50 Sozin Miniatures

1) Jan Plachetka 2457 - Vlastimil Hort 2543 , Jablonec 1962

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O Na5 11.Bb3 Qc7 12.Kb1 Nc4 13.Qe2 Na3+ 14.Ka1

14...e5 15.Bg5 exd4 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.e5 dxe5 20.bxa3 Bd7 21.Kb1 Rac8 22.h4 Rc3 23.Qe4 Bc6 24.Qg4 a5 0-1

2) Vlastimil Jansa 2477 - Theodor Ghitescu 2386 , Marianske Lazne, 1962

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.O-O-O Rfc8 13.Kb1 Rc6 14.h4 Bxb3 15.cxb3 b5 16.a3 a6 17.h5 Rac8 18.hxg6 fxg6

19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qd5+ Kf8 21.Rxh7 Ke8 22.Qf7+ Kd8 23.Qf8+ 1-0

3) Coen Zuidema 2450 - Peter N Lee 2390 , Zurich, 1964

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Bh6 Nc4

13.Bxc4 Bxh6 14.Bxf7+ Kg7 0-1

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4) Rafail Klovsky 2305 - Harry Pohla 2335 , Palanga 1968

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 g6 7.Bb3 Bg7 8.f3 O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.h4 Qa5 12.O-O-O Rfc8 13.h5 Nxh5 14.g4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Qg5+ 17.Kb1 Nf6 18.Qf2 Be6 19.Qh2 Bxb3 20.axb3 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Rd8

22.f4 (if 22… Qxg4 23.e5 Nh5 24.Rdg1) 1-0

5) Rajko Bogdanovic 2308 - Zvonimir Mestrovic 2402 , Sarajevo 1969

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.Bb3 Rc8 8.Be3 g6 9.f3 Bg7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.h4 Qa5 12.O-O-O Ne5 13.h5 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Nb3 Qc7

17.e5 dxe5 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Qe2 Rd4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Bxd4 Qf4+ 23.Kb1 Bc6 24.Qe6+ 1-0

6) Lutz Espig 2460 – Andras Adorjan 2465, Polanica Zdroj, 1971

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Qb8 11.h4 a5 12.a4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.h5 bxa4 15.Nxa4 Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.b3 Ra6 19.Qg5 Qb4+

20.Bc3 Nd5 ( 20...Qb8 21.Qxg6 Qe8 ) 21.Bxb4 1-0

7) Juergen Dueball 2450 – Drazen Marovic 2480, Dortmund, 1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qd2 a5 10.O-O-O a4 11.h4 Qa5 12.g4 Bd7 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.a3 Rfb8 15.h5 d5 16.e5 Ne8 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Qh2 dxc4 19.Qh7+ Kf8

20.Bh6 f5 21.exf6 Bxh6+ 22.Qxh6+ Kf7 23.Qh7+ 1-0

8) Hrvoje Messing 2323 – Gyozo V Forintos 2460, Vrnjacka Banja, 1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h4 a5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Bxa4 Rb8 15.b3 Rb4 16.O-O-O

18...Bxa4 ( 16...Nxe4 17.fxe4 Rxd4 ) 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nxa4 Qc7 19.Qe3 Rc8 20.Rd2 Qb8 21.Kd1 Rxa4 0-1

9) Milan Matulovic 2424 – Dragoljub Velimirovic 2530, Kragujevac, 1974

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.h4 Qc7 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Bh6 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qxc4 15.O-O-O Be6 16.h5 Kh8 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Nxe6 Qxe6

19.Qxg6 ( 19.Nd5 Qf7 20.Nxf6 exf6 21.Rxd6 ) Rg8 20.Rxh7+ 1-0

10) Roland Ekstroem 2437 – Ian Rogers 2510, Mendric, 1985

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Bb3 g6 8.f3 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Na5 11.g4 Rc8 12.h4 h5 13.gxh5 Nxh5 14.O-O-O Nxb3+ 15.axb3 Qa5 16.Kb1 Qa6 17.Nd5 Rfe8 18.Rhg1 e5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Kh7

21.Qg2 ( 21.fxg6+ fxg6 22.Qg2 Re6 23.Qg4 ) (21...Kg8 22.fxg6 f5 23.Qg5 Nf4 24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Ne7+) 1-0

