2 Qh3# 0-1
b3 N4e5 32. Re3 Rd8 33. Rge1 f6 34. Kg2 Rd2+ 35. R1e2
Rxe2+ 36. Rxe2 Kf7 37. Kg3 Ne7 38. h4 Nf5+ 39. Kh3 Nf3
40. Rf2 N3xh4 41. Rd2 Ke7 42. a4 Nf3 43. Rd3 Ne5 44.
645. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Rd1 h5 45. axb5 axb5 46. Ra1 g5 47. Ra8 g4+ 48. Kg2 h4
d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 g6 8. f3 Bg7 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qd2 49. Rg8 h3+ 50. Kh2
Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Rxc3 14. bxc3
Qxc3 15. Kb1 b5 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Re3 Qc5 18. Ne2 a4 19.
Bd5 g5 20. Rc3 Qb4+ 21. Ka1 Rg8 22. Rb1 Qa5 23. g4 b4
24. Qh3 bxc3 25. Rb8+ Bc8 26. Rxc8+ Kd7 27. Rxg8 Qb4
28. Rb8 Qxb8 29. Nxc3 Qb4 30. f4 Nxd5 31. Nxd5

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 650. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6.


 Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Re1 d5 10. c3 Qc7 11.
Qc2 Rac8 12. c4 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 dxc4 15.
 bxc4 Rfd8 16. Rac1 e6 17. Red1 Ng4 18. g3 Nh6 19. Re1
Nf5 20. Nb3 Bxf3 21. e4 Nxd4 22. Qf1 Nxb3 23. axb3
 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Rd2 25. Re3 Bh5 26. Ree1 Bd4 27. Qg2
Rxf2 28. Qh3 Bf3 29. Rf1

 
   
 
   
 
50... Nf3+ 51. Kh1 Ng3# 0-1 
648. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 
6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Qe2 g6 10. O-O-O
Bg7 11. f3 e5 12. Ndxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Nxd6 Ba6 
15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Kb1 Nc5 17. Qc3 Ne8 18. Nxe8 Rfxe8 19.
Rd5 Rec8 20. Rhd1 Bb7 21. R5d2 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Bc6 23.

a3 Bf8 24. Qc3 Rcb8 25. b3 Bxe4 26. Rd3 Bc6 27. Bf6 Re8
28. a4 Qb6 29. Bxe5 Bxa4 30. f4 Bb5 31. Rh3 Qa6 32. Kc1

29... Rg2+ 30. Kh1 Rg1# 0-1
Qa3+ 33. Kb1 Qa2+ 34. Kc1 Rac8 35. Rxh7 Rxe5 36. Qxc8

 651. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O d6


6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 fxg5 10. Qh5+ Kd7
  11. Bxg5 Qg7

 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
36... Qa1+ 37. Kd2 Re2# 0-1
 
649. 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 d4 8. Nb1 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. Kh2

12. Be6+ Kxe6 13. Qe8+ Nce7 (13... Qe7 14. d5#) 14.
Rae8 11. Nb3 h6 12. e4 Bg6 13. Ng1 Nh7 14. h4 h5 15. d5# 1-0
Bh3 Qd8 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bh7 18. a3 Ng4+ 19. Kg2
f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. f3 Qd7 22. Rae1 Bd6 23. Bg5 Ne7 24. 652. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. h4 h5 5. Bc4 Ng6 6.
Nd2 Nd5 25. Nc4 b5 26. fxg4 hxg4 27. Bxg4 Bxg4 28. Ng5 Ne5 7. Bb3 f6 8. Nh3 Ng6 9. d4 Nxh4 10. Nxf4 g5 11.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Nxe5 Ne3+ 30. Qxe3 dxe3 31. Nxd7 Rf2+ Rxh4 gxh4 12. Ng6 Rh7 13. Bg8 Rg7 14. Qxh5 Rxg8 15.
32. Kh1 Bxg3 33. Ne2 Ne5+ Ke7
 
1 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 

33... Bf3+ 34. Kg1 Bh2# 0-1

16. Qf7+ Kd6 17. Nc4+ Kc6 18. Qd5# 1-0

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656. 1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 f5 4. h3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nc6


653. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nfg5 $2 d5 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qf3 Nh6 $4 9. Nf6+ Ke7 10.
6. d4 Qh6 7. g3 g5 8. h4 f6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Qd5 Nxd5+ Kd6 11. Ne4+ Kxd5


Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qf6
16. Nc3 Bh6 17. Re1+ Kf8

 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
1  
12. Bc4+ Kxc4 (12... Kd4 13. Qd3#) 13. Qb3+ Kd4 14.

18. Bxh6+ Nxh6 19. Qxf6+ Nf7 20. Qxf7# 1-0
Qd3# 1-0

657. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 g4 6.


654. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qe2 Qe7 4. f4 exf4 5. Nf3 g5 Ng5 Nh6 7. d4 Nc6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. Qxb3 f6 11.
6. d4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Ba5 8. h4 f6 9. hxg5 fxg5 10. g3 g4 11. Bxf4 Ke7 12. e5 f5 13. d5 Qe8 14. O-O Qh5 15. d6+ cxd6
Ne5 f3 12. Qe3 Nf6 13. Ng6 Qg7 14. Nxh8 Qxh8 15. e5 16. exd6+ Kd8 17. g3 Qg6 18. Na3 Rf8 19. Nb5 Ng8 20.
Ng8 16. Qg5 Ne7 17. Qh5+ Kd8 18. Qxh7 Qxh7 19. Rxh7 Nxa7 Nf6 21. Qb6+ Ke8 22. Nb5 Ra4


d6 20. e6 d5

 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 

21. Rh8+ Ng8 22. Bg5+ Ke8 23. Rxg8# 1-0
23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Nce6+ Ke8 25. Qd8# 1-0

658. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6.


655. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. O-O Ne7 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. Nxg5
Nxf7 Kxf7 7. d4 d5 8. Bxf4 Be7 9. g3 Nf6 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bxd1 11. Ne6+ Kf7 12. Nxd8+ Kg6 13. Bf7+ Kg5 14.
Qd3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. Ng5+ Kg6 14. Qxf5+ Kxf5 Bxf4+ Kg4 15. h3+ Kh4 16. Kh2 Ng6 17. Ne6 Bf6 18.


Nxd1 b5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
15. Bd3+ Ne4 16. Bxe4+ Kf6 17. Be5# 1-0 
19. g3+ Kh5 20. g4+ Kh4 21. Bg3# 1-0

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659. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. b4 662. 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3
Bxb4 6. c3 Ba5 7. d4 Bg4 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Ng5 Nd8 10. Be7 7. Bc2 Bd7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nh6 10. Nc3 O-O 11.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Ba3 Nh6 12. f3 Bb6+ 13. Kh1 Bh5 14. Rd1 O-O Nb4 12. Bb1 Nf5 13. g4 Nh6 14. f5 Nxg4 15. f6 Nxf6
Qc8 15. Rxd8+ Qxd8 16. Nxf7 Qh4 17. Qb5+ c6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Kh1 Qb6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8


20. Nxg5 g6 21. Qg4 Qd6 22. Qh4 Kg7 23. Bg8 f5

 
 
 
  
 
 
 
1 
  1
18. Qxe5+ Kd7 19. Qe6+ Kc7 20. Bd6# 1-0 
24. Qh7+ Kf6 25. Nce4+ (25. Nge4+ dxe4 26. Nxe4#)
660. 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. f3 exf3 4. Nxf3 e5 5. d5 e4 6. 25... dxe4 26. Nxe4# 1-0
Ne5 Bd6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. dxc6 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Ke7 10. Qd5
Be6 11. Qxe6+ fxe6 12. cxb7 Bxe5 13. bxa8=Q Bxc3+ 14. 663. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6
bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 Qxc2+ 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Rhc1 Qb2 18. 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Bb3 c6
Bxd7 Kxd7 19. Qc8+ Ke7 20. Rc7+ Kf6 11. O-O Nfd5 12. Qe2 f5 13. Rae1 g5 14. Bd2 Bf6 15. Ne5


Qe8 16. f4 g4 17. hxg4 fxg4 18. f5 Qh5 19. Bc2 Qh4 20.
Qe4 Kh8 21. Nxg4 Nc4 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24.
  Qf4 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Bd7 26. Re5 Rg8 27. Rfe1 Qh4 28.
R1e2 Bb5 29. Rf2 Rg4 30. f6 Rxd4 31. Qe3 Rg4 32. Re7 d4
 33. Qe5 Rg5

 
 
 
 
1 
 
 
21. Qf8+ Ke5 (21... Kg6 22. Qf7#) 22. Rc5+ (22. Qc5+
Kf6 23. Qg5#) 22... Kd4 23. Qd6# 1-0 
661. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3

Bc5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. e5 d5 10. exf6 
34. f7+ Rxe5 (34... Rg7 35. f8=Q+ Rxf8 36. Rxf8# (36.
dxc4 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Ba3+ Kg8 13. d5 Na5 14. Be7 Qd7
15. fxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd2 Qg4 17. Qc3+ Kg8 Qxg7#)) 35. f8=Q+ Rxf8 36. Rxf8# 1-0

 664. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4


 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. d5 Qg6 8. h3 h5 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Qd4 a6 11.
a4 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Nxd6+ Kd7 15.
 Nxb7 Nc8 16. d6 Ke8 17. Qe5+ Kd7








18. Qxh8+ Kxh8 19. Bf6+ Qg7 (19... Kg8 20. Re8#) 20.
Re8# 1-0

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
37. Qh4+ Ke3 (37... Qf4 38. Re8#) 38. Qf2+ Ke4 39.
Qf3# 1-0
 667. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3
 dxc3 6. bxc3 Ba5 7. e5 d6 8. O-O dxe5 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.
Nxe5+ Ke8 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Nxg6 Nf6 13. Re1+ Be6 14.
 Rxe6+ Kf7 15. Nxh8+ Kxe6 16. Qh3+ Kd5 17. Qf5+ Kc4

 
 
 
 
    
 

18. Bb5+ axb5 19. Qxb5+ Ke6 20. Nd8# 1-0

665. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Qf6 4. Nc3 exd4 5. Nd5


Qd8 6. Bc4 Bc5 7. O-O h6 8. b4 Nxb4 9. Nxb4 Bxb4 10. 
Qxd4 Nf6 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qxb4 d6 13. Qb3+ Be6 14.
Qxb7 Qb8 15. Rb1 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxb1 17. Bxh6 Qxa2

18. Ng5+ Ke7 19. Bxg7 Rhg8 20. Re1 Kd7 21. Nxe6 Rae8
22. c4 Rxg7

18. Na3+ Kxc3 19. Qc5+ Kd3 20. Qc4# (20. Qe3#) 1-0

 668. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 g6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d4 Bg7 6.


 O-O Nge7 7. d5 Nb8 8. Nh4 O-O 9. g3 Bh3 10. Ng2 f5 11.
f3 Nd7 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Qb3
 b6 16. Rf2 Raf8 17. Raf1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f4 19. Bb5 Qc8 20.
Qa4 fxg3 21. hxg3 a5 22. Bd7 Qd8 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. c4
 Bh6 25. Qd1 Nc6 26. Rh1 Be3 27. Rff1 Bxd2 28. Qxd2
Nd4

  
 
 
 
 
23. Nc5+ dxc5 (23... Kc8 24. Qxe8# (24. Qa8#)) 24. 

Qxe8+ (24. Qd5+ Kc8 25. Rxe8#) 24... Kd6 25. Qe6# 1-0

666. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O


h6 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 d6 8. a3 a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Nd5 Be6 1
11. Bb2 Rh7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Bf6 Nge7 15. b5
axb5 16. Bxb5 Ng8 17. Rac1 Bc5 18. Bd4 b6 19. Bxc5
  
bxc5 20. Nb4 Nge7 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Nd4 Ra6 23. Nxc6
Rxc6 24. Qa4 Ke7 25. Bxc6 Qd8 26. f4 Bc8 27. e5 Kf8 28.

29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rh1+ Kg7 31. Qh6# 1-0
Rcd1 Qh4 29. Qa8 Qd8 30. exd6 Qf6 31. Qxc8+ Kg7 32.
Re8 Qxf4 33. Rg8+ Kf6 34. Qd8+ Kf5 35. Bd7+ Ke4 36. 669. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5 5. d4
Qe7+ Qe5 Bb6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. e5 Nh5 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. g4
 fxg3 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Qxh5 fxg5+

  


 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 1 

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15. Nf6+ Kg7 (15... Kh8 16. Qxh7#) 16. Qxh7+ Kxf6 17.
Ng4# 1-0 672. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3
O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. e5 d5 9. exf6 dxc4 10. Bg5
670. g6 11. d5 Nb8 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Bxf3


15. Nxf3 Qd7 16. Bc1 c6 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bb2 Nd7 19.
Ng4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Ne6 21. Qh6 cxd5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6.
 
Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. O-O c6 10. d4 exd4
11. Re1+ Kd7 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Qxd5+

22. Qg7+ Nxg7 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. fxg7# 1-0
Kc7 15. Bf4+ Bd6

 673. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 g6 6.


d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd3 Rb8 10. O-O
 Ne7 11. f4 O-O 12. c5 Kh8 13. Qd6 Rb4 14. e5 f6 15. a3
Nf5 16. Qxf8+ Qxf8 17. axb4 Nd4 18. Bd3 Qd8 19. Ne4
 fxe5 20. Nd6 Kg8 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf7 Qc7 23. Nh6+
Kg7 24. Rf7+ Kh8 25. Rf8+ Kg7 26. Rg8+ Kf6 27. h4 Bg3
 28. Bg5+ Ke5 29. Ng4+ Kd5 30. Nf6+ Ke5 31. Ne8 Qb8

 
32. Bd2 Nf5 33. Bc3+ Kf4 34. Rf1+ Kg4

 
  
 
 
 
16. Qc5+ Kb8 (16... Kd7 17. Qxd6#) 17. Qxd6+ (17. 

Bxd6+ Qxd6 (17... Qc7 18. Qxc7# (18. Bxc7#)) 18.
Qxd6#) 17... Qxd6 18. Bxd6# 1-0

671. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. b4 


Bxb4 6. c3 Bd6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Qc2
h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nbd2 g5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Rac1 g4
 
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb3 h5 17. Re3 h4 18. Rf1 Kg7 19. f4
Qb6 20. Re1 Ng6 21. g3 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rh8 23. Nc4 Qc5

35. Be2+ Kxh4 36. Bf6+ g5 37. Bxg5# 1-0
24. e5 b5 25. Nd2 Rh3 26. Ne4 Qb6 27. Bxf7 Bb7 28. Nf2
Nxf4 29. Qf5 Rf8 30. e6 dxe6 31. Qxg4+ Kh8 32. Qxf4 Qc6 674. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 5. Bxb5
33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Ne4 Rxf7 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. d3 Nh5 8. Nh4 Qg5 9. Nf5 c6 10. g4 Nf6
 11. Rg1 cxb5 12. h4 Qg6 13. h5 Qg5 14. Qf3 Ng8 15. Bxf4
Qf6 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. Bd6 Bxg1 19. e5
 Qxa1+ 20. Ke2 Na6









35. Ng5+ Kg8 36. Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Qf8# 1-0

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34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qg7+ Ke6 36. Qd7# 1-0

 677. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6.


Nf3 Bg4 7. Bd3 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. O-O Nc5
 11. Bc2 a5 12. Be3 Na6 13. a3 Qd7 14. Rb1 b6 15. b4 axb4
16. axb4 Qe7 17. Na2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. d6 cxd6 20.
 Bxa8 e4 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. Ng5 Nc7 23. Qb7 Rxa8 24. Rf2
h6 25. Ne6 Qxe6 26. Qxc7 f4 27. Rxf4 Rxa2 28. Rbf1 Bf3
 29. Bf2 e3 30. Rxf3 exf2+ 31. R1xf2 Qe1+ 32. Rf1 Qxb4
 
  
1 
 

21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Qf6+ Nxf6 (22... Ne7 23. Qxe7# (23.

Bxe7#)) 23. Be7# 1-0 
675. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3  
Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 d6 8. Ng5 O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Nxf7 Rxf7
11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. d5 Na5 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. 
Qg6 Kf8 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6+ Ke8 18. Qg7 Qd6 19.
Nd2 Kd8 20. Nf3 b6 21. Ng5 Kd7 22. Ne6 Ne8 23. Qg4
 
Nf6 24. Qg6 Ne8 25. Rf7 Ba6 26. Qf5 Bc8 27. Rd1 b5 28.
Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Ng5+ Kd6 30. Nf7+ Kc5

33. Rf8+ Kh7 (33... Bxf8 34. Rxf8#) 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35.


R1f7# 1-0

 678. 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O


6. f4 e5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Nge2 a6 10. O-O Qd6 11.
 h3 Bc8 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Bc2 b6 14. a3 Rb8 15. b4 c6 16.
Rc1 cxd5 17. exd5 Bb7 18. Ng3 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Qc7 20. Bb3
 Kh8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Qe3 Rbd8 24. Rxf6 Bxf6
25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Nh5 Bh8 27. Ne4 gxh5 28. Rc3 Re6 29.
  dxe6 Bxe4 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. c5+ Ke7
 
 
 
  

31. Qf2+ Kc4 32. Rd4+ exd4 (32... Kxc3 33. Qd2#) (32...

Kc5 33. Ra4# (33. Rb4#)) 33. Qxd4# 1-0 
676. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 
Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Bb2 Nf6 10.
Nbd2 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Qc2 Nd4 14. Qe4 
Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Ng5
Qg6 19. Qxg4 h6 20. h4 hxg5 21. hxg5 Qc2 22. Ba1 Rad8

23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. e6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh7 26. Bxg7 Qg6
27. Bf6 Re8 28. Qh3+ Kg8 29. Rd1 Qh7 30. Qg4 Qc2 31.

32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Qf7# 1-0
Qf3 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 c6 33. Qh5 Qe4

 679. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6.


cxd5 Nxd5 7. Be2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4
 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Qb3 Rfe8
15. Rc5 Qb6 16. Rb5 Qd8 17. Ng5 Bxe2 18. Nxf7 Na5


 



 1

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 
 
  
  
 
  
 1
  

19. Nh6+ Kh8 (19... Kf8 20. Qf7# (20. Qg8#)) 20. Qg8+

44. Rxa6+ Rxa6 (44... Kxa6 45. Qa4#) 45. Qd7+ Kb6 46.
Rxg8 21. Nf7# 1-0 c5# 1-0

680. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. c3 Be6 5. Qe2 682. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Bg4
Bxc4 6. Qxc4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. 6. h3 Bh5 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Bb6
cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Qd3 Bf6 14. Be3 11. Nc3 c6 12. Bb3 Nh5 13. f4 Qh4 14. Qg4 Qxg4+ 15.
Qd7 15. a3 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Bg5 Qg4 18. Ne4 Bxg5 hxg4 Nf6 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Be3 Kh8 18. Kg2 Na6 19. Rh1 f6


19. Nexg5 g6 20. Re4 Nf4 21. g3 Qxg5 22. Rxf4 Qd5 23.
Re1 Rfe8 24. Rfe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 f5 26. Rf4 Ne7 27. Qe3
Nc6 28. Rh4 Rd7 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Ng5 h6 31. Rxh6 Kxh6

 
  
 
 
 
 1
  
 
 20. Rxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rh1+ Kg6 22. f5# 1-0


32. Qh8+ Rh7 (32... Kxg5 33. Qh4#) 33. Qxh7+ Kxg5 34.
683. 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6
Bxf6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 d6 10. Qc2
Qh4# 1-0 h6 11. O-O-O Kh8 12. h4 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nfg5 Nxd5 15.
Bc4 c6 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Nxf6 e4 18. Nxd5 hxg5 19. hxg5+
681. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Kg8 20. f4 Bf5 21. Ne3 Bg6 22. g3 Qa5 23. Rxd6 Bf7 24.
Bg7 6. g3 fxg3 7. Kg2 Qh6 8. hxg3 Qg6 9. d4 Ne7 10. Nf3 g6 Bxg6 25. Rxg6 Qxa2 26. Qxe4 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Qa5


h6 11. Rf1 Rf8 12. Be3 d6 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Rae1 Nbc6 15.
Nb5 Kd7 16. d5 Bxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qxe4 19.
Bb5+ Kc8 20. Kg1 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Nxd5 22. Qf2 Nxe3 23.
Rxe3 Qf5 24. Qe2 c6 25. Bd3 Qc5 26. b4 Qb6 27. Kg2 
Qd8 28. Bf5+ Kb8 29. Re7 a6 30. Qe3 Bf6 31. Rd7 Qe8
32. Qd3 Be5 33. Qe3 g4 34. Nd2 d5 35. Qb6 Ra7 36. Nb3 
Ka8 37. Na5 Qb8 38. c4 Bf6 39. Nxc6 bxc6 40. Qxc6+ Rb7
41. Rxd5 Ka7 42. Be4 Re8 43. Ra5 Rb6
 

 

1
 

28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qh7+ (29. Rh7+ Kg8 (29... Kf6 30.
Ng4#) 30. Qg6#) 29... Kf6 30. Rh6# 1-0

684. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 d5


6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10.
Nc3 $1 dxc3 11. Re1+ Ne5 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Bxe5 Bxe5

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14. Rxe5+ Kxe5 15. Re1+ Kd4 16. Bxd5 Re8 17. Qd3+ Kc5 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. Qf7# 1-0
18. b4+ Kxb4 19. Qd4+ Ka5 20. Qxc3+ Ka4

 687. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3


Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Re1
 Nge7 11. Bg5 Qg6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nxe5 Qb6 14. Bb5+
c6 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Nxc6+ Nxc6 17. Bxc6 Qc5 18. cxd4
 Qd6 19. Qxg7 Bxe1 20. Qxh8+ Kc7 21. Qxh7+ Bd7 22.
Bxd7 Qxd4 23. Bb5+ Kb6 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. Rb1 Rd8 26.
 Ba6+ Ka5

 
 
  
 
 
 

21. Qb3+ Ka5 22. Qa3+ Kb6 (22... Kb5 23. Rb1#) 23.
Rb1# 1-0

685. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 d5 


6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10.
Nc3 dxc3 11. Re1+ Ne5 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14.
 
Rxe5+ Kxe5 15. Re1+ Kd4 16. Bxd5 Kc5 17. Qxc3+ Kd6
18. Qe5+ Kc5

27. Rb5+ Ka4 (27... Kxa6 28. Qxb7#) 28. Qc2+ Ka3 29.


Qb3# 1-0

 688. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 5. Bb3


Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. Ne5 d5 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. d4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4
 Bxe5 11. Bxd5 c6 12. dxe5 cxd5 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Qxd5
Kc7 15. c4 Qe6 16. Qxa8 Nc6 17. cxb5 Qd5 18. Qxc6+
 Qxc6 19. bxc6 Kxc6 20. Bxf4 Rd8 21. Kf2 Be6 22. Rac1+
Kb6 23. Be3+ Ka6

 
 
 
 
 
19. Bc4+ Kxc4 (19... Qd5 20. Qxd5+ Kb6 (20... Kb4 21. 

Qb5#) 21. Qb5#) (19... Kc6 20. Qb5+ Kd6 21. Qd5#) 20.
Re4+ Qd4 21. Rxd4# 1-0

686. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 


Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O h6 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. cxd4
Nge7 11. d5 Nd8 12. d6 Nec6 13. Ba3 Ne6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
 
15. dxc7 Bxc7 16. Nc3 a6 17. Rad1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5
19. f4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qf6 21. Qc5 Qf8 22. Rd6 Qf5 23. Rd5

24. Rc6+ Ka5 25. Bd2+ Ka4 26. Ra6# 1-0
Qf8 24. Qa5 Qf6 25. f5 b6 26. Qe1 e5 27. Rxe5+ Kf7 28.
Qe4 Qc6 29. Re7+ Kg8 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 689. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6.
 O-O h6 7. g3 g4 8. Ne1 f3 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. Bf7+
Kf8 12. Bh5 d5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nxf3 gxf3 15. Rxf3 Kg8
 16. Qxb7 Bxb1 17. Rxb1 Nbc6 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Bf7+ Kh7
20. Be6 Rb8 21. Qa6 Rf8 22. Qd3+ Kh8 23. Rbf1 Rb6 24.
 Bxh6 Bxh6 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Rf7 Bg7 27. Qf3 Ne5 28.
Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rxe7+ Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Nf7 31. h4 Qd7 32.
 Qg6 Nd6 33. h5 Kh8 34. h6 Bf8 35. Rf6 Qe7 36. b3 Qe3+
37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Qe7 39. c4 c6 40. c5 Ne4 41. Rf5
 Qd7 42. Kg2 Qd8 43. Rf7 Ng5
 


 

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 692.
 
  
  
 
 
 
1 
 

44. Rg7 Be7 (44... Bxc5 45. Rh7+ Nxh7 46. Qg7#) 45.   
Rh7+ Nxh7 46. Qg7# 1-0 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6.
690. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Nf6 9. Qb3 O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11.
Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. e5 Bb4 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Bg5 dxe5 Nh5 12. Ba3 Ne7 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. e6
Qf8 11. Nxc3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 h6 13. Bh4 Nge7 14. Rad1 g5 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Bxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Bxe7 Rf6 19.
15. Bg3 Qg7 16. Rfe1 h5 17. h4 gxh4 18. Nxh4 Rg8 19. Qf3 Bxf6 Qxe6 20. Nxe6 Nxf6 21. Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Nxd8 b5 23.
Na5 20. e6 fxe6 21. Qxh5+ Ng6 22. Nxg6 Qxg6 23. Qxa5 Rb1 a6 24. a4 Bb6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxb5 h6 27. g3 Ne4
b6 24. Qe5 d6 25. Rxd6 cxd6 26. Qxd6 Kf7 27. Qc7+ Kf6 28. Kg2 Kg8 29. f3 Nf6 30. Nc6 Kf7 31. Re5 Ng8 32. f4 g6
28. Bh4+ Kf5 29. Qe5+ Kg4 30. Re4+ Qxe4 31. Qxe4+ 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. g4 Bg1 35. h4 Bb6 36. g5+ hxg5 37. hxg5+
Kh5 Kf7 38. f5 gxf5 39. Rxf5+ Kg6 40. Kg4 Be3

 
 
 
 
  
  1
 
 
 

32. Qh7+ Kg4 33. f3+ Kf4 34. Qe4# 1-0

41. Ne5+ Kg7 (41... Kh7 42. Rf7+ Kh8 43. Ng6#) 42.
Rf7+ Kh8 43. Ng6# 1-0
691. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3
dxc3 6. O-O cxb2 7. Bxb2 Bf8 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Nd5 Nf6 10. 693. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O
Ng5 O-O 11. Nf4 d6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxh7 Bxa1 14. Qh5 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3
Ne5 15. Ng5 Re8 Qf5 11. g4 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Rxe6+ fxe6 14. Nxe6
Qd7 15. Qe2 Be7 16. Ndxc7+ Kf7 17. Qxc4 Ne5 18. Qb3
 Qd6 19. f4 Nxg4 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. Qd3+ Kh5 22. Qh3+
 Kg6 23. Qxg4 Qb6

 
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
16. Qxf7+ ( { The game actually continued: } 16. Nxf7 Nxf7 ( { 
when Black could play on with } 16... Nxc4) 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18.
Qh5#) 16... Nxf7 (16... Kh8 17. Qh5#) 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. 
Ng6# 1-0

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24. Nge6+ Kf6 (24... Bg5 25. Qxg5+ Kf7 26. Qxg7#)
(24... Kh6 25. f5+ Bg5 (25... g5 26. Qh4# (26. Qh3#)) 26.
Qxg5# (26. Bxg5#)) 25. Qg5+ Kf7 26. Qxg7# 1-0

694. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Qe7 5. O-O
Ne5 6. Nxe5 Qxe5 7. c3 c5 8. f4 Qf6 9. e5 Qb6 10. Kh1

Be7 11. f5 d5 12. Bxd5 Nh6 13. f6 Bf8 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Ke6 17. Qe8+ Kd5 18. cxd4 Be6 19.

Nc3+ Kc4 20. d5 Rxe8 
 
 
  
 
 
42. Qb2+ Kc5 43. Qa3+ Kd4 (43... Kb5 44. Rb1#) 44.
 Qe3# 1-0
 697. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. d5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4
 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. O-O Bf6 10.
Qb4 O-O-O 11. Nc3 a6 12. a4 Ne7 13. Nb5 Kb8 14. Be3
 1 c5 15. Qc4 Bxb2 16. Ra2 Bf6 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 f6 19.
Rb1 Rc8 20. Rab2 Rc7 21. Qa5 Ka8 22. f4 Ng6 23. Qb6

21. Rf4+ Kd3 22. Rd1+ Kc2 (22... Ke3 23. Rf3#) 23. Rf2#
Re8 24. Rb4 Nxf4 25. Rc4 Nxd5 26. exd5 Rxe3 27. Rf4 Qe7
28. Rff1 Rd7 29. Qa5 Qe4 30. Rb6 Qxd5 31. Rfb1 Ree7


1-0

695. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3


Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 
Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 Bg4 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Nxb6 axb6
15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Rg1 Qxf3+ 19.

Rg2 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3 
 
 
 
 
  
 

32. Rxa6+ bxa6 (32... Kb8 33. Ra8#) 33. Qxa6+ Ra7 34.
Qc8# 1-0
  698. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
1 Bc5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb4 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd5
Bc3 11. Bxe4 Bxa1 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bxc6 dxc6

21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Rg8+ Kxg8 23. Rg1# 1-0
15. Re1+ Kf7 16. Ne5+ Kg7 17. Bh6+ Kxh6 18. Nf7+ Kg7
19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20. Qh5 Rd7 21. Nd2 Rf7 22. Rxa1 Be6 23.
Re1 Bd5 24. Re3 Kh8 25. Ne4 Rg7 26. Nxf6 Rxg2+ 27. Kf1
696. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Qf6 5. O-O Rg7 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Bg8 30. h4 h6 31. Qf8 h5 32.
Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Re1 Qf6 10. Nxg8 Kh7 33. Nf6+ Kh6
Qh5 b6 11. Bd3 dxc3 12. Re2 Bb7 13. Nxc3 O-O-O 14.
Bg5 Qc6 15. Be4 d5 16. Bxe7 dxe4 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. 
Qxh7 Kb8 19. Qxg7 f5 20. Qg5 Rf8 21. Rd1 Ba6 22. Red2
Bd3 23. a3 Bxa3 24. Nxe4 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Bxe4 26. Rc1 
Qf6 27. Qd2 Rg8 28. g3 Rd8 29. Qf4 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qxb2
31. Rc1 Qg7 32. h4 Kb7 33. h5 c5 34. h6 Qg6 35. Qh4 f4

36. Qxf4 Bc6 37. Qh4 Qf5 38. h7 Qd5 39. Qe7+ Ka6 40.
Ra1+ Kb5 41. Qe2+ c4





1
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34. Ne8 Kg6 (34... Kh7 35. Qxg7#) 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. 12. Nd6+ Kd8 (12... Kf8 13. Qf7#) 13. Qe8+ Rxe8 14.
Qxg7# 1-0 Nf7# 1-0

699. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 702. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5
Bb4 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nxe4 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Kd8 7. O-O a6 8. Bg5+ f6 9. Re1 Nge7 10.
10. Qd4 Qe7 11. O-O-O Qg5+ 12. f4 Qxf4+ 13. Bd2 Qg4 N5c3 Qf5 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bd3 Qc5 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Nxf6


gxh4 15. Bf5 d6 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Qg4 Nb8 18. Nc3 h5 19.
Qg6 Qc6 20. Rxe7 Bxe7 21. Ncd5 Re8 22. Re1 Bxf6 23.
 Qxf6+ Kd7

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
14. Qd8+ Kxd8 15. Bg5+ Ke8 16. Rd8# 1-0 
700. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Be3 
24. Re7+ Kd8 (24... Rxe7 25. Qxe7#) 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26.
Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Be6 10.
Nb5 Bxe3 11. fxe3 c6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. g4 a6 14. d4 O-O-O Qe7# 1-0
15. d5 Bd7 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4 h6 19. Qh5 Rf8
20. gxh6 Rh8 21. hxg7 Rxh5 22. g8=Q Rxh3 23. Rxh3 Bxh3 703. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6
24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Qh7 Bg4 26. Na7+ Kb8 27. Rxa6 Nc7 28. 6. Be3 O-O 7. c5 Be7 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3
Ra5 Qf6 29. Qh1 Rh8 30. Qf1 Bf3 31. Nb6 Qh4+ 32. Kd2 Re8 11. Bd3 g6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rae1 f5 14. c4 c6 15. cxd5
Qg4 33. Qxf3 Qxf3 cxd5 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. c6 Nb6 19. c7 Qd6 20.


Be8 Rf6 21. Bf4 Qxf4 22. Rxe7 Nc4 23. Rfe1 a6 24. Qe2
b5 25. Bc6 Rxc6 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Qe7+ Kh6
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

34. Nd7+ Ka8 35. Nc6+ Na6 36. Nb6# 1-0


28. Qxh7+ (28. Rh8 Qxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Kh5 30. Qg5#) 28...
701. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6.
g3 fxg3 7. Qxg4 g2+ 8. Qxh4 gxh1=Q 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qh5 Kxh7 29. R1e7+ Kh6 30. Rh8# 1-0
Nc6 11. Nxf7 Nf6


704. 1. e3 e5 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. c4 d4 6.
Be2 c5 7. O-O Nh6 8. d3 O-O 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Nc2 f5 11.
 Nd2 Bd7 12. Bf3 Rae8 13. Re1 Qg5 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Nf3
Qh5 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Qd2 f4 18. Re2 Nf5 19. a4 g5 20. b4
 g4 21. b5 Nd8 22. Nfxd4 g3 23. Nf3 gxh2+ 24. Kh1 Nh4 25.
Rae1 Nxf3 26. Bxf3 Bg4 27. Bxg4 Qxg4 28. f3 Qh5 29. d4
 e4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Nf7 32. Qc3 Kg8 33. c5 Nh6 34.
Qc4+ Kg7 35. Qe6 Rf6 36. d5 Nf5
 




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 707. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7


6. d3 Qe7 7. f5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Ne2
 c5 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Bd2 f6 13. Nf4 Qf7 14. c3 dxc3 15.
bxc3 g6 16. Ne6 Re8 17. Qa4 gxf5 18. exf5 Kb8 19. Rab1
 Nb6 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Bf4 h5 22. Nxc5 Qc6 23. Ne4 Nd5
24. Bd2 Rg8 25. a4 Be7 26. a5 Rg7 27. c4 Nc7 28. Bf4
  Reg8 29. Rf2 d5 30. cxd5 Qa6 31. d6 Bd8 32. Nc5 Qc6 33.
Qxb7+ Qxb7 34. Rxb7+ Kc8 35. Rfb2 Na6

  
 
  
1 
 
37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qe8# 1-0 
705. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 
Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2
Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Qd2 c5 14. Ne2 f6 15. 
Rac1 Bc7 16. Ng3 Rb8 17. Nf5 b5 18. Kh1 c4 19. Bb1 b4
20. Bd4 Ba6 21. Rg1 c3 22. Qe1 Nf4 23. Bxa7 Rb7 24.

Be3 Ne2 25. N3d4 Nxc1 26. Ne6 Qe8 27. Bxc1 Rf7 28. g4
Qa4 29. g5 c2 30. gxf6 cxb1=Q

36. d7+ Rxd7 37. Rb8+ Nxb8 38. Rxb8# 1-0

 708. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Bg7 6.


 d4 Nf6 7. Bc4 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Ne2 Re8 11.
Nxf4 Bxe5 12. Nxh5 Bg3+ 13. Kf1 Re1+ 14. Qxe1 Bxe1
 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Rxe1 Bd7 17. Re5 Qb4 18. Bd3 Qxb2 19.
Bh6 Qa1+ 20. Ke2 Qxh1
 
 
 
 
 
1 

31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nxf7+ Kg8 33. Rxg7# 1-0 
706. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 1
Be6 6. Nf3 h6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. Ba3 Nc6 10.
Re1 Ne7 11. c4 c6 12. cxd5 Nfxd5 13. c4 Nf6 14. Rb1 Qc7

15. Qb3 O-O-O 16. Qa4 a6 17. Bc5 Rde8 18. Qa3 Nf5 19.
Bb6 Qf4 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Qb2 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Ne7 23.

21. Rg5+ Kh8 22. Bg7+ Kg8 23. Nf6# 1-0
Bc5 b5 24. Qa3 Kd7 25. Qxa6 Rc8 26. cxb5 Rhd8 27.
bxc6+ Ke8 28. Qa7 Qf6 29. Rb7 Nxc6 30. Bb5 Qxe5 709. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2
 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Qc2 d6 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10.
Bxc3 O-O 11. e5 Ne8 12. h4 Qe7 13. Ng5 g6 14. exd6
 Nxd6 15. Rhe1 Qd8 16. Qb2 Nxc4 17. Rxd8 Nxb2 18.
Rxf8+ Kxf8
 







31. Re7+ Kf8 32. Re8+ Kxe8 33. Qe7# 1-0

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 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

19. Nxh7+ Kg8 20. Re8+ Kxh7 21. Rh8# 1-0

63. Rg7+ Kh6 (63... Kh4 64. g3# (64. Bg3#) (64. Bf6#))
64. Rg6+ Kh7 65. Bg8# 1-0
710. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3
Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 d6 8. f4 Qg6 9. O-O Qxe4 10. Re1 712. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 f6 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nh4 Bd7 6.
Qg6 11. Nxc6 Bxe3+ 12. Rxe3 bxc6 13. Qe2 Qf6 14. Nd2 Qh5+ g6 7. Nxg6 Bg4


d5 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Rf1 g6 17. Nb3 O-O 18. g4 Rae8 19.
Nc5 d4 20. g5 Qh8 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 23. Re1
dxc3 24. Qxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rxe7+ Rf7

 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 8. Bf7+ Kxf7 (8... Kd7 9. Qxg4+ f5 10. Qxf5#) 9. Nxe5+
Ke6 (9... Kg7 10. Qxg4# (10. Qf7#)) 10. Qf7# 1-0

26. Ne6+ Kg8 27. Re8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8# 1-0 713. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nxc3
Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. O-O d6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10.
711. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Qb3 Qe7 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Qxb4 O-O 14.
Nf6 6. Be3 Be6 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Qc2 a6 10. a3 Nd4 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18.
Qd7 11. b3 Nh5 12. h3 f5 13. Nf1 O-O 14. N1h2 f4 15. Bd2 Qxc6 Qe5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rad1 Qxb2 21. Qxd6 Qxa2
Rae8 16. O-O Ne7 17. c4 c6 18. c5 Bc7 19. Rae1 Nf5 20. 22. Rd2 Qa5 23. Rfd1 Qf5 24. Qg3 a5 25. Rd7 Qf6 26. h4
Ng4 Qc8 21. Nge5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Bd7 23. Rfe1 Rxe5 24. h6 27. R1d6 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 a4 29. Rg6 Rg8 30. Qf4 Rgf8


Rxe5 Be6 25. b4 Qd7 26. a4 Qf7 27. Qd1 Bc8 28. Qe2 g5
29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Nhg7 31. Kh2 Qh5 32. Kg1 g4 33.
hxg4 Qxg4 34. bxc6 bxc6 35. Bc3 h5 36. Ne1 Qxe2 37.
Rxe2 Bd7 38. Rb2 Ra8 39. Nc2 Kf7 40. Rb7 Ke8 41. Bd2 
Ra4 42. Bxf4 Nxd4 43. Bg6+ Ke7 44. Be5 Nxc2 45. Bxc2
Rc4 46. Bd3 Rc1+ 47. Kh2 Rd1 48. Bh7 Ne6 49. Bd6+  
Kd8 50. Rb8+ Bc8 51. f4 d4 52. Bf5 Re1 53. Be5 d3 54.
Bxe6 d2 55. Bxc8 Rh1+ 56. Kxh1 d1=Q+ 57. Kh2 Ke7 58.
 
