Alexander Beliavsky:

Beating the Graandmaster in

20 moves
Crunching the database of my games I
discovered an astonishing fact.It is a
relatively big persentage of winning games
against grandmasters in just 20 moves.I am
introducing the collection of 25 winning
games against grandmasters.The longest
games has no more then 25 moves,the
majority of it even less.All games were
played in full time control tournaments ,so
the time trouble has nothing to do with a
poor performance. Moreover in many
instances my opponents did not overlooked a
one move punch. Rather it was a chain of
smaller mistakes or a wrong plan choice
Beliavsky : Gelfand, Linares 1992
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.de5 d4 5.Ne4
Qa5 6.Nd2 Nh6
Better is 6...Nd7 7.e6 fe6 8.g3 Qh5 9.Ngf3
e5 10.Bg2 Ngf6, with a comfortable position
for black.
7.Ngf3 Nf5 8.g3 Ne3
Spectacular rather then strong, because black
trade d4 pawn for f2 and waste a time.
8..Nd7 was better.
9.fe3 de3 10.a3
10.Bg2 ed2 11.Bd2 Bb4 12.00 Bd2 13.Qd2
Qd2 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Nf3 00 16.e6, also
better for white.
10...Bf5
10...ed2 11.Bd2.
11.Bg2 Bc5?
11...Nd7 12.Nd4 ed2 13.Bd2 Qe5 14.Bf4
Qf6 15.00 is better for white;
11...ed2 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.b4 Be7 14.c5 Qd8
15.00.
12.b4
12.Nh4 is also better for white: 12...Be6
13.b4 Bb4 14.ab4 Qa1 15.Ne4.
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12...Bb4 13.ab4 Qa1 14.00

14.Nb3?? Qc3 15.Kf1 Bc2+.
14...ed2 15.Qd2 00 16.Bb2 Qa6

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16...Qa4 17.Nd4 /\Ra1+.
17.Ng5 Bg6
Position is winning for white already.
17...Be6 18.Qd3 g6 19.Ne6 fe6 20.Rf8 Kf8
21.Qd8 Kf7 22.Qf6 Ke8 23.Qe6 Kd8
24.Qf6!+.
18.e6+ f6
18...Qc4 19.ef7 Bf7 20.Be4 c5 21.Rf7 Qf7
22.Bh7 Kh8 23.Nf7 Rf7 24.Bg6 Rd7 25.Qh6
Kg8 26.Qh7 Kf8 27.Qh8 Ke7 28.Qe8 Kd6
29.Qe5 Kc6 30.Qc5#; 18...Qb6 19.c5 Qc7
20.ef7 Bf7 21.Be4 Nd7 22.Bh7 Kh8 23.Nf7
Rf7 24.Rf7.
19.e7 Re8 20.Bh3! Qb6
20...fg5 21.Be6 Kh8 22.Rf8+.
21.c5 Qc7 22.Be6 Kh8 23.Rf6 Nd7
23...Qe7 24.Rg6 hg6 25.Qf4+ (25.Qf4 Qg5
26.Qg5 Re6 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Qg7#).
24.Rg6
24.Rg6 hg6 25.Qd4 Nf6 26.Qf6 Qe7 27.Qg6
with a mate in two. 1:0.
Smyslov : Beliavsky, Sochi 1986
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2
White believe black square bishops trade
gives him an edge. However black proved it
is take too much time and gives black a good
counterplay on the Q-side.
5...c5!? 6.dc5
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Better choice was 5. e3 or 5.d5.

6...Na6 7.Bh6
White continue with his plan dangerously
postponing development of his pieces.
7...Bh6 8.Qh6 Nc5 9.Nh3?!
9.f3!? Qa5 10.000 b5 11.cb5 a6 12.e4!
9...Qa5 10.000

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White probably overlooked black's next
move.Though black position already is very
comfortable:
10.Qd2? Nb3!+.
10...b5! 11.Ng5
11.cb5 d6 12.Ng5 Na4 13.Qg7 Nc3 14.Qh8
Kd7 15.Nh7 (15.bc3 Bb7 16.Qg7 Qc3
17.Kb1 Rc8 hopeless for white) 15...Na2
16.Kb1 Nh7 17.Qh7 Bb7 with a winning
attack.
11...Bb7
11...b4 12.Qg7 Rf8 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.Nh7 Ne6
15.Qg6+.
12.Qg7
12.cb5 Nce4 13.Nce4 Be4 14.Ne4 Ne4, with
a huge advantage for black.
12...Rf8 13.Nh7 Nh7 14.Qh7 b4 15.Nd5
15.Qg6 Kd8 16.Nd5 Qa2+.
15...Bd5 16.Rd5 d6
Now white king becoming an easy target for
3 black pieces while white bishop and rook
do not take any part in the game.
17.Kb1 b3 18.ab3 Rb8 19.Qg6 Kd7 20.Rf5
Qe1 21.Kc2 Nb3
White cannot protect the king against Qd2 or
Na1 threats with a mate in few moves. 0:1.
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Bronstein : Beliavsky, Kislovodsk 1982

