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 The Quickest Chess
Victories of All Time

An Encyclopaedia of Chess Opening

Disasters from 1575 to the Present Day

Graham Burgess

CADOGAN
chess
LONDON, NEW YORK
First published in 1998 by Cadogan Books pic,
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Copyright © 1998 Graham Burgess

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Contents

Symbols 4
Introduction 5

1 Flank Openings 7
Miscellaneous First Moves 7
R6ti Opening 13
English Opening 16

2 Miscellaneous Queen’s Pawn Openings 30

1 d4: Miscellaneous 30
Trompowsky Attack 33
1 d4 £lf6: Irregular Lines 34
1 d4 £lf6 2 4}f3 e6/b6: London, Torre and Other Systems • 34
1 d4 £if6 2 £)f3 g6: London, Torre and Other Systems 36
Queen’s Fianchetto Defence 37
Budapest Defence 37
Old Indian Defence 38
Benko Gambit 39
Snake Benoni 39
Modem Benoni 40
Dutch Defence 40

3 Semi-Open Games 45
1 e4 Miscellaneous 45
Owen’s Defence 45
Nimzowitsch Defence 46
Scandinavian Defence 48
Alekhine Defence 51
Modem Defence 60
Pirc Defence 62
Caro-Kann Defence 65
Sicilian Defence 74
French Defence 107

4 Open Games 123

1 e4 e5 Miscellaneous 123
Centre Game and Danish Gambit 123
Bishop’s Opening 125
Vienna Game and Vienna Gambit 125
4 The Quickest Chess Victories o f All Time

King’s Gambit 132

1 e4 e5 2 £rf3 Miscellaneous 149
Latvian Gambit 150
Philidor Defence 152
Petroff Defence 155
1 e4 e5 2 £lf3 £>c6: Miscellaneous and Scotch/Goring Gambits 157
Scotch Opening 158
Three Knights Game 160
Four Knights Game 161
Italian Game (Miscellaneous) 163
Evans Gambit 164
Giuoco Piano 164
Two Knights Defence 167
Ruy Lopez (Spanish) 172

5 Queen’s Gambit and Queen’s Pawn Game 188

Queen’s Pawn Game 188
Queen’s Gambit 197

6 Indian Defences 210

Griinfeld Defence 210
Catalan Opening 213
Miscellaneous Indian Systems and the Bogo-Indian 213
Queen’s Indian Defence 214
Nimzo-Indian Defence 216
King’s Indian Defence 219

Symbols
+ check qual qualifying event
++ double check 1-0 the game ends in a win for White
# checkmate 0-1 the game ends in a win for Black
X capture (n) nth match game
(D) see next diagram
Ch championship ,
Cht team championship n brilliant move
Wch world championship ! good move
Z zonal event !? interesting move
OL olympiad ?! dubious move
jr junior event ? bad move
worn women’s event ?? blunder
mem memorial event if a move appears with no such
rpd rapidplay game evaluation, this implies that the move
corn correspondence game is reasonable
Introduction

This book contains more than 2000 games that were won in 13 moves or less. As such
it provides a comprehensive guide to the most common and deadly pitfalls that exist in
the chess openings.
It is my hope that this book will prove exceptionally useful to a wide range of play­
ers - not just for the specific information it provides, but for the great wealth of tactical
patterns that are featured. Experts agree that a major factor in successful chess-playing
is the ability to recognize patterns. This not only helps the analytical process, but
prompts ideas to be considered that might not otherwise enter a player’s mind. On the
other side of the coin, many blunders, rather than being random ‘hallucinations’ or
‘blind spots’ can be explained by the relevant pattern not being recognized. The con­
clusion must be that increasing the number of patterns you recognize will mean an in­
crease in your chess-playing ability. This book not only provides hundreds of patterns
for combinations and traps but also patterns of blunders. Learning from the misfor­
tunes of others is the best way to avoid these errors. While working on this book I no­
ticed that the first time I saw a game where a player suffered a particular type of
disaster I might think that they had been a little unlucky, and that I might have fallen for
the same thing (on a bad day). Second time I saw the pattern, I would think that they
had been a bit careless, and should have seen it coming. Third and fourth time I would
groan, having anticipated the idea a move or two earlier. Thus, seeing the same idea a
few times changed it from being something I would not have seen in advance to being
an idea I recognized as an inherent possibility in certain types of position, an idea to be
taken into account (to some extent subconsciously) when planning and calculating. It
is this that I see as the main benefit of studying the material in this book. Many mis­
takes in the opening are based on missing some tactic a few moves ahead. While in
most cases a player notices in time, and can change course to avoid a total disaster, an
inappropriate move may already have been made. Therefore an ability to sense poten­
tial disasters from afar will improve the general level of your play in the openings.

How to use this book

1) Study all the games in openings that you play. This will help you avoid these pitfalls
and steer your opponents into them. It will also give you a feel for the main tactical de­
vices in your openings.
2) Dip into games from other openings, especially those with some similarities to the
openings you do play. This will increase your ability to recognize patterns for general
tactical themes in the early stages of the game, many of which have relevance in many
types of position.
3) For enjoyment. Many of these games are highly entertaining, and they all provide
some amusement. After a bad loss, you may also find some solace in the fact that oth­
ers, including strong grandmasters, have suffered even worse misfortunes.
6 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

For those browsing through the book for games of interest, the diagrams have been
chosen, in addition to reinforcing the aforementioned patterns, to highlight the most
dramatic moments. Here is my list of ten personal favourites:

Rudenko-Zubova (p. 18) O.Bemstein-Tartakower (p. 153)

Overath-Miinsch (p. 28) Spangenberg-Tkachiev (p. 163)
Kunin-Oksengoit (p. 118) Mayet-Anderssen (p. 178)
N.Pedersen-Karlsson (p. 120) Illescas-Sadler (p. 202)
Itze-Reinle (p. 146) Musolino-Porreca (p. 210)

How this book was w ritten

To obtain a truly representative selection of ‘micro-miniature’ games, I gathered mate­
rial from a wide variety of sources. Of printed sources, Neishtadt’s Catastrophe in the
Opening and Matsukevich’s series of ‘Club 13’ articles in Shakhmaty v SSSR proved
most useful. However, most of the data came from electronic sources. In addition to
ChessBase databases, and specialist databases I had maintained over the years, I down­
loaded game collections from CompuServe and Pittsburgh University. Of course, data
from such sources is notoriously unreliable, but having several versions of many
games often helped to weed out the erroneous ones. Each game had to pass a credibil­
ity check: if I didn’t believe the game had really happened as described, it was thrown
out. Each game was analysed in detail and checked against current opening theory. The
notes are very.concise (to keep the size of the book manageable), but I have aimed to
convey a lot of information by being rigorously logical with the allocation of question
marks. If a player’s moves have received no question marks, it is implied that he cannot
be seriously worse; if his moves have received one or two in total, then I am claiming
that his position is bad or lost (provided the opponent has not also made errors). By en­
suring that all moves that deserve question marks do actually receive them, it follows
that I am claiming that a move with no annotation is reasonable. Thus the sequence “ 1
e4f5? (I...e5; l...c5)” implies that after l...f5 Black is much worse, and that l...e5 and
l...c5 are viable alternatives, after which Black is not seriously worse (if at all).
The games are arranged by opening, approximately following the order of the ECO
codes. When games are given as notes inside another game, I have largely preserved
the actual move-order. While it is not worth making a point of mentioning trivial differ­
ences in move-order, it is significant if, e.g. a King’s Gambit has been reached from a
standard move-order or via a From Gambit. One may find that only those who have
been ‘move-ordered’ into a line tend to fall into a particular trap, and giving a doctored
move-order would then give a false impression.

I wish you luck in your chess battles, and hope that if any of your games end up in a
future edition of this book, they are wins and not losses. If so, the main aim of this book
will have been achieved.

Graham Burgess
Bristol, June 1998
1 Flank Openings

Miscellaneous First Dunst/MeStrovic/Ekebjaerg

Opening: 1 « кЗ
Moves
H.Rost - J.Roscher
C.Dantas - Z.Zhang corr. 1989
Bratislava U-16 Wch 1993 I« k 3 f5
1 d3 1.. .d5 2 e4 dxe4 3 «ixe4 e5 4 Д с4
1 e3 «М6 2 b3 g 6 3 ДЬ2 k g l 4 f4 d5 5Де7?? 5 Wh5 «М16 6 d3 1-0 G.van Geet-
«М3 c5 6 Де2 £lc 6 7 0-0 0-0 8 «ie5 d4!? O.Sande, corr. 1982.
9 «)xc 6 bxc 6 10 Д О £sd5!? 11 Wei? 1.. .e5 2 «М3 « к б 3 d4 exd4 4 «ixd4
Даб! 12 Де2?? Дхе2 13 Wxe2 d3 0-1 Wf6? (Black treats the position as though
P.Pint-Ju.Horvath, Zalakaros 1994. it were a Scotch, 1 e4 e5 2 «М3 « к б 3 d4
1.. .d5 2 g3 «М6 3 Дй2 сб 4 «id 2 e5 5exd4 4 «ixd4, when 4...'S,f6 is OK; how­
e4 Д ё б 6 £te2 0-0 7 0-0 « ia 6 8 & h l ever, there is a major problem for Black
Wb6 9 exd5 cx d 5 10 «ib3 h 6 11 Д еЗ d4 here) 5 £>db5 Wd8 6 A f4 d 6 7 « k 5 1-0
12 Д ё2 A.Tilstra-E.Faber, Leeuwarden 1992.
White has played the opening mind­ 1.. .C5 2 «М3 g 6 3 b3 Д g7 4 ДЬ2 d 6 5
lessly, and doesn’t even have a threat еЗ аб 6 Д е 2 « к б 7 0-0 «)h 6 8 d4 cxd4 9
here... « к 5 ? Wa5 10 ® xd4? Wxd5 11 «М5
12.. .Д ё7?? W xdl 12 £>xg7+ * f 8 13 S ax d l f 6 0-1
...but Black gives him one! C.Frick-V.Epishin, Nimes 1991.
13 Д а5 1-0 2 e4!? fxe4 3 d3 exd3?! 4 Д xdЗ (D)

Grob: 1 g4

P.Elger - M.Kurth
Kassel 1994
1 g4 d5 2 Д g2 Дxg4?! 3 c4 «М6
3.. .Де6? 4 Wb3 «Мб 5 Wxb7 « М 7 6
« к З (6 cxd5) 6...Bb 8 7 Wxa7 c 6 8 cxd5
cxd5 9 d4?! Wc8 10 «М3?? S a 8 11 «Л5
fixa7 12 £lxa7 Wa6 0-1 I.Grishaev-
O.Bezukladov, Moscow Alekhine mem
1996.
4 Wb3 Wc8 5 «)сЗ c6 6 cxd5 «ixd5??
7 « k d 5 Деб? A reversed From Gambit - treacher­
7.. .cxd5 8 Дх05 « к б 9 Axf7+. ous for Black.
8 Wa4! b5 9 Wc2 1-0 4...«M6 5 g4 g6 6 g5 «)h5 7 « k 4
9.. .cxd5 10 Wxc8+ Д х с 8 11 Дxd5. 7 «)ge2 is more logical.
8 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
7.. .d5 8 4t)g3 £lxg3 9 hxg3 Jtg7?
9.. .Ш б.
10 2xh7 0-0??
10.. .Ш6.
11 &xg6 « d6 12 Ш 5 We6+ 13 ДеЗ
1-0
Benko Opening: 1 g3
K.Kunze - A.Kovaliov
German Cup 1991
1 g3 e5
1.. .d5 2 ± g 2 :
a) 2...c6 3 c4 e6 4 Wc2 f5 5 £if3 £lf6
6 0-0 i.d 6 7 d3 0-0 8 £sc3 dxc4?! 9 dxc4
e5?! 10 e4! <йхе4 11 £\xe4 fxe4 12 €)g5
Дс7?? 13 Дхе4 1-0 M.Schwarz-A.Kleff,
Dresden 1994.13...g6 14 Axg6 or 13...h6
14 i.d5+ .
b) 2...c5 3 d3 e5 4 &c3 Деб 5 e4 d4 6
Zhce.2 Zhc6 7 f4 f6 8 £sf3 * d 7 9 0-0 0-0-0
10 fxe5 £)xe5 11 £lf4 M lV . 12 £)xe5
fxe5 13 JLh3 1-0 L.Beszterczey-B.Preis,
Zalakaros 1994.
2±g2
2 d4 exd4 3 £lf3 d5 4 £ixd4 £lf6 5
Д g2 Д е7 6 0-0 0-0 7 £ic3 c5 8 £>b3 d4 9
£la4 £)a6 10 еЗ ?? Ш 7 0-1 A.Moffat-
T.Manouck, Bermuda 1998.
2.. .d5 3 c4 d4 4 еЗ?!
Taking on d4 turns out to be a bad idea,
so White should content himself with 4 d3. 9 £)e6+ also picks up the queen; 8 . . . ^ 8
4.. .£>c6 5 exd4? ®xd4 6 Дхс6+ bxc6 9 ШЬЗн- mates) 9 £le6 the queen is
7 We2 jLg4 8 We3?!
8 f3 Деб; 8 £tf3 i.x f3 9 Wxf3 Wxc4
10 <2)c3 was White’s best chance.
8.. .Wxc4 9 Шхе5+??
9 £lc3 keeps White in the game.
9.. .<&d7 0-1
...Se8 follows.
Sokolsky Opening: 1 b4
M.Vokac - P.Bazant
Czech Ch (Tumov) 1996
1 b4 d5
1...e6 2 ДЬ2 £>f6 3 аЗ Д е7 4 еЗ 0-0 5
£.d3 h6 6 £>f3 b6 7 g4!? ДЬ7?! (or
7...£lxg4 8 S g l) 8 g5 hxg5 9 £)xg5!!
Д хЫ (this allows a forced mate) 10
i.x f6 g6 11 Wh5! 1-0 Chemyshov-Les,
Khabarovsk 1970.
2 ДЬ2 £>d7
2...Ш6 3 a3 e5 4 £tf3 ®d7 5 e3 Д е7 6
c4 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5 8 4ic3 JLf6?? 9 ®b5
WbS 10 S c l Ad8 11 Hxc8! l-0A .Sok-
olsky-Krupsky, Belorussian Ch 1960.
3 £)f3 ®gf6 4 e3 g6 5 c4 dxc4 6 Дхс4
(D)
When White has opened 1 b4, Black
tends not to expect instant tactics; how­
ever, care is needed in any position.
6.. .1.g7?? 7 JLxf7+! 1-0
After 7...*xf7 8 £>g5+ * e 8 (8...*f8
trapped.
Katalymov - Ilivitsky
Frunze 1959
1 b4 e5 2 Д Ь2 f6 3 e4 ДхЬ4
This allows White dangerous play.
3...d5 is safer.
4 Д с4 <йе7
4.. M el; 4...£)c6.
5 Ш 5+ £ig6
5.. .g6 6 Wh4 (6 Wh6!? is quite
attractive) 6...d5 (6...£lec6) 7 exd5 # d 6
8 £se2 0-0 9 0-0 g5 10 % 3 Ь5?! 11
 Flank Openings 9

ДхЬ5 # x d 5 12 £>bc3 * x d 2 ? 13 i.d 3 & fl £ x b 2 12 Wxb2 i.g 5 13 £ibc3 i.f6

1-0 Brinkmann-Trokenheim, corr. 1990.
13...Hd8 1 4 i.e 4 a n d H a d l.
6 f4 exf4 7 a3 d5 8 J.xd5 c6 9 ДЬЗ 4..
®a5 10 e5!? (D)
0-1 Drefke-Rosner, corr. 1989.
4.. .0.0
.$2c6 5 f4 d5 6 £ f 3 Ше7 7 Де2
Ag4 8 сЗ Д х О ? 9 Axf3 $3xe5? 10 fxe5
®xe5 11 Ша4+ 1-0 Schiffler-Krechmar,
Olsnitz 1951. A horrible game, but it does
show a recurring tactical theme in this
line of the Sokolsky: the exposure of the
bishop on b4.
5 аЗ Де7 6 c4 d5 7 cxd5 £ixd5 8 Дс4
c5 9 £>f3 £lc6 10 ДЬ2 Деб 11 Шс2

With a sneaky threat.

10.. .Де7??
10.. .Дс5 would keep Black alive,15...£lxd3+.
based on the point 11 exf6?? JLf2+.
11 £ f7 + 1-0
11.. .6 .8 12 i.x g 6 or ll...* x f 7 12
e6+.
Freeling - Hornstein
corr. 1975
1 b4 e5 2 ДЬ2 ДхЬ4 3 Дхе5
3 f4!? exf4 4 i.x g 7 Wh4+ 5 g3 fxg3 6
i.g 2! gxh2+ 7 * f l h x g l« + 8 &xgl tT 4
9 i.x h 8 f6? 10 e3 Wf5 11 Ш 5+ ®xh5
12 Sxh5 1-0 Grosch-Grabenhorst, Hal-
berstadt 1987.
3.. .£)f6 4e3
4 c4 0-0:
a) 5 $3f3 $3c6 6 ДЬ2 d5 7 cxd5 Wxd5
8 i.xf6?! gxf6 9 £>c3 Wa5 10 ®c2?! £.f5
11 £ie4?! Sad8 12 £>xf6+?! &h8 13
Wb2 Sxd2! 0-1 Klarius-Nyberg, corr.
1983. 14 £>xd2 Д сЗ 15 * c l Hd8.
b) 5 e3 d5 6 cxd5 ^ x d 5 7 Дс4? He8
(7...£)xe3!! 8 fxe3 Wh4+ wins a pawn) 8
ДЬ2? £>xe3! 9 #b 3 ?? (9 i.x f7 + * x f7 10
fxe3 Hxe3+ 11 $3e2 limps on) 9...£)xc4+
(Black could have mated by 9,..J.xd2+!
10 <5)xd2 £ixc4+) 10 *he2 i.x d 2 + 11
12 d3?
12 Де2.
12.. .‘5idb4! 0-1
13 axb4 (13 Ш 2 Д хс4) 13...£ixb4 14
Wd2 Д хс4 15 ДхГб (15 dxc4 £)d3+)
Nimzowitsch/Larsen Attack: 1 b3
J.Bellon - P.Benko
Palma de Mallorca 1971
1 b3 e5
1.. .d5 2 d4 £lf6 3 $362 e5 4 dxe5 <^g4
5 h3?? $3e3 6 fxe3 Wh4+ 7 g3 ®xg3#
0-1 A.Gibaud-F.Lazard, Paris. This is
one version of a famous game that may or
may not ever have happened.
1.. .£lf6 2 ДЬ2 and now:
a) 2...d5 3 еЗ еб 4 f4 g6 5 g4?! Д g7 6
Де2?? £lxg4! 0-1 D.Johansen-V.Budde,
Wuppertal 1986. 7 Д Ь5+ сб 8 Дxg7
t h 4 + 9 Фе2 Hg8 will leave Black a solid
pawn up - still, White could have played
on.
b) 2...d6 3 ДхГб gxf6 4 c4 ^ с б 5
®c3 Д g7 6 g3 Af5 7 Д g2 «У7 8 &d5
$3d4 9 $ЗеЗ ДЬ6 10 £>xf5 ®xf5 11 S c l
0-0-0?? (Black has been making the run­
ning so far and forgets that White can
have some tactics too) 12 ДЬЗ (a sober­
ing move) 1-0 M.Sonora-C.Sobrero, Villa
Ballester 1992.
10 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
c) 2...g6 3 i.x f6 exf6 4 h4? f5 5 d4 3£\f3:
JLg7 6 h5? c5 7 e3 f4 8 exf4 £ic6 9 4lf3
d5 10 We2+ * f 8 11 £>bd2 i.g 4 12 h6
J.xd4 13 0-0-0 £ft>4 0-1 J.P.Dominguez-
J.Femandez Garcia, Las Palmas 1989.
2 ± b 2 d 6 3d4
3 e3 £if6 4 £tf3 i.g 4 5 i.e 2 £\bd7 6£ie7 7 d3 <£)f5 8 i.b 2 i.b 4 + 9 c3 i.d 6 10
с4?! c6 (6...e4) 7 £)c3?! e4 8 &d4 &xe2
9 Wxe2 ®e5 (now the knight coming into
d3 will cause White some problems) 10
f4?? £sd3+ 0-1 H.Souroulis-H.Skiadas,
1кзпэ 1992
3.. .exd4 4 Wxd4 <йс6 5 Wd2 £sf6 *6 d l i.g4+ ; 15 &d2 &f4+) 15...i.g4.
£ic3 d5 7 еЗ?!
7 0-0-0.
7.. .£.b4 8 ±Ь5?!
8 i.d 3 .
8.. .0.0 9 0-0-0? (D)
9 a3? £ie4 1 0 * d 3 t f 6 .
9 £ige2 £ie4 10 Wd3 i.f5 .
9 i.x c 6 bxc6 10 &ge2 (10 аЗ £)e4 11
Wd4 c5 12 Wd3 Wf6) 10...£le4 and now:
a) 11 Wd3 can be met by 11...JLf5 or
ll...a3.
b) 11 Wd4 c5 12 We5 Де8 13 Wf4 d4
14 0-0-0 might survive for White.
9.. .£)e4! 10 Wei
10 Wxd5 i.xc3.
10.. .d4! 11 £.xc6 £ixc3 0-1
Niemand - Mayr
corr. 1990
1 b3 e5 2 JLb2 £ic6 3 e3
a) 3...d6 4 d4 e4 5 d5 exf3 6 dxc6
bxc6 7 gxf3 £lf6 8 Wd4 £.f5 9 e4 i.g 6 10
£>d2 i.e 7 ? 11 Wa4! Wd7?? 12 i.h3! 1-0
Hansen-Bergfalk, corr. 1990.
b) 3...e44£ld4£ixd45JLxd4d5 6e3
dxe4 dxe4 11 Wd5?! (a suspect pawn-
grab) 11...0-0(ll...£ixe3?? 12 Wxe4+) 12
Wxe4 He8 13 Wc2?? (13 Wf3) 13...<5)xe3!
0-1 Boogaard-Lambers, corr. 1986. 14
fxe3 Sxe3+ 15 ± c2 (15 &f2 i.c 5 ; 15
3.. .d5
3.. .d6 4 Ab5 i.d 7 5 £>e2 a6 6 i.x c6
i.x c 6 7 0-0 Wg5 8 <5)g3 h5 (White’s
rather passive play has allowed Black a
promising position) 9 f4 Wg6 10 Sf2 h4
11 £>fl £\f6 12 d4? h3 13 f5?! Wg5 (the
white kingside is collapsing) 0-1 M.Mu-
noz Muriel-X.Mateu, Spanish Cht (Ога­
рева del Mar) 1996.
4 k b 5 i.d 6
4.. .f6 5 £if3 i.d 6 6 c4 dxc4 7 J.xc4
£\ge7 8 £)c3 £)a5 9 ± e 2 0-0 10 d4 exd4
11 &xd4 a6 12 0-0 £>f5?? 13 &xf5 1-0
S.Emst-M.van Wissen, Enschede 1996.
5f4
5 c4 dxc4 6 bxc4 i.d 7 7 £if3 We7 (this
is a main-line position, such as there are
any in the Nimzowitsch/Larsen Attack,
given as satisfactory for Black in the 3rd
edition of ECO A; however, White’s next
move is not mentioned) 8 Дхсб!? Jixc6
9 c5! J.xc5 10£>xe5 l.x g 2 ? 11 S g l i.d 6
12 Wa4+ c6 13 £lc4! 1-0 Llao-Palacios,
corr. 1989.
5.. .f6
5.. .Wh4+ 6 g3 We7 7 £k3?! (7 £if3)
7...£sf6 8 £sge2 (White has abandoned
the battle for the central dark squares,
and now only has kingside weaknesses to
show for his opening strategy) 8 ... JLg4 9
0-0 0-0 10 Wei?! d4 11 exd4? exd4 12
£ \d l i.c 5 (12...Sfe8 wins) 13 d3?? Wxe2
0-1 Pastoreli-Malara, Paris 1994.
 Flank Openings 11

6 *Ъ5+ g6 7 * h 4 exf4 (D) b) 2£>f3:

b l) 2 ..M 6 3 g3 c5 4 i.g 2 £)c6 5 0-0
h5 6 d3 i.g 4 7 £ic3 i.x f3 8 £.xf3 e6 9 e4
d4 10 e5?? dxc3 11 exf6 # d 4 + 12 Фg2
cxb213 fxg7 ЬхаШ 0-1 Cockcroft-Juhe,
Whitby 1968.
Ь2) 2...C5 3 e3 £>f6 4 ЬЗ e6 5 ± b 2
i.e 7 6 i.b 5 + i.d 7 7 i.xd7+ <£bxd7 8 d3
a6 9 &bd2 0-0 10 We2 Ь5 11 c4 # b 6 12
e4 d4 13 h3?? £ih5 0-1 J.Krafzig-W.Steg-
lich, Baden-Baden seniors 1990.
2 fxe5 d6
2.. .£ ic6 3 £>f3:
a) 3...d6 4 exd6 Axd6 - see 2...d6 3
8£if3!? exd6 JLxd6 4 £sf3 £)c6.
8 exf4 ФГ7 9 £sf3 &ce7 10 &e5+ b) 3 ...g 5 4 d 4 ?!g 4 5 ^ g 5 (5 d 5 g x f3 6
itg l 11 £)g4 ®f5 12 Wf2 was assessed dxc6 # h 4 + 1 g3 We4) 5...d6 6 exd6
by Larsen as unclear. W xd61 сЗ Wgb 8 «fd3 (8 d5) 8...i.f5 9
8.. .* f7 e4 M l 10 h3? (10 d5 <йе5 11 * g 3 М б
8.. .fxe3 is more critical. 12 i.f 4 «Т6!) 10...f6 11 d5 £ie5 12 « g 3
9 0-0 *Ske7 M 6 0-1 Van Bommel-G.Welling, corr.
Black is hoping to transpose back to 1983.
known territory (note to White’s 8th 3exd6±xd64£)f3£> f6
move) after 10 exf4, but there is a sur­ 4.. .£lh6 5 d4 £ig4 6 £.g5?! f6 7 i.h 4
prise in store for him. M 5 8 ®d2 Ше7 9 £ic3? £ie3 10 ФТ2 i.f4
10 g4!? fxg3? 11 £>g5+! * g 7 12 11 Ф gl ^.h6 0-1 K.Stummer-H.Wittels-
Ixf6!! 1-0 berger, Wiesbaden 1992.
12.. .6 .f 6 13 £>e6+. 4.. .1.g4?! 5 еЗ «Т6 6 £>c3 £ se7 7 £ e 4
jLxf3?? 8 £sxf6+ 1-0 Z.Vargyas-F.Veg-
Bird Opening: 1 f4 vari, Hungarian Cht 1993/4.
4.. .£c6:
A.Mueske - S.Sina a) 5 еЗ?! (5 d4) 5...g5 6 g3 h5 7 W ei
Eppingen 1988 ±g4 8 i.g 2 h4 9 «Т2 h3 10 i . f l Bh6! 11
1 f4 e5 М 2 2 f6 12 0-0 £ e 5 0-1 A.Andersson-
1.. .£sf6 2 £)f3 g6 3 e3 i.g 7 4 d4 0-0P.Jaatinen,
5 corr. 1975. White can play on
£sbd2 d5 6 JLd3 c5 7 сЗ W cl 8 0-0 by giving up his queen: 13 £)xe5 Sxf2 14
cxd4?! 9 exd4!? (an interesting pawn Sxf2 M e 2 15 £ x f7 .
sacrifice) 9 ...« rxf4?! 10 £>e5 We3+ 11 b) 5 e4 g5 6 jLb5 g4 7 JLxc6+?! (7
ФЫ i.g 4 ?? 12 £)df3 1-0 H.Brown- £ d 4 ) 7...bxc6 8 e5? gxf3 9 exd6 Wh4+
Friedman, London 1989. 10 Ф й fxg2+ 11 Фxg2 i.h 3 + 12 Ф gl
1.. .d5: tfd 4 # 0 -l Krauthauser-M.Hermann, Sie-
a) 2 b3 c5 3 e3 £)f6 4 £>f3 e6 5 ± b 2 gen 1934.
М б 6 i d 3 0-0 7 £le5 <£ie4 8 JLxe4 dxe4 5e3
9 Wh5 g6? 10 Wh6 £М7?? 11 £ю6 bxc6 5 d3 £sg4! 6 сЗ c6 7 WaA 0-0 8 £ a 3
12 W gl# 1-0 D.Spearman-D.McNickle, He8 9 i.f4 ? b5 10 WdA ± x f4 11 « x f4
corr. CompuServe 1993. Wxd3 (Black is already much better) 12
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h3 ШеЗ 13 Wg3? £ e 5 ! 0-1 Lungmuss- b) 5 e4? g4:

U.Faure, corr. 1961. bl) 6 £id4 Wh4+ 7 Фе2 g3 8 d3??
5 £)c3?!: Wxh2! 9 Hxh2 gxh2 0-1 Glicksteen-
a) 5...0-0 6 e4? (6 e3) 6...Se8 7 d3 E.Lawrence, Columbus 1971.
£)g4 8 !.e 2 £ixh2 9 &xh2? i.g 3 + 10 b2) 6 e5 gxf3 7 exd6 l fh4+ 8 g3
**fl * d 4 0-1 P.Lang-H.Multhopp, Phila­ «Ы + 9 * f2 ®d4+ 10 Фе1 f2+ 11 Фе2
delphia 1995. .&g4# 0-1 NN-M.Bier, Vienna 1905.
b) 5...£lg4 6 £)e4 £lxh2 7 £lxd6+? (7 5...g4 (D)
d3) 7...#xd6 8 * f2 ? £ g 4 + 9 * g l £>e3!
0-1 L.Tavares da Silva-H.van Riemsdijk,
Sao Paulo 1991.
5.. .1.g4 6We2 0-0 7 £кЗ?!
7d3.
7.. .5 .8 8 g3?! <5k6 9 ± g 2 £b 4! 10
m i
Not 10 d3? £ х е З 11 JLxe3 ПхеЗ.
10.. .1.f5! 11 £ld4 ±xg3+ 12 ФП?
12 hxg3 'ffxd4 13 0-0 is good for
Black, but the game continues.
12.. .£ixc2! 13 £ixc2?
13 hxg3.
13.. .£.d3+ 0-1 6 £ig5?!
14 * g l i.f2 # or 14 £ se2 # f6 + 15 6 £\e5 i.xe5 7 dxe5 i.f5? (7...'§xdl+
Фgl Wf2#. 8 Фxdl £>c6) 8 Шхй8+ Фxd8 9 i.g5+
£)e7 10 £>c3 1-0 H.Danielsen-J.Askgaard,
Eliascheff - Molnar K0ge 1997.
Paris 1948 6.. №e7
I f4 e5 2 fxe5 d6 3 exd6 ±xd6 4 £ f3 6.. .f5! is better - see previous game.
g5 5 d4 g4 6 £)g5?! f5 7 e4 ± e7 7 Шй3 £ f6 8 h3 £sc6 9 c3 gxh3 10
7.. £>xh3 £)e4 11 <£f2?? (D)
.h6! 8 e5 k e l 9 £>h3 gxh3 10 Ш5+
*&f8 11 JLc4 Sh7 is very good for Black. U±f4.
8 £sh3! gxh3 9 Wh5+ ФГ8 10 ±c4
®e8??
10.. .1 .b 4 + llc 3 « e 7 .
II ®Ъ6+ £ixh6 12 ±xh6# 1-0

C.Schroeder - Ward
corr. 1967
1 f4 e5 2 fxe5 d6 3 exd6 ±xd6 4 £ f3
g5 5 d4
a) 5 c3? g4 6 ®a4+ £ic6 7 £>d4
®Ог4+8Ф01 g3!:
a l) 9 b3?? ШхЬг! 0-1 Bird and Do-
bell-Gunsberg and Locock, Hastings 1897.
a2) 9 b4?? *xh2! 0-1 Linder-Joppen,
Schussenried 1950. 0-1
 Flank Openings
Reti Opening: 1
F.Malano - C.Dorighet
Robecchetto con Induno 1997
1 £)f3 f5
a) I...b6 2 c 4 i.b 7 3 b 3 f6 ? !4 & c 3 e 5
5 e3 i.b 4 6 i.b 2 £ie7?! 7 Шс2 £ibc6 8
£ e 4 d5?! 9 cxd5 Wxd5 (9.. ,£>xd5) 10 a3!
£.d6? 11 i.c 4 £id4 12 £ixd6+ 1-0
K.Spraggett-L.Day, Canadian Ch (Ot­
tawa) 1984.
b) l...d6 2 c4 i.g 4 3 # b 3 # c 8 4 h3
Ah5?? 5 Wb5+ 1-0 A.Schmitt-Pfibyl, Al-
tensteig 1990.
c) l...g6 2 e4 c6 3 £sc3 d5 4 exd5
cxd5 5 JLb5+ £)c6 6 0-0 a6 7 J.a4 JLg4 8
h3 £.xf3 9 * x f3 e6 10 fie l i.e 7 11 £le2
b5?? 12 ®c3 1-0 M.Thinius-M.van Gils,
Berlin 1993. 12...£le5 13 Wxe5 ± f6 will
leave Black a pawn down.
d) l...e6 2 g3 and now:
d l) 2...d5 3 i.g 2 b6 4 c4 l b 7 5 cxd5
exd5 6 0-0 £ f 6 1 £>c3 d4? 8 Wa4+ £ic6?
9 £ x d 4 £id7 10 £)xc6 ® f6 11 d4 i.d 6
12 £ e 5 0-0-0 13 i.x b 7 + 1-0 H.Tsang-
P.Lebrun, Erevan OL 1996.
d2) 2...f5 3 JLg2 £if6 4 0-0 d5?! 5 d3
i.d6?! 6 £ c 3 0-0 7 e4! fxe4 8 dxe4 dxe4
9 £)g5 £)c6 10 £icxe4 e5? 11 £)xf6+
gxf6 12 £ x h 7 ! 1-0 R.McKay-P.Giulian,
Scottish Ch 1988. 12...&xh7 13 ®h5+
tf?g7 14 A h6+ forces mate; 12...Sf7 13
Ad5 with Wh5 coming next.
2d3
a) 2g3:
al) 2...£sf6 3 i.g 2 e6 4 0-0 ±e7 5 b3
0-0 6 £.Ь2 £ c 6 7 d3 d6 8 c4 Ше8 9 £ic3
l d 8 10 Wd2 Wh5 11 e4?! e5 12 Hael f4
13 ФЬ1?? Jig4 0-1 M.Euwe-A.Muhring,
Hilversum 1947.
a2) 2...d6 3 i.g 2 g6 4 0-0 <£f6 5 c4
i.g 7 6 £ic3 0-0 7 b4 a5 8 i.a3 ?? axb4 9
■&xb4 c5 0-1 A.Bangiev-V.Malaniuk, Sim­
feropol 1984.
b) 2e4:
13
b l) 2...d6 3 exf5 i.x f5 4 £ h 4 Ш 7 5
£ixf5 Wxf5 6 d4 £if6 7 i.d 3 Wg4 8
Wxg4 £ixg4 9 0-0 g6 10<£c3 i.h 6 11 £*15
£sd7?? 12 Л е2 1-0 R.Jackson-P. Wilson,
Manila OL 1992.
b2) 2...fxe4 3 £ g 5 d5 4 d3 and now:
b21) 4...exd3? (a reversed From Gam­
bit is a bad idea for Black) 5 ^ x d 3 £if6?
(5...g6) 6 £ixh7 (6 Jtxh7 is also good for
White) 6...£sxh7?? 7 i.g 6 + * d 7 8 #xd5#
1-0 Haberditz-Hysek, Vienna 1938.
b22) 4...e3 5 fxe3?! e5 6 e4 £if6 7
Ше2?! 1 x 5 8 £>сЗ 0-0 9 i.d2?! i.g 4 10
£lf3 £ic6 11 h3? £ d 4 12 Ш 1 i.x f3 13
gxf3 £ x e 4 0-1 A.Herrera-G.del Rio Sal­
vador, Linares open 1995.
Ь23) 4...Ш 6 5 £ic3 h6 6 £lb5 # c 6 7
dxe4 hxg5 8 exd5 Wd7 9 jLxg5 a6 10
«ТЗ?? (10 £ c 3 e5 11 Ad3 gives White
reasonable compensation) 10...axb5 11
JLd3 £lf6 12 i.g 6 + &d8 (perhaps White
now realized that he had sacrificed more
than he’d intended) 0-1 J.P.Schmidt-
L.Czech, Domigheim 1994.
2.. .£tf6?!
2.. .d6 3 e4 e5 is solid for Black.
3 e4!? (D)
3...fxe4 4 dxe4 (4 £sg5 transposes to
lines normally reached via 2 e4, but the
immediate capture on e4 looks even better)
4...£xe4 (this is risky, but Black’s choice
was already not easy) 5 JLd3 £\f6 6 £ g 5
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d5? 7 <йхЬ7 £>xh7? 8 i.g 6 + &d7 9

®xd5# 1-0 Schlenker-Schossler, Tubin­
gen 1978.
4® c3
4 e5!? is more logical.
4.. .g6?!
4.. .e5 blocks White’s next.
5 e5 <2^g4
5.. .dxe5 6 £lxe5 isn’t pretty for Black,
but isn’t too bad either.
6 Wei Sk6 7 d4 dxe5
7.. .£.g7 8 h3 £>h6 9 exd6 cxd6 10 d5.
8 dxe5 a6?? 9 h3 ^ h6 10 i.xh6! 1-0
It’s a disaster on the d-file: 10...itx h 6
11 S d l M l 12 e6.
V.Loginov - K.Sakaev
St Petersburg Ch 1996
1 £T3 £)f6 2 g3 b5
2.. .g6 3 b4 i.g 7 4 i.b 2 d5 5 i.g 2 0-0 6 10.. .£ie5 11 * c3
0-0 c6 7 d3 a5 8 a3 axb4 9 axb4 S x al 10
JLxal Ш 6 ?? 11 Д е5 1-0 Z.Veliikovic-
B.Meyer, Nuremberg 1989.
2.. .c5 3 J.g2 d6 4 d4 cxd4 5 £sxd4 e5 6
£>b3 S)c6 7 i.g 5 Д еб 8 £ic3 M l 9 0-0
&d7? 10 M e l Wxel? (Ю...Фхе7 is hor­
rible, but saves the pawn for now) 11 £sb5
0-0 12 Wxde Wg5 13 £\c7 1-0 J.Smej-
kal-S.Goregliad, New York Open 1988.
2.. .e6 3 Д g2 M l 4 b3 0-0 5 ДЬ2 c5 6£ibd2 £>gf6 6 h3 M S 1 g4 i.g 6 8 £\h4
c4 £>c6 7 0-0 b6 8 d4 ДЬ7? 9 d5 exd5 10
cxd5 £)d4? 11 £sxd4 cxd412 d6 1-0 E.Bo-
mert-G.Wahlig, Hessen qual 1992.
2.. .b6 3 Д g2 M l 4 0-0 c5 5 d3 d5 6£lbd7 6 0-0 М б 7 d3 0-0 8 £ibd2 h6 9
£>bd2 e6 7 e4 dxe4 8 dxe4 £>xe4??
(falling into a known trap) 9 £)e5 <£ixd2
(or 9...Ш14 10 £lxe4) 10 ДхЬ7 £>dl
(1 0 ...ft7 11 Д х а 8 £ к П 1 2 « x fl Wxe5
13 JLf4) 11 Д сб £)xfl 12 M d l+ 1-0
W.Beckemeyer-A.Delanoy, Kecskemet
1991. 12...*e7 13 £lc6+ <4>f6 14 Wf3+
4>g6 15 &e5#.
3 £>a3 a6 4 c4 e5!? 5 ЬЗ?!
5 cxb5 e4!; 5 &)xe5 is sensible.
5.. .e4 6 £)h4 M 5 1 ^ c2 d5 (D)
8d4?
8 cxd5.
8.. .exd3 9 Ш«13
9 exd3 0-0 embarrasses White on the
e-file.
9.. .£)c6 10 cxdS
10 cxb5 ^ e 5 11Ш11 £seg4 with deadly
pressure on f2.
11 Ш11 &)eg4.
11.. .1.xf2+ 12 * d l Wxd5+ 13 M l
£le4 0-1
J.Plachetka - L.Zinn
Decin 1974
1 &f3 c5
1.. .d5 2 b3:
a) 2...jtg4 3 М 2 <SM7 4 d3 e6 5
a5 9 i.g 2 c6 10 f4 Дс5 11 £lxg6 hxg6 12
d4?? £sxg4! 0-1 Pape-Jank, corr. 1990.
b) 2...jLf5 3 ДЬ2 еб 4 g3 Ш 5 ± g 2
Де1 (with a threat...) 9...c6?? (...which
Black ignores) 10 e4 JLg4 11 e5 1-0 E.Elis-
kases-Ribas, Rio de Janeiro 1947.
2 ЬЗ £sc6
2.. .d5 3 ДЬ2 Ш 4 e3 g6 5 ДЬ5+
£lc6 6 £se5 W cl 1 0-0 JLg7 8 d4 0-0 9
Дхсб Ьхсб 10 dxc5?? thg4\ 11 f4 £ixe3
12 We2 £ lx fl 0-1 A.Ripke-M.Euwe,
Germany-Holland 1927.
3 ДЬ2 £if6 4 e3 d5 5 ДЬ5 еб 6
Wcl 1 0-0 M 6 8 Дхс6+ Ьхсб 9 f4 0-0
10 l f 3 <£d7 11 Sh3 g6 (D)
 Flank Openings
12 Wh5! 1-0
12.. .«rf6 (12...gxh5 13 Sg3+ &h8 14«lei.
thxfl#) 13 <S)g4 gxh5 (13...«ixh5 14
ihh6#) 14 £lxf6+ ФЬ8 (14...*g7 15
£se8++ ФЬ6 16 i.g 7 + * g 6 17 Hg3+
* f5 18 Sg5+ Фе4 19 £tf6#) 15 Sxh5 h6
16 £sxd5+ and 17 £)xc7 with a few extra
pawns for White.
V.Castaldi - S.Reshevsky
Dubrovnik 1950
1 d5 2 g3
2 e4?! dxe4 3 £lg5 is the Tennyson
Gambit, a form of reversed Budapest:
a) 3...Wd5?! 4 d3 exd3 5 ±xd3 Wxg2??
6 Д е4 1-0 J.Krejcik-S.Takacs, Vienna
1920. 6...Wg4 7 Wxg4 i.x g 4 8 ДхЬ7.
b) 3...&f6 4 £ic3 ± f5 (4...i.g4 5
Д е2 is best met by 5..JLf5! rather than
5...Дхе2 6 Wxe2 <2)c6 7 Wb5) 5 We2
сб?! (5...&C6) 6 <Sigxe4 £ibd7?? 7 4id6#
1-0 Schroder-Blake, Brooklyn 1912.
c) 3...e5! 4 £ixe4 f5 is better than the tive; 7...C6; 7..Д.С5 8 Д еЗ Wd6 9 £)b5
equivalent line of the Budapest, since the We7) 8 £)d5 A d6 9 Д е2 £ie7 10 £)c3
unmoved c-pawn means Black’s position
is more solid.
2.. .£>f6
2.. .c6 3 i.g2:
a) 3...£tf6 4 ЬЗ i.g 4 5 ДЬ2 £ibd7 6
d3 еб 7 0-0 a5 8 a3 i.d 6 9 £)bd2 0-0 10
Wei Wc7 11 e4 Bfd8?? 12 e5 1-0 L.Es-
pig-M.Morlo, Munster 1993.
b) 3...i.g4 4 0-0 £sf6 5 ЬЗ &bd7 6
ДЬ2 еб 7 d3 Дс5 8 £ibd2 0-0 9 e4 We7
15
10 аЗ a5 11 h3 ДЬ5 12 W ei (White has
no particular threat here and Black per­
mits himself a careless move) 12...Hfe8??
13 e5 (all eight possible flight squares for
the knight are out of bounds) 1-0 T.Eng-
qvist-J.P.Wallace, Stockholm 1997.
3 ± g 2 g 6 4 0-0± g7 5c4d 4 6e3c5 7
exd4 cxd4 8 d3 <£ic6 9 Wa4?! 0-0 10 b4
A strategically desirable advance, but
here it is insufficiently prepared and the
white queen is a target.
10.. .£)d711 £)bd2 a5! 12 ДаЗ??
12b5 £ic5 (12...£)b4) 13 Wa3 £lb4 14
12.. .axb4! 13 Wxa8 <£b6 0-1
Bauder - Ruth
Allentown 1938
1 &f3 d5 2 c4 dxc4
2.. .d4:
a) 3 g3 <2)c6 4 i.g 2 e5 5 0-0 g6 6 d3
i.g 7 7 £lbd2 a5 8 S b l £)f6 9 ЬЗ 0-0 10
аЗ We7 11 b4? axb4 12 axb4 £sxb4 13
«Sxe5? «Sa2 0-1 E.Lobron-V.Korchnoi,
Bad Kissingen 1981.
b) 3 e3 and now:
b l) 3...c5 (this move may well be
overambitious) 4 b4 f6 5 exd4 cxd4 6 c5
е5(6..ЛУ5!?)7Дс4«>е7?! 8Wb3«foc6?
9 i.f7 + * d 7 10 Ь5 £>a5 11 £)xe5+! Фс7
12 b6+ * b 8 13 Wg3 1-0 Fellner-Gee,
corr. 1946.
b2) 3...£te6 (safer) 4 exd4 £)xd4 5
£)xd4 Wxd4 6 d3 e5 7 £)c3 c5? (primi­
Wh4?? (Ю...аб?? 11 ДеЗ Wh4 12 « Ы is
similar; 10...Дс7 11 ДеЗ Wd6 12 £)e4 is
good for White, but the game continues)
11 £se4! £)f5 12 Д g5 1-0 Yudovich-
Bokich, clock simul 1960.
3 £la3 e5 4 £>xc4?!
4 £lxe5 is the critical move.
4.. .e4
Black has been able to get in this ag­
gressive e-pawn advance ‘for free’.
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5 £>gl £if6 6 g3 Деб 7 £>еЗ Ш 7!
Covering h3 and so making it diffi­
cult for White to (re)develop his king’s
knight.
8±g2
8 h4 is an idea, aiming to play ДЬЗ
and then develop the knight via h3.
8.. .£>c6 9 Wa4?! ДЬ4 10 аЗ?! b5! 11 2 &f3 e6 3 d4 £Т6 4 e3 b6 5 Ad3 ДЬ7
ШхЪ5
П Ш 1 ? & д4 .
11.. .5 .8 12 ®g5 h6! 13 #xg7 * e712 &xh2 Wh4+ 13 * g l i.xg2! 0-1 Anto-
0-1
The queen is trapped.
B.Andofiov - S.Lputian
Sochi 1987
1 £>f3 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 Ша4+ i.d 7
®xc4 e6 5 d4 b5 6 Wc2 <£a6 7 a3
Preventing ...£ib4, but using precious
time.
7.. .c5 8 dxc5 £ixc5 9 ДеЗ?!
Placing the bishop on an odd square
leads to problems.
9.. .Жс8 10 £lbd2 £lf6 11 g3 Wc7
Black has a threat.
12 ±d4??
12 ± g2?? £sd3+; 12 S d l £ig4 is good
for Black, but not an instant catastrophe
for White.
12.. .£id3+ 0-1
The white queen is lost in view of the
line 13 « x d 3 Шс1+ 14 2 x c l fixcl#.
Hc8 9 £id2 £le5 10 We2 Д е7?? 1-0
Z.Ribli-L.Gutman, Bundesliga 1987/8.
2g3
2 £>c3 £T6 3 e4 fxe4 4 d3 exd3 5
^ x d 3 d6 6 £.g5 A g4 7 Wc2 £ibd7?? 8
iLg6+ 1-0 Klochkov-Serkin, Saporoshe
1955.
6 ± d 2 Де7 7 £>c3 0-0 8 0-0 &e4 9 Wb3
± d6!? 10 £ib5? £}xd2 11 ^ x d 2 ДхЬ2+!
noff-Morot, corr. 1990. 14 !4 >xg2 Wg4+
1 5 * h 2 S f6 .
2.. .£>f6 3 Дg2 e6 4 £sc3 Де7 5 e4
fxe4 6 £>xe4 0-0 7 <£>h3 e5 8 ^hg5 d6?!
9 £)xf6+ ±xf6?
4 9.. .gxf6 10 ± d 5 + &g7 (10...*h8? 11
£)xh7 wins, as 11...ФхЬ7 12 WhS-i- &g7
13 d4 forces mate) 11 ДхЬ7 (11 £>xh7?
Hh8) 1 l...fxg5 12 Дха8 сб isn’t clear.
9.. .2 .f6 ? 10 Ш 5 h6 11 JLd5+ &h8
12 $317+ wins the exchange.
1 0 ld 5 + * h 8 1 1 ^ x h 7 ! 1-0
J.Mellado - F.Vallejo Pons
Spain tt 1996
1 c4 f5 2 e4 fxe4 3 £ic3
3 d3 exd3 4 l.x d 3 £>f6 5 g4?! d5! 6
g5 dxc4! 7 ®a4+? b5! 8 ШхЪ5+ сб 0-1
R.Levit-E.Friedman, USA Masters 1990.
9 'Srxc4 Даб.
3.. .£lf6 4 g4!? h6 5 Дg2 e5 6 h4 (D)

English Opening: 1 c4
1 c4: Alternatives to 1...e5 and
1...C5

Campbell - Taelemans
Ghent 1993
Ic 4 f5
1.. .d5?! 2 cxd5 £>f6?! 3 e4 £>xe4?? 4
Ша4+ 1-0 Lehmann-Schulz, Berlin 1950.
1.. .b6 2 £rf3 ДЬ7 3 g3 i.x f3 4 exf3 c5
5 d4 cxd4 6 Wxd4 £ k 6 1 Wdl e6 8 i.g 2
 Flank Openings 17

6.. .d5!?.
7 g5 hxg5 8 hxg5 Sxhl 9 JLxhl £}g8
10 ®h5+ * f8 11 &xe4 сб?
П-.Ш ев? 1 2 i.g 6 .
11.. .d6? 1 2 i.d 5 ® e 8 1 3 H i8 .
1l...i.x g 5 12 Wh8 £ic6 13 ± h 7 £>e7
(13...ФП 14 i.x g 8 + * x g 8 15 ®h5+) 14
£>d5 overloads Black’s position.
12 ШЗ+ 1-0

J.Hoffmann - M.Frenz
Bargteheide 1989
1 c4 сб 8 £>e5 a6
1.. .£rf6 2 g 3 c 6 3 i.g 2 d 5 : A vain attempt to stop the bishop com­
a) 4 b3 i.f 5 5 Ab2 e6 6 & f3 i.d 6 7 ing to b5. 8...e6 9 g4 Jlg6 10 g5 and d7
0-0 &bd7 8 d3 0-0 9 £>bd2 Wei 10 S e l collapses.
(threatening e4 and then e5) 10...Sfe8?? 9 £>xd7 ®xd7?
11 e4 dxe4 12 dxe4 1-0 M.Euwe-Graaf- 9.. .^x d 7 10 £lxd5 gives White an ex­
land, 1925. tra pawn.
b) 4£>D: 10±b5!axb5 11 Шха8+ 1-0
b l) 4 ...i.f5 5 ЬЗ e6 6 0-0 a5 7 d3 a4 8
аЗ axb3 9 Wxb3 dxc4?! 10 « х Ь 7 2a6?? C.McNab - R.Scherbakov
(10...£lbd7) 11 £se5 2 b 6 12 ®xf7# 1-0 Hastings Challengers 1993/4
M.de Villers-O.Stork, Belgian Interteam 1 £)f3 d5 2 g3 i.g 4 3 i.g 2 ^ d7 4 c4
Ch 1997. сб 5 cxd5 cxd5 6 ШЪЗ £>c5 7 #b4!?
b2) 4...dxc4 5 a4 ± f 5 6 £>a3 Wd5 7 £lf6
£)h4 (7 b3 cxb3 8 0-0 followed by d3 7.. .JLxf3 8 JLxf3 is safer, but White’s
gives White interesting compensation) bishops give him an edge.
7.. .1te4 8 f3 i.g 6 9 e4 Wc5 10 £sxg6? 8 £le5 ±f5? (D)
(101^2) 10...hxg6 ll'tc 2 ? S x h 2 ! 12 d4 8.. .e6 9 ^ > 5 + 4ifd7! equalizes com­
2 x h l+ 13 JLxhl Wxd4 0-1 R.Mendoza- fortably since 10 £lxg4?? a6 costs White
E.Trice, corr. 1987. his queen.
2 £tf3 d5 3 e3 £if6 4 £k3 i.g 4 5 h3!?
White’s play looks completely in­
sipid, but he is actually setting a cunning
trap.
5.. JLh5?!
5.. .1.xf3.
6 cxd5 cxd5? (D)
Now White has a most surprising way
to force a big advantage. 6...£lxd5 or
6.. .jLxf3 7 Wxf3 cxd5 was necessary.
7 ®a4+! <?3bd7
7.. .£ic6 8 £ie5 » a 5 9 ®xa5 &xa5 10
g4 Ag6 11 g5 £se4 12 £\xd5; l . M d l l 8
■&b5 ^ c 6 9 £>e5 wins. 9d4
18 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

Now White is winning a pawn.

9.. .a5??
9.. .£icd7 10 Wxbl Sb8 11 Wa6 doesn’t
allow Black sufficient compensation.
10 Шхс5 1-0
Black doesn’t regain the piece, e.g.
Ю...Яс8 11 * b 5 + i.d 7 12£sxd7 ttx cl+
13 &d2 and the mate threat costs Black
his rook.

B.G.Christensen - E.Guindy
Copenhagen Politiken Cup 1996
1 £>f3 d5 2 g3 c5 3 Ag2 £sf6 4 0-0 e6 L.Rudenko - Zubova
5 c4 dxc4 6 & аЗ аб?! 7 ^ x c 4 Ь5?! 8 Leningrad 1971
£ice5 ДЬ7? I c4 £if6 2 g3 g6 3 i.g 2 d5 4 cxd5
In a quiet opening one tends to forget £sxd5 5 £ k 3 £ib6 6 £if3 ± g 7 7 h4
about the weakness of f7; here though Although highly crude, this sort of at­
the warning signs are clear enough: back­ tacking lunge must always be dealt with
ward development and loose pieces. carefully; here Black treats it with com­
8.. .1.d6? 9 & xf7 * x f7 10 £ig5+ * g 6 11 plete contempt.
d4 Sa7 12 Wd3+ and Black gets mated. 7.. .0.0?!
8.. .£)d5 or 8...Sa7 survives the immedi­ 7.. .h6 would be a good way to absorb
ate crisis. White’s advance: h5 will be met by ...g5
9 £)xf7! 1-0 and meanwhile White has weakened the
9.. 6 . f l 10 £lg5+ wins a pawn andg4-square.
shatters Black’s position. 8 h5 £ic6 9 hxg6 hxg6 10 d3 Se8?!
J.h6 wasn’t yet a threat. 10...JLg4 looks
A.Kostadinov - M.Hammes reasonable, for example 11 jLh6?! ji.xh6
Neuwied 1993 12 Sxh6 * g 7 and ...Sh8.
1 £>f3 d5 2 c 4 e 6 3 g3 <Sif6 4 i.g 2 Д е7 I I -&h6 A h8
4.. .dxc4 5 Ша4+ £lbd7 6 * x c 4 c5 7 11.. .^ x h 6 12 Hxh6 sfeg7 is now met
«Ъ З Hb8 8 0-0 b6 9 d3 i.d 6 10 &сЗ a6 by 13 £lg5!, but even then Black might
11 *hg5 (this move creates no particular survive White’s initiative, strong though
threat, and seems to be intending just a it is after 13...&h8 (13...f6 14 Hh7+ * g 8
regrouping to e4) 11...0-0? (White had 15 £rf7) 14 Sxh8 Wxh8 15 Ш З.
also set a little trap though!) 12 £sxe6! 12 ttd 2 a5? (D)
1-0 P.Szekely-P.Moulton, Dublin 1991. Missing White’s threat.
5 b3 0-0 6 0-0 b6 7 ДЬ2 ДЬ7 8 £ia3 13 iLf8!! 1-0
c5 9 cxd5 J.x d 5 10 £ ic4 £sfd7 11 # c 2 13.. .1.f6 (13...Hxf8 14 Wh6 forces
Bringing about a set-up that should be mate) 14 Whe Д еб (14...£id4 15 £ig5
a warning sign to Black: fianchettoed Д еб 16 £ice4 Д е5 17 £)c5 ^ d 5 18
bishop on g2, queen on c2 and knight on Axd5 Wxd5 19 e4 and White finally con­
f3 with targets on h7 and the long diago­ quers the f7-square: 20 Wh7+ ^ f 8 21
nal. * x f7 # ) 15 £sg5 Wd6 (15...£sd7 16 £ice4
11.. JLf6?! 12 <Sie3 Д Ь7?? (D) followed by £sh7 and £>hf6+ forces
13 £\g5! 1-0 mate) 16 ДЬЗ ^ d 5 (1б...ДхсЗ+ 17 ЬхсЗ
 Flank Openings
Ше5 18 i.x e6 « х сЗ + 19 * f l Шха1+ 20
4>g2 and White mates in two more
moves) 17 £)xd5 Wxd5 18 t b 7 + &xf8
19 JLe6 ШхЫ+ 20 Wxhl is winning for
White, as the attack is not yet exhausted:
20...fxe6 21 Wh6+ Ag7 22 Wxg6.
Rudnev - Kopylov
USSR 1939
1 c4 Ш 2 £k3 d5 3 cxd5 ^xd5
e4?'.
4 <£)f3 g6 5 e4 is quite standard.
4.. .£>b4 5 Wa4+?!
5 d3 e5 is a reversed Kalashnikov Si­
cilian (1 e4 c5 2 £sf3 £ic6 3 d4 cxd4 4
£)xd4 e5 5 £ib5 d6). While this is a fine
counterpunching line, it is difficult for
White to gain a great deal of benefit from
the extra tempo here. Indeed 6 £)f3 $Lg4
reaches an exact line of the Taimanov
with colours reversed (1 e4 c5 2 £\f3 e6 3
d4 cxd4 4 £ixd4 ®c6 5 <£\b5 d6 6 jLf4 e5
7 Jte3 £if6 8 JLg5) - Black has gained a
tempo by playing the bishop directly
from c8 to g4.
5.. .£i8c6 6 d4?
6 jtb 5 a6 7 Дхс6+ <£ixc6 8 £)f3 is the
best way to try to maintain the balance.
6.. .jtd7!
Now White is in deep trouble.
7 ±b5 £\xd4! 8 4-fl
8 i.xd7+ ®xd7 9 «xd7+ * x d 7 leaves
Black a pawn up with a dominant posi­
tion.
19
8.. .£>xb5 9 Wxb4 e 5 10 Wc4 £ ix c3 11
ЬхсЗ a6! 12 a4?? ± b 5 ! 0-1
J.Ttirbeville - R.Moore
corr. 1986
1 c4 £if6 2 £)c3 e6 3 e4
3 £)f3 b6 4 e4:
a) 4...С5?! 5 e5 &g8 6 d4 £>e7? 7
i.g 5 h6?? 8 £)b5! d5 9 exd6 hxg5 10
£ ic7+ <£>d7 11 £)e5+ * x d 6 12 £ib5# 1-0
K.Spraggett-M.Desautels, Montreal 1980.
b) 4...i.b7 5 e5 £le4 6 i.d 3 £sxc3 7
dxc3 d6 8 £>g5 dxe5? 9 £ixf7 Wf6
(9...&xf7 10 i.g 6 + Фе7 11 i.g 5 # ) 10
&xh8 g6 11 Wg4 Wxhe 12 # x e 6 + i.e 7
13 JLg5 1-0 de Veauce-B.Cafferty, Bir­
mingham 1974.
3.. .£lc6?!
3.. .1.b4? 4 e5 ДхсЗ 5 ЬхсЗ £ie4? 6
* g 4 d5 7 Wxg7 Фе7 8 d3 flg8 9 * h 6 Og6
10 Wh4+ 1-0 W.Gscheidlen-R.Dolezal,
4 Klatovy 1995.
3.. .c5 4 f4?l (White is making a lot of
pawn moves and neglecting the d5-
square) 4...£ic6 5 £)f3?! (5 g3 d5 6 e5 is
better) 5...d5 6 e5 §3g4 7 cxd5 exd5
(Black already has an attractive position)
8 *Ъ З? £)b4! 9 аЗ? c4 10 # a 4 + i.d 7 11
Wdl ШЪ6 0-1 I.Maizelis-M.Botvinnik,
Leningrad 1940.
3.. .d5 4 e5 d4 5 exf6 dxc3 6 ЬхсЗ
Wxf6 7 d4:
a) 7...e5 8 £lf3 exd4 9 i.g 5 Ше6+ 10
JLe2 dxc3?? (fatigue? it was round 15 of
the event) 11 Wd8# 1-0 F.Baragar-R.Ham-
ilton, Canadian Ch (Hamilton) 1994.
b) 7...b6 8 £if3 h6 9 £ d 3 i.b 7 10
H e2 &e7?! 11 Д е4 сб?! (11...Дхе4 12
Шхе4 сб) 12 £ie5 0-0? 13 h4! (threaten­
ing £lg4) 1-0 J.Benatsky-H.Schmidt, corr.
1984. 13...i.d6 14 JLg5! hxg5 15 hxg5
®xg5 16 jLh7+ ФЬ8 gives White many
ways to win, the neatest also being the
flashiest: 17 J.g6+ £ g 8 18 iLxf7+!
Hxf7 19 Sh8+! &xh8 20 £>xf7+.
4 £>f3 Ь6?! 5 d4 &b4 6 i.d 3 0-0? (D)
20 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
Black has played a ramshackle collec­
tion of uncoordinated moves and now
castles into a standard sacrificial attack.
7 e5 Axc3+
7.. .£se8 8 lx h 7 + !.
8 bxc3 <£e8 9 ±xh7+! *xh 7 10
£lg5+ &g6 11 h4!
The threat is 12 h5+ followed by a
deadly discovered check.
11.. .#e7 12 *g4??
Probably good enough to win though
it doesn’t advance White’s cause; his stron­
gest threat is still the mate in six which he
could have delivered immediately! 12h5+
* h 6 13 Wd3 Wxg5 14 l.x g 5 + &xg5 15
We3+ 'ifS 16 Hh4 and mate next move.
12.. .*h6??
12.. .f6.
13 £lf3+ 1-0
Reversed Sicilian: 1 c4 e5
Manolov - O.Rause
com 1988
1 c4 e5 2 g3
2£>f3:
а) 2 ...Ш ? !3 £ )с З £ .с 5 4£|е4Ш е7 5
£>xc5 Wxc5 6 Шс2 Ш 1 b 4 !? Wxb4 8
£sxe5 Ш&1 9 £.b2 d6 10 £T3 0-0 11 e3
jkg4 12 £>g5 (with the crude threat of 13
jLxf6) 12...h6?? (this doesn’t really ad­
dress the problem!; 12..A bd7; 12...g6)
13 jLxf6 1-0 A. Skoriatin-Khokhlov,
Odessa Chess Club corr. 1987.
b) 2...<£)c6 3 d4 exd4 4 €ixd4 &.c5 5
£if5?! (much too ambitious; 5 £>b3)
5.. .g6?! (5...Шб 6 e4 Zhgel leaves White
embarrassed) 6 £lg3 $3% 7 jLg5?? jLxf2+
8 * x f2 £ig4+ 9 * f 3 # x g 5 10 h4 tfe3+!
11 &xg4 d5+ 12 £>f5 £.xf5# 0-1 Wita-
Etaoin, Minneapohs 1975.
c) 2...e4 3 £>d4 ?3c6! 4 *hc2 $3f6 5
£>c3 i.c 5 6 a3 (6 ЬЗ) 6...a5 7 g3 £)e5!? 8
ЬЗ?! (8 d4 exd3 9 exd3 # e 7 10 i.e3 )
8.. .d5! 9 cxd5?? (9 i.g 2 ) 9...i.g4! (there
is no defence to the threat of 10...£sd3+)
10f3£>d3+! (10...exf3? 11 d4; 10...£M3+!
11 exf3 exf3 also wins) 11 exd3 exf3 12
JLe2 f2+ 13 ФП jLh3#0-l NN-Nersow,
Berlin 1940.
2.. .h5
An aggressive lunge should as this by
Black would not normally be justified,
but W hite’s rather slow opening means
that Black can get away with it.
2.. Т5 3 i.g 2 £>f6 4 £>c3 £ic6 5 d3
i.c 5 6 a3 a5 7 e3 0-0 8 & ge2 d6 9 0-0
Д еб ?? 10 d4 1-0 R.Ribeiro-E.Morejon,
Ubeda 1998.
2.. .£ ic6 3 i.g2:
a) 3...d6 4 4bc3 g6 5 e4 JLg7 6 d3
£lge7 7 i.e 3 0-0 8 <S)ge2 i.g 4 9 h3 Деб
10 0-0 # d 7 11 * h 2 h6 12 £>d5 £ Ш ? 13
ДхЬб! 1-0 M.Sinanovic-A.Obad, Tuzla
1989.
b) 3...f5 4 <£c3 £if6 5 d3 i.b 4 6 i.d 2
i.x c3 7 bxc3 0-0 8 £)h3 d6 9 0-0 Деб?!
10 ®b3 Sb8 11 £lg5 Ш 7 ?? 12 £)хеб
Шхеб 1-0 C.Clemens-M.Kurzynsky,
Regionalliga Niedersachsen 1990/1. 13
Jid5 £lxd5 14 cxd5.
c) 3...£if64£ic3£.b45£id5£ixd5?!
6 cxd5 £>d4?? 7 e3 £if5 8 ®g4 1-0 A.Vau-
lin-F.Pasztor, Harkany 1994.
3h3?!
A Uttle passive; 3 <23f3 or 3 h4 could be
tried. 3 jLg2 h4 is annoying for White: 4
£lf3 h3 or 4 d4 exd4 5 ' i rxd4 $3c6.
3.. .f5
Preparing Black’s next move.
 Flank Openings 21

4 i.g 2 a) 13 £>d5 i.e 5 (13...i.e7 14 W gl

4£>f3!?e4 5£lh4. Hf8 15 i.f4 ) 14 i.f4 tW 6 15 ®xd6 cxd6
4.. .h4 5 g4 fxg4 6 hxg4 £\f6 7 g5 16 J.xe5 dxe5 17 £sc7+ ‘only’ leaves
7®c2!?. White a pawn up.
7.. .2Л5 8 lxh4? «xg5! 9 Sh2 <£f4! b) 13 fid l! i.d 4 14 i.g 5 «fd6 (or
10 Ixh8 (D) 14...*d7 15 £.f6) 15 # x d 6 cxd6 16
Sxd4 £>c2 17 Kxd6 and Black’s position
is in ruins.

B.Bozinovic - E.Agrest
Biel 1997
I d4 d6 2 c4 e5 3 £ic3
This position can be reached by 1 c4
e5 2 £ic3 d6 3 d4.
3.. .exd4 4 #xd 4 £ic6 5 Ш 2 i.e 6 6
ЬЗ
6 e4 is more normal, stamping out any
immediate ideas of ...d5.
6.. .a5 7 g3 a4!? 8 £)xa4 d5 9 cxd5?
10.. Mxg2? 9 c5.
10.. .£)xg2+ 11ФИ £lh4 is quite good 9.. .5.a4! 10 dxe6??
for Black. 10 bxa4 ДЬ4 11 dxc6 is far more resil­
11 £)f3 e4 12 Bh2?? ient because if Black now plays 11...Ш 4
12 d3 £>h3 13 dxe4 Ш 1+ 14 Фd2 12 Hbl i.x d 2 + 13 jLxd2 ®e4 14 Hb4
® xdl+ 15 Ф xdl £lxf2+ doesn’t give W xhl?? 15 cxb7, White gets his queen
Black enough for the exchange. back, and wins.
12.. .exf3! 0-1 10.. .JLb4
10.. .Bd4!? is also good enough.
N.Davies - T.Thiel II exf7+ ФхГ7 0-1
London Lloyds Bank 1994 12 bxa4 ffd4! 13 B bl £.xd2+ 14
1 c4 e5 2 g3 <S)f6 3 i.g 2 d5 4 cxd5JLxd2 ®e4 forks the white rooks.
&xd5 5 £>f3 £)c6 6 0-0 i.e7?!
6.. .Де6 7 d4 f W ? ? 8 e4 £.g4 9 exd5 J.Kapischka - V.Kupreichik
£>xd4 10 i.e 3 0-0-0 11 ± x d 4 e4 12 £le5 German Cup 1991/2
A xdl 13 £}xd7 1-0 M.Chiburdanidze- 1 £)f3 £ f6 2 g3 g6 3 i.g 2 i.g 7 4 0-0
M.Moreno Bello, Seville 1994. 0-0 5 c4 d6 6 £ic3 e5 7 d3 ^h5!?
6.. .£sb6 stops White’s next move. Black prepares ...f5 and inhibits b4.
7 d4 exd4 8 b4?? e4! 0-1
7.. .e4 8 £\e5 gives White good play,
though 8...f5 is tenable for Black. F.Marshall - McCormick
8 £sxd4 ^xd4 9 ®xd4 £ib4? New York 1938
9.. .<£>f6 is necessary, though White is 1 c4 e5 2 £>c3 f5
somewhat better after 10 ®a4+. 2.. .b6 3 e4 JLb7 4 <£ih3 £>f6 5 f4 exf4 6
10 l'xg7! M 6 11 Ш 6 £k2 12 £k3!£lxf4 (both sides have played the opening
1-0 in eccentric fashion) 6...С5?! (6...£sxe4?
12.. .^ха1 and now: 7 'Ше2; 6...JLd6!? could be tried, with the
22 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

point 7 d4? £>xe4) 7 e5 ^ e 4 ? ! 8 Wf3\ Welling - Sneiders

®h4+ (8...£ld6 9 £)fd5 is miserable for
Black) 9 g3 £ixg3 10 * x b 7 £)xhl+ 11
& dl l rxf4? 12 ffc8+ 1-0 G.Helpem-
D.Wolfert, corr. 1947.
2.. .£>c6 3 g3 f5 4 Jig2 £>f6 5 e3 i.c 5
/7)ge2 f4? (this is asking a little too much
of Black’s position) 7 d4 fxg3? 8 dxc5
gxf2+ 9 * x f2 0-0 10 S f l W ei 11 * g l
Wxc5 12 £M5 W xc4 13 £>xf6+1-0 J.Tim-
man-C.Evans, Islington 1970.
3£>f3
3 e4 fxe4?? 4 Wh5+ Фе7 5 Wxe5+
* f 7 6 Wd5+ <4?e8 7 # h 5 + * e 7 8 £id5+
* d 6 9 c5+ * x c 5 10 d4+ Феб 11 i.b 5 +
ФхЬ5 12 £\c3++ 1-0 G.Heiligermann-
S.Szarvas, Hungarian Cht 1992/3.
3.. .<5k6 4 d4 e4 5 £)d2 £T6 6 e3 d5?
Regaining this pawn does not prove at
all easy. This position has a superficial
similarity to a Steinitz French (reversed)
but White’s extra tempo makes a major
difference.
corr. 1965
1 c4 e5 2 £ic3 ДЬ4 3 £sd5 Д с5 4 Wc2
4 еЗ сб 5 d4 cxd5 6 dxc5 Wa5+ 7 JLd2
Wxc5 8 Wg4 g6 9 cxd5 ®xd5 10 Д с4
6Wd6 11 £lf3 f6?? 12 £ x g 8 1-0 J.Mell-
ado-C.Maier, Pamplona 1996. 12...Sxg8
13 Wc4.
4b4!?.
4.. .£sc6 5 £)f3 d6 6 e3 £ige7 7 £)xe7
Wxe7
White’s failure to fight for the initiative
has left him somewhat worse; the ex­
change of the d5-knight leaves him be­
hind in development.
8 a3 a5 9 b3
9 i.d 3 !?.
9.. .0 -0 10 Д Ь2 f5 11 h4?! (D)
110 - 0 - 0 .

11.. .f4 12 0-0-0?

12 £.d3.
12.. .1.f5 13 ШсЗ?? £>b4!
13.. .ДЬ4 also wins.
7 cxd5 (D) 0-1
7.. 6 .
7.. .£)xd5 also loses a pawn: 8 £)dxe4! K .Bjerring - P.Bierenbroodspot
ДЬ4 (8...fxe4 9 # h 5 + ) 9 i.d 2 . Lublin 1993
8 Дс4! £lbxd5 9 £sxd5 £}xd5 10 1 c4 c6 2 e4 e5 3 £sc3 £lf6 4 f4 d5 5
<£sxe4 ^ x e 3 ? cxd5 cxd5
10.. .£rt>6 11 ФсЗ ^ x c 4 12 Ша4+ A Vienna without c-pawns!
leaves Black a pawn down for nothing 6exd5
much. 10...fxe4 11 #115+ is even worse. 6 fxe5 “Йхе4 is analogous to the nor­
11 ДхеЗ fxe4 12 WhS+ 1-0 mal line in the Vienna; note that 7 £ixe4?!
 Flank Openings 23

dxe4 8 # a 4 + £ic6 9 Wxe4 Wa5 10 £sf3 Wxb3?? Wd4+ 0-1 L.Andrade-A.Moi-

Д еб gives Black very good play for the seenko, U-16 Olympiad 1995.
pawn. 4 Д 82
6.. .£ixd5 7 £>f3 exf4 8 ДЬ5+ £>c6 9 4 £>f3 ДЬ4 5 £>d5 ®xd5 6 cxd5 £)d4
®e2+ Д е 7 10 £)e5 0-0!? 11 Дхсб i.h4+ is OK for Black.
1 2 * d l? ? 4.. .Дс5
1 2 * f l ; 12 g3!?. 4.. .ДЬ4 5 £ld5 £>xd5?! (5...Дс5) 6
12.. .£ie3+ 0-1 cxd5 £sd4?? (by analogy with the note to
White’s 4th move, but it doesn’t work
T.Somogyi - A.Meszaros here) 7 e3 £)f5 8 Wg4 1-0 Kaprinay-
Cseppko 1997 H.Hubner, corr. 1926.
Ic 4 e 5 2£>c3&f6 3g3 5 e3 d5 (D)
3 e4 £ic6 4 f4 d6 5 d3 Д е7 6 ДеЗ?
£)g4 7 ^ d 2 ? £ixh2! 8 Hxh2 Д 64+ 9
Фе2?! £М4+ 10 ФеЗ exf4+ 11 <&xd4
tT 6 + 12 &d5 Д еб# 0-1 Shaw-Whitney,
corr. 1949.
3 £lf3 e4 4 £ig5 Ь5?! 5 d3! and now:
a) 5...exd3 6 cxb5 dxe2 7 Дхе2 ДЬ7
8 0-0 h6 9 £)f3 аб?! (9...Дс5) 10 ШЪЗ
axb5 11 £)е5 d5?? (1 Е - .Ш ) 12 ШхЬ5+
1-0 Lu.Garcia-J.Gonzalez, Bogota 1980.
b) 5...bxc4 6 dxe4 Д с5 7 еЗ 0-0 8
Дхс4 h6? 9 £>xf7! 2 x f7 10 ДхГ7+
&xf7 11 e5 ДЬ7 12 exf6 1-0 J.Roscher-
R.Flugrath, East German Ch 1988. A temporary pawn sacrifice; it is quite
3.. .£ic6 sound.
a) З...Дc5 4 Д g 2 : 6 £ixd5
al) 4..,£>g4? 5 e3 d6 6 £lge2 # f6 ? 7 Or 6 cxd5 £ib4 7 d4 exd4 8 exd4 Де7.
0-0 0-0 8 h3 £Ш6 9 d4 exd4? (opening 6.. .£lxd5 7 Дxd5?!
lines while behind in development) 10 7 cxd5 £>b4 8 d4 exd4 9 exd4 is about
exd4 ДЬ6 11 ^ 5 Шеб 12 Д х 11б! gxh6 equal.
(12...«fxh6 13 &e7+ * h 8 14 £ixc8 Hxc8 7.. .£)b4 8 Wh5?!
15 ДхЬ7) 13 £sef4 1-0 McMahon-Saam, 8 d4 exd4 9 exd4 would avoid serious
Toledo Ohio 1975. trouble.
a2) 4...d6 5 еЗ £юб 6 <^ge2 Деб?? 7 8.. .0.0 9 £if3?? £ lx d 5 10 cxd5 Wxd5
£sd5?? (7 d4 wins a piece) 7...£Л4?? 8 11 0-0 g6! 0-1
£)xb4 1-0 K.Ozols-A.Reid, Stockholm 12 Wxe5 » x f3 13 Wxc5 ДЬЗ and
OL 1937. 8...ДхЬ4 9 Ша4+. mate.
b) 3...c6:
b l) 4 d3 d5 5 Дg5?! d4 6 £>e4?? V.Doroshkevich - V.Ttikmakov
“£ixe4! 0 -1 1.Molero-A.Lootsma, Rilton USSR Ch (Riga) 1970
Cup 1980. 7 Дxd8 ДЬ4+. 1 c4 e5 2 £lc3 £>c6 3 £sf3 f5 4 d4 e4 5
b2) 4 £lf3 e4 5 £id4 d5 6 Дg2?! (6 Д§5
cxd5 cxd5 7 d3) 6...Дс5 7 <5Л>3? (7 <S3c2) 5 <5)g5 *T6 6 &d5 ДЬ4+ 7 £ixb4
7...ДхО+! 8 * x f2 dxc4 9 £)xe4 cxb3 10 £>xb4 8 Wa4 £3c6?! 9 d5 £ie5?? 10£>e6!
 24 The Quickest Chess Victories o f All Time
Ь5 11 £ixc7+ 1-0 A.Vehreschild-G.Wind-
hausen, Leverkusen 1997.
5.. .£if6
5.. .Де7!? is more ambitious.
6d5?!
6 h d l is more reliable.
6.. .exf3 7 dxc6 fxg2 (D)
8 cxd7+??
8 JLxg2 bxc6 gives White compensa­
tion, e.g. 9 Wd3 g6? (9...±e7 10 # x f5
0-0 is better) 10 i.xc6! 2 b8 11 # e 3+
* f 7 12 i.d 5 + £ixd5 13 £lxd5.
8.. .£>xd7! 0-1
The identical game was played in
G.Mohr-M.Zube, Nuremberg 1989.
White’s resignation is in view of 9
JLxg2 # x g 5 or 9 JLxd8 g x h l# 0-1, as in
Y.Razuvaev-V.Kupreichik, Dubna 1970.
A.Onishchuk - A.KovaCevic
Leningrad USSR-Yugoslavia jr 1991
1 c4 e5 2 £)c3 £\c6 3 £if3 g6 4 d4 7.. .#xc7 8 e4 <£id4?!
exd4 5 £)d5
5 £ixd4 lhge.ll (5...1g7) 6 Ag5!
i.g 7 ? 7 &d5! i.x d 4 ? 8 # x d 4 £>xd4 9
h f6+ ^ 8 10 .&h6# 1-0 Loy-Erickson,
Montana 1989.
5.. .h6?!
5.. .JLg7 6 J.g5 h e e l is OK for Black 1
(but not 6 ...h g e lll 1 £>xd4!).
6 £)xd4 ± g 7 ??
6.. .a6.
7 £ lb 5
7 i.f 4 d6 8 £ib5 i.x b 2 9 £ibxc7+ 1-0
P.Petek-L.Ptacnikova, Plzen jr 1995.
7.. .<&f8? (D)
7.. .Де5 8 f4 аб 9 # a 4 2b 8 10 fxe5
axb5 (10...#h4+ 11 g3) 11 cxb5 4^xe5 12
# a7 .
8 h b xc7 Hb8 9 h b S a 6 10 ^bc3 £if6
11 JLf4 2a8 12 i.c 7 1-0
W.Uhlmann - A.Lawrenz
Dresden 1994
1 c4 e5 2 £)c3 h c 6 3 thf3 g6 4 d4
i.g7? 5 d5 £>ce7
Hoping to transpose to a Modem De­
fence.
6 d6! h f5
6.. .cxd6 7 e4 leaves Black with a very
difficult position.
7 dxc7
7 e4 !? (7...£)xd6 8 c5) 8 £ixd4
exd4 9 £}b5 is also strong.
8.. .£id6.
9 £ixd4 exd4 10 &Ъ5 #Ь8?! 11 c5
£>f6? 12 hd6+ ^?f813 # b 3 1-0
D.Knoedler - S.Ellerbrake
Oberliga Wurttemberg 1992/3
c4 e5 2 £>c3 d6 3 £if3 h c 6 4 g3 i.e6
5 d4! Jbcc4
5.. .exd4 6 <£)xd4 jLxc4 7 Wa4 Ae6 8
h xc6 bxc6 9 # xc6+ ikdl 10 #64+ keeps
an edge for White.
 Flank Openings 25

6Wa4 T.Petrosian - H.Ree

6 d5!?. Wijk aan Zee 1971
6.. .b5?! 1 c4 e5 2 £sc3 £)f6 3 £>f3 £>c6 4 g3
6.. .exd4 7 <5ixd4 transposes to the noteДЬ4
to Black’s 5th move. 4.. .g6 5 d4 exd4 6 5)xd4 £ie5 7 JLf4
7 £)xb5 ДхЬ5 8 ®xb5 td 7?? W ei 8 £idb5?? £if3# 0-1 Iskov-Bartrine,
8.. .<S)ge7 is far better, but allows WhiteOlot 1974.
a clear advantage: 9 dxe5 (9 d5 ДЬ8 10 4.. .Дс5 5 £>хе5?! £>хе5?! (5...Дх£2+
®a4 Sb4) 9...ДЬ8 10 Ш4. 6 <&xf2 £)хе5 7 е4 с5 is at least OK for
9 i.h3! 1-0 Black) 6 d4 W ei 7 dxc5?? (going for the
bishop-pair, but there is a major tactical
P.Trachsel - L.Brunner flaw!; 7 dxe5 might give White an edge)
Bern 1993 7...£sf3# 0-1 Poldauf-Streudtmann, East
1 c4 e5 2 <£ic3 £)f6 3 £lf3 £sc6 4 e3 Germany 1980.
4 d4 exd4 5 £ixd4 ДЬ4: 5£id5
a) 6 g3 ДхсЗ+ 7 bxc3 £ie5 8 Wb3 (8 5 i.g 2 0-0 6 0-0 e4 7 £ig5 ДхсЗ 8
f4!? £ixc4 9 e4) 8...®e7!? 9 ДеЗ?! (9 ЬхсЗ Де8 9 Wc2V. (9 d3 is OK, while 9
Д ё2 £)d3+ 10 Ф П ) 9...£>fg4 10 &c2? f3 !? is the most critical move) 9..M e l 10
£>xf2! 11 * x f2 (11 i.x f2 £id3+ 12 * d 2 f3?? (10 d3 exd3 11 exd3 is equal)
£\xf2) ll...£ ig 4 + 12 &f3 f5! (the threat Ю-Шсб-н 0-1 S.B6hm-V.H6hne, Hessen
of ...We4 regains the sacrificed piece with qual 1990.
interest) 0-1 V.Kedrov-S.Simonenko, corr. 5.. .®xd5?!
1988. 5.. .Дс5.
b) 6 i.g 5 h6 7 ± h 4 £>e4?? (or 6 cxd5 (D)
7...ДхсЗ+ 8 ЬхсЗ 4ie5) 8 ^ x d 8 £ixc3 9
£>xc6! (1-0 Muhlberg-Neukirch, West
Germany 1963) 9...£lxdl+ 10 £)xb4
(White emerges a piece up) 1-0 H.Mul-
ler-Duchamp, The Hague OL 1928. Not
the most artistic of performances by
Duchamp.
4.. .ДЬ4 5 Wc2 0-0 6 £>d5 2e8 7
Де2?
7 £.d3; 7 Wf5.
7.. .e4
Sometimes White is happy to provoke
this advance, but is not well placed here
to attack the pawn quickly - what is the 6.. .e4?
bishop doing on e2? 6.. .£ld4 is better, when White must
8 £sgl ± d 6 9 a3? avoid 7 £ixe5? W ei 8 f4 f6 (8...Wc5 9
Now White loses a pawn. &f2 Q)c2+ 10 d4 is less clear). After 7
9.. .£ixd5 10 cxd5 *g5! 11 g3 Wxd5£)xd4 exd4 Black can still fight.
12 f3 7dxc6exf3 8tnb31-0
It is already hard to give good advice, %...Wel 9 a3 and b7 caves in. Several
but this loses quickly. other games went this way, but only Ree
12.. .£id4! 13 exd4 exf3 0-1 was sporting enough to resign here.
26 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

Symmetrical English: 1 c4 c5 R.Huque - J.Hodgson

A great many opening systems involving
the moves c4 and ...c5 are classified un­
der the Symmetrical English, including
the Hedgehog, which can arise from many
openings, and lines that come about more
naturally from queen’s pawn openings.
R.Akesson - Goritsas
Corfu 1991
I £)f3 2 c4 e6 3 g3 b6 4 i.g 2
M ol 5 0-0 c5 6 <£c3 i.e 7 7 S e l d6 8 e4
£)bd7 9 d4 cxd4 10 £lxd4 a6?
10.. .®b8; 10...®c7.
II e5 i.xg2?
11.. .dxe5 is better, but White has £sa3??
large advantage after either 12 JLxb7 exd4 F.Manca, Cappelle la Grande 1989.
13 JLxa8 or 12 £)xe6 fxe6 13 Axb7.
12 exf6 £М 6 13 *xg2 1-0
London ‘Chess for Peace’ 1987
1 d4 2 c4 c5
2.. .e6 3 £lf3 c5 4 £ic3 cxd4 5 £}xd4
b6? 6 £idb5! d6? 7 МЛ e5 8 i .g 5 ! M i l
9 i.x f6 gxf6 10 Ш 5 £lc6 11 ®xc6+
jLd7 1-0 A.Adoijan-L.Zsinka, Budapest
1982.
3£>f3
The ‘English’ move-order is 1 c4 c5 2
£rf3 Ш 3 d4.
3.. .cxd4 4 “£sxd4 e5 5 $lb5 d5!? 6
cxd5
6 JLg5? (some gambits really have to
be accepted, whatever the risks) 6...d4 7
®a4 £)c6 8 M l 9 ® d l ®a5 10
a £le4 11 JLh4 <£ixd2 0-1 Landuyt-
6.. .M 5 7 d6?! £ie4 (D)
7.. .0.0; 7...£ia6.

P.van der Sterren - M.Bosboom

Wijk aan Zee 1991
1 £if3 c5 2 c4 £lf6 3 c3 b6 4 g3 M olW
5 &g2 g6 6 0-0 i.g 7 7 d4 cxd4 8 ®xd4
0-0 9 I d l <£e4 10 £ie5
White does not want to allow his pawn
structure to be damaged by a capture on
c3, but the result is a clear case of ‘death
by misadventure’.
10...£>xc3 11 ®xc3 jtxg2 12 Фх%2
®c7 0-1
13 ®f3 M c5 14 ®xa8 ^ c 6 traps the
queen. 8 £sc7+??
8 ®d5 i.xf2+ (8...®a5+? 9 £ld2 ®xb5
R.Weill - D.Anic 10 e3 ®c6) 9 & dl 10 £ic7+ * f 8 11
Montpellier 1988 ®d3 M 5 12 £ixa8 ^ g 4 gives Black ex­
1 £>f3 Ш 2 b3 g6 3 M>2 ± g7 4 e3cellent compensation.
0-0 5 М 2 c5 6 c4 £k 6 7 0-0 b6 8 d4 8.. .® xc7!9#a4+
cxd4 9 £ixd4 M l 10 М 3 ®b8 11 9 dxc7 M f2#.
£ixc6?! M c 6 12 iLxc6?! dxc6 9.. .®c6 0-1
Now Black has a major threat...
13 ®f3?? L.Palacios - L.Langner
...but White is too busy with his own Antwerp Wch stud 1992
plan to notice. 1 c4 ZA6 2 £lf3 c5 3 £k3 g6 4 d4
13...£sg4! 0-1 cxd4 5 £>xd4 JLg7 6 e4 ‘йсб
 Flank Openings 27

White must now be careful how he de­ Rshaid - Quiroga

velops. Argentinean corr. Ch 1986
7 Де2?? £)xe4! 8 £lxe4 £xd 4 9 0-0 1 c4 c5 2 £>c3 3 £>f3
0-0 10 ДеЗ 0-1 3 g3 d5 4 cxd5 £>xd5 5 i.g 2 £>c7 6
d3 e6 7 ШЪЪ 8 £>f3 b6 9 £id2 ДЬ8
M.Grigorian - M.Lonborg 10 £>c4 ДЬ7?? 11 ДхЬ7 Hxb7 12 £)a5
Arhus 1997 1-0 L.Karlsson-L.Bass, Norway 1983.
I d4 £if6 2 £\f3 g6 3 g3 i.g 7 4 i.g2 12...ПЬ8 13 £ k 6.
0-0 5 c4 c5 6 £ic3 cxd4 7 £)xd4 £k 6 8 3.. .d5 4 cxd5 £sxd5 5 g3 £ic7 6 Ag2
i.g5?! Wa5! 9 <£xc6 bxc6 10 ©cl?! £lc6 7 0-0 g6?!
10 # d 2 Д аб (Ю...ШЬ4 11 ЬЗ) 11 ЬЗ. 7.. .e5.
10.. . 1 . 4 11 ЬЗ?? 8 £la4
II 0-0 Шхс4 12 £М5 Д аб is difficult 8 d3?! i.g 7 9 ДеЗ b6 10 &e5 ?? £ixe5
for White. 0-1 T.Burghardt-R.Wiemer, St Ingbert
11.. .£se4! 12 Дхе4 Wxc3+ 0-1 1994. One of the merits of Rubinstein’s
...£\c7 system is that the a8-rook is de­
Matiukhin - Syromiatnikov fended, which makes Black’s position
corr. 1988 more durable against tricks on the long
1 c4 c5 2 £)f3 £if6 3 £>c3 £k6 4 d4diagonal.
cxd4 5 £>xd4 e6 6 g3 Ш б 7 £)b3 ДЬ4 8 8.. .e5
JLg2 ДхсЗ+? 8.. .b6 9 d4 cxd4 10 Jtf4 opens up the
8.. .£>e5; 8...#a6; 8...d5. position to White’s advantage.
9 bxc3 0-0 10 ДаЗ Sd8 11 i.d6! 9d3b6?!
£ia5?? 12 c5 Wb5 9.. .Ad7.
^ ...^ а б 13 Дс7. 10 <&g5 Дd7 11 * b 3 We7?? (D)
13 Дс7 1-0 П...Ш6.
13.. .£)xb3 14 axb3 He8 15 Ha5 traps
the queen.

M.Suba - H.Liebert
Lublin 1974
1 c4 c5 2 <£f3 3 £lc3 d5 4 cxd5
£>xd5 5 g3 £sc6 6 JLg2 £k7
Rubinstein’s system, which demands
imaginative play from White.
7 ®a4 ±d 7 8 We4 g6 9 £se5 £ ie6??
9.. .J.g7, both developing and giving
the king a flight-square, is quite OK for
Black.
10 £lxc6 1-0 12 £>xb6!
Ю...Дхсб (10...bxc6 11 Шхсб) 11 A surprising, but quite devastating
®хсб+ Ьхсб 12 Дхсб+ Ш 1 13 ± xd7+ tactical blow.
i ’xd? gives White a clear extra pawn. 1-0
Since White is structurally better too, After the continuation 12...axb6 13
Black’s decision not to play on is quite Wxb6 Wd6 14 £se4 Black cannot keep
understandable. his material.
28 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

G.Stan - Vitikan 9...JLxh2+ is possible immediately:

corr. 1989 10 ФхЬ2 (10 ФЫ £ig4) 10...£>g4+ 11
I c4 £sf6 2 £)сЗ еб 3 £rf3 c5 4 e4 d5 5 (D) and now:
cxd5 exd5 6 exd5 £lxd5 7 i.b5+ £ic6 8
J.xc6+ Ъхсб 9 0-0 i.e 7 10 ®a4 *c7??
10.. .M T , 10...£)b4 11 a3 £>d3 12
* x c 6 + i.d 7 ; 10...£)xc3 11 dxc3 0-0 12
* x c 6 5b8.
II £ixd5 1-0

L.Overath - K.Miinsch
Donaueschingen Seniors 1985
1 c4 c5 2 £ic3 £if6 3 <£ic6 4 e3
4 d4 e6? 5 d5 £ie7? (5...exd5 6 cxd5
£)b4 is a very poor Benoni for Black) 6
d6 <5k6 7 £)b5 A xd6 8 Wxd6 1-0
J.Coffey-NN, Indiana 1978.
4.. .e5 5 i.e 2 i.d 6 6 0-0 h5 7 S)b5 al) 12...a6 13 cxd5 (13 dxc5 axb5 14
±b 8 8 d4?! (D) * x a 8 * c 7 + 15 f4 exf3+ 16 ФхГЗ £}ce5+
It’s astonishing that this could be a fa­
tal error.
8.. .e4 9 £)el
Black now has the standard idea of a
...jLxh2+ sacrifice, but the fate of the
game also rests on a battle for control of
d6 and c7. Instead 9 £le5 loses a pawn, 9
d5 drops a piece to 9...exf3 10 dxc6 fxe2,
while 9 ^ d 2 is like the game.
9.. .a6
Black may not be right to try to push
back the knight before sacrificing, ac­
cording to my analysis, though it is all
hideously complex.
a) ll...dS 12 * а 4 and here:
17 £ g 3 h4+ 18 ФЬЗ £lf2+ 19 ФЬ2
£ f3 # ) and then:
al 1) 13...h4+ 14 ФЬЗ £ixe3+ 15 ФЬ2
h3 16 g3 (16 i.xe3?? hxg2+ 17 Фxg2
# 6 4 forces mate) 16....&g4 (16...£lxfl+
17 JLxfl axb5 18 * x a 8 <£ixd4 doesn’t
give Black enough for the piece) 17
i.xe3 i.x e2 18£ic3 b5 19 * c 2 i.x f l 20
* х е 4 + £)e7 21 d6 and White should
win.
al2) 13...axb5 14 * x a 8 « 0 7 + (or
14.. .Ш 6 + 15 f4 exf3+ 16 ФxfЗ) 15 f4
(15 d6 * x d 6 + 16 f4 exf3+ 17 Фх13)
15.. .exf3+ 16 ФхГЗ is unconvincing, e.g.
16.. .h4 17 ДхЬ5 and the king escapes.
a2) 12...h4+ 13 ФЬЗ £ixe3+ 14 ФЬ2
£ ix fl+ 15 i .x f l h3 16 g3 Ш 6 17 i.e 3
(17 i.f 4 g5) 17...cxd4 18 <S)xd4 i.d 7 19
cxd5 (19 £)xc6 Д хсб 20 # d l dxc4)
19.. .^ e 5 20 i.b 5 Sd8 (20...£ig4+ 21
ФЬ1 £ixe3 22 JLxd7+ and White wins)
21 Axd7+ Sxd7 22 2 c 1 0-0 is rather un­
clear.
b) ll...d6 1 2 * 3 4 h4+(12...a6 is also
possible; see 9...a6 10 * a 4 JLxh2+ 11
ФхЬ2 £lg4+ 12 ФgЗ d6) 13 ФЬЗ <£xe3+
(13...axf2++? 14 ФЬ2 h3 15 g3) 14ФЬ2
 Flank Openings
h3 15 g3 (15 ДхеЗ hxg2+ 16 Фxg2 Wh4
forces mate, as normal) 15...£sxfl+ (af­
ter 15...i.g4? 16 fxe3 Д хе2 17 Bf2) 16
jLxfl cxd4 Black has a useful pawn-
centre, but the game remains very un­
clear after 17 £)xd4 Wb6 (or 17...®f6 18
ДеЗ JLd7) 18 Д еЗ Wxb2.
10 <£\сЗ?
This loses on the spot. There were two
interesting moves:
a) 10 d5?! Axh2+! (10...axb5 11
dxc6 Axh2+? 12 <&xh2 £ig4+ 13 * g l
Wh4 {13...Wc7 14 f4} 14 Wd6 ! shows
why d6 is such a crucial square; with the
mate averted, Black could resign) 11
&xh2 £lg4+ 12 &g3 (12 * g l ? Wh4)
12.. .axb5 13 dxc6 (Black wins after ei­
ther 13 f3? d6! 14 fxg4 hxg4 or 13 f4? d6
14 f5 Wg5 15 ± x g 4 £>e5) 13...1Игс7+
(rather than 13...Wg5?! 14 ^ x g 4 We5+
{14...hxg4 15 Wxg4) 15 f4 exf3+ 16
&xf3 hxg4+ 17 * f2 ) 14 f4 exf3+ 15
&xf3 Wxc6+ (15...Hh6!?) 16 Wd5 Wf6+
(16...bxc4!?) 17 * g 3 h4+ 18 &h3 (18
ix g 4 d6+) 18...d6 and now:
al) 19 We4+ * f 8 20 ^ x g 4 Wxfl 21
£\f3 f5 !! wins for Black: 22 Wf4 Wxc4
23 Wxd6+ Фе8 24 Wg6+ (24 We5+ We6)
24.. .ШП or 22 ± x f5 W hl+ 23 £>h2 Wei
24 Wf3 Wg3+! 25 Wxg3 hxg3+ 26 ФxgЗ
JLxf5.
a2) 19 Sxf6 £)xf6+ 20 ФЪ2 £3xd5 21
cxd5 and Black has the better ending.
b) 10 Wa4! i.x h 2 + 11 Фх h2 &g4+
12 &g3 and now Black’s best appears to
be 12,..d6 (12...d5?! is considered under
9.. .ДхЬ2+ 10*xh2£>g4+ 11 &g3 d5 12
Wa4 a6) 13 d5 h4+ 14 * h 3 ^ x e 3 +
(14...axb5!? 15 Wxa8 £ice5) 15 -4>h2 h3
(D) and then:
29
bl) 16 ДхеЗ?? hxg2+ mates.
b2) 16 4l?gl hxg2 and now 17 $3xg2
£lxg2 18 dxc6 (18 Фxg2 Wh4 mates)
18...Wh4 19 £)xd6+ ^ f e wins for Black,
while 17 fxe3 gxflW + 18 ДхИ £ie5
gives him a massive attack.
b3) 16 g3 £sxfl+ 17 ДхП axb5 18
Wxa8 £le5 and Black’s attack is suffi­
cient compensation for the piece.
10.. .£.xh2+! 11 &xh2 <£g4+ 12 ФgЗ
d5 13 ^xg4 hxg4 0-1
This game exhibits some wonderful
attacking ideas.
Amman - Berthelot
Manila 1974
1 c4 c5 2 g3 <S)c6 3 Дg2 g6 4 £>c3
± g7 5 аЗ еб 6 Ь4?! схЬ4?!
6.. .£lxb4! 7 ахЬ4 схЬ4 8 d4 ЬхсЗ 9 еЗ
£1е7 10 £)е2 gives White some compen­
sation for the pawn, but that is all.
7 axb4 £ixb4 8 ДаЗ £)c6?
8.. .ДхсЗ 9 dxc3 £}c6 leaves Black
weak on the dark squares; this is quite
dangerous for him.
9 £\b5 £sge7?
9.. .Wf6.
10 Дс16 Wb611 £k7+ * f 8 12 c5 1-0
2 Miscellaneous Queen's
Pawn Openings
1 d4: Miscellaneous
1...g6 and the Modern Defence
E Jelling - P.Bank
Copenhagen Politiken Cup 1996
1 d4 g6 2 £>f3 Ag7 3 c4
3 e3 d6 4 i.c 4 £M7?? 5 i.xf7+! &xf7
6 4tlg5+ * f6 7 t f 3 + &xg5 8 e4+ * h 4 9
П 1З# 1-0 Ullrich-Spengler, Berlin 1949.
3c3 d64£.g5& d7 5e3 h 6 6 i.h 4 c 6 7
£ibd2 f5 8 ihc4 b5?? 9 £ixd6+ &f8 10
Wb3 1-0 Ma.Petrovi6-A.Pihajli6, Yugo­
slav Cht 1989.
3.. .C5
3.. .d6 4 g3 i.g 4 5 ± g2 WcS 6 £sc3 e5 Schneider-Holwell, corr. 1986.
7 i.e3 £>c6 8 d5 £>ce7 9 c5 £>f5?? 10
Ш 4+Ш 7 11 ®xg4 1-0 D.Strauss-J.Han-
ken, USA Open (Los Angeles) 1991.
4d5
4 e4 transposes to the next main game.
4.. .d6 5 £>c3 i.xc3+ 6 bxc3 f5 7 Wa4+ 10..
.id 7 8 »ЬЗ Ш 5 9 Ш 2 ^f6?? 10 Wxb7
0-0 11 Wxa8
Black has no way to trap the queen.
11.. .£sa6 12 Wxa7 A a4 13 A b2 1-0 17 f3 or 15 £>xd8 i.x f2 + 16 Wxf2 £lxf2
G.Quillan - S.Ansell
British League (4NCL) 1997/8
1 e4 c5 2 £}f3 g6 3 c4 Ag7 4 d4
This position can be reached by many
different move-orders.
4.. .£k6?! 5 d5
5 dxc5 *35+ 6 i.d2 Шхс51 £юЗ £if6 8
Ae2 d6 9 0-0 0-0 10 h3 Аеб ?? 11 <&a41-0
V.Chekhov-Y.Balashov, Moscow 1982.
5.. .£id4 6 i.d 3 e5 7 0-0 d6 8 £lxd4
cxd4 9 f4! £T6?? 10 fxe5 dxe5 11 Ag5!
b6?
11.. .ШЪ6 12 t o .
12 i.xf6 1-0
Englund Gambit: 1...e5
A.Alekhine - Dr Lovewell
Providence blind simul 1923
I d4 e5 2 dxe5 &c6 3 £ f 3 ±c5?
3.. .d6 4 exd6 i.x d 6 5 e4 £sf6 6 £ic3
i.g 4 7 i.b 5 ttd 7 8 £.g5?! 0-0-0 9 £.xf6?!
gxf6 10 0-0 * е 6 11 i.d 3 £>e5?! 12 Hel??
(12 £\d4) 12...i.xf3 13 gxf3 Wh3 0-1
4 £ f4 <2)ge7 5 e3 0-0 6 £>c3 £>g6 7
i.d 3 ^xf4 8 exf4 Se8 9 &xh7+?!
This sacrifice only succeeds in mud­
dying the waters against best defence.
9.. .st?xh7 10 ^g5+ <&g8??
.* g6 11 # g 4 f5 12 Ш 4 (12 % 3 ? !
£ixe5 13 £se6+??£ig4!) 12...Hh8 13 Wg3
£)xe5 14 <йеб+ £}g4 is good for White
after either 15 £sxc5 ® e7+ 16 £>5e4 d5
17& xf2fixd8 18 5)b5.
II * h 5 f6 1-0
Astengo - Genne
Chiasso 1992
1 d4 e5 2 dxe5 £)c6 3 £\f3 ®e7 4 £lc3
a) 4 i . g 5 't b 4 + 5 i .d 2 « rxb26i.c3??
JLb4 7 ®d2 ДхсЗ 0-1 Bayle-Martenot,
corr. 1981.
b) 4 &f4 Wb4+:
 Miscellaneous Queen’s Pawn Openings 31

bl) 5 W d2!l Wxb2 6 Ш З i.b 4 0-1 7 £le2 Ad6 8 h4 0-0 9 £ftc3 « f 6 10

M Scheeren-G.Welling, Eindhoven 1974. c5 keeps the game unclear.
b2) 5 k d 2 ®xb2 6 ЛсЗ?? Ш 7 Ш 2 7...*h4+ 8 ФП £ixd4 9 Ле4 Лхе4
ЛхсЗ 8 ШхсЗ I ' d # 0-1 Silbermann-Ho- (D)
nich, Czemowitz 1930.
c) 4 Wd5:
cl) 4...h6? 5 £>c3 g5 6 £\Ь5 Ш 8 (ab­
ject; the game is only included because
of the amusing finish) 7 Ad2 £)ge7? 8
Ш 6!! Ag7 9 <&xc7+ * f 8 10 £sxa8 1-0
Bouttier-Charrier, corr.
c2) 4...f6 5 exf6 £)xf6:
c21) 6 ШЪЗ d5 7 £sc3 i.d 7 8 £>xd5
£}xd5 9 ®xd5 £\Ъ4 10 # x b7?? Л с6 0-1
J.Mallett-T.Purser, 1992.
c22) 6 « t i l d5 7 £ic3 i.f 5 8 £id4
£\xd4 9 « М 4 ШйТ1 (passive) 10 jLf4
c5?! 11 Ше5+ Л е7?? 12 e4! (intending 10 & d 4
13 i.b 5 ) 12...£\g4 13 ®xf5 1-0 O.Ivlev- 10 fxe4 Л с5 11 £lf3 is no good due to
S.Derouin, Cappelle la Grande 1995. 11.. .£M 3 12 Wxf3 Hf8.
4.. .£sxe5 5 e4 d6 6 ®d5 Ш 8 7 £>xe5 White could try 10 exd7+ Ф08 (not
dxe5 8 Ш 5 Ш б? Ю...ФГ7? 11 fxe4 Лс5 12 £>f3 £ixf3 13
8.. .jtd6. « x f3 + Фе7 14 £\c3 Sf8 15 i.f4 , nor
9 k g 5 Леб 10.. .£ixd7?? 11 Wxd4 Л с5 12 l'x e4 + )
9.. .c6 10 0-0-0; 9...g6 10 ®h4; 9...h6 11 fxe4 (11 WxdA Лс5 12 J.g5+ ®xg5 13
10 0-0-0. 1i'xe4 «cl-i- is good for Black), but Black
10 0-0-0 «с5? keeps an extra piece by the amusing se­
10.. .^.xd5 11 Sxd5 wins a pawn atquence 11...Лс5 12 ЛеЗ IIf8+ 13 ^SHf3
least. £)xf3 14 Лхс5 4lxh2++! (14...£)d2++ is
11 ЛЬ5+ less effective in view of 15 Фе2) 15 Ф gl
Black is mated or loses most of his bxc5 16 We2 (16 Hxh2? « f2 + 17 ФЫ
pieces. « П + 18 « x f l Hxfl#) 16...«g4!.
1-0 10.. .Л.С5 11 exd7+ ФГ7 12 td 2??
12 g3 ^ x d 4 13 gxh4 JLd3+ 14 Фg2
1...e6 and English Defence Л хс4 is very good for Black, but by no
(2 c4 b6) means instantly winning.
12.. .1.d3+! 0-1
D.Pergericht - J-P.Boudre
Val Maubuee 1988 V.Ikonnikov - M.Riedner
1 d4 e6 2 c4 b6 3 e4 Werfen 1991
3 £)сЗ ЛЬ7 4 e4 ЛЬ4 5 i.d 3 Wh4 6 g3 1 d4 e6 2 c4 b6 3 &f3 ЛЬ7 4 g3 f5?!
We71 <Sige2 d6?? 8 ®a4+ <£c6 9 d5 exd5 If Black handles the position like a
10 cxd5 1-0 F.Bulthaupt-J.Brustkem, Queen’s Indian with ...f5 thrown in, he
Regionalliga Niedersachsen 1988/9. will become badly unstuck when White
3.. plays a quick d5; the f5-pawn will be a
.ЛЬ7 4 f3 f5 5 exf5 £\h6 6 fxe6
■?if5 7 ±d3? target and e6 weak.
32 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

5±g2£if6?! I . ..d6: Averbakh Modern and

5.. .JLb4+ is a better way to handle theTartakower Defence (2 £rf3 JLg4)
position.
6 0-0 ± e7 7£>c3 N.SuIava - A.Barthel
7 d5!?. Biel 1997
7.. .0.0 8 d5! £la6 9 £)d4 «e8?? 10 d6 1 £if3 d6 2 d4 Ag4 3 c4 c6 4 £>c3
± x g 2 11 dxe7 *xe7 12 *xg2 f4 13 £if3 J. xf3 5 exf3 еб?!
1-0 5.. .4 .6 is more flexible.
6 d5! cxd5?! 7 cxd5 e5
Kevitz-Trajkovic Defence: 1...^c6 Now Black is well behind in develop­
ment, but the alternative was to accept
C.Gavrilescu - V.Tomescu some unpleasantly weak pawns.
Bucharest 1993 8 H>3! * с8 9 JLe3 £id710 S cl <йс5?!
1 d4 £>c6 2 i.g5 10.. .a6 puts up more resistance.
2 c4 £)f6 (transposing to a Black И ШаЗ a5 12 £ib5! b6? 13 b4 1-0
Knights Tango) 3 <2}f3 d6 4 £ic3 Jtg4 5 13.. .axb4 14 Wxa8 # x a 8 15 £ ic7+.
d5 £ie5 6 <£d2?? £M3+ 0-1 Venert-
V.Mechkarov, Bulgaria 1970. I.Ibragimov - V.Zhelnin
2.. .f6 3 £.h4 <5ih6 4 e3 d5 5 f4 Af5 6 Russian Cup (Moscow) 1998
сЗ e6 7 h3 i.d 6 8 g5 9 ®h5+?? 1 d4 d6 2 £if3 £id7 3 e4 g6 4 £.c4
± g6 0-1 ±g7?? (D)

Polish Defence: 1...b5

J.Bobber - W.Loch
corr. 1989
1 d4 b5 2 e4 ±b 7 3 ±xb5
3 f3 a6 4 c4 bxc4 5 JLxc4 e6 6 4ic3
d5? 7 Wb3! £ic6 8 exd5! £>xd4 9 Wxb7
Sb8 10 *x a6 Sa8? 11 £.Ь5+! Фе7 12
d6+ 1-0 M.Euwe-G.Abrahams, Bourne­
mouth 1939. 12...*f6 13 dxc7.
3.. .f5?
3.. .Axe4.
4 exf5 ±xg2 5 ®h5+ g6 6 fxg6 Ag7 7 5 ±xf7+ 1-0
gxh7+ It’s not often that a player rated 2490
7m s ш . loses in five moves! We see this same po­
7.. .* f8 8 £if3? sition in the Modem Defence. Perhaps
8 hxg8®4- *xg8 9 ®g6 Axhl 10 i.f4 here Black forgot the theme due to the
£sc6 11 £se2 Hb8 12 ^>bc3 should be a unusual move-order.
winning attack for White.
8.. .£>f6 9 Wg6 Axf3! G.Burgess - P.Helbig
9.. .1.xhl? 10 £lg5 Ad5 (Ю...Ше8?? Liverpool 1988
11 £)e6+) 11 c4 12 Шхе8+ is good 1 d4 g6 2 e4 J.g7 3 c4
for White. 3 th fi d6 4 c4 i.g 4 5 i.e 2 <Sic6 6 i.e 3
10 S g l Sxh7 11 ± g 5 ?? Ae4 0-1 e5 7 £lxe5? dxe5 8 JLxg4 exd4 9 Af4 h5
 Miscellaneous Queen’s Pawn Openings 33

