[Event "URS-ch23 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. Qd2 Na6
(8... f4 9. Bf2 Bf6 10. Nge2 Bh4 11. g3 Bg5 12. g4 Bxg4 $13) 9. O-O-O Nf6 10.
exf5 gxf5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nge2 $16 Qe7 13. Rde1 c5 14. Ng3 Ne8 15. Nh5 Nac7 {
[#]} 16. g4 $18 Kh8 17. Rhg1 Qf7 18. Nxg7 Nxg7 19. f4 e4 20. Bc2 b5 {[#]} 21.
cxb5 $18 Rb8 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 {[#]} 26.
Nxd6 $18 Rbd8 27. Bxc5 Nxf4 28. Bd4 Ng6 29. Re7 Nxe7 30. Bxg7+ Kg8 31. Bxf8+
Kxf8 32. Rf1+ Kg8 33. Rd1 Rf8 34. a4 Rf2 35. Nc4 Rxh2 36. Rd7 Nf5 37. Rxa7 Nd4
38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Match/City Leningrad-Moscow"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.01.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1960.01.16"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 c5 6. d5 Bf5 7. Ng5 h6 8. e4
hxg5 9. exf5 Qd6 10. Bxg5 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rxh2 13. O-O-O Rxg2 14. Bh4
g6 15. fxg6 Rxg6 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. Bxc4 Ne8 18. Rhe1 Qh5 19. Bg3 Nd6 20. Bd3
Rh6 21. Ne4 Qxd5 22. Nxd6+ exd6 23. Be4 Qe6 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26.
Qf5 Nf6 27. Rd3 Rde8 28. Bh4 Be7 29. Qf3+ Kc7 30. Rb3 Rb8 31. Rxb8 Kxb8 32. Qc6
Nd5 33. Qe8+ Kc7 34. Qxf7 Kd7 35. f4 Rh6 36. Bxe7 Rh1+ 37. Ka2 Nxe7 38. f5 Kd8
39. Qe6 Nc8 40. f6 Rh8 41. Qf7 Nb6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch27 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.02.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1960.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. Nc3 $6 (5. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 6. Bxd7+
Nxd7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4 O-O 9. d4 b6 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Rae1
Rae8 14. a3 a5 15. Nb5 $16 {Gurgenidze-Radovici/Tbilisi/1960/}) 5... Ne7 6. d4
O-O (6... c6 $5 {-> C 31: 2...d5 3.ed5 c6 4.Nc3 ef4 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.d4 Ne7 7.Bd3 /
7.Bc4 / 7.dc6}) 7. Bd3 Nd7 $6 (7... Bf5 $5) 8. O-O h6 $2 (8... Nf6 $5 9. Ne5
Nfxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12. Rxf4 Qg5 $1 $10) (8... Ng6 $5 9. Ne4 Nf6
10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. c4 Bg4 $13) 9. Ne4 $1 Nxd5 10. c4 Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. c5
Be7 13. Bc2 $1 (13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Qxe3 Nd5 $13) 13... Re8 14. Qd3 e2 $2 (14...
Nf8 $1) 15. Nd6 $5 (15. Rf2 $1 $16) 15... Nf8 $6 (15... Bxd6 $5 16. Qh7+ Kf8
17. cxd6 exf1=Q+ (17... cxd6 $2 18. Rf2 Nf6 19. Qh8+ Ng8 (19... Ