[Event "Nassengrund"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paulsen, Wilfried"]
[Black "Paulsen, Amalie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1858.??.??"]

{Women defeat men horribly in thirty historical games. Jan van Reek. Amalie
Paulsen (1831-1869) was not allowed to participate in tournaments. This game
is played at the estimate of her family.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 3... f5 $6 {
The original Philidor Defence.} 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 5... d5 {Philidor considere
d the conquest of the centre as won for Black. White's counterattack is known
from Atwood-Bruehl, London 1796.} 6. e6 $1 6... Nh6 {
Tis position was fashionable in 1858, due to a consultation game of Morphy.} 7.
f3 {Wielfried plays a recommendation by the Bilguer.} (7. Nc3 c6 8. Ngxe4 dxe4
9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qe5 Rg8 11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. Rd1 {(Atwood-Wilson, London 1798)}
12... Qg5 $5 {(Staunton & Owen-Morphy & Barnes, London 1958).}) 7... Bc5 $5 8.
fxe4 O-O 9. exd5 Rf5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bc4 {
Amalie has sacrificed the centre pawns and continues with her razor-sharp play.
} 11... Qf6 $5 (11... Re5+ 12. Kf1 Rxg5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5) 12. Nge4 $6 (12. Qd2 $1
12... Ng4 13. Be2 $1 {consolidates.}) 12... Qh4+ 13. Ng3 Re5+ 14. Be2 14... Nf5
{Four Black pieces are placed between the lines and attack on the king.} 15.
Rf1 $2 (15. Qd3 c6 16. Bd2 {protects the weaknesses.}) 15... Nxg3 16. Rf4 $6
16... Nxe2+ $1 17. Rxh4 Nxc3+ 18. Kf1 Nxd1 19. Rxb4 19... Bxe6 $6 (19... Rxd5 {
wins simply.}) 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Rd4 Ne3+ 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 23. Rd8+ Kf7 24. Rad1
$6 ({Rellstab advises} 24. Re1 {
After the text Black is able to develop the Queen's side at last.}) 24... Re8
25. R1d3 Nc6 26. R8d7+ 26... Re7 {
Amalie's tactical wit precedes Judit Polgar's play.} 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Menchik, Vers"]
[Black "Becker, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

{Vera Menchik (1906-1944) became the first women world champion during the
Olympiad London 1927. When Karlsbad 1929 started, prof. Becker proposed to
found a club of losing men. They met in round three.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4
c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5 7. Ne5 Qh4 8. O-O Nd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Bd2 Nxe5
11. dxe5 (11. fxe5 {(Teichmann - Reti, Teplitz-Schoenau 1922).}) 11... Bc5 12.
Bxe4 fxe4 13. Qb3 Qd8 14. Na4 Be7 15. Bb4 b6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. cxd5 17... exd5
$2 (17... cxd5 {and Black can defend himself (Becker).}) 18. Rac1 Bb7 19. Nc3
Qf7 20. Qb4 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Ba8 22. h3 Qe7 23. Qxe7+ 23... Kxe7 {Menchik has
reached a favourable endgame in the quiet style of her teacher Maroczy.} 24. b4
$1 {Black's vulnerable phalanx is fixed.} 24... Rd7 (24... Rc8 25. b5) 25. Rd2
$6 (25. Ne2 {prepares for the potential counterplay.}) 25... Rhd8 $2 (25... Rc8
$1 26. Nxd5+ $6 26... Ke6 27. f5+ Kxf5 28. Nxb6 Rxd2 29. Nxc8 29... Rxa2 $11)
26. Ne2 Rc8 27. Rdc2 Rdc7 28. Nd4 g6 29. Nb5 $1 {
A nice move under time pressure.} 29... Rd7 30. Kf2 $1 ({Avoids} 30. Nd6 30...
Rxd6 $1 31. exd6+ Kxd6) 30... h6 $6 (30... a6 31. Nd4 Rdc7 32. g4 32... c5 {
is slightly better.}) 31. g4 a6 32. Nd4 Rdc7 33. f5 g5 34. Kg3 Bb7 35. h4 gxh4+
36. Kxh4 Kf7 37. Kh5 37... a5 $6 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Nb5 $1 {
The previous tactics has an echo.} 39... Rd7 40. e6+ {
The Miss Menchik Club had its first member.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 30/31"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Menchik, Vera"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 7... a6 {
A passive move gives White extra time for development.} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6
10. O-O Ne4 11. Bf4 11... Nxc3 $6 (11... f5 {
keeps square e4 occupied (Schlechter-Maroczy, Monte Carlo 1904).}) 12. Rxc3 Re8
13. Qb1 Nf8 14. b4 {A minority attack begins.} 14... Ng6 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. a4
Bxg3 17. hxg3 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Qf6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rec8 21. Qc2 $6 21... Qd8
$6 ({Black misses the opportunity} 21... cxb5) 22. bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rc5 Rxc5 24.
dxc5 Ra5 25. Qb2 Qa8 26. Qb6 Nf8 27. Ne5 Ra1 28. Rb1 Rxb1+ 29. Bxb1 Be6 30. Kh2
30... Nd7 $2 (30... Qa3 $1 {and Black has a proper defence.}) 31. Nxd7 Bxd7 32.
Qc7 $2 (32. Qd6 Bc6 33. Ba2 $1 33... Qf8 34. Bxd5 $1 34... Qxd6 35. cxd6 {
wins a pawn.}) 32... Qc8 33. Qxc8+ Bxc8 {White has to fight for a win again.}
34. Ba2 34... Be6 35. Kg1 Kf8 36. Kf1 Ke7 37. Ke2 37... Kf6 $1 38. Kd3 Ke5 39.
g4 $1 (39. f4+ Kf5 40. Kd4 Kg4 41. Bxd5 Bxd5 42. Kxd5 42... Kxg3 $11) 39... g5
$1 40. g3 Bxg4 41. f4+ gxf4 42. gxf4+ 42... Kf6 $1 (42... Ke6 $2 43. e4 $1) 43.
Bxd5 Bc8 44. Bf3 $2 ({Euwe misses the subtle win} 44. Kc3 $1 44... Ke7 45. Kb4
f6 46. Ka5 Kd8 47. Kb6 h5 48. Bxb7 h4 49. Bf3 h3 (49... Kd7 50. Bg2) 50. c6 h2
51. e4) 44... Ke7 45. Kc4 Kd8 46. Kd5 46... b6 $1 47. c6 $6 47... Kc7 {
The king has reached c7 timely.} 48. Ke5 Be6 49. f5 Bb3 50. Kf6 b5 51. Kg7 b4
52. Kxh7 $2 (52. Bh5 Bc4 53. Kxh7 $11) 52... Bc2 53. Kg7 b3 54. Bd5 b2 55. Ba2
55... Kxc6 $1 56. f6 ({The intended} 56. Kxf7 {fails due to} 56... Bb3+) 56...
Kd6 57. e4 Bxe4 58. Kxf7 Bd5+ 59. Bxd5 b1=Q 60. Kg7 Qg1+ 61. Kf8 61... Kxd5 {
Euwe lost to Menchik again in the next Hastings tournament. Her club had a
president.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Menchik, Vera"]
[Black "Thomas, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1932.??.??"]