10 Д е2?? d3 0-1 R.Seltzer-A.Ivanov, 5 <£xd5 <5ixd5 6 Шхй5 Де7 7 Дg5

1993. 0-0 8 0-0-0 £>c6 9 аЗ Ь5 10 еЗ ЖЬ8 11
3.. .d6 4 £k3 f5?! ДОЗ с4?? 12 ДхЬ7+ ФхЬ7 1-0
4.. .£sc6: In view of 13 Д хе7 followed by
a) 5 d5 £)d4 6 ДеЗ c5 7 £ige2 Ш б 8 Wh5+ and £>g5.
Ш 2 £sf6 9 h3 0-0 10 S b l Ша5 11 S d l??
£lxe4! 0-1 W.Thormann-K.Bischoff, Вш -
desliga 1981/2. 12£ixe4£sc2#. Trompowsky Attack
b) 5 ДеЗ e5 6 £ige2 f5 7 exf5 gxf5 8
f4 exd4 9 £lxd4 Ше7?? (attacking the M.Wickert - M. Adams
еЗ-bishop, but White can defend it while Islington 1992
1 d4 £if6 2 Дg5 ^ e4
simultaneously gaining time on the black
queen) 10 4M5 ШП 11 £lb5 1-0 G.Bur- 2.. .g6 3 £>d2 Д g7 4 e3 d 6 5 Д 03 c5 6
gess-S.James, Newport 1986. c3 0-0 7 h3 <Sic6 8 £ie2 e5?! 9 dxc5 dxc5
5 exf5 ДхГ5 6 Д ёЗ &xd4 7 ДхГ5 10 £ie4 ®e7 11 £>2g3 b 6 ?? ( ll...S d 8
ДхсЗ+ 8 ЬхсЗ gxf5 9 ШЬ5+ Фё7 10 would give Black chances of withstand­
0X317 еб?! ing the pressure) 12 1-0 I.Nei-
10.. .Wf8. M.Ippohto, Cappelle la Grande 1994.
11 Дg5 Ше8?? 2„.c6 3 еЗ?? Ш5+ 0-1 Z.Djordjevic-
11.. .Wf8 12£se5+dxe5 1 3 S d l+ & c8Kovafievic, Bela Crkva 1984. This is the
14 Wf7 £tf6 15 # x f6 . shortest ever loss by a master.
12 £>e5+ 1-0 2.. .c5:
12.. .dxe5 13 0-0-0+ Феб 14 « гхе8+ a) 3 d5 Ш 6 4 ЬЗ? (4 &c3 ®xb2 5
Фс5 15 Wb5#. Д 02) 4 ...5 Ы 5 ДеЗ? ® b4+ 6 Д 02 ??
Ш 40-1 Hondema-C.Baljon, KNSB 1977.
Irregular ...c5 Defences b) 3 ДхГб gxf6 4 d5:
b l) 4...d6 5 еЗ ДГ5?! (the bishop is
M.Shereshevsky - Y.Gusev misplaced here, and is only a target) 6
USSR 1977 £ie2 Д g 6 ?! 7 h4 h5 8 <&f4 ® b 6 9 £id2
1 d4 Wxb2 10 £ixg 6 fxg 6 11 S b l # c3 ?! 12
1 e4 e6 2 d4 c5 3 d5 (this position Sxb7 аб?? 13 Ш 1 1-0 I.Rausis-Holz-
could be reached via 1 d4 c5 2 d5 e6 3 e4) hauer, Munich 1990. 13...£ld7 14 Sxd7
3...£if6 4 £\c3 exd5?! 5 e5 d4?? 6 exf6 Фх07 15 Ш7+.
1-0 P.Rewitz-E.Nicolaisen, Arhus 1997. Ь2) 4...Ш 6 5 Wcl Д 116 6 еЗ d 6 7
1.. .£>f6 ДОЗ GS&l 8 a4 £>e5 9 ДЬ5+ * f 8 104id2
1.. .c5 2 d5 e5 3 c4 d6 4 £>c3 g6 5 e4Sg8 11 g3 Af5 12 £>c4?? £>xc4 13 Wdl
Дg7 6 ДОЗ аб 7 £ige2 £>d7 8 ДеЗ &е7 9 (13 Дхс4 Wb4+) 13...Де4 0-1 E.Strauss-
f3 Sb8 10 Ш 2 f5 11 exf5 &xf5 12 ДхГ5 H.Ochs, Dortmund 1993.
gxf5 13 ДЬ6?? ®h4+ 0-1 T.Johansen- 3 ДГ4
Y.Zilberman, Gausdal 1995. 3 ДЬ4 d5 4 f3 g5 5 fxe4 gxh4 6 exd5
2 £>f3 c5 3 d5 e6 4 ^c3 exd5 ®xd5 7 &c3 Wa5 8 £rf3 h3 9 g3 ДЬб 10
4.. .d6 5 e4 Де7?! (5...exd5) 6 ДЬ5+Ш З £sc6 11 е4?! (11 Ш 5 ) 1l..JLg4 12
^bd7? 7 dxe6 fxe6 8 £ig5! Wa5 9 £ixe6 £ld2?? (12 Де2) 12...£lb4! 13 ШЪ5+
£ixe4 10 <S3xg7+ i f 7 11 ®h5+ sfcxg7 12 сб!! (D).
ДЬ6+ i f 6 13 ® f3+ 1-0 A.Machulsky- 0-1 G.Chepukaitis-Yakovliev, Lenin­
A.Rios, Philadelphia 1992. grad 1981.1 4 « rxa5£lxc2+ 15Ф42ДеЗ#.
34 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
3 h4 d5 4 £>d2 Ш б 5 c3? (5 £\xe4 9 axb6 dxc3??
dxe4 followed by taking precautions
against ...®Ь4+ would give White an en­
tirely reasonable position) 5 ...^ g 3 ! 0-1
O.Gant-H.Kauschmann, Berlin 1988.
White’s resignation is certainly prema­
ture, since Black is only winning a pawn,
for example 6 Sh2 f6 7 JLe3 <£sxe2 8
£>gf3£lgl!?.
3.. .c5 4 d5
4f3:
a) 4...#a5+ 5 сЗ Ш 6 & d2 cxd4 7
Ш 8 8 # x d 4 d5?! 9 i.x b 8 Sxb8 10 £ixd4 e5 7 &db5 a6 8 £ixd5?? axb5 9
®xa7 ®c7 11 ®b6?? ®xc4 12 e4 £\d7!
13 Ша5 'Шсв 0-1 L.Tapaszto-J.Rohl,
Merida 1991.
b) 4...£>f6 5 dxc5 £ia6 6 e4 £ixc5 7
£ k 3 d6 8 ttd 2 i.d 7 9 0-0-0 Ш 5 10 * b l
Sd8?? 11 <SM5! 1-0 C.Landenbergue-
M.Roder,Bern 1993. Il...'*xd212£k7#.
4.. .« b 6 S & U fM tf
Adams being a leading Trompowsky
player, his choice of variation as Black is
significant.
6 £>gf3??
6 £ixe4 Ш4+.
6.. .£)c3 7 £lc4? £)xdl 0-1
1 d4 <S3f6: Irregular Lines
E.Diemer - Wagner
St Radegund 1960
1 d4 2 g4?
2 £)сЗ еб 3 e4 c5?! 4 d5 exd5 5 e5!
d4?? 6 exf6 Ша5 7 i.d 2 gxf6 8 £kl5 Ш 8
9 We2+ Д е7 10 £ixf6+ * f 8 11 i.h 6 #
1-0 R.Pape-M.Noer, Denmark 1989.
2.. .^xg4 3 e4
3.. .d5 4 £ic3 c6?! 5 £ f 4 g6? 6 exd5
cxd5? 7 £.xb8 Sxb8 8 i.b5+ i.d 7 9 * x g 4
1-0 Lewis-Clayton, corr. 1985.
4 e5 &d5 5 c4 -ЙЬб 6 £кЗ d6 7 a4
dxe5 8 a5 exd4?
8.. .<S)6d7 leaves White looking very
silly.
9.. .cxb6 gives Black four pawns for a
piece.
10 WxdS+ 4>xd8 11 Ixa7! 1-0
R.Djurhuus - F.Liardet
Santiago jr Wch 1990
1 £>c3 ^ f6 2 d4 c5 3 £if3 cxd4 4
^xd4 d5 5 i.g5 e5 6 £\db5 a6??
Perhaps Black was playing by analogy
with the Semi-Tarrasch line 1 d4 d5 2 c4
e6 3 £)c3 4 £rf3 c5 5 i.g 5 cxd4 6
£\xf6+ ®xf6! 10 JLxf6 Ab4+, but forgot
that the pawn being on c2 ruled out the
vital ...ДЬ4+ tactic.
7 £>xd5! axb5 8 £)xf6+ 1-0
1 d4 £>f6 2 £>f3 e6/b6:
London, Torre and Other
Systems
B.Damljanovic - P.Lukacs
Kolhapur 1987
1 d4 £}f6
1...c5 2 c3 3 £>f3 b6 4 ± g 5 i.b 7 5
Axf6 gxf6 6 еЗ еб 7 £sbd2 f5 8 Wc2 Wc7
9 e4? fxe4 10 ^ x e 4 # f 4 11 i.d 3 ?? c4!
0-1 H.Turian-C.Srienz, Vienna 1990.
2 £tf3 еб
2.. .b5 3 Jig5 jLb7 4 e3 b4 5 i.d 3 d5 6
0-0 <£bd7 7 c3 a5 8 # a 4 еб 9 &e5 h6 10
 Miscellaneous Queen’s Pawn Openings 35

jLh4 c5?? 11 ± x f6 1-0 C.Buhr-T.Gross,

German U-20 Ch (Hamburg) 1993.
11.. .gxf6 12 foxd.7 Wxd7 13 i.b5.
2.. .b6 3 i.g 5 i.b 7 4 fohdl c5 5 еЗ еб 6
l d 3 d5 7 c3 £ M 7 8 £ie5 £ixe5?? 9 dxe5
h6 10 Jtb5+ (oops!) Ю...Фе7 11 i.h 4 a6
12 Wf3 axb5 13 exf6+ 1-0 F.Izeta-D.Asto-
reka, San Sebastian 1993.
3 i.f4
3 e3 b6 4 iLd3 i.b 7 5 0-0 i.e 7 6 c4
foe,4 7 foc3 f5 8 d5 £)xc3 9 bxc3 JLf6 10
foAA exd5 11 cxd5 £ x d 5 12 i.x f5 0-0??
13 JLxh7+ 1-0 A.Root-R.Lester, Dallas 11.. .£id5? fails to 12 dxc5!, and
1996.13.. .ФхЬ7 1 4 « h 5 + * g 8 15«xd5+ 1 l...£.g7? to 12 £ixd6+ * x d 6 13 i.b5+ ,
wins the a8-rook. but 1 l...®d8! survives.
3 i.g 5 : 12 £lxd6+! Wxd6 13 i.b5+ 1-0
a) 3...c6 and now:
al) 4 e4 ШЪ6 5 fobA2 « x b 2 6 i.d 3 J.Maiwald - A.Bockius
d5 7 0-0 ®b6 8 We,2 dxe4 9 l£ixe4 £lxe4 Bad Worishofen 1994
10 ttrxe4 £)d7 11 c4 h6?? 12 ®xe6+! 1 d4 £)f6 2 £sf3 еб 3 g3 b6
fxe6 13 Ag6# 1-0 Springe-Gebhard, Mu­ 3.. .b5 4 i.g 2 i.b 7 5 0-0 i.e 7 6 i.g 5
nich 1927. 0-0 7 «ИЗ!? b4?? (7...a6 8 i.x f6 i.x f6 9
a2) 4 fob&2 d5 5 e3 b6 6 ± d 3 i.a 6 7 fog5 jk.xg5 10 J.xb7 Sa7 is an adequate
c4 dxc4 8 £>xc4 ± b 4 + 9 fofd2V Ш 5\ defence) 8 &xf6 £.xf6 9 £>g5! 1-0 H.Wir-
10 ! x f 6 gxf6 11 i.e4?? Wxc4 0-1 G.Cati- thensohn-R. Valdivia, Zurich 1992.
velli-A.Fuentes, Buenos Aires 1993. 4 k g l k b 7 5 0-0 i.e 7 6 &g5 d6 7
b) 3...c54c3cxd45cxd41Sfb 6 6 1i rb3 ®d3 (D)
fozA 7 i . f 4 foc6 8 еЗ?! i.b4+ ! 9 fobd2V. Cheeky but not illogical; White pre­
(9 £\c3) 9...g5! (this pawn’s advance to vents castling, and fights for control of
g4 undermines the defence of the d2- e4.
knight) 10 JLxg5 (10 .&g3 g4) 10...jLxd2+
11 £lxd2 Wa5! (ll...£lxg5? 12 h4) 0-1
Sangla-A.Karpov, Riga tt 1968.
3.. .c5 4 e3 <2)h5 5 Ag5 ®Ъ6 6 £ibd2
h6 7 foo.4 W cl 8 i.h 4 g5 9 fofeS (D)
9.. .fof6
9.. .fog7 should hang on: 10 JLg3 (10
* 0 ? d6) 10...d6 (10...£lf5? 11 &xf7!)
Il£ )g 4 f5 .
10 ± g3 d6
After 10...£ie4?, 11 fox f7! foxg3 12
$)xh8 wins: 12...±g7 (12...£)xhl 13
Ш5+ &d8 14 £sf7+ * e 7 15 £tfe5) 13
hxg3 i.xh 8 14 Sxh6 i.g 7 15 Ш 5+ * f8 7...0-0??
16 foe5 is a massacre. I said “prevents castling” !
11 *T3! i.e7? 8 &xf6 ±xf6 9 fog5\
36 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
This idea keeps claiming victims.
1-0
White will win a whole exchange after
9...JLxg5 10 J.xb7.
1 d4 £tf6 2 & f3 g6:
London, Torre and Other
Systems
L.Day - D.Rohanchuk
Scarborough 1990
1 d4
1 £T3 <£f6 2 g3 g6 3 b3 d6 4 d4 (this
position could be reached by 1 d4 £}f6 2
£if3 g6 3 g3 d6 4 b3) 4...i.g7 5 i.b 2 0-0
6 $Lg2 £sc6 7 c4 e5 8 dxe5 dxe5 9
£ixe5?? * x d l+ 10 i ’xdl &g4 11 Axc6
0-1 S.Gorelov-I.Zaitsev, Russia Cup
(Moscow) 1996.
I...£lf6 2 Q f3 g6 3 ^ c 3
3 g3 i.g 7 4 i.g 2 0-0 5 0-0 d6 6 £>bd2
£lbd7 7 b3 e5 8 ± b 2 e4 9 £sg5 d5 10 c4
c6 11 i.h 3 ?? h6 12 i.x d 7 i.x d 7 0-1
B.Goude-K.Sasikaran, Winnipeg 1997.
3 ± g5 i.g 7 4 £>bd2 c5 5 i.x f6 i.x f6
6 £ie4 ± x d 4 7 £>xd4 cxd4 8 ' i rxd4
#a5+ ?? 9 b4 e5 10 ®c3 1-0 T.Belama-
ric-M.Kasalo, Yugoslav Cht (Zlatibor)
1989.
3 i.f4 :
a) 3...d6 4 h3 k g l 5 e3 0-0 6 ± e 2 c5
7 0-0 £ic6 8 i.h 2 « Ь 6 9 £ibd2?! Wxb2
10 £>c4 Wb4? (10...Wc3 11 S b l &a5) 11
c3! ®xc3 ? (11.. Mb5 is clearly dodgy for
Black, but does not lose instantly) 12 Bel
® b4 13 S b l 1-0 C.Umetsubo-G.Terra,
Sao Paulo 1995. 13...#c3 14Sb3.
b) 3...JLg7 and now:
b l) 4 £ibd2 0-0 5 e3 d6 6 h3 Se8 7
± c 4 ё к б 8 0-0 £>d7?? 9 i,x f7 + ! * h 8
10 JLxeS # x e 8 11 c3 1-0 V.Zivkovic-
M.Astengo, Celle Ligure 1987.
b2) 4 h3 0-0 5 e3 d6 6 &d3 &bd7 7
£>bd2 ®е8 8 0-0?? e5 9 i.h 2 e4 10 £ig5
exd3 11 cxd3 <ЙЬ6 12 f4 0-1 F.Cueto
Aller-R.Vaganian, Oviedo rpd 1992.
3.. .1.g7
3.. .c6 4 e4 d5?! 5 e5 £ig8 6 h3 b6 7
A f4 h5 8 JLd3 еб?! (Black has a misera­
ble, passive position) 9 We2 £}d7 10
0- 0-0 c5?? (with so little development,
this is asking for trouble) 11 £lxd5! exd5
12 e6 £idf6? (12...#e7 13 £ig5 £>h6 14
She 1 wins for White in any case) 13 £>e5
(13 JLb5+ Фе7 14 <йе5 is even stronger)
1- 0 B.Neuenschwander-U.Kindler, Bern
1992.
3.. .d5 is the normal move - see p. 193.
4 Af4 d6 5 h3 c5 6 dxc5 Ш 5 7 £ld2
Wxc5 8 &ЬЗ Ш 4 9 A d 2 ^ e4 10 ^ d5
®c4 11 ±a5 (D)
This position looks absolutely desper­
ate for Black, yet there is a way out.
11.. .b6??
11.. .0.0?? also loses to 12 e3, but
11 ...«dyfe! is the best defence, when it is
not even clear that White is better, for ex­
ample:
a) 12 £\c7?? loses to 12...£>xf2! 13
* x f2 ? ®f4+ 14 * g l (14 Фе1 Wg3+ 15
* d 2 i.h 6 + 16 еЗ ШхеЗ#) 14...ШеЗ+ 15
* h 2 ±e5+ 16 g3 Wxg3#.
b) 12 еЗ ©сб is quite OK, e.g. 13
£sc7? b6.
12 e3 £lxf2
12.. .Wc6 13 Ab5 * x b 5 14 £lc7+.
1-0
 Miscellaneous Queen’s Pawn Openings
Queen's Fianchetto
Defence
B.Sarmiento - B.Hernandez
Mesa 1992
1 d4 £if6 2 c4 e6 3 £lc3 b6 4 e4 Jtb4 5
# c2 d5?? 6 Ш4+
A ‘hesitation move’ - very easy to
miss.
6...£k6 7 cxd5! 1-0
Budapest Defence
O.Fomin - N.Fedosov
Ivanteevka 1988
1 d4 £T6 2 c4 e5 3 dxe5
3 e3 exd4 4 ®xd4?! £ic6 5 » d l d 5
аЗ Аеб 7 cxd5 £)xd5 8 e4? £)f6 9 ®xd8+
Sxd8 10 i.g 5 ?? £>d4 11 i.d 3 £ib3 0-1
K.Kurrik-P.Keres, Tartu 1935.
3 d5?! £.c5:
a) 4 h3? i.x f2 + ! 5 £ x f2 £ie4+ 6 * f3
Wh4 7 g3 (7 g4 f5!) 7 ...1 ^ 3 + 8 Фхе4
f5+ 9 &xf5 d6+ 10 Фе4 i.f5+! 11 * x f5
®g6# 0-1 Biegler-Peperle, corr. 1952.
b) 4 JLg5?? gives Black a choice of
wins:
bl) 4...JLxf2+ 5 &xf2 £lg4+ 6 Фе1
^xg5 1 £if3 ШеЗ 8 Ш 2 ®f2+ 9 £ d l
“Йе3+ 0-1 K.Zimak-J.Sobek, Czech Cht
1993.
b2) 4...£}e4 5 Ji.e3 ЛхеЗ 6 fxe3 Wh4+
0-1 M.Wacker-R.Klein, Eisenberg 1993.
3.. .!53g4
3.. .<2k4:
a) 4 Wc2 &M+ 5 £ld2 d5 6 exd6? (6
& 0 ) 6...i.f5! 7 * a 4 + £lc6 8 g3 £>c5 9
dxc7 Ше7 10 Ш \ £ d 3 # 0-1 N.Lagha-
B.Contedini, Leipzig I960.
b) 4 аЗ Ш114? 5 g3 Wh5 6 i.g 2 ! £ic5
7 £кЗ ^ c 6 8 f4 d6 9 £ib5 ^ е б 10 i . f 3 !
% 6 11 e4 f5?! 12 i.h 5 1-0 Z.Gyimesi-
E.Kahn, Budapest 1995.
c) 4 £}f3 and now:
37
c l) 4 ...Ь 6 !? 5 Ш 5 ? Д Ь 7 ! 6 #хЬ7??
£>c6 7 Шаб i.b 4 + 8 ± d 2 £lc5 9 ШЬ5
jLxd2+ 10 <Sibxd2 a6 0-1 J.Mertanen-
J.Soppela, Jyvaskyla 1993.
c2) 4...&C6:
c21) 5 £ibd2 G3c5 6 g3 h5 7 a3 # e 7 8
Ь4?! £ixe5 9 bxc5?? (9 i.g 2 ) 9...£sd3#
0-1 Koppe-Hain, Siegen 1941.
c22) 5 a3 d6 6 exd6 J.xd6 7 4^bd2
-&f5 8 <йхе4 Axe4 9 «Ъ З We7 10 ± еЗ
0-0 11 g3? i.xf3! 12 exf3 £>d4 13 f t i l ?
ДЬ4+! 0-1 K.Bjerring-J.Hvenekilde, Co­
penhagen Ch 1995. 14 axb4 ШхЬ4+ 15
i.d 2 2fe8+.
4 <2)c3 d6?!
4...£lxe5; 4...£lc6.
5 exd6 ±xd6 6 h3?? (D)
6 £if3; 6 e3.
6
6.. .£lxf2! 7 ФхО Ш 4+ 8 *f3?
8 ФеЗ i.f 5 (8...«Т4+? 9 &d3 i.f5 +
10e4)9£M5 (9 g4 « g 3 + 10 £)f3 i.f4 + 11
&d4 Wf2+ 12 еЗ ДхеЗ+ 13 i.xe3 £ k 6 +
14 Фс5 ШхеЗ+ and mates) 9...ttg5+ 10
<S?d4 i.e 5 + 11 Фс5 £>a6+ 12 Ф>Ь5 £.d7+
13 Фа5 Wd8 and the white king will
shortly die.
8.. Mg3+ 9 Фе4 i.f5+ 10 *xf5
10 * d 4 We5#; 10 £ d 5 Ше5#.
10.. .*g6# 0-1
Boas - A.Sellmann
corr. 1930
1 d4 £>f6 2 c4 e5 3 dxe5 ^ g4 4 £tf3
38 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

4 e4 *$}xe5 5 f4 £)g6 6 ^ f 3 ДЬ4+ 7

* f 2 Д с5+ 8 £\d4?? Wf6 9 e5?! (9 ДеЗ
&c6) 9...£)xe5 10 ДеЗ 4ibc6 11 £lxc6?! В
®xf4+ 0-1 H.Simon-L.Balzer, Baden-
Baden 1990.
4 e3 £sxe5 5 £\h3 £lbc6 6 a3 £ig6 7
£ к З d6 8 Wh5 £ice5 9 Де2? &h4! 10
£}g5? &)xg2+ 0-1 M.Lucas-A.Windt,
Germany 1989/90. 11 ФТ1 g6 wins the
white queen.
дь адьд м
4 i.f4 :
a) 4...g5?! 5 Ad2 £ixe5 6 e3 d6 7
Д е2 (7 Д сЗ!?) 7...Де6 8 Д сЗ £ibc6? 9 6.. .Г6
f4 gxf4 10 exf4 1-0 G.Hertneck-E.Wun- 6.. .Wei is the main line, and is based
derer, Kirchheimrpd 1990. on a little trap that has claimed plenty of
b) 4...Дс5? 5 еЗ <£c6?? 6 * x g 4 (1-0 victims:
C.Prada-E.Machuca, San Fernando 1991) a) 7 h3?! £>gxe5 8 £)xe5 £\xe5 9 a3??
6...0-0 and 1-0 F.Jimenez Villena-J.Soto, £sd3# 0-1 Flament-Gedult, Paris 1970.
Oviedo rpd 1992. b) 7 a3 and now:
4 .. .<£ sc6 b l) 7...£icxe5 8 axb4?? £id3# 0-1
4.. .Дс5 5 еЗ <2)с6: Henricksen-Pedersen, Bronsh0j 1937 and
a) 6 Д е2 0-0 7 0-0 Se8 8 &bd2 V.Subbraman-M.Munteanu, Mamaia girls
£\gxe5 9 G)xe5 £)xe5 10 £if3 £ig4 11 U-12 Wch 1991.
Wd5 d6 12 * h 5 ? £tf6 13 ®h4? Se4 0-1 b2) 7...£sgxe5 8 axb4?? £ d 3 # 0-1
J.Maurel-J.Szabolcsi, Chartres 1990. 14 G.Schott-F.Alefs, Nuremberg 1987 and
Wg3 Sg4 15 Wh3 Sxc4. Gam-Hacker, Oberwart 1987.
b) 6 J.d2 £igxe5 7 4ixe5 £lxe5 8 ДсЗ 7 exf6 Wxf6 8 Дхс7?!
We7 9 Wd5 d6 10 Ь4 сб 11 We4 f5 12 8 еЗ; 8 g3.
Wf47? g5 13 Wg3 f4 0-1 Suhr-A.Sell- 8.. .Wxb2 9 ДТ4 £>d4 10 S c l
mann, corr. 1930. 10 £lxd4? Wxd4 11 e3 ± xd2+ 12
5 A f4 <4>e2 Wf6.
This position is more commonly 10.. .0.0 11 <£)xd4?
reached via 4 Af4 £)c6 5 <53f3. 11 e3.
5 i.g 5 Д е7 6 ± f4?! ДЬ4+ 7 ^ b d 2 11.. .5 .f4 12 e3 Sxf2 13 Sc2 Sxd2!
We7 8 a3 <£cxe5 9 axb4?? £id3# 0-1 0-1
Olszewski-Kaseja, Zielona Gora 1989.
5.. .ДЬ4+
5.. .Дс5?! 6 еЗ: Old Indian Defence
a) 6...W ell\ 7 £>c3 £lgxe5? 8 £sxe5
thxe 5 9 £id5 ®d6 10 Wh5! ДЬ4+ 11 W.Uhlmann - J.Franz
* d l 0-0 12 Дхе5 Wc5 13 £>f6+ 1-0 Erfurt 1955
G.Kleinheinz-A.Martinez, jr Wch 1990. 1 d4 £T6
b) 6..Т6 7 exf6 8 Wc2 d6 9 1...d6 2 c4 e5 3 £>f3 ®d7 4 £>c3 £sgf6
Ad3?? Zbb4 10 Wd2 Wxb2\ 0-1 G.Foeld- 5 Ag5 Д е7 6 еЗ сб 7 Wc2 W&5 8 £.d3
sepp-P.Keres, corr. 1934. 0-0? 9 ДхЬ7+ * h 8 10 Ad3 £lg8 П
6 £ibd2 (D) dxe5 dxe5 12 0-0 f6? 13 £\h4 1-0
 Miscellaneous Queen’s Pawn Openings 39

G.Kirschbaum-A.Hennings, German Ch Gent 1997) 8...£>f6?? (8...f5 9 f3 Ha5 10

(Binz) 1995. fxe4 Д аб 11 exf5 ДхЬ5 12 Ш 5+ g6 13
2& f3 fxg6) 9 £id6# 1-0 P.Hultin-T.Fromm,
2 c4 d6 3 £)c3: Swedish open Ch (Vaxjo) 1992.
a) 3...e5 4 dxe5 dxe5 5 JLg5 £>bd7 6 5.. .g6 6 g3 i.g 7 7 Дg2 d6 8 £sf3
<5)f3 сб 7 £se4?? £sxe4! 8 J.xd8 jtb 4 + Ш5+ 9 £)c3?!
0-1 A.Koukolik-R.Sykora, Prague 1994. 9 JLd2 is normal and sensible.
b) 3...£>bd7 4 £if3 e5 5 e3 Д е7 6 9.. .£ie4 10 Дd2 ^xc3 11 Wc2??
l d 3 0-0 7 0-0 He8 8 Wc2 i.f 8 9 ®g5 11 ЬхсЗ Д хсЗ 12 0-0 keeps White in
h6?? 10 ДЬ7+ 1-0 Faruq-Navab, India the game.
1959. 11.. .Wa4! (D)
2.. .d6 3 g3 <5^bd7 4 i.g 2 e5 5 0-0 Де7
6 c4 0-0 7 4кЗ сб 8 b3 lb 8 9 ДЬ2 b 5 10
c5 d5?
An unsuccessful ‘temporary’ pawn
sacrifice.
11 dxe5 £)g4 12 b4 ®c7
12.. .£lgxe5 13 £)xe5 £ixe5 14 £)xd5.
13 ®d4 1-0

Benko Gambit
Kholovsky - Khomenko
corr. 1988 Black keeps an extra piece with this
1 d4 £if6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 b5 ‘elastic band’ move; this is a standard
3.. .d6 4 £)f3 g6 5 g3 i.g 7 6 Jtg2 b5 (atrap, which has claimed several victims
slightly delayed Benko) 7 cxb5 a6 8 bxa6 in similar positions; the final position is
Ша5+ 9 thc3 £)e4 10 Wc2?? £ixc3 11 the same as in Spassov-Adorjan, Sochi
& d 2 'ifa4! 0-1 Spassov-A.Adonan, Sochi 1977 (note to Black’s third move).
1977. 0-1
4 cxb5
4 £\f3 bxc4 5 £lc3 g6 6 e4 d6 7 Дхс4
&g7 8 e5 dxe5 9 £>xe5 0-0 10 0-0 £sbd7?? Snake Benoni
11 £lc6 1-0 R.Gokhale-J.Cadillon, Lin­
ares 1997. S.van Gisbergen - S.Lupu
4.. .a6 5 bxa6 Cappelle la Grande 1994
5 e3 axb5 6 ±xb5 Ш 5+ 1 £lc3 i.b 7 8 1 d4 2 c4 c5 3 d5 e6 4 £k3 exd5 5
£ d 2 Wb6 9 A c4 e6 10 Д с1? (10 e4) cxd5 JLd6 6 e4 Дс7?
10...®fb4 11 Wb3?? exd5! 0-1 M.Do- Timing this move is always tricky in
manski-O.Schlesinger, Giessen 1991. 12 the Snake Benoni, but this is certainly not
■*-fl ^хЬЗ 13 axb3 S x al or 12 Wxb4 the right moment; Black should at least
cxb4. castle first.
5 £ic3 axb5 6 e4 b4 7 £lb5 £)xe4?? 7 d6 Да5 8 e5! <йе4 9 «g4! ^xc3 10
(7...d6 is correct, with sharp, unclear Wxg7 ^e4+ 11 Фе2 f5 12 ®xh8+ Ф П
play) 8 We2 (1-0 J.Rudolph-R.Weemaes, 13 Wxh7+ Феб 1-0
40 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

Modern Benoni

F.Reinemer - J.Stephan
Leverkusen 1997
Id4<5}f62c4g63£)c3.£.g74e4d65
f4 0-0 6 £>f3 c5 7 d5 e6 8 ± e2 exd5 9
cxd5 i.g 4 10 e5 £\e8 11 ^ g5 £.xe2 12
®xe2 h6? 13 e6! 1-0

Dutch Defence
6.. ..6 .7 ? 7 exf4 h4 8 fxg5 hxg3 9
Teed - Delmar JLg6+ ^ f e 10 Ш 3+ wins for White, but
New York 1896 all is not lost for Black here if he pushes
1 d4 f5 2 i.g 5 h6 his e-pawn: 6...e6 7 JLg6+ Фе7 8 exf4 h4
2.. .d5 3 c4 !? dxc4 4 e3 i.e 6 5 *hd2or 6...e5 7 Ag6+ Фе7, e.g. 8 Wf3 (8 exf4
£)f6 (5...b5 6 a4 c6 7 axb5 cxb5 is met by exf4 9 We2+ * f6 ) 8...d5 (8...Bh6) 9 dxe5
8 b3, rather than 8 «ТЗ?! Ш 5) 6 <2)gf3 i.g 4 10 * x f4 gxf4 11 £.h4+ * d 7 12
£>e4? (positional suicide) 7 4ixe4 fxe4 8 JLxd8 ^ x d 8 13 exf4 and White has three
£М2 Ш 5 ? 9 i.xc4! # x g 5 10 i.x e6 pawns for the piece.
# x g 2 ? 11 # h 5 + g6 12 Wd5! i.g 7 13 7 ®xh5+! Hxh5 8 i.g6# 1-0
®xb7 1-0 J.Whitehead-Kobemat, USA This was the game featured in the chil­
Open 1987. dren’s book The Amazing Adventures of
2.. .£>f6 3 i.x f6 exf6 4 e3 d5 5 c4Dan the Pawn.
i.b 4 + 6 £>c3 i.e 6 7 cxd5 Wxd5 8 £>ge2
g5 ?? 9 Wa4+ £ c 6 10 0-0-0! Wa5 11 d5 G.Burgess - K.Beer
1-0 A.Brecht-B.Knott, Hessenliga 1992/3. Weston-super-Mare 1986
2.. .c6 3 thc3 d5 4 e4 dxe4 5 Д с4 g6 6 I d4 f5 2 i.g 5 h6 3 ± h 4 c5 4 e4!?
f3 i.g 7 7 fxe4 JLxd4 8 Wd2 (Black’s po­ «Ъ6 5£|сЗ?!
sition is rather shaky) 8...jLf6?? (Jones 5 exf5 Wxb2 6 £id2 favours White.
explained that he realized that 8...JLg7?? 5.. M xb2 6 £id5
lost to 9 jLf7+, and he therefore chose 6 id 2 ! ? ; 6 £sb5!?.
another move!) 9 jLf7+ (at this point 6.. .g5 7 £lf3?
the Welsh international felt somewhat 7 B bl avoids the later horrors.
embarrassed!) 1-0 M.Carlson-A.Jones, 7.. .£\f6 8 5k7+?
English Counties Championship Final, 8 B bl was the last chance.
Middx-Cambs 1995. 8.. .6 .8 9 £>xa8 Wc3+ 10 £id2 £ixe4
3 £ h 4 g5 4 £ g 3 11 i.d3?
4e3. II i.g 3 f4 (1 l...£ixd2?? 12 &c7+ * e 8
4.. .f4?!5e3 h5 13 1Ъ 5#) 12 B bl fxg3 should be win­
5.. .e5? 6 * h 5 + * e 7 7 exf4 exf4 8ning for Black.
JLxf4 gxf4 9 Ше5+. 11.. .£ixd2 12 &e2
6 & d3 (D) 12 * x d 2 Wxal+ 13 Фе2 Шха2.
6 exf4 h4. 12.. .6 .б 0-1
6.. .Bh6?? 1 3 1tx d 2 <£xd4+ 14 ФеЗ f4+.
 Miscellaneous Queen’s Pawn Openings 41

L.Ortega - J.Plesek D.Hamilton - H.Barber

Telese Terme 1993
1 d4 f5 2 <5k3
2 Jtg5 g6 3 <E)c3 d5 4 h4 JLg7 5 e3 (or
5 £)f3 c6 6 e3) 5...c6 is another move-
order to reach the same position as in the
main game. Then 6 £tf3!? <SM7?! 7 h5!
h6?! 8 hxg6 hxg5 9 Sxh8 J.xh8 10£>xg5
#b6?? 11 g7! 1-0 led to an identical fin­
ish in H.Thallinger-M.Galyas, Budapest
1995.
2.. .d5
2.. .Zhf6 3 .&g5 d5 4 i x f 6 exf6 5 еЗ сб
6 l d 3 Wb6 7 a3 *xb2?? 8 <йа4 (a stan­
dard queen trap; Black was rather gull­
ible here!) 1-0 A.Vai'sser-A.Mutzner,
Mendrisio 1989.
3 £ g 5 g6 4 e3 ± g 7 5 h4 c6 6 £if3!?
£ld7?! 7 h5! h6?! (D)
8 hxg6! hxg5 9 Hxh8 jLxh810 £\xg5and now:
ШЬ6??
10.. .£lf8? is also bad because of 11computer of the 1990s playing this move!;
£lf7, but Black should try 10...^.f6 11
£se6 Wb6 (11...Ша5? 12 # h 5 ), when 12
1Ъ5 £ie5 13 g7+ (13 dxe5 ®xb2)
13...&Г7 14 £ixd5 cxd5 15 i.b 5 + i.d 7
16 Wh7 £ fh 6 17 ®g6+ Q f7 18 Ш 7
only repeats. W hite’s best appears to be
12 Ш 2 , threatening £>a4.
10.. .e5?? 11 g7! 1-0 S.Kindermann-£)xe5 £ixe5 12 M A c 6?? (12...&f3+ 13
R.Thomann, Zurich 1982.
11 g7! 1-0
11.. .1.xg7 12ШЬ5+ * d 8 13&e6#.
Australian Ch 1988
1 d4 f5 2 h3 d5 3 c4 c6 4 £tf3 £if6 5
&c3e6
This position can also arise from a
Queen’s Gambit move-order.
6 g4 fxg4?!
This is a very odd capture to make if
Black isn’t actually going to grab the
pawn on g4. Logical moves include
6.. .dxc4, 6...Jte7 and 6....$.d6.
7h xg4± d 6
7.. .£)xg4 is risky, but consistent.
8 Wc2 i.b 4
Somewhat illogical; the queen is
hardly worse on c2 than on d l.
9 £>e5 dxc4? 10 fixh7! 0-0? 112xg7+!
*xg7 12 Wg6+ ФЬ8 13 ± h 6 1-0
P.Glavina - D.Adla
Buenos Aires 1991
1 d4 f5 2 h3
2 g4 fxg4 3 h3 £if6 (3...g3 would kill
W hite’s attacking chances - this is the
reason for White playing 2 h3 before g4
in the main game) 4 hxg4 £lxg4 5 Wd3
£sf6?? 6 Bxh7 1-0 L.Zilbermints-Ash,
BCCS blitz 1991.
2.. .£tf6 3 g4 d5
3.. .fxg4 (riskier) 4 hxg4 £sxg4 5 # d 3
(5 e4 was played by Korchnoi, after
whom the 2 h3 line is sometimes named)
a) 5...£lf6?? (it’s hard to imagine a
5.. .g6) 6 Bxh7 (1-0 M.Maly-G.Schmid,
Hamburg jr Ch 1989 and C.F.Johansson-
M.Hemback, Swedish open Ch (Gotland)
1997) 6...&xh7 7 ttg 6 # 1-0 ‘Chat’-‘Kem-
pelen’, Rome microcomputers Wch 1987.
b) 5...d5? 6 Bxh7 Sxh7 7 Wxh7 ®d6
8 £tf3 £ic6 9 £lc3 e5 10 dxe5 £>cxe5 11
exf3 Wxf4) 13 Wh5+ 1-0 P.Stokstad-
A.Boe, Gausdal International 1990.
4 g5?! £ie4 5 £ f4 e6 6 h4?! c5
42 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

Black is already a little better. 4 c3 i.g 7 5 Wb3 сб 6 ®h3 Wb6 7 0-0

7 c3? d6 8 £id2 £ia6 9 £tf4 Wxb3 10 axb3 e5?
7 f3 £.d6 8 5)h3!? (8 i.x d 6 ^xd6). 11 Sxa6! exf4? (Il...<4>d8 12 Ha3 exf4
7.. .Wb6! 8 Wb3 cxd4 9 Wxb6 axb613 gxf4 provides Black with some com­
10 cxd4 pensation; 11...0-0?! 12 ДаЗ exf4 13
10 £.xb8 dxc3! 11 i.e 5 ? ? Hxa2! <S)c4) 12 Sxc6! <&e4?? 13 Hc7 0-0 1-0
(1 l...cxb2 12 Axb2 J.b4+ also wins) 12 U.Foessmeier-A.Lenz, Austrian Cht
fixa2 c2 and the pawn promotes. 1990/1.
10.. .£ ic6 11 £k3 4.. .6 . 7 5 i.b 2 d6 6 £sd2 0-0 7 c4 e5 8
11 e3?<53b4. dxe5 £lfd7 9 £idf3 dxeS 10 Wd5+ &h8
11.. .1.b4 12 Sh3? 11£\xe5? c6! 12 Wd6??
12 S c l Hxa2. \2$2П+ Hxf7 13 Wxf7 i.x b 2 14 E d l
12.. .e5 13 M l £ixd2 0-1 gives White some chances of survival.
12.. .£же5 0-1
V.Kolbanov - V.Malaniuk
Philadelphia 1992 B.Malisov - V.Kupreichik
1 d4 f5 2 g3 Minsk 1963
2£\f3: 1 d4 f5 2 e4 fxe4 3 <53c3 g6 4 h4 $Lg7 5
a) 2...g6 3 &f4 Ш 4 c4 ± g7 5 e3 d6 h5 d5 6 f3 <S)c6! 7 ±Ь5 Wd6 8 fxe4?!
6 М 3 0-0 7 0-0 £lh5 8 £»bd2? £lxf4 9 8 h6 i.f 6 9 £\ge2 exf3 10 gxf3 i.f5 11
exf4 e5! 10 fxe5 dxe5 (making use of the i.f 4 We6 12 Wd2 0-0-0 13 0-0-0 gives
pin on the d-file and threatening ...e4) 11 White compensation according to ECO.
M l e4 0-1 R.Zoder-W.Polster, Balaton- 8.. .Wg3+ 9 * f l £ih6 10 i.xh 6 0-0+
bereny 1994. 11 £\f3 (D)
b) 2..M 6:
b l) 3 g3 d5 4 iLg2 e6 5 £.g5 h6 6
i.x f6 Wxf6 7 4ic3 i.b 4 8 Wd3 c5 9 0-0-0
c4 10 We3 аб?? 11 <&xd5 1-0 H.Wohr-
mann-U.Baier, Porz 1993.
b2) 3 A f4 e6 4 e3 M l 5 c4 0-0 6 h3
d6 7 £lc3 a5 8 Wc2 £ic6 9 М 2 £ie4!?
10 £>xe4 £ib4 11 Wbl fxe4 12 Wxe4??
(12 £\d2) 12...e5 (intending ...Jtf5) 0-1
M.Stegner-T.Schmidle, Kassel 1994.
b3) 3 JLg5 £)e4 and now:
b31) 4 i.h 4 g6 5 %ЗЫ2 LglV .
(5...£lxd2) 6 e3 0-0?! 7 £ixe4 fxe4 8 £)d2
d5 9 c4 c6 10 Wb3 Ь6?? 11 cxd5 cxd5 12 11.. .1.g4?l
<$3xe4 1-0 Ka.Schulz-M.Manner, Berlin 11.. .± xh6 12 £\xd5 (12 hxg6 ± e3 )
1994. 12...Ag4 13 Wei Sxf3+ (13...Wxel+ is
b32) 4 M 4 d6 (4...C5!?) 5 £ibd2 OK) 14 gxf3 Wxf3+ 15 * g l G3xd4 16
£)xd2 6 Wxd2 e6 7 e4!? fxe4 8 £>g5 d5 9 hxg6 J.h3 17 Bh2 and now Black can
f3 exf3 (9...h6!?) 1 0 i.d 3 fxg2 11 Wxg2 take a draw by 17...Wg4+ 18 ФЫ Wf3+.
c6 12 0-0 £se7? 13 &f7! 1-0 S.Atalik- 12 Wei??
Hoang Thang Trang, Budapest 1998. 12 i.e 2 JLxh6 (12...‘53xd4 13 M g l
2.. .£if6 3 ± g2 g6 4 b3 <S3xe2 14 i.x f8 i.x f3 15 gxf3 Wxf3+ 16
 Miscellaneous Queen’s Pawn Openings
Фс1 ® xh l+ 17 ^ d 2 ! and Black is fight­
ing for a draw) 13 hxg6 dxe4 14 £lxe4
Wf4 and while Black has compensation
for the pawn, the position is not at all
ClC12...Sxf3+! 13 * g l ±xd4+ 0-1
Y.Sikora - J.Lechtynsky
Trinec 1972
1 d4 f5 2 e4 fxe4 3 £sc3 <2)f6 4 g4
This violent move can hardly be a
good idea, but contains some venom. 4
JLg5 is normal, when 4...d5? fails to 5
jLxf6 exf6 6 ®h5+.
4 f3 c5!? 5 fxe4?! (5 d5 is a positioni.x f6 9 Wd5 Hf8 10 ®xa8, winning ma­
more often reached via 1...c5 2 d5 f5 3 e4
fxe4 4 £>c3 £M'6 5 f3) 5...cxd4 6 Wxd4
£ic6 7 Ш г e6 8 f3 Jtb4 9 ± d 3 b6
(Black has somewhat the more harmoni­
ous position) 10 0-0?? JLc5 11 JLe3 <£ig4
12 % 3 &xe3 13 Wxg7? £lf5+ 0-1
P.Verdier-C.Hannequin, Uzes 1989.
4.. .h6 5 g5?!
5h4.
5.. .hxg5 6 lk.xg5
We have reached a position identical
to that after 4 JLg5, but with White’s g-
pawn and Black’s h-pawn missing; given
that White has no sensible way through
to the h5-e8 diagonal, the difference fa­
vours Black.
6.. .d5
Making direct use of Black’s control
of h5.
7 f3 4l)c6 8 fxe4 £ixe4 9 £lxe4 dxe4
10 d5 <2lb411 c4 Ш 6! 12 a3? Sxh2! 0-1
R.Holland - C.Wenton
Northern Counties CS, England 1957
1 d4 f5 2 e4 fxe4 3 4k3 £\f6 4 Jlg5 b6
4.. .h6? 5 l.x f6 exf6 6 iT i5+ Фе7 7a3 m 5 ? (5...JLxc3+ 6 ШхсЗ cxd4 7
&c4 £ic6 21 8 ® f7+ &d6 9 £\xe4# 1-0
H.Krongraf-U.Monsehr, corr. 1989.
4.. .d6 5 f3 exf3 6 £)xf3 ± g 4 7 i.d 3Jerez, Spanish Cht (Oropesa del Mar)
£ibd7 8 W ei c6 9 £se4 £>xe4 (9...ffc7
had been Reti’s choice in this position
43
against the same opponent in a game in
1924) 10 Wxe4 £.xf3?? (10...®a5+;
10...£if6 11 Axf6 £.xf3) 11 Wg6+! hxg6
12 JLxg6# 1-0 L.Palau-Nollman, Vienna
1948.
5 ± c4 еб?!
5.. .1.b7.
6 d5! exd5?
6.. .1.b4.
7 ®xd5 1-0
In view of 7... JLb7 8 ® xf6+ gxf6 9
ШЪ5+ Фе7 10 ® f7+ &d6 11 i.f4 + Фс5
12 i.e 3 + * b 4 13 аЗ+ Фа4 14 i.d 2 and
mate next move or 7...Jte7 8 £)xf6+
terial.
S.Forster - M.Preiss
Baden-Baden 1990
1 d4 f5 2 e4 fxe4 3 £ic3 Ш 4 i.g 5
£ic6 5 i.xf6?!
5d5.
5.. .exf6 6 f3?!
6d5.
6.. .d5 7 fxe4 dxe4 8 d5
The position is the same as it would
have been after 6 d5, except that White’s
f-pawn and Black’s d-pawn have disap­
peared; this considerably helps Black,
who can develop more quickly, while
White’s position has been loosened.
8.. .£ie5 9 £>xe4 f5 10 <&f2 A c5 11
£lgh3 0-0 12 fd 2 ? ! £)g4! 13 0-0-0??
i.e3 0-1
V.Litvinov - G.Veresov
Minsk 1958
1 c4
1 d4 e6 2 c4 f5 3 £>c3 i.b 4 (3...£if6
leads back to the main game) 4 ®b3 c5 5
Wxd4 £if6) 6 tsidl £ic6? 7 t d l ! i.x c3 8
АхсЗ m i 9 d5 1-0 A.Brito-J.Chacon
1996. g7 collapses: 9...£\е5 10 d6.
1.. .f5 2 d4 Ш 3 £кЗ e6 4 £if3 Ab4
44 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
4.. ,d6 5 e3 i.e 7 6 i.d 3 0-0 7 0-0 # e 8 8 8 £\g5 £lb8 9 ® b3
Wc2 ШЪ5 9 e4 £sc6 10 e5? dxe5 11 dxe5
£lg4 12 JLe2?? (12 A f4 g5 is very good
for Black) 12...£\d4! 0-1 L.Arcila-
J.Urbina, Merida 1991.
5 Wc2 0-0 6 еЗ?! b6 7 Ae2 ±Ь7 8 0-0dxc6+ * h 8 13 £T7+ 1-0
ДхсЗ 9 ШхсЗ ^ e4 10 Шс2 Sf6 (D)
White has chosen a rather passive set­
up and must now exercise extreme cau­
tion.
11 £>d2? 2h6 12 g3?
12 £ixe4 i.x e 4 13 Wdl &xg2! 14
&xg2 * h 4 .
12.. .ШЬ4Н 13 £)f3 &g5! 0-1
Leningrad Dutch
Z.Ticha - P.Flaisigova
Czech Republic 1993
1 c4 f5 2 <2)c3 <£>f63 d4 g6 4 £lf3 ±g7
5 g3 0-0 6 ± g 2 d6 7 0-0
This is the main-line position of the
Leningrad Dutch, which can be reached
by many different move-orders.
7.. .‘2)bd7?
7.. .1.e8 8 d5 e5?! 9 dxe6 £ x e 6
&g5 £k 6 ?? 11 £ixe6 * x e 6 12 Ad5 1-0
A.Moreno-R.Espinoza, Villa Clara 1995.
12...£)xd5 13 cxd5 wins apiece.
9 d5 h6 10 £sf3 £lbd7 11 £)h4 We8?
12 £)b5 1-0 L.Johannessen-R.Markus,
Canaries U-16 OL 1995.
9.. .C6 10 d5 # c 7 ? 11 c5! I e 8 ? ? 12
13.. .* g 8 14 £\h6++ 4>h8 15 % 8 +
Hxg8 (15...&xg8 16 £\f7#) 16 ^ f7 # .
Classical Dutch
Chapman - Halliwell
Ilford 1953
1 c4
1 d4:
a) 1...e6 2 £if3 f5 3 g3 £lf6 4 i.g 2 d5
5 0-0 i.d 6 6 c4 c6 7 Шс2 0-0 8 ЬЗ £\e4 9
ДЬ2 £>d7 10 £>e5 Wf6 11 f3 ^ x e 5 12
dxe5?? £.c5+ 13 ФЫ ^xg3+ 0-1 E.Griin-
feld-C.Torre, Baden-Baden 1925.
b) l...f5:
b l) 2 c4 еб 3 <5)сЗ Ш 4 £>f3 i.e 7 5
g3 0-0 6 Ag2 d5 7 0-0 c6 8 2 b l £se4 9
£le5 &d7 10 f3? £>xe5 11 dxe5?? Wb6+
12 еЗ £ixc3 0-1 Tampe-Misink, E.Ger­
many 1972.
b2) 2 g3 £\f6 3 JLg2 e6 4 c4 d5 5 £ih3
Д е7 6 0-0 0-0 7 £id2 £ic6 8 e3 e5? (this
loses a pawn for nothing) 9 dxe5 £)xe5
10 cxd5 £sxd5? (and this loses a piece for
nothing) 11 £sc4! 1-0 M.Euwe-N.Cort-
lever, Beverwijk 1940.
1.. .e6 2 £}f3 f5 3 g3 £T6 4 i.g 2 Ae7 5
0-0 0-0 6 d4 d5 7 c5?! <Sie4 8 <2)e5 £>d7 9
f4 # e 8 10 £id2? £sdxc5! 11 dxc5 ±xc5+
12 * h l ? ?
12 еЗ Д хеЗ+ 13 * h l £sf2+ 14 2xf2
JLxf2 gives Black rook and three pawns
10for two knights - a decisive material ad­
vantage, but it will be hard work to make
it count.
12.. .^xg3+! 0-1
3 Semi-Open Games

2...g6 3 i.c 4 £.b7 4 £ic3 f5? 5 exf5

1 e4 Miscellaneous i.x g 2 6 fxg6 i.x h l? ? (6...jtg7) 7 i.f7 #
1-0 L.Zweedijk-P.Saalheim, Vlissingen
F.Ochoa - J.Gomes 1997.
Seville 1994 3 £кЗ e6 4 JLd3 £if6 5 l5ige2 d5 6 e5
1 e4 a6 £lfd7 7 £sf4 (D)
1.. .f5?? (this move can only be played
as a joke) 2 exf5 <4 >f7 3 d4 d5 4 'S'h5+ g6
5 fxg6+ * g 7 6 i.d 3 £\f6 7 i.h 6 + Ф ё8 8
gxh7+ ^ x h 7 9 % 6+ l.g 7 10 ®xg7# 1-0
Pillsbury-Magagna, Paris 1902.
1.. .g5? 2 d4 jkg7 3 JLxg5 c5 4 JLe3?!
Ш 6 5 £ic3 * x b 2 6 £ia4?! (6 £>d5; 6
£ige2) 6...ШаЗ 7 c3 cxd4 8 ± x d 4 i.x d 4 9
®xd4 £)f6 10 4t)c5?? (10 ®c5) 10...<5)c6
11 ®e3 <S2ig4 0-1 Guennewig-H.Alber,
Schoeneck 1988.
2 d4 b5 3 <£f3 i.b 7 4 ±d 3 <£f6?!
4.. .e6 5 0-0 c5 6 c3 £lf6 7 S e l d5 8 e5
£lfd7 9 ^ g 5 (with a familiar threat) Creating a typical tactical threat in this
9...cxd4? 10 ‘й хеб! 1-0 P.Jowett-J. And­ structure, but one of which Black seems
ersen, Arhus Festuge 1991. to be oblivious.
5 e5 £>d5 6 a4 7.. .c5? 8 <5)xe6! ®e7
6 £lg5 £ib4. 8.. .fxe6 9 ШЬ5+ g6 10 Axg6+ hxg6
6.. .Ь4?! Ilffx g 6 + < £ e7 1 2 i.g5+ .
6.. .c5 7 axb5 axb5 8 2ха8 Лха8 9 9 <5)xd5!
dxc5 Шс7; 6...Ьха4. 9 £\c7+ &d8 10 £sxa8 is a good deal
7£}g5! less clear - as a good general tip, it is eas­
Black is now in trouble. ier to exploit extra material than it is to
7.. .g6? exploit a material advantage in a position
7.. .e6; 7...£ib6. of material imbalance.
8 ШЗ f5 9 JLxf5! « c8 10 Ae4 1-0 1-0
9.. .1.xd5 10 £sc7+ &d8 11 <&xd5
leaves White two centre pawns up with
Owen's Defence: 1 e4 b6 Black’s position in tatters.
Bhend - Schneiders Greco - NN
San Bernardino 1985 Rome 1619
1 e4 b6 2 d4 J.b7 1 e4 b6 2 d4 ± b 7 3 -ld3 f5?
46 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

This move has its logic as a follow-up 4.. .f5?

to the fianchetto, but loosens the black This loosening move is normally a
king’s position too much. poor idea, and doesn’t even have the point
4 exf5 A x g l 5 Wh5+ g6 6 fxg6 (D) of the hi-rook being trapped here.
5 exf5 £ x g l 6 S g l
Indeed, Black has just opened an ex­
cellent file for the rook.
6.. .1.b7 7 £ g 5 ± e7 8 £if4! i.x g 5 9
®h5+ * f8
9.. .g6? 10 fxg6.
10 fxe6 Wf6
10.. .®e7 11 Sxg5 £)f6 12 £)g6+ &e8
13 Wh4 Ш>4+ 14 c3 « x b 2 15 £)xh8 in­
tending Sxg7 with a winning attack.
11 Sxg5 dxe6?
11.. .£ih6? fails to 12 Se5! <£c6 13
<5)d5.
6.. .®f6?? 11.. .g6 is more resilient, though still
6.. .£g7 is essential, but Black stillterrible for Black.
seems to be in serious trouble after 7 12 Wg4 1-0
# f5 ! Ш (7 ..A f6 8 g7 J.xg7 9 Wg4) 8 12.. .* f7 13 £lh5.
i.h 6 ! Jtxh6 (8...<i>f8 9 gxh7 £.xh6 10
Wg6) 9 gxh7 i.x h l (9...1x1 10 % 6 + Nimzowitsch Defence:
* f8 11 ®xg2 i.x b 2 12 £>e2 and 13 S g l)
10 Wg6+ <£f8 11 ®xh6+ * f 7 12 £ih3, as 1 e4
in Bruder-Vegener, corr. 1982.
7 gxh7+ E.W einzettl - P.Roth
7 g7+ ^3xh5 8 gxhS® also wins easily, Austrian League 1989/90
but mate is better! 1 e4 <5ic6 2 £ic3
7.. .£ixh5 8 £g6# 1-0 2 f4?! e5 (2...d5!) 3 fxe5?? Ш 4+ 4 g3
The same moves were also played in ' i rxe4+ 5 We2 ® xhl (so, Black has won a
the game A.Pearsall-NN, San Diego rook; in such cases the only real question
1935. is whether the queen can be trapped) 6
£if3 i.e 7 7 £ k 3 d6 8 &f2 £sxe5 9 £ g 2
K.Busch - G.Zimmermann (the queen is ‘trapped’ but...) 9...£lg4#
Eppingen 1988 0-1 Boldmann-A.Jansson, corr. Argen­
1 e4 b6 2 d4 £ b 7 3 ±d3 e6 4 <2)e2 tina 1937.
4 £T3 £if6 5 e5 <£d5 6 0-0 d6 7 i.e 4 2.. .d6
(threatening a standard trick on the long 2.. .e6 3 d4 ± b 4 4 Wd3 £ige7 5 £if3 d5
diagonal; however, Black decided he 6 -&.d2 £xc3 7 JLxc3 dxe4 8 Wxe4 # d 5 9
could ignore it) 7...£e,7V. (7...£id7 would JLd3 JLd7 (Black should probably take
be OK, since 8 c4 <£>e3 now works; the queens off, and accept that he must
7...c6?! is ‘safe’ but leaves Black solidly defend a slightly dreary position) 10 We2
worse) 8 c4 £)e3 9 ®a4+ (oops!) 9...£кГ7 4if5?? 11 £ e 4 £>cxd4 12 £ixd4 £ixd4 13
10 .&xb7 £ \x fl 11 exd6 l.x d 6 12 JLxa8 Ш З 1-0 V.Teofilovic-T.Vukelic, Dja-
1-0 C.Buivan-D.Comell, IECC 1996. kovo 1994.
 Semi-Open Games 47

3 d4 g6 4 ± e 3 ± g 7 5 d5 £)b8 6 £.e2 great threat here, but decides the rule out
Ш 7 £)f3 0-0 8 £ld4 c5 9 £ib3 (D) the possibility of any black pieces com­
ing to g4) 9 h3? Jtxh3! 10 £\d5 (10 gxh3
% 3 + 11 ФЬ1 ШхЬЗ+ 12 * g l £lg4 13
JLf4 g5 and the bishop has no squares)
10...®g3 0-1 T.Bouillon-T.Schwab, Trier
1991.
5 c3 <2)xf3+ 6 Wxf3 i.c 5 7 Ы 2 Ш6 8
l53c4
It looks as if, for once, Plaskett is pre­
paring for a quiet struggle.
8.. .d6?
Black is a bit too relaxed. 8 ...'irxf3 9
gxf3 £}f6 should be OK (instead 9...d5
10 exd5 £lf6 11 S g l is mildly irritating).
White’s last two moves have not 9 b4 ± b 6 10 a4
helped his cause too much, and Black Now Black has serious problems.
now has quite an attractive position; he 1 0 .. .C5
now decides to cash in with a standard 10.. .аб 11 £>xb6 cxb6 is positionally
tactical operation. disgusting for Black.
9.. .b5? 10 &xb5 £ixe4?? 11 &xe4 11 JLf4
1-0 Now Plaskett reverts to hack mode.
The next move in Black’s plan would 11.. .±g4 12 <S3xd6+ Шхйб
be 11...Ша5+, regaining the piece, but 12.. .* f8 13 ®g3.
Black belatedly realized that this was 13 i.b5+ 1-0
ruled out precisely due to the knight’s
odd position on b3. G.Crawley - P.Kemp
British Ch (Swansea) 1987
J.Plaskett - J.Z am ora 1 e4 £\c6 2 d4
Bermuda 1998 2 £)f3 is a popular move:
1 e4 £>c6 2 d 4 e 5 a) 2...e6?! 3 d4 d5 4 e5 (Black has a
2.. .d6?! 3 d5 £>e5 4 f4 ± g 4 ? 5 ®d4 c5poor Advance French, where it is diffi­
6 Wf2 (6 « с З !) 6 . . . i ra5+ 7 i.d 2 Wb6 8 cult to develop smoothly; he fails to solve
fxe5? (8 i.c 3 !) S...Wxb2 9 &c3?? W cl# this problem) 4...<5ige7 5 c3 <53g6 6 h4
0-1 Barry-Olevson, Rhode Island 1962. i.e 7 7 h5 &h4?? 8 £lxh4 i.x h 4 9 * g 4
3 dxe5 Д е7 10 * x g 7 * d 7 11 * x f7 b6 12 i.d 3
3 d5 £ice7 4 f4 d6? (4...^g6; 4,..exf4) h6 1 3 i.f5 ! 1-0 J.Hutcheson-V.Afriany,
5 £\f3 ± g 4 6 £ic3 £ig6?! (6,..exf4) 7 h3 Moscow OL 1994.
•&xf3 8 Ji.b5+! c6 9 dxc6! iLxdl? (now b) 2...d6 3 d4 £>f6 4 £lc3 i.g 4 5 i.e 3
it’s White to play and mate in four!; e6 6 JLe2 d5 7 exd5 exd5 8 £ie5 ^.xe2 9
9...®h4+ 10 <&>fl 0-0-0) 10 cxb7+ Фе7 Wxe2 Ab4 10 <5)xc6 jtxc3+?? (a disas­
H £kl5+ Феб 12 f5# 1-0 Saulson-Filip, trous zwischenzug; 10...bxc6) 11 JLd2+
Chicago 1907. <23e4 12 <S3xd8 1-0 W.Schlemermeyer-
3.. .^ x e 5 4 £tf3 ± b 4 + R.Dausch, Bundesliga 1983/4.
4.. . Ш 5 £)xe5 Wxe5 6 i.d 3 i.c 5 7 c) 2...d5 3 exd5 Ш й5 4 £}c3 Wa5
0-0 8 <2ic3 d6 (White is under no and now:
48 The Quickest Chess Victories o f All Time

c l) 5 ± b 5 i.d 7 6 0-0 0-0-0 7 * e 2 e6 Scandinavian Defence:

8 d4 £>f6 9 аЗ аб 10 i.d 3 М б 11 £.e3
£}g4 ?! 12d5 1-OH.Dutschak-A.Stromer, 1 e4 d5
2ndBundesliga 1993/4.12...£}хеЗ 13dxc6
£lxf 1 14 cxd7+ Sxd7 is quite difficult for Garbap - I.Berezovsky
Black, but certainly not resignable. USSR 1988
c2) 5 d4 i.g 4 6 M 5 e6 7 h3 i.h 5 8 1 e4 d5 2 exd5
Wd3 thgel 9 the5 0-0-0? 10 £sc4 ^ b 4 2 <S?lf3?! is considered under 1 £sf3 d5
(10..JLg6 11 £lxa5 JLxd3 12£ixc6) 11 2 e4?!, a gambit that is somewhat worse
£lxa5 £lxd3+ 12±xd3 Sxd4 13 i.e 3 1-0 for White than the Budapest is for Black.
R.Stockfleth-W.Gerigk, 2nd Bundesliga 2 d4?! dxe4 3 £ k 3 f5?! (3...£if6 is
1993/4. quite OK, transposing to the Blackmar-
2.. .d5 3 ^ c3 Diemer Gambit) 4 f3 e5!? 5 fxe4? (5
3 e5 i.f 5 4 i.d3?? £lxd4 5 i.e 3 ± xd3dxe5) 5...fxe4? 6 Ш 5+ M l 1-0 P.Ben-
6 «xd3 £lc6 7 f4 e6 8 Wb5? a6 9 Wxb7?? son-D.Moskovic, 1995.
4ia5 0-1 C.Melgarejo-D.Wanzek, Berlin 2.. Mxd5 3 £>c3
U-20 1996. 3 Фе2?? (under the rules of that time,
3 exd5 Wxd5 4 £)f3 Jtg4 and now: if an illegal move was attempted, the
a) 5 £ic3?! i.x f3 6 £lxd5 & xdl 7 punishment was that the king had to be
£lxc7+ 4>d8 8 £\xa8 JLxc2 (White now moved; this led to a few ‘games’ such as
decides to try to extricate his knight at all this) 3...We4# 0-1 Lindemann-Echter-
costs; however, he misses a rather impor­ meyer, Kiel 1893.
tant trick) 9 JLf4 £lxd4 10 £)c7?? e5! 11 3 d4 £if6 4 c4 We4+ 5 i.e 3 i.g4?! 6
JLxe5? JLb4# 0-1 Bildhauer-Janny, Sop- Wb3 i.c 8 7 £kl2 ® g6 8 &gf3 <£bd7 9
ron 1927. 0-0-0 (White has a big advantage) 9...a5
b) 5 JLe2 jLxf3? (5...0-0-0 6 c4 holds (this attempt at ‘aggression’ is doomed)
White’s game together and gives him 1 0 i.d 3 a 4 I l « 'c 3 « x g 2 ? ( ll...f 'h 5 ) 1 2
some chances of advantage) 6 Jtxf3 h3 1-0 F.Schoebel-M.Meier, Dortmund
l rxd4?? 1-0 (due to 7 !.xc6+) P.Bel- 1993.
mondo-G.Gilardi, Val Maubuee 1989. 3.. .Шя5
3.. .e5!? 4 dxe5 d4 5 £\d5 f5?! Two other squares can be tried:
5.. .f6?! 6 exf6 £>xf6 7 i.g 5 .i.e 6 ? ! 8 a) 3...1tt6 4d4:
Axf6 gxf6 9 i c 4 £ib4 10 a3 Jtxd5? 11 al) 4...a6 5 £sge2 b5 6 &f4 ®b6?? 7
exd5 We7+ 12 Ф П 1-0 D.Migl-A.Stro- £\d5 1-0 O.Komeev-W.Hettler, Ham­
mer, 2nd Bundesliga 1993/4. burg 1993.
6 £ih3 fxe4 7 JLc4 i.xh3?! 8 ®h5+ a2) 4...<£ic6? 5 £ib5 # d 7 6 i.f 4 e5 7
g6 9 Wxh3 dxe5 Ab4+ 8 c3 i.a 5 9 ®f3 a6 10 £ibd4
Black’s aggressive play has landed him £lge7 11 £.c40-0 12 0-0 (12 e6!) 12...b5?
in a difficult, under-developed position. 13 JLxf7+! 1-0 J.Lutes-B.Meissen, Chi­
9.. .5 .e7 ? cago 1988.
9.. Mc8. b) 3,..Wd8 and now:
10 ±g5! c6 11 We6 b l) 4 £>f3 Ag4 5 i.c 4 e6 6 h3 £.xf3 7
11 £sf6+ also wins. ®xf3 c6 8 d3 Wf6 9 Wg3 ® h6 10 i.g 5
11.. .b5 12 ®c7+ Wxc7 13 Ш7+ 1-0 % 6 11 £)b5!? cxb5?? (Il...£ tf5 ) 12
13.. .* d 8 14 Wxf8+ * d 7 15 e6+ ФёбWxb8+! Sxb8 13 i.x b 5 # 1-0 R.Teich-
16 «Т4+. mann-NN, Berlin 1914.
 Semi-Open Games
b2) 4d4:
b21) 4...£sc6 5 £ if3 i.g 4 6 d 5 £ ie 5 ? 7
■Йхе5! Jtx d l 8 JLb5+ c6 9 dxc6 Wc7 10
cxb7+ i d e 11 £sxf7# 1-0 Mieses-Oeh-
quist, Nuremberg 1895.
b22) 4...&f6 5 Д с4 сб 6 £)f3 i.g4?:
b221) 7 £ie5 ± e 6 8 £.xe6 fxe6 9 0-0
-S3bd7 10 £>f3 Wc7 11 fiel 0-0-0 12 £>g5
1-0 N.Ninov-B.Kleykens, Antwerp stud
Wch 1992.
b222) 7 i.x f7 + &xf7 8 ^ e 5 + * g8 9
■&xg4 £lbd7 10 «fe2 £ixg4 11 We6# 1-0
A.Parkanyi-K.Wageneder, 1993.
4 d4 (D)
4 £lf3 i.g 4 5 h3 i.xf3?.< (5...i.h5)
« x f3 £lc6? (6 ...C 6 7 g4) 7 i.b 5 Wb6
(7...*d7 8 ®d5+) 8 £id5 ®a5 9 b4! 1-0
L.Wiesel-I.Wiegel, corr. 1923 and R.G.Re-
cord-L.Watson, Oxford 1966. 9 ...'i,xb5
10 £)xc7+.
4 JLc4 4lf6 5 d3 and now:
a) 5...i.f5 6 A d2 сб 1 We2 £)bd7??
(7...e6) 8 £)b5! (9 £sd6+ is coming) 1-0
A.Benschop-E.Grunenwald, Erevan worn
OL 1996.
b) 5...C6 6 Jtd2 i.g4 (6...±f5) 7 f3
lh 5 8 Ш2 £ibd7? 9 g4! i.g6 10 f4! h6
11 f5 i.h 7 12 £ib5 1-0 A.Poesinger-
C.Schmidl, Austrian League 1992/3.
4.. .£if6
4.. .c65 A c4 i.f5 6 £sf3 <S2if6 7 i.d 2 e6self tactically...) 10 g4 €lxg4 11 JLd3
8 £id5 Wd8 9 £ixf6+ ®xf6 10c3<Sld7 11
&g5?! Wg6 12 Wd2?? (12 0-0) 12...h6
49
13 0-0-0? (13 i.h 4 * x g 2 14 * e 2 leaves
Black a pawn up with White’s game in
tatters) 13...hxg5 0-1 O.CIement-E.Prie,
French Cht 1995.
4.. .jLf5 5 £>f3 e6 6 £)e5 сб 7 g4 J.e4??
(7... jLg6) 8 <£ic4 1-0 H.Jonkman-T.Ellen-
broek, Amsterdam Donner mem open
1996. After 8...ttb4 9 a3 Black cannot
maintain the pin on the c3-knight.
4.. . 6 . 6 5 i.d 2 S)xd4 6 £sb5 ® b6 7
Ae3 Wa5+? (7...e5 8 сЗ сб) 8 b4 Wxb4+
9 сЗ Ш 5 10 ®xd4 а б 112 d l !с б 12 ®b6
(12® a4or n W t^ a ls o wins) l-0G.Har-
ris-P. Wallis, British Ch (Hastings) 1953.
6 4.. .e5:
a) 5 We2V. £lc6 6 d5?! ± b 4 7 t c 4
lSld4 8 JLd3?? b5 0-1 A.Lysenko-T.Voro­
nova, USSR 1978.
b) 5 d x e 5 ^ c 6 6 ^ f 3 i.b 4 7 i.d 2 i.g 4
8 a3 ®d4? 9 i.b 5 + £\xb5 10 axb4 i.xf3?
(10...'ixb4 11 2a4) 11 Hxa5 i.x d l 12
£)xb5 1-0 V.Trefny-V.Stulik, Czechoslo­
vak Ch 1991.
5£sf3
5 i.d 2 сб 6 ± c 4 i.f5 7 # f 3 e6 8 d5!?
± g 4 9 * f 4 cxd5?! 10 ±Ъ5+ (10 £>b5
iLb4 11 сЗ dxc4 12 <2)с7+ !i >d7 is not too
clear) 10...*d8?? (10...£>c6) 11 £>xd5
1-0 S.Vajda-A.Skripchenko, Medellin
girls Wch 1996. Perhaps she had missed
that after 1 l...£ lx d 5 ,12 jtxa5+ would be
check.
5 JL c4 and now:
a) 5 ...A g 4 6 f3 A f5 7fcge2e6 8A d2
h5?? (generally when White lines up a
battery with a bishop on d2, Black plays
...сб to give the queen a route back) 9
£sd5 1-0 J.Franzen-J.Petreje, Slovakian
League 1996.
b) 5...c6 6 ^ f 3 ± g 4 7 h 3 (7 ± x f7 + ? ?
&xf7 8 £ie5+ Шхе5+) 7...&h5 8 Ше2
®bd7 9 ± d 2 Wf5?? (Black happily walks
into a pawn fork, expecting to save him­
(...but there is a major flaw! Instead 11
hxg4? itx g 4 is unclear) 1l...Wf6 12 <£le4
50 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

1-0 I.Madl-A.Feher, Hungarian Cht

1993/4.
5.. .£te6
5.. .£)e4?! 6 M l <axd2 7 W xdl i.f 5 8
£)e5£ld7 9 £ ) c 4 t ra6 10*f4(10£>b5!?)
10.. .#e6 + ? (10...e6) 11 £>e3 i.x c 2 12
£scd5 0-0-0? 1-0 B.Markun-A.Vosper-
nik, 1995.
5.. .c6 6 £ie5 i.f5 7 £)c4 ®d8 8 i.f 4
e6 9 i.d 3 i.x d 3 (9...'txd4) 10 ®xd3
£)a6 11 a3 c5 12 0-0-0 Wxd4?? 13 £id6+
(13 £id6+ i.x d 6 14 Wb5+) 13.. M l 1-0
S.Ansell-A.Borkowski, Bristol Ch 1997. £lxg4 11 ®xg4 1-OPankov-S.Galakhov,
5.. .1.f5 6 M 4 e6 7 M l c6 8 W eiUkrainian Ch Чг final 1986. Il...£ixc3 12
WdS 9 0-0-0 i.e 7 10 М 3 £ M 7 11 4le5 ®d7#.
(White is just a bit better here) 1 l...£ld5? 8 £se5!? £>bxd5?!
12 <53xd5 cxd5?? (12,..exd5 is forced, but 8.. .c6 9 Csxdl §3xdl 10 dxc6 «йхсб 11
leaves Black with problems on the e-file Jlb5 is analysis by Kalinin and Kaplun -
after 13 S h e l or 13 i.b 4 ) 13 i.a 4 1-0 White must be a bit better at least.
F.Buntin-F.Kreh, German U-20 Ch (Ham­ 9 i.c4! Wc5??
burg) 1993. 9.. .£\e3 10 i.xf7+ M S 11 АхеЗ Wxe5
5.. .J.g4 and now: 12 Wd2\ еб 13 0-0-0 i.d 6 (13...Фе7 14
a) 6 JLe2 thc6 7 h3 Ah5 8 g4 i.g 6 9 M 4 Wd6 15 jLh5 is much better for
£le5? £lxe5 10 dxe5 Sd8 11 Ab5+ c6 12 White) 14 S h e l is somewhat better for
i.d 2 cxb5 (12...£ie4!) 13 £id5? (13 exf6 White.
b4 is extremely good for Black) 13...b4 10 i.xd5 £ixd5 11 £ixd7 <*xd7 12
0-1 T.Saburova-A.Nikitin, Moscow 1991. Ae3 1-0
b) 6 h3 i.h 5 7 i.d 2 e6 8 g4 ± g 6 9
£>e5 <£c6?? 10 £ib5 * Ь 6 11 £ic4 ШхЬ5 K.Ruxton - Li Yang Hsu
12 £ld6+ 1-0 K.Diringer-U.Link, Ober- Tunja jr Wch 1989
liga Wtirttemberg 1990/1. 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 $3f6 3 c4
6d5 3 M 5 + M l 4 M 4 i.g 4 5 f3 i.f 5 6
6 i.b 5 £id5?! 7 WdS еб 8 £)e5 £\xc3?£ic3 <£)bdl 1 W ei £ib6 8 i.b 3 W dl 9 d6
(8...JLd7 is probably necessary, though Wxd61 (9,..cxd6) 10 £Л 5 W dl 11 We5
obviously unpleasant) 9 bxc3 (in addi­ £\fd5? 12 i.x d 5 £>xd5 13 «хс15 1-0
tion to the obvious 10 £lxc6 White PNprby-K.Blom, Danish Ch (Arhus)
threatens to trap the queen by 10 l£\c4) 1966.
9.. .a6 10 ± x c6 + bxc6 11 ®f3 f6 12 3 d4 £sxd5 (3...jLg4!? can lead to very
Wxc6+ M l 13 i.a 3 + 1-0 P.LevaCic- sharp play) 4 c4:
A.Gatine, Cannes 1993. a) 4...£ib4?! 5 Wa4+ (5 a3) 5...£\8c6
6.. .£sb4 7 iLd2!? (D) 6 a3 (6 d5? b5) 6 ...^a6 7 d5? £sc5 8 «fb5
7.. .M 7 еб 9 dxc6 b6 (the white queen is trapped)
7.. .£\bxd5? 8 i.b 5 + * d 8 (8...c6 90-1 J.Trippe-B.Skonieczna, corr. 1989.
£\xd5) 9 £se5! (9 i.c4!?; 9 £ig5!?) b) 4...£\b6 and now:
9.. .± g4? (9...i.e6 10 £>c4 ШЬ4 11 a3 b l) 5 i.e 3 e5 6 £ic3?! (feeble)
Wc5 12 iLe3 wins the queen) 10 £lxg4 6...exd4 7 Wxd4 Wxd4 8 i x d 4 £ k 6 9
 Semi-Open Games 51

Jte3 Jte6 (Black has effortlessly achieved

a very pleasant position) 10 b3 0-0-0 11
^ g e 2 ? £ib4 0-1 B.Stepanovic-O.Ivan­
nikov, Slovakian open Ch (TrenSin)
1995.
b2) 5 £)c3 e5 6 dxe5 # x d l+ 7 * x d l
£sc6 8 i.f 4 Jtg4+ 9 f3 0-0-0+ 10 * c l
JLe6 (Black is doing very well) 11 b3??
I a 3 + 12 Фс2 (12 ФЫ S d l+ 13 & xdl
lf 5 + ) 12...^b4+0-l M.Peltola-E.Maliu-
tin, 1992.
b3) 5<£sf3:
b31) 5...i.g4 6c5<£sd5?(6...£)6d7)7 ‘SldS gives White a horrible ending -
®b3! b6 8 £ie5 1-0 J.Timman-Bakkali, Emms.
Nice OL 1974. 7.. A f S 8 Wf3?
b32) 5...g6 6 £ic3 £.g7 7 c5 <5)d5 8 8 £ige2 £lxc3 9 Шxf5 <£b5+ 10 i.d 2
1 с 4 c6 9 * b 3 0-0 100-0 £ia6? 11 £sxd5 jtxd2+ 11 <&xd2 Zhxd4 looks good for
cxd5 12 itx d 5 1-OR.Ovetchkin-D.Belo- Black - Emms.
telov, Budapest 1996. 8.. .«xd4 9 <S)ge2 Ш 7 10 a3 £sc6! 11
3.. .e6 i.f4?
3.. .c6 4 dxc6?! (4 d4 cxd5 5 £}c3 is 11 axb4 £lxb4 12 £id4 Wxd4 13 * x f5
the Caro-Kann, Panov Attack) 4...£lxc6 $3с2+ 14 Фе2 <£)xc3+ 15 ЬхсЗ Wxc3 is
(this gambit gives Black excellent posi­ hopeless for White.
tional compensation; indeed it is very 11.. A e5 12 ®e3 <5M3+ 13 * d l ±c5
rare for strong players to go in for this po­ 0-1
sition as White) and now:
a) 5 <£sf3 e5 6 d3 e4! 7 ®e2? i.b 4 + 8 Alekhine Defence:
i.d 2 0-0 9 dxe4 £ixe4 10 i.x b 4 2e8 11
Wc2 <5ixb4 0-1 R.Sieberg-B.Stanescu, 1 e4 ^ f6
Dortmund 1987.
b) 5 d3 e5 6 £lc3 i.c 5 7 i.g 5 0-0 8 Without 2 e5
£ie4?? £lxe4! 9 ± x d 8 J.xf2+ 10 * e 2
<£d4# 0-1 NN-P.Kruger, Stettin 1920. G.Gibbs - L.Schmid
4 dxe6 Ахеб (D) Lugano 1968
5 d4 1 e4 $3% 2 £>c3
5 ЬЗ?! JLc5 6 Ab2? £ie4 7 d4 £.b4+ 8 a) 2d3:
Фе2 We7 9 f3 i.xc4+ 10 bxc4 £ сЗ + + 11 a l) 2...4ic6 3 f4 e5 4 fxe5 £}хе5 5
&d2 £ix d l+ 12 * x d l W el+ 13 4>c2 £hc3 £>fg4? 6 d4 Ш4+ 7 g3 Ш6 8 £tft3??
'tx f l 0-1 V.Tabakovi6-A.Karlsson, 1994. £sf3+ 9 Фе2 &xd4+ 10 4>d3 <2)e5+ 11
5.. JLb4+ 6 £ic3?! * x d 4 i.c 5 + 12 Фхс5 # b 6 + 13 * d 5
6 Ad2 We7 7 Wa4+V Ad7+ 0-1 Wd6# 0-1 De Remusat-Napoleon, Paris
B.Stepanovic-P.Hrcka, Slovakian open 1802. This famous game is most likely
Ch (TrenCin) 1995. fabricated.
6.. .<5)e4! 7 f d 3 a2) 2,..e5 3 g3 d5 4 £>d2 £ c 5 5 i.g 2
7 a3 <5)xc3 8 Wd3 We7 9 axb4 Axc4+ dxe4 6 dxe4 ii.xf2+? 7 Фх(2 <S)g4+ 8
10 ШеЗ ± x f l 11 Шхе7+ Фхе7 12 ФхП <S?f3?? (8 <&e2) 8...®f6+ 9 Фе2 Ш2+ 10
52 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

* d 3 Ш 4+ 11 Фе2 ®e3+ 12 ФП ®f2#

0-1 Lastovicka-Vykydal, Bmo 1971.
a3) 2...d5 3£ sd 2 c5 4 g 3 i.g 4 5 £ ig f3 ?
dxe4 6 h3?? (6 dxe4 ^ x e 4 ) 6...i.xf3 7
£M 3 exf3 8 Wxf3 Ш 5 9 Ше2 &сб 10 c3
Wxhl 11 f3 Wgl 12 i.f4 g5 13 Де5 £)xe5
0-1 Sa.Nikolic-D.Zmijanac, Pula 1990.
b) 2 i.c 4 :
b l) 2...d6?! 3 £>c3 £lxe4 4 i.x f7 +
ФхП 5 £ixe4 e5 6 Wf3+ *g8 ?? (6...Фе8)
7 £lg5! 1-0 J.Krejcik-Gottlieb, Landstrasz
1922. 7..Mxg5 8 Wd5+.
b2) 2...£sxe4 3 i.x f7 + * x f7 4 ®h5+ £)xc3 8 dxc3 £if3+ 9 i.x f3 ® x d l+ 10
and now Black should definitely not try Ф xdl JLxf3 or 7 £>xd4 JLxdl 8 JLxd5
to hang on to the knight (4.. ,g6 or 4.. ,Ф^8 e5!.
gives Black a good position): 7.. .«xd5! 8 f3
Ь21) 4...Феб?! 5 <5¥3 (5 ®g4+) 5...d5 White is mated after 8 £)xd5 £sf3+ 9
6 foc3 G3xc3? (6...&f6) 7 dxc3 ®d6 ФП i.h 3 # or 8 0-0 £)f3+ 9 ФЫ £ig5+
(7...*d6) 8 % 4 + Ф П 9 £lg5+ * f 6 10 10 <S)xd5 i.f3 + 11 Ф gl $2h3# 0-1 P.Ese-
# х с 8 Шсб 11 ®g4 g6 12 Ш4+ 1-0 pin-T.Plisitskaya, Moscow 1996.
Jacobs-Rosenkjar, USA 1945. в.-.^ГЗ 9 ЖП Wg2 0-1
b22) 4 „.* f6 ? 5 « f3 + Фе5 6 d4+
<4 ’xd4 7 £)e2+ Фе5 8 i.f4 + Феб 9 <5)d4+ V.Fedorov - A.Chernin
Фd5 10 £>c3+ Фxd4 11 ®хе4+ Фс5 12 Minsk 1980
i.e 3 + Фd6 13 0-0-0# 1-0 R.Amold- 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 4lf6 3 £sc3
Mephisto Polgar computer, 1990. This position is normally reached via
2.. .d5 3 exd5 £)xd5 1 e4 £\f6 2 <2k3 d5 3 exd5.
3.. .c6? 4 dxc6 £)xc6 5 d3 e5 6 J.g5?! 3.. .£>xd5 4 £>f3
i.c5 7 «5Ы?? £)xe4 8 i.xd8 i.xf2+ 9 Фе2 a) 4 4ixd5 Wxd5 and now:
&d4# 0-1 NN-Geshev, Bulgaria 1935. al) 5 4if3 e5 6 d4 £ic6 7 c4? Ше4+ 8
4 £lge2 i.e3 ? i.b 4 + 9 £sd2 exd4 10 ШЬЗ dxe3 11
For other moves see the next game. fxe3 JLg4 0-1 M.van Alphen-J.Dekker,
4.. .£ic6! Soest 1996.
4.. .g6 5 £ixd5 ®xd5 6 £юЗ Шсб?? 7 a2) 5 d4 g6 6 JLf4 k g 7 1 k x c 7 jk.xd4
Jlb5 1-0 A.Baker-Cawte, Cambridge tt (7...'i,xd4 is a safer option) 8 c3 (8 £)f3)
1988. 8...®e6+?? (8...®e4+ is essential: 9 Ji.e2
5 g3?(D) £ia6 or 9 £ie2 £>a6 10 i.a 5 ? £ x f2 + 11
After 5 d4 £lxc3 6 bxc3 e5 the 62- ФхГ2 ®f5+) 9 i.e 2 k g l 10 Wd8# 1-0
knight looks rather silly, while 5 £lxd5 D.Cip-T.Tabatadze, Bmo 1994.
®xd5 6 £lc3 ®d6 keeps a grip on d4 for b) 4 i.c4:
Black. b l) 4...Qf67! 5 &f3 £>c6 6 d4 i.g 4 7
5.. .1.g4 6 k g 2 ®d4 d5 £le5?? 8 £ixe5! i.x d l 9 i.b 5 + c6 10
Threatening 7...£sxc3. dxc6 1-0 M.Pavlov-Dragos, Satu Mare
7 &xd5? 1987.
There is no way for White to avoid Ь2) 4...Деб?! 5 Ш З сб 6 £sge2 g 6 1
serious difficulties, for example 7 h3 £id4 £lxc3?? (7 ...td 7 ) 8 £ixe6 fxe6 9
 Semi-Open Games
Wxc3 1-0 A.Stock-A.Rades, Eisenberg
1993.
b3) 4...e6 5 t o £lb4 6 i.b 3 £>8c6 7
£ige2 £la5 8 £ie4?? (8 i.a 4 + ± d 7 9 a3)
8...£>xb3 9 Wxb3 Wd5! 0-1 Vecsey-
Herrmann, Prague 1930.
b4) 4 . . . t o 3 5 t o e 6 6 W x c 3 t o 5 7
t o b6?? 8 i.b 5 1-0 J.Ourmet-P.Cier-
niak, Paris 1989.
b5) 4...&b6 5 ДЬЗ £lc6:
b51) 6 t o JLg4?? 7 i.x f7 + ^ d 7 8
We2 e6 9 h3 Axf3 1-0 Quint-Goossens,
HMC 1978.
b52) 6 t o e6 7 £}ge2 £>a5 8 d3
£ixb3 9 axb3 Ae7 10 i.f4 сб? (10...0-0)
11 Wg3 0-0?? (1 l...£id5 12 Kxg7 &f6)
12 JLc7 1-0 P.Danzanvilliers-L.Leclerc,
French districts corr. Ch 1987. 12...Wd7
13 i.xb6.
4...<S3c6 5 d4 £}xc3 6 bxc3 Ag4 7 d5
£>e5 (D)
8 thxe5
A familiar sacrificial idea; this version
is unclear.
8...±xdl 9 i.b5+ c6 10 dxc6 Wd5??
Well, it was unclear! 10...a6 11 cxb7+
(11 c7+axb5 12cxd8W+Hxd8) ll...axb5
12 £ k 6 is messy.
11 cxb7+ * d 8 12 £)c6+ 1-0
Linder - Krugliakov
Moscow 1965
1 e4 t o 2 £sc3 d5 3 e5 d4
53
Or:
a) 3...£lfd7 and now:
al) 4 £>xd5 £ixe5 5 £>e3 c5 6 t o
£\bc6 7 £lc4 J.g4?? 8 £>cxe5 £)xe5 9
£ixe5 i.x d l 10 i.b 5 + Ш 1 11 ± xd7+
* d 8 1 2 * x d l 1-0 Wall-B.Watt, Taylors­
ville NC 1975.
a2) 4 <$3f3 d4 5 e6 dxc3?? (presum­
ably Black expected White now to take
on d7) 6 exf7+! Фх17 7 £ig5+ ^ g 6
(7...Фев 8 5)e6) 8 JLd3+ ^ x g 5 9 dxc3+
* f6 10 t o + Феб 11 Дс4+ Фе5 12 Wf4#
1-0 Szylar-J.Baudrier, Rouen 1987.
аЗ) 4 еб fxe6 5 d4 с5 6 §МЗ\
аЗ 1) 6...cxd4?! 7 £ixd4 е5?? 8 £)е6
t o 9 £ixd5 Ш б 10 £\dc7+ Ф П 11
<£}d8+ 1-0 Olsson-M.Stork, Skane 1982.
a32) 6...^c6 7 dxc5 t o 5 8 Ш g6??
9 Wd4 1-0 H.Russ-K.Zeh, corr. 1974.
b) 3 ...to 4 :
b l) 4 d4 £)xc3 5 bxc3 c5 6 ДЬ5+?
(White wastes time making an exchange
of bishops that greatly favours Black)
6...Jtd7 7 a4 e6 8 t o Wa5 9 ± xd7+
<2\xd7 10 Wd2 cxd4 (White has no good
way to recapture; he chooses the worst)
11 cxd4?? (11 &xd4 <S)xe5; 11 Wxd4
Hc8) 11_fi-b4 0-1 U.Lindner-S.Lehm-
kuhl, Dortmund 1993.
b2) 4 £>xe4 (insipid) 4...dxe4 5 d3?!
(5 d4 exd3 is drawish) 5...JLf5 6 iLf4
&c6 7 Ш 2 e6 8 c3? exd3 9 0-0-0 Wd5 10
t o 0-0-0 (10...Wxa2 wins) 11 Wei (11
ФЫ <S3a5 is appalling for White, since 12
ЬЗ %3xb3 13 axb3 Wxb3+ 14 Фа1 Sd5 is
terminal) ll...Wxa2 12*e3 d2+ 13 Sxd2
Wal#0-1 S.Minet-Fouquet, Massy 1993.
b3) 4 £>ce2 d4 (D):
b31) 5 c3 and then:
Ь311) 5...C5?? 6 d3 1-0 G.Iskov-
J.Woge Nielsen, Copenhagen 1989.
b312) 5...dxc3 6 Wa4+?! (6 bxc3 is
better) 1-0 A.Grondechevsky-N.Ohlin,
Moscow 1973. A completely mistaken
resignation: 6...$267 is at least no worse
for Black in view of 7 Wxe4? <23c5.
54 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

White has sacrificed two pawns for

b32) 5 £tf3 and now:
b321) 5...d3?! 6 cxd3 £)c5 7 &ed4
(Black should now seek to fortify his po­
sition and claim structural compensation;
instead he plays far too ambitiously)
7...i.g4 (7...e6) 8 Шс2 i.x f3 ? (8...e6) 9
£)xf3 £ie6 (9...e6) 10 Wb3 b6 11 d4
£tf4? 12 £>g5 e6? (12...*d5) 13 «КЗ 1-0
S.Bruchmann-W.Pajeken, 1994.
b322) 5...<53c6 6 c3 d x c3 (6 ...i.g 4 ?!7 fxe4 dxe4 8 Д хе4 Ш5+ (8...«Ki4+ 9
£>exd4) 7 bxc3 i.g 4 8 d4 e6 9 h3 ДЬ5 10
«ЪЗ Ш>8 11 g4 i.g 6 12 &A41 <йхсЗ 0-1
(a premature resignation) P.Maarten-
J.Petrov, Halle U-20 Wch 1995.
4 exf6
4 «КЗ?! £lg4?! (4...dxc3) 5 Дс4?? (5« d 4 7 £if3? (7 ^ c 4 ) 7 ...« re4+ 8 Д е2
e6) 5...£lxe5 6 «К4 &xc4 7 £lb5 e5 8
* g 3 f6 9 d3 £>d6 10 a4 i.d 7 11 £K3 £ f 5
0- 1 P.Mahabali-P.Snip, Soest 1996.
4 £}ce2 £ie4 transposes to note ‘b3’ to 4.. .£)b6 5 ДхГ7+? Ф хП 6 £>g5+ (D)
Black’s third move.
4.. .dxc3 5 fxg7 cxd2+ 6 ^.xd2
6 « x d 2 Wxd2+ 7 i.x d 2 i.x g 7 8 0-0-0
i.f5 9 h3 £id7 10 Д еЗ 0-0-0 11 Дха7
b6?? (the standard way to trap a bishop
that has grabbed a rook’s pawn like this;
however, after queenside castling it has
an embarrassing flaw, which is fre­
quently of practical importance) 12 Даб#
1- 0 G.Coll-F.Moral, Cajas 1989.
6.. .Д хё7 7 « Ъ 5 ® d4 8 &f3?! ШхЫ
9 S d l Ш с2
9.. .£ ic6 planning ,.^d7 and ...0-0-0.
1 0 fd 5
one cheap pseudo-threat; it works here,
but is not good percentage chess! It looks
as if White is merely stopping ...#64+,
which may have put Black off his guard -
indeed White doesn’t have any especially
devastating threat here.
1 0 .. .C 6??
10.. .6 .6 .
11 « d 8 + ! 1-0
11.. .*xd8 12 Д а5++ Ф е8 13 Sd8#
1-0 L.Maitzegui Casas- J. Alio, Calella de
Mar 1985.
2 e5 Miscellaneous
N ordijk - Landau
Rotterdam 1927
1 e 4 £if6 2 e 5 ^ d 5
2.. . 6 . 4 ?! 3 d4 e6 (3...f6) 4 ДdЗ d5 5
Zhh3 c5? (5...«h4; 5...f6) 6 f3 cxd4 7
§2f2) 9 £>d2 « x e 5 10 0-0 Д с5 11 <&>hl
0-0 12 «КЗ ^ c 6 13 £\c4 1-0 F.Hosticka-
P.Vavra, Czech Chess Union Ch 1994.
3 £lf3 d6 4 Д с4
4 Де2?! £>f4 5 Д П ?! dxe5 6 £ixe5
£\xg2+ 9 & f 1 ДЬЗ 10 d3 £lh4+ 11 Фе1
£ixf3# 0-1 Rabinovich-Levenfish, Mos­
cow 1927.
6...&g6?
 Semi-Open Games 55

6.. .* g 8 7 t o (7 e6 ®e8 8 t o g6!) This loses instantly. 12...We& 13 Wh6+

7.. .'ife8 8 e6 h6?? (8...g6! should win for &g8 14 Sh3 also gives White a deadly
Black, e.g. 9 d4 £ic6 10 c3 <53d8) 9 Wf7+ attack though.
Wx f l 10 exf7# 1-0 Powers-Dake, Mil­ 13 <53g5! 1-0
waukee 1937.
7 t o *xg5 Szilagyi - Rexin
7.. .Ше8 8 еб! h5 (8...h6 9 h4 hxg5 10 corr. 1982
# e 4 + ФТ6 11 hxg5+ ‘A’xgS 12 Bxh8) 9 I e4 <53f62 e5 £>d5 3 <5k3 £>xc3 4 dxc3
d4 Шсб (9...d5 10 h4 intending Bh3) 10 e6 5 i.d 3 <53c6 6 £if3 M l 7 t o 0-0
t o + Фьб 11 <53e4+ ФЬ7 12 ®xh5+ &g8 Black must be very careful about cas­
13 Wi7+ ФЬ7 14 f3 intending 15 4ig5+ tling when it is difficult to bring pieces to
* h 6 16 g4. the king’s defence.
8 «Т7! g6 9 d4+ ФЬ5 10 tT4 h6 11 8h4
h3 g5 12 Wf7+ ФЬ4 13 g3# 1-0 White creates a serious threat...
8.. .d5?
O.Prestel - F.Doederlein ...which Black misses.
Endingen 1987 9 ±xh7+! ФхЬ7 10 <S3g5+ &g6
1 e4 &f6 2 e5 <£d5 3 £sf3 d6 4 &c4 10.. .6 . 8 11 ®h5; 10...±xg5 11 hxg5+
£sb6 5 ±xf7+? * x f7 6 <53g5+ <4>g6? 7 &g8 12 Wh5 f6 13 g6.
h4 h6?? II h5+ 1-0
This loses on the spot. Instead 7...h5 8
e6 t o 9 t o (9 t o ШЬ5; 9 d4 «Ъ5) D.Roos - W.Schmidt
9.. .<53c6 ( 9 . . . t o 10 Ш З+ ФТ6 11 2h3) Bagneux 1978
10 Bh3 <23d4 (10...<53e5 11 d4) 11 Ш4+ 1 e4 <23f6 2 e5 <53d5 3 <S3c3 <53xc3 4
£}f5 12 Bf3 'ШЪ5 13 <53f7 wins, while dxc3 d6
7.. .dxe5 8 ШЪ M 5 9 g4 should be fairly Positionally Black is doing well here,
good for White. but there are some tactical pitfalls to ne­
8 h5+ *xg5 9 t o <53d5 10 d3+ £if4 gotiate.
11 W x№ 1-0 5 ± f4
5 i.c 4 <23c6 6 £>f3 ± g 4 ? 7 £.xf7+
Andreescu - Оrev Ф хП 8 £3g5+ Фе8 9 Wxg4 £3xe5 10
Romania 1982 « е б ®d7?! (10...h6 11 f4 hxg5 12 fxe5)
1 e4 £if6 2 e5 2id5 3 ®c3 e6 4 £sxd5 11 f4 ^ c 6 ? ! (Il...<£sg6 12 Wf7+ * d 8 13
exd5 5 d4 ± e7 6 М 3 0-0 7 Ш 5 g6 8 <53e6+ Фс8 14 h4 intending h5) 12 ® f7+
Ш б $3с6 9 £sf3 ‘A’de 13£ie6+ 1-OM.Achenbach-C.Mul-
Black has played the opening poorly ler, 1990.
and has come under attack. 5 £if3 4ic6 6 M 4 dxe5 7 £\xe5
9.. .f6? ® xdl+ 8 Bxdl £3xe5 9 M e 5 c6 10 JLc4
9.. .£ib4? is also bad, on account of 10i.f5 11 i -ЬЗ f6 12 i.g 3 Bd8?? 13 $Lf7+
£ig5 Jtxg5 11 Axg5. Black should try 1-0 Husser-Fillon, corr. 1990.
9.. №e%, which prepares both ...<531)4 and 5.. .£ic6 6 <53f3 dxe5 7 Wxd8+ <53xd8 8
...f6. M e 5 c6 9 0-0-0 f6 10 i.g 3 e5 11 ±c4
10 ^xg6 hxg6 11 ®xg6+ i>h8 12 h4(D)
12 'Bltf-H Ф^8 13 JLh6 also wins for 11.. .£if7?!
White. Not 1l...i.e6? 12 Bxd8+, but 1l...<53e6,
12.. .d6?! 1 1... jLg4 and 1 l...JLe7! are better.
56 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

9.. .£ih6 10 -&.xh6 (White should just

retreat, keeping an advantage) 10...Ab4+
11 * f l fxg6 12 Axg6+ * f 8 13 Jtg5
fixhl 14 Axd8 is not so clear.
10 Ag5?
White could have won material by 10
Wxf7+.
10.. .fxg6?
10.. .'®,b4+ is unclear.
11 i.xg6+ <i>d8 12 2xh8 1-0

Chase Variation
12 Shel g6? 13 JLxe5! 1-0
13.. .6 x e5 14 £sxe5 Jth6+ (14...fxe5 Radojevic - Pribyl
15 Sxe5+ i.e 7 16 H del) 15 * b l fxe5 16 Hradec Kralove 1973/4
fixe5+ * f 8 17 2d8+ * g 7 18 He7+ &f6 1 e4 $316 2 e5 $3dS 3 c4 £)b6 4 c5
19 Hf7+ & g5 20 Hxh8. £>d5
Again, White has taken on some posi­
Hill - Janeway tional liabilities to create immediate tac­
New York 1946 tical possibilities.
1 e4 £sf6 2 e5 ^d5 3 c4 £>f4? 5 JLc4
3.. .£ib6 4 d4 £ic6? (4...d6) 5 d5! 5& c3:
<£ixe5 (5...£>b4 6 c5 £)6xd5 7 a3 also a) 5...<£kc3 6dxc3d6 7 .&g5!?dxe5?!
wins a piece) 6 c5 £sbc4 7 f4 e6 8 Wd4! 8 ШЬЗ $36111 9 Д с4 1-0 Matsukevich-
(8 fxe5?? Wh4+) 8...*h4+ 9 g3 Wh6 10 Kandaurov, Tula 1967.
£ic3 exd5 11 fxe5 1-0 H.Borochow- b) 5...e6:
R.Fine, Pasadena 1932. b l) 6 £ixd5 exd5 7 d4 d6 8 cxd6 cxd6
4 d4 $3g6 5 h4 h5 6 Ae2 e6 7 i.xh5 9 ДЬ5+ $3c6 10 * b 3 dxe5 11 dxe5
£lxh4 8 Wg4 $3f5 9 ®g6!? (D) i.b4+ ?? 12 ®xb4 1-0 P.Skov-K.S0ren-
9 jLxf7+? is poor in view of 9...^fxf7sen, Espergaerde 1978.
10 2xh8 i.b4+ , but 9 i.g 5 i.e 7 10 i.xe7 b2) 6 JLc4 £ixc3 7 ЬхсЗ and now:
Фхе7 is quite good for White. b21) 7...d5 8 cxd6 cxd6 9 exd6 jLxd6
10 d4 Шс7! 11 Ш 2 (11 t b 3 ; 11 1 Ш )
11.. .£id7 12 $3f311 b5 0-1 Halosar-
A.Becker, Berlin 1938.
b22) 7...JLxc5 8 d4 «Ъ4?! 9 i.d 3
jL e lll 10 g3 1-0 Samarian-Alexandrescu,
Romania 1955.
5.. .e6 6 % 4?! d6!?
6.. .£lb4! 7 $ЗзЗ (not 7 i.xe6? £ld3+)
7.. .b6 8 d4 i.a 6 9 * e 4 £ i 8 c 6 (9...£xc4
10 5)xc4 £)8c6) 10 А хаб £}хаб (Black is
somewhat better) 11 Wd31 £iab4 12
Шс4? bxc5 13 dxc5? $)xe5 0-1 Rado-
jevic-V.Bagirov, Trinec 1973.
7 cxd6 cxd6 8 d4 Wc7 9 We2?
 Semi-Open Games
9 £id2! dxe5 10 <5)gf3 exd4 11 0-02 e5 £>d5 3 d4 Miscellaneous
£\f6! 12 # x d 4 keeps the game messy.
9.. .dxe5 10 dxe5 $ld7 11 £\d2
11 £>f3? b5!.
11.. .£)f4! 12 # e 4 ^xe5 0-1
1 3 # x f4 ? £ld3+.
Dobrolovsky - Hardicsay
Prievidza 1978
1 e4 ®f6 2 e5 £\d5 3 c4 £)b6 4 c5
<5)d5 5 i.c 4 e6 6 £)c3 (D)
6.. .£}f4!?
This risky move sets a cunning trap.
6.. .£}xc3 is the main line:
a) 7 bxc3 Wh4 (7,..i.xc5 8 d4 # h 4 9
.id 3 i.e7 ?? 10 g3 1-0 S.Samarian-Alex-
andrescu, Romania 1955) 8 Ше2 JLxc5 9
d4 J.e7?? 10 g3 1-0 Schneider-Hanke,
Landau 1958.
b) 7 dxc3 i.x c5 8 # g 4 i.f 8 9 i.g 5
f6?? (9...i.e7; 9...h5) 10 exf6 gxf6 11
Wh5+ Фе7 12 jLxf6+ 1-0 M.Trbojevic-
Z.Krecnjak, Zagreb 1998.
7Wg4?
7 d4!? <5)xg2+ 8 ФП <S)h4 9 4if3 gives
White compensation, but 9...‘£>f5! keeps
it within manageable bounds.
7.. .Wh4!
Now Black is winning.
8 h3 ®xg2+ 9 ФП h5! 10 Ше2 £sf4
ll# e 4
11 Wdl £\g6! 12 d4 £\xe5.
11.. .£ig6 12 We2 £ixe5! 0-1
57
I.Rabinovich - G.Levenflsh
USSR Ch (Moscow) 1924
I e4 ^ f6 2 e5 <S)d5 3 c4
3d4:
a) З...е6?! 4 c4 i.b4+ ?? 5 Фе2! £>b6
6 c5 Ш 4 (6...£kl5 7 a3 i.a 5 8 b4) 7 cxb6
1-0 Smekalin-Egorov, Cheliabinsk 1983.
b) 3...d6 and now:
b l) 4 i.e 2 g6 5 f4 ± h 6 6 i.f3 dxe5 7
c4? (7 fxe5!? £ie3; 7 dxe5 ± x f4 8 i.xd5
i.x c l) 7...£M 4 8 £)a3 (8 g3 £\d3+)
8...JLg7 9 g3 £\e6 0-1 T.Pirttimaki-V.Che-
khov, Lvov 1983.
b2) 4 f4 i.f5 5 £if3 e6 6 i.d 3 i.x d 3 7
WxdS c5 (7...dxe5) 8 0-0 cxd4 9 f5! foci
10 £ig5 h6?! 11 fxe6! hxg5 12 fT 5 1-0
Erler-Packroff, corr. 1988.
b3) 4 Д с4 £\b6 5 JLb3 g6 6 £if3 £lc6
7 £ig5 e6 8 ЧИГО We7 9 <2)e4 £\xd4?! 10
®сЗ £ x b 3 11 exd6 ШЫ77 (1 l...£\d5 12
Wxh8 '#h4 is not so clear) 12 £)f6+ Ф^8
13 Wxc7# 1-0 H.van der Spek-A.van
Oosten, Utrecht 1990.
3.. .£sb6 4 d4 d6
This position can also be reached via
the move-order 1 e4 4if6 2 e5 ^57ld5 3 d4
d6 4 c4 £sb6.
5 exd6
5 Zht3 ji.g4 6 i d 3 ? dxe5 7 dxe5 £lc6
8 Дс2? W xdl+ 9 i.x d l £ ixc4 10 i.a 4
JLxf3 11 gxf3 0-1 E.Holloway-K.Piltz,
Paris OL 1924.
5.. .exd6
5.. .cxd6 6 ДеЗ g6 7 £ic3 Ag7 8 Ш 2
^8d7?! (too passive) 9 h4 Zhf6 10 f3 Wc7
11 B el £sxc4?? 12 £)b5 1-0 R.Rechel-
G.Behnel, Giessen 1994.
6 i.e3 M 5 7 «ТЗ Шс8 8 c5!? ± x b l 9
Sxbl&6d7?
9.. .dxc5 10 dxc5 £}6d7 was neces­
sary.
10 We4+ &d8
10.. .JLe7 11 cxd6 cxd6 12 Пс1 wins.
II ± c4 Zhf6 12 # f 3 c6 13 Ag5 1-0
58 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

Four Pawns Attack Main Line: 4 53f3

Etm ans - Fiorito Suesman - Edelbaum

Dutch corr. Ch 1987
1 e4 £if6 2 e5 £ld5 3 d4 d6 4 c4 £»b6
5 f4 dxe5 6 fxe5 (D)
6.. .c5
6.. .thc6 7 ± e 3 i.f 5 8 £if3?! <£b4 9 9..
<53a3 еб 10 ite 2 (Black’s next two moves
are feeble) 10...a6 11 0-0 2c8 12 # b 3
c5?? 13 dxc5 1-0 R.Reti-A.Takacs, Vi­
enna 1928.
6.. .JLf5 7 £sc3 e6:
a) 8 g4?? # h 4 + 9 Ф62 '#12+ 10
£lge2 £lxc4# 0-1 Rehm-Baltsch, Bre-
men-Lilienthal 1985.
b) 8 £lf3 &c6 9 d5? (premature)
9...£)b4 10 £)d4 # h 4 + (this is the prob­
lem!) 11 <&e2 (11 g3 # x d 4 12 # x d 4
thc2+) ll...i.d 3 + 12 <4*3 # x d 4 13 i.e3
# x c 4 0-1 Maciel-G.Beisser, corr. 1977.
7 d5 e6 8 £ k 3 exd5 9 cxd5 c 4 10 £)f3d6 5 c4 ‘ЙЬб 6 еб fxe6 7 %3g5 h6
JLg4?!
10.. .iLb4 is better.
11 &e2 ± c 5 12 £lg5
A known theoretical position, consid­
ered good for White.
12.. .f6? 13 exf6 1-0
13.. .gxf6 (13...#xf6 14 £lge4 pre­£\xe6 12 c5 <Skl5.
vents the check on f2 and wins a piece)
14 £lge4 Jtxe2 (else Black simply loses a
piece) 15 Wxe2 and Black gets ripped to
shreds.
New England Ch 1955
1 e4 £if6 2 e5 <SM5 3 d4 d6 4 £\f3
dxe5 5 <£xe5 Af5?! 6 # f 3 g6?!
6.. .e6.
7±c4
7 c4? is poor in view of 7...£>b4, but 7
JLd3 is just good for White, e.g. 7...Jte6
8 c4 ®b4 9 #xb7.
7.. .C6
N o t7 ...i.e6 ??8 £ ic3 .
8 £ic3 &еб?
Now Black is lost. 8...e6? fails to 9 g4
£}Ь4 10 gxf5, while 8...f6 (best) 9 £\xd5
(9 4ixc6 £lxc6 10 # x d 5 # x d 5 followed
by ...£sxd4 survives) 9...fxe5 10 <£ie3
# x d 4 is good for White.
9 £ixd5 JLxd5?
.cxd5 10 Ab5+ exploits the over­
loading of the e6-bishop: 1 0 ...^ 7 11
i.xd7+ i.x d 7 12 #xf7#; 9...b5 10 £ixc6
£>xc6 11 jLxb5 wins material.
10#xf7+!
Exploiting the c4-bishop’s X-ray at­
tack through to f7. Instead the alternative
10 Axd5? # x d 5 lets Black defend f7
well enough.
10.. . 6 . f 7 11 ± x f7 # 1-0
R.Alvarez - G.Guffanti
Villa Ballester 1991
1 e4 £lf6 2 e5 Ы 5 3 d4 ^ c 6 4 £>f3
7.. .# d 7? 8 i.d 3 e5? (8...g6 9 £lxh7
Hxh7 10 i.xg6+ 2 f7 11 i.x f7 + 4>xf7 12
# h 5 + ) 9 # h 5 + 1-0 K.Richter-Jurgschat,
Berlin 1948.
8 «Ъ 5+ & d7 9 £lxe6
9 £sf7?! # e 8 10 d5 £id8 11 dxe6+
9 d5!? £ld4 (9,..exd5 10 £>f7 # e 8 11
# h 3 + еб 12 £\xh8) 10 dxe6+ £ixe6 11
# h 3 hxg5 12 #xh8.
9.. .# e8 ?
 Semi-Open Games
9.. .Фхеб.
10 Ш З Ш Г! 11 ^ g 5 + 1-0
Y.Chachalev - A.Ayupbergenov
Volgograd 1994
1 e4 £)f6 2 e5 £ld5 3 d4 d6 4 £tf3
dxe5
4.. .g6 5 i.c4 &A>6 6 i.b3:
a) 6...a5 7 еб f6? 8 £ig5! c6 (8...fxg5
9 ШЗ) 9 £if7 « c7 10 &xh8 a4 11 £)xg6
hxg6 12 * g 4 g5 13 Wh5+ 1-0 H.Beijar-
M.Eriksson, corr. 1980.
b) 6...JLg7 7 £\g5 еб 8 t o 0-0 9
ШЬЗ h6 10 £\e4 ФЬ7? 11 i.g5 fU 7 12
£lf6+ 1-0 M.Murray-G.Howard, corr.
IECG 1995.
5 <2)xe5 g6 6 JLc4
6 t o ! c6?? 7 Ш и # 1-0 D.Barua-
W.Foong Yin, Gausdal jr Wch 1986.
6.. .c6 7 t o Ae6 8 £ic3 <5)d7 9 0-0
Ag7 10 S e l 0-0 (D)
White is under no immediate threat
here, but permits himself a careless move
leaving too many loose pieces. The three
men between the queen and the d2-
bishop disappear amazingly quickly.
11 ± d 2 ? ? £>xe5
1 l...£ixc3? lets White survive by 12
it-хеб 4ixe5 13 #xc3.
12 dxe5 £>xc3 0-1
Black wins a piece due to the loose
bishops on c4 and d2: 13 JLxe6 '#xd2 or
13 Wxc3 Jtxc4 14 ®xc4 ®xd2.
59
L uer - K .R attm ann
corr. 1922
1 e4 2 e5 £sd5 3 £\f3 d6 4 d4
The standard move-order is of course
1 e4 Ш 2 e5 ®d5 3 d4 d6 4 £if3.
4...$Lg4 5 Ae2 (D)
5 1 x 4 £ib6? 6 ± x f7 + * x f7 7 £\g5+
* g 8 8 # x g 4 g6 9 ®e6+ &g7 10 t o +
ФЬб 1-0 F.de Jonge-C.Mooiweer, Hen-
gelo 1992.
5 h3 i.x f3 6 Wxf3:
a) 6...e6 7 аЗ £ic6 8 i.b 5 Wd7?? 9 c4
£\de7 10 d5 1-0 Y.Liubarsky-O.Krueger,
Hamburg 1993.
b) 6...dxe5 7 dxe5 еб 8 с4?! £)Ь4 9
ШхЬ7? <Si8c6 (White’s queen is trapped)
10 Ш 5 %3с2+ 11 Фе2 0-1 J.Byrd-Wall,
Statesville, NC 1979.
5...dxe5?!
Or:
a) 5...g6? (this does not mix at all
well with ...JLg4) 6 £>g5 Axe2 7 ®xe2
dxe5? 8 t o ! f6? (8...£\f6 9 dxe5 h6 10
£ixf7 ФхП 11 exf6 exf6 12 ®xb7 picks
off a pawn) 9 £le6 # d 6 (9 ...fd 7 10
®xd5 1-0 G.Andersson-O.Svenson, corr.
1971) 10 Wxd5 (1-0 E.Vamusz-A.Ponyi,
Salgo 1978) 10...£ic6 11 « x d e 1-0
R.Evans-J.Illingworth, corr. 1990.
b) 5 ...c6 6 c4£ib67£sbd2e6?8exd6
Jtxd6 (8...c5 9 dxc5 £36d7 lets White
hang on to the extra pawns) 9 c5 1-0
J.Nielsen-H.Lassen, Denmark 1983.
60 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
c) 5...e6:
c l) 6 c4 £lb6 7 exd6 cxd6 8 h3 Д115:
cl 1) 9 ШЪЗ Де7?? 10 ШЬ5+ 1-0
L.Langner-P.Velicka, Czechoslovak Ch
(Bratislava) 1991.
cl2) 9 a4 ® a6 10 ШЬЗ ®c8?? 11
® b5+ 1-0 N.Borge-J.Andreasen, Tor-
shavn 1997.
c2) 6 0-0£k6?!:
c21) 7 exd6 i.x d 6 8 c4 £if4 9 c5?
‘53xe2+ 10 ®xe2 ^ x d 4 0-1 S.Viau-
S.Champetier, Charlesbourg 1991.
c22) 7 c4 <ЙЬ6 8 exd6 cxd6 9 d5 exd5
10 cxd5 £ie7 11 ^ c 3 g6 ?? 12 tfd4 £.xf3
13 ДЬ5+ 1-0 T.Emst-K.Storland, Gaus-
dal 1987.
6 £lxe5 Дхе2 7 Wxe2 <&Ь6?!
7.. .С6?! 8 t o ! £if6 9 «Ъ З Wxd4 101973.
* x b 7 # x e 5 + 11 ДеЗ £id5?? (Il...e6)
12 Wc8# 1-0 Golovei-T.Lemachko, Kali­
ningrad 1970.
8 0-0 ®xd4?
Black has blatantly violated opening
principles, and is punished severely for
his ‘crime’.
9 S d l Wh4 10 i.g5! «xg5
10.. .Wb4 11 tT 3 .
11 2d8+! 1-0
Two decoys have set up a knight fork
on f7.
Modern Defence: 1 e4 g6
S.Haas - J.B ungter
Badenweil 1990
1 e4 g6 2 d4 i.g 7 3 &c3
Or:
a) 3 g3?! d5! 4 e5 c5 5 сЗ <S3c6 6 i.g 2
Af5 7 g4?! Деб 8 £ia3 cxd4 9 cxd4 Wb6
10 &e2? i.x g 4 11 i.xd5?? Wa5+ 0-1
D.Prange-L.Gutman, Giessen 1991.
b) 3 c3 d5 4 exd5 Wxd5 5 £>f3 c5 6
Д еЗ cxd4 7 cxd4 £ih6?? 8 * c l ! (such
moves are easily missed) 1-0 E.Vasiu-
kov-Y.Razuvaev, Polanica Zdroj 1972.
c) 3 Д с4 d6 4 £>f3 £\f6 5 £ic3 0-0 6
h3 <abd7?! 7 e5 £te8?! (7„.dxe5 8 dxe5
£)e8 9 e6) 8 e6 £ib6?! (8...fxe6 9 £lg5) 9
exf7+ 1-0 Havasi-Papp, Budapest 1938.
d) 3 f4 c5:
d l) 4 £sf3 cxd4 5 £)xd4 d6 6 Д с4
£lf6 7 £ic3 0-0 8 0-0? ®b6! 9 ДеЗ?
(White is prepared to give up the b2-
pawn, but Black can hunt bigger game; 9
ФЫ £ixe4 or 9 e5 £>c6) 9...§^g4 10 £id5
£\xe3 11 ^ x b 6 £\xdl 12 Saxdl axb6 13
a3 <S3c6 0-1 K.Gleber-W.Carl, Ladenburg
1992.
d2) 4 c3 cxd4 5 cxd4 Wb6 6 <$3f3 d6
(6...d5!?) 7 £ic3 Дg4?! 8 £)d5 Wd8 9
Wb3! Ь6? 10 * c 3 ! £id7 11 £ic7+ * f 8 12
<2^ixa8 1-0 Bassin-W.Browne, Ann Arbor
e) 3 £rf3 (D):
e l) 3...c6 4 ДdЗ d5 5 exd5 cxd5 6 c3
£>f6 7 0-0 b6 8 A f4 Д аб?? 9 Д хаб 1-0
B.Bannik-R.Zeier, Baden-Baden 1993.
9...£ka6 10 Wa4+.
e2) 3...£if64e5£ie4?!(4...£id5)5c4
c6 6 Ad3 Wa5+ (6...d5) 7 £ibd2 d5 8 0-0
± f 5 9 S e l &xf2? (9...&xd2 is neces­
sary, though White is a lot better) 10
* x f2 ДxdЗ 11 &ЬЗ Шаб (11...Ша4 12
Wxd3 dxc4 13 £>c5 cxd3 14 £lxa4) 12
G3c5 Wxc4 13 i2)xd3 1-0 Z.Sturua-J.Ki­
witter, Baden-Baden 1991.
e3) 3...d6:
e31) 4 Дс4:
 Semi-Open Games
еЗ 11) 4...<£\d7?? 5 ± xf7+ ! is a trick
that, in various guises, claims victims of
all playing standards:
e3111) 5 ...* f8 6 £ig5 £ib6 7 Wf3
£lf6 8 e5 dxe5 9 dxe5 k g 4 10 exf6 JLxf3
11 fxg7+ 4ixg7 12 ^ c 6 + 1-0 Santasiere-
R.Byme, New York 1946.
e3112) 5...&xf7 6 £ig5+ <&f6 7 Wf3#
1-0 Amason-Pribyl, Jurmala 1990.
e312) 4,..i.g4? 5 i.x f7 + &xf7 6
£)g5+ <&>e8 1 Wxg4 £lf6 8 Ш Sf8 9
<йе6 £ifd7? 10 &xg7# 1-0 Mullen-
McKeamey, Ohio 1963.
e32) 4 c3 £\f6 5 k d 3 0-0 6 0-0 c5 7
h3 £3c6 8 d5 £ia5 9 S e l (9 b4? cxb4 10
cxb4 £M7) 9...e5?? 10 b4 1-0 P.Leko-
J.Ehlvest, Cap d’Agde 1996.
3.. .d6 (D)
3.. .C5 4 dxc5 # a 5 5 i.d 2 f c c 5 6 £\f3.&e2 £)xf3+ 8 gxf3 kh5 9 £.b5+ &f8 10
£if6 7 i.d 3 0-0 8 0-0 d6 9 S e l <йс6 10 a3
£ig4 11 S f l f5?? 12 £ia4 1-0 J.Curdo-
T.Stevens, Concord 1995.
3.. .c6:
a) 4 k c 4 d6 5 i.e3?! £if6 6 f3 d 5 ! 7
i.d3?! (7 i.b 3 dxe4 8 fxe4 £ig4 9 ШЗ
0-0 10 £sge2) 7,..dxe4 8 fxe4? (8 <Sixe4
SM5 9 ± f 2 ^sf4; 8 ± xe4) 8...£ig4 0-1
R.Altrock-R.Bomgasser, Dortmund 1987.
b) 4 f4 d6 5 JLe2 (5 k e 3 is more flexi­
ble) 5...Wb6 6 G3f3 k g 4 7 £ia4?! (7 e5)
7...Ша5+ 8 c3?? (8 £ic3) 8...b5 0-1 K.Hal-
lier-F.Fegebank, 2nd Bundesliga 1990/1.
4ke2
61
Or:
a) 4 i.c 4 &d7 5 <S3f3 £sgf6? 6 e5
dxe5 (6...<£ig4 1 £ig5 obliges Black to
give up a piece with 7...£kixe5, since
7...£)h6? 8 J.xf7+ <£\xf7 9 <£ie6 wins the
black queen) 7 dxe5 £ig4 8 jtx f7 + ФхИ
9 £}g5+ ^ g 8 (else £se6 wins the queen)
10 # d 5 + 1-0 J.Sylvan-A.Flaata, 1994.
b) 4 f4 e5 5 dxe5 dxe5 6 ' i rxd8+
<£xd8 7 k c 4 k e 6 8 i.x e6 fxe6 9 £sf3
£ic6 10 fxe5 h6?! 11 0-0 £\xe5?? 12
'SixeS kxe.5 13 Sf8+ 1-0 T.van Houtte-
P.Tonoli, Belgian Interteam Ch 1997.
c) 4 <£iO:
c l) 4...£\d7 5 Jtc4 e5? 6 i.x f7 +
* x f7 7 £>g5+ Фе8 8 £>e6 1-0 S.Gross-
W.Geiger, Kirchheim rpd 1990.
c2) 4 ,..i.g 4 5 i.e 3 £ic6 6 d5 £se5 7
0-0 e6 11 dxe6 fxe6 12 k e 2 ® h4 13
ФЫ?? JLxf3+! 0-1 Y.Dorfman-O.Roma-
nishin, Cienfuegos 1977.
c3) 4 ...a 6 5 a 4 ^ c 6 6 l.e 3 i.g 4 7 i.e 2
e5 8 <Sixe5?? dxe5 0-1 C.Fellhauer-S.Bar-
tels, Verbandsliga Nordbaden 1992/3. 9
Axg4 exd4.
d) 4 k e 3 and now:
d l) 4...£\d7 5 &f3 c6 6 a4 £igf6 7 b3
e5 8 dxe5 dxe5 9 <SM2 0-0 10 £)c4 £ie8?'
11 k c 5 ! (one can see why Black missed
this: before he played ...£le8 the d7-
knight was not pinned) 1-0 L.Kavalek-
Bilek, 1966.
d2) 4„.a6 5 Ш 2 b5 6 a3 i.b 7 7 f3
£id7 8 <S3ge2 c5 9 dxc5 <йхс5 10 0-0-0?!
(White has handled the opening in very
poor fashion, and so cannot afford to up
the ante by castling queenside) 10...Hc8
11 £sd5?? £ib3+ 0-1 PDonne-D.Girard,
Val Maubuee 1989.
4.. .£\d7 5 £sf3 e6 6 k e 3 £ie7 7 Wd2
a6 8 k h 6 0-0 9 h4
White has launched a standard king-
side attack in response to Black’s passive
opening play.
9.. .Ш ? !
62 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

9.. .JLxh6 10 # x h 6 * h 8 11 h5 (11 2„.e5 3 c3 £lf6 4 i.d 3 d5 5 dxe5 <5^g4?!