11) Joseph G Gallagher 2405 – Henrik Danielsen, Espergaerde, 1987

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h4 a5 13.a3 e6 14.h5 b4 15.Na4 Bxa4 16.Bxa4 e5 17.Be3 Nxh5 18.Rd1 Nf4 19.g3 Ne6 20.Bb3 bxa3 21.bxa3 Nd4 22.O-O a4 23.Bd5 Rc8 24.c4 Rb8 25.Rb1

25...Rxb1 0-1

12) Raj Tischbierek 2487 – Joerg Seils 2368, Berlin, 1988

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 a5 12.a4 Rc8 13.O-O-O Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.h5 Qc8 16.Nde2 Rb4 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Bxa4 19.Nf4 Qc5

20.hxg6 Qe3+ 21.Rd2 Rc8 22.gxh7+ Kh8 23.Ng6+ 1-0

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13) Vladimir M Liberzon 2410 – Walter Bichsel 2336, Bern, 1988

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Bb3 Qd7 12.h4 b5 13.h5 b4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Rab8 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Bxf6 exf6

18.Rh6 Qe7 ( 18...Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Rfc8 20.Qxg6+ Kf8 21.Qxf6 ) 19.Rxg6 Kh7 20.Rg3 Qe5 21.Kf2 f5 22.Rh1+ Kg8 23.Rh5 f4 24.Rxg7+ 1-0

14) Igor Efimov 2505 – David Zilberstein 2500, Hradec Kralove, 1988

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Ne5 10.Bb3 a5 11.h4 a4 12.Bxa4 Nc4 13.Qe2 d5 14.e5 Nh5 15.Rg1 Bxe5 16.g4 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Bf4 18.Qd3 Bh2 19.Rh1 Bg3+ 20.Kf1 Nf4 21.Qd2 e5 22.Nde2 Nxe2 23.Nxe2 Bxh4 24.Qh6 g5 25.Ng3

25...Ra6 0-1

15) Bjorn Brinck-Claussen 2349 – Klaus Berg 2410, Lyngby, 1990

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Bc4 Bd7 9.Qd2 Rc8 10.Bb3 O-O 11.h4 Ne5 12.h5 Nxh5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Ne2 Rc8 17.O-O-O Nc4 18.Rd5 Qa3+ 19.Kd1 e5

20.Rxh5 gxh5 21.Ng3 1-0

16) Leonid Yurtaev 2525 – Bolat Asanov 2476, Bratislava, 1991

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Qa5 11.h4 Rac8 12.g4 Ne5 13.h5 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4

15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Nb3 Qa6 17.e5 Ne8 18.Nc5 dxc5 19.Qxd7 Bxe5

20.Qd5+ 1-0

17) Bjorn Brinck-Claussen 2349 – Peter Heine Nielsen 2445, Copenhagen, 1991

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h5 Nxh5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rxc3 15.bxc3 Nf6 16.O-O-O Qa5 17.Ne2 Bb5 18.Nf4 Nc4 19.Rd3 e6 20.g4

20...Qa3+ 21.Kd1 Nb2+ 22.Kd2 Nxd3 23.g5 Nh5 24.Rxh5 Qc1+ 0-1

18) Mikhail Gluzman 2425 – Guy West 2400, Australia, 1995

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.Bb3 Nb6 11.h4 Na5 12.Qe2 a6 13.Qd3 Bd7 14.h5 Rc8 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Rd1 Nbc4 17.Bc1 e6 18.f4 e5 19.f5 exd4

20.Qh3 Re8 21.Qh7+ Kf8 22.Bh6 Qf6 23.Qh8+ Ke7 24.Bxg7 (if 24...Rxh8 25.Nd5+) 1-0

19) Jorge Iglesias 2300 – Rodolfo Garbarino 2425, Buenos Aires, 1995

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.g4 a5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nxa4 Rb8 15.Bc3 Qc8 16.g5 Nh5 17.Bxg7 Nxg7 18.Nc3 Qc5 19.Nd1 a4 20.Bxa4 Ra8 21.b4

21...Qe5 22.Bxd7 Rxa1 23.O-O Ne6 0-1

20) Guenter Schmid 2306 – Manfred Schuette 2319, Germany, 1995

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.h4 Na5 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Qe2 Bd7 13.h5 Rc8 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.g4 Rxc3 16.bxc3 Qc7 17.Qh2 Qxc3+ 18.Kf2 Rc8 19.Rad1 g5 20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.Bxg5 Nxg4+ 22.fxg4 Bxd4+ 23.Kg2 e6 24.Rhf1 Bg7 [White Mates in 5]

