Actively sacrificing a Rook depends on you having an open file and something to aim at. So the best-rehearsed exchange sacrifices are ...Rc8xNc3 in the Sicilian, ...Rf8xNf3 in the French and to some extent the Dutch, Rf1xf6 against the Sicilian... You need some compensation for your Rook: either a good central pawn, or the weakening of the opposing King's defences, or all three!
White sacrifices for attack on f6 in the Sicilian
Nezhmetdinov R. - Tal M. [B85]
White sacrifices for attack on h5 in the Sicilian
Fischer R. - Larsen B. [B77]
Black sacrifices for attack on c3 in the Sicilian
Movsesian S. - Kasparov G. [B80]
Black sacrifices for initiative on c3 in the Sicilian
Bednarski J. - Lehmann H. [B87]
Black sacrifices for too little on c3 in the Sicilian
Devon_Harry - Somerset [B78]
Black sacrifices for initiative in the King's Indian
Pachman L. - Bronstein D. [E67]
Encore!
Zita F. - Bronstein D. [E67]
White sacrifices for all sorts of compensation in the Grunfeld
Bronstein D. - Boleslavsky I. [D89]
Another common theme is the 'passive' sacrifice of Rook for the opponent's better Bishop by parking it on the natural outpost on an open file. You get a passed pawn and play against a colour complex.
Black passively sacrifices for initiative (1)
Liublinsky V. - Botvinnik M. [C77]
Black passively sacrifices for initiative (2)
Selesniev - Alekhin
Compensation for the exchange
Lasker - Janowsky
Rooks don't like defending against passed pawns
Pope S. - Regis D. [B22]
The defensive sacrifice for defensive reasons is particularly associated with Petrosian, and everyone cites this example:
A defensive sacrifice
Reshevsky - Petrosian [E58]
Petrosian is at it again
Petrosian T - Spassky B [E66]
The Karpov sacrifice
Lutz C. - Karpov A. [E12]
A whole Rook
Maroczy G. - Tartakower S. [A85]
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[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Qf2 Nfd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Bd3 13... Rxc3 $5 14.
bxc3 Qc7 15. Ne2 Be7 16. g5 O-O 17. h4 17... Na4 $1 {Kasparov improves on the
older game, white compromised queenside pawn structure offers great attacking
chances for black pieces.} (17... d5 18. h5 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Nc4 21.
Bc1 b4 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Rh3 {1-0 Zagrebelny,S-Lingnau,C/Berlin/1993/ (31)})
18. Bc1 $6 (18. h5 Ne5 19. h6 19... g6 $13) 18... Ne5 19. h5 19... d5 $1 20.
Qh2 (20. h6 g6 21. Qg3 Bd6 22. Qg2 22... Rc8 $17) 20... Bd6 21. Qh3 Nxd3 22.
cxd3 (22. Rxd3 $2 22... dxe4 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. h6 24... g6 $19) 22... b4 $1 (
22... Nxc3+ 23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24. Bb2 Qb4 25. g6 Be5 (25... dxe4 $2 26. h6 $1 26...
Be5 27. d4 $18) 26. d4 Bf4 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qg4 28... Bh6 $13) 23. cxb4 (23.
c4 dxc4 24. h6 g6 25. dxc4 25... Rc8 $40) 23... Rc8 24. Ka1 (24. Qf1 dxe4 25.
fxe4 Qc2+ 26. Ka1 Be5+ 27. d4 Bxe4 28. Ba3 28... Bd5 $19) 24... dxe4 (24... Qc2
25. Rd2 Be5+ 26. d4 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 (27. Nxd4 $2 27... Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxc1#)
27... Qxe2 28. Qf1 28... Qc2 $13) (24... Bxb4 $5 25. Qh2 Qc2 26. Rde1 (26. g6
26... Nc3 $19) 26... Bxe1 27. Rxe1 27... Qxd3 $19) 25. fxe4 (25. dxe4 $2 25...
Be5+ 26. Nd4 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Qxc1+) 25... Bxe4 $1 {Even to an untrained eye it
becomes clear, that black is achieving success in the attack with much higher
speed than his opponent.} 26. g6 (26. dxe4 26... Be5+ $19) (26. Rhg1 Qc2 27.
Nd4 Be5 28. Qe3 28... Bd5 $19) 26... Bxh1 27. Qxh1 Bxb4 28. gxf7+ (28. gxh7+
28... Kh8 $19) 28... Kf8 (28... Qxf7 29. Bd2 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 30... Nb6 $19) 29.
Qg2 29... Rb8 $1 30. Bb2 (30. Bd2 Ba3 31. Bc1 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Qb6 33. Nc3 33...
Nxc3 $19) 30... Nxb2 31. Nd4 (31. Kxb2 Bd2+ 32. Ka1 32... Bc3+ $19) 31... Nxd1
$1 {The final combination is simple, but esthetically very pleasing.} 32. Nxe6+
Kxf7 (32... Kxf7 33. Qxg7+ (33. Nxc7 Bc3+) 33... Kxe6 34. Qxc7 (34. Qh6+ Kf5)
34... Bc3+ $19) 0-1
[Event "ECC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pope, S."]
