Keres vs World & Almost Champions

Decisive Games
Keres vs World Champs Decisive Games Tal

King's Indian (E92)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Nf3 O-O 6 Be2 e5
Number of games in database: 3699
Years covered: 1923 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 38.3%
Black wins 25.1%
Draws 36.6%

Mikhail Tal vs Paul Keres

Tallinn, Est-Latvia team m (1954), rd 1, Jan-29
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Gligoric-Taimanov System (E92) 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. h3

Nd7 10. Nd2 f5 11. f3 fe4 12. Nde4 Nf5 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qe8 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Be4 Bf6 17.
Bf6 Rf6 18. Qd2 c5 19. dc6 bc6 20. g4 Ne7 21. O-O Ba6 22. b3 d5 23. Qg5 Qf7 24. Bd3 dc4 25.
Bc4 Bc4 26. bc4 Rf8 27. Qe5 Re6 28. Qh2 Re3 29. Ng3 Qc4 30. Ne4 Qd4 31. Rad1 Rd3 32. Nf2
Rff3 33. Rd3 Rd3 34. Qb8 Kg7 35. Qc7 Qe3 36. Qb7 Kh6 37. Qb1 Rd2 38. Qb3 Nd5 39. g5 Kh5
40. Qb7 Qg3 41. Kh1 Rf2 42. Qh7 Kg5 43. h4 Kf6

Queen's Pawn Game (E10)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3
Number of games in database: 2875
Years covered: 1920 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 33.0%
Black wins 30.4%
Draws 36.7%

Paul Keres vs Mikhail Tal

USSR Championship (1957), Moscow URS, rd 16, Feb-14
Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 0-1

The endgame looks dead drawn until Tal blazes down the board with his king. Very instructive idea in
endings with bishops of opposite color.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. a3 cd4 6. ed4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Rc1 Ne4
10. Bd3 Nc3 11. Rc3 dc4 12. Rc4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qd5 14. Qc2 f5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rd1 Rac8 17.
Be3 Na5 18. Rc8 Rc8 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Ne5 Ba4 21. Re1 Be5 22. de5 Rd8 23. b4 Bc6 24. f3 Qd3
25. Qd3 Rd3 26. ba5 Ra3 27. Ba7 Ra5 28. Bd4 Ra2 29. Rb1 Rd2 30. Bc3 Rc2 31. Bd4 Kf7 32. h4
Kg6 33. Rb4 h6 34. Rb2 Rb2 35. Bb2 Kh5 36. Ba3 Kh4 37. Bf8 Kg3 38. Bg7 h5 39. Bh6 Bf3 40.
gf3 Kf3 41. Kf1 b5 42. Bd2 h4 43. Bb4 h3 44. Kg1 Ke2

Caro-Kann, Classical (B19)

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Bf5 5 Ng3 Bg6 6 h4 h6
7 Nf3 Nd7
Number of games in database: 1386
Years covered: 1899 to 2016
Overall record:
White wins 30.2%
Black wins 20.1%
Draws 49.6%

Mikhail Tal vs Paul Keres

Moskva USSR tm ch (1959), rd 1, Aug-06
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation (B19) 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de4 4. Ne4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3 Bd3 9.
Qd3 Ngf6 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. c3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Nf5 Rfe8 15. Ng7 Kg7 16. Ne5
Rh8 17. Qh3 Rh7 18. c4 Nf8 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Bc3 Kg8 22. Re3 Ne8 23. Rg3 Ng7
24. Rdd3 f6 25. Ng6 Ng6 26. Rg6 Kf7 27. h5 Qa6 28. b3 Qa2 29. d5 cd5 30. cd5 Rd5 31. Rd5
ed5 32. Qd3 Qa6 33. Qd5 Qe6 34. Qf3 Rh8 35. Bd2 Rd8 36. Bh6 Qe1 37. Kh2 Qe5 38. Kg1 Nf5
39. Bf4 Qe1 40. Kh2 Rd1 41. Kh3 Rd4 42. Rg4 Qd1 43. h6 Rd3 44. h7 Rf3 45. gf3 Qf3 46. Bg3
Ng3

Sicilian, Kan (B42)

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 a6 5 Bd3
Number of games in database: 5297
Years covered: 1859 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 37.5%
Black wins 30.6%
Draws 31.9%

