Chapter 35: Drasius vs Geller

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

1.b3 e5 2.c3 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.h3 Bd6 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Qc2 e4 7.e3 c5 8.dxe4 Nxe4 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Qf6 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 c4 13.bxc4
dxc4 14.Bxc4 Rd8 15.Nd4 Qg6 16.O-O-O Nxd4 17.Qxd4 Be6 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.Kb1 Qg6+ 20.Ka1 Be7 21.Qg4 Qc6 22.f4 a6 23.Qf3 Qxf3
24.gxf3 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.c4 f5 28.Kb1 Kf7 29.Kc2 h6 30.Kd3 g5 31.e4 Ke6 32.Bg7 h5 33.fxg5 Bxg5 34.Bd4 Bf4
35.Be3 fxe4+ 36.Kxe4 Bd6 37.f4 Kf7 38.a4 Bf8 39.Ke5 Be7 40.Bf2 Bb4 41.Bh4 Bd2 42.Kf5 Ke8 43.Bg5 Kf7 44.Bh6 Bc3 45.Kg5 h4 46.Kf5
Be1 47.Bg5 Bf2 48.Kg4 Ke6 49.f5+ Ke5 50.Bxh4 Bc5 51.Bg5 Kd6 52.h4 Kd7 53.Kh5 Kc6 54.Kg6 Bf8 55.h5 Kc5 56.Kf7 Kxc4 57.Kxf8 Kd5
58.h6 b5 59.f6 Kc4 60.Ke7 b4 61.f7 b3 62.f8=Q b2 63.Qf1+ Kd5 64.Qd3+ Kc5 65.Kd7 b1=Q 66.Be7+ Kb6 67.Qxb1+ Ka7 68.Kc6 a5 69.Qb7#
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Chapter 34: Drasius vs Ivanchuk

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

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.c3 Bf5 4.d3 e5 5.Qc2 Be7 6.Nd2 O-O 7.h3 Nc6 8.g4 Bg6 9.O-O-O a5 10.a3 Qd6 11.Kb1 a4 12.b4 h5 13.gxh5 Nxh5
14.e3 b5 15.Be2 Bh4 16.Bxh5 Bxh5 17.Rf1 Be7 18.Ka1 Rfd8 19.Re1 Qg6 20.Ne2 Qg2 21.Rhf1 Bg6 22.Ng1 Rd6 23.f3 Rad8 24.Re2 Qg3 25.e4
Qf4 26.Rd1 Qh6 27.Rg2 Qe3 28.Nf1 Qb6 29.Ng3 Bh4 30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.exf5 Ne7 32.Qe2 Bf6 33.f4 exf4 34.c4 R6d7 35.c5 Qa6 36.Rf1 d4
37.Rxf4 Qc6 38.Nf3 Rd5 39.Re4 Nxf5 40.Rg1 Qd7 41.Nh2 g6 42.Ng4 Bg7 43.Qf3 c6 44.Kb1 Kf8 45.Rge1 Ra8 46.Bc1 Qc7 47.Bf4 Qd8
48.R4e2 Kg8 49.Be5 Qh4 50.Rg1 Kf8 51.Rf1 Rc8 52.Qg2 Qg5 53.Bf4 Qd8 54.Qf3 Qd7 55.Rfe1 Kg8 56.Re4 f6 57.Re6 Qf7 58.Bc1 Rc7
59.R1e2 Kh8 60.Re8+ Kh7 61.R8e6 Rc8 62.Bb2 Kg8 63.Re1 Kf8 64.Qe4 Bh8 65.Bc1 Rd7 66.Nh6 Nxh6 67.Bxh6+ Kg8 68.Ka1 Bg7 69.Bxg7 Kxg7
70.Rxc6 Rh8 71.Re6 Rxh3 72.c6 Rc7 73.Qxd4 Rh1 74.Qd6 Rxe1+ 75.Rxe1 g5 76.d4 Kg6 77.d5 Rc8 78.Re6 Rh8 79.Kb2 Rc8 80.Qe5 Rc7
81.Qe4+ Kg7 82.d6 Rxc6 83.Re7 Rxd6 84.Qb7 Qxe7 85.Qxe7+ Kg6 86.Qxd6 g4 87.Qd3+ f5 88.Qxb5 f4 89.Qd3+ Kg5 90.b5 g3 91.b6 g2
92.Qd5+ Kf6 93.Qxg2 Ke7 94.b7 Kf6 95.b8=Q Kf5 96.Qd6 f3 97.Qgg6# 1-0

