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Dubois - Steinitz, London 1862 2008-01-27 14:20:24 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 d6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 [7.Be3 he should play this to take control of the g5 square] 7...g5 8.Bg3? h5!! 9.h4 [9.Nxg5 h4 10.Nxf7 hxg3 11.Nxd8 Bg4 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.Nc3 Nf3+! 14.gxf3 Bxf3 15.hxg3 Rh1#] 9...Bg4 10.c3 Qd7! 11.d4 exd4 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qf5! forcing the opening of the h column 15.Nxg4 hxg4 16.Bd3 Qd5 17.b4 0-0-0! 18.c4 [18.bxc5 Rxh4!] 18...Qc6 19.bxc5 Rxh4 20.f3 Rdh8 21.fxg4 Qe8! 22.Qe1 Qe3+! 23.Qxe3 dxe3 Steinit reaches the winning endgame he had calculated 24.g3 Rh1+ 25.Kg2 R8h2+ 26.Kf3 Rxf1+ 27.Bxf1 Rf2+ 28.Kxe3 Rxf1 29.a4 Kd7 30.Kd3 Nxg4 31.Kc3 Ne3 32.Ra2 Rxb1 33.Rd2+ Kc6 34.Re2 Rc1+ 35.Kd2 Rc2+ 36.Kxe3 Rxe2+ 37.Kxe2 f5 38.Ke3 Kxc5 39.Kd3 f4 0-1
Reiner-Steinitz, Vienna 1860 2008-01-27 14:19:45 This is one of the first games of Steinitz I studied. I like it because I'm weak at calculating variants. While I studied this game, I learned how important the positional game is. Steinitz doesn't castle, but he takes the initiative and he attacks: it seems he doesn't need to calculate because he know the position very well!1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Bxf3! 8.Bxf7+ Kf8 9.Bxg8? Rxg8 10.gxf3 g5!! 11.Qe6 Ne5 12.Qf5+ Kg7 13.Kh1 Kh8 14.Rg1 g4! 15.f4! Nf3 16.Rxg4 Qh4! 17.Rg2 Qxh2+! 18.Rxh2 Rg1# 0-1
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Rusinek, 1978 2008-01-27 14:17:54 A difficult endgame study
Bilguer - Von Der Lasa,, Berlin, 1839 2008-01-27 14:14:52 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.0-0! cxb2? [6...d6! the development of pieces!] 7.Bxb2 f6 Now the kingside is too weak [7...Bf8!] 8.Qb3 Nh6 White has more pieces developed, so he can open the lines 9.e5! fxe5 10.Nxe5 Qe7 11.Nxc6 bxc6 towards the center [11...dxc6? 12.Bxg7! Qxg7 13.Qxb4 now black cannot play d5 and his king isn't safe] 12.Bxg7 Qxg7 13.Qxb4 d5 14.Re1+ Kd8 15.Nc3! Bh3 16.g3 dxc4 17.Rad1+ Bd7 18.Qb7 Rc8 19.Qxc6! Re8 20.Rxd7+! Qxd7 21.Qf6+ Re7 22.Nd5! Ng8 23.Qg5 Qe8 24.Rd1 1-0
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Alekhine - Podgorny, Prague, 1942 2008-01-27 14:11:42 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.0-0 Qa5 10.a3! The black king is on center. White's pieces are better developed than black's pieces. A beautiful gambit! 10...Nf6 11.d5!! exd5 [11...Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 (12...Bxf3 13.axb4 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qxa1 15.Nc7+) 13.Nd4! Nxd4 14.Bxg4] 12.axb4! Qxa1 13.Nd2! Bxe2 14.Qxe2+ Ne7 15.Re1! 0-0 16.Nb3! Qa6 17.Qxa6 bxa6 18.Rxe7 Rab8 19.b5 axb5 20.Rxa7 b4 21.Ne2 Rfc8 22.f3 Ra8 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 White must move his king toward the weak pawn d5 to win the game 24.Kf2 Nd7 25.Nf4 Nb6 26.Ke3 Rc8 27.Kd3 g5 28.Nh5 and Black resigned. 1-0
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Steinitz - Mongredien, London, 1863 2008-01-27 14:10:18 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 b6 4.Be3 Bb7 5.Nd2 d6 6.Ngf3 e5 7.dxe5! A profilactical move. Now the white has a solid center and his king can remain at center 7...dxe5 8.Bc4 Ne7 9.Qe2 0-0 10.h4! Nd7 11.h5 c5 12.hxg6 Nxg6 [12...hxg6 13.Ng5 -- 14.0-0-0?] 13.0-0-0 a6 right idea, but too slow to be practical. Black would close the diagonal a2-g8 14.Ng5 Nf6 [14...h6 15.Nxf7 Rxf7 16.Qg4!] 15.Nxh7! Nxh7 16.Rxh7 [16.Qh5! Nf6 17.Qxg6 Qc8 18.Rh7!! Nxh7 19.Bh6] 16...Kxh7 [16...b5 it doesn't work 17.Qh5! bxc4 18.Rxg7+ Kxg7 19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.Rh1 Re8 21.Bxc5 Re7 22.Nxc4?] 17.Qh5+ Kg8 18.Rh1 Re8 19.Qxg6 Qf6 20.Bxf7+! Qxf7 [20...Kf8 21.Bxe8 Rxe8 22.Rh8+ Bxh8 23.Bh6+] 21.Rh8+ Kxh8 22.Qxf7 1-0
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