25.Rxf7+ 1-0

21) Norbert Luecke 2395 – Norbert Sehner 2420, Germany, 1995

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Qc7 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bh6 Nxb3 13.axb3 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 d5 15.O-O-O e5 16.h5 Rfc8

17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qxh7+ Kf8 20.Qh8+ Ke7 21.Qg7+ Kd6 22.Nb5+ 1-0

22) Alexei Shirov 2695 – Ljubomir Ljubojevic 2600, Monte Carlo, 1995

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Na5 11.h4 a6 12.h5 Nxh5 13.g4 Nxb3 14.axb3 Nf6 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 e6 17.O-O-O Qa5

18.b4 Qd8 (18...Qa1+ 19.Kd2 Qxb2 20.Rb1 Qa3 21.Rb3) (18...Qe5 19.f4) (18...Qxb4 19.e5 dxe5 20.Ne4) 19.e5 dxe5 20.Ne4 Re8 21.g5 Nxe4 (21...Nh5 22.Rxh5 gxh5 23.Nf6+ Kh8 24.Qxh7#) 22.fxe4 exd4 23.Rxd4 1-0

23) Viswanathan Anand 2725 – Garry Kasparov 2795, New York, 1995

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.f3 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bh6 c5 14.Bc4 Qb6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.b3 Be6 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 e5 19.dxe6 d5 20.Be2 c4 21.c3 Rce8 22.bxc4 Rxe6 23.Kf1 Rfe8 24.Bd3 dxc4 25.Bxc4

25...Ne4 (26.fxe4 Rf6+ 27.Ke1 Rxe4+ 28.Kd1 Rxc4) 0-1

24) Janis Klovans 2530 – Alexander Cherniaev 2420, Biel, 1996

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.h4 Nde5 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Qe2 Bd7 13.h5 Rc8 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.g4

15...Rxc3 16.bxc3 Qc7 17.Qh2 Qxc3+ 18.Kf2 Rc8 19.Ne2 1-0

25) Denis Verduga 2335 – Israel Blanco Sing 2395, Linares, 1997

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.g4 Ne5 12.h4 a5 13.a4 Qb6 14.O-O-O Qb4 15.h5 Nxf3 16.Nxf3 Nxe4 17.Qh2 Rxc3 18.Bd4

18...Qxb3 19.hxg6 Rxc2+ 20.Qxc2 Qxc2+ 21.Kxc2 hxg6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rd4 Bxg4 0-1

26) Maher Himdan 2365 – Sergei Khmelnitsky 2395, Cairo, 1998

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.g4 Rc8 11.Be2 Na5 12.Bh6 e5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nb3 Be6 15.O-O-O b5

16.Bxb5 Qb6 17.Qxd6 Qe3+ 18.Kb1 Nxb3 19.axb3 Rfd8 20.Qxe5 Rc5 21.Qg3 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 1-0

27) Rashad Babaev 2361 - Namig Gouliev 2360, Baku, 2001

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Qe2 a6 13.g4 e5 14.Nf5 gxf5 15.gxf5 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 Kh8 17.Qf2 Nd7 18.Rxd6 a5 19.Nd5 Ra6 20.Bb6 Qg5+ 21.f4 Qh5 22.Rg1 Nxb6

23.Qg2 Bh6 24.Rxh6 Qxh6 25.Ne7 1-0

28) Mikhail Tokmachev 2348 – Alexander A Evdokimov 2367, Rybinsk, 2001

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Qe2 Bd7 13.h4 Rc8 14.h5 Nbc4 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Bg5 Nxb3+ 17.Nxb3 Rf7 18.f4

18...Nxb2 19.Kxb2 Qc7 20.e5 Qxc3+ 21.Kc1 Bg4 0-1

29) Gadir Guseinov 2505 - Ivan Ivanisevic 2555, Bled, 2002

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.O-O-O a5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 a4 15.Bd5 Rc8 16.Bb7 Rc7 17.Ba6 b4 18.Nb5 Rc5 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qxd7 Qa5 21.Qb7 b3 22.c3 a3 23.bxa3

23...Rxb5 0-1

30) Alexandru Manea 2308 – Josef Gheng 2314, Bucharest, 2002

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 a6 11.h4 h5 12.O-O-O Na5 13.g4 e5 14.Nde2 Nxb3+ 15.axb3 hxg4 16.Bg5 gxf3 17.Ng3 Qa5 18.Kb1 Be6 19.h5 Rfe8 20.h6 Bh8