Paul Keres vs Mikhail Tal

"The Baltic Shelf" (game of the day Oct-21-2014)
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 17, Oct-06
Sicilian Defense: Kan. Modern Variation (B42) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nc6 dc6 7. O-O e5 8. Nd2 Qc7 9. a4
Nf6 10. Qf3 Bc5 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ne3 Re8 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Be6 Re6 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nh6 Kg7 17.
Rd1 Rd8 18. Rd8 Qd8 19. Bg5 Qd4 20. h4 Qb2 21. Rd1 Bd4 22. Rd3 Qc2 23. Rd4 ed4 24. e5
Kf8 25. ef6 Qc3 26. Qg4 Qe1 27. Kh2 Qf2 28. Qh3 Qe1 29. Qb3 b5 30. ab5 cb5 31. Qa3 b4 32.
Qb3 Qe5 33. Kh1 Qe1 34. Kh2 Qe5 35. Kh1 Qd6 36. Kg1 d3 37. Qd1 Qc5 38. Kh1 Qc2 39. Qf3
d2 40. Bd2 Qd2

Nimzo-Indian (E20)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4
Number of games in database: 2067
Years covered: 1883 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 33.2%
Black wins 32.3%
Draws 34.5%

Mikhail Tal vs Paul Keres

Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 10, Sep-22
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (E20) 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 de4 7. fe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Bg5 a5 10.

Nf3 Qe7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 h6 13. Bd2 c6 14. Na4 Bd4 15. Nd4 ed4 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Nb6
Bg4 18. Qc2 Nd3 19. Qd3 Ra6 20. O-O Rb6 21. Bd6 Qd6 22. e5 Qe7 23. Rae1 Nd7 24. e6 fe6
25. c5 Nc5 26. Qg6 Kd8 27. b4 ab4 28. Qg4 cd5 29. Qg3 Nd7 30. ab4 Rf8 31. Rf8 Qf8 32. b5 e5
33. Ra1 Kc7 34. Rc1 Kb8 35. Qb3 Nf6 36. Qc2 Qd8 37. Qa4 Ne4 38. Rf1 Nd6 39. Qa3 Rb5 40.
Ra1 Qb6

English (A16)
1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3
Number of games in database: 2847
Years covered: 1879 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 43.4%
Black wins 23.1%
Draws 33.5%

Paul Keres vs Mikhail Tal

Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 3, Sep-10
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Queen's Knight Variation (A16) 1-0

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cd5 Nd5 8. O-O Nc7 9. b3 Nc6
10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Na4 Bb2 12. Nb2 b6 13. Nc4 Bb7 14. e3 Nd5 15. a3 e6 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. g4 b5
18. Nce5 Ne5 19. fe5 Rbc8 20. a4 b4 21. Rf2 a5 22. h4 Qc7 23. Qb2 c4 24. bc4 Qc4 25. Nd4
Ba8 26. Bf1 Qc5 27. Nb3 Qc7 28. Ba6 Ne3 29. Rc1 Qe7 30. de3 Qh4 31. Kf1 Qh3 32. Ke2 Qg4
33. Kd2 Rfd8 34. Nd4 Qg3 35. Rf4 Rc1 36. Qc1 Qg2 37. Be2 Qd5 38. Qc7 Rd7 39. Qc4 Kg7 40.
Qd5 Bd5 41. Bb5 Rc7 42. e4 Ba8 43. Ke3 Rc3 44. Bd3 b3 45. Rf1 Rc5 46. Nb3 Re5 47. Rc1 Rh5
48. Rc7 Kf6 49. Nc5 Ke5 50. Nd7 Kd6 51. Ra7 e5 52. Ra8 Kd7 53. Ra5 Rh3 54. Kd2 Rh2 55. Kc3
h5 56. Ra7 Kc6 57. Rf7 g5 58. a5 g4 59. a6 Ra2 60. Bc4 Ra1 61. Rf1 Rf1 62. Bf1 h4 63. Be2 g3
64. Bf1

Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (D34)

1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 g3 Nf6
7 Bg2 Be7
Number of games in database: 2048
Years covered: 1909 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 41.7%
Black wins 17.5%
Draws 40.8%

Mikhail Tal vs Paul Keres

Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 24, Oct-21
Tarrasch Defense: Classical. Endgame Variation (D34) 0-1

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cd5 ed5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
Bg5 Be6 10. dc5 Bc5 11. Na4 Bb6 12. Nb6 ab6 13. Nd4 h6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. a3 Bh3 16. Qd3
Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Bg2 18. Kg2 Re4 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Bd2 d4 21. e3 Qd5 22. ed4 Rd4 23. Re8 Ne8
24. Qe2 Nd6 25. Be3 Rd3 26. Kg1 Nc4 27. Ne1 Rb3 28. Rc1 Ne3 29. fe3 Qe5 30. Ng2 Rb2 31.
Qd3 Qe6 32. Nf4 Rb3 33. Rc3 Rc3 34. Qc3 Qe4 35. Qb3 b5 36. Qb5 Qe3 37. Kf1 Qf3 38. Kg1
Qe3 39. Kf1 g5 40. Ne2 Ne5 41. Qb7 Nd3 42. Qc8 Kg7 43. Qf5 Qd2 44. Nd4 Qe1 45. Kg2 Qe3
46. Qd5 Qf2 47. Kh3 Qf1 48. Kg4 Nf2 49. Kf5 Qd3 50. Ke5 Ng4 51. Kd6 Qa3 52. Kc7 Qe7 53.
Kc8 Ne3 54. Qb5 Qe4 55. Qb2 Kg6 56. Qb6 f6 57. Ne6 Nc4 58. Qa6 Ne5 59. Nc7 Qc2 60. Qd6
Qh2 61. Nd5 Qf2 62. Kb7 Qg3 63. Qf6 Kh5 64. Qe6 Ng4 65. Ne7 Qf3 66. Kc8 Kh4 67. Nf5 Kh3
68. Kd8 h5 69. Qg6 Ne5 70. Qe6 Ng4 71. Qg6 Ne5 72. Qe6 Qd3 73. Nd4 Ng4 74. Qd5 Nf2 75.
Kc8 h4 76. Qe5 Qe4 77. Qf6 Qf4 78. Nf5 Ne4 79. Qg6 Qg4