£}g5?! £)f6) ll...£ lg 8 is one way to de­
fend.
10 h5 e5?
10.. .£ixh5? 11 g4£\f6 1 2 l.x g 7 * x g 7 2.. .Ы 7:
13 Wh6+; 10...Jtxh6 11 'Ш'хЬб £ig4 was
the last chance to put up any resistance.
11 Jtxg7 & xgl 12 hxg6 hxg6?
12.. .fxg6 13 ® h6+ gives White a de­ b) 3 £sf3 a6 4 JLc4 b5?? 5 i.x f7 +
cisive attack, with JLc4+ and Q\g5 coming.
13 *Ъ6+ 1-0
Pirc Defence: 1 e4 d6
R.Cantero - Munoz Izcua
Montevideo 1954
1 e4 d6 2 d4
a) 2 g3 g6 3 JLg2 Ag7 4 £>e2 & f6 5
0- 0 0-0 6 d3 c5 7 £ d 2 £ic6 8 c3 b5?? 9 e5
1- 0 B.Gertz-M. Vogel, Hessen qual 1990.
b) 2 i . c 4 ^ d 7 3 ^ f 3 :
b l) 3...g6??4 £lg5??(4 Axf7+ ФхП
5 £)g5+ wins) 4...l2)h6?? (4,..e6) 5 JLxf7+
£sxf7 6 <2ie6 1-0 Dadian-Doubrava, Kiev
1896. Not one of the better-played games
in this book!
b2) 3...b6?? 4 i.x f7 + 4>xf7 5 £sg5+
* f6 6 ®f3+ Фе5 7 d4+ * x d 4 8 Wc3# 1-0
H.vanderHeyden-Feenstra, ’tHarde 1982.
c) 2Gtf3:
c l) 2...^d 7 3g3® g f6 4d 3 e5 5 i.g 2
i.e 7 6 0-0 <&h5 7 £)xe5?? (this standard
trick against an undefended knight on h5
does not work here) 7...£sxe5 8 ®xh5
jLg4 0-l Fleming-Nichter, 1990.
c2) 2...g6 3 i.c4:
c21) 3...£id7?? 4 i.x f7 + &xf7 5
£)g5+ 1-0 Lusgin-Joffe, Minsk 1968.
c22) 3...i.g4?? 4 i.x f7 + ФхП 5
£sg5+ Фе8 6 l fxg4 £lf6 7 Ше6 Ш 7 8
® f7+ ^ d e 9 £}e6+ 1-0 M.Miannay-
F. Bmneau, Torcy 1991.
сЗ) 2 ..M 6 3 c3 £\xe4?? 4 ®a4+ 1-0
G. Welling-T.Veugen, Utrecht blitz 1979. 12 d£Lf4 followed by 0-0-0 is awkward for
2...f5?!
6 A e2 (Black is losing a pawn without
any particular compensation) 1-0 V.Miru-
mian-A.Nadanian, Ubeda 1998.
a) 3 f4 g6 4 £)f3 JLg7 5 £ k 3 a6 6 Ac4
b5?? 7 i.x f7 + * x f7 8 £ig5+ 4>f6 9 ^ d 5 #
1-OBrundell-Gustavsson, Malmo 1988.
* x f7 6 £lg5+ * g 6 7 6 tfe8 8 Wg4+
ФП 9 Wf5+ <§3gf6 10 &g5+ 1-0 Goh
Wei Ming-H.Sihombing, Jakarta World
Cities 1997.
c) 3 £.c4 g6 4 £>f3 i.g 7 ?? 5 £.xf7+
* x f7 6 £>g5+ * f 6 7 1 ^ 3 # 1-0 Ham-
lisch-NN, Vienna 1902.
3 Jtd3?!
3 £юЗ; 3 exf5.
3.. .<5)c6?
3.. .fxe4 4 Axe4 4£»f6.
4 exfS <2)xd4? 5 Ш 5+ g6
5.. .* d 7 6 Wg4.
6 fxg6 ^ f 6 7 g7+! <£xh5 8 gxhe®
V\f6 9 Д Ь6 <йе6 10 A f5 ± d 7 11 # x h 7
11 jLxe6 is equally effective.
11.. .£sg7 12 Wg6# 1-0
I.Donev - H .Poettinger
Liechtenstein 1995
1 e4 d6 2 d4 £if6 3 £\c3
3 £x4?! <5)xe4 4 ± x f7 + * x f7 5
1Ъ5+ Феб? 6 d5+ ФГ6? (6...*d7) 7 £>f3
£\c5?? 8 Ag5+ 1-0 Gianola-W.Becke-
meyer, Lugano 1988.
3 f3 c5 4 dxc5 Ш&5+ 5 Wd2 ®xc5 6
Wc3 ®c6?? (White’s manic efforts to
take off the queens have an unexpected
result: only the black queen is to be taken
off!) 7 JLb5 1-0 M.Tamminga-R.Leenes,
Groningen 1984.
3.. .£ibd7 4 f4 e5 5 £>f3 сб?! 6 dxe5
dxe5 7 fxe5 <S}g4 8 e6 fxe6 9 £ig5 (D)
9.. .£>ge5?!
9.. .£ide5 10 Wxd8+ Фх08 11 h3 £lh6
Black.
 Semi-Open Games 63

10 £ixe6 *Ъ4+? 11 g3 «Т6 12 £ ic7+ a) 4 g3 i.g 7 5 i.g 2 0-0 6 <£\ge2 e5 7

Фё8
12.. .Фе7 is met by 13 £l7d5+ and £sxd4exd4 11 £sd5 c6 (ll...i.e 6 ) 12 e5
12.. .ФТ7 by 13 Jlc4+.
13 ±g5!
13 <£}xa8?! £lf3+ is less clear.
1-0
13.. .*xg5 14<&e6+.
Rybak - Z.Beil
Olomouc 1991
1 e4 d6 2 d4 <5)f6 3 £\c3 c6 4 f4 Wa5 5
,&d2
5 i.d 3 e5 6 £)f3 i.g 4 7 i.e 3 exf4 8&xd8 11 0-0-0+ Фе8 ( ll...i.d 7 12 g4
i.x f4 Ш 6 9 £ia4 « a 5 + 10 $\сЗ Ш 4 11
аЗ ШхЬ2?? 12 £la4 (a standard queen
trap) 12...Axf3 13 gxf3 1-0 Gesos-
Spiridonov, Athens 1989.
5.. .®b6 6 £tf3 ®xb2
6.. .J.g4 is safer.
7 S b l Ш З 8 e5 £sd5?
This allows the black queen to be
trapped. 8...£sg4 9 Hb3 (9 £ib5 cxb5 10
Sb3 ®xa2 11 # c l is ineffective since the
black queen has the d5- and e6-squares)
9.. .'ira5 affords the queen a route back.
9 £lxd5 cxd5 10 ЖЬЗ «xa2 11 * c l ± g4 9 h3 JLxf3 10 ®xf3 Ш б 11 *T2??
&f5 12 i.b5+ £>d7 13 Sb2 1-0
S.Kutzner - O.Stephan
Kettig 1994
1 e4 d6 2 d4 ?T6 3 £k3 g6 (D)
4 f3
Or:
0-0 £)c6 8 dxe5 dxe5 9 i.g 5 & d4?! 10
cxd5 13'ffxd4! 1-0 A .D ur-G -J.de Boer,
Amsterdam IBM 1980.
b) 4 i.e 2 i.g 7 5 h4 Ь6?! 6 i.f 3 c6
(6...i.b7? 7 e5) 7 h5 h6 (7...0-0) 8 hxg6
fxg6 9 l.e 3 ^ b d 7 ? 10 e5 dxe5 11 i.x c6
fib8 12 dxe5 1-0 Blau-Hardt, Lugano OL
1968.
c) 4 jLg5:
c l) 4...‘S)bd7 5 f4 h6 6 i.h 4 i.g 7 7 e5
£sh5 8 <ah3 dxe5 9 dxe5 ^ b 6 ? 10 ®xd8+
£ixf4 13 £>xf4 g5 14 e6) 12 $ЗЪ5 1-0
Fuller-Sakurai, Haifa OL 1976.
c2) 4...h6 5 !.h 4 c6 6 # d 2 b5 7 i.d 3
JLg7 8 f4 ШЪ6 9 e5 dxe5 10 dxe5 Slg4
11 h3 g5 12 hxg4 gxh4 13 Sxh4??
1Hfxgl+ 0-1 Kneselac-Jakovljev, Novi
Sad 1988.
c3) 4...J.g7:
c31) 5 ± c 4 c6 6 a4 # a 5 7 f3?? (7
Wd2) 7...’# xg5 0-1 D.Taquet-R.Delerme,
Val Maubuee 1989.
c32) 5 f4 0-0 6 £lf3 c6 7 !.d 3 b5 8 0-0
(11 £)e2) ll...£lxe4! 12® h4 0-l O.Ha-
mida-B.Chatalbashev, Cappelle la Grande
1996.
c33) 5 e5 dxe5 6 dxe5 * x d l+ ? l 7
S xdl:
c331) 7...£>g4? 8 h3 1-0 Elm-Bach-
mann, Dortmund 1975. 8...^xe5 9 £к15.
64 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
c332) 7...£ifd7 8 £id5 Axe5 9 £>f3
Ad6? (9...e6) 10 Axe7 Af4 11 Aa3 g5 12
g3 c6 13 £ie7 1-0 H.Willke-U.Pottberg,
Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen 1992/3.
d) 4 Ac4 and now:
d l) 4...c6 5 f4 £ixe4 (this trick should
secure Black a positional plus) 6 £sxe4
d5 7 We2 dxc4?? (7...Ag7; 7...dxe4) 8
£46# 1-0 Farrington-Westmoreland, corr.
1978.
d2) 4...JLg7 and here:
d21) 5 £lf3 £\bd7? 6 e5 dxe5 7 dxe5
£\g4 8 Axf7+ 448 9 £>g5 1-0 S.Mangu-
C.Webster, Bratislava girls U-16 Wch
1993.
d22) 5 We2:
d221) 5...0-0?!6e5£se8 7A g5!c6??
8 exd6 1-0 N.Gospodinow-J.Kyeler,
Hamburg 1997.
d222) 5 ...£c6 6 e5 i53g4 7 e6 £ixd4 8
®xg4 <£xc2+ 9 ФП Дхеб? (9...£\xal)
10 Дхеб fxe6?? 11 Ша4+ 1-0 P.deJong-
H.Westerhuis, corr. 1989.
e) 4 £43 ±g7:
e l) 5 Ag5 c5 6 e5 cxd4? 7 exf6 exf6 8
Wxd4 £ c 6 9 We3+ Фё7 10 A 14! Se8 11
0- 0-0! Sxe3 12 Sxd6+ Фе7 13 £ d 5 +
1- OPinkus-Fijalkowsky, Katowice 1977.
e2) 5 Ae2 0-0 6 0-0:
e21) 6...£ b d 7 7 e5 dxe5?! 8 dxe5
£ g 4 9 e6 fxe6? (9...£de5) 10 £ g 5 £ h 6
(10...£de5 11 Axg4) 11 £ x e 6 i e 8 12
£ x c 7 W fl 13 £ x a 8 1-0 Ang.Tzermia-
dianos-F.Berarma, Sofia stud Wch 1994.
e22) 6 ...£ c6 7 h3 e5 8 dxe5 dxe5 9
Ag5 h6? 10 Wxd8 Sxd8 (10...-S3xd8 11
Axf6) 11 A.xl'6 1-0 A.Hennings-R.Knaak,
E.Germany 1970. ll...A x f6 1 2 £ d 5 .
f) 4 Ae3 and now:
fl) 4...£bd7 5 £ f 3 e5 6 Wd2 c6 7
0-0-0 ®c7 8 h3 b5 9 dxe5 £ x e5 ?
(9...dxe5) 10 £ x e 5 dxe5 11 Axb5! cxb5
(ll...S b 8 ? 12 Axc6+; ll...A e 6 12 Aa4
leaves Black a pawn down for nothing)
12 £ x b 5 We7 13 Ша5 1-0 N.Gamboa-
P.Dyson, St Barbara 1992.
f2) 4...i.g7:
f21) 5 f3 c6 6 f d 2 b5 7 g4 h5 8 g5
£ fd 7 9 a4 b4 10 £ ce2 c5 11 dxc5 dxc5
12 ®d5 Wc7 (a very odd resignation -
White sees that his queen would be
trapped if he took on a8, and that his last
move was a waste of time; however, his
position is not hopeless) 0-1 E.Schmitt-
diel-P.Wolff, Gausdal 1988.
f22) 5 £43 £ b d 7 6 ®d2 £ g 4 7 0-0-0
£ x e 3 8 Wxe3 £ f 6 9 h3 (Black’s position
is absolutely OK here) 9...e6?! 10 £h4?!
h5?! 11 f4 £ x e4 ? 12 £ x e 4 Wxh4 13
£ g 5 ! (the black queen is trapped) 1-0
Richardson-Eva, Hastings 1939.
4.. .Ag7
4.. .C6 5 Ae3 b5 6 Wd2 Ag7 7 0-0-0 a6
8 g4 £ b d 7 9 £ g e 2 e5 10 h4 exd4 11
£ x d 4 £ se5 12 A e2 Ad7? and 1-0
O.Schumacher-M.Derlich, Trier 1991.
13 g5 £ih5 14 f4 £ g 3 15 fxe5 £ixhl 16
S x h l dxe5 17 £)b3 is pretty miserable
for Black, but the resignation was never­
theless rather generous.
5 Ae3 0-0 6 i d 2 e5 7 d5 c6 8 0-0-0
£ie8 9 h4 f5
Black’s last two moves look highly ar­
tificial with the centre still fluid.
10 dxc6 f4??
10.. .bxc6 11 Д с4+ * h 8 12 h5 gxh5
retains defensive chances.
11 cxb7?!
11 Ш 5 + S f7 12 Д с4 wins.
11.. .fxe3
11.. .ДхЬ7 limits the damage to a
pawn.
12 bxa8W exd2+ 13 lx d 2 1-0
Austrian Attack
J.Kalendovski - Bruzha
Brno 1972
1 e4 d6 2 d4 £ f6 3 £ c 3 g6 4 f4 Ag7 5
£ f3 0-0
5.. .£ b d7? 6 e5 dxe5 7 fxe5 £ g 8 ? 8
Д с4 f6 9 exf6 £gxf6?! 10 £ g 5 Sf8??
 Semi-Open Games 65

11 £>еб 1-0 E.Malmstig-M.Almstrom, 10.. .d5 11 Щ 4+ 4>f6

Swedish open Ch (Vaxjo) 1992. 11.. .5f5 12 'Sfxg6+ £)f6 (12...iLf6 13
6 e5 ± d 3 ) 13 g4.
6 ДеЗ c5 7 dxc5 # a 5 8 Ш 31 (8 Ш 2) 12 £ixd5+ ФП 13 -5)f6+ 1-0
8 ,£>xe4! 9 cxd6 &>c6 10 dxe7 fie8 11
Ы 4 Sxe7 12 Де2? ^ c 5 13 Ш 2 £>xd4
0- 1 Turin-Van Kooten, corr. 1989. 14 Caro-Kann Defence
i.xd4 Sd7.
6 Jtd3: Gowland - Gillespie
a) 6...£lc6 7 ДеЗ (a harmless move) Scotland 1988
7.. .e5 8 dxe5 dxe5 9 f5? gxf5 10 exf5 e4 1 e4 c6 2 c4
11 £ x e 4 He8 12 £ixf6+ ®xf6 13 f d 2 2 d3 d5 3 -?M2 dxe4 4 dxe4 e5 5 4igf3
ДЬ6 0-1 Verleye-Courbon, Ybbs stud Дс5? (this attempt to defend e5 tactically
OL 1968. falls into a known opening trap) 6 <£\xe5!
b) 6...£>a6 7 e5 £)d7 8 £>e4!? c5 ±xf2+ 7 * x f2 Ш 4 + 8 Ф-el * x e 5 9 <S3c4
(8...£ib4) 9 £seg5 £ic7 10 h4 h6 (10...f6) Wxe4+ 10 Д е2 (Black has severe defen­
11 h5 hxg5 12 £sxg5 f6 13 hxg6 1-0 sive difficulties here) 10... « x g 2 11
Driessen-Snoeren, corr. 1988. 13...fxg5 £sd6+ - i f 8 12 S f l Д еб 13 £ixf7! 1-0
14 Sh8+!! ДхЬ8 1 5 # h 5 . Kristinsson-Bjamason, Icelandic corr.
6.. . Ш 7 7 £>g5 Ch 1986.
7 h4 c5 8 h5 cxd4 9 hxg6 dxc3 10 2.. .d5 3 cxd5 cxd5 4 exd5
gxf7+ -4h8?? (10...Hxf7) 11 Hxh7+ 4 ДЬ5+?! Дd7 5 ®a4? dxe4 6 Дxd7+
4xh7 1 2 ^ 5 + (12 Ш 3 + mates cleanly) thx&l 7 'Sfxe4 4ic5 8 ®c4 <2)d3+ (it’s in­
12.. .4>g6 (12...<4h6 13 «ИЗ) 13 ШЗ+ credible that White has managed to
1- 0 C.Diebert-R.Rundle, Chicago 1991. weaken d3 so much in just eight moves!)
7.. .h6?! (D) 9 Фе2 He8 10 ШхйЗ 1 ^ 3 + 11 -4xd3
7.. .£>b6; 7...c5 8 e6 cxd4 9 exd7 ^x d 7Hxcl 12 Фе2 g6 (White is utterly para­
10 <2)ce4 d5. lysed) 0-1 Espeli-Andersen, Oslo 1952.
4.. .£lf6 5 ДЬ5+
5 £\c3 £ixd5 6 £>f3 £lc6 7 d4 ± f5 8
ДЬ5 еб 9 £ie5 Hc8 10 # h 5 tT 6??
(10...g6 leaves the f5-bishop short of
squares, but with 1 l...£lb4 coming next,
it is not clear that White will have time to
make anything of this) 11 Д g5 Д g6 12
ШЫ Ш5 13 ДdЗ 1-0 A.Kuzmin-Ma.La-
zic, Budapest 1989.
5.. .<S3bd7 6 £ic3 a6 7 Де2 <5ib6 8 £sf3
<S^bxd5 9 0-0 g6 10 *5ie5
White’s play has been quite unassum­
ing, but this move creates some threats.
8 <5)xf7! Ф хП 9 e6+ Фхеб?? Ю...Де6
9...<4g8 10 exd7 £)xd7 11 Дс4+. An adequate defence. Instead 10..^ g 7
10 Дс4+ 11 jta4+ £id7 (11...4>f8) 12 ^ x d 5 Дхе5
10 % 4 + Hf5 11 Wxg6+ is even 13 d4 gives White a dangerous initiative.
better. 11 Ша4+ b5?
 66 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
Black should have been a little more
suspicious; if this move is good, then
White’s queen check was just silly.
Il...£id7 is OK.
12 £lxb5! axb5 13 Axb5+ 1-0
13...‘Sid? 14 <Sixd7 fixa4 (or 14... JLxd7
15 Jtxd7+ ®xd7 16 Wxa8+) 15 £\f6#.
V.Zigo - P.Stipek
Ceske Budejovice 1992
1 e4 c6 2 c4 d5 3 exd5 cxd5 4 cxd5
£if6 5 ±b5+ ± d 7 6 i.c4 (D)
6.. .b5
6.. Wc7 (in this fairly innocent-looking£id5+.
position, White now finds a self-destruct)
7 ШЬЗ?? b5 (yes, that is a loose bishop on
c l !) 8 £ia3 (8 JLxb5 1&хс1+; 8 d6 Wxc4
0-1 M.Spiel-J.Bramkamp, Dortmund
1991) 8...bxc4 9 <£\xc4 S)xd5 10 S)e2 S)c6
11 d4 еб 0-1 L.Nilsson-H.Dahl Pedersen,
Copenhagen Politiken Cup 1996.
7 ±b 3 Ag4 8 £tf3 S)xd5
This regains the pawn, but loosens
Black’s position; 8...£)bd7.
9 Ше2 S3f4?
9.. .a6 10 S)c3 (10 We4 Axf3 11 Wxf3e5 12 £ixg4 exd4+ 13 ' i ’d l £\xg4 0-1
e6 12 Sic3) 10...S)xc3 11 dxc3 gives
White a very pleasant game.
10 #xb5+!
10 JLxf7+ is less clear.
10.. .-S3d7?
10.. .Ad7 11 ± x f7 + * x f7 12 Шс4+stead of f5 - this should be to Black’s ad­
S3e6 13 £>g5+ i f e 14 Sixe6 jtx e6 15
Wc3+ * g 6 16 Wg3+ Ф П 17 ®f3+ picks
off the a8-rook.
11 £.xf7+! * x f7 12 Wc4+ £)e6 13
#xg4 1-0
J.Berry - N.Bjel
corr. 1977
1 e4 c6 2 S)c3 d5 3 Wf3 S)f6
3.. .d4?! 4 JLc4 S3f6 5 e5 dxc3 6 exf6
cxd2+?! (6...exf6) 7 ± x d 2 gxf6 8 0-0-0
(White has very dangerous play in return
for the pawn) S..Wc7 9 S)h3 £sd7 10
i.x f7 + ! Ф хП 11 £}g5+ & g6 12 We4+
1-0 F.Ribeiro-J.Lloret Ramis, Linares
1995. 12...Ф115 13 g4+ Ф114 14 £lf3+
ФЬЗ 15 g5 forces mate.
4 e5 <S)fd7 5 d4 e6 6 £lh3 h6 7 i.e 3 аб
8 £)f4 c5 9 Ш 5 <Sib6?
9.. .W ell 10 £)cxd5 exd5 11 £)xd5
®d8 12 e6; 9...g6; 9...cxd4; 9..Wg5.
10 dxc5
Black is in severe trouble already.
10.. .d4 11 0-0-0 5k6 12 cxb6 1-0
12.. .Wxb6 13 £)g6!? fxg6 (13...fig8
14 £lxf8 Hxf8 15 Sxd4 ^ x d 4 16 % 4 )
14 1 ^ 6 + Фе7 15 ± x d 4 £ixd4 16
E.Aravena - M.Vitis
Santiago tt 1993
1 e4 c6 2 £)f3 d5 3 e5
3 exd5 cxd5 4 d4 <S)f6 5 JLd3 g6 6 jtg5
A g7 (White now proceeds to rip his
own position apart in a crude attacking
scheme) 7 Wd2 4 k 6 8 &h6 0-0 9 c3 i.g 4
10 h4 (10 Jkxgl Фxg7 11 £ie5 is perhaps
more sensible, but White’s queenside re­
mains underdeveloped) 10...Se8 11 £>h2?
W.Callsen-Bracker- S.Syperek, German
U-20 Ch (Hamburg) 1993.
3.. .± g 4 4 d4
Reaching an odd form of advance
variation where the bishop is on g4 in­
vantage.
 Semi-Open Games
4...e6 5 JLe2 c5 6 0-0 £ic6 7 JLe3 cxd4
8 ,&xd4 (D)
This odd-looking capture sets a cun­
ning trap.
8.. .£lxd4?
8.. .1.xf3 9 JLxf3 <S)xd4 10 ®xd4 en­ b l 1) 9 We2 W ei 10 d4 £sd7 11 i.f 4
ables Black to reach the position he was
aiming for - but why should the move-
order be critical?
9 fc d 4 ! i.xf3?
9.. Т5 is very ugly, but essential: 10J.Nommensen-U.Runde, German U-20
exf6 £>xf6 11 Wa4+ Фе1 12 ШЬ4+ and
White wins material.
10 ±b5+!
White does not have to recapture, and
instead has this devastating check.
1-0
Ю...Фе7 11 ® с5+ mates.
RJacques - S.Luce
Paris Ch 1993
1 e4 c6 2 <5)c3 d5 3 £if3
This is known as the Two Knights
Variation. It is not too fearsome, provided
Black doesn’t assume that a transposition
to the main lines of the Caro is inevitable.
3.. .dxe4
3.. .d4 4 ^ b l f6 ?! (a positional error...)ll...^ x f 7 12 * x e6 + & g l 13 W fl# 1-0
5 JLc4 jlg 4 ? (...followed by a tactical
one; 5...e5 would at least be consistent) 6
%e5! fxe5 7 1i rxg4 (Black faces disaster
on the light squares, but now rather has­
tens the end) 1 ...Wd631 8 © 08+ ® d 8 9
67
i.f7 + ФхП 10 ®xd8 1-0 Schlage-
Haum, Berlin 1937.
4 <53xe4 Q\f6
4.. Ш 1 5 We2 £}gf6?? 6 £id6# 1-0
Alekhine-‘Allies’, Palma de Mallorca
1935 and H.Nishimura-H.Marko, Lu­
cerne OL 1982.
4.. .jLf5?! (by analogy with the Classi­
cal Caro, but White’s knights are too ac­
tive here) 5 £lg3 iLg6? (5...Ag4) 6 h4!
h6 7 £le5 gives Black immense prob­
lems, and has occurred in many games:
a) 7...£sd7 8 £)xg6 fxg6 (Black’s po­
sition is a complete wreck) 9 d4 e5 10 # g 4
Wi6 11 i.e 3 lhe.12 12 £ie4 1-0 A.Ale-
khine-Navarro, Madrid 1940.
b) 7...i.h7:
b l) 8 i.c4?! e6:
<2)gf6 12 0-0-0 0-0-0?? 13 £>xc6 1-0
M.Ng-NN, San Francisco 1985.
b l2) 9 Wh5 W ei 10 We2 £lf6 11 d4
&bd7 12 i.f 4 0-0-0?? 13 £ixc6 1-0
Ch (Hamburg) 1993.
b2) 8® h5! g6:
b21) 9 Wf3V. Wd533 (9...£>f6? 10
®ЬЗ; 9..Т6 is ugly, but necessary, and
might keep Black in the game) 10 ®xd5
cxd5 11 iib 5 + 1-0 Wurm-Auer, Vienna
1937 and O.Simonsen-P.M.Hansen, Tor-
shavn 1997.
b22) 9 i.c 4 ! еб 10Ше2:
b221) 10...Jlg7? 11 £lxf7 l-0S.Biro-
S.Dolanyi, Matra 1993.
b222) 10...£tf6? 11 £lxf7! * x f7 12
Wxe6+ 1-0 A.Alekhine-R.Bruce, Plym­
outh 1938.
b223) 10...£id7? 11 th x fl (1-0
J.McKenna-S.Stockinger, Velden 1994)
B.Selitsky-NN, Detroit 1984.
5 ‘SigS
5 We2 jLg4 6 g3 Q b d lV 1 £id6# 1-0
F.LaRota-J.Sarwer, Saint John 1988.
5.. .h5!?
68 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

An interesting and ambitious move; R. Tomczak - L.Lako

in this game White concedes too much Baden-Baden 1987
ground on the kingside. I e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 £sd2
6 i.c4?! h4 7 4ie2 h3 8 £\e5 3 i.d3?! £if6? 4 e5 £sfd7? 5 e6 fxe6??
8 £sg5 £>d5. 6 # h 5 + g6 7 « xg6+ (a gratuitous queen
8.. .e6 9 g3 &d6 10 f4 b5 11 J.b3 c5!sacrifice) 7...hxg6 8 Jtxg6# 1-0 Damant-
12 a4 i.b 7 13 S g l ±xe5 0-1 NN, London 1932.
14 fxe5 4ig4. 3.. .g6 4 c3 JLg7 5 iLd3 dxe4 6 ^xe4
Ы 7 7 « е2 «c7?
O.M aass - F. Terrazas 7.. .<£}df6 looks very sensible; 7...‘5igf6
El Paso 1973 8 £\d6+ &f8 is irritating, of course, but
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d6 not terminal.
2.. .£\a6 3 JLxa6?! « a5 + 4 £ic3 «хаб 5 8£)h3
«е2?! Ь5 6 £\f3 d6 7 0-0?? b4! (it is most Now White has some very dangerous
surprising that White now loses an ex­ threats.
change) 0-1 NN-M.Braun, Stuttgart 1980. 8.. .£sgf6?
3 £>f3 i.g 4 4 £>c3 £sd7 5 Дс4 e5 6 8.. .h6 9 Jtf4 e5 might survive.
dxe5 <5ixe5? (D) 9 ± f4 e5
6.. .A xi3 followed by ...£ixe5 looks 9.. .Ш 8 10 £>d6+ <&>f8 11 &xf7! ФхП
OK; 6...dxe5. 12 £ ^ 5 + Фе% 13 £le6 wins.
10 dxe5 £}xe5??
10.. .£3xe4 was the last chance to limit
the damage.
II JLxe5 1-0
11.. .« xe5 12 £3d6+ wins the queen
(12 £3xf6+?? JLxf6 was perhaps the line
Black had been relying on).

7 £\xe5!
A twist on the old Legall’s Mate
theme; Black presumably reckoned this
was not on since he had d5 covered.
7.. .± x d l 8 ilxf7+ Фе7 9 i.xg8
White threatens to ‘win’ either king or
queen by Ag5+.
9.. .«a5??
9.. .h6 is the only defence, but then 10but Black obviously didn’t feel like see­
£}g6+ will give White a lot of wood for
the queen; both minor pieces escape after
their raid.
10 ±g5+ * e8 11 А П # 1-0
S. Tatai - S.Mariotti
Reggio Emilia 1967/8
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 f3
This is the Fantasy Variation, which is
somewhat rare, but gives Black plenty of
scope for early disasters.
3.. .dxe4 4 fxe4 e5
4.. .£if6? 5 e5 £id5 (Black has effec­
tively gone in for a tempo-down Alekhine
- the pawn should be on c7, and Black to
play!) 6 Ad3 e6 7 £tf3 c5 8 0-0 £>c6 9
£)g5 f6 1 0 « h 5 + 1-0 G.Mathe-V.Vincze,
Hungarian Cht 1993/4. 10...'4d7 is forced,
ing how White chose to pursue his attack.
5 £>f3 exd4?!
Too ambitious, and allowing White
the opportunity to go in for some good
 Semi-Open Games
old-fashioned gambit play. Instead,
5...Ae6 is OK.
5...i.g4 6 i.c4 :
a) 6...f6?! 7 c3 £id7?? 8 * b 3 1-0
I.Burovic-F.Arino, Torcy 1991. 8...^Ь 6
9 JLxh6 gxh6 10 JLf7+ Фе7 11 h3 over­
loads the g4-bishop.
b) 6...i.xf3? 7 W xB ®h4+ (7 ...Ш
8 dxe5 Wa5+ 9 £ic3 ®xe5 10 i.f 4 « c 5
11 e5 ®xc4 12 exf6) 8 g3 «Кб 9 « g 4
(Black’s pointless queen manoeuvre has
left him defenceless) 9...®d8 10 ШЬ5
Ше7 11 0-0 g6 12 i.x f7 + 1-0 G.Alberts-
I.Raub, Baden 1992/3. 12...«xf7 13
Шхе5+
6 Jtc4! (D)
There is now considerable pressure
building up on f7.
6.. .±b4+?
This is more than Black’s position can
take - it is as though he has forgotten that
White can sacrifice material. Black would
have a chance of surviving with 6...Ae7,
but this is also far from easy for Black.
7 c3! dxc3 8 JLxf7+! Ф хП
8.. .Фе7 9 ШЪЗ cxb2+ 10 tx b 4 + <4>xf7£\e7?? (a crass blunder of course, but it’s
allows White an enormous attack.
9 «xd8 cxb2+ 10 Фе2 b x a l«
Black has regained his queen, but
White can now force mate in five.
10.. .Jte7 11 &e5+ ФТ6 12 S f l+ 1-0 4 £sc3 еб 5 g4 JLg6 6 5)ge2 JLb4 7
Maiorov-Gutov, Yalta 1995.
11 <S)g5+ * g 6 12 «e8+ 1-0
69
Advance Variation
G .Bardolf - Z.M uha
Vienna 1996
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 ± f 5 (D)
3...c5 4 dxc5 e6 5 ± e 3 £ih6 6 £}f3
£lc6 7 c3 £sf5 8 i.f 4 i.x c5 9 i.d 3 ZhM
10 £\bd2?? £>xg2+ 0-1 C.Lutz-R.Dautov,
Bad Homburg 1997. One of the more
puzzling GM blunders of recent years.
Ж
W m
4h4
4 f4?! (this clumsy move just wastes
time and obstructs White’s development)
4.. .e6 5 £}f3 c5 6 сЗ G3c61 ± е З «Ъ 6 8
ЬЗ cxd4 9 JLxd4 £ixd4 10 cxd4 (White’s
play has shown precisely how White
should not handle this structure) 10...JLb4+
11 £lbd2 (11 * f2 ) ll...± g 4 12 i.e2 ?
JLxf3 13 £.xf3 ®xd4 0-1 P.Kublinski-
G.Rogers, Texas 1976.
4 JLd3 i.xd3 5 ШхйЗ еб 6 <^e2 c5 7 c3
£>e7 8 Ш 5+ Wdl 9 tx c 5 ? ? £>f5 10 Ша5
b6 0-1 Adams-Kramer, New York 1946.
4 c4 h5 5 ihc3 e6 6 £if3 i.b 4 7 «ЪЗ
« Ь 6 8 cxd5 cxd5 9 i.d 2 £>c6 10 i.b 5
easy to miss - even strong players have
blundered bishops ‘defended’ by pinned
knights) 11 « x b 4 1-0 M.Horak-Z.Holl-
mann, Mlada Boleslav 1992.
<S)f4?! (7 h4) 7...i.e4 8 f3 (8 H gl)
8.. .« h 4 + 9 Фе2 £)h6 10 fxe4 i.x c3 11
70 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
bxc3 #xg4+ 12 ФёЗ?? (12Фе1 Ш4+ 13
Фе2'И^4+ 14 Фе1 is a draw) 12...®xdl+
0-1 Pe.Horvath-J.Czuczai, Hungarian
Cht 1993/4.
4 fo il and now:
a) 4...fod7 (Black’s unwillingness to
play the natural ...e6 in this game is puz­
zling, and she pays dearly for this omis­
sion) 5 i.f 4 f6 6 JLd3 i.g 4 7 h3 i.x f3 8
fxe5?? 9 Wh5+ g6 10 Axg6+ hxg6
11 Wxg6# 1-0 C.Osswald-A.Beau, Do-
naueschingen worn 1985.
b) 4...e6 5 i.e 2 c5 6 0-0 foc6 7 c3
ШЬ6 8 ®a4 (White has some ideas of
taking on c5, playing b4, ite 3 and fodA,
with some pressure on Black’s position;
with this in mind, Black’s next move is
understandable) 8 ... JLg4?? (however...) 9
dxc5 iLxc5 10 * x g 4 1-0 T.Shaked-
J.Heger, Duisburg U-14 Wch 1992.
c) 4 ...h 6 5 ± e 2 ‘S)d7 6 h 3 ? !e 6 7 ^ b d 2 Black will sorely miss this bishop in such
Wc7 8 g4 i.g 6 9 foh4 i.h 7 10 fog2 c5
(White has wasted a bit too much time
with her king’s knight, and isn’t ready for
the opening of the centre) 11 сЗ?? (11 c4
is the thematic reply, but Black would
come out well) ll...cxd4 12 cxd4? Jtc2
0-1 L.Sepulveda-C.Blanco, Bratislava
girls U-14 Wch 1993.
4.. .h5 5 foe2
5 c4 e6 6 foc3 fod77\ (6...dxc4;
6... Ae7) 7 cxd5 cxd5 8 0 b 3 (Black is now
under some pressure) 8...f6? 9 ШхЬ7 Hb8
10 Ша.7 fxe5 11 i.b 5 fof6 12 dxe5 i.c 5
and 1-0 J.Pereira-A.Peixoto, Portuguese
Ch (Lisbon) 1996.13 Wxc5 wins apiece.
5.. .e6 6 <2ig3 i.g 6 7 ±e2 c5 8 c3 cxd4though the immediate \2...foc3 also wins)
9 cxd4 foc6 10 ДеЗ?! 1Ъ б
White’s play has been quite poor and
he should now be looking for ways to bail
out.
11 Wd2??
11 « Ь З i.b 4 + 12 foc3 £ixd4 13 11 £ixd4 J.xc5 12 fogf3 foxe5 (Black is
Jlxd4 Wxd4 14 0-0 looks like White’s
best hope; 11 b3? fobA\ 11 foc3 Wxb2 12
Hcl doesn’t look enough for the pawn.
11.. .JLxbl 12 0-0
12 S xbl J.b4 shows the problem.
12.. .1.g6 0-1
Panov Attack
M.Botvinnik - R.Spielmann
Moscow 1935
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 cxd5 4 c4 £lf6
4.. .JLf5?! is misguided:
a) 5 foc3 4if6 6 ®b3 (this shows how
ineffective the bishop is on f5 - it has left
b7 undefended, and does precious little
else) 6...dxc4 7 i.x c4 e6 8 * x b 7 fobd.7 9
fof3 £>b6 10 foe5 i.e 7 11 i.b 5 + fofdT?
(Black’s cause was fairly hopeless any­
way) 12 Axd7+ 1-0 B.Rehg-J.Rehg,
Dayton 1974.
b) 5 cxd5 ®xd5 (5...iLxbl would be
the only way to justify his last move, but
an open position) 6 £ к З Ша5 1 Wb3
'tb 6 ? 8 £}d5! #xb3?? (8...Ш:6+ followed
by ..Md7, though horrible, was essen­
tial) 9 axb3 (the exchange of queens has
in no way lessened the danger for Black,
who now loses a lot of material) 1-0
Engels-May, Dusseldorf 1937. 9 ..^ d 8
10 £\b6.
5 foc3
5 Jtg5? (this immediately gives Black
the initiative) 5...£>e4 6 Ae3 e5!? 7 <53f3
(7 cxd5 i.b4+ ; 7 dxe5 i.b 4 + 8 fod2 d4 9
A f4 d 3 !?) 7...i.b4+ 8 fobd2 exd4 9
foxdA Ш 10 Ш4+ foc6 11 £ b 3 Wxb2
12 H dl 0-0 (threatening ...foc3 winning,
0-1 Arregui-Pereyra, Argentina 1963.
5 c5? e5! 6 dxe5 fogA (6...£se4 is
strong, but Black’s position is so good
that he even has a choice) 7 ®d4? foc6 8
JLb5 Ша5+ 9 foc3 ШхЬ5 10 foxb5 <£xd4
a pawn up for nothing, with an excellent
bishop-pair to boot) 13 0-0 0-0 0-1
G.West-D.Ciric, Copenhagen 1989.
 Semi-Open Games 71

5.. .£ sc6 £lxd5 Wxd5 at least opens some lines

5.. .g6 and now: against the black king) 11...ith 3 12 §3z\
a) 6 ®b3 ± g 7 7 cxd5 0-0 8 £lf3 J . xg2! 0-1 T.Keller-M.de Wachter, Dan­
£ftd7 9 i.g 5 <£)b6 10 £le5?! £ifxd5 11 ish jr Ch (Lyngby) 1996. 13 £lxg2 ®h3
a4? 4ixc3 12 ЬхсЗ jk.e6 (...f6 will follow, 14 JLf3 £lxd4!.
forking White’s pieces) 0-1 C.Mierswa- 6.. .Ша5 7 Axf6 exf6 8 cxd5 JLb4 9
J.Staudt, Eppingen 1988. « d 2 &e7 10 i.c 4 ± g4 11 f3 Hc8 and
b) 6 cxd5 i.g 7 7 Ш З 0-0 8 g3 (8 now White must be extremely careful:
jLe2 is more common, planning jtf 3 and a) 12 ДЬЗ?? Sxc3 0-1 S.Calvi-
®ge2) 8...b6?! (8...e6!?) 9 ± g 2 ± b 7 10 H.Schau, Regionalliga Niedersachsen
£\ge2 £ia6 11 0-0 £lc7?? 12 d6 1-0 1987/8.
C. Baesler-N.Neumann, Hessen qual b) 12 jLb5+ 4^8!? (Botvinnik’s sug­
1988. gestion) 13 fxg4?? (13 £ige2) 13...ПхсЗ
6 i.g 5 (D) 0-1 H.Loffler-J.Ditter, Baden-Baden 1990.
6 &f3 i.g 4 7 cxd5 <£ixd5 8 Ш З A xf3 7 cxd5 Wxb2? 8 I c l!
9 gxf3 £\xd4?? (9...e6; 9...£>b6) 10 8 £ia4? ® b4+ 9 i.d 2 » x d 4 10 dxc6
lb 5 + ! ® c6 11 ®xd5 «Ъ7 1-0 H.Hunt- <£se4 11 ± z3 ®b4+ 12 Фе2 Ьхсб was the
D. Flower, London Lloyds Bank 1993. magazine analysis.
8.. .£>b4
There was no way out: 8...£la5? 9
ftt4 + ; 8„.£\b8? 9 £ia4; 8...£id8 9 £.xf6
and 10 Ab5+, with a strong attack.
9 £ia4 Wxa2 10 £.c4 ± g 4 11
i.xf3 12 gxf3 1-0
12.. .ШаЗ 13 Sc3.

3 £lc3 Miscellaneous

W.Unzicker - S.Telljohann
Munster 1994
1 e4 g6
6.. .« b 6 1.. .c6 2 d 4 d 5 3£sc3:
Spielmann came to Moscow, ‘armed’ a) З...Ь5?! 4 exd5 b4 5 £le4 cxd5 6
with analysis from a magazine article £ ic5 e6 7 i.b 5 + ± d 7 8 ^ x d 7 &xd7 9
recommending this move. It turned out to £}f3 ± 6 6 10 £\e5 £>f6 11 ± g 5 0-0??
be a ‘partial success’: Botvinnik was ( I l...« b 6 ) 12 £lxd7 1-0 R.Walfort-
taken by surprise, but he managed to re­ K. Scholl, Kettig 1994.
fute the line over the board! b) 3...dxe4 4 JLc4 JLf5 5 f3 exf3 6
6.. .dxc4 7 Jtxc4 ®xd4 8 ®xd4 £sxd4 £>xf3 e6 7 0-0 £>f6 8 £>e5 h6?? 9 Hxf5
9 0-0-0 £sc6?? (9...e5 is the standard exf5 10 £ixf7 1-0 RBuerki - S.Plauth-
move, and quite OK) 10 £lb5 1-0 Janke- Herr, San Bernardino 1992.
A.Lumsdon, Disentis 1991. 2 d4 i.g 7 3 £\сЗ c6
6.. .jLe6!? 7 Jtxf6?! gxf6 (White can This move and the subsequent ...d5 is
get into trouble very quickly in this line, a hybrid of the Caro-Kann and Modem
as we see here) 8 £rf3 Ш 7 9 ± e 2 0-0-0 Defences. The Caro-Kann move-order
10 0-0 Sg8 11 c5? (11 cxd5 ± xd5 12 would be 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 £ic3 g6.
 72 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

4 £)f3 5...e6 (this move would normally be a

4 JLe3 d5 5 f3 dxe4 6 fxe4 <S3f6 7 <53f3
0-0 8 ± e 2 £)g4 9 jLg5?! h6 10 i.h4??
‘й еЗ 0-1 E.Luethgens-S.Nurkic, Catto-
lica 1993.
4.. .d5 5 h3 f6 6 Ad3 dxe4 7 £ixe4is OK too) 11 £\c7? jLb4++ (it is mate
£>xe4 8 ±xe4 £ld7 9 0-0 0-0
This is a very ordinary position, where land 1962.
White enjoys a slight edge due to his
greater space; surely no grandmaster
could lose it in two moves?!
10 Ae3
Not a great move, since the bishop is
not needed here, but hardly catastrophic.
10.. .Wc7
Black has no particular threat here, so
Unzicker perhaps was a little off-guard.
11 Ш 2 ? ?
An astonishing blunder for a grand­
master; perhaps the fact that the refuta­
tion is an otherwise very ugly advance
helped him to miss it.
11.. .f5 0-1
Black wins a piece since 12 JLd3 f4
traps the e3-bishop.
Original Main Line; 4...£lf6
R.Reti - S.Tartakower
Vienna 1910
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 4lc3 dxe4 4 <йхе4
£)f6 5 #d3?l
5 f3?! £)xe4 6 fxe4 e5 (we have seen
the same position but with knights still on
bl and g8; the difference helps Black
greatly) 7 c3?? «Ъ4+ 8 * d 2 ®xe4 9 £)f3
exd4 10 cxd4?? Ab4# 0-1 A.Kloss-
J.Krebs, Rheinland-Pfalz U-15 Ch (Tra-
ben Trarbach) 1993.
5 £ig3 h 5 !? 6 &g5?! (6 h4) 6...h4 7
i.xf6? (7 £)3e2) 7...hxg3! 8 ± e 5 Hxh2 9
Sxh2 ®a5+ 10 c3 (10 ®d2 gxf2+)
10,..®xe5+! 11 dxe5 gxh2 0-l Schuster-
Carls, Bremen 1914 and NN-Torre, Mex­
ico 1928.
5.. .e5?!
little passive, but the odd placement of
the white queen more than compensates)
6 £T3 i.e 7 7 the5 £>bd7 8 £)xf7?? & xf7
9-53g5+*g8! 104ixe6l'e8!?(10...»a5+
next move) 0-1 Herzog-Jaques, Switzer­
6 dxe5 ®a5+ 7 £ d 2 Wxe5 (D)
It seems that Black’s play has worked,
and that White must now defend the e4-
knight in some clumsy way. However...
8 0- 0-0
White has a tactical defence! This was
not a serious tournament game, so Tar-
takower light-heartedly took the knight.
8.. .£)xe4?
8.. .Wxe4? 9 S e l wins the queen.
8.. .1.e7 9 £lxf6+ Wxf6 (not 9...i.xf6?
10 H el) allows White a pleasant devel­
opment advantage, but the game would
continue.
9 Ш8+!! 4>xd8 10 i.g5++ 1-0
Ю...Фе8 11 5 d 8 # or Ю...Фс7 11
JLd8#.
RWells - V.Nestorovic
Harkany 1994
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 £>c3 dxe4 4 47>xe4
£>f6 5 £sxf6+ gxf6
Or 5...exf6 6 JLc4:
a) 6... jte 7 7 # h 5 0-0 8 the! g6 9 ®f3
&d7 10 i.h 6 Se8?? (Ю...Ша5+ prevents
 Semi-Open Games
the mating idea, and enables Black to
play ll...H e8 in safety) 11 JLxf7+ ФхП
12 ШЬЗ# 1-0 Chulkov-Gavemann, Mos­
cow 1947.
b) 6...W&7+:
bl) 7 £3e2?? (7 Jte3?? loses to the
same move) 7...'Bfb4+ 0-1 A.Sira-N.Ko-
nopkova, Slovakian Cht 1993/4.
b2) 7 We2 (avoiding the immediate
disaster, but it seems that this was by luck
rather than judgement...) 7,..Де6 8 АеЗ??
#Ь4+ 0-1 B.Birr-H.Mammen, Eppingen
1988.
6 c3
6 the2 e5? 7 i.e 3 exd4 8 £lxd4 c5
lb 5 + Ad7 10 <S3e6!? fxe6?? (Black’s
play has been horrible, but he could con­
tinue the fight with 10...®Ь6) 11 ®h5+
Фе1 12 Jixc5# 1-OE.Marchand-M.Reiss,
New York 1954.
6 £)f3 and now:
a) 6„.i.g4 7 JLe2 Wd6V. 8 i.e 3 £\d7
9 Ш 2 i.g7?! 10 £\h4 l e 6 ?? (Black has
put his pieces on the wrong squares -
both strategically, and now tactically) 11
ilf4 1-OP.Lezcano Jaen-R.Sanchez, 1994.
After 11...Ш 5 12 c4 We4 13 f3 White
traps the queen in mid-board.
b) 6...i.f5 7 g3 Wd5 8 i.e 2 ± h 3 9
1еЗ e6 10 c4 ®e4 11 Ш З £>a6 12 0-0-0
(12 ШхЬ7 would risk randomizing the
game) 12...Jlf5?? (12...0-0-0 is neces­
sary, but White’s attacking chances are
then much to be preferred) 13 <?3d2 1-0
T.Emst-D.Pirrot, Lugano 1987.
6.. .± f5 7 & f3
7 the2 h5 8 £)g3 i.g 4 9 k e 2 ±xe2 10
Wxe2 h4 11 £se4 <S3d7?? (Il...e6; the
text-move defends against the threat of
12 thxf6#, however...) 12 £sd6# 1-0
M.Strange-S.Jensen, 1993.
7.. .e6 8 g3 A d6 9 Ag2 Ae4 (Dj
This manoeuvre can sometimes be ef­
fective, but White has a highly venomous
idea in reply, linked with bringing the
rook quickly to el...
73
10 0-0 £)d7?! 11 S elf5 ?
Now this doesn’t work.
9 12 £\g5! J.xg2 13 Wh5! 1-0
Modern Main Line: 4...£ld7
S.Kappus - D.Billen
Germany 1987/8
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 “53с3 dxe4 4 £lxe4
Ы1
This is a very solid line for Black, but
there is scope for disaster due to the slight
weakening of Black’s control over e6.
5<£f3
Or:
a) 5 We2 £>gf6?? 6 £)d6# 1-0 has oc­
curred in a great many games. The ‘role
of dishonour’ is currently as follows:
P.Keres-Arlamowski, Szczawni Zdroj
1950, C.Gumhill-W.Banks, BCF Major
Open 1962, Kostjoerin-Lantsias, Havana
OL 1966, Piskoc-Hradil, Czechoslovak
corr. Ch 1979, K.Reinecker-A.Vaut,
Bargteheide 1989, C.Drexel-G.Volz, Meh-
lingen 1992 and C.Felez-F.Obon, Zara­
goza 1994. Don’t be the next victim!
b) 5 i.d3:
b l) 5...&gf6 6 We2 g6?? 7 th d6# 1-0
A.Dzumy-S.Saul, New York 1989.
b2) 5...£ldf6 6 £lg5 -&g4 7 thU3
h6?? 8 thx f7! i.x f3 (8...*xf7 9 <5)e5+)
9 i.g 6 ! W&5+ (9...i.x d l 10 the 5#) 10
&.d2 ± x d l 11 <S3xh8+ 1-0 R.Dolezal-
Z.Neuschl, Klatovy 1995.
 74 The Quickest Chess Victories o f All Time

c) 5 £sg5 £igf6 and now: Classical Main Line: 4..JLf5

c l) 6 i.d 3 e6 7 We2 i.d 6 8 £ ilf3
Шс7? (8...h6) 9 £ M 7 0-0 (9...*xf7 10 Borges - Rocha
£\g5+) 10 £ )7g5 £lb6 11 £>xe6 1-0 Rio de Janeiro 1933
T.Penson-T.Lammens, Eupen rpd 1994. 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 £lc3 dxe4 4 ^ х е 4
c2) 6 i.c 4 e6 7 lte 2 £)b6 8 i.b 3 h6 9 ± f 5 5 £ig3
£}5f3 a5 10 сЗ c5 11 dxc5 jLxc5 12 5 i.d 3 :
£\bd7?? and 1-0 V.Kedrov-A.Gutov, a) 5...£kI7 6 We2 (6 £>d6+?? exd6 7
Moscow open Ch 1996. Black resigned ± x f5 ®a5+) 6...£igf6?? (6...£>df6) 7
without waiting for 13 <£>xf7. £M6# 1-OE.Duffy-C.Burg, Dayton 1973.
d) 5 itc 4 and now: b) 5...jtg6 6 We2 £id7?? 1 £ld6# 1-0
d l) 5...£\df6 6 £\g5 £)d5 7 <S)lf3 S.Serrano Marhuenda-Perez Dorado,
h6?? 8 <&xf7! Ф хП 9 £ie5+ Феб 10 Cordoba 1994.
'Sfg4+ Ф^б 11 £)f7+ 1-0 Vooremaa- 5.. .£ g 6 6 h 4 h 6 7£> f3£id7
Luik, Estonia 1962. 7.. .e6 8 £ie5 i.h 7 9 i.c 4 £ld7 10 We2
d2) 5...^gf6 6 4(ig5: £sgf6?? 11 £>xf7 i.b 4 + 12 c3 1-0
d21) 6...£)d5 7 £>lf3 h6 8 £le4 £s7f6 I.Horowitz-Gudju, Prague 1931.
9 We2 i.f 5 10 £sxf6+ £\xf6 11 £\e5 e6 8 ± c 4 e6 9 Wei ± d 6 10 0-0 £lgf6?!
12 g4?! i.h 7 ?? (12...±e4) 13 £ixf7 1-0 11 £se5 ± h 7 ? ? 12 £sxf7 1-0
Novak-Calek, corr. 1967.
d22) 6...e6 7 We2 (White threatens
<&xf7): Sicilian Defence
d221) 7...h6?? 8 £ixf7 ФхП 9 Шхе6+
^>g6 10 i.d 3 + Фб5 11 Wh3# 1-0 AU Dri- Wing Gambit
di-B. Westin, London Lloyds Bank 1987.
d222) 7 ...£ b 6 8 Ad3 h6 9 £>5f3 c5 Nagy - Balogh
10 dxc5 £ibd7?! (10„.i.xc5) 11 b4 b6 12 Budapest 1948
<5id4 bxc5? 13 5)c6 1-0 Flores-Valentine, 1 e4 c5 2 Ь4?! cxb4 (D)
corr. 1988. 2...e5 3 £.b2 Wc7 4 &f3 £lf6 5 £ic3
5.. .£igf6 6£lg 3 b6 6 £>d5 Wd8?? (6...&xd5) 7 £sxe5 1-0
6 <£lxf6+ 4^xf6 7 J.c4 jLg4?? 8 jtxf7+N.Jennewein-H.Engel, Mehlingen 1992.
ФхГ7 9 <S)e5+ Фе8 10 £\xg4 Wd5 11 0-0 7...£>xe4 8 ®f3.
1-0 T.Bjomsson-O.Thorsson, Reykjavik
1990.
6.. .e6 7 ± d 3 k e l
7.. .C5 8 c3 ± e 7 9 0-0 0-0 10 We2 cxd4
11 <2)xd4 £sd5?? 12 <2)xe6 1-0 M.Mas-
lik-M.Rezak, Slovakian open Ch (Mar­
tin) 1996.
8 0-0 0-0 9 £ie5 I e 8 10 Же1 c5 11 сЗ
cxd4 12 cxd4 £ld5?? 13 Axh7+ 1-0
After 13...ФхЬ7, 14 ® h5+ ^>g8 15
Wxf7+ Ф68 16 £>g6+ ФЬ7 17 Нхеб is
one of White’s ways to win, for example
17...£i7f6 18 £>f5 Sg8 19 Se4 £ixe4 20
<£if8+ and mate next move. 3d4
 Semi-Open Games
Or:
a) 3 i.b 2 :
al) 3...<£k6 4 d4 d5 5 exd5 Wxd5 6 c4
bxc3 7 &xc3 * x d 4 ?? 8 £)d5! * x d l+ 9
Sxdl i d ? 10 £\b6++ 1-0 Romanenko-
Bezuglov, USSR 1969.
a2) 3...d5 4 exd5 ®xd5 5 c4 '#e4+ 6
£,e2 <&c6 7 £lf3 e5 8 0-0 i.c 5 9 ®xe5
£,xe5 10 d4 i.h 3 !? 11 f3? (11 gxh3
0-0-0) l\...Wg6 12 S f2 0-0-0 13 Wa4
Sxd4! 0-1 T.Espig-J.Bruggemann, Zinno-
witz 1970.
b) 3 a3:
bl) 3...£lc6 4 axb4 £if6? 5 b5 £ib8 6
e5 Шс7 7 d4 £id5? 8 c4 ^ b 6 9 c5 £id5 10
b6 1-0 Kujuth-Fashingbauer, Milwaukee
1950.
b2) 3...bxa3 4 Jtxa3 £\c6 5 d4 d5 6
exd5 'fxd5 7 £>c3 l rxd4 8 &d5 Wxdl+V
9 S x d l * d 8 10 £)f6+? (10 £>b6+)
10...*c7 11 £\e8+ ФЬ6?? (11...ФЬ8) 12
ВЬ1+Фа5 13 i.c 5 1-0 Wilkes-NN, Aus­
tralia 1957.
b3) 3...d5 4 exd5 ®xd5:
b31) 5 axb4?? # e 5 + 0-1 Shirazi-
Peters, USA Ch (Berkeley) 1984.
b32) 5 <£f3 £ g 4 6 axb4 £ x f3 7 ®xf3
We5+ 8 ± e 2 Wxal (8...£)c6) 9 Wxb7
ШхЫ?? (9...e6) 10 Wc8# 1-0 Maddi-
gan-NN, California 1970.
3.. .e5 4 dxe5 £)c6 5 £lf3
5f4.
5.. .£\ge7 6 ilf4?!
6 ДЬ2 £sg6 7 <2ibd2 is a more harmo­
nious set-up for White.
6.. .^g 6 7 i.g3 ®a5! 8 Ш 5?
8 i2ibd2 £\gxe5 9 £3xe5 £)xe5 10 £sb3
* с 7 11 Ш 4 f6 (ll...d 6 is safe) 12 S d l
gives White a decent initiative for the
pawn.
8.. .b3+! 9 Wxa5
9 <2)bd2 Wc3.
9.. .Ы 10 Wc3 i.b 4 11 Wxb4??
11 £ibd2 i.x c3 12 S b l was the best b) 2 g3 and now:
grovelling chance.
11.. .£\xb4 0-1
75
Felbecker - Burghardt
corr. 1963
I e4 c5 2 b4 cxb4 3 d4 d5 4 exd5
l^ d S
Or 4...£>f6.
5 £>f3 £)c6 6 c4 bxc3 7 £ixc3 ®a5 8
i.d 2 e6 9 Wb3 Де7?!
9.. .£)f6!.
10 d5 £>d8
10.. .exd5 11 £)xd5 ®d8 12 0-0-0
gives White plenty of compensation.
I I £>b5 ®b6 12 a4?
12 # c3 ! i.f 6 13 <йс7+ * f8 14 4ixa8
wins.
12.. .a5??
12.. .1.c5?? 13 a5 i.x f2 + 14 * d l Wc5
15 S c l wins.
12.. .a6? 13 a5 axb5 14 axb6 S x al+ 15
Фе2 is good for White, but messy.
After 12...exd5, 13 jLe3 Ша5+ (not
13...i.c5? 14 a5 * f 6 15 Ша4!) 14 i.d 2
®b6 repeats, while 13 a5 ®e6+ 14 ' i ’dl
gives White dangerous play.
13 Ae3 1-0
In view of the line 13...Ac5 14 S c l
£.xe3 15 £ ic7+ Фе7 16 ®xb6 ДхЬб 17
£>xa8.
Miscellaneous Second Moves for
White
R.Kramps - R.Funke
NRWLiga Staffel 1 1988/9
1 e4 c5 2 a3
This idea is closely related to the Wing
Gambit. Other unusual moves:
a) 2 i.c 4 еб 3 We2 a6 4 a4 d6 5 £rf3
£sf6 6 £)c3 Фе7 7 e5 dxe5 8 4ixe5
£\bd7?? (8...0-0) 9 £M 7! Wb6 (9...ФхП
10 Wxe6+ Фg6 11 Wf7+ &f5 12 g4+
i x g 4 13 S g l+ ФЬ4 14 'Bxg7, etc.) 10
<S3xh8 1-0 C.Held-M.Egner, Kirchheim
rpd 1990.
b l) 2...d5 3 exd5 Wxd5 4 £if3 i.g 4 5
i.g 2 We6+ 6 We2 Wxe2+ 7 Фхе2 £\c6 8
76 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
d3?? <£ld4+ 0-1 Stoddard-Bielefeld, corr.
1982.
Ь2) 2...£sc6 3 i.g 2 g6 4 f4 JLg7 5
<53f3 d6 6 0-0 e6 7 d3 £)ge7 8 c3 e5 9 ± e3
b6 10 d4 exd4 11 cxd4 J.g4!? 12 e5 cxd4
(12...£lf5) 13 « a 4 ? ? (13 £.xd4) 13...b5
(or 13...dxe3 14 £ld4 e2) 0-1 R.Witt-
mann-M.Roder, Staufer 1990. 14 « x b 5
2b8 15 « а 4 Sb4.
с) 2 <S3e2 and now:
c l) 2...£if6 3 £lbc3 £ic6 4 d4 d5?
(4...cxd4 5 <$^xd4 is a normal Sicilian, but
perhaps not the variation Black wanted) 5
exd5 £)xd5 6 dxc5 £\db4 (6...e6;
6...i.e6) 7 a3 i.f5 ? (7 ...* x d l+ 8 & xdl
£la6 9 b4 with an extra pawn) 8 axb4
<йхЬ4 9 £\g3 « x d l+ (9,..‘53xc2+ 10 f c c 2
Дхс2 11 i.b 5 + ) 10 & xdl 1-0 Hector-
Bogdanovici, Budapest 1989.
c2) 2...d6 3 £\bc3 £if6 4 d4 £lbd7 5
g3 b5!? 6 e5? (a premature attack; 6
.&g2) 6...i.b7 7 figl dxe5 8 dxe5? <£ixe5
9 «xd 8 + Sxd8 10 f4? (1 0 i.g 2 ± x g 2 11
2xg2 £)f3+ 12 ФИ b4 and Black wins a
piece) 10...£)f3+ 11 &i2thg4+ 12Фg2
£)g5+ 0-1 E.Auvinen-V. Garber, Helsinki
1993.
c3) 2,..e6 3 <£lbc3:
c31) 3...d5 4exd5exd5 5 d 4c4?!6g3
M i l 7 A g2 A c6 8 0-0 £la6 9 G)f4
(Black’s position is untenable) 9...£sf6
10 S e l+ A e7 11 b3! cxb3 12 i.a 3 1-0
V.Zakhvatov-R.Berendsen, Groningen
1996.
c32) 3...£ic6 4 g3 d5 5 exd5 exd5 6
d4?! (6 i.g 2 ) 6...i.g4! 7 i.g2?! (7 i.e 3
i.f3 ) 7...®xd4 8 ± xd5?? (8 0-0 gives
White some play for the pawn) 8 . . . jtxe2
(8...«xd5 is the pretty way: 9 ^ x d 5
£if3+ 10 ФН i.h 3 # ) 0-1 T.Hart-T.Ziet-
low, Dortmund 1993.
2...<53c6 3 b4 cxb4 4 axb4 £)xb4 5 c3
£k6 6 d4 d5 7 exd5 «xd5 8 £la3 e6?
Too casual. 8...£>f6 9 <S2ib5; 8...e5 9
<S3b5; 8...i.f5 9 ^ b 5 Hc8.
9 £sb5 (D)
White’s ‘one-piece attack’ proves sur­
prisingly troublesome.
9.. .JLd6
9.. .Ш 8 10 d5 (10 i.f 4 e5) 10...exd5
11 i.f4 .
10 *g4!
10 i.c 4 «64+.
10.. .ФГ8?
10.. .g6? 11 JLc4 wins a piece.
10.. .£)ce7 11 « x g 7 (11 itc 4 and 11
c4 are also good) ll...£ )g 6 12 £if3 and
Black is in deep trouble.
11 £ x d 6 1-0
11.. .#xd6 12± a3.
2 f4
H.Reefschlager - H.Reddmann
Hamburg Ch 1989
1 e4 c5 2 f4 e5
A weird move, also known via the
move-order l...e5 2 f4 c5.
2.. .£ic6 3 £if3 d6 4 i.c 4 e6 5 £ic3 £lf6
6 d3 i.e 7 7 i.e3 ?? d5 0-1 Van Doom-de
Angelis, Imperia 1984.
2.. .d5 3 £ic3 d4 4 £ice2 £ic6 5 £tf3
i.g 4 6 5)g3 e5 7 fxe5 i.e 7 8 £sf5?! (8
i.b 5 ) 8...£ixe5 9 £lxg7+? Ф18 10 <&f5
£ixf3+ 11 gxf3 ± x f5 0-1 Z.Abdul Gha-
four-M.Agopov, Bratislava U-16 Wch
1993.12 exf5 Д Ь 4 + 13 Фе2 d3+ 14 cxd3
(14 ФеЗ « d 4 # ) 14...«e7#.
3 Дс4 £k 6 4 ^ f3 exf4 5 d3 ± d 6 6
0-0 g5 7 b4
 Semi-Open Games 77

Trying to refute Black’s play, but it b) 4 c3 dxc3? (4...£lc6 transposes to

doesn’t work. the line 1 e4 c5 2 c3 e5 3 <53f3 53c6 4 d4
7.. .Ш6 8 c3 £sge7 9 d4 cxd4 10 cxd4cxd4) 5 43xc3 and now:
Axb4 11 e5 * g 7 12 £lxg5? «xg5 13 b l) 5 ...£ > c 6 6 i.c 4 i.e 7 ? ? 7 « rd 5 t rc7
Sxf4 8 l'x f7 + * d 8 9 ®xg7 i.f 6 10 fT 8 # 1-0
13 ± x f4 « g 7 doesn’t give White Crankanthorpe-Maddox, Australia 1933.
enough for the piece. b2) 5...d6 6 i.c 4 h 6 ? 7 i.x f 7 + ! * x f 7
13.. .d5! 0-1 8 53xe5+ and the black king has only a
White doesn’t now crash through to f7 choice of deaths:
quickly enough. b21) 8...Фе7 9 £M5+ Феб 10 % 4+
Фхе5 11 Wf4+ Феб 12 ®f5# 1-0 Kro-
Morra Gambit gius-Ojanen, Helsinki 1951.
Ь22) 8...Фе8 9 Wh5+ 1-0 G.Welling-
F.Fiszman - M .Juanes Brinkhorst, Eindhoven simul 1980.
San Fernando 1992 b23) 8..ФТ6 9 Ш 4 Феб 10 Ш 5 +
1 e4 c5 2 d4 cxd4 3 c3 ФГб 11 ШП+ 1-0 Chanawangsa-Krause,
3 Jtc4 e5 4 f4 d6 5 £>f3 <23c6 6 fxe5 Virginia 1984.
dxe5 7 0-0 i.e 7 ? 8 i.x f7 + ! * x f7 9 3.. .dxc3
£>xe5++ Феб 10 £>f7 # Ь 6 11 *g4# 1-0 3.. .e5 4 cxd4 exd4 5 1i rxd4 £\c6 6 ШеЭ
Schnitzler-Eberle, Dusseldorf 1861. Ш 1 i.c 4 Che5 8 i.b 3 b6 9 h3?! i.c 5 10
3 <53f3 (this has no advantages over aWgS?? J.xf2+! 0-1 Petterson-Larsson,
standard Morra, and is not a good move- Uppsala 1963.
order at all to reached a standard Open 3.. .d5 4 exd5 ®xd5 5 £tf3 i.g 4 6
Sicilian) 3...e5 (D) (this is OK provided Ш4+ Chc6 7 53xd4 ± d 7 8 £>b5 0-0-0 9
Black doesn’t then go into a Morra Ac­ <53x37+?? <&xa7 10 Шха7 Wdl+! 0-1
cepted position by taking on c3; 3...d6 Dutch-Sugden, London 1964. 11 Ф xdl
avoids a Morra, since 4 c3 is met by JLg4++ 12 Фс2 (or 12 Фе1 S d l# )
4...<53f6; however, 3...a6! is most accurate 12.. .1.dl#.
if Black wants to accept a Morra, since 4 £sxc3 d6
then 4 £ixd4 £sf6 5 £>c3 e5 is quite good 4.. .e5? 5 ± c 4 i.b 4 6 Ш 5 Ш 1 £if3
for Black) and now: £>c6 8 0-0 h6 9 £>b5 i.a5 ?? 10 <23d6+
ФГ8 11 £>xf7 Sh7 12 <S37xe5 £ixe5 13
Wxg8# 1-0 R.Wolfram-E.Daikeler, corr.
1989.
4.. .g6 5 <S3f3 £.g7 6 i.c 4 e6? 7 0-0
Wc7? 8 <2lb5 1-0 Gibney-Kuiper, Cal­
gary 1996.
4.. .e6:
a) 5 53f3 Wc7 6 £)b5 Wa5+?! (or
6.. .f d 8 7 £.f4 i.b 4 + 8 <S3d2) 7 i.d 2
JLb4?? 8 53d6+ 1-0 Y.Leurangeur-N.Base-
ler, Bellheim 1994.
b) 5 ± с 4 a6 6 £>f3 Шс7 7 i.b3?! (7
We2) 7...<$3c6 8 0-0 i.c 5 9 We2 Ш 10
a) 4 <53xe5?? ®a5+ 0-1 Combe-Hasen- H dl? <23g4 11 S fl? ? *hd4 0-1 N.Cobo-
fuss, Folkestone 1933. L.Femandez Siles, Ubeda 1997.
78 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

5 JLc4
5 £sf3 £sf6 6 i.c 4 £lc6?! 7 e5 £ixe5??
8 <£ixe5 dxe5 9 itx f7 + 1-0 Kvist-Johann-
son, corr. 1958.
5.. .£\f6?!
5.. .g6 6 e5 dxe5?? 7 i.x f7 + 1-0
F.Rechi-E.Grassi, Dubai OL 1986.
6 e5 *c7?
6.. .£)fd7.
6.. .dxe5?? 7 i.x f7 + 1-0 Zardus-
Steventon, New Jersey 1986.
7»b3?
7 Jtb5+! wins: 7...£>fd7 8 S)d5 ®d8 9& g5+ * f 8 10 <йе6+ 1-0
(8...#a5+ 9 i.d 2 ) 9 * 0 2 &a6 10 i.x a6 A true comedy of errors.
Ша5+ 11 Ш 2.
7.. .d5 8 &Ъ5+ <$ifd7 9 £ixd5 P.de Bortoli - B.Smaraglay
9 Wxd5. Szombathely U-lOEch 1993
9.. MxeS+ 10 £se2 e6 1 e4 c5 2 d4 cxd4 3 c3 dxc3 4 <2)xc
Black is now a safe pawn up. £\c6 5 £>f3 e6 6 ± f4
0-1 6 JLc4:
a) 6...a6 7 0-0£}ge7 8 JLg5 ttc 7 9 &cl
Kertes - Berta £\e5?! (9...£lg6 10£id5!?exd5 11 exd5
Hungary 1958 <йсе5) 10 ДЬ5 (10 ± b 3 ) 10...axb5??
1 e4 c5 2 d4 cxd4 3 c3 dxc3 4 £ixc3 (10...<5)xf3+ 11 ! « 3 ®a5) 11 £>xb5
£>c6 5 £T3 g6 £sxf3+ 12 gxf3 Wc5 13 <$M6+ 1-0 Apple-
5.. .e5? 6 i.c 4 k e l l 1 Wd5 # c 7 white-NN,
8 corr. 1971.
® xf7+ * d 8 9 # x g 7 i.f 6 10 ®f8# 1-0 b) 6...Wc7 7 0-0 (7 # e 2 £if6 8 0-0?!
M.Luursema-A.Koops, Groningen 1993. is the same, and therefore equally inad­
5.. .d6 6 Ac4: visable for White) 7...£lf6 8 We2?! £lg4!
a) 6...^f6?! 7 e5 dxe5 8 «xd 8 + ^x d 8 (D) is good for Black in view of a diaboli­
9 £sg5 Фс7 10 £ixf7 Hg8 11 £)Ь5+ ФЬ8 cal trap that has claimed several victims:
12 £lxe5 £lxe5 13 JLf4 1-0 M.Matulo-
vic-Vincenti, Yugoslavia 1954.
b) 6...e6 7 0-0 thgel 8 i.g 5 h6?? 9
£ib5! d5 10 exd5 (10 JLf4 is also good)
10.. .hxg5 11 dxe6 $5g6 (ll...Jtx e 6 12
Jtxe6!) 12exf7+ 1-0 I.Nei-A.Koblencs,
Tallinn 1956.
6 ± c4 £ia5? 7 i.xf7+??
7#d4.
7.. .<4>xf7 8 t d 4 ±g7?? (D)
8.. .<5)f6! 9 e5 and now not 9...£le8??
10 £)g5+ £ g 8 (10...-4>g7?? 11 £\e6+) 11
Ш 5 + e6 12 <2)xe6 £\f6 13 exf6 # e 8 ,
which is a little better for White, but b l) 9 JLg5?? and 0-1 E .B o u la rd -
9.. .‘S)h5!, winning. M.Hawelko, Paris 1990.
 Semi-Open Games
b2) 9 h3?? &d4 0-1 L.Andrade-
D.Martinez Martin, Duisburg U-12 Wch
1992.
b3) 9 ДЬЗ?? (0-1 Kramadzhian-
B.Schipkov, Novosibirsk 1988) 9...£ld4
0-1 Doetlaff-Eilers, Travemiinde 1989,
Kolenbet-B.Schipkov, Khabarovsk 1987
and G.Tesinszky-E.Magerramov, Buda­
pest 1990.
b4) 9 S d l? M 5 10 £ib5 Wb8 11
£ifd4?? 0-1 J. Kraft-J.Tutschka, Bruch-
koebel 1993. Il...« x h 2 + 12 ФП Whl#.
6.. .£.b4 7 a3 Де7?
7.. .ДхсЗ+ is far more logical,
should be good for Black (since Black is
OK in the position following the volun­
tary exchange on c3).
8 £>b5 £if6??
8.. .<&f8; 8...d6.
9 Дс7 ДЬ4+ 10 axb4 We7 11 i.d 6
Ш 8 12 <5ic7+
The queen is lost after all!
1-0
2 c3
R.Gouma - K.Baak
Soest 1995
1 e4 c5 2 c3 (D)
2.. .b6
2.. .a6 3 d4 cxd4 4 cxd4 d6 5 4lc3 £lf6 6.. .e6 7 ДЬ5+
6 £^3 i.g 4 (Black’s attempt to play ag­
gressively is not in keeping with his
79
passive play up to this point) 7 Ш)3 b5 8
i.e 2 £ic6 9 Д еЗ b4? 10 £id5 <йхе4? 11
Wc2 £lf6? 12 Wxc6+ M l 13 £\ c7+ 1-0
S.Merwin-R.Miller, NWC 1989.
2.. .g6 3 d4 cxd4 4 cxd4 J.g7 5 £ic3
еб?! (Black is playing with fire when he
leaves his dark squares as weak as this) 6
£.f4 £ie7? 7 £sb5 e5?? (7...£ia6 8 4id6+
sfrf8 is obviously very good for White,
but there is no instant knockout) 8 £}d6+
ФШЭ'ШЪЗ 1-0 Hopfer-Thompson, 1991.
2.. .e5 3 £lf3 d6?! (3...£>c6 is the nor­
mal move, e.g. 4 d4 cxd4 5 cxd4 exd4 6
and£lxd4 £sf6 7 £)c3 ДЬ4) 4 d4 cxd4 5 cxd4
exd4 6 <S)xd4 M l 1 <2ic3 £T6 8 ДЬ5+
i.d 7 9 Axd7+ ®xd7 10 0-0 0-0 11 £lf5
£ixe4?? 12 -SM5?? (12 Wg4! wins on the
spot) 12...£ ic6?? (12...Ag5 keeps Black
afloat) 13 Wg4! 1-0 W.Hayes-J.Stem,
Chicago 1995.
2.. .£)c6 3 d4 cxd4 4 cxd4 and now:
a) 4...d6 5 d5 £ie5 6 f4 £id7 7 £if3
(Black’s passive play has allowed White
a big space advantage) 7...g6?! 8 Wd4
£igf6? (now White wins material; 8...f6 9
£\g5!?) 9 e5 £ih5 10 e6 i.g 7 11 exd7+
Дxd7 12 Wb4 Sc8 13 £ic3 1-0 J.Haan-
paa-T.Siurola, Tampere 1989.
b) 4...d5 5 £sc3!? (this position is
more often reached via the Exchange
Slav, i.e. 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 cxd5 cxd5 4
£ic3 ^ с б 5 e4) 5...dxe4 6 d5 $3e5 7
Ш4+ M l 8 ®xe4 £ig6 9 £)b5!? £lf6??
10£\d6# 1-OI.Horowitz-Plancarte, Mex­
ico 1958.
3 d4 ДЬ7 4 d5?!
4 J.d3 is more flexible.
4.. .£if6
Black should attack d5 immediately
by 4...e6 or with ...e6 next move. As
played, White has more options.
5 f3 d6?! 6 ДеЗ
6^g5.
7 dxe6 fxe6.
7.. .£\bd7 8 c4?!
80 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

The wrong plan; White should open 5&c3

the position, e.g. 8 dxe6 fxe6 9 £>h3. This is the price of Black’s third move:
8.. .a6 9 J.a 4 ex d 5 10 cxd5 b 5 11 &.& White can support the e4-pawn with a
g6 12 f d 2 i.g 7 13 ilh 6 ? ? <5ixe4! natural developing move.
A common theme; 1 4 ...^ 4 + follows. 5.. .e6 6 JLd3
0-1 6 l g 5 1 x 7 7 e5 £>fd7? (7...dxe5) 8
I.x e7 W xel 9 £sb5 £ib6 (9...dxe5 10
2c3d6 £ \ c7+ <&d8 11 £>xa8 Wb4+ 12 Wd2
®xd2+ 13 Фх(12 exd4 is inadequate as
D.Seyb - Schneider Black cannot trap the a8-knight) 10 exd6
Nuremberg 1989 1-0 K.Olsen-T.Schmidt, Birker0d 1991.
1 e4 c5 2 c3 d6 3 d4 Ш7?'. 6.. .1.e7 7 ^ge2 a6 8 0-0 0-0 9 l.g 5
Passive; 3...£)f6 is better. (D)
3.. .Ь6?! 4 £lf3 £)f6 5 dxc5 £sxe4?? 6
Ш4+ # d 7 7 i.b 5 1-0 Jackson-Fuller,
ECI worn 1981.
4 & f3 £sgf6?! 5 e5 dxe5
5.. .£>e4 6 ± d 3 ; 5...&g4 6 h3; 5...&d5?
6 dxc5.
6 dxe5 4ig8
6.. .^ g 4 7 ®a4!?.
7e6!
Quieter methods would also keep a
definite plus.
7.. .fxe6 8 £ig5 Wb6
8.. .£igf6 9 <&xe6 Ш 6 10 ШЪ\ Wc6
111 Т 4 # е 4 + 12 Ae2. 9.. .<2)xe4??
9 ± d 3 £se5 Very careful calculation is needed be­
9.. .6 .f 6 10 i.xh7. fore initiating a sequence of captures like
10 i.xh7 £\f6 11 1x2 this; here Black has missed a trick.
With a clear structural advantage. 10 ±xe7 £ixc3 11 Jbdi7+! &h8
11.. .1.d7?? 12 f4 1-0 11.. .ФхЬ7 12 Wd3+ relieves the attack
on the white queen, and so its opposite
M.Nagl - D.Mesaric number drops off without compensation.
Pula 1993 12 £sxc3 ®хе7
1 e4 c5 2 c3 d6 3 d4 cxd4?! Material is level, but White now has a
There is no need to exchange on d4 killer blow.
before playing ...<£}f6. 13 Wh5 1-0
4 cxd4 <2316 13.. .g5 14 ± g 6 + * g 7 15 * Ь 7 + * f 6
4.. .g6 5 f4?! (White would do better 16
to 23e4#.
consolidate the spatial plus that Black
has so readily granted him) 5...1.g7 6 P.van Linde - V.Rajlich
£>f3 <2)f6 (6...i.g4) 7 <5)c3 0-0 8 h3 Ь6?! Groningen 1997
9 #с2?! I b 7 10 1x4?! £)xe4 11 i.d 5 ? 1 e4 c5 2 c3 d6 3 d4 <2)f6 4 i.d 3
I x d 5 12 £ixd5 £)g3 0-1 R.Paolini-L.di 4 dxc5 <£ixe4?? (4...£k6) 5 Wa4+ 1-0
Lorenzi, Cattolica 1993. Y.Berthelot-Lecuyer, French corr. Ch
 Semi-Open Games
1989 and F.Damstadt-H.Gierden, Dort­
mund 1991.
4.. .cxd4 5 cxd4 £sc6 6 £3f3 ji.g4 7 d5move makes no sense at all; 5 exd5.
£>e5?
Falling into a standard trick.
8 £)xe5 i.xdl??
Black presumably didn’t feeling like
playing that day. 8...dxe5 was essential.
9 i.b5+ £>d7 10 Axd7+ «xd 7 11
£xd7 ± g4 12 ®xf8
Maybe Black had missed this capture.
1-0
2 сЗ e6
W.Biicheler - C.Scheidegger
Bad Ragaz 1995
1 e4 c5 2 сЗ e6 3 d4
3 &f3 £ k 6 4 d4 d5 5 exd5 # x d 5 6
jLd3 cxd4 7 cxd4 <£sxd4?? 8 £lxd4 'tfxd4
9 i.b5+ 1-0 J.Mysulka-M.Vagner, Mora­
vian open Ch 1994.
3.. .d5
3.. .cxd4?! 4 cxd4 £ic6 5 £)f3 ДЬ4+ 6
&c3 £lf6 (6...d5) 7 £.d3 (7 d5!?) 7...d6?!
(passive; 7„.d5) 8 0-0 аб?! 9 i.g 5 Wa5 10
l5)e2 Ш 8?? 11 d5 <S3e5 12 £lxe5 dxe5 13
Ша4+ 1-0 V.Piber-I.Grobovsek, Portoroz
1995.
4 i.b5+?!
4 e5 is a normal Advance French.
4 exd5:
a) 4...'»xd5 5 £sa3 6 ± e3 cxd4 7
£ib5 * d 8 8 * x d 4 <23d5? (8 ...^c6 9
1 ^ 8 + * x d 8 ) 9 <£xa7 £\d7?! (9,..i.d7)
10 <5)xc8 Sxc8 11 i.b 5 ± e 7 12 Ш 4
Sa8?? 13 jtx d 7 + 1-0 V.Vorotnikov-
A.Shestoperov, Krasnodar 1991.
b) 4...exd5 5 ®f3 £\c6 6 <2)bd2 cxd4
7 cxd4 i.d 6 8 i.d 3 £>ge7 9 0-0 0-0
(White’s set-up is unimpressive, as the
d2-knight gets in the way) 10 iLxh7+?
(this type of sacrifice doesn’t work when
Black can cover h7) Ю...ФхЬ7 11 ®g5+
* g 8 12 Ш 5 i.f 5 13 S e l i.g 6 0-1 Le
Clercq-Zsu.Polgar, London 1982.
81
4.. .£k6 5 e5?
After putting the bishop on Ab5 this
5.. .«Ъ6
5.. .J.d7 threatens ...£ixe5, and so also
forces a concession from White.
6 J.XC6+ bxc6 7 £tf3?!
7 £le2 i.a 6 8 dxc5?! (8 0-0 cxd4 9
cxd4 jLxe2 10 Wxe2 ®xd4 11 Kdl gives
White some compensation) 8...JLxc5 9 0-0
1Ъ 8 10 B el (10 i.f 4 ШЪ2) Ю-Шхеб
11 Ь4 £ Ь 6 12 ±Ъ2 £>f6 13 Ш 2 ?? (13
4 Ш ) 13...i.xf2+! 0-1 N.Krasniqi-A.Sof-
rigin, Bern 1996.
7.. .£.a6! 8 £ibd2 cxd4 9 cxd4 £ih6
10 ШЬЗ?!
10£ib3.
10.. .®а5 11 ®сЗ? *Ь 5 12 £igl ДЬ4
13 ®с2??
13 а4.
13.. .Ш # 0 -1
2 c3d 5
Zakar - S.Szabo
Hungary 1933
1 e4 c5 2 сЗ d5 3 e5?! Sk6
3.. JLf5 4 d4 cxd4 5 cxd4 JLxbl?! (ex­
cessive greed; 5...£sc6 gives Black an ex­
cellent game) 6 S x b l Wa5+?! 7 JLd2
® xa2?? 8 i.c 3 (the black queen is
trapped) 1-0 Ullrich-NN, Berlin 1952.
4d4?!
4f4.
4.. .cxd4 5 cxd4
Now Black has, depending on how
you look at it, a good French, since he
can develop his queen’s bishop actively,
or a good Caro-Kann, since he has played
...c7-c5 rather than ...c7-c6-c5.
5.. .t b 6 6 £se2 ± f5 7 <2)bc3 £lb4! 8
f3??
An absurd blunder; White’s position
is difficult, but there was no need for him
to cave in immediately. 8 ®a4+ Ф08
(8...Jtd7 9 f d l ® g6 10 £lf4 £\c2+ 11
82 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
®xc2! 1®rxc2 12 JLd3 hangs on) 9 ^ 2
gives White rather a silly-looking posi­
tion, but he can battle on.
8.. .Дс2 9 Ш 2
9 £>xd5 ®a5.
9.. .£id3+ 0-1
Y.Ghayor - C.Salomonsson
Swedish open Ch (Vdxjd) 1992
1 e4 c5 2 c3 d5 3 exd5 ®xd5 4 d4 Af5
5 ®a3 e6 6 ®b5 i.d6?
Black really sets himself up for some
trouble.
7 dxc5!
7 Wf3 is very good too, as is 7 Д с4 or
7 c4.
7„.*e5+
7.. .* x d l+ 8 * x d l Де5 9 f4.
8 ДеЗ Дхс5 9 £lf3 ШаЛ 10 £>c7+
Фе7 11 i.d 3 1-0
L.Pospisil - L.Klima
Moravian open Ch 1995
1 e4 c5 2 c3 d5 3 exd5 Шй5 4 d4 e5
(D)
There are several other ways for Black
to execute the move ...e5:
4.. .£}c6 5 4if3 cxd4 6 cxd4 e5 7 <йсЗ
ДЬ4 8 J.d 2 e4?? (forgetting to exchange
on c3 first) 9 <S)xd5 1-0 V.Werner-A. Abi-
shova, Halle girls U-20 Wch 1995.
4.. .cxd4 5 cxd4 e5:
a) 6 £>f3 i.g 4 7 Ша4+?! &c6 8
£ixe5?? ДЬ4+ 9 &c3 ®xd4 0-1 B.Frie-
sen-M.Donk, Zwolle 1996.
b) 6 £ic3 ДЬ4 7 £>f3 £)c6 8 i.d 2
£ixd4?? (8...e4?? 9 £>xd5 1-0 V.Wemer-
A.Abishova, Halle girls U-20 Wch 1995)
9 £}xd5 1-0 D.Kracik-L.Batelkova, Plzen
jr 1995.
The next two main games feature lines
in which Black avoids a quick ...e5.
5 dxe5 ® xdl+
5.. .Wxe5+ 6 ДеЗ £tf6 7 £>f3 Шс1 8®xc3! (0-1 J.Perlis-S.Tartakower, Ostend
Ad3 ^ d 6 ? ! 9 £la3! 0-0?? 10 £)b5 1-0
Wozney-Costaras, Ohio 1974.
6 &xdl £\c6 7 £>f3 Дg4 8 Де2
0-0-0+ 9 Фс2??
c2 is often a safe bolt-hole for a king in
such structures, but not here, with it ex­
posed on the bl-h7 diagonal.
9.. .£.f5+ 10 ФЬЗ c4+! 11 Фхс4
11 Дхс4 £sa5+; 11 Фа4 Дс2+ 12
ФЬ5 (12 ЬЗ 2d5 and 13...Па5#) 12...2d5+
13 Фхс4 2с5#.
11.. .Де6+ 12 ФЬ5 2d5+ 0-1
13 Фа4 2а5#; 13 Фс4 &а5#.
B.Borsos - D.Ostergaard
Eger 1991
1 е4 с5 2 сЗ d5 3 exd5 ®xd5 4 d4
Or:
a) 4...£\c6 5 £sf3 and now:
al) 5...cxd4 6 cxd4 leads to line ‘b ’.
a2) 5,..Ag4 6 Де2 cxd4 7 cxd4:
a21) 7...g6 8 £>c3 Wd7? 9 d5 i x f 3
10 gxf3! i.g 7 (10...£ie5 11 ДЬ5) 11
dxc6 ®xc6 12 0-0 1-0 J.Curdo-J.Peters,
Boston 1968.
a22) 7...e6 and now:
a221) 8 0-0 £tf6 9 £ic3 Ша5 10 £ie5?
Дхе2 11 £lxc6? (11 ®xe2? i53xd4; 11
£lxe2 £ixe5) ll...W xc3! 0-1 H.Neu-
bauer-Eichler, Donaueschingen 1985.
a222) 8 £ic3 Wa5 9 0-0 £T6:
a2221) 10 <йе5? Дхе2 11 £)xc6?
1907) 12 £>e5 A xdl 0-1 J.Padreny-E.Fer-
nandez Aguado, Sitges 1992.
 Semi-Open Games
a2222) 10 i.f 4 2 d8 11 «ЪЗ?! Ш 4\
12 Шс2? Axf3 0-1 J.Poignant-P.Berset,
Paris 1993.
b) 4...cxd4 5 cxd4 is generally con­
sidered a premature exchange unless
Black is aiming for a quick ...e5. After
5...£ic6 6 <&f3 (D):
bl) 6...£>f6 7 <&c3 * a 5 8 i.d 3 i.g 4 9
i.e3 e5 10 dxe5 £\xe5?! (10...±xf3) 11
ib 5 + &fd7?? (Il...£ied7) 12 Ш 5 1-0
Przewoznik-Wojciechowski, Kalisz 1978.
b2) 6 ..Jtg 4 and now:
b21) 7 &c2 does not try to punish
Black’s move-order, and transposes to
line ‘a2’.
b22) 7 £>c3!:
b221) 7...#d6?! 8 £lb5 Wd8 9 d5
lx f 3 (9...£\e5 10 ®e2!?) 10 ®xf3 £lb4
ПШЬЗ £ ia 6 (ll...a 5 12аЗ& а6 13®a4)
12 Ша4 Wd7 13 £)d6+! 1-0 Potick-
A.Fuentes, Moron 1981. 13...exd6 14
lb 5 .
Ь222) 7...#e6+?! 8 £.e3 * d 7 ? 9 d5
£.xf3 10 gxf3 a6 11 dxc6 Шхсб 12 ®a4
'Bfxa4 13 £sxa4 1-0 P.Lim Kam Cheen-
K. Bengherabi, 1991.
Ь223) 7...'td7? 8 d5:
b2231) 8...±xf3 9 gxf3 0-0-0 10 dxc6
Шхсб 11 JLd2 1-0 P.Brown-Y.Farges,
NWC 1983.
b2232) 8...0-0-0 9 dxc6 Шхсб:
b22321) 10 Ше2 * b 8 11 &е5 1-0
L. Kristensen-G.Nielsen, 1984.
83
b22322) 10 i.d 2 ФЬ8 11 2 c 1 <£if6? 12
± f4 + 1-0 M.Ramlow-H.Karsten, Hessen
qual 1989.
b224) 7...^.xf3 is necessary, though
Black is barely surviving after 8 gxf3
®xd4 9 ®xd4 £)xd4 10 & b5!.
5 £>f3 £sc6 6 ± e3 cxd4
For variations without a quick ...cxd4,
see the next game.
7 cxd4 Ag4?!
7.. .e6 8 £>c3 Wa5 9 i.d 3 i.e 7 10 0-0
0-0 11 b3?? (nerves: the future GM was
on for a norm) П .-.^ х сЗ 0-1 J.Emms-
T.Fatin, London Lloyds Bank 1989.
8 £ k 3 Wd6?l
8.. A x f3 7 9 £sxd5 i.x d l 10 &c7+;
8...®a5 9 l rb3!?.
9 d5 ®b4?
9.. .Axf3.
10 Wa4+ i.d 7 11 £>b5 i.xb5 12
i.xb5+ * d 8 13 £)g5 1-0
A.van de Oudeweetering -
B.van de Plassche
Eindhoven-Amstelveen 1992
1 e4 c5 2 c3 d5 3 exd5 ®xd5 4 d4 £lf6
Or:
a) 4...e6 5 4if3 £\f6 and now:
al) 6 JLd3 c4?! (perhaps the fact that
this is a poor positional decision led
White to make the careless assumption
that it could be refuted out of hand) 7
®a4+??b5 0-1W.Wittig-S .Gelzenleichter,
Dortmund 1987.
a2) 6 i . e 2 i.e 7 7 0-0 0-0 8 c4 Wf5 9
£\c3 2d8?? 10 lSlh4 1-0 G.Lane-J.Flesch,
London 1983.
b) 4...l23c6:
b l) 5 dxc5 Wxc5 6 ± e 3 * f5 ?! 7 £>a3
аб 8 £.d3 * g 4 9 £lf3 e5 10 h3 # x g 2 ??
(Ю...'ЙЪ5) 112Ь2Ш хЬ212£ixh2i.xa3
13 bxa3 Axh3 1-0 O.Castro Rojas-L.Zinn,
Lublin 1977.
b2) 5 <Srif3 i.g 4 6 i.e2:
b21) 6...<£\f6 7 & аЗ еб 8 0-0 ± е 7 9
£>c2 cxd4 10 £\cxd4 0-0 11 £lxc6
 84 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
W xdl?? 12 £ixe7+ 1-0 C.Marcelin-
S.Royer, Meudon 1992.
b22) 6...e6 7 h3 i.h 5 8 c4 Ш 8 9 d5
exd5 10 cxd5 &b4?? (10....&xf3) 11 £.b5+
Фе7 12 We2+ 1-0 G. Andrei-A. Skrip-
chenko, Homorod 1993.
5 £if3 £lc6 6 i.e 3 £ig4 7 £sa3!? 12.. .Wb8 13 £lxe5 £ixe5 14 f4.
£)xe3 8 fxe3 &.g4 9 ,&c4 WhS
9...Ш 7?? 10 d5.
10 0-0 e 6 11 Wa4 ±e7?
11 —&.xf3 ? ? 12 2xf3 i.d 6 13 2h3
Щ 5 14 Д аб We7 15 £ic4. I l...i.d 6 12
£sb5 Jlb8 13 h3 is unclear.
12 ±a6! 1-0
2c3£sf6
T.Ochsner - A.Bang
Copenhagen 1986
1 e4 c5 2 c3 £if6 3 e5 £id5 4 d4 e6 5
*ht3(D)
5.. .d6?!
5.. .£lc6 6 c4 £idb4, a more common
way of avoiding the exchange of pawns,
is risky, but not so clear. 7 d5 exd5 8 cxd5
£sd4 9 £\xd4 cxd4 10 i.c 4 ? (10 i.e2 !)
10...®c7 11 Ше2?? b5 12 i.b 3 ® xcl+
0-1 A.Karlsen-P.Gallmeyer, Copenhagen
1975.
6 c4 fob4 7 a3 £>4c6 8 exd6 ®xd6
8.. .cxd4 9 c5 Wa5+ 10 Ь4 £\xb4 11
•&d2 £ i8 c 6 12 Wb3 is good for White.
9 d5 £>e5
9.. .exd5 10 cxd5 £le5 11ДЬ5+ and 12
Ше2 puts Black under pressure.
10 £>c3 exd5 11 Ше2! £ibd7
11.. .£ibc6 12 cxd5 £)d4 13 £}xd4
cxd4 14 jLf4 f6 15 £ib5 wins.
12 £№5 1-0
M.Rohan - T.Paulovic
Czech League 1994/5
1 e4 c5 2 c3 £if6 3 e5 Ы 5 4 d4 e6 5
£sf3 Wc7?l
Another poor way to avoid exchang­
ing on d4.
6 c4 £)b4 7 d5 d6 8 a3 £s4a6 9 £>c3
dxe5 10 £sb5 Wa5+ 11 i.d 2 Wb6??
1l...®d8 is necessary, though it admits
that the queen’s moves have been a waste
of time; after 12 ®а4 Ad7 (12...£ld7 13
dxe6 fxe6 14 £>xe5) 13 dxe6 (or 13
£ixe5) 13...fxe6 14 £\xe5 White is some­
what better, but the game continues.
12 #a4!
The black king and queen are both
threatened.
12.. .exd5 13 £sd6++ 1-0
13.. .* d 8 14 We8+ Фс7 15 £lb5+.
Johnsen - G.Nesheim
Gausdal 1985
1 e4 c5 2 c3 £)f6 3 e5 £sd5 4 d4 cxd4
(D)
5 £lf3
 Semi-Open Games
Or:
a) 5 # x d 4 e6 6 «М3 ®c6 7 « Ы d6 8
£b5 ®c7 9 c4 a6?? 10 cxd5 1-0 B.Stein-
C.Brodhuhn, 2nd Bundesliga 1980/1.
b) 5 cxd4:
bl) 5...£\c6 6 £sc3 ®xc3 7 bxc3 d6 8
Ш Ag4 9 « Ь З 5 b 8 (9...Axf3!) 10 e6
Дхеб?(10..Тхе6 is critical; 10...^xf3 11
exf7+ i d 7 12 gxf3 is good for White) 11
d5 £sa5? 12 dxe6! £lxb3 13 ДЬ5+ 1-0
Hermann-Gerusel, West Germany 1970.
b2) 5...e6 6 Д с4 b6 7 ^ x d 5 exd5 8
&c3 £)c6? 9 £>f3?! Даб?! 10 &xd5
Де7?! 11 Ша4 ®c8?? 12 Шхаб 1-0
M.Kuijvenhoven-M.Kleywegt, Hengelo
U-20 1997.
c) 5 Д с4 and now:
cl) 5...e6 6 ^ x d 5 exd5 7 'Sfxd4 £)c6
8 ®xd5 d6 9 exd6 A xd6 10 £)f3 0-0 11
ДеЗ (11 0-0?? ДхЬ2+) 11...5e8 (Black
has good compensation) 12 £\bd2?? (12
Ш 2 Д g4 13 £>d4 £>e5; 12 ® d l «Ъ 6)
12...5xe3+ 0-1 Van Eeckhout-Ciais, corr.
1991. 13 fxe3 ДgЗ+.
c2) 5...1t c 7 6 i'e 2 £ lb 6 7 Д d З £ lc 6 8
&f3:
c21) 8...d5 9 cxd4?? (9 exd6) 9...^xd4
0-1 Eggman-Capece, Barcelona 1965.
c22) 8...g6 9cxd4??(9 0-0iscorrect;
after 9...dxc3?! 10 ^ х с З White has abun­
dant compensation) 9...£sxd4! 10 We3
<S?id5 0-1 R.van Marcke-L.van Damme,
corr. 1993.
5„.Wa5?!
5.. .d3? 6 ДxdЗ e6 7 Де4 £\e7 8 £ia3
‘ЙЬсб? 9 Дg5! h6 (‘falling for it’, but
there was nothing to be done in any case)
10 <ЙЬ5 1-0 S.London-M.Kershaw, corr.
1993.
5.. .d6 6 cxd4 e6 7 a3 dxe5 8 dxe5
Ша5+?! 9 Д d2 Wb6 10 &сЗ #xb2?? 11
5)a4 1-0 T.Christensen-A.Berestetsky,
Alborg 1991.
5.. . 6 . 6 6 cxd4 d6 7 Д с4 £ib6 8 ДЬ5
dxe5 9 Д хс6+ Ьхсб 10 £sxe5 Д аб 11
£ixc6? Ш 5 12 Wf3?? (12 £ie5 # x g 2 13
85
Ш З ®xf3 14 £}xf3 is a very good ending
for Black) I Z .M x a 13 gxf3 5c8 0-1
N.Amalio - R.Har-Zvi, Mamaia U-16
Wch 1991.
6 £ixd4 e6 7 £>d2! £ic6?!
7.. .d6 8 <S^c4 Wd8 9 £lxd6+ Дxd6 10
ДЬ5+ and 7...a6 8 <&c4 Wc5 (8..Mc7 9
£}f5) 9 Wg4 are both good for White.
8 ? ) с 4 Ш 8 9 ?)Ь 5 Дс5?!
9.. .Де7 10 £>bd6+ * f8 .
10 £sbd6+ * f 8 11 ШЬб ®e7?
11.. .g6 12 Ш 6+ (12 ДЬ6+ * g 8 13
Ш З Д х d6 14 <S)xd6?! &xe5) 12...*g8
13 &g5 * f8 .
12 Дg5 f6 13 e x f6 1-0
13.. .4.xf6 14 Д xf6 gxf6 15 Wxc5.
I.Markovic - G.Radonjic
Cetinje tt 1990
1 e4 c5 2 c3 3 e5 <S)d5 4 d4 cxd4 5
£)f3 e6 6 cxd4 b6
6.. . 6 . б 7 Д dЗ d6 8 We2?! dxe5 9
dxe5 ДЬ4+ 10 Дd2?? £lf4 0-1 D.Slack-
M.Ruiz, Philadelphia 1997.
7 £>сЗ Д Ь7
7.. .£>xc3 8 bxc3 d5?! 9 Д dЗ Д е7 10
0-0 Даб?? 11 Дхаб £ixa6 12 Ка4+ 1-0
Brunat-Savoya, Lyon-Oyonnax 1993.
8 Д d З Д е7 9 0-0 ® а6? 10 ^ x d 5
exd5 (D)
This forced blocking of the long diag­
onal makes rather a nonsense of Black’s
play.
86 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

11 e6! f6? 3.. .d6 4 i e 3 g6 5 d4

11.. .dxe6? 12®a4+; ll...fxe6 1 2 ^ e 5 This move isn’t quite so horrible as it
i f 6 (12...0-0? 13 Ш5-, 12...g6 13 % 4 looks.
i f 6 14 i b 5 ! ) 13 «115+ g6 14 ix g 6 + 5.. .cxd4
hxg6 15 # x g 6 + Фе7 16 Ш7+ &d6 17 5.. .i g 7 !? 6 dxc5 ix c 3 + 7 bxc3 £)f6.
i f 4 Sh4 18 i g 3 i x e 5 19 ix e 5 + Феб 6 ix d 4 ^xd4 7 ®xd4 £tf6
20 S fc l+ ФЪ5 21 Ш Ш 22 ®g3! 7.. Т6.
wins, e.g. 22...Ee4 23 i d 6 Wg8 24 a4+ 8e5
Фг5 25 « с З + <&Ь4 26 ШЪ4+ Фаб 27 This makes sense of White’s play.
«Ъ5#. 8.. .dxe5 9 ib 5 +
12 £)е5! fxe5 9 Wxd8+ ^ x d 8 10 <£if3 is at least OK
12...0.0 13 S xf7 14 Ш 5 wins. for White.
13 Ш 5+ 1-0 9.. . 1 . 7
13.. .g6 14 ix g 6 + hxg6 15 Wxge-H 9.. . 6 . 7 10 Wxe 5 Sg8 11 £sd5 i g 7
* f 8 16 «Т7#. 12 £ sc7+ &f8 13 fflT4 is messy, but
White must be better.
2 £ ic 3 10 *xe5 ix b 5
10.. . 1 . 7 11 0-0-0 gives Black enor­
M.Demeny - S.G iurum ia mous problems, as does 10...Sc8 11 S d l.
Baile Herculane 1996 11 £)xb5
1 e4 c5 2 &c3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Wxd4 White is now winning material.
Rather an odd idea by White: 2 £ k 3 11.. .5 .8 12 S d l Ш 6 13 <2)d6+ 1-0
suggested a Closed Sicilian, but she now
goes for a type of Open. V.Kuliabin - A.Habibi
4.. .£sc6 5 i b 5 i d 7 6 i x c 6 i x c 6 7 Budapest 1994
ig 5 1 e4 c5 2 <2)c3
The idea is to damage Black’s king- 2 4T3 g6 3 d4 cxd4 4 ®xd4 4 ^ 6 5 e5
side pawn formation by taking the knight 53c6 is rather different, since White has
if it moves to f6, and meanwhile to pre­ less control over d5 than in the game.
vent ...e6. However, there is a flaw. 7 £)f3 2.. .g6
would seem more sensible, with i g 5 to 2.. .£lc6 3 f4 g6 4 £>f3 i g 7 5 i b 5 is
follow. possibly a line Black was seeking to
7.. .h6 8 i h 4 ? ? avoid.
This loses a piece in a most surprising 3 d4 cxd4 4 ®xd4 £T6 5 e5 <S)c6 6
way. 'ЙТ4 £ih5 7 Ш З d5
8.. .e5 0-1 7.. .Wa5!?; 7 ...ig 7 !? 8 g4?! d5 9 exd6
9 i x d 8 exd4 leaves two white piecesA x g4.
attacked. 8 exd6 Sxd6 9 £\b5 W d810 i d 2 a6?
10.. .1 .7 .
A.Rapcsak - V.Koroljova 11 0-0-0
Rimavska Sobota girls U-16 Ech 1996 I l i . c 3 l i . g 7 12 S d l.
1 e4 c5 2 &c3 £>c6 3 d3 11.. .1 .7 ? ?
3 £sge2 g6 4 <£g3?! i g 7 5 f4 d6 6 i e 2 11.. .1 .4 ? 12 f3 doesn’t help Black,
Sb8 7 0-0 h5 (with a threat, which White but 1l...axb5 12 i c 3 Wc7 13 ix h 8 Sxa2
misses) 8 d3? i d 4 + 0-1 M.Schrepp- isn’t completely clear.
C.Pfrommer, Ladenburg 1992.9 ФЫ h4. 1 2 ^ d 6 # l-0
 Semi-Open Games 87

