[Event "Dutch Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket"]
[Black "Sosonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/pq1bp2p/3p2p1/1p1Pb3/2rN2P1/3QBP2/PPP5/1K1R3R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter One  What Calculation Is -
and Isn't  Page 4  } 1. Rxh7 $3 Kxh7 2. Rh1+ Kg7 (2... Kg8 3. Qxg6+ Bg7 (3...
Kf8 4. Bh6+ Bg7 5. Qxg7+ Ke8 6. Qg8#) 4. Bh6 Kf8 5. Qxg7+ Ke8 6. Qg8#) 3. Rh6
$1 Rg8 (3... Be8) (3... Kf8) (3... Bf5 $5) 4. Rxg6+ Kh7 5. Rh6+ Kg7 {
(mistake in book)} 6. Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 7. dxe6 1-0

[Event "US/USSR Match-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reshevsky"]
[Black "Botvinnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter One  What Calculation Is -
and Isn't  Page 6    } 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3
dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13.
Qf3 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Bd6 15. Qc6+ Ke7 16. Bd2 b4 17. Qxd6+ $5 Kxd6 18. Nc4+ Kd7 19.
Nxa5 Rxa5 20. Rhc1 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rc4 Nd5 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. Kd3 h5 25.
Kc4 b3 26. a4 Rc6+ 27. Kd3 Rc2 28. Rb1 Rbc8 $2 (28... Rb6 29. Rc4 Rc6 $1 30.
Rxc2 Rxc2 31. a5 Kc6) 29. a5 R8c6 30. Ke2 Rd6 31. Ke1 Nc7 $2 (31... Nb6 $1 32.
Rxd6+ Kxd6 33. -- Nd5) (31... e5 32. Rd3 Nc7 $1 33. Rxb3 Rdxd2) 32. Rxd6+ Kxd6
33. Bc3 f6 $2 (33... Nd5 34. Bxg7 f6 $1) 34. Ra1 Na6 (34... Nd5 35. a6) 35. Ra3
$1 Kc7 36. Rxb3 Nc5 37. Rb5 Na4 38. Bd4 e5 39. Kd1 $1 Rc4 40. Be3 Kc6 41. Rb8
Kc7 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzovich"]
[Black "Marshall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq2k1/pp5p/3p1np1/P1pP1r2/2N2P2/2Q1B3/1P4PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter One  What Calculation Is -
and Isn't  Page 11    } 1. Qb3 $1 Rxd5 (1... Qc7 2. Rae1 Bd7 3. Bd2 $1 Re8 4.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 5. Bc3 Ne4 6. Re1) (1... Nxd5 2. Rae1 Be6 3. Bxc5 $1) 2. f5 $1 gxf5
(2... Bxf5 3. Bg5 $1) 3. Bg5 Rd4 (3... Be6 4. Qxb7 Rc8 5. Rae1 $1 Qd7 (5... Bf7
6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qxc8+) 6. Qxd7 Bxd7 7. Bxf6) 4. Nb6+ c4 5. Qc3 axb6 6. Qxd4 Kg7
7. Rae1 bxa5 8. Re8 $3 Qxe8 9. Qxf6+ Kg8 10. Bh6 Qf7 11. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Podolsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Murey"]
[Black "Volke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2r1k/pbq1npbp/1p4p1/1P2P3/4p3/PQB3P1/4NPBP/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter One  What Calculation Is -
and Isn't  Page 13    } 1. Bb4 $1 Rce8 (1... Bxe5 2. Rbc1 Qb8 3. Bxe7) (1...
Qxe5 2. Rd7 Bd5 3. Rxe7 $1) 2. Bd6 $1 Qd7 3. Rbc1 Qg4 (3... Rc8 4. Rxc8 Rxc8 5.
Qxf7) 4. Nd4 Bd5 5. Qb4 $1 1-0

[Event "Montpellier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan"]
[Black "Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/ppb1q2p/2p3p1/3r1b2/4p3/2B1P1N1/PPQ2PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter One  What Calculation Is -
and Isn't  Page 14    } 1... Bxg3 (1... Qd7 2. Rxd5 Qxd5) (1... Qd6 2. Rxd5
Qxd5) 2. fxg3 $1 (2. hxg3 Rxd1+ 3. Qxd1 Qd7 $1 4. Qe1 (4. Qb3+ Qd5 5. Qxb7 Qd1+
6. Kh2 Qh5+) 4... Bg4 5. -- Qd1) 2... Rxd1+ 3. Qxd1 Qd7 4. Qe1 $1 Be6 (4... Bg4
5. h3) 5. b3 c5 6. h3 b5 $6 7. Qf1 b4 8. Be5 Qd8 9. Qb5 Qc8 10. Kh2 Bd5 11. Bd6
a6 12. Qa5 Kf7 13. Bxc5 Qc6 14. Qxb4 Be6 15. Bd4 h5 16. Qb8 Ke7 17. Qe5 Qd5 18.
Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short"]
[Black "Timman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/1bpR1p2/1pq1pQp1/p3P2p/P1PR3P/5N2/2P2PPK/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter One  What Calculation Is -
and Isn't  Page 16    } 1. Kg3 $1 (1. Ng5 $4 Qxg2#) 1... Rce8 2. Kf4 $1 Bc8 3.
Kg5 $1 1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugayevsky"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/pb3rpp/5p2/1q1p1P2/1B1Qn3/1P2P1P1/P1R3BP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter One  What Calculation Is -
and Isn't  Page 17    } 1. Bxe4 dxe4 2. Rc7 $3 Rxc7 3. Qd8+ Qe8 (3... Rxd8 4.
Rxd8+ Kf7 5. Rf8#) 4. Qxc7 Bc6 (4... Ba6 5. Rd7) 5. Rd6 Bb5 6. a4 $1 Rc8 7.
Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barcza"]
[Black "Tal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter One  What Calculation Is -
and Isn't  Page 18    } 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. d3 e5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nc3
Nge7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd4 9. Ne2 $4 Bh3 $1 10. Nfxd4 (10. Bf1 Nxf3+ $1) (10.
O-O Nxf3+ $1) 10... Bxg2 11. Rg1 exd4 $1 12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nb5 Bf3 14. g4 d5 $1
15. Bxc5 Rc8 16. Ba3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qb6 $1 18. Bxe7 Qxb5 $1 19. Bxf8 Qxb2 $1 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rc1 Rd8 $1 22. Qe3 (22. Qxd8 Qxc1+) 22... Qxc2 $1 23. Kf1 (23.
Rxc2 Rd1#) (23. Rg3 Qd1+ $1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1#) 23... Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Qe1
Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugayevsky"]
[Black "Korchnoi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1R6/8/3p4/1Pk2p2/5K2/1r6/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter One  What Calculation Is -
and Isn't  Page 21    } 1. Rc8+ $4 (1. Kxf5 $1 Rxb5 2. Ra8 $1 d5 (2... Kd4+ 3.
Kf4 Rb1 4. Ra4+ $1 Kd3 5. Ra3+ Kc4 6. Ke3) 3. Ke5) 1... Kxb5 2. Kxf5 Re3 $1 3.
Kf4 Re1 4. Rd8 Kc5 5. Rc8+ Kd4 6. Kf3 d5 7. Kf2 Re5 8. Ra8 Kc3 9. Ra3+ Kb4 10.
Ra1 d4 11. Rc1 d3 12. Rc8 d2 13. Rb8+ Kc3 14. Rc8+ Kd3 15. Rd8+ Kc2 16. Rc8+
Kd1 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket"]
[Black "Anand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter One  What Calculation Is -
and Isn't  Page 24    } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6.
e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qb3 a5 12. f4 O-O 13.
Nf3 Nb6 14. Be2 c5 15. Na2 Rc8 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. g4 Bg6 19. Rfc1
Qd5 20. Bd1 Nc4 21. Be1 Ned6 22. Be2 Rc7 23. Ne5 Rfc8 24. Nxc4 Be4 $1 25. Nxa5
Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 27. Qxb4 g5 28. fxg5 Qxg5 29. Kf1 Qxe3 30. Qxd6 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine"]
[Black "Euwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/3bbpp1/p3pn2/1p1q2N1/1P5Q/2N3P1/P3PP1P/2B3K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 29

} 1...
Qe5 $4 2. Bb2 $4 (2. Qh8+ Kxh8 3. Nxf7+ Kh7 4. Nxe5) 2... Bc6 $4 3. a3 $4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hort"]
[Black "Portisch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/r1q2p1p/p1b1pQ2/2Pp1p2/1R6/3BP3/P4PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 30

} 1.
Qg5+ $2 (1. Rg4+ $1) 1... Kh8 2. Qf6+ Kg8 3. Rfb1 $2 (3. Rg4+ $1) 3... a5 $4 4.
Rg4+ $1 fxg4 5. Qg5+ $1 Kh8 6. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen"]
[Black "Bednarsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr1k1/1p1qb2p/pP3pp1/2p5/4RQ2/3P4/1PPB2PP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 32

} 1...
f5 $2 (1... Bf8 2. Rxe8 Rxe8 3. Rxe8 Qxe8) 2. Bc3 $3 (2. R4e2 Bf6) (2. Re6 Bf8
3. Qc4 Rxe6 4. Rxe6 Qf7 $1) 2... fxe4 (2... Bf8 3. Rxe8 Rxe8 4. Qc4+ $1) 3. Qe5
Bf8 (3... Bf6 4. Qxf6) 4. Qh8+ Kf7 5. Rf1+ Qf5 (5... Ke6 6. Qe5#) 6. Rxf5+ gxf5
7. Qf6+ Kg8 8. Qg5+ Kf7 9. Qxf5+ Kg8 10. Qg5+ Kf7 11. Qf6+ Kg8 12. Qh8+ Kf7 13.
Qxh7+ Ke6 14. Qxe4+ Kd6 15. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Candidates Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman"]
[Black "Short"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/1b3pp1/1q3r1p/pP1p4/P1pRn3/4PN1P/2R2PP1/Q4BK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 35


} 
1... Rxf3 $1 2. gxf3 Qg6+ 3. Bg2 (3. Kh1 Ng3+ 4. fxg3 Qxc2) (3. Kh2 Ng5 $1 4.
Qd1 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Qxc2) 3... Ng5 $1 4. Rc1 Nxf3+ 5. Kf1 Nh2+ 6. Kg1 Nf3+ 7. Kf1
Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Katowice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bielczyk"]
[Black "Slabek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 36

} 1.
e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d5 c6 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Be3
cxd5 9. c5 $1 d4 10. Nxe5 dxc3 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 13. cxb6 axb6 14.
Bc4 $1 cxb2+ 15. Kxb2 Ba3+ 16. Ka1 f6 17. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 18. Bc5+ $1 Bxc5 19.
Rhe1+ Be6 (19... Kf8 20. Rd8#) 20. Rxe6+ Kf7 21. Re2+ 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov"]
[Black "Lutikov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1n3r2/p3rkbp/2B1pnp1/qPp3B1/2p1N3/7P/2Q2PP1/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 37

} 1.
Bf4 $1 Nxc6 2. bxc6 Ne8 3. Rd7 $1 Rxd7 4. cxd7 Nf6 5. Nd6+ Ke7 6. Nxc4 Qa6 7.
Bd6+ Kxd7 8. Bxf8 Bxf8 9. Qd3+ Ke7 10. Rd1 Nd5 11. Qe4 Kf7 12. Ne5+ Kg8 13. Nd7
1-0

[Event "Varna"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Exercise 1"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Two  Ideas  Page 38 
 Exercise 1    } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7
7. Bb3 h6 8. Qe2 Ng6 9. Qc4 Qf6 10. d5 b5 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Bd1 Be7 13. g3 O-O
14. h4 Rfc8 $2 *

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov"]
[Black "Yusupov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6pk/q5rp/3pPp2/1p1P2Pn/4B2P/P1R2P1K/3Q4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 39

} 1.
Kg3 $1 fxg4 2. Kxh4 gxh3 3. f4 Qe6 4. Qh5 Qe7+ 5. Kxh3 Qf7 6. Rh2 $3 Qd7+ (6...
Rg3+) 7. f5 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman"]
[Black "Seirawan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2rnbk1/pp3ppp/5p2/q1pP1N1Q/2P2P2/1P6/PB4PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 40

} 1.
Rxe8 $1 (1. Ne7+ Bxe7 2. Rxe7) 1... Rxe8 2. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 (2... Kh8 3. Qxf7 gxh6
(3... Be7 4. Qg8+ $1 Rxg8 5. Nf7#) 4. Bxf6+) 3. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Curacao"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/q4ppp/2b1pb2/8/r1Bp4/P2Q1N2/2P2PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 41

} 1.
Ra2 $4 (1. -- Bxf3 2. Qxf3 d3) 1... Rxc4 $1 2. Qxc4 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Albena"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pahtz"]
[Black "Fernandes"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1b4pp/1B3p2/4p3/1Pr5/5P2/5QPP/r4BK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 43

} 1.
Qa2 $3 *

[Event "Soviet Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzmin"]
[Black "Sveshnikov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 44

} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 O-O 11. c4 Bd6 12. f4 Nxe4 13. c5 Be7 14. Bd3 Nf6 15.
Bd4 Nd5 $2 16. Nb6 $1 Nxb6 $2 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 20.
Qg4+ Kh7 21. Rf3 Bxc5+ 22. Kh1 {
1-0.  What follows is from page 46, Barsegian-Garafutdinov, Tashkent 1989:}
22... Qxf4 23. Rxf4 f5 24. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker"]
[Black "Bauer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 45

} 1.
f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O
9. Ne2 c5 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qc6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Nh5 Nxh5 15.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 16. Qxh5+ Kg8 17. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Rf3 e5 20. Rh3+
Qh6 21. Rxh6+ Kxh6 22. Qd7 $1 Bf6 23. Qxb7 Kg7 24. Rf1 Rab8 25. Qd7 Rfd8 26.
Qg4+ Kf8 27. fxe5 Bg7 28. e6 Rb7 29. Qg6 f6 30. Rxf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bird"]
[Black "Morphy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rb2r1k/p1p3pp/2pb4/3p4/3Pp3/4B2q/PPPQBP1P/2KR3R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Pages 46, 48


} 1... Rxf2 $1 2. Bxf2 Qa3 $1 3. -- (3. bxa3 Bxa3#) 0-1

[Event "Baden Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogolyubov"]
[Black "Mieses"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/p2b2pp/Q3p3/1p1pPp1q/5P2/2P1P3/P4PBP/3R2RK w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Pages 47, 48


} 1. Bxd5 exd5 2. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 3. Qf6+ Kg8 4. Rg1+ Qg4 5. Rxg4+ fxg4 6. f5 $1
-- 7. e6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal"]
[Black "Kan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rnr1k/4q3/2Qp1b2/3Pp3/2N1PpRp/5P2/5B1P/6RK w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 48

} 1.
Bxh4 $1 Bxh4 2. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 3. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti"]
[Black "Bogolyubov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1bk1/ppq3pp/2p5/2P2Q1B/8/1P4P1/P6P/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 49

} 1.
Bf7+ Kh8 2. Be8 $3 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saemisch"]
[Black "Vidmar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/4n1pp/p1p3q1/PpQ5/3r4/5PPB/2R4P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 50

} 1.
Qxe7 $4 Qxc2 2. Be6+ Kh8 3. Bd5 h5 $4 (3... Rg8 $1 4. Bxg8 Rd2 $1 5. Qh4 (5. --
Rg2+) 5... Qc5+ 6. Kh1 Kxg8 $1) 4. Qxd8+ Kh7 5. Be4+ $4 Qxe4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short"]
[Black "Karpov"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rb2b1k/5p1p/pNnp1q2/4pPr1/1p2P3/1N2Q3/PPP1B3/1K1R3R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 51


} 
1... Ne7 2. Nxc8 $2 (2. Bxa6 $1 Bxa6 3. Nd7) 2... Rxc8 3. Bxa6 Rd8 *

[Event "World Jr. Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lee"]
[Black "Sakharov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/pR2bppp/q3p3/4P3/3P4/2N2Q2/P5PP/5R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 52


} 1.
Rxe7 Rxc3 2. Qxf7+ $1 (2. Qxc3 $4) 2... Rxf7 3. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pattern Recognition"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rbb1r1k/p5pp/3q1p2/3N4/1pQR4/P5P1/1P3PBP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 54


} 1.
Nf4 $1 (1. Ne3 Qc7 (1... Qe6 2. Rxd8 $1 Qxc4 3. Rxf8+) 2. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 3. Qxc7)
*

[Event "Poland"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaiszauri"]
[Black "Sznapik, Exercise 2"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4r1k/1b3ppp/p4b2/1pq1pP1Q/4p2N/1B3R2/PPP4P/4R2K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Two  Ideas  Page 54 
 Exercise 2      }  *

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Portisch"]
[Black "Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 56


} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c4
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb3 Bb4 11. Bd2 a5 12. Nbd4 Re8 13. Rc1 c5 14. Nf5 Nf8 15.
d4 Ne4 16. dxc5 $2 Nxd2 $1 17. Nxd2 Qg5 $1 18. Nd6 (18. Ne3 Rxe3 $1 19. fxe3
Qxe3+ 20. Kf1 Bxd2) 18... Bxd2 19. Nxb7 Bxc1 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi"]
[Black "Balashov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 57


} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 c6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Qd2 Nbd7
9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 h6 11. Be3 a6 12. Ng3 h5 13. Bd3 Nh7 14. O-O O-O 15. a4 Nc5
$2 16. b4 $1 (16. Bc2 Qb4 17. a5) (16. Ra3) 16... Qxb4 17. a5 $1 Bh6 $6 (17...
-- 18. Rfb1) (17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3) (17... Nb3 18. Qb2 -- 19. Ra4) 18. Bxh6 Qd4+
19. Kh1 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 -- 21. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Stein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 58


} 1.
b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Qxd4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Be2 Nc5 10. Rd1 $2 (10. -- Nfe4) (10. Qd2) 10... Ng4 $1 (10... Nfe4 11.
Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 12. Nxe4+ f6 13. Nxc5 dxc5 $2 14. Rxd8) 11. Qd2 (11. Qf4 f5 $1
12. -- Ne4 $1) (11. Qd5 c6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Bxc3+ 14. Bxc3 Ne4) 11...
Nxf2 $1 12. O-O (12. Kxf2 Bxc3 $1 13. -- Ne4+) 12... Nxd1 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Speelman"]
[Black "Plaskett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q2n1k1/4Rp1p/3p2pB/1b1Pn3/3QP3/7P/2r2PP1/1R4K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 60


} 1.
Rxb5 $1 Qxb5 2. Qb6 $1 -- 3. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarjan"]
[Black "Byrne"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbq1rk1/4bp1p/p3p1p1/7Q/2pN4/2N1BR2/PPP3PP/R5K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 61


} 1.
Rg3 $2 (1. Qh6 e5) (1. Qe5 $1) 1... Bd6 2. Rg5 (2. Rg4 e5) 2... Bf4 $1 3. Qf3 (
3. Bxf4 Qxd4+ 4. Kh1 Qxf4) 3... Bxg5 4. Bxg5 Qxd4+ 5. Kh1 Ra7 *

[Event "Seigen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Portisch"]
[Black "Gheorghiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1r3k1/3bppbp/3p1np1/qp6/4P3/1PNBBP2/P1RQ2PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 62


} 1.
Nxb5 $1 Rxc2 (1... Qxd2 2. Bxd2) (1... Bxb5 2. Qxa5 $1) 2. Rxc2 Bxb5 3. Rc8+ $1
(3. Qxa5 Rxa5 4. Bd2 Bxd3 (4... Rxa2 $1 5. Rxa2 Bxd3) 5. Rc8+ Bf8 6. Bxa5) 3...
Rxc8 (3... Bf8 4. Rxa8 Qxd2 (4... Qxa8 5. Bxb5) 5. Bxd2 Bxd3 6. Bh6 Nd7 7. a4
$1) (3... Be8 4. Qxa5 Rxa5 5. a4 $1 -- 6. Bb6) 4. Qxa5 Bxd3 5. b4 Nd7 6. b5 d5
7. b6 d4 8. b7 Rb8 9. Bf4 e5 10. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Whitby"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rhodes"]
[Black "Formanek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 64


} 1.
c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 f5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Qe8
9. Rb1 g5 10. f4 gxf4 11. gxf4 Kh8 12. Kh1 Rg8 13. Nd5 Qg6 14. Rg1 $2 Ng4 $1
15. Qe1 Bh4 $3 (15... Nxh2 16. Kxh2 Qh5+ 17. Bh3) 16. Ng3 (16. Qxh4 Qh5 $1 17.
Qxh5 (17. Qe1) (17. Qg3 Qxh2+ $1 18. Qxh2 Nf2#)) 16... Nxh2 $1 17. -- Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Esbjerg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mortensen"]
[Black "Karlsson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/pp1b2p1/2n1p1qp/3pPr2/2pP3Q/P1P1BN1R/2P2PP1/2K4R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
Chapter Two
Ideas
Page 65


} 
1... Rxf3 $3 (1... Qxg2 $4 2. Rg3) (1... -- 2. Rg3 Qh7 3. Qxh6) 2. gxf3 (2.
Rxf3) 2... Nb4 $1 3. axb4 Ba4 4. Kd1 (4. Kb2 Qxc2+ 5. Ka1 Bb3 6. -- Qa2#) 4...
Qxc2+ 5. Ke1 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "Varna"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Exercise 1-Sol."]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Two  Ideas  Page 38 
 Exercise 1 - Solution      } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7
6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Qe2 Ng6 9. Qc4 Qf6 10. d5 b5 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Bd1 Be7
13. g3 O-O 14. h4 Rfc8 $2 15. Bg5 $1 hxg5 16. hxg5 *

[Event "Poland"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaiszauri"]
[Black "Sznapik, Exercise 2-Sol."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4r1k/1b3ppp/p4b2/1pq1pP1Q/4p2N/1B3R2/PPP4P/4R2K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Two  Ideas  Page 55 
 Exercise 2 - Solution      } 1. Ng6+ fxg6 (1... Kg8 2. Qxh7+ Kxh7 3. Rh3+) 2.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 3. Rh3+ 1-0

[Event "Diagram 1, p.68"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chapter Three"]
[Black "Trees & How to Build Them"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/5ppp/8/8/8/2r5/4RPPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 68        } 1. Re8+ Rxe8 2. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "Saint John"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kr. Georgiev"]
[Black "Gulko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rr2k1/p4ppp/6q1/2N5/1PQ5/2N5/P3pPPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 68        } 1... Qc2 $1 (1... Rd1+ 2. Nxd1 $4 (2. Rxd1 exd1=Q+
3. Nxd1 Qb1 4. Qd4) 2... e1=Q+) 2. Qb3 (2. -- Rd1+) (2. Qxe2 Qxc3) 2... Rd1+ $1
(2... Qd2 3. Nxe2 Qxe2 4. h3) 3. Rxd1 (3. Nxd1 e1=Q#) (3. Rxd1 exd1=Q+ 4. Nxd1)
3... Qxc3 $3 4. Qb1 exd1=Q+ 5. Qxd1 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cavellos"]
[Black "Mohring"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/1p3pk1/p2pb2r/2p3p1/2PbP1p1/1N1B2P1/PP3PP1/1RR3K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 70        } 1... Rh1+ $1 (1... Rah8 2. Kf1 Rh1+ 3. Ke2 Rxc1 4.
Nxc1 (4. Rxc1 Bxb2) 4... b5 5. b3) 2. Kxh1 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Coblenz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andruet"]
[Black "Spassky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/3b1p2/5qp1/1BPpn2p/7n/r3P1N1/2Q1RPPP/1R3NK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 71          } 1... Qf3 $3 (1... Nef3+ 2. Kh1 $1 (2. gxf3 Qxf3
3. -- Qg2#)) (1... Nxg2 2. Bxd7 $1 (2. Kxg2 Qf3+ 3. Kg1 Bh3)) 2. gxf3 Nexf3+ 3.
Kh1 Bh3 4. -- Bg2# 0-1

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jones"]
[Black "Dueball"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/p2n1p1p/q5p1/3p4/N7/1P1n1PP1/P1NB3P/3Q1R1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 72      } 1... Re1 $1 2. Rxe1 (2. Bxe1 Nb2 $1) (2. Nxe1 Nb2 $1
) 2... Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukic"]
[Black "Romanishin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/p2r1p1p/3pbQp1/q1r2p2/2P5/1P3B2/P4PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 73      } 1. b4 $1 Qxb4 2. Rdb1 (2. Rab1 Qxc4 3. Rb8+ Rc8)
2... Qxc4 3. Be2 $1 Qc2 4. Bd3 $1 Qc3 5. Rb8+ Rc8 6. Qxc3 $1 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis"]
[Black "Polgar, J.."]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1r2k1/1q2bppp/ppbppn2/4n3/1PP1P3/2N1BP2/P2NBQPP/2RR3K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 74      } 1... d5 $2 2. cxd5 exd5 3. Bf4 $1 Bd6 (3... Nfd7 4.
exd5 Bxd5 5. Bxa6 $1 Qxa6 6. Nxd5) 4. exd5 Bxd5 (4... Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Bxd5 6. Ne4
Bxe4 7. Rxd6 $3 Rxd6 8. Bxe5 Rbd8 9. Bxd6 Rxd6 10. fxe4) 5. Nde4 $1 Bxe4 (5...
Nxe4 6. fxe4 Bxe4 7. Rxd6 $3) 6. Rxd6 $1 Nd3 $1 7. Bxd3 Bxd3 8. Rd1 $2 (8. Qd4
$1) 8... Rxd6 9. Bxd6 Rd8 10. Rxd3 Qc6 *

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman"]
[Black "Nikolic, P.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq2k1/pp3rpp/2n2p1B/3pPp1Q/3P4/P1Pp1N2/2P2P1P/R3K1R1 w Q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 76        } 1. Kd2 (1. Bxg7 Rxg7 2. Kd2 -- 3. Qh6 (3. exf6) (
3. Rxg7+)) (1. Qxf7+ Kxf7 2. Rxg7+ Ke6 3. Kd2 Bd7 4. exf6 Kxf6 5. Rag1) (1. Nh4
) (1. O-O-O) (1. cxd3) 1... Be6 2. Bxg7 Rxg7 3. Rxg7+ Kxg7 4. Rg1+ Kh8 (4...
Kf8 5. Qxh7 Ke8 6. Rg7) 5. Nh4 -- 6. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Example 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov"]
[Black "Think Like a Grandmaster"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1brr2k1/1b3pp1/pp2pqnp/4N2Q/3P4/1B4R1/PP1B1PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 78  } 1. Nxf7 (1. Ng4 Qh4 2. Nxh6+ Kf8 3. Qxh4) (1. Bxh6) (1.
Nxg6) (1. Ng4) (1. Bc3 $2 Nf4 $1) 1... Bxg3 (1... Qxf7 2. Bxe6) (1... Kxf7 2.
Bxe6+) 2. hxg3 (2. Nxh6+ Kf8 (2... gxh6 3. Bxe6+ Kf8 4. Bxh6+) 3. hxg3) *

[Event "Goteborg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bisguier"]
[Black "Fuderer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b3k1/4pp2/2np2p1/2p1b1B1/qpP1P3/1N1P2P1/1PQ4P/4RBK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 79  } 1. Ra1 $4 (1. Kg2) (1. Re2) 1... Qxb3 $1 (1... Qxa1 $2
2. Nxa1 Rxa1 3. Kg2) 2. Qxb3 Rxa1 3. -- Bh3 (3... Nd4) 4. -- Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "Baku"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eingorn"]
[Black "Malaniuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/pb1n1pbp/1p1qp1p1/6B1/B2PP3/4QN2/P1r2PPP/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 80  } 1... Rxa2 2. e5 Qd5 (2... Qc7 3. Rdc1) 3. Bb3 Qa5 $1 4.
d5 $1 (4. Bxa2 Qxa2) 4... Bxd5 5. Bxd5 exd5 6. e6 $1 Nf6 7. exf7+ Kxf7 8. Rbc1
-- 9. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Speelman"]
[Black "Levitt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/pq4pp/1p1Q1p2/n3N3/8/P3R3/1P3PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 81    } 1. Ng6 $1 (1. Nd7 Rxe3 $4 2. Qf8#) (1. Nd7 Qc8 $1) (1.
Ng6 Qa8 2. Rxe8+ Qxe8 3. Qd5+ $1 Qf7 4. Qd8+) (1. Nd7 Kf7) (1. Ng6 Kf7 2. Nh8+
$1 Rxh8 3. Qe6+) 1... Ra8 2. Ne7+ Kh8 3. Qe6 $1 -- 4. Ng6+ (4. Qg8+ $1 Rxg8 5.
Ng6+) 4... hxg6 5. Rh3# 1-0

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kengis"]
[Black "Anastasian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1r2k1/p1q1bppp/1pbNpn2/2p1P3/4P3/1P4P1/PB3PBP/R1QR2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 83    } 1. Qf4 $1 (1. exf6 Bxd6 2. Rxd6 Qxd6 3. e5 Qd2 $1 4.
Bxc6 Qxc1+ 5. Rxc1 Rd2 6. Rb1 b5) 1... Bf8 2. exf6 Bxd6 3. Rxd6 Qxd6 4. e5 Qd2
5. Bxc6 Qxb2 6. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasenkov"]
[Black "Sveshnikov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1br2k1/pp2qppp/2p1p3/5n2/2PPB1N1/8/PP1Q1PRP/2KR4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 84    } 1. Bxf5 $1 exf5 2. Nh6+ Kh8 (2... Kf8 3. Rxg7 $1 Qf6 (
3... Be6 4. Rg8#) 4. Rxf7+) 3. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 4. Rg1+ Kh8 5. Qe2 $1 Qxe2 (5...
Be6 6. Nxf7+ Qxf7 7. Qe5+) 6. Nxf7# 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasenkov"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Analysis Tree"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1br2k1/pp2qppp/2p1p3/5n2/2PPB1N1/8/PP1Q1PRP/2KR4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 85  Example Analysis Tree (indeterminate moves entered)      
} 1. Bxf5 $1 exf5 (1... Qd7 2. Be4) 2. Nh6+ Kh8 (2... Kf8 3. Rxg7 $1 Qf6 (3...
Be6 4. Rg8#) 4. Rxf7+) 3. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 (3... Be6 4. d5 $1 Qf6 5. Rdg1 (5. Qc3
$1) 5... cxd5 6. Rxf7 $1) 4. Rg1+ Kh8 (4... Kf8 5. Rg8#) (4... Qg5 5. Qxg5+) (
4... Kf6 5. Qg5+ Ke6 6. Re1+) 5. Qe2 $1 Qxe2 (5... Be6 6. Nxf7+ Qxf7 (6... Bxf7
7. Qxe7) 7. Qe5+) (5... Qf6 6. Qe5 $1 Qxe5 7. Nxf7#) (5... Re8 6. Qxe7) 6.
Nxf7# 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen"]
[Black "Bednarsky, Analysis Tree"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr1k1/1p1qb2p/pP4p1/2p2p2/4RQ2/3P4/1PPB2PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 86  Analysis Tree    } 1. Bc3 fxe4 (1... Bf8 2. Rxe8 Rxe8 3.
Qc4+) (1... Bd6 2. Rxe8+ Rxe8 3. Rxe8+ Qxe8 4. Qxd6) (1... Qd6 2. Qxd6) 2. Qe5
Bf8 3. Qh8+ Kf7 4. Rf1+ Ke6 (4... Qf5 5. Rxf5+ gxf5 6. Qf6+ Kg8 7. Qg5+ Kf7 8.
Qxf5+ Kg8 9. Qg5+ Kf7 10. Qf6+ Kg8) 5. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olafsson"]
[Black "Levitt, Exercise 1"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1r2k1/pq1p1ppp/3Rp3/2p5/2P1b3/4QNP1/P3PPBP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 87  Exercise 1          } 1. Rxe6 $1 ({Exercise 1:} 1. Ng5
Bxg2 2. Rxe6 fxe6) 1... fxe6 2. Ng5 $1 Nc6 (2... h6 $1 3. Nxe4 Nc6 4. Nxc5 Qc7
5. Nxd7 $1 Rac8 $1 6. Qxe6+ Kh8 7. Be4) (2... Bxg2 3. Qxe6+ $1 dxe6 (3... Kh8
4. Nf7+) 4. Rxd8#) 3. Qxe4 g6 4. Qh4 h5 5. Ne4 *