Ruy Lopez, Closed (C96)

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
Number of games in database: 1267
Years covered: 1902 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 36.1%
Black wins 22.1%
Draws 41.8%
 Mikhail Tal vs Paul Keres
Curacao Candidates (1962), Willemstad CUW, rd 16, Jun-02
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Keres Defense (C96) 0-1

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 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cd4 13. cd4 Nc6 14. a3 ed4 15. Nb3 Nde5 16. Nfd4
Bf6 17. Bd2 Nd4 18. Nd4 Nd3 19. Nc6 Nf2 20. Qf3 Nh3 21. Kh2 Be5 22. Ne5 de5 23. Red1 Nf4
24. g3 Ne6 25. Bc3 Qg5 26. Rd6 Qh6 27. Kg1 Nd4 28. Rh6 Nf3 29. Kf2 gh6 30. Kf3 Re8 31. Rh1
Kg7 32. Bb3 Bb7 33. Bd2 f5 34. Rh6 Rad8 35. Rb6 Be4 36. Ke2 Bf3 37. Ke1 f4 38. Bc3 fg3 39.
Ra6 Rd4 40. Ra7 Kh6 41. Rf7

Mikhail Tal vs Paul Keres

Curacao Candidates (1962), Willemstad CUW, rd 2, May-03
Spanish Game: Closed. Borisenko Variation (C96) 0-1

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nbd2 cd4 13. cd4 Nd7 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 ed4
17. Nd4 Nd4 18. Bd4 Bf6 19. Ne2 Bb7 20. Qd3 Nc5 21. Qb5 Be4 22. Be4 Ne4 23. Rad1 d5 24.
Nf4 Bd4 25. Rd4 Qf6 26. Qd5 Rad8 27. Ree4 Rd5 28. Nd5 Qg5 29. f4 Qh6 30. Ra4 Qd6 31. Ra5
h6 32. b4 Kh7 33. Rc5 Qa6 34. Nc3 Rd8 35. f5 Rd2 36. Re8 Qd3 37. Re4 Rc2 38. a4 Rc1 39.
Kh2 Qd6 40. Ree5 Rc3

Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack (C81)

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Nxe4 6 d4 b5
7 Bb3 d5 8 dxe5 Be6 9 Qe2
Number of games in database: 325
Years covered: 1903 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 36.3%
Black wins 21.8%
Draws 41.8%

Mikhail Tal vs Paul Keres

Moscow (1967), Moscow URS, rd 6, May-29
Spanish Game: Open Variations. Howell Attack (C81) 0-1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Ne4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. de5 Be6 9.
Qe2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Rd1 f5 13. Nbd2 Kh8 14. Nb3 Bf7 15. Nbd4 Bh5 16. Nf5
Qf5 17. Rd5 Bg6 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Rd8 Rd8 20. Nd4 Nd4 21. cd4 c5 22. d5 Qe5 23. f3 Bg5 24.
f4 Qd5 25. Be4 Be4 26. fg5 Qd1 27. Kf2 Qc2 28. Qe2 Rf8 29. Ke1 Qa4 30. b3 Qd4

Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O (C72)

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 d6 5 O-O
 Number of games in database: 746
Years covered: 1863 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 42.4%
Black wins 21.7%
Draws 35.9%

Mikhail Tal vs Paul Keres

Tallinn (1973), Tallinn EST, rd 12, Mar-08
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C72) 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Re1 Be7 9.
Nbd2 h6 10. Nf1 Bg5 11. Be3 Be3 12. Ne3 O-O 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. g3 Qf6 16. Nd5
Qf3 17. Bd1 Nh4 18. gh4 Qh3 19. Nf6 Kh8 20. Ne8 Re8 21. h5 Bg4 22. Qe3 Qh5 23. Kh1 Bd1
24. Rad1 Qh4 25. Qf3 Kg8 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Qg3 Qe7 28. f4 ef4 29. Qf4 Re8 30. Rg1 Kh7 31.
Rg4 Nd8 32. e5 d5 33. Rh3 Qf8 34. Rf3 Kh8 35. Qf5 Qe7 36. b4 Rf8 37. Qh5 Ne6 38. Rf6 Kh7
39. Qf5 Kh8 40. Rh4 Kg8 41. Qg4 Ng5 42. Rhh6 Ne4 43. Qh5 gh6 44. Rh6

Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense (C75)

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 d6 5 c3 Bd7
Number of games in database: 521
Years covered: 1895 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 39.2%
Black wins 23.0%
Draws 37.8%

Mikhail Tal vs Paul Keres

USSR Championship (1973), Moscow URS, rd 4, Oct-06
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C75) 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nh4 Na5 9.

Bc2 c5 10. dc5 dc5 11. Qf3 Ng6 12. Nf5 Qf6 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. O-O g6 15. Ne7 Be7 16. Qe3 Rd8
17. b3 Qg5 18. Qe2 Bb5 19. c4 Bd7 20. Nb1 Qh5 21. Qh5 gh5 22. Nc3 Nc6 23. Nd5 Nd4 24.
Bd1 h4 25. f4 Bd6 26. Bh5 Be6 27. fe5 Be5 28. Bf4 Bg7 29. Nc7 Kd7 30. Rad1 Rhg8 31. h3 Kc6
32. Nd5 Rgf8 33. Be3 Rd7 34. Bf2 f5 35. Bh4 fe4 36. Rf8 Bf8 37. Be8 b5 38. Re1 Kb7 39. Bd7
Bd7 40. Re4 Nf5 41. Bf2 Kc6 42. Nf6

Keres vs World Champs Decisive Games Petrosian

 King's Indian Defense (E60)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6
Number of games in database: 3895
Years covered: 1922 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 36.8%
Black wins 25.2%
Draws 38.0%

Paul Keres vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian

USSR Championship (1949), Moscow URS, rd 5, Oct-23
King's Indian Defense: Normal. King's Knight Variation (E60) 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bf4 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c6 8. g3 Nd7 9. Bg2
Nhf6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Kh7 12. g4 e5 13. Qb3 ed4 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Bf4 h5 17.
g5 Nfd7 18. Ne4 Nb6 19. Qg3 Nec4 20. b3 Ne5 21. Nd6 Qd6 22. Nf5 Qa3 23. Ng7 Ned7 24. Bd6
Qa5 25. Bf8 Nf8 26. Ne8 Be6 27. Nf6 Kh8 28. Qf4 Nh7 29. Qd4 Nf6 30. Qf6 Kh7 31. e4 Qa2 32.
f4 Bb3 33. Rd6 Rg8 34. f5 Rg7 35. Rd8 Qa5 36. Qd6 f6 37. Qf8 gf5 38. Qh8 Kg6 39. Qh6

French, Tarrasch (C03)

1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2
Number of games in database: 2576
Years covered: 1890 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 37.5%
Black wins 27.6%
Draws 34.9%

Paul Keres vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian

USSR Championship (1950), Moscow URS, rd 16, Dec-09
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Guimard Defense (C03) 0-1

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 f5 5. ef5 ef5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Ne2 Nge7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2
Qe8 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Na5 12. Bf4 b5 13. Rde1 b4 14. Bd6 cd6 15. cb4 Nac6 16. a3 a5
17. b5 Nb4 18. ab4 Rc8 19. Nc3 ab4 20. Kd2 Qf7 21. Qb3 bc3 22. bc3 Rb8 23. Re3 h6 24. Rhe1
Nc8 25. c4 Nb6 26. cd5 Rfc8 27. Re7 Qf6 28. h4 Ra8 29. R7e2 f4 30. Ne5 de5 31. de5 Qe7 32.
Re4 Ra3 33. Qb2 Bf5 34. Qd4 Ra2 35. Kd1 Qa3

Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (E53)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 O-O 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5
Number of games in database: 761
Years covered: 1873 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 29.8%
 Black wins 24.8%
Draws 45.3%

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Paul Keres

Budapest (1952), Budapest HUN, rd 2, Mar-04
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal. Gligoric System Keres Variation (E53) 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. dc5 bc5 9. Ne2
Nbd7 10. b3 e5 11. Bb1 e4 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. Ne4 de4 15. a3 Bd2 16. b4 cb4 17.
Qd2 Bc4 18. ab4 Qg5 19. Ra5 Qh4 20. h3 Rfb8 21. Ng3 Rb5 22. Rb5 Bb5 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. Bd3
ed3 25. Bd4 Ne4 26. Qd3 Ng3 27. fg3 Qg3 28. Qe4 Rd8 29. Qe7 Qb8 30. Ba7 Qa7 31. Qd8 Nf8
32. Qe8 Qa3 33. Rc7 Qb3 34. Qe7 Qd5 35. Kh2 h6 36. Rc8

