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This is a collection of 90 critical positions from the Ruy Lopez Marshall Gambit where Black not only regains the gambit pawn but wins. Hone your understanding of underlying themes and tactics of this versatile opening. Bill Harvey is the webmaster of wtharvey.com where you can find 10,000 chess puzzles from modern and historic games
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Page 1: Winning the Ruy Lopez Marshall Gambit:  90 traps Black can use
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1) Gordon Phillips vs Wilhelm Stelter, Goch, 10/3/2003

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 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.Qxf3 Bg4 12.Qe3 Re8 13.f3

13...Bc5 14.Qxc5 Rxe1+ 15.Kf2 Ne4+ 16.fxe4 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qxh2+ 0-1

2) Yuri Alchinidi vs Alexander Okrugin, Zelenograd, 1997

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.Qxf3 Bg4 12.Qg3 Re8 13.d4 Bd6 14.Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.Qd3

15...Qe1+ 16.Qf1 Bxh2+ 0-1

3) Sergei Vasiliev vs Mikhail Gabdullin, Dagomys, 4/??/2004

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.d3 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qxd1 11.Bxd1 Bb7 12.Bc2 Rad8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Rfe8 15.Nbd2

15...g5 16.Bg3 g4 17.Nxe5 Rxd2 0-1

4) Arne Moller vs Ulli Reyer, Helsingor, 7/21/2008

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.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bb7 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Be3 Nxe3 15.Rxe3

15...Qg5 16.g3 Bc5 17.Re5 Rae8 18.Qd3 Qc1+ 0-1

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5) W MacLean vsKevin Hurst, Perth, 1978

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.gxf3 Nh5 12.d4 Bd6 13.f4 Nxf4 14.Bxf4 Bxf4 15.Qf3 Qh4 16.Re4

16...Qxh2+ 17.Kf1 Bh3+ 18.Ke1 Qg1+ 19.Ke2 Qf1# 0-1

6) Joachim Klein vs Sebastian Syperek, Bochum, 1992

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.Ng5 Bg4 11.Qc2 Ne5 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bd6 14.d4 f5 15.Qe3 f4 16.Qd2

16...Nf3+ 17.gxf3 Bxf3 18.Re7 ( 18.Re5 Bxe5 19.d6+ Kh8 20.Kf1 Qg5 ) Qxe7 19.Qd3 Qg5+ 20.Kf1 Qg2+ 0-1

7) Vladimir Belov vs Vladimir Akopian, 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

8) Selwin Keuning vs Thomas Mollema, Enschede, 8/5/2009

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.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Nd2 Bg4 16.f3

16...Bxg3 17.Nf1 ( 17.hxg3 Qxg3+ ) Bxe1 18.Qxe1 Bxf3 19.Qf2 Rae8 20.Ng3 Re1+ 21.Nf1 Re2 0-1

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9) Borje Persson vs Lennart Wahlstrom, Gothenburg, 8/15/2012

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 Nb6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Nd2 Rae8 16.Nf1

16...Rxe1 17.Qxe1 Qg4 0-1

10) Juergen Federau vs Rainer Ungnad, Germany, 1967

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.g3 Qf6 15.f4 Qh6 16.Qe2 Bf5 17.Nd2

17...Rae8 0-1

11) Yury Pavlovichev vs Ablonovsky, Moscow, 1972

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3O-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.Na3 Ne4 17.Bc2

17...Qxd2 18.Bxd2 Nxg3 19.Bc1 ( 19.b4 Bb6 ) Rxe3 20.hxg3 Re2+ 21.Kh2 Bxa3 0-1

12) Alejandro Espindola Carlos vs Hector Cordoba, Argentina (corr.), 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 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.d4 fxg2 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nd2 Qf4 16.Nf3 Bg4 17.Kxg2

17...Rae8 18.Qd3 ( 18.Qc2 Bh3+ ) 18...Bf5 0-1

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13) Luis Maio vs Fernando Madeu, Rio de Janeiro, 1995

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.g3 Bd6 13.Bxd5 cxd5 14.Rxd5 Bb7 15.Rd4 Qf6 16.d3 Bc5 17.Rf4

