Month: December 2018

Chapter 16: Drasius vs Reshevsky

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[White “Drasius”]
[Black “Reshevsky”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.b3 Nf6 2.c3 e5 3.d3 d5 4.h3 Nc6 5.Qc2 Bc5 6.Bd2 O-O 7.Qb2 Re8 8.Na3 a5 9.Nc2 Qd6 10.e3 Bd7 11.Ne2 a4 12.b4 Ba7 13.a3 Ne7 14.g3
Bb5 15.Ng1 Rad8 16.O-O-O Ng6 17.Kb1 Qe6 18.Ka1 Qf5 19.d4 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 Qd3 21.Rd1 Ne4 22.Ne1 Qf1 23.Rb1 Qxf2 24.Nef3 exd4 25.exd4
Qxg3 26.Rh2 Rd6 27.Qc2 b5 28.Qd3 Rb6 29.Rf1 Qd6 30.Ne2 Qf6 31.h4 Bb8 32.h5 Ne7 33.h6 g6 34.Rg2 c6 35.Bc1 Rb7 36.Nd2 Qe6 37.Qf3
Rd7 38.Kb2 f5 39.Nf4 Qf7 40.Nd3 Kh8 41.Qe2 Nc8 42.Nxe4 dxe4 43.Nc5 Ra7 44.c4 Nd6 45.cxb5 Nc4+ 46.Ka1 cxb5 47.Qf2 Qd5 48.Bb2 f4
49.Qh4 Rf7 50.Rg5 Qd8 51.Bc3 Qf6 52.Rc1 e3 53.d5 Qxc3+ 54.Rxc3 f3 55.Qd4+ Kg8 56.Ne4 e2 57.Rc1 Be5 58.Rxe5 Nxe5 59.d6 Nd7 60.Qe3
Re6 61.Rc8+ Nf8 62.Kb2 e1=Q 63.Qxe1 f2 64.Qc3 Rxd6 65.Nxd6 f1=Q 66.Nxf7 Qxf7 67.Rd8 g5 68.Rd5 Qg6 69.Qe5 g4 70.Qg5 Ne6 71.Qf5
Qxh6 72.Qxg4+ Kf8 73.Qg3 Qf6+ 74.Qc3 Kf7 75.Qxf6+ Kxf6 76.Rxb5 Nf4 77.Ra5 h5 78.b5 Nd5 79.Rxa4 Ke7 80.Rh4 Nf6 81.b6 Kd6 82.Rc4
Nd7 83.b7 Nb8 84.Rc8 Na6 85.b8=Q+ Nxb8 86.Rxb8 h4 87.Rh8 Kc5 88.Rxh4 Kd6 89.a4 Kc5 90.a5 Kc6 91.a6 Kb6 92.a7 Kxa7 93.Rb4 Ka8
94.Kc3 Ka7 95.Kd4 Ka8 96.Kc5 Ka7 97.Kc6 Ka8 98.Kc7 Ka7 99.Ra4# 1-0

 

 

Chapter 15: Drasius vs Reti

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[White “Drasius”]
[Black “Reti”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.b3 e5 2.c3 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.h3 Bd6 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Bb2 e4 7.e3 Nc6 8.d4 Be6 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 a4 11.b4 Re8 12.Be2 Qd7 13.Nf1 Ne7 14.Nh2
b5 15.O-O-O Ng6 16.g3 Rab8 17.Kb1 Qc6 18.Ka1 h5 19.Rf1 Red8 20.h4 Be7 21.Qd1 Rb6 22.Bxh5 Nxh5 23.Qxh5 Bd7 24.Qe2 Bf5 25.f3 Nf8
26.Qf2 Qe6 27.g4 Bh7 28.Nh3 Qd7 29.h5 Kh8 30.Rhg1 Kg8 31.Rh1 Qc8 32.f4 Nd7 33.Ng5 Rh6 34.Nxh7 Rxh7 35.Qe2 Nb6 36.g5 f5 37.gxf6ep
Bxf6 38.Ng4 Nc4 39.h6 Qf5 40.Bc1 g6 41.Ne5 Rh8 42.Qg2 Kh7 43.Nf7 Be7 44.Nxh8 Rxh8 45.Rfg1 Qf7 46.Qh3 Rd8 47.Rh2 Bf8 48.Ka2 Be7
49.Rhg2 Rd6 50.Qc8 Bf8 51.f5 Qxf5 52.Qxc7+ Qd7 53.Qxd7+ Rxd7 54.Rxg6 Bxh6 55.Rf6 Bxe3 56.Bxe3 Nxe3 57.Rb6 Rc7 58.Rxb5 Rxc3
59.Ra5 Rc2+ 60.Kb1 Rc7 61.Rxa4 Nc4 62.Ra8 Nd2+ 63.Kb2 Nf3 64.Rd1 Re7 65.Rf8 Kg7 66.Rf4 Kg6 67.Rc1 Kg5 68.Rf8 Kg4 69.Rc2 Kg3
70.Rc6 Rd7 71.b5 Kf2 72.b6 Ke3 73.Rc7 Rd6 74.b7 Rb6+ 75.Kc1 Kxd4 76.a4 Ne5 77.b8=Q Rxb8 78.Rxb8 Nd3+ 79.Kd2 e3+ 80.Ke2 Nf4+
81.Kf3 Nd3 82.a5 Ne1+ 83.Kg3 e2 84.Re7 Nc2 85.Rxe2 Kd3 86.Rxc2 Kxc2 87.a6 Kd3 88.Kf4 d4 89.a7 Kc3 90.a8=Q Kd2 91.Qa3 Ke1 92.Rb2
d3 93.Qa1# 1-0