{
Lady Thomas, the mother of Sir George, won the Ladies section of Hastings 1895.
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 ({Known was} 6...
Nc6 7. Qd2 7... e5 {
from the debut of this variation, Saemisch-Yates, Marienbad 1925.}) 7. Nge2
7... b6 $2 ({Theory became} 7... c6 8. Qd2 8... Nbd7 {
(Abramavicius-De Groot, Stockholm 1937).}) 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. d5 Ne7 10. g4 10...
Nd7 {Black has wasted time.} 11. Rg1 a5 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. h4 a4 15.
h5 Qb8 16. Bh6 Qa7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf5+ $1 {The final attack begins.} 18...
Nxf5 (18... gxf5 19. Qg5+ Ng6 20. h6+ Kg8 21. Qf6) 19. gxf5 19... a3 $2 (19...
Rh8 {is forced.}) 20. f6+ $1 20... Kh8 21. Qh6 axb2+ 22. Kb1 Rg8 23. hxg6 fxg6
24. Qxh7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Black "Servaty, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]

{Nona Gaprindashvili (1941) became a worthy successor of Menchik. The
following victory drew much attention in the chess press.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5
10. Nb5 O-O 11. Be2 (11. Qd2 11... Qh4 {is usual.}) 11... Qh4 $2 {
Black reacts dumb to the new move.} ({Correct is} 11... Nxb5 12. cxb5 d6 13.
O-O Be6) 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Qxe4 14. Bxg7 Qxg2 (14... Kxg7 {
and Black lost in Dochev-Marholev, Bulgarian championship 1995.}) 15. Qd4 $3 {
Nona delivers a double rook sacrifice.} 15... Qxh1+ 16. Kd2 16... Qxa1 $2 (
16... Qxh2 17. Bf3 $1 17... Re8 18. Rh1 Qc7 19. Bh8 $18) (16... Qc6 17. Re1 $1
17... f6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. c5 b6 20. Bb5 $1 {and wins (Pytel).}) 17. Qf6 $1 (
17. Qf6 $1 17... Qxa2 18. Bh6 Qa5+ 19. Kc1 Qa1+ 20. Kc2 Qa4+ 21. Kb1 {
and Black runs out of checks.}) 1-0

[Event "Wijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Black "Nikolac, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Ngf6 13. a4 c5 14. O-O Rc8 (
14... Be7 {is theory.}) 15. Rfe1 c4 16. Qc2 Be7 (16... Nxh5 $2 17. Nxh5 Qxh5
18. Qe4) 17. Ne5 O-O (17... Qd5 {is more safe.}) 18. Nf5 $1 {
An outburst of violence starts.} 18... Rfe8 (18... Qd8 {(Gaprindashvili)} 19.
Nxg7 $1 19... Kxg7 20. Bxh6+ 20... Kh8 $1 21. Bxf8 21... Qxf8 {
and White is better.}) 19. Nxg7 $1 19... Kxg7 20. Bxh6+ 20... Kxh6 $2 (20...
Kg8 $1 21. Re3 $1 21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nxh5 23. Qe4 {
and White has a strong attack.}) 21. Nxf7+ Kxh5 22. g4+ $1 {
Sacrifices force the king forwards.} 22... Kh4 (22... Kxg4 23. Qg6+ Kh4 24. Kg2
$18) 23. f3 Nxg4 (23... Qc7 24. Re5 $1 {ends wonderfully.}) 24. Re4 {
Nona won again in her sharp style.} 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bxc6 $5 7...
Bxc6 8. d4 {This pawn sacrifice was fashion in the seventies.} 8... Bxe4 9. Bg5
9... d5 $5 10. Nbd2 10... Bg6 $6 {An easier game gives 10...Bxf3 or 10....e6.}
11. dxc5 e6 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qd4 Rc8 14. b4 {
White has regained the pawn with a slight advantage.} 14... Be7 15. a4 O-O 16.
Nc4 $1 16... dxc4 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bd6 19... b6 $6 (19... a5 {
attacks the Queen side pawns more appropriate.}) 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 bxc5 (
21... Red8 22. b5 a5 23. f3 {and White pressures.}) 22. bxc5 Bc2 23. Re2 Bb3
24. f4 24... f6 {Black has forestalled a raid of rooks on the b-file.} 25. Kf2
$1 25... Kf7 26. Ke3 26... e5 $6 (26... h5 $1 27. Kd4 27... g6 {
forestalls the opening of the centre.}) 27. f5 g6 28. Ke4 gxf5+ 29. Kd5 $3 (29.
Kxf5 29... h5 $1 {and White makes no progress.}) 29... f4 30. c6 Rg8 (30...
Red8 31. Rf2 {and 32.g3 opens the King's side (Gaprindashvili).}) 31. c7 h5 32.
Kc6 Ke6 33. Bc5 h4 34. Kb7 {A long walk has brought the king on the ideal
square. The counterattack will have little success.} 34... h3 35. gxh3 f3 36.
Rd2 e4 37. Re1 f5 38. Rd6+ Ke5 39. Rxa6 Bc2 40. Bd4+ Kd5 41. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maja"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

