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Here are 50 chess shorts from masters' games that begin with the Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counterattack opening (ECO C89). Critical positions are diagrammed.
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The Marshall Countergambit of the Ruy Lopez Closed begins with the following moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 and looks like this. Anand, Leko and Judit Polgar play this as White and Adams, Hebden and Nunn play it as Black. Alexey Popov (RUS) 2220 - Ahmed Amaev (RUS) 2329 , Raduzhny, 11/17/2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.Bd1 Bxd1 20.Raxd1 Rfe8 21.Qe2 Qg6 22.Nf3 Re4 23.Qc2 23…Rxe3 24.Rxe3 Qxc2 25.Rxe8+ Bf8 26.Rd2 Qb1+ 27.Kg2 Qxa2 0- 1 Alexei Shirov (ESP) 2732 - Levon Aronian (ARM) 2768, Bilbao, 9/ 8/2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.a4 Re6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nf1 Bf5 21.Qd2 Bh3 {N} 22.Bd1 Qg6 23.Bf3 Qf5 24.Bh1 Rfe8 25.Re2 h5 26.Qc2 Qg4 27.Ree1 h4 28.Qd1 Qf5 29.Qf3
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The Marshall Countergambit of the Ruy Lopez Closed begins with the following moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 and looks like this.

Anand, Leko and Judit Polgar play this as White and Adams, Hebden and Nunn play it as Black.

Alexey Popov (RUS) 2220 - Ahmed Amaev (RUS) 2329 , Raduzhny, 11/17/2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.Bd1 Bxd1 20.Raxd1 Rfe8 21.Qe2 Qg6 22.Nf3 Re4 23.Qc2

23…Rxe3 24.Rxe3 Qxc2 25.Rxe8+ Bf8 26.Rd2 Qb1+ 27.Kg2 Qxa2 0-1

Alexei Shirov (ESP) 2732 - Levon Aronian (ARM) 2768, Bilbao, 9/ 8/2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.a4 Re6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nf1 Bf5 21.Qd2 Bh3 {N} 22.Bd1 Qg6 23.Bf3 Qf5 24.Bh1 Rfe8 25.Re2 h5 26.Qc2 Qg4 27.Ree1 h4 28.Qd1 Qf5 29.Qf3

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29… Qg6 30.Z0 ( if 30.Qd1 hxg3 31.hxg3 Nxe3 32.Rxe3 Rxe3 33.fxe3 Bxg3 ) 0-1

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2703 - Peter Svidler (RUS) 2739, San Sebastian, 7/11/2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 f5 18.Re1 f4 19.Bd1 f3 20.Ne4 Bh3 21.Qd3 Rae8 22.Bd2 Rxe4 23.Qxe4

23…Bxg3 24.Bxf3 ( 24.hxg3 Bg2 ) ( 24.fxg3 f2+ mates ) Bxh2+ 25.Kxh2 Bg4+ 26.Kg1 Bxf3 27.Qe6+ Kg7 28.Qe5+ Rf6 29.Qh2 Rh6 0-1

Alexei Shirov (ESP) 2726 - Kateryna Lahno (UKR) 2488, Benidorm, 12/ 8/2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.d4 fxg2 12.Qf3 Re8 13.Bg5 a5 14.Nd2 a4 15.Bc2 Be6 16.Rxe6 fxe6 17.Qh3 g6 18.Re1 Qd6 19.Rxe6 Qd5 20.Nf3 Bd8

21.Rxf6 Bxf6 22.Bxf6 Rf8 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qh8+ Kf7 25.Qg7+ Ke6 26.Qe7+ Kf5 27.Nh4+ Kg4 28.Qe2+ Kh3 29.Qe3+ 1-0

Ilia Iljiushenok (RUS) 2314 - Rao Prasanna (IND) 2311, Mersin, 8/18/2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Nd2 Bxd3 15.Nf3 Bg6 16.Bg5