1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.Bc4 d5 4.ed5 Qh4 5.Kf1
Bd6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.d4 00 8.Nf3 Qh6 9.Kf2
Bg4
Better was 9...Nd7 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Bd3
Nbd5 12.Kg1 Ne3, with an advantage for
black.
10.h3!? Bf3 11.Qf3 Qh4 12.Kg1 Nf5
13.Ne2
13.Nb5 Re8 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nd6 cd6 16.Qf4
Qf4 17.Bf4 Nd4 18.Bd6 Nc2 19.Rc1 Ne3
20.Kh2 Nf6 21.Bb5 Red8 22.Bc5 Ned5
23.Rhd1 b6 24.Bd4 Rac8 25.Rc8 Rc8
26.Be2 h6 27.Bf3 approaching to a draw.
13...Nd7 14.Bd3 Ng3 15.Nf4?

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After 14.Bd2 position is better for black,but
not lost for white. After the blunder 15.Nf4
white is loosing a material without
compensation.
15...Rae8 16.Bd2 g5
16...g5 17.Bb5 Bf4 18.Bf4 Qf4 19.Qf4 gf4
20.Bd7 Rd8 21.Ba4 Nh1 22.Kh1 Rd5 23.c3
Ra5 24.Bb3 Re8 25.Rf1 Rf5 26.Rf2 Kg7
27.Kh2 Re3, with a winning endgame. 0:1.
Beliavsky : Bacrot, Albert 1999
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5
h6 6.Bh4 dc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Nbd7
10.d5
Because of this move black much more
frequently plays 9 Bb7.
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10...b4 11.de6 bc3 12.ed7 Qd7

It was prepared novelty.
13.Qc2 g4?
Better was 13...cb2 14.Qb2 Bg7 15.Be5
Qb7!? 16.Qa3 Qa6 17.Qc1 Be6 18.00 00
19.h4 g4 20.Nd4 c5 21.Nf5 Bf5 22.ef5 Qc6
23.Bc4 Qe4, with an acceptable position for
black.
14.Rd1!
14.Ne5? Qd2! 15.Qd2 cd2 16.Kd2 Ne4, with
an advantage for black.
14...Qb7 15.Ne5 Qb2
15...cb2 16.00 Bg7 17.Bc4 00 18.Rb1
gives white an advantage: 18...Nh5 19.Rb2
Qc7 20.Nf7 Ng3 21.fg3.
16.Qa4 Qb5

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This move is loosing on the spot.Other
options also is not helpful:
16...Bd7 17.Qc4 Rh7 18.Nd7 Nd7 19.Qc6
Rd8 20.Bg4+;
16...Bb7 17.Nc6 Qa3 18.Qb5 Ba6 19.Qe5
Be7 20.Bh4 c2 21.Bf6 cd1Q 22.Bd1 Qd6
23.Qe7 Qe7 24.Ne7 Rh7 25.Nd5+;
16...Qb7 17.Bc4 Bb4 18.Bf7 Kf8 19.00
Kg7 20.Rb1 a5 21.a3 c5 22.Rbd1 Rf8
23.Bc4 h5 24.ab4 ab4 25.Qc2 Qe7 26.Qc1
Ne4 27.Rfe1+.
17.Rd8
Black is loosing the queen after 17..Kd8
18.Nc6. 1:0.

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Beliavsky : Bareev, Munich 1994

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.ed5 ed5 5.Bb5
Bd7 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.Bd7 Nd7 8.dc5 Qe2
9.Ne2 Bc5 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Bf4 Ngf6 12.f3
White idea is to put pressure on d5 pawn by
means 13.000 and 14.Nc3. Black move
00 seems natural, however it is not address
the threat. Better was 12..000 13.000
Rhe8 14.Nc3 Nc5 15.Nc5 Bc5 16.Bg5 Be3
17.Be3 Re3 18.Rd4 Kc7 19.Rhd1 Kc6.
White still has an advantage, but it is hardly
enough for a win.
12...00 13.000 Rac8
13...Nc5 14.Nc5 Bc5 15.Rd3.
14.Nc3 Rc4 15.Bg3 Rfc8
15...Be3 16.Kb1 Nb6 17.Na5+.
16.Kb1

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16...d4?!
16...Nf8 17.Rhe1 Ne6 18.Be5 d4 19.Nb5
Rc2 20.Nd6 R8c6 21.Nf5 R6c4 22.Nd2 Rd2
23.Rd2 Ba5 24.Ree2 Bd2 25.Rd2 Rc5
26.Bf6 Rf5 27.Bd4 Rd5 28.Bc3 Rd2 29.Bd2
Nd4 30.Be3 Nc6, with eventual draw.
17.Nb5+ Rc2 18.Nd6 R8c6 19.Nf5
Black cannot avoid big material loses.
19...Nd5
19...R6c4 20.Nd2+.
20.Nbd4 Rg2 21.Nc6 bc6 22.Rhe1 N7f6
23.Nh4
The endgame after 23..Rf2 24.Bf2 Bf2
25.Nf5 Be1 26.Re1 Kf8 27.Rc1 is hopeless
for black. 1:0.
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Beliavsky : Larsen, Tilburg 1981