17...Qc6 18.Re4 f5 19.Nd2 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Rxf2 21.d4 Qxe4 0-1

14) Hana Pirklova vs Lucie Hodova, Plzen, 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 Nf6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Ng4 14.h3 Qh4 15.Qf3 Nxf2 16.Rf1 Bxh3 17.Qxf2

17...Bg3 18.Qd2 Bg4 0-1

15) Francisco Ruiz Jimenez vs Raul Cuesta Bustos, Mancha, 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 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.d4 Bd6 12.g3 Bg4 13.Qd3 Re8 14.Be3 Qc8 15.Na3 Bf5 16.Qd1 Be4 17.Kh1 Black mates in 4.

17...Qh3 18.Rg1 Ng4 0-1

16) Bernardo Sztokbant vs Elismar Da Silva Benayon, Manaus, 4/27/2013

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 Nxe3 17.Qxe3

17...Rae8 18.Qxe8 Bf3 0-1

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17) Vitaly Levchenkov vs Igor Sakovich, 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 Qe2 17.c4 b4 18.g3 Black mates in 3.

18...Qe1+ 19.Kg2 Bxf3+ 0-1

18) H Tatsutomi vs Mauricio Levy, 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

19) Hirzel vs Vlastimil Stulik, Czechoslovakia, 1946

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.Nd2 Rae8 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.f3

19...Re1+ 20.Kf2 ( 20.Nf1 Bxf3 21.Qf2 Re2 ) Bh3 21.Qxh3 Qxh3 22.Kxe1 Qxh2 23.Nf1 Bxg3+ 24.Nxg3 Qxg3+ 0-1

20) Fernando Sanchez Aller vs Vicente Gonzalez Trelles, Asturias, 1966

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.Qf3 Bb7 14.d4 Bd6 15.Re2 Qc7 16.h3 Rfe8 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.Be3 b4 19.cxb4 Black mates in 2.

19...Qc1+ 0-1

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21) F Barriera vs Ridha Belkadi, Siegen, 1970

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.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 c6 13.Nd2 Bf6 14.Qc5 Bb7 15.Ne4 Be5 16.Ng5 Re8 17.f4 Bd6 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Qf2

19...Bc5 0-1

22) H Olkowski vs J Daniuk, Poland (corr.), 1973

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 Kh8 17.Nd2 f5 18.f4 Nxf4 19.gxf4

19...Bxf4 20.Nf1 ( 20.Bxf4 Qxd3 ) Bf3 21.Qd2 Qg4+ 22.Ng3 Bxg3 23.hxg3 Qxg3+ 24.Kf1 Qh3+ 0-1

23) K Mielcarek vs Jan Marcinkiewicz, Kalisz, 1973

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.h3 Bd6 13.Re1 Ng4 14.g3 Nxf2 15.Kxf2 Bxg3+ 16.Kg2 Qh4 17.Bxf7+ Kh8 18.Qh5 Bb7+ 19.Kg1 Black mates in 5.

19...Bh2+ 20.Kf1 Qxh5 0-1

24) A Heb vs L Huggins, corr., 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.exd5 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.Qxf3 Bg4 12.Qg3 Bd6 13.Qh4 Re8 14.f3 Bf5 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.Bd1 Bd3 17.Na3 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 Be2 19.Bc2

19...Bxf3 20.gxf3 ( 20.Qg3 Qe2 ) Qe2 0-1

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25) E Munz vs Gaspar Mathe, Lienz, 1988

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.Rg5 Re8 14.g3 Qe7 15.Bd2 Nf6 16.Qf3 h6 17.Rg6 Nd5 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Qxd5

19...Bb7 20.Qxd6 Qe1+ 0-1

26) Strukov vs Balitschew, corr., 1988

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.Ng5 Bg4 11.Qc2 Ne5 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bd6 14.d4 f5 15.Qe3 f4 16.Qe4 Bf5 17.Qe2 f3 18.Qf1 Ng4 19.g3

19...Nxh2 20.Kxh2 Qh4+ 21.Kg1 Bxg3 0-1

27) Tom Campbell vs D Dillinger, USA, 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 e4 10.Ng5 Bg4 11.Qc2 Ne5 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bd6 14.d4 f5 15.Qe3 f4 16.Qe4 Bf5 17.Qe2 Nd3 18.Rd1 Re8 19.Qh5

