[Event "Olympiad Final-A"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "1974.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Wolfgang Unzicker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

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 (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. g4
Bg6 15. Ng3 $16) 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 {mistake} (12...
Bd7 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfe8 $14) 13. d5 Nd8 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4
Nb7 17. Nf1 Bd7 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Ng3 Bf8 22. Ra2 c4 23.
Bb1 Qd8 24. Ba7 {prevents simplification} (24. Kh2 Rxa2 25. Qxa2 Ra8 26. Qb2
Ne8 $14) 24... Ne8 25. Bc2 Nc7 26. Rea1 Qe7 27. Bb1 (27. Bd1 Nd8 28. Bb6 Rxa2
29. Rxa2 Ne8 30. Ra7 Rb8 31. Qe3 h5 32. Nf1 $16) 27... Be8 28. Ne2 Nd8 29. Nh2
Bg7 30. f4 f6 (30... exf4 31. Nxf4 f6 (31... Nb7 32. Bd4 Bxd4+ 33. Qxd4 {
Ng4 threat} Qe5 34. Qe3 Nd8 35. Ra7 $16) 32. Nf3 Nf7 33. Nd4 Bd7 34. Kh1 Ng5
35. Ra5 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 Qxe4 37. Re1 Qxe1+ 38. Qxe1 $16) 31. f5 g5 32. Bc2 Bf7
33. Ng3 Nb7 34. Bd1 {strategic bishop exchange} h6 35. Bh5 Qe8 36. Qd1 Nd8 37.
Ra3 Kf8 38. R1a2 Kg8 39. Ng4 Kf8 40. Ne3 Kg8 41. Bxf7+ Nxf7 42. Qh5 Nd8 43. Qg6
Kf8 (43... Qxg6 44. fxg6 Nb7 45. Nef5 Re8 46. Nh5 Bh8 (46... Bf8 47. Nxf6+ Kh8
48. Nxe8 $16) 47. g7 $16) 44. Nh5 {end of game} Qxg6 (44... Qe7 45. Ng4 (45.
Bb6 Rxa3 46. Rxa3 Ne8 47. Ra7 Nc7 48. Ng4 Qf7 49. Ba5 Qxg6 50. fxg6 Ne8 51.
Bxd8 Rxd8 52. Nxg7 Nxg7 53. Nxf6 h5 54. Rf7#) 45... Ne8 46. Nxh6 $16 (46. Be3
Rxa3 47. Rxa3 Qf7 48. Ra7 Rc7 49. Ra8 Rd7 50. Bb6 Rb7 (50... Nb7 51. Nxg7 Qxg7
(51... Qxg6 52. Ne6+ Ke7 53. fxg6 $16) 52. Qxe8#) 51. Bxd8 $16)) 45. fxg6 Nb7 (
45... Bh8 46. Bb6 Rxa3 47. Rxa3 Bg7 48. Nf5 Bh8 49. g7+ $16) 46. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5
15. g4 Nf6 16. Nde2 Qa5 {maybe controversial - re8 maybe much safer} (16... Re8
17. Bh6 (17. e5 Nxg4 (17... dxe5 18. g5 Nh5 19. Qxd7) 18. fxg4 (18. e6 Bxe6 19.
fxg4 Bxg4 $17) 18... Bxg4 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. cxd3 Rc6 22. Kd2 Rd8
23. d4 h5 $17 24. a4 Rb6 25. Kc1 Rc8 26. Kb1 Re6 27. Bg1 Rxe2 $17) 17... Bh8
$10) 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rfc8 19. Rd3 {tempo prophylaxis} (19. g5 Nh5 20.
Rxh5 (20. Nf4 Rxc3 21. Nxh5 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Qe5 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25.
Qh6+ Qg7 $17) 20... gxh5 21. Qxh5 Qe5 22. Rh1 Qg7 23. Kb1 R8c5 $17) (19. Rh3
Rxc3 20. Nxc3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22. Rd3 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxa2 24. g5 Nh5 25. Rxh5
gxh5 26. Qxh5 Qa5+ 27. Kc1 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qe5 $11) 19... R4c5 {Combination now} (
19... b5 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nf4 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. Qxh5 Kf8 25.
Qxh7 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Qa4+ 27. Kb1 Qd4 28. Qh8+ Qxh8 29. Rxh8+ $16) 20. g5 Rxg5 (
20... Nh5 {Black is in big trouble} 21. Nf4 (21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Nf4 Rxc3 $10 (
22... Rxg5 23. Ncd5 Rg1+ $10) 23. bxc3 Rc5 {rook is silly on d3} 24. Qxh5 Qxa2
$17) 21... Nxf4 (21... Rxg5 22. Rd5 Rxd5 23. Ncxd5 e6 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nxc8 $16
) (21... Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qe5 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. Rxh5 $16) 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8#)
21. Rd5 (21. Nd5 Rxd5 22. exd5 Qxa2 $17) 21... Rxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Qxh7+ Kf8
23. Qh8#) 22. Nxd5 Re8 23. Nef4 Bc6 (23... a6 24. Nxf6+ exf6 25. Nd5 Re5 26.
Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8#) 24. e5 (24. Nxf6+ exf6 25. Nh5 Qg5+ {the cold shower move
which e5 prevented - disconnections prevent cold shower moves} 26. Qxg5 fxg5
$10) 24... Bxd5 (24... dxe5 25. Nxf6+ exf6 26. Nh5 gxh5 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Qxf6#)
25. exf6 exf6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ {black resigned} Ke7 28. Nxd5+ (28. Re1+ {
would be a big mistake} Qxe1# $17) 28... Qxd5 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Qxe8+ $16 1-0

[Event "13th Soviet Team-ch qual group 2"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nxd5 exd5 (10... Bxd5 11. e4 Bb7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rad1 $16)
11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Ne5 c5 {inaccuracy} (12... Re8 13. Bg5 (13. Nc6 Qd6 14. Nxe7+
Rxe7 15. Bg5 $14) 13... h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd3 Bxd4 16. e3 Be5 17. Nb4 Re6
$11 (17... c6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6 $16)) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 (13... bxc5 14. Bg5
Rb8 15. Rac1 $16) 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. Bf4 Re8 16. e3 Ne4 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf4 Rac8
(18... Rec8 19. Qxe4 dxe4 20. Rxd6 $16) (18... Nf6 19. Rd4 Rac8 20. Qd2 Re5 21.
Rd1 Rd8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. e4 g6 24. exd5 $16) 19. Qa4 Qe7 (19... h6 20. Bxe4
Rxe4 21. Qxe4 $16) 20. Qxa7 (20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxf2 22. Rf1 (22. Kxf2
Qxe3+ 23. Kf1 Qe2+ 24. Kg1 Rc2 25. Bf3 (25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 $17) 25... Qxh2+ 26. Kf1
Rf2#) 22... Ne4 (22... Qxe3 23. Rxf2 Rc1+ 24. Rd1 $16) 23. Rd7 Qc5 24. Qd4 $14
Qxd4 25. exd4 Nf6 26. Rxa7 Re2 27. Bh3 Rd8 28. Rf2 $14) (20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Rd4
Qc2 22. Qxa7 Qxb2 23. Rad1 Bc6 24. R4d2 Qb4 25. Nxd5 $16) 20... Nxf2 21. Nxd5 (
21. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 22. Kf1 Rc2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Qxb6 Ba6+ 25. Ne2 Qxe2+ 26. Kg1
Qxg2#) 21... Bxd5 22. Qxe7 Nxd1 23. Rc1 {strongest} (23. Qd7 Bxg2 24. Kxg2
Nxe3+ 25. Kg1 h5 26. Qb5 $16) 23... Rb8 (23... Bxg2 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Kxg2 $16)
24. Qb4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 26. Kg1 Re6 27. Qf4 Rd8 28. Qd4 Rde8 29. Qd7 Ng4
30. Rc8 Nf6 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Qb7 Re6 33. Qb8+ Ne8 34. a4 g6 35. b4 Kg7 36.
Qb7 h5 37. h3 Kf6 38. Kg2 Rd6 39. a5 bxa5 40. bxa5 Re6 41. a6 Nc7 42. a7 Re7
43. Qc6+ Ke5 44. Kf3 {end of game} (44. a8=Q Nxa8 45. Qxa8 Re6 46. Qd8 $16)
44... f6 (44... g5 45. Qc5+ Kf6 46. Qd6+ Re6 47. Qxc7 $16) 45. Qe4+ Kd6 46.
Qxg6 $16 1-0

[Event "Skopje"]
[Site "Skopje YUG"]
[Date "1976.02.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Nbc6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. c3 h6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bxb6 Qxb6
15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 a5 17. Bb1 (17. g4 Bg6 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Bf1 $11) 17...
Bxf3 {mistake} 18. Qxf3 a4 19. Nd4 Qxb2 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Qf5 {h4 may be more
accurate} (21. h4 Rd6 22. Qd3 g6 23. h5 Rad8 24. hxg6 fxg6 (24... Rxg6 25. Qf3
Rg7 26. Rxd5 Rf8 27. Qe3 Qa3 28. Rh5 Qd6 29. Rxh6 $16) 25. Re2 Qa3 26. Qg3 Rf6
27. Bxg6 $14) 21... g6 22. Qf6 Rd7 (22... Re8 23. Bxg6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 fxg6 25.
Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ Kf7 27. Qf4+ Kg7 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Re6 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qh7 31.
Rh6 $16) 23. Bf5 (23. Re3 d4 24. cxd4 Rf8 25. Kh2 Qb6 26. d5 $11) 23... Re7 (
23... gxf5 24. Rd3 f4 25. Qxf4 f6 {only move to save black} 26. Qxf6 Rg7 27.
Qe6+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ Kh8 29. Qf6 Kh7 30. Qf5+ $11) (23... Rdd8 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25.
Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Rd3 Rd7 28. Rg3+ Kf7 29. Qg7#) 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25.
Bd3 Nf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Re1 Qxa2 28. Qxh6 a3 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qf6 Kg8 31.
Qxf5 Qd2 32. Re7 Rf8 33. Qg4+ Kh7 34. Re5 Qh6 35. Rh5 Ra8 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Rxh6
Kxh6 38. Qf6+ Kh7 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. Qxb7 {end of game} Ra5 (40... Ra4 41. Qc8+
Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kf6 43. Qxa4 $16) 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qc7+ Kf6 43. Qxa5 $16 1-0

[Event "12th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1988.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ken Larsson"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Nd7 9. Nf1 h6 10. g4 Qc7 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Be3 Ne6 14. c3 Nf4 15.
h3 (15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Ne2 Bxg4) 15... Be6 16. Qc2 b6 17. b3 Kh8 18. Rad1 Nxg2
19. Kxg2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. gxf5 {makes things worse} (21. Nh5 fxg4 22. Nh4
Rf7 $11 (22... gxh3+ 23. Kh2 Bg4 24. Nxg7 Bxd1 25. Qxd1 Kxg7 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27.
Qe6 Ng8 28. Rg1 Rf7 29. Bxh6 $16)) 21... Nxf5 22. c4 (22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Qd2 Be4
24. Kh2 Bxf3 $17) 22... Qf7 23. Ng1 b5 24. cxb5 (24. Rc1 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 $17
26. f4 bxc4 27. bxc4 Rab8 $17) 24... Bd5+ 25. Kh2 Nxe3 {end of game} 26. fxe3 (
26. Rxe3 Qxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Rxf2#) 26... Qf2+ 27. Qxf2 Rxf2# 0-1

[Event "12th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1988.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Murray Chandler"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Nb6 6. N1f3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8.
O-O Nh6 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Qc7 11. Ne5 Nd5 (11... f6 12. Nxh7 (12. Qb3+ Nd5 13.
c4 Nb6 14. Nxh7 fxe5 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. Bxg6 exd4 17. Qf3 e5 (17... Nxc4 18.
Bxh6 Bxh6 19. Qf7+ Kh8 20. Qh7#)) 12... Kxh7 (12... fxe5 13. Nxf8 Bxf8 14. Bxg6
Qd6 15. Rxe5 Ng4 16. Rh5 Bg7 17. Bh7+ Kf7 18. Qf3+ Nf6 19. Rg5 $16) 13. Nxg6
Kg8 14. Nxe7+ Kf7 15. Bg6#) 12. Qf3 Nf5 13. Qh3 h5 14. Qf3 Qd8 15. h3 Qe8 (
15... Bd7 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Ngxf7 Rxf7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Qh8
21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Qxf5+ Bf6 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Re4 $16) 16. Nc4 b5 17. Na5 (17.
Ne5 f6 18. Nxg6 fxg5 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 $17) 17... b4 18. Bd2 (18. c4 Nxd4 19. Qg3
Nb6 20. Be3 Nf5 $14) 18... Rb8 19. c4 Nb6 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Nxc6 Rb7 22. b3 Rc7
23. Nxb4 (23. d5 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 f6 25. Ne4 Rxc6 26. dxc6 Qxc6 $14) 23... a5 24.
Nd3 (24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 a4 26. Nf3 axb3 $16) 24... Bxd4 25. Rad1 Qa8 26. Bf4
(26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Bf4 $16) 26... Rd7 27. c5 (27. Qe2 a4 28. g4
Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Qd8 30. Red1 hxg4 31. hxg4 e6 32. Qf3 $16) 27... Nd5 28. Ne4 {
inaccuracy} (28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Nxe5 Rdd8 30. Nexf7 Rxf7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. g4
hxg4 33. hxg4 Nf6 34. Qxa8 Rxa8 35. gxf5 $16) 28... Nc3 29. Nxc3 Qxf3 30. gxf3
Bxc3 31. c6 {mistake} (31. Ne5 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rc8 $11) 31... Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Bxe1
(32... Bxd3 33. Rd1 Bf5 $17) 33. Rd1 Bb4 34. c7 Rc8 35. Rc1 f6 36. Be3 Bxh3 37.
Bb6 Kf7 38. Rc4 Be6 39. Rc2 h4 40. a3 Bxa3 41. Bxa5 Bd6 42. b4 Ra8 {end of game
} 43. Rc1 h3 44. Rd1 g5 45. Kh1 Bc8 46. Rd4 Bb7 47. Rd3 Bf4 48. Kg1 h2+ 49. Kg2
g4 $17 0-1

[Event "12th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1988.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Glenn L Charleshouse"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 g6 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. a3 Bg7 14. Rad1 Bd7
15. Kh1 Rc8 16. Bb1 Qa5 17. Qf2 Ne7 18. e4 Qb6 19. Rd2 Nc6 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Nc3
Qa5 22. e5 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Ne4 Rf4 25. g3 Rff8 26. Qg2 b6 27. Rfd1 Ne7 28.
Nc3 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Ne5 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Ba4 32. Re1 Bb3 33. Be4 Rc7 34.
Bf3 Rd8 35. Nc6 Rd6 36. Ne5 Bh6 37. Rd3 Ba4 {end of game - resignation seems
premature} 38. b3 (38. Bg4 Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Rb1 (40. Kh1 Bg5 41. Bf3 Bf6
42. b3 Bb5 43. Rdd1 Be8 44. Rc1 Rxc1 45. Rxc1 Rxd4 $17) 40... Rxd4 41. Rxd4
Be3+ 42. Kh1 Bxd4 $17) (38. Ng4 Bg7 39. Rc3 Re7 40. Rc8+ Re8 41. Rc7 Rxd4 $17)
38... Bb5 39. Nc4 (39. Rdd1 Rc2+ 40. Kh1 Rf2) 39... Bxc4 40. bxc4 Rxc4 41. d5
Bf8 42. Rxe6 Kf7 $11 0-1

[Event "12th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1988.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Richard L Britton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
Nc6 9. g4 Nd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Nde5 12. Be2 b5 13. Ndxb5 (13. Nf5 O-O (
13... exf5 14. Nd5 Qb7 15. gxf5 Bf8 16. Rhg1 Bd7 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19.
Qc3 O-O-O 20. Bb6 Re8 21. Qxc4 g6 22. Rd3 Be7 23. Rb3 Qa8 24. Ba5 Bd8 25. Bxd8
Kxd8 26. Qc3 Rhg8 27. Qf6+ Re7 28. Qxd6 $16) 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qxd6 $16) 13...
axb5 14. Nxb5 Qa5 {inaccuracy} (14... Qb8 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6
Ba6 18. Bd1 Nc4 19. Rxc6 Nxe3 20. Rc3 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 g5 $15 22. a4 h5 (22... Rb8
23. b3 h5 24. gxh5 Rxh5 25. Kb2 Rxh2 26. Rg1 f6 27. f4 $15) 23. gxh5 Rxh5 24.
Rg1 f6 25. b4 $11) 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. Bb6 Rxb5 (16... Ra4 17. b3 Rb4 18. c3 Rxb5
19. Bxb5 $16) 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. Be2 g5 19. Rd2 f6 (19... h5 20. gxh5 f5 21. exf5
exf5 $11) 20. a4 Kd7 21. b3 Ng6 22. Rhd1 Kc8 23. Bc4 Nf4 24. Bb5 Ne5 25. Rf1 h5
26. gxh5 Rxh5 27. a5 Rh3 28. a6 Ba8 29. Rfd1 d5 (29... Nxf3 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31.
Rxd6 Rh8 32. Rd7 Nd2+ 33. Ka1 Rxh2 (33... Nd5 34. exd5 Bxd5 35. a7 g4 36. Rc7+
Kd8 37. Rb7+ Kc8 38. a8=Q#) 34. Rd8#) 30. exd5 exd5 31. c4 Nxf3 32. Rc2 (32.
Rxd5 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Nd2+ 34. Rxd2 Rxb3+ 35. Rb2 Rxb2+ 36. Kxb2 $11) 32... d4 33.
c5 Nd5 34. Ka1 f5 35. a7 Bf6 36. Rd3 g4 {mistake} (36... Rh8 37. Kb1 g4 38. Re2
Ng5 39. Rf2 Ne4 40. Rxf5 Ndc3+ 41. Rxc3 Nxc3+ 42. Kc1 Nxb5 43. Rxf6 Kb7 $17)
37. Ba6+ Kd7 38. c6+ Ke6 {mistake} 39. c7 (39. Ba5 Be5 40. c7 Nxc7 41. Bxc7 $16
) 39... Nxb6 40. c8=Q+ Nxc8 41. Rxc8 Rh8 42. b4 Kd7 43. Rc5 Rxh2 44. Bc8+ Ke7
45. Bb7 g3 {huge mistake} (45... Rh8 46. Kb1 Ne5 47. Ra3 (47. Rxd4 Nd7 48. Rc8
Rxc8 49. Bxc8 Bxd4 $17) 47... Bxb7 48. Rc7+ Nd7 49. Rxb7 f4 50. a8=Q Rxa8 51.
Rxa8 f3 52. Raa7 f2 53. Rxd7+ Ke6 54. Ra6+ Kxd7 55. Rxf6 g3 56. Kc2 g2 $17) 46.
Bxa8 Rh1+ 47. Kb2 g2 48. Bxf3 g1=Q 49. Bxh1 Qxh1 50. Rc8 Qg2+ 51. Ka3 (51. Kb3
Qe2 52. a8=Q Qxd3+ 53. Ka4 $16) 51... Qf1 52. a8=Q Qxd3+ 53. Ka4 Qd1+ 54. Kb5
Qe2+ 55. Kb6 Kf7 56. Rf8+ Kg7 57. Rg8+ Kh7 58. Qd5 Qh5 59. Rg1 Kh6 60. Rh1 Bh4
61. Qxd4 Bd8+ 62. Qxd8 {end of game} Qxh1 63. Qh8+ Kg5 64. Qxh1 $16 1-0

[Event "12th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1988.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Matthew Sadler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 b4 12. Na4 Nc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Na5 15. Kb1
Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxb4 Be2 18. Rdg1 Bxf3 19. Rh2 d5 20. Qb7 d4 (20... Bxe4
21. Nc3 Rb8 22. Qxa6 $11 Ra8 23. Qb5 Rb8 24. Qe2 $14 Rb4 25. Rd1) 21. Bc1 Rb8
22. Qc6 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Rfxc8 24. Nd2 Bxe4 {big mistake} (24... Bh5 25. b3 a5 26.
Bb2 Rc7 27. c3 Nc5 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Rg3 $17) 25. Nxe4 Rc4 26. b4 {very strong}
(26. b3 Rxa4 27. Re2 Rc4 $15) 26... Rcxb4+ 27. Nb2 Nc5 (27... f5 28. gxf6 Nxf6
29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $16 30. a3 R4b6 31. Ka2 $16) 28. c3 R4b6 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. cxd4
Bxd4 31. Rd1 f5 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. a3 f5 (33... Kf7 34. Ka2 $14) 34. Ka2 f4 35.
Nc4 Rc6 36. Rg2+ (36. Na5 Rcc8 37. Nb3 $14) 36... Kf8 37. Na5 Rcb6 (37... Rc3
38. Bb2 Rg3 39. Rc2 Bxb2 40. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 41. Kxb2 Ke7 $11) 38. Nc4 (38. Rc2 Rb1
39. Rxd4 exd4 40. Bxf4 d3 41. Rd2 R8b5 42. a4 R5b4 43. Bd6+ Kg7 44. Bxb4 $16)
38... Rc6 39. Na5 Rcb6 40. Rc2 Rb1 41. Rxd4 (41. Nc6 Ra1#) 41... exd4 42. Bxf4
R8b5 43. a4 Rxa5 44. Kxb1 Rxa4 45. Rf2 Kg7 46. Kb2 Kg6 47. Bg5 Rb4+ 48. Kc2 Rb6
49. Kd3 Rd6 50. Rg2 Kh5 51. Be7 Rd7 52. Re2 a5 53. Re5+ Kg4 54. Bf6 Rd6 55.
Re4+ Kh5 56. Bxd4 a4 57. Kc2 Rc6+ 58. Bc3 Ra6 59. Kb2 Ra8 60. Ka3 1-0

[Event "12th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1988.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Jan Przewoznik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. a4 Be6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Nf6 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Bc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. c3 Ne7 15.
Qd3 Ng6 16. Rfd1 Kh8 17. Ba2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qe2 Bh4 20. f3 Qg5 21. Bb1 e4
22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rce8 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. fxg4 Re2 26. Nc4 Rff2 27. Nde3 Nf4
28. Rxd6 {mistake} (28. Rf1 d5 29. Ne5 Rxb2 30. g5 h6 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. Kh1 h5
33. Rxf2 Bxf2 34. Nd1 Re2 35. Nxf2 Rxf2 36. Rb1 $11) 28... Nxg2 29. g5 {
threat of rd8 mate} Bxg5 {mistake} (29... h5 30. Rf1 Nxe3 31. Nxe3 Bxg5 32.
Rxf2 Bxe3 33. b4 Rxf2 $17) 30. Ng4 Rf4 31. Rf1 h5 (31... Rxg4 32. Rf8#) 32.
Nge5 {threat of Nf7+} Kh7 33. Nf3 Be7 34. Rd2 Bc5+ (34... Rxd2 35. Nfxd2 Rxf1+
36. Kxf1 Nf4 $11 37. Na5 Nd3 38. Nxb7 Nxb2 $11) 35. Kh1 Rxd2 (35... Re7 36.
Rxg2 (36. Kxg2 Rxc4) 36... Rxf3 37. Rgg1 Rh3 $17) 36. Ncxd2 Ne3 {mistake} (
36... Rg4 37. h3 Rg6 38. Ne4 Be3 39. b4 $11) 37. Ng5+ Kg6 38. Rxf4 Kxg5 39. Rf7
Kh4 40. Ne4 {end of game} Ba7 (40... Bb6 41. Rxb7 (41. Rf4+ Ng4 42. Kg2 Bc7 43.
Rf7 Be5 44. Rxb7 $16) 41... Ba5 42. b4 Bd8 43. Rd7 Bg5 44. Nxg5 Kxg5 45. b5 $18
) 41. Rxb7 $16 Bc5 42. Nxc5 $16 1-0

[Event "12th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1988.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Egon Erker"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. d4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Qxd4 7. Bd2 {
inaccuracy} (7. Be3 Qxb2 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rab1 Qxc2 11. Nxf6+ gxf6
12. Rfc1 Qg6 13. Rxb7 Ne5 14. Qh3 Rd8 15. f4 Nxc4 16. f5 Qg7 17. Rxc4 $16) 7...
Nf6 (7... Qxb2 8. Bc3 Qa3 9. Bc4 $16) 8. Bd3 (8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Qb3 Nd7 10. Qxb7
Rb8 11. Qxa7 Qxb2 $11) 8... Nbd7 9. Bc3 Qd5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Rad1 e6 12. Qe3
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc5 14. Qf4 f5 15. Bf3 Rg8 16. Qa4 e5 17. Qb3 Be7 18. Qe6 (18. a3
{Bb4 threat} e4 19. Bb4 Qe5 20. Bc3 Qc7 21. Be2 Nc5 $15) 18... Rgf8 19. b4 Qxc3
20. Qxe7 Rg8 {inaccuracy} (20... Rfe8 21. Qxg7 (21. Qf7 Rf8 22. Qe7 Nf6 23.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxg7 e4 25. Be2 a6 26. Qg5 Rd5 $15) 21... Rg8 22. Qf7 Qxf3 $17)
21. Qe6 Rge8 22. Qxf5 Re7 {inaccuracy} 23. Qxh7 (23. b5 e4 24. Bg4 Kc7 25. bxc6
bxc6 26. Qf4+ Qe5 27. Qd2 $16) 23... Qxb4 24. Qh3 Kc7 25. Bg4 Nf6 26. Rxd8 Kxd8
27. Rd1+ Kc7 28. Qd3 Re8 29. Bf5 Qc5 30. h3 a5 31. c4 Kb6 32. Bg6 Re7 33. Qd8+
Ka7 34. Rd6 Ng8 35. Rd1 Nh6 36. Rd6 (36. Qf8 e4 37. Rd7 Ng8 38. Bxe4 Qe5 39.
Bxc6 Rxd7 40. Bxd7 Nf6 41. Bc8 $16) 36... Rf7 37. Rd2 (37. Bxf7 Nxf7 38. Rxc6
Qxc6 39. Qxa5+ Kb8 40. Qa3 Qd6 $17) 37... Rf6 38. Be4 (38. Rb2 Nf7 $14) 38...
Nf7 39. Qd3 Nd6 40. Rc2 {inaccuracy} (40. Bh7 a4 (40... Rf4 41. Qxd6 $16) 41.
Qc2 Qxc4 42. Qxc4 Nxc4 43. Rd7 g5 44. Rg7 $15) 40... Rf4 41. Bh7 Rxc4 42. Rxc4
Nxc4 43. Bg8 Nd6 44. Qg6 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Ne4 47. f3 Qe3+ 48. Kh2 Nc3
49. Qxg7 Ne2 50. h4 Qg1+ {end of game} 51. Kh3 Qh1+ 52. Kg4 Qxg2+ 53. Kf5 Qxg7
$17 0-1

[Event "13th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1989.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1989.08.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. g4 Bd7 (5... Bg6 6. e6 fxe6 7. h4 Nd7
8. Nf3 Ngf6 9. h5 Bf7 10. Bh3 $14) 6. Na4 Qc7 7. Nc5 e6 8. Nd3 (8. Nxd7 Nxd7 9.
c3 c5 10. Bd3 $14) 8... c5 9. dxc5 Bb5 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Nf3 (11. Nxc5 Qxc5 $15)
11... Ne7 12. a4 Bxd3 13. Bxd3 Nbc6 14. Qe2 (14. Bd2 h5 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. c3
Nf5 17. Nd4 g6 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Qf3 $14) 14... h5 15. g5 {black is much
better here now at move 14} (15. gxh5 Nb4 16. Bd2 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Nf5 $17) 15...
g6 16. c3 a6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Qf2 Na5
22. Nd4 Nc4 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. b3 Na5 25. b4 Nac6 26. Nb3 d4 27. b5 (27. Nxd4 Nxd4
28. cxd4 Qxb4 $17) 27... axb5 28. axb5 Na5 29. Nd2 Kg7 30. c4 Nf5 31. Ra1 Ne3
32. Rfc1 Rc7 33. Kh1 Rdc8 34. Ra4 Qxb5 (34... Rc5 35. Rb4 Qd8 36. Kg1 b6 $17)
35. cxb5 Rxc1+ 36. Nf1 (36. Bf1 {weakness of last move - c2} R8c2 {threat of
rxd2} 37. Rxd4 (37. Rxa5 Rxd2 38. Qxd2 Rxf1#) 37... Nxf1 38. Qxf1 Nb3 39. Rd7
Nxd2 40. Qxc1 Rxc1+ $17) 36... Nb3 {improving worst piece principle} 37. Rxd4 (
37. Ra3 Nc5 38. Be2 Ne4 39. Qf3 R8c2 40. Kg1 Nxf1 41. Bxf1 Nd2 42. Qg2 Rxf1+
43. Qxf1 Nxf1 44. Kxf1 Rb2 $17) (37. b6 R8c3 38. Be2 Nd2 39. f5 gxf5 40. Rxd4
Ndxf1 41. Bxf1 Rxf1+ $17) 37... Nxf1 38. Kg2 (38. Bxf1 Nxd4 39. Qxd4 Rxf1+ 40.
Kg2 Rfc1 $17) 38... Nxd4 39. Qxd4 Rd1 40. Qe4 Rd2+ 41. Be2 (41. Kxf1 Rc1+ 42.
Qe1 Rxe1+ 43. Kxe1 Rxd3) 41... Nxh2 42. Kxh2 Rcc2 43. Kg3 Rxe2 44. Qd3 Rg2+ 45.
Kf3 h4 46. Qf1 Rg3+ 47. Ke4 h3 48. f5 gxf5+ {end of game} 49. Kd4 Rcc3 50. g6
h2 51. gxf7 h1=Q 52. Qxh1 Rgd3# 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank Masters 13th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1989.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ravikumar, Vaidyanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Nb3 Qg5 (8... Qc7 9. Qh5 e6 10. O-O-O a6 11. f4 $16) 9. Nd5 Kd8 10. f4 Qh6 11.
Qd2 e6 12. Nc3 a6 13. O-O-O Kc7 14. g3 Rb8 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Bg2 Rd8 17. Rhe1 Bf8
18. Re3 b6 19. Qf2 Bd7 20. Red3 Be8 21. Ne2 Kb7 22. Nd2 Qh5 23. g4 Qxg4 (23...
Qa5 24. Nb3 Qb5 25. Nc3 Qc4 26. Bf1 Ne7 27. Rxd6 $16) 24. Bf3 Qg7 25. Rb3 Kc7
26. Nc4 b5 27. Ne3 Rdc8 28. Ng3 Rb7 29. c4 (29. Ngf5 exf5 30. Nd5+ Kd8 31. exf5
Bd7 32. Nb6 Rcc7 33. Nxd7 Kxd7 34. c4 Qh6 35. c5 Qxf4 (35... Kc8 36. Re3 d5 37.
Re8+ Kd7 38. Qe3 $16 Ne5 39. Ra8 Rxc5 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Rxd5+ Kc6 42. Rd2 Nd7
43. Rxa6+ Nb6 44. Qe8+ Kc5 45. Qe4 Nc4 46. Qd4+ Kb4 47. a3+ Kb3 48. Qd3#) 36.
Bxc6+ Kxc6 37. Qxf4) 29... Rbb8 (29... b4 $14) 30. Rc1 Na5 31. cxb5+ Kd8 32.
Rbc3 axb5 33. Nd1 f5 34. e5 d5 (34... dxe5 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. Qb6+ Kd7 37. Qa7+
Kd8 38. Qxa5+ $16) 35. Nh5 Qh6 36. Rxc8+ Rxc8 37. Qb6+ {end of game} 1-0

[Event "13th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1989.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Peter G Large"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1989.08.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. f4 Re8 12. f5 Nf8 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Qd2 {inaccuracy} (15. Qg4 Qh6 16. Nh5 Nd7 17. Rae1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Nf8 19.
Nf4 c6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bd7 22. Re7 Be8 23. g3 $16) 15... Bd7 (15... Qh4
16. Rae1 Bd7 $16) 16. Rf3 h6 17. Nh5 Qg5 18. Nf4 c6 (18... Bxf5 19. Rg3 Bg4 20.
h3 h5 21. hxg4 $16) 19. Rg3 (19. Qf2 Kh8 20. h4 Qd8 21. f6 Qxf6 (21... g6 22.
Qd2 Kh7 23. h5 $16) 22. Nh5 Qd6 23. Rxf7 $16) 19... Qh4 20. Qf2 {inaccuracy} (
20. f6 Qxf6 (20... g5 21. Rf1 Kh8 22. Nh3 $16 Nh7 23. Nf2 Re6 24. Rh3 Qf4 25.
Qxf4 gxf4 26. Rxh6 Rxf6 27. Rxh7+ $16) 21. Nh5 Qh4 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Qxh6+ Nh7
24. Qxh7#) 20... Kh8 (20... Re7 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qxh4 $16) 21. Qf3 (21. f6
Qxf6 $11) 21... Nh7 22. Rg4 {mistake} (22. Rf1 Re7 23. Rg4 Qf6 24. Nh5 Qd6 25.
f6 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 g6 27. fxe7 $16) 22... Re1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 24. Bf1 (24. Qf1
Re8 $17) 24... Bxf5 25. Rg3 Bxc2 26. Qg4 Rg8 27. Qd7 Ng5 28. Qxb7 (28. Rxg5
hxg5 29. Qh3+ Bh7 $17) 28... Ne4 29. Rf3 Bd1 {end of game} 30. Nd3 Qxc3 31.
Rxf7 (31. Rf4 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Bh5 $17) (31. Qxa7 Bxf3 $17) 31... Nd6 32. Qxa7
Nxf7 33. Qxf7 Qxd4+ $17 0-1

[Event "13th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1989.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Christopher Holland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.08.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O-O c6 8. h4
Nb6 9. h5 Nc4 10. Bxc4 bxc4 11. h6 Bf8 (11... Bf6 12. Qe2 Qc7 (12... d5 13. e5
$16) 13. Qxc4 $16) 12. Qe2 d5 13. Nf3 Bg4 (13... Nf6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Be5 a5 16.
Ng5 Ra6 17. Rde1 $16) 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Rde1 e6 (15... f6 16. Bd2 Rd8 17. a3 Qe6
18. Rh4 a5 19. Kb1 Qc8 20. e5 Qf5 21. Rxg4 Qxg4 22. Na4 Qxg2 23. Bxa5 Ra8 24.
exf6 Rxa5 25. f7+ Kxf7 26. Qe6+ Ke8 27. Ne5 Ra8 28. Qd7#) 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qe5
f6 18. Bxf6 Bd6 19. Qxd5 Bf4+ (19... Nxf6 20. Qxa8+ Qd8 21. Qxd8+ Kxd8 22. Ne5
$16) 20. Kb1 Qxd5 (20... Nxf6 21. Qxa8+ $16) 21. Nxd5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nxf6 23.
Rxe6+ Kd8 (23... Kf7 24. Rxf6+ Ke8 25. Rxf4 $16) 24. Rxf6 Bg5 25. Rd6+ Kc8 26.
f4 Bd8 27. Re1 Ra7 28. Ree6 Rd7 29. c3 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Kb7 31. Ne3 Bc7 32. Rf6
Re8 33. Rf7 Re4 (33... Kb8 34. Rxh7 Bxf4 35. Nxc4 $16) 34. Nd5 1-0

[Event "13th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1989.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Graham K Burgess"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1989.08.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4
c5 9. d5 d6 10. Nc3 e5 11. Be2 g6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Qa4 Qd8 14. Nd2 h5 15. Rb1 Bh6
16. bxc5 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 dxc5 18. Nb5 {inaccuracy} (18. h4 Kf8 19. Qb3 Kg7 20.
f3 Nf8 21. Bd3 Bc8 22. Ne2 Nh7 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. Bc2 Rf8 25. Nf4 Re8 26. Nd3 Bd7
27. a4 $16) 18... O-O 19. Nd6 Qc7 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. g4 hxg4 22. Bxg4 Nf6 23. f3
Kg7 24. h4 Rh8 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bf5 Kf8 27. Rbg1 Ke7 28. f4 Qc7 (28... exf4 29.
e5 Nxd5 30. cxd5 Qxd5+ 31. Kc1 Qd4 32. Qxd4 cxd4 33. Rf1 Rad8 34. Rxf4 $16) 29.
Qc6 (29. Qb3 Rae8 30. Kc2 Qd6 31. Qb2 Kd8 32. Rg7 $11) 29... Qxc6 30. dxc6 exf4
31. e5 Rad8+ {inaccuracy} (31... Ng4 32. c7 (32. Bxg4 hxg4 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 34.
Rxg4 Rc8 35. Rxf4 Rxc6 36. Rf5 Rh6 37. Kc3 Rh3+ 38. Kb2 Rh7 $17) 32... Nxe5 33.
Kc3 Kf6 $17) 32. Kc3 Ne8 33. Rg5 {inaccuracy} (33. Bd7 Nc7 34. Rh4 f3 35. Rf1
Ne6 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Rxf3 Rd4 38. Rh1 Rh7 39. a4 Kd8 40. Rf6 Kc7 41. Rxe6 $11)
33... Rd4 34. Rhxh5 Rxh5 35. Rxh5 f3 36. Bd7 (36. Bh3 $11) 36... Ng7 37. Rh7 f2
(37... Rxd7 38. cxd7 f2 39. Rh1 Nf5 40. Kd3 Ng3 41. Rd1 f1=Q+ $17) 38. Bh3 (38.
Rh1 Rxd7 39. cxd7 Nf5 40. Rf1 Ne3 41. Rxf2 Nd1+ 42. Kd2 Nxf2 $17) 38... Ne6 39.
Bxe6 Rf4 (39... Kxe6 40. Rh1 Rf4 41. c7 Kd7 42. Rf1 Kxc7 $17) 40. Rh1 fxe6 {
end of game} 41. Rf1 Kd8 42. Kc2 Kc7 43. Kc1 Kxc6 44. Kd2 Rf5 45. Ke2 Rxe5+ 46.
Kd2 Rf5 $17 0-1

[Event "14th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1990.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aljosa Grosar"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1990.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 (4. exd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7 $17)
4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 (5... Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Nc6 7. Nf3 g5 8. d4 Bg7 9. h4 h6 10.
hxg5 hxg5 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8 12. c3 $11) 6. Nf3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 c6 8. Bb3 Qxd1+ 9.
Kxd1 O-O 10. Bxf4 Nxe4 11. Re1 (11. Kc1 Nd7 $11) 11... Bf5 12. Ke2 Na6 13. h3
Nac5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 a5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Kf3 a4 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bd3 f5 20.
gxf5 gxf5 21. a3 Kf7 22. Be3 Rh8 23. Bxc5 Rxh3+ 24. Kf4 Rh4+ 25. Kxf5 (25. Kf3
Nxc5 26. Bxf5 Rd8 $11) 25... g6+ (25... Rah8 26. Bxe4 (26. Ke5 R8h5+ 27. Kd4
Nxc5+ 28. Ke3 Rh3+ 29. Kd2 (29. Kd4 Rd5#) 29... Nxd3 30. cxd3 Rh2+ 31. Kc1 (31.
Ke3 Rxb2 $17) 31... Rf2 $17) (26. Rf1 R8h5#) 26... R8h5#) 26. Ke5 Re8+ 27. Be7
(27. Kd4 Nf2+ 28. Be4 Rexe4+ (28... Rhxe4+ 29. Rxe4 Rxe4#) 29. Rxe4 Rxe4#)
27... Rxe7+ 28. Kd4 Rd7+ 29. Ke3 Nc5 30. Kd2 (30. Rh1 Rg4 31. Rag1 Rxg1 32.
Rxg1 Nxd3 33. cxd3 Kf6 $11) 30... Rh3 (30... Rh2+ 31. Kc1 Nxd3+ 32. cxd3 Rxd3
$17) 31. Re3 Rxd3+ {end of game} 32. cxd3 Nb3+ 33. Ke2 Rxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Nxa1 0-1

[Event "14th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1990.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Beat Zueger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.08.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Be7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f5 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. h3 a5 12. g4 Bd7 (12... fxg4 13. hxg4 a4 14. a3
Nc4 15. Kf2 $16) 13. Nc3 O-O 14. gxf5 exf5 15. h4 Rc8 16. Kf2 a4 17. Be3 Nb4
18. Qd2 (18. Bb1 a3 19. b3 (19. bxa3 Rxc3 20. axb4 Nc4 21. Bc1 Bxb4 $15) 19...
Rxc3 $17) 18... Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Be6 20. b3 Qd7 21. Ne2 axb3 22. axb3 Ra8 23. h5
Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rg1 Ra2 26. Qb1 Ra6 27. Bd2 (27. Ng5 Nc8 28. Nxe6 Qxe6
29. Rh1 Bb4 30. Qd3 Ra8 (30... Kf8 31. Bd2 Bxd2 32. Qxd2 $11) 31. Qb5 Bf8 32.
Qxb7 $16) 27... Na8 28. Ng5 Nc7 29. Nxe6 {weakens f5} Qxe6 30. Rh1 Ra8 31. Ng3
Rf8 32. Qd3 Na6 {Weakness of last move - gives b5 to white} (32... Qf7 33. Qc3
Ne6 34. Qd3 Nc7 $11) 33. Qb5 Nb8 (33... Rb8 34. Ba5 h6 35. Nf1 Ra8 36. Ne3 Nb8
37. Qxb7 Rxa5 38. Qxb8+ $16) 34. Qxb7 Nc6 35. Rc1 Nxd4 {makes things much worse
} (35... Nd8 36. Qb5 h6 37. Bb4 Bxb4 38. Qxb4 $16) 36. Be3 Qh6 37. Qxe7 Nxb3
38. Nxf5 {end of game} Qxh5 (38... Rxf5 39. Rc8+ Rf8 40. Rxf8#) 39. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "14th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1990.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Peter K Wells"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bd6 (7...
Na5 8. Nxe5 Nxb3 9. axb3 d5 10. Nc3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nxe4 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Re1 f5 15. f3 Bd6 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Rxe4 $16) 8. Bd2 {prevents Na5} (
8. h3 Na5 9. Nbd2 c5 10. a4 Nxb3 $11) 8... h6 9. c4 O-O (9... b4 10. Be3 Qe7
11. Nbd2 Ng4 12. Ba4 (12. Qe2 a5 13. Ba4 O-O 14. Nb3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe6 16. c5
Be7 17. Rac1 $11) 12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bc5 14. Qe1 O-O 15. Kh1 d6 16. Nh4 g6 (
16... Bxe3 17. Nf5 Qd8 18. Qxe3 $16) 17. Rf3 Nd8 18. Qg3 $14) 10. a3 bxc4 (
10... Re8 11. Nc3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 $14) 11. Bxc4 Bc5 12. Nc3 d6 13. Rc1 Nd4 (13...
a5 14. h3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Ne2 Bb6 17. Ng3 $11) 14. Be3 Ba7 (14... Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 $14) 15. Ba2 Rb8 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 c5
19. b4 cxb4 (19... Rc8 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. h3 Rc7 22. f4 Kh7 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. Ng3
Rc6 25. Bd5 $16 Rb6 26. Bc4 $16) 20. axb4 Qb6 21. Qd2 Rfc8 22. h3 Bc6 23. Rb1
Bd7 (23... a5 24. bxa5 Qa7 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rc1 $16) 24. Rfc1 Be6 (24... Rxc1+
25. Qxc1 Re8 26. Nf4 $14) 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qb2 Bxa2 (26... Kh8 27. Bxe6 fxe6
28. Qxd4 $16) 27. Qxa2 Qb5 28. Qd2 a5 (28... Qb6 29. Qb2 Qb5 30. Qxd4 $16) 29.
Nxd4 Qe5 (29... Qb6 30. Nf5 axb4 (30... Ra8 31. b5 $16) 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxc8
$16) 30. Ne2 axb4 (30... a4 31. b5 a3 32. Qa2 Rb8 33. Qxa3 Rxb5 34. Rxb5 Qxb5
35. Ng3 $16) 31. Qxb4 Nd7 (31... d5 32. f4 Qe6 33. e5 Nd7 34. Qa5 Kh8 35. Rb5
Nf8 36. Rxd5 $16) 32. Qd2 Qf6 33. d4 Qg6 34. Rb7 Nf6 35. f3 Nh5 36. Kh2 {
inaccuracy} (36. g4 Nf6 (36... d5 37. Kf2 Nf6 38. Nf4 Qg5 39. e5 Ne8 40. Kg3
$16) 37. Ng3 $16) 36... d5 37. g4 dxe4 (37... Qa6 38. Rb2 dxe4 39. gxh5 exf3
40. Ng3 $16) 38. gxh5 Qa6 39. Rb3 exf3 40. Rxf3 {end of game} 1-0

[Event "14th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1990.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. a3
Nc6 (8... Qxd4 9. Be3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 $16) 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12.
Be3 Bb7 13. Bd3 g6 14. h4 Bg7 15. h5 Ne7 (15... O-O-O 16. h6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Na5
18. O-O Rhe8 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Qf2 $14) 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O-O 18. O-O-O
Qb6 19. Be2 Kb8 20. Rh3 Rc8 21. Qh1 Rhf8 (21... Ka8 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Qh2 $16 (
23. Rxh7 Nc5 24. Kb1 b4 25. axb4 Qxb4 $16)) 22. Kb1 Nc5 23. Bf3 b4 24. axb4
Qxb4 25. Bg2 Nc6 (25... Na4 26. Nxa4 Qxa4 27. Ra3 Qb4 28. c3 Qc5 29. Bf1 $16)
26. Na2 Qb6 27. Nb3 Na7 28. Qe1 Rfd8 29. Re3 Nb5 30. Na5 Bxe4 {mistake} (30...
Ba8 31. Nc4 Qc7 32. Nc3 Nxc3+ 33. Rxc3 Bb7 34. Nd2 $16) 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. c4 (
32. Rxe4 Na3+ 33. Ka1 Nxc2+ 34. Kb1 Nxe1 35. Rb4 Ka7 36. Rxb6 Kxb6 37. Nb3 Ng2
$17) 32... Nf2 33. Rc1 (33. Qxf2 Na3+ 34. Kc1 (34. Ka1 Qxe3 35. Qg2 d5 $15)
34... Nxc4 35. Nxc4 Rxc4+ 36. Kb1 $16) 33... Nd4 34. Ra3 {strengthening
position during opponents combination} Ng4 35. Qg1 Ka7 (35... gxh5 36. Rb3 Qxb3
37. Nxb3 Nxb3 38. Qb6+ Ka8 39. Qxa6+ Kb8 40. Qb6+ Ka8 41. Qxb3 $16) 36. Qxg4
Rc5 37. Qd1 Rb8 38. Qxd4 Rxa5 39. Qxb6+ Kxb6 40. Rb3+ Ka7 41. Rxb8 {end of game
} Kxb8 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Rf1 $16 1-0

[Event "14th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1990.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Mihai Suba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1990.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3
(8. a3 Be7 (8... Qxd4 9. Be3 $16) 9. Bd3 e5 10. Nb3 $14) 8... Qc7 9. a4 b6 10.
Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qg3 Nd7 13. f5 Nde5 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Qh3 Bc8 16. Be3
Be7 17. Be2 Nd8 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Bh5+ Nef7 (19... g6 20. Rxf6 gxh5 21. Qxh5+ $16
) 20. Bg4 {inaccuracy} (20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Rf1 O-O 22. Rxf6 Qe7 23. Qh4 Ra7 24.
Bg6 h6 25. Bxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rg6+ Rg7 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 (27... Kxg7 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29.
Bg5 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bxd8 $16) 28. Qxd8+ $16) 20... Qe7 21. Nd5 (21. Rxf6
Qxf6 22. Rf1 Qe5 23. Rxf7 Nxf7 24. Nc6 Qf6 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Ne4 Qf8 27. Nxe5
dxe5 28. Qh5+ Ke7 29. Qxe5 h5 30. Qc7+ Ke8 31. Nd6+ Qxd6 32. Qxd6 hxg4 33. Qc6+
Kf7 34. Qxa8 $16) 21... exd5 22. Bxc8 O-O (22... Qxe4 23. Qd7+ Kf8 24. Rxf6
gxf6 (24... Qxe3+ 25. Rf2 Rxc8 26. Qxc8 Qxd4 27. Qxd8#) 25. Re1 Rxc8 26. Qxc8
$16) 23. Bf5 (23. c3 dxe4 24. Rf2 $16) 23... g6 24. exd5 gxf5 (24... Bxd4 25.
Bxd4 gxf5 26. Qg3+ Qg5 27. Ra3 Re8 28. Rxf5 Qxg3 29. Rxg3+ Kf8 30. Bg7+ Ke7 31.
Bf6+ Kf8 32. h3 $14) 25. Nxf5 Qc7 (25... Qe4 26. Rad1 (26. Rae1 Qxd5 $11) 26...
Kh8 (26... Ra7 27. Rf4 Qxc2 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Nd4 Qxb2 (29... Nh6 30. Nxc2 Nxg4
31. Rxg4 $16) 30. Rxf6 $16) 27. Rf4 Qxc2 (27... Qe8 28. Rdf1 Qd7 29. Kh1 b5 30.
Qh5 Qe8 31. R4f3 Ne5 32. Qxe8 Rxe8 33. Nxd6 Nxf3 34. Nxe8 Bxb2 35. axb5 axb5 (
35... Ne5 36. Rf8#) 36. gxf3 $16) 28. Rdf1 Qxb2 29. Ne7 Bxe7 30. Bd4+ Qxd4+ 31.
Rxd4 $16) (25... Qe8 26. Rae1 Nb7 27. Bh6 Ne5 28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Bxf8 Qxf8 30.
Qe6+ Qf7 31. Rxf6 $16) 26. Rae1 Nb7 27. Nd4 Ne5 {big mistake} (27... Bg7 28.
Qg3 {Ne6 threat} Kh8 29. Ne6 Qd7 30. Qxg7# $16) (27... Ng5 28. Qg3 Qg7 29. Rxf6
Rxf6 30. Bxg5 Rf7 31. Ne6 Qg6 32. Nf4 Qg7 33. Nh5 Qg6 34. Nf6+ Rxf6 35. Bxf6
Qxg3 36. hxg3 $16) (27... Bxd4 {seems best} 28. Bxd4 Ne5 (28... Nc5 29. Qg3+
Ng5 30. Qxg5+ Qg7 31. Qxg7#) 29. Qe6+ Rf7 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Rxf7 Qxf7 32. Rxe5
$11) 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. Qxe5 (29. Bh6+ Kxh6 30. Qh3+ Kg7 (30... Kg6 31. Qf5+ Kh6
32. Ne6 Qe7 33. Re3 Bh4 34. Nxf8 Rxf8 35. Qxf8+ $16) 31. Ne6+ Kg8 32. Nxc7 $16)
29... Bxe5 30. Ne6+ Kg6 31. Nxc7 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rc8 33. Bxb6 Bxb2 34. Re1 a5 (
34... Be5 35. Re4 $16) 35. c4 Bd4+ 36. Bxd4 Rxc7 37. Rc1 Kf5 38. Bb6 Rc8 39.
Rf1+ Kg6 (39... Ke4 40. Rf7 Nc5 41. Bxa5 $16) 40. Rf4 Nc5 41. Bxc5 Rxc5 42. Kf2
h5 43. Ke3 Rc8 44. Kd4 Rb8 45. Re4 Rb4 46. Re6+ Kf5 47. Rxd6 Rxa4 48. Re6 Ra1
49. Re2 a4 50. Rf2+ Kg6 51. Kc5 a3 52. d6 Rb1 53. d7 {end of game} Rd1 54. Kc6
h4 55. c5 Kh5 56. Kc7 Kg6 57. c6 $16 a2 58. Rxa2 h3 59. d8=Q $16 1-0

[Event "14th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1990.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Stuart C Conquest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 Nd7 (12... a6 13. Bb6 Qb8
14. Bxd8 $16) 13. h4 a6 14. h5 b5 15. g4 Nce5 16. Rg1 b4 17. Na4 Rb8 (17... Qc6
18. Nb6 Nxb6 (18... Rb8 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. g5 d5 21. f4 Nc4 22. Bd4 $16) 19.
Bxb6 Rd7 20. Na5 Qa4 21. Kb1 Rb8 22. b3 Qa3 23. f4 Bh4 24. Qd4 Nf3 25. Qe3 Nxg1
26. Nc4 Nf3 27. Nxa3 $16) 18. f4 {inaccuracy} (18. g5 Qc6 19. Kb1 Qxa4 20. f4
Nc6 21. Bc4 Na5 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 Ne5 25. Bb3 Bd7 26. g6 Ba4
27. gxf7+ Kf8 (27... Nxf7 28. f6 Bxf6 29. Qxf6 $16 Qe5 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Rg8+
Kxg8 32. Bxf7+ Kf8 33. Bh6#) 28. h6 g6 (28... Bxb3 29. hxg7+ Kxf7 30. axb3 Kg8
31. f6 Rd7 32. Rh1 Ng4 33. f7+ Kxg7 34. Rdg1 Bf6 35. Rxg4+ Kf8 (35... Kxf7 36.
Bd4 Rf8 37. Qxf6+ $16) 36. Qxf6 $16) 29. fxg6 Nxg6 30. Bd4 Bxb3 31. Bg7#) 18...
Nc4 19. Ba7 Ra8 (19... Rb7 20. g5 Nxb2 21. Nxb2 Rxa7 22. f5 Nc5 23. f6 Nxe4 24.
Qh4 Nc3 25. Re1 $11 Nxa2+ 26. Kb1 Nc3+ 27. Ka1 e5 28. fxe7 Qxe7 29. Qxb4 Nd5
30. Qa5 $11) 20. Bd4 Bb7 (20... e5 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bb6 Re8 24.
Be3 $17) 21. g5 e5 (21... Bxe4 22. g6 hxg6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Re1 Bf5 25. Bxg7
Kxg7 26. Nd4 Bf6 27. Nxf5+ exf5 28. Rxg6+ Kxg6 29. Qg2+ Kf7 30. Qd5+ Kg7 31.
Bxc4 Ne5 32. fxe5 Bg5+ 33. Kb1 dxe5 34. Qg2 Kg6 35. Rg1 Qe7 36. Nc5 Rac8 37.
Nd3 Rxd3 38. cxd3 Rd8 39. Re1 Rd4 40. Qc6+ Bf6 41. Bxa6 $11) 22. fxe5 dxe5 23.
g6 Nf6 (23... exd4 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. h6 Nde5 (25... Qe5 26. Qxg7+ Qxg7 27.
hxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxc4 hxg6 29. Nxd4 Kf6 30. Rgf1+ Ke5 31. Nf3+ Kxe4 32. Nd2+ Ke5
33. Rfe1+ Kf6 34. Re6+ Kf7 35. Rf1+ Bf6 36. Rexf6+ $16) 26. Qxg7#) 24. gxf7+
Kh8 (24... Kxf7 25. Nac5 exd4 26. Bxc4+ $16) 25. h6 g6 (25... exd4 26. hxg7#) (
25... gxh6 26. Qg3 Nh5 27. Bxe5+ Qxe5 (27... Nxe5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 (28... Qxd8
29. Qxe5+ Bf6 30. Rg8+ Qxg8 31. fxg8=Q+ Rxg8 32. Qxh5 $16) 29. Qg8+ Rxg8 30.
fxg8=Q#) 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qg8+ Rxg8 30. fxg8=Q#) 26. Bxc4 exd4 (26... Qxc4
27. Bxe5 Qxf7 28. Nb6 Rab8 29. Bxb8 Rxb8 30. e5 $16) 27. Nac5 Bxe4 (27... Bxc5
28. Qxf6#) 28. Ne6 {inaccuracy} (28. Rde1 Bf5 29. Ne6 Qxc4 (29... Bxe6 30. Rxe6
Qxc4 31. Rxe7 Rd6 32. Qxf6+ Rxf6 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. fxe8=Q+ Qg8 35. Qe5 Qe6 36.
Qxd4 $16) 30. Nxd8 Bxd8 31. Re8+ Nxe8 32. fxe8=Q+ Qg8 33. Qxd4+ Bf6 34. Qxf6#)
28... Qxc4 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 (29... Bxd8 30. f8=Q+ Qg8 31. Q2xf6+ Bxf6 32. Qxf6+
Qg7 33. Qxg7#) 30. Rxd4 Qc7 (30... Rxd4 31. Qxf6+ Bxf6 32. f8=Q+ Qg8 33. Qxf6+
Qg7 34. Qxg7#) 31. Qh2 (31. Nc5 Ba8 32. Ne6 Rxd4 33. Qxf6+ Bxf6 34. f8=Q#)
31... Qc8 (31... Qxh2 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. f8=Q+ Ng8 34. Qg7#) 32. Re1 {
inaccuracy} (32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Re1 (33. Rd1 Qf8 34. Qe5 Qxf7 35. Rd7 Qc4 36.
Nd4 Qf1+ 37. Kd2 Qg2+ 38. Ne2 Qh1 39. Rxe7 Qxh6+ 40. Kd1 Qh1+ 41. Kd2 Qh6+ 42.
Qf4 Qxf4+ 43. Nxf4 $16) 33... Bf8 34. Qf4 Bf5 35. Qg5 (35. Nc5 Bxc5 36. Qg5 Bf8
37. Re8 Nxe8 38. Qxd8 Bxh6+ 39. Kb1 Bxc2+ 40. Ka1 Bf8 41. fxe8=Q) 35... Qb6 36.
Re8 Nd7 37. Nd2 Qd6 38. Nc4 Qc6 39. Qh4 a5 40. Rxf8+ Nxf8 41. Qd4+ Qf6 42.
Qxf6#) 32... Rxd4 33. Nxd4 Qf8 34. Qe5 Qxh6+ (34... Qxf7 35. Rxe4 $16) 35. Kb1
Qh4 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Qxf6+ {end of game} Bxf6 38. f8=Q# 1-0

