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#
1-0

 

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

 

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