 

Chapter 14: Drasius vs Rubinstein

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[White “Drasius”]
[Black “Rubinstein”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.d3 e5 2.Nd2 Nc6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Bc5 5.h3 d5 6.c3 O-O 7.a3 Bb6 8.Qc2 Be6 9.g3 e4 10.e3 Qd6 11.d4 Ne7 12.Ne2 c6 13.Bg2 Ng6
14.O-O-O Rfe8 15.Nf4 Nxf4 16.gxf4 a5 17.Kb1 a4 18.b4 Bf5 19.Nf1 Qe6 20.Ng3 Bg6 21.Rh2 Bc7 22.Rdh1 h6 23.Bf1 Bd6 24.Be2 Qd7
25.Qd1 b5 26.Rg1 Red8 27.Rhg2 Bf8 28.Bg4 Nxg4 29.hxg4 f6 30.f5 Bf7 31.Bc1 Bd6 32.f4 exf3ep 33.Qxf3 Re8 34.Rh2 Qc7 35.Rh3 Qe7
36.Rgh1 Rab8 37.Kb2 Rbd8 38.Nf1 Qe4 39.Qf2 Rd7 40.Qg1 Ra8 41.Nh2 h5 42.Qf1 Be8 43.Rg1 Rb7 44.Nf3 g5 45.Nd2 Qe7 46.gxh5 Bf7
47.Rg4 Qe8 48.e4 Bxh5 49.Qh1 Rh7 50.e5 Be7 51.Rg2 fxe5 52.dxe5 Qf7 53.e6 Qxf5 54.Rxh5 Bf6 55.Nb1 d4 56.Bxg5 Rxh5 57.Qxh5 Bg7
58.Re2 d3 59.Re1 c5 60.e7 Qf7 61.e8=Q+ Rxe8 62.Rxe8+ Bf8 63.Qxf7+ Kxf7 64.Rb8 Bg7 65.bxc5 Be5 66.Rxb5 Ke6 67.c6 Bg3 68.Bd8 Bf4
69.Rc5 Bd6 70.c7 Bxc7 71.Rxc7 Ke5 72.Re7+ Kf5 73.c4 Kf4 74.c5 Kg4 75.c6 Kg3 76.Nd2 Kf2 77.Bc7 Kg2 78.Rg7+ Kf2 79.Bb6+ Ke2 80.Kc1
Ke1 81.Re7# 1-0

 