Grand Prix Attack: 2 £sc3 with f4

J.Hickl - A.Yousif
Thessaloniki OL 1988
I e4 c5 2 £)c3 e6
2.. .d6 3 f4:
a) 3...e6 4 £sf3 £ic6 5 JLc4 £>ge7 6
f5? d5 7 fxe6? dxc4 8 exf7+ ФхП 9 0-0
^>g8 (White has nothing for the sacri­
ficed piece) 10 £}g5 ®e5 11 d3 h6 12
£}f3 iLg4 0-1 G.Putra-A.Licina, Manila
worn OL 1992.
b) 3...£ic6 4 £tf3 g6 5 ± c 4 e6 6 0-0 J.Bystron - S.Galicek
i.g7 7 f5 exf5 8 d3 £ige7 9 We 1 0-0?! Czech U-12 Ch (Svetla) 1994
(this allows White a programmed and 1 e4 c5 2 £lc3 Q)c6 3 f4 e6
highly dangerous attack) 10 Wh4 £ie5? Lines where Black plays ...g6 are con­
11 JLg5! (11 J.h6? £lxc4 12 dxc4 Axh6 sidered in the next game.
13 Wxh6 f6) ll...£ \5 c6 12 &d5 Se8 13 4 £if3 (D)
4if6+ (13 Jtb5 is also devastating) 1-0
A.Thesing-M.Przygodda, Dortmund 1990.
13...1xf6 14 ± x f6 h5 15 Wg5.
3 f4 d5 4 £if3 £ic6 5 Ab5
5 exd5 exd5 6 d4?! £if6 7 i.e 3 Wb6 8
Sbl jLg4 9 dxc5 jtx c5 10 JLxc5 Wxc5
11 Wd3 0-0 12 i.e 2 Sfe8 13 £ib5? £sb4
0-1 W.Buchanan-Olsher, Santa Fe 1981.
5.. .£\ge7 6We2 аб?!
White is delighted to exchange on c6
when this doubles Black’s pawns.
7 Jbtc6+ bxc6?
7.. .£)xc6 8 exd5 £ib4 (8...£>d4?! 9
We4 <53xf3+ 10 Wxf3) 9 dxe6!? (other­ 4.. 6 f 6
wise Black recaptures on d5 with a de­ 4.. .a6:
cent game) 9...£ixc2+ 10 ^ d l £ixal 11 a) 5 a4 d5 6 We2 £ige7 7 d3 b6 8 g3
exf7++ <&d7 (ll...<i?xf7 12 <S)e5+ 4>f6 i.b 7 9 i.g 2 £sd4 10 Wf2 £sec6 11 ®xd4
13 ^ е 4 + Фе7 14 <$3g5) 12 ЬЗ amounts tocxd4 12 £ ib l £lb4 13 exd5 Sc8 0-1
an unclear exchange sacrifice by White. B.Toth-V.StrautinS, corr. 1971. 14 <£ia3
8 d3 g6 9 0-0 ± g7 10 Wf2 (D) Sxc2.
10.. .d4? b) 5 g3 b5 6 i.g 2 ± b 7 7 0-0 Wc7 8 d3
Positional resignation. 10...c4 was a d6 (this move slightly reduces the flexi­
better try. bility of Black’s position) 9 f5 !? £>f6
II £ia4 Wa5 12 b3 0-0 (9...b4 might have been a wise precau­
12.. .5 .8 13 Aa3 Sb5 14 £id2 fol­tion) 10 fxe6 fxe6 11 £\g5 e5? 12 Sxf6!
lowed by 5)c4 picks off the c5-pawn. 1-0 V.Bliumberg-R.Seidl, Loosdorf 1993.
13 ±a3 1-0 12...gxf6 13 Wh5+ is a massacre.
Both c5 and d4 will fall for nothing. 5 ±Ь5 аб?!
88 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
White often exchanges on c6 without
any such provocation.
6 ± x c6 bxc6 7 0-0 i.e 7 8 d3 I b 8 9
Wei
White espies a useful spot for his
queen on g3.
9.. .d5 10 Wg3 Sg8?!
Possibly intending some counterac­
tion on the g-file, but if so it is wildly
over-optimistic. 10...0-0 11 f5.
11 f5 exf5??
A typical oversight; Black thinks
White is seeking pressure on e6 and the
f-file, and misses an incidental additional
threat.
12 Wxb8 1-0
Closed Sicilian: 2 <£)c3 with g3
P.Sereno - M.Cebalo
Bastia rpd 1997
1 e4 c5
1.. .g6 2 £ic3 i.g 7 3 f4 c5 4 £)f3 £ic6 5 1 e4 c5 2 ‘й с З еб
± b 5 d6 6 i.x c6 + bxc6 7 d3 Sb8 8 0-0
£ih6 9 Wei 0-0 10 f5 (White is going for
a crude kingside hack) 10...e6?? (10...gxf5
might be playable, while Ю...Ф 118 11
Wh4 £)g8 12 £}g5 <2ih6 isn’t too clear)
11 f6! 1-0 E.Pessi-J.Helmer, Odorheiu
Secuiesc 1993. Black loses a piece, since
1 l...Wxf6 12 Ag5 traps the queen.
2£)c3
2 f4 g6 3 <£sf3 i.g 7 4 £)c3 d6 5 i.c 4
£ic6 6 d3 e6 7 f5 exf5 8 0-0 <&ge7 9 Wei
0-0?! 10 Wh4 d5? 11 exd5 £)a5 12 i.g 5
f6? (12...Se8 13 flael) 13 d6+ 1-0
J.Hodgson-M.Alcock, England 1981.
2.. .£sc6
2.. .d6 3 f4 g6 4 £)f3 Jig7 5 i.c 4 <йсб 68 0-0 ±Ъ7 9 ■$)g5!?dxe4 10 £>cxe4 £)f5
0-0 £\f6 7 Wei 0-0 8 f5 gxf5 9 d3 &d4 10
Wh4 i.e 6 11 i.h 6 ± x c4 12 dxc4 £\d7??
13 Wg3 1-0 P.Theon-G.Andruet, Le
Touquet 1986.
3 f4 g6 4 £lf3 Jtg7 5 Ac4 e6 6 d3
*hge7 7 0-0 d5 8 i.b 3 0-0 9 Wei 4 id 4 10
Wg3? c4! (D)
White has fallen into a standard trap,
which wins a piece.
11 dxc4 dxc4 12 JLxc4
1 2 i.a 4 b 5 .
12...£)xf3+ 13 Wxf3 Wd4+ 0-1
P.Blatny - M.Werner
Altensteig 1988
2.. .£ic6 3 &ge2 £if6 4 g3 d5 5 exd5
£>d4 6 i.g 2 i.g 4 7 d3? (7 0-0) 7...£ixd5
8 i.xd5?? Wxd5! 9 f3 (9 ^ x d 5 £if3+ 10
ФП i.h 3 # ) 9...Wxf3 10 S f l Wg2 11
i.d 2 £ f3 + 12 Sxf3 Wxf3 13 £le4 W hl+
0-1 Gurgenidze-Kotov, USSR 1954.
Lines with ...g6 are covered in the next
game.
3 g3 d5
3.. .£)c6 4 Jig2:
a) 4...d6 5 £ige2 i.d 7 6 d4 cxd4 7
£ixd4 £ige7?! 8 £)db5 £\c8 9 i.f 4 e5??
(9...<S)e5) 10 £>d5 Wa5+? 11 i.d 2 1-0
Blackbume-Loye, England 1913.
b) 4...a6 5 d3 b5 6 f4 £ige7 7 £lf3 d5
11 c3 Wd7 12 Wh5 £\h6? (12...We7) 13
Wxh6 1-0 K.Nagy-M.Somogyi, Hungar­
ian Cht 1992/3.13...gxh6 14 £tf6+ regains
the queen, whereupon Black’s kingside
will be dropping off.
4 ± g 2 dxe4 5 £sxe4 ± e 7 6 d3 £sf6 7
£ie2 Wb6 8 i.e3 !? £ixe4 9 Axe4 Wxb2
10 ЖМ (D)
10.. .Wxa2?
 Semi-Open Games
10...®a3 11 i.x b 7 (11 H xb7??i.xb7
12 i.x b 7 ® b4+) ll...i.x b 7 12 Sxb7
'Й’ха2 isn’t too clear.
11 Ixb7! 1-0
Black has no good way to save the a8-
rook.
M.Gebigke - M.Womacka
Berlin 1994
1 e4 c5 2 <5)c3 £\c6
2.. .e6 3 g3 £)c6 4 i.g 2 g6 5 d3 i g 7
! e 3 £\d4 7 f d 2 ®a5 8 S c l £le7 9
i.h6?! jtx h 6 10 ®xh6 ®b4! 11 £ih3
®xb2 12 * d 2 аб 13 a4?? £sb3+ 0-1
M.Kuczewski-L.Langner, Karvina 1992.
3g3
If White wishes to fianchetto, then
there is no point in delaying it. 3 £}ge2 g6
4 d3 $Lg7 5 i.e 3 £}d4!? 6 g3?? £sf3# 0-1
Maijanovic-Zjivanov, Panchev 1946.
3.. .g6 4 A g2 ± g 7 5 d3
5 <S)ge2 e6 6 d3 ^ g e 7 7 i.e 3 -SM4 8
Ш 2 ®a5 9 f4 d6 10 Ь4? ®xb4 11 S b l ?
£}xe2! 0-1 L.Palau-M.Najdorf, Buenos
Aires 1939. 12 Sxb4 Jtxc3.
5.. .d6 6 Ae3
6 ftge2 h5 7 i.e 3 h4 8 gxh47! £id4 9
®d2 Sxh4 (now 10...Ah3 is threatened)
10 Axd4?! (10 0-0-0) 10...cxd4 11 £ld5?
e6 0-1 K.Yamanaka-R.Dubisch, NWC
1992. 12 £\b4 a5 or 12 £idf4 М б .
6 £if3 e5 7 1 x 3 <S)ge7 8 t d 2 £>d4
£)dl? (allowing a standard trick) 9...М 3 !
10 S g l (10 <£xd4 Jtxg2; 10 0-0 £ixf3+
89
11 M f 3 i .x f l) 10...i.xg2 11 £\xd4 cxd4
12 М б Axh6 13 ®xh6 ± f3 0-1 B.Nehls-
M.Homuth, Germany 1990/1.
6.. .b5
6.. .e5 7 f d 2 thgel 8 М б 0-0 9 h4
f6!? 10 h5? M h 6 11 ®xh6 g5! (the white
queen is trapped) 12 &d5 £>xd5 13 exd5
£M4 0-1 M.Kislov-S.Furman, Armed
Forces (Moscow) 1970.
6.. .£>f6 7 f3 0-0 8 Wd2 M 7 9 М б
Sb8 10 h4 a6 11 h5 £ixh5?? 12 Sxh5
gxh5 13 ®g5 1-0 Sabonaeva-Polikova,
USSR 1973.
7e5
A flashy move that doesn’t achieve a
great deal.
7.. .®d7
7.. .©xe5? 8 M a 8 Ag4 9 &c6+! -4>f8
10 f3.
8 exd6
8 <Sixb5 Sb8 lets Black regain the
pawn with advantage.
6 8.. .exd6 9 M 4
9 ®e2!?.
9.. .£ige7 10 £ixb5 <2if5 11 сЗ?!
11 ®f3 M 7 ; 11 ®e2+ &d8 followed
by bringing rooks to e8 and b8.
11.. .0.0 12 ®d2?! M 7 13 £se2??
£ie5!
White has really set himself up for this
blow: the b5-knight, g2-bishop and h l-
rook are all loose and vulnerable. The
possible fork on f3 is just icing on the
cake that isn’t even needed.
0-1
2 <Sf3: Miscellaneous Replies
Aronin - Kantorovich
Moscow 1960
1 e4 c5 2 £if3 g6
2.. .®c7 3 c3 e5 4 d4 d6 5 £la3 f5? (this
is way too ambitious) 6 dxe5 dxe5 7
9M 5 + £lc6 8 £.xc6+ ®xc6 9 0-0 fxe4 10
£lxe5 ®d6 11 ®a4+ 1-0 Ja.Andersen-
S.N.Hansen, Gistrup 1997.
90 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

2.. .a6 3 £lc3 £sc6 4 d4 cxd4 5 £lxd4White’s winning combination. 7...<£)c6 is

ШЬб?! 6 ДеЗ t o ? (6...Wxb2? 7 £M5) 7
£\ЬЗ t o (7...Ш 8 8 £ld5) 8 f4 We6??
(8...1Ъ8 9 ^ d 5 £>f6) 9 £sd5 Wxe4 10
£sc5 1-0 P.Blazkova-J.Manak, Slovakian
open Ch (TrenCin) 1995.
2.. .b6:
a) 3 d3 ДЬ7 4 £ibd2 d5 5 g3 g6 6
.&g2 dxe4 7 dxe4 Даб!? 8 £ig5 (8 e5)
8...£>c6 9 Wf3 (9 e5 &xe5) 9...£le5 10
t o ? Д g7 11 f4?? Ы З + 0-1 E.Nagy-
A.Csoke, Hungarian Cht 1993/4.
b) 3 d4 ДЬ7 4 Дс4!? Дхе4?! 5
ДхГ7+ ФхП 6 4ig5+ Фе8 7 &хе4 cxd4??
(7...£\f6; 7...®с7) 8 ®h5+ g6 9 t o £if6
10 £sd6# 1-0 Koronghi-Szemegyi, Buda­
pest 1985.
3 c3
3 d3 Д g7 4 g3 <23c6 5 Д g2 e5 6 £lc3 The reply to either other move will
£\ge7 7 ДеЗ d6 8 t o £id4 9 £se2? Д бЗ!
10 Дх04 Д xg2 0-1 H.Tanner-A.Sha-
balov, Zurich 1991.
3 Д с4 Д g7 4 c3 d6 5 d4 t o 6 Д02
Дg4?? 7 &.xfl+ <&xf7 8 £\g5+ 1-0
H.Sohn-Gr.Schmidt, Wallertheim 1994.
3.. .b6 4 d4 ДЬ7 5 Дс4 d5?
5.. .Дхе4? 6 £>g5 d5 7 ДЬ5+ £)d7 8 13 h3+ * f 5 14 e6+ Де5 15 f4 g5
dxc5 bxc5 9 f3 h6 (9...ДхЬ1 10 WxdS)
10 Zhxfl (10 fxe4 hxg5 11 # x d 5 )
Ю...Фх17 11 fxe4.
6 exd5 Дxd5 7 Wa4+ Дсб?
7.. .£lc6 8 ДЬ5 He8 9 c4.
8 £ie5! 1-0
Biazov - Nekliudov
Tashkent 1967
1 e4 c5 2 <S)f3 g6 3 d4 cxd4 4 12ixd4
4 Wxd4!? £>f6 5 ДЬ5!? t o + ? ! 6
t o ! £ \c 6 1 Ш э 5 £\xa5 8 £>c3 a6 9 e5
£ig4 10 £\d5 ^d8? (10...Ha7; 10...Hb8)
11 h3 (11 £ig5) 1 l...^ h 6 12 ДеЗ 1-0
M.Fette-D.Legahn, Krumbach 1991.
4.. .Д ё7 5 Дс4 £if6 6 £sc3 0-0 7 0-0J.W.Nielsen-C.J.Nielsen, Farum 1993.
b6??
By depriving the black queen of the
b6- and a5-squares, this move sets up
a normal line of the Accelerated Dragon.
8 e5 £ie8 (D)
8...£}h5 is horrible, but relatively best.
9 ДхГ7+! * x f7
still be 10 $3e6, winning the black queen.
10 £ie6! Фхеб 1 1 Ш 5+ * f 5 12 g4+
12 e6+ Де5 13 f4 also forces mate, but
is a bit slower: 13...£)c6 14 fxe5+ ^ g 4
15 h3+ ФЬ5 16 Ш1+ with Wg4# to fol­
low.
1 2 ..^ x g 4 13 ®g2+?!
(15...d6 16 fxe5#) 16 Шхе5+ &g6 17
®xg5# is the quickest mate.
1-0
After 13...ФТ5 the quickest mate is to
go back with 14 We4+ Феб 15 ®d5+
ФТ5 16 e6+ Де5 17 f4, with a similar fin­
ish to the variation after 12 e6+.
T.Petrosian - N.Grigoriev
Tbilisi 1945
1 e4 c5 2 £>f3 £if6 3 e5
3 £ic3 d5 4 exd5 £ixd5 5 <2ixd5 ®xd5
6 d4 <S3c6 7 ДеЗ cxd4 ( 7 ..^ g 4 8 c4) 8
£>xd4 e5? (8...ftxd4) 9 £lb5! ДЬ4+ 10
c3 # x d l+ 11 Hxdl Д а5 12 Д с5 1-0
12...Де6 13 £id6+; 12...£>e7 13 £id6+
ФГ8 14 Дс4; 12...Д08 13 £sd6+ Фе7 14
£ixc8++.
 Semi-Open Games
3...£sd5 4 £\c3 ^xc3 5 dxc3 b6? (D)
6 e6! dxe6
6...fxe6 7 4 k 5 ; 6...f6 7 £ie5! fxe5 8
f h5+ g6 9 Wxe5 Sg8 10 Ш 5!.
7 «xd8+ *xd 8 8 ^ e5 4>e8 9 i.b5+
i.d 7 10 £ixd7 £sxd711 Af4 e 5 12 0-0-0
f6 13 i.xd7+ 1-0
2 £rf3 4ic6 without 3 d4
L.Psakhis - P.Heine Nielsen
Gausdal 1994
1 e4 c5 2 £sf3 £lc6 3 i.b5
Or:
a) 3 g3 d5 4 exd5 ®xd5 5 £lc3 We6+
6 £ie2? # e 4 ! 7 Ag2 £>d4! 8 £ifxd4 ®xg2
9 S gl Ш 5 10 £\b5 ®c6 11 £ibc3 e5 12
d3 £lf6 13 i.g 5 ? <S)g4 0-1 P.Lezcano
Jaen-B.Kurajica, Gran Canaria 1993. 14
£se4 <£ixh2 15 4М2 J.g4 is miserable for
White.
b) 3 £ к З аб 4 d4 cxd4 5 ?3xd4 e5 6
£lf5 £}ge7?? 7 £id6# 1-01.Levitina-Golt-
sova, Sevastopol 1978.
c) 3 1 x 4 d6:
cl) 4 £lc3 JLg4? 5 i.x f7 + &x f l 6
£>g5+ * f6 ? 7 Wxg4 g6 8 * f4 + * g 7 9
■2)e6# 1-0 Schnitzler-Hardung, Dussel-
dorf 1862.
c2) 4 0-0 £)f6 and now:
c21) 5 d 3 i.g 4 6 h 3 i.h 5 7g4<£ixg4??
(7...jLg6) 8 hxg4 JLxg4 9 Jtxf7+! i d 7
(9...<&xf7 10 <?3g5+) 10 Ad5 £se5?? 11
91
£sxe5+ dxe5 12 ®xg4+ 1-0 A.Tulip-
N.Clissold, Nottingham 1946.
c22) 5 S e l i.g 4 6 c3 £le5? (6...e6) 7
£.b5+? (7 £>xe5! dxe5 8 ШЪЗ) 7...£tfd7??
(7...<&ed7) 8 ^ x e 5 ! i.x d l 9 £.xd7+ ®xd7
10 £lxd7 1-0 W.T.Bradford-J.C.Dyson,
Liverpool 1964. 10...Фх07 11 Hxdl or
10...i.g4 11 £\xf8.
d) 3 c3:
d l) 3...d6 4 d4 and now:
d l l ) 4...± g4 5 d5 &e5?? 6 &xe5
A x d l 7 i.b 5 + «fd7 8 ± xd7+ &d8 9
«5М7+ ^ x d 7 lO ^ x d l 1-OKiss-Lengyel,
Gyongyos 1994.
dl2) 4...cxd4 5cxd4 J.g4 6d5^3e5??
7 £)xe5 Wa5+ 8 J.d 2 JLxdl 9 ,&xa5 dxe5
10 JLb5# 1-0 Hrasovec-Sonc, Rogatska
1954.
d2) 3...d5 4 e5 d4!? 5 i.d 3 i.g 4 6
i.e 4 £ixe5 7 i.x b 7 2b8?? 8 £\xe5! 1-0
Thelm-Berkin, 1930.
d3) 3...e64 d4d5 5 exd5 # x d 5 6 JLe2
£\f6 7 0-0 i.e 7 8 i.e 3 0-0 9 c4 Ш 6 10
£sc3 £ig4 11 £)e4 ®b8 12 £ixc5 e5!? 13
£sd3?? (13 ^ e 4 f5) 13...£sxe3 0-11.Load-
man-D.Hergott, Kitchener Waterloo 1987.
14 fxe3 e4.
3.. .e6 4 iLxc6 bxc6 5 d3 6 0-0
£\g6 7 £sg5 e5 8 Ш 5 i.e 7 9 £>c3
9 £)xh7 is risky since it isn’t yet clear
how the knight will be extricated.
9.. .d6
9.. .h6? fails to 10 &xf7! * x f7 11 f4
exf4 12 Sxf4+ i.f6 13 e5 (or 13 2g4).
10 £>e2 «d 7
10.. .h6? 11 £sxf7 Фх1'7 12 f4 exf4 13
£ixf4.
11 h3
11 £>xh7?! Щ 4 12 ®xg4 i.x g 4 13 f3
jLd7 14 £lg5 f6 15 <S^h3 Jtxh3 wins back
the pawn with a good game.
и...дк?
Now Black is ready to push back the
white knight by 12...h6, but White strikes
first. 1 l...h6? 12 £\xf7 &xf7 13 f4 still
works; 1 l...^.xg5 12 jLxg5 leaves White
92 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
better (Black’s bishop-pair was his com­
pensation for his poor structure), but is
relatively safe.
12 SM i7! 1-0
Black must lose time with his bishop,
e.g. 12...JLd8, whereupon 13 f4 exf4 14
<2ixf4 is devastating.
L.Psakhis - V.Gavrikov
Vilnius 1978
1 e4 c5 2 £>f3 £\c6 3 A b5 4 £\c3
d6 5 e5 dxe5 6 2)xe5 Шс7 7 5ixc6 bxc6
Black has allowed some damage to his
pawns, but can hope for activity in return.
8 J.c4 £ tS
8...jtg4!?.
9d3h6
This is too slow.
10 Wf3 e6 11 i.f4 ! A d6??
Black had no choice but to lose time
with his queen, though this would leave
White solidly better.
12 &b5! Wa5+ 13 £.(12 1-0
O.Yarkin - Ignatiev
corr. 1978
1 e4 c5 2 £sf3 ^ с б 3 £Ъ5 * c 7 4 0-0
g6 5 £)c3 еб?!
Black is neglecting his dark squares.
6 Ахсб bxc6 7 e5 £ g 7 8 S e l £le7 (D)
9 2)e4! £xe5
What else?
10 £)xe5 « x e 5 11 d4! cxd4?
11.. .Wxd4 12 £)d6+ 4>f8 13 ± h 6 +
* g 8 14 ШЗ (14 £ie8 £ld5 15 £ g 7 wins
an exchange, but dissipates the initiative)
gives White a strong attack - Yarkin.
Black’s best is then 14...f5 (14...®xd6??
15 Wf6 ®d4 16 'ШхеЛ wins) and there is
still a fight ahead.
12 £gSl 1-0
Both 13 <2316+ and 13 JLf6 are big
threats. After 12...«fc7 13 * x d 4 Hf8 14
&d6+ * d 8 15 £>xf7+ * e 8 16 £>d6+
‘A’de White wins as he pleases.
I.Sm irin - Y.Afek
Israeli Ch 1992
1 e4 c5 2 £)f3 £>c6 3 i.b 5 « Ь 6 4 <2k3
£ld4
This attempt to avoid normal channels
proves unfortunate.
4.. .e6 (more conservative) 5 0-0 a6 6
jtxc6 ®xc6 7 d4 cxd4 8 # x d 4 d6 9 £g5
h6 10 i.h 4 e5?? 11 £sxe5 1-0 W.Zagema-
R.Kraut, Groningen 1988.
5 £ixd4 cxd4 6 23d5 Ш 8 (D)
Black now hopes to have time to push
back White’s advanced pieces with his
pawns (,..e6 and ...a6) and then to de­
velop normally. However, Smirin is too
alert to allow this, and manages to make
use of his pieces on the fifth rank.
6.. Mc5 7 сЗ e6 8 cxd4 ^ 6 is a bit
better for White.
7«Ъ 5!
 Semi-Open Games 93

The threat is 8 Ше5, which Black can­ An interesting idea, but it is worth not­
not prevent by ...d6, due to the pin from ing that in a game 27 years later Bron-
the b5-bishop. stein preferred 8 d4.
7.. .a6?? 8.. .cxb4 9 £ic4 ®c5?
7.. .£)f6 was necessary, but after 8 9.. Mc7.
£}xf6+ gxf6 Black will have long-term 10 d3! bxc311 I b l! c2 12® xc2^d4
problems with his damaged and inflexi­ 1-0
ble pawn structure. Now it is carnage. 13 £sxd4 exd4 14 Aa3.
8 Ше5\ f6
8.. .e6 9 £lc7+ Фе7 10 £lxa8 axb5 112 £sf3 £lc6 3 d4 Miscellaneous
■#xb5 and the knight escapes without dif­ (including ...e5 systems)
ficulty.
9 £ic7+ * f 7 10 ®d5+ 1-0 Gilmore - Perks
White’s next move will be 11 £i(x)e6, Dayton 1982
with utter devastation. 1 e4 c5 2 £sf3 £k6 3 d4 cxd4
3.. .d5? 4 exd5 * x d 5 5 £ic3 ®е6+ 6
D.Bronstein - B.Tomic i.e 3 cxd4 7 £lxd4 * d 7 8 £>db5 2b8 9
Vmkovci 1970 Ше2 f6 10 Hdl % 4 11 f3 Ш 5 12 i.x a7
1 e4 c5 2 £T3 <£k6 3 Jtb5 g6 4 c3 1-01.Boleslavsky-B.Gurgenidze, Rostov
4 0-0 £.g7 5c3: 1960.
a) 5...d6?! 6 d4 ,&g4?! (starting a tac­ 4£ixd4 (D)
tical sequence that favours White) 7 d5
a6 8 i a 4 b5 9 dxc6 bxa4 10 ®xa4 <£T6?
11 e5 i.x f3 ? ? (ll...d x e 5 П ^ х е З Ш с в )
12 exf6 exf6 1-0 P.Vianin-E.Daverio,
1995.
b) 5 ,..d 5 ?!6 ex d 5 (6 l'a4 )6 ...1i rxd5 7
Wb3?! (7 Ша4) 7...Ш 6?! (7...«xb3) 8
&a3 £sh6 9 £\c4 ®c7 10 d4 cxd4 11
c x d 4 (ll^ x d 4 ) ll...i.e 6 1 2 l t 3 Sc8??
(12.../hf5) 13 JLxh6 1-0 J.Sequera-A.Mera
Cedeno, 1994.
c) 5...£sf6 6 2 e l0 -0 7 d 4 c x d 4 8cxd4
d5 9 e5 £te4 10 £>c3 i.f 5 11 £sh4 « Ь б
12 Дхсб Ьхсб?? (12...£lxc3 was an es­ 4...£if6
sential zwischenzug) 13 lS2a4 (the 64- Or:
knight will be trapped by f3) 1-0 P.Oster- a) 4...^xd4?! 5 ®xd4 leaves the queen
meyer-G.Reis, Bundesliga 1988/9. powerfully centralized:
4.. .1 .6 ? ! a l) 5...£\f6?! 6 e5 # а 5 + 7 c3 £ig8 8
4.. . 1 . 7 5 d4 cxd4?! 6 cxd4 ШЬ6 7i.e 3 e6 9 thd2 &e7?? 10 -23c4 ttd 5 11
^ c3 £ k d 4 8 <5M5 £ixf3+ 9 # x f3 Ш 8 ? $M6+ * d 8 12 ШЪ6+ axb6 13 i.xb6# 1-0
(9...Ш 6) 10 i.f 4 * f 8 11 i.c 7 ®e8 12 Welch-NN, London 1940.
&a5 ± e5 ? (12...b6) 13 Д сЗ 1-0 Haag- a2) 5...b6 6 £sc3 i.b 7 7 J.c4 e6 8 0-0
Grob, Czechoslovakia 1959. the 1 9 JLg5!7 a6? 10 jtx e7 Фхе7
5 Да4 &g7 6 0-0 e5 7 <S3a3 <&ge7 8 (10..A xe7 11 Wxg7 ^.f6 1 2 # g 3 2c8 13
b4!? e5; 10...®хе7 11 ШхЬб) 11 i.d 5 (11
94 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
£M5+!) Il...e x d 5 ? ? (ll...i.c6 ) 12 # 6 5 #
1-0 P.Ipavec-A.Pongrac, Slovenian worn
Ch 1992.
b) 4...Шс7:
b l) 5 £)c3 e5? 6 £ d b 5 t o 7 £id5
^.d6 8 ^.g5 a6?? (forcing White to carry
out his deadly threat) 9 £lxd6+ Wxd6 10
£\f6+ Фе7 11 £sxg8++ 1-0 Schneider-
J.Zarik, Wisconsin 1983.
b2) 5 ДеЗ g6 6 £lc3 Ag7 7 <£xc6
®xc6 8 t o d6?? 9 ДЬ5 ДхсЗ 10
Д хс6+ Ьхсб 11 Wxc3 f6 12 Шхс6+ 1-0
R.Cotting-A.de Castet, Torcy 1991.
c) 4...d5 5 ДЬ5 dxe4 6 £sxc6 ® xdl+
7 i ’xdl a6 8 Д а4 JLd7 9 £sxe7?! Дха4
10 £\c3? Sd8+ 11 ± d2?? Дхе7 12 £)xa4
Дg5 13 f4 Дх{4 0-1 Z.Solmanis-D.Grech-
kin, Tbilisi 1949.
d) 4...e5 and now:
d l) 5 ££5?! £lge7?? 6 £id6# 1-0
MacGrouther-MacCam, Scotland 1893.
d2) 5 £ b 3 ?! £ f 6 6 Ag5 Д е7 7 £ c 3
£ x e 4 8 £sxe4 Axg5 9 £ d 6 + Фе7 10 Дс4
(io t o ! ? ) i o . . . t o и t o ? ? W m + o-i
R.Kholmov-E.Sveshnikov, Pinsk 1986.
d3) 5 £lxc6?! Ьхсб 6 c4?! £lf6 7
®с2?! Дс5 8 Ad3 (8 Ag5 would prevent
the disaster that ensues) 8...£sg4 9 0-0
Wh4 10 h3 h5 (with the unanswerable
threat of 11...4Hfg3!) 11 t o Wg3l 0-1
Luncz-R.Weill, Vienna 1941.
d4) 5 £ b 5 is the main move:
d41) 5...a6 (the original handling of
the position, introduced by Lowenthal in
the mid-nineteenth century) 6 £s5c3 (6
£sd6+ is critical) 6...£ge7 7 ДеЗ d6 8
Д с4 b5 9 ДЬЗ £sa5 10 £>d5 Sb8
(10...£ixb3 11 axb3 £ x d 5 12®xd5 Деб)
11 £sbc3 £sac6 (ll...£ ix b 3 ) 12 £ixe7
Дхе7?? (12...*xe7; 12...£\xe7) 13 t o
1-0 M.Brooks-J.Potts, USA rpd 1994.
d42) 5...d6 (the more modem treat­
ment, known as the Kalashnikov) 6 Дс4
£>f6 7 0-0 £>xe4?? 8 t o <£g5 (8...Де6
9 » x e 4 d5 10 Дxd5 Дxd5 11 Wxd5
« t o 12 £>c7+) 9 Дxg5 «x g 5 10 « x f7 +
<£d8 11 Wc7+ * e 8 12 Д П # 1-0 F.Braga-
Heusdens, Holland 1986.
5 £xc6?!
5 f3?! e6 6 a3? (horrible play by
White) 6...Шс7 7 ДеЗ d5 8 exd5?! £ t o
9 A f2 Дс5 10 &сЗ?! t o + (10...£ixc3)
11 We2?? ДхЬ4 12 Д xd4 ®xd4 13 S d l
£)xc3 0-1 S.Murias-J.Oms Pallise, Span­
ish Ch 1995.
5.. .Ьхсб 6 Дс13 e5 7 £ d 2 d5 8 exd5
cxd5 9 0-0 Д d 6 10 S e l 0-0 11 c3 e4 12
Д П ??
White’s play has been rather passive,
but nevertheless 12 Д е2 would keep him
well in the game.
12.. .ДхЬ2+! 13 * h l
13 * x h 2 <£g4+ 14 &g3 (14 & gl t o )
14.. .t o + 15 f4 exf3+ 16 4>xf3 «Т6+ 17
Ф ё3 (17 Фе2 Wf2+ 18 * d 3 Af5+)
17.. .« f2 + 18 ФЬЗ «Т4 forces mate.
13.. .£ig4 0-1
Chelekhsaev - Filimonov
Saratov 1989
1 e4 c5 2 £sf3 £)c6 3 d4 cxd4 4 £ixd4
£\f6 5 £ c 3 e5 6 £ d b 5 d6 7 a4
7 Дс4 аб 8 £>аЗ Ь5 9 Дd5 ДЬ7 10
£se2 £ t o 11 Wxd5 Wc7 12 c3?? <£d4
0- 1 Ruiz Olmo-Navarro Torres, Cordoba
1991.
7 Дg5 a6 8 £ a 3 b5 9 £>d5 h6 10 Д xf6
gxf6 11 Де2 £>e7?? 12 £ x f6 # 1-0 P.Sed-
liacek-T.Sazhina, Slovakian open Ch
(TrenCin) 1995.
7 £id5 £sxd5 8 exd5:
a) 8...£ib8 9 c4 £ia6 10 Д еЗ Ь6? П
t o ! t o ? 12 c5! 1-0 J.Ridameya
Tatche-J.Otazu Ozer, Zaragoza 1992.
b) 8...£>e7 and now:
b l) 9 c4 carries a nasty threat:
b ll) 9...g6?? 10 * a 4 Дg7? 11 £\c7++
1- OC.Baldas-W.Dreher, Ladenburg 1992.
b l2) 9...a6? 10 t o 1-0 C.Baldas-
A.Hammer, Klinge U-17 1993. Black
can play on with 10...'4’d7.
b2) 9 c3 and again care is needed:
 Semi-Open Games 95

b21) 9...g6?? 10 ®a4 i.d 7 ?? 11 £)xe4! 10 £)xc6 £>xd2 11 £sxe7+ 4>Ь8

£lxd6# 1-0 L.Georgieva-C.Calotescu, 12 itxb6 £)xc4 0-1 T.Dickmann-M.Baka-
Szombathely girls U-10 Ech 1993. larz, NRW-Liga I I 1991/2.
b22) 9...i.d7?? 10 <^xd6# 1-0 Yakov­ 5 £ k 3 A g7 6 ± e 3 <5)f6 (D)
lev-Khalmansky, Kuibyshev 1984.
Ь23) 9...a6? т Ш А 1-0F.Kiss-P.Kosa,
Debrecen 1997.
7...a6 8 -йаЗ ± e 6 9 ± g 5 ШЪ6П (D)

7f3?!
Naively hoping to transpose to a Yu­
goslav Attack against the normal Dragon,
but only a very cooperative opponent
10 ± xf6 ? would now play ...d6 rather than trying to
Perhaps White played this move me­ play the pawn straight to d5.
chanically, assuming that Black must re­ 7 Jtc4 0-0 8 f3?! (8 Jtb3 is the main
capture. If so, this was a fatal lapse. 10 line here) 8...1Ъ6 9 £)cb5? a6 10 ^ f 5
b3? t b 4 ; 10 S b l ШЪ4 11 ± x f6 gxf6. Ш 8 11 £)bd4 gxf5 12 <S)xf5 d5 0-1
10.. .« x b 2 ! 11 £>d5 E.Kahn-V.Malakhov, Budapest 1996.
11 th e! gxf6 (1 l...d5!?). 7.. .0.0
11.. .J.xd5 12 exd5 Wc3+ 0-1 7.. .£ig4?? 8 fxg4 «Ъ 6 9 <5)d5 ШхЬ2
10 S b l 1-0 A.Sahetchian-S.Gorgievski,
Accelerated Dragon Paris 1995.
7.. .d5? 8 i.b 5 Ш б 9 exd5 <S3xd5 10
Although generally a little quieter than ^3xd5 # x d 5 11 £)xc6 1-0 Z.Puljek-
the standard Dragon, the Accelerated B.Stadler, Pula worn Echt 1998.
Dragon features a variety of cunning 8 fd 2
traps, of which White in particular must 8 jtc 4 ® b6 is just as precarious:
be aware. a) 9 ^ 2 ? ‘й х е 4 10 fxe4 J.xd4 11
J.h6?? Wxb2 0-1 I.de los Santos-
S.Sommer - N.Apkhaidze Zsu.Polgar, Novi Sad worn OL 1990.
Halle girls U-20 Ch 1995 b) 9 <£scb5? a6 10 £if5 ®d8 11 £lbd4
1 e4 c5 2 £)f3 £sc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 £lxd4 gxf5 12 <S)xf5 d5 0-1 A.Maier-J.Pachow,
g6 Dortmund 1992.
4.. .‘£}f6 5 £lc3 g6 (the Semi- 8.. .d5 9 exd5 ^ x d 5 10 ‘йхсб
Accelerated Dragon) 6 iLe3 (6 ^ x c 6 10 0-0-0?? £sxe3 11 £ixc6 Wxd2+ 12
Ьхсб 7 e5 is the critical line) 6...JLg7 7 Sxd2 Ьхсб 0-1 L.Majercikova-L.Skace-
&c4 0-0 8 f3?! (8 i.b 3 ) 8...«Ъ6 9 Wd21 lova Zahorovska, Czech worn Ch 1992.
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10.. .bxc6 11 ±d 4 e5 12 &c5 Se8 N.Ralls, corr. 1995. Il...# b 6 + and

Black is a whole move up on a normal ...ШхЬ2+ will follow.
Sicilian Dragon, in which White would 7...1g7 8 ! e 3 0-0 9 0-0 (D)
have already castled queenside.
13 Jtc4??
White doesn’t notice the difference...
13.. .#h4+
...but Black does!
0-1

Maroczy Bind

The Maroczy Bind is formally classified

as a line of the Accelerated Dragon, but
can also arise from a great variety of
other openings, including the English
and King’s Indian. 9.. .£\g4??
In several lines of the Maroczy Bind,
R.Akesson - M.Heidenfcld this is a standard exchanging manoeuvre,
Pula Echt 1997 so is sometimes played routinely by
1 £\f3 those who are not too familiar with this
The Sicilian move-order is 1 e4 c5 2 opening, perhaps having reached it via an
£lf3 £ic6 3 d4 cxd4 4 <S3xd4 g6 5 c4 (this English or King’s Indian move-order.
move characterizes the Maroczy Bind) However, some analysis quickly shows
5. ..‘Sffb 6 the 3 d6, while 1 d4 £)f6 2 c4 g6 that here Black loses material.
3 £ic3 i.g 7 4 e4 d6 5 £}f3 0-0 6 i.e 2 c5 7 There are plenty of playable alterna­
0-0 cxd4 8 £lxd4 thc6 9 JLe3 is a King’s tives here, of which 9...JLd7 is the most
Indian move-order. popular.
1.. .thf6 2 c4 c5 3 ^сЗ £k6 9.. .a6 (also playable provided Black
3.. .g6 4 d4 cxd4 5 £\xd4 jLg7 6 e4 0-0aims for a quick ...b5 and doesn’t walk
7 i.e 2 £>c6 8 i.e 3 *hxd4 9 i.x d 4 d6 10 into a disaster on the c-file!) and now:
№ 2 Wa5 11 0-0 £sxe4 (a standard trick, a) 10 h3 ®с7?! 11 S c l b6?? 12 £ld5
but always surprising, and easy to miss) 1-0 Gerisch-Pfeiffer, Berlin 1941.
0-1 J.Klinger-Brestian, Austrian League b) 10 Дс1 «fc7?! 11 4>hl b6?? 12
1989. -S^dS 1-0 P.Zimmermann-D.Tobler, Zu­
4 d4 cxd4 5 <2ixd4 g6 6 e4 d6 rich 1990.
6.. .‘S3xd4 7 # x d 4 d6 8 ± g 5 i.g 7 9 i.e2 10 iLxg4
0 -0 1 0 Ш 2 # а 5 11 0 -0 S d 8 (ll...n e 8 12 1-0 H.Keilhack-H.de Boer, Oberliga
i.h 6 ± h 8 ) 12 J.h 6 £.h8?? 13 £)d5 1-0 Wiirttemberg 1991/2.
Maeder-Zunker, 1973. 10.. .JLxg4
7±e2 10.. .1.xd4 11 £.xc8 i.xc3 12i.xb7 1-0
7 f3 ШЬб?! 8 i.e 3 ®xb2?? 9 £>a4 Wa3S.Dorobanov-D.Slack, Philadelphia 1997.
10 i . c l 1-0 Schmid-Sahlman, 1948. 11 £lxc6
Ю...Пз4+ 11 ! d 2 ШаЗ 12£\b5. 1-0 V.Eingom-V.Kupreichik, Mos­
7 l e 3 £ig4 8 <S3xc6 Ьхсб 9 ! g 5 l g 7 cow 1987 and R.Koopmann-U.Budde,
10 h3 thxf2 11 Фх12 0-1 M.Sneesby- Dortmund 1988.
 Semi-Open Games
11.. Jhtdl
11.. .Wd7 12 £ixe7+ &h8 13 f3 1-06 i.e 3 d5 7 £ixc6 bxc6 8 e5 £sd7 9 i.f4 ?
L.Spassov-T. Kristiansen, Oslo 1976.
12 £\xd8
1-0 M.Pein-E.Hemandez, Mexico
City 1991.
12.. .6 .c 3 13 Sfxdl
13 Haxdl 1-0 T.Falk-M.Hausknecht,
Hessen qual 1992.
1-0
In view of 13...JLf6 14 £lxb7.
2 £\f3 e6 Miscellaneous and Pin
Variation
S.Kereszturi - I.Almasi
Hungary 1992
1 e4 c5 2 1Ш e6 3 d4
Or:
a) 3 c3:
al) 3...d6 4 d4 £id7 5 i.d 3 g6 6 0-0
k g l 1 ^ а З аб 8 £ ic4 £)b6 9 dxc5 dxc5
(Black’s play has been poor so far, which
perhaps led White to assume it could be
refuted out of hand) 10 £)d6+?? W xd611
1.Ь5+ Фе7 0-1 J.Garcia Callejo-S.Ser­
rano, Alicante 1989.
a2) 3...£if6 4 e5 £id5 5 1 x 4 £ib6 6
l b 3 d6 7 We2 dxe5 8 £ixe5 £\8d7?? 9
£ixf7! 1-0 J.Magem-P.Glavina, Zara­
goza 1994.
b) 3 b3 £>f6 4 e5 £id5 5 i.b2:
bl) 5...i.e7 6 g 3 b 6 7 ± g 2 i.b 7 8 0-0
0-0 9 d4 cxd4 10 £>xd4 d6?? 11 exd6
•&xd6 12 c4 (a common tale of disaster
on the long diagonal) 1-0 P.Zamicki-
S.Maggiolo, Boca Clarin jr 1997.
b2) 5„.d6 6 exd6 Wxd6 7 i.b 5 + <SM7
8 0-0 a6 9 ± xd7+ £.xd7 10 c4 £tf4?? 11
ke5 1-0 A.Lutring-G.Antal, Cseppko
1997.
3.. .cxd4 4 £lxd4 Qif6 5 £ic3
5 e5? Wa5+ 6 £>c3 Wxe5+ 7 k e 2
&c6 8 ± e 3 i.e 7 9 g3 a6 10 f4?? ШхеЗ
0-1 N.Chevalier-D.Johansen, Noumea
1995.
97
5 J.d3?! (clumsy development) 5...<£)c6
(9 f4) 9...Wb6 (now White cannot defend
his weak pawns) 10 b3?? (10 0-0 Wxb2
11 £М2 isn’t enough compensation; 10
Wcl Hb8 11 b3?? Wd4) 10...Wd4 (now
White’s loose pieces are forked) 0-1
I.Presznyak-Z.Fusthy, Hungarian Cht
1991/2.
5...JLb4 6 e5 (D)
6 f3?! 0-0 7 i.e3?! e5 8 £lb3 d5 9
1x5?? kx c5 10 ^ x c 5 d4 11 ^ e 2 Wa5+
0-1 Maura-M.Chiburdanidze, Argentina
1978.
6 i.d 3 d5 7 e5 £ifd7 8 Wg4 Wc7
(8...i.xc3+ 9 bxc3 Wc7) 9 0-0 i.xc3? 10
£ib5! Wxe5 11 k f 4 Wf6 12 £>c7+ &d8
13 bxc3 1-0 O.Nazarenus-N.Schlusnik,
Budapest 1996.
6.. .®e4
6.. . 5 . 5 7 k d 2 &xc3 8 bxc3 i.f 8 9
k d 3 d6 10 We2 & d7? 11 &xe6! Wb6
(ll...fx e6 12 Wh5+ Фе7 13 i.g 5 + £if6
14 exf6+ gxf6 15 Axf6+ 4 ’xf6 16 Wh4+)
12 £lc7+ 1-0 G.Kasparov-G.West, telex
match 1977.
7Wg4£ixc3?!
7.. .Wa5!?.
8 Wxg7 Hf8 9 bxc3??
9 a3! is best.
9.. .1.xc3+ 10 k d 2 ±xd4 11 ±b4
Has Black fallen into a trap?
11.. .±c5
98 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
No! 11...d6 12 JLxd6 Wxde also
works well.
0-1
12 Дхс5 ®a5+.
Kan (or Paulsen) Variation
J.Hector - J.Vidarsson
Reykjavik 1996
1 e4 c5 2 £\f3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 <S)xd4 a6
5£)c3
5 ДеЗ & f6 6 £id2 d5 7 e5 <Sifd7 8 f4Taimanov Variation and Four
£\c6 9 c3 g5? 10 £sxe6! fxe6 11 Ш 5+
Фе7 12 f5! £>f6? 13 Дс5+ 1-0 G.Marco-
G. Maroczy, Ostend 1905.
5 a4?! 6 £ic3 Шс71 i.d 3 £ k 6 8
<£lde2 Д с5 9 0-0 £ie5 10 h3 £)g6 11
<£g3?? Wxg3 0-1 M.Huberty-C.Gabriel,
Singapore U-16 Wch 1990.
5 i.d 3 Д с5 6 £>b3 Д а7 7 0-0 £k6?!
(7...£)e7) 8 Wg4 Wf6 (8...*f8!?; 8...£tf6)
9 £>c3 £ige7?! (9...h5!?) 10 l g 5 Wg6 11
H i4 <^e5?? (1 l...h6) 12 Де2 1-0 P.Popo-
vic-PSchlosser, Brno 1992.
5 c4 and now:
a) 5...£>f6 6 &c3 ДЬ4 7 e5 £le4 8
£)de2?! (feeble) 8...&c6 9 ®d3 * h 4 10
ДеЗ 4ixe5 11 Шй4 Д с5 ?? 12 ®xe4 1-0
H. Ludwig-J.Dieter, Ladenburg 1992.
b) 5...£\c6 6 £ic3 Wc7 7 Д е2 £\f6 8
0-0 ДЬ4 9 f3?? <2)xd4 10 ®xd4 1 x 5 0-1
D.Gonzales-J.Frenklakh, Concord 1995.
5.. .g6?!
This move is probably OK after 5
l.d 3 , but White finds it easier here to ex­ £se4 10 0-0?? £)xd4 0-1 Szell-Podchola,
ploit the dark-square weaknesses.
5.. .Шс7 is a more natural move:
a) 6 i.d 3 £sf6 7 0 -0 1 x 5 8 £>f3 £>c6 poses to the Pelikan.
9 Ag5 Д е7 10 Ше2?! £)g4! (lining up
the standard cheap mate on h2 theme) 11
Дхе7?? (11 f d 2 <S)d4 12 Af4; 11 g3)
1 l...l£)d4 12 Д аЗ £ixf3+ 0-1 E.Maahs-
K.Bischoff, Baden-Baden 1990.
b) 6 Д е2 b5 7 аЗ ДЬ7 8 ДеЗ £>f6 9 f3
(White’s play has been horribly passive)
9...thc6 10 £lxc6 Д хсб 11 0-0 Д 06 12
h3?! £№5 13 fd 2 ? ? ДЬ2+ 0-1 A.Lai-
nez-K.Ninov, Olot 1992.
c) 6 f4 £sc6 (this is now a form of
Taimanov Sicilian) 7 Д е2 £3xd4 8 Wxd4
£se7 9 ДеЗ b5 10 0-0-0 £\c6 11 Ш 2
ДЬ7 12 Д fЗ (12 ДЬ6 ®c8) 12...Sc8??
13 ДЬб! l-0Friede-Rudsitis,corr. 1967.
6 ДеЗ Дg7 7 £lb3 £se7?
7...b5 was necessary.
8 £>а4! £3bc6? 9 ДЬб 1-0
Knights
J.Femandez Garcia - A.de la Fuente
Seville 1994
1 e4 c5 2 £sc3
2 £rf3 £ic6 (2...e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 £)xd4
£3c6 is a route to the Taimanov) 3 d4
cxd4 4 £\xd4 and now:
a) 4 ...Ш 5 £ к З e6 is the Four
Knights Sicilian.
al) 6 ДЬ5?! ДЬ4 7 Д g5? Д хсЗ+ 8
ЬхсЗ Ша5 9 Дхсб (9 Дх16 gxf6 10 Дхсб
ШсЗ+) 9..Mxg5 10 £if3 (10 Д а4 ®xg2)
Ю ...*с5 11 е5 (11 Д а4 Ш сЗ+ 12 * f l
* с4 + ) 1 l...£>g4 12 £)d4 Wxc3+ 13 ФП
Ьхсб 0-1 A.Ramaswamy-R.Pokoma, Bra­
tislava girls U-12 Wch 1993.
a2) 6 Д е2 and now:
a21) б...ДЬ4 7 Af3?! Ша5 8 £>db5??
®xb5 0-1 B.Spassky-Rodgaisky, USSR
1948.
a22) 6...a6 7 f4 ДЬ4 8 Ш З d5 9 e5
Budapest 1970. 11 Wxd4 Дс5.
аЗ) 6 £3db5 d6 7 ДГ4 e5 8 Д g5 trans­
b) 4...e6 is a standard move-order to
reach the Taimanov. Then:
bl) 5 Д14 £3ge7?? (5...Ш6; 5...£)xd4)
6 £)b5 £lg6 7 G3c7+ Фе7 8 Ш б+ ФТ6 9
£id5# 1-0 Gureev-Boiko, Stavropol
1983.
b2) 5 Д е2 Wc7 6 0-0 a6 7 £)c3 £>f6 8
аЗ b5 9 f4?? £ixd4 10 * h l £)xe2 П
 Semi-Open Games
Шхе2 ±Ъ7 12 f5 i.d 6 13 fxe6 dxe6 0-1
V.Mora-Joly, French Cht 1991.
b3) 5 c4 £lf6 6 £)c3 ± b 4 7 ^х с б bxc6
8 e5 &e4 9 ®d4 f5 10 ± e3 ®a5 0-1 P.Car-
rasco-J.Plachetka, Val Maubuee 1988.
White’s position, although poor, isn’t
resignable, as he can play 11 jLd2 £>xd2
(1 l...jLc5? 12 <йхе4 is good for White -
possibly this is what White missed;
ll...£lxc3 weakens W hite’s pawns) 12
&xd2 is obviously ungainly for White.
2...£lc6 3 £lf3 e6 4 d4 cxd4 5 <S^xd4
(D)
5.. ± e 7
5.. .Wc7 6 i.e 2 a6 7 0-0 £if6 8 i.e 3into a false sense of security.
l b 4 9 £ia4 i.d 6 10 £)b6 Sb8 11 g3
0-0?! 12‘2)c4 JLe7?? 13&b5 l-0M.Bed-
narska-D.Blimke, Polish Cht (Krynica)
1997. 13...axb5 14 i.b 6 or 13..Ш& 14
l b 6 tfe8 15 G3c7.
5.. .jLb4 6 £lxc6 Jtxc3+ (6...bxc6 7
Ш 4) 7 ЬхсЗ bxc6 8 &a3 Wa5? (8...d5) 9
Ш 6! Wxc3+ 10 * d l ® xal+ 11 * d 2
* d 8 12 » f8 + Фс7 13 Ad6+ 1-0 Bem-
stein-NN, Paris 1927.13...ФЬ7 14i.a6+.
5.. .a6 and then:
a) 6 i.f 4 £lge7?? 7 <2)db5! axb5 8
£)xb5 d5 (8...£\g6 9 <£>c7+ Фе7 10 ®d6+
&f6 11 S)d5#; 8...£lg8 9 £>c7+ Фе7 10
£.d6+ &f6 11 Wf3+) 9 Jic7 1-0 M.Tseit-
Hn-I.Taimanov, Leningrad 1981.
b) 6 a3 Wc7 7 i.e 2 d6 8 0-0 £>ge7?
(allowing a standard tactic) 9 £ldb5!
99
axb5 10 <S)xb5 t d 8 11 £ixd6+ 1-0
P.Petrovic-S.Lamoureux, Paris 1989.
c) 6 JLe2 Шс7 7 аЗ 4if6 8 0-0 i.e 7
(perhaps the fact that the bishop stops at
this square makes it harder for White to
see its possibility of subsequently mov­
ing to c5) 9 f4?? £ixd4 0-1 D.Zickelbein-
K.Hildebrand, Bundesliga worn 1991/2.
d) 6 i.e3:
d l) 6..Mc7 7 a3 £sge7? 8 £idb5! (a
standard idea) 8...axb5 9 <£)xb5 Wa5+ 10
b4 £lxb4 11 axb4 «xb4+ 12 c3 1-0 Dely-
Szollosi, Budapest 1963.
d2) 6...i.b4 7 i.d 3 &ge7 8 f4 d5 9 e5
<2)xd4 10 £.xd4 £>c6 11 i.e 2 Wa5 12 0-0
£)xd4 13 Wxd4 ilc 5 0-1 Harms-Mahl-
zahn, Liineburg 1935. White’s resigna­
tion is mistaken; after 14 J.b5+! Wxb5
(14...axb5 15 Шхс5 is worse) 15 £lxb5
JLxd4+ 16 <Sxd4 White is somewhat
better.
6 i.f4 a6 7 ^xc6 dxc6 8 Wxd8+
i.xd8 9 0-0-0 £ie7 10 i.d 6
Black is under considerable pressure,
but it is surprising that he loses material
so quickly - presumably the fact that the
position looks quite innocent lulled him
10.. .0-0? 11 ±a3!
With the unanswerable threat of Hxd8;
Black is too short of space to do anything
about it.
11.. .5e8 12 Sxd8 1-0
2 £rf3 d6 without 3 d4 or 3 JLb5+
Р.Л.Rasmussen - E.Brpndum
Copenhagen Open 1995
1 e4 c5 2 £>c3
2 £sf3 d6 3 £.c4 £ic6 4 0-0 e6 5 c3
£>f6 6 d4 ^ x e 4 7 d5 £te7 (7...exd5 8
®xd5 JLe6 9 'Sxe4 d5 is OK) 8 dxe6
jLxe6?? (8...fxe6 is essential) 9 JLxe6
fxe6 10 # a 4 + 1-0 G.Wetscherek-H.Er-
hart, Oberwart 1992.
2.. .d6 3 &f3 a6
 100 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

3...e5 4 i.c 4 £ic6 5 d3 £ige7 6 £.g5 8.. .#хс1+ 0-1 G.Malinvemo-M.Vujovic,

i.g 4 7 ^ d 5 £>d4?? 8 &xe5 (8 <^xd4 Castiglione Olona 1995.
jtx d l 9 JLb5+ also wins) 8 ...Jtxdl? (or b) 4 h3 <Sic6 5 d4 cxd4 6 cxd4 £}хе4 7
8...dxe5 9 * x g 4 ) 9 £if6+ gxf6 10 i.x f7 #
d5 Wa5+ 0-1 K.Rapatinski-H.Hermes-
1-0 Buckle-NN, London 1840. mann, Dortmund 1987. White should play
4 g3 g6 5 &g2 $Lg7 6 d3 £k6 7 ±e3on; 8 £)c3 £ixc3 9 bxc3 isn’t hopeless.
e5 8 Ш 2 ®d4 (D) c) 4 JLd3 ^hc6:
c l) 5 h3 Шс7 6 i.c 2 d5 7 d3 e6 8 0-0
JLd6 (when arranging his minor pieces
like this, Black must bear in mind the
possibility of a pawn fork by e5) 9 S e l
dxe4 10 dxe4 0-0 11 £ia3 Sd8 12 We2
a6?? 13 e5 1-0 R.Sanchez-E.Quintana,
Las Palmas 1996.
c2) 5 0-0 ± g 4 6 i.c 2 £ie5?! 7 i.a 4 +
^fd 7 ? ? (7...£ied7 constitutes a loss of
time, but doesn’t lose material) 8 ®xe5!
i.x d l 9 Axd7+ Wxd7 10 £}xd7 ± c2 11
£lxf8 $Lxe4 12 d4 ^ x fS 13 i.e 3 1-0
C. Filion-J.Deschesnes, Shawinigan 1990.
This move carries a threat that anyone 4.. .e5
who wishes to play this set-up as White Alternatively:
absolutely must be aware of. a) 4...£sxe4?? (a simple blunder, but
9 £sd5?? ±h3! one that is made quite often, and by quite
Amazingly, White loses material. reasonable players) 5 Wa4+ 1-0 J.Seret-
0-1 W.Liedl, Cappelle la Grande 1992 and
10 &xd4 i.x g 2 11 i.g 5 ШЬ8!? 12 D. Wemer-A.Zelner, Saint Martin 1993.
S g l cxd4 13 2xg2 h6 forces the win of b) 4...£)c6 5 d4 £lxe4?? (5...cxd4 6
two pieces for a rook: 14 £ib6 hxg5 15 cxd4 £ixe4 7 d5 Wa5+) 6 d5 £ e 5 7 Wa4+
£>xa8. 1-0 Van Horenbeke-De Bolster, Brussels
1984.
F.Prochownik - J.Minko 5 d4 cxd4
Krynica 1994 5.. .exd4.
1 e4 c5 2 £>f3 d6 3 c3 £)f6 6 cxd4 £sxe4 7 dxe5 #a5+?
3...£\c6 4 d4 i.g 4 5 d5 <Sie5?? 6 £>xe5 7.. .6 .6 .
(1-0 M.Szpakowski-Siedlecki, Polish Ch 8 <S3bd2 dxe5
1957): Trying to hold on to this pawn gets
a) 6...dxe5 7 Wxg4 1-0 Rellstab-Butz- Black into trouble. 8...£)c6 is also met by
bach, Hamburg 1968. 9 0-0.
b) 6 ...i.x d l 7 i.b 5 + ^Шd^ 8 i.x d 7 + 9 0-0 £ixd2 10 ±xd2 Wc7 11 i.b5+
1-0 Suetin-Travnicek, Olomouc 1975. Ad7 12 I c l ШЬ6?
4±e2 12.. .1.c6 13 £sxe5 Ad6 14 i.a5 !;
Or: 12.. .Ш 8 13 £sxe5 Axb5 14 Wb3!.
a) 4 i.b 5 + i.d 7 5 i.x d 7 + £ibxd7 6 13 Sc8+ 1-0
We2 Wc7 7 d4 (7 0-0) 7...cxd4 8 cxd4?? 13.. .Фе7 14 i.xd7 &xd7 15 2xf8 2xf8
(8 0-0!? or 8 £)xd4 should be preferred) 16 £.a5+ W d6 17 Wxd6+ & xd6 18 i.b4+.
 Semi-Open Games
Moscow Variation
S.Buchal - H.Schneider
Hessen Ch (Domigheim) 1994
1 e4 c5 2 £lf3 d6 3 ДЬ5+ Д d7
3...£k;6 and now:
a) 4d4cxd4 5 ® xd4'»d7 6 1td 3 a 6 7
Д хсб Wxc6 8 c4 b5 9 cxb5?? « х с 1 +
(presumably White had simply forgotten
about this loose bishop) 10'4>e 2 'i ,xhl 11 £>d4!? (11 ®e2 thxa.2) 1 l...1ifxd4 12
Ш 5 Sb8 12 Ьхаб Дха6+ 13 ФеЗ Шс1+ '&a4+ with a messy game in prospect.
0-1 C.Liew-I.Hakki, Lucerne OL 1982.
b) 4 0-0:
b l) 4...e5 5 c3 ^.g4 6 d4 a6 7 Дхс6+
bxc6 8 dxe5 J.xf3 9 ®xf3 dxe5 10 £id2
Шс7 11 £ic4 M l 12 % 3 i.f 6 13 f4 1-0
K.Gilg-A.Danzl, Rosenheim Ch 1961.
b2) 4,..g6 5 c3 i.g 7 6 d4 cxd4 7
£ixd4 «Ь6?! 8 ДеЗ e5?? 9 £if5 ШхЬ5 10
4ixd6+ 1-0 L.Dambo-V.Pejnovic, Hercu-
lane girls U-12 Ech 1994.
4 Дxd7+ ^ x d 7 5 0-0 £)gf6 6 ®e2 g66...£sxd4 7 Wxd4 g6) 7 ДеЗ d5? (this is
7 c3 Д g7 8 d4 cxd4 9 cxd4 d 5 10 e5 £ie4
11 £>el f6 12 f3 £ig5 13 e6 (D)
Before resigning, one should always
look for hidden resources. Black should
play on. 13...£rf8?? loses to 14 ^bS-t-,
but 13...£\b8!? 14 h4 (14 ^ x g 5 fxg5 15
« Ь 5 + & с 6 ) 14...«te8 15 « b 5 + & f8 16
hxg5 ® xcl 17 W xbl ®c6 and 13...£fo6
14 M g 5 (14 h4 * c 8 !) 14...fxg5 15
Wb5+ Ф48 16 £ic2 are worth trying.
101
2 £if3 d6 3 d4 Miscellaneous
Aleksandrov - Sharaburko
corr. 1988
1 e4 c5 2 f4 £ic6 3 £if3 d6 4 d4 cxd4 5
£ixd4 £\f6 6 ^ c3 # b 6 7 £>ЬЗ Деб!? 8
£)d5?! ^xd5?
8.. ^ x d 5 9 exd5 £\b4 10 c4 ^ е 4
(10...g6 is perfectly OK for Black) 11
9exd5'Srb4+ 10 ФО!
10 c3 # e4 + ; 10 £id2 Дxd5.
1-0
E.Lubarsky - Christiansen
SJ City College 1982
1 e4 c5 2 £>f3 d6
2.. .£\c6 3 d4 cxd4 4 £ixd4 d6 5 c4
£\f6 6 £)сЗ еб?! (this gives W hite a
bind without any inconvenience; 6...g6;
asking way too much of Black’s position)
8 cxd5 exd5 9 ДЬ5 # d 6 (9...Ad7 10
exd5) 10 exd5 <£sxd5 11 £ixd5 ®xd5 12
<2)xc6 WxdlH- (12...#xb5 13 Ш 8#) 13
fixdl 1-0 E.Berg-W.Neto, Bratislava
U-12 Wch 1993.
3 d4 cxd4 4 5)xd4
4 lfxd4:
a) 4...£ ic6 5 ДЬ5 m i 6 « а 4 аб 7 0-0
£}f6?! 8 e5 axb5? (a desperate sacrifice
in a difficult situation) 9 ®xa8 dxe5 10
&c3 e4 11 fid l tT 5 12 £\h4 1-0 M.de
Zeeuw-R.Witt, Dutch Cht 1987.
b) 4...a6 5 ДеЗ:
b l) 5...b5?? 6 Wd5 Шс7 7 Wxa8 £sc6
8 £\c3 e6 9 £ixb5 1-0 Z.Veroci-Petronic
- E.Kondou, Thessaloniki worn OL
1984.
b2) 5...&f6 6 S)c3 S)c6 7 Wd2 e6
(this and the next move allow White to
set up heavy pressure against d6) 8 0-0-0
m i 9 ДГ4 £\e5?? (9...e5 10 Дg5 gives
White firm control of the key d5-square)
10 £)xe5 1-0 E.Vasiukov-A.Yasseen,
102 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

Doha 1992. 10...dxe5 11 Дхе5 Wxe 5? 9 J.d2 <5ixd2??

12 «М8#. 9.. .Wb6 10 ДеЗ.
4...£lf6 5 Дс4?! (D) 10 ±xd7+ 1-0
A funny move, which objectively can
hardly be better than 5 £>c3, but is trappy. M.Ashley - A.Zelner
St Martin 1993
1 e4 c5 2 £if3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 <S3xd4
£ f6 5 £>c3 e5 6 ДЬ5+ i.d 7 7 ±xd7+
Wxd7 8 £)f5 g6?!
8.. .<йхе4 9 %3xg7+ jLxg7 10 <йхе4 d5
11 ДЬб dxe4 (11...0-0) 12 i.x g 7 Bg8.
9 i.g5! ^xe4 10 £ixe4 ® xf511 WdS
£)d7??
11.. .£ic6.
12 ШхЬ7 1-0
12.. .Hb8 13 4ti'6+.

Classical Sicilian
5.. .£}xe4
5.. .Wa5+ is not so clear either: K.Harandi - J.Speelman
a) 6 Jtd2 Ше5. London Lloyds Bank 1989
b) 6 Ш 2 We5 (6...Wxd2+1 ^ x d 2 is 1 e4 c5 2 £if3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 £>xd4
safe for Black) 7 f3 d5 8 i.b5+. ®f6 5 £ic3 £ic6 (D)
c) 6 £lc3 <£sxe4 7 Wf3 £)f6 gives
White some compensation.
Other moves to consider are 5...e6!?,
5...g6, 5...e5 and 5...<53c6 6 £lc3 (not 6
£lxc6 bxc6 7 e5? #a5 + ), which is a
Sozin.
6«h5!
6 i.x f7 + ^ x f7 7 Wh5+ g6 8 Wd5+ e6
9 # x e 4 A g l is quite good for Black.
6.. .e6
6.. .g6?! 7 Ш 5 f5 8 * f 7 + * d 7 9
Деб+ (9 £ie6 « а 5 + 10 c3 We5) 9...Фс7
10 £\Ь5+ Феб (Ю...ФЬ6 11 Лхс8 ®хс8
12 ®ЬЗ) 11 М 5 + Фd7 12Дхе4 fxe4 13 6&g5
i.d2. This is the Richter-Rauzer Attack,
7 ДЬ5+ М 7 White’s most popular possibility at this
7.. .Фе7 is obviously inconvenient forpoint.
Black, but it is not clear how White 6 ДеЗ i.g4?! 7 f3 Дб5 8 Wd2 <£ixd4?!
should break through. 9 ± x d 4 e5? 10 ДЬ5+ £sd7 (Ю...Фе7 11
8 £ixe6 Ш5+ « g 5 ! wins, since ll...exd4? 12 £ld5+
8.. . t b 6 9 ДеЗ; 8...®c8 allows White
Феб 13 Wf5# is mate) 11 Дхе5! dxe5 12
an advantage by simple means; 8...g6 9 0-0-0 1-0 Kiu Sen-N.Ginting, Jakarta
£)xd8 gxh5 10 Jtxd7+. World Cities 1997.
 Semi-Open Games
6 Д е2 e5 7 4ib3 i.e 7 8 ДеЗ 0-0 9 0-0 6..
Деб 10 ®d2 a5 11 a4 £ib4 12 f4 Ec8 13
f5? Sxc3! 0-1 Thinnsen-Strauss, Lone
Pine 1981. 14 bxc3 53xe4 is very good
for Black.
6 Д с4 (D) is the Sozin Attack:
a) 6.. .g6? 7 £lxc6 bxc6 8 e5! dxe5 ?? 9
l.x f7 + 1-0 P.Stenner-P.Husfeldt, Bargte-
heide 1989, P.Vavrak-B.Mohsin, Duisburg
U-10 Wch 1992 and A.Bonaveri-Lim
Chin Lee, Szeged U-18 Wch 1994.
b) 6.. A d i 1 ДеЗ thgA 8 0-0 £ixe3 9
fxe3 &e5?? 10 Ш 5 \ g6? (10...e6 11
£>хеб) 11 WxeS 1-0 Zuidema-H.Ree,
Holland 1967.
c) 6...a6 7 0-0 e6 8 a3 Д е7 9 Ь4?!
Wc7 10 Wd3?? the 5 0-1 V.Khapilin-
Y.Khavanov, Novgorod 1995.
d) 6...®Ъ6 7 £>db5 a6 8 Д еЗ # a 5 9
thdA <£lxe4?! is very risky for Black:
d l) 1 0 i.x f7 + ? ^ x f7 110-0£\xc3 12
1T3+ <&g8 13 £>xc6 Wd5 0-1 A.Razmys-
lov-G.Fish, USSR Spartakiad 1991.
d2) 10 thb31 thx сЗ 11 i.x f7 + Ф хП
12 Wd3 Ш 5 13 Wxc3 # b 4 0-1 J.Pichu-
aga-S.Mohandesi, Erevan OL 1996.
d3) 10 Wf3! gives White extremely
dangerous play.
e) 6...e6 7 JLg5 «Ъ 6 8 Axf6 gxf6 9
£\db5 the5 10 ДЬЗ Eg8 11 0-0 a6 12
£sd4?7 ®xd4! 0-1 S.Sursock-B.Larsen,
Siegen OL 1970.
6...e6
103
.a6 7 Wd2 th d lll 8 Д е2 g6 9 £>d5
f6?? 10 the 6 Wa5 11 £)dc7+ * f 7 12
£id8+ 1-0 Foldeak-F.Nagy, Budapest
1942.
6.. .M 1 7 ®d2:
a) l...thxdA 8 Wxd4 ®a5 9 f4 Ec8 10
e5 dxe5 11 fxe5 Дсб? 12 b4! 1-0 Bare-
tic-Radulov, Vr§ac 1971.
b) 7...Hc8 8 0-0-0 e6? 9 £idb5 1-0
J.van der Wiel-J.van Mil, Netherlands
1977.
7 td 2
7 thx сб bxc6 8 e5 (Richter’s original
idea, before Rauzer introduced the set-up
with Wd2) 8...®a5 9 ДЬ5 cxb5 10 exf6
b4 11 Ш З bxc3?? 12 Шс6+ 1-0 Koch-
Kuppe, Berlin 1932.
7.. A e 7 8 0-0-0
8 £\b3 0-0 9 0-0-0 Wb6 10 £>a4?! W cl
11 £.xf6?! i.x f6 12 Wxd6?? i.g 5 + 0-1
Tritschler-Schindler, Zittau 1956. 13
* b l Ed8.
8.. .0.0
8.. .d5? 9 exd5 £lxd5 10 A x e l thdxell\
11 Wg5! £3g6 12 Шс5 ®xd4?? 13 Sxd4
1-0 K.Gilg-A.Danzl, Rosenheim Ch
1972. 13..JU 7 14 Sxd7!.
9 £3db5 Ша510 ±xf6 ± x f 6 11 thx d6
Sd8 12 thcATl
12 f4 e5 13 Ш 5 Wc7 14 f5 £>d4! leads
to equahty after some complications.
12.. .1 .d 2 0-1
White is losing a piece.
Dragon Variation
Lakos - Lipp
Balatonbereny 1995
1 e4 c5 2 &f3 d6
2.. .£>c6:
a) 3 d4 cxd4 4 thxdA <Sif6 5 4ic3 d6 6
g3 g6 7 i.g 2 Ad7 8 0-0 ± g 7 9 h3 ШеЪ 10
4>h2?? £ixd4 0-1 Ritson-Morry - Crown,
Harrogate 1947.
b) 3 £sc3 g6 4 d4 cxd4 5 £>xd4 Ag7
6 Д еЗ £sf6 7 Д е2 0-0 8 £ib3 d6 9 f4
 104 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
± d l 10 g4 ZhaS 11 g5 £le8 12 h4 f5??
1-0 W.Haist-R.Grimm, Wiirttemberg Ch
1995. 13 Ш 5+ .
3d4
3 S3c3 £lc6 4 d4 cxd4 5 £ixd4 g6 6
ДеЗ ± g 7 7 ± c 4 £if6 8 f3 ® b6 9 ДЬ5
Zhdlll (9...®c7 is satisfactory, for exam­
ple 10 £kl5 £sxd5 11 exd5 a6 12 JLa4
Ша5+ 13 c3 Wxd5 14 £ixc6 ttx d l+ 15
fixdl Jtd7) 10 £sd5 Ша5+ 11 Ь4 t a 3
(1 l...£\xb4 12 i.d 2 i.x d 4 13 Axb4) 12
JLcl 1-0 J.Norri-P.Krook, Helsinki 1996.
3...cxd4 4 £sxd4 <Slf6 5 £k3 g6 6 Ag5
Or:
a) 6 i.c 4 i.g 7 7 JLe3 0-0 8 f3 ®c7 9
i.b 3 a6 10 Ш 2 b5 11 i.h 6 &с6? 12
Zhxc6 ®xc6 13 *SM5 1-0 O.Schuhmacher-
S.Ramroth, Polch 1990. Black can fight
on with 13...Ha7.
b) 6 i.e 2 i.g 7 7 i.e 3 £>c6 8 f4 Wb6 9
e5 dxe5?? 10 <£ixc6 1-0 Cotta-Camara,
Brazil 1965.
c) 6 $Le3:
c l) 6...£sg4?? 7 i.b 5 + (1-0 Szabo-
Soos, 1946 and V.Borsony-A.Laustsen,
corr. 1956):
cl 1) 1...&A18 ®xg4 1-0 Rahn-L.Rell-
stab, Germany 1941.
cl2) 7...Slc6 8 ‘Sixc6 1-0 B.Babcock-
Griffin, Columbus 1981.
c2) 6...i.g7 7 i.e 2 0 -0 8 0-0S lc69a4
S)g4?? 10 JLxg4 jLxg4 11 £lxc6 J.x d l
1-0 V.Valenta-R.Cemin, Czech U-16 Ch
(Svetla) 1994.
d) 6 f4 is the trappy Levenfish Attack:
d l) 6...i.g4?! 7 i.b 5 + Slbd7 8
Jtxd7+ Wxd7 9 Ш З e5 10 £\f3 &xf3 11
®xf3 tg 4 ? ? 12 Skl5! 1-0 V.Korchnoi-
B.Spassky, Leningrad 1948.
d2) 6 ...£ \c 6 7 £ b 5 i.d 7 8 i.e 3 i.g 7 9
Ш 2 0-0 10 0-0-0 S)g4 11 i . g l £)xd4
12 i.x d 4 e5 13 fxe5?? i.h 6 0-1 M.Eli-
seev-F.Felecan, Szombathely U-14 Ech
1993.
d3) 6 jk.g7 7 e5 dxe5 (D) is risky, but
...
playable for Black:
d31) 8 ,£,b5+ i f 8?? (8...£lfd7) 9
S)e6+ 1-0 H.Teupe-W.Wittig, Landau
1988.
d32) 8fxe5:
d321) 8...i.g4?! 9 i.b 5 + <4>f8?? 10
S3e6+ 1-0 U.Muller-F.Hoffmann, St. Ing-
bert 1995.
d322) 8.. ,£kl5?! 9 i.b 5 + & f 8 10 ± c 4
£1хсЗ?? 11 S3e6+ 1-0 Z.Kviatkovska-
N.Jauk, Rimavska Sobota girls U-16 Ech
1996.
d323) 8...£ig4? 9 i.b 5 + * f8 ?7 (1-0
J.L.Alvarez-C.Hounie Fleurquin, Mon­
tevideo 1961) 10 Sle6+ (1-0 Aguilera-
H.Lopez, Madrid 1946, M.Ovezova-
N.Lopez, Szeged girls U-16 Wch 1994,
J-F.Krebs - A.Mauerhofer, Bad Ragaz
1995 and Kolar-Riznar, Bled 1996)
10...fxe6 11 Wxd8+ <A>f7 (1-0 M.Palmer-
M.Abbou, Novi Sad worn OL 1990) 12
0-0+ S)f6 13 Wc7 1-0 K.Gumirov-
S.Rudzh, Moscow Alekhine mem 1996.
d324) 8...Slfd7 is necessary.
6.. .± g 7 7 i.b 5 +
7 i.e 2 £sc6 8 0-0 0-0 9 * h l Slxe4? 10
Zhxсб£ЗхсЗ 11 £lxe7+ ‘&h8?(ll...'Bfxe7
12 ± x e7 Slxdl 13 ± x f8 ) 12 bxc3 f6 13
S)xc8 1-0 J.Fontaine-P.Jodoin, Quebec
1997.
7.. .1.d7 8 We2 £ic6 9 0-0-0 0-0 10
JLxc6 bxc6 11 e5 (D)
ll.-.W aS??
1 l...dxe5 12 £ixc6 ®e8 13 £ixe5 (13
£}xe7+ W xel 14 £\d5 ®e6 15 i.x f6
 Semi-Open Games
l x f 6 16 &xf6+ ®xf6 17 Hxd7 Wg5+)
13...£.e6 14 Hhel He8 15 Ш б Hc5 is the
theoretical line, though White is proba­
bly a little better.
12 £>b3 1-0
The queen cannot maintain the pin
along the fifth rank, and 12...®xe5 13
®xe5 dxe5 14 JLxf6 followed by Hxd7
costs Black a piece.
Scheveningen Variation
V.Jansa - A.Ziegler
Gausdal Arnold. Cup 1990
1 e4 c5 2 £rf3 e6
The Scheveningen is often reached via
a Najdorf move-order, viz. 2...d6 3 d4
cxd4 4 |53xd4 £sf6 5 <§3c3 a6:
a) 6 £.c4 e6 7 i.b 3 b5 8 *T3 «fc7 9
l g 5 Д е7 10 0-0-0 0-0 11 e5 Ab7 12
exf6 Axf3 13 fxe7 jLxdl?? 1-0 Strzalka-
Heim, Central Europe worn Cht 1989.14
“Sixe6.
b) 6 JLe3 e6:
b l) 7 f3 b5 8 * d 2 £\bd7 9 0-0-0 i.b 7
10 g4 h6 11 ± g 2 ^ e 5 12 Ш З ?? (per­
haps imagining that ...^ c 4 had already
been played) 12...£ixd3+ 0-1 C.Zerbib-
V.Gurevich, Cappelle la Grande 1995.
b2) 7 i.e 2 b5 8 i.f 3 <£sfd7 9 0-0 &.Ы
10 e5 ©c8 11 exd6 1-0 J.Plachetka-
J.Cosson, French Cht 1992.
The Taimanov provides further scope
for transpositions: 2...<53c6 3 d4 cxd4 4
105
£lxd4 e6 5 4ic3 d6 6 JLe2 J.e7 7 J.e3
£}f6 8 Ш 2 a6 9 f4 ± d 7 10 i.f3 ?! (10
£lb3) 10...£\a5 11 b3 He8 12 £lce2? e5!
13 ®f5 JLxf5 0-1 F.F.Jensen-B.Ander-
sen, Danish Ch (Copenhagen) 1968. 14
exf5 e4.
3 £ te3
3 d4 cxd4 4 £3xd4 £>f6 5 53c3 d6 is the
main starting position of the Scheve­
ningen:
a) 6 i.c 4 i.e 7 7 i.e 3 0-0 8 ®e2?! d5
9 Jtd3?? e5 0-1 Perez-M.Suba, Badalona
1993.
b) 6 g4 (the Keres Attack):
b l) 6...£ic6 7 g5 &d7 8 i.e 3 i.e 7 9
Ш 5 <ЙЬ6 10 0-0-0 e5 11 £>db5 a6 12
£.xb6 ®xb6 13 £id5 1-0 K.Berg-M.Tra-
tar, Groningen 1993.
b2) 6...h6 7 h4 ± e 7 8 Hgl d5 9 i.b 5 +
<&f8 10 f3 e5 11 £if5 £.xf5 12 exf5 d4 13
£\e2 Wa5+ 0-1 R.Gaughan-P.Cooksey,
Welsh Ch (Swansea) 1995.
3.. .a6 4 d4 cxd4 5 4ixd4 d6 6
£if6 7 0-0 i.e 7 8 a4 0-0 9 ± е З Ь6?! 10
& f3 ± b 7 ? 11 e5 ± x f3
11.. .£\d5 12<53xd5 exd5 13 £lf5 is aw­
ful for Black; ll...dxe5 12 JLxb7exd4 13
JLxa8 gives White an extra exchange.
12 Wxf3 dxe5 13 <5lxe6!
13 Wxa8 exd4 is not at all clear.
1-0
13.. .e4 (13...fxe6 14 Wxa8) 14 £)xe4
fxe6 15 53xf6+.
Najdorf Variation without 6 Jtg5
L.Hoyos Millan - J.Yedidia
Peabody Open 1992
1 e4 c5 2 £>f3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 £lxd4
5 ФсЗ аб (D)
6 f4
Or:
a) 6 Ae3 and now:
al) 6...£sbd7 7 Ac4 b5 8 &d5 £lxd5
9 &xd5 e6?? 10 foc6 lfh 4 11 £ic7# 1-0
Gelinas-Sanchez, New Jersey 1975.
106 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
a2) 6...®>g4 7 i.g 5 h6 8 i.h 4 g5 9
&g3 i.g 7 10 f3?? £le3 0-1 S.Wagman-
N.Rashkovsky, Forli 1992.
a3) 6...e5:
a31) 7 £ib3 i.e 6 8 fU 2 <^bd7 9 f3
Sc8 10 0-0-0 Ь5 11 g4 h6 12 h4 £>b6 13
4lc5?? (a major misconception) 13...dxc5
0- 1 E.Ilfeld-Y.Griinfeld, Israeli Ch (Tel
Aviv/Ramat-Gan) 1994.
a32) 7 £>f3 1 x 7 8 1 x 4 0-0 9 0-0 b5??
10 jLd5 £lxd5 11 ®xd5 1-0 I.Smirin-
M.Huizer, Groningen 1996.
b) 6 £lb3 g6 7 1 x 2 i.g 7 8 1 x 3 b5? 9
e5 dxe5 10 l f 3 e4 11 £lxe4 Ш 5 12
Wxd5 1-0 Gragger-Vieltorf, Vienna 1952.
c) 6 1 x 4 :
c l) 6...b5 7 l b 3 l b 7 8 0-0£)xe4??9
ШЗ d5? (9..Т5 10 Wxf5 <2)f6 leaves Black
with horrible weaknesses) 10 £)xe4 dxe4
11 i.x f7 + * d 7 12 Wf5+ Фс7 13 <2)e6+
1- 0 V.Vamos-M.Kanep, Szombathely
U-lOEch 1993.
c2) 6...£)bd7 7 0-0 b5 8 l d 5 ^ x d 5 9
£}xd5 e6?? 10 £)c6 ® h4 11 £lc7# 1-0
B.Ripert-F.Crapis, Paris 1996.
d) 6 1 x 2 £lbd7 7 f4 Wb6 8 g4 h6 9 g5
hxg5 10 fxg5 <S)g8?? (Black should have
tried 10...e5 or 10...'Sixe4 11 £)xe4 Sh4)
П Ы 5Ш ь5+ (П ...Ш 8 12-йеб!) 12 b4
ШъА 1 3 ^ c 7 + * d 8 1-0 Shmit-O.Demen-
tiev, Dnepropetrovsk 1970.
6.. .Шс7 £\bd7 (Ю .-^Ь б 11 ФЫ Wxd4?? 12
6.. .e5 7 £if3 « а5 ?! 8 l d 2 1x7?! 9Axb5+) 11 b4?? ® b6 0-1 A.Vlatten-
£>d5 ®c5? 10 1 x 3 ®a5+? 11 сЗ (11 b4) M.Wurm, Dortmund 1993. 12 £ice2 e5.
1 l...lg 4 ? ? (Il...£>xd5) 12 l b 6 1-0
Baum-Spohr, corr. 1968.
6.. .£)c6 7 1 x 2 l.d 7 8 0-0 ®b6 9 1x 3
£ig4?? 10 l.x g 4 l.x g 4 11 ®xg4 £>xd4
12 £ld5 1-0 A.Medina-V.Pacheco, Lin­
ares 1978.
6.. .* b 6 7 £>f3 g6 8 a4 l g 7 9 Ш З
£sc6 10 1 x 3 Wb4 11 -5M2 ®xb2 12 2 b 1
<5ib4 0-1 Kuntermann-Geisel, corr. 1989.
13 2xb2 (13 Ш 5+ axb5 14 2xb2 £lg4)
13...£ixd3+ 14 cxd3 £lg4.
7 l.d 3 b5 8 0-0 £>bd7 9 g4 b 4 10 &a4
£\c5 11 £>xc5 Шхс5 0-1
White is losing a pawn or a piece, but
shouldn’t resign: 12 ФЫ (12 A e2e5 13
l e 3 exd4 14 l.x d 4 holds decent swindle
potential) 12...1xg4 13 Wd2 looks like
some compensation.
Najdorf with 6 JLg5
C.van den Berg - J.Donner
Noordwijk 1965
1 e4 c5 2 £lf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 -Sixd4
£lf6 5 <2ic3 a6 6 l g 5 e6
6.. .£>bd7 and now:
a) 7 1 x 2 e6 8 i.h 5 !? ®a5? 9 £lxe6!
£ixh5? 10 Ь4 Ш 6 11 <2)d5 1-0 E.Wal-
ther-E.Zellner, corr. 1974.
b) 7 1x4:
b l) 7...e6 8 0-0 b5? 9 i.x e6 !! fxe6
10 £\xe6 Ш 6 11 G3d5 £)xd5 12 Wxd5
Ha7 13 £>c7+! (14 Ше6+ will mate) 1-0
A.Hall-I.Stem, Zagreb 1957.
b2) 7...h6 8i.xf6gxf6??(8...-S)xf6)9
l.xf7+! (9 Wh5 <£x5 was presumably the
line Black envisaged, but White finds a
quicker way to bring the queen into the
attack) 9...&xf7 10 Ш)5+ Фg8 11 Wg6+
l g 7 12 4lx6 1-0 Voorema-Zakharian,
Minsk 1964.
7f4
7 Ad3 Ae7 8 0-0 b5 9 a3 АЬ7 10 f4
 Semi-Open Games 107

7.. .£>bd7 2.. .d5 3 e5 c5 4 b4!?

7.. .b5 8 e5 dxe5 9 fxe5 Шс7 10 ®e2 This move is quite a dangerous gam­
£ifd7 11 0-0-0 £>xe5?? 12 ^ d x b 5 axb5 bit.
13 4lxb5 (or 13 Wxe5) 1-0 J.Gottschalk- 4.. .cxb4
H.Buker, corr. 1974. 4.. .c4 (Black frequently declines in
7.. .Д е7 8 tT 3 Wc7 9 0-0-0 Ь5?! 10this way, but it doesn’t remove all dan­
e5 i.b 7 11 exd6 (11 % 3 ) ll...i.x f3 ? ? ger) 5 c3 ®e7 6 d3 Wc77\ (6...cxd3) 7
(Black should have tried ll...Jtx d 6 ) 12 dxc4 dxc4 8 £3a3 £)bc6?? (8...a6 9
dxc7 i.x g 2 ? 13 cSW+ JLd8 1-0 E.Shel- £\xc4 £>d5) 9 £>Ь5 Ш 6 10 £ld6+ 1-0
ton-L.Rimpel, US Open 1993. D.Jongsma-D.Beals, Haarlem 1996.
7.. .Шс7 8 Wf3 Д е7 9 0-0-0 0-0?! 10 5 аЗ ЬхаЗ 6 d4 ^ сб 7 c3 ^d7 8 ± d 3
i.d 3 b5?? 11 e5 ДЬ7 12 Wh3 1-0 Hi- f5 9 g4!? (D)
arcs6 Computer-S.Kautz, Bad Godesberg
1997. 12,..dxe5 13 i.x f6 e4 14 Дхе7.
8 Ш * c 7 9 0-0-0 I b 8 10 ±d 3 b 511
S hel b4? 12 <5M5! »b7? 13 Дхаб 1-0

French Defence
Vangsgaard - Drechsler
corr. 1991
Ie 4 e 6 2 ^ f 3
2 c4 d5 3 cxd5 exd5 4 ®ЬЗ?! (a decent
surprise weapon for use in five-minute
games, perhaps, but no more than that!) An amusing echo.
4...dxe4 5 Д с4 Ше7 6 £ic3 c6 7 a4 (it 9.. .g6
looks very suspicious when White has to 9.. .fxg4 10 £sg5 £>h6.
play preventative pawn moves so soon 10 gxf5 gxf5?
after his gambit) 7...£ld7 8 £lge2 £lc5 9 10.. .exf5.
Wc2 Деб! 10 d4 exd3 11 Axd3 Hd8 12 11 £\g5! h5
Д е4 ДЬЗ 0-1 J.Bathke-H.Willke, Reg- 11.. .£lge7 12 # h 5 + £)g6 13 &xh7;
ionalliga Niedersachsen 1989/90. 11...We? 12 * h 5 + * d 8 13 £>f7+ <&c7
2 d3 d5 3 £\d2 £\{6 and now: 14 £\xh8.
a) 4 g3 dxe4 5 dxe4 Д с5 6 £)gf3?? 12 Де2 1-0
£ig4 (0-1 S.Haubrich-G.Orlov, Chicago
1991) 7 We2 ДхР2+ 8 * d l £le3+ 0-1 G.Greco - NN
M.Hassan-F.Rachedi, Manila worn OL 1620?
1992. 1 e4 e6 2 d4 <£if6?!
b) 4 &gf3 Дс5 5 e5 &fd7 6 c3 f6 7 d4 Other rare deviations from the normal
Д е7 8 ± d 3 0-0 9 exf6 Axf6 10 0-0 e5? and logical 2...d5 are:
(while strategically desirable, it is no a) 2...a6 3 Д с4 b5 4 ДЬЗ ДЬ7 5 f3
surprise that this advance fails in view c5 6 dxc5 Дхс5 7 Wd3 # b 6 8 ^ h 3 £lc6
of Black’s backward development) 11 9 ± f 4 £lf6 10 ± d6?? £lb4 11 Дхс5
dxe5 £ixe5 12 <£xe5 Дхе5 13 Ш 5 1-0 £\xd3+ 0-1 P.Sang-B.Cook, Los Angeles
K.Busch-F.Kuczera, Mannheim 1990. 1991.
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b) 2...b6: 4 f3 exf3
bl) 3 ± f4 k b l 4 £id2 c5 5 £igf3 £T6 4.. .£>f6 is less obliging.
6 i.d 3 £\c6 7 c3 cxd4 8 £sxd4?? e5! 5 &xf3 Ш 6 i.d 3 i.d6?!
(White has three loose pieces, and one of 6.. .£lbd7 intending ...c5 is a sensible
them must drop off) 9 <5)xc6 dxc6! 0-1 way to focus attention on the centre and
R.Ferrer-J.Morchon, Aragon Ch 1992. away from the f-file.
b2) 3 i.d 3 i.b 7 : 7 0-0 0-0 8 £ibd2 c6?! 9 £)g5 h6
b21) 4 c4 d5 5 cxd5 exd5 6 e5 c5 7 Black has failed to develop well, and
i.e 3 cxd4 8 i.x d 4 i b 4 + 9 £ic3 ix c 3 + has castled into an attack.
10 ЬхсЗ £\c6 11 e 6 f6 ? ? (ll...& x d 4 ) 12 10 £)de4! hxg5 11 S)xf6+ gxf6 12
№ 5 + * f8 ? (12...g6 13 i.xg6+ ) 13 * h 5 Ie8
Wf7# 1-0 D.Markovic-Bjekic, Novi Sad 12.. .f5 13 i.x g 5 i.e 7 14 i.x e7 Wxe7
1988. 15 2f3.
b22) 4 £>f3 c5 5 c3 cxd4 6 cxd4 i a 6 13 £.xg5 1-0
7 i.x a6 £>xa6 8 0-0 £if6 9 £>c3 i b 4 ? ! 10
e5 i.xc3? (this is not a contender for the Exchange Variation
Zwischenzug of the Year Award) 11 exf6
# x f6 ( ll...i.b 4 12 fxg7 Hg8 13 Wd3 Makarov - Yazeen
Zhcl 14 Wxh7) 12 ЬхсЗ 1-0 F.Braga- USSR 1972
H.del Campo, General Pico City 1996. 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 exd5 4 5)c3
3 i.d 3 £ic6 4 £if3 i.e7 5 h4 0-0? 6 e5 4 c4 i.d 6 5 £ic3 dxc4 6 i.x c 4 i.f5?! 7
£\d5 7 i.xh7+! * f 3 # е 7 + 8 £ige2 i.d 7 ?? (8...i.c8) 9
This game, and Greco’s analysis of it, ®xb7 i.c 6 10 ®c8+ # d 8 11 i.x f7 + 1-0
has caused this now standard sacrifice to C.Andersson-F.McCluskey, Farum worn
be known as the Greek Gift, and one of 1993.
the standard mating patterns that arises 4 JLd3 and now:
from it to be called the Greco Mate. a) 4,..i.d6 5 £ie2 £>f6 6 i.g 5 0-0 7
7.. .ФхЬ7 8 £)g5+ i.xg5 0- 0? i.xh2+ 8 &xh2 £>g4+ 9 * g 3 Wxg5
8.. .* g 6 9 h5+ * h 6 (9 „.* f5 10 g4#)10f4 Ше7 11 H hl ШЗ+ 12* h 4 £tf2 0-1
10 5)xf7++ £ h 7 ll£ )x d 8 . V.Doesburgh-G.St&hlberg, Munich 1936.
9 hxg5+ Ф & 10 Wh5 f5 11 g6 S e 8 12 b) 4...& c65£\e2l.d66£sbc3£> b47
Wh8# 1-0 <S?lb5 <2ixd3+ 8 Wxd3 JLb4+?! (it is not
worth so much time to preserve the
Krejcik - NN bishop-pair - especially when it involves
Vienna 1909 putting one of the bishops on a lousy
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 i.e3?! square!) 9 сЗ Д а5 10 # g 3 g6?? 11 # e 5 +
3 c4? (an even more suspect gambit) 1- 0 C.Drechsler-U.Eggenberger, Coupe
3...dxe4 4 £lc3 i.b 4 5 i d 2 Wxd4 6 1987.
# a 4 + £ic6 7 0-0-0 i x c 3 8 i.g 5 i.xb2+ 4.. .£.b4 5 Wf3 £>e7 6 i.d 3 c5 7 dxc5
9 &Ы Wb6?? (9...b5 wins) 10 2d8# 1-0 d4 8 аЗ Ша5 (D)
E.Diemer-Buerger, Germany 1948. Saving the bishop by a pin.
3.. .dxe4 9 S b l dxc3 10 b3?
3.. .£tf6 4 f3 c5 5 dxc5 * c 7 6 c3 ± xc5 10 axb4? Wa2 traps the rook; 10 ДеЗ
7 i.x c5 # x c 5 8 e5?! &fd7 9 f4? We3+ cxb2+ 11 axb4 ШхЬ4+ would keep White
10 £le2? £sc5 0-1 T.Sawyer-C.Avalos, in the game, but is fairly grim, for exam­
corr. 1989. ple 12 JLd2 Wxc5 13 £}е2 (certainly not
 Semi-Open Games 109

5.. .£ie7?? 6 c5 1-0 Hansen-Rodas,

W. Germany 1980.
5...c6 6 £)сЗ 1 i . g5 # a 5 ? ? 8 c5
Д с7 9 jtd 2 Wb4 10 £lb5 1-0 R.Kakab-
adze-M.Lerch, Baden-Baden 1993.
6 Дхс4 £\e7?! 7 £ig5! ДЬ4+?
7.. .0-0 8 # h 5 A f5 is less clear, e.g. 9
£.xf7+ (9 £>xf7?! ДЬ4+ and ...Wxd4)
9...*h8 10 g4 i.d 3 11 4ie6 ®d7 12 <£c3
®c6 13 d5 £ixd5 14 <£sxd5 g6 with com­
plications.
8 £lc3 ДхсЗ+ 9 ЬхсЗ £sd5
13 2xb2?? Ше5+) 13...&bc6 14 Hxb2 9.. .0-0 10 * h 5 i.f 5 11 £>xf7 now
£e5. wins.
Ю...Дхс5 И b4 ®b6 10 ®e2+ 1-0
Again Black uses a pin to save the 10.. .1 f 8 11 Д аЗ+ £se7 12 £lxf7.
bishop.
0-1 Advance Variation

V.Georgiev - S.Ansell Smolkin - M atiukhin

Duisburg U-18 Wch 1992 corr. 1988
I e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 £lc3 ДЬ4 4 exd5 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 c5 (D)
exd5 5 ± d 3 £ k 7 6 Ш 5 c5 7 dxc5 d4 8 3.. .b6:
аЗ « а 5 9 I b l Дхс5? a) 4 £)d2 the! 5 ® g4 Wd7 6 a4 a5 7
9.. .ДхсЗ+ 10bxc3 Wxc3+ 11 '4'dl is5)gf3 Д аб 8 Дхаб 4ixa6 9 0-0 £>f5 10
quite risky given White’s superior devel­ £lh4? h5! 11 Wf4 g5! 0-1 W.Martin-
opment; 9...dxc3! 10 ДеЗ (10 axb4? R.Neininger, Oberliga Baden 1992/3. 12
# a 2 ) 10...cxb2+ 11 ахЬ4®хЬ4+ 1 2 i.d 2 Wxg5 Де7.
is fairly unclear. b) 4 сЗ Ш 7 5 Д еЗ Д аб 6 Дхаб
10 ДЬ5+?! £\хаб 7 Ш З <&Ь8 8 £М2 с5 9 £}е2 £)сб
10 Ь4 Ш 8 11 Wxc5 dxc3 12 Ш сЗ is 10 0-0 £\ge7 11 f4?! (a bad positional
also winning, and simpler. move...) Il...£)f5 12g4?? (...followedby
10.. .*f8! a bad tactical one) 12...c4 0-1 Nish-
10.. .£)bc6 U b 4 * c 7 12WXC5. imura-Wiedenkeller, Copenhagen 1982.
I I ®xc5 dxc3 12 b4 £\a6?? c) 4 £>f3 Wd7 5 c4 ДЬ4+ 6 £ic3 £\e7
12.. .f b 6 . 7 аЗ ДхсЗ+ 8 ЬхсЗ dxc4 9 Д хс4 Д аб 10
13 Wxe7+ 1-0 Дхаб £sxa6 11 0-0 с5 12 G)g5 Wd5??
and 1-0 J.Hodgson-V.Kalinin, Bath Z
N.M ereacre - J.M iloradovic 1987. Black decided not to wait for 13
Herculane girls U-16 Ech 1994 Wa4+.
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 exd5 4 £sf3 4W g4
Ad6 5 c4 4 £>f3:
5 £.d3 £>c6 6 c3 i.g 4 7 i.g 5 ?? i.x f3 a) 4...£}c6 5Д d З Д d7 60-0f6 7c4!?
0-1 J.Miillen-H.Wagner, Polch 1990. 8 Zhge.77 8 exf6 gxf6 9 £ig5! h5 10 Д е2
Wd2 can be met by 8...f6 or 8...Де7. (10 £lh7!?) 10...£>g6 11 ДхЬ5 1-0
5.. .dxc4 T.Binham-J.Henri, corr. OL 1992.
по The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

K.Treybal - J.Foltys
Podebrady 1936
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 c5 4 dxc5 <2)c6 5
<2)f3 i.x c 5 6 £ d 3 f6 7 0-0?! fxe5 8
<2)xe5??
8 Ab5 is a sensible way to try to get
the pawn back, since 8...e4 9 <2)e5 2)ge7
10 Jlg5 is somewhat perilous for Black.
8.. .£sxe5 9 Ш 5+ 2)f7 0-1
This theme crops up quite often, so it
is worth making a mental note that a
queen on h5 does not successfully fork a
b) 4 ...cx d 4 5 i.d 3 £ sc6 6 0 -0 f6 7H el lting on e8 and a knight on e5.
fxe5 8 £\xe5 2)xe5 9 Ш5+11 2)f7 10
i.b 5 + Фе7! (10...i.d7 11 Bxe6+ lets I.Ivanov - E.Gausel
White thrash about a little) 11 b3 <2)f6 0-1 Gausdal 1993/4
R.Patterson-J.Berry, corr. 1975. 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 c5 4 c3 2)c6
4.. .cxd4 4.. .# Ь 6 5 2)f3 i.d 7 6 a3 a5 7 i.d 3
4.. .2.c6 5 £sf3 <2)ge7 6 i.d 3 2)f5 7Jtb5 8 Wb3?? (this is a position where
dxc5 g6 8 Jtg5 ®c7 9 0-0 £>xe5? (it is White should have sat on his hands - if
surprising how disastrous this capture this move works, it wins a clear piece, so
turns out to be) 10 £)xe5 Wxe5 11 JLb5+ either Black has blundered or White is
i.d 7 12 ± xd7+ lix d 7 13 Ш4+ 1-0 Pod- missing something important) 8...c4 0-1
gomy-Bubenik, corr. 1940. 13...Фс8 14 M.Meyer-P.Mack, Badenweil 1985.
W e8+or 13...Фс7 14 JLf4. 5 2)f3
5 2)f3 2)c6 5 f4?! (clumsy) 5—^ 6 6 <2)f3 £)h6 7
5.. .f5 6 Wg3 £)c6 7 i.e 2 i.d 7 8 <2)xd4!Jtd3 i.d 7 (7...cxd4 8 cxd4 <2)xd4?? 9
<2)xd4?? (a rather gullible capture) 9 Jth5+ <2)xd4 Wxd4 10 i.b 5 + ) 8 ± c 2 Sc8 9 b3?
Фе7 (9...g6 10 J.xg6+ hxg6 11 Wxg6+ cxd4 10 cxd4 (10 <2)xd4 £)xd4 11 cxd4
Фе7 12 ± g 5 + <2)f6 13 Axf6#) 10 ШаЗ# ®c7 picks up a bishop along the c-file)
1-0 M.Karth-Lugatsch, Berlin 1937. 10...2)b4 11 2)a3 ®c7 0-1 Y.Estrin-
6 J.d3 * c 7 7 &f4 Y.Neishtadt, USSR 1938.
7 0-0 <2)xe5 8 £)xe5 Шхе5 9 Jtf4 is 5.. .M 7
more ambitious: 9...2)f6?! 10 ®xg7; 5.. .®b6 and now:
9.. .<2)116 10 ®g3 ®h5 11 £.b8!?; or a) 6 JLd3 cxd4 7 cxd4 <2)xd4?? 8
9.. .1йТ6 10 jLg5 ®e5, when White can 2)xd4 ®xd4 9 i.b 5 + (1-0 T.Trtanj-E.Eier,
take a draw, or try 11 2)d2. Szeged girls U-14 Wch 1994) 9...i.d7 10
7.. .2.b4 8 2)xd4?! Jtxd7+ <&xd7 11 # x d 4 1-0 J.Martinez-
8 0-0 is more consistent with White’s D.Rybansky, BratislavaU-lOWch 1993.
plan of developing quickly. b) 6a3:
8.. .£sxd3+ 9 cxd3 Wb6! 10 <2)b3? b l) 6...a5 7 Jtd3 cxd4 8 cxd4 JLd7 9
10 i . c l h5 11 «Т4 g5 12 ®еЗ Д с5 13 Jkc2 Sc 8 10 0-0 <2)ge7 11 2)сЗ 12
Wx.g5! survives by a whisker, for exam­ <2)b5 1-0 J.Kalikova-K.Tkacova, Czecho­
ple 13...i.xd4 14 % 7 . slovak girls Ch 1990.
10.. .« b 4 + ll2 )ld 2 g 5 ! 0-1 b2) 6...cxd4 7 cxd4 2)ge7 8 b4 2)f5
12 Wxg5 iLh6 costs White his bishop. 9 i.b 2 i.e 7 10 Ad3 2)fxd4?? 11 <2)xd4
 Semi-Open Games
£sxd4 12 JLxd4 Wxd4 13 i.b 5 + 1-0
G.Voss-H.Muthig, Giessen 1993.
b3) 6...£>h6 7 J.d3 cxd4 8 cxd4 £if5
9 JLxf5 exf5 10 £ к З jLe6 11 b4 (a little
over-ambitious) ll...H c8 12 ®d3? (12
i.b 2 ) 12...£)xb4! 13 f d 2 (if 13 axb4,
then 13...fixc3!) 13...Ша6 0-1 M.Schnei-
der-S.Yanovsky, Werfen 1991.
6 a3 c4
6.. .f6 7 i f 4 fxe5 8 £)xe5 cxd4?! (a bitAlthough it has the drawback of blocking
careless; Black perhaps assumed that
White would recapture, but this need not
be automatic) 9 #115+ Фе7?? (9...g6 10
^ x g e £sf6 11 ® h4 Hg8 isn’t so bad for
Black) 10 tT 7 + <4>d6 11 £sc4++ Фс5 12
Ь4+ ФЬ5 13 a4+ 1-0 A.Buijan-B.Clissold,
Balatonbereny 1992.
7 i .f 4
7 £ibd2 ®c7 8 Д е2 f6 9 exf6 £ M 6 10
0-0 i.d 6 11 Hel?! 0-0 12 ± f l? ! (White
wants to nail down the backward e6-
pawn, but his method is rather crude and
leaves thekingside exposed) 12...£)g4 13
h3?? (13 g3 e5 is pleasant for Black)
13....&h2+ (it’s not the pawn Black is af­
ter - it’s the square!) 0-1 J.Pettinger-
S.Granara, Szeged U-16 Wch 1994.
7.. .£)a5 8 £ibd2 <£e7 9 i.e 2 £ k 8 10mann, Cannes 1993. Il...£)e4.
0-0 £>b6 11 S e l i.e 7 (D)
It looks as though Black has just
played a normal developing move, but
there was a darker intention...
12 a4?? g5 0-1
111
If the bishop moves, then 13...g4 wins
the f3-knight, which has no squares.
Tarrasch Variation
M engarini - Ervin
Lone Pine 1971
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 £)d2 £ic6 (D)
This move is attributed to Guimard.
the c-pawn, White must be careful that
Black cannot profit from smashing open
the centre with ...e5.
3.. .£>e7?! (not active enough) 4 £>gf3
c5 5 dxc5 £id7 6 i.b 5 Wa5 7 i.x d 7 +
i.x d 7 8 £le5 Wxc5 9 £>xd7 * c7 ?? (one
can only presume that Black didn’t want
to have to move his king, and preferred to
round up the ‘trapped’ knight with his
queen, forgetting that it could then take
a bishop down with it) 10 £>xf8 1-0
V.Savon-Poutiainen, Erevan 1976.
3.. .a6 4 £}gf3 c5 (this should be com­
pared with the 3...c5 line) 5 dxc5 Дхс5 6
£.d3 £ic6 7 0-0 <2)f6 8 £ib3? £.xf2+! 9
Hxf2 (9 Фх12 dxe4) 9...dxe4 10 JLe3 exd3
11 &.c5?? and 0-1 J.P.Girard-G.Schwartz-
4£ie2?!
4 c 3 ;4 ^ g f 3 .
4.. .£>f6?!
4.. .e5! (there’s an odd symmetry about
the position, but Black’s side of it is
112 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
healthier) 5 exd5 Wxd5 6 c4 <£sb4! 7
cxd5?? (7 ШЪЗ ®a5! intending ...± f5)
7...£ki3# 0-1 Grossner-Budrich, E.Ger-
many 1949.
5 e5 $3d7 6 c3 ± e 7 7 £tf4 Ш 8 Wh5
<5)g6 9 £if3 0-0 (D)
Black has played passively and now
‘castles into it’.
10 i.d 3 £ d 7 11 h4! 1-0
The threat is £lg5, and there’s not
much Black can do about it, for example
11.. .jte8 12 £>g5 h6 13 £>gxe6 £ixf4 14
<£}xf4 - but the resignation still seems
premature.
M.Tal - R.Vaganian
Dubna 1973
1 e4 e6
1.. .£)c6 2 £>f3 e6 3 d4 d5 4 £ibd2 isstandard sacrifice) 11 jLxh7+ 1-0 L.Efler-
another move-order to reach the position
seen in this game.
2 d4 d5 3 £)d2 & c6 4 <^gf3 £sf6 5 e5
£id7 6 £sb3
6 JLe2 b6 7 0-0 a5?! (Black’s artificial a) 5 4lgO i.e 7 6 c3 c5 7 ± d 3 &c6 8
queenside play prompts White to open
the centre) 8 c4 dxc4 9 £lxc4 <ЙЬ4 10
£ig5 h6? 11 <2)xe6! 1-0 J.J.Kristensen-
J.Pedersen, Danish Ch qual 1989.
11.. .fxe6 12 i.h 5 + Фе7 13 I 'D .
6.. .f6 7 A b5 fxe5 8 dxe5 ^ c 5 ? !
8.. A e 7 9 £\bd4.
9 <5)g5!? (D)
9.. A d 7 ?
9.. .£)xb3 10 ахЬЗ jLc5; 9 ..A s7 10
£lxc5 JLxc5 11 # d 3 g6 12 h4.
10 Ахсб bxc6?
Now Black loses a lot of material.
10...Axc6 11 £)xc5 $Lxc5 12 £hxc6 lim­
its the damage to a pawn.
H l 'h 5 + ! g 6 1 2 l 'f 3 1 - 0
П ...Ш 13 £>xc5 ®xc5 14 ШП+ * d 8
15 'ШТб-н shows the reason for White’s
11th move, drawing the pawn to g6.
Tarrasch with 3...£)f6
H.M eyer - M .Llanes H urtado
Szeged U-16 Wch 1994
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 £>d2 £>f6 4 e5
4 i.d 3 c5 5 c3 £lc6 6 £lgf3 cxd4 7
cxd4 i.b 4 8 e5 &d7 9 0-0 Ш 6 10 £ib3
0-0? (Black castles into an absolutely
A.Kubat, Czech Cht 1993. 11,..ФхЬ7 12
&g5+ &g6 13 Ш З+ f5 14 ®g3.
4.. .£\e4?l
4.. .15.fd7 is the normal move:
0-0 * b 6 9 dxc5 ^ x c 5 1 0 1 x 2 ®а6?! 11
b4 £sd3? 12 b 5 ! (decoying the queen to a
square where it is undefended; 12 We21
£idxb4) 12,..Wxb5 13 We2 1-0 Bednar-
ski-Burger, Stockholm 1978.
b) 5 i.d 3 c5 6 c3 £lc6:
b l) 7 £\gf3 f6 8 £ig5 £\dxe5 (8...fxg5
9 # h 5 + g6 10 i.x g 6 + hxg6 11 Wxg6+
Фе 7 12<5)е4^хе5 13 ^.xg5+ l4 ’d7 isn’t
 Semi-Open Games
necessarily bad for Black) 9 dxe5 fxe5??
(9...fxg5 10 Ш 5+ Фй7 11 £>f3) 10
# h 5 + &d7 (10...g6 11 -&xg6+ hxg6 12
*xg6+ * d 7 13 £tf7) 11 £tf7 1-0 L.Omel-
chenko-T.Wiersma, corr. 1988.
b2) 7 £ie2 f6 8 £lf4 Ше7 9 exf6 (9
®Ъ5+1Т7) 9..M rt 6?! (9...£M6) 10 Wg4
^ d e5 ?? (trying to be ‘clever’) 11 dxe5
£ixe5 12 * g 3 * x f4 ? 13 i.b 5 + (oops)
1-0 A.Abedinov-M.Eklund, Stockholm
Rilton Cup 1997.
5 JLd3 4£\xd2 6 Axd2 c5 7 dxc5 J.xc5£)b3 e5 (and why not?) 11 J&b5 J.g4 12
8 & f3 £lc6 9 0-0 f6?!
Black should develop his queenside
and bide his time regarding castling.
9.. .0-0 is bad owing to the standard 10
i.x h 7 + &xh7 11 £ig5+ <£g6 12 «fg4
£lxe5 13 Wg3.
10 exf6 Wxf6 11 c4! d4
11.. .0-0? 12 cxd5 exd5 13 Wc2.
12 £lg5 &d7?
12.. .g6.
13 £se4 1-0
The c5-bishop is lost in view of Wh5
ideas, e.g. 13...Ше5 14f4® f5 15-5Ш+.
Tarrasch with 3...cS
Choinowski - Thibaut
Brussels 1947
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 §3d2 c5 4 c3
Or:
a) 4 JLb5+ £>сб 5 c4 cxd4 6 £>gf3
# Ь 6 ? 7 exd5 exd5 8 * e 2 + * d 8 9 cxd5
&b4? (9...£)ce7 10 £>e5 £>h6) 10 ®e8+
Фс7 11 £>c4 ± f5 12 i.f4 + i.d 6 13
'#xf7+ 1-0 J.Hector-J.Berry, South Caro­
lina 1980.
b) 4 £igf3 cxd4 5 &xd4 i.c 5 6 £)2b3
dxe4? (Black unwisely initiates a tactical
sequence) 7 jLb5+! (7 4ixc5? Шабч-)
7.. .1.d7 8 £ixc5 i.x b 5 9 £lxb7 (9 £ixb5?
®a5-i- gives Black survival chances) and
now:
b l) 9 ...« b 6 10 £ixb5 1-0 Wilk-Ost-
mann, Berlin 1956.
113
Ь2) 9...Ш5 10£\xb5 Wxdl+ 11 * x d l
Фй7 12 £sa5 1-0 Libner-Ritzmann, East
Germany 1981.
c) 4 exd5 is the main line:
c l) 4...exd5 5 dxc5 JLxc5 6 £se2??
® b6 0-1 Seppelt-Leganki, Berlin 1950.
c2) 4...®xd5 5 £>gf3 cxd4 6 JLc4
®d6 (in this line White virtually always
wins back the pawn without trouble, but
he cannot afford to take too many liber­
ties) 7 0-0 £if6 8 We2 £ k 6 9 H dl i.e 7 10
JLxc6+?! (12 <йа5 would still be OK for
White) 12...bxc6 13 Wxe5?? ®xe5 0-1
Jakobsen-Heidenfeld, Siegen OL 1970.
4.. .cxd4 5 cxd4 dxe4 6 £3xe4 iLd7 7
£if3 Ac6 8 ± d 3 £if6
8.. .£id7 is safer.
9 £M 6 + ®xf6??
9.. .gxf6.
10 i.g 5 i.x f3 (D)
11 Ifc l!
11 Wd2? would let Black off the hook
after ll...JLb4.
1-0
l l . . . 'i ,xd4 12 ® c8+ and mate next
move.
3 £sc3 Miscellaneous
V.Gorbunov - Kuznetsov
corr. 1988
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 ®c3 c5?!
114 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

One of Marshall’s ideas, but it has not 11.. .£id5.

