The Dresden Chess Congress Of 1926

 

El torneo conmemorativo del Club de Ajedrez de Dresden de 1876, celebrado en 1926 para marcar el quincuagésimo aniversario del club, produjo varias partidas notables. Una partida destacó en particular: la victoria de Aron Nimzowitsch con las piezas negras frente al representante suizo Paul Johner, en la que el gran teórico demostró su estrategia de bloqueo de manera ejemplar. Nimzowitsch recibió, con toda justicia, el primer premio de brillantez por esta partida.

Para conmemorar el 50.º aniversario de su fundación, el Club de Ajedrez de Dresden organizó un espléndido torneo de aniversario con diez participantes, enmarcado dentro del Congreso de Ajedrez de Sajonia de 1926, junto con varios otros torneos y eventos.

Alexander Alekhine aún no era campeón mundial en abril de 1926, cuando tuvo lugar el torneo; sin embargo, según las listas de Jeff Sonas, ya ocupaba el segundo puesto en la clasificación mundial, por detrás de Emanuel Lasker y por delante de Efim Bogoljubow y José Raúl Capablanca. Nimzowitsch figuraba en el quinto puesto, pero dado que Lasker, Bogoljubow y Capablanca no participaban en Dresden, Nimzowitsch y Alekhine se perfilaban como dos de los máximos favoritos para alzarse con la victoria en el torneo. En cuanto al resto de los jugadores, Akiba Rubinstein —aunque ya no tan fuerte como antes de la Primera Guerra Mundial— y Savielly Tartakower pertenecían, sin duda alguna, también a la élite mundial.

[Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Max Bluemich"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. d3 Qd7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Nc4 h6 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. f4 Qb8 16. Nhf5 Bf8 17. Qf2 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 d5 19. Rf1 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qc8 21. Qf3 Qe6 22. fxe5 Nd7 23. Qg4 Ndxe5 24. Qe2 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. b3 Nd6 27. Nxd6 Bxd6 28. Be3 b6 29. Rad1 Be5 30. Bd2 Rd3 31. Rf3 Rd6 32. Kf1 Red8 33. Ke2 c4 34. bxc4 Na5 35. Rff1 Nxc4 36. Bf4 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Bxf4 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E14"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 Rfd8 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Ne4 c5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rd2 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Bc6 19. b3 Qe5 20. Qb2 Qxb2 21. Rxb2 a5 22. Rbd2 Kf8 23. Bc2 Ke7 24. f3 a4 25. Kf2 axb3 26. Bxb3 f5 27. Ke2 Rb4 28. Kd3 Ba4 29. Bxa4 Rxa4 30. Rb1 Ra3+ 31. Ke2 Rc3 32. a4 Ra3 33. Rb7+ Rd7 34. Rdb2 Rxa4 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. Rb7+ Kc6 37. Rxg7 Rxc4 38. Rg6 Kd5 39. Rxh6 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 c4 41. Rh8 c3 42. h4 Rd2 43. Ke1 Rxg2 44. Rc8 c2 45. h5 Rh2 46. h6 Rxh6 47. Rxc2 Rh1+ 48. Kd2 Rh2+ 49. Kd3 Rxc2 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Lajos Steiner"] [Black "Paul F Johner"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C90"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nd8 14. Nf1 Kh8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. d5 Ng7 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Ne6 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxf6 Rad8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Rd8 27. Bb3 Nxb3 28. axb3 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Rb6 Bc8 31. Rc6 Be6 32. Rxa6 Rd2 33. Rb6 Rxf2 34. Rxb5 h5 35. h4 Kf6 36. Kg1 Rf4 37. Rb4 Rxh4 38. Nf1 Rf4 39. Nd2 h4 40. c4 g5 41. c5 g4 42. c6 Ke7 43. Rb6 g3 44. c7 Kd7 45. Nf3 Kxc7 46. Rb5 f6 47. Ra5 Rxe4 48. Ra4 Re2 49. Rxh4 e4 50. Rh7+ Kd6 51. Rg7 exf3 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Black "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B02"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 c5 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. exd6 e6 8. Nc3 Bxd6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. d3 Nd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Qd7 15. Bc1 Rad8 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qh4 Nd4 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 Bd6 22. Ng4 Nxb3 23. axb3 f5 24. Ne3 Qc6 25. Qh3 b5 26. Nf1 e5 27. Bg5 Rd7 28. f4 Rf7 29. Qg3 Re6 30. Qf2 Rg6 31. Nd2 exf4 32. Nf3 h6 33. h4 hxg5 34. hxg5 Qd7 35. Rd2 Bxf3 36. Qxf3 Rxg5 37. Rde2 Qb7 38. Re8+ Bf8 39. Qh3 Rg3 40. Qh2 g6 41. Kf2 Rh7 42. Qg1 Qd5 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B15"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 h5 6. h4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Bxg4 Nxg4 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Nf3 Qxb2 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 Be7 13. c4 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1 Qb2 15. Re2 Qb4 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Rb1 Qa5 18. Rbe1 O-O 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. Ng5 Ndf6 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxh5 g6 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Rf1 Nh7 25. Rxe6 Nxg5 26. hxg5 fxe6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Max Bluemich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A48"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. c3 a6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nh2 Qc8 11. f4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. O-O Nh5 14. Rxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qc4+ Be6 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Rf1+ Nf6 19. Qxd5+ Qe6 20. Qf3 Qf5 21. Bxf6 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Paul F Johner"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E41"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 b6 10. Nb3 e5 11. f4 e4 12. Be2 Qd7 13. h3 Ne7 14. Qe1 h5 15. Bd2 Qf5 16. Kh2 Qh7 17. a4 Nf5 18. g3 a5 19. Rg1 Nh6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Bc1 Rac8 22. d5 Kh8 23. Nd2 Rg8 24. Bg2 g5 25. Nf1 Rg7 26. Ra2 Nf5 27. Bh1 Rcg8 28. Qd1 gxf4 29. exf4 Bc8 30. Qb3 Ba6 31. Re2 Nh4 32. Re3 Bc8 33. Qc2 Bxh3 34. Bxe4 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Re2 h4 37. Rgg2 hxg3+ 38. Kg1 Qh3 39. Ne3 Nh4 40. Kf1 Re8 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Black "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 a6 7. g3 e5 8. Nb3 Qb4 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. a3 Qb6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Na4 Nc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Rc1 Ng4 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Bb6 Bd6 17. O-O O-O 18. Qd2 Qe6 19. Rfd1 e4 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qf5 22. f3 e3 23. Nxe3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Be6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Qb6 Qe5 27. e4 f5 28. f4 Qb8 29. e5 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Lajos Steiner"] [Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. Ne5 Ng6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 a6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. c5 g5 16. Rf3 f5 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Qb6 Rec8 20. Na4 Be8 21. Qa5 Bh5 22. Rf2 Kh7 23. Qd2 Rh8 24. Rc3 Rbf8 25. Rb3 Rf7 26. Rb6 Qf6 27. b3 Rg8 28. Qb4 gxf4 29. exf4 Qe7 30. Nb2 Kh8 31. Qe1 g5 32. Nd3 Rfg7 33. Qe5 Kh7 34. g3 Bg4 35. fxg5 Qxg5 36. Nf4 Re8 37. b4 Qh6 38. a4 Bd1 39. b5 Bxa4 40. bxa6 bxa6 41. Rxa6 Bb5 42. Ra3 Rge7 43. Rfa2 Bc4 44. Ra1 Qg7 45. Re3 Kg8 46. Rae1 Qxe5 47. Rxe5 Kf7 48. h3 Ba6 49. Kf2 Bc8 50. g4 fxg4 51. hxg4 Ra7 52. Rh5 Ra2+ 53. Kg3 Ra3+ 54. Kh4 Ra4 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56. Rc7 Rxd4 57. Nh5 Rf8 58. Kg5 e5 59. Nf6+ Rxf6 60. Kxf6 Rf4+ 61. Kxe5 Rf8 62. Ra1 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Savielly Tartakower"] [Black "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 c5 8. Nbd2 d6 9. e4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd4 13. Qd1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd5+ 15. Nef3 Rfd8 16. Re1 Qb7 17. Kg1 Rc7 18. Rc1 Rd5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Rd8 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Qd3 e5 23. f4 f6 24. Rf1 f5 25. Rce1 Qc6 26. Rf2 exf4 27. exf5 fxg3 28. hxg3 Bf6 29. Re4 Qd5 30. Rfe2 h6 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Re4 Qc8 34. Qf3 Re7 35. Rxe7+ Bxe7 36. Qe4 Bf6 37. Qd5+ Ke8 38. Qe4+ Kf7 39. g4 Qc5 40. Kf1 Be5 41. Bc1 Kf6 42. Kg2 Qc3 43. Bf4 Qc7 44. Bd2 Qd6 45. Kf3 Qd7 46. Be1 Qd6 47. Bh4+ g5 48. fxg6+ Kg7 49. Ke2 Bf6 50. Bxf6+ Qxf6 51. Kd3 Qxg6 52. Qxg6+ Kxg6 53. Kxd4 Kg5 54. c4 Kxg4 55. b4 Kf5 56. Kd5 Kf6 57. c5 bxc5 58. bxc5 h5 59. Kd6 h4 60. c6 h3 61. c7 h2 62. c8=Q h1=Q 63. Qe6+ Kg7 64. Kc7 Qh2+ 65. Kb7 Qf2 66. a4 Qc5 67. Ka6 Qd4 68. Qe7+ Kg6 69. a5 Kh5 70. Qc7 Kh4 71. Kb7 Kh3 72. a6 Kg2 73. Ka8 Kf1 74. Qe7 Qb6 75. Qf7+ Ke1 76. Qxa7 Qd8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Max Bluemich"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Qc1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bh6 Nc6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Qe3 f6 16. c3 e5 17. Red1 Re8 18. Nh4 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qd6 20. Rd2 Rcd8 21. Rad1 Re7 22. Ne1 Qe6 23. b3 Qh3 24. Qf3 Rd6 25. Qg2 Qe6 26. f3 Red7 27. Qf2 Ne7 28. Rc1 f5 29. Re2 Qf6 30. Qe3 Nc6 31. Rcc2 h5 32. Qf2 Qg5 33. Kh1 Rd8 34. Qe3 Qf6 35. Rg2 Kf7 36. Rge2 h4 37. Kg1 hxg3 38. hxg3 f4 39. gxf4 exf4 40. Qe4 Rd5 41. Ng2 Rxd3 42. Qxf4 Rxf3 43. Qxf6+ Rxf6 44. Re3 Ne7 45. Rce2 Nf5 46. Rh3 Rd1+ 47. Kh2 Rfd6 48. Rf3 R1d2 49. Rff2 Rxe2 50. Rxe2 Rd3 51. c4 g5 52. Ne1 Rc3 53. Rf2 Kf6 54. Kg2 g4 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B02"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. f4 d5 6. e5 d4 7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. dxe4 g5 9. Nf3 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. a3 Be8 14. Qe1 Rg8 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Rf2 Qb3 18. Rd2 Na5 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Rf1 Nb3 21. Re2 a5 22. Bf4 a4 23. h3 Na5 24. Bd2 Nc6 25. Qe1 Qb3 26. Qb1 Bg7 27. Bf4 Ne7 28. Bd2 Nc6 29. Bf4 Na5 30. Nd2 Qb6 31. Qc2 Qc7 32. Nf3 Kb8 33. Qc1 b5 34. cxb5 c4 35. Bd2 Rc8 36. Bxa5 Qxa5 37. Rc2 Bxb5 38. Bxc4 d3 39. Rc3 d2 40. Qc2 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rxc4 42. Qxc4 Rc8 43. Qe2 Qb6+ 44. Qf2 Qxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Rc2 46. Ke2 Rxb2 47. Nxd2 Bxe5 48. Rb1 Rxb1 49. Nxb1 Kc7 50. Nd2 Kc6 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. g4 Bf4 53. Nb1 Be5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Black "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Qc1 Bd7 8. Nbd2 Rc8 9. Qb1 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Ne5 Rfd8 12. Bh2 Be8 13. O-O g6 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Nf3 Rdd8 17. Re1 a6 18. Qc1 Kg7 19. Qd2 Qa7 20. Qe2 cxd4 21. exd4 Qb6 22. Bf4 Rd7 23. Ne5 Rdd8 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Qd2 f6 26. Re2 Bf7 27. Rae1 Rd7 28. g4 Qd8 29. Bg3 Bf8 30. f3 Be7 31. Rh2 b5 32. a3 Rb7 33. h4 Bd6 34. Bxd6 Qxd6 35. f4 Rc8 36. h5 gxh5 37. Rg1 Kh8 38. f5 Rg8 39. Qh6 exf5 40. Bxf5 Bg6 41. Bxg6 Rxg6 42. Qxh5 Rbg7 43. Qf5 Rg5 44. Qd3 Qd7 45. Re1 Rxg4 46. Qf1 Qf7 47. Rh6 R7g5 48. Qh3 Qg8 49. Rxf6 Rg3 50. Qh2 Rg2 51. Qh3 R5g3 52. Qxg2 Rxg2 53. Rf8 Qxf8 54. Kxg2 Qf4 55. Re2 h5 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Black "Paul F Johner"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C48"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Bb3 c6 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Bg5 Bd8 14. O-O a5 15. c4 h6 16. Be3 c5 17. a4 Nh7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Bg5 20. Bd1 Kh8 21. Bxg5 Nxg5 22. Qh5 Nh7 23. g4 Qc6 24. Re1 Rae8 25. Re3 Qb6 26. Rb1 e4 27. dxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Nf6 29. Qh4 Nxe4 30. Qe7 Qd8 31. Qxe4 Re8 32. Qd3 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Black "Lajos Steiner"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B53"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. c4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 Nc5 7. f3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Be2 Ne6 11. Nb3 g5 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. c5 dxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Qc7 16. Bd4 Bc6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5+ Kf8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. O-O a6 21. Ba4 b5 22. Bb3 Nh5 23. Rfd1 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Nf4 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. g3 Ng6 28. Rc7 Rhd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Ke2 Rd6 31. Ke3 e6 32. f4 gxf4+ 33. gxf4 Kf8 34. f5 Ne5 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. Ra7 Nd3 37. Kf3 Nxb2 38. Kg4 Nd3 39. Kh5 Nc5 40. e5 Rd2 41. h4 Re2 42. Kxh6 Rxe5 43. Kg6 Re3 44. h5 Nxb3 45. axb3 Rxb3 46. Rxa6 Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kd6 48. h6 Rh3 49. h7 b4 50. Ra8 Kd5 51. Ra5+ Kc4 52. Rh5 Rxh5 53. Kxh5 Kc3 54. h8=Q+ Kc2 55. Qc8+ Kb2 56. Qxe6 b3 57. Kg4 Kc2 58. Qc4+ 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Paul F Johner"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A46"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. c3 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a4 Nc6 13. Ba6 Rad8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. e4 Rd7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Rd5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Ne5 Rd8 24. Nc4 Qb7 25. Rd1 Rd5 26. Ne3 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Qb3 28. a5 Qa4 29. a6 Nd5 30. g3 c4 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Qxa6 33. Qc5 Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Qxb2 35. Qxc4 a5 36. Qc6 Qa2 37. c4 a4 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ f5 40. Qxe6 Qc2 41. Qa6 f4 42. c5 Qe4+ 43. f3 Qc2+ 44. Kh3 Qf5+ 45. Kg2 Qc2+ 46. Kh3 Qb3 47. Qe2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Black "Max Bluemich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E62"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Nd4 e5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. O-O e5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. h3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Kh2 h6 15. Be3 Kh7 16. b3 Rf7 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Nb4 Rf7 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qa5 a6 22. Rad1 Be6 23. Rd2 Qe8 24. Rfd1 Bc8 25. Qa4 Bb7 26. Be4 Qd7 27. Bg2 Raf8 28. Kg1 Qe8 29. Qb4 Qa8 30. Qa4 c5 31. Bd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Rb8 33. Qe4 a5 34. Rc2 Rff8 35. Rc4 Rb6 36. g4 Bf6 37. Kg2 Bg5 38. Bxg5 hxg5 39. e3 Qd8 40. Kg3 Kg7 41. Rh1 Rb4 42. Rb1 Qf6 43. Rf1 Rh8 44. Kg2 Rhb8 45. Kg3 Rh8 46. f3 Rhb8 47. Rf2 Qe7 48. Kg2 Qe8 49. Qc2 Qf7 50. Rxb4 axb4 51. Qc4 Ra8 52. Kg3 Re8 53. Qe4 Qd7 54. Rh2 Qb5 55. Rf2 Qa6 56. h4 gxh4+ 57. Kxh4 Rh8+ 58. Kg3 Qc8 59. f4 Qd8 60. g5 Rh5 61. Qf3 Qc8 62. Rh2 Rxh2 63. Kxh2 Qa8 64. fxe5 Qxa2+ 65. Kh3 dxe5 66. Qf6+ Kh7 67. Qe7+ Kg8 68. Qd8+ Kg7 69. Qxc7+ Kg8 70. Qd8+ Kh7 71. Qe7+ Kg8 72. Qe6+ Kh7 73. Qf7+ Kh8 74. Qf8+ Kh7 75. Qh6+ Kg8 76. Qxg6+ Kf8 77. Qf6+ Kg8 78. g6 Qa7 79. d6 c4 80. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Lajos Steiner"] [Black "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C64"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Qg5 6. Ng4 h5 7. Ne3 Nxb5 8. Nxb5 Bxe3 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Qxg2 11. Rf1 Bf4 12. d3 Bxh2 13. Qd2 Bb8 14. Qa5+ b6 15. Qb4 Ne7 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Bxb6+ Ke8 18. Qc4 axb6 19. Nxb6 Qf3 20. Nxc8 h4 21. d4 h3 22. Qd3 Qg2 23. O-O-O h2 24. Rh1 Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Rh3 26. Qc4 Qg4 27. a3 Kd8 28. Nb6 Bc7 29. d5 Ne5 30. Qc5 d6 31. Qa5 g5 32. Qa8+ Ke7 33. Qa7 Kd8 34. Na8 Qc8 35. Rd4 Bb8 36. Qa5+ Ke7 37. Nb6 Qg4 38. Qa8 Rh8 39. Rdd1 Kf6 40. Qb7 Kg6 41. a4 Nf3 42. Qd7 Qxd7 43. Nxd7 Ba7 44. Rd3 g4 45. a5 Bxf2 46. Rxf3 gxf3 47. Kc1 Kg5 48. e5 Kf4 49. e6 Be3+ 50. Kb1 fxe6 51. dxe6 Bg1 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Savielly Tartakower"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. e4 O-O 11. Re1 d4 12. Ne2 Rad8 13. Bc1 h6 14. g3 Kh7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bd2 b5 17. c4 Ng8 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. g4 g6 20. Ng3 Ng8 21. Ng2 f6 22. h4 Nb8 23. Kh2 Nc6 24. Rh1 Nce7 25. h5 g5 26. Qf3 Rb8 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rhc1 Ra8 29. Rc2 Qd7 30. Qd1 Rfc8 31. f3 Ra3 32. Bc1 Ra7 33. Ne1 Nc6 34. Bd2 Rca8 35. Nf5 Nge7 36. Nxd6 Qxd6 37. Rac1 Nb4 38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Qd2 Kg7 40. Kg1 Kf7 41. Rc5 Rxa2 42. Qxb4 Rb8 43. Ng2 Rb7 44. Qe1 Rb2 45. Qa5 Rxb3 46. Qa8 Rd7 47. Rc6 Rd8 48. Qa7 Qa3 49. Qb6 Nxc6 50. Rxc6 Qe7 51. Rc7 Rd7 52. Rc8 Kg7 53. Qb8 Qf7 54. f4 Rb1+ 55. Kh2 gxf4 56. Rc2 Ra7 57. Nh4 Ra2 58. Qc8 Rc1 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Black "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C41"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Qd3 Nh5 12. Ne2 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Re7 14. g4 Nf6 15. f4 h6 16. Nf3 exf4 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 N6d7 19. Nxf4 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21. Qc3 Qb6+ 22. Kg2 Re3 23. Qd2 Be6 24. Nd4 Re4 25. Ndxe6 Nxe6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rd1 Rf8 28. c3 Qe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rd2 g5 31. Rd6 Rf6 32. Bc4 Kg7 33. a4 Re5 34. a5 Rxa5 35. Rd7+ Rf7 36. Rd6 Re5 37. Bxe6 Re2+ 38. Kg1 Re7 39. Bf5 Rxb2 40. Kf1 Re3 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A44"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bd3 Bg5 6. Nf3 Bxc1 7. Qxc1 Nh6 8. h3 f5 9. Qg5 O-O 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Ng5 g6 12. f4 exf4 13. O-O Na6 14. Rxf4 Nb4 15. Rh4 Nxd3 16. Rxh6 Nxb2 17. Rxh7 Nc4 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rxb7 Re8 20. Nh7 Re3 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. Nh7+ Kg8 23. Nb5 g5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Rf1 Bxc2 26. Rc1 Na5 27. Rc7 Bg6 28. Nxd6 Rf8 29. Ng4 Re2 30. Rxa7 Rxa2 31. Rxc5 Nb3 32. Rxa2 Nxc5 33. Ne5 Kg7 34. Ra7+ Kh6 35. Rc7 Nd3 36. Nxd3 Bxd3 37. Nf7+ Kh5 38. d6 Bg6 39. d7 Bxf7 40. Rc8 Be6 41. Rxf8 Bxd7 42. Rf7 Ba4 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Ra7 Bc2 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Ke3 Kf7 47. Kd4 Kg7 48. Ke5 Bd3 49. Ra3 Bc2 50. Rg3 Kg6 51. h4 Kh5 52. Rxg5+ Kxh4 53. Kf4 Bd1 54. g3+ Kh3 55. g4 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Max Bluemich"] [Black "Lajos Steiner"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B27"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 d5 7. e5 Nh6 8. Bd3 Nf5 9. Bxf5 Bxf5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. O-O Nc2 13. Rac1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Rc8 15. Nh4 Be6 16. f4 Bh6 17. Rcd1 Qb6 18. Na4 Qa5 19. Nc5 Bg4 20. Ra1 b6 21. Nb3 Qb5 22. Qg3 Bd7 23. f5 Qe2 24. Rae1 Qxb2 25. e6 Bb5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Nxg6 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Bxf1 29. Nxe7+ Kh8 30. Nxc8 Ba6 31. Qe5+ Bg7 32. Qf4 Qb1+ 33. Nc1 Qb4 34. Qh4 Qxd4+ 35. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 36. Kh1 Bxc8 37. e7 Bd7 38. Nd3 Bc5 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Black "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. c4 {Notes by Raymond Keene. Awarded the prize for the best-played game.} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O N8c6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 a6 11. Ng3 Bd6 12. f4 O-O 13. Qf3 Kh8 14. Bd2 f5 15. Rae1 Nc6 16. Re2 Qc7 17. exf5 exf5 18. Nh1 {!! A wonderful idea. White has in mind the manoeuvre Nh1-f2-h3-g5, in conjunction with Qh5, as a method of assaulting the position of Black's king. When I first read My System I was so impressed by this game that I deliberately created situations in my next few games where the move Ng3-h1 was possible, in the belief that this mystical retreat would somehow result in a miraculous increase of energy in my position, irrespective of whatever else may have been happening on the board at the time.} Bd7 19. Nf2 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd8 22. Nh3 Bc6 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Qf2 {Another brilliant idea. The threat to the d-pawn forces Black to withdraw either his queen or his king's bishop from the defence of his kingside.} Bc5 26. b4 Bb6 27. Qh4 {Back again and with redoubled strength.} Re8 {Or 27...Rf6 28 Ng5 h6 29 Nh7 +-} 28. Re5 {!} Nf7 {If 28...Rxe5 29 fxe5 Qxe5 30 Qh6+ or 28...h6 29 g4 hxg4 30 f5 Qxe5 31 f6+ Qxf6 32 Qxh6 mate. These beautiful variations are just an indication of what Nimzowitsch saw.} 29. Bxf7 Qxf7 30. Ng5 Qg8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 32. Qe1 {! A decisive change of front.} Bc6 33. Qe7+ Kh8 34. b5 {!! Who would expect the death-blow to come from this quarter? If Black plays 34..axb5 he is mated as follows: 35 Ne6 h5 36 Qf6+ Kh7 37 Ng5+ Kh6 38 Bb4! In view of this, Rubinstein elects to surrender a piece but that too is obviously without hope.} Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Nf3 c5 38. Ne5 Bc7 39. Nc4 Kf7 40. g3 Bd8 41. Ba5 Be7 42. Bc7 Ke6 43. Nb6 h6 44. h4 g5 45. h5 g4 46. Be5 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. a3 Rc8 10. Rc1 d5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bg3 c4 14. Bc2 f5 15. Ne5 Ncxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. f4 b5 19. Nf3 a5 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. g4 Bc5 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qxh6 Rc7 25. Rf3 Rh7 26. Qg5 Rh5 27. Qg2 Kg7 28. Rg3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Kh1 Bxd4 31. Rg1 Rh6 32. exd4 b3 33. Bd1 Ra8 34. Bh5 Ra6 35. Bxg6 Rxg6 36. Rxg6+ Qxg6 37. Qh3 Bc8 38. Qh4 Qxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Rg6+ 40. Kf2 Be6 41. Qd8 Kh7 42. Qf8 Rg7 43. h4 Bf7 44. h5 Be6 45. Qf6 Bd7 46. h6 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Black "Paul F Johner"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 b6 8. f4 Bb7 9. Bf3 Qc7 10. Nb3 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Bd2 Rfd8 15. Rae1 Bf8 16. e5 Ne8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. f5 Nc4 21. Nf3 exf5 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Qd3 Ne4 24. Nd1 f6 25. Bc1 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nd4 Rcd8 28. b3 Bc5 29. bxc4 Rxd4 30. Qb3 b4 31. Be3 Nd2 32. Bxd2 Rxe1 33. Bxe1 Rxd1 34. c3 Ra1 35. Qb2 Qa8 36. cxb4 Ra2 37. Qxa2 Qxa2 38. bxc5 Qxc4 39. Kg1 Qxc5+ 40. Bf2 Qd5 41. g3 g5 42. Ba7 Kg7 43. Bf2 Kg6 44. Ba7 Kh5 45. h3 Kg6 46. Rf2 Qd7 47. Bb8 Qd8 48. Rb2 Qd4+ 49. Rf2 Qb6 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Paul F Johner"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bf3 a6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Qf2 Na5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bb6 Qc4 15. Bxa5 d5 16. Bb6 dxe4 17. Be2 Qb4 18. Bd4 Bc6 19. a3 Qa5 20. b4 Qf5 21. Qg3 Rf7 22. Nd1 Nh5 23. Bxh5 Qxh5 24. Ne3 a5 25. Ng4 Rd8 26. c3 Bb5 27. Rfe1 Bh4 28. Qh3 Rxf4 29. Ne5 Bxe1 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Rxe1 Rdf8 32. c4 Qe2 33. Ng6+ hxg6 34. Qh3+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qh3+ Qh5 37. Qxh5+ gxh5 38. cxb5 axb4 39. Bc5 Re8 40. Bxb4 e3 41. g3 Rf5 42. a4 Re4 43. Bd6 e2 44. Bb8 Kg8 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Bf4 g5 47. Bd2 Rxa4 48. Be3 Ra2 49. b6 Ke6 50. h3 Rf1 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Lajos Steiner"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {A move of this type requires courage - and faith in the inner meaning of the blockade. The move gives up a tempo (non-development of a piece) and crates a hole on d5, all this to prevent White's d4, and so to obstruct his opponent.} 4. Bc4 d6 5. h3 Be6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O h6 {Black is taking his time. His opponent is short of effective moves.} 8. Nd5 {With the object of emphasizing the strenght of d5; but as soon becomes clear, this can be achieved only with the help of sacrifices in material or position.} Nf6 {Mow d5 is under fire.} 9. Nh4 {White seeks to maintain it by combinative means.} Nxd5 {Bad would be 9...Nxe4 10 dxe4 Bxh4 because of 11 f4.} 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Nf5 {The sacrificial operation mentioned in the note to move 8. White wins back his pawn but remains with doubled pawns; the sacrifice therefore turns out to be positional. He had the option of sacrifice in material by 11 Bxd5 Bxh4 12 f4 with attacking chances. All things being equal, either sacrifice should suffice to secure a draw.} Bxc4 12. dxc4 g6 {If 12...O-O 13 Qg4 Bg5 14 h4, etc.} 13. Nxh6 Qd7 14. Qd5 Nd8 15. Be3 {If 15 Ng4 f5 16 Ne3 Ne6 followed by ...O-O-O and the position would be summed up as follows : Black has opportunities in the h-file, whilst any attack attempted by White would break down against Black's compact pawn-formation.} f5 16. Ng8 Bh4 17. g3 Qe6 18. Rad1 {The losing move 18 gxh4 Rxg8 (not 18...Qxd5 because of Nf6+) 19 Bg5 should be enough for a draw, e.g. : 19...Qxd5 20 cxd5 Rh8 21 f4 e4 22 Rae1 followed by Re3.} Rxg8 19. gxh4 f4 {Now the bishop cannot get to g5.} 20. Bxf4 {Or 20 Bc1 Qxd5 21 Rxd5 Nf7 with ...O-O-O and ...Rh8 and an easy win for Black.} Qxd5 21. Rxd5 exf4 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rfd1 b6 24. Rd7+ Kf6 {One gets the impression that the line of play ...c5 in connection with ...e5 which weakens d5 still is sound, for white could maintain himself at d5 with difficulty and should, at the most, have attained a draw.} 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Black "Max Bluemich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Re1 d4 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Qg3 Bf6 13. Rf1 Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Re8 16. Qf3 Ba6 17. Ng3 Rb8 18. e5 Be7 19. f5 Qd5 20. f6 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Bf8 22. Ne4 g6 23. b3 Red8 24. Rh3 Rd5 25. Bf4 h6 26. Rf1 g5 27. Rg3 Rbb5 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Rxg5+ Bg7 30. Rf3 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Bh6 33. Rh5 Be3+ 34. Kh1 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Black "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B83"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1 Bd7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bg5 Qb8 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rad1 Be8 13. Qe3 a6 14. a4 Qc7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. f4 h6 17. Qh3 Nh7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. g4 Rac8 20. Rd2 Nb4 21. Nd4 Kg8 22. Nd1 Nc6 23. Nf3 e5 24. f5 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. Ne3 Nd4 27. Bd3 d5 28. exd5 Bxa4 29. Rdf2 f6 30. Qg3 h5 31. h4 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. h3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 cxd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. f4 g5 14. Nc4 d5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Kh8 17. a4 Rg8 18. Qd2 gxf4 19. Rxf4 Qg5 20. Bf1 Qg3 21. Kh1 Qg7 22. Qd4 Ba6 23. Rf2 Qg3 24. Rc2 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rac8 26. b3 Rc7 27. Re2 Rcg7 28. Rf4 Rg6 29. Qb4 Rh6 30. h4 Qg7 31. c4 Rg6 32. Qd2 Rg3 33. Qe1 Rxe3 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Lajos Steiner"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D03"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bxe4 Bxf4 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. exf4 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nbd2 Rfe8 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Nfd4 a5 17. f5 Be2 18. Re1 Bc4 19. Qd2 a4 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. f6 c5 22. Qg5 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 gxf6 25. Nxc5 Ra5 26. Nd7 Bxa2 27. Nxf6+ Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kh6 29. g4 Rb5 30. Re2 Bc4 31. Rd2 Kg5 32. f3 f5 33. h3 Rb3 34. Kf2 a3 35. bxa3 Rxc3 36. a4 Rc1 37. a5 Ra1 38. Kg3 fxg4 39. hxg4 Rg1+ 40. Rg2 Ra1 41. Rb2 Rg1+ 42. Kf2 Ra1 43. Rb7 Rxa5 44. Kg3 Ra1 45. f4+ Kg6 46. Rg7+ Kh6 47. f5 d4 48. Rd7 d3 49. Nf6 Rg1+ 50. Kf2 Ra1 51. Ne4 Bb5 52. Rd5 Ra4 53. Kf3 Bc4 54. Rd7 Bg8 55. Nf6 Bc4 56. Rxh7+ 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Max Bluemich"] [Black "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A12"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 h6 6. O-O e6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Re1 Bh7 12. a3 Re8 13. b4 Bd6 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 e5 16. Qe2 c5 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. b5 Nf8 19. Bh3 Rcd8 20. Nh4 Ne6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Ng2 Ree8 23. f3 Nd7 24. Ne3 Nf8 25. Nd5 Qc8 26. Qg2 Ne6 27. Nb3 Bg6 28. Re2 b6 29. a4 Nd4 30. Rb2 f5 31. Nd2 Kh7 32. a5 fxe4 33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34. fxe4 Bc7 35. Ra1 Rf8 36. axb6 Bxb6 37. Rf1 Qe6 38. Rbf2 Kg8 39. Rxf8+ Rxf8 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qf2+ Qf7 42. Bxd4 exd4 43. Kg2 Qxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Kf7 45. Nf4 g5 46. Nd3 Ke6 47. Kf3 h5 48. h3 Kf6 49. g4 h4 50. e5+ Ke7 51. Nf2 Ke6 52. Ne4 Kxe5 53. Nxg5 d3 54. Ke3 d2 55. Nf3+ Ke6 56. Nxd2 Bd8 57. Nf3 Be7 58. Kf4 Bd6+ 59. Ke4 Bg3 60. Ng1 Kf6 61. Ne2 Bc7 62. Kd5 Bb6 63. Nf4 Bc7 64. Ne6 Bh2 65. Nxc5 Kg5 66. Ne6+ Kf6 67. c5 Ke7 68. c6 Bg3 69. g5 Be1 70. c7 Kd7 71. g6 Bc3 72. Nd4 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Na4 Bd6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Qe5 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qb5 16. b3 Nb4 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. d4 Nd7 21. a3 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Na6 23. b4 c6 24. Qf3 Rad8 25. Ne2 Nc7 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Rf2 Nb5 28. Ne2 Qc7 29. a4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Bxb4 31. Nf5 Qxe5 32. Bd4 Rxd4 33. Nxd4 Bc5 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Kf1 h6 36. Qf5 Qxf5 37. Rxf5 Bxd4 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. a5 Ke7 40. Rd3 b5 41. axb6 axb6 42. Rdf3 f6 43. Rg3 Kf7 44. Ra3 Rd7 45. Ra8 b5 46. h4 b4 47. Rb8 g6 48. Ra5 Be5 49. Rb6 Ke7 50. Ra8 c5 51. Rh8 Bd6 52. Rxh6 Ke6 53. Kd3 Ke5 54. Ke3 Rc7 55. h5 c4 56. Rb5+ Bc5+ 57. Ke2 g5 58. Rh8 Kxe4 59. h6 f5 60. Rxc5 Rxc5 61. Re8+ Kd4 62. h7 c3 63. h8=Q+ Kc4 64. Qg8+ Kb5 65. Rb8+ 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Black "Paul F Johner"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. c3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Qe2 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nc6 13. Rfd1 d5 14. Rac1 c4 15. Bb1 f5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxf3 18. Qxf3 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd6 20. Re1 Nd8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. f4 Bf6 24. Re2 Qd5 25. Rce1 Qh5 26. Qh7 Bd5 27. f5 Qg4 28. Bc2 Qxg3 29. Rf1 e5 30. dxe5 Bxe5 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Qxg3 Bxg3 33. Be4 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Nf7 35. Rxc4 Rd8 36. Rg4 Rd3 37. f6 g5 38. Rf3 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Bf4 40. Rg2 Ne5 41. Re2 Nxf3+ 42. Kg2 Ne5 43. Re4 Kf7 44. Ra4 a5 45. b4 Nc4 46. bxa5 Nxa5 47. Kf3 Kxf6 48. Rb4 Bc7 49. a4 h5 50. c4 Nc6 51. Rb1 g4+ 52. Ke4 h4 53. c5 bxc5 54. Rb7 Bd8 55. Kf4 g3 56. Kf3 Ke5 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Savielly Tartakower"] [Black "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A47"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Be7 4. e3 b6 5. d4 Bb7 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 O-O 9. c4 c5 10. d5 e5 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne1 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Ng6 15. Rf2 Nd7 16. Nc2 Nde5 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Ne3 Bc8 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe2 Bh4 21. g3 Bg5 22. Bxe5 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rxe5 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. Raf1 Bh3 26. Rb1 Bd7 27. h4 Be8 28. Re1 f6 29. g4 h6 30. h5 Bd7 31. Rg2 Re8 32. Rf1 Rg5 33. Kh2 Re5 34. Qd2 Rb8 35. a4 a6 36. Kg1 Qd8 37. Ra1 Qc7 38. Kh2 Rbe8 39. Qf4 Qb7 40. Kh1 R8e7 41. Rb2 a5 42. Rf1 Bc8 43. Rg2 Re8 44. Kh2 Qe7 45. Rff2 Rg5 46. Rg3 Bd7 47. Kg1 Re5 48. Kh2 Rf8 49. Rgg2 Be8 50. Qd2 Bf7 51. Kg1 Kh8 52. Rf5 Bg8 53. Rgf2 Re8 54. Qf4 Qd8 55. Rxe5 Rxe5 56. Kg2 Bh7 57. Kf3 Qe7 58. Re2 Kg8 59. Rh2 Kf7 60. Re2 Rg5 61. Rh2 Qe5 62. Qxe5 Rxe5 63. Kf4 g6 64. hxg6+ Kxg6 65. Be2 Kg7 66. Bf3 Bg6 67. Rh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Paul F Johner"] [Black "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D21"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e4 c5 5. Bxc4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nd2 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. f3 Bd6 11. a4 Be5 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 14. Bxd1 Bxc6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. b3 O-O 17. Ng3 bxa4 18. bxa4 Rfb8 19. O-O a5 20. Rf2 Rb4 21. Rd2 Be8 22. Ne2 Bxa4 23. f4 Bxd1 24. fxe5 Bxe2 25. exf6 Bb5 26. Rcd1 h6 27. Bd4 gxf6 28. Bxf6 Rxe4 29. h4 h5 30. Rc1 Rf4 31. Be5 Rf5 32. Rc5 Bc6 33. Rd3 Be4 34. Rxa5 Rf1+ 35. Kh2 Rxa5 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rh8+ Kg6 38. Rg8+ Kh6 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Black "Max Bluemich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A48"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bc4 c6 8. Qc2 b5 9. Be2 Nb6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nh2 Rc8 12. Rd1 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Rd5 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Bxb5 Nc7 20. Ba4 Bxa2 21. b3 Bb1 22. O-O Bf5 23. Rd1 Ne6 24. b4 Qc8 25. f3 Nd8 26. Qd4 Kg7 27. g4 Be6 28. g5 Bxh3 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Rxd6 Ne6 31. Bb3 Qb8 32. Bxe6 Bxe6 33. Qd4 Qb5 34. f4 a5 35. bxa5 Qxa5 36. Kf2 Qf5 37. Nf3 Qh3 38. Rd8 Bg4 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qf6+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Lajos Steiner"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Be2 Qxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Ne4 Qf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxc4 e5 16. Bb5 Ne7 17. Qc7 e4 18. Nd4 Ng6 19. Rc5 b6 20. Rc3 Bf5 21. Bc6 Rad8 22. Qb7 Nf4 23. Nxf5 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Qxf5 25. Rb3 Qxf2 26. Rb1 Rd3 27. Bxe4 Rxb3 28. axb3 Qxe3 29. Bf3 Nd4 30. Bd5 Qd3 31. Be4 Qxb3 32. h3 Qe3 33. Bd5 Ne2 34. Rd1 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Qf4 36. Bc6 Ne4+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ 39. Kg1 Nf2 40. Rf1 Nxh3+ 41. Kh1 Nf2+ 42. Kg1 Ng4 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B04"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd2 d5 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. O-O Nb4 14. Bh6 Bf5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne2 Bd3 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Rac1 Nxa2 20. Nf4 Qxd4 21. Rxc4 Qxe5 22. Nxd3 Qh5 23. Nf4 Qe5 24. Rd4 Nb4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qf6 27. Rd7 Rfc8 28. Qe3 Qxb2 29. Rxe7 Rf8 30. Rdd7 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 a4 32. Rxb7 Qf5 33. Ra7 Qf6 34. Kg1 a3 35. Qxa3 Qxe7 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. Qxa8 Qxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B32"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 a6 8. Nd4+ axb5 9. Nxb5 Bg4+ 10. Ke1 Rd8 11. N1c3 e5 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nc7+ Kd7 15. N7d5 Kc6 16. Ne3 Bb4 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. h4 h5 19. g5 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rg1 Rd4 22. a3 Rhd8 23. axb4 Rxd2 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bg4 26. Ne3 Bf3 27. c4 b5 28. b3 Rd3 29. Rg3 g6 30. Rg1 Kb7 31. cxb5 Kb6 32. Rg3 Kxb5 33. Rh3 Kxb4 34. Kf1 Rxb3 35. Kg1 Rb2 36. Nd5+ Kc4 37. Ne3+ Kd3 38. Ng2 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Ke2 40. Kg3 Rg1 41. Rh2 Kf1 42. Kh3 Bxg2+ 0-1 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Walther von Holzhausen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D12"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Bc3 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. a3 Nh7 18. Rd3 Be7 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Rfd1 Re7 21. c5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. f4 f5 25. Qh5 Qd7 26. g4 Rf7 27. g5 hxg5 28. fxg5 Nf8 29. g6 Re7 30. Kh1 Re6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Max Bluemich"] [Black "Paul F Johner"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Qc7 6. c4 dxc4 7. bxc4 e5 8. d3 Ngf6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Rfe8 12. e4 Bg4 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. N2b3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qb6 18. h3 c5 19. a5 Qa6 20. Nb5 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. Nc7 Qc6 23. Nxe8 Nxe8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Qc3 Bh5 26. Kg2 f6 27. e5 Qc6+ 28. Kh2 Bf7 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qe4 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Rd8 Kg7 33. Qe3 Qc2 34. Qg5+ Bg6 35. Rd7+ Kg8 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qxc5 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Black "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. c4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch In this game Black does not succeed in getting the adverse double complex to advance (White stays "put") and therefore the symptons of the malady are not clearly distinguishable. there is compensation, however, in the observation of atypical secondary sympton, the helplessness of the White pieces. These pieces would, in the ordinary way, be quite ready to attack, but the enthusiasm for an attack is damped by the consciousness that the cO-Operation of the "pawn-party" cannot altogether be depended upon. As the incriminated body of pawns is unreliable also in a defensive sense, (for there always is a danger of its being rolled up by ...c6 and ...d5) the undecided attitude of the pieces (10 Qc2 11 Qd2) is sufficiently explained. And so the hidden weakness of the pawns is projected to a plane where it is clearly noticeable by the learner, and the study of the game is made highly valuable.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Be2 {This is not as inconsistent as it may appear, for g3 was primarily intended to cover a knight move to h4 and on the other hand Bg2 would permit ...Nd4.} h6 8. Be3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qd7 10. Qc2 {White realizes that the mobility of his center pawns is small as d4 and still more so d5, would paralyse him on account of the weakness of c5. Therefore he seeks to adapt the movement of his pieces to his modest circumstances in space. In this sense he could also have played 10 Nd2 (to effect a strategic retreat with f3) e.g., 10 Nd2 Bxe2 11 Qxe2 Ng4 12 f3 Nxe3 13 Qxe3 O-O 14 O-O with an approximately even position. But 10 Qd2 must be looked upon as a misuse of the modest space available, for that square should remain open and the queen, in any event, would be better placed at c2 with an eye on a4 and the eventual threat of ...d5 in view. After 10 Qd2 we recommend 10...Na5 11 Qc2 O-O followed by ...Rfe8, ...c6, and ...d5, and Black has the better position.} O-O {Here too we should prefer ...Na5 (d4? ...Nxc4)} 11. Qd2 {Now in order as Black's castled positionis in jeopardy.} Nh7 {In order to play ...f5, but this proves impractical, and the only result is a decentralised knight on h7.} 12. h3 {Nh4 would also have been sufficient.} Bxh3 {This loses a piece. black had only reckoned with 13 Bxh6 which by the way would also have been strong, e.g., 13 Bxh6 Bg2 14 Rh2 Bxf3 15 Bxf3 gxh6 16 Qxh6 f6 17 Bg4.} 13. Ng1 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. d4 {Black cannot save the piece.} exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Nf6 {The decentralised knight returns in sackcloth and ashes.} 21. Rh4 Ne7 22. Bd3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Kg2 Re7 25. Bf2 Rae8 26. Rf4 Qg6 27. d5 Re5 {If 27...Rd7 28 Qa5.} 28. Rd4 Rd8 29. Qa5 Nh5 30. Qxc7 Rde8 31. d6 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Black "Lajos Steiner"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E91"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. c4 Nd7 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. h3 Ne8 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Qd2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qa5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Be2 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. f3 Bc6 20. Nd5 Qxd2 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Rxd2 Rd7 23. a5 e5 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rb1 Kg7 26. Rxb4 h6 27. Rb3 g5 28. Rbd3 Ne8 29. Bd1 Rdf7 30. Bb3 Rf6 31. c5 Bb5 32. Rc3 Kg6 33. Rc1 h5 34. Rcd1 g4 35. cxd6 gxh3 36. d7 Bxd7 37. Rxd7 hxg2 38. R1d2 1-0 [Event "Dresden"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Savielly Tartakower"] [Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Qe2 e5 7. h3 Nc6 8. d3 Bd7 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. b4 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. Ne2 c5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. f4 Bc6 16. O-O-O b5 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. d4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Rad8 22. Qa5 Rxd5 23. Be3 Red8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. c4 Rd3 26. Qxb5 a6 27. Qc5 Qb7 28. Kc2 Qe4 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Kxd3 Qf5+ 31. Kd2 Qa5+ 32. Nc3 Nf6 33. Rc1 h5 34. Bd4 Ne4+ 35. Kd3 Nxc3 36. Rxc3 Qf5+ 37. Kd2 Qf4+ 38. Be3 Qd6+ 39. Kc2 f5 40. c5 Qc6 41. Rc4 Kf7 42. a4 Ke7 43. h4 Kd7 44. Kd2 Kc8 45. Ke1 a5 46. Rd4 Qf6 47. Kf1 Qe7 48. Kg2 Qb7+ 49. Kh2 1/2-1/2

