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

 

Chapter 19: Drasius vs Petrosian

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

1.b3 d5 2.c3 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.Qc2 Bd6 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.h3 a5 8.a3 a4 9.b4 Be6 10.O-O-O Qb8 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.Ka1 Qa7 13.e3 Ne7
14.g4 c5 15.b5 Ng6 16.Ngf3 Qb6 17.c4 d4 18.e4 Bd7 19.Be2 Ne8 20.Rdg1 Nc7 21.Qd1 Re8 22.Qf1 Nf4 23.Bc1 Nce6 24.Nb1 Qc7 25.Bxf4
Nxf4 26.Nh4 Be7 27.Nf5 Bf8 28.Nh4 Be7 29.Ng2 Ne6 30.f3 Bg5 31.h4 Be7 32.g5 Rac8 33.Qd1 Ra8 34.Nd2 Qa5 35.Qc2 Qc3+ 36.Qxc3 dxc3
37.Nf1 Nd4 38.Ng3 Bd6 39.Rc1 Bc7 40.Rxc3 Red8 41.Bd1 Be6 42.Rc1 Ba5 43.Kb2 Bd2 44.Rb1 Bc8 45.Nf1 Ba5 46.Nfe3 Bc7 47.Nd5 Bd6
48.f4 Be6 49.Nb6 Ra5 50.f5 Bd7 51.Ne3 Be8 52.Ned5 Bf8 53.Nxa4 Bd6 54.Nab6 Bf8 55.Bg4 Ra7 56.f6 Ra5 57.Nc7 g6 58.h5 h6 59.Nbd5
Kh7 60.hxg6+ fxg6 61.Rxh6+ Bxh6 62.Ne7 Ra6 63.bxa6 Nf3 64.Rh1 Nxg5 65.Ne6 Nf7 66.Nf8+ Kh8 67.Nfxg6+ Kh7 68.Bf5 Bd7 69.Nxe5+ Bxf5
70.Nxf7 Bh3 71.Rxh3 bxa6 72.Rxh6# 1-0

 

 

Chapter 18: Drasius vs Pillsbury

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

1.b3 d5 2.c3 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Bb2 e4 6.e3 Bd6 7.h3 O-O 8.d4 a5 9.a3 a4 10.b4 Be6 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.O-O-O c6 13.c4 dxc4 14.g4
c3 15.Bxc3 Re8 16.Bb2 Ng6 17.Ne2 Bb3 18.Nxb3 axb3 19.Qxb3 Nd5 20.Nc3 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 Nh4 22.Qc2 Qf6 23.Kb1 Nf3 24.Bg2 Qe6 25.Bxf3
exf3 26.d5 cxd5 27.Qf5 Qxf5+ 28.gxf5 Be5 29.Rxd5 Bxb2 30.Kxb2 Rad8 31.Rhd1 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 f6 33.Rd4 g5 34.fxg6ep hxg6 35.a4 f5
36.Rf4 Kf7 37.Rxf3 Rh8 38.e4 Rh4 39.exf5 Rxb4+ 40.Ka3 Rh4 41.Rb3 gxf5 42.Rxb7+ Ke6 43.Rb3 Rf4 44.a5 Rxf2 45.a6 Rf1 46.Ka4 Ra1+
47.Ra3 Rd1 48.Ka5 Rd7 49.Kb6 Rd6+ 50.Kb7 Rd7+ 51.Kc8 Ra7 52.Kb8 Rg7 53.a7 Rg8+ 54.Kc7 Ra8 55.Kb7 Rd8 56.a8=Q Rxa8 57.Rxa8 Ke5
58.h4 Kf6 59.Kc6 f4 60.Rf8+ Kg6 61.Rxf4 Kh7 62.Rg4 Kh8 63.Rg5 Kh7 64.Kd7 Kh8 65.Ke8 Kh7 66.Kf7 Kh6 67.Rf5 Kh7 68.Rh5# 1-0

 

Chapter 17: Drasius vs Polgar

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

1.b3 Nf6 2.c3 e5 3.d3 d5 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.h3 e4 6.e3 Bd6 7.d4 O-O 8.Bb2 a5 9.a3 a4 10.b4 Be6 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.O-O-O c6 13.Kb1 b5 14.Ne2
Qc7 15.Ka1 Ng6 16.g3 Nd7 17.Ng1 Rfe8 18.Be2 Qd8 19.Rf1 Nf6 20.Qd1 Qb6 21.Re1 Rad8 22.Bc1 h6 23.Nf1 Qb7 24.Nh2 h5 25.Bxh5 Nxh5
26.Qxh5 Bc8 27.Qd1 Qe7 28.h4 Qf6 29.Rf1 Ne7 30.h5 Qg5 31.Ne2 Qxh5 32.f4 Qh3 33.g4 Bb7 34.Rfg1 Qh6 35.g5 Qe6 36.Ng4 Ng6 37.Ng3
Qd7 38.f5 Qc7 39.Nf6+ Kf8 40.Nf1 Ne5 41.Nxd5 cxd5 42.f6 Ng6 43.Qh5 Bh2 44.Rxh2 Qxh2 45.Nxh2 Rd6 46.fxg7+ Ke7 47.Ng4 Rdd8 48.Rf1
Bc8 49.Nf6 Rh8 50.Qe2 Be6 51.Qxb5 Rd7 52.Nxd7 Bxd7 53.Qxd5 Be6 54.Qb7+ Kd8 55.d5 Bc8 56.Qb6+ Ke8 57.Qxg6 Rg8 58.Rxf7 Bg4 59.Qf6
Rxg7 60.Qe7# 1-0

 

Chapter 16: Drasius vs Reshevsky

[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

[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

[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

[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