{Maja Chiburdanidze (1961) has an attacking style. In this game she encounters
another former prodigal child.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5.
Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. c4 e6 9. O-O Nd7 10. d5 $5 10... O-O-O 11.
dxe6 Ne5 12. Nd2 Bxe6 13. Qa4 13... Rg8 $1 14. Ne4 $2 (14. Kh1 {
answers the threat on the g-file.}) (14. Qxa7 $5 14... Bh3 15. g3 Bxf1 16. Nxf1
{plays on the wild side.}) 14... Bxc4 $1 15. Bh5 (15. Bxc4 $4 15... Nf3+ 16.
Kh1 Qxh2#) 15... Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nd3 17. Qxa7 17... Qe5 $2 ({Wiser is} 17... f5
18. Bg5 Rxg5 19. Nxg5 Bc5) 18. Be3 18... Qxe4 {
White starts a strong counterattack.} 19. Qa8+ Kc7 (19... Kd7 $6 20. Qxb7+ Kd6
21. Rd1 Ke5 22. Bf3) 20. Bb6+ $1 20... Kxb6 21. Qxd8+ Kc5 (21... Ka7 22. Qa5+ {
accepts a draw.}) (21... Kb5 $1 22. Bf3 22... Bc5 $1 23. Qxg8 Qd4 24. Bxc6+
bxc6 25. Qg3 {and White has a hard defence.}) 22. b4+ $1 22... Kxb4 (22... Nxb4
23. Qa5+ {or 23.Rc1+ =.}) 23. Bf3 Qe5 24. Rb1+ 24... Nb2 $2 (24... Kc4 25. Be2
Qd5 26. Rc1+ Kb4 27. Qb6+ Ka3 28. Rc3+ 28... Kxa2 {and the battle continues.})
25. Qd2+ Ka3 26. Rxb2 $1 {Maja strikes.} 26... b5 ({The surprise is} 26... Qxb2
27. Qa5#) 27. Rb3+ Ka4 28. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Plaskett, James"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. Nd2 4... Nxd2 {
Maja reacts quietly to the British foolishness.} 5. Qxd2 5... c5 $5 6. dxc5 f6
7. O-O-O ({White does not like} 7. Be3 7... e5 8. c3) 7... Nc6 $6 (7... fxg5 8.
e4 8... e6 {is okay.}) 8. e4 $6 ({Again White does not like} 8. Be3) 8... d4 $1
{Maja is tired of the coffeehouse chess.} 9. Bb5 (9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg3 Be6 11. Kb1
11... Bxc5 {leads to a positional disadvantage.}) 9... e5 $1 {
The imprisonment of the bishop is finished.} 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. b4 Bd7 12. c3
12... fxg5 {The bishop is captured after six moves of teasing.} 13. cxd4 exd4
14. hxg5 O-O-O 15. g6 h6 16. Rh5 Qxe4 17. Bd3 Qg4 18. Rd5 Be6 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8
20. Ne5 Qxg2 21. Bc2 Qd5 22. f4 Qxa2 23. Qxd4 Be7 24. f5 Bg5+ 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Costa, Jean-Luc"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31/15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

{Judit (1976) played a remarkable game at the age of eleven. She shows
knowledge of the openings and tactical skill.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4
4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 (6... Nxd5 $4 7. Qxd5 $1) 7. N5c3 O-O 8. g3
Ng4 9. e3 f5 10. Bg2 (10. Be2 10... Nf6 {
chased away the knight in time (Piesina-Vaganian, Spartakiad 1979).}) 10... f4
11. h3 $6 {A spectacular sacrifice is provoked.} 11... Nxf2 $1 {
The little girl is not shy.} 12. Kxf2 fxe3+ 13. Ke1 Rf2 14. Rg1 $2 ({
A new defence line builds} 14. Be4 $1 14... Qg5 15. Ne2 {
White wants to develop behind the new screen.} 15... Bf5 16. Qd3 Na6 17. Bxf5
Rxf5 18. Nbc3 {How does Black make progress?}) 14... Qf8 $1 15. Qd3 $2 {
The queen becomes vulnerable in the central area.} ({Correct is} 15. Qb3 $1
15... Rc2 $1 16. Bxe3 $1 16... Bxe3 17. Qxc2 Bxg1 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Nbc3) 15...
Na6 16. a3 Bf5 17. Be4 $2 (17. Ne4 e2 18. Nbd2 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rh2 20. Nf3 Bxg1
21. Nxh2 21... Nc5 $1 22. Qxe2 Bxh2 23. Qxh2 Nxe4 24. Qg2 24... Nc5 {
Black has the initiative.}) 17... Bxe4 18. Qxe4 18... Bd4 $1 {
White loses the struggle in the centre.} 19. Bxe3 (19. b4 Rc8 20. Bxe3 20...
Rxc3 $1 {and White loses the battle on the queen's side.}) 19... Nc5 20. Bxd4
exd4 21. Qxd4 Re8+ 22. Kd1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "SWIFT Brussels"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85/19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Qe1 Nd7 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 {is usual.}) 12. Qg3
Bf6 13. Rad1 Rb8 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Rxd4 {
is preferred by Judit. See} 15... e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Rdd1 Qb6+ 18. Rf2 $1
18... Qxb2 19. Nd5) 14. Nxc6 $5 ({Maroczy would have played} 14. Kh1) 14...
bxc6 15. e5 $1 15... dxe5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. f5 exf5 18. Bh6 g6 19. Rxf5 $1 19...
Rb4 $5 {Black wants to win.} (19... Rd8 20. Bc4 20... Nf6 $1 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.
Bxf7+ $1 22... Kh8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rxe5 Qd4+ 25. Re3 Rxb2 26. h3 {
leads to a relatively quiet position.}) 20. Bd3 20... f6 $5 ({After} 20... Rd8
{Judit plays} 21. Rdf1 $1 {Then} 21... f6 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Rxf6 Bxf6 24. Rxf6
Rg4 25. Qf3 Qe7 26. b3 {leads to a dynamic equality.}) 21. Rdf1 $1 ({
Judit avoids} 21. Bxf8 21... Qb6+ $1 22. Rf2 Nxf8 23. b3 23... f5 {
because it loses the initiative.}) 21... Rxe4 $1 {
Black wins material in a defendable position.} 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Bxe4 gxf5 24.
Bxf5 Nb6 25. Bxh7 $1 25... Be6 $1 (25... Bc5+ $2 26. Kh1 Qxh7 27. Rxf6+ Ke8 28.
Qxe5+ Qe7 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. Rxc6 {and White has chances to win (Judit).}) 26.
Be4 Nd5 27. Qh4 27... Nf4 $2 (27... Qb6+ 28. Kh1 28... Ke8 {
The king flees to safety.}) 28. Qh8+ Bg8 29. Rd1 29... Ne6 $2 (29... Qb6+ 30.
Kh1 30... Qf2 {paralyses White.}) 30. Kh1 $1 {
A serious threat has become 31.Bh7, because Black misses 31. .. Bc5+.} 30...
Bd8 (30... Kf7 31. Bg6+ $1 31... Kxg6 32. Qxg8+ Ng7 33. Rd3 $18) 31. Bf5 Nd4
32. Bh3 Qf7 33. c3 Qb3 34. Qh6+ Ke7 (34... Ke8 35. Qh5+ Bf7 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37.
Rf1 $18) 35. Rf1 Ne6 36. Qxf6+ Kd6 37. Bxe6 {Gutman collapsed under time
pressure. Judit defeats a grandmaster in a tournament game for the first time.}
1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{A Polgarmania raged in the Netherlands, when the sisters played.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 a6 9. f4
Qc7 10. g4 $1 10... Re8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Bh5 {Threatens 13.Bxh7+ Kxf7 14.Qh5+.}
12... g6 13. Bg4 13... Nc6 $2 ({Correct is} 13... Bf8) 14. Nxe6 $1 14... fxe6
15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Nd5 Qb8 17. Bf7 Rf8 18. Bd4+ Nde5 19. Nxe7 Nxe7 20. fxe5 dxe5
21. Bc5 Kg7 22. Bxe7 Qa7+ (22... Rxf7 23. Bf6+ Rxf6 24. gxf6+ Kf7 25. Qd8 {
wins elegantly.}) 23. Kh1 Bh3 24. Qf3 $1 1-0