[Event "15th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1991.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anda Safranska"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
(8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3
Qh3 $11) 8... Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. c3 h6 11. a4 Bf8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 (
13... Bxa8 14. Ba2 b4 $14) 14. Na3 (14. Nbd2 Nd8 15. Nf1 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 $11)
(14. Kh1 Na5 15. Ba2 (15. Bc2 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 $15) 15... d5 16. Nbd2 Nc4 17.
dxc4 dxe4 18. Bb3 exf3 $17) 14... Bxa3 15. bxa3 Na5 16. Nh4 (16. Ba2 d5 17. Nh4
Qd8 18. Nf5 Bc8 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Qf3 Kg7 21. exd5 Nb7 22. Qe3 Ng8 23. f4 f6
24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Qg3+ Kh7 26. Rxe5 fxe5 27. Qxe5 Qe7 28. Bf4 $14) 16... d5 17.
f3 (17. Ba2 dxe4 18. Bxh6 Qa6 $14 (18... gxh6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Nf5 Ng8 21. Bxf7
Rf8 22. Bxg8+ Kxg8 23. Qxh6 Kf7 24. Re3 Qc8 25. dxe4 Bxe4 26. Qh7+ Ke6 27. Ng7+
Kd7 28. Qxe4 $16) 19. Bg5 Rd8 20. d4 $14) 17... Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Qa6 19. Qb4 dxe4
20. dxe4 Qc6 21. Nf5 Kh7 22. Rd1 Bc8 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Kh2 Ra8 25. Qb2 Nd7 26.
Nd5 Nc5 27. c4 {mistake} (27. Be3 Nb7 28. c4 bxc4 29. Ne7 Qa6 30. Qxe5 $11)
27... bxc4 28. Qxe5 Nd3 29. Qd4 (29. Qg3 Bxd5 30. exd5 Qxd5 (30... Qa4 31. Rf1
Qd7 32. Rd1 Ra6 33. f4 (33. Rf1 Rg6 34. Qh4 Qd6+ 35. Kh1 Qxd5 $17) 33... Qxd5
$17) 31. Qxc7 $17) 29... Qa4 30. Rf1 c5 31. Qe3 (31. Qc3 Bxd5 32. exd5 Qb3 33.
Qd2 Qb7 34. Qc2 Qxd5 $17) 31... Qc2 32. Nf4 (32. Nf6+ Kh8 (32... gxf6 33. Qxh6+
Kg8 34. Qxf6 Nxc1 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qxc5+ Kg8 $11 (36... Ke8 37. Qc6+ Ke7 38.
Qxa8 $16)) 33. Nh5 Qc3 $17) 32... Nxf4 33. Qxf4 c3 34. Qe3 c4 35. f4 Rd8 36. f5
Bc8 37. Rf2 Qd3 38. Qf4 Rd4 39. Qc7 Bd7 40. Rf3 (40. Qc5 Qxe4 41. Rf4 Rd5 42.
Qf8 Qe8 43. Qxe8 Bxe8 44. Rxc4 Rd3 45. a4 $11) 40... Qxe4 41. Rxc3 Bxf5 42.
Qxf7 Qe5+ 43. Rg3 c3 44. Be3 Re4 (44... Rd7 45. Qf8 c2 46. Bc1 Bg6 47. Qf4 Qxf4
48. Bxf4 Rd4 49. Be3 Rd1 50. a4 c1=Q 51. Bxc1 Rxc1 $17) 45. Bc5 (45. Bc1 Rd4
46. a4 Rd7 47. Qc4 c2 $17) 45... c2 46. Bf8 (46. Bd6 Qf6 47. Qxf6 gxf6 48. Rc3
Re2 49. Bf4 Be4 50. Kg1 Rxg2+ 51. Kf1 Rg7 $17 52. Bd2 Rb7 53. Ke2 Kg6 $17)
46... c1=Q {end of game} 47. Qxg7+ Qxg7 48. Rxg7+ Kh8 49. Re7 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 Qg3
51. Bg7+ Kg8 $17 0-1

[Event "15th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1991.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Dimitrios Anagnostopoulos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1991.08.17"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 (4... Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 (5... Ng4 6. Bf4 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. O-O-O+ Nd7 10. Bg3 $16) 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7. Qxh6 $16)
5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 b5 7. e5 b4 (7... Ng4 8. Bg5 h6 (8... dxe5 9. h3 e4 10. Nxe4
Ngf6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 $16) 9. Bh4 dxe5 10. h3 Ngf6 11. dxe5 Ng8
12. e6 fxe6 13. Bd3 Kf7 14. O-O-O $16) 8. exf6 bxc3 9. Qxc3 Nxf6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7
11. Qc3 Rb8 (11... Rc8 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Bd3 Qxb2 14. O-O $16) 12. Bc4 (12. Qa3
Qb6 13. b3 Bg7 14. c3 $16) 12... Bg7 (12... d5 13. Bb3 $14 (13. Bd3 e5 14. dxe5
Bb4 $17) 13... Ne4 (13... e5 14. Qd2 e4 15. Ne5 Bg7 16. Bg5 $16) 14. Qd3 Qa5+
15. c3 (15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bh6+ 18. Kd1 Bg4 $14) 15... Rxb3
$17) 13. O-O O-O 14. Bb3 Bb5 15. Rfc1 a5 16. a4 Be2 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 g5 {
pawns dont go backwards} (18... Ba6 19. Nf4 e6 $11) 19. f3 g4 (19... Ba6 20.
Nf2 Nh5 21. Qd2 Nf4 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Qxf4 Rb4 24. Re1 (24. Rd1 Qb6 25. Rd2
Bxd4 $11) 24... Rxd4 25. Qe3 $14 e6 26. c3 Rh4 27. f4 $14) 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21.
Nf4 Nxe3 (21... Rc8 22. Qd2 Bc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. b3 Rb4 25. Nh5 Qb6 26. Nxg7
Kxg7 27. Kh1 $16) 22. Qxe3 Bg4 23. Qg3 h5 (23... Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 e5 25. Qxg4+ $16
) 24. h3 e5 (24... Bd7 25. Nxh5 Bg4 26. Qxg4 Kh8 27. Qxg7#) (24... e6 25. hxg4
Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 Qg5 27. Re1 Bxb2 28. Rad1 Be5 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Re1 $16) 25. Ng6
Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Be6 27. d5 Bf5 (27... fxg6 28. dxe6 Qe7 29. Rf1 Re8 30. Rad1 Qxe6
31. Qxe6+ Rxe6 32. Kf2 (32. Rd5 e4 33. c3 e3 34. Re1 h4 35. Rxa5 $16) 32... Bf6
(32... e4 33. c3 e3+ 34. Ke2 g5 35. Rd5 $16) 33. Rd5 Bd8 34. Ke2 $16) 28. Nxf8
Bxf8 29. Qe3 Kh7 30. b4 Bh6 (30... axb4 31. a5 $16) 31. Qf2 Bg6 32. b5 e4 (
32... Bxc1 33. Rxc1 Qg5 34. Rb1 Qe7 35. b6 $16) 33. Re1 Qg5 34. Ra3 (34. Rad1
e3 35. Qe2 Qd8 36. Rf1 $16) 34... Qxd5 35. b6 Bg7 36. Kh1 Be5 37. Rb3 Qb7 38.
Rb5 Bc3 39. Rd1 {end of game} Bb4 40. Rf1 Kg8 (40... Bc3 41. Qe3 Be5 42. Rxa5
$16) 41. Qd4 h4 42. c3 Bc5 43. Rxc5 dxc5 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Rf4 Kg7 46. Qf6+ Kg8
47. Rxh4 Bh7 48. Qg5+ Kh8 49. Qh6 Kg8 50. Qxh7+ $16 1-0

[Event "15th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1991.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gennadi Timoshchenko"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 (6. Nxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3
Ne4 8. Qd3 f5 9. f3 Nd6 10. Bf4 g6 11. Be5 Ba6 12. Qc2 Rg8 13. Bxd6 exd6 14. g3
Bg7 15. Kf2 $14) 6... Qa5 (6... b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Qc2 g6 9. a4 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O
11. Be2 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Be3 Rb8 14. b3 Ba6 15. Nxc7 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qxc7 17.
Nd2 c4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. bxc4 (19. Nxc4 Nxe4 $11 20. Ra2 f5 $11) 19... Ng4 20.
Rab1 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Bc3 23. Nb3 Ra8 24. a5 Rxc4 $17) 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 b4 {inaccuracy} (9... c4 10. a4 e6 11. d6 Ba6 12. b4 cxb3 13.
Nxb5 Bxb5 14. Qxa5 Rxa5 15. Bxb5 Nc6 $11 16. Nf3 f6 17. Bxc6 dxc6 18. Ke2 fxe5
$11) 10. Nb5 d6 11. exd6 {mistake} (11. Bc4 dxe5 12. Nf3 f6 13. O-O Na6 14. a4
Qb6 15. Rfd1 $16) 11... exd6 12. Bc4 Be7 (12... g6 13. Qe2+ Kd7 14. Nf3 Bg7 15.
O-O $16) 13. Qe2 Qd8 14. Nf3 O-O 15. h3 (15. O-O Bg4 16. a3 (16. h3 Bh5 17. g4
Bg6 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd7 $11) 16... Bf6 17. axb4 Rxa1 18.
Rxa1 cxb4 $11) 15... Nd7 (15... Bf6 16. O-O Na6 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 $15) 16.
O-O Nb6 17. a3 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Ba6 19. a4 (19. axb4 Qb6 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 $17) 19...
Bf6 20. Qc2 (20. Rab1 Qa5 21. b3 Rfb8 22. Rfd1 Bxb5 23. axb5 Rxb5 $17) 20...
Qd7 21. Nd2 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Nc4 Ra6 (23... b3 24. Qd3 Ra2 25. Rac1 g6
$17) 24. Rxa6 Qxa6 25. Re1 g6 26. g3 Rd8 27. h4 h5 28. b3 Kg7 29. Qe4 Qa2 30.
Re3 Bd4 31. Rf3 (31. Re2 Qxb3 32. Ne3 Ra8 33. Kh2 Ra2 $17) 31... Qa7 32. g4 {
weakens whites position with targets} (32. Kg2 Qb7 33. Rd3 Qd7 34. Rf3 f5 35.
Qe2 Qf7 36. Ne3 Re8 37. Qc4 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Kf6 40. Kh2 Qa7 41. Qf4
Qe7 42. Qh6 Qg7 43. Qg5+ Ke5 44. Qf4+ Kxd5 $17) 32... hxg4 33. Qxg4 Qe7 34. Qf4
Be5 35. Qg4 (35. Nxe5 dxe5 (35... Qxe5 36. Qxf7+ $11) 36. Qe4 f5 37. Qc4 Qd6
$17 38. Rd3 e4 39. Rd1 Rh8 40. Kf1 Rxh4 $17) 35... Rh8 36. Rh3 Rh5 37. Kf1 Bd4
38. Qf4 (38. Kg2 Rf5 39. Rf3 Rxd5 $15) 38... Rf5 {end of game} 39. Qg3 Bxf2 40.
Qxf2 Qf6 41. Rh2 Rxf2+ 42. Rxf2 Qc3 43. Nd2 Qd3+ 44. Kg2 Qxd5+ $17 0-1

[Event "16th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1992.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andrew P H Kinsman"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1992.08.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nc3 a6 8. e3
b5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Ne5 c5 13. axb5 (13. dxc5 Qc7 14. e4 (
14. Nf3 e5 15. e4 Bxc5 $17) 14... Qxe5 (14... Bb7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bf4 g5 17.
Be3 Bxc5 18. Qf3 Be7 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 f5 $15) 15. Bf4 Qxc5 16. Bxb8 e5 $17
17. axb5 (17. Qe3 Nd3 18. Ba7 Qxe3 19. Bxe3 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bf5 $17)
17... Bg4 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Rxb8 20. bxa6 Bxd1 $17) 13... axb5 14. Nc6 Nxc6
15. Bxc6 Bd7 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. b4 Ne5 (18... cxb3 19. Nxb5 Qb7 20.
Nd6 (20. c6 Qxc6 21. Nd4 Qb7 22. Rb1 Qe4 $15) 20... Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Nxc5 22. Bb2
Ne4 23. Rd3 Ng5 24. e4 Qxe4 $17) 19. Rb1 Nd3 20. Qg4 (20. Rxd3 cxd3 21. Qxd3
Rfd8 22. Qe2 Qd7 $17) 20... f5 21. Nxb5 fxg4 (21... Rxb5 22. Qxc4 Nxc1 23. Qxb5
(23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. Rbxc1 Rxb4 25. Rd7 Qc8 26. c6 $16) 23... Na2 24. Qc4 Nxb4
25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rd7 Qxc5 27. Rxe7 $16) 22. Nxc7 Nxf2 23. Rf1 Nh3+ 24. Kg2
Rxf1 25. Kxf1 Bxc5 26. Nxe6 (26. Na6 Rf8+ 27. Ke1 Bd6 $17) (26. Bd2 Rf8+ 27.
Ke1 Bd6 28. Nb5 Be5 $17) 26... Rxb4 27. Rxb4 Bxb4 28. e4 Kf7 29. Nc7 Bd6 30.
Nd5 h5 31. Ne3 c3 32. Nd5 Be5 33. Ke2 Ng1+ 34. Kd3 Nf3 35. Bf4 Ke6 36. Nxc3
Nxh2 37. Nd5 Nf1 38. Nc7+ Bxc7 39. Bxc7 Nh2 40. Ke3 Nf3 41. Bb8 g5 42. Bc7 Kf6
43. Bd8+ Kg6 44. Bc7 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Kf4 Kh5 47. e5 Nd4 48. Bb6 Ne6+ 49.
Ke3 (49. Kf5 h3 50. Kxe6 h2 51. Kf6 h1=Q $17) 49... Kg5 50. Ba5 g3 51. Kf3 Nd4+
52. Kg2 Kg4 53. Bb6 h3+ {end of game} 54. Kf1 h2 55. Bxd4 h1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "16th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1992.08.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Susan Arkell Lalic"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1992.08.22"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. fxe5 {
inaccuracy - opens up blacks f8 bishop} (7. Be3 exf4 8. Bxf4 Qb6 9. Qe2 Qxb2 (
9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qxd4 11. O-O-O $16) 10. Kd2 (10. O-O Qxc3 $17) 10... Qa3 11.
Rab1 b6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Qa5 16. Rb5 Qa3 (16...
cxb5 17. Bxb5+ (17. Qxa8 {would be a big mistake} O-O 18. Bxb8 Rc8 19. Ke3 Qxc3
$17) 17... Kf8 (17... Nfd7 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (18... Kxd7 19. Qb7+ Ke6 20. d5+ Kxe5
21. Re1+ Kf5 22. Qxe7 Kg6 23. Qe4+ f5 24. Qe6+ Kg5 25. Qe7+ Kh6 26. Qh4+ Kg6
27. Re6+ Kf7 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Qe8#) 19. Qxa8+ Bd8 20. Bxg7 $16) 18. Qxa8 g6 19.
Qxb8+ $16) 17. Rb3 Qa5 18. Re1 O-O 19. Bxb8 Bb4 20. Rxb4 Qxb4 21. Be5 $16) 7...
dxe5 8. Be3 {inaccuracy - black better now slightly} (8. dxe5 Nfd7 9. Bf4 Na6
10. O-O O-O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Qg4+
Kb8 16. Rf5 $16) 8... Nbd7 (8... exd4 9. Bxd4 Nbd7 $15) 9. O-O exd4 10. Bxd4
Bc5 11. Ne2 Bxd4+ 12. Nexd4 O-O-O 13. b4 (13. a3 Qb6 14. c3 c5 15. Ne2 Bxf3 16.
Rxf3 Ne5 17. Rg3 c4+ 18. Nd4 Rxd4 19. cxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 cxd3 $17) 13... Qxb4
14. Rb1 Qxd4+ 15. Nxd4 Bxd1 16. Rfxd1 Ne5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Nh6 Ng8 (18... Nfd7
$17) 19. Nxg8 Rhxg8 20. Rb3 Rd4 21. Rdb1 b6 22. Kf2 Rgd8 23. Ke3 Kb7 24. Ra3
R8d7 25. Ba6+ Kb8 26. Be2 Nc4+ 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rd3 Re7 {end of game} 29. Rd4
(29. Kf3 Rcxe4 30. g4 Kc7 $17) 29... Rxc2 $17 0-1

[Event "16th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1992.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Andrew Hon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.08.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 d6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Ne2 h5 7. Nf4 Qb6 8. Qc1
(8. Nd2 Qxb2 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. cxd3 Bh6 11. Nc4 Qc3+ 12. Kf1 f5 13. Rc1 (13. Nxh5
Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Rxh5 $15) 13... Qf6 14. Nxh5 Qg6 15. Nf4 (15. Rb1 Bxe3 16. Rxb7
Rxh5 17. fxe3 $11) 15... Bxf4 16. Qa4+ (16. exf4 b5 17. Ne3 Nd7 $11) 16... Nd7
17. exf4 $14) 8... Nd7 9. a4 h4 10. a5 Qc7 11. Nc3 Bh6 12. Ra4 a6 (12... Bxf4
13. Rxf4 Bg6 14. Ra4 $16) 13. Bd3 {inaccuracy} (13. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O Ne5 15.
Qd2 $16) 13... Bxd3 14. Nxd3 c4 (14... h3 15. g3 f5 16. Qa1 O-O-O $15) 15. Nf4
Qc5 16. Qd1 {inaccuracy} (16. Qd2 O-O-O 17. Nfe2 Kb8 18. Nd4 $16) 16... Rg8 {
inaccuracy} (16... Bxf4 17. exf4 h3 18. g4 (18. gxh3 f5 19. Rg1 Rxh3 20. Rg8+
Nf8 $11) 18... f5 19. Rg1 fxg4 20. Qxg4 $11) 17. O-O Bxf4 18. exf4 f5 19. Qh5 {
inaccuracy} (19. Qe2 h3 (19... Rc8 20. Re1 Kd8 21. Qxe7+ Kc7 22. Qxf7 $16) 20.
g3 Nf6 21. Rxc4 Qxa5 22. Qd3 $18) 19... b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Ra3 Nxd5 22. Qxh4
Nf6 23. Qh3 Qc6 24. Nd1 e6 (24... Nh5 25. Rf3 (25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 e6 27. Nc3
Ke7 28. Ne2 Rgb8 $15) (25. Ne3 Nxf4 26. Qg3 Ne2+ $17) 25... Rg4 26. Nc3 Nxf4
27. Rxf4 Rxf4 $15) 25. Rg3 Ke7 26. Rxg8 Rxg8 27. Ne3 {prophylaxis against Nh5
sometimes as protects g2 and also Rg4} (27. c3 Nh5 (27... Qe4 28. g3 Qxf4 $17)
28. Ne3 Nxf4 29. Qh4+ f6 30. Qxf4 $16) (27. Re1 Qb5 28. Qh4 $11) 27... Qb5 (
27... Qe4 28. Qh4 Rb8 $11) 28. Re1 Kd7 29. c3 Qxb2 30. Nxc4 Qb5 31. Nd2 {
inaccuracy} (31. Qd3 Qc5 $11) 31... Qc6 32. Nf3 Rg4 {mistake} (32... Qxc3 33.
Ne5+ dxe5 34. Qxc3 $16) (32... Rc8 33. Rc1 Ke7 34. Qh6 Rb8 35. h3 Qe4 36. Kh2
Rh8 37. Qxh8 Qxf4+ 38. g3 Qxc1 39. Qc8 Ne4 $17) 33. Nd4 Qd5 34. g3 Rg8 (34...
a5 35. Qh8 Ng8 36. Qh7 Ke8 37. Nxf5 $16) 35. Qh6 Ke7 36. Ra1 a5 (36... Qc4 37.
Rb1 Qxc3 38. Rb7+ Ke8 39. Rb8+ (39. Qxf6 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Nf3 Qxb7 $17)
39... Ke7 40. Rb7+ Ke8 41. Rb8+ $11) (36... Ra8 37. Re1 {Qg5 threat} Rg8 38.
Qh4 a5 $11 39. Qh3 (39. Ra1 Rc8 40. Ra3 Rb8 41. Rxa5 (41. Ra1 a4 42. f3 Ra8 $17
) 41... Rb1#) 39... Kd7 40. Qh6 Ke7) 37. Rxa5 Qb7 38. Ra7 {end of game} Qxa7
39. Nc6+ Ke8 40. Nxa7 $16 1-0

[Event "16th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1992.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Andrew Hon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.08.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 d6 5. e3 (5. e4 f5 6. Nd2 Bg7 (6... Bh6
7. Bd3 fxe4 8. Nxe4 Qb6 9. Nf3 Qxb2 10. O-O $16) 7. c3 fxe4 8. Nxe4 Qb6 9. Qd2
Nd7 10. a4 $14) 5... Bf5 6. Ne2 h5 7. Nf4 Qb6 8. Qc1 (8. Nd2 Qxb2 9. Bd3 Bxd3
10. cxd3 Bh6 11. Nc4 Qc3+ 12. Kf1 f5 13. Rc1 (13. Nxh5 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Rxh5 $15)
13... Qf6 14. Nxh5 Qg6 15. Nf4 (15. Rb1 Bxe3 16. Rxb7 Rxh5 17. fxe3 $10) 15...
Bxf4 16. Qa4+ (16. exf4 b5 17. Ne3 Nd7 $10) 16... Nd7 17. exf4 $14) 8... Nd7 9.
a4 h4 10. a5 Qc7 11. Nc3 Bh6 12. Ra4 a6 (12... Bxf4 13. Rxf4 Bg6 14. Ra4 $16)
13. Bd3 {inaccuracy} (13. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O Ne5 15. Qd2 $16) 13... Bxd3 14.
Nxd3 c4 (14... h3 15. g3 f5 16. Qa1 O-O-O $15) 15. Nf4 Qc5 16. Qd1 {inaccuracy}
(16. Qd2 O-O-O 17. Nfe2 Kb8 18. Nd4 $16) 16... Rg8 {inaccuracy} (16... Bxf4 17.
exf4 h3 18. g4 (18. gxh3 f5 19. Rg1 Rxh3 20. Rg8+ Nf8 $10) 18... f5 19. Rg1
fxg4 20. Qxg4 $10) 17. O-O Bxf4 18. exf4 f5 19. Qh5 {inaccuracy} (19. Qe2 h3 (
19... Rc8 20. Re1 Kd8 21. Qxe7+ Kc7 22. Qxf7 $16) 20. g3 Nf6 21. Rxc4 Qxa5 22.
Qd3 $18) 19... b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Ra3 Nxd5 22. Qxh4 Nf6 23. Qh3 Qc6 24. Nd1
e6 (24... Nh5 25. Rf3 (25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 e6 27. Nc3 Ke7 28. Ne2 Rgb8 $15) (
25. Ne3 Nxf4 26. Qg3 Ne2+ $17) 25... Rg4 26. Nc3 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Rxf4 $15) 25.
Rg3 Ke7 26. Rxg8 Rxg8 27. Ne3 {prophylaxis against Nh5 sometimes as protects
g2 and also Rg4} (27. c3 Nh5 (27... Qe4 28. g3 Qxf4 $17) 28. Ne3 Nxf4 29. Qh4+
f6 30. Qxf4 $16) (27. Re1 Qb5 28. Qh4 $10) 27... Qb5 (27... Qe4 28. Qh4 Rb8 $10
) 28. Re1 Kd7 (28... Qxb2 29. Nxf5+ Kd7 30. Ne3 d5 31. f5 Qe5 32. Kf1 $16) 29.
c3 Qxb2 (29... Re8 30. Re2 Qa5 $14) 30. Nxc4 Qb5 31. Nd2 {inaccuracy} (31. Qd3
Qc5 $10) 31... Qc6 32. Nf3 Rg4 {mistake} (32... Qxc3 33. Ne5+ dxe5 34. Qxc3 $16
) (32... Rc8 33. Rc1 Ke7 34. Qh6 Rb8 35. h3 Qe4 36. Kh2 Rh8 37. Qxh8 Qxf4+ 38.
g3 Qxc1 39. Qc8 Ne4 $17) 33. Nd4 Qd5 34. g3 Rg8 (34... a5 35. Qh8 Ng8 36. Qh7
Ke8 37. Nxf5 $16) 35. Qh6 Ke7 36. Ra1 a5 (36... Qc4 37. Rb1 Qxc3 38. Rb7+ Ke8
39. Rb8+ (39. Qxf6 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Nf3 Qxb7 $17) 39... Ke7 40. Rb7+ Ke8
41. Rb8+ $10) (36... Ra8 37. Re1 {Qg5 threat} Rg8 38. Qh4 a5 $10 39. Qh3 (39.
Ra1 Rc8 40. Ra3 Rb8 41. Rxa5 (41. Ra1 a4 42. f3 Ra8 $17) 41... Rb1#) 39... Kd7
40. Qh6 Ke7) (36... Rb8 $11 37. Re1 (37. Rxa6 Rb1#) 37... Rg8 $11) 37. Rxa5 Qb7
(37... Qc4 38. Ra7+ Kd8 (38... Nd7 39. Qh4+ Ke8 40. Ra8+ Nb8 41. Rxb8+ Kd7 42.
Rxg8 $16) 39. Qxf6+ $16) 38. Ra7 {end of game} Qxa7 39. Nc6+ Ke8 40. Nxa7 $16
1-0

[Event "London 55/367"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1992.08.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Praveen Mahadeo Thipsay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1992.08.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Nge2 (8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 c5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. dxc5 $16)
8... f5 9. Qc2 g6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rfd1 Bd6 12. g3 Nf6 13. a3 Qe7 14. b4 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Nc5 a5 18. Qb3 axb4 19. axb4 h5 20. h4 b6 21. Nd3 Nd5
22. Nef4 Bxf4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. exf4 b5 (24... Qe2 25. Re1 Qa2 26. Re8+ Kg7 27.
Qxa2 Rxa2 28. Ne5 Nxb4 29. Re7 Kf6 30. Rxf7+ Ke6 31. Rg7 Kd5 32. Rxg6 b5 33.
Rg5 Nc2 $11) 25. Rc1 Ra4 26. Qb2 Qd6 (26... Nxb4 27. Nc5 Kh7 (27... Ra7 28.
Qxb4 $16) 28. Nxa4 Nd3 29. Qd2 (29. Qa1 Nxc1 30. Nc5 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Nd3 32. Qxe1
Nxe1+ 33. Kf1 Nc2 34. Nb3 Nb4 $17) 29... Nxc1 30. Nc5 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nxg3+ 32.
fxg3 $16) 27. Rc5 Qe6 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. Rb1 Kg7 30. Qd2 Ra3 31. Ne5 {mistake -
forcing moves here and unprotected pieces do stuff} (31. Nc5 Ra7 $15) 31... Ra4
{inaccuracy} (31... f6 32. Nd3 (32. Qb2 Rc3 33. Kg2 fxe5 34. dxe5 Qe7 $17)
32... Nc3 {killer common square} 33. Rb2 (33. Rc1 Qxd4 34. Qe1 Ne4 $17) (33.
Re1 Qxd4 34. Qc2 Ne4 $17) 33... Qxd4 34. Nc5 Qxd2 35. Rxd2 Nd5 36. Ne6+ Kg8 37.
Rd1 Ra4 (37... Nxb4 38. Rd7 Nd5 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rd7 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 b4 $17) 38.
Nd8 Nxb4 $17) 32. Nd3 Ra3 33. Nc5 Nf6 34. Re1 Qd5 35. Qe2 {mistake} (35. Qb2
Ra2 36. Qc3 Kh8 37. Ra1 Kg8 38. Qe1 Rxa1 39. Qxa1 $15) 35... Ra2 (35... Qxd4
36. Rd1 (36. Kf1 Nd5 37. Qe5+ Qxe5 38. fxe5 Nxb4 39. e6 fxe6 40. Nxe6+ Kf6 41.
Ng5 f4 42. Re6+ Kf5 43. gxf4 Nd3 $17) 36... Ra1 $17) 36. Qe7 Ne4 (36... Rb2 37.
Ne6+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qg7#) 37. Nd7 Ra8 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. Nxe5 Nc3 40. Nxc6
Rc8 41. Ne5 f6 42. Nd7 Kf7 43. Nc5 Re8 44. Kf1 Na2 45. Rb1 Rd8 46. Rb2 Nc3 47.
Rc2 Ne4 {mistake} (47... Nd5 48. Nd3 $11) 48. f3 (48. Nb3 Nd6 49. Rc5 Re8 50.
Na5 Re4 51. Nc6 Ke6 52. d5+ Kf7 53. f3 Re3 54. Nd4 $16) 48... Nd6 49. Ra2 Nc8
50. Ra8 Re8 51. Kf2 Nd6 52. Ra7+ Re7 53. Ra6 Nc4 54. d5 Re8 55. d6 Rd8 56. Ra7+
Kg8 57. d7 Kf7 58. Nb7 {end of game} Rxd7 59. Nd6+ Ke6 60. Rxd7 Kxd7 61. Nxc4
bxc4 62. Ke3 c3 63. Kd3 Ke6 64. Kxc3 $16 1-0

[Event "17th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1993.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Hans Jonsson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.08.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 e5 14. Be3 (14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Qa5 16. Bxf6 (16. Bd4 Qxa2 17. Qf4 O-O 18. h4 Rd8 $15) 16...
Qxa2 (16... Bxf6 17. Rhf1 Bg5 (17... O-O 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. a3 $14) 18. Nf4 O-O
$15) 17. Bb5+ axb5 (17... Kf8 18. Qd8+ Bxd8 19. Rxd8#) 18. Qd8+ Bxd8 19. Rxd8#)
14... O-O {inaccuracy} (14... Rb8 15. h3 O-O 16. g4 $15) 15. Qxb4 Be6 16. f5 (
16. Kb1 Rb8 17. Qc3 a5 18. a3 $11) 16... Bd7 17. Qb6 Qc8 (17... Qxb6 18. Bxb6
$16) 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Bd2 a5 20. Kb1 Rb8 21. Qe3 (21. Qxa5 Qb7 22. b3 Ra8 23.
Qxa8 Rxa8 $17) 21... Qb7 22. b3 a4 23. Rhe1 axb3 24. cxb3 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 {
mistake} (25... Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Be4 Rfd8 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qe2 Qd7 30.
Bc3 Qxf5+ 31. Qc2 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 $11) 26. Nxd5 (26. Qxe5 Bxb3 27. axb3 Qxb3+
28. Kc1 Qb2#) 26... Nxd5 27. Qf3 Rfd8 (27... Nb4 28. Qxb7 Rxb7 29. Bc4 $16) 28.
Be4 Qb5 29. Bxh6 (29. Qd3 Qb7 (29... Nc7 30. Qxb5 Nxb5 31. Ba5 $16) 30. Bc1 Bb4
31. Bxd5 $16) 29... Nf6 (29... gxh6 30. Rxd5 $16) 30. Bc1 Bb4 31. Rf1 Rd4 32.
Rxd4 exd4 33. Bd3 Qa5 34. Bc4 Bd2 35. Bxd2 Qxd2 36. Qf4 Qb4 (36... Qc3 37.
Qxb8+ $16) 37. Qxd4 Qa5 38. Rd1 (38. g4 Rd8 39. Qe3 Re8 40. Qf4 Ne4 $16) 38...
Qxf5+ 39. Kb2 Re8 40. a4 Qh5 41. h3 {end of game} Re4 42. Qd3 (42. Qd8+ Re8 (
42... Kh7 43. Bd3 Qe5+ 44. Ka2 g6 45. Bxe4 Qxe4 46. Rd2 $16) 43. Qd4 Re4 44.
Qd3 $16) 42... Qe5+ 43. Qc3 Qb8 44. a5 $16 1-0

[Event "17th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1993.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "William Stanton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.08.21"]

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
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 (12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3
Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Bxg5 (16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 $14 (18. Re1 Rae8 $11)
18... Bxe4 (18... Rae8 19. a4 b4 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Rxe4 23.
Bd1 g4 24. Bd2 $14) 19. fxe4 Nb6 20. e5 $16) 16... Qf5 17. Nd2 Qxg5) 12... Bd6
13. Re1 Qh4 {inaccuracy} 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 (15. Be3 Bg4 16. f3 (16. Qc2 Bf3
17. Bxd5 Qg2#) 16... Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kh1 Bxf3+ $17) 15... Qf5 (15...
Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Nd2 $16) (15... f5 16. Rh4 Qxh4 17. gxh4 $16) (15... g5 16.
Bxg5 Qf5 17. Qd2 $16) 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Re1 Bb7 (17... Qxd3 18. Bc2 Qd5 19. Ne4
Be7 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Be4 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Bg4 23. f3 $16) 18. Ne4 Bc7 {
inaccuracy} (18... Rad8 19. Nxd6 Rxd6 20. d4 c5 21. Re5 Qh3 22. Qf1 Qxf1+ 23.
Kxf1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rxd4 25. Be3 $14) 19. a4 (19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qg4 h6 21. Qd7
Rac8 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Qxb7 Bd6 24. Re3 a5 (24... Rfe8 25. Kg2 Rb8 26. Qxc6 $16)
25. Rae1 $16) 19... Rad8 20. Qe2 c5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7 Rb8 23. Bc2 Nd7 24.
d4 Qd5 (24... cxd4 25. Ng5 Qe5 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Qd1 $16) 25. dxc5 (25. Qxb5 f5
(25... Bc6 26. Qe2 f5 27. Rxc7 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 $16)
26. Bb3 $16) 25... Nxc5 {f6 weakened} (25... Rfe8 26. b4 Ne5 27. f4 Nc4 28. Qd3
$16) 26. Rxb7 Nxb7 (26... Qxb7 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Qf5 Ne4 30. Bxe4
$16) 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Qh4 f5 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Bh6 Be5 32. Qxf5 {
end of game} b4 33. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "17th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1993.08.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tryfon Gavriel"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.08.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 {inaccuracy} (5. bxa6 d6 (5... e6
6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxa6 8. e4 $14) 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 $16) 5...
Qxb6 (5... e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. e4 Be7 11.
Bc4 O-O $14) 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nd2 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. f4 {inaccuracy} (14. Bg5 Nb6 (14... h6 15. Bh4
Nb6 16. Ne3 $14) 15. Ne3 c4 16. Rac1 $14) 14... Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. e5 Ne8
17. Be3 Nc7 18. Qf2 (18. Rad1 Nb5 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Kh1 Nd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22.
Rxd4 dxe5 23. Rc4 Qb8 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nc5 Qxb2 (25... Bxh2 26. Nd7 $14) 26.
Rc2 $15) 18... Rab8 19. Rab1 {inaccuracy} (19. b3 Nb5 20. Na4 Qb7 21. Rad1 $11)
19... Qb4 20. Rfd1 Rb7 21. Qc2 Nb5 22. Ne4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. exd6 exd6 25.
Nf2 Qa5 26. Qc4 Rc7 27. Qb3 Rc5 28. Qf3 Qxa2 29. Nd3 Rcc8 (29... Rxd5 30. Nb4
Qa5 31. Nxd5 $16) 30. Nb4 Qc4 31. Nc6 Rce8 32. Rd3 f5 33. h4 Re4 34. Ra1 Rfe8
35. Kh2 Bh6 36. g3 Re3 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Qh1 (38. Qf2 Re2 $17) 38... Qc2+ 39.
Kh3 Bxf4 {end of game} 40. Rg1 Qe2 41. Ne7+ Rxe7 42. gxf4 Re3+ 43. Rg3 Qg4+ 44.
Kg2 Qxg3+ $17 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Eastbourne ENG"]
[Date "1990.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Simon Bibby"]
[Black "Michael John Basman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1990.07.30"]

1. e4 h6 2. d4 a6 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 (4. d5 d6 5. Bd3 e6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 exd5 8.
cxd5 Bg7 9. Nf3 (9. a4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 $16) 9... b5 10. O-O Ne7 $16) 4... g5 5.
fxg5 hxg5 6. Bxg5 Bg7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 (9. Nb3 d6 10. Qd2 Bg4
11. Bf4 Rc8 $16) 9... bxc6 10. Bc4 Qb6 11. Bb3 {mistake} (11. Qf3 Qxb2 12.
Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Qxg7 Qxa1+ 14. Kf2 Qxh1 15. Qxh8 Kc7 16. Bf4+ d6 17. Qxg8 Qa1 (
17... Rb8 18. Qg7 Bd7 19. Qxe7 Kb6 20. Qxd6 $16) 18. Qg7 Bd7 19. Nd5+ cxd5 20.
Qxa1 $16) 11... Rxh2 12. Rxh2 {mistake} (12. Rf1 Rxg2 13. Qh5 Kd8 14. Bf4 a5
15. O-O-O a4 16. Bxf7 $16) 12... Qg1+ 13. Kd2 Qxh2 {black has equalised} 14.
Qf3 Qd6+ 15. Ke2 (15. Kc1 Qg6 $11 16. Bf4 d6 17. a4 Bg4 18. Qd3 Nf6 $15) (15.
Qd3 Qxd3+ 16. cxd3 d6 $11) 15... Qg6 {touches on a faint theoretical downside}
16. Be3 (16. Bf4 d5 17. Kf1 Bg4 18. Qd3 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Bf5 20. Qc4 Kf8 $15)
16... a5 17. Rd1 {Leaves a theoretical skewer of King and Queen.} (17. Kd2 a4
18. Nxa4 Nf6 $11) 17... Bxc3 (17... d5 18. Kf1 (18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Ba6+ 20.
Kd2 Rc8 21. Kc1 a4 22. Qf5 (22. Kb1 e6 23. Qf2 exd5 $17) 22... Nf6 23. Qxg6
fxg6 $17) 18... Bg4 19. Qg3 Bxd1 $17) 18. bxc3 a4 19. Bc4 d5 20. Bxd5 (20. exd5
Bg4 $17) (20. Kd2 dxc4 $17) 20... cxd5 (20... Bg4 21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. Qxg4 $16)
21. Kf1 Bg4 22. Qg3 Bxd1 $17 0-1

[Event "17th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1993.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Ludvig Sandstrom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.08.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 (8... Qxf6 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 $16) 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
(11... fxe4 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Be6 (13... Ba6 14. Nbc7+ Kd7 15. Qg4+ f5 16.
Qxf5#) 14. Nbc7+ Kd7 15. Nxa8 Bxd5 (15... Qxa8 16. Nb6+ $16) 16. Qxd5 Qxa8 17.
Qxf7+ Ne7 18. O-O-O Rg8 19. Kb1 $16) 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Ne7 {inaccuracy} (
13... O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 $14) 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 {mistake} (14... Bxc2 15.
Qxc2 Qxe7 $14) 15. Nb4 (15. Ne3 Be6 16. Bd3 d5 17. Qh5 Qd6 18. Bf5 $16) 15...
Kf8 16. Qf3 Qc8 17. Qd5 Qb8 (17... Qd8 18. Rd1 h5 19. Qxd6+ (19. Be2 Rh6 20.
O-O Qc8 21. Rd2 h4 22. h3 Ra7 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 $16) 19... Qxd6 20. Rxd6
Rh6 21. Rd2 h4 $11) 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Qf3 a5 20. Be4 Ra7 21. Bd5 f5 {mistake} (
21... Qe8 22. Qe3 Qb8 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Bxc6 Rc7 25. Be4 $16) 22. Nc6 {end of
game} Bxc6 23. Qxf5+ Ke7 24. Bxc6 (24. Qf7+ Kd8 $17) 24... Qc8 25. Qg5+ Bf6 26.
Qe3 Rc7 27. Bd5 $16 1-0

[Event "17th Lloyds Bank Masters Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1993.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Carlos Ferron Garcia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.08.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 bxc6
{inaccuracy} (7... Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Nxa7+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. f4 Qf5 (11...
Qxf4 12. d4 Qf5 13. Nb5 Bb4+ 14. c3 Bd6 15. Rf1 Qg6 16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. Rf4 d5
18. Qb5 $16) 12. Nb5 O-O-O $16) 8. Bxc6+ Bd7 9. Qh5+ Ke7 (9... g6 10. Qe5+ Be7
11. Qxh8 $16) 10. Qe5+ Be6 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. Qxc7+ Ke8 13. O-O Qd5 14. d3 Bd6 (
14... exd3 15. cxd3 Bd6 16. Qxg7 Be5 17. Qxa7 $16) 15. Qxg7 Be5 16. Qxa7 exd3
17. Re1 Ne7 18. Qa4+ Kf7 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf6 21. cxd3 Rd8 22. Bf4 Rxd3
23. Be5 Bxa2 24. Bxf6 (24. Rxa2 Rd1+ 25. Re1 Rxe1#) 24... Kxf6 25. h3 Bd5 26.
Ra6+ Nc6 27. Rh4 Kg7 28. b4 Rb3 29. Rb6 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Ne7 31. Rg4+ Kf7 (31...
Kh8 32. Rb8+ Ng8 33. b5 $16) 32. Rh6 Rb2 33. Rxh7+ Ke6 34. Rh6+ Kf5 (34... Kf7
35. Rf4+ Kg7 36. Rd6 $16) (34... Kd7 35. Rf6 Be6 36. Re4 Bd5 37. Rd4 Re2 38. h4
$16) 35. Rh5+ Ke6 36. Rg7 Nc6 37. Rg6+ Kf7 38. Rxd5 Ne7 (38... Kxg6 39. Rd6+
Kf5 40. Rxc6 $16) 39. Rgd6 {end of game} Nxd5 40. Rxd5 $16 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. h4 f5
9. h5 Be7 10. g3 Ndb8 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Ne2 Na6 13. Kf2 O-O-O 14. b3 Kb8 15. Be3
cxd4 16. Nexd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc5 18. b4 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qb5 20. Qxb5 Bxb5 21. h6
g6 22. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Coleman, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Ng5 (6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4
8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 $14) 6... Bxg5 7. Qh5 Be7 (7... Bxc1 8. Qxf7#) 8. Qxf7+ Kd7 9.
Qxg7 Nf6 10. O-O h5 11. a3 Rh7 12. Qg5 Qh8 (12... Nxe4 13. Qf5+ Kc7 14. Qxh7
$16) 13. b4 Nd4 (13... cxb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. f4 exf4 17. d4 Ng4
18. Bb5 $17) 14. Qd2 h4 15. f4 exf4 (15... h3 16. g3 Qg7 17. bxc5 Nh5 18. Qf2
exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Qg5 $17) 16. Rxf4 Nh5 17. Rf2 Bf6 {mistake} (17...
h3 18. g3 Nf6 19. Rb1 $17) 18. Nd5 (18. Bb2 cxb4 19. axb4 b6 20. Nd5 Be5 21.
Raf1 $16) 18... Be5 (18... Nf3+ 19. Rxf3 Bxa1 20. Bb5+ Kd8 21. Qg5+ Nf6 22.
Nxf6 $16) 19. c3 Ne6 20. bxc5 Qg7 (20... dxc5 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Bxd4 23. Bb2
Bxb2 24. Nf6+ Ke7 25. Qb4+ Kf7 26. Qxb2 Nxf6 27. Raf1 Rh6 28. e5 Qe8 29. Rxf6+
$16) 21. Bb5+ Kd8 22. d4 Nf6 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. cxd6 a6 25. Bd3 Nxd4 26. cxd4
Bxd4 27. Bb2 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qf7 29. Bf6+ Ke8 30. e5 Rh6 31. Qd2 Rh5 32. Qc2 Be6
(32... Rh6 33. Bg5 Rh5 (33... Qf8 34. Rf1 Qg7 35. Bxh6 Qxh6 36. Bg6+ Kd7 37.
Qc7+ Ke6 38. Qc4+ Kxe5 39. Qc5+ Ke6 40. Bf7+ Kd7 41. Qc7#) 34. Bg6 $16) 33. Bg6
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cooper, John G"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Bb7 7. b4 d6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O c5 12. d3 e5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Rab1 Rfb8 15.
Nd2 Ne8 16. Nb3 Qg5 17. g3 Qf5 18. f3 Qe6 19. Na5 Ba6 20. Rbe1 Ndf6 21. d4 cxd4
22. exd4 Qc8 23. Qd2 e4 24. Ba1 d5 25. cxd5 exf3 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27. Nc6 Rb3 28.
Ne7+ Kh8 29. Bc3 Nd6 30. Rxf3 Qxa3 31. Rxf6 Rxc3 32. Rxd6 Rxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Lane, Gary William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Nxe5 g5 14. Bg3 h5
15. h4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Rd1+ 17. Kh2 Bf5 18. Ra4 g4 19. Nc4 Re8 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21.
Rxa7 c5 22. c4 Bxb1 23. b3 Ree1 24. Bf4 Kg7 25. Kg3 Rh1 26. Rb7 Rdg1 27. Be5+
Kg6 28. Kf4 Rxg2 29. Rxb6+ Kh7 30. Kg5 f6+ 31. Rxf6 Re1 32. Re6 Rxf2 33. Rxb1
Rxb1 34. Re8 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. c4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 O-O 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 N5f6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4
Nc5 15. Qd5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qf6 17. Bg2 Rfd8 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Qc4 Nd3 20. Qb5 a6
21. Qxb7 Rab8 22. Qc7 Rbc8 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Bxb6 Rd6 25. Be3 Nxb2 26. Rfc1 Nc4
27. Rc2 Rdc6 28. Bc1 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Crawley, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. a4 Qe7 8. Re1
Be6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b4 Ba7 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. Qd1 Kh8 14. h3 f5 15.
Ra2 Qf6 16. Ne3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Qg6 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Qg4 Qf6 21.
Bd5 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Qe2 Rf8 24. g3 Qg5 25. Bg2 R4f6 26. h4 Qf5 27. Qe3
Qd7 28. Rae2 a5 29. b5 Nd8 30. d4 exd4 31. Qxd4 Ne6 32. Qg4 Nc5 33. Qxd7 Nxd7
34. Re7 Nc5 35. Rxc7 Rxf2 36. Ree7 Rd2 37. Rxg7 Ne6 38. Rgf7 Rxf7 39. Rxf7 b6
40. Rb7 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Nc5 42. Rxb6 Nxa4 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. b6 Rb1 45. b7 d5 46.
Bxd5 Nxc3 47. Rg8+ Kf6 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4
Na6 9. a3 c5 10. c3 d4 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Nc4 f6 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nd6 Bc6 15.
Qb3+ Bd5 16. exd5 Qxd6 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. d6 Nf5 20. Qd5 Rad8 21. Rac1
Bh6 22. Rc2 Nc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. dxc7 Rxd5 25. Nxf6 Rd6 26. Bxb7 Rdxf6 27.
c8=Q Rxc8 28. Bxc8 Rc6 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. f4 Kg8 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. b5 Rc5 33. a4
Ke6 34. Rf2 Kd5 35. fxe5 Kxe5 36. Re2+ Kd5 37. Kf3 Be3 38. g4 fxg4+ 39. Kxg4
Rc8 40. Rg2 a6 41. b6 Rb8 42. a5 Rg8+ 43. Kf3 Rxg2 44. Kxg2 Kc6 45. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. g3 Qc7 8. h4 f5 9.
Bg2 Nge7 10. O-O h6 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. a4 O-O-O 13. b3 cxb3 14. Nxb3 Nxb3 15.
Qxb3 Nc6 16. Qa2 Na5 17. Be3 Kb8 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Be7 20. h5 Nc4 21. Nxc4
Qxc4 22. Qb2 Rhd8 23. Bf1 Qc7 24. c4 Bc6 25. Rab1 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Qd7 27. Qa2 Bd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 c6 8.
Bg2 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Nfd7 11. Nd3 dxc4 12. Nb4 Bb7 13. bxc4 Qc8 14. Nd3 c5
15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Re8 17. Nc3 Na6 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Nb2 Nf6 20. Nc4 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Ncd6 Re7 23. e4 Nc7 24. Nf5 Rd7 25. Nbd6 f6 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27.
Rfe1 Ne8 28. f4 Nd6 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Rad1 Rad8 31. g4 b5 32. Qe3 c4 33. Re2 b4
34. Qc5 c3 35. Kf2 Rb6 36. Qc4 a5 37. e5 fxe5 38. fxe5 Rc8 39. Qd4 a4 40. d6 c2
41. Rc1 b3 42. axb3 axb3 43. Qb2 Rf8+ 44. Kg1 Rb4 45. h3 Qf3 46. Rg2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Qe3 Qc7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Nd4 Rfe8 15.
Rac1 Bf8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Re1 g6 18. Rcd1 Bg7 19. f4 e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Rf1 Bc6
22. a4 Ba8 23. Rf2 Nfd7 24. Rdf1 Nc5 25. Rd1 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 Nxc4 27. Qf3 Nxb2
28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Rxb2 Rc7 30. Qf2 Rxc3 31. Nd2 Rf8 32. Qe1 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Re3
34. Qg1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 a6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. f4 Bf6 15.
fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf4 b6 17. Rc1 Ra7 18. b4 Qf6 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Na4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4
Re8 22. Qf2 g6 23. Rfe1 Bb7 24. Bf1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 b5 26. Re6 Qf8 27. Nb6 Nf6
28. Qd4 Ne4 29. c5 Qh6 30. c6 Kf7 31. cxb7 Qc1 32. Kg1 Rxb7 33. a4 Rc7 34. Na8
Rc8 35. Qa7+ Kg8 36. Re7 Qa1 37. Rxh7 Qf6 38. Re7 Kf8 39. Re6 Qg5 40. h4 Qxh4
41. Rxg6 Qh8 42. Nc7 Kf7 43. Re6 Kg8 44. Qe3 bxa4 45. Rg6+ Kf7 46. Rh6 Qc3 47.
Qa7 Kg7 48. Nb5+ Rc7 49. Nxc3 Rxa7 50. Rh3 Rb7 51. Na2 Rc7 52. Bxa6 Rc2 53. Ra3
Kf6 54. Bf1 Ke5 55. b5 Rb2 56. Rxa4 Ng3 57. Nc1 Rb1 58. Rc4 Kxd5 59. Rc2 f4 60.
Kf2 Ke5 61. Bd3 d5 62. Kf3 Rb4 63. Rc8 Nh5 64. Bg6 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Lane, Gary William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3 O-O (5... Nxe4 6. Qe2 Bxf2+ 7.
Kh1 d5 8. d3 Ng3+ 9. hxg3 Bxg3 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 $16) 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Nxe5 g5 14.
Bg3 h5 15. h4 {mistake} (15. Nxc6 h4 (15... Rd7 16. Na3 h4 17. Be5 Nh5 18. Bd4
$16) 16. Be5 Nxe4 17. Bd4 Rde8 18. Na3 $14 Bd7 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nd4 $14) 15...
Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Rd1+ 17. Kh2 Bf5 {mistake} (17... f5 18. Ra4 f4 19. Nxg4 hxg4 (
19... fxg3+ 20. Kxg3 hxg4 21. Kxg4 Rxf2 $17) 20. hxg5 fxg3+ 21. Kxg3 Rxf2 22.
Rxg4 Rg1 23. Rf4 Rfxg2+ 24. Kf3 Rxb2 $17) 18. Ra4 g4 {inaccuracy} (18... f6 19.
Nc4 Re8 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. Rd4 Rf1 22. f3 Re2 23. a4 Rxb2 24. a5 b5 25. Rd8+ Kf7
26. Ra8 g4 $11) 19. Nc4 Re8 (19... Bc5 20. Ra5 Bxf2 (20... Bd6 21. Rxf5 $16)
21. Bxf2 $16) 20. Nxb6 cxb6 (20... axb6 21. Bxc7 Ree1 22. Bxb6 Rh1+ 23. Kg3 $16
) 21. Rxa7 c5 22. c4 Bxb1 23. b3 Ree1 24. Bf4 Kg7 25. Kg3 Rh1 26. Rb7 Rdg1 (
26... Be4 27. Rxd1 Rxd1 28. Rxb6 $16) 27. Be5+ Kg6 28. Kf4 {prevents Be4} Rxg2
29. Rxb6+ Kh7 30. Kg5 f6+ (30... Rxf2 31. Rh6+ Kg8 32. Rh8#) (30... f5 31. Rb8
f4 32. Rh8#) 31. Rxf6 Re1 32. Re6 Rxf2 33. Rxb1 Rxb1 34. Re8 {end of game} Rf5+
35. Kxf5 Rf1+ 36. Kg5 Rf6 37. Bxf6 g3 38. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Crawley, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. a4 Qe7 8. Re1
Be6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b4 Ba7 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. Qd1 Kh8 14. h3 f5 15.
Ra2 {great prophylaxis move} (15. hxg4 fxg4 16. N3h2 Bxf2+ 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. g3
Nxg3+ 19. Nxg3 Bxg3 20. Re2 Bf2 21. Qf1 g3 22. Qg2 Rf6 23. Bd2 Raf8 24. Rf1 Qh5
25. d4 exd4 26. cxd4 Nxd4 $17) 15... Qf6 16. Ne3 (16. hxg4 fxg4 17. N1h2 gxf3
18. Nxf3 Rae8 $14) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 {accumulating advantages slowly} Bxe3 (
17... fxe4 18. Qxh5 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 $16) 18. Bxe3 Qg6 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Qg4 Qf6
21. Bd5 Nf4 22. Bxf4 (22. Bf3 h5 (22... Nxd3 23. Be4 Nxe1 24. Bxf5 d5 25. Re2
g6 26. Bb1 $16) 23. Qg3 Rf8 24. Rd2 d5 25. h4 Ne7 $14) 22... Rxf4 (22... exf4
23. Re6 Qf7 24. Qf3 Qf8 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rae2 $16 {taking authority of e-file}
) 23. Qe2 Rf8 24. g3 Qg5 25. Bg2 (25. Qd2 R4f5 26. Qxg5 Rxg5 27. b5 Nd8 28.
bxa6 bxa6 29. a5 $16) 25... R4f6 26. h4 Qf5 27. Qe3 Qd7 28. Rae2 a5 {inaccuracy
} (28... Nd8 29. a5 Nc6 30. Rb1 $16) 29. b5 Nd8 30. d4 exd4 31. Qxd4 Ne6 32.
Qg4 Nc5 33. Qxd7 Nxd7 34. Re7 Nc5 35. Rxc7 Rxf2 36. Ree7 Rd2 37. Rxg7 Ne6 (
37... b6 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rcg7#) 38. Rgf7 (38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rxb7 $16) 38...
Rxf7 39. Rxf7 b6 (39... Nc5 40. Bxb7 $16) 40. Rb7 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Nc5 42. Rxb6
Nxa4 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. b6 Rb1 45. b7 d5 46. Bxd5 Nxc3 47. Rg8+ Kf6 {end of game}
48. Bh1 $16 Rb2+ 49. Kh3 Ne2 50. b8=Q $16 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 c6 8.
Bg2 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Nfd7 11. Nd3 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qb2 $14)
11... dxc4 12. Nb4 Bb7 (12... cxb3 13. Nxa6 (13. axb3 Bb7 $11) 13... Nxa6 14.
axb3 Nab8 15. Na3 $11) 13. bxc4 Qc8 14. Nd3 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Re8 17. Nc3
Na6 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Nb2 Nf6 20. Nc4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Ncd6 Re7 23. e4 Nc7
24. Nf5 Rd7 25. Nbd6 f6 26. Nxb7 (26. Rfe1 Kh8 27. Nc4 $16) 26... Qxb7 27. Rfe1
Ne8 28. f4 {mistake} (28. e5 fxe5 29. Rxe5 Nf6 30. Rae1 Kh8 31. Qg5 Rg8 32. Re6
Nxd5 33. Nd6 Qb8 (33... Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Nf6 35. Qf5 $16) 34. Qxd5 $16) 28... Nd6
29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Rad1 Rad8 31. g4 (31. a4 f5 32. exf5 Rxd5 $11) 31... b5 32.
Qe3 c4 33. Re2 b4 34. Qc5 c3 35. Kf2 Rb6 36. Qc4 a5 {inaccuracy} (36... Qc8 37.
Qxc8 Rxc8 38. e5 Kf7 39. d6 fxe5 (39... Ke6 40. f5+ Kd7 41. e6+ $16) 40. fxe5 (
40. d7 Rd8 41. Rxe5 g6 $17) 40... Ke6 $17) 37. e5 {mistake} (37. d6+ Qf7 38.
Qc5 Qb7 39. e5 fxe5 40. fxe5 Rc6 41. Qd4 Qb5 42. d7 c2 43. Rc1 Rc4 44. Qe3 Qxd7
$17) 37... fxe5 38. fxe5 Rc8 39. Qd4 a4 {inaccuracy} (39... b3 40. axb3 Rb4 41.
Qd3 Rxg4 42. Rf1 Qb4 43. Qc2 Qd4+ 44. Ke1 Rg1 45. Re4 Rxf1+ 46. Kxf1 Qxe4 47.
Qxe4 c2 $17) 40. d6 (40. e6 c2 41. Rde1 Qc7 42. Kg2 h5 43. h3 h4 44. e7 Re8 $17
) 40... c2 41. Rc1 b3 42. axb3 (42. d7 Rf8+ 43. Kg1 b2 44. d8=Q bxc1=Q+ $17)
42... axb3 43. Qb2 Rf8+ 44. Kg1 Rb4 45. h3 Qf3 46. Rg2 Qe3+ {end of game} 47.
Kh1 Rbf4 48. Qa1 Rf3 49. Rcg1 Rxh3+ 50. Rh2 Qh6 51. Rgg2 c1=Q+ $17 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Crawley, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. a4 Qe7 8. Re1
Be6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b4 Ba7 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. Qd1 Kh8 14. h3 f5 15.
Ra2 {great prophylaxis move} (15. hxg4 fxg4 16. N3h2 Bxf2+ 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. g3
Nxg3+ 19. Nxg3 Bxg3 20. Re2 Bf2 21. Qf1 g3 22. Qg2 Rf6 23. Bd2 Raf8 24. Rf1 Qh5
25. d4 exd4 26. cxd4 Nxd4 $17) 15... Qf6 16. Ne3 (16. hxg4 fxg4 17. N1h2 gxf3
18. Nxf3 Rae8 $14) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 {accumulating advantages slowly} Bxe3 (
17... fxe4 18. Qxh5 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 $16) 18. Bxe3 Qg6 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Qg4 Qf6
21. Bd5 Nf4 22. Bxf4 (22. Bf3 h5 (22... Nxd3 23. Be4 Nxe1 24. Bxf5 d5 25. Re2
g6 26. Bb1 $16) 23. Qg3 Rf8 24. Rd2 d5 25. h4 Ne7 $14) 22... Rxf4 (22... exf4
23. Re6 Qf7 24. Qf3 Qf8 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rae2 $16 {taking authority of e-file}
) 23. Qe2 Rf8 24. g3 Qg5 25. Bg2 (25. Qd2 R4f5 26. Qxg5 Rxg5 27. b5 Nd8 28.
bxa6 bxa6 29. a5 $16) 25... R4f6 26. h4 Qf5 27. Qe3 Qd7 28. Rae2 a5 {inaccuracy
} (28... Nd8 29. a5 Nc6 30. Rb1 $16) 29. b5 Nd8 30. d4 exd4 31. Qxd4 Ne6 32.
Qg4 Nc5 33. Qxd7 Nxd7 34. Re7 Nc5 35. Rxc7 Rxf2 36. Ree7 Rd2 37. Rxg7 Ne6 (
37... b6 38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rcg7#) 38. Rgf7 (38. Rxh7+ Kg8 39. Rxb7 $16) 38...
Rxf7 39. Rxf7 b6 (39... Nc5 40. Bxb7 $16) 40. Rb7 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Nc5 42. Rxb6
Nxa4 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. b6 Rb1 45. b7 d5 46. Bxd5 Nxc3 47. Rg8+ Kf6 {end of game}
48. Bh1 $16 Rb2+ 49. Kh3 Ne2 50. b8=Q $16 1-0

[Event "Plymouth"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Qe3 Qc7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Nd4 Rfe8 15.
Rac1 Bf8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Re1 g6 18. Rcd1 Bg7 19. f4 (19. Nc2 Rcd8 20. Rd2 Nc5
21. Red1 d5 22. e5 Nfe4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 $14) 19... e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 (20... dxe5
21. Nc2 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Kh2 h5 $15) 21. Rf1 Bc6 22. a4 {pawns dont go
backwards - b3 weakened} (22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. a4 Rcc8 24. Qd2 Re6 25. Ba3 Bf8 26.
g4 h6 27. Kh1 Rce8 $14) 22... Ba8 23. Rf2 Nfd7 24. Rdf1 Nc5 25. Rd1 {big
mistake} (25. Ba1 Rc7 (25... b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ncxb5 Rcd8 28. g4 $14 f5 29.
gxf5 gxf5 30. Nxf5 $14) 26. Rd1 Ra7 27. Rdf1 Rd7 {helps prepare b5 break here}
28. Rd1 (28. Nd5 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxf6 bxc4 32. bxc4 Qb4 $15)
28... b5 29. axb5 (29. cxb5 axb5 30. Ncxb5 d5 31. Rc2 Nxe4 $17) 29... axb5 30.
Ndxb5 (30. Ncxb5 f5 31. exf5 (31. Nc3 Nf7 32. Kh2 Nxb3 33. Nxb3 Qxb3 $15) 31...
Ng4 32. Qf4 Nxf2 $17) 30... Nxb3 $17) 25... Nxb3 26. Nxb3 Nxc4 27. Qf3 Nxb2 28.
Qxf7+ (28. Rxb2 Rxc3 29. Qf2 d5 30. e5 d4 31. Bxa8 Qxa8 32. Nxd4 Bxe5 33. Ne2
Rf3 34. Qe1 Bxb2 $17) 28... Kh8 29. Rxb2 Rc7 (29... Rxc3 30. Rf2 Rxg3 $17) (
29... Bxc3 30. Rc2 Rf8 $17) 30. Qf2 Rxc3 31. Nd2 Rf8 32. Qe1 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Re3
34. Qg1 Rd3 {crushing tempo gainer} (34... Bxb2 35. Qxe3 b5 $17) 35. Qe1 Bxb2
0-1