stood the test of time. 12 l.xf6 £sxf6 13 Hxf6 1-0
4 АеЗ?! 13.. .gxf6 14 Wg3+ &h8 15 Wf4.
4 exd5 is good for White.
4.. .1.Ь6?! Werle - Westlund
4.. .cxd4 5 JLxd4 dxe4 6 ^ x e4 £}c6 7 Stockholm 1947
i.c 3 (7 ДЬ5 t o ) 7...® xdl+ 8 Hxdl 1 e4 еб 2 d4 d5 3 £>c3 dxe4 4 £)xe4
^Lb4! 9 £sd6+ Фе7 with equal chances. This position can just as easily be
5 exd5 ШхЬ2? reached via the Tarrasch, which is one
5.. .£>f6. reason for its popularity; Black only
6£\b5! Wb4+ needs to learn one line against White’s
6.. .cxd4 7 £}c7+ &d8 8 i.xd 4 i.b 4+ two
9 main systems.
Фе2 i.c 3 10 Hbl ШаЗ 11 £ft>5. 4„.£lf6
6.. .£la6 was refuted by Gorbunov’s Or:
analysis: a) 4...£.d6?! 5 Ad3 £ie7 (5...£if6 6
a) 7 Hbl * x a 2 8 Hal * b 2 9 Дхаб Jtg5 is good for White) 6 JLg5 0-0?!
Ьхаб 10 <2^c7+ &d8 11 <йха8 is fairly (6...h6 7 'B'hS; 6...4M7 avoids immediate
good for White. tactics, but White will soon take on d6
b) 7 a3 A.d7 (7,..exd5 8 Hbl t o 9 and develop normally, with a clear ad­
Wcl {threatening Hb2} 9...cxd4 10jLxd4 vantage) 7 £sf6+!? gxf6 (7 ...Ф 118 8 Wh5
i.f5 11 Hb2 £.xa3 12 ШеЗ+) 8 Hbl t o h6 9 jix h 6 is a wipe-out) 8 JLxf6 Wd7??
9 Hb3 (threatening 10 £)сЗ) 9...jLxb5? (8...jLb4+ is the only way to prevent
10 i.x b 5 + * d 8 11 £te2 cxd4 12 ± x d 4 mate without losing the queen: 9 ФП
and White wins. Wd5 10 c4 t o or 9 c3 t o 10 cxb4 <S)g6
7 JLd2 » a 4 8 <53c7+ 1-0 11 £>f3 <5)d7) 9 i.x h 7 + * x h 7 10 Wh5+
^ g 8 11 !Ъ 8 # 1-0 K.Blom-V. Jensen, Co­
T.Etman - A.Froemmel penhagen 1934.
corr. 1989 b) 4...&C6 5 £)f3 Ь6?! 6 i.b 5 t o ? 7
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 £)c3 dxe4 4 f3?! t o £>f6? 8 c4 ±b4+ 9 ФП 1-0 I.Rau-
exf3 5 £>xf3 £.Ь4?! sis-T.Herboth, Baden-Baden 1993.
In this type of Blackmar-Diemer posi­ c) 4...£.d7 5 £ tf3 £ c 6 6 .£ .d 3 £ if6 ? !7
tion, this bishop is an important defen­ £>xf6+ Wxf6? (7...gxf6 is forced) 8 JLg5!
sive piece - if Black intends to castle JLxf3 9 Wd2! (1-0 Kotkov-Akopian,
kingside, the bishop is best placed on e7. Krasnodar 1966) 9...®xd4?? (9...i.xg2
6 i.d 3 ±xc3+ 7 bxc3 £>f6 8 ±g5 0-0 10 jLxf6 A xhl would prolong the game,
8.. .£)bd7 intending ...h6 and keepingbut is grim for Black) 10 jLb5+ 1-0
the king flexible. Wood-Lambert, London 1948.
9 0-0 £>bd7 10 £se5 d) 4...<S)d7 5 £>f3 (D):
Now Black is in some trouble. d l) 5 „ .i.e 7 6 i.d 3 <2)gf6 7 0-0 b6 8
10 .. .We8 <£ie5 i.b 7 9 t o Hb8 10 £>xf6+ ± x f6 11
10.. .h6 11 £lxd7 jLxd7 12Hxf6! wins,5)c6 0-0?? 12 t o 1-0 Wohl-Krusius,
for example 12...gxf6 (12...jLc6 13 ®g4; Berlin 1920.
12...hxg5 13 t o ) 13 i.h 4 . d2) 5...£sgf6 and now:
и to d21) 6 £>fg5 i.e 7 7 <§3xf7? * x f 7 8
®h4 is now a big threat. £ig5+ * g8! 9 £>xe6 t o ? (9...i.b4+ and
П..Л16? Ю...Ше7 should win) 10 £>xc7?? (10 JLc4!
 Semi-Open Games
wins) 10...JLb4# (quite a shock!) 0-1 Loh-
mann-R.Teschner, Bad Pyrmont 1950.
622) 6 Ad3 £3xe4 7 i.x e 4 £>f6 8
i.d 3 ± e 7 9 Ше2 0-0 10 i.g 5 b6?? 11
£.xf6 JLxf6 12 Ше4 1-0 Becker-N.Han-
sen, Munich 1936.
d23) 6 JLg5 c5 7 .&xf6 gxf6 8 dxc5
± xc5 9 Ш 2 f5?? 10 £sxc5 ^ x c 5 11 Wc3
1-0 R.Hennigan-C.Maduekwe, British
League (4NCL) 1996/7.
d24) 6 ^ x f6 + <S3xf6:
d241) 7 i.g 5 i.e 7 8 i.d 3 0-0 9 We2
c5 10 dxc5 Ш5+ 11 сЗ Шхс5 12 0-0
b6?? 13 i.x f6 (14 « е 4 follows) 1-0
M.Borriss-L.Burlan, Munich 1992/3.
d242) 7 i.d 3 i.e 7 8 * e 2 0-0 9 i.g 5
b6?? 10 £.xf6 £.xf6 11 # e 4 g6 12 Wxa8
Ш б 13 ®e4 1-0 Aguera-Chacon, Span­
ish jrC h 1992.
5 £sxf6+ « x f6 6 £lf3 h6
6.. .£lc6 7 i.g 5 Ш5 8 Jtd3 # g 4 ? ? 91993.
h3 'tx g 2 10 S h2 Wxh2 11 £ixh2 £ixd4
12 jLb5+ 1-0 W.Steinitz-H.Bird, London
1866.
7 h4 (D)
This has the idea of putting the bishop
on g5; at the moment this carries no great
threat, and Black ignores it...
7.. .c5? 8 dxc5
Now the queen has a path to d8, and
the idea of bringing the bishop to g5 sud­
denly takes on real significance.
8.. .6.C5?? 9 i.g5! hxg5 10 hxg5sition, for example 12 £\xa8 JLxg5+ 13
&b4+ 11 Фе2!
115
11 сЗ? JLxc3+ 12 ЬхсЗ Wxc3+ and
...Sxhl.
Il...«'xf3+ 12 * x f3 S xh l 13 i.b5+
1-0
3 £ic3 <£f6
Pillsbury - Chaseray
France 1902
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 <5ic3 £if6 4 ±g5
4 e5 is a very popular alternative:
a) 4...<23e4 5 lS3xe4 dxe4 (this can also
be reached from a Tarrasch) 6 J.c4! c5?!
7 d5 <£>d7 8 f4 exf3 9 ^ x f3 b5? (an at­
tempt to rejuvenate a difficult line for
Black) 10dxe6! fxe6(10...bxc4 11 exf7+
* x f7 12 Ш 5+) 11 ± x e6 £ib6?? (after
ll...£>xe5 12 ild 5 Black’s king is still
hopelessly exposed; 11...Wei? 12 JLd5)
12 JLf7+ 1-0 L.Szell-U.Claussen, Berbn
b) 4...5Ж 7 and now:
b l) 5 £ k e 2 b6 6 £lf4 c5 7 сЗ &a6 8
i.x a 6 £ixa6 9 £if3 Sc8 10 0-0 cxd4 11
£lxd4 ®c7?? 12 £)c6 1-0 M.Sancho-
R.Jario, Zaragoza Ch 1992. 12..МЫ 13
g3 and the queen must walk into a deadly
discovery.
b2) 5 ® g4 c5 6 i.g5?! ШЬ6 7 0-0-0
cxd4 8Sxd4£ixe5?! (8...£lc6!; 8—Й.с5?!
9 £ia4) 9 &xd5! Wa5 (9...£ixg4 10£ixb6
<£\c6 11 Jtb5 JLe7 leads to an unclear po­
f4 e5) 10 Wdl <£sbc6?! (10...£ibd7 is
116 The Quickest Chess Victories o f All Time
safer) 11 i.b 5 exd5?? (1 l...i.d 6 12 £lc3)
12 Hxd5 (with a threat on e5...) 12.. M c l
13 Sd8+ (...and on d8!) 1-0 Gaaikema-
Nijhoff, Holland 1918.
b3) 5 £>f3:
b31) 5...f6?! (attacking the head of
the pawn-chain, rather than the tradi­
tional target, the base, is sometimes justi­
fied, but here Black is also exposing his
king) 6 ± d 3 fxe5?! 7 £lg5! e4? (1...Ш6
8 WgA with ideas of taking on e6 or h7) 8
£ x e 6 ®e7 9 £>xd5 Ш 6 10 i.f4 * c 6 11
£ b 5 1-0 Perrin-NN, New York 1883.
b32) 5...c5 (the natural move) 6 dxc5
£ic6 7 i.f 4 i.x c5 8 i.d 3 ШЬ6? (given
that the double attack doesn’t work, this
just misplaces the queen) 9 0-0 Wxb2? 10
£sb5 (White threatens both the knight
fork on c7 and to trap the black queen by
JLd2-c3) 1-0 J.Curdo-P.Koz, Massachu­
setts 1976.
4...jLe7
Or:
a) 4...dxe4 (this continuation should
be compared with 3...dxe4) 5 £)xe4 and
now:
al) 5...£>bd7 6 <53xf6+ £ixf6 7 £if3
i.e 7 8 i.d 3 0-0 9 Ше2 b6?? 10 i.x f6 1-0
I.Ibragimov-R.Mamedova, Aegina 1994.
a2) 5...i.d7 6 £ixf6+ gxf6 7 i.h 4
i.c 6 8 £ie2 Де4? 9 £ усЗ i.c 6 10 Д с4
Sg8 11 d5 exd5 12 &xd5 i.e 7 13 Wh5!
(after Black defends f7, White will play
0-0-0 and S h el and take Black apart) 1-0
I.Glek-H.Dobosz, Cuxhaven 1993.
b) 4...iLb4 (the sharp MacCutcheon
Variation) 5 e5 h6 6 JLd2:
b l) 6...£ifd7 7 Wg4 g6 8 £ d 3 h5 9
Wf4 c5 10 £>f3 cxd4 11 £lxd4 a6?? 12
<5)xe6! 1-0 J.Inge-R.Selinsky, corr. 1980.
b2) 6,..i.xc3:
b21) 7 ДхсЗ £)e4 8 i.d 3 £ixc3 9
bxc3 c5 10 £le2?? c4 0-1 S.Dunning-
T.Mantia, Columbus 1981.
b22) 7 bxc3 £se4 8 ®g4 g6 9 Ad3
£lxd2 10 * x d 2 £>d7 11 h4 c5 12 £.xg6
Sg8?? 13 Шхе6+ 1-0 N.Carrison-
A.Desch, Sweden 1958.
5 Axf6 ± x f6 6 £lf3 0-0 7 i.d 3 b6 8
e5 i.e 7 9 h4 (D)
Lining up for the standard bishop sac­
rifice.
9.. .c5
Black either misses it, or thinks it
doesn’t work - if the latter, then perhaps
he was right, but not the way he played it!
10 i.x h 7 + * x h 7 11 £>g5+ ± xg5??
1 l...£ g 6 ? 12 Ш З + f5 13 exf6+ &xf6
14 Wf3+ &g6 15 h5+! ФЬб (15...*xg5
16 ®g3+ * f 5 17 Wg6+ &f4 18 <£>e2#)
16 Zhfl+ wins the queen or forces mate.
11.. .* h 6 1 2 l fd 2 (1 2 1i rd3?g6 13 h5
& g 7 14 hxg6 Sh8) 12...Ш 7 (12...£.xg5?
13 hxg5++ &g6 14 Wd3+ f5 15 gxf6+
ФГ7 16 1Ъ 7 Sg8 17 ® h5+ wins) 13
£)xe6+ ФЬ7 14 £)xf8+ jLxf8 and Black
has the better chances.
12 hxg5+ * g 8 13 ЙЪ5 1-0
S.Kapnisis - M.Ulybin
Ano Liosia 1997
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 £ic3 £if6 4 ± g 5
± e 7 5 e5 <£fd7
5.. .£lg8 (a distinctly passive option)
6 Д еЗ b6 7 h4 h5 8 g4 g6 9 gxh5 2xh5
10 <5)f3 £.xh4?? 11 Hxh4 2xh4 12 £.g5
1-0 D.Velimirovic-H.Ree, Amsterdam
Donnermem 1994.
5.. .£>e4:
 Semi-Open Games 117

a) 6 £lxe4 $Lxg5 7 4ixg5 ®xg5 8

£lf3 ®e7 9 i.d 3 *Ъ 4+ 10 ®d2 ®xb2 11
0- 0 h6?? 12 аЗ 1-0 В.Winkler-M.Thomp-
son, USA 1960.
b) 6 i.x e 7 ®xe7 1 ®g4 0-0 8 1.(13
£ixc3 9 bxc3 c5 (9...f5) 10 £\f3 c4??
(10...h6) 11 JLxh7+ 1-0 F.Yates-V.Marin
у Llovet, Hamburg OL 1930.
6h4
This is the Alekhine-Chatard Attack, a
reasonable gambit.
6 ! x e 7 ®xe7 is the main line:
a) 7 i.d3?! 0-0 8 £>ce2 f6 9 f4 c5 10 10.. .axb5 11 iLh6 ®a5+ 12 i.d 2 ®c7
c3 cxd4 11 cxd4?! (11 <5)xd4) ll...fxe5 13 Bg3 cxd4 14 £)f3 £ixe5 15 Bxg7 h6
12 fxe5 (12 dxe5 ® b4+ 13 ®d2 ^x e5 !) 16 Ah7 &xg7 17 ®xh6+, with a draw, is
12...®b4+ 13 ®d2?? B fl+ 0-1 H.von a known theoretical line, which White
Gottschall-J.Blackbume, 1885. presumably was trying to follow.
b) 7 f4 and now: 11 £if3? axb5 12 -&h6 ® a5+13 i.d 2
b l) 7...С5?! 8 £ib5 &Ь6? (8...0-0) 9 i.b4!
^3d6+: Here we see the difference. 13...®c7?
bl 1) 9 ...*d8 10 dxc5 £sa4? 11 ®d4 14 Bg3 £lxe5 would transpose to the
<Sixc5 12 ®xc5 1-0 Y.Roblette-E.Stephan, aforementioned line.
Val Maubuee 1990. 0-1
Ь12) 9...&f8 10 dxc5 <йс6 11 cxb6
1- 0 P.Ipavec-K.Campa, Slovenian Cht Winawer Variation
1993.
b2) 7...a6 8 £lf3 c5 9 i.e 2 £ic6 10 Brask - Gustafson
0- 0? cxd4 11 £ixd4? ®c5 0-1 D.Wins- Attleboro 1943
low-J.Wehener, Dayton 1981. 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 £lc3 i.b 4 4 ±d 3
6.. .c5 4 ®g4 £if6 5 ®xg7 Bg8 6 ® h6 £)xe4
6.. .±xg5 7 hxg5 ®xg5 8 &h3 ®d8?!7 ®xh7 Bf8 8 i.d 2 ? (8 £sf3 is neces­
(8...®e7) 9 ® g4 g6 10 i.d 3 c5 11 £)b5 sary, for example 8...£>xc3 9 £.62 or
cxd4 12 £id6+ <&f8 13 £)xf7 1-0 L.Rell- 8...®f6 9 ®h6) 8...1.XC3 9 JLxc3 ® f6 10
stab-Huber, Germany 1925. f3 Bh8 11 ®xh8+ ®xh8 12 fxe4 ® h4+
7£>b5?! 13 &d2 Ш4+ 0-1 Meyer-K.Richter,
7 * Berlin 1930.
a) 8 f4 ® b6 9 £rf3 ®xb2 10 £)Ь5 аб 4 exd5 ®xd5?! (4...exd5 is sounder,
11 £)c7?? (11 3 b 1 ® xa2 12 B al is a transposing to the Exchange Variation) 5
draw) 1 l...®c3+ 0-1 G.Schwartz-R.Junge, ®g4 £se7?! 6 ®xg7 ®e4+?? 7 & dl!
corr. 1983. (one can understand why Black might
b) 8 dxc5 ®a5 9 ®d2 h6?? 10 £)xd5+ have missed this move: ordinarily one
1- 0 D.Velimirovi6-N.Ristovic, Pozare- would not give up the right to castle in re­
vac 1995. sponse to such a check, but if it wins a
7.. .f6 8 ±d 3 a6 9 ®h5+ ^ f8 10 Sh3 rook...) 1-0 V.Steenis-Wechsler, Hastings
(D) 1947.
10.. .cxd4!? 4.. .Ш
118 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

4.. .ДхсЗ+? (why?) 5 bxc3 h6? 6 ДаЗ Kosenkov - Lemer

£>d7 7 We2 dxe4 8 Дхе4 £>gf6 9 i.d 3
b6?? (9...£ib6) 10 Wxe6+! fxe6 11 i.g 6 #
1-0 A. Alekhine-Vasi6, Banja Luka 1931.
4.. .c5 5 exd5 Wxd5 6 £if3 cxd4 7 a3 4.. .dxe4
Wa57 (after 7...Да5!? 8 b4 dxc3 9 bxa5
or 7...iLxc3+ 8 bxc3 dxc3 White has some
compensation) 8 axb4 Wxal 9 ®xd4 (the
queen is trapped) 1-0 Szily-Vloch, Buda­
pest 1943.
4.. .dxe4 5 Дхе4 £sf6 6 Дg5 trans­* f 8 10 1 x 4 Д еб? 11 Д хеб fxe6 12
poses to the game continuation.
5 Дg5 dxe4 6 Дхе4 c5 7 £if3 cxd4 8mund 1993.
£lxd4 Wa5 9 JLxf6 ДхсЗ+ 10 bxc3
Wx c3+ (D)
11 Wd2!?
11 ФП gxf6 gives White reasonable
compensation.
ll.J » x a l+ ?
1 l...1S,xd2-t- 1 2 ^x d 2 gxf6, despite the
simplification, gives White quite good
compensation; Black still has to find a
way to develop his queenside, and the
h7-pawn is a target.
12 Фе2 Wxhl?
12.. .Wxa2 13 £ixe6 Wa6+ 14 * d l
Wb6 15 £lxg7+ ФТ8 16 Wh6 should win
for White too, but is more complicated.
13 £ixe6 1-0
13.. .£kl7 14 £)xg7+ * f 8 15 £ie6+dxe4 5 Wg4 Wxd4
fxe6 (15...*e8 16 £ic7+ * f 8 17 Ш 6+
* g 8 18 Wg7#) 16 ®d6+ * g 8 17 Шхе6+
* f 8 18 * e 7 + * g 8 19 #g7#.
Odessa 1962
I e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 <£c3 Д Ь4 4 £se2
Alekhine’s interesting gambit idea.
4.. .£>e7 5 a3 Д хсЗ+ 6 £>xc3 c5? 7
dxc5 (normally such a pawn is worth lit­
tle more than the time it takes Black to
round it up; here it becomes considerably
more useful) 7...d4? 8 £)b5 e5 9 £)d6+
'ЁТЗ-н 1-0 G.Richter-U.Lorenz, Dort­
5 аЗ ДхсЗ+
5.. .Де7 6 £ixe4 and now:
a) 6...£>f6 7 Ш З b6 8 A f4 ДЬ7 9
£ixf6+ Дх16 10 0-0-0 Д ^5?? 11 *Ъ 5+
1-0 S.de Eccher-A.Schneiders, Lugano
1989.
b) 6...£lc67gЗ£lf68Д g2e5 9£lxf6+
Axf6 10 d5 £)e7 11 £)c3 (this position
looks innocent enough, but...) 11 ...Д15??
12 g4 1-0 U.Andersson-D.Velimirovic,
Bar 1997. Ouch!
6<2)xc3^f6?!
6.. .£>c6 7 Wg4? £ixd4 8 «x g 7 ??
&xc2+ 9 Фе2 Ш З # 0-1 A.Dake-Pauli,
Baltimore simul 1936.
7 ± g 5 £>c6 8 Д Ь5 0-0 9 Д хсб Ьхсб
10 <£\xe4 Ш 5
This was Black’s idea, but there is a
problem...
I I £ixf6+ gxf6 12 ± x f6 ®xg2?
12.. M f5 followed by ...Даб would
give Black some play for the pawn.
13 fT 3 ! 1-0
13.. .ffg6 14 0-0-0; 13,..»xf3 14
S gl+ .
Kunin - Oksengoit
Moscow 1958
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 <5кЗ Д Ь4 4 Д d2
5.. .£tf6 6 Wxg7 Sg8 7 Ш 6 Sg6 8 Ш 4
£lc6 9 £>ge2 ® xd4 10 4ixd4 Wxd4 11
0-0-0 Шс5 12 £>xe4! £lxe4?? 13 Ш 8+!!
 Semi-Open Games
1-0 A.Sidelnikov-Vasiliev, Moscow 1961.
13.. .*xd8 14 Ag5++ Фе8 15 Ed8#.
6 0-0-0
6£sf3:
a) 6...Ш6 7 0-0-0 £ic6 8 Wxe4
£lh6?? 9 i.g 5 Wg6 10 Шхс6+! Ьхсб 11
Ed8# 1-0 R.Schwarz-Labau, Germany
1948.
b) 6...£lh6 7 Wg577 exf3 8 0-0-0
'ffl,g4?? 9 Ш 8 + ! &xd8 10 i.g 5 + + Фе8
11 Ed8# 1-0 K.Dekker-W.Erler, corr.
1967.
6.. .f5
Or:
a) 6 ...Ш 1 Wxg7 Sg8 8 * h 6 :
al) 8...£)g4? 9 Ш 4 Wxf2?? 10tti8 + !
&xd8 11 i.g 5 + + Фе8 12 2d8# 1-0
Miles-Marshall, Wolverhampton 1968.
a2) 8...Де7?! 9 ДеЗ Eg6?? 10 Exd4
Sxh6 11 i.x h 6 i.c 5 12 2 d 2 1-0
W.Eschenbrenner-J. D.Meyer, Wiesbaden
1993.
a3) 8... ilf8 makes most sense.
b) 6...h5 is the main alternative:
b l) 7 ®g3? JLd6 8 ± f4 h4 9 * g 4 (9
Exd4 hxg3 10 fxg3 iLxf4+ 11 gxf4 f5 is
good for Black - Euwe; 9 Wg5 Wf6)
9.. .£if6 10 Wxg7?7 (10 2xd4 ^ x g 4 11
£.xd6 £sxf2) 10...i.xf4+ 11 ФЫ Eh7
0 - 1 Vakulenko-Gastgofer, Moscow Ale­
khine mem 1992 and D.Saavedra-
J.O’Carroll, Duisburg U-18 Wch 1992.
b2) 7 We2 £ic6 8 JLg5 Ше5 9 £tf3
Ша5 10 Wxe4 (in this line, White has one
major tactical theme, which Black now
forgets about) 10...jLxc3?? 11 Шхс6+!
1- 0 Bussek-F.Muller, Saarlouis 1986.
7±g5
7 Wg3.
7.. .# e 5
7.. .Wxf2 is the theoretical line, when 6f3?!
White is not reckoned to have enough.
8 2d8 + 4>f7 9 £if3 ®a5?
9.. .exf3 10 ШхЬ4 c5 11 ®h4 <2k6.
10 i.b 5 !! (D)
10.. .£sc6?
119
10.. .£if6? 11 & e5+ (11 Ш 5+ also
mates) 11...Фе7 12 Axf6+ ФхГб (or
12...gxf6 13 Щ 7+ &xd8 14 Wxf6+ Де7
15 tb n # ) 13 4lxe4+ Фхе5 (13...fxe4 14
Ш4+ Фе7 15 Wg5#) 14 f4+ Фхе4 15
Wf3#.
10.. .g6 is better, though after 11 <йе5+
<&g7 12 Wh4 there still appears to be no
way out: 12...c6 (12...JLxc3 13 JLh6+
£ixh6 14 ®e7+ £tf7 15 ® xf7+ ФЬ6 16
Exh8; 12...£)c6 13 £sc4) 13 2xc8 cxb5
(13...jLa3 14 <£k4) 14 J.d8 wins.
11 £se5+ ^xe5 12 i.e8+ <&>f8 13
Jig6# 1-0
T.Winckelmann - Klatt
corr. 1989
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 £sc3 ± b 4 4 a3
JLxc3+ 5 bxc3 dxe4
5.. .£ie7 6 h4 c5 7 ®g4 * f 8 8 e5 Ш 5 9
± d 2 Wa4 10 2h3 £lbc6 11 ± d3?? &xe5
12 «Т4 £>xd3+ 13 cxd3 e5 0-1 A.Seiler-
J.Jurek, Wohlen 1993.
5.. .£if6? 6 e5 £>fd7 7 a4 c5 8 « g 4
* f 8 9 h4 Шс7 10 2 h 3 cxd4?? 11 &a3+
Ф^8 12®xg7+! l-0Torber-Menke, corr.
1950. 12...*xg7 13 2 g 3 + * h 6 1 4 i.c l+
&h5 15 i.e2 + * x h 4 16 Eh3#.
This gambit is quite dangerous, espe­
cially if Black accepts it and castles
short.
6 'ffg4 £rf6 7 * x g 7 2g8 8 ® h6 £>bd7
9 h3? (this timid move is inappropriate
120 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
in such a position) 9...fig6 10 3 c5 11
£se2 Шс7 12 &g3? (and now the move
h3 turns out to be a fatal weakening when
White plays what should be a standard
manoeuvre) 12...£sd5 13 Wxe4 Hxg3!
0-1 P.Erlbeck-Kem, corr. 1988. 14 fxg3
'Sxg3+ 15<£>d2 ®xc3+.
6.. .exf3
6.. .e5!.
7 £lxf3 £sc6 8 i.d 3 ^ g e 7 9 0-0 (D)
9.. .0.0?
Walking into a standard sacrifice.
9.. .£>g6? 10 £)g5 0-0 (10...f5 leads to 6 ± d 3 c5?! 7 i.xh7+!? *h8?
another brand of trouble - Black’s posi­
tion is already rotten) 11 Wh5 h6 12
£lxf7 1-0 1.Marks-A.Berlin, corr. 1990.
12...Kxf7 13 Sxf7 ФхП 14 * x g 6 + 4>f8
15 a4 and all White’s pieces move in for
the kill.
10 ± xh7+ 4>h8
10.. .* x h 7 11 £ig5+ &g6 12 &xf7 10 Axg6 also wins easily.
Sxf7 13 ®g4+ * h 7 14 Ш 5+ * g 8 15
Wxf7+ ФЬ7 16 JLg5 with a winning at­
tack.
11 &g5 1-0
11.. .g6 12 Sxf7 intending jLxg6.
R .Fourzan - A.Kemp
Albuquerque 1982
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 £ k 3 J.b 4 4 e5 l53e7
4.. .b6 5 Wg4 i.f 8 6 i.g 5 Ш 7 7 0-0-0
h6 8 i.h 4 ?? g5 9 i.g 3 h5 10 * h 3 ?
(otherwise W hite’s bishop is trapped by
...h4; 10 # x g 5 ? Ah6) 10...g4 11 « h 4
JLe7 0-1 Fabian-J.Fichtl, Czechoslova­
kia 1963.
5£sf3
For 5 ®g4 c5 see the next game.
5 f4 (5 Ad2 c5 6 f4 is the same) 5...c5
6 A d2 and now:
a) 6...iLd7?! (6...£)bc6 is sensible) 7
£rf3 &f5 8 dxc5 Jtxc5 9 ± d 3 ® b6 10
Ше2%3€}7 11 b4! Wxb4?! (Il...i.x b 4 12
Hbl d4 13 a3 is no good for Black either)
12 £sdl 1-0 E.Perelshteyn-C.Gelman,
US jr Ch (Bloomington) 1997.
b) 6...0-0 7 £\f3 b6 8 i.d 3 i.a 6 ? 9
i.xh7+! * x h 7 10 <S3g5+ &h6 (10...*g6
11 Wg4 is devastating with e6 unde­
fended, e.g. Il...f5 12 exf6 and then
12...&xf6 13 Wxe6# or 12...gxf6 13
£sxe6+) 11 Wg4 1-0 A.Kosten-C. Adrian,
French Cht 1991.
5.. .0.0
Black should always exercise extreme
care when castling kingside in these
French positions, as it is difficult to bring
pieces over the defend the king.
This is ridiculous here; Black must ac­
cept. 7...ФхЬ7 8 <£lg5+ i?g6 9 h4 Wa5
(9...We8 1 0 h 5 + * h 6 11 <S)xe6+ * h 7 12
£\c7) 10 Wd3+ £tf5 11 h5+ ФЬ6 12
G)xe6+ &h7 13 £\xf8+ Ф^8 14 e6 isn’t
clearly bad for Black.
8 £)g5 g6 9 Ш З ® f5 10 g4
10.. .£>h6 11 ®h3 Фё7 12 ■Йхе6+
Ахеб 13 Wxh6+ 1-0
N.V.Pedersen - L.Karlsson
Hallsdall 1996
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 £k3 A b4 4 e5 c5 5
Wg4 £le7
5.. .cxd4? 6 ®xg7 dxc3 7 b3 Wh4 8
Ad3 £>e7 9 Wxh8+ * d 7 10 £if3 Wg4 11
0-0 1-0 J.Fries Nielsen-H.Franke, Bun-
desliga 1988/9.
6 dxc5
 Semi-Open Games 121

6 thf3 cxd4 7 <£>xd4 <£)g6 8 ДЬ5+ M.Mudelsee - M.Geveke

± d 7 9 0-0 0-0 10 £\xe6?? ДхсЗ (when Bundesliga 1990/1
attacking the opponent’s queen, one might 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 £lc3 ДЬ4 4 e5 c5 5
not expect him to have a zwischenzug аЗ ДхсЗ+
that wasn’t check, but the pin of the 5.. .cxd4?! 6 axb4 dxc3 7 % 4 ФГ8 8
knight to W hite’s queen makes it possi­ h4 ®c7 9 £if3 cxb2 10 ДхЬ2 #xc2?? 11
ble here) 0-1 D.Tobor-C.van Buskirk, B el ШЪ2 12 Sxc8+ * e 7 13 Щ 5+ 1-0
corr. 1989. Roberdeau-Goodrich, Cincinnatti 1983.
6 ®xg7 2g8 7 # x h 7 cxd4 8 аЗ Ша5 9 6 ЬхсЗШс7
S b l?(9 a x b 4 ® x al 10^ce2)9...dxc3 10 6.. Ма5 7 £sf3 cxd4 8 Д dЗ b6 9 0-0
axb4 (10 Д еЗ keeps the bishop trapped, Д аб 10 ^ x d 4 <S)e7 11 a4 ДхОЗ 12 ®xd3
since Ю...Дс5? allows 11 b4, but is still £\bc6?? 13 £ * 3 1-0 S.Sulskis-N.Sulava,
difficult for White, e.g. 10...£\bc6 11 Groningen 1997.
axb4 {11 £ie2 d4} 11. J f a 2 12 S d l cxb2 6.. .£ie7 7 a4 £tt>c6 8 £if3 Wa5 9 #d2:
13 c3) 10...®a20-l J.Sylvan-M.Antonsen, a) 9...a6 10 ДаЗ «ха4?? 11 ДЬ2 1-0
Farum 1993. The rook is trapped - a stan­ D. Walker-Almeida, 1965.
dard tactic in the French. b) 9.. A d i 10 Д аЗ b6 11 ДЬ5 аб 12
6.. .<5)bc6 7 £\f3 d4 8 a3? ДОЗ c4?? 13 ДЬ4 (psychologically it is
8 ДЬ5. perhaps easy to imagine that because the
8.. .#a5 9 S b l (D) bishop can be taken, the black queen is
therefore safe, forgetting that a pawn can
do the job just as well) 1-0 J.Acers-Bills,
Sundsvale 1969.
7® g4
7 £>f3 £>c6 8 Д 03 cxd4 9 cxd4
£}xd4?? (Black starts a tactical sequence
without analysing its consequences care­
fully enough - a common cause of disas­
ter) 10 £ixd4 ® c3+ 11 Wd2 Wxal
(1 l...'i,xd4? 12 ДЬ5+) 12 c3 (the queen
is trapped, and will be rounded up by
£sb3) 1-0 Booth-Fazekas, London 1940.
7 .. .f6 (D)
9.. .dxc3!
9.. .ДхсЗ+? 10 ЬхсЗ ®xc3+ 11 'A’dl
Wxc5?? 12 2b5 £>xe5 ( П - .^ с З 13
ДЬ2) 13 £)xe5 1-0 Z.Pevcevic-B.Barbu-
lovic, Yugoslavia Cup qual (Arandje-
lovac) 1991. Black lost in 4 moves after
rejecting a move that won on the spot!
0-1
10 ДеЗ (10 axb4 loses to 10...®a2)
10...£tf5 11 axb4 (or 11 Шс4 -5)xe3 12
fxe3 Wxc5 13 axb4 ШхеЗ+) gives Black
a choice between 1l...£)xb4 and 1l...®a2
12 S d l cxb2.
122 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

8 £.Ь5+?! g xf614 ®f4 White regains the piece with

8 « g 3 ; 8 £>f3. some advantage.
8.. .<4f8
8.. .* f 7 9 i.d 3 ? (White is worried
about his bishop being trapped by ...c4,
but this is an occupational hazard of this
line; instead he allows his centre to
disintegrate for nothing; 9 £>f3 is criti­
cal) 9...cxd4 10 £le2 fxe5 11 Wh5+ * f8
0-1 S.Schabanel-C.Conan, Val Maubuee
1989.
9 ^ f3
9 a4 fxe5 10 J.a3 £sf6 was a line given
by Andrew Martin.
9.. .c4 10 a4 a6?
Too direct. 12 £lg5+ fxg5 13 ®h5+ 1-0
11 £.аЗ+ Ф ПГ! (Dj 13...g6 14 Wf3+ mates on f8 - the
Now it’s White to play and mate in doomed bishop on b5 lived long enough
five. After 1 l...£>e7 12 i.d 6 Ш 8 13 exf6 to join in the mating combination.
4 Open Games

1 e4 e5 M iscellaneous
G.Vescovi - I.SokoIov
Malmo 1995
1 e4 e5 2 Ab5?!
2 £>e2 d5 3 exd5 Wxd5 4 £\bc3 Wa5 5
d4 £\c6 6 d5 £ib4 7 i.d 2 ?? i.f5 ! 8 Hcl
JLxc2! 9 5xc2 £id3# 0-1 NN-Canal,
simul.
2 c3?!:
a) 2...£>f6 (2...d5 is logical) 3 d4
<£ixe4 4 dxe5 jtc5 ? 5 Wg4 £ixf2 6 Wxg7
Sf8 7 i.g 5 f6 8 exf6 Bxf6 (8...& xhl 9 8.. .1.xf2+! 9 Ф П
i.e 2 ) 9 i.x f6 Ae7 10 Wg8+ 1-0 P.Mor- 9 Wxf2 Sxe5+ 10 * d l (10 ФП 2f5)
phy-A.Bottin, Paris 1858. 10...J.g4+ 11 Фс2 Se2 is terrible for
b) 2...&C6 3 d4 £if6 4 i.g 5 h6 5 i.h 4 White.
g5 6 ^.g3 exd4 7 e5 dxc3! 8 exf6? (8 9 ФхГ2 Hxe5 wins, e.g. 10 Wdl (10
<£>xc3) 8...cxb2 9 We2+ We?! (most sur­ Wxe5 ^g4+) 10,..±g4 11 Wc2 Be2+ 12
prising; White was undoubtedly expect­ ФП Wxd5.
ing 9...i.e7 10 Wxb2 i.x f6 11 £lc3) 10 9 Ф01 jLg4.
fxe7 Ag7 0-1 Rusakov-B.Verlinsky, Mos­ 9.. .J.g4 10 Wxf2 Bxe5 11 &gl
cow 1947. 11 d4 Bf5 12 i.f4 £lxd5 13 g3 £M 4
2.. .c6 3 Jta4 £lf6 4 We2?! 14 gxf4 Wf6 with a rout.
4 £lc3!?. 11.. .We7 0-1
4.. .6C5 5 £\f3 d5!? 12 h3 S el+ 13 ФЬ2 We5+ 14 g3 (14
More vigorous than 5...0-0, which Wg3 Bxhl+) 14„.He2.
Sokolov had played in an earlier game.
6 exd5 Centre Game and Danish
6 d3? Wa5+ 7 £ к З d4 picks off a piece.
6 .. .0-0 Gambit
Threatening ...e4.
7 l£lxe5 Svenson - Alderson
7 dxc6 e4 8 cxb7 JLxb7 gives Black a corr. 1912
large development advantage for the 1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 c3
pawns. Or:
7...!e8! 8 c3? (D) a) 3i.c4:
8 0-0? Wxd5 9 S e l i.d 4 wins the al) 3...Wh4?! 4 We2 i.b4+ 5 c3 dxc3
knight, but 8 dxc6 £lxc6 (8...itxf2+ 9 6 bxc3 Ac5 7 £lf3 Wh5? (7...We7) 8
ФГ1) 9 Jixc6 bxc6 10 f4 is more resilient. g4! Wxg4 9 i.xf7+ ФГ8 10 Bgl Wh3 11
124 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
Sg3 1-0 E.Falkbeer-Zytogorski, Austria
1870.
a2) 3...£lf6 transposes to a very re­
spectable line of the Bishop’s Opening (1
e4 e5 2 Ac4 <Sif6 3 d4 exd4).
b) 3 f4 is an odd, but quite dangerous
gambit:
b l) 3...£>c6 4 &f3 ДЬ4+?! (4...1.C5
followed by ...£if6 and a quick ...d5 is
more appropriate) 5 JLd2 'We.lV. 6 JLd3
7 0-0 0-0 8 e5 £>d5 9 i.xh7+! * x h 7
10 £>g5+ &h6 11 Wg4 1-0 T.Halasz-
Gritschuk, corr. 1985.
Ь2) З...Дс5 4 £rf3 £sc6 5 a3 a5 6
JLd3 £>f6 7 0-0 0-0? (7...d5) 8 e5 ^ d 5 9 for the piece, he is about to come under a
JLxh7+! * h 8 (9...*xh7 10 £ig5+ and
then 10...4^6 11 f5+ or 10...&h6 11
Wd3 mating) 10 &g5 g6 11 Wf3 ^ e 3 12
JLxg6 1-0 T.Halasz-Tanin, corr. 1985.
c) 3 ®xd4 &c6 4 Ша4 <5)f6 5 £\c3
d5?! 6 JLg5 dxe4 7 £ixe4 (7 i.b 5 )
7...W ell (7...i.b4+ 8 c3 ®d4!?) 8 0-0-0
Wxe4? 9 Sd8+! 1-0 D.Bronstein-NN,
Sochi simul 1950.
3.. .dxc3 4 Jtc4 cxb2
4.. .d6 5 £\xc3 Ш 6 £>f3 i.g 4 7 0-0£sxg4 £)f6?? 10 <&xf6+ gxf6 11 # h 5 +
<5)c6 8 i.g 5 the 5? 9 £>xe5 i.x d l? ?
(9,..dxe5 10 ШЪЗ) 10 Д х П + Фе7 11
<52id5# l-0Essery-Warren, England 1912.
5 ± x b 2 (D)
5 ...Ш
Black has a few other ways to try (or
fail) to remedy his lagging development:
a) 5 ...% 5 ? 6 £\f3 # x g 2 ? 7 Hgl
&M+ 8 Sfre2 «fh3 9 i.xf7+ <£d8 10 &xg7
£ie7 11 <2ig5 1i ,h4 12 <£ie6# (obviously
not a game Lasker took too seriously!)
1-0 H.Bird-Em.Lasker, Newcastle blitz
1892.
b) 5...JLb4+:
b l) 6 £sc3 « g 5 ?! 7 &f3 ®c5 8 # b 3
£lh6 9 0-00-0 10 £ld5 i.a5 ?? (10...£lc6)
11 jLa3 1-0 A.Albin-Horinek, Sofia 1922.
b2) 6 * f 1 Ш 7 e5 d5 8 i.b 5 + ±d7
(8...c6) 9 t o (9 Ша4) 9...We7?! (9...£le4)
10 £if3 i.xb5?! 11 # x b 5 + c6 12 exf6
(although Black will have three pawns
heavy attack) 1-0 J.Bobber-S.Albrecht,
corr. 1990.
c) 5...d6:
c l) 6 «Ъ З ЧВГе7?! 7 £sc3 <5)f6 (7...c6)
8 £ige2 £ic6 9 f4 i.d7?! 10 £ib5 ®d8?
11 i.x f7 + Фе7 12 e5! dxe5? 13 i.a 3 +
1-0 P.Ismajlova-S.Ertel, Duisburg girls
U-lOW ch 1992.
c2) 6 £if3 JLg4?! (6...5)c6 is a Goring
Gambit) 7 ± x f7 + * x f7 8 £ie5+ Фе8 9
Фе7 12 Axf6+! 1-0 Berhold-Kreutzah-
ler, Berlin 1941.
d) 5,..d5 6 ± x d 5 i.b 4 + 7 <&>fl? (7
£>c3) 7...£sf6 8 Ш4+ £ic6 9 i.xc6+ bxc6
10 ®xb4?? 'i'dl-t- (forcing mate; this is
rather better than 10...ПЬ8, which was
recommended in ECO\) 11 Ше1 JLa6+
0-1 S.Albrecht-J.Bobber, corr. 1990.
6£sc3
6 e5 is more critical.
6.. .£ic6
6.. .d5 is a good safe move.
7 £if3 £\a5
7.. .d5 avoids serious danger.
8 i.xf7+ * x f7 9 e5 Sk4 10 exf6
®e8+?
10.. .®xb2? 11 Hd5+; 10...Wxf6!?.
11 <5)xb2 12 #d5+ 1-0
12.. .* e 6 13 £ig5+; 12...*xf6 13 Hel
with a decisive attack.
 Open Games
Bishop's Opening
L.Boros - 1.Sailer
Hajduboszormeny 1995
1 e4 e5 2 Jtc4 ®c6
a) 3 d4 exd4 and now:
al) 4 e5?! d5 5 £.b3 <^e4 6 £ie2 i.c 5
7 f3? Wh4+ 8 g3 d 3 ! 9 gxh4?? (9 Wxd3
i.f2 + 10 ‘i ’d l £>xg3) 9...i.f2+ 10 ФП
J.h3# 1-0 Stevenson-Mariott, 1868.
a2) 4 £lf3 ^ x e 4 5 Wxd4 £id6? 6 0-0
£ic6 7 2 e l+ £le7 8 i.b 3 ! f6 9 Wd5
(threatening ilf4 ) 9...g5 (after 9...a5,
hoping for 10 J.f4 a4 11 jLxd6 axb3, 10
a4! leaves Black in the same predica­
ment) 10 £lxg5 (10 JLf4! is more ele­
gant) 10...fxg5 11 JLxg5 (11 Wxg5)
11.. .h6 12 £ic3 Sh7 (12...hxg5 13 £ie4
£lxd5 14 £>xd6#) 13 Wg8 1-0 L.ProkeS-
Zander, Vienna 1925.
b) 3 d3:
b l) 3,..c6 4 £if3 d5 5 Ab3 dxe4 6
£lxe5?? (6 4ig5 JLe6 7 J.xe6 fxe6 8
£)xe4 is clearly a bit better for White)
6.. .W a5+0-l K.Tammela-J.Kiltti, 1992.
b2) 3 ...i.c5 4 £lf3 d6 5 i.b 3 h6?! 6
сЗ Ше7?! 7 £lbd2 <S)bd7 8 £>c4 c6 9 0-0
a5?! (Black has already taken a couple of
liberties, i.e. ...h6 and ... We7, but this is
too much) 10 d4 ,&a7? (10...exd4 11
cxd4 and e5) 11 dxe5 dxe5 12 £)d6+ ^ f 8
13 £lxf7 1-OB.Schwagli-M.Gyger, corr.
1988.
3 d3 £ia5
3...J.C5 4 £if3 d6 5 0-0 & f6 6 ДеЗ
i.b 6 7 JLxb6 axb6 8 £lbd2 0-0 9 S e l
£ih5 10 £ixe5?? (apparently a simple
combination to win a pawn...) 10...£>xe5
0-1 Oeser-Althoff, Germany 1941. 11
Wxh5 Ag4 (...but in fact a self-trap of the
queen!).
4 i.xf7+ Ф хП 5 Wh5+ Феб 6 Wf5+
Ф66 (D)
7d4?!
125
Л 1
W ii
This transposes to the line 1 e4 e5 2
£>c3 ± c 5 3 £>a4?! i.xf2+?! (3...i.e7! is
better) 4 ФхГ2 Wh4+ 5 ФеЗ Wf4+ 6 ФdЗ
d5 with colours reversed.
7 f4!? looks more logical.
7.. .Wf6??
7.. .We8 is theory’s recommendation,
when it is not clear that White has
enough.
8 dxe5+ Wxe5 9 i.f4 1-0
Vienna Game and
Vienna Gambit
F.Perez - A.Alekhine
Malaga 1941
1 e4 e5 2 £sc3 JLc5 3 JLc4
3 5)a4?! i.xf2+?! (3...i.e7) 4 ФхГ2
Wh4+ 5 ФеЗ Wf4+ 6 ФdЗ d5 7 Wf3?? (7
W ei) 7...dxe4+ 0-1 J.Plath-M.Reichel,
corr. 1987. This is essentially the same as
the previous main game.
3 £lf3 d6 4 i.c 4 £lf6 5 d4 exd4 6
4ixd4 <£\c6 7 £ixc6 bxc6 8 £la4? <£ixe4 9
£ixc5 £ ixc5 10 Wf3 0-0 11 i.e 3 Wh4 12
i.xf7+?? Sxf7 13 Wxc6 i.b 7 0-1 E.Pala-
cios de la Prida-J.Ridameya, Seville
1993.
3 f4 (the most critical move) 3...d6 4
£}f3 and now:
a) 4...iLg4 5 h3 i.x f3 6 Wxf3 exf4 7
Wxf4 Wf6 8 g3 c6 9 i.c 4 5М7 10 S f l
i.d 4 ? 11 JLxf7+! &xfT? 12 Wxd6 Wxfl+
126 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

13 * x f l 1-0 J.Bauer-von Walter, Vienna

1890.
b) 4...£tf6 5 d4? exd4 6 ^ x d 4 0-0
(White’s pawn-centre is untenable) 7 Jte2
Se8 8 Wd3 W ei 9 Af3 <йхе4! 10 i.x e4
d5 11 £ x d 5 ®xe4+ 12 Wxe4 Sxe4+ 13
Q\e2 jtg 4 0-1 H.Gouwentak-H.Baudet,
Den Bosch 1911.
3.. .d6
3.. .6 .7 ? ! 4 d3 £>bc6 5 Wh5\ 0-0 6
Jig5 We8 7 £if3 <2)g6? 8 £\d5 i.b 6 9
£if6+! gxf6 10 .&xf6 1-0 A.Alekhine-de
Cossio, San Sebastian blindfold simul a l) 6 g3? fxg3 7 £if3? g2+ 8 Фxg2
1944. Wf2+ 9 ФЬЗ d5# 0-1 Kolbe-Rotenstein,
4£>ge2?! Berlin 1921.
4& f3. a2) 6 We2 £id4 7 i.x f7 + ? (7 £tf3)
4.. .<&f6 5 d4 exd4 6 £>xd4 Sk6 77...ФхГ7 8 Wc4+ foe6 9 £>h3 f3 0-1
£)xc6 bxc6 8 0-0 ®g4 9 We2? «Ъ4 10 K.Braunlin-H.Solch, Friedrichshafen
h3 h5 11 i.f4 <5ixf2 12 ±xf7+ Фе7 13 1983.
± h 2 &xh3++ 0-1 b) 4 d4 ®h4+ 5 Фе2:
14 * h l ^ f 2 + 15 * g l £)g4+ (but not b l) 5...b6 6 £lb5?! (6 tfd2! i.a 6 + 7
15.. .£)xe4+?7 16 ФЫ, when the intended * d l I x f l 8 £)f3) 6...£tf6 (6...i.a6 7 a4
16.. .£)g3# is illegal!) 16 * h l ®xh2#. Wei) 1 £tf3 ®g4 8 £> x c 7 + * d 8 9 <S)xa8
£ixe4 10 c4 £ Ь 4 11 ®a4?? £ixd4+ 12
F.Perez - A.Alekhine * d l (12 <£d3 £)c5+) 12...£sf2# 0-1
Madrid blitz 1943 M.Morgan-W.Shipley, USA 1893.
1 e4 e5 2 £k3 4k6 3 f4 exf4 (D) b2) 5...d5 6 £>xd5? (6 exd5) 6..JLg4+
3.. .d6 4 £tf3 a6 5 i.c 4 i.g 4 6 fxe57 £>f3 0-0-0 8 i.x f4 (8 c3 f5) 8...£rf6
£)xe5?? 7 <S)xe5! i.x d l 8 i.x f7 + Фе7 9 (8...f5) 9 i.g 3 Wg5 10 c4 £lxe4 11 i.x c7
£id5# 1-0 H.Pillsbury-Femandez, Hanno­ Hxd5 12 cxd5 Wxd5 0-1 B.Huub-T.Mi-
ver simul 1900. chael, corr. 1995.
3.. .Дс5 4 £sf3 (4 fxe5) 4,..d6 5 f5?! b3) 5...d6! 6 £lf3 £.g4 7 i.x f4 f5
(although this is one of White’s ideas in (7...0-0-0) 8 &d3 (8 h3) 8...ffe7 9 Wd21
this type of position, it is premature here; fxe4+ 10 thxe4 ,kf5 0-1 M.Blumich-
White should play 5 JLb5, 5 Ac4 or 5 Svenson, corr. 1910.
£>a4) 5...£)f6 6 h3? d5 7 ^ x e 5 ? ^ x e 4 8 4.. .g5
£\f3 Wh4+! 9 <£sxh4 ±f2+ 10 Фе2 Ы 4+ 4.. .1.e7 5 1 x 4 ± h 4 + 6 Ф П d6 7 d3
11 Ф03 <£ic5# (a variant on the Legall J.g4 8 &xf4 & g e l 9 Wd2 i.x f3 10 gxf3
Mate) 0-1 Oudheusden-De Vries, Am­ £lg6 11 £)e2 Wf6 12 * g 2 ? £ld4! 13
sterdam 1934. £ixd4 £ixf4+ 0-1 J.Jilemnicka-G.Ciolac,
4& f3 Litomysl 1997.
Other moves are riskier: 5d4
a) 4 JLc4? Wh4+ 5 ФИ Jic5 (here we 5 h4 g4 6 £\g5 h6 7 £>xf7 <*xf7 8
see the key difference between this and i.c 4 + Фе8? (8...d5) 9 Wxg4 £>e5??
the Bishop’s Gambit, i.e. 1 e4 e5 2 f4 (9...£>f6 10Wg6+ Фе7 11 WH+ * d 6 12
exf4 3 i.c 4 Wh4+ 4 ФП ± c5 ? 5 d4): d4 <£ixd4 13 ±xf4+, etc.) 10 Wh5+ Фе7
 Open Games
11 Mxe5# 1-0 S.Tartakower-M.Berman,
Paris 1934.
5.. .g4 6 ±c4 gxf3 7 &xf4 fxg2??
7.. .1.g7.
8 &xf7+! * x f7 9 * h 5 + * g 7 10 S g l
£lge7
10.. .± e7 11 Sxg2+4>f8 12Sf2w ins.
11 ±h6+ * g 8
1 l...* f6 12 i.g 5 + * g 7 13 2xg2.
12 Sxg2+ 1-0
S.Schelkonogov - Morozenko
Krasny Luch 1989
1 e4 e5 2 £ic3 <5)c6
A related line to that which occurs in
the game is 2...jLc5 3 £sa4 Jtxf2+?!
(3...J.e7 is better), which very nearly
works for Black: 4 ФхГС ®h4+ 5 ФеЗ
Mi4+ 6 ФdЗ d5 7 M el ! dxe4+ 8 ФсЗ e3
9 ФЬЗ JLe6+ 10 ФаЗ, when Black has no
follow-up.
3 Ac4 £ia5?
This waste of time is severely pun­
ished. Black should instead develop his
pieces, e.g. 3...Ac5 or 3...£lf6.
4 <kxfl+l
With an extra move, as compared to
the line just mentioned, it is no surprise
that this is strong.
4.. .ФхГ7 5 MhS+ Феб
5.. .g6 6 ®xe5 forks the h8-rook andthreats to both the black king and queen.
the knight on a5.
6 Mi5+ Фаб 7 d4! £)c6
Everything else loses: 7...вТ6 8
dxe5+ ®xe5 9 JLf4; 7...exd4 8 JLf4+
Фе7 9 £id5+ Фе8 1 0 £ ix c 7 + ; 7...« e8 8
dxe5+ Феб 9 еб.
8 dxe5+ Фс5
8.. .Фе7 9 ± g 5 + ; 8...<&хе5 9 i.f 4 ®f6 iLe6+ 1-0 Francis-V.Hooper, 1916.
10 Jtxe5+ Mxe5 11 0-0-0+ wins the
black queen.
9 ^.еЗ+ ФЬ4
9.. .Фс4 10 Mf7+ d5 11 exd6+.
10 аЗ+ Фа5 11 еб+ d5 12 exd5 thcel
13 b4+ 1-0
13.. .Фа6 14Ш З+ .
111
J.Mieses - M .Chigorin
Ostend 1906
1 e4 e5 2 £lc3 <5ic6 3 £ c 4 i.c 5 4 Mg4
Wf6?
The counterattack against f2 carries
insufficient force.
5 £ d 5 ! ®xf2+
5...±xf2+? 6 ФП Ш 4 1 Mxgl i.x g l
8 g3! ®xe4 9 £lf6+! £sxf6 10 Wxf7+
Ф08 11 Wxf6+ Фе8 (ll...<£ie7 12 Wxh8+
makes decisive material gains) 12 &.П+
1-0 Rodis-Gromotka, coir. 1982.12..ФТ8
13 i.g 6 + Фg8 14 Mil#.
6 Ф d l (D)
Black has won a pawn and forced the
white king to move, but has no effective
follow-up. The result is that White has
6.. .ФГ8
6.. .£)a5? 7 <2)h3 1-0 Z.Vukovic-Emler,
Hamburg 1974. 7...d6 8 Mxgl J.xh3 9
S f l or 7 ...# d4 8 Mxgl £sxc4 9 # x h 8
ФГ8 10 d3 with 11 J.h6+ to follow.
6.. .d6 7 Mxgl &dl 8 £)xc7+ Фd8 9
£lxa8 Фс8 10 £rf3 i.h 3 11 2 f l # x g 2 12
6.. . 6 .e 7 7 £lh3 f d 4 8 Wxg7 £)g6 9
d3 £.e7 10 S f l Фd8 11 £)g5 Sf8 1-0
P.Leisebein-H.Tuchtenhagen, 1989. 12
Wxf8+ ± x f8 13 £\xf7+ Фе8 14 £sxc7+
Фе7 15 JLg5#.
6.. .£\f6 1 Mxgl £sxd5 8 Wxh8+ Af8
9 exd5 ®xg2 10 dxc6 W xhl? (after
 128 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

10...d6 11 cxb7 ± g 4 + 12 * e l Ше4+, as 9 № 3 is met by 9...h5!?, rather than

played in Fidelity Computer-Shirazi, 9.. .Axh3? 10 H fl with the double threat
Somerset 1986,1 3 i.e 2 S b 8 14d3® xhl of 11 c3 and mate on f7.
15 i.h 6 wins) 11 ®xe5+ i.e 7 12 ®g3 9.. .1.xh3 10 ШЪЗ <£a5
®xc6? 13 Wg8+ 1-0 P.Leisebein-K.An- 10.. .®ce7 11 £ixe7 £)xe7 12 H fl and
dre, corr. 1990. 13 c3.
7 £sh3 Ш 4 11 H fl! <53xc4 12 Ш 7 f6 13 <5^xf6
7...h5! is the best chance. 13 £lxc7 also wins.
8 d3 (D) 1-0
Threatening 9 c3. 13.. .£lxf6 14 Hxf6+ gxf6 15 ДЬ6+
&g8 16*е6#.

P.S.M ilner-Barry -
C.H.O’D.Alexander
London 1940
I e4 e5 2 £)c3 £ k 6 3 Ac4 AcS 4 Wg4
<йТ8?! 5 ®g3
5 * f 3 Ш 6 %3ge2.
5.. Л6
5.. .h5!? 6 d3 (6 $3ge2) 6...M 7 Wf3
£lf6 (with a threat, which White over­
looks) 8 £lge2? d5! 9 <S)xd5 J.g4 10 Ae3
J.d6 0-1 T.Kulhanek-G.Jablecnik, Czech
8.. .d6 League 1995/6.
8.. .£)f6 9 £ixf6 d5 10 c3 Jtxg4+ 11 6 d 3 ?l
£lxg4 dxc4 12 cxd4 i.x d 4 13 dxc4 £sa5 6 £sge2.
gives Black only two pawns for the piece. 6.. .£sd4 7 i -ЬЗ Ae6 8 Ag5 Ш 7
8.. .JLe7 9 Hfl <^id8 (9...&f6 10 £>xf6 8.. .f6 9 Лхеб is OK for White.
Axf6 11 Ш 5 £\d8 12 £lg5) 10 £)xe7 9 &d2
£ixe7 11 i.x f7 £ixf7 12 fT 3 1-0 J.Beth- 9 He 1 is a better way of defending
mann-P.Leisebein, corr. 1990. c2.
8.. .ДЬ6 9 S fl: 9.. .h6 10 Ae3 £if6 11 ®ge2??
a) 9...d6 10 Sxf7+ &xf7 11 <2)xb6+. II JLxe6.
b) 9...£>f6 10 Hxf6! d6 (10...gxf6 11 11.. .^xb3+!
■&h6+ * e 8 12 Wg7) 11 ®xg7+! 4>xg7 1l...£lh5? 12 Wh4? (12 Axe6) 12...g5?
12 J.h6+ &g8 13 Zhe7+ (13 Hg6+ is a (12...£M>3+) 13 Wxh5? (13 i.x e6 )
flashier way to mate next move) 13...£lxe7 13.. .1.g4? (13...£ixb3+) 14 Wxf7+ shows
14 JLxf7#. the reason for Black taking on b3.
c) 9...f6 10 thx f6 1-0 M.Brooks- 0-1
Grous, South Africa 1946. 10...£)xf6 11 12 axb3 £>h5 13 Wh4 g5 14 Wxh5
Hxf6+ gxf6 12 i.h 6 + Фе8 13 % 7 . Ag4.
d) 9...£kl8 10 сЗ ®c5 11 £ig5 £>h6 12
® h4 d6 13 £)e6+ 1-0 A.Alekhine-S.Lu- L u tsar - Zem an
gowski, Belgrade simul 1931. 13...£lxe6 corr. 1985
14 ®е7+ * g 8 15 We8+ £lf8 16 £le7#. 1 e4 e5 2 £ k 3 £sc6 3 ± c 4 &c5 4 ®g4
9W h4 g6 5 Ш З
 Open Games 129

5 tfg3 d6 6 d3 £id4 7 i.b 3 £.e6 with b) 2...£sc6 3 d3 £if6 4 ?hc3 1 x 7 5 f4

pressure against c2. exf4 6 i.x f4 d6 7 £lf3 l.g 4 8 h3 £ih5 9
5.. .^ f 6 6 £ige2 A f8 ±xf7+?? -4>xf7 10 £\g5+ i.x g 5 11 Wxg4
Keres; 6...d6 7 d3 £.g4 8 % 3 h6 9 f4. £ixf4 12 0-0 0-1 E.Rodemann-U.Tamm,
7 d3 i.g 7 ? Dortmund 1993.
7.. .h6 is necessary. 2...£\f6 3 1 x 4 (D)
8±g5! 3 g3 is a major alternative:
Threatening 9 ^ d 5 . a) 3—1 x 5 4 l.g 2 d6 5 ® ge2 £ic6 6
8.. .h6 9 ± x f6 £.xf6? 0-0 1 x 6 7 £)a4 ®d7 8 c3 h5?? 9 d4 exd4
9.. .Wxf6 10 £lb5 Wxf3 11 gxf3 * d 810cxd4b5 11 ^ х с5 1-OT.Ristoja-S.Geor-
12 Jtxf7 g5 gives Black some compensa­ ges, Malta OL 1980.
tion. b) 3...£sc6 4 JLg2 1 x 5 5 £ige2 d6 6
10 £>d5 (D) £ia4 1 x 6 7 d3 Ш 7?! 8 h3 (taking g4
away from the еб-bishop) 8...h6? (8...1.b6;
8...5Ш ) 9 f4 g6? (now, surprisingly,
White wins a piece; Black should instead
move his queen, though he would then be
at a considerable disadvantage) 10 fxe5!
<2)xe5 11 £lac3! (White will win a piece,
one way or another, by pushing his d-
pawn) 1-0 Mi.Tseitlin-W.Humer, Wattens
1991.
c) 3...d5 4 exd5 and now:
c l) 4...c6?! 5 dxc6 1 x 5 6 We2? (6
&g2 £sxc6 7 d3 denies Black full com­
pensation) 6...£)xc6 7 l.g 2 0-0 8 i.x c6
10.. .1.g7 (8 £\f3 e4 and ...£ld4) 8...bxc6 9 & fl (9
10.. £}f3) 9...Se8 10 «04?! J.b 6 11 Шхсб?
.JLe7 11 £>b6 d5 is relatively best,
but still hopeless, of course. We7 12 # x a8 ?? i.a 6 + 0-1 M.Royer-
Il£ ib 6 RHaezebaert, 1995.
11 £ixc7+ * x c 7 12 Wxf7+ * d 8 13 c2) 4...£lxd5 5 l.g 2 c6 6 We2 1 x 6 1
Wxg7 also wins. £)xd5 cxd5 8 * x e 5 £sc6 9 Ше2 £>d4 10
1-0 Ш 1 ®e7 11 f3??£>xc2+! 0-1 A.Olms-
K.Eberding, corr. 1985.
A.Krebs - O.Lendi
corr. 1943
1 e4 e5 2 £lc3
2 i.c 4 :
a) 2...£)f6 3 d3 (this move-order
avoids the ...£\xe4 trick that we see in the
main game) 3...Ac5 4 £ic3 d6 5 4ia4
i.e 6 6 £lxc5 dxc5 7 l.g 5 l.x c 4 8 dxc4
<5)c6 9 # d 5 ? ? ®xd5 10 i.x d 8 £idb4 11
l.x c7 £lxc2+ 12 Ф<12 £lxal 13 £)f3 f6
0-1 To.Johansson-V.Smyslov, Stockholm
Rilton Cup 1996.
130 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

3.. .£>xe4 and Kutianin-Yakobiuk, Moscow 1940.

The critical move, based on a pawn- 7...Wxg5 8 Ш 5#.
fork trick. 4.. .£)d6 5 Jtd5 i.e 7 6 <5if3 <2ic6
3.. .jtc 5 4 d3 d6 5 f4 £ig4 6 f5 h5?! 6. . . 0- 0.
(6...£ie3) 7 £lh3 Wh4+ 8 ФП £if2?? 7 d4 exd4 8 £)e4 g6
(8...‘53e3+ 9 JLxe3 Jtxe3 10 <£М5 offers 8.. .0-0 looks OK, e.g. 9 £\xd6 ^.xd6
White some advantage) 9 Wei 1-0 M.Rii- 10 £ig5 ®e7+ 11 Ф01 h6 12 S e l Шб.
fenacht-Zwahlen, Switzerland 1989. 9 £ie5!? 0-0 (D)
3.. .£lc6 4 d3 i.b 4 (4...i.c5 5 f4 d6 6 9.. .gxh5 10 <?)xd6+ JLxd6 11 JLxf7+
£\f3 is considered under the King’s ФГ8 12 i.h 6 + Фе7 13 i.g 5 + ФГ8 is a
Gambit line 1 e4 e5 2 f 4 1 x 5 3 £)f3 d6 4 draw.
i.c 4 £>f6 5 £)c3 -йсб 6 d3) 5 £>ge2 d5 6
exd5 £\xd5 7 0-0 i.e 6 8 i.x d 5 i.x d 5 9 f4
exf4 10 £>xf4 £ie7? (10...i.xc3) 11
£ifxd5 £>xd5 12 # h 5 1-0 Ale-Geus,
corr. 1983. 12...£\f6 13 Ш5+.
3.. .jtb 4 and now:
a) 4 f4 exf4? (4...d6) 5 e5 Ше7 6 We2
£sg8 7 £sd5 ШМ+ 8 * d l i.a 5 9 £if3
®h5 10 £lf6+ gxf6 11 exf6+ &d8 12
S e l 1-0 A.Alekhine-M.Euwe, The Hague
blitz 1921.
b) 4 d3 d5 5 exd5 Jtxc3+ 6 bxc3
£ixd5 7 ®h5 0-0 8 £if3 £ic6 9 i.a 3
He8?7 (9...'2M'4 10 ®g5 Be8 is quite safe 10 £ixg6! <53хе4?
for Black) 10 £)g5 <S)f6 11 ® xf7+ ФЬ8 10.. .hxg6? 11 Wxg6+ ФЬ8 12 Ш 5+
12 Wg8+! Exg8 13 £\f7# 1-0 H.Hall- Фg8 13 JLh6 should win for White;
mann-W. Schneider, corr. 1931. 10...Se8 11 0-0 £)xe4 12 ± x e4 hxg6 13
c) 4 £ige2 c6 5 d4 <S)xe4 6 dxe5 ®h4 JLxg6 fxg6 14 ®xg6+ is a draw.
7 0-0 S)xf2? (7...£ixc3 8 bxc3 # x c 4 9 11 £sxf8 £sf6?
cxb4) 8 i.x f7 + ФТ8 (8„.*xf7 9 Sxf2+ is 1 L.MxfS 12 i.x e4 Щ 7 13 Ah6 We5
good for White due to his development is the best attempt to survive.
advantage) 9 ®d4 (9 JLb3!) 9...Wxd4 10 12 «xf7+ ФЬ8 13 ± g5 1-0
<S)xd4 1-0 Santasiere-Adams, Pittsburgh
1946. Mieses - NN
4Ш 5 Liverpool simul 1900
The only way to fight for advantage 1 e4 e5 2 £кЗ Ш 3 ± c 4 <5ixe4 4
involves some hand-to-hand tactics. Ш 5 £\d6 5 ±b 3 &e7
4 £sxe4?! d5 5 Ab3? (5 i.d 3 dxe4 6 5.. .41c6 6 d4 (the main line continues
i.xe4) 5...dxe4 6 Ш 5 We7 7 £)e2?? (this 6 <S3b5 g6 7 Wf3 f5 8 Ш 5 ® e7 9 £fxc7+
natural move proves instantly disastrous Фd8 10 4lxa8 b6, which boils down to a
for White) 7...g6 0-1 Papousek-Lucar, sharp exchange sacrifice) 6...exd4 7 <23d5
Prague 1987. g6?? 8 ife2+ i.e 7 9 <5)f6+ Ф18 10 i.h 6 #
4 JLxf7+?! ^ x f7 5 £>xe4 £ic6? 1-OR.Bass-R.Armstrong, USA 1952.
(5...d5) 6 1T3+ ^>g8?? (6...Фе8) 7 £sg5! 6 d3 0-0 7 £if3 ®c6 8 £lg5 h6 9 h4
1-0 H.Imbusch-H.Goring, Munich 1899 <5)e8??
 Open Games
9.. .£>d4.
10 £\d5 ??
10 53xf7 wins on the spot.
10.. .<53f6??
Ю ...£Ш 11 ®g6 (11 <53xe7+ Ш е1 12
Wg6thf6) 11...*53хс2+ 1 2 * d l ±xg5 13
Axg5 fxg6 and Black wins.
11 ®g6!?
11 £>xf6+ jtx f6 12 JLxf7+ wins.
11.. .fxg6?! 12 ®xe7++ * h 8 13 53xg6#
1-0
A.Clerc - B.Englisch
P a ris 1 8 7 8
1 e4 e5 2 ^ c3 <53f6 3 f4 dS
3.. .exf4? 4 e5 Ше7 5 Шс2 £>g8 6 £\f3: lb 5 + ? ! £ic6 (8...1d7) 9 0-0 0-0 10 a3
a) 6...d6?? 7 <53d5 ®d7 8 exd6+ * d 8
9 dxc7+ 1-0 Krejcik-A.Kraus, 1952.
b) 6 ...£ c6 7 d4 d6? 8 <Sld5 Ш 8 9
*53x07+ 1-OWurzberger-Peifer, Paris 1933.
4 fxe5 <S3xe4 (D )
5 <53f3
5 d3 Wh4+? (falling for a standard* d 7 11 Wxa.6 53c5 12 Шс4 1-0 P.Mader-
trap) 6 g3 <53xg3 7 <S3f3 Wh5 8 £)xd5 *53a6
(8...i.g49i.g2*53xhl 10 <53xc7+ & dl 11
£ixa8 £ic6 12 ЛеЗ f6 13 d4) 9 Ш Ш 6
10 *53e2 ®c6 11 £)xg3 i.g 4 12 i.g 2 1-0
C.Perez Pietronave-D.Campagnoni, Siem-
bra Villa Ballester 1996.
5 te ? !:
a) 5...£ ic6 6 *S3xe4? *53d4 7 Wd3 (7
« f 4 dxe4 8 Л с4 Af5) 7...dxe4 8 Шс4
L e6 9 ®а4+ сб 10 £>e2 Лс5 11 сЗ Ь5 12
131
Ш 4+ 13 <53g3 i.g 4 0-1 Englund-
Cohn, Barmen 1905.
b) 5...f5! 6 *5)ce2 £>c6 7 d4 L e i 8
£3h3?! (8 сЗ) 8...*53b4 9 ШЬЗ?! (9 ^ d l )
9.. .C5 10 dxc5 £3xc5 11 ШсЗ d4 12 Wd2
£ie4 13 t d l d3 0-1 H.Pillsbury-E.Pape,
Paris blindfold 1900.
5.. .ЛЬ4
5.. .$4сЬ 6 a3? (6 Ле2?! is also met by
6.. .Лс5!) 6...1.C5! 7 d4?! *5)xd4! 8 *53xd4
Wh4+ 9 g3 *53xg3 10 £)f3 ! f 2 + ! 11
* x f2 £ie4++ 12 ФеЗ # f2 + 13 &f4 (13
&d3 £ic5#) 13...g5# 0-1 G.H.Macken­
zie-A.Hollins, 1893.
5.. . L e i 6 d4 l b 4 7 l d 2 c5!? 8
£)xd2 11 ®xd2 cxd4 12 lx c 6 ? ? (12 axb4
dxc3 13 » x c 3 ® b6+ 14 '#c5; 12 £lxd4)
12.. .dxc3 13 Ш 4 l a 5 ! 0-1 K.Berg-
A.Kosten, Lewisham 1981.
5.. .!g 4 :
a) 6 l e 2 <53xc3 (6...£sc6) 7 ЬхсЗ c6 8
0-0 L e i 9 <53d4 ! x e 2 10 Wxe2 (White
has excellent chances on the kingside)
10.. .0.0 11 £>f5 *53d7 12 d4 Se8?? 13
' i ,g4 1-0 A.Pokomy-Wurtz, Weymouth
1968. 13...g6 14 *53h6+.
b) 6 Ше2 £sc6? 7 £)xe4 £id4 8 Ш З
Axf3 9 £ig3! (1-0 R.Wessman-C.Becx,
Reykjavik 1990) 9...Lc5 10 gxf3 0-0 11
c3 £ k 6 12 f4 1-0 W.Hasenfuss-Heilimo,
Munich OL 1936.
бЛ е2
6 Ше2 i.f5 ? (6...ЛхсЗ) 7 ШЬ5+ £)c6
8 *53xd5 a6? 9 * x b 7 Wxd5 10 Wxa8+
Frischherz, Swiss Ch 1986.
6.. .c6!? 7 0-0? ®Ъ6+ 8 Ф Ы
8 d4? *53xc3 9 ЬхсЗ ЛхсЗ.
8.. .6.С + 9 I x f 2 ШхГС 10 d4 Л g4 11
J.f4 ЛхсЗ
1 l...J.xf3 12 J.xf3 removes the dan­
ger to the black queen.
12 ЬхсЗ c5?? 13 « d 2 1-0
13.. .£)c6 14 ЛеЗ or 13...i.xf3 14
ЛЬ5+.
132 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
King's G am bit
A.Bangiev - Kubler
corr. 19 8 9 -9 1
1 e4 e5 2 f4 (D )
2.. .Ш6
This is Stefan Biicker’s Nordwalde
Variation, the idea of which is to accept
the gambit pawn with the queen. It isn’t
good, but is more resilient than it looks.
2.. .£>f6 3 fxe5 £ixe4 4 £rf3 £ig5 5 c3 A standard transposition by which
£lxf3+ (5...d6) 6 Wxf3 ®g5? (Black now
spends at least three tempi grabbing a
pawn) 7 i.e 2 ®xe5 8 0-0 ®e7 9 d4 c6 10
Wg3 d5 11 i.g 5 1-0 M.Chigorin-O.Bem-
stein, Kiev 1903. Il...f6 12H el.
2.. 6 . 6 :
a) 3 f5?? ® h4+ 0-1 Norlin-Guraj,
Sweden 1974.
b) 3 £sf3:
b l) З..Т6? 4 i.c 4 exf4? 5 d4 g5? 6
£ixg5 h6 7 # h 5 + Фе7 8 ШП+ Фйб 9 e5+
fxe5 10 4ie4# 1-OEm.Lasker-C.McBride,
Chicago simul 1902.
b2) 3 ...d 6 4 i.c 4 i.e 7 5 0 -0 i.f6 ? 6 c 3 is a standard line).
£sge7 1 d4 £3g6 (7...exd4 8 e5 dxe5 9
fxe5) 8 f5 <53f8 9 £\g5 i.x g 5 10 * h 5 g6
11 fxg6 fxg6 (11...A xel 1 2 g 7 )1 2 i.f7 +
1-0 V.Koroliova-A.Jacobs, Rimavska
Sobota girls U-16 Ech 1996.
3£ic3
3 £}f3 is the main alternative:
a) 3...d6? 4 fxe5 dxe5 5 d4 exd4 6
Ag5 i.b 4 + ? 7 c3 dxc3 8 Ша4+ £ic6? 9
i.x f6 c2+ 10 £sbd2 1-0 S.Inhoven-J.Ei-
sele, Eppingen 1988.
b) 3...®xf4 4 £>c3 ± b 4 5 ± c 4 i.xc3
6 0- 0 :
b l) 6...1rf67dxc3'a,b 6 + 8 * h l 'i rc5?
9 i.x f7 + &xf7? 10 £lxe5++ Фе7 11
®h5 1-0 H.Jonkman-J.Hoentjen, Hengelo
U-20 1994.
b2) 6...i.xb2 7 Axb2 ®g4? 8 i.x f7 +
1-0 J.Houben-Rde Vries, Hengelo U-20
1997.
3.. .®xf4 4 £lf3 d6 5 d4 * g 4 6 dxeS
dxe5 7 ± c4 f6 8 J.e3 ± b 4 9 0-0 ±xc3
10 bxc3 fd 7 ? 11 £>xe5! # x d l 12
la x d l 1-0
12.. .£sh6 13 itx h 6 gxh6 14 5x f6 or
12...fxe5 13 i.f7 + &f8 14 i.c5 + £ie7 15
Sd8#.
G.Welling - Douven
E in dh oven 1 9 8 2
1 f4 e5 2 e4
White turns a From Gambit into a King’s
Gambit.
2.. .c6!?
An extremely unusual response to the
King’s Gambit, but maybe not too bad.
3£sf3
3 £sc3 makes sense, when 3...d5
(3...exf4 looks odd after ...c6) 4 exd5
leads to a normal line - see next note.
3.. .d5 (D )
Seeking to transpose to the line 1 e4 e5
2 f4 d5 3 exd5 c6 with White committed
to the unusual 4 £sf3 (4 <53c3 exf4 5 £>f3
4 exd5 e4!?
4.. .exf4 5 <£k3 transposes to the afore­
mentioned normal line.
5 £se5 £sf6?
5.. .cxd5 is fairly solid for Black, his
central pawns counterbalancing any
short-term inconvenience, e.g. 6 JLb5+
 Open Games 133

d l) 5 &c3 £>a5 6 £\xe5? & xdl??

Ы 1 1 lto 5 ? g6 8 £ixg6? fxg6 9 We5+
<4?f7 10 ®xh8 £)df6 or 6 ®h5 g6 7 £lxg6
fxg6 8 Ше5+ Ф П 9 Wxh8 <Sif6.
6 dxc6 *5ixc6 7 iLc4! £)xe5 8 fxe5 ®xf3 <Sixe5.
Ag4? 9 exf6! 1-0
9...Jtxdl 10 i.b5+.
Lopez - Cutri
Madrid 1575
1 e4 e5 2 f4 d6 3 £ c4
3 £tf3 i.g4?! 4 i.c4:
a) 4...exf4 5 £\c3 g5 6 ^ e 5 !? dxe5
(6 ...i.xdl?? 7 i.x f7 + Фе7 8 £id5#) 7
Wxg4 c6? 8 f c Ш 6?? 9 ®c8+ Wd8 10
Jlxf7+ 1-0 Rankins-Papke, corr. 1941.
b) 4...i.e7?! 5 0-0?! (5 fxe5) 5...£)c6?
6 c3? (6 l x f 7 + ^>xf7 7 £)g5+ i.x g 5 8
fxg5+ and 9 * x g 4 ) 6...^a5? 7 fxe5?! (7
i.xf7+ ) 7...dxe5?? (7...£)xc4 8 ®a4+ c6
9 ®xc4 jce6 was the best hope) 8 JLxf7+
(8 « а 4 + c6 9 i.xf7+ * f8 10 £ixe5)
8...*xf7 (8...*f8) 9 &хе5-н- Феб 10
Шхё4+ Фхе5 11 # f5 + Фd6 12 Ш 5#
1-0 Chamouillet-NN, Versailles 1849.
c) 4...£lf6:
c l) 5 0-0 £lxe4? 6 JLxf7+! Фх17 7
£ig5+ Фg8?? (7...&xg5 8 fxg5+) 8
# x g 4 h5? 9 We6# 1-0 H.van Oostrum-
Bokem, Leeuwarden 1967.
c2) 5 fxe5 dxe5 6 Axf7+ Фх1'7 7
£)xe5+ Фе8 8 ®xg4 |S)xe4 9 0-0 JLc5+
10 ФЫ ± e 7 11 I W h5 12 ®xe4 1-0
J.van der Kooij-De Neef, corr. 1988.
d) 4...£)c6:
(6...Ш 14+! 7 g3 dxe5 is good for Black;
6.. .dxe5 7 i.x f 7 + Фх17 8 ®xg4 is at best
unclear for White) 7 JLxf7+ 1-0 M.Clark-
M. Kelly, Kilkenny 1996.
d2) 5 0-0£lf6 6 £ sc 3 a 6 ? 7 h 3 i.h 5 ? 8
g4 iS2xg4 9 hxg4 JLxg4 10 fxe5 £)xe5??
11 £lxe5! i.x d l 12 i.x f7 + Фе7 13
£ld5# 1-0 J.Blackbume-NN, Manchester
simul 1885.
3.. .c6 4 £if3 i.g4?! 5 fxe5?! dxe5??
5.. .d5 is actually playable for Black, in
view of the tactic 6 exd5?? JLxf3 7 ®xf3
«Ъ 4+, so White must choose 6 JLd3
£sd7 7 exd5 i.x f3 (7...£>xe5 8 We2) 8
6 i.xf7+ <t>xf7 7 £sxe5+ Фе8 8 #xg4
£sf6 9 We6+ We7 10 Wc8+ Ш 8 11
1 ^ 8 + Фxd8 12 £)f7+ 1-0
Classical Defence
A.Pulvermarcher - J.Capablanca
New York 1907
1 e4 e5 2 f4 i.c 5 3 £>f3
3 fxe5?? Wh4+ 4 Фе2 ®xe4# 0-1
N. Tchinenoff-R.Maillard, Paris 1925.
3 £le2?! ® f6 4 c3 <S2c6 5 g3 £lh6 6
i.g 2 £)g4 7 H fl (7 d4 exd4 8 e5 I f f 5)
7.. .£lxh2 8 fxe5?? ® xfl+! 9 ± x f l £tf3#
0-1 Manko-Jankowitz, corr. 1900.
3.. .d6 (D)
3.. .£lc6 4 c3 d5 5 d4? (5 £ixe5 £>xe5 6
d4) 5...exd4 6 cxd4 JLb4+ 7 £)c3? (7
jtd 2 ) 7...dxe4 8 d5 exf3 9 dxc6 Axc3+
10bxc3 f2+ 0-1 Trattner-Gibbs, England
1955.
3.. .d5 4 £)xe5 dxe4:
a) 5 £sc3?! (5 Wh5!) 5...£\f6 6 We2
<2)c6 (6...We7) 7 £ixf7 We7 8 £ixh8 £)d4
9 f d l ? (9 £id5) 9...£\f3+ 10 Фе2 (10
gxf3 exf3+ 11 i.e 2 f2+ 12 ФП i.h3#)
10.. JLg4 0-1 H.Ettlinger-D.Janowsky,
New York 1898.
b) 5 c3?! £)f6 6 d4 exd3 7 ±xd3 0-0 8
Wf3 2 e8 9 &e3?? i.g 4 (9...®xd3 10
134 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
i.x c5 Wxf3) 10 Wg3 Sxe5 11 ± xh7+
&xh7 0-1 A.Karlsson-C.Gustavsson,
Stockholm 1994.
4 c3
Or:
a) 4 d4?! exd4 5 £)xd4 £if6 6 ®c3
We11 Wd3 0-0 8 l d 2 £ic6 9 £>xc6 bxc6
10 i.e 2 Se8 11 0-0-0 a5 12 i.f3 ? ? i.a 6
0-1 S.Geupel-B.Herman, 2nd Bundes-
liga 1994.
b) 4 b 4 !? i.x b 4 :
b l) 5 c3 i.a 5 6 i.c 4 &Ь6?! 7 d4
i.g4?! 8 fxe5 dxe5? 9 A xf7+ * f 8 10
i.a 3 + £ie7 11 0-0 exd4 12 ШЪЗ g6? 13
JLxg6 1-0 Charousek-Makovetz, Buda­
pest 1893.
b2) 5 i.c 4 ^ f 6 6 f x e 5 53xe47c3±c5
(7...d5) 8 d3 ® f2 9 We2 £ixhl? (9...d5!)
10 ± g 5 # d 7 11 exd6+ * f 8 12 i.e7 +
‘A’ge 13 £lg5 (Black must surrender his
queen) 1-0 Schlenker-Jasak, corr. 1978.
c) 4 £ k 3 :
c l) 4...£>f6 5 A c4 transposes to
‘d l l ’.
c2) 4 . . . £ sc6 5 i.c4?! i.g 4 6 d3?! (6
h3 i.x f3 7 Wxf3 £id4 8 Wg3 exf4; 6 £ia4
exf4) 6...<5M4 7 <23d5 (7 h3? ± x f3 8 gxf3
l'h 4 + ) 7...i.xf3 8 gxf3 ®h4+ 9 4>d2 c6
10 £ k 7 + <&d7 11 &xa8 ± Ь 4+ 0-1
S.Wood-Griffith, London 1901.
d) 4 Ac4:
d l) 4...<S3f6:
d ll) 5 £ic3 £lc6 6 d3:
d i l l ) 6...£ig4?!7£sg5!0-0(7...h6 8
f5) 8 f5 ! thf6 9 £id5 h6 10 £ixf6+ » x f6
11 h4! £ia5 12 &h7! -4>xh7 13 i.g 5 1-0
T.Magee-C.Aker, corr. 1981.
d l 12) 6 ...i.g4 7 h3 i.x f3 8 Wxf3
£h&4 9 Wdl g6 10 fxe5 £ h 5 11 ± xf7+ ?
&xf7 12 0-0+ £\f3++ 13 ФЫ £lg3# 0-l
NN-Bier, Hamburg 1903.
d l 13) 6 ...e x f4 7 i.x f4 0 -0 8 i.g 5 h 6 9
i .h 4 i.g 4 10Ш 2??(10£к15) 10...&xf3
11 gxf3 ^ х е 4 0-1 Y.Gelemerov-J.Pre-
gal, corr. 1992.
d l 14) 6...a6 7 £ld5 b5? (7...£sxd5) 8
£>xf6+ Wxf6 9 Ad5 i.b 7 10 fxe5 dxe5
11 H fl 0-0? 12 £sg5 1-0 Delanoy-
Carrasco, Paris 1994.
dl2) 5 c3 0-0:
dl21) 6d3<£c67'Bre2?!He8 8f5?d5
9 i.b 3 i.xf5! 10 ± g 5 (10 exf5 e4)
10.. .dxe4 11 dxe4 JLxe4 12 ® c4 (12
i.x f6 i.x f3 ) l2...Wd5 13 « Ь 5 ? £.f2+
0-1 M.Chigorin-A.Bum, Ostend 1905.
dl22) 6 fxe5 dxe5 7 ^ x e 5 £lxe4 8
d4? (8 Wh5) 8 ...'th 4 + 9 Фе2 Wf2+ 10
<4>d3 i.b 6 11 H fl?? (11 i.d 5 ) 1 l...£>c5+
12 dxc5 J.f5 # 0-1 Weigel-Ebert, corr.
1936.
d2) 4...£\c6 5 c3 i.g4:
d21) 6 d4 exd4 7 0-0? (7 # b 3 )
7.. .£)f6 8 e5? dxe5 9 fxe5 dxc3+ 10 ФЫ
Wxdl 11 Hxdl £ie4 12 H fl £if2+ 13
’i ’g l £ )d l+ 0-1 Reid-T.van Scheltinga,
Stockholm 1937.
d22) 6 Wb3 i.x f3 7 gxf3? (7 i.x f7 +
<4>f8 8 gxf3) 7„.® h4+ 8 ^ d l Wh53
(8...«М 4; 8...0-0-0) 9 ®xb7?? (9 ± x f7 +
Wxfl 10 *xb7) 9 ...trxf3+ 10 Фс2 ®xe4+
11 d3 <£sd4+ 0-1 NN-Lacey, Detroit 1941.
4.. .J.g4
4.. .f5 5 fxe5 fxe4 6 d4 (6 Wa4+)
6.. .exf3 7 Wxf3 i.b 6 8 i.b 5 + c6 9 0-0
Well (9...®e7) 10 i.g 5 Шеб 11 Ш +
* d 7 12 Hf7+ 1-0 Branch-Gruer, Cardiff
blindfold simul 1923.
4.. .£ic6 5 i.c 4 Ag4 6 ±xf7+ ?? * x f7
7 £sg5+ Wxg5 8 Wb3+ ±e6 9 W xbl
 Open Games 135

'#xg2 10 WxaS Шхе4+ 0-1 T.Alfred- and ...Bhe8+ wins) ll...£)de5 12 $Le3
J.Randolph, Columbus 1979. £ixe3 13 ®xe3 S3g4 14 We2 (14 Wg3
4.. .5)f6 5 fxe5 dxe5 6 <£)xe5 <йхе4?? 7Wg5 15 ‘Sid2 JLd6 is quite good for
'#a4+ c6 8 ®xe4 1-0 M.deJonge-O. Vede­ Black) and now neither 15 4ld2
nina, Bratislava U-14 girls Wch 1993. S)e3 (15...<S)xh2 16 0-0-0) 16 g3 Wh6 17
4.. .# е7 ? (this fails to stop d4, and is£sc4 nor 14...®g5 15 4ld2 looks fully ad­
therefore bad) 5 d4 exd4 6 cxd4 # x e4 + 7 equate for Black.
* f2 : 8.. .0.0 9 Ag5?
a) 7...i.b4 8 a3 i.a 5 9 b4 Ab6 10 9 Slxg4 Slxg4 (9...Slxe4) 10 dxc5 (or
i.b 5 + <4>f8 (10...4>d8 11 S e l) 11 B el lO.Wdl) 10...S)xc5 11 ®d4 doesn’t give
* f5 12 Be8# 1-0 G.Greco-NN, 1620?. Black enough for the piece.
b) 7...£>f6 8i.b5+'4>d8 9dxc5£ig4+ 9.. .£ixe5 10 dxe5? £lxe4! 0-1
10 i ’gl 1-0 B.Hund-Dahlgriin, German 11 Wxe4 W dl# or 11 JLxd8 i.f2#.
worn Cht 1988.
5 fxe5 dxe5 6 ®a4+ (D) Falkbeer Counter-gambit

M.Chigorin - C.Walbrodt
Budapest 1896
1 e4 e5 2 f4 d5 3 £lf3
3 fxe5?? ® h4+ 4 g3 Шхе4+ 5 * f 2
JLc5+ 0-1 Rigaud-Cooper, Nice O L 1974.
3 Slc3?! dxe4 (Black could also try
3.. .d4 4 S ke2 and then 4...d3 5 cxd3 S)c6
or 4...Sk6 5 £if3 jtd 6 ) 4 S3xe4 (4 fxe5)
4.. .exf4 5 i.c 4 Wh4+ 6 g3?? fxg3 7 We2
g2+ 8 i d l gxhlW?? (8...iLg4 wins eas­
ily) 9 S)f6++ &d8 10 We8# 1-0 San-
ders-NN, New York 1910.
6.. .£id7 3.. .dxe4 4 £)xe5 ,&d6
6.. .£>c6 is the preference of some old 4.. .Ш ? 5 A c 4 £ld5? 6 <S)xf7 Фх1'7 7
theory books, e.g. 7 S)xe5 (7 JLb5 Wf6) ® h5+ 1-0 C.Rivaud-C.Terraz, Geneva
1...Ш4+ 8 g3 i.f2 + 9 &xf2 Wf6+, but 1991.
then White has 10 &g2 ®xe5 11 JLa6! 4.. . 6 . 6 5 i.b 5 £if6 6 £>xc6?! (6 We2)
and Black must go into retreat. 6.. .bxc6 7 i.x c6+ ± d7 8 i.xa8? i.g 4 0-1
6.. .JLd7 is the normal move, and allowsNN-Beis, Germany 1940.9 JLc6+ Фе7 is
White a pleasant advantage after 7 Wc2. worth playing on for White.
7 £sxe5 £lgf6 4.. .j.c 5 and now:
7.. .ШМ+ 8 g3 i.f2 + 9 &xf2 Wf6+ is a) 5 We2 S3f6 6 ®Ь5+?! £ibd7 7 d4
still good for White. exd3 8 S)xd3 a6 9 ®b3 0-0 (now White is
8d4! in serious trouble) 10 c3 Be8+ 11 JLe2
8 £ixg4 S)xg4 9 d4 Wf6 (9...«h4+ 10 &a7 12 Wc2 S)c5 13 S)xc5 ± g 4 0-1
g3 Wf6 11 JLf4; 9...0-0 - see note to R.Atkinson-RBaker, corr. 1953.
White’s 9th move) 10 Wc2 (10 dxc5 b) 5 £.c4 £ih6 6 &xf7?? Wd4
t e + 11 * d l 0-0-0 wins) 10...0-0-0 11 (White’s idea was 6...Sixf7? 7 JLxf7+
We2 (11 dxc5 £lxc5 12 JLb5 £lxe4 13 * x f7 8 Wb5+) 7 Wh5 Wf2+ 8 * d l
S fl ® h4+ 14 g3 £ixg3 15 hxg3 #xg 3 + J.g4+ 0-1 Sachs-D.Gedult, Paris 1971.
136 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
5*e2
5 £ ic 4 ? i.x f4 6 £ic3 ?? ® h 4 + 7 g3
i.xg3+ 8 Фе2 JLg4+ 9 ФеЗ i.f2 + 10
Фхе4 i.e2 + 11 &d5 £)e7+ 12Фе5 £id7#
0-1 NN-Em.Lasker and G.Maroczy,
Hamburg simul 1900.
5 JLc4 iLxe5 6 fxe5 ®d4 (6...<£}c6!) 7
« е 2 « х е 5 8 d4! Wxd4 9 &сЗ Ш 10
ДеЗ Ш 8 (10...«fe5!?) 11 0-0 h6 1 2 1x5
£lbd7 13 Шхе4+! 1-0 A.Anderssen-
E.Schallopp, Berlin 1864. 13...‘53xe4 14
JLxf7#.
5.. .We7
6 ®xe4?
6d4.
6.. .f6 7 d4 fxe5 8 fxe5 c6?
8.. .£if6! is better, e.g. 9 ®e2 0-0 10L.Smit, Zevenbergen 1980.
exd6 Wxd6 11 i.e 3 Ke8 12 Wc4+ £.e6
13 ®c3 “5M5 winning.
9 JLc4 ± c 7 10 0-0 i . e 6 11 i.g 5 '#xg511 * f 4 * f5 + 0-1 A.Antler-T.Franklin,
12i.xe6£> h6? 13 &c8! (D)
1-0
L azard - S.Tartakower
Paris 1929
1 e4 e5 2 f4 d5 3 exd5 c6
3..Mxd57 4 £ к З Шеб 5 3 exf4+ 6
* f2 :
a) 6...i.d6? 7 £.b5+ 1-0 Saxton-
Darting, corr. 1936.
b) 6...i.c5+? 7 d4 i.d 6 ? 8 £.b5+ and
now:
b l) 8...* f8 9 S e l ®f5 10 Se8# 1-0
G.Greco-NN, 1620?.
b2) 8...*d8 9 S e l Ш 10 Де8# 1-0
Reinle-Kostner, Muran 1925.
c) 6...®b6+ 7 d4 jLd6 8 JLb5+ JLd7 9
S e l+ fc e l 10 i.xf4! i.x b 5 11 i.x d 6
Wxd6 (if 1 l...cxd6, then 12 £sd5) 12
£sxb5 Ш 7 13 ® e2 1-0 A.Rubinstein-
Butiagin, Moscow simul 1909. Black has
a rotten position, but resignation is pre­
mature.
4 dxc6?
Or:
a) 4 fxe5?? 'Srh4+ 5 Фе2Ше4+ 6 &f2
JLc5+:
a l) 7 &g3 Шхе5+ 8 i>f3 £if6 (or
8.. .Ш 5+) 9 Jte2 Ag4# 0-1 Bosscher-
a2) 7 d4 JLxd4+ 8 Ф^З JLxe5+
(8..Mg6+) 9 &f2 ± d 4 + 10 * g 3 % 6 +
New Jersey 1986.
b) 4 We2 cxd5:
b l) 5 l rxe5+ ?i.e7 6 l ,x g 7 ? i.f6 0-l
NN-D.Gedult, Paris 1981.
b2) 5 fxe5 £>c6 6 b3? (6 c3 d4)
6.. .£>d4 7 Wd3 i.c 5 8 ®c3 « h 4 + 9 * d l
i.g 4 + 10 i.e 2 ?? (10 £\f3) Ю - .Ш 0-1
Marcinek-Kocem, corr. 1975.
4...£ixc6 (D)
5d3
5 fxe5?? Wh4+ 6 g3 ffe4+ 7 Ше2
# x h l 8 * f 2 We4+ 9 * d l i.g 4 + 10 ®e2
 Open Games
i.xe2+ 11 i.xe2 ± c5 0-1 P.Villard-L.Au-
bert, Orange 1993.
5 ^sf3 exf4 (5...e4) 6 i.c 4 Ad6 7 d4
£ige7 8 0-0 0-0 9 £>g5 £)g6? 10 *0i5 1-0
K.Hawkins-R.De Coverly, Eastbourne
1991.
5 JLb5 and now:
a) 5...JLc5 6 £sf3 i.g 4 7 c3 e4 8 Wa4
(White’s plan is too artificial) 8...exf3 9
i.x c6 + * f8 ! 10 d4? (10 gxf3 bxc6 11
fxg4 Ш 5 12 S f l 2 e8+ 13 * d l * d 3 )
Ю...Ше7+0-1 Mi.Schmid-D.Winkler, Bad
Ragaz 1994.
b) 5...exf4 6 £rf3 Ш 1 0-0?? Ш в+
8 d4 « x b 5 9 £lc3 Wh5 10 £.xf4 i.e 6 11
We2 0-0-0 0-1 L.Tegzes-RSinkovics,
Hungarian Cht 1994/5.
5...iLc5 6 £\c3 <5)f6 7 £)f3 0-0 8 fxe5
£lxe5 9 i.g5? (D)
9 £ixe5 2 e8 10 ± f4 £sg4 11 ®e2
JLd4 is good for Black.
9.. .2e8! 10 £ \e 2
10‘53e4^3xe4! 11 Axd8 £>c3 wins; 10
<йхе5 2xe5+ 11 £)e4 £}xe4 wins.
10.. .£lxf3+ 11 gxf3 ®d4! 12 c3 #f2+Tagnon-Jojic, Paris (1) 1985 and L.Leu-
13 * d 2 Wxf3 0-1
Duschek - S.Pietruske
corr. 1977
1 e4 e5 2 f4 d5 3 exd5 e4 4 d3
4 i.b5+?! c6 5 dxc6:
a) 5...bxc6 6 i.a 4 Wd4 (6...i.c5) 7 c3
(7 £ k 3 ± c 5 8 # e 2 ) 7...Ш 6 8 £ie2 Jkg4 10 £icxe4 fxe4 11 £lb3 is still good for
137
9 0-0 ?(9 ± с2 )9 ...Ш З ! 1 0 2 e l(1 0 & f2 )
10...Ac5+ 11 * f l ? (11<&hl JLf2 12i.c 2
Шаб) 11...ШЗ+! 0-1 F.Langley-B.Burt,
Wales 1868.
b) 5...£\xc6 6 £ie2 £>f6 (6...i.c5) 7
d4 exd3 8 i.xd3?! (8 ®xd3) 8 „.i.c5 9
£sbc3 0-0 (White has serious problems
with his development) 10 h3 2 e8 11
JLd2 £)h5 12 ^ e 4 ? 1Ъ 4+ 0-1 Spangler-
T.Purser, corr. 1978.
4.. .£)f6
4.. .'ifxd5:
a) 5 Ш&2 £if6 6 £ld2 JLf5 7 dxe4
i.x e 4 8 £lgf3 (8 g4!?) 8...£sc6 9 c4?!
Wa5 10 a3? 0-0-0 11 g3 (White’s play
has been too sluggish, and now Black’s
development advantage gives him instant
victory) 11...2e8 12 <&dl &f5 0-1 Le-
vine-E.Schiffers, 1904.
b) 5 £id2!? exd3 6 i.x d 3 «xg 2 ?? 7
i.e 4 ®g4 8 Wxg4 Axg4 9 J.xb7 1-0
RKeres-J.Petrov, Tallinn 1933.
5£ld2
5 We2 Af5 6 dxe4 i.x e4 (6...£sxe4) 7
£sc3 ± b 4 ?? (7...We7 8 £>xe4 £)xe4 9
i.e 3 £)d7 10 £lf3 £>df6 11 0-0-0 0-0-0
12 g3 £lxd5 13 i.h 3 + * b 8 14 A d4 is
cited by Zak) 8 Wb5+ 1-0 Babaev-
Moskovtsev, corr. 1988.
5 dxe4 £lxe4:
a) 6 g3? (overly cautious) 6...JLc5 7
We2 (7 i.g 2 £>f2) 7...0-0 8 # c 4 We7 9
®e2? Ag4 10 Wxg4 Af2+ 11 Фе2 £>f6+
12 <&’xf2 £}xg4+ 0-1 K.Ruzicka-Singer,
1929.
b) 6£>f3:
b l) 6...i.b4+?? 7 c3 i.c 5 8 Wa4+ 1-0
stean-I.Ionescu, Tumu Severin 1993.
b2) 6...±c5 7 *fe2:
b21) 7...Wxd5?! 8 £ifd2:
b 2 11) 8...0-0?? 9 £ixe4 2e8? 10
£\f6+! 1-0 M.Lange-T. Albert, Wurzburg
1987.
b212) 8...f5 9 £>сЗ « еб ?? (9...Ш 4
138 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

White though) 10 £)dxe4 fxe4 11 Wh5+ This position was given as clearly
(1-0 W.Homuth-W.Konig, Germany better for Black by Euwe.
1987/8 and G.Kosztolanczy-A.Bogar, 11 £>f3 £k6??
Hungary tt 1991) ll...g 6 12 Wxc5 1-0 Black can avoid disaster by 1 l...£)d7,
Humbek-Limbos, Belfast 1964. 1l...£)a6 or the pawn-grab 11... J.xe4 12
b22) 7...f5 8 £ifd2 (8 ДеЗ) 8...0-0 9 dxe4 Wxe4, but the resulting positions
£lxe4 fxe4 10 ДеЗ ®xd5^? 11 Wc4! (a are far from clear.
very easy move to miss) 1-0 Schlosser- 12 i.c5! 1-0
NN, Meseritz 1940.
b23) 7...i.f5 8 &c3 We7 9 £>dl?! (9 EEgido - J.Sanchez Almeyra
i.e3!) 9...0-0 10 £ig5? 2e8 11 £\xe4 Zaragoza 1992
i.xe4 12 c4? i.xg2 13 Wxe7 Sxe7+ 0-1 1 e4 £lf6 2 £sc3 e5 3 f4 d5 4 exd5 e4
Hagel-Strobel, corr. 1926. Transposing from an Alekhine via a
5.. .exd3 Vienna to a line of the Falkbeer Counter­
5.. .Wxd5? 6 dxe4 ^xe4 7 i.c4 Wd4?gambit, normally reached via 1 e4 e5 2 f4
(but Black is in trouble anyway: 7...Wa5 d5 3 exd5 e4 4 £>сЗ Ш .
8 We2; 7...Wc5 8 We2 f5 9 £lxe4 fxe4 10 5d3
Wxe4+ Де7 11 £tf3) 8 We2 1-0 K.Jo- 5 ±Ь5+ c6 6 dxc6 bxc6 7 i.e2? (7
hansson-S.Svensson, corr. 1980. 8...f5 9 i.c4) 7...J.C5 8 d3?Wd4 9 Wd2? (9 £ixe4
<S2igf3 will leave White a clear pawn up <5)xe4 10 dxe4 Wf2+ 11 *d2 Wxf4+)
with a good position. 9.. .Wf2+ 10 * d l Wxg2 11 £>xe4 £)xe4
5.. .JLf5 and now: 12 ± f3 Wxhl 0-1 F.Roski - H-J.Schulz,
1) 6 We2?! i.b4!? 7 c3 0-0 8 cxb4?! Vienna 1996.
exd3 9 Wdl 2e8+ 10 Ф П We7 11 &c4 5 We2 and now:
<йе4+ 0-1 Krasinski-Y.Estrin, Istra 1947. a) 5...±g4?! 6 Wb5+? (6 We3!)
2) 6 dxe4 <S)xe47 £sgf3 Wxd5? (Black
6.. .£>bd7 7 h3 a6 8 Wa4 b5 9 Wa5 £lxd5
can’t solve his problems so simply; 10 jLxb5 (10 hxg4 JLb4) 10...axb5 11
7...i.c5) 8 Дс4 Wa5 (8...Wc5 9 i.xf7+Wxb5 Wh4+ (1 l...£)xc3 12 dxc3 Wh4+
*xf7 10 £>xe4) 9 We2 Дс5 10 c3! &d8 0-1 N.Zuboya-T.Konstantinova, USSR
11 £ixe4 Пе8 12£)e5 JLxe4 13 Wxe4 1-0schools Ch 1968) 12 * f l <£xc3 13 dxc3
A.Lutikov-Khamerman, USSR 1949. Ac5 0-1 Svec-Schwarzbach, Vienna
6 JLxd3 &xd5 7 We2+ We7! 8 <^e4 1961.
£\b4 9 ±e3 £lxd3+ 10 cxd3 J.f5 (D) b) 5 ,..i.f5 6 £ixe4? (6 h3; 6 d3)
6.. .£>xe4 7 d3 Wh4+! 8 g3? (8 * d l We7
9 dxe4 JLxe4 is good for Black - Keres)
8.. .We7 9 dxe4 jLxe4 0-1 E.Mascotti-
D.Gedult, France 1977.
5.. .1.b4 6 i.d 2 e3! 7 ±xe3 0-0 8
Wd2?
8 Ad2 A xc3 9 bxc3 is the critical line.
8 £rf3? He8 9 £ie5 £>xd5 10 i.d 2
АхсЗ 11 bxc3 f6 0-1 NN-C.Olson, Boston
1979.
8.. .£\xd5 9 0-0-0 We7
9.. .1.xc3 10 bxc3 We7 11 i.d 4 Wa3+
12 ФЫ £sc6 is quite good for Black.
 Open Games
10 JLf2?
10£.d4£>c6 11 ФЫ.
10.. .£xc3 11 We2
11 ЬхсЗ Wa3+ 12 ФЫ £ixc3+.
11.. .*Ъ4 0-1
King's Gambit Accepted:
Miscellaneous
P.Keres - G.Menke
corr. 1933
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 ^c3
3 d4 Wh4+ 4 Фе2 d5 5 exd5 i.g 4 + 6 7
£if3 £tf6 7 Wd3?! (7 Wei!) 7...±d6 8 c4 Wxe4 i.xf3 11 Wxf3 Bxd5 0-1 Crowl-
0-0 9 £sc3 Be8+ 10 *d2? Wf2+ 11 £ie2 C.Purdy, corr. 1936. 12 Wxd5 <ЙЬ4+.
Se3 12 Wc2 Ab4+ 0-1 L.Herman-P. Wy­ 7.. ^ d 8 8 £lxa8 £ie5
man, corr. 1945.
3 Wf3 and now:
a) 3...d5 4 exd5 & f6 5 i.b 5 + c6 6
dxc6 bxc6 (6...£)xc6) 7 d4 g5 (7...Wa5+;
7„.i.b4+ 8 c3 i.g 4 9 i.x c6 + <4>f8) 8 <£c3
Wb6 9 We2+ i.e 7 10 Д с4 0-0?? 11 Wxe7
Wxd4 (ll...S e 8 12 Jtxf7+ is an easy
point to miss) 12 |5)ge2 1-0 H.Rossetto-
M.Luckis, Mar del Plata 1949.
b) 3...£lc64c3£lf6 5d4 d 5 6 e 5 |£se4
7 ±xf4:
b l) 7...±e7 8 £ id 2 (8 .id 3 !)8 ....& f5
(8...f5) 9 0-0-0 Wd7 10 h3? £lxd4! 0-1
Ludwig-Weiss, corr. 1946. White could
battle on with 11 cxd4 Wc6+ 12 <53c4.
b2) 7...f6 8 i.d3?! (8 exf6 &xf6 9
i.d 3 ) 8...±f5!? 9 exf6 Wxf6 10 i.x c7
<S)xd4! 11 cxd4 i.b 4 + 12 £\c3? (12 ФП
0-0; 1 2 Ф е 2 ? ^ 4 ) 12...£«c3 13 Wxf5??
§2еА+ 0-1 Alderson-Boyd, corr. 1970.
3.. .Wh4+
3.. .1.b4?! 4 £M5 Wh4+ 5 Фе2 i.d 6
£sf3 Wg4 7 d4 <53e7 8 £ic3 b6 9 Ф12 £ig6
10 Д е2 Д е7 11 g3 fxg3+ 12 hxg3 i.b7??
(12...i.a6) 13 <£)g5 1-0 PKeres-Told-
sepp, corr. 1934.
4 Фе2 d5! 5 ^xd5 Ag4+ 6 £if3 £>c6
(D)
6.. .M 6.
7 £\xc7+!
139
d4? 0-0-0! 8 ФdЗ f5 9 We2 fxe4+ 10
8.. .5 .4 + 9 Ф03.
9h3
9 Wei £>xf3 10 Wxh4+ £ixh4+ 11
Фе1 was suggested by Carlos Torre.
9.. .±h5
9.. .1.xf3+ 10 gxf3 Wg3 11 d4 Wxf3+
12 Фе1 should end in a draw by repeti­
tion.
10 Bgl??
10 d4! £>xf3 11 gxf3 £xf3+ 12 Фх13
Wh5+ 13 Фg2 Wxdl 14 i.d3 Wh5 15
.&xf4 is unclear.
10.. .Wg3 11 Wei Axf3+ 12 gxf3
Wxf3# 0-1
King's Bishop's Gambit
A.Anderssen - L.Eichborn
Breslau 1854
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 .&c4 (D)
3.. .f5?!
6 Or:
a) 3...g5?! 4 h4 f6? (this allows mate;
4„.d5 5 i.x d 5 g4) 5 Wh5+ Фе7 6 Wf7+
Фd6 7 e5+! fxe5 8 Wd5+ 1-0 M.Braune-
NN, Munich 1899. 8...Фе7 9 Wxe5#.
b) 3...i.c5? 4 d4 Wh4+ 5 ФП i.b6 6
£if3 Wd8 7 i.xf4 &e7 8 £ig5 0-0? 9 Wh5
h6 10 i.xf7+ ФЬ8 11 Wxh6+! gxh6 12
i.e5# 1-0 W.Rudolf-NN, 1912.
140 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
c) 3...5M6 4 £}c3:
c l) 4...£lxe4? (it is illogical for Black
to seek to open the game even further) 5
jtx f7 + (5 We2!) 5...* x f7 6 Wh5+ g6 7
Wd5+ * g 7 8 £}xe4 d6 9 b3! Wh4+?
(9...*h6) 10 g3 fxg3 11 i.b 2 + &h6 12
hxg3 1-0 Gedult-Zweigenbergk, Paris
1971.
c2) 4...&c6 5 £if3 ± b 4 6 £\d5 0-0 7
0-0 £ixe4 8 d4 i.a 5 9 i.x f4 d6 10 c3 i.e 6
11 Wc2 f5? (this defends the knight, but
undefends the bishop) 12 b4 JLb6?
(12...g5) 13 £ixb6 1-OE.Cohn-G.Nyholm,
Abbazia 1912. 13...Jtxc4 14 4£)xc4 or
13...axb6 14 JLxe6+.
сЗ) 4...c6 5 d4?! i.b 4 6 e5 £>e4! 7
* f l? ! (7 Wf3 d5 8 exd6 0-0 9 £se2
Wh4+! 10 g3 fxg3 11 hxg3 Wg4 is good
for Black - Keres) 7...£lxc3 8 bxc3 J.xc3
9 i.a 3 ? b5 10 Wg4 g6 11 Wxf4 d5 12
Wh6 ± c6 0-1 J.Sinke-J.van Oosterom,
corr. 1981.
d) 3...Wh4+ 4 sfrfl:
d l) 4...£if6?! 5 £lf3 Wg4? (5...Wh5)
6 i.x f7 + &d8 (6...&xf7?? 7 £ie5+) 7 h3
Wg3 8 £>c3 1-0 Klimov-V.Gorbunov,
corr. 1989.
d2) 4...d5 5 JLxd5 (5 exd5 is the new
fashion) 5...£)f6 (5...J.d6 is OK too) 6
£ic3 (6 £\f3 Wh5 7 £юЗ) 6...c6 (6...£lg4
7 £ih3) 7 ± c 4 ? (7 i.b 3 ) 7...£lg4 8 £\h3
£\e5 9 i.e 2 i.xh3 10 gxh3 Wxh3+ 114>f2
i.e 7 12 d4 i.h 4 + 13 & gl f3 0-1 J.Ran-
dell-Em.Lasker, New York simul 1907.
e) 3...d5:
e l) 4exd5 Wh4+ 5 & fl f3 6 Wel+??
W xel+ 7 Фхе1 fxg2 0-1 E.Molenda-
M.Everett, Michigan 1973.
e2) 4 JLxd5:
e21) 4...£if6 5 £lc3 £.b4 6 d3? (6
£}f3) 6...£>xd5 7 exd5 0-0 8 Wf3 Se8+ 9
£lge2 i.x c3 + 10 ЬхсЗ Wh4+ 11 g3? (11
Wf2 Wh5 is good for Black) ll...i.g 4
0-1 J.Budzinsky-P.Morphy, Paris 1859.
e22) 4...Wh4+ 5 * f l g5 6 g3 fxg3 7
*g2?! (7 Wf3 g2+ 8 * x g 2 £lh6) 7...i.d6
8 h3 £ie7 9 £if3 Wh5 10 ^ c 3 £}g6 11 d4
i.f4?! 1 2 £ie2??(12i.xf7+ ) 12...Wxf3+
0-1 Courel-Blake, England 1904.
4 We2 fxe4?! 5 £lc3?
5 Ш 5+ g6 6 We5+ We7 7 Wxh8 £if6
8 b3! d5 9 Д аЗ c5 10 i.x c5 Wxc5 11
Wxf6 dxc4 12 Wxf4 is good for White -
Neumann.
5.. .£)f6 6 £sxe4 5ixe4 7 JLd5 c6 8
i.xe4 We7 9 c4 g 6 10 d4 £.h 611 c5 * d 8
12 £.d2 b6 13 <£f3? Aa6 0-1
King's Knight's Gambit
Schallopp Defence
Efimov - D.Bronstein
Kiev 1941
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £>f3 4 e5
4 <£>c3 d5 5 exd5 ^ x d 5 6 £\xd5 Wxd5
7 d4 ± e 7 8 i.x f4?? We4+ 9 i.e 2 Wxf4
10 0-0 0-0 0-1 Rather-G.Gresser, New
York Marshall CC Ch 1946.
4.. .£\h5 (D)
5&c3
5 We2?! g5!? 6 g4 fxg3 7 d4 (7 Wg2)
7.. .5g8! 8 We4 g4 9 Wxh7 g2! 10 £lg5??
(10 jLxg2 gxf3 11 &xf3 Wh4+ 12 Ф П )
10.. .5g7 0-1 S.Biicker-C.Herbrechts-
meier, Baden-Baden 1983.
5 JLe2 d6 6 0-0 dxe5 7 £ixe5 i.c 5 + 8
ФЫ £ig3+?? 9 hxg3 fxg3 10 d4?? (10
JLb5+! сб 11 Wh5 g6 12 £\xc6 £lxc6 13
We5+ We7 14 Wxh8+ * d 7 15 Wf6 wins)
 Open Games 141

a) 8 t o d6 9 ^ x e 5 dxe5 10 Wxh5
Wxd5 11 h x g 3 (ll H gl?Д g4!) 11,..ДЬ4+
12 сЗ Ше4+ 13 Д е2 Дg4.
b) 8 £)xe5 « h 4 9 # g 4 g2+ 10 ®xh4
gxhl® 11 Wxh5 ®xd5.
8 <§3g5 g6 9 £)e4
9 d6 cxd6 10 exd6 can be net by
10.. .Ша5+ or Ю...ШЬ6.
9.. .d6??
9.. A g7; 9...£lf5.
10 WxhS gxh5
10.. .®xd5 should lose in the end.
10.. .'Sfh4+ 0-1 H.Rost-E.Sneiders, corr. 11 £>f6# 1-0
1989.
5 d4 d6: Fischer Defence
a) 6 g3?! Ag4 (6...Де7 7 <£>c3 fxg3 8
ДеЗ ±g4) 7 Де2 fxg3? 8 £)g5! (sud­ F.Khodonovich - Gridin
denly Black is in serious difficulty) corr. 1989
8.. .Дхе2 9 Wxe2 dxe5 10 &xh5 Wd5 11 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £sf3 d6 4 Дс4
hxg3 g6 12 t o Wxf3 13 £ixf3 1-0 4 d4 g5 5 Дс4:
M.Keller-G.Meystre, corr. 1974. a) 5„.g4 6 A xf4 gxf3 7 Шх1'3 £\сб?!
b) 6 We2 Де7? (6...d5; 6...dxe5 7 (7...Де6) 8 0-0 £ixd4? 9 Дх17+! * x f7
£)xe5 ШЬ4+ 8 g3!) 7 exd6 cxd6 8 Wb5+ 10 Ш 5+ &g7 И Де5+! 1-0 J.van der
1-0 V.Budzinskis-Krauyunos, corr. 1986. Kooij-H.Wolf, corr. 1985.
5.. .d6 6 Дс4 dxe5?! b) 5..A g7 6 h4 h6 7 сЗ Д еб 8 Дхеб
6.. .£)c6 7 Ше2 Деб 8Дхеб fxe6 9 exd6
fxe6 9 «Ъ З e5? 10 hxg5 hxg5?? 11 Sxh8
±xd6 10 Шхе6+ (10 0-0!?) 10...t o . ДхЬ8 12 ®xg8+ 1-0 M.Lopez-A.Ca­
7 £lxe5?? mara, Merida Carlos Torre mem 1997.
7 A xf7+ &xf7 8 £}xe5+ should be 4.. .£lc6
quite good for White. 4.. .Деб 5 Д хеб fxe6 6 d4 Wf6 (Lar­
7.. .'Brh4+ 8 4-fl Деб 9 Дхеб sen’s suggestion) 7 £lc3 £)e7 8 We2 сб?!
9 ’i ’gl Дхс4 10 £)xc4 Дс5+ 11 d4(preparing ...e5 by guarding the d5-
Axd4+ 12 #xd4 «el#. square, but it is too slow) 9 e5! dxe5?? 10
9.. .£lg3+10 <4>gl Д с5+11 d4 Дxd4+! £ie4 1-0 Yuneev-Klovans, Odessa 1981.
11.. .£)xhl? 12 ДхГ7+ and 13 dxc5. 10.. .t o 11 &d6+ * d 7 12 £>f7 or
12 'txd4 <£ie2+ 0-1 Ю ...«^6 11 £>xe5 t o 12 £>d6+ * d 8
13£)хе2Ш#. 13 £>df7+.
5 d4 <2^6 6 £lc3 £>h5 7 g3 g5
E.Iliazov - Ismatullaeva 7.. .fxg3 8 £sg5 is White’s idea.
Tashkent thematic simul 1983 7.. .Де7 8 d5 £lb8 9 ДЬ5+ сб 10 dxc6
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £lf3 £if6 4 e5 £ih5 Ьхсб 11 <S)d4 gives White attacking
5 g4!? fxg3 6 d4 <^c6 chances.
6.. .d5 7 <5)g5 g6 8 ®f3 f6. 8 h4 (D )
7 d5 lS)e7 8.. .g4?
7.. .£ixe5!? is more ambitious, and ap­ 8.. .Дg4 9 £ixg5!? Ш 7 (9...Wxg5 10
pears viable, e.g.: hxg5 Дх01 11 ^ x d ! £ixg3 12 Bh3 and
142 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

