THE 110 MOST FANTASTIC MOVES EVER PLAYED
Part 4: 80-71


80.       23...Bg4
Taimanov - Larsen, Vinkovci 1970
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Bf4 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.e3 d5 9.a3 Qa5 10.Rc1 Be7 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd5 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Qb3 g5 15.Bg3 g4 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.exd4 Bg5 18.O-O Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Be6 20.h3 gxh3 21.Be5 f6 22.Ne4 fxe5 23.Qg3+ Bg4 24.Qxg4+ Kh8 25.Ng5 Qd2 26.Rc7 Qxf2+ 27.Kh2 Qxg2+ 28.Qxg2 hxg2 29.dxe5 Rac8 30.Rxb7 Rc2 31.Nf7+ Kg7 32.e6 Kf6 33.e7 g1Q++ 34.Kxg1 Rg8+ and White resigned


79.         17...Be6
D.Byrne - Fischer, New York 1956
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bf4 d5 6.Qb3 c6 7.Rd1 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nbd7 9.e4 Nb6 10.Qc5 Bg4 11.Bg5 Na4 12.Qa3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Bxe7 Qb6 15.Bc4 Nxc3 16.Bc5 Rfe8+ 17.Kf1 Be6 18.Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19.Kg1 Ne2+ 20.Kf1 Nxd4+ 21.Kg1 Ne2+ 22.Kf1 Nc3+ 23.Kg1 axb6 24.Qb4 Ra4 25.Qxb6 Nxd1 26.h3 Rxa2 27.Kh2 Nxf2 28.Re1 Rxe1 29.Qd8+ Bf8 30.Nxe1 Bd5 31.Nf3 Ne4 32.Qb8 b5 33.h4 h5 34.Ne5 Kg7 35.Kg1 Bc5+ 36.Kf1 Ng3+ 37.Ke1 Bb4+ 38.Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Kc1 Ne2+ 40.Kb1 Nc3+ 41.Kc1 Rc2+ mate


78.         28...Rg6
Ivanchuk - Yusupov, Brussels 1991
1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Nd7 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 c6 10.b3 Qe7 11.Ba3 e4 12.Ng5 e3 13.f4 Nf8 14.b4 Bf5 15.Qb3 h6 16.Nf3 Ng4 17.b5 g5 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Ne5 gxf4 20.Nxc6 Qg5 21.Bxd6 Ng6 22.Nd5 Qh5 23.h4 Nxh4 24.gxh4 Qxh4 25.Nde7+ Kh8 26.Nxf5 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Re6 28.Qb7 Rg6 29.Qxa8+ Kh7 30.Qg8+ Kxg8 31.Nce7+ Kh7 32.Nxg6 fxg6 33.Nxg7 Nf2 34.Bxf4 Qxf4 35.Ne6 Qh2 36.Rdb1 Nh3 37.Rb7+ Kh8 38.Rb8+ Qxb8 39.Bxh3 Qg3 and White resigned


77.         66.a4
Janowsky - Ed. Lasker, New York 1924
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Nd2 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.f4 Ng4 10.Nf1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qb4+ 12.Ke2 Nb6 13.a3 Qe7 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.h3 Rc8 16.Qxc8+ Nxc8 17.hxg4 Nd6 18.Rc1 Nc4 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.N1d2 b5 21.Rh5 f6 22.g5 Kd8 23.Rch1 Be8 24.Rxh7 Rxh7 25.Rxh7 fxg5 26.Nxg5 Kc8 27.Rh8 Kb7 28.Nde4 Kb6 29.Nc5 Bc6 30.Ngxe6 Bd5 31.Ng5 Ka5 32.e4 Bc6 33.Ke3 Be8 34.Nf3 b4 35.Ne5 Bb5 36.a4 Bxa4 37.Nxc4+ Kb5 38.Ne5 Ka5 39.Rb8 Bb5 40.g3 g5 41.Nf3 gxf4+ 42.gxf4 Qh7 43.f5 Qh1 44.Nb3+ Ka4 45.Nbd2 Qh6+ 46.Kf2 Bd3 47.Rg8 Qf4 48.Rh8 b3 49.Rh4 Qc7 50.f6 Bc4 51.Rh5 Be6 52.Re5 Qf7 53.Rxe6 Qxe6 54.e5 Kb4 55.Ke3 a5 56.Kf4 a4 57.Ng5 Qd7 58.f7 Qe7 59.d5 a3 60.bxa3+ Kc3 61.d6 Qf8 62.Nge4+ Kd3 63.e6 Qh6+ 64.Kf5 b2 65.d7 Qf8 66.a4 Qa8 67.e7 Qd5+ 68.Kf6 Qd4+ 69.Ke6 b1Q 70.Nxb1 Qxe4+ 71.Kf6 Qh4+ draw


76.       11.0-0
Kasparov - Karpov, Seville 1987 (20)
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.e4 Qa5 9.e5 Nd5 10.Bxc4 Nxc3 11.O-O Qxc5 12.Qxc3 Nc6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rac1 Rfd8 16.b4 a6 17.Qe3 Be8 18.Bd3 Na7 19.Bb1 Bc6 20.Ng5 h6 21.Ne4 Nb5 22.Rc4 Bxe4 23.Bxe4 Rac8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Qxc1 Qd7 27.g3 b6 28.Kg2 Qd8 29.h4 a5 30.bxa5 bxa5 31.Qc5 Nd4 32.h5 f5 33.Bb7 Kf7 34.Kh2 Qb8 35.Qxd4 Qxb7 36.g4 Qf3 37.Qd7+ Kf8 draw


