THE 110 MOST FANTASTIC MOVES EVER PLAYED
Part 7: 50-41 (23 October)
50. 26.Ra1
Hollis - Baumbach, cr 1976
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 Qb6 13.Bg2 O-O-O 14.O-O Ne5 15.dxe5 Rxd1 16.Raxd1 Bc5 17.Ne4 Bd4 18.Nd6+ Kc7 19.Bf4 Rf8 20.Bh6 Rh8 21.Bg7 Rd8 22.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 23.Kh1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Qe3 25.Nd6 Qe2 26.Ra1 Qh5 27.g4 Qh7 28.f7 Bg3 29.h3 c5 30.Nxb7 Qxg7 31.Rf1 Qf8 32.Nxc5 and Black resigned
49. 22...Rh8
Geller - Euwe, Zurich 1953
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.f3 Nc6 9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.e4 Ne8 12.Ng3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.f4 Nxc4 15.f5 f6 16.Rf4 b5 17.Rh4 Qb6 18.e5 Nxe5 19.fxe6 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Qxe6 21.Qxh7+ Kf7 22.Bh6 Rh8 23.Qxh8 Rc2 24.Rc1 Rxg2+ 25.Kf1 Qb3 26.Ke1 Qf3 and White resigned
48. 15.Qxg6
Malinin - Savinov, Leningrad 1988
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 g6 8.g3 Bg7 9.h4 O-O 10.h5 Nbd7 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.Bh3 Re8 13.Qc2 Rb8 14.Be3 Nxd5 15.Qxg6 fxg6 16.Be6+ Kf8 17.Nxd5 Rxb2 18.Ng5 Nf6 19.Nf4 Qa5+ 20.Kf1 Bxe2+ 21.Kg1 Reb8 22.Bf7 Rb1+ 23.Kh2 Ng4+ 24.Kh3 Rxh1+ 25.Rxh1 Nxf2+ 26.Bxf2 Bg4+ 27.Kxg4 Rb4 28.Kf3 Qa3+ 29.Be3 Qa8+ 30.Bd5 Qa5 31.Nfe6+ Kg8 32.Nc7+ e6 33.Bxe6+ Kf8 34.Nh7+ Ke7 35.Bg5+ Bf6 36.Bxf6 mate
47. 24.Qf3
Robovic - Van Wely, Munich 1992
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.a4 Be7 8.c3 O-O 9.Na3 Rc8 10.d3 a6 11.h3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Rfd8 13.Nh2 b6 14.Ng4 Qc6 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.Re3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rg3 Kh8 19.Bg5 c4 20.Nc2 h6 21.Ra7 cxd3 22.Bxh6 gxh6 23.Rxe7 dxc2 24.Qf3 c1Q+ 25.Kh2 Ng4+ 26.Rxg4 f5 27.Rgg7 Q1xc3 28.bxc3 Qxc3 29.Rh7+ Kg8 30.Qh5 Qf6 31.exf5 exf5 32.Rxh6 Qxe7 33.Rh8+ Kg7 34.Rh7+ Kg8 35.Rh8+ Kg7 36.Rh7+ Kf8 37.Qxf5+ Ke8 38.Qh5+ Kf8 39.Qf5+ Ke8 40.Rh8+ and Black resigned
46. 16.Nf4
Kotov - Keres, Budapest 1950
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nc6 6.f3 b6 7.e4 Ba6 8.e5 Ng8 9.Nh3 Na5 10.Qa4 Ne7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 d5 14.Bb1 g5 15.Qc2 Ng6 16.Nf4 gxh4 17.Nxg6 Re8 18.Nh8 Re7 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.f4 Nxc4 21.f5 exf5 22.O-O Bc8 23.Bxf5 Bxf5 24.Rxf5 Ke8 25.Rxf7 Kd7 26.Qf5+ Kc6 27.Qf6+ Kd7 28.e6+ Kc6 29.Rxe7 Qxh8 30.Rxc7+ Kb5 31.Qe7 a5 32.Qd7+ Ka6 33.Rb1 and Black resigned
45. 26...Bb1
Aronson - Tal, Moscow 1957
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Qe8 8.Re1 Qg6 9.e4 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 Nc6 12.Qe2 Bf6 13.Bd2 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bc3 Bf5 16.Nh4 Bxh4 17.Rxh4 Rae8 18.Qe3 h6 19.b4 Qf6 20.b5 Nd8 21.Bd5+ Kh8 22.f4 exf4 23.Qd2 Qb6+ 24.Bd4 Qg6 25.Qxf4 Kh7 26.Qxc7 Bb1 27.Be5 Ne6 28.Qd6 Qf5 29.Bf4 Ng5 30.Qb4 Be4 31.Bxe4 Rxe4 32.Rf1 Re2 33.Qd6 Rxa2 34.Qd5 Qc2 35.c5 Rd8 36.Bd6 Re8 and White resigned