19...g6 20.Qh6 ( 20.Qf3 Ne1 ) Bf8 21.d6+ Kh8 22.dxc7 Qf6 0-1

28) Vladimir Tesla vs Thomas Kirchner, Schwanstetten, 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.a4 Bb7 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Na3 Bxa3 14.bxa3 Qd6 15.a4 bxa4 16.Bxa4 Nf4 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Nxg219.Kxg2

19...Nxd4 20.Re3 Qg6+ 21.Kh1 ( 21.Kf1 Nxf3 22.Rxf3 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Qa6+ ) Nxf3 22.Rxf3 Qg4 0-1

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29) Jose De La Plaza Perez vs Miguel Igual Toroncher, Valencia, 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.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 g5 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Qf6 Rae8 18.Rf3 Bxh3 19.g3 Black mates in 3.

19...Re1+ 20.Kh2 Bg4+ 21.Kg2 Qh1# 0-1

30) Emil Wallstrom vs Ake Hagstrom, Hallstahammar, 2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.Re1 a6 6.Ba4 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.Nd2 Rae8 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.f3

19...Re1+ 20.Kf2 ( 20.Nf1 Bxf3 21.Qf2 Re2 ) Bh3 21.g4 Qh4+ 22.Qg3 Bxg3+ 23.hxg3 Qe7 24.Ne4 Rxe4 25.fxe4 Qxe4 0-1

31) Robert Glover vs Don Curry, England, 12/4/2005

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qf3 Bg4 16.Qg2 Qh5 17.Nd2 Rae8 18.Re4 Bf3 19.Rh4

19...Re1+ 20.Nf1 ( 20.Qf1 Rxf1+ ) Bxg2 21.Rxh5 Bxf1 22.f3 Rfe8 23.Bxd5 Bh3+ 24.Kf2 R8e2# 0-1

32) Ruth Cormican vs Zoltan Nagy, Mureck, 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.Qf3 Bf5 17.Re1 Rae8 18.Bd2 Nf4 19.Na3

19...g4 20.Qh1 Ne2+ 21.Rxe2 Rxe2 22.Nb1 Be4 0-1

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33) Alexandr Pak vs Daria Kazennova, Dmitrov, 7/22/2008

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.Bf4 Bd6 14.Nd2 Bg4 15.Qg3 Nh5 16.Qxg4 Nxf4 17.Ne4 h5 18.Qf5 Rf8 19.Ng5

19...Qxg5 20.Qxg5 Nh3+ 0-1

34) Maximilian Gustmann vs Alexander Volz, Leipzig, 12/28/2008

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Nd2 Bg4 16.Nf3 Rae8 17.Bd2 Rxe1+ 18.Bxe1 Re8 19.Qd3

19...Nf4 20.gxf4 ( 20.Qf1 Ne2+ ) Bxf3 21.Qf1 Qg4+ 22.Qg2 Qxg2# 0-1

35) Ewa Kazmierczak vs Nida Siddiqui, London, 12/10/2010

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.g3 Re8 12.d4 Bd6 13.Bg5 Bg4 14.Nd2 Re2 15.Bd5 Bxg3 16.Bxf7+ Kxf7 17.hxg3 Qd5 18.Bxf6 Kxf6 19.Nf1

19...Rae8 20.Ne3 R8xe3 0-1

36) Christian Gheng vs Sergej Pelezki, Stuttgart, 6/2/2011

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.h3 e4 11.Rxe4 Bf5 12.Ne5 Bxe4 13.Nxc6 Qd6 14.Qe2 Rae8 15.d3 Qxc6 16.dxe4 Bd6 17.c4 Nf6 18.Nc3 Nxe4 19.cxb5

19...Nxc3 20.bxc6 ( 20.Kf1 Rxe2 21.bxc6 Rfe8 ) Rxe2 21.bxc3 Re1# 0-1

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37) Jose Sequera vs Peter Iten, 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+ 0-1