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Qd7 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 d4 20.Be3 d3 21.a4 Rfe8 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.axb5 axb5 24.b3 Qc6 25.Rc1 Be4 26.g3 Bg2 27.Bd4

27…Bh1 28.f3 Qxf3 29.Qf1 d2 30.Rd1 Qxd1 0-1

Selim Citak (TUR) 2324 - Levente Vajda (ROM) 2564, Budapest, 6/ 9/2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 f5 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.f4 Kh8 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Qg2 Rf6 22.Qxd5 Be2 23.Bf2 h6 24.Nf3

24…Bxf3 25.Rxe8+ Bf8 0-1

Arkadij Naiditsch (GER) 2647 - Jan Gustafsson (GER) 2606, Dresden, 4/11/2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.g3 Bf5 14.d4 Qd7 15.Be3 Rae8 16.Nd2 Bg4 17.Qb1 Bf5 18.Bc2 Bxc2 19.Qxc2 f5 20.c4 bxc4 21.Nxc4 f4 22.Bd2 f3 23.Qd3 Re2 24.Rxe2 Qh3 25.Ne3

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25…Rf4 26.Qxa6 ( 26.gxf4 Bxf4 ) Rh4 27.Qa8+ Kf7 28.Qe8+ Kxe8 29.Ng4+ 0-1

Vladimir Belov (RUS) 2587 - Vladimir Akopian (ARM) 2713, Moscow, 2/18/2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.d4 exd4 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxd4 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Bf6 13.Bxe5 Bxe5 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.Qxd5 Bxf3 16.Qxe5

16…Qh4 17.Rxe4 Qxe4 18.Qxe4 Bxe4 19.Nd2 Bb7 0-1

Mohamad Al Sayed (QAT) 2486 - Sasha Kaplan (ISR) 2402, Bad Wiessee, 11/10/2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Nd2 f5 17.Re1 f4 18.Qe2 Bg4 19.Qd3

Black Mates in 10. 19…fxg3 20.fxg3 Rf2 0-1

Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND) 2573 - R B Ramesh (IND) 2491, Pune, 11/ 3/2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 f5 18.Bd1 g4 19.Re1 Ra7 20.c4 Nf6 21.a4 f4 22.c5 Bb8 23.Qg2 Raf7 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bb3 Nd5 26.Ne4 Bf5 27.Bxf4 Bxf4 28.gxf4 Nxf4

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29.Nf6+ Kh8 30.Nxh5 1-0

Alexander Graf (GER) 2613 - Jan Gustafsson (GER) 2615, Altenkirchen , 2/21/2005

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 Qf4 16.Re5 Qf6 17.Re1 Qg6 18.Qf3 Bd7 19.Be3 Rae8 20.Nd2 Re6 21.Kh1 Bb8 22.Nb3 Rf6 23.Qe2

23…Bxh3 24.f4 Bxg2+ 25.Qxg2 Qh5+ 26.Qh2 Qf3+ 27.Qg2 Rh6+ 28.Kg1 Rg6 0-1

Mert Erdogdu (TUR) 2393 - Mayan Paz (ISR) 2255 , Internet, 3/15/2003

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qe2 Bf5 17.Nd2 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Rae8

19.Bxd5 Re7 20.Bxc6 f5 21.Bxg5 Re6 22.Bd5 fxe4 23.Qxe4 Rfe8 24.Re1 1-0

Gennadi Kuzmin (UKR) 2495 - Vasily Malinin (RUS) 2499, Sudak, 2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.c4 Bf4 19.cxd5

19…Rh6 20.Qe4 Qxh2+ 21.Kf1 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 Rf6 (23.f3 Bf5 24.Qe5 Bh3+

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25.Ke1 Qg1+ 26.Ke2 Qxa1 ) 0-1

Ilia Smirin (ISR) 2698 - Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2666, Panormo, 2001