[Event "GBR-ch76"]
[Site "Plymouth"]
[Date "1989.08.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1989.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.07"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 a6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Kh1 Nd7 (13... f4 14.
Bd3 g6 15. g4 a5 16. Bc2 Na6 17. f3 $16) 14. f4 Bf6 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf4 b6
17. Rc1 Ra7 (17... Qh4 18. Qd2 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. Rxf4 Ne5 21. Nb1 Bd7 22.
Nd2 $15) 18. b4 Qf6 {inaccuracy} (18... Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Nf6 $11) 19. Qd2 Rc7 20.
Na4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Re8 22. Qf2 g6 23. Rfe1 Bb7 24. Bf1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 b5 26. Re6
Qf8 27. Nb6 Nf6 28. Qd4 Ne4 29. c5 Qh6 (29... dxc5 30. Qe5 Rf7 (30... Rc8 31.
Nxc8 Bxc8 32. Re8 $16) 31. Re8 $16) 30. c6 (30. Kg1 dxc5 31. bxc5 (31. Qe5 Qe3+
32. Kh1 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nh3+ 34. Kh1 Qg1#) 31... Nxc5 (31... Rxc5 32. Rxe4 fxe4
33. Qxc5 e3 34. Qd6 Qf8 35. Qe6+ Qf7 36. Qxe3 $16) 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Qe5 g5 34.
Rh8 {threat of Qxc7 check} Qxb6 35. Qxf5+ Qf6 (35... Ke7 36. Qf8+ Kd7 37. Qd8#
(37. Rxh7#)) 36. Rxh7+ Ke8 37. Qxf6 $16) 30... Kf7 31. cxb7 Qc1 32. Kg1 {
inaccuracy} (32. Rf6+ Nxf6 (32... Kg7 33. Rxf5+ Kh6 34. b8=Q $16) 33. b8=Q
Qxf1+ 34. Qg1 Rc1 35. Qb7+ Kg8 (35... Nd7 36. Qxd7+ Kg8 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qxc1
$16) 36. Qc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxf1 $16) (32. b8=Q Qxf1+ 33. Qg1 Nf2#) 32... Rxb7 33.
a4 Rc7 (33... bxa4 34. Nc4 Qf4 35. Nxd6+ Nxd6 36. Qxf4 $16) 34. Na8 Rc8 {
big mistake - not waiting well - weakness of last move exploitable} (34... Rb7
35. h4 h5 36. Nb6 Rc7 $11) 35. Qa7+ Kg8 36. Re7 Qa1 37. Rxh7 {Qf7 mate threat}
(37. Nc7 Qf6 38. Ne6 Rf8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rxh7+ Kg8 41. Nxf8 Qxf8 42. Rb7 $16)
37... Qf6 38. Re7 {mistake} (38. Nc7 Ng5 (38... Kxh7 39. Ne8+ Kg8 40. Nxf6+ $16
) 39. Rd7 bxa4 40. Ne6 Nxe6 41. dxe6 Re8 42. Rxd6 $16) 38... Kf8 {mistake} (
38... bxa4 39. Re6 Qg7 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Nb6 Rc1 42. Nc4 Ra1 43. Re7+ Kf8 44.
Ra7 a3 45. Ra8+ Ke7 46. Ra7+ Kd8 47. Rxa6 a2 48. Ra7 Kc8 49. Ra8+ Kb7 50. Ra5
Kc7 51. b5 Nc3 52. b6+ Kb8 53. Nxd6 Rb1 54. Nb5 Nxb5 55. Rxa2 $11) 39. Re6 (39.
Rb7 {supports improving worst piece at a8} Kg8 40. Nc7 Ng5 41. Ne6 Nxe6 42.
dxe6 $16) 39... Qg5 40. h4 (40. Nc7 Rxc7 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qxc7+ Kh6 43. Rxe4
fxe4 44. Qc3 $18) 40... Qxh4 41. Rxg6 {Qh7 threat} Qh8 42. Nc7 Kf7 (42... Rxc7
43. Qb8+ (43. Qxc7 Qd4+ 44. Kh1 Qh8+ $11) 43... Kf7 44. Qxh8 $16) 43. Re6 {
Ne8 check threat} Kg8 44. Qe3 (44. Ne8 Rc1 45. Nf6+ Kf8 (45... Nxf6 46. Qb8+
Kh7 47. Re7+ Qg7 48. Qxd6 $16) 46. Re8#) 44... bxa4 45. Rg6+ Kf7 46. Rh6 Qc3
47. Qa7 Kg7 48. Nb5+ Rc7 49. Nxc3 (49. Qxc7+ Qxc7 50. Nxc7 Kxh6 51. Bxa6 Nd2
52. Nb5 Nc4 53. Nc3 $16) 49... Rxa7 50. Rh3 Rb7 51. Na2 Rc7 52. Bxa6 Rc2 53.
Ra3 Kf6 54. Bf1 Ke5 55. b5 Rb2 56. Rxa4 Ng3 57. Nc1 Rb1 58. Rc4 Kxd5 (58...
Rxb5 59. Kf2 Ne4+ (59... Nxf1 60. Kxf1 Rxd5 $16) 60. Rxe4+ fxe4 61. Bxb5 $16)
59. Rc2 f4 60. Kf2 Ke5 61. Bd3 d5 62. Kf3 Rb4 63. Rc8 Nh5 64. Bg6 {end of game}
Rxb5 65. Bxh5 $16 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch84"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sheldon, Ruth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3
Be7 9. g4 d6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. g6 Nf6 14. gxh7+ Kxh7 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bd3 Kh8 17. Rdg1 b4 18. Bh6 Rg8 19. e5 g6 20. exf6 bxc3 21. Qg5
1-0

[Event "GBR-ch84"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ferguson, Mark"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Bb3 d6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. a3 b5 13. Qe1 c4 14. d4 Re8 15.
Qg3 Ra7 16. Nh4 Nh5 17. Qf2 Nf6 18. h3 h6 19. Rae1 Nc6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5
Ne7 22. Qf2 Ng6 23. Kh2 Rc7 24. Qg3 Nh5 25. Qg4 Qh4 26. Qxh4 Nxh4 27. g4 Nf6
28. Kg3 Ng6 29. h4 Nf8 30. Rf5 N6d7 31. Ref1 Re7 32. R5f2 Ne6 33. Nf3 g6 34.
Rd1 Kg7 35. Ra1 a5 36. Rd2 Nf6 37. Rdd1 h5 38. g5 Ng4 39. Re1 Re8 40. Nh2 Nxh2
41. Kxh2 Rf8 42. Rf1 f6 43. gxf6+ Rxf6 44. Rxf6 Kxf6 45. Kg3 Ke7 46. Rd1 a4 47.
Rd2 Rc8 48. Bd1 Nc7 49. Bf3 Rd8 50. Bg2 Ne8 51. Bf3 Nf6 52. Rd1 Re8 53. Re1 Kf7
54. Re2 Re6 55. Re1 Kg7 56. Re2 Kh6 57. Re1 Re7 58. Re2 g5 59. Re1 Rg7 60. Rd1
Ng4 61. dxe5 Nxe5 62. Rxd6+ Rg6 63. hxg5+ Kxg5 64. Rd8 Kf6+ 65. Kf2 Rg5 66.
Rd6+ Kg7 67. Be2 h4 68. Rd1 Rg6 69. Rd5 Rg5 70. Rd1 h3 71. Rh1 Nd3+ 72. Bxd3
cxd3 73. Rxh3 Rg1 74. Kxg1 d2 75. Rg3+ Kh6 76. Kf2 d1=Q 77. Rg2 Kh5 78. e5 Qd5
79. e6 Qxe6 80. Kf3 Qf5+ 81. Ke2 Kh4 82. Rf2 Qc2+ 83. Kf3 Qd1+ 84. Kg2 Qg4+ 85.
Kf1 Kh3 86. Ke1 Qe4 87. Rd2 Qb1+ 88. Ke2 Kg3 89. e4 Qxe4+ 90. Kd1 Qb1+ 91. Ke2
Kg2 92. Ke3+ Kf1 93. Rf2+ Ke1 94. Rh2 Qc1+ 95. Kd3 Qd1+ 96. Ke3 Qd5 97. Re2+
Kd1 {etc} 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch84"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 cxd4 5. cxd4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Bc4 Nf4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ng5 Be6
15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Rac1 Ncd4 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Kf1 Rd7 20. Ne2
Rcd8 21. Bg5 Rf8 22. Rd3 h6 23. Be3 g5 24. Rdc3 Rfd8 25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kf7
27. Nc1 Nb5 28. f3 b6 29. Ke2 Nd6 30. Rc6 Ke7 31. a4 Rb7 32. Nd3 Kd7 33. Rc2
Rc7 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. b3 Nf7 36. Kd2 Bf8 37. Kc3 Kc6 38. Nb2 Bd6 39. Nc4 Bc7
40. Kd3 Bd8 41. Bd2 Be7 42. Bc3 Bd6 43. Nxd6 Kxd6 44. Bb4+ Kc6 45. Kc4 Nd6+ 46.
Bxd6 Kxd6 47. Kb5 Kc7 48. Ka6 Kb8 49. g4 Ka8 50. b4 Kb8 51. a5 bxa5 52. Kxa5
Kc7 53. Ka6 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch84"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Ba5 Be4 14. Qxc7 Qxc7
15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Ba5 e5 17. Nb3 Bc2 18. Re1 Rc6 19. N1d2 Rfc8 20. Bc3 Nd7 21.
Rec1 Bg6 22. Ba5 f6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Kf7 26. e4 f5 27. exf5
Bxf5 28. Kf1 Ke6 29. Ke2 Nb8 30. Bb6 Nc6 31. a3 g5 32. f3 h5 33. Nd3 g4 34. Ne4
Nd4+ 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Nb4 Bxb4 37. axb4 Kd5 38. Nf6+ Kc4 39. Nxh5 Kb3 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch84"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rae8 12. Nd5 Na5 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Ba2 c5 15.
Nh4 Nc6 16. c3 Bc8 17. Bg5 Kh8 18. Bd5 Nd8 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qf3
Rg8 22. g3 Ne6 23. Kh2 Ng5 24. Qe3 Rg6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Reg8 27. Rea1 Ne6
28. Nh4 Rg5 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Nf5 Qf8 31. Rxa6 Nc7 32. Nxd6 Nxd5 33. Nxc8 Qxc8
34. exd5 Rf5 35. Qe2 Qd8 36. c4 Qf8 37. Ra8 Qh6 38. d6 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch84 playoff"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 O-O (12... Qxe5 13. Bxc6+ Bd7
14. Bxa8 O-O 15. Bf3 $16) 13. Bf4 Qb7 (13... Bd6 14. Re1 (14. Rxe6 Bxe6 (14...
Bxf4 15. Rxc6 Qb8 16. gxf4 Qxf4 17. Rxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxa8 $16) 15. Bxd6 Qb6 16.
Bxf8 Rxf8 17. b3 $16) 14... Bxf4 15. gxf4 Qxf4 $17) 14. b3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5
16. Re1 Bb4 17. Bd2 Bg4 18. Qxg4 (18. f3 Bf5 $15) 18... Bxd2 19. Re2 Bc3 20.
Rd1 Rfe8 21. Rd3 Bf6 22. Rde3 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 a5 24. h4 Qc8 25. Qf4 Qb8 26. Qa4
Qb5 (26... Qd6 27. h5 g6 28. b4 Bd8 29. h6 Bb6 30. Rf3 $16 Kf8 31. Bf1 f5 32.
Rc3 Ra7 33. Qxc6 Ke7 34. Bb5 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Bc7 36. bxa5 Bxa5 $16) 27. Qxb5 cxb5
28. Bxd5 Rd8 (28... Rb8 29. Rf3) 29. c4 Kf8 30. Kf1 h6 31. h5 Be7 32. Rf3 Bf6
33. Re3 Be7 34. Ke2 Bc5 35. Rf3 Rd7 36. Rf5 bxc4 37. Bxc4 Bb4 38. Ke3 Re7+ 39.
Kd4 Rd7+ 40. Bd5 Rc7 41. g4 Ke8 42. Bc4 Rd7+ 43. Ke4 Rc7 44. Rb5 Be1 45. f4 Bd2
46. g5 a4 47. gxh6 gxh6 48. Rb6 axb3 49. axb3 Re7+ 50. Kf5 Rc7 51. Rxh6 Kf8 52.
Ra6 Rc5+ 53. Kg4 Bc3 54. Ra7 Kg7 55. Bxf7 Kh6 56. Bg8 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch84"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Sheldon, Ruth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3
Be7 9. g4 d6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. g6 Nf6 (13... fxg6 14. Nxe6
Qb7 15. Nxf8 $16) (13... hxg6 14. h5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17. b3 gxh5
18. Rg1 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rg5 Qd8 21. e5 dxe5 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kh7
24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qxf6 $16) 14. gxh7+ Kxh7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bd3 Kh8 17. Rdg1
b4 18. Bh6 Rg8 (18... gxh6 19. Qxh6+ Nh7 20. Qg7#) (18... bxc3 19. Bxg7+ Kg8
20. Bxf6+ Kh7 21. e5+ Qe4 22. Bxe4#) 19. e5 g6 (19... bxc3 20. Bxg7+ Rxg7 21.
Qh6+ Rh7 22. Bxh7 Nxh7 23. Qg7#) 20. exf6 bxc3 21. Qg5 {end of game} Bf8 22.
Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hove ENG"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mark Ferguson"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Bb3 d6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. a3 b5 13. Qe1 c4 14. d4 Re8 15.
Qg3 Ra7 16. Nh4 Nh5 17. Qf2 Nf6 18. h3 h6 19. Rae1 Nc6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5
Ne7 22. Qf2 Ng6 23. Kh2 Rc7 24. Qg3 Nh5 25. Qg4 Qh4 26. Qxh4 Nxh4 27. g4 Nf6
28. Kg3 Ng6 29. h4 Nf8 30. Rf5 N6d7 31. Ref1 Re7 32. R5f2 Ne6 33. Nf3 g6 34.
Rd1 Kg7 35. Ra1 a5 36. Rd2 Nf6 37. Rdd1 h5 38. g5 Ng4 39. Re1 Re8 40. Nh2 Nxh2
41. Kxh2 Rf8 42. Rf1 f6 43. gxf6+ Rxf6 44. Rxf6 Kxf6 45. Kg3 Ke7 46. Rd1 a4 47.
Rd2 Rc8 48. Bd1 Nc7 49. Bf3 Rd8 50. Bg2 Ne8 51. Bf3 Nf6 52. Rd1 Re8 53. Re1 Kf7
54. Re2 Re6 55. Re1 Kg7 56. Re2 Kh6 57. Re1 Re7 58. Re2 g5 59. Re1 Rg7 60. Rd1
Ng4 61. dxe5 (61. Bxg4 gxh4+ 62. Kh3 Rxg4 63. dxe5 dxe5 64. Rd8 Rxe4 $17) 61...
Nxe5 (61... dxe5 62. Rd6+ Rg6 63. hxg5+ Kxg5 64. Rxg6+ Kxg6 65. Bxg4 hxg4 66.
Kxg4 Kf6 67. Kh5 Kf7 68. Kg5 Kf8 69. Kf6 $16) 62. Rxd6+ Rg6 63. hxg5+ Kxg5 64.
Rd8 Kf6+ 65. Kf2 Rg5 66. Rd6+ Kg7 67. Be2 h4 68. Rd1 Rg6 69. Rd5 Rg5 70. Rd1 h3
71. Rh1 Nd3+ 72. Bxd3 cxd3 73. Rxh3 {Big mistake} (73. Ke1 d2+ 74. Kxd2 Rg2+
75. Kd3 h2 $11) 73... Rg1 74. Kxg1 d2 75. Rg3+ Kh6 76. Kf2 d1=Q 77. Rg2 Kh5 78.
e5 Qd5 79. e6 Qxe6 80. Kf3 Qf5+ 81. Ke2 Kh4 82. Rf2 Qc2+ 83. Kf3 Qd1+ 84. Kg2
Qg4+ 85. Kf1 Kh3 86. Ke1 Qe4 87. Rd2 Qb1+ 88. Ke2 Kg3 89. e4 Qxe4+ 90. Kd1 Qh1+
91. Ke2 Kg2 92. Ke3+ Kg3 (92... Kf1 93. Rd1+) 0-1

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "Hove ENG"]
[Date "1997.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Luke McShane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 {inaccuracy} (2... Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 $11) 3. d4
Nf6 4. Bd3 cxd4 5. cxd4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5 (8. d5 Na6 9. Nc3 O-O
10. a4 $16) 8... dxe5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Bc4 Nf4 13. Qxd8
Rxd8 14. Ng5 Be6 (14... Rf8 15. Bc5 Nd4 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Nxh7+ $16) 15. Nxe6
Nxe6 16. Rac1 Ncd4 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 (18... Nxe6 19. Bxa7 $16) 19.
Kf1 Rd7 20. Ne2 Rcd8 (20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Kf7 22. g3 Bf6 23. Rc3 $16) 21. Bg5
Rf8 22. Rd3 h6 23. Be3 g5 24. Rdc3 Rfd8 25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kf7 27. Nc1 Nb5
(27... Ke7 28. f3 Bf6 29. Bxd4 exd4 (29... Rxd4 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. Nd3 $16) 30.
Nd3 $16) 28. f3 b6 29. Ke2 Nd6 30. Rc6 Ke7 31. a4 Rb7 32. Nd3 Kd7 33. Rc2 Rc7
34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. b3 Nf7 36. Kd2 Bf8 37. Kc3 Kc6 38. Nb2 Bd6 39. Nc4 Bc7 40.
Kd3 Bd8 41. Bd2 Be7 (41... Bc7 42. Na3 a6 43. Ke2 Nh8 44. Kf2 Bd8 45. Nc2 Ng6
46. Nb4+ Kb7 47. Nd3 Bf6 $14) 42. Bc3 Bd6 {inaccuracy} (42... Bf6 43. Ke2 h5
44. Nb2 Bd8 45. Ke3 Bf6 $16 46. Nc4 Kc5 47. Na3 Kc6 48. Nc2 $14) 43. Nxd6 Kxd6
(43... Nxd6 44. Bxe5 $16) 44. Bb4+ Kc6 45. Kc4 Nd6+ {inaccuracy} (45... Nh8 46.
Bf8 Nf7 47. Kd3 Kd7 48. Bg7 Kd6 49. Bf6 Kc6 50. Kc4 a6 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. Be7+ Kc6
53. Ke2 Kd7 54. Bf6 Ke8 55. Kf2 b5 56. axb5 axb5 57. Bg7 Ke7 58. Kg3 Ke8 59.
Kg4 Ke7 60. Kh5 Nd8 61. Bxh6 $16) 46. Bxd6 Kxd6 47. Kb5 Kc7 48. Ka6 Kb8 49. g4
Ka8 50. b4 Kb8 51. a5 bxa5 52. Kxa5 Kc7 53. Ka6 {end of game} Kc6 54. Kxa7 Kb5
55. Kb7 Kxb4 56. Kc6 Kc4 57. Kd6 Kd4 58. Kxe6 Ke3 59. Kxe5 $16 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch84"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plaskett, H James"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Ba5 Be4 14. Qxc7 Qxc7
15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Ba5 e5 17. Nb3 Bc2 18. Re1 (18. Rc1 Bxb3 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20.
axb3 Rc1+ 21. Kg2 b4 22. Bb6 h6 $17) 18... Rc6 (18... Bxb3 19. axb3 Rc2 20. Bc3
b4 21. Bxe5 Ne4 22. Rxa6 Bc5 23. Kf1 f6 24. Bf4 g5 25. Re6 f5 26. Bc1 Bxf2 $17)
19. N1d2 Rfc8 20. Bc3 Nd7 21. Rec1 Bg6 22. Ba5 f6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Rc1 Rxc1+
25. Nxc1 Kf7 26. e4 f5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Kf1 Ke6 29. Ke2 Nb8 30. Bb6 Nc6 31. a3
g5 32. f3 h5 33. Nd3 g4 34. Ne4 Nd4+ 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Nb4 {inaccuracy} Bxb4
37. axb4 Kd5 (37... gxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Kd5 39. Nd2 Ke5 40. Nb3 Bc8 $15) 38. Nf6+ {
mistake} (38. Nd2 gxf3+ 39. Kxf3 $15) 38... Kc4 39. Nxh5 Kb3 {end of game} (
39... Kxb4 40. Nf4 gxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Kb3 42. g4 d3 43. Ke3 Kc2 44. Nd5 d2 45. Nb4+
Kc1 46. Na2+ Kxb2 47. Kxd2 Bxg4 $17) 40. fxg4 (40. Kd2 gxf3 41. Nf4 f2 42. Ke2
d3+ 43. Kxf2 d2 44. Ke2 Kc2 45. Ke3 d1=Q $17) (40. Kd1 gxf3 41. Nf6 f2 42. Ke2
d3+ 43. Kxf2 d2 44. Ke2 Kc2 $17) 40... Bxg4+ (40... Kc2 41. gxf5 d3+ 42. Ke3 d2
43. Nf4 d1=Q $15) 41. Kd3 Bxh5 $17 0-1

[Event "GBR-ch84"]
[Site "Hove"]
[Date "1997.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GBR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
(8. c3 d5 $14) 8... Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rae8 12. Nd5 Na5 13. Nxe7+
Qxe7 14. Ba2 c5 15. Nh4 Nc6 16. c3 Bc8 17. Bg5 Kh8 18. Bd5 Nd8 19. Nf5 Qc7 (
19... Bxf5 20. exf5 h6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qh5 $16) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qf3 Rg8 22.
g3 Ne6 23. Kh2 Ng5 24. Qe3 Rg6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Reg8 27. Rea1 Ne6 28. Nh4
Rg5 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Nf5 Qf8 31. Rxa6 Nc7 (31... Bxa6 32. Rxa6 R5g6 (32... Nc7
33. Nxd6 Nxa6 34. Qxf6+ R5g7 35. Nxf7+ Qxf7 36. Bxf7 $16) 33. Nxd6 Ng5 34. Qe3
f5 35. exf5 Rh6 36. Qxe5+ Qg7 37. Qxg7+ (37. Qe3 Rxh3+ 38. Kg2 Rh6 39. Qxg5
Qxg5 40. Nxf7+ Kg7 41. Nxg5 Rxa6 42. Bxg8 $16) 37... Rxg7) 32. Nxd6 Nxd5 (32...
Nxa6 33. Qxf6+ R5g7 34. Nxf7+ Qxf7 35. Bxf7 Rf8 36. Qxe5 Rfxf7 37. Qe8+ Rg8 38.
Qxf7 $16) 33. Nxc8 Qxc8 34. exd5 Rf5 35. Qe2 Qd8 36. c4 Qf8 37. Ra8 Qh6 (37...
Qxa8 38. Rxa8 Rxa8 39. Kg2 Rg5 40. Qe3 Rc8 41. Qf3 Rg6 42. d6 $16) 38. d6 {
end of game} Rh5 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Kg2 Rxh3 (41... Qg6 42. d7 Qh6
43. d8=Q $16) 42. Qg4+ Qg5 43. Qxg5+ fxg5 44. Kxh3 $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Canterbury ENG"]
[Date "2010.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Robert Eames"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 (4. exd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6 6. Nf3 Qh5 7.
Be2 Ne7 8. c4 c6 (8... Nd7 9. d4 Ng6 10. c5 Be7 $11) 9. Nc3 (9. d4 cxd5 10. Nc3
Nd7 11. c5 Bb8 $17) 9... O-O $17) 4... Nf6 5. Nf3 (5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. exd5 $15 (6.
Nxd5 Nc6 7. Nf3 $15)) 5... Nxd5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qf5 8. O-O {mistake} (8. d4
Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. O-O Bc5+ 11. Kh1 O-O $15) 8... Nc6 9. d4 Be6 10. Ne2 (10. d5
O-O-O 11. Nh4 Qg5 12. Rxf4 Bxd5 $17) 10... g5 11. b3 O-O-O 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. c4
g4 14. Ne1 f3 15. gxf3 Rhg8 16. f4 g3 17. Nf3 (17. Nxg3 Bxd4+ 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 $17
) 17... gxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf6 19. Qd2 Qg4 20. Rf2 Bf5 21. Qe3 Nb4 {end of game} 22.
Nxh2 Qh4 23. Rg1 Rge8 24. Qg3 Nd3 25. Qxh4 Bxh4 26. Rfg2 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Bxf2 $17
0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1924.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Qe8 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 {inaccuracy} (10... Qxe7 11. Rac1 d6 12. Bb1 Nd7
$11) 11. bxc3 Qxe7 12. a4 Bxf3 (12... d6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 $14
) 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Rfb1 (14. e4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 g6 $14) 14... Rae8 15. Qh3 Rf6
16. f4 Na5 17. Qf3 d6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. e4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 g6 21. g3 Kf8 22. Kg2
Rf7 23. h4 d5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. h5 Rf6 (27...
gxh5 28. Rh1 Rf6 29. Rxh5 Kf8 30. Rxd5 $16) 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh1 Kf8 (29...
Rc6 30. Bb5 $16) 30. Rh7 Rc6 31. g4 Nc4 32. g5 Ne3+ 33. Kf3 Nf5 (33... Nd1 34.
Rh6 (34. Kg4 Nf2+ 35. Kf3 Nxd3 $17) 34... Kg7 (34... Rxc3 35. Ke2 Nf2 36. Bxg6
$16) 35. f5 Nb2 36. Bb1 Rxc3+ 37. Kf4 (37. Kg4 gxf5+ 38. Bxf5 Nc4 39. Rh7+ Kg8
40. Rd7 $11) 37... gxf5 38. Bxf5 Nd3+ 39. Bxd3 Rxd3 $11) 34. Bxf5 (34. Kg4 Rxc3
35. Bxf5 gxf5+ 36. Kxf5 $16) 34... gxf5 (34... Rxc3+ 35. Kg4 $16) 35. Kg3 {
brilliant concept} Rxc3+ 36. Kh4 Rf3 (36... Rd3 37. g6 Rxd4 38. Kg5 Rc4 39.
Kxf5 d4 40. Kg5 d3 41. Rd7 Rc3 42. g7+ Kg8 43. f5 c5 44. Kg6 b5 45. Rd8#) 37.
g6 Rxf4+ 38. Kg5 Re4 39. Kf6 Kg8 (39... Rxd4 40. Rh8#) 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxc7
Re8 (41... Rxd4 42. Rc8#) 42. Kxf5 Re4 43. Kf6 Rf4+ 44. Ke5 Rg4 45. g7+ Kg8 (
45... Rxg7 46. Rxg7 Kxg7 47. Kxd5 Kf7 48. Kc6 Ke7 49. Kc7 Ke6 50. Kb7 Kd5 51.
Kxa7 Kxd4 52. Kxb6 $16) 46. Rxa7 Rg1 47. Kxd5 Rc1 48. Kd6 Rc2 49. d5 Rc1 50.
Rc7 Ra1 51. Kc6 Rxa4 52. d6 {game ended here} Rd4 53. d7 b5 54. Kxb5 Rd6 55.
Kc5 Rd2 56. Kc6 Rc2+ 57. Kb7 Rb2+ 58. Kc8 Rd2 59. d8=Q+ $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Canterbury ENG"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Aaron Summerscale"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 (5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 c5 $11) 5...
c5 6. Be3 cxd4 (6... Qb6 7. Nc3 (7. c4 Qxb2 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. O-O $11) 7... Qxb2
8. Qb1 Qxc3+ (8... Qxb1+ 9. Rxb1 b6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nb5 Kd8 12. Nxa7 Kc7 13.
Nb5+ Kc8 14. Rb2 $16) 9. Bd2 Qa3 10. Qxb7 f6 11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. Qxa8 $16) 7. Nxd4
Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bb5 Qd7 12. Ng5 Ngxe5 (12... Be7
13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Bxg4 15. fxg4 $16) 13. f4 Ng6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. f5 exf5 (
15... Nge5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rf7+ Kc8 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rd1 $16) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxf5 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Ne5 (18... Rd8 19.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Bxa7 Kd7 21. Ng3 Be7 22. Rxf7 $16) 19. Rf4 f6 20. Rxe4 g6 (20...
Kf7 21. b3 h5 22. h3 g5 23. Rf1 $16) 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 O-O 23. Bh6 Rf7 24.
h3 Re8 {mistake} (24... Rc8 25. Bf4 (25. b3 c5 26. Kh2 Re8 27. a4 g5 28. a5 Kh8
29. Rc6 Kg8 30. Kg1 Kh8 31. Ra6 Ree7 32. Re3 $16 Kg8 33. Rd6 Rd7 34. Re6 Rde7
35. Ra6 (35. Rxe7 Rxe7 $11) 35... Re8 {difficult to make progress}) 25... c5
26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Rb7 28. b3 c4 29. b4 Rxb4 30. Re7 Ra4 31. Rdd7 h5 32.
Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rh7+ Kg8 34. Rdg7+ Kf8 35. Rxg6 $16 Rxa2 36. Rg5 Re8 37. Rc5 Kg8
38. Rd7 Rxc2 39. Rg5+ Kh8 40. Rxh5+ Kg8 41. Rg5+ Kh8 42. Rd4 Re7 43. Rh4+ Rh7
44. Rhg4 Rb7 45. Rh5+ Rh7 46. Rc5 Rg7 47. Rc8+ Kh7 48. Rh4+ Kg6 49. Rcxc4 $16)
25. Rxc6 g5 26. b3 Rfe7 (26... a5 27. c4 Kh8 28. c5 Rg8 29. Rd6 Nd7 30. c6 Ne5
31. Ra4 Rc7 32. Rxf6 $16) 27. Rxf6 Nd7 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Rc6 {end of game} g4
30. hxg4 Ne5 31. Rf6 Re8 32. Rf5 Nc6 33. Rc5 $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Canterbury ENG"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Richard G Pert"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 (3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 $11) 3... Nbd7 4. Nf3 h6 5.
Bh4 c5 6. dxc5 {inaccuracy} (6. c3 g5 7. Bg3 $11) 6... g5 7. Bg3 Bg7 8. Nbd2
Nh5 9. c4 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nxc5 11. b4 Ne6 (11... Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Rg8 (12... Nd7 13.
Qxh8+ $16) 13. bxc5 $16) 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qd6 14. Rb1 O-O 15. O-O Rd8 16.
Qc2 g4 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Nh4 b5 19. Bb3 Qxc2 20. Bxc2 Bb7 21. Nf5 Kf8 (21... Bf8
22. Rfd1 $15) 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc5 (23. Rfd1 Rac8 24. Rxd8 (24. Bd3 Rxd3 25.
Rxd3 Bxe4 $17) 24... Rxc2 25. Rd2 Bxe4 26. Rxc2 Bxc2 27. Rb2 Be4 $17) (23. Nc3
Rac8 24. Rb3 Bd5 25. Nxd5 Rxc2 26. Rc3 Rxa2 $17) (23. a4 Rac8 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25.
bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxb5 Rc7 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Bc8 $17) (23. Rfc1 Rac8 24. f3 (
24. Kf1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Bxe4 $17) 24... Rd7 25. Bb3 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1
Ng5 $17) 23... Nxc5 24. bxc5 a5 (24... a6 25. Rfc1 $15) 25. Rxb5 {mistake} (25.
Rfd1 b4 26. Ba4 Bd5 27. Rb2 Be4 28. Rc1 Rd3 29. Bc2 Rc3 $17) 25... Ba6 26. a4 (
26. Rxa5 Bxf1 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Kxf1 Rxa2 29. Bf5 h5 $17) (26. Rb6 Bxf1 27.
Kxf1 Rd2 28. Bb3 a4 29. Bc4 Rad8 30. Rb1 Rc2 31. Be2 a3 $17) 26... Rac8 (26...
Bxb5 27. axb5 a4 28. b6 Rac8 29. Bxa4 Rxc5 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Bd7 Rb7 32. Bxg4 Rc6
33. Rf1 Rcxb6 $17) 27. Rxa5 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 {White's pawns are disconnected here}
Rd5 29. Ke2 Kf6 30. Ra6+ e6 31. c6 Rc5 32. Be4 Ke5 33. f3 f5 34. Bd3 R8xc6 35.
Ra7 Rb6 36. f4+ Kf6 37. Bb5 Rd6 38. e4 e5 39. exf5 Rc2+ 40. Ke3 Rc3+ 41. Ke2
Rxg3 42. Rh7 Rxg2+ 43. Kf1 Rh2 44. Kg1 g3 45. Bc4 Rd1+ {end of game} 46. Bf1
Rf2 47. Rxh6+ Kxf5 48. Rh5+ Kxf4 49. Rh4+ Kf3 50. a5 Rdxf1# 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Canterbury ENG"]
[Date "2010.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Jack Rudd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 e6 {inaccuracy} (5... b5 6. Bd3
Bb7 7. Nf3 b4 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Ng3 $14) 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. e5 d5 9. Ne2 b6
10. c3 c5 11. a4 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qe1 Qe7 14. Bf2 cxd4 15. Bh4 (15. cxd4 Nb4
16. Bb1 O-O 17. Ra3 $16) 15... Qf8 (15... f6 16. Nexd4 Nc5 17. Bxf6 (17. Nxc6
Bxc6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bc2 O-O 21. b4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Ne5
$16) 17... Bxf6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Bc2 $16) (15... Qc5 16. b4 Qf8 17. Nexd4 Rc8
18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Kh1 Nb8 21. f5 gxf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Nxf5 Kd7
24. Nd6 f6 25. Nxb7 $16) 16. Nexd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nb8 18. Ra3 Kd7 19. Rb3 Kc7
20. Qc3+ Nc6 21. Rc1 h6 22. Bf6 Rg8 23. h4 {end of game} Ra7 24. Qc2 h5 (24...
Ba8 25. Rc3 Qe8 (25... Kb8 26. Rxc6 $16) (25... a5 26. Bb5 $16) 26. Bxg7 Rxg7
27. h5 (27. b4 Kd8 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Ne7 30. Rc7 Bb7 31. Qc3 Rg8 32. Qb4 Nc8
33. Qc3 Ne7 34. Nh2 h5 35. Qb4 Nc8 36. Nf3 Qf8 37. Qc3 Qa3 38. Qxa3 Rxa3 39.
Rxb7 Rxd3 40. Ng5 $16) 27... g5 (27... gxh5 28. f5 h4 29. Kh2 Rg8 30. b4 Kb8
31. Rxc6 Bxc6 32. Qxc6 $16) 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. h6 Rg8 30. h7 $16) 25. Bxg7 (25.
Rc3 Qe8 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. Ng5 Kb8 (27... Rg8 28. Nh7 Qa8 29. Nf6 Rd8 30. a5 b5
31. Be2 Rh8 32. f5 gxf5 33. Bxh5 b4 34. Rxc6+ Bxc6 35. Qc5 Kc8 36. Qd6 Rc7 37.
Bxf7 Qa7 38. Bxe6+ Kb7 39. Rc5 Qb8 40. Nxd5 $16) 28. Rxc6 $16) 25... Rxg7 26.
Ng5 Rg8 (26... Qe7 27. a5 b5 28. Rc3 Kd8 29. Rxc6 $16) 27. Bxg6 (27. Rc3 Qb4
28. Rxc6+ Bxc6 29. Qxc6+ Kb8 30. Kh1 $16) 27... Rxg6 28. Qxg6 fxg6 29. Nxe6+
Kd7 30. Nxf8+ $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Canterbury ENG"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alexey Slavin"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. f4 O-O 8. Nd2
c5 9. b3 b5 10. c3 (10. Bxb5 cxd4 11. exd4 (11. Ndf3 a6 12. Bd3 dxe3 13. Bxe3
Nbd7 $15) 11... Qb6 12. Bd3 Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Qxa1 $17) 10... b4 11. cxb4 (11. dxc5
Bxc5 12. cxb4 Bxe3+ 13. Kh1 Nbd7 $15) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Bxb4 13. Bb2 Nc6 14.
Qe2 Qb6 15. Ndf3 Bd6 16. a3 a5 (16... Qxb3 17. Rab1 Qb6 18. Rfc1 (18. Ba1 Qc7
19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Rab8 $17) 18... Qc7 (18... Rac8 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Be1 Ne4 (
20... Ba8 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Ne4 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26.
Qc2 Qb6 27. Qxc6 $16) 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Qd7 24. Ba6 Rb8 25.
Bb4 Rfe8 26. Ba5 $11) 19. Bb5 Rac8 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 $16) 17. Rac1 Bxe5
18. fxe5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ng5 (20. Qxe4 Ne7 21. Qd3 (21. Qb1 Rfc8 (21...
Nf5 22. Rf2 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Qxe5 $17) 22. Nd2 Nf5 23.
Rf2 Nxd4 $17) 21... Ba6 $17) 20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 h6 23. Nxf7 (23.
Nh3 Qxe5 $17) 23... Rxf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Rc7+ Kg8 26. Rxb7 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Canterbury ENG"]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stephen Gordon"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 e5 (12... c5 13. Rac1 b6 $11)
13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nc4 Qf6 17. e4 (17. Bxd5 cxd5 18.
Rxd5 (18. Ne3 d4 19. Nd5 Qe5 20. Qc5 Qxe2 21. Qxd4 Bf5 $11) 18... Be6 19. Rc5
Rfc8 20. Ne3 Rxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxb2 22. Rd1 Bxa2 $17) 17... Nb6 18. Ne3 Be6 19. f4
Rad8 20. f5 Bc8 21. Ng4 Qe7 22. f6 gxf6 23. Nxh6+ (23. Qe2 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Bxg4
25. Qxg4+ Qg5 26. Qf3 Nc4 27. Qe2 Ne5 $17) 23... Kg7 24. Nf5+ Bxf5 25. exf5
Rfe8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rf1 Rd4 28. b3 Nd7 29. Rd1 {huge mistake} (29. Qc3 Qd6
30. Qe3 Ne5 31. h3 Rd3 32. Qf4 Rd4 33. Qe3 c5 $17) 29... Qc5 30. Qxc5 (30. Rxd4
Qxc2 31. Rxd7 Qc5+ 32. Kf1 Qxf5+ 33. Ke1 Qxd7 $17) (30. Rc1 Rd1#) 30... Rxd1+
31. Kf2 Nxc5 $17 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Canterbury ENG"]
[Date "2010.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Stuart C Conquest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. c3 Nh6 8. a4 Rc8
(8... Nf5 9. a5 h5 10. h3 Be7 11. a6 b6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Re1 $16) 9. a5 a6 (9...
c5 10. a6 b6 11. Na3 Nb8 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6
16. Qxc6+ Rxc6 17. Nb5 Bc2 18. Nxa7 Rc7 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Re1 $16) 10. Bf4 Be7 (
10... c5 11. c4 dxc4 (11... cxd4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qxd5 $16) (
11... Be7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. f4 Be4 17.
Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nf5 $16 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 $16) 12. d5 Nf5 13. Bxc4 $16) 11. Re1 O-O
12. b4 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Bg5 Rf7 15. Bxh6 (15. Qc1 Qf8 16. Nbd2 Bd6 $14)
15... gxh6 16. Bd3 Bh5 (16... Kh8 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rxe6 $16) 17. Nbd2 (17.
Rxe6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bh4 $17) 17... Nf8 18. Re5 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 (19... Nxg6 20.
Rxe6 $16) 20. Re3 Bd6 21. Ne5 Rf4 (21... Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qf6 23. Qe1 $16) 22. Qe2
Rc7 23. Ndf3 Rf5 24. Re1 Rg7 25. g3 Be7 26. Kg2 Qc8 27. Qd2 Kh7 28. R3e2 Qd8
29. h4 h5 (29... g5 30. Qd3 Kh8 31. Ng4 h5 (31... Kh7 32. Rxe6 Nxe6 33. Qxf5+
Kg8 34. Nxh6+ $16) 32. Nh6 Rf6 33. hxg5 $16) 30. Nd3 Rgf7 31. Nfe5 Rg7 32. Nf4
Qc8 33. Nh3 Kg8 34. Re3 Qc7 35. Nf3 Rgf7 36. R1e2 R7f6 37. Nfg5 Qd7 38. Qe1 Bd6
39. Nxe6 Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Kf7 42. Re3 Be7 43. Qe2 Bd8 44. Qd3 Be7
45. Re2 Bf6 46. Qe3 Qe7 47. Qd2 Qf8 48. Nf4 Qc8 49. Nh3 Kg7 50. Qe3 Qd7 51. Qe8
Qc7 52. Re6 Qf7 53. Qc8 g5 54. Re2 Kg6 (54... gxh4 55. Qxf5 $16) 55. hxg5 Bxg5
56. Nxg5 Rxg5 57. Qe6+ Kg7 58. Qxf7+ Kxf7 59. Re5 {game ended here} Kf6 (59...
Rxe5 60. dxe5 Ke6 61. f4 Kf5 62. Kf3 $16) 60. f4 Rg8 61. Rxh5 $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Canterbury ENG"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Simon Kim Williams"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.07.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 e6 12. Rc1 d5 {inaccuracy} 13. e5 (13.
cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Re8 15. f4 Ng4 16. Qd3 Nc6 $11) 13... Ne8 14. cxd5 exd5 (14...
Bxe5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. O-O Nf6 17. f4 Bd6 18. Qf3 $16) 15. f4 Nc6 16. O-O Nc7
17. Nxc6 bxc6 (17... Qxc6 18. Ne4 Qd7 19. Nd6 Rcb8 20. Qf3 $16) 18. Ne4 Ne8 19.
Nc5 Qe7 20. Nd3 Qe6 21. Qf3 a5 22. Nc5 Qe7 23. Bf2 Rab8 24. Qh3 f5 (24... h6
25. Nd7 Ra8 (25... Rb7 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Qxc8 $16) 26. Nb6 Rcb8 27. Nxa8 $16) (
24... Kh8 25. Nd7 Rb7 26. Nf6 Rcb8 27. Qxh7#) 25. Qc3 (25. g4 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Ra8
27. Kh1 Qf7 28. Bh4 $16) 25... Ra8 {inaccuracy} (25... Qd8 26. Rfd1 Bf8 27. Ne6
Qe7 28. Nxf8 Qxf8 29. Bc5 Qf7 30. Qxa5 $16) 26. Na4 Ra6 27. Qd3 {end of game}
Qb7 (27... Raa8 28. Nb6 Qb7 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc5 Ra8 31. Rfc1 $16) 28. Nc5 Qa8
29. Nxa6 Qxa6 $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Sheffield ENG"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Daniel Gormally"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.07.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 b4 (11... Nxe4 12. Qxg7 Rf8 13. Nxe4 Qxe4
14. Bh6 Nd7 15. Rfe1 Qh4 16. Nf5 exf5 17. Bg5 $16) 12. Na4 Nbd7 (12... Qxe4 13.
Nb6 Ra7 14. Nxc8 $16) 13. f3 O-O 14. a3 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Nc5 (15... d5 16. exd5
Bxa3 17. bxa3 Nxd5 (17... exd5 18. Nf5 g6 (18... Nh5 19. Qg5 g6 20. Ne7+ Kh8
21. Bxd5 Qc7 22. Bd4+ Ne5 23. Bxe5+ f6 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 (24... Kg7 25. Nxf8+ Kxf8
26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. Qf7+ Kd8 28. Bxc7#) 25. Qh6+ Qh7 26. Qxf8+ Qg8 27. Qxg8#) 19.
Ne7+ Kg7 20. Bd4 Re8 21. Nxd5 Qb8 22. Nab6 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Nxb6 24. Nxf6 Re2 25.
Nd7+ Kg8 26. Nxb6 $16) 18. Bh6 g6 19. Qh4 Rb8 20. Re1 $16 Re8 21. c4 N5f6 22.
c5 Kh8 (22... Qa7 23. Nc6 Qa8 24. Nxb8 Qxb8 25. Nb6 Qc7 26. Rc1 Bb7 27. Bf4 e5
28. Be3 $16) (22... Qc7 23. c6 Ne5 24. Qxf6 $16) 23. c6 Qc7 24. cxd7 $16) 16.
Ne2 Nxa4 17. Bxa4 Bd7 (17... Qxb2 18. Rb3 Qxc2 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. Bc6
Ra7 22. Nf5 exf5 23. Bxa7 $16) 18. Rb3 Qc8 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Bh6 Ne8 (20... Nh5
21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Qxh5 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Kh1 $14
Rxb2 (26... Bf6 27. b3 $16) 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Qxb2 $16) 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Rd2 Kh8
23. Bg5 Nf6 {huge mistake} (23... Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Nf6 $11 25. Rbd3 Rfd8 26. b3 $11
) 24. e5 Qa7+ (24... Nd5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. exd6 Qd7 27. Nf4 Qxd6 (27... Rc6 28.
Nxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Rxc2 30. h4 $16) 28. Ng6+ hxg6 29. Qxd6 $16) (24... Ne8 25.
Bxe7 Qxe7 26. exd6 Qd7 27. Rc3 Nf6 28. Qe5 $16) (24... Nh5 25. Qh4 Bxg5 26.
Qxg5 g6 27. exd6 $16) 25. Be3 {end of game} Qd7 26. exf6 $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Sheffield ENG"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chino C Atako"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.07.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nd2
h5 9. Nc4 (9. h4 Bg4 (9... g5 10. hxg5 Ng6 11. Nc4 $16) 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc4 O-O
12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15) 9... Nd4 10. Ne2 Bg4
11. f3 Be6 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. f4 Rc8 14. f5 (14. a4 exf4 (14... Bxc4 15. dxc4
Rxc4 16. fxe5 dxe5 (16... O-O 17. e6 fxe6 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $15) 17. Rxf7 Kxf7 18.
Qf1+ Bf6 19. Qxc4+ $14) 15. gxf4 d5 16. f5 gxf5 17. exd5 Nxd5 $15) 14... gxf5
15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Be4 Ne7 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Bf3 d5 19. Na3 h4 20. g4 (20. Kg2
hxg3 21. hxg3 Bh3+ 22. Kg1 Bxf1 $17) (20. Kf2 Bh3 21. Re1 hxg3+ 22. hxg3 Rc6
23. c4 Rf6 24. cxd5 Bg4 25. Bf4 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 exf4 $17) 20... h3 21. Bd2 Qd7
22. Be1 O-O 23. Bb4 Rb8 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Rb1 Rb6 26. Qc1 Qh4 27. g5 e4 {
end of game} 28. dxe4 (28. Bh1 Qg4+ 29. Kf2 Be5 30. Qd1 e3+ 31. Ke1 Bg3+ 32.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 33. Ke2 Bg4+ 34. Bf3 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Bxf3 36. Qxf3 (36. Rxf3 h2 37. Rf1
h1=Q $17 38. Qe2 Qhxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Qd2#) 36... Qxc2) 28... dxe4 29. Bh1 Qg4+ 30.
Kf2 Be5 31. Qd1 Qh4+ 32. Ke2 Bg4+ $17 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Sheffield ENG"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.07.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 (6... Nd5 {
is a very bad idea} 7. c4 Nb4 (7... Nb6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nd2 Rb8 11.
Bd3 h6 12. b3 d5 13. O-O d4 14. Bf4 $16) 8. a3 Na6 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Be3 a5 11.
Na4 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 $16) 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 g6 9. c4 Ba6 (9... Nf4 10. Qf3 (10.
Qe3 Bh6 11. Kd1 O-O 12. g3 Nh3 13. Qxh6 Nxf2+ 14. Ke1 Nxh1 15. Qe3 $11) 10...
Qxe5+ $17) 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. Qb3 c5 14. Qxb4 cxb4 15.
Bd3 Bg7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Kc2 Nc6 18. b3 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Rfd8 21. Bf4
(21. Ke4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Kxe5 Re8+ 24. Kd4 Rxe1 $17) 21... Rxd5+ 22. Ke4
Ra5 23. Rac1 Nd8 {inaccuracy} (23... Ne7 24. Rxc7 Nd5 25. Rd7 Nxf4 26. Kxf4
Rxa2 $11) 24. Rxc7 Ne6 25. Rc2 Rd8 26. h4 h5 27. g3 Bf8 28. Ng5 {huge mistake}
(28. Rec1 Nc5+ 29. Ke3 Rd3+ 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. Be3 Nd3 32. Rd1 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxd1
34. Kxd1 Rxe5 $16 35. Rc8 Rd5+ 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Kf3 (37. Bxa7 $16) 37... Ra5 38.
Bd4+ Kg8 39. Ra8 f6 40. Rxa7 Rxa7 41. Bxa7 $16) 28... f5+ 29. Ke3 (29. exf6
Nxg5+ 30. hxg5 Re8+ 31. Kf3 Rxe1 $17) (29. Kf3 Nd4+ 30. Kg2 Nxc2 $17) 29...
Bc5+ 30. Rxc5 (30. Ke2 Nd4+ 31. Kd1 Nxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Bxf2 33. e6 (33. Re2 Rxa2+
34. Kc1 Rxe2 $17) 33... Rc5+ 34. Kb1 Bxe1 $17) 30... Nxc5 31. Kf3 (31. e6 Rxa2
32. e7 (32. Kf3 Nxb3 33. e7 Nd4+ 34. Kg2 Re8 $17) 32... Rd3#) 31... Kf8 32. Rc1
Ke7 33. Rc4 Nd3 34. Rc6 Nxe5+ 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Rxg6 a5 37. Rg7+ Kf6 38. Rc7
Rd3+ 39. Kf4 Rd4+ 40. Kf3 Rd3+ 41. Kf4 Rd4+ 42. Kf3 Red5 43. Rf7+ Ke5 44. Re7+
Kd6 45. Rh7 Rd2 46. Rxh5 Rxa2 47. Rh6+ Kc7 48. h5 a4 49. Rh7+ Rd7 50. Ne6+ Kc6
51. Rxd7 Kxd7 52. Nc5+ Ke7 53. bxa4 (53. Nxa4 Rxa4 54. bxa4 b3 55. Kf4 b2 56.
Kxf5 b1=Q+ $17) 53... Rc2 54. Nd3 b3 {end of game} 55. h6 Kf6 56. h7 Kg7 57.
Kf4 b2 58. Nxb2 Rxf2+ 59. Kg5 Rxb2 $17 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Sheffield ENG"]
[Date "2011.08.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Simon Kim Williams"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2011.07.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 {inaccuracy} (8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Qg3 $14 g6 11. d3 Bg7 12. Be3 O-O
$14) 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 cxd4 (10... Nxe4 11. d5 Nb8 12. Rxe4 Bxe4 13. Qa4+ Nd7
14. Qxe4 $16) 11. cxd4 d5 (11... e6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nd4 h5 14. g5 Nxe4 15. f4
Nd7 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. Bd4 $16) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3
e6 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bg2 Rd8 (15... Qd8 16. d5 Nb4 17. dxe6 Qxd1 18. exf7+ Kxf7
19. Rxd1 $16) 16. Bg5 f6 17. Ne5 Qxd4 18. Nxc6 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
bxc6 (20... fxg5 21. Rd8+ Kf7 22. Ne5+ Kf6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Bxb7 $16) 21.
Bxc6+ Kf7 22. Be3 Be7 23. Rd7 Rc8 24. Bb7 Rc2 25. Bxa6 Be4 (25... Rxb2 26. Bc5
Kg8 27. Rxe7 $16) 26. Bb7 (26. a3 Ke8 27. Ra7 Rxb2 $11) 26... Bg6 (26... Bxb7
27. Rxb7 $16) (26... Ke8 27. Bxe4 Kxd7 28. Bxc2 $16) 27. Bf3 (27. a4 Ke8 28.
Rd2 $16) 27... Ke8 28. Rb7 Bd6 29. Bd1 Rc7 30. Ba4+ Ke7 31. Bc6 Bc2 32. f3 Kd8
33. Bb6 Bc5+ 34. Bxc5 Rxc6 35. b4 Ra6 36. Rxg7 Rxa2 37. Be7+ Kc7 38. Bxf6+ Kd6
39. Rg8 Bb3 40. Rd8+ Kc6 41. Rd3 Bd5 42. Rc3+ Kb5 43. Be7 Rd2 44. h4 e5 45. Re3
Kc4 46. Bc5 Bc6 47. h5 Kd5 48. Rc3 Ba4 49. Bf2 Rb2 50. Rc5+ Kd6 51. Bg3 Rb1+
52. Kg2 Rb2+ 53. Kg1 Rb1+ 54. Kg2 Rb2+ 55. Kh3 Re2 56. Kh4 Bc6 57. f4 exf4 58.
Bxf4+ Kd7 59. b5 Be4 60. Re5 Bf3 61. Rxe2 Bxe2 62. b6 Kc6 63. Be3 Kd7 64. g5 {
end of game} Kc6 65. g6 hxg6 66. h6 g5+ 67. Kxg5 Bd3 68. Kf6 Kb7 69. Kg7 $16
1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Sheffield ENG"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Richard J Palliser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.07.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Qc7 (10... b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 a5 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3
$14) 11. a4 Rc8 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Be3 h6 14. Nd2 Qc6 (14... b6 15. Nf1 (15. Qe2
Nc5 16. Red1 $11) 15... Bf8 16. Ng3 Qb7 17. Qd3 b5 18. axb5 Bc4 19. Qd2 axb5
$11) (14... Bd8 15. Nf1 Qc6 16. Ng3 $11) 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Ra5 Nc4
18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Qa1 Bd8 20. Ra4 a5 (20... Bb5 21. Ra3 Rab8 22. Rc1 $11) 21.
Rd1 Rab8 22. Qa3 Bb5 {mistake} (22... Be7 23. Rxa5 $16) (22... Bc7 23. Rd2 Ba6
$14) (22... Be6 23. Be2 $11 (23. Rxd6 Qb7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Be7 $17) (23.
Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxb2 $17) 23... Qb7 24. Qxd6 Qxb2 25. Rb1 Ne8 26. Qxb8 Qxb8
27. Rxb8 Rxb8 $11) 23. Rxd6 Bxa4 {mistake} (23... Qb7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxa5
Bc6 26. b3 $14) 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Bc5 Bc7 26. Be7 Nd7 27. Bg4 Bb6 (27... Kh8
28. Nd5 Kg8 29. Nxc7 Rxc7 30. Bd6 $16) 28. Bd6 Rb7 29. Bxe5 Bc5 (29... Nxe5 30.
Bxc8 $16) 30. Qa2 Re8 31. Bg3 Ne5 (31... Ra7 32. Qc4 Rc8 33. Bh5 Kh8 34. Bxf7
$16) 32. Qxa5 Bd4 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Qc5 Rc7 35. Nb5 Bxb5 36. Qxb5 Ree7 (36...
Rxc2 37. Qxe8+ $16) 37. c3 Rb7 38. Qe2 Rb6 39. Qd2 Bc7 40. Qc2 g6 41. Be2 Rbe6
42. Bd3 Bb6 43. Kf1 Rf6 44. f3 Ra7 45. Bc4 Ra1+ 46. Ke2 Bc7 47. Kd3 Rb6 48. Bd5
Bf4 49. Qf2 Rba6 50. g3 Bd6 51. f4 R6a5 52. Qb6 {end of game} Ra6 53. Qd8+ Bf8
54. Kc2 $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Bournemouth ENG"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Peter Shaw"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]