 

Chapter 33: Drasius vs Kamsky

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

1.b3 Nf6 2.c3 d5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Bb2 e6 5.Qc2 Bd6 6.Nd2 O-O 7.h3 Bd7 8.e3 e5 9.Be2 Qe7 10.g4 h6 11.a4 a5 12.O-O-O e4 13.d4 Rfe8
14.Kb1 Rad8 15.Nf1 Na7 16.c4 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Nc6 18.Qd2 Nb4 19.Ne2 Nd3 20.Nf4 Bb4 21.Qc2 Nxb2 22.Qxb2 Qd6 23.Ng3 Rc8 24.Rhg1 Ba3
25.Qa2 b5 26.axb5 Bb4 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.gxf5 Qd7 29.Rg6 Kh7 30.Rg2 Re7 31.Qc2 Rg8 32.Rf1 Bd6 33.Nd5 Nxd5 34.Bxd5 Qxf5 35.Bc6 Qf3
36.Rfg1 f5 37.b6 cxb6 38.Bd5 Rf8 39.Qc6 Bc7 40.h4 Qh3 41.Qg6+ Kh8 42.Qh5 Bf4 43.Bc4 Qf3 44.Qxf3 exf3 45.Rg6 Bh2 46.Rh1 Bc7
47.Rh3 Re4 48.Bd3 Rg4 49.Rc6 Bd8 50.Rxf3 f4 51.h5 Rf6 52.Rc8 Rd6 53.exf4 Kg8 54.Re3 Kf7 55.Bc4+ Kf8 56.Bb5 Kf7 57.Re8 Rd5 58.Bc6
Rxd4 59.Rexd8 Rxd8 60.Rxd8 Rxf4 61.Rb8 Rf5 62.Be8+ Ke7 63.Bg6 Rf6 64.Rb7+ Kf8 65.f4 Rxf4 66.Rxb6 Ke7 67.Rb7+ Kf6 68.Rf7+ Ke5
69.Rxf4 Kxf4 70.Kb2 Ke5 71.Ka3 Kd4 72.Ka4 Kc3 73.Be8 Kb2 74.Bf7 Kc3 75.Kxa5 Kd4 76.b4 Ke5 77.b5 Kf6 78.Bg6 Ke6 79.b6 Kd7 80.b7
Kc7 81.Be4 Kd7 82.b8=Q Ke6 83.Kb6 g6 84.hxg6 h5 85.g7 Kf6 86.g8=Q h4 87.Qd6# 1-0

 

 