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer"]
[Black "Sherwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/5ppp/3p4/3B2q1/R3P1n1/2r5/P3Q1PP/5R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 88      } 1. Rxf7 $1 (1. Bxf7+ Rxf7 $2 (1... Kh8) 2. Ra8+)
1... Rc1+ (1... Rxf7 2. Ra8+) (1... h5 $1 2. Rxf8+ Kxf8 3. Qf1+ Nf6 (3... Qf6
4. Ra8+ Ke7 5. Ra7+ Kd8 6. Qb1 $1) 4. Rc4) 2. Qf1 $3 (2. Rf1+ Kh8) 2... h5 (
2... Rxf1+ 3. Rxf1+ Kh8 (3... Rf7 4. Ra8+ Qd8 5. Rxd8#) (3... Qxd5 $5 4. exd5 (
4. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 5. exd5) 4... Rxf1#) 4. Rxf8#) 3. Qxc1 Qh4 (3... Qxc1+ 4. Rf1+
Kh8 5. Rxc1) 4. h3 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rodriguez, A.."]
[Black "Miles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2p3pR/1p2p1q1/r2pPn2/2nP1P2/2P3N1/P4PK1/1Q5R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 91      } 1... Kf7 $3 (1... Nce3+ 2. Kg1 (2. fxe3 Qxg3+) 2...
Qg4 (2... Nh4 3. Qxg6 (3. Rh8+ $1 Kf7 (3... Kxh8 4. Rxh4+) 4. Qxg6+) 3... Nf3#)
3. Rh8+ Kf7 4. Rc8 $1) 2. R7h5 (2. Rh8 Ke7 $1 3. Rc8 Nce3+ 4. Kg1 Nh4 $1 5.
Qxg6 Nf3#) 2... Nce3+ 3. Kg1 Qg4 $1 4. R1h2 $6 Nxg3 5. fxg3 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson"]
[Black "Gutman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 92        } 1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4
6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Be3 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. fxe5
Nfd7 13. O-O Nxe5 (13... b4 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh3 $1 bxc3 16. Rxf7 $1) 14. Qh5 Ng6
15. Qh3 $3 Be7 (15... Nc6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+) 16. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 17. Qxe6+
Ke8 18. Nf5 Qd7 19. Nxg7+ Kd8 20. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Rostov-on-Don"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Chernikov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 93        } 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. O-O Qa5 11. Qh4 Bf6 12.
Qxf6 $3 (12. Qh6 Bg7 13. Qh4 Bf6) (12. Qg4 d5 13. Qd1 $1) (12. Qh3 d5) (12.
Qxf6 $5 exf6 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 $1 Qxa1 14. Qxe7 $1) (12... Ne2+ $1 13. Nxe2
exf6 14. Nc3) 13. Bxd4) 12... 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+
$1 Kg8 23. Rh3 Re5 24. f4 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rc8 26. Bd4 $1 b5 27. Ng5 Rc7 28. Bxf7+
$1 Rxf7 29. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olafsson"]
[Black "Levitt, Exercise 1-Sol."]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1r2k1/pq1p1ppp/3Rp3/2p5/2P1b3/4QNP1/P3PPBP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Three  Trees and How to
Build Them  Page 87  Exercise 1-Solution            } 1. Ng5 Bxg2 2. Rxe6 Na6 (
2... Nc6) *

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Groszpeter"]
[Black "Radulov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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Chapter Four
Force
Page 95




} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Qa5 5. e5 Ne4 6. exd6 Nxc3 7. bxc3 exd6
8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. Rb1 b6 12. c4 Qh5 13. d5 $1 cxd5 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Rb5 Qb7 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Rxg5 Nc6 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 (18... Kh8 19. Qh5
) 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 21. Bh6+ Kh7 (21... Kg8 22. Qg5+ Kh8 (22...
Kh7 23. Qg7#) 23. Qg7#) 22. Bg5+ Kg8 (22... Kg7 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Bf6) 23. Bf6
1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Bareev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn3rk1/2b2p1p/1p1q2p1/1B1p4/3P2P1/2P2N2/P1Q2PP1/2B2RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{
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Chapter Four
Force
Page 98





} 1. g3 $1 (1. g3 Nd7 2. Bf4 Qf6 3. Bxd7 Bxf4 4. gxf4 Qxf4 5. Ne5) (1. g3 Nc6
2. Kg2 -- 3. Rh1) 1... Ra7 2. Re1 Nd7 $2 3. g5 $1 Rd8 4. a4 Nb8 (4... Nf8 5.
Qb3) 5. Nh2 $1 Qf8 6. Ng4 Bd6 7. Kg2 Kh8 8. Rh1 Qg7 9. Nf6 h5 10. Qd1 $1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elementary Example"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{
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Chapter Four
Force
Page 99





} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huebner"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/7p/3q2p1/1Q1B1p2/3b1P2/3n3P/PP2R1PK/2r4N w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Four  Force  Page 100       
   } 1. g3 $2 (1. Qe8+ $1 Kg7 (1... Qf8 $4) 2. Re7+ Kh6 (2... Qxe7) 3. Qf8+ Kh5
4. Rxh7#) (1. -- Bg1+ 2. Kg3 Qxf4#) 1... Nxf4 $1 2. Qe8+ $4 (2. gxf4 $1 Qxf4+
3. Ng3) 2... Kg7 3. Re7+ Kh6 4. Nf2 Bxf2 5. Rxh7+ Kg5 $1 0-1

[Event "Dubna"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich"]
[Black "Espig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/p6p/bp1q1ppQ/2bP2N1/2n5/P7/BB3PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 
1... Bxf2+ $1 (1... fxg5 2. Qg7#) (1... Qd7 2. Re6 $1 fxg5 $2 3. Rxg6+ hxg6 4.
Qxg6+) 2. Kxf2 $4 (2. Kh1 $1 Qd7 3. Re6 Be3 $1 4. Rxe3 (4. h4 $1) 4... fxg5 $1)
2... fxg5+ 3. Kg1 Nxb2 4. Qxg5 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Ivanov, I.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4k2/p4p1p/1pN1b1p1/7q/3B1Q2/7P/P4PPK/4R3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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Force
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} 
1. Qd6+ (1. Qf6 $1) 1... Kg8 2. Ne7+ Kf8 3. Nxg6+ Kg8 4. Qf8+ $1 Rxf8 5. Ne7#
1-0

[Event "Anglo-American Cable Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1911.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lawrence"]
[Black "Fox"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b2q1k/7p/2p2p1r/2bp1Pr1/P7/1PN2RN1/2P3PP/3R1Q1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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Chapter Four
Force
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} 
1... Ba6 (1... Rxh2+) (1... Rxg3) (1... Qd6 $1 2. -- (2. Rf4 Be3) 2... Rxh2+ 3.
Kxh2 Rh5#) 2. Qxa6 Rxh2+ $1 3. Kxh2 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "Correspondance Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mileika"]
[Black "Rosenfeld"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r2k/R6p/1p4pq/1N1Q1b2/1P1p4/5P2/P4PRb/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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 White resigns??} 1. Rxh7+ $1 (1. Rxh2 Re1+ 2. Kg2 Qg5#) (1. Qxd4+ Be5+ $1)
1... Kxh7 (1... Qxh7 2. Rxh2 Re1+ (2... Bh3 $1 3. Qxd4+ Kg8 4. Qc4+ Kh8 5. Qc3+
Kg8 6. f4 $1 Qb7+ (6... -- 7. Rxh3) 7. Kg1 Rc8 $1 8. Qe3 $1 Bf5 9. Nd6) 3. Kg2)
2. Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "Rome"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein"]
[Black "Bareev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5p2/1p3n2/p2p4/6P1/2N2P1K/1P6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 
1. g5 $4 (1. Kg3 Kg7 (1... d4 2. Nb5 d3 3. Kf2 -- 4. Ke3) 2. Kf4 -- 3. Ke5)
1... d4 $1 2. Nb5 d3 3. Kg3 (3. gxf6 d2 4. Nc3 b5 $1 5. -- b4 6. Nd1 a4) 3...
d2 4. Nc3 Nd5 $1 5. Nd1 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aseyev"]
[Black "Hickl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5rbk/1p5p/p1pp2q1/P4N2/1P3R2/5Q2/5BK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 
1. Kh1 (1. Bg2 $4 Bd4) 1... Bd4 $4 (1... Kg8) 2. Nh3 $1 -- (2... Bxf2 3. Nxg5+
hxg5 4. Rxf7+) 3. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Women's Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fatalibekova"]
[Black "Ranniku"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pp2bpp1/q1p1p1p1/3n2P1/2n1N2P/1B5Q/PPPB1P2/2KRR3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 
1. Rh1 $1 (1. -- Ba3 2. bxa3 $2 Qxa3+) 1... Ba3 $2 (1... Nxd2) 2. h5 $1 Nxb2 3.
hxg6 $1 (3. h6 $1) 3... Nxd1+ 4. Kxd1 fxg6 5. Qxe6+ Rf7 6. Qxg6 Rd8 7. Nf6+
Rxf6 (7... Kf8 8. Rh8+ Ke7 9. Qe4+ Kd6 10. Rxd8+) 8. gxf6 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin"]
[Black "Kamsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Be3 Ng6 8.
Nbd2 c5 $6 9. Nc4 Qe6 10. Ng5 Qf6 11. Qh5 Bd6 12. f4 $1 exf4 13. e5 $1 Nxe5 14.
Bxf4 $1 Nxc4 15. Bxd6 (15. Rae1+ Kd7 $1) 15... Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Nxd6 17. Rxf7 $4 (
17. Nxf7 Nxf7 (17... O-O) 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. Rae1 Qd6 (19... Qd7 20. Qf8+ $1)
20. Qxg7 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. Rf7) (17. Rae1+ Kd8 (17... Kd7 18. Nf3 $1 --
19. Ne5+) 18. Nxf7+) 17... Qg4 $1 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich"]
[Black "Botterill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/p3qpbp/R4np1/1p2p3/4P3/1P2NQ1P/1P3PP1/2BR2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 1... Rd4 $2 (1... Rxd1+) (1... Rac8) 2. Rxd4 exd4 3. e5 $1 Rc8 $1 4. exf6 (4.
Bd2 Qxe5) 4... Rxc1+ 5. Nf1 Qe1 6. Rxa7 $1 Bf8 (6... Qxf1+ 7. Kh2 Qg1+ 8. Kg3
-- 9. Ra8+ Bf8 10. Rxf8+ Kxf8 11. Qa8+) 7. Qd5 Qe6 8. Qxd4 $1 Qe2 9. Ra8 $1
Rxf1+ 10. Kh2 Rxf2 11. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 12. Qc5+ Ke8 (12... Kg8 13. Qc8+) 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, J.."]
[Black "Granda Zuniga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/3n1ppp/2QN4/8/3P4/8/1r2rqPP/2RR3K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 1. Rf1 $4 (1. Rg1 Nf8 2. Rcf1 Qxd4 3. Rxf7 Rb8 4. Rgf1 Re6 $2 5. Rxf8+ $1
Rxf8 6. Rxf8+ Kxf8 7. Qc8+ Ke7 8. Nf5+ Kf7 9. Qxe6+) 1... Qxg2+ $4 (1... Rbc2
$3 2. Rxc2 (2. Rxf2 Rxc6 $1) (2. Qa8+ Nf8 3. h3 Rxc1 4. Rxc1 Qxd4) 2... Qxf1#)
2. Qxg2 Rxg2 3. Rc8+ Nf8 4. Rxf7 Rxh2+ 5. Kg1 Rhg2+ 6. Kf1 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alburt"]
[Black "Shirazi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Nd2
Nc7 9. a4 e6 10. Nc4 exd5 11. exd5 b6 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. b3 Re8 14. Bf3 Nh5 $1 15.
Bd2 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Qh4 17. Be2 $6 Be5 18. g3 (18. h3) 18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxg3
20. Kg2 $4 (20. fxg3 $1 Qxg3+ 21. Kh1) 20... Qh2+ 21. Kf3 Bxf2 $1 22. Rg1 (22.
Rxf2 Qh3+ 23. Kf4 g5+ 24. Kxg5 Re5+) (22. Bf4 Re3+ $1 23. Bxe3 Qg3+) 22... Re5
$1 23. Bd3 Bxg1 24. Ne4 Rf5+ 0-1

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lukacs"]
[Black "Luecke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1rk2/ppR2p1p/3P2p1/n7/4B3/5P2/6PP/3R1K2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 1. Kg1 $5 (1. Ra1 Rxc7 (1... b6 2. Rxa7) 2. dxc7 b6 3. Rxa5 $2 bxa5 4. Bb7 a4
5. c8=Q) (1. Rd5 b6 (1... Rxc7 2. dxc7 b6 3. Rd8) (1... Nc4 2. Rxb7 (2. Kf2
Nxd6 $1) 2... Ne3+) 2. Rxa7) 1... Rxc7 $2 (1... -- 2. Rd5 Nc4 3. Rxb7) (1... f5
$2 2. Rxh7) (1... Red8) 2. dxc7 Ke7 3. Bxb7 Nxb7 4. Re1+ Kd7 5. Rxe8 Kxe8 6.
c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko"]
[Black "Byrne"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O
Nxe5 $2 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 10. c4 Qd6 $2 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nc4 $1 Qd8 13. Qh5 Bb7 14.
Ne3 $6 (14. Ne3 d4 $4 15. Bxb7) (14. Re1+) (14. Bg5 Be7 15. Rfe1 Nc6 16. Rxe7+
Nxe7 17. Re1 O-O 18. Bxe7 Re8 $1 19. Bxd8 Rxe1+ 20. Bf1 dxc4) (14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Rfe1 Nc6 16. Ne5 $1) *

[Event "Petropolis"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tan"]
[Black "Smyslov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qe2 c6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bb3
a5 9. a4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Na6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Bd4 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 b6 16. Qd2 Ba6 17. h4 $1 Qd7 18. h5 Qg4 19. O-O-O $1 Qxa4 20. Kb1 Rfc8
21. Rh4 Qe8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rdh1 Rc4 24. Rh7 $6 (24. Bd4) (24. Nd4) (24. g4)
(24. R4h3) (24. R4h2) (24. Rh8+ $1 Bxh8 25. Qh6 (25. Rxh8+ $1 Kxh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8
27. Ng5 (27. Ng5 e6 28. Nh7 Rf4 $1) (27. e6 $1 Rxc3 (27... f6 28. Ng5 $3) 28.
Ng5 $3) 27... e6 $1 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qf6+ Kd7) 25... Bg7) 24...
Qf8 (24... -- 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qh6+) 25. e6 (25. Qg5 d4 26. Qh4 $1 f6 27. e6)
25... Rxc3 (25... -- 26. Rh8+ (26. Rxg7+) 26... Bxh8 27. Rxh8#) 26. exf7+ $2 (
26. bxc3) (26. Ng5 $1 -- 27. exf7+) (26. Ng5 $1 fxe6 (26... f6 27. Qxc3 (27.
Nf7 $1 -- 28. Rh8+)) 27. Nxe6) 26... Qxf7 27. bxc3 $2 (27. Ne5 $1 Qe6 (27...
Qf6 28. Qxd5+ Kf8 29. Qxa8+) (27... Qf5 28. Qxd5+ Kf8 29. Qxa8+) (27... Rxc2
28. Qxc2 (28. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 (28... Qxg7 29. Qxd5+ Kf8 30. Rh8+ Qxh8 31. Qf7#)
29. Qh6+) 28... Qf5 $1) 28. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 29. Qh6+ Kf6 30. Qxg6+ $1 Kxe5 31.
Re1+) 27... Rd8 28. Ne5 Qf6 29. f4 $2 (29. Ng4 $1 Qd6 (29... Qxc3 30. Qxc3 Bxc3
31. Rxe7 Bg7 32. Nh6+ Bxh6 33. Rxh6 Rd6 34. Rhh7) 30. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 31. Qd4+)
29... d4 $1 30. g4 Bb7 $1 31. R1h3 Rd5 32. cxd4 Qd6 33. Qh2 (33. Rh8+ Bxh8 34.
Rxh8+ Kg7 $1) 33... Qb4+ 34. Ka2 Qa4+ 35. Ra3 Qxd4 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rh3 0-1

[Event "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ribli"]
[Black "Planinc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1p3p2/3P2p1/4p3/2Qn2Pp/P3bP1q/1P3RR1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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        } 1... Nxf3+ (1... Bxf2+ $1 2. Kxf2 (2. Rxf2 Nxf3+ 3. Rxf3 Qxf3 4. d7 (
4. Qc8+ Kg7 5. d7 h3 $1 6. Qc2 Qxg4+) 4... Qd1+) 2... Qxf3+ 3. Kg1 h3 $1 4. Rf2
Qxg4+ 5. Kh1 Qe4+ 6. Kh2 Nf3+) (1... Qxf3) 2. Kf1 Nd2+ 3. Rxd2 Qh1+ 4. Ke2 Bxd2
5. Kxd2 Qxg2+ 6. Kc3 Qg3+ 7. Kb4 e4 8. Qd4 $1 Qe1+ 9. Ka4 b5+ 10. Kxb5 Qf1+ 11.
Kb6 Qf4 12. Kc6 Qg5 13. d7 Qd8 14. Qb6 Qf6+ 15. Kb7 Qe7 16. Kc8 $1 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Verber"]
[Black "Mikenda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/pq1rnppp/1pn1p3/2p1P3/2Pb1P2/P1NP2PP/2N1Q2K/BR1R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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      } 1. Ne4 Bxa1 2. Nxc5 $5 (2. Rxa1 Nf5) 2... Qa8 3. Nxd7 Nd4 $1 (3... Bd4
4. Nxb6 axb6) 4. Qe4 $5 Nxc2 5. Qxa8 Rxa8 6. c5 Ne3 7. Re1 Bd4 8. cxb6 axb6 9.
Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Capablanca"]
[Black "Alekhine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rrk1/2pbq1pp/pp1p1b2/5p2/1PP5/2nRBNP1/P1Q1PPBP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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      } 1... f4 $2 2. gxf4 Bf5 3. Qd2 (3. Qb3 Bxd3 4. exd3 -- 5. Rxc3 Bxc3 6.
Qxc3) 3... Bxd3 4. exd3 c5 $2 (4... Na4 5. d4) 5. Rxc3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qf6 7. Qxf6
gxf6 8. Nd2 $1 f5 9. b5 a5 10. Nf1 Kf7 11. Ng3 0-1