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. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 Ne4 (10... Nxe5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. O-O $16)
11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. O-O (12. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Kd1 Qxa1+ $17) 12...
Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Nd3 16. Bd6 (16. f3 Nxf4 17. exf4 Bf5
$11) 16... Rd8 17. c5 Be6 18. a3 (18. a4 $11 b6 19. Bc7 Rd7 (19... Nxc5 20.
Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Rad1 $14) 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Bxb6 $16 Rb7 22. a5 $17) 18... Bc4 {
inaccuracy} (18... b6 19. Bxd3 (19. a4 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Rfb1 Rab8 22. a5
Kf8 23. h4 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Rd2 25. Bf1 Rc2 $17) (19. Bc7 Rd7 20. cxb6 axb6 21.
Bxb6 Rb7 22. Bd4 (22. Rfb1 Rab8 23. Bd4 Rxb1+ $17) 22... Rb2 (22... c5 23. Bxd3
exd3 24. Bxc5 $11) 23. Bxd3 exd3 $17) 19... exd3 20. Rfd1 Bc4 $17 21. Rab1 bxc5
22. Bxc5 Rd5 23. Be7 a5 24. Rb6 Rc8 $17) 19. Rfd1 (19. Rfb1 b5 20. a4 a6 21. f3
Nxc5 22. Bxc4 Rxd6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Bxb5 $11 exf3 25. gxf3 g6 $11) 19... b5
20. Bxd3 {mistake} (20. a4 a6 21. f3 f6 22. fxe4 Ne5 23. Kf1 Bxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Nc4
25. Rd4 $11) 20... exd3 21. f3 f5 22. Kf2 (22. e4 Re8 23. e5 Kf7 24. h4 Ke6 25.
Kf2 Rg8 26. g4 Rae8 $11) 22... Re8 23. Rd2 Re6 24. Re1 Rae8 25. Rb2 g5 26. Bc7
Kf7 27. Bd6 Kg6 28. Bc7 h6 29. Bd6 a5 30. Bc7 (30. a4 bxa4 31. Ra1 Rxe3 $17)
30... a4 31. Bd6 Bb3 32. Rd2 Bc2 33. Bc7 Kf7 34. Bd6 Kf6 35. h3 h5 36. Bc7 h4
37. Bd6 Kg6 38. Bc7 Kh5 39. Bd6 Rf6 40. Rh1 Rf7 41. Re1 Re6 42. Rh1 Kg6 43. Ra1
Re8 44. Rh1 Rf6 45. Rg1 Rfe6 46. Re1 Kf7 47. Bc7 Rf6 48. Bd6 Ree6 49. Bc7 Ke8
50. Rc1 Rf7 51. Bd6 g4 52. hxg4 fxg4 53. Rh1 g3+ 54. Kf1 Re4 (54... Rxe3 55.
Rxh4 $11) 55. Bf4 (55. Kg1 Rxe3 56. Rxh4 Re1#) (55. Bb8 Kd7 (55... Rxe3 {
would be a mistake} 56. Rxh4 Rfe7 57. Bxg3 Re2 58. Rh8+ Kf7 59. Rxe2 Rxe2 60.
Rd8 $15) 56. Bd6 Ke6 57. Bb8 (57. Ke1 Rxe3+ 58. Kf1 Re4 59. Bb8 Kd5 60. Bd6 Kc4
61. Bb8 Kxc3 $17) 57... Kd5 58. Bd6 Kc4 59. Bb8 Kxc3 $17) 55... Rexf4 56. exf4
Rxf4 57. Ke1 Kf7 58. Rg1 Kf6 59. Rxc2 dxc2 60. Kd2 (60. Ke2 Rc4 61. Kd2 Kg5 62.
Kxc2 h3 $17) 60... h3 61. gxh3 Rxf3 62. Kxc2 Kg5 {end of game} 63. Kd1 (63. Rg2
Rf2+ 64. Rxf2 gxf2 $17) 63... Rxc3 $15 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Bournemouth ENG"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Akshaya Kalaiyalahan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 d5 9. O-O {not giving f5 square} (9. e5 c5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nh6 12. Bd2
Nf5 13. O-O h5 $11) 9... Nf6 10. Qe2 Be7 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. b3 O-O
13. Bb2 $16) 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rae1 Re8 (12... Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15.
Rb3 Qc5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Na4 Qd4 (17... Qa7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. f5
Nxe5 21. f6 Bxf6 22. Rh3 Bh4 23. Qxh4 f5 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Rg3 Rg8 26. Bh6 Kf8
27. Bxg7+ Qxg7 (27... Rxg7 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Rxg7+ Nf7 30. Qg8 Kd6 31. Rxf7 $16)
28. Rxg7 $16) 18. c4 Bc5 19. Be3 Qxe3 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxe3 $16) 13. Kh1 g6
14. b3 Bf8 15. Rf3 Bg7 16. e5 Nd7 17. h4 Nc5 18. h5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 c5 20. Rh3
Bb7 21. Na4 Rac8 (21... c4 22. Rc1 Bc6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. dxc4 Bxa4 25. bxa4 Qc5
26. a5 $16) 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Be3 d4 24. Bf2 Rc7 25. Bh4 Qf8 26. Qg4 f5 {mistake}
(26... c4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. dxc4 Be4 29. Qd1 Bf5 30. Rg3 f6 31. Qxd4 Rd8 32.
Qe3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 $16) 27. Qg5 gxh5 (27... Ba8 28. hxg6 h6 29. Qg3 $16) (27...
Qf7 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Nxc5 Bd5 30. Rg3 Rc8 31. Na4 $16) 28. Rg3 Kh8 29. Qxh5
Qf7 30. Qxf7 Rxf7 31. Rxc5 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Nb6 Bb7 34. Nc4 Bc6 35. Nd6
Rc7 36. Kh2 Kg8 37. Bd8 Rd7 38. Bb6 Kh8 39. Rh3 Kg8 40. Rg3 Kh8 41. Bd8 Rxd8 (
41... Bd5 42. Bh4 h5 (42... a5 43. Ne8 Kg8 44. Nf6+ $16) 43. Nc8 {Nb6 threat}
Bb7 (43... Rc7 44. Ne7 Bh6 45. Nxd5 exd5 46. Bg5 h4 47. Rh3 Bxg5 48. fxg5 Kg7
49. Rxh4 Re7 50. Rxd4 $16) 44. Nb6 Rc7 45. Bd8 Rf7 46. Rg6 Kh7 47. Rxe6 $16) (
41... h6 42. Bb6 Kh7 43. b4 (43. Bxd4 Rxd6 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. exd6+ Kf7 46. Bc5
Ke8 47. a4 Kd8 48. Kg3 Kd7 49. d4 $14) 43... Ba4 44. a3 Bc6 45. Bc5 Rd8 46. Nf7
(46. Kh3 Ba4 $16) 46... Rd7 47. Nd6 Rd8 $16 48. Rh3 Kg6 {work still to do here
for white - so the h6 plan for black was best}) 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43. Nxd8 Bd5 44.
b4 Kf8 45. Rh3 Ke8 46. Rxh7 Bf8 47. Rh8 Bxa2 48. Nb7 Kf7 49. Nc5 a5 50. Rxf8+
Kxf8 51. bxa5 Bd5 52. a6 Ke7 53. a7 Ba8 54. Kh3 {end of game} Bc6 55. Nb3 (55.
g4 fxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Bg2 57. Kh5 Ba8 58. Kg6 Bh1 59. Nb3 Ba8 60. Nxd4 $16) 55...
Bd5 56. Nxd4 $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Bournemouth ENG"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Richard G Pert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 (5... O-O 6. O-O (6. Nxe5
Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Nxe5 8. d3 $11) 6... d6 $14) 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 a6 8. d4 Ba7 9. h3
exd4 10. exd4 h6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Re1 c6 13. d5 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 c5 15. Qd2 Bd7 16.
Rae1 Ng6 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. a4 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Re8 21. Nde4 Nxe4 22.
Bxe4 Nf8 23. Kh2 Qc8 24. g4 (24. Bg2 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Bf5 26. e4 Bh7 $17) 24...
Qd8 25. Rf3 Qg5 26. Bf5 Bxf5 {mistake} (26... Re1 27. Kg2 (27. Bxd7 Nxd7 28.
Ne4 Qg6 29. Rf4 Ne5 30. a5 h5 31. g5 h4 32. Kg2 Qh5 33. f3 Re3 34. Qd1 Qg6 $17
35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Qc2 Rd4 37. Rxh4 Rd3 38. Rf4 Qh5 39. Kg2 Rxf3 $17) 27... Bxf5
28. Qxf5 Qe7 29. Kh2 Re5 30. Qd3 Ng6 31. Re3 Qh4 $17) 27. Rxf5 (27. Qxf5 Qxf5
28. gxf5 $11) 27... Qe7 28. Rf3 Qe5+ 29. Kg2 Qd4 {inaccuracy and has weakness
of last move} (29... Qg5 30. Qf5 Qxf5 31. gxf5 Nd7 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Kf8)
30. Qf5 Re7 (30... Qxc4 31. Qxf7+ Kh7 32. Qxe8 $16) 31. Rf4 Qd2 32. Re4 Ng6 33.
Qc8+ Kh7 34. Rxe7 Nxe7 35. Qxb7 Qe1 (35... Ng6 36. Qxf7 Qxb2 37. Ne4 Qe5 38.
Qf5 Qxf5 39. gxf5 Nh4+ 40. Kg3 Nxf5+ 41. Kf4 g6 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Nd7 Nd4 44.
Nb8 Nc2 (44... a5 45. Ke3 $16) 45. Nxa6 Na3 46. h4 Nxc4 47. Nc7 $16) 36. Qd7
Qe5 37. Qe8 Qf6 38. Ne4 Qe5 39. Ng3 f6 40. a5 Qe1 41. b3 Qe5 42. h4 Qe1 43. h5
Qe5 44. Qf7 f5 (44... Qe1 45. Qf8 Qe5 46. Qf7 Qe1 47. Qe8 Qe5 48. Kh3 Qe1 49.
Qd7 Qe5 50. f4 Qe1 51. Qxd6 $16) 45. Nxf5 Qe4+ 46. Kg3 Qe5+ 47. Kh3 Nxf5 48.
Qxf5+ Qxf5 49. gxf5 Kg8 50. f6 {end of game} gxf6 51. Kg4 Kf8 52. Kf5 Kf7 53.
f3 Ke7 54. Kg6 $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Bournemouth ENG"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Justin Tan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 Nb6 16. b3 bxa4 17. bxa4 a5 18. Bd3 Qc8 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Qc1 Bc6 21. Bc2 Nfd7
22. Bb3 d5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. f4 Bg7 26. e5 Rb8 27. Qd2 Qd7 28.
Qd4 Nc8 {mistake} (28... Nc4 29. Bxc4 (29. Ne4 Nxe5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Bxf6 Nf3+
32. gxf3 Qxh3 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. Qe3 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ 37. Kf1
Qh3+ 38. Kg1 $11 (38. Ke2 Bd7 39. Kd2 Qh2+ 40. Kd3 Re8 41. Qd4 Qe2#)) 29...
dxc4 30. Qxc4 (30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Ne4 Rb2 $15) 30... Rb2 $11 31. Re2 Rxe2 32.
Nxe2 $11 h6 33. Bh4 g5 34. Bg3 gxf4 35. Bxf4 Bxe5 36. Rf1 Bg7 $11) 29. Bd1 f6 {
disaster move} (29... Rb2 30. Bg4 Re6 31. f5 (31. Bxe6 $16) 31... gxf5 32. Nxf5
Bf8 33. Nh6+ Bxh6 34. Bxh6 Qe7 35. Bxe6 $16) (29... Bb7 30. Bg4 Qc6 $16) (29...
f5 30. Bf3 Ba8 31. h4 Bf8 32. Qf2 Qe6 33. h5 $16) 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Bg4 (31.
exf6 Rxe1+ $17) 31... Qe7 (31... Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Qf7 33. Rae1 Nd6 34. Be6 Rxe6
35. Rxe6 $16) 32. exf6 Qxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kf2 Re8 35. Qc5 {end of game}
Rb6 (35... Ba8 36. Qxc7 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Rb7 38. f7+ Kf8 39. fxe8=Q+ $16) 36. Bxc8
Rxc8 37. Qe7 Rb2+ 38. Kg1 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 d4 40. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Bournemouth ENG"]
[Date "2016.08.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 (6. Nxe5 Qd4 7.
Qe2 Qxe5 $17) 6... O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Ne3 (10. Ncxe5 f6
11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. dxc4 Bf5 13. e5 Bxc2 14. Bc3 (14. O-O Bd3 15. Qe1 Bxf1 $17)
14... Bd3 $17) (10. Nfxe5 Bd4 (10... f6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5
14. g4 Bf7 $16) 11. Bc3 (11. Nf3 Nxc4 12. Nxd4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd4 14. O-O-O (
14. O-O Qxb2 $17) 14... c5 $17) 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 f6 (12... Qg5 13. Nf3 (13.
h4 Qe7 14. a4 f6 15. a5 Nd5 16. Nf3 f5 17. e5 Nxc3 18. Qd2 Nb5 $11) 13... Qxg2
14. Rg1 Qh3 15. Rg3 Qh5 $11) 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Nf3 Bg4 $11) 10... a5 11. h4 Bd4
12. O-O-O Be6 13. Kb1 (13. c3 Bxe3 14. Bxe3 Bxa2 $17) 13... f6 14. g4 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 Bxg4 16. Rdg1 Bxf3 (16... Nc4 17. dxc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd2 $11) 17. Qxf3
Kh8 18. Qg3 (18. h5 Nd7 (18... h6 19. Rg6 Nd7 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Rhg1 Re7 22.
Rxh6+ Rh7 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qf5+ Kh8 25. Rg6 Qe7 26. Rh6+ Kg8 27. Qg4+ Kf7 (
27... Kf8 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rxa8 $16) 28. Rh7+ $16) 19. h6 (19. Qg2 Re7 $11)
19... g6 $11) 18... Re7 19. f4 Nc4 (19... Nd7 20. Rg2 c5 $11) 20. Bc1 exf4 21.
Bxf4 Ne5 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rf1 Qd6 24. Rf5 a4 25. a3 b5 26. Rhf1 Rg8 27. Kc1 c5
28. h5 b4 29. Qe3 h6 30. Rg1 Re6 31. Rf7 bxa3 32. bxa3 c4 33. dxc4 Rf6 34. c5
Qd8 35. Rf1 Rxf7 36. Rxf7 c6 37. Kb2 Qd1 38. Rb7 (38. Rc7 Rb8+ 39. Kc3 Qa1+ 40.
Kd2 Rd8+ 41. Ke2 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qxc2+ 43. Kf3 Qd1+ 44. Kg3 (44. Qe2 Rf8+ 45. Ke3
Qd4#) 44... Rd3 $17) 38... Qxh5 39. Qg3 Qe8 40. Kc3 Qe6 41. Kb4 {mistake} Qa2 {
Qb2 check threat to win rook on b7} (41... g5 42. Qd3 g4 43. Rd7 Qf6 (43... g3
44. Rd6 Rb8+ 45. Kc3 Qg4 46. Rxh6+ Kg7 47. Rh1 Rf8 48. Kb4 g2 49. Rg1 Rf3 50.
Qd6 Qxe4+ 51. Ka5 Rg3 $17) 44. Qg3 (44. Rd6 Qg5 45. Rxc6 g3 46. Qa6 g2 47.
Rxh6+ Kg7 48. Rd6 g1=Q 49. Qb7+ Kh8 $17) 44... h5 45. Kxa4 h4 46. Qe3 g3 47.
Rd6 Qf4 48. Qe2 Qg5 $17) 42. Ka5 Qxc2 43. Qxe5 Qd3 44. Kb6 Qxa3 45. Kxc6 Qd3
46. Rb8 Rxb8 47. Qxb8+ Kh7 48. Qe5 Qa6+ 49. Kd5 a3 50. Qf5+ Kg8 (50... Qg6 51.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 52. c6 a2 53. c7 a1=Q 54. c8=Q $11) 51. c6 (51. Qe6+ Qxe6+ 52. Kxe6
a2 53. c6 a1=Q $17) 51... Qb5+ (51... a2 52. Qe6+ Kh7 53. Qf5+ Kg8 54. Qe6+ $11
Kf8 55. c7 Qa8+ 56. Kc5 Qa7+ 57. Kd6 Qd4+ 58. Qd5 Qb4+ $11) 52. Kd6 Qxf5 53.
exf5 a2 54. c7 a1=Q 55. c8=Q+ Kh7 56. Kd5 Qa2+ 57. Ke5 h5 58. Qc6 Qe2+ 59. Kf4
Qg4+ 60. Ke5 h4 61. Qc2 Qg5 62. Ke4 Qg4+ 63. Ke5 h3 64. Qf2 Qh5 65. Qh2 Qh4 66.
Qc2 Qg5 67. Qf2 g6 68. Kd4 Qxf5 69. Qh4+ Kg7 70. Qg3 g5 71. Qc7+ Kg6 72. Qb7
Kh5 73. Ke3 h2 74. Qh1 Qf4+ 75. Ke2 g4 76. Qd5+ Kh4 77. Qd8+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "103rd British Championship"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2016.08.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Eggleston, David J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Ngf6 13. a5 Qc7 14. b3 Rfc8 15.
Ra2 b5 (15... Bd8 16. Na4 Bg4 17. Bb4 Qc6 18. c4 Bc7 19. Qc2 {White better})
16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Qa1 Qb7 18. Rd1 Bd7 19. Bg5 Rc6 {protects d6 pawn} (19... h6
20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxd6) (19... Bf8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Ra5 {stops black playing
a5}) 20. h3 h6 21. Be3 Qc8 22. Kh2 {Protecting h3} Bd8 23. Rd2 {With option of
Qd1} (23. Rd3 Be8 24. Qc1 Nbd7) 23... h5 (23... Kh8 24. Qd1 Rxc3 25. Nxc3 Qxc3
26. Rxd6 {White much better here} Nc8 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Qxd7) 24. Rd3 {With
option of Qc1.Many optional batteries!} (24. Ra3 h4 25. gxh4 Qb8) 24... Ne8 (
24... h4 25. gxh4 Nh5 26. Bf3 Nf4 27. Nxf4 exf4 28. Bd4) 25. Qd1 a5 26. Nb5 Qb8
27. f4 {Threatening fxe5} Bf6 (27... exf4 28. gxf4 g6 29. e5 d5 30. c4 dxc4 31.
Rxd7 $16 Nxd7 32. Bxc6 $16 (32. Qxd7 Re6 33. bxc4 $16)) (27... h4 28. fxe5
hxg3+ 29. Nxg3 $16) 28. fxe5 Bxe5 (28... dxe5 29. Nec3 (29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Qxd7
Qxb5) (29. Nbc3 Rd6 30. Bxb6 Qxb6 31. Nd5 Qc5 32. b4 Qc4 33. Nc1 $14) 29... Be6
30. Qxh5 $16) 29. Nbd4 Rc8 (29... Bxd4 30. Bxd4 a4 31. e5 axb3 32. Rxa8 Qxa8
33. cxb3 Qa5 34. Bc3 $16) 30. Nf3 Be6 {inaccuracy} (30... Bf6 31. e5 Be7 32.
exd6 Bxd6 (32... Nxd6 33. Bf4 Bb5 34. c4 Nbxc4 35. Ned4 Bf6 36. Nxb5 Qxb5 37.
bxc4 $18) 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 (33... Nxd6 34. Bf4 Rd8 35. Bxd6 Bc6 36. Bxb8 Rxd1 37.
Bc7 $16) 34. Qxd6 Nxd6 35. Bxb6 $16) (30... Bb5 31. c4 (31. Rd2 Bxe2 32. Qxe2
Nf6 33. Bg5 $14) 31... Nxc4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33. Rda3 Bxa2 34. Rxa2 $11) 31. Nf4
Bxf4 (31... Nd7 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Bd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Ra7 35. Bf1 {White is
better}) (31... Bd7 32. Qg1 {Best move and another battery} Ra6 33. Rd2 (33.
Rd1 Bb5 34. c4 Bc6 35. Nxe5 dxe5 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. exd5 $16) 33... Bb5 34. Nd4
Bd7 35. Bf1 Ra8 36. Nf3 Rc6 37. Bb5 Rc8 38. Bf1 Rc6) (31... g6 32. Nxe6 fxe6
33. Nxe5 dxe5 34. c4 Ra7 35. c5 Na8 36. Rf2 Ng7 37. Rf6 Kh7 38. g4 h4 (38...
hxg4 39. Qxg4 Qb5 40. Qxg6+ $16) 39. Qe1 $16) 32. gxf4 a4 (32... f6 33. Nd4 Bf7
34. Nf5 g6 (34... Rd8 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Nc6) (34... Rc6 35. Ne7+) 35. Nxd6) 33.
Ng5 axb3 34. Rxa8 Nxa8 (34... bxc2 35. Rxb8 (35. Qxh5 Qxa8 36. e5 d5 (36... Nc4
{Black on verge of equalising here!} 37. Bxa8 Nxe3 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. exd6 Nxd6
40. Rxd6 c1=Q 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Rxe6+ Kd7 43. Qxc8+ Qxc8 44. Bc6+ Kc7 45. Rxe3 {
Only tiny advantage to White}) 37. f5 {White winning here}) 35... cxd1=Q 36.
Rxc8 Qa4 (36... Qxd3 37. Rxe8#) 37. Rxe8+ Qxe8 38. Bxb6 Qc6 39. Be3 Qa6 40. Rd4
Qa3 41. Bf2 {White is better here} g6 42. Nxe6 fxe6 43. Rd1 Qb4 44. Bg3 Kg7 45.
h4 Qb6 46. Rd2 Qb4 47. Re2 Qd4 48. Bf3 $16) (34... Qxa8 35. cxb3 (35. Bxb6 bxc2
36. Qc1 Qa6 37. Rd2 Qxb6 38. Rxc2 Rxc2 39. Qxc2 Qe3 $17) 35... Qb8 36. Bd4 $16
Nd7 (36... g6 37. f5 gxf5 38. Qxh5 $16) 37. f5 Bxb3 38. Rxb3 $16) 35. cxb3 g6 (
35... Bd7 36. Qxh5 $16) 36. f5 d5+ (36... gxf5 37. Qxh5 d5+ 38. Kh1 Qe5 39.
Qh7+ Kf8 40. exd5 Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kh1 Qa1+ 43. Bg1 Rc1 44. dxe6 Rxg1+ 45.
Kh2 Qg7 46. Qxg7+ Kxg7 47. exf7 $16) 37. Kh1 gxf5 38. exd5 Bd7 39. Qxh5 Nd6 40.
Bf4 Qb4 41. Qh7+ {Game ended here} Kf8 42. Bxd6+ Qxd6 (42... Ke8 43. Qg8# (43.
Qh8#)) 43. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "British Championships"]
[Site "Bournemouth ENG"]
[Date "2016.08.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gawain Jones"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Re8 11. d3 Bc5 12. Ne5 (12. a3 a5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5
Qd6 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Bxb7 Rab8 $17) 12... Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Re1 e5 15. Qc2
Qc7 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Re2 Re7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. a3 a5 20. Qb1 Bc5 (20... Nd7 21.
Ne4 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 b6 $17) 21. h3 (21. Ne4 Bxe4 22.
Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 (23. dxe4 Re6 $17) 23... f5 24. R4e2 b6 $17) 21... h6 22.
Nf3 {makes things worse and encourages e4 break} Bh7 (22... Bxd3 23. Qxd3 e4
24. Qb1 d3 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qxd3 $17 {Black better
}) 23. Qd1 Qd6 24. Bc1 (24. a4 Bb4 25. Rf1 Bc3 (25... Nd7 26. Ne1 Nc5 27. Bd5
Bxe1 28. Rfxe1 Nxd3 $17 {Black much better}) 26. Ne1 $17) (24. Nd2 Bxd3 $17)
24... e4 25. dxe4 Nxe4 26. Bf4 Qd8 27. Nd2 (27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Bxb4 29. Qxd4
Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 g5 32. Be3 (32. Bc1 Nd6) 32... Nxg3 $17) 27... Nc3
28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 (29. Qc1 Bxa3 30. Qxa3 Rxe1+ $17) (29. Qa1 Ne2+ 30. Rxe2
(30. Kh2 d3 31. Be3 (31. Rf1 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Qd6 33. Nf3 Qxf4+ 34. Kh1 Re2 $17)
31... Bxe3 32. fxe3 Rxe3 $17) 30... Rxe2 31. Bf3 Re8 $17) 29... Nxd1 30. Rxb7
Bd6 (30... h5 {To show threat!} 31. Rb8 $16) 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. c5 Qe5 (32...
Qxc5 33. Rb8+ Qf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Nc4 $16) 33. c6 (33. f4 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Bf5
$17) 33... Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Bf5 35. Ne4 Bxe4 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Bxe4+ Qxe4 38. c7
Nxf2 39. Kg1 (39. c8=Q Qh1#) 39... Nxh3+ 40. Kh2 (40. Kf1 d3 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42.
c8=Q Qh1#) 40... Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Bournemouth ENG"]
[Date "2016.08.04"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Daniel Gormally"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Re8 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Ne5 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Rac1
Qg6 15. b4 Ba7 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bd4 Bxd4 (18... Nxc4 19. Rxc4
Qxc4 20. Bxa7 $16) 19. Qxd4 Rbd8 20. Red1 h6 21. a4 Qc8 22. h3 Qc7 23. e3 Rd7
24. b5 Rc8 25. Qb2 Rdd8 26. Qd2 Qb6 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Qd4 Qc7 29. Qc3 a5 30. c5
d5 31. e4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 Re8 33. Rd6 Rb8 34. Rcd1 Rb4 35. R1d4 Qb8 36. Kg2 Nc4
37. Rxc4 (37. Rd7 Ne5 38. R7d6 Rxd4 39. Qxd4 $16) 37... Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39.
Qf3 {inaccuracy} (39. Qxa5 Kh7 40. Qb6 Qe8 41. Qxc6 $16) 39... Rxa4 {big
mistake} (39... Re5 40. Qxc6 Qb4 41. Qf3 Qxc5 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Qxf7 Rf5 44.
Qg8+ Kg6 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46. Rd2 $16 {still some work to do to win}) 40. Qd3 {
end of game} (40. Qd1 Qb4 41. Rxc6 Qe4+ 42. Qf3 Rc4 $11) 40... Qb4 41. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Bournemouth ENG"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Martin Brown"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. exf6 {
big mistake} (14. Qf3 Nxc4 15. Re1 Qf7 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. b3 Nb6 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19.
Rad1 $14 {even though white is pawn down there is great compensation here})
14... Qxf6 15. Bd2 (15. Be3 Ba6 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. Qf3 Nxc4 $17) 15... d5 16.
Qe2 (16. cxd5 Bf5 17. Qf3 (17. Qe3 Rae8 18. Be4 Qd4 19. Kh1 Qxe3 20. Bxe3 Bxe4
$17) 17... Qd4+ 18. Be3 Qxd3 $17) 16... Ba6 17. Rae1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Bc1
a5 20. Qc2 Rae8 21. Qa4 (21. Na4 Qd6 22. b3 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Ne3 24. Bxe3 Bxe3 25.
g3 d4 $17) 21... Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qf2 24. Rg1 (24. Rd1 Nxb2 25. Bxb2
Rxf4 26. Qxf4 (26. Qxc6 Qf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 26... Qxf4 $17) 24... Bd4 25. Rd1
Re8 26. h3 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Qg1+ 28. Kg3 Ne3 {end of game} (28... Qf2+ 29. Kh2 Ne5
30. fxe5 Bxe5+ 31. Bf4 Bxf4+ 32. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 33. g3 Qf2#) 29. Rd2 (29. Qxd4
Qxg2+ 30. Kh4 Nf5#) 29... h5 30. Qxd4 Nf5+ 31. Kf3 Re3+ 32. Qxe3 Qxe3# 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jack Rudd"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.07.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8.
Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Ne5+ (11. Qxb4 Rf8 12. Ne5+ Kg8 $11)
11... Ke6 (11... Kg8 12. Qxb4 Qg5 13. Qb3 c6 14. O-O $14) 12. Qxb4 Qf8 13. Qxf8
(13. Nd3 Nxf2 14. Qxf8 Nxd3+ 15. Kd2 Rxf8 16. Kxd3 b6 17. Nd2 Ba6+ 18. Kc2 Rf2
$17) (13. Qb3 Qxf2+ 14. Kd1 Qxd4+ $17) 13... Rxf8 14. f3 Ng5 15. O-O Kd6 16.
Nc3 c6 17. f4 Ne6 18. Ne2 g6 19. Rac1 a5 20. Rc3 a4 21. g4 Ra7 (21... Ra5 22.
f5 (22. Rh3 h5 (22... b6 23. f5 gxf5 24. Rh6 Kc7 25. Rxf5 $16) 23. Nxg6 (23.
gxh5 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxh3 $17) 23... hxg4 24. Rh5 Re8 $11) 22... Nxd4 23. Nxd4
Kxe5 $17) 22. Rh3 b6 (22... a3 23. b3 b6 24. f5 gxf5 25. Rh6 Rg7 26. Ng3 Kc7
27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Nxd4 29. Rff6 $14 Bxg4 $14) 23. f5 gxf5 (23... Nd8 24.
fxg6 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 hxg6 26. Rh8 Nf7 27. Rxc8 $16) 24. gxf5 {natural looking
but huge mistake} (24. Rh6 fxg4 (24... f4 25. Ng3 Rg7 (25... fxg3 26. Rxf8
gxh2+ 27. Kxh2 $16) 26. Kh1 Rg5 27. Nf5+ Kc7 28. Rxh7+ Ng7 (28... Kb8 29. Nxc6+
Ka8 30. Ra7#) 29. Nxg7 $16) (24... Kc7 25. Rxh7+ Kb8 26. Nxc6+ Ka8 27. Rxa7#)
25. Rxf8 $16) 24... Rg7+ 25. Kh1 (25. Rg3 Rxg3+ 26. hxg3 Ng5 27. g4 Ba6 28. Re1
c5 29. Kg2 h5 (29... cxd4 {not a good idea} 30. Nxd4 $14) 30. gxh5 Rxf5 $17)
25... Rf6 {prevents rh6} 26. Rc1 (26. Nf3 Ba6 27. fxe6 Bxe2 28. Rf2 Bd3 29. Rg2
Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Be4 31. Kf2 c5 32. Ke2 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 34. Kxf3 cxd4 $17)
26... Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Kxe5 28. Nxc6+ Kd6 29. Nd4 Bxf5 30. Nxf5+ (30. Rc6+ Ke7 31.
Rc7+ Kf8 32. Rxg7 Bxh3 33. Rg3 Rf1+ 34. Rg1 Rf4 35. Ne2 Rf2 36. Re1 Bg4 37. Nc3
d4 $17) 30... Rxf5 31. Rh6+ Rg6 32. Rxh7 Rf2 33. Rhc7 Rgg2 34. R7c6+ Ke5 35.
Re1+ Kf5 36. Rce6 Rxh2+ 37. Kg1 Rfg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxb2 {end of game} 39. Kg1 Rbg2+
40. Kf1 Rxa2 {Rh1 mate threat} 41. Kg1 (41. R6e5+ Kg4 42. Kg1 a3 43. Rxd5 Rag2+
44. Kf1 Rd2 45. Rxd2 Rxd2 $17) 41... Rag2+ 42. Kf1 a3 43. R6e5+ Kf4 44. Rxd5
Rd2 45. Kg1 Rxd5 46. Kxh2 a2 $17 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "John C Pigott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.07.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. Nb3 Nc6 8.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Bf4 Bd6 (10... Nf6 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qf3 $14) 11. Nc6 (
11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxd6 (12. Bxe6 Bxf4 $17) 12... Bxc4) 11... Qc7 12. Qxd6 Qxd6
13. Bxd6 bxc6 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Rhe1 Rd8 16. Re3 Nf6 17. Rb3 Bc8 18. f3 Nd5 19.
Bc5 h5 20. Rb8 h4 (20... Bd7 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bxa6 $16) 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Bb6
Ke7 23. Bxd8+ Kxd8 24. Rd3 Kc7 25. Rdb3 Rd8 (25... h3 26. g3 Rf8 27. R3b7+ Kc6
28. a4 $16) 26. Ra8 {end of game} f5 27. Ra7+ Kd6 28. Rxg7 $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Adam G Ashton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.07.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Nf3
Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Bd7 10. d3 O-O-O $15) 5... b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8.
Nbd2 d6 9. Nc4 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Re1 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bb7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bd5 18. Nc4 Ba8 19. f3 {prevents Qd5} (19. a5
Qd5 20. Ne3 Qg5 21. Qd3 Rbd8 22. Qc4 Nd5 $15) 19... Nd5 (19... Qd5 20. Ne5 Qd8
21. Nxf7 $16) 20. Qd2 Bg5 21. Qf2 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bh4 23. g3 Bf6 24. Be5 Bxe5
25. Nxe5 Qd6 26. Qd4 Re8 (26... c5 27. Qd3 Re8 28. f4 f6 29. Nf3 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1
Kf8 31. a5 $16) 27. Kf2 Rd8 28. Nd3 a5 29. Ne5 Qf6 30. Qc5 Qf5 31. Nc6 {
inaccuracy} (31. Re2 Qh3 32. Ke1 {only move for advantage} (32. Kg1 Nf4 33.
gxf4 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Qxh2+ 35. Ke3 Qg1+ 36. Rf2 Qe1+ 37. Re2 Qg1+ 38. Rf2 Qe1+ $11
) 32... Qe6 33. Qxa5 $16) 31... Bxc6 32. Qxc6 Rd6 {huge mistake} (32... Kh7 {
seems to be best try} 33. Re8 $14 (33. Qb5 Qh3 34. Kg1 Nf4 35. Qf1 Rd2 36. Qxh3
Nxh3+ 37. Kh1 Kg6 $17)) (32... Qh3 33. Re8+ Rxe8 (33... Kh7 34. Rxd8 Qxh2+ 35.
Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qg2+ 37. Kd3 Qxf3+ 38. Kc4 Qe2+ 39. Kxd5 Qd1+ 40. Kc5 Qxd8 41.
Kb5 $16) 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 35. Bxd5 Qxh2+ 36. Ke3 $16) 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qe4 Qxe4 (
34... Qg6 35. Bxd5 $16) (34... Kg6 35. h4 h5 36. Qxf5+ Kxf5 37. Re8 Nb6 38. Re7
c5 39. Rxf7+ Ke5 40. Re7+ Kf6 41. Rc7 $16) 35. Rxe4 {very strong rc4 threat}
Rd7 (35... Nf6 36. Re5 Rd2+ 37. Ke3 Rxh2 38. Rxa5 Nh5 39. g4 Nf6 40. Rc5 Rh3
41. Kf2 Nd7 42. Rxc7 Ne5 43. Bd5 $16) 36. Rc4 Kg6 37. Rc5 {end of game} Nf6 38.
Rxa5 c6 39. Ra6 Rc7 40. a5 $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Richard J Palliser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.07.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 b4 14. Na4 Qa5
15. b3 Bc6 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Kb1 Na7 18. Qe3 Nb5 19. Kb2 Nd7 20. c4 bxc3+ (
20... Nc5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Bxb5+ (22. Nxc5 Qxa2+ 23. Kc1 O-O 24. Bxb5 Rfc8 25.
Bc4 Rxc5 26. Rhf1 Rac8 27. Qd3 Rxc4+ 28. bxc4 b3 29. Rd2 Qa1+ 30. Qb1 Rxc4+ 31.
Kd1 Qxb1+ $17) 22... Qxb5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 $14) 21. Nxc3 Qa3+ {inaccuracy} (21...
e6 22. a4 Qxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Nxc3 24. Kxc3 Ke7 $11) 22. Kb1 O-O {inaccuracy} (22...
Nxc3+ 23. Qxc3 O-O 24. Rd5 Nc5 25. Qb2 $14) 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Rd2 Ne5 (24... b4
25. Nd5 e6 26. Ne7+ Kg7 27. Qd4+ f6 28. Nc6 Ne5 29. Qxb4 Nxc6 30. Qb7+ Rf7 31.
Qxc6 $16) 25. Rc1 {inaccuracy} (25. f4 Ng4 (25... b4 26. Nd5 Nd7 27. Nxe7+ Kg7
28. Qd4+ f6 29. Qxd6 $16) (25... Nc6 26. Rc1 Nb4 27. Nxb5 Qa5 28. a4 $16) 26.
Qe2 Nf6 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Nh5 29. Nxb5 $16) (25. Nxb5 Qb4 26. Qe2 Rfb8 27.
Nc7 Nc4 28. Rd3 Ra7 29. Nd5 Qb5 30. Rc1 e6 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Ng4 Kf8 $14) 25...
e6 {big mistake} (25... Rfc8 26. Rcc2 (26. Nd5 Rxc1#) 26... Qa5 27. f4 (27. Nd5
Rxc2 28. Rxc2 (28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. Rxc2 Kxe7 $17) 28... e6 29. Nf4 Kf8 $11) 27...
Ng4 28. Qd4 e5 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Qd3 $11) 26. Nxb5 Qb4 27. Nxd6 Rfd8 28. Qc3 {
end of game} Qa5 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 30. Nc4 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 $16 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Torquay ENG"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Richard G Pert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.07.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 cxd4 (5... Nxd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7.
Qxd4 e6 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Qf4 $14) (5... dxc4 6. d5 Nd4 7. Bxc4 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 $16
) (5... Bg4 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. Nxd5 Bxd1 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Bc2 11.
dxc5 Kc8 12. Bd2 Kb8 13. b4 Kxa8 14. Rc1 Be4 15. b5 Nd8 16. c6 bxc6 17. f3 Bd5
18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Ba5 Kb7 20. Bxd8 $16) 6. Nxd4 e6 (6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 e6 8. Be2
$14) (6... Bd7 7. cxd5 Nxe5 8. Nc3 $16) 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 (9. Qg4
Ne7 10. Qxg7 Ng6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. O-O Bf8 14. Qf6 Bxb5 $14) 9...
Ne7 (9... d4 10. Ne4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Ne7 13. Nd6+ $16) 10. O-O Ng6
11. Na4 Be7 (11... Bb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 $14) 12. f4 O-O 13. Be3 f6 (13...
a5 14. Qd2 (14. Bc5 Bxc5+ 15. Nxc5 Qb6 16. Qd4 $10) 14... Qe8 15. Rad1 (15. Nb6
Rb8 16. c5 f6 17. Qxa5 fxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Rf1 Nf7 21. b4 $16
) 15... Ba6 16. Nc5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nd7 Rd8 19. Bb6 Rc8 20. Nxf8 $16) (
13... Bd7 14. Rc1 Qc7 15. Nc5 (15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Rxc7 Bxa4 $17)
15... Rfd8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Bd4 a5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. f5 Nf8 21.
f6 gxf6 22. exf6 Bb4 23. Qh5 Ng6 24. Rf4 Qd6 25. Rh4 Kf8 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qxh7
$16) 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bd3 d4 {mistake} (15... e5 16. cxd5 (16. Qh5 {would be
a huge mistake here} e4 17. Bc2 d4 18. Rad1 d3 $17) 16... cxd5 17. Bxg6 hxg6
18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qf3+ Kg8 $11) 16. Bd2 e5 17. Qh5 exf4 (17...
Qe8 18. Rae1 Rb8 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxe5 $16) 18.
Bxf4 Qd7 (18... Nxf4 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rxf4 Bg5 21. Bd3+ Bh6 22. Qg6 Kg8 (22...
Bf5 23. Rxf5 $16) 23. Qh7#) 19. h3 (19. Rae1 Qg4 20. Qxg4 Bxg4 21. Bd6 Rfe8 $14
) 19... Qf7 (19... a5 20. Nb6 $16) (19... Qe8 20. Rae1 Qf7 21. Nc5 $16) 20. Nc5
Be7 (20... Kh8 21. Rae1 Kg8 22. Bg3 Kh8 23. Bd6 Re8 24. Bxg6 Qxg6 25. Rxe8+
Qxe8 26. Qxe8#) (20... Nxf4 21. Qxh7#) 21. Bd6 Qe8 22. Rfe1 Rf7 23. Bxg6 hxg6
24. Qe5 (24. Qxg6 Rf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qxg6 $17) 24... Kf8 25. Qxd4 Kg8 26. Qe5 Kf8
27. Re3 a5 28. Rae1 Ra7 29. Qg5 Qd8 30. Qh4 Ke8 (30... Bxd6 31. Qxd8# (31. Qh8#
)) 31. Bxe7 {game ended here} Raxe7 (31... Rfxe7 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qxd8 $16) 32.
Qh8+ Rf8 33. Qxg7 Rff7 34. Qg8+ Rf8 35. Qxg6+ Rff7 36. Qg8+ Rf8 37. Qg5 (37.
Rxe7+ Qxe7 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Qg5+ $16) 37... Rff7 38. Rxe7+ Rxe7 39. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "2019-british-chess-championships"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 (3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 $10) 4.
Ba4 (4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 c4 $17) 4... Ngf6 (4... a6 5. c4 $10) 5. O-O a6
(5... Nxe4 6. Re1 Nef6 7. d4 e6 8. d5 e5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Rxe5+ Be7 11. d6 O-O
12. dxe7 $16) 6. c4 e5 (6... g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 $14 {1/2 (43)-1/2 (43) Nakamura,H 
(2754)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Zagreb 2019}) 7. d3 g6 (7... Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
Rb1 Qc7 10. Ne1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Qd2 $14) 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Rb1 O-O 10. h3 Ne8
11. b4 cxb4 (11... b6 12. Bc6 Rb8 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16.
bxc5 bxc5 (16... dxc5 17. a4 Nc7 18. Rb2 $16) 17. Rxb7 $16) 12. Rxb4 Nc5 13.
Nd5 b5 (13... Nxa4 14. Qxa4 b5 15. Qa3 $16) 14. cxb5 Bd7 15. b6 (15. Bg5 f6 16.
Be3 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Bxb5 (17... axb5 18. Qc2 $16) 18. Qb3 $16) (15. Be3 axb5 (
15... Nxa4 16. Qxa4 axb5 17. Qc2 $16) 16. Bxb5 $16) 15... Nxa4 16. Rxa4 Bxa4
17. Qxa4 f6 (17... Nf6 18. Bg5 Kh8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rc1 $16) 18. Nd2 Rf7 19.
Nc4 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Be3 f5 22. f3 Bf6 23. Rb1 Bd8 24. Na5 Rb8 25. Nc6
Rbb7 (25... Rc8 26. b7 $16 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Rxc6 28. Rb8 Bh4 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Rh8
Kg7 31. Ra8 f4 32. Bxf4 (32. Bf2 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Bxf2 $17) 32... exf4 33. Ra7+ Kf8
34. Rc7 $16) 26. Na5 Rb8 27. Nc6 Rbb7 28. a4 Kf7 (28... a5 29. Nxa5 $16) 29. a5
Nf6 30. Ndb4 {game ended here} f4 31. Bf2 Ke8 32. Nxa6 h6 33. Nab4 g5 34. Nxd8
Rxd8 35. a6 Rbb8 36. Nc6 Ra8 37. a7 Nd7 38. b7 1-0

[Event "6th Niemeyer final A"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1968.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Na4 Qe7 10. Qc2 {cxd5 threat for c5} Nd7 11. d4 dxc4 (11... cxd4 12.
exd4 (12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 Bc7 14. b5 Nde5 15. bxc6 d3 16. Bxd3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3
Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Qh5 19. f4 Qf3+ 20. Kg1 Bh3 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. e4 Qg2#) 12... dxc4
13. Bxc4 $14) 12. dxc5 e5 13. e4 (13. Bxc4 e4 14. Nd4 Nf6 15. b4 Bc7 16. g3 $16
) 13... Nd4 (13... Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. b4 cxb3 (15... Nxb4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17.
Be3 $16) 16. Qxc5 $16) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxc4 Ne5 (15... Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxc5 $16) 16. b4 {inaccuracy} (16. Bd5 Bc7 17. f4 Ng4 18. b4 $16
) 16... Bc7 17. Bd5 d3 {mistake} (17... Nf3+ 18. gxf3 (18. Kh1 Qh4 19. h3 Bxh3
20. g3 Qh5 21. Rd1 Bf1#) 18... Qh4 19. Rd1 Rd8 (19... Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Be6 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qb3 $16) 20. Rxd4 (20. f4 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 Rxd5 22. exd5 Qf3 23. Rxd4
Bh3+ 24. Ke1 Re8+ 25. Be3 Rxe3+ 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Qe2 Qg1+ 28. Kd2 Qxd4+ $15)
20... Bh3 21. Qd3 Be5 22. Nc3 Qh5 23. Ne2 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 (24. Nxd4 Qg6+ 25. Kh1
Qg2#) 24... Qxf3 $11 25. Nf4 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 18. Qd1 Bg4
19. f3 Bh5 20. Ra2 Kh8 21. g4 Bg6 22. f4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qf3
Rad8 26. Nc3 Qf6 27. Rg2 Qd4+ (27... Qxc3 28. Bb2 Qxb2 29. Rxb2 $16) 28. Kh1
Rf6 29. Bd2 Rh6 30. Qf2 {inaccuracy} (30. Re1 Bg6 31. Bxb7 $16) 30... Rxd5 31.
Re1 Re6 (31... Kg8 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Kg1 $16) 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxe6 Bxe6 34.
Kg1 Qb3 35. Qe1 Kg8 36. f5 Bf7 37. Bh6 g6 38. Qa1 Be5 39. Qxe5 Qd1+ 40. Kf2
Qc2+ 41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "6th Niemeyer final A"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1968.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "John Moles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 h6 11. Re1 Nh7 12. d4 Ng5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. d5 Na7 15.
Rd1 g4 16. Ne1 Bc8 17. axb5 Nxb5 18. Bc4 Bd7 19. Nc2 Qc8 20. Nd2 g6 21. Nb4 Bg5
22. Ra5 Qb7 23. Nb3 (23. Nf1 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Rda1 $16) 23... Kg7 24. Rda1
f5 {mistake} (24... Nd4 25. cxd4 (25. Nxd4 exd4 26. g3 Bf6 $11) 25... Qxb4 26.
dxe5 dxe5 (26... Rab8 27. e6 (27. exd6 cxd6 28. Rxa6 Bf6 (28... Rfc8 29. Na5
Qxb2 $11) 29. g3 Rfc8 30. Na5 Qxb2 $17) 27... fxe6 28. dxe6 Bb5 29. Bxb5 Rxb5
30. Rxb5 axb5 31. Qxg4 Bf6 32. Qd1 $14) 27. Nc5 $16) 25. Nxa6 Qb6 26. Bxb5 fxe4
27. c4 {mistake} (27. Nac5 dxc5 (27... Rxa5 28. Rxa5 dxc5 29. Bc4 e3 30. fxe3
g3 31. hxg3 e4 32. Qe1 $14) 28. Rxa8 $16) 27... Rxf2 28. c5 (28. Qxf2 Be3 $17)
28... Rxe2 29. cxb6 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Bxb5 31. b7 (31. Rxb5 Rxa6 (31... g3 32. b7 (
32. Nd2 Rxd2 33. Rb3 Rxa6 34. Re1 Bxb6 $17) 32... Rh8 33. h3 Rxh3+ 34. gxh3
Rh2#) 32. Rxa6 Re1#) 31... Rh8 32. b8=Q (32. h3 g3 33. b8=Q Rxh3+ 34. gxh3 Rh2#
) 32... Rxb8 33. Nxb8 Bc4 34. R5a3 Rxb2 {huge mistake} (34... Bxd5 35. Na6 (35.
R1a2 Re1#) 35... Rxb2 36. Nbc5 (36. Nc1 Bb6 {e3 threat} 37. Rg3 Rf2 38. h3 Rf1+
39. Kh2 Bg1+ 40. Kh1 Bd4+ 41. Kh2 Bxa1 $17) 36... Bxc5 37. Nxc5 dxc5 38. Re1
Kf6 39. Rg3 e3 $17) 35. Na5 Rxb8 {huge mistake} (35... Bd3 $11 36. Nac6 Bd2 37.
Nd7 Rc2 38. Ra7 e3 39. Rxc7 Kh6 40. Ndxe5 dxe5 41. Nxe5 Rxc7 42. Nxd3 e2 $17)
36. Nxc4 Bd4 37. Rd1 Rb4 38. Ne3 Rb5 39. g3 Rc5 40. Kg2 Rb5 41. Rc1 {end of
game} Bc5 42. Rac3 Bb6 43. Rxc7+ Bxc7 44. Rxc7+ Kg8 45. Rc6 $16 1-0

[Event "Milan"]
[Site "Milan ITA"]
[Date "1975.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Wolfgang Unzicker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1975.08.20"]

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 Bd7 (12... Nc6 13. d5 {Karpov vs
Unzicker in 1974}) 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. d5 Nb7 15. N3h2 g6 {mistake} (15... c4 16.
Ng3 Nc5 $11) 16. Ng3 c4 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bf8 19. Bg5 Be7 (19... Bg7 20. Rf1
Nxd5 21. Qxd5 $16) 20. Qd2 (20. Rf1 Qc5+ (20... Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 $16
) 21. Kh1 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxg5 23. Qf3 f5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Rf8 26. Qg3 Qxd5
27. Rad1 Qe5 28. Qxg5 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Qd2 $14) 20... Bc8 21. Rf1 Nd7 22.
Ng4 {end of game} Bf8 (22... Nf8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Qd4+ f6 25. Rxf6 Bxf6 26.
Bxf6+ Qg7 27. Bxg7#) (22... Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Rf8 24. Nh6+ Kh8 (24... Kg7 25. Nh5+
Kh8 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Qb6+ (27... gxh5 28. Qg7#) 28. Kh2 Qd8 29. Raf1 Qg8
(29... Qxg5 30. Rf8+ Nxf8 31. Rxf8#) 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Qf6+ Qg7 32. Qxg7#) 25.
Nxf7+ $16) 23. Qf4 (23. Nf5 gxf5 (23... Qc5+ 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Ngh6+ Kh8 26.
Nxf7+ Kg8 27. N5h6+ Bxh6 28. Nxh6+ Kh8 29. Rf7 $16) 24. Bf6 Nxf6 (24... h6 25.
Rxf5 Re5 26. Nxh6+ Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Nxf6 28. Rxf6 Bd7 29. Rf3 Bg4 30. Rg3 f6 31.
Rxg4+ Rg5 32. Rxg5+ fxg5 33. Rf1 Nc5 34. Rf5 Qg7 35. Rxg5 $16) 25. Nxf6+ Kh8
26. Nxe8 $16 Qe7 27. Qd4+ f6 (27... Kg8 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Rae1 Bg7 30. exf5 Qxf6
31. Re8+ Bf8 32. Qxf6+ $16 Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Rxf8#) 28. Qxf6+ Qxf6 29. Nxf6
$16) 23... f6 (23... Ne5 24. Nf6+ Kg7 (24... Kh8 25. Qh4 h5 26. Ngxh5 Qc5+ 27.
Kh1 gxh5 28. Qxh5+ Bh6 29. Qxh6#) 25. Nxe8+ $16) 24. Bxf6 Ne5 25. Nh6+ Bxh6 26.
Qxh6 $16 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1971.12.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Vlastimil Hort"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1971.11.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. f4 {
some argue the authentic move order was Be3} (8. Be3 h6 9. gxh6 gxh6 10. Rg1
$16) 8... a6 (8... h6 9. h4 (9. gxh6 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 d5 $17) 9... hxg5 10. fxg5
Nde5 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd7 $11) 9. Be3 Be7 10. Rg1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd2
exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Be2 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 (16. Qxd5 Qb6 17. O-O-O O-O
18. h4 Rac8 19. Kb1 $14) 16... Ng6 17. Be3 h6 18. gxh6 (18. h4 hxg5 19. hxg5
Ne5 20. O-O-O $16) 18... Bh4+ 19. Kd1 (19. Kf1 gxh6 20. Qd4 Bg5 $16) 19... gxh6
20. Bxh6 (20. a4 {seems to keep more control and advantage than Bxh6} Qf6 (
20... Qe7 21. Ra3 Bg5 22. Qd4 $16) 21. Qd4 O-O-O (21... O-O 22. Bd3 $16) 22.
Bg4+ Kb8 23. Qa7+ Kc7 24. Bb6#) 20... Bf6 21. c3 Be5 22. Rg4 {prevents Qh4} Qf6
(22... Bxh2 23. Kc2 (23. Bb5+ axb5 24. Qxh2 Kd7 $17) 23... Qe7 24. Re1 Be5 25.
Rb4 O-O-O 26. Qe3 Kb8 27. Bxa6 Rd7 28. Qd2 Qf6 29. Rf1 Qd8 30. Be3 $16) (22...
Qb6 23. Kc2 O-O-O 24. Rb4 Qa5 25. Be3 Rxh2 26. Bb6 $16) 23. h4 Qf5 (23... Nxh4
24. Bg5 Qf5 25. Bxh4 $16) 24. Rb4 Bf6 {inaccuracy} (24... Ne7 25. Rc1 b5 $14) (
24... O-O-O 25. Bg4 $16) 25. h5 Ne7 26. Rf4 Qe5 {black now threatens Rxh6} 27.
Rf3 {inaccuracy} (27. Rf2 O-O-O 28. Kc2 Rxh6 29. Qxh6 Bh4 30. Qf4 Bxf2 31. Qxf2
$16 Nxd5 32. Bg4+ Kb8 33. Re1 Qg5 34. Bf3 Qf4 35. a3 Qf5+ 36. Kb3 Rc8 37. Qg2
Nf4 38. Qd2 Nd3 39. Re3 Nc5+ 40. Ka2 Qf4 41. Qe2 $16) 27... Nxd5 {mistake} (
27... O-O-O $11 28. Bf4 Qxh5 29. Kc2 Qxd5 30. Rd3 Qe6 31. Bf3 Ng6 32. Bxd6 Be5
33. Bxb7+ Kxb7 34. Qg2+ Ka7 35. Qg1+ Ka8 36. Qg2+ Ka7 $14) 28. Rd3 Rxh6 (28...
Nc7 29. Bf4 Qa5 30. Kc2 O-O-O 31. Bxd6 $16) 29. Rxd5 (29. Qxh6 Nf4 30. Rd2 Ke7
31. Qh7 Rh8 32. Qc2 (32. Qb1 Kf8 $17) 32... Rg8 $17) 29... Qe4 30. Rd3 Qh1+ (
30... O-O-O 31. Qxh6 $16) 31. Kc2 Qxa1 32. Qxh6 Be5 33. Qg5 {end of game} Rd8 (
33... f6 34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Qxa8 $16) 34. h6 Qxa2 35. Re3 Qa4+ 36. Kb1 Kd7 37.
Bg4+ Kc6 38. h7 (38. Qxd8 Qxg4 $16) 38... Qa5 39. Rxe5 dxe5 40. Bf3+ Kd7 41.
Qf6 Qc5 42. Qxd8+ Kxd8 43. h8=Q+ $16 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1983.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Gyula Sax"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 (5... a6 6. e5 Nd5 (6...
Ng8 7. Bf4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Bb4 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne7 11. h4 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. c4 $16) 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Bc3 $16) (5... Nc6 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3) 6. g4 h6 (
6... Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3 Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5
13. f3 (13. h5 Bxg5 14. h6 Bf6 15. Qxd6 g6 16. Bg2 Rb8 17. f4 b4 18. Na4 e5 19.
f5 Be7 20. Qxb8 Nxb8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nb6 Bb7 23. Rf1 f6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5
$16) 13... Bb7 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Rg1 $16) 7. Rg1 Be7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. h4
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Bc6 13. Qd3 Qa5 14. O-O-O Nxe4 15. Nxe4 d5 16. Qb3 (
16. Nc3 {black can gain equality at least} d4 17. g5 dxc3 18. gxh6 gxh6 (18...
Qxa2 19. Qxc3 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 O-O-O+ 21. Bd3 Qa4 22. Ra1 Qxh4 23. Kc1 $16) 19. Kb1
Rd8 20. Qe2 cxb2 $11) (16. Ng3 {white can gain advantage} d4 (16... Qxa2 17.
Qb3 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qa5+ 19. Ke2 O-O-O 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bd2 Qc7 22. Bg2 $16) 17.
Bg2 Bxg2 18. Rxg2 dxe3 19. Qd7+ Kf8 20. Qxb7 $16) (16. Nd2 {white can gain
advantage} d4 17. Nb3 Qxa2 18. Qf5 (18. Bd2 a5 19. Re1 a4 20. Rxe5 O-O 21. Rxe7
axb3 $17 22. cxb3 Rfc8 23. Kd1 Qa1+ 24. Ke2 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8+ 26. Be3 Qxb2+
27. Qd2 d3+ 28. Ke1 Qb1+ 29. Qd1 d2+ 30. Ke2 Bf3+ 31. Kxf3 Qxd1+ $17) 18...
dxe3 19. fxe3 O-O 20. g5 $16) 16... dxe4 17. Bc4 Rf8 (17... O-O 18. g5 h5 19.
g6 Kh8 20. gxf7 $16) 18. Rd5 (18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rc8 20. Bd5 Qa4 21. g6 fxg6
22. Rxg6 Qxb3 23. Bxb3 $16) 18... Bxd5 (18... Qc7 19. Rgd1 Rc8 20. Bb5 Bxb5 21.
Qxb5+ Qc6 22. Rxe5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 b6 24. h5) 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 {threat of
Bb5 check} Bb4 (20... h5 21. Bb5+ Rd7 22. Qd5 Qd8 23. Rd1 $16 Rh8 24. Bxd7+ $16
) (20... a6 21. Qxb7 $16) 21. c3 b5 (21... Be7 22. Bb5+ Rd7 23. Rd1 Qc7 24.
Rxd7 $16) 22. Be2 Bd6 23. Qd5 Ke7 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. Qxe5+ Kd7 26. Qxc5 Qc7 27.
Qf5+ Ke7 28. Qxe4+ Kd7 29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. Re1 Rd6 31. Bc4+ (31. Bxb5+ Re6 $10 32.
Re4 g6 33. Qf3 Qc5 $10) 31... Kd8 (31... Re6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kd8 34.
Rd1+ Qd6 35. Rxd6+ $16) 32. Bxb5 a6 33. Ba4 g6 (33... Rf6 34. Qd5+ Rd6 35. Qe5
Kc8 36. Qxg7 $16) 34. Qf3 Kc8 {makes things a lot worse} (34... Qc5 35. Qb7 Qc7
36. Qf3 Qc5 37. Bb3 Rd7 38. Qf4 Kc8 (38... Rh8 39. Qb8+ Qc8 40. Qb6+ Qc7 41.
Qf6+ Kc8 42. Qxh8+ $16) 39. Qxh6 $16) 35. Re7 Rd1+ (35... Qxe7 36. Qa8+ Kc7 37.
Qa7+ Kd8 (37... Kc8 38. Qxe7 $16) 38. Qb8#) 36. Kxd1 Qxe7 (36... Qd6+ 37. Kc1
Qxe7 38. Qa8+ Kc7 39. Qa7+ Kd6 40. Qb6+ Ke5 41. Qd4+ Ke6 42. Bb3#) (36... Rd8+
37. Bd7+ Rxd7+ 38. Rxd7 Qxd7+ 39. Kc2 Qa4+ 40. Kb1 Kd8 41. b3 $16) 37. Qa8+ Kc7
38. Qa7+ Kd6 39. Qb6+ {end of game} Ke5 40. Qd4+ Ke6 41. Bb3# 1-0

[Event "Karpov - Kamsky FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1996.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Ne4 Qb6 (12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4
Qxd4 14. Bc3 Qd8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bb5 Bxc3 19. bxc3
Bxb5 20. Rxd8 $16) 13. a3 Bd7 (13... Qxb2 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rfb1 Nxd4 16. Qe4
Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 g6 18. Rxb2 $16) 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Nxf6+ (15. b4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
f5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 $14) 15... Bxf6 16. Qe4 g6 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Ne5 (18. d5 Qxb2
19. Rab1 (19. Rdb1 Qc3 20. Bxa7 e5 $17) 19... Qxa3 20. Rxb7 a5 $17) 18... Nf5
19. Nc4 (19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. d5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bd4 22. Qe1 Rxd5 $17) 19... Qa6 20.
a4 (20. Ne5 Bb5 21. Bf4 Rxd4 22. Bxb5 Rxe4 23. Bxa6 bxa6 $17) 20... Bc6 21. Qf4
Bd5 22. Ne5 Qb6 23. Bxf5 (23. Rac1 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Bb3 26. Bc2 Bxc2
27. Rxc2 Rd5 28. Rd3 Rfd8 29. h3 Rxd4 $17) (23. g4 g5 $17) 23... exf5 24. Rd2
Bg7 25. h4 Rfe8 26. Qg3 Rc8 27. Nd7 Qc6 28. Nc5 b6 29. Nd3 Qd7 30. a5 Re4 {
Rg4 threat} 31. Nf4 b5 32. Rdd1 (32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Qf3 h5 34. Rad1 Rc4 35. g3
Bf6 36. Re2 a6 37. Bf4 (37. Kf1 b4 38. Rd3 (38. Kg1 Bxh4 39. gxh4 Rg4+ 40. Qxg4
hxg4 $17) 38... Bd8 39. Ke1 Bxa5 $17) 37... Rcxd4 $17) 32... Bc4 33. Rac1 h6
34. Rc3 b4 35. Rc2 Rc6 36. Rdc1 (36. d5 Be5 37. Qf3 Ra6 $17) 36... Bb5 37. Kh2
Kh7 38. Rxc6 Bxc6 39. Rc4 (39. d5 Ba4 40. Rc5 Be5 41. Qf3 b3 $17) 39... Bf8 40.
Nd3 Qe6 (40... Qd5 41. Rc1 (41. Ne5 Rxe5 42. Rxc6 Rxe3 43. Qxe3 Qxc6 $17) 41...
Bd6 42. Ne5 Rxh4+ 43. Qxh4 Qxg2#) 41. d5 Bxd5 42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43. Bxa7 Bd6 (43...
Qa6 44. Bc5 $15 Bg7 45. Nxb4 Qxa5 $15) 44. Nf4 Qe5 45. Nh3 (45. Be3 Qxb2 $17
46. a6 b3 $17) 45... Qe7 {end of game} 46. f4 (46. Nf4 g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 48.
Qh3+ (48. Be3 Qf6 49. Qh3+ Kg8 50. Qg3 Qh6+ 51. Kg1 Kh7 52. Qh3 gxf4 $17) 48...
Kg7 $17) 46... Qxa7 $17 0-1

[Event "Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Ma"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1984.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qb3 Na5 (12... Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14.
Rac1 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bf6 16. f3 $11) 13. Qxb6 (13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Rac1 $11) 13... Nxe4
14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 (15... Raxd8 16. Bb6 Nc6 17. Bxd8 $16) 16. Rad1 d5
(16... Be7 17. Nb1 Rfc8 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. b3 $16 Nb7 20. f4 Bf6 21. Bd4 $16) 17.
f3 Bf5 18. cxd5 (18. g4 Bg6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 $14 Re8 21. Rfd1 (21. Kf2
Bh4+ $17) 21... Bf6 22. Bf1 Rxe3 23. Rxa5 $14) 18... exd5 19. Rxd5 Be6 (19...
Re8 20. Rxf5 Rxe3 21. Re1 Re6 22. Kf1 $16) 20. Rd6 Bxa2 (20... Be7 21. Rxa6
Rxa6 22. Bxa6 Rb8 23. Nb5 (23. Bd4 Bxa2 24. Re1 $14)) 21. Rxa6 Rb8 {make
things worse} (21... Rxa6 22. Bxa6 Be7 23. Nb5 $14) 22. Bc5 (22. Bd4 Nb3 23.
Bc3 Bb6+ 24. Kh1 Nc5 25. Bb4 Nxa6 26. Bxf8 $11) (22. Rd1 Rxb2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24.
Bxd2 Nb3 25. Bb4 Re8 26. Bb5 Re3 27. Ra8 $16) 22... Re8 23. Bb5 Re6 (23... Rxb5
24. Nxb5 Bc4 25. Nd6 Bxa6 26. Nxe8 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 $16) 24. b4 Nb7 (24... Nb3 25.
Bf2 Rxa6 26. Bxa6 Rxb4 27. Re1 g6 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Rxd8 $16) 25. Bf2 Be7 26.
Nc2 {Threat of Rxa2} Bd5 27. Rd1 Bb3 28. Rd7 Rd8 (28... Bxc2 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30.
Rxe7 Nd6 31. Bd7 Rxb4 32. Bc5 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rd1 34. Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Rd7 $16) 29.
Rxe6 (29. Rxb7 Rd1+ 30. Ne1 Rdxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 $16) 29... Rxd7 (
29... Bxe6 30. Rxe7 $16) 30. Re1 Rc7 (30... Rd2 31. Rxe7 Rd1+ 32. Ne1 $16) 31.
Bb6 {end of game} Rxc2 32. Rxe7 g6 (32... Nd6 33. Bc5 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Rc2+ 35. Ke1
(35. Kg3 {would mess everything up} Rxc5 36. bxc5 Nf5+ 37. Kf4 Nxe7 $17) 35...
Rc1+ 36. Kd2 Rd1+ 37. Ke2 $16 Kf8 38. Re8#) 33. Rxb7 $16 1-0