Rb7+ Kf8 59. Bg7+ Kg8 60. Be6+ Kh7 61. Be5+ Kg6 62. 

f5+ Kg5





31. Rxh6+ gxh6 (31... Kg8 32. Qc4+ Rf7 33. Qxf7#) 32.
Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qh7# 1-0

714. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3


Bb6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 N5g6 10. O-O
Nf8 11. f4 h5 12. f5 Nc6 13. Qe2 Ne5 14. Nd2 c5 15. N4f3

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f6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Rd5 b6 20. 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 (21... Kf8 22. Qxf7#) 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23.
Rfd1 Bd7 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Rc8 23. Qd3 Rc6 24. Bxf6# 1-0
Rd5 Rc7 25. a4 Rh7 26. Bc4 g6 27. a5 bxa5 28. Bb5 gxf5
29. exf5 c4 30. Bxc4 Rb7 31. Bc5 Qg7 32. Qe4 Rxb2 33. 717. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Bd6 5. d4 exd3
Rxe5+ Kd8 6. Bxd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Bxe5 9. fxe5 Qd4+ 10.
 Kh1 Qxe5 11. Bf4 Qc5 12. Bxc7 Bg4 13. Qd2 Qxc7 14.
Rxf6 Qa5 15. Rf4 Be6 16. Rh4 f5 17. Re1 Qd8 18. Qf2 Bc8
 19. Nd5 Nc6 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Re7 Nxe7

 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
34. Re8+ Kc7 35. Bd6+ Kb6 36. Rb8# 1-0
1
715. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6.
c3 a6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3

22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 (22... Kg8 23. Nf6#) 23. Qh4+ Kg6 (23...
11. axb3 O-O 12. f5 d5 13. Bg5 c6 14. Nd2 Be7 15. O-O-O Kg8 24. Nxe7#) 24. Nf4# 1-0
a5 16. Kc2 d4 17. Ra1 b5 18. g4 h6 19. Bh4 Nh7 20. Bxe7
Qxe7 21. h4 f6 22. Qg3 a4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 bxa4 25. 718. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5
cxd4 exd4 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. Nc4 Ra6 28. Qd6 Qa7 29. Qe6+ 6. d4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. h4 h6 9. Kg1 Qg6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11.
Kh8 30. Qe8+ Nf8 31. Qxf8+ Kh7 32. g5 fxg5 33. hxg5 c5 Bc4 a6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+
 Bxh8 16. Kf1 Qh6 17. Ne4 f6 18. Qe2 Kf8 19. Bd2 a5 20.
Re1 g4 21. Ng1 fxe5 22. Qxg4 Nf6 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. Nxg5
 Ng4 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxf4 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Bf5 28. Ne4
Nd5 29. Bh6+ Kf7 30. Nf3 Nb4 31. Rc1 Nxd3 32. Rxc7+
 Kg6 33. Nh4+ Kxh6 34. Nxf5+ Kg6 35. g4 Bxb2 36. Ke2
Nf4+ 37. Kf3 Nd5
 
 
 
 
1 
 

34. g6+ Rxg6 35. fxg6+ Kxg6 36. Qf5# 1-0 1
716. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. 
Be3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6
11. O-O Nh5 12. g3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxh3 14. Ng5 Bxf1 15.

Qxh5 h6 16. Nxf1 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Ne7 18. Ne3 exd4 19.
Nd5 f6 20. Bc4 Rf7

38. Nh4+ Kh6 39. g5+ Kh5 40. Rh7# 1-0

 719. 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4


 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10.
c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. O-O Be6 14. Qa4
 Rad8 15. Rfd1 Qg5 16. Bf1 Bg4 17. Rd3 Rxd3 18. Bxd3
Bf3 19. Bf1 a6 20. Nd6 Nd8 21. Qc2 f5 22. Kh1 Bc6 23.
 Rd1 Ne6 24. f3 Rf6 25. Bc4 e4 26. fxe4 Kf8 27. Nxf5 Qg4
28. Qd2 Qxe4 29. Qd6+ Kf7 30. Bxe6+ Qxe6 31. Qc7+
  Kg6 32. Qg3+ Kxf5 33. Rf1+ Ke4 34. Re1+ Kd5





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 
 
 
   
 
 
 
1  

35. Qd3+ Kc5 36. Qd4+ Kb5 37. Qb4# 1-0

29. Rh8+ Kg7 (29... Qg8 30. Rxg8+ Ke7 31. Re1# (31.
Rh7#)) 30. R8h7+ Kg6 (30... Kf8 31. Qf7#) 31. R1h6# 1-0
720.


722. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bc4 Qf6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10.
 Qxd6 cxd6 11. O-O-O f6 12. Rxd6 fxg5 13. Nxe5 Nh6 14.
Re1 Be6 15. Rxe6+ Kd8 16. Rd1+ Kc7 17. Re7+ Kb6 18.
 Rd6+ Nc6 19. Bd3 Kc5 20. Rxc6+ bxc6 21. Rxg7 Rae8 22.
Nd7+ Kd6 23. Nf6 Ref8 24. Ne4+ Ke5 25. Rxa7 Ra8 26.
 Re7+ Kf4 27. Re6 Ng4 28. h3 Nh2 29. Nd6 Rhe8 30. Nxe8
Rxa2
 
 
 
  
   

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. c3 d6 5. f4 Be7 6. Nf3 
Be6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. d3 exf4 9. d4 O-O 10. Bd3 Bg4 11.
Bxf4 Qd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Kh8 14. O-O-O Ng8 15. g4 
Rab8 16. g5 b5 17. h4 b4 18. e5 bxc3 19. Qe4 g6 20. h5 d5
21. hxg6 fxg6 
 
 
31. Re4+ Kf5 32. Re3+ Kf4 33. g3# 1-0
 723. 1. c4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. e3 d4 4. Bb2 c5 5. Na3 Nc6 6. g4
 e5 7. Bg2 dxe3 8. dxe3 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Bxg4 10. Rd2 f6 11.


Nb5 Rc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Ne2 a6 14. O-O axb5 15. Rfd1
Nb8 16. f4 bxc4 17. fxe5 Bc6 18. Nf4 Bxg2 19. Rxg2 cxb3
  20. Nd5 f5 21. e6 Ne7 22. Nf4 Rg8 23. axb3 g5 24. Nh5
Bh6 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. e4 f4 27. h4 g4 28. Nxh7+ Ke8 29.
 Nf6+ Kf8 30. Rf1 g3 31. Be5 Rg6 32. Bxf4 Kg7 33. h5 Rxf6
34. Be5 Be3+ 35. Kh1 Bd4 36. Rxg3+ Kh8 37. Rxf6 Kh7
 
   

22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qh7# 1-0 
721. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3

Nc6 6. Nge2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Be7
10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Be6 12. h4 c5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.

Qf4 Qa5 15. Qe4 g6 16. h5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. hxg6 
hxg6 19. Qh4 Qg7 20. f4 c4 21. f5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23.
Rd4 f6 24. Rf4 Kf7 25. Rxf5 Rac8 26. Qe4 Rfe8 27. Qd5+ 
Kf8 28. Rfh5 Qg4

1

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
38. Rf7+ Kh6 39. Bf4+ Kxh5 40. Rh7# 1-0

724. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7


6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5 Nb6 8. c3 a6 9. Na3 c5 10. f4 Nc6 11. 
Nf3 Nd7 12. Qd2 b5 13. Nc2 c4 14. Ne3 f6 15. Be2 O-O
16. O-O Nb6 17. b3 Na5 18. Rab1 f5 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. g4
 
fxg4 21. Nxg4 Be8 22. b4 Nb7 23. Rg1 Bg6 24. Rbf1 Kh8
25. Rg3 Nd8 26. Bd1 Nf7 27. Bc2 Bxc2 28. Qxc2 Rg8 29.

Rh3 g6 30. Nf6 Rg7 31. Rg1 Nd7 32. Qxg6 Nfxe5 
 
 
 
    
 
26. Ng6+ Kh7 27. Nxf8+ Kxh6 (27... Kh8 28. Bxg7# (28.
 Qxg7#)) (27... Rxf8 28. Qxg7#) 28. Qg6# 1-0
  727. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4
 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Bxc3 10. bxc3
Qe7 11. Re1 Bg4 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qc5
1 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. f4 Ndxe5 17. fxe5 Rae8 18. Bf6 gxf6 19.
Qg4+ Kh8 20. exf6 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rg8

33. Rxh7+ Rxh7 34. Qg8+ Rxg8 35. Rxg8# 1-0 
725. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 
6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 Be6 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bg5
Ba5 11. a3 c5 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rfb1 Kh8 14. b4 cxb4 15.

Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. axb4 Bb6 19. Re1
g5 20. Re4 Qg6 21. Re2 Rbe8 22. c4 e4 23. dxe4 g4 24.

Qc3+ Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nh4 f5 27. Rc1 Bd4 28. 
Rd1 Bf6 29. Nxf5+ Kg6 30. f3 gxf3 31. gxf3 Kg5 32. Rg2+
Kf4 33. Kf2 Rb8  
 
 
 
 
22. Re8 Qg5 (22... Qf8 23. Rxf8 { and Qg7# }) 23. Qxg5
 Rxe8 (23... Ne7 24. Qg7#) 24. Qg7# 1-0

 728. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7


 Qxe7 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Qxc4 Nf6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10.
Rc1 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Qc5 Re8 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Qxe7
  Rxe7 15. e6 fxe6 16. Ne4 Be8 17. Nc5 Nce5 18. Bxe8
Raxe8 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Ke2 b6 21. Ne4 Rd8 22. f4 Nd3
  23. Rcd1 Red7 24. Ng5 Nxb2 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Nxe6 h6
27. g4 Kf7 28. f5 c5 29. Rc1 Kf6 30. Rc2 Nd3 31. Rc3 Ne5

34. Rg4+ Ke5 35. f4+ Kxe4 36. Ng3# 1-0
32. h3 Re7 33. e4 Nc6 34. Rd3 Ke5 35. Ke3 Nb4 36. Rd2
c4 37. Rd8 c3 38. Nf8 Rc7 39. Ng6+ Kf6 40. e5+ Kg5

726. 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 


6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 b6 8. c3 h6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bh2 Ne4 11.
O-O-O Nd7 12. Bc4 d5 13. Bd3 c5 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Ndf3 
c4 16. Bb1 b5 17. a3 a5 18. Ng6 Re8 19. Nfe5 Be7 20. Bf4
Nxe5 21. Nxe5 b4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qh5 bxc3 24. Qf7+ 
Kh8 25. Bxh6 Bf8 






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41. Kf3 h5 { Otherwise h4# } (41... c2 42. h4#) 42. h4+ Kh6
43. Rh8# 1-0 
729. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4

d5 6. Nxe5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. Nc3 f5 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10.
c4 O-O-O 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.

c5 Qf6 15. Qa4 Kb8 16. Rac1 Ka8 17. b4 Rb8 18. a3 Rhe8 

19. Qa6 Re6 20. a4 Qxd4 21. b5 Qf6 22. Rc2 cxb5 23. c6 b4
24. Rc5 Qd4 25. Rb5 Ree8 26. Rb7 Qc5 27. h3 d4 28. Kh2
d3 29. Rc1 Qxf2 30. Rf1 Qd4 31. Rf5 e3

 
 
   
  
  28. Qh4+ Ke6 (28... Kxg6 29. Qg5+ Kh7 30. Qg7#) 29.
d5+ Ke5 30. Qf4# (30. Bf4#) 1-0


732. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qd3 e5
6. dxe5 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qxe5 8. O-O-O Nxe4
 
 

32. Rxa7+ Qxa7 33. Ra5 Qxa6 (33... Rb7 34. Qxb7#) 34.

Rxa6# 1-0 
730. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. fxe5 Bxf3 6. 
Qxf3 dxe5 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c6
11. O-O-O b5 12. Bb3 Be7 13. h4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ne6 15. g4 
g6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Bg7 18. Rdg1 Nf4 19. Nf1 Kh8 20.
Ne3 Qc7 21. h5 gxh5 22. Rxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh5 Rae8 24.  
Nf5 Re6 25. Rh1 h6 26. gxh6 Bf6 27. Qg4 Rg8 
   
 

9. Qd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5+ Kc7 (10... Ke8 11. Rd8#) 11.
Bd8# 1-0
 733. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6.
 d4 exd4 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qd5 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bc4 Qc5
11. b4 Nxb4 12. Ba3 Be7 13. c3 dxc3 14. Qa4+ Kf8 15.
  Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nd3 Qc6 17. Qb3 Nxd3 18. Rxe6 Nc5 19.


Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc3 Kg7 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. R1e5 Qa3 23.
Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qxa3 Rxe5 25. h3 Rd8 26. f4 Re3 27. Qc5
 Rdd3 28. Qxc7+ Kf8 29. Nb5 Ne4 30. Kh2 Re1 31. Qc8+
Kg7 32. Qxb7+ Kh6 33. Qe7 Rdd1
  

28. Qg7+ Rxg7 (28... Bxg7 29. hxg7#) 29. hxg7+ Kg8 30. 
Rh8# 1-0 
731. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Bxg1 
6. Rxg1 Bg4 7. Qd2 exf4 8. Qxf4 Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4
Bg6 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Ng4 13. Bd2 Nge5 14. O-O-O a6 15. 
Be3 O-O 16. Bb3 Ng4 17. Rxg4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Ne5 19.
Qe2 Kh8 20. d4 Nc6 21. h5 Bh7 22. g6 Bg8 23. Qh2 Na5 
24. h6 Nxb3+ 25. axb3 Qd7 26. hxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bh6+ Kf6 



34. Qf8+ Kh5 35. g4+ Kh4 36. Qh6# 1-0

734. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4


6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1
Ne7 11. Rxe4 O-O 12. d6 cxd6 13. Qxd6 Nf5 14. Qd5 Ne7

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15. Qd6 Qb6 16. Bf4 Qxd6 17. Bxd6 Re8 18. Rae1 Kf8 19. 38. Qg5+ Kf7 (38... Kh7 39. Qg7#) 39. Qg7+ Ke6 40.
Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 g6 Bc4# 1-0

 737. 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f3 exf3 6.


 Nxf3 e6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6
11. Qh5+ Ke7 12. Bxh7 Nf8 13. Qf7+ Kd6 14. Nc4+ dxc4
 15. Ne4+ Kd5 16. Rf5+ Kxe4

 
 
  
 
  
 
 
23. Rxf7+ Kg8 (23... Ke8 24. Rf8#) 24. Rxd7+ Kh8 25.
Be5# 1-0 
735. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Bd2

Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Qf3 Nf6 9. Bb5 O-O 10.
Nge2 Ne5 11. Qg3 Ng6 12. O-O-O c6 13. Bd3 b5 14. f4

17. Re1+ Kxd4 18. c3+ Kd3 19. Rd5# 1-0
Qc7 15. h4 Bg4 16. h5 Bxh5 17. Rxh5 Nxh5 18. Qh3 Nf6
19. g4 Rfd8 20. g5 Ne8 21. Rh1 Rxd3 738. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O d6
 6. Re1 Be7 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nde2 Re8 10. Ng3
a6 11. Bc4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Bf8 13. f4 Ng6 14. f5 Ne5 15. Nh5
 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 c6 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Re3 d5 19. Rh3 h6 20.
Rf1 d4 21. Ne2 c5 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Bxf7 Bb5 24. Bxh6
 gxh6

 
 
 
  
  
  
 
22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Nxh8 24. Rxh8# 1-0

736. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6.
Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Bd3 e5
 
11. dxe5 Rxe5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 14. Rab1 Qc5
15. Nb3 Qd6 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Qh5 18. Bg3 Nf8 19.

25. Rg8+ Kh7 26. Qg6+ Nxg6 27. fxg6# 1-0
Nd4 a6 20. a4 Ne6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. c4 e5 23. c5 Kh8 24.
e4 Qf7 25. Qc3 Qe7 26. f3 h5 27. Be2 g5 28. Rd6 Kg7 29. 739. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
Bf2 h4 30. Qc1 Nh5 31. Bf1 Nf4 32. g3 hxg3 33. hxg3 Ng6 Ba5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1 Nd6 9. Bg5 Ne7 10.
34. Be3 Qf7 35. Bxg5 Qxf3 36. Bh6+ Kh7 37. Rxg6 Kxg6 Nxe5 f6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Qh6+ Ke8 14. Ng6
 Nf5 15. Qh5 Ng7

 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 

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16. Bf7+ Kxf7 17. Ne5+ Ke6 (17... Kg8 18. Qf7#) 18.
Nf7# ( { Or } 18. Nc4#) 1-0

740. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O



O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nd5 Nd4 9. Nxb4 Nxb5 10.
Nd5 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf3 13. Ne7+ Kh8


 
 
 
 
   
 
 32. Qg6+ Bxg6 (32... Kh8 33. Qxh6#) 33. hxg6+ Kh8 34.

Rxh6# 1-0

  743. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3


Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 h6 10.

14. Bxg7+ Kxg7 15. Qg5+ Kh8 16. Qf6# 1-0
Bh4 c6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Re3 Bf4 14. Rxe8+
Rxe8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. h3 Bc8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1
Qe7 19. Nef3 g5 20. Kf1 g4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. Bf5 Bxd2
741. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 23. Bxg4 Bxc3 24. Bc8 Ba5 25. Qc1 Kh7 26. Qf4 b6 27.
Bc5 6. d3 Qe7 7. Be3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qd2 Ne5 c5 28. g4 cxd4 29. g5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 b5 31. Bf5+ Kh8
O-O-O 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qe3 Qxe3+ 13. fxe3 f6 14. 32. Bg6 Bd2 33. f4 Ng8 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Bxf7 Nf6
O-O-O c5 15. Nd5 c6 16. Nb6+ Kc7 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ncd2
Ne7 19. b3 h5 20. g5 Rc8 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Rhg1 Rhg8 23. 
Kb2 Kd7 24. a4 Ke6 25. Ra1 f5 26. Ng5+ Kd6 27. axb5
axb5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Nde4+ Bxe4 30. Nxe4+ Ke6 31. 
Nxc5+ Kd5 32. Rxg8 Nxg8 33. b4 Nf6 34. e4+ Kd6 35. Ra7
Rg8 36. Rf7 Rg6 37. h4 Rh6 38. c4 Rg6


  
 
  
 
 1
 
 36. Qg6+ Kh8 (36... Kf8 37. Qh6#) 37. Qh6+ Nh7 38.

Ng6# 1-0

 744. 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3


Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 Nxe4 10.

39. Nb7+ Ke6 40. Nd8+ Kd6 41. c5# 1-0
Bxe4 Bxe4 11. Qxe4 c6 12. b3 Nf6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bb2
Qa5 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qxe6+ Kg6 18. Re5
Rd5 19. Qf5+ Kf7 20. Qe6+ Kg6 21. c4 Rxe5 22. dxe5 Qd2
742. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qxe7 Qxb2 25. Re1 Qxa2 26. h4 Qd2 27.
6. d4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qd3 exd4 10. Nxd4 h5+ Kxh5 28. Qf7+ Kg5 29. Qg7+ Kh5 30. g4+ Kh4 31.
Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. h4 Ng4 13. Qd2 f6 14. Bf4 c6 15. Qxh7+ Kxg4 32. Re4+ Kg5 33. f4+ Kg4 34. f5+ Kf3
Bg3 b5 16. f4 b4 17. Nb1 a5 18. f5 Ne5 19. h5 h6 20. Bf4
Kh7 21. Nf3 Be8 22. Qe2 Qc7 23. Nh4 Bf7 24. Ng6 Rg8
25. Nd2 a4 26. Nf3 Bxa2 27. Qf2 c5 28. Qg3 Bf7 29.
Ngxe5 dxe5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Bxe5 Qb7

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11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxg4 13. Rg1 e5 14. Rxg4 exf4 15.
O-O-O Nf6 16. Rg2 Nh5 17. Rdg1 g6 18. e5 Kh8 19. Bxg6
 fxg6 20. Rxg6 Kh7 21. Nh4 Rf5

  
 
 
   
 
 
 
  
35. Qh1+ Kg3 (35... Qg2+ 36. Qxg2#) 36. Qh4+ Kf3 37.
Qg4# 1-0


22. Rxh6+ Kxh6 23. Nxf5+ Kh7 24. Qxh5# 1-0
745. 1. e4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6.
Bg2 Be6 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. Nf3 f6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nc3 a6 11.
d4 Nge7 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Rad1 O-O-O 15. 748. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4
Rfe1 h5 16. Na4 e4 17. f3 h4 18. fxe4 hxg3 19. exd5 Bxd5 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nde2 Ne5 9. Bxd7+ Nexd7
20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qe6+ Kb8 22. Rxd5 Rde8 23. Qxe8+ 10. Ng3 O-O 11. b3 Ne8 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Nh5 Be5 14. f4
Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Ka7 25. Rdd8 b6 26. Ba3 gxh2+ 27. Kh1 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ndf6 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Rad1
Qf7 28. Re7+ Nxe7 c6 19. Nf5 d5 20. Nxg7 dxe4 21. Nxe8 Rfxe8 22. Qg3+ Qg4


23. Bxf6 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Rd5 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Kf2 Rc8 27.
Rc1 Rc6 28. Bd4 a6 29. Ke3 h5 30. c3 f5 31. Rh1 Rh6 32.
 Be5 b5 33. Kd4 Kf7 34. Kxd5 Kg8 35. Bd4 Kf7 36. Ke5
Kg6 37. Kd6 Rh7 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rb7 40. c5 Rb4 41.
 Kd5 Ra4 42. c6 Rxa2 43. c7 Rc2 44. Bc5 e3 45. c8=Q e2

 
  
 
 
 1
1 
 
29. Rd7+ Ka8 (29... Kb8 30. Bd6+ Kc8 (30... Ka8 31.
Nxb6#) 31. Nxb6#) 30. Nxb6+ Kb8 31. Bd6# 1-0 
746. 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Bg4 4. Ne2 e6 5. O-O
 
Be7 6. Nd2 O-O 7. f3 Bh5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nd5 10. c3 
46. Qe8+ Kg7 (46... Kf6 47. Bd4#) (46... Kh6 47. Rxh5+
c6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. f4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Re8 14. Rae1 N5f6
15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxf7 Qc7 17. Qxe6 Bf8 Kg7 48. Bd4#) 47. Bd4+ Kh6 48. Rxh5# 1-0

 749. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6.


 Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a5 10. e4 b4 11.
Na4 c5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Nxe4 15.
 Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qc2 f5 17. c6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Qxd3 19.
Rad1 Qa6 20. Rd7+ Kf6 21. Qc7 Rhg8 22. Rf7+ Kg6 23.
  Ne5+ Kh6 24. Qc1+ g5 25. Qe3 Nf6





 

18. Nxh6+ Kh8 19. Qg8+ Nxg8 20. Nf7# 1-0

747. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e3


Nbd7 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bf4 e6 8. e4 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. g4 c5

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c3 Nb5 16. Bd2 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rb6 18. Qa4 a6 19. Rfe1
Na7 20. h4 Qb8 21. Qc2 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Re1 Qd7
 24. Bh3 f5 25. Bg5 Qb5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qxf5 Rb8 28.
Re7 Rf8
  
 
 
 
  
 
  

26. Qh3+ Nh5 27. Qxh5+ Kxh5 28. Rxh7# 1-0 
750. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O d5 6.

Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 h5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 e6 10. b3 h4 11. 
29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 (29... Kh8 30. Qxf8# (30. Qxh7#)) 30.
Ba3 hxg3 12. hxg3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. e3 Qg5 15. Rf4
Nxe5 16. Nb5 Qxg3 17. Qe2 g5 18. Nd6+ Kd8 19. Rxf7 Bh6+ Kxh6 (30... Kg8 31. Qxf8#) 31. Qg5# 1-0
Ng4 20. Qxg4 Qxg4 21. Rxg7 Rf8 22. Rc1 Rb8


753. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6.
Nf3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Rc1 c5 10. Be2 b5
 11. O-O c4 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Rb1 Nb6 15. e4
Bb7 16. Bd2 f6 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 O-O 19. Nd4 Bxd5
 20. Rxb5 Qa6 21. Bg4 Kh8 22. Bf5 Bg8 23. Be4 Rae8 24.
Rh5 Re5 25. Rh3 h6 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Rxh6+ Kg7 28. Bb7
 Kxh6 29. Bxa6 Bd5 30. Nf5+ Kh7 31. f4 Bc5+ 32. Kh1
Re4 33. Qd1 Kg6 34. Qg4+ Kf7 35. Qh5+ Ke6 36. Bb5
 Rd8 37. Be8 Ba8

 
 
 
 
  

23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nxb7+ Ke8 25. Re7# 1-0

751. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3


Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 Qa5 8. c5 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Kxe7 10. Qb3 
e5 11. Be2 exd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. O-O f5 14. Nb1 Kf6 15.
Bd3 Qc7 16. Rce1 Qf4 17. Nc3 g5 18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Qc2

Kg6 20. Ne5+ Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qa5 22. Nd4 Qxc5 23. Qxc5
Nxc5 24. Bc2 g4 25. f3 gxf3 26. gxf3 Kg5 27. Kf2 Be6 28.
 1
b4 Na6 29. f4+ Kh4 30. Rg1 Nxb4 31. Rg5 Rg8 
38. Qf7+ Kxf5 39. g4+ Kxg4 40. Qh5# 1-0

 754. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 e6
6. a4 b4 7. O-O c5 8. e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6
 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nc4 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Qh5+ Ke7 15. Qh4
Qc7 16. Re1 Bg7 17. Ne5 Raf8 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Kd8
 20. Ba3 Ne7 21. Qb4 Nd5 22. Nxc6+ dxc6 23. Qc4 Re8 24.
Qxa6 f5 25. Rab1 Bxc3 26. Rb7 Bxe1 27. Rxc7 Kxc7 28.
 Qa7+ Kd8






32. Nf3+ Kh3 33. Rh5+ Kg4 34. Rh4# 1-0

752. 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 Ne7 5. O-O O-O


6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nbc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Qd3
c5 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. Nd5 d6 13. Qa3 Be6 14. Qa6 Nd4 15.

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 
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 
 
 
 

29. Qb8+ Kd7 30. Qd6+ Kc8 31. Ba6# 1-0

31. g4 Re8 (31... Rh8 32. Qe7#) 32. Qxc7 Ba6 (32... Rg8
33. Qe7#) 33. Ng7# 1-0
755. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 d5 4. f3 Nd6 5. Nc3 g6
6. e4 c6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 b5 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Nc4 11. 757. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4
Qc1 b4 12. Na4 Nd7 13. f4 f5 14. b3 Ncb6 15. Nc5 Nxc5 Bg7 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Qd2 h6 8. O-O-O d6 9. Be2 Bd7 10.
16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Bf2 Qa5 19. a3 bxa3 20. c3 h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 Bc6 14. g4
Ba6 21. b4 Qa4 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. Ra2 Qc4 24. Rfa1 a6 Ng8 15. h4 Qe7 16. g5 f5 17. Qd4+ Kh7 18. h5 fxe4 19.
25. Rxa3 Nf6 26. Nd4 Ne4 27. Qe2 Qxe2 28. Nxe2 g5 29. hxg6+ Kxg6 20. f5+ Rxf5


g3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Kf7 31. Be3 Bh6 32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Rxa6
Rc8 34. b5 Bf8 35. b6 e6 36. Ra5 Kg6 37. Kg2 Rd8 38. b7
Rb8 39. Ra8 Rxb7 40. Rxf8 Rb1 41. Nd4 Nxc5 42. Rf6+
Kh5 43. Nxe6 Ne4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
1 
21. Bh5+ Kxg5 (21... Kh7 22. g6#) 22. Rdg1+ Kf4 23.
 Ne2# 1-0


44. Ng7+ Kh4 (44... Kg4 45. h3+ Kh4 46. Rh6#) 45.
758. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 f5 6. a3
Bd7 7. b4 Rb8 8. b5 Na5 9. Bd5 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6
Rh6+ Kg4 46. h3# 1-0 Bxf6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. e4 g6 14. Rb1 Rf8 15. h4 f4 16. Nge2
Bg7 17. h5 gxh5 18. gxf4 exf4 19. f3 h4 20. Kd2 h3 21. Qa4
756. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nc5 b6 22. Bc6 Qh4 23. Rh2 Qh5 24. Rg1 Bh8 25. Rgh1 Qxf3
6. d4 Ne4 7. Nbd2 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O 26. Nd5 Bd4 27. Rxh3 Qf2 28. R3h2 Qf3 29. Rxh7 Qf2


O-O 11. c4 c6 12. Qb3 b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
Bg5 Bb7 16. Ne5 Na6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.
Qh3+ Kg8 20. Ng6 Nc7 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Qh5 Kg8 23.
Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Re1 Ne8 26. Re7 Qxe7 27. 
Nxe7+ Kf8 28. Nf5 Nc7 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qg7+ Ke6
 


 


 

30. Re7+ Kd8 31. Rxd7+ Kc8 (31... Ke8 32. Nc7#) 32.
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759. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 N6d7 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Ndf8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 f5
d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nb3 Bd7 9. h3 O-O 10. g4 Be6 15. h4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf6 17. h5 Ne7 18. Be5 Bxe5 19.
11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 b6 13. h5 Nc5 14. Nd4 Qc8 15. Qd2 Ne5 dxe5 c5 20. Rcd1 Qc7 21. Ng5 Qc6 22. Qf4 Nf5 23. g4 Nh6
16. hxg6 hxg6 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qh2 Re8 20. f5 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Qg5 Qe7 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Bg6 Rd8 28.
Nd7 21. fxg6 Nf8 22. Nf5 fxg6 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Bd4+ e5 Nxh7 Qxg5 29. Nxg5 Bd7 30. f4 Be8 31. f5 Nxg4 32. Rxd8
Rxd8 33. fxe6 Nxg6 34. hxg6 Nh6 35. e7 Rc8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Rh8# 1-0 
36. Rf8+ Ng8 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. Nf7# 1-0
760. 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6.
d3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 fxe4 9. Ng5 O-O 10. dxe4 Nc6 11. 763. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7
e5 Ne8 12. f4 Qe7 13. Nce4 Rd8 14. Be3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 O-O 8. c3 c6 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7
16. Nc3 d4 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Qb3 Na5 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bd2 N5f6 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. f4 c5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Nf5
 Bd8 20. Nh4 Re8 21. Ng6+ Kh7 22. Ne5+ Kh8 23. Nf7+


Kg8

 
 
 
  
  
 
  
 
19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qg8+ Rxg8 21. Nf7# 1-0   
761. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 
24. Nxh6+ Kh8 (24... Kf8 25. Qf7#) 25. Qg8+ Nxg8 (25...
O-O 6. Qe2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Ne4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bxd4 10.
Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bh6 Re8 12. c3 Qh8 13. h4 N8d7 Rxg8 26. Nf7#) 26. Nf7# 1-0

 764. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7


6. Nf3 c6 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11.
Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. O-O f5 14. Ng3 h5 15. Qb3
 Rh6 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Nxf5 Rg6 18. Qg8+ Bf8 19. N3h4
Rf6




 
 

14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 (15... Kf6 16. Qe6#) 16.
Qe6# 1-0

762. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6.


Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rc1 Nf8 10. Qe2

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 
 
 
  1

20. Nxg7+ Ke7 21. Nhf5+ Rxf5 22. Qe6# 1-0

32. Rg8+ Qxg8 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Qh8# 1-0

765. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 767. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6.
c5 6. f3 d5 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Re8 Nh3 O-O 7. f3 Nf6 8. Bd3 c5 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11.
11. O-O Bd7 12. Ng3 Qc8 13. Bd2 Kh8 14. Rc1 Na5 15. e4 Qxc3 Nc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Rf2 a5
b5 16. e5 Ng8 17. f4 f5 18. Rf3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Be3 16. bxa5 bxa5 17. Rd1 Nb4 18. Bb1 Bc6 19. e4 f4 20. Rfd2
cxd4 21. Bxd4 Be6 22. Nh5 Re7 23. Rh3 Rb8 24. Qe1 Rb2 d5 21. e5 Nh5 22. Ng5 Qe7 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. h4 Ng3 25.
25. Qh4 Qb7 26. Nf6 h6 27. Qe1 Qb3 28. Rg3 Rb7 29. h3 Bg6 Rad8 26. Qd4 Be8 27. Bb1 g6 28. Qb6 Nc6 29. cxd5
Rb1 30. Ne8 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Qa2 32. Kh2 Rb1 33. Qe3 Qa1 exd5 30. Rxd5 Rb8 31. Qf2 Rxb3 32. Ba2 Re3 33. e6+ Kg8
34. Rxg7 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 Rd1 36. Kh4 Rd3 37. Qf2 Qxa3 38. 34. Rd7 Qb4


Qe2 Qc1 39. g3 Rd2 40. Qh5 Rh2

 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 

41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 (41... Bxg8 42. e6+ (42. Qxh6+ Bh7 43.
35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rh8# 1-0

Qg7#) 42... Kh7 43. Qxf5#) 42. Qg6+ Kf8 (42... Kh8 43. 768. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6.
Qg7#) 43. Bc5# 1-0 Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11.
Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 e5 13. O-O gxf6 14. Bxb5 Ba6 15. Bxa6
766. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 O-O Rxa6 16. Qe2 Re6 17. Bd2 Rg8 18. Nh4 e4 19. Rac1 Qa8
6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Nf3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 Re8 20. Qc4 Be7 21. Bb4 Bxb4


11. g4 c5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Ne5 g6 14. dxc5 Nf5 15. O-O-O
Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 Nf4 18. Qf3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3
b6 20. Rhg1 Qe7 21. c6 a5 22. Qf3 Qh4 23. Rg4 Qh5 24.
Rdg1 Kf8 25. Qf4 Ra7 26. Rg5 Qh3 27. Nxg6+ hxg6 28. 
Rxg6 Qh7 29. Qg5 e5 30. Bxe5 Be6 31. Qf6+ Bf7



 


 

22. Qc8+ Qxc8 (22... Ke7 23. Nf5#) 23. Rxc8+ Ke7 24.
Nf5# 1-0

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769. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3


Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. e3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. 
Bd3 h6 11. O-O a5 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Ne4 Nbd7 14. c5
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Bf5 e4 18. Nd4 Bxf5 
19. Nxf5 Qe5 20. Ng3 Rbd8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Nd5 23.
Rd4 f5 24. Rcd1 c6 25. b5 Re6 26. Ne2 Rf8 27. Qc4 Kh7

28. R4d2 Rg6 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. g3 h5 31. Qd4 Qe7 32. Nc3
Nxc3 33. Qxc3 h4 34. Rd6 Rff6 35. Rd7 Qe8 36. Rd8 Qe6
 
37. Qa5 hxg3 38. hxg3 Qe5 39. Kg2 Rh6 40. Qa8 Re6 41. 
Qc8 Rhf6 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Qg8 Rf7 44. Qh7+ Kf6 45.
Qh4+ Kg6 46. Rh1 f4 47. gxf4 Qxc5 
 
 
 
 
41. h4+ ( { White instead played } 41. Qg6+ Kf4 42. Qg3+
 Kxf5 43. Re5+ Kf6 44. Qg5+ Kf7 45. Qf5#) 41... Kxf5 (41...


Kxh4 42. Re4+ Kg3 (42... Kg5 43. Qg6#) (42... Kh5 43.
Qg6#) 43. Qg6#) (41... Kf4 42. Qe4# (42. Qf3#)) 42.
 Qe4+ Kf6 43. Rf3# 1-0

1 772. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6.


Nf3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bf4 Na6
  11. O-O Rb8 12. Rc1 Nc7 13. a4 a6 14. Qc2 b5 15. b3 g6
16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. g4 Ng7 19. Ne4 bxa4 20.

48. Rh6+ gxh6 (48... Kf5 49. Qg5# (49. Qh3#)) 49.
bxa4 Rb4 21. Qc3 f6 22. a5 Rf8 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1
Nce8 25. Ng3 Rf7 26. Rb6 Bc8 27. Qc2 Qd7 28. Rb1 Qc7
Qxh6+ Kf5 50. Qg5# 1-0 29. Bd2 f5 30. gxf5 Nxf5 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33.
Kg2 Qd7 34. Rb6 Rh5 35. Ng1 Nc7 36. Bf4 Rf5 37. Qe4
770. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Kf7 38. Ne2 Kg7 39. Ng3 Rf7 40. Qe3 Bf8 41. Ne4 Qa4
Be7 6. e3 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8. Bd3 Ne5 9. Bc2 b6 10. f4 Ng6 42. Qc3+ Kg8 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Bxd6 Bxd6 45. Rxd6 h5
11. Qf3 Rb8 12. h4 Re8 13. h5 Nf8 14. e4 Bb7 15. Qg3 46. Nxh5+ Kh6 47. Nf6 Qa2 48. Ng4+ Kh7 49. Rd8 g5


Kh8 16. e5 Ng8 17. h6 g6 18. O-O-O f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20.
Nc4 Bd5 21. Ne5 Kg8 22. c4 d6 23. Nec6 Bxc6 24. Nxc6
Qc7 25. Nxb8 Rxb8 26. Qc3 Kf7 27. Kb1 Rc8 28. Bb3
N8d7 29. Rhe1 Nc5 30. Bc2 a5 31. Qd4 Nb7 32. Be4 Rd8 
33. Bf3 Nc5 34. g4 Na6 35. Re2 Qc5 36. Qc3 Qb4 37. Qe3
e5 38. fxe5 dxe5 39. Rxd8 Bxd8 40. Qxe5 Qxc4 41. Bxf6 
Qd3+ 42. Kc1 Qc4+ 43. Kd1 Nb4 
 
 
 
 1
 
 
 50. Rh8+ Kg6 51. Rh6+ Kf5 52. Qe5# (52. Qf3#) 1-0

  773. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 d5 5. e3 O-O


6. Nf3 Re8 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5
1 Bxd2 11. dxc6 Ba5 12. cxd7 Bxd7 13. Ne5 Re7 14. Qh5 h6
15. f4 Be8 16. f5 f6 17. Ng6 exf5 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxf5

44. Qe8+ Kxf6 45. Qe5+ Kf7 46. Qg7# 1-0
Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxd4 21. Rad1 Qe5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Bc4
Qg5

771. 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 c6 6.


Bc4 e6 7. d4 b6 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. cxb6 axb6 10. Nge2 d6 11.
O-O dxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. f4 f6 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qb3 b5
16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Nd4 b4 18. Nce2 c5 19. Nf3 d4 20. Ng3
Qa5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Ng5 Qxa2 23. Qc2 Qg8 24. Bc1
Nd7 25. N3e4 Ba6 26. Rf3 d3 27. Qf2 Bd4 28. Be3 Bxe3
29. Qxe3 Rae8 30. Nxh7 Kxh7 31. Rh3+ Kg6 32. f5+ Kf7
33. Rxd3 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Rxe4 35. Qxd7+ Re7 36. Qd5+
Ke8 37. Qc6+ Rd7 38. Qc8+ Ke7 39. Re3+ Kf6 40. Qc6+
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 776. 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6.


Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Ne5 c5
 11. f4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15.
Be1 f6 16. Qd3 f5 17. a4 Kh8 18. g4 Ndf6 19. Bh4 Bd7 20.
  Rf3 Be8 21. Rh3 Qd6 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Rd1 cxd4 24. exd4
Qa3 25. Be6 g6 26. Bg5 Nxg5 27. fxg5 Ne4
 
 
 
 
 
  1 

24. Qg8+ Ke7 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Qd6# 1-0   
774. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 e4 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. 
e3 d5 7. cxd5 Nb4 8. Bc4 Nbxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe4
Nxe3 11. Bxe3 fxe4 12. Qh5+ Kd7
 
 
28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh3+ Kg7 30. Qh6# 1-0
 777. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6
 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Qd2 b5
11. f5 Nc5 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Bf3 b4 14. Nce2 e5 15. Nb3
 Ncxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qd5 Bb7 18. Qf7+ Kd7 19.
Qf5+ Kd8 20. Rad1 Bf6 21. Nd2 Qd7 22. Qh5 Qc6 23.
  Qg4 Ke7 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qg7+ Ke6 26. Nf3 Qc8 27.
 Ned4+ exd4 28. Nxd4+ Kd5 29. Qf7+ Kc5 30. Ne6+ Kc6
31. Nd4+ Kb6 32. Nb3+ Kb5 33. Nd4+ Kb6 34. Nf5+ Ka5
 35. a3 bxa3 36. Ra1 Nc5 37. Nxd6 Qc6 38. Rxa3+ Na4

 
  
  
13. Qd5+ Bd6 (13... Ke7 14. Bg5+ Ke8 15. Qxd8# (15.
Qf7#)) (13... Ke8 14. Qf7#) 14. Qf5+ (14. Qe6+ Kc6 15. 
d5#) 14... Kc6 (14... Ke8 15. Qf7#) (14... Ke7 15. Qf7#)
15. Qb5# (15. d5#) 1-0


775. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5
6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O Bf6 10. Re1 
O-O 11. Ne4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh7
Re8 15. Bxh6 Nf5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Qh5 fxg5 18. Nxg5 Nf4 
19. Qf7+ Kh8 20. Bxf5 Rf8 21. Rad1 Bd7 22. h4 Qa5 23.
Qxd7 Qxf5 24. g3 Rac8 25. Qxb7 Nh3+ 26. Nxh3 Qxh3 27.