38) Mos vs Robert Kas, Poland (corr.), 1991

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.g3 Bg4 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.a4 f5 18.f4 Rae8 19.axb5 Rxe3 20.Bxe3

20...Bh3 0-1

39) Oleg Petrov vs Sergey Yerofeev, corr., 1991

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.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 Qf4 16.Re5 Qf6 17.Re1 Qg6 18.Qf3 Be6 19.Nd2 Rae8 20.Nf1

20...Bg4 21.Qxg4 ( 21.hxg4 Rxe1 22.b3 Qc2 23.Bb2 Rxa1 24.Bxa1 Qb1 ) Rxe1 0-1

40) Herve Huard vs Romain Landais, France, 11/16/2003

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qf3 Bg4 16.Qg2 Qh5 17.h4 Bf3 18.Qf1 Rae8 19.d4 Qg4 20.Kh2 Black mates in 3.

20...Rxe1 21.Qxe1 Qxh4+ 0-1

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41) Michal Kulaszynski vs Evgeny Tsarev, Gorzow Wlkp, 4/ 8/2007

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.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Nd2 Bg4 18.Qxd5 Rae8 19.Re3 Bf4 20.gxf4

20...Rxe3 21.fxe3 Qxe3+ 22.Kg2 ( 22.Kh1 Qe1+ 23.Kg2 Re8 ) Bh3+ 23.Kh1 Qe1+ 0-1

42) Albina Abdulmanova vs Alexander Belyikh, Berdsk, 7/13/2008

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf3 Bf5 17.Re1 Rae8 18.Qd1 Bg4 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Qf1 Black mates in 3.

20...Qxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Bh3+ 0-1

43) Diana-Alexandra Ciungan vs Erika-Izabella Nagy, Eforie Nord, 2/2/2009

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.Bc2 dxe4 10.Bxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 Bd6 12.d3 Bf5 13.Re3 Re8 14.Qb3 Bc5 15.Re1 Bxd3 16.Ng5 Qf6 17.Nf3 e4 18.Nbd2 exf3 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Nxf3 Black mates in 3.

20...Re1+ 21.Nxe1 Qxf2+ 22.Kh1 Qf1# 0-1

44) Arkady Novopashin vs Boris Spassky, 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

21...Rxe1+ 22.Bxe1 Re8 23.Bf2 Be2 0-1

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45) Ivan Kovac vs D Bogosavljevic, Yugoslavia (corr.), 1973

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 Bh2+ 16.Kf1 Be6 17.Re4 Bxb3 18.Rxg4 Bc4+ 19.Ke1 Rae8+ 20.Be3 Qd8 21.Nd2

21...f5 0-1

46) Malek Abdul vs Franco Di Giugno, San Benedetto del Tronto, 1991

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re4 Bf5 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.Re1 Qh4 16.g3 Qh3 17.Re3 Bg4 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.Qg2 Rae8 20.f4 Bh3 21.Qf3

21...Qxf3 0-1

47) Javier Gastanares Lopez vs Francisco Sanz Alonso, San Sebastian, 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 Re6 18.a4 f5 19.axb5 f4 20.bxc6 fxe3 21.Rxe3

21...Rxf2 22.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 23.Kf1 Nxe3+ 24.Qxe3 Bh3+ 0-1

48) Jyrki Kiltti vs Tapani Sammalvuo, Tampere, 1995

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 f5 19.axb5 f4 20.bxc6 fxg3 21.hxg3 Black mates in 6.

21...Bxg3 22.Nf1 ( 22.fxg3 Qxg3+ 23.Kh1 Rf2 ) Bf3 0-1

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49) Jonas Duenzel vs Rene Wittke, Willingen, 5/16/2005

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 Nf6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Ng4 14.h3 Qh4 15.Qf3 Nxf2 16.Qxf2 Bh2+ 17.Kf1 Bg3 18.Qe3 Bxh3 19.Re2 Bg4 20.Bd1 Rae8 21.Qg1 Black mates in 4.

