THE 110 MOST FANTASTIC MOVES EVER PLAYED
Part 2: 100-91
100. 21.Ne5
Timman - Van Wijgerden, Rotterdam 1979
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.exd5 Re8+ 10.Be3 Bh6 11.O-O Bxe3 12.fxe3 Kg7 13.Qd2 Ng8 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Qc3+ f6 16.Rf2 Bf5 17.Neg5 Bc8 18.Raf1 h6 19.Bxg6 Kxg6 20.Qd3+ Kg7 21.Ne5 dxe5 22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Rxf6+ Nxf6 24.Qh8 mate
99. 12.Qxf6
Nezhmetdinov - Chernikov, Rostov 1962
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 Ng4 9.Qxg4 Nxd4 10.Qh4 Qa5 11.O-O Bf6 12.Qxf6 Ne2+ 13.Nxe2 exf6 14.Nc3 Re8 15.Nd5 Re6 16.Bd4 Kg7 17.Rad1 d6 18.Rd3 Bd7 19.Rf3 Bb5 20.Bc3 Qd8 21.Nxf6 Be2 22.Nxh7+ Kg8 23.Rh3 Re5 24.f4 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 Rc8 26.Bd4 b5 27.Ng5 Rc7 28.Bxf7+ Rxf7 29.Rh8+ Kxh8 30.Nxf7+ Kh7 31.Nxd8 Rxe4 32.Nc6 Rxf4+ 33.Ke2 and Black resigned
98. 9...Qe7
Rusakov - Verlinsky, Moscow 1947
1.e4 e5 2.c3 Nc6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 exd4 7.e5 dxc3 8.exf6 cxb2 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.fxe7 Bg7 and White resigned
97. 36.Rc5
Tal - Hjartarson, Reykjavik 1986
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Ne3 Nc6 16.d5 Nb4 17.Bb1 a5 18.a3 Na6 19.b4 g6 20.Bd2 axb4 21.axb4 Qb7 22.Bd3 Nc7 23.Nc2 Nh5 24.Be3 Ra8 25.Qd2 Rxa1 26.Nxa1 f5 27.Bh6 Ng7 28.Nb3 f4 29.Na5 Qb6 30.Rc1 Ra8 31.Qc2 Nce8 32.Qb3 Bf6 33.Nc6 Nh5 34.Qb2 Bg7 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Rc5 Qa6 37.Rxb5 Nc7 38.Rb8 Qxd3 39.Ncxe5 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Ra1 41.Ng4+ Kf7 42.Nh6+ Ke7 43.Ng8+ and Black resigned
96. 22...c3
Karpov - Kasparov, Linares 1993
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.Rd1 a6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.b3 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.Qxd6 Nfd7 14.f4 b4 15.Nb1 Ng4 16.Bd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Rxa2 18.h3 c5 19.Qg1 Ngf6 20.e5 Ne4 21.h4 c4 22.Nc1 c3 23.Nxa2 c2 24.Qd4 cxd1Q+ 25.Kxd1 Ndc5 26.Qxd8 Rxd8+ 27.Kc2 Nf2 and White resigned
95. 24...f6
Zaichik - Psakhis, Riga 1980
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nc6 12.Kh1 Rc8 13.Qe1 Nd7 14.Rd1 Nde5 15.Nd5 Bg5 16.Bg3 Kh8 17.c3 b5 18.h3 Rb8 19.Nb4 Nxb4 20.Bxe5 Nc2 21.Qg3 Ne3 22.Rxd6 Nxf1 23.Bxf1 Qe7 24.Nd4 f6 25.Rxe6 fxe5 26.Be2 Qd8 27.Qxe5 Bf4 28.Qd5 Qh4 29.Nf3 Qf2 30.Qd1 Rbd8 31.Nd4 Qg3 32.Qg1 Be3 33.Qd1 Rf2 34.Bf3 Bf4 35.h4 and White resigned
94. 22.Nc6
Vyzhmanavin - Sorokin, Toliatti 1985
