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1 1.Rxf6+! Kxf6 2.Kxc3 .
2 1.Rxg7+! Kxg7 2.Kxe5
3 1.Rxf5+! exf5 2.Kxe3 .
4 1.Rxe7+! Kxe7 2.Kxf5
5 1.Rxe8+! Qxe8 2.Qxg7#
6 1.Rxe8 Raxe8? 2.Qxg7#
7 1.Rxe8+! Bxe8 2.Qxg7#
8 1.Rxe5! ( 1.exf7+? Kf8! ) ( 1.R5c2? Qf3 ) Bxe5 2.Qxf7+ Kh8 3.Qh7#
9 1.Qh7+ ( 1.Rxf5 ?? Qh1# ) Kf8 2.Rxf5+! ( 2.Qh8+? Ke7 3.Bh4+ Kd7 4.Qd8+ Kc6 ) exf5 3.Qh8+
Ke7 4.Qxg7+ Kd8 5.Qxb7 .
10 1.Rxg5! fxg5 2.gxh7
11 1.Rxf5! gxf5 2.Qxe7
12 1.Rdxf5! Z0 1:0, Blokh - Umansky V., Moscow, 1982 ( 1...gxf5 2.Qd8+ Kg7 3.Qxe7 )
13 1.Rf7! Qxg6 2.Rxf8+! Kg7 3.Qe7+ Kh6 4.Rf6 .
14 1.Rxg8+! Kh7 ( 1...Rxg8 2.Qxh6# ) 2.Qxh6+ Kxh6 3.Rxf8
15 1.Rxg8+! Kxg8 2.Qxf6
16 1.Bxe5! Bxe5 ( 1...Qxb5 2.Bxg7+! Kxg7 3.Nxb5 ) 2.Rxf8+! Rxf8 3.Qxd7 Bxd4+ 4.Kg2 Rf2+ 5.Kg3
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17 1.Rxf6! Rxb1+! ( 1...Kxf6 2.Qe6+ Kg5 3.f4+ Kh5 4.Qh3# ) 2.Qxb1 ( 2.Kg2? Rh2+! 3.Kf3! Kxf6
4.Qe6+ Kg5 ) Kxf6 3.Qe4! Qf7 4.Qd4+! Kg5 ( 4...Kf5 5.Qf4# ) 5.Qe3+ Kh5 6.g4+! Kxg4 7.Qxh6
. similar to Stein - Filip, corr, 1967 (move Pb4 to b2)
18 1.Rxg6+! hxg6 2.Qh7+ Kf8 3.Qf7#
19 1.Rxd8! Qxd8 ( 1...Rcxd8 2.Rxf6! ) 2.Qh4! Bc4 3.Rxf6 Bxe2 4.Rh6! f6 5.Bxf6 gxf6 6.Rxh7+ Kg8
7.Qh6 Rc7 8.Qg6+ Kf8 9.Rh8+ Ke7 10.Nd5+ 1:0, Lukin - Timoshchenko, corr, 1979
20 1.Rxf6! gxf6 2.Bxf6 Qd5 3.Qh6
21 1...Qd1+ 2.Bxd1 Rf1#
22 1...Qf1+! 2.Bxf1 Rxf1+ 3.Rxf1 Rxf1#
23 1...Qe1+! 2.Rxe1 Rxe1#
24 1...Qd1+! 2.Rxd1 Rxd1#
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25 1...Qd1+! 2.Bxd1 Rxd1+ 3.Kh2 Rh1#
26 1...Qxe1+! 2.Bxe1 Rxe1+ 3.Kh2 Rh1#
27 1...Qh1+! 2.Bxh1 Rxh1#
28 1...Qh2+! 2.Kf1 Qh1+! 3.Bxh1 Rxh1#
29 1.Qxg8+! ( 1.Rf5? Rxd6! ) Kxg8 2.Rf8#
30 1.Qxf8+! ( 1.Re8? gxf6 ) Kxf8 2.Re8#
31 1...Rxg1+! 2.Kxg1 Qe1#
32 1...Rxg1+! 2.Kxg1 Qe1#
33 1...Rxd3! 2.Rxd3 Re1#
34 1...Rxc2! 2.Qxc2 Qe1#
35 1...Rxf1+! 2.Kxf1 Qe1#
36 1...Rxf1+! 2.Kxf1 Qb1+ 3.Ke2 Qe1#
37 1...Qxf1+! 2.Kxf1 Nd2+ 3.Kg1 Re1#
38 1...Qxf1+!! 2.Kxf1 Nd2+ 3.Kg1 Re1#
39 1.Qxf8+! Kxf8 2.Rd8+ Bxd8 3.Rxd8#
40 1.Qxg8+! Kxg8 2.Re8#
41 1.Qxg8+! Kxg8 2.Rc8+ Bf8 3.Bc4+! Kh8 4.Rxf8#
42 1.Qxg8+! Kxg8 2.Re8#
43 1.Qxa8+! Nxa8 2.Rd8+ Kh7 3.Bf5#
44 1.Qe8+! Rxe8 2.Rxe8+ Kg7 3.h6#
45 1...Qxf1+!! 2.Bxf1 Ra8+ 3.Kb1 ( 3.Qa2 Rd1# ) Rd1#
46 1...Qxd1+! 2.Bxd1 Rc1#
47 1.Qxg8+! Kxg8 2.Re8+ Kf7 3.Rf8#
48 1.Qxf8+! Kxf8 2.Rd8+ Ke7 3.Re8#
49 1...Qxf1+! 2.Kxf1 Ra1+ 3.Re1 Nd2+ 4.Kg1 Rxe1+ 5.Kh2 Nf1+! 6.Kg1 Ne3+ 7.Kh2 Nf5
50 1...Qxe1+! 2.Kxe1 Rd1#
51 1.Qxf8+! Kxf8 2.Re8+ Kg7 3.Rg8#
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52 1.Ne8+! Kg8 ( 1...Rxe8 2.Rxf7+ ) 2.Nf6+ Kg7 3.Qxf8+! Kxf8 4.Re8+ Kg7 5.Rg8#
53 1...Bh4! 2.Z0 0:1, Sarapu - Browne, Skople, 1972 ( 2.Rg1 Qxg1+ 3.Kxg1 Rd1+ 4.Qe1 Rxe1# ) (
2.g3 Bxg3! 3.hxg3 Rh5+ )
54 1...Nxg3+! 2.hxg3 Rh5#
55 1...Rxc3!! 2.Qf1! ( 2.Rxd4 Rc1+ ) Rc8! ( 2...Rc2 ) ( 2...Rc5 ) ( 2...Rc6 ) ( 2...Rc7 ) 3.Rxd4 Nxd4
4.Kh1 ( 4.h3 Rc1! 5.Qxc1 Ne2+! ) Ne2! 5.Z0 0:1, Polyak - Levin, Kiev, 1949 ( 5.Qxe2 Rc1+ )
56 1...Qxf3! 2.gxf3 ( 2.Rxe5 Qd1+ ) Rxe1#
57 1...Rxa2+!2.Kxa2 Qa7#
58 1...Rxh2+! 2.Kxh2 Qg1+ 3.Kh3 Qh1#
59 1...Rxg1+! 2.Kxg1 Qe1#
60 1.Rxh7+! Kxh7 2.Rh4+
61 1.Rxg7+! Kxg7 2.Rg2+ Kf8 3.Qh6#
62 1.Rxf6! ( 1.Nc4? Qa6! 2.Rxf6 ?? Qxc4+! 3.Kb1 Rfb8+ ! 4.Kc1 Bxf6! ) Bxf6 2.Qh7#
63 1.Rxd8! Rxd8 2.Qxf7#
64 1.Rxf6!! ( 1.Bxg7? Kxg7 2.Rxf6 Kxf6! ) Bxf6 ( 1...exf6 2.Bxg7 Kxg7 3.Qh7# ) ( 1...Bh8 2.Rf1 Re8
3.Bf8! Bf6 4.Rxf6! exf6 5.Qh6!! Rxf8 6.Qh7# Bisguier - Larsen, Zagreb, 1965 ) 2.Bg7
65 1.Bg7!! ( 1.Bxf8? Kxf8 2.Nh7+ Kg7 ) Bxg7 ( 1...Bxg5 2.Qh8# ) 2.Qh7#
66 1.Rxe5! dxe5 2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Nxd8 .
67 1.Rxd7+! Rxd7 2.Nf6+ Kh8 3.Nxg8
68 1.Rxd7! Bxd7 2.Nf6+ Kh8 3.Nd5+ Bg7 4.Nxc7 .
69 1.Rxd8! Qxd8 2.Nf7+
70 1.Qa8+!! Bxa8 2.Rxa8+ Kd7 3.Ra7+! Kc8 4.Rxf7 .
71 1.Ra7+! Bxa7 2.Rxa7+ Kd8 3.Nc6+ Kc8 4.Rxe7
72 1...Qe1+! ( 1...Qxf4? 2.gxf4! ) 2.Bxe1 Rxe1+ 3.Kh2 Rh1#
73 1...Qc2+! 2.Nxc2 Rxc2+ 3.Kg3 Bf2+! 4.Kh2 Bh4+! 5.Rg2 Rxg2+ 6.Kh1 Rg5+! 7.Kh2 Rxh5 .
74 1.Rxe6! Rxe6 2.Rf8#
75 1.Rxe3!! Rxe3 2.h4
76 1.Rxg7! Rxg7 ( 1...Qxf5 2.Qh6+ ) 2.Qf8+! Rg8 3.Qh6#
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77 1.Rxf7! ( 1.Re8? Rd8! ) Qxf1+ ( 1...Rxf7 2.Qe8+ Rf8 3.Bc4+ Kh7 ( 3...Rd5 4.Bxd5+ Qxd5
5.Qxg6+ Kh8 6.Qg7# ) 4.Qe7+ Kh8 5.Qg7# ) 2.Bxf1 Ra8+ 3.Ra7+
78 1...Qxf3!! 2.Rxf3 Rxg1+ 3.Kh2 R5g2#
79 1...Qxf4 ( 1...Rgxg2+? 2.Kh1! ( 2.Nxg2? Qf2+! ) Qf2 ( 2...Ne5? 3.Qc8+! Kg7 4.Nxg2! ) ( 2...Qg5
3.Nxe2! ) ( 2...Rg1+ 3.Kxg1 Qf2+ 4.Kh1 Qxf3+ 5.Kg1 = ) 3.Nxe2! Qxf3 ! ( 3...Qxe2 4.Qxd7 )
4.Qf4! Qxe2 5.Ne3! Rg6! 6.Rf1 ! ) 2.Z0 similar to Ryzhkov - Faas, URS, 1978 (remove black Pb7,
Pc6) ( 2.Qxf4 Rexg2+ 3.Kh1 Rg1+ 4.Kh2 R6g2# )
80 1.Qxc5+! Qxc5 2.R4b7#
81 1.Qxc8+!! Rxc8 2.R1a7+ Kc6 3.Rxc8+ Kd6 4.Bb4#!
82 1.Rxf5! gxf5 2.g3! Qd4 ( 2...Qg5 3.Nf7+! ) ( 2...Rac8 3.Qd6 Rcd8 4.Nf7+ Kg7 5.Nxd8 ) 3.Qxf6+ .
Z0 similar to Blokh -Gostola, corr 1987-90 (remove white Pb2) ( 3...Kg8 4.Qg5+! Kf8 5.Ncd7+ )
83 1.Ne7+ Kf7 2.Nxf5
84 1.Rxe4! Rxe4 2.Qg5 g6 3.Qf6
85 1.Rxe4! ( 1.Qh6? Qe5! ) Qf8 ( 1...Qxe4 2.Qg5+ Kf8 3.Qg7+ Ke8 4.Qg8# ) 2.Qg5+ Kh8 3.Re8!
Qxe8 4.Qg7#
86 1...Rxd2! 2.Z0 0:1, Uhlmann - Libert, Leipzig, 1976 ( 2.Qxd2 Qf3 . ) ( 2.Bxd2 Ng5 3.Qxe2 Nh3# )
87 1...Nh3#
88 1.Qxe7+!! Kxe7 2.Rg7+ Ke8 3.Nf6#
89 1.Qxh7+! Kxh7 2.Rf7+ Kh8 3.Ng6#
90 1...Qxc3+! 2.Qxc3 Bd4!
91 1...Rxf1! 2.Rhxf1 Nxc4 3.Qd3 Nxe3 4.Qxe3 Bg5 5.Rf4 Nb4 6.Kb1 Nd5 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.Rg1 Bxf4
9.Qxf4 Rf8 10.Qg4 Rf7 0:1, Mesing - Vukic, Yugoslavia, 1971
92 1.Rxc3!! bxc3 2.Nf6+! gxf6 ( 2...Kf8 3.Qxh7 . ) 3.Qh6 ! .
93 1.Rxe5! dxe5 2.Qf6+ Kg8 3.Qg7#
94 1.Rxb6! axb6 2.Nxb6+ Kb8 3.Nxc8
95 1.Rxc5! ( 1.Nfxd4? Nxd4 2.Bxb7 Rb8 3.Nxd4 Rxb7 ) bxc5 2.Nxc5 Rb8 ( 2...Qe7 3.Nxb7 Qxb7
4.Ne5 ) ( 2...O-O-O 3.Qa4 Qe7 4.Rc1 . ) 3.Nxd4! Z0 1:0 Kools - Jadoul, Belgium 1990 ( 3...Qxd4
4.Bxc6+! ) ( 3...Nxd4 4.Qa4+! )
96 1.Rxe5! Rxe5 2.Qf6
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97 1.Rxd4! cxd4 2.Qe5 f6 3.Qe6+ Kh8 4.Qf7 Rg8 5.Re1! ( 5.Qxe7? Qd8 ) Rae8 6.Rxe7 Rxe7 7.Qxe7
Qd8 ( 7...Qb6 8.d6 1:0, Sick - Grabits, Brawnshweig, 1964 ) 8.Bg7+!
98 1.Qxc4! ( 1.Nxa7+? Qxa7 2.Qxc4+ Nc5 3.Bxc5 Qc7 4.a7 Kb7 ) Qxc4 2.Nxa7#
99 1.Rd6! ( 1.Qxc4 ?? Be3+! ) ( 1.Rxc5? Nxc5 ) Bxd6 2.Rxd6 Qc5 3.Rd5! . Z0 similar to Spassky
- Larsen, Bugojno, 1978 (remove white Nf3 and black Nh6; move Pg3 to f3) ( 3...Qc6 4.Nb5! ) (
3...Qb6 4.Qxc4+ Qc6 5.Nb5 ! Qxc4 6.Nxa7# )
100 1.Nxe5! Bxe5 ( 1...Nxe5 2.Nf6+! Bxf6 3.Bxf6 Qe6 4.Rxf5! gxf5 ( 4...Qxf5 5.Rf1! ) 5.Qh6! ) 2.Nf6+!
Bxf6 3.Bxf6 Qe6 ( 3...Nd4 4.Qh6! Ne6 5.Rxf5! ( 5.Rf4!? with threat 6.Qh7! ) gxf5 6.Bd3 ! ) 4.Rxf5!
Nd4 ( 4...gxf5 5.Qg5# ) ( 4...Qxf5 5.Rf1 ! Qe6 6.Qh6! ) 5.Rf2 Qxd6 6.Qh6 Ne6 7.Bg4 Qc7 8.Rf3!
1:0, Blokh - Ivanenko, Moscow, 1978
101 1.Rxe8+! ( 1.Rh4 ?? Nxf6 ) ( 1.Qxh7+ ?? Kxh7 2.Rh4+ Qh5 ) Rxe8 2.Qg7#
102 1.Rg6+! Bxg6 2.Rxg6+ Kh7 3.Ng5+ Kh8 4.Nxf7+ Kh7 5.Nxd8
103 1.Bxh6!! Bxh6 2.Qxh6+! Kxh6 3.Rg6+ Bxg6 4.Rxg6+ Kxh5 ( 4...Kh7 5.Ng5+ Kh8 6.Nxf7+ Kh7
7.Nxd8 ) 5.Nxe5+! Ng4 ( 5...Kh4 6.Rh6+ Kg5 7.Nxf7+ Kf5 8.Nxd8 Rxd8 9.Bc2+ Ke5 10.f4+ )
6.Bxg4+ Kh4 7.Rh6+ Kg5 8.Nxf7+ Kxg4 9.Nxd8 1:0, Averbakh - Bondarevsky, URS, 1951
104 1...Bxf3+!!2.Bxf3 Be5 0:1, Dorfman - Romanishin, Cienfuegos, 1977.
105 1.Qxh7+!! Rxh7 2.Ng6#
106 1.Qxh7+!! Rxh7 2.Ng6#
107 1...Nxd4! 2.gxf5 ( 2.Nxd4 Qe5+ ) Nxf5+ 3.Z0 0:1, Potemkin - Alekhin, Peterburg, 1912 ( 3.Kh3
Nf2# ) ( 3.Kg4 h5+ 4.Kh3 Nf2# )
108 1...Nf2#
109 1.Nxe4! fxe4 2.Bxe4 Ne7 3.Ra8! Rcc7 4.Bg6! Z0 1:0, Lombardi - Polugaevsky, Reykjavik, 1978 (
4...Nxg6 5.Rexe8 )
110 1.Nxf6! gxf6? 2.Bxf6+ Kg8 3.Bxd8
111 1...Ncxd3+! ( 1...Nbxd3+ ) 2.cxd3 Nxd3+ 3.Kd2 Nxe5
112 1...Bxe4! 2.b3?! ( 2.fxe4? Nxe4 3.Qe3 Ra1# ) ( 2.Qe3! e5! 3.fxe4 exd4 . 4.Nxd4 Ra1+!? 5.Kd2
Rxd1+ 6.Rxd1 Nxh5 . ) Ra2! 3.fxe4 Qc3!! 4.Nxc3 bxc3 5.Kb1 Rfa8 0:1, Ambarcumjan - Blokh,
Moscow, 1982
113 1.Re8+! Nxe8 2.Qxh7#
114 1.Nxc6! Nxd3+ ( 1...Nxc6 2.Nd5! ) 2.Kd2 Z0 1:0, Hort - R.Byrne, Varna, 1962 ( 2...Qe8 3.Nd5 )
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115 1.Bf5+! ( 1.Qf5+ ) exf5 2.Qxf5#
116 1.Bd5+!! cxd5 2.Qxd5+ Qf7 3.Qg5+ ( 3.Qg2+ ) ( 3.Nf5 Qxd5 4.Nh6# ) Ng7 4.Nf5! Qg6 (1:0,
Savon - Ree, Sinai, 1965) 5.Ne7+ .
117 1...Qxe1+! ( 1...Bxf6 ?? 2.Re8# ) 2.Kxe1 Bxf6 .
118 1...Qxf4+! ( 1...Rxd7? 2.Rf8# ) 2.Kxf4 Rxd7
119 1...Qxg3! 2.Nf6+ ( 2.Nxg3 gxh6 ) Rxf6 3.Qxf6 gxf6 .
120 1...Qxg4+! 2.Kxg4 gxf6
121 1.Re7+! Kxe7 2.Qxe5+ .
122 1.Rg7+! Kxg7 2.Qxg5+
123 1.Rh8+! Kxh8 2.Qxg6
124 1.Rg8+! Kxg8 2.Qxf6 .
125 1.Bh7+! Kxh7 2.Rxf8
126 1.Bh7+! ( 1.Bb3+? c4 ) Kxh7 2.Rxf8 .
127 1...Bb3+! 2.Kxb3 Qxd3
128 1...Ba3+! 2.Kxa3 Qxc3 .
129 1...Bd4+! 2.Kxd4 Kxf2
130 1...Be5+! 2.Kxe5 Kxg3 3.Kxe6 Kxg2 4.e4 h4 .
131 1.Rdf3! ( 1.Rgf3 ) R1xf3 2.Rxf3 Qe6 3.Qxf6+ ( 3.Qd4 ?? Qg4+! ) Qxf6 4.Bf8+! Kxf8 5.Rxf6 .
132 1.Bg8+! Kxg8 2.Qxg6
133 1...Rf1+! 2.Kg2 ( 2.Rxf1 Qxd2 ) Rxd1
134 1...Rxe4! 2.Nf6+ ( 2.Rxe4 Rxd1+ 3.Kf2 Qxd5 ) Kh8 3.Nxe4 ? Bxd4+! 4.cxd4 Rxd1+ .
135 1...f4! 2.Rb5 ( 2.Qxf4 Qxc5 ) Qxe3! ( 2...Qxb5! ) 3.fxe3 Bxb5 4.axb5 fxe3 .
136 1...h3! 2.Qe2 Qxe4+! 3.Qxe4 Rf1#
137 1...e5! 2.Z0 0:1, Belov N. - Blokh, Moscow, 1982 ( 2.Bxe5 Bxe5 3.Qxe5 Qxd2 )
138 1...f4! 2.Bxf4? Rxe2
139 1.Re8+! Rxe8 ( 1...Kg7 2.Qxc4 Rxc4 3.Rxa8 ) 2.Qxc4 .
140 1.Re8+! Rxe8 ( 1...Kh7 2.Rxd8 ) 2.Qxd6
141 1.Rg8+! Qxg8 2.Bf6+
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142 1.Qe7+! ( 1.Rd1 ?? Rxh3+! ) Qxe7 2.Bxd5+ Qe6 3.Rxe6 .
143 1.Bd6!
144 1.Qg7! Bxg7 2.Bxc7 1:0, Szabo - Langeweg, Kecskemet, 1964
145 1...Rd2! ( 1...Rxg3+? 2.Qxg3 Rd2+ 3.Rf2 ) 2.Qxd2 Qxg3+ 3.Kh1 Rh5+
146 1...Rxc3+! 2.Qxc3 ( 2.Nxc3 Qxc2 ) Qxe4+ 3.Kd2 Qxf4+ 4.Ke1 Qxd6 .