21...Bxe2+ 22.Bxe2 Qf6+ ( 23.Bf3 Re1# ) 0-1

50) Leandro Campelo vs Renan Alves Brandao, Conceicao do Rio Verde, 6/14/2009

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.a4 Qh5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bd1 Nxe3 21.fxe3

21...Bxg3 22.hxg3 Rh6 0-1

51) James Taylor vs Tim Dean, Edmonton, 7/15/2009

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 Bf5 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Re3 Rfe8 20.Qe1 Bd7 21.Nf3

21...Qxf3 22.Bd2 Rxe3 23.Bxe3 Bh3 0-1

52) Maciej Statucki vs Aleksander Latocha, Chelm, 7/7/2010

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.a4 b4 11.h3 Bf6 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bb7 14.Be3 Na5 15.Bc2 Nxe3 16.fxe3 c5 17.Qd3 g6 18.Nbd2 Qd7 19.Rad1 Rfe8 20.Rf1 Qd5 21.b3

21...Rxe3 22.Qxe3 Bxd4 0-1

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53) Anastasiya Vyalykh vs Konstantin Kaliev, Satka, 11/21/2010

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.Nd2 Bg4 16.f3 Bxg3 17.Re2 Nf4 18.fxg4 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Rae8 20.Qg2 Re1+ 21.Nf1

21...Bxh2+ 22.Kf2 Re2+ 0-1

54) Christophe Bouton vs James Eden, Dieppe, 8/29/2013

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.h3 Bd6 13.Re1 Ng4 14.Re4 Bh2+ 15.Kf1 Bf5 16.Bc2 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Nxf2 18.Kxf2 Qh4+ 19.Kf1 Qxe4 20.d4 Rae8 21.Nd2 Black mates in 3.

21...Qd3+ 0-1

55) Pinsker vs Schwarz, corr. 1956

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.Qe1 Bd6 13.Re2 Bxh2+ 14.Kxh2 Ng4+ 15.Kg3 Qd6+ 16.f4 Qg6 17.d4 Bb7 18.Bc2 f5 19.Bb3+ Kh8 20.Qg1 Rae8 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Na3 Black mates in 5.

22...Ne5+ 23.Kf2 ( 23.Kh2 Qh5+ 24.Kg3 Qg4+ 25.Kf2 Nd3+ ) Nd3+ 24.Kf1 Re1# 0-1

56) Leonid Stoliarov vs Eduard Gufeld, Kiev, 1958

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.Bd2 Bb7 17.d5 Bc5 18.Kf1 Rae8 19.Na3 Ne4 20.Bf4 f5 21.Rad1 g5 22.Bxc7 Black mates in 2.

22...Nd2+ 0-1

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57) B Tkocz vs S Kania, Poland (corr.), 1973

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.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bb7 13.Nd2 Bd6 14.Nf3 c5 15.Qh4 Qxh4 16.Nxh4 Rfe8 17.Rd1 c4 18.Bc2 Re2 19.Bf5 Bc5 20.Rf1 Rae8 21.g3 Rxf2 22.Rxf2 Black mates in 2.

22...Re1+ 23.Kg2 Nf4# 0-1

58) Peter Hammer vs Doo Van Perlo, corr., 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 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.g3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qd7 14.d4 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.c4 Bf4 19.cxd5 Rh6 20.Qe4 Qxh2+ 21.Kf1 Bxe3 22.Rxe3

22...Rf6 23.Nf3 ( 23.f3 Bf5 ) Rxf3 24.Rxf3 Qh1+ 0-1

59) A Malinowski vs Florian Mayr, corr., 1988

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.g3 Bd6 13.Re1 Qd7 14.d4 Qh3 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Qf3 Bg4 17.Qxd5 Rae8 18.Bd2 Bf4 19.gxf4 Re6 20.Rxe6 fxe6 21.Qg2 Qh5 22.Be3

22...Bh3 23.Qxh3 (23.Qg3 Qd1#) 23...Qxh3 24.Nd2 Rf6 0-1

60) Francis Alard vs Jacques Porte, Provence, 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.g3 Nxh2 15.Kxh2 Qh4+ 16.Kg1 Bxg3 17.Qf3 Bh2+ 18.Kh1 Bf4+ 19.Kg1 Qh2+ 20.Kf1 Bh3+ 21.Ke2 Rae8+ 22.Kd1 Black mates in 3.