Chapter 13: Drasius vs Seirawan

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[White “Drasius”]
[Black “Seirawan”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.c3 d5 2.b3 e5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Qc2 Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.h3 c5 7.Nd2 Nc6 8.g3 a5 9.a4 Be6 10.Bg2 Qd7 11.e3 Rfd8 12.Ne2 d4 13.exd4 cxd4
14.O-O-O dxc3 15.Bxc3 Bd5 16.f3 Rac8 17.Nc4 Nb4 18.Bxb4 Bxb4 19.Kb1 Qe6 20.Nc3 Qf5 21.Ne4 Qg6 22.Qf2 Nd7 23.f4 exf4 24.gxf4 Nc5
25.f5 Qc6 26.Qc2 Nxe4 27.dxe4 Bxc4 28.bxc4 Qb6 29.Qb3 Qf2 30.Bf3 Rd6 31.Rhf1 Qh2 32.Rxd6 Qxd6 33.Rd1 Qf6 34.Rd7 b6 35.Qd3 Rf8
36.Bd1 Bc5 37.Ka2 Qe5 38.Kb1 Qh2 39.Qf3 Bd6 40.Qb3 Qe5 41.Qd3 Bc5 42.Bc2 Qf6 43.Qg3 Re8 44.Rd5 Qc6 45.e5 Qc7 46.f6 g6 47.Ka2 Bb4
48.Kb3 Re6 49.Qf4 Qc8 50.Bd1 Re8 51.Bg4 Qc7 52.Bd7 Rd8 53.Qd4 Bc5 54.Qd3 Kh8 55.h4 Bb4 56.Qh3 Rg8 57.Qf3 Rf8 58.h5 g5 59.Bf5 b5
60.axb5 Kg8 61.Bd3 Rd8 62.Bxh7+ Kf8 63.Rxd8+ Qxd8 64.h6 Be7 65.fxe7+ Qxe7 66.Qa8+ Qe8 67.Qxe8+ Kxe8 68.b6 Kd7 69.Bf5+ Kc6 70.h7
Kc5 71.Kc3 Kxb6 72.h8=Q Ka7 73.Be4 a4 74.Qa8+ Kb6 75.Qc6+ Ka5 76.Qb5# 1-0

 

Chapter 12: Drasius vs Shirov

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[White “Drasius”]
[Black “Shirov”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.b3 d5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.Qc2 Bf5 5.h3 Nc6 6.Bb2 Bc5 7.Nd2 O-O 8.a3 Qe7 9.b4 Bb6 10.e3 e4 11.d4 a6 12.O-O-O Rad8 13.g4 Be6
14.Kb1 h5 15.Be2 hxg4 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Nh3 Qh4 19.Nb3 a5 20.Rdg1 f5 21.b5 Ne7 22.a4 c6 23.Nf4 Qxf2 24.Qxf2 Nxf2
25.Ne6 Nxh1 26.Rxg7+ Kh8 27.Rxe7 Rfe8 28.Rxb7 Rxe6 29.Rxb6 f4 30.c4 fxe3 31.cxd5 Rf6 32.dxc6 e2 33.Bc3 Rf3 34.Bxa5 Rxb3+ 35.Ka2
Rf3 36.c7 Rff8 37.Rh6+ Kg8 38.cxd8=Q Rxd8 39.Rxh1 Rxd4 40.Kb3 Kf7 41.Re1 Ke6 42.Rxe2 Rd3+ 43.Bc3 Kf5 44.a5 Rd5 45.b6 Kf4 46.Kc4
Rd7 47.a6 Kf3 48.Rd2 Rxd2 49.Bxd2 e3 50.Bxe3 Kxe3 51.a7 Kf4 52.b7 Kg5 53.a8=Q Kf4 54.b8=Q+ Kg5 55.Qd5+ Kh6 56.Qf7 Kg5 57.Qbf4#
1-0

Chapter 11: Drasius vs Short

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[White “Drasius”]
[Black “Short”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.b3 e5 2.c3 d5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bb2 d4 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nd2 O-O 8.a3 Bc3 9.Bxc3 dxc3 10.Nb1 Bf5 11.Nxc3 e4 12.O-O-O exd3 13.Qb2
dxe2 14.Ngxe2 Qe7 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.Bd3 Rfe8 17.Kb1 Rad8 18.Bxg6 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 hxg6 20.Ka2 Rd8 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Qe1 23.Rxd8+ Nxd8
24.Qe2 Qxe2+ 25.Nxe2 Ne6 26.Kb2 Kf8 27.Kc3 Ke7 28.b4 Kd6 29.Nd4 Nxd4 30.Kxd4 g5 31.c5+ Kc6 32.a4 g4 33.f4 gxf3ep 34.gxf3 a6
35.f4 b6 36.f5 bxc5+ 37.bxc5 Kd7 38.Kc4 Kc6 39.h3 g6 40.h4 Kd7 41.Kd5 gxf5 42.Ke5 f4 43.Kxf4 c6 44.Ke5 Ke7 45.h5 Kf8 46.Kd6 f5
47.Ke5 Kg7 48.Kxf5 Kh6 49.Ke5 Kxh5 50.a5 Kg5 51.Kd6 Kf6 52.Kxc6 Ke6 53.Kb7 Kd5 54.c6 Kc5 55.c7 Kd5 56.c8=Q Kd4 57.Kxa6 Ke5
58.Qg4 Kf6 59.Kb7 Ke5 60.a6 Kf6 61.a7 Ke5 62.a8=Q Kf6 63.Qd8+ Ke5 64.Qdd4# 1-0