Chapter 32: Drasius vs Karpov

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

1.b3 d5 2.c3 Bf5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Bb2 e5 5.Qc2 Nf6 6.h3 Bd6 7.Nd2 e4 8.e3 O-O 9.d4 Be6 10.Ne2 a5 11.a3 a4 12.b4 b5 13.g4 Ne7 14.O-O-O
Ng6 15.Ng1 c6 16.f4 Ne7 17.Kb1 h5 18.f5 Bd7 19.Be2 Qb6 20.Nf1 Rfd8 21.Re1 Rdc8 22.Bd1 Re8 23.Qg2 Nh7 24.Ne2 Nc8 25.gxh5 Bxf5
26.Nh2 Bf8 27.Ng4 Nd6 28.Nh6+ Kh8 29.Nxf5 Nxf5 30.Ng3 Nd6 31.Rhg1 Qd8 32.Ref1 Nc4 33.Nf5 Qf6 34.Kc1 Ra7 35.Be2 Nd6 36.h6 g6
37.Ng7 Bxg7 38.Rxf6 Bxf6 39.Qf2 Nf5 40.Kb1 Bg5 41.Bc1 Rd8 42.Bh5 Bxh6 43.h4 Rd6 44.Bg4 Rf6 45.Qh2 Ra8 46.Re1 Nd6 47.Bd7 Ra6
48.h5 g5 49.Rg1 Bg7 50.Qg3 Kg8 51.Rg2 Bf8 52.Qh2 Rh6 53.Ka1 Bg7 54.Rg1 Rb6 55.Kb1 Rf6 56.Qe5 Bh6 57.Qe7 Nc4 58.Qd8+ Kg7 59.Qa8
Nf8 60.Bh3 Ne6 61.Qa7 Nd8 62.Qd7 Nb7 63.Rf1 Rxf1 64.Bxf1 Nbd6 65.Bh3 Kh7 66.Qc7 Bg7 67.Bd7 Kh6 68.Bxc6 Rxc6 69.Qxc6 g4 70.Qd7
Kg5 71.Kc2 g3 72.Qh3 Nf5 73.Kd1 Kf6 74.Ke1 Bh6 75.Qg4 Bg5 76.Ke2 Ncd6 77.h6 Bxh6 78.Qg8 Ke7 79.Qa8 Ke6 80.Qd8 Bg7 81.Bd2 Bf6
82.Qg8 Kd7 83.Kf1 Ke7 84.Kg2 Bg7 85.Be1 Nc4 86.Bxg3 Nxa3 87.Bf4 Nc4 88.Kf2 Bf8 89.Qg5+ Ke6 90.Qd8 Bd6 91.Qe8+ Ne7 92.Qxb5 Bxf4
93.exf4 e3+ 94.Kf3 a3 95.Qa6+ Kd7 96.b5 Nc8 97.Qb7+ Kd8 98.Qxd5+ N8d6 99.Qa8+ Kd7 100.Qa6 Kc7 101.Qc6+ Kd8 102.b6 Ke7 103.b7 e2
104.Qc7+ Ke6 105.f5+ Nxf5 106.b8=Q e1=N+ 107.Ke2 Ncd6 108.Qbd8 Ng3+ 109.Kxe1 Kf5 110.Qh4 Ke6 111.Qf4 f6 112.d5+ Kxd5 113.Qcxd6#
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Chapter 31: Drasius vs Kashdan

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

1.b3 e5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.Bb2 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Nd2 d4 7.c4 Nc6 8.a3 a5 9.O-O-O Bc5 10.h3 Qe7 11.a4 b6 12.Ngf3 Bb7 13.Qb1 Rfe8
14.g4 e4 15.dxe4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Qxe4 17.Qxe4 Rxe4 18.Nh4 Ree8 19.Rg1 d3 20.e3 Rxe3 21.fxe3 Bxe3+ 22.Kb1 Bxg1 23.Bg2 Bc5 24.Nf5 g6
25.Nh6+ Kf8 26.Rf1 d2 27.Nxf7 Ke7 28.Bd5 Rb8 29.Bf6+ Ke8 30.Ng5 Nd4 31.Bxd4 Bxd4 32.Bxb7 Rxb7 33.Kc2 c5 34.Kxd2 Re7 35.Nf3 Be3+
36.Kd3 Bf4 37.Re1 Rxe1 38.Nxe1 Bg3 39.Ng2 Kd7 40.Ne3 Kc6 41.Ke4 Bh4 42.Nd5 Kb7 43.Ke5 h6 44.Ke6 h5 45.Nf4 hxg4 46.hxg4 g5 47.Nh3
Kc6 48.Kf5 Kd7 49.Nxg5 Ke8 50.Ne4 Kf7 51.Nd6+ Ke7 52.Nc8+ Kf7 53.Nxb6 Bg3 54.Nd5 Bf2 55.Nf4 Ke7 56.Ne6 Bg1 57.g5 Bf2 58.g6 Be3
59.Nd8 Kf8 60.Nb7 Bd2 61.Nxc5 Bc3 62.Nd7+ Ke7 63.Ne5 Kf8 64.c5 Bb4 65.Kf6 Be1 66.g7+ Kg8 67.c6 Bc3 68.c7 Bxe5+ 69.Kxe5 Kxg7
70.c8=Q Kf7 71.Qh8 Ke7 72.Qg7+ Kd8 73.Kd6 Ke8 74.Qe7# 1-0