22...Rxe1+ 23.Kxe1 Qg1+ 0-1

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61) Daniele Sautto vs David Isonzo, Cattolica, 6/14/2005

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rfe8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 f5 19.Qf1 Qh5 20.f4 bxa4 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Rxa4

22...Qe8 0-1

62) Angelica Castillo vs Lina Maldonado Barrera, Bucaramanga, 6/2/2008

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.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qf3 Bg4 16.Qg2 Qh5 17.Qf1 Rae8 18.Be3 f5 19.Bd1 f4 20.Bxg4 Qxg4 21.Bd2 fxg3 22.Rxe8 Black mates in 3.

22...gxf2+ 23.Kh1 Qf3+ 0-1

63) Hoang Nam Nguyen vs Kaiqi Yang, Subic Bay, 5/23/2009

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.Qe2 Bf5 17.Nd2 Nf6 18.f3 Rae8 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.fxe4 Rxe4 22.Qf2

22...Bxg3 23.hxg3 Rg4 24.Bxf7+ Kg7 25.Bd5 cxd5 0-1

64) Giovanni Marchesotti vs Loris Testa, Robecchetto, 12/27/2009

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 e4 10.Ng5 Bg4 11.Qc2 Ne5 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bd6 14.d4 f5 15.Qc2 Nf3+ 16.gxf3 Qh4 17.f4 Bf3 18.Re3 Qg4+ 19.Kf1 Qg2+ 20.Ke1 Qg1+ 21.Kd2 Qxf2+ 22.Kd3 Black mates in 5.

22...Be4+ 0-1

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65) Francemir Barra De Oliveira vs Jose Renato Vieira, Botucatu, 5/1/2010

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.d3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Rxe5 c6 15.Qf3 Bd6 16.Rxd5 cxd5 17.Bxd5 Qe7 18.Be3 Rad8 19.d4 Kh8 20.Nd2 f5 21.gxf5 Rxf5 22.Qg2

22...Rxd5 23.Kh1 ( 23.Qxd5 Bh2+ ) Rh5 24.Rg1 Qe6 0-1

66) Pehlmann vs Florian Mayr, corr., 1980

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.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.Qf1 Ne2+ 21.Kh1 Qh6 22.d5 Qxd2 23.f3 Black mates in 6.

23...Nxg3+ 24.Kg1 ( 24.hxg3 Rh6+ ) Nxf1 25.Rxf1 Bh3 0-1

67) Bin Wu vs David Ottosen, Edmonton, 1995

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.Nd2 Rae8 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.h4 Re1+ 20.Nf1 Be2 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.b3 Rxf1+ 23.Kh2 Black mates in 5.

23...Qxh4+ 24.Qh3 Rh1+ 25.Kxh1 Qxh3+ 26.Kg1 Bf3 0-1

68) Hans Olson vs Justin Gulati, Winnipeg, 1997

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.d3 Nf6 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nf1 Qd7 15.Bg5 Nd5 16.Bd2 Bf6 17.Ng3 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Ne4 Bh4 20.Qd2 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Qxh3 22.Qxf4 Ne5 23.Nd2

23...Bxf2+ 0-1

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69) C Cabanillas vs Miryam Calle, Lima, 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.d4 Bd6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Re4 Bxh2+ 15.Kh1 Bf5 16.Rh4 Bf4 17.Bxf4 Nxf4 18.Qf3 Ng6 19.Rh2 Rae8 20.Nd2 Qf4 21.Qh5 h6 22.Nf3 Re2 23.g3

23...Qe4 24.Kg1 Bg4 25.Ng5 Re1+ 0-1

70) Tore Segerstrom vs Rickard Wiberg, Hallstahammar, 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.Re2Qh4 14.g3 Qh5 15.Re4 Qg6 16.Bc2 Bf5 17.Re2 Rae8 18.Bxf5 Qxf5 19.Qe1 Re6 20.Rxe6 fxe6 21.Be3 h5 22.h4 Bxg3 23.fxg3