147 1...Rxh4! 2.Qxh4 Rd1+
148 1...Nxd4! 2.Rxe4 ( 2.Qxd4 Qxg5 . ) dxe4 3.Bc4+ Kh8 4.Qf4 ( 4.Nf7+ Qxf7! 5.Bxf7 Nf3+ ) Qxg5!
5.Qxg5 Nf3+ 6.Kg2 Nxg5
149 1.Nxb5+! cxb5 ( 1...Kb6 2.Rxa6+ Kxa6 3.Nxc7+ ) 2.Rxc7+ Kb6 3.Rxa6+
150 1.Nxd5!! Qd7 ( 1...exd5 2.Qxc8+! Bxc8 3.Rxe7 ) ( 1...Rxc5 2.Nxe7+ ) ( 1...Rxd5 2.Qxe7 ) ( 1...Bxd5
2.Qxc8+ ) 2.Ne7+! Z0 1:0, Matison - Wright, Bromley, 1924 ( 2...Qxe7 3.Qxd6 )
151 1.Nf6+! Kh8 ( 1...Qxf6 2.Qxc7 ) 2.Ne8! 1:0, Botvinnik - Sharov, Leningrad, 1928
152 1.Nf6+! Qxf6 2.Qxd7
153 1.Bh6!
Qc7 ( 1...Bxh6 2.Qxe5 Ke7 ( 2...Kd7 3.Qd6+ Kc8 4.Qxe6+ ) 3.Qd6+ Kf7 4.Rhf1+! ) 2.Nd6+!
Kd8 ( 2...Kf8 3.Rhf1+ Kg8 4.Rf7 Qxf7 5.Nxf7 Kxf7 6.Bxg7 Kxg7 7.Qxe5+ ) 3.Bxg7 Qxg7 4.Qxe5
Z0 1:0, R.Fisher - Bea, USA, 1963 ( 4...Qxe5 5.Nf7+ )
154 1.Bg7+! Bxg7 ( 1...Ke7 2.Qd7# ) 2.Qxf4
155 1...Nxc1 ( 1...Rxc1! 2.Rbxc1 Nxc1 3.Rxc1 the same position ) 2.Rbxc1 Rxc1 3.Rxc1 Qh6! 4.Qc4
Bb5! 5.Qc5 b6 M.Botvinnik’s analysis
156 1...Bd4! 2.Qxd4 Qxe1#
157 1.Bd5! Qxd5 2.Qxh7+ Kf8 3.Qxh8+ Kf7 4.Qf6+ Kg8 5.Rh8#
158 1.Rxd5!!
Qxd5 2.Be4 Qd7 3.Be3! Rac8 ( 3...Rc7 4.Bxa8 Qd3+ 5.Qc2 Qxe3 6.Qxg6+ Kf8 7.Bd5! ) 4.Bd5+!
Qxd5 5.Qxh7+ Kf8 6.Qxh8+ Kf7 ( 6...Qg8 7.Qxe5 Re6 8.Qf4+ Ke8 9.Bd4! ) 7.Qh7+ Kf8 ( 7...Ke8
8.Qg7 ) ( 7...Kf6 8.g5+ ) 8.Bg5! Qxf3 9.Qh8+ Kf7 10.Rh7+ Ke6 11.Re7+ . Z0 similar to G.Kuzmin
- B.Alterman, Herson, 1989 (move Pa2 to b3, Pa4 to a6) ( 11...Kd5 12.Qxe5# )
159 1.Qxd5!!
( 1.cxb5 ?? Bxd4+! ) Qxd5 ( 1...Rbxd5 2.Rb2+! Rb5 3.Rxb5+ Rxb5 ( 3...Ka8 4.Bc6# ) 4.Rxg8+
) 2.Rf8+ Kb7 3.Bc8+ Ka8! ( 3...Kc6 4.cxd5+ Rbxd5 5.Rc3+! ) ( 3...Kb8 4.Ba6+ ) 4.Be6+! Kb7
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5.Bxd5+ Rbxd5 ( 5...Rgxd5 6.Rxh8! ) 6.Rb3+! Ka6 7.cxd5 Bxd4+ 8.Kb1 . similar to Varavin -
Golitsyn, URS, 1990 (move Ph6 to h3)
160 1.Qxb5+ Rxb5 2.Rxd8#
161 1...Qxd4! 2.Qxd4 Re1#
162 1...Qxd4! 2.Qxd4 Re1#
163 1...Qxf2! 2.Rxf2 Rd1+
164 1...Qxc2!! ( 1...Rxf7 ?? 2.Rc8+! Nf8 ( 2...Rxc8 3.Rxc8+ Nf8 ( 3...Rf8 4.Rxf8+ Nxf8 5.Qg7# )
4.Rxf8+! Rxf8 5.Qg7# ) ( 2...Rf8 3.Rxa8 Rxa8 4.f7+ Kh8 5.Qf6+ Ng7 6.f8Q+ Rxf8 7.Qxf8# )
3.Qxe4 dxe4 4.Rxa8 . ) 2.Nh6+! ( 2.Rxc2 Ra1+ ) Kh8 3.Qxf8+! Rxf8! ( 3...Nxf8? 4.Nf7+ Kg8
5.Nh6+ ! Kh8 6.Nf7+ = ) 4.Rxc2 Rxf6 .
165 1...Qxe4! 2.Qxe4 Rd1+
166 1...Qxe4! 2.Qxe4 Rd1+ 3.Qe1 Bxe1 .
167 1...Qxf2!2.Rxf2 Rb1+ .
168 1...Qxf3+! 2.Rxf3 Rd1+
169 1...Bxf5! 2.Bxf5 Qxf5! 3.Rxf5 Ra1+ 4.Rf1 Rxf1#
170 1...Qc1+! 2.Bxc1 Re1#
171 1...Rd1+! 2.Bxd1 Rf1#
172 1...Rd1+! 2.Bxd1 Rf1#
173 1...Rb1+! 2.Bxb1 Qf1#
174 1...Rd1+! 2.Bxd1 Qf1#
175 1...Qc5+! 2.Kh1 Ra1+! 3.Bxa1 Qc1+ 4.Bd1 Qxd1#
176 1.Qxc7+! ( 1.Rxc7 ?? Qxf2+!! 2.Qxf2 Nxh2# ) Rxc7 2.Rd8+ Rc8 3.Rcxc8#
177 1.Qxc7+! ( 1.Rxc7? Qxe5 ) Rxc7 2.Rd8+ Rc8 3.Rcxc8#
178 1.Qe6+! Rxe6 2.Rxd8+ Re8 3.Rxe8#
179 1.Qf8+! Rxf8 2.Rxf8#
180 1...Qf3!! 2.Qf1 ( 2.Qxf3 Ra1+ ) Ra1! 3.Ne1 Rxe1! 4.Qxe1 Qg2#
181 1...Qf3! 2.Qf1 ( 2.Qxf3 Re1# ) Re1! 3.Rd1 Qg2#
182 1.Rfxf7! Rxf7 2.Rxd8+
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183 1.Qxd7! ( 1.Rxd7 ?? Rxd7 2.Qxd7 Qxd7 3.Rxd7 Re1# ) Qxd7 ( 1...Rxd7? 2.Rxe8# ) 2.Rdxd7!
Rxd7? 3.Rxe8# *
184 1...Rd1+! 2.Nf1 ( 2.Nxd1 Qe1+ 3.Kh2 Qh1# ) Qe1 ( 2...Qe4 ) 3.Kh2 Qe4 4.f3 Qxc2+ .
185 1...Qxd1+! 2.Nxd1 Rxd1+ 3.Kh2 Rh1#
186 1.Qa4+! ( 1.Nxf3 ?? Nxf3# ) Rxa4 2.c8Q#
187 1.Qxa6! Rxa6 2.c8Q+ Ke7 3.Qxa6
188 1.Qg7+! Bxg7 2.Re8+ Bf8 3.Rxf8#
189 1.Qg7+! ( 1.Rxe5? Qxe5! ) Bxg7 2.Re8+ Bf8 3.Rxf8#
190 1.Rg8+! Kxg8 2.Rxe8#
191 1.Qe7+!! Rxe7 2.Rd8+ ( 2.Rg8+! Kxg8 3.Rd8+ Re8 4.Rxe8# ) Re8 3.Rg8+! Kxg8 4.Rxe8#
192 1...Qxf2+!! ( 1...Rxf3? 2.gxf3 Qxh3 3.Qxf4 ) ( 1...Bh2+? 2.Kh1 Rxf3 3.Qxg4! ) 2.Rxf2 Re1+ 3.Rf1
Bh2+ 4.Kh1 Rxf1+ 5.Qg1 Rxg1#
193 1...Qxf2+!! 2.Rxf2 Re1+ 3.Rf1 Bh2+ 4.Kh1 Rxf1# Yanofsky - Toriran, Canada, 1953
194 1...Be4+! 2.Kg1 ( 2.Rxe4 Rf1# ) Rg2+ 3.Kh1 ( 3.Kf1 Bd3+ ) Rg4+! 4.Rxe4 Rxe4
195 1...Be4+! 2.Kg1 ( 2.Rxe4 Rf1# ) Rg2+ 3.Kh1 ( 3.Kf1 Rf7+ ) Rxd1! 4.Rxc7+ Ka8 5.Rxd1 Rg4#
( 5...Rg3# ) ( 5...Rxg5# )
196 1...Qxe4! 2.Qxe4 Rf1#
197 1...Qe5!! ( 1...Rf2? 2.Qd3 Qxe6 3.h4 ) 2.h4! Qxe2! 3.Nxe2 Rf1+! 4.Ng1 ( 4.Kh2 Bg3+! 5.Kxg3
Rxb1 . ) h6
198 1...Qe2! ( 1...Qg5+? 2.Kh1 Rxf2 3.Qxf2 Qxe5 4.Qg3+! Qxg3 5.hxg3 bxc6 6.b6! ) 2.Z0 0:1, Rotunno
- Alekhin, Montevideo, 1938 ( 2.Rxe2 Rf1# ) ( 2.Rxf4 Qg2# )
199 1...Qe2! 2.Qd2 ( 2.Rxe2 Rf1# ) ( 2.Rxf5 Qg2# ) Qf1+ ! 3.Rxf1 Rxf1#
200 1...Qxe2! 2.Rxe2 Rd1+
201 1...Qf2! 2.Qh7+ ( 2.Rxf2 Re1+ ) ( 2.Ra1 Re1+ ) ( 2.Qf4 Qxf4 3.Rxf4 Re1+ ) ( 2.Rf3 Qxg2# )
Ke8 3.Qg8+ Kd7 4.Rg1 Qxg1+! 5.Kxg1 Re1#
202 1.Qb7!! Qd8 2.Qxf7+ Kh8 3.Qxg7#
203 1.Qxf7! Rxf7 2.Re8+
204 1.Nf5!! Z0 1:0, Taimanov - NN, URS, 1978 ( 1...Qxc5 2.Rd8+ Qf8 3.Rxf8# ) ( 1...e2 2.Rd8+ Qxd8
3.Qxe5+ . ) ( 1...Qe8 2.Qxe5+! Qxe5 3.Rd8+ )
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205 1.Qxe5! Qxe5 2.Rd8+
206 1...Re2!! 2.Qxf7+ ( 2.Rxe2 Qxf1+ 3.Ng1 Rb8 ) ( 2.Rg1 Rxb2 ) Kxf7 3.Ng5+ Kg6 ( 3...Kg8 ) (
3...Kf8 ) 4.Nxh3 Bb7+! 5.Kg1 Rg2+! 6.Kh1 Rxg3+
207 1...Re2! 2.Rxe2 Qxf1#
208 1.Qxe5! Qxe5 2.Rd8+ Ke7 3.Re8# King - Benjamin, California, 1962
209 1.Qxe5! Qxe5 2.Rd8+
210 1.Qxe7+! Bxe7 2.Rg8#
211 1.Qa3! g6 ( 1...f6 2.Rd8+ Kf7 3.Be8+ Qxe8 4.Nd6+ ! ) ( 1...Qxa3 2.Rd8+ Ke7 3.Re8# ) ( 1...Bd7!?
2.Qxe7+ Nxe7 3.Bxd7 Nd5 4.Rc1 . ) 2.Rd8+! Z0 1:0, Benites - Euwe, San Huan, 1948 ( 2...Kg7
3.Rxg8+! Rxg8 4.Qxe7 )
212 1...Rxd5! 2.Qxd5 Qf1#
213 1...Rxa4!! 2.Z0 0:1, Brinck-Claussen - Rozenlund, Denmark, 1980 ( 2.Qxa4 Qxf2+ 3.Kh1 Ne1! ) (
2.Rxa4 Qe1# )
214 1.Rxf7! Rxf7 2.Re8+
215 1.Rxa6!! ( 1.Qe8+? Qf8 ) Qxa6 ( 1...bxa6 2.Qxa8+ ) 2.Qe8+ Rxe8 3.Rxe8#
216 1.Qxd7! Qxd7 ( 1...Rxd7 2.Rxf8+ ) ( 1...Rxf5 2.Qxe7 Rxf4 3.Qxd8+ ) 2.Rxf8+ Rxf8 3.Rxf8#
217 1.Qxc7! Nxb3 ( 1...Qxc7 2.Rxe8+ ) ( 1...Ne6 2.Rxe6 ) 2.Qxb7! Z0 1:0, Vegemund - Schlage, Bad
Oenhauzen, 1922 ( 2...Qc5 3.Kh1 Red8 4.Qxb8! )
218 1...Qxd2! 2.Rxd2 Re1#
219 1...Rh8! 2.Qg3 ( 2.Qg4 Qxe5! ) Qe4! 3.Re3 Rxc3!! 4.f4 Qxe3+ 5.Qxe3 Rxe3 6.Rxe3 fxe5 0:1,
Mattison - Segal, Riga, 1978
220 1.Qc5!! ( 1.Nxh7? Bg1+! 2.Kh1 Bf2+ 3.Kh2 Bg1+ = ) ( 1.Rd8+ ?? Bxd8 2.Nxh7 Bxg5 ) Z0 1:0,
Krechmer - Lau, Aizenah, 1951 ( 1...Bxc5 2.Rd8+ Qg8 3.Rxg8# )
221 1.Rh4+! ( 1.Rf8+? Nxf8 2.Rh4+ Bh7 ) Nxh4 2.Rf8+ Qg8 3.Rxg8#
222 1...Rg4! 2.Bxg4 Qxf1#
223 1...Rg6!! 2.Qd2 ( 2.Bxg6 Rxf2 3.Rg1 ( 3.Rxf2 Qe1+ ) ( 3.Bxe4 Rxf1# ) hxg6 . ( 3...Qxg6? 4.Qe5+
Qf6 5.Qb8+! Kg7 6.Qxb7 ) ) Rxf7! 3.Rxf7 Qxg2+ 4.Qxg2 Bxg2+ 5.Kg1 Bd5+! 6.Kf2 Bxf7 .
224 1...Nf2+!! 2.Rxf2 ( 2.Kg1 Ne4+ ) Bd4!! ( 2...Bxf2 ?? 3.Qxg7# ) ( 2...Re1+ ?? 3.Qxe1 ) 3.Z0 0:1,
Marzyniak - Dobosz, Zabrzhe, 1973 ( 3.Qxd4 Re1+ )
225 1...Be4! 2.Qxe4 Qxf1#
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226 1.Qd5+! Qxd5 2.Rc8#
227 1.Rc1+! Kb8 2.Qb4+ Ka8 3.Bf3+! ( 3.Re1? b2+ ! ) Rxf3 4.Qe4+! Qxe4 5.Rc8# Duras - NN,
Prague, 1910
228 1.Qxe3! Rxe3 2.Nd5! Qh6 ( 2...cxd5 3.Rf8# ) ( 2...Re8 3.Ne7+! Rxe7 4.Rf8# ) 3.Nf6+ Qxf6 (
3...Kg7 4.Ng4+ ) 4.Rxf6 Re8 5.Rf7 . Ilivitsky - Sokolsky, URS, 1954
229 1.Rf8+! Rxf8 2.Ne7#
230 1.Rxf5 Qxf5 2.Qd8#
231 1.Rb4!! Qa5 ( 1...Qc7 2.Rc1! ( 2.Rxb7 ?? Qc2+! ) Bc6 3.Rbc4! ) ( 1...Bxb4 2.Qxb6 ) ( 1...Qxb4
2.Qd8# ) 2.Nc4! ( 2.Rxb7? Rxb2+! ) Qc7 3.Rxb7! Qxb7 4.Qd8#
232 1.Bh6!! ( 1.Be5? Rxe5! ) gxh6 ( 1...Rxh6 2.Qf8# ) ( 1...Rf7 2.Qe8+ ) ( 1...Bf7 2.Qf8+ Bg8 3.Bxg7#
) 2.Qxf6+ Kg8 3.Qxh6
233 1.Rd7! Bxd7 ( 1...Rg6 2.Rbd1! Qxe8 3.Rd8! Rxd8 4.Rxd8 Qg8 5.Bxc7 . ) 2.Bh6 Z0 similar to
Katalymov - Mnatsakanian, URS, 1959 (move Re1 to b1; remove black Pa6) ( 2...Rxh6 3.Qf8# )
234 1...Qh4!! 2.Qxe5 ( 2.Nxc8 Qxh2# ) ( 2.h3 Qxh3+! ) Qf2! 3.Z0 0:1, Larsen - Ljubojevic, Milan,
1975 ( 3.Rg1 Bxg2+ 4.Rxg2 Rc1+ 5.Qe1 Rxe1+ )
235 1...Qxf2! 2.Rg1 ( 2.Rxf2 Re1+ ) Qxg2+! ( 2...Bxg2+ ) 3.Rxg2 Re1#
236 1...Qh1+! 2.Bxh1 Rh2#
237 1...Rh1+! 2.Bxh1 Rh2#
238 1.Qxh6+! Bxh6 2.Rh7#
239 1.Qh6! Bxh6 2.Rxh7#
240 1.Qxf6+! Bxf6 2.Rg8#
241 1.Qxf6+! Bxf6 2.Rg8#
242 1.Bf5+! Kg8 2.Be6+! Kf8 ( 2...Qxe6 3.Qxg7# ) 3.Rh8+ ! Bxh8 4.Qg8+! Nxg8 5.Rxg8# similar to
Karner - Paeren, Villandi, 1977 (remove black Pe6)
243 1.Rh8+! Bxh8 2.Qg8+ Nxg8 3.Rxg8#
244 1.Rf8+! Bxf8 2.Rg8#
245 1.Rg3! Ra7 2.Nh6+! Z0 1:0, Vitolinsch - Gaidarov, Riga, 1979 ( 2...Kh8 3.Rf8+! Bxf8 4.Rg8# )
246 1.Qxh7+! Rxh7 2.Rxg8#
247 1.Qxh7+! Rxh7 2.Rxg8#
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248 1...Qxh3+!! 2.Rxh3 Rg1+ 3.Kh2 R8g2#
249 1...Rg1+! 2.Kh2 R5g2#
250 1...Qh1+!! 2.Nxh1 Rg2#
251 1...Qh1+! 2.Nxh1 Rg2#
252 1.Qh8+! Nxh8 2.Bh7#
253 1.Qh8+! Nxh8 2.Bh7#
254 1...Be4! 2.Qxe4 Qxb2#
255 1...Bc4!! 2.Qxc4 Qxb2#
256 1.Bxa6+! Qxa6 2.Qc7#
257 1.Bc6! Z0 1:0, Erbis - Kempf, Germany, 1954 ( 1...Qxc6 2.Qe7# ) ( 1...Bxc6 2.Rd8+ )
258 1.Qf8+! Rxf8 2.Be5+ Qf6 3.Bxf6#
259 1.Rd8+!! Kg7 ( 1...Rxd8 2.Qc3+! ) ( 1...Qxd8 2.Qe5+! ) 2.Rxc8 .
260 1.Ra8+! Bxa8 ( 1...Ncb8 2.Rxb8+! Nxb8 3.Rc7# ) 2.Ba6+ Bb7 3.Bxb7#
261 1.Ra8+! Bxa8 2.Ba6+ Bb7 3.Bxb7#
262 1.Rxc7+! Rxc7 2.Bd4+ Kb7 3.Bxf2 .
263 1.Bc6+! Kb8 2.Bxe4
264 1.Ne6!
