Chapter 27: Drasius vs Larsen

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

1.b3 e5 2.c3 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.Qc2 e4 6.e3 Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.Nd2 a5 9.a3 Be6 10.h3 a4 11.b4 Qd6 12.g3 Na7 13.Ne2 b5 14.O-O-O
Nd7 15.Kb1 f5 16.Nf4 Bf7 17.Ka1 Nf6 18.h4 Ng4 19.Nb1 Nc8 20.Bh3 Nb6 21.Rdf1 Qc6 22.h5 Bg5 23.Qe2 Qe8 24.Bxg4 fxg4 25.Qxg4 Bh6
26.Qe2 Nc4 27.Bc1 Kh8 28.g4 Qe7 29.Nd2 Nxd2 30.Bxd2 Qd7 31.Rfg1 Bg5 32.Nh3 Be7 33.g5 Be6 34.Nf4 Kg8 35.Nxe6 Qxe6 36.Qxb5 Rxf2
37.Bc1 c6 38.Qb7 Raf8 39.Qa6 Qd7 40.Qxa4 Qb7 41.Rg4 Ra8 42.Qb3 Bd6 43.g6 h6 44.Rxe4 Qd7 45.Reh4 Qe6 46.Qd1 Qf5 47.Re1 Bg3
48.Rhh1 Rf8 49.Re2 Rf3 50.Kb2 Qe4 51.Qc2 Qg4 52.a4 Rf2 53.Rd2 Rxd2 54.Bxd2 Rf2 55.c4 Qf3 56.Rd1 Qxh5 57.a5 Kh8 58.cxd5 Qxd5
59.a6 Bb8 60.Ra1 Ba7 61.Ra5 c5 62.bxc5 Qc6 63.Kc3 Bb6 64.Ra2 Ba7 65.Qb1 Bxc5 66.Qb7 Bxd4+ 67.Kxd4 Qf6+ 68.Kc4 Qe6+ 69.Qd5 Qc8+
70.Kd3 Rf5 71.Qb7 Qc5 72.Bc3 Qd6+ 73.Bd4 Qxg6 74.Kc3 Qf7 75.Rg2 Qxb7 76.axb7 Rb5 77.Rxg7 Rxb7 78.Rxb7+ Kg8 79.Kc4 h5 80.Kd5 h4
81.Ke6 h3 82.Rb8+ Kh7 83.Kf5 h2 84.Rh8# 1-0

Chapter 26: Drasius vs Lasker

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

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.c3 Bf5 4.d3 e5 5.Qc2 Nc6 6.Nd2 Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.g4 Bg6 9.Bg2 Qd6 10.e3 Rad8 11.Ne2 Rfe8 12.a3 Nd7 13.b4 Bh4
14.Rf1 Nb6 15.O-O-O Bg5 16.Kb1 h6 17.Ng3 Qd7 18.Nf3 Bf6 19.e4 Qe6 20.Rfe1 a6 21.Nd2 d4 22.c4 Be7 23.Nf3 a5 24.b5 Nb8 25.Nd2 c5
26.Nf5 N8d7 27.h4 Nc8 28.Nb3 b6 29.a4 Nd6 30.Qe2 Bh7 31.Ka2 Qf6 32.Rh1 Bf8 33.Rdg1 Nxf5 34.exf5 Qd6 35.Be4 Nf6 36.Bc6 Nd7 37.Qf3
e4 38.Bxe4 Nf6 39.Bb7 Nd7 40.g5 Ne5 41.Qh3 h5 42.Bd5 Kh8 43.Re1 Qc7 44.Be4 Bd6 45.Bc1 Ng4 46.Qf3 g6 47.f6 Ne5 48.Qg2 Ng4 49.Bd2
Re6 50.Rhf1 Nh2 51.Rg1 Ng4 52.Bd5 Ree8 53.Kb1 Bg8 54.Kc2 Kh7 55.Bc6 Re5 56.Rgf1 Kh8 57.Be4 Re6 58.f4 Rde8 59.Re2 Bh7 60.Qf3 Bg8
61.Kb2 Bh7 62.Na1 Bg8 63.Nc2 Bh7 64.Rg2 Bf8 65.Kc1 Rd6 66.Bc6 Ree6 67.Re1 Rxe1+ 68.Bxe1 Rd8 69.Re2 Bd6 70.Bd2 Rc8 71.Kb2 Rg8
72.Re4 Rd8 73.Qe2 Qc8 74.Re7 Bg8 75.Rb7 Bc7 76.Kb1 Kh7 77.Ne1 Kh8 78.f5 gxf5 79.g6 Bd6 80.gxf7 Bh7 81.Bf4 Bf8 82.Qe7 Bg6 83.Rb8
Qxb8 84.Bxb8 Rxb8 85.Qc7 Nxf6 86.Qxb8 Kg7 87.Qxb6 Ng4 88.Qc7 Nh6 89.Bd5 Bxf7 90.b6 Bd6 91.Qxd6 Bxd5 92.Qxd5 f4 93.Qd7+ Kg6 94.b7
Ng4 95.Nf3 Ne5 96.Nxe5+ Kh6 97.Qf7 f3 98.Qg6# 1-0

