THE 110 MOST FANTASTIC MOVES EVER PLAYED
Part 6: 60-51
60. 14...cxd4
Porath - Larsen, Moscow 1956
1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 d6 6.d4 c6 7.e3 Qa5 8.a3 O-O 9.Be2 e5 10.b4 Qc7 11.d5 h6 12.c5 e4 13.Nd4 dxc5 14.Qb3 cxd4 15.d6+ Be6 16.Qxe6+ Qf7 17.Qxf7+ Rxf7 18.exd4 Rd7 19.d5 Nxd5 20.Bc4 Kh7 21.Bxd5 Bxc3+ 22.Bxc3 cxd5 23.g4 Rxd6 24.gxf5 gxf5 25.Rd1 Nc6 26.b5 Nd8 27.f3 Ne6 28.fxe4 fxe4 29.Rf1 Ng5 30.Rf5 d4 31.h4 Nf3+ 32.Ke2 Rc8 33.Bb4 Rg6 and White resigned
59. 32.Rxf7
Keres - D.Byrne, San Antonio 1972
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 c5 9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.d5 Na5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nbc4 16.Bc1 Nxb3 17.axb3 Nd6 18.Re1 Re8 19.Be3 a6 20.Bf4 Qd7 21.Ra4 Rac8 22.g4 a5 23.Be5 Rc5 24.Rf4 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 b5 26.Qe3 Qc7 27.Rf3 b4 28.Ne2 a4 29.Qxh6 a3 30.bxa3 bxa3 31.Rg5 a2 32.Rxf7 a1Q+ 33.Kg2 and Black resigned
58. 10...Nxe5
Greenfeld - J. Polgar, Haifa 1989
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Nc3 axb5 7.d6 Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.e5 Ng4 10.Bg5 Nxe5 11.Bxe7 Re8 12.Bxb5 Nec6 13.O-O Nxe7 14.dxe7 Rxe7 15.Qd5 Ra5 16.Qxc5 Na6 17.Qc4 Nc7 18.a4 Nxb5 19.axb5 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Bb7 21.Qf4 h6 22.h3 Kh7 23.Rd1 f5 24.Nd5 Re2 25.b3 Rb2 26.Qd6 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Qb6 28.Nd4 Qc7 29.h4 Rd2 30.Re1 Rxd4 31.Qf7 Rxh4 32.g3 Re4 33.Rd1 Qc2 34.Qxd7 Qxb3 35.Kg2 Re5 36.Rd6 Qb1 37.Qf7 f4 38.Rd7 f3+ 39.Qxf3 Qxb5 40.Qf7 Qc6+ and White resigned
57. 24...Qb8
Voronov - Estrin, Leningrad 1971
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 Be6 15.Ne3 Rad8 16.Qe2 g6 17.Ng5 Nh5 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.g3 c4 20.Ng4 Bc5 21.Kg2 Nd4 22.cxd4 exd4 23.Bg5 d3 24.Bxd8 Qb8 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.Qd2 Rxf2+ 27.Qxf2 Bxf2 28.Bf6+ Nxf6 29.Kxf2 Qf8 and White resigned
56. 42.Qh1
Euwe - Alekhine, Holland 1935 (2)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Be6 6.Qb5+ Nc6 7.Nf3 Rb8 8.Ne5 Bd7 9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.d5 Nd4 11.Qd3 e5 12.e3 Nf5 13.e4 Nd6 14.f4 Qe7 15.Be3 Ng4 16.Bxa7 Ra8 17.h3 Rxa7 18.hxg4 Bg7 19.Qe3 Ra5 20.f5 Bf6 21.a4 Bh4+ 22.g3 Bg5 23.Qf3 O-O 24.b4 Raa8 25.Ra2 Ne8 26.Rb2 Nf6 27.Be2 c6 28.dxc6 bxc6 29.O-O Rad8 30.Kg2 Rd4 31.b5 cxb5 32.axb5 Rb8 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.b6 Qb7 35.Kh3 Rd6 36.Nd5 Kg7 37.Rc2 Nxd5 38.exd5 Rxb6 39.Rc6 Rxc6 40.dxc6 Qe7 41.Bc4 Kh6 42.Qh1 Rb2 43.Rf7 Qe8 44.c7 Rc2 45.Qb7 and Black resigned
55. 11.Nxd7
Shabalov - Ronin, Kiev 1983