Qe4 Rc5 28. Re2 e5 29. Qg6 Qc8 30. Rde1 Rc1 31. Rxe5
Qc4

39. Rxa4+ Qxa4 (39... Kxa4 40. Qa2+ Kb4 41. Qa3#) 40.


Qc7+ Kb4 41. Qc3# (41. Qc5#) (41. Bd2#) 1-0

 778. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bb4


6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe1 Bg4 9. d3 Nc5 10. Qg3
 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne6 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. d4 Ne7
15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rf2 Ng6 17. Rbf1 Qd7 18. Bh5 Qa4 19.
  Bc1 Re7 20. Bg4 Rbe8 21. h4 c5 22. h5 Ngf8 23. Bh6 Kh8
24. Be3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Kg8 26. h6 Ng6 27. c3 Qc6 28. hxg7
 Nxg7 29. Bd2 Ne6 30. Rf6 Qc4 31. Bh6 Nxd4 32. e6 Rxe6
 33. Rxf7 Ne2+ 34. Bxe2 Qc5+ 35. Kh2 Rxe2 36. Rg7+ Kh8
37. Rff7 Qc6




32. Rh5+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf7 34. Rf5# 1-0

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 781. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e4


Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. Bd3 Nbc6 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Bxd2
 O-O 10. Bc3 a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. a3 Ng6 13. g3 f5 14. e5 Qd5
15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Ba2 Qd7 17. d5 exd5 18. Rad1 Nce7 19.
  e6 Qd6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nf7 Qb6 22. h4 c5 23. h5 Nh8 24.
Qe5 d4 25. Rxd4 Nc6
 
 
 
 
 
 

38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rfg7+ Kf8 40. Rxg6# 1-0 
779. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 
Nb6 6. Nh3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. f4 Bg4 9. Nf2 Bc8 10. fxe5
Nxe5 11. d4 Nc6 12. e3 O-O 13. Nd3 Rb8 14. b3 Nb4 15.
 
Nf4 c5 16. d5 Bf6 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. a3 Na6 19. Qd2 Nc7
20. Rad1 Be5 21. Nd3 b6 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. d6 Ne6 24.

26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rg4+ Kh7 28. Rg7# 1-0
Nd5 Ng6 25. h4 Re8 26. Qf2 Rb7 27. h5 Ngf8 28. h6 Rd7
29. hxg7 Nxg7 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxd7 Qxd7 32. Qxf7 Ne6 782. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5
 6. Bb3 Nxe4 7. Nc3 Nc5 8. d4 Nxb3 9. axb3 b4 10. Nd5 e4
11. Ng5 f5 12. Re1 Be7 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh6 Bf8 15. Nxe4
 fxe4 16. Rxe4+ Kf7 17. Qf4+ Kg7 18. Nxc7 Ra7 19. Ne8+
Kg8 20. Qxf8+ Kxf8 21. Bh6+ Kf7 22. Nd6+ Kf6 23. Rae1
  g5 24. h4 Qa5 25. hxg5+ Kg6 26. Rf4 Qd5 27. Rf6+ Kh5 28.
Re3 Qxd4 29. Rh3+ Qh4 30. Rxh4+ Kxh4 31. f3 Ne5 32.
 Kh2 Rg8 33. Nf5+ Kh5

 
 
 
 
   
 

33. Bxg7+ Nxg7 34. Qf8+ Rxf8 35. Rxf8# 1-0

780. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6


6. d4 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Nb6 9. Ne5 Nfxd5 10. 
Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12. Rxf4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qg5 14.
Qd4 Bh3 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qe3 c6 17. Rf1 Be6 18. Be4

Rd7 19. h4 Qh5 20. Qxa7 Qxe5 21. b3 Rfd8 22. Bd3 Bd5
23. Rf5 Qb2 24. Qe3 Bxg2 25. Re5 Rf8 26. Rf2 Bh3 27.

34. Ng3+ Kh4 35. Rf4+ Ng4+ 36. Rxg4# 1-0
Re8 Bg4 28. Qe4 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 g6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.
Qxg4 Re7 32. Qf4 Qxa2 33. Qf6 Rd7 783. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2
 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8. Nb5 Qa5 9. N1c3 a6 10.
Na3 Be6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qa4 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 b5 14. Nc5
 Bc8 15. Be3 e5 16. Nd3 Bg4 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Rac1 Nd4 19.
Bxd4 Nxd3 20. Bc6+ Kf7 21. exd3 Rxd4 22. Nc2 Rxd3 23.
 Bb7 a5 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Ba6 Rd2 26. Bxb5 Rxb2 27. a4
Bb4 28. Red1 e4 29. Rc7+ Kg6 30. Bd7 Bxd7 31. Rdxd7
 Rg8 32. g4 Be1 33. Nd1 Ra2 34. Kf1 Bd2 35. Rc4 Rb8 36.
Rcd4 Bh6 37. Nc3 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 e3 39. f4 Ra3






34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Re2+ Kd6 36. Qe5# 1-0

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 11. b4+ $1 ( { White actually played } 11. Qd5+ Kb4 12. a3+
Kb3 13. Ba4#) 11... Nxb4 (11... Kxb4 12. Ba3#) 12. d4#
 1-0

  786. 1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Be2 c5 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6.


Qe1 O-O 7. Kh1 Nc6 8. d3 Qc7 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Qh4 Bb7
 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 e4 15. Ng5 Nd4
 16. Ndxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rae8 19. Qg4 f6
20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. c3 Qxf5 23. Qg3 Qc2 24.
 Bd3 Qxb2 25. cxd4 f5 26. Rae1 Bxd4 27. Bxf5 Qxa2 28.
Be6 Qb2 29. Rb1 Qe2 30. Rbe1 Qh5 31. Bd6 Rxf1+ 32.
 Rxf1 Qe2 33. Re1 Qh5 34. Bb3 b5 35. Rf1 Qe2 36. Qf4
Qe3 37. Qf7 Qe1 38. Bf8 c4 39. Bc2 Qxf1+ 40. Qxf1 Bc3
1 41. Be7 Kg7 42. Qf3 b4 43. Bh4 Rf8 44. Bf5 Rf7 45. Qh5
Kf8 46. Qh6+ Ke8 47. Qe6+ Kf8 48. Bg5 b3 49. Bh6+ Bg7

 
40. f5+ Kg5 41. Kg3 { with h4# on the next mate in three. } 41... 
e2 42. h4# 1-0

784. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6.
Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. h4 c6 11.
 
d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nb6 13. b3 Ng8 14. h5 g5 15. g4 Bd7 16. 

a4 Bf6 17. Ng3 Ne7 18. Bd3 a6 19. Kf2 Be8 20. Rhc1 Nd7
21. b4 Rc8 22. Kg2 Nb6 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. a5 Na8 25. b5
axb5 26. Qb2 Rc7 27. Qb4 Ng8 28. Bxb5 Be7 29. Bxd7
Qxd7 30. Qb5 Bd8 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Nb5 Ne7 33. a6 
Bb6 34. Bxb6 Nxb6 35. axb7 Rb8 36. Ra7 Rbxb7 37. Rxb7
Rxb7 38. Nxd6 Rd7 39. Nxf7 Nexd5 40. Nxe5 Nf4+ 41. Kf1 
Re7 42. Ng6 Ra7 43. Nf5 Nd7 44. Nxf4 gxf4 45. Rc6 Ra1+
46. Kg2 Ra2+ 47. Kh3 Ne5 48. Rxh6+ Kg8 49. Rf6 Nxf3
1
50. Ne7+ Kg7 51. Rxf4 Ra3 52. Kg2 Ne1+ 53. Kf1 Nd3 54.
Rf5 Ra4 55. g5 Rxe4 56. h6+ Kh7

50. Qc8+ Ke7 51. Qd7+ Kf6 (51... Kf8 52. Qd8#) 52.


Qe6# 1-0

 787. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6.


Qb3 c6 7. Be2 b6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd1 Bf5 11.
 Nh4 Qd7 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 b5 15. Rc1 Rfc8
16. Kh1 Bh6 17. g3 Kh8 18. Bf3 Rg8 19. Be2 Rac8 20. Bf3
 Rg6 21. Re1 Rcg8 22. Re2 Bg7 23. a3 Ne4 24. Bh5 Rh6 25.
Nxe4 fxe4 26. Rec2 Na5 27. Rc7 Qh3 28. g4 Bf6 29. Rc8
  Bh4 30. Bxf7 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kg7 32. Bxd5 Rf6 33. Rg8+
 Kh6 34. g5+ Bxg5 35. Qg1 Bh4

 
  
1 
 
57. Rf7+ Kh8 58. Ng6+ Kg8 59. Rg7# 1-0 
785. 1. e3 d5 2. c4 e5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Nf3 
Nc6 6. Bb5 f6 7. Nxe5 Bd7 8. Qh5+ Ke7 9. Qf7+ Kd6 10.
Nc4+ Kc5 
 
 1
  
36. Qg7+ Kh5 37. Qxh7+ Rh6 38. Bf7# 1-0
 788. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6.
 O-O c5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5
 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rfc1 Bd7 13. Na2 Ne4 14. Be1 Be7 15.
b4 Qb6 16. Rab1 Rfd8 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5
 Na5 20. Bc3 Nd5 21. Bd4 Qd6 22. Bc5 Qb8 23. Bxe7
Nxe7 24. Nc3 Be8 25. Ne4 b6 26. g4 f6 27. Nd4 e5 28. Ne6
 Rd7 29. f4 exf4 30. exf4 Ng6 31. f5 Ne5 32. Nf2 Bf7 33.
Be4 Raa7 34. g5 fxg5 35. Nxg5 Nb3 36. Rd1 Nd4 37. Qe3
  Nc4 38. Qh3 Qf4 39. Qxh7+ Kf8 40. Qh8+ Bg8 41. Nfh3
Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Nd2 43. Re1 Ne2 44. Rxe2 Qxe2 45. Nf4
 Qxe4+ 46. Nxe4 Nxb1

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1  

47. Ne6+ Ke7 (47... Ke8 48. Qxg8+ Ke7 49. Qf8#) 48.

35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. R1f7+ Kxh6 37. Rh8# 1-0
Qxg7+ Bf7 49. Qf8# 1-0
791. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 4. Ngf3 c5 5. e3
789. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb6 6. Rb1 e6 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2
Qb3 c6 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Ba6 11. b6 11. e4 cxd4 12. exd5 dxc3 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ne4 Nxe4
Rfe1 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qb6 15. 15. Bxe4 Ba6 16. Re1 Rae8 17. Rc1 Nf6 18. Rxc3 Qb8 19.
Rac1 Bb7 16. Qg4 Rad8 17. e4 e5 18. Bg5 exd4 19. Bxd8 Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ne5 Bxe5


Rxd8 20. Qh4 Nf8 21. Bd3 Rc8 22. e5 c5 23. Be4 Ne6 24.
Rcd1 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd8 26. h4 c4 27. h5 Bf8 28. hxg6
hxg6 29. g3 Be7 30. Kg2 b4 31. Rh1 Bf8 32. Rh3 Bg7 33.
Rdh1 c3 34. Rh7 d3 35. Qh4 Kf8 36. Rxg7 Nxg7 37. Qh8+ 
Ke7 38. Qxg7 d2 39. Ng5 Qc6+ 40. f3 Rf8 41. bxc3 bxc3 42.
Ne4 Rc8 43. Nxc3 Qxc3 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
22. Rh3+ Kg7 (22... Kg6 23. Qg4+ (23. Qh5+ Kg7 24.
1 Qh7#) 23... Kf7 24. Rh7#) 23. Qg4+ Kf7 24. Rh7# 1-0

  792. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O


Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3

44. Qf6+ Kd7 (44... Ke8 45. Rh8+ Kd7 46. Qd6#) 45.
O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Rad1 Nc4 14. Bxc4
bxc4 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. f4 f5 19.
Qd6+ Ke8 46. Rh8# 1-0 exf6 gxf6 20. f5 Bf7 21. Qf2 Rfc8 22. Rde1 Kh8 23. Bf4
Qf8 24. Qh4 Qd8 25. Bh6 Qd6 26. Re6 Qd8 27. Rxf6 d4
790. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Nc6 28. Rf3 d3 29. Rg3 d2 30. Bg7+ Kg8


6. Bb5 Be7 7. Qe2 Nc5 8. d4 Ne6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O-O
a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. h4 Qd7 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 Nb4 15.
Ng5 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 g6 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. Nxe6+ Qxe6 19.
h5 Rh8 20. h6+ Kh7 21. Qxd5 c6 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Kb1 b4 
24. Ne4 Qf5 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Qxf5 Bxf5 27. Nxg5+ Kh8
28. Rf3 Rad8 29. Rf4 f6 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Rhf1 Rd5 32. Kc1 
c5 33. g4 Bxg4 34. Rxf6 Rxg5 






31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rh6+ Kg8 33. Rh8# 1-0

793. 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6


6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe1 Nb6 10. Rd1

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
Qd6 11. Qh4 Nbd5 12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. c4 Rf8
15. c5 Qc7 16. Nc4 b5 17. Ne5 O-O-O 18. a4 h6 19. Bd2
Nd5 20. Qe1 Rde8 21. Rb1 a6 22. c4 Nf6 23. cxb5 axb5 24.
axb5 Qa7 25. bxc6 Bxc5 26. cxd7+ Nxd7 27. Nc6 Bxd4+  
28. Kh1 Qa3 29. Qe4 Bc5 30. Ba5 Nf6 31. Rb8+ Kd7

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 47. Qxh4+ Bxh4 48. Bg7+ Kh5 49. g4# 1-0

 1 796. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6


6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Bg4 10. Qd3 Qc8

32. Rb7+ Kd6 (32... Kc8 33. Rc7#) 33. Qe5+ Kxc6 34.
11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. b3 Bh3 15.
Rae1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. f4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc7 19. Nd1
Rc7# 1-0 a5 20. Ne3 Rfd8 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. Qf3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24.
Ne3 Rf8 25. Qh5 Qd7 26. Nc4 Ra8 27. Nb6 Qe8 28. Qe2
794. 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 Ra7 29. Nc4 Qf7 30. Rd1 Re8 31. Rfe1 Bc3 32. Nxd6 Qg6
6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Nge2 Bg4 10. Qb3 33. Qc4+ Kh7 34. Re6 Qg4 35. Nxe8 Qxd1 36. Qxc3 Qg4
a5 11. f3 a4 12. Qd1 Bh5 13. d5 Ne5 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. 37. Rxh6+ Kxh6


O-O Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Nb5 O-O 19.
Ned4 Rfc8 20. b3 Ra5 21. Qe2 g5 22. Rae1 axb3 23. axb3
Rca8 24. Qe4 g6 25. Nc3 Bg7 26. Qe3 Ra3 27. Rb1 Re8
28. Qd2 Rc8 29. Ndb5 Ra5 30. Ne4 Rxb5 31. cxb5 Qxb5 
32. Kh1 Rd8 33. Qxg5 Rd7 34. Rfc1 Nd3 35. Rc8+ Kh7

 
  
 
 
 1
 
 
 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. Qg7+ Kh5 40. Qh7# 1-0

 1 797. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6.


e5 Bc5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bb3 Na5 9. c3 d3 10. Ng5 Nxb3

36. Qh4+ Bh6 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Rg8# 1-0
11. Qxb3 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qf7+ Kd7 14. b4 Bb6 15.
Re1 Qf6 16. Qc4 Ke8 17. Bf4 h6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6
Qf7 20. Nd2 Kf8 21. Rae1 Ng6 22. h4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Kg8
795. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. 24. Re7 Qf6 25. Qc4+ Kh7 26. R1e6 Qf8 27. Qxd3 Rd8 28.
Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. b3 d5 Qg3 Rg8


11. Bb2 Nb4 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. f4 a6 15. a3
Nc6 16. Bd3 dxc4 17. bxc4 g6 18. Kh1 Na7 19. a4 Nc6 20.
Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rae1 Bd8 22. Qf2 Qd7 23. Nf3 Bxa4 24.
Ne5 Qb7 25. d5 exd5 26. Qd4 h5 27. cxd5 Bb5 28. Bxb5 
axb5 29. Nc6 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. Ba3 Re8 32. Rxe8+
Qxe8 33. Rd1 Be7 34. Bb2 Qc6 35. h3 Qc5 36. Qd3 b4 37. 
Qe2 Kf8 38. Rc1 Qd6 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Be5 Qd7 41. Qa6
Kh6 42. Rh8+ Nh7 43. Qxb6 h4 44. Qf2 Qf5 45. Kh2 Qd3
 
46. Rg8 b3 





29. Rxh6+ Kxh6 30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Qh5# 1-0

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798. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 


6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. g4 Be6 10. Nd3 Na6
11. Bg3 c5 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb4 14. Nb5 Na6 15. Bf3 
Qb6 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rae1
Nd7 20. Bg2 Kf7 21. g5 Rfc8 22. c3 Nf8 23. Re2 Rc6 24. a4

Rc4 25. b3 Rc6 26. Rfe1 Rb6 27. c4 Nb4 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29.
Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxe7+ Kg8 31. Nc7 Rc8 32. Nxd5 Rxb3 33.
 
Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Be5 Rb1+ 37.  
Kg2 Re1

 
 
  1
 
 25. Qa8+ Bb8 26. Rc5+ bxc5 27. Qxb8# (27. Qb7#) 1-0

 801. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 f5 4. exf5 exf5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6.


 Ndf3 Bd6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Kh8 9. c4 b6 10. Qc2 dxc4
11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Qb3 g5 15. Be5
1 Kh7 16. Rad1 Nc6 17. Qc2 Ne7 18. Ng3 Nfd5 19. Rfe1
Bb7 20. h4 g4 21. Nh2 Ng6 22. h5 Nh4 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24.
 Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxg4 Qg5 26. Ne3 Be6 27. Qc7+ Rf7 28.
Qxd6 Bxa2 29. Ra1 f4 30. Rxa2 fxe3 31. Rxe3 Raf8 32. b4

38. Ne4+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rxg6# 1-0
Rf4 33. Rxa7+ R8f7 34. Ree7 Kg8 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Raa8
Rxf2

799. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 


6. h3 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Bg5 e6 10. O-O Be7
11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Qa5 13. Bd2 d5 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. exd5   
Nxd5 16. c4 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Na5
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qxa5 22. Be4 Ra7 23. Qe3

Rc7 24. Rg1 O-O 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rg1+ Kf6 
 
 
 
 
 
 

37. Rg8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. Rag8# 1-0

 802. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5


6. d5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 e5 10. e4 d6 11.
1 Bd3 Na6 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. O-O Ke7 14. Rab1 Qc7 15. f4
Rag8 16. Ng3 h5 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Qf2 Rg7 19. Qf6+ Kf8

27. Qf4+ Qf5 28. Nd5+ exd5 29. Qxf5# 1-0
20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Rxb7 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rg8+ 23. Kh1
Qxb7 24. Qxd6+ Qe7 25. Qh6+ Rg7 26. Rxf5 Nb8 27.
Qh8+ Rg8 28. Qxe5 Nd7 29. Qf4 f6 30. e5 Qg7 31. Qf2
800. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Qg4 32. e6 Nb6 33. Qxc5+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kh8
Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Bb3 Nfxd5 9. Nd4 Nxc3
10. bxc3 Bg6 11. Qe2 e6 12. h4 c5 13. h5 Bd3 14. Qxd3 
cxd4 15. Qb5+ Nd7 16. cxd4 Bd6 17. h6 Qf6 18. Bb2 Bg3+
19. Kf1 O-O-O 20. Rb1 gxh6 21. Rh5 Rhg8 22. Bc3 Qg6 
23. Bxe6 b6 24. Qc6+ Bc7 

 



1
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
35. Qxf6+ Rg7 (35... Kh7 36. Rxh5#) 36. Qf8+ Rg8 (36...
Kh7 37. Rxh5#) 37. Qh6# 1-0

803. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 c6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. cxd5 Bc5 


6. e3 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nf3 a6 9. a4 a5 10. O-O h6 11. Nd2
Na6 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Bf3 Ne8 15. Nd2 Bc5

16. Nc4 b6 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Be4 Bxe4 20.
Nxe4 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Nxd5 23. Rd1 Qh4 24.

Qf3 Nec7 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Nexd6 Rd8 27. Nf5 Qf6 28. Qg4  
Ne7 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Nxb6 Rb8 31. Nc4 Qc5 32. h4 h5
33. Qe4 Rb4 34. b3 Rxb3 35. Rd1 Ne6 36. Rd5 Qb4 37. 
Rxe5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Nf8

  
 
 
 46. Rf6+ Kh5 47. Rg5+ Kxh4 48. Rh6# 1-0

 806. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6.

 
Nf3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7
11. Qc2 e5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
 Bxe4 exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Bb2 dxe3 18. Rae1 e2 19.
Rxe2 Be6 20. Qc3 f6 21. Re3 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. Bb1
 Bf7 24. Qc2 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qd6 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+
Ke7 28. Qxg7 Rg8 29. Qxh6 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qd2+ 31. Kf3
 Qxb2 32. Kg3 Qxa3 33. Rd1 Ne5 34. Qf4 b5 35. Qd4 Nc4

 
39. Qd5+ Kh7 (39... Kh8 40. Rxh5+ Nh7 41. Qd8#) (39...
Ne6 40. Qxe6+ Kh7 (40... Kf8 41. Rf5# (41. Qe8#)) 41. 
Rxh5#) 40. Rxh5+ Kg6 41. Qf5# 1-0

804. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6.
Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6

11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. Qe2 e5 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. 
Nh4 e4 16. Bb3 Rfe8 17. Nf5 Nf8 18. Ba4 Bc6 19. Bxc6
Qxc6 20. c4 Qe6 21. Ng3 Ng6 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 
bxc5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qc2 Qe5 26. h3 h5 27. Rd5 Qa1+
28. Kh2 h4 29. Nxe4 Rb8 30. Qd3 Rb1 31. Rd8+ Kh7 
 
  
 
36. Qd8+ Ke6 37. Qd7+ Ke5 38. Qf5# 1-0
 807. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. d3


g6 11. Qe3 Re8 12. Nc3 Nf8 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. a4 c5 15. a5
Bg7 16. Nc3 Ne6 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Nd2 Nd4 19. Nc4 Qd8
  20. Qd2 Be6 21. Nc3 Qh4 22. Bc1 f5 23. Ra2 h6 24. f3
Rad8 25. Ba3 Bxc4 26. bxc4 b6 27. Nd5 fxe4 28. fxe4 Ne6
 29. axb6 cxb6 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Rb8 32. Bb2 Nf4 33.
Nxf4 exf4 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Rxa6 g5 36. g3 fxg3 37. hxg3
 Re6 38. Ra7+ Kg6 39. Rff7 Kh5 40. Kg2 Kg4 41. Rg7 b5
42. Raf7 bxc4

32. Ng5+ Kh6 33. Nxf7+ Kh7 (33... Kh5 34. Qf5# (34.
Qe2#)) 34. Rh8# 1-0

805. 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 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15.
Bd3 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Ng3 Bb4 18. Re2 f5 19. exf6
Nxg3 20. fxg3 Qxg3 21. Bf5 d4 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Bxc8
Bxf3 24. Qd3 Rxc8 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. fxg7+ Kxg7 27. gxf3
d3 28. Rg2+ Kf6 29. Bg5+ Kf5 30. Rd1 Rc2 31. h4 d2 32.
Bxd2 Rxb2 33. Rg5+ Ke6 34. Re1+ Kf6 35. Bxb4 Rxb4 36.
Re4 Rb2 37. Rf4+ Ke6 38. Re4+ Kf6 39. Rg2 Rb1+ 40. Kh2
Nc4 41. Rge2 a5 42. Rf4+ Kg6 43. Rg2+ Kh5 44. Rf5+ Kh6
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 
  
  
 
 
 
1 
 

43. Rf4+ Kh5 44. Rh4+ gxh4 45. g4# 1-0

38. Qa8+ Qd8 (38... Qc8 39. Qxc8#) 39. d7+ Kxd7 40.
Qc6# 1-0
808. 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6.
O-O Nbd7 7. Bb2 Bc5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d4 Be7 10. h3 Ne4 810. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5
11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13. b4 b6 14. Rc1 a5 15. bxa5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 Na5 8. Nxe5 Nxb3 9. axb3 O-O 10. d3
bxa5 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. c5 Qa6 18. Rfe1 Rfb8 19. f3 Bg6 20. Re8 11. f4 Bb7 12. Ng4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nc3 Nf8 15. d4
Kh2 Qb5 21. Qd1 h5 22. a4 Qb7 23. e4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Qc7 c5 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Ng3 Rac8 18. c3 Bh4 19. Nh5 Qf5 20.
25. e5 Nd5 26. Nc4 h4 27. g4 Nxc3 28. Rxc3 Rb4 29. Qf3 Ne3 Qd7 21. g3 Be7 22. f5 Bg5 23. Qg4 Qd8 24. Nxg7
Rd8 30. Rd1 Rxa4 31. Nd6 Ra2 32. Rf1 Rb8 33. Rb3 Rxb3 Kxg7 25. f6+ Kg6 26. Qf5+ Kh5 27. g4+ Kh6 28. h4 Ne6


34. Qxb3 Rd2 35. Qa4 Bxd6 36. exd6 Be4 37. Rg1 Qb7 38.
Qxa5 Re2 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qxh4+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42.
d7 Qb2

 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Qxg5+ Nxg5 30. Nf5+ Kg6 31. h5# 1-0


43. Qh4+ Kg6 (43... Kg8 44. d8=Q#) 44. Qh5+ Kf6 45.
811. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3
Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Bd3 Ne5 9. Nb5 Qb8 10.
d8=Q# (45. d8=B#) 1-0 Be2 a6 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. f4 Ng6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3
Nxe4 15. Qd4 Nf6 16. g4 O-O 17. f5 exf5 18. gxf5 Ne7 19.
809. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. c3 d6 Rf2 Nc6 20. Qh4 Qe5 21. Bf4 Qxc3 22. Rg2 Nd4 23.
6. d4 Bd7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc4 Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rg2 Nxb3 25. Rd1 Rg8 26. Bg5 Ne8 27.
Qc8 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Nf3 Bf6 13. Be3 b6 14. Ba6 Qd8 15. Rd3 Qa1+ 28. Bd1 d6


Rfd1 Nd6 16. c4 Qe7 17. c5 Ne8 18. b4 g6 19. Qc2 Bg4 20.
Be2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Ng7 22. Bg4 Ne6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24.
Rd5 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Qe7 26. Qd3 c6 27. Rd6 Rxd6 28. cxd6
Qd7 29. b5 c5 30. Qd5 Rc8 31. Bd2 c4 32. Bb4 c3 33. Rc1 
c2 34. Qd3 Bg7 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Kf8 37. Qc6 Ke8




 
 


29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rh3+ Kg7 31. Be7# 1-0

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812. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6


6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Nxc4 
Qxg5 11. O-O-O b5 12. h4 Qh6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Ng4 16. Rd2 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qxc6 Rb8 
19. Qe4 Qf5 20. Qd4 Qh5 21. f3 Ne5 22. Be2 Nc6 23. Qd6
Rb6 24. f4 Qe8 25. h5 Na5 26. Qd4 Qc6+ 27. Kb1 Qxg2

28. Rh4 Bb7 29. f5 Qd5 30. Qb4 Qxf5+ 31. Bd3 Qg5 32.
Rg4 Qxe3 33. Qc3 Qe1+ 34. Kc2 Rc8 35. Bxh7+ Kf8 36.

Rd8+ Ke7 37. Rxc8 Qe2+ 38. Kb1 Nc4 
 
  
 
 1
 
37. Ng5+ Kg6 38. Qh7+ Kf6 39. Qf7# 1-0
 
 815. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
6. f4 Bg7 7. e5 Nh5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. e6 Bxb5 10. exf7+
 Kxf7 11. Ndxb5 Nf6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qe2
Rhf8 15. Rae1 Kg8 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Bg1 Nh5 18. Nd5 e5
1 19. f5 Rxf5 20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21. Nbc7 Qf7 22. Nxa8 Qxd5 23.
Nc7 Qxa2 24. Qb5 h6 25. Qxb7 Qc4 26. Ne8 Qxc2 27. Rf1
 Qe4


39. Qxg7+ Kd6 40. Qc7+ (40. Rd4+ Bd5 41. Qc7#) 40...
Kd5 41. Qc5# 1-0

813. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 


6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. h4 e5 13. Be3 Ne8 14. h5 Qf6 15.
 
hxg6 Qxg6 16. g5 f6 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Qh2
Rad8 20. Rdg1 Qe8 21. Bg5 Qe7 22. Be6 Rf7 23. Bf5 Bf8


 
 
 
  1
 
 28. Qxg7+ Nxg7 29. Rf8+ Kh7 30. Nf6# 1-0

 816. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3


 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. f4 d6
11. Rae1 Be7 12. a3 O-O 13. g4 g5 14. fxg5 Nd7 15. Nxc6
  Bxc6 16. Rf3 Ne5 17. Rh3 Kh8 18. Qf2 Rg8

 
24. Bxf6+ Qxf6 (24... Rxf6 25. Qxh7+ Qxh7 26. Rxh7#)
25. Qxh7+ Rxh7 26. Rxh7# 1-0 
814. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6

6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qd2 Nec6 10. Nd1
Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. c3 d5 14. Nf2 d4 15.

Bd2 dxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rac1 f6 19. Be3 
e5 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Be4 Qd7 23. g4 Ne7 24.
Qf3 Bxe4 25. dxe4 Qe6 26. h4 h5 27. gxh5 Kh7 28. Kh1 
Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 f5 30. Nh3 Qc6 31. Rg1 fxe4 32. Rxg7+
Kxg7 33. h6+ Kg8 34. h7+ Kg7 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. h8=Q+  
Kf7 


19. Rxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh4+ Kg7 (20... Kg6 21. Qh6#) 21.
Qh6# 1-0

817. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7


6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11.
Bc2 g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Qd2 Nd8 15. Bh6

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Bh8 16. Ng3 c5 17. d5 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Bxa4 c4 20. Qe2
Bb5 21. Qe3 Qd7 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Nd2
Rc8 25. Rxa6 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qxf5 27. Rxd6 Nb7 28. g4 Qc2
29. Rd7 Nc5 30. Ra7 Nb3 31. Qf3 f5 32. Nxb3 cxb3 33. gxf5 
Qxf5 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Kh1 Bf6 36. Rg1+ Kh8 37. Rf7
Red8 38. Rxf6 Rxd5 39. Rxf5 Rd3 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
38. Qg7+ Kh5 (38... Kf5 39. g4#) 39. g4+ Kh4 40. Qh6#
 (40. Qf6#) (40. Qe7#) 1-0

1 820. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7


6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O Ne5 9. Bf4 d6 10. Bg3 b5

40. Bg7+ Kg8 41. Bxe5+ Rg3 42. Rxg3# 1-0
11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bb7
15. Bf4 O-O 16. Qh3 Qc5 17. Rfe1 g6 18. e5 Nh5 19. Bh6
Rfd8 20. Ne4 Qc6 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Re3
818. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d3 Bd7 Rad8 24. Rde1 f5 25. Re5 Nf6 26. f3 Nd5 27. Bg5 Rf8 28.
6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1 Nge7 9. Ne3 O-O 10. h4 h5 Bd2 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Qd4 30. Qg3 Rf6 31. Bg5 Rf7 32. Rxe6
11. g4 hxg4 12. Ng5 Qc8 13. f3 b5 14. Bc2 Nd8 15. fxg4 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Qxb2 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Qh4 h5 36. Qe1 b4
Ne6 16. Nf5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxf5 19. Rg1 f6 37. h4 Qd4 38. Re6 a5 39. Re8 Bc6 40. Re6 Bd7 41. Qe5+
20. Bb3+ Be6 21. exf5 Bxb3 22. Qxb3+ Kh7 23. O-O-O Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Bc6 43. Re6 Bb7 44. Rd6 Nc3 45. Be3 Re7
Qxf5 24. Bd2 Bh6 25. Rdf1 Bxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Qh5 27. Qe6 46. Bd4+ Kh7 47. Rd8 Kh6 48. Bc4 f4 49. Bf6 Rc7


Qh6+ 28. Kc2 Rac8 29. Qd7+ Kh8 30. Rf5 Rcd8 31. Qxc7
Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Rxg8 33. Qf7 Rg2+ 34. Kb3 Rg6 35. h5 Rg7
36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qxd6 Qc1 38. a3 a5 39. Ka2 a4 40. Rxf6
b4 41. Qxb4 Qd1 42. Qe4+ Kg8 43. Qd5+ Kh7 44. h6 Ra7 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 1
1 
50. Rh8+ Rh7 51. Bg5+ Kg7 52. Rg8# 1-0
 821. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O

45. Qe4+ Kg8 (45... Kh8 46. Rf8#) 46. Qg6+ Kh8 (46...
Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7
11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Rg7 47. Qxg7#) 47. Rf8# 1-0 Bg5 h6 16. Bc1 c5 17. d5 c4 18. Nf1 Nc5 19. g4 Bg7 20.
Ng3 Bc8 21. Kh2 Qc7 22. Rg1 a5 23. Qe2 Ba6 24. Nh4
819. 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nd2 Nbd7 Kh7 25. Qf3 Ng8 26. g5 hxg5 27. Bxg5 Bc8 28. Ngf5 Bxf5
6. Ngf3 c5 7. c3 Ng4 8. Qe2 c4 9. Bc2 f5 10. b3 cxb3 11. 29. exf5 e4 30. Qg4 Qd7 31. Nxg6 Nh6 32. Bxh6 Bxh6 33.
Bxb3 e6 12. Ba3 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. c4 Nb6 15. c5 Nd7 Qh5 f6 34. Rg4 Rg8 35. Rag1 Nd3
16. O-O Nb8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ne5 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20.
Bc2 Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Ba4 Qc7 23. Rab1 Kg7 24. Rb2
Bd7 25. Qa6 Rab8 26. Rfb1 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Rb8 28. Rxb8
Qxb8 29. Bxc6 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Bxc6 31. Qxc6 Qd3 32.
Qb7+ Kh6 33. Qb3 Qa6 34. Qb4 g5 35. fxg5+ Kxg5 36.
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 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 1

36. Nf8+ Raxf8 (36... Rgxf8 37. Qxh6+ Kxh6 38. Rh4#)

49. Qh8+ Kg6 50. Ne5+ Kh5 51. Bg4# 1-0
37. Qxh6+ Kxh6 38. Rh4# 1-0
824. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. b3 Nbd7 6.
822. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O Bb2 Bd6 7. Nc3 Nf8 8. d4 Ng6 9. O-O h5 10. Qd3 h4 11.
6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 a5 e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qe7 14. Qc2 Bd7 15.
11. a4 Qb8 12. Qc1 Nb4 13. Ba3 b6 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Rfe1 O-O-O 16. d5 hxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. c5 Bb8 19. d6 Qf6
Kxg2 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rd1 Nfd5 18. Bb2 Nb6 19. 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Bg4 22. Qe4 Bd7 23. Re1 Qh6
Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Kg1 Rfd8 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. 24. Re7 f5 25. Qf4 Qf6 26. Qe5 Rhg8 27. Nd4 Qxe5 28.
Qb2+ Kg8 24. Rac1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nc6 26. e3 Rd8 27. R1xe5 Rdf8 29. Bh3 g6 30. Bf1 Re8 31. Bc4 Rgf8 32. f4 b6
Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qd2 Qb8 29. Nxa5 Nxa5 30. Qxa5 Qxb3 33. Ne6 Bxe6 34. Bxe6+ Kd8


31. Qxc5 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kh3 Qxa4 34. Qxe7 Qc6
35. e4 Qc2 36. f4 Qe2 37. f5 Qf1+ 38. Kh4 Qe2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
35. Rd7+ Kc8 36. Rc7+ Kd8 37. Rc8# 1-0

39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. f6+ Kh6 41. Qf8# 1-0 825. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6.
Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Ne2 Be7 10. O-O O-O
823. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 11. Nf4 Ba6 12. Re1 c5 13. e4 c4 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. e5 Nd5
6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d3 b5 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 a6 11. 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rfe8 19. Re3 Nf8
Qc2 h6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nf5 Re8 15. Rfe1 Bf8 20. Rh3 Bc8 21. Rh4 g6 22. Bf6 Nd7 23. Rxh7 Nxf6 24.
16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Ne5 19. Rcd1 Qb6 20. exf6 Qc6 25. Rg7+ Kf8 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Rxg6 Bf5 28. Rh6
f4 Ng6 21. Kh1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qc3 b4 24. Qc2 a5 Qe6 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Bg6 31. Rh7+ Kxf6 32. Qh4+
25. Ne3 Re8 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Nd5 Qb8 28. Qd3 Bc6 29. Kf5 33. g4+ Kf4


h4 Bb5 30. Qd2 Ne7 31. Be5 Qb7 32. Nc7 Rc8 33. Nd5 c4
34. bxc4 Rxc4 35. Ne3 Rc8 36. Bb2 Qa6 37. f5 Ba4 38. Rf1
Qb6 39. f6 gxf6 40. Rxf6 Rc6 41. Ng4 Qc7 42. Rxc6 Qxc6
43. Qd4 f6 44. Nxf6+ Kf7 45. Ng4 Qe6 46. Bh3 Qxa2 47. 
Qf2+ Kg6 48. Qf6+ Kh7
 







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34. Qg3+ Kg5 (34... Ke4 35. Qe3#) 35. f4+ Kf6 36. Qh4#
1-0

826. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 


6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Bf3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7
11. Kh1 Nb6 12. g4 Nc4 13. Bc1 Kh8 14. b3 Ne3 15. Bxe3
 
Qxc3 16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Raxe1 Bd7 18. c4 Rab8 19. Rc1
Rfd8 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5 Be8 22. g5 Nd7 23. Rcd1 Ne5 24.

Bg2 Kg8 25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Bf8 27. Be4 b5 28. Rg1+ Kh8 
29. Rg3 bxc4 30. Rdg1 Ng6 31. h4 d5 32. Bf5 Bd6 33. Rg4
Bd7 34. h5 Bxf5 35. Nxf5 Ne5 36. Bh6 Rg8  
 
 
 1
 
27. Re4+ Kd6 28. Qe7+ Kc6 29. Re6# 1-0

 
829. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6.
c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11.
 O-O Bd6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf4 Nb4 14. Bb1 Ne4 15. Nh3
e5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Nfg5 Bxh3 19. Qxh3
 h6 20. Rxe4 exd4 21. Ne6 Rf6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd7+
Kg6
1 

37. Bg7+ Rxg7 38. fxg7+ Kg8 39. Nh6# 1-0 
827. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6.
 
Nge2 O-O 7. Ng3 Ne8 8. h4 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11.
exf5 e4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Ng5 Re8 14. Be2 Nbd7 15. Kf1

Ne5 16. Ra3 Qc8 17. g4 h5 18. f3 Bd8 19. Rg1 b5 20. axb5 
axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. gxh5 Nxc4 23. h6 Re5 24. Bxc4
bxc4 25. Ne4 Rxd5 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Qe2 Re5 28. Bf4  
Qa1+ 29. Kg2 Nh5 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qd2 Bc7 32. Rg4
Nf4+ 33. Kh2 Qf1 34. h7 Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Qxf3 
 
 
 
24. Rg4+ Kh5 25. Rh4+ Kxh4 (25... Kg6 26. Rxh6#) 26.
 Qh3# 1-0

 830. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3

 
Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nb3 Be6 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3
Nd7 11. f5 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nde5 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Qd2
 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Nd4 16. f6 Nxc2 17. Qg5 Ng6 18. Ne7+
Kh8
 
 

36. h8=Q+ Ke7 37. f6+ Ke6 38. Qc8# 1-0 
828. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6

6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 
11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bc4 Be7 13. Bxe6 O-O 14. O-O Bxg5 15.
Qxg5 Qc5 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Rxf7 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Kxf7 
19. Rf1+ Nf6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Qh5+ Kg7 22. Rf3 Bg4 23.
Rg3 Qf2 24. Rxg4+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qxh7+ Ke6 

 

19. fxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qf6+ Kh6 21. Nf5# 1-0

831. 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. b3 d6 5. exd6 exd6


6. Bb2 N8d7 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10.
Be2 Bf5 11. Nf3 c6 12. O-O Kd7 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. a4 a5

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
15. f4 h5 16. f5 Bh7 17. Rae1 Be7 18. Bf3 Rae8 19. d3 g5
20. fxg6 Bxg6 21. Be4 Ng4 22. Bf5+ Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Ne5 24.
Rd1 Reg8 25. Ne4 Rg6 26. Ne2 Ke6 27. Nc5+ Kxf5 28.
Rf1+ Kg4 29. h3+ Kh4 30. Ne4 Nxd3 31. Bd4 Rhg8 32. 
Rf4+ Rg4

 
 
 
  
 1
 
 
 37. Rg3+ Kf8 (37... Kh7 38. Qg7#) 38. Qh6+ Ke7 39.
Qd6# 1-0
 834. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. c3 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3

33. Bf2+ Nxf2 34. g3+ Kxh3 35. Nxf2# 1-0
Bxf3 7. Qxf3 d5 8. e5 e6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nd2 Ne7 11. g4
Qb6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Rhf8 14. Qg3 f6 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Bg1 Ng8 18. Rh2 Re7 19. Rhe2
832. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 Rde8 20. h4 Qc7 21. Bh2 c5 22. g5 Bg7 23. Bh3 Qc6 24.
6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 d6 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. f4 Qa5 Qg4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Qb6 26. Rc1+ Kd8 27. Nb3 Nf8 28.
11. g4 f5 12. g5 b5 13. Rae1 b4 14. Nd1 d5 15. exd5 exd5 Rec2 Rd7 29. Nc5 Rd6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Qf4 Rc6 32. Nxb7+
16. d4 c4 17. Nc1 Ba6 18. c3 Qd8 19. Bf2 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Qxb7 33. Rxc6 Nd7 34. Qd6 Bxd4


Kh8 21. h4 Qb6 22. Re6 Bc8 23. Re2 Qd8 24. Rfe1 h6 25.
gxh6 Bxh6 26. Bf3 Qd6 27. Bg3 Bg7 28. Bf2 Bf6 29. Kg2
Rf7 30. Rh1 Rg7 31. Kf1 Nd8 32. Be3 Ne6 33. Reh2 Bd7
34. h5 g5 35. h6 Rgg8 36. N1e2 g4 37. Bg2 Kh7 38. Ng3 
Rb6 39. Nxf5 Nxf5 40. Nxd5 Bh8 41. Be4 Nc7 42. Nxb6
axb6 43. Rh5 Rf8 44. Qc2 Qg6 45. Bf2 Nd5 46. Rg5 Qe6 
47. Rhh5 Ne7 48. d5 Qd6 49. Rxf5 Bxf5 50. Rxf5 Nxf5 51.
Bxf5+ Kxh6 52. Qe4 Bxb2
 
 
 
 
 
 1
  
35. Rc8+ Qxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kxc8 37. Qc7# 1-0
 835. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6.
 f5 Nge7 7. fxe6 fxe6 8. d3 d5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11.
exd5 exd5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Qe2 Bf7 14. Rae1 Re8 15. Qf2
1 Nd4 16. Kh1 Ndf5 17. g4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. gxf5 c4 20.
fxg6 Nxg6 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Nh4 cxb3 23. Nf5 h5 24.