[Event "Soviet Armed Forces Ch."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Onoprienko"]
[Black "Liberzon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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        } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3
Nf6 8. O-O b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. a3 Bc5 12. Rfe1 d6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14.
Qh3 Ne5 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Nd5 exd5 $1 17. exd5 Nxd3 18. dxc6 Nxf2 19. Qf3 Bxc6
$1 20. Qxc6 Nxd1+ 21. Kf1 Nxb2 22. Re4 Nc4 23. Qd5 Bxa3 24. Qd3 Bc5 25. Rh4 f5
26. Qh3 h6 27. Qf3 Rae8 28. Bc1 Re4 $1 29. g3 Rxh4 30. gxh4 f4 $1 31. Kg2 Be3
32. Ba3 Nd2 $1 33. Qd5+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov"]
[Black "Zaichik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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        } 1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bxf5 9. Bg5 Bxc2 $2 10. Rc1 $1 Bg6 (10... -- 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12.
Qe3+ Be7 13. Nxd5) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qe3+ Kf7 13. Nxd5 Bb4+ 14. Nxb4 $1 Rhe8
15. Bc4+ Kf8 16. O-O $1 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Bf5 18. g4 g6 19. gxf5 Kg7 20. Nd5 Qe5
21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ulibin"]
[Black "Gurevich, I.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r5/4n2R/p3k1p1/2Pp2P1/Pp6/1N4K1/1P6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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          } 1. Nd4+ (1. Nd4+ Ke5 2. Nf3+ Ke6 3. Nd4+ Kd7 4. Nb3 Rf8 5. Nd4)
1... Ke5 2. Rxe7+ $4 Kxd4 3. Re6 Kc4 4. Rxg6 Kb3 $1 5. Rxa6 Kxb2 6. Kf4 Kc3 7.
Rh6 d4 8. g6 b3 9. g7 Rg8 10. Rg6 b2 11. Rg1 Rxg7 0-1

[Event "Soviet Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Yudasin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1Qb2rk1/1p4pp/r3pb2/3p1p2/p7/Pq4P1/1PRNPPBP/2R3K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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          } 1... Bd7 2. Rc8 $3 (2. Qxf8+ Kxf8 3. Nxb3) 2... Qxb2 (2... Rxc8 3.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 4. Qxc8+ Kf7 5. Nxb3) (2... Bxc8 3. Nxb3) 3. Rxf8# 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Evans"]
[Black "Rossolimo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/1p3pp1/p5qp/3rp3/4N2n/7Q/PPP2PPP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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          } 1... Rxc2 $1 (1... Rxd1+) 2. Qxh4 (2. Rxc2 Rxd1#) (2. Rxd5 Rxc1+ 3.
Rd1 Rxd1#) 2... Rd4 $3 3. Qd8+ (3. f3 Qxg2#) (3. Rxc2 Rxd1#) (3. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 4.
Rd1 Rxd1#) (3. h3 Rxc1 4. Rxc1 Qxe4) (3. Ra1 Qxe4) 3... Rxd8 4. Rxd8+ Kh7 5.
Rxc2 Qxe4 6. Rc1 Qe2 7. Rb1 f5 $1 8. Rdd1 e4 9. Re1 Qc4 10. a3 Qa2 $1 11. g3
Kg6 12. Kg2 Qb3 13. Kg1 Qa2 14. Kg2 Kf6 15. f3 Ke5 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. h4 Qb3 18.
Kh3 Qc2 19. Rec1 Qf2 20. Rf1 Qb6 21. Kg2 g6 22. Rf8 Qb5 23. Rf2 e3 24. Re1 Ke4
25. a4 Qc5 26. Kh3 b5 $1 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rf6 Qe5 29. Rf8 Qe7 30. Rf4+ Kd3 31.
Rf3 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Candidates Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yusupov"]
[Black "Karpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r4/2rnqpk1/p6p/1ppBp1pP/2P1P3/1P1RQ3/P4PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 142
          } 1. Bxf7 $3 Kxf7 (1... Qxf7) 2. Qd2 $6 (2. Rd6 $1 Rcc8 (2... Rdc8 3.
Qf3+ Ke8 4. Qf5) 3. Rxh6 Nf8 4. Rd5 $1) 2... Ke8 3. Qa5 bxc4 4. bxc4 Rcc8 $2 (
4... Rc6 5. -- Qe6) 5. Qa4 $1 Rc7 $2 6. Qxa6 Rb8 7. Qg6+ Kf8 $2 8. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal"]
[Black "Letelier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 144
          } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3
h6 8. Nh4 g5 $2 9. Qh5 Rh7 10. Bxg5 exd4 11. f4 Qc8 12. f5 dxc3 13. Nxc3 Ne5
14. Bf6 Ng8 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Ng6 (16. Bxf7+) (16. Qg4 Nf6 $1) 16... Bd6 (16...
fxg6 17. Qxg6+) 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (17... Rxf7 18. Nh8 $1) 18. Nd5 $1 Kg7 (18...
Nf6 $2 19. Nxe5+ Kg7 20. Qg6+) (18... Kg7 19. O-O) 19. O-O Nf6 20. Nxf6 Kxf6
21. Nxe5 Qe8 (21... Bxe5 22. Qg6+) (21... Kxe5 22. f6+) 22. Nxd7+ Rxd7 23. e5+
$1 Bxe5 24. Qxh6+ Kf7 25. Rae1 Rd5 26. Qh7+ Kf6 27. Re4 $1 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxe4
29. Qg6+ Ke7 30. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman"]
[Black "Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 146
          } 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7.
Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 (10. cxd5 Qe7 11. b3) 10... Qe7 11. Bb2
dxc4 $1 12. bxc4 Rb8 13. Qc1 Ng4 14. g3 Re8 15. Nd1 (15. Bf3) 15... Nxh2 16. c5
$1 (16. Kxh2 Qh4+ 17. Kg2 Qh3+ 18. Kg1 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1 Re4 $1 21.
Rf4 Bh3 $1) 16... Nxf1 (16... Bxc5 17. Kxh2 $1) (16... Be5 17. Bxe5 Nxf1 18.
Bf4 g5 19. Bxf1 gxf4 20. exf4) 17. cxd6 Nxg3 $1 (17... Qxd6 18. Bxf1) 18. fxg3
(18. dxe7 Nxe2+ 19. Kh2 Nxc1) 18... Qxd6 19. Kf2 (19. Kg2 Qh6 $1 20. g4 Qg5)
19... Qh6 20. Bd4 Qh2+ 21. Ke1 Qxg3+ 22. Kd2 Qg2 23. Nb2 Ba6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25.
Kxd3 Rbd8 26. Bf1 Qe4+ 27. Kc3 c5 $1 28. Bxc5 Qc6 29. Kb3 Rb8+ 30. Ka3 Re5 31.
Bb4 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Siegen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen"]
[Black "Portisch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pppb2bp/3p2p1/2nPp3/2P4q/PPB1P1NP/5P2/2RQKB1R b K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 149
            } 1... Rxf2 $1 2. Kxf2 Ne4+ 3. Kg1 (3. Kg2 Qxg3#) (3. Ke2 Nxg3+) (
3. Ke1 Qxg3+) 3... Qxg3+ 4. Bg2 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Austrian Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reorl"]
[Black "Palme"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 151
            } 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. e3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7.
O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qb3 $2
Nd4 $1 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Rfd1 Bc5 16. Bxh5 Nxh5 17. Ne2 $2 dxe3 $1 18. Rxd8
exf2+ 19. Kf1 (19. Kh2 Raxd8 20. Qf3 g6 21. g4 Rxe2 $1 22. Qxe2 Bd6+) 19...
Raxd8 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Ng3 Rd2 $1 22. Qc3 (22. Rb1 Red8) 22... Red8 23. b4 Rd1+
24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Ke2 Ne4 $1 26. Nxe4 (26. Qe5 Re1+ 27. Kd3 Nxg3) 26... f1=Q#
0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barda"]
[Black "Keres"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 153
            } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5 7.
Nge2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Qd3 Qe7 13. a3
Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Rfe1 $2 Ne5 17. dxe5 Rxd3 18. exf6 Rxd1
19. fxe7 Rxe1+ 20. Kf2 Rxe3 $1 (20... Rh1 21. Bb5 $1) 21. Kxe3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Kuala Lampur"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 155
      } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6
8. h4 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Be2 a6 12. h5 Bd7 13. Qd2 Be7 14. O-O-O
Qc7 15. h6 gxh6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nf5 $1 Be7 (17... Rd8 18. Nxd6+ Ke7 19. f4 --
20. e5) (17... O-O-O 18. Nxd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 $4 (20. bxc3) 20...
Qf4+ $1) (17... Bg5 18. Nxd6+ $4 (18. f4 exf5 19. fxg5 (19. Nd5 -- 20. fxg5))
18... Qxd6 $1) (17... Be5 18. f4) (17... Be7 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 (18... Nxe7 19. Rg7
(19. Qxd6)) 19. Rg3 $1) (17... exf5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Qxh6 $3 Rxh6 (19... -- 20.
Nxf6+ (20. Qxh8+ Bxh8 21. Rg8#)) 20. Rg8#) 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Rg3 b5 20. Qf4
Rad8 21. Qh4+ Ke8 22. Bxb5 $1 Ne5 23. Be2 Qc5 24. Bh5 Rf8 25. f4 Nc6 26. e5 d5
27. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 28. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Brighton"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short"]
[Black "Miles"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/1p1q1ppp/2r2b2/8/1QNnR3/5P2/PP3P1P/1K1R1B2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 158
      } 1. a3 $2 (1. Nb6 Ne2 $1 2. Bxe2 Qxd1+ $1 3. Bxd1 Rc1#) (1. Nb6 Ne2 2.
Qf8+ $3 Kxf8 (2... Rxf8 3. Nxd7) 3. Nxd7+ Kg8 4. Bxe2) *

[Event "Thessaloniki"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovacevic"]
[Black "Thipsay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/pp4b1/2p4p/3q2p1/3P1pP1/3QPP2/PP1NB3/2KR3R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 159
      } 1. Rxh6 $1 (1. Qc3 b5) (1. Rxh6 Bxh6 2. Qg6+ Bg7 (2... Kh8 3. Qxh6+ Kg8
4. Bc4) 3. Bc4) (1. Rxh6 Bf5 2. gxf5 (2. e4 Bxh6 3. exd5 $2 Bxd3) (2. Qc3 b5 3.
Rxc6 Rac8 $1) 2... Bxh6) 1... Bf5 $1 2. e4 Bxh6 3. gxf5 $1 Qd7 (3... Qxa2 4. e5
-- 5. Rh1 (5. f6)) 4. Nc4 Bg7 5. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 6. Qb3+ Kg7 (6... Qf7 7. Bc4) (
6... Rf7 7. dxe5 -- 8. Bc4) 7. dxe5 Qc7 8. Qe6 -- 9. Rd7+ (9. Qg6+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet Correspondance Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Filger"]
[Black "Dubinin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 161
      } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. g3
Nc6 8. Be3 d5 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Nxc4 Qd7 12. Bc1 O-O-O $1 13. e3 h5
14. b4 e5 15. dxe5 b5 16. Na5 Nxa5 17. bxa5 Qf5 18. Qb3 (18. -- Nc3 19. e4 Qxe5
) 18... Nc3 $1 (18... Qxe5 19. Bb2) (18... Nc3 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Qxc3 Qf3 21.
O-O) 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. a6+ Kc8 21. Qxc3 (21. O-O Ne2+ 22. Kg2 h4) 21... Qf3 $1
22. Bb2 (22. O-O h4 $1 23. Re1 hxg3 24. fxg3 Rxh2 $1) 22... Qxh1+ 23. Ke2 Qd5
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Illustration 1"]
[Black "Page 163"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 163
        } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4
dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O e5 $2 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13.
Bxh7+ $1 (13. Qh5 f5 $1) 13... Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qxe5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Illustration 2"]
[Black "Page 164"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pp4pp/2p5/4b3/2PpB3/8/PP3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 164
        } 1. Qh5 $1 Qf6 (1... Re8 2. Bxh7+ Kf8 3. Bg6) 2. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 3. Bg6+
Kg8 4. Qh7# *

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petursson"]
[Black "Korchnoi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1k2/pp2npp1/8/2P2PP1/1P1p4/P2R3Q/2q5/5BK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 165
        } 1. f6 $4 (1. Qh8+ Ng8 2. f6 gxf6 3. gxf6) 1... Ng6 $1 2. Qh7 gxf6 3.
gxf6 Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goteborg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres"]
[Black "Spassky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rnk1/2qn2p1/pp2b2p/2p1N3/2P5/4P1Q1/PB4PP/1B3RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 166
        } 1. Qxg7+ $3 (1. Nxd7 Qxg3 2. Nf6+ gxf6 3. hxg3 Bxc4) 1... Kxg7 2.
Nxd7+ Kg8 3. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet Young Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov"]
[Black "Sturua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 167
        } 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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 d5 14. Nxe5
Nxe4 $2 15. Nxf7 (15. Rxe4 dxe4 (15... Nxe5 16. Rxe5) 16. Nxf7 Qc8 (16... Qb8
$1 17. Bb3 c5 18. Be6 (18. Ne5+ c4 19. Nxd7 Qc7) (18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd6+ Kh8 $1
) 18... Nf8) 17. Bb3 Kf8 (17... -- 18. Nd6+) 18. Qh5 Nf6 19. Ng5 $3) 15... Kxf7
16. Rxe4 Nf6 (16... dxe4 17. Bb3+ Kf6 (17... Kg6 18. Qg4+ Bg5 19. Ng3) 18. Qh5
g6 19. Qh6) 1-0

[Event "Soviet Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grigorian"]
[Black "Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 169
        } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7
8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Bb1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 $1 Qxd4 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19.
Qe4 f5 20. Qh4 f6) (18. Qe4 g6 (18... Rfd8 19. Qxh7+ Kf8) 19. Bxf6) (18. Bxh7+
$1 Kxh7 19. Qe4+ Kg8 20. Bxf6) 18... gxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kg7 $1 (19... Kxh7 20. Qe4+
Kg7 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Kh1 Qc5 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Rg1+) (19... Kh8 20. Be4 Rad8 21.
Kh1) 20. Rd4 Rh8 21. Rg4+ Kf8 22. Qb2 Rxh7 23. Qxb4+ Qc5 24. Qd2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vyzhmanavin"]
[Black "Novikov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1nk1/r2q1pb1/pp1P1p1p/4p2Q/P3N1P1/1B4P1/1P3PK1/2R4R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 171
          } 1. Rc7 $3 (1. Nxf6+ Bxf6 2. Qxh6) (1. Rc7 Rxc7) (1. Qxf7+ Qxf7 2.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 (2... Rxf7 $1) 3. Rc7+ Rxc7 (3... Rd7 $1) 4. dxc7 Rc8 5. Nd6+ $1) (
1. Qxf7+ Qxf7 2. Rc7 Rxc7 (2... Qxb3 $1) 3. dxc7 Rc8 (3... Qxb3 4. cxd8=Q) 4.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Nd6+) 1... Rxc7 2. Qxf7+ $1 Qxf7 3. dxc7 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Honfi"]
[Black "Barczay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1r1k1/1p4bp/p2p1qp1/1n1P4/4B2P/1N1Q4/PPP1R3/1K5R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 172
          } 1. c4 (1. c3) (1. -- Na3+ 2. bxa3 Qa1+ 3. Nxa1 $1) 1... Rxc4 $1 2.
Qxc4 Qxb2+ $3 3. Rxb2 Na3+ 4. Kc1 Bxb2+ 5. Kxb2 Nxc4+ 6. Kc3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boey"]
[Black "Filip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b5/p2k1r1p/3P2pP/1ppR4/2P2p2/2P5/P1B4P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 174
          } 1. Bxg6 $1 (1. Rxc5 Kxd6 $1 2. Rd5+ Kc7) (1. Re7+ Rxe7 2. Bxg6) (1.
Re7+ Rxe7 2. dxe7+ Kxe7 3. Bxg6 hxg6 $2 (3... Be6 4. -- Bxd5 (4... hxg6) (4...
Rg8)) 4. Rd8 $1) 1... hxg6 (1... Rf6 2. Bxh7 (2. Bf5+ Kd8) 2... Rxh6) 2. Re7+
Rxe7 3. dxe7+ Kxe7 4. Rd8 $1 (4. h7 Bb7) 4... Kxd8 (4... Bb7 5. Rxa8 Bxa8 6. h7
) 5. h7 1-0