Oro se convierte en el segundo Gran Maestro más joven de la historia.

 

El resultado de Faustino Oro fue la gran historia del torneo Sardinia Chess Festival 2026. El argentino de 12 años, que entró como 23.er cabeza de serie con un Elo de 2528, sumó 6/9 puntos y terminó en el 16.º puesto, con una *performance* de 2594. Esta puntuación fue suficiente para conseguir su tercera y última norma de Gran Maestro y, dado que ya había superado la barrera de los 2500 puntos de Elo, aseguró la obtención del título.

La norma quedó prácticamente asegurada antes de que se jugara la última partida. Oro había alcanzado los 6/8 puntos tras lograr victorias clave con las piezas negras ante Guido Caprio y Bartlomiej Niedbala en las rondas seis y ocho; posteriormente, fue emparejado con Nepomniachtchi en la ronda final. Debido al elevado Elo del Gran Maestro ruso, a Oro le bastaba con presentarse a la partida para cumplir con el requisito de la norma. Nepomniachtchi ganó el encuentro de 55 movimientos, surgido de una Defensa Nimzoindia; sin embargo, el resultado no afectó la clasificación de Oro para el título.

Con este resultado, Oro se convirtió en el segundo Gran Maestro más joven en la historia del ajedrez. Superó por un estrecho margen las marcas establecidas por Sergey Karjakin y Gukesh Dommaraju, aunque el récord de Abhimanyu Mishra permanece intacto. El ajedrecista argentino había obtenido su primera norma de Gran Maestro y superado los 2500 puntos de Elo en el torneo Legends & Prodigies, celebrado en Madrid el año pasado, antes de conseguir su segunda norma en el torneo Szmetan-Girardelli Masters, disputado en Buenos Aires el pasado mes de diciembre.