Bf8 ( 1...Bxe6 2.Bxc6+! bxc6 3.Qxa5 ) 2.b4! Nxb4 3.Bxd7+ Kxd7 4.Nxf8+ Rhxf8 5.Qxa5 . 1:0,
Liberman - Ioffe, URS, 1961
265 1.Bxc6+! bxc6 2.Qxa5
266 1...Bxg4! 2.Bxb4 ( 2.Qxg4 Qg6+! 3.Ka1 Nc2+! ) Bf5 3.Qxf5 Rxf5 4.Bxa3 Qa6! 5.Ng3 Rf2! 6.Ne4
( 6.Bb2 Qg6+ 7.Ka1 Qc2 8.Rb1 Bxd4! ) Rf4! 0:1, Tolush - Kopylov, Leningrad, 1954
267 1...Rxa3+! 2.Qxa3 Nc2+ 3.Ka2 Nxa3
268 1.Rd8+! Qxd8 2.Qg7#
269 1.Rc7!! Qxc7 ( 1...Rxc7 2.Qe8# ) ( 1...Nxg3+ 2.Kg2 ) 2.Qg4+ Kh8 3.Qg7#
270 1.Rg1+! Kh6 2.Bf8+!! Rxf8 ( 2...Kh5 3.Rxh7# ) 3.Rd3 ! with inevitable Rh3x
271 1.Qxh7+! Kxh7 2.Rh5#
272 1.Qxh7+! Nxh7 2.Ng6+ Kg8 3.Bd5+ Re6 4.Bxe6#
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273 1.Qxh7+!! ( 1.Ng6+? Kg8 2.Ba2+ Nd5 ) Nxh7 2.Ng6+ Kg8 3.Ba2+ Ne6 4.Bxe6#
274 1.Qg4+! Qxg4 2.Ne7#
275 1.Ne7+!! Nxe7 ( 1...Rxe7 2.Rxf2 . ) 2.Qg3+!! Qxg3 3.Bxf7#
276 1.Bxh6!! Bxh6 2.Rg8+! Kh7 3.Nf6+ Z0 Tsarev - Malaniuk, Kiev, 1989 ( 3...Qxf6 4.Rh8+! Kxh8
5.Qg8# )
277 1.Nf6+! Qxf6 ( 1...Bxf6 2.Qf5+ ) 2.Rh8+! Kxh8 ( 2...Qxh8 3.Qg6# ) 3.Qg8#
278 1.Qg8+! Rxg8 2.Nf7#
279 1.Qg8+! Rxg8 2.Nf7#
280 1.Qf8+!! Rxf8 2.Bg7#
281 1.Qf8+! Rxf8 2.Bg7#
282 1...Na3+! ( 1...Ke2? 2.Nc3+ ) 2.Nxa3 Ke2 0:1, Barcza - Simagin, Budapest - Moscow, 1949
283 1...Na3+! 2.Nxa3 Ke2
284 1...Nd4! 2.Nxd4 Qxh2#
285 1...Nd4! 2.Z0 0:1, Iohner - Tartakover, 1928 ( 2.Nxd4 Qxh2# )
286 1...Rxd4! 2.Qxd4 Qxg2#
287 1...Rxd4! ( 1...Qxg2+? 2.Qxg2 Nxg2 3.Kxg2 Rxd4 4.Rc7 ! = with threat e5-e6! ) 2.Qxd4 Qxg2#
288 1...Qe3+!! ( 1...Rxc2+? 2.Qxc2 Qe3+ 3.Nd2 ) 2.Qd2 ( 2.Qxe3 Rxc2# ) ( 2.Nd2 Qxd3 . ) ( 2.Rd2
Qxg1+ ) Rxc2#
289 1...Qxe3+! 2.Rd2 ( 2.Qxe3 Rxc2# ) ( 2.Qd2 Rxc2# ) Qxd3 3.Rxd3 Rxc2+ 4.Kd1 Rc1+ 5.Ke2
Rxb1
290 1.Rb6!! Qxb6 ( 1...Rd6 2.Rxd6 Qxd6 3.Qh8+ Kg6 4.Bh5# ) 2.Qh8+ Kg6 3.Bh5#
291 1.Bh5#
292 1.Qxh5+! Rxh5 2.Bf7#
293 1.Rxf5! gxf5 2.Qxh5+!! Rxh5 3.Bf7# Shterenberg - Gulnin, URS, 1968
294 1.Qxh5+! Rxh5 2.Bf7#
295 1...Qxa2+! 2.Bxa2 Nc2#
296 1...Qxa2+! 2.Bxa2 Nc2#
297 1...Qxh2+!! ( 1...Qxg5 ?? 2.Qf7+!! ) 2.Qxh2 Nf2#
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298 1...Qxh2+! 2.Qxh2 Nf2#
299 1...Qxf2+! 2.Qxf2 Nxh2#
300 1...Qxf2+!! ( 1...b6? 2.g3! ) 2.Qxf2 Nxh2#
301 1.Ng5! Qxc2 2.Nf7#
302 1.Nh6+! Kh8 ( 1...Kf8 2.Qf7# ) 2.Qg8+ Rxg8 3.Nf7# *
303 1.Rg5!! Qxf6 ( 1...Qxd3 2.Nxf7# ) 2.Qd4!! Rg6 ( 2...Qxd4 3.Nxf7# ) 3.Rxg6 ( 3.Nxf7+ Kg8 4.Qxf6
)
304 1.Qe5! Rg6 ( 1...Qxe5 2.Nxf7# ) 2.Nxf7+! Kg8 3.Qe8#
305 1.Nc7+! Bxc7 2.Rxa7+ Kb8 3.Ra8#
306 1.Ra8#
307 1.Ng5! Nxg5 2.Qg7#
308 1.Ng5! Qh4 ( 1...Nxg5 2.Qg7# ) 2.Qxe6+ Kh8 3.Nf7+ Kg8 ( 3...Rxf7 4.Qe8+ Rf8 5.Qxf8# )
4.Nh6+ Kh8 5.Qg8+! Rxg8 6.Nf7#
309 1...Re4+!! 2.Nxe4 ( 2.Kh3 Bf1+ ) Bd7+ 3.Kh4 Rh2+ . 4.Z0 similar to Sultan Khan - Bogoliubov,
Bern, 1932 (remove black Pa7) ( 4.Rh3 Rxh3# )
310 1...Be5+! 2.Kh3 Rh1+ 3.Rh2 Rxh2#
311 1.Qf6+! Nxf6 2.Bg7#
312 1.Qf6+!! ( 1.Qxe2 ?? Rc2!! 2.Qf3? Qd4! ) Nxf6 2.Be7# *
313 1.Qxg7+!! Nxg7 2.Nf6+ Kf7 3.Nxd5 .
314 1.Qxg7+! Nxg7 2.Nf6+ Kf7 3.Nxd5
315 1.Ng6+! Kg8 2.Nxe7+
316 1.Rxc8! Rxc8 ( 1...Qxc8 2.Qxg7# ) 2.Nf6+! Kh8 3.Nxd7 .
317 1...Bf3+! 2.Kg1 ( 2.Qxf3 Qxh2# ) Qg4+ 3.Qg3 Bxg3
318 1...Rxf3! 2.Qxf3 ( 2.Rg1 Raf8 . ) Bg4! 3.Qf2 Bf3+! 4.Kg1 ( 4.Qxf3 Qxh2# ) Bxh2+ 5.Z0 0:1,
Donner - Gligoric, Ezel, 1968 ( 5.Qxh2 Rg8+ ) ( 5.Kf1 Qh3+ )
319 1...Rf2!! 2.h4 ( 2.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 3.Ke3 ( 3.Kf1 Bh3# ) Qxg3# ) Raf8 3.Rb3 ( 3.Re3 gxh4 ) Bh3!
4.Bf4 R8xf4! 5.Be8 ( 5.gxf4 Qg4+! 6.Kxf2 ( 6.Qg3 Rg2+! ) Qg2+ 7.Ke3 gxf4# ) Qg4 . Shashnov
- Dubinsky, Moscow, 1991
320 1...Rf2!! 2.Kxf2 Qh2+ 3.Kf1 Bh3#
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321 1...Rg6+! 2.Kh2 Qd2+! 3.Bxd2 Rf2+ 4.Qg2 Rfxg2# Steinsapir - Estrin, Moscow, 1946
322 1...Rd1+! 2.Bxd1 Rf1#
323 1.Rd8+! Bxd8 2.Rf8#
324 1.Rc8+!! Bxc8 2.Re8+! Rf8 3.Qh7+ Kf7 4.Bg6+! Kf6 5.Rxf8+ Kg5 6.Rxf2 Qa1+ 7.Bb1 . similar
to Danchenko - Mitbreit, Moscow, 1991 (add Pd5)
325 1.Qxf7+! Rxf7 2.Rxf7#
326 1.Rd7! Rb8 ( 1...Re7 2.Rxe7 Kxe7 3.Qf6+ Kf8 4.Qd8# ) ( 1...Bxd7 2.Qxf7+ Rxf7 3.Rxf7# ) 2.Nxf7
Bxd7 3.Nd8+ 1:0, Karpov - Korchnoi, Bagio, 1978
327 1.Rf7+! Bxf7 ( 1...Kh8 2.Qe5+! ) 2.Qh6#
328 1.Rd7+! Bxd7 ( 1...Kf8 2.Qxa8# ) 2.Qf6+ Ke8 3.Qxh8+ Ke7 4.Qxa8 .
329 1...Rxb1+! 2.Kxb1 Qa2+ 3.Kc1 Qa1#
330 1...Re2! 2.Bxe2 Ne4! 3.Qh4 Qa1#
331 1.Nf5+ ! Kh5 ( 1...gxf5 2.Qxf6+ Kh5 3.Qg5# ) 2.Qxh7+! Nxh7 3.g4# 1:0, Medina - Sanz, Olot,
1975
332 1.Qh8+! ( 1.g5+? Nxg5 2.Qh8+? Nh7 ) Nxh8 ( 1...Rh7 2.Qxh7# ) 2.g5#
333 1...Qa4!! 2.Bd3 ( 2.Nxa4 Na2# ) Bxd3 3.Qh6+ Kg8 .
334 1...Qxc3+!! 2.Bxc3 Na2#
335 1.Rh8+ Kf7 2.Be8+!! Nxe8 3.Kg5 ! [with threat 4.Rf8] 1:0, Bondarevsky - Ufimtsev, Leningrad,
1936
336 1.Rf8#
337 1.Qe5+!! Qxe5 2.Nd7+ Ka8 3.Rxc8+ Qb8 4.Rxb8#
338 1.Qb5+!! Qxb5 2.Nc7+ Kf8 3.Rxd8+ Qe8 4.Rxe8#
339 1.Rd8+! Ne8 ( 1...Qxd8 2.Qxg7+ Ke8 3.Qf7# ) 2.f6! Z0 1:0, Vishnjatsky - Perevoznikov, URS,
1950 ( 2...gxf6 3.Qg8+ ) ( 2...Qxf6 3.Qa3+! Qe7 4.Rf1+! )
340 1.Rd8+! Ne8 ( 1...Qxd8 2.Qxg7# ) 2.Rxe8+! Qxe8 3.Qxg7#
341 1...Rc3! 2.Qd5 Rc5! ( 2...Rc2? 3.Bd2 ) 3.Qd2 ( 3.Qb7 Rc2 ! ) Rxc1! 0:1, Euwe - Keres, Gaaga-
Moscow, 1948
342 1...Rxe1! ( 1...Re2? 2.Qd5! ) 2.Rxe1 ( 2.Qxe1 Qxg2# ) Nf3+! 3.Kf2 Nxd2
343 1.Bxe5! Rxe5 2.Qxe5! Qxe5 3.Bxc6+ Kb8 4.Rb7+ Ka8 5.Rxb6#
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344 1.Rb5+! ( 1.Rxd7+? Rxd5! 2.Rxd8+ Rxd8 ) Bc6 2.Bxc6#
345 1...Bxe3! 2.Qxe3 Qxh2+! 3.Rxh2 Rxh2#
346 1...Bd4! 2.Qxd4 Qxf3+ 3.Rg2 Bh3 4.Rag1 Re8 5.Qc3 Bxg2+ 6.Rxg2 Rxe4 7.Qxf3 Re1+ 0:1,
Winawer - Chigorin, Warszaw, 1882
347 1...Nxa2+! 2.Nxa2 Nb3#
348 1...Qa5! 2.Z0 0:1, Spanier - Lorenz, Hannover, 1965 ( 2.Qd1 Nb3+! 3.Qxb3 Qd2# ) ( 2.Qxa5 Nb3#
)
349 1...Rxg4!! 2.Nxg4 ( 2.Qxg4 Qxh2# ) ( 2.Qxh3 Rg1# ) Qf1+ 3.Qg1 Qxg1#
350 1...Re4! ( 1...Re5? 2.Ba3! ) 2.Z0 0:1, Skorobogatov - Shadrin, corr. 1977 ( 2.Qg3 Rg4! 3.Qxh3 Rg1#
) ( 2.Qxc7 Rh4 ) ( 2.Qxe4 Qxh2# )
351 1.Rxd5! cxd5 ( 1...Qxd5? 2.Qxg7# ) 2.Bb5! and 3.Ba4.
352 1.Be6! Qxe6 2.Qxg7#
353 1.Rxd6! Rxd6 ( 1...Qxd6 2.Qxg7# ) 2.Re8+ Kf7 3.Ne5+! Kxe8 4.Qxg3 Rd1+ 5.Kf2 Rd2+ 6.Ke3
Rxg2 7.Qf4 Rxb2 8.Nd3! .
354 1.Rxg8+! ( 1.Ne7 ?? Qxe8 ) Kxg8 2.Ne7+! Rxe7 3.Qxh5
355 1.Rf3!! Rxg2+ ( 1...Qxf3?! 2.Qg7+! Kh5 3.Qxg6+! hxg6 4.Rh8# ) ( 1...Ne3 2.Rxf6 ) ( 1...Nb6
2.Bxb6 ) 2.Kxg2 Ne3+ 3.Kg1!!
356 1.Qxg6+! hxg6 2.Rh8#
357 1.Nb6! Nxb6 2.Rc7! Qxc7 ( 2...h5 3.Qh3 ) 3.Qxe6+ Kh8 ( 3...Kg7 4.Bb2+ Kh6 5.Qh3+ Kxg5 6.f4#
Smirnov - Rotstein, corr. 1976 ) 4.Bb2+ Bg7 5.Nf7+ Kg8 6.Nh6+ Kh8 7.Qg8+ ! Rxg8 8.Nf7#
358 1.Re7! ( 1.Nxg6? Qxg6 2.Rh5+ Qh6! ) Qxe7 ( 1...f5 2.Rxf7 fxg4 3.Rxf8 ) 2.Qxg6+! Kh8 3.Qh5+
Bh7 4.Ng6+ Kg8 5.Nxe7+
359 1.Re7!! Rxe7 ( 1...Rbb7 2.Rxd7+ Rxd7 3.Qa8+ Kc7 4.Qxh8 ) 2.Qd6+ Kc8 ( 2...Rd7 3.Qxb8# )
3.Rc1+ Kb7 4.Qc6#
360 1.Ne7+! Kh8 2.Rd8!! h6 ( 2...Rxd8 3.Nxf7# ) 3.N5xg6+ ! ( 3.N7xg6+ ) fxg6 4.Nxg6+ Kg8 5.Nxf8
Bxf8 6.Bxh6 . Z0 similar to Zibitsker - Kondrakov, URS, 1966 (move Ne4 to f6) ( 6...Ncd7 7.Bxf8
Nxf8 8.Rd6 . ) ( 6...Nfd7 7.Bd5+ Kh7 8.Bxf8 . )
361 1.Rd8! Qxd8 ( 1...Qf8 2.Nf7# ) 2.Nf7#
362 1...Nh2+! 2.Qxh2 Rf2#
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363 1...Qd7
2.Z0 similar to Murey - Shatskes, URS, 1963 (add Ph5) ( 2.Rxd7 Rf2# ) ( 2.gxh3 Qxh3+ 3.Kg1
Qh1# ) ( 2.Ree7 Rd1+ 3.Ke2 Qd3# ) ( 2.Qf6 Bxg2# )
364 1.Rh8+! Kxh8 2.Qxf7 g5 3.Rxf6
365 1.Rh7+!! Kxh7 ( 1...Bxh7 2.Nh5+ Kf8 ( 2...Kh6 3.Qxf6+ Ng6 4.Nf5+ ) 3.Qxf6+ Ke8 4.Ng7+ )
2.Qxf6 Kg8 ( 2...Ng8 3.Rh1+ Nh6 4.Nef5 ) 3.Rh1 Bh7 4.Rxh7! Kxh7 5.Qf7+ Kh8 ( 5...Kh6 6.Nh5!
Rg8 7.Nf6 Rg7 8.Qh5# ) 6.Nh5! Rg8 7.Nf6 Ng6 ( 7...Rg7 8.Qh5+ ) 8.Qxd7 1:0, Hachian - Aslanov,
URS, 1986
366 1.Be5! Bxe5 2.Qh7#
367 1.Bd2! ( 1.Qf8+? Qg8 ) Bg7 ( 1...Bxd2 2.Qf6+ ) 2.Bc3! Re7 ( 2...Bxc3 3.Qf8+ Qg8 4.Qh6+ ) (
2...Rd4 3.Rxg7 ! d2 4.Qxd5 cxd5 5.Bxd2! Rxd2 ( 5...Kxg7 6.Bc3! ) 6.Rxg6 ) 3.Qxd5 cxd5 4.Rxe7
Bxc3 5.Rd7 d4 6.Kf1 Bxb4 7.Rxd4 d2 8.Ke2 Ba5 9.Rxd2 . Forintos - Abatino, Amantea, 1991
368 1...Nxf5!
2.gxf5 Rxb2!! 3.Qxb2 ( 3.Rxb2 Qf1+ 4.Bg1 Qf3+ 5.Kh2 Qxh3# ) Qd3! 4.Bxc5 Qf3+! ( 4...Bxc3
) 5.Kh2 ( 5.Kg1 Nxh3+ 6.Kh2 Be5# ) Be5!! 6.Na4 Bxb2 7.Rxb2 Ne2! 0:1, Naumkin - Blokh,
Moscow, 1982
369 1...Ne2+!! 2.Rxe5 Qg3+ 3.Kh1 Qxh3#
370 1.Nxd7#
371 1.Nb5!
( 1.Rxe1 ?? Nxe1 2.Qxe1 Qe5!! ) Qe5 ( 1...Qc6 2.h4! g6 3.Rc1! Bg3! 4.e7! Rf2 5.Qg4! Qxb5 6.Qc8+
Kf7 7.Qf8+ Ke6 8.e8Q+ ) 2.h4! Qg3 ( 2...Qxe2 3.Nxc7# ) 3.Rd1! Rf2 ( 3...c6 4.Rd3 Qb8 5.Rf3! )
4.Qxf2! Bxf2 5.Rxd5 similar to Tal - J.Miller, Los Angeles, 1988 (remove black Pa7; move Pa2 to
a3, move Ra1 to b1)
372 1.Rxf5! gxf5 2.Qh6+ Kf7 ( 2...Kg8 3.Qg6+! Kf8 4.Qxf6+ Rf7 5.Bh6+ Kg8 6.Qg6+ ) 3.Bxh5+ Ke7
4.Qh7+ Kd8 5.Bf4+ Kc8 6.Qxc7+ Qxc7 7.Bxc7 .
373 1.Rxf6! exf6 2.Qxe8+
374 1.Rxe5!
fxe5 2.Ng5 Bf6 3.Nxe6 Z0 1:0, Tal - Timman, Skople, 1972 ( 3...Bxh4 4.Nxc7 )
375 1.Rxe6! fxe6 2.Nxg6+ Kg7 3.Nxf8
376 1.Qxh6+!! Kg8 ( 1...gxh6 2.Nf6+ Kh8 ( 2...Kg7 3.Nxe8+! Kg8 4.Nf6+ ) 3.Nxd7+ Ne5 4.Bc3! Ra2
5.d4 . ) 2.Rxe8! Qxe8 3.Qxd2
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377 1.Qxh6+! gxh6 2.Nf6+ Kg6 3.Nxd7
378 1.Qa8+! Kh7 2.Rxh6+!! ( 2.Rxc7 ?? Qxb5 3.Rxf7? Qe2! 4.Nf6+ Kg6 ) ( 2.Nxc7 ?? Bg1+!! 3.Kxg1
Qd2 . ) gxh6 ( 2...Kxh6 3.Qh8+ Kg6 4.Qh5# ) 3.Nf6+ Kg7 4.Nxd7 .
379 1.Qh8+! Kg5 2.Qh5#
380 1.Qxa6!
bxa6 2.Nxc6 Qd7 3.Nxd8 Nxc3 ( 3...Qxd8 4.Bxa5 Qd7 5.Bxd5 exd5 6.Re1 ) 4.Rxc3 Qxd8 5.Rdc1
Bd7 6.Bb7 g6 7.Rc8 1:0, Lukin - Balashov, URS, 1967
381 1.Qxd6! cxd6 2.Nxb6+ Kb8 3.Nxc8
382 1.Qf8+!! Qxf8 2.d6+! Bc4 3.Bxc4#
383 1.Qf8+! Qxf8 2.f7+! Qg7 3.f8Q#
384 1.Qf8+!! Rxf8 2.f7#
385 1.Qf8+! Rxf8 2.f7#
386 1.Bb2!! Qxb2 2.f6 .
387 1.Be6! Qxe6 2.f7+! Qxe5 3.f8Q#
388 1.Ng5! Nxg5 2.e6! Qc5+ 3.Bf2 Qd6 4.exd7+ Qxd7 5.Nf6+ ! 1:0, Sax - Minic, Rovin, Zagreb, 1975
389 1.d6+! cxd6 2.Bxb7
390 1.Rxc5! dxc5 ( 1...Nb5 2.Bxb5 dxc5 3.Ne5! Qh5 4.Bc4 ) 2.Ne5 ! ( 2.d6? Be6 3.Ne5 Bxc4! ) Qe8
3.d6+ Be6 ( 3...Ne6 4.d7! ) 4.d7! Qh5 5.Ba5 Bxc4 6.Qxc4+ Kh7 7.Bxc7 Qd1+ 8.Qf1 1:0, Trofimov
- Psakhis, URS, 1979
391 1.Rxd5! exd5 2.e6!