[Event "Skopje"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller"]
[Black "Matulovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr1k1/pp4pp/1qn1Np2/3p4/8/2P1R3/PPQ2PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Five  Counting Out  Page 176
          } 1... d4 $1 2. cxd4 $4 (2. Nxd8 $2 dxe3 3. Nxc6 exf2+ (3... Qxc6)) (
2. cxd4 Nxd4 3. Nxd4 Qxd4) (2. Nxd4 Nxd4 3. cxd4 Qxd4) (2. cxd4 Nxd4 3. Nxd4
Rxe3 $5) 2... Rxe6 $1 3. Rxe6 Nxd4 $1 4. Qc4 (4. Rxb6 Nxc2) 4... Nxe6 0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vinsnes"]
[Black "Krasenkov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/2pq1ppp/p1n5/1p1bP1N1/3pNQ2/1P6/PP3PPP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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            } 1... Qe7 $2 2. Rxc6 $1 (2. Nf3) (2. Qf5 Bxe4 $1 3. Nxe4 (3. Qxe4
Qxg5 4. Rxc6 Qh5) 3... Qxe5 $1) (2. Nf6+ gxf6 3. exf6 Qe5 $1 4. Qh4 Qf5) (2.
Rxc6 Bxc6 3. Nf6+ gxf6 4. exf6 Qe2 $1) (2. Nf6+ gxf6 3. Nxh7 Nxe5 $1 4. Nxf6+
Kg7 5. Nh5+ Kg6 $1) 2... Bxc6 3. Nf6+ gxf6 (3... Kh8 4. Nfxh7 (4. Qf5 g6 5. Qh3
h5 6. Nxh5 $1)) 4. Nxh7 $3 Kxh7 (4... fxe5 5. Nf6+ Qxf6 6. Qxf6) 5. Qh4+ Kg7 6.
Qg4+ Kh8 7. Rd3 Be4 8. Rh3+ (8. Qxe4 $4 Rg8 $1) 8... Bh7 9. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Swiss Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wirthensohn"]
[Black "Huebner"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/1p3ppp/p1n2b2/3B4/P3Q3/q3B3/5PPP/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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            } 1. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 2. Qc4+ $1 (2. Rxb7+) (2. Qc4+) (2. Qd5+) 2...
Kg6 $1 (2... Kf8 3. Bc5+) (2... Re6 3. Rxb7+ Ne7 (3... Be7 4. Bc5) 4. Bc5 Qb3
5. Rxe7+ $1) 3. Qg4+ (3. Rb3 $1 Qe7 4. Qg4+ Kf7 (4... Bg5 5. h4 h5 6. Qg3 $1)
5. Rd7) 3... Kf7 4. Qc4+ $1 Kg6 *

[Event "Petropolis"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Smyslov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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        } 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bf4
dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 a6 11. a3 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. d5 $5 exd5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rc8 16. Re1 Bf6 $1 17. Bd6 $1 Re8 (17... Qxd6 $4 18. Bxf7+)
18. Bxf7+ $6 Kxf7 19. Qd5+ Kg6 20. Rxe8 $2 (20. Qd3+ Kh6 $2 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22.
Qf5 $1 Ne5 23. Qf4+ Kg6 24. Nxe5+ Bxe5 25. Rxc8) 20... Qxe8 21. Qd3+ Kf7 22.
Re1 Ne7 $1 23. Qb3+ (23. Bxe7 Bxe7 24. Ne5+ Kg8 25. Qb3+ Kf8 26. Qe6 Rc7) (23.
h4 Qd8) 23... Bd5 24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qxd5+ Qe6 0-1

[Event "Gausdal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis"]
[Black "Van Wely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4Qb2/1kr2R1p/4p3/4p3/P3P3/1q6/6rP/R6K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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        } 1. Kxg2 $4 (1. Rxc7+ Kxc7 2. Qf7+ $1 Kb6 (2... Kc6 3. Qe8+ (3. Kxg2
Qb2+ 4. Kh3 Qc3+ 5. Kh4 Qxa1 6. Qxf8)) 3. Kxg2 Qb2+ 4. Qf2+) 1... Qc2+ 2. Kh3 (
2. Kg3 Qd3+ 3. Rf3 Rg7+) 2... Qd3+ 3. Kh4 Qxe4+ 4. Kh3 Qe3+ 5. Kg2 Qd2+ $1 6.
Kg3 Qg5+ 7. Kh3 Qh5+ 8. Kg3 Qg6+ $1 9. Kh3 Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik"]
[Black "Capablanca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p3q1kp/1p2Pnp1/3pQ3/2pP4/1nP3N1/1B4PP/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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        } 1. Ba3 $1 Qxa3 2. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 3. Qg5+ Kf8 4. Qxf6+ Kg8 5. e7 $1 Qc1+
6. Kf2 Qc2+ 7. Kg3 Qd3+ 8. Kh4 Qe4+ 9. Kxh5 Qe2+ 10. Kh4 Qe4+ 11. g4 $1 Qe1+
12. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nunn"]
[Black "Fedorowicz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3kb1r/5pp1/pBqPp2p/1p1b4/5P2/4Q3/PPP3PP/2KR1B1R w kq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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        } 1. Rxd5 $1 (1. Be2 Rc8) 1... Qxd5 2. Be2 Qxa2 (2... Qxd6 3. Rd1 Qe7 (
3... Qb4 4. Qf3 Rc8 5. Qb7) (3... Qb8 4. Bf3 Be7 5. Bc6+ Kf8 6. Rd7) 4. Qc3 $1)
3. Qf3 $1 (3. Qc5 Qd5 4. Rd1 $1 Bxd6 5. Qxd6) 3... Bxd6 $1 (3... Rc8 4. d7+
Kxd7 5. Qb7+) (3... Qd5 4. d7+ Ke7 5. Rd1 Qxf3 6. d8=Q+) 4. Qxa8+ Ke7 5. Qb7+ (
5. Qxh8 $4 Bxf4+) 5... Kf8 6. Bc5 Qa1+ (6... Bxc5 7. Qc8+) 7. Kd2 Qxh1 8. Qb8+
1-0

[Event "Hilversum"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Szabo"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k1r3r/2p1qb2/2Pp3p/5p2/5PpP/1P2Pn2/PKQPB3/3R3R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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   } 1. Qc3 (1. Qd3 $1) 1... d5 $1 2. Rc1 (2. Qb4+) (2. Qa5 Qf6+ 3. Kc1 Qxc6+)
2... d4 $1 3. Qa5 Rd5 *

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hauchard"]
[Black "Shirov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr1k1/p1q2pp1/7p/2P5/2Ppp3/P7/2Q1B1PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 1. Rad1 $2 (1. Rfd1 $1 Qxc5 2. Kh1 d3 3. Bxd3 exd3 4. Rxd3) 1... Qxc5 2. Kh1
d3 3. Bxd3 exd3 4. Qc3 (4. Rxd3 Qf5 $1) 4... Re3 $1 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Larsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7k/3p4/1Pp1p2P/1bP1Pp1K/1r1p4/5P2/R1N5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 1... Rc3 $2 (1... Ra3 $1 2. Rxa3 (2. b6 $1 d2 3. b7 d1=Q 4. b8=Q (4. Rxa3 Kh6
$1) 4... Qh1+ 5. Kg5 Qg2+) 2... d2 $1) 2. Nxd3 $1 Rxd3 3. Kg5 (3. b6 Rb3) 3...
Ba3 (3... -- 4. Ra7+) (3... -- 4. b6) 4. b6 $1 Rb3 5. b7 Rxb7 6. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall"]
[Black "Rubenstein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3Q1qk1/pb3pr1/4p3/4N2p/8/4PP2/6PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 1. Qf6 $2 (1. Rd7) (1. Qxf8+) (1. Qa5) (1. Qh4 f6 (1... Bd5 2. Nd7) 2. Nd7) (
1. Qf6) 1... Qc5 $1 2. Qd8+ (2. Rd8+ Kh7 3. Nxf7 $2 Qxe3+) (2. Nxf7 Qxe3+ 3.
Kh1 Bd5) 2... Kh7 $1 3. Qd3+ f5 4. Nd7 Qe7 5. e4 fxe4 6. fxe4 Bc6 $1 7. e5+ Kh8
8. Nf6 Qc5+ 9. Qd4 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers"]
[Black "Shirov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p2/8/7R/4Kp2/5P2/5k1p/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 
1... Kg2 $4 (1... Kg3 $1 2. Rh8 f5+ $1 3. Kxf5 Kxf3 4. Rxh2 Kg3 5. -- f3) 2.
Kxf4 h1=Q 3. Rxh1 Kxh1 4. Kg3 $1 Kg1 5. f4 $1 Kf1 6. Kf3 Ke1 7. f5 Kd2 8. Ke4
Kc3 9. Kd5 $1 Kb4 10. f6 -- 11. Kd6 -- 12. Ke7 1-0

[Event "USSR Team Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhov"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Ne4 $2 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxa3 14. Ng5
$1 g6 15. Bc4 Bf5 16. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 17. O-O (17. Qxf5 Qxc3+) 17... Ne7 18. Be5
$1 Bd6 19. Qe2 $2 (19. Bd4 Bc5 20. Bf6) (19. Qe2 -- 20. Qh5) (19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20.
Qe2 -- 21. Qh5) (19. Bd4 Qa5 20. Qe2 f4 21. Qh5 Qf5 22. Nxf7 $1 Qxh5 23. Nh6#)
19... Bxe5 20. Qh5 Kg7 $1 21. Qxh7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi"]
[Black "Udovcic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1k2/pp1bb2r/1n2p2p/1B1pP2Q/1B6/2R5/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 
1. Qg6 $1 (1. Rg3 Bxb4 $1 2. Qg6 Qg5 $1 3. Rxg5 hxg5 4. Qxh7 Bxb5) 1... Rg7 2.
Qxh6 Bxb5 $2 (2... Kg8 3. Rh3 Kf7 4. Bxd7 Qxd7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Qh8 $1 Qg5 7.
Rf3+ Ke7 8. Qf8+ Kd7 9. Qd6+) 3. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzovich"]
[Black "Tartakower"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1q2r1k/2pb1pbp/1p1p1np1/p1nPp1BP/2P1P1P1/2N2P2/PP1Q1N2/R3KB1R b KQ - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 
1... gxh5 2. Bxf6 (2. Bxf6 Bxf6 3. Qh6 Bg7 4. Qxh5 h6 5. g5 f5 $1 6. gxf6 (6.
gxh6)) 2... Bxf6 3. Rxh5 Bg7 4. Nh1 $1 f6 5. Qh2 h6 6. Ng3 Kh7 7. Be2 Rg8 8.
Kf2 1-0

[Event "Tashkent"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolmatov"]
[Black "Lerner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4r2/2q1bpk1/p5pN/3bp3/1p6/3B3Q/PPP3PP/1K1R1R2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 
1. Nf5+ $1 gxf5 2. Qg3+ $1 (2. Bxf5 Rh8 $1 3. Qg3+ Kf8) (2. Qxf5 Rh8) 2... Kh6
(2... Kh8 3. Rxf5 $1) 3. Qh3+ $6 (3. Bxf5 Bxa2+ (3... Qc4 4. Qh3+ Qh4 5. Qxh4+
Bxh4 6. Rxd5 f6 (6... Bf6 7. Rd6 Kg7 8. Be4) 7. Rd7) 4. Kxa2 Qc4+ 5. Kb1 Qh4 6.
Rd6+ $1 Bxd6 7. Qxh4+) (3. Rxf5 Rg8 4. Rh5+ $1 Kxh5 5. Qh3+ Kg5 (5... Bh4 6.
Qf5+ Bg5 7. g4+ Kh4 8. Qh7+ Kxg4 9. Rg1+) 6. Qf5+ Kh6 7. Qh7+ Kg5 8. Rf1 $1 Be6
9. h4+ Kg4 10. Qe4+ Kh5 11. g4+ $1 Kxh4 12. Qh1+) 3... Kg7 4. Bxf5 Bxa2+ $1 (
4... Qc4) 5. Kxa2 Qc4+ 6. Kb1 Qh4 7. Qe3 Rad8 8. Qxe5+ Bf6 9. Qc7 Rxd1+ 10.
Rxd1 Qf2 11. Be6 $1 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huebner"]
[Black "Korchnoi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 
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. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15.
Nf5 O-O 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. b4 Na4 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. e6 fxe6 (19... Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 (20. Qc2+ Be4 21. Rxe4 fxe6 $1) (20. Qd3+ $1 Be4 21. Qh3+) 20... fxe6) 20.
Ng5+ Kg8 (20... Kg6 21. g4) 21. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Kuibyshev"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupreichik"]
[Black "Sveshnikov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 exf4 8.
Bxf4 d6 9. O-O h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxh6
$5 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Nd4 $2 (15... Nd4) (15... Be6 16. -- Bf5) (15... Be6 16. Ne4
Bf5 17. Nfg5 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Qg7) 16. Nxd4 Bg5 (16... cxd4 17. Nxd5
Qxd5) 17. Qh5 cxd4 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rf4 $3 (19. -- Be3+) (19. Kh1 Kg7 20. --
Rh8) 19... Rae8 (19... f6 20. Qg6+) 20. h4 Re5 21. hxg5 Rxg5 22. Rg4 $1 f6 23.
Rf1 Kg7 24. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mecking"]
[Black "Rodriguez, O.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/ppp3pp/8/3p4/3P2b1/3P1rPq/PP3P2/R1BBQRK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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} 
1... h5 $4 (1... Rxg3+) (1... R8f5 2. Qe8+) (1... Rxf2 2. Rxf2 (2. Qxf2 $1 Rxf2
3. Kxf2 Qh2+ 4. Ke3 Qh6+ (4... Qxg3+ 5. Bf3 Bxf3 $1 6. Rxf3 Qe1+ 7. Kf4 h6))
2... Qxg3+ 3. Kf1 Bh3+ 4. Ke2 Re8+ 5. Kd2 Rxe1 6. Kxe1 Qg1+ 7. Ke2 Bg4+) (1...
h6 $1) 2. Bg5 $1 (2. Bxf3 Bxf3 3. -- Qg2#) 2... Rxf2 3. Qxf2 Rxf2 4. Rxf2 $1
Qxg3+ 5. Rg2 Qe1+ 6. Kh2 Bxd1 7. Rd2 $1 h4 8. Bf4 g5 9. Be5 g4 10. Raxd1 g3+
11. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balcerowski"]
[Black "Krantz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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208        } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5
c6 8. Qd2 cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. O-O-O Re8 11. Kb1 Nbd7 12. Nge2 b5 13. Nc1 Nb6
14. Bd3 Bd7 15. g4 Rb8 16. Bg5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. h4 Rb7 19. h5 Qc7 20. hxg6
hxg6 21. Bh6 Reb8 $2 (21... Bf8) 22. Bxg7 $1 (22. Bxg7 Rxb2+ 23. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 24.
Kxb2 Kxg7) 22... Rxb2+ 23. Ka1 $3 Nh5 (23... Rxd2 24. Bxf6) (23... Kxg7 24.
Qh6+) 24. Qh6 f6 25. gxh5 Be8 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Duras"]
[Black "Spielmann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/5pk1/5r2/R7/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

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209        } 1. Rf4 $4 Kg5 $1 (1... Rxf4+ 2. Kxf4) (1... Ra5) 2. Rxf5+ Kxf5 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov"]
[Black "Agdestein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/7p/7p/5Q2/3P3P/1p4P1/4qP1K/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
211        } 1. d5 $4 (1. Qd5+ Kg7 2. Qxb3 Qxf2+ 3. Kh3 Qxd4) 1... Qc2 $1 (1...
b2 2. d6 Qd1 (2... b1=Q 3. Qxb1 Qxf2+ 4. Kh3) 3. d7 b1=Q 4. Qxb1 Qxd7) 2. Qf3
b2 3. d6 b1=Q 4. d7 Qbd1 5. Qa8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Preston"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson"]
[Black "Wolff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4k1r/pp4bp/4p1p1/2q1n3/1nN5/BP1B4/P3Q1PP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
212        } 1. Nxe5 $2 (1. O-O-O b5 $1) 1... Bxe5 2. Qf2+ Kg7 $1 3. Bc4 (3.
Qxc5 Nxd3+) 3... Qxf2+ 4. Kxf2 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Libverda"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eliskases"]
[Black "Henneberger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/pp2q2p/6p1/2pBp3/2P3R1/PPQ1P1P1/1B4PK/3r1r2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
214        } 1... Qf7 $3 (1... Kh8 $4 2. Qxe5+) (1... Kg7 2. Qxe5+ Qxe5 3.
Bxe5+ Kh6 (3... Kf8 4. Rf4+) 4. Rh4+ Kg5 5. Bf4+ Kf6 6. g4 $1) (1... Kf8 2.
Rf4+ $1 Rxf4 (2... exf4 3. Qh8#) 3. exf4 -- 4. Qxe5) 2. Bxf7+ $4 (2. Rxg6+ $1
Kf8 (2... hxg6 $4 3. Bxf7+ Kxf7 4. g4) 3. g4 Qxg6 4. Qxe5 $1) 2... Kf8 $1 0-1

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yusupov"]
[Black "Short"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/p2rbpk1/1q2b1pp/2ppP3/Q7/PB3N1P/1P2RPP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
215        } 1. Rxd5 $4 Red8 $1 (1... Bxd5 2. Qxd7) (1... Rxd5 2. Qxe8 Qxb3 3.
Qxe7) 2. Rxd7 Bxd7 3. Qc4 Be6 0-1