Los grandes maestros más jóvenes de la historia

[Event "Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026"] [Site "Orosei, ITI Marina Hotels & R"] [Date "2026.05.08"] [Round "7.28"] [White "Oro, Faustino"] [Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2528"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2026.05.03"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 a5 8. c3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Bg5 Nh5 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Nbd2 d5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nf6 15. h3 Ne5 16. Qc2 c5 17. Nb5 Ng6 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Bg5 Rae8 20. exd5 exd5 21. Na7 Qb6 22. Nb5 Qc6 23. Na7 Qd7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nf3 Nf4 26. Nb5 c4 27. b3 Qc6 28. Kf1 Nd3 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Ne1 Nc5 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Qa2 Nb3 33. Nf3 Re6 34. Qc2 Qe4 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Nd2 Rh4 37. g3 Rxh3 38. Kg2 Rh5 39. Nxc4 Nc5 40. Nxa5 Nxa4 41. c4 Nb6 42. Rb1 Rc5 43. Nd6 Rxa5 44. Rxb6 Ra6 45. c5 Rxb6 46. cxb6 Bd4 47. Nxb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026"] [Site "Orosei, ITI Marina Hotels & R"] [Date "2026.05.07"] [Round "6.28"] [White "Caprio, Guido"] [Black "Oro, Faustino"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2528"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2026.05.03"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 d4 8. Nb5 e5 9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 Ng4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. h3 Nf6 14. Re1 a6 15. Qa4 Be6 16. Nc3 Qd6 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qa5 Nc5 20. Rad1 c6 21. Re3 Nfd7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rad8 24. d4 f5 25. c5 Qe6 26. Re2 e4 27. Qb4 Rb8 28. f3 Nf6 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Qb3 Rfe8 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Qxb3 33. axb3 Nxg4 34. Bxe4 Nf6 35. Bd3 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 Re8 37. Kf2 Re4 38. h5 Rf4+ 39. Bf3 Rf5 40. Ke3 Kf7 41. Rh1 Ke6 42. Rg1 Rg5 43. Rh1 Kf5 44. Kf2 Ne4+ 45. Ke3 Rg3 46. Rh4 Ng5 47. Rf4+ Ke6 48. Kf2 Rxf3+ 49. Rxf3 Nxf3 50. Kxf3 Kf5 51. b4 Kg5 52. Ke4 Kxh5 0-1 [Event "Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026"] [Site "Orosei, ITI Marina Hotels & R"] [Date "2026.05.06"] [Round "5.28"] [White "Oro, Faustino"] [Black "Aditya, Mittal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2528"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2026.05.03"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. g3 b5 8. h3 Nh6 9. Na3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qb6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Qe2 Ncd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nc2 Nxg3 15. fxg3 d3+ 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Rxf2 dxc2 18. d4 Rc8 19. c5 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Ne1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 e5 23. Rxc2 exd4 24. b4 Bh6 25. Rd1 Be3 26. Nf3 d6 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Kf7 30. Kf3 Rhd8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Ke3 Rd1 33. Rc6 Rb1 34. Rxa6 Rxb4 35. Rb6 Kg6 36. a3 Rb3+ 37. Kf4 h5 38. h4 Rxa3 39. Rxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026"] [Site "Orosei, ITI Marina Hotels & R"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "4.28"] [White "Karthikeyan, Murali"] [Black "Oro, Faustino"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2528"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2026.05.03"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. Bd5 c6 10. Bxg8 Rxg8 11. Nc3 c5 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Bf4 h6 14. O-O-O Qe6 15. h4 Be7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc6 18. c3 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Nd8 20. h5 Ne6 21. g3 Ra7 22. Nh4 Bxh4 23. Rxh4 Rc7 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Be3 Rc6 26. Ke2 c4 27. Rh1 Rd8 28. f4 Nc7 29. Rd2 d6 30. Rhd1 Ne6 31. Rd5 dxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 Rd6+ 34. Ke2 Kf6 35. a4 bxa4 36. Ra5 a3 37. Rxa3 g6 38. hxg6 Kxg6 39. Ra5 h5 40. Ra4 Rc6 41. Rb4 Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kg6 43. Rd7 Nf8 44. Rd8 Ne6 45. Rd7 Nf8 46. Rd8 Ne6 47. Rd5 Nc7 48. Re5 Ne6 49. Kd2 Nd8 50. Kc2 Re6 51. Rxe6+ Nxe6 52. b3 Kf7 53. bxc4 Nd8 54. Kb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026"] [Site "Orosei, ITI Marina Hotels & R"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "3.28"] [White "Oro, Faustino"] [Black "Tahay, Alexis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2528"] [BlackElo "2355"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2026.05.03"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Nd5 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. a4 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 14. Bb5 Rfc8 15. c3 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Kb1 Ne8 18. Nd2 Qd8 19. h4 Nc7 20. Bd3 Na6 21. h5 Nc5 22. Bc2 Bg5 23. Qf5 Bxd2 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Rxd2 Qg5 26. Rdd1 Ke7 27. h6 Rh8 28. Qxg7 Qxg7 29. hxg7 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Rg8 31. Rh8 Rxg7 32. g3 Rg4 33. Ra8 b6 34. Rb8 Nxa4 35. f3 Nxc3+ 36. bxc3 Rxg3 37. Bd1 f5 38. Kc2 Rg2+ 39. Kc1 e4 40. fxe4 fxe4 41. Rxb6 Rg3 42. Rc6 e3 43. Rc4 Kf6 44. Re4 Kg5 45. c4 Kf5 46. Bc2 Kg5 47. Kb2 Rh3 48. Kc3 1-0 [Event "Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026"] [Site "Orosei, ITI Marina Hotels & R"] [Date "2026.05.04"] [Round "2.28"] [White "Adharsh, K."] [Black "Oro, Faustino"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2312"] [BlackElo "2528"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2026.05.03"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Qc1 c6 11. h3 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Ne6 15. Rad1 Nhf4 16. Bf1 Qf6 17. Nh2 Nd4 18. Qc1 Be6 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. e5 Qe7 23. Qxf4 dxc3 24. bxc3 Qa3 25. Qd2 Qc5 26. Nf3 Re8 27. Kg1 h6 28. Qb2 b6 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. cxb4 Rd8 31. a4 Bf8 32. b5 Bb4 33. Rc1 c5 34. g4 Kf8 35. Be2 Ke7 36. Kf1 h5 37. Ng5 Bc8 38. Ne4 hxg4 39. Bxg4 Bxg4 40. hxg4 Rd4 41. f3 Ke6 42. Ke2 Kxe5 43. g5 Kf4 44. Rd1 Rxc4 45. Rd7 Rc2+ 46. Kd3 Rc1 47. Rxf7+ Ke5 48. Rc7 Ra1 49. Re7+ Kd5 50. Rd7+ Ke5 51. Re7+ Kd5 52. Rd7+ Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026"] [Site "Orosei, ITI Marina Hotels & R"] [Date "2026.05.03"] [Round "1.28"] [White "Oro, Faustino"] [Black "Lorscheid, Gerhard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2528"] [BlackElo "2136"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2026.05.03"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Rg1 g6 6. g4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Na4 13. Nxa4 Bxa4 14. Nf5 gxf5 15. gxf5 Kh8 16. Rxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd4 h6 18. Bc4 Qe7 19. Qc3 Rg8 20. b3 c5 21. Bxf6+ 1-0 [Event "Szmetan-Giardelli GM"] [Site "Buenos Aires ARG"] [Date "2025.12.08"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Oro, Faustino"] [Black "Schnaider, Ilan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2402"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2025.12.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1623"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2025.12.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.12.15"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. g5 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 Nc6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bd4 e5 14. Be3 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Bxe4 16. Rh3 Qc8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Bb7 19. Qa1 Be7 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Rxa6 O-O 22. Rg3 d5 23. Ra7 Rd8 24. Kf1 Bc5 25. Ra5 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Nb6 27. Rd3 e4 28. Rg3 Nc4 29. Ra7 g6 30. Qa6 Qb8 31. Qf6 Rf8 32. h5 e3 33. h6 e2+ 34. Kxe2 Re8+ 35. Kf3 1-0 [Event "Sardinia World Festival 2026"] [Site "Orosei"] [Date "2026.05.10"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Oro, Faustino"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2528"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,109,23,17,17,0,0,22,13,-27,-25,-23,9,8,8,27,84,73,57,65,64,55,64,54,53,69,56,16,35,37,27,22,8,5,1,7,7,-9,-4,-11,-4,-39,-4,-8,21,0,10,-62,65,91,77,77,74,66,62,78,134,118,163,177,180,192,206,202,172,202,181,165,146,175,139,120,125,131,138,129,133,137,137,140,141,141,144,152,146,154,161,155,154,147,161,147,154,143,147,129,132,131,135,135,138,138,135,142,142,189,187,186,188,188,188,282]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bf5 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Nde4 Be5 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rb1 g5 21. Bg3 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Rae8 23. Ne2 Ng4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Nxd4 Ne3 26. Qd3 cxd4 27. Be5 Nf5 28. b4 g4 29. Kg1 Qd8 30. Bxd4 b5 31. Bc5 Rf6 32. d6 Qd7 33. cxb5 axb5 34. a4 bxa4 35. b5 Nxd6 36. Rd1 Qxb5 37. Bxd6 Qxd3 38. Rxd3 h5 39. Rd4 Kh7 40. Ba3 Ra6 41. Kf2 Ra5 42. Ke3 Kg6 43. Ke4 Ra7 44. Kf4 Rf7+ 45. Kg3 Ra7 46. Rd6+ Kf7 47. Kh4 Ra5 48. Rd4 Kf6 49. Rc4 g6 50. Rc5 Ra6 51. g3 Re6 52. Bb2+ Kf7 53. Rc7+ Ke8 54. Kg5 Re2 55. Bf6 1-0

Magnus Carlsen Gana Con Negras Partida Clásica Después De 6 Meses

 

La victoria de Carlsen sobre Grandelius fue el único resultado decisivo de la jornada. El noruego, jugando con las piezas negras, se enfrentó a un oponente que conoce bien: Grandelius ha trabajado anteriormente como uno de sus segundos. Su partida comenzó como una Defensa Benoni y pronto se volvió tácticamente exigente, con el cálculo desempeñando un papel central desde una etapa temprana.

El noruego navegó por las complicaciones de manera más convincente que su rival de 32 años, manejando la iniciativa de forma ejemplar. La partida concluyó tras 36 movimientos, otorgando al número uno del mundo su primera victoria del evento, después de su tranquilo empate en la primera ronda contra Arjun Erigaisi.

Posteriormente, Carlsen comentó que había disfrutado jugando lo que calificó como una "partida divertida", añadiendo que fue una forma útil de "quitarse el óxido". Su comentario reflejaba su limitada actividad reciente en el ajedrez clásico desde el Norway Chess en junio de 2025, solo había disputado una partida clásica oficial antes de llegar a Malmö, contra un oponente de mucha menor puntuación en el Campeonato por Equipos de Noruega, celebrado en noviembre.

Tiempo: 90 minutos para 40 movimientos y, a continuación, 30 minutos para los movimientos restantes, con un incremento acumulativo de 30 segundos.

[Event "TePe Sigeman 2026"] [Site "Malmo"] [Date "2026.05.02"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Grandelius, Nils"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A65"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2840"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 12,72,94,66,60,17,63,63,71,76,76,72,77,83,80,32,52,31,27,13,33,-13,-17,-18,-21,-15,-16,-18,-21,-98,-102,-102,-96,-104,-107,-110,-111,-122,-112,-116,-115,-182,-179,-186,-199,-217,-257,-346,-281,-468,-380,-371,-425,-492,-494,-501,-485,-626,-399,-639,-574,-598,-568]} {A65: Moderna Benoni} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 (8. Nf3 $14) 8... O-O (8... Qe7 $11) 9. Nf3 $14 Bg4 $146 (9... Ng4 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Rb1 f5 12. Nd2 h6 $2 (12... Bf6 $16) 13. Be7 $1 $18 Rf7 14. Nc4 Qb4 15. Bxd6 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Qd2 $1 Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 fxe4 19. Bxc5 Bf5 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. O-O (21. h3 Bc8 22. O-O) 21... Bf5 22. Be3 b6 23. Nc4 Nd7 24. Nd6 {Deac,B (2655)-Andreikin,D (2710) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (70)} (24. Rfd1 $142)) (9... Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. h3 {Against Nfg4} Rb8 14. f4 Ned7 15. Qc2 (15. Rf3) 15... b5 $16 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Nxd5 18. exd5 $2 (18. Nxd5 $16 Rxb5 19. Nc4) 18... Rxe3 $19 19. Bc6 (19. Nc4 $142 Rg3 20. Ne2 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Rxb5 22. Nc3) 19... Bd4 $19 20. Kh2 Nf6 21. Nf3 Bf5 22. Qd2 Rd3 23. Qe2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 {Tejaswini G (2272)-Shapiro,V (2074) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (36)}) 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4]} (11... Na6 12. O-O Re8 13. h3 Rb8 14. Rac1 (14. Bf4 $16) 14... Nc7 $14 15. a3 a5 (15... b5 $11) 16. Rb1 (16. a4 $14) 16... b5 $15 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 c4 $1 19. Rfc1 (19. Ra1) 19... Nd7 $17 20. Rc2 Ra8 21. Qd1 Ra3 (21... Qe7 $142) 22. Qc1 $17 Qa8 23. Nf3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxe4 26. Ra1 {Ribstein,O (2261)-Cichon,B (2125) Krakow POL 2024 1-0 (33)}) 12. O-O Ne8 (12... a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. h3 Re8 {[%cal Ob7b5]} 15. a5 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. g4 Nhf6 18. f3 (18. Bf4 $16) 18... h5 19. Kg2 hxg4 20. hxg4 Ne5 21. Bf4 (21. Na4 $16) 21... Nfd7 $14 22. Bg3 Nf8 (22... c4 $14) 23. f4 $16 Ned7 24. Nf3 (24. e5 $16) 24... Qd8 (24... b6 $1 $14) 25. e5 dxe5 26. f5 b6 27. Ne4 {Berdayes Ason,D (2501)-Perez Rodriguez,C (2331) Holguin CUB 2024 1-0 (41)} (27. Bh4 $16 Bf6 28. g5)) 13. f4 (13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bg3 f5 (14... Qb6 $16) 15. f4 $1 $18 Ng4 (15... Nd7 $142 16. e5 Nb6) 16. e5 $18 g5 17. Nf3 (17. e6 $18 Ne3 18. Nb3 Bxc3 19. Qxe3) 17... dxe5 (17... gxf4 18. e6 fxg3) 18. Nxe5 (18. Nxg5 $16 e4 19. Ne6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1) 18... Nxe5 (18... Qe7 $14) 19. fxe5 $18 f4 20. Bf2 {[%cal Of1e1]} Rf5 21. Qd3 (21. e6 $16) 21... Rxe5 $11 22. Bxc5 Nd6 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 (25... Kxg7 $14 26. Ne4 Qe7) 26. Re6 $1 $16 Rad8 27. Rfe1 a6 {Diaz,F (2070)-Benitez Galeano,A (2065) Asuncion 2018 1-0. Prevents Nb5.} (27... Rf8 $16)) (13. a4 $16) 13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bf2 Nc7 16. Nf3 (16. a4 $14 {para considerar...}) 16... Nf6 $11 {[%cal Ob7b5]} 17. Qd3 {[%cal Of3h4] [#]} b5 $1 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb7b5]} 18. Nxb5 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 Rb8 20. Qd3 (20. Qe2 $11) 20... Ne4 $1 $17 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gf6e4]} 21. Rab1 Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Gd8a5]} 22. Ng5 Qd2 $36 23. Qh3 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh3h7]} Nxg5 24. fxg5 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. Qh5 (26. Qe3 $17 Be5 27. Qh3) 26... Qxa2 $19 27. g6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 {[%cal Oa2c4]} (27... Qxd5 28. Qxh7#) (27... hxg6 28. Qxg6 Qxd5 29. Re1 $17) 28. Qf3 a5 29. h4 a4 30. Qf4 $2 {[%csl Rf4,Gg3][%cal Rf3f4,Gf2g3]} (30. Bg3 f4 31. Qg4) 30... a3 (30... Qxd5 31. Qxa4 c4 32. Re1 $15) 31. Qxd6 {[#]} Qb2 $1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Ga2b2]} 32. Bxc5 {[#]} a2 $1 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Ga3a2]} 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Kh2 (34. Bxf8 Qd4+) 34... Qe5+ (34... a1=B $2 35. Bxf8 Bxf8 36. Rxf5 Qb8+ 37. Kh3 $18) 35. Qxe5 $2 {[%csl Re5,Gg3][%cal Re6e5,Gg2g3]} (35. g3 Qxe6 (35... a1=B $2 36. Bxf8 Bxf8 37. Rxf5 $18) (35... a1=Q $2 36. Rxa1 Qb2+ 37. Kh3 $19) 36. dxe6) 35... Bxe5+ 36. Kh3 Rd8 (36... Rd8 37. Re1 a1=Q 38. Rxa1 Bxa1 39. g7+ Kxg7 $19) (36... a1=R $2 37. Rxa1 (37. Bxf8 $2 Rxf1 38. g3 Rg1 $19) 37... Rc8 38. Ra5 $18 (38. Re1 Bc3 $11)) 0-1

El Movimiento Del Día: Juegan Blancas Y Ganan...