23...Nxe3 24.Na3 ( 24.Qxe3 Qf1+ ) Qf3 0-1

71) Joshua Hager vs Sven Titgemeyer, Oberhof, 5/25/2010

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 Nxf2 15.Qf3 Qh4 16.Re2 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Nxh3+ 18.Kf1 g5 19.Rg2 Rae8 20.Bd2 Re6 21.Na3 Qh6 22.Bc2 Rf6 23.Bf5

23...Nf4 24.Qg4 Rxf5 0-1

72) Simo Peltonen vs Kaj Erlund, Finland, 9/29/2012

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.f4 Re8 14.d4 Rxe1+ 15.Qxe1 Qe8 16.Qxe8+ Rxe8 17.Kf1 Be2+ 18.Kf2 Ng4+ 19.Kg3 Ne3 20.Na3 Nf1+ 21.Kh3 h5 22.g3 Bf3 23.f5 Black mates in 5.

23...Re2 24.Kh4 Be7+ 0-1

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73) Jaime Llado Lumbera vs Roman Toran Albero, Torremolinos, 1962

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.f4 Kh8 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Qf1 Qh5 21.Bf2 Re4 22.Nxe4 fxe4 23.Be3 g5 24.Qf2

24...gxf4 25.Bxf4 Bxf4 26.gxf4 Bf3 0-1

74) Tomas Pettersson vs V Vymetal, corr., 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.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Qf3 Bf5 17.Qxd5 Rae8 18.Re3 Re6 19.Rxe6 fxe6 20.Qg2 Qh5 21.h4 Bxg3 22.fxg3 Bh3 23.Qc2 Rf1+ 24.Kh2Black mates in 4.

24...Qf3 25.Kxh3 Rh1+ 26.Qh2 Qf1+ 0-1

75) D Bryant vs D Bray, Glasgow, 1970

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.Re4 Qg6 16.Bc2 Bf5 17.Re2 Rfe8 18.Bxf5 Qxf5 19.Be3 Re6 20.Nd2 Rae8 21.Nf1 Qh3 22.a4 f5 23.Re1 f4 24.Bd2

24...Rxe1 25.Bxe1 Rxe1 26.Qxe1 f3 0-1

76) Goetz Preusse vs Peter Leisebein, DDR(corr.), 1988

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.f4 Kh8 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Qf1 Qh5 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rxa4 g5 23.fxg5 f4 24.Bxf4

24...Bxf4 25.gxf4 ( 25.Rxe8 Qxe8 26.gxf4 Qxa4 ) Bh3 26.Qf2 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 Rxe1+ 0-1

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77) E Lassen vs P Slavtchev, corr., 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.Bxd5 cxd5 13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 Qf4 16.Rg3 Qf6 17.Rf3 Qg6 18.Qd3 Re8 19.Kf1 Re4 20.Nd2 Bd7 21.Re3 f5 22.Nf3 f4 23.Re2 Rae8 24.Ne5

24...R4xe5 25.Qxg6 Rxe2 0-1

78) Salah Chehayeb vs David Moody, East Lansing, 1991

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qf3 Bg4 16.Qg2 Qh5 17.Be3 Bf3 18.Qf1 f5 19.Bd1 f4 20.Bxf3 Qxf3 21.Bc1 fxg3 22.hxg3 Bxg3 23.Re2 Rf5 24.Nd2 Black mates in 4.

24...Bh2+ 0-1

79) Hugo Paaren vs Vasily Malinin, corr., 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.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 Rf6 24.Nf3

24...Rxf3 29.Rxf3 Qh1+ 0-1

80) Zdravko Zelic vs Hrvoje Stevic, Tucepi, 1996

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 f5 19.f4 Rfe8 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Bf2 Be2 22.Rxe2 Rxe2 23.axb5

24...Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 25.Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

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81) Juan Rodriguez Fernandez vs Irina Borovik, Riazor, 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.d4 Bg4 10.exd5 e4 11.dxc6 exf3 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nd2 fxg2 14.Nf3 Qd6 15.Bg5 Rfe8 16.Re5 Qxc6 17.d5 Qd7 18.Kxg2 Bd6 19.Re3 Ne4 20.Bh4 g5 21.Bc2 g4 22.Qg1 gxf3+ 23.Kf1+ Kh8 24.Rxe4

24...Qxh3+ ( 24...Rxe4 25.Bf6# ) 25.Ke1 Rxe4+ 0-1

82) Newberry vs Antram, USA (corr.), 1960

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.Re1 Bh3 18.Bd1 g4 19.Qd3 Rae8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Bd2 Nf4 22.gxf4 Bxf4 23.Be2 Rxe2 24.Qxe2 Bxh2+ 25.Kh1 Black mates in 5.