53. Qh1+ Kg7 54. Qh7+ Kf6 55. Bh4# 1-0
Ne7+ Kh7


833. 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6.
Nf3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be6 8. Qa4 Nbd7 9. O-O Bc5 10. Nc3 
O-O 11. Bf4 h6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Nd4 Nb6 14. Qc2 Bxd4
15. Rxd4 Nbd5 16. Rfd1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Qc5 18. e4 a5 19. e5 
Nd5 20. f5 Nb4 21. Qb1 Bc8 22. a3 Na6 23. Qe4 Nc7 24.
Qf4 Nb5 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. Rd8 Bxf5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28.

Qxf5 Qxb2 29. Rd7 Rf8 30. Be4 g6 31. Qf6 Qe2 32. Bf3 

Qb2 33. Kg2 a4 34. h4 h5 35. Bxh5 gxh5 36. Rd3 Re8



 1

25. Qf7+ Bxf7 (25... Kh8 26. Nxg6# (26. Bf6#) (26.
Qg8#)) 26. Rxf7+ Kh8 27. Bf6# 1-0

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836. 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. 


Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Na6
11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. Qc2 Kh8 15. Rb1 
Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Nc4 Nb4 18. Qd1 Red8 19. Bf4
Ne8 20. Qd2 f6 21. Bg3 Qb7 22. Rbd1 Rd7 23. f4 Rad8 24.
 
e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Rxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qe2 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 fxe5 29. Nxe5 Kg8 30. Qc4+ Kf8 31. Rd7 Nd6


 
 
  
 1
 
  44. b4+ Ka4 45. Bc2+ Kxa3 46. Qxa6# 1-0

 839. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6


 6. g4 Be7 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Rg1 Nc6 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qd2 Bd7
11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. f4 Rc8 14. h4 Nc4 15.
1 Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Qd3 b5 17. f5 e5 18. Be3 Re8 19. h5 Qa5
20. g6 hxg6 21. hxg6 Bc6 22. Bh6 Bf8 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24.

32. Nxg6+ hxg6 (32... Ke8 33. Qe6#) 33. Bxd6+ Ke8 34.
Qxd6 Kg8 25. Rxg7+ (25. Rxg7+ Bxg7 26. Rg1 Rxc3 27.
Rxg7+ Kh8


Qe6# (34. Qf7#) 1-0

837. 1. e4 g5 2. d4 h6 3. h4 gxh4 4. Rxh4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4


6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. e5 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Be3 d5 10. exd6 Qf6 
11. Re4+ Be6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. d7+ Kd8 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 28. Rh7+ Kxh7 (28... Kg8 29. Qg6#) 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30.
Qg7#) 1-0
  840. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7

14. Qb6+ axb6 15. Bxb6+ Ke7 16. d8=Q# 1-0
6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6
Bxc6 11. a4 b6 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Bf4 Qb7 15.
Rad1 Rd8 16. Nd5 e5 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bg5 Bxa4 19. f4
838. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Be3 c6 6. Qc8 20. b3 Bb5 21. c4 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Bc6 23. Rf1 a5 24.
Qd2 Nd7 7. f4 Ngf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. e5 Ng4 10. O-O-O Nxe3 Rd3 Kf8 25. Qd1 exf4 26. gxf4 Re8 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxd6
11. Qxe3 d5 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 f6 14. Bb5 fxe5 15. fxe5 Rg8 29. Rxf6 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 31. Kh3 Ke7 32. Qa1
Qc7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rxd5 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bb3 Kh8 Qe3+ 33. Kh4 Kf8 34. Rg1 Qf2+ 35. Kg5 Bh7 36. Kh6
20. e6 Nf6 21. e7 Re8 22. Rd8 Bb7 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. Rxd5 Qc2
Rxe7 25. Nxg6+ hxg6 26. Qh3+ Bh6+ 27. Qxh6+ Rh7 28.
Qxg6 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Qf4+ 30. Kb1 Rf8 31. a3 Qd4 32. 
Be4 Rhf7 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34. Qh7+ Kf6 35. Rf1+ Ke7 36.
Qh4+ Rf6 37. c6 Kd8 38. c3 Qe5 39. Rd1+ Kc7 40. Qh7+ 
R8f7 41. Rd7+ Rxd7 42. Qxd7+ Kb6 43. Qb7+ Ka5 







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
37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Rg7+ Ke6 39. Qe5# 1-0

841. 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 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 
11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Ncb6 14. Nbd2 c5 15.
Nf1 exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb7 18. Nf5 d5 19. N1g3
 
dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rc8 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Bf4
Nc5 24. Bc2 Nba4 25. Bxa4 Nxa4 26. Ne4 Qxd1 27. Nxf6+

gxf6 28. Raxd1 Rc2 29. Bh6 Rfc8 30. Rd3 Nxb2 31. Rg3+ 
Kh8 32. Bg7+ Kg8 33. Bxf6+ Kf8 34. Bg7+ Kg8 35.
Bxb2+ Kf8 
 
 
  
 
13. Rh8+ Kxh8 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qh7# 1-0


844. 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be3 e5
6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nd2 Bc8 10. a4 O-O
 11. Nc4 Nbd7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 cxb6 14. f3 Ne8 15. b4
Bg5 16. Qd2 Bxe3+ 17. Nxe3 a5 18. Ra2 Bb7 19. bxa5
 bxa5 20. Rfa1 Ndf6 21. Ncd1 Nh5 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Rxa5
Qg5 24. Qc3 Nf4 25. Bf1 Nf6 26. Kh1 N6h5 27. Qc7 Qh4
 28. Qxb7 Ng3+ 29. Kg1 Nxf1 30. Kxf1 Qxh2 31. Nf2 h5 32.
Ra8 Rxa8 33. Qxa8+ Kh7 34. Qf8 f6 35. Qxd6 h4 36. Qd7

36. Bg7+ Kg8 37. Be5+ Kf8 38. Bd6# 1-0
Nh5 37. Neg4 Ng3+ 38. Ke1 Qg1+ 39. Kd2 Qxg2 40.
Nxf6+ Kg6 41. Ng4 Kh7 42. Qf7 Qf1

842. 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. 


Nbd2 Bd6 7. Re1 e5 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nh4 Bh7 11.
Qb3 Qb6 12. Bxd5 Qxb3 13. Bxb3 Bb4 14. a3 Ba5 15. 
Ba4+ Nbd7 16. b4 Bc7 17. Bb2 a6 18. Nhf3 b5 19. Bb3
O-O 20. Rac1 Bb8 21. Rc6 Re8 22. Rec1 Ba7 23. h3 e4 24.
 
dxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rc7 Bf5 27. g4 Rxe2 28.
Bd4 Ne5 29. Bxa7 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Be4 31. Kg3 Ne5 32.

Bd4 Nd3 33. Bxf7+ Kh8 34. Rc8+ Rxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. 
Rg8 Re1

 
  
 
 
 43. Nf6+ Kh6 44. N2g4+ Kg5 45. Nh7# 1-0

 845. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6.


 Be3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Nxg3 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. hxg3 Qxe3+ 10. Qe2
Bc5 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Qxe3+ Bxe3 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Be2
 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Bb6 16. Nf5 O-O

 
 
37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Rh8# 1-0

843. 1. d4 e5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d5 Nce7 4. c4 Ng6 5. Be3
Bb4+ 6. Nd2 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 d6 8. Bd3 N8e7 9. h4 f5 10.

h5 fxe4 11. hxg6 exd3 12. Rxh7 O-O 


1
 

17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Rxh7+ Kxh7 19. Rh1# 1-0

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846. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 16. Bf4+ Kc5 17. Qb5+ ( { Or } 17. Qa7+ Kxc4 18. Ba6#)
6. Be3 Qc7 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qf2 (17. Qc6+ Kd4 18. Rd1# (18. O-O-O#)) 17... Kd4 18.
O-O 11. Kb1 b5 12. g4 Ne5 13. Bc1 b4 14. Nce2 Bb7 15. O-O-O# (18. Rd1#) 1-0
Ng3 Nfd7 16. g5 Nc5 17. Bg2 Nc4 18. f4 Rac8 19. f5 e5 20.
f6 exd4 21. fxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxd4 Ne6 23. Nf5 Qc7 24. Qf2 849. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O
a5 25. Rd3 Nc5 26. Rh3 Na4 27. Ka1 Na3 28. bxa3 Qxc2 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. h4 Ng4 8. h5 h6 9. hxg6 hxg5 10. gxf7+
 Rxf7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Nxg5+ Kg8 14. f3
Nf6 15. O-O-O Qe8 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nc4 18. Qe2 Qc6
 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rd8+ Kg7 21. Rh7+ Kg6 22. Rg8+ Kf5

 
  
  
 
  
 
  
  
29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh4# 1-0

847. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Bd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Ne5 9. Qc2 Nxf3+

23. g4+ Kf4 24. Nh3+ Kg3 25. Qf2# ( { White actually played
10. exf3 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O g6 13. Bg5 a6 14. a4 } 25. Ne4+ Qxe4 26. Qf2#) 1-0
Kg7 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Bc2 b5 17. a5 Qc8 18. Bxf6+ Kxf6
19. Qh6 Rh8 20. Rae1 Bf5 21. g4 Bxc2
850. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Be7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Rf8 5. O-O
 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ng4 8. Bxd8 Kxd8 9. h3 Nf6 10. Ng5
Bg4 11. hxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Nd7 13. Nxh7 Rh8 14. Ng5
 Nf6 15. Qf3 Kd7 16. Nxf7 Rhf8 17. Qf5+ Kc6 18. Bd5+
Kb6 19. Na4+ Ka5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. c4 Kb4 22. b3 Rxf7
 23. Bxf7 Ka3 24. Rfb1 a5 25. Qxe5 b6 26. d4 cxd4
 
 
 
 
 
  
 

22. g5+ Kf5 23. Qh4 ( { Not } 23. Re5+ Kf4 24. Qh4+ Kxf3
25. Qg3#) 23... Re8 (23... h5 24. Re5#) 24. Qg4# 1-0

848. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 Ng8 5. exd6  


Bxd6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. g3 Bg4 9. Bg2 Qe7 10. h3
Be6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O-O 13. Qxa7 Bb4 14.

27. Qb5 ( { On } 27. Qxd4 { Black can delay the mate with } 27...
Bxb7+ Kd7 15. Qa4+ Kd6
Rd8) 27... a4 28. bxa4 { and mate in the next move - 29. Qb3# or
 29. Rb3# } 1-0

 851. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1


 O-O 6. c3 Qe7 7. d4 exd4 8. e5 Ng4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4
Qh4 11. Nf3


 


 

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Ke2 Re8+ 25. Ne4 Qxg2+ 26. Kd3 Qxf3+ 27. Kd2 Rxe4 28.
Be2
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

11... Qxf2+ 12. Kh1 Qg1+ 13. Nxg1 (13. Rxg1 Nf2#) 13...

Nf2# 0-1 
28... Rxd4+ 29. cxd4 (29. Bd3 Qxd3+ 30. Kc1 Qd2# (30...
852. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 Qh4+ 4. g3 Qe7 5. Qh5+ Qc2#)) 29... Qe3+ 30. Kd1 Nf2# 0-1
Kd8 6. fxe5 Qxe5+ 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Qf3 d5 9. g4 h5 10. h3
hxg4 11. hxg4 Rxh1 12. Qxh1 Qg3+ 13. Kd1 Nxg4 14. 855. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6.
Qxd5+ Bd7 15. Nf3 Nf2+ 16. Ke1 a3 d3 7. cxd3 Nf2 8. Qc2 Bb6 9. d4 Nxh1 10. Bd3 h6 11.


Be3 d6 12. Nbd2 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nc6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxc6
Bxc6 16. O-O-O Ng3 17. hxg3 Qd5 18. Nc4 Qe4 19. Qd2
 Bd5 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. Qd3 Qg4 22. Bf2 O-O 23. Kd2
Rac8 24. Qe3 Qf5 25. Ne1 Bb3 26. g4
 
  
 
  
 
 
 

16... Nd3+ 17. Kd1 (17. Kf1 Qf2#) 17... Qe1+ 18. Nxe1 
Nf2# 0-1 
853. 1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 e5 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. Nc3 
26... Rc2+ 27. Nxc2 Qxc2+ 28. Ke1 Qxd1# 0-1
Nfg4 6. d4 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qf6 8. Nh3 Nf3+ 9. Ke2 Nxd4+ 10.
Kd3 Ne5+ 11. Kxd4


856. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nf3 Qh5
6. d4 h6 7. h4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nd5 Kd8 11.
   dxe5 Bd7 12. Kg1 Qg6 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8 Bxh8 15.
Qe1 Kc8 16. g3 Nc6 17. Bd2 Bg4 18. Nh2 Bf5 19. Bc3
 Bxc2 20. e6 Bxc3 21. exf7 Bxe1 22. f8=Q+ Kd7 23. Qxa8
Qe4 24. Ng4 Qd4+ 25. Nge3 fxe3 26. Rxe1 e2+ 27. Kg2
 Be4+ 28. Kh3

 
 
 
 1
 
 
11... Bc5+ 12. Kxc5 (12. Kd5 Qd6#) 12... Qb6+ 13. Kd5
Qd6# 0-1 
854. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O d6

6. d4 Bb6 7. d5 Nd8 8. Kh1 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Be3 Nf6 11.
h3 O-O 12. a4 Ne4 13. Qe1 Bxh3 14. Bxb6 Rxf3 15. Qxe4
 
Rf4 16. Qxf4 exf4 17. Bd4 Qh4 18. Nd2 Bg4+ 19. Kg1 Nf7 
28... Qh8+ 29. Kg4 Ne5+ 30. Kxg5 Qh6# 0-1
20. f3 Bf5 21. Rfe1 Ng5 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Nh3+ 24.

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857. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O d6 


6. d4 Bb6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. d5 Nd8 10. Bxb6
axb6 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Kh2 O-O 14. Ng1 f5 15.  
Qd1 Qf7 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. g4  
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 27... Qf4+ 28. Kh4 Rh5+ 29. Kxh5 Qg5# 0-1

 860. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b5 4. Bxb5 Bc5 5. d3 c6


6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Qe2 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. dxe4

17... Qxf2+ 18. Rxf2 (18. Kh1 Ng3#) 18... Rxf2+ 19. Kh1
Bxf2+ 11. Qxf2 Qb4+ 12. Bd2 Qxc4 13. Qf3 f5 14. exf5
Bxf5 15. Qb3


Ng3# 0-1

858. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. Qe2 d6


6. a4 a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bb2 Be6 9. O-O Nf6 10. d3 O-O 11.  
b5 Na5 12. bxa6 bxa6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4
Rab8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ra2 Nc6 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Ba1 Rb3

20. Nbd2 Nf4 21. Qc4 Rb6 22. a5 d5 23. Qa4 Rb5 24. Nb3
Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Qf6 27. f4 Qxf4 28. f3 Nb4 29.
 
Rg2 Nd3 30. Qa2 Qe3 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. dxc5 g6 33. c6 
Rc5 34. Re2 Rc1 35. Rxe3 Rxf1+ 36. Kg2

 
 
1  
 
 15... Qf1+ 16. Kxf1 Bd3+ 17. Ke1 Rf1# 0-1

 861. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 h6 6.


 O-O Nf6 7. c3 b5 8. Bxb5 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11.
Qe2+ Be6 12. Bb3 O-O 13. d4 Ne4 14. Bc2 f5 15. Nbd2
 Nc6 16. c4 Bxd4+ 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. Kh1
Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Nf2+ 21. Kg1
 

36... Rg1+ 37. Kxh3 Nf4+ 38. Kh4 g5# 0-1  
859. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O d6
 
6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4
Bg4 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bg3 Nd7

15. h3 Bh5 16. Bh2 f6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 Bh7 19. Kh1 
Nc5 20. Rg1 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Nxe4 22. Qe2 Nxf2+ 23. Kg2
Be4+ 24. Kg3 f5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Rgf1 Qg5 27. Bg1 




21... Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Qg1+ 23. Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1

862. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Nd4 g6


6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Qe3 Qe5 8. Nxe4 Ne7 9. Nf3 Qxd5 10. Nc3
Qd8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Nbc6 13. d3 Bg4 14. Ng5 Nd4
15. Bb3 h6 16. h3 Nef5 17. Qd2 Bh5 18. Nge4 Bf3 19.
Kh1 Qh4 20. Qf4

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 865. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6.


1  Bc4 Rh7 7. d4 f3 8. gxf3 d6 9. Nd3 Be7 10. Be3 Bxh4+ 11.
Kd2 gxf3 12. Qxf3 Bg4 13. Qg2 Rg7 14. Nc3 Bg5 15. Raf1
 Bxe3+ 16. Kxe3 Qg5+ 17. Rf4 Nd7 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5
O-O-O 20. Bd5 c6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Nxf7
 Ngf6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nxd8 Nd5+ 26. Kf2 Nxf4 27.
Qxc6+ Kxd8 28. Qa8+ Kc7 29. Qxa7+ Kc8 30. Qa6+ Kb8
 31. Qb5+ Kc7 32. Qa5+ Nb6 33. Nxf4 Kb7 34. Nd3 Qf7+
 35. Ke1 Qf3 36. Rh2

 
 
 
 
20... Qxh3+ 21. Qh2 (21. Kg1 Qxg2#) 21... Bxg2+ 22.
Kg1 Nf3# 0-1


863. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5
Bc5 6. Qf3 Nf6 7. Nxc7+ Kd8 8. Nxa8 Re8 9. Bd3 Nxe4 
10. O-O Nxf2 11. Rxf2 Re1+ 12. Bf1 Nd4 13. Qxf7

 
 
 36... Qe3+ 37. Kf1 (37. Re2 Qxe2#) 37... Bh3+ (37...
Be2+ 38. Ke1 (38. Rxe2 Rg1# (38... Qxe2+)) 38... Rg1#)
 38. Rxh3 (38. Rg2 Bxg2#) 38... Rg1# 0-1

 866. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3


 Bg7 6. d4 Ne7 7. e5 f6 8. Ne4 Rf8 9. Qe2 Nbc6 10. Nf3
Qh5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. c3 g4 13. Ng1 d5 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15.
 Bb5 f3 16. Qe5 fxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Qf7 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19.
Be3 Bf5 20. Re1 Be4+ 21. Kg3 Rf3+ 22. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 23.
  Kh4 Qh3+ 24. Kg5 h6+ 25. Kf6 Qh4+ 26. Bg5 Qxg5+ 27.
Qxg5 hxg5 28. Rhg1 Kd7 29. Kf7 Rh8 30. Re2 Nf5 31. Kf6
 Rg8 32. Kf7

 
13... Ne2+ 14. Kh1 Rxf1+ ( { Or } 14... Ng3+ 15. Kg1
Rxf1#) 15. Rxf1 Ng3# 0-1 
864. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6.
 
e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Nxd4
Bc5 11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qb6 14. Bc3

Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. O-O Ba6 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Qxd5 
Bb7 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Qg3 Qe6 21. f4 g6 22. Rf1 Qf5 23.
Qh4 Qc2 24. Rf2 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 26. Rf1 Qd5 27. 
Qg3 Ba6 28. Re1 Bd3 29. Qe3 Bf5 30. h3 h5 31. Qe2 Rd8
32. Qf2 a6 33. Qh4 Kf8 34. g4 Bc8 35. gxh5 Bb7 36. Qg3 
gxh5 37. f5 Qd3 38. Qg5 Qd5 39. Qh6+ Ke8 40. Qh8+ Kd7
41. e6+ Kc8 42. Qg7 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Ke3 Qxh3+
1
45. Kf4 Qh4+ 46. Ke3 c4 47. Rf1 
 
 
32... Nh6+ 33. Kf6 Rg6+ 34. Ke5 Re6# (34... Nf7#) 0-1

 867. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6


6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. O-O d3 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Ng5 Qxf6
 11. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 12. Kh1 fxe6 13. Rf1 O-O 14. Nd2 Ne5 15.
Ne4 Qh4 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 b5 18. b3 Rad8 19. Ba3 Rf5
 20. Qd2 Ng4 21. Be7 Qxe7 22. Nxf2 Rdf8 23. Kg1 Qc5 24.


b4 Qb6 25. a4 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. a5





47... Rd3+ 48. Ke2 Qe4+ 49. Kf2 Qe3# 0-1

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 870. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4


6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. cxd4
 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Qh5 Qf6 13. O-O Rxg7 14. Qb5+
c6 15. Qxb7 Rxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Qg6+ 17. Kh1
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 

27... Rf1+ 28. Kxf1 Nxh2+ 29. Ke1 Qg1# 0-1  
868. 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. f4 Bb7 5. Nf3 Na6 6.

Be2 Nh6 7. O-O Nc7 8. a3 Be7 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. b4 O-O 11.
Qa4 cxb4 12. axb4 Na6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. c5 Nb8 15. Qxa7

17... Bd5+ 18. f3 Bxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Qg1# 0-1
d6 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxb7 f6 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. Qxb6 Qd7
20. Ra1 Nc6 21. b5 Nd8 22. Ra7 Qe8 23. Ne4 Qg6 24. f5 871. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6
Nxf5 25. Rd7 Re8 26. Rf4 h5 27. Bd3 e5 28. Ned6 Bxd6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6
29. Rxf5 Rxc4 30. Bxc4+ Kh7 31. Bd3 e4 32. Rf4 Bxf4 33. 11. Nc3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
exf4 exd3 34. Rxd8 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. f3 Rf7 18. Qc4 d5 19. Qb3
 c6 20. exd5 exd5 21. Rde1 Rxf3 22. Rxf3 Qxe1+ 23. Kh2

 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
34... Re1+ 35. Kf2 Re2+ 36. Kf3 (36. Kf1 Qxg2#) 36...
Qxg2# 0-1

23... Bg1+ 24. Kh1 Bf2+ 25. Kh2 Qg1# 0-1

869. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 872. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Qe2 Bd6 5. exd5
Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. e5 Nxd5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nc4 Re8 8. Ne3 Nf4 9. Qf3 Nc6 10.
dxe5 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. Nh4 Qh5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bxe6 Bxe6 O-O Nd4 11. Qd1 Qh4 12. g3 Qh3 13. Re1 Rxe3 14. Bf1
15. Qxe6+ Nge7 16. Nf3 Rf8 17. Bg5 Rxf3 18. Bxe7 Nd4
19. Qe4 Rf4 20. Qxb7 Kxe7 21. Qxa8 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
14... Rxe1 15. Qxe1 (15. Qe2 Qg2#) (15. gxf4 Qxf1#)

21... Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Qxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rh4# 0-1
15... Nf3+ 16. Kh1 Qxh2# 0-1

873. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. c4 c6 5. Qa4 Bc5 6.


Ne2 Qb6 7. Nbc3 Bf2+ 8. Kd1 Nf6 9. b4 O-O 10. c5 Qd8

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11. d6 b6 12. Ba3 b5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. h3 a5 15. g4 axb4 16.
Bxb4 Na6 17. Rb1 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxb5 Nd3 20.
Nc7 Bd7 21. Nxa8 Qxa8 22. Bg2 c5 23. Nc3 c4 24. Re1
Nd5 25. Re3 Nxe3+ 26. dxe3 Qc6 27. Nb5 Qc5 28. Nd4 g5 
29. Rb7 Qxd6 30. Qxc4 gxf4 31. exf4 Nxf4 32. Bf1 e3 33.
Be2 Rc8 34. Qb4 Qd5 35. Bf3 Qxa2 36. Ne2 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
38... Ng4+ 39. Kh3 Rh1+ 40. Bxh1 Rh2# 0-1
  876. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4
 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nfxd2 Nxd4 9. O-O d6 10.
Nb3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 O-O 12. Re1 Nh5 13. e5 Qg5 14. exd6

36... Ba4+ 37. Ke1 (37. Qxa4 Qd2#) 37... Rc1+ 38. Nxc1
Nf4 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. g3 cxd6 17. Nc3 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Qf6
19. Bd5 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1
Qf2# 0-1

874. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O
d6 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Nge7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nd5 Be6 10. 1
Nf6+ Kh8 11. Bd3 h6 12. Nh4 Ng8 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nh7
hxg5 15. Nxf8 gxh4 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qh5+ Nh6 18. Bc2 
Qf6 19. h3 Rf8 20. Kh1 Qf4 21. Rae1 Kg8 22. Re4 Qg3 23.
fxg3 Rxf1+ 24. Kh2
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
20... Qg1+ 21. Rxg1 Nf2+ 22. Kg2 Bh3# 0-1
 877. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6.
 Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. Kf2 Ng3 10. Re1 Qxh4
11. Bxf4 Ne4+ 12. Ke3 Bf5 13. Qe2 f6 14. g3 Nxg3 15.
 Bxg3 Qxg3+ 16. Kd2 fxe5 17. dxe5 Bc5 18. Nc3 Qf4+ 19.
Kd1 Nc6 20. dxc6 O-O-O+ 21. Bd3 Bf2 22. cxb7+ Kb8 23.

24... Bg1+ 25. Kh1 Bf2+ 26. Kh2 hxg3# (26... Bxg3#)
Rf1 g3 24. Qd2 g2 25. Qxf4 gxf1=Q+ 26. Kd2
0-1 
875. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 
Be7 6. d5 Nd6 7. Be2 e4 8. dxc6 exf3 9. cxd7+ Bxd7 10.
Bxf3 O-O 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. b3 
Be6 15. Qd2 f5 16. Rad1 Ne8 17. Qb4 Qc8 18. Rfe1 c6 19.
Ne7+ Bxe7 20. Qxe7 Bf7 21. Rd7 Bg6 22. Red1 Rf7 23.

Qe6 Nf6 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. h4 Re8 27. 

Qc4 h6 28. Be3 Kh7 29. Bd4 Ng4 30. Bc3 h5 31. g3 Rfe7
32. Qd4 Ne5 33. Bg2 Rd7 34. Qxa7 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Ng4+
36. Kh3 Re2 37. Bd4 Nxf2+ 38. Kh2




26... Rxd3+ 27. cxd3 Qxd3+ 28. Kc1 Qc2# 0-1

878. 1. e3 e5 2. a3 d5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 Nf6


6. h3 Bc5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bd3 d4
11. Qe2 dxe3 12. fxe3 Nd5 13. e4 Qd6 14. Kf1 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Re1 Be6 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. b3 Nd4 19. Qd1

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Qg3 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qe2 f5 22. Nf3 Bb6 23. e5 Bxb3
24. Bc4+ Bxc4 25. Qxc4+ Kh8 26. Re2

   


 1  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
27... Be3+ 28. Rf2 (28. Qf2 Qh2#) 28... Qh2+ 29. Kf1

26... Rd1+ 27. Ne1 (27. Re1 Qf2#) 27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1
Qh1# 0-1
Qf2# 0-1 881. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nf6 4. Bc4 fxe4 5. Nf7
Qe7 6. Nxh8 d5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d4 exd3 9. cxd3 Bg4 10.
879. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Nc3 O-O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Bf4 d4 13. Nb5 Nd5 14. Bg3
Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 a6 15. Na3 Qd7 16. Nc4 Be7 17. Ng6 hxg6 18. a3 Bf6 19.
Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qd2 f6 15. Bf3 g5 20. b4 Nc3 21. Qc2 Bxc4 22. dxc4 d3 23. Qd2 Nd4
Rac1 Bc7 16. Kh1 a6 17. Nfg1 b5 18. f4 Bb6 19. Nf3 Qe8 24. Bd1 Nde2+ 25. Kh1 Ne4 26. Qa2 Bxa1 27. Qxa1 Qf5
20. Bc3 b4 21. Ba1 Bd7 22. f5 Ne5 23. Nf4 Rf7 24. Ne6 28. Ba4 Rh8 29. Qe1


Nxd3 25. Qxd3 c4 26. Qe2 c3 27. g4 Bb5 28. Qg2 Bxf1 29.
Rxf1 Nc4 30. Qh3 Ne3 31. g5 Nxf1 32. g6 h6 33. gxf7+
Qxf7 34. Qxf1 Qh5 35. h3 Rc8 36. Kg2 c2 37. Bb2 Kh7 38.
Bc1 Rc3 39. Nf4 Qe8 40. Ne6 Be3 41. Bxe3 Rxe3 42. Qc1 1 
Re2+ 43. Kg3 h5 44. Nfd4 h4+ 45. Kxh4 Rg2 46. Nxc2 Qh8
47. Nf4 Kg8+ 48. Nh5 Rg5 49. Qd1 Qh6 50. Qf3 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
29... N4xg3+ 30. fxg3 Rxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qh7# 0-1
 882. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. exf5 Bc5
 6. O-O O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Bxf5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. d4
Rad8 11. c3 Bd6 12. Nc4 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1

50... Rg1 51. Qf4 (51. Qg3 Qg5+ 52. Qxg5 fxg5#) 51...
Qh4 15. Bf4 Be4 16. Bg3 Rxf2 17. Bxh4
Qg5+ 52. Qxg5 fxg5# 0-1 
880. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 f5 5. Ng5 Be7   
6. N1h3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nf4
Qd6 11. c4 c5 12. dxc5 Qc6 13. b4 Ng4 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. 
Rb1 g5 16. Nd3 e5 17. Nxg5 f4 18. b5 Qe8 19. Ne4 Bf5 20.
f3 Nxh2 21. Kxh2 Qh5+ 22. Kg1 Rad8 23. Qe2 Bh4 24. g4

fxg3 25. Bb2 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Bg5 27. Qe2 





17... Rxg2+ 18. Kh1 Rh2+ 19. Kg1 Rh1# 0-1

883. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5


Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nc3 Nxd5 9. Nxd5
Qxd5 10. Nf3 Bc5 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Nc6 13. Be3 Bb6

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14. Qd2 f5 15. h3 f4 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. a3 Rf6 18. Nh2 Rg6 886. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7
19. f3 h5 20. Kh1 Nd4 21. Rf2 Nf5 22. Nf1 Re8 23. Qe2 c5 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 a6 8. Qd2 c5 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Nexd4
24. Re1 Nh4 25. Qe4 Qd7 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. c3 Nxg2 28. Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O c5 14. c3 Bb7 15.
Ree2 Qxh3+ 29. Nh2 Ne3 30. Qf7 Ree6 31. Qxb7 Nf5 32. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Qf4 g6 18. Qh6 Qf8 19. Qh4
Qa8+ Kh7 33. Rd2 Qg7 20. Bc2 d4 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 dxc3 23. bxc3 Qf8
 24. Rde1 Nb6 25. Rf4 h6 26. Qg3 Rd3 27. c4 Rcd8 28. h4
h5 29. Qg5 Nd7 30. g4 hxg4 31. Qxg4 Qh6 32. Ng5 Rf8 33.
1 Ree4 Qh5 34. Qg2 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Re3 Rxa2 37.
Qc6 Qd1 38. Nxf7 Ra1 39. Qg2 Rxf7 40. Qxg6+ Rg7 41.
 Qxe6+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kh6 43. Qe4

 
 
 
 
  
  
 
33... Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Ne2+ 35. Kh1 Rg1# 0-1

884. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 Nc6 6.
Nf3 Ne7 7. Be3 Bb4 8. O-O Ng6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Ng3 d5

11. Bb3 d4 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. a3 Nc5 15. Ba2
Ne6 16. Nf5 Be7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rc1 Nef4 19. Kh2

43... Qg1+ 44. Kh3 Qh1+ 45. Qxh1 Rxh1# 0-1
Kh8 20. g4 Rd8 21. Rg1 a5 22. Kg3 Ra6 23. h4 Bxg4 24.
Rh1 Nh5+ 25. Kxg4 Qd7+ 26. Kg5 f6+ 27. Kxh5 887. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6.
 Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Qe4 Be6
11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Nb4 13. O-O Nxd3 14. Qh5 Bxb3
   15. axb3 Re8 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. b4 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Qe1 19.
h3 Nxc1 20. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 21. Kh2 Bg1+ 22. Kg3 Re3+ 23.
 Kg4 Ne2 24. Nf1 g6 25. Qd5 h5+ 26. Kg5 Kg7 27. Nxe3

 
 
1 
 
 
  
 
27... Nf4+ 28. Bxf4 g6+ 29. Kh6 Qg7# 0-1

885. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Bb5+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6
6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Ne2 Ba6 9. dxe4 Qb6 10. Kf1

Nf6 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Qe1 Qb4 13. b3 Ng4 14. Na4 

27... f6+ 28. Kh4 Bf2+ 29. g3 Bxg3# 0-1

 1 888. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4


a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Ne7 9. Ng5 Nxg5 10. Bxg5
 c6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Nf3 h6 14. Bd2 Be6 15.
c3 Be7 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qh5
 Bc5 20. Bf5 Qe8 21. e6 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Ne7
24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Be6 Kf8 27. Bxf7 Kxf7
 28. Kg1 Re8 29. Rf1+ Ke6 30. Be3 Nf5 31. Bc5 Nd6 32.
 Bd4 Re7 33. Rf8 Re8 34. Bxg7 Rxf8 35. Bxf8 Nf7 36. Kf2
Kf5 37. Ke3 Ne5 38. Kd4 h5 39. Bd6 Nc4 40. Kc5 Ke6 41.
 Bf4 Nxb2 42. Kxc6 Nd1 43. Bd2 Nb2 44. h3 Nc4 45. Bf4
Kf5 46. Bc7 Ne3 47. g3 Ke4 48. Kb6 b4 49. cxb4 d4 50.
 Kxa6 d3 51. b5 d2 52. b6 d1=Q 53. b7 Qa4+ 54. Ba5 Nc4
55. b8=Q Qxa5+ 56. Kb7 Qb6+ 57. Ka8


14... Qxe1+ 15. Kxe1 Bf2+ 16. Kf1 Rd1# 0-1

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
34... Rd3+ 35. Bxd3 (35. Qe3 Rxe3+ 36. Bf3 Rxf3#) 35...
Qf3+ 36. Kh4 Qxg4# 0-1
 891. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. e4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. exf5 Bb4 6.
 Bd2 O-O 7. g4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qxd5 10. Qf3 Qc5
11. Ne2 Nb4 12. Rc1 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 Nxd3+ 14. Kd2 Bxf5
 15. Bb4 Qxb4+ 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Nc3 Rad8+ 18. Ke3
Nc2+ 19. Kf3 Rd4 20. Rg1 Be4+ 21. Kg3 Rf3+ 22. Kg4
 Bd5+ 23. Kg5
 
 
 
1 

57... Qa6+ 58. Qa7 Nb6+ 59. Kb8 Qc8# 0-1


889. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Rc1 O-O
6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bd3 c5 
11. Ne2 c4 12. Bb1 Nc6 13. h4 g6 14. h5 Qd6 15. a3 Rfe8
16. Kf1 Re7 17. g3 Bc8 18. Kg2 Bf5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. 
Neg1 b5 21. Qd2 Rf8 22. Nh2 Bd7 23. f4 Rfe8 24. Nf1 Bg4
25. Bc2 a5 26. Bd1 Bf5 27. Bc2 Bxc2 28. Rxc2 b4 29. axb4

axb4 30. Nf3 b3 31. Rc1 Ra8 32. Ne5 Ra2 33. Kf3 Bxe5 34.
dxe5 Nxe5+ 35. fxe5 Qxe5 36. Rh4 Rxb2 37. Qd4 Rf7+ 38.

23... h6+ 24. Kh5 (24. Kg6 Bf7#) 24... Bf7+ 25. Rg6
Rf4 Rf5# 0-1

 892. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Bg7 6.


 Nxg4 d5 7. d3 dxe4 8. Bxf4 exd3 9. cxd3 Qe7+ 10. Kf2
Bd4+ 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Nc3 Ng4+ 14. Kf3
 Nxe3 15. Nb5 Bb6 16. Nxc7+ Bxc7 17. Bxe3 Bg4+ 18.
Qxg4 Ne5+ 19. Kg3 Nxg4+ 20. Kxg4 Rg8+ 21. Bg5 Qe6+
1 22. Kh5 h6 23. d4 Qg6+ 24. Kg4 f5+ 25. Kh3 hxg5 26.
Bb5+ Kf7 27. Bc4+ Kf6 28. g4 gxh4 29. Kg2 Qxg4+ 30.
 Kf1 Qf3+ 31. Ke1 Rge8+ 32. Kd2 Qf2+ 33. Kc3 Re3+ 34.
 Bd3 Ba5+ 35. b4

 
  
 
 
38... Qh5+ 39. g4 Qh3+ 40. Ng3 Qg2# 0-1 
890. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 
bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Qb4+ 9. Qd2 Nf4 10. Nc3
Ng6 11. f4 Ba6 12. a3 Qb3 13. Qd4 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. 
O-O d6 16. Qe4 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qf3 d4 19. Bxg6 dxc3
20. Be4 Rad8 21. f5 Bxf1 22. f6 Bc5+ 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. 
Qxe3 cxb2 25. Qg5 Qe3+ 26. Qxe3 bxa1=Q 27. Qg5 Bc4+
28. Kf2 Qf1+ 29. Kg3 Qe1+ 30. Kh3 Be6+ 31. g4 Qf1+ 32.