 

Chapter 10: Drasius vs Smyslov

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[White “Drasius”]
[Black “Smyslov”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nd2 e5 5.c3 Bf5 6.Qc2 e4 7.e3 Bd6 8.d4 O-O 9.h3 a5 10.a3 a4 11.b4 Be6 12.g4 Qe7 13.O-O-O Rfe8 14.c4
dxc4 15.Nxc4 Bd5 16.Kb1 Nxb4 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Rc1 a3 19.Bc3 b5 20.Nd2 Bd6 21.Nb3 Nd7 22.Be1 a2+ 23.Ka1 Qe6 24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.dxc5
Be5+ 26.Bc3 b4 27.Bd4 Bxd4+ 28.exd4 b3 29.Qb2 Qf6 30.Bc4 Bxc4 31.Rxc4 Rab8 32.Rh2 Qf4 33.Rg2 e3 34.Rc1 Re4 35.fxe3 Qxe3 36.d5
Reb4 37.Re2 Qd3 38.d6 cxd6 39.c6 Rc4 40.Ree1 d5 41.Ne2 Rc8 42.Red1 Qe3 43.Nd4 f6 44.Rxc4 dxc4 45.Qc1 Qxc1+ 46.Rxc1 Ra8 47.c7 Kf7
48.Nb5 Ke6 49.Na7 Kd6 50.c8=Q Rxc8 51.Nxc8+ Kc5 52.Nd6 Kxd6 53.Rxc4 g6 54.Rb4 f5 55.gxf5 gxf5 56.Rxb3 Ke5 57.Rb6 f4 58.Rh6 Ke4
59.Rxh7 Kf5 60.Rf7+ Kg5 61.Kxa2 Kh4 62.Kb3 Kxh3 63.Rxf4 Kg3 64.Rd4 Kf3 65.Kc4 Ke2 66.Rd3 Ke1 67.Re3+ Kf2 68.Kd3 Kf1 69.Re2 Kg1
70.Rd2 Kh1 71.Ke4 Kg1 72.Kf3 Kh1 73.Kg3 Kg1 74.Rd1# 1-0

Chapter 9: Drasius vs Spassky

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[White “Drasius”]
[Black “Spassky”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.d3 d5 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.c3 e4 6.e3 Bg4 7.Qc2 Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.h3 Be6 10.O-O-O a5 11.a3 a4 12.b4 Qd6 13.g3 Rfb8
14.Kb1 b5 15.Ka1 Nd7 16.Ne2 Bg5 17.Nf4 Bf5 18.f3 Nf6 19.g4 Be6 20.Bc1 Bh6 21.fxe4 Bxf4 22.exf4 dxe4 23.g5 e3 24.gxf6 exd2
25.Qxd2 Bd5 26.Rg1 Qxf6 27.Re1 Bc4 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.Qe2 Na7 30.Qxc4 Nb5 31.Qc5 Qd6 32.Bb2 Qxf4 33.c4 Nd6 34.Ref1 Qe4 35.Qg5 Ne8
36.d5 h6 37.Qxh6 Qh7 38.Qxh7+ Kxh7 39.Rxf7 Kg8 40.Re7 Kf8 41.Rd7 Rd8 42.Bxg7+ Nxg7 43.Rdxg7 Re8 44.Rh7 Rad8 45.Rf1+ Kg8 46.Rxc7
Re3 47.Ka2 Rf8 48.Rxf8+ Kxf8 49.d6 Rd3 50.c5 Ke8 51.b5 Rxh3 52.Re7+ Kd8 53.c6 Rh2+ 54.Kb1 Rh1+ 55.Kc2 Rh2+ 56.Kd3 Rh8 57.b6 Rh3+
58.Kc4 Rh4+ 59.Kb5 Rh5+ 60.Ka6 Rc5 61.Kb7 Rxc6 62.Kxc6 Kc8 63.Re8# 1-0

