THE 110 MOST FANTASTIC MOVES EVER PLAYED
Part 8: 40-31
40. 34.Ra8
Tal - Brinck Claussen, Havana 1966
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 b6 11.Qd3 Bb7 12.Rd1 Rc8 13.Ba2 Qc7 14.Bg5 Rfd8 15.Qe2 Nd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qd3 Qd6 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Re1 Ng6 20.g3 Re8 21.h4 Qf6 22.h5 Nf8 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Ne5 Qg5 25.Qf3 f6 26.Nc4 Rd8 27.Re1 Bc8 28.Ne3 Be6 29.Rc1 Bf7 30.h6 Qxh6 31.Rc7 Qg5 32.Rxa7 Ng6 33.Nxd5 Bxd5 34.Ra8 Bxa2 35.Rxd8+ Kf7 36.Qc6 Ne7 37.Qe8+ Ke6 38.Rc8 Qd5 39.Rc3 Qd7 40.Re3+ Kd6 41.Qb8+ Kc6 42.a4 Nd5 43.Re1 Qd6 44.Rc1+ Kd7 45.Qc8+ and Black resigned
39. 15.Nd6
Spassky - Bronstein, Leningrad 1960
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Bd6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.d4 O-O 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.O-O h6 9.Ne4 Nxd5 10.c4 Ne3 11.Bxe3 fxe3 12.c5 Be7 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Qd3 e2 15.Nd6 Nf8 16.Nxf7 exf1Q+ 17.Rxf1 Bf5 18.Qxf5 Qd7 19.Qf4 Bf6 20.N3e5 Qe7 21.Bb3 Bxe5 22.Nxe5+ Kh7 23.Qe4+ and Black resigned
38. 45...Qb6
A. Petrosyan - Hasaj, Schilde 1970
1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.d5 Na6 7.Be3 Nh5 8.Qd2 Qh4+ 9.Bf2 Qe7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Be3 f5 12.Bd3 f4 13.Bf2 Bf6 14.Nge2 Bh4 15.Bg1 Bd7 16.Kb1 b6 17.Nc1 Nc5 18.Bc2 a5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Ba4 Bxa4 21.Nxa4 Rfb8 22.Qc2 Kh8 23.Rd3 Rb4 24.Ra3 Qe8 25.Nd3 g5 26.h3 Nf6 27.Rc1 Kg7 28.b3 Nd7 29.Qd2 Rb7 30.Ndb2 Nb6 31.Ka1 h5 32.Nd1 Nxa4 33.Rxa4 Rb4 34.Nc3 Qc8 35.Nb5 Bg3 36.Qe2 Kf6 37.Rb1 Ke7 38.a3 Rxa4 39.bxa4 Kd8 40.Nc3 Rb8 41.Rb5 Rxb5 42.axb5 Qa8 43.Na4 Qa7 44.Ka2 Kc8 45.Qb2 Qb6 46.Nxb6+ cxb6 47.h4 gxh4 48.Qd2 h3 49.gxh3 h4 50.Kb3 Kb7 51.Ka4 Ka7 52.Qg2 Kb7 53.Qb2 Ka7 54.Qc2 Kb7 55.Qc3 Ka7 draw
37. 86.Qh3
Möhring - Kaikamdzozov, Zamardi 1978
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.f3 h5 7.h4 Bh6 8.Bxh6 Rxh6 9.g3 Rh8 10.Bh3 a6 11.Bxc8 Qxc8 12.Qd2 Kf8 13.Nh3 Kg7 14.Kf2 Nbd7 15.Kg2 Qd8 16.b3 Qa5 17.a4 Rab8 18.Qb2 Qd8 19.Rhf1 Nf8 20.Rf2 N8h7 21.Rh1 Qe7 22.Rff1 Rhf8 23.Nf2 Nd7 24.g4 Nhf6 25.Qd2 Rh8 26.Rh3 Qd8 27.g5 Ne8 28.Nd3 Qe7 29.f4 Nc7 30.Rhf3 Rhf8 31.f5 Kg8 32.Ne2 Rbe8 33.Ng3 Qd8 34.R3f2 Kg7 35.Qe2 Rh8 36.Qb2 a5 37.fxg6 fxg6 38.Rf7+ Kg8 39.Nf4 Rh7 40.Rxh7 Kxh7 41.Nfxh5 Rf8 42.Qe2 Rxf1 43.Qxf1 Qe7 44.Nf6+ Nxf6 45.gxf6 Qf7 46.h5 gxh5 47.Qf5+ Kh6 48.Nxh5 Ne8 49.Kf2 Qf8 50.Kg3 Qg8+ 51.Kh2 Qf7 52.Kh3 Qf8 53.Kg4 Qg8+ 54.Kf3 Qf8 55.Ke2 Qf7 56.Ke3 Qf8 57.Kd3 Qf7 58.Kc2 Qf8 59.Kc3 Qf7 60.Kd3 Qf8 61.Kc2 Qf7 62.Kb2 Qf8 63.Ka3 Qf7 64.Ka2 Qf8 65.Kb2 Qf7 66.Ka3 Qf8 67.Ka2 Qf7 68.Ka1 Qf8 69.Kb1 Qf7 70.Kc1 Qf8 71.Kd1 Qf7 72.Kd2 Qf8 73.Ke1 Qf7 74.Kf1 Qf8 75.Kg1 Qf7 76.Kh2 Qf8 77.f7 Ng7 78.Qf6+ Kxh5 79.Kg3 b6 80.Kh3 Ne8 81.Qf5+ Kh6 82.Qe6+ Kh7 83.fxe8Q Qf3+ 84.Kh4 Qf2+ 85.Kh5 Qh2+ 86.Qh3 Qxh3+ 87.Kg5 Qg3+ 88.Kf6 Qf3+ 89.Ke7 Qxb3 90.Qh5+ Kg7 91.Qg4+ and Black resigned
36. 18...Ra3
Pillsbury - Em. Lasker, St. Petersburg 1896