75.        12.0-0-0
Kotkov - Vistanetskis, Vilnius 1961
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6ep Nxd6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Qf4 g6 9.Bd2 Qe7+ 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Nc3 Nxd2 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Nb3+ 15.axb3 Bh6+ 16.Kb1 O-O 17.Qe4 c6 18.Bc4 Bg7 draw


74.        8.cxd5
Kasparov - Portisch, Brussels 1986
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 h6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bf4 c5 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rfd1 Re8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.a4 Qa5 15.Nh4 Red8 16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Nb5 Ne8 18.Bd6 Nxd6 19.Nfxd6 Rab8 20.Nxb7 Rxb7 21.Rxd5 Rdb8 22.Qd2 Qxd2 23.Rxd2 Nf6 24.Ra2 Ne4 25.Rc2 Rd7 26.g3 a5 27.Kg2 g6 28.Bf3 Nf6 29.Na3 Bd6 30.Bc6 Rdd8 31.Ra1 Be5 32.Bb5 Nd5 33.Rb1 Bd6 34.Rd2 Nb6 35.Rc1 Be7 36.Re2 Rbc8 37.Nb1 Kg7 38.Nd2 Ra8 39.Nb3 Rdc8 40.Rec2 c4 41.Nd2 Ra7 42.Nxc4 Nxc4 43.Rxc4 Rxc4 44.Rxc4 f5 45.h3 h5 46.g4 hxg4 47.hxg4 fxg4 48.Kg3 Bd6+ 49.Kxg4 Re7 50.Bc6 Rf7 51.f4 Kh6 52.Bd5 Rf6 53.Rc1 Kg7 54.b3 Rf8 55.Rd1 Bc5 56.Rd3 Ba3 57.Be4 Bc1 58.Rd7+ Kh6 59.Re7 Bd2 60.Kf3 Bb4 61.Rb7 Bc3 62.Bd3 Rf6 63.Kg4 Bd2 64.f5 and Black resigned


73.         25...b3
Garcia Palermo - Vera, Havana 1981
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O Bf5 9.Qa4 Qd7 10.Rd1 c4 11.b3 c3 12.Nf1 a6 13.Ne5 b5 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Qa3 Bxa3 17.Bxa3 b4 18.Bc1 a5 19.Nc4 dxc4 20.d5 c2 21.Rd2 c3 22.dxc6++ Kc8 23.Rd4 a4 24.bxa4 Rxa4 25.c7 b3 26.Rxa4 b2 27.Ra8+ Kd7 28.Rxh8 Ke7 29.Bf1 Nd5 30.e4 Nxc7 31.Bg5+ f6 32.Rc1 fxg5 33.Rxc2 b1Q and White resigned


72.         40.Ne6
Timman - Hübner, Wijk aan Zee 1982
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Nf3 c6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.g4 Be6 12.Ng5 c5 13.Be5 h6 14.Nf3 N6d7 15.O-O-O Rc8 16.Kb1 a6 17.Bf5 b5 18.dxc5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxc5 20.Nd3 Rc4 21.Ne5 Rc5 22.Qb3 Qc7 23.Nd3 Rc4 24.Nf4 Bxf5+ 25.gxf5 d4 26.Ncd5 Qe5 27.Qd3 dxe3 28.Rhe1 Bc5 29.fxe3 Nh7 30.Rg1 Ng5 31.h4 Ne4 32.f6 Bf8 33.fxg7 Bxg7 34.Rg2 Kh7 35.Rdg1 Bh8 36.a3 Rg8 37.Nb6 Rxg2 38.Rxg2 Rc7 39.Nd7 Qe7 40.Ne6 and Black resigned


71:         46.Qe6
Kengis - Gufeld, USSR 1983
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.h3 e5 6.O-O Be7 7.Bc2 O-O 8.d3 h6 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Nf1 Rad8 12.N3h2 d5 13.Qf3 d4 14.c4 Nh7 15.Ng3 Bg5 16.Nf5 Nb4 17.Bb3 b5 18.h4 bxc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc4 20.dxc4 Bxc1 21.Rexc1 Kh8 22.Qg3 f6 23.a3 Nc6 24.Nf3 Rb8 25.b4 Nd8 26.h5 Ng5 27.N3h4 Re8 28.Ng6+ Kh7 29.Qd3 cxb4 30.axb4 Rxb4 31.c5 Nc6 32.Ra6 Reb8 33.Rca1 Ne6 34.Qg3 Rb3 35.Nf8+ Nxf8 36.Rxc6 Qf7 37.Qg4 Rb1+ 38.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 39.Kh2 Rc1 40.Rc8 d3 41.Nd6 Qd7 42.Nf5 Qf7 43.Nh4 d2 44.Qf5+ Kg8 45.Ng6 Rxc5 46.Qe6 Rxc8 47.Ne7+ Kh7 48.Qxf7 Ne6 49.Nxc8 d1Q 50.Ne7 Qd8 51.Qxe6 a5 52.Qf7 a4 53.Nf5 Qg8 54.Qa7 a3 55.Qxa3 Qe8 56.Qh3 and Black resigned



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