[Event "Candidates Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev"]
[Black "Anand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/p4ppp/1p2n3/3Q4/4P3/P2RBP2/4q1PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
216        } 1. Qd6 $4 Rcd8 $1 2. Qxd8 Nxd8 $1 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Zsu."]
[Black "Belyavsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
217        } 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Rb1
Nd7 8. Nf3 Ngf6 9. h5 Ne4 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Nh4
Kf7 14. Qg4 Nf8 15. Qg3 Be6 16. Bh6 $2 (16. Qf4+ Bf6 17. Bxf6 -- 18. Qh6) 16...
Bf6 17. Bxf8 g5 $3 18. Bh6 gxh4 19. Qh2 c5 $1 20. Ne2 Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Qxa2 22. Re1
Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolmatov"]
[Black "Makarichev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
218        } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7
7. O-O Qh4 8. c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g5 10. f3 Nf6 11. Be3 Rg8 $5 12. Nc3 g4 13. Qe1 $2
(13. Qe1 g3 14. hxg3 Rxg3 15. Ne2 Rxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Qh3+ 17. Kg1 Bd6 $1 18. cxd6
Rg8+ 19. Bg5 $3) (13. g3 $1 Qh3 14. f4 Nh5 15. Qe1 $1) 13... g3 (13... Qh5) 14.
hxg3 Rxg3 15. Qd2 (15. Ne2 Bd6 $1 (15... Rxg2+ $2) 16. Nxg3 (16. cxd6 Rxg2+ 17.
Kxg2 Rg8+ 18. Bg5 (18. Ng3 Qh3+) 18... Rxg5+ 19. Ng3 Bh3+) 16... Bxg3) 15...
Bxc5 $1 16. dxc5 Rdg8 17. Rfd1 (17. Rf2 Rh3 18. -- Rh1#) 17... d4 18. c6 dxe3
19. cxd7+ Kd8 20. Qe2 Rxg2+ 21. Qxg2 Qf2+ $1 0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Gufeld"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r2r2k/pP5p/q5p1/4b3/3Bb3/1Q6/PP4PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
220        } 1. Bxe5+ $2 (1. Rxe4 Bxd4+ 2. Rxd4 Qxb7 3. Qxb7 Rxb7 4. Rd2) (1.
Rf8+ $1 Rxf8 2. Bxe5+ Rf6 3. Bxb8 (3. Qf7 Qb6+ 4. Kh1 Bxg2+ $1 5. Kxg2 Qf2+))
1... Rxe5 2. Rf8+ $2 (2. Qc3 $1 Qb6+ 3. Rf2 Qc5 4. Qxc5 Rxc5 5. Rxe4) 2... Rxf8
3. b8=Q Qf6 $1 (3... Rxb8 4. Qxb8+ Kg7 5. Qxe5+) 4. Qxa7 Bd3 $1 5. Qd1 Rxe1+ 6.
Qxe1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spacek"]
[Black "Motwani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/pp6/2p1b1p1/4bp1n/2P1p2q/1PN1PP2/P2Q2BP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
222          } 1. f4 Nxf4 2. exf4 Bxf4 3. Qf2 Qh6 $1 (3... Qxh2+ 4. Kf1 Bg3 (
4... Bxc1 5. Rxc1) 5. Qxa7) (3... Bxh2+ 4. Kf1 Bg3) 4. Qe1 Qxh2+ 5. Kf1 Bxc1 6.
Rxc1 e3 7. Ne2 f4 8. Ng1 Bg4 9. Rc2 e2+ $1 10. Rxe2 Rxe2 11. Nxe2 f3 0-1

[Event "USSR Club Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kruppa"]
[Black "Bareev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
223          } 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7.
Nxd4 Qb6 8. Be3 Qxb2 $2 (8... -- 9. Qd2 Nc6 $2 10. Nxe6) (8... Qxb2 9. Na4 (9.
Ncb5 Na6 10. Rb1 Qxa2 11. Ra1 Qb2 12. Rxa6 bxa6 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 Bb7) 9...
Qb4+ 10. c3 Qa5) (8... Qxb2 9. Ndb5 $1) 9. Ndb5 $1 Qb4 10. Nc7+ (10. Nc7+ Kd8
11. Nxa8 $2 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 (12. Kf2 Bc5) 12... Qc5) 10... Kd8 11. Bd2 $1 Kxc7
12. Nb5+ Qxb5 13. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian"]
[Black "Geller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq2k1/p3rpp1/5n1p/1N1p4/P2P1Q2/3B1P2/6PP/1RR3K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
224          } 1... a6 $2 (1... a6 2. Nc7 g5 $1 (2... Nh5 3. Qh4) 3. Qxf6 Re1+
4. Rxe1 Qxf6 5. Nxa8 Qxd4+ $1 6. Kh1 Qxd3) 2. Nc7 $1 g5 3. Qxf6 Re1+ 4. Rxe1
Qxf6 5. Kh1 $3 Qxd4 (5... Ra7 6. Re8+ Kg7 7. Rxc8 $1) 6. Rbd1 $1 Kg7 7. Nxa8
Qa7 8. Rc1 Qxa8 9. Re8 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adams"]
[Black "Shirov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/pp4b1/4b3/5rB1/3P1pq1/8/PP1QNRP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
226            } 1. Bxf4 $2 Bc4 $1 2. Be3 (2. g3 Bxe2 3. Qxe2 Rxf4 $1) 2...
Rxf2 3. Bxf2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal"]
[Black "Korchnoi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7r/6k1/4ppP1/p3q2P/3p1Q2/P1p3R1/2P2P2/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
227            } 1. h6+ $2 (1. Qf3 Qd5 2. Qf4 $1 (2. Qxd5) 2... Qe5 $1) 1...
Rxh6 2. Qxh6+ $2 Kxh6 3. g7 Qxg3+ $1 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shishov"]
[Black "Zagoryansky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k4r/pq2pp2/2p1rp1b/B2b3p/3P1Q1P/1P1R4/P3BP2/4K1R1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
228            } 1. Qxh6 $4 (1. Qxh6 Rxh6 2. Rg8+ Kd7 3. Rd8#) 1... Rxe2+ $1 2.
Kxe2 Rxh6 3. Rg8+ Kd7 4. Rd8+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Helsinki"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, M.."]
[Black "Geller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/5pp1/p3p3/P5q1/1NN1bn1p/7P/1P3QP1/R2R1B1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
229            } 1... Nxh3 2. Qe3 Qxe3 $4 (2... Qf5 3. Rd4 $1) (2... Rxd1 3.
Rxd1 (3. Qxg5 Rxf1+ $1) 3... Qxe3 4. Nxe3 Nf2+ 5. Kg1 Nxd1 6. Nxd1) 3. Rxd8+
1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Kasparov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k3r1/1q5p/p1bp2r1/Pp2bp2/1B1P4/5N1P/2P1R1P1/4QR1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
230            } 1... Rxg2 $4 (1... Qg7 2. Qf2 Bf4) 2. Rxg2 Rxg2 (2... Bxf3 3.
Rxf3 Qxf3 4. Qc3+ $3 Qxc3 5. Rxg8+ Kc7 6. Bxc3) 3. Kxg2 Qg7+ 4. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Niemala"]
[Black "Tal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
232        } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 {(error in book)}
5... d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12.
e6 fxe6 13. O-O exd5 14. Nxd5 Be6 15. Bc4 Ne5 16. Bg5 $1 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxg5
18. Rae1 Rf8 $1 19. Rxe6 (19. Qe4 Bf5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qxb7) (19.
Qxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rxe6) 19... Bd4+ $1 (19... Rxf3 20. Re8+ $1 Kf7 (20... Bf8 21.
Rxf3) 21. Nc7+ $1 Kf6 22. Rxf3+) 20. Kh1 Rxf3 21. Re8+ Kg7 22. Rxf3 Qc1+ 23.
Bf1 Nc6 $1 24. Rxa8 Ne5 25. Rff8 Ng4 (25... Nf7) 26. Rf3 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wheeler"]
[Black "Povah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
233        } 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7.
Ng5 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Re8 9. Nh3 h6 10. Nf4 b6 11. Be3 d6 12. Bd4 Ne5 13. b3 Bb7 14.
Qc2 Qd7 15. Rad1 Qf5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxe4 $2 (17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxc4 $1)
17... Qh3 $1 18. Bg2 (18. Bxd5 Ng4) (18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxd5 Rh5) 18... Qxg2+ $1
(18... Qh5 19. cxd5 Ng4 20. h3) (18... Nf4 19. Bxh3 (19. gxf4 Qxg2#) (19. Bxb7
Ng4) 19... Nxh3#) 19. Kxg2 Nf4+ 20. Kg1 Nh3# 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman"]
[Black "Speelman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k5r/1b3ppp/p2qp3/8/Rn1Q1P2/3P4/1P2N1PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
235        } 1... Qc6 $4 2. Qxg7 $1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivkov"]
[Black "Larsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r5/1b4pk/4p2p/p4q2/1p3B2/6Q1/PP3PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
236        } 1. a3 $4 Rc4 $1 2. Be5 Rg4 $1 0-1

[Event "US Open, Long Beach"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lapiken"]
[Black "Reshevsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
237        } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7.
f3 O-O 8. Qd2 a6 $2 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Nc6 12. h4 h5 $5 13. gxh5
Nxh5 14. Rg1 Kh7 15. Kb1 Qc8 16. Nd5 $1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd5 18. Bxg7 Ba2+ 19.
Kxa2 Qe6+ 20. Kb1 (20. Bc4 $1 Qxc4+ 21. b3 $1) 20... Kxg7 21. Be2 Rh8 22. Rg5
Qf6 23. Rdg1 e5 $1 0-1

[Event "Rostov-on-Don"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov"]
[Black "Anikaev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/1b2bppp/pp1p1n2/4pN2/P3PnP1/2N4P/1PP2PB1/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
239        } 1. Bxf4 exf4 2. e5 $1 Bxg2 3. Nxe7+ $2 (3. exf6 Bxf1 4. fxe7 $1)
3... Qxe7 4. exf6 Qb7 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "West German Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogolyubov"]
[Black "Schmid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
240        } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 $6 6. Nxc6
(6. Nxe4 Qe7 7. f3 d5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O) 6... Nxc3 7. Nxd8 Nxd1 8. Nxf7 Nxf2 (
8... Kxf7) 9. Nxh8 Nxh1 10. Bd3 $2 (10. Be3 $1) 10... Bc5 $1 11. Bxh7 Nf2 12.
Bf4 d6 0-1

[Event "Gausdal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tiviakov"]
[Black "Ostenstad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2r1k/1p4pp/p3p3/n2pP1qb/3P2n1/P1NB2B1/1PQ3PP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
242        } 1. Nxd5 $4 Rxf1+ $4 (1... Rxc2 $4 2. Rxf8#) (1... Qxc1 $1) 2. Rxf1
Qd8 (2... Rxc2 3. Rf8#) 3. Bh4 $1 Qd7 4. Qc5 $1 1-0

[Event "The Hague"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Muller"]
[Black "Duchamp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
243        } 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bh4 Ne4 $2 8. Bxd8 Nxc3 9. Nxc6 $1 (9. bxc3 Bxc3+) (9. Qd2 Ne4) (9. Qb3 $2 Nxd4
) 9... Nxd1+ 10. Nxb4 1-0

[Event "Montpelier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky"]
[Black "Timman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pp1q1pp1/2pb1n1p/4p3/P1P5/2NP2Pb/2PB1PBP/1RQ1R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
244        } 1. Bxh6 $2 Bxg2 $1 (1... gxh6 2. Qxh6 Bxg2 3. Qxf6 Bh3) 2. Bxg7 (
2. Qg5 Qg4 (2... Ne8 3. Kxg2 Qe6 $1) 3. Kxg2 $1) 2... Nh7 (2... Kxg7 3. Qg5+
Kh7 4. Qxf6) 3. Bxf8 Qh3 $1 (3... Bxf8 4. Kxg2) (3... Bf3 4. Qe3) 4. Qh6 (4.
Qe3 Bxf8 5. Rxb7 (5. f3 b6 $1) 5... Bh6 $1) 4... Bxf8 5. Qxh3 Bxh3 6. Rxb7 Ng5
0-1

[Event "Long Beach"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miles"]
[Black "Deep Thought"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
246        } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Bd6 7.
Bxc4 O-O 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. O-O-O $2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nxe4 $1
13. Bxd8 $2 (13. Nxe4 Qxh4 14. Nxd6 Rad8 15. Nf5 (15. Qc3) 15... Qxc4+) 13...
Nxd2 14. Bxc7 $1 Bxh2 $3 (14... Nxc4 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Rxd6) (14... Bxc7 15.
Kxd2) (14... Bxc7 15. Kxd2 Bxh2 $4) (14... Bxh2 15. Bxh2 (15. Rxd2 Bxc7) 15...
Nxc4) 15. Bxh2 Nxc4 16. Rd7 b6 0-1

[Event "West German Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bialas"]
[Black "Joppen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Seven  Monkey Wrenches  Page
247        } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6
7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qc7 Nge7 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O $2 (11. Qb6) 11... Rb8 $1
12. f4 $1 Rb7 13. Nd5 $1 (13. f5 Rxc7 14. fxe6 dxe6) 13... O-O $1 (13... Rxc7
14. Nxc7+) (13... Nxd5 14. Qxc8+) (13... Qxd5 14. exd5 (14. Qxb7 $4 Qc5+ $1) (
14. Qxc8+ Nxc8 15. exd5 Nb4 16. fxe5 Nxd5 17. Be4 -- 18. Rd1) 14... Rxc7 15.
dxc6 Nxc6) 14. f5 Nxd5 $2 (14... Nxf5 $1 15. exf5 Qxd5) (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 $2
Qxd5) (14... Qxd5 15. exd5 (15. Qxc8) (15. Qxb7) 15... -- 16. dxc6) 15. Qxb7 $4
(15. Qxc8 $1 Rxc8 (15... Qd6 $1 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxb8+ Nxb8 18. exd5) 16. fxe6)
15... Qd6 $3 16. Qxc8 (16. Qa8 Nc7) 16... Rxc8 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Rd1 e4 $1 19.
Be2 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Qf2 $1 21. Bf1 e3 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/pp2pp2/3p2p1/2nRb3/2P3BQ/4B3/PP4PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 252 
         } 1... Ne6 $2 (1... e6 2. Qxd8 Rfxd8 3. Rxe5 dxe5 4. Bxc5) 2. Rf3 Bf6
$2 (2... Bf6 3. Qh6 Bg7 4. Qh4 Bf6) (2... f5 3. Rh3 Kg7 $5) 3. Qh6 Bg7 4. Qxg6
$1 Nf4 5. Rxf4 fxg6 6. Be6+ Rf7 (6... Kh7 7. Rh4+ Bh6 8. Bxh6) 7. Rxf7 Kh8 8.
Rg5 b5 9. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen"]
[Black "Shirov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p3Q2/r6k/2p1pB1p/6n1/8/PP4PP/4q1BK w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 254 
       } 1. h3 $2 (1. g3 $3 -- 2. Qf8+ Kg5 3. h4#) 1... Rf6 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupreichik"]
[Black "Polugayevsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 255 
       } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. a4 Nbd7 10. g4 d5 11. Nxd5 Nxe4 12. O-O Ndc5 13. c4 Nxb3 14.
Qxb3 Bc5+ 15. Be3 $4 Nd2 $1 0-1

[Event "Manila"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popovic"]
[Black "Ljubojevic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5b2/2qk1p2/3p2b1/p4NB1/1p6/7Q/PPP5/3K4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 256 
       } 1... Qc4 2. Nxd6+ $4 (2. Ne3+ Qe6) (2. Nd4+) 2... Kxd6 $1 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Braude"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5nq1/3rr1pk/4b1Rp/pP3p1P/4pP2/4P2Q/1B2BP2/4K1R1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 257 
       } 1. Rxe6 $4 (1. b6) (1. Rxe6 Rxe6 2. Qxf5+) 1... Qxe6 $1 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer"]
[Black "Larsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/5pnp/p1p3p1/1p1pP1B1/6P1/2P1R3/PP1q1PQP/R5K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 258 
       } 1. b3 $2 (1. Bh6) 1... b4 $1 2. Qh3 $2 (2. cxb4 d4 $1) 2... bxc3 3.
Qh6 (3. Bf6 Ne6 4. Qxh7+ Kxh7 5. Rh3+ Kg8 (5... Qh6 $1) 6. Rh8#) 3... Ne6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov"]
[Black "Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 259 
       } 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4
Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. f3 Nd5 14.
Na2 Bf8 15. e4 Bg6 16. Qe1 f5 $4 17. exd5 exd5 18. Be2 $1 1-0