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 de4 4.Ne4 Bf5 5.Ng3
Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3
Bd3 10.Qd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.000 Be7
13.Ne5 a5
13...Nd5 14.Bd2 Bg5 15.Ne4 Bd2 16.Qd2 0
0 17.g4.
14.Rhe1 a4

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Black ignores common sense rule for
openings, which is finish pieces
developement first and push side pawns
thereafter.
15.Ng6! Nd5
After 15...fg6 16.Qg6 Kf8 17.Re6 Qe8
18.Rde1 Qg6 19.hg6 Bb4 (19...Nd5 20.Re7
Ne7 21.Bd6 Re8 22.Nf5+ h5 23.Ne7 Nf6
24.Nd5 winning) 20.c3 Nd5 (20...Ba5
21.Bd6 Kg8 22.Nf5+ h5 23.Ne7 Kf8
24.Nc8 Kg8 25.Re8 Ne8 26.Re8 Nf8
27.Rf8#) 21.Bd2 (21.Nh5 Be7) 21...Ba5
22.c4 Bd2 23.Kd2 N5f6 24.Re7+ h5 25.Nf5
Rh6 26.Rg7 white is winning the rook and a
game. After 15...a3 white job is more
complicated, but the estimation of position
the same: black is in a big trouble. 16.b3!
was a move, which I considered the best
during the game,because it was hard enough
to estimate all consequences of 16.Nh8.
16.Nf5 Bf8
16...ef5 17.Ne7 Ne7 18.Bd6 Ne5 19.de5 00
20.e6 fe6 21.Re6 Nd5 22.Bf8, with a
winning position.
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17.Bd6 Rg8 18.c4 Nb4 19.Qh3!

19.Qg3 Qf6!
19...fg6 20.Re6 Kf7 21.hg6 Ke6 22.Re1+
Ne5

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23.Be5
After 23.. Nd3 24.Kb1 Ne5 25.Re5 Kd7
26.Ng7 Kc7 27.Ne6 black is loosing the
queen. 1:0.
Beliavsky : Caruana, Amsterdam 2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2
Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cd4 8.Nd4 Bc5 9.Nb3
Be7
9...Nc6 seems more natural.
10.Bf4 d6 11.Rd1 00
11...Nbd7 12.Bd6 Bd6 13.Rd6 Qe7 14.Rd1
Rc8 15.Be2 00 16.00 Ne5 17.Nd2 do not
solve black problems.
12.e5 Nh5 13.Be3 Bg5 14.Qc1
14.Rd6 Qe7 15.Qd2.
14...Be3 15.Qe3 Nc6?!
Better was 15...Qh4 16.Rd6 g6 17.Nd2 Ng7
18.Qg3 Qh6 19.Bd3 Nh5 20.Qe3 Qe3 21.fe3
Bg2 22.Rg1 Bb7 23.Ke2 Ng7 24.Be4 Be4
25.Nce4 Nf5 26.Rd3 Kg7 27.b4, white still
is better, though an advantage is not very
big.
16.Rd6 Qh4 17.Rd7
It is decide the game.
17...Rab8 18.g3 Qg4 19.h3
Better was 19.Be2 Qh3 20.Rb7 Rb7 21.Qe4
Rc7 22.Bg4 Nf6 23.ef6 Qh6 24.fg7 Rd8
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25.Be2, with a winning position.

19...Qf5

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19...Qg6 20.Bg2 Na5 21.Bb7 Rb7 22.Rb7
Nb7 23.g4 Qc2 24.Ne2 Qb1 25.Nec1 Ng3
26.fg3 Qb2 27.00, with a decisive
advantage for white.
20.Rb7! Rb7 21.Bg2 Rc7
21...Qe5 22.Qe5 Ne5 23.Bb7 Nc4 24.Ba6+.
22.Bc6+ f6 23.Be4 Qe5 24.f4 Qd6 25.Nb5
1:0.
Seirawan : Beliavsky, Bruxelles 1988
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cd5 cd5 5.Bf4
Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bb5 Nd7 9.00
Be7 10.Bc6 bc6 11.Rc1 Rc8
11...g5 12.Be5 f6 13.Bg3 h5 14.h4 g4
15.Nd2 00 16.e4 is favorable for white.
12.Na4?!
White is planning to exploite c5 square after
eventual 12...0-0.13.Ne5.
12...g5! 13.Bg3?!
13.Be5 00 14.Bg3 was preferable for white,
because it is much more difficult for black to
get an attack on white king. 14...h5 15.h3 g4
16.hg4 hg4 17.Nh2, with equal chances.
13...h5 14.h3 g4 15.hg4 hg4 16.Ne5
16.Nh2 Nf6! 17.Nc5 Bc5 18.dc5 Ne4
19.Ng4, with a winning attack. 19...Qg5.
16...Ne5 17.Be5?!
17.de5 was a better option because in this
case it is more difficult to bring black queen
on the king side.
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17...f6 18.Bg3 Kf7 19.Re1

19.f3 gf3 20.Qf3 Qg8 gives black a strong
attack. Still it was a better option.
19...Rh5
19...Qg8 20.Kf1! /\ Ke2.
20.Qd2
20.Kf1 Bb4 21.Nc3 Qb6 and black queen
goes on a6, with a winning attack.
20...Be4! 21.Kf1
21.Nc3 Qh8 22.Kf1 Bf3.