392 1.Qa4+!! ( 1.Qe2? Nxf6! ) Qxa4 2.Rg8#
393 1.Qd6+! Qxd6 ( 1...Kg8 2.Nh6+ Kg7 3.Rxe5 ) 2.Rh8#
394 1...Qxe4+!! 2.Qxe4 R6f2#
395 1...Qxf4+! 2.Qxf4 R5g2#
396 1...Qe1+!! 2.Qxe1 Bf3#
397 1...Qf1+!! ( 1...Ne7? 2.Bxd4+ cxd4 3.Qf6+! Qxf6 4.Nxf6 ) 2.Qxf1 Bd5+ 3.Qg2 Bxg2#
398 1.Qe1+!! Rxe1 2.g3#
399 1.Qd6+! Qxd6 2.g5#
400 1.Rh8+! Kxh8 2.Qh5+! ( 2.Qxf8+? Qg8 ) Kg8 3.Qh7#
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401 1.Nd6!! ( 1.Qh5? Qa5! ) Qxd6 2.g6
402 1...Qxc4+! ( 1...gxf6? 2.Re8! ) 2.Bxc4 Rxh2 . similar to Bungan - Grau, Argentina, 1930 (add Pc4;
move Ph6 to h3)
403 1...Rh1+! 2.Bxh1 Rg1#
404 1...Bxf5+! 2.Kxf5 Qxd6
405 1...Bg4+!! ( 1...Nf5? 2.Qxh7+! ) 2.Rxg4 Nf5! ( 2...Rxc2+ 3.Kf1 Nf5! ) 3.Qh3 Rxc2+ 4.Kf1 Qb5+
5.Z0 0:1, Panchenko - Kochyev, Riga, 1973 ( 5.Kg1 Qe2! )
406 1...Rh1+! 2.Kxh1 Qf1#
407 1...Rg1+! 2.Kxg1 Qe1#
408 1...Qa1+! 2.Kxa1 Rc1+ 3.Ka2 ( 3.Qb1 Ra5# ) Ra5#
409 1...Qa1+!! 2.Kxa1 Rc1+ with mate
410 1.Qg8+!! Kxg8 2.Re8#
411 1.Rh8+! Kxh8 2.Rf8#
412 1.Rxa6+! Kxa6 2.Qa8#
413 1.Qb7+! ( 1.Qb8+ ) Kxa5 2.Qa7#
414 1...Ra2+! 2.Kxa2 Qxc2+ 3.Ka1 Ra8#
415 1...Ra2+! 2.Kxa2 Qxc2+ 3.Ka1 Ra5#
416 1.Rxa7+! Kxa7 2.Qa4#
417 1.Ra8+! ( 1.Rfa1 ?? Qxe4+ 2.f3 Qe1+! ) Kb7 2.Qb3+! Kxa8 3.Ra1+ . Berri - Frzinger, USA, 1969
418 1...Rh1+!! 2.Bxh1 ( 2.Kxh1 Qh5+ 3.Kg1 Qh2# ) Qh5 ( 2...Qh8! ) 3.Qb5+ ( 3.Kg2 Qh2+ 4.Kf3
Ne5# ) ( 3.Bc6+ Kc8! 4.Bd7+ Kxd7 ) Ke7 4.Bxd8+ Kf8! 5.Kg2 ( 5.Be7+ Kf7! ) Qh2+ 6.Kf3
Ne5+ ( 6...Qh3 ) 7.Qxe5 g4+ 8.Kf4 Qh6+ 9.Bg5 dxe5+ 10.Kxe5 Qxg5 .
419 1...Rh1+! 2.Bxh1 ( 2.Kxh1 Qh5+ 3.Kg1 Qh2# ) Qh5 3.Rd1 Qh2+ 4.Kf1 Qxf2#
420 1.Qh8+!! Bxh8 2.Rxh8+ Kg7 3.Reh4! and 4.R4h7# *
421 1.Qxg7+! Kxg7 2.Rh8
422 1.Qh7+!! Kxh7 2.Bf7#
423 1.Qxg8+!! Kxg8 2.Rh8+!! ( 2.Bg6 ?? Bc4+! 3.b3 Kf8 ! 4.Rh8+ Bg8! ) Kxh8 3.Bf7+ Bh2 4.Rxh2#
424 1.Qg8+!! ( 1.Ng6+? fxg6 2.Qg8+ Ke7 3.Qf7+ Kd8 ) Kxg8 ( 1...Ke7 2.Qxf7+ . ) 2.Ng6 Rxb3
3.Rh8#
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425 1.Ng6!! and 2.Rh8#
426 1.Bxg5+! Kxg5 ( 1...Kf5 2.Qf4# ) 2.Qf4#
427 1.Bh6+! Kxh6 2.Qg5#
428 1.Qf8+! Kh7 2.Bg6+! Kxg6 3.Qg8#
429 1.Qf8+ Kh7 2.Bg6+! Kxg6 3.Qg8#
430 1...Qh3+!! 2.Kf3 ( 2.Kxh3 Bf1# ) ( 2.Kg1 Qf1# ) g4+! 3.Kf4 g5# *
431 1...Qh3+! 2.Kxh3 ( 2.Kg1 Qf1# ) Bf1#
432 1...Bh3+! ( 1...Qf3+? 2.Kg1 Bh3 3.Ne3 ) 2.Kxh3 ( 2.Kg1 Qg4+ 3.Kh1 Qg2# ) ( 2.Kh1 Qf3+ 3.Kg1
Qg2# ) Qg4#
433 1...Bh3+! 2.Kg1 ( 2.Kxh3 Qg4# ) ( 2.Kh1 Qf3+ 3.Kg1 Qg2# ) Qg4+ 3.Kh1 Qg2#
434 1.Qb8+! ( 1.Qa8+ ) Kg7 2.Bh6+!! Kxh6 ( 2...Kf7 3.Qf8# ) 3.Qf8+ Kg5 ( 3...Bg7 4.g5+ Kh5
5.Bf3+ Kxg5 6.Qf4# ) 4.Qe7+ Kh6 ( 4...Bf6 5.Qe3# ) 5.g5+ Kh5 6.Bf3#
435 1.Bh6+! Kxh6 2.Qf8#
436 1.Bc6+!! Ke7 ( 1...Nxc6 2.Qb7# ) ( 1...Kxc6 2.Qb5# ) 2.Bxe8 .
437 1.Bxb6+! Kxb6 2.Qa5+ Kc5 3.b6#
438 1.Qb8+! ( 1.Bf6? Qb6! ) Ke7 2.Bf6+! Kxf6 3.Qd8+ Z0 1:0, Bogdanovic - Suetin, Yugoslavia -
URS, 1967 ( 3...Kg7 4.Rg3+ ) ( 3...Kf5 4.Qg5+ Ke4 5.Qe5# )
439 1.Qd8+! Kg7 2.Bh6+! Kxh6 3.Qf8#
440 1...Rdxg5#
441 1...Bg3+! 2.Kxg3 Qe5+! 3.f4 h4+ 4.Kf3 Qe4+ 5.Kg4 Ree5 . similar to Browne - Schmid, Adelaida,
1970 (move Ra2 to a7, Pa3 to b4)
442 1.Rc8+! ( 1.Qxd5? Qg5+!? 2.Qxg5+ hxg5 ) Kxc8 2.Qc7# ( 2.Qb8# )
443 1.Rb8+! ( 1.Ra4? Rxd5! 2.Rxa5 Rxa5 ) Kxb8 2.Qb7#
444 1...Rg1+! 2.Kxg1 Qg2#
445 1...Bxf3! ( 1...Rh1+ ?? 2.Kxh1 Bxf3 3.Qxg7+! Qxg7 4.Bxg7 . ) 2.Qxf3 Rh1+! 3.Kxh1 Qh2#
446 1...Qg1+! ( 1...Nf2+ ?? 2.Rxf2 Qxf2 3.Qc8# ) 2.Z0 0:1, Ilchenko - Sosina, URS, 1971 ( 2.Rxg1
Nf2# ) ( 2.Kxg1 Rbxg2+ ( 2...Rgxg2+ 3.Kh1 Rxh2+ 4.Kg1 Rbg2# ) 3.Kh1 Rg1+! 4.Rxg1 Nf2#
)
447 1...Nf2+ 2.Kg1 Nh3+ 3.Kh1 ( 3.Kf1 Qf2# ) Qg1+! 4.Rxg1 Nf2#
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448 1.Nb7+! Kxe7 2.Rf7# Kelner - Zagorovsky, corr., 1963
449 1.Rh7#
450 1.Rxf7! Kxf7 ( 1...Bxg2+ 2.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 3.Kxg2 Kxf7 4.Bc4+ Kf8 5.Rf1+ Bf6 6.Rxf6+ ) 2.Bc4+
Bd5 3.Qf3+! Ke6 4.Re1 Bb4 5.Qh3+ Ke7 6.Qxh7+ Kd8 7.Bc7+! Z0 1:0, Kupfer - Janig, Germany,
1988 ( 7...Qxc7 8.Rxe8+ )
451 1.Qxf5+!
452 1...Qb3+!! ( 1...Nc1+? 2.Kb1 Qc2+ 3.Ka1 Bxg7 4.Qxf7! Nb3+ 5.Ka2 = ) 2.Kxb3 ( 2.Kb1 Rc1#
) Nc1#
453 1...Qxa3+! 2.Kxa3 Nc4#
454 1.Nxg6! ( 1.Nxh5+? gxh5 2.Qxh5 Rf8 ) Kxg6 2.Qxh5+! Kg7 ( 2...Kxh5 3.Nf4# ) 3.g6 Qg8 4.Rxf5!
Rxf5 5.Qh6# 1:0, Blum - Jakobs, Vittenberg, 1927
455 1.Qxh6+! Kxh6 ( 1...Kg8 2.Qh7+ Kf8 3.g7+ Kf7 4.g8Q# ! ) 2.Nf5#
456 1.Rd6+! ( 1.Rde1? Nd3! ) Kxe5 2.Nf7+ Kf5 3.g4# Tolush - Randvijr, Piarnu, 1947
457 1.f5#
458 1...Qxf1+! 2.Kxf1 Rd1#
459 1...Nf4+! 2.Kg1 Qf1+! 3.Kxf1 Rc1+ 4.Qd1 Rxd1#
460 1.Re8+! Bf8 ( 1...Kh7 2.Qd3+ ) 2.Rxf8+! Kxf8 3.Nf5+ Z0 1:0, Vidmar - Euwe, Karlovy Vary,
1929 ( 3...Kg8 4.Qf8+!! Kxf8 5.Rd8# )
461 1.Qxf8+! ( 1.Ne7+? Kh7 2.Rh4+ Qh5! ) Kh7 ( 1...Kxf8 2.Rd8# ) 2.Rh4#
462 1...Nxf2!2.Kxf2 Qh4+! 3.Kf3 Bxh3 4.Bxh3 Qxh3+ 5.Kf2 Qh4+ 6.Kf3 Be5! 7.e3 Bxf4 8.exf4 Qh3+
9.Kf2 Re3 10.Rg1 Rae8 11.Rg2 Qh4+ 0:1, Goglidze - Flor, Moscow, 1935
463 1.Qxg6+! ( 1.Be4? e5! ) Kxg6 ( 1...Kh8 2.Qxh5+ Bh6 3.Qxh6# ) 2.Be4#
464 1.Qxf6+!! Kxf6 ( 1...Kg8 2.Qxg5+ ) 2.Bd4#
465 1.Rxc6+!! Kxc6 2.Qxd5+!! Kxd5 3.Be4#
466 1.Qxc6+! Kxc6 2.Bd5#
467 1.Qxf7+!! ( 1.Bxd5? Ndxe5! ) Kxf7 2.Bxd5+ Kg6 ( 2...Kf8 3.Ne6+ ) 3.f5+ Kh5 4.Bf3+ Kh4 5.g3+
Kh3 6.Bg2+ Kg4 7.Rf4+! 1:0, Troinov - Popov, URS, 1962
468 1.Qxg7+! Kxg7 2.Be5+ Qf6 3.Bxf6+ Kg8 4.Nh6#
469 1...Qxg3+!! 2.Kg1 ( 2.Kxg3 Be5# ) Qxh4 ( 2...Qe3+ 3.Kh1 Nd3 . )
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470 1...Be5+
471 1...Qxc4+! 2.Kxc4 Ba6+ 3.Nb5 Nxb5! 4.Z0 0:1, Seirawan - Browne, Lone Pine, 1979 ( 4.Nd4
Nxd4+ 5.Kc3 Ne2+ 6.Kd2 Rxb2+ 7.Ke1 Bc3+ 8.Kf2 Nf4+ 9.Kg1 Rxg2# ) ( 4.Qa4 Na3+ 5.Kc5
d6+ 6.Kc6 Ne7# )
472 1...Qxc3+! 2.Kxc3 Bb4#
473 1.Qxh6+!! Kxh6 2.Ne6#
474 1.Qxh6+!! ( 1.Ne6+? Qxe6! 2.Qxh6+ ( 2.Rxe6 ?? Nb3+! 3.cxb3 Ra1# ) ( 2.Bxh6+ Qxh6+!
3.Qxh6+ Kxh6 4.Nxf5+ Kg5 ) ( 2.Nxf5+? Nxf5! 3.Rxe6 Nb3+!! 4.cxb3 Ra1+ 5.Kc2 Nd4# ) Kh8!!
) Kxh6 2.Ne6+! Kh5 3.Be2+ Kh4 4.Nxf5#
475 1.Qxh7+! ( 1.Nf6+ ?? Nxf6 ) Kxh7 2.Nf6#
476 1.Qxh7+!! Kxh7 2.Ng6+! Kxg6 ( 2...Kg8 3.Rh8# ) 3.Bd3+ Kf6 4.Bd4#
477 1.Qxh7+!! Kxh7 2.Nxf6+ Kh6 ( 2...Kh8 3.Ng6# ) 3.Neg4+ Kg5 4.h4+ Kf4 5.g3+ Kf3 6.Be2+
Kg2 7.Rh2+ Kg1 8.O-O-O# Ed.Lasker - Thomas, London, 1921
478 1.Ng6#
479 1.Rxc6! Bxc6 2.Qc4+ Kb7 3.Qxc6+! Kxc6 4.Ne5+ ! Kc5 5.Nd3+ Kd4 6.Kd2! 1:0, Kasparian -
Manvelian, Erevan, 1939
480 1.c3#
481 1.Rxc6!!
Kxc6 2.Qxb5+!! Kb7 ( 2...Kxb5 3.Ba4+!! Kc4 ( 3...Kxa4 4.Nc3+ Kb3 5.Nd2# ) 4.b3+ Kd3 5.Bb5#
similar to Tietz - Ramish, Karlsbad, 1898 (move Rf6 to f5, Rg6 to g4, Pg2 to f2) ) 3.Qxe8 Rxf2+
4.Qg6 ! Qxg6+ 5.hxg6 Rxf1 6.g7 .
482 1.Ba3+! Kxa3 2.Nc2#
483 1.Qxg7+! Kxg7 2.Nf5+ Kf7 3.Nxg3 .
484 1.Qxg8+! ( 1.Qe5+? Qg7 ) Kxg8 2.Nf6+ Kf7 3.Nxd7
485 1...Qxg5! 2.Qxg5 Nf3+ 3.Kf1 Nxg5 .
486 1...Qxg5! 2.Qxg5 Nf3+ 3.Kg2 Nxg5
487 1...Qxe4+! 2.Kxe4 Nc5+ 3.Ke3 Nxb7 .
488 1...Qxb1+! 2.Kxb1 Nc3+ 3.Kc2 Nxe2
489 1...Qxe4! 2.Qxe4 Nf2+ 3.Kh2 Nxe4
490 1...Qxe5!! 2.Qxe5 Nf3+ 3.Kg2 Nxe5 . Shelenin - Blokh, Moscow, 1991 *
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491 1...Qxf4! 2.Qxf4 Ne2+ 3.Kf1 Nxf4 .
492 1...Qxf4! 2.Qxf4 Ne2+ 3.Kh2 Nxf4
493 1.Qxd7! Qxd7 2.Nf6+ Kg7 3.Nxd7
494 1.Qxd6! ( 1.Nf5+? Qxf5 2.Qxd6 Qxc2 = ) Qxd6 2.Nf5+ Kf6 3.Nxd6 .
495 1...Qxd1+! 2.Kxd1 Nf2+ 3.Kc1 Nxd3+ .
496 1...Qxb1+! 2.Kxb1 Nxd2+ 3.Kc2 Nxb3
497 1...Qb2+!! ( 1...Qd2? 2.g5+!? ) 2.Kxb2 Nxc4+ 3.Kb3 Nxe5 .
498 1...Qxb2+! 2.Kxb2 Nc4+ 3.Kc3 Nxe3
499 1...Qa1+!! ( 1...Nxe4 ?? 2.Rxf6! ) 2.Kxa1 Nxb3+
500 1...Qa1+! 2.Kxa1 Nxb3+ 3.Ka2 Nxd4
501 1...Rb1+! 2.Kxb1 Nxd2+ 3.Kc1 Nxe4 .
502 1...Ra1+! ( 1...Nxc2? 2.Qc5! ) 2.Kxa1 Nxc2+ 3.Kb1 Nxd4
503 1...Rb1! 2.Qxb1 Nd2+ .
504 1...Rd1! 2.Qxd1 Nf2+ 3.Kg2 Nxd1
505 1...Rg1+! 2.Kxg1 Nf3+ 3.Kf2 Nxe1
506 1...Rg2+!! 2.Kxg2 Nxe3+ 3.Kh1 Nxc2 .
507 1...Rxe5! 2.Rxe5 Nf3+ 3.Kg3 Nxe5
508 1...Rxe5! 2.Rxe5 Nf3+ 3.Kh3 Nxe5 .
509 1.c6+! Qxc6 ( 1...Kxc6 2.Ne5+! ) 2.Na5+!
510 1.c6+! Qxc6 ( 1...Kxc6 2.Ne5+ ) 2.Na5+ .
511 1...b4+!! ( 1...Nd5? 2.Rxh7+ Kg5 3.h4+ Kf4 4.Rc2! ) 2.Kxb4 Nd5+! 3.Kc4 Nxe7 .
512 1...b3+! 2.Kxb3 Nd4+! 3.Ka2 Nxc2
513 1.Rxe4! Rxe4 2.f7+! Kxf7 3.Nxg5+ Kf6 4.Nxe4+
514 1.f7+! Kxf7 2.Rxe4! Rxe4 3.Ng5+! Kg7 4.Nxe4 1:0, Chai - Starukhin, URS, 1949
515 1...Rd2! ( 1...Bxe3? 2.Qxe3 Rd3 3.Qxh6+! ) 2.Qxd2 Nxf3+ 3.Kg2 Nxd2 .
516 1...Rh2! 2.Qxh2 Nf3+ 3.Ke3 Nxh2
517 1.Re8+! Qxe8 2.Nf6+ Kf8 3.Nxe8
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518 1.Re8 Rxa3+ ( 1...Qxe8 2.Nxf6+ Kh8 3.Nxe8 ) 2.Kb1 Ra1+ 3.Kxa1 Qa5+ 4.Kb1 Qxd5 5.Qg8#
519 1...Rxe5! 2.Qxe5 Qxd2+! 3.Kxd2 Nc4+ 4.Kc1 Nxe5 .
520 1...Qxb2+! 2.Kxb2 Nc4+ 3.Kb3 Nxe5
521 1...Bxf2+! 2.Kxf2 ( 2.Qxf2 Nd3+ ) Nxe4+ . NN - Svidersky, Leipzig, 1903 *
522 1...Bxg2+! 2.Kxg2 ( 2.Qxg2 Ne3+ ) Nf4+
523 1...Rxg2+! ( 1...Qxh5 ?? 2.Ra8+! Kf7 3.Qxh5+ ) ( 1...Nf4? 2.Qh8+ ! ) 2.Kxg2 Nf4+! ( 2...Qxh5
?? 3.Ra8+! Kf7 4.Qxh5+ ) 3.Kf2 Nxh5
524 1...Rxg1+! ( 1...Nf3? 2.Rg4 ) 2.Kxg1 Nf3+ 3.Kg2 Nxh4+
525 1...Rxg2+!! 2.Kxg2 ( 2.Kf1 Rxg4! 3.Rxe8 Rf4+! ) Nf4+ 3.Kf1 Nxh5 .
526 1...Rxg2+! 2.Kxg2 ( 2.Kh1 Ng3+! 3.Kxg2 Nxh5 ) Nf4+ 3.Kf3 Nxh5
527 1.Bd5! Qxd5 2.Ne7+ Kf7 3.Nxd5
528 1.Bg4 ( 1.Qb3? Rf6! ) Qxg4 2.Nh6+ Kh8 3.Nxg4 .
529 1...Qxf2+!! 2.Kxf2 Ne4+ 3.Ke2 Nxg5 4.Rxg5 Rxe6 .
530 1...Qxg2+! 2.Kxg2 Ne3+ 3.Kf2 Nxd1+
531 1...Bxc3! 2.bxc3 Nd5!! 3.Z0 0:1, Hamann - Brinck-Claussen, Hastings II, 1962—63 ( 3.Qxc4 Nxe3+
4.Kf2 Nxc4 )
532 1...Nxg5! 2.Qxf4 Nh3+ 3.Kh2 Nxf4
533 1...Rg2!! 2.Kxg2 ( 2.fxe6 Nf4# ) ( 2.Qxd5 Rxh2+ 3.Kxh2 exd5 ) Ne3+ . Bellon - G.Garcia,
Cienfuegos, 1976
534 1...Rg2 2.Qxg2 ( 2.Kxg2 Ne3+ ) Nf4+ 3.Kh2 Nxg2
535 1.Nf5+ Kf7 2.Nxe7
536 1.Qxf7+! ( 1.Ng5? Qh5! ) Kxf7 2.Ng5+! Kg6 3.Nxh3 .
537 1.Rxd4! f4 ( 1...exd4 2.Bxd4! Qxd4 3.Nxf5+ ) 2.Rxf4! 1:0, Averbakh - Penrouz, London, 1954
538 1.Be5! Qxe5 2.Nxg6+ Kg8 3.Nxe5
539 1.Bxf7+! Kxf7 2.Ne5+ Ke8 3.Nxd7
540 1.Bxh7+! Kxh7 2.Ne4! Qb4 ( 2...Qd7 3.Ng5+! ) 3.Qxb4 Nxb4 4.Ng5+ Kg8 5.Nxe6 . Vooremaa -
Yuksti, URS, 1977
541 1.Bxh7+! Kxh7 2.Rxe6! Qf5 ( 2...Qxe6 3.Ng5+ ) 3.Rxc6 . Cseshkovsky - Polgar, URS, 1964
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542 1.Qxe6! Qxe6 2.Ng5+ Kg6 3.Nxe6
543 1.Nxd6+! exd6 ( 1...Kf8 2.Nxf6 Bxf6 3.Nxf5 ) 2.Bb5! Nxd5 ( 2...Qxb5 3.Nc7+ Kd8 4.Nxb5 )
3.Qxd5! .