6.. .* e 7 7 » h 5 + Фd8 8 & f7+ Фе8 9

£lxh8+ Фd8 10 & f7+ Фе8 11 4ixh6+
Фd8 12£kg8.
7 Wh5+ Фе7 8 ®f7+ Фd6 9 VdS+
Фе7 10 Ше5# 1-0

3.. .£ к 6

Y.Averbakh - NN
Moscow simul 1957
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 4lf3 £k 6 4 ± c4 g5
5h4
the g3-knight is in danger; 9...Jtxdl 10 5 d4; 5 &c3.
Axf7+ ^ 7 11 Jte6+ is a draw) 10 5.. .f6?
Axf7+ (10 Wd2!?) 10...*d8 11 £\e6+ 5.. .g4 6 £ig5 4ie5 7 i.b 3 h6 8 d4 hxg5
(11 # d 2 ) 11...Шхе6 12 £.хеб i.x d l 13 9 dxe5 itg7.
Фхё1 £\xd4 is quite pleasant for Black. 6 £\xg5! fxg5?
9 Zhg5 £>xg3? 6.. .£)h6 enables Black to limp on.
9.. .1.e6 10 Axe6 fxe6 11 Wxg4. 7 Ш 5+ Фе7 8 Wf7+ Фd6 9 e5+! 1-0
10 &.xf7+ Фе7 11 £\d5+ 9.. .<£>xe5 10 Ш 5+ Фе7 11 Wxe5# or
This is reminiscent of Legall’s Mate, 9.. .Фхе5 10 Ш5+ Ф1'6 11 Wxg5#.
except that White hasn’t had to sacrifice
his queen! Cunningham Defence
11.. .*d 7 12 Wxg4+ 1-0
B. Weaver - I.Melders
Becker Defence corr. 1976
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £if3 Фе7 4 <£c3
G.Greco - NN ±h4+ 5 Фе2 d5 6 £>xd5 <£f6 7 <Slxf6+
1620? *xf6 8 e5 (Ц)
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £sf3 h6 4 Дс4 g5 5
h4
5 <£e5 Sh7 6 0-0 d6 7 £lg6 k g l 8 Ш 5
£lf6 9 i.x f7 + ФхГ7 10 £ie5++ * g 8 ??
(10...Феб 11 Ш1+ Фхе5) 11 Wf7+ <*>h8
12 thg 6# 1-0 Nyman-Arasola, Helsinki
1952.
5 d4 i.g 7 6 0-0 d6 7 c3 £ic6 8 g3 i.h 3
9gxf4® d7 10H f2?(10f5!) 10...£sf6 11
Wei 0-0-0 12 £.b5 She8 13 e5 dxe5 0-1
Oomen-Van Vugt, corn 1987.
5.. .f6?
5.. .g4 6 £ie5 Sh7 7 d4 d6 8 £id3 f3 9
g3 ®e7 10 £sf4 # x e 4 + 11 ФП Шсб 12 8...®Ъ6!?
Ш З Hg7?? 13 ФЬ5 is a line from Black plans ...J.g4, ...£)c6and ...0-0-0,
Greco’s notes. with immediate threats against d4 and e5
6 £lxg5 fxg5 - the idea looks good.
 Open Games 143

8.. .Wa6+ 9 d3 i.g 4 10 £.xf4 £sc6 11 7 ±xd5 c6?

c3 0-0-0 gives Black compensation - 7.. .£if6 8 i.x f7 + Фх17 9 e5 (9 £sxh4
Euwe. Wd4+) 9...i.h3 10 exf6 i .x f l 11 Wxfl
9d4 gxh2+ 12 ФЫ jLxf6 is the theoretical
9 c3 jtg 4 10 Wa4+ ® c6 11 d3 may bebust of the three-pawn gambit.
preferable. 8 JLxf7+! ФГ8 9 i.xg8 Фxg8 10 We2
9.. .±g4 10 Wd3 i.g4?? 11 Wc4+ 1-0
This looks odd, but what else?
10.. .£lc6 11 I g l? 0-0-0 12 c3 £sxe5 R.Teschner - NN
0-1 Southsea 1951
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 <5if3 JLe7 4 Ac4
D.Biggs - G.Benner £>f6
Columbus 1962 4.. .g5? 5 d3? (5 £ie5 6 Wh5)
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £sf3 ± e7 4 i.c4 5...d6 6 0-0 i.e 6 ? 7 ± x e6 fxe6 8 £)d4
±h4+ 5 g3?! e5? 9 Wh5+ Фd7 10 Wg4+ Фе8 11 <йе6
This move introduces the famous but Wd7?? 12 Wh5# 1-0 Gedult-Brenant,
discredited ‘three-pawn’ gambit. The Paris 1970.
idea of sacrificing the kingside pawns to 4.. .d6?! 5 0-0i.g4?! 6 d4 g5 7 ± xf7+!
hide the king in front of a black pawn on &xf7 8 £ixg5+ i.x g 5 9 Wxg4 Wf6?! 10
h2 is worth noting, even if it is not con­ i.x f4 Wxd4+ 11 i.e 3 + 1-0 Gedult-
vincing in this instance. Hammer, Paris 1974.
5 ФП is the normal move: 5£>c3
a) 5,..d6 6 d4 Wf6? 7 e5 dxe5 8 dxe5 5 e5 £)g4:
We7 9 i.x f4 i.g 4 10 <5)сЗ сб? 11 &e4 a) 6 £sc3 i.h 4 + 7 Ф П h6 8 £>e4 d6 9
1-0 P.Morphy-J.McConnell, New Or­ exd6 cxd6 10 £}xd6+?? Wxd6 11 *S)xh4?
leans 1849. <йеЗ+! 0-1 M.Sheratte-L.Dutcher, corr.
b) 5...d5 6 ± x d 5 £sf6 7 £sxh4 £lxd5 1975.
8 £if3?? (8 Wh5; 8 exd5 Wxh4) 8...^e3+! b) 6 d4?! d5 7 JLd3?! Ah4+ 8 Ф П ? (8
0-1 Iverhov-Ilianako, corr. 1957. Фе2 £Т2 9 Wei £ixd3 10 Wxh4 £ixcl+
5.. .fxg3 6 0-0 d5! 11 Hxcl Wxh4 12 £lxh4 is somewhat
6.. .gxh2+?! 7 ФЫ exposes Black tobetter for Black) 8...£sf2 9 We2 £lxhl 10
far more danger because the white king is Axf4 £lf2 (the knight has time to escape)
really quite safe here: 11 £lxh4 4ixd3 12 JLg3 G)f4 0-1 A.Maga-
a) 7...Де7? 8 J.xf7+ &xf7 9 ^e5 + + lotti-F.Izeta, Andorra Z 1987.
Феб 10 Wg4+ Фхе5 11 Wf5+ Фd6 12 5.. .‘53xe4 (D)
Wd5# 1-0 Savanto-Molder, Helsinki 1950. 6 i.xf7+
b) 7...d6? 8 i.x f7 + ! Ф хЛ 9 £ie5++ 6 $ixe4 d5.
Фе8 (9...Фе7 10 Wh5) 10 Wh5+ g6 11 6 £se5 ± h4+?! 7 g3 fxg3 (7...We7 8
<£ixg6 £}d7?? (Il...hxg6; ll...£ if6 ) 12 0-0 Wxe5 9 d4 <2)xc3 10 bxc3 is supposed
£ixh8+ Фе7 13Wf7# 1-0 J.Lutes-Koehl, to give White a winning attack according
Columbus 1961. to theory, but it just looks unclear to me)
c) 7...<&h6 8 d4 d6 (8...d5 9 Axd5 8 Jtxf7+ ФГ8 9 0-0 gxh2+ 10 ФхЬ2 i.g3+
i.h 3 10 i.x h 6 i .x f l 11 W xfl) 9 i.x h 6 11 Фg2 Wh4?? 12 ®f3 1-0 P.Keres-
Ah3? (9...gxh6) 10 i.x f7 + ! Ф07 11 Villard, corr. 1932
i.x g 7 i.x f l 12 Wxfl i.f 6 13 f h 3 + 1-0 6.. .<&xf7 7 £ie5+ Феб?
D.Biggs-R.Trattner, Indianapolis 1959. 7.. ^ g 8 is the sensible move.
144 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

b2) 6 i.c 4 Ш 7 We2+ i.e 7 8 d4

8Wg4+
8 ^ x e 4 d5 9 ®g4+ Фхе5 10 d4+ <&xd4
11 сЗ+ Фс4 12 We.2# 1-0 B.Wood-
G. Stokes, Birmingham 1964.
8.. .Фхе5 9 d4+ 4 ’xd4?
9.. .<4>d6; 9...ФТ6.
10 JLe3+! 1-0
Black is mated in the event of
10.. .fxe3 11 ®xe4+ Фс5 1 2 # d 5 + * b 6 h4? gxh3 1 2 ^ f3 Jkel 13 ± xh8 hxg20-l
13 Wb5# or Ю...ФхеЗ 11 We2+ &d4 12
Wxe4+ * c 5 13 Ш 5 + ФЬ6 14 Wb5#,
while 10...Фе5 11 J.xf4+ ФГ6 12 Axel
£)g5 13 J.xd8 should be winning for
White - but Black might as well have
played on.
Modern Defence
£.g4 9 £.xf4 0-0 10 0-0 Se8?? 11
i.x f7 + ! <&xfl 12 ® с4+ 1-0 J.Roscher-
J.Luffy, corr. 1989.
5 c4
5 d4 ^ x d 5 6 c4 i.b 4 + 7 £lbd2? (7
ФТ2 £>e3 8 Wa4+ $3c6 9 d5? ^ g 4 + 10
Фе2 We7+) l..A e 3 8 *а4+ ?! (8 Wb3
Wei) 8...JLd7 9 Wb3 W ei 10 &f2?
£sdl+!? (10...£k2 11 Hbl We3+ 12
®xe3+ fxe3+ wins a piece) 11 i g l <2)c3
12 h3 J.a4 0-1 Larsson-Englund, Stock­
holm 1942.
5 Ab5+ c6 6 dxc6:
a) 6...&xc6 7 d4 i.d 6 8 ®e2+ Ae6 9
c4? (9 £lg5) 9...0-0 10 d5? Ag4! 0-1
Enzy-Sofia, corr. 1981.
b) 6...bxc6 and now:
b l) 7 i.e 2 i.d 6 8 ЬЗ?! (8 d4; 8 0-0
0-0 9 b3) 8„.g5 9 JLb2 g4 10 *he5 £>e4 11
E.Luprecht-R.Mitchell, corr. 1969. Mate
is forced.
b2) 7 i.c 4 £id5 8 £)c3 g5? (8...±e6)
9 Ше2+ k e l 10<S3xd5 cxd5 11 ®e5 f6 12
Wxd5 1-0 J.Roscher-R.Albrecht, corr.
1986.
5...±d6 6 d4 0-0 7 c5 Se8+ 8 i.e2
i.f8 (D)

Gons - Van Hofwegen

corr. 1986
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 <£f3 d5 4 exd5 £>f6
4.. .®xd5? 5 £\c3:
a) 5...«Ъ5 6 d4 i.g 4 7 i.x f4 ± x f3 ?
(7...c6) 8 Wxf3! Wxf3 9 gxf3 £lc6
(9...c6) 10 JL xc7 £lxd4 11 0-0-0 £ie 6?
(Il...£ixf3 12 i.g 2 £)g5 13 ± xb7;
11.. .1.c5 12<S)a45)e6 13£lxc5 £ ixc7 14
<53xb7; 11...£>с6 12 i.h 3 £tf6 13 S hel+ )
12 i.b 5 + Фе7 13 £>d5# 1-0 O.Duras-St
Jes, Pisek 1912.
b) 5...Ш 8: This position was considered good for
b l) 6 ®e4?! (6 d4 looks good) White; this game suggests otherwise.
6.. .1.g4 7 We2 £.xf3?? 8 £lf6# 1-0 Meek- 9 2k3 <S)xd510 ftxd5 WxdS 11 ±xf4
Adbor, New Orleans 1855. £ic6 12 Axc7 &g4 13 0-0 £>xd4! 0-1
 Open Games
14 &xd4 (14 Wxd4? ± xc5; 14 Ф Ы ?
2xe2 15 ®xd4 i.x f3 ) 14...i.xe2 1 5^xe2
Д хс5+ (or 15...Wxc5+ and ...Шхс7) 16
ФЫ ® xdl 17 S ax d l 2xe2.
M ain Line (3...g5) Miscellaneous
Pankovich - S.Kireev
Lipetsk 1988
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £\f3 g5 (D)
4d4
4 М 3 g4 5 M 5 ® h4+ 6 g3 fxg3 7
Wxg4 g2+? (7...Wxg4) 8 Wxh4 gxhlW:
a) 9 M 5 М б (9...i.d6) 10 d4 i.e7??
(10...d6; 10...C6) 11 Wxe7+! £lxe7 12
£}f6+ 1-0 Taylor-NN, Thorpe 1874.
12.. .* f8 13 Ah6#or 12...*d8 13 M f7 # .
b) 9 Wh5! (considered to be winning
for White) 9...ite7 10 M f 7 М б (now
White can force a smothered mate) 11
£>d6++! &d8 12 « е8 + ! 2xe8 13 £>f7#
1-0 Bird-NN, London 1886.
4.. .g4 5 ^ е5
5 J.xf4!? gxf3 6 ®xf3 is suggested by
Matsukevich but is unconvincing after
6.. .£>c6 7 i.c 4 i.g 7 (7...d5!?) 8 e5! £>xd4
9 i.x f7 + ! * x f7 (9..ФТ8!?) 10 Ш 5+
Феб (Ю..ФТ8? 11 0-0 is the line given
by Matsukevich).
5.. .tth 4 + 6 Фе2?
6 g3 fxg3 7 ®xg4 g2+ 8 Wxh4 gxhl®
9 М 3 i.e 7 10 Wf2 f6 11 £tf3 incarcer­
ates the black queen.
145
6.. .d6 7 £id3 f3+ 8 gxf3?
8^-d2.
8.. .gxf3+ 9 ФеЗ ± h 6 + 0-1
S.Mills - C.Demagila
San Francisco 1983
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £if3 g5 4 Фс4 g4
4.. Т6? 5 Mx g5 fxg5? 6 Ш 5+ Фе7 7
Wxg5+ Фе8 (7..М б 8 ®e5#) 8 Wh5+
Фе 7 9 We5# 1-0 G.Greco-NN, 1620?.
5 0-0
5 d4 gxf3 6 0-0 fxg2? (6...d5) 7
£.xf7+ Ф хП 8 2xf4+ (8 Ш 5+) 8...M 6
9 e5 Фg8 (9...i.g7 10 Ш 5+ Ф а 11 exf6
i.x f6 12 2xf6+ ®xf6 13 i.h 6 + Фе7 14
i.g 5 ) 10 exf6 d5 11 Ш 5 М б 12 2 f 2 1-0
H.Staunton-NN, 1847.
5.. .gxf3 (D)
6W xf3
6 i.x f7 + Ф хП 7 %x!3 Wf6 (7...d6) 8
d4 ®xd4+ 9 i.e 3 tT 6 (9..МхЪ2 10 c3)
10 М 3 M 7 (10...fxe3? 11 # h 5 + Фg7
12 2xf6 £>xf6 13 ®g5+ ФП 14 2 f 1 i.g 7
15 e5 wins) 11 i.x f4 d6 12 ^ 5 + (12
Де5 « x f3 13 2xf3+ Фg8) 12..^?g7??
(12...Феб 13 i.g 5 ; 12...% 6!) 13 ±h6+!
1-0 Young-Marshall, New Jersey 1913.
6.. JLc5+?! 7 Ф Ы # g 5 ?
7.. .d5 8 # x f4 ± е6 ? (8...1T6? 9 ®xc7;
8..Т6 9 £.xd5; 8...W&7 9 i.x d 5 ) 9 exd5
i.x d 5 10 ®e5+ Фё7 11 Wxd5+ i.d 6 12
Ш 5+ 1-0 Mishinsky-Mametsanov, USSR
club Ch 1983.
146 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

8 d4 ± xd 4 9 ±xf4 Wf6 10 c3 i.b6? Itze - Reinle

10.. .11.e5 11 J.xe5 ®xe5 isn’t as clear Murhau 1925
as it ought to be: 12 ® х!7+ (12 JLxf7+ 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 <£f3 g5 4 &c4 g4 5
-4>d8 13 £>d2; 12 £id2) 12...*d8 13 £ie5 ®h4+ 6 Ф П i.g 7 !?
Ш + We8 14 Wg7 £se7. 6.. .£sh6?! 7 d4 d6 8 £id3 f3 9 gxf3??
11 Ш 5 ®g6? gxf3 10 « W 3 i.h 3 + 11 * g l Sg8+ 0-1
11.. .d5. M.Palmert-R.Hall, Dayton 1974.
12 Ше5+ <4>d8 13 £jtf7 1-0 6.. .6c6! is best.
7 £lxf7 d5 8 Axd5 ± d 4 9 t t e l g3 (D)
Nimzowitsch - Neumann
Riga 1899
I e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £sf3 g5 4 iLc4 g4 5
0-0 gxf3 6 Wxf3 «Т6 7 d3 ±g7?!
7.. .1.h6!.
8 £sc3 ^ c6 9 ±xf4 <£d4 10 Wf2 d6?
10.. .£se7? 11 e5; 10...*g6 11 &d5
(1 1 £.xc7£>h6) ll...£)e6.
II £ld5 Ш 8 12 e5
12i.e3 ! wins efficiently.
12.. .c6 13 i.g5 1-0
Black should certainly play on, as it is
not even clear that he is worse: 13... * x g 5
14 Wxf7+ <&d8 15 Wc7+ Фе8 16 £sf6+ 10 h3 ??
(16 Hael dxe5 17 &Ь6 ШеП 18 £ixa8 This loses by force. There are two
Wxc7 19 £lxc7+ * d 8 ) 16...&xf6 (not very interesting alternatives:
16...i.xf6? 17 exf6 £)e2+ 18 ФЫ 4 M 6 a) 10 e5 £le7 (10...f3 11 e6) 11
19 S a e l) 17 exf6 £.xf6 (17...^e2+? 18 £ixh8?! (11 ЧИГе4!?) Il...£ixd5 12 £sc3:
Ф Ы i.x f6 19 S a e l) 18 S a e l+ i.e 7 19 al) 12..ТЗ 13 Wxg3 fxg2+ 14 * x g 2
i.f7 + * f8 . <Stf4+ 15 ФП (15 * f 3 *115+ 16 Фе4
Wxe5+ 17 ФТЗ Wh5-H 18 Фе4 is a draw)
NN - G.Greco 15.. .1.h3+ 16 Фе1 £lg2+ 17 'i d l (17
1620? Фе2 £>f4+) 17...±g4+ 18 £)e2 £)f4
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £lf3 g5 4 J.c4 g4 5 (18...i.xe2+ 19 Фхе2 Ше4+ 20 * d l ) 19
Wxh4 i.x e2 + 20 Фе1 <£g2+ 21 Фхе2
5 c3 gxf3 6 Wxf3 Jth6 7 d4 Wh4+ 8£lxh4 22 d3 J.xe5 23 S g l and the knight
g3 fxg3 9 # x f7 + ? (9 hxg3) 9...*d8 10 remains untrapped.
i.x h 6 g2+ 11 Фе2 £)xh6 0-1 J.Wilson- a2) 12...*£}xc3 and now:
NN, London 1795. a21) 13 bxc3 f3 14 ®xg3 (14 cxd4
5.. .<53h6 6 £ixg4 Ш 4+ 7 <53f2 d5£8h 3 ) 14...fxg2+ 15 &xg2 i.h 3 + 16 * f3
JLxd5 « h 5 + 17 Фе4 » e 2 + 18 <^?d5 ± g 2 + 19
8 exd5 f3 9 ±Ь5+ c6 10 dxc6 « е 7 + 11Феб Wc4+ 20 Ф{5 i e 4 + and Black fi­
Ф П (11 Ше2 Wxe2+ 12 Axe2 fxe2) nally reaps some material gains.
1 l...fxg2+ 12 * x g 2 Wg5+ 13 ФП a22) 13 dxc3 b6! 14 We2 (14 cxd4?
®xb5+ 14 d3 £lxc6, winning for Black, i.a 6 + 15 Ф gl gxh2+ 16 Sxh2 Wxel#)
was a line cited by Greco. 14.. .J.a6 15 c4 gxh2 with the deadly
8.. .£ g 4 0-1 threat 16... JLxc4.
 Open Games 147

b) 10 £\xh8 f3 (10...i.h3?? 11 hxg3) Black has no need to grab more mate­

11 Wxg3 (11 e5? fxg2+ 12 i.x g 2 Wf4+
13 Фе2 A f2 and Black wins) 1l...fxg2+
1 2 * x g 2 Ah3+ 13 sl?f3:
b l) 13...1rh5+ 14 * f 4 i.e5 + 15 ФеЗ
Wh6+ (15...±xg3?? 16 i.f7 + ) 16 * d 3
JLxg3 17 hxg3 is messy.
b2) 13...itg4+ 14 * g 2 i.h 3 + is a
draw.
10...f3! 11 £ixh8 ±xh3! 12 Ixh3
Wxh3 13 gxh3 g2# 0-1 (D)
A remarkable picture: on move 13
Black, a whole queen and piece down,
gives mate with a pawn.
R.Wieser - C.Grunnagel
corr. 1992
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £\f3 g5 4 ±c4 g4 5
£ie5 Wh4+ 6 * f l £k6! 7 ^ xf7
7 Axf7+ Фе7 8 4^xc6+ dxc6 9 JLc4.
7.. .£c5 8 Wei g3 9 d4
9 foxhS £.f2 10 Wdl £if6 11 i.e 2 (11
d4 d5 12 exd5 £.g4 13 ± e 2 £ixd4) 1l...d6
12 c3 Jtg4 13 h3 ^ е 5 is the theoretical
line, considered winning for Black: 14 d4
f3 15 £.xf3 £\xf3 16 gxf3 g2+! 17 Фе2
J.xf3+ was one correspondence game.
9.. .^ xd 410 £\xh8 £T 611 h3 £ig4 0-1 use of the fact that this square is not
A.McDonnell - Tyssen
London 1834
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £\f3 g5 4 ±c4 g4 5 i.xe5 Wxe5 11 £ x f7 + &d8 12 Wxg4 1 -0
£sc3 gxf3 6 0-0 fxg2?
rial. 6...d5 makes more sense.
7 lx f4
After 7 ± x f7 + * x f7 8 Wh5+ <3?g7
White certainly has a draw, but perhaps
not more, e.g. 9 Wg4+ Ф47 10 Bxf4+ (10
Wh5+) 10...£lf6 and Black has the sur­
prising defensive resource ...JLc5+ and
...Sg8:
a) 11 e5? ± c 5 + 12 d4 (12 * x g 2
Wg8) 12...i.xd4+ 13 &xg2 5g8.
b) 11 £>d5? i.c5+ .
c) llW h 5 + ^ > g 8 (ll...^ g 7 12Wg5+
<3?f7 13 e5 ± c 5 + 14 d4 i.xd4+ 15 Hxd4)
12 Wg5+ i.g 7 13 <$M5 (13 e5 h6 14 Wh4
Ф117) 13...h6 14 Wg6 £sxd5 15 Wf7+
* h 7 16 Wf5+ * g 8 17 Wxd5+ * h 7 18
Wf5+ Ф g8 19 Wf7+ with a draw.
7.. .f6??
This allows a forced mate.
Following 7...<£ih6? 8 Wh5 We7 9
£id5! Wc5+ 10 d4 Wxd4+ (10...Wxc4 11
We5+ * d 8 12 Wxh8) 11 i.e 3 Wxb2 12
S d l White’s development advantage is
decisive.
7.. .£sf6!? is the best try, e.g. 8 Wf3
iLc5+ or 8 e5 d5.
8 Wh5+ Фе7 9 Wf7+ &d6 10 e5+!
Фхе5
10.. .fxe5 11 W d5+ *e7 12Wxe5#.
11 Se4+ 1-0
11.. .* f5 12 Wh5# or ll...£ d 6 12
Wd5#.
J.Michalek - P.Millican
corr. 1991
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 £sf3 g5 4 i.c 4 ± g7
5h4
5 d4 and now:
a) 5...£ic6 6 0 - 0 g4?! 7 <2^e5 (making
guarded by a pawn) 7...JLxe5 8 dxe5
£ixe5 9 i.xf4! We7? ( 9 . . . £ ix c 4 1 0 Wd4
Wf6 11 Wxc4 is dreadful for Black) 10
P.Millican-J.Michalek, corr. 1 9 9 1 .
148 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

b) 5...d6 (the recommended move) 6
h4 h6 7 сЗ <£ic6 8 Wb3 Wei 9 0-0?! trans­
poses to the main game.
5.. .h6
5.. .g4?! 6 £ig5 <5)h6 7 d4 g3? (7„.f6
Jtxf4 fxg5 9 JLxg5 Af6 10 Wd2 led to a
quick win for Morphy in one of his
games) 8 0-0 f6 9 jtx f4 We7 10 £lc3 c6
11 e5 d5? (horrible, but there were no
good moves) 12 exd6 Wdl 13 ®h5+ 1-0
Holloway-Glistak, corr. 1989.
6 c3
6 d4 d6 7 c3:
a) 7...±g4? 8 Wb3 ± x f3 9 i.x f7 +
* f8 10 gxf3 Ь6 11 hxg5 hxg5?? 12Sxh8
JLxh8 13 JLxg8 1-0 J.Sarratt-NN, Lon­
don 1818.
b) 7...£)c 6 8 0-0?! g4 (8...£)f6) 9
£ lel? (9 ^3h2) 9 ...^ f6 10 £id2? (10
Sxf4; 10i.xf4) 10...^h5 11 £>d3£lxd4!
12W el??(1 2 ^x f4 ; 12cxd4?i.xd4+ 13
£)f2 Wxh4) 12...<53c 2 0-1 M.Ballan-
N.Nilsson, corr. 1991.
6.. .^ c 6 7 d4 d6 8 0-0?! Well? (D)
9 ШЬЗ £>f6 10 hxg5 hxg5 11 £)xg5 5.. .d6
<£xd4! 0-1
Note that the player with Black in this
game is a very strong postal player who
for years specialized in playing the King’s saster. In K.Pitschel-J.Blackbume, Vi­
Gambit as White. His choice of defence
is therefore significant.
12 cxd4 (but not 12 <S2xf7? £lxb3 0-1 1.. .Wel+ 8 &f2 (8 Wei i.xg4) 8...i.d4+
T.Korhonen-K.Groeneveld, corr. 1991)
12.. .£>xe4 13 £)h3 (13 £lxe4 ®xe4; 13
£if3 i.xd4+ 14 £ixd4 Wh4) 13...i.xd4+
14 * h 2 £.xh3 15 gxh3 £}g5 16 ШхЬ7
Bxh3+ 17& g2Bg3+ 18 * h l Wf6 forces
8mate.
4 h4 and the Kieseritzky G am bit
Gusev - Plotnikov
corr. 1989
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 <£ТЗ g5 4 h4 g4
4.. .f6?? 5 £xg5! fxg5 6 Wh5+ Фе7 7
®xg5+ Фе8 (7...®f6 8 e5) 8 We5+ (8
Wh5+! Фе7 9 1^5-1-) 8...ФТ7? (S...Wel
allows Black to put up more resistance -
it is still hopeless, but there was no need
for White to allow this extra possibility)
9 i.c4 + &g6 10 Wf5+ <4>g7 11 Wfl+ * h 6
12 ®xf4+ &g7 13 ® f7+ 1-0 L. Wind-
С. Wagner, Badenweil 1988. 13...Ф116 14
d3+.
5 £>e5 (D)
5 £)g5?! is the dubious Allgaier Gam­
bit, which offers a piece:
a) 5...f6?? 6 Wxg4 fxg5 7 Wh5+ Фе7
8 Wxg5+ Фе8 9 Wh5+\ Фе7 10 We5+
ФТ7 11 JLc4+ 1-0 Pays-B.Thiriet, Lyons
1993.
b) 5...d5 6d4!?£.d6?!(6...h6 7£ixf7
ФхГ7 transposes to line ‘c’, but with
7.. .d5 rather than the stronger 7...f3) 7 e5
Wei 8 i.e 2 i.b 4 + 9 c3 h6 10 <£ixf7 ®xf7
11 i.x g 4 i.e 7 ?? 12 ± h 5 1-0 Tietjen-
T.Physick, London 1900.
c) 5...h6! 6 £)xf7 &xf7 1 d4 f3!
(better than the also reasonable 7...d5) is
the recommended line.
Two other moves are important:
a) 5...£.g76£ixg4d5 7exd5?(7d4is
correct) leads White into immediate di­
enna 1873 White actually resigned here
without waiting for Black’s response.
9 ФТЗ and now Black has a choice:
 Open Games
al) 9...ix g 4 + 10 <&xg4 £lf6+:
a ll) 11 * f 3 We4# 0-1 H.Bird-G.Gos-
sip, England 1890.
al2) 11 ФЬЗ Ш 7 + (ll...S g 8 wins
neatly) 12 ФЬ2 (12 g4 was the only way
to prolong resistance) 12... £ ^ 4 + 13 ^ h 3
&M2++ 0-1 NN-L.Paulsen, USA simul.
a2) 9...h5! (the clearest win) 10 £tf2
i.g 4 + 11 £lxg4 hxg4+ 12 sl?xg4 £sf6+
13 ФЬЗ £le4 0-1 Grusman-Arkanov,
USSR 1978.
b) 5...£>f6:
b l) 6 £ ic3?d6 7 £ lc 4 i.e 7 8d4£ih5!
9 £\d5 i.x h 4 + 10 &d2 £ia6 11 a3 £ig3
12 Bxh4 £ixe4+ 13 4>e2 Wxh4 0-1
B.Berthelsen-B.Knorr, corr. 1992.
b2) 6 i c 4 d5 7 exd5 i d 6 8 d4 £ih5 9
£>xg4? (9 0-0; 9 £ k 3 ) 9...£ig3 10 Bh2
Wel+ 11 &f2 h5 0-1 J.Kristiansen-A.Ko-
larov, Havana OL 1966.1 2 ^ e 5 A xe 5 13
dxe5 Wc5+.
b3) 6 d4 d6 7 £id3 ^ x e 4 8 i x f 4 We7
9 We2 £sc6 10 c3 i.f 5 11 £>d2 0-0-0 12
0-0-0 Be8 13 h5? (13 £ k 4 ) 13...£ixc3!
0-1 L.Pantaleoni-A.Bonatti, corr. 1983.
14 ®xe7 £lxa2+ 15 ФЫ A x e l 16 Фха2
i.xd3 17 i.x d 3 £>b4+.
b4) 6 £lxg4 £ixe4 7 d3 £)g3 8 Axf4
£lxhl 9 JLg5 (9 We2+ W ei 10 £\f6+
&d8 11 i.x c7 + Фхс! 12 <?M5+ * d 8 13
I£sxe7 A x e l is a funny line, considered to
favour Black) 9...A el 10 We2 0-0??
(10...f5 11 £if6+ * f 8 12 i.h 6 + & fl\
10...h5 11 £\f6+ &f8 12 We5 £lc6) 11
149
A x e l Be8 12 *S2ih6-i- 1-0 J.Blackbume-
Wilson, Manchester 1880.
6 £ixg4 A e l 7 d4
7 d3 ix h 4 + 8 & f2 Wg5 9 Wd2 is
Gallagher’s recommendation, for exam­
ple 9...!.g3 10 £>c3 £if6 11 £ie2.
7.. .1.xh4+ 8 ^ f 2 ®g5 9 Wf3
9£k3.
9.. .£k6! 10 i.b 5 ? ?
10 Wxf4.
10.. .1.xf2+ 0-1
I e4 e5 2 £}f3
M iscellaneous
G.Greco - NN
1620?
1 e4 e5 2 £if3 f6?
2.. .Wf6? 3 i c 4 Wg6 4 0-0 Wxe4?
i x f 7 + * e 7 6 B el Wf 4 1 Sxe5+:
a) 7...&d8? 8 Be8# 1-0 G.Greco-NN,
1620?.
b) 7...&f6 8 d 4 1t g 4 9 i.h 5 .
c) 7...&d6 8 Bd5+ Фе7 9 Ш +
&xf7 10 d4 « f 6 11 £ig5+ & g6 12 'te 8 +
<&h6 13 £if7+ * g 6 14 4lxh8#.
d) 1...ФхП 8 d4 Wf6 9 52g5+ & g 6 10
f d 3 + ФЬ6 (10...*h5 11 g4+ mates:
11.. .*h6 12£if7#or ll...* x g 4 12 Wh3#)
II £tf7# 1-0 G.Greco-NN, 1620?.
3 Zhxe5l fxe5?
3.. M e l 4 £if3 d5 5 d3 dxe4 6 dxe4
Wxe4+ 7 i e 2 i.f5 (7...£ic6 8 0-0 i.d 7 9
£lc3 Wg6 10 i.d 3 gives White a large ad­
vantage) 8 c3 (8 <S2bd2!? Шхс2 9 Шхс2
i x c 2 10 £>d4 i.g 6 11 £\e6) 8...i.d6 9
i e 3 £te7 10 ^ b d 2 Wg4?? 11 £ ig l! (re­
treating moves can be hard to see)
11.. .Wh4 12 g3 1-0 J.Krejcik-L.Munoz,
Vienna 1911.
4 «Ъ 5+ 4>e7 5 ®xe5+ * f 7 6 i.c4 +
(D)
6.. . 6 .6
6.. .d5 7 i.x d 5 + <$£g6 8 h4 and White
wins in all variations:
150 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

a) 5 £lc3 £if6 6 &g5 i.f5 7 ± c 4 0-0

8 £>d5 c6 9 £ie3 i.c 8 10 £i5g4?? Wa5+
0-1 S.Ursic-Z.Ivan, Zalakaros 1994.
b) 5 JLc4 Д хе5 6 # h 5 W ei 7 dxe5
i.e 6 8 i.x e 6 ®xe6 9 0-0 £>c6 10 &f4
0-0-0 11 *hc3 f5 12 exf6 £>xf6 13 We2
<2M4 0-1 V.Contoski-W.Muir, corr. 1989.
White should definitely play on with 14
ШеЗ, since 14...£lxc2 15 # с 5 ! might
even be good for him.
4 ± c4 Wg5 5 i.xf7+
5 £>xf7? Wxg2 6 2 f l i.g 4 7 &xh8?
a) 8...h6 9 ДхЬ7 £.xb7 10 t o # . Jtx d l 8 JLxg8 ?)c6 9 £)c3 Jix c2 10
b) 8... Ш 9 We8+ * h 6 10 d4+ g5 11 JLf7+ &d8 11 <йе2 i.d 3 12 Hgl t o 0-1
hxg5+ &g7 12 gxf6+ £lxf6 13 t o # . Strand-N.J. Jensen, Denmark 1986.
c) 8...jLd6 9 h5+ &h6 10 d4+ g5 11 5.. . t o 6 «h5?
hxg6+ <&xg6 12 Wh5+ t o 13 t o # . 6 d4 Wxg2 7 H fl &h3 8 ± c 4 £if6 9
d) 8...h5 9 ДхЬ7! (I was once told by JLf4.
an English grandmaster that he had ana­ 6.. .Wxg2 7 ±xg8
lysed this variation with one of his GM 7 fifl 4if6.
colleagues, and they judged the position 7.. .« rxhl+ 8 Фе2 2xg8 9 t o + * d 6
unclear, completely missing the key 10*xg8??
&xb7 idea!) 9...i.xb7 10 t o + &h6 11 10 £)c4+.
d4+ g5 12 Axg5+ Wxg5 13 hxg5+ &g7 lO-.^xeS 11 Wxf8? ±g4+ 12 ФеЗ
14 Ше5+ * f 7 15 Wxh8. We 1# 0-1
7 t o + &h6 8 d4+ g5 9 h4 Фё7 10
t o + &h6 11 hxg5# 1-0
Latvian G am bit
NN - D.Bronstein
Kislovodsk vr Moscow 1954 G.Gunderam - V.Strautins
1 e4 e5 2 £sf3 d5?! 3 £ixe5?! corr. 1971
Not a good reply to Black’s gambit. 1 e4 e5 2 <£f3 f5?! (D)
3 exd5 is the main line:
a) З...е4?! 4 We2 W ei 5 £id4 f5?! 6
£lc3 g6 7 Wb5+ t o 8 i.c 4 * g 7 9
‘йеб-)-! ^?f6 10 d6 ®xd6 11 ‘Йхе4+ fxe4
12 Wg5+ 1-0 A.O’Kelly de Galway-
Frank, Belgian Ch 1959.
b) 3...i.d6 4 d4 e4 5 £ie5 £if6 6 £.c4
0-0 7 i.f 4 He8 8 0-0 £ftd7 9 £ixd7 Axf4
10 £\xf6+ Wxl6 11 S e l? e3! 12 fxe3
Wh4! 0-1 P.Topholm-R.Pape, corr. 1988.
13 g3 JLxg3 14 hxg3 'ffxgS-H 15 ФЬ1
Se4.
3.. .dxe4
3.. .Ad6 4 d4 dxe4:
 Open Games
3 £ k 3 d6 (compare lines of the
Philidor Defence) 4 d4 <£if6 5 dxe5 <£sxe4
6 ^ x e 4 fxe4 7 <£g5 i.f5 ?? (7...d5) 8 * d 5
®d7 9 Wxb7 1-0 E. Sergeant-F.Senneck,
Nottingham 1946.
3 exf5 e4:
a) 4£>e5£tf65g4?!(5.ie2)5....ic5!?
6 g5 0-0 7 gxf6 Wxf6 (7...i.xf2+ 8 &xf2
tx f 6 ) 8 £ Ы ? ? (8 d4) 8...d5?? (8...Axf2+!
9 &xf2 Wxf5+ wins on the spot) 9 £)e3
i.x f5 10 £>xd5?! i.x f2 + 11 * x f2 Ш 4 +
12 £se3?? JLg4+ 0-1 J.Danan-D.Gedult,
Paris 1969.
b) 4 £>gl £>f6 5 g4 Дс5 6 d4?! (6 g5)
6...exd3 7 i.x d 3 Wcl+l 8 * f l h5 9 g5
£le4 10 £ih3 d5 11 Wf3 * e 5 12 £ic3
i.x f5 13 5)f4? i.g 4 0-1 W.Wittmann-
U.Nyffeler, corr. 1990. 14 W/g2 £lxf2.
3.. .Ь5?!
3.. . Ш ? 4 d4 fxe4 5 ^ x e 5 £te7 6£ic6 7 ®c3
Д П + &d8 7 £)c3 d6 8 <^xe4 Wf5 9 £ig3
Wf6 10 0-0! £)d7? 11 £lh5 Wf5 12 g4
Ше4 13 E e l 1-0 Monsalvo-V.Barbosa
Leal, corr. 1971.
3.. . 6 . 6 4 d4 Ше7? 5 0-0!? (5 i.g 5# g 6 + 17 <£>g4 Ше4+ 18 &xg5 Д е7+ 19
Wb4+ 6 &bd2 h6) 5...fxe4 6 &g5! £>f6?
(6...&h6) 7 Д П + * d 8 8 dxe5 &xe5?
(8...d6 9 exf6 gxf610W d5 £ib4 had to be
tried, e.g. 11 <Йе6+ Дхеб 12 # x e 6 # x e 6
13 Дхеб <йхс2) 9 £ к б + 1-0 G.Gun-
deram-A.Grava, corr. 1970 and P.Keff-
ler-Borman, Austria 1974.
3.. .fxe4 4 <S)xe5 and now:
a) 4...Щ 5 5 ±f7+?! (5 d4) 5...*e7 6
d4 (6 « h 5 * x g 2 7 Д е8 # x h l+ 8 Фе2
g6!) 6 ...1 rxg2 7 ® h5? W xhl+ 8 * e 2
£)f6 9 ^ g 5 £lc6 10 £ixc6+ dxc6 11£id2
Wg2 12 h3 Wxh3 13 &xf6+ gxf6 0-1
D.Thielen-I.Vargha, corr. 1971.
b) 4...d5! 5 Wltf-t- g6 6 £lxg6:
b l) 6 ...£ tf6 7 lfe 5 + i.e 7 8£>xh8?!(8
ДЬ5+) 8...dxc4 9 d4 (9 b3!?) 9...&C6 10
Щ 5 £>xd4 11 ■йаЗ?? (11 # d 2 ) 11...ДхаЗ
12 c3 4 k 2 + 0-1 Bertin-D.Gedult, Paris
1971.
b2) 6...hxg6:
151
b21) 7 # x g 6 + &d7 8 Wf5+? (8
^x d 5 ) 8...*c6 9 Axd5+ Wxd5 10 Wxf8
5)d7 11 Щ 1 We5 12 Ш 7 £ idf6 13 £>c3?
Деб 0-1 R.Kirste-T.Erben, corr. 1989.
b22) 7 Wxh8 * f7 :
b221) 8 ®d4 Д еб 9 ДЬЗ c5 10 ШеЗ
£>f6 (10...C4 11 Дхс4! dxc4 12 £lc3) 11
0-0 (White contrives to castle into an at­
tack and fail to defend himself at all;
some development would be better, e.g.
11 d3) 1 l..JLd6 12 c3?? (12 f3) 12...£lg4
(12...ДхЬ2+) 13 # h 3 ДхЬ2+ 0-1 dal
Maso-Rosso, Italian corr. Ch 1987.
b222) 8 ДЬЗ Д g7 9 Wh7 « g 5 ?
(9...C6; 9 ..± f5 ) 10 g3 (10 h4!? # x g 2 11
Д xd5+ <&f6 12 E fl) 10...£)c6 11 £\c3
£)d4? 12 Дxd5+ * f8 ? 13 # x g 8 + 1-0
T.Szepessy-D.Mauerhofer, Bern 1991.
4 Д хё8 Exg8 5 Ше2 We7 6 Wxb5
7 Ш 5 fxe4 8 &xe5?! ®xe5 9 Wxge
£lb4! 10 Wb3? (10 4l?dl) 10...£sd3+! 11
* e 2 Д аб 12 c4 (12 cxd3 exd3+ 13 * f 3
# f5 + 14 <S?g3 Ad6+ 15 * h 4 g5+ 16 * h 5
<&h6 Wg6#) 12...Ш 4 0-1 Siegers-PurinS,
corr. 1971.
7.. .fxe4! 8 £)xe4 g5 9 g4?! Eg6 10 c4
Eb8 11 Wa4 Sb4 12 Wc2 d5 13 cxd5
Дxg4 0-1
14 d6 (14 dxc6? ДхГЗ; 14 £>fxg5
£ld4; 14 £)exg5 £М4) 14...Ш7 15 £tfxg5
<SM4 16 Wc3 *hf3+ 17 * f l ДЬЗ+ 18
Ф е2 £ x g 5 19 Wxb4 (19 ®xg5 # g 4 + )
1 9 ...% 4 + 20 * d 3 Ш е 4+ 21 Шхе4
53xe4 should be enough to win, but
W hite’s resignation still looks prema­
ture.
P.Kotsur - B.Asanov
Kurgan 1993
1 e4 e5 2 £sf3 f5?! 3 £a®5 * f6
3.. .Ше7?! 4 Ш 5+ g6 5 ^ x g 6 Шхе4+
6 * d l? ! (6 Д е2 ^ f 6 7 Ш З hxg6 8
# x h 8 Wxg2 9 S f l) 6,..^f6 7 Wh3 hxg6
(7..Mg4+) 8 ®xh8 ^ g 4 9 d3 ^ x f2 + 10
152 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
Фс12 % 4 11 ±e2?? Wf4+ 12 <Й?сЗ? ®Ъ4#
0-1 NN-G.Greco, 1620?.
4d4
4 foc4 fxe4 5 foc,3 Ш 1 6 d4 (6 foc3
fof6 {6...C6 7 ®xe4!} 7 ± c 4 ®g6 8 d3)
6...i.b4? (6...foi6) 7 i.d 2 fofb 8 l.e 2 d6
9 0-0 1 x 6 10 foe3 £\c6?? 11 d5 ± x d 5 12
<£icxd5 £lxd5 13 1 x 4 1-0 Kuwaldin-
H.Tiemann, corr. 1980.
4.. .d6 5 foc4 fxe4 6 foc.3 U 5 ? !
6.. .«g6.
7 £}еЗ l.g 6 8 foed5 ШП 9 foW. fof6
10 d5 £)bd7 11 <2k6 foe5 12 fob5 1-0
This game is fairly typical of what hap­
pens when a positionally suspect gambit
is played against a strong player - there is
no attempt to ingest surplus material, but
rather a penetration on the weak squares.
Philidor Defence
O.Krause - B.Leussen
Copenhagen 1908
1 e4 e5 2 £sf3 d6 3 d4 (D)
3 £>c3 ± g 4 4 1 x 4 h6?? 5 £lxe5! I x d l 10 i.f3 d5 11 £)xd5!? cxd5 12 l x d 5
6 l.x f7 + Фе7 7 <2id5# 1-0 K.Burzynski-
0 . Preuss, Eberswalde 1975.
3 1 x 4 and now:
a) 3...1.g4 4 £ ic 3 £ if6 5 0-0£ixe4?6
£ixe5 JLxdl? 7 l.x f7 + Фе7 8 fod5# 1-0
Hartlaub-Worch, Bremen 1890.
b) 3...1x7:
b l) 4 c3 <5)f6 5 £>g5 0-0 6 Ш З We8
(after her aggressive posturing, White
now seems to run out of steam com­
pletely) 7 d3 foc6 8 f4? £ia5 9 ШЬ5 £ixc4
10 Шхс4 exf4 11 lx f 4 ? ! d5! 12 exd5??
b 5! (White’s queen cannot both protect
the f4-bishop against ...J.d6+, and avoid
falling victim to a discovered check it­
self; 12...1.a3+ is also good) 0-1 A.Sasu-
Ducsoara - G.Olarasu, Romanian worn
Ch (Bucharest) 1994.
b2) 4 d4 exd4 5 £ixd4 £)d7?? 6
1 . xf7+! & xf7 7 £le6! We8 (7...Фхе6 8 Dortmund 1993.
Ш 5+ Ш 9 Ш5#) 8 foxcl # f 8 9 Ш5+
g6 10 Ш 5 + &f6 11 i.g 5 + * g 7 12 £ie6+
1-OPolo-Pasqualini, Ferrara 1923.
3.. .2 .7 ? !
3.. .f5?! 4 dxe5 fxe4 5 fog5 d5 6 £ic3!?
I b 4 (6,..c6 7 e6) 7 e6 i.xc3+? (7...£ih6
8 * f 8 ) 8 bxc3 £\h6 9 Ш 5+ &f8
10 l a 3 + <&g8 11 ®f7+! fo x il 12 exf7#
1-0 Mlotkowski-Deacon, Philadelphia
1913.
3.. .exd4 4 <2)xd4 g6 5 <§3c3 l.g 7 6 l e 2
fofb 1 1 x 3 foc6 8 foxc6 bxc6 9 e5 £)g8
c6?? (12...1x6) 13 l x f 7 + 1-0 T.Pawlit-
zki-T.Bundrock, 2nd Bundesliga 1991/2.
3.. .1.g4?! 4 dxe5:
a) 4...1xf3 5'»xf3dxe5 6 lx 4 £ if 6 ?
7 ШЪЗ Ш Т ? 8 ШхЬ7 Wc6 9 !.b 5 1-0
I.von Kolisch-Geake, Cambridge 1860.
b) 4...fodl 5 ex d6l.xd6 6 I x 2 £ ig f6
7 i.g 5 We7 8 foc3 0-0-0 9 0-0 £.xf3 10
I x f 3 ? ? # e 5 0-1 Szigethy-L.Deak, Zala-
karos 1988.
4 1x4 c6
4.. .£igf6? 5 £\g5?! (5 dxe5! wins a
pawn: 5...dxe5 6 £)g5; 5...£>g4 6 l.x f7 +
i x f 7 1 <£ig5+; or 5...^3xe5 6 £>xe5 dxe5
7 l.x f7 + * x f 7 8 « x d 8 l b 4 + 9 t d 2
lx d 2 + 10 £>xd2) 5...d5 6 exd5 4ib6
(6...i.d6) 7 JLb5+ i.d 7 8 l.xd7+ Wxd7 9
dxe5 £ifxd5 10 0-0 h6? 11 e6! fxe6 12
ШЬ5+Фе7 13 S e l 1-0 Z.Harari-B.Stein,
 Open Games 153

4.. .JLe7? 5 dxe5 gives Black seriousWf3+ * g 8 12 Wc3 b5 13 ЬЗ £lb6 14

problems:
a) 5...£>xe5 6 £>xe5 dxe5 7 Wh5 g6 8
Wxe5 £)f6 9 i.h 6 Wd6 10 Wxd6 i.x d 6
11 i.g 7 i.e 5 12 £.xh8 ДхЬ2 13 i.x f6
1-0 M.Reichert-H.Schmutzer, Oberliga
Wiirttemberg 1989/90.
b) 5...dxe5 6 Wd5 i.b 4 + 7 c3 W ei 8
cxb4 £rt>6 9 tU 3 Wxb4+ 10 £lbd2 1-0
Y.Rantanen-T.Tuomala, Kuopio 1992.
5 £\g5?!
See the next game for the more accu­
rate 5 0-0.
5.. .£sh6 6 0-0
6 a4 i.e 7 ? (6...1T6 7 c3 i.e 7 8 0-0
£)b6 9 JLa2 ®g6 is the correct response,
as demonstrated by Nimzowitsch against
Leonhardtin 1911)7 J.xf7+!£>xf7 8 £le6
® b6 (8...Wa5+ 9 i.d 2 ШЬ6 10 a5 ®xb2
11 JLc3 traps the queen) 9 a5 (the point of
the earlier move 6 a4) 9...'ЙГЬ4+ 10 c3
® с4 11 <£ic7+ ^ d 8 12 ЬЗ (winning the
black queen) 1-0 RLeonhardt-NN, Ham­
burg simul 1909.
6.. .±e7? (D)
6.. .£ib6 7 JLb3 Д е7 enables Black to12 S d l Wc7 is Sozin’s analysis - Black
scramble a defence.
dxe5 b4 15 * b 2 <&xh8 16 exd6+ &f6
17 e5 is messier) ll...£ ib 6 12 f4 # x h 8
13 Wh5+ (Kmoch).
9 Ш 5+ 10 ±xe6 We 811 Wxh6#
1-0
R.Fischer - R.Fine
New York blitz 1963
1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 d6 3 d4 £sd7?! 4 ± c4
c6 5 0-0 JLe7 6 dxe5 dxe5
6.. .£)xe5? 7 £ixe5 dxe5 8 Wh5 g6 9
Wxe5 f6 10 Wg3 Wd4 11 Wb3 1-0 F.Bau-
din-G.Kool, Royan 1989.
7 W ei
1 £)g5! £>Ъ6? (7...i.xg5 8 Wh5 gives
White the bishop-pair and a good posi­
tion) 8 £>e6! fxe6 9 Axh6 4ib6? (9...jLf6)
10 Wh5+ &f8 (10...g6 11 We2 &xc4 12
Wxc4 with an enormous advantage for
White) 11 f4 1-0 A.Mende-M.Tyrtania,
2nd Bundesliga 1987/8.
7.. .£>gf6?
7.. .b5 8 ДЬЗ аб 9 a4 £)gf6 (now that
c4 is guarded) 10 axb5 cxb5 114te3 &Ы
has escaped alive, at least.
8 2dl
Threatening 5ixe5.
8.. .Wc7 9 £ig5 0-0 10 i.xf7+! 1-0
After 10...Sxf7 11 Wc4 Black has no
way to defend the rook.

O.Bemstein - S.Tartakower
Paris 1937
1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 d6 3 d4 £>f6 4 dxe5
4 £lc3 is less critical:
a) 4...exd4 5 £sxd4 Д е7 6 JLe2 jLd7?!
(6...0-0 7 0-0 c5 8 £lb3 £ k 6 ) 7 0-0 £lc6 8
i.e 3 0-0 9 f4 <&xd4 10 i.x d 4 fie8??
7 £)e6! fxe6 8 ^.xh6 gxh6? (10...i.c6) 11 e5 1-OH.Schultz-A.Bram-
8.. .0-0 leaves Black ‘ju st’ a pawnmertz, German jr Cht 1992.
down. b) 4...£>bd7 5 i.c 4 i.e 7 6 0-0 0-0 7
8.. .£)b6 9 .&xg7 is very good forWe2 c6 8 a4 exd4 9 £sxd4 £ixe4 10 Wxe4
White: 9 . . . £ ixc 4 (9...flg8 10 Wh5+ & dl (10 5)xe4 d5 114if5 is the best try for ad­
И Дхе6+!) 10 £.xh8 * f 7 11 ЬЗ (11 vantage) 10...d5 11 £lxd5? (11 jLxd5
154 The Quickest Chess Victories o f All Time

4)f6 12 JLxf7+ Hxf7 gives Black com­ a) 17...1ИЗ 18 JLd2 (18 W dl? £>c2+
pensation) 1 l...cxd5 12 Wxd5 (12 Axd5 19 Шхс2 Wxc2) 18...£te2+ 19 * d l
®f6) 12...£Л6! 0-1 Svirbulis-Randviir, <5)xal (19...&xf2+ 20 Фс1 & xal 21
Tallinn 1950. 13 WxdS Sxd8 wins a We8+ ФЬ7 22 Wa4) 20 cxb4 (20 ®e8+
piece. ФЬ7 21 Wa4 is possible too) 20...Wxbl+
4.. .£\xe4 5 £ c4 21 Фе2 Wxhl 22 We8+ and White is cer­
5 Wd5!. tainly not worse.
5.. .Ae6?! b) 17...&C2+ 18-^dl £)xf2+ 19 Фхс2
5.. .c6! intending ...d5 is quite OK forWd3+ 20 ФЬЗ and Black has a draw, but
Black. nothing more is apparent.
6 jbte6 fxe6 7 W ei
7 5)bd2!? should keep at least an edge. Blake - Hooke
7.. .d5 8 #b5+ London 1923
This escapade is a little risky, but cer­ 1 e4 e5 2 £\f3 d6 3 ± c 4 f5 4 d4 £¥6?!
tainly not disastrous in itself. 4.. .exd4! 5 exf5 # e 7 + (5...d5 6 ± d 3
8.. .£sc6 9 £id4 * 6 7 + is OK) 6 &d2? g6! 7 E el?? (did
9 ШхЬ7 £\b4 10 «Ъ 5+ (10 Sb8 White really think that his renowned op­
11 Шха7 i.c5 !?) 10...C6 11 We2 was ponent had missed the obvious threat to
White’s best. his queen?) 7...jth6+ 8 ^ d 3 A xf5+ 9
9.. .Ш710ШхЬ7?! li?xd4 J.g7+ 10 Ф05 c6# 0-1 A.Dupre-
10 £>xc6. C.Torre, New Orleans 1927.
10.. .1.b4+ 11 c3 £}xd4 12 ®xa8+ 5 £ k 3
Фе7 13 Wxh8 5® g5.
13 Wb7 £>c5 14 Wxa7 Wb5. 5.. .exd4 6 Wxd4 M T>
13.. .®b5 (D) 6.. .*hc6.
7 <£sg5
7 e5 !? We7 (7...£ic6?? 8 exf6 £>xd4 9
f7+ Фе7 10 Ag5#) 8 0-0 is good for
White since 8...£)c6?? 9 exf6 £lxd4 10
fxe7 £ixf3+ 11 gxf3 wins a piece.
7 .. .£ sc6 ? ?
7.. .We7.
8 ДГ7+ Фе7 9 #xf6+!! * x f6 10
£sd5+ Ф е511 £\f3+ Ф хе412 £k3# 1-0

“Mate on e2 is inevitable” writes
Neishtadt, as justification for the resigna­
tion. However, White can avoid mate,
and may not even be worse: 14 Wxg7+
* d 8 15 % 8 + &d7 16 Шх117+ Феб
(16...Фс8 17 Wh5 is similar) 17 Wh5 and
now:
P.Atars - F.Braun
corr. 1970
1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 f5?! 3 ±c4?! d6?!
Transposing from a Latvian to a
Philidor (1 e4 e5 2 £if3 d6 3 d4 f5).
4 d4 fxe4 5 £lxe5 !? (D)
Not mentioned in the theory books,
but clearly a move to be taken very seri­
ously.
5.. .dxe5 6 Wh5+ &d7 7 «Т5+ Феб 8
WxeS £>f6?
 Open Games 155

± b 3 d4 8 a3 J.a5) 7...cxd5 8 i.b 3 d4 9 a3

Ше7?! (9,..i.a5) 10 f4?? (10 axb4 dxc3
{10...Wxe5+ 11 We2} 11 d4) 10...dxc3
11 axb4 jtg4! 0-1 Hirst-Smith, England
1943.
3.. .£lxe4 4 £ic3
4 £lxe5 d5 (4...We7!?) 5 i.b 3 ? (5
We2) 5...Wg5 6 0-0? Wxe5 1 d3 i.d 6 8
g 3 & g 5 !9 2 el?(9 f4 W d 4 + )9 ...£ )f3 + 10
ФП JLh3# 0-1 NN-Zukertort, Posen
1862.
4 We2 d5 5 &xe5 ±e6 6 i.b3?! (6 d3;
8.. 6 d4) 6...Wg5 1 0-0?? (7 £)f3 Wxg2 8
.a6 9 d5+ ФЬ6 10 Д еЗ+ is a win­
ning attack. S g l should be a draw: 8...Wh3 9 d3 £if6
9 Wb5+ * d 6 10 i.f4 + Фе7 11 We5+10Hg3 and now 10...Wh5 11 Sg5 Wh6?!
1-0 12 £>c3 or 10...Wf5 11 Hg5 Wh3 12 2g3)
7.. .WxeS 8 d3 Ad6 (Black keeps the ex­
de Legall - Saint Brie tra piece in view of the mate threat) 9 f4
Paris 1750 ,&c5+ 10 JLe3 (10 ФЫ allows 10...£lg3+)
1 e4 e5 2 £sf3 d6 3 i.c 4 i.g 4 4 £\c3 10.. .£ig3 11 hxg3 i.x e3 + 12 ФЫ £.xf4
g6? 5 £sxe5!! i .x d l? 0-1 Monteanu-Kalpona, Italy 1982.
5.. .dxe5 6 Wxg4. 4.. .£)xc3
6 i.x f7 + Фе7 7 £ld5# 1-0 (D) 4.. .6 .5 ? 5 ^ x e5 f6?? 6 Wh5+ g6 (now
it’s a forced mate in 7) 7 JLf7+ Фе7 8
<2)d5+ Фd6 9 &c4+ Феб 10 £)Ь4+ ФЬ5
11 a4+ ФхЬ4 12 сЗ+ ФЬЗ 13 W dl# 1-0
Taylor-NN, 1862.
4.. .£)xf2? 5 ФхР2 1 x 5 + 6 d4 exd4 7
S e l+ Ф18 8 £te4 ДЬб 9 Wd3 d5 10
Wa3+ Фg8 (10...We7 11 £if6!) 11 l.xd5
Wxd5 (ll...d3+ 12ФИ changes nothing)
12 £T6+ gxf6 13 Wf8+ 1-0 Richardson-
Delmar, New York 1899. 13...ФхГ8 14
£ .h 6 -i^ g 8 15 He8#.
5dxc3f6
Preventing £)g5; 5...&.el is safer.
This is the original Legall’s Mate. Not 5...d6? 6 0-0? (6 £>g5 i.e 6 7
jLxe6 fxe6 8 Wf3 wins) 6 ...ig 4 ? ? 7
£)xe5! i.x d l 8 i.x f7 + Фе7 9 ± g 5 # 1-0
Petroff Defence Taylor-Dreyer, Antwerp 1934.
6 0-0
Saburov - Ltitze 6 £\h4 g6 7 f4 d6? (7...We7 8 f5 Wg7 9
corr. 1906 Ad3 g5 10 Wh5+ Wf7 11 G3g6 Sg8 12
1 e4 e5 2 £)f3 £\f6 3 i.c 4 A c4 d5 13 Axd5 Wxd5 is good for
3 £)c3 l.b 4 4 i.c 4 0-0 5 d3 (5 0-0) Black) 8 f5 d5?! 9 ± x d 5 сб?! 10 i.f7 +
5...c6 6 £ixe5? (6 0-0) 6,..d5 7 exd5 (7 Фе7 11 Wxd8+ Фх08 12 fxg6 i.c5?? 13
156 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

g l 1-0 H.Vatter-T.Dieterle, Triberg rpd would again be quite good enough)

1991. 6...Дс5 0-1 Lawrence-Stafford, corr.
6.. .£ic6 1950. 7 d4 &xf2! 8 * x f2 Axd4+ wins
6.. .d5! 7 &xd5 c6 8 ± f7 + * e 7 . W hite’s queen; 7 Д еЗ ДхеЗ 8 fxe3
6.. .d6 7 ^ h 4 g6 8 f4 ШеП 9 f5 ®g7 is Wh4+ 9 g3 £)xg3 wins material; 7 dxe4
also OK. ДхГ2+ 8 Фе2 J.g4+ and Black wins.
Not 6...Дс5?? 7 £lxe5 1-0 W.Schulz- 3.. .d6 is the normal, and very solid
D.Langier, Cologne 1992. move:
7 £)h4! £>e7 a) 4 £lxf7 <&xf7 5 d4 is an attempt to
7.. .g6 8 f4. liven things up:
8±d3 al) 5...^ixe4? 6 ®h5+:
Threatening 9 Wh5+. a l l ) 6...*g8?? 7 # d 5 + 1-0 Hess-
8.. .g6 9 f4 L g l 10 fxe5 fxe5 11 ± g 5Born, Kirchheim 1990.
c6? al2) 6...g6 7 Ш 5+ .
11.. .d5? 12£lxg6!. al3) 6...Фе7 7 We2:
11.. .d6 is necessary, but after 12 al31) 7...d5?? 8 A g5+ 1-0 Lazarev-
JLxg6+ hxg6 13 £lxg6 £)xg6 14 ^.xd8 Kundyshev, Moscow 1982.
i x d e 15 2 f7 the white queen should al32) 7 ...* f7 8 ®xe4 Ше7 9 Д с4+
prove stronger than Black’s as yet unco­ Деб 10 Wf5+ 1-0 Soderstrom-Tzanne-
ordinated minor pieces. takis, corr. 1981.
12 £T5! gxf5 a2) 5...c5 (5...Де7 and 5...g6 are also
12.. .«fb6+ 13 ДеЗ. viable) 6 dxc5 Деб? (Black is willing to
13 Ш 5+ 1-0 give up one pawn to activate his pieces,
13.. .* f8 14 Hxf5+. but the second is accidental) 7 e5 <S)g4 8
Ш 3+ * g 8 9 exd6 £ic6?? 10 5)c3?? (10
Pobedin - Protsiuk * x g 4 ) 10...Hc8?? 11 Wxg4 1-0 Messin-
Kemerovo 1987 ger-Rack, Berlin 1989.
1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 ® f6 3 £ixe5 (D) b) 4 £lf3 £>xe4:
b l) 5 d3 Д е7?? (Alapin apparently
failed to notice that White had not played
the anticipated move 5 d4) 6 dxe4 1-0
S.Tarrasch-S.Alapin, Breslau 1889.
b2) 5 £ic3 Af5?? 6 Ше2! (6 £ixe4?
Д хе4 7 d3 Д g6 led to a quick, prear­
ranged, and consequently carelessly
played draw in Miles-Christiansen, San
Francisco 1987) 1-0 A.Zapata-V.Anand,
Biel 1988. 6...*fe7 7 £)d5.
b3) 5 We2 ffe7 6 d3 £if6 7 Дg5
£>bd7 8 £ic3 c6 9 £>e4 £te5? 10 £>xd6+
1-0 Kr.Georgiev-M.Trivizas, Athens
3...£sxe4?! 1997.
З-.-^сб? 4 £ixc6 dxc6 5 e5 (5 d3 sim­ 4 We2 Ш 7
ply leaves White a pawn up) 5...£le4 4.. .<S)f6?? 5 £sc6+ has cost countless
(White now has a very plausible way to novices their queens.
lose the game on the spot) 6 d3?? (6 d4 5 Шхе4 d6 6 d4 dxe5
 Open Games 157

6.. .f6?! 7 f4 (7 £lc3!) 7...£)d7? 8 £ic3 6 ftx d 7 ^ x d 7 7 0-0 # h 4 8 c4 £tf6?

dxe5 9 £\d5 ®d6 10 fxe5 fxe5 11 dxe5 (8...0-0-0) 9 # e 2 + Де7 10 £ic3 # x d 4 11
Шсб 12 ДЬ5 Wc5 13 Д еЗ 1-0 Wills- ДеЗ # h 4 ? (Il...« g 4 ; ll...# e 5 ) 12
Sparks, 1942. Дс5! £ie4 13 Д хе7 # x e 7 1-0 V.Kali-
7 dxe5 <£c6 8 ДЬ5 nina-C.Bilciu, Herculane girls U-14 Ech
8 £ic3 ®xe5 9 Wxe5+ £>xe5 10 ± f4 1994.
^ d 6 11 Ag3 followed by ^ b 5 or £\e4 6 0-0 Д е7 (6...£>xe5 7 dxe5 £sc5 is
keeps an advantage for White - Matsu- theory) 7 c4!? £}xe5 8 dxe5 Д еб (8...c6)
kevich. 9 cxd5 # x d 5 ?? (9 ..^ x d 5 10 # a 4 + and
8.. .JLd7 9 0-0 WxeS?? now Ю...Дс6 11 ДЬ5 is a bit better for
9.. .0.0-0 10 fhc3 <£ixe5. White, while 10...#d7 11 # x d 7 + &xd7
10 Д хсб 1-0 is OK for Black) 10 # a 4 + (the e4-knight
is lost) 1-0 H.Messing-D.Andric, Bel­
Krem enetsky - K hachaturov grade 1968.
Moscow 1970 6.. .£sxe5 7 dxes #h4?
1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 &Г6 3 d4 £ixe4 7.. .£ixc3 8 ЬхсЗ Д е7 9 0-0 0-0 is the
3.. .exd4 4 £lxd4?! d5?! (4...£sxe4sensible continuation.
gives Black an extra pawn: 5 We2 W ei 6 8 Дхе4 dxe4 9 £id5! # d 8 10 &g5l
£ib5 {6 £>f5 ®e6} 6...<53a6) 5 e5 &e4 6 ДЪ4+?
i.d 3 c5 7 £tf3 £.f5 8 <S3bd2 Д е7 9 ЬЗ?? 10.. .#xg5?? Il£ ix c7 + Ф е1 12#d6#;
(White prevents the vague threat of 10.. .Ш 7 is forced: 11 e6 fxe6 12 # h 5 +
9.. .c4, but invites something far worse) g6 13 £}f6+ ФП.
9.. .£lc3 0-1 Podkolzin-Baranov, Kosaya 11 c3 #xg5 12 <&xc7+ Фе1 13 #d 4
Gora 1981. 1-0
4 i.d 3 d5 5 £ixe5 Ы 1 (D)
More dynamic than 5...iLd6. 1 e4 e5 2 £\f3
Miscellaneous and
Scotch/Goring Gambits
G.Holze - W.Hohlfeld
2nd Bundesliga 1982/3
I e 4 e 5 2£lf3£>c6 3d4
3 c3 (the Ponziani - a very old open­
ing, which is harmless) 3...f5?! 4 ДЬ5?
(one would not expect 4 c3 to be a good
reply to the Schliemann!; 4 d4) 4...fxe4 5
Д хсб dxc6 6 £sxe5 # g 5 ! 7 d4 # x g 2 8
B fl ДЬЗ 9 £\d2 £>f6 10 # b3 0-0-0! 11
6<£\c3 £tf7 2 e8 12 c4 ДЬ4 0-1 C.Gabriel-
6 £sxf7 Ф хП 7 Ш 5+ Фе1 8 Wxd5?B.Lach, Oberliga Wiirttemberg 1988/9.
(8 We2 {threatening 9 f3 } 8 ...^ f7 9 13 # x b 4 e3.
#115-1- repeats moves) 8...£>ef6 9 Ag5 3 Д е2 Дс5?! (3...£if6) 4 &хе5?! (4
c6?? (9...£>b6 is quite good for Black) 0-0 intending сЗ and d4) 4...ДхГ2+ 5
10 # e 4 + * f 7 11 Д с4+ 1-0 Shashkov- <£>xf2 <йхе5 6 d4 # f6 + 7 МЪЗ (7 &g 1)
Bylino, Voroshilovgrad 1982. 7.. .6g4+?! (7...£>xf3) 8 &g3? h5 9 h3??
158 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

h4+ 10 '&xg4 d6# 0-1 Schiffer-Janny, J.Mieses - L.Forgacs

Budapest 1898. St Petersburg 1909
3.. .exd4 1 e4 e5 2 £sf3 £sc6 3 d4 exd4 4 c3 d5
3.. .£sf6?! 4 d5 Zhtl 5 £>xe5 d6? 4.. .dxc3 and now:
(5...£ixe4) 6 Jtb5+ сб 7 dxc6 Wa5+ 8 £sc3 a) 5 jtc 4 4if6 6 £lxc3 Ab4 7 e5 £)g4?
1-0 J.Krumm-M.Mattem, Trier 1991. (7...d5) 8 i.x f7 + * x f 7 9 £ig5+ &g8??
4 JLc4 Jte7 10 Ш15+ 1-0 R.Casafus-E.Formanek,
4.. .1.b4+? 5 c3 dxc3 6 bxc3 i.e 7 ?? 7Lewisham 1981.
f tf 5 d6 8 ® xf7+ * d 7 (1-0 F.Prieto- b) 5 £lxc3 d6:
F.Miranda, Zaragoza Ch 1992) 9 JLe6# b l) 6 i.b 5 i.d 7 7 0-0 g6 8 i.g 5 £lf6?
1-0 W.Schachtler-Grabowski, Badenweil 9 e5! dxe5 (9...£)xe5 10<Йхе5) 10 Ахсб
1985. bxc6 11 ^ x e 5 i.g 7 (ll...A e 7 12 Wf3)
4.. .41.5 5 ®xd4 £lxc4 6 # x c 4 £lf6 712 1-0 Abeleira-Diaz, corr. 1976.
i.g 5 i.e 7 8 0-0 0-0 9 e5 d5?? 10 * h 4 h6 b2) 6 1 x 4 Ag4 7 0-0 ® e5? 8 £ixe5!
11 exf6 gxf6 12 JLxh6 f5 13 ^ 3 + 1-0 i.x d l 9 i.x f7 + Фе7 10£sd5# 1-0 E.Falk-
B.Tuvshintgs-I.Croise, Szeged girls U- beer-NN, Vienna 1847.
12 Wch 1994. 5 exd5 Wxd5 6 cxd4 Ag4
5c3dxc3? 6.. .1.b4+ 7 <2)c3 JLg4 8 ± e 2 £.xf3 9
5.. .£if6 6 e5 £se4 7 cxd4 d6 (7...d5!) 8jk.xf3 ®xd4?? (9...'irc4 is the same sound
JLd5 £ig5?? 9 £ixg5 £.xg5 10 ^ h 5 g6 defence as the note to Black’s 7th move)
11 JLxc6+ bxc6 12 Wxg5 1-0 J.Mici6- 10 iLxc6+ 1-0 D.Levy-Vaca, Skopje OL
B.Pillotelle, Dortmund 1988. 1982.
6 f d 5 (D) 7 i.e 2 0-0-0
7.. .1.b4+ 8 <2)c3 ± x f3 9 JLxf3 Шс4 is
a very sound defence for Black.
8 £\c3 Wa5
8.. .1.b4.
9 i.e3 i.b 4 10 0-0 £lf6 11Ш З £)d5
12£>xd5lxd5??
12.. .Wxd5.
13 a3 1-0
13.. .1.d6 14 i.d 2 £.xf3 15 Дха5
£ x d 4 16 i.x f3 4ixb3 17 i.xd5.

1-0
A wholly mistaken resignation! This
position was also resigned in J.Engels-
R.Radinger, Velden 1994.
6...£lh6! (6...d6?? 7 ® xf7+ * d 7 8
JLe6# 1-0 Schulz-Lehnert, 1909) 7 Axh6
0-0 8 jLcl? (8 ‘йхсЗ gxh6 gives Black
some problems with his broken kingside,
but the game continues) 8...£lb4! 9 Wdl
c2 regains the piece with advantage.
Scotch Opening
G.Richter - PJiirgens
Dortmund 1993
1 e4 e5 2 £sf3 ‘й сб 3 d4 exd4 4 £lxd4
(D)
4...g6
A rare move. With the position so open
Black usually prefers to develop rapidly.
a) 4...£lge7?!5£)c3g6?6i.g5!.& g7
7 £sd5! ± x d 4 ? 8 ®xd4! £lxd4 9 <£)f6+
 Open Games
* f 8 10 A h6# 1-0 Hopkins-NN, London
1932.
b) 4...'Srh4!? and now:
b l) 5Wd3?:
b l l ) 5...Дс5 6 ДеЗ £ib4 7 We2
Wf67! (7...Wxe4 8 £lc3 Wg6) 8 c3 b6?? 9
e5 Wh4 10 & f3 1-0 N.J.Fries Nielsen-
O.Simonsen, Torshavn 1997.
bl2) 5...£)f6!6£)d2?(6£\xc6dxc67
&c3 A M ) 6...£)g4! 1 g3 Ш6 8 4 Ж З (8
f3) 8...£)ce5 9 Wc3 ДЬ4 0-1 Prueger-
E.Dyckhoff, corr. 1930.
b2) 5£ic3:
b21) 5...£sf6? 6 4&f5 ®h5? (6...Wg4)
7 Д е2 Wg6 8 £ih4 1-0 Fraser-Tauben-
haus, Paris 1888.
b22) 5...ДЬ4! 6 Де2?! (6 £idb5)
6 ..M xe4 1 £idb5 Д а5?? 8 &xc7+ <t?d8
9 £lxa8 Wxg2 10 Д В Wg6 11 ДеЗ 1-0
Gil.Hernandez-C.Montero, Asuncion
1991.
b3) 5& b5:
b31) 5...®xe4+ 6 Д е2 ffe5?? (Black
should play 6...ДЬ4+ 7 <£ric3 ДхсЗ+) 7
f4 ДЬ4+ 8 c3 ®c5 9 £>xc7+ &d8 10
£)xa8 Ь6 11 cxb4 WxM+ 12 Д 02 ШхЪ2
13 ДсЗ 1-01.Kaula-I.van Steenwinckel,
Szeged girls U-12 Wch 1994.
Ь32) 5...ДЬ4+ 6 Д d2 ®хе4+ 7 Д е2
®xg2?? (7...*d8) 8 A f3 1-0 J.Gallagher-
J.Costa, Bern 1991. S..Mg5 9 £lxc7+
10 £lxa8 Ш5+ 11 * f l « x b 2 12
ДхЬ4 Wxal 13 ДсЗ « х а 2 14 Дxg7.
c) 4...£}f6 5 £)хсб Ьхсб:
159
c l) 6 ДОЗ d5 7 е5?! 23g4 8 0-0 Д с5 9
Af4?! g5?! (9...f6! 10 exf6 0-0!) 10 Д02
We7 11 Д сЗ £\xe5?? 12 Дхе5 1-0
J.Mieses-M.Euwe, The Hague blitz 1921.
c2) 6 e5 ®e7 7 We2 ^ d 5 8 2id2 g6 9
£ Ы ? ! Д g7 10 Д g5? Wxe5 11 Af6??
23xf6 0-1 I.Dutton-D.McMahon, Lon­
don Lloyds Bank 1991.
5 c4?!
It is illogical to slacken the pace of the
game. 5 £)c3 Дg7 6 ДеЗ is more testing.
5.. .Ag7 6 ДеЗ £if6 7 £\c3
I 2ixc6 Ьхсб 8 e5 is the only way to
try to justify White’s play, but is uncon­
vincing.
7.. .0.0 8 Де2 Se8 9 f3 £sh5!
9.. .d6 10 0-0 transposes to a line of the
King’s Indian, but Black can take advan­
tage of his accelerated version of this.
10 0-0 £>f4
10.. .f5 is also possible.
II £sd5?? Дxd4 12 Дxd4 £\xe2+ 13
*xe2 <2ixd4 0-1
A.Khasin - A.Lilienthal
Moscow 1955
1 e4 e5 2 £tf3 £k 6 3 d4 exd4 4 £ixd4
Дс5 5 ДеЗ
5 £lb3 ДЬ6 6 c4 d6 7 £lc3 a5 8 <2id5
Д а7 9 a4 £if6 10 Дg5?? Дх12+ 11 * x f2
£}xe4+ 12 ^ g l £lxg5 0-1 E.Elkhater-
J.Raphael, Dubai OL 1986.
5 £ixc6 ®f6 6 Wd2 dxc6 7 2ic3 Деб 8
£)a4 (this concept has been popularized
by Kasparov) 8 ..^ d 6 9 Ad3 0-0-0 10
# а 5 * У 4 11 Дс12£в7??(11...Ь5) 12 ДсЗ
1-0 Y.Berthelot-H.Ribreau, Cannes 1995.
5.. M f6
5.. .d6? 6 £lxc6 Ьхсб 7 Д хс5 dxc5 8
# x d 8 + * x d 8 9 c4 2b 8 10 <£c3 2xb2??
11 0-0-0+ 1-0 Dunbar-Shavkin, Poland
1925.
6 c3 2ige7 7 Дс4 £\e5 8 Де2 d5 9 0-0
h5?
9.. .dxe4 10 £)d2 (10 &b5) 10...#g6
11 ДЬ5 is a little dangerous for Black.
160 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

9.. .Wg6 10 exd5 (10 £lb5? i.h 3 ) and 6 Wxd4 (D)

now Black can choose between:
a) 10...£sxd5 11 i.b 5 + i.d 7 (ll...c 6 ?
12 £ixc6 bxc6 13 Wxd5) 12 Axd7+
£)xd7.
b) 10...±h3 11 i.f3 0-0-0.
10 £ib5!
10 f4 £ig4.
10.. .«b 6
10.. .JLd6 11 f4 £sg4 12 Axg4 and e5.
11 Axc5 Wxc5 12 Wd4! 1-0
12.. .Wxd4 13 cxd4.

Three Knights Game 6.. .Wf6?

Creating a cheap threat of ...£}f3+, but
J.Capablanca - NN allowing an instant disaster. 6...d6 7 f4
USA simul 1914 {ECO's recommendation; White can
1 e4 e5 2 £)f3 <5k6 3 £sc3 i.c5?! only expect a small advantage after other
3.. .f5? 4 d4! fxe4 5 £lxe5 £)f6 6 JLc4moves) 7...Wh4+ (7...c5? 8 i.b5+ ) 8 & dl
d5 7 £ixd5! £ixd5 8 Ш 5+ g6 9 £ixg6 £)g4 is not too clear, while 6...f6 is ugly,
£)f6 (9...hxg6 10 Wxg6+! &d7 11 lx d 5 ) but ‘safe’.
10 jfc.f7+! (1-0 Michaelsen-Michaelsen, 7 £>b5! * d 8 8 Wc5!
Germany 1884) 10...Фх17 11 £)е5-н- 1-0 R.Reti-A.Dunkelblum, Vienna
1-0 N.Doric-D.Buric, Zadar 1995. 1914.
3.. .1.b4 and now: 8.. .£sc6 9 Wf8# 1-0
a) 4 i.c 4 5 0-0 d6 6 £id5 i.g 4 7
c3 i.c 5 8 d3 4ie7?? 9 <2)xe5! (9 £>xf6+ T.Christensen - B.Jacobsen
gxf6 10 £ixe5!) 9...jLxdl 10 £>xf6+ gxf6 Arhus Sommerskak 1991
(10...&f8 11 &ed7+) 11 i.x f 7 + * f 8 12 1 e4 e5 2 £}f3 <^c6 3 £k 3 d6?! 4 d4
Ah6# 1-0 W.Pollock-E.Hall, England exd4?! 5 £}xd4 g6 6 £sd5! (D)
1890. Now Black must be very careful in­
b) 4 £>d5 i.a 5 (4...£if6) 5 1 x 4 (5 deed.
c3!?) 5...^f6 6 0-0 d6 7 c3 £ie7? 8 £>xe7
Фхе7 (8...Wxe7? 9 Wa4+) 9 d4 £id7? 10
dxe5 £>xe5 (10...dxe5 11 Wd5) 11 &xe5
dxe5 12 Wh5! 1-0 Y.Afek-M.Kotliar, Is­
raeli Ch 1986.
4 £sxe5 £ixe5
4.. .1.xf2+ 5 &xf2 ^ x e 5 6 d4 Wf6+ 7
& gl <£ic6 8 e5 £>xe5? 9 dxe5?? (9 Wei
wins) 9...Wb6+ 0-1 S.Brohl-K.Balduan,
Porz 1992.
5 d4 Axd4
5.. .JLd6 6 dxe5 Axe5 7 f4 is good for
White.
 Open Games 161

6.. .±g7?? £le6 1-0 Gerschwiler-Salzmann, Basle

6.. .£lge7?? 7 £tf6#; 6...&ce7? 7 i.g 5 ;1965.10.. .1.b4+ 11 £lxb4fxe6 1 2 « h 5 +
6...a6 should survive, even though White is bad enough.
can contemplate such moves as 7 jtx a 6 !? b) 5...£sxe4:
(7 i.b 5 i.d 7 ) 7...Пха6 8 £>b5. b l) 6 Д с4 ДЬ4+?! 7 c3 dxc3 8 0-0
6.. .£lxd4 7 ®xd4 f6 is relatively safe,0- 0 9 Wc2 He8 10 i.f 4 d6 11 fiael
but miserable. £ld2?? 12£lg5 1-0 V.Knox-B.Eley, Brit­
7 £lb5 Bb8 8 <£dxc7+ &d7 9 ®xd6#ish Ch (Coventry) 1970.
1-0 b2) 6 We2 f5 7 &g5 £>e7?? (7...d3!
The player with the black pieces once is essential and good) 8 ^ x e 4 fxe4
beat Anatoly Karpov. (8...£)xd5 9 £id6#) 9 Wh5+ g6 (9...£ig6
10 i.g 5 ) 10 We5 Sg8 11 i.g 5 Ag7 12
Blumenfeld - NN &xc7+ &f8 13 # f4 + 1-0 K.van der
1903 Weide-Ye Rongguang, Haarlem 1996.
1 e4 e5 2 £sf3 £k 6 3 4k3 g6 4 d4 5.. Л с 5
exd4 5 £>d5 5.. .d5? 6 i.b 5 Ш 6 ? (6...£.d7) 7 exd5
5 £>xd4 £)ge7? (5... JLg7 is the natural£sxd5 8 £ixc6 bxc6 9 ®xd5 (a deadly
move, of course) 6 i g 5 h6? (seeing the double pin) 1-0 V.Valenta-T.Gotz, Mora­
normal 6...Jtg7 7 4id5 routine, Black al­ vian open Ch (Prerov) 1994.
lows the idea in even more banal form!) 7 5.. .J.b4 (the normal line, and very
£id5 hxg5 8 £if6# occurred in a 1997 blitz sound for Black) 6 <§3xc6 bxc6 7 JLd3:
game, with Jack Rudd playing White. a) 7...d6?! (it is far more logical to
5.. .±g7 6i.g5<5)ge7? aim for ...d7-d5) 8 0-0 £ig4 9 h3 <S)e5 10
6.. .£lce7!; 6...f6. f4 £ixd3 11 cxd3 0-0 12 f5 f6?? 13 Wb3+
7 £\xd4! JLxd4?! 8 l fxd4! ^xd4 91- 0 J.Anglada-J.Arino, Aragon Ch 1992.
£>fl>+ <A>f8 10 ±h6# 1-0 b) 7...0-0 8 0-0 d5 9 e5?! (9 exd5)
9.. .£ig4 10 f4?? ® h4 11 h3 ix 5 + 12
* h l Wg3! 13 hxg4 Wh4# 0-1 NN-Kahn,
Four Knights Game Nice 1941.
6 JLe3 i.b 6 7 ±Ь5?! 0-0 8 0-0 Же8 9
H.Strick van Linschoten - J.Davidson Ш З?! £ie5 10 ®d2 £ieg4 11 f3 £lxe3
Scheveningen 1923 12 ШхеЗ c6 13 ±d3?? (D)
1 e4 e5 2 <5k3 $3f6 3 £if3 £>c6 4 d4
4 Д е2 i x 5 5 ^ x e 5 ^ x e 5 6 d4 i.b 4 7
dxe5 4ixe4 8 # d 3 d5?? 9 Wb5+ 1-0
O.Brendel-M.Mohrmann, Krumbach
1991.
4.. .exd4
4.. .jLb4 5 d5 the! 6 £ixe5 £3xe4?
(6...0-0) 7 Ш 4 £.xc3+ 8 bxc3 £>f6 9 i.g 5
£>g6? (9...£tf5) 10 £lg4 1-0 S.Tarrasch-
Simonsohn, Berlin 1887.
5 lSJxd4
5 £)d5 is the sharp Belgrade Gambit:
a) 5„.h6?! 6 Jtf4 d6 7 £\xd4 £ie5?! 8
£.xe5 dxe5 9 i.b 5 + £ld7? (9...i.d7) 10 13...C 5!
162 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

It’s easy to miss such an apparently
ugly move, even when it wins a piece.
0-1
Abonyi - K.Hromadka
Prague 1908
1 e4 e5 2 £if3 £k6 3 £ic3 £>f6 4 ДЬ5
£sd4
4.. .d6 5 d4 i.d 7 6 0-0 i.e 7 7 B el exd4knight, and wins.
8 £ixd4 0-0 9 i.x c 6 bxc6 10 ШЗ Be8 11
e5£lg4?? 12 e6 1-OD.Campora-J.Eslon,
Puebla Cazalla 1991.
5±a4
5 £>xe5?! « e 7 6 f4 £lxb5 7 <£lxb5 d6 8
£sd3?? J.g4! 0-1 A.Mordue-J.Menadue,
Cornwall-Gloucestershire 1986.
5.. .c6
5.. .b5? 6 £>xb5 <£хЬ5 7 i.x b 5 £ixe4 8 1 e4 e5 2 £)f3 <£c6 3 £ic3 £sf6 4 i.b 5
« е 2 ДЬ7 9 &xe5 We7? 10 i.xd7+ * d 8
11 £>c6+ * x d 7 12 £>xe7 i.x e 7 1-0
L.Langner-D.Blucha, Czechoslovak Ch
(Bratislava) 1991.
5.. .1.c5 6 0-0 0-0 7 £>xe5? (7 d3 d6 8 8 £)f3 £)xe4 9 &d5 « d 8 (9...£>c3+ 10
£>xd4 ± x d 4 9 i.e 3 ) 7...d6 8 £>c4 (8 £if3 Zhxel £ixdl 11 ^ d 5 ) and now:
Jtg4 intending 9 ...«c8 followed by
10...£.xf3 11 gxf3 Ш З ) 8...±g4 9 « e l
£sf3+! 10 gxf3 JLxf3 (intending ..Me?,)
11 d4 « c 8 12 %3c3 « h 3 13 dxc5 £ig4
0 -1 1.Banas-P.Lukacs, Tmava 1986.
6 0-0 £.c5 (D)
6.. .b5 7 ± b 3 a5.
7 £\xe5?! d6 8 <£id3?
8 £if3 &g4.
8.. .±g4! 9 « e l £if3+! 10 gxf3 ±xf3
11 e5
11 £)xc5? « c 8 forces mate.
11.. .0.0! 12 exd6
12 £ixc5 £sd5 (12...«c8? 13 e6) 13
£35e4 ® f4 will mate; 12 еб £sd5 13 e7
« d 7 !; 12 exf6 « d 7 13 £ie4 (13 ^ e 2 g5)
13.. .g5 denies the f4-square to a white
12.. .£ig4 13 Wei?
13 £ie5 £ixh2 14 d4 « h 4 15 « е З
« h 3 16 £>xf3 £lxf3+ 17 « x f3 « x f3 18
dxc5 Bae8 and Black wins.
13.. .1.xd6! 0-1
Atanasov - D.Gerasimov
Bulgarian corr. Ch 1967
5 ± c4 £.c5 6 £txe5 W ei 1 f4?!
7 5)f3 can be met by 7...d5!? or
7.. .£)xe4 8 0-0.
7.. .d6 8 ^ x f7 ?
a) 1 0 & x d 4 i.x d 4 1 1 « e 2 0-0.
b) 10 b4 ± g 4 11 h4 (what else?)
11.. .c6 12 bxc5 cxd5 13 iLxd5 £sf6 is
quite good for Black.
c) 10 c3 is really quite OK for White:
Ю ...£М З+ 11 « x f3 0-0 (ll...£ lf2 12
B fl JLg4 13 Wg3 and Black’s pieces are
in a mess) 12 d4 Be8 13 0-0.
8.. .£ixe4 9 £>e2?
9 0-0? allows a forced mate: 9...£>e2++
10 ФЫ ^ 4 g 3 + 11 hxg3 *hxg3+ 12 ФЬ2
«h 4 # .
9 ФИ (the only move) 9...Sf8 10
£>xe4 (10 « h 5 ) 10...«xe4 11 d3 « g 6 is
maybe only a little better for Black.
9.. .®f3+
9.. .« h 4 + 10 ^ g S £lxg3 is also a
wipe-out.
10 gxf3
10 5?f 1 « h 4 ! is annihilation (10.. ,£lf2
should win too).
10.. .±f2+ 11 ФП i.h3# 0-1
 Open Games 163

H.Spangenberg - V.Tkachiev 8 i.x d 5 Щ 5 9 i.x f7 + Фе7 10 i.h 5

Villa Martelli 1997
1 e4 e5 2 £\c3 £)f6 3 £lf3 ^ c6 4 i.b5
£>d4 5 Ac4 &c5 6 £>xe5 d5!? (D)
A very interesting novelty. 6..M e l
was previously played.
Wxe5 is good for Black.
8.. .g6
8.. .£lxc2+ followed by ...g6 is equiva­
lent.
9 £>xg6 £ixc2+ 10 ФП
10 ^ d l £sce3+! wins: 11 dxe3 £sf6+,
11 Фе2 £tf4+ 12 £)xf4 JLg4+ or 11 fxe3
JLg4+ 12 ®xg4 £lxe3+ 13 Фе2 <53xg4 14
^ x h 8 ®d4.
Ю...Шб! 11 f3
11 We5+ Шхе.5 12 £)xe5 £)xal.
11.. .hxg612W xd5Sh5 0-1

Italian Game
(Miscellaneous)
N.Konakova - Chepaikina
Yoshkar-Ola 1988
Or: 1 e4 e5 2 <£f3 <5ic6 3 i.c 4 (D)
a) 7 JLd3 is met by 7...0-0.
b) 7 exd5 0-0 8 0-0 2 e8 9 Ag4
1 i.W # iL « X
10 d3 Ш 7 11 i.f4 i.x f3 12 gxf3 * h 3 13
i.g 3 <£h5 14 &e4 i.d6! 15 ^ g 5 Ш5 16 В i i i l A i l
шш 'ШШ ШШ
£le4 £}f4! and then: в Ч Ь в я в
b l) 17 jLxf4 Wxf4 wins, e.g. 18 £ig3
2e2!. ■ ■ mm
b2) 17 Ф Ы £tfe2 18 f4 £.xf4 gives
Black a clear positional plus: 19 c3 Ad6 ШШ в в
20 f3 ^x g 3 + 21 <2)xg3 £.xg3 or 19 i.x f4
ДВДВ ВДВ
£lxf4.
c) 7 jtx d 5 <£ixd5 8 £>xd5 (8 exd5
Wg5 wins) 8 . . . ^ 5 (8...0-0 led to a
а т ш ив
comfortable draw in Shirov-Kramnik, 3.. d6
Cazorla (6) 1998): 3.. .f5? 4 d4 fxe4 5 £ixe5 d5 6 Ab5
c l) 9 £lxc7+ * f 8 10 ФП Wxe5 11 Wh4? (6...£ie7) 7 £ixc6 M l 8 g3 Wf6
<&xa8 ®xe4 12 d3 Wc6 13 i.e 3 b6 14 c3 9 Wh5+ g6 10 ® xd5 bxc6 11 'Srxe4+
ДЬ7 15 S g l £if5 works out well for 1-0 M.Womacka-G.Forgacs, Wiesbaden
Black - material will be roughly level 1990.
once the a8-knight is taken and White’s 3.. .h6? 4 d4 d6 5 £)c3 J.g4 6 dxe5
development is still difficult. £\xe5?? 7 £ixe5! i.x d l 8 i.x f7 + 1-0
c2) 9 0-0 Шхе5 10 c3 survives. F.Knauer-H.Bahm, Berlin 1995.
c3) 9 d3 ®xg2 10 £\xc7+ * f 8 11 3.. .J.e7 (the Hungarian Defence -
®h5 is messy and unclear. solid but passive) 4 d4 exd4 5 c3 4if6?! 6
7...£ixd5 8 Wh5? e5 £ie4 7 ± d 5 £ig5? (7...£>c5) 8 £ixg5
164 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

± x g 5 9 ®h5 0-0 1-0 V.Kontic-A.Hoff- d6? 11 dxe5 4ixe5 12 jLxg8! 1-0 Neu-
man, VmjaCka Banja 1989. mann-K.Mayet, Berlin 1865. 12...Sxg8
3.. .£ld4? (setting a rather childish13 Wd5.
trap) 4 £>xe5?? ®g5 5 ^ x f 7 » x g 2 and 5.. .JLa5 6 d4 £if6? 7 dxe5 (7 &xe5)
now: 7...£lg4 8 i.g 5 f6?! 9 exf6 £lxf6? 10 e5
a) 6 S f l ®xe4+ 7 Д е2 £if3# 0-1 h6 11 exf6 hxg5 12 fxg7 We7+ 13 We2
Muhlock-Kostics, Cologne 1912. 1-0 P.Morphy-H.Laroche, Paris 1859.
b) 6 £ixh8 # x h l+ 7 £ .fl ®xe4+ 8 5.. .1.e7 6 d4 d6 (6...£>a5) 7 Wb3 ^?f8
&e2 d5 9 d3 £tf3+ 10 ФП i.h 3 # 0-1 (7...<йа5) 8 ± x f7 g6?? (8...^a5) 9 i.x g 8
Di.Mtiller-S.Pieper, Eppingen worn 1988. Sxg8 10 JLh6+ 1-OD.Gurack-T.Koemer,
4h3?! Cattolica 1993.
4 d4 makes most sense. 6 0-0 d6 7 d4 J.b6 8 dxe5 dxe5 (D)
4 d3 i.g 4 5 <£c3 <5Ш 6 £ixe5??
i.x d l? ? (6...dxe5 7 l rxg4 <£xc2+) 7
Jlxf7+ Фе7 8 £ld5# 1-0 Jones-Gilson,
Dayton 1982.
4 £\c3 i.g4?! 5 h3 ± h 5 ? 6 £ixe5!
i.x d l?? (6...£>xe5 7 Wxh5 <£ixc4 8 #b5+ )
7 i.x f7 + Фе7 8 £id5# 1-0 A.Cheron-
Jeanloz, Leysin simul 1929 and Nasser-
S.Mbye, Dubai OL 1986.
4.. .1.e7 5 d4 exd4 6 <5ixd4 £if6 7 £)c3
0-0 8 0-0 £ie5 9 Ab3 h6?! 10 i.e3 Ь6?!
1 0 .. .C6.
11 f4 <£>ed7 12 £lcb5?!
12 £>c6 tte 8 13 £ib5 i.d 8 . 9 ±xf7+? &xf7 10 £ixe5+ *f8??
12.. .£lxe4?? 10...Фев! 11 Wh5+ g6 12 £\xg6 £tf6
12.. .1.b7. 13 ® h6 Hg8 is favourable for Black,
13 £lc6 1-0 while even 10...Феб!? is possible.
^ ...« е в 14 £ixc7. 11 £.a3+ £sge7 12 Wf3+ 1-0

Evans Gambit Giuoco Piano

J.Eckl - Schonewald Daniels - G.Walker
corr. 1968 London 1841
1 e4 e5 2 4if3 4k 6 3 J.c4 jLc5 4 b4 1 e4 e5 2 £tf3 ®c6 3 ± c4 i.c 5 4 d3
Axb4 4 £)c3 £if6 5 £sd5!? d6 (5...£lxe4 6
4.. .Jtb6 5 a4 a6 6 a5 Д а7 7 b5 axb5
8Ше2 4if6 7 d4!?) 6 d4 <Sixd4 7 £\xd4
i.x b 5 £)f6 9 i.a 3 £ixe4? 10 We2 £ixf2 £.xd4 (7...£lxd5!) 8 i.g 5 £.xf2+?
11 £lxe5! £>d4??(ll...£le7) 12® xd7+ (8...i.e6; 8...c6 9 ®xf6+ gxf6 10 Wf3
$)xe2 13 4bf6# 1-0 Helms-Tenner, New fig8 {10...Jtxb2!?} 11 i.x f6 i.g 4 ) 9 Ф11
York 1942. сб 10 ^ x f6 + gxf6 11 Wf3 ® b6 12 ®xf6
5 c 3 i.c 5 1-0 C.Morrow-G.Finegold, Dearborn
5.. .JLd6?! 6 d4 We7 7 0-0 f6?!1992.
(7 ...Ш ) 8 a4 b6 9 £ia3 !.xa3 10 i.x a3 4...£if6
 Open Games 165

This position often arises from the 5.. .exd4 (this position can also be
Two Knights Defence (1 e4 e5 2 £sf3 reached via the Two Knights Defence: 1
£>c6 3 i.c 4 £>f6 4 d3 i.c5). e4 e5 2 £>f3 £>c6 3 i.c 4 £>f6 4 d4 exd4 5
5 £ic3 0-0?! 0-0 jLc5) 6 e5 reaches the Max Lange At­
5.. .d6: tack:
a) 6 £)g5?! 0-0 7 f4 Ag4! 8 ®d2 £lb4 a) 6...&e4? 7 i.d 5 f5 8 exf6 £lxf6 9
(8...exf4) 9 f5?? (9 <йа4; 9 i.b 3 ) 9...±еЗ i.g 5 h6? 10 S e l+ ± e 7 11 i.x f6 gxf6 12
0-1 Ertas-Matthaus, Berlin 1963. £}xd4 &xd4 13 « h 5 + 1-0 A.Wong-
b) 6 h3 i.e 6 7 £>d5 J.xd5 8 exd5 £>e7 M.Mathewson, Sunnyvale 1978.
9 JLb5+? c 6 10 dxc6? Wa5+11 ± d 2 Wxb5 b) 6,..d5 7 exf6 dxc4 8 fie l+ Ae6 and
12 cxb7 ®xb7 0-1 S.Lohr-M.Euwe, Am­ now:
sterdam 1923. b l) 9 fxg7 fig8 10 ± g 5 ? (10 &g5)
6 i.g5 h6 7 i.h 4 Ab4? 8 0-0 ±xc3 9 Ю...!Ю5?(10...Де7! 11 i.x e 7 * x e 7 ) 11
bxc3 g5? 10 £lxg5! hxg511 Jtxg5 lig 7 ? £>сЗ Ш57 (11...1И7 12 &e4 Д е7) 12
11.. .Ше7 12 ®f3 4>g7 13 Wg3 Wd6£)e4 fixg7 13 <5ih4! (the queen is trapped
(13...Sh8 14 J.xf6++ * x f6 15 h4! and mid-board) 1-0 Glukharev-V.Murakh-
mate can only be stopped at a great cost veri, Moscow 1969.
in material) 14 f4 £)h5 15 ®g4! (15 b2) 9 £lg5 ®xf6?? (9...*d5) 10
£,f6++ * h 7 ) 1 5 ...% 6 16 f5 d6 (16...d5 £ixe6 fxe6 11 Wh5+ Wg6 12 Wxc5 1-0
17 Jtxd5) 17 h3 and White will regain at H.Heider-J.Platz, Cologne 1920.
least the sacrificed piece, keeping a few 6 ®xe5 0-0?
extra pawns. 6.. .£le6 7 Axe6 fxe6 (7...dxe6?? 8
12 f4 1-0 'B,xd8+ <4'xd8 9 £lxf7+) 8 5)d3 is very
pleasant for White.
Y.Estrin - K.Klaman 7± e3!
Leningrad 1957 This wins material.
1 e4 e5 2 £if3 £>c6 3 ± c4 i.c5 4 0-0 7.. .We7
£lf6 7.. .d5 8 exd5 b5 9 i.x d 4 ; 7...£>e6 8
4.. Т5? 5 d4 (5 J.xg8 Sxg8 6 £>xe5ф-Xpfi ^ yp4 Q Фxf7+
$5xe5 7 d4 is very good for White) 8 JLxd4! ±xd4 9 Wxd4 c5 10 *c3!
5.. .exd4 6 e5 d6 7 exd6 Wxd6 8 fie l+ £ixe4 11 We3 Wxe5 12 <£c3 1-0
£ige7 9 £lg5 £ie5? 10 i.f 4 ?Y7g6 11 12.. .He8 13 fifel wins the knight.
JLxe5 £ixe5 12 £)f7 1-0 P.Morphy-
J.Schulten, New York 1857. A.Rosentreter - M.Hoffer
5d4 Berlin 1899
5 Hel?! 0-0 6 c3 We7 7 d4 exd4 8 e5 1 e4 e5 2 £if3 <£c6 3 i.c 4 ± c 5 4 0-0
£lg4 9 cxd4?! (9 jLg5! dxc3!) 9...£lxd4! ■5^f6 5 d4 i.xd4 6 ^xd4 ^xd4 7 i-g5
10 £lxd4 '®h4 11 4Sf3 (Greco analysed 7 f4 is the alternative.
11 h3 <Sixf2 followed by 12...JLxd4 and 11 7.. .h6
£.e3 *xh 2 + 12 ФП W h l+ 13 Фе2 « x g 2 7.. .d6 8 f4; 7...£)e6 8 i.x e 6 fxe6
14 fig l £lxe3 15 ФхеЗ JLxd4+ 16 4 ’xd4 (8...dxe6 9 ®xd8+ * x d 8 10 f4) 9 f4.
Ш 2 + 17 ФсЗ We3+ 18 Ad3 ®xe5+ as 8 ± h 4 (D)
winning for Black) ll../tx f 2 + 12 <4>hl 8.. .g5?
® gl+! 13 £>xgl (13 fixgl £hf2#) 8.. .d6 9 f4; 8...£>e6 9 JLxe6 fxe6
13.. .£tf2#0-l NN-G.Greco, 1620?. (9...dxe6 10 Wxd8+ * x d 8 11 f4) 10 f4
5.. .£lxd4? We7 is Black’s best defence.
166 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

game finished from here, but even if

Black did play on until mate, the game
would still have been no more than 13
moves) 1-0 G.Greco-NN, 1620?.
5 d3 d6 6 b4 i.b 6 7 a4 a6 8 £)bd2 0-0 9
Wb3 We,8 10 0-0 £>h5 11 i.d 5 &e7 12
£)c4 JLa7 13 b5?? axb5 0-1 N.Grinberg-
Y.Kosashvili, Israeli Ch 1986. 14 axb5
± xf2+ 15 &xf2 S xal.
5...exd4 (D)

9f4!!
Black is now in trouble.
9.. .gxf4
9.. .exf4? 10 ®xd4 gxh4 11 Kxf4;
9.. .gxh4? 10 fxe5; 9...£>xe4 10 fxe5 £)e6
11 Wf3; 9 ...^ e 6 10 i.x e6 (10 fxe5)
10.. .dxe6 (10...exf4 11 ± b 3 gxh4 12
Hxf4) 11 ®xd8+ <&xd8 12 fxg5 £ixe4 13
g6+.
10 Sxf4! exf4 11 Wxd4 0-0 12 &xf6
We8 13 i .h 8 1-0

Cochrane - NN 6 cxd4 i.b 4 + 7 £ic3 d5 (7...&xe4!) 8

England 1822 exd5 £>xd5 9 0-0 £ice7?? (9..A e 6) 10
1 e4 e5 2 £)f3 <£к6 3 J.c4 Jtc5 4 c3 £ixd5 ^ x d 5 11 Wb3 (11 i.x d 5 Wxd5 12
S)f6 W&4+ is another way) 1-0 F.Miranda-
4.. .£.b6 5 d4 Wei 6 d5 £sd8 7 £.e2 d6C.Burillo, Zaragoza Ch 1992.
8 h3 f5 9 i.g 5 £>f6 10 £>bd2 0-0 11 £ih4? 6 0-0 0-0? (6...&xe4 7 cxd4 d5) 7 cxd4
fxe4! 12 £\xe4? £ixe4! 13 i.x e7 £.xf2+ (now Black just gets pushed off the board)
0 - 1 B.Horwitz-L.Bledow, Berlin 1837. 7 ...i.e7 8 e5 £ie4 9 d5 <Sib8 10 # d 4
14 * f l £lg3#. <2)c5? 11 d6 1-0 A.Raudive-J.Nejedlo,
4.. .Wel 5 0-0 i.b 6 6 d4 d6 7 a4 <Sf6??DeCin 1995.
8 d5 Sia5 9 ^.d3 (10 b4 will win a piece) 6.. .£lg4?
1- 0 P.Kemp-M.McCarthy, British Ch 6.. .Well 1 0-0 £ie4? 8 cxd4 ДЬ6 9
(Morecambe) 1975. jLd5 1-0 M.Bourloud-J.F.Krebs, Bad
4.. .d6 5 0-0 A g4 6 d3 Ш б?! 7 £>bd2Ragaz 1995.
£sge7 8 S e l (8 h3 h5) 8...0-0?! 9 h3 i.h 5 ? 6.. .d5 is necessary and correct.
(9...i.xf3) 10 g4 i.g 6 (10...'tg6 11 <2)h4 7 i.d 5?
Wf6 12 £>df3) 11 g5 # f 4 12 £>fl 1-0 7 £.xf7+! * x f7 8 £>g5+ Фе8 9 ®xg4
R.Cortes-E.Baccelliere, Chile tt 1991. ‘SixeS 10 ®e4 Wei 11 0-0 is good for
5d4 White.
5 £sg5 0-0 6 d3 h6 7 h4 hxg5?? 8 hxg5 7 cxd4 i.b 4 + (7...d5) 8 £lc3 d6?
£>h7? (8„.d5 9 gxf6 « x f6 10 d4! wins (8...d5) 9 h3 £>h6 10 i.x h 6 gxh6 11 Wb3
for White) 9 Wh5 (it is not clear how the S f8 12 0-0 i.d 7?? 13 £>d5 (13 d5 i.xc3
 Open Games
14 dxc6 also wins a piece) 1-0 E.Hal-
kova-J.Zakova, Morava girls Wch 1991.
7.. .£ixf2?
7.. .dxc3.
8 i.x f7 + ?
8 &xf2.
8.. . 6 . f 7 9 £>g5+ <4>g8??
9.. .Фе8! wins; even 9...'®rxg5? 10since 10...jLb4+ 11 c3 is no problem for
'Ш'ЬЗ-н is still quite good for Black.
10 t b 3 + d 5 11 exd6+ A e 6 12 Wxe6+material) 0-1 R.Rysan-M.Drtina, Slova­
<4>f8 13 Wf7# 1-0
Tw o Knights Defence
B.Grewe - S.Kutzner
Mendig U-15 1994
1 e4 e5 2 £lf3 £sc6 3 i.c 4 4lf6 4 <£>c3?! Шха8+ <&d7 17 Wxh8 ШхП+ 18 <&d2
4 0-0 &xe4 5 S e l? d5 6 ДЬЗ £ c5 7Wxf2+ 19 * c 3 * f3 + 20 * d 2 i.f4 + 21
d4 ®xd4 8 £lxe5 tT 6 ! 9 i.x d 5 ®xf2+
lO ^ h l Wgl+H 11 & xgl £)e2++ 12 1
(12 * h l £tf2#) 12...£i2g3+ 13 hxg3
£lxg3# 0-1 Lewis-Dayton, USA 1942.
4 d3 and now:
a) 4;..d5?! 5 exd5 £)xd5 6 0-0 i.g 4 7
S e l f6? 8 £lxe5! 1-OI.Armas-T.Hartung,
Dortmund Г988.
b) 4 ...i.e7 5 c3 d6 6 i.b 3 i.g 4 7 h3
£.h5 8 £ibd2 &d7 9 £>fl ^ c 5 10 i.d 5
‘й еб 11 £ig3 i.x f3 12 # x f3 i.g 5 ?? 13
Дхеб 1-0 Z.Pokomy-F.Vrana, Czecho­
slovak Cht 1992.
4.. .£lxe4!
This is the most logical way for Black
to play.
5 £lxe4
5 i.xf7+?! * x f7 6 £>xe4 d5 7 £sg3 e4
8£sgl i.c 5 9<aie2h5! 10h4 Wf6 11 f3?
(11 S fl ®xh4 {ll...ji.g4!?} 12d4 would
keep White vaguely in the game) 11 ...exf3
12 S fl (the pin does not have the desired
effect...) 12,..f2+ 0-1 Filippov-V.Pozh-
arsky, Rostov-on-Don 1956.
5.. .d5 6 i.b 5 ?
6 jLd3 dxe4 7 Axe4 is OK, though
Black has no problems.
167
6 We2 dxc4 7 Wxc4 £ e 6 8 Wa4 f6 9
d3 a6 (this position is quite good for
Black, and moreover he has a little
threat...) 10 £)c3?? (while this deals with
the immediate threat of 10...b5, it allows
Black to force it through next move; in­
stead 10 £\g3 would keep him alive,
White) 10...Jk.b4 (now ll...b 5 will win
kian Cht 1993/4.
6.. .dxe4 7 £ixe5 Wg5!
7.. .«У5!?.
8 Axc6+
8 d4 Wxg2 9 S f l a6 10 Wh5 i.h 3 11
Wxf7+ &d8 12 Ш 5+ £ d 6 13 £)xc6+
Ьхсб 14 ®xc6 axb5 15 J.g5+ Фс8 16
i.x f4 ®xf4+ 22 ФсЗ ШеЗ+ 23 ФЬ4
'S,xd4+ 24 ФхЬ5 Фе7 intending ...£dl+,
mating.
8.. .bxc6 9 <S)g4?? i.x g 4 0-1
J.Stopa - Baker
USA corr. Ch 1987
1 e4 e5 2 £)f3 £>c6 3 £ c 4 £if6 4 d4
exd4 (D)
This position is sometimes reached
from the Scotch Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 £)f3
£}c6 3 d4 exd4 4 J.c4 £sf6).
4.. .‘2)xe4?! 5 dxe5;
a) 5 ..A c 5 V 6 Ш 5 1-0 R.Snyder-
Ellis, Los Angeles 1972.
b) 5...i.e7?? 6 Wd5 0-0 7 Wxe4:
b l) 7...d6 1-0 Uschold-Uestuen,
Nuremberg 1989.
b2) 7...*h8 8 0-0 1-0 M.Sieg-
G.Hopfner, Germany 1980/1.
5 e5
Or;
a) 5 £sxd4 £lxe4! 6 JLxf7+ Фх17 7
Ш 5+ g6 8 Ш 5 + <4>g7 9 £>xc6 £if6??
(9...dxc6 10 ®xe4 ®e8 11 ®xe8 i.b 4 +
leads to a slightly better position for
Black; 9...Ше8) 10 i.h6+ ! * x h 6 11
168 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
Wd2+ 1-0 Dokshytsky-V.Scherbakov,
Moscow 1945.
b) 5£ig5:
b l) 5...£le5 6 ± b 3 h6 7 f4 hxg5 8
fxe5 <йхе4 9 ®xd4 ^ c 5 10 4lc3 d6 11
ДеЗ dxe5?? (the continuation 1l...£)xb3
12 axb3 dxe5 13 ®хе5+ Ше7 is quite
good for Black; unfortunately this is not a
variation where either side can afford to
be careless with their move-order) 12
J.xf7+ 1-0 H.Stelzer-S.Loffler, Lauda
1986 and Zo.Szabo-L.Schmikli, Hungar­
ian Cht 1992/3.
b2) 5...d5 6 exd5 and now:
b21) 6...£lxd5? (allowing a transpo­
sition to a really bad line of the 4 £}g5
variation) 7 0-0 Д еб 8 S e l Wd7 9 £lxf7!
4 x f7 10 ШЗ+ 4 g 6 11 Hxe6+ Wxe6 12
i.d 3 + Ш 5 13 Wxf5# 1-0 Schroder-
Illgen, Dresden 1926.
b22) 6...We7+:
b221) 7 4 f l <S)e5 8 Wxd4 <2)xc4 9
Шхс4 h6 (9...Шс5 is OK) 10 £lf3 i.d 7 ?
(Ю...Шс5) 11 A f4 g5? 12 £lc3 1-0
Loubatiere-Mariette, Frankfurt 1975.
b222) 7 We2 Wxe2+ 8 4 x e 2 £ib4 9
S el?? (doubtless intending to meet
9...£lxc2 with 10 4 d l + and 11 4 x c2 ,
but seeing the problem when it was too
late) 0-1 M.Fitzko-S.Tarin, New York
Open 1985.
c) 5 0-0:
c l) 5...±e7 6 £ lx d 4 !?£ ix e4 ?7 £ if5 !
(this is a surprising idea well worth
noting) 7...g6? 8 ®d5 Bf8?? 9 £ig7# 1-0
Hoffmann-Heilmann, Berlin 1904.
c2) 5...£lxe4 6 S e l d5:
c21) 7 ДЬ5 Д е7 8 £)xd4 i.d 7 9 c4
£sxd4 10 i.x d 7+ Wxd7 11 # x d 4 0-0??
12 Sxe4 1-0 M.Illescas-D.Garcia, Ter-
rassa 1991.
c22) 7 i.x d 5 Wxd5 8 <5ic3 Wa5 9
£ixe4 Д еб 10 Ad2 Wfd57! (Ю...ДЬ4;
10...Wf5) 11 Д g5 Дс5? (a poor move on
general grounds as well) 12 c4! 1-0
A.Pomarleanu-M.Izdebska, Rimavska So-
bota girls U-18 Ech 1996. Her queen is
trapped, but Black could certainly play
on: 12...Ш5 (12...dxc3?? 13 £)f6+ gxf6
14 Wxd5) 13 £lh4 We5 14 £lf6+ gxf6 15
Sxe5 fxe5.
c23) 7 £)c3 and now:
c231) 7...Де6 8 i.x d 5 dxc3 9 Sxe4?
£le7! 10Sd4<£ixd5 11 ЬхсЗ Дс5 12Sd3
We7 0-1 L.Talavera-M.Worsley, corr.
1965.
c232) 7...dxc3 8 ±xd5:
c2321) 8...&e7?? 9 ^ x f7 + 4 x f7 10
1 ^ 8 Ш 11 Sxe7+ Дхе7 12 £>g5+ 1-0
A.Balzar-A.Sydor, Naestved 1988.
c2322) 8...Де6 9 Sxe4? £>e7! 10
bxc3 ‘SixdS 0-1 Ahrend-Dyckhoff, Ger­
many 1937.
5.. .d5
5.. ,£lg4 6 Axf7+?! 4 x f7 7 &g5+ 4g8:
a) 8 Wf3? ДЬ4+! 9 c3 <5)cxe5??
(9...£lgxe5 10 ®d5+ 4 f 8 11 cxb4 <йхЬ4
12 £)e6+ 4 g 8 wins for Black) 10 Wd5+
4 f 8 11 ^ e 6 + ! 1-0 Muratov-Baranov,
corr. 1963.
b) 8 Wxg4:
b l) 8...ДЬ4+? 9 c3 dxc3?? 10 Шс4+
1-OD.Mueller-Verra, Cottbus 1942.
b2) 8...d6??9® f3 1-0 Vasser-Brook-
shear, Columbus 1981.
b3) 8...h6 is necessary.
6 Д Ь5 *he4 7 £ixd4 Д с5
7.. A d 7 8 £ib3?! ®e7 9 Wxd5 £ x e 5
10 Wxb7?? £lf3+ 11 4 f l £)g3+ 0-1
Benko-Sorokin, corr. 1916.
 Open Games 169