King's Indian (E61)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3
Number of games in database: 1635
Years covered: 1850 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 41.6%
Black wins 29.6%
Draws 28.8%

Paul Keres vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian

"Catch a Tigran by the Tail" (game of the day Oct-06-2006)
Zurich Candidates (1953), Zurich SUI, rd 16, Sep-27
Indian Game: West Indian Defense (E61) 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bf4 Nbd7 6. h3 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O

Bb7 10. d5 a6 11. a4 Ne8 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Nh2 e6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17.
Rd2 ed5 18. Nd5 Bd5 19. Rd5 Nf6 20. Rdd1 Nc6 21. Bf3 Rfe8 22. Ng4 Ng4 23. hg4 Nb4 24. Rd2
Qe7 25. Rfd1 Be5 26. g5 a5 27. g3 Qe6 28. Kg2 Qe7 29. Rh1 Qe6 30. Rh4 Rf8 31. Qd1 Bf4 32.
ef4 f6 33. Re2 Qf7 34. gf6 Qf6 35. Qe1 Rd7 36. Re6 Qb2 37. Re7 Re7 38. Qe7 Qg7 39. Qd6 Qf6
40. Qd7 Qf7 41. Qd6 Qf6 42. Qc7 Rf7 43. Qc8 Rf8 44. Qd7 Qf7 45. Qd2 Qe6 46. Rh1 Qc4 47.
Qd6 Qd4 48. Qe6 Kh8 49. Qg6 Qg7 50. Qe4 Na2 51. Qc4 Nb4 52. Be4 Rf4 53. Qe6 Re4 54. Qe4
Qd7 55. Qe5 Kg8 56. Rh5

Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation (B39)

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 g6 5 c4 Bg7 6 Be3 Nf6
7 Nc3 Ng4
Number of games in database: 707
Years covered: 1920 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 46.0%
 Black wins 19.9%
Draws 34.1%

Paul Keres vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian

"Crouching Tigran, Hidden Dragon" (game of the day Feb-01-2005)
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 4, Sep-11
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon. Maroczy Bind Breyer Variation (B39) 0-1

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qg4 Nd4 9.
Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Bc6 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. f3 a5 16. b3 Qb6
17. Nb5 Rfc8 18. Bf1 Qd8 19. Qf2 Qe8 20. Nc3 b6 21. Rc2 Qf8 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Nd5 Rab8 24.
Bg5 Re8 25. Re1 Rb7 26. Qf2 Bc6 27. Qh4 f6 28. Be3 e6 29. Nc3 Rd7 30. Bd4 f5 31. ef5 gf5 32.
Rd2 Bd4 33. Rd4 Rg7 34. Kh1 Rg6 35. Rd2 Rd8 36. Red1 Rd7 37. Qf2 Qd8 38. Qe3 e5 39. f4 e4
40. Ne2 Rdg7 41. Nd4 Bd7 42. a3 Qa8 43. Kg1 h5 44. Rb1 h4 45. Rbb2 Rg4 46. Rf2 Qd8 47. b4
Rg3 48. hg3 hg3 49. Rfd2 Qh4 50. Be2 Rh7 51. Kf1 Qf4

Queen's Indian (E12)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6
Number of games in database: 6183
Years covered: 1887 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 33.6%
Black wins 24.6%
Draws 41.8%

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Paul Keres

Zurich (1961), rd 2, May-28
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Marco Defense (E12) 0-1

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 Be7 6. d5 d6 7. e4 c6 8. de6 fe6 9. Ng5 Bc8

10. f4 O-O 11. Bd3 e5 12. f5 c5 13. g4 Nc6 14. Nh3 Ne8 15. Nd5 Nd4 16. O-O Nc7 17. Ne7 Qe7
18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Qe1 Ba6 20. Qh4 Qa4 21. Be7 Qb3 22. Rad1 Qd1 23. Rd1 Nf3 24. Kg2 Nh4 25.
Bh4 Rf7 26. Be2 Rd7 27. Bg3 Re8 28. g5 b5 29. Bh5 Red8 30. f6 Bb7 31. Kf3 Ne6 32. cb5 Nd4
33. Ke3 Rf8 34. Bh4 Rc7 35. a4 g6 36. Bg4 Bc8 37. Nf2 Kf7 38. Bc8 Rfc8 39. Ng4 c4 40. Be1
Nc2 41. Kf2 Ne1 42. Ke1 c3 43. bc3 Ke6 44. b6 ab6 45. Rb1 Rc4 46. Ne3 Re4 47. Kd2 h6 48.
Rb6 hg5 49. c4 Rh8 50. Ke2 Rh3

