Two more games

RMD-ALD, 12/23/2006

1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.d4 {5.O-O O-O 6.d3 (C49)} Nxe4 6.Bxc6 {6.Qd3, Paulsen Louis - Morphy Paul, New York 1857; 6.O-O Bxc3 (6...Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bxc3, Smejkalova Martina - Simlova Jana, Czech Republic 2001) 7.bxc3 a6, Pearson Alexandra - Sakthivel Gaya, Sydney 2002} dxc6 7.Nxe5 O-O 8.O-O Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bd6 10.Qd3 Qh4 11.Nf3 Qf6 12.Ng5 Qh6 13.g3 Bh3 14.Nxh3 Qxh3 15.Re1 Rfe8 16.Bd2 Re7 17.Rxe7 Bxe7 18.Re1 Qd7 19.Kg2 Re8 20.h3 Bd6 21.Re4 Rxe4 22.Qxe4 Be7 23.Qf4 Qd5+ 24.Kh2 Bd6 25.Qg4 h5 26.Qc8+ Kh7 27.Qxb7 h4 28.Bf4 Bxf4 29.gxf4 Qxa2 30.Qb3 Qxb3 31.cxb3 Kg6 32.Kg2 Kf5 33.Kf3 f6 34.Ke3 g5 35.fxg5 fxg5 36.f3 a6? {36...a5!=} 37.b4 c5 38.d5? {38.dxc5! +/-} cxb4 39.cxb4 Ke5 40.Kd3 Kf4 41.Kd4 Kxf3 42.Kc5 g4 43.Kc6 gxh3 44.Kxc7 h2 45.d6 h1Q 46.d7 Qc1+ 47.Kb7 {47.Kd6} Qd2 48.Kc8 Qxd7+ 49.Kxd7 h3 0-1

RMD-ALD, 12/26/2006

1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.O-O d6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.b3 Ne5 11.Be2 Rc8 12.Qd2 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.a4 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.a5 Bc6 17.a6 b6 18.c4 Bc5 19.Rfc1 Ba8 20.b4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Qxd4 22.Bxd4 Nc6 23.Bc3 Rfd8 24.h3 Nd4 25.Bg4 f5 26.Bxd4 fxg4 27.Be3 gxh3 28.Kh2 hxg2 29.Kxg2 Bc6 30.b5 Be8 31.Kg3 Rd3 32.Kf4 Bg6 33.c5 bxc5 34.Rxc5 Rf8+ 35.Ke5 Rf5+ 36.Ke6 Rxc5? {36...Rf6+! -/+} 37.Bxc5 Rc3 38.Bxa7 Rc7 39.b6 Bf7+ 40.Ke5 Re7+ 41.Kf4 Bd5 42.b7 Bxb7 43.Bc5 Rf7+ 44.Ke3 Bxa6 45.Rxa6 g6 46.Ra8+ Kg7 47.Ra7 Rxa7 48.Bxa7 Kf6 49.Kxe4 g5 50.Kf3 h5 51.Bb6 Kf5 52.Bd8 g4+ 53.Kg3 Kg6 54.Kh4 Kh6 55.Bg5+ Kg6 56.Be3 Kf5 57.Kxh5 1-0

One of my games

Haven't posted one in a while. In fact, it's been exactly one year since my last post.

RMD-ALD, 12/23/2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Bb4+ {3...c5 (A46/4); 3...d5 (D02/16)} 4.c3 Be7 5.e3 {5.Nbd2} O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Ne5 Nd5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bg3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qb6 12.b3 Nb4 13.Nc3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Rd8 15.Na4 Qa5 16.Qc3 Qxc3 17.Nxc3 d5 18.f3 c5 19.Nb5 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Bf6 21.Rfd1 Ba6 22.Rac1 Rac8 23.Nc6 Re8 24.Nxa7 Ra8 25.Nc6 Bb5 26.Nb4 Be7 27.Nxd5 exd5 28.Rxd5 Ba6 29.a4 Bf6 30.e4 h6 31.e5 Be7 32.f4 Rab8 33.Rb1 Rec8 34.Be1 Bc5+ 35.Bf2 Bxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Bc4 37.Rd2 Bxb3? {37...Rxb3} 38.Rdb2 Rc3 39.a5 Ra8 40.Ra1 Rc2+ 41.Rxc2 Bxc2 42.g3 Kf8 43.Ke3 Ke7 44.Kd4 Ke6 45.Kc5 Kf5 46.Kb6 Kg4 47.Kb7 Be4+ 48.Kb6 Kh3 49.Ra2 Bg2 50.a6 Kxh2 51.g4 Kg3 52.f5 Bd5 53.Ra4 Kh4 54.Kc5 Bf3 55.e6 fxe6 56.fxe6 Bxg4 57.e7 Kg5 58.Kd6 Bh5 59.a7 Be8 60.Ra5+ Kf6 61.Kc7 Kxe7 62.Kb7 Rd8 63.a8Q Rxa8 64.Rxa8 Bf7 65.Kb6 Kf6 66.Kc5 g5 67.Ra1 g4 68.Rf1+ Kg6 69.Kd4 h5 70.Ke3 Bd5 71.Kf2? {71.Kf4!=} Kg5 72.Kg1 h4 73.Kh2 Be6 74.Rf8 g3+ 75.Kg2 Kg4 76.Rf6 h3+ 77.Kg1 Bd5? {I thought there was a win here as I was playing the game, but I couldn't find it. The winning move was 77...h2+! 78.Kg2 (78.Kh1? Bd5+ 79.Rf3 Bxf3#) Bd5+ 79.Kf1 h1Q+ with mate to follow. - ALD} 78.Rg6+ Kf3 79.Rf6+ Ke2 80.Rh6 {Of course not 80.Rf5?? h2# or 80.Rg6?? h2#} h2+ 81.Rxh2+ gxh2+ 82.Kxh2 Draw

Top Six Tournaments Of All Time

#1 Vienna 1882
#2 Linares 1993
#3 Nottingham 1936
#4 AVRO 1938
#5 Linares 1992
#6 Wijk aan Zee 2001

All six of these tournaments featured the players rated 1-8 at the time.

David Bronstein, RIP

Bronstein tied a match against Botvinnik for the world championship 12-12 in 1951.

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