[Event "Roma open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{Zsofia (1974) might be the least successful of the sisters, but she won the
Roma open 1989 with 8 1/2 out of 9.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6
5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 a6 11. Qe1 Na5 12.
Qg3 (12. Rd1 {is usual (Romanovsky-Ijyen Zhenevsky, Moscow 1925).}) 12... Nc4
13. Bc1 b5 14. a3 Qb6 (14... Bb7 $1 15. Bf3 Rac8) 15. Rd1 Bb7 (15... e5 $5 16.
Bxc4 bxc4 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 {and White has some advantage (Zsofia).}) 16.
b3 Na5 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Bb2 18... Rfd8 $2 {
The points e7 and g7 are insufficiently protected.} (18... Rfe8 $5 {(Zsofia)}
19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 20... Nd7 $1 21. Nxe6 $1 21... Qxe6 22. Bg4 22... Qg6 {
keeps the struggle going.}) 19. Nd5 $1 19... Nxd5 (19... exd5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21.
Nxg7 $1 21... Bxg7 22. Bxf6 {lose by force (Zsofia).}) 20. Nxe6 $1 20... g6 21.
Nxd8 Qxd8 22. exd5 Rxc2 23. Rab1 Bh4 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 Nxb3 27.
g3 $6 (27. f5 {resumes the attack.}) 27... Be7 28. f5 28... a5 $2 (28... Qc8 $1
29. Qe4 Qxf5 30. Qxf5 30... gxf5 {decreases White's advantage.}) 29. fxg6 hxg6
30. Qh3 $1 30... Rxb2 ({The point is} 30... Bf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Rxb3 {
and square f3 is covered.}) 31. Rxb2 a4 32. Rf2 Nc5 33. Rdf1 f5 34. g4 $1 34...
Ne4 35. Rg2 Bf6 1-0

[Event "Roma open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qe1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Qg3 Nc5 14. f5 e5 15. Nb3
$1 {(Fridh-Jansson, Sweden 1972).} 15... Na4 16. Nxa4 bxa4 17. Nd2 Rfc8 (17...
Qxc2 $2 {captures a poisoned pawn.} 18. Rac1 Qd3 19. Bh6 Ne8 20. Rc7 $1 20...
Bh4 21. Qxh4 Nxc7 22. Qg5 g6 23. Qf6 Ne8 24. Qe7 Ng7 25. Qxb7 {
and White has gained material.}) 18. c4 Bc6 (18... Kh8 {
avoids the attack on the king (Suba).}) 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bg5 Nd7 (20... Be7 {
tries to repeate the moves.}) 21. f6 g6 22. Qh4 Rcb8 23. Bg4 23... Qb6+ $2 ({
The counteraction} 23... Rxb2 24. Rf3 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 25... Rxd2 $1 26. Bxd2 Qd4
27. Rd1 27... Qxe4 {leads to a fierce and unclear fight.}) 24. Kh1 24... Qxb2
$2 ({The last chance offers} 24... Nc5 25. Bh6 Qd8) 25. Bxd7 Bxd7 26. Bh6 d5
27. Bxf8 Qxd2 28. Rad1 Qe3 29. Rde1 Qd2 30. Bh6 Qa5 31. exd5 31... Re8 $2 32.
Be3 (32. Bf8 $1 32... Qd2 33. Bb4 $18) 32... Kh8 33. Bh6 Qc5 34. Re4 Kg8 35.
Bg7 {The threat 36.Qxh7+ decides.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

{When the psychologist Laszlo and teacher Klara Polgar married, they wanted to
create geniuses by education. The first test person became Zsuzsa (1969).} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 7... Bg4 $6 {
Black wants to provoke, but Zsuzsa is prepared.} 8. Nge2 $5 8... Bxe2 $6 ({
The neutral} 8... Nbd7 {is more useful.}) 9. Bxe2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 Re8
12. f3 $1 {The preparation of e4 begins.} 12... Nf8 13. Bh4 13... a6 {
An important tempo is lost.} (13... Ng6 14. Bf2 Bb4 15. Rae1 Qa5) 14. Rad1 Ng6
({The freeing} 14... c5 {is refuted by} 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. dxc5 Rxe3 17. Nxd5 $1
{(Zsuzsa).}) 15. Bf2 Bd6 16. e4 $1 16... dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. e5 Bc7 19. Bc4
$1 19... Re7 ({Avoids Zsuzsa's trap} 19... Bb6 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qb3+ Kf8 22.
Bg3+ Nf6 23. exf6) 20. Kh1 20... Nxf2+ {Otherwise White plays 20.Bg1 and 21.h3.
} 21. Qxf2 Qd7 22. Ne4 Rf8 23. Qf3 Qe8 24. Qh5 {
White threatens 25.Nf6+! gxf6 26.exf6.} 24... Kh8 25. Rd3 ({
A great alternative is} 25. Ng5 25... h6 26. Rf6 $1) 25... h6 (25... f5 26. Rh3
h6 27. Nf6 Qc8 28. Qxh6+ $3 {(Zsuzsa).}) 26. Rdf3 {Threatens 27.Qxg6!} 26...
Nxe5 27. dxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxf7 $1 28... Rxf7 29. Qxf7 (29. Qxf7 Rxe4 30. Qf8+ Kh7
31. Bg8+ Kh8 32. Bd5+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ {(Zsuzsa).}) 1-0

[Event "Kusadasi open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maja"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Qf6 7. Qe2 Nge7 8.
Be3 8... Nd4 $2 {A novelty in the Scotch fails completely.} 9. Qd2 $1 {
The simple road to advantage.} 9... Nxb3 10. axb3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Nc6 12. Nd5 $1
{The centre is taken.} 12... Qxb2 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bd3 14... Nd4 $6 15. O-O Ne6
16. e5 {White threatens 17. Bxh7+! Kxh7 18. Qh3+ Kg6 19. Qg4+ Kh6 20. Qh4+ Kg6
21. Ne7#.} 16... Kh8 $2 (16... Re8 17. Qe4 Ng5 18. Qh4 $1 18... Qxe5 19. f4
Qxd5 20. Bxh7+ {loses slowly.}) 17. Bxh7 $1 ({Black notices the catastrophe} 
17. Bxh7 17... g6 18. Qh6) 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