 T. Gorgiev (end of study)

2nd Honorable Mention, Leningrad Central Chess Club Tourney, "64", 1946

La Partida Del Día: Vasyl Ivanchuk (2621) - Ilko-Toth, Andras (2283) 1-0 European Championship (Katowice POL) [1.14] A13 2026.04.07

 

No importa el contricante, siempre hay que que mostrar respeto y estar bien concentrado... 

[Event "European Championship"] [Site "Katowice POL"] [Date "2026.04.07"] [Round "1.14"] [White "Vasyl Ivanchuk"] [Black "Ilko-Toth, Andras"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2621"] [BlackElo "2283"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2026.04.07"] {[%evp 9,145,34,44,44,40,41,61,69,75,68,65,68,65,66,63,37,90,67,86,84,80,38,42,22,33,34,38,42,68,67,67,66,70,73,69,75,118,114,102,100,45,51,57,9,21,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,129,13,13,15,16,13,40,18,46,46,45,55,66,59,134,88,131,128,134,133,179,186,172,97,112,82,152,148,298,294,279,11,13,0,201,199,184,171,315,309,511,500,499,485,19969,19968,19969,19970,19971,19969,19973,19977,19979,19982,19983,19984,19985,19981,19982,19988,29985,19992,19993,19994,29986,19983,29985,19983,19982,19983,19984,19981,19994,19987,19992,19993,19992,19991,19992,19993,29989,29990]} {D30: Gambito De Dama Rehusado} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. Bg5 $146 (4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Nc6 6. e3 Na5 7. Ne5 c5 8. Nxc4 Nf6 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nb3 11. Rb1 Bxc5 12. Kc2 Nxc1 13. Kxc1 Bb4 14. Na2 Be7 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. b4 Bd8 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Kb2 Be7 {Hari,C (2160)-Richter,N (2270) Marianske Lazne 2022 0-1 (46)}) (4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Nxc4 b5 7. Nce5 Bb7 8. Bg2 c5 9. O-O Ra7 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Ne4 14. e3 bxa4 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Rxa4 Rc8 17. Nd4 h6 18. Raa1 Bd5 {Melkumyan,H (2649)-Andreikin,D (2724) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (33)}) (4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qc2 Qb6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Qb3 O-O 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. h3 Qa7 18. Nf1 Ne4 {Norinkeviciute,R (2028)-Dong,B (2163) Daventry 2019 ½-½ (103)}) (4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. a4 Nf6 8. b3 cxb3 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Qxb3 b4 12. Qa4+ Bc6 13. Qa5 Bd6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Re1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c5 17. Qa1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Be7 {Toma,R (2388)-Georgescu,T (2467) Eforie Nord 2022 0-1 (44)}) (4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 Ne7 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Rfe1 Ng6 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 f5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Rb1 b5 {Sauer,T (2127)-Vandenhole,K (2313) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (72)}) 4... Be7 5. Bxe7 Nxe7 (5... Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. O-O b6 11. cxd5 (11. Ne5 $14) 11... exd5 $11 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Re1 {[%cal Oe2e4]} Bb7 14. Qc2 {[%cal Oe2e4]} h6 15. Nh4 Rab8 (15... Rae8 $11) 16. e4 $14 dxe4 $1 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qf6 20. b3 {Quesada Perez,L (2552)-Ruiz C,J (2477) Merida MEX 2025 1-0 (36)}) 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5]} O-O 7. g3 dxc4 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Nce5 Bb7 {[%cal Oc7c5]} 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. O-O Rfd8 (12... Bxf3 $1 $14 13. Bxf3 c6) 13. Rc1 Be4 14. e3 Qd5 15. Qe2 (15. Rxc7 $16 Re8 16. Ng5 Bxg2 17. Qh5) 15... Rac8 $14 {[%cal Oc7c5]} 16. b4 Nf5 {[%cal Be7f5,Bf5d6,Bd6c4,Bc4d2]} 17. Rc5 Qb7 18. Rfc1 Rd5 19. R5c3 Nd6 20. Bf1 Nc4 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 e5 (22... Rd6) 23. Bh3 $16 exd4 24. exd4 Rcd8 25. Rxc7 Qb6 (25... Rxd4 $2 26. Qxd4 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Bxd5 28. Rd7 $18 (28. Rc8 Rf8 $18)) 26. R7c5 (26. Rc8 $14 f5 27. Bf1) 26... h6 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. a3 Bc4 29. Rd1 Bb3 30. Re1 Rxd4 31. Qe3 Bc4 32. Bf5 {[%cal Re3e8,Bh3f5,Bf5c2,Bc2e4,Be4b7]} g6 (32... g5 $11) 33. Qxh6 {[%csl Gg6,Yh6][%cal Ye3h6,Gf5g6]} (33. Bxg6 $1 $16 {[%cal Oe3h6]} Kg7 34. Be4) 33... Qd8 $11 34. Bc2 $40 Rd2 35. Be4 Re2 36. Qc1 Qd4 37. Rxe2 Bxe2 $14 38. Bb7 Qf6 39. h4 Bc4 (39... Bf3 $14 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Bxf3 (41. Bxa6 $2 Qa1+) 41... Qxf3) 40. Qe3 (40. Qe1 $142) 40... Kg7 (40... Qd8 $142) 41. Kg2 Qd6 42. Kh2 Qf6 (42... Kg8 $16 43. Qa7 Qd2 44. Qb8+ (44. Qxa6 Qxf2+ 45. Bg2 Bd5 $15) (44. Bxa6 Bd5 $11) 44... Kg7) 43. Qc5 $18 Bf1 44. Kg1 (44. Qe3 $18) 44... Qa1 $16 45. Qe3 {[%cal Og1h2]} (45. Bxa6 Bd3+ 46. Kg2 Be4+ 47. f3 Qb2+ 48. Kf1 Bxf3 49. Bxb5 (49. Qxb5 Qg2+ 50. Ke1 Qxg3+ 51. Kf1 Qg2+ 52. Ke1 Qg1+ 53. Qf1 Qe3+ 54. Be2 Be4 $17) 49... Qg2+ 50. Ke1 Qxg3+ 51. Kd2 Qxh4 $14) 45... Bc4+ (45... a5) 46. Kg2 Bf1+ (46... Qf1+ $16 47. Kh2 Qd1) 47. Kh2 $18 Bc4 48. Bxa6 $2 {[%csl Ra6,Gh5][%cal Rb7a6,Gh4h5]} (48. h5 $1 $18) 48... Bd5 $11 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra1h1]} 49. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5]} (49. Bxb5 $2 Qh1#) 49... Qf6 $2 {[%csl Rf6,Gh1][%cal Ra1f6,Ga1h1] [#]} (49... Qh1+ $11 50. Kg3 Qg1+ 51. Kf4 Qh2+ 52. Qg3 Qh1) 50. g5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Gg4g5]} (50. Bxb5 $2 Qxh4+ 51. Qh3 Qxf2+) (50. Kg1 Qa1+ 51. Kh2 Qh1+ 52. Kg3 Qg1+ 53. Kf4 Qh2+ 54. Qg3 Qh1 $11) 50... Qd6+ {[#]} 51. Qg3 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Ge3g3]} Qxa6 (51... Qc6 $142) 52. Qe5+ f6 $2 {[%csl Rf6,Gg8][%cal Rf7f6,Gg7g8]} (52... Kg8) 53. Qxd5 fxg5 54. hxg5 Qxa3 (54... Kf8 $142 55. Qd8+ Kg7 56. Qd7+ Kg8) 55. Qe5+ (55. Qxb5 Qa7 $16) 55... Kh7 56. Qe7+ (56. Qxb5 Qa7 $16) 56... Kg8 57. Qe6+ Kg7 58. Qf6+ Kh7 59. Qf7+ Kh8 60. Qf8+ (60. Qxg6 Qg3+ 61. Kxg3 $11 (61. Kh1 Qg1+ 62. Kxg1 $11)) 60... Kh7 61. Qh6+ Kg8 62. Qxg6+ Kh8 63. Qf6+ Kg8 64. Qe6+ Kg7 65. Qe5+ Kg8 66. Qxb5 Qa7 67. Qe8+ Kg7 68. Qe5+ Kh7 69. Kg3 Qa3+ 70. f3 Qc1 71. Kg4 Qg1+ 72. Kf5 Qb1+ 73. Qe4 (73. Qe4 Qxe4+ 74. fxe4 Kg7 75. b5 Kf7 76. b6 Ke7 77. g6 Kd6 78. b7 Kc7 79. e5 Kxb7 80. e6 Kc6 81. g7 Kd6 82. g8=Q Ke7 83. Qf8+ Kxf8 84. Kf6 Ke8 85. e7 Kd7 86. Kf7 Kc6 87. e8=Q+ Kc5 88. Qe4 Kd6 89. Qf5 Kc6 90. Ke6 Kb6 91. Kd6 Kb7 92. Qa5 Kb8 93. Kc6 Kc8 94. Qc7#) 1-0

Shirov-Sveshnikov Match 2014

Un amigable match entre dos grandes leyendas del ajedrez 

Partidas de 25 minutos. 