Kh4 Qf2+ 33. Kh3 g6 34. Qh6 

35... Rc8+ 36. Kb3 Qc2+ 37. Ka3 Rc3# (37... Rxd3#) 0-1

 893. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Nc3


Qd8 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bc4 Ne7 8. Ng5 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10.
 Nxe6 Qd7 11. Qe2 Rg8 12. O-O Nbc6 13. Bxf4 Nd8 14.
Nxd8 Kxd8 15. Rae1 c6 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Ne4 Rc7 18. Rf7
1 h6 19. Nxd6 hxg5 20. Nf5 Qxf5 21. Rxf5 Nxf5 22. Qe6 Rf8
23. Re5 Rcf7 24. g4 Nh4 25. h3






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 
 
 
 
  
 
 

25... Rf1+ 26. Kh2 R8f2+ 27. Kg3 Rg2# 0-1

35... Rh1+ 36. Kg3 h4+ 37. Kf4 Rd4# 0-1

894. 1. e3 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 a6 6. 896. 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3
Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qe1 Ne7 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. d3 Ng6 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10.
11. Qg3 b6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Ndf3 O-O-O 14. Ng5 Rhf8 15. Bh4 Bd7 11. c3 Qe7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Rde8 14.
d4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe5 17. Ng5 Bf6 18. Nxh7 Bh4 19. Qg4 Ne5 g5 15. Bg3 Nd5 16. f3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qc5 18. Rhe1
Rh8 20. Ng5 f5 21. Nxe6 fxg4 22. Nxc7 Kxc7 23. Bxg4 Bf6 Rd8 19. Bf2 Qa5 20. Kb1 Ba4 21. Bc2 Nf4 22. Qf1 Bxc2+
24. c3 Rde8 25. Bc1 Ne7 26. Bd2 Bc8 27. Bxc8 Nxc8 28. 23. Kxc2 Qxa2 24. Ra1 Rd2+ 25. Kxd2 Qxb2+ 26. Ke3
Rf3 Nd6 29. Rd1 c4 30. Be1 cxb3 31. axb3 Kb7 32. g4 g6 Qxc3+ 27. Ke4


33. c4 dxc4 34. Bb4 Ne4 35. bxc4 a5 36. Be1 Rc8 37. g5
Bd8 38. Rc1 b5 39. c5 Kc6 40. h4 Bc7 41. Kg2 Rcf8 42.
Rh3 b4 43. Rb1 Rb8 44. Kf3 Kd5 45. Kg4 b3 46. Rh2 a4 47.
Rhb2 Rb5 48. Ra1 Ba5 49. Bxa5 Rxa5 50. Rc1 Rb5 51. Ra1  
Rb4 52. f5 gxf5+ 53. Kxf5 Rxh4 54. c6 Kxc6 55. g6 Kd6 56.
g7 Rb5+ 57. Kg6 Rg5+ 58. Kf7 Rh7 59. Rxa4 
 
 1
 
 
  
 
 
27... Qc2+ 28. Kd4 (28. Ke3 Nd5+ 29. Kd4 c5#) 28... c5+
1 29. Ke3 Nd5# 0-1

 897. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O


6. Nf3 h6 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Bxb4 exf3 10. Bxf8

59... Rhxg7+ 60. Kf8 (60. Ke8 Rg8+ 61. Kf7 R5g7#) 60...
Qxf8 11. gxf3 Nd7 12. Bd3 f5 13. Rg1 Qb4+ 14. Ke2 Qe7
15. Rg2 b6 16. Rag1 g5 17. Kf1 Bb7 18. e4 Rf8 19. h4 Kf7
Rg8+ 61. Kf7 R5g7# 0-1 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Rxg5 Ke8 22. Rg8 Nf6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.
Qe2 Qh7 25. exf5 Qh3+ 26. Ke1 Qh2 27. Qf1 Bxf3 28.
895. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O fxe6 Qh6 29. e7+ Kxe7 30. Rg7+ Qxg7 31. Kd2 Ne4+ 32.
6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. h4 Nc6 Ke3 Ng5 33. Qg1 c5 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. Qe1 Kd6 36. Qc3
11. Nfg5 g6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Be4 Rad8 14. Qa4 Rd6 15. Qh6 37. Qa3 Bc6 38. Bf5 Nf3+ 39. Ke2 Qd2+ 40. Kf1
O-O Ba8 16. d5 Nd4 17. Rad1 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qe1+ 41. Kg2
cxd5 Rxd5 20. Qa3 c5 21. Qxa7 h6 22. Ne4 Qxh4 23. Qxb6
Kg7 24. Ng3 Qd8 25. Qa7 Qb8 26. Qa3 Qa8 27. Rd3 Qxa3
28. Rxa3 Re8 29. Kh2 h5 30. f3 f5 31. Rf2 Re1 32. Ra7+
Kh6 33. Nf1 Nc6 34. Ra3 Rdd1 35. Ne3

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 
1 
 
 
 
 
 1
 

41... Qg1+ 42. Kh3 Qh2+ 43. Kg4 Qh4# 0-1

60... Qd5+ 61. Ke7 (61. Ke8 Qf7#) 61... Qe6+ 62. Kf8
Qf7# 0-1
898. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 a6 5. Bxc6+
bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. f4 900. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6.
d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Re1 c5 13. Nf3 Bb5 14. Qe5 Ra7 15. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Nxg4 Qxh4
a4 Bc6 16. c4 O-O 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qh5 Nb4 19. Nc3 11. Nh2 Ng3 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Ndf3 Qh5 15.
Nc2 20. Rd1 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Rb1 g6 23. Qe5 Bxf3 Bd3 Rae8 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. c4 Nc5 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nhg4
24. gxf3 Nd4 25. Kg2 Nxf3 26. Kxf3 Qh3+ 27. Ke2 Qxh2+ Kg7 20. b4 fxe5 21. dxc5 Qh5 22. Bb2 f3 23. gxf3 Rf4 24.
28. Kd3 Rd8+ 29. Kc4 Rd4+ 30. Kb3 Rb4+ 31. Ka3 Qc2 cxd6 cxd6 25. Kg2 Nf5 26. Rh1 Qg5 27. Bc1 h5 28. Qe1
32. b3 hxg4 29. Bxf4 gxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Qxf4+ 31. Ke2 Qxc4+ 32.


Kd1 Qxd5+ 33. Kc2 Rc8+ 34. Kb2 Qd4+ 35. Kb3 Qd3+ 36.
Ka4
  
  
 
 
 1
 
 
 

32... Rxb3+ 33. Rxb3 c4+ 34. Rb4 (34. Qxe7 Qxb3#) 34...

Qb3# 0-1 
36... b5+ 37. Ka5 Qa3+ 38. Kxb5 Nd4# 0-1
899. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4
exd4 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qe7+ 8. Kf1 Ne5 9. Qxd4 f6 10. 901. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6.
Bf4 Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7
Rxe5 Qd6 15. h4 c5 16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Be2 Qxb2 18. g4 d6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nhf3 Rad8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
19. Re7 Qf6 20. Rh3 Bd7 21. Rf3 Qxh4 22. Rh3 Rxf2+ 23. Bb5 Ne4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 d4 19.
Kg1 Rxe2 24. Rxh4 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Re8 26. Kf2 Rxe3 27. exd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Bxg2 22. f3 Rfe8 23.
Kxe3 Kg7 28. g5 b5 29. c3 a6 30. Rh2 Bf5 31. Kf4 Bd3 32. Ne4 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. d5 f5 26. Qc3 Qg2+ 27. Ke3
Rd2 Bc4 33. a3 h6 34. gxh6+ Kxh6 35. Rh2+ Kg7 36. Ke4 Rxe4+ 28. fxe4


a5 37. Rf2 a4 38. Rh2 Bb3 39. Rf2 Bd1 40. Kf4 Kf6 41.
Rg2 Bb3 42. Rd2 b4 43. cxb4 cxb4 44. axb4 a3 45. Re2 a2
46. Re6+ Kf7 47. Re1 Bc2 48. Ra1 Bb1 49. Kg5 Ke7 50. b5
Kd7 51. Kf6 Kc7 52. Ke6 g5 53. b6+ Kb7 54. Kxd6 g4 55. 
Ke7 g3 56. Rxa2 Bxa2 57. d6 g2 58. d7 g1=Q 59. d8=Q
Qg5+ 60. Kd7 







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28... Qg3+ ( { Black instead played } 28... f4+ 29. Kxf4 Rf8+
30. Ke5 Qh2+ 31. Ke6 Re8+ 32. Kd7 Bb5#) 29. Kd2 Qf2+ 
30. Kd1 Qe2# 0-1

902. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6.
exf6 c2 7. Qxc2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qxf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O

O-O 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qb5 Nc6 13. Ne4 Qg6 14. Nxd6  1

cxd6 15. Qxb7 Bd5 16. Ng5 Rab8 17. Qd7 f5 18. Rd1 Rf7
19. Qxf7+ Bxf7 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Nf3 e4 23.
Ne5 Qe6 24. Nd7 Rd8 25. Nc5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxa2 27.
Rd8+ Be8 28. g4 Kf7 29. gxf5 Qxb2 30. Ne6 e3 31. fxe3 
Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Bc6+ 33. Kg3 Qg1+ 34. Kf4 Qxh2+ 35. Kg4 
 
 
 
 32... Qb6+ 33. Kc3 (33. Ka4 Qb4#) 33... Qxb2+ 34. Kd3
Qd4# 0-1
1 905. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6.
 exd5 exd5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nxg4


11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Bxd5 Nb4 13. Bc4 Qd6 14. Ne4 Qd7
15. Ng3 Nc6 16. c3 h5 17. Re1 h4 18. Nf1 O-O-O 19. N1h2
 Bd6 20. Be3 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qf5 22. Qb3 Qxf3 23. Bxf7
Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Ne5 25. f4
 

35... h5+ 36. Kg5 Qg3+ 37. Kxh5 Bf3# 0-1 
903. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2

d6 6. h3 O-O 7. d3 Ne8 8. f4 f5 9. Rf1 Be6 10. exf5 Bxf5 11.  
fxe5 dxe5 12. Bd5+ Kh8 13. g4 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qxh3 15.
Qe1 Qxg4 16. Bf3 Qg6 17. Kd1 Rd8 18. Nd5 Nf6 19. Ne3 
Bxd3 20. Bd2 Bxe3 21. Rc1 Bxd2 22. Kxd2

 
  
 
 
 25... Nf3+ 26. Kf2 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Bh3# 0-1

 906. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 d6 5. f5 Nf6 6.


d3 d5 7. Bb5 dxe4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1
Nxe4 11. Re1 Bxf5 12. Nxe5 O-O-O+ 13. Bd2 Rhe8 14. g4
 Rxe5 15. gxf5

 
 1
22... Bxc2+ 23. Ke3 (23. Nd4 Qd3#) 23... Qg5+ ( { Or }
23... Rd3+ 24. Kf2 Ne4#) (23... Ng4+ 24. Bxg4 Qd3#) 24.

Kf2 Ne4# 0-1 
904. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 
Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. c3 h6 10. Ne4
Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. d4 f5 13. dxe5 fxe4 14. Qxd6 Qh4 
15. Be3 Ba6 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. Qb4 Rxd2 18. Kxd2 Rxf2+
19. Kc1 Rxg2 20. Qxa5 Bc8 21. Rd1 Qh3 22. Qd8+ Kh7

23. Qd4 Qf3 24. Re1 c5 25. Qd5 Rxh2 26. Bd2 Bf5 27. e6 

e3 28. Qxf3 exd2+ 29. Kd1 Bc2+ 30. Kxc2 dxe1=Q+ 31.
Kb3 Qxe6+ 32. c4

15... Nf2+ 16. Kc1 Rxe1+ 17. Bxe1 Rd1# 0-1

907. 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 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. Nf1 c4 15. N3h2
Nb7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nd7 18. Qh5 Ne5 19. Re3 Bf6 20.

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Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 g6 22. Qh3 Nc5 23. g5 Bh8 24. Nh2
Ncd3 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. Qxg4 Qc5 28. Re1
b4 29. Qh4 Ra7 30. Kh1 f6 31. b3 fxg5 32. Qxg5 Bxc3 33.
R1e2 Rf1+ 34. Kh2 Be5+ 35. g3 Raf7 36. Rg2 cxb3 37. axb3 
Bf4 38. gxf4 Qxe3 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qxd6 Qe1 41. Qe5+
Rf6 42. Kh3 Rh1+ 43. Kg4 1
 
 
  
 
1 
 
 
30... Qf3+ 31. Kxd2 Qe3+ 32. Kd1 Bf3# 0-1
 910. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6.
 c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 Bg7 9. Nc3 Qc8 10. b3
Qb7+ 11. Kg1 O-O 12. Bb2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. e3 Nxc3

43... Rh4+ 44. Kf3 (44. Kg5 h6#) 44... Rh3+ 45. Kg4 (45.
15. Bxc3 Nd7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Bb4 Nf6 19.
Bd2 e5 20. Nc2 Ne4 21. f3 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Rfd8 23. Qe2
Rg3 Rxg3#) 45... Qh4# 0-1 e4 24. f4 Qc7 25. Nd4 Qxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kg2 Bxd4
28. exd4 Rxd4 29. Qe3 Rc2+ 30. Kh3 Rdd2 31. Qxb6 h6 32.
908. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nbd2 Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qa7 Kg7 34. Kh4 Rxh2+ 35. Kg4


Qb6 6. Nb3 Nd7 7. e3 Ndf6 8. Ne5 e6 9. c3 Nd7 10. Bd3
Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nc5 12. Bc2 Nxb3 13. axb3 c5 14. O-O Bd7
15. Qg4 Bb5 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. c4 Bc6 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qf4
g5 20. Qf6 Rg8 21. cxd5 Bg7 22. Qf3 Bxd5 23. e4 Bc6 24. 
Bg3 Bxe5 25. Qe3 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qe5 27. Qd2 a6 28. Ra5
Ke7 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Qc7 31. Rxc5 Rad8 32. Qb4 Rxd1+ 
33. Bxd1 Ke8 34. Qd2 Qb6 35. Qd6 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 Rd2
37. Rd5 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1

 1
1  
 
 
 
 
35... h5+ 36. Kg5 Rc5+ 37. Qxc5 (37. f5 Rxf5#) 37... f6#
 0-1

 911. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3


c5 6. f3 Qa5 7. Bd2 d6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 e5 10. d5 Nb6
 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. O-O Ba4 13. Qb1 Qa6 14. Qa2 O-O 15.
Ng3 Rae8 16. Rae1 Nbd7 17. Nf5 Nh5 18. Rb1 Nf4 19.

38... Bxe4+ 39. Kh2 Qf2+ 40. Kh3 Bf5# 0-1
Bc2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 g6 21. Ng3 Nb6 22. Qc1 Nxc4 23.
Bxf4 exf4 24. Qxf4 f6 25. h4 Re7 26. Qc1 b5 27. Ra1 Qb6
28. Rf2 Ne5 29. Qd1 c4 30. Kf1 Nd3 31. Rd2 Qe3 32. Nh1
909. 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 c5 6. f5 33. Re2 Qh6 34. exf5 Qxh4 35. Rxe7 Qxh1+ 36. Ke2


Bd3 Nc6 7. a3 a6 8. O-O b5 9. a4 b4 10. Be2 d4 11. Ng5
Qc7 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O-O 15. Qh5
f5 16. Bf3 g6 17. Qh4 e5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. e4 fxe4 20. Bxe4
Rhf8 21. Rxf8 Rxf8 22. d3 Bf4 23. Bf3 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Rxf3  
25. gxf3 Ne5 26. Kg2 Bxf3+ 27. Kf1 Qf7 28. Ke1 Bg2 29.
Nd2 Bxd2+ 30. Ke2 1







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36... Qxg2+ 37. Ke3 Qf2+ 38. Ke4 gxf5# 0-1

912. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. exd4


Bb4 6. Nf3 d5 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Bg4 10.  
Bxc4 Be7 11. Re1 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxd4 13. Bb3 Ne5 14.
Qg3 Ng6 15. Rad1 Qc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Qb6 18.
 
Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxc7 Rae8 20. Qxb7 Ne5 21. Qxa7 Re7 22.
Qe3 Rfe8 23. Qd2 Qh6 24. Rf1 Qh5 25. Qf4 Ng6 26. Qg3

Re5 27. h3 Rg5 28. Qc3 Nf4 29. Qc6  
 
   
 
 
 
28... Nh3+ 29. Kh1 (29. Kf1 Qf2#) 29... Qg1+ 30. Rxg1
 Nf2# 0-1
  915. 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6.
 dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Nxc5 8. Bd3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Be7 10.
O-O-O Qa5 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Qb5+ Qxb5 13. Nxb5 O-O
 14. a3 Bd7 15. Nd4 Na6 16. N2b3 Rfc8 17. Be3 b6 18. f4
Nc5 19. Rhf1 Rc7 20. g4 a5 21. Kb1 a4 22. Nc1 Nb7 23.

29... Nxh3+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kh2 Nf4+ 31. Kg1 Ne2#) 30...
Nf3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Nd2 Na5 26. Nd3 Bb5 27. Rf2
Rb8 28. Ka2 c4 29. Nb4 c3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31. Rg1 Nc6 32.
Nf4+ 31. Kg1 Ne2# 0-1 Kb2 d4 33. Rg3 Nxb4 34. axb4 a3+ 35. Kb1 d3 36. cxd3
Bxd3+ 37. Ka1 Rxb4 38. Rf1 Rb2 39. Rd1 Rcc2 40. Nb3
913. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. a3 d5 6.
b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Ne4 8. O-O f5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Qf6 
11. c4 Bd6 12. c5 Bxc5 13. Rc1 Bb6 14. b4 Rd8 15. Nb3
O-O 16. Qe1 a6 17. Rc2 g5 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Qa1 g4 20.  
Nd2 Qh6 21. Rd1 Ne7 22. Nf1 Ng6 23. Qa2 Ng5 24. Bc1
f4 25. Bxg6 Qxg6 26. Nd3 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 gxf3+ 28. Ng3 fxg3

29. hxg3 Bxd4 30. Kf1 e5 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Qxd5+ Qf7 33.
Qe4 Qf5 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Nxe5


 
1  
 
 
 
  40... Ra2+ 41. Kb1 Rcb2+ 42. Kc1 Rb1# 0-1

 916. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 Qc8 5. Nc3 e5 6.


 dxe5 dxe5 7. Nd5 Nbd7 8. f4 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 c6 10. Bg2 e4
11. Nh3 Nf6 12. Nf2 Bc5 13. e3 h5 14. h3 Qe6 15. Qc2
 Rg8 16. a3 a5 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Nxg4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20.
Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 O-O-O 22. Rh4 f5 23. Bc2 Rh8 24.

35... Qh3+ 36. Ke1 (36. Kg1 Qg2#) 36... Bc3+ 37. Bd2
Rxh8 Rxh8 25. Kd2 g6 26. Kd3 Bf3 27. b4 Be7 28. Ra2
Bf6 29. Kd2


(37. Rd2 Qh1#) 37... Qh1# 0-1

914. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7


6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 Ng6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 
f5 11. d4 f4 12. Qd3 Kh8 13. Bd2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Bxd7 dxc3 16. Bh3 cxd2 17. Nxd2 Ne5 18. Qb3 b5 19. a4
 
Rb8 20. axb5 Rxb5 21. Qc2 f3 22. g3 Qb8 23. Ra2 Rc5 24.
Qa4 Nd3 25. Rb1 Qb6 26. Nc4 Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Nxf2 28.

Be6 





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29... Rh2+ 30. Ke1 (30. Kd3 Be4#) 30... Bh4+ 31. Kf1
Rh1# 0-1

917. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 


6. Qa4 a6 7. Nf3 Rb8 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5
11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. a4 c4 15. Qd2

b4 16. Nb1 Qa5 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Kxg2
Nb6 20. e4 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Qxa4 22. d5 exd5 23. Be3 Bc5

24. exd5 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Nxd5 26. Qd4 h6 27. Kg1 Rd7 28. 
Qh4 Nf6 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qf4 Qd3 31. Qe5 Re8 32. Qc5
Qb3 33. Qd4 Re2 34. Rxc4 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Rxb1 36. Qd8+ 
Kh7 37. Qc8 Qd3 38. Rxb4 Qf1+ 39. Kf3 Qd1+ 40. Kg2

 
 
1 
 47... Nh3+ 48. Kg2 (48. Kh1 Qf3# (48... Qf1#)) 48...
Qf2+ 49. Kxh3 (49. Kh1 Qf3# (49... Qf1#)) 49... Qf3# 0-1


920. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6
6. Bh4 d5 7. e3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qb3 Ne4
 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. exd4 f5 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Bg3 Rf7 16. Be5 Be6 17. O-O Rc8 18. Rfe1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5
 Rfc7 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Re3 b5 22. f3 Qb6 23. Rb1 a6 24. a4
Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Qxd4+ 26. Re3 b4 27. Kf1 Qxe5 28. Qxb4
  Qxh2 29. Qb2 Bf5 30. Qa2 Kh8 31. Rb4

 
40... Qh1+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 g5# 0-1
1
918. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bf4 g5
 
11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 g4 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nd4 Nxg3 15. fxg3
Nxd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. Rf4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 19. Rf2 Rc1+

20. Bd1 Bc5 21. Qd2 Qg5 22. Kf1 
 
1 
 
 
 

31... Rc1+ 32. Kf2 ( { Or } 32. Re1 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 (33. Ke2
Qxe1#) 33... Qxe1#) 32... Qh4+ 33. Ke2 (33. g3 Qh2#)
 33... Qe1# 0-1

 921. 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6.


fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Rc1 Bxf3
 11. gxf3 Be7 12. Be2 Bh4+ 13. Kf1 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. dxe5
Qe7 16. Kg2 Rd8 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. Qe4 Ne7 19. Rhf1 Nf5

22... Rh1+ 23. Ke2 Qxe5+ 24. Kd3 (24. Qe3 Qxe3#) 24...
20. Bc5 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Na4 22. Bh5 Qxh5 23. Nxa4 Ng3+
24. hxg3 Bxg3+ 25. Kg2 Rd2+ 26. Bf2 Qh2+ 27. Kf3 Rxf2+
Qe4# 0-1 28. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kg4

919. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O 


Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7 9. d4 Ne6 10.
Be3 O-O 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. f4 f6 13. Nd3 Re8 14. Qf3 f5 15. 
Rad1 Nf8 16. Ne5 Qf6 17. Bf2 Be6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5
Qh6 20. c4 Rad8 21. c5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Rd7 23. g3 c6 24. 
Ne3 Red8 25. Re1 Qf6 26. g4 fxg4 27. Nxg4 Bxg4 28. Qxg4
Ng6 29. Re6 Qf7 30. f5 Nf8 31. Bh4 Rd4 32. R6e4 Rxe4

33. Rxe4 Re8 34. Rb4 Kh8 35. f6 g6 36. Qd4 Ne6 37. Qc3 1 

Kg8 38. Qb3 Nd8 39. Qd3 Ne6 40. Qd6 Kh8 41. Re4 Kg8
42. Re2 g5 43. Be1 Qxf6 44. Bc3 Qf4 45. Qd7 Qf7 46. Qd6
Nf4 47. Re5




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
29... h5+ 30. Kg5 (30. Kh3 Qh2#) 30... Bh4+ 31. Kg6
Qg3# 0-1

922. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. c3 Bf5   


6. Nh4 Bd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bc2 Bb5 10. Ndf3
Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 Bd6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2

Re8 15. Rd1 Bg4 16. Be2 Ne4 17. h3 Be6 18. c4 Qd7 19.
cxd5 Bxh3 20. Nh4 g5 21. Bd3 Qg4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. f3
1
Qg3 24. Qxe4 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Bg3 26. Rd2 Bd7 27. Nf5 
 
1 
 
 
  
10... Qd4+ 11. Ke2 Qe3+ 12. Kf1 Qf2# 0-1

 925. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 h5 8. Be2 Nf5 9. g3 g6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11.
 Bg5 Qa5 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ncxd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Ke3 Nf5+ 19.
 Kf4 Rc8 20. a4 Rc7 21. Rhb1 Bc6 22. f3 d4 23. g4 Ne3 24.
Kg3 Nd5 25. Bg5 f5 26. exf6 Kf7 27. Be4 hxg4 28. Bxd5
 Bxd5 29. fxg4 Rc3+ 30. Kf4 Re3 31. Bh6


27... Bb5+ 28. Rd3 (28. Qd3 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qe1#) 28...
Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qe1# 0-1

923. 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6  


6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bf4 Ne8
11. Rac1 Bd7 12. Nb5 e5 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Qd2 Bg4 15.

Bd5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qd7 17. Qc3 a6 18. Na3 Qh3 19. Bb6
Rc8 20. Rd3 Nf6 21. Qe1 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Nb4 23. Rxc8

Rxc8 24. Rd1 Qxf3 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 
Nd3 28. Qc7 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Nf4+ 30. Kg3

 
 
 
 
 31... g5+ 32. Bxg5 (32. hxg5 e5+ (32... Kg6 33. Rxb7 e5#)
33. Kf5 Be6#) 32... e5+ 33. Kf5 Be6# 0-1

 926. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6.
Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bg5 h6 11.
 Bd2 Re8 12. e4 Qc7 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. b3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3
16. Bxf3 Rad8 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Ne2 c5 19. Nc3 Nd4 20.
 Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 f5 23. Bg2 e4 24. Rfe1
Rxd5 25. f3 d3 26. Qd2 e3 27. Qb4 a5 28. Qa4 b5 29. cxb5

30... Bh4+ 31. Kxh4 Qh5+ 32. Kg3 Qh3# 0-1
Qxg3 30. Qc4 Rd8 31. Rxe3 Bd4 32. Rxd3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2
Bxe3 34. Rxd5

924. 1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Bc5 5. Bg2 dxe4 


6. dxe4 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Ng4+ 8. Kf3 Qf6+ 9. Ke2 Qf2+ 10.
Kd3 


 
 




34... Qg1+ 35. Kg3 Bf2+ 36. Kf4 Qh2# 0-1

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927. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 


6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bd6 9. b3 Re8 10. Qc2 a6 11.
Bb2 Bb7 12. g4 Nbd7 13. h4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 1
Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Nxg4 17. Nf5 Ne5 18. Qf1 d4 19. Rg1
Nf3+ 20. Ke2 Be5 21. Qh3 dxc3 22. Nxg7

 
 
1 
  
 
 
 
37... Bh3+ 38. Kg1 Ne2+ 39. Kh1 Nxf2# 0-1
 930. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7
 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. Nbc3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4
11. Qb3 c5 12. Be3 a4 13. Qd1 Ra5 14. a3 Na6 15. b3 Bg4

22... Qd2+ 23. Kf1 Qd3+ 24. Kg2 Ne1# (24... Nxh4#)
16. f3 Bd7 17. Rb1 axb3 18. Qxb3 Na4 19. Nxa4 Rxa4 20.
Rfc1 b5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Qb6 23. Rc1 Rfa8 24. Qe3
0-1 Qd6 25. f4 Bb2 26. R1c2 Rxa3 27. e5 Rxe3 28. exd6 Rxe2
29. Kf1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Ra1+ 31. Ke2 Ba3 32. dxe7 Bxe7
928. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 d6 6. 33. Rc7 Bg4+ 34. Ke3 Ra3+ 35. Ke4
a3 Ba5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. Kb1 a6
11. f3 Bd7 12. Be1 Ne8 13. Bg3 Na7 14. Ne4 f5 15. N4c3 
b5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Nc1 Bc6 18. Nb3 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Nxc7
20. Na5 Rab8 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Kc1 b4 23. axb4 cxb4 24. 
Na4 b3 25. Qd2 Rfd8 26. Qe1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qb4 28.
Nc3 Rd8 29. Qe1 Qa5 30. Kb1 Nb4 31. Qh4 Rd2 32. Be2

Na2 33. Rc1 
 1
1 
 
 
 
 

35... Bf5+ 36. Ke5 (36. Kd4 Rd3+ 37. Ke5 f6#) 36... f6+
37. Kd4 Rd3# 0-1
 931. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O
 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Ne5
h6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. O-O-O c5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bf5 Qc6

33... Nxc3+ 34. Rxc3 (34. bxc3 Qa2#) 34... Qa2+ 35. Kc1
15. dxc5 Nxf4 16. exf4 Rfd8 17. Rhe1 Bf6 18. Nxd5 Rxd5
19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Be4 Qxa2 21. Bxb7 Rd8 22. c6 Qa1+
Qxb2# 0-1 23. Qb1 Bxb2+ 24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25. Kxb2 Qb4+ 26. Ka1
Qc3+ 27. Qb2 Qxe1+ 28. Ka2 Qa5+ 29. Kb3 Rd3+ 30. Kc4
929. 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6
6. O-O e5 7. d3 c6 8. Bd2 a5 9. a3 h6 10. Qc2 Be6 11. b4 
axb4 12. axb4 Nbd7 13. Ra4 d5 14. b5 d4 15. Nb1 cxb5 16.
cxb5 Rc8 17. Qb2 Nc5 18. Ra3 Nd5 19. Ne1 Qd7 20. Ra7 
Ra8 21. Qa3 Rxa7 22. Qxa7 Nb3 23. b6 Rc8 24. Nf3 Qc6
25. Na3 Qxb6 26. Qxb6 Nxb6 27. Bb4 Nd5 28. Bd6 f6 29.

Rb1 Rc1+ 30. Rxc1 Nxc1 31. Kf1 Nc3 32. Nd2 N1xe2 33.
Bxb7 Nc1 34. Ba6 Bf5 35. Bc4+ Kh7 36. Bb4 Nxd3 37.

Bd6 1





30... Qd5+ 31. Kb4 Qc5+ 32. Ka4 Qa5# 0-1

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932. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 


Bg7 6. Bg5 Nce7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. Nxe7 Nxe7 10.
O-O-O c5 11. Kb1 d6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Qd3 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 
O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxc5 g5 17. Bg3 Rc8 18. Qb5 Nc6 19.
Rhe1 Re8 20. Qxb7 Qa5 21. a3 Qc5 22. Nd2 d3 23. cxd3
1 
Rb8 24. Qa6 Rxb2+ 25. Kxb2 Rb8+ 26. Nb3 Rxb3+ 27.
Kxb3 Nd4+ 28. Ka4 Qc2+ 29. Ka5


 
  
 
 
 
 37... Re4+ 38. Kd2 (38. Kd3 Qe3#) 38... Qe1+ (38...

 
Qe3+ 39. Kd1 Qe1#) (38... Qf2+ 39. Kc3 (39. Kc1 Re1#)
39... Qe3#) 39. Kd3 Qe3# 0-1
 935. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
 bxc3 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Qc2 $5
cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Ba2 Qb8

29... Qc3+ 30. Ka4 Qb3+ 31. Ka5 Qxa3# 0-1
15. Qb2 Qd6 16. Rd1 e5 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Bc1 Be6 19. e4
Nd4 20. exd5 Bd7 21. Be3 Ba4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rd2
Rfe8+ 24. Kf2 d3 25. Nh3 Rc2 26. Rxc2 Bxc2 27. Qc3
933. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6+ 28. Kg3 Qg6+ 29. Kh4 Qxg2 30. Rg1 g5+ 31. Kh5
d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Bb3 Na5 10. f4 b6 Qxh3+ 32. Kxg5 Qxh2 33. Qd4 d2 34. Kf6+ Bg6 35. d6
11. e5 Ne8 12. f5 dxe5 13. fxe6 Nxb3 14. Nc6 Qd6 15. Nd5 d1=Q 36. Bxf7+ Kf8 37. Rxd1 Bxf7 38. d7 Qh6+ 39. Kf5
Bh4 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Qh5 Qxd5 18. Rad1 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1
Bb7 20. c4 Qe6 21. Qxh4 Qxc6 22. Qf2 Nf6 23. axb3 Qe6 
24. h3 Ne4 25. Qf3 Bc6 26. Qd1 Qe7 27. Qc2 Ng3 28. Ra1
Rf8 29. Bf2 Qg5 30. Bxg3 Qxg3 31. Rxa7 Qe3+ 32. Kh1  
Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 
 
1 
  1
 
 
 
 
 39... Qh5+ 40. Kf4 (40. Kf6 Qg6# (40... Re6#)) 40...
Qh4+ 41. Kf5 Bg6# 0-1
 936. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Be6 5. Nd5

34... Rf1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kh3 (36. g3 Rh1# (36...
Nge7 6. e3 Qd7 7. a3 Nd8 8. d3 c6 9. Nc3 d5 10. Nf3 f6 11.
b3 Nf7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Bb2 g5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. d4 e4 16.
Qh6#)) 36... Rh1# 0-1 Ne1 g4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Nd3 b6 20. Nd2
f5 21. Re1 Bg7 22. e4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 O-O 24. Nec5 bxc5 25.
934. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O g6 Nxc5 Ng5 26. Nxd7 Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Bxd7 28. Qe2 Nxf2+
6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb5 Be6 10. Nd4 29. Kg2 Ne3+ 30. Qxe3 Bc6+ 31. Kf1 Nd1+ 32. Ke2 Nxe3
Bc8 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Rd1 Bg4 33. Kxe3 Bh6+ 34. Kd3 Rf2 35. Bc1 Bb5+ 36. Kc3 a5 37.
15. Bd2 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qh5 17. Bxb7 Bxe2 18. Bxa8 Bxd1 Re5
19. Rxd1 Rxa8 20. Re1 e6 21. Qb7 Rd8 22. Be3 Qa5 23.
Rc1 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Rc8+ Kg7 26. Rc7 Qf5 27.
Qxa7 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 h5 29. Qb7 h4 30. Qb2+ e5 31. f4 Rd4
32. Rc1 Qd7 33. Rc2 h3+ 34. Kf2 Qd5 35. fxe5 Qg2+ 36.
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
30... Nf4+ 31. Ke1 (31. Kf1 Qg1# (31... Qh1#)) 31...
Qg3+ 32. Kf1 (32. Qf2 Qxf2#) 32... Qg1# 0-1
 939. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 c5 6.
 d5 h6 7. Be3 e6 8. h3 exd5 9. cxd5 O-O 10. Bd3 Na6 11.
Nf3 Re8 12. O-O Rb8 13. Nd2 Nc7 14. a4 Na6 15. Nc4
 Nb4 16. Bb1 b6 17. f3 Ba6 18. Nb5 Nfxd5 19. exd5 Rxe3
20. Nxe3 Bxb5 21. axb5 Bd4 22. Qb3 Qg5 23. f4 Qg3 24.
 Rf3 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Re8 26. Nf1 Qc1 27. h4 Re1 28. Ng3
 Rg1 29. Bxg6 Qxa1 30. Bh5 Qc1 31. Bg4 Qd2 32. Bh3
Qe1 33. Bf5 Bf2 34. Qc3 Rh1+ 35. Nxh1
 
 
 

37... Rc8+ 38. Rc5 Rxc5+ 39. dxc5 Bg7# 0-1  


937. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6.
Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. g4 a6
11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. b4 Na4 15. Nxa4
bxa4 16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 Bd7 18. Kb2 Rc8 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. 
h5 Rb8 21. Ka3 Bb5 22. Bh3 Bd7 23. Bf1 Rb7 24. Rc1
Rfb8 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Bxa6 Qe8 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 
Bb5 29. Bxb5 Qxb5 30. Bd2 Bf8 31. Qc6 Qd3+ 32. Qc3
Qa6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Qc6 Qa7 35. Ne2 Qf2 36. Qc4

Qxf3+ 37. Kxa4 Ra8+ 38. Kb5 Qf2 39. a4 

35... Qg1+ 36. Kh3 Qxh1+ 37. Kg4 Qxh4# 0-1

 940. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7


6. a3 Nc6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Be3 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. f4 e5 11.
 O-O Bd6 12. f5 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. a4 Qe7 15. Kh1 h6
16. Bf2 Bc5 17. Bh4 Be3 18. Qe2 Bg5 19. Bf2 h5 20. axb5
 cxb5 21. Na2 h4 22. Rad1 Bc6 23. Qe1 h3 24. Nb4 hxg2+
25. Kxg2 Bb7 26. Ra1 Bd2 27. Qxd2 Nxe4 28. Qe3 Qg5+
  29. Qxg5 Nxg5+ 30. Kg3
1 
  
 
 

39... Rb8+ 40. Kc6 (40. Ka5 Qb6#) (40. Ka6 Qb6#) 40...

Qb6+ 41. Kd7 Rd8# 0-1 
938. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. 
h3 Nbd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Be2 exd4 11.
Nxd4 Re8 12. f3 Nc5 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bf2 Be5 15. Rfd1 
Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Bf4 19. Qc3
Rc8 20. a4 Qg5 21. Bb5 Be5 22. Qd2 Nf4 23. Bxa7 c6 24.

dxc6 bxc6 25. Bf1 Qg3 26. Bc4 c5 27. Bb6 Bd4+ 28. Kf1
Qh2 29. Ke1 Nxg2+ 30. Ke2

30... Rh3+ 31. Kg4 Bf3+ 32. Kxg5 Rh5# 0-1

 941. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6.


  Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O dxc4 9. e4 Ng4 10. Bxc4
b5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Bd3 e5 13. h3 Ngf6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
1 Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19.
Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bd3 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh6 Re8 23. Kb1
 Bd7 24. Rhe1 Qa5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. f5 b4 27. Qd2 Bc3
28. Qf2 Ba4 29. Rc1 Bb5 30. Bxb5 Qxb5 31. Qg3 Rg8 32.
 Qf3 d4 33. Bd2 Rg7 34. g4 Bxd2 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Qa8





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 944. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. d4 d5


1 6. Bxd5 Nxd4 7. Nxf7 Qe7 8. Nxh8 Bg4 9. f3 Nxd5 10.
fxg4 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Qf2+ 12. Kd3 Nb4+ 13. Kc3 O-O-O 14.
 Nd2

 
   
 
 
 
   
 
36... Qd3+ 37. Rc2 (37. Ka1 Qf1+ 38. Rc1 Qxc1#) 37...
Qf1+ 38. Rc1 Qxc1# 0-1 
942. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6.

Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Qd2 cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11.
Bd3 Nbd7 12. Kb1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Nce2 Ne8 15. h4

14... Qe3+ 15. Kc4 b5+ 16. Kxc5 Na6# 0-1
f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ng3 e4 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. N1e2 Qe8 20.
h5 Na4 21. Nd4 Nxd5 22. Bb3 Nb6 23. Ndxf5 Bxf5 24. 945. 1. b4 a5 2. b5 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. e3 f5 6. Bd3
Bxd5+ Nxd5 25. Qxd5+ Be6 26. Qxe4 Qf7 27. Rxd6 e4 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bxg8 Qg5 9. Bxh7 Qxg2 10. Qh5+ Kd8
Bxa2+ 28. Ka1 Rae8 29. Qh4 Bc4 30. Rhd1 Qc7 31. Ne4 11. Qg6 Qxh1 12. Qg5+ Be7 13. Qxg7 Rxh7 14. Qxh7
 Qxg1+ 15. Ke2 Be6 16. Nd2 Qg4+ 17. Kf1 Nc4 18. Qh8+
Kd7 19. Qxa8 Nxd2+ 20. Ke1
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

31... Qa5+ 32. Kb1 Qa2+ 33. Kc1 (33. Kc2 Qxb2#) 33...  
Qxb2# 0-1 
20... Nf3+ 21. Kd1 (21. Ke2 Bc4+ 22. Kd1 Qg1#) (21.
943. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. Kf1 Bc4#) 21... Qg1+ 22. Ke2 Bc4# 0-1
exf5 Bxf5 7. d4 e4 8. Ng5 d5 9. f3 h6 10. fxe4 hxg5 11. exf5
Bd6 12. Qg4 Qe7+ 13. Kd1 Nf6 14. Qxg5 O-O-O 15. Re1 946. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nf3 e5
Qd7 16. h3 Rde8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Nd2 Qe7 19. Bxc6 6. d3 e4 7. Qe2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 O-O 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Qd3
bxc6 20. Kc2 Kb8 21. b4 Qe2 22. Qxg7 Re3 23. Qxf6 Qd3+ Qe7 11. Be2 Re8 12. a3 Nxd2 13. Nbxd2 Bf5 14. Qe3 Qf6
24. Kb2 Qxc3+ 25. Kb1 Qd3+ 26. Kb2 Bxb4 27. Nb3 15. Qb3 Bxd2+ 16. Kf1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Rxe2
 19. Kxe2 Re8+ 20. Kf1 Bd3+ 21. Kg1 Re2 22. Rf1

 
   
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
27... Re2+ 28. Bd2 (28. Nd2 Ba3#) 28... Rxd2+ 29. Nxd2
(29. Kc1 Qc2# (29... Qf1#)) 29... Ba3# 0-1

22... Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Re1+ 24. Rf1 Be3# (24... Rxf1#) 0-1

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947. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. 


Rb1 a6 7. Be3 d6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. Nge2 Nd4 10. O-O Ne7
11. f4 Bc6 12. Nd1 O-O 13. c3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b6 15. g4 f5  
16. Nf2 Qd7 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bb5 19. Nd3 Rac8 20.
gxf5 exf5 21. Rfd1 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf5 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24.
 