44. 32.Nf6
Timman - Kasparov, Hilversum 1985 (m 3)
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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.a3 h6 15.Bc2 Nb8 16.b4 Nbd7 17.Bb2 g6 18.c4 exd4 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Nxd4 c6 21.a4 bxa4 22.Bxa4 Qb6 23.Nc2 Qc7 24.Bb3 Ba6 25.Rc1 Bg7 26.Ne3 Bb5 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.exd5 Ne5 30.Ne4 Nd3 31.Qd2 Ra3 32.Nf6 Rxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Kxf6 34.Qc3+ Ne5 35.f4 Ba4 36.fxe5+ dxe5 37.d6 Qxd6 38.Qf3+ Ke7 39.Qxf7+ Kd8 40.Rd1 Ra1 41.Qf6+ and Black resigned
43. 12...Qa8
Zeitlin - Monin, USSR 1978
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c3 a5 8.a4 b6 9.h4 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Rxa6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bf4 Qa8 13.h5 Kd8 14.Nc1 Kc8 15.Nd3 Kb7 16.Bd2 Qf8 17.Kf1 Ra8 18.Rb1 g5 19.b4 axb4 20.cxb4 g4 21.b5 gxf3 22.bxc6+ Kxc6 23.gxf3 Kb7 24.Qc2 f6 25.Nf4 fxe5 26.Nxe6 Qxf3 27.Rh2 Rxa4 28.Qxc7+ Ka6 29.Be3 Qf5 30.Re1 Qxe6 31.Rg2 Bg5 32.Bxg5 hxg5 33.Rxg5 Ra2 34.dxe5 Rf8 35.Kg1 Rg8 36.Rxg8 Qxg8+ 37.Kf1 Nc5 38.Rb1 Qe6 39.Qg7 Qh3+ 40.Kg1 Ra4 and White resigned
42. 8.dxe4
Bronstein - Rojahn, Moscow ol 1956
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.d3 h6 7.Nf3 e4 8.dxe4 Nxc4 9.Qd4 Nb6 10.c4 c5 11.Qd3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Ne5 Bh5 15.b3 Nbd7 16.Bb2 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Nd7 18.Bc3 Bf6 19.Rae1 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Qf6 21.e5 Qf5 22.f4 Bg6 23.Ne4 Rab8 24.Qf3 Bh7 25.g4 Qg6 26.f5 Qb6 27.Qg3 f6 28.e6 Ne5 29.h4 Kh8 30.g5 Rbc8 31.Kh1 Qd8 32.g6 Bxg6 33.fxg6 b5 34.d6 Qb6 35.d7 Nxd7 36.exd7 Rcd8 37.Nxf6 Qc6+ 38.Qg2 Qxg2+ 39.Kxg2 and Black resigned
41: 64.Nxc5
Alburt - Lerner, Kiev 1978
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.Ng3 Ne8 8.h4 g6 9.h5 Bg5 10.hxg6 fxg6 11.Be2 Qf6 12.Bf3 Na6 13.Bxg5 Qxg5 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.Nf1 Nac7 16.Qh6 Rb8 17.Be2 a6 18.a4 b6 19.Ne3 Qg7 20.Qxg7+ Kxg7 21.O-O Nf6 22.g3 Bd7 23.Kg2 h5 24.Rfb1 a5 25.Rh1 Rh8 26.Rh2 Rbe8 27.Rah1 Rh7 28.Kf1 Re7 29.Ke1 Kg8 30.Kd2 Nce8 31.Kd3 Ng4 32.Bxg4 hxg4 33.Rh6 Rxh6 34.Rxh6 Rh7 35.Rxg6+ Kf7 36.Rg5 Kf6 37.Rxg4 Bxg4 38.Nxg4+ Ke7 39.Ne3 Rh1 40.Ke2 Nf6 41.Nf1 Rg1 42.Ne3 Kd7 43.Kf3 Rc1 44.Ned1 Ke7 45.Ke3 Kf7 46.Kd2 Ra1 47.Kc2 Kg6 48.b3 Kg5 49.f3 Nh5 50.g4 Nf4 51.Kb2 Rxd1 52.Nxd1 Nd3+ 53.Kc3 Ne1 54.Ne3 Nxf3 55.Nf5 Kxg4 56.Nxd6 Ng5 57.Kd3 Kf3 58.Kd2 Kf2 59.Kd1 Kf3 60.Kd2 Kf2 61.Kc2 Ke3 62.Nb7 Nxe4 63.d6 Nf6 64.Nxc5 bxc5 65.b4 axb4 66.a5 e4 67.a6 Kf2 68.a7 e3 69.a8Q e2 70.Qf8 e1Q 71.Qxf6+ Kg3 72.Qg5+ Kh3 73.Qd2 Qa1 74.d7 Qa2+ 75.Kd1 Qb3+ 76.Kc1 Qa3+ 77.Kd1 Qb3+ 78.Ke2 Kg4 79.Qd1 Qxc4+ 80.Ke3+ and Black resigned.
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