[Event "Shirov-Sveshnikov Rapid m"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2014.09.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Sveshnikov, E."] [Black "Shirov, A."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2014.09.26"] 1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Bd6 9. Qh5 h6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Bxd6 Re8+ 13. Ne2 Qxd6 14. O-O-O c4 15. Nc3 Qa3+ 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Rhe1 Rab8 18. Ka1 cxb3 19. cxb3 Bxb3 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rh1 Bc2 22. Nb1 Qb4 23. a3 Qb6 24. Qh4 Be4 25. Nc3 Rb8 26. Na4 Qd4+ 0-1 [Event "Shirov-Sveshnikov Rapid m"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2014.09.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Shirov, A."] [Black "Sveshnikov, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2502"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2014.09.26"] 1. e4 $1 {Shirov know whats the audience wants to see, with his notable opponent playing black, and does not disappoint them.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 $1 {Was there any doubt? The two exclamation points until now are for playing for the audience as much for themselves.} 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. c4 b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 Qg6 {Shirov had actually played this against Anand in 2002.} ({but in their individual game from 2004, Sveshnikov played} 11... Be7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O Qg6 15. b3 a5 16. Bb2 a4 17. Qd3 a3 18. Bc1 Bg5 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. h4 Bh6 21. Bd2 Kh8 22. Rad1 Qh5 23. Be1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Bc8 25. Rd2 g5 26. Qd5 Ne7 27. Qa5 gxh4 28. gxh4 Rg8 29. Qc7 Rd7 30. Qb6 Bb7 31. Kh2 Ng6 32. Rf5 Qh6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Qxd6 Qxe3 35. Bd2 Qe2 36. Qf6+ Rg7 37. Bh6 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Nxh4+ 39. Kf2 Nxf5 40. exf5 {1-0 (40) Shirov,A (2736)-Sveshnikov,E (2557) Tallinn 2004}) 12. Qd5 Bd7 (12... Bb7 13. Nxb4 Rc8 14. Be3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. h5 Qg4 17. f3 Qg3+ 18. Kd1 Bg5 19. Nxc6 Bxe3 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Qd3 Bg5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. h6 gxh6 24. Kc2 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Rd8 27. Qc5 Rd2+ 28. Kb3 Kg7 29. a3 e4 30. Rh3 Qf4 31. fxe4 {1-0 (31) Anand,V (2757)-Shirov,A (2715) Linares 2002}) 13. h4 {As far as grandmaster play goes, this is a novelty.} h5 14. Rh3 $5 {All credit to Shirov for playing boldly, but this still seems a bit premature considering his lack of development.} Rc8 15. Rg3 Qh7 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qd3 Be7 18. O-O-O f6 19. Bd2 a5 20. Ne3 Nd4 {To the credit of the elder grandmaster, who now stares at a nearly 300 Elo difference, he is doing much better here. Some things may suffer with time, but his understanding of these positions is second to none.} 21. Nd5 Bxd5 $2 {This is a rote answer, when taking on d5 is desirable if the piece must be recaptured by a pawn, instead of a piece, but there was no need. The knight on d5 is actually biting on think air, and threatens nothing. Taking on e7 is not a concern here.} (21... f5 $1 {and opening lines on White's king was the way to go.} 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 {and suddenly White has serious issues. Taking on f5 is bad, and leaving e4 hanging is hardly a big improvement.} 23. Bg5+ (23. exf5 $4 Rxc4+ $1 {and Black wins a piece since} 24. Kb1 Bxf5 {loses the queen.}) 23... Kf7 24. b3 fxe4 25. Qe3 d5 $1 $17) 22. exd5 f5 23. f4 O-O 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Bg5 Bc5 26. Re3 e4 {Again Sveshnikov has managed to outplay his younger and higher rated opponent.} 27. Qd2 f4 28. Ree1 Qf5 29. d6 $1 {As strange as it may look, Black cannot take, so the purpose is more a diversion to give White a chance to mount a defense.} b3 30. a3 e3 31. Qd3 Bxd6 32. Qxf5 Nxf5 33. Rd5 Rc5 {Black has played great until now and is winning here.} 34. Red1 Rxd5 $4 {An serious mistake that throws away much of the advantage.} (34... Re8 $1 {was correct here.} 35. Rxd6 $4 {is not possible due to} (35. Rxc5 Bxc5 36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Bxd8 Nd4 $1 $19) 35... Nxd6 36. Rxd6 e2 $1) 35. Rxd5 Ng3 36. Bd3 Bc7 37. c5 $4 f3 ({Black misses his last chance to finish in glory.} 37... Re8 $1 {would have decided the game in his favor.} 38. Kd1 e2+ 39. Ke1 a4 $1 {threatening Ba5+} 40. c6 Bb6 {and the threat of Bf2+ as well is decisive.}) 38. gxf3 Rxf3 $2 {Black loses control and the position is now equal.} 39. Rd7 Bf4 40. Bxf4 Rxf4 41. c6 Rxh4 42. Ba6 e2 43. Kd2 {Black lost on time.} 1-0 [Event "Match Shirov vs Sveshnikov"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2014.09.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "LAT"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rac1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxb7 Bc5 18. a3 Rb8 19. Qc6 Rfc8 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Ba6 Rd8 23. Nb5 Nd7 24. b4 Bb6 25. a4 Ne5 26. a5 Bd4 27. Rc7 Rd5 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. b5 Ra4 30. f4 Ng4 31. Rd1 Rxa5 32. h3 Nh6 33. Rdd7 Ra4 34. f5 exf5 35. Rxa7 f4 36. Rac7 Kg7 37. Bb7 Rb4 38. Bc6 Kg6 39. Re7 Rd8 40. Rcd7 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Nf5 42. Kf2 Nd4 43. Rb7 Rb2+ 44. Kf1 Rb1+ 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Match Shirov vs Sveshnikov"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "2014.09.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2701"] [BlackElo "2502"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "LAT"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bg5 15. Bg4 Be6 16. b3 a5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nde3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Nd4 20. Nc2 Qb6 21. Qd3 Rbd8 22. Rad1 Nc6 23. Rd2 Qc5 24. Rfd1 Nb8 25. Qh3 Rfe8 26. Ne1 Qc7 27. Nf3 h6 28. Qh5 Rf8 29. Qg4 Rfe8 30. Qg6 Nc6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Rd7 Re7 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Nxe5 Nf7 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Qxe6 Qf4 37. f3 Kh7 38. Qc4 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 Rf4 40. Qc1 Qxe4 41. Qxc5 Rf5 42. Qd4 Qxd4 43. Rxd4 Rc5 44. Ke2 Rc1 45. Rd5 Rc2+ 46. Rd2 Rc1 47. Kd3 Rc3+ 48. Ke4 Rc1 49. g4 g5 50. Rd7+ Kg6 51. Rd6+ Kg7 52. Ra6 Rc5 53. h3 Kh7 54. f4 gxf4 55. Kxf4 Kg7 56. h4 Kh7 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. g5 h5 59. g6 Rd5 60. Re7 Rd2 61. Kg5 Rxa2 62. Kh6 Kf8 63. Ra7 1-0

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus entra al Club ELO de 2700 a los 14 años

 

El GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus ha dado otro paso hacia la historia del ajedrez. El prodigio turco de 14 años aplastó al GM Veselin Topalov por 5-1 en el *Clash of Generations III*, rompiendo por primera vez la barrera de los 2700 puntos en la lista de rating en vivo y poniéndose en camino de convertirse en el jugador más joven de la historia en alcanzar dicha marca en una lista de rating oficial.

El excampeón mundial no supuso ningún desafío para la sensación del ajedrez turco en este encuentro, el cual tuvo lugar en el Club de Ajedrez de Montecarlo, en Mónaco, entre el 12 y el 17 de abril.

Erdogmus golpeó con victorias en la segunda y tercera partidas, aseguró el triunfo en el encuentro al ganar la quinta partida y sumó su cuarta victoria en la partida final para completar un contundente 5-1. Su asombrosa *performance* de 2990 puntos se sitúa, muy probablemente, entre las más altas jamás registradas en un encuentro entre jugadores de este nivel.

El GM Ian Nepomniachtchi tiene otra idea acerca de este encuentro: 

“Topalov básicamente le donó su rating a Erdogmus…

El rival fue elegido muy inteligentemente, claramente con el objetivo de llegar a 2700. Un veterano que apenas juega pero que aún mantiene un rating alto es el escenario perfecto.

Claro que todavía tienes que ganar, pero es como en el boxeo, te dan rivales favorables para ir agarrando impulso.

Si hubiera jugado contra el GM Vassily Ivanchuk, no estoy tan seguro. Él es muy activo y extremadamente complicado. Eso no habría sido tan unilateral.”

[Event "Topalov - Erdogmus"] [Site "Monte Carlo MNC"] [Date "2026.04.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2026.04.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. a3 Nf6 14. b4 Bb6 15. Na4 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bb2 Qe4 19. c4 Re8 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. Qd2 Ne5 22. f3 Qh4 23. Rc3 Ng6 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qf4 26. Qe8+ Nf8 27. Qe1 f6 28. Qe2 Bd7 29. g3 Qf5 30. Qd3 Ng6 31. Qxf5 Bxf5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ne7 34. Kd4 Bd7 35. g4 h5 36. gxh5 Nf5+ 37. Ke4 Nh6 38. Bc1 Ke7 39. Bf4 Kd8 40. Bd3 Be8 41. Bxh6 gxh6 42. Kf5 Bxh5 43. Kxf6 Bxf3 44. h4 c5 45. dxc6 bxc6 46. Kg6 h5 47. Kg5 Ke7 48. Bg6 c5 49. Bd3 Ke6 50. Kf4 Bd1 51. Bf1 d5 52. bxc5 bxc5 53. cxd5+ Kxd5 54. Ke3 Ba4 55. Be2 Be8 56. Bd1 c4 57. Bc2 Kc5 58. Be4 Bf7 59. Bf5 Be8 60. Be6 Bg6 61. Kd2 Kd4 62. Bd7 c3+ 63. Kc1 Kc4 64. Be6+ Kb5 65. Bb3 Kc5 66. Bc2 Bxc2 67. Kxc2 Kc4 68. a4 Kb4 69. a5 Kxa5 70. Kxc3 Kb6 71. Kd4 Kc7 72. Ke5 Kd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Topalov - Erdogmus"] [Site "Monte Carlo MNC"] [Date "2026.04.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2026.04.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. O-O h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qc1 Rg8 14. Qe3 h4 15. Be5 Qd8 16. h3 Nd7 17. Bh2 Qb6 18. Rfd1 e5 19. Bg4 Rd8 20. Qf3 exd4 21. e5 c5 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Be7 24. a4 b4 25. Qe2 d3 26. Qe4 Nf8 27. Qxc4 Rd4 28. Qb5+ Qxb5 29. axb5 c4 30. Rxa7 c3 31. b6 c2 32. b7 Rd8 33. e6 Nxe6 34. Ra8 Kd7 35. Rxd3+ Kc6 36. Bf3+ Kc5 37. Rdxd8 Nc7 38. Ra5+ Kc4 39. Be2+ 1-0 [Event "Topalov - Erdogmus"] [Site "Monte Carlo MNC"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B27"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2026.04.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. Qd1 e6 11. a3 a6 12. Ba2 b5 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Qc1 Qd7 16. Nd1 Rfc8 17. Bh6 Nf6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qf4 d5 20. e5 Ng8 21. Ne3 b4 22. a4 Qd8 23. c3 Qa5 24. Rac1 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rb2 26. Bb1 Rcb8 27. h4 R8b3 28. c4 d4 29. Ng4 Qb4 30. Qe4 Nce7 31. Bc2 Rc3 32. Qe2 Rcxc2 33. Qe4 Rc3 0-1 [Event "Topalov - Erdogmus"] [Site "Monte Carlo MNC"] [Date "2026.04.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C96"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2026.04.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Rc8 18. Rc1 Nc4 19. Qd4 Re6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Ne5 23. Qd2 g6 24. Nd4 Bg7 25. Bb3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Nc6 Qf8 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qa5 Qc8 30. Qa3 Rc5 31. Qd3 Kg7 32. Re2 Qf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. Rd2 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Bg5 36. Re2 Rd1 37. g3 f4 38. gxf4 Bxf4+ 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. Kf3 Bg5 41. Ke4 Rc1 42. f4 Bh4 43. Nd4 h5 44. b3 Be1 45. Rc2 Rxc2 46. Nxc2 Bf2 47. Nb4 a5 48. Nd3 Bb6 49. a4 bxa4 50. bxa4 Ba7 51. Nb2 Bc5 52. Nc4 Bb4 53. Ne3 Bd2 54. Nf5 Bb4 55. Nd4 Bc3 56. Nf3 Bb4 57. Nd4 Bc3 58. Nb5 Bb4 59. Nc7 Be1 60. Ne8+ Ke7 61. Ng7 Kf6 62. Nf5 Bb4 63. Ng3 Be1 64. Nf1 Bb4 65. Kf3 Be1 66. Ke2 Bb4 67. Ng3 Kg6 68. h4 Bc3 69. f5+ Kh6 70. Ne4 Bb4 71. Kf3 Kg7 72. Ke2 Kh6 73. Nf2 Kg7 74. Ne4 Kh6 75. Kf2 Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Topalov - Erdogmus"] [Site "Monte Carlo MNC"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2026.04.12"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne7 9. f4 h5 10. Nd2 Nbc6 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bf2 g6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. a3 Be7 15. Rc1 b5 16. b4 Nh6 17. h3 Nf5 18. Kh2 h4 19. Nf3 Ng3 20. Re1 g5 21. Qd2 Rg8 22. c3 gxf4 23. Rc2 Qc7 24. a4 bxa4 25. Ra2 d4 26. Nxd4 Nxe5 27. Bxa6 f3 28. Bb5+ Nd7 29. Kg1 Ne2+ 30. Nxe2 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qh2+ 33. Kxf3 Qxh3+ 34. Kf2 Qf5+ 35. Qf4 Qxb5 36. Rg1 Nf6 37. Qf3 Qc4 38. Rxa4 Ne4+ 39. Ke1 Ng5 40. Qb7 Rc7 41. Qa8+ Rc8 42. Rg4 Qc7 43. Qh1 h3 44. Ra5 f5 45. Rxg5 Bxg5 46. Qxh3 Bf6 47. Kf1 Rd8 48. Ra6 Qc4 49. Qh5+ Kf8 50. Qh6+ Bg7 51. Qxe6 Rd1+ 52. Kg2 Qg4+ 53. Kh2 Qh4+ 54. Kg2 Qh1+ 55. Kf2 Qh2+ 56. Ke3 Qh3+ 57. Kf2 Rf1# 0-1 [Event "Topalov - Erdogmus"] [Site "Monte Carlo MNC"] [Date "2026.04.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C07"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2026.04.12"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nd7 11. Nd2 f5 12. Bf3 Ne5 13. Bh5+ g6 14. Be2 Nf7 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Bc3 Re8 18. a4 e5 19. a5 Ba7 20. Bc4 Rb8 21. Kf1 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rd7 Kf8 24. Bb4+ Ke8 25. Rc7 h5 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Rg7 Nc6 29. Rxb7 Nxb4 30. Rxb4 Rc6 31. Rb7 Bc5 32. c3 Bd6 33. Ke2 Bc7 34. Ra7 Kd7 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36. Nc5+ Kc6 37. Nxa6 Bxa5 38. b4 Bb6 39. c4 e4 40. b5+ Kd6 41. f3 exf3+ 42. Kxf3 1-0

El MI ucraniano Roman Dehtiarov se corona de manera asombrosa campeón de Europa en Katowice.

 

Roman Dehtiarov dio una enorme sorpresa en el Campeonato Europeo de Katowice al derrotar a David Antón en la ronda final, adjudicándose el título en solitario con 9 de 11 puntos. El ucraniano de 17 años llegó al torneo como el 126.º cabeza de serie y con el título de Maestro Internacional y una puntuación Elo de 2452. Finalizó con ocho victorias, dos empates y una derrota; venció a seis oponentes con mayor puntuación y obtuvo el título de Gran Maestro tras registrar una performance de 2781 en el torneo.