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21...Bf3
Now white king cannot avoid an execution.
0:1.
Eingorn : Beliavsky, Sochi 1986
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2
c5 6.dc5 Na6 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.e3 Nc5 9.Nd2
dc4 10.Bc4
It is gives black equal game. Instead 10.Nc4
Nd3 11. Bd3 Qg5 12.00 gives white better
chances.
10...00 11.Bh4 Bd7 12.a3
White just wasting the time, 12.0-0 was
enough to keep the level.
12...Na4 13.Na4 Ba4 14.b3 Bc6 15.00
Rac8 16.a4 a6
White did not played an obviouse mistake,
but series of small mistakes already made
damage.
17.Rfc1 Rfd8 18.Nf1 Qh5 19.Bg3 Ne4

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20.Bd3
One more small mistake and white position
became incurable.
20...Nc5 21.Bc4
21.Be2 Qd5 22.Bf3 Qb3 was better option
for white,though his position with a pawn
down is lost anyway.
21...Be4
After 21.. Qa2 22.Bf6 white is loosing an
exchange without compensation.
0:1.

18.Bf6??
18.Ba3 Ra3 19.Nf7! Rf7 20.Qe6 Nd5
21.Qe5 Qf4 22.Bc4 Ra5 23.Bd5 Qe5 24.Re5
Rd5 25.Rdd5 Bd5 26.Rd5 Rf2 27.Rg5, with
a good winning chances for white.
18...Qf6+ 19.Bh7 Kh8 20.Qh5 Qb2#
Very unpleasant surprise. 0:1.

Rublevsky : Beliavsky, Novosibirsk 1995

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.ed5 Qd5 5.dc5
Bc5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 00 8.Qe2 Nbd7!
9.b3
White starts a plan with a long castle. It is
seems promising for white. Black however
has now a tactical refutation leading to equal
endgame.
9...a5
9...Ne5 10.Qe5 Qe5 11.Ne5 Bd4 12.Rb1 Be5
13.Nc4 Bc3 14.Bd2 Bd2 15.Kd2 b6=.
10.Bb2 b6 11.000 Bb7 12.Rhe1 a4
13.Ne4 Qh5 14.Nfg5 Qh6 15.Kb1 ab3
16.ab3 Ba3?
It is a mistake. Both players missed
opportunity for white. Better was 16..Bb4
and after 17.Rh1 continue with Ba3. Instead
of getting winning endgame white
overlooked mate in one. Very rare blunder
for a top grandmaster.
17.Nf6 Nf6
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Beliavsky : Kuzmin G., Russia 1974

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2
b5 6.f3 Qc7 7.000 Nbd7 8.d5 a6 9.dc6
Qc6 10.Nge2 Bb7 11.Nd4 Qc7 12.g4
It is a critical moment of the game.Black has
a good compensation for a pawn after 12..b4.
12...Rc8
12...b4 13.Nb1 Rc8 14.g5 Nh5 15.Bh3 Bg7
16.Bd7 Qd7 17.Qb4 00.
13.g5 b4

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Black underestimated white response.
13...Nh5 14.Kb1 b4? 15.Nd5.
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14.Ncb5 ab5 15.gf6 Nf6 16.Bb5 Nd7 17.e5

Black resigned, because in the best
continuation 17..e6 18.ed bd6 19.Be2! Be7
20.nb5 Qd8 21. Nd6 Bd6 22.Qd6 Qc7
23.Qc7 Rc7 24.Rd4 white wins pawn b4.
1:0.
Beliavsky : Alburt, Yerevan 1975
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2
c6 6.ed6 ed6 7.00 Be7 8.h3 Bh5 9.c4 Nb6
10.Qb3 00 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.Nc3 Rd8
It is not the best move in a position which
already slightly better for white. Now white's
advantage became real.
13.Bf4 Na6 14.Rac1 Bg6 15.a4 Qf5 16.Be3
Rab8 17.Qa3 Bf8
Again not the best move in worse position.
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19.a5 Nd7?
It is a final mistake.Though anyway white
position is much better.
20.g4
Black queen is trapped: 20..Qf6 21.Bg5. 1:0.
Lutikov : Beliavsky, Riga 1975
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cd5 Nd5 5.g3
Bg7 6.Bg2 Nc3 7.bc3 c5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Ne2 0
0 10.00 Qa5 11.Bd2
Inaccurate move.Instead 11.a4 gives slightly
better chances for white.
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11...Rd8 12.Nc1 Qc7 13.Rb1 Be6 14.Qa4