{Pia Cramling (1963) is a Swedish grandmaster.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 8... b6 $5 {
Black postponed the attack on the centre. Hereafter, one error becomes fatal.}
9. h4 Nc6 10. Bd5 Qd7 11. h5 11... e6 $1 (11... Ba6 $2 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Nf4 e6
14. Qg4 $1 14... Rfd8 15. Bxe6 $1 15... fxe6 16. Qxg6 Bc4 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. Nh5
Rg8 19. Rh3 $1 {(Spassky-Timman, Amsterdam 1977).}) 12. Bb3 Ba6 (12... e5 $5
13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Rxh6 Kg7 16. Qd2 {
(Finegold-De Boer, Wijk aan Zee 1992).}) 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Nf4 14... Rfd8 $2 (
14... Rfe8 {protects e6.} 15. e5 Rad8 16. Rb1 16... Ne7 {
is slightly better for White.}) (14... Rad8 15. Rb1 (15. Nh5 $5 15... Nb4 $1)
15... Rfe8 16. e5 {is an alternative.}) 15. Nxe6 $3 (15. Qg4 $2 15... Nxd4 $1)
15... fxe6 16. Qg4 Bc8 17. Qxg6 Nxd4 (17... Qf7 $2 18. Rh8+ $1) 18. Rh3 $1
18... Nxb3 (18... Qf7 19. Qh7+ $1 19... Kf8 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21. Rf3 Bc3+ 22. Kf1
Bf6 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Bg5 {wins material (Cramling).}) 19. Qh7+
Kf8 20. Rf3+ Qf7 21. Bh6 Qxf3 22. Qxg7+ Ke8 23. gxf3 Nxa1 24. Bg5 Nc2+ 25. Kf1
1-0

[Event "Hungarian Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61/08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Bc4 $5 {
White develops in the centre.} 13... Nd7 14. Rhe1 h6 ({Black has success with} 
14... b5 {in later games.}) 15. Bd2 (15. Bh4 {is fine too.}) 15... Qc5 16. Qf4
$5 {White avoids exchange.} 16... g5 17. Qf1 Bg7 18. h4 $2 (18. Ne4 Bxe4 19.
Rxe4 $13) 18... Nxe5 19. Bb3 O-O 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qe2 (21. Bxg5 21... Nd3+ {
(Boensch).}) 21... Ng6 $6 (21... Rfd8 22. Kb1 22... g4 {
defends in a subtle way.}) 22. Qh5 $1 22... Qf5 $6 (22... Rfe8 {
protects the point e6.}) 23. g4 $1 23... Qf6 $2 (23... Qf2 24. Rf1 Qh4 25. Bxg5
Qxh5 26. gxh5 26... Ne5 {offers the last chance.}) 24. Bxg5 Nf4 (24... Qf2 25.
Rf1 Qg3 26. Rxf7 $1 26... Kxf7 27. Bxe6+ $1 27... Kxe6 28. Qxg6+ Bf6 29. Qf5+)
25. Qh4 $1 {White wins a piece.} 25... Qg6 26. Bxf4 b5 27. Qh5 Qxh5 28. gxh5 a5
29. a3 Bf3 30. Rd3 Bxh5 31. Rg3 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ne4 Bg6 34. Rxg6 $1 {
Judit won the championship before Sax, Adorjan and Portisch. She became
grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 5 months, a month earlier than Fischer.}
1-0

[Event "Aruba"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Pliester, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8.
fxe5 Nxe5 (8... dxe5 9. Nf5 9... Qb6 {offers a good chance to equality.}) 9.
Bg5 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O 11... h6 $6 (11... Be6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 13...
Rc8 {is more natural (Polgar-Gelfand, Muenchen 1991).}) 12. Be3 Be6 13. Kh1 Rc8
14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 15... Re8 $6 (15... Qd7 $1 16. Raf1 16... Qe6 {
involves the queen in the defence (Judit).}) 16. Raf1 16... Nh7 $6 ({
Creative play shows} 16... Rc6 $5 17. Bxh6 $1 17... gxh6 18. Qxh6 d5 19. Rxe5
Nd7 20. Qh5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Bf6) 17. Qd5 $1 17... Rc6 18. Qb3 b5 19. Nd5 19...
Qa8 $2 (19... Bg5 {forestalls a catastrophe.}) 20. Rxf7 $3 20... Nxf7 21. Rxf7
$1 21... Kxf7 {Judit analyses} (21... Bf8 22. Ra7 $1 22... Qd8 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24.
Qg8#) (21... Bg5 22. Ra7 Qd8 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Ng6#) (21... Qd8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7
23. Rxe7+) (21... Bd8 22. Ra7 Qxa7 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Ng6#) 22. Nb6+ Kg6 (22...
Kf8 23. Nd7#) 23. Bh5+ $1 23... Kxh5 24. Qf7+ (24. Qf7+ Kg4 25. Qf3+ Kh4 26.
Qh3#) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 92/93"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Bd6 9. Qd3 b6 10. Ne5 10... Bb7 $5 (10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd3 12. Bxd3
12... Nd5 {accepts a slight disadvantage.}) 11. Qb5+ $1 11... Nd7 12. O-O-O a6
13. Qb3 {Now White avoids the endgame.} 13... b5 $1 14. c4 $1 {
Forestalls 14...Bd5.} 14... O-O 15. f4 Be4 16. c5 {
White keeps the queen's side closed.} 16... Be7 17. Bd3 $1 17... Bxg2 {
Otherwise the g-pawn becomes dangerous.} 18. Rhg1 Bd5 19. Qc2 f5 20. Ng6 {
Avoids the exchange of knights.} 20... Re8 21. c6 Nf8 22. Ne5 Bh4 ({
Judit prefers} 22... Bf6 $1 23. Qe2 Re7 24. Qh5 24... Qe8 $1 25. Qxh6 Bxe5 26.
fxe5 Qxc6+) 23. Qe2 Qf6 24. Qh5 24... Red8 $2 (24... Re7 {is necessary.}) 25.
Rxg7+ $3 25... Kxg7 (25... Qxg7 26. Qxh4 $1 {and 27.Rg1.} (26. Rg1 $2 26... Bf6
$1)) 26. Rg1+ Kh8 (26... Kh7 27. Ng4 $1 {
The black queen is overburdened (Knaak).}) 27. Nf7+ Kh7 28. Nxh6 (28. Nxh6 Qxh6
29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d3 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. b3 11... Bg4 $1 12. Be2 Rad8 13. O-O (13.
Bb2 $1 {pressures on e5.}) 13... f5 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bb2 (15. Nxe5 $1 15... Qxe5
16. Bxh5 16... f4 $1 17. Bf3 17... fxe3 $1 18. Bxd5+ Qxd5 19. Bxe3 19... Qxd3 {
exchanges to an equal position.}) 15... e4 $1 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Ne5 17... Bxe2
$6 ({No risk takes} 17... Nxe5 18. Bxh5 Nd3 19. Be2 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 {(Ftacnik).})
18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qxe2 Rd6 20. Rac1 $2 ({Correct is} 20. Bd4 $1 20... Rg6 21.
f4 $1 21... exf3 (21... c5 22. Qc4 $1) 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. Qxf3 23... Re6 {
(Zsuzsa)} 24. Rf1 $1 {is better for White.}) 20... Rg6 21. Bd4 21... Rf3 $1 {
The Polgar sisters had to solve thousands of tactical puzzles. They recognise
the patterns immediately.} 22. g3 (22. Kh2 22... Qd6+ $1 23. Kh1 Qe6 24. Kh2
24... Rxg2+ {also loses (Ftacnik).}) 22... Qh4 23. Kh2 Rgxg3 24. fxg3 Qxg3+ (
24... Rxg3 $4 25. Rf8+ $1 25... Kxf8 26. Qf2+) 25. Kh1 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Rg3+ 27.
Kf2 27... Qh4 $1 28. Rh1 (28. Ke1 Rxe3+) 28... Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Donner Mem."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

