THE 110 MOST FANTASTIC MOVES EVER PLAYED
Part 10: 20-11 (13 November)


20.        9.Nxe5
Granda Zuniga - Seirawan, Buenos Aires 1993
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Nc6 7.e4 e5 8.d3 g6 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.f4 Nc6 11.e5 Ng8 12.f5 Nh6 13.Ne4 Nxf5 14.Nf6+ Ke7 15.Nd5+ Ke8 16.Nf6+ Ke7 17.g4 Nfd4 18.Qe1 Qb8 19.Nd5+ Kd8 20.Bg5+ Kc8 21.Rxf7 Ne6 22.Bf6 Ncd8 23.Re7 Rg8 24.Re8 Bc6 25.Bxd8 Nxd8 26.Nf6 Rh8 27.Bxc6 dxc6 28.Qe4 Qc7 29.e6 Bg7 30.e7 Rxe8 31.Nxe8 Bd4+ 32.Kh1 Qd7 33.Nd6+ Qxd6 34.e8Q a5 35.Rf1 Ra7 36.Rf8 Rd7 37.Q4e6 Qxe6 38.Qxe6 Kc7 39.Qe2 Bg7 40.Rf2 Bd4 41.Rf3 Nf7 42.Rf4 Nd6 43.Kg2 Nc8 44.b3 Re7 45.Re4 Rf7 46.Qe1 Rd7 47.Qg3+ Kb7 48.h3 Rf7 49.h4 Rd7 50.Re6 Bc3 51.Qf3 Nd6 52.Qf8 Nc8 53.Re8 Rc7 54.Rd8 Bg7 55.Qe8 Bf6 56.Rxc8 and Black resigned


19.        12...0-0-0
T. Espig - Möhring, Leipzig 1973
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Bc4 b5 6.Bb3 b4 7.O-O Ba6 8.Re1 Qf6 9.e5 Qf5 10.Ng5 cxb2 11.Bxf7+ Qxf7 12.e6 O-O-O 13.Bxb2 Qf5 14.Nf7 dxe6 15.Nxd8 Nxd8 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.Rc1 Bb7 18.Be5 Nd5 19.Qa4 Nc3 20.Bxc3 bxc3 21.Rxc3 Bc5 22.Nf3 Rf8 23.Rd1 Nf7 24.h3 Ne5 25.Rb3 Bb6 and White resigned


18.         17.Rxb7
Kasparov - Shirov, Horgen 1994
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 Bb7 13.Nc2 Nb8 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 Nd7 16.Rb4 Nc5 17.Rxb7 Nxb7 18.b4 Bg5 19.Na3 O-O 20.Nc4 a5 21.Bd3 axb4 22.cxb4 Qb8 23.h4 Bh6 24.Ncb6 Ra2 25.O-O Rd2 26.Qf3 Qa7 27.Nd7 Nd8 28.Nxf8 Kxf8 29.b5 Qa3 30.Qf5 Ke8 31.Bc4 Rc2 32.Qxh7 Rxc4 33.Qg8+ Kd7 34.Nb6+ Ke7 35.Nxc4 Qc5 36.Ra1 Qd4 37.Ra3 Bc1 38.Ne3 and Black resigned


17.         17.Bxg7
Karpov - Hübner, Tilburg 1982
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Ne5 O-O 14.c4 c5 15.d5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Ng4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qe2 Bg5+ 19.Kb1 Nf6 20.dxe6 Qc8 21.e7 Re8 22.Rd6 Qg4 23.Qe5 Kg8 24.Re1 Nd7 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Nf5 f6 27.Qd5+ Qxd5 28.cxd5 Bf4 29.g3 Bc7 30.Kc2 b5 31.Nxh6+ Kh7 32.Nf5 Rg8 33.d6 Ba5 34.Re6 Rg5 35.Rxf6 Rxh5 36.d7 Rh2 37.Ne3 and Black resigned


16.        37...h5
Kamsky - J. Polgar, Buenos Aires 1994
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 Be6 10.Nc4 Rc8 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nb6 Rb8 13.Ncd5 Qg6 14.Qd3 Be7 15.g3 O-O 16.Bg2 Bd8 17.O-O Kh8 18.Nc4 Ne7 19.Qa3 Bxd5 20.exd5 Bc7 21.Rad1 Ng8 22.Na5 f5 23.c4 f4 24.c5 f3 25.Bh1 Bxa5 26.Qxa5 e4 27.Rfe1 Nf6 28.cxd6 Qg4 29.Rd4 Rbe8 30.Qb4 Qh3 31.Rdxe4 Nxe4 32.Rxe4 Qf5 33.Rxe8 Rxe8 34.h4 Re2 35.d7 Qb1+ 36.Kh2 Rxf2+ 37.Kh3 h5 38.Qf8+ Kh7 and White resigned