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qe2 f5 17.Re6 Bxe6 18.Qxe6+ Kh8 19.Qxd6 Rae8 20.Bd2

20…f4 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.f3 g4 0-1

Ilja Zaragatski (GER) 2259 - Jan Plachetka (SVK) 2437, Saint Vincent, 2001

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Ra7 16.Qf3 Re7 17.Nd2 Rfe8 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.a4 bxa4 20.Rxa4 h5 21.c4 Bd7 22.Ra2 dxc4 23.Nxc4 Bb4 24.Rea1 Bb5 25.Ne5 Bd6 26.Bf4

26…f6 27.Qd5+ Re6 28.Ng6 Bc6 0-1

Susanto Megaranto (INA) 2254 - Eduardo Garcia (COL) 2282, Oropesa, 2000

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Re3 Rae8 20.a4 Bh3 21.Qe1 f5 22.f3 Bf4 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Qd1 Be3+ 25.Kh1 Bf2 26.g4

Black Mates in 6. 26…fxg4 27.fxg4 Bxg4 0-1

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Stanislav Vlcek (SVK) 2326 - Milan Rachela (SVK) 2265, Zvolen, 2000

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Ng4 14.h3 Qh4 15.Qf3 Be6 16.hxg4 Bh2+ 17.Kf1 Bxg4 18.Qd5 Bf4 19.g3 Bh3+ 20.Ke2 Qg4+ 21.Kd3 Bxc1 22.Rxc1 Rae8 23.f3

23…Qg6+ 24.Kd2 Qxg3 25.Rd1 Qf4+ 0-1

Sergey Dolmatov (RUS) 2600 - Anup Deshmukh (IND) 2350, Calcutta, 1999

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 a5 16.Nd2 Ra6 17.Nf3 Qh5 18.Qe2 Bf4

19.Re8 Bxc1 ( 19...Bd6 20.Qxb5 ) 20.Qe7 1-0

Andrean Susilodinata (INA) 2303 - Davit Jojua (GEO) 2537, Marina d'Or, 1998

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Ng4 14.h3 Qh4 15.Qf3 Nxf2 16.Re8 Nxh3+ 17.gxh3

17…Bb7 18.Rxf8+ Rxf8 19.Qf2 Qxh3 20.d5 Re8 21.Bd2 Re2 22.Qxe2 Bc5+ 23.Be3 Bxe3+ 24.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 25.Kg2 Qc1 0-1

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Goran Vojinovic (SRB) 2435 - Miroljub Lazic (SRB) 2455, Nis, 1998

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.Qxf3 Bg4 12.Qg3 Bd6 13.Qh4 Re8 14.Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.f3 Qe2 16.d4

16…Bh3 17.gxh3 Qxh2+ 18.Kf1 Bg3 0-1

Sandor Farago (HUN) 2330 - Lenar Murzin (RUS) 2310, Budapest, 1997

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Kh8 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.a4 f5 20.axb5 axb5 21.c4

21…f4 22.cxd5 fxe3 23.f3 exd2 24.Rxe8 Qxe8 25.Qf2 Rxf3 26.Qxd2 Rxb3 0-1

Edson Kenji Tsuboi (BRA) 2345 - Everaldo Matsuura (BRA) 2390, Santos, 1997

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.Bd1 Bxd1 20.Raxd1 f5 21.Qe2 Qe8 22.Nf1

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22…f4 23.gxf4 Nxf4 24.Qd2 Nh3+ 25.Kg2 Qh5 26.Ng3 Qf3+ 0-1

Petr Virostko (CZE) 2352 - Slawomir Ulak (POL) 2245, Frydek-Mistek, 1995

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.Rac1 Rfe8 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Qg2 Bf4 22.gxf4 Bh3 23.Qf3 Rg6+ 24.Kh1 Qxf3+ 25.Nxf3 Bg2+ 26.Kg1 Bxf3+ 27.Kf1 f5 28.Bd2