{Xie Jun (1970) participated in the First Donner Memorial. She defended the
honour of women.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3
Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8. Rd1 c5 (8... g5 $6 {(Timman-Short, El Escorial 1993).}) 9. c3
Bg4 10. Nc2 O-O-O 11. d4 11... Qc6 $2 ({Correct is} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc6)
12. d5 $1 12... Qe8 13. Ne3 Bh5 14. b4 $1 14... Nh6 {
If the pawn sacrifice is accepted, White gains the initiative.} 15. Nc4 g5 16.
bxc5 g4 17. Nh4 g3 18. f3 Bxc5+ 19. Kh1 Qf8 20. Rb1 Be8 21. Na5 Bb6 22. Nc4 Bf2
23. Na5 Bb6 24. Nb3 (24. Nc4 $11) (24. Nc6 $1 24... Bxc6 (24... bxc6 $2 25.
Qxa6+ Kb8 26. Be3) 25. dxc6 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 bxc6 27. Qd3 Kb7 28. Be3 {
and Black is in difficulties.}) 24... f5 25. Bg5 Rd7 26. exf5 $2 (26. Qd2 f4
27. hxg3 Be3 28. Qb2 {leads to wild complications.}) 26... Rg8 $1 27. Be3 27...
Qf6 $1 28. Bxb6 Qxh4 29. Bg1 gxh2 30. Bf2 $6 (30. Bxh2 Nxf5 31. Qxe5 Ng3+ 32.
Kg1 Re7 33. Bxg3 Rxg3 34. Qd4 34... Rxg2+ $1 35. Kxg2 Re2+ 36. Kf1 Qh2 37. Qg4+
Kb8 38. Qg1 38... Re1+ $1 {is unpleasant for White.}) 30... Rxg2 $3 31. Bxh4 (
31. Kxg2 h1=Q+ 32. Rxh1 Rg7+ 33. Kf1 Qxh1+ 34. Bg1 34... Qxg1# {(Xie Jun).})
31... Rxe2 32. Nc5 32... Bh5 $1 33. Rf1 Rxd5 34. Ne4 Nxf5 35. Nf6 Nxh4 36. Nxh5
{She shows her great tactical talent in a difficult position.} 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Donner Mem."]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxd5 (8. d4 {is more ambitious.}) 8... Qxd5 9. d3 9... Qb5 $1 10. Rb1 10... a5
{Black has the initiative on the Queen's side.} 11. Be3 a4 12. Qd2 Be6 13. a3
Na5 14. Bh6 Nb3 15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. d4 $6 ({Xie Jun prefers} 17. Ng5
17... Ra6 18. Rfe1 {instead of the weakening.}) 17... Rd7 18. Qc3 Qa5 19. Rfe1
f6 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Rbd1 Rb5 22. e3 $6 ({The energetic reaction is} 22. e4
22... Bg4 23. d5) 22... Na5 23. d5 $2 ({Correct is} 23. Re2 23... Bc4 24. Red2
Bd5) 23... Bf7 $1 {A pawn is captured.} (23... Bxd5 24. Nd4 $1 24... Rc5 25. e4
$1 25... e5 $1 {gives no advantage.}) 24. Rd4 Rxb2 25. Rxa4 Rxd5 26. e4 Rdb5
27. Bf1 Rc5 28. e5 Nc6 29. exf6+ exf6 30. Nd4 30... b5 $1 {
Black wins more material.} 31. Nxb5 Rbxb5 32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Rc1 Bd5 34. Ra6 Nd4
35. Rxc7+ Kh6 36. f4 Rb2 37. Raa7 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 38... Bc4+ $1 39. Rxc4 Nd2+ 40.
Ke2 Nxc4+ 41. Kd3 Nd6 42. Rd7 Rb3+ 43. Kc2 Rb6 44. a4 Ne4 45. a5 Ra6 46. Rd5
Nd6 47. Kc3 Nb7 48. Kb4 f5 49. Rb5 49... Nxa5 $1 {The pawn ending is won.} 50.
Rxa5 Rxa5 51. Kxa5 g5 52. Kb4 gxf4 53. gxf4 Kh5 54. Kc4 Kg4 55. Kd3 55... Kf3
$1 ({Avoids} 55... Kh3 $4 56. Kd4 $11) 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22/12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 (9... Qd8 {
and the position is similar to the Queen's Accepted.}) 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5
12. Bg3 a6 ({Tiviakov played} 12... O-O 13. Bc4 13... Qb6 {previously.}) 13.
Nc3 O-O 14. Rc1 Nf6 15. h3 {
It is unnecessary to avoid the effect of 15. .. Nh5.} (15. a3 $1 {
(Svesnikov-Horvath, Sochi 1987).}) 15... b6 16. a3 ({Judit suggests} 16. Qd2 {
and 15.Rfd1.}) 16... Bb7 17. Bd3 $6 (17. b4 b5 18. Qd3 $11) 17... Rc8 18. Bb1
b5 19. Qd3 19... Na5 $6 20. Ne5 $6 ({Misses the opportunity} 20. Be5 $1 20...
g6 21. Ba2) 20... Nc4 21. Rc2 Nd6 22. f3 {Defends square e4.} 22... g6 (22...
Nf5 23. Bf2 Nh5 24. Ne2 $11 {(Judit).}) 23. Bf2 Re8 24. Ba2 Bf8 25. Re2 Bg7 26.
Rfe1 {Able manoeuvring led to equality.} 26... Nd5 27. Nxd5 27... exd5 $6 (
27... Bxd5 $1 28. Bxd5 28... exd5 $11) 28. Qd1 a5 29. h4 Qc7 30. h5 $1 30...
Nc4 $6 (30... Re7 31. h6 $2 31... Bxh6 32. Ng4 32... Bg5 $1) 31. h6 $3 31...
Bxh6 $2 (31... Bxe5 $1 32. dxe5 Re6 33. f4 33... Qe7 {builds a line of defence.
}) 32. Ng4 Rxe2 33. Nxh6+ Kg7 34. Rxe2 $1 34... Kxh6 35. Qe1 $1 {
Judit calls this the key move. Re7 and Bg3 are prepared.} 35... Kg7 (35... Qd6
36. Re7 Rc7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. Qc1+ Kg7 39. b3 $18) 36. Re7 Qb6 (36... Qc6 37.
Bxc4 dxc4 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Be3 f6 40. Qh2 $1 40... h5 41. Qg3 {
wins beautifully.}) 37. Bxc4 bxc4 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Be3 $1 {Threatens 40.Bh6.}
39... f6 40. Qf4 {Threatens 41.Qh6.} 40... Kf8 41. Rxh7 Ke8 42. Qh6 {
Judit carried out a subtle attack on the king.} 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Donner Mem."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nb5 axb5 12. gxf6 Nd7 (12... gxf6 13. Bxb5+ Nd7 14.
f5 {leads to the game.}) 13. Bxb5 gxf6 14. f5 14... Ke7 $2 {
Loek brings a novelty.} (14... Qb6 15. Qe2 (15. fxe6 $1 15... Qxb5 16. exd7+)
15... Rb8 {(Gipslis-Van Wely, Gausdal 1992).}) ({Van der Wiel proposes} 14...
Ba6 $5) 15. Bxd7 15... Bxd7 $2 (15... Qxd7 16. fxe6 Qxe6 17. Nd4 Qc4 18. Qd3 {
and a miserable endgame for Black.}) 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rf1 $1 (17. e5 $2 17...
dxe5 $1 18. Qxa8 Bc6) 17... Bb5 $5 (17... Bg7 18. Bh6 $1 {refutes the novelty.}
) 18. Qxf6+ Kd7 19. Qxh8 Be7 (19... Bxf1 20. Qxh7+ Be7 21. Bg5) 20. Qxa8 20...
Qc4 $5 21. Qb7+ Ke8 22. Rf2 22... Bh4 {
The counterattack looks impressive, but the refutation is simple.} 23. Qf7+ Kd8
24. Bg5+ $1 {Judit defeated a man in the Donner Memorial.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasily"]
[Black "Polgar, Judir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O 6... Nc6 $5 {
Judit and her second Pshakhis have prepared an odd variation.} 7. Nc3 $6 (7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 9... Na5 {(Zsuzsa-Xie Jun, Jaen 1996).}) 7... dxc4 8.
d5 8... Nb4 $1 9. e4 $2 {
The square d3 is weakened by the great openings expert.} (9. Ne5 e6 10. dxe6
Bxe6 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Bg2 12... Nfd5 {(Levenfish-Aronin, Moscow 1948).}) 9...
e6 $1 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 11... Nd3 {
Judit threatens to conquer the central area.} 12. dxe6 $6 (12. Ne1 $1 12...
exd5 13. Nxd3 13... d4 $1 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Nf4 15... Qc5 {is good for Black.})
12... Bxe6 13. h3 13... Qd7 $1 (13... Nxb2 {is less elegant.}) 14. Qd2 Bxh3 15.
Bxh6 Rae8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 18... Nh5 $1 19. Qe3 19... Ndf4+
$1 ({During the post-mortem they analysed} 19... Ndf4+ $1 20. Kf3 f6 21. Nh7 $5
21... Kxh7 22. gxf4 Qh3+ 23. Ke2 23... Qg4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