Chapter 8: Drasius vs Steinitz

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[White “Drasius”]
[Black “Steinitz”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.b3 Nf6 2.c3 e5 3.d3 d5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.Qc2 Be7 6.h3 Bf5 7.Nd2 O-O 8.g4 Be6 9.f3 d4 10.c4 Nb4 11.Qb1 c5 12.a3 Nc6 13.Bg2 Qc7 14.Ne4
Nxe4 15.fxe4 a5 16.a4 Bh4+ 17.Kd1 Bg5 18.Nf3 Bf4 19.Ba3 Qb6 20.Kc2 Rad8 21.Kb2 Rfe8 22.Ka2 Nb4+ 23.Bxb4 Qxb4 24.Qe1 Qb6 25.Rb1
f6 26.Rf1 Rd7 27.Rb2 Kh8 28.Nh4 g6 29.Rf3 Bg5 30.Bf1 Kg8 31.Ng2 Rc7 32.e3 Bd7 33.Be2 Bh6 34.exd4 cxd4 35.b4 Bf8 36.bxa5 Qd6
37.Kb1 Ra8 38.Bd1 Be7 39.Qd2 Qc5 40.h4 Bxg4 41.Rg3 Bd7 42.h5 g5 43.Nh4 Kf7 44.Nf5 Bxf5 45.exf5 e4 46.dxe4 Qe5 47.Rd3 Bc5 48.Bf3
Re8 49.h6 Ra8 50.Rb5 Rd8 51.Qe2 Rdd7 52.Rdb3 Ke7 53.Kc2 Qf4 54.Qd2 Qh4 55.Qe2 Bd6 56.Rd5 Be5 57.Kd1 Qg3 58.Qg2 Qxg2 59.Bxg2 g4
60.Bf1 Bf4 61.Rb6 g3 62.Ke2 Be5 63.Kd3 Rd6 64.Rdxd6 Bxd6 65.e5 Bxe5 66.Bg2 Bd6 67.Bxb7 Bc5 68.Bg2 Rd7 69.Rc6 Bd6 70.a6 Ra7
71.Kxd4 Kd7 72.c5 Be5+ 73.Kc4 Kd8 74.Re6 Bb8 75.Kb5 Rd7 76.Bc6 g2 77.Bxg2 Ba7 78.Bc6 Re7 79.Rd6+ Kc8 80.Rxf6 Kd8 81.Rf8+ Kc7
82.f6 Re2 83.Rf7+ Kb8 84.Bd5 Re8 85.c6 Kc8 86.c7 Re5 87.Kc6 Re8 88.Rf8 Rxf8 89.Be6# 1-0

Chapter 7: Drasius vs Tal

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[White “Drasius”]
[Black “Tal”]
[Result “1-0”]

1.b3 d5 2.c3 e5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.Qc2 e4 6.e3 Bd6 7.d4 O-O 8.h3 Ne7 9.Nd2 c5 10.Ne2 Be6 11.g4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc6 13.O-O-O Nxd4
14.exd4 Qc7 15.Kb1 Bf4 16.Be2 Rfc8 17.f3 h5 18.fxe4 Bxd2 19.e5 Bxc3 20.exf6 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 Qc3 22.fxg7 Kxg7 23.Rhg1 Kh6 24.Rgf1
Qxb2+ 25.Kxb2 Re8 26.Rf6+ Kg5 27.Rdf1 hxg4 28.Bxg4 Bxg4 29.hxg4 Re1 30.R1f5+ Kxg4 31.Rxf7 Re2+ 32.Ka3 Re7 33.Kb4 Rc8 34.Rf4+ Kg3
35.R4f6 Rxf7 36.Rxf7 a6 37.Rxb7 Kf4 38.Re7 Rc2 39.a4 Rc6 40.Ka5 Rc3 41.b4 Rc4 42.Rb7 Rxd4 43.Kxa6 Re4 44.a5 d4 45.b5 Ke5 46.b6
Kd6 47.Rh7 Re8 48.b7 d3 49.Kb6 d2 50.Rh1 Kd5 51.Rd1 Kc4 52.Rxd2 Kc3 53.Rd6 Re4 54.a6 Rb4+ 55.Kc7 Re4 56.b8=Q Rc4+ 57.Rc6 Rxc6+
58.Kxc6 Kd4 59.a7 Kc3 60.a8=Q Kd4 61.Qa3 Ke4 62.Qag3 Kf5 63.Qbe5# 1-0