[Black "Regis, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "103"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bb5 e6 (7...
Nh6 8. Bxh6) 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13.
Be3 Nf5 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Be5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bd7 18. Ne2 Bb5 19.
Rfc1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rac8 (20... Rad8) 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. b3 Ne7 23. Qd4 Nc6 24.
Qxb6 axb6 25. h3 Rf5 26. Rc2 Ra8 27. a4 Kh6 (27... b5 $1 28. Rb1 (28. a5 Rxa5
29. Rxa5 Nxa5 30. Rc7+ Rf7) 28... bxa4 29. bxa4 Ra7 30. Rcb2 Rxa4 31. Rxb7+ Kh6
32. Rc7 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Rbb7 Re2 35. Rxh7+ Kg5 36. g3) 28. Rac1 28...
Ra5 $6 29. Rxc6 $1 29... bxc6 30. Rxc6 30... d4 $6 (30... Ra6 $1 31. Rxe6 Rf4)
31. Nxd4 Rfxe5 32. Rxb6 Re1+ 33. Kh2 e5 34. Nf5+ Kg5 35. Ne3 Rb1 36. Nc4 Rd5
37. a5 Kf4 38. a6 Rdd1 39. Rf6+ Ke4 40. a7 Ra1 (40... Rh1+ 41. Kg3 Rxb3+ 42.
Kg4 (42. Rf3 Rxf3+ 43. gxf3+ Kd4 44. a8=Q) 42... Ra1 43. Nd2+) (40... Rh1+ 41.
Kg3 Ra1 42. f3+ Kd4 43. Rf7 Ra6 44. Nb6 Rha1 45. Rd7+ Ke3 46. a8=Q Rxa8 47.
Nxa8 Rxa8 48. Rxh7 Rb8 49. Rh6) 41. f3+ Kd3 42. Nb2+ Ke2 43. Nxd1 Kxd1 44. Rf7
Ke2 45. Kg3 h5 46. h4 Ke3 47. Rd7 e4 48. fxe4 Kxe4 49. b4 Ra3+ 50. Kh2 Kf4 51.
b5 Kg4 52. b6 1-0
[Event "Mahrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Euwe"]
[Black "Rubinstein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "05: Queen against Two Rooks"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[Source "Hays Publishing"]
{The Rooks on the attack} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6.
O-O Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. a3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. f4 Rfd8 12. Rf3 Ne4 13.
Rh3 f5 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qh5 Bxe5 16. Qxh7+ Kf7 17. fxe5 Rh8 18. Qxh8 Rxh8 19.
Rxh8 {To show their full strength, Rooks must cooperate and this cooperation
is not apparent. However, White is threatening to bring it about by bringing
his Queen rook to f4} 19... Ba6 {The best countermove. This not only stops Rf1,
but also prevents the Knight from travelling via c4 to the dominating d6 post}
20. Nf1 20... Qd7 $2 {
After this inferior move, White's advantage is decisively strengthened} (20...
Bxf1 21. Rxf1 21... Qg5 $132 22. Rf4 22... cxd4) 21. Rd1 {
A pawn sacrifice in the interests of better cooperation among White's pieces}
21... Nxe5 22. d5 $1 {
Attacking the Knight so that Black cannot prevent the opening of the d-file!}
22... Ng4 23. dxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rhd8 {
The aim is accomplished, and White now threatens to end the game with R1d7+}
24... Bb5 25. c4 Be8 26. R1d5 26... f4 $1 {Black's best counterchance} (26...
Nf6 27. Re5) 27. h3 (27. exf4 $2 27... e3) 27... fxe3 28. Ng3 28... e2 (28...
Nf6 $142) 29. Nxe2 Ne3 30. Rg5 30... g6 31. Nf4 Qe7 32. Rxg6 $1 32... Nf5 (
32... Qxd8 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. Ne6#) 33. Rf6+ Kg8 34. Rxe8+ 34... Qxe8 35. Rxf5 e3
36. Rg5+ Kh7 (36... Kf8 37. Ng6+ Kf7 38. Nh8+ Kf8 39. Re5) 37. Rh5+ Kg8 38.
Rh8+ 1-0
[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Bronstein, David I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Bb2 a4 13. Rc1 c6 14. Ba1 axb3 15.
axb3 Qb6 16. h3 Nfd7 17. Rb1 Nf8 18. Kh2 h5 19. Re2 h4 20. Rd2 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxb3 23. Rxd6 Qxf2 24. Ra2 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxc3 26. Ra3 Bxh3 27.
Rxb3 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxc4 29. Rd4 Qe6 30. Rxb7 Ra8 31. Qe2 h3+ 0-1
[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zita, Frantisek"]
[Black "Bronstein, David I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Re8 9. Bb2 c6 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Rfe1 a5 14. Rab1 a4 15.
Ba1 axb3 16. axb3 Ng4 17. h3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Nxf2 19. Re3 Nxh3+ 20. Kh2 Nf2 21.