21.h7+ Nxh7 22.Rxh7 Bg7 23.Rdh1 f6 24.Bxf6 1-0

31) Gyula Feher 2424 – Janos Rigo 2323, Zalakaros, 2002

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.O-O-O Rfc8 13.Kb1 b5 14.Rhe1 b4 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rc7 17.a4 Rac8 18.g4 Re8 19.h4 Nd7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.h5 Nf6 22.h6+ Kg8

23.Qd4 (if 23...Kf8 24.g5) (if 23...Qc5 24.Qxf6) 1-0

32) Eric Prie 2429 – Manfred Schuette 2319, Bad Woerishofen, 2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.h4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Qd3 Nxb3 13.axb3 d5 14.Nde2 Qc7 15.exd5 Bf5 16.Qd2 Rfd8 17.h5 gxh5 18.Nf4 h4 19.Rxh4 Bf6 20.Rh1 e6 21.O-O-O Nxd5

22.Nfxd5 Rxd5 ( 22...exd5 23.Bd4 ) 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Rh5 1-0

33) Alexander Kovchan 2509 – Alexander A Evdokimov 2481, Serpukhov, 2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.Bb3 Nb6 11.h4 Na5 12.h5 Nbc4 13.Qe2 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Nxb3 15.axb3 Be6 16.O-O-O Qb6 17.Kb1 Bd7 18.f4 e5 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Nd5 exd4

21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.hxg6 Qxg6 (if 22...fxg6 23.Rxh7+ mates) 23.Nxg6+ fxg6 24.Rxd4 1-0

34) Manuel Apicella 2539 - Wellington Carlos Rocha 2440, Internet, 2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.h5 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.O-O-O Rf7 16.g4 Qa5 17.Nb3 Qa6 18.e5 dxe5

19.g5 Bc6 20.gxf6 exf6 21.Bh6 Rd7 22.Qh2 Qb6 23.Rxd7 Bxd7 24.Bxg7 1-0

35) Srdjan Benderac 2307 – Dusko Prelevic 2328, Neum, 2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Bb3 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Qa5 14.Nde2 Bb5 15.O-O-O Bxe2 16.Nxe2 Nc4 17.h5 Nxh5

18.Rd5 Qb6 19.Bxc4 1-0

36) Martyn Kravtsiv 2498 - Alexey Kislinsky 2436, Lvov, 2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Na5 11.O-O-O Rb8 12.h4 b5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 e5 15.Nde2 b4 16.Nd5 Nxb3+ 17.cxb3 Nxd5 18.Rxd5 Be6 19.Rd2 Rb6 20.Kb1 Ra6 21.Nc1 Qc7 22.Rc2 Qa5

23.h5 Bxb3 24.hxg6 Bxc2+ 25.Ka1 1-0

37) Shaoteng Yu 2517 – Syarif Mahmud 2343, Singapore, 2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O

8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Na5 10.Qd2 a6 11.Bh6 Bd7 12.h4 Rc8 13.h5 e5

14.hxg6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Rxc3 16.bxc3 exd4 17.Bxf7+ Rxf7 18.gxf7+ Kxf7 19.Qf4 Qc7 20.Rxh7+ Kg8 21.Qxf6 1-0

38) Farrukh Amonatov 2569 – Sasha Belezky 2381, Internet, 2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 b5 12.h5 Nc4 13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Bh6 e5 16.Nde2 Qe7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.O-O-O Rfb8 19.Qxd6 Qe8

20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Rxd5 Bc6 22.Qc7+ Kf6 23.Rd6+ Kg5 24.Qxh7 Qh8 25.Qxg6# 1-0

39) David Recuero Guerra 2396 - Vidal Alejandr Gonzalez Arribas 2301, Andorra la Vella, 2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 a6 10.Qd2 Na5 11.O-O-O b5 12.h4 Bd7 13.h5 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Bh6 Qa5 16.g4 Rab8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.hxg6 fxg6

19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.g5 Rf7 21.gxf6 exf6 22.Nd5 Qxa2 23.Nxf6+ 1-0

40) Jennifer Shahade 2332 – Katerina Rohonyan 2315, Internet, 2005

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h4 a5 13.Nd5 a4 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bd5 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Rc8 17.h5 e6 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Bb7 Rxc2 20.Rd1

20...Qg5 21.Rd2 Rxd2 22.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 23.Kxd2 Rb8 0-1