Qd2 Rce8 25. Bf2 Nxd4 26. Re1 Bc6 27. Nb4 Bxd5 28.
Bxd4 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qf3+ 30. Qf2


 
1  
 
 
 
 23... Qa1+ 24. Kc2 b3+ 25. Kc3 Qa5# 0-1

 950. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6.


 h3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nb5 f5 11.
Nbxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qc2 f4 15.
 Bxh7+ Kh8 16. O-O-O fxe3 17. fxe3 Qg5 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19.
Nf3 Qg3 20. h4 Na4 21. b3 Nc3 22. h5 Nxa2+ 23. Qxa2

30... Qh1+ 31. Qg1 Rxf4+ 32. Bf2 Bg2# 0-1
Kxh7 24. Qc2+ Kg8 25. Rh1 Bf5 26. e4 Qf4+ 27. Nd2 Bh7
28. Kb1 Qe5 29. Ka2 Rf2 30. Ka3 Qc3 31. Qxc3 Bxc3 32.
Nf3 Bxe4 33. Ng5 Bb2+ 34. Ka4 Bf5 35. g4
948. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6
6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nb3 Ng6 8. f4 Be7 9. Qh5 O-O 10. Bd3 
Bd7 11. O-O Nb4 12. Rf3 Re8 13. Rh3 Nf8 14. e5 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 dxe5 16. fxe5 f5 17. Rf1 Bc6 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. g4 g6   
20. Qh6 Bc5 21. Rf4 Bb6 22. Rg3 Bc7 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24.
d4 c5 25. Rg2 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Rad8 27. Re2 Qc6 28. Bxa7

Qa6 29. Bc5 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rh1 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Nd5 Bxe5
33. Rxe5 Qf1+ 34. Kg3 Rg1+ 35. Kh4 g5+ 36. Qxg5+ Rxg5

37. Rxe8 Qg2 38. Ne7+ Kg7 39. Nxf5+ Rxf5 40. Rxf5 1
 
 
 
 
 
35... Bd7+ 36. Ka5 (36. Kb4 a5#) 36... Bc3+ 37. b4 Ra2#
  0-1
 951. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6.
 O-O Nge7 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qd2 Bg4
11. Rfe1 Qd7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4
  15. Bd1 Rae8 16. Qf4 Nec6 17. Bg4 f5 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19.
Bf3 Re5 20. Rc1 b5 21. Rf1 b4 22. Nb1 Nxc2 23. Bd1

40... Ng6+ 41. Kh5 Qh3+ 42. Kg5 h6# (42... Qh4#) 0-1
N2d4 24. Kg2 Qe7 25. h4 Ne6 26. Qc1 Ned4 27. Ba4 Nd8
28. Nd2 N8e6 29. a3 bxa3 30. bxa3 f4 31. Qb2 Qc7 32. Rb1
fxg3 33. Qb8+ Qxb8 34. Rxb8+ Kg7 35. Kxg3 Nf5+ 36.
949. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 Kh3 Re2 37. Nb3 Rxf2 38. Bd7
6. g4 Be7 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Rg1 a6 9. Be3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11.
Qh5 Nc5 12. O-O-O b4 13. Nce2 Nbd7 14. e5 g6 15. Qh6
Bf8 16. Qh4 Bxg2 17. Rxg2 dxe5 18. Nc6 Qb6 19. Nxe5
Nxe5 20. Qd4 Qa5 21. f4 Nf3 22. Qxh8 Qxa2 23. c4

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 954. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4


d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10.
 Nc4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Ne3 Nf4 14. Qd2 c6
15. Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Bg3 Rd8 19. Qa5
 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxg3+ 21. hxg3 Rd4 22. c3 Bxb3 23. axb3
Rxe4 24. Qxa7 f5 25. Rd7 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Qa8+ Kh7
1 28. Qxc6 Qxb3 29. Ra6 Qf7 30. Nd5 f4 31. g4 Ra4 32. Rb6
e4 33. Rb7 f3 34. Kg1 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 fxg2 36. Rxf7 g1=Q+
 37. Kh3
 
 
 
 1

38... Nf4+ 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kg5 Nh3# 0-1


952. 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. Bc4
d5 6. Be2 c5 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. O-O e6  
11. c4 dxc4 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Be7 14. Ne4 Nd4 15.
Qg4 Nf5 16. Bb2 Qc6 17. Rfe1 h5 18. Qh3 Rh6 19. Nd6+  
Bxd6 20. exd6 Rg6 21. Re2 O-O-O 22. Be5 h4 23. Qa3 f6
24. Qxa7 fxe5 25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Rxb7+ Ke8 27. Qa7 h3 28.

Re7+ Kf8 29. Rf7+ Kg8 30. Rf2 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Rxf2+ 32.
Kxf2

37... Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Rg1+ 39. Kf4 Qf3# 0-1

 955. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O


 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Qe8 10. h3 Nh6 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O Na6 13. Qd2 c6 14. Rad1 Nf7 15. Rfe1
 Bh6 16. Qc2 Nd8 17. a3 Ne6 18. b4 Nf4 19. Bf1 g5 20.
Bg3 g4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Be2 Kh8 24. Nh2
 Bc8 25. Bf3 Rg8 26. c5 Qg6 27. Kh1 Nc7 28. Ne2 Ne6 29.
Nd4 Ng5 30. Rg1 Nf7 31. a4 Ne5 32. b5 Qg5 33. Qe2 Qh4
 34. Qa2 Bg4 35. Qe2 Bd7 36. Qa2 Rg5 37. Qc2 Rag8 38.
 Qe2 Bg4 39. Nf5

 
  1 
  
 
32... Qg2+ 33. Ke1 Qg1+ 34. Ke2 Nd4# 0-1 
953. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 
6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Na6 9. Bf4 Nb4 10. h3 Nh5 11.
Bh2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Bb3 Qd7 15. Nh4 
Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Ng2 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Qxh2 19. Rxe7
Bf6 20. Re4 Rf8 21. Qg4 Bg5+ 22. Ke2 Ng3+ 23. Kd1 
 
1 
39... Qxh2+ 40. Kxh2 Rh5+ 41. Nh4 Rxh4# 0-1
 956. 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6.
 Nh4 Ne7 7. e4 Ng6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 Rxh2 10. O-O
Bxg3 11. d4 Rh7 12. Qd3 Qh4 13. Rd1 Bf2+ 14. Kf1 g3 15.
   Qb5+ Nc6 16. Nc3 Qh2 17. Bg5 Bg4 18. Ne2





23... Rf1+ 24. Re1 (24. Ne1 Qd2#) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1
(25. Kxe1 Qg1#) 25... Qd2# 0-1

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
40... Qd1+ 41. Kh3 (41. Kh4 Qh5#) 41... Qh1+ 42. Kg4
Qh5# 0-1
1  959. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. h4 h5 5. Bc4 Ng6 6.
 Ng5 Ne5 7. Bb3 f6 8. Nh3 g5 9. hxg5 fxg5 10. d4 Nf7 11.
g3 fxg3 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Nxg5+ Ke8 14. Rxh5 Rxh5
 
 
  
 
 
 

18... Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Rh2+ 20. Kf1 Bh3# 0-1 
957. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. 
Bg2 Qd7 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Nbd2 h5 9. Qb3 h4 10. Nxh4
Bxe2 11. Re1 d3 12. Nhf3 Qf5 13. h4 g5 14. hxg5 Nge7 15.
 
Nh4 Rxh4 16. gxh4 Qg4 17. Nf1 Nf5 18. Nh2 Qxh4 19.
Bd2

15. Qxh5+ Ke7 16. Qf7+ Kd6 17. Qd5+ Ke7 18. Qe5#


1-0

 960. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bc4 g5 5. h4 f6 6.


Nxg5 fxg5
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

19... Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 (20. Kh1 Ng3#) 20... Bc5+ 21. Be3 
Bxe3# 0-1
  
958. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Rc1 Nb6 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10.

7. Qh5+ Ke7 8. Qf7+ Kd6 9. Qd5+ Ke7 10. Qe5# 1-0
O-O e5 11. d5 Nb4 12. e4 Nxa2 13. Bxd7 Nxc1 14. Bh3
Nd3 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Nxb2 17. Qb3 N2c4 18. Be6+ 961. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. f4 Nxe4 4. Nf3 exf4 5. O-O
Kh8 19. Bc5 Nd6 20. Rc1 Re8 21. h4 Bh6 22. Rc2 Nbc4 Bc5+ 6. d4 Bb6 7. Re1 f5 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. Bd5 c6 10. Bxe4
23. h5 b6 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Nh4 Kg7 27. g3 Qf6 11. Bxf5+ Kd8 12. Ne4 Qh6 13. g3 Na6 14. Nd6 Qxd6
a5 28. Qa4 Re7 29. f4 b5 30. Qa1 Qb8 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Ne2 15. Ne5 Qf6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxh8+ Qxh8
Qb6+ 33. Kg2 Qe3 34. Qxe5+ Kh7 35. Nxg6 Kxg6 36.
Bf5+ Nxf5 37. Rc6+ Nd6 38. Qxe7 Qxe2+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 

40. Kg4

 
 
 
 
1 
 
  
 
 19. Nf7+ Kc7 20. Bxf4+ d6 (20... Qe5 21. Bxe5+ d6 22.
Bxd6+ Kd7 23. Re7#) 21. Bxd6+ Kd7 22. Re7# 1-0

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962. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. O-O Nf6


6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. h3 Nxe4 9. Re1 d5 10. Bxd5 
Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. Rxe4+ Ne7 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Bg5
Qd6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. d5 Rhd8 17. Ng5 c6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 
19. Rxe6+ Qxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. d6 Re8 22. Qf5+ Kg8
23. Ne4 Rf8 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Ng5 Bxf2+ 26. Kh2 Rae8

 
 
 
   
 
  
 
17. Rf6+ Nxf6 (17... Kc5 18. b4+ Kd4 19. c3#) 18. Rxf6+
 Kc5 19. b4+ Kd4 20. c3# 1-0

 965. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3


Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. h4 h6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nd5 Kd8

27. Nf7+ Kg8 (27... Rxf7 28. Qxe8+ Rf8 29. Qxf8#) 28.
11. dxe5 Bd7 12. Kg1 Qg6 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8 Bxh8
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxf4 Qg6 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nxc7 e5 19.
Nh6+ Kh8 29. Qg8+ Rxg8 30. Nf7# 1-0 Ne6+ Ke8 20. Qd6 Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Ne7 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23.
Qxe5 Qh6 24. Rd1 Na6 25. Bd7+ Kd8 26. Ba4+ Kc8 27.
963. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 Qxe7 Qb6+ 28. Kf1 Nc5 29. Rd6 Nxa4
6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be3 c6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nb6
11. O-O Nfd5 12. a4 a5 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bc2 f5 15. Qe2 f4 
16. Bd2 Qe8 17. Rae1 Bf7 18. Qe4 g6 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20.
Qxf4 Bc4 21. Qh6 Bxf1 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Nxg6 Nc8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1
 
30. Qe8+ Kc7 (30... Qd8 31. Qxd8#) 31. Rd7+ Kc6 32.
 Rd8+ Kc5 (32... Kc7 33. Qd7#) 33. Qe5+ (33. Qh5+ Kb4
34. a3+ Kc4 35. Qd5#) 33... Kc4 (33... Kb4 34. a3+ Kc4 35.

24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Nf4 Bd3 (26... Kg5 27.
Qd5#) 34. Qd5+ Kb4 35. a3# 1-0

Re5+ Kxf4 (27... Rf5 28. Rxf5#) 28. Qe4#) 27. Re6+ Kg5 966. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
28. Qh6+ Kf5 29. g4# (29. Re5#) 1-0 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. O-O Na5 9. Bd3 Ne7 10.
Nc3 O-O 11. Ba3 d6 12. e5 Bf5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Ne4 d5
964. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxf5 Nc4 18. Re1 Qd6
Qxf3 Qf6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bxf4 Bh6 9. Bxc7 Qxf3 10. Rxf3 f6 19. Ne5 fxe5 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh5 Kg7 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23.
11. Nc3 Ne5 12. Bxe5 fxe5 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Raf1 a6 15. Qh5 h6 24. Rxe5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Qc6 26. e6 Kg7 27. g4 Qc3
Nc7 Rb8 16. Nd5+ Kd6 28. g5 Qxa1+ 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. gxf6+ Kxf6 31. exf7 Rxf7 32.
Qg6+ Ke7 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Qxh6+ Rg7+ 35. Bg6 Kg8 36.
h4 d4 37. h5 d3 38. Qg5 Rd8 39. h6 d2 40. Qf6 Rgd7 41.
Bf5 d1=Q

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 969. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6.


 Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bc4+ d5 8. Bxd5+ Kg7 9. d4 Nf6 10. Nc3
Bb4 11. Bxf4 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Be5+
 Kg8 15. Qd3 Bxd4+ 16. Bxd4 Qh5 17. Qc4+ Kh7

 
 
 
 
1 
  
 
42. h7+ Rxh7 43. Be6+ Rf7 44. Bxf7+ Kh7 (44... Kf8 45.
Bd5+ (45. Bc4+ Ke8 46. Qf7#) 45... Ke8 46. Qf7#) 45. 
Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qh6# 1-0
 
967. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Qg6 6.
Bd3 Qxg2 7. Rg1 Qh3 8. Rg3 Qh5 9. Rg5 Qh3 10. Bf1

18. Rf7+ Kg6 (18... Kg8 19. Rd7+ Kf8 (19... Qd5 20.
Qe6 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Nf5 Qe6 14. Nfd6+ Qxd5+ Kf8 21. Qf7#) 20. Bg7+ Ke8 21. Qe6#) 19. Rg7+
Bxd6 15. Nxd6+ Kd8 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. Nxf7+ Kc7 Kf5 20. Rf1+ (20. Bc3 Qxh4 21. Rf1+ Qf2+ 22. Rxf2#) (20.


Re1 Kf4 21. Qf1+ Kg3 22. Qf2#) 20... Ke4 21. Bf6+ (21.
Bc3+ Ke3 22. Qd3# (22. Re1#)) 21... Ke3 22. Qd3# 1-0
 970. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6.
 Nxg4 Nxe4 7. Qe2 d5 8. d3 Bxg4 9. Qxg4 Ng3 10. Rh3
Bd6 11. Bxf4 Qe7+ 12. Kf2 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Nxf1 14. Nc3
 O-O 15. Kxf1 c6 16. Re1 Qd8 17. Rg3+ Kh8

 
 
 
 
  
 

18. Qd6+ Qxd6 (18... Kb6 19. a4 Qxd6 20. a5+ Kc5 21.
Nxd6 hxg5 22. Be3+ ( { or } 22. c3 { and Be3# }) 22... Kb4 23.
c3#) 19. exd6+ Kb6 20. Be3+ c5 21. Bxc5+ Ka5 (21... Kc6
22. Nd8#) 22. Rg3 b5 23. Ra3# 1-0 
968. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6.
1
Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. d3 Bh6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bxf4 Qd4+ 
11. Kh1 Bxf4 12. Rae1+ Ne7 13. Re4 Qg7 14. Qxf4 d5 15. 18. Qh6 Rg8 (18... Qg5 19. Qxg5 { and mate next move } (19.
Bxd5 cxd5 16. Rxe7+ Kxe7 17. Nxd5+ Ke6 18. Qe4+ Kd7 Qxf8+ Qg8 20. Rxg8# (20. Qxg8#)) 19... -- 20. Qg7#) 19.
19. Qe7+ Kc6 20. Qc7+ Kxd5 21. c4+ Kd4 Re8 Qxe8 (19... Qg5 20. Qxg5) 20. Qf6+ Rg7 21. Qxg7#


1-0

 971. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3


Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Re1
 Nge7 11. Ba3 b5 12. Qxb5 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bb6 14. Nbd2
Bb7 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Bxd3 Qh5 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. exf6 Rg8
 19. Rad1 Qxf3 20. Rxe7+ Nxe7





 1

22. Qd6+ Ke3 23. Qf4+ Ke2 (23... Kxd3 24. Rd1+ Kc2
(24... Ke2 25. Qf3# (25. Qd2#)) 25. Qd2# (25. Qc1#)) 24.
Rf2+ Ke1 (24... Kxd3 25. Rd2#) 25. Qd2# 1-0

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Kd7 16. Nfg5 fxg5 17. Nxg5 Qf6 18. Qg4+ Kd8 19. Ne6+
Kc8 20. Nc5+ Kb8
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  

21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 (21... Kf8 22. Qxe7# (22. Bxe7#)) 22.

Bf5+ Ke8 (22... Kc6 23. Bd7#) 23. Bd7+ Kf8 (23... Kd8
24. fxe7# (24. Bxe7#)) 24. Bxe7# 1-0

21. Nd7+ Kc8 22. Nxb6+ Kb8 (22... Kd8 23. Qd7#) 23.
Qc8+ Rxc8 24. Nd7# 1-0
972. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Qf6 5. O-O
Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Qg6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Qh5 10. 975. 1. e4 e5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6.
Ne2 d5 11. Nf4 Qg4 12. h3 Qd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ne5 Qd6 O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 h6 9. Na3 Na6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qd2
15. Qh5+ g6 16. Nexg6 Nxg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qxh8+ Rb8 12. c4 Nb4 13. Nc2 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 c5 15. Nh2 Qd7 16.
Kd7 19. Bg5 e5 Qd2 b6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nh7 19. Ng4 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5


21. Bf3 Kh8 22. b3 Rbe8 23. Rae1 Bf6 24. Nxf6 Nxf6 25.
Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bg3 d5 27. Bh4 g5 28. Be1 dxc4 29. dxc4
 Bd3 30. Qc3 Qd4+ 31. Rf2 Kg7 32. Bd2 Kg6 33. Qc1 Ne4
34. Bxe4+ Qxe4 35. Bc3 Re6 36. Qd2 Kh7 37. Rf7+ Kg6
 38. Qf2 Be2 39. Kh2 h5 40. Rf6+ Kh7

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
20. Qd8+ Ke6 21. Qf6+ Kd7 22. Qf7+ Qe7 23. Qxe7#
1-0 
973. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. b4

Nxb4 6. c3 Nc6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bd3 
41. Rh6+ Kxh6 (41... Rxh6 42. Qf7#) 42. Qf8+ Kg6 (42...
d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Qh5 13. Re1+ Kd8 14. Ng5
Qxd1 Kh7 43. Qg7#) 43. Qg7+ (43. Qg8+ Kf5 (43... Kh6 44.
Qg7#) 44. Qf7+ Rf6 45. Qxf6#) 43... Kf5 44. Qf7+ Rf6 45.
 Qxf6# 1-0
 976. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nxe5 dxe4 $2 4. Bc4 Qg5 5.
 Nxf7 Qxg2 6. Qh5 Qxh1+ 7. Ke2 Qxc1 $2 8. Nd6+ Kd7 9.
Qf7+ Kxd6 10. Nc3 Qxa1







15. Nxf7+ Kd7 16. Bf5+ Kc6 17. Nd8+ Kd6 18. Bf4# 1-0

974. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Qf6 5. d4 exd4


6. e5 Qg6 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Ne2 f6
11. Bd3 d5 12. Nf4 Qf7 13. e6 Bxe6 14. Nxe6 Nd6 15. Re1

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 
  
 
 
 
 
1 1
  

11. Nxe4+ Ke5 (11... Kc6 12. Qd5+ Kb6 13. Qb5#) 12.

22. Rf8+ Bxf8 (22... Kd7 23. R1f7+ Ke6 (23... Ne7 24.
d4+ ( { The game ended with the slower } 12. Qd5+ Kf4 13. Rxe7+ Kc6 25. Rxc7#) 24. Nf4+ Kxe5 25. Nd3+ Ke4 (25...
Qg5+ Kxe4 14. d3+ Kd4 15. Qe3#) (12. f4+ Kxe4 (12... Kd4 26. Rf4#) 26. Rf4#) 23. Rxf8+ Kd7 24. Nf6+ Ke7 25.
Kd4 13. Qd5#) 13. d3+ (13. Bd3+ Kd4 14. Qc4#) 13... Re8# 1-0
Kd4 14. Qd5#) 12... Kxe4 (12... Kxd4 13. Qd5#) 13. Qf3+
(13. f3+ Kxd4 14. Qd5#) 13... Kxd4 14. Qd5# 1-0 979. 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3
Bb6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bd6 f5 9. e5 a6 10. Be2
977. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 b5 4. Bxb5 c6 5. Bc4 Nbc6 11. O-O Rf7 12. Kh1 f4 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. Bh5 g6 15.
Nf6 6. Nf3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 Bg4 Ng7 16. Qf3 h5 17. Bh3 Qh4 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Qe4
10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Nc6 Qg5 20. g3 f3 21. Nd2 Bd8 22. Nxf3 Qh6 23. Rg1 Bxf6 24.
Nxc6 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. Re1 Qg5 18. Be3 exf6 Ne8 25. Bf4 Nxf6 26. Qxc6 Qxf4 27. Qxc8+ Rxc8 28.
Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qf5 20. Qd3 Qh5 21. Bd4 Re6 22. Re3 gxf4 Rxc2 29. Rac1 Rxf2 30. Rc8+ Ng8 31. Ne5 Rg7 32.
Rae8 23. Rae1 Qg5 24. h3 R8e7 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bc5 Rb7 Nxg6+ Kh7 33. Nf8+ Kh6 34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. Rcxg8 Rxf4
27. Rxe6 Ne5 36. Bxe6 Re7

 
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
 1
 
37. R8g6+ Kh7 38. Bg8+ Kh8 39. Rh6+ Rh7 40. Rxh7#
28. Re8+ Kf7 29. Rf8+ Ke6 30. Qa6+ Rb6 (30... Nc6 31.
Qxc6+ Ke5 32. Qd6+ (32. Bd4+ Ke4 33. f3#) 32... Ke4 33. 1-0
f3#) 31. Qc8+ Nd7 32. Qe8+ Qe7 33. Qxe7# 1-0
980. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3
978. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. Nc3 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Nf6 Bg7 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. d4 d6 8. Nd5 Kd8 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5
6. Nf3 Qh5 7. d3 fxe4 8. dxe4 Qc5 9. Qe2 g5 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bd7 11. Bd2 Ne7 12. Ba5 b6 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. Bb4+
Ne4 Ne3+ 12. Bxe3 Qxe3 13. Nf6+ Kd8 14. Nxg5 Qxe2+ Ke8 15. Qd5 Nc6 16. Re1 Rd8 17. e6 Nxb4 18. exf7+ Kf8
15. Kxe2 Bg7 16. Nf7+ Ke7 17. Nxh8 Bxh8 18. Rhf1 Nc6 19. Qxd7 Bf6 20. Qxd8+ Bxd8 21. Re8+ Kg7
19. Nd5+ Kd8 20. Rxf4 Bg7 21. Raf1 d6

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 983. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O


  Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10.
Neg5 Bb4 11. Rxe6+ fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qf7 13. Nfg5 Qe7 14.
 Qe2 Bd6 15. Nxg7+ Kd7 16. Qg4+ Kd8 17. Nf7+ Qxf7 18.
Bg5+ Be7 $2 19. Ne6+ Kc8 20. Nc5+ Kb8
 
 
 
 
 
1   

22. Rg8+ Rxg8 (22... Kf6 23. f8=Q+ Qf7 24. Qxf7#) 23. 
fxg8=Q+ Kh6 (23... Kf6 24. Qf8+ Qf7 (24... Kg6 25. Ne5#)
25. Qxf7#) 24. Qf8+ Kg6 25. Ne5# 1-0 
981. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3

Ba5 6. O-O Nge7 7. Ng5 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10.
Qf3+ Ke6 11. Ba3 Bb6 12. Re1 Na5 13. Rxe5+ $1 Kxe5

21. Nd7+ Kc8 22. Nb6+ Kb8 (22... Kd8 23. Qd7#) 23.
14. d4+ Ke6 15. g4 g6 16. Qe4+ Kf7 17. Bxd5+ Kg7 18. Qc8+ Rxc8 24. Nd7# 1-0
Be7 Re8

 984. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3


Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Bb2 Nce7 9. O-O d6 10. d5
 f6 11. Nd4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nh6 13. Qh5+ Nf7 14. f4 O-O
15. Nd2 Ng6 16. Rae1 Nh6 17. h3 Kh8 18. Bb3 Bd7 19.
 Re3 c5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Nc4 c5 22. Bc3 Be8 23. Qd5 Nf7
24. Rg3 Ne7 25. Qe6 Bd7
 
 
  
  
 
 

19. Qe5+ Kh6 20. g5+ Kh5 21. Bf3+ Bg4 (21... Kh4 22. 
Qg3#) 22. Qg3 Qd7 (22... Bxf3 23. Qh3#) (22... Qc8 23.
Qh3#) 23. Qh3# 1-0 
982. 1. e4 h6 2. d4 a5 3. Bd3 b6 4. Ne2 e6 5. O-O Ba6 6.
 
c4 Nf6 7. e5 Nh7 8. f4 Be7 9. Ng3 d5 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Nh5
g5 12. fxg5 hxg5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Nf6 dxc4 15. Bc2

26. Qxf6 Nf5 (26... gxf6 27. Bxf6#) (26... Rg8 27. Nxd6
Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. Bxg5 Nc6 19. Rf3 Qf8 28. Nxf7+ Qxf7 29. Bxf7 Nf5 30. exf5 Raf8 31. Qxg7+
Kg7 Rxg7 32. Bxg7#) 27. Qxg7+ Nxg7 28. Bxg7+ Kg8 29. Bf6+


Ng5 (29... Bg4 30. Rxg4+ Ng5 31. Rxg5+ Kf7 32. Nxd6+
Kxf6 33. e5+ Ke7 34. Rg7+ Rf7 35. Rxf7#) 30. Rxg5+ Kf7
 31. Nxd6+ Kxf6 32. e5+ Ke7 33. Rg7+ Rf7 34. Rxf7# 1-0

 985. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. d4 Bg4


6. Nf3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g5 8. g3 Qh3+ 9. Kf2 Nc6 10. c3 Na5
 11. Bf1 Qh6 12. gxf4 Qh4+ 13. Kg2 g4 14. Qd3 O-O-O 15.
d5 b6 16. Qa6+ Kb8 17. b4 Nb7 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Bc6 Nd8
 20. Bd7 Ne7 21. a4 c6 22. Bxc8 Nxc8 23. a5 Qe7 24. Re1
 cxd5 25. Bd2 Qh4 26. axb6 axb6 27. Qa8+ Kc7 28. Na3
Qh3+ 29. Kh1 g3 30. Re2 gxh2 31. Nb5+ Kd7 32. Ra7+
  Nxa7 33. Qxa7+ Ke6 34. Nc7+ Kf6 35. Ne8+ Ke6 36.
exd5+ Kxd5 37. Qa8+ Kc4 38. Qe4+ Kb3 39. Qd5+ Ka4
 40. Qa2+ Kb5



20. Bh6+ Kxh6 (20... Kh8 21. Rh3 { with Bf8 next }) 21.
Rh3+ Kg5 (21... Kg7 22. Rh7#) 22. Rh5+ Kf4 23. Kf2 Rg8
(23... Nxe5 24. g3#) 24. g3+ Rxg3 25. hxg3# 1-0

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 
 
 
 
 
 
   
1 1

41. c4+ Kc6 42. Qa8+ Kd7 (42... Nb7 43. Qa4+ b5 44.

26. Qg7+ Rxg7 27. e7+ Rf7 (27... Qxc4 28. e8=Q#) 28.
Qxb5#) 43. Qa7+ Nb7 (43... Kc8 44. Qc7#) 44. Qxb7+ e8=Q+ Qf8 29. Bxf7# 1-0
Kd8 45. Qc7# 1-0
988. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
986. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Ba3 Bb6 9. Qb3 d5 10. exd5
Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Na5 11. Re1+ Be6 12. dxe6 Nxb3


Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rf3 f5 14. Rh3 g6 15.
g4 fxg4 16. Rxh7 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Kxh7 18. Qxg4 Rg8

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
13. exf7+ Kd7 14. Be6+ Kc6 15. Ne5+ Kb5 16. Bc4+ Ka5

19. Qh5+ Kg7 20. Qh6+ Kf7 21. Qh7+ Ke6 (21... Rg7 22.
(16... Ka4 17. axb3+ Ka5 18. Bc5# (18. Bd6#)) 17. Bb4+
Ka4 18. axb3# 1-0
Bxg6+ Ke6 (22... Kf8 23. Qh8+ Rg8 24. Bh6#) 23. Qh3#)
(21... Ke8 22. e6 Qd6 23. Qxg8+ Bf8 24. Bg5 Qe7 25. 989. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qxd4 c6
Bxg6+ Kd8 26. Qxf8#) 22. Qh3+ Kf7 23. e6+ $1 ( { The 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Qe4 Bc5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Ng5 g6 10. Nxf7
game actually continued } 23. Rf1+ Ke8 24. Qe6 Rg7 25. Bg5 Rf8 11. Nd6+ Kd8 12. Qh4 Qc7
Qd7 26. Bxg6+ Rxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kd8 28. Rf8+ Qe8 29.
Qxe8#) 23... Ke8 (23... Kf8 24. Qh6+ Rg7 (24... Ke8 25. 
Bxg6+ Rxg6+ 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Bh6# (27. Qf7#)) 25.
Qh8+ Rg8 26. Bh6+ Ke8 27. Bxg6#) 24. Qh7 Qd6 25. 
Qxg8+ Bf8 26. Bg5 Qe7 27. Bxg6+ Kd8 28. Qxf8# 1-0 
987. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. 
Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Nc3 Be7
11. O-O f3 12. Nxf3 Ng3 13. Ne5 Nxf1 14. Qxf1 f6 15. Qf4 
c6 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Bc4 Be6 18. dxe6 Qxd4+ 19. Be3
Qxe5 20. Rd1 Na6 21. Rd7 Re8 22. Bd4 Qf5 23. Rxe7 
Rxe7 24. Bxf6 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 g3 

 

13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. Bg5+ Rf6 15. exf6+ Kf8 (15... Kxd6
16. Bf4#) (15... Kd8 16. f7#) 16. Bh6# 1-0

990. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5


Qxe4+ 6. Be3 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Kd8 9. O-O-O
Qe6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Nxd6 Qxa2

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
21. Rxc7 Bxb5 (21... Qxc7 22. Qxb7+ Qxb7 23. Bd6+
Qc7 24. Bxc7#) 22. Rxb7+ Qxb7 23. Bd6+ Qc7 24. Bxc7#
 1-0

 993. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3


Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bb6 8. a4 a5 9. dxe5 Bg4 10. Qb3
 Qe7 11. exd6 Qd7 12. e5 Be6 13. Na3 Nd8 14. Rd1 Bxc4
15. Nxc4 Bc5 16. dxc7 Qxc7 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qd7
 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Ba3 Nf6 21. d7+ Nxd7 22. Rxd7 Qxe5 23.
 Rad1 h5 24. Qb6 Qg5

 
 
    
 
13. Nb5+ Ke8 (13... Qd5 14. Qxd5+ Ke7 (14... Ke8 15.
Nc7+ Ke7 (15... Kf8 16. Qd6+ Nge7 17. Qd8+ Nxd8 18.

Rxd8#) 16. Qd6#) 15. Qd6+ Ke8 16. Nc7#) 14. Nc7+ Kf8 

(14... Ke7 15. Qd6#) 15. Qd6+ Nge7 16. Qd8+ Nxd8 17.
Rxd8# 1-0

991. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. c4 


Qe4+ 6. Be3 exd4 7. Bd3 Qe7 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. O-O Ne6
10. Nc3 c6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Bg3 g6 14. f4 Bg7
 
15. Kh1 Nh5 16. Ne4 Nxg3+ 17. Nxg3 O-O-O 18. f5 gxf5
19. Nxf5 Qf6 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Rf1 Nf4 22. c5 Qg5 23.

25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 (25... Qxd8 26. Qb5+ (26. Qe3+ Qe7 27.
Qd2 Qd5 24. Qxf4 Qxd3 25. Ne8+ Ka8 Qxe7#) 26... Qd7 27. Qxd7#) 26. Re1+ Qe5 (26... Qe3 27.


Rxe3+ Kd7 28. Qxb7#) 27. Rxe5+ Kd7 28. Qxb7# 1-0

 994. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nf3


Qxe4+ 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Be6 8. Nc3 Qf5 9. Bb5 Ne7 10.
 Nd4 Qg6 11. f4 f5 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nxd5 O-O-O 14. Bxc6
Nxc6 15. Nb5 Bc5+ 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nbxc7 Bxe3+ 18.
 Rxe3 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qf7 20. c4 Rhe8 21. Ra3 Kb8 22. Rb1
Qf8 23. b4 Nxb4 24. Qd4 Nc6

 
 
 
 1 
 
26. Nc7+ Kb8 27. Na6+ Ka8 (27... Kc8 28. Qc7#) 28. 

Qb8+ Rxb8 29. Nc7# 1-0

992. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3


Ba5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. Ba3 d6 9. e5 Ne4 10. Re1 d5 
11. Bb5 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Bxc3 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Be6 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. Qa4 Kd8 17. Rxc6 Kc8 18. Rec1
 
Kb8 19. Ba6 Qc8 20. Qb5 Bd7 

25. Rxb7+ Kxb7 (25... Kc8 26. Rc7+ Kb8 27. Rb3+ Qb4
(27... Nb4 28. Qxa7#) (27... Ka8 28. Rxa7+ Nxa7 29.
 Nc7#) 28. Rxb4+ Nxb4 (28... Ka8 29. Rxa7+ Nxa7 30.
Nc7#) 29. Qxa7#) 26. Rxa7+ Nxa7 (26... Kc8 27. Rc7+
 Kb8 28. Qb6+ Ka8 29. Qb7#) 27. Qb6+ Ka8 28. Nc7# 1-0

  995. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O


Nxe4 6. d4 d5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Nxe5 Qd6 9. Re1 Be6 10.
  Bf4 Qd8 11. f3 Nd6 12. Nxc6 Qd7 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Nc3
 Qf6 15. Qd2 h6 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Qc3 Nb5 18. Qc6+ Bd7
19. Nxd7+ Be7




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 998. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6


6. Bg3 Ne4 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. a3 b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11.
 cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd4 13. Bc4 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Nxg3

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Rxe7+ Qxe7 21. N7f6+ Kf8 (21... Kd8 22. Qxa8#) 22.
Qxa8+ Qe8 23. Qxe8# 1-0   
996. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 exd4 6.

15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Ng6+ hxg6 17. hxg3+ Qh4 18. Rxh4#
Qxd4 Bd7 7. Ng5 Nc6 1-0

 999. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7


 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5 Nb6 8. c3 a6 9. Na3 N8d7 10. f4 c5
11. Nc2 O-O 12. Nf3 f6 13. Bd3 c4 14. Be2 Rf7 15. O-O f5
 16. Ne3 Rb8 17. Qd2 Na8 18. Bd1 b5 19. Bc2 Nc7 20. g4
g6 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Rg1 Bb7 23. Rg3 Rg8 24. Rag1 fxg4
 25. Rxg4 Rgf8 26. Ng2 Rg8 27. Ng5 Rfg7 28. Rh4 Nf8 29.
Rh6 Bc6 30. Ne3 Be8 31. Ng4 Nd7 32. Rg3 a5 33. Rgh3
 Na6 34. Qf2 Rf8 35. Qh4 Rxf4
 
 
 
  

8. Bf7+ Ke7 9. Qxf6+ Kxf6 (9... gxf6 10. Nd5#) 10. Nd5+

Ke5 11. Nf3+ Kxe4 12. Nc3# 1-0 
997. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6  
Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nf3
Be7 11. h4 f5 12. Qf4 Nc6 13. a3 Bd7 14. g4 fxg4 15. Qxg4 
Rf7 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. Qh5 g6 18. Rdg1 Rg7 19. Bxg6
hxg6 20. Rxg6 Rxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kf8
1
 
36. Rxh7+ Rxh7 (36... Kg8 37. Rh8#) 37. Qxh7+ Qxh7
 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Nh6+ Kf8 40. Nxe6# 1-0

 1000. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O


Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 b4 9. dxe5 Be6 10. a5 Nc5
  11. c3 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 Be7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15.
f4 Bf5 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Nd2 Rb5 18. h3 h5 19. Rfc1 Qd7
 20. Bf2 Rc8 21. Nf1 c6 22. Ng3 g6 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Qf3
 h4 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 g5 27. f5 f6 28. Rc2 c5 29. exf6
Bxf6 30. dxc5 b3 31. Rd2 d4 32. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 33. Rxd4
 Rcxc5 34. Rad1 Rxa5 35. Rd8+ Kg7


 

22. Ng5 Bxg5+ 23. hxg5 Be8 (23... Nxe5 24. Qf6+ Nf7
(24... Ke8 25. Rh8#) 25. Rh8#) (23... Ne7 24. Rh8+ (24.
Qf6+ Ke8 (24... Kg8 25. Rh8#) 25. Rh8+ Ng8 26. Rxg8#)
24... Ng8 25. Rxg8+ Ke7 26. Qh7# (26. Qf6#)) 24. Qf6+
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 1003. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bg4


 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Nxe4 Nd4 8. Qd3 Bxf3 9. Ng3 Bc5 10. gxf3
Qg5 11. c3 Qxe5+ 12. Be2 Ne6 13. Qf5 Qd6 14. d4 Bb6
 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Qd7 17. f4 Qe7 18. Qd3 Rhe8
19. Bg4 Kb8 20. Rhe1 Qh4 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Re2 Rde8
 23. Rde1 c6 24. Bd2 Bc7 25. f5 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27.
Qxe2 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Qxg3 29. Qe7 Qg1+ 30. Kc2 a6

 
 
 
  
 
36. R1d7+ Kf6 (36... Kh6 37. Rh8#) 37. Rf8+ Ke5 38. 

Re8+ Kf4 (38... Kf6 39. Re6#) 39. Rd4+ Kg3 40. Re3# 1-0

1001. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4


Bb4 6. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. 1
Qg4 g6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Qh4 c5 14. c4 Ne7
15. Bg5 Ng8 16. Be4 Bc6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Rad1 h6 19.

Rd6 Ne7 20. g4 Kf8 21. Red1 Ng8 22. Bf6 g5 23. Bxg5
hxg5 24. Qxh8 Re8 25. Rd7 Qb8 26. Kg2 Qb6 27. R1d3

31. Bf4+ Ka7 (31... Ka8 32. Qf8+ Ka7 33. Bb8+ Ka8
Qa5 (33... Kb6 34. Qc5#) 34. Bc7+ Ka7 35. Qb8#) 32. Qc5+


Ka8 (32... b6 33. Qe7+ Ka8 34. Qd8+ Kb7 35. Qb8#) 33.
Qf8+ Ka7 34. Bb8+ Ka8 (34... Kb6 35. Qc5#) 35. Bc7+
 Ka7 36. Qb8# 1-0

  1004. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5


6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11.
 d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Nc3 Ndb4 14. Bb1 Be6 15. a3
Nd5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Rd1 Bd5 19. Ne5 Ne7
 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Qd6 22. Rd3 Ne4 23. Rg3+ Nxg3
 
  
1 
 

28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rf3+ Nf6 31. Rxf6# 1-0


1002. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 g6 5. Bd2
Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. O-O-O O-O 8. f4 a6 9. Nf3 f5 10. Bc4+ 
Kh8 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. g4 Rf8 14. Qh3 h6 15.
Rhg1 b5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Bc3 h5 18. Rd6 cxd6 19. gxh5 
gxh5 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nf7+ Ng6 22. Rxg6+ Kxg6 23.
f5+ Kf6

 
24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Nxf7+ Bxf7 26. Bg6+ Kg8 27. Qh7+
 Kf8 28. Qxf7# 1-0

 1005. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7


6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nb3 b5 9. Qe2 Ne5 10. f4
 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Rac1 Qd8 14. h3
O-O 15. Qf2 b4 16. Na4 Bc6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nc4 d5 19.
 Nca5 Ba8 20. e5 Nd7 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 a5 23. Rfc1
 g5 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. fxg5 Rb5 26. Nd4 Rc5 27. R6xc5 Bxc5
28. Nb3 Be7 29. h4 a4 30. Nd4 Bc5 31. Ne2 Bxe3+ 32.
  Qxe3 Qb8 33. d4 b3 34. axb3 axb3 35. Rc3 Qb4 36. Nf4
Ra8 37. Kh2 Qb5 38. Nh5 Qf1 39. Qc1 Qf2 40. Rc8+ Nf8
 41. Rxa8 Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Qxd4+ 43. Kf1 Qd3+ 44. Kf2 Kg8



24. Qh4+ Kxf5 (24... Kg7 25. Qg5+ (25. Qg3+ Kf6 (25...
Kh7 26. Qg6#) 26. Qg5#) 25... Kh7 26. Qg6#) 25. Qg5+
Ke4 26. Nxd6+ Kd4 (26... Kf3 27. Qg3#) 27. c3# 1-0

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
20. a4+ Kc4 21. Qf4+ Kxd5 (21... Kb3 22. Qe4 Qxe6 23.
Ra3#) (21... Kd3 22. O-O-O+ Ke2 23. Rd2#) 22. O-O-O+ (
  { Or } 22. Rd1+ Kxe6 (22... Kc6 23. Qd6#) 23. Qxf6#) 22...
Kc6 (22... Kxe6 23. Qxf6#) 23. Qd6# 1-0
 1008. 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6
 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bxc5 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. d4 Be7 10. h4 h5
 11. Qf4 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Ne5 Ne7 15. Bd3
Qe8 16. Qf3 Kg8 17. Rh3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rb8 19. Rg3 Qf7
 20. Qf6 Nd5

 
 
 
 
45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. Qc8+ Ke7 47. Qc7+ Ke8 (47... Kf8 48.
Qd8#) 48. Nf6+ Kf8 49. Qd8+ (49. Qc8+ Kg7 (49... Ke7 
50. Qe8# (50. Ng8#)) 50. Qg8#) 49... Kg7 50. Qg8# 1-0 
1006. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. c4 c6 6. 
cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxg5 10. Nxg5
h6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Qd8 14. Rae1 a5 15. 
Qe2 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. f4 c5 18. Bb1 Bd7 19. Qc2 Bc6
20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Kh1 Re8 22. e4 Bd4 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. 
e5 Ng4 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. g3 Qb6 27. Bf5 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2
Bxf2 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7 Kd8 31. Qf6+ Re7 32. e6

21. Qd8+ Qf8 (21... Qe8 22. Qxe8#) 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23.
Bd4 33. exf7 Bxf6 34. f8=Q+ Kc7 35. Rxe7+ Bxe7 36. Qg5+ Kf7 24. Qg6+ Ke7 25. Bg5+ Nf6 (25... Qf6 26.
Qxa8 Kd6 37. Qh8 Qd8 Bxf6+ Nxf6 (26... Kf8 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Bg6#) 27. Qxf6+
 Ke8 28. Bg6#) 26. Bxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qxf6+ Ke8 28. Bg6#
1-0
 1009. 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qe2
 Nxc3 6. dxc3 b6 7. Nd4 c5 8. e6 fxe6 9. Qh5+ Kd7 10. Nf3
Kc7 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nf7 Qe8 13. Qe5+ Kb7 14. Bf4 c4
 15. Qc7+ Ka6 16. Nd8 Nc6
 
 
 
 
1 

38. Qe5+ Kc5 39. Na4+ Kc4 (39... Kb5 40. Qe2+ Kxa4

41. Bc2#) 40. Qc3+ Kb5 41. Bd3+ Kxa4 42. Qc2# 1-0 
1007. 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bg6 
6. c4 Nb6 7. Bxg6 hxg6 8. e6 f6 9. Qd3 Qc8 10. Qxg6+ Kd8
11. Qf7 Nxc4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 g5 14. d5 c5 15.  
Bc3 g4 16. Nh4 Rxh4 17. Qxf8+ Kc7 18. Qxe7+ Kb6 19.
Qxd6+ Kb5

17. Qb7+ Kb5 (17... Ka5 18. Nxc6+ Bxc6 (18... Kb5 19.
 b4 Bxc6 (19... Ka4 20. Qa6#) 20. a4#) 19. b4+ cxb3 (19...
Ka4 20. Qa6#) 20. Qa6#) 18. a4+ Ka5 (18... Kc5 19.
 Qxc6+ Bxc6 20. Nxe6#) 19. Nxc6+ Bxc6 20. b4+ cxb3 21.
Qa6# 1-0
 1010. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 Nc6 4. d5 Nb8 5. Nc3 d6 6.
 g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 h6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11.
 e4 Nh5 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rae1 Rb8 14. Nh4 Ndf6 15. h3
Ng8 16. g4 Nhf6 17. f4 e6 18. Nf3 exd5 19. cxd5 b5 20. e5
 b4 21. Nd1 Ne4 22. Qd3 f5 23. e6 Qa5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25.
Nh4 Ba6 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. Bxe4+ Kh8


 

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 1013. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6.


 Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4
Be6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h4 Qe7 14. O-O-O f6
 15. g4 h6 16. f4 Bf7 17. Qd4 Rh8 18. Rhg1 Nc5 19. Rdf1
Ne6 20. Qf2 c6 21. f5 Nc5 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Raf8 24.
 gxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qe3 Qe5 26. Rg5 Qh2 27. Qd4+ Kh7 28.
Rfg1 Rhg8 29. Kb1 Nd7 30. Bf3 Kh6 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. Rh5
 Qe5
 
 
 
  

28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Nxf8+ Kh8 30. Ng6+ Kh7 31. Ne5+
 
Kh8 32. Nf7# 1-0 
1011. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. 
Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Re8 10. Qe2 b5
11. Bd3 a6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nfg5 h6 15. Qh5 
Rf8 16. Nf3 c5 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 f5 19. exf6 N5xf6
20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Ng5 Bd5 23. Rfe1 cxd4
1
24. Re4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rc8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 

33. Qh6+ Kf6 34. Qg5+ Kg7 35. f6+ Nxf6 (35... Qxf6 36.
Qh6#) 36. Qh6# 1-0
 1014. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6.
 Ne5 Na6 7. f3 e6 8. e4 Bg6 9. Bxc4 Nb4 10. Be3 Be7 11.
Qb3 a5 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Ke2 Nd7 14. h4 h6 15. Nxg6 fxg6
 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Bf7 Qc7 18. g4 Nb6 19. Bxg6 Bxh4 20.
Rh3 Bd8 21. Rdh1 Rf6 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Rxh6+ Kg7

 
 
 
 
 
27. Bh7+ Kh8 (27... Nxh7 28. Qxh7#) 28. Bf5+ Kg8 
 
(28... Nh7 29. Qxh7#) 29. Bxe6+ Rf7 30. Bxf7# 1-0

1012. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6.


c5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. 1
Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. b4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Nd7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bf4 f6 17. Qg4 Kf7 18. Re3 Bd8 19. Rae1
 
Ba5 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21. f4 a6 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rh3 g6 24.
Qh4 Qf7 25. g4 e5 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Rf1 Qa7 28. Rf6 Bxc3

24. Rh7+ Kf8 (24... Kxg6 25. Qg8+ Qg7 26. Qxg7# (26.


Rxg7#)) 25. Rh8+ Ke7 (25... Kg7 26. Rg8# (26. Qg8#))
26. R1h7+ Rf7 (26... Kd6 27. e5#) 27. Rxf7+ (27. Qxf7+
 Kd6 28. e5#) 27... Kd6 28. e5# 1-0

 1015. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 f6 3. dxe5 fxe5 4. Qh5+ Ke7 5. Qxe5+


Kf7 6. Bc4+ d5 7. Bxd5+ Kg6 8. Qg3+ Kh5 9. Bf7+ g6 10.
 h3 Qf6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Qg4+ Bxg4



 



29. Rxg6+ hxg6 (29... Qg7 30. Qxh7+ Kf7 31. Qxg7# (31.
Rf3#)) (29... Kh8 30. Qf6+ Qg7 31. Qxg7#) 30. Qh8+ Kf7
31. Rh7+ Ke6 32. Qxe5# 1-0

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31. Ne6+ Kg6 32. Rf6+ Kh5 33. Rh6+ Kg4 34. h3+ Kg3
(34... Kf5 35. Rf6#) 35. Bh4# 1-0
 1018. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7
11. d5 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13. Nf1 Rfc8 14. Bd3 c4 15. Bc2
 Nb7 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Ng3 a5 19. Kh1 Nc5 20.
Nf5 Bf8 21. Bg5 Ncd7 22. Rg1 Ne8 23. h4 h5 24. Nh2
 Ndf6 25. Ng3 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Nh7 27. Be3 f6 28. h5 Bf7 29.
 Nh2 b4 30. Nf5 Kh8 31. Qg4 Qd7 32. Nf3 Rc7 33. N3h4
bxc3 34. Ng6+ Kg8
 
 
  

13. hxg4+ Kxg4 14. Nh2+ Kh4 (14... Kh5 15. Nf1+ Kg4 
(15... Qh4 16. Ng3+ Kg4 17. Be6#) 16. Be6+ Qxe6 (16...
Qf5 17. f3#) 17. f3#) 15. Nf1+ Kg4 16. Be6+ Qxe6 (16...

Qf5 17. f3#) 17. f3# 1-0  
1016. 1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. 
d4 e4 7. d5 d6 8. f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. O-O Ng4 11. h3
Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. e4 f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qb6+ 
16. Kh1 Qxb2 17. Qd3 Rxf4 18. Rxf4 Qxa1+ 19. Rf1 Qb2
20. Qf3 Bf6 21. e5 Nd7 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. dxc6 bxc6 24.
1
Qxc6 Rb8 

35. Nh6+ gxh6 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Qg8+ Bxg8 38. Rxg8#
1-0
 1019. 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O
 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 Qe7 8. O-O b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4
11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Nb3 Be6 14. f4 Nd7 15. fxe5
  dxe5 16. d5 Bf7 17. Rxf5 Bg6 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Qd2 Nf6
20. Bd3 Be8 21. a4 Ng4 22. h3 Nf2 23. e4 Rf4 24. Qe3
 Qg5 25. Rf1 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Bxa4 28. Nd2
 h5 29. Kf2 Be8 30. Nf3 Qf6 31. c5 bxc5 32. c4 h4 33. Qc3
Qf4 34. Qa5 Qxe4 35. Qxc5 Qc2+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2
 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 e4 39. Nd4 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Qd6
42. Qxa7 Qb6 43. Qa8 Kf7 44. Ne6 e3 45. c5 Qb1+ 46.
 Kh2 e2 47. Qd8 e1=Q 48. Qxc7+ Kg6 49. Qxg7+ Kf5

 1 


 
25. Qe8+ Nxe8 26. Bd5+ Be6 (26... Kh8 27. Rf8#) 27.
Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Rf8# 1-0 
1017. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6

6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4 Be7 9. Bf3 O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 

11. Qe1 Nb6 12. Rd1 Nc4 13. Bc1 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15.
Nb3 Bb4 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Qg3 Bxc3 18. Bh6 Ne8 19.
bxc3 Kh8 20. Bc1 Ned6 21. Qh4 a5 22. Rd3 f5 23. exf5
Bxf5 24. Rd5 a4 25. Nc5 Ra5 26. Be4 g5 27. Qh6 Rf7 28. 
Bxg5 Bxe4 29. Qf8+ Rxf8 30. Rxf8+ Kg7

 
 
 50. Qg4+ Ke5 (50... Kf6 51. Qg5+ Kf7 52. Qg7#) 51.
Qd4+ Kf5 52. Qf4+ Kg6 53. Qg5+ Kf7 (53... Kh7 54.
 Qg7#) 54. Qg7# 1-0

  1020. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. bxc3


 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Rb1
Ne7 11. Bd3 Nd5 12. c4 Nc3 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Qd3
 Nxb1 15. Ng5 Be7


1

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 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 1

16. Bg8 g6 (16... Kxg8 17. Qh7#) (16... f5 17. Qh3+ Kxg8

32. Qxh6+ gxh6 33. g7+ Kxg7 34. Nh5+ Kh8 35. Rxh6#
18. Qh7#) 17. Qh3+ Kg7 18. Qh7+ Kf6 19. Ne4+ Kf5 20. 1-0
Qh3# 1-0
1023. 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6.
1021. 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4
6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 e5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Bc4 Nf6 14. Qh4 e4 15.
Be7 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nc3 Ng5 h6 16. Nh3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4
Ne4 15. Bd4 Bb4 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. e3 a6 Rad8 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21. Nf4 Qc4 22. Rfd1 Ng4 23. b3 Qb5
19. a3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qc7 21. Qd4 f6 22. Rac1 Qe7 23. 24. h3 e3 25. fxe3 Nxe3 26. Re1 Nf5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.
Ba5 Rd7 24. Re1 Qe6 25. Re2 h5 26. h4 Qg4 27. Rec2 Qf5 Re1 Rd8 29. Re5 Rxd4 30. Qf2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 g6 32. Re8+
28. Be1 g5 29. hxg5 Nxg5 30. Qf4 Qe6 31. Bc3 d4 32. Kh7 33. Rb8 Nd4 34. Nxg6 Qf1


Bxd4 Nh3+ 33. Bxh3 Qxh3 34. Rxc6 bxc6 35. Qxf6 Qg4
36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ Ke6 38. Rxc6+ Kd5 39. Qc2 Rg8

 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
35. Nf8+ Kg7 (35... Kh8 { or ...Kg8 } 36. Nd7+ Kh7 (36...

40. e4+ Kxd4 (40... Qxe4 41. Qc4# (41. Qc5#)) 41. Qc4+
Kg7 37. Qg3+ Kh7 38. Qg8#) 37. Nf6+ Kg6 (37... Kg7 38.
Rg8#) 38. Rg8#) 36. Qg3+ Kf6 (36... Kh8 37. Ne6+ (37.
Ke5 42. f4+ Qxf4 43. Re6# 1-0 Nd7+ Kh7 38. Qg8#) 37... Kh7 38. Qg7# (38. Qg8#)) 37.
Nd7+ Ke6 38. Qe5+ Kxd7 39. Qd6# 1-0
1022. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5
6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 b5 11. 1024. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 e6
Bh3 Nb6 12. O-O a5 13. g4 a4 14. f5 Nc4 15. Ng3 f6 16. 6. O-O Bd7 7. d3 Be7 8. h3 Qc8 9. f4 e5 10. Kh2 h6 11.
exf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Bxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19. Ne2 e5 20. Bg2 Nd5 Nd4 12. Nxe7 Kxe7 13. c3 Ne6 14. f5 Nc7 15. d4 Rd8
Qc5 21. Kh1 exd4 22. Ng3 Ra7 23. Qh5 Ne3 24. Bxe3 16. Be3 b6 17. g4 Bc6 18. Ng3 Qb7 19. Re1 Kf8 20. d5
dxe3 25. g6 h6 26. Rac1 Qd6 27. f6 Be6 28. f7+ Kh8 29. Bd7 21. Qd2 Ke7 22. Bf3 Rh8 23. Kg2 Raf8 24. b4 c4 25.
Rf6 Ne7 30. Rg1 d4 31. Be4 Nd5 a4 Ra8 26. h4 Qc8 27. g5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Nh7 29. Rh1 Ne8
30. Rh2 Nc7 31. Rah1 Qa6 32. Rxh7 Rxh7 33. Rxh7 Bxa4
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16. Bf4 Kh8 17. g3 Nb4 18. Nd6 Kh7 19. Kg2 Nc8 20. Bb5
Bxb5 21. axb5 d3 22. cxd3 Bxf2 23. Re2 Bd4 24. Qd2
 Nxd6 25. exd6 Rfc8 26. Rae1 e5 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Bxh6
Qxd6 29. Bxg7 Nc2 30. Re7 Nxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Rc7 32. Re6
  Qc5 33. Qe5 Rxg7 34. Qxf5+ Kg8 35. h6 Rf8 36. Qe5 Rg4

 
 
 
  
1 
 
 
36. Bg5+ Kg6 37. Rh6+ Kg7 38. Bf6+ Kg8 (38... Kf8 39.
Rh8#) 39. Rh8# 1-0 1
1025. 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bf5 5. fxe4

Nxe4 6. Qf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc8 8. Bc4 e6 9. Nh3 Be7 10. 
37. h7+ Kxh7 (37... Kf7 38. Qf6#) 38. Qh5+ Kg8 (38...
O-O O-O 11. Nf4 c6 12. Nh5 Nd7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bh6 Re8
Kg7 39. Qxg4+ Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg7 41. Qg5+ Kh8 42.
 Rh6#) 39. Qxg4+ Kh7 (39... Kh8 40. Rh6#) 40. Qh5+ Kg8


41. Qg5+ Kh7 (41... Kf7 42. Qg6#) 42. Rh6# 1-0

 1028. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6


6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. g4 Nd7
 11. h4 f5 12. h5 Nc5 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Qd2
fxe4 16. O-O-O Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 Rc8 18. Rdg1 Bf5 19.
 Bc4+ e6 20. Qh2 Qf6 21. Nd5 exd5

  


 
 
  
 

15. Qxe6 Ne5 (15... Rf8 16. Rxf7 Rxf7 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18.
Bg7#) (15... Bf6 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17. Bg7+ Bxg7 18.
Qxg7#) (15... fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Bg7#) 16. Qxf7+
Nxf7 (16... Kh8 17. Qg7# (17. Bg7#)) 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. 
Bg7# 1-0

1026. 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Nc6
6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Na5 8. Qa4 c6 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. Ba3
 
Ne4 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. e3 Kf7 13. c5 Nxc5 14. Qb4 Ne4 
22. Bxd5+ Be6 (22... Qe6 23. Bxe6+ Bxe6 24. Rxg7+
 Kxg7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Rh6#) 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 (23... Rf7


24. Qh8#) 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Rh6# 1-0

 1029. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+


6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Qd6 a5 10.
 Ba3 Qe5 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. O-O-O c5 13. f4 Qc7 14. Nc3
O-O 15. g4 Rd8 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Qf2 Nc6 18. Rd6 a4 19.
 Bg2 Qa5 20. Rhd1 g6 21. Bxc5 Ra6 22. Qh4 Ra8 23. Ba3


Qb6 24. R6d3 Na5 25. c5 Qxb5 26. Qxd8+ Kg7 27. Rxd7
Bxd7 28. Qxd7 Qe2 29. Bxb7 Qe3+ 30. Kb1 Rb8 31. c6
 Nxb7 32. cxb7 Qe4+ 33. Qd3 Qxb7 34. Qd4+ Kg8 35. g5
Ra8

 

15. Qe7+ Kg6 (15... Kg8 16. Qf8# (16. Qe8#)) 16. Ne5+
Kh5 (16... Kh6 17. Qh4#) 17. Be2+ Kh6 18. Qh4# 1-0

1027. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6.


O-O Bc5 7. Re1 Nge7 8. a3 a5 9. a4 Ng6 10. Na3 O-O 11.
Nb5 f5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. h4 h6 14. Bc1 Bd7 15. h5 Nge7

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1   

36. Qd8+ Rxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kg7 38. Bf8+ Kg8 39. Bh6#

42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qf8+ Kxe6 44. Qe8+ Re7 45. Qxc6+
1-0 Kxe5 46. f4# 1-0

1030. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 1032. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 a6 6.
6. Be2 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Bf3 Nfd7 9. g3 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bxc6 dxc6 7. O-O c4 8. d4 cxd3 9. Qxd3 Bg4 10. Be3
Bg2 Nc6 12. Be3 Nce5 13. Re1 Be7 14. Qh5 O-O 15. Qxd3 11. cxd3 O-O-O 12. Rad1 Nh6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3
Rad1 Nf6 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rfd8 18. h3 Rac8 19. Kh2 Bd4 15. Bxd4 Rxd4 16. Ne2 Ra4 17. a3 f5 18. e5 Rd8 19.
Qb8 20. f4 Qa8 21. g4 Bf8 22. g5 Ne8 23. b3 Ne5 24. Bb2 d4 Rc4 20. b4 e6 21. Rc3 Rxc3 22. Nxc3 Nf7 23. Na4 Re8
Ng6 25. Qg4 e5 26. Nde2 d5 27. f5 Nf4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. 24. Kf2 Kc7 25. Nc5 Nd8 26. a4 Re7 27. Ke3 Kb6 28. a5+
exd5 Nc7 30. g6 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. gxf7+ Kxf7 33. Kb5 29. Ra1 Rg7 30. h4 h6 31. Rh1 Kxb4 32. Ra1 g5 33.
Rxd5 Rxd5 34. f6 Rxc2 fxg5 hxg5 34. h5 Rh7 35. Kd3 g4

 
 
 
 
 
  
 1
 
 

35. Qe6+ Kg6 36. fxg7+ Kh5 (36... Kg5 37. Qg4+ Kh6 38.

36. Ra4+ Kb5 37. Kc3 f4 (37... Rxh5 38. Rb4+ Kxa5 39.
g8=N# (38. Re6#)) 37. Qg4+ Kh6 38. Re6# (38. g8=N#) Nb3#) 38. Rb4+ Kxa5 39. Nb3# 1-0
1-0
1033. 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O
1031. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. O-O d5
Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. c4 Qd6 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Rd8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Nc3 dxe5 Qc6 16. f3 Nd7 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Rac1
Bd6 15. Qe2 Bf4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. c5 f5 18. g3 Bh6 19. Nc5 20. Bf1 h5 21. Rcd1 Ba8 22. Rd6 Qa4 23. Qd2 Bb7
Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bf8 21. b4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 b6 24. Qh6 Nb3 25. Bd3 Qa5 26. Rd1 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Qf2 28.
24. Qe3 bxc5 25. bxc5 Qa5 26. Rd6 Bxd6 27. cxd6 Rb8 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qxe6+ Rf7


Rd1 Rb3 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qf6 Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qf6
Kg8 33. d7 Rd8 34. Ne2 Rb7 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Kg8
37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qf6+ Kf8 40. Nf4 Rdxd7
41. Nxe6+ Ke8 

 




 1

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32. Qg6+ Kf8 (32... Kh8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 (33... Rh7 34.
Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8#) 34. Rg6+ Rg7 35. Qxg7#) 33. Rd8+
Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Ke7 35. Qd6# 1-0

1034. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 e6 6.
Bxc4 Bb4 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 h6 10. Ba3
 
b6 11. d5 Nc5 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. dxe6 Qc7 14. exf7+ Kh8
15. Nh4 Ng4


 
 
 
 
 
 44. Rh5+ Kf4 45. Qh6+ g5 (45... Ke4 46. Qe3#) 46.


Qxg5+ Ke4 47. Qe3# 1-0

  1037. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6


6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 Nb6 11.
  O-O-O Nc6 12. Nf3 e6 13. h4 h5 14. Bc5 Ne7 15. Nb5 a6
16. Nbd4 Nd7 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Be2 Nc6 20.

16. Ng6+ Kh7 17. Nxf8+ Kh8 18. Ng6+ Kh7 19. f8=N#
Nxc6 bxc6 21. g4 hxg4 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rxh5 f6 24. exf6
Bxf6 25. Be5 Ng6 26. Qd3 Nxe5


1-0

1035. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3


d6 6. g3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3 e6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O Ne5 
11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Rad1 O-O 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bc1 Rd8 15. g4
Be8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bh3 Bf8 18. f5 e5 19. Nf3 Ndb6 20. g6

fxg6 21. Ng5 Bd7 22. fxg6 Bxh3 
  
 
  
 
  
 

27. Rh8+ Bxh8 (27... Kg7 28. Qh7#) (27... Kxh8 28.
Qh7#) 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qxh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Nf7 (30...
  Kd6 31. Ne4#) 31. Qxf7+ Kd6 32. Ne4# 1-0

   1038. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6.


Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Nb6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. d5 Bd7

23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qh8#
11. Bh6 e5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O-O Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4
15. Rdg1 Bd7 16. g4 Be8 17. h4 Nd7 18. g5 a5 19. h5 Nc5
1-0 20. Bc2 b5 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Nc3 bxc4 23. Qh2 Rh8 24.
Qe2 Rb8 25. Qxc4 Rb4 26. Qe2 Qb8 27. Bb1 Bd7 28. Rh6
1036. 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O Qf8 29. Rh4 Qb8 30. Rgh1 Bb5 31. Qh2 Qg8 32. Nxb5
6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. e3 e6 11. Qc2 Rxb5 33. Rh6 Rb4 34. Bc2 Rc4 35. Qh3 a4 36. Kd2 Rb4
Rb8 12. a3 exd5 13. cxd5 b6 14. b4 Nb7 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. 37. Kc3 Rb7 38. b4 axb3 39. axb3 c6 40. b4 Na6 41. dxc6
Rfe1 Rc8 17. h3 b5 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Rac1 a5 20. e4 Bh6 Rc7 42. Bb3 Qe8
21. Rcd1 Rce8 22. bxa5 Nxa5 23. Qc2 f4 24. g4 Bc8 25. Nf3
Nd7 26. e5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. d6 f3 30.
Bf1 c4 31. d7 Bb7 32. Nxb5 Qxb5 33. d8=Q Rxd8 34.
Rxd8+ Kf7 35. Bc3 Nc6 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Qd1 Nd4 38.
Rxh7 Qd5 39. Bxd4 exd4 40. Rxh6 d3 41. Rh7 Ba6 42.
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37. Qg5+ Kf8 (37... Kh7 38. Qg7#) (37... Kh8 38. Qg7#)
38. Qg7+ Ke8 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Qxf7+ Kd6 (40... Kc8 41.
 Qxb7#) 41. Qe7# 1-0

 1041. 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 d4 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6.


d3 a5 7. b3 Be7 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 e5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Bd2
 f5 12. b4 Bf6 13. Nfe1 Qe7 14. e4 dxe3 15. Nxe3 Nd4 16.
Nd5 Qd8 17. Nf3 c6 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. f4
 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Rd8 23. Re1 Nf8 24. Qa5 Ne6
 25. Qb6 g5 26. fxg5 Nxg5 27. h4 Nf7 28. Bf4 Kg7 29. Qc7
Kg6 30. Re7 Rf8 31. b5 cxb5 32. Bd5 bxc4 33. h5+ Kxh5
  34. Rxf7 Rxf7 35. Bxf7+ Kg4 36. Bxc4 Qf8 37. Qxh7 Qe8

 
  
  
43. Rxh7+ Rxh7 (43... Kf8 44. Qh6+ Rg7 45. Qxg7#) 44.
Qxh7+ Kf8 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qf6# 1-0 


1039. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5
6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qa5 10. Bg5
Bxc3 11. Bxf6 Bxb2 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rb1 Qc3 14. Bd3
Nb4 15. Ne5 Nxd3 16. Nxd3 Bf5 17. Rxb2 Qxd3 18. Qh5 
Qxd4 19. Qg5+ Bg6 20. Rxb7 c5 21. h4 Kh8 22. Re7 Rg8
23. Rfe1 Bd3 24. Qh5 Qg7 25. g3 Qd4 26. Qf3 c4 27. R1e5 
f5 
 
 38. Qh4+ Kf3 39. Bd5+ Ke2 (39... Qe4 40. Qh5#) 40.
Qh2+ Kxd3 (40... Kd1 41. Qd2#) 41. Qd2# 1-0
 1042. 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3
 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nb6 8. d3 Be7 9. a3 f5 10. b4 Bf6
11. e4 f4 12. gxf4 exf4 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd4 15. Re1
 Qxc3 16. Bd2 Qd4 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Nxg6
 Rfe8 20. Nxf4 Bf7 21. Be4 Kh8 22. Kh1 Nd5 23. Rac1
Nxf4 24. Bxf4 c6 25. Qf3 Rad8 26. Be3 Qe5 27. Rc5 Bd5
  28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Bd2 Qxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Kg2
Rd6 32. Rf5 Ree6 33. h4 Bxh4 34. Rf8+ Kg7 35. Qf7+ Kh6
 36. Rh8 Rg6+ 37. Kh3 Bf6

 
 
28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh5+ Kg7 30. Re7+ Kf6 (30... Kf8
31. Qf7#) 31. Qf7# 1-0  
1040. 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O

6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. 

O-O d5 12. b3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. Qc2 h5 15. e4 dxe4
16. dxe4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nd5 c6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.
Qd3 a4 21. f4 axb3 22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 d3
25. Bb2 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Rfe8 27. f6 Qd4 28. Qxb3 d2 29. 1
Rbb1 c5 30. Rf5 Re1 31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Rxf1 c4 33. Qb5 Qd3
34. Qxh5 c3 35. Rf5 Qxf5 36. Qxf5 d1=Q 
 
 
38. Qxh7+ Kg5 39. Qh4+ Kf5 40. Qe4+ Kg5 41. Qg4#
 (41. f4#) 1-0

 1043. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+


6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 c5 10. Nf3
  f6 11. O-O Bd7 12. b4 cxb4 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nb5 Bc6 15. f3
 Qe3+ 16. Kh1 Ne7 17. Re1 Qf4 18. a3 Nf5 19. axb4 Rd8
20. c5 h5 21. Qb3 Rd7 22. Bd3 Nh4 23. Rxa6 Nxf3 24.
 Nc7+ Rxc7




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35. Qe7+ Kh6 (35... Kg6 36. Rg8+ Kh6 (36... Kh5 37.
Qh7#) 37. Qg7+ Kh5 38. Rh8# (38. Qh7#)) 36. Rh8+ Kg5
 (36... Kg6 37. Qh7+ Kg5 38. Qh6#) 37. Qg7+ Kf4 38.
Qg3# 1-0
 1046. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1
  a6 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. e5 Ng8 10. Nf5
e6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. a4 b6 14. Ra3 Bb7 15.
 Rg3 Nf6 16. Nc3 h5 17. Qd4 Kf8 18. Rxg7 Rh7 19. Rg3 h4
 20. Rg4 Ne8 21. Ne4 h3 22. Rg3 Qd5 23. Nf6 Nxf6 24.
Qxf6 Qxd6 25. Bh6+ Rxh6 26. Qxh6+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ f6 28.
  Qg7+ Kd8 29. Rxh3 Kc7 30. Rd3 Bd5 31. c4 Qb4 32. Red1
Bc6
 
1 

25. Qe6+ Kd8 (25... Re7 26. Qxe7#) 26. Bxc7+ Kxc7 27. 
Qd6+ Kc8 28. Rxc6+ bxc6 29. Ba6# 1-0

1044. 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. 

Nc3 Bd7 7. a4 Na6 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Nb4 10. O-O Nxd3
11. cxd3 Ne8 12. f4 Bf6 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. Be3 b6 15. Qd2
h6 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. h3 Nh5 18. Rf3 g5 19. g4 Ng7 20. a5
Rb8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Raf1 f6 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. b4 Qe7 25.  
bxc5 bxc5 26. Ng3 Qd6 27. Qf2 Qa6 28. Bxc5 Rf7 29. Rxf6
Rxf6 30. Qxf6 Qxd3 31. Qxe5 Rb3 32. Nh5 Nxh5 
  
 
33. Rxd7+ Bxd7 34. Qxd7+ Kb8 35. Qd8+ Kb7 36. Rd7+
 Kc6 37. Qc7# (37. Rc7#) 1-0

 1047. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6 3. fxe5 Nxe4 4. Nf3 d5 5. d3 Nc5


6. d4 Ne6 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O
 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Qc2 h6 14. O-O b6 15. Qf2
 Qc7 16. Nh4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxc3 18. Bb1 Qxe5 19. Bb2
Qg5 20. Nf5 Ba6 21. h4 Qh5 22. Qc2 g6
 
 
  

33. Rf8+ Kh7 34. Qh8+ Kg6 35. Rg8+ Kf7 (35... Ng7 36. 
Qxg7#) 36. Qh7+ Kf6 (36... Ng7 37. Qxg7#) 37. Qe7# 1-0 
1045. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 
Nc6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10.
Ng3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nd2 Rfe8 13. Nf3 b6 14. Re1 
Nf5 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Qa4 Re2 18. c4 Rxb2
19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. h4 g6 21. Rc1 b5 22. Qa6 Nxd4 23. Rxc7  
Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Kg7 25. Qxa7 Rxa2 26. Qe3 b4 27. Rc8
Ra1+ 28. Kg2 Ra3 29. Qf4 Rd3 30. h5 b3 31. hxg6 Qe6 32.
 
Qb8 Qxg6+ 33. Kf1 Qa6 34. Qe5+ f6 

23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Rxf7+ Rxf7 (24... Ng7 25. Qxg6+ Qxg6
26. Bxg6+ Kh8 27. Bxg7#) 25. Qxg6+ Qxg6 26. Bxg6#
  1-0

 1048. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6.


e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ne8
 11. h3 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nd2 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Nc4 Ne5
16. Qd2 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bd7 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Qxb6 20.
 Ra2 Bb5 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Bh6 Qb7 23. Rfa1 Bxh6 24.
 Qxh6 Qg7 25. Qe6+ Qf7 26. Ra7 Qxe6 27. dxe6 Rf6 28.
Re1 Ng7 29. Nd5 Rh6 30. Rd7 Ne8 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nc6
 Ra8


1

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
36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qh6+ Kf7 38. Qf8+ Kg6 39. Rh6#
1-0
 1051. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 g6 5. Bb5 Ne7
  6. e5 a6 7. Bxc6+ Nxc6 8. Nb3 h6 9. h4 Bg7 10. h5 g5 11.
Nh2 f6 12. f4 gxf4 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Bxf4 Qh4
 16. Qd2 Qxh5 17. Bxc7 Bd7 18. Bd6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 a5 20.
c3 b6 21. Nc1 a4 22. Rf3 Na5 23. b3 axb3 24. axb3 Nc6 25.
 b4 Nd8 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Nf7 28. Qf4 Ng5 29. Rf1
 Bb5 30. Ng4 Qg6 31. Rf2 Bc4 32. Ne2 Kh7 33. Ng3 Ra1+
34. Kh2 Qb1 35. Rf1 Bxf1 36. Qf8 Nf3+ 37. Qxf3 Qg6 38.
 Nf6+ Kh8 39. Nxf1 Rc1 40. Nd7 Qg7 41. Ng3 Qxd7 42.
Qf8+ Kh7 43. Nh5 Kg6 44. Qg8+ Kf5 45. Ng3+ Kxe5 46.
 Qb8+ Qd6

 
 
33. Rf7+ Kg8 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Rg8+ Kf6
37. Nd5# 1-0 
1049. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f4

O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 

Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bc4
Qxb2 16. d6 Bf5 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Rxf5+ gxf5 19. Qh5+
Kf8 20. Rf1 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Re6 22. Rxf5+ Bf6 23. Bh6+
Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kf7 
 
 
 
47. Qh8+ Kf4 48. Qxh6+ Kg4 (48... Ke5 49. Qg5#) 49.
 Qh5+ Kf4 50. Qh4+ Ke3 (50... Ke5 51. Qd4# (51. Qg5#))
51. Qd4# 1-0
 
 1052. 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 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7
 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Re8 15. d4
Ne6 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxf5 19. exf5
 Be7 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qe2 Nd5 22. Bd2 Bc5 23. a4 Rad8
24. b4 Ba7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6 e4 27. Bxe4 Bb8 28. g3
1 Nf6 29. Rxc6 Qd7 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Bh6
Rg8 33. Qh4 Be5 34. Re3 Qc7 35. Bf3 Rd6 36. Kg2 Ra6

25. Rxf6+ Rxf6 (25... Ke8 26. Rxe6+ Kd7 27. Qe7+ Kc8
37. Re4 Qxc3 38. Be3 Ra1
(27... Kc6 28. Qc7#) 28. Qc7#) 26. Qg7+ Ke6 (26... Ke8 

27. Qe7#) 27. Qe7+ Kf5 28. Qe4# 1-0

1050. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 dxc4


6. Qa4+ Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 
b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Nc3 c5 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qb3 cxd4 15.
exd4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd5 18. Qc2 Nb6 19.

Rfc1 Na4 20. Qd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qa5 22. Kh1 Rxc3 23. Rg1 
 
Bg5 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Qd8 26. Qxh6 Qxd4 27. Rad1
Qe5 28. Rg5 Rc7 29. Rdg1 f5 30. f4 Qd5+ 31. f3 Rff7 32.
Rh5 Kf8 33. Qg5 Kg8 34. Qh4 Rfd7 35. Rh8+ Kf7

 1
 
 
 39. Qxh7+ Kxh7 40. Rh4+ Kg7 41. Bh6+ Kh7 42. Bf8#
1-0

 1053. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. O-O
Be7 6. Nxd4 Bf6 7. c3 Nge7 8. f4 O-O 9. Be3 d5 10. e5
 dxc4 11. exf6 gxf6 12. f5 Nxf5 13. Qg4+ Ng7 14. Qg3 Qd6
15. Bf4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bf5 18. Nc3 Bd3
 19. Bh6 f5 20. Rf4 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qg6 22. Nd5 Rae8 23.
Nf6+ Kh8 24. Rh4 h5 25. Nxh5 Nxh5
1

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 1056. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6


 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 e5 11.
Nb3 Nbd7 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15. Bf3 d5
 16. Ng3 e4 17. Bg4 Bd6 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Be2 Rfe8 20.
Rc1 Nf3 21. Nd4 Be5 22. Bxf3 exf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bxd4 24.
 Bxd4 Qc4 25. Qd3 Qxa2 26. g6 hxg6 27. fxg6 f6 28. Qf5
Qc4 29. Rf4 Qc7 30. Rh4 Qa5

 
 
 
1 
  
26. Bf6+ Kg8 (26... Kh7 27. Rxh5+ Qxh5 (27... Qh6 28. 

Qg7#) 28. Qg7#) (26... Qxf6 27. Rxh5+ Qh6 28. Rxh6#)
27. Rxh5 Qxg3 28. Rh8# 1-0

1054. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. 1


Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. O-O Qxh4
11. Bxf4 g3 12. Bh6+ Kg8 13. Rf3 Qh2+ 14. Kf1 Qh1+ 15.

Ke2 Qxg2+ 16. Kd3 f6 17. Bc4 fxe5 
 31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32. Qh5+ ( { Or } 32. Qh3+) 32... Kg8 33.
Qh7+ Kf8 34. Bc5+ Re7 35. Qh8# 1-0
 1057. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 O-O 8. a3 Kh8 9. h4 f5 10. h5 Ne7
11. Bg5 c6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nh4 Rf6 14. Ng6+ Rxg6 15.
 hxg6 cxd5
 
 
1  
 
  

18. Rf8+ Bxf8 19. d6+ Be6 (19... Qd5 20. Bxd5+ Be6 21.

Bxe6#) 20. Bxe6# 1-0 
1055. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 
6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4 d6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qd2 Ne5
11. Bb3 h6 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh3 14. Rf2 Nh7 15.   
Nd5 Bh4 16. Bg3 Kh8 17. Kh1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Be6 19. Nf4
Bxb3 20. axb3 Ng5 21. Nh5 Qd7 22. g4 b6 23. Ng3 a5 24.

16. Rxh7+ Kg8 17. Rh8+ Kxh8 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qh7+
Nf5 f6 25. Ne3 a4 26. b4 Ra6 27. Nd5 Rb8 28. f4 Nf7 29. Kf8 20. Qh8# 1-0
Rg1 a3 30. bxa3 Rxa3 31. Rh2 Qa7 32. g5 fxg5 33. fxg5 Ra1
34. g6 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Ne5 1058. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Bb4 5. Bc4
 Qe7 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Qe5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10.
Nd5 Qd6 11. e5 Qc5 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. a3 Bxa3 14. bxa3 c6
 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Qd6 Qd8 17. Nd4 b6 18. Rc3 c5 19.
Ndf5 Ba6








36. Rxh6+ Kg8 (36... gxh6 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Nf6#) 37.
Rh8+ Kxh8 38. Qh2+ Kg8 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Qh8# 1-0

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 1061. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4


 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd5 Nxf2 8. Kxf2 dxc3+ 9. Kg3 cxb2 10. Bxb2
Ne7 11. Ng5 Nxd5 12. Nxf7 O-O 13. Nxd8 Bf2+ 14. Kh3
 d6+ 15. e6 Nf4+ 16. Kg4 Nxe6 17. g3 Nd4+ 18. Ne6 Bxe6+
19. Kh4 Nf5+ 20. Kh3
 
   
 
 1
 
  

20. Qg6 fxg6 (20... Rg8 21. Qxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rh3#) (20... 
hxg6 21. Rh3#) 21. Nxg6+ hxg6 22. Rh3+ 1-0

1059. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6
6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O h6 8. Bf4 d6 9. c3 Nh5 10. Qb3 Nxf4

11. exf4 O-O 12. Rad1 Nc6 13. Bb1 cxd4 14. cxd4 e6 15.
Ne4 Ne7 16. Qa3 Nf5 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3

20... Ne3+ 21. Kh4 (21. g4 Rf5 22. Qd5 (22. Bf6 Rh5+ 23.
Rfc8 20. g4 Rc7 21. f5 exf5 22. gxf5 g5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. h3 Bh4 Rxh4#) (22. gxf5 Bxf5+ 23. Qg4 Bxg4#)) 21... Ng2+
Rac8 25. Rdd1 Rc4 26. d5 a5 27. Nd2 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxd5 22. Kh5 (22. Kg5 Be3+ 23. Kh5 g6#) 22... g6+ 23. Kg5
29. Be4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Qxf5 31. Nxd6 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Be3# 0-1
Rc2+ 33. Kh1 Qf4 34. Re8+ Bf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8

 1062. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. Nxh4


Qxh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Qf3 Nc6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Qd1 Ng4 10.
 Qd2 Ne3+ 11. Kg1

 
  
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
36. Nf5+ Kg8 (36... Qd6 37. Qxd6+ Kg8 38. Qf8+ Kxf8
(38... Kh7 39. Qg7#) 39. Rd8#) 37. Qf8+ 1-0 
1060. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 5. Bxb5

11... Nf3+ 12. gxf3 Qg5+ 13. Kf2 (13. Qg2 Qxg2#) 13...
Nf6 6. Nc3 Ng4 7. Nh3 Nc6 8. Nd5 Nd4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Qg2+ 14. Ke1 Qxh1+ 15. Kf2 (15. Ke2 Qf1#) 15... Qf1#
Nxa8 f3 $1 11. d3 f6 12. Bc4 d5 13. Bxd5 Bd6 14. Qe1 0-1
fxg2+ 15. Kxg2

 1063. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. Qe2 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 fxe4


6. Qxe4+ Be7 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Bxg8 Rxg8 9. Nc3 c6 10. d4
  d6 11. Bxf4 Bf5 12. Qe3 Kd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. d5 Na6 15.
dxc6+ bxc6 16. Qe2 Bh4 17. Qxa6
1







15... Qxh3+ 16. Kxh3 (16. Kg1 Nf3#) 16... Ne3+ 17. Kh4
(17. Be6 Bxe6+ 18. Kh4 Nf3+ 19. Kh5 Bf7# (19... Bg4#))
17... Nf3+ 18. Kh5 Bg4# 0-1

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 1066. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6


 1 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. a3 Ne7 11.
Bf4 d5 12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. Bh2 Be6 14. Qd2 Nxc3 15.
 Bxe6 Nb5 16. Bc4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qe2 Ng6 19.
Rad1 Nf4 20. Qc2 Qf6 21. Qe4 Ng6 22. b3 Rab8 23. Rd7
 Rbd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qxb7 Rd2 26. Bxc7 Bxf2+ 27.
Kh1 Kh7 28. Bg3 Qf5 29. Bxf7 Bxg3 30. Bc4 Rf2 31. Re1
 Nf4 32. Qb8
 
  1
 
 

17... Qxf3+ 18. gxf3 (18. Kg1 Qf2#) 18... Bh3+ 19. Kg1

Rxe1+ 20. Qf1 Rxf1# 0-1 
1064. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 
6. d3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. b5 Nce7 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. Bb2
Be6 11. O-O Kh8 12. a4 f6 13. Nf3 Ng6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. 
Qb3 Ngf4 16. Ra2 a6 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. Bc1 Rb8 19. Qc2
Bg4 20. Bxd5 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Qxd5 22. c4 Qxf3 23. h3 Bxf2

24. Nd2 

32... Qxh3+ 33. gxh3 (33. Kg1 Qxg2#) 33... Rh2+ 34. Kg1
Nxh3+ 35. Kf1 Rf2# 0-1
1  1067. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. fxe5
   Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qh4+ 7. Ke2 Bg4+ 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. d4 O-O-O
10. Bd2 Bxf3+ 11. gxf3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Qe1 Qc4+
 14. Kd1 Qxc3 15. Rb1 Qxf3+ 16. Qe2 Rxd2+ 17. Kxd2
Rd8+ 18. Kc1

 
   
  
 
 
24... Ng3+ 25. Kh2 Qf4 26. Rxf2 (26. Nf3 Nxf1+ 27. Kh1 

Qh2+ 28. Nxh2 Ng3#) 26... Nf1+ 27. Kg1 (27. Kh1 Qh2#)
27... Qh2+ 28. Kxf1 Qh1# 0-1

1065. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. 