Chapter 30: Drasius vs Keres

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

1.b3 e5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.Qc2 Bd6 5.Bb2 e4 6.e3 O-O 7.d4 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.c4 d4 10.exd4 Bxd4 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.Na4 Qb4+ 13.Nc3 Nc6
14.O-O-O Qa5 15.Qd2 Qc5 16.Nd5 Bxb2+ 17.Kxb2 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Rd8 19.Ne2 Bg4 20.Qf4 Nb4 21.Qxe4 Rac8 22.Rc1 Qa5 23.a3 Nxd5 24.b4 Qa4
25.Nd4 Rxc1 26.Bb5 Qxb5 27.Nxb5 Rxh1 28.Qxg4 a5 29.bxa5 Rxh2 30.Nd6 Nf6 31.Qc4 Rxg2 32.Qxf7+ Kh8 33.Qe6 Rxf2+ 34.Kb3 Rf3+ 35.Kb2
Rd7 36.Nf7+ Rxf7 37.Qxf7 Rf2+ 38.Kb3 Rf3+ 39.Kc2 Rf2+ 40.Kd3 Rb2 41.a4 Ng8 42.Qc4 Rb1 43.Kd2 h6 44.Qc3 Rh1 45.Qe5 Rg1 46.Qc7 Rg5
47.Kc3 Nf6 48.Qxb7 Rxa5 49.Kb4 Re5 50.a5 Re7 51.Qb8+ Re8 52.Qd6 Re1 53.a6 Ra1 54.Qb8+ Kh7 55.a7 Nd7 56.Qc7 Ne5 57.Kc5 Rc1+
58.Kb6 Nc4+ 59.Kb7 Rb1+ 60.Kc6 Ra1 61.Qb8 Ne5+ 62.Kd6 Nf7+ 63.Ke7 Ng5 64.a8=Q Rxa8 65.Qxa8 Kg6 66.Qa6+ Kf5 67.Qc8+ Ke5 68.Qg4 g6
69.Qg3+ Kf5 70.Qf2+ Kg4 71.Qd4+ Kg3 72.Qd6+ Kf3 73.Qxg6 Nh3 74.Qc6+ Kg3 75.Qxh6 Nf2 76.Qe3+ Kg2 77.Kd6 Ng4 78.Qf4 Nf2 79.Kd5 Nh3
80.Qg4+ Kh2 81.Kd4 Nf2 82.Qf3 Nh3 83.Ke3 Ng1 84.Qg4 Nh3 85.Ke2 Ng1+ 86.Kf1 Nh3 87.Qg2# 1-0