[Event "Masters-Candidate Masters"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1966.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigory Ionovich Ravinsky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. h3 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nbd2 Rd8 15.
Nf1 Rxd1 16. Qxd1 c4 17. Bg5 Be6 18. Qe2 Nb7 19. Ng3 g6 {inaccuracy but
principled against nf5} (19... h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nf5 Nc5 $15) 20. Rd1 (20.
Nf5 Bd8 (20... gxf5 21. exf5 Bd5 22. Nxe5 Re8 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 h5 25. Qxh5
Qe5 26. Bh6 Bc6 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. f4 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qc5+ 30. Kh2 Bf6 31. Qg4+ Kh8
32. Bg5 $16) 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Rd1 $14) 20... Rd8 21. Rxd8+ (21. Nf5 Rxd1+ 22.
Qxd1 gxf5 23. exf5 Bc8 $17) 21... Bxd8 22. Qe3 Nd7 23. Bxd8 Nxd8 24. Qh6 f6 {
no f6 thorn pawn from white} (24... a5 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. exf5 Bd5 27. f6 Nxf6
28. Qxf6 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 $16) (24... Nc6 25. Ng5 Nf6 26. Nh5 gxh5 27. Nxe6 fxe6
28. Qxf6 $16) 25. Qe3 (25. Nf5 gxf5 26. exf5 Bd5 $17) 25... a5 26. h4 b4 27. h5
Kg7 28. Bd1 (28. h6+ Kf8 29. Nd2 Nf7 $15) 28... Nf7 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Nd2 Nc5
31. b3 (31. Ne2 Qd6 32. f3 b3 33. a3 Nd3 34. Ng3 Nxb2 $17) (31. Be2 b3 32. axb3
cxb3 33. Ngf1 Nd6 34. Kh2 a4 $17) 31... cxb3 32. axb3 Qb6 (32... Nd6 33. Ne2
Nb5 34. c4 Na7 35. f3 Qb6 $17) 33. Ngf1 {inaccuracy} (33. Ne2 Qd6 34. Bc2 Qc6
35. Bd1 Ng5 36. f3 Bf7 $17) 33... Nd6 34. c4 (34. Kh2 bxc3 35. Qxc3 Ncxe4 $17)
34... Qc6 35. Bc2 a4 36. bxa4 Bxc4 {slight inaccuracy} (36... Nxc4 37. Nxc4
Bxc4 38. Nd2 Bf7 39. Kh2 (39. a5 Qb5 40. Nb3 Bxb3 41. Bxb3 Qxa5 $17) 39... Nxa4
40. Bb3 Nc5 41. Bxf7 Kxf7 $17) 37. Ng3 (37. Nxc4 Nxc4 38. Qe2 (38. Qe1 Qb6 $15)
38... Nd6 39. Qe3 Ne6 $15) 37... Bf7 38. a5 Qb5 39. f4 Qxa5 40. fxe5 (40. f5
Qa1+ 41. Ndf1 Qd4 $17) 40... Qa1+ 41. Kf2 Qxe5 42. Nf3 Qb2 43. Qxc5 b3 44. Nd4
(44. Qxd6 bxc2 45. Nf5+ gxf5 46. Qg3+ Kh7 47. Qh3+ Kg7 48. Qg3+ Kh8 49. Qh3+
Bh5 50. Qxh5+ Kg7 51. Kg3 c1=Q 52. Qxf5 Qc7+ $17) 44... bxc2 {end of game} 45.
Qxc2 (45. Nxc2 Nc4 46. Ne2 Qxc2 $17) (45. Nde2 Nc4 46. e5 c1=Q 47. exf6+ Qxf6+
$17) 45... Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "03, Sochi tt-jr"]
[Site "Sochi URS"]
[Date "1968.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Branko Vujakovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 (4. Be3 Ng4 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 $16) 4... Bg7
5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. g4 e5 8. O-O-O Qe7 9. d5 c5 {inaccuracy} (9... cxd5 10.
exd5 (10. g5 Nxe4 (10... Nh5 11. Nxd5 $16) (10... d4 11. gxf6 dxe3 12. fxe7
exd2+ 13. Rxd2 Re8 14. Rxd6 Rxe7 15. Rd8+ Bf8 16. Rxc8 $16) 11. Nxe4 (11. Nxd5
Qd8 12. Qe1 Nxg5 $17) (11. Qxd5 Nxg5 $17 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rd8 $17 13. Ne2
Be6 14. Qa5 d5 $17)) 11... dxe4 12. Qxd6 Qe8 $15 13. Qc7 Nc6 $15)) 10. Nge2 Na6
11. Ng3 Nc7 12. Kb1 Nfe8 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Rdg1 b5 15. h4 b4 16. Nd1 Nb5 17. h5
c4 18. Qxb4 (18. Bxc4 Bxg4 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Ne3 Bf3 22. Ngf5 gxf5
23. Nxf5 Bxh1 24. Bf6 Nxf6 25. Qh6 Ne8 26. Rxg7+ Nxg7 27. Qxg7#) 18... Nec7 19.
Qd2 (19. Qxc4 Na3+ 20. Ka1 Nxc4 $17) 19... Bd7 20. c3 a5 21. Ka1 a4 22. Nf5
Bxf5 23. gxf5 a3 (23... gxf5 24. Bh6 Ne8 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. h6 Kh8 27. hxg7+ Kg8
28. Qh6 a3 29. Qxh7#) 24. hxg6 axb2+ 25. Nxb2 fxg6 26. fxg6 Ra8 27. Bxc4 Ra3
28. Bh6 hxg6 29. Rxg6 Rf4 (29... Rf7 30. Bxg7 Rxg7 31. Qh6 Ne8 32. Bxb5 $16)
30. Rhg1 {end of game} Ne8 (30... Rf7 31. Bxg7 Rxg7 32. Qh6 Ne8 33. Bxb5 $16)
31. Bxb5 $16 1-0

[Event "26th RSFSR-ch"]
[Site "Kuybyshev URS"]
[Date "1970.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Vladimir Sergievsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nge2 b5 5. e5 (5. a3 c6 6. f4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5
8. fxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. O-O-O Kc7 $11) 5... dxe5 (5... Ng4
6. Ng3 Nh6 7. e6 fxe6 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. Qh5#) 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nxb5
a6 9. Nbd4 Bb7 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. O-O-O Kc8 (11... Nxf4 12. Ne6+ Kc8 (12... Ke8
13. Nxc7#) 13. Rd8#) 12. Bd2 e6 13. Nb3 Ng4 14. Be1 Bd6 15. h3 Nf6 (15... Nh2
16. Rxd6 (16. Rg1 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bxh3 $17) 16... Nxf1 17. Rd3 {
important to protect h3} Bxg2 18. Rg1 Be4 19. Rxf1 Bxd3 20. cxd3 $16) 16. Na5
Rd8 (16... Bd5 17. c4 Be4 18. f3 Bb7 19. b4 Be7 20. c5 {c6 threat} Kb8 21. Bc3
Rg8 22. a3 Nd5 23. Bd4 $16) 17. c4 Nf4 18. Nxb7 Kxb7 19. Kc2 Be5 20. Nc3 (20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Nc1 Ng6 22. g3 Ne7 23. Bg2+ Kc8 24. Nb3 $16) 20... Rxd1 21. Nxd1
Rd8 22. g3 Ng6 23. Bg2+ Kb6 24. Nc3 Bd4 25. Ne2 Be5 26. f4 Bd6 27. Nc3 (27. b4
c5 28. Bf2 Nd7 29. Rd1 Kc7 30. b5 $16) 27... c6 (27... Ka7 28. Bf2+ Kb8 29. b4
h5 (29... Bxb4 30. Rb1 a5 31. a3 $16) 30. b5 a5 31. c5 Bf8 32. Rb1 $16) 28. c5+
Bxc5 (28... Kxc5 29. Bf2+ Kc4 30. Bf1+ Kb4 31. Bb6 Bc5 32. a3#) (28... Ka5 29.
Bxc6 Bxc5 30. Nd5+ Bb4 31. Bxb4#) 29. Na4+ Kb5 30. Kb3 {Bf1 threat} Rd3+ 31.
Bc3 Rxc3+ 32. Nxc3+ Ka5 (32... Kb6 33. Na4+ Kb5 34. Rc1 Nd7 35. Bf1+ Ka5 36.
Nxc5 $16) 33. Na4 Bf2 34. Rc1 Ne7 35. Rc2 Be3 36. Bxc6 Nh5 37. Be8 Nxg3 38. Kc4
Nd5 39. a3 {b4 mate threat} Nb6+ 40. Kd3 Nxa4 41. Kxe3 Nf5+ 42. Kd3 {end of
game} h5 43. b4+ Kb6 44. Bxa4 $16 1-0

[Event "55th USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1988.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e4
(8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 $11) 8... Nxe4 {inaccuracy} (8... dxe4 9. Bxf6
Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Bc4 Bf5 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $11) 9. Bxe7 Kxe7 (9... Qxe7 10.
Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qxc8+ Qd8 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. Qxb7 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 O-O 15. Qxc6 $16)
10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4+ Be6 (11... Kf8 12. Bc4 $11) 12. Bc4 Qa5+ {inaccuracy} (
12... Re8 13. Bxe6 Kf8 14. O-O (14. Qh4 Rxe6+ 15. Kf1 Qxh4 16. Nxh4 Na6 $17)
14... Rxe6 15. Qd3 Na6 $11) 13. Kf1 Qf5 (13... Re8 14. Bxe6 Kf8 15. Qh4 Rxe6
16. Ng5 Qb5+ 17. Kg1 Re2 18. Nxh7+ Ke8 19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. h4 Qxb2
22. Rf1 Qxa2 23. h5 $16) 14. Qe3 (14. Qxf5 Bxc4+ 15. Kg1 gxf5 $17) 14... Nd7
15. Re1 Rae8 16. d5 (16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. h4 (17. Qa3+ Kf7 18. h4 (18. Qxa7 Qb5+
19. Kg1 Ra8 $17) 18... Rhf8 19. Rh3 $16) 17... Kd8 18. Rh3 Qb5+ 19. Re2 Kc8 20.
Ng5 Qd5 21. Qb3 $16) 16... cxd5 17. Bb5 a6 (17... Qc2 18. Nd4 (18. Qg5+ Kf8 19.
Nd4 Qxb2 20. Nxe6+ Rxe6 21. Bxd7 Rxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Kg7 $16) 18... Qxb2 19. Qg5+
Kf8 20. Nxe6+ Rxe6 21. Bxd7 Rxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Kg7 23. Qd2 Qa1+ 24. Qd1 Qxa2 25. h4
$16) (17... d4 18. Nxd4 $16) 18. Qa3+ Kd8 (18... Kf6 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Qc3+ Re5
21. Rxe5 $16) 19. Qa5+ Ke7 (19... b6 20. Qxa6 Qc2 21. Nd4 Qd2 22. Qa4 $16) 20.
Qb4+ Kf6 (20... Kd8 21. Nd4 Qf6 (21... Qg4 22. Nxe6+ Rxe6 23. Qxg4 $16) 22. Be2
Bf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Qxb7 $16) 21. Qd4+ Ke7 22. Bd3 Qh5 (22... Qf6 23. Qb4+
Kd8 24. Qxb7 Qxf3 25. Qa8+ (25. gxf3 Bh3+ 26. Kg1 Rxe1+ 27. Bf1 Rxf1#) 25...
Ke7 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. gxf3 $16) 23. h4 Kd8 24. Ng5 Rhf8 25. Be2 Qh6 26. Bf3
Re7 27. Qb4 Nf6 28. Qd6+ Rd7 (28... Nd7 29. Rc1 Ree8 30. Rc7 Bf5 31. Rxb7 $16)
29. Qf4 Ng8 (29... b5 30. Nxe6+ fxe6 31. Qxh6 $16) (29... Qg7 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31.
Nxe6+ Ke8 32. Nxg7+ $16) 30. Bg4 Kc8 (30... Bxg4 31. Qb8#) 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32.
Rc1+ Kd8 33. Nxe6+ Ke7 34. Qxf8+ Qxf8 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Rh3 Ne7 37. h5 Kg7 38.
h6+ Kf6 39. Rf3+ Ke6 40. Re1+ Kd6 41. Rf6+ Kc7 42. g4 Nc6 43. Re8 d4 {end of
game} 44. Rg8 (44. Ke1 d3 45. Kd1 d2 46. Rg8 Ne5 47. Rg7 $16 Nc4 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7
49. Rf7+ Ke8 50. Rxh7 $16) 44... d3 45. Rg7 d2 46. Rxd7+ Kxd7 47. Ke2 Nd8 48.
Kxd2 $16 1-0

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bh7+ (
14. Bxd4 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. b3 Ba5 19. Red1 Rb8
$11) 14... Kh8 15. Bxd4 Nf6 (15... Qc7 16. Rac1 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 $14) 16. Bf5 Bxf5
17. Qxf5 Qc8 (17... Re8 18. g3 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rfd1 $14) 18. Qb5 (18. Nh4
Qxf5 19. Nxf5 Bc7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxh6 $16) 18... a6 19. Qb6 Qc7 20. Qxc7
Bxc7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rd8 25. g3 Rd7 26. Re2
Kg7 27. Nh4 Rd5 28. Re7 Rc5 29. Rd7 b5 30. b4 Rc2 31. Nf5+ Kg6 32. Ne3 Rc1+ 33.
Kg2 Be5 34. Ra7 Rc6 35. Nd5 Bd6 36. a3 Kf5 37. Ne3+ Kg6 38. Kf3 Be5 39. Nd5 Kg7
40. Ne7 Rc3+ 41. Kg4 Rxa3 42. f4 Bc3 43. Kh5 Bxb4 44. Nf5+ Kg8 (44... Kf8 45.
Ra8#) (44... Kh7 45. Rxf7+ Kh8 46. Kg6 Rc3 47. Nxh6 a5 48. Rh7#) 45. Ra8+ Kh7
46. Ra7 Kg8 47. Nxh6+ Kf8 (47... Kg7 48. Rxf7+ Kh8 49. Kg6 Rxg3+ 50. hxg3 a5
51. Rh7#) 48. Rxf7+ Ke8 49. Kg6 Bc3 50. Nf5 b4 51. Rb7 Ra2 (51... b3 52. Nd6+
Kd8 53. Kf7 b2 54. Ke6 b1=Q 55. Rd7#) 52. h4 a5 53. h5 a4 54. h6 Rh2 55. h7 Kd8
(55... b3 56. Nh4 f5 57. Rg7 Bxg7 58. Kxg7 Kd8 59. h8=Q+ $16) 56. Nh4 f5 57.
Rxb4 Rh3 58. Rxa4 Rxg3+ 59. Kxf5 {end of game} Rh3 60. Ra8+ Kd7 61. h8=Q Bxh8
62. Rxh8 $16 1-0

[Event "Karpov - Kamsky FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1996.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 (10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Bxd4 12. Qxe6+ Kg7 13. Be3 Bxc3+
14. bxc3 Nf6 15. Qb3 h6 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Nf3 e5 $11) 10... c5 11. e6 (11. dxc5
Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 $17) 11... c4 12. exf7+ Rxf7 13. Qd1 (13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Rd1
Bf5 15. Qd2 Nc6 $17) 13... Nb6 14. Ne5 Rf8 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 (15...
Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 N6d7 17. e6 $16) 16. Qd4 Na4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. Bxc4 e6 19. O-O
$16) 15. a4 b4 16. a5 bxc3 (16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxc4 $16) 17. axb6 cxb2
18. Bxc4+ Kh8 19. Rb1 Qxb6 20. Qd2 Nd7 {inaccuracy} (20... Be6 21. O-O Bxc4 22.
Nxc4 Qb5 23. Nxb2 Nc6 $11) 21. Rxb2 Nxe5 (21... Qc7 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Rc2 Nf6
24. O-O Qa7 (24... Qd7 25. Ne5+ Kh8 26. Nxd7 $16) 25. Ng5+ (25. d5 Qb7 26. Ne5
Kh8 27. Ba2 Rb8 28. Bd4 Bf5 29. Rb2 Qc7 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Re1 $16) 25... Kh8
26. d5 $16 {Bxa7 threat} Qb7 27. Bd4 a5 28. Re1 a4 29. d6 exd6 30. Bxf6 Bxf6
31. Bd5 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 Ra5 33. Bxb7 Rxg5 34. Bxc8 $16) (21... Qf6 22. f4 a5 23.
Bd5 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Nxb8 25. O-O $16) 22. Rxb6 (22. dxe5 Qc7 23. Rc2 Bf5 24. Rc1
Qxe5 $17) 22... Nxc4 23. Qb4 Nxb6 24. Qxb6 a5 25. O-O a4 26. Ra1 Bf5 (26... a3
27. Qb3 Bf5 28. h3 (28. Rxa3 Rab8 29. Qa2 Rb1+ 30. Qxb1 Bxb1 $17) 28... Rfb8
29. Rxa3 Rxb3 30. Rxa8+ Bf8 31. Bh6 $16) 27. h4 e6 (27... Rfb8 28. Rxa4 Rxb6
29. Rxa8+ Bf8 30. Bh6 $16) (27... Bf6 28. Bg5 h5 29. Ra3 $16) 28. Bf4 Be4 29.
Bd6 Rfc8 30. Qb5 Bc6 (30... Bxd4 31. Be5+ Bxe5 32. Qxe5+ Kg8 33. Qxe6+ Kf8 34.
Qxe4 $16) 31. Qb4 Kg8 32. Ra3 Ra6 {huge mistake} (32... Bd5 33. Rxa4 Rxa4 34.
Qxa4 h5 35. Kh2 Rd8 $16 36. Bc5 Bf6 37. Kh3 Rb8 38. Qc2 Kh7 39. Kh2 Rb7 40. g4
hxg4 41. h5 Rg7 42. Bf8 Rg8 43. Qc7+ Bg7 44. Bd6 gxh5 45. Qf7 h4 46. Qh5+ Bh6
47. Qxh4 Bc4 48. Kg3 Bd5 49. Bf4 Rg6 {White still has a lot of work to do here}
50. Be3 $16 {lots of work needed here to win if it is possible} (50. Bxh6 Rxh6
51. Qe7+ Kg6 $14) 50... Bf3 51. Bf4 Bd5 $16) 33. Qc4 Rca8 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Be5
Bxe5 36. Qxe5+ Kg8 37. h5 Be8 (37... gxh5 38. Rg3+ Kf7 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Qe7#)
38. h6 R6a7 39. d5 (39. Rf3 a3 40. Qh8+ Kxh8 41. Rf8#) 39... Rb7 40. d6 Rd8 41.
Rf3 {end of game} a3 (41... Rf7 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 (42... Bxf7 43. Qg7#) 43. Qe7+
Kg8 44. Qg7#) 42. Qh8+ Kxh8 43. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "1979.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Na6 (7...
Nc6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 $14) 8. Re1 c6
9. h3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 (10... Qc7 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 $16 Qb7 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5
$16) 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. g4 (14. f4 Rad8 15. g4 b5 16. Ng3
b4 17. Nce2 exd4 18. Bxd4 $16) 14... Rad8 15. Ng3 Bc8 16. f4 b5 (16... exf4 17.
Bxf4 Qe7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Nc7 20. Qf4 Ne6 21. Qf2 Kg8 22. Kh1 $14) 17. a3
b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Nce2 exd4 20. Nxd4 a5 (20... c5 21. Nb5 Qb6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6
23. Qxd6 Nxc2 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Re2 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 $16) (20... Na6 21. b4 Bb7
22. c3 Kg8 23. Kh2 $16) 21. c3 Na6 22. Qc2 (22. g5 hxg5 23. f5 d5 24. Qf2 Nxe4
25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Bxg5 $16 Bxf5 (26... Rd7 27. Bxe4 $16) 27. Bxd8 $16) 22...
Bd7 23. Nf3 (23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Ng8 25. Qf2 c5 26. Ndf5 gxf5 27. exf5 $16)
23... Re7 (23... Nc5 24. e5 Nd5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Nh5 Bc8 (26... Bh8 27. Nh4 a4
28. Be4 $16) 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. f5 $16) 24. Bf2 Be8 (24... Rde8 25. Qd2 (25. Qd3
Nc5 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Ncxe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxd7 $16)
25... Be6 26. Qxd6 $16) 25. Qd3 Qb7 (25... Nc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Qxd8 $16) (
25... Nb8 26. g5 hxg5 27. e5 Nd5 28. f5 Bxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. fxg6+ fxg6 31.
Rxe5 dxe5 32. c4 g4 33. Ne4 Kg7 34. hxg4 Bf7 35. cxd5 $16) 26. Ra1 Nc7 (26...
Qxb2 27. Rab1 Qa2 28. Qxa6 $16) 27. Rxa5 Rdd7 (27... Qxb2 28. Rb1 Qxf2+ 29.
Kxf2 $16) 28. b4 Ne6 (28... Nb5 29. c4 Nc7 30. Qa3 Qb8 31. e5 Ng8 32. Ne4 dxe5
33. Nxe5 Rd8 34. Ba7 Qb7 35. Bc5 $16) 29. Be3 c5 30. f5 Nd8 31. b5 Kh8 (31...
Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Ng5+ hxg5 34. Bxe4 $16) 32. Bf2 Qc7 33. Ra4 Qb8 34. c4
Ra7 35. Rxa7 Rxa7 36. e5 dxe5 (36... Ng8 37. exd6 Nf6 38. g5 hxg5 39. Nxg5 Nb7
40. N3e4 Qc8 41. fxg6 fxg6 42. Nxf6 Bxf6 43. Qg3 Nxd6 44. Qh4+ Kg8 45. Bd5+ Bf7
46. Nxf7 Bxh4 47. Nxd6+ Kg7 48. Nxc8 $16) 37. Nxe5 Ra2 (37... Rc7 38. b6 (38.
Ra1 Re7 39. Ra8 Qxe5 40. Rxd8 $16) 38... Qxb6 (38... Re7 39. Nxg6+ fxg6 40.
Rxe7 $16) 39. Qxd8 $16) 38. Bxc5 {end of game} Nb7 39. Bd4 Ng8 40. fxg6 fxg6
41. Qb3 Ra8 42. Qc3 Kh7 43. Nh5 gxh5 44. Be4+ Kh8 45. Nf7+ Bxf7 46. Bxg7# 1-0

[Event "Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Ma"]
[Site "Lyon FRA"]
[Date "1990.12.05"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Ng5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Nf3 Na5
15. Bd3 Be6 16. O-O Bc4 17. Rfd1 b5 18. Bg5 a6 19. Rbc1 Bxd3 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21.
Qxd3 Re8 {inaccuracy - Nc4 better} (21... Qc4 22. Qa3 Qc7 23. Rc1 Nc4 24. Qxa6
$16) (21... Nc4 22. Bxe7 (22. Rc1 Qd7 23. d5 Rc8 $11) 22... Re8 23. Ba3 (23.
Bh4 Nb2 $17) 23... Nxa3 24. Qxa3 Rxe4 $11) 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. d5 (23. Qc2 Nc4 24.
d5 e6 25. Rd1 h6 26. Bf4 Qc8 $11) 23... Nc4 (23... Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Bxe7
$16) 24. Nd2 Nxd2 {mistake} (24... h6 25. Bf4 Nb2 26. Qa3 b4 27. Qb3 Qb5 $14)
25. Bxd2 Rc8 (25... b4 26. Rc6 $16) 26. Rc6 (26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 $11) 26...
Be5 (26... Rxc6 27. dxc6 Qxc6 (27... Qc7 28. Qd7 Be5 29. Bb4 e6 30. Qe8+ Kg7
31. Qf8+ Kf6 32. Qh8+ Kg5 33. Bd2+ Bf4 34. h4+ Kxh4 35. Qf6+ Kg4 36. f3+ Kh5
37. g3 Bxd2 38. Qh4#) 28. Qd8+ Bf8 29. Bh6 $16) 27. Bc3 (27. f4 Bd6 28. Qc3
Rxc6 29. dxc6 Qc8 $14) 27... Bb8 (27... Bd6 28. e5 Bc7 29. Qd4 Re8 30. Qc5 Bb8
31. d6 $16) 28. Qd4 f6 29. Ba5 (29. Qc5 Rf8 30. Bb4 Bd6 31. Qc3 Be5 32. Qb3 Kg7
33. Re6 Re8 34. g3 Qd7 35. Qa3 $16) 29... Bd6 (29... Rxc6 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31.
Qd8+ Kf7 32. Qxb8 $16 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 $16) 30. Qc3 Re8 (30... Rxc6 31. dxc6 Qc8
32. c7 Kf8 33. Qc6 Kg7 34. h4 Kf8 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. g3 Kf8 37. Ke2 h6 38. f4 Kg8
39. e5 fxe5 40. fxe5 Bxe5 41. Qd5+ Kh7 42. Qxe5 $16) 31. a3 {small
preventative python move} Kg7 32. g3 {small preventative move} (32. Rb6 Qc8 33.
Qxc8 Rxc8 {threat of rc1 mate} 34. Rxa6 Rc1+ 35. Be1 Rxe1#) 32... Be5 33. Qc5
h5 (33... Bd6 34. Qc3 Be5 35. Qe3 Ra8 36. Kg2 Qa7 37. Bb6 Qd7 38. Bc5 a5 39.
Re6 Re8 40. Ra6 Rb8 41. Rxa5 $16) 34. Bc7 (34. Rb6 Qc8 35. Qxc8 Rxc8 36. Rxa6
Bd6 $11) 34... Ba1 (34... Bxc7 35. Rxc7 Qb8 (35... Qa8 36. Rxe7+ $16) 36. Rxe7+
Rxe7 37. Qxe7+ $16) 35. Bf4 Qd7 36. Rc7 Qd8 (36... Qxh3 37. Rxe7+ Rxe7 38.
Qxe7+ Kh8 39. Bh6 Bd4 40. Qg7#) 37. d6 g5 38. d7 (38. Bxg5 fxg5 39. Qxg5+ Kf7
40. Qxh5+ Kf8 41. d7 Qa8 42. Qxe8+ $16) 38... Rf8 39. Bd2 Be5 40. Rb7 {end of
game} Bd6 41. Qd5 Qa8 (41... h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Bc3 Kh6 44. Qe6 Rg8+ 45. Kf1
Rg6 46. Qf7 Bf4 47. Bb4 Rg7 48. Qe8 Bc7 49. Bd2+ Kh7 50. Rxc7 Qxc7 51. Qh5+ Kg8
52. Qd5+ Kh7 53. d8=Q) 42. Bb4 Bxb4 43. axb4 Kh6 44. e5 Rg8 (44... fxe5 45.
Rb6+ Kg7 46. Qxe5+ Rf6 47. Qxe7+ Rf7 48. Qxg5+ Kf8 49. Rh6 Rxd7 50. Qf6+ Kg8
51. Rh8#) 45. Qc6 Rf8 46. Rc7 Qxc6 47. Rxc6 Rd8 48. e6 Kg6 49. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. Qxd5 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 Be6 11. Qh5 h6 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Nd2 g6 15.
Qf3 d5 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bf1 Qf6 19. Nb3 Rad8 20. Rd2 Be6 21. Bc7
Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Bf5 23. Nc4 Re4 24. Ne3 Bc8 25. Rd1 Re8 26. h3 Qg5 27. Qf3 Kg7
28. Bf4 Qe7 29. Nd5 Qe4 30. Nf6 (30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Bh2 Re8 32. Bb5 h5 33. Nc7
Rd8 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Ne8+ Kh6 36. Bf4+ g5 37. Bc7 Be7 38. Nd6 Be6 39. Be2 $14)
30... Kxf6 (30... Qxf3 31. Nxe8+ Kg8 32. gxf3 $16) 31. Be5+ Kxe5 (31... Ke6 32.
Qf6#) (31... Kg5 32. Bf6#) 32. Qxe4+ (32. Qxf7 Rd8 (32... Qf5 33. Rd5+ Ke4 34.
Bd3+ Kf4 35. g3+ Kf3 36. Rxf5+ $16 Bxf5 37. Qd5+ Be4 38. Bxe4+ Rxe4 39. Qd3+
Re3 40. Qxe3#) 33. f4+ Qxf4 34. Re1+ Qe4 35. Qc7+ Bd6 36. Qg7+ Kf5 37. g4+
Qxg4+ 38. hxg4+ Kg5 39. Bd3 Bh2+ 40. Kxh2 Rxd3 41. Re5+ Nxe5 42. Qxe5+ Bf5 43.
gxf5 $16) 32... Kxe4 33. Re1+ Kf5 34. Rxe8 Be6 35. Rxf8 Bxa2 36. Rc8 {end of
game} Bd5 37. Rc7 Ne5 (37... b6 38. c4 Be4 39. f3 Bxf3 40. Rxf7+ Ke4 41. Rxf3
$16) 38. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. h3 b6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Bf4 Rad8
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Bf3 Ba8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+
21. Bxd1 Qd8 22. Bf3 Qd2 23. b3 (23. g3 Qxb2 24. Qd3 Qb4 25. Qd7 a6 26. Qd8+
Qf8 27. Qxb6 c5 28. Bxa8 Qxa8 29. Qxc5 $16) 23... Qxa2 24. b4 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Qa6
{inaccuracy} (25... g6 26. b5 Qb2 27. bxc6 $11 Qxf2 28. Qd3 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Qf4+
30. g3 Qxe5 $11) 26. Qd4 Qc8 (26... c5 27. Qd8#) 27. c5 bxc5 (27... a5 28. cxb6
axb4 29. Qxb4 c5 30. Qa3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 c4 32. Qa7 c3 33. b7 Qf8 34. b8=Q $16)
28. Qxc5 a6 29. Qe7 g6 (29... Qf8 30. Qa7 Qc8 31. h4 h6 32. Kg3 Bb7 33. Be4 Qc7
34. Kf3 g6 35. g3 Kg7 $11) 30. h4 h5 31. Kg3 Qb7 {terrible mistake} (31... Kg7
32. Qc5 Qc7 33. Kh2 Bb7 34. Kh3 Qd8 35. Qa7 Qd3 36. Qc5 Qf5+ 37. Kg3 Qd3 $11)
32. Qxb7 Bxb7 33. Kf4 Kf8 34. Kg5 Ke7 35. Be4 Ba8 36. f3 Bb7 37. g4 Ba8 38.
gxh5 gxh5 39. f4 (39. Kxh5 f6 40. Kg6 f5 41. Bd3 c5 42. bxc5 Bxf3 43. Bxa6 $16)
39... Bb7 40. Bf3 Ba8 41. Kxh5 {end of game} f6 42. Kg6 f5 43. h5 Kf8 44. Kf6
Kg8 45. Kxe6 Bb7 46. Kd6 Bc8 47. e6 $16 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno YUG"]
[Date "1986.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Kh2 (14. g3
Nxh3+ 15. Kg2 Ng5 $17) 14... Ne7 15. Ne3 Ra8 16. a4 Be6 17. Bxe6 (17. Bc2 g5
18. d4 h5 19. Ng1 g4 20. g3 Nfg6 21. Rf1 $14) 17... fxe6 18. Ng1 Rad8 19. g3
Nfg6 20. Rf1 d5 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Ng2 (22. h4 Nf4 23. Qc2 (23. gxf4 exf4 24. Ng2
f3 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 Rxf3 $17) 23... Qg6 24. f3 Nh5 25. Ng4 $11) 22... Rf7
23. h4 Rdf8 24. Rad1 Nge7 25. h5 g6 26. Nh3 Qf3 27. Qxf3 Rxf3 28. hxg6 Nxg6 29.
Ne3 d4 30. Nc2 R3f7 31. cxd4 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 exd4 33. f4 c5 (33... a5 34. Rc1 b6
35. Rc6 Ne5 36. Rxe6 Nxd3 37. Rd1 Nc5 38. Rxh6 Nxe4 39. Rxd4 $16) 34. a5 b6 35.
axb6 Rb7 36. Rc1 Rxb6 37. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 38. Rf2 Rxf2+ 39. Nxf2 Ra8 40. Ra5 Ne7 41.
Ng4 Nc6 42. Rc5 Ne7 43. Rc7 Kf8 44. Ne5 a5 45. g4 a4 46. f5 exf5 47. gxf5 Nxf5
48. exf5 Ra5 49. Rc5 Rxc5 50. Nd7+ Ke7 51. Nxc5 a3 52. Kg3 Kd6 53. Nb3 Ke5 54.
Kg4 h5+ 55. Kg5 h4 56. f6 Ke6 57. Kg6 h3 58. f7 h2 59. f8=Q h1=Q 60. Nc5+ Ke5
61. Qb8+ {end of game} 1-0

[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.05.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Bc6 13. Nd4 g6 14. Rf2 e5 15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf1 Qc8 18. h3 Nd7 19. Bg4 h5 20. Bxd7 (20. Bf3 Bc5 21.
Qc1 (21. Nd1 Qa6 22. Qe1 $14) 21... Qd8 $11) 20... Qxd7 21. Qc4 Bh4 22. Rd2 Qe7
23. Rf1 (23. Bc5 Qg5 24. Rad1 (24. Bxf8 Qxd2 $11) 24... Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.
Rf1 Rd7 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Qxc6 (28. Qxb4 Rd2 29. Qb8+ Kg7) 28... Rd2 (28... Qd8
29. Nd5) 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Rxf7+ Kh6 31. Qh8#) 23... Rfd8 24. Nb1 (24. Rxd8+
Rxd8 25. Nb1 Rd7 26. Kh1 Qd8 27. Nd2 Bg3 (27... Rxd2 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Bxd2
Qxd2 30. Qf8+ Kh7 31. Rf7#) 28. Nf3 $14) 24... Qb7 25. Kh2 Kg7 26. c3 Na6 27.
Re2 Rf8 28. Nd2 Bd8 29. Nf3 f6 (29... Qd7 30. Rd2 Qe8 31. Rd6 Be7 32. Rxc6 Nb8
33. Rc7 Na6 34. Rb7 $16) 30. Rd2 (30. Nxe5 Bc7 $17 (30... fxe5 31. Rxf8 Kxf8
32. Bh6+ Ke7 33. Rd2 Bb6 34. Bg5+ Kf8 35. Qe6 Qf7 36. Qxc6 Rb8 37. Rd7 $16) 31.
Kh1 Bxe5 $17) 30... Be7 31. Qe6 Rad8 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 (32... Rxd8 33. Nxe5 Qc7 (
33... fxe5 34. Rf7+ Kh8 35. Qxg6 Rf8 36. Rh7#) (33... Bd6 34. Qxf6+ Kh7 35.
Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Rf5 $16) 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qxg6 Qxe5+
36. Bf4 Qe6 37. Qxh5+ Kg8 38. Rf3 Bf8 39. Rg3+ Bg7 40. Bh6 Rd7 41. Qg6 Qd6 42.
Bxg7 Qxg3+ 43. Qxg3 Rxg7 44. Qd6 $16) 33. Rd1 {rd7 threat} (33. Nxe5 Qc7 34.
Bf4 Nc5 35. Qc4 fxe5 36. Bh6+ Kxh6 37. Rxf8 Nd7 (37... Be7 38. Qf7 Qd6 39. Rh8+
Kg5 40. Re8 (40. Qf2 Qd3 (40... Nd3 41. h4+ Kg4 42. Qg3#) 41. Rh7 Nxe4 42. Qf3
Qxf3 43. gxf3 Nf2 44. Rxe7 $16) 40... Bd8 41. h4+ Kxh4 42. Rxd8 Qxd8 43. Qxg6
Qg5 $17 44. g3+ Kg4 $17) 38. Rh8+ Kg7 (38... Kg5 39. Qe6 Nf6 40. g3 h4 41. Kg2
c5 42. Kf3 c4 43. gxh4#) 39. Qg8+ Kf6 40. Rh7 $16) 33... Nb8 34. Bc5 Rh8 35.
Rxd8 {end of game} Rxd8 36. Be7 Rf8 (36... Re8 37. Qxf6+ Kh7 (37... Kh6 38. Nh4
Rg8 39. Nf5+ Kh7 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Bf6+ Rg7 42. Qxb7) 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Bf6#) 37.
Bxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qxf6+ Ke8 39. Nxe5 $16 1-0

[Event "Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Ma"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1984.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nf5 Rc8 15.
Bd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Ne3 Be6 (17... d4 18. Rad1 (18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Bxc6
Rxc6 20. Nxg4 Nxg4 21. e3 Ne5 22. exd4 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Qd7 24. d5 Nh4+ 25. Kg1
Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nh4+ $11 27. Kh1 $11 (27. gxh4 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Re2 30.
Nxe2 Rxc2 $17)) 18... Nc4 19. Nxg4 Nxg4 20. Ne4 Rc8 21. Qb3 $11) 18. Rad1 Qc8
19. Qa4 Rd8 20. Rd3 a6 21. Rfd1 Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Qa5 Rc5 24. Qb6 Rd7 (
24... Rc6 25. Qb3 b5 26. e4 d4 27. Nd5 $14) 25. Rd4 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rdxc7 27. h3 (
27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc2 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rd6
Rxb2 33. a4 Rxe2 34. Rd7 f6 35. Rxb7 $11) 27... h5 28. a3 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30. Kh2
Rc4 31. Bf3 b5 32. Kg2 R7c5 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 (33... dxc4 34. Rd6 a5 35. Rb6 Nd7
36. Rxb5 $14) (33... bxc4 34. Rd4 Kf8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 g5 37. Kg3 $14) 34.
Rd4 Kf8 35. Be2 Rxd4 (35... Rc7 36. Bd1 (36. a4 bxa4 37. Rxa4 Rb7 $11) 36...
Rc5 37. Bb3 g5 38. h4 g4 39. f3 gxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Ke7 41. Kf4 Rc6 42. Na2 Rc5 43.
Nc3 $11) 36. exd4 Ke7 37. Na2 Bc8 38. Nb4 Kd6 39. f3 Ng8 40. h4 Nh6 41. Kf2 Nf5
42. Nc2 f6 43. Bd3 g5 (43... Ne7 44. Ne3 Ke6 45. Ke1 $14) 44. Bxf5 (44. hxg5
fxg5 45. Bxf5 Bxf5 46. Ne3 $11) 44... Bxf5 45. Ne3 Bb1 46. b4 gxh4 (46... Ke6
47. Kg2 Bd3 48. Kg1 Bh7 $14) 47. Ng2 (47. gxh4 Bg6 48. Kg3 Be8 49. Nf5+ Kd7 50.
Ne3 Kd6 51. Kf4 $11) 47... hxg3+ (47... h3 48. Nf4 h2 49. Kg2 Ke7 50. Nxh5 Bc2
51. Kxh2 $16) (47... Bf5 48. Nxh4 Be6 49. Ng6 Bf7 50. Nf4 Ke7 51. Kg2 Kf8 52.
Kh3 Kg7 53. Kh4 Kh6 54. g4 hxg4 55. Kxg4 Be8 56. Kf5 Kg7 57. Ke6 Bf7+ 58. Ke7
f5 59. Kd6 Be8 60. Nxd5 $16) 48. Kxg3 Ke6 49. Nf4+ (49. Kh4 Bg6 (49... Kf5 50.
Kxh5 Be4 51. fxe4+ Kxe4 $11) 50. Nf4+ Kf5 51. Nxd5 Be8 52. Nc7 Bf7 $14) 49...
Kf5 50. Nxh5 Ke6 (50... Be4 51. fxe4+ Kxe4 52. Nxf6+ Kxd4 53. Kf4 Kc4 54. Ke5
d4 55. Ke4 d3 56. Ke3 Kc3 57. Ne4+ Kc2 58. Kd4 Kb3 59. Kxd3 Kxa3 60. Kc3 Ka2
61. Nc5 $16) 51. Nf4+ Kd6 52. Kg4 Bc2 53. Kh5 Bd1 54. Kg6 Ke7 (54... Bxf3 55.
Kxf6 Bg4 56. Nd3 Bh3 57. Nc5 Bc8 58. Kf7 Kc6 59. Ke7 Kc7 60. Ne6+ Kc6 61. Nc5
Kc7 62. Ne6+ Kc6 63. Kf6 Kd6 64. Nc5 Kc6 65. Ke5 Kb6 66. Kxd5 $16) 55. Nxd5+
Ke6 56. Nc7+ Kd7 57. Nxa6 Bxf3 58. Kxf6 Kd6 59. Kf5 Kd5 60. Kf4 Bh1 61. Ke3 Kc4
62. Nc5 Bc6 63. Nd3 Bg2 64. Ne5+ Kc3 65. Ng6 Kc4 66. Ne7 Bb7 67. Nf5 Bg2 68.
Nd6+ Kb3 69. Nxb5 Ka4 70. Nd6 {end of game} Bh1 71. Kd3 Bd5 72. Kc3 Be6 73. b5
Ka5 74. a4 Kb6 75. Kb4 $16 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1993.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Ke7 (11... Rg8 12. Nd2 (12. O-O g5 13.
Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Be7 $17) 12... g5 13. Qxh6 Bf8 14. Qh3 Qxd4 $11) (11... O-O
12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Qa5+ (13... Be7 14. Ng5 Qxd4 15. O-O e5 16. Rae1 Be6 17.
Bh7+ Kh8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bf5+ Kg8 20. Re3 Rf7 (20... exf5 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22.
Rh3+ Qh4 23. Rxh4+ Nh5 24. Rxh5#) 21. Rg3+ Ng4 22. Bxg4 Bh4 23. Qxh4 $16) 14.
Kf1 Qh5 15. Qxf6 Qh8 16. Qg5+ Qg7 17. h4 $16) 12. Ne5 (12. O-O g5 13. Bxg5 hxg5
14. Qxg5 Rh5 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. b4 Bxh2+ 17. Nxh2 Qh8 18. Qf4 Nd5 19. Qg3 Rg8 $17)
(12. Bf4 g5 (12... Bb4+ 13. c3 (13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 g5 15. Qh3 e5 16. Bf5
exd4 17. O-O-O $11) 13... g5 $17) 13. Bxd6+ Qxd6 14. Nxg5 $16) 12... Bxe5 13.
dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 {inaccuracy} (14. Bd2 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O Bb7 17. Rhe1
c5 18. Bd2 Qd5 19. Qg3 Rad8 $11 (19... Qxg2 20. Qc7+ Nd7 21. Bb5 $16)) 14...
Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O g5 17. Qa4 c5 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Qa3 Rhd8 20. g3 Qc7
21. Bd4 Be8 22. Kb1 {inaccuracy} (22. Bc2 Bc6 23. c4 Ne8 24. Be5 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1
Qd7 $11) 22... Rd5 23. f4 Rad8 24. Bc2 R5d6 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. fxg5+ hxg5 27.
Rxd6 Rxd6 28. c4 Ke7 29. Qe3 f6 30. h4 gxh4 31. gxh4 Qd7 32. Qh6 e5 33. h5 Qg4
34. Qh7+ Kd8 35. h6 Rd2 36. Qf5 (36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Bxe4 Rh2 38. h7 Ke7 39. Kc1
Kf8 40. b3 Bf7 41. Rg1 Be6 42. Rg6 f5 43. Bxf5 Bxf5 44. Rg8+ Ke7 45. h8=Q $16)
36... Qxf5 37. Bxf5 Bd7 38. Bg6 {mistake} (38. Kc1 Rh2 (38... Rd4 39. Be4 Rxc4+
40. Kd2 Rd4+ 41. Kc3 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 Bf5 43. Rh4 e4 44. h7 $16) 39. Rd1 $16)
38... Rh2 39. h7 Ke7 40. Bd3 Be6 (40... f5 41. Rxe5+ Kf6 42. Re1 Rxh7 $17) 41.
Rg1 f5 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rxa7 e4 44. Be2 f4 45. b3 f3 46. Bd1 Bf5 47. Kc1 Bxh7
48. Rb7 Ke5 49. Rxb6 Rxa2 {end of game} 50. Kb1 Rh2 51. Rb7 Bf5 $17 0-1

[Event "Phillips & Drew GLC Kings"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1984.05.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Andrew Jonathan Mestel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bh4 Nh5 15.
Re1 g6 16. Rc1 Qg7 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. Bg5 (18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 g5 20. Qd2 h6 21.
Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bb8 (22... Bxe5 23. Nxd5 Rae8 (23... exd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25.
Rxe5 Bc6 26. Qc5 Rac8 27. Rce1 Bb5 (27... Bxg2 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30.
Rxe8+ Kh7 31. Bd3+ Qg6 32. Bxg6+ $16) 28. Qe3 $16) 24. Ne3 $11) 23. Be2 g4 24.
Bd3 Ba7 $17) 18... h6 19. Be3 Rf7 (19... g5 20. Ne5 Nf6 (20... Nxe5 21. dxe5
Bxe5 22. Qxh5 $16) (20... Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nf4 22. Na4 Nxe5 23. Nb6 Rad8 24. Bd4
Nfg6 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Bd3 Qf7 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 $16) 21.
Na4 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nb6 Rad8 24. Bc5 Bb8 25. Bxf8 $16) 20. g3 (20. Na4
Raf8 (20... Bb4 21. Re2 Raf8 22. Rec2 Nf4 23. Nb6 Bc8 24. Ne5 Rf6 (24... Nxe5
25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Nxc8 $16) 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Rxc6 $16) 21. Nc5 Rxf3 22. gxf3
Bc8 23. Nd3 $16) 20... Raf8 21. Bg2 Nf6 22. h3 g5 23. Nh2 Kh8 24. Na4 Re7 25.
Nc5 Be8 26. Qd2 Nd7 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. a3 Rdf7 29. Ng4 Rf5 30. b4 Bb8 31. Ne5
Nxe5 32. dxe5 Bb5 (32... Bxe5 33. Bc5 R8f7 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Bd4 Kg8 36. Qc3
Rff5 (36... Rc7 37. Qxc7 Qxc7 38. Rxc7 Re1+ 39. Kh2 $16) 37. g4 $16) 33. Bc5
R8f7 34. Bd4 Rf8 (34... Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Qc3 Kg8 37. Bxe5 $16) 35. Rc3 (
35. Bxd5 Rd8 (35... Qd7 36. Be4 Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Rxf2 38. Bxf2 Bxe5 39. Red1 Qe8
40. Rc5 Bf6 41. Rdc1 Bc6 42. Bxc6 bxc6 43. Rxc6 Kg7 44. Rxa6 $16) 36. Bxe6 Rff8
37. Qe3 $16) 35... Kg8 36. Qd1 Qf7 37. Qc2 Bc4 38. Bf3 {Bg4 threat} (38. Be4
dxe4 39. Rxc4 Bxe5 40. g4 Bxd4 41. gxf5 e5 42. Rxe4 Qxf5 43. Re2 {only move
for advantage} (43. Qe2 Qxh3 44. Rexd4 exd4 45. Rxd4 Qf3 $11) 43... Qxh3 44.
Rc7 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 Rf5 46. Qc4+ Kf8 47. Rd7 Qh3+ 48. Ke1 Qc3+ 49. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 50.
Kf1 $16) 38... Rxf3 39. Rxf3 Qxf3 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43.
Qxe6 Kh7 44. Qe7+ Qf7 {mistake} (44... Rf7 45. Qxg5 Rg7 46. Qh4+ Kg8 47. Kh2 (
47. e6 Bxg3 48. fxg3 Rxg3+ $17) 47... Bc7 48. e6 Bf1 49. Rxf1 Bxg3+ 50. fxg3
Qxf1 51. Qd8+ Kh7 52. Qh4+ Kg8 53. Qd8+ $11) 45. Qxg5 Qe6 46. Kg2 Bd3 47. f3
Bg6 (47... Bc7 48. g4 Bd8 49. Qe3 Bb5 $11) 48. g4 Bc7 49. Qh4+ Kg8 50. Qg3 Qc6
(50... Bd8 51. Qf2 Rf4 52. Rc1 Bg5 $11) 51. Qf2 Be4 52. Re3 Qe6 (52... Qh6 53.
Rc3 Bd8 $11) 53. Qe1 Bg6 54. Rc3 Rf4 {big mistake} (54... Bd8 55. Qe3 Kh7 $14)
55. Rxc7 Rxd4 56. Qe3 Rc4 57. Rxb7 d4 58. Qh6 Rc2+ 59. Kg1 Bf7 60. Rb8+ Rc8 61.
Qxe6 {end of game} Bxe6 62. Rxc8+ Bxc8 63. f4 d3 64. Kf2 Bb7 65. Ke3 Bg2 66. h4
d2 67. Kxd2 Bf3 68. Kd3 Bxg4 69. Kc4 Bd1 70. Kc5 Kf7 71. Kb6 Be2 72. a4 Ke6 73.
h5 Bxh5 74. Kxa6 Be2+ 75. Ka7 Kf5 76. b5 Bc4 77. b6 Kxf4 78. b7 $16 1-0

[Event "Interpolis 6th"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1982.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1982.09.30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 a5 (8... Qxd4 9. N1f3 Qc5 10. Ne5 Qb5 11. Qxb5 cxb5 12. Nexf7 Rg8 13. Ne5
$16) 9. a3 a4 10. Ba2 h6 11. N5f3 c5 12. c3 Bd7 (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd6 14.
Ngf3 $11) 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Be7 15. Ngf3 O-O 16. O-O Be8 17. Bd2 Nbd5 18.
Rfc1 Qb6 19. Bc4 Bc6 20. Re1 Nc7 21. Nxc6 bxc6 {bit of a sacrifice of structure
} (21... Qxc6 22. g3 Ncd5 $11) 22. Bf4 Ncd5 23. Be5 Rfd8 24. Rad1 Bd6 25. Rd2
Bxe5 (25... c5 26. g3 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Bc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. Bd3 g6
31. Rdc2 $14) 26. dxe5 (26. Nxe5 Rd6 27. g3 $11) (26. Qxe5 Ra5 27. Rc1 Ne7 28.
Qe1 Nf5 29. h3 Ra7 $11) 26... Nd7 27. g3 Nf8 28. Red1 Rd7 {inaccuracy} (28...
Nd7 29. Ba2 Nc5 30. Qc4 Ra5 31. Rc2 $14) 29. Qe4 Rb7 30. Rc2 Rab8 31. Rdd2 Ne7
32. Kg2 Qa5 33. h4 Rd7 34. Be2 Rd5 35. Rd4 Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Nd5 {mistake} (36...
Nf5 37. Qe4 c5 38. h5 g5 (38... Qa7 39. Bd3 Qa5 40. Qc6 Ne7 41. Qd6 Qa7 42. Be4
g6 43. hxg6 Nexg6 44. Ne1 Kg7 45. Nd3 c4 (45... Rc8 46. Nxc5 $16) 46. Rxc4 $16)
39. hxg6 Nxg6 40. Bd3 Rb3 41. Qc4 $14) 37. Rxc6 Qa8 38. Rc4 Qb7 39. Rc2 Nb6 40.
Bb5 Ng6 (40... Nd5 41. Bc6 Qc7 (41... Qa6 42. Qxa4 $14 (42. Bxd5 exd5 43. Qxd5
Ne6 44. Qe4 $16)) 42. Bxa4 $16) 41. Qd6 Qa8 42. Bc6 {end of game} Qa7 43. Be4
Nf8 44. Rc7 Qa5 45. Rxf7 (45. Qe7 Nbd7 46. Rxd7 Nxd7 47. Qxd7 $16) 45... Kxf7
46. Qxb8 $16 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1989.02.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1989.02.19"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qc7
9. Ba3 a5 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Qd2 (11. Re1 Nb4 12. e4 (12. Qd2 e5 13. e4 f4 14. d5
Bg4 15. c5 Rad8 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe2 cxd5 18. exd5 Bh6 19. Rcd1 Rfe8 $11)
12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Nxa2 15. Rc2 (15. Ra1 Nc3 $17) 15... Bf5 $17)
11... Bd7 (11... Nb4 12. d5 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Bb2 $16) (11...
Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 d5 (13... Bf5 14. Nxe4 $16) 14. cxd5 $16) 12. Rfe1
Nb4 (12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Bh6 15. Bxe4 $16) (12... e5 13. dxe5 dxe5
14. Bd6 Qc8 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Nxe5 $16) 13. Bb2 e5 14. a3 Na6 (14... exd4 15.
Nxd4 Na6 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 $16) 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nb5 cxb5 (
16... Qc8 17. Bxe5 $16 cxb5 18. cxb5 Qe8 19. bxa6 $16) (16... Qd8 17. Nxe5 cxb5
18. Bd5+ Nxd5 (18... Kh8 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Red1 $16 Ra7 22. Nc6
Bxc6 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Ne8 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. Rc5 Bd7 27. Be5 $16) 19.
Qxd5+ Kh8 20. cxb5 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 $16) (16... Qb8 17. Bxe5 Qd8 18. Nd6 $16) (
16... Qb6 17. Bxe5 cxb5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd7 Rad8 20. Qxb5 $16) (16... Ne4
17. Nxc7 Nxd2 18. Nxa8 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Rxa8 20. Bxe5 $16) 17. cxb5 Nc5 18. Bxe5
Qb6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qd5+ Ne6 (20... Be6 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 $16) 21. Qxd7
Rad8 22. Rc6 Rxd7 (22... bxc6 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 (23... Kh8 24. Ne5 Qxb5 25. Nf7+
Rxf7 26. Qxf7 $16) 24. bxc6 Qc5 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. bxc4 Rfe8 27. h4 $16) (22...
Qxb5 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Rb6 $16) 23. Rxb6 Nc5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ne4 26. e3
Kf7 {inaccuracy} (26... Re8 27. Bf1 Kg7 $14) 27. h4 Rb8 28. Rc1 Ke7 29. Nd4 {
nc6 check threat} Kf7 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Ne6 Bd8 32. Ng5+ Bxg5 33. hxg5 Re8 34.
Rc4 Kg7 35. Kg2 Rf7 36. Rd6 h6 37. gxh6+ Kxh6 38. b6 Re5 39. Rc7 Rf8 40. Rxb7
Ref5 41. Rd2 Rb5 42. Rd4 {end of game} Re8 43. Rc4 Re6 44. g4 g5 45. Kg3 Kg6
46. Rb8 Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. Rf8+ Kg6 49. b7 Reb6 50. Re8 Kf6 (50... Rxb7 51.
Re6#) 51. Rxe4 Rxb7 52. Rxb7 Rxb7 53. f4 $16 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno YUG"]
[Date "1978.03.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Enver Bukic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1978.02.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Be6 11. f4 Nb4 12. f5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 (13... d5 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. exd5 Rc8 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Be4 $16) 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. Qe2 h6 (15... d5 16.
Bxf6 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxf6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qg4 $14) 16. Bh4 b6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18.
Bg3 (18. g4 d5 19. Bxf6 (19. exd5 Nfxd5 (19... Nbxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxe7 Nf4
22. Qe3 Bxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxe7 $17) 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxh4 $17 (21... Bxd5+
22. Rxd5 Bxh4 23. Rxe5 Qc6+ 24. Kg1 Bf6 25. Re4 Bxb2 $17)) 19... dxe4 20. Nxe4
gxf6 21. c3 Nd5 22. Ng3 Nf4 23. Qe3 Bxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rfd8 $17) 18... Bb7 (18...
d5 19. exd5 Nbxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24.
Bxe5 $16) 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Ne8 21. h4 {prevents Bg5} (21. h3 Bg5 22. Bf2
Bxd2 $17) 21... Nf6 22. Bf2 Nd7 (22... Re8 23. g4 d5 24. exd5 e4 25. Bg2 Bxd5
26. Nxd5 Nbxd5 27. Rxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxc2 29. Nd4 Qxe2 30. Nxe2 Rc2 31. Bf1
Bf6 $15) (22... d5 23. exd5 e4 24. Nxe4 Nbxd5 25. Bg3 Nf4 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. Bxf4 $16) 23. g3 (23.
Kg1 $14) 23... Kf8 24. Nc1 Qc4 25. Qe1 Qc7 (25... b5 {had to be played} 26.
axb5 axb5 27. Kh2 Nxc2 28. Rxc2 b4 29. Rdd2 bxc3 30. Rxc3 Qa4 31. Ra3 Qc4 32.
Rc3 Qa4 33. Ra3 $11) 26. Qg1 Nc5 27. N1e2 Bc6 28. b3 (28. g4 Nxa4 29. Nxa4 Bxa4
30. b3 Bc6 31. g5 d5 32. Bxb6 Qb7 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. f6 Bxf6 35. Ng3 d4 36. Bc5+
Be7 37. Nf5 Bxc5 38. Qg7+ Ke8 39. Qxe5+ Be7 40. Rg2 Bb5 41. Rxd4 Rxd4 42. Rg8+
Kd7 43. Qxe7+ Kc6 44. e5+ Kb6 45. Qxb7+ $16) 28... Qb7 29. Qg2 Qc7 (29... d5
30. exd5 e4 31. Nxe4 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Nxc5 Bxc5 34. Bxc5+ bxc5 35. Bxd5
$16) 30. Be3 Bf6 31. Kh2 Qe7 32. Qf2 Bb7 33. Bg2 (33. Kh3 Rc7 34. g4 Bc8 35.
Qg3 g5 36. hxg5 Bxg5 37. Bxg5 hxg5 38. Kg2 $16) 33... Kg8 34. Qf3 Kh7 35. Qh5
Qf8 36. Rf1 (36. g4 g6 37. Qxh6+ Qxh6 38. Bxh6 Kxh6 39. g5+ Bxg5 40. hxg5+ Kxg5
$17) 36... Nd7 37. Rc1 Rc6 {mistake} (37... Be7 $17 38. Qf3 (38. g4 Nf6 $17)
38... d5 $17 39. exd5 Nf6 40. Bxb6 Rd6 41. Ne4 (41. Bg1 Nbxd5 42. Nxd5 Bxd5 43.
Rxd5 Rxd5 $17 44. c4 e4 45. Qf1 Rd3 $17) 41... Rxb6 42. a5 Rb5 43. c4 Rxa5 $17)
38. Nd5 {lock and key much better than surveillance} Nxd5 39. exd5 Rcc8 40. Be4
Nc5 41. Bxc5 Rxc5 42. g4 {end of game} Kh8 43. g5 Be7 44. Rf1 f6 45. gxh6 gxh6
46. Rg1 Kh7 47. Rg6 Bc8 48. Ng3 Bd7 49. Rg2 Be8 50. Qe2 Bxg6 51. fxg6+ Kh8 52.
Nh5 Qg7 53. Nxg7 $16 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "1979.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 (4... Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Qe7 7.
dxc5 Qxc5 8. b3 d6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Bb2 $16) 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 (6. exd4 d5 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Be6 $14) 6... O-O 7. Nxc6 bxc6 (7... dxc6 8. Qc2 Qd6 9. e4 Be6
$11) 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxh2+
13. Kxh2 Qxd5 $17) 10... Qe7 11. Bb2 (11. cxd5 Qe5 12. g3 Qxc3 13. Rb1 Qe5 $17)
11... dxc4 12. bxc4 {mistake} (12. Bxc4 Qe5 13. g3 Bg4 14. Be2 Qh5 15. h4 Rfe8
$11) 12... Rb8 13. Qc1 (13. Rb1 Rxb2 14. Rxb2 Qe5 15. g3 Qxc3 $17) 13... Ng4
14. g3 {inaccuracy} (14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. h3 Bd7 $17 (15... Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qg5+ 17.
Kh1 Qh5 18. Kg2 Rfe8 19. Ba3 Qg6+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. e4 Rbd8 22. Qe3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3
Qxe4+ 24. f3 Qf5 25. Rae1 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 h6 $15) 16. Ne2 c5 17. Qc3
f6 18. Ba3 Bc6 19. Rad1 Rfe8 $17) 14... Re8 15. Nd1 Nxh2 16. c5 (16. Kxh2 Qh4+
17. Kg2 Qh3+ 18. Kg1 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1 Re4 21. Rf4 Bh3 22. Bf1 Bxf1
23. Qd2 (23. Rxf1 Rh4#) 23... Re6 24. Bf6 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qxf6 $17)
16... Nxf1 17. cxd6 Nxg3 (17... cxd6 18. Bxf1 $11) 18. fxg3 (18. dxe7 Nxe2+ 19.
Kg2 Nxc1 20. Bxc1 Rxe7 $17) 18... Qxd6 19. Kf2 Qh6 20. Bd4 Qh2+ 21. Ke1 Qxg3+
22. Kd2 Qg2 23. Nb2 Ba6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 Rbd8 26. Bf1 Qe4+ 27. Kc3 c5 28.
Bxc5 (28. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 28... Qc6 29. Kb3 Rb8+ 30. Ka3 Re5 31. Bb4 Qb6 {
game ended here} 32. Qc4 Rxe3+ 33. Ka4 a5 34. Bc3 (34. Bxa5 Ra3+ 35. Kxa3 Qxa5+
36. Qa4 Qc5+ 37. Qb4 Qxb4#) 34... Qd6 35. Bd3 (35. Rc1 Qd7+ 36. Kxa5 Ra8+ 37.
Kb4 Qa4+ 38. Kc5 Qa7+ 39. Kb4 Qa3+ 40. Kb5 Rb8+ 41. Kc6 Qd6#) 35... Rxd3 36.
Rg1 Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Rb4+ 38. Ka3 (38. Kxa5 Qb6#) 38... Rb1+ 39. Ka4 Rxg1 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "1979.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Qc2
Qa5 9. a3 Bxc5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Be2 Rfc8 (12... d4 13. Nb3 Qb6 14.
exd4 a5 15. Be3 $16) 13. O-O Qd8 14. cxd5 exd5 (14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16.
Qb3 Na5 17. Qa2 Be6 18. b4 d4 19. Qb1 Nc6 20. Nf3 $16) 15. Nf3 h6 16. Ne5 Be6
17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. Be5 Ne4 20. Qe2 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Rd8 (21... Bxa3 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. bxa3 Qb3 24. e4 dxe4 (24... Qxa3 25. exd5 Rb6 26. dxe6 $16) 25.
Qxe4 $16 Qc3 (25... Qxa3 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Bxc6 $16) 26. Rd3 Qf6 27. Bg4 $14 Rc4
(27... Rd8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. Qxb7 $16) 28. Qxb7 $16) 22. Rd3 Rcd6
23. Rfd1 R6d7 24. R1d2 Qb5 25. Qd1 b6 26. g3 (26. e4 Bg5 (26... dxe4 27. Rxd7
Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Bxe4 Be6 $11) 27. exd5 Bxd2 28. dxe6 (28. Rxd2 Bxd5 $17)
28... Rxd3 $17) 26... Bf8 27. Bg2 Be7 28. Qh5 a6 29. h3 Qc6 30. Kh2 a5 31. f4
f6 32. Qd1 Qb5 (32... Bc5 33. Bd4 (33. f5 Bf7 34. e4 d4 35. Bxd4 Bxd4 36. Rxd4
Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Qxd4 Qb5 $14) 33... Bf5 34. Rc3 a4 35. Qf1 Ra8 $14) 33.
g4 g5 {makes things worse} (33... Bf7 34. h4 (34. e4 Bd6 35. e5 (35. Kg3 g5 $17
) 35... fxe5 36. fxe5 Bc5 (36... Bb8 37. Bd4 $11) 37. Bxd5 (37. Bd4 Qc6 $11)
37... Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Bg1+ 40. Qxg1 Rxd5) (34. Kh1 a4 35. e4 (35.
f5 Re8 36. e4 Bc5 37. exd5 Rde7 38. d6 (38. Rc2 Kh7 39. Bf3 Re3 $11) 38... Re1+
$17) 35... Bd6 36. e5 (36. f5 Bf4 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. exd5 Qc4 $17)
36... fxe5 37. fxe5 Bb8 $11) 34... Qc6 35. Bd4 $14 Bc5 36. Bf3 $14) 34. Kh1 {
without counterplay = without downsides} (34. f5 {has counterplay - downsides}
Bf7 35. e4 Bd6+ 36. Kh1 Kg7 37. exd5 Bf4 38. Re2 Bxd5 $15) 34... Qc6 (34...
gxf4 35. exf4 Bf7 36. Bd4 Rc8 37. Rb3 Qc4 38. g5 hxg5 39. Bf3 Bg6 40. Rc3 Qa6
41. Qe2 b5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Qe5 $16) 35. f5 Bf7 36. e4 Kg7 (36... d4 37. Rxd4
Rxd4 38. Rxd4 $16) (36... Bc5 37. exd5 Qd6 38. Re2 $16) 37. exd5 Qc7 38. Re2 b5
39. Rxe7 Rxe7 40. d6 Qc4 (40... Qd7 41. dxe7 Qxd3 42. exd8=Q $16) 41. b3 {
end of game} Qc5 42. dxe7 Rxd3 43. Qxd3 $16 1-0