544 1.Ba5! Qxa5 2.Nxb7+ Kc7 3.Nxa5
545 1.Rxh7+! Kxh7 2.Nxf6+ Kg7 3.Nxe8+
546 1.Rxg7+! Kxg7 2.Qxd4+! Qxd4 3.Nxe6+! Kf6 4.Nxd4 . similar to Luther - Gauglitz, Germany,
1989 (move Kg1 to e1, Qd1 to d2, Pb2 to b3)
547 1.Rh8+! Kxh8 2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Nxd6
548 1.Bxg6! hxg6 ( 1...Qxg6 2.Qxd5+ ) 2.Rh8+! Kxh8 3.Nf7+ Z0 1:0, Strautinsch - Gunderman, corr.,
1970 ( 3...Kg8 4.Nxd6 )
549 1.Nb6+! Kd6 2.e5+! Kxe5 3.Bb8+ Kf6 4.Nd7+ Z0 1:0, Unzicker - Pietzsch, Zolingen, 1964 ( 4...Kf7
5.Bxe6+ ! Kxe6 6.Nc5+ Kf7 7.Nxb7 )
550 1.Bxe6+! Kxe6 2.Nc5+ Kd6 3.Nxb7+
551 1.Rxg7+!! Rxg7 2.Nf6+! Kf7 3.Qxg7+! Kxg7 4.Nxe8+ Kf7 5.Nxc7 .
552 1.Qxg7+! Kxg7 2.Ne8+ Kg6 3.Nxd6
553 1.Qa8+! ( 1.Nxf7? Qd1+! 2.Qg1 Qf3+ 3.Qg2 Qd1+ 4.Bg1 Qh5+ 5.Bh2 Qd1+ = ) Kg7 ( 1...Ke7
2.Qxa7+ Kf6 3.Qxf7+ Kxg5 4.Qd5 . ) 2.Bxe5+!! ( 2.Qh8+? Kg6! ) Qxe5 3.Qh8+ !! Kxh8 4.Nxf7+
1:0, Petrosian - Simagin, Moscow, 1956
554 1.Qh8+! Kxh8 2.Nxf7+ Kg7 3.Nxe5
555 1.Qh8+! Kxh8 2.Nxf7+ Kg7 3.Nxd6
556 1.Bf3!! ( 1.Nfxg5 ?? Qg2# ) g4 ( 1...Qxf3 2.Qh8+! Kxf7 3.Nxg5+ Ke7 4.Nxf3 ) ( 1...Kxf7 2.Nxg5+
) 2.Qe5 ( 2.Nfg5! ) gxf3 3.Qxe8+ Kg7 4.Qe5+! Kf8 5.Qd6+ Kg8 6.Nh6+ 1:0, Malaniuk - Gelfand,
ch.URS, 1989
557 1.Qd8+!! Qxd8 2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Nxd8
558 1.Qd8+!! Qxd8 2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Nxd8 Nf8 4.Bxf8 Kxf8 5.Nxe6+ 1:0, Konstantinopolsky - Holodke-
vich, URS, 1954
559 1.Qxd8+! Qxd8 2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Nxd8
560 1.Ngf7+! Rxf7 2.Bd8!! Rf8 ( 2...Qxd8 3.Nxf7+ ) 3.Bxc7 Bxc7 4.Nf7+ Kg8 5.Nxh6+ 1:0, Pushman
- Lengyel, Hungary, 1971
561 1.Qb5! Qxb5 2.c8Q+ Kf7 3.Qxe6+! Kxe6 4.Nc7+ Zukertort - Anglish, London, 1883
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562 1.Qxd6+! Kxd6 2.Nb7+ Kc7 3.Nxa5
563 1.Rxc8+! Kxc8 2.Qc4+ Kb8 3.Qxd5
564 1.Rxb8+! Kxb8 2.Qb1+ ( 2.Qb3+ ) Kc8 3.Qxa2 Qf3 4.Qa8+! Kd7 5.Nxe5+ Ke7 6.Nxf3 .
565 1.Nf6!! Kxf6 2.Qf3+ Kg7 3.Qxe4 dxc3 4.h5 gxh5 5.gxh5 Kh8 6.Rb8+! Nxb8 7.Rxb8+ Kg7 8.Qg6#
1:0, Vasiukov - Taimanov, ch URS, 1965
566 1.Qg4+! Kh8 2.Qxf5
567 1.e4! Bxe4 2.Qa4+! Nc6 3.Qxe4 . Zaichik - Sikharulidze, Tbilisi, 1976
568 1...Qa5+! 2.Ke2 Qxe5
569 1...g5! 2.Bxg5 ( 2.Bg3 g4! ) Bxd2+ ( 2...Nxd2 ) ( 2...Nxg5 3.Nxg5 Bxd2+ 4.Kxd2 Qa5+ 5.Kd1
Qxg5 ) 3.Nxd2 Qa5! 0:1, Sangla - Karpov, 1968 ( 3...Qxb3? 4.axb3 Nxg5 5.h4 )
570 1.Rxd7! Rxd7 2.Qf5 h6 3.Qxd7
571 1.Bc7!! Rxc7 2.Qe5 Spassky - Averkin, URS, 1973
572 1.Bxc6+! Kxc6 2.Qa4+ Kb7 3.Qxe8
573 1.Bxd6+! Kxd6 2.Qb4+ Kc7 3.Qxf8 .
574 1...Rxd5! 2.Qxd5 Be4+ 3.Qxe4 Qxe4+ .
575 1...Rxd4! 2.Rxd4 ( 2.exd4 Bxd2 ) Bxe3+ 3.Kf1 Bxd4
576 1...Bg6+!! 2.Qxg6 Qd3+! 3.Kf4 Qxg6 .
577 1...Rxh5! ( 1...Qd3+? 2.Kg2 Qxe4+ 3.Bf3 ) 2.Qxh5 Qd1+ 3.Kg2 Qxh5
578 1.h7! ( 1.Ke4? Ke7 2.h7 Kf7 = ) Ke7 ( 1...Kc7 2.Ra8! ) 2.Ra8! ( 2.Rb8 ) ( 2.Rc8 ) Rxh7 3.Ra7+
Kf6 4.Rxh7 .
579 1.Rd7! Qxd7 2.Qh7+ Kf8 3.Qxd7
580 1.Ra8!! Qxa8 ( 1...Rd8 2.Rxd8 Qxd8 3.Qh8+ Kf7 4.Qxd8 ) 2.Qh8+ Kf7 3.Qxa8 Rxg2+ 4.Kxg2
Nf4+ 5.Kf3 Nxh5 6.Qh8 .
581 1.Rxd7+! Kg8 ( 1...Qxd7 2.Qxh7+ Kf6 3.Qxd7 ) 2.Nd5 ! Qxd7 3.Nf6+ Kh8 4.Nxd7
582 1.Bxf7+! Kxf7 2.Rxc7+! Qxc7 3.Qh7+ Ke6 4.Qxc7 . Meking - Tan, Petropolis, 1973
583 1.Ra8! Qxa8 2.Bd5+! Kb6 3.Bxa8
584 1.Ra8!! Qa2 ( 1...Qh7 2.Bg6! Qxg6 3.Ra6+! ) ( 1...Qxa8 2.Bf3+! ) ( 1...Qd5 2.Bf3 ) ( 1...Qe6
2.Ra6+ ) ( 1...Qc4 2.Rc8+ ) 2.Rxa4! Qg8 ( 2...Qxa4 3.Be8+! ) 3.Ra8! Qh7 4.Bg6! Qxg6 5.Ra6+
H.Rinck’s study, 1903
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585 1.Qxd7+! Kxd7 2.dxe6+ Kc8 3.Bxb7+ Kxb7 4.e7
586 1.Nf7! Kxf7 2.dxe6+ . Z0 Zaverbny - Gumelis, Belgium, 1953 ( 2...Kxe6 3.Bxb7 )
587 1.Qg8+!! Kxg8 2.Be6+ Kh8 3.Rg8#
588 1.Bf7+! Kf8 2.Rg8#
589 1...Bf4+! 2.hxg5 Bxe3+
590 1...Qe2+! 2.Kg1 ( 2.Rf2 Qxf2+!! 3.Kxf2 Bxd8+ 4.Kg2 Bxa5 ) Qxf1+!! 3.Z0 0:1, Mititelu - Stanchu,
Bucharest, 1963 ( 3.Kxf1 Bxd8+ 4.Kg2 Bxa5 )
591 1.Bb5! Nxc3 ( 1...axb5 2.axb5 ) 2.Bxc6+ bxc6 3.bxc3 . Korsunsky - Imanaliev, Frunze, 1989
592 1.Nb6+! axb6 2.axb6+ Kb8 3.bxc7+
593 1.Nb6+! cxb6 2.cxb6+
594 1.Nb6! axb6 ( 1...Rd8 2.Qxa6 axb6 3.cxb6 Qe4 4.Qd3 Qxd3 5.Rxd3 Bxf4 6.Bxf4 Rxf4 7.b7! Rff8
8.a4 . ) 2.cxb6 Qb7 ( 2...Qe4 3.Rd4 ) 3.Rxd7! Rf7 4.Rxf7 Kxf7 5.bxc7 Rc8 6.Qh5+ Kf8 7.Rd1
Qxc7 8.Qxh7 Qc3 9.Bd4 . Petrosian - Matanovic, match URS - Yugoslavia, 1959
595 1.Rxe2! Qxe2 2.Rxg7+! Kxg7 3.Bxh6+! Nxh6 4.Qxe2 . Kramnik - B.A.Kozlov, URS, 1989
596 1.Bg4+! hxg4 2.Qxe1
597 1.Rxg5! Kxg5 2.Qd2! Qxb3 3.Nf5+! Z0 1:0, Pavlov - Stolyar, Albena, 1970 ( 3...Kxf5 4.Qf4# )
598 1.Nf8+! Kh8 ( 1...Kh6 2.Qh7# ) 2.Qh7#
599 1.Nxd6+! exd6 2.Rxf7
600 1.Be6!! ( 1.Nxd6? cxd6 2.Be6 Qf3 3.Bxf7 Qxf7 . ) Qxe6 2.Nxd6 ! Rxd6 3.Rxe6 Rxe6 4.Bxa7 .
Serper - Balashov, Beskidi, 1991
601 1.Rg8+! Kxg8 2.Qxe7
602 1.Rd6!! Qc7 ( 1...Qxd6 2.Rxe8+ Rxe8 3.Qxd6 . ) 2.Rxe8+ Rxe8 ( 2...Kg7 3.Rxc8 ) 3.Rxg6+! hxg6
4.Qxc7
603 1.Rf8+!! Rxf8 2.Rxg6+! Rf6 3.Bxf6#
604 1.Bc4! Qxc4 2.Rxg7+! ( 2.Bxe5? Qxf1+! 3.Kxf1 Bxe5 . ) Kh8 3.Bxe5! ( 3.Rff7! ) Qxc2 4.Rf8+!
Rxf8 5.Rxg6+! 1:0, Taimanov - NN, URS, 1964
605 1...Qxf2+! 2.Rxf2 Re1#
606 1...Qxf2+! 2.Rxf2 Re1#
607 1.Bxg7+! Qxg7 2.Rxf8#
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608 1.Bxf7+! ( 1.Ra8+? Kh7 2.Bxf7 ?? Qc6+! ) Qxf7 2.Ra8+ Kh7 ( 2...Re8? 3.Rxe8+ ) 3.Qxf7 Be4+
4.Kg1 Bxa8 5.f4 .
609 1...Qxg2+!! 2.Qxg2 Rxf1#
610 1...Qxg2+! 2.Qxg2 Rxf1#
611 1...Rg4+! 2.Qxg4 Qxg4+
612 1...Rh3+! 2.Qxh3 Qxh3+ 3.Kg1 Qxg2#
613 1.Rxb7+! Kxb7 2.Re7
614 1.Rxb7+! ( 1.Ree7? Rxb2! ) Qxb7 2.Re7
615 1...Qa1+! 2.Nb1 Qxd4
616 1...d4! 2.Qxd4 Qa1+ 3.Z0 similar to Pirc - Shtolz, Prague, 1931 (move Bg3 to d6) ( 3.Nd1 Qxd4 )
617 1.Re8! Qxe8 ( 1...Bd4+ 2.cxd4 Qxe8 3.Nf6+! Rxf6 4.Qxe8+ ) 2.Nxf6+ Rxf6 3.Qxe8+ .
618 1.Re8! Qxe8 2.Nxf6+ Kf8 3.Nxe8
619 1...Rxg1+! ( 1...Qxe2+? 2.Nxe2! Bxf2 3.hxg5 ) ( 1...Qxf2+? 2.Qxf2 Bxf2 3.hxg5 ) 2.Kxg1 Qxe2
620 1...Rh1+! 2.Kxh1 Nxg3+ . similar to Dementjev - Dzindzichashvili, URS, 1972, (move Qc6 to b7)
*
621 1...Nf2+! 2.Rxf2 Qxd1+
622 1...Rc1! 2.Qxc1 Ne2+ 3.Rxe2 Qxc1+ 4.Kf2 Ba6 . Hoshberg - Averbakh, Stockholm, 1954
623 1.Rxe5! ( 1.f4? Bxd4! 2.Rxe6 Bc8!! 3.Rxf6 Bxg4 ) Rxe5 2.f4 .
624
1.Rxf6! Rxf6 2.g5!
625 1...Nxf2! 2.Kxf2 g5! 3.Qd2 ( 3.Bc1 Bxd4+! 4.Rxd4 Qf6+ ) gxf4 4.Qxf4 c5 5.Nb5 Qxe2+ 6.Kg1
Qe3+ 7.Qxe3 Rxe3 . Romanishin - Akopian, Moscow, 1989
626 1...Qf5+! 2.Nf3 ( 2.Kg1 Qxd3 ) Bxf3
627 1...Rh2+!! ( 1...Bxe5? 2.dxe5! Nd5 3.Qh5 ) 2.Kxh2 Rxf7
628 1...Rxg2+!! 2.Kxg2 Qxh4
629 1.Rd8+!! Kxd8 2.Qxe4 . Bronstein - NN, Sochi, 1950
630 1.Rd8+! Kxd8 2.Qxe6! ( 2.Bxc7+? Kd7! )
631 1.Re8+! Kxe8 2.Qxd6! ( 2.Bxf7+? Ke7 )
632 1.Qa4+! Qc6 ( 1...Nc6 2.Qxc6+! Qxc6 3.Rd8# ) 2.Rd8+! Kxd8 3.Qxc6 . E.Lasker - Aiala, New
York, 1947
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633 1.Rg8+!! Kxg8 ( 1...Nxg8 2.Qxe4 ) ( 1...Ke7 2.Qxf6# ) 2.Nxf6+ Kg7 3.Nxe4
634 1.Rxh7+!! Kg8 ( 1...Nxh7 2.Qxg6+ Kh8 3.Qxh7# ) ( 1...Kxh7 2.Bxg6+ Kh6 3.Qxf4 ) 2.Rh8+!!
Kg7 ( 2...Kxh8 3.Nxg6+ Kg7 4.Nxf4 ) 3.Rxb8 .
635 1.Rh8+! Kxh8 2.Qh6+ Kg8 3.Qxg7#
636 1.Rh8+!! Kxh8 2.Qh6+ Kg8 3.Qxg7#
637 1.Re8+ Kh7 2.Rh8+!! Kxh8 ( 2...Nxh8 3.Qxg7# ) 3.Qh6+ ! Kg8 4.Qxg7#
638 1.Qh6+! ( 1.Qxf7? Rd7! ) Kg8 2.Qxg7#
639 1...Qh7+! 2.Rh3 ( 2.Kg1 Rxd3 ) Rd1+ 3.Kh2 Rh1+!! 4.Kxh1 ( 4.Kg3 Rxh3+ 5.gxh3 Qh4+ 6.Kh2
Qxf2# ) Qxh3+ 5.Kg1 Qxg2# Shats - Gigold, 1928
640 1...Rh1+! 2.Kxh1 Qxh3+ 3.Kg1 Qxg2#
641 1.Qh4! Bd7 2.Rxf6! Qxf6 3.d6+ Berg - Eliskazes, Bewerwijk, 1959
642 1.e6+! Kxe6 2.Qxg6+
643 1.Qg5+! Kf8 2.Bxf6
644 1.e6! Bxe6 2.Bd4! f6 ( 2...g6 3.Qe5! f6 4.Qxe6+ ) 3.Qg4!! Z0 1:0, Dal - Shulz, Germany, 1956 (
3...Kf7 4.Rfe1! )
645 1.Nd5!
Rxd5 ( 1...Qd6 2.Ne7+ Kf7 3.Nxc8 ) 2.Bc4! Be6 3.R1xe6 Qxe6 ( 3...Rxd2 4.Rxf6+! bxc4 5.Rfxf8#
) 4.Bxd5 Rxe8 5.Bxe6+ Nxe6 6.fxe6 Rxe6 7.Qd5 1:0, Roizman - Kots, URS, 1950
646 1.Rxe6! Qxe6 2.Bd5
647 1.Qg6+! fxg6 2.hxg6#
648 1.Qg6+! fxg6 2.hxg6#
649 1.Qf7+! Bxf7 2.exf7+ Qxf7 3.Bxf7#
650 1.Qe7+!! Rxe7 2.fxe7+ Ke8 3.exd8Q#
651 1...Qc3!! 2.Z0 0:1, Ambarcumjan - Blokh, Moscow, 1982 ( 2.Nxc3 bxc3 3.Kb1 Rfa8 )
652 1...Qc3!! ( 1...Rxe4? 2.dxc5 ) 2.Nxc3 bxc3 3.Kb1 Rea5
653 1...Qc3!! ( 1...Bxf6? 2.gxf6 Ra1+ 3.Kd2 Qc3+ ( 3...Rxd1+ 4.Kxd1 ) 4.Ke2 Qxf6 5.Rxa1 . ) 2.Bxc3
bxc3 3.Kb1 Rfa8 .
654 1...Qc3! 2.Bxc3 Bxc3 and 3...Ra1# .
655 1...e3+! 2.Kxe3 f4+! 3.Ke2 fxg3
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656 1...d3! 2.Bxd3 e4 3.Be2 exf3 . Pinter - Hurme, Helsinki, 1983 *
657 1...Bc2! 2.Z0 0:1, Lapienis - Koblents, Vilnius, 1962 ( 2.Rxc2 c4! 3.Qa3 Nxc2 ) ( 2.Qa3 Nc4 )
658 1...Bc2! 2.Qa3 Nxc4 3.Qa1 Na5!!
659 1...Rc1+!!2.Qxc1 Be4+
660 1...Rd2! ( 1...Bxf3+? 2.Qxf3 ) 2.Qxd2 Bxf3+! 3.Rxf3 Qxd2+ .
661 1...Rd2! ( 1...Bxf3+? 2.Qxf3 ) 2.Qxd2 Bxf3+! 3.Rxf3 Qxd2+
662 1.Rxf8+! Bxf8 2.Qxe5+
663 1.Bc3!! ( 1.Rxh6+ ?? Bxh6 2.Bc3 Rg1+!! 3.Qxg1 Qxc3 . ) Qxc3 ( 1...Qf2 2.Rxh6# ) 2.Rxh6+!
Bxh6 3.Qxc3+ .
664 1.Ne7+! Rxe7 2.Qxd5 Nxd5 3.Bxe7 Nd2 4.Rd4! Nxf1 5.Rxd5 Re8 6.Rd7 Nd2 7.Rxa7 . Dvoirys -
Eingorn, Lvov, 1990
665 1.Nf7+! Kg8 ( 1...Rxf7 2.Qe8+ ) 2.Nxg5
666 1.Qh7+!! Kxh7 2.Rxg7+ Kh8 3.Rg8+! Kh7 4.R4g7#
667 1.Qh7+!! Kxh7 2.Rxg7+ Kh8 ( 2...Kh6 3.R1g6# ) 3.Rg8+! Kh7 4.R1g7+ Kh6 5.Rg6+ Kh7
6.R8g7+ Kh8 7.Rh6# Mishto - Kloza, Poland, 1955
668 1.Rxd5! Qxd5 2.Ne7+ Kg7 3.Nxd5
669 1.Bxh7+!! Kxh7 2.Qh3+ Kg8 3.Rxd5! Bxc6 ( 3...Qxd5 4.Ne7# ) ( 3...exd5 4.Qxd7 ) 4.Rxd7 .
similar to Honfi - Chenadi, Hungary, 1963 (add Pb4)
670 1.Qc1! Nxd4+ ( 1...Ne7 2.Qc5 ) 2.Kd3 Qxe5 3.Qc8+ Kg7 4.Qh8+!! Kxh8 5.Nxf7+ Kg7 6.Nxe5
1:0, Matulovic - Tsvetkov, Varna, 1965
671 1.Qh8+! Kxh8 2.Nxf7+ Kg7 3.Nxe5
672 1...Rxg2+! 2.Kxg2 Bxa1 .
673 1...Rxh3+! 2.gxh3 Bxd2
674 1.Bxg7+! Kxg7 2.Rxe7
675 1.Bxh7+! ( 1.Qxe5 ?? Rxe5 2.Rb8+ Re8 ) Kxh7 2.Qxa2 .
676 1...Bxh2+! 2.Kxh2 Rxf1
677 1...Bh2+! 2.Kxh2 Qxe1 .
678 1...Bc4+! 2.Ke1 ( 2.bxc4 Qxd1# ) Qe7+ 3.Kd2 Qe3#
679 1...Bxg2+! 2.Kxg2 Qxe2
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680 1...Bh2+!2.Kxh2 Rxe2 3.Rb8+ Re8 .
681 1...Ba2+! 2.Kxa2 Rxf5 3.Nxf5 Qf7+ .
682 1...Bd2+! 2.Kc2 Rxb3
683 1...Nf4+! 2.gxf4 Rxd3 .
684 1...Nxg3+! 2.hxg3 Rxe2
685 1...Nc4+! ( 1...Nd3+? 2.Nxd3! ) 2.bxc4 ( 2.Kc2 Qxe1 3.Re2 Bf5+ ) Qxe1 ( 2...bxc4+ ) 3.Re2 bxc4+
4.Ka3 Qc1+ 5.Ka4 Bd7+ 6.Ka5 Qa3#
686 1...Ne3+ 2.Bc3 Nxd1
687 1...Nd4+! 2.cxd4 Qxg4 .