Black Mates in 5. 28…Bg2+ 29.Kg1 Be4+ 30.Kf1 Bd3+ (31.Re2 Bxe2+ 32.Ke1 Rg1#) 0-1

Tamas Horvath (HUN) 2318 - Hrvoje Stevic (CRO) 2610, Djakovo, 1994

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Rxd5 Bxh2+ 15.Kxh2

Qxd5 16.Bf4 Bb7 17.Qg4 Rae8 18.Bh6 Qd6+ 19.Bf4 Qc6 20.Nd2 Re6 21.f3 Rg6 22.Qh4 Re8 23.Ne4 f5 24.Nd6

Black Mates in 6. 24…Rxg2+ 25.Kh3 Qxf3+ 26.Bg3 Rh2+ 0-1

Maciej Nurkiewicz (POL) 2428 - Roland Berzinsh (LAT) 2475, Hlohovec, 1994

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qf3 Bg4 16.Qg2 Qh5 17.Be3 Bf3 18.Qf1 f5 19.Bd1

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19…Bxd1 20.Rxd1 f4 21.gxf4 Qg4+ 0-1

Afrim Fejzullahu (SRB) 2344 - Albert Blees (NED) 2415, Bern, 1993

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 f5 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.f4 Kh8 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rxa4 g5 23.Rxa6 gxf4 24.Bxf4

24…Rxe1 25.Qxe1 Bxf4 26.gxf4 Be2 27.Re6 Rg8+ 28.Kf2 Qxh2+ 29.Ke3 Rg2 0-1

Miroslav Rade (CRO) 2431 - Srecko Truta (CRO) 2204, Budapest, 1993

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.d3 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Bd7 16.Nd2 g5 17.c4 Nf6 18.Re2 Bg4 19.f3 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Rae8 21.fxg4 Rxe2 22.Qxe2 Re8 23.Ne4

23…Rxe4 24.dxe4 Nxe4 25.Bf4 Nf2+ 26.Qxf2 Bxf2 27.Be5 Qxg4 28.Kg2 Qe2 0-1

Peter Enders (GER) 2467 - Alexander Goldberg (GER) 2375, Germany, 1993

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re2 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Nd2 Bf5 16.a4 Rae8 17.axb5

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17…Nf4 18.gxf4 Qg4+ 19.Kf1 Bd3 20.Ne4 Qf3 21.Ke1 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 Qh1+ 23.Kd2 Rxe4 24.Qd1 Bxf4+ 25.Kd3 Re1 26.Bxf4 Qe4+ 0-1

Juergen Kettner (GER) 2267 - Jochen Kountz (GER) 2358, Ladenburg, 1992

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Bb7 12.Qf3 Bd6 13.Rxd5 Re8 14.Qxf7+ Kxf7 15.Rxd6+ Kf8 16.Rxd8 Raxd8 17.Kf1 Be4 18.f3 Bd3+ 19.Kf2 Re2+ 20.Kg3 Rd6 21.Na3 Rg6+ 22.Kh3

Black Mates in 3. 22…Rexg2 23.Bc2 Rg1 0-1

Leszek Bakalarz (POL) 2205 - Maxim Novik (RUS) 2390, Katowice, 1990

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 b4 19.c4 Bf4 20.cxd5 Rh6 21.Qe4 Qxh2+ 22.Kf1 Bxe3 23.Rxe3

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23…Rf6 24.f4 Bh3+ 25.Ke1 Qg1+ 26.Ke2 Bg4+ 27.Nf3 Qxa1 28.Qc2 Qg1 29.Kd3 Bf5+ 0-1

Dragoljub Janosevic (YUG) 2330 - Pavel Blatny (CZE) 2470, Bad Woerishofen, 1989

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 f5 17.f4 Kh8 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.Nd2 g5 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rxa4 Rae8 23.Raa1 Re6 24.Rxa6