[Event "Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Seattle, WA USA"]
[Date "1989.01.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. b4 O-O 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Qd7 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Qc2 b6 14. Bb2 Rac8 15.
Rbc1 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc6 {even stronger than Nxd4} (17. Nxd4 Nxb4 18.
axb4 Qxd4 19. b5 $16) 17... Qxc6 18. Rxc6 Bd7 19. Nxd4 (19. Rc2 c5 20. bxc5
bxc5 21. Nfd2 Be6 $11) 19... Bxc6 20. Nxc6 Rce8 (20... a6 21. Nd2 Nc3 (21...
Rfd8 22. Bxd5+ Rxd5 23. Nxe7+ Kf8 24. Nxd5 $16) 22. Nxe7+ $16) 21. Rc1 {
Nd2 threat} (21. Nd2 Nc3 22. Bf3 a6 $16) 21... f5 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Nxa7 Bd6 24.
e3 c5 25. Nc4 Bb8 26. Nc6 b5 27. N4a5 cxb4 28. axb4 Nd7 29. d4 g5 30. Nxb8 Rxb8
31. Rc7 Nf6 (31... Rf7 32. Bd5 $16) 32. Nc6 Rb6 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34. Nxf5 Ra6 35.
Rc1 Ra2 36. h3 Rb2 37. e4 Rxb4 38. g4 h5 39. e5 hxg4 (39... Ng8 40. Bd5 Rd8 41.
Rc5 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 b4 43. Rb5 Ra1 44. Kg2 Ra6 45. Bxg8 Rxg8 46. d5 $16) 40. exf6
gxh3 41. Bxh3 Rxf6 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kh5 45. f3 {end of game}
Rb1+ (45... Rxf5 46. Bxf5 Kh4 47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Ke3 Rb3+ 49. Ke4 $16) 46. Kg2 b4
47. Bg4# 1-0

[Event "Grand Prix d'Echecs"]
[Site "GP"]
[Date "2004.12.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Glenn Flear"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 h6 (8... e5 9. Ne2 Na5 10. a4 Be6 11. d5 Bd7 12. Ng3 b6 13. O-O h6 14. h3
Nh7 15. f4 $14) 9. Ne2 b6 10. f4 Na5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Ng3 (12. O-O c5 13. Be3 f5
$14) 12... Ba6 13. Qe2 (13. Qa2 d5 (13... f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 $15) 14. f5 $11)
13... d5 {mistake} (13... f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. O-O Qe8 17. f5 Rf7
18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Re8 $15) 14. cxd5 {big mistake in return} (
14. f5 dxc4 (14... exf5 15. Nxf5 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. O-O Qd7 18. Bxh6 gxh6
19. Qh5 f6 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Rf3 Ncd6 23. exd6 Rf7 24. Rg3+ Rg7
25. Ne7+ Qxe7 26. dxe7 $16) (14... Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. O-O exf5 17. Nxf5 Kh7
18. Qh5 $16) 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qg4 f6 17. fxe6 Bb7 18. Nf5 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nb3 20.
O-O Nxa1 21. e7 Qd7 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 24. Qg6 Nb3 25. Bxh6+ Ke7
26. exf6+ $16) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxd5 16. O-O (16. f5 Qxg2 17. Rf1 f6 $11 18.
fxe6 fxe5 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. dxe5 Nc6 $11) 16... f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bd2 Nc4
19. Rae1 c5 20. Bc1 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rad8 22. Rd1 b5 23. Qg6 Qd7 24. f5 Qe8 25.
Qxe8 Rfxe8 26. fxe6 Rxe6 27. Nf5 Nd5 28. Rf3 Kh7 29. h3 Rd7 30. g4 a5 31. Kf2
b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Bd2 Rf7 34. Bc1 Ra7 35. g5 (35. Kg3 Rb7 36. Rb3 Na5 37.
Rb2 b3 38. Rd3 Reb6 39. Rb1 Nc4 40. Bb2 Ra7 41. h4 Ra2 42. Ba1 (42. Bc1 b2 43.
Bf4 Ra1 $17) 42... b2 $17) 35... hxg5 36. Bxg5 Nc3 37. Rc1 Ne4+ 38. Kg1 Nxg5
39. Rg3 Nd2 40. d5 (40. Rxg5 Nf3+ 41. Kg2 Nxg5 $17) 40... Re5 41. Ne3 Ngf3+ 42.
Kh1 Rxe3 {end of game} 43. d6 b3 44. d7 Rxd7 $17 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1929.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hermanis Karlovich Mattison"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Qc2 Qe7 7. Ba3 c5 8.
g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qb7+ 13. Kg1 Qa6 14. Qb3 Nc6
15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. cxb5 Nc4 18. Bc1 a6 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. dxc5 bxc5
21. Ng2 Nd5 22. Rd3 Rfa8 23. e4 Ne5 {game ended here} 24. Rd1 Nxc3 25. Rd2 (25.
Re1 Nf3+ $17) (25. Rf1 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Rxa2) 25... Nf3+ $17 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1927.03.13"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nc3 Qb6 (6... c5 7. Nce2
Nc6 8. Nf3 Rc8 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nexd4 Bc5 $10) 7. Nge2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Ne7
10. Na4 Qc6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Nf5 14. c3 Nc6 15. Rad1 g6 16. g4
{Weakening} (16. Bf2 h5 $14 17. b3 Rc8 $10) 16... Nxe3 (16... Nfe7 17. c4 O-O
18. c5 Rad8 19. a3 a5 20. Rde1 h5 21. gxh5 Nf5 22. Bf2 Kg7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24.
Rb1 d4 25. b4 $14) 17. Qxe3 h5 18. g5 (18. h3 hxg4 19. hxg4 O-O-O 20. Kg2 g5
21. Nd4 Rh4 22. Kg3 gxf4+ 23. Qxf4 Rdh8 24. Nf3 R4h6 $17 25. Kg2 Rg6 26. Rh1
Rhg8 27. Rh4 Kb8 28. Re1 Ne7 29. a3 (29. g5 R6g7 30. Qb4 Nf5 $17) 29... Nf5 $17
) (18. f5 gxf5 19. gxf5 O-O-O 20. Nf4 (20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Kb8 $15) 20...
Rhe8 (20... Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe6 $10) 21. Nxh5 Rh8 22. Nf6
(22. Nf4 Rdg8+ 23. Kh1 Nxe5 24. fxe6 Rxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Ng4+ 26. Kh3 Nxe3 $17)
22... Kb8 23. Qf4 Ne7 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. h4 Ng6 (25... Nf5 26. h5 Qa5 27. a3 Ka8
28. Qb4 Qa6 29. Rd2 Qc6 $10 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Qd4 $10) 26. Qg4 Qb6+ (26... Nxh4
27. Qxe6 Ka8 28. Rd4 Ng6 29. Rxd5 Rdf8 $17) 27. Kg2 Nxh4+ $17 28. Kh1 Nf5+ 29.
Kg2 Qxb2+ 30. Kf3 Qxc3+ 31. Kf2 Qe3+ 32. Kg2 Rc8 33. Nd7+ Ka8 34. Nb6+ axb6 35.
Rd2 Qxd2+ 36. Rf2 Rh2+ 37. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 38. Kh1 Rh8+ 39. Qh3 Rxh3#) 18... O-O 19.
Nd4 (19. f5 gxf5 20. Qh3 Kg7 21. Nf4 (21. Qxh5 Rh8 22. Qf3 Rh4 23. Qe3 Qxe5 24.
Qxe5+ Nxe5 $17) 21... Rh8 22. Nxh5+ Kf8 23. Kh1 Nxe5 $17) 19... Qb6 20. Rf2
Rfc8 21. a3 Rc7 22. Rd3 Na5 (22... Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Kg7 24. Rg2 Rc4 25. f5 (25.
Rgd2 Rac8 26. Kg2 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qc6 28. Kg3 a5 29. Kf2 Qb5 30. Kg2 Qb3 31. Kf2
Rc4 32. Qe3 Re4 33. Qf3 Qa2 34. Kg2 Qb1 35. Qf2 Re1 36. Re2 Rd1 37. Qe3 Rf1 38.
h4 Rd1 39. Qf2 Qf5 40. Qf3 d4 41. cxd4 Rxd4 42. Kg3 b5 43. Re3 b4 44. Re2 a4
45. Re3 Qc2 46. Re2 Qd1 47. Qf2 Rd3+ 48. Kh2 bxa3 49. bxa3 Rxa3 $17) 25... exf5
26. e6 Re8 27. Qe5+ Kh7 28. exf7 (28. Qf6 Qxe6 $17) 28... Rxe5 29. f8=Q Re1+
30. Kf2 Qe6 $17) 23. Re2 Re8 24. Kg2 Nc6 25. Red2 Rec8 26. Re2 Ne7 27. Red2 Rc4
{!} 28. Qh3 Kg7 29. Rf2 a5 30. Re2 Nf5 {!} 31. Nxf5+ gxf5 32. Qf3 (32. Qxh5 Rh8
33. Qf3 Rh4 34. Rf2 (34. Qg3 Rcxf4 35. g6 (35. Kh1 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Qg1#) 35...
Rfg4 $17) 34... Rcxf4 35. Qxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Qxb2+ 37. Rf2 Qxa3 $17) 32... Kg6
33. Red2 Re4 (33... Qc6 {Minority attack possible as well} 34. Rd1 b5 35. R1d2
b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. cxb4 Rb8 38. b3 Re4 39. Rc3 Qa6 40. Rdc2 Rexb4 41. Kh3 Qa1
42. Kg2 Qb1 43. Kh3 Rxb3 $17) 34. Rd4 Rc4 35. Qf2 Qb5 36. Kg3 (36. Rxe4 Rxe4
37. h3 Qc4 38. Kh2 (38. Kg3 h4+ 39. Kxh4 Rxf4+ $17) 38... Rxf4 $17) 36... Rcxd4
37. cxd4 Qc4 38. Kg2 b5 39. Kg1 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. Kg2 Qc1 42. Kg3 (42. h3
Re1 43. h4 Qb1 44. Rc2 Rh1 45. Re2 Rd1 46. Rc2 Rh1 47. Re2 Rc1 48. Rd2 b3 49.
Kh2 Rc2 50. Kg3 Qc1 $17) 42... Qh1 43. Rd3 Re1 44. Rf3 Rd1 45. b3 Rc1 {White
is in Zugzwang.} 46. Re3 Rf1 {game ended here} 47. Qg2 (47. Qd2 Qg1+ 48. Kh4 (
48. Qg2 Qxe3+ $15) 48... Qg4#) 47... Rg1 0-1

[Event "San Antonio"]
[Site "San Antonio, TX USA"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C94"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1972.11.19"]

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 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15.
b4 Ncd7 16. d4 h6 (16... exd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. Bd2 h6 19. a4 Ra8 20. Bc3 Nb6
21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Qd3 Nc4 24. d5 g6 25. Nd4 $16) 17. Bd2 Nb6 18.
Bd3 Rc8 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Rad1 Qc6 (20... exd4 21. cxd4 c5 22. d5 c4 23. Bf1 Na4
$14) 21. Be3 (21. d5 Qd7 22. Be3 Na4 23. c4 c6 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Qb3 Qb7 $11)
21... Na4 22. Rc1 Nb6 23. Qb1 Qd7 24. Nd2 (24. d5 Rb8 25. Nd2 Ba8 $14) 24... c5
25. bxc5 dxc5 26. d5 Na4 27. c4 b4 28. Rf1 Qc7 29. f4 Nd7 (29... exf4 30. Bxf4
Bd6 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. Nf5 Qd8 33. Qb3 Nb6 34. Bb1 $16 Rc7 35. Qe3 Nbd7 36. Qg3
Nh5 37. Nxh6+ Kh7 38. Qe3 gxh6 39. e5+ Kg7 40. Rf5 Nxe5 41. Rxh5 Qd6 42. Qg3+
Kf8 43. Ne4 $16) 30. Qc2 Nc3 31. f5 Nf6 32. Ne2 Nxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Bd6 34. g4 Kf8
35. h4 Ke7 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Nd7 38. Bg4 Rg8 39. Kf2 Rh8 40. Rh1 Rcg8 41.
Qd1 Kd8 42. Qg1 Nb6 43. Rh2 Qe7 (43... Rxh2+ 44. Qxh2 Qe7 45. a3 bxa3 46. Rb1
Kc7 47. Qg1 Rb8 48. Qc1 a2 49. Rb2 a5 50. Rxa2 $16) 44. Nb3 Kc7 45. Kf3 Nd7 46.
a3 bxa3 47. Ra2 {freedom now for Qe1} Rh4 48. Rxa3 (48. Qe1 Rgh8 49. Qa5+ Kb8
50. Rxa3 Rxg4 51. Kxg4 Bc7 52. Qe1 $16) 48... Rgh8 49. Rb1 Rb8 (49... Rh3+ 50.
Bxh3 Rxh3+ 51. Kg4 Rh7 52. Na5 Bc8 53. Nc6 Qe8 54. Qe1 Qh8 55. Rxa6 Bxa6 56.
Qa5+ Nb6 57. Qxb6+ Kd7 58. Qa7+ Bc7 59. Nxe5+ Kd8 60. Qa8+ Ke7 61. Bxc5+ Bd6
62. Rb7+ Bxb7 63. Qxb7+ Ke8 64. Qd7+ Kf8 65. Qxf7#) 50. Qe1 {double attack on
a5 and h4} Rxg4 (50... Rhh8 51. Qa5+ Kc8 (51... Nb6 52. Nxc5 Bxc5 53. Bxc5 Bxd5
54. Bxe7 $16) 52. Nxc5 (52. f6 gxf6 53. Nxc5 Bxc5 54. Bxc5 Qd8 55. Bd6) 52...
Nxc5 (52... Bxc5 53. f6 gxf6 (53... Qd6 54. Bxc5 Qc7 55. Bb6 Qd6 56. c5 Qf8 57.
c6 $16) (53... Qd8 54. Qxc5+ Qc7 55. fxg7 Qxc5 (55... Rg8 56. Qf8+ Rxf8 (56...
Qd8 57. Bxd7+ Kxd7 58. Qxf7+ $16) 57. gxf8=Q+ Qd8 58. Qxf7 $16) 56. gxh8=Q+ $16
) 54. Bxc5 Qd8 55. Bd6 Qxa5 56. Rxa5 Ra8 57. Bxd7+ Kxd7 58. Rxb7+ Kxd6 59. c5#)
53. f6+ Nd7 (53... Qd7 54. Bxd7+ $16) 54. fxe7 $16) 51. Kxg4 Bc8 52. Qa5+ {
end of game} Rb6 53. Nxc5 Bxc5 54. Rxb6 Bxb6 (54... Nxb6 55. Bxc5 Qd7 56. Qxb6#
) 55. Bxb6+ Nxb6 56. c5 Kd8 57. Qxb6+ $16 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1973.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Ulf Andersson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.11.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. a3
Bxd2 9. Bxd2 cxd4 10. Bb4 (10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d5 12. Bb4 $14) 10... Re8 11.
Bd6 (11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 d5 $11) 11... Ne4 12. Qxd4 Na6 13. b4 Rc8 (13...
Nxd6 14. Qxd6 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Nd4 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e3
$16) 14. Rac1 Nxd6 15. Qxd6 Nc7 16. Rfd1 Re7 17. Qd3 {Ng5 threat} Bxf3 (17...
Ba8 18. Ne5 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. e4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc7 22. Rd1 f6 23. Ng4 f5 24.
exf5 h5 25. Ne3 $16) (17... g6 18. Ne5 Bxg2 (18... d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nc6
Bxc6 21. Rxc6 $16) 19. Kxg2 Qe8 20. e4 Kg7 21. c5 $16) 18. Bxf3 Ne8 19. Bb7 Rc7
20. Ba6 Rc6 21. Qb3 (21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 (22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. bxc5 Qc7 24. Rc1
$16) 22... Qa5 23. Bb5 Rc7 24. c6 dxc6 25. Bxc6 $14) 21... Qb8 22. Qa4 Rc7 23.
Qb5 Nf6 24. f3 d5 (24... h6 25. e4 Kf8 26. e5 Ne8 27. c5 $16) 25. c5 h5 26. a4
(26. c6 e5 27. Rxd5 Nxd5 28. Qxd5 Re6 29. Bd3 g6 30. b5 Rce7 31. Kf2 $14) 26...
Re8 27. cxb6 (27. c6 e5 28. Rxd5 (28. a5 d4 29. axb6 Qxb6 30. Qxb6 axb6 31. e3
dxe3 32. Be2 e4 33. fxe4 g6 34. b5 $16) 28... Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Qd8 30. Bc4 e4 $11)
27... axb6 (27... Qxb6+ 28. Qxb6 Rxc1 (28... axb6 29. Rxc7 $16) 29. Qd4 $16)
28. a5 Rxc1 {makes things much worse} (28... Nd7 29. Rc6 Rxc6 30. Qxc6 Qa7 31.
Qb7 Ra8 32. Qxa7 Rxa7 33. Bb5 bxa5 34. bxa5 Kf8 35. a6 $14) 29. Rxc1 Qe5 (29...
bxa5 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 31. bxa5 Rb4 32. Bd3 g6 33. Ra1 Rb7 34. a6 Ra7 35. Rb1 Nd7
36. Rb7 Rxb7 37. axb7 $16) 30. Qxb6 d4 31. Kh1 (31. Bd3 Qe3+ 32. Kg2 Qxc1 $17)
31... Qe3 32. Rf1 e5 33. Bd3 h4 (33... e4 34. fxe4 Nxe4 35. Qc6 Nc3 (35... Nf2+
36. Rxf2 Qxf2 37. Qxe8#) 36. a6 $16) 34. gxh4 Qf4 (34... e4 35. fxe4 Ng4 {
Qh3 threat} 36. Qc7 Ne5 37. Rf5 f6 (37... Nxd3 38. Qxf7+ Kh7 39. Rh5+ Qh6 40.
Qxe8 $16) 38. a6 $16 Nxd3 39. Qc4+ Kf8 40. Qxd3 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 $16) 35. Rg1 Qxh4
36. a6 g6 (36... e4 37. Qxd4 g6 38. a7 Ra8 39. Bc2 Re8 40. b5 $16) 37. a7 Kg7
38. Bxg6 {end of game} fxg6 39. Qb7+ Kh8 40. a8=Q (40. Rxg6 Qe1+ (40... Qh7 41.
Qxh7+ Nxh7 42. b5 Nf8 43. Ra6 Rd8 44. a8=Q $16) 41. Rg1 Qxg1+ 42. Kxg1 $16)
40... Rxa8 41. Qxa8+ $16 1-0

[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. c4 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Be7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Qa5 18. a3 (18. d5 Nc5 19. Qe3 cxd5
20. cxd5 exd5 $17) 18... Qf5 19. Qe2 (19. Qxf5 gxf5 20. d5 (20. g3 a5 $11)
20... Nc5 21. b4 Na4 22. Ba1 c5 $15) 19... g5 20. h3 (20. b4 g4 21. Nd2 Nf6 22.
Nf1 a6 $11) (20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5 (21. Nd4 Qg6 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Qb5 Nf6 24.
Qxb7 Bd6 $15) 21... exd5 $15) 20... g4 21. hxg4 Qxg4 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 e5 (
23... exd5 24. Rxd5 {Re4-d4 threat} Qg6 (24... a6 25. Rd4 Qg6 26. Re4 Qd6 27.
Rxe7 $16) 25. Rd4 Bf8 26. Qd1 $14) 24. d6 (24. Nxe5 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Bd6 26. Rde1
Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Bxa3 28. Bc7 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxd5 $17) (24. Bxe5 Bd6 25. Rd4 Qf5
26. Re4 Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Nf6 28. Re3 Nxd5 29. Rf3 Qg5 $11) (24. Qc2 Bd6 25. Nd2
Nf6 26. Nc4 Qh5 27. Re3 b5 28. Rh3 Qg4 29. Ne3 Qg6 30. Qxg6 fxg6 $11) 24... Bf6
25. Nd2 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Rc8 27. Ne4 Bd8 28. g4 f6 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Rc1 Bb6 31.
Rec2 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Ke6 33. a4 a5 (33... Kd5 34. f3 $15) 34. Ba3 Rb8 (34... Bd4
35. Rc7 Rb8 36. Ng3 $11) 35. Rc4 Bd4 36. f4 (36. Kg3 b5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. b4
Kd5 39. Nd2 Nb6 40. Rc2 axb4 $17) 36... g6 (36... b5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. f5+ Kd5
39. Nc3+ Bxc3 40. Rxc3 e4 41. Kg3 $11) 37. Ng3 exf4 38. Rxd4 fxg3 39. Kxg3 {
mistake} (39. Re4+ Kd5 40. Re7 Rd8 (40... Kc6 41. g5 fxg5 42. Re3 b5 43. Rc3+
Kd5 44. axb5 Rxb5 45. Rxg3 $11) 41. Kxg3 $11) 39... Rc8 40. Rd3 (40. Re4+ Kd5
41. Re3 Rc2 42. Re7 Kc6 $17) 40... g5 41. Bb2 b6 42. Bd4 Rc6 43. Bc3 Rc5 (43...
Rxd6 44. Rxd6+ Kxd6 $15 45. b4 b5 46. bxa5 bxa4 47. Bb4+ Kc6 48. Be7 Kb5 49.
Kf3 Kxa5 $15) 44. Kg2 Rc8 (44... b5 45. Re3+ Kxd6 (45... Kd5 46. Rd3+ Ke6 $11)
46. Bxa5 Rc2+ 47. Kg3 bxa4 48. Bb4+ Kd5 49. Rd3+ Ke5 50. Rxd7 axb3 $11) 45. Kg3
Ne5 46. Bxe5 fxe5 47. b4 (47. Kf2 Rd8 48. Rf3 Rxd6 49. Rf5 Rd2+ 50. Kf1 Rb2 51.
Rxg5 Rxb3 52. Rg6+ Kd5 53. g5 Rf3+ 54. Ke2 Rf5 $11) 47... e4 48. Rd4 Ke5 49.
Rd1 axb4 50. Rb1 Rc3+ 51. Kf2 Rd3 52. d7 (52. Rxb4 Rxd6 $17) 52... Rxd7 53.
Rxb4 Rd6 54. Ke3 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 Ra3 56. Rxb6 Rxa4 {end of game} 57. Kf2 Ra8 58.
Rb1 Kf4 59. Rb7 Ra2+ 60. Kf1 Kf3 61. Rf7+ Kxg4 $17 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1977.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Roberto Luis Debarnot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Be2 Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nfd4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 h6 16. Be3 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bf3 Rfe8 19. c3 Rad8 20. Qb3 Bxe3
21. Rxe3 Qb6 22. Re5 Bc6 23. Rae1 Qxb3 24. axb3 Kf8 25. b4 Ng6 26. Nxc6 (26.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Kh2 a6 28. Kg3 Ne7 29. Kf4 Nc6 30. Rd1 g5+ (30... g6 31. Nxc6
bxc6 32. Ke5 Ke7 33. Kd4 Kd6 34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Be2 f6 36. Rxa6 $16) 31. Ke3 (31.
Kf5 Ne7+ 32. Kf6 Rd6+ 33. Ke5 Rb6 34. Nc2 (34. Bxd5 f6+ 35. Ke4 Bg6+ 36. Kf3
Nxd5 $17) 34... Ba4 35. Rc1 Re6+ $11) 31... Ne5 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. b3 $11) 26...
bxc6 (26... Nxe5 27. Nxd8 Nxf3 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Nxb7 Ne5 30. Nc5 $16) 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Ra1 Re7 29. g3 Ne5 30. Be2 Rc7 (30... Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Kg2
$16 Rd7 33. Ra6 Rc7 34. Kf3 Ke7 35. Ke4 Kd7 36. Kd4 $16) 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. f4 Nd7
33. Rd1 Nb6 34. Kf3 c5 (34... Kf6 35. Ra1 Nd7 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Kd4 $14) 35. bxc5
Rxc5 36. Ke3 Ra5 37. Rd4 Ra1 38. Rb4 Kd6 39. h4 Rg1 40. Kf3 Ra1 41. Bd3 Rd1 42.
Bb5 Rb1 43. Rb3 Ra1 44. Kg4 g6 (44... Ra2 45. Kh5 Ke6 46. Kg4 Kd6 47. Kh5 (47.
Be8 Ke6 48. Bb5 $11) (47. f5 Ke5 48. Bc6 Nc4 $15) 47... Ra1 $11) 45. f5 Ke5 46.
fxg6 fxg6 47. Rb4 Re1 48. Bd3 Kf6 49. Rf4+ Kg7 50. Kf3 Re5 51. Rb4 Re7 52. Rb5
Rc7 {mistake - allows K to get to d4} (52... Kf6 53. Ra5 Kg7 54. Rc5 Na4 55.
Rb5 Nb6 56. Kf2 Kf6 $11) 53. Ke3 Kf6 54. Kd4 g5 55. hxg5+ hxg5 56. Ra5 Ke6 57.
b3 Kf6 58. Ra1 Nd7 59. Ra5 Nb6 60. g4 Ke6 61. c4 dxc4 62. bxc4 Rd7+ 63. Kc3 Rg7
64. Bf5+ Kf6 65. Kd4 Re7 66. c5 Re5 67. Be4 (67. cxb6 Rxa5 68. b7 Rb5 69. Bc8
a5 $17) 67... Nd7 68. Ra6+ Re6 (68... Kf7 69. Bd5+ Ke8 70. c6 $16) 69. Rxe6+
Kxe6 70. Bf5+ Ke7 71. c6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Match"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "1991.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. a3 (10. e4 e5 11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 (12... Qe5 13. Nf3
Qe7 14. Be3 Re8 15. Rae1 h6 (15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Qd1 $16
) 16. Bb3 Bc7 (16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Bd4 $16) 17. Bd4 $16) 13. Bb3 $11)
10... e5 11. h3 Bc7 (11... e4 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bf5 14. f3 Nbd5 15. Ngxe4
Nxc3 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxc3 $14) 12. Ba2 h6 (12... Re8 13. Bd2 b6 14. Ng5 Rf8
15. f4 exd4 16. exd4 Ba6 17. Rae1 Qd8 18. Rf2 $16) 13. Nh4 Re8 (13... a5 14.
Nf5 (14. Ng6 Qd6 {tricky for h2} (14... Qd8 15. Nxf8 $16) 15. Nxf8 $16 exd4 16.
f4 dxc3 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Qxc3 $16) 14... Qe8 15. Nb5 Bb8 (15... cxb5 16. Qxc7
Qd8 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Nxb5 $16) 16. Nbd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Qe7 18. Nf5
Qd8 19. e4 exd4 20. Nxd4 $16 Nb6 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Re1 Qe5 23. Nf3 Qh5 24. Be3
Ra6 25. Bb1 Bxh3 26. gxh3 Qxf3 27. e5 Qxh3 28. exf6 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qh3+ 30. Ke2
Qg4+ 31. f3 Qg2+ 32. Kd1 Rd8+ 33. Kc1 Qxc2+ 34. Kxc2 $16) 14. Nf5 (14. Ng6 Qd6
15. dxe5 Nxe5 $15) 14... Qf8 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Bd2 a5 (16... cxb5 17. Bb4 $16)
17. dxe5 (17. Nc3 Nb6 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rac1 $14) 17... Bxe5 (17... Rxe5 18.
Nbd4 Ne4 19. Bc3 Ndf6 $11) (17... Nxe5 18. Nbd4 c5 19. Ne2 b5 $11 (19... c4 20.
Nfd4 $14) 20. f4 Ng6 (20... Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Neg3 Bb7 $11) 21. Nxh6+ gxh6
22. Qxg6+ $16) 18. f4 Bb8 19. Nc3 Rd8 {inaccuracy} (19... Nc5 20. Ng3 h5 21.
Rad1 Ba7 22. Bb1 h4 23. Nh5 Nfe4 24. b4 Bf5 25. bxc5 Ng3 26. e4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4
Bxe4 28. Qc4 Qxc5+ $15 29. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 30. Kh1 Bd5 31. f5 (31. a4 Re2 $17) 31...
Bb3 (31... Re2 32. Nf4 $16) 32. Rde1 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Bxa3 $11) 20. Be1 (20. e4
Nc5 21. e5 Nfe4 22. Nxe4 Bxf5 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qxf5 Rxd2 $11) 20... Nh7 (20...
Nc5 21. Bh4 Nfe4 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. Nf6+ $16) 21. Bh4 (21. e4 Nc5
22. e5 Nd3 23. Nh4 $16) 21... Ndf6 22. Rad1 (22. Nd4 Ba7 23. Rad1 Rd6 24. Bb1
$16) 22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Be6 {mistake} (23... Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Ba7 25. Bf2 (25.
Kh2 Bxe3 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 30. Kg3 b5
$11) 25... b5 $14 26. Ne2 Rd8 27. Rd3 Rxd3 (27... Kh8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Bxf7
$16) 28. Qxd3 Qe8 29. Ng3 $14) 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qb3 (25. Nxh6+ gxh6 26. Qg6+
Qg7 27. Rd8+ Nf8 28. Qxf6 $16) 25... Qe8 (25... Bc7 26. Qxe6+ Qf7 27. Qxf7+
Kxf7 28. g4 $16) (25... Qf7 26. Rd8+ Nf8 27. Nd6 Bxd6 (27... Qe7 28. Nxb7 $16)
28. Rxa8 $16) 26. Nxg7 (26. Qxb7 exf5 (26... Ra7 27. Qb6 exf5 (27... Nd7 28.
Qb3 Nc5 29. Qc4 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Ne7+ $16) 28. Rd8 $16) 27. Qxa8 Qxe3+ 28.
Bf2 Qe8 29. Qxa5 $16) 26... Qf7 (26... Kxg7 27. Qxb7+ Qf7 (27... Bc7 28. Qxc7+
Qf7 29. Qxc6 $16) 28. Qxa8 $16) 27. Nxe6 Ba7 28. Bf2 Re8 29. Nd4 Qxb3 (29...
Bxd4 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxd4 $16) 30. Nxb3 Bxe3 31. Bxe3 Rxe3 32. Nxa5 {
end of game} Re7 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Kf2 Ne8 35. Nc4 Nf8 36. Kf3 Ne6 37. Ne5+ Kg7
38. Rd1 $16 1-0

[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Ma"]
[Site "City of Baguio PHI"]
[Date "1978.08.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

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 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 (11... Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. Nf1 (13.
exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 $11) 13... Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 fxe5 15. Kg1 Bg4 16. Ne3 Be6
(16... Bh5 17. Qxd5+ $16) 17. b3 $14 d4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rb1 $14
) 12. Nb3 Bg4 (12... Be7 13. Nfd4 Bd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f3 Nc5 17.
f4 $16 Ne4 18. f5 $16) (12... Bb6 13. Nfd4 Ne7 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Qd3 c6 16. Nd4
Nxd4 17. cxd4 $14) 13. h3 (13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17.
Rae1 $16) 13... Bh5 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 (14. Qxf3 Nxe5 15. Qf5 Bd6 16. Bxe4 g6
17. Qf4 Nc4 18. Qf3 dxe4 19. Qxe4 $17) 14... Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 $16
Qh4+ 17. Kg2 Nxe5 18. Qxd5 $16) 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 (15... Bxe4 16. Nxc5
$16) 16. Nxc5 exf3 17. Bf4 (17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. Qg2 Qd6 $17) 17... Qxd1 (17...
Qe7 18. Qd5 Na5 19. b4 Nc4 20. Qxf3 Nxe5 (20... a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1
23. Rxa1 Rd8 24. Re1 $16) 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Nd7 $16) 18. Raxd1 Nd8 19. Rd7 Ne6
20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Rfd1 Be4 23. Bc5 Rfe8 24. R7d4 Bd5 25. b3 a5 26.
Kh2 Ra8 27. Kg3 Ra6 28. h4 Rc6 29. Rxd5 (29. Ba3 Rxc3 $17) (29. b4 axb4 30.
Bxb4 Bxa2 {is a disaster move here} (30... Kf7 31. a3 h6 32. Rf4+ Kg8 $14) 31.
Rd8 Rxd8 (31... Kf7 32. R1d7+ Kg6 33. Rxe8 $16) 32. Rxd8+ {forced mate in 7}
Kf7 33. Rf8+ Kg6 34. h5+ Kh6 35. Rg8 g6 36. Bf8+ Kg5 37. Be7+ Kh6 38. Kh4 b4 (
38... gxh5 39. g5# (39. Bf8#) (39. Bg5#)) 39. g5#) 29... exd5 30. Rxd5 Rce6 31.
Bd4 c6 32. Rc5 Rf8 33. a4 bxa4 (33... Rb8 34. Kxf3 b4 35. c4 Ra8 36. Ke4 Rg6
37. f3 $16) 34. bxa4 g6 35. Rxa5 Ree8 36. Ra7 Rf7 37. Ra6 Rc7 38. Bc5 Rcc8 39.
Bd6 Ra8 40. Rxc6 Rxa4 41. Kxf3 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. c4 Ra7 44. Rb6 Kf7 45. c5
Ra4 46. c6 Ke6 47. c7 Kd7 48. Rb8 Rc8 49. Ke3 (49. Rxc8 Kxc8 50. e6 Rc4 51. Ke3
Rc6 52. e7 Kd7 53. Kf4 Rc2 54. Kg5 $16) 49... Rxh4 50. e6+ {end of game} Kxe6 (
50... Kxd6 51. Rxc8 Rc4 (51... Kxe6 52. Re8+ Kf7 53. c8=Q $18) 52. Rd8+ (52. e7
Kxe7 $11) 52... Kxc7 53. e7 $16 (53. Rd7+ Kc6 (53... Kc8 54. f4 $16) 54. f4 $16
)) 51. Bg3 (51. Rxc8 {is a huge mistake here} Kxd6 52. f4 Kd7 53. Ra8 Kxc7 $11)
51... Rc4 (51... Kd7 52. Rxc8 Kxc8 53. Bxh4 $16) 52. Rxc8 $16 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1973.12.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1973.11.26"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Be2 Bh5 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Nfd4
Bg6 15. c3 Rfe8 16. Bf1 Be4 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 a5 19. a4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc6 (
20... Qxb2 21. Nb5 {re2 threat} Qc2 (21... Rac8 22. Re2 Qxa1 23. Qxa1 $16) 22.
Qxc2 Bxc2 23. Nc7 Kf8 24. g4 Bg6 25. Nxa8 Rxa8 26. Ra2 $16) 21. Bb5 Red8 22. g4
(22. f3 Bf5 23. Ra3 $11) 22... Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Rac8 25. f3 Bg6 26.
Re7 b6 27. Rae1 (27. Rb7 Rb8 (27... Rc2 28. Rxb6 Rxb2 29. Ra6 Rb4 30. Rxa5 Rxd4
31. Bc6 Kf8 32. Rb5 Rd2 33. a5 $16 Rc2 34. Rxd5 $16) 28. Rc7 Rbc8 29. Rac1 Rxc7
30. Rxc7 f6 31. Kf2 $16) 27... h6 (27... Rc2 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8#) 28. Rb7
Rd6 (28... Rc2 29. Ree7 Rxb2 30. Be8 Rd6 31. f4 Be4 32. Bxf7+ Kh7 33. Bh5 Rc6
34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rgc7 $16) 29. Ree7 h5 (29... Rf6 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. Kg3 Rc2 32.
Re2 Rxe2 33. Bxe2 Bc2 34. Bb5 g6 35. Rc7 Bb1 36. Kf2 $16) (29... Rc2 30. Re8+
Kh7 31. Rbb8 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Bb1 33. Rf8 Rf6 34. Kg3 Re1 35. Rbd8 Rd1 36. Be8 Rxd4
37. Bxf7 $16) 30. gxh5 Bxh5 31. g4 Bg6 32. f4 (32. Be8 Rf6 $14) 32... Rc1+ 33.
Kf2 Rc2+ 34. Ke3 Be4 (34... Rf6 35. f5 Bh7 36. Re8#) 35. Rxf7 Rg6 36. g5 Kh7
37. Rfe7 (37. Rb8 Rxb2 38. Rff8 (38. Re8 Rd6 39. f5 Rb3+ 40. Kf4 Rf3+ 41. Kg4
Re3 42. Rff8 Bxf5+ 43. Kxf5 $16) 38... Re6 $16) 37... Rxb2 38. Be8 Rb3+ (38...
Rd6 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 40. Rgf7 $16) 39. Ke2 Rb2+ 40. Ke1 Rd6 (40... Rb1+ 41. Kf2
Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Rg2+ 43. Kh3 Rg1 44. Bxg6+ $16) 41. Rxg7+ Kh8 42. Rge7 {end of
game} Bf5 43. Bd7 {Rb8 mate threat} Rb1+ 44. Kd2 Rb2+ 45. Kc3 Rc2+ 46. Kb3 Bxd7
47. Kxc2 Bf5+ 48. Kd2 $16 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Final-A"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "1974.06.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Heikki Westerinen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. c3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. Bd2 b5 13. Bc2 Na5 14. b3 c5 15. d5
Nh7 16. h3 Be7 17. Nf5 Nb7 (17... Bxf5 18. exf5 Nf6 19. Be3 Rb8 20. Nh2 Qd7 21.
Qf3 $16 e4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Bf6 24. Qc2 Re5 25. Ng4 Qxf5 26. Qxf5 Rxf5
27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. f4 h5 29. Bd2 $16) 18. a4 bxa4 19. b4 (19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.
bxa4 Reb8 21. c4 Nd8 22. Nh2 a5 23. Nf1 Qh4 24. Qe2 Nf8 25. Ne3 $16) (19. bxa4
Bxf5 20. exf5 Na5 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. h4 Qd8 24. Qe2 c4 25. Rb1 Qc8
$11) 19... a5 20. Bxa4 axb4 21. cxb4 Bf8 {makes things worse} (21... cxb4 22.
Bc6 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nc5 24. Bxb4 Nd3 25. Ba5 Qc8 26. Re3 Nc5 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28.
Bb4 $16) 22. Bc6 Qc7 (22... Bxc6 23. dxc6 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qc7 25. cxb7 $16) 23.
b5 Nf6 (23... Bxc6 24. bxc6 Na5 (24... Nd8 25. Rxa8 $16) 25. Qa4 Nxc6 26. Qxc6
$16) 24. Qc2 Reb8 25. Ne3 Bc8 26. Nc4 Be7 27. b6 Qd8 28. Ra7 Nd7 (28... Rxa7
29. bxa7 Ra8 30. Ra1 Qc7 31. Qb1 Bd8 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Bxb7 $16) 29. Qa4 Rxa7 (
29... Nxb6 30. Nxb6 Qxb6 31. Rxa8 $16) 30. bxa7 Ra8 31. Qa6 Qc7 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 (
32... Bxd7 33. Nb6 Rxa7 34. Qxa7 $16) 33. Nb6 Nd8 34. Qa1 {end of game} Rxa7 (
34... Qxa7 35. Nxa8 Ba6 36. Nc7 Qxc7 37. Qxa6 $16) 35. Nxd7 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Bxd7
37. Ra7 Bb5 38. Rxe7 $16 1-0

[Event "Bilbao"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "1987.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Rb1 Nge7 7. b4 a6 8. d3 Be6
9. Nd5 O-O 10. Ne2 Qd7 11. Nec3 Nd8 (11... Bh3 12. O-O Bxg2 13. Kxg2 f5 14. f3
$11 (14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Ne7 17. Qf3 Nc8 18. e4 c6 19. Ne3 Ne7
$15)) 12. a4 (12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. O-O Kh8 15. Bb2 $16 Nc6 (15... c6
16. Nb6 $16) 16. Qd2 $16) 12... Nc8 {threat of c6} 13. Ne4 f6 (13... c6 14.
Nef6+ Kh8 15. Nxd7 $16) (13... Kh8 14. Nef6 Qc6 (14... Bxf6 15. Nxf6 Qe7 16.
Nd5 $16) 15. O-O Nb6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Qc5 18. Ne4 $16 Bxd5 19. Nxc5 $16) (
13... Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nb6 15. Nc3 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxd5 17. Qb3 $16) 14. O-O c6 15.
Ndc3 Nf7 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nd2 g5 18. a5 h5 19. f4 Ne7 20. Na4 Rae8 21. Nb6 Qc7
22. Nb3 (22. fxg5 Nxg5 23. Qd1 h4 24. gxh4 Nh7 25. Kh1 Ng6 26. Qh5 Qf7 27. b5
Nf6 28. Qg5 Nh7 29. Qg3 f4 30. Qe1 Bf5 31. h5 Ne7 32. Qe2 fxe3 33. Ne4 $16)
22... Ng6 23. Qd1 g4 24. d4 exf4 (24... e4 25. d5 cxd5 26. cxd5 Bd7 27. Bb2 Bb5
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rc1 Qe7 30. Nd4 Nd8 (30... Nh6 31. Ne6+ $16) 31. Rf2 Bd3 32.
Bf1 $16) 25. exf4 d5 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Nc5 Qc6 29. Bb2 h4 30. Qb3
Re2 31. Bxd5 Qd6 32. Rfe1 Rxb2 (32... Rfe8 33. Bxf7+ $16) 33. Rxb2 (33. Qxb2
Qxd5 $17) 33... Bxd4+ 34. Kf1 Bxb2 35. Re6 Qc7 36. Rxg6+ Kh7 37. Rb6 (37. Qxb2
Kxg6 38. Ne6 Qd6 39. Qg7+ Kh5 40. Qh7+ Nh6 41. Ng7#) 37... Bg7 38. Rxb7 Qd6 39.
Ne6 Rc8 40. Rxf7 Kh8 41. Rxf5 {end of game} Rc1+ 42. Ke2 Rh1 (42... Bc3 43. Qc4
Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Ba1 45. Kxc2) 43. Rh5+ Kg8 44. Nxg7+ Kxg7 45. Qc3+ Qf6 46. Rg5+
Kf8 47. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "55th USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Andrei V Kharitonov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Rfc1 N6d7 13. Bf4 (13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. b4 Qxb4 15. Rab1 Qa5 16. Rxb7 Rab8 17. Rcb1 Rxb7 18. Rxb7 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Nxb8
20. Na4 Bc8 21. Nc5 Nbd7 (21... Nfd7 22. Bxh7+) 22. Bf5 Nxc5 23. Bxc8 Ne4 24.
Bb7 Qc3 25. Qxc3 Nxc3 26. Bxc6 Nxa2 27. Bxd5 $16) 13... Nb6 14. Rab1 Bd6 15.
Ne2 Ng6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a4 Rac8 18. Qc5 Qb8 19. Qa3 (19. a5 Nc4 20. b3 Nd6
21. a6 b6 22. Qc2 $14) 19... a6 (19... Nc4 20. Qa2 a6 21. b3 Nd6 22. b4 b5 23.
Qb3 (23. Rc5 Nc4 24. Ra1 Bd7 25. Qb1 $14) 23... Nc4 24. Rc2 $14) 20. Rc3 Qc7
21. Rbc1 Ra8 (21... Nc4 22. Qa2 Qe7 23. Qb1 a5 24. Qc2 Nd6 25. Rc5 $11) 22. Nd2
a5 (22... Nf8 23. b4 Ng6 24. Qb3 Nf8 25. b5 Bd7 (25... axb5 26. axb5 Ng6 27.
bxc6 bxc6 28. Rxc6 $16) 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. a5 Nc8 28. Qxd5 cxd5 29. Rxc7 $16)
23. Rb1 Nc8 24. b4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Nd6 26. Nb3 Bc8 (26... Bf5 27. Bxf5 Nxf5 28.
Nc5 Nd6 $14) 27. a5 Ne7 28. Ng3 g6 29. Rcc1 h5 30. Ra1 h4 31. Nf1 Bf5 32. Be2
Ne4 33. Nc5 Nxc5 {inaccuracy} (33... Ra7 34. Nxe4 Bxe4 35. Nd2 Rea8 36. a6 bxa6
37. Ra5 Rb7 38. Qc3 $11) 34. Qxc5 (34. dxc5 Kg7 35. Nd2 Ng8 36. Nf3 Nf6 37. Ra3
Be4 38. Nd4 $16) 34... Be6 35. Nd2 Nf5 36. Nf3 Qd8 37. a6 bxa6 (37... Rb8 38.
axb7 Rxb7 39. Qxc6 $16) 38. Rxa6 Rxa6 39. Bxa6 Qa8 (39... Ne7 40. Nxh4 Qb8 41.
Bd3 $16) 40. Qxc6 Qxc6 41. Rxc6 Ra8 42. Bd3 {end of game} Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Ne7 44.
Rc7 Kf8 45. Nxh4 $16 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1995.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. h3 h6 11. a3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15.
Bd2 Bc7 16. Nf5 Qe5 17. Ng3 (17. f4 Qxf5 $17) 17... Be6 (17... Nh5 18. Nf1 Bf5
19. Qb3 Qe7 $11) 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. Nce2 Bb6 20. b4 Ng6 21. a4 a6 22. Bc3 Qg5 23.
Bd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Bd5 25. e4 {inaccuracy} (25. Ndf5 {f4 threat to trap queen}
Nh5 26. f4 Nhxf4 27. exf4 Nxf4 28. Bf1 Re5 29. h4 Qg4 30. Rd4 Rd6 31. Qd1 $16)
25... Be6 26. Nf3 Qf4 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. bxc6 bxc6 31.
Rac1 (31. Qxc6 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Qxa1+ $17) 31... Rd6 32. Qc3 Nd7 33. Be2 Rxd1+ 34.
Bxd1 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Rc8 36. f4 f6 37. Ne2 c5 38. Nd4 Bf7 39. Bg4 Re8 40. Nb5 (
40. Bxd7 cxd4 41. Ra3 Rd8 $11 (41... Rxe4 42. Ra8+ Kh7 43. Bf5+ Bg6 44. Bxe4
Bxe4 45. Ra4 $16)) 40... Nb6 {Nf8 had to be played} (40... Nf8 41. Nd6 Rd8 42.
Nb7 Rd2 43. Rxc5 $14) (40... Re7 41. Nd6 {nc8 threat} Be6 42. Bh5 Nb8 (42...
Kh7 43. Nc8 $16) 43. Rxc5 $16) 41. Nd6 Na4 (41... Re7 42. Rxc5 $16) (41... Rd8
42. Nxf7 Kxf7 43. Rxc5 $16) 42. Ra3 Ra8 43. e5 Bd5 (43... fxe5 44. fxe5 Bd5 45.
Rd3 Bc6 46. e6 c4 47. Rd4 c3 48. Rc4 Be8 (48... Bd5 49. Rc7 h5 50. Bf5 Nb6 51.
e7 Bf7 52. Be4 Rb8 53. h4 Na4 54. Rd7 g6 55. Rd8+ Be8 56. Rxb8 $16) 49. Nxe8
Rxe8 50. Rxa4 $16) 44. e6 {end of game} Kf8 45. Re3 Bxe6 (45... Ra7 46. Nc8 Rb7
47. e7+ Ke8 48. Nd6#) (45... Ke7 46. Nf5+ Ke8 47. e7 Kd7 48. Nxg7+ Kc6 49.
e8=Q+ $16) 46. Rxe6 Nc3 47. Bf3 Rd8 48. f5 $16 1-0

[Event "Margate"]
[Site "Margate ENG"]
[Date "1939.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Harry Golombek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. O-O Be7 12. Bg3 Nf8 (12... Kh8 13. Nb5 cxb5
14. Bc7 $16) (12... b5 13. Nxb5 cxb5 14. Bc7) (12... Nh5 13. Nxd5 Nxg3 (13...
cxd5 14. Bc7 $16) 14. Nxe7+ Rxe7 15. hxg3 $16) 13. h3 (13. Rab1 Nh5 14. b4 Nxg3
15. hxg3 a6 16. a4 Be6 17. Rfc1 Bd6 18. b5 cxb5 19. axb5 a5 $10) 13... Be6 14.
Rab1 Nh5 15. Bh2 g6 16. Ne5 Ng7 17. b4 Bf5 (17... Nd7 18. b5 (18. Ne2 Bd6 19.
b5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 c5 21. Qd2 Nb6 22. Nc3 Re7 23. Rfd1 $16) 18... c5 19. Nxd7
cxd4 20. exd4 Qxd7 21. b6 Rec8 22. bxa7 Rxa7 $14) (17... a6 18. a4 (18. g4 Bd6
19. f4 {f5 threat} f5 (19... Rc8 20. f5 Bd7 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Bxg6 $16) 20. Qg2
Rc8 21. Na4 Rc7 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Be2 Kh7 24. Rb2 Kg8 25. a4 Kh7 26. Bd3 Kg8 27.
Kh1 Kh7 28. Rg1 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Rf7 30. Rf2 $16) 18... Bd6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5
Nd7 21. Nxd7 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Bxd7 23. Ne2 Ne6 $14) 18. Na4 (18. b5 Bd6 19. bxc6
Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 bxc6 22. Bh2 $16 Nd7 23. Na4 Nb6 24. Nb2 Qe7 25. a4
c5 26. a5 Nd7 27. Na4 cxd4 28. Qxd4 $16) 18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7 20. Rfc1 Nxe5
21. Bxe5 Bd6 (21... a6 22. Nc5 Qc8 23. Qd2 Nf5 24. a4 Bf8 25. Qe2 Be7 26. b5
axb5 27. axb5 Nd6 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Qf3 $14) 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. b5 cxb5 (23...
Rac8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rb7 a5 26. Ra7 Nf5 27. Qa6 Kg7 28. Nc5 h5 29. a4 h4 30.
Qxa5 $16) 24. Qxb5 Ne6 (24... b6 25. Rc6 Qa3 26. Nc3 Rac8 27. Nxd5 Rxc6 28.
Qxc6 Rd8 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Nd7+ Kg8 31. Ne5 $16) 25. Nc3 Red8 26. Qxb7 Qa3 27.
Nxd5 Qxa2 28. Nb4 Qa4 (28... Rab8 29. Nxa2 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 $16) 29. Nc6 {end of
game} Rdc8 (29... Rf8 30. Ra1 Qxa1 31. Rxa1 $16) 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Nxc8 $16 1-0

