THE 110 MOST FANTASTIC MOVES EVER PLAYED
Part 1: 110 - 101


110.       16.gxf6
Tal - NN, simul Stuttgart 1958
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Bd7 9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Kb1 Rc8 11.g4 h6 12.h4 a6 13.Be2 Ne5 14.g5 hxg5 15.hxg5 Rxh1 16.gxf6 Rxd1+ 17.Nxd1 Qxd2 18.fxg7 and Black resigned.


109.         19.e6
Ostapenko - Kurkin, USSR 1970
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 O-O 9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Be2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.g4 Qa5 13.g5 Nd7 14.Rhg1 b5 15.Qh5 b4 16.Nd5 exd5 17.Qh6 Ne5 18.fxe5 Rfc8 19.e6 gxh6 20.gxh6+ Kf8 21.Rdf1 Bg5+ 22.Rxg5 Rc7 23.Bg7+ Ke8 24.exf7+ Kd7 25.Bg4+ Ke7 26.Bf6+ Kf8 27.Rg8+ Kxf7 28.Rg7+ Ke8 29.Bh5+ Rf7 30.Rxf7 and Black resigned


108.         14...Rg8
Gomes - Neto, Rio de Janeiro 1942
1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Be3 Nd4 7.Bxd4 Bxd4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nb5 Bb6 10.Qe2 Ne7 11.O-O a6 12.Na3 Ng6 13.g3 Qf6 14.Kg2 Rg8 15.c3 Nh4+ 16.gxh4 g5 17.Rg1 Bxf3+ 18.Qxf3 gxh4+ 19.Kh2 Qxf3 20.Rxg8+ Ke7 21.Rxa8 Qxf2+ 22.Kh1 Qf3+ 23.Kh2 Qg3+ 24.Kh1 Qxh3 mate


107.         26.Nb8
Braga - Timman, Mar del Plata 1982
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5 9.Nd4 Nf6 10.f4 Nexg4 11.Bb5+ Ke7 12.Bg1 Qc7 13.c6 b6 14.Qe2 Qxf4 15.c7 Ne4 16.Nc6+ Kd6 17.h3 Qg3+ 18.Kf1 Qf4+ 19.Ke1 Qg3+ 20.Kf1 Qxc3 21.Qxg4 Qxb2 22.a4 Qxa1+ 23.Kg2 f5 24.Qh4 Qf6 25.Bh2+ Kc5 26.Nb8 Qxh4 27.c8Q+ Kb4 28.Rb1+ Ka3 29.Ra1+ Kb4 30.Rb1+ Ka3 31.Ra1+ Kb4 draw


106.       17...Rxf2
Bird - Morphy, London 1858
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Nh5 O-O 10.Qd2 Qe8 11.g4 Nxg4 12.Nxg4 Qxh5 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Be2 Qh3 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Be3 Rb8 17.O-O-O Rxf2 18.Bxf2 Qa3 19.c3 Qxa2 20.b4 Qa1+ 21.Kc2 Qa4+ 22.Kb2 Bxb4 23.cxb4 Rxb4+ 24.Qxb4 Qxb4+ 25.Kc2 e3 26.Bxe3 Bf5+ 27.Rd3 Qc4+ 28.Kd2 Qa2+ 29.Kd1 Qb1+ and White resigned


105.        19.Nxg7
Stein - Portisch, Stockholm 1962
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Nd2 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.f4 Bc5+ 10.Kh1 d6 11.Nf3 e5 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Nh4 O-O 14.Nf5 Be6 15.Qe2 a5 16.Bc4 Kh8 17.Bg5 Nd7 18.Rad1 Nb6 19.Nxg7 Bxc4 20.Bf6 Be7 21.Qf3 and Black resigned


104.        16...Kd7
Filguth - Kortchnoi, Sao Paulo 1979
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 b6 8.O-O cxd4 9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Bb1 Ba6 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.Re1 Be7 13.a3 Nc6 14.b3 Ndb8 15.Bb2 h5 16.h3 Kd7 17.Ng3 Na5 18.Nd2 g6 19.Ngf1 g5 20.Ne3 g4 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.Nxg4 Qg8 23.Nh2 Qg7 24.Ndf3 Rcg8 25.g3 Rh3 26.Kh1 Rgh8 27.Rg1 Qh6 28.Rg2 Nxb3 29.Bd3 Bxd3 30.Qxd3 Nxa1 31.Bxa1 Qc1+ 32.Rg1 Qxa3 33.Bc3 Bb4 34.Qb5+ Nc6 and White resigned


103.         40.0-0-0
Pupols - Meyers, Lone Pine 1976
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.c4 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 Bxa6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bd2 O-O 10.h3 e6 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Qc2 g5 13.g4 Nc6 14.Nd1 Nd4 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.h4 d3 17.exd3 Rc8 18.Qa4 Bb7 19.Rh3 Bc6 20.Qa5 Qxa5 21.Bxa5 Nxg4 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Rg3 Nh2 24.Be2 Bf3 25.Bc3 g4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Ne3 Kf7 28.Nxg4 Bxg4 29.Bxg4 Rc2 30.Bd1 Rxb2 31.Rh3 Rg8 32.Rg3 Rh8 33.Be2 e5 34.a4 d5 35.a5 e4 36.dxe4 dxe4 37.a6 Nf3+ 38.Bxf3 exf3 39.Rxf3+ Ke7 40.O-O-O Ra2 41.Re1+ Kd7 42.a7 Ra8 43.Rf7+ Kd6 44.Ree7 Rc8+ 45.Kd1 Rc5 46.Rd7+ Ke6 47.Rh7 Rca5 48.Ke1 R5a4 49.Kf1 Ra1+ 50.Kg2 R4a3 51.Rhe7+ Kf6 52.Rb7 R3a2 53.Rh7 Ke6 54.Rb6+ Kd5 55.Rh5+ Kc4 56.Rb7 Rxa7 57.Rxa7 Rxa7 58.Re5 Kd4 59.f4 Rg7+ 60.Kf3 Rg1 61.Re8 Kd5 62.f5 Kd6 63.Kf4 Kd7 64.Re2 Rg8 65.Ra2 Ke7 66.Ke5 Rb8 67.Rh2 Rb5+ 68.Kf4 Kf7 69.Kg5 Rb6 70.Rh7+ Kf8 71.Ra7 Rc6 72.Ra8+ Kf7 73.Rb8 Ra6 74.Rb1 Rc6 75.Rb7+ Kf8 76.f6 Rc1 draw


102.         52.Bf3
Leonhardt - Tarrasch, Berlin 1920
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Qd2 Qa5 8.Nge2 Bd7 9.O-O-O Na6 10.Qf4 Be7 11.g3 O-O-O 12.Bg2 c6 13.Kb1 Qc7 14.Qh6 Rdg8 15.Rhe1 Bd8 16.a3 f5 17.Qe3 Kb8 18.Bh1 Bg5 19.Qf3 Bc8 20.Nc1 Rd8 21.Nb3 Bh6 22.Rd3 Bg7 23.Red1 Qe7 24.Na5 Qc7 25.b4 Ka8 26.Nc4 Rd7 27.Na4 Rhd8 28.c3 Nb8 29.Nc5 Re7 30.Kc2 b6 31.Nb3 Ba6 32.Nbd2 Bh6 33.Kb3 Rc8 34.a4 Qd8 35.Ne5 Bxd3 36.Qxd3 Bxd2 37.Rxd2 f6 38.Nxc6 Nxc6 39.b5 Kb8 40.bxc6 Qd6 41.Qb5 Kc7 42.c4 Rb8 43.Bg2 Rg7 44.f4 h5 45.Rd3 h4 46.Qa6 Kd8 47.d5 hxg3 48.hxg3 Rh7 49.Re3 e5 50.Re1 Rg7 51.Rh1 Rxg3+ 52.Bf3 Rxf3+ 53.Kc2 Rf2+ 54.Kd1 Rf1+ 55.Rxf1 Qa3 56.Rf2 Qd3+ 57.Kc1 Qc3+  draw


101:         20...Nd2
Bogdanovic - Planinc, Novi Sad 1965
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Bd2 b6 6.Nh3 Nc6 7.a3 Bf8 8.Be3 Bb7 9.f4 Na5 10.Ng5 Ne7 11.Bf2 h6 12.Nf3 O-O-O 13.Bd3 f5 14.Qe2 g5 15.fxg5 hxg5 16.Nxg5 Bh6 17.Nf7 Ng6 18.Nxh8 Nf4 19.Qf3 Nc4 20.g3 Nd2 21.Kxd2 Nxd3+ 22.Be3 Nxe5 23.Qh5 Nc4+ 24.Ke2 Bxe3 25.Nf7 Rf8 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.Kxe3 Nc4+ 28.Kf2 Qg7 29.Ne2 Nd2 30.Qh4 f4 31.gxf4 Rh8 32.Qxh8+ Qxh8 33.h4 Qh5 34.Ke3 Nc4+ 35.Kf2 Ba6 36.Rae1 Nd2 37.Ke3 Nf3 38.Ref1 Bxe2 39.Kxe2 and White resigned.



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