Rac8 15.Nd3 Bf5 16.e4 Bd7 17.Bf4 e5
18.Ne5
After this move black is better. Instead
18.de5 Nb4 19.Qd1 Bb5 20.cb Bd3 21.Bh3
led to acceptable position for white.
However it is a difficult solution for a real
world game.
18...Ne5 19.Qb3 Be6 20.Qb2 Bc4

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21.Rfd1?
It is a real blunder. 21.de5 Bf1 22.e6 Be5
23.Be5 Qe5 24.ef7 Kf7 25.Bf1 c4 26.Qb7
Rc7 27.Bc4 Kg7 28.Qb3 Qe4 29.Bf1 gives
white chances for a draw. Still it is hard for
white to accept voluntarily such a position .
21...Qd7
White pinned on d file and black retain an
extra knight. 0:1.
Rublevsky : Beliavsky, Novosibirsk 1995
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.ed5 Qd5 5.dc5
Bc5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 00 8.Qe2 Nbd7!
9.b3
White starts a plan with a long castle. It is
seems promising for white. Black however
has now a tactical refutation leading to equal
endgame.
9...a5
9...Ne5 10.Qe5 Qe5 11.Ne5 Bd4 12.Rb1 Be5
13.Nc4 Bc3 14.Bd2 Bd2 15.Kd2 b6=.

10.Bb2 b6 11.000 Bb7 12.Rhe1 a4

13.Ne4 Qh5 14.Nfg5 Qh6 15.Kb1 ab3
16.ab3 Ba3?
It is a mistake. Both players missed
opportunity for white. Better was 16..Bb4
and after 17.Rh1 continue with Ba3. Instead
of getting winning endgame white
overlooked mate in one. Very rare blunder
for a top grandmaster.
17.Nf6 Nf6

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18.Bf6??
18.Ba3 Ra3 19.Nf7! Rf7 20.Qe6 Nd5
21.Qe5 Qf4 22.Bc4 Ra5 23.Bd5 Qe5 24.Re5
Rd5 25.Rdd5 Bd5 26.Rd5 Rf2 27.Rg5, with
a good winning chances for white.
18...Qf6+ 19.Bh7 Kh8 20.Qh5 Qb2#
Very unpleasant surprise. 0:1.
Beliavsky : Quinteros, Vienna 1986
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Bb7 5.Nc3
Nc6 6.Bf4 Rc8 7.Nc6
Black choose a risky opening. Now it was
better to keep d file closed by 7..Rc6.
7...dc6 8.Qf3 Qd4 9.Rd1 Qc5 10.e5
Because of the threat Qd3 and mate on d7
black have to play Rd8.
10...Rd8 11.Rd8 Kd8 12.Be2 Ke8 13.00
Black pieces undeveloped and king lost the
right to castle.His position already lost.
13...f5 14.e6 Nf6 15.Rd1 Nd5 16.Be5

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1:0.
Beliavsky : Uhlmann, Sarajevo 1982
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Nf3
c5 6.a3 Bc3 7.bc3 Bd7 8.dc5 Nbc6 9.Bd3
Ng6 10.Rb1 Nce5 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Rb7 00
It is a mistake. Instead after 12...Qc8
13.Rb3 Qc5 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Qd2 Nc4 16.Bc4
dc4 17.Rb4 position is about equal.
13.Bh7 Kh7 14.Qh5 Kg8 15.Qe5 f6 16.Qg3

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16...e5
Loosing on the spot. After 16...Rf7 17.Qd6
Ba4 18.Qd8 Rd8 19.Rb2 Rc7 20.Be3 e5
21.Ke2 Rdd7 22.Rd1 white retain an
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17.c6 1:0.

Beliavsky : Lukacs, Austria 1996

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dc4 5.e4
Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bc4 cd4 8.Nd4 Bc3 9.bc3
Qa5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bf6 gf6 12.Qb3 a6
13.Be2 Nc6 14.00 Qc7 15.Rad1 Rc8
16.Qa3!
16.Qb2 Nd4 17.cd4 Qc2=.
16...Na5 17.Rd3 Qc5 18.Qc1 Rg8
18...Ke7 19.Qh6 Qg5 20.Qh3 e5 21.Nf5 Bf5
22.ef5 Rhd8 23.c4 Rd3 24.Qd3 Nc6 25.Bf3
also gives white better chances.
19.Qh6 Ke7
19...Qg5 20.Qh3 e5 21.Nf5 Bf5 22.ef5 Ke7
23.c4 Nc6 24.Rb1 is better for white.
20.Rfd1 Rc7
20...Ba4 does not work, because of 21.Ne6
Ke6 (21...fe6? 22.Rd7 Bd7 23.Qh7 Kf8
24.Rd7 winning; 21...Qe5 22.Nf4 Bd1
23.Nd5 Kd7 24.Rd1 Rcd8 25.Nf6 Kc8
26.Ng8 Rg8 27.Qh7 winning) 22.e5 Qe5
23.Re1 Ke7 24.Re3 winning.
21.Qh7 Rgc8