[Event "Corus Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 (6... Be7 7. e3
O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. Ne5 Ng6 11. f4 Nf8 12. Qf3 Be6 13. f5 Bc8 14. Bf4
a6 15. g4 $16) 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 (8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 $14) 8... O-O 9. Bd3
Re8 10. h3 (10. O-O g6 11. a3 Ne4 12. Bf4 Ndf6 $14) 10... Nf8 11. Bf4 a5 (11...
Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rb1 (13. O-O-O $11) 13... Qe7 14. b4 $14 Ng6 15. O-O $14)
12. O-O Ng6 13. Bh2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfe1 Be6 (15... Bd7 16. a3 Qe7 17.
Rad1 $14) 16. a3 Re7 (16... Ne7 17. Rab1 g6 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4
Nd7 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. b5 Rec8 24. bxc6 Qxc6 25. Rec1 Ra3 26. Nb5
Qxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Nxa3 Rc3 29. Nb5 $14) 17. Rab1 Rae8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4
Bd7 20. b5 Ne4 (20... c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Rec1 Rc8 23. Qa4 Ree8 24. Ne2 Qb6
25. Qb4 $16) (20... cxb5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Rc7 23. Qa4 Rec8 24. Bd3 Ne7
25. Rb5 $16 g6 26. Ne5 $16) 21. bxc6 (21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 Nh4 23. bxc6 Qg6
24. g3 bxc6 25. Rb7 Bxh3 $11) 21... bxc6 (21... Bxc6 22. Rec1 Re6 23. Bb5 Nxc3
24. Qxc3 Rc8 25. Bd3 $16) 22. Rb6 Nxc3 (22... Qf6 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Rxf6 $16)
23. Qxc3 Qf6 {Bxh3 threat} 24. Bxg6 Qxg6 {the light square bishop of black is
a little passive but does threaten Bxh3} 25. Kf1 {prevention is the core
positional players tactic to accumulate advantages without fuss and danger} f6
(25... Qf6 26. Ne5 Rc8 27. Ra1 Be8 28. Qb3 $16) 26. Ra1 Qh5 27. Ne1 Qf5 {
threatening rxe3} (27... Bxh3 28. gxh3 Qxh3+ 29. Ke2 f5 30. Rxc6 f4 31. Rc7
fxe3 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Nf3 exf2+ 35. Kxf2 $16) 28. Kg1 Qg5 {
Bxh3 threat} 29. Kh2 Qf5 {threatening Qxf2} 30. Nd3 Qe6 (30... g5 31. Rb7 h5
32. Raa7 Rf7 33. Nc5 Ree7 34. Qb2 Kg7 35. Qe2 g4 36. h4 Kf8 37. Qa2 Be6 38.
Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40. Qa7+ Kf8 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qc7+ Kg6 43. Kg3 (43.
Qxc6 Qxf2 $11) 43... Bg8 44. Qxc6 $16) 31. Kg1 (31. Rb7 Qd6+ 32. Kg1 Bf5 33.
Nc5 (33. Raa7 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Bxd3 35. Qxd3 Rb8 $14) 33... Rxb7 34. Nxb7 Qc7 35.
Nc5 $16) 31... Rc8 (31... Qd6 32. Ra7 Bf5 33. Rxc6 $16) 32. Rb7 Rf7 33. Raa7
Be8 34. Qb4 Rd8 (34... Rxb7 35. Rxb7 h6 (35... Bf7 36. Re7 Qf5 37. Qb7 Rf8 38.
Nc5 h6 39. Rc7 Qg6 40. Rxc6 $16) 36. Re7 Qf5 37. Qb7 Qg6 (37... Qxd3 38. Qxc8
$16) 38. Nf4 Qh7 39. Qxc8 $16) 35. Nc5 Qc8 36. Qb6 h5 (36... Rxb7 37. Rxb7 Bg6
38. Ne6 Re8 39. Nxg7 $16) 37. Rc7 (37. Na6 c5 38. Rb8 Rxa7 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40.
Qxa7 $16) 37... Rxc7 38. Rxc7 (38. Qxc7 Qxc7 39. Rxc7 g5 40. h4 gxh4 41. Ne6
Ra8 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Rc7 Kg8 44. Kh2 Bf7 45. Nf4 Be8 46. Kh3 Ra2 47. f3 Ra3 48.
Kxh4 Rxe3 49. Nxh5 $16) 38... Qa8 39. Ra7 (39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Ne6+ Kg6 41. Qxd8
$16) 39... Qc8 40. Rb7 Bf7 (40... h4 41. Ne6 Rd7 42. Rb8 $16) (40... Qa8 41.
Qc7 {breaking point reached of the positional pressure amplification}) 41. Qa7
Rf8 42. Nd7 Re8 43. Nxf6+ gxf6 44. Rxf7 Qf5 45. Rg7+ Kh8 46. Qf7 {game ended
here} Ra8 47. Rg3 (47. g4 Qe4 48. Qxf6 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Rh1+ 50. Kg3 h4+ 51. Kxh4
Rxh3+ 52. Kxh3 Qh1+ (52... Qf3+ 53. Qxf3 Kxg7 54. g5) 53. Kg3 Qg1+ 54. Kf3 Qd1+
(54... Qh1+ 55. Ke2 $18) 55. Kg2 $16) 47... Ra1+ 48. Kh2 Qh7 49. Qxf6+ Qg7 50.
Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic YUG"]
[Date "1983.09.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 (7. Bh4
g5 8. Bg3 Nc6 9. e3 $11) 7... Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ (8... Be7 9. Nxd5 $16) 9. Qxc3
O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne2 (11. Qxc7 Rc8 12. Qxb7 (12. Qf4 Rc2 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Bd1
g5 15. Qf3 Rxb2 $17) 12... Nc6 13. Nf3 Rab8 14. Qa6 Rb6 15. Qa4 Rxb2 16. Be2
Bc2 17. Qa6 Rcb8 18. O-O R2b6 $15) 11... Rc8 12. Ng3 Be6 (12... c5 13. Nxf5
Qxf5 14. dxc5 $14 b6 (14... Nd7 15. b4 b6 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. c6 Ne5 18. f4 Nc4 19.
O-O Rxc6 (19... Qe4 20. Qd4 Nxe3 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Rf2 $10) 20. Bb7 $16) 15.
Qd3 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 bxc5 17. O-O-O c4 18. Be2 Rd8 19. Bf3 Nc6 20. Rxd5 $16) 13.
b4 a5 14. Be2 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1+ 16. Qxa1 Qe7 17. Qc3 Nc6 (17... c6 18. O-O
Nd7 $14) (17... Nd7 18. O-O c6 19. Ra1 $14) 18. b5 Nd8 (18... Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4
20. Kd2 c5 21. Kc3 b6 22. Ra1 $16) 19. O-O c5 20. bxc6 bxc6 (20... Nxc6 21. Rb1
g6 22. Qa1 Qc7 23. h3 $14) (20... Rxc6 21. Qd3 g6 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Rb1 h5 24. h4
$14) 21. Rc1 Bd7 22. Qa5 Kf8 23. Qa7 Be6 24. Qb6 Qc7 25. Qb1 {Qh7 threat} Kg8
26. Bd3 Qe7 27. Qc2 Bd7 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Qd7 31. Nh4 (31. e4
dxe4 32. Qxe4 Ne6 33. h3 $11) (31. Ng3 Ne6 $11) 31... Ne6 32. Qf5 c5 33. dxc5
Qe7 (33... Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Nxc5 35. Qxd7 (35. Ng6+ fxg6 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qxc5 Qf5
$11) 35... Nxd7 36. Nf5 g6 (36... h5 37. Ne7 Nb6 38. Kf1 g6 39. Ke2 Kg7 $11)
37. Ne7 (37. Nxh6 Kg7 38. Ng4 f5 $17) 37... Nb6 38. Kf1 $10 Kg7 39. f3 Kf6 40.
Nc6 Ke6 41. Ke2 Nd7 42. Kd3 Nc5+ 43. Kd2 Nd7 $11) 34. g3 Qd7 (34... Rxc5 35.
Rxc5 Nxc5 36. Qxd5 $14) 35. c6 Rxc6 36. Rxc6 Qxc6 37. Qxf7 Ng5 (37... d4 38.
Ng6+ Kh7 39. Qxe6 (39. Ne7 Qa8 40. Qf5+ Kh8 41. Qxe6 $16) 39... Qxe6 40. Nf8+
$16) 38. Qf5 Qf6 (38... Qd6 39. f4 Ne6 40. Ng6+ Kg8 (40... Kh7 41. Nf8+ Kg8 42.
Nxe6 $16) 41. Qxd5 Qxd5 42. Ne7+ Kf7 43. Nxd5 $16) 39. Qxf6 gxf6 40. Nf5 Kh7
41. h4 {game ended here} Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Ne1+ 43. Kf1 Nd3 44. Ke2 Nc5 45. h5 Ne4
46. g4 Nc3+ 47. Kf1 $16 1-0

[Event "Zlatoust"]
[Site "Zlatoust"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Piskunov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. a3 (7. Be3
Bf5 8. Nf3 Nb4 9. Rc1 c6 10. a3 Na6 $16) (7. Nf3 Be7 8. h3 Bf5 9. Bf4 $14) 7...
Bf5 8. Be3 g6 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. Nge2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Rad8 13. Qc2 (13. Bxf5
Qxf5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Ra2 $16) 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ne7 15. Ng3 c6 16. Rfe1 d5 17.
c5 Nbc8 18. Re2 f5 19. Bf4 Kf7 20. Rae1 (20. Nb1 Ng8 21. Nd2 Rde8 22. Nf3 h6
23. h4 Re4 24. Qd2 Nce7 25. Rae1 Qe6 26. Ne5+ Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rd8 28. f3 Rxe2 29.
Nxe2 Nc8 30. Nf4 $16) 20... Rfe8 21. Be5 (21. Nb1 Ng8 22. Nd2 Bh6 23. Bxh6 Nxh6
24. Nf3 $16) 21... Ng8 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qe6 23. Qd4 b6 24. b4 g5 25. f4
bxc5 26. bxc5 gxf4 27. Qxf4 $16) 22. Nf1 Nf6 23. Nd2 Ne4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nf3
Re7 26. b4 Rde8 27. Ne5 Qd8 28. f3 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 Re6 30. g3 Qc7 31. Qd2 Ne7 (
31... Qd8 32. h4 Qf6 33. h5 g5 (33... gxh5 34. Qf4 b6 35. Rh2 Ne7 36. Rxh5 $16)
34. Qd3 $16) (31... Qe7 32. Qf4 Qf6 33. h4 h6 34. h5 g5 35. Qe3 a6 36. a4 Kh8
37. b5 axb5 (37... Kg7 38. bxa6 bxa6 39. Qc3 R6e7 40. Qa5 Ra7 41. Kg2 Kh7 42.
Ng6 Rxe2+ 43. Rxe2 Qxd4 44. Qd8 Qg7 45. Nf8+ Kg8 46. Nd7+ Kh7 47. Nf6+ Qxf6 48.
Qxf6 $16) 38. axb5 cxb5 39. Qd3 Kg7 40. Qxb5 $16) 32. Nd3 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 h5 (
33... Kf7 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Nf4 a6 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Ne6 Qc8 38. Qg7#) 34. Qe6 h4
35. Qd6 {end of game} (35. Nf4 a6 36. Qd6 $16) 35... Qxd6 (35... Qd8 36. Qxd8
Rxd8 37. Rxe7+ $16) (35... Qc8 36. Rxe7+ $16) 36. cxd6 hxg3 37. hxg3 Kf7 38.
dxe7 $16 1-0

[Event "05, Moscow ch-stud"]
[Site "05, Moscow ch-stud"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Evgeny Gik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rfc8 13. h5 (13. Kb1 h5 14. Bg5
a6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 a5 (17... Rab8 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Ne2
Rc6 20. Re1 $16) 18. Nb6 a4 19. Bd5 Rd8 20. Nxa8 $16) 13... Nxh5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 (
14... Nd3+ 15. cxd3 (15. Qxd3 Bxh6+ 16. Kb1 Rxc3 (16... Bg7 17. Nd5 Kf8 18.
Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Nf5+ gxf5 20. Qxd6+ Ke8 21. Qxd7+ Kf8 22. Qxf7#) 17. Qxc3 Qxc3
18. bxc3 Bg5 $17) (15. Kb1 Nxb2 16. Kxb2 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Rxc3 18. g4 Nf6 19. e5
dxe5 20. g5 exd4 21. gxf6 $16) 15... Bxd4 16. Kb1 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Qg5
Qb4 19. Rxh5 Ba4 20. Qd5 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Qxb3+ 22. axb3 gxh5 $17) 15. Qxh6 Rxc3
16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Ne2 Qc5 (17... Nd3+ 18. Rxd3 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxh1 20. g4 Ng3 21.
Qxh1 Nxh1 22. Ke3 Rc8 23. Rd1 a5 24. a4 b5 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Rxh1 $16) 18. g4
Nf6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Rxh5 (20. Kb1 {Nf4 threat} Nc4 21. Rd5 Na3+ (21... Qc7 22.
Nf4 e6 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Nxh5 $16) 22. Kb2 Nc4+ 23. Ka1 Qf2 24. Bxc4 $16) 20...
gxh5 21. Rh1 Qe3+ {makes things a lot worse} (21... Ng6 22. Qxh5 e6 23. Qxh7+
Kf8 24. f4 Ba4 25. Rh3 Bxb3 26. Rxb3 $14) 22. Kb1 Qxf3 23. Rxh5 e6 (23... Ng6
24. Rh1 (24. Nd4 Qd1+ 25. Kb2 Qxd4+ $17) 24... Qxe2 (24... d5 25. Bxd5 Ba4 26.
Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Nd4 Qf4 28. Ne6+ fxe6 29. Qxg6 Bxc2+ 30. Kb2 Qe5+ 31. Kxc2 Rc8+
32. Kb1 Rc5 33. Rf1+ Qf6 34. gxf6 $16) 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qxf7#) 24. g6 Nxg6 (
24... hxg6 25. Qh8#) (24... fxg6 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Rh7+ Nf7 28.
Qxa8 Qxe2 29. Qxb7 $16) 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Rf5 Qxb3+ (26... exf5 27. Qxf7#) 27.
axb3 exf5 28. Nf4 Rd8 (28... Nxf4 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxa8 $16) 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30.
Nxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Ke8 33. exf5 Rc8 34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ Kd8 36.
f6 {end of game} Kc7 37. f7 d5 38. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1970.12.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc4 13. Bc1 Nc6 14. b3 N4a5 15.
Be3 b6 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Rc1 bxc5 18. Nxc5 Bf6 19. a3 Ne7 20. Be2 Nf5 21. b4 Nb7
22. Bf4 Nbd6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nb7 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Bd3 Ne7 27. Qg4 f5 28.
Qd4 Nd8 29. b5 g5 30. a4 Ng6 31. Qa1 Qb7 32. Rfe1 Qg7 33. Nc5 Rf7 34. a5 Re7
35. Na6 Ra8 36. Bf1 Nf7 37. Nc7 Rd8 38. Rc6 Nf8 39. b6 axb6 40. a6 Nh6 41. Rec1
Ng4 42. a7 Nxe5 43. R6c2 Nc4 44. a8=Q Rxa8 45. Nxa8 b5 46. Ra2 Rb7 1-0

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1982.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "John Nunn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1982.04.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Be6 (9... b5 10. Nd5 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13.
c3 $11) 10... Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 $14 12. c3 $14) 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (
11... gxf6 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Ne3 Nb4 15. O-O Nxd3 16. cxd3 a5 17.
Ncd5 Kh8 18. Rac1 Rc5 19. Rc4 Qb8 20. b3 b5 21. Rxc5 dxc5 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Ng4
Bxg4 24. Qxg4 $16) 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Ncd5 Qd8 14. c3 Be7 15. Bc4 O-O 16. O-O Bg5
17. a4 Kh8 18. Qe2 g6 19. Kh1 Bh6 20. b4 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4 Bxd5 23. Nxd5
e4 24. a5 Bg7 25. Rac1 Ne7 26. Rfd1 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Qc7 28. Rc2 Qe7 (28... Bxc3
29. Rdc1 Rbc8 30. Qe3 (30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Qd1 Rfc8 33. Qd4#) 30...
Qd7 31. Rxc3 $16) 29. Qe3 Rbc8 30. c4 Rc7 31. g3 Re8 32. Rg2 Qf6 33. g4 fxg4
34. Rxg4 Qc3 35. Rg3 Qxb4 (35... Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Bh6 37. Rf1 $16 Bg7 38. f5 Bd4
39. Re2 Bf6 40. Be6 e3 41. Rd1 Bc3 42. Rxe3 Bxb4 43. Rg3 Bc5 44. Bd5 Rg7 45.
Rf3 b6 46. f6 Rg5 47. axb6 Bxb6 48. Rf4 Rf8 49. h4 Rg3 50. f7 $16 h5 51. Kh2
Re3 52. Rd2 Kh7 53. Rg2 Bd8 54. Rg8 Re2+ 55. Kg3 Re3+ 56. Kg2 Be7 57. Rf5 Kh6
58. Rfg5 a5 59. R8g6+ Kh7 60. Rg7+ Kh6 (60... Kh8 61. Rg8+ Kh7 62. Rxh5#) 61.
R5g6#) 36. Rdg1 Qb2 37. Rg5 Qf6 38. R1g4 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qb2+ 40. Kh3 Rce7 41. f5
Qf6 {critical mistake making things much worse} (41... Qa1 42. Rg1 (42. Rh5
Qf1+ 43. Rg2 Rf8 $10) 42... Qe5 $10 (42... Qxa5 43. f6 Bxf6 44. Rg8+ Rxg8 45.
Rxg8#) 43. R1g4 Qa1 44. Be6 (44. Rh5 Qf1+ 45. Kg3 Be5+ 46. Kh4 Bf6+ 47. Kg3 Qd3
48. Qxd3 exd3 49. Rh6 d2 50. Rxf6 d1=Q $17) 44... Rf8 45. Rg1 Qe5 46. Qg3 $11 (
46. R1g3 Rxe6 47. fxe6 Qxe6+ 48. Kg2 Qxc4 49. Rxg7 Qf1#)) 42. Rh5 {if q had
been on a1 then Qcf1 would have been annoying} Rf8 43. Rgh4 h6 44. Rg4 Re5 45.
Rgg5 (45. Rg6 Qxg6 46. fxg6 Rxh5+ 47. Kg4 Rg5+ 48. Kh4 Re8 49. Kh3 Ree5 50.
Bxe4 Rxg6 $17) 45... Rc8 46. Kg4 (46. Rg6 Qxg6 47. fxg6 Rxh5+ 48. Kg2 Rg5+ 49.
Kf2 Rf8+ 50. Ke1 Rff5 51. Qh3 Rh5 52. Qg4 Rhg5 53. Qh3 Rf3 54. Qc8+ Rf8 55.
Qxb7 Rg2 $17) 46... Kh7 47. Rg6 Qf8 (47... Rxf5 48. Qxh6+ Bxh6 49. Rhxh6#) 48.
Qg5 Qxf5+ (48... Rce8 49. Rgxh6+ Bxh6 50. Qg6+ Kh8 51. Rxh6+ Qxh6 52. Qxh6#) (
48... e3 49. Rgxh6+ Bxh6 50. Qg6+ Kh8 51. Rxh6+ Qxh6 52. Qxh6#) 49. Qxf5 Rxf5
50. Rxg7+ Kxg7 51. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1982.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1982.04.15"]

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. g4 Be6 10. O-O-O (10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O Ne5 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5
13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5+ Qxd5 15. Rxd5 Rxf3 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bg2 Rff8 18. Be3 $16)
12. Be2 Qc8 13. Bd4 $14) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. a3 Rab8 13. h4 Rfc8 14.
Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 a6 (16... Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rxd5 $16) 17.
Be2 Nd7 18. f4 Nc5 19. Rh3 {preventative} (19. h5 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nb3+ 21. Kb1
Nxd4 $17) 19... Rc7 20. Re3 (20. h5 Na4 21. b3 Nc5 22. g5 gxh5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7
24. Bxh5 $16) 20... b5 21. Bxg7 (21. Bxc5 Rxc5 (21... dxc5 22. d6 exd6 23. Rxd6
a5 24. Ra6 a4 25. h5 $14) 22. Rxe7 $16) 21... Kxg7 22. Rd4 a5 23. b4 Na4 (23...
axb4 24. axb4 Na4 25. Bd3 Nc3 26. Re1 $11 Ra8 27. Kd2 Ra2 28. f5 $11) 24. bxa5
Nc3 25. Bf1 Kf8 26. Kb2 Rbc8 {big mistake} (26... Na4+ 27. Kc1 (27. Kb3 Nc5+
28. Kb4 (28. Ka2 Nb7 29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Be2 Na4) 28... Na6+ 29. Kb3 Nc5+ 30. Ka2
Nb7 $11) 27... Ra7 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Rxa4 Rxd5 30. a6 Rc5 31. Kb2 $11) 27. Kb3
Rc5 (27... Na4 28. Bxb5 Nc5+ 29. Kb4 Nb7 30. a6 Nc5 31. Rc4 f6 32. Rec3 Kf7 33.
Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 dxc5+ 35. Ka5 c4 36. a7 e5 37. dxe6+ Kxe6 38. Ba6 Rh8 39.
Bb7 $16) 28. a6 Nxd5 (28... Ra8 29. Rxc3 $16) 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc3 Rd8 (30...
Rxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Rc5+ 32. Kb4 Rc7 33. Kxb5 e5 34. Kb6 Rc8 35. a7 Ke7 36. Bg2 exf4
37. a8=Q $16) (30... Ra8 31. Bg2 Rc5 32. Bxa8 $16) 31. Rc7 Rd1 32. Bxb5 e5 33.
a7 exf4 34. Rb7 Rb1+ 35. Ka4 Rxb5 36. Rxb5 f3 37. Rb8 f2 38. Rxd8+ {end of game
} Kg7 39. a8=Q f1=Q 40. Rg8+ Kf6 41. Qd8+ Ke5 42. Re8+ Kd5 43. Qa5+ Kc6 44.
Rc8+ Kd7 45. Qd8+ (45. Qa8 Qf4+ 46. c4 Qxg4 47. Qb7+ Ke6 48. Re8+ Kf6 49. Qe7+
Kg7 50. Qf8+ Kf6 51. Qxd6+ Kg7 52. Qf8+ Kf6 53. Qh8+ Kf5 54. Qe5#) 45... Ke6
46. Qe8+ Kd5 47. Qb5+ Qxb5+ 48. Kxb5 $16 1-0

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1982.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Andrew Jonathan Mestel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1982.04.15"]

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. g4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. h4 Qc7 14. Rh2 e5 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. h5 Qc6 {mistake} (16... d5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. O-O-O Nxg4 19. fxg4
Bxd4 20. Kb1 $11) 17. O-O-O Qxf3 (17... Qd5 18. hxg6 (18. Kb1 Nxg4 19. fxg4
Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. hxg6 (21. Rxd4 Rxf1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1#) 21... hxg6 $11)
18... hxg6 19. Qd3 Qxa2 (19... e5 20. Bc3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 Kf7 $16) (19... Nxg4
20. Qxg6 $16) 20. Qxg6 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qa5+ 22. c3 e5 23. Bg1 $16) (17... b5 18.
hxg6 hxg6 19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. g5 Nh5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qxa7+ Kg8 23. Qd4 $16) 18.
hxg6 hxg6 (18... Ne4 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Qh6+ Kh8 22. Be2 Qg3 23.
Kb1 Rf6 24. Qh5 b5 25. Rhh1 b4 26. Rdg1 Qf4 27. g5 Rf7 28. g6 Rg7 29. Bd3 $16)
19. Bg2 Ne4 (19... Qxg4 20. Bh3 Qe4 21. Re2 Qc6 22. Bxe6+ Kh7 23. Rh2+ Nh5 24.
Rxh5+ gxh5 25. Qd3+ Kh8 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Kf6 28. Qf5+ Ke7 29. Rg7+ Ke8
30. Qg6+ Kd8 31. Qg5+ Ke8 32. Qe7#) (19... Qg3 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Rg2 Qh3 22. g5
Rxb7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. b3 $16) 20. Bxf3 Nxd2 21. Bxb7 (21. Rhxd2
Rxf3 $11) 21... Bxd4 (21... Rc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rhxd2 Rxb7 24. Rxd6 $16) 22.
Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Kxd2 (23. Rdxd2 Be3 $14) 23... Bxb2 24. Rb1 Bc3+ 25. Kd3 Be5 26.
Rf2 Rc3+ 27. Kd2 Rc7 28. g5 d5 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Re8 Bc3+ 31. Kd1 Bd4 32. Rf3
Rf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rc8 e5 35. Ke2 Bb6 36. Rc6 Bd8 37. Rd6 Bb6 38. a4 Bg1
39. a5 Bd4 40. Kd3 {end of game} Bg1 41. Rxd5 Ke6 42. Ke4 $16 1-0

[Event "Phillips & Drew Kings"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1982.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1982.04.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 (10... b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Nxe7+ (13. Qd3
Nf6 (13... Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Bf3 Ra7 16. Rfd1 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qc8 18. c3 bxc3
19. bxc3 Nd7 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. Bc4 Ne8 $16) 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bf3 e4 16. Bxe4
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Qf3 $14) 13... Qxe7 14. Qxb4 Nf6 15. Na5 Qc7 16. c4 $16)
11. a4 Rc8 (11... Bxb3 12. cxb3 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Bc4 $14) 12.
a5 Qc7 (12... Bxb3 13. cxb3 Nc5 14. Qd1 Ncxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qd5 Nc5 17. b4
Ne6 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxa6 Rxb4 20. Qc6 $16) 13. Rfc1 Qc6 (13... Bxb3 14. cxb3
Qb8 15. b4 $16) 14. Bf3 Bc4 (14... Bxb3 15. cxb3 Nc5 16. Qd1 Qd7 17. g3 Ne6 18.
Rc2 Rc6 19. h4 Nc7 20. Rd2 $16) 15. Ra4 Rfd8 16. Rb4 Qc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5
f5 19. Be2 (19. g4 f4 (19... e4 20. Rxc4 Qxc4 21. Be2 Qc7 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Ne6
Qb8 24. c4 Nc5 25. gxf5 $16 Nb3 26. Qc2 Nxc1 27. Qxc1 Kh8 28. Qc2 Rg8 29. Qxe4
Bxb2 30. Ng5 Rge8 (30... Rgd8 31. f6 g6 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Qe6 h6 34. Ne5+ Kh8
35. Nxg6+ Kh7 36. Qf7#) 31. Qh4 h6 32. Ne6 Rf8 33. Bf4 b6 34. Qg3 Rf7 35. Bxd6
Qb7 36. axb6 Qxb6 37. c5 $16) 20. Bb6 Nxb6 21. axb6 Qd7 22. Na5 Bb5 (22... e4
23. Rxc4 exf3 24. h3 h5 25. Qxf4 Bh4 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Qc4 $14) 23. c4 $16)
19... Bxb3 (19... f4 20. Bb6 Nxb6 21. axb6 Qd7 22. Bxc4 $16) 20. Rxb3 f4 {
mistake} (20... Rf8 21. Rc3 Qb8 (21... Qxa5 22. Rxc8 Qxd2 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.
Bxd2 $16) 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. f3 $16) (20... Nc5 21. Ra3 Ne4 22. Qd3 $16) 21. Bb6
Nxb6 22. Rxb6 Bg5 (22... e4 23. Qxf4 $16) 23. Bg4 Rb8 24. Re1 Qc5 25. Re4 Rf8
26. b4 Qc7 27. c4 Kh8 28. c5 dxc5 (28... Rbd8 29. Qd3 Bh4 30. Rc4 $16) 29. d6
Qd8 30. bxc5 f3 31. Qd5 fxg2 32. Rxe5 Qf6 33. Rf5 Qa1+ 34. Kxg2 Bf6 35. d7 Qxa5
36. Rxb7 Rxb7 37. Qxb7 Qd8 38. c6 a5 39. c7 Qxd7 40. Rf4 {end of game} Qd6 41.
c8=Q $16 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1971/72"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1971.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1971.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 h6 (10... Rxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Qb4 Qxa2 (12...
Qxb4 13. cxb4 Nxe4 14. Bh4 g5 15. fxg5 Be7 16. Bc4 h6 17. Rhf1 O-O 18. h3 hxg5
19. Be1 $16) 13. Qxb7 Be7 14. Qb8+ Bd8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxd6 $16) 11. Bh4 g5 (
11... e6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nxd5+ Qxd5 17.
Qh4+ (17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Rhd8 19. Bd3 Bc6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rg1 Rd4 22. g3
Be4 $11 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Kc1 Rxe5 $11) 17... g5 18. Qe1 Qc5 19. Bd3 $16 Rhd8
20. Qe2 $16) 12. e5 (12. Bg3 gxf4 13. Bxf4 e5 $17) (12. Bf2 gxf4 13. Qxa7 Qxa7
14. Bxa7 Rg8 $17) 12... gxh4 (12... dxe5 13. fxe5 gxh4 14. exf6 Qg5+ (14...
exf6 15. Qxd7#) 15. Kb1 Qg4 16. Ne4 e5 (16... e6 17. Qxd7#) 17. Qxe5+ Qe6 18.
Qd4 $16) 13. exf6 e6 14. Be2 Bc6 15. Rhe1 Rg8 (15... Bxg2 16. Bb5+ Bc6 17. f5
Bxb5 18. fxe6 Qb6 19. Qg4 fxe6 20. f7+ Kd8 (20... Kxf7 21. Qxe6+ Kg7 22. Rg1+
Qxg1 23. Rxg1+ Kh7 24. Qg6#) 21. Qxe6 Qc5 22. Qf6+ Kc7 23. Qxh8 $16) 16. Bf3
Kd7 {makes things a lot worse} (16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rg2 18. Kb1 Kd7 19. a3 Rc6
20. Re2 (20. h3 Qc5 21. Qe4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Ne2 Rg6 24. Nd4 $11) 20...
Rxe2 21. Nxe2 Qf5 22. Rd2 b6 23. Nc3 $16) 17. Re5 Qb6 (17... Qc7 18. f5 Bxf3
19. gxf3 exf5 20. Qxa7 h3 21. Rb5 b6 22. Qa4 Qc6 23. Nd5 Kd8 24. Nxb6 $16) 18.
Qxb6 axb6 19. Bh5 Rxg2 (19... Ke8 20. Rxe6+ $16) 20. Bxf7 Rxh2 21. Bxe6+ Kc7
22. Re3 Rd8 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 (23... Kb8 24. Rg1 h3 25. f7 Ka7 26. Rd1 Kb8 27. Rxh3
Rxh3 28. Bxh3 $16) 24. Rxd5 Rf2 25. f5 h5 26. Rc3+ Kb8 27. a4 Rf4 28. a5 (28.
b3 Bh6 29. Kd1 (29. Kb2 Bg5 30. f7 Bf6 31. Rdd3 Ka7 32. Ka3 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rf1
34. b4 Rf8 35. Kb2 b5 36. axb5 Kb6 37. Kb3 $16) 29... Ka7 30. f7 Bg5 31. Ke2
Re4+ 32. Kf2 Rg4 33. Rdd3 Be7 34. Rc7 Bg5 35. Bd5 Rf4+ 36. Kg2 Rxf5 37. Rxb7+
Ka6 38. Rc7 $16) 28... bxa5 29. Rxa5 Rg4 (29... d5 {threat Bb4} 30. Rb5 (30.
Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxf5 $11) 30... Bb4 31. Rd3 h3 32. Kb1 (32. Rxh3 Rf1#) 32...
h2 (32... Rf1+ 33. Ka2 $16) 33. Rh3 Rf1+ 34. Ka2 h1=Q 35. Rxh1 Rxh1 36. Rxb4
$16 d4 37. f7 Rd1 38. Rc4 d3 39. cxd3 R1xd3 40. Rh4 Kc7 41. Rxh5 $16) 30. Rca3
Kc7 31. Rb5 Bh6+ 32. Kb1 Rg3 33. Ra7 Rb8 34. Bd5 Rg1+ 35. Ka2 Rf1 36. Raxb7+
Rxb7 37. Rxb7+ Kd8 38. Be6 h3 39. Rd7+ Ke8 (39... Kc8 40. Rh7+ Kd8 41. Rxh6 h2
42. f7 Rxf5 43. Rh8+ Kc7 44. Bxf5 h1=Q 45. f8=Q Qd5+ 46. b3 Qa5+ 47. Kb2 Qe5+
48. c3 Qe2+ 49. Bc2 $16) 40. Rc7 {end of game} h2 (40... Kd8 41. Rc8#) (40...
Kf8 41. Rc8#) 41. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1971/72"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1971.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "George Steven Botterill"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1971.12.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Re8 12. b4 a6 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. Nd2 Nc6 15.
a3 Ne7 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. g3 Nf5 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nb3 Re7 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Nc1 Nd6
22. Nd3 Qf5 23. Bg2 g5 24. Qb3 Ne4 25. a4 h5 26. h3 Bg7 27. a5 Qe6 28. Na4 Qd6
29. Rfe1 (29. Rc1 Nd2 $17) (29. b5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Bc6 31. Qb3 Bxa4 32. Qxa4 Nc3
33. Qb4 Nxd1 34. Rxd1 bxa5 $17) 29... Rde8 30. Nc3 Kh8 31. b5 (31. Nxe4 dxe4
32. Ne5 Bd5 33. Qc2 h4 34. Bxe4 hxg3 35. fxg3 bxa5 36. Bxd5 Qxd5 37. bxa5 Bxe5
38. dxe5 Qxe5 $11) 31... axb5 32. Nxb5 Qh6 33. Nc3 Nxc3 34. Qxc3 bxa5 35. Qxa5
(35. Ra1 h4 36. g4 f5 37. gxf5 Qh7 38. f6 Bxf6 39. Rxa5 $16 g4 40. Bxd5 Bxd5
41. Rxd5 g3 (41... gxh3 42. Kh2 Rg8 43. Nf4 $16) 42. Nf4 Qe4 43. fxg3 Qf3 44.
Qc2 Rxe3 45. Rh5+ Qxh5 (45... Kg7 46. Qh7+ Kf8 47. Ng6#) 46. Rxe3 (46. Nxh5
Rxe1+ 47. Kf2 Bxd4+ 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Kg2 (49. Kg4 hxg3 50. Nxg3 Rg8+ 51. Kh5
Rxg3 $17) 49... Rf2+ 50. Qxf2 Bxf2 51. Kxf2 c5 $17) 46... Qb5 47. Ng6+ Kg8 48.
Ne7+ Kf8 (48... Rxe7 49. Qg6+ Bg7 50. Rxe7 $16) (48... Bxe7 49. Qg6+ Kh8 50.
Re5 Rb8 51. Rxb5 Rxb5 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qxe7+ $16) 49. Ng6+ Kg8 50. Rxe8+ Qxe8
51. Nxh4 $14 Bxd4+ 52. Kg2 c5 53. Qb3+ $14) 35... c6 36. Rb1 h4 37. g4 f5 38.
gxf5 (38. f3 fxg4 39. fxg4 Qd6 40. Nc5 Bc8 41. Qd2 Be6 42. Nxe6 Rxe6 43. Kh1
Bf6 $15) 38... Bc8 39. Rb8 Bxf5 40. Qa8 Qg6 41. Nb4 Bd7 42. Rxe8+ Rxe8 43. Qb7
Re7 44. Rc1 g4 45. Rxc6 Qb1+ 46. Bf1 gxh3 (46... g3 47. fxg3 (47. Qb8+ Re8 48.
Qf4 gxf2+ 49. Kxf2 (49. Qxf2 Rf8 50. Qe2 Bxc6 $17) 49... Rf8 $17) 47... Rf7 48.
Qb5 Bxc6 49. Nxc6 Qc1 50. Qe2 Qxc6 $17) 47. Qb5 (47. Qb8+ Re8 48. Qf4 Bxc6 49.
Qxh4+ Kg8 50. Nxc6 Qg6+ 51. Qg3 Qxc6 $17) 47... Re6 48. Qb8+ (48. Nxd5 Qg6+ 49.
Kh2 Bxc6 $17) 48... Re8 49. Qd6 Rg8 {end of game} 50. Qxd5 Be5+ 51. Kh1 (51.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 52. dxe5 Bxc6 53. Nxc6 h2+ 54. Kg2 h1=Q+ $17) 51... Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "Hastings 1971/72"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1972.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Henrique Mecking"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1971.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
Qc7 9. a4 Nc6 10. f5 Bxb3 (10... Bd7 11. Be3 $14) 11. cxb3 Qb6 12. Bg5 Be7 13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bg5+ (16... Nd4 17. Bc4 Rc8 18.
a5 $16) 17. Kd3 O-O (17... Rb8 18. h4 Bd8 19. b4 Ne7 20. Ne3 Bb6 21. Nc4 Bc7
22. b5 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. Rhd1 axb5 26. axb5 Nb6+ 27. Kc3 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Nxc4 29. Kxc4 Ke7 (29... b6 30. Bc6+ Ke7 (30... Kf8 31. Rd7 Bb8 32.
Rd8+ Ke7 33. Rxh8 $16) 31. Rd7+ $16) 30. Bxb7 $16) 18. h4 Bd8 19. Rac1 a5 20.
Kd2 Rb8 21. g4 Nb4 22. Bc4 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 g5 (23... Kh8 24. g5 b5 25. axb5 Rxb5
26. Ke2 Rc5 27. Rc3 g6 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. f6 $16) 24. fxg6 (24. f6 Bxf6 25. h5 (
25. Rhf1 Kg7 26. h5 Bd8 $14) 25... b5 (25... Kg7 26. h6+ Kg6 27. Rc7 Rbc8 (
27... b6 28. Rd7 Rbd8 29. Ra7 (29. Rb7 Rb8 (29... Ra8 30. Rxb6 $16) 30. Bxf7+
$16) 29... Rc8) 28. Bxf7+ $16 Rxf7 29. Rxc8 $16) 26. h6 bxa4 27. Rhf1 Bd8 28.
bxa4 Rxb2+ 29. Kd3 Rh2 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rf1 Rxh6 32. Rxf7 Rh4 33. Rd7+ Kf8 34.
Rxd8+ $16) 24... hxg6 25. Kd3 Kg7 26. h5 Bb6 (26... b5 27. axb5 Rxb5 28. Rc6
$16) 27. Rh3 Bc5 28. Rf1 f6 29. hxg6 Kxg6 (29... Rh8 30. Rhf3 Rhf8 31. Kc4 Bb4
32. Bf7 Rbc8+ 33. Kd5 Rc5+ 34. Ke6 Rh8 35. Rxf6 $16) 30. Rfh1 Rbe8 31. Rh7 Kg5
32. Ke2 Kf4 (32... Kxg4 33. Rg7+ Kf4 34. Rh4#) 33. R1h3 Bd4 34. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1971/72"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1972.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Raymond Keene"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1971.12.29"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Nb3 Na5 8.
Bg2 (8. Nxa5 Qxa5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O d6 11. Ne2 Be7 $14) 8... Nec6 9. O-O d6
10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Ne2 Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. c4 Rfd8 15. a4 Rac8 16.
Bc3 Qc7 17. Qd2 b6 18. Qb2 Bf8 19. f4 {mistake} (19. Kh1 Qb7 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
Bxd4 Bc6 (21... b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. a5 Ra8 24. Bb6 Rdc8 25. Rac1 $16) 22. Qe2
d5 (22... b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. a5 g6 25. a6 Qb8 26. h4 $16) 23. cxd5 exd5 24.
e5 Bd7 $11) 19... b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 (22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4
Qxb5 $15) 22... Qxb5 23. b4 d5 24. Rab1 (24. exd5 exd5 25. f5 Nxb4 26. Rab1 Rc4
27. Qd2 h6 $17) 24... Rb8 25. exd5 exd5 26. f5 Nxb4 (26... d4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28.
Bxd4 Bxf5 $17) 27. Qd2 Re8 28. Nd4 Qc4 29. Rbd1 Rbc8 30. Ba1 Ra8 (30... Qa6 31.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 h6 $17) 31. Rc1 Ra2 (31... Qa6 32. Rb1 h6 $17) 32. Qg5 (32.
Rxc4 Rxd2 33. Rc7 Rd8 34. Bc3 Rd3 35. Ra1 Na6 36. Bf1 Nxc7 37. Bxd3 Rc8 $15)
32... Qa6 33. Ne6 (33. f6 g6 $17) 33... h6 (33... fxe6 34. f6 g6 (34... Kh8 35.
fxg7+ Bxg7 36. Qxg7#) (34... Qa8 35. Qh5 Bc5 36. f7+ Kh8 37. fxe8=Q+ Qxe8 38.
Rxc5 Rxa1 (38... Qxh5 39. Rf8#) 39. Qxe8+ Bxe8 40. Rxa1 $16) 35. f7#) 34. Qg4
Bxe6 (34... Qe2 35. Qxe2 Rxe2 36. Nxf8 Rxf8 37. Bf3 Re3 38. Rb1 Nc2 39. Bxd5
$15) 35. Bxg7 (35. fxe6 Qxe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 $17) 35... Qe2 (35... Bxg7 36. f6 (
36. fxe6 Qxe6 37. Qxb4 Qe2 $11) 36... Bxg4 $17) 36. Qxe2 Rxe2 37. Bxf8 Rxf8 38.
fxe6 fxe6 39. Rfe1 Rff2 40. Rxe2 Rxe2 {end of game} 41. Bf3 Rc2 42. Rf1 Kg7 $17
0-1

[Event "Hastings 1971/72"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1972.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Michael J Franklin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. e5 (5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7.
Bd2 O-O $11) (5. Bd3 e5 (5... Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Nd2 $11) 6. Nb3 Bb4+ (6...
Be7) (6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Be4 Nf6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5 $14) 7. c3 Be7)
5... Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxe5+ $17) 3... d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4
Nf6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. b4 Qh5 14. Ne2
(14. Rfe1 Bd6 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Be8 18. Bf4 Rac8 $14 19. Rac1
(19. Rad1 h6 20. h3 $10) 19... Bxf4 20. Qxf4 {g4 threat} Qh6 21. Qxh6 gxh6 22.
h3 $14 Nxd4 (22... Kg7 23. Kh2 Rd6 24. Rc5 $14) 23. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxc8
25. Bxb7 $16) 14... Nd5 (14... Bd6 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. Bf4 $10) 15. Bd2 Bd6 16.
Ng3 Bxg3 17. fxg3 {seems antipositional but technically best} (17. hxg3 Nf6 18.
Qb2 Ng4 19. Rfe1 Ne7 20. Rac1 Bc6 21. Rc5 Bd5 22. b5 Rfc8 $10 23. Be4 Rxc5 24.
dxc5 axb5 25. Qxb5 $10) 17... Rac8 18. Qb2 f6 19. h3 g5 (19... Rc7 20. Qb1 g6 (
20... Kh8 21. g4 Qe8 22. Bxh7 $16) 21. g4 $16) 20. g4 Qh6 21. a4 b5 22. axb5
axb5 23. Rfc1 Rb8 24. Rc5 Nd8 25. h4 (25. Be4 Nf7 26. Qb3 Ra8 27. Re1 Rfe8 28.
Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Qxd5 $16) 25... Qg7 26. hxg5 fxg5 27. Nxg5 Nb7 28.
Rcc1 (28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Ra6 Ra8 (29... h6 30. Rg6 $16) 30. Bxh7+ Kh8 31. Rg6
Qe7 32. Rh6 Rf6 33. Rh5 Be8 34. Rh3 Kg7 35. Bf5 Kg8 36. Rh7 Qd6 37. Rxb7 $16)
28... Nf4 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Nf3 Qxg4 31. Be2 {inaccuracy} (31. Ne5 Qh4 (31...
Qg7 32. Rc7 Qg3 33. Qe2 (33. Rxd7 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Rh4#) 33... Be8 (33... Rxd4 34.
Rxd7 $16) 34. Bxh7+ Kf8 35. Qd2 Qg5 36. Ra3 Rf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qxd2 38. Rf3+ Qf4 39.
Rxf4+ Bf7 40. Rfxf7+ Ke8 41. Rfe7+ Kd8 42. Nf7#) 32. Nxd7 Re8 33. Ne5 $16)
31... Nd8 32. Rc5 {Rg5 threat} Nf7 33. Ra3 Qg7 34. Ra7 Be8 {huge mistake} (
34... Qg3 35. Rh5 Rg4 36. Bd1 Rd8 37. Qf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Rg7 39. Ra6 Bc8 40.
Rb6 Nd6 41. Bb3 $14) 35. Rg5 Qxg5 36. Nxg5 Nxg5 37. d5 {end of game} exd5 (
37... Rf7 38. Qe5 Rxa7 39. Qxb8 Re7 40. d6 $16) 38. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 (4... Bc5 5. Nxe5 (5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O
O-O 7. d3 $11) 5... Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 c5 $11) 5. Nd5 (5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5
e4 7. Nh4 d6 8. Nxb4 Nxb4 9. a3 Nc6 $11 10. d3 Re8 11. O-O $11) 5... Bc5 6. Bg2
d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 a5 11. a3 Ba7 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Qc2 Nd7
14. Rb1 Ne7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Qb3 Bg6 18. Rd1 h6 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Ne4
Bb8 21. Ba3 Nf8 22. b5 Ne6 (22... c5 23. Bb2 Qc8 24. Nc3 Nd7 25. e4 $16) 23.
Ra1 Qd7 24. Nc3 Bc7 25. d4 exd4 26. exd4 Ng5 27. Kh2 Ba5 28. Bb2 Bxc3 29. Bxc3
Be4 (29... Rxa1 30. Rxa1 cxb5 31. Qxb5 Qxb5 32. cxb5 Ne4 $11) 30. f3 (30. Rxa8
Rxa8 31. f3 Bh7 32. d5 cxd5 33. cxd5 Re8 $14) 30... Bh7 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Re1
d5 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Bb4 dxc4 35. Qxc4 (35. Rxe7 cxb3 36. Rxd7 b2 37. Ba5 b1=Q
$17) 35... Nd5 36. f4 Ne6 37. Bd2 Re8 38. Nf3 f6 39. Rc1 (39. Kh1 Bg6 40. Nh4
Bf7 $15) 39... Be4 40. Qxc6 (40. Ne5 fxe5 41. Bxe4 exf4 42. Qxc6 fxg3+ 43. Kxg3
Rd8 $11) (40. Be1 Ne3 41. Qe2 Nxg2 42. Qxe4 Nexf4 43. Qxc6 Qxh3+ 44. Kg1 Ne2+
45. Kf2 Qxg3+ 46. Kf1 Qg6) (40. Kg1 Ne7 41. Be3 Bd5 42. Qc2 Ra8 43. Bf2 Ra2 44.
Qd3 g6 $17) 40... Qxc6 41. Rxc6 Ndxf4 42. Rd6 Nxg2 43. Kxg2 Nc7 44. Kf2 Ra8 45.
Be3 Nb5 46. Rb6 Nc3 47. Rb3 {huge mistake} (47. Bd2 $17 Nd5 48. Rb3 Ra2 49. Ke1
Kf7 $17) 47... Nd1+ 48. Ke2 Bd5 49. Rd3 (49. Rb6 Nxe3 50. Kxe3 Ra3+ 51. Ke2
Bxf3+ $17) (49. Rb1 Nc3+ 50. Kf1 Nxb1 $17) 49... Bc4 {end of game} 50. Kxd1
Bxd3 $15 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2f3 O-O 12. Bf4 Rfe8 13. Re1 Bf8 14.
Ne5 Qa4 15. c3 Qa6 (15... Qxd1 16. Raxd1 $14) 16. Qe2 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Bd6 18. Nd7
Bxf4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nxc5 Bc7 21. Nd3 Bb6 22. Nb3 Kf8 23. Rd1 a5 24. Kf1 Rc8
25. Nd2 a4 26. a3 g5 27. Nf3 g4 28. Nh4 d4 29. cxd4 Bxd4 30. Nf5 Bb6 31. Nb4
Ne4 32. f3 gxf3 33. gxf3 Nc5 34. h4 Rd8 35. Rd5 Ba7 {huge blunder} (35... Rxd5
36. Nxd5 Bd8 $11) 36. Rxd8# 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. O-O O-O (6... Bxc3 7.
bxc3 d6 8. d3 c5 9. e4 $14) 7. Qc2 Re8 8. d4 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b3 Nbd7 11.
Bb2 Be4 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Qb4 Qc7 15. Qd2 Qb7 16. Qf4 d5 17. Bf1 b5
18. cxb5 (18. c5 a5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. f3 Bg6 $14) 18... cxb5 19.
Ne1 Qa6 20. a3 h6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Nb8 23. e3 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Qb6 25. Bd2
Nbd7 26. Bb4 {big mistake} (26. g4 g5 27. Qg3 Bb1 28. Qf3 Ne4 $11) 26... a5 (
26... e5 27. Qh4 (27. dxe5 g5 $17) 27... exd4 28. exd4 Qxd4 $17) 27. Be7 e5 28.
Qh4 (28. dxe5 g5 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Bxf6 Qc5 $17) 28... exd4 29. Qf4 (29. exd4
Qxd4 30. Qf4 Qd1 31. Ng2 Ng4 32. f3 (32. Ne3 Nxe3 33. fxe3 Qxb3 $17) 32... Qd4+
33. Ne3 Nxe3 34. fxe4 dxe4 $17) 29... dxe3 30. Qxe3 d4 31. Qf4 Qc6 32. Bxf6
Nxf6 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qxb5 Qc1 35. Nd3 Qd1 (35... Qxa3 36. Nc5 Bg6 $17) 36. Nc5
Bg6 37. Kg2 {big mistake} (37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Ne4 $11 39. Nxe4 Bxe4 40. Qe2
Qb1 41. h4 $11) 37... Ne4 38. Be2 (38. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 39. Kh3 Qf3 40. Qe5 g5 41. b4
Qh5#) 38... Qe1 39. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 40. f3 Bg6 41. h4 h5 42. f4 Be4+ 43. Bf3 g6 44.
Bxe4 Qxe4+ 45. Kf2 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 d3 47. Qc4 Qe2+ 48. Kg1 Qd1+ 49. Kf2 Qd2+ 50.
Kf1 Qd1+ 51. Kf2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Kg8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qc3+ Kf8 55. Qc5+ Ke8 56.
Qc6+ Ke7 57. Qc5+ Ke6 58. Qf2 (58. Qc6+ Kf5 59. Qc5+ Kg4 60. Qf2 Qc2 61. b4
axb4 62. axb4 d2 63. Qe2+ Kxg3 64. Qh2+ Kg4 65. Qg2+ Kxf4 66. Qg5+ Ke4 67. Qe7+
Kd3 68. Qd6+ Kc4 69. Qc5+ Kb3 70. Qd5+ Kb2 71. Qd4+ Kb1 72. b5 d1=Q+ $17) 58...
Qd1+ 59. Kg2 Qxb3 60. Qe1+ Kd7 61. Qxa5 Qc2+ 62. Kh3 d2 63. Qd5+ Kc8 {end of
game} 64. Qa8+ Kc7 65. Qa5+ Kd6 66. Qe5+ Kc6 67. Qe8+ Kd5 68. Qe5+ Kc4 69. Qe2+
Kd4 70. Qf2+ Kc3 71. Qe3+ Kb2 72. Qd4+ Kb1 73. Qb6+ Ka2 74. Qd6 d1=Q $17 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. e4 (7. d5 exd5
8. Nh4 g6 9. cxd5 Bg7 10. Nc4 $11) 7... cxd4 8. O-O d6 9. Nxd4 Qd7 (9... Be7
10. e5 Bxg2 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Kxg2 $14) 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nb1 Nc6
12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Bb2 Rab8 16. h3 Ba8 17. g4 h6 18. a4
a6 19. Ba3 Qc8 20. Bb2 Qc5 21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Red1 Ne5 23. Ne2 Bg5 24. Qc3 Bf6 25.
Ba3 Qc7 (25... Ng6 26. Qxf6 (26. Bxc5 Bxc3 27. Bxb6 Rxb6 28. Nxc3 Rxb3 $17) (
26. Qc1 Qc7 27. Ra2 $15) 26... gxf6 27. Bxc5 bxc5 $15) 26. Qd2 Ng6 27. Rac1 (
27. Bxd6 Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxa1 $17) 27... Be7 (27... Bg5 28. f4 Nxf4
29. Nxf4 e5 (29... d5 30. exd5 Qxf4 31. Qxf4 Bxf4 32. Rc3 $11) 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31.
Qxd5 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 $16) 28. Qe3 (28. Qd3 Nh4 29. Bh1 Ng6 30. Bg2 Ne5 31. Qg3
Ng6 32. Qd3 $11) 28... Bg5 29. f4 Nxf4 30. Nxf4 e5 {end of game} 31. Nd5 (31.
Qf2 exf4 (31... Bxf4 32. Rc2 Rbc8 33. Bc1 Bxc1 34. Rdxc1 Qc5 35. h4 Kf8 36. Bf3
Bc6 37. Kg2 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Bd7 39. Rd1 Be6 40. Re2 Ke7 41. Red2 Rd7 42. Be2 a5
43. Bf3 Rcd8 44. Ke3 g6 45. Rg2 Rc8 $17) 32. Rc2 Rbc8 33. Bb4 Qe7 34. Bf3 Bh4
35. Qe2 Bf6 36. Rcd2 Be5 37. Rd3 Bc6 38. Qd2 Qh4 39. Bc3 Re8 $17) 31... Bxe3+ {
check is important here} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 c4 (6... Nf6 7. O-O
Be6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nd4 $14)
7. Ne5 Qb6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 cxb3 (10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12.
Ba3 c5 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Qd6 $16) 11. axb3 Ne7 12. Ba3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Be6 (13...
c5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Bxb4 Qc6 16. Qb3 a5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Qa3+ Ke8 19. Nd2 $16)
14. Qd4 Nf5 (14... Qxd4 15. cxd4 f6 16. Bc5 fxe5 17. dxe5 a5 18. f4 $16) (14...
Qxb3 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Rxa7+ Rxa7 17. Qxa7+ Bd7 18. Qc5+ Kd8 19. Nd2 Qb5 20.
Qd6 Re8 21. Ra1 $16) 15. Qc5 h5 (15... Qxb3 16. Qxc6+ Kd8 17. Qxa8+ Kc7 18.
Bd6+ Nxd6 19. exd6+ Kd7 20. Qxh8 $16) 16. Nd2 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bb4 {
Qxb6 threat} Kf7 19. Ra4 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 a6 (20... a5 21. Rfa1 Rhe8 22. Rxa5 $16
Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Bd7 24. Kf1 Be6 25. Ra6 $16) 21. f3 (21. Rfa1 Bc8 22. h3 Ng7 23.
b4 Ne6 24. Be3 $16) 21... h4 {inaccuracy} (21... d4 22. cxd4 (22. c4 Ne3 23.
Rfa1 Rag8 24. g3 h4 25. g4 Rh5 26. Ra5 Bxg4 27. fxg4 Rxg4+ 28. Kh1 Rf5 29. h3
Rg3 30. Bxd4 Rxh3+ 31. Kg1 Rg3+ 32. Kh1 Rf2 33. Bxe3 Rxe3 34. Nf1 Rxb3 35. Rxa6
Rbf3 36. Kg1 Rc2 37. Rxc6 Rfc3 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Re7 Rxc4 $11) 22... Rhe8 23.
Rfa1 (23. b4 Red8 24. Kf2 Nxd4 25. Ne4 $14) 23... Bd5 24. Rxa6 (24. Kf2 Re3 (
24... Ne3 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 Nxg2 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Nh4 29. Rxc6 Rxe4
30. d5 $16) 25. Rxa6 (25. g4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Rd3 27. gxf5 Rxd2+ 28. Ke3 Rc2 $11)
25... Rae8 26. Kf1 Rd3 27. Ra7+ Kg6 $11) 24... Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Re2 26. Ra2 (26.
Nc4 Nh4 27. Kf1 Rxg2 $15) 26... Ne3 27. Ra7+ Kg6 28. Re7 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Rxd2 $11
) 22. Rfa1 Bc8 (22... d4 23. c4 Ne3 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Rg8 26. Ra7+ Kg6 27.
Bxd4 Nf5 28. Bc5 $16) 23. Kf2 Rb8 24. b4 Re8 25. Nb3 Bb7 26. Na5 Ba8 (26... Bc8
27. Nxc6 Ra8 28. Nd4 $16) 27. R4a2 Re6 28. Ba7 Rb5 {makes things a lot worse} (
28... Rbe8 29. Bc5 (29. Nb3 c5 30. Bxc5 Bc6 31. g4 hxg3+ 32. hxg3 $16) 29...
Rb8 30. Nb3 Bb7 31. g4 hxg3+ 32. hxg3 Rh8 33. g4 Ng7 34. Bd4 $16) 29. Nb3 Bb7 (
29... Rb7 30. Bc5 Rd7 31. Rxa6 $16) 30. g4 hxg3+ 31. hxg3 Re8 32. g4 Nd6 33.
Nd4 {end of game} Rh8 34. Nxb5 (34. Kg3 f5 35. Bc5 Ne8 36. Nxf5 $16) 34... Nxb5
35. Bd4 $16 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Rc1
Qd6 15. Bh4 Rfc8 16. Bg3 Qa3 (16... Qe7 17. c4 Rd8 18. Bh4 Rac8 $16) 17. c4 Nf8
(17... Qxa2 18. Bd6 Qa5 19. d5 Nc5 (19... exd5 20. Ra1 Qc3 21. Ra3 Qb2 22. Re2
Qxe2 23. Qxe2 $16) 20. Ra1 Qc3 21. Bf1 Nfe4 22. Be5 Qb3 23. Qd4 exd5 24. Reb1
$16) 18. Ne5 Ng6 19. Re3 {threat bxg6 hitting a3 queen} (19. h4 Qe7 20. Ng4 Rd8
21. d5 Rac8 22. Bb1 Rd7 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qg4 Nf8 25. Be5 Qh6 26. dxe6 fxe6
27. Rcd1 $16) (19. Nxg6 hxg6 $14) (19. Bxg6 hxg6 $14) 19... Qf8 20. f4 {mistake
} (20. h4 Ne7 (20... Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Nd7 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Bxg7
Qxg7 25. Rg3 Be4 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Rc3 $16) 21. h5 Rd8 22. h6 g6
23. Bh4 Nh5 24. d5 $16) 20... Qd8 21. Bb1 Ne7 22. Bh4 Ng6 23. Bg5 b5 (23... h6
24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Bh4 $16) (23... Rc7 24. Rg3 Qd6 25. h4 Ne8 26. h5 Ne7 27. Ng4
Rac8 28. Kh2 Bd5 29. Qd3 Nf5 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Nxf5 exf5 32. Qxf5 f6 33. Re1 Bg8
34. Bh4 Qxd4 35. Qg4 h6 36. Bf5 Rb8 37. Re4 Qd6 38. Bg6 $16) 24. Bxg6 {mistake}
(24. c5 Rc7 25. c6 Rac8 26. d5 exd5 27. Bf5 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Nxc6 Bxc6
30. Qd4 $16) 24... hxg6 25. Rh3 Rc7 26. d5 (26. Qe1 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Ne4 28. Qh4
Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nxh3+ $17) 26... exd5 27. c5 Bc8 (27... a6 28. Qe1 Bc8 29. g4 Qe8
30. Qh4 Nh5 31. Re1 Qf8 32. c6 $16) 28. Rb3 (28. g4 Qe8 29. Qe1 Bxg4 30. Nxg4
Qxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Nxg4 $17) 28... Qe8 (28... Bf5 29. Rxb5 Rac8 30. c6 Qd6 31. h3
d4 $17) 29. Qd4 Bf5 30. Re3 Qf8 31. Bxf6 {mistake} (31. c6 b4 32. Rc5 $11)
31... gxf6 32. Nf3 Be4 (32... Kg7 33. h4 Rac8 $17) 33. Nd2 f5 34. Rec3 (34.
Nxe4 dxe4 $17 35. a4 Rd8 36. Qe5 Re7 37. Qf6 Red7 38. axb5 Rd1+ 39. Rxd1 Rxd1+
40. Kf2 Qxc5 $17) 34... a5 35. c6 Qb4 (35... Qg7 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Nf3 Bxf3
38. gxf3 d4 39. Rc5 d3 40. Rxb5 d2 41. Rd1 Rxc6 42. Rxd2 Rc4 43. Kf2 Rxf4 $17)
36. Nb3 (36. Qxb4 axb4 37. Rc5 Rxa2 38. Nxe4 dxe4 39. Rxb5 Ra6 40. Rxb4 Raxc6
$17) 36... Qd6 37. Qf2 {mistake} (37. Rh3 f6 (37... b4 38. Rh8#) 38. Qf2 Rxc6
39. Rxc6 Qxc6 40. Qh4 Qb6+ 41. Kh1 Qa7 42. Qxf6 Qg7 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Qd6+ Kf7
45. Qd7+ Kf8 46. Qd6+ Kf7 47. Qd7+ $11) 37... b4 38. Rc5 (38. Rh3 Rxc6 39. Qh4
Rxc1+ 40. Nxc1 Qc5+ 41. Kf1 Qxc1+ 42. Ke2 Bd3+ 43. Kf3 Qd1+ 44. Ke3 d4+ 45.
Kxd4 Bf1+ 46. Ke5 Re8+ 47. Kf6 Qd8#) 38... a4 39. Nd4 Bd3 40. Qd2 (40. h3 Bc4
41. Nb5 Bxb5 42. Rxb5 d4 43. Qf3 Rd8 44. Rcc5 Kg7 45. Kh2 Rcc8 46. Ra5 a3 47.
Rab5 d3 48. Rd5 Qxc6 49. Qxd3 Rxd5 50. Rxd5 Qc3 $17) 40... Bc4 41. Qxb4 Qxf4
42. Qc3 Re8 43. Rd1 Re3 44. Qc1 Qe4 45. Qa1 Rc8 46. Ra5 Ra3 47. Qb1 Qe3+ 48.
Kh1 Rxa2 49. Nf3 Bb3 50. Qc1 f4 51. Re1 Rc2 52. Qa1 (52. Rxe3 Rxc1+ 53. Re1
Rxe1+ 54. Nxe1 Rxc6 $17) 52... Qb6 {end of game} 53. Rxa4 Bxa4 54. Qxa4 Qxc6
$17 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 fxe6 (11... cxd3 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. Ne5 Qb7 (
13... Qe7 14. Nxd3 b4 15. Ne2 Qxe4 $11) 14. Nxd3 $11 (14. Qxd3 $11)) 12. Bc2
Bb7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Ng5 Nc5 (14... e5 15. Qf3 {Nd5 threat} h6 (15... Be7 16.
Ne6 Qc6 17. Nxg7+ $16) 16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Be3 Nd3 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.
Bxd3 cxd3 21. Ne6 Bc8 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Nd5 gxh5 25. Nxf6 $16) 15.
e5 Qxe5 (15... Nd5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Bxg6+ hxg6 18. Qxh8 $16) 16. Re1 Qd6 17.
Qxd6 Bxd6 18. Be3 (18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kd7 20. Re2 (20. Bf5 Kc7 $17) 20...
Rhe8 $17) 18... O-O (18... O-O-O 19. Nf7 Kc7 20. Rad1 (20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. h3 b4
22. Na4 Nxa4 23. Bxa4 Bd5 $16) 20... Bd5 (20... Rhf8 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxc5 $16
) 21. b3 Kc6 (21... cxb3 22. axb3 Bxb3 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Bxc5 Rc6 25. Nxb5+
axb5 26. Bxb3 Ra8 27. Bd4 $16) 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Bd4 Rhf8 24. Nxd8+ Rxd8 25. g3
$16) (18... e5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxe5+ Be7 21. Rae1 Ng8 22. Bxh7 $16 Rxh7 23.
Nxh7 O-O-O 24. a3 $16) 19. Rad1 (19. Bxc5 Bxc5 (19... Rad8 20. Nxe6 Bxc5 21.
Nxc5 $16) 20. Nxe6 Rfc8 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 $11) 19... Be7 (19... Rad8 20. Rxd6 Rxd6
21. Bxc5 Rd2 22. Bxf8 Rxc2 23. Nxe6 $16) 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxe6 Rfc8 22. h3 Bf8
23. g4 h6 24. f4 Bf3 25. Rd2 Bc6 {inaccuracy} (25... b4 26. Na4 b3 27. axb3 Bb4
28. Nc3 Bd5 29. bxc4 Bxc4 $11 30. Re5 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Rxc3 $11) 26.
g5 hxg5 27. fxg5 Nd7 28. Nxf8 Nxf8 (28... Kxf8 29. Bh7 g6 30. Rf2+ Kg7 31. Re7+
Kh8 32. Bxg6 $16) 29. Rd6 b4 30. Ne4 (30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rab8 32. Re2 $16)
30... Be8 (30... Rab8 31. Ng3 Re8 32. Kf2 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 $16) 31. Ng3 Rd8 (31...
Rab8 32. Nf5 Kh8 (32... c3 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34. Rd4 Bh5 35. Nxc8 Rxc8 36. Rh4 g6
37. Rxb4 $16) (32... g6 33. Ne7+ Kh8 34. Nxc8 $16) 33. Rd4 c3 34. Rh4+ Kg8 35.
Ne7+ Kf7 36. Rf4#) (31... g6 32. Ne4 Kh7 (32... Nh7 33. h4 Rc7 34. Rb6 c3 35.
Rxb4 $16) 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Re7+ Bf7 35. Ba4 a5 36. h4 Rab8 37. Ra6 Nh7 38. Raa7
Rf8 39. Be8 $16) 32. Nf5 Rxd6 33. Nxd6 Bg6 (33... Bb5 34. g6 Rd8 35. Nxb5 axb5
36. Re5 Nd7 37. Rxb5 c3 38. Rxb4 $16) (33... Bf7 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Re4 c3 36.
Rxb4 $16) 34. Bxg6 Nxg6 35. Nxc4 Rd8 36. Re4 b3 (36... Rd3 37. Kg2 b3 38. a4
Kf8 39. h4 Ne7 40. Kf1 Nd5 41. Ke2 Rh3 42. Nd6 g6 43. Nc4 Ne7 44. Kd2 Nc6 45.
Re6 Rh2+ 46. Kc3 Rh3+ 47. Ne3 Ne7 48. Kc4 Rxh4+ 49. Kxb3 $16) 37. axb3 Rd3 38.
Kg2 Rxb3 39. h4 Nf8 40. Re8 {end of game - time forfeit} g6 (40... Kf7 41. Nd6+
Kg8 42. g6 Rb6 43. Rd8 Rxb2+ 44. Kg3 Rd2 45. h5 Rd5 46. Kf4 Rxh5 47. Nf5 Rxf5+
(47... Rh1 48. Ne7+ Kh8 49. Rxf8#) 48. Kxf5 $16) 41. Rc8 a5 42. Rc6 Rb4 43. Kf3
a4 44. Kf4 Rb3 45. Rb6 Rh3 46. Kg4 Rh1 47. Rb8 Kg7 48. Rb4 Rg1+ 49. Kf3 Rf1+
50. Kg2 Ra1 51. Rb7+ Kg8 $16 {probably draw with best play} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 (7. Ne5
Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6 Rb8 $11 (9... Ba6 10. Qa4 $16 Qd6 11. Qxa6 Rab8 12.
Qxc4 $16)) 7... a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 cxd4 (
12... Bc6 13. Rfd1 (13. dxc5 Qxd3 14. exd3 Bxc5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 $15)
(13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Bxb2 16. Rab1 Bf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11) 13...
Qa5 14. Qc4 cxd4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc6 19. b4
Qf5 $11) 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17.
Nxc6 bxc6 $16) 14. h4 {Nxd4 threat} (14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 $14) 14... Nbd7
(14... Nc6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Ng5 Qf5 17. Be4 Qa5 18. Bxc6 Bxg5 19.
Bxb7 Ra7 20. Be4 Be7 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rfc1 Rd7 (22... g6 23. Qxd4+ Kxh7 24.
Qxa7 $16) 23. Be4) 16. Ng5 Qf5 17. Qxf5 exf5 18. Nh3 d3 19. exd3 Rab8 20. Rfd1
Rfd8 21. Nf4 $14) 15. Nxd4 Qd6 16. Rfd1 (16. Bxb7 Nc5 17. Qf3 Nxb7 18. Qxb7
Rfb8 19. Qc6 Qxd4 $17) 16... Nc5 17. Qc4 {Nc6 threat} Rfd8 18. b4 (18. Nc6
Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kh2 bxc6 $17) 18... Nxa4 (18... Nce4 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20.
Bxb7 Rab8 21. Qxa6 Qxb4 (21... Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Rxb4 23. Nc6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rb6
25. Bb5 Kf8 26. Rb1 Bc5 27. a5 Rb7 28. e3 g6 29. a6 Rc7 30. Ra1 Ba7 31. Kg2 $16
) 22. Nc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxb7 24. Nxb8 Qxb8 25. Rc1 Bf8 26. Qb5 $16) (18...
Ncd7 19. Nc6 bxc6 20. Rxd6 Bxd6 21. Qxc6 $16) 19. Qb3 (19. Rxa4 b5 20. Qa2 bxa4
21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Qc2 Nd5 $17) 19... Qb6 (19... Qxb4 20. Qxb4 Bxb4 21. Rxa4 $16
) (19... Nb6 20. Bxb7 Qxb4 (20... Rab8 21. Nc6 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1
Rxb7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Qd8+ Re8 26. Qxb6 $16) 21. Qxb4 Bxb4 22. Nc6 Rxd1+ 23.
Rxd1 Re8 24. Nxb4 $16) 20. e3 {end of game} Nc5 (20... e5 21. Nf5 Bxb4 22. Bxf6
gxf6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Qxf7+ Kxh6 25. Be4 f5 26. Bxf5 Rh8 27. Rd7 Qg6 28. Bxg6
$16) 21. bxc5 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 $16 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Curt Hansen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Re1
(8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Nde5 12. Qc1 Qa5 13. a3 Nf6 14. b4
Qc7 $14) 8... Qb6 9. Qc1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Rd1 Nf8
14. Nc4 Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Ne8 16. a4 Ne6 17. Nb1 b6 18. c3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Be6 20.
Nbd2 h5 21. Qc2 Rd8 22. b4 Nf6 23. Nf3 Nh7 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Bg4 26. Qd6
Qxd6 27. Nxd6 Kf8 (27... Bxf3 28. gxf3 Bf8 29. Nc8 a5 30. Nxb6 axb4 31. cxb4
Bxb4 32. Nc4 Bc3 33. h4 Nf8 34. a5 N8e6 35. a6 Nc7 36. Nb6 Kf8 37. a7 Ke8 38.
a8=Q+ $16) 28. a5 Ke7 29. Nc4 Bxf3 30. gxf3 b5 31. Na3 a6 32. Nxb5 cxb5 (32...
Ng5 33. Na7 Nxf3+ 34. Kh1 Ng5 35. Bxa6 $16) 33. Bxb5 Ng5 (33... axb5 34. a6 Ne6
35. Bb6 Kd7 36. a7 Kc6 37. a8=Q+ Kxb6 38. Qa5+ Kc6 39. Qa6+ Kd7 40. Qxb5+ $16)
34. Bxa6 Nge6 35. Bc4 Kd8 36. a6 Kc8 37. b5 Bf8 38. b6 Bc5 39. Bd5 Nxd5 40.
exd5 Bxe3 41. b7+ Kc7 42. dxe6 Bc5 43. exf7 {end of game} Be7 44. Kf1 Bf8 45.
Ke2 Be7 46. Ke3 Bd6 47. Ke4 Kb8 48. Kd5 Be7 49. c4 Bf8 50. Kxe5 Be7 51. Kd5 Bf8
52. Kc6 Be7 53. a7+ Kxa7 54. Kc7 Bd8+ 55. Kxd8 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. b3 e5 13. h3 Bb7 (13... e4 14. Nd2
a5 15. Ncxe4 $16) 14. Bb2 a6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. a4 Rad8 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Nce4
Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bb4 20. Ng3 f6 (20... g6 21. Rac1 bxa4 22. bxa4 c5 23. Ba1 $16)
21. Bxe5 Qxe5 (21... fxe5 22. Bd3 g6 (22... h6 23. Be4 Rf8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25.
axb5 axb5 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Qe2 $16) 23. h4 Qxh4 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26.
Qf5+ Ke7 27. Nh5 Rg8 28. Qxe5+ Kf8 29. Rxd8+ $16) 22. Bd3 h6 (22... g6 23. Bxg6
hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Nh5 f5 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Nf6 Bc3 29. Qg8+
Ke7 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Qh7+ Qg7 32. Qxf5 Rd8 33. Qc5+ Ke8 34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Rc1
Bb2 36. Rd1+ Kc8 37. h4 Bf6 38. h5 $16) 23. Bg6 Rf8 24. Nf5 c5 (24... a5 25.
Nh4 bxa4 26. Bh7+ Kf7 27. Qg6+ Ke6 28. Qxg7 f5 29. Qxb7 $16) 25. axb5 (25. Nh4
Qg5 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. g3 Rd5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ng6+ Kxh7 30. Nxf8+ Kg8 31. Ng6
$16) 25... axb5 26. Ra7 (26. Nh4 Qg5 27. g3 Rd5 28. Bf5 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 c4 30.
Qd7 Bc8 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Ng6+ Kh7 33. Nxf8+ $16) 26... Qc7 27. Nh4 Rxd1+ 28.
Qxd1 Ra8 29. Qg4 Qc6 (29... Rxa7 30. Qe6+ Kf8 (30... Kh8 31. Qe8#) 31. Qe8#)
30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. Qe6+ Kh8 (31... Kf8 32. Bh5 {Ng6 mate threat} g6 33. Qxf6+
Qf7 34. Nxg6+ Kg8 (34... Ke8 35. Qc6+ Kd8 36. Qxa8+ $16) 35. Qh8#) 32. Be4 {
end of game} Qc7 (32... Qa7 33. Ng6+ Kh7 34. Kh2 (34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Qf5 Qa1+ 36.
Kh2 Qe5+ 37. Qxe5 fxe5 38. Bxa8 $16) 34... Qb8+ (34... Qc7+ 35. g3 Bc3 36. Ne7+
Kh8 37. Qf5 g6 38. Qxg6 Qxe7 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Bd5+ Qf7 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Bxf7)
35. f4 Qe8 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Qf5 Qg8 38. Nxg8 $16) (32... Qa6 33. Ng6+ Kh7 34.
Ne5+ Kh8 (34... g6 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Nxg6#) 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nxh6+ Kh8 37. Qg8+
Rxg8 38. Nf7#) 33. Ng6+ Kh7 34. Bxa8 Kxg6 35. Be4+ Kg5 36. Qg4# 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1977.05.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stefano Tatai"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Ng5 (8. O-O Nc7 9. Ng5 Bd7 10. Qc4 O-O 11. Qxc5 Rc8 12. Nf3 b6 13. Qe3 b5 14.
a3 e5 $11 15. Rb1 Nd4 16. d3 Bc6 $11) 8... e6 9. Nge4 Nb6 10. Qb5 c4 (10... O-O
11. Nxc5 (11. Qxc5 Nd4 12. O-O f5 13. Nd6 Nc2 14. Rb1 Bd4 15. Qb5 Qxd6 $17)
11... Nd4 12. Qd3 Nd5 13. O-O Rb8 14. e3 Nb4 15. Qb1 b6 16. exd4 bxc5 17. a3
Na6 18. d3 cxd4 $15) 11. Na4 (11. Qc5 Bf8 12. Qg5 Be7 13. Qh6 Nd4 14. O-O Nf5
15. Qf4 O-O $15) 11... O-O (11... Nxa4 12. Qxa4 O-O 13. Qxc4 Bd7 14. Qb3 Nd4
15. Qd1 Rc8 $11) 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qxc4 e5 14. Qc2 (14. O-O Be6 15. Qc2 Nd4 16.
Qd1 Bb3 17. axb3 (17. Qe1 Bxa2 18. Qd1 Qc7 19. Nc3 Bb3 20. Rxa8 Bxd1 21. Rxf8+
Bxf8 $17) 17... Rxa1 $17) 14... Nd4 15. Qb1 f5 16. Nc3 e4 17. d3 (17. O-O b5
18. e3 (18. Re1 b4 19. Nd1 b3 20. a3 Nc2 21. Rf1 g5 22. Nc3 Kh8 23. a4 Be6 24.
Rd1 Qe7 25. d3 exd3 26. Rxd3 f4 $17 27. Bd2 Bc4 28. Ne4 Bxd3 29. exd3 Qd7 $17)
18... Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. d4 b4 21. Nb5 f4 22. exf4 (22. Qd3 Qd7 23. exf4
Rf5 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. a4 Rxb5 $17) 22... Bf5 23. a4 Bxb1 $17) 17... b5 18. Be3 (
18. O-O b4 19. Nd1 Nxe2+ 20. Kh1 exd3 $17) 18... b4 19. Nd1 Re8 20. dxe4 fxe4
21. Bxd4 (21. O-O Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Qd5 23. Re1 Bg4 24. h3 Bf3 $17 25. Kh2 Rac8 26.
a4 b3 27. Nc3 Nxc3 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. a5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rd3 $17) 21... Qxd4 22.
a3 (22. O-O Bg4 23. Re1 Bh6 24. a3 (24. h3 Bd2 25. Rf1 Bxe2 $17) (24. e3 Qd2
25. Rf1 Rac8 26. Bxe4 Be2 27. a3 b3 28. Nc3 Bxf1 $17) 24... Qd2 25. Ne3 Bxe3
26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rad8 $15) 22... Bg4 23. Qc2 (23. O-O Bxe2 24. Re1 Qd2
25. Qa2+ Kh8 26. Ne3 Bd3 27. Red1 Qxb2 $17) 23... Qd3 24. exd3 exd3+ 25. Kd2
Re2+ 26. Kxd3 Rd8+ 27. Kc4 Rxc2+ 28. Kxb4 Rcd2 29. f3 (29. Nc3 Rxb2+ 30. Kc4
Rc8+ 31. Bc6 Rxc6+ 32. Kd3 Rxc3+ 33. Ke4 Bf5+ 34. Kf4 Rxf2+ 35. Kg5 h6+ 36. Kh4
Bf6#) 29... Bf8+ 30. Ka5 Bd7 {end of game} 31. f4 (31. h4 Bc5 32. Bf1 Ra8+ 33.
Ba6 Rxa6#) (31. Rc1 Rd6 32. Rc5 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Ra6#) 31... Rd6 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33.
Bg2 Rb5+ 34. Ka4 Ra6# 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1989.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1989.02.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bf5
15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Rfc1 Ng6 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 (18... Nxe5 19. Nd2 Nd7
20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Rc8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rb7 $16) 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. b5 cxb5
21. axb5 Rd6 (21... axb5 22. Rxb5 Qd7 23. Rcb1 Rc8 24. Qb3 Re7 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26.
Rxd5 f5 27. h4 $16) 22. bxa6 bxa6 (22... Rxa6 23. Qc5 Qd7 24. Qb5 $16 Qxb5 25.
Rxb5 b6 26. g4 Kf8 27. Rcb1 Rb8 28. Kg2 Rc8 29. R1b2 Rc6 30. h4 Ke8 31. Kg3 Re6
32. Kf4 Kd7 33. Re5 Rxe5 34. Kxe5 Kc6 35. Kxe4 $16) 23. Qa4 Qd7 (23... Red8 24.
Rc5 Ra8 25. h3 Kh7 26. Qc2 Qe8 27. Rb7 Rd7 (27... a5 28. Rcc7 Rf6 29. Re7 Qc8
30. Rbc7 Qa6 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Rxf7 a4 33. Qxe4 a3 34. Qe7 Rg8 35. Qh4#) 28.
Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qxe4) 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Rc5 Ra7 26. Ra5 Kf8 27. Rb6 Rea8 28. h4
Ke7 29. Kh2 Kd7 30. Kg3 Kc7 31. Rb2 Rb7 32. Rc5+ Kb8 33. Ra2 Re7 34. Kf4 Kb7
35. Rb2+ Ka7 36. Rc6 Rh8 37. Ra2 a5 (37... Rxh4+ 38. Kg3 Rh5 39. Rcxa6+ Kb8 40.
Ra8+ Kc7 41. R2a7+ Kd6 42. Rd8+ Ke6 43. Ra6+ Kf5 44. Rd5+ Re5 45. Rxe5#) 38.
Rxa5+ Kb7 39. Rca6 Rxh4+ 40. Kg3 Rh5 41. Ra7+ Kc6 42. R5a6+ Kb5 43. Rxe7 Rg5+
44. Kh2 Kxa6 45. Rxf7 {end of game} Kb5 46. Rxg7 Rf5 47. Kg1 Rg5 48. g3 Kc6 49.
Re7 Kd5 50. Kg2 Rh5 51. g4 Rh8 52. Kg3 Rf8 53. Re5+ Kd6 54. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "1923.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5
c6 {inaccuracy} (8... Nbd7 9. Bf4 c6 (9... h6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12.
Rc1 $14) (9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qc2 Bc5 13. Bxe4 $16 Bxe4
14. Qxe4 $16) 10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 $14) 9. cxd5
{inaccuracy} (9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 $16 Ba6 11. b3 (11. Qe2 Qxd4 12. b3 Qxc3 $17)
11... b5 12. Ne3 b4 13. Ne2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qxd4 15. Bb2 Qb6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Be5
Qb7 18. Rac1 $14 a5 19. Rfd1 a4 20. Bf4 $14) 9... cxd5 10. Bf4 a6 (10... Nc6
11. h4 Nh5 12. Bc1 Na5 13. Bd2 Nf6 $10) 11. Rc1 b5 12. Qb3 {slight inaccuracy}
(12. Nb1 Qb6 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. e3 a5 15. Rfd1 h6 $14 (15... Rc8 16. Qxc8+ Bxc8
17. Rxc8+ Bf8 18. Rdc1 h6 19. h4 a4 20. Bf1 Ne4 21. Nc3 a3 22. b3 Nd6 23. Nd7
Nxd7 24. Rxa8 $16)) 12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 {inaccuracy} (13. e3 Rc8 14. Nd3 h6 $10)
(13. Nxd5 Nxd5 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qe3 $14) 14. Nxc6 $14 Bxc6 15.
Rxc6 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Qxd4 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Qxe7 $14)
13... Bxc6 14. h3 {mistake} (14. Ne4 dxe4 15. Rxc6 $10 Qxd4 16. Rd1 Qa4 17.
Qxa4 bxa4 18. Rc4 a3 19. bxa3 Bxa3 20. Bxe4 $14 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 $14) 14... Qd7 {
b4 now a threat} 15. Kh2 (15. a3 a5 16. Nb1 Rfc8 17. Nd2 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 {
White has backward b pawn here} 19. Qe3 Qb7 20. Bf3 a4 21. Nb1 Ra6 22. Na3 Rb6
23. Rc2 Bf8 24. Qd2 Rb3 $17) 15... Nh5 {even stronger now than b4} (15... b4
16. Nb1 Nh5 (16... a5 17. Qe3 Rfc8 $17 18. Rfe1 a4 19. Nd2 Bb5 $17) 17. Be3 Ba4
18. Qd3 a5 $17) 16. Bd2 f5 (16... b4 17. Nb1 a5 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20.
Qe3 Bb5 $17) 17. Qd1 (17. Nb1 a5 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Bf4 $10) 17... b4 18. Nb1 Bb5
19. Rg1 Bd6 20. e4 {makes things a lot worse} (20. a3 a5 (20... f4 21. Bf3 Nf6
(21... Qf7 22. g4 Nf6 23. Bxb4 $14) 22. Bxf4 $16) 21. axb4 axb4 22. Bf3 Nf6 23.
Bf4 Ne4 24. Kg2 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Kh8 26. Nd2 g5 27. fxg5 Nxg5 $17) (20. b3 f4 21.
Bf3 Qf7 22. g4 Nf6 23. Be1 Ne4 24. Rf1 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Kg2 Ng5 27. Qd2
Nxf3 28. exf3 Qg6 29. Qd1 Bxf1+ 30. Kxf1 $17) 20... fxe4 21. Qxh5 Rxf2 22. Qg5
(22. Kh1 Raf8 (22... Bxg3 23. Be3 Re2 $17) 23. a3 Be2 24. Qh4 e5 25. dxe5 Bxe5
26. axb4 h6 27. Nc3 Bf6 $17) 22... Raf8 23. Kh1 R8f5 24. Qe3 Bd3 {rook e2
threat} 25. Rce1 h6 {end of game} 26. Bf1 (26. g4 R5f3 27. Bxf3 Rh2#) (26. h4
R5f3 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 $17) (26. a3 a5 27. axb4 axb4 28. b3 Qf7 {white is in major
zugzwang here} (28... R5f3 29. Bxf3 Rxf3) 29. g4 R5f3 30. Bxf3 Rh2#) (26. Rc1
Re2 $17) 26... Rxf1 $17 0-1