25...Bg2+ 26.Kxg2 Qh3+ 27.Kh1 Bg3+ 0-1

83) Jaroslav Hervir vs Aage Justesen, corr., 1980

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 f5 19.Qf1 Qh5 20.f4 bxa4 21.Rxa4 Rb8 22.Qf2 Rxb3 23.Nxb3 Bd1 24.Rxa6 Bxb3 25.Rxc6

25...Nxe3 26.Rxe3 Qd1+ 0-1

84) Sergio A Gomes vs Joao Ribeiro Neto, Curitiba, 1984

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 Bf5 16.Bc2 Bg4 17.Qd3 Bf3 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.Nd2 Bg4 20.Bd1 Rae8 21.Bxg4 Qxg4 22.Qd3 f5 23.f3 Qh3 24.Bf2 f4 25.g4

25...Ne3 26.Bxe3 fxe3 0-1

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85) Carsten Kohn vs Thomas Kopf, Pfalz, 1991

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Bxd5 cxd5 14.Re1 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Qe2 Bg4 17.Qf1 Qh5 18.Nd2 f5 19.Qg2 f4 20.f3 fxg3 21.fxg4 gxh2+ 22.Kh1 Rae8 23.Rf1 Qg6 24.Rxf8+ Rxf825.Nf1 Black mates in 4.

25...Rxf1+ 26.Qxf1 Qe4+ 0-1

86) Bart Kamphuis vs Joost Berkvens, Hengelo, 1996

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 Bh2+ 15.Kf1 Nxf2 16.Qf3 Nh1 17.Qxa8 Qh4 18.Qf3 Ng3+ 19.Kf2 g5 20.Be3 g4 21.Qc6 gxh3 22.Qh6 Ne4+ 23.Ke2 Bg4+ 24.Kd3 Qxe1 25.Nd2 Black mates in 3.

25...Nf2+ 26.Bxf2 Bf5+ 0-1

87) Rolf Miessner vs Tadeusz Dryzek, Bad Woerishofen, 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 f5 17.f4 Rae8 18.Qf1 Qh5 19.Nd2 Kh8 20.Qf2 Nxe3 21.Rxe3 Rxe3 22.Qxe3 Re8 23.Qd3 Re2 24.Nf1 Bf3 25.h4 Black mates in 4.

25...Rg2+ 26.Kh1 Rxg3+ 0-1

88) Armin Besic vs Roland Posch, Steyr, 6/29/2008

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.h3 Bf6 11.d3 Bf5 12.Bc2 h6 13.Nbd2 Bg6 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Ng3 Bc5 16.Be3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Be7 18.d4 Bh4 19.Nxh4 Qxh4 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.Bxf5 Rad8 22.Qf3 Rd6 23.Qg4 Qf6 24.Bd3 Qe7 25.Qe4

25...f5 0-1

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89) Stephen Roche vs Cedric Koh, Sydney, 4/7/2010

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.Nd2 Bg4 16.Nf3 Qh5 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Kg2 f5 19.Qd3 f4 20.Ne5 Bf5 21.Qd1 f3+ 22.Kh1 Qh3 23.Rg1 Be4 24.Bf4 Rf5 25.Qb3Black mates in 2.

25...Qxh2+ 0-1

90) Jose Jimenez Mendoza vs Yeray Mena Trujillo, Gran Canarian, 2/12/2011

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.Re1 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Qf3 Bg4 17.Qxd5 Rad8 18.Qg2 Qh5 19.Qf1 f5 20.f4 Rde8 21.Be3 Re7 22.Nd2 Rfe8 23.Bf2 Re2 24.Rxe2 Rxe2 25.Nb3

25...Bh3 26.Qd1 Qf3 0-1


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