[Event "European Individual Chess Championship"] [Site "Katowice, Poland"] [Date "2026.04.19"] [Round "11"] [White "Dehtiarov, Roman"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2452"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 15,83,22,18,21,22,22,22,22,22,16,42,-10,-2,-3,14,9,10,15,40,31,54,64,69,61,57,32,117,118,107,52,52,54,49,57,58,67,62,45,55,23,133,50,187,180,348,346,304,340,339,311,418,409,407,392,512,505,500,497,490,475,527,536,592,565,797,697,782,742,7582,685]} {C84: Cerrada Ruy Lopez} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3d5]} Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Nf1 (12. d4 Bb7 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2 c6 16. c4 exd4 17. Nxd4 g6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a4 bxa4 20. bxa4 Bg7 21. Nc4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Bc3 Ba6 25. Nf3 d5 26. exd5 Rxe1+ {Firouzja,A (2778)-Aronian,L (2775) Miami 2022 ½-½ (60)}) 12... Be6 $146 (12... Qe7 {12...b7 0.12} 13. Ng3 g6 14. d4 Bg7 15. d5 (15. Bc2 $16) 15... Nb8 (15... Na5 $11) 16. a4 $14 Bb7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Qd3 (19. Be3 $14) 19... c6 $11 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Be3 Rd8 (21... Nbd7 $11) 22. Rd1 Qb7 $2 (22... Rd7 $14) 23. Bd5 $2 (23. Nxe5 $18 d5 24. exd5) 23... Bxd5 24. exd5 Nbd7 25. b3 Re8 26. Qd2 Kh7 27. c4 {Marcinczyk,M (1910)-Ismayil,M (2058) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (52)}) (12... Ne7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. a4 Bb7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bd2 (17. Nh2 $11) 17... d5 18. Qc2 (18. exd5 $11 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qc2) 18... dxe4 19. dxe4 c5 20. Qb1 c4 21. Bc2 Rd8 (21... Bc8 $15) 22. Qa2 $2 (22. b3 $11) 22... Nd7 $2 (22... Qxa2 $19 23. Bc1 b4 24. cxb4 c3) 23. Qxa8 (23. Ra1 $11) 23... Rxa8 $15 24. b4 Ra2 25. Rc1 Nf4 (25... Be7 $15) 26. Bxf4 $11 exf4 27. Ne2 {Vieira,A (1810)-De Santana,G (1433) Sao Paulo 2018 1-0 (45)}) (12... Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 Bd7 (14... exd4 $11 15. cxd4 cxd4) 15. d5 $14 Nc4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Ne3 a5 18. Nh2 a4 19. b4 Qc7 20. Bd2 a3 21. Rc1 Be7 22. Bd3 (22. Qe2 $11) 22... Na4 $15 23. Qf3 Nb2 24. Be2 (24. Bb1 $15) 24... Rab8 $2 (24... Nh7 $17 25. Nf5 c4 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7) 25. g4 (25. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4b5]}) 25... Nh7 $15 26. Nhf1 Bg5 27. Ng3 {Bozinakis,P (2195)-Schroeder,J (2563) Kavala 2022 0-1 (32)} (27. c4 $15)) 13. a4 (13. Ng3 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bc2 Qd7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Bc4 20. Qd2 Qe6 (20... Qc8 $5 21. Qc1 $8 Qe6 $11) 21. Qc1 Bxa2 22. Nd2 {[#]} (22. b4 $11) 22... b4 (22... Na5 $1 $17) 23. Ba4 $11 b3 $1 24. Qd1 {[%cal Od1e2]} Rd3 $2 (24... Rf8 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 25. Bxb3 $2 (25. Qg4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4e6]} Bg5 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Nxb3 Bxb3 28. Bxb3 {[%csl Oa6]}) 25... Rxd2 (25... Bxb3 $14 26. Qxb3 Qxb3 27. Nxb3 Ra8) 26. Bxe6 $16 Rxd1 27. Rexd1 $2 (27. Bxa2 $16 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1) 27... Bxe6 {Boutikos,E (2170)-Donoso Aguirre,M (2008) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (90)}) (13. Bc2 $14) 13... Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Na5 15. Qc2 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4]} 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Nh2 h5 18. g4 c4 19. axb5 axb5 20. gxh5 Nxh5 (20... Qb7 $14) 21. Nd5 $16 Qb7 22. dxc4 (22. Qe2 $16 g6 23. Bg5) 22... Nxc4 $14 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qe2 g6 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4]} Na5 27. Bg5 Re8 (27... Nxb3 $11 28. Qf3 Kh7) 28. Qe3 (28. Qd1 $16) 28... f5 $2 {[%csl Gb3,Rf5][%cal Rf7f5,Ga5b3] [#]} ({Es mejor:} 28... Nxb3 $14 29. Bf6 Bf8) 29. Ra1 $1 $36 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Ge1a1]} f4 $2 {[%csl Gc6,Rf4][%cal Rf5f4,Ga5c6]} (29... Nc6) 30. Qe2 Nc6 ({No sirve:} 30... Nxb3 31. Qa2 $18 (31. Rb1 Nc5 $16)) 31. b4 Kh8 32. Kg2 (32. Ngf6 Bxf6 33. Nxf6 (33. Bxf6+ Nxf6 34. Nxf6 Rf8 $14) 33... Nxf6 34. Bxf6+ Kg8 $16) 32... f3+ 33. Qxf3 (33. Kxf3 Rf8+ 34. Kg2 Nf4+ 35. Nxf4 exf4 $11) 33... Rf8 34. Qe3 Qc8 35. Bh6 Nf4+ 36. Nxf4 exf4 37. Bxf4 Qd7 38. Bh6 Re8 39. Ra6 Ne5 40. Ra7 Nxg4 41. Bxg7+ Qxg7 42. hxg4 (42. hxg4 d5 43. Rxg7 Kxg7 44. Qd4+ Kf7 45. Qxd5+ Ke7 46. g5 Rd8 47. Qe5+ Kf8 48. Qf6+ Ke8 49. Qxg6+ Kd7 50. Qh7+ Kc6 51. g6 Rd1 52. g7 Rd8 53. g8=Q Rxg8+ 54. Qxg8 Kd7 55. e5 Kc6 56. Qf7 Kb6 57. Qd7 Ka6 58. e6 Kb6 59. e7 Ka6 60. e8=Q {[%cal Re8e6]} Kb6 61. Qg6#) 1-0

Sindarov y Gukesh serán los más jóvenes en la historia del Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez.

 

El encuentro por el Campeonato Mundial de 2024 entre Gukesh y el GM Ding Liren ya ostentaba el récord de la menor edad combinada de los participantes en la historia del título (50 años, frente a los 51 del duelo entre el GM Magnus Carlsen y el GM Sergey Karjakin); sin embargo, este nuevo enfrentamiento pulverizará esa marca por una década, con jugadores que tendrán 20 años en el momento de su inicio: Gukesh y Sindarov. Esto ocurre apenas 12 años después de que el duelo entre el GM Viswanathan Anand y el GM Boris Gelfand registrara una edad combinada de 85 años, mientras que el récord absoluto —96 años— lo ostenta el encuentro de 1892 entre el primer Campeón Mundial de Ajedrez, Wilhelm Steinitz, y Mikhail Chigorin.

«Me caen bien ambos, pero, de alguna manera, no imaginé que ascenderían tan rápido y llegarían tan alto», comentó Giri. Y aunque los jugadores apenas se han enfrentado, Sindarov lleva la delantera, con victorias en el Abierto de Moscú de 2018 y en el Sharjah Masters de 2022. Si su reciente partida en el Tata Steel Masters sirve de referencia, nos espera un duelo apasionante: Gukesh llevaba ventaja, pero Sindarov opuso una resistencia fantástica para lograr unas tablas tras 78 movimientos.

La razón por la que han jugado tan poco es que, a pesar de que ambos obtuvieron el título de Gran Maestro a los 12 años, Sindarov ha tardado más en escalar la cima del ajedrez, acelerando su ascenso solo en los últimos dos años. Así lo explicó en una de sus últimas conferencias de prensa:

«Estoy muy contento con la forma en que he vivido mi vida, porque mientras estos chicos trabajaban 10 horas al día, yo pasaba mi tiempo jugando a Counter-Strike... Cuando me convertí en Gran Maestro, dedicaba cada día —quizás unas tres o cuatro horas— a Counter-Strike; la cuarentena me ayudó muchísimo, ya que en ese momento estaba realmente cansado de jugar a Counter-Strike y sentí que era hora de dedicarme de verdad al ajedrez. Y tras la cuarentena, empecé a trabajar muy duro, y mi vida cambió radicalmente».

[Event "Moscow Open-A"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2018.02.04"] [Round "9.15"] [White "D Gukesh"] [Black "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "2354"] [BlackElo "2429"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2018.01.27"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O b5 7. a4 b4 8. Re1 O-O 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Nfd2 Qc7 13. f4 Rad8 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxe5 17. Ne3 c4 18. Qe2 e6 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Ndxc4 Rc8 21. Qf2 Bxc4 22. Ng4 f5 23. Ne3 Ba6 24. Ng2 Qxc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Rxe6 Bb7 27. Ne3 Bd4 28. Kf1 Rxh2 29. Rd6 Bc5 30. Rd7 Ba6+ 31. Ke1 Bxe3 0-1 [Event "Sharjah Masters"] [Site "Sharjah UAE"] [Date "2022.05.22"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Black "D Gukesh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2659"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2022.05.21"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. O-O e5 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 f6 9. c3 Be6 10. d4 Rd8 11. Be3 Bg4 12. d5 f5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 fxe4 15. Qg3 Rxd5 16. f3 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. fxe4 Rd7 19. Nc4 Nf7 20. h4 O-O 21. h5 Kg7 22. Ne3 Qd8 23. Nf5+ Kh8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6 Qg5 26. Ne7 Qxe7 27. Rf5 Ng5 28. Rxg5 Qg7 29. Rh5+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Rff7 31. Rf1 Kf8 32. Rhf5 1-0 [Event "Freestyle Weissenhaus RR"] [Site "Wangels GER"] [Date "2025.02.07"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Black "Dommaraju Gukesh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Variant "chess 960"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "qbnrbknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QBNRBKNR w HDhd - 0 1"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2025.02.07"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. e4 O-O 6. cxd5 e5 7. Nde2 Nd6 8. f3 a5 9. b3 a4 10. Qb2 Bb5 11. Bd3 Qa6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Bb4 Rfe8 15. Nc3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 a3 17. Qd2 f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Ne4 Ba7 20. Rfe1 Bd4 21. Qg5 g6 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Bxa3 Ne3 24. Rc1 Nxd5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bb2 Bxb2 27. Qxb2 Qd4 28. Qd2 N7f6 29. h3 Nh5 30. Rd1 Ne3 31. Re1 Nf5 32. Ndf2 Qxd2 33. Nxd2 Rc2 34. Nfe4 Rxa2 35. g4 Nhg3+ 36. Nxg3 Nxg3+ 37. Kg2 Rxd2+ 38. Kxg3 Rd3 39. Rxe5 Rxb3 40. Rc5 b5 41. Rc7 Rd3 42. Rb7 Rd5 43. Kf4 g5+ 44. Ke4 Rc5 45. Kd4 Rc4+ 46. Ke5 Rf4 47. Rxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Black "D Gukesh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2754"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nxf6 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qa3 Nd6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O c6 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Qc3 a5 17. a4 Qe7 18. Rab1 Nd6 19. b4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Ra7 21. Nd3 Qc7 22. Rfc1 Rfa8 23. Nc5 Nc4 24. Nd3 h5 25. h3 g6 26. Re1 h4 27. Rec1 Kg7 28. Re1 Kg8 29. Rec1 Qd8 30. Ne5 Nd6 31. Ra1 Ne4 32. Ra2 Qd6 33. Qb6 Qe7 34. Qb3 Ra5 35. Nd3 b5 36. Rca1 Qa7 37. Qc2 bxa4 38. Nb4 Qb7 39. Rxa4 Qxb4 40. Rxb4 Rxa1+ 41. Kh2 Kg7 42. Rb7 Rf1 43. Qxc6 Raa1 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Qxd5+ Kg7 46. Qe5+ Nf6 47. Qe7+ Kh6 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Qf7+ Kh6 50. Qf8+ Kh5 51. Qh8+ Kg5 52. f4+ Kf5 53. Qxh4 Rh1+ 54. Kg3 Ne4+ 55. Kf3 Rhf1+ 56. Ke2 Rf2+ 57. Kd3 Rd2+ 58. Kc4 Rc1+ 59. Kb3 Rc3+ 60. Kb4 Rb2+ 61. Ka4 Ra2+ 62. Kb4 Rb2+ 63. Ka4 Rxe3 64. Qg4+ Kf6 65. Qh4+ Ke6 66. Qd8 Ra2+ 67. Kb4 Rb2+ 68. Ka4 Rxg2 69. Qg8+ Kf5 70. Qf8+ Nf6 71. Qc5+ Kxf4 72. Qd6+ Kf5 73. Qc5+ Kf4 74. Qd6+ Kg5 75. h4+ Kf5 76. Qc5+ Kf4 77. Qd6+ Kf5 78. Qc5+ 1/2-1/2