8 0-0 0-0 9 &.xc6 Ьхсб 10 J.e3 i.a6?! £3xd5 10 fxg4 £lb4 (10...Wh4+ 11 g3
Ю...Ше8 is best. Ш З is similar) 11 £>a3 ®h4+ 12 g3 Ш З
11 S e l f5 13 c3 ®g2 0-1 Lihtanen-Ostroverhov,
1 L.-Wee is now met by 12 f3. corr. 1969.
12 £>d2?? 5.. .Фе7
12 £lxc6 ДхеЗ (12...Ш 7 13 £.xc5 5.. .6 .8 !? 6 ДЬЗ (6 JLd5) 6...d5 7 0-0?
£ixc5 14 Wxd5+ Wxd5 15 ^ e 7 + ) 13 (7 exd5) 7...h6 8 exd5 hxg5 9 dxc6 e4 10
Sxe3 (13 <£ixd8 i.x f2 + 14 & hl Saxd8 is d3 Wd6 11 g3 i.g4! 12 cxb7 Sb8 13 f d 2
messy) and Black doesn’t have much for ® xg3+!! 0-1 McMurray-Kussman, New
the pawn(s). York blitz 1937.
12.. .f4! 13 £ixc6 fxe3 0-1 6£b3
14 £ixd8 exf2+ 15 * h l 1хе1®+ 16 6 jtd 5 is more critical:
tfx e l £if2+ 17 * g l £id3+. a) 6...d6?!:
al) 7 £ i f 7 ? t o 8 d 4 ! ? i .x d 4 9£)xh8
4 £lg5 and the Traxler £ixd5 10 0-0 <2Ж
Counter-gambit a2) 7 0-0? JLg4 8 Wei (8 £tf3 &d4)
8.. .£kI4 9 i.b 3 h6 10 £yf7 ®d7 11 h3 (11
Mittenthal - T.Crispin <53xh8 £sf3+ 12 gxf3 it.xf3 forces mate)
Michigan 1974 11.. .1.xh3 12 We3 i.g 4 0-1 H.Baer-
1 e4 e5 2 £\f3 £ic6 3 ± c4 £>f6 4 £lg5 S.Augustat, corr. 1970.
£.c5 (D) a3) 7 сЗ Ш (7...Sf8 8 d4) 8 £tf3
4.. .£ixe4? 5 £ixf7?! (5 i.xf7+! * e 7i.g
6 4 9 d4 i.b 6 10 i.g 5 h6 11 i.h 4 Se8
d4 d5 7 £>c3! 4ixc3 8 ЬхсЗ Ш 6 9 a4! 12 h3 i.d 7 13 JLxc6 1-0 Hofmann-K.de
4ч18 10 JLg8! Фе8 11 JLxh7 gives White Smet, corr. 1988. 14 dxe5 follows.
a substantial advantage) 5 ...'i,h4 6 0-0 b) 6...Sf8 7 £if3 We8 8 сЗ Щ 6 9
i.c 5 7\£ixh8 £>xf2 8 Sxf2? (8 Д П + ) & h4?(9d4!?;9 0-0)9...i.xf2+! 10&xf2
8...®xf234? (8...JLxf2+) 9 * h l d5 10 £ixd5+ 11 £lf3? (11 £)f5+) ll...£ lf4 12
£.xd5 i.g 4 11 i.f 3 £.xf3 12 gxf3 £ld4 Wfl ®xe4 13 £>a3? £ih3+! 0-1 J.Ro-
13 thc3 £)e2 0-1 Van den Behaerdt- scher-M.Reichel, Germany 1989.
D.Gedult, Frankfurt 1971. 6.. .d5
6.. .5 .8 7 We2?! (7 d3 both defends
the g5-knight and intends JLe3; 7 0-0 is
also possible) 7...d6 8 <?3c3 ®e8 9
£>d5+?? £sxd5 10 ± xd5 i.x f2 + 11 & dl
£)d4 12 Шс4 t o 5 + 13 £if3 Sxf3 0-1
R.Fickling-R.Hobbs, Berkeley 1975.
7 exd5 £)d4 8 d6+?
Hunting for material when he should
be securing his position.
8.. .cxd6 9 £if7 t o ! 10 &xh8 £>xb3
11 axb3?
11 cxb3 (to give the queen a square)
11.. .^ x f2 + 12 ФП JLd4 gives Black a
5 £.xf7+ terribly dangerous attack.
5 d4 d5 6 JLxd5 £3xd4 7 £lxf7? (7 11.. .JLxf2+ 12 * f l ± g 4 13 ФхО
Jtxf7+) 7..M e l 8 £lxh8 ± g 4 9 f3? £ie4+ 0-1
170 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
Abdullaev - Razmolodin
Tashkent 1967
1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 £)c6 3 i.c 4 £if6 4 £ig5
±c5 5 th x tl ±xf2+ 6 ФП We7 7 £>xh8
d5 8 exd5 (D)
8.. .1.g4
8.. .^ d 4 is an alternative:
a) 9 &c3? i.g 4 10 Jte2 &xe2 11
£lxe2:
al) ll...W f8 12 h3 i.h 5 13 g4 &xg4
0-1 T.Jenkins-W.deCort, corr. Compu­
Serve 1995.14 hxg4 J.xg4 15 <£ig6 hxg6
16 2h8 Wxh8 17 * x f2 Wh2+ 18 ФеЗ
Ш З+ 19 ФП Wf3+, etc.
a2) I l...£ ie 4 1 2 d 3 trf613dxe4?(13
.&f4 exf4 and then 14 dxe4 f3 15 gxf3
Wxf3 16 £>gl Wf4 or 14 c3 0-0-0 15 Wa4
f3 16 £>f4 £te5 17 Wc4 ДеЗ) 13...ДеЗ+
0-1 Cosling-P.Murray, Great Britain
1958.
b) 9 JLe2? i.h 4 ! 10 g3 i.h 3 + 11 Фе1
£le4 12 d3 £>xg3 13 i.e 3 ? (13 &h5+
only delays the mate) 13...£\e4+ 0-1
Wead-P.Larsson, corr. 1967.
c) 9 ФхШ! (risky) 9...i.g4 10 Wfl
Wc5 (10...£)e4+ 11 ФеЗ) 11Ь4?? (11 c3)
ll...£ le4 + 12 ФеЗ £)xc2+ 13 Фхе4
Wd4# 0-1 M.Sedayao-G.Boyd, Cable Mt
1975.
d) 9 d6 cxd6 10 c3 i.g 4 11 cxd4? (11
Wa4+) ll...i.x d l 12* x f2 £ ie4 + 13Фе1
Ah5 0-1 Schmidt-Lietz, corr. 1974.
9d6
9 i.e2 JLxe2+ 10 Фхе2! £M4+ 11
*xf2 <S^e4+ 12 ФеЗ Wg5+ 13 Фхе4
Wxg2+ 14 ^d3 Wh3+ 15 Фе4 Wg2+ is
considered to be a forced draw.
9...Wxd610 £)f7? Wd4! 11 ± e2 ±h 4
12 g3 £)e4 13 Wei i.h3# 0-1
O.Neikirkh - Galiris
corr. 1969
1 e4 e5 2 £tf3 £>c6 3 i.c 4 £if6 4 ^g5
± c5 5 £>xf7 £.xf2+ 6 Фхf2 £ixe4+ (D)
1 Фе1?? Wh4+ 8 g3 £>xg3 9 2 f l £\hl+
0-1 G.Wemer-S.Kutzner, Bad Marien-
bergU-15 1993.
7 ФеЗ!? Wh4 8 Wf3? <&f6!? (8...£>g5
9 £lxg5 Wxg5+ 10 Ф03 d5 11 i.x d 5
Af5+ 12 ФсЗ £ld4 gives Black a strong
attack) 9 Фе2 ?? Wxc4+ 10 Ф 01£>d4 0-1
Jentzch-Nosotta, corr. 1956.
7.. .Wh4 8 g3
8 Wfl ? 2 f8 9 d3 £>d6! 10 £>xd6+ cxd6
11 We2 £id4 12 Wd2 Wg4 0-1 Soyka-
B.Toth, Vienna 1948.
8.. .£sxg3 9 £>xh8 d5
9.. .£>xhl?! lOW fl (10Wf3 Wxc4 11
£>a3) 10...d6?? 11 Wf7+ Ф08 12 Wf8+
Ф07 13 JLe6+ 1-0 S.Morrison-S.Spencer,
New York 1957.
10 £xd5
10 hxg3 Wxg3+ 11 ФИ i.h 3 + 12
Sxh3 Wxh3+ is a draw; 10 Wf3!?.
10.. .Ah3 11 c3?
 Open Games 171

11 d4? £>xd4 12 £>c3 0-0-0 13 i.e3 R.Fischer - R.Burger

Sxd5. San Francisco simul 1964
11 i.xc6+ bxc6 12 Wei (12 Wf3? 1 e4 e5 2 £sf3 £>c6 3 ± c 4 £if6 4 G)g5
£le4; 12 d4? We4). d5 5 exd5 ^d4
The text-move is trying to stop ...<5М4, 5.. .b5 should come to the same thing:
but... a) 6 We2?! bxc4 7 dxc6 Wd5?!
Il...£>d4! 12 £.f3 0-0-0 13 £>f7 Sf8 (7...h6!? 8 Wxe5+ i.e 7 ) 8 £ic3 (8 f4 h6)
0-1 8.. .Wxg2 9 Wxe5+ ± e 7 10 S fl 0-0 11
£>ge4?? i.h 3 12 £lg3 i.d 6 13 Wg5 £.xg3
4 £sg5 d5 0-1 R.Bless-R.Picco, Germany 1989.
b) 6dxc6bxc4 7We2Wd5 8 0 -0 i.d 6
A.Balkany - J.Longuski 9 £ k 3 Wxc6 10 £lge4 £sxe4 11 Wxe4
Michigan 1973 i.b 7 12 f3?? Wb6+ 0-1 V.Milunovic-
1 e4 e5 2 £)f3 £k6 3 ±c4 £T6 4 £>g5 R.Miele, Portoroz 1994. 13 We3 Ac5.
d5 5 exd5 (D) c) 6 J .f l and now:
c l) 6...i.g4?! 7 £)xf7?! (7 f3 ®xd5 8
£lxf7! ^ x f 7 9 fxg4 is good for White)
7.. .Wxd5 8 f3 Wxf7 9 fxg4 a6 10 a4 i.c 5
11 axb5?? (11 Wf3) ll...i.f 2 + 0-1 NN-
V.Oliver, corr. 1956. 12 * x f2 £ie4++ 13
ФеЗ Wf4+ 14 Фе2 Wf2+ 15 ФdЗ 0-0-0+
16 Фс4 Wf7#.
c2) 6...h6 7 £ M 7 ? Ф хП 8 dxc6 i.c 5
9 £.xb5 Hf8 10 i.c4 + Фе8 11 We2 £ig4
12 f3 i.f2 + 13 Ф d l £ie3+ 0-1 A.Kog-
lin-J.Mici6, Bundesliga worn 1991/2.
c3) 6 ...^ d 4 7 c3 transposes to the
main game.
5.. .6.d 5?! 6 &xf7?! 6 c3
6 d4 e4? 7 £lxf7 Ф хП 8 Wh5+ g6 9 6 d6? Wxd6 7 & xf7+ Фе7 8 i.b 3
JLxd5+ ^ g 7 ? 10 jth 6 + 1-0 E.Clarisse- £ixb3 9 axb3 h6 10 £lf3 e4 11 &h4 (11
P.vanDijke, Vlissingen 1996. £ lg l Фf7) И ..Ф Т7 12 g3? (but other­
6.. .<i?xf7 7 Wf3+ Феб 8 £>c3 £\b4 wise 12...g5 wins the knight) 12...g5 13
8.. .£>d4? 9 i.x d 5 + Фе7? 10 Wf7+£lg2? A g4 0-1 S.McGiffert-R.Carpen­
<±>(36 11 £3e4# 1-0 D. Weir-J.Messenger, ter, Tennessee 1984.
England 1951. 6 £sc3 h6 7 £ige4 £ixe4 8 ^ x e 4 Wh4
9d4 9 d3 i.g 4 10 Wd2 i.f3 11 0-0?? (11 ФП)
9 a3 G3xc2+ 10 * d l £id4 11 £.xd5+11.. .£ie2+ 12 ФЫ £)f4?(12...W h3! 13
* d 6 12 Wf7 We7 13 £ie4+ &d7 14 £\c5+ Hgl ftx g l 14 gxf3 £)xf3 and mates) 13
' i ’de 15 £}xb7+ jLxb7 16 Wxe7+ JLxe7 Фgl ? (13 We3 i.xg2+ 14 Ф ё 1) 13...Wh3!
17 Axb7 fiab8 18 J.e4 £sb3 gives Black 0-1 Syromiatnikov-Petrov, Elabuga 1975.
compensation for the pawn - ECO. 6.. .b5
9.. .£ sxc2+ 10 Фdl £ixal?? 6.. .£lf5? 7 d4! exd4 8 0-0 dxc3? 9 d6
10.. .£lxd4. £\xd6 1 0 ? М 7 £ М 7 11 JLxf7+ Фе7 12
11 ±xd5+ i d e 12 £\Ь5+ Фd7 13 S e l+ £ e 6 13 Wxd8+ 1-0 R.Hedrick-
Wf5+ 1-0 P.Cannady, corr. 1980.
172 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

7 ДП £>xd5 We2 Jk.e.7 9 £ie5 сб?? (9...0-0) 10 d6 (10

7.. .h6 8 £W7!?. dxc6? Wd4) 10...®xd6 11 £lxf7 # d 4 12
8 cxd4 сЗ Шс5 13 £\xh8 1-0 V.Strejc-A.Zitek,
8 £ie4 ®h4 9 <Sjg3 i.b 7 10 cxd4 0-0-0Czech Republic cadets Ch 1994.
11 JLxb5 £lf4 12 0-0?? (12 ®a4) 6.. .C6
12.. .1. fh3! 0-1 Lvov-L.Radchenko, Kras­ 6.. .1.d7 7 i.xd7+ (7 We2) 1...ША1 8
nodar 1957. £ic3 0-0-0 9 d3 h6 10 £lf3 ^ x d 5 11
8.. .1'xg5 9 Axb5+ * d 8 10 Wf3 i.b 7£lxd5 ®xd5 12 0-0 £.d6 13 b3?? e4! 0-1
110-0 D.Archan-M.Leclair, Duisburg girls U-
11 ® xf7? 4lf6 12 dxe5?? (12 ffc4) 12 Wch 1992. 14 dxe4 i.xh2+ or 14 £>el
12.. .Шхе5+ 13 i.e 2 i.d 5 0-1 G.Arold- We5.
H.Remmeke, NRW-Liga 1991/2. 7 dxc6 bxc6 8 й.е.2
11 £\c3 exd4 12 d3?? (12 0-0! ? dxc3?! 8 «ТЗ Wc7 9 h3?! (9 J.d3) 9...±d6 10
13 dxc3 gives White a strong attack) d3? cxb5! 11 Wxa8 £lc6 12 4ic3 i.b 4
12.. .®e7+ 0-1 H.Schubert-M.Schmid, (the white queen will be trapped in the
Zurich 1993. 13 ^ f l <S)e3+ or 13 £)e4 comer) 0-1 Та. S0rensen-Ju.Nielsen, Al­
*Ь4+ . borg 1947.
11.. .exd4!? 8 .. Л16 9 £lf3 e4 10 £ie5 Wd4 11 f4
11.. Ac5 12 S fl £id5??
.5b8 12 dxe5! <S)f4 (12...£ie3 13
®h3) 13 i.c 6 (or 13 *g3). 12.. .0.0? 13 c3 followed by b4;
12 ®xf7?? (D) 12...i.d6 13 сЗ ®Ь6; 12...Ш8?! 13 сЗ
12 d3 *T6. ■Sid5 14 Ша4.
13 сЗ! 1-0
The queen is trapped mid-board.

Ruy Lopez (Spanish)

J.Blackbume - C.De Vere
England 1868
1 e4 e5 2 £if3 ^ c 6 3 ±b 5 (D)

1 2 ...£lf6 0-1
There is a double attack against g2 and
b5 in addition to the threat to trap the
queen.

Moskvitin - Rozin
Biriusinsk 1969
1 e4 e5 2 £)f3 £)c6 3 £ c 4 £>f6 4 <^g5
d5 5 exd5 £)a5 6 ±b5+
6 ЬЗ аб (6...£lxc4!? 7 bxc4 ^Lc5; 3...£}ge7
6...£ixd5?! 7 * f3 ; 6,..i.g4) 7 £sf3 e4 8 Or:
 Open Games
a) З...Ше7?! 4 0-0 £\d8 5 d4 f6
(5...c6) 6 £k:3 7 jLe3 g6 8 dxe5 fxe5
9 £ld5 Ш 8 10 £sg5! £lgh6?? (10...c6 11
£М 7Ф хГ7 12 Дс4; 10...£lxg5 11 Axg5
®xg5 12 £}xc7+) 11 ‘йеб! 1-0 L.Vogt-
E.Bricard, Wildbad 1990.
b) 3...f6?4d4:
b l) 4...£lge7 5 dxe5 <£)xe5 6 <£ixe5
fxe5 7 £>c3 £ig6 8 0-0 Дс5 9 ФЫ c6 10
1 x 4 Wf6 11 H i5 d6? (Il...b5 intending
...b4 and ...Даб; 11...«Ъ4) 12 i.g 5 Ш
13 f4! 1-0 D.Daniuszewski-A.Rubinstein,
Lodz blitz 1907.
b2) 4...£lxd4 5 £)xd4 exd4 6 0-0 a6 7
i.c 4 b5?? 8 i.xg8! Hxg8 9 «115+ g6 10
#d51-OEslon-G.Clarke, Islington 1973.
b3) 4,..exd4 5 ^ x d 4 Ше16 5}c3 We5
7 £>f3 Wh5 8 0-0 J.d 6 (Black’s attempt
to play actively after such an opening is
of course doomed against a strong oppo­
nent) 9 i.e 2 <^ge7 10 £ib5 Д е5 11 g3
ШИЗ 12 £ixe5 &хе5 13 f4 (13 £ixc7+
Ф08 14 ^ х а 8 h5 15 f4 also wins easily
enough) 1-0 L.Galego-J.Cordovil, Lis­
bon 1997j
c) 3...^6 4 d4 exd4 5 JLg5 ite 7 6
jLxe7 Wxe7 7 0-0 £lf6 8 Axc6 dxc6 9
Wxd4 c5 10 Ше5 i.e 6 11 4 k 3 0-0-0?? 12
£ld5! (a surprisingly devastating move -
White exploits a pin, a potential pin and
an overloading all in one move) 1-0
J.Becerra-N.Velez, Cuba 1992.
d) 3...d6 4 d4 exd4 5 £)xd4 JLd7 6
£lc3 (this is similar to lines of the opening has led to a position where
Berlin Defence) 7 0-0 Ae7 8 <5)xc6 bxc6
9 1 x 4 (9 £.a4) 9...0-0 10 H el £ g 4 11
f4?? d5! 12 h3 i.c 5 + 13 ФП Ш 4 0-1
G.Homs-Ye Rongguang, Zwolle 1997.
e) 3...£Ш :
e l) 4 i.c 4 1 x 5 5 £ixe5?? # g 5 6
<£sxf7 l fxg2 7 S f 1 ®xe4+ 8 ± e 2 £if3#
0-1 Smit-G.Welling, Helmond 1978.
e2) 4 <5^xd4 exd4:
e21) 5 0-0 c6 6 Aa4 i.c 5 1 d3 £>e7 8
i.b 3 0-0 9 f4!? ФЬ8 10 f5 f6 11 ®h5
d6?? (11 ...d5 12 Hf3 ®e8) 12 Sf3 We8
173
(12...d5 13 Sh3 h6 14 ± xh6) 13 #xh 7 +
1-0 S.Pencil-G.Goltsoff, Dayton 1976.
e22) 5 d3 c6 6 ± c 4 4if6 7 0-0 d5 8
exd5 £>xd5 9 S e l+ Деб 10 ®h5 Д е 7??
11 Пхеб £\f6 12 Hxf6 1-0 A.Zelner-
L.Friscoe, Dayton 1984.
4 сЗ?!
4 0-0 g6 5 d4 JsLgl? 6 dxe5 £lxe5 7
£lxe5 i.x e5 8 i.h 6 ! £.xb2 9 £>d2 c6 10
fib l i.d 4 ? 11 £lc4 i.c 5 12 ®U4! 1-0
H.Kmoch-NN, Vienna 1934.
4 d4 exd4 (D) and now:
a) 5 0-0 £sg6 (5...g6) 6 <S)xd4 J.e7
(6...Ac5 7 £if5 0-0 leaves the knight less
stable on f5) 7 £>f5 0-0 8 £ic3 ± c 5 ? 9
®h5 d6 10 i.g 5 We8? 11 £>xg7 Фxg7 12
Wh6+ 1-0 A.Anderssen-B.Suhle, Bres­
lau 1859.
b) 5 £lxd4 £ig6 6 0-0 ± c 5 7 i.e 3
JLxd4 8 JLxd4 ®g5 (rather an unusual
White must be a little careful) 9 £ic3?? (9
JLxc6 was necessary and good) 9...£\xd4
101i rxd4 £)h4 (White loses either king or
queen) 0-1 G.Kosztolanczi-Z.Csapo,
Hungarian Cht 1993/4.
4.. .£ig6?!
Black should also avoid 4...d5?! 5
<£\xe5 dxe4 6 '#a4, but 4...a6 5 Ac4 d5! is
best.
4.. .d6 5 d4 i.d7 6 0-0 £ig6 7 £sg5!?h6
8 thxfl Ф хП 9 i.c4+ Фе7 10 Ш 5
'#e8?? 11 №g5+ (this kind of gratuitous
174 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
queen sacrifice mars rather than enhances
the appeal of a game; 11 Ag5+ hxg5 12
Wxg5#) ll...hxg5 12i.xg5# 1-0 J.Zuker-
tort-A.Anderssen, Breslau 1865.
5 d4 exd4 6 cxd4 Де7 7 £)c3 0-0 8 h4
Se8 9 Дс4 ДЬ4
Black’s opening play has been feeble.
1 0 * f l Д х с З П bxc3d6?
11.. .£ia5 12 i.x f7 + * x f7 13 £ig5+
&g8 14 WhS should win, e.g. 14...4^f8
(14...h6 15 Wxg6 hxg5 16 hxg5) 15
f f7+ &h8 16 ®d5 He7 17 Wxa5.
12 <5)g5 1-0
M.Brooks - E.Richards
Kansas 1980
1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 £\c6 3 ДЬ5 d6 4 0-0
4d4:
a) 4...f6? (no one has ever achieved
good results against a world champion
with weak, passive play; when up against
a much stronger opponent, it is especially
important to play good, healthy moves) 5
c3 (5 d5 a6 holds on for Black, but in the
subsequent play he must remember that
the pin is constantly hanging over him)
5...i.g4 6 h3 ± h 5 7 &bd2 Де7? 8 Wa4
®d7? 9 d5 0-0-0 10 dxc6 Ьхсб 11 Даб+
&b8 12 ШЪЗ+ Фа8 13 « Ь 7 # 1-0 G.Kas-
parov-D.Cid, Galicia simul 1991.
b) 4...exd4 5 £ixd4 ^ d 7 6 ДхсбЬхсб
7 £>сЗ Д е7 8 ®f3 i.g 5 9 e5 d5?? 10 e6!
1-0 M.Filip-Hruskova Belska, Prague
1951.Ю...Дхеб 11 £)xe6fxe6 12»h5+ .
c) 4.. A d i 5 £ic3 £tf6 6 Дхсб Дхсб
7 ШЪ exd4 8 £sxd4 g6 9 Ag5 i.g 7 10
0-0-0 0-0? (10...Шс8) 11 £\xc6 Ьхсб 12
e5! dxe5 13 ^ 3 ! 1-0 B.Kutuzovic-
L.Dobrovolsky, Harkany 1994. 13...We7
14 £}e4.
4.. .±d7
4.. .Ag4 5 d4 a6 (5...exd4) 6 Да4? (6exf5 h6 9 ‘й еб Дхеб 10 fxe6 We7 11 d4!
Дхс6+ Ьхсб 7 dxe5) 6...b5 7 ДЬЗ ®xd4
8 сЗ? £}xf3+ 9 gxf3 ДЬЗ 10 Ш 5 Wf6 11
Шха8+ Фе7 0-1 NN-Breithaupt, Berlin
1942.
5 сЗ g6 6 d4 Д g7 7 dxe5 £)xe5 8
£)xe5 (D)
8.. .ДхЬ5?
Very careful calculation is needed be­
fore embarking on an adventure such as
this; it was clearly lacking here.
9 £М 7! Ш6
9.. .* x f7 10#d5+ .
10 £ixh8 ДхП 11 Wxfl Дхб8 12
ШЬ5+
White picks up at least one more
pawn.
1-0
Schliemann Defence
A. Valdes - D .Hem andez Molina
corr. 1994
1 e4 e5 2 £rf3 <?k6 3 Д Ь5 f5 4 Дхсб
Or:
a) 4d3:
al) 4...fxe4 5 dxe4 £if6 6 We2 Дс5
(6...d6) 7 Дхсб Ьхсб 8 £ixe5 Ше7 9 £>d3
£ixe4?? (9...Даб) 10 f3 1-0 E.Repkova-
F.Babar, Dortmund 1995. 10...£lf6 11
£ixc5.
a2) 4...d6 5 0-0 4tf6 6 £lc3 Деб? 7
£>g5 Дg8?! (7...Д67 8 exf5 ДхГ5 9 f4) 8
аб (1 l...exd4 12£id5 £ixd5 13 Wh5+ g6
14 ®xd5) 12 Дхс6+ Ьхсб 13 Wf3 1-0
F.Castella-R.Cardevila, Сора Playa 1992.
b) 4d4:
 Open Games
b l) 4...£}xd4?! 5 £ixd4 exd4 6 1i rxd4
c6 7 Ae2 fxe4?? 8 i.h 5 + g6 9 ШхЬ8 1-0
J.Converset-J.Hobaica, Buenos Aires
1994.
b2) 4...fxe45£sxe5£lxe5 6dxe5c67
Ae2? (this is just a pawn-loss; 7 <5ic3 is
an interesting piece sacrifice) 7...®a5+ 8
i.d 2 Wxe5 9 £.c3 ®e7 (9...®e6) 10
i-h S + ^ d e 11 W d 4 £ lf6 ? ? (ll.J ig 5 ) 12
A a 5 + 1-0 Aaltio-Plukker, Gausdal 1974.
4.. .dxc6 5 0-0
Alternatively:
a) 5 £ } x e 5 'td 4 6 ifh5+?g67£ixg6:
a l) 7 ...Ш ? ! 8 W M £ig4 9 £>xh8??
(9 £)f4 ®xe4+ 10 £)e2 Wxg2 11 S g l)
9.. .®xe4+ 0-1 Page-A.Leise, corr. 1922. £)h2 (13...Ae6) with the following sam­
10.. .£ie3+ and 1 l...# x h 4 follows.
a2) 7...hxg6 8 ®xg6+ * d 8 :
a21) 9 exf5? ®e4+ 10 * d l i.x f5 11
1 ^ 5 + i.e 7 12 d3? i.g 4 + 0-1 Buker-
Stander, corr. 1972.
a22) 9 <£c3 ®e7 10 ®g3 fxe4 11 Ш З
£rf5 12 # e 2 £)h4 0-1 T.Aaltio-Hoys-
niemi, corr. 1974.
b) 5 £lc3 and now:
b l) 5...fxe46& xe4£)f671®re 2 i.f5 8
d3 i.x e 4 9 dxe4 &c5 10 i.g 5 0-0?? 11
# c 4 + <&h8 12 Wxc5 1-0 G.Johann-
S.Metzger, Mehlingen 1992.
b2) 5...£tf6 6 Ше2 i.d6?! (6...fxe4 7
£sxe4 Ag4) 7 d4 exd4 8 e5 0-0? (8...dxc3
leads to a messy position after either cap­
ture) 9 Шс4+ * h 8 10 Zhz2\ d3 11 cxd3
£ld5 12 exd6 Be8 13 1fc2 1-0 J.Pelik-
ian-A.Souza, Sao Paulo 1996.
5.. .fxe4 6 £ lx e 5 £ \f6 7d3?!
7d4.
7 £)c3?? # d 4 8 £ixc6 Ьхсб 9 * h l i.c5 15 t M 3 ®h2+ 16 & fl Wxc2 wins.
0-1 R.Underhill-C.Weldon, Cincinnati
1960.
7.. .£.d6 8 £)c4?l ±xh2+!? (D)
This sacrifice is neither clearly sound
nor unsound: it gives Black reasonable
chances in a rather murky, unbalanced
position.
9Ф хЬ2 £}g4+ 10 & gl?!
175
Coming out into the open seems a
better chance here: 10 i g 3 h5 (10...b5?
11 f3) 11 dxe4 h 4 + 12 * f 3 Wf6+ 13 * e 2
ple lines, in which Black has good play:
a) 14 £ic3? £lxfl 15 Wxfl (15 & xfl
h3) 15...b5 16 £se3 b4.
b) 14 f3 & xfl (14...i.e6 15 £ie3
£>xfl 16 « M l 0-0-0) 15 Wxfl h3.
c) 14£ibd2£ixfl 1 5 ® x fl(1 5 ^ x fl)
15...h3.
10...0-0
Not 10...Ш114? 11 i.f4 .
И g3
11 £ie3 Wh4 12 £lxg4 i.x g 4 13 Ш 2
Ш5 14 dxe4 Bh5! (14... Д В 15 exf5 £.xg2
16 &xg2 Wg4+ is a draw; 14...Hd8? 15
exf5) and now:
a) 15 f3 Bf8! (15...Wh2+ 16 * f 2
i.x f3 17 &xf3 Sf8+ 18 # f4 ).
b) 15 f4 Bd8 16 ШсЗ (16 Ш 4 ®h2+
17 Ф12 Bh3) 16...#h2+ 17 &f2 Bh3 and
Black seems to be winning.
11.. .Ш 5 12 * g 2 ?
12 We2 Ш 5 13 f3 exf3 14 Sxf3 Bxf3
12.. .1Ъ 5 0-1
E.Schiffers - M .Chigorin
St Petersburg 1878
1 e4 e5 2 £if3 f5 3 exf5 £ k 6 4 ДЬ5
A Latvian has transposed to a 4 exf5
Schliemann (1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 5)c6 3 ДЬ5
f5 4 exf5 is the standard move-order).
176 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
4.. .1.c5
4.. .e4 5 JLxc6 dxc6 6 <S)e5?! (6 W e 2i.b ) 4 8 i.a 4 exd3 9 ®xd3 c5 (Black’s
6...i.xf5 7 0-0 £lf6 8 £>c4? i.d 6 9 ^ c 3 ?
(9 £ie3) 9...i.xh2+! 10 ^ x h 2 £>g4+ 11
<4>g31tg 5 (ll...h 5 )1 2 d 3 ? (1 2 f4 e x f3 ;1 2 11 ± g 5 d5 12 £ixd5! W x d5 13 i.x f6 1-0
£lxe4 % 6 ) 12...£)e3+ 0-1 P.Stern-
R.Roehll, Columbus 1979.
5 ± x c6 ? dxc6 6 ^ x e 5 £.xf5! 7 ®h5+ b l) 5 JLxc6 dxc6 6 £)xe5 £sf6 7 0-0??
g6 8 Q\xg6 hxg6
Not 8...Axg6?? 9 Wxc5.
9 Wxh8 We7+ 10 * d l
10 & fl i.x c 2 11 * x g 8 + * d 7 12 Wc4
(12 Wxa8 i.d 3 + 13 * g l Wei#) 12...Se8
13 g3 ® el+ 14 &g2 # x f2 + mates.
10.. .J.xf2! 11 ®xg8+ * d 7 12 Wc4
White doesn’t have time to capture the
rook as he must prevent 12... jLg4#.
12.. .5 .8 0-1
Mate is threatened by 13...'i,el+ , and
13 d4 (13 d3 We2#) is met by 13...i.g4+
14 * d 2 ШеЗ#.
Sztaray - W aldmann
corr. 1983
1 e4 e5 2 £}f3 £ k 6 3 ± b 5 f5 4 £ic3 (D)
4 ...Ы 4
Or:
a) 4...£lf6?! (a rare move) 5 exf5 e4:
al) 6 £)g5 d5 7 d3 i.x f5 8 dxe4 dxe4
9 W e 2 i.b 4 10 JLd2 # d 4 ? (10...We7 11
* c 4 !) 11 0-0-0 0-0?! 12 i.x c 6 bxc6 13
Ae3 1-0 J.Canina-A.Gomez, Hermanos
Saiz 1992.
a2) 6 &h4 <S)d4 (6...d5 7 d4) 7 d3
whole idea looks suspicious if such an
ugly move as this is necessary) 10 0-0 0-0
S.Kudrin-J.Ochkoos, Toronto 1997.
b) 4...fxe4 (the main line):
Ш 4 8 5)xe4 ®xe5 9 d4 * d 5 0-1
R.Hayes-C.Weldon, Cincinnati 1960.
b2) 5<S)xe4:
b21) 5...£lf6 6 £ixf6+ (6 We2 d5 7
£M 6+ gxf6 is viable for Black...) 6...gxf6?
(...but this is not!; 6... Wxf6) 7 d4 e4? 8
£ig5! A b4+ 9 c3 fxg5 10 Wh5+ &f8 11
± x g 5 $3e7 12 £.c4 d5 13 ± x d 5 1-0
A.Brinckmann-G.Kieninger, Ludwigs-
hafen 1932.
b22) 5...d5 6 <5)xe5 dxe4 7 £)xc6:
Ь221) 7 ..Ж 5 8 c4 Wg5? (this loses
by force; 8...®d6 is essential) 9 d4 Wxg2
10 Wh5+ g6 11 We5+ £>e7 12 £ixe7+
Ф П 13 J.e8+ 1-0 Bolomestnik-Betin,
corr. 1962.
Ь222) 1 . . M g5 8 W e2:
b2221) 8...®xg2? 9 Wh5+ g6 10 *e5 +
1-0 J.van Eijk-S.Ricciardi, corr. 1991.
b2222) 8...&f6 9 d4? (9 f4) 9...'th4?
(9...Wxg2) 10 g3 *Ъ З 11 ± g 5 W e 6 12
4ie5+ c6 13 JLc4 1-0 G.Antoszkiewicz-
U.Knies, corr. 1989.
5£a4
5 £ixe5 £)f6?! (5...Wf6) 6 d3 ± b 4 7
0-0 i.x c3 8 i.c 4 d5 (8...£>e2+ 9 Wxe2
Axe5 10 exf5 We7 11 B el d6 12 d4) 9
exd5 £)xc2 10 bxc3 £sxal 11 JLa3
(White is winding) 1 l...c5 12 dxc6 ®a5
13 ,&.d6 1-0 ТВиту-Allen, Toronto 1971.
5 0-0 £|хЬ5?Г(5...с6) 6 £ixb5 fxe4?!
(6...d6) 7 £)xe5 <£lf6 8 £)g4! JLe7 9
& xf6 + i.x f6 10 Wh5+ 1-0 Kruithof-Van
Velzen, corr. 1975. Ю...Ф18 11 Wc5+
wins a pawn.
5 -ic4!? fxe4?? 6 £>xd4 exd4 7 Wh5+
g6 8 ®e5+ <5)e7 9 ®xh8 1-0 B.Bills-
E.McCormick, Marysville 1969.
 Open Games 111

5.. M 6 6 0-0 i.c 5 7 &xe5 0-0 8 exf5 6..
d5 9 £)е2?! Ш 6 10 £ld3?
10 £)xd4 i x d 4 11 £lf3 £lg4.
10.. .1.b611 £>g3 ^ x f5 12 «ТЗ $2xg3
13 hxg3 g5!
Now that f4 is covered, White is about
to suffer a total disaster on the kingside.
0-1
Classical Defence
R.Britton - D.McMahon
Sheffield 1996
1 e4 e5 2 £)f3 £k 6 3 ± b 5 i.c 5 4
£)xe5?! £d4!?
4.. .1.xf2+?! 5 * x f2 £)xe5 6 Wh5? noting,
d4) 6..M e l 1 d4? (7 £ic3) 7...£lf6! 8
A g5?? (suicide) £\eg4+ 9 & gl ®xe4 10
£\c3 'tx d 4 + 11 * f l Wf2# 0-1 P.Choate-
T.Tchang, corr. 1975.
4.. .'irg5 is viable.
5 ± c4?
5 ±e2!? Wg5 6 £ig4 d5 7 exd5 f5 8 c3.
5.. M g5 (D)
.d5 7 ±xd5 ± xg4 8 f3 ^xf3+ 9
gxf3 Wh4+10 Фе2 ЙГ2+ 11 * d 3 ±xf3
12 t o f d 4 # 0-1
M.Kemeny - H.Baer
Germany 1992
1 e4 e5 2 £lf3 £lc6 3 ± b 5 Jx5 4 0-0
Mt6V.
4.. .£lf6 is considered under the Berlin
Defence move-order 3...£)f6 4 0-0 Ac5.
4.. .£ige7?!5c3!:
a) 5...f5 6 d4 ± b 6 ? (6...fxe4) 7 d5
fxe4 8 £)g5 (White is now winning a
piece) 8...£ib8? (8...a6 9 JLa4 changes
nothing) 9 ®e6! (this theme is well worth
(6 as it occurs quite often) 1-0
S.Ball-Ritzen, corr. 1914.
b) 5 ...i.b 6 6 d4 exd4 7 cxd4 d5 8
exd5 <5)xd5 9 £>e5 £sde7?? (9...0-0 10
£)хс6 Ьхсб 11 JLxc6 Eb8 gives Black de­
cent play for the pawn; 9...®f6 is fairly
safe) 10 d5! # x d 5 11 £sxc6 # x b 5
(ll...b x c6 12 Wxd5 £>xd5 13 JLxc6+;
1 l...® xdl 12 4lxe7+ gives White an ex­
tra piece) 12 Wd&# 1-0 H.Innala-J.Tyni,
Finnish Cht 1995.
5d3
5 c3 !?.
5.. .£>ge7? (D)
5.. .h6.

White’s heart must have sunk here, as

he realized that he had fallen into a begin­
ner’s trap, i.e. 1 e4 e5 2 <£\f3 £)c6 3 JLc4
£\d4? 4 £ixe 5?? ttg 5 , but with an extra
move for Black!
6 £)g4
6 £sxf7 # x g 2 7 S f l ®xe4+ 8 Ae2 6 J.g5 Шеб
<£}f3# is the way beginners tend to lose 6..Mg6 loses the e-pawn.
from the analogous position. 7 £\c3 d6?
178 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
This innocent-looking move loses ma­
terial.
8 £sd5! 1-0
It was worth playing on: 8...Ф(18
(8...£)xd5? 9 exd5 Wxd5 10 Д с4 traps
the queen) 9 Д хсб (9 d4 exd4 10 Дхсб
f6; 9 Д с4 Wg6) 9...f6 isn’t so clear, for
example 10 jLxf6 gxf6 11 lS)xe7 Wxe7
12 jLd5 c6 13 ДЬЗ and Black’s kingside
counterplay will probably prove insuffi­
cient for the pawn, if only because White
controls the g8-square.
K.Mayet - A.Anderssen
Berlin 1859
1 e4 e5 2 £tf3 <5)c6 3 ДЬ5 Дс5 4 c3
£if6
4.. .'Srf6? 5 d4 exd4 6 0-0 (6 e5)
6.. .£)ge7 7 e5 £lxe5 8 £ixe5 Wxe5 9
H el Wf6 10 Wh5 Wb6 11 b4 ®xb5?!
(Il...i.d 6 ) 12 bxc5 d6?? 13 2xe7+! 1-0
K.Krantz-S.Szilagyi, corr. 1993.
4.. .d5?! 5 £>xe5! Wg5 6 0-0! (an ex­
cellent reply to Black’s suspect gambit)
6.. .Wxe5 (6...£h3 7 Wt3 doesn’t help
Black much) 7 d4 Ш 6 ? (7...«fe6 8 dxc5
dxe4 9 A f4 is very good for White) 8
dxc5 Wxc5 9 Wxd5 ®xd5 10 exd5 аб 11
2 e l+ &f8 12 Дхсб Ьхсб 13 b3 1-0
C.Woodford-C.Ramirez, corr. OL 1990.
4.. .f5 5 d4 fxe4:
a) 6 ^ g 5 ? !i.e 7 ? (6 ...i.b 6 7 d 5 e 3 !)7 Wh4+ 1 2 * g l &xf2+ 13 Sxf2® xf2+ 14
dxe5 £sxe5?? 8 £le6 1-0 E.Vasiukov-
Gitermann, Odessa 1960.
b) 6 4}xe5 JLd6 7 Д с4 Дхе5 8 dxe5
£>xe5?? 9 # h 5 + £ig6 10 £.xg8! 1-0
T.Svendsen-U.Bolz, Bern 1989.
c) 6 £ sfd 2 i.b 6 7£.xc6bxc6 8 i b 5 +
* f 8 9 Wxe5 Даб 10 a4 Ш 4 11 «Т5+
£)f6 1-0 D.Stefanovski-B.Gicev, Struga
1991.12g3 forces an exchange of queens,
after which a5 will trap the b6-bishop.
5 Дхсб?!
5 d4 exd4:
a) 6 0-0?! d5? (6...£>xe4! 7 cxd4 ДЬб
8 Wc2 &d6!) 7 exd5 £)xd5 (7...«rxd5 8
cxd4 ДЬ4 9 # a 4 ) 8 Ша4 i d 7 ? ? 9 Шс4
1-0 J.Lechtynsky-J.Trevelyan, Nice OL
1974.
b) 6 e5 <£g4?! 7 cxd4 £ixd4? 8 £ixd4
£lxf2? (8 ...tb 4 9 g3 £>xf2 10 gxh4
£sxdl 11 £if5) 9 &xf2 сб (9...Ш4+ 10
ФеЗ) 10 ДеЗ (White is content with one
solid extra piece) 10...cxb5 11 S e l 0-0
12 ftf3 1-0 S.Tatai-R.Sanchez, Las
Palmas 1995.
5...dxc6 6 0-0 Дg4 7 h3 h5! 8 hxg4?
hxg4 9 £)xe5 (D)
9 & g 5 « d 3 !.
This move looks natural and strong,
but actually helps White to defend.
9...£ixe4! 10 # x g 4 (otherwise White
is mated, e.g. 10 ШЬЗ 2 h l+ 11 ФхЫ
ФЪ1f f f l+ 15 * h 2 g 3 + 16<2?h3 Ш 5+ 17
* h 4 Wg5+ 18 * h 3 £)f2#) 10...ДхГ2+
11 Sxf2 S h l+ 12 ФхЫ £ixf2+ wins.
10 d4 “Йхе4!?
Threatening mate in three by 1l...Shl+.
llW g4??
/11 £tf3?? gxf2+ 12 Sxf2 S h l+ ! 13
ФхЫ £M 2+.
1 11 fxg3! £}xg3 12 S e l 2 h l+ 13 ^ f 2
*Ъ 4 14 £>f3+ (14 S x h l £ k h l+ + 15 * g l
Д d6 is less clear) 14...<Sle4-H- (14...Sxel
15 W xel+ £se4++ 16 * g l ) 15 Фе2 (15
ФеЗ * е 7 16S x h l £\xc3+ 1 7 * d 2 ^ x d l
18 Sh8+ Ф17 19 Sxa8 should be good
 Open Games
enough too) 1 5 ...ire7(15...«rf2+ 16<&d3)
16 Д еЗ and Black is just material down.
11.. .±xd4
1 l...gxf2+! 12 Hxf2 S h l+ 13 <S?xhl
£sxf2+ wins without any fuss.
12 Wxe4?
12 ДеЗ? gxf2+; 12 £>d3 Eh4 13 Wf5
(13 ± g 5 Sxg4 14 JLxd8 gxf2+ 15 £lxf2
^ x f2 + 16 Sxf2 £lxf2) 13...g6 wins ma­
terial.
12.. .±xf2+ 13 Sxf2 ® dl+ 0-1
Berlin Defence
A.Sznapik - Sydor
Warsaw 1983
1 e4 e5 2 £tf3 £ k 6 3 ДЬ5 4 0-0
(D)
4 d3 £ie7!? 5 £ixe5? c6 6 &c4 cxb5??
7 £>d6# 1-0 R.Griffith-NN, 1888.
4.. .<йхе4
4.. .d6 5 d4 ^ d 7 6 £ic3 exd4 7 &xd4R.Frith, corr. 1981.
£lxd4 8 ®xd4 ДхЬ5 (8...c6) 9 ^хЬ 5
ttd7?! (9...a6? 10 e5; 9...Де7) 10 e5 c5?
11 * a4 ! <&d5 12 S d l a6 13 £ixd6+ 1-0
Madiaric-Jacobson, New South Wales
1952.
4.. .Дс5 and now:
a) 5 £}xe5:
al) 5...<йхе5 6 d4 ДЬб? 7 dxe5 £lxe4
8 Wg4 (Black has nothing better than to
give up two pieces for a rook on f2, but
White’s pieces are so active in the
179
resulting position that against a strong
player Black’s position can be regarded
as hopeless) 1-0 Nunn - S.Milner-Barry,
Oxford Univ-Civil Service match 1975.
a2) 5...£>xe4 6 We2 £\xe5 7 'Й,хе4
We7 8 d4 £>c6 9 % 4 h5 10 # d l? ! (10
« x g 7 ^ x d 4 11 # g 3 ) 10...£>xd4 11 b4
ДЬб 12 S e l? ! (12 c4) 12...£le6 13 c4?
A d4 0-1 T.Schmidt-A.Wollmann, corr.
1986.
b) 5 c3 and then:
b l) 5...d6?? 6 d4 exd4 7 cxd4 ДЬ4 8
« а 4 a5 9 a3 Д d7 10 axb4 0-0 11 Ag5
1-0 T.Imanaliev-J.Xuereb, Manila OL
1992.
b2) 5 ...0 -0 6 d 4 ^ b 6 7 ± g 5 h 6 8 ^ h 4
Ш777 (8...d6) 9 Дхсб 1-0 W.Pritchard-
I.Hund, Biel 1981.
5d4
5 S e l f5? 6 d3 £sd6 7 Дхсб dxc6 8
Sxe5+ (8 Дg5!) 8...<&f7 9 Д g5 1-0
Pearsall-White, corr. 1935. 9 ...fd 7 10
Be7+ Дхе7 Il£ le 5 + .
5 ® e2 £sd6 6 Д хсб dxc6 7 Wxe5+
Ше7 8 tta 5 !? Д еб 9 d3 £>f5?! (White’s
reply makes this look a little silly) 10
Д14 (suddenly, and quite needlessly,
Black has a problem defending his c7-
pawn) 10...0-0-0? 11 # x a 7 ®b4? 12 £le5
1-0 S.Winawer-C.Schmidt, Berlin 1881.
5.. .Де7
5.. .exd4?! 6 S e l d5 7 Wxd4 a6 8
Д хс6+ Ьхсб 9 £lg5 'Шб? 10 £)xe4!
Wxd4 11 £sf6++ 1-0 A.Ambanelli-
5.. .<£kl6 6 dxe5 £lxb5 7 a4 £ixe5? 8
£>xe5 «Кб?? (8...SM6 9 S e l Д е7 10
Д g5 £>f5 11 £)xf7 * x f7 12 Ш 5+ * g 6
13 g4 Дxg5 14 Wxf5+ &h6) 9 S e l Де7
10 axb5 1-0 J.Breland-Rinehart, Indiana
1972.
6 We2 d5?! 7 dxe5!?
7 <53xe5 is simple and good.
7.. .0.0
7.. .6 .4 8 c4 ДхГЗ could be tried, but
7...£>g5 8 Дxg5 Дxg5 9 S d l is awkward.
 224 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

2 b4 74; 2 a3 75; 2 i.c 4 75; 2 g3 75; 2 2.. .g6

<ae2 76; 2 f4 76; 2 d4 77 2...b5 34; 2...c5 3 d5 33; 2...e6 3 ± g 5
2 ^ с З <36; with f4 <S7; with g3 88 35 (3 i.f 4 35; 3 e3 35; 3 g3 35)
2 c3 79 £sf6 84 (2...d6 SO; 2...e6 8T, 3 £ ic3 36
2.. .d5 87) 3 i.g 5 36; 3 i.f 4 36; 3 g3 36
2.. .d6 99 3.. .d5 4 ± f 4 793
2.. .e6 97 3 d4 cxd4 4 £lxd4 a6 98
(4...£lc6 98) C2)
2.. .£)c6 97 3 d4 (3 i.b5 91) 3...cxd4 1..
4 A f 6 2 c4 g6
£ixd4 93 g6 95 (4...e6 98) 5 c4 96 2.. .e5 37; 2...d6 38; 2...c5 3 d5 b5 39
3d4 (3...e6 39)
3 i.b 5 + 707 2.. .e6 3 <£ic3 (3 g3 273; 3 £>f3 273 b6
3.. .cxd4 4 £lxd4 274) З...ДЬ4 276 (3...b6 37)
4 Wxd4 707 3£>c3
\ 4...£lf6 702 5 £ic3 a6 706 3 g3 jLg7 with ...d5 270; without ...d5
5.. .£\c6 702; 5...g6 705; 5...e6 705 220
6 ± g 5 706 3.. .± g 7 (without ...d5) 279
3.. .d5 270
C)
1 d4 C3)
Now: 1.. .d5 2 c4 797
C l: l...o th ersan d l...£tf6 w ithout2 c4 2 e4 788; 2 i.g 5 792; 2 i.f 4 793; 2
C2: l...£if6 2 c4 £lc3 794; 2 £)f3 794
C3: l...dS 2.. .e6 205
2.. .c6 798; 2...dxc4 207
C l) 3 £>c3 £>f6
1.. .£\f6 3.. .C5 205
1.. .e5 30; l...e6 2 c4 b6 37; l...£ic6
4 & f3
32; l...b5 32; l...d6 2 & f3& g4 32; l...c5 4 cxd5 206; 4 i.g 5 209
2d5 33; l...f5 40; l...g 6 3 0 2 e 4 i.g 7 3c4 4.. .±e7
d6 4 £ic3 32 4.. .1.b4 207; 4...c5 208; 4...c6 208
2 £ lf3 5 i.f4 207 .
2 g4 34; 2 £ic3 34; 2 i.g 5 33 d5 792 5 JLg5 209
180 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

8 c4 a6?
8.. .jLe6;8..JLg4 9 cxd51Sfxd5 lO S d l
Axf3 11 gxf3 £sd4 12 Sxd4 ®xd4 13
fxe4 favours White.
9 cxd5 Wxd5 10 Дс4! £id4 11 £ixd4
®xd4 12 S d l WxeS 13 ld 5 1-0
13.. .* e 6 14 2d4.

Exchange Variation

Pikulev - Novoselov
Simferopol 1989
1 e4 e5 2 ^ c6 3 ДЬ5 a6 4 Дхсб
4 Д с4? (the question mark is mainly
since the move is stupid, though hardly
disastrous) 4...d6 5 £>c3 JLg4 6 £ige7
7 c3 b5 8 ДЬЗ £ia5?! 9 <йхе5!? i.x d l? ?
(9...dxe5! 10 Wxg4 £ixb3 11 axb3 5)xd5
12 exd5 ®xd5; 9...Де6 10 £>g4; 9...£ixb3
10 &xg4) 10 £if6+ gxf6 11 A xf7# 1-0
J.Berger-Frohlich, Graz 1888.
4.. .dxc6
4.. .bxc6 5 0-0:
a) 5...d6 6 d4 f6 (6...exd4) 7 dxe5
fxe5 8 £ixe5 dxe5 9 t o + &d7?? (plan­
ning to meet S d l with ...JLd6, but White
can throw a simple spanner in the works;
9.. .Фе7 is necessary) 10 ® f7+ 1-0 Wer-
ner-Hess, corr. 1981.
b) 5...Ш6 6 d4 exd4 7 £ixd4 ± b 7 8
£>c3 JLc5 9 e5 Wg6 (Black is threatening
10.. .1.xd4 11 Wxd4 c5) 10 £lde2 £ie7?
11 £sf4 Wf5 12 g4 (the queen is trapped)
1-0 I.Rabinovich-L.Savitsky, USSR Ch
(Leningrad) 1934.
5 0-0 £.d6
5.. .Ш 6 6 c3 i.g 4 7 t o ? ! i.x f3 8...Дхе4; 10..\h5? 11 g5; 10...f6?? 11
#хЬ7?? (8 gxf3 Wg6+ 9 * h l 0-0-0)
%...Wg6 0-1 Besada-Mabille, corr. 1982.
9 Wxa8+ Фе7 10 g3 Шеб forces mate.
6 d4 exd4 7 Wxd4 f6 (D)
Black has lost a few games from here
by carelessly putting his bishop on g4.
8£)c3
8 ДеЗ 4ie7 9 £>bd2 ^ g 4 ? ? 10 e5 E.Dyckhoff, corr. 1904.
i.x f3 11 exd6 £>f5 12 ^ 4 i.x g 2 13
Wxf5 1-0 G.Milos-J.Aguilar, Santiago
1989.
8 S e l i.g4?? 9 e5 ДхГЗ 10 exd6+ * f8
11 gxf3 cxd6 12 M 4 d5 13 ® c5+ 1-0
M.Janos-RZemanek, Slovakian League
1995.
8.. .1.g4?? 9 e5 ±xf3 10 exd6 Wxd6
10.. .1.d5 11 S e l+ gives White a dev­
astating attack, e.g. Il...si?f7 (11...ФГ8
12 dxc7 « x c 7 13 ® c5+ £>e7 14 £)xd5)
12 i.f 4 (12 £)xd5?! Htxd6) 12...Де6 13
Sxe6 Фхеб 14 # c 4 + &d7 15 Ш7+.
11 We3+ <5)e7 12 Wxf3 1-0
H.Bdhm - R.Hernandez
Amsterdam IBM 1979
1 e4 e5 2 £sf3 £)c6 3 ДЬ5 аб 4 Дхсб
dxc6 5 0-0 JLg4 6 h3 h5
6.. .Д115 7 d3 (7 g4 i.g 6 8 £}xe5 ild 6 9
<£}xg6 hxg6 gives Black attacking
chances) 7...Дс5?! (7...^d6) 8 g4 jtg 6 9
<йхе5 (this version of the pawn sacrifice
is rather less convincing for Black)
9.. .11rh4 10 /®g2 0-0-0 (threatening
£tf3) 11 £lc3 ® e7 12 f4! h5? 13 g5 (the
queen is trapped) 1-0 Trommsdorf-
Duchardt, corr. 1975.
7 d3 t o 8 ДеЗ
8 hxg4? hxg4 9 i.g 5 ? (9 £ig5 Wh6 10
£ih3 % 6 11 £lg5 t o 12 £>h3 gxh3)
9.. .Щ 6 10 £>xe5 Ш 7 0-1 W.John-
8.. .£le7
 Open Games 181

8.. .Axf3 9 ®xf3 ®xf3 10 gxf3 is OK 14
for Black.
9 £\bd2 £lg6?! 10 hxg4 hxg4 11
£)g5?
11 Ag5! ®c6 12 $ЗЪ2 g3 and now:
a) 13 fxg3 Дс5+ 14 <4>hl f6 (14...*d7
15 £)df3 removes any danger) 15 ДЬ4
(15 <S)b3 Kg8 16 £ x c 5 ®h7) 15...£)xh4
(15...&e7 16 lfg 4 ®xg4 17 £ixg4) 16
gxh4 2xh4 17 £>df3 2 h 7 keeps White
tied up.
b) 13 &g4!? Д с5 14 ДеЗ (14 £\c4
£)f4) 14...gxf2+ 15 2xf2 ДхеЗ 1 6 ^x e3
£lf4 with some counterplay.
П ...Ш 12 Wxg4 Wxg5!
An easy move to miss.
0-1
In view of 13 Wxg5 <§)e2# or 13 f3
£lh3+ 14 gxh3 ШхеЗ+ 15 2 f2 Дс5.
J.Bouwmeester - E.van Rijkom
corr. 1993
1 e4 e5 2 £lf3 £lc6 3 ДЬ5 аб 4 Дхсб
dxc6 5 0-0 Дg4 6 h3 h5 7 d3 Ш в 8
iS)bd2 Дd6
8.. . 6 . 7 9 2 e l £}g6:
a) 10 «fe2? Дс5 (10...£if4) 11 hxg4?
£tf4 12 I 'd 1 hxg4 13 £\ЬЗ Ш 6 0-1
G.Gonzales-K.Dyke, Los Angeles 1976.
b) 10 hxg4? (10 d4 Д d6 11 hxg4
hxg4 12 £)h2 2xh2 13 1S'xg4 is a theory 2 x d l fxe5 9 2d3 Д d610 ^bd2 f t f 6 11
line; maybe White got mixed up)
10.. .hxg4 11 £>h2 Дс5 12 <5)dfl? ®xf2+
13 * h l * g l # 0-1 M.Brohl-W.Glaeser,
Dortmund 1988.
9 ЬЗ?!
Rather slow; White mustn’t adopt the
attitude “As long as I don’t take on g4
there is no danger”. 9 d4!.
9.. .£)e7 1 0 2 e l £ig6 11 ДЬ2 £)f4
Threatening 12...ДхЬЗ.
12 hxg4?
12 d4! ДхЬЗ 13 dxe5 Шеб (1 3 ...% 6
14 £)h4) 14 exd6 is messy after either
14.. .£ixg2 or 14..^xg2.
12.. .hxg4 13 £lh2 2xh2 0-1
s£?xh2 Wh4+ 15 sfegl 0-0-0 and
...2h8, etc.
V.Hort - Zheliandinov
Havana 1967
I e4 e5 2 £\f3 £k6 3 ДЬ5 аб 4 Дхсб
dxc6 5 0-0 f6 6 d4 exd4 7 ^xd4 c5
7.. .Дс5?? 8 ®h5+ 1-0 J.Foley-J.Hoff-
man, Columbus 1979 and A.Sasu Duc-
soara-N.Mihai, Romania tt 1992.
8 £)b3 W xdl 9 2 x d l Дd6
9.. A d i 10 A f4 0-0-0 11 &c3 c6??
(Black wishes to prevent £)d5, but al­
lows something far more destructive) 12
£)a4! b5 13 £>b6+ 1-0 Glass-Bauer, Biel
1977.
10 £\a5! Дg4?
10.. .b5.
II f3 0-0-0??
11.. .Дс8.
12 e5!
Black had been relying on the varia­
tion 12 fxg4? ДхЬ2+ 13 ФхЬ2 2 x d l 14
£>c3 2 e l.
1-0
R.Hiibner - M.Tal
Wijk aan Zee 1982
1 e4 e5 2 £\f3 £ic6 3 ДЬ5 аб 4 Дхсб
dxc6 5 0-0 f6 6 d4 Дg4 7 dxe5 Wxdl 8
£k4 0-0 (D)
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12 £>fxe5 j t e 2 13 ВеЗ jtx c4 14 4ixc4
gives White an edge after either 14...£lg4
15 Be2 or 14...i.c5 15 Be2.
12.. .1.h5 13 ±f4??
13 JLe3 is necessary, but yields White
no advantage after 13...Bae8 14 <йс4
£ixe4.
13.. .1.xf3 0-1
14 Bxf3 (14 £)xf3 JLxf4) 14...£)h5 15
Ag3 <5ixg3 and ...M e5.
3...a6 4 M 4 Miscellaneous
V.Lepeshkin - Zagorovsky
Odessa 1960
1 e4 e5 2 £)f3 £ic6 3 ±Ь5 аб 4 i.a 4 f5
The Deferred Schliemann.
4..
.1.c5 5 c3 b5 6 £.ЬЗ! « f6 ? ! 7 0-0
d6? (7...ДЬ7) 8 d4 exd4 (8...£.b6 9 i.g 5
« g 6 10 dxe5) 9 A d5 M i l (9...M l 10
c x d 4 i.b 6 11 ± g 5 {11 e5} 11...Wg6 12
Wcl * d 7 13 £ h 4 « h 5 14 £>f5) 10 cxd4
Ab6 11 Ag5 % 6 12 « c l 1-0 H.Wieder-
G.Mueller, Trier 1991.
5d4
5 Дхсб dxc6 6 4ixe5 « d 4 7 « h 5 + ?
(this is just as bad as the analogous line of
the Schliemann proper) 7...g6 8 £)xg6
£>f6 (8...hxg6) 9 Wh4 £)g4 10 £ixh8??
(10£>f4) 10...«xe4+ 11 Ф>П £)e3+ 0-1
Ehret-Notter, Freiburg 1965.
5.. .exd4 6 e5 Ab4+?!
6.. .jLc5.
7 c3! dxc3 8 bxc3
8 £>xc3.
8.. .M 5 9 0-0 £)ge7 10 £>g5!? (D)
10.. .ФТ8? 11 M c 6 1-0
A premature resignation. Il...£)xc6
and now:
a) 12 « h 5 is met by 12...g6.
b) 12 « d 5 « e 7 13 Д аЗ i.b 4 (per­
haps Black had missed this idea) 14 cxb4
« x g 5 15 b5+ £te7 and although Black’s
position is highly suspect, White still
needs to do some work, for example 16
b6!?.
c) 12 £.a3+ d6 13 exd6!? (13 « h 5
£ixe5) 13...«xg5 14 d7+ Ф П and White
is certainly better:
c l) 15 B el Sd8 (15...h6 16 i .c l ;
15...*g6 16 Be6+) 16 « d 5 + * g 6 17
« e 6 + ФЪ5 (17...*f6 18 « e8 + ) 18 ВеЗ.
c2) 15 ttd 5 + * g 6 16 * e 6 + «Т6 17
« e 8 + f T 7 (17...Bxe8 18 d x e8 « + # f 7
19 B el « x e 8 20 Bxe8 b5 21 £>d2 i.xc3
22 B el b4 23 Axb4) 18 « x h 8 « x d 7 19
h4.
Feuer - A.O’Kelly de Galway
Liege 1934
1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 &c6 3 i.b 5 a6 4 M 4
d6 5 JLxc6+
5 c4 f5 6 d4 fxe4 7 £ixe5 dxe5 8 « h 5 +
Фе7 9 M c 6 « x d 4 ?? (9...£>f6 10 «xe5+
Ф П 11M 5 + £ixd5 12 «xd 5 + « x d 5 13
cxd5 gives White an edge in the endgame
- Keres) 10 « е 8 + Ф d6 11 М 3 Wxc4 12
<£c3 i.g 4 13 B dl+ 1-0 E.Book-E.Ander-
sen, Warsaw 1935. 13...i.xdl 14 «d7#.
5 c3 apd now:
a) 5...T5 6 d4 fxe4 7 £ig5 (7 ^ x e 5
dxe5 8 * h 5 + Фе7) 7...b5? (7...exd4) 8
ДЬЗ d5 9 dxe5 ^ c e 7 ? 10 0-0?! (10
£)xe4) 10...h6? 11 £lxe4! dxe4 12 jLf7+
1-OBruckhaus-Schack, Barmen 1935.
b) 5...JLd7 6 d4 Ь5?! (this advance is
inconsistent with ...Ad7) 7 Ab3 g6? 8
dxe5 <£ixe5? 9 <S^xe5 dxe5 10 « d 5 1-0
G.Feher-B.Marchyllie, Cappelle la
Grande 1989. Ю...Де6 11 « хе5.
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5.. .bxc6 6 d4 f6 7 & c3

7 c4 g6 8 £lc3 £ih6 (8...i.g7) 9 dxe5
fxe5 10 i.g 5 # d 7 11 £.f6 ^.g7??
(11...2g8) 12 £ixe5! 1-0 Lipnitsky-Smir­
nov, USSR 1949.
7.. .2 .8 8 Ш З £se7 9 ДеЗ
9 h4 h5 10 ДеЗ 2xb2? 11 dxe5 dxe5?
(Il...fxe5 12 £>xe5 Деб) 121 Ы 8 + <&xd8
13 0-0-0+ is another version of this game.
9.. .2 .b 2 ? 10 dxcS fxe5 11 <?lxe5
dxe5??
11.. .Де6.
12 ®xd8+ &xd8 13 0-0-0+ 1-0
J.Peters - Falzarano
Boston 1988
I e4 e5 2 £sf3 £)c6 3 ДЬ5 аб 4 Да4
d6 5 0-0 Дg4 6 h3 h5 7 d4 «Т6? 8 dxe5
dxe5 9 hxg4 hxg4 10 Дg5 We6
Ю ...% 6? 11 £ixe5! (11 Wd7+ &xd7
12 £lxe5+ is less convincing) 11...^ е б
12® d5 wins.
I I £fo4 Д е7 12 ДЬЗ « с 8 13 Ш 5 1-0 cow OL 1956. White loses a piece - a
13..
.£>d8 14 ®хе5 2h5 15 f4 f6 16
Wd5 (16 * f5 ? ®xf5 17 fox f5 Д с5+)
16...£ih6 17 £lg6 wins.
Altusky - R.Fischer
Brooklyn 1954
1 e4 e5 2 &f3 £ic6 3 ДЬ5 аб 4 Да4
d6 5 d4 Ь5 6 ДЬЗ Дg4? 7 ДхГ7+??
7 dxe5 is very good for White:
a) 7...£lxe5? 8 £ixe5! Д x d l 9 M il+ White.
Фе7 10 £)c6+.
b) 7...dxe5 8 « гd 5 1l Ы 5 9Дxd5£>b4
1 0 Д х а 8 ^ х с 2 + 11 &d2.
c) 7...Д хП 8 ДхГ7+! <4>xf7 9 t d 5 +
* g 6 (9...Фе7 10 Д g5+ £lf6 11 Ш сб
Д xg2 12 2 g l) 10 gxf3.
7.. .* x f7 8 <£ig5+ #xg5! 0-1
D.Mohrlock - H .K ram er
Varna OL 1962
1 e4 e5 2 £ТЗ £sc6 3 ДЬ5 аб 4 Да4
d6 5 d4 Ь5 6 ДЬЗ £lxd4 7 £}xd4 exd4
(D)
Not 8 'Sfxd4?? c5 (0-1 R.Uhmeier-
H.Kreutzkamp, Bargteheide 1989) and
now:
a) 9 &хП+ <&хП 10 ШеЗ £if6 11 0-0
ДЬ7 12 f3 Д е7 0-1 B.Glagolev-A.Dob-
rotin, Moscow open Ch 1995.
b) 9 Wd5 Деб 10 Wc6+ M l 11 Wd5
c4 0-1 A.Steiner-J.Capablanca, Budapest
1929 and R.Dworzynski-RKeres, Mos­
well-known version of the Noah’s Ark
Trap.
8.. .d3?!
8.. .dxc3 9 £ixc3 (9 * d 5 Деб 10 # c 6 +
Д d7 11 ^ 5 is a draw) gives White fair
compensation.
8.. .ДЬ7 9 cxd4 £>f6.
9 a4! Д d 7 1 0 axb5 axb5??
10.. .ДхЬ5 11 £>a3 is quite good for
11 Wh5! d2+
11.. .g6 1 2 # d 5 .
12 Дxd2 1-0
J.C apablanca - L.M eyer
New York rpd 1908
1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 ^ сб 3 ДЬ5 аб 4 Да4
^ f6 5 d4
5 Ш&2 Д с5 6 сЗ Ь5 7 Д с2 d5?
(overambitious; 7...0-0 8 £sxe5 <йхе5 9
d4 d5 is a more modem approach; 7...d6
is safe and solid) 8 exd5 ®xd5 9 d4 Дd6?
(9...ДЬ6) 10 ДЬЗ « е 4 11 Wxe4 &xe4
184 The Quickest Chess Victories o f All Time
12 £.d5 1-0 J.Blackbume-I.Gunsberg,
1890.
5.. .£3xe4
5.. .b5 6 £.b3 *23xd4? 7 <23xd4 exd4 811 Wxd7+ Wxd7 U fo x d l * x d 7 is equal)
e5 £lg8? 9 Wf3 1-0 T.Mantia-B.Duhl-
meier, Cincinnati 1964.
5.. .exd4 6 0-0 Ь5?! (6...£.e7 is correct)
7 £.b3 £ e 7 8 e5 <23e4 9 £.d5 (here we see
why Black should not have forced the
bishop back to b3 so readily) 9...£sg5??
(9...23c5 10 £3xd4 gives White a com­
fortable advantage) 10 5)xg5 (1-0 S.Kim-
A.Vrulin, Kstovo 1994) 10...£xg5 11
Wh5 1-OA.Rodriguez-D.Diaz, Puntadel
Este 1993.
6d5
6 We2 and then:
a) 6...d5? 7 *23xe5 £.d7? 8 fox c6
£.xc6 9 £ x c 6 + bxc6 10 f3 £ d 6 11 fxe4
Wh4+ 12 Wf2 £.g3 13 Wxg3 1-0
M.Kuijf-H.Bos, Sitges 1992.
b) 6...foi611 dxe5 £ld5 8 £.ЬЗ 23b6?
9 £ig5 We7 10 £.xf7+ &d8 11 £ b 3
£lxe5 12 0-0 h6? (12...d6 13 f4 £.g4 14
Wei h6 15 fxe5 hxg5) 13 Wxe5 1-0
M.Basto-I.Jaumandreu, San Sebastian
1994.
c) 6...b5 is best.
6.. .foe7 7 ^ x e 5 b5 8 ± b 3 £.b7 (D)
9 f ox fl * x f 7 10 d6+ (10 Wh5+ g6) 6 £.b3 £3xe4? (D)
Ю...Фе8 11 dxe7 should be pleasant for
White in view of Black’s exposed king.
9.. .*23xd6 10 Wxd6 1-0
A mistaken resignation, as Black has
10.. .£>d5, e.g. 11 Wxd5 (11 £.xd5?? £xd6;
1 l...£.xd5 12 £.xd5 We7 is unclear.
Busvine - Birnberg
London 1924
1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 foc6 3 £.Ь5 a6 4 £ a 4
ihf6 5 d3 d6 6 c3 £.e7 7 £)bd2 0-0 8 *23fl
b5 9 £.c2 £)h5 10 foxe5?
A standard tactic against a loose knight
on h5, but here there is a problem.
10.. .£)xe5 11 Wxh5??
White had to change course with 11
d4 £)g4 (ll...£ .g 4 12 f3 i.h 4 + 13 Фе2
Wf6 14 dxe5 dxe5 is probably even
better) 12 h3 £lgf6 13 g4 £.b7 and al­
though White will regain the piece, the
cost is a ruptured centre and kingside.
11.. .£.g4 0-1
Arkhangelsk and Related
Variations
C.Ecker - C.Kloss
Bad Diirkheim U-20 1993
1 e4 e5 2 &f3 foc6 3 £.Ь5 a6 4 £.a4
<2lf6 5 0-0 b5
5.. .d6 6 d4 b5 7 dxe5 £3xe4? 8 Wd5
£.b7?? (8...&C5) 9 £.b3 23xe5 10 Wxb7
*23c5 11 ® x e5 !^xb7 12 £ x f7 + 1-0 Koll-
nick-Schurr, Cape Town 1940. 12...Фе7
13 £g5#.
5.. .£.c5 6 £)xe5 foxe4?\ 1 We2 (7
£3xc6 dxc6 8 We2) 7...foxe5 8 Wxe4
Wf6? (Black bases his play on a two-
move tactic; 8...We7 9 d4 fog6 10 S e l
£ x d 4 11 £.d2 gives Black awkward de­
fens jvb problems) 9 d4 £.xd4 10 c3 (10
Wxd4?? fot3+) 10...£.c5 11 £ 4 4 (with
his d-pawn pinned, Black is helpless) 1-0
L.Shamkovich-P.Dely, Moscow 1962.
6.. .£ c 5 7 £>xe5 (7 c3 is an alternative)
7.. .^xeS 8 d4 and now:
 Open Games 185

a) 8...Ла7?? 9 dxe5 &g8 10 ®d5 1-0 dxe5 <Sixe4 10®d5 1-OP.Ricardi-H.Fac-

A.Strikovic-L.Gonzalez, Seville 1994.
b) 8...ЛЬ6?? 9 dxe5:
b l) 9...£ixe4 10 «И5 1-0 Van de
Berg-Gaarenstroom, Netherlands 1943.
b2) 9...&g8 10 ®d5 1-0 E.Berg-
G.Edwards, Great Britain 1949.
c) 8 ...ix d 4 9 1i rxd4 d6 is a currently
fashionable position, played as Black by
several top-class grandmasters.
ino, Florida 1993.
7.. .£ixd4 8 £\xe5?
8 4ixd4.
8 ЛхГ7+ ^ x f 7 9 £ixe5+ <&g8 10
'B'xd4 c5 11 Wdl ®е8 12 ЛГ4?? (12
£lf3) 12...&h5 13 £ Ш Wxe4 0-1 S.Sal-
vador-M.Ferrer, corr. 1987.
8.. .£)xb3 9 axb3 £lxe4 10 S e l Лd6
11 1U4 0-0 12 £k3?
White’s position is already hopeless:
12 Sxe4 Лхе4 13 Wxe4 Se8; 12 £id3 c5
13 ШеЗ c4.
12.. .Лс5 0-1

Open Spanish

7 S el
Better than 7 d4, which transposes to Wxh7+ 1-0 Bailey-Brown, Sydney 1951.
the Open Spanish.
7.. .d5 8 d4?
8 £sc3 £ixc3 9 dxc3 Леб 10 a4 puts
Black under severe pressure.
8.. .exd4?
8.. .Леб 9 dxe5 Лс5.
9 ^xd4?
9 £sc3! Л еб (9...dxc3 10 Лх05 ЛЬ7<Sixe7.
11 Лхе4) 10 <йхе4 dxe4 11 Sxe4 Л е7 12
Лхеб fxe6 13 £lxd4 is good for White.
9.. .<53xd4 10 Wxd4 Леб 11 Лxd5
lfx d 5 12 Wxd5 Лxd513 £ic3 0-0-0 0-1
V.Kirillov - M.Taimanov
USSR Ch semi-final 1947
1 e4 e5 2 £}f3 £lc6 3 ЛЬ5 аб 4 Л а4
£if6 5 0-0 £ixe4 6 S e l £ k 5 7 £ic3 Ле7
7.. .^3ха4?! 8 *Sixe5 and then;
a) 8...£lxe5? 9 Sxe5+ Л е7 10 £\d5
0-0 11 £>xe7+ ФЬ8 12 # h 5 ! d6? 13
13...*xh7 14 3h5#.
b) 8...£>e7?? 9 Wf3 f6 10 Ш 5+ g6 11
53xg6 * f 7 12 £le5++ Феб 13 £sf7# 1-0
Cherubim-Perimutter, Brussels 1937.
c) 8...£>xc 3?? 9 £>хсб+ Л е 7 10
£)xe7 'Slxdl 11 £lg6+ 1-0 K.Meier-
J.F.Krebs, BadRagaz 1995. Il...® e7 12
8 £lxe5 £)xe5 9 Sxe5 0-0 (D)

D.M acLean - G.Flear

Oxford 1979
1 e4 e5 2 £if3 £)c6 3 ЛЬ5 аб 4 Ла4
£lf6 5 0-0 Ь5 6 ЛЬЗ ЛЬ7 7 d4
7 сЗ Л с5? (this move is appropriate
against 7 S e l, when there is a greater
threat against f2, but not here; 7...£>xe4)
8 d4 ЛЬб (8 ..^ d 6 9 £lg5 0-0 10 f4) 9
186 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
This position would make quite a
tricky puzzle: “White to play and find a
plausible way to lose in three moves.”
10 ffel? ±d6! 11 Be2??
11 Bh5 is forced, but leaves the rook
badly placed, and gives Black the e-file.
11.. .£ixa4 12 £}xa4 Wh4 0-1
K.Ktihl - Da.Schneider
Baden-Baden 1991
1 e4 e5 2 £if3 £>c6 3 ДЬ5 a6 4 Да4
£if6 5 0-0 <£ixe4 6 d4 exd4 7 S e l d5 8
Дхс6+?!
8 £lxd4 i.d 6 9 £lxc6 i.xh2+ 10 & hl
Wh4 11 Sxe4+ dxe4 12 ®d8+ ®xd8 13
£>xd8+ ^ x d 8 14 ФхЬ2 Деб is consid­
ered a little better for White on the basis
of the game Capablanca-Ed.Lasker, New
York 1915.
8.. .bxc6 9 £ixd4 ± d 6 10 £lxc6
±xh2+ 11 & hl?? (D)
‘Going for the loss’. 11 &xh2 ®h4+
12 & gl W xf2+13 * h 2 Wh4+ is a draw.
11...«Ъ4 12 Wxd5 i.f4+ 0-1
Swiderski - Schwan
Amsterdam 1899
1 e4 e5 2 £sf3 £lc6 3 ДЬ5 a6 4 Да4
£lf6 5 0-0 <5ixe4 6 d4 b5 7 £)xe5?
7 d5?! £ie7 8 B el £ic5 (8...bxa4 9
Bxe4 d6 leaves White scraping around
for equality) 9 £>xe5 £)xa4?? (9...ДЬ7)
10 Wf3 (1-0 Laroschin-Groper, Berlin
1923) 10...f6 11 Wh5+ g6 12 £ixg6 hxg6
13 Wxg6# 1-0 Boom-Fick, Netherlands
1913.
7.. .£\f6??
7.. .^x e5 8 dxe5 £ic5 (8...d5!?) 9 ДЬЗ
£sxb3 10 ахЬЗ ДЬ7 is quite good for
Black.
8 ДЬЗ £lxe5 9 dxe5 c5 10 exf6 c4
A slightly comical attempt to regain
the piece by a Noah’s Ark Trap.
11 Bel+ 1-0
S.Tarrasch - I.Gunsberg
Manchester 1890
1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 <Sic6 3 ДЬ5 £)f6 4 0-0
<?ixe4 5 d4 a6 6 Да4
The standard position of the Open
Spanish has been reached. The normal
move-order is 1 e4 e5 2 £lf3 £>c6 3 ДЬ5
a6 4 Д а4 £sf6 5 0-0 £>xe4 6 d4.
6.. .b5 7 ДЬЗ d5 8 dxe5 Деб 9 c3
9 a4 b4 10 a5 Д е7?? (10...£lc5) 11
Да4 1-0 A. Alekhine-J.Ganzo, Salamanca
1944.
9.. .Де7 10 B el
10 £lbd2 0-0 11 Ш 2 thc5 12 Дс2 d4
13 B dl?? d3 0-1 J.Belmonte-A.Sorin,
1995.
10.. .0.0 11 £)d4 (D)
11.. .*d7?? 12 £ixe6 fxe6
12.. .Wxe6 13 Bxe4 exploits another
pin.
13 Bxe4 1-0
 Open Games
Tarrasch-Zukertort, Frankfurt 1887
followed exactly the same course, except
that Zukertort played a few more moves
before resigning - it is almost beyond be­
lief that two world championship chal­
lengers could have blundered a piece in
this same simple way.
5...Ae7 and the Closed Spanish
S.Marjanovic - R.Gunawan
Jakarta 1986
1 e4 e5 2 £>f3 £)c6 3 ±Ь5 a6 4 ± a4
£>f6 5 d4 exd4 6 0-0 Де7 7 e5
7 B el b5 8 ДЬЗ d6 9 &xd4 £>xd4 0-1
N.Miiller-P.Petek, Finkenstein 1993. 10
Wxd4 c5 and ...c4 traps the bishop - the
Noah’s Ark Trap keeps claiming victims.
7...£)e4 8 £sxd4 £ixd4 9 Wxd4 £ sc5
10 £ c 3 0-0 11 J.g5 £xa4 12 J.xe7
£xc3?? (D)
Another entrant for our ‘Not the
Zwischenzug of the Year Award’.
13 Wh4 1-0
13...£>e2+ 14 * h l We8 15 £.xf8
Wxf8 16 Bfel and the knight is trapped.
187
G.Sturc - L.Bartek
Slovakian Cht 1993/4
1 e4 e5 2 £ f 3 £ c 6 3 ±Ь5 a6 4 ± a 4
£ f6 5 0-0 iLe7
5...b5 6 ДЬЗ and now:
a) 6,..i.b7 7 d3 i.e 7 8 c4 b4 9 a3 a5
10 i.a 4 &d6 11 £ b d 2 £ld4?? 12 £>xd4
1-0 R.Byme-J.Bergquist, Chicago 1989.
12.. .exd4 13 e5 &xe5 14 B el We7 15 f4.
b) 6...i.e7 7 B e l:
b l) 7...d68c3 0 -0 9 a 4 ^ ia 5 1 0 i.c 2 !?
(10 jLa2 c5 is considered OK for Black)
10.. .C5? 11 axb5 axb5?? 12 b4 1-0 A.Jur-
kovic-E.Zindel, Geneva 1991.
b2) 7...0-0 8 c3 d5 9 exd5 £>xd5 10
£ x e 5 £ x e 5 11 Bxe5 J.b7 12 d4 i.d6??
13 .SLxd5 1-0 M.Harabor-B.Thrush, corr.
1988.
6 ^.хсб dxc6 7 Wei £sd7 8 d4 exd4 9
£xd 4 f6?? (D)
Black wishes to create a strong point
on e5. However, as Fischer put it, “If you
wanna get squares, you gotta give
squares”, and the square given here is
rather important!
10 £ e 6 1-0
5 Queen's Gambit and
Queen's Pawn Game

Queen's Pawn Game

Blackmar-Diemer and Related
Gambits

The Blackmar-Diemer is a dangerous,

though hardly correct gambit. White de­
velops his pieces rapidly and is able to
pose Black some tricky defensive prob­
lems. If Black is at all careless, then the
result is often a quick loss, as we see from
the large number of games in this section.
a2) 4...±f5 5 сЗ e6 6 i.c 4 A e l 1 0-0
Schreyer - Schopka £if6 8 £)bd2 c6 9 fte 5 A g6 10 £)df3
corn 1988 £ibd7 11 ® e2 Ah5 12 « e l ± xf3?? 13
1 d4 d5 2 e4?! dxe4 (D) £ixf7! 1-0 A.Blackmar-L. Atkinson, corr.
2.. .c5? 3 exd5 cxd4? 4 Wxd4 e6 51884.
ДЬ5+ A d i 6 dxe6! ДхЬ5? 7 exf7+ Фе7 a3) 4...A g45 J.e3^3c6 6c3e5 7d5?!
8 fxg8&+ Фе8 9 Ше5+ *f7 10 ШхЬ5?! (7 ШЬЗ) 7...£ke7 (7...e4) 8 # a 4 + Adi 9
(10 1T5+) 10...5xg8 11 ®c4+ *g6 12 Ше4 f6 10 i.d 3 £ig6?? 11 *xg6+! hxg6
Ш + 1-0 E.Diemer-Reinert, Rastatt 12 JLxg6+ Фе7 13 Ac5# 1-0 Kunitz-
1956. Salamon, Tanger 1907.
2.. .e5? 3 dxe5 dxe4 4 Wxd8+ *xd8 5 b) 3...e5!? (this move takes the fun
<2)c3i.f5 6 i.g5+ <*>d7??7 0-0-0+ Феб 8 out of the Blackmar Gambit) 4 dxe5
Дс4+ Фхе5 9 4ТЗ+?! (9 f4+ exf3 10 ® xdl+ 5 Ф xdl £\c6 6 f4?! (6 i.b 5 i.d 7
£M3#) 9...exf3 10 Hhel+ Де4 11 Hd5+ 7 £\c3 0-0-0) 6...Ag4+ 7 Ae2 0-0-0+ 8
Феб 12 Bxe4# 1-0 E.Diemer-NN, 1957. Фе1 ®h6 9 Д еЗ £)b4 10 £sa3 £>d5 11
3±c4 Дс1 ДЬ4+ 12 w f2 e3+ 13 ФgЗ? Де1#
3 f3?! is the original Blackmar Gam­0-1 NN - C.Schlefhter, Vienna 1903.
bit: 3.. . Ш 4 ± g 5 e51? 5 d5 Дс5 6 We2
a) 3...exf3 4 *£}xf3: c6?!
al) 4...e6 5 i.d 3 £>c6 6 c3 i.d 6 7 0-0 Black should prefer 6...h6!, when the
£sf6 8 £sbd2 0-0 9 £\g5 h6 10 h4? hxg5 bishop must declare its intentions.
11 hxg5 £id5 12 Ш 5 Be8?? (12..Т5) 13 7£sc3 ± f5 8 0-0-0 Wa5?
® xf7+ 1-0 A.Blackmar-W.Lyons, New 8.. .1.d4.
Orleans 1884. 9 Axf6 gxf6 10 £lxe4 Ш 7 ?
 Queen’s Gambit and Queen’s Pawn Game 189

10.. .1.xe4 11 Wxe4 is difficult for D.Gedult - Langlois

Black, but does not lose immediately. Paris 1972
11 £sxf6+?! 1 d4 d5 2 e4?! dxe4 3 £sc3 c5?! 4
11 dxc6! bxc6 12 <5ixf6+ is com­ ±f4!?
pletely devastating. 4 d5!? (a reversed Albin Counter­
1-0 gambit {1 d4 d5 2 c4 e5 3 dxe5 d4}, with
11.. .£)xf6 12 Wxe5+ jLe7 puts upthe extra move £ic3, but Black doesn’t
some resistance, but Black is certainly seem to realize, and falls into a standard
lost. Albin trap) 4...e6?! 5 iLb5+ ,&d7 6 dxe6!
fxe6 7 Wh5+ g6 8 *fe5 £if6 9 i.g 5 1-0
E.Diemer - G.Miiller K.Giinther - H-J.Forster, corr. 1988.
corr. 1955 4.. .cxd4
1 d4 d5 2 e4?! dxe4 3 <^c3 4.. .'»xd4?? 5 £>d5.
Diemer’s contribution was to develop 5 <5ib5 £la6 6 lS3xd4
this knight before playing f3. This makes 6 Wxd4.
it more difficult for Black to decline the 6.. .Ш5+
gambit in a satisfactory way. 6.. .e5 is OK. White then retains a
3.. .e5 playable game by 7 JLb5+ JLd7 8 JLxd7+
3.. .Af5 4 Ше2?! Ш 5 Wb5+ (a re­« М 7 (8..Axd7 9 4Ж З+ ) 9 i.xe5.
versed Englund Gambit, with the extra 7 c3 e5?? (D)
move d4 - a quite absurd concept) 5...JLd7
(5...&С6?! 6 d5 {6 #xf5??£sxd4} 6...a6 7
®b3) 6 # x b 7 £ic6 7 i.b 5 ? (7 £>b5)
7.. .5b8 8 Wa6<£)xd4! (the ultimate irony:
W hite’s extra move turns out to be a se­
vere drawback compared to the standard
Englund line!) 9 ji.xd7+ Шхй7 10 ®xa7
Hd8 11 Ф П £ixc2 12 E b l Ш З+ 13
face! ® d l# 0-1 K.Soller-Rey, Zurich
1952.
4 i.c 4
4 dxe5 Wxdl-i- 5 Фх01 (5 53xdl)
5.. .£>c6 6 £id5?? ± g 4 + 7 f3 0-0-0 8 c4
exf3 9 gxf3 JLe6 10 f4 Hxd5+! 0-1 8 AbS+ Фе7
R.Chalker-S.Bemstein, Continental Open 8,..i.d7? 9 i.xd7+ Фxd7 10 £lb3+.
1976. 9 jtxe5 £lc7 10 ^.d6+
4.. .f5 5 £ixe4!? fxe4? 10 £>c6+! is a wipe-out.
5.. .«xd4. Ю..ФТ6 11 £.xf8 ®xb5 12 <53xb5
6 Wh5+ Ф(П 7 Wf5+ Феб 8 Wxe 51-0 Wxb5 13 Ш 4+ 1-0
8.. .a6 9 d5+ ФЬб 10 £.e3+ i.c5 11
JLxc5+ Фхс5 12 Ь4+ ФхЬ4 (12...Фхс4 E.Diemer - Weinspach
13 ®xe4+ ФЬ5 14 a4+ ФЬб 15 Ш 4+ c5 Bischweier 1949
16 Ш с5#) 13 Hbl+ Фхс4 (13...Фс5 14 1 d4 d5 2 e4?! dxe4 3 <5^c3 £sf6 4 f3
d6+ Фхс4 15 Eb3 forces mate) 14 (D)
®xe4+ Фс5 15 Wb4+ Фх05 16 2 d l+ This move brings about the Blackmar-
wins Black’s queen. Diemer Gambit.
190 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
4 i.g 5 £.f5 5 W e 2 £ic6 6 0-0-0 &xd4
7 Bxd4 Wxd4 8 Wb5+ 3id7 9 Wxb7 Bd8
10 ДеЗ W d 6 11 &b5?? 0-1 E.Kunath-
N.Grant, corr. ll...# d l+ ! 12 i 'x d l
J.g4++ and mate next move.
4.. .e6?!
4.. .e5? (this idea was effective against 11 ±xg5?
the Blackmar Gambit, but is no good
here) 5 dxe5! W xdl+ 6 ‘i ’xdl £)fd7 7
<2)d5 ^ d 8 8 ^ g 5 + f6 9 exf6 g xf610 4ixf6
Д е7 11 4ixe4 1-0 Nothdurft-Albrecht,
Bockenem 1986.
4.. .C5 5 ± f4 ? (5 d5) 5...cxd4 (5...fcd4)
6 £>b5 £sd5? (6...£)a6) 7 ДхЬ8 £le3?? 8
£ic7+ Wxc7 9 Дхс7 £sxdl 10 Bxdl 1-0
D.Gedult-Zweigberg, Paris 1971.
5 fxe4 ДЬ4 6 Д<13?! 0-0?!
6.. .£sxe4 should certainly be tried.
7£)f3c5 8e5£id5?
8.. .cxd4.
9 ДхЪ7+! ФЬ8
9.. .Фх117 1 0 ^ g 5 + * g 6 (1 0 ...'i?g 8 11 b) 6...Wb6 7 Д еЗ c5 8 ± f 4 £)a6
Wh5) 11 h4 is a winning attack.
10 £ig5 ‘й хсЗ
Ю ..^6 1 1 Ш З £)хсЗ 12 «ЪЗ.
11 * h 5 ! 1-0
E.Diemer - Mesle
Lindenberg 1948
1 d4 d5 2 e4?! dxe4 3 £lc3 £if6 4 f3
i.f5 5 fxe4
5 W e l l exf3?! (5...£ ic6) 6 Wb5+ M 7
7 Wxb7 Д сб ?? (7...£>c6) 8 ДЬ5 (a
familiar trap from the Englund Gambit)
8...f2+ 9 * x f2 Wxd4+ 10 * e l Wd7 11
Дхсб Wxc6 12 Wc8# 1-0 W.Fuchs-
Totzauer, Tubingen 1964.
5 g4 i.g 6 6 g5 £>d5 7 fxe4 £ixc3 8
bxc3 Д хе4 9 £tf3 e5? 10 We2 # d 5 11
i.g 2 Ь5?! 12 0-0 Д е 7? 13 B el 1-0
N.J.Jensen-O.Hansen, Denmark 1991.
5..A xe4 6 * f 3 £ld6 7 ± f4 e6 8 0-0-0
Де7 9 ФЫ ±g5??
This gives White the tempo he needs
to comer the f5-bishop.
10 g4?
10i.xd6! cxd6 11 h 4 i.x h 4 ( ll...i.f 6
12 g4) 12 Wxb7 *hd7 13 ДЬ5 overloads
Black’s position, winning material.
10.. .1.g6?
10.. .^ x f4 11 gxf5 is very difficult for
Black, but a better chance.
11 JLxd6!.
11.. .'txg5 12 h4 W e l l
12.. .Wf6 saves the bishop since White
cannot cover e4 quickly enough.
13 h5 1-0
Moeser - de Vos
corr. 1986
1 d4 d5 2 e4?! dxe4 3 £>c3 £if6 4 f3
exf3 5 Wxf3 lfxd4 6 ДеЗ
Diemer experimented with 6 ®b5:
a) 6...«fd 8 ? !7 i.f4 * 5 )a 6 8 B d l^ d 7 9
We3 b6?? (9...e6) 10 Д хс7 £ ixc7 11
£)d6# l-0E.Diemer-NN, Kelheim 1950.
(8...i.g4) 9 a4 W c6V (9,..±g4) 10£sd6+
&d8? (10...exd611ДЬ5) 11 £ М 7 + Фе8
12 ДЬ5 1-0) E.Diemer-Locher, Lindau
1950. /
c) 6...We5+ looks sensible.
6.. .«b4?!
6.. . ^ 4 (considered best) 7 Wf2 £>e4?!
(7...e5) 8 £ixe4 Wxe4 9 0-0-0 i.g4?! 10
Bd4 W e 6 ?? (Ю...1Т5) 11 Д с4 W g 6 12
± x i7 + W xf7 13 Bd8+ 1-0 E.Diemer-
NN, Baden Liebenzell 1949.
 Queen’s Gambit and Queen’s Pawn Game 191

6.. . t o ? ! 7 0-0-0: 11 * x d l e5?!

a) 7...i.g4? 8 W xbl ®xe3+ 9 Ed2 ll...E d 8 + 12 £.d2 £)g4 13 £>xc7+
Ш + 10 £ id l W xfl 11 £if3 ® xhl 12 ^ d 7 14 Wxa7 and White wins.
£se5! i.d 7 ?? ( 1 2 ...Ш 13 £\c6 t o 12 £)xc7+ Фе7 13 £ixa8 1-0
{13...£>d5 14 Exd5 f6 15 t o 8 ) 14
Шха8 £lfd7 15 £ixb8 f6) 13 Exd7 1-0 E.Diemer - G.Gunderam
D.Gedult-Gerlach, Baden-Baden 1971. corr. 1971
b) 7...c6 8 h3 i.e 6 9 i.d 3 £ibd7 10 1 d4 d5 2 e4?! dxe4 3 £k 3 £if6 4 f3
£lge2 0-0-0?! 11 i.f 4 ®h5?? 12 Wxc6+ exf3 5 £>xf3 (D)
bxc6 13 J.a6 # 1-0 E.Diemer-Portz,
Lindau 1948.
7 0-0-0 JLg4?
7.. . £ ic 6 8 £ib5 t o 9 t o a6? (9...e5)
10 jLb6! 1-0 D.Gedult-Connault, Paris
1973.
7.. .e5 is probably best.
8£ib5!(D)

5...M 5
There are several other defences at
Black’s disposal:
a) 5...g6:
a l) 6 i.g 5 i.g 7 7 t d 2 c6 8 0-0-0 0-0
9 h3 (if White has nothing more con­
structive than this, then we may conclude
that his set-up is poor) 9...JLf5 10 g4?!
8.. .£ia6 £ie4! 11 £}xe4 i.x e4 12 i.g 2 ? (12 i.e 2
8.. .e5?? 9 £)xc7+ Фе7 10 ШхЬ7 1-0is far better, since 1 2 ...^ 5 can be met by
Bartsch-Jennen, corr. 1947. 13 c4) 12...t o 13 t o ? f6 0-1 Richter
8.. .e6?? 9 ^ x c 7 + Фе7 10 ®xb7 Wxb7Mendau-Wolff, corr. 1987.
11 JLc5# 1-0 E.Diemer-Portz, Lindau a2) 6 i.c 4 A g7 7 0-0 0-0 8 JLg5
1949. i.f5 ?! (8...i.g4) 9 £>e5 &bd7? (control
8.. . ^ 5 ? ? 9 # x b 7 i.d 7 10 b4 ®xb4of d5 turns out to be important; 9...c6) 10
11 t o + i.x c 8 12 £>xc7# 1-0 D.Ge- £\xf7! Exf7 11 ± x f7 + &xf7 12 g4 ± e 6
dult-Kovac, Paris 1966. 13 d5 1-0 Dries-Wageningen, Spangen
9 Wxb7 # e4 1957.
9 .. .Й С 8 ? ? 1 0 * x a 6 1 -0 E.Diemer- b) 5...c6 6 JLc4:
Halosar, Baden-Baden 1 9 3 4 . b l) 6...i.g4? 7 £>e5 ®c8? 8 i.x f7 +
9.. .Eb8?? 10 ®xb8+ <&xb8 11 £ ixc 7 #<S?d8 9 t o Ш 10 t o Wxc2 11 0-0
1-0 E.Diemer-Toth, Lindau 1948. 1-0 E.Diemer-Ziegler, Wangen 1950.
10 Шхаб ± xdl?? 11.. .£sd5 12 Axd5 cxd5 13 Sf2. Oddly,
10.. .®xe3+ 11 ФЫ t o . 5.. .c6 is called the Ziegler Defence.
192 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

b2) 6...i.f5 7 P e 5 e6 8 0-0 &bd7?? 7 g4 £}xc3 8 ЬхсЗ J.e4?!

(8...i.xc2!?; 8...±g6) 9 Hxf5 exf5 10
P x f7 Wc7 11 £lxh8 1-0 L.Simchen-
J.Roscher, corr. 1988.
c) 5...J.g4 and now:
c l) 6 JLc4?!£ic6(6...e6)7d5£>e5??
(7...i.xf3) 8 £>xe5! i.x d l 9 i.b 5 + c6 10
dxc6 l-OH.C.Nielsen-J.Raben,corr. 1964.
c2) 6 JLd3 e6 7 ± g 5 i.e 7 8 0-0 £>bd7
9 * h l 0-0 10 Wei £id5?? 11 £.xh7+! (11
Wh4 is also good) 11...ФхЬ7 12 Wh4+
<i?g8 13 £)xd5 1-0 D.Gedult-F.Lefevre,
Paris 1980. 13...f6 14 Pixel + Wxe7 15
Wxg4 fxg5 16 £sxg5.
c3) 6 h3 i.x f3 7 Wxf3 c6 8 i.e 3
£lbd7 (8...e6) 9 0-0-0 P h b l (9...e6) 10
d5! cxd5? (10...£ibxd5 11 £sxd5 £)xd5
12 c4 Wa5 13 cxd5 Wxa2 shouldn’t be
enough for Black) 11 JLb5+ PiA7 12
<£ixd5 1-0 E.Diemer-Stutterer, Germany.
d) 5...e6 6 Ag5 and here:
d l) 6...c5 7d5!?exd5 8£.xf6W xf6 9
£>xd5 We6+ 10 * f 2 i.d 6 ? (10...Wd6) 11
i.b 5 + &f8?? (Il...& d8) 12 S e l 1-0
Schweitzer-Rattmann, Halle 1957.
d2) 6...i.e7:
d21) 7 Wd2 i.d7?! 8 0-0-0 0-0 9 Ad3
сб?! 10 Wf4 £>d5?? 11 £lxd5 cxd5 12
Wh4 1-0 Frenzel-Brilke, corr.
d22) 7 -&d3 c5 8 dxc5 Pcb (8...Axc5)
9 0-0 i.x c5 + 10 * h l h6 11 i.h 4 g5 12
Pxg577 hxg5 13 Axg5 P h 5 ! (13...Wc7
is also good) 0-1 Penk-E.Diemer, corr.
1955. 14 i.x d 8 ? Pg3#.
6 P e5 P d 5 7 !
6.. .h5?! 7 Wf3 Wc8 8 A c4 e6 9 i.g 5i.b 4 10 0-0 Axd2 11 Wxd2 b6?? (Black
Pg47? (9...Ae7 1 0 P x f7 Ag4) 10 Wxf5!
1-0 P.Leisebein-Burk, corr. 1986.10...exf5
11 ±xf7#.
6.. .e6 7 g4 Pe47! 8 Wf3? (8 i.b5+! c6a3„.) 12 a4 a5 13 S fb l 1-0 D.Mohrlok-
9 0-0; 8 gxf5 Wh4+ 9 Фе2 Wf2+ 10 &d3
£ю5+ 11 Фс4 аб is a crazy line, believed
to lead to a draw) 8...Wxd4!? (8...Wh4+!
9 Фе2 P c 6 ! and Black wins) 9 gxf5?
P x c3 10 Шхс377 A b4 0-1 S.Bent-
T.Mantia, Ohio 1992.
8.. .Wd5!? 9 Hgl We4+ looks interest­
ing, while 8...JLg6 is safer.
9 Ac4 еб?!
9.. .1.d5.
10 0-0 i.d6?!
10.. .f6 11 A xe 6 fxe5, though risky, is
the only hope.
11 We2 AxeS 12 Wxe4 Ad6 (D)
12.. .1.f6 1 3 g 5 i.e 7 14 Bxf7!.
Pseudo-Trompowsky and
Trompowsky with 2...d5
J.Hodgson - J.Shepley
London Lloyds Bank 1990
1 d4 d5
I...£if6 2 £ .g 5 d 5 :
a) 3 e3:
al) 3 ,.A e 4 4 i.h 4 W d 6 5 ^ d 2 W b 4 6
P i3 Wxb2 7 £sxe4 dxe4 8 P d2 e6 9 Ae2
is too casual about his queen’s safety:
this move takes away b6 as a flight-
square, while,/ White can take care of
C.Pfrommer, 2nd Bundesliga 1991/2.
a2) 3...g6 4 £if3 Ag7 5 h3 c5 6 c3
Wb6 7 Wb3 P c6 8 Ae2 c4 9 Wxb6 axb6
10 P&3 <£>e4 11 0-0? £sxc3 0-1
G.Welling-S.B.Petersen, Lyngby 1990.
b) 3 JLxf6 exf6 4 e3:
 Queen’s Gambit and Queen’s Pawn Game 193

b l) 4...Jtd6 5 Jtd3 c6 6 £)d2 f5 7 Wf3
g6 8 £ie2 ^hdl 9 h3 £sf6 10 0-0-0 £ie4 11
ФЫ?? £ig5 0-1 M.Lazic-J.Micic, Yugo­
slav Cht 1989.
b2) 4...£.e6 5 £)e2 i.d 6 6 £if4 0-0 7
i.d 3 c6 8 Wh5 g6 9 Wh6 W e 111 (9...Se8
10 £ih5?? i.f 8 ) 10 fth 5 1-0 M.Sabol-
J.Votava, Czech League 1994/5.
2 i.g 5 (D)
2.. .£k6
For 2..M b see the note to Black’s
first move.
2.. .Jtf5 3 £if3 Ш 4 c4 e6 5 e3 h6 69 Wf3 0-0-0?? 10 cxb7+ 1-0 Bischoff-
£.xf6 Wxlb 7 ®b3 £sc6?? 8 Wxb7 &d7 9
cxd5 exd5 10 Ab5 1-0 G.Oskam-
M.Euwe, Amsterdam 1920.
2.. .g6 3 e3 $ L g l 4 c4 c6 5 £3c3 £sf6 6 5 Wd2 0-0 6 i.h 6 ± x h 6 !? 7 Wxh6 c5 8
£if3 Wa5 7 i.e2 ?! £>e4 8 ®b3?? &xg5
0- 1 J.Kindler-A.Hatz, Eppingen 1988. 9 ®xd8 Sxd8 11 dxe5 M 6 12 &e4 <$3d7
‘SixgS dxc4 and ...WxgS.
2.. .c5 3 £sc3 Wa5 4 e4 dxe4 5 dxc5Tbilisi 1986.
i.f5 ?? 6 Ш 5 ! M l 7 ®xb7 i.c 6 8 i.b 5
1- 0 A.Sell-O.Sperlich, Germany 1987/8.
3 e3 ®d6 4 i.f4 e5?! 5 dxe5 £sxe5?
5.. .W b 4 + 6 ^ c 3 ®xb2.
6£ic3!
Instead 6 Wh5 ®b4+ 7 c3 ®xb2 8
Wxe5+ M 6 9 c4 ® c l+ 10 Фе2 « х с4 +
is a draw.
6.. .C6
Black’s game is already hopeless.
6...<£tf6 is met by 7 £ib5 Wei 8 £lf3.
7 Ш 4?!
7 #115! forces 7...g5 8 ®xg5 f6, when
White is easily winning.
7.. .f6 8 0-0-0 g5 9 ± g 3 £>e7? 10 £ie4
1-0
I d4 d5 2 ± f4 and the
Barry Attack
E.Palacios - E.Vladimirov
Marchena 1989
1 d4 <53f6
1.. .d5 2 jLf4 c5 and now:
a) 3 .&xb8 Sxb8 4 dxc5:
a l) 4...®a5+ 5 £)сЗ e6 6 e4 J.xc5 7
exd5 £if6 8 i.b 5 + Фе7 9 £lf3 £lxd5 10
Wd2 £хсЗ?? 11 * g 5 + f6 12 f c c 5 + Ф П
13 jte8 + 1-0 J.Mason-M.Chigorin, New
York 1889.
a2) 4...e6 5 WdAl\ W cl 6 Ь4?! (6 e4)
6.. .b6 7 cxb6 Sxb6 8 c3? (8 a3 Wxc2)
8.. .Kxb4 9 cxb4?? Wcl+ 0-1 Regan-
Michell, London 1905. 10 ® d l JLxb4+
II £sd2 ±xd2#.
b) 3 e4!? £)c6 4 <S3c3 cxd4 5 exd5
dxc3 6 dxc6 Wa5 7 b4 ttx b 4 8 ®d5 M 6
Estes, corr. 1945. 10...Wxb7 11 M 6
Wxa6 12 WaS+ & dl 13 Hdl-h
2 £if3 g6 3 £k3 d5 4 ± f4 i.g 7 5 e3
0-0-0?? (8 e3) 8...£ig4 9 Wh4 e5! 10
0-1 B.Gurgenidze-Z.Azmaiparashvili,
5.. .0.0 6 М 2 c5 7 dxc5 £ibd7
More energetic than l...Wa5.
8 £ib5 £ixc5 9 £k7 (D)
9.. .£3h5
An interesting exchange sacrifice.
10 ®xd5?
White should certainly take the ex­
change, by 10 4lxa8 *S3xf4 11 exf4.
10.. .£)xf4 11 Wxd8?
11 Wxc5 £ixg2+ 12 ФП £\xe3+ 13
fxe3 Ah3+ 14 ФТ2 fic8 is very good for
Black.
194 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

course, but surely not resignable, since

the brutal 10...jLxh3 11 gxh3 jtxc5 12b4
# d 8 13 bxc5 £ie4 is unconvincing.