Keres vs World Champs Decisive Games Spassky

Queen's Indian (E14)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4 e3
Number of games in database: 1243
Years covered: 1878 to 2017
Overall record:
 White wins 32.6%
Black wins 25.3%
Draws 42.2%

Paul Keres vs Boris Spassky

"Keres on My Wayward Son" (game of the day Nov-08-2015)
Gothenburg Interzonal (1955), Gothenburg SWE, rd 4, Aug-19
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System (E14) 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3
c5 10. Qe2 dc4 11. bc4 Qc7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. d5 a6 14. de6 fe6 15. Ng5 Qc6 16. f4 h6 17.
Nf3 Qc7 18. Nh4 Bd6 19. Bb1 Rfe8 20. Qf2 Nf8 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qh3 Nf6 23. Ng6 e5 24. Nd5
Bd5 25. fe5 Be5 26. Ne5 Be6 27. Qg3 Rd1 28. Rd1 b5 29. Rf1 N6d7 30. Qg7

Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line (E31)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Bg5 h6 5 Bh4 c5 6 d5 d6
Number of games in database: 163
Years covered: 1952 to 2016
Overall record:
White wins 35.0%
Black wins 27.6%
Draws 37.4%

Boris Spassky vs Paul Keres

USSR Championship (1957), Moscow URS, rd 2, Jan-22
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation. Benoni Defense (E31) 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 e5 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Ne2

Nf8 10. a3 Bc3 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. f4 ef4 15. ef4 f5 16. O-O Ng3 17.
hg3 O-O 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Re2 Kh8 20. Rfe1 Ng8 21. Nd1 Qf6 22. Qc3 a6 23. Qf6 Nf6 24. Ne3
Ng8 25. b4 Rac8 26. Rb1 b5 27. cb5 ab5 28. bc5 Rc5 29. Reb2 Re8 30. Bf5 Re3 31. Bd7 Rg3
32. Rb5 Rc2 33. Bh3 Ra3 34. Rb8 Rh3 35. gh3 Rd2 36. Rd8 Kh7 37. Rd6 Ne7 38. Rd7 Nf5 39.
Rb6 Ne3 40. Rbb7 Nf5 41. Rb6 Ne3 42. d6 Nf5 43. Kf1 Nd4 44. Ra7 Ne6 45. f5 Nc5 46. f6

King's Indian (E77)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 f4 O-O 6 Be2
Number of games in database: 1110
Years covered: 1854 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 40.4%
Black wins 30.3%
Draws 29.4%
 Paul Keres vs Boris Spassky
Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal (1965), Riga LAT, rd 10, Apr-23
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack. Normal Attack (E77) 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 ed5 9. cd5

b5 10. e5 de5 11. fe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. e6 fe6 14. de6 Rf4 15. Qd5 Kh8 16. Qa8 Nb6 17.
Qa7 Be6 18. O-O Ne3 19. Rf2 b4 20. Nb5 Rf7 21. Qa5 Qb8 22. Re1 Bd5 23. Bf1 Nf1 24. Rff1
Nc4 25. Qa6 Rf6 26. Qa4 Nb2 27. Qc2 Qb5 28. Re7 Nd3 29. Qe2 c4 30. Re8 Rf8 31. Rf8 Bf8 32.
Ng5 Bc5 33. Kh1 Qd7 34. Qd2 Qe7 35. Nf3 Qe3

Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (E43)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 b6
Number of games in database: 685
Years covered: 1914 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 36.2%
Black wins 32.0%
Draws 31.8%

Paul Keres vs Boris Spassky

Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal (1965), Riga LAT, rd 8, Apr-18
Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation (E43) 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O Bc3 8. bc3 Nc3 9. Qc2
Bf3 10. gf3 Qg5 11. Kh1 Qh5 12. Rg1 Qf3 13. Rg2 f5 14. Ba3 Ne4 15. Rf1 Rg8 16. Be2 Qh3 17.
f3 Nf6 18. d5 Kf7 19. e4 c5 20. Bb2 f4 21. e5 Nh5 22. Kg1 g6 23. Rg4 Rd8 24. Bd3 Rg8 25. Rf2

Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin (C97)

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
Number of games in database: 1078
Years covered: 1905 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 39.8%
Black wins 21.3%
Draws 38.9%

Boris Spassky vs Paul Keres

Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal (1965), Riga LAT, rd 5, Apr-14
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Chigorin Defense (C97) 1-0

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 cd4 14. cd4 Rac8 15. Ne3 Rfe8 16. b3
ed4 17. Nd4 Bf8 18. Bb2 Qd8 19. Ndf5 Bf5 20. Nf5 g6 21. Ne3 Bg7 22. Qd2 Nb7 23. b4 Qe7 24.
f3 Qf8 25. Bb3 Nd8 26. Rad1 Rc6 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Kh2 Qd7 29. Nd5 Nd5 30. Bd5 Rc1 31. Rc1
Qe7 32. Bg7 Kg7 33. Qc3 Kg8 34. f4 Ne6 35. g3 Ng7 36. Qc7 Qf6 37. Rc2 Rf8 38. Qb6 g5 39.
fg5 Qg5 40. Qa6 Qe5 41. Qb5 Ne6 42. Qf1 Kg7 43. Qf5 Qf5 44. ef5