688 1...Ne3+! 2.fxe3 Qxh3+
689 1...Qh1+! ( 1...Nc3+? 2.Kc1! Qg1+? 3.Rf1! ) 2.Ka2 ( 2.Rf1 Nc3+! 3.bxc3 Qxb7+ ) Nc3+! 3.bxc3
Qxb7 . *
690 1...Ng3+! 2.Rxg3 Qxd5
691 1...Rb1+! 2.Rxb1 Qxc5 .
692 1...Rc1+! 2.Rxc1 Qxd5
693 1...Bxe5!2.Qxc7+ Bxc7 .
694 1.Bd5+! Bxf6 2.Bxe4
695 1.Bd5 Z0 similar to Euwe - Thomas, Hastings, 1934, (add Pe7) ( 1...Rxf2 2.Qg8# )
696 1.Ne7#
697 1.Nd5! ( 1.Qxg7+? Kxg7 2.Nd5+ Qe5! 3.Nxe5 dxe5 4.Nxc7? Ra7 ) Z0 1:0, Reili - Alexander,
Hastings, 1931 ( 1...Bxd4 2.Nxe7+ Kg7 3.Bxd4+ )
698 1...Bxd5! 2.exd5 ( 2.g3 Bxc4! 3.gxh4 Rxd1 . ) g3! 3.hxg3 Qxc4 . Korchnoi - Portisch, Wijk an Zee,
1968
699 1...g3! 2.hxg3 ( 2.Qd3 Qxh2+ ) Qxd4
700 1.e6!! Qxc5 2.Nf5+! ( 2.exd7?! Qd6+! 3.g3 Nf5 4.Nxf5+ gxf5 . ) Qxf5 ( 2...Nxf5 3.Qxc5 . ) 3.Qxf5
Nxf5 4.exd7 .
701 1.Nh6+! Rxh6 2.Qxd7
702 1.Ra5!! ( 1.Rd1? Rxd1 2.Bxe6+ Kh8! 3.Bxc8 c2 ) Rxa5 2.Bxe6+ Kf8 3.Bxc8 Rc5 4.Bf5 . Blokh -
Merkulov, Moscow, 1973
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703 1.Rxd8! Rxd8 2.Bxf6+ Kg8 3.Bxd8
704 1...Nh5+! 2.gxh5 Bxd4
705 1...Nxe4!! 2.Bxd8 ( 2.Qxg7+ Kxg7 3.Bxd8 Nxc3 ) Bxd4 3.Bxe4 Bxc3! 4.bxc3 Rcxd8 5.Bxb7 Bxc4
.
706 1...Nxe4! 2.fxe4 ( 2.Bxd8 Nxg3! ( 2...Bd4+? 3.Qxd4! ) 3.Qd2 ( 3.Qd1 Bd4+! 4.Rf2 Re2 ) Re2!
4.Qxe2 Nxe2+ 5.Kf2 Rxd8 6.Kxe2 Re8+ . Visheratin - Ljaboda, corr, 1968 ) ( 2.Nxe4 Qxg5
3.Nxg5 Bxd3 ) Qxg5 3.exf5 Bd4+ 4.Kh1 Re3! 5.Qc2 Rxg3! 6.hxg3 Qh5#
707 1...Ng3+! 2.hxg3 Bxd3+
708 1.Qxh5+!! Bxh5 ( 1...Kg7 2.Qe5+ ) 2.Rd6+! Bg6 3.Rxb6 .
709 1.Rxd5+! Bg6 2.Bxg6+ Kxg6 3.Rxd7
710 1...Qxd4! 2.Qxc5 ( 2.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 3.Kf1 Rxc2 ) Qb2+
711 1...Qxe2+! 2.Kxe2 Bxd3+ 3.Kd2 Rxc1
712 1.Bf7+! gxh4 2.Bxe6
713 1.Qd5+!! Bxd5 2.Bxd5+ Kh8 3.Rxg4 .
714 1...Nf5+! 2.Kh2 Nxh4
715 1...Bh4! 2.g3 ( 2.Qxh4 Nf3+! 3.Kh1 Nxh4 ) ( 2.Qe3 Ne2+! ) Bxg3! 3.Qg2 ( 3.Qxg3 Ne2+! ) Nxc2+
4.Kh1 Rxd3 5.Qxc2 Qc6+ 0:1, Konarkowska-Sokolova - Zatulovskaya, Subbotica, 1967
716 1.Rxe5! fxe5 2.f6+!
717 1.Rxd5! Z0 1:0, Smyslov - Rabar, Helsinki, 1952 ( 1...exd5 2.e6+ ! )
718 1.Qxe7! Bxe7 2.d6+ Kg7 3.dxc7 .
719 1.e7+! Qxd5 2.e8Q#
720 1...d3+! 2.Kxd3 Bxa1
721 1...Nxd5! 2.Bxd8 Rxd8 3.exd5 e4! 4.Qa3 Bxa1 . Yakimovich - Blokh, Moscow, 1975 *
722 1...Nf4+!! ( 1...Bxd3 ?? 2.Qxh5+! ) 2.gxf4 Bxd3+! 3.Kh2 Bxc2 .
723 1.c7+! Bxc7 2.Qxe6
724 1.Be5+!! Kc8 ( 1...fxe5 2.bxa7+ Ka8 3.Qxg6 . ) ( 1...Ka8 2.Qxa7+ Rxa7 3.Rxa7# ) 2.bxa7 Nf3+
3.Kf2 Rh2+ 4.Bxh2 .
725 1...b3+! 2.Kxb3 Qxa5
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726 1...Ra8! ( 1...Qf1+ 2.Kb2 Ra8 ) 2.Rxa8 ( 2.Kb2 Rxa3 3.Kxa3 Qxc2 ) Qf1+! 3.Kb2 c3+! 4.Z0 0:1,
Medina - Smederevac, Bewerwijk II, 1965 ( 4.Kxc3 Qxb5 )
727 1.Rh8!! Qa3 ( 1...Bxb7 2.Rxe8+ Kxe8 3.Qh8+! Kd7 4.e6+! Kxe6 5.Qxc3 ) 2.e6! Qd6 ( 2...Bxb7
3.Rxe8+ Kxe8 4.Qg8# ) 3.Rxe8+ Bxe8 4.Qg8! Rc8 5.Rd7+! 1:0, Murshed - Nogueiras, Cuba, 1991
728 1.f6+! Kxf6 2.Qxe4
729 1.e6+! Qg7 2.Bxg7+
730 1.Rh8+! Kxh8 2.c4+! Kh7 3.cxb5 .
731 1...Rxa2! 2.Kxa2 Nd4+! 3.Kb1 Nxc2
732 1...Qxb2+!! 2.Kxb2 Nxg4+! 3.Ka2 Nxh2 .
733 1...Re1#
734 1...Nf2+!! 2.Qxf2 ( 2.Kh2 Nxe4 . ) Rc1+! 3.Rxc1 ( 3.Kg2 Qxf2+ 4.Kxf2 Rxa1 ) Qxf2 .
735 1...Rd1+!! ( 1...Bg4? 2.Qxe8+! ) 2.Kxd1 ( 2.Ke2 Bg4+! ) Bb3+! 3.Rxb3 Rxe5 . I.G.Kuzmin -
Blokh, Moscow, 1988
736 1...Bb2+!
737 1.d6! Bxd6 2.Nxd6 e4 ( 2...Qxd6 3.Bxh7+! ) 3.Bxe4 Qe7 4.O-O! Nxe4 5.Nxc8 Rxc8 6.Qd5+ Kh8
7.Re1 Re8 8.Ng5! 1:0, Sallai - Barcza, Hungary, 1965
738 1.Bxf7+! Kxf7 2.Qxd7
739 1.Bxh7+! Kxh7 2.Rxf7
740 1.Nxd6! ( 1.Bxd6! Bxd6 2.Nxd6 Qxd6 ) Bxd6 2.Bxd6 Qxd6 3.dxe5 Nxe5 ( 3...Qe7 4.exf6 . Ko-
zlovskaya - Kislova, Subotica, 1967 ) 4.Bxh7+!
741 1...Nd3+! 2.Kg1 Nxe1
742 1...Qxg2+! 2.Kxg2 Nc3+ ( 2...Nc5+ ) 3.Kg1 Nxa4 4.Bb5 Nxb2 5.Rfb1 a6! 6.Nd7 Rfd8! 7.Nxb6 (
7.Rxb2 axb5 8.Nxb6 Ra5 ) Rab8 8.Nxd5 Rxb5 9.Nc7 Rb6 10.Nxa6 Rxd4! 11.Nc5 Rdb4! 12.a4 Rc6
Rusakov - Blokh, Moscow, 1983
743 1.Rc8!! Qd7 ( 1...Qxc8 2.Ne7+ Z0 Veltmander - Cherepkov, URS, 1950 ( 2...Bxe7 3.Bxc8 ) )
2.Nh6+ Bxh6 3.Bxd7 Bxd2 4.Bxe8 *
744 1.Nh6+! Bxh6 2.Bxd7
745 1...Bg2+! 2.Kxg2 Rxh4
746 1...Bxe3+! ( 1...Bh3? 2.Bxf7+! ) 2.Kh1 ( 2.Bxe3 Qxf1+! 3.Kxf1 Bh3+! ) Be6! 3.Qd6 Bxc1 4.Bxe6
Nxe6 . Gonzalez - Hei, Skople, 1972
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747 1...Bxf2+! 2.Kxf2 ( 2.Rxf2 Rxe1+ ) Qb6! 3.Rxe6 ( 3.Be3 Rd2+ ) Rxf4+! 4.Z0 0:1, Serebrijsky -
Solmanis, URS, 1946 ( 4.Kg3 fxe6 5.Rxf4 g5 . )
748 1...Rxg3+! 2.Kh2 Qg1#
749 1.Ng5+! fxg5 2.Qxd4
750 1.Bb4!! ( 1.Nxe6+ ?? Nxe6 ) Qxb4 ( 1...Nxh3+ 2.Kh2 Qxb4 3.Nxe6+ ! fxe6 4.Qxb4+ ) 2.Rc8+! (
2.Nxe6+ ?? Nxe6! ) Kg7 ( 2...Ke7 3.Nc6# ) 3.Nf5+! exf5 4.Qxb4 .
751 1.Qxg7+!
Kxg7 2.Bd8+! Kh8 ( 2...Kh6 3.Rh3# ) ( 2...Kf7 3.Bh5# ) 3.Rg8+! Rxg8 4.Bf6+ Rg7 5.Bxg7+
Kg8 6.Bxd4+ Kf7 7.Bxb2 1:0, Westerinen - Sugurionsson, New York, 1978
752 1.Rg8+! Qxg8 2.Bf6+! Qg7 3.Bxg7+ Kg8 4.Bxe5+ ! Kf7 5.Bxd6
753 1.Nxg6+! Bxg6 2.Qxd4+
754 1.Rd4!! Rxf4 ( 1...Bxd4 2.Bxd4+ Qxd4 3.Nxg6+! hxg6 4.Qxd4+ ) 2.Rd8+! Rf8 ( 2...Bf8 3.Rxf8+
! Rxf8 4.Bd4+! ) 3.Rxf8+ Bxf8 4.Qxe4 Z0 1:0, Geller - Kapengut, URS, 1971 ( 4...Bxe4 5.Bd4+
Rg7 6.Rc8 )
755 1.f6+! Rxf6 2.Qxd5
756 1.Bf7+! Z0 1:0, Katalymov - Ilivitsky, URS, 1959 ( 1...Kxf7 2.e6+! Kf8 3.Qxa5 ) ( 1...Kf8 2.Bxg6
)
757 1...Ra4+! 2.Z0 ( 2.Kb1 Ra1+! 3.Kxa1 Nb3+ 0:1, A.Kuzmin - Khalifman, Moscow, 1989 )
758 1...Na3+! 2.Nxa3 Qxe2
759 1...Rxa2+! 2.Kxa2 Ne3+! 3.Ka1 Nxd1 4.Rxd1 Qb3
760 1...Rxb2+!! 2.Kxb2 ( 2.Ka1 Rxb3 ) Ba3+! 3.Kxa3 Qxf6 .
761 1.Rg7+!! Kh8 ( 1...Kxg7 2.Bxe5+ Rxe5 3.Qxc4 ) 2.Rxh7+!! Rxh7 ( 2...Kg8 3.Rxh5 ) 3.Bxe5+
dxe5 4.Qxc4 .
762 1.Bxh7+! Kg7 2.Rxf6
763 1.Rxg7+! Bxg7 2.Qg4 Rg6 3.Nh6+ Rxh6 4.Qxd7 .
764 1.Nh6+! Rxh6 2.Qxd7
765 1...Nf3+!! 2.gxf3 Qg6+ 3.Kh1 Ng3+! 4.Z0 0:1, Liublinsky - Baturinsky, URS, 1945 ( 4.hxg3 Qxc2
)
766 1...Nh3+! 2.Rxh3 Qxd2
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767 1.Bxg7! ( 1.Qh5? Qc6! 2.Bxg7? Qxg2# ) Bxg7 2.Qh5 h6 3.Bh7+! Z0 1:0, Vasiukov - Kholmov,
Moscow, 1964 ( 3...Kxh7 4.Qxc5 )
768 1.Bh7+! Kxh7 2.Qxd5
769 1.f7+! Kxf7 2.Qxd8
770 1.Ng6+! ( 1.Qh5? Nh6! ) fxg6 2.Rxh7+! Kxh7 3.Qh3+ ! Nh6 4.fxg6+! Z0 1:0, Relshtab - Ulrich,
Berlin, 1929 ( 4...Kxg6 5.Qxd7 )
771 1.Rxg7+!! Kh8 ( 1...Kxg7 2.Qg3+ Kh8 3.e6+ (1:0, Serebrjannik - Atanasiadis, Belgrad, 1991) f6
4.Qxc7 b3 5.Bxf6+ Rxf6 6.Qxb8+ Kg7 7.e7 a2 8.Qe5 Nd7 9.e8Q Nxe5 10.Qxe5 ) 2.Qf3! Nd7 (
2...Qd8 3.e6 f6 4.e7 ) ( 2...Kxg7 3.Qg3+ ) ( 2...b3 3.Qf6 Ne4 4.Qh6 ) 3.Rxh7+! Kxh7 4.Bd3+ f5
5.exf6+ Kg8 6.Qg4+ Kf7 7.Qg6#
772 1.f7+! Rxe5 2.Qxd8+
773 1.Qh5! gxh5 ( 1...Bh4 2.Qxh7+ Z0 1:0, Gabran - Rozhlapa, URS, 1971 ( 2...Kxh7 3.Rxh4+ Kg8
4.Rh8# ) ) 2.Rg3+ Ng7 3.Rxg7+ Kh8 4.Rxf7+ Kg8 5.Rg7+! Kh8 6.Rxe7+ Kg8 7.Rxd7
774 1.Re7+! Kg8 2.Rxe8+
775 1.Bf6! Qxh5 2.Rxg7+ Kh8 3.Rxf7+ Kg8 4.Rg7+! Kh8 5.Rxb7+ Kg8 6.Rg7+ Kh8 7.Rg5+! Kh7
8.Rxh5 Kg6 9.Rh3 Kxf6 10.Rxh6+ 1:0, K.Torre - Lasker, Moscow, 1925
776 1.Rf5+! Kg7 2.Rxh5
777 1.Qxg8+! Kxg8 2.Bf7+ Kf8 3.Rg8#
778 1.Qd8+!! Kxd8 2.Bg5+! Ke8 3.Rd8#
779 1...Qg1+!! 2.Kxg1 Bd4+ 3.Kh1 ( 3.Kf1 Rg1# ) Rg1#
780 1...Qxf1+! 2.Kxf1 Be2+! 3.Kg1 Rf1#
781 1.Qxh7+! Kxh7 2.Rh4+ Kg8 3.Rh8#
782 1.Qxh7+! Kxh7 2.Bf6+ Kg8 3.Rh8#
783 1...Bc1#
784 1...Qxa2+!! ( 1...fxe6? 2.Qh5+! Kd8 3.Qxb5 Qxa2+ ?? 4.Kxa2 Ra8+ 5.Qa4 ! ) 2.Kxa2 Ra8+ 3.Kb2
Ba3+ 4.Ka2 Bc1#
785 1...Rh3+! 2.Kg1 Rh1#
786 1...Qh1+! ( 1...Rxh4 ?? 2.Qb8+! Bc8 3.gxh4 ) 2.Kxh1 Rxh4+ 3.Z0 0:1, Mesovic - Slobodian, Lodz,
1937 ( 3.Kg1 Rh1# )
787 1...Qh1+! 2.Kxh1 Re1+ 3.Kh2 Rh1#
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788 1...Qh1+!! ( 1...Re5? 2.Re1! Rxe3 3.Rxb1 Rxc3 4.Rxb7 Rxc2 5.Rf4 ! = ) ( 1...Rd3 ?? 2.Rh8+!!
Kxh8 3.Qh6+ Kg8 4.Qxg7# ) 2.Kxh1 Rd1+ 3.Kh2 Rh1#
789 1...d3! 2.Qxd3 Ra1#
790 1...e3! 2.Qxe3 Rf4!! 0:1, A.Golberg - Kovalev, Berlin, 1987
791 1.Qh7+!! ( 1.f6 ?? Qxc3+!! ) Kxh7 2.Ng6+! Kg8 3.Rh8# *
792 1.Qh7+! Kxh7 ( 1...Kf8 2.Qh8# ) 2.Nf6#
793 1...Nd2+! 2.Ka1 Rb1#
794 1...Qxb1+!! 2.Kxb1 Na3+ 3.Kc1 Rb1#
795 1.Qf8+!! Bxf8 2.Ng7+! ( 2.Nxc7+ ) Kd8 3.Re8#
796 1.Ne7+ Kf8 2.Rg8#
797 1.Rf8+! Rxf8 2.Qxg4
798 1.Rxf6! gxf6 ( 1...Qxd4 2.Rxf8# ) 2.Qxg1 .
799 1.Re8+! Kg7 ( 1...Bxe8 2.Qxf6 ) 2.Rg8+! Kxg8 3.Qxf6
800 1.Re4!! Bxe4 ( 1...Qxc3 2.Rxe8# ) ( 1...Rxe4 2.Qc8+! ) ( 1...Qd8 2.Qg7# ) 2.Qxf6 .
801 1...Qxa2+! 2.Kxa2 Bc2#
802 1...Qxa2+! 2.Kxa2 Bxc4#
803 1...Rxa3+!! 2.bxa3 ( 2.Kb1 Qxc6 3.Rxc6 Rxf3 . ) Bd4+! 3.Nxd4 Qb2#
804 1...Ba2+! 2.Kxa2 Qxb2#
805 1.Nxd7+! Nxe2 2.Nf6# Holms - Tenner, 1942
806 1.Nh6#
807 1.Bxh7+! Kxh7 2.Rxf6
808 1.Bg6! Ne2+ ( 1...Nxd1 2.Qxf7# ) 2.Qxe2 Qe5 ( 2...Qb6 3.Qxe6+! ) 3.Bxf7+! Z0 1:0, Veresov -
Dementej, URS, 1966 ( 3...Kxf7 4.Rxd7+ Ke8 5.Qxe5 )
809 1...Nxe4! 2.Bxd8 Bxf2+ 3.Ke2 Nd4# NN - Kruger, 1920
810 1...Bxf2+! 2.Ke2 Nd4#
811 1.Rxe6+! dxe6 2.Bxg7
812 1.Qxg7+! ( 1.exf5? Qb4! ) Kxg7 ( 1...Nxg7 2.Rh8# ) 2.Rxe6+ ! axb2 3.Rxe7 . Kupreichik - Gufeld,
URS, 1973
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813 1...Rxd4! 2.Rxd4 Ne4! 3.Rxe4 ( 3.Qxe7 Nf2+ 4.Kg1 Qxg2# ) Bxg5 4.fxg5 b4 0:1, Dal - Sinko, corr,
1978
814 1...Ng3+! 2.hxg3 Qxg2#
815 1.Qxg7+! Kxg7 2.Bf6+! Kh6 ( 2...Kf7 3.Rg7# ) 3.Bg7#
816 1.Qxf7+! Kxf7 2.Bxd5+! Kg6 ( 2...Ke7 3.Rf7# ) 3.Bf7+ Kxg5 4.Bc1+ Kg4 5.Rf4+ Kg5 6.Re4#
Redl - Bliumih, Bad Oenhauzen, 1934
817 1.Na6#
818 1.Qb7+!! Kxb7 2.Nc5+! Kc7 3.Na6#
819 1.Nxg6+! fxg6 2.Qg8+!! Kxg8 3.Ne7+! Kf8 4.Nxg6# Ekstrem - Bergman, Sweden, 1949
820 1.Nxg6#
821 1.Rxg7+! ( 1.Nc6 ?? Rf7! ) Kh8 ( 1...Kxg7 2.Ne6+! ( 2.Nxf5+? Kg6 3.Qg7+ Kxf5 4.Rf1+? Qxf1#
) Kf7 3.Qg7+ Ke8 4.Qxf8# ) 2.Nc6! 1:0, Padevsky - Kankov, Bulgaria, 1955 *
822 1.Ng6+! Kg8 2.Qh8#
823 1...Nf4!2.Ne7+ ( 2.Bxf4 Qxg2# ) ( 2.Bxf7+ Kxf7 3.Qc4+ Ne6 ) ( 2.Qg3+ Qxg3 3.Nxg3 Bxg2+
4.Kg1 Bxf1 ) Rxe7 3.Rxf2 Nxd3 4.cxd3 Bxd4 .