1 d4 d5 2 £>f3 Miscellaneous and

London, Torre and Code Systems

K.Langeweg - A.Diickstein
Zurich 1975
1 d4
1 £tf3 £if6 2 g3 d5 3 i.g 2 £ic6 4 d4
h6?! 5 0-0 iLg4 6 £se5 £ixe5? 7 dxe5
11.. .£>xg2+ 12 * f l £\xe3+! 13 fxe3thdl 8 # x d 5 £.xe2 9 H el (9 e6) 9...i.a6?
i.h3+ 0-1 (9...i.g4) 10 e6 fxe6 11 #115+ 1-0
14 ФП Saxd8 and the doomed rookJ.Seidel-A.Veith, Wiesbaden 1993.
escapes, leaving White’s game in a mess. 1.. .d5
1...£lf6 2 £43 c5 3 g3 cxd4 4 £sxd4 d5
Veresov Opening 5 i.g 2 e5 6 £ib3 h6 7 0-0 £ic6 8 c4 d4 9
e3 i.g 4 10 # d 2 i.b 4 ?? 11 J.xc6+ 1-0
Philippe - E.Dizdarevic M.Boric-Y.Nikolaevsky, Kiev Platonov
Arandjelovac tt 1985 mem 1995.
1 d4 £if6 2 £sc3 d5 3 i.g 5 c6 2 <£f3 £ic6
3.. .£.f5 4 f3 i.g 6 5 £ih3 e6 6 Ш Black indicates his willingness to play
JLe7 7 Ш 2 £ Sc6 8 0-0-0 a6 9 h4 £ih5 10 a Chigorin Defence (1 d4 d5 2 c4 £ic6),
jLxe7 # x e 7 11 £ixh5 1-0 M.Manninen- but with White unable to play the most
Sy.Johnsen, Stockholm Rilton Cup 1996. critical line (3 £>c3).
11.. .^.xh5 12 g4 JLg6 13 h5 traps the 2.. .jk.g4 3 £ie5 JLh5 4 c4 dxc4 5 £sc3
bishop. £)d7 6 £ixc4 £Л 6 7 # b 3 !? #xd4?! 8 e4
3.. .£>bd7 4 f3 c6 5 e4 dxe4 6 fxe4 e5 7£if6 9 i.e 3 # d 7 ? (9...#d8) 10 l.x b 6
dxe5 # a 5 8 JLxf6 gxf6 9 exf6 (9 e6) axb6 11 £lxb6! 1-0 E.Bogoljubow-Gre-
9.. .1.a3 10 bxa3? # x c 3 + 11 &f2 £ M 6 kov, Kiev 1914.
12 i.e2?? (12 i.d 3 ) 12...£ixe4+ 13 * f l 2.. .c5 3 i.f 4 cxd4?! 4 i.x b 8 Bxb8
# e 3 0-1 Lawrence - Belle Computer, (4...#a5+) 5 # x d 4 Ь6?! (5...#a5+) 6 e4!
New York 1982. dxe4 7 # x d 8 + * x d 8 8 £ie5 1-0 A.Ale-
4 f3 khine-A.Kaufmann, Odessa 1919.
4 £.xf6 gxf6 5 e3 e5 6 # h 5 e4 7 f3 f5 8 2.. .c6 and now:
fxe4 fxe4?? (Black’s pawn advances a) 3 e3 i.f 5 4 £sbd2 e6 5 c4 £id7 6 b3
have been much too ambitious, but he did h6 7 i.b 2 £igf6 8 М 2 M 6 9 £ie5 £\e4!
not need to lose immediately; instead af­ 10 £lxe4 J.xe4 11 £)xd7? Jtxg2! 0-1
ter 8...dxe4 9 J.c4 he is ‘only’ much R.Kholmov-R.Scherbakov, Russia Cup
worse) 9 # e 5 + 1-0 R.Wade-Kinzel, (Perm) 1997.12 S g l JLb4+ is the simple,
Varna OL 1962. but far from obvious problem.
4.. .# b 6 5 £>a4 #a5+ 6 c3 £ibd7 7 b) 3 i.g 5 i.f 5 4 £ ib d 2 £ id 7 5 £ ih4h6
£sh3 e5 8 М 2 b5 0-1 6 Дхе7?? £lxe7 7 e3 i.h 7 8 f4 £sf5 9
9 £lc5 £ixc5 10 dxc5 (10 b4 # d 8 11<£xf5 i.x f5 10 M l # e 7 11 ФГ2 £46 0-1
bxc5 Axh3 12 gxh3 <£e4) is bad of M.Weber-Ka.Miiller, Bundesliga 1988/9.
 Queen’s Gambit and Queen’s Pawn Game
3 ± f4
Controlling e5 and hoping to show
that the knight is misplaced on c6.
3 g3 jtg 4 4 i.g 2 e6 5 0-0 £if6 6 c4
Ш 1 7 cxd5 exd5 8 £)c3 аб? (Black’s de­
velopment has been uncoordinated so
far, and this he simply cannot afford) 9
£ie5 Шеб 10 <Sixg4 ®xg4 11 £ixd5
£ixd5 12 i.x d 5 ®xd4?? 13 i.x c6 + 1-0
J.Njiijak-G.Jelinic, 1994.
3.. JLg4 4 еЗ еб 5 c4
White need not hurry with this move.
Now Black becomes active.
5.. .Д.Ь4+ 6 £ibd2?!
6 £lc3 is normal.
6.. . Ш 7 cxdS?
7 a3 jLxd2+ 8 Wxd2 isn’t so bad, while
7 J.g5 is another way to bale out.
7.. .£ie4 (D)
0-1
White has no way to defend d2. Nev­
ertheless, he should not have resigned
just yet, because Black still has to find
one very difficult move. 8 dxc6 £ixd2
(8...jLxd2+ 9 Фе2 Ш 5 10 Wa4; 8...Ш 5?
9 Wa4) 9 Фе2 and now 9..Md5 10 Wa4
i.x f3 + 11 gxf3 Ш З + 12 * d 3 ®e4+ 13
Фе2 is only a perpetual, but 9...b5!! is
very strong: 10 Wc2 (10 a3 Wd5 11 axb4
£ixf3 and a deadly discovered check will
follow; 10 h3 * d 5 11 hxg4? Wc4+ 12
Фе1 £lxf3#) 10...Wd5 11 e4 £>xe4 with
an excellent position for Black.
195
The next game features Af4, the Lon­
don System, in various forms.
Z.Mehmet - A.Nadjar
Val Maubuee 1990
1 d4 <?T6
1...e6 2 £rf3 d5 3 i.f4 c5 4 еЗ * Ь 6 ? ! 5
£ic3 Wxb2? 6 £ib5 £ia6 7 a3 (7 Hbl Wxa2
8 S a l Wb2 9 Пхаб) 7...c4 (7...cxd4 8
Д е5!) 8 Hbl Ш 2 9 Ш c3 10 Hb3 1-0
P.Donrault-C.Michaud, Geneva 1994.
1.. .d5 2£if3:
a) 2...C6 3 i.f 4 £>f6 4 e3 4ih5 5 i.g 3
g6 6 c4 dxc4 7 i.x c 4 k g l 8 ШЬЗ 0-0 9
a4 £>d7 10 <£\g5?? Ша5+ 0-1 E.Buma-
zovic-G.Bogdanowitsch, Verbandsliga
Nordbaden 1992/3.
b) 2...£lf6 3 ДТ4 еб 4 еЗ and now:
b l) 4 ...i.e7 5 £\bd2 0-0 6 ± d 3 c5 7
сЗ £>c6 8 0-0 b6 9 <5ie5 i.b 7 10 ШЗ i.d 6
11 Wh3 &e7 12 Hadl ®e8?? 13 £ig4 1-0
H-U.Kock - J.Sucher, Liechtenstein 1992.
An unfortunate pairing indeed.
b2) 4...c5:
b21) 5 c4 £lc6 6 £)сЗ аб (it is amaz­
ing that White manages to lose in four
moves from this ordinary-looking posi­
tion) 7 # а 4 ? (with the cheap threat of
£lb5) 7...iLd7 8 # d l (a humiliating re­
treat) 8...Wa5 9 Wb3? (back again, for a
‘counterattack’) 9...dxc4 10 Wxb7?? Ha7
0-1 J.Schenkein-C.Schlechter, Vienna
1913.
b22) 5 c3 <£bd7 6 i.d 3 Ш в 1 Wc2
i.d 6 8 i.g 3 Wc6? 9 £>bd2 b5? 10 ± x d 6
Шхйб 11 ДхЬ5 Д аб? 12 dxc5 1-0
B.Fritze-H.Einarsson, W.German uni­
versities Ch 1988.
2 ДТ4 еб 3 £\f3 c5 4 c3 d5 5 e3 £sc6 6
£ibd2 ±d 6 7 <йе5 !Ъ 6?? (D)
This walks into a surprising trick,
which just goes to show how careful one
must be when leaving any pieces unde­
fended.
8 <2idc4! dxc4
8.. .Шс7 9 £sxd6+ Wxd6 10 ®xf7.
196 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

c l) 4...C5 5 £lbd2 i.e 7 6 c3 £)bd7 7

JLd3 and play transposes to the main
game.
c2) 4...i.e7 5 £ibd2 0-0 6 i.d 3 £lbd7
7 c3 c5 8 0-0 b6 9 # а 4 i.b 7 10 £)e5
£ixe5 ? 11 dxe5 £>d7?? (1l...£ih5 12 £.xe7
W xel) 12 ШЫ 1-0 A.Dias-E.Suzuki,
Sao Paulo 1995.
3 ± g 5 i.e 7 4 ^bd2 d5 5 e3 <?2bd7 6
ji.d3 c5 7 c3 b6 8 # 8 4 0-0
8...c4 followed by ...a6 and ...b5 is one
way to rob White’s queen manoeuvre of
its point.
1-0 9 <5)e5 (D)

Next up is the Torre development with

i.g5.

V.Popov - Benderov
Sofia 1943
1 d4
1 £)f3 d5 2 d4 e6 3 i.g 5 4 e3 i.e 7
5 &bd2 0-0 6 $Ld3 c5 7 c3 £sc6 8 0-0 b6 9
®a4 iLb7 10 £)e5 £)xe5? 11 dxe5 £>d7??
12 ® h4 1-0 N.Kostic-B.Stamenkovic,
Ni§ 1993.
1.. .£if6 2 £if3
2 £ g 5 e6 3 £sf3 d5 4 e3 i.e 7 5 i.d 3 9.. .£)xe5?
0- 0 6 c3 c5 7 £lbd2 £ibd7 8 0-0 b6 9 Ша4 9.. .1.b7.
a5 10 £ie5 <£xe5? 11 dxe5 ^ d 7 ? ? (it 10 dxe5 <SM7?
seems appropriate that this game was 10.. .£lh5? 11 £.xe7 # x e 7 12 g4 wins
played in the Split open) 12 ® h4 1-0 a piece.
D.Rosandic-M.Radeljic, Split 1992. 10.. .£le4 11 i.x e7 # x e 7 12 £ixe4 c4
2.. .e6 (12...i.d7 13 £}f6+! gxf6 14 # h 4 ;
2.. .d5 3 ± g5: 12...dxe4 13 # x e4 ) 13 J.xc4 and White
a) 3...£\bd7 4 e3 c5 5 c4 cxd4 6 exd4 is a pawn up.
ШЪ6 7 cxd5 ШхЬ2 8 £>bd2 g6?? 9 £sc4 ll# h 4 ! l- 0
1- 0 J.Timman-H.Bouwmeester, Vleuten
training 1967. Finally the Colle System, where White
b) 3...c6 4 еЗ ® b6 5 ЬЗ?! £ie4 6 £.f4 plays e3 without developing the queen’s
®a5+ 7 <£>bd2? e5! 8 Дхе5 £sc3 9 ® c l? bishop.
(9 b4 £.xb4 10 W cl JLa3 11 £lb3 i.x c l
12 £}ха5 ДЬ2 and Black wins the ex­ V.Basagic - D.Mongeau
change) 9...Jta3 0-1 H.Lahlum-Ed.Da- Manila worn OL 1992
vid, Gausdal Peer Gynt 1990. 1 d4 d5 2 £tf3 £sf6 3 еЗ еб 4 i.d 3 c5 5
c) 3...e6 4e3: c3 £lc6 6 £ibd2 ±e7
 Queen’s Gambit and Queen’s Pawn Game
6.. .J.d6 7 0-0 0-0 8 e4 dxe4 9 £>xe4
cxd4? (9...£xe,A 10 JLxe4 cxd4) 10
£ixf6+ ®xf6?? 11 i.g 5 1-0 C.Ehmann-
M.Weber, CFNC League 1966.
7 0-0 0-0 8 Ше2 b6 9 dxc5 bxc5 10 e4
dxe4?!
A significant positional concession...
11 £)xe4 h6??
...followed by a major material con­
cession!
12 £\xf6+ i.x f6 13 ШеЛ 1-0
Perhaps Black had forgotten that 14
Wxc6 would hit the a8-rook.
Queen's Gambit
Beader - Z.Khudovsky
corr. 1978
1 d4 d5 2 c4 (D)
The move-order 2 £lf3 allows Black
to reach the more secure lines of the Bal­
tic Defence by 2... JLf5 (2...£k6 3 c4 like­
wise transposes to safer lines of the
Chigorin) 3 c4 e6:
a) 4 g3 h6 5 i.g 2 Ш 6 0-0 i.e 7 7
£сЗ c6 8 b3 0-0 9 S e l ДЬ4 1 0 i.b 2 ? (10
l d 2 ) 10...£ie4 11 Дс1 Ш&5 12 &e5?
£)xc3 0-1 S.Urminska-I.Mihelic, Brati­
slava girls U-16 Wch 1993.
b) 4 cxd5 exd5 5 ШЪЗ £ c 6 6 i.d 2
Ш 7 1 £ сЗ Ш 8 <&e5 £sxd4?? 9 £xd7
£ixb3 10 ^x f6 + 1-0 V.Wiechert-R.Hem-
berger, Verbandsliga Nordbaden 1992/3.
2.. .6 .5
This move constitutes the Baltic De­
fence. Despite its sporadic use by some
strong players, including Keres and more
recently Shirov, abandoning the centre
cannot be a good idea.
2.. .£if6?! 3 cxd5 <&xd5 4 e4?! (4 £if3).&g5! frees the cl-square, and so wins)
4...£ib6?! {A..M 6 5 £sc3 e5) 5 £ic3 £ c6
6 £ f3 i.g 4 7 d5 £ie5?? 8 £ixe5! i.x d l 9
&Ь5+ c6 10 dxc6 ШЪ8 11 c7+ £ d l 12
■&xd7# 1-0 H.Berliner-G.Rott, Montreal
1956.
197
2.. . £ c6 (the Chigorin Defence) and
now:
a) 3 £ c3 £\f6?! 4 £tf3 ±g4?! 5 cxd5
£sxd5 6 e4 JLxf3 (6...£)xc3 7 bxc3 e5 8
d5 £sb8?! 9 Wa4+ £*17 10 £ixe5 «Т6 11
Де2!! is pretty much resignable for
Black) 7 gxf3 £)xc3 8 bxc3 e5 9 Hbl
£ia5? 10 ДЬ5 b6? 11 « а 4 Шй7 12 Дха5
1-0 P.Burkart-G.Haubt, 2nd Bundesliga
1988/9.
b) 3 £rf3 i.g 4 :
b l) 4 £\c3 dxc4? 5 d5 jtx f3 6 exf3!
£ e 5 7 i.f 4 Ш66 (7...£>g6 8 i.x c4 !) 8
# a 4 + * d 8 9 i.g 3 e6?? 10 0-0-0 Wb4 11
dxe6+ 1-0 J.Steckner-R.Menzel, Ger­
many 1990/1.
b2) 4 Wa4 J.xf3 5 gxf3 dxc4 6 e3 e5
7 dxe5 Ш65 8 £ с З Шхf3 9 flg l 0-0-0??
10 jLe2! 1-0 W.Schmidt-B.Grabarczyk,
Polish Ch (Cetniewo) 1991 and I.Novi-
kov-B.Finegold, New York Open 1993.
3£c3
3 cxd5 is the critical test, which Black
has real problems passing.
3.. .e6 4 ® b3 £>c6 5 a3??
5 еЗ.
5 £>f3 £f6?\ (5...£>b4) 6 ®xb7 £\b4
7 £Ъ5 £gA77 8 £xc7+77 (8 e4!?; 8
8.. .Wxc7 9 Wxc7? (9 Шхa8+ <4>d7)
9.. .£ c 2 + 10 * d l £ x f2 + 0-1 J.van der
Linden-L.Svensson, Ostend 1993. 11
<S?d2 ±b4#.
5.. .£lxd4 6 # x b 7 dxc4
198 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
6.. .£ sc2+?! 7 * d l dxc4+ 8 i.d 2 £ixal b l) 5...®e7?! 6 a3 (6 £>b3) 6...£)xe5
9 Шс6+ Фе7 10 e4 gives White some
vague hopes, e.g. 10...£)b3?? 11 £)d5+!
exd5 12 i.b4+ .
6.. .ЙЬ8 7 # x a 7 £ic2+ 8 * d l dxc4+ 9Д с5 8 i.g 5 ? ? #x g 5 ! 9 <&xc6 (9 £lxg5
Ad2 £>xal is good enough.
7e4?
7 A d2 avoids the mate, but Black
should still win.
7.. .£ic2+ 8 Фе2 Wd3# 0-1
Korody - Balogh
1933
1 d4 d5 2 c4
2 £)f3 is sometimes played to avoid
the Albin, but 2...£ic6 3 c4 e5 4 dxe5
d4?! effects a transposition.
2.. .e5?!
This is the Albin Counter-gambit, a
sharp attempt to wrest the initiative from
White.
3 dxe5
3 £ic3 exd4 4 Wxd4 £ k 6 5 Wxd5 JLe6
6 « Ь 5 аб 7 Ша4 £.Ь4 8 e3!? i.x c3 + 9
ЬхсЗ £if6 10 £>f3 &e4 11 Шс2 £>d6 12
£id4 i.xc4?? 13 £)xc6 1-0 S.Vincent-
F.Krudde, Groningen 1988.
3.. .d4 4 еЗ?!
4 e4 <£ic6 5 &е2?! i.c 5 6 £id2? £lxe5
(6...d3!) 7 £lb3?? i.b 4 + 8 i.d 2 & d3#
0-1 D.Miller-Petersons, London 1959.
4 <S)f3 4ic6 is the main line:
a) 5 a3 and now:
a l) 5...± e6 6 b3 a5 7 A b2 i.c 5 8
£sbd2 f5 9 exf6 £ixf6 10 Wc2 0-0 11 g3
£ig4 12 S d l? ? (12 We4) 12...&xf2 0-1
Kampe-Unruh, Germany 1938.
a2) 5...a5 6 e3 i.g4?! (6...i.c5) 7
i.e 2 £.xf3 8 i.x f3 i.c 5 ? 9 e6! fxe6?? 10
Axc6+ 1-0 A.Denker-M.Smith, New
York 1939. 10...bxc6 11 Ш5+.
a3) 5...i.g4 6 £>bd2 Ш 1 1 b4 We6 8
&b2 0-0-0 9 Bel £lge7 10 Ь5? £)xe5 11
£ixd4?? £sd3# 0-1 P.Hanssen-K.Michel-
sen, Norway 1965.
b) 5<£\bd2:
7 £>xd4?? £ld3# 0-1 Dudkin-Sorokin,
Dubna 1967.
b2) 5 ...i.e7 6 <S3b3 Ag4 7 £ibxd4
J.b4+) 9...^.xf3 10 gxf3 bxc6 0-1
H.Dietz-G.Kadas, Kecskemet 1987.
c) 5 g3 i.g 4 6 i.g 2 W d71 ШЬЗ 0-0-0
8 0-0 i.h 3 ? 9 e6! i.x e6 10 £>e5 Ше8 11
£>xc6 bxc6 12 Ш 4 ФЫ 13 Ш 5+ 1-0
G.MacDonald-Ross - Westwood, Lon­
don 1980.
4...i.b4+ 5 i.d 2 dxe3! (D)
6 ±xb4?
6 ®a4+? £ic6 7 i.x b 4 exf2+ 8 * x f2
WM+ 9 g3 Ш 4+ 10 <&g2 ШхЬ2+ (0-1
Edwards-N.Whitaker, Pennsylvania 1921)
11 £id2 Wxal 12 £>gf3 Wb2 13 a3 i.g 4
0-1 A.Petrov-Pantaleev, Bulgaria 1973.
6...exf2+ 7 Фе2 fxgl^+! 0-1
8 Bxgl Jig4+ wins the queen.
Slav Defence
Fuster - Drucker
Budapest 1936
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 £lf3
3 £ic3 £>f6 4 jLg5 £ie4 5 £)xe4 dxe4 6
e3?? Wn5+ 0-1 Pentebre-Weber, Siegen
OL 1970.
3 cxd5 cxd5 4 £ic3 £lf6:
a) 5 i.f4 ШЬ6 6 ШЬЗ ®хЬЗ?! 7 ахЬЗ
£\а6 8 еЗ еб 9 i.b 5 + £sd7?? 10 Вхаб
 Queen’s Gambit and Queen’s Pawn Game
bxa6 11 Ac6 1-OBiriukov-Frolov, USSR
1968.
b) 5 Ag5 £)e4 6 ^ x e 4 dxe4 7 e3??
®a5+ 8 Wd2 Wxg5 0-1 K.Weywara-
K.Miinsch, Waldshut 1991.
3.. .dxc4
3.. .1.g4? 4 £>e5 i.f5 5 cxd5 cxd5? 6
£sc3 (6 e4! dxe4 {6...i.xe4 7 ±b5+} 7
Wb3!) 6...e6? 7 ®а4+ £id7 8 e4! i.d 6 9
£sxd7 Wxd7 10 J.b5 1-0 C.Matamoros-
G.Madikwe, Lucerne OL 1982.
4 ^e5
4 e3 Jie6 (a greedy move, which L.Csema-L.Szollosi, Budapest 1983.
White seeks to punish) 5 £)g5?? ®a5+
(it’s very embarrassing for a grandmaster
to miss such a simple move!) 0-1 I.Fa-
rago-V.Bliumberg, Budapest 1994.
4.. .1.f5 5 a4 e6 6 4lc3 i.b 4 7 £ixc4i.g 6 + * e 7 13 '&b4+ 1-0 E.Zinner-E.Ca-
£ f6 8 f3
The game has now transposed to a
main line of the Slav, normally reached
via the move-order 3...£)f6 4 <53c3 dxc4 5
a4 i.f5 6 £\e5 e6 7 f3 i.b 4 8 £ixc4 (8 e4
Axe4 is a major alternative, with unclear
play).
8.. .£)bd7?!
8.. .c5 and 8...0-0 are viable, the latter1-0 Komoltsev-Arianov, Alma-Ata 1964.
because 9 e4?! can be answered by
9...£lxe4.
9 e4! (D)
Now this move is strong, since the
piece sacrifice is ineffective due to a spe­
cific tactical point.
199
9.. .£ixe4? 10 fxe4 Wh4+ 11 Ф й2
1i rxe4? 12 Ы б +l
Overloading the black bishop.
12.. .1.xd6 13 £\xe4 1-0
A.Mazai - Savchak
Kovel 1989
1 d4 d5 2 £if3 £if6 3 c4 c6 4 cxd5
4 Wc2 <£a6 5 i.f 4 £ ft4 6 «Ъ З e5 7
dxe5 i.f 5 8 £ia3 Wa5 9 &d2 <йе4 10
cxd5 i.c 5 11 ii.e3?? £.xe3 12 ШхеЗ
£lxd5 (n..M xa3r) 13 ®d4 &b4 0-1
4 e3 and now:
a) 4...£lbd7 5 i.d 3 a6 6 <S)bd2 e5? 7
cxd5 cxd5? (7...exd4 8 dxc6 Q)c5) 8 dxe5
£sg4 9 ®a4! h5 10h3 4ih6 11 e6! fxe6 12
nal, Mahrisch-Ostrau 1933.
b) 4...i.f5:
b l) 5 i.d 3 i.g 6 6 < £ ic3 e6 7 0 -0 £ .d 6 8
b3 £>bd7 9 S e l 0-0 10 e4?? i.b 4 ! 0-1
A.Kranz-H.Gretarsson, Schaan 1996.
b2) 5 Ш З Ш б 6 cxd5 ШхЬЗ 7 ахЬЗ
i.x b l? (7...cxd5 8 £)c3) 8 dxc6 i.e4 ?
(8...£ixc6 9 ДхЫ) 9 Дха7Н Sxa7 10 c7
4.. .cxd5 5£ic3£ic6
5.. .g6 6 &f4 i.g 7 7 еЗ Ша5?! 8 ±Ь5+
i.d 7 9 ШЬЗ 0-0?! 10 i.x d 7 £)bxd7 11
Ш Ы Hfc8 12 0-0 £ie4?? 13 Wxd5 1-0
J.Nogueiras-Arencibia, Bayamo 1987.
6 i.f4
6 jLg5?! £)e4! 7 £lxe4? dxe4 8 d5
# а 5 + 9 Ш 2 £ib4 10 4 Ш e 5 ! 11 dxe6
£МЗ+ 0-1 NN-Wildsehutz, Berlin 1936.
6.. Ш 6
A risky attempt to liven up the Ex­
change Slav, in which Black must nor­
mally play accurately for a draw. A more
fashionable idea for Black is to play
6...a6 with several possible follow-ups,
including ...ШЬб, but only if appropri­
ate.
6.. .jLg4?! 7 £ie5 « Ь 6 8 <&xg4 £>xg4
9 £ixd5 (9 e4!) 9...'Ba5+ 10 £lc3 e5 11
200 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
dxe5? ШЪ6 12 еЗ ?? # x b 2 13 £ie4 i.b 4 +
0 -1 1.Ochoa-R.Nichols, Colorado 1987.
6...e6 7 e3 i.e 7 8 i.d 3 0-0 9 0-0 ^ h 5
10 i.e 5 f6? 11 £lg5!! fxe5? 12 i.xh7+
ФЬ8 13 £if7+! 1-0 Fuster-Negyesy, Bu­
dapest 1947.
7 e3 &f5 8 i.e2 !? (D)
White refuses to be inconvenienced
by the attack on b2 and dares Black to try
his luck.
8...e6
To make sense of his play, Black should
grab the pawn, viz. 8...®xb2 9 4ib5 (the
reason why ...a6 is often played in prepa­
ration for the queen raid) and now:
a) 9...Sc8 10 0-0 and now 10...a6 11
£lc7+ ^ d 8 12 £lg5 Ag6 13 JLd3 is pre­
carious for Black, though he could in­
stead try 10...e6.
b) 9...0-0-0? 10 H cl! (10 0-0 a6 11
Ша4 # x e2 !? and it is not at all clear how
White is to demonstrate compensation)
10.. .®b4+ (10...«xa2 11 &e5) 11 Ф й
wins.
c) 9...®b4+!? (it is logical to give a
disruptive check before White can castle)
10 Ф й Sc8 looks OK for Black.
d) 9...e5 and now:
d l) 10 dxe5 JLb4+ 11 Ф й was given
by Matsukevich as much better for
White, but this is not at all clear after
11.. .£te4, e.g. 12&с7+Ф18 13&xa8(13
Hbl &g3+) 13...£ic3.
d2) 10 £ic7+ Фd7 11 £sxe5+ £ixe5
12 dxe5 jLc2 is not clear either: 13 ® cl
ШсЗ+ 14 Ф й ЖаЗ (14...Фхс7) 15 Ше1
^ x e l- i- 16 Hxel.
9 0-0 ±е7?
9.. .а6 more circumspect.
10 £lb5 0-0??
Ю...Нс8 11 £к16+ i.x d 6 12 i.x d 6
£sxd4 13 £\xd4 Wxd6 14 £lxf5 exf5 15
Wa4+ Zh&l 16 ®xa7 is a positional wreck
for Black.
11 Дс7Ша6 12 £)d61-0
Veselovsky - Kudishevich
USSR 1969
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 £\f3 £if6 4 ® c3
dxc4
4.. .6 .d 7 5 cxd5 cxd5 6 Ш З еб 7
i.g 5 i.e 7 8 e3 0-0 9 i.d 3 b6 10 Ш 4 a6
11 £>е5 £)xe5? 12 dxe5 £ld7?? 13 Wh4!
1-0 Reich-Havasi, Budapest 1935.
4.. .JLf5?! 5 cxd5 cxd5?! 6 Wb3 is very
awkward for Black:
a) 6...b6? 7 e3 (7 e4! wins more or
less by force: 7...dxe4 8 <53e5 e6 9 ДЬ5+
£}fd7 10 g4 i.g 6 11 h4) 7...e6 8 i.b 5 +
£ibd7 9 Wa4 ± d 6 10 £ie5 * c 7 ? ? 11
i.x d 7 + ®xd7 12 £rt>5 ® b8 13 £)c6 1-0
Brustle-Rotsch, corr. 1940.
b) б-.'й'Ьб 7 ^ x d 5 Wxb3?! (7...£)xd5
8 Wxd5 e6 gives Black a little more hope)
8 £ixf6+ exf6 9 axb3 i.c 2 10 i.d 2 £.xb3
11 e4 i.d 6 ? 12 d5 i.c 2 ? 13 S c l! 1-0
K.Pytel-F.Roder, Erlangen 1981.
5e4?!
5 <^e5 b5 6 g3 b4? 7 £ia4 Ш 5 8 f3
£\bd7 9 e4 Wa5 (9...£ixe4?? 10 i.x c4 )
10 £\xc4 Ш 5 11 i.f 4 i.b 7 12 h4 % 6
13 ^ c 5 ! 1-0 D.Andersen-S.Niehaus,
Dortmund 1992.13...£>xc5 14 4ie5 Wh5
15 g4.
5 e3 b5 6 a4 b4 7 £>a2 a5 8 i.x c 4
i.g4?? 9 foe 5 (9 £.xf7+ Ф хП 10 £ie5+)
9...i.h5? (9...i.e6) 10 « x h 5 ! £>xh5 11
jLxf7# 1-0 F.Stegeman-H.Spronk, Soest
1996.
 Queen’s Gambit and Queen’s Pawn Game
5 a4 JLf5 and now:
a) 6 £>bd7 7 £>xc4 « c 7 8 f3 e5 9
e4 Деб? (9...exd4) 10 d5 cxd5 11 exd5
i.f 5 12 £>b5 * c 5 13 Д еЗ 1-0 A.Kar-
pov-P.Houtsonen, Jyvaskyla simul 1989.
b) 6 еЗ ‘й а б 7 Д хс4 £1Ь4 8 %3е5
£ic2+?? 9 # х с 2 Д хс2 10 ДхГ7# 1-0
Bodenstein-W.Koch, Berlin 1930.
5...b5 6 е5 £>d5 7 а4 еб 8 axbS £ixc3
9 ЬхсЗ схЬ5 10 £lg5 ДЬ7 11 Ш 5 Ш 7
12 £\xh7? <^с6! 13 £)xf8? «xd4!< (D)
0-1
Oddly enough, Black’s spectacular fi­
nal move in this game was missed by
Kupreichik in a game he went on to lose
against Kasparov in the 1979 USSR
Championship!
Queen's Gambit Accepted
Aragon - Winfield
D enver 1986
1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 e4
3 e3 e5 4 Дхс4 exd4 5 exd4 53f6 6
£ic3 Де7 7 £rf3 0-0 8 0-0 4ic6 9 h3 ^ a 5
10 Ad3 Д еб 11 S e l Дс4?? 12 Дхс4
<53xc4 13 We2 1-0 Kurajica-P.Nikolic, Yu­
goslavia 1984.
3 £ic3 and now:
а) З...Деб? 4 d5 Дd7 5 e4 c6 (abject;
5...b5 6 a4 b4 followed by ...еб keeps
more of a position for Black) 6 Дхс4
cxd5? 7 «x d 5 еб 8 ®xb7 Дсб? (8...£ic6) Дхе4 9 Дхс4!?
201
9 ДЬ5 Wd7 10 * x a 8 1-0 G.Kozlova-
E.Guseva, USSR worn Spartakiad (Mos­
cow) 1967.
b) 3...g64eЗД g75Д xc4<£lf6 6£>fЗ
£lbd7?? 7 Дх17+ * f 8 (7...*xf7 8 &g5+
forces mate or win of the queen) 8 £sg5
£\b6 9 Ш З 4ie8 10 Д хё6 ZM6 114ixh7+
Hxh7 12 Дх117 еб 13 h4 1-0 E.Ubeira-
R.Mantovani, Los Polvorines 1980.
c) 3...e6 4 e3 £>f6 5 Д хс4 аб 6 # f 3
£ic6 7 £ige2 Д d6 8 M l e5 9 d5?? (9
£)d5) 9 ..^ g 4 10 « g 3 e4 11 Wh4 £ie5
12 ДЬЗ £lg6 13 Wg5 h6 0-1 Hayndl-
Crespi, Sarajevo 1925.
d) 3...e5 4 d5 c6 5 e4 ДЬ4!? б Д хс4
£if6 7 Ш З Ш б 8 ^ e 2 (8 dxc6 £)хсб 9
ДхР7+ Фе7) 8...£lxe4 9 dxc6 0-0?
(9...£>c5!) 10 0-0 ДхсЗ? (10...£)xc3 11
ЬхсЗ Ь5) 11 cxb7 ДхЬ7 12 ®xb7 £ic6 13
ЬхсЗ 1-0 S.Tartakower-G.Ftister, Buda­
pest 1948.
3.. .Ь5?! (D)
3.. .c5 4 d5 еб 5 £sc3 exd5 6 Wxd5
1 ^ 5 7 £>xd5 £la6 8 Д хс4 £>e7?? 9
Дхаб 1-0 J.Dudas-M.Weteschnik, Buda­
pest 1996. 9...£)xd5 10 ДЬ5+ wins a
piece.
4£k3
4 a4.
4.. .a6 5 a4 ДЬ7
5.. .b4.
6 axb5 axb5 7 fixa8 Дха8 8 ^3xb5
202 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

9 l f 4 e5 10 l x e 5 lb 4 + . am sure he is right, as it is the only way to

9.. .±xg2?! 10 l f 4 £>a6 cover the b6-square. Then 10...£)xe4
10.. . 1 . h l 11 £>xc7+ * d 7 12 Wg4+(10...Hb8 11 £ld2; 10...b6 11 £>xb6cxb6
Фсб 13 Wg5! f5 14 ®xf5 e5 15 Шхе5 12 l x b 6 We7 13 a3 £sxe4 14 ± x c 4 is
We7 16 £ie6 Wb4+ 17 A d2 Wxc4 18 extremely good for White) 11 l x c 4 b5
Wc7+ ФЬ5 19 ШхЬ8+ and White wins. 12 l d 3 We7 13 a3 is unclear.
11 Wa4 £if6?? 12 £ixc7# 1-0 10.. .£ixe4 11 * d l c3! 0-1
12 b4 b6 13 ®a3 a5 14 Шс1 axb4
M.Dlescas - M.Sadler leaves White in a total mess; even so,
Linares Z 1995 most players would have battled on.
1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 e4 £k6 4 Jte3
4 £sf3 l g 4 5 l x c 4 e6 6 d5 exd5 7 V.Korchnoi - Z.Mestrovic
l x d 5 Ш 7?! (7 ...Ш ) 8 0-00-0-0 9 ®b3 Sarajevo 1969
£\f6?? (9...1xf3) 10 £ie5 Wxd5 11 exd5 1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 e4 e5 4 £)f3
£ixe5 12 £}сЗ 1-0 G.Gartner-G.Mainka, 4 d5?! £)f6 5 Wa4+? c6 6 dxc6 5)xc6
Zurich 1988. 7 1 х с 4 Ш 4 8 f3?? I b 4 + 0-1 K.Gun-
4.. .<53f6 5 £ic3 e5 6 d5 £>a5 7 £if3gerich-K.Mesropov, Moscow 1990.
ld 6 4.. .exd4
7.. .a6?! 8 £lxe5 is good for White. 4.. .1 .4 ? ! 5 1 х с 4 £юб?! б ^ Ь З ± h 5 ?
8Wa4+ (6...®fe7 7 lx f 7 + ®xf7 8 ШхЪ7) 7 ШЬ7
The immediate impact of Illescas’s £)xd4 8 4ixd4 exd4 9 Wc6+ Фе7 10 ЬЗ
loss in this game suggested that this 1-0 T.Melody-J.Spinale, ШСС 1996.
move itself fell into a trap. However, this 5 lx c 4 lb 4 + 6 £ibd2 <£ic6 7 0-0
is not so; his error came later. £ih6?! 8 £>b3 ± g4 9 ±d5 £>e5?? 10
8.. .±d7!? Wxd4 £ixf3+ 11 gxf3 lx f 3 12 lx h 6
8.. .c6 9 dxc6 £)xc6 10 JLxc4 is good 12 # x g 7 !? Sg8 (12...Wh4 13 £sd4)
for White. 13 lx f 7 + .
9 WxaS a6! (D) 12.. .'Srd7?
This is Sadler’s idea: the white queen П...Ш 6 13 1W 6 gxf6 14 ± f4 .
is short of squares. 13 Ш5+ 1-0

M.Krasenkov - A.Kharlov
USSR Ch (Moscow) 1991
1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4
2.. .e6 3 £if3 dxc4 4 еЗ аб 5 <йе5 £id7
6 £>xd7 l x d 7 7 l x c 4 l c 6 8 0-0 M b 9
£ic3 Wh4 10 f4 £if6 11 М 2 (a good re­
ply to Black’s crude attacking scheme)
1l...&g4?! 12 h3 ®g3?? (12...h5? {threat­
ening 13...% 3} 13 l e i ) 13 Wxg4 (a
simple blind spot) 1-0 F.Marshall -
F.Duz-Khotimirsky, Karlsbad 1911.
3£if3a6
10 £sbl? 3.. .Ь5?! 4 a4 сб 5 e3 l d 7 ? 6 £>e5 аб?
10 £la4 is suggested as best by Rend7 axb5 cxb5? 8 Ш З 1-0 J.Blackbume-
Mayer in the Spanish magazine Jaque. I Fleissig, Vienna 1873.
 Queen’s Gambit and Queen’s Pawn Game 203

3.. .g6 4 e3 i.g 7 5 i.x c 4 £>d7?? 6Шхй7 9 Ab5 1-0 H.Atkins-I.Gunsberg,

jtxf7+! * x f7 7 £lg5+ Ш 8 «ТЗ+ &xg5 Hanover 1902.
9 e4+ ФЬ4 10 ® h3# 1-0 E.Pruner-NN, 4.. .cxd4 5 ®xd4 Wxd4 6 £)xd4 аб?
Hollywood 1951. Possibly thinking of hanging on to the
4 e4 pawn by ...b5, but this is hopelessly unre­
4 e3 b5 5 a4 Ab7 6 axb5 axb5 7 Жха8alistic.
jLxa8 8 ЬЗ e6 9 bxc4 bxc4 10 £)e5 c5?? 6.. .e5 7 <SMb5 &d8 is OK for Black.
(10...£lf6 is quite safe, for example 11 7 £>d5 <£d8?
®а4+ ®bd7) 11 # a 4 + i x 6 (11...SM7 7.. .Жа7.
12 £>xd7 ®xd7 13 Шха8+) 12 £}xc6 8<£>b6
«И7 13 Wa8 1-0 L.Szabo-Kellner, Vi­ 8 i.d 2 ! £id7?? (8...a5 keeps some
enna 1947. grovelling chances) 9 Jta5+ b6 10 £)c6+
4.. .b5 5 a4 jtb7 6 axb5 axb5 7 Жха8Фе8 11 £ sc7# 1-0 Steiner-Stiassny, Brunn
i.xa8 8 £кЗ сб 9 d5 e6 10 ±f4!? (D) 1925.
8.. .5 .7
8.. .e5!?.
9 ± f4 e5
9.. .£\c6? 10 0-0-0; 9 ..Ш 7 10 0-0-0.
10±xe5±b 4+?
10.. .£)d7 survives longer at least:
a) 11 0-0-0 £)xe5 and now 12 £se6+
Фе7 13 £ixf8 (13 £ixc8+ Фхеб 14 £ixa7
± c5 ) 13...i.f5 or 1 2 £к6+ Ф с7 13 &хе5
JLe6.
b) I l£ lx c 4 i.b 4 + 12^>dl.
11 * d l f6
11.. .^ c 6 12i.xg7.
This move was a novelty. 12 £xb8 1-0
10.. .b4?
10.. .exd5; 10...cxd5. Raditsch - B.Ivkov
11 dxe6! We7? Yugoslavia 1948
11.. .fxe6 12 Wxd8+ * x d 8 13 i.x b 8 1 d4 £if6 2 £if3 d5 3 c4 dxc4 4 a4? c5
bxc3 14 bxc3 and JLxc4 gives White a 5 £>c3?!
clear extra pawn. 5e3.
1 l...bxc3?? 12 exf7+ Фе7 13 fxg8<§3+ 5.. .cxd4 6 ®xd4
fixg8 14 JLg5+. 6 £lxd4 e5.
12 £)a4! 1-0 6.. .1.d7
The b8-knight is trapped: 12...^а6 13 After White’s feeble 4th move, Black
J.xc4. is effectively playing as if White, and
avoids an exchange of queens.
Kruger - Crossley 7 » x c4
New South Wales 1952 7 e4 £ic6 8 Ш с4 Пс8.
1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 £lf3 c5 4 £\c3 7.. .£lc6 8 ±f4?! Жс8 9 Жdl e5 10
4 e3 i.g 4 ? ! 5 i.x c4 e6 6 Wa4+ £ld7 7 ±g3?
£ie5 JLf5?? (7...<£if6 limits the damage to 10 ± g 5 £\b4 11 i.x f6 £ic2+ (or
just conceding the bishop-pair) 8 *hxd7 1 l../tx f 6 12 Ше4) 12 * d 2 gxf6 13 We4
204 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

(not 13 0(15? £lb4) and White isn’t lost 11 Sxa6! £ixa6 12 ®xb5+ 1-0 S.Papa-
yet. cek-P.Jerabek, Karvina 1989.
10.. A b 4 11 ШЬЗ Ш61 b) 4 ...^g 4 5 Дхс4 еб 6 £te3 c5? (ex­
Threatening 12..Ad3+. posing the queenside light squares when
12 &d2 the light-squared bishop is cut off from
A desperate attempt to save the queen. them cannot be a good idea) 7 Ш&4+£)bd7
12.. .Де6 13 ®a3 Sxc3 0-1 8 Zhe5 (making a nonsense of Black’s
...£le4+ follows. ...J.g4) 8...i.h5 9 d5! exd5 10 £ixd5
£ixd5? (10...a6 11 £ixd7 £ixd7 isn’t
J.Sajtar - B.Sliwa completely hopeless for Black) 11 £sxd7
Warsaw 1947 Фе7 12 Axd5 # x d 7 13 ® h4+ 1-0 H-
I d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 £tf3 £T6 4 Ша4+ H.Sonntag-P.Hoffman, Eupenrpd 1996.
-&bd7 c) 4...a6 5 Д хс4 еб 6 0-0 Ь5 7 ± d 3
4.. .C6 5 Wxc4 i.f 5 6 £ic3 £lbd7 ДЬ7 7 8 Ше2 с5 9 dxc5 Дхс5? (9...£юб)
i.g 5 ?! «Ъ 6! 8 ® d2? >fxb2 9 £ib3? 10 ДхЬ5+! <£ю6 11 Д с4 Вс8? 1-0 С.Вег-
£>b6 10 Wc5 еб 11 i . c l Шс2 12 Wa5 nard - J-P.Renaudin, Val МаиЬиёе 1990.
?hc4 0-1 P.Varley-P.Motwani, British Ch d) 4...е6:
(Southampton) 1986. d l) 5 £)сЗ аб 6 а4 с5 7 Д хс4 £ к б 8
5 ^сЗ еб 6 e4 c5 7 d5 exd5 8 e5 d4 90-0 Шс7 9 Ше2 Д d6 10 S d l 0-0 11 dxc5
Дхс4 Дхс5 12e4?£)g4! 13 B fl??£ id 4 (a typ­
9 exf6 dxc3 10 Д хс4 Wxfb 11 JLg5 ical trick that White must look out for in
Wc6 12 0-0-0!! is one of the most famous such positions) 0-1 P.Kilthau-A.Wohl-
opening traps, as seen in Taimanov- schlegel, Baden-Baden 1993.
Polugaevsky, USSR Ch 1960 and C.Gar- d2) 5 Д хс4 c5 6 0-0 a6 7 £ к З b5 8
cia-Palermo-B.Gelfand, Oakham 1988. Ad3 ДЬ7 9 We2 £)c6 10 S d l Wc7 11
9.. .dxc3 10 £ig5!? dxc5 Дхс5 12 e4? £ig4! 13 S fl? ? £id4
10 0-0 Ь5 11 ДхЬ5 £id5 12 Дсб £ib6 0- 1 D.Altmann-Katz, Siracusa 1943.
13 ®e4 Sb8 14 £sg5, intending e6, is 4.. .e6
good for White - ECO. 4.. .a6 5 e4 b5 6 e5 £М5 7 £\g5 (7 a4 is
Ю...Ше7?? the normal move, when one line runs
10.. . 1 . 7 11 exf6 We5+ 12 ДеЗ gxf67...c6 8 axb5 £lxc3 9 bxc3 cxb5 10 £)g5 f6
13 £lxf7 certainly isn’t bad for White. 11 « f 3 Sa7 12 еб) 7..Т6 8 еб?? (White
10.. .£ig4 11 £.xf7+ Фе7 12 Wxg4gets his variations mixed up; 8 £)xd5
<?ixe5 13 We2 Wd4 14 0-0 JLg4 is very ®xd5 9 Д е2 is OK) 8...fxg5 0-1 V.Doro-
messy and unclear. shkevich-O.Karpeshov, Lvov 1986.
II JLxf7+ 1-0 4.. .c5 5 d5 еб 6 e4 exd5 7 e5 d4? 8
Дхс4 Д еб? 9 Д хеб fxe6 10 exf6 Wa5
Y.Ikonnikov - H.Marks (10...dxc3 11 f7+) ll£ )e5 ! Wc7 (1 l...dxc3
Schwabisch Gmtind 1995 1 2 f7 + * e 7 13 ± g5#; ll...gxf6 1 2 « h 5 +
1 d4 d5 2 £>f3 3 c4 dxc4 4 ^ c3 &d8 13 & f7+ Фс7 14 ^ d 2 ) 12 ® h5+
This move, the Two Knights, was very 1- 0 A.O’Kelly de Galway-A.Davie, Dun­
popular in the 1980s, but the traditional dee 1967.
main line, 4 e3, has reasserted its place as 5 e4 c5 6 d5 exd5 7 e5 d4? 8 Дхс4 (D)
the most popular in the 1990s: 8.. .Де6?
a) 4...b5?! 5 a4 c6 6 ЬЗ Д аб? 7 axb5 8.. .dxc3 9 ^ x f7 + Фе7 10 exf6+ gxf6
cxb5 8 bxc4 « Ь 6 ? 9 c5 ШЬ7 10 * Ь З e6? leaves White with ‘only’ a clear advantage
У
 Queen’s Gambit and Queen’s Pawn Game
- this is identical to the game, except that
Black has an extra bishop on c8!
9 Дхеб dxc3?
9.. .fxe6 10 exf6 dxc3? 11 f7+.
10 ±xf7+ Ф е711 exf6+ gxf612 Wb3
ШЬ6 13 ЬхсЗ
Perhaps Black now did a piece-count.
1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined: 2...e6
Miscellaneous
H.Pillsbury - NN
New Jersey blindfold simul 1899
1 d4 d5
1.. .« f6 2 £tf3 d5 3 c4 еб 4 i.g 5 dxc4 9 Дхс7 dxc3 10 аЗ c2+ 11 Wd2 Дxd2+
5 Wa4+ £ibd7 6 Wxc4 c5 7 « с З a6 8 a4
cxd4 9 £sxd4?? £le5 0-1 A.Schmied-
J.Aagaard, Copenhagen Open 1995.
2 c4 еб 3 £k3
3 аЗ?! c5 4 dxc5 Дхс5 5 b4?? jLxf2+!
6 &d2 (6 ФхП №6+) 6...Ш6 1 Ha2
i.x g l 8 Фс2 M l 9 a4 <^c6 10 ФЬЗ dxc4+
11 ФаЗ a5 0-1 F.Fahrholz-N.Zinina, Catto-
lica 1993.
3.. .C6 4 «113
4 JLf4 dxc4 5 e3 b5 6 a4 ДЬ4? 7 axb5
cxb5 8 Ш Ш 5 9 Wg3 1-0 I.Niko-
laidis-G.Vouros, Athens 1993.
4 e4 ДЬ4 5 ^ d 3 e5 6 dxe5 dxe4 7
Дхе4 Д хсЗ+ 8 ЬхсЗ 1Brxdl+ 9 ^ x d l
Деб 10 S b l « а б 11 ДхЬ7?? 0-0-0+ 0-1
N N - Abrahams, Moscow 1949.
4.. .±d6
205
4.. .f5 5 cxd5 exd5 6 Wc2 ± d 6 7 ^ g 5 !
<&f6? (7...«e7 8 Дхе7 Д хе7) 8 ^ x f6
Wxf6? (8...gxf6) 9 £ixd5 1-0 G.Kaida-
nov-C.Lakdawala, USA 1990.
5 e4 £le7 6 ± d 3 0-0?! 7 eS Дс7
7.. .ДЬ4 8 M h l+ ФхЬ7 9 £ig5+ ^ g 6
1 0 1i fg4 f5 is similar, but White will not
be able to bring his queen’s knight into
the attack.
8 i.xh7+ ФхЬ7 9 <£g5+ * g 6 10 Hg4
f5 11 Wg3 f d7??
11.. .f4 12 # g 4 « е 8 13 «1е2 is good
for White.
1 2 lb 4 1 -0
Now it will be mate.
Tarrasch Defence
S.Khalilbeili - S.Furman
Tbilisi 1956
1 d4 d5 2 c4 еб 3 « с З c5 4 cxd5 (D)
4 Af4?! cxd4 5 ДхЬ8?? dxc3 6 Де5
cxb2 0-1 NN - R.Bruening, Berlin 1907.
7 ДхЬ2 ДЬ4+.
4 « f 3 and now:
a) 4...£>c65i.f4?!cxd46«> xd4i.b4
7 «db5?! d4! 8 « c 7 + ? (8 a3) 8...#xc7!
12 &xd2 e5 13 Фхс2 * d 7 0-1 N.Gre-
kov-N.Grigoriev, Moscow 1919.
b) 4...cxd4 5 « x d 4 e5 6 «ГС d4 7
« d 5 « f 6 8 ^ g 5 Д еб 9 e4 dxe3?? and
1-0 T.Wiersma-M.Euwe, Amsterdam
1920. 10 « x f6 + gxf6 11 Wxd8+ * x d 8
12 ДхГ6+.
4.. .exdS
4.. .cxd4?! is the Hennig-Schara Gam­
bit:
a) 5 dxe6?! dxc3?? (5...Дхеб) 6
exf7+ Фе7 7 fxg8«+! Hxg8? (7...Фе8)
8 Д g5+ Фе8 9 * Ь З 1-0 D.Fidlow-
Mayer, New York 1950.
b) 5 Wxd4 « с б 6 ® dl exd5 7 Wxd5
Дd7 8 аЗ?! « f 6 9 ®g5? « d 4 ! 10 We3+
Деб 11 Wd3 Д с4 0-1 Rossem-Selman,
corr. 1933.
206 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
c) 5 I a 4 + i.d 7 6 Wxd4 exd5 7£if3?!
(White should take the pawn) 7...£)c6?! 8
«еЗ+?! i.e 6 9 &d4 Ш 10 £ixe6 ®xe6
11 £sxd5? 0-0-0! 12£rf4?(12&c3£>b4)
12.. .1.b4+ 13 i d 2 ШхеЗ 0-1 J.M.Carras-
co-M.A.Martinez, Spanish Cht 1992.
5 £lf3 £ic6 6 g3
6 Wa4? i.d 7 7 dxc5 i.x c5 8 £lxd5?
£ib4! 9 f d l &xd5 10 Ш й5 ®a5+ 11
* d l (11 i.d 2 i.x f2 + ; 11 Wd2 i.b 4 )
11.. .1.a4+ 12 b3 Sd8 0-1 D.Murray- der-R.Mann, Mendig U-17 1994.
M.Wood, Colorado 1987.
6 .. .C4
6.. .£)f6 7 i.g 5 cxd4 8 &xd4 i.e 7 910 f4 ^ e 4 ? 11 i.x e7 Ш е7 12 i.x e 4 g5
i.g 2 0-0 10 e3 i.g 4 11 Ша4 h6?? 12
<£\xc6 1-0 H.Lahlum-R.Bozzo, Gausdal
International 1992. 12...bxc6 13 A xf6
A xf6 14 Wxg4.
7 e4 dxe4 8 £sg5 *xd4 9 i.f4
9A e3.
9.. .1.b4! 10 <Sigxe4??
10 1Hrxd4 £sxd4 11 0-0-0 i.x c3 12
bxc3 £le6.
10.. .#xe4+ 0-1
Exchange Variations
A.Kotov - T.Petrosian
USSR Ch (Moscow) 1949
1 d4 d5 2 c4
2 £tf3 & f6 3 c4 e6 4 £\c3 £)bd7 5
cxd5 exd5 6 Ш з сб 7 e4?! dxe4?!
(7...£ixe4 8 £ixe4 ®e7) 8 i.c 4 ®e7?
(8...£\d5) 9 £\g5 £)d5? 10 i.x d 5 cxd5 11
£\xd5 * d 8 12 £ jc7+ 1-0 Foldesy-Negy-
esi, Budapest 1928.
2.. .e6 3 £ic3 £sf6
3.. .c6 4 & f3 £sf6 5 i.g 5 £ibd7 6
cxd5 exd5 7 еЗ i.e 7 8 ® с2 0-0 9 i.d 3
Se8 10 0-0-0 h6 11 i.f 4 b5?? 12 £>xb5!
1-0 R.Junge-W.Andre, 2nd Bundesliga
1990/1. 12...cxb5 13 i.c7 .
3.. .1.e7 4 ®c2 £if6 5 cxd5 exd5 6
i.g 5 c6 7 e3 i.g 4 8 i.d 3 £ibd7 9 h3 i.h5?
10 f4! 1-0 D.Bekker Jensen-M.Soot,
Tallinn jr 1997.
4 cxd5
4 i.g 5 i.e 7 5 e3 0-0 6 cxd5 exd5 7
£sf3 £ie4?? 8 A x e l £ixc3? (8...*xe7 9
£sxd5) 9 i.x d 8 £ixdl 10 i.e 7 Se8 11
i.a 3 £ixe3 12 fxe3 Sxe3+ 13 4>f2 1-0
E.Tall-B.Jones, Michigan 1975.
4.. .exd5 5 i.g 5 i.e7
5.. .c6 6 e3 i.f5 7 i.d 3 i.x d 3 8 Wxd3
£\bd7 9 &f3 i.e 7 10 0-0 ®c7? 11 Sac 1
h6 1 2 i.f4 i.d 6 ? ? 13 ^ b 5 1-0 To.Schnei-
6 еЗ c6 7 « c 2
7 i.d 3 i g 4 8 Wc2 £ibd7 9 h3 i.h 5
(or 12...dxe4 13 g4) 13 i.f 3 i.g 6 1-0
T.Pahtz-R.Broemel, E.German Ch (Stral-
sund) 1988.
7.. .6.4?? 8 i.xe7 Wxe7 9 <£ixd5! (D)
A standard theme.
9...cxd5 10 «xc8+ * d 8 11 i.b5+
£ic6 12 i.xc6+ bxc6 13 Шхс6+ 1-0
 Queen’s Gambit and Queen’s Pawn Game 207

5 JLf4 System 6...ДЬ4+ 7 £se4 (7...Да5 8 Wa4!

c6 9 £ld6+ gives White a large advan­
E.Ibrahim - N.Lopez tage) 8 £ ixc7+ # xc7 (8...&f8 9 £ixa8) 9
Bratislava girls U-16 Wch 1993 Дхс7 JLxd2+ 10 Wxd2 £}xd2 11 * x d 2
I d4 d5 2 £lf3 3 c4 e6 4 £k3 b6 5 dxc4 12 e3 rounds up the c4-pawn, e.g.
± f4 i.b 7 6 e3 c5? 12...b5 13 a4.
Black cannot afford to open up her 7 dxe5 c6?
queenside like this when she is still so far 7.. .£>h5.
from castling. 8 exf6 ДЬ4+ 9 £>c3 *xf6
7 cxd5 £sxd5 One suspects Black miscalculated
Another piece is taken off d7 guard- somewhere!
duty, but 7...exd5 8 i.xb8 (8 i.b 5 + £ibd7) 10 fU 4 '»xd411 £ixd4 £ib 612 cxd5
8...®xb8 9 Д.Ь5+ forces a king move, £ixd5 13 Дd2 1-0
while 7...cxd4 8 JLb5+ £sbd7 9 dxe6 costs
Black a pawn. Ragozin and Vienna Defences
8 ДЬ5+ £)d7??
8.. .±c6; 8...£ic6. Kamishov - Sokolsky
9 £>xd5 exd5 10 <йе5 Дс8 Leningrad 1933
White can now win pretty much as she 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 <2)c3 £if6 4 £>f3
pleases. ДЬ4 5 Дg5
II Дсб 5 cxd5 exd5 6 Ag5 h6 7 ДЬ4 g5 8
11 ® f3 ! also wins nicely. Ag3 £>e4 9 £)d2 £ixg3 10 hxg3 сб 11 e3
11.. .f6 * f 6 12 М 3 i.f5 ?? 13 Wf3 (an example
11.. .5 .8 12 £)xf7 &xf7 13 Wh5+ g6of ‘loose pieces drop off’) 1-0 J.Yijola-
14 Шх<15+ <&g7 15 i.xb8. J.Boguszlavszky, Kecskemet 1987.
12 Ш 5+ 1-0 5.. .dxc4
5.. .£ibd7 6 e3 c5 7 cxd5 exd5 8 B el
P.Toloza - R.David Ша5 9 ^ x f6 £ M 6 10 ДЬ5+?? # x b 5 0-1
Pamaiba U-26 Wcht 1995 C.Pimmingstorfer-J.von Hartlieb, NRW-
1 d4 d5 2 £if3 £)f6 3 c4 e6 4 ^c3 Де7 Liga 1 1991/2.
5 ± f4 6e4
The idea of this move is not generally 6 # 3 4 + <£ic6 7 £)e5?? (this ‘aggres­
to create a cheap threat against c7, but if sive’ move is just a horrible miscalcula-
Black is careless... tion/oversight) 7...Wxd4 (White could
5.. .£>bd7? already resign) 8 £>xc6 Д хсЗ+ 9 ЬхсЗ
5.. .0.0 6 e3 c5 7 i.e 2 cxd4 8 £ixd4Wxc3+ 10 & dl W xal+ 11 * c 2 ^ d 7 0-1
£lc6 9 cxd5 exd5 10 0-0 «Ъ6?! 11 <SMb5 Chaney-Marcou, corr. 1976.
Деб?! 12 a3 (12 Д с7!? Шс5 13 аЗ d4 6.. .b5?! 7 e5 h6 8 ДЬ4 g5 9 £ixg5
opens an emergency exit for the queen at Ш5?!
the cost of a pawn) 12...Bac8?! 13 Дс7! 9.. .hxg5 10 ± xg5 £>bd7 11 # f 3 Bb8
1-0 K.Giretti-C.Perissinotto, Ceriano 12 exf6 is considered good for White.
Laghetto 1997. A puzzling resignation, 10 £>xf7 £ie4?!
as 13...Hxc714 ^ a 4 ®a5 15b4<$3xb4 16 10.. .'Й’е4+ is a better try, though still
axb4 ДхЬ4 17 £>Ь2 « Ь 6 18 £)xc7 Ш с1 very suspect for Black.
19 Sxa7 isn’t completely lost for Black. I l * h 5 £}xc3??
6 £sb5! e5 Black can limp on by 1l...'3?d7.
208 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
12 £\d8+! 1-0
12.. .* d 7 13 *17+ L t l 14 ®xe7#.
Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Jonathan - Yedidia
Pennsylvania 1982
1 d4 £)f6 2 c4 e6 3 £>f3 d5 4 £sc3 c5
The standard position of the Semi-
Tarrasch. This move-order is quite com­
mon, though the ‘official’ one is 1 d4 d5 2
c4 e6 3 £ic3 <S)f6 4 £rf3 c5.
5 cxd5
5 еЗ -Sic6 6 аЗ Ь6?! 7 cxd5 exd5
(7...&xd5) 8 i.b 5 Ш б?! (8...±d7) 9 e4
dxe4? 10 d5 £ixd5 11 ®xd5 i.b 7 12
Шхе4+ Ae7 13 JLf4 1-0 E.Lundin-A.Sta-
helin, Zurich 1952.
5 Jtg5 (I have always found this move
incomprehensible) 5...cxd4 6 £lxd4 e5:
a) 7 £\db5 a6! 8 £>xd5?? (8 # a 4 i.d 7
9 cxd5 ШЬ6 10 e4) 8...axb5 9 -SM6+
®xf6! 10 Axf6 i.b 4 + 11 Ш 2 £.xd2+ 12
^ x d 2 gxf6 0-1 R.Fine-M.Yudovich,
Moscow 1937.
b) 7 £ ic 2 d4 8 -Sid5 i.e 6 9 еЗ?! i.xd5
10 cxd5 (10 £.xf6) 10...®а5+ 11 Wd2?
(11 Ф е 2 ) U . . . W x d 2 + 12 Ф х d 2 -Йе4+ 0-1
J.Plackmeyer-B.Wronn, Hamburg 1997.
5.. .-£ixd5 6 e4 cxd4?! (D)
An interesting move - interesting that
it is possible, that is, but it is not a good
‘percentage’ move.
7 exd5
7 ®xd4 transposes to the line 5...cxd4
6 ®xd4 £lxd5 7 e4, so really all Black
has done is give White a rather dangerous
extra option.
7...dxc3 8 &Ь5+ A d7 9 dxe6 We7??
Relying on the pin on the e-file, but
there is a major flaw.
The position after 9...fxe6 is quite un­
clear.
10 i.xd7+ £ixd7 11 *xd7+ Wxd7 12
exd7+ 1-0
Semi-Slav Defence
K.Sloan - D.Gurevich
US Open 1994
1 c4 c6 2 £ic3 d5 3 d4 £lf6 4 £)f3 e6
(D)
This is the standard position of the
Semi-Slav. There are many move-orders
to reach this position, a standard one be­
ing 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 £if3 S)f6 4 £lc3 e6.
5 i.g 5
This is the sharpest move.
5 Ш З £lbd7 6 g3 Ш б 1 A g 2 A t ! 8
0-0 0-0 9 5 e l £>e4 10 S)xe4 dxe4 11
<S)g5?? Wa5 0-1 D.Gurevich-G.Kamsky,
Chicago 1989.
5 e3 is a quieter move, but oddly has
led to more quick disasters:
a) 5.J&e4 6.&d3f5 7 £ s e 5 * h 4 8 0-0
£ d 6 9 f4 0-0 10 A d 2 -Sid7 11 A el We7
 Queen’s Gambit and Queen’s Pawn Game
12 fic l <3?h8 13 Sf3 Hg8?? 1-0 Somo-
gyi-Doppelhammer, Hungary 1988. 14
®g6+ hxg6 15 Hh3+.
b) 5...£ibd7 and now:
b l) 6 Wc2 ± d 6 7 g4 £ixg4 8 S g l h5
9 h3 4ih6 10 Sxg7?? Wf6 11 Sh7 2xh7
12 Wxh7 £\f8 0-1 H.Groffen-M.de Waal,
Vlissingen 1996.
b2) 6 JLd3 and here:
b21) 6...£.d6:
Ь211) 7 0-0 0-0 8 b3 Se8 9 e4?? i.b4!
10 JLg5 Jixc3 11 H cl dxe4 0-1 W.Preck-
winkel-W.Rottstadt, Dortmund 1987.
b212) 7 Шс2 0-0 8 0-0 dxc4 9 i.x c4
e5 10 ЬЗ We7 11 ± d 3 2e8 12 S e l? ? e4
0-1 M.Heyne-V.Secula, Bad Wildbad se­
niors Wch 1997.
b22) 6 ...dxc47i.xc4b5 8 i.d 3 i.b 7 :
b221) 9 0-0 b4 10 £>e4 c5 11 £)xf6+
£ixf6? (Il...gxf6; 11.. .« « 6 ) 12 i.b 5 +
£k!7?? (12...Фе7) 1-0 O.Bewersdorff-
F.Emmerich, Hessen Ch 1988. 13 £se5.
b222) 9 аЗ аб 10 0-0 c5 11 e4 cxd4 12
£)xd4 £)c5 13 f3?? (the tactical defence
of the knight will not work if it drops
with check) 13...Wxd4+ 0-1 A.Krase-
vec-L.Solmajer, Ljubljana 1994.
5...dxc4 6 e4 b5 7 e5 h6 8 i.h 4 g5 9
£lxg5 hxg5 10 i.xg5 £)bd7 11 ®f3?!
i.b 7 12 0-0-0?! (D)
12 i.e 2 .
12...*a5 13 exf6?!
13 Axf6.
209
13.. .b4 0-1
14 £)e4 ® xa2 gives Black a decisive
attack.
Orthodox Defence (including
Cambridge Springs)
LKragelj - Z.Zvan
Bled 1994
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 £>c3 £lf6 4 i.g5
4 £lf3 followed by JLg5 often trans­
poses, e.g. 4...£>bd7 5 Xg5 c6 6 e3 is the
Cambridge Springs.
4.. .1.e7
4.. .5.bd7 5 еЗ c6 6 £>f3 Wa5, the
Cambridge Springs, sets a nasty trap, so
is popular at lower club level:
a) 7 i.d 3 ? &e48'B'c2??'2)xg59£ixg5
dxc4 (0-1 P.Herr-N.Friihe, Eppingen 1988)
10 JLxc4 ®xg5 0-1 Bathelt-Leutz, Ger­
many 1957.
b) 7 Wc2 <S^e4 8 J.d3?? is the same as
line ‘a’.
c) 7 £ld2 ± b 4 8 Шс2 0-0 9 ± d3??
dxc4 0-1 C.Brasket-F.Bender, Milwau­
kee 1986 and E.Kahn-D.Zifroni, Buda­
pest 1996.
5 e3 <£bd7 6 £if3 c6 7 I c l b6 8 ± d 3
h6 9 ±h 4 i.a6?? 10 cxd5! (D)
A typical refutation of a careless
...JLa6.
10...Axd3 11 dxe6 J.f5 12 exd7+
Wxd7 13 0-0 0-0 1-0
6 Indian Defences

G riinfeld Defence Musolino - Porreca

corn 1965
G .A ndruet - A.Bofill 1 d4 2 c4 g6 3 £ic3 d5 (D)
Groningen 1988
1 d4
1 c4 £sf6 2 g3 g6 3 i.g 2 d5 4 <£f3 i.g 7
5 d4 0-0 6 0-0 c6 7 £>аЗ аб?! 8 i.f 4
i.f5 ?! 9 # b 3 b5 10 cxb5 cxb5 11 S fc l
Sa7 12 *hc2 £ibd7? 13 &b4 1-0 Hert-
neck-Fette, Berlin 1986.
1.. .£sf6 2 c4
2 £if3 g6 3 g3 ± g 7 4 i.g 2 d5 5c4 dxc4
6 Ша4+ £sfd7 7 0-0?! £sc6 8 d5? £)b6 9
Wc2 0-1 N.Cattus-S.Bemdt, Hamburg
1997.
2.. .g6 3g3
3 О d5 4 cxd5 4ixd5 5 e4 £ * 6 6 £ic3 4 « Ь З ?!
i.g 7 7 ДеЗ 0-0 8 B el £ k 6 9 d5 ^ a 5 ? 10 Premature with the d4-pawn unde­
ДхЬб axb6 11 Ь4 <йсб 12 dxc6 Ьхсб 1-0 fended. For some reason this move was
G. Orlov-R.Schnabel, NWC 1993. allocated an ECO code all of its own,
3.. .±g7 D81. You will not be surprised to hear
3.. .d5 4 cxd5 # xd5?! (4...£sxd5) 5that it is one of the most underpopulated
£)f3 Ag7 6 Д g2 0-0 7 £lc3 Wh5?! of all ECO codes.
(7...Ша5) 8 h3! £>c6?? (в.-Шаб) 9 £>g5! 4 g4 Д g7 5 g5 £)e4 6 £ixd5 c6 7 £lc3
Sd8 10 £.f3 Sxd4 11 Wb3 1-0 E.Griin- * a 5 8 Д d 2 ® f5 9 f4?! (9 f3) 9 ..^ x d 4 !
feld-Nagy, Debrecen 1924. 10 ДЬЗ?? Д12+ 11 ФП *xh3+! 0-1 Koo-
4 £.g2 d5 5 cxd5 £>xd5 6 e4 ®b4 7 men-Boomgaardt, Netherlands 1970.
£)e2?! 4 e3 Д g7 5 ЬЗ 0-0 6 ДЬ2 dxc4 7 Дхс4
7 Ша4+ &8c6 8 d5 0-0 9 dxc6 <£d3+Se8 8 £>f3 Д g4 9 0-0 £>fd7?? 10 Дх17+
10 ФП £ixb2 11 # Ь З Д еб 12 Wf3?? * x f7 11 £sg5+ * g 8 12 'tx g 4 £if6 13
Д с4+ 13 Фе1 £\d3+ 0-1 D.Scoones- We6+ 1-0 L.Paxton-W.Costaras, Colum­
H. Moore, Victoria 1973. bus 1964.
7.. ^ x d 4 8 Wb3? ^8c6 9 аЗ Деб 10 4 ДГ4 Д g7 5 e3 (5 B el 0-0 6 e3 is
t d l ДхЬ2 equivalent) 5...0-0 6 S c l and now Black
10.. can play:
.£sd3+! is even stronger, for ex­
ample 11 ФИ £ixcl 12 Шхс1 (12 £lxcl a) 6...b6 7 £if3 ДЬ7 8 1Ъ З &аб?? 9
ДхЬ2) 12...ДхЬ2 or 11 Wxd3 Дх12+ 12 cxd5 £ixd5 10 Д хаб £>xf4 11 ДхЬ7
* d 2 Дс4!. <£sxg2+ 12 ФП Sb8 13 Д сб 1-0 S.Bak-
0-1 ker-R.Rijsterborgh, Hengelo U-20 1997.
 Indian Defences 211

b) 6...C 6 7 £lf3 Ш 6 8 Ш 2?! £te4! 9
<йхе4 dxe4 10£le5 c5! 11 dxc5? We6 12
Wd5 f6! 0-1 J.Fischer-Certel, Budapest
1989.
4...dxc4 5 Wxc4 Ae6 6 Wb5+ <5k6 7
£lf3 £\d5! (DJ
game) 8 £lf3 cxd4 9 exd4 JLg7? (9...£lxc3
10 bxc3 JLe6) 10 cxd5 £lxc3 11 bxc3
i.xd4??(ll...-53xd4?? 12£ixd4 jLxd4 13
ШЪ5+) 12 S c l 1-0 S.Gligoric-K.Lange-
weg, Amsterdam 1971.
7.. .£>c6
7.. .cxd4?! 8 « rxd4.
8± d 3?
8 cxd5 cxd4 and now 9 exd4 is the
critical line, as 9 dxc6 dxc3 10 bxc3 A g l
is rather attractive for Black.
8.. .cxd4 9 exd4 JLh6! 10 Hc2 ■йхсЗ
11 ЬхсЗ? ^3xd4 12 JLxg6? £)xc2+ 13
jLxc2 Wxc3+ 0-1

I.Polovodin - E.Maslov
USSR 1984
1 d4 £>f6 2 c4 g6 3 £)c3 d5 4 cxd5
£lxd5 5 e4 <£}хсЗ 6 ЬхсЗ iLg7 7 £>f3
8e4 7 i.b 5 + сб 8 ± a 4 0-0 9 &e2 b5 10
8 # xb7 £)db4! (8...£)cb4 9 e4; 8...£ia5i.b 3 c5 ?? 11 JLd5 1-0 S.Wetjen-A.Vehre-
9 ®a6) 9 £to5 Sb8 10 £ixc7+ * d 7 11 schild, Dortmund 1993.
£sxe6+ Фхеб traps the queen. 7.. .c5 8 S b l
8.. .a6 9 Ш З the3 10 £id5? 8 i.e3 Wa5 9 Ш 2 £ic6 10 S b l cxd4 11
10 ШхЬ7 was essential; although itcxd4 0-0 12 d5?? Ac3 0-1 A.Mikhalchi-
gives Black a pleasant choice, the game shin-O.Romanishin, USSR Ch (Frunze)
is not yet over: 10...£lc2+ (or 10...£)a5 1981.
11 » x a 8 &xg2+ 12 JLxg2 ®ха8) 11 8.. .Ш 5 9 Eb5 *xc3+ 10 ± d 2 # a 3
Фd2 &6xd4 12 £ixd4 £ixal. 11 * c 2 ^c6??
10.. .£\xd5 11 exd5 Wxd5 12 ШхЪ7 11.. .c4 is necessary, but obviously
We4+ 13 ± e3 0-1 good for White.
13.. .Ha7 14 £)g5 ШхеЗ+ 15 fxe3 12 Sb3 1-0
Sxb7.
F.Schirm - N.Liicke
W.Hajenius - E.Martinovsky Bundesliga 1992/3
St Martin 1991 1 £if3 g6 2 d4 £if6 3 c4 ilg7 4 ®c3
1 d4 £if6 2 c4 g6 3 £ic3 d5 4 ±g5 d5 5 Ag5 dxc4
£ie4 5 ±h4 5.. .£)e4 6 £>xd5?? (6 cxd5 <^xg5 7
5 £lxe4 dxe4 6 e3 £t-gl 1 £3e2 c5 8£>xg5 is the main line, when 7...e6 re­
£ic3 Ш&5 9 i.e2 ?? cxd4 10 exd4 Wxg5 gains the pawn) 6...£ixg5 7 £)xg5 e6 8
11 £lxe4 Wa5+ 12 £\c3 0-0 13 0-0 £ic6 Ш 2 exd5 9 We3+ tfe7 10 Wxe7+ Фхе7
0-1 Bentrup-Suits, Missouri 1983. 0-1 E.Zuccotti-P.Ricardi, Buenos Aires
5.. .c5 6 еЗ Ша5 7 1с1?! 1991.
7 ШЬЗ $3сб (7...cxd4 8 exd4 ± h6!? 9 6e3?!
S d l is a theory line here, showing why 6e4.
the rook is misplaced on cl in the main 6.. .± e6 7 £ie5
212 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
7 £sd2 c5 8 dxc5 £ld5!? 9 ®а4+ £>c6
10 H cl 0-0 11 Jtxc4? £lxc3 12 bxc3
i.x c4 13 <5)xc4 (13 ®xc4 £>e5) 13...Ш 5
0-1G. Kecskes-T.Fogarasi, Kobanya 1992.
7...£>d5 (D)
It is surprisingly hard for White to re­
gain the pawn conveniently.
8 ± xc4 ??
8 <2)xc4 gives Black a developmentgxf3 £)xd4 0-1 V.Voon-S.Ziukin, Esto­
advantage, though was, of course, a far
lesser evil.
8.. .£)xc3 9 bxc3 jLxc410 £sxc4 Wd5
Oops! Loose pieces drop off!
11 Wg4
A last-ditch attempt. 11 Wf3 ®xc4 12
Wxb7 0-0! 13 ®ха8 £ic6! 0-1 Gure­
vich-Voloshin, 1976.
11.. .Й»
Black gives his king a square while
attacking the bishop again, and avoiding
the embarrassing ll...W xc4 12 Wc8#.
0-1
A.Burkhart - N.Strittmatter
Endingen 1987
1 d4 <£f6 2 c4 g6 3 £\c3 d5 4 £>f3
i.g 7
4.. .c6 5 e3 i.g 7 6 ШЪЗ 0-0 7 i.d 2 8..
<S)bd7? 8 cxd5 cxd5 9 £ixd5 b6 10 1 x 4
i.b 7 11 i.b 4 Se8 12 £M 6+ 1-0 C.Flear-
R.Rodriguez, Palma de Mallorca 1991.
5e3
5 Af4 and now:
a) 5...0-0 6 еЗ c6 7 ШЬЗ ®a5 8 i.d 3
£sbd7 9 0-0 Ь6?! 10 cxd5 cxd5?
(10...£lxd5) 11 a3! (White intends to
move its queen from b3 and then play b4)
1-0 Mephisto Roma Computer-A.Bach-
mann, Berlin 1988. Black must lose a
pawn in order to save his queen.
b) 5...c5 6 dxc5 ®a5 7 cxd5 £\e4?!
(7...£ixd5) 8 JLe5 (8 &d2 is also good)
8.. .6xe5 9 &хе5 £ixc5 10 «У4! &ЬЗ 11
®c4 £>xal?? 12 Шхс8+ 1-0 G.Miraltes-
P.Zarrouati, French Cht 1991.
5.. .0.0
5.. .c6 6 Wb3 0-0 7 i.d 3 e6 8 0-0 &bd7
9 i.d 2 £ih5 10 e4 e5 11 &xe5 ?? £ixe5 12
dxe5 dxc4 13 Wxc4 (13 Axc4 Wxd2)
13.. .^.e6 0-1 Moritz-Helling, Germany
1931.
6«Ъ З
6 i.e 2 c5 7 0-0 cxd4 8 exd4 £lc6 9
Jtf4 i.g 4 10 c5 £ie4 11 f b 3 ?? i.x f3 12
nian Ch (Tallinn) 1996.
6.. .dxc4?!
6.. .c6; 6...e6.
7 &xc4 £sbd7?! 8 £}g5 (D)
8.. Me8?
.e6 9 &xe6 fxe6 (9 ..M el) 10 £lxe6
We7 11 £\xc7+ Ф 118 12 £ixa8 £)g4 may
not give Black as much compensation as
some old theory books claim in view of
13 £kl5 with ideas of f3.
9 £>Ь5 c6
 Indian Defences
9...Sb8 10 £ ixc7 * d 8 11 i.xf7+ * h 8
12 *hge6 1-0 C.Flear-Pilotelle, France
1991.
10 Jk.xf7+ I x f 7 11 £ k 7 WfS 12 £)ge6
1-0
Catalan Opening
Veitch - J.Penrose
British Ch (Buxton) 1950
1 d4 £>f6 2 c4 e6 3 £if3
3 g3 d5 4 cxd5?! (4 Jig2 is the stan­ 1 d4 <£f6 2 £if3
dard move) 4 ...'irxd5 5 £tf3 JLb4+ 6 <2\c3
7 М 2 &xd2 8 £>xd5?? £ k f3 # 0-1
A.Steindorf-H.Evans, corr. 1959.
3.. .d5 4 g3 dxc4 5 £sbd2
5 JLg2 is the normal Open Catalan:
a) 5...a6 6 0-0 &c6 7 Wc2?! b5 8 e4
± b 7 9 H dl? «Л 4 10 * е 2 Дхе4 11 <£ic3
Ad3 0-1 B.Tasic-I.Efimov, Nice 1994.
b) 5...C5 6 0-0 ih c6 1 £le5 &xd4?? 8
e3 1-ORodgers-Durham, California 1982.
5.. .C5 6 dxc5?
6 £ixc4.
6.. .± x c5 7 i.g 2 ? ? (D)
7 £ixc4?? also loses to 7...Axf2+!, so
White should try 7 ®a4+.
7.. .1.xf2+!! 8 ФхГС
8 * f l £hg4 9 Wa4+ i.d 7 10 Ш с4
£le3+.
8.. .^ g 4 + 9 sfeel
9 * g l ttb 6 + ; 9 * f l <йеЗ+.
213
9.. A e 3 0-1
10 Ша4+ ± d 7 11 ®a3 (11 Wb4
£lc2+) ll...£sc2+.
Miscellaneous Indian
Systems and the
Bogo-lndian
V.Petrov - Tarabanko
Ukrainian corr. Ch 1987
2 c4 еб 3 аЗ?! (rather an extreme mea­
sure to avoid the Bogo-lndian; if he’s that
worried about it, why not play 2 £sf3 in­
stead?) 3...d5 4 e3 £ibd7 5 £>c3 c6 6 £if3
i.d 6 7 JLd3 0-0 8 0-0 We7 9 Ь4?! e5 10
dxe5?! <£xe5 11 c5? & xf3+ 12 # x f3 ?
Де5! 0-1 H.Soyez-W.Blau, Ladenburg
seniors 1992. After 13 JLb2 ,$.g4 the
queen is trapped.
2.. .e6 3 c4 a6 4 £)c3 c5 5 d5 b5 6 e4
b4 7 e5 bxc3 8 exf6 (D)
8.. .®xf6?
8.. .Wa5 is necessary, when White will
have good compensation for a pawn, but
nothing crushing, e.g. 9 bxc3 (9 JLd3?
cxb2+ 10 i.d 2 Wa3!) 9...®xc3+ 10 М 2
Wxf6 11 i.d 3 .
9 Ag5 «Т5
9.. .« ^ 6 10 i.d3.
10 М 3 % 4 11 h3 c2
214 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
11.. .ttxg2 12 Bh2.
12 We2! 1-0
The queen ignores the pawn, and so its
opposite-number remains trapped.
12.. / i h 5 13 g4or 12...'Srxg2 13 Bh2.
U.Falk - S.Galdunts
St Ingbert 1994
1 d4d5
1.. .£if6 2 c4 (or2-53D e6 3 c4) 2,..e6a63 ( 8 . . . ^ 6 9 c5 bxc5 10 ДЬ5) 9 £lxc6
£sf3 ДЬ4+ is the standard route to the
Bogo-Indian. 4 JLd2 and then:
a) 4...Wei 5 g3 £lc6 6 £lc3 ДхсЗ 7
Д хсЗ £le4 8 B e l 0-0 9 d5 £>b4?? 10
d6! 1-0 A.Veingold-C.Garcia Fernandez,
Benasque 1995.
b) 4...c5:
b l) 5 g3 Wb6 6 i.g 2 cxd4 7 £>xd4
Д с5 8 Д сЗ? (8 еЗ) 8...e5 9 b4?? ± x d 4
0-1 S.Djuric-Jo.Horvath, Szirak 1985.
b2) 5 ДхЬ4 cxb4 6 £lbd2 0-0 7 e4 d6
8 ^ d 3 e5 9 0-0 £>c6? 10 d5 £)a5? 11 a3
ЬхаЗ?? 12Ь4<£М7 13Bxa3 l-0A.Garcia
Luque-V.Mompo, Valencia 1990.
2 £lf3 3 c4 еб 4 g3 ДЬ4+ 5 ± d 2
Д е7 6 Ш З 0-0 7 Д ё2 сб 8 ДЬ4? dxc4 9
«xc4 ?
9 Дхе7.
9.. .f d 5 ! (D)
10 « с З £>e4 11 ® a3?
11 Д хе7 £ixc3 12 ЗЗхсЗ gives White
a rook and knight for the queen.
11...«с4 0-1
Queen's Indian
Defence
L.Christiansen - A.Karpov
Wijk aan Zee 1993
1 d4 £)f6 2 c4
2 &f3 Ь6 3 c4 ДЬ7 4 еЗ еб 5 Ad3
ДЬ4+ 6 £)bd2 d5?? 7 # a 4 + £}c6 8 & e5
Axd2+ 10 £ x d 2 Wd7 11 cxd5 b5 12
l b 3 £>g4 13 h3 1-0 Ahues-Poulsen, Bad
Harzbuig 1939.
2.. .e6 3 £>f3 b6 4 a3
4& c3:
a) 4...ДЬ7 5 JLg5 h6 6 ДЬ4 ДЬ4 7 еЗ
d6?? 8 Ш4+ foc6 9 d5 1-0 J.Bennett-
L.Geiser, Geneva 1993.
b) 4...ДЬ4 5 Wc2 ДЬ7 6 ^ g 5 h6 7
ДЬ4 d6?? 8 Wa4+ £te6 9 d5 1-0 W.Uhl-
mann-B. Andersen, Tel-Aviv OL 1964.
4.. .Д аб
4.. .ДЬ7 5 £)c3 is the main line:
a) 5...&e4 6 Wc2 £ixc3 7 ®хсЗ Д е7
8 i.f 4 ± f 6 9 Wd2 d6 10 e3 &d7 11
Де2?? g5! 0-1 Nyholm-K.Rodl, Rieden-
burg 1947. 12 Ag3 g4.
b) 5...g6 6 e3 $Lg71 JLd3 0-0 8 0-0 d6
9 Ше2 &bd7 10 e4 c5 11 B d l We7 12
Af4? cxd4 13 ^xd6? # x d 6 0-1 R.Freise-
A.Manz, Waldshut 1991.
5 Шс2 Д Ь7 6 &сЗ c5 7 e4 cxd4 8
£>xd4 Q)c6 9 ■йхсб Д хсб 10 ± f 4 £>h5
11 Д еЗ (D)
This is a fairly quiet position, in which
neither side threatens anything too dras­
tic. However, Karpov forgot for one cata­
strophic moment that this did not mean
that tactics were impossible.
11.. ^ d 6 ? ?
11.. .®Ь8, as later played with success
by Karpov, is a rather better way to estab­
lish a grip on the f4-square.
12 Ш 1 1-0
Two pieces are attacked, and there is
no way to save them.
 Indian Defences 215

W.Browne - M.Ashley E.Bayer - R.Junge

Philadelphia 1991 Bundesliga 1988/9
1 d4 £if6 2 c4 еб 3 & f3 b6 4 g3 Д аб 5 l£ if 3
£)bd2 1 d4 £>f6 2 c4 еб 3 £tf3 b6 4 g3 ДЬ7 5
5 * c 2 ДЬ7 6 i.g 5 c5 7 jLg2? (7 dxc5) JLg2 is the standard move-order:
7...cxd4 8 0-0 £)c6 9 ® d l Д с5 10 a3 a5 a) 5...c5?! 6 d5! exd5 7 £sh4:
11 £lxd4?? JLxd4 12 Дхсб dxc6 (oops!) al) 7...d6?! 8 <&c3 Wd7 9 &xd5 £sxd5
0-1 V.Khromov-M.Podgaets, Moscow 10 ^ x d 5 Д е7? 11 £)f5! 0-0? 12 ДхЬ7
1995. ШхЬ7 13 » d 5 ! 1-0 K.Alexander-Cor-
5 b3 d5 6 JLg2 dxc4 7 ^ e 5 ДЬ4+ 8 dingley, Surrey 1947.
J.d2? (8 * f l ) 8...cxb3! 9 £>c6?? b2 10 a2) 7...b5 8 cxd5 g6 9 0-0 Ше7?? 10
£ixb4 b x al® 11 Д сЗ ШхсЗ+ 12 £>хсЗ d6 1-0 M.Borgula-M.Kasiak, Bratislava
сб 0-1 Pa.Petran-A.Adoijan, Hungary 1993.
1985. b) 5...ДЬ4+ 6 Д d2 and now:
5.. .ДЬ7 b l) 6...Ше7 7 0-0 £le4?! 8 £sg5 d5??
5.. .ДЬ4 6 f t 2 d5?? 7 Ша4+ 1-0(8...f5 hangs on; 8...£sxd2?? loses to 9
Y.Kraidman-H.Harestad, Gausdal Inter­ ДхЬ7 £>xfl 10 £>f3) 9 &xe4 1-0 G.Stef-
national 1991. fens-Hutmacher, corr. 1947. 9...dxe4 10
6 ± g 2 c5 ®a4+ £}с6 11 Дхе4.
6.. .Де7 7 e4 £)xe4 8 £ie5 £>c3?? b2) 6...±xd2+:
(8...ДЬ4 9 * g 4 0-0 10 Дхе4 f5 11 ДхЬ7 b21) 7 ®bxd2 d6 8 0-0 0-0 9 B el
fxg4 12 Д ха8 сб is the critical line) 9 £ibd7 10 Wc2 e5? 11 £lxe5 £ x g 2 12
Wh5 g6 10 Wh3 1-ONemet-Dizdarevic, *£ixd7 Д 11З? 13 £)xf8 1-0 M.Euwe-
Biel 1982.10...jLxg211 ®xg2 and Black E.Colle, Karlsbad 1929.
must lose material. b22) 7 Wxd2 d6 8 £lc3 £>e4 9 # f4 !?
7 e4 £}xe4? £)xc3? 10 £)g5! (an unusual twist on the
7.. .cxd4. standard £lg5 theme) 10...0-0 11 ДхЬ7
8 £le5 (D) £ld7 12 bxc3 1-0 Rodatz-Reinhardt,
8.. .£ic3? Hamburg 1936.
8.. .d5 9 cxd5 exd5 (9...£ixd2? 10 c) 5...Де7 6 0-0 transposes to the
£>xf7! wins - though I haven’t seen this main game.
move mentioned anywhere else), though I...£sf6 2 g3
horrible for Black, is essential. 2 c4 еб 3 g3 b6 4 ^ g 2 ДЬ7 5 0-0 c5 6
9 Ш 5 geiOW lrfl-O £ic3 Д е7 7 d4 d5 8 £le5 0-0 9 dxc5
216 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
bxc5?! (9...Jtxc5) 10 cxd5! £\xd5
(10...exd5 11 ШЬЗ is also trouble for
Black) 11 ШЬЗ! ®Ъ6? 12 £.xd5 ШхЬЗ?
13 JLxb3 1-0 S.Skembris-D.Theoto-
katos, Katerini 1992.
2.. .b6 3 d4 e6 4 Ag2 ± b 7 5 0-0 ± e 7 6е5?? 11 cxd5 1-0 J.Capablanca-E.Colle,
c4 0-0 7 Zhc3 £se4
7.. .d5?! 8 Zhe5 £ibd7 9 Ша4 4ixe5 1013 ШЬЗ and Black loses material.
dxe5 £lg4?? 11 cxd5 <5ixe5 12 d6! 1-0
M.Heinicke-Seitz, West Germany 1971.
8 Шс2 £ x c 3 9 ШхсЗ d 6 10 Ш З !? (D)
Lining up the familiar threat.
10...C5??
But not so familiar to some!
11 £>g5! ±xg5 12 i.xb7 1-0
N im zo-lndian Defence
T.Panovic - N.Todorovic
Yugoslav Ch (Pula) 1988
1 d4 *bf6 2 c4 e6 3 £lc3 i.b 4 4 f3
Or:
a) 4 £rf3 c5 5 g3:
al) 5...£\e4 6 Wd3 cxd4 7 1tx d 4 ?! (7
£ixd4) 7...«T6 8 Шхе4? i.x c3 + 9 i.d 2
£ x d 2 + 10 £ x d 2 ШхЬ2 11 B bl ШсЗ
(1 1...Шха2) 12 Hb3?? Wcl# 0-1 D.Dusa-
S.Saljova, Slovakian open Ch (TrenCin)
1995.
a2) 5...0-0 6 A.g2 cxd4 7 &xd4 d5 8
cxd5 £lxd5 9 «Ъ З * b 6 10 £ib5?? ШхЬ5
0-1 A.Potts-S.Bell, London Lloyds Bank
1986. Yet another pin-related blunder,
this time by a player rated 2350.
b) 4 l b 3 :
b l) 4...ДхсЗ+? 5 ШхсЗ <S)e4 6 Шс2
d5 7 £if3 0-0 8 e3 £ic6 9 Д е2 Be8 10 0-0
Budapest 1929. 11...Шх05 12 Jtc4 £ \b 4
b2) 4...c5 and then:
b21) 5 a3 Ша5 6 i.d 2 &c6 7 « Ш !?
£ixd4?? (7... jLxc3 is essential) 8 e3 (now
Black must lose either the b4-bishop or
the d4-knight; 8 axb4?? 'i x a l 9 Шха1
£)c2+ was Black’s idea) 1-0 Dyner-
Dreyer, Antwerp 1934.
b22) 5 e3 £)сб 6 аЗ Ша5 1 ± d 3
(White’s play has been feeble, and he
must now play carefully to minimize his
disadvantage) 7..JLxc3+ 8 ЬхсЗ? (8
ШхсЗ) 8...cxd4 9 exd4 £)xd4 10 ШЬ4
£lc6! (refusing to reconnect White’s
pawns) 11 Шха5 £\xa5 12 jLf4 b6 13 £le2
Ааб 0-1 G.Schmitt-C.Schatz, Northeast
Bavarian League 1994/5.
b23) 5 dxc5 £ic6:
b231) 6 £lf3 £ie4 7 i.d 2 £lxd2 8
£lxd2 Ша5?! 9 0-0-0?? (9 еЗ Шхс5 10
£sde4 Ша5 11 0-0-0) 9...SM4 0-1 Hansen-
Jensen, corr. 1945. 10 Ша4 АхсЗ.
Ъ232) 6 аЗ £sd4 7 Ша4 jLxc3+ 8 ЬхсЗ
£юб 9 Ag5 h6 10 i.h 4 g5 11 i.g 3 &e4
(Black is somewhat better) 12 jLd6?? (12
f3; 12 £>f3) 12...#f6 0-1 N.Hoffman-
M.Lencho, Chicago 1973.
c) 4 e3 c5 5 аЗ ДхсЗ+ 6 ЬхсЗ (this is
classified as a line of the Samisch Varia­
tion, viz. 4 аЗ JLxc3+ 5 ЬхсЗ c5 6 e3)
6.. .£lc6:
c l) 7 i.d 3 d6 8 &e2 e5 9 0-0 £id7 10
£}g3 g6 11 f4 b6?? 12 fxe5 1-0 P.Keres-
V.Mikkov, Estonian open Ch (Tartu)
1953. 12...dxe5 13 tT 3 .
c2) 7 &f3 d6 8 Шс2 e5 9 d5 £le7 10
jLd3 0-0 11 £ih4 e4 0-1 M.Napolitano-
F.Batik, corr. 1957.12 Д хе4(12Д е2 g5)
12.. .£)xe4 13 Шхе4 g5 wins the knight,
 Indian Defences 217

since 14 £>f3? Af5 snares the white J.Healy-W.Sedlmayer, corr. 1988. The
queen. moral: always check extremely carefully
d) 4 JLg5 c5 and now: before playing an unnatural move.
d l) 5 e3? Wa5 6 £lge2? (6 i.x f6 b) 4...0-0 and now:
i.x c3 + 7 ЬхсЗ * x c3 + ) 6...£)e4 7 M 4 b l) 5 e3 b6 6 itd 3 c5 7 £sge2 cxd4 8
‘йхсЗ 8 £)xc3 Axc3+ 9 ЬхсЗ ®xc3+ 10 exd4 d5 9 0-0 dxc4 10 Axh7+? £)xh7 11
Фе2 Шс4+ 11 * f 3 Ш 5 + 12 Фс2 cxd4 We4 Ш 7 0-1 C.Nielsen-C.Purdy, corr.
0-1 J.Fauvel-Co.Ionescu, Urcuit 1989. Wch qual 1947. 12 WxaS £ic6 traps the
d2) 5 d5 d6 6 e3 exd5 7 cxd5 4ibd7 8 white queen.
Ad3?! ®a5 9 £le2 £lxd5 (White might b2) 5 e4 c5 6 d5? (6 a3) 6...exd5 7
well be happy to sacrifice this pawn if, incxd5?! (7 exd5) 7...He8 (7...&xe4) 8 f3
return, he got some open lines; however, £ixd5 9 i.c 4 5)b6 10 Д е2 d5 11 аЗ
here he ends up sacrificing more than he jLxc3+ 12 ЬхсЗ dxe4 13 fxe4 Wh4+ 0-1
had bargained for) 10 0-0 (10 Wc2) A.Ebrahim-Hsu Li Yang, Asian Cht
10...JLxc3 11 £ ix c 3 ? (ll ЬхсЗ) 1l...£lxc3
(Kuala Lumpur) 1993.
12 ЬхсЗ c4! 0-1 M.Machius-D.Rajkovic, b3) 5 £rf3 d6 6 g3 e5!? 7 dxe5 dxe5 8
Baden-Baden 1987. £ixe5 # d 4 9 £>f3?! '»xc4 10 i.d 2 £ic6
4.. .d5 5 аЗ Axc3+ 6 ЬхсЗ c5 7 cxd511 A g2 Se8 12 b3?? (12 fic l; 12 0-0
*hxd5 8 dxc5 f5 9 £>h3 0-0 10 c4 Ш ? H xe213 Wa4) 12...2xe2+! 13 * d l Hxd2+
A poorly calculated raid. 10...®h4+ 0-1 S.Shapiro-K.Plesset, New York simul
11 £rf2 (11 g3 « x c 4 12 e4 Wc3+ 13 i.d 2 1948.
We5) 11...*хс4? (Il...£)f6 is OK)is also 5 i.g 5
bad in view of 12 e4 Wc3+ 13 JLd2 ®e5 5 cxd5 exd5 6 .&g5 # d 6 7 e3 £le4 8
14 £>d3. Af4 ®g6?! (8...We7 is a better place for
11 i.g5! £>c3 the queen) 9 # Ь З ! с5?! 10 f3! &xc3??
11.. .®сЗ+? 12 i.d 2 ®xc4 13 e4. (10...i.xc3+ 11 ЬхсЗ £>f6; 10...£tf6) 11
12 Ш 2 *e5?? ЬхсЗ JLa5 12 jLxb8 1-0 M.Botvinnik-
12.. .£je4 13 JLxf6 £lxd2 14 jLxg7N.Sorokin, USSR Ch (Leningrad) 1933.
will leave White a pawn up, but in view 12...Sxb8 13 # b 5 + .
of his queenside weaknesses, the game is 5.. .h6
not yet decided. 5.. .dxc4.
13 f4! 1-0 6 &h4 c5 7 dxc5 g5 8 ± g 3 ^ e4 9
cxd5 (D)
T.Zagorskaya - O.Kulagina
Minsk 1996
1 d4 £}f6 2 c4 e6 3 £ic3 ±b 4 4 Wc2
d5
Or:
a) 4...£k6 5 5M3:
a l) 5...d6 6 e3 e5 7 d5 Che.1V.
(7...£xc3+ must be played before mov­
ing the knight) 8 # а 4 + 1-0 J.Lokvenc-
L.Pachman, Prague 1943.
a2) 5...0-0 6 i.d 2 d5 7 e3 Se8 8 i.d 3
e5 9 dxe5 ^ х е 5 10 ^х е 5 Hxe5 11 0-0-0
dxc4 12 ± x c 4 Hc5?? 13 £ie4 1-0
218 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
9.. .exd5?!
This transposes to a position normally
reached via the move-order 5 cxd5 exd5
6 Ag5 h6 7 i h 4 c5 8 dxc5 g5 9 jLg3
<Sle4.
Instead 9...Wxd5 would benefit from
White delaying the exchange on d5.
10 £.xb8
10 e3 is by far the most common move
here.
10.. .fixb8?? (D)
10.. .^.xc3+ 11 bxc3 Sxb8 should be5 d4 JLb4 (finally reaching a Nimzo, i.e.
played.
10.. .Wf6?! 11 i.g 3 £sxc3 12 аЗ £.a5JLd3 c5 (7...d5 is rather more solid and
13 b4 J.f5 14 Wb2 JLd8 is unconvincing.
11 Wa4+ 1-0
W.Weinberger - P.Penn
Southeast Bavarian League 1994/5
1 d4 £if6 2 c4 e6 3 £ic3 Ab4 4 Wc2 c5
5 G)f3
5 dxc5 Axc5 6 £>f3 ШЬ6 7 еЗ аб 8 ЬЗ
Шс7 9 &.Ь2 Ь6 10 Ае2 ± Ь 7 11 0-0 £>g4
12 е4 £)с6 13 ЬЗ?? 0-1 (before Black
could play 13...5M4) C.Amura-Rom.Her-
nandez, Merida Carlos Torre mem 1997.
5...£)c6 6 e3 0-0 7 Ae2 dS 8 a3 cxd4 9
exd4 Ae7 10 cxd5 £txd5 11 0-0 b6
Black must check the tactics very
carefully when playing this move in posi­
tions of this type, as White has play
against h7 and against c6 via the c-file
and the hl-a8 diagonal.
12 i.d 3 h6??
12.. .£T6 avoids material loss, e.g. 13
£le4?! i.b 7 14 £)xf6+ i.x f6 15 i.xh7+
Ф 118 and the d4-pawn falls.
13 &xd5 1-0
13.. .Wxd5 14 i.e4 .
P.Kotsur - A.Ospanov
Sofia stud Wch 1994
1 d4
1 c4 b6 2 £lc3 Ш 3 e3 £>f6 4 £rf3 e6
the 4 еЗ b6 5 £rf3 i.b 7 line) 6 i.d 2 0-0 7
appropriate) 8 a3 JLxc3 9 ДхсЗ (now
White has managed to justify putting his
bishop on d2) 9...£)e4 (9...cxd4 could be
tried, hoping for 10 exd4 d5, but 10
£lxd4!? JLxg2?! 11 S g l gives White
very dangerous kingside play) 10 JLxe4
JLxe4 11 dxc5 bxc5 12 Wd6! (with an ob­
vious threat to the c5-pawn, and a less
obvious, but bigger threat...) 12...Wb6
(...which Black misses; 12...jLxf3 13
gxf3 Wb6 {13...Wg5 14 * e2 } 14 Wg3
gives White good attacking chances) 13
We5 1-OD.Schneider-A.Hatz, Verbands-
liga Siidbaden 1991/2.
1.. A f6 2 c4 e6 3 £ic3 ± b 4 4 еЗ b6
4.. .c5 5 £se2 d5 6 JLd2 Wa5?! 7 a3
£sc6?! 8 axb4?? (8 £>f4 gives White a
substantial advantage) 8...£lxb4 9 Sxa5?
(9 £tf4 Wxal 10 Wxal <йс2+) 9...5M3#
(when giving a simultaneous, one often
faces very weak players who will blunder
pieces and queens; Reshevsky presum­
ably felt that this was one such opponent,
and failed to check whether there was a
threat) 0-1 S.Reshevsky-Z.Margolits,
Haifa simul 1958.
5 ± d 3 £.b7 6 £\e2 £.xg2 7 S g l £ e4
7.. .JLf3 is the alternative.
8 £хе4?!
8 аЗ is the normal move, when
8...i.xc3+ 9 £>xc3 £ x d 3 10 Wxd3 £>h5
is considered OK for Black, though
 Indian Defences 219

White has enough compensation for the

pawn.
8.. .£>xe4 9 Sxg7? £M 2! (D)
9.. .1T6 10 Sg2.

13.. .Bh6 14 f3 # x h 2 + 15 * f 2 lets

White grovel on.
0-1
14 gxf3 Hh6 15 B el ШхЬ2+ 16 ФП
Ш З+ 17 * g l Ш 1#.
10Wc2
10 &xf2? Ш6+. V.Korchnoi - V.Simagin
10.. .* h 4 11 ^ g 3 ФТ8?? USSR Ch I960
11.. .£Ш +! 12 Wxd3 ФТ8 wins. 1 c4 £if6 2 £>сЗ e6 3 d4 i.b 4 4 e3 0-0
12 ®xf2 *xg7? 5 £>f3 b6 6 i.e 2 ± b 7 7 0-0 d5 8 A d2
12.. .f5 13 e4 gives White a decisive Creating a modest threat of £)xd5, ex­
advantage. ploiting the loose bishop on b4.
13 £tf5+ 1-0 8.. .£)bd7??
This move, natural though it is, actu­
E.Bareev - L.Zsinka ally makes W hite’s threat far stronger;
Ncestved 1988 blunders of this type are quite typical:
Id 4& f6 2 c4 e6 3 £ ic3£.b 44e3b 65 seeing the opponent has no great threat,
£le2 £ie4 the player relaxes, and plays a lazy move.
5.. .1.a6 6 £ig3 d5?? 7 Wa4+ (1-0 9 £>xd5! 1-0
J.Timman-Cosulich, Venice 1974) 7...b5 9.. .£lxd5 10 cxd5 JLxd2 11 dxe6 now
8 Wxb4 bxc4 9 ЬЗ c5 10 Ш с5 £ М 7 11 hits a piece, and White will emerge mate­
ШаЗ Wc8 12 £.d2 £ib6 13 e4 i.b 7 1-0 rial up.
A.Kaminik-V.Lukov, Cappelle la Grande
1996.
6 Wc2 A b 7 7 <£g3 Wh4 8 ± d 3 f5 9King's Indian Defence
0-0 ±xc3 10 bxc3 0-0 11 £k2 (D)
The start of a fatal denuding of the E.Gausel - J.Hodgson
kingside. Oslo 1994
11.. .5 .6 12 ±xe4? 1 £T3
12 f3 should be played, e.g. 12...Hh6 1 d4 £if6:
(12...Hg6? 13 fxe4 fxe4 14 £>f4) 13 h3 a) 2 £if3 g6 3 c4 c5 4 e3 k g l 5 £lc3
4lg3 (13...£ig5 14 e4) 14 e4. 0-0 6 g3?! cxd4 7 exd4 (7 £lxd4) 7...d5
12g3?£ig5!. (White’s position is already rather frag­
12.. .±xe4 13 Ш 1 i.f3! ile) 8 ЬЗ £sc6 9 Jig2 dxc4 10 bxc4 jLg4
220 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
11 £le2?! e5 12 d5 e4 13 £ld2? £id4 0-1
Z.Hegedus - M.Ivanka Budinsky, Hun­
garian Cht 1991.
b) 2 c4:
bl) 2...d6 3£)c3e5 4£lf3 £ lb d 7 5g3
c6 6 i.g 2 g6 7 0-0 ± g 7 8 Шс2 0-0 9 S d l
(White has played a very quiet line, and
as a result Black now forgets that White
might.have any sort of threat) 9...a6?? 10
dxe5 1-0 Bd.Andersen-F.Petersen, Dan­
ish Ch 1959.
b2) 2...g6 3 £ic3 i.g7:
b21) 4 e4 d6 5 g3 0-0 6 i.g 2 e5 7
& ge2 exd4 8 £>xd4 £ic6 9 £>c2 £)e5 10
b 3 ? !£ tfd 7 !? lli.b 2 ? £ lc 5 ! 12& d2(12
0-0 £led3) 12...£scd3 0-1 T.Heinsohn-
T.Rakic, Delmenhorst 1988.
b22) 4 & f3 d6 5 g3 0-0 6 i.g 2 c6 7
0- 0 Ш 6 8 d5 ШЬ4 9 &d2 a5?? 10 <&a4!
1- 0 Petkevich-Ragialis, USSR 1978.
10...b5 H a 3 ® x a 4 12b3.
I...d6 2 d4 £)f6 3 c4 g6 4 <йсЗ i.f5
This attempt to get an improved King’s
Indian achieves the exact opposite result.
5 &g5! (D)
5 £lh4 i.d 7 .
5.. .±g7?!
5.. .h6 6 e4 JLg4 (6...hxg5 7 exf5 gxf5 8 6..
Jtxg5 <£te4 9 ‘& xe4 fxe4 10 Wc2 is good
for White) 7 £lf3 is a version of King’s
Indian where ...jk.g4 is not too good, and
...h6 could well be worse than useless.
6 e4 &g4 7 f3! ±c8
7.. .JLd7 8 e5!.
8f4
This is a Four Pawns King’s Indian,
except that White’s knight is on g5 rather
than gl.
8 .. .0-0
8.. .h6 9 £lf3 is a Four Pawns, with
Black having spent a tempo on ...h6.
9 ± e2 e5?
9.. .C5.
10 dxe5 dxe5 11 ®xd8 Hxd8 12 fxe5
£le8
12.. .£ig4 13 e6; 12...£lfd7 13 e6.
13 0-0 1-0
Hodgson had no wish to play out any
of the following miserable lines:
a) 13...JLe6 14<S3xe6fxe6 15 JLg5 (or
15 i.g4).
b) 13...Дхе5 14 £ixf7 i.d4+ 15 * h l
Sd7 16 £lh6+ &g7 17 i.g4.
c) 13...f6 14 exf6 £)xf6 15 c5 and
JLc4+.
Holm - E.Geller
Lugano OL 1968
1 d4 £sf6 2 c4 g6 3 £k3 i.g 7 4 e4 d6 5
£ e2
5 f4 0-0 6 £)f3 is the Four Pawns At­
tack:
a) 6...Де8? 7 Д е2 (7 e5) 7...£ibd7? 8
e5 <^g4 9 e6! £idf6 10 exf7+ &xf7 11 h3
£\h6 12 g4& d7?? (12...£lhg8) 13 £ig5+
1-0 H.Atkins-A.Conde, Australia 1925.
b) 6...С 6?! 7 Jte2 He8? 8 e5 dxe5 9
fxe5 £>fd7 10 c5 !? f6 11 i.c 4 + * h 8 12
h4 fxe5 13 h5 1-0 D.Sprenkle-Lybarger,
Peoria 1982.
5.. .0.0 6 ±g5
This is the Averbakh Variation.
6.. .£ibd7
.h6 7 i.e 3 c5 8 dxc5 # a 5 9 ± d 2
# x c 5 10 £lf3 ® сб 11 0-0 Деб?! 12 £\d5
&d4?? 13 i.b 4 1-0 L.Basin-Y.Balashov,
Uzhgorod 1988.
6.. .c5 7 d5 b5 8 cxb5 a6 9 a4 Ша5 10
i.d 2 Wb4 11 Шс2 axb5 12 f3 ! £tfd7?? 13
 Indian Defences
£sdl 1-OU.Kunsztowicz-F.Kaye, Bargte-
heide 1989.
6...e5?? 7 dxe5 dxe5 8 ®xd8 Sxd8 is a
standard way for Black to lose material:
White can choose between 9 £id5 and 9 5..
i.x f6 i.x f6 10 £kl5. 9 Sfebl £sbd7 10 h4 h5 11 <S)h3 Sb8 12
7 Vd2 c6 8 £>f3 e5 9 0-0 exd4 10 JLe2?? b4 0-1 M.Laske-P.Hesse, German
£lxd4 ^c5 (D) teams Cup 1990/1.
This seems like a fairly quiet position,
where Black is under some pressure and
there is little chance of imminent tactics.
I recommend making a mental note of
the calamity that befalls White if you are
not already familiar with the idea. It is far
from obvious and of importance in many
Kang’s Indian positions.
11 f3??
11 ®f4 is the correct move.
Il...£tfxe4!! 0-1
White faces positional ruin after 12
fxe4 Axd4+ 13 Wxd4 ®xg5 (the d-pawn
may well fall, but White’s isolated e-
pawn is terrible). However, resignation is
a bit extreme. Several other players, in­
cluding Grandmasters Farago, Tatai and
Suba, have fallen for this exact same
trick, mostly going on to lose fairly pain­
ful endings.
Melander - Thunfors
corr. 1975
1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 c4 <5)f6 4 <2)c3 ± g7 5
f3
221
Id 4 £ > f6 2 c4 g 6 3£ic3 Jtg7 4 e4 d6 5
f3 is the standard King’s Indian move-
order to reach this position.
5.. .0.0
.C6 6 i.g 5 a6 7 Ш 2 b5 8 0-0-0 ®a5
6 ± еЗ Ь6?!
6.. .c6 7 f d 2 e5 8 £ige2 £ibd7 9 0-0-0
a6 10 g4 h5 11 gxh5 £lxh5 12 £)g3
®h4?? 13 i.g 5 1-0 W.Nautsch-U.Wagen-
knecht, NRW Liga 1993/4.
6.. .e5 and now:
a) 7 Wd2 c6 8 0-0-0 a6?? 9 dxe5 1-0
R.Feijtens-H.van der Heijden, Den Bosch
1982.
b) 7 £>ge2 exd4 8 £ixd4 £ifd7?!
(8...c6) 9 ± e 2 £ lc 6 10 0-0 £ic5 11 Ш 2 a5
12 S a d i Se8?? 13 <2)xc6 1-0 H.Fecht-
O.Nazarenus, Lugano 1989.
7 Ad3 c5? 8 e5 (D)
1-0
Black is in deep trouble, but could fight
on, for example 8...cxd4 (8...£)fd7 9
i.e 4 ; 8...£ie8 9 i.e 4 ) 9 exf6 £ x f6 10
i.e 4 (10 i.x d 4 £ x d 4 11 Д е4 £.xc3+ 12
bxc3 £>c6 13 £.xc6 Sb8) 10...dxc3
(10...dxe3 11 JLxa8) 11 ± x a8 cxb2 12
S b l JLf5 13 Ae4 iLxe4 14 fxe4 ®c7 and
White still has some work to do. Still,
one can understand Thunfors’s decision
to save some postage stamps.
222 The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time

M.Peek - G.Canfell 7...h6 8 0-0 £)a6 9 Cel?! £)g4 10 Дс1

Dieren 1988
Id 4 £ tf6 2 c4 g 6 3 £ \c3 i.g 7 4 e4 d 6 5
£>f3 0-0 6 ± e2
6 £.d3?! i.g 4 7 h3 £.xf3 8 # x f3 ^ c 6
9 i.e 3 £ld7 10 £le2?? £>ce5! (DJ.
exd4 11 £lxd4 Wh4! 12 i.x g 4 i.x g 4 13
f3?? Jtxd4+ 0-1 H.Clara-T.Pahtz, Bun-
desliga 1990/1.
8 dxe5 dxe5 9 £sd5 Ш 8 ? ! 10 ± c 5
C e 8 ? ? (D)
Black’s only chance is 10...£)xe4, a
somewhat dubious exchange sacrifice
that was used by Kasparov in the 1990
world championship match against Kar­
pov.

11 dxe5 £>xe5 12 Wg3 £ixd3+ 0-1

Norman-Vidmar, Hastings 1925.
6.. .e5 7 ±e3
7 d5 £ibd7 8 0-0 &c5 9 Шс2 a5 10
£sel b6 11 C bl?? £icxe4! 0-1 Vladi-
mirov-Chekhov, USSR 1974. 12 £lxe4 11 &e7 1-0
£\xe4 13 Wxe4? i.f5 . ll...C xe7 12 <£ixf6+ wins the black
7.. .Ше7?! queen.
Index of Variations
A: Flank Openings B l)
В: 1 e4 1.. .e6 707
С: 1 d4 1.. .a6 45; l...f5 45; l...g5 45; l...b6
45; l...£sc6 46
A) 1.. .g660; l...d 6 6 2 2 d4£if6 3 &c3 g6
1 c4 4 f4 64
1 d3 7; 1 e3 7; 1 g4 7; 1 £>c3 7; 1 g3 8; 1...d5 48 2 exd5 £}f6 50 (2...#xd5 48)
1 b4 8; 1 b3 9; 1 f4 77 1...£)f6 57 2 e5 £kl5 54 3 d4 57 (3 c4 56)
1 £if3 13 d5 (l...f5 73; l...d6 73; 3...d6 4 £rf3 58 (4 c4 5 f4 58)
1.. .g6 73; l...e6 73; l...£\f6 2 g3 74 g6 3 1.. .c6 65 2 d4 d5 3 &c3 77 (3 e5 69; 3
i.g 2 £.g7 4 0-0 0-0 5 c4 d6 6 £ k 3 e5 27; exd5 cxd5 4 c4 70) 3...dxe4 4 £>xe4 JLf5
1.. .C5 2 b3 74): 2 e4 75; 2 b3 74; 2 g3 75 74 (4...<S)f6 72; 4...£kl7 73)
± g 4 (2...c5 78) 3 JLg2 4 c4 c6 77; 2 2 d4 d5 708 3 £ k 3 773
c4 75 e6 3 g3 £tf6 4 Ag2 18 3 exd5 708; 3 e5 709; 3 £kI2 111 c5
1.. .e5 773 (3...4M6 772; 3...dxe4 4 £sxe4 774)
1.. .d5 76; l...f5 76; l...b6 76; l...c6 3..
2 .± b 4 777
£if3 (2 e4 e5 22) 2...d5 3e3 77 3.. .dxe4 774; 3...£if6 775
1.. .£tf6:2 g3 c6 (2...g6 3 i.g 2 d5 78) 3
£.g2 d5 77; 2 £ic3 e6 19 (2...d5 3 cxd5 B2)
^ x d 5 79) 3 e4 79 (3 £\f3 b6 4 e4 79) 1.. .e5 723 2 <S)f3 749
1.. .C5 26 2 £rf3 (2 G2c3 £\c6 3 g3 29) 2 d4 723; 2 i.c 4 725; 2 5)c3 725
2.. .£)f6 3 £)c3 (3 d4 26): 3...d5 27; 3...e6 2 f4 732 exf4 739 (2...i.c5 733; 2...d5
28; 3...g6 4 d4 26; 3...£sc6 4 d4 27 (4 e3 735) 3 £ f 3 740 (3 i.c 4 739) 3...g5 745
28); 3...b6 4 g3 i.b 7 5 i.g 2 g6 26 (5...e6 (3...d6 747; 3...h6 742; 3...£k6 742;
6 0-0 26) 3.. .1.e7 742; 3...d5 744) 4 h4 748
2&c3 2.. .£ k 6 757
2 £)f3 20; 2 g3 20 £>f6 3 ± g 2 d5 4 2.. .f5 750; 2...d6 752; 2...£if6 755
cxd5 £\xd5 27 3 ± b 5 7 72
2.. .6 .6 23 3 d4 exd4 4 £>xd4 758; 3 £ic3 760
2.. .f5 27; 2...b6 27; 2...i.b4 22; 2...d6£>f6 767; 3 i.c 4 763 £>f6 767 (З...Дс5
3 d4 27 (3 £tf3 £\c6 4 g3 24); 2...<S3c6 3 764 4 b4 764) 4 <£g5 769 d5 777
£tf3 (3 g3 f5 22) 3...f5 23 (3...g6 24) 3.. .a6
3 £tf3 £k6 25 3.. .f5 774; 3...i.c5 777; 3...£>f6 779
4 ± a 4 782
B) 4 i.x c 6 780
1 e4 4.. .£\f6 5 0-0 784 i.e 7 787
Now: 5.. .£ixe4 785
Bl: l...e6 and others
B2: l...e5 B3)
B3: 1...C5 1...c5 2 3 89