Rf3 Ncxe4 22. Qf4 Ng4+ 23. Kh1 f5 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxd6 Rxd4 26. Qb8 Rd8 27.
Ra8 Be5 28. Qa7 Qb4 29. Qa2 Qf8 30. Bh3 Qh6 0-1
[Event "Staunton mem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 3... Ne4 {[Fajarowicz]} (3... Ng4) 4. Nf3 (4. Qc2 $5
4... d5 (4... Bb4+ 5. Nc3 d5 6. exd6 Bf5 7. Bd2 $16 7... Bxc3 $2 8. Bxc3 8...
Ng3 $2 9. e4 $1 9... Bxe4 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nxh1 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Qe4+ Kd7
14. O-O-O $18) 5. exd6 Bf5 6. f3 $5 6... Ng3 7. e4) 4... Bb4+ (4... Nc6 5. a3
$1 5... d6 6. Qc2 $16) 5. Bd2 $1 (5. Nbd2 5... d5 $1 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bf5 9. O-O Qh6 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qa4 O-O-O 12. a3 12... Bd6 $44 {
Ivkov,B-Persitz/Copenhagen/1953/}) 5... Nxd2 (5... Bc5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 O-O 9. Nd5 $16) 6. Nbxd2 Nc6 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qe7 9. Qc3 O-O (9... b6
10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. Rd5 $1 14... Na5 15. b4
$1 $16 {Szabo,L-Macelle/HUN-ch/1946/}) 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Rd5 b6 12. e3 Bb7 13.
Be2 Rad8 (13... Na5 14. b4 $1) 14. O-O Nb8 15. Rc1 $1 (15. Rd2 Bxf3 (15... a5
16. Rfd1 h6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 19... Nc6 $10 {
Averkin-Pavlenko/URS/1972/}) 16. Bxf3 16... Qxe5 $10 {Smyslov}) 15... Bxd5 16.
cxd5 16... d6 $2 (16... c5 17. Bb5 a6 18. d6 Qe6 19. Bc4 Qf5 20. Bd5 (20. e4
Qh5 21. Bd5 Nc6 22. Bxc6 dxc6 23. b4 $1 $16 {Kmoch}) 20... Nc6 21. Bxc6 dxc6
22. h3 $16 {Smyslov}) 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. e4 a6 19. Bd3 dxe5 (19... Rfe8 20. e6
fxe6 21. dxe6 c5 22. Bc4 $16) 20. Nxe5 Rd6 (20... f6 $5 21. Ng4 { Ng4-e3-f5})
21. Nc4 Rh6 22. Ne3 Qh4 23. Qxc7 $18 23... Rf6 24. g3 Qh5 25. e5 Rh6 26. h4 Qf3
27. Rc4 b5 28. Rf4 Qh5 29. Ng4 Rg6 30. Bxg6 Qxg6 31. e6 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 f5 33. e7
Re8 34. Qd8 1-0
[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 (6... Ng4 $2 7.
Bb5+ $18) 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Nxd4 (9... a5 $5 {Byrne,D} 10. g4 Ne5 11.
Be2 11... d5 $2 12. g5 $1 $18) 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O b5 (12...
Bxb3 13. cxb3 $1 $40) 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nd5 (14. Ne2 $2 14... Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rfd8)
14... Bxd5 (14... Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Rde1 $16 {
Suetin,A-Kortschnoj,V/URS-ch/1953/}) 15. Bxd5 (15. exd5 $1 15... Qb5 16. Rhe1
a5 17. Qe2 $1 $16 {Tal,M-Larsen,B Zuerich 1959}) 15... Rac8 $2 (15... Nxd5 16.
Bxg7 (16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxb4 $13) 16... Nc3+ 17. bxc3 (17. Bxc3 bxc3 18. Qxc3
Qxc3 19. bxc3 19... Rfc8 $10) 17... Rab8 $1 18. cxb4 Qxb4+ 19. Qxb4 Rxb4+ 20.
Bb2 20... Rfb8 $10) 16. Bb3 $1 16... Rc7 (16... Qb5 17. Bxa7) 17. h4 Qb5 (17...
h5 18. g4 $1 18... hxg4 (18... Rfc8 19. Rdg1 hxg4 20. h5 gxh5 21. fxg4 Nxe4 22.
Qf4 e5 23. Qxe4 exd4 24. gxh5 Kh8 25. h6 Bf6 26. Rg7 $18) 19. h5 gxh5 (19...
Nxh5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. fxg4 Nf6 22. Qh6+ $18) 20. fxg4 Nxe4 (20... hxg4 21.
Rdg1 e5 22. Be3 Rd8 23. Bh6 $18) (20... Nxg4 21. Rdg1 Bxd4 22. Rxg4+ hxg4 23.
Qh6 $18) 21. Qe3 Nf6 (21... Bxd4 22. Qxe4 Bg7 23. Rxh5 $18) 22. gxh5 e5 23. h6
$18) 18. h5 $1 18... Rfc8 (18... gxh5 19. g4 $1 19... hxg4 20. fxg4 Nxe4 21.