Keres vs World Champs Decisive Games Alekhine

Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred (C79)
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O d6

Number of games in database: 552

Years covered: 1873 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 39.1%
Black wins 27.2%
Draws 33.7%

Alexander Alekhine vs Paul Keres

Warszawa ol (1935), Warsaw POL, rd 2, Aug-17
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Steinitz Deferred (C79) 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 Be7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bc2 h6
10. c4 Qc8 11. Ne1 g5 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Ne2 Nf4 14. Ng3 c6 15. Nf5 cd5 16. Bf4 gf4 17. cd5 Bf5
18. ef5 Nd7 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Ba4 Rc8 21. Nf3 b5 22. Bb3 Nc5 23. Bc2 a5 24. Qe2 Kf8 25. Bd3
Qd7 26. Nd2 Rg8 27. Bb1 Qb7 28. Qf3 Re8 29. Rc5 dc5 30. d6 Qf3 31. de7 Re7 32. Nf3 e4 33.
Nd2 e3 34. fe3 fe3 35. Ne4 Rd7 36. Re1 e2 37. Bc2

Nimzo-Indian, Classical (E33)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 Nc6

Number of games in database: 697

Years covered: 1931 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 38.7%
Black wins 27.0%
Draws 34.3%

Paul Keres vs Alexander Alekhine

Dresden (1936), Dresden GER, rd 6, Jun-11
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Zurich Variation (E33) 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bc3 8. Qc3 d6 9. Be2 O-O
10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Nd2 Nd2 13. Bd2 f4 14. ef4 ef4 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. f3 Bd3 17. Qd3
Ng6 18. Bc3 Qg5 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Re8 Re8 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Be5 Re5 23. Re4 Qg6 24. Qd4
Re4 25. fe4 b6 26. b3 Qh5 27. Qd3 Kf7 28. g3 fg3 29. hg3 Ke7 30. Kg2 Qe5 31. Qf3 h5 32. Kh3
g6 33. Qf4 Qf6 34. Qh6 Kf7 35. Kg2 Qb2 36. Kh3 Qa1 37. Qf4 Kg7 38. Qf3 Qf6 39. Qe2 Kh6 40.
Kg2 g5 41. b4 Qe5 42. Qf3 Kg6 43. g4 hg4 44. Qg4 Qb2 45. Kf3 Qa3 46. Ke2 Qa2 47. Kd3 Qb3
48. Kd4 Qb2 49. Kd3 Qf6 50. b5 Qf4 51. Qe6 Kh5 52. Qh3 Qh4 53. Qf3 Qg4 54. Qf7 Kh4 55.
Qc7 Qf3 56. Kd4 Qf6 57. Kd3 g4 58. Qh7 Kg5 59. Qg8 Kf4 60. Qe6 Kg5 61. e5 Qe5 62. Qe5 de5
63. Ke4 Kf6 64. Ke3 Kf5 65. Kf2 e4 66. Ke2 g3 67. Ke3 Kg4 68. d6 g2 69. Kf2 Kh3 70. d7 e3 71.
Kf3 g1Q 72. d8Q Qf2 73. Ke4 e2 74. Qd7 Kg2 75. Qg4 Kf1

Ruy Lopez (C71)

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 d6
Number of games in database: 430
Years covered: 1864 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 35.3%
Black wins 32.1%
Draws 32.6%

Paul Keres vs Alexander Alekhine

"Keresene" (game of the day Sep-10-2013)
Margate (1937), Margate ENG, rd 7, Apr-07
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C71) 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. de5 de5
10. Bc5 Nh5 11. Nd5 Nf4 12. Nf4 ef4 13. e5 g5 14. Qd5 Bf8 15. Bf8 Rf8 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. Bc6
Bc6 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. Ng5 O-O-O 20. Nf3 f6 21. ef6 Rf6 22. Rhe1 Qb4 23. Qd7

King's Gambit Accepted (C34)

1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3
Number of games in database: 1236
Years covered: 1620 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 47.4%
Black wins 37.5%
Draws 15.1%

Paul Keres vs Alexander Alekhine

Salzburg (1942), Salzburg AUT, rd 10, Jun-18
King's Gambit: Accepted. Schallop Defense (C34) 0-1