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22.e5 fe5
22...Qe5 23.Re3 Qg5 24.Nf5 winning;
22...f5 23.Nf5 ef5 24.Qh4 Ke8 25.e6 Qe7
26.Qh8 Qf8 27.Qf6 Qe7 28.ef7 Qf7 29.Bh5
Qh5 30.Re3 and mate in 2.
23.Qh4 Ke8
23...Kf8 24.Ne6 fe6 (24...Be6 25.Rd8 Rd8
(25...Kg7 26.Qh8 Kg6 27.Bh5 Kg5 28.h4)
26.Rd8 Kg7 27.Qg5 Kh7 28.Rg8 mate in 3)
25.Qf6 Ke8 26.Bh5#.
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24.Ne6
Black resigned because taking the knight
spells mate in 3. 1:0.
Beliavsky : Ibragimov, Graz 1996
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e4 c5 5.Bc4 a6
6.00 cd4 7.Nd4 Ne7 8.Be3 Nbc6 9.Nb3
Ng6 10.Qd8 Nd8 11.Rd1
White is better, because it is not easy for
black to develop both Nd8 and Bc8.
11...Be7 12.Bf1 Bd7 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Rd2
Ne5 15.Rad1 g5 16.Na5

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16...Bc5?
A grave mistake.Bc6 was better,though
white has an upper hand anyway.
17.Bc5 Rc5 18.Nc4 Nc4
18...Ndc6 19.Nd6 Ke7 20.Nb7 winning on
the spot.
19.Rd7 Nc6 20.Na4 Ra5 21.b3 Ra4
21...N4e5 22.Rb7 00 23.Rb6 Ra8 24.Rd6
Rc8 25.h4 h6 26.hg5 hg5 27.Ba6 with a 2
pawn up.
22.ba4 N4a5 23.Bb5
Black is loosing more materia after 23..00
24.Bc6 bc6 25.Ra7.
23...00 24.Bc6 bc6 25.Ra7 1:0.
Beliavsky : Hickl, Pula 2000
1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5
6.Bd3 Bb7 7.e5 Nd7 8.Ng5!? Nf8
It is a bad move.
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The "normal" move also do not solve

problems: 8...e6 9.Nce4 (9.00 Ne7) 9...d5
10.Nf7 Kf7 11.Ng5 Ke7 12.Ne6 Ke6 13.f5
Kf7 14.fg6 hg6 15.00 Bf6 16.Qg4 Nf8
17.ef6, with a more then enough
compensation for white. Or 8...Bg2 9.Rg1
Bb7 10.e6 is unacceptable for black.
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11...ab5 12.Qb5 Qd7 (12...Nd7 13.Qb7 fe4
14.Ne6+ Qb8 15.Nc7 Kd8 16.Ne6 Ke8
17.Qa8 Qa8 18.Nc7 Kd8 19.Na8 Kc8 20.e6
Nf8 21.Nb6 Kb7 22.Nd5, with a winning
position) 13.Qb7 Rc8 14.Nf2 h6 15.Nf3 c5
16.Qb6 Rc6 17.Qa5 cd4 18.00 Ne6 19.Nd3
Rc2 20.Qb4 Rc8 21.Bd2 Nc5 22.Qd4 Nd3
23.Qd3 de5 24.Qd7 Kd7 25.fe5, with a big
white advantage.
12.Qc4 Kd7 13.Qf7+ cb5
13...Bh6 14.Nd6!+.
14.Qg7 Be4 15.Ne4 fe4 16.f5!? gf5 17.Qh8
Ne6 18.d5 Nc7 19.Qh7
19.Qh7 Nd5 20.Qf5 e6 21.Qe4+ is
completely winning for white. 1:0.
Beliavsky : Turov, Kobenhavn 2002
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 e4 5.Ng5
Qe7 6.d3 ed3 7.e4
It was a new move. 7.Qd3 was considered as
not very disturbing for black.
7...h6 8.Nf3 d5!
8...Ne4 9.Nd5 Qd8 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Be7
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12.00 00 13.b4 Ne6 14.Qd3 f5 15.Re1 a6