Qh2 Ng5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd5 Rc5 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Rxg5+ Rxg5 26. Qxh7#) 19.
hxg6 hxg6 20. g4 (20. Bxf6 $2 20... Bxf6 21. Qh6 21... e6 $1 $10) 20... a5 21.
g5 Nh5 (21... Ne8 {Vasiukov,E} 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 (22... Kxg7 $2 23. Qh2 $18) 23.
Rh6 $1 23... e6 (23... a4 24. Qh2 Nh5 25. Rxg6+ $18) 24. Qh2 Nh5 25. Bxe6 $1
25... fxe6 (25... Qxg5 26. Rxg6+ $1 26... Qxg6 27. Bxc8 $18) 26. Rxg6+ Ng7 27.
Rh1 $18) (21... a4 $2 22. gxf6 axb3 23. fxg7 $1 23... bxc2+ 24. Qxc2 $1 24...
e5 25. Qh2 $18) 22. Rxh5 $1 22... gxh5 (22... Bxd4 23. Qxd4 gxh5 24. g6 Qe5 (
24... e6 25. Qxd6) 25. gxf7+ Kh7 (25... Kf8 26. Qxe5 dxe5 27. Rg1 e6 28. Bxe6
Ke7 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Rg5 $18) 26. Qd3 $18 { f3-f4}) 23. g6 e5 (23... e6 24.
gxf7+ Kxf7 (24... Rxf7 25. Bxe6) 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rg1+ Kh7 27. Qg2 Qe5 28.
Qg6+ Kh8 29. Rg5 Rg7 30. Rxh5+ Kg8 31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. Rf5+ Ke7 33. Rf7+ $18) 24.
gxf7+ Kf8 25. Be3 d5 (25... a4 26. Qxd6+ Re7 27. Qd8+ $1 27... Rxd8 28. Rxd8+
Re8 29. Bc5+ $18) (25... Rd8 26. Bh6 $18) 26. exd5 (26. Bxd5 26... Rxc2 $1)
26... Rxf7 (26... a4 27. d6 $1 27... axb3 28. dxc7 $18) 27. d6 Rf6 (27... Rd7
28. Be6 $18 (28. Bh6 $40)) (27... Rxf3 28. d7 $18 { Qd6+}) 28. Bg5 Qb7 (28...
Qd7 29. Qd5 $1 29... Qf7 (29... Rf7 30. Be7+ $1) 30. Bxf6 $18) 29. Bxf6 Bxf6
30. d7 Rd8 31. Qd6+ (31. Qh6+ $1) 1-0
[Event "URS-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1961.11.17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nc5 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nf5 g6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15.
Nh6 Ne6 16. Bg2 Bg7 17. Rxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Qf2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. e5
Bxe5 22. Re1 f6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qd4 Kf8 25. Rxe5 Qd8 26. Rf5+ gxf5 27. Qxh8+
Ke7 28. Qg7+ Ke6 29. gxf5+ 1-0
[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Qf2 Nfd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Bd3 13... Rxc3 $5 14.
bxc3 Qc7 15. Ne2 Be7 16. g5 O-O 17. h4 17... Na4 $1 {Kasparov improves on the
older game, white compromised queenside pawn structure offers great attacking
chances for black pieces.} (17... d5 18. h5 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Nc4 21.
Bc1 b4 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Rh3 {1-0 Zagrebelny,S-Lingnau,C/Berlin/1993/ (31)})
18. Bc1 $6 (18. h5 Ne5 19. h6 19... g6 $13) 18... Ne5 19. h5 19... d5 $1 20.
Qh2 (20. h6 g6 21. Qg3 Bd6 22. Qg2 22... Rc8 $17) 20... Bd6 21. Qh3 Nxd3 22.
cxd3 (22. Rxd3 $2 22... dxe4 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. h6 24... g6 $19) 22... b4 $1 (
22... Nxc3+ 23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24. Bb2 Qb4 25. g6 Be5 (25... dxe4 $2 26. h6 $1 26...
Be5 27. d4 $18) 26. d4 Bf4 27. gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qg4 28... Bh6 $13) 23. cxb4 (23.
c4 dxc4 24. h6 g6 25. dxc4 25... Rc8 $40) 23... Rc8 24. Ka1 (24. Qf1 dxe4 25.
fxe4 Qc2+ 26. Ka1 Be5+ 27. d4 Bxe4 28. Ba3 28... Bd5 $19) 24... dxe4 (24... Qc2
25. Rd2 Be5+ 26. d4 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 (27. Nxd4 $2 27... Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxc1#)
27... Qxe2 28. Qf1 28... Qc2 $13) (24... Bxb4 $5 25. Qh2 Qc2 26. Rde1 (26. g6
26... Nc3 $19) 26... Bxe1 27. Rxe1 27... Qxd3 $19) 25. fxe4 (25. dxe4 $2 25...
Be5+ 26. Nd4 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Qxc1+) 25... Bxe4 $1 {Even to an untrained eye it
becomes clear, that black is achieving success in the attack with much higher
speed than his opponent.} 26. g6 (26. dxe4 26... Be5+ $19) (26. Rhg1 Qc2 27.