 

Chapter 25: Drasius vs Leko

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

1.h3 e6 2.b3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.Bb2 Bd6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Nd2 Bd7 8.g3 Qe7 9.a3 a5 10.Bg2 Rfd8 11.e3 e5 12.Ne2 Na7 13.g4 Bc6
14.Rf1 Nd7 15.Ng3 Qe6 16.Nf5 a4 17.b4 Nb6 18.O-O-O d4 19.Bxc6 Nxc6 20.exd4 exd4 21.Rde1 Qd7 22.c4 Bxb4 23.axb4 a3 24.Ba1 Nxb4
25.Qb3 Qa4 26.Rd1 Qa5 27.Ne4 Nc6 28.f4 a2 29.Rd2 Kf8 30.Rff2 g6 31.Nfg3 Re8 32.Rfe2 Qa3+ 33.Qxa3+ Rxa3 34.Nc5 Rea8 35.Nge4 Nb4
36.Nf6 h6 37.Re4 Nc6 38.Rde2 g5 39.fxg5 hxg5 40.Rf2 Rc3+ 41.Kd2 Nb4 42.Rf5 Kg7 43.Ne8+ Kh8 44.Rxf7 Kg8 45.Rxc7 Rc2+ 46.Kd1 N6d5
47.cxd5 Rxc5 48.Nf6+ Kf8 49.Rxc5 Nxd3 50.Rc2 b5 51.Nh7+ Kg8 52.Re7 Nb2+ 53.Bxb2 b4 54.Rcc7 a1=Q+ 55.Bxa1 Rxa1+ 56.Kc2 d3+
57.Kxd3 Ra3+ 58.Kd4 Ra8 59.Nf6+ Kh8 60.Rh7# 1-0

 

Chapter 24: Drasius vs Marshall

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

1.b3 e5 2.c3 d5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.Qc2 e4 6.e3 Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.Nd2 a5 9.a3 Be6 10.h3 a4 11.b4 h5 12.O-O-O Qd7 13.Kb1 h4 14.Ka1
Rfb8 15.c4 dxc4 16.Bxc4 b5 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Ne2 Bxb4 19.Nf4 Qd6 20.axb4 Nxb4 21.Qc5 Nd3 22.Qxd6 cxd6 23.Nxd3 exd3 24.Bc1 b4
25.Rhf1 Rc8 26.Nf3 Rc2 27.Rxd3 Rac8 28.Bd2 b3 29.Kb1 Ne4 30.d5 Ra2 31.Rc1 Rxc1+ 32.Bxc1 Rxf2 33.Nd2 Nc5 34.Rd4 Rxg2 35.Ba3 f5
36.Bxc5 dxc5 37.d6 cxd4 38.d7 Rxd2 39.d8=Q+ Kf7 40.exd4 Rd3 41.Qa5 g6 42.d5 Rxh3 43.Qa7+ Kg8 44.d6 Rh1+ 45.Kb2 Rh2+ 46.Kc3 b2
47.Qb7 b1=N+ 48.Qxb1 Rh3+ 49.Kc4 Rb3 50.Qg1 Rb7 51.Qxg6+ Rg7 52.Qe8+ Kh7 53.d7 Rxd7 54.Qxd7+ Kg6 55.Kd5 Kg5 56.Ke5 Kg4 57.Qxf5+
Kg3 58.Qf1 a3 59.Ke4 Kh2 60.Kf3 h3 61.Kf2 a2 62.Qg1# 1-0

 