824 1.Nf5!! ( 1.Ne6?! Nxe6! 2.Qxe5 Bxe5 3.Bxe5+ Kg8 ) Qxb2 ( 1...Qxf5 2.Rd8+ Rf8 3.Qxg7# )
2.Bxb2!! and 3.Rd8! with mate
825 1.Rf8#
826 1.Nd5!! Z0 1:0, Tal - Averkin, Moscow, 1973 ( 1...Rxa4 2.Ne7# )
827 1.Nf8#
828 1.Nfe7#
829 1.Rxe5!! ( 1.Rde2? f6 ) ( 1.Nf6+? gxf6 2.Rh1 Bf5 ) Qxe5 2.Ng6 !! Qxh2 3.Nde7#
830 1.Qxh7+! ( 1.Nc6 ?? Qxa2+! 2.Kxa2 Ra8+ 3.Kb1 Ra1# ) Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Bh4 3.Rxh4#
831 1.Qxh7+! Kxh7 2.Rh4#
832 1...Rxa3+! 2.Kxa3 Ra5#
833 1...Nd2+! 2.Ka1 ( 2.Rxd2 Qf1+ ) Qxa2+! 3.Kxa2 Ra8#
834 1...Qxa2+! 2.Kxa2 Ra5+ 3.Qa4 Rxa4#
835 1...Qxa3+! 2.Kxa3 Ra8#
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836 1.Bg5! hxg5 2.hxg5 Qxg5 3.Qh5! . Z0 similar to Kruger - Iskov, Dortmund, 1978 (move Bd3 to c2)
( 3...Qxh5 4.Ne7+! Kh7 5.Rxh5# )
837 1.Ne7+! Kh7 2.Rh4#
838 1...Rxh2+! 2.Kxh2 Rh8#
839 1...Rxh2+! 2.Kxh2 Rh5#
840 1...Rxa2+! 2.Kxa2 Ra8+ .
841 1...Rxa2+! 2.Kxa2 Ra5+ 3.Qa4 Rxa4#
842 1...Rxa2+! 2.Kxa2 Qa4#
843 1...Rxa2+! 2.Kxa2 Qa8+ 3.Na5 Qxa5+ 4.Kb3 Qb4+ 5.Ka2 Qa4#
844 1...Qxh2+!! 2.Kxh2 Rh8+! with mate
845 1...Ng3+! 2.hxg3 Rh5#
846 1.Ng6+! hxg6 ( 1...Qxg6 2.Qf8# ) 2.Qh4#
847 1.Ng6+! hxg6 2.Qh3#
848 1...Ng3+!! 2.Z0 0:1, Karpov - Taimanov, Leningrad, 1977 ( 2.hxg3 Ra8! with inevitable Rh8 ) (
2.Qxg3 Rxb1 )
849 1...Ng3+! 2.hxg3 Rh5#
850 1.Bg5! ( 1.Ng5? Rf8! 2.Qh5 Be8! ) hxg5 2.Nxe5! Z0 1:0, Lukovnikov - Sergeev, URS, 1974 ( 2...Nxe5
3.Qh5# )
851 1.Bg5! hxg5? 2.Qh5#
852 1...Qxa2+! 2.Kxa2 ( 2.Kc1 Bg5+ ) Ra8+ 3.Kb1 Ra1#
853 1...Qxa2+! 2.Kxa2 Ra5+ 3.Kb1 Ra1#
854 1...Rxa3+! 2.Kxa3 Qa5#
855 1...Rxa3+! 2.Kxa3 ( 2.Kb1 Ra1# ) Qa8+ 3.Ba6 ( 3.Kb4 Qa5# ) Qxa6+ 4.Kb4 Qb5+! 5.Ka3
Qa5#
856 1.Rxh7! Kxh7 ( 1...f6 2.Rxa7 Re2!? 3.b4 ) 2.Rh1+ Bh6 3.Rxh6+! Kxh6 4.Qh4#
857 1.Rxh7! Kxh7 2.Qh4+ Kg8 3.Qh8#
858 1.Qxh7+! Kxh7 2.hxg6#
859 1.Qxh7+! Kxh7 2.hxg6#
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860 1...Rxh2+! 2.Kxh2 Qh6+! 3.Kg1 Bxd4+ 4.Z0 0:1, Chekhover - Lutikov, URS, 1951 ( 4.cxd4 Qxa6
)
861 1...Bh2+! 2.Kxh2 Qxd4
862 1...Ng4+! 2.hxg4 Rh6+ 3.Kg1 Rd1# Simagin - Kholmov, Uzhgorod, 1966 *
863 1...Ng3+! 2.hxg3 Rh5+ 3.Bh2 Rd1+
864 1...Rxh3+! 2.Kxh3 Qh1+ 3.Kg3 Qxh6 .
865 1...Rxh2+! 2.Kxh2 Qh1#
866 1.Nxg6+! hxg6 2.Rh1 .
867 1.Nxf6+! gxf6 2.Re7+ Qxe7 3.Rxe7+
868 1.Rxh7+! ( 1.Qxd4+ ?? Be5+! ) ( 1.Rxh2 ?? Re1+! 2.Kg2 Qg5# ) Qxh7 2.Rxh2 Bh3 3.Qxd4+
Kg8 4.Qc4+ Kf8 5.Qc3 Mileika - Rozenfeld, corr 1966
869 1.Rxg7+! Kxg7 2.Rg4
870 1.Qb7+! Nxb7 2.Nc6+ Ka8 3.axb7+ Kxb7 4.Rxa7#
871 1.Qb7+!! Nxb7 2.Nc6+ Ka8 3.axb7+ Kxb7 4.Rxa7#
872 1...Qxh2+!! ( 1...g4? 2.g3! ) 2.Kxh2 Rh4+ 3.Kg1 Ng3! 0:1, Reshevsky - Ivanovic, Skople, 1976
873 1...Rh1#
874 1...Rxa3+! 2.Na2 Rxa2+! 3.Kxa2 Qa5+! 4.Kb3 Qxe1
875 1...Rxa3+!! ( 1...c3 ?? 2.Re8!! cxb2+ 3.Kb1! ) 2.Kb1 Ra1+ 3.Kxa1 Qa5+ 4.Kb1 Qxe1+ 5.Ka2
Qa5+! 6.Kb1 Qxd5 .
876 1...Rxh3+!! 2.gxh3 Bf3+ 3.Kh2 Ng4+! 4.hxg4 h5! 0:1, Maister - Grozdov, corr. 1954
877 1...hxg3#
878 1...Nxc3+! 2.bxc3 Rab8
879 1...Nc3+! 2.bxc3 Rd2+!
880 1...Nh4+! 2.gxh4 ( 2.Kf1 Qh3+ ) Qg4+ 3.Kf1 Qh3+ 4.Qg2 Qd3+ 5.Z0 0:1, Ivkov - R.Garcia, Tel
Aviv, 1964 ( 5.Kg1 Re1+ )
881 1...Qh3+! 2.Kg1 Rxe1+ 3.Bf1 Rxf1#
882 1.Rg8+! Rxg8 2.Nf7#
883 1.Ne5!! Z0 1:0, Nikolaevsky - Elistratov, Moscow, 1961 ( 1...fxe5 2.Bxe5+ ) ( 1...b4 2.Nf7+ Kg8
3.Bc7+! )
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884 1.Nc6+! ( 1.f4? Qc5+! ) bxc6 2.Rb1+! Ka7 3.Qa4#
885 1.Nb6+! axb6 2.Ra4#
886 1.Qh6! ( 1.Rg3 ?? Bxe5 2.Qh6 Rfe8! ) Z0 1:0, Yanofsky - Zemisch, Marianski Lazne, 1925 ( 1...gxh6
2.Rg3# )
887 1.Rg4#
888 1...Nf3+! 2.Z0 0:1, Korchnoi - Karpov, Bagio, 1978 ( 2.gxf3 Rg6+ 3.Kh1 Nf2# ) ( 2.Kh1 Nf2# )
889 1...Nf3+! 2.gxf3 Rg5+ 3.Kh1 Nf2#
890 1.Rxf5+! ( 1.Qh7+? Qg7 2.Rxf5+? Ke8 ) Ke7 ( 1...gxf5 2.Qh7+ Ke8 ( 2...Kf6 3.Qg7# ) 3.Rg8#
) ( 1...Rf6 2.Qxg6+! ) 2.Qf8+ Kd7 3.Rf7+
891 1.Rxh6+! gxh6 2.Rg8#
892 1.Rxc6! ( 1.Rxb8? Rxb8 2.Rxc6 Rxb4 ) Rxc6 2.Rxb8+
893 1.Bxe5 fxe5 2.Rxc5! bxc5 3.Rxb7 .
894 1.Qd5+! Nf7 2.Rxg7+
895 1.Bxh5! Rh7? ( 1...gxh5 2.Rxg7 ) ( 1...Kg8! 2.Qg2 Kh7 3.Bf3 . ) 2.Bxg6! Nxg6 ( 2...Qxg6 3.Qg2!
) ( 2...Rxh3 3.Rxh3+! Kg7 4.Bxf7+ ) 3.Qg2 Ne7 4.Qb2+ ! 1:0, Velikov - P.Kramling, Novi Sad,
1990
896 1...Qxe3! 2.fxe3 Rxf1+
897 1...Qxe6! 2.fxe6 Rxf3 .
898 1...Qxe4! 2.dxe4 Rd1#
899 1...Qxd6!! 2.cxd6 Rc1+! 3.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 4.Qf1 Rxf1#
900 1.Nb5+! cxb5 2.Nb7# Lokasto - Zakrevsky, Avgustov, 1974
901 1.Ne6+! dxe6 2.Ne8#
902 1.Ng6+! hxg6 2.Qxe7
903 1.Bf4! d6 ( 1...Qc8 2.Na4! Bc5 3.a3 . ) 2.Nd5 ! exd5 3.cxd5 . Blokh - Shakirov, Moscow, 1981
904 1...Rexe4! 2.fxe4 Rxf2
905 1...e5! 2.Bxe5 Qxe5! 3.fxe5 Rxf3 4.Qd4 Rxg3+ 5.Kh2 ( 5.Kh1 Rf4! ) Rf2+ 6.Kh1 Rf4 7.Rd2 Rxh4+
8.Rh2 Nf2+! 9.Z0 0:1, Meduna - Inkev, Gausdal, 1988 ( 9.Qxf2 d4+! )
906 1.Nd4!! . Z0 similar to Blokh - Kosokin, Dnepropetrovsk, 1978 (move Qb7 to b5) ( 1...exd4 2.Qxe6!
fxe6 3.Rf8# )
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907 1.Qxf6! gxf6 2.Rg8#
908 1...Rxf5! 2.exf5 Qxe1#
909 1...Qxf5! 2.exf5 Rxe1#
910 1.Qf6+! Qxf6 2.Rxe8+
911 1.Qf6! ( 1.Rd4? Rc3! ) Nf2+ 2.Kg2 exf6 3.Rxe8#
912 1.Nf5!! Z0 1:0, Hmelnitsky - Kabjatansky, URS, 1989 ( 1...exf5 2.Qxc8+ Nxc8 3.Re8# )
913 1.Qxe8+! Nxe8 2.Rf8#
914 1.Nd7+! Rxd7 2.Re8#
915 1.Qxd7+! Rxd7 2.Nc7+! Rxc7 3.Rd8# Ostropolsky - Ivanovsky, 1949
916 1.Re8+! Kf7 ( 1...Kh7 2.Rh8# ) 2.Rf8#
917 1.Nf6+! Kf8 2.Qxe5! dxe5 3.Rd8+ Ke7 4.Re8#
918 1.Nxf5! gxf5? 2.Rxg7+ Kxg7 3.Qxf5
919 1.Nxd5! exd5 2.Rxe7 Z0 1:0, Gnauk - Boehm, 1977 ( 2...Bxe7 3.Qxh7# )
920 1...Nxc4! 2.bxc4 Qxc6! 3.dxc6 ( 3.Qb2+ Qf6 ) Rxd2 4.c7 Ra8 . Barmin - Dubinsky, Moscow, 1991
921 1...Qxc4! 2.dxc4 Rxd1#
922 1.Bxg7+! Kxg7 2.Rxe8
923 1.Bxe4! Qxe4 ( 1...dxe4 2.Bxg7+ Qxg7 3.Qxg7+ Kxg7 4.Rxd7+ ) ( 1...c5 2.Bxg7+ ( 2.bxc5 Ba4
3.Bf3 Bxc2 4.Bxg7+ Qxg7 5.Qxc2 . ) Qxg7 3.Qxg7+ Kxg7 4.Bxd5 cxb4 5.Rdc1 . ) 2.Bxg7+ Kg8
3.Bd4 Nxf2 4.Kxf2 ( 4.Bxf2 ?? Bh3! ) Rf8+ 5.Ke1 c5 6.Bxc5 Ba4 7.Nb3 . Vyzhmanavin - Makarov,
Gorky, 1989
924 1...Qh5+!! 2.gxh5 Rh4#
925 1...Qh5+! 2.gxh5 Rh4#
926 1.Rxh7+! Kxh7 2.Rh6#
927 1.Qxh5+!! gxh5 2.Rh6#
928 1.Rh5+! gxh5 2.Qf6#
929 1.Rh5+! gxh5 2.Qf6#
930 1...f5+!! 2.gxf6 Qf5+ 3.Kh4 Qh5# Borisenko - Simagin, Moscow, 1955 *
931 1...Qh6#
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932 1.Qg6!! fxg6 2.Rxg7+ Kh8 3.Nxg6#
933 1.Qxh6+! gxh6 2.Rh7#
934 1.Qg5+!! Bg6! ( 1...fxg5 2.Nh6#! ) 2.Nxe7+! Rxe7 3.Qxf6 .
935 1.Qg5+! fxg5 2.Nh6#
936 1.Qg5+! fxg5 2.Nh6#
937 1.Qg5+!! ( 1.Nxf8 ?? Qg2+! 2.Kh4 Nf3+ ) fxg5 2.Nh6+ Z0 1:0, Urusov - Kalinovsky, Peterburg,
1880 ( 2...Kh8 3.Bb2+ Rf6 4.Bxf6# )
938 1...Qxa3+! 2.bxa3 Bc3#
939 1...Qxa3+!! 2.bxa3 Bxd4+ 3.Bc3 Bxc3#
940 1...f2+! 2.Kf1 ( 2.Kxf2 Qg2# ) Qg2+! 3.Ke2 f1Q#
941 1...e3!! ( 1...Rc8? 2.Bb2!! Qxb2 3.f6! ) 2.dxe3 Qc6! 3.e4 Qxc1+ 4.Kh2 Bxe4
942 1...Rxg4+! 2.fxg4 Qg2#
943 1...Rxf5! ( 1...Bxe4? 2.Qxe4 Qxf5 ( 2...Rxf5 3.Bg4! ) 3.Qxf5 Rxf5 4.Bg4 Rf6 5.Bxe5 ) 2.Bf1 ( 2.exf5
Qg2# ) Qh5! ( 2...Qg4? 3.Be2 Qxe4? 4.Qxe4 Bxe4 5.Bc4! ) 3.Be2 ( 3.exf5 Qf3! ) Rf3 .
944 1.d5! cxd5 ( 1...Bf7 2.Qh6! Kg8 ( 2...Bxh6 3.Nxf7+ Kg8 4.Nxh6# ) ( 2...Bf6 3.dxc6 ) 3.Qxg7+!
Kxg7 4.Ng4+ Kg8 5.Nh6# ) 2.Nxg6+ ! Z0 1:0, Wirthenzon - Lin Ta, Novi Sad, 1990 ( 2...hxg6
3.Qh6+! )
945 1.Nxg6+! ( 1.Qh6? Qe8! ) hxg6 2.Qh6+! Bh7 3.Qxg7#
946 1...Qxf1+! 2.Rxf1 f2#
947 1...Rxe3! 2.fxe3 Be4! 3.Rf2 ( 3.Qe5 f2+! 4.Qxe4 f1Q! ) Rxa2! 4.Rgf1 Qxf1+! 5.Z0 0:1, Naumov -
Petrushansky, URS, 1978 ( 5.Rxf1 f2# )
948 1...Rxe1! 2.Qxe1 Bxf3#
949 1...Rxe4!! 2.Rea1 ( 2.Nxe8 Rxe1 3.Qxe1 Bxf3# ) ( 2.fxe4 Qxe4+! 3.Rxe4 Bxe4+ 4.Qg2 Rd1# )
Re1!! 3.Nxe8 Bxf3# Purgin - Novoselov, URS, 1990
950
1.Rxg5! fxg5 2.Be5!
951 1.Rxf4! exf4 2.Bb2
952 1...e4!
2.Nd4 ( 2.dxe4 Nc3! 3.Ra1 Qxd2 4.Nxd2 ( 4.Bxd2 Nxe4! ) Ne2+! ) Nxe3! 3.Nxe6 ( 3.Qxe3 Bxd4 )
Nxf1! 4.Nxf8 Nxd2! 5.Nxd7 Bd4+ 6.Kh1 Nxb1 7.Nxb6 Bxb6 8.Nc4 ( 8.Nxb1 Ra1 ) exd3! 9.Z0 0:1,
Yurozhek - Krasenkov, Poland, 1991 ( 9.Nxb6 Re8! )
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953 1...d3+! 2.Rxe5 dxc2
954 1...Be4+! 2.Kc1 Ra1#
955 1...Qxd5! 2.exd5 Bf5+ 3.Qc2 ( 3.Kc1 Ra1# ) Ra1+! 4.Kxa1 Bxc2 0:1, Blackbern - Makenzi,
London, 1882
956 1...Rxb3! 2.cxb3 ( 2.Qh8+ Ke7 3.Qh4+ g5! ) ( 2.Rh5 Rxb2+ ) Bf5+ *
957 1...Rxa3+! 2.bxa3 Bc3+
958 1...Bxf5! 2.Z0 0:1, Donner - Keres, Zurich, 1959 ( 2.Bxf5 Rxg3+! 3.fxg3 ( 3.Kh2 Qxh4+ ) d3+ )
959 1...e2+! 2.Rxd4 Qe3+
960 1.Nxe5! dxe5 2.d6 Rb7 ( 2...Qxd6 3.Bxe5 Qd7 4.Bxc7 Qxc7 5.Qe8+ ) 3.Qxe5 Kf8 4.Bxf7 Kxf7
5.Qh8 ! 1:0, Mukhin - Budarin, URS, 1966
961 1.e6+! Rxd4 2.exf7
962 1.Rxe4! dxe4 2.Bc4+ Kf8 ( 2...Kh8 3.Nf7+ Kg8 4.Nxd8+ ) 3.Qf4+ Ke8 ( 3...Qf6 4.Nxh7+ ) 4.Bf7+
Kd7 5.Qf5+ . similar to Tihanov - Shmelev, URS, 1970, (move Pg2 to g3)
963 1.Rxh6! gxh6 2.Be5#
964 1.Nf7+ Kg8 2.Nh6+ Kh8 3.Qg8+ Rxg8 4.Nf7#
965 1.d5! Ne7 ( 1...exd5 2.Bxd5+! Qxd5 3.Rd1! Qe5 4.Qb3+! Kh8 5.Nf7+ ) 2.dxe6 Bxe6 3.Rd1 Qe5
4.Bxb7 . Alekhin - Golombek, Margit, 1938
966 1.Qg6! fxg6 2.Ne7+! Kh8 3.Nxg6# Dunkan - Zigheim, 1920
967 1.Nxg6#
968 1.Ng6! Re8 ( 1...fxg6 2.Ne7+! Kh8 3.Nxg6# ) 2.Rxf7! ( 2.Nxb6? Be6! ) ( 2.Nxc7? Qxc7! 3.Rxf7
Qxf7! ) Kxf7 3.Qh5! Be6 4.Nge7+ Kf8 5.Rf1+ Nf6 6.Rxf6+! gxf6 7.Qxh6+ Kf7 8.Qxf6# Barczay
- Tatar, Debrecen, 1931
969 1.Ng6#
970 1.Qf7#
971 1.Bd2! b4 ( 1...Bb4 2.Bxf7+! Kxf7 3.Qb3+ ) ( 1...Qa4 2.Bb3 ! Qxe4 3.Bxf7+! Kxf7 4.Ng5+ Kg8
5.Nxe4 ) 2.Bxf7+ Kxf7 3.Qb3+ Z0 1:0, Tal - Unzicker, Stockholm, 1961 ( 3...Kg6 4.Nh4+ Kh5
5.Qf3+ Kxh4 6.Kh2 )
972 1.Qf6+! ( 1.Be6? Nf5! ) gxf6 2.Bh6#
973 1.Qf6+!! gxf6 2.Bh6#
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974 1.Qe6+!! ( 1.Bh5? c4! ) fxe6 2.Bh5+ g6 3.Bxg6# Mueller - Volc, 1940 *
975 1.Qxe6+! fxe6 2.Bh5#
976 1.Rh4+! gxh4 2.Bf5#
977 1.h4+! Kh5 2.Rf5+ gxf5 ( 2...g5 3.Bf7# ) 3.Bf7#
978 1...Rxf4! 2.exf4 Bd4!
979 1...Rxd5! 2.Rxf4 ( 2.cxd5 Ba6 ) exf4 3.cxd5 ( 3.Bb2 Rd4! ) Ba6! 4.Bb2 ( 4.Qxa6 Qxa6+ ) Bxe2+
5.Kxe2 Ra2
980 1.Qxh5! gxh5 2.Bh7#
981 1.Qxh5! ( 1.Rd1 ?? Qxg5! 2.Qxg5 Nf3+! ) gxh5 ( 1...Nf3+ 2.Kh1 . ) 2.Bh7#
982 1.Ne4!! fxe4 2.Qxe4+! Rf5 3.Ng6 Qf7 4.Nxe7 Qxe7 5.Re1! Qd6 6.Qxe6 Qf4+ 7.Qe3 Kg8 8.Bxf5
Qxf5 9.Rhg1+ 1:0, Vyzhmanavin - Ruban, Sochi, 1989
983 1.Nxd6!