Chapter 29: Drasius vs Korchnoi

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

1.b3 Nf6 2.c3 d5 3.d3 e5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.Nd2 Bd6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.h3 e4 8.e3 Bf5 9.d4 Re8 10.g4 Be6 11.Ne2 a5 12.a3 a4 13.b4 b5 14.O-O-O
Rb8 15.Kb1 Qc8 16.Ka1 Qa6 17.Bg2 Ne7 18.Ng3 c6 19.Rdg1 Bc7 20.Qd1 Ng6 21.Nh5 Nd7 22.h4 Bd8 23.g5 Bc7 24.Nf1 Nb6 25.Bh3 Bxh3
26.Rxh3 Qc8 27.Rhh1 Qf5 28.Qe2 Qe6 29.Bc1 Rbd8 30.Nf4 Nxf4 31.exf4 Rf8 32.Qe3 Kh8 33.Ng3 Nc4 34.Qe2 Qd7 35.h5 Rde8 36.Nf1 Nb6
37.Nh2 Qe6 38.Ng4 Nc4 39.Qf1 Bb8 40.Qg2 Re7 41.Rh3 Bd6 42.Rg3 Rb7 43.f3 e3 44.h6 g6 45.Ne5 Re8 46.Re1 Qf5 47.Bxe3 Nxa3 48.Ka2
Bxe5 49.fxe5 Qd3 50.Qd2 Qc4+ 51.Ka1 Qb3 52.Rg2 Ra7 53.Qd3 Rea8 54.Bf4 Re7 55.Ra2 Kg8 56.Bg3 Kf8 57.Bf4 Rd7 58.e6 fxe6 59.Rg2 Kf7
60.Rge2 Kg8 61.Bc1 Nc4 62.Rxe6 Rf8 63.Rxc6 Rdf7 64.Re2 a3 65.Ra6 Rb7 66.f4 Rc7 67.Qc2 Qxc2 68.Rxc2 Re8 69.Ka2 Rf7 70.Rc6 Rfe7
71.Kb3 Rd8 72.Rc5 Rb7 73.Bxa3 Kf7 74.Bc1 Ke6 75.Re2+ Kf5 76.Kc2 Kg4 77.Kd3 Kf5 78.Re1 Kg4 79.Re6 Rdd7 80.Re8 Ra7 81.Re2 Rab7
82.Re6 Rd8 83.Rf6 Rdd7 84.f5 gxf5 85.g6 hxg6 86.Rxg6+ Kh4 87.Rg1 Rb8 88.Rc6 Rd6 89.Rc7 Nb2+ 90.Bxb2 Rg8 91.Rxg8 Rxh6 92.Bc1 f4
93.Rg1 Kh5 94.Rcg7 Rg6 95.R7xg6 f3 96.Rh6# 1-0

Chapter 28: Drasius vs Kramnik

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

1.b3 d5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.Nd2 Bd6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.h3 e4 8.e3 Re8 9.d4 b6 10.g3 Bb7 11.Be2 Qd7 12.O-O-O Rad8 13.Kb1 Qf5
14.Rf1 a6 15.Ka1 Ne7 16.Qd1 c5 17.Bg4 Qg5 18.Be2 cxd4 19.h4 Qf5 20.g4 Qd7 21.cxd4 h5 22.gxh5 Nf5 23.Nh3 Rc8 24.Rfg1 Rc7 25.Rg5
Nh7 26.Rgg1 Rec8 27.Bg4 Nf6 28.h6 Nxg4 29.Qxg4 Bb4 30.hxg7 Rc6 31.Qd1 a5 32.Nf4 Rh6 33.h5 b5 34.Rg2 a4 35.Nb1 Be7 36.bxa4 bxa4
37.Ba3 Bf6 38.Qd2 Bxg7 39.Nc3 Kh8 40.Qb2 Ba8 41.Bc5 Rf6 42.Qc2 Bc6 43.Qe2 Bh6 44.Qg4 Ba8 45.Rb1 Bg7 46.f3 exf3 47.Qxf3 Rh6
48.Rc1 Re8 49.Qg4 Rf6 50.Rf1 Bh6 51.Rgg1 Rb8 52.Rf2 Bc6 53.Qf3 Re6 54.Nxe6 fxe6 55.Rg6 Kh7 56.Qg2 Qf7 57.e4 dxe4 58.Nxe4 Rb1+
59.Kxb1 Qb7+ 60.Ka1 Bxe4 61.Qf1 Be3 62.Rb2 Qd7 63.Qe1 Qd5 64.Qc3 Bf4 65.Rf6 e5 66.Qh3 Bc1 67.Re2 a3 68.Qg4 Bb2+ 69.Rxb2 axb2+
70.Kxb2 Ng7 71.h6 Ne8 72.Re6 Qb7+ 73.Bb6 Qd5 74.Re7+ Kxh6 75.Re6+ Qxe6 76.Qxe6+ Bg6 77.dxe5 Ng7 78.Be3+ Kh7 79.Qe7 Bf5 80.e6
Bxe6 81.Bd4 Kg6 82.Qf6+ Kh5 83.Qxg7 Bf5 84.Be3 Bg6 85.Qh6+ Kg4 86.Qf4+ Kh3 87.Qf3+ Kh2 88.Bf2 Bh7 89.Qg3+ Kh1 90.Qg1# 1-0