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.a4 b4 6.a5 c5 7.c4 a6 8.d4 Nc6 9.d5 Nxa5 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Nxd7 Nxc4 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qa4+ Kf8 14.e4 exd5 15.exd5 Qf5 16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Bxd2 h5 18.h4 g6 19.Bg5 Re8 20.Rae1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Kg7 22.Be4 Qe5 23.Qd7 Bc8 24.Qc6 Be7 25.Bf4 Qxb2 26.Bf5 Bf6 27.Bxc8 b3 28.Qb7 Bd4 29.Rf1 Rxc8 30.Qxc8 Qc2 31.Qb8 b2 32.Be5+ Bxe5 33.Qxe5+ Kh7 34.Qb8 c4 35.d6 c3 36.d7 Qd2 37.d8Q Qxd8 38.Qxd8 c2 39.Qd2 b1Q 40.Rc1 and Black resigned
54. 27...Nh1
P. v.d. Weide - Ligterink, Leeuwarden 1979
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.d5 Nb8 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Nf3 exf4 8.Bxf4 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Qe1 Ng4 12.Qg3 Nge5 13.Bc2 Qe7 14.Rf2 a5 15.Raf1 a4 16.a3 c6 17.Nd4 cxd5 18.exd5 Nc5 19.N2f3 Bd7 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bf4 Rae8 22.h4 f5 23.h5 Ne4 24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.Ng5 Ng4 26.Nde6 Nxf2 27.Bxd6 Nh1 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Nxf8 Nxg3 30.Nxd7 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Nxc3 32.bxc3 Rd8 33.c4 Rxd7 34.c5 Bd4+ 35.Ke2 Bxc5 36.Bxc5 Rxd5 37.Nxe4 Rxh5 38.Nf6+ Kf7 39.Nxh5 gxh5 and White overstepped the time limit.
53. 25...h5
Portisch - Tal, Amsterdam 1964
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Bg4 7.Nc3 Qc8 8.Re1 Re8 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.d5 Na5 11.Qa4 b6 12.Nd2 Bd7 13.Qc2 c6 14.b4 Nxc4 15.Nxc4 cxd5 16.Na3 d4 17.Bxa8 Qxa8 18.Ncb5 Rc8 19.Qd1 Ne4 20.f3 a6 21.Nxd4 Qd5 22.Be3 Rc3 23.Ndc2 Qf5 24.g4 Qe6 25.Bd4 h5 26.Bxg7 hxg4 27.Nd4 Qd5 28.fxe4 Qxe4 29.Nf3 Qe3+ 30.Kh1 Bc6 31.Rf1 Rxa3 32.Qc1 gxf3 33.Qxc6 Qxe2 34.Rg1 Kxg7 35.Rae1 Qd2 36.Rd1 Qe2 37.Rde1 Qd2 38.Rd1 Qe2 39.Rde1 draw
52. 23.Nd7
Stanishevsky - Nikonov, Moscow 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.e5 Ne7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Ne4 d5 10.Nxc5 Nf5 11.d4 Rb8 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.b3 Rb6 14.Kh1 a5 15.Qd2 Ba6 16.Rg1 h6 17.Bf6 Bxf6 18.exf6 Kh7 19.g4 Nd6 20.Rae1 Bb5 21.Qf4 Qd8 22.Re3 Ne8 23.Nd7 Qxd7 24.Ne5 Qd8 25.Nd7 Qxd7 26.Rh3 h5 27.gxh5 g5 28.Qxg5 Qd8 29.h6 Qxf6 30.Qg7+ Nxg7 31.hxg7+ Qh6 32.gxf8N+ Kh8 33.Rxh6 mate
51: 11...Ke7
Kamsky - Karpov, Dortmund 1993
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qh4 Ke7 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qa5+ 14.c3 Qxe5+ 15.Be3 b6 16.O-O-O g5 17.Qa4 c5 18.Rhe1 Bd7 19.Qa3 Rhd8 20.g3 Qc7 21.Bd4 Be8 22.Kb1 Rd5 23.f4 Rad8 24.Bc2 R5d6 25.Bxf6+ Kxf6 26.fxg5+ hxg5 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.c4 Ke7 29.Qe3 f6 30.h4 gxh4 31.gxh4 Qd7 32.Qh6 e5 33.h5 Qg4 34.Qh7+ Kd8 35.h6 Rd2 36.Qf5 Qxf5 37.Bxf5 Bd7 38.Bg6 Rh2 39.h7 Ke7 40.Bd3 Be6 41.Rg1 f5 42.Rg7+ Kf6 43.Rxa7 e4 44.Be2 f4 45.b3 f3 46.Bd1 Bf5 47.Kc1 Bxh7 48.Rb7 Ke5 49.Rxb6 Rxa2 and White resigned.
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