[Event "2nd Match Nimzowitsch - Hakansson"]
[Site "Kristianstad SWE"]
[Date "1922.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Arthur Hakansson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 f5 {mistake} (6... h5
7. Qf4 f6 8. Bg6+ Kd7 9. O-O Nxe5 10. Nxe5+ fxe5 11. Qxe5 Qf6 12. Qg5 Ne7 13.
Bd3 Nc6 $17) 7. Qg3 {even engines think position is equal now} Nge7 8. O-O Ng6
{inaccuracy} (8... h6 9. h4 Qc7 10. Re1 g5 11. hxg5 Ng6 12. Nh4 Qh7 13. Nxg6
Qxg6 14. gxh6 Qxg3 15. fxg3 Bxh6 $11) 9. h4 Qc7 10. Re1 Bd7 11. a3 O-O-O 12. b4
a6 13. h5 Nge7 14. Bd2 h6 15. a4 g5 16. b5 (16. hxg6 Rg8 17. b5 Na5 18. bxa6 b6
19. Na3 Rxg6 20. Qh2 $16) 16... f4 17. Qg4 Nb8 18. c3 Re8 (18... dxc3 19. Nxc3
Re8 20. Rec1 Nec6 21. bxc6 $16) 19. cxd4 Kd8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. a5 Qa7 22. b6 Qa8
23. Rc7 Nf5 24. Nc3 Be7 (24... Ng7 25. Ne4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Bc6 (26... Nc6 27. d5
Ne7 28. d6 Nc6 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Nxg5 Re7 31. dxe7+ Bxe7 32. Nf7+ Ke8 33. Qxg7
Rf8 34. Nd6+ Bxd6 35. exd6 Qd8 36. Qg6+ Rf7 37. Qxf7#) 27. d5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5
exd5 29. Qc8#) 25. Nxd5 Nxd4 (25... exd5 26. Bxf5 $16) 26. Nxd4 exd5 (26... Bf8
27. Nf6 $16) 27. Qxd7+ {end of game} Nxd7 28. Ne6# 1-0

[Event "Saint Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Semion Alapin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 c5 {inaccuracy} (5... Be7 6.
Bd3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nd7 8. Qe2 Nf6 $14) 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 (6... exd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. O-O Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Ne5 Qd8 13. Bg5 f6 (13...
Bxg5 14. Nc6+ Qe7 15. Rxe7+ Bxe7 16. Nxe7 $16) 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16.
Qxh8+ Kd7 17. Qh3+ Kc7 18. Bf4+ Bd6 19. Bxd6+ Qxd6 20. Re8 $16) 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 a6 9. Be2 Qxg2 {makes things worse} 10. Bf3 Qg6 11. Qd2 e5 12. O-O-O (12.
Nb3 Be7 13. O-O-O Qf5 14. Bd5 Nc6 {way of losing most of the advantage - white
only slightly better if anything}) 12... exd4 (12... Be7 13. Rhg1 Qd6 (13...
Qf6 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxb7 Bxb7 (16... Qxb7 17. Ne6 (17. Nf5 O-O
18. Qh6 f6 19. Rxg7+ Qxg7 20. Qxg7#) 17... Qe7 18. Nxg7+ $16) 17. Nf5 Qf6 18.
Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Qb4+ Qe7 20. Rd8#) 14. Nf5 Qxd2+ (14... Qc7 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 16. Bh6
$16) 15. Rxd2 Bxf5 16. Bxb7 O-O 17. Bxa8 $16) 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bf6 (14. Bxg7
Bxg7 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qd8#) 14... Qxf6 (14... Be7 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qd8+
Bxd8 17. Rxd8#) 15. Rhe1+ Be7 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 (16... bxc6 17. Qd8#) 17. Qd8+ Bxd8
18. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paul F Johner"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 b6 {black has equalised already} 10. Nb3 e5 11. f4 {kills c1
bishop prospects} (11. e4 h6 12. a4 Re8 $14) 11... e4 12. Be2 Qd7 13. h3 Ne7
14. Qe1 (14. g4 h5 15. Nd2 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19.
dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 21. Qxg4 Bxg4 22. Nxc5 Rfe8 $17 23. Re1 Rac8 24. Nd3
Nxc3 $17) 14... h5 {preventing g4} 15. Bd2 Qf5 16. Kh2 Qh7 {x-rays king and
also overprotects central point} 17. a4 Nf5 (17... a5 18. Qf2 Nf5 19. Kg1 Kh8 (
19... Qh6 20. Rfb1 Kh7 21. Nc1 Rb8 22. Ra2 Rg8 23. Rab2 Nd7 24. Be1 $15 Ba6 25.
dxc5 dxc5 26. Rd2 Nf6 $17) 20. Rfb1 Rg8 21. Bf1 Be6 22. Nc1 g5 23. fxg5 Rxg5
$17) 18. g3 (18. Rb1 Ng4+ 19. hxg4 hxg4+ 20. Kg1 g3 21. Rf3 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1#)
(18. a5 Bd7 {with delayed gratification threat of Ng4 check} (18... Ng4+ 19.
Bxg4 (19. Kg1 Ngxe3 20. Bxe3 Nxe3 21. axb6 Nxf1 22. Bxf1 Qg6 23. Qe3 Re8 24.
bxa7 h4 $17) 19... hxg4 20. axb6 Nh4 21. Rxa7 Rb8 22. b7 Bxb7 23. Na5 Nf3+ 24.
Kh1 (24. gxf3 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 exf3 26. Rf2 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Be4 28. Qg1 Qh4+ 29. Qh2
Rb1+ 30. Bc1 Rxc1+ 31. Rf1 Rxf1#) 24... Nxe1) 19. Rh1 (19. axb6 axb6 20. Rxa8
Rxa8 21. Nc1 Ra1 {with threat of Ng4 check}) 19... Rab8 20. Bc1 h4 $17) 18...
a5 19. Rg1 Nh6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Bc1 Rac8 22. d5 Kh8 23. Nd2 Rg8 24. Bg2 g5 {
makes it posssible to set up batterys and killer common squares} 25. Nf1 Rg7
26. Ra2 Nf5 27. Bh1 Rcg8 28. Qd1 gxf4 29. exf4 (29. gxf4 Rxg1 $17) 29... Bc8 (
29... Ng4+ 30. Kg2 (30. hxg4 h4 31. Rgg2 (31. gxf5 hxg3+ 32. Kg2 Bxf5 33. Nxg3
Rxg3+ 34. Kf1 Rxg1+ $17) 31... Rxg4 32. Kg1 hxg3 33. Rgb2 Nh4 34. Ne3 Rxf4 35.
Nf1 g2 36. Rxg2 Nf3+ 37. Kf2 Qh4+ 38. Ke3 Ne5 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Rg2+ Bg4 41.
Kxf4 Ng6+ 42. Kxe4 (42. Ke3 Bxd1 $17) 42... Bxd1+ $17) 30... Nh4+ 31. gxh4 Ne3+
32. Kh2 Nxd1 $17) 30. Qb3 Ba6 31. Re2 (31. Qxb6 Bxc4 32. Rf2 Ng4+ 33. Kg2 Nh4+
34. gxh4 Nxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxg1 $17) 31... Nh4 32. Re3 (32. Qxb6 Nf3+ 33. Bxf3
exf3 34. Rb2 f2 35. Rxf2 Ng4+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Rf3 Qe2+ 38. Kh1 Qxf3+ 39. Rg2
Qxf1+ 40. Rg1 Qxh3#) 32... Bc8 33. Qc2 (33. Qxb6 Qf5 34. Rg2 Nf3+ 35. Rxf3 exf3
$17) 33... Bxh3 34. Bxe4 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Re2 h4 37. Rgg2 hxg3+ 38. Kg1
Qh3 39. Ne3 Nh4 40. Kf1 Re8 {game ended here} 41. Nd1 Rgg8 42. Rxe8 Rxe8 43.
Ne3 Ng4 44. Nxg4 Qh1+ 45. Rg1 Qxg1+ 46. Kxg1 Re1# 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 e6 (6... Nd3+ 7.
Ke2 (7. Kf1 Nc6 $15) 7... Nf4+ 8. Kf1 $11 Ne6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bxe6 Bxe6 11. Nxd4
$11) 7. O-O N8c6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 a6 11. Ng3 Bd6 12. f4 O-O 13.
Qf3 {inaccuracy} (13. a3 Nc6 14. e5 Bc7 15. Qh5 Ne7 (15... f5 16. Nxf5 g6 17.
Nh6+ Kh8 18. Qh3 $16) 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Bd2 $16 g6 18. Qh3 h5 19. Bb4 Re8 20.
Nf6+ Kg7 21. g4 Ne3 22. Nxe8+ Qxe8 23. gxh5 Nxf1 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rxf1 $16)
13... Kh8 14. Bd2 (14. a3 Nc2 15. Rb1 Qb6 16. Qf2 Ne3 17. Re1 Nxc4 18. dxc4
Bxa3 $17) 14... f5 15. Rae1 Nc6 (15... Nc2 16. Rc1 Ne3 17. Bxe3 dxe3 18. d4 Bc7
19. Qxe3 b5 20. Bb3 $14) 16. Re2 Qc7 17. exf5 exf5 18. Nh1 (18. a3 Bd7 19. Rfe1
a5 (19... Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Nxf5 $16) 20. Ba2 Rad8 21. Qf2
a4 22. h3 Rc8 23. Bd5 Qb6 24. Qf3 Qc7 25. Bc4 Ra8 26. Kh2 h6 27. Nh5 Be8 28.
Kh1 Rd8 $11) 18... Bd7 19. Nf2 Rae8 (19... h6 20. Nh3 {threat Ng5} Rab8 (20...
g6 21. Rfe1 Rae8 $11) 21. Ng5 Rf6 (21... hxg5 22. Qh5#) 22. Rfe1 $16) 20. Rfe1
Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd8 {inaccuracy} (21... h6 22. Nh3 b5 23. Bb3 Bb4 24. Be1 $11)
22. Nh3 Bc6 {inaccuracy} (22... h6 23. Ng5 hxg5 (23... Ba4 24. Re1 Bb5 25. Bb3
a5 26. a4 Bd7 27. Qh5 $14) 24. Qh5#) 23. Qh5 g6 (23... h6 24. Ng5 Rf6 25. a3
$16) 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Qf2 Bc5 (25... Qb6 26. Qe1 Qc7 27. Ng5 h6 28. Ba5 b6 29.
Bxb6 Qxb6 30. Re7+ Nf7 (30... Bxe7 31. Qxe7+ Rf7 32. Nxf7 Nxf7 33. Qxf7+ Kh8
34. Qg8#) 31. Ne6+ Kg8 32. Nxf8 Bxe7 33. Qxe7 $16) 26. b4 (26. Ng5 h6 (26...
Re8 27. Rxe8 Bxe8 28. b4 Bb6 29. Qh4 h6 30. Qe1 Bb5 31. Ne6+ Nxe6 32. Qxe6 Bxc4
33. dxc4 $16) 27. b4 hxg5 (27... Be7 28. Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Qxd4+ Qf6 30. Bc3 hxg5
31. Qxf6+ Rxf6 32. fxg5 $16) 28. bxc5 g4 29. Qxd4+ $16) 26... Bb6 (26... Bd6
27. Qxd4+ $16) 27. Qh4 {inaccuracy} (27. Qe1 Qd6 28. Ng5 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30.
Re7+ Kg8 31. Nxh7 $16) 27... Re8 28. Re5 Nf7 (28... Rxe5 29. fxe5 Qxe5 (29...
h5 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ Kh6 32. Qh8+ Qh7 33. Qxh7#) 30. Qh6+ Kf6 (30... Kh8
31. Qf8#) 31. Bg5#) 29. Bxf7 Qxf7 (29... Rxe5 30. Ng5 Re2 31. Qxh7+ Kf6 32.
Qxg6+ Ke7 33. Qg7 Kd8 34. Qf8+ Kd7 35. Bh5 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Qd6 37. Qe8+ Kc7 38.
Ne6+ Qxe6 39. Qxe6 $16) 30. Ng5 Qg8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 32. Qe1 Bc6 33. Qe7+ Kh8 34.
b5 (34. Ne6 Bd8 (34... h5 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. b5 axb5 37. Ng5+ Kh6 38. Bb4 h4 39.
Bf8+ Kh5 40. Ne6 Bd8 41. Nxd8 g5 42. h3 Qg6 43. Qh8+ Qh7 44. Qxh7#) 35. Nxd8
$16) 34... Qg7 (34... Bxb5 35. Qf6+ Qg7 36. Qxb6 $16) (34... axb5 35. Ne6 Bd8
36. Nxd8 $16) 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Nf3 c5 38. Ne5 Bc7 39. Nc4 Kf7
40. g3 Bd8 41. Ba5 Be7 42. Bc7 Ke6 43. Nb6 h6 44. h4 g5 45. h5 g4 46. Be5 {
end of game} Bf8 47. Kf2 Kf7 48. Nd7 Be7 49. Nb8 a5 50. a4 Bd8 51. Nc6 Bb6 52.
Ke2 Kg8 (52... Ke6 53. Bg7 $16) 53. Kd2 Kf7 54. Kc2 Kg8 55. Kb3 Kf7 56. Kc4 Ke6
57. Kb5 $16 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1911.09.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Georg Salwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 (6... cxd4 7. cxd4
Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Qxd4 $16) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
(8. Qe2 a5 (8... f6 9. b4 Be7 10. O-O $16) 9. Nbd2 (9. O-O f6 10. c4 fxe5 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5+ Ne7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qe6 16. Qg3 $16)
9... Qc7 (9... f6 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nh6 13. g3 f5 $16 14. a4 Nf7
15. h4 $16) 10. O-O $16) 8... f6 {inaccuracy} (8... a5 9. Qe2 f6 (9... Nge7 10.
Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 Ng6 12. h4 f6 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qe7 15. exf6 gxf6 16. h5
Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. b3 Na3 21. Bd3 $16) 10. c4 d4
11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bf4 $14) 9. b4 Be7 10. Bf4 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nf6 (
12... Bf6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Ke7 16. Bxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qg7+ Kd6
18. Qxf6 $16) 13. Nd2 (13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bd3 e5 17.
Qd2 Raf8 18. Na3 Bd6 19. Qg5 e4 20. Be2 Qc7 21. g3 Qxc3 22. Nb5 Qe5 23. Qxe5
Bxe5 $17) 13... O-O 14. Nf3 Bd6 (14... Bb5 15. Ng5 (15. Bd4 Qa6 16. Bxb5 Qxb5
17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Re1 e5 19. Rxe5 $16 Bd6 20. Re2 Qf5 21. Nf3 $16) 15... Bxd3 (
15... g6 16. Bd4 Qa6 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxe6 $16) 16. Qxd3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18.
Qxe4 $16) 15. Qe2 (15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Qe2 Ng4 17. h3 (17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Bxh2+
19. Kh1 e5 20. f3 Bf4 21. fxg4 exd4 $17) 17... e5 18. hxg4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Rae8
$10) 15... Rac8 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rae1 Bxe5 (18... Ne4 {bid for
counterplay with pawn sac} 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Bb5 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4
23. a3 $14) 19. Bxe5 Qc6 20. Bd4 Bd7 21. Qc2 Rf7 22. Re3 b6 23. Rg3 Kh8 (23...
Ne4 24. Re3 Qd6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 Bc6 27. Qg4 $16) (23... Rcf8 {a doing
nothing example} 24. Re1 Kh8 25. h3 Bc8 26. Qc1 Bd7 27. Qg5 Bc8 28. Qh4 Rg8 29.
Re5 Bd7 30. Bxh7 Nxh7 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rh5#) (23... Re8 {threat of e5} 24.
Be5 Ne4 25. Re1 Nxg3 26. Bxh7+ Kf8 27. hxg3 Rf5 28. Qd2 Rh5 29. Bg6 Rxe5 30.
Rxe5 Rc8 31. Qf4+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd6 33. Re3 Qc4 34. Qxg7 Qxa2 35. g4 $16) 24.
Bxh7 e5 (24... Nxh7 25. Qg6 Rcf8 (25... e5 26. Qxf7 Qf6 27. Qxd5 exd4 28. Qxd7
$16) (25... Nf6 26. Qxf7 $16) 26. Rh3 Kg8 27. Qxh7#) 25. Bg6 Re7 26. Re1 Qd6
27. Be3 d4 28. Bg5 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 dxc3 30. Qxc3 Kg8 31. a3 Kf8 32. Bh4 Be8 33.
Bf5 Qd4 34. Qxd4 exd4 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Bd3 Kd6 (36... Ke6 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. f4
$16) 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Kf1 Bc6 39. h4 {end of game} Ke7 40. h5 Kf7 41. h6 Bd7
42. Ke2 Be6 43. Kf3 Bd5+ 44. Be4 Bc4 45. g4 $16 Be6 46. Kf4 Kg8 47. Bd3 Kf7 48.
g5 f5 49. Bb1 Bc8 50. Ke5 Kg6 51. Kxd4 $16 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1930.09.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nathan Mannheimer"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bd3 Nbc6 7. h3 Bf5 8.
Bxf5 Nxf5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qd3 Nd6 12. Ng5 g6 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Bd2 (
14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Nf3 Rac8 16. Rfb1 Rc7 17. Nh2 $11) 14... h6 (14... Na5 15.
Nf3 Rfe8 $15) 15. Nf3 Kh7 16. Nh2 Qh8 (16... Qg7 17. Ng4 Nf5 (17... f5 18. Bxh6
Qe7 19. Bxf8 $16) 18. Qb5 h5 19. Ne3 Nd6 20. Qxd5 $16) 17. Qe3 (17. Bf4 h5 18.
Bxd6 cxd6 19. Rab1 $16) (17. Ng4 f5 18. Nxh6 Qf6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8
21. Bc1 Ne4 $11) 17... Qg7 18. Qf3 (18. Ng4 f5 19. Nxh6 f4 20. Qf3 Qxh6 $17)
18... Ne4 19. Bc1 f5 20. Qd3 Na5 21. f4 (21. Qb5 b6 22. Qxd5 Rfe8 {c6 threat}
23. Qb5 Nxc3 24. Qd3 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nxd4 $17) 21... Qd7 22. Nf3 Qc6
23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Rb1 b6 25. Kh2 Nc4 26. Be3 (26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Qe3 Qd5 28. Ba3
Rfe8 $17) 26... g5 27. g3 (27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Nf3 Rg8 $17) 27... Rf6 (27... gxf4
) 28. Rbe1 Rg8 29. Bc1 b5 (29... a5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Nxc4 dxc4 32. Qf3 {
rxe4 threat} Kg6 33. h4 Rh8 $15) 30. Nf3 (30. Re2 g4 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Rxe4
dxe4 33. Qxe4+ Qf5 $17) 30... g4 31. hxg4 Rxg4 32. Ng1 Rfg6 33. Rf3 Qg8 34. Ne2
h5 35. Kg2 h4 36. Rh1 Rh6 37. Rh3 Qg6 38. Be3 (38. Rf1 Ncd6 (38... Qa6 39. a3
Nxa3 40. Bxa3 Qxa3 41. Qxb5 Qe7 42. Qxd5 Nd6 43. Re1 Re6 44. Kf1 Re4 45. c4
Rxg3 $17) 39. Rg1 Nxg3 40. Nxg3 Ne4 41. Qf3 Rxg3+ 42. Rxg3 hxg3 43. Kf1 Rh2 $17
) 38... Qa6 39. Bf2 Qxa2 40. Be1 a5 41. Kf1 Qb1 42. Ng1 a4 43. Ke2 a3 44. Rf1
a2 {end of game} 45. Bf2 Nb2 46. Qe3 Qxc2+ 47. Kf3 Nd1 48. Qe2 Qxe2+ 49. Nxe2
a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CSR"]
[Date "1929.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1929.07.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 (8... h6 9. d5 d6 $15 (9... exd5 10. Nh4 d6 11. cxd5 $16)) (8... d6 9.
Re1 (9. Nd2 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nbd7 11. e4 e5 $11) 9... Nbd7 10. Nh4 Bxg2 11. Nxg2
c5 12. e4 $11) 9. Re1 (9. d5 exd5 (9... e5 $15) 10. Nd4 (10. Nh4 Ne4 11. cxd5
Nxc3 12. Qd2 Nxe2+ $17) 10... Ne4 $17) 9... d6 (9... h6 10. Nh4 Bxg2 11. Nxg2
d5 12. cxd5 exd5 $11) 10. Qc2 Be4 11. Qb3 (11. Qd1 h6 $11) 11... Nc6 12. Bf1 (
12. Bg5 Na5 13. Qa4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15) 12... e5 (12... Na5 13. Qb4 c5 14.
Qb5 Bc6 15. Qb1 Be4 (15... Nxc4 16. e4 Na5 $17) 16. Qb5 Bb7 17. Bg2 e5 18. Nh4
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. e4 h6 $17) 13. dxe5 (13. Be3 Na5 14. Qa4
Bc6 15. Qb4 e4 16. Nh4 d5 17. c5 Ng4 18. Bc1 Qf6 19. f3 exf3 20. Nxf3 Nc4 21.
Bg2 h6 22. Rf1 Qe6 23. h3 Nge3 $17) (13. Bg2 Na5 14. Qd1 h6 15. Bf1 Bh7 16. Nd2
e4 $17) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 (14. Bg2 Bxf3 15. exf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Rxe1+ $17)
14... Rxe5 15. Bf4 Re8 16. f3 Bb7 (16... Bc6 17. Qb2 Nd7 18. Qd2 Qf6 $17) 17.
Rad1 Nd7 18. e4 Qf6 19. Bg2 Ne5 {iunaccuracy} (19... a5 20. Qb5 Nc5 $15) 20.
Rd2 (20. c5 g5 (20... dxc5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rd7 Rf8 23. f4 $11) 21. Bxe5 dxe5
22. Rd7 Re7 $15) 20... Re7 21. Red1 (21. c5 dxc5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 (22... Rxe5 23.
f4 Re7 24. e5 Qg6 25. Bxb7 $16) 23. f4 Qh5 24. Qd1 Qxd1 25. Rexd1 f6 (25...
Bxe4 26. Rd8+ $16) 26. e5 Bxg2 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Kxg2 $15) 21... Bc6 {
dissuading c5} 22. Rf2 Rae8 23. Bf1 h6 24. Be2 Kh8 25. Qa3 Qe6 26. Qc1 (26.
Qxa7 Ra8 27. Qxa8+ Bxa8 $17) 26... f5 (26... Nxc4 27. Bxh6 gxh6 28. Bxc4 Qxc4
29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ $11) 27. exf5 Qxf5 28. Qd2 (28. Bxe5 Rxe5
29. Bd3 Qh5 30. g4 Qh4 $17) 28... Qf7 29. Qd4 (29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Bd3 Kg8 $17) (
29. Bf1 Nxf3+ $17) (29. Rdf1 Ng6 30. Bd3 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Re3 33.
Rd2 Bxf3 $17) 29... Ng6 30. Bd3 (30. Bc1 Rxe2 $17) 30... Nxf4 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32.
gxf4 Rf8 {whites pawn structure like Grannies teeth} (32... Re3 33. Kg2 Rxf3
34. Rxf3 Re3 35. Rdf1 Rxd3 $17) 33. f5 Bd7 34. Rdd2 Bxf5 35. Rfe2 Rxe2 36. Bxe2
(36. Rxe2 Bxd3 $17) 36... Re8 37. Kf2 Re5 38. Rd5 g5 39. Rxe5 dxe5 40. c5 bxc5
41. Ba6 e4 42. a4 Kg7 43. a5 exf3 44. Kxf3 Kf6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. Bc4 Bg4 47. Ba6
h5 48. Bc4 h4 49. Ba6 Bd1 50. Bb7 g4 {end of game} 51. Ba6 g3 52. hxg3 hxg3 53.
Bf1 Bg4 54. Bg2 Be6 55. Be4 Bd5 56. Bg6 g2 57. Kf2 Kf4 58. Bh5 g1=Q+ 59. Kxg1
Ke3 60. Bg6 Kd2 61. Bh7 Kxc3 $17 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CSR"]
[Date "1929.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Vera Menchik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1929.07.31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Qa5+ (6... h5 7. Qf4
f6 8. Bg6+ Kd7 9. c3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5+ fxe5 11. Qxe5 Qf6 $17) 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. Re1 Be7 (9... Qc7 10. Qg3 f6 11. Bxg6+ hxg6 12. Qxg6+ (12. Nb3 Kf7 $14 (
12... fxe5 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Qxg6+ $14)) 12... Qf7
$11) 10. h4 Bf8 11. h5 Nge7 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Bg5 g6
16. Rac1 Nf5 17. Bf6 Rg8 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. c3 Bc5 21. b4 Bxd4 (
21... Be7 22. a4 Bxa4 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. e6 fxe6 25. Nxe6 $16) 22. cxd4 Be6 23.
Rc5 Kd7 24. Qf3 Qxb4 (24... Rac8 25. Qa3 Rxc5 26. bxc5 Qc6 27. Qxa7 Qa6 28.
Qxa6 bxa6 29. Rb1 $16) 25. Rxd5+ Ke8 (25... Bxd5 26. Qxd5+ Kc7 27. Rc1+ Kb6 28.
Be7 Qxe7 29. Rb1+ Kc7 30. Rxb7+ Kc8 31. Rxe7 f4 32. Qxa8#) 26. Rc1 Bxd5 27.
Qxd5 Qb6 28. Qf3 gxh5 29. Qa3 Qe6 30. Rc7 {end of game} Rg6 31. Re7+ Kf8 32.
Rxe6+ $16 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CSR"]
[Date "1929.08.26"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1929.07.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 {modern
engines like this move} e5 8. d5 a5 9. Nf2 b6 {mistake} (9... Nh5 10. g4 Nf4
11. Qd2 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. O-O-O Kh8 14. h4 Nf6 $16 {black has more
counterplay than the game}) 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. Bg5 (11. g4 Ne8 12. h4 Bf6 13. h5
Bh4 14. Rh2 Qe7 15. O-O-O $16) 11... Bd7 12. g4 Qc8 13. h4 Kh8 (13... h5 14.
Be2 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. gxh5 Kg7 16. h6+ (16. hxg6 fxg6 $11) 16... Kh8 $14)
14... hxg4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. fxg4 Qd8 17. g5 Bg7 18. h5 $16) 14. h5 gxh5 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxh5 Bg7 17. Nh1 {engines also like this reroute} f6 18. Qh2 h6
19. Ng3 Kh7 20. Be2 Rg8 21. Kf2 Rh8 22. Rh4 Qe8 23. Rg1 Bf8 24. Kg2 Nb7 25. Nh5
Qg6 26. f4 Nd8 (26... exf4 27. Nxf4 Qe8 28. e5 Qxe5 29. Rh5 Qe3 30. Kh1 Kg7 31.
Rh3 Qe5 32. Bd3 Nc5 33. Bg6 Be7 34. Bf5 $16) 27. Bf3 Nf7 28. Ne2 Be7 29. Kh1
Kg8 30. Neg3 Kf8 31. Nf5 Rg8 32. Qd2 Rc8 33. Rh2 Ke8 34. b3 Kd8 35. a3 Ra8 36.
Qc1 Bf8 {weakness of last move - f6 neglected} (36... Rh8 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4
exf4 39. Nxf4 Qg8 40. c5 dxc5 41. Nxe7 Kxe7 42. d6+ cxd6 43. Nd5+ Kd8 44. bxc5
bxc5 45. Qb1 Qg5 46. Rh5 Qg7 47. Qb6+ Ke8 48. Rf5 Bxf5 49. gxf5 Qf8 50. Qc6+
Kd8 51. Qc7+ Ke8 52. Nxf6#) 37. Nh4 Qh7 38. Nxf6 Qh8 39. Nxg8 Qxg8 40. g5 exf4
(40... hxg5 41. fxg5 Kc8 42. g6 $16) 41. gxh6 Qh7 42. Qxf4 Bxh6 43. Qf6+ Kc8
44. Nf5 Bxf5 45. exf5 Kb7 46. Qg6 Rh8 47. Qxh7 Rxh7 48. Rg6 Kc8 49. f6 Rh8 50.
Bg4+ Kd8 51. Be6 Ke8 52. Bxf7+ Kxf7 53. Rhxh6 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ned2 b5 14. Bxd5 cxd5
15. O-O a5 16. Nb3 a4 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 b4 20. Rfc1 Ba6 21.
Ne5 Reb8 22. f3 b3 23. a3 h6 24. Kf2 Kh7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Kg3 Rfb8 27. Rc7 Bb5
28. R1c5 Ba6 29. R5c6 Re8 30. Kf4 Kg8 31. h5 Bf1 32. g3 Ba6 33. Rf7 Kh7 34.
Rcc7 Rg8 35. Nd7 Kh8 36. Nf6 Rgf8 37. Rxg7 Rxf6 38. Ke5 {end of game} (38. Rh7+
Kg8 39. Rcg7+ Kf8 40. Ke5 Ra7 41. Rxa7 Rf7 42. Raxf7+ Kg8 43. Rfg7+ Kf8 44. Kf6
f4 45. Rh8#) 38... Rb8 (38... Rf7 39. Rcxf7 f4 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rfg7+ Kf8 42.
Kf6 fxg3 43. Rh8#) 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rcg7+ Kf8 41. Kxf6 f4 42. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUH"]
[Date "1873.08.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qa4 Ne4 (12... h6 13. Bh4 d4 14.
exd4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nb6 16. Qd1 Nh5 $10) 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rfd1 (14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Ndxe4 Nd3 17. Rb1 Rfe8 $14) (14. Rcd1 Nb6 15. Rxd8 Nxa4 16.
Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Nxa4 f6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd2 $16) 14... Bxg5 (14... Nb6 15. Rxd8
Nxa4 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Nxa4 f6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd2 $16) 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16.
Rxd7 Rfb8 (16... Bc8 17. Rd5 Qe7 18. Qa3 h6 19. Qxc5 $16) 17. Qb3 Bc6 (17... c4
18. Qxc4 Qf6 19. Rcd1 $16) 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. h4 Qg4 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Qxa7 Rxb2
22. Qxc5 Qe6 23. Rd1 h6 24. Rd6 Qf7 25. Nd1 Re2 (25... Rb1 26. Qxc6 $16) 26.
Kf1 {end of game} (26. Qxc6) 26... Rxa2 27. Qxc6 Qf8 28. Rd7 Qe8 29. Qd5 Ra8
30. Qd4 $16 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Georg Salwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bg5 exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 Re8 11. Rae1 c5 12. Nb3 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. f4
Rb8 15. h3 Nh6 16. f5 f6 17. Nd5 Re8 18. c4 Nf7 19. Qc3 Re5 20. Nd2 c6 21. Nf4
Qb6 22. b3 Rbe8 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Nh5 Rg8 25. Rf4 Qd8 26. Nf3 Re7 27. Rh4 Qe8 28.
Qf2 (28. Nf4 Nh6 29. Qf2 Qf7 30. g4 Rge8 $16) 28... Rf8 29. Qd2 Qb8 30. Kh1
Rfe8 31. Rg4 Rg8 32. Rd1 Qb4 33. Qf2 Qc3 {quite commital} 34. Qh4 {subtle e5
threat} Nh6 (34... Be8 35. Ng3 Rd7 36. Ne2 Qb2 37. Rd2 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 $16) (34...
a5 35. e5 Bxf5 (35... dxe5 36. Nxf6 Nh6 37. Qxh6 Bxf5 38. Qh4 Qc2 39. Rd2 Qb1+
40. Kh2 Bxg4 41. Nxg8 $16) 36. Nxf6 gxf6 37. Qxf6+ Rg7 38. Qxg7#) 35. Rf4 Nf7
36. Kh2 Rge8 {mistake} (36... a5 37. Rg4 Be8 $16) 37. Qg3 Rg8 38. Rh4 {Nf4 to
g6 threat} g5 {pawns dont go backwards} (38... Be8 39. Nf4 Nh6 40. Ne6 $16) 39.
fxg6 (39. Rg4 Be8 (39... Nh6 40. Rxd6 Nxg4+ 41. Qxg4 Rf8 42. e5 fxe5 43. Qxg5
$16 Rfe8 44. Rg6 {is a mate in 10} hxg6 45. Nf6 Rh7 46. Qxg6 Bxf5 (46... Rf8
47. Qxh7#) 47. Qxe8+ Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg6 49. Nxh7 Be6 50. Nh4+ Kh6 51. Qxe6+ Kg7
52. Nf5+ Kxh7 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qg7#) 40. Qe1 Qxe1 41. Nxe1 Bd7 42. Nxf6 $16)
39... Rxg6 40. Qf2 f5 41. Nf4 Rf6 42. Ne2 Qb2 43. Rd2 Qa1 44. Ng3 Kg8 (44...
fxe4 45. Nxe4 Rh6 46. Rxh6 Nxh6 47. Nxd6 $16) 45. exf5 Bxf5 46. Nd4 cxd4 47.
Nxf5 Kf8 48. Qxd4 Qxd4 49. Nxd4 Ne5 50. Rh5 Ref7 51. c5 dxc5 52. Rxe5 cxd4 53.
Rxd4 Rf2 54. Rd8+ Kg7 55. Ra5 Rc2 56. a3 c5 57. Rc8 Rb2 58. Rb5 Rff2 59. Rb7+
Kg6 60. Rc6+ Rf6 61. Rxc5 Ra6 62. a4 Rf6 63. Rc3 a6 64. Rg3+ Kh6 65. Rgg7 {
end of game} 1-0

[Event "Dublin Zonal"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1993.04.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Jonathan Levitt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Qd8 8.
Nc4 Nd5 (8... Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Na6 10. Nbd6+ Bxd6 11. Nxd6+ Ke7 12. Bxa6 Kxd6 13.
Bd3 $16) 9. Ne3 Nc7 (9... Nxe3 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bxe3 $16) 10. Bd2 Nxb5 11.
Bxb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qg4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Qd4 15. Qe2 Qa4 16. Kb1 Be7 17.
Bc3 O-O 18. Rd7 Nb4 19. Qg4 (19. Rhd1 Rad8 20. Rxe7 (20. Rxd8 Qxa2+ 21. Kc1
Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Rxd8+ 23. Ke1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Nd5 $17) 20... Qxa2+ 21. Kc1 Qa1#)
19... g6 (19... Qxa2+ 20. Kc1 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 g6 22. Rxa1 $16) 20. Qd4 Qxa2+ 21.
Kc1 f6 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 (22... Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Bxb4+ 24. Qxb4 Qxh1 25. Qe7 $16) 23.
c3 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qxh1 25. Qxb4 {Qe7 threat} Rad8 (25... Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27.
Qxb7+ Ke8 28. Qxa8+ $16) 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qe7 {end of game} Rf8 (27... Rc8 28.
Ng4 Qf1 29. Nxf6+ Kh8 30. Qxh7#) 28. Ng4 Rf7 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Nxf7 $16 1-0

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa ESP"]
[Date "1991.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

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
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qh5 18. Nf1 Re6 19. Bd1 f5 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Bd2
Rg6 22. Kg2 f4 23. f3 Qh5 24. g4 (24. Rad1 fxg3 25. hxg3 Bf4 26. Re2 Bxd2 27.
Rdxd2 Nf4+ 28. Kg1 Nxd3 $17) 24... Qh4 25. Re2 Rxg4+ 26. fxg4 f3+ 27. Kh1 fxe2
28. Qxe2 Kh8 (28... Rf2 29. Qe6+ Kh8 (29... Rf7 30. Qxd6 $16) 30. Qxd6 $16) 29.
Kg1 h6 30. Qg2 Bf4 31. Be1 (31. Bxf4 Nxf4 32. Qxc6 Qxg4+ 33. Kh1 Qe2 34. Ng3
Qxb2 $17) 31... Qg5 32. h3 Qg6 33. Rd1 Bb8 34. Rd2 Qb1 35. Bf2 (35. Rf2 Nf4 36.
Qf3 Qxe1 $17) 35... Kg8 36. b3 (36. Kh1 Nf4 37. Qf3 Qxf1+ $17) 36... Bf4 (36...
Nf4 37. Qf3 Bd6 $17) 37. Re2 Nxc3 38. Re6 Qxa2 39. Rxc6 (39. Be1 Qxb3 $17)
39... Qxb3 40. Rxa6 Ne2+ 41. Kh1 Bb8 42. Be1 Qd1 {end of game} 43. Bf2 Nf4 44.
Qg3 Qxf1+ $17 0-1

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "San Remo ITA"]
[Date "1930.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "Gavriel,Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3
b6 (8... f6 9. f4 cxd4 10. cxd4 fxe5 11. dxe5 Bd7 12. Nd6 $15) 9. f4 Ba6 10.
Nf3 Qd7 11. a4 Nbc6 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Bb7 14. Nd6 f5 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nxb7
Qxb7 17. a6 Qf7 18. Bb5 N8e7 (18... N6e7 19. Rc1 Ng6 20. O-O h6 21. Rc2 Nce7
22. Rfc1 Rfc8 23. Rc7 (23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Qc2 Qf8 26. Bd7 Nce7
27. Qc7 Kh7 28. g3 Ng8 29. Qd6 $16 Qa8 (29... Qxd6 30. exd6 Nf8 31. Ba4 g5 32.
Ne5 Nf6 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. d7 N8xd7 35. Bxd7 $16) 30. Bxe6 $16) 23... Rxc7 24.
Rxc7 Qf8 25. Bd7 Kf7 26. b5 Qd8 27. Rb7 Nf8 28. Bc6 Kg8 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Bxa8
$16) 19. O-O h6 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rc2 Qe8 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. Qe3 Rc7 24. Rc3 {
delayed gratification for taking on c6 when it is winning to do so} Qd7 25.
R1c2 Kf8 26. Qc1 Rbc8 27. Ba4 b5 (27... Qe8 28. b5 Nb4 29. Rxc7 Nxc2 30. Qxc2
Rxc7 31. Qxc7 $16) 28. Bxb5 Ke8 29. Ba4 {b5 threat} Kd8 30. h4 {end of game} (
30. b5 Nb4 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34. dxc5 Kc8 35. Nd4 $16)
30... Ke8 (30... g6 31. Kh2 h5 32. Ng5 Ke8 33. b5 Nb8 34. Rxc7 $16) 31. b5 Nb8
32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 $16 1-0