1. e4 e5 2. f4 ef4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Qe2 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. g4 fg3 8. Nc3 d5 9. Bd2 Nc6
10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Be3 f6 12. h3 Be6 13. Ng5 fg5 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qe2 g4 16. hg4 Bg5 17. Kb1
Be3 18. Qe3 Bg4 19. Qh6 Rf7 20. Bg2 Ne7 21. Rdf1 Rg7 22. Qf4 Be6 23. Ne2 Nf5 24. Bh3 Qd7
25. Rfg1 Rf8 26. Qd2 Nd4 27. Qd4 Bh3 28. Rg3 Bf5 29. Qa7 b6 30. Qa3 c5 31. Qb3 Be4 32.
Rd1 Qf5 33. Nc3 c4 34. Qa4 Qe5 35. Re3 Bc2 36. Qc2 Qe3 37. Nd5 Qc5 38. Qc3 h5 39. a3 Rf5
40. Nf6 Rf6 41. Qf6 Qf5 42. Qf5 gf5 43. Kc2 Kh7 44. Kc3 Rg4 45. Rd7 Kg6 46. Rd6 Kg5 47. Rb6
h4 48. Rb8 h3 49. Rg8 Kf4 50. Rh8 Kg3 51. Rh5 h2

Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack (C86)

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Be7 6 Qe2

Number of games in database: 818

Years covered: 1873 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 41.3%
Black wins 27.6%
Draws 31.1%

Alexander Alekhine vs Paul Keres

Salzburg (1942), Salzburg AUT, rd 5, Jun-13
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Worrall Attack Delayed castling line (C86) 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Rd1 Na5
10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. de5 de5 14. Nbd2 Rfd8 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. h3 Be6 17. Ne3
f6 18. Nh2 g6 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bf8 Kf8 21. g3 Rd1 22. Bd1 Rd8 23. a4 Nc4 24. ab5 ab5 25. Nd5
Qb7 26. b3 Nd6 27. c4 bc4 28. bc4 Bd5 29. ed5 Ng7 30. Ng4 Qe7 31. Bc2 Nge8 32. h4 e4 33.
Ne3 Qe5 34. Ra7 Kg8 35. Ng4 Qd4 36. Be4 f5 37. Nh6 Kh8 38. Bc2 Qf6 39. Qe6 Qe6 40. de6
Rc8 41. Nf7 Nf7 42. ef7 Nd6 43. Bd3 Kg7 44. f8Q Kf8 45. Rh7 Kg8 46. Rd7 Ne8 47. h5 gh5 48.
Bf5 Ra8 49. Be6 Kh8 50. Rd5 Nf6 51. Rc5 Kg7 52. Bf5 Ra3 53. Rc7 Kh6 54. Rf7 Ra6 55. f4 h4
56. g4

Queen's Indian (E17)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7
Number of games in database: 3178
Years covered: 1921 to 2017
Overall record:
White wins 34.3%
Black wins 18.4%
Draws 47.3%

Alexander Alekhine vs Paul Keres

"Keres t'Fallen" (game of the day Jan-28-2017)
Munich (1942), Munich GER, rd 4, Sep-18
Queen's Indian Defense: Euwe Variation (E17) 1-0

1. d4 Notes by Alekhine 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. g3 e65. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-
O 7. b3 Avoiding the inevitable simplification that would occur after 7
Nc3 Ne4! 7... d5 Recommendable too is 7...c5 since 8 d5 would be answered by 8...Nxd5!,
followed by 9...Bf6. 8. Ne5 c6 8...c5 is of course more
enterprising. 9. Bb2Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 11. e3 Sustaing the central tension and at the same time
gaining a certain advantage in space. 11... Rc812. Rc1 Rc7 13. Qe2 Qa8? The rook at c7 is not
secure, and this move helps white to undertake a favourable mobilization. Much better
was 13...Qb8, followed by 14...Rfc8. 14. cd5 Nd5 15. e4N5f6 16. b4! Taking the greatest
possible advantage of the deficient position of the Black rook
at c7. 16... Rfc8 17. dc5 bc518. b5 a6? Also after 18...Nxe5 19 Bxe5 Rd7 20 Nb3 Black's game
would be inferior but allowing the opening of the a-file is practically
suicidal. 19. a4 ab5 20. ab5 Qa2 Keres must have overlooked the rejoinder. In any case his
position is already hopeless. 21. Nec4!Qa8 22. Bf6! Winning the exchange
anyway. 22... gf6 If 22...Bxf623 b6 or 22...Nxf6 23
Nb6 etc. 23. b6 Rc6 24. e5 Rb6 25. Nb6Nb6 26. Bb7 Qb7 27. ef6 Bf6 28. Ne4 Be7 29. Qg4 Kh8
30. Qf4! Threatening not only 31 Qxf7 but also 31
Nxc5! 30... Bf831. Nc5 Qc7 After 32...Rxc5 White would recover the piece either at d4 or
at e5. 32. Ne6 Qf4 33. Nf4