Chapter 23: Drasius vs Morphy

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

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d5 3.Bxe5 Nc6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.d3 Bd6 6.h3 O-O 7.c3 Re8 8.Nd2 Nh5 9.Qc2 a5 10.O-O-O a4 11.e3 axb3 12.axb3 Bd7 13.g4 Qf6
14.Ngf3 Ng3 15.fxg3 Rxe3 16.d4 Bxg3 17.Bd3 h5 18.Rdf1 Bf4 19.Ne1 Rg3 20.Bh7+ Kf8 21.Kb1 hxg4 22.hxg4 Bxg4 23.Be4 Rh3 24.Bxd5 Ne7
25.Bxb7 Rb8 26.Be4 Rxh1 27.Rxh1 Bh6 28.Nd3 Kg8 29.Ne5 Bf5 30.Rf1 Bxe4 31.Qxe4 Qe6 32.Nxf7 Qxe4+ 33.Nxe4 Rxb3 34.Nxh6+ gxh6
35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Ne8+ Kg6 37.Rf6+ Kg5 38.Kc2 Rb8 39.Bc1+ Kg4 40.Rf8 Kh4 41.Bxh6 Rc8 42.c4 Ng6 43.Rg8 c5 44.d5 Ra8 45.Rxg6 Rxe8
46.d6 Kh5 47.d7 Rd8 48.Rd6 Rxd7 49.Rxd7 Kxh6 50.Rd6+ Kg5 51.Rd5+ Kg6 52.Rxc5 Kf7 53.Rd5 Ke6 54.Rd2 Kf7 55.c5 Ke6 56.c6 Kf7 57.c7
Ke6 58.c8=Q+ Ke5 59.Qf8 Ke6 60.Kc3 Ke5 61.Qf7 Ke4 62.Re2# 1-0

 

Chapter 22: Drasius vs Najdorf

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

1.b3 c5 2.c3 Nc6 3.d3 d5 4.Qc2 e5 5.Bb2 Nf6 6.h3 e4 7.Nd2 exd3 8.exd3 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O-O Re8 11.Re1 a5 12.Ngf3 a4 13.bxa4
Bd7 14.Kb1 Qb6 15.Bd1 h6 16.Rxe8+ Rxe8 17.Nf1 Bf5 18.Ne3 Bh7 19.Re1 Kf8 20.g4 c4 21.Nf5 Rxe1 22.Nxe1 Ba3 23.Ka1 Bxb2+ 24.Qxb2
Qxb2+ 25.Kxb2 Bxf5 26.gxf5 cxd3 27.Nxd3 Ne7 28.Bg4 h5 29.Bf3 Nxf5 30.Nf4 Ne4 31.Nd3 g6 32.c4 dxc4 33.Bxe4 cxd3 34.Bxb7 Ke7 35.a5
Kd6 36.a6 Kc7 37.Bd5 Kb6 38.Bxf7 Nh4 39.Kc3 Kxa6 40.Kxd3 Kb5 41.Ke4 Kc5 42.Ke5 Kb4 43.f4 Ka3 44.Kf6 Ng2 45.Kg5 h4 46.Bxg6 Nxf4
47.Kxf4 Kxa2 48.Kg5 Kb3 49.Kxh4 Kc4 50.Kg5 Kd5 51.Kf6 Kc4 52.h4 Kd5 53.h5 Kc4 54.h6 Kd5 55.h7 Kc4 56.h8=N Kd5 57.Nf7 Kd4 58.Ng5
Kd5 59.Ne4 Kd4 60.Ke6 Ke3 61.Kd5 Kd3 62.Nc5+ Kc3 63.Bh7 Kb2 64.Kc4 Ka2 65.Nb3 Ka3 66.Kc3 Ka2 67.Bg6 Ka3 68.Bb1 Ka4 69.Nd4 Ka5
70.Be4 Kb6 71.Ne6 Kb5 72.Kb3 Ka5 73.Bg6 Kb6 74.Be8 Ka5 75.Bd7 Kb6 76.Kc4 Ka5 77.Bb5 Kb6 78.Kb4 Ka7 79.Ka5 Kb7 80.Bd7 Ka8 81.Kb6
Kb8 82.Nc5 Ka8 83.Be6 Kb8 84.Na6+ Ka8 85.Bd5# 1-0

 