16.Bb2 Bg5 17.Rad1 d6 18.Ng5 Ng5 19.c5
Be6 20.Nf4 Bf7 21.h4 Ne5 22.Qg3 gives
white a winning attack.
9.cd5 Ne4 10.Be3 Nc3 11.bc3 Ne5 12.Bd3
Black had a choice between 3 continuations.
The best one was 12..Nd3. However, since
novelty on the move 7 he had to do a lot of
calculations. The main human disadvantage
compare to computers is that she/he is
getting tired along a hard work.
12...Ng4
12...Bg4 13.Bb5 c6 14.dc6 bc6 15.Ne5! Bd1
16.Bc6 Kd8 17.Rd1 Kc8 18.Rd5 Rb8 19.00
g5 20.Bd7 Kc7 21.Rfd1 Bg7 22.Nc6 Qa3
23.Nb8 Rb8 24.Bg4 Bc3 25.Rd7 Kc6 26.Ra7
Qb4 27.Bd7#; 12...Nd3 13.Qd3 Qd6 14.00
Be7 15.Rfe1 00 and white still is better.
13.00 Ne3 14.fe3 Bd7
14...Qe3 15.Kh1 Be7 16.Bb5 Kd8 17.Re1
Qf4 (17...Qc3 18.Ne5 Rf8 19.Qe2 Qc5 20.d6
cd6 21.Nc6+) 18.Ra2 a6 19.Rae2 ab5
20.Re7 Ra3 21.Ne5+.
15.e4 Qc5 16.Kh1 000 17.Qb3 Re8 18.a4
Thanks to open f file white chances is better.
18...a5
Trying to secure a blocade on black squares.
18...Bd6 19.Nd4 f6 20.Rfb1 Qb6 21.Qc2
Qa5 22.Bb5. After bishop trading white
advantage becomes bigger..
19.e5 g5 20.Bb5 Bb5 21.ab5

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21...g4 22.Nd4 Re5 23.Ra5 Kd7 (23...Rd5

24.Ra8 Kd7 25.Rf7 Be7 26.Re7 Ke7 27.Rh8
Rd4 28.Rh7 Kd6 29.Rh6 Ke5 30.Qe6+)
24.Nc6 Rd5 (24...Re4 25.d6 cd6 26.Ra7 Kc8
27.Qf7 Be7 28.Ra8+) 25.b6 Kc6 26.Qa4
Kd6 27.Rc5 winning.
22.Ra4 Kb7 23.Rc4 Qa3 24.Qc2
Black resigned, because after 24.Qc2 Bg7
25.d6 cd6 26.Qe4 Kb8 27.Qc6 his king is
helpless. 1:0.
Beliavsky : Tukmakov, Lvov 1978
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3
c5 6.dc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dc4 8.Bc4 00 9.Nf3
Nc6 10.00 Qc5 11.Nb5!? Qh5 12.Nc7 Rb8
13.h3 Ne4?
13...Bd7.
14.b4 a6
14..e5 was better.
15.Be2
Now pawn on a6 becomes a target.
15...Rd8 16.Qe1 Qf5 17.Na6 ba6 18.Rc6
Bb7 19.Rb6
White has a pawn up, but still hard work
ahead to convert it to something bigger. Next
black move speed up the job.
19...e5

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20.Ne5!+ Nd2
20...Be5 21.Bg4 winnig the queen.
21.Nc6 Bc6 22.Rb8 Rb8 23.Qd2
Now white has two pawns up and black has
not compensation whatsoever. 1:0.
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Beliavsky : Vogt, Baku 1980

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
d6 6.g4 a6 7.g5 Nfd7 8.f4 b5 9.f5!? ef5
Both 9..b4 and 9..Ne5 was better then
9...ef5.
10.Nf5 Ne5 11.Bf4 Nbc6 12.Nd5 Be6
13.Qe2 Rc8 14.000 Qa5 15.a3 Nc4
16.Kb1 N6e5 17.Qf2

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Black problem is that he cannot develop Bf8
and rook h8 never will take part in the game.
17...Bd5
17...g6 18.Nf6 Kd8 19.Bc4 Nc4 20.Nd6
winning.
18.Rd5 Qc7
18...g6 19.Bc4! Nc4 20.Nd6 Bd6 (20...Nd6
21.Qd4+) 21.Bd6 Nd6 22.Re5 Kf8 23.Qf6
Kg8 24.Qd6 with a desisive advantage for
white.
19.Bc4 Nc4 20.Rhd1 g6 21.Qd4 gf5
21...Rg8 22.Nd6 Nd6 23.Bd6 Qc2 24.Ka1
winning.
22.Qh8 Nb6 23.Bd6! Qc2 24.Ka1
Black resigned, because of 24.Ka1 Nd5
25.Qf8 Kd7 26.Qf7 Kd6 27.Rd5 Kc6 28.Qe6
Kb7 29.Rd7 Rc7 30.ef5. 1:0.
Beliavsky : Stean, Luzern 1982
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qb2 9.Nb3
Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5?
Much better is 10...Nc5.
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11.00 Nc5??
After 11...Qa3 12.e5 de5 13.fe5 Ng4
(13...Ne5 14.Rf6) 14.Rf7 Kf7 15.Qf4 Kg8
16.Qg4 Ne5 17.Qe4 Bc5 18.Kh1 Nd3 19.cd3
Ra7 20.Qc6 white is better.
12.Nc5 dc5 13.Bf6 gf6 14.Rab1 Qa3