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.O-O a6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 b5 11.e4 Nb4 12.e5 Ra7 13.a3 Nd5 14.Nd2 Rc7 15.Ne4 b4 16.axb4 Nxb4 17.Qe2 Bb7 18.Rad1 Nd7 19.f4 Qa8 20.f5 Nc5 21.Nf6+ gxf6 22.Nc6 Kh8 23.exf6 Bd8 24.Rf4 e5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rh4 Bxc6 27.Qh5 Rd1+ 28.Qxd1 Bxg2 29.Qh5 Qg8 30.Rg4 Qf8 31.Rg7 Qxg7 32.fxg7+ Kg8 33.Bxe5 Rd7 34.Kxg2 Rd2+ 35.Kg1 Nbd3 36.Bd4 Nxb3 37.Bc3 Rc2 38.Bf6 Rc1+ 39.Kg2 Rc6 40.Qg5 Rc2+ 41.Kg1 Nd2 42.Qe3 Nf3+ 43.Qxf3 Rc1+ 44.Qf1 a5 45.Qxc1 Nxc1 46.Kf2 a4 47.Ke3 a3 48.Bc3 a2 49.f6 Nb3 50.Kd3 Nc5+ 51.Kc2 Ne4 52.Ba1 h6 53.Kb3 Nd2+ 54.Kxa2 Nf1 55.h3 Nxg3 56.Kb3 Ne4 57.Kc4 Ng5 58.Bd4 Ne6 59.Be3 h5 60.Kd5 Kh7 61.Ke4 Nd8 62.Kf3 Nb7 63.Kf4 Nd6 64.Bd4 Kg8 65.Kg5 h4 66.Be5 Nc4 67.Bf4 Nb2 68.Kxh4 Nd3 69.Kg4 Nc5 70.Kf5 Kh7 71.h4 Ne6 72.h5 Nd4+ 73.Ke4 Ne6 74.Be3 Kg8 75.Kd5 Nc7+ 76.Kc6 Ne6 77.Kd7 Kh7 78.Ke7 Kg8 79.h6 Kh7 80.Bb6 Kg8 81.h7+ Kxh7 82.Kxf7 Ng5+ 83.Ke7 Kg8 84.Be3 Nf7 85.Bf4 Kh7 86.Kf8 and Black resigned
93. 23.Rxe4
Fischer - Schweber, Buenos Aires 1970
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Bd7 9.O-O Nge7 10.a4 Na5 11.Re1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc4 13.Bd3 h6 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 Nc6 16.Qg4 g6 17.Re3 O-O-O 18.Rg3 Kb8 19.Rf3 f5 20.exf6ep e5 21.Qg3 Nxd4 22.Re3 e4 23.Rxe4 Qxg3 24.Rxd4 Qg4 25.Rxg4 Bxg4 26.Bxg6 Rhg8 27.Bh7 Rh8 28.Bd3 Rde8 29.f7 Re7 30.f8Q+ Rxf8 31.Bb4 Rff7 32.Bxe7 Rxe7 33.f3 Bd7 34.a5 Kc7 35.Kf2 Rf7 36.Ke3 Kd6 37.g3 Kc5 38.f4 Bg4 39.Rb1 Re7+ 40.Kd2 b6 41.axb6 axb6 42.h3 Bd7 43.g4 d4 44.f5 Re3 45.f6 Rf3 46.Rf1 Rxf1 47.Bxf1 and Black resigned
92. 24.d5
Stoltz - H. Steiner, Saltsjöbaden 1952
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d4 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 Kh8 8.Qc2 Qe8 9.b3 Nc6 10.Ba3 exd4 11.exd4 f4 12.O-O-O Nh5 13.Be4 g6 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Bb2 f3 16.Nef4 Bg5 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qxg6 Ng7 19.h4 Bxf4+ 20.gxf4 Bf5 21.Qh6+ Bh7 22.Ne3 Rf6 23.Qg5 Rg6 24.d5 Rxg5 25.hxg5 Ne7 26.Ng4 Qc8 27.g6 Qxg4 28.Rxh7+ Kg8 29.Rxg7+ Kf8 30.Rf7+ Ke8 31.Re1 Qxg6 32.Rexe7+ Kd8 33.Bf6 Qxf6 34.Rxf6 and Black resigned
91: 11...Bg8
Porreca - Bronstein, Belgrade 1954
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nh3 Bh7 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.Nf4 Nbd7 10.O-O Qc7 11.Re1 Bg8 12.Nd3 e6 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Nf5 Qf8 16.Qf3 O-O-O 17.Ng3 Bh7 18.a4 Bxd3 19.Bxd3 Qd6 20.a5 a6 21.Ra3 g5 22.h5 Qf4 23.Qe2 Kc7 24.c3 Rhe8 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Qxe4 27.Bxe4 Nf6 28.Bf3 g4 29.Bd1 Rg8 30.Re5 Rd5 31.Ra4 Rg5 32.Bb3 Rdxe5 33.dxe5 Nd7 34.Bd1 Nxe5 35.Re4 Rxh5 36.Bxg4 Nxg4 37.Rxg4 Rxa5 38.Rg7 Rf5 39.g4 Rf6 40.Kg2 Kd6 41.Kg3 e5 42.Rg8 Kd5 and White resigned
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