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 {When I contacted
Spassky before the tournament, he was preparing himself. He wanted a revenge
for the match in 1993.} 13... exd4 $5 {Boris has invented a novelty. He
chooses for struggle in the centre instead of consolidation.} ({
For decades he has played the Breyer. In the match he scored 1-2 with} 13...
Bf8) 14. cxd4 d5 15. e5 15... Ne4 {
Occupation of the centre is the prepared manoeuvre.} 16. N3d2 $1 {A few days
ter the tournament a dripping Boris stands on my doorstep at Margraten. A
flood threatens in Hoogeveen by the heavy rain. Sandbags are used in order to
save the city. He could have spoken: "Apres moi la deluge!" but he begins to
speak about Judit's play with great enthusiasm.   He had missed the last move.
The strong knight has to be exchanged.} 16... Nxd2 17. Bxd2 c5 18. Ne3 $1 18...
g6 (18... cxd4 $6 19. Nf5) 19. Ng4 19... Bf8 $6 {This loses a tempo.} ({
Judit finds} 19... cxd4 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Qg4 Qc7 22. Nf5+ Kh8 23. Rac1 {
favourable for White, but} 23... Nxe5 24. Qf4 24... Bf6 {is a strong answer.})
20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nh6+ {An attack on the weakness f7 begins.} 21... Kg7 22. Qf3
f6 (22... Qe7 23. b4 Bb6 24. Qg4 {and a strong attack.}) (22... Nxe5 $2 {
is refuted by} 23. Rxe5 $1) 23. e6 Nf8 24. b4 Bb6 {
Spassky is highly impressed by the next move. It opens the position.} 25. e7 $1
({When we analyse the position with a computer it produces} 25. Qg4 $6 25...
Bc8 26. Bf5 26... Re7 {
Boris shakes his head: "How can you believe in such a thing!"}) ({
Naturally the crucial variation is} 25. Nf7 25... Qe7 26. Bh6+ Kg8 27. Bxf8
Rxf8 28. Qg4 Kg7 29. Qh4 {
Black has to sacrifice the exchange, but he keeps excellent drawing chances.})
25... Rxe7 26. Rxe7+ Qxe7 27. Re1 27... Qd8 $6 ({Judit analyses} 27... Qd6 28.
Qg4 28... Qc7 $1 ({She continues with} 28... Bc8 $2 29. Bf5 Bb7 30. Bxg6) 29.
Re7+ (29. Nf5+ Kf7) 29... Qxe7 30. Nf5+ Kf7 31. Nxe7 31... Kxe7 {
and Black has a strong defence.}) 28. Ng4 Nd7 29. Qf4 Kf7 (29... Qf8 30. Bxg6
$1 30... hxg6 (30... Kxg6 31. Nh6 Kg7 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Qxd7) 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32.
Qxg6+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Re7+ $18) 30. Qh6 30... Qg8 {
The alternatives are punished.} (30... Qh8 31. Bf5 $1 31... Ne5 32. Rxe5 $1
32... fxe5 33. Nxe5+ $1 33... Qxe5 34. Qxh7+ Qg7 35. Be6+ Kf6 36. Bg5+) (30...
Nf8 31. Bxg6+ $1 31... hxg6 32. Qh8 g5 33. Bxg5 $1 33... fxg5 34. Ne5+ Ke6 35.
Qg7) 31. Qh4 $1 31... Qh8 32. Nh6+ Kf8 33. Qg4 {
Slight errors are made under time pressure.} (33. Nf5 $1 33... gxf5 34. Bh6+
Kg8 35. Re7 $18) 33... f5 (33... Qg7 $1 34. Qf4 Ne5 35. Rxe5 Bc7 36. Ng4 Bxe5
37. Nxe5) 34. Nxf5 Qf6 (34... gxf5 35. Bh6+ Kf7 36. Qxf5+ Nf6 37. Qe6#) 35. Bg5
Qc3 (35... gxf5 36. Bxf5 Ne5 37. Bxf6 Nxg4 38. Bxg4 $18 {(Judit).}) 36. Re2 Bc7
37. Ng3 (37. Bh6+ $1 37... Kg8 38. Ne7+ Kh8 39. Nxg6+ $1 39... hxg6 40. Qxg6 {
(Judit).}) 37... Ne5 38. Qe6 Nf7 39. Be7+ (39. Qe7+ $1 39... Kg8 40. Bf6 40...
Qc6 {(forestalls 41.Qe8+)} 41. Re6) 39... Kg8 40. Nh5 (40. Nf5 $1 40... gxf5
41. Bf6 $18) 40... gxh5 ({Fierce resistance offers} 40... Be5 $1 {
(neutralises 41.Nf6+ and threatens mate in two)} 41. Kf1 $1 41... Qc6 $1 42.
Rxe5 Qxc2 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Ng4 $1 $18) 41. Bf6 $1 ({The end is} 41. Bf6 $1
41... Qxb4 42. Bxh7+ Kxh7 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 44. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 $5 ({Less spicy is} 11. gxf6) 11... d4 12.
O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 (13. Rxd4 $6 {looks consequent but has less strength.})
13... dxc3 14. Bxc3 14... Bg7 {The first new move.} (14... Qc7 {
(Chiburdanidze-Cserna, Pristina 1983).}) ({Steinitz would have played} 14...
Ng8 15. Qh5 Qc7) 15. Rg1 15... O-O $2 (15... Qc7 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Rg4 {
(Judit).}) 16. gxf6 $6 (16. Bb4 $1 16... e4 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Bc4 {
(threatens Bxf7+)} 18... Kh8 19. Bxf7 Re5 20. Bc3 {and a strong attack.}) 16...