Nd4 Be5 28. Qe3 28... Bd5 $19) 26... Bxh1 27. Qxh1 Bxb4 28. gxf7+ (28. gxh7+
28... Kh8 $19) 28... Kf8 (28... Qxf7 29. Bd2 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 30... Nb6 $19) 29.
Qg2 29... Rb8 $1 30. Bb2 (30. Bd2 Ba3 31. Bc1 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Qb6 33. Nc3 33...
Nxc3 $19) 30... Nxb2 31. Nd4 (31. Kxb2 Bd2+ 32. Ka1 32... Bc3+ $19) 31... Nxd1
$1 {The final combination is simple, but esthetically very pleasing.} 32. Nxe6+
Kxf7 (32... Kxf7 33. Qxg7+ (33. Nxc7 Bc3+) 33... Kxe6 34. Qxc7 (34. Qh6+ Kf5)
34... Bc3+ $19) 0-1
[Event "Teplitz Schoenau"]
[Site "Teplitz Schoenau"]
[Date "1922.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1922.10.02"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O Ne4
9. Qc2 Bd6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Rf6 12. Rfe1 Rh6 13. g3 Qf6 14. Bf1 g5 15. Rad1
g4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 Rxh2 18. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Re2 Qxg3 21. Nb1
Nh5 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Rf2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Bg3 25. Bc3 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 g3 27. Qg2 Rf8
28. Be1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 e5 30. Kg1 Bg4 31. Bxg3 Nxg3 32. Re1 Nf5 33. Qf2 Qg5 34.
dxe5 Bf3+ 35. Kf1 Ng3+ 0-1
[Event "Candidates playoff 1pl"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[PlyCount "63"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. Rb1 Qc5 19. Bd2 b6 20. Bb4 Qc7 21.
Rc1 Qb7 22. Qb1 Rab8 23. dxe6 Nc6 24. Bc3 Ne5 25. Bb5 Rbc8 26. Bxe5 Rxc1+ 27.
Qxc1 fxe5 28. Bd7 Qa6 29. Ng3 Qxa2 30. h4 Rf8 31. Qg5 Rf6 32. Qxf6 1-0
[Event "Moscow ch-city"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "106"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Nd7 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. b3 Re8 13. Be3 g6 14. c3 a5
15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Ne1 Ne6 18. Nd3 Nf4 19. f3 Ba6 20. c4 c5 21. Qd2
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Red8 23. Ne2 c6 24. Nc3 Bc7 25. Qc2 Rd4 26. Ne2 Bc8 27. Nxd4 cxd4
28. Bf2 c5 29. Rf1 f5 30. Bg3 Bd7 31. Rad1 f4 32. Bf2 g5 33. g4 fxg3 34. Bxg3
Bh3 35. Rf2 h5 36. Rfd2 h4 37. Bf2 Rf8 38. Rd3 Rf4 39. Kh1 Kh7 40. Rg1 Bd8 41.
Qe2 Qf7 42. Qd1 Qh5 43. Be3 Qxf3+ 44. Qxf3 Rxf3 45. Bxg5 Rxd3 46. Bxd8 Re3 47.
Bb6 Rxe4 48. Bxc5 Re2 49. Rd1 Bg4 50. h3 Bxh3 51. b4 Bf5 52. Bd6 d3 53. bxa5 h3
0-1
[Event "defence: exchange sacrifice to"]
[Site "defence: exchange sacrifice t"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reshevsky"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "Bronstein"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 c4 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Bh5 16. f3 Bg6 17. e4 Qd7 18. Rae1 dxe4 19. fxe4 Rfe8 20. Qf4 b5 21.
Bd1 Re7 22. Bg4 Qe8 23. e5 a5 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Rfe1 {# Black is under pressure.
He conceives a defensive blockade with a strong knight on d5 supported by a
pawn on e6. What pawn on e6? Watch...} 25... Re6 26. a4 Ne7 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28.
Qf1 Nd5 29. Rf3 29... Bd3 {# You could almost fancy Black here.} 30. Rxd3 cxd3
31. Qxd3 b4 32. cxb4 axb4 33. a5 Ra8 34. Ra1 Qc6 35. Bc1 Qc7 36. a6 Qb6 37. Bd2
b3 38. Qc4 h6 39. h3 b2 40. Rb1 Kh8 41. Be1 1/2-1/2
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker"]
[Black "Janowsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "04: Rook against Bishop or Knight"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2p4q/p1Pp1r2/1p1PpP1p/1P1n4/3R2PQ/P7/3R3K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
{A pawn and a strong Knight position for the Exchange A Knight in the middle
of the board protected by a pawn and out of range of any enemy pawn, is
stronger than a Bishop and nearly as strong as a Rook (Dr. Tarrasch). Here
Black can soon win the f-pawn, while the d-pawn is also a weakling. All this
combined outweighs the Exchange, as the sequence shows.} 1. Rf1 1... Qf7 {
Black's best policy is to keep the Queens on the board.} (1... Nxf5 2. Rdf3) (
1... Rxf5 2. Rxf5 Nxf5 (2... Qxf5 3. Qxf5 Nxf5 4. Rf3 Nd4 5. Rf6 5... Kg7 6.
