Index of Games
Agzamov - Ruderfer, 1974, 127. Alapin - Schiffers, 1902, 227. Alburt - Kasparov, 1982, 263. Alekhine - Colle, 1925, 214. Alekhine - Drewitt, 1923, 62. Alekhine - Flohr, 1931, 190. Alekhine - Friman, 1924, 300. Alekhine - Mindino, 1933, 198. Alekhine - NN, 1939, 41. Alekhine - Reshevsky, 1937, 38. Antoshin - Rabar, 1964, 16. Averbakh - Korchnoi, 1965, 149. Barcza - Tarnovsky, 1950, 179. Bekker - Schneider, 1966, 119. Bernstein - Capablanca, 1914, 1. Bilek - Farago, 1973, 184. Bilek - Gligoric,...
Reversing the Move Order
Yes, you may start by analyzing 1. Rxc7 Kxc7 2. Qa7 Kd8 3. Qxb8 , or 2. Kc8 3. Nb6 Kd8 4. Qxb8 . Maybe White's winning. But as lines grow longer and murkier, it's time to stop, make mental notes of your discoveries, and move ahead or rather, move back. Return to the original position and look for other candidate moves. What about reversing the move order This means sacrificing the Queen. Still, it might be worth looking at for a few seconds . 1. Qa7 Kxa7 2. Rxc7 Ka8 3. Nb6 . Shiyanovsky -...
Info Cjj
The square g7 is under attack, and in addition, the Black Queen is unprotected. Look for a double attack. 1. Rxg7 . Not the straightforward 1. Qg4 Qe6, and Black holds. 1. Bxg7 2. Qg4. Now If Black defends against 2. Qxg7 , he'll lose his Queen after 3. Nh6 . 1-0. Keres - Gligoric, 1959 In this game, Black loses his Queen in a way reminiscent of his rout by Keres see position 233 . 1. Nhf5 gxf5 2. Nxf5, and the Queen is lost, e.g. 2. Qf7 3. Nh6 , or 2. Qe8 3. Qg4 Qg6 otherwise Qxg7 4. Ne7 ....
Info Wyy
1. Rxe6 . This wins a pawn, because 1. fxe6 loses to 2. Qxg6 and 3. Qh7 . In a real game, you shouldn't look any further Now watch how White went on to win, using the same powerful Queen and Bishop battery. 1. Nf6 2. Ne5 c5 loses immediately. Relatively better was 2. Bxe5 3. Rxe5, although White would be a pawn up and have a much better position as well. Not good was 2. fxe6 3. Qxg6 Kh8 4. Qxh6 Kg8 5. Qg6 Kh8 6. Bg5 Qe7 7. Ng4. 3. Bxh6 Kxh6 4. Nxf7 , and Black resigns. Capa's sacrifices of...