41) Vladislav Nevednichy 2581 – Gabriela Olarasu 2323, Nova Gorica, 2006

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Na5 10.Qd2 a6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 Nxb3+ 14.axb3 b5 15.Bxf6 exf6 16.Nd5 Qb7 17.g4 hxg4 18.h5 gxh5 19.Rxh5 f5

20.Nc6 (White Mates in 5: 20.Nf6+ Bxf6 21.Rg5+ Bxg5 22.Qxg5+ Kh7 23.Rh1#) f6 21.Nde7+ Kf7 22.exf5 1-0

42) Alexander Zaitsev 2391 – Viktor Ponomarenko 2316, Tula, 2005

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Qc7 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Bh6 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Qxc4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.h5 Rac8 16.O-O-O Rc5 17.g4 Kg8 18.Qh6 Rfc8 19.Kb1 Qb4 20.hxg6 Rxc3

21.g5 fxg6 22.gxf6 Kf7 (22...exf6 23.Qxh7+) 23.Qg7+ 1-0

43) Kiril Badev 2302 – M Miroslav Mihalj 2323, Zadar, 2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.Bb3 Nb6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.h4 c5 13.h5 c4 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Nd5 Qb7 16.Bxc4 e6 17.hxg6 exd5 18.gxf7+ Kh8 19.Bxd5 Qxb2 20.Ke2 Ba6+ 21.Ke3 Bc3 22.Qc1

22...Qb6+ 23.Kf4 Be5+ 24.Kg4 Qf2 0-1

44) Markus Ragger 2529 – Victor Nithander 2357, Yerevan, 2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.h4 Nde5 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Qe2 Nxb3 13.axb3 f5 14.h5 f4 15.Bf2 g5 16.h6 Bh8 17.g3 fxg3 18.Bxg3 g4 19.f4 Ng6 20.f5 Ne5 21.Rg1 e6 22.fxe6 Ng6

23.Qc4 Qe8 24.O-O-O 1-0

45) Sopio Gvetadze 2337 – Elena Partac 2142, Rijeka, 2010

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Na5 11.O-O-O Nxb3+ 12.cxb3 a5 13.h4 h5 14.Rdg1 a4 15.bxa4 Bxa4 16.g4 Qa5 17.gxh5 Nxh5 18.Rg5 Qb4 19.Rxh5 gxh5 20.Rg1 Kh7

21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.Nf5+ Kh7 23.Bc5 1-0

46) Isam Ortiz 2493 – Julio Nieto De La Cruz 2131, La Roda, 2010

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Be2 d5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bh6 e6 14.h4 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Qf6 16.h5 Qg7 17.Qe3 Rd8 18.e5 Bb7 19.Qg5 a5 20.Ne4 Nd7 21.Nf6+ Nxf6 22.exf6 h6 23.Qe5 Qf8

24.hxg6 fxg625.Bd3 1-0

47) Alexander Petrushin – Andriy Belas, Kiev, 2010

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.exd5 Bd7 14.O-O-O b5 15.Be2 Qb6 16.h4 Rfc8 17.g4 Rab8 18.h5 b4

19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Qh6+ Kf6 21.Qf4+ Kg7 22.Rh7+ Kxh7 23.Qxf7+ Kh6 24.Rh1+ Kg5 25.f4# 1-0

48) Daniil Zhukov 2062 – Tuomo Turunen, Petrozavodsk, 2010

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f3 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 a6 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 b5 12.Bh6 Nc4 13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.g4 Bd7 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 e5 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.h4 Qf6 20.h5 Qf4

21.Nf5+ 1-0

49) Artem Korjakin 2227 – Dmitry Lobov 2143, Kurgan, 2010

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Rfc8 14.Nde2 Nc4 15.h5 Nxh5 16.O-O-O Be6

17.Nd5 (if 17...Qd8 18.g4 Bxd5 19.gxh5 Qf8 20.Qxf8+ Kxf8 21.exd5) 1-0

50) Adriana Nikolova 2336 – Anahit Kharatyan 2096, Rijeka, 2010

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.Bb3 a6 11.h4 h5 12.O-O-O Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.g4 hxg4 15.h5 gxh5 16.Bxf6 exf6 17.Rxh5 f5 18.Nd5 Be6 19.Rdh1 f4 [White Mates in 5]

20.Rh8+ (if 20...Bxh8 21.Qh2) 1-0