Rxd6 cxd6 7. c7) 3. Rf3) 2. Qg2 $2 (2. Kh2 Qxd5 3. Qxh5) 2... Rxf5 3. Rxf5 Qxf5
4. Re3 {costs another pawn, but White has no good continuations} (4. Ra3 e4 5.
Rxa6 e3 6. Ra3 6... e2 $19) (4. Rd1 Nf3 5. Rf1 5... e4 $17) 4... Qb1+ 5. Kh2
Qxb4 6. g4 6... h4 {Black's program reads: push on with the Queenside pawns,
but don't let the opponent become active} 7. Kh3 (7. Rh3 Qe1) 7... Qc4 8. Qe4 (
8. Kxh4 8... Nf5+) 8... Kg7 9. Kxh4 9... Qf1 $1 {
Before he can bring the Queenside pawns forawrd Black must prevent Kg5.} 10. a3
(10. Kg5 Qf6+ 11. Kh5 Qh6#) 10... a5 11. Kg3 11... Qg1+ $1 {11... -- 12. Re1
Qc4 13. Rh1 $132} 12. Kh3 (12. Kh4 Qf2+ 13. Rg3 Ne2) 12... Qf2 {
Imobolizes the Rook} 13. g5 (13. Rc3 13... Ne2) (13. Re1 13... Nf3) 13... b4
14. axb4 axb4 15. Kg4 Qg1+ (15... b3 $142 16. Rh3 Qg1+ 17. Rg3 Qd1+ 18. Kh4 {
blocking the h-file}) 16. Kh5 Qh2+ 17. Kg4 b3 18. Re1 18... Qc2 19. Kh5 (19.
Qxc2 bxc2 20. Rc1 Kg6 21. Kh4 e4 22. Kg4 22... e3 $19) 19... Qxe4 20. Rxe4
20... Nc2 $1 {
Thanks to this fine move, Black ensures that his opponent cannot stop the pawn}
21. Rxe5 (21. Rh4 b2 22. Rh1 Na3) 21... b2 (21... dxe5 22. d6 b2 23. dxc7 b1=Q
24. c8=Q Qh1+ 25. Kg4 Ne3+ 26. Kg3 Qg2+ 27. Kh4 Qf2+ 28. Kh3 Qf3+ 29. Kh4 Ng2#)
22. Re7+ Kf8 23. Rxc7 b1=Q 24. Rc8+ Ke7 25. Rc7+ Kd8 26. Rd7+ Ke8 27. Rxd6 Nd4
0-1
[Event "Triberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Selesniev"]
[Black "Alekhine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "04: Rook against Bishop or Knight"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3rk1/2qnppb1/b2p2pp/p1pP4/P1P5/3B1NP1/2QBPP1P/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "109"]
{The Exchange counterbalanced by two positional advantages: two Bishops plus
protected passed pawns} 1... Rb4 $1 2. Bxb4 2... cxb4 {For the exchange Black
now has a whole string of advantages: a) A protected passed pawn b) Bishop
pair c) White weak a and c-pawn d) the c5 square According to Alekhine,
these advantages add up to more than the value of the Exchange} 3. Nd2 3... Nc5
$2 {An inexactitude, of which White makes excellent use} (3... Rc8 $142) 4. Nb3
{Black supposed this to be impossible because of the undefended a-pawn} 4...
Nd7 (4... Nxa4 5. Ra1 Nc5 6. Nxa5 Bxa1 7. Rxa1 7... Kg7 {7... -- 8. Bxg6 fxg6
9. Qxg6+} 8. Nc6 $16) (4... Rc8 5. Nxc5 Qxc5 6. Rfc1 Bc3 7. Qb3 Qd4 8. Rxc3
bxc3 9. Rc1 {White would have succeded in restoring the balance}) 5. c5 $1 {
This pawn was only obstructing the Bishop} 5... Bxd3 6. exd3 $1 6... dxc5 7.
Rfe1 (7. Qc4 Qd6 8. Nxa5 Ne5 9. Qb3 Ra8) 7... Ne5 8. Re3 (8. Qxc5 Nf3+ 9. Kf1 (
9. Kg2 Nxe1+ 10. Rxe1 Qxc5 (10... Rc8 11. Qxc7 Rxc7 12. Nxa5 Ra7 13. Nc6) 11.
Nxc5 Rc8 12. Nb3 {Euwe}) 9... Qxc5 10. Nxc5 Nd2+ 11. Kg2 Nxb1 12. Rxb1 12...