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov"]
[Black "Kasparov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/p5kp/5Rp1/bpBPp1P1/2n1P2P/6N1/P5P1/5K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 260 
       } 1... Bb6 2. Rc6 $4 (2. Bxb6 axb6 $1 3. Rf2) 2... Na5 $1 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi"]
[Black "Salov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q2k1/p4pbp/6r1/1p1P1bPQ/2p2P2/2N1B3/PP5P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 261 
       } 1. Nxb5 $4 Qe8 $1 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Miles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q2b3k/6pp/2bp4/1p1Np3/1P1r2P1/1P2N2P/2Q2P2/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 262 
       } 1. Rc1 (1. Rxd4 exd4 2. Qf5) 1... Bxd5 2. Qc8 Rc4 $3 3. Qxa8 (3. Nxc4
Qxc8) (3. Rxc4 bxc4 {(mistake in book)}) 3... Rxc1+ 4. Kh2 Bxa8 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miles"]
[Black "Pritchett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/p2R1pp1/1p3b1p/3Q3P/q1p5/2P3B1/PP2rPP1/K2R4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 263 
       } 1... Bxc3 (1... Qc2 2. Rb1 Re1 3. Qxf7+ Kh8 4. Rdd1 Bxc3 $1) 2. Qxf7+
Kh8 3. Be5 $3 R2xe5 (3... Bxe5 4. Qxe8+) 4. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov"]
[Black "Roizman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6r1/pp2bk2/2p2pr1/3q3p/3pNBb1/3P4/PPP2QPP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 264 
         } 1. Bg5 Rxg5 $1 2. Nxf6 Bf3 $3 3. Qxf3 (3. g3 $2 Bxf6) (3. Rxe7+ Kxf6
$1 4. Qxf3+ Qxf3 5. Rxf3+ Kxe7) (3. Nxd5 Rxg2+ 4. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 5. Kh1 Rf2+) 3...
Qxf3 4. Rxf3 Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuijpers"]
[Black "Jongsma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1k2r/1pq2pb1/pn1pp1p1/n5Pp/3NPP2/2N1B3/PPPQB2P/2KR3R w kq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 265 
         } 1. Ndb5 $2 axb5 2. Nxb5 Nb3+ $1 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan"]
[Black "Kudrin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 266 
         } 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4
d6 8. Nf3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Qe3 h6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14.
Bf4 Qa5 15. Be2 e5 $2 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. O-O Bb4 18. Nd5 Bc5 19. Qe2 Kf8 20. Bd2
Qxa2 $4 21. Nxf6 gxf6 22. b4 $1 Nxb4 23. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "Toulouse"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lane"]
[Black "Velikov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/1p3pp1/p1p1bn1B/4q3/2Pb3Q/1P6/P1B3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 267 
         } 1. Rxf6 Bf2 $1 (1... Qxf6 2. Bg5 -- 3. Qh7#) (1... gxf6 2. Bf4) (
1... Bxa1 2. Bxg7 $1) 2. Qxf2 Qxa1+ 3. Qf1 Qxf6 (3... Qxf1+ 4. Rxf1 gxh6) 0-1

[Event "Swiss Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gallagher"]
[Black "Maier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2R2/8/p7/1p1kp3/1B1p4/P7/1R1K2PP/2r5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 268 
         } 1... Rg1 $4 2. Rxc8 Rxg2+ 3. Kc1 $1 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen"]
[Black "Epishin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 269 
           } 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Re8 7.
Ne2 c6 8. Qb3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f4 exf4 11. d3 d5 12. Bxf4 Nbd7 13. exd5 $4
Rxe2 14. Bf3 (14. dxc6 Rxg2+ $1) 14... Qe7 15. Qd1 Re3 16. dxc6 Rxf3 17. Qxf3
Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Belfort"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky"]
[Black "Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2q4r/pp2ppk1/2p1rbpp/3n4/PPBPR3/2PQ2RP/5PP1/2B3K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 270 
         } 1. Reg4 Re1+ 2. Kh2 Rxc1 3. Rxg6+ fxg6 4. Qxg6+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest"]
[Black "Andersson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 271 
         } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. f4
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Rd2 Nf6 12. Bf3 Be7 13. Rhd1 O-O
14. e5 Bxf3 $2 (14... b4 15. exf6 (15. Na4 Bxf3 16. -- Nd5) 15... bxc3 16. fxe7
cxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Rfe8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. f5 (19. Qxd7 Rxe7 20. Qd8+ Re8) 19... f6
$1) 15. gxf3 b4 $2 (15... Ne8 $1 16. Qxd7 Bb4) 16. exf6 bxc3 17. Rg2 $1 Qb7 (
17... Bxf6 18. Qxf6) 18. Rxg7+ Kh8 19. Rg8+ $1 Kxg8 (19... Rxg8 20. fxe7+ Rg7
21. Rg1 $1 Qxb2+ 22. Kd1 Qb1+ 23. Bc1 Rcg8 24. Rxg7) 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. fxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Manila"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zapata"]
[Black "Gurevich, M.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2n1R/1p1kpQ1R/p2p4/P2rq3/4N3/8/2P2PK1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 272 
         } 1. Qxd5 $4 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherwin"]
[Black "Benko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/2r2pbp/p3p1p1/3pN3/1P1n1P2/P3BP2/R1P3KP/2R5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 273 
         } 1... Ne2 (1... Rxc2+ 2. Rcxc2 Rxc2+ 3. Rxc2 Nxc2 4. Bc1 Bxe5 $1 5.
fxe5 Ne1+) 2. Re1 Rxc2 $4 (2... Nc3 3. -- Na4) 3. Rxe2 $1 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k3/7p/1p1r3q/p1bPpP2/b1PpP3/3B2Q1/1R4P1/R5K1 w q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 274 
         } 1. Rxa4 $4 Qc1+ 2. Kf2 Qxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malaniuk"]
[Black "Hector"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 275 
         } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7.
Nc3 e6 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Rc1 a6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxa6 $2 Rxa6 13. Nb5
Qb8 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Qb7 Bd3 $1 16. Qc8+ Qd8 17. Rxc6 O-O 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short"]
[Black "Piket"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/pp1bpp1p/3p4/6PR/4P1n1/1N3r2/qPPQ4/2KR4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Eight  Oversights  Page 276 
         } 1. Rxh7 $4 (1. g6 hxg6 (1... Ba4 2. Qd4) (1... Rxb3 2. Qd4) 2. Rh8+
(2. Ra5 $1) 2... Kg7 3. Qh6+ $4 Nxh6) 1... Bc6 2. Qe2 Rxb3 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bernstein"]
[Black "Lasker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/5pp1/2pqn2p/3p4/3N4/1PPQ1P1P/6P1/4RK2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 278  
        } 1... Qh2 $2 (1... Qg3 2. Nxe6 (2. Ne2 Qh2) 2... fxe6 (2... Ra2 $1) 3.
Rxe6 Ra1+) 2. Nxe6 Ra2 3. Re2 Ra1+ 4. Kf2 fxe6 5. Qg6 $1 1-0

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik"]
[Black "Bronstein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 280  
        } 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d5 Bb4 7. Bd2 e5
8. e3 d6 9. Nge2 a6 10. Qc2 Qe8 11. f3 b5 $1 12. Qb3 $1 Bc5 (12... Bxc3 13.
Nxc3 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qf7) 13. cxb5 Bd7 $2 (13... axb5 14. Nxb5 Qf7 $1 15. e4 (15.
Nbc3 c6) 15... fxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4) 14. Na4 $1 (14. bxa6 Nxa6 15. O-O f4 16. gxf4
exf4 17. Nxf4 Bxe3+) 14... Ba7 (14... axb5 15. Nxc5 dxc5) 15. b6 Bxa4 (15...
cxb6 16. Nxb6 Bxb6 17. Qxb6 Nxd5 18. Qxd6) 16. b7 $1 Bxb3 17. bxa8=Q Bb6 18.
axb3 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson"]
[Black "Salov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5nk1/1bq2pp1/r2p4/pprPn1Pp/2p1P2P/P1Q2PB1/1P6/1KRNRB2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 282  
    } 1. Be2 $2 (1. Bxe5 dxe5 2. b4 $1 axb4 3. axb4) 1-0

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov"]
[Black "Kasparov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rr2k1/p4p2/1p4p1/n1bP2P1/R7/4B3/P3BPK1/3R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 283  
      } 1. Bd2 $4 (1. Bf4 Bd6 2. Bd2 $1 Nb7 (2... Bc7 3. Bc3) 3. Rxa7) (1. Bc1
$1 Bf8 2. Bb2 Bg7 3. Bf6 $1) 1... Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik"]
[Black "Gligoric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4K1bk/6R1/3B1P2/8/p7/P6r/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 285  
      } 1. Kf7 $2 (1. Rxg7+ Kxg7 2. f6+ Kg6 3. f7 Re2+ 4. Be6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pkhakade"]
[Black "Fridinsky"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rbqkr2/p2nbpQp/2p3p1/2N2p2/1pBP4/5p2/PPP2PPP/1K1RR3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 286  
      } 1... Nxc5 2. dxc5 Qc7 3. Rd6 $1 fxg2 4. Qxh7 g1=Q 5. Bxf7+ Rxf7 6. Qg8+
Rf8 7. Qxg6+ *

[Event "Malaga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saidy"]
[Black "Marovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rr3k1/4Qpbp/p3b1p1/8/2pnP3/2N2P2/PP4PP/2KR1B2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 287  
      } 1... Bh6+ $6 (1... Nb5 2. Na4 (2. Nxb5 axb5 3. a3 Bf8 4. -- b4) 2... c3
$1) (1... Bh6+ 2. Kb1 Rxb2+ 3. Kxb2 Rb8+ 4. Ka1 (4. Ka3) (4. Nb5 Bg7 $1 (4...
Nxb5 5. Rd8+) (4... Rxb5+ 5. Kc3 $1)) 4... Nc2#) (1... Bh6+ 2. Kb1 Rxb2+ 3.
Kxb2 Rb8+ 4. Ka3 Bf8 5. Qxf8+ Kxf8 6. Rxd4) 2. Kb1 Rxb2+ $2 3. Kxb2 Rb8+ 4. Ka3
Nc6 5. Qc5 $1 Bf8 6. Rd6 Ne5 7. f4 $1 (7. Qxe5 $4 Rb6 $1) 7... Nd3 8. Bxd3 cxd3
9. Qd4 Rc8 10. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beni"]
[Black "Schwarzbach"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/1p1nbppp/p1bp4/q4P2/3RP3/1BN1BQ2/PPP4P/2K3R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 289  
      } 1... Bf6 2. Rxd6 $5 (2. Rxd6 Bxc3 3. bxc3 Qxc3 4. Bd4 $1 Qxf3 5. Rxg7+)
2... Bxc3 3. bxc3 Qa3+ 4. Kb1 Qxd6 5. Bd4 $3 Qh6 (5... g6 6. Qh5 $1 Ne5 7. fxg6
Nxg6 8. Qh6) (5... Ne5 6. Qg3 (6. Qg2)) 6. Qh3 $1 Qxh3 7. Rxg7+ Kh8 8. Rxf7+
Kg8 9. Rg7+ Kh8 10. Rxd7+ (10. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1890.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gunsberg"]
[Black "Tchigorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k4/1P6/3PK3/8/8/1r6/2p5/2R5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 291  
      } 1... Re3+ $1 2. Kd5 Rb3 3. Kc6 Rc3+ $1 4. Kb6 Rb3+ 5. Kc6 Rc3+ 6. Kd5
Rb3 7. Ke6 Rxb7 $4 8. Rh1 $1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yusupov"]
[Black "Timman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/6p1/4q3/3p1p2/2pPn3/4P1P1/2Q1N1KP/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 292  
    } 1... Nf6 (1... Nf6 2. -- Ng4) 2. Nf4 Qe4+ $2 (2... Ng4 $1 3. Nxe6 Nxe3+
4. Kf3 Nxc2 5. Kf4 c3) 3. Qxe4 dxe4 4. Kf2 $1 Ng4+ 5. Ke2 Nxh2 6. Ng6 c3 7.
Ne7+ Kf7 8. Nxf5 Nf1 9. Kd1 Kf6 10. g4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen"]
[Black "Smyslov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1q1k1/R3b3/1Qp1p3/2PpP2p/3BpPpP/4P1P1/8/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 294  
        } 1. f5 $1 exf5 2. Qb7 $4 (2. e6 $1 -- 3. Qb7) 2... Kf7 $1 3. Qb1 Ke6
4. Qf1 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silman"]
[Black "Root"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/pp3p2/5P1p/2rpp1b1/q2p4/1R1B2N1/6PP/3Q1R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 295  
        } 1. h4 $1 Rc1 (1... Bxh4 2. Qg4+ Kf8 (2... Bg5 3. Qf5 e4 4. Nxe4 $1
dxe4 5. Qxe4 Kf8 6. Qh7 Bxf6 7. Rxb7 $1 Qe8 8. Rxf6 Rc1+ 9. Bf1) 3. Qg7+ Ke8 4.
Rxb7) 2. Qf3 e4 3. Nxe4 $4 (3. Qg4 -- 4. hxg5) 3... dxe4 4. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 5. Kh2
Bf4+ 6. Kh3 Qd7+ 7. g4 Rh1+ $1 8. Qxh1 Qe6 9. Rxb7 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine"]
[Black "Kashdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7Q/5p2/p2k4/6pp/1Pq5/6PP/5K2/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 297  
        } 1... g4 $3 2. Qxh5 Qd4+ 3. Ke2 (3. Kg2 Qd2+ 4. Kg1 Qe3+ 5. Kh2 Qf2+
6. Kh1 Qf1+ 7. Kh2 Qxh3+ $1 8. Qxh3 gxh3 9. Kxh3 Kd5 10. Kg4 Kc4 11. Kg5 Kxb4
12. Kf6 a5 13. Kxf7 a4 14. g4 a3 15. g5 a2) 3... Qe4+ 4. Kd1 Qd3+ 5. Kc1 Qf1+
6. Kd2 Qg2+ 7. Kd1 Qf1+ 8. Kd2 gxh3 9. Qc5+ Ke6 10. Qc8+ Kf6 11. Ke3 Qe1+ 12.
Kf3 Qe6 13. Qc3+ Kg6 14. g4 Qf6+ $2 (14... Qd5+ 15. Kg3 Qg2+ 16. Kh4 h2 17.
Qd3+ Kg7 18. Qc3+ f6 $1 19. Qc7+ Kg6) 15. Qxf6+ Kxf6 16. Kg3 Ke5 17. Kxh3 Kd4
18. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kaliningrad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharitonov"]
[Black "Dautov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn3rk1/ppp1nqp1/4p2Q/2PpPp2/3P1P1b/2N1B3/PP3PRP/R6K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 299  
        } 1... g5 $5 (1... Bf6 2. exf6) 2. Qxh4 $2 (2. fxg5 $4 Ng6) (2. Rag1 $1
g4 (2... Ng6 3. Rxg5 $1 Bxg5 4. Rxg5) 3. Rxg4+ $1 fxg4 4. Rxg4+) 2... g4 $1 3.
f3 Qh7 4. Qxh7+ $6 Kxh7 5. fxg4 fxg4 6. Rxg4 Nf5 1-0

[Event "Fortaleza"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panno"]
[Black "Bravo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/pp3r1p/3p2p1/3NP2q/2Pn4/1P4Q1/P2R2PP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 300  
        } 1... Qe2 $1 (1... Ne2+ 2. Rdxe2 Qxe2 $1 3. Rxe2 (3. Ne7+ Rxe7 $4 (
3... Kh8) 4. Rxe2) (3. Nf6+ $1 Rxf6 4. exf6) 3... Rf1#) 2. Rdxe2 (2. Rdd1 Qxd1
3. Rxd1 Ne2+) 2... Nxe2+ 3. Rxe2 (3. Kh1 Nxg3+ 4. hxg3) 3... Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Crouch"]
[Black "Speelman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/3p1ppp/4p3/r3Q3/8/6P1/q3PPKP/1R1R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 301  
          } 1. Rxd7 (1. Qc7) (1. Rb8) (1. Qb8 Rxb8 $4 2. Rxb8#) (1. Rb8 Ra8 2.
Ra1 $3 Qxa1 (2... Rdxb8 3. Rxa2 Rxa2 $4 4. Qxb8#) 3. Rxd8+ Rxd8 4. Qxa1) 1...
Rf8 $1 2. Rb2 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hungarian Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Portisch"]
[Black "Forintos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/r5kp/3p2p1/1pq1p1N1/2b5/3nPRP1/2Q4P/1R4K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 302  
    } 1. Qxd3 $1 (1. Ne6+ Bxe6 2. Qxd3) (1. Qxd3 $1 Bxd3 2. Ne6+ Kh6 3. Nxc5)
1... Bxd3 2. Ne6+ Kh6 (2... Kh8 3. Rf8#) (2... Kg8 3. Rf8#) 3. g4 $3 g5 4. Rf6+
Bg6 5. Nxc5 $1 dxc5 6. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein"]
[Black "Shcherbakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rq2kr/p4pb1/2b4p/1p1Nn1p1/1PB1Q3/PN2p1P1/4K1P1/3R1R2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 304  
    } 1. Nd4 bxc4 2. Nf5 $1 (2. Nxc6 Rxc6 3. Nf6+ Qxf6 4. Rxf6 Bxf6) 2... Bxd5
(2... Qe8 3. Nd6 Qe6 4. Nxc8 Bxd5 5. Rxd5 Qxc8 6. Rxe5) 3. Rxd5 Qc7 $4 (3...
Qe8 4. Nd6 Qe6) 4. Rc5 $1 Qd7 $1 5. Rxc8+ $2 (5. Rd1 $1 Qe8 (5... Qe6 6. Rxc8+
Bf8 7. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 8. Rd8+) 6. Rxc8 Qxc8 7. Ne7+) 5... Bf8 $1 (5... Qxc8 6.
Ne7+) 6. Rxf8+ $1 (6. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 7. Qa8+ Qe8 8. Qxa7 -- 9. Qc5+) 6... Kxf8
7. Qxe5 $4 Qd3+ 8. Kf3 Qxf1+ 9. Kg4 $4 (9. Ke4 $1 Qd3+ 10. Kf3 e2+ 11. Kg4 h5+
12. Kh3) 9... Qd1+ 10. Kh3 Qh5+ 11. Nh4 g4+ $1 12. Kh2 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Improving the Breed"]
[Black "Example - Page 305"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 305  
    } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. e5 dxe5
8. fxe5 Nd5 $2 9. Bb5+ $1 Kf8 10. O-O Bxe5 11. Nxd5 (11. Bh6+ $1 Bg7 (11... Kg8
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Nf5 $1 Qc5+ 14. Be3 Qc7) 12. Bxg7+ Kxg7 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 $2 14.
Nf5+) 11... Qxd5 12. Nf5 Qxd1 (12... Qc5+ 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nh6 (14. Bh6+ Kg8 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Rxf7 $5) 14... Be6 $1) 13. Bh6+ Bg7 14. Raxd1 *

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov"]
[Black "Kamsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rk3/1Q4p1/p3p3/4RPqp/4p3/P7/KPP4P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 306  
    } 1. h4 $1 (1. Rxe6+ Kf8 2. f6 Qd5+) (1. fxe6 Qxe5 $4 (1... Qe7 2. Qc6+ Kf8
3. Rxh5) 2. Qf7#) 1... Qxh4 2. Rxe6+ Kf8 3. f6 1-0

[Event "European Junior Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper"]
[Black "Predzhikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 307  
    } 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 a6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 cxb4 8.
axb4 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nf3 e5 11. d4 $5 exd4 12. Nd5 Nge7 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. O-O
$1 (14. Nxd4 Bxd4 (14... Nxd4 $1 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $1 16. Nxe7 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Be4 18.
Rb2 Kxe7 $2 (18... Ne6 19. Rd2 Bc3) 19. Rd2) 15. Qxd4 $1 Nxd4 16. Nf6+ Kf8 17.
Bh6#) 14... O-O 15. Nxd4 $1 f6 (15... Bxd4 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Qxd4) 16. Bf4 Ne5
17. Nxb5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Breyer"]
[Black "Esser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 309  
    } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Bb1 $6 b5 9. e4 Be7 10. Ng5 h6 11. h4 $5 g6 12. e5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. Kf1 $3
(14. Qg4 Kg7 (14... Kg7 15. -- (15. Rh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+) 15... Rh8) 15. Rh7+ $1
Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg7 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21.
g6 Bh4+ 22. Ke2 Qe7 $1) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Qg4 Qxd4 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Ke2
$1 -- 18. Qh4) 15... Bb7 $2 (15... f5 $1 16. gxf6 Bxf6) 16. Qg4 Kg7 17. Rh7+ $1
Kxh7 (17... Kg8 18. Qh4) 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 fxg6 (19... Re8 20. Qh7+) 20.
Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. g6 Rf7 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. f5 $1 exf5
26. Bh6+ Kh7 27. Bg5+ (27. e6 $1) 27... Kg8 28. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov"]
[Black "Anand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/p1pk1p1p/Pp3P1P/1P2K1P1/2bN4/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 310  
    } 1... Bd1 $3 (1... c4 2. Nxc4 (2. bxc4+ $2 Kc5 3. -- Bxa4) 2... Bxb3 3.
Nxa5 Bxa4) (1... Bxb3) (1... Bxb3 $6 2. Nxb3 c4 {(mistake in book)} 3. Nxa5 b3)
2. Nc4 (2. Kf2 Kd4 3. -- Kd3) (2. Kd3 Bxb3 $1 3. Nxb3 c4+) 2... Bxb3 3. Nxa5
Bxa4 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier"]
[Black "Christiansen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6rk/4RQ1p/1p6/p3b3/7q/4B1P1/P4PK1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 312  
    } 1... Bxg3 $5 (1... Bf6 2. Re8) 2. Re8 (2. fxg3 Rxg3+ 3. Kf1 Qh1+ 4. Ke2)
(2. Bg5 $1 Qxg5 (2... Qh2+ 3. Kf1 Qh3+ 4. Ke2 Qg4+ 5. f3) 3. Qxh7#) 2... Qh2+
3. Kf1 Qh1+ 4. Ke2 Rxe8 5. Qxe8+ Kg7 6. Bd4+ Kh6 7. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov"]
[Black "Hauchard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 313  
    } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 Qxb6 8.
a5 Qc7 9. e4 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Nf3 Re8 13. O-O e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Ng5 Nf8 16. f5 h6 17. e5 $1 (17. fxg6 hxg5 (17... Nxg6 $1 18. e5 Nxe5) 18. Bxg5
N8d7 19. Nd5 (19. Qf3)) 17... dxe5 (17... hxg5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 $1 exd5
20. Bxd5+) 18. fxg6 $1 hxg5 (18... Nxg6 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Qh5 Qg7 21. Nge4 Bg5
22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Bd3 $1) 19. Bxg5 N8d7 20. Qf3 $5 (20. Nd5) 20... Ra7 21. Rad1
Qb7 22. Qh3 Qc6 23. Nd5 $1 (23. Nd5 exd5 24. Bxd5+ Qxd5 25. Rxd5) 23... exd5
24. Rxd5 $1 Kf8 (24... Nb6 25. Rd7+ $1 Nfd5 (25... Nxc4 26. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 $1 27.
Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rxa7 $3 (28. Bxf6 Rxd7)) 26. Qh7#) 25. Qh7 Re6 $1 (25... Nb6 $1)
26. Bh6 (26. Rxd7 $1) (26. Bh6 $1) 26... Ke8 27. Qxg7 Nxd5 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. g7
(29. g7 Rxh6 30. g8=Q Rxh8) 29... Rxh6 30. Rf7+ $1 Kxf7 31. g8=Q+ Ke7 32. Qe8+
1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popovych"]
[Black "Kavalek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/5p1p/2q2Pp1/4p1Q1/8/3P1N2/r5PP/5R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 316  
    } 1. Nh4 $4 (1. Qh6 Qxf6) (1. Nd2 Kh8 2. Qh6 Rg8 3. Ne4 Qa8 4. h3 $1 Qf8 5.
Ng5 $3) 1... Rfa8 $1 2. Qxe5 (2. Qh6 Qxf6 $1 3. Rxf6 Ra1+) 2... Rf2 $1 3. Kg1 (
3. Rxf2 Ra1+) 3... Rxf1+ 4. Kxf1 -- (4... Re8 5. Qb2 Qd6) 0-1

[Event "Manila"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ubilava"]
[Black "Serper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/pp4k1/1n3rp1/3qNn1p/P1pP1B2/2P4P/5QP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Nine  Rechecking  Page 317  
    } 1. g4 $1 hxg4 2. hxg4 $4 (2. Nxg4 $1 Rfe6 (2... Rxe1+ 3. Rxe1 Rf7 4. Be5+
Kf8 5. Qf4 -- 6. Nh6) 3. Be5+ Kf7 (3... Kh7 4. Nf6+) 4. Nh6+) 2... Rh8 $1 3.
Nf3 Rh3 $1 4. Nh2 Ng3 5. Qf3 (5. Qxg3 $1 Rxg3+ 6. Bxg3) 5... Rxf4 $1 6. Re7+
Rf7 7. Rxf7+ Qxf7 8. Qg2 Ne2+ $1 9. Qxe2 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Candidiates Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov"]
[Black "Korchnoi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 320    } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5
6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. h3 Bh5
13. Qxb7 Rf6 14. Qb3 Rg6 15. Be2 Bh4 $2 16. Rf1 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Bxf2+ $2 18. Rxf2
Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qd6 20. Ng5 $1 Rf8 21. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kavalek"]
[Black "Toth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qk2r/ppp1bppp/2n5/3p4/3Pn1b1/3B1N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQR1K1 w kq - 0 9"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 321      } 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 $5 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. Nxd5
Bxd1 13. Nxc7+ $1 (13. Nxe7 Nxe7 14. Rxd1 Nfd5 15. Bc4) (13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14.
Rxd1 Nxd4 15. Bc4 (15. Be4 O-O-O $1) 15... Ne6) 13... Kd7 14. Bf4 Bg4 (14...
Nh5 15. d5 (15. Bf5+ Kd8 16. Be5 f6 17. Nxa8 fxe5 18. Raxd1 exd4 19. Be4 Bf6
20. b4 $1) 15... Nd4 16. Be5 Bc2 $1) 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxa8 Rxa8 (16... Bd6 $5 17.
Be3 $1 Bf5 18. Bf1 Nc2 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Bxa7+) 17. Be5 Bf5 18. Bf1 $1 Nc2 (
18... Bc5 19. Rad1 Nc2 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21. d6+ Kf8 22. Re2) 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. d6
Nxe1 21. Rxe1 $1 Be6 (21... Bf8 $4 22. Bxf6+ Kc8 23. Re8#) 22. dxe7+ Kxe7 23.
Bd4 b6 24. a4 g6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Ra1 a6 27. Be2 Rd8 28. Bc3 Nd5 29. Bd4 Nb4 30.
Bc5+ Ke8 31. Bd1 Rd2 $1 32. Ba4+ Bd7 33. Re1+ Kd8 34. Bb6+ Kc8 35. Rc1+ Kb7 36.
Bxd7 Kxb6 $1 1-0

[Event "Salysjobaden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Szabo"]
[Black "Book"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 325      } 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O
6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 b6 $2 8. Ne5 Ba6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 $2 11. Rc1 (11. Nxd5
exd5 12. Bxd5 (12. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Bxc6 Rxf4 (14... Nf6 15. Bxa8
Qxa8)) 12... Nxe5) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 b5 13. e4 $1 b4 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. exd5
exd5 16. Nf4 $1 Bxf1 17. Qg4 g6 18. Bxd5 -- 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6# 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short"]
[Black "Ljubojevic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r5r/3qbpk1/1nn1p1p1/pp1pP1N1/2pP2P1/P1P1B3/1P1QBPK1/R6R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 326      } 1. Bf4 $5 (1. Nh7 $5 Rxh7 2. Rxh7+ Kxh7 3. Rh1+ Kg8
4. Bg5 f6 5. exf6 Bf8 6. Qe3 -- (6... Rb7 $1) 7. Rh4 -- 8. Qh3) 1... Rbf8 2.
Qe3 Qd8 3. Nh7 $1 Rxh7 4. Rxh7+ Kxh7 5. Rh1+ Kg8 6. Qh3 Bh4 7. Bh6 $1 (7. g5
Kg7 $1 8. -- Rh8) 7... g5 8. f4 1-0

[Event "Manila"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p7/4r1k1/1p1qBp1p/1QbPnR2/P6P/6P1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 328      } 1. Qf8 $4 Rxe5 $1 2. dxe5 Qd4+ 3. Kh2 $4 (3. Kh1
$11) 3... Qxe5 4. g3 Qb2+ 5. Kg1 Qxc1+ 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yusopov"]
[Black "Ljubojevic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/pb3p1p/5b2/3q2p1/Q2p4/P5PB/1P2NP1P/2RR1K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 329      } {Mistake in book diagram-no Knight on e2.} 1... g4
$1 2. Bxg4 Qh1+ 3. Ng1 Qg2+ 4. Ke2 Qe4+ 5. Kf1 (5. Kd2 Bg5+ 6. f4 Qe3+ 7. Kc2
Be4+) 5... Qg2+ (5... Qxg4 6. Ne2 Qe4) 6. Ke1 $4 Qxg1+ 7. Ke2 d3+ $1 (7... Qg2
$2 8. Rxd4 $1) 8. Kxd3 Qxf2 9. Rc7 Qxb2 10. Rd2 Qb6 11. Rxb7 Qxb7 12. Qb4 Qc6
13. Ke2 Bc3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suba"]
[Black "Conquest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1r1k1/5p1p/5QpP/3q1nP1/1R2p3/4B2K/P1p2P2/2R5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 331      } 1. Bd4 Qxd4 $4 (1... Kf8 $1 2. Qh8+ Ke7 3. Qf6+ Kf8
4. Qh8+ Ke7 5. Qf6+ Kd7 $5) 2. Rxd4 Rc3+ 3. Kg2 Rd3 4. Rc4 e3 5. R1xc2 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko"]
[Black "Dominguez"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2kn4/4R1p1/2p5/2Pp2P1/P2P1r2/5rB1/1R4K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 332            } 1. Rb7+ $4 (1. Bxf3 Rxf3 2. Kg2 Rxd3 3. a4 $2
(3. Ra1 Rc3) 3... Ra3) 1... Kxb7 2. Re2 Rxg2+ $1 (2... Rxe2 3. Bxf3+) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yusupov"]
[Black "Ljubojevic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4bk1/1q3p1p/p1b2p2/1pP3N1/5N2/PQ4P1/4PP1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 333              } 1. Nf3 (1. Nge6 fxe6 2. Qxe6+ Kh8 3. Qxf6+
Kg8 $1) 1... Bxc5 2. Nh5 Bxf3 3. exf3 Qc6 4. Kg2 Bxf2 5. Qb2 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand"]
[Black "Timman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rq5/1p3n1p/p2b3k/N1pPp2P/2P1Pp2/1Q3P2/PP1B2r1/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 334              } 1. Qc3 Qd7 $4 (1... Qd8) (1... Qh8) 2.
Bxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Vrsac"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov"]
[Black "Popovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3n2k1/1r1q1bp1/7p/3p1p1P/pB1P1N2/P5P1/2Q2PK1/2R5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 335              } 1. Kg1 $1 Ne6 $2 (1... Ra7) 2. Qxf5 Nxf4 (
2... Nxf4 {(with check)} 3. Qxf4 Bxh5) 3. Rc8+ $1 Be8 4. Qxd7 Rxd7 5. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bareev"]
[Black "Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1qr2k1/pb2bppp/1p1ppn2/8/2P1nBP1/2NQ1N1P/PP2PPB1/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 337              } 1... Nxc3 (1... -- 2. g5 Nxc3 3. gxf6 Nxd1
4. fxe7) (1... Nxc3 2. Qxc3 Ne4) (1... Nxc3 2. Rxc3 Ne4 3. Rc2) 2. Rxc3 $2 e5
$1 3. g5 Nh5 4. Bc1 e4 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fridjonsson"]
[Black "McKay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1r1k/ppp1q1pp/4pb2/2P2b2/3P4/P1N1QN2/1P4PP/3R1R1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 338              } 1... Bc2 2. Rd2 $4 Bg5 $1 0-1

[Event "Candidates Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal"]
[Black "Larsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 339              } 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5.
Nxe5 Nd7 $5 6. Bc4 (6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+) 6... e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov"]
[Black "Spassky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rr1k/1p1nn1b1/p2p2p1/P1pPp1p1/1PP1P3/2N1BP2/4B1K1/RR6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 340            } 1... Nf5 $1 2. Bxg5 $1 (2. exf5 e4) 2... Nd4
(2... Bh6 3. exf5 Bxg5 4. Ne4) 3. bxc5 Nxc5 4. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov"]
[Black "Larsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/pp1q2pp/n2p1nb1/3Pp3/PP6/1Q2N1NP/4BPP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 341    } 1. Rc6 $1 bxc6 $2 (1... -- 2. Bxa6 (2. Bg4 Nxg4 3.
Rxc8+)) (1... Nc7) (1... Nb8) 2. dxc6+ Qf7 3. Bc4 d5 4. Nxd5 Kh8 5. Nb6 $1 Qc7
6. Nxc8 Qxc8 7. b5 $1 (7. Bxa6 Qxa6) 7... Nc5 8. Qa3 Qf8 (8... Nce4 9. Qe7 Nxg3
10. fxg3) 9. c7 Nfd7 10. Be6 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolmatov"]
[Black "Speelman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Andrew Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.06.11"]
[Source "McKay"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]

{Andrew Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess  Chapter Ten  The Practical
Calculator  Page 343    } 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6.
Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3
Qxc3 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Rc5 Qa3 16. dxe5 $1 Qxc5 17. Bxf6 Re8 (17...
-- 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qg5 g6 21. Qh6) (17... gxf6 18. Qg4+ (18.
Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh4 $1 f5 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Re1 -- (21... b6 22. Re3 Qxe3 $1 23.
fxe3 Bb7) 22. Re3 -- 23. Rg3#) 18... Kh8 19. exf6 $2 Rg8 20. Qh4 Rg6 (20... h5
$1) 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qh6) 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 (18... Kf8 19. Qg4 gxf6) 19. Qh5+
(19. Qd3+ $1 Kg8 20. Qg3 Qf8 (20... g6 21. Qh3) 21. Rd1 b6 22. Rd4 Ba6 23. Rg4
-- (23... g6 24. Rxg6+) 24. Rxg7+) 19... Kg8 20. Qg5 Qf8 21. Rd1 b6 22. Rd4 Ba6
23. Rg4 Be2 $1 24. Bxg7 Bxg4 25. Bxf8+ Kxf8 1-0