( 1.Rxb7? Rxb7 2.Nxd6? Bxd6 3.e5 Qxe5! ) Bxd6 2.e5! Qxe5 ( 2...Bxc7 3.Qh7+ Kf8 4.Qxh6+
Ke7 5.Qf6+ Kf8 6.e6! Rd6 7.Re1 ) ( 2...Bxe5 3.Rxb7! Rxb7 4.Rc8 Qd7 5.Qh7+ Kf6 6.Qh8+! Ke7
7.Qxe5+ . ) 3.Rxd7 Rxd7 4.Qxd7 . Perenji - Pinter, Hungary, 1988
984 1.f6! Qxf6 2.Qh7#
985 1.e5! dxe5 ( 1...Ne8 2.exd6+ Nxd6 ( 2...Qxd6 3.Qb6! ) 3.Qxg7 ) 2.Qc5+ Ke8 3.Rxf6! Z0 1:0,
Nezhmedtinov - Sergievsky, URS, 1966 ( 3...gxf6 4.Ne4! Qa7 5.Nxf6# )
986 1.Rxe8+! Qxe8 2.Nf6+ Kh8 3.Qxh7#
987 1.e5! Z0 1:0, Gutman - Gaidarov, URS, 1978 ( 1...dxe5 2.Bc5 . ) ( 1...Nd7 2.exd6 . )
988 1.Be6!
989 1.R1xd4! exd4 2.Qxh7+! Kxh7 3.Rh5# Abrosimov - Ambainis, Daugavpils, 1975
990 1.Qxh7+! Kxh7 2.Rh4#
991 1.f5+! exf5 2.Qxh6+!! gxh6 3.Rag8# similar to Bernstein - Kotov, Groningen, 1946 (move Kh2 to
h4, Rb4 to b3)
992 1.Qxh6+! gxh6 2.Rdg8+ Kf6 3.Rxh6#
993 1.Bxe6! Nxf3 ( 1...Qxe6 2.Qxe6 fxe6 3.Rxf8+ ) 2.Qxg6+! Kh8 3.Qxh5+ Kg7 ( 3...Kg8 4.Rxf3 )
4.Nf5+ 1:0, Bednarsky - E.Andersson, Eksjo, 1976
994 1.Qxg6+! Kf8 2.Qxf7#
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995 1.Qxf6+! gxf6 2.Bh6#
996 1.Bxg6! fxg6 ( 1...hxg6 2.Qh8# ) 2.Qe6# Maleshic - Mashic, Yugoslavia, 1965 *
997 1.Rh8#
998 1.Nxg6!!
( 1.Bd5? Rc5! ) fxg6 ( 1...hxg6 2.Rh4 f6 3.Rxf6 Bf7 4.Rxg6+ ! Bxg6 5.Bd5+ ) 2.Bd5 Bxd5+ (
2...Qd7 3.Rf8+! ) 3.Qxd5+ Kg7 ( 3...Kh8 4.d7 ) 4.Qf7+ Kh8 5.Rh4 h5 6.d7 Re1 7.Rxe1 Nxe1
8.Qxg6 1:0, Perez Garcia - M.Kuijf, Holand, 1988
999 1.Re7+! Kg8 2.Qxf6
1000 1.Rxd3! cxd3 2.Ne6+! fxe6 3.Rc7+! 1:0, Benko - Inei, Budapest, 1949
1001 1.Bxg6! fxg6 2.Qxh7#
1002 1.Rxf4! exf4 2.Bxg6! fxg6 3.Re7 Rf7 ( 3...h5 4.Qg5! ) 4.Rxf7 h5 5.Re7! Qxb2 6.h3 Qc1+ 7.Kh2 f3
8.f7 Kg7 9.f8Q+! 1:0, Horvath - Kapostas, Hungary, 1977
1003 1...Qxf3+! 2.Qxf3 Be4
1004 1...Nxe4! 2.Nxe4 Bd4+ 3.Kh1 Rxe4! 4.Bxe4 Re8 5.Rf4 Bxe4+ ! 6.Rxe4 Qb7! 7.Re1 gxf5 8.Qg2
Rxe4 9.Rf1 ( 9.Rg1 Rg4!! ( 9...Bxg1? 10.Bh6+! ) 10.Qxb7 Rxg1# ) ( 9.Bf6+ Kf8 10.Qg7+ Ke8
11.Qg8+ Kd7 12.Qd8+ Ke6 ) Qxb2! 0:1, Brazhko - Kotkov, corr, 1988
1005 1.Qh7! and 2.Qh8#
1006 1.Nd5!!
exd5 ( 1...Bxd5 2.exd5 Nxe3 3.Bxg7+! Ke8 ( 3...Kxg7 4.Qh7+ Kf6 5.fxe3+ ) 4.fxe3 ) 2.exd5 Bf6!
( 2...Nxe3 3.Bxg7+! Ke8 4.fxe3 Bb7 5.Rxf7 !! Kxf7 6.Qg6+ ) 3.Qh7! Be5 ( 3...Nxe3 4.Bxf6 gxf6
5.Qxh6+! Ke8 ( 5...Ke7 6.Qxe3+ Kf8 7.Qh6+ ) 6.Re1! Kd7 7.Qh3+! f5 8.Qxf5+ ) 4.Rxe5! Nxe5 (
4...dxe5 5.Ba3+ Ke8 6.Qg8+ Kd7 7.Bf5# ) 5.f4! Z0 1:0, Makarichev - Tong Yanming, Pekin, 1988
( 5...Bxd5 6.cxd5 Qc5+ 7.Rf2 Nd7 8.Bxg7+ Ke7 9.Qe4+ )
1007 1...Nb3+! 2.axb3 Ra5#
1008 1...Nb3+! 2.cxb3 Ra1#
1009 1.Rh7+! Kxh7 2.Qg7#
1010 1.Rh7+! Nxh7 2.Qg7#
1011 1.Rc5! ( 1.Rg8+! Nxg8 2.Rc5 ) Qxc5 2.Rxh7+! Nxh7 3.Qg7#
1012 1.Rxh7+! Kxh7 2.Qg7#
1013 1...Be3+! 2.Qxe3 Rf1#
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1014 1...Bd4+! 2.cxd4 Rf1+! 3.Nxf1 Qxf1#
1015 1...g5! ( 1...Nh4+ ?? 2.Rxh4 Rf2+ 3.Kh1 Qxg3 4.Qc3+! Qxc3 5.Nxc3 ) 2.Rg4 ( 2.Rf3 Nh4+! 3.gxh4
Rxf3 ) Ne3+! 3.Rxe3 Rf2+ 4.Kg1 Qf6! 5.Z0 0:1, Pitzsch - Pein, Biuzum, 1971 ( 5.Re1 Rg2+! 6.Kh1
Rh2+! 7.Kxh2 Qf2+ )
1016 1...Rg2+! 2.Kxg2 Qf2+ 3.Kh3 Qxh2#
1017 1.Rxe6! Qf8 2.Re8! Qxe8 3.Qg7#
1018 1.Nd6! ( 1.g3? Rd8! ) Z0 1:0, Polugaevsky - Gulko, URS, 1975 ( 1...cxd6 2.Rxe6! Qxe6 3.Qg7# )
1019 1.Qxg6! fxg6 2.Rxf8+
1020 1.Ng6! ( 1.Nc6 ?? Nxc6! 2.Qxf5? exf5 3.Rxe7 Nxe7 ) Qf7 2.Ne7+! Qxe7 3.Qxf5 . Z0 ( 3...exf5
4.Rxe7 )
1021 1...Rxf1+! 2.Kxf1 Qh1+ 3.Ke2 Qd1#
1022 1...Qh1+! 2.Kxh1 c1Q+ 3.Kg2 Qc6+ 4.Z0 0:1, Rozengarten - Shlemer, Zolingen, 1934 ( 4.Kf1
Qh1# ) ( 4.Kg1 Rb1+ )
1023 1.e5! dxe5 2.Qh4! Qe7 3.Ne4
1024 1.Ne4!
1025 1.Nc5!! ( 1.Bd7+? Rxd7 2.Rxd7 Nxd7 3.Rxd7 Qe8 ) Z0 1:0, Shportko - Kashchenko, corr 1974 (
1...f5 2.Bd7+! Nxd7 3.Nxd7 ) ( 1...Rxd5 2.Qg4+! ( 2.Rxd5? c6! 3.Qg4+ Kc7 4.Ne6+ Kc8 ) Rd7
3.Bxd7+ . ) ( 1...bxc5 2.Qg4+! ) ( 1...h5 2.Qe4! Rxd5 3.Qf5+! )
1026 1.Nd6+! cxd6 2.Qxd4
1027 1.Bh8!! Kxf7 2.Qxh7+ Kf8 3.Qg7#
1028 1.Bxg7+ Kg8 2.Bh8!! Kxf7 3.Qxf6+ Kg8 4.Qg7# Tal - Rantanen, Tallinn, 1979
1029 1...Ne2+! ( 1...Ne4? 2.Nf3 Rxf3 3.gxf3 Qg3+ 4.Kf1 Qxf3+ 5.Kg1 Qg3+ = ) ( 1...Nf5? 2.Bxf5 Qh2+
3.Kf1 ) 2.Qxe2 Qh2#
1030 1...d2+! 2.Kxd2 ( 2.Qxd2 Qb1# ) Qd3+! 3.Kc1 Qc2#
1031 1...d2+! 2.Kxd2 ( 2.Qxd2 Qb1# ) Qd3+ 3.Kc1 Qb1+ 4.Kd2 Qxa2+ 5.Kd1 Qc2#
1032 1...Nxe3+! 2.Bxe3 Bh3!
1033 1...Nxe4+! 2.fxe4 Bh4
1034 1...Nf3+! 2.gxf3 Bxc3 .
1035 1...Nh3+! 2.gxh3 Bxd2
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1036 1...Nh2+! 2.Nxh2 ( 2.Ke1 Nxf3+! ) Qxd2
1037 1...Nf3+! 2.Kg2! ( 2.Rbxf3 Bxd4+ 3.Kg2 Qxb5 ) Qxb5! ( 2...Nxd4 ?? 3.Rxf8+!! Rxf8 4.Qxd7 Nxb3
5.Qxe6 . ) 3.Nxb5 Nd2 .
1038 1.Be6+! dxe6 2.Qh7#
1039 1.Bc4+! bxc4 2.Qh7#
1040 1...Qh3+ 2.Kg1 Qg2#
1041 1...Bd3+! 2.Kg1 ( 2.Qxd3 Qh3+ 3.Kg1 Qg2# ) Qh3 3.Ne3! dxe3 4.fxe3 Qg2+
1042 1.Re8 Qxe8 2.Qg7#
1043 1.Bc5! Qxc5 2.Qh6 .
1044 1.Bf5+! Nxf5 2.Qg8#
1045 1.Bf5+!! Qxf5 ( 1...Rxf5 2.Qg8+ Kh6 3.Qh8+ Kg5 4.Qxg7+ Kh4 5.Qg3# ) 2.Qg8+ Kh6 3.Qh8+
Qh7 4.Rd6+ Rf6 5.Rxf6+ gxf6 6.Qxf6+ Qg6 7.Qxg6# similar to Blokh - Mazja, Moscow, 1978
(remove white Pg2)
1046 1.Nd7! Qxd7 ( 1...Nh5 2.Nf6+! Nxf6 3.Bxf6 ) 2.Bxf6 g6 3.Qg5 Z0 1:0 Durao - Alster, Mangeim,
1965 ( 3...Re8 4.Qh6 )
1047 1.Nxf7+! Bxf7 2.Qxg7#
1048 1...Rc3+!! 2.Rf3 ( 2.bxc3 Rxg2# ) Rxg2+! ( 2...Bxf3 ) 3.Kxg2 Rxf3 .
1049 1...Rxg2+! 2.Kh1 Rd2+!
1050 1...e3! 2.Qxe3 Be4+
1051 1...d4!! 2.Bxd4 Nxd4 3.Qxd4 Be6! 4.Z0 0:1, Egord - Lundin, Oslo, 1972 ( 4.c4 Rad8! 5.Qe3 Bxc4 )
1052 1.Na4! Qd8 ( 1...Qc7 2.Nb6! axb6 3.Qxa8 Na6 4.Qa7 ) 2.Nb6! Z0 1:0, Freiman - Rabinovic, URS,
1934 ( 2...Qxb6 3.Ba5 ) ( 2...axb6 3.Qxa8 )
1053 1.Nf5! Z0 1:0, Karpov - Csom, Bad Lauterberg, 1977 ( 1...Qb8 2.Rh7+! Nxh7 3.Qg7# ) ( 1...exf5
2.Qh2+ Kg8 3.Qg3+ Kh8 4.Qg7# ) ( 1...Nxd7 2.Qh2+ Kg8 3.Qg3+ Kf8 4.Qg7# )
1054 1.Rxh7+! Nxh7 2.Qg7#
1055 1...Rxc5! 2.dxc5 Bc3#
1056 1...Rxg4! 2.Qxg4 f5! 3.Qh4 Be4+ 4.Ka1 Nc2+ 5.Kb1 Nd4+ 6.Ka1 Nxb3+ 7.axb3 Qa5+ .
1057 1.Nxf7+! Rxf7 2.Qxh5#
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1058 1.e4! dxe4 2.Bb5+ Ke7 ( 2...Kd8 3.Ne5 Bg6 4.Rc1 . ) 3.Qa3+ Kf6 4.Nxe4+! Bxe4 5.Be5+ Kg6
6.Nh4+ Kh6 7.Qh3 f5 8.Be2! Nf6 9.Bxf6 g5 10.Be5 1:0, Zhukhovitsky - Abakarov, URS, 1963
1059 1.Nb4! Rb6 ( 1...Ra7 2.Nc6! ) ( 1...Ra5 2.Nc6! ) 2.f4! exf4 3.Bf2! Rxb4 4.Bxb6 . Vasiukov - Smyslov,
Tbilisi, 1967
1060 1.e6! Bxe6 2.Be5
1061 1...e3! 2.Rxe3 Be4! 3.Nc5 ( 3.R1e2 Bxc2+! ) Qc6! 4.Qxf6! Bxc2+ Vulfson - Blokh, Moscow, 1984
1062 1...d3! 2.Bxd3 Bd4!
1063 1.Nxf7+! Bxf7 2.Qxh6#
1064 1.Nxe6!! Rxc4 ( 1...fxe6 2.Qc3! Rxc4 3.Qxg7# ) 2.Nh6+! Z0 1:0, Larsen - Matanovic, Zagreb, 1965
( 2...gxh6 3.Qxh6 ) ( 2...Kh8 3.Bxg7# )
1065 1.Rxe5! Qxe5 2.Qxd8#
1066 1.Nc7+! Qxc7 ( 1...Ke7 2.Rxc5 ) 2.Rxc5! Qe7 ( 2...Qxc5 3.Qd7+ Kf8 4.Rf1+ Kg8 5.Qf7# ) 3.Re5!
Qxe5 4.Qd7+ . Z0 similar to Planinc - Gerensky, Varna, 1970 (add Pg6) ( 4...Kf8 5.Rf1+ Kg8
6.Qf7# )
1067 1...Rb1+! 2.Kxb1 Qb5+ 3.Qb4 ( 3.Kc1 Qb2# ) Qxb4+ .
1068 1...Nxf3! 2.Nxf3 Nxe4! 3.Nxe4 Rxb2+! 4.Kc1 Rb1+! 5.Kxb1 Qb8+! 6.Kc1 Qb2# 0:1, V.Zhuravliov
- Koskin, Gorky, 1963
1069 1...Rh1+! 2.Kxh1 Rh5+ 3.Kg1 Rh1+ 4.Kxh1 Qh5+ 5.Kg1 Qh2#
1070 1...Bb5!! 2.axb5 Nhg3+! ( 2...Nfg3+ ) 3.Nxg3 Nxg3+ 4.hxg3 hxg3+ 5.Kg1 Rh1+!! ( 5...Bc5+ ! )
6.Kxh1 Rh8+ 7.Kg1 Bc5+! 8.Nxc5 Rh1+! 9.Kxh1 Qh8+ 10.Kg1 Qh2# NN - Mezon, USA, 1848
1071 1.Qf6+! Bxf6 2.Nf7#
1072 1.Qf6+!! Bxf6 2.Nf7#
1073 1...Qd1+!! 2.Rxd1 Nb3#
1074 1...Nb3#
1075 1.Qh8+!! ( 1.Nd2? Qc6! ) Kxh8 2.Bf6+ Kg8 3.Rd8#
1076 1.Qh8+! Kxh8 2.Bf6+ Kg8 3.Rd8#
1077 1...Qh1+! ( 1...Bxf1? 2.Qe4! ) 2.Kxh1 Bf3+ 3.Kg1 Ne2#
1078 1...Qh1+!! ( 1...Nc6? 2.Nd2! Nxd4 3.Qxd4! Qc6 4.Bf6! ) 2.Kxh1 Bf3+ 3.Kg1 Ne2#
1079 1.Qxe8+! Nxe8 2.Nf7+ Kh7 3.Nxh6
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1080 1.Qxf5!! ( 1.Rxf5? gxf5! ) Rxf5 2.Ne6+ Kf7 3.Nxc7 .
1081 1...Qxe1+!! 2.Rxe1 Nf2+ 3.Kg1 Nxg4 .
1082 1...Qxe1+! 2.Rxe1 Nf2+ 3.Kg1 Nxg4
1083 1...Qe1+!! 2.Rxe1 Nf2+ 3.Kg1 Nxh3+ 4.gxh3 hxg6 . Veizhai - Hodja, Albania, 1954
1084 1...Qxe1+! 2.Rxe1 Nf2+ 3.Kg1 Nxh3+
1085 1.g6+! Bxg6 2.Ng5+ Kg8 3.Nxf7
1086 1.e6+! Bxe6 2.Ne5+ Ke7 3.Nxd7 .
1087 1.b6! axb6 2.Nb5 Qc5 3.Nxc3 .
1088 1.c6! exf4+ ( 1...bxc6 2.Nc5+! Kd6 3.Nxb3 ) 2.Kxf4 Z0 1:0, Smyslov - Szabo, Hastings, 1954—55
( 2...b6 3.c7! )
1089 1.b6+! Nxb6 2.Nb5+! Kb7 3.Nxc7
1090 1.f6+! Bxf6 2.Nf5+ Kg6 3.Nxe7+ Bxe7 4.Rxf7
1091 1.e5! dxe5 2.Ne4 Qb6 3.Nd6+ Ke7 4.Nxe5! fxe5 5.f6+ Bxf6 6.Rxf6! Rcf8 ( 6...Kxf6 7.Qf3+ Ke7 (
7...Kg5 8.Nxf7+ Kg6 9.Nxe5+ Kg5 10.Qg4+ Kf6 11.Qf4+! ) 8.Qxf7+ Kd8 9.Nxc4 Qb7 10.Nxe5
Rc7 11.Qf6+ ) 7.Qxe5 h3 8.Qg5 hxg2+ 9.Kxg2 Rhg8 10.Rxf7# Livshits - Grossman, Vrozlav-II,
1979
1092 1.Rxf2!! ( 1.Rb1 ?? Qf4! ) ( 1.Rxf5? Qd4! 2.Rxf6+ Kg7 ! ) gxf2 2.Rxf5! Kxf5 3.g4+! Kxg4 4.Kg2 .
Alekhin - Shishko, Moscow, 1919
1093 1.g4+! Kxg4 2.Kg2
1094 1.Rd7+! Bxd7 ( 1...Kxd7 2.Qe7+ Kc8 3.Qc7# ) ( 1...Kc8 2.Rc7+ Kb8 3.Rf7+! Ka8 4.Rxf8+ Kb7
5.Qe7+ ) 2.Qe7+! Kc8 3.Qxf8+ Kb7 4.Qb8+ Ka6 5.Qa8#
1095 1.Rc7+! Kxc7 ( 1...Kb8 2.Rb7+ Ka8 3.Qxc5 Bxc5 4.Rxb6# ) 2.Qd7+ Kb8 3.Qb7#
1096 1.Rxf8+! Rxf8 ( 1...Kxf8 2.Qf7# ) 2.Qxh7#
1097 1.Bd8! Qxd8 2.Ng5! h6 ( 2...Nf8 3.Rxf8+! ) 3.Nf7 ! Qe7 4.Qxg6 Rf8 5.Be4! 1:0, Voitsik - Handsuren,
URS, 1971
1098 1.Bxf7+! Rxf7 2.Nc4 Botvinnik - Stepanov, URS, 1931
1099 1.Na6! Be6 2.Nac7+!
1100 1...Rxd3! 2.Bxd3 c4! 3.Qd6 ( 3.Bxc4 Qc5+! 4.Kh1 Qxa3 ) Ne8! ( 3...cxd3? 4.Qxc6! Rxc6 5.Rb8+
! ) 4.Qb4 Qxb4 5.cxb4 cxd3 0:1, Mikenas - Polugaevsky, URS, 1966
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1101 1...c3! 2.Bxc3 ( 2.Qxc3 Rxe2 ) Qc4+! 3.Kb2 Rxe2
1102 1...c3!!
( 1...Re8? 2.Re1!! Qxe4? 3.Bxc5 ) ( 1...Ra4? 2.Nc6! Bxc6 3.dxc6 Ra2 4.Bd4 ) 2.b3 ! ( 2.bxc3? Nc4!
3.Bxc5? dxc5 4.Na2 Ne3 ) ( 2.Bd4? Qxe4! 3.Qxe4 Nxe4 4.Bxb6 cxb2 ) Ra3! 3.Nd4 ( 3.Rb1?! gxf5!?
4.Nh4 fxe4 !? ) ( 3.Bd4?! Qxe4! 4.Qxe4 ( 4.Bxg7 Qxb4! ) Nxe4 5.Bxb6 Rxb3 6.Ba5!? Rb2 !? ) (
3.e5!? Nxd5!? 4.f6 Bxf6 5.Nxd5 Bxd5 6.Bxc5 dxc5 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Ne1 Qd4 9.Bxd5 Qxd5 10.Qxc3
Rxb3