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15.Nb5
Black resigned, because after 15..ab5 16.Bb5
Ke7 17.Rbd1 he cannot avoid mate in 9. 1:0.
Beliavsky : Hjartarson, Moscow 1990
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3
Bc3 6.bc3 c5 7.cd5 Nd5 8.dc5 Qa5 9.e4
Ne7 10.Be3 00 11.Qb3 e5?! 12.Bc4 Qc7
12...Na6 is preferable.
13.Ne2 Nec6 14.Bd5 Na5 15.Qb2 Na6
15...Be6 16.Be6 fe6 17.Qa2 Qc6 18.Rd1
with an idea Rd6 is better for white.
16.c4 Bd7
16...Nc5 17.Bc5 Qc5 18.Qe5 Be6 19.Qd4.
17.00 Nc5 18.f4
It is a critical position. Strong bishop on d5
gives white an edge. Black however may
rely on white pawn structure weakness in the
endgame.
18...Nab3?
18...Nd3 is a misconception because trading
"good" knight c5 for "bad" knight e2 do not
solve black problems. 19.Qc3 Nf4 (19...ef4
20.Bd4 ><g7) 20.Nf4 ef4 21.Bf4; 18...Be6
19.Qe5 Qe5 20.fe5 Nd3 gives black a hope
for a draw.
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19.Rab1 ef4 20.Nf4

With an idea Nh5.
20...Rae8 21.Rf3! Qe5
21...Kh8 22.Qc3 Ba4 23.Rb3!? Nb3
(23...Bb3 24.Bd4 f6 25.Ng6 hg6 26.Rh3#)
24.Qb4 Qd7 25.Ne6 a5 26.Nf8 ab4 27.Nd7
ba3 28.Nc5 a2 29.Nb3 Bb3 30.Bd4 winning.
22.Qe5 Re5

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23.Nd3
23.Nd3 Nd3 24.Rb3 Ne1 25.Rf1 Nc2
26.Ba7+. Knight on c2 goes to prisoner of
war status. 1:0.
Beliavsky : Ehlvest, Reykjavik 1988
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 e6 5.Nc3 ed5
6.Nd5 Ne7 7.Bc4 Nd5 8.Bd5 Be7 9.Nf3 00
10.00 Na6 11.Bf4
11.Be3 Nc7 12.Bc4 Be6 13.Qc2 Bc4
14.Rfd1 Qc8 15.Qc4 b6, with a slightly
better position for white.
11...Nc7 12.Re1 Nd5 13.ed5 Bd6 14.Bd6
Qd6 15.Ne5 b5
The idea is to prevent Nc4. It is does not
work because of 16.a4. Better was 16b6
with a good chances to equalize.
15...b6 16.Nc4 Qf6 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Ne5 Qd6
19.Nd7 Qd7 20.d6 Rad8 21.Rad1 Rfe8
22.Re7 Qe7 23.de7 Rd2 24.Rd2 f6 25.Rd7
Kf7 26.Ra7 Re7 27.Re7 Ke7 28.Kf1=.
16.a4 Bb7
Again it is a small inaccuracy. Better was
17ba4.
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17.ab5 Qd5 18.Qd5 Bd5 19.Nd7 Rfc8

After small inaccuracies came a big one.
Better was 19...Rfe8 20.Re8 Re8 21.Nc5 g6
22.Na4 Rb8 23.Nc3 Bc4 24.Ra5. Still black
is suffering.
20.b6 ab6
It is loosing a piece. After 20...Bc6 21.Ne5
a6 22.Rad1 Rab8 23.b7 Bb7 24.Nd7 Ra8
25.Nb6 white is winning an exchange.
21.Nb6 1:0.
Beliavsky : Velimirovic, Moscow 1982
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 ed5 5.cd5 d6
6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 00 9.00 Re8
10.Nd2 a6
On the move 21 it will be clear black had to
play 10..Nd7, because inclusion 10..a6 11.a4
happend to be to white favor.
11.a4 Nbd7 12.f4 c4 13.Kh1 Nc5 14.e5 de5
15.fe5 Re5 16.Nc4 Re8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4
Nce4 19.d6 g5
Much better was 19..Nc3 20.bc 21..Be6.
20.Be1 Be6 21.Ne4 Ne4

29.Bd8 Rd8 30.Bc4 with a big advantage for

white.
23.Bd8+ Be2 24.d7
It is makes difference.
24...Re6 25.Qe2
Black resigned because after 25..Ng3 26.hg3
Re2 27. Ba5 and white gaining a rook. 1:0.
I have introduced 25 short wins against
grandmasters. So what is the secret of so
quick wins? There is not secrets at all. Just
try to discover the best move in position
starting from the move number 1. You play
against human and humans ability to keep
fighting is limited. At some point her/he
became exhausted. And blunders is coming.
Well, it is doubleedged weapon. Sometimes
you are getting exhausted first. But today,
when I am turning my 60 I am going to show
the brighter side of the story. 1:0.

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Now we can see the subtle difference
between position of black pawn on a7 and
a6. Should black did not included pawn
move 10a6 the position was to black
advantage.
22.Ba5 Bc4
22...Qd7 23.Bc7 Qc6 24.Rc1 Qc5 25.Qe1
Qd4 26.Nb6 Rad8 27.Rd1 Qc5 28.b4 Qe5
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