Nc3 d6 7. Nc4 Be7 8. d4 Nh5 9. Be2 Bxh4+ 10. Kd2 Qg5
11. Kd3 Nc6 12. a3 Bf2 13. Nd5 Bxd4 14. Nxc7+ Kd8 15.

Nd5 f5 16. Nxd6 fxe4+ 17. Kc4 

18... Ba3+ 19. Rb2 Qc3 20. Bh3+ (20. Qg4+ Kb8 21. Bd3
Rxd3 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. cxd3 Qxb2+ 24. Kd1 Bb4 { and
   mate on d2. }) 20... Kb8 21. Qb5 (21. Bd7 Rxd7 22. Qb5
Qd2+ 23. Kb1 Qd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1#) 21... Qd2+ 22. Kb1
 Qd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1# 0-1

 1068. 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 d6


1 6. h3 h6 7. a3 Bb6 8. O-O g5 9. Be3 g4 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11.
Ne2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rg8+ 13. Kh1 Nxe4 14. Ng3 Qh4+ 15.
 Kg2





17... Qxd5+ 18. Kxd5 Nf6+ 19. Kc4 Be6+ 20. Kb5 a6+ 21.
Ka4 b5+ 22. Nxb5 (22. Bxb5 axb5+ 23. Kxb5 Ra5+ 24.
Kxc6 Bd5#) 22... axb5+ 23. Kxb5 Ra5+ 24. Kxc6 Bd5+ 25.
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
27... Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 (28. Kf1 Rf2+ 29. Kg1 (29. Ke1
Qe4+ 30. Be3 Qxf3 31. Bxf2 Qxf2#)) 28... gxh2+ 29. Kf1
   (29. Kf2 Qg3+ 30. Ke2 Qg2+ 31. Ke1 Bd3 32. Qd1 Qg3#)
29... Bd3+ 30. Ke1 Qg3+ 31. Kd1 Qxf3+ 32. Ke1 Qe2#
1 0-1

 1071. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6.


Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. Bb5+ c6 10. dxc6 bxc6
 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Bxc6+ Kf8 13. Bxa8 Ng3 14. Rh2 Bf5
 15. Bd5 Kg7 16. Nc3 Re8+ 17. Kf2 Qb6 18. Na4 Qa6 19.
Nc3 Be5 20. a4
 
  
 

15... Rxg3+ 16. fxg3 Qxg3+ 17. Kh1 Qh3+ 18. Kg1 Bxe3+ 
19. Rf2 Bxf2# 0-1 
1069. 1. f4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 
6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c5 8. h3 Nc6 9. c4 Ne4 10. Kh2 Bf6 11. d4
cxd4 12. exd4 Bd7 13. Na3 Qe8 14. Nb5 Qg6 15. Qe1 Qh6 
16. Bd3 Kh8 17. Na3 Be8 18. Nc2 d5 19. g3 Bh5 20. Ne5
Be7 21. Ne3 Bb4 22. Qc1 Bd2 23. Qc2 Nxe5 24. Bxe4 
fxe4 25. Qxd2 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Bxf3 27. cxd5 exd5 28. Nxd5
Rad8 29. Ne3 Rd6 30. h4 Rxf4 31. Qe1 Rg6 32. Bc1

 
20... Qf1+ 21. Qxf1 Bxd4+ 22. Be3 Rxe3 23. Kg1 (23.
 Qd1 Re2#) 23... Re1# 0-1

 1072. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6.


Kd2 Qf2+ 7. Kc3 Nc6 8. a3 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Rb8
 11. Rf1

 
   
 
 
 
 

32... Rxh4+ 33. gxh4 (33. Kg1 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Rh2+ 35. Kf1
(35. Kg1 Qh3 36. g4 Rh1+ 37. Kf2 Qh4#)) 33... Qf4+ 34.
Kh3 (34. Qg3 Qxg3#) 34... Bg2+ (34... Rg2 $1 35. Nxg2
Bg4#) 35. Nxg2 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 Qxg2# 0-1 
1070. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5

6. d4 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Nb5 Na6 10. d6
O-O-O 11. dxe7 Bxe7 12. Nxa7+ Kb8 13. Nc6+ bxc6 14.

11... Qxd4+ 12. Kxd4 (12. Kd2 Qe3+ 13. Kc3 Bg7+ 14.
Bxa6 Bc5 15. c3 Bb6 16. a4 Ka8 17. Be2 f6 18. b4 Qg6 19. e5 Bxe5+ 15. Kc4 d5#) 12... Bg7+ 13. e5 (13. Kc4 Be6#
b5 Ba5 20. Bd2 Rhe8 21. bxc6 Bc2 22. Qc1 Rxe2 23. Kxe2 (13... Ba6#)) 13... Bxe5+ 14. Ke4 (14. Kc4 Be6# (14...
g4 24. Ne1 Re8+ 25. Kf2 g3+ 26. Kg1 Re2 27. Nf3 Ba6#)) 14... Nf6# 0-1

 1073. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 d5


  6. Nxd5 Bg4+ 7. Nf3 O-O-O 8. Bxf4 Nf6 9. c4 Nxe4 10. g3
Qh5 11. Bg2 g5 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Qc2 Rhe8 14. Rad1 Bxd4
 15. Bxd4 Nxg3+ 16. Kf2 Nxh1+ 17. Kg1 Bxf3 18. Nf6
Bxd1 19. Qf5+ Kb8 20. Nxh5 Re1+ 21. Bf1 Nxd4 22. Qf6







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 1076. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3


 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6
11. Nd5 Qd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 h5 14. Nh4 Nxd5 15.
 Bxd5 O-O-O 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. c4 Ne7 18. Bf7 hxg4 19.
cxb5 Rxh3 20. bxa6 g3 21. Rf5 Nxf5 22. Qb3 Rdh8 23. Be6
 Rh1+ 24. Kg2 R8h2+ 25. Kf3 Rf2+ 26. Kg4 Rh4+ 27. Kg5
Rh5+ 28. Kg4

 
 
 
  
 1
22... Nf3+ 23. Kxh1 (23. Kg2 Rd2+ 24. Be2 (24. Kxh1 

Rxf1# (24... Rxh2#)) 24... Rdxe2+ 25. Kh3 (25. Kxf3
Rxb2#) 25... Ng1+ (25... Rxh2+ 26. Kg4 Rh4+ 27. Kf5
Bc2#) 26. Kg4 Re5+ 27. Qf3 Bxf3#) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Kg2
Rg1+ 25. Kf2 (25. Kh3 g4#) 25... Rd2+ 26. Ke3 Re1# 0-1 
1074. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d5 5. Bxd5

Ne7 6. Nc3 g5 7. d4 Bg7 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. h4 h6 10. e5 f6 11.
exf6 Bxf6 12. Qd3 c6 13. Bb3 Bf5 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4

28... Nxe3+ 29. Kxg3 Rg2+ 30. Kf3 Rh3+ 31. Bxh3
Nd7 16. d5 O-O-O 17. d6 Nc5 18. Qb4 Rxd6 19. Qxc5 Qxh3# 0-1
Rd1+ 20. Ne1 Nd5 21. c3 Rxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Re8+ 23. Kf1

 1077. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 Qe7


6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 d6 10. Nxc6
 1 Qxe4 11. Nb4 c5 12. Nc2 Ba6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. f3 d5 15.
Re5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nd7 17. g3 Qh3 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Be3
 Re6 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Nb4 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Bc4 23. b3 Ba5 24.
Nc2 Ba6 25. b4 Bc7 26. b5 Bb7 27. Na4 Nh5 28. Nc5
 Nxg3 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Bf4 Ne4 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Bxc7
exf3 33. Re1 Rg6+ 34. Bg3

 
 
 
 
 
23... Qe2+ 24. Kg1 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qg3+ (25... Qxh4+ 26. 

Kg1 Re1#) 26. Kg1 Re1# 0-1

1075. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d5 5. Bxd5


Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e5 Bxc3 8. exf6 Bxf6 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. 
Qe2+ Kd8 11. Qc4 Re8 12. Bxf7 
 
 1 34... Rxg3+ 35. hxg3 (35. Kh1 f2+ { with mate next mate in four
(or more) }) 35... f2+ 36. Kxf2 (36. Qxf2 Qh1#) 36... Qg2+
 37. Ke3 Qf3# 0-1

 1078. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5


  Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2 a6
10. N1c3 Qe5 11. Na3 Nge7 12. Nc4 Qd4 13. Bd3 b5 14.
 Ne3 f5 15. Ne2 Qe5 16. f4 Qc5 17. Kh1 d6 18. c3 a5 19.
Nc2 b4 20. Ned4 Rb8 21. Rae1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rb2 23. Nb3
 Qb6 24. Nc1 a4 25. Re2 Qa5 26. Qe1 Bd7 27. Nb4 Rxe2
28. Bxe2 Re8 29. Ncd3 Ng6 30. Qd2 Nxb4 31. Nxb4 Qc5
 32. Bf3 Qc4 33. Rb1 Nh4 34. Bd5 Qe2 35. Qxe2 Rxe2 36.

g3 Ng6 37. Bc4 Rd2 38. Kg1 Ne7 39. a3 c5 40. Nd3 Nc6
41. Rb2 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Na5 43. Ba6 Kc7 44. Ne1 Rc1 45.

12... Qxf3+ 13. gxf3 (13. Kg1 Re1+ 14. Qf1 Rxf1# (14...
Nc2 Bc6 46. Bd3 g6 47. h3 Rh1 48. Bf1 Rh2+ 49. Ke1 Be4
50. Kd1 Nb3 51. Be2 Rxh3 52. Bb5 Rh2 53. Bxa4
Qxf1#)) 13... Bh3+ 14. Kf2 (14. Kg1 Re1+ 15. Kf2 (15.
Qf1 Rxf1# (15... Bd4#)) 15... Bh4#) 14... Bh4+ 15. Kg1
Re1+ 16. Qf1 Rxf1# 0-1

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 
 
 
 
 
 

53... Bf3+ 54. Ke1 Re2+ 55. Kf1 (55. Kd1 Re8#) 55...

42... Rg1+ 43. Kh3 (43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 Qxf3+ 45. Kh4
Nd2+ 56. Kg1 Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Rxg3+ 58. Kh2 Nf1# 0-1 (45. Rg3 Qxg3#) 45... Qh1#) 43... Rh1+ 44. Kg3 (44. Kg2
Qg1#) 44... Qh4+ 45. Kg2 Qh2# 0-1
1079. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O
6. Rc1 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nf3 f5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nd7 1081. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6.
11. Qb3 Kh8 12. a3 g5 13. Qc2 g4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bd3 Nbd7 7. c5 Bc7 8. b4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5
Qg7 16. f3 gxf3 17. Rxf3 Bd7 18. Rcf1 Ng5 19. Rg3 Qxe5 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. O-O Rae8 15.
20. Ne2 Rg8 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Nf4 Rac8 23. Qe2 Ne4 24. Rad1 Bb8 16. Nb1 Ne4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Bd4 Ng5 19. Bd3
Rh3 Rg5 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Qg7 27. g3 Rc6 28. Qa5 f4 20. Kh1 Qf7 21. Nf3 Nxf3 22. gxf3 Qh5 23. Rg1 Rf7 24.
b6 29. Qa4 Qc7 30. Rh6 Rc1 31. Rxe6 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qe2 Be5 25. Bc2 Rf6 26. Bxe5


Qc1+ 33. Qd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd2+ 35. Kh3

 1 


  
 
1 
 
 
  
 
 

35... Rh5+ 36. Nxh5 Ng5+ 37. Kh4 Nf3+ 38. Kh3 Qxh2#
26... Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Rh6+ 28. Kg2 Bh3+ 29. Kh1 (29.
Kh2 Bf1#) 29... Bf1# 0-1
0-1
1082. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6.
1080. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qh4 Be7 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. e3 Bd7 10. Kb1
6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nd7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qh5
Bd6 11. Qd3 Rb8 12. Nbd2 Nb6 13. c4 Qe7 14. Qc2 c5 15. Nxd4 15. exd4 Be6 16. f4 Rac8 17. f5 Rxc3 18. fxe6 Ra3 19.
b4 Nd7 16. b5 O-O 17. a4 Bb7 18. a5 f5 19. exf5 e4 20. Ng5 exf7+ Rxf7 20. bxa3 Qb6+ 21. Bb5 Qxb5+ 22. Ka1 Rc7 23.
Rxf5 21. Ndxe4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qh4+ 24. Rd2 Rc4 24. Rhd1 Rc3 25. Qf5 Qc4 26. Kb2 Rxa3 27.
Kg1 Rh5 25. f3 Rf8 26. Bg5 Qh2+ 27. Kf2 Ne5 28. Ke3 Qe6+ Kh7 28. Kxa3


Rxg5 29. Nxg5 Qf4+ 30. Ke2 Qxg5 31. Rf2 Nxf3 32. gxf3
Qe5+ 33. Qe4 Qxa1 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qe7 Rb8 36. Rg2
Rg8 37. Rg5 Qa2+ 38. Ke3 Qxc4 39. bxa6 Qd4+ 40. Ke2
Rb8 41. Kf1 Rb1+ 42. Kg2  




 



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28... Qc3+ 29. Ka4 b5+ 30. Kxb5 Qc4+ 31. Ka5 Bd8+ 32.
Qb6 Bxb6# (32... axb6#) 0-1

1083. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. Ne5 Nfd7 


6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 f5 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. f4 Nc5 10. Nf3 Be7
11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Rf3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 c5 14. Ne2 g6 15. Bd2
1
d4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Rf1 Bc6 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Kh1 Kf7 20.
Ng1 h6 21. Bb4 g5 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Ne2 Rad8 24. Rac1

Ba8 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Rc2 Rh4 27. Rfc1 Rdh8 28. Rc7 $2 
 
1 
  
  
 
30... Qxg2+ 31. Ke3 (31. Kxd1 Qd2#) 31... Qd2+ 32. Ke4
 Qd4+ 33. Kf5 g6+ 34. Kg5 Rg1+ 35. Kh6 Qg7# 0-1
 1086. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1
 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8. d4 Nf5 9. c3 d5 10. Nd2
Bd6 11. Ndf3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qd2 Re8
 15. h3 c6 16. a3 f6 17. g4 Ng7 18. Nh4 f5 19. g5 Ne6 20.
Nf3 Nc5 21. h4 Nb3 22. Qd1 Nxa1 23. Be3 Rf8 24. Qxa1

28... Rxh2+ 29. Kg1 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rh1+ 31. Ng1
f4 25. Bd2 Qd7 26. e6 Qd6 27. c4 b6 28. cxd5 Qxd5 29.
Ne5 Bxe6 30. Bc4 Qd6 31. Ng4 Bxc4 32. Rxe7 Rf7 33.
Rhxg1# 0-1 Nh6+ Kf8 34. Rxf7+ Bxf7 35. b4 Ke7 36. Bc3 Bd5 37. Be5
Qe6 38. Bxf4 Rf8 39. Qg7+ Ke8 40. Bd2 Qe4 41. Kf1
1084. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qh1+ 42. Ke2
e6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qg4
Bf8 11. f4 f5 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. Bf2 Ne4 15. 
Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qg3 Ba6 17. Qh3 Qd7 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qh3
Bb4 20. a3 Be7 21. Qh6 Bf8 22. Qg5 c5 23. h4 Qc6 24. h5 
Rg8 25. Qg4 d4 26. Nd1 Rb7 27. Rc1 Rf7 28. h6 Rf5 29. c3
e3 30. Bh4 Qe4 31. Qf3 Rxf4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. cxd4 cxd4
1
34. Rc6 Bb5 35. Rxe6+ Kd7 36. Rf6 g5 37. Bg3 Be7 38.
Rf7 Rc8 39. Rxh7 Rc1 40. Bf2 Rc2 41. Nxe3 dxe3 42. Bxe3

Rxe3+ 43. Kd1 Rxb2 44. Rh3 
 
1 
 
  
 
42... Bc4+ 43. Ke3 Qf3+ 44. Kd4 Qd3+ 45. Ke5 Qd5#
 0-1
 1087. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3
  Nc6 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Bd2 e5 9. O-O O-O-O 10.
dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nf4 Bg6 12. Ncd5 Qc5+ 13. Be3 Nxd5 14.
 Bxc5 Bxc5+ 15. Kh1 Nxf4 16. g3 Nfxd3 17. cxd3 Bxd3 18.
Qc1 Bb6 19. Qg5 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Nd3 21. Qxg7 h5 22. Qxf7

44... Ba4+ 45. Kc1 Rc2+ 46. Kd1 (46. Kb1 Re1#) 46...
h4 23. gxh4 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bxf2 25. h5 Rhg8 26. Qe6+ Kb8
27. h4 Bc5 28. f4 Rd1+ 29. Kh2
Ra2+ ( { Or } 46... Rf2+ 47. Kc1 Re1#) 47. Kc1 Re1# 0-1

1085. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Be2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 d5


6. exd5 Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bf3
Bd7 11. Rb1 e5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Qa6 O-O
15. Rb7 Qc8 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Be3 e4 18. Bxe4 Rb8 19.
Rdb1 Rxb7 20. Rxb7 Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Rxd3 23.
Kf1 Rd8 24. Bxa7 Bg5 25. Bd4 c5 26. Qb5 cxd4 27. Qxg5
dxc3 28. Qe7 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Qg4+ 30. f3

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37... R4e3+ 38. Kb4 (38. Kd4 c5+ 39. Kd5 Rd2# (39...
Rd3#)) 38... c5+ 39. Ka3 b4+ 40. Ka4 Ra2# 0-1
 1090. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O
 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. c3
Ne7 11. b4 Bb6 12. h3 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 Kh8 15.
 g4 h5 16. Nh2 a5 17. bxa5 Bxa5 18. f4 Bxc3 19. f5 Bxa1 20.
Qxa1 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qf6 22. Nf3 Qh6 23. g5 Qh7 24. g6
 fxg6 25. Kf2 Bxf5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rh1 Rh5 28. Rg1 Rf8
 29. Ke2 Rh2+ 30. Ke3

  


 
 
 
29... Bg1+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kh3 Rd3+ 31. Qe3 Rxe3#) 30...
Be3+ 31. Kh2 Bxf4+ 32. Kh3 Rh1# 0-1


1088. 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6.
Nh4 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Ng2 Nc6 9. e3 h5 10. Bd3 h4 11. 
Bxg6 fxg6 12. Nxh4 Rxh4 13. gxh4 Qxh4+ 14. Kd2 Bf5 15.
a3 O-O-O 16. Kc3 Be5 17. b4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. 
Qxd4 Qf2 20. Qxe5 
 
  30... Rxf3+ 31. Kxf3 (31. Ke4 Qh4+ 32. Kxf3 (32. Rg4
Qxg4#) 32... Qf4#) 31... Qh3+ 32. Rg3 (32. Ke4 Re2#)
 32... Qf5+ 33. Ke3 Qf4# 0-1

 1091. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. Nf7


Qxg2 6. Rf1 d5 7. Bxd5 Nf6 8. Nxh8 Bh3 9. Bc4 Nc6 10.
 c3 Ne5 11. d4 O-O-O 12. Be2 Nf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qxf1+ 14.
 Kd2 Qxf2+ 15. Be2 e3+ 16. Kc2 Bf5+ 17. Kb3 Be6+ 18. c4
Bc5 19. d5 Nxd5 20. Bg4 Nf4 21. Bxe6+ Nxe6 22. Qg4
 Qf6 23. Nc3 Kb8 24. Ne4 Qd4 25. a3 Qd3+ 26. Ka2 Qxc4+
27. b3 Rd2+ 28. Bb2
 
 

20... Qxc2+ 21. Kd4 Qd3+ 22. Kc5 b6+ 23. Kc6 Bd7# 1
(23... Qd7#) 0-1

1089. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5.  

Qxd4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. b3 c6 8. Bb2 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10.
Na4 Nd7 11. c4 Kd8 12. O-O-O Kc7 13. f4 f6 14. Be2 Be7
15. Rhe1 Rf8 16. Bg4 Nc5 17. Bxc8 Nxa4 18. Bg4 Nxb2
19. Kxb2 g5 20. Bf5 gxf4 21. Rf1 Rg8 22. Bh3 Ra5 23. Rxf4 
b5 24. c5 Rga8 25. cxd6+ Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxa2+ 27. Kc3
Kxd6 28. Rxf6+ Kc5 29. Rf5+ Kb6 30. e5 Rd8 31. Rf6 Re2 
32. e6 Re3+ 33. Kc2 Rd4 34. Rf3 Re2+ 35. Kc3 Rde4 36.
Rf7 h5 37. Rh7

 
28... Rxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Bd4+ 30. Kb1 (30. Nc3 Qxc3+ 31.
 Ka2 Qxa1#) 30... Qxb3+ 31. Kc1 Bb2+ 32. Kb1 Bxa3#
0-1
 1092. 1. Nc3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Qd3 c5 4. dxc5 e5 5. e4 d4 6.
 Nd1 Bxc5 7. f3 Be6 8. Qb5+ Nbd7 9. Bc4 a6 10. Qb3 O-O
11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. Nh3 d3 14. cxd3 Bb4+
 15. Ke2 Rc8 16. Ne3 Nc5 17. Qc4 b5 18. Qxb4 Qxd3+ 19.
 Ke1 Ncxe4 20. Nf2


 


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26... Ng3+ 27. Kg1 (27. Nxg3 Qxh2#) 27... Nh3+ 28.
Bxh3 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Rg1# 0-1
  1095. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6.
 Nc3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 c6 9. b4 Ne8 10. Bf4 f6 11. Bd3
Rf7 12. h4 g6 13. g4 e5 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16.
 Bxg5 Ndf6 17. f3 Qc7 18. e4 d4 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Rc2 Ng7
21. Nc1 Raf8 22. Rg2 Kh8 23. Be2 b5 24. Qd2 Bc4 25.
 Bd1 Nxe4 26. Qc2 Nc3 27. h5 gxh5 28. Rgh2 e4 29. f4 Nd5
 30. Ne2 Nxb4 31. Qxe4 Nd3+ 32. Kf1 Nxf4 33. Kg1

 
  
 
 
20... Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 (21. Nfd1 Qxe3+ 22. Kf1 Qf2#) (21.
Ned1 Qe3+ 22. Kf1 Qxf2#) 21... Qxe3+ 22. Kd1 (22. Kf1
 
Qxf2#) 22... Nxf2+ 23. Kc2 Qd3# 0-1 
1093. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 10.
Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 O-O-O 13. a4 a5 14. Rb1 Rdg8 
15. f3 h5 16. e4 h4 17. Be1 e5 18. h3 Nh5 19. c5 dxc5 20. d5
Nf4 21. Nc4 Rh6 22. Rf2 f5 23. d6 Rxd6 24. Nxd6+ Qxd6

25. Bc4 Rf8 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rd2 Qe7 28. Qb3 Rf8 29.
Bd3 e4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. Qc2 Qc6 33. c4

33... Nxe2+ 34. Bxe2 (34. Qxe2 Qg3+ 35. Rg2 (35. Qg2
g4 34. Bxh4 gxh3 35. g3 Ne5 36. Rb3 Rf1#) 35... Rf1+ 36. Qxf1 Rxf1#) (34. Rxe2 Qg3+ 35. Qg2


(35. Rg2 Rf1#) 35... Rf1#) 34... Qg3+ 35. Qg2 (35. Rg2
Rf1+ 36. Bxf1 Rxf1#) 35... Rf1+ 36. Bxf1 Rxf1# 0-1
 1096. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6
  6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 e5 8. e4 Nh5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nbd2 Nf4 13. Bc2 f5 14. Nf1 Bd7 15. Ng3
  Qf6 16. a4 Rf7 17. c4 Raf8 18. Ra3 h5 19. h4 Bh6 20. b4
Qg7 21. a5 g5 22. exf5 gxh4 23. Nxh4 Qf6 24. Ng6 Nxg6
 25. Nxh5 Qe7 26. Rg3 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxg6+ Kh7
 29. Qg4 Qf7 30. Rxh6+ Kxh6 31. Ng3 Rf4 32. Qh3+ Kg6
33. Re3 Qh7 34. Qe6+ R8f6 35. Qe8+ Qf7 36. Qh8 Qh7
 37. Qe8+ Qf7 38. Qh8 Rxf2 39. Nh5 R6f5 40. Rh3

 
 
 
36... Ne2+ 37. Rxe2 (37. Kh2 Qg2#) 37... Rf1+ 38. Kxf1
(38. Kh2 Rh1# (38... Qh1#)) 38... Qh1+ 39. Kf2 Ng4# 0-1  


1094. 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O
6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 e5 10. d5 Nd8 11. b4
Bd7 12. Nd2 Qh5 13. f3 Nf7 14. e4 f4 15. g4 Qh4 16. Nb3
h5 17. gxh5 Qxh5 18. Rf2 Ng5 19. Nd2 Kf7 20. Nf1 Rh8 
21. Ne2 Qh4 22. Qd2 Nh5 23. Nc3 Rh6 24. Re2 Rg6 25.
Kh1 Rh8 26. Rf2 
 
1 
40... Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 (41. Kh1 Rf1+ 42. Kxg2 Qf2#) 41...
 Rf2+ 42. Kg3 (42. Kg1 Rf1+ 43. Kh2 (43. Kg2 Qf2#) 43...
Qf2#) 42... Qf3+ 43. Kh4 Qe4+ 44. Kg3 (44. Nf4+ Qxf4#)
 44... Rg2# 0-1

 1097. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6.


 Nge2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 Ne5 10. h3 Bd7
11. Ncd5 Bc6 12. c4 h6 13. b3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Re8 15. d4
 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc8 17. Bb2 Bd8 18. Kh2 Bb6 19. Qc3
Neg4+ 20. hxg4 Re3 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Nh5 Bd8 23. Rf4
 Re5 24. Raf1 Rg5 25. Bxf6 Rxh5+ 26. gxh5 Bxf6 27. Rxf6
Qg4 28. Bf3 Qd4 29. Rxd6 Re8 30. Rd7 Qd2+ 31. Kh3
 Qd3 32. Bg2 Re5 33. Kh4


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 1100. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6.


e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bxc5
  11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bd2 e5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qe7 15.
Qc4 Bd7 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. Rd2 b5 18. Qe4 Rac8 19. axb5
 axb5 20. Rdd1 Kh8 21. Ra6 f5 22. Qh4 Rf6 23. Ng5 h6 24.
Bb3 b4 25. Be1 Be8 26. Rc1 e4 27. Bd2 Qe5 28. Rc2 Qb5
 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Bc4 Qb7 31. Re1 Ne5 32. Be6 Nd3 33.
Ra1 Ra8 34. Rxa8 Qxa8 35. g3 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Bb5 37. Rc8+
 Bf8 38. Nf7+ Rxf7 39. Bxf7
 
 
  1
 

33... Rxh5+ 34. Kxh5 (34. Kg4 Rg5+ 35. Kh3 (35. Kh4

Qxg3#) (35. Kf4 Qxg3+ 36. Ke4 Re5+ 37. Kd4 Qe3#) 35... 

Qxg3#) 34... Qg6+ 35. Kh4 Qg5+ 36. Kh3 Qh5# 0-1

1098. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6


6. f4 Nh6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. h3 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. 
cxd4 Nb4 12. Qb3 Qa6 13. Rf1 Nd3+ 14. Kd1 Nf5 15. Re1
Rc8 16. Re2 Nxf4 17. Re3 Nxg2 18. Rd3 Nf4 19. Rc3
 
 
39... Nf4+ 40. gxf4 (40. Qxf4 Qf1#) 40... Qf1+ 41. Kg3
1 Qg1+ 42. Kh3 Bf1# 0-1

 1101. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 cxd4


6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. e4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. c5 b6
  11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. Bd3 a6 13. O-O d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Bf4 f6
16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Bg3 Bb7 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Qd2 h6 20.
 Bh4 g5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf8 23. Qh5 Ne7 24.
 Qh8+ Ng8 25. Bh7 Kf7 26. Re3 Nh6 27. Bg6+ Rxg6 28.
Qh7+ Rg7 29. Qxh6 d4 30. cxd4 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Qb5+ 32.
 Re2 Qf5 33. Bg3 Bf3 34. Re3

 
 1
 
19... Qe2+ 20. Kc2 Qd3+ 21. Kd1 Ne3+ 22. Ke1 Qe2#
0-1 


1099. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. g3 Bc5 5. e3 Qe7
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qd5 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qd1 d6 10. Bg2 Ne4
11. a3 a5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Nd4 Ng5 15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rad8 17. Bg2 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Rf3 19. Nc3 
Qf7 20. Nd1 Re8 21. b3 Re6 22. Ra2 Qh5 23. e4 g5 24.
Bxh3 Qxh3 25. Rg1 Rf4 26. Qd3 
 
1 
34... Qb5+ 35. Ke1 (35. Rd3 Qxd3+ 36. Ke1 Rg1# (36...
  Qe2#)) 35... Rg1+ 36. Kd2 Qxb4+ 37. Kd3 (37. Rc3
Qxc3#) 37... Qc3# 0-1
  1102. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6.
 Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Bb5 e5 10. Bxc6
 exd4 11. Bxb7 Bxb7 12. Nxd4 Qd7 13. Ndb5 Qc6 14. f3
Be5 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. a4 Qc4 17. Qf2 Rd3 18. Kh1 Rad8
 19. e4 a6 20. Na3 Qb3 21. Nab1 Bd4 22. Qe2 Bc5 23. Re1
a5 24. Nd2 Qc2 25. Nf1 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Rd1 27. Nxd1 Rxd1
 28. h3 Rxf1+ 29. Kh2 Bg1+ 30. Kg3 Nh5+ 31. Kg4 g6 32.
b4 Bd4 33. Bb2 Bxb2 34. Rxf1


26... Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Rh6+ 28. Kg2 Bh3+ 29. Kh1 (29.
Kh2 Bf1#) 29... Bf1# 0-1

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  1
  
 
1 
 
 
 
 

34... Bc8+ 35. Kg5 (35. Kh4 Bf6#) 35... Bf6+ 36. Kh6

38... Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2#
Bg7+ 37. Kg5 h6+ 38. Kh4 Bf6# 0-1 (41... Ba3#) 0-1

1103. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Nbd7 5. e3 c5 6. 1105. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. d4 e6 5. O-O
Nbd2 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Qc2 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Qa5 9. Bb2 b5 10. c5 Qc7
Rac1 Rc8 12. Qb1 Qb6 13. b4 c4 14. a3 Ra8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Rb8 13. Qc2 Rb7 14. Rfa1 Qb8 15.
16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bh2 f5 18. Qb2 a5 19. Nf3 Ra7 20. Bd1 R1a3 h6 16. h4 Bd8 17. Bc1 Re8 18. Bf4 Bc7 19. e3 Re7
Rfa8 21. Qe2 axb4 22. axb4 Ra2 23. Bc2 R8a3 24. Qe1 g6 20. Qa2 Bxf4 21. exf4 Nf8 22. Ne5 Rec7 23. Ra6 Bd7 24.
25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. f4 Qd8 29. Nd3 Be8 25. b4 Ng6 26. b5 cxb5 27. Nb4 Ne7 28. Rd6
g4 Bc6 30. g5 Qf8 31. h4 Qa8 32. Kf2 Qa4 33. Qd2 Rb3 Qc8 29. Bf1 Nf5 30. Rda6 Nxd4 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Rxa7
34. Kf3 Qa3 35. Qe1 Rxc3 36. Bxf5 Qb2 37. Bxe6+ Kf8 38. Rxc5 33. Ra8 Qd7 34. Qa3 Rc8 35. Nd3 Rxa8 36. Qxa8
Rg1 Rxc1 39. Qxc1 Qc6 37. Qa5 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 d4 39. Ne2 Ne1+ 40. Kg1 Nxd3


41. Nxd4 Qe4 42. Nxb5 Nxf2 43. Kxf2

 
 
1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
39... Qe2+ 40. Kg3 Qh2+ 41. Kf3 (41. Kg4 Rg2+ 42. Rxg2
(42. Kf3 Qg3#) 42... Qxg2#) 41... Rf2+ 42. Kg4 Rg2+ 43.

43... Ng4+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 (45. Kh1 Bc6+ 46. Bg2
Rxg2 (43. Kf3 Qg3#) 43... Qxg2# 0-1 Qc1+ 47. Qe1 Qxe1#) 45... Qf2+ 46. Kh3 (46. Kh1 Qxf1#
(46... Qh2#)) 46... Qxf1+ 47. Kxg4 f5# 0-1
1104. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5
6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 1106. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6.
Bg4 11. Bg5 Na4 12. Qa3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 e4 d6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Ng3 Nc7
Qb6 15. Bc4 Nxc3 16. Bc5 Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 Be6 18. Bxb6 11. h3 Rb8 12. a4 a6 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. f4 Nb5 16.
Bxc4+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ 21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxb5 axb5 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Ra8 c4 19. Bc2 Ra6 20. Rxa6
Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4 Ra4 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 26. h3 Bxa6 21. Qa3 Bd4+ 22. Be3 b4 23. Qxa6 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1
Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 b3 25. Bb1 Nb6 26. Qa5 Qh4 27. Ne2 Qf6 28. Nc3 Ra8 29.
Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Qb5 Qe7 30. Re1 Bf2 31. Rd1 f6 32. e5 fxe5 33. Ne4 Be3
Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 34. fxe5 Qxe5 35. Qc6 Ra1 36. Nxd6 Bf4 37. Qxb6 Qxd6
38. Qb7 Qc7 39. Qb5 Bd6 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Re1 Qa7 42.
Rf1 Qf2 43. Re1 Qf4 44. Kg1 Ra7 45. Re6 Bc5+ 46. Kh1

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 1109. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6


1 6. Nc3 e5 7. b3 Nh5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. e3 f5 10. d4 e4 11. Ne1
Nf6 12. Nc2 a5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfe1 h5 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4
 a4 17. Rad1 h4 18. Kh1 hxg3 19. fxg3 Qe7 20. Rg1 Nd8 21.
Bf1 Nf7 22. Be2 Ng5 23. Rdf1 Nh3 24. Rg2 c6 25. d5 Ng4
 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. b5 Kh7 28. bxc6 Bxc6 29. Nd4 Bb7 30.
Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Qb7 32. Bb5 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 Ne5 34.
 Bxe8 Rxe8 35. Qxa4 Ra8 36. Qb4 Qa6 37. Rc1 Rc8 38.
 Qd2 Nf3 39. Qe2 Rxc1+ 40. Bxc1 Qc8 41. Qc2 Qa6 42.
Qe2 Qc8 43. Bb2 Kh6 44. Qc2 Qa6 45. Qd1 Kh5 46. a4
  Kg4 47. Bc3 Qc4 48. Qa1 Qd3 49. Qc1 Qxd5 50. a5 Qc4
51. Qa1 Qd3 52. Qc1 Qc4 53. Qa1 Qd3 54. Qc1 d5 55.
 Ra2 d4 56. exd4 e3 57. Kg2

  


 
46... Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Bg1+ 48. Kg3 (48. Kh1 Bf2+ 49. Kh2
Qg1#) 48... Qf2+ 49. Kg4 h5+ 50. Kg5 Qg3# 0-1 1 
1107. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6

6. Bf4 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Nb5 O-O 9. Rc1 Ne8 10. Bd3 a6 11. 

Nc3 b5 12. Nxb5 Nb4 13. Nc7 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 e5 15.
Nxa8 exf4 16. Qc3 Bg4 17. Nc7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 fxe3 19. fxe3
Qh4+ 20. Ke2 Nxc7 21. Qxc7 Bxd4 22. exd4 Re8+ 23. Kd3
Qf2 24. Kc3 
 
  
 
57... Nh4+ 58. gxh4 (58. Kh1 Qe4+ 59. Rg2 Qxg2#) 58...
 Qe4+ 59. Kf1 Qh1+ 60. Ke2 Nf4+ 61. Kxe3 Qf3+ 62. Kd2
Qe2# 0-1

 1110. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6
6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qh4
 Qa5 11. Bd2 Be6 12. b3 Rab8 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. Rc2 Qd8
15. Rfc1 a6 16. Bg5 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qb4 Qd7 19. h4
 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxc2 23. Rxc2
Qa7 24. e3 Kg7 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bf3 h4 27. gxh4 Qd7 28.
 Bg4 Qb7 29. Be2 Kh8 30. f3 Qd5 31. Qf4 Rg8+ 32. Kf1
Rg6 33. b4 Qe6 34. Ke1 Rg1+ 35. Kf2 Be5 36. Qe4 Qh3

24... Re3+ 25. Kb4 Qxb2+ 26. Kc5 (26. Ka5 Qb5# (26...
37. Kxg1
Ra3#)) 26... Qb5+ 27. Kd6 Re6# 0-1 
1108. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 
6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Nd2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 e5 10. Bc3
Bc5 11. Nc4 d6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Ba5 Qb7 14. Qg5 bxc4 15.  
Qxg7 Rg8 16. Qxf6 Bh3 17. Bxc4 Bxg2 18. Rfe1 Bxe4+
19. Kf1 Bg2+ 20. Ke2 Qe4+ 21. Kd2 Qxc4 22. Rad1 Qe6

23. Qh4 Qg4 24. Qxh7 Qf4+ 25. Kc3 Bd4+ 26. Kb3 Rb8+  

27. Bb4 Rxb4+ 28. Kxb4 Bc5+ 29. Kc3

 
  
 
 
 37... Bh2+ 38. Kh1 (38. Kf2 Qg3+ 39. Kf1 Qg1#) 38...


Bg3+ 39. Kg1 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Qh1# (40... Qf2#) 0-1

 1111. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3


g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. f3 Qb4 9. Bb3 Nxe4 10.
  Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Ke2 dxc6 13. Bd4 e5 14.
Be3 a5 15. Rf1 a4 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. fxe4+ Kg7 18. Rf3
 Bg4 19. Kf2 Rhf8 20. Rb1 b5 21. Qd6 Qxc2+ 22. Kg3
Qxe4 23. Qe7+ Kg8 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bh6

29... Qb4+ 30. Kd3 Qd4+ 31. Ke2 Bf3+ 32. Kxf3 (32. Kf1
Qxf2#) 32... Qg4# 0-1

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 








25... Rf3+ 26. gxf3 (26. Kh4 Be6+ (26... Bh3+ 27. Bf4
Qxf4+ 28. g4 Qxg4# (28... Qh6#)) 27. Bf4 Qxf4+ 28. g4
Qh6#) 26... Qxf3+ 27. Kh4 Qh3+ 28. Kg5 Qh5+ 29. Kf6
Qf5# 0-1

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