Chapter 21: Drasius vs Nimzowitsch

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

1.c3 d5 2.Qc2 Nf6 3.h3 e5 4.e3 Bd6 5.Be2 O-O 6.b3 e4 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.Na3 a6 9.O-O-O Qe7 10.Nb1 a5 11.d4 a4 12.b4 Qe6 13.g4 Qe8 14.a3
Be6 15.g5 Nd7 16.c4 f5 17.Nc3 Bf7 18.c5 Be7 19.h4 Bd8 20.Nh3 Ne7 21.Nf4 c6 22.h5 Bc7 23.Nxa4 Bxf4 24.exf4 Qb8 25.Rh4 Re8 26.Kb1
Qd8 27.Nc3 Qc7 28.b5 Nf8 29.b6 Qd7 30.Rdh1 Ne6 31.Qd2 Kh8 32.Bd1 Bg8 33.Ne2 Ra6 34.R4h3 Nf8 35.h6 g6 36.Bb3 Raa8 37.a4 Bf7
38.Ka2 Nc8 39.a5 Ne7 40.Ka3 Ra6 41.Ba4 Raa8 42.Bc3 Rec8 43.f3 Rd8 44.Rf1 Be6 45.Rhh1 Qe8 46.Rb1 Qf7 47.Ng3 Kg8 48.Qf2 Bd7 49.Ne2
Be6 50.Rhe1 Bd7 51.Bb3 Ne6 52.Ra1 Kh8 53.Kb2 Ra6 54.Bd2 Rda8 55.Rh1 Rb8 56.Kc2 Rd8 57.Rhb1 Re8 58.Rg1 Rd8 59.Kd1 Nf8 60.Rg2 Be6
61.Kc2 Nd7 62.Rg3 Nb8 63.Rgg1 Ra8 64.Qh4 Na6 65.Kb2 Qe8 66.Qf2 Qf7 67.Rge1 Re8 68.Nc1 Nb8 69.Na2 Rd8 70.Nb4 Na6 71.Nd3 Rf8
72.Ne5 Qe8 73.Qh2 Qd8 74.Qh3 Qc8 75.Bc3 Kg8 76.Qh2 Kh8 77.Qg3 Nb8 78.a6 Rxa6 79.Rxa6 Nxa6 80.Ra1 Kg8 81.Qh2 Rd8 82.Qd2 Kf8
83.Kb1 Kg8 84.Qe2 Qa8 85.Ra3 Rf8 86.Bb2 Qc8 87.Qd2 Qe8 88.Ra5 Qd8 89.Ra4 Qe8 90.Ra2 Qd8 91.Bd1 Qc8 92.Be2 Nb8 93.Ra8 Qd8 94.Qc3
Kh8 95.Nc4 Ng8 96.Nd6 Qe7 97.Qa3 Rd8 98.Nxb7 Qxb7 99.Ra7 Qc8 100.Rc7 Ne7 101.Rxc8 Rxc8 102.Qa7 Nd7 103.Bc3 Rb8 104.Ba5 Kg8
105.b7 Nc8 106.Qa8 Ne7 107.Bc7 Rf8 108.Bd8 Kf7 109.b8=Q Nxb8 110.Qxb8 Re8 111.Qd6 Ng8 112.Bc7 Re7 113.Qxc6 Rd7 114.Bd6 exf3
115.Bb5 f2 116.Qa8 Re7 117.Bxe7 f1=Q+ 118.Bxf1 Nxe7 119.Bb5 Bc8 120.Qb8 Nc6 121.Qxc8 Ke7 122.Qxc6 Kf8 123.Qe8# 1-0

 

Chapter 20: Drasius vs Paulsen

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

1.h3 e5 2.b3 d5 3.c3 Bd6 4.d3 Nf6 5.Qc2 e4 6.e3 O-O 7.d4 c5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.Ne2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Nd2 Nxd4 12.exd4 Nh5 13.O-O-O
Qf6 14.g4 Nf4 15.c4 Qh6 16.Rg1 Nxh3 17.Rh1 Bxg4 18.Bxh3 Bxd1 19.Qxd1 Qf4 20.Qe2 dxc4 21.bxc4 Bb4 22.Qe3 Qxe3 23.fxe3 f5 24.c5
Bxd2+ 25.Kxd2 Rac8 26.Bf1 b6 27.Bc4+ Kh8 28.Be6 bxc5 29.Bxc8 Rxc8 30.Rf1 Rb8 31.Ba1 cxd4 32.Rxf5 dxe3+ 33.Kxe3 Kg8 34.Ra5 Ra8
35.Ra6 Kf7 36.Kxe4 Re8+ 37.Kf4 Re7 38.Bd4 Rd7 39.Be3 Re7 40.a4 g5+ 41.Kf3 Re6 42.Rxa7+ Kg6 43.Rb7 Rf6+ 44.Kg3 Rf8 45.a5 Re8
46.Rb3 Ra8 47.Rb6+ Kf5 48.a6 Ke4 49.Bf2 Kd5 50.Rh6 Ke5 51.a7 Kd5 52.Kg4 Re8 53.Rb6 h6 54.Rb8 Re4+ 55.Kh5 Ra4 56.a8=Q+ Rxa8
57.Rxa8 Ke4 58.Kxh6 g4 59.Kg5 Kd5 60.Kxg4 Kc4 61.Ra5 Kb3 62.Rc5 Ka2 63.Be1 Kb3 64.Kf3 Ka2 65.Ke2 Kb3 66.Kd1 Kb2 67.Rb5+ Ka1
68.Kc2 Ka2 69.Ra5# 1-0