Rd8 $17 {Alekhine}) 8... Rc8 9. Rc1 Qd7 10. d4 Ng4 11. Re4 (11. dxc5 Nxe3 12.
fxe3 12... Qxa4) 11... c4 12. Nc5 (12. Nxa5 Qxd5 13. Nxc4 Rxc4 14. Qxc4 Qxe4
15. Qxb4 15... Bxd4 $19) 12... Qf5 13. Qe2 13... b3 $3 {
A decidedly unexpected advance} 14. Rxg4 (14. Qxg4 b2 15. Rb1 Qxg4 16. Rxg4 c3
17. Nd3 Rc4 18. Nxb2 Rb4 19. Re4 Kf8 20. Rc1 f5 21. Nd3 fxe4 22. Nxb4 axb4 23.
a5 Bxd4 24. a6 24... Kf7 $19 (24... b3 25. Rxc3 Bxc3 26. a7)) (14. Rf4 Qh5 15.
Rxg4 b2) 14... b2 15. Qxb2 Qxg4 16. Rxc4 {Apparently things have worked out
well enough for White. True, he has relinquished the Exchange, but he has teh
initiative on the Queenside, and rejoices in the possession of an extra pawn.}
16... h5 $1 {But this move reveals a different side to the picture. Black
opens a sharp attack on the King, and the sequel clearly shows that his
chances are to be preferred.} 17. Qc2 h4 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. f3 Qh5 20. Qe4 hxg3
21. hxg3 Qg5 22. Kg2 Qd2+ 23. Kh3 Bf6 24. Rc2 Qh6+ 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. g4 Rh8 27.
Kf2 Rb8 28. Ke2 Rb4 29. Rd2 Qh2+ 30. Ke3 Qg1+ 31. Ke2 Bxd4 32. Nd3 Rb1 33. Nc1
Bc3 34. Qxb1 Qg2+ 35. Kd3 Qxd2+ 36. Kc4 Qd4+ 37. Kb3 Ba1 38. Ka3 Qc5+ 39. Ka2
Bf6 40. g5 Qxd5+ 41. Nb3 Qxg5 42. Qe1 Qg2+ 43. Qd2 Qxf3 44. Qxa5 g5 45. Qe1 Qc3
46. Qxc3 Bxc3 47. a5 Bxa5 48. Nxa5 g4 49. Nc4 g3 50. Nd2 Kg6 51. Kb2 Kf5 52.
Nf3 Kf4 53. Ng1 Ke3 54. Kc2 Kf2 55. Nh3+ Kf1 0-1
[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Bronstein, David I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Bb2 a4 13. Rc1 c6 14. Ba1 axb3 15.
axb3 Qb6 16. h3 Nfd7 17. Rb1 Nf8 18. Kh2 h5 19. Re2 h4 20. Rd2 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxb3 23. Rxd6 Qxf2 24. Ra2 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxc3 26. Ra3 Bxh3 27.
Rxb3 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxc4 29. Rd4 Qe6 30. Rxb7 Ra8 31. Qe2 h3+ 0-1
[Event "WECU jamboree"]
[Site "Swindon"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Devon_Harry"]
[Black "Somerset"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B78"]
[PlyCount "37"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 {# White intends to deliver
the traditional chekmate mate by Bh6 h5 Bxg7 hxg6 Qh6, perhaps throwing in a
Rook sacrifice if Black plays ...Nxh5. This is probably mate in 7-8 moves, so
Black had better hurry with some distraction.} 12... Nc4 (12... h5 {
can be a hard nut to crack.}) 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 14... Qa5 {
# A very knowledgable opening from both players!} 15. h5 15... Rxc3 {A good ide
a as a rule, but it's better if you can double White's pawns. Often then you
don't need pawns in compensation because White's position is so weak.} (15...
Rfc8) 16. Qxc3 Qxa2 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qb3+ Qxb3 19. Nxb3 {
# One pawn is not enough for the exchange.} *
[Event "wcc"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian T"]
[Black "Spassky B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5 11. b3 Ng4 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nd1 b5 15. f3
e4 16. Bb2 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne5 19. Be2 f4 20. gxf4 Bh3 21. Ne3 Bxf1
22. Rxf1 Ng6 23. Bg4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Be6+ Rf7 26. Ne4 Qh4 27. Nxd6 Qg5+
28. Kh1 Raa7 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qh8+ 1-0
[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
1. d4 {Konikowski} 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5
7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 (11. Bd2 Qb8 12. g3 f5
13. Bd3 Bd6 14. O-O-O f4 15. Rhe1 Be5 16. Nd5 O-O 17. Bb4 Rf7 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19.
Nxc6 19... dxc6 {0,5/Polugaevsky,L-Arnason,J/Reykjavik/1987/}) 11... Qb8 $1 (
11... Bc5 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. O-O-O d6 16. f4 Rb8 17. Rhg1
e5 18. g4 Nd7 19. f5 Qa5 20. Be2 Rb7 21. Rxd6 Rfb8 22. Rgd1 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxb2
24. Kxb2 $16 {Bareev,E-Eingorn,V/URS-53ch Kiev/1986/}) (11... Bd6 $4 12. Qd1 {
1-0/Christiansen,L-Karpov,An/Wijk aan Zee/1993/}) 12. g3 (12. O-O-O {
Kramnik,V-Lutz,C/Dortmund (5)/1993/ (23)}) 12... f5 $1 (12... Be7 {
Cramling,P-Csom,I/Ter Apel (05)/1991/ (23)}) 13. O-O-O Nf6 14. Bd3 Qb7 15. f3
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 (17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. fxe4 (18. Qxe4 $2 18... Qxe4 19.
fxe4 19... Rc8 $17) 18... Be7 19. Rhf1 O-O-O (19... Rf8 $10 {Konikowski}) 20.