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.Bg5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qh4 Be7 8.O-O-O Qa5 9.e3 Bd7 10.Kb1 h6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nd4 O-O 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qh5 Nxd4 15.exd4 Be6 16.f4 Rac8 17.f5 Rxc3 18.fxe6 Ra3 19.exf7+ Rxf7 20.bxa3 Qb6+ 21.Bb5 Qxb5+ 22.Ka1 Rc7 23.Rd2 Rc4 24.Rhd1 Rc3 25.Qf5 Qc4 26.Kb2 Rxa3 27.Qe6+ Kh7 28.Kxa3 Qc3+ 29.Ka4 b5+ 30.Kxb5 Qc4+ and White resigned
35. 24.Ba7
Karpov - Unzicker, Nice 1974
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.d5 Nd8 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5 16.b4 Nb7 17.Nf1 Bd7 18.Be3 Ra8 19.Qd2 Rfc8 20.Bd3 g6 21.Ng3 Bf8 22.Ra2 c4 23.Bb1 Qd8 24.Ba7 Ne8 25.Bc2 Nc7 26.Rea1 Qe7 27.Bb1 Be8 28.Ne2 Nd8 29.Nh2 Bg7 30.f4 f6 31.f5 g5 32.Bc2 Bf7 33.Ng3 Nb7 34.Bd1 h6 35.Bh5 Qe8 36.Qd1 Nd8 37.Ra3 Kf8 38.R1a2 Kg8 39.Ng4 Kf8 40.Ne3 Kg8 41.Bxf7+ Nxf7 42.Qh5 Nd8 43.Qg6 Kf8 44.Nh5 and Black resigned
34. 21...Bxh3
Short - Tisdall, Westmann Islands 1985
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.Ba7 Ra8 16.Be3 exf4 17.Bxf4 Be6 18.Rfd1 Red8 19.a5 Rac8 20.h3 h6 21.Ra4 Bxh3 22.gxh3 Qd7 23.Qg2 Rxc3 24.Rad4 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Qxh3+ 26.Bh2 Qxf3+ 27.Qg2 Qxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Ng4 29.Bf4 g5 30.Kf3 h5 31.Bxd6 Bf6 32.Rd5 Kh7 33.b4 Kg6 34.Rc1 Bb2 35.Rcc5 f6 36.Bg3 Re8 37.Rc7 Be5 38.Bxe5 Nxe5+ 39.Kg2 Nc6 40.b5 axb5 41.a6 bxa6 42.Rxc6 Rxe4 43.Rxa6 Rg4+ 44.Kf3 Rf4+ 45.Ke3 h4 46.Rxb5 Kh5 47.Ra2 Kg4 48.Rg2+ Kh3 49.Rbb2 Ra4 50.Rgf2 Ra6 51.Ke4 Kg4 52.Rg2+ Kh5 53.Rb8 Kg6 54.Rg8+ Kf7 55.Rd8 Ra4+ 56.Rd4 Ra5 57.Rgd2 Re5+ 58.Kf3 Rf5+ 59.Kg2 Kg7 60.Ra4 Kg6 61.Rd3 Kg7 62.Ra6 Rf4 63.Kh3 Kg6 64.Ra8 Kg7 65.Rb3 Kg6 66.Rg8+ Kh6 67.Kg2 Kh7 68.Rbb8 Rf5 69.Kh3 Rf4 70.Rbf8 Kh6 71.Rf7 Rf3+ 72.Kg2 Rf4 73.Rh8+ Kg6 draw
33. 11.Bxc4
Geller - Dreev, New York 1990
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 c4 7.O-O Bd6 8.b3 b5 9.a4 Bb7 10.bxc4 bxc4 11.Bxc4 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Be7 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Rb1 Qxc4 15.Rxb7 Nc6 16.Nd2 Qxd4 17.Bb2 Qxa4 18.Re4 Qa2 19.Bxg7 O-O-O 20.Rb3 Bf6 21.Qg4+ Kc7 22.Qf4+ Kc8 23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Qxf6 Qxc2 25.Qf5+ and Black resigned
32. 31...Re4
Kramnik - Shirov, Linares 1994
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qc7 7.Bf4 Qc8 8.e3 Nf6 9.Qa4 Nbd7 10.b4 a6 11.h3 Be7 12.Qb3 O-O 13.Be2 Be4 14.O-O Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Bd8 16.a4 Bc7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.b5 e5 20.b6 Bb8 21.a5 exd4 22.exd4 Bf4 23.Qc2 Qd7 24.g3 Qxh3 25.Bg2 Qh5 26.gxf4 Ng4 27.Rfd1 Rae8 28.Rd3 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 f5 30.Qd2 Rf6 31.f3 Re4 32.Nxd5 cxd5 33.c6 Rxf4 34.cxb7 Re4 35.Rc1 Kh7 36.b8Q Qxb8 37.fxg4 Qh2 38.Rf3 Rxg4 39.b7 Rfg6 40.Rc2 Rxg2 41.Qxg2 Rxg2 42.Rxg2 Qh1+ 43.Kf2 Qb1 and White resigned
31: 21.Qa8
Panczyk - Schurade, Zakopane 1978
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Bg3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 13.O-O b6 14.d5 Nb8 15.Ne5 a6 16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qg4 Qc8 19.Qe4 Ra7 20.Ng6 Rf6 21.Qa8 and Black resigned
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