THE 110 MOST FANTASTIC MOVES EVER PLAYED
Part 5: 70-61


70.       30...Qxh3+
Averbakh - Kotov, Zurich 1953
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 Bf8 10.Rb1 a5 11.d5 Nc5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7 14.Rbc1 g6 15.Nd2 Rab8 16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 c5 18.Kh2 Kh8 19.Qc2 Ng8 20.Bg4 Nh6 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Qd2 Ng8 23.g4 f5 24.f3 Be7 25.Rg1 Rf8 26.Rcf1 Rf7 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rg2 f4 29.Bf2 Rf6 30.Ne2 Qxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Rh6+ 32.Kg4 Nf6+ 33.Kf5 Nd7 34.Rg5 Rf8+ 35.Kg4 Nf6+ 36.Kf5 Ng8+ 37.Kg4 Nf6+ 38.Kf5 Nxd5+ 39.Kg4 Nf6+ 40.Kf5 Ng8+ 41.Kg4 Nf6+ 42.Kf5 Ng8+ 43.Kg4 Bxg5 44.Kxg5 Rf7 45.Bh4 Rg6+ 46.Kh5 Rfg7 47.Bg5 Rxg5+ 48.Kh4 Nf6 49.Ng3 Rxg3 50.Qxd6 R3g6 51.Qb8+ Rg8 and White resigned


69.         50.Nf5
Karpov - Csom, Bad Lauterberg 1977
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O d6 7.b3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 a6 10.Ba3 O-O 11.Rfd1 Ne8 12.Bb2 Nd7 13.e4 Nc5 14.Qe3 Qb8 15.Nd4 Nf6 16.h3 Rc8 17.g4 h6 18.f4 Nh7 19.Qf2 Ra7 20.Rd2 Ba8 21.Re1 Bf6 22.h4 g5 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.fxg5 Bxg5 25.Rdd1 Nd7 26.Rd3 Ne5 27.Rh3 Re8 28.Nce2 Rc7 29.a4 Qd8 30.Qg3 Ng6 31.Qh2 f6 32.Rd1 Rg7 33.Nf3 Bxe4 34.Rxd6 Qc7 35.Ba3 Be3+ 36.Kf1 Bc5 37.Bxc5 Qxc5 38.Rd4 Bxf3 39.Rxf3 Ne5 40.Rh3 Nxg4 41.Qd6 Qf5+ 42.Rf3 Qb1+ 43.Rd1 Qe4 44.Rg3 Ne3+ 45.Kg1 Nxg2 46.Rxg7+ Kxg7 47.Ng3 Qa8 48.Qc7+ Kh8 49.Rd7 Nf8 50.Nf5 and Black resigned


68.         23.Rd7
Gelfand - Shirov, Polanica Zdroj 1998
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.Rxb7 g5 16.Bg3 a4 17.h4 a3 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Rc7 Na6 20.Rxe7 Qb2 21.Bc4 Qb4 22.Bxf7+ Kh8 23.Rd7 Bxd7 24.Nxg5 Qb6 25.Be6 Qxe6 26.Nxe6 Bxe6 27.Be5 Rf7 28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.Qg6 Bd7 30.Bxg7 Rxg7 31.Qd6 Kh7 32.Qxa3 Nc7 33.Qe3 Ne6 34.d5 Ng5 35.f4 Nh3+ 36.Kh1 Ra2 37.f5 Ng5 38.f6 Rg6 39.f7 and Black resigned


67.         16.Rhe1
Tal - Lutikov, Tallinn 1964
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Qe2 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.dxe4 fxe4 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Qb5+ c6 9.Qxb4 exf3 10.Bg5 cxd5 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Qa3 Be6 13.Bc4 Qe7 14.Nxd5 Qxa3 15.Nc7+ Ke7 16.Rhe1 Qc5 17.Rxe6+ Kf8 18.Rxf6+ gxf6 19.Ne6+ Ke7 20.Nxc5 fxg5 21.Rd7+ Kf6 22.Rd6+ Ke7 23.Re6+ Kd8 24.Nxb7+ Kc7 25.Bd5 Nb4 26.Bxf3 Rae8 27.Nc5 Nxa2+ 28.Kb1 Rxe6 29.Nxe6+ Kd7 30.Nc5+ Kd6 31.Nd3 and Black resigned


66.       13.Nxe7
Kholmov - Keres, Tbilisi 1959
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Ng4 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.h3 Nh6 9.Nc3 b6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 c5 12.Nc6 Qd7 13.Nxe7 Kxe7 14.Bxh6 Bxh6 15.Qf3 Bg7 16.Nd5+ Kd8 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.Qb3 Bc6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Qxf7 Bxe5 21.Rxd7+ Bxd7 22.Rxe5 Kc7 23.Re7 Rad8 24.a4 g5 25.Qd5 Rhe8 26.Rxh7 g4 27.a5 gxh3 28.axb6+ Kxb6 29.Rxd7 and Black resigned


65.        14.e4
Richter - Baratz, Prague 1931
1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.f3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.f4 Qa5 7.Bd3 Ne4 8.Bxe4 Bxe4 9.Nf3 f6 10.Bh4 e6 11.O-O Bxf3 12.Qxf3 f5 13.Rae1 Qb4 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.Qxe4 Qd6 17.Qf5 Qxd4+ 18.Kh1 Be7 19.Qxe6 O-O-O 20.Bxe7 Rhe8 21.Qh3 Qxb2 22.Bxd8 Rxd8 23.Qb3 Qf6 24.Qe6 Qc3 25.Re2 Kc7 26.h3 Nf6 27.Qe5+ Qxe5 28.fxe5 Nd5 29.Rf7+ and Black resigned


64.        28...Re3
Réti - Alekhine, Baden-Baden 1925
1.g3 e5 2.Nf3 e4 3.Nd4 d5 4.d3 exd3 5.Qxd3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nxd2 O-O 9.c4 Na6 10.cxd5 Nb4 11.Qc4 Nbxd5 12.N2b3 c6 13.O-O Re8 14.Rfd1 Bg4 15.Rd2 Qc8 16.Nc5 Bh3 17.Bf3 Bg4 18.Bg2 Bh3 19.Bf3 Bg4 20.Bg2 Bh3 21.Bf3 Bg4 22.Bh1 h5 23.b4 a6 24.Rc1 h4 25.a4 hxg3 26.hxg3 Qc7 27.b5 axb5 28.axb5 Re3 29.Nf3 cxb5 30.Qxb5 Nc3 31.Qxb7 Qxb7 32.Nxb7 Nxe2+ 33.Kh2 Ne4 34.Rc4 Nxf2 35.Bg2 Be6 36.Rcc2 Ng4+ 37.Kh3 Ne5+ 38.Kh2 Rxf3 39.Rxe2 Ng4+ 40.Kh3 Ne3+ 41.Kh2 Nxc2 42.Bxf3 Nd4 and White resigned


63.         35...Kc6
Kasparov - Petrosyan, Tilburg 1981
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nc3 a6 8.g4 Bg6 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bf1 c6 12.Bg2 Qc7 13.O-O Be7 14.f4 Nb6 15.g5 Nfd7 16.Qg4 O-O-O 17.Rb1 Kb8 18.b4 Nd5 19.Na4 f5 20.Qg3 Nxb4 21.Bd2 Nd5 22.Rfc1 Ka7 23.Qe1 Ba3 24.Rc2 Qd6 25.Rb3 Qe7 26.Qe2 Rb8 27.Qd3 Bd6 28.Nb2 Rhc8 29.Nc4 Bc7 30.a4 b5 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Ra2 Kb7 33.Bb4 Qe8 34.Bd6 Ra8 35.Qb1 Kc6 36.Rba3 bxc4 37.Rxa6+ Rxa6 38.Rxa6+ Bb6 39.Bc5 Qd8 40.Qa1 Nxc5 41.dxc5 Kxc5 42.Ra4 and White resigned


62.         17...Nd5
Timman - Kasparov, Moscow 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Nc1 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Nb3 Nxb3 11.Qxb3 c5 12.dxc6ep bxc6 13.O-O-O Qe7 14.Qb6 Bb7 15.g4 Rab8 16.h4 Rfc8 17.h5 Nd5 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Rxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Qe6 21.Qa7 Ra8 22.Qb7 Rab8 23.Qa7 Ra8 24.Qb7 draw


61:         21...Qb6
Kramnik - Shirov, Linares 1998 (9)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 e5 9.d5 c6 10.h4 h5 11.Be2 cxd5 12.exd5 N8d7 13.d6 Nf6 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Rd1 Be6 16.Nh3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.b3 Ba6 19.Nd5 e4 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.d7 Qb6 22.dxe8Q+ Rxe8 23.Qe3 Bxg5 24.Qxb6 Bxh4+ 25.Kd2 axb6 26.fxe4 Rxe4 27.Kc2 Rg4 28.Rd2 Be7 29.Rg1 Kg7 30.Nf2 Rf4 31.Nd3 Re4 32.Rgd1 Bb5 33.a4 Bc6 34.Re1 Rxe1 35.Nxe1 Bb4 36.Re2 Bxe1 37.Rxe1 Bxg2 38.Kd2 h4 39.Ke3 Bd5 40.b4 h3 41.Re2 f5 42.Rd2 Be4 43.Kf4 Bg2 44.Rd7+ Kf6 45.Rh7 g5+ 46.Kg3 f4+ 47.Kg4 Ke5 48.b5 and White resigned.



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