24…gxf4 25.Bxf4 Rxe1 26.Qxe1 Bxf4 27.gxf4 Be2 0-1

Alfred Reichel (GER) 2232 - Hans Schlemmer (GER) 2300, Bayern, 1989

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.d4 fxg2 12.Qf3 Be6 13.Bg5 Bd5 14.Bxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Nd2 Qd6 17.Kxg2 Nxc6 18.Ne4 Qg6+ 19.Kh1 Rfe8

20.Ng3 Qd6 21.Rg1 Kf8 22.Nh5 g6 23.Nf6 Re7 24.Nxh7+ Kg7 25.Ng5 Rh8 26.h3 f6 27.Ne4 Qe6

28.Rxg6+ Kxg6 29.Rg1+ 1-0

Gyula Feher (HUN) 2410 - Laszlo Hazai (HUN) 2417, Budapest, 1989

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qf5 16.Nd2 Qg6 17.a4 f5 18.Rd4 Kh8 19.Rxd5 cxd5 20.Bxd5 Rb8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nf3 Qh5 23.Qb3

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23…f4 24.Nh4 fxg3 25.hxg3 Qe2 0-1

Ralf Junge (GER) 2330 - Hannu Wegner (GER) 2358, Germany, 1989

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 bxa4 19.Rxa4 f5 20.Qf1 Qh5 21.f4 Rfe8 22.Qf2 g5 23.fxg5 f4 24.gxf4 Bh3 25.Kh1 Qg4 26.Nf3

26…Rxe3 27.Rxe3 0-1

Guenther Beikert (GER) 2449 - Mark Heidenfeld (IRL) 2371, Germany, 1989

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.c4 Bf4 19.cxd5

19…Rh6 20.Qe4 Qxh2+ 21.Kf1 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 Rf6 23.Nf3 Rxf3 24.Rxf3 Qh1+ 25.Ke2 Bxf3+ 26.Qxf3 Re8+ 0-1

Ferdinand Hellers (SWE) 2560 - Ivan Sokolov (NED) 2525, Haninge, 1989

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 Qh5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bd1 Bxd1 21.Raxd1 f5 22.Nf1 f4 23.Bc1 Ref6 24.Qe4 Kh8 25.Qd3 h6 26.b3 b4 27.cxb4

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27…fxg3 28.fxg3 Bxb4 29.Nd2 Rf2 30.h4 Nc3 0-1

Stefan Kindermann (AUT) 2530 - Peter Lukacs (HUN) 2520, Budapest, 1987

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 bxa4 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Qf1 Qh5 21.Rxa4 f5 22.f4

22…Qe8 23.Bf2 Rxe1 24.Qxe1 Qxa4 25.Qe6+ Rf7 26.Qxd6 Qd1+ 27.Nf1 h6 28.Qd8+ Kh7 29.Qxd5 Bh3 0-1

Ljubomir Ljubojevic (SRB) 2625 - John Nunn (ENG) 2585, Szirak, 1987

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re2 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Nd2 Bf5 16.Bc2 Bxc2 17.Qxc2 f5 18.c4 Qg4 19.Re6 Nf4 20.Rxd6 Rae8 21.cxb5 Re2 22.Qc4+ Kh8 23.Qxe2 Nxe2+ 24.Kg2 f4 25.bxc6

Black Mates in 6. 25…fxg3 26.hxg3 ( 26.f3 Nf4+ 27.Kf1 g2+ 28.Ke1 g1=Q+ 29.Nf1 Qxf3 30.a4 Qe2# ) Nf4+ (27.Kg1 Nh3+ 28.Kh1 Qd1+ 29.Kh2 Rxf2+ 30.Kxh3 Qh5#) 0-1

Jonathan Ady (HKG) 2358 - Mark Hebden (ENG) 2548, Lewisham, 9/??/1984

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5

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Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1

Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 f5 18.f4 Kh8 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Qf1 Qh5 21.a4 bxa4 22.Qg2 Re4 23.Rxa4 g5 24.Rxa6 gxf4 25.Nxe4 fxe4 26.Rxd6 fxe3 27.Rxe3

27…Bh3 (if 28.g4 Qxg4 ) 0-1

Karel Mokry (CZE) 2470 - Jozef Franzen (SVK) 2355, Sumperk, 1984

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re2 Qh4 14.g3 Qh5 15.Nd2 Bh3 16.Re4 Qg6 17.Qe1 f5 18.Re2 f4 19.Ne4 19…Qh5 20.f3 fxg3 21.Nxd6 Rxf3 22.Ne4

gxh2+ 23.Kxh2 ( 23.Kh1 Rf1+ ) Bf1+ 0-1

Jose Sequera (VEN) 2405 - Peter Iten (SUI) 2255, Innsbruck, 1977

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.Qxf3 Bg4 12.Qg3 Re8 13.f3 Qd3 14.fxg4 Bc5+ 15.Re3 Rad8 16.Qf3 Re5 17.h3 Ne4 18.Qf4 Nxd2 19.Bxd2 Rxe3 20.Kh1

Black Mates in 4. 20…Rxh3+ (21.gxh3 Qxh3+ 22.Qh2 Qf1+ 23.Qg1 Qxg1#) 0-1

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Trevor Hay (AUS) 2287 - Douglas Hamilton (AUS) 2204, Sydney, 1/??/1975

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 f5 15.Nd2 f4 16.Re1 g5 17.Qh5 Ra7 18.Nf3 Rg7 19.Ne5 Bf5 20.a4 b4 21.Qd1 Bc8 22.cxb4 f3 23.Nxf3 Qf6 24.Qc2 Bf5 25.Qb3 g4 26.Qxd5+ Rgf7 27.Ng5

27…Be6 0-1

H Tatsutomi 2200 - Mauricio Levy 2200, Nice, 1974

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.d4 exd4 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.a4 Bd6 14.g3 Nf6 15.Bc2 Qd7 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Rxa8 18.f3

18..Qh3 19.Bd3 Ng4 20.Qc2 Bc5+ 0-1

Vitaly Levchenkov (LAT) 2230 - Igor Sakovich (LAT) 2218, URS, 1972

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.Qxf3 Bg4 12.Qg3 Re8 13.Re3 Bd6 14.Qh4 Bf4 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.f3

16…Qe2 17.c4 b4 18.g3 Qe1+ 19.Kg2 Bxf3+ 0-1

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Dan Cruz Alvarez De Ron (ESP) 2301 - Ioan Biriescu (ROM) 2297, Athens, 1971

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.h3 Ng4 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.Re8 Bb7 16.Rxf8+ Rxf8 17.Qxg4 Re8 18.Kf1 Qe7 19.Qd1 Be4 20.g3 Qd7 21.Qg4 Bd3+ 22.Kg2

22…Qc6+ 23.Kh2 Re1 24.f3 Qc5 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.cxd4 Rxc1 27.Bd5 Rxb1 0-1

Michael Stean (ENG) 2500 - Brian Eley (ENG) 2335, England, 1971

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Nf6 16.Rh4 Qf5 17.Bf4 Rd8 18.Nd2 g5 19.Bc2 Qd5 20.Ne4 Nxe4

21.Bxe4 Qxe4 22.Bxg5 Qe8 23.Bxd8 Qxd8 24.Qh5 Kf8 25.Re1 Be6 26.Qxh7 Ke8 27.Rhe4 Be7 28.f4 1-0

Arkady Novopashin (RUS) 2387 - Boris Spassky (FRA) 2548, Leningrad, 1963

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 bxa4 19.Rxa4 f5 20.f4 Bxf4 21.Bf2

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21…Rxe1+ 22.Bxe1 Re8 (23.Bf2 Be2 24.Qc2 Bxd2) 0-1


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