15.        15.e6
Tisdall - Lee, London 1981
1.d4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e5 Ne4 7.Qg4 Nxc3 8.Qxg7 Rf8 9.a3 Nb5+ 10.axb4 Nxd4 11.Bd3 Qb6 12.Bg5 Nf5 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.O-O-O Qg6 15. e6 d5 16. Rxd5 Nc6 17. e7 Nxe7 18. Rd8+ and Black resigned


14.        48...e3
Gligoric - Stein, Lvov 1962
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Bd3 e6 8.dxe6 fxe6 9.Nge2 Nc6 10.O-O h6 11.Bd2 e5 12.Nd5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.f4 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bf5 16.Qc2 Qd7 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Be4 Rf6 19.Rf3 Raf8 20.Raf1 h5 21.c5 Qb5 22.Bxf5 gxf5 23.Bg5 R6f7 24.Rh3 Qe8 25.d6 Qe6 26.Qd1 f4 27.Qxh5 Qf5 28.g4 Qe4 29.Bh4 f3 30.Bf2 Rf4 31.Rh4 Bf6 32.g5 Rxh4 33.Bxh4 Bd8 34.Bf2 Qf5 35.Kh1 Kg7 36.Qh6+ Kf7 37.Rg1 Qg6 38.Qh3 Kg8 39.b4 d3 40.b5 e4 41.Qh6 Qxh6 42.gxh6+ Kh7 43.Be3 f2 44.Rf1 Ba5 45.c6 bxc6 46.bxc6 Bb6 47.Bxb6 axb6 48.Rxf2 e3 49.Rxf8 d2 50.c7 d1Q+ 51.Kg2 Qg4+ 52.Kf1 Qc4+ 53.Kg2 e2 54.Kf2 Qe6 55.Ke1 Qxd6 56.Rh8+ Kg6 57.Rg8+ Kh5 and White resigned


13.         15...Rd7
Sosonko - Rivas, Amsterdam 1978
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 c6 8.axb5 Nxc3 9.bxc3 cxb5 10.Ng5 f6 11.Qf3 Ra7 12.e6 Qb6 13.d5 fxg5 14.Qf7+ Kd8 15.Bxg5 Rd7 16.exd7 Nxd7 17.Be2 h6 18.Be3 Qf6 19.Qxf6 exf6 20.Bg4 Bb7 21.O-O Bd6 22.Rfd1 Re8 23.Be6 Nc5 24.Bxc5 Bxc5 25.Bg4 Kc7 26.Bf3 Bd6 27.Kf1 Kb6 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Kxe1 a5 30.Kd2 b4 31.cxb4 axb4 32.Ra4 Ba6 33.Be4 c3+ 34.Kc2 Bc4 35.g3 Kc5 36.Bd3 Bxd5 37.Ra6 Be5 38.Ra5+ Kd4 39.Rxd5+ Kxd5 40.f4 Bd6 41.Bg6 Kc4 42.Bf7+ Kd4 43.Bb3 Ke3 44.f5 h5 45.Bf7 h4 46.gxh4 Bxh2 47.Ba2 Bd6 48.Bb1 Kf4 49.Kb3 Kg4 50.Kc4 Kxh4 51.Bc2 Kg5 52.Kd5 Bf8 53.Ke4 g6 54.fxg6 f5+ 55.Ke5 Bg7+ 56.Ke6 f4 57.Kf7 Kh6 and White resigned


12.        18.c4
Rossolimo - Livingstone, New York 1961
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Qh5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Bxh3 9.gxh3 Qxh3 10.Ng5 Qh4 11.d5 Ne5 12.Bb5+ c6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Nd5 O-O-O 15.Ba6+ Kb8 16.Bf4 Rxd5 17.Bxe5+ Ka8 18.c4 Qxg5+ 19.Bg3 Rxd1 20.Raxd1 Nd5 21.cxd5 c5 22.b4 c4 23.Rd4 e5 24.dxe6ep Bxb4 25.Rd7 Rb8 26.Rfd1 Be7 27.exf7 c3 28.f8Q and Black resigned


11:         1.Bg5
Simagin - Bronstein, Moscow 1947
Much to my regret, I have not been able to find the whole game. It ended with 1.Bg5 h1Q 2.Qe8+ Kg7 3.Qg6+ Kf8 4.Qxf6+ Kg8 5.Qd8+ Kg7 6.Qe7+ Kg8 7.Qe8+ and Black resigned



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