Rf7 20... Bf6 $10) 17... Bd6 18. Rhf1 Be5 19. Bf4 Qb8 20. Qe2 $2 (20. Bxe5)
20... O-O 21. Qh5 (21. Qe3 $8 {Konikowski}) 21... Rxf4 $1 (21... Bxf4+ 22. gxf4
g6 23. Qg4 $40) 22. gxf4 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. h3 25... a5 $6 (
25... d6 $1 {Be8-g6}) 26. b3 $2 (26. Rf3 $5 26... a4 27. Rdf1 Bf6 28. Rxf6 gxf6
29. Rxf6 $10) 26... d6 $1 27. Rd2 $2 (27. Rde1 Be8 28. Be2 Bg6 29. Bg4 Re8 30.
Ka2 (30. h4 h5 31. Bh3 31... Bf6 {xh4}) 30... h5 31. Be2 31... Kh7 $15) (27.
Kc2 $1 27... Be8 28. Rb1 Bg6 29. Kd2 Bd4 30. e5 Bxd3 31. Kxd3 Bxe5 32. Rbe1 $13
) 27... Be8 28. Kc2 Bg6 29. Rdf2 Rc8 30. Kd1 Bd4 31. Ra2 $2 (31. Rg2 $1 31...
Bc5 32. Ra2) 31... Rc5 32. Rg2 Rh5 33. Rf3 Be8 34. Kc2 g6 35. Be2 Re5 36. Bd3
Kg7 37. Rg4 g5 38. Rf1 (38. h4 38... Bh5 $1) 38... Bc5 39. Kb2 Bg6 40. h4 $2 (
40. Rg3 $1 $15 $142 {Konikowski}) 40... gxh4 41. Rxh4 Rg5 (41... d5 42. cxd5
exd5 43. Rff4 $15) 42. Rh2 Rg3 43. Bc2 Bd4+ 44. Kc1 44... a4 $2 (44... h5 {
Kh6-g5}) 45. bxa4 Rxa3 46. Kd2 Rg3 47. Bd3 Rg5 48. Rfh1 Be5 (48... Kf6 49. Rxh7
$1) 49. Rh3 Bd4 50. R3h2 Rg3 51. Rf1 Bf6 52. Rb1 Bg5+ 53. Kc2 Be3 54. Ra1 Bg1
55. Rd2 Kf6 56. a5 $6 (56. e5+ $1 56... Kxe5 (56... dxe5 57. Bxg6 hxg6 58. a5 {
Konikowski} 58... bxa5 59. Rxa5 g5 60. c5 Bd4 61. Rd3 $13 (61. Rd3 61... Rg2+
$13)) 57. Re1+ Be3 58. Bxg6 hxg6 59. Rd3 $10 (59. Rd3 Kf4 60. Rxd6 e5 61. Rf6+
Kg5 62. Rxe3 Rxe3 63. Rxb6 Ra3 64. Rb5 Kf4 65. a5 e4 66. c5 e3 67. c6 e2 68.
Kd2 Kf3 69. Re5 Ra2+ 70. Kd3 Rxa5 71. Re3+ Kf4 72. Rxe2 $10)) 56... bxa5 57.
Rxa5 $2 (57. e5+ $1) 57... Bc5 58. Ra1 $6 (58. e5+ Kxe5 59. Bxg6 59... hxg6 {
Konikowski} (59... hxg6 $17) 60. Re2+ Kf6 61. Ra8 g5 62. Rf8+ Ke7 63. Rg8 g4
64. Re4 Rg2+ 65. Kd3 g3 66. Reg4 Bf2 67. R4g7+ Kf6 68. Rg6+ $10) 58... Ke5 $19
59. Rf1 Bg1 60. Rdd1 Be3 61. Rf8 Rg2+ 62. Kb3 Rh2 63. Bb1 Bh5 64. Re1 Bf2 65.
Rf1 Bc5 66. Re1 Be2 67. Ba2 Rh3+ 68. Kb2 Ba3+ 69. Ka1 Bd3 70. Bb1 Bb4 71. Rc1
Bd2 72. Rd1 Bc3+ 73. Ka2 Bxc4+ 74. Ka3 Be2 0-1
[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bednarski, Jacek B"]
[Black "Lehmann, Heinz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. f4 Be7 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Rc8 13. Ng3 h5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
Qf3 Rxc3 16. Qxc3 h4 17. Ne2 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nxe4 19. Qh3 Ng5 20. Qg4 h3 21. Rg1
Ne4 22. Raf1 Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Qxg7 hxg2+ 25. Rxg2 Qxe2 26. Bxf7+ Kd8 27.
Qxh8+ Kc7 28. Qc8+ Kxc8 0-1