Qxf6 17. Qe3 Kh8 18. f4 Qb6 (18... Re8 19. Rxg7 $1 19... Qxg7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21.
f6 Qxf6 22. Re1 {and a fierce attack (Ftacnik).}) (18... Qh6 $1 19. Bc4 f6 20.
Bb4 Rd8 21. Qb6 $1 {is unpleasant for Black (Judit).}) 19. Qg3 Qh6 (19... Rg8
20. Bc4 $1 20... Qf6 21. Kb1 $1) 20. Rd6 $1 20... f6 21. Bd2 e4 (21... Nc5 22.
fxe5 Ne4 23. exf6 $3 23... Rxf6 (23... Nxg3 24. fxg7+ Qxg7 25. Rxg3 $18) 24.
Rd8+ Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Qg8#) 22. Bc4 b5 ({The rigorous} 22... Nc5 23. Bb4
Bxf5 24. Bxc5 Rfd8 25. Rd5 25... Bg6 {is good for White.}) 23. Be6 $6 (23. Bd5
Rb8 24. Be3) 23... Ra7 24. Rc6 24... a5 $6 (24... Rb7 $1 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Rd1 {
weakens less.}) 25. Be3 Rb7 26. Bd5 {(threatens 27.Rxc8)} 26... Rb8 27. Rc7 b4
(27... Rd8 28. Ba7) 28. b3 Rb5 (28... Rd8 29. Bc6 a4 30. Ba7) 29. Bc6 Rxf5 30.
Rxc8 $1 {Judit decides the game elegantly.} 30... Rxc8 31. Bxd7 Rcc5 (31...
Rfc5 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. f5 Rg8 34. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 35. Kd1 Rxg3 36. Rxg3 $18) 32.
Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rd1 Kg8 (33... Bf8 34. Rd8 a4 35. Qg4) 34. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Merida"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.06.13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be7 (10... f6 11. Bf4 {is condemned by theory, but}
11... Bxf4 12. gxf4 12... Qe7 {is okay.}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rc1 c5 13. Bh3 (13.
dxc5 13... bxc5 {has been played before.}) 13... O-O $1 14. dxc5 (14. Bxd7 Qxd7
15. dxc5 d4) 14... bxc5 $5 (14... Nxc5 15. O-O 15... Ba6 {
can be played, but Judit wants action.}) 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Rxc5 16... Qh3 {
A wild position comes from the quiet Queen's Indian.} 17. Qd3 $1 {
The plan is 18.Nd4 Qg2 19.Qf3.} 17... Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qb5 $6 (19. Kd2 $1
19... d4 $1 20. Qxd4 Qh6+ 21. Qe3 Qd6+ 22. Ke1 {(McShane)} 22... Bxf3 $1 23.
exf3 Qa6 24. Kd2 Qd6+ 25. Qd3 25... Qh6+ {and a perpetual check.}) 19... Bc6
20. Qd3 (20. Qa6 20... d4 $1) 20... Ba4 21. Qe3 21... h6 {
The king needs an opening.} 22. Nd4 $2 (22. Rg1 $1 {(threatens g4 and Rg3)}
22... Qf5 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Ke1 $11) 22... Qg2 $1 23. Rf1 23... Bd7 $1 24. Nf3 (
24. f4 Bh3 25. Rg1 25... Rc1+ $1) 24... d4 $1 25. Qf4 (25. Nxd4 Bh3) 25... g5
$1 {The attack is wonderful.} 26. Nxg5 (26. Qd2 Re8 27. Ng1 {builds a fortress.
} 27... Qe4 28. b3 Rc8 29. Qd1 29... d3 $1 {breaks the defence.}) 26... hxg5
27. Qxg5+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. f3 Rc6 30. Qf4 Qxh2 31. Qb8+ Ke7 32. Kd2 Rc2+
33. Kxc2 Qxe2+ 34. Kb3 Qxf1 35. Qb4+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Valle d'Aosta"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 (5. c5 {exerts more pressure.})
5... Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. a5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 e6 9. g3 9... Nd5 $5 (9... Bd6 {
keeps things quiet.}) 10. Bg2 $5 (10. e4 $1 10... Nxc3 11. exf5 Nd5 12. fxe6
fxe6 13. Bh3) 10... Bb4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Bxa5 13. Nh4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bg6 15.
e4 Nc7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. h4 {White has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}
17... Qe7 18. Qb3 Nd7 19. c4 e5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Be3 c5 22. Bh3 Ne6 23. Rd1
23... Nd4 $1 {Black returns the pawn for a freeing move.} 24. Bxd7+ Qxd7 25.
Qb6 Ra8 26. Bxd4 $6 (26. Qxg6+ Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. f4 $11) 26... cxd4 27.
Qxg6+ Qf7 28. Qg5 {The exchange of queens has become less favourable.} 28...
O-O 29. O-O Rae8 30. Rb1 Qc7 31. c5 Qc6 32. Rfe1 Rf7 33. Qc1 Rc8 34. Qg5 Re8
35. Qc1 Qf6 36. Qd2 Rc8 37. Rec1 Qf3 38. Qa2 38... Kh7 $6 (38... Kf8 {
is more useful.}) 39. Re1 $2 ({Correct is} 39. Rb2) 39... Rxc5 40. Rb6 d3 41.
Rb2 Rfc7 42. Rf1 42... Rc1 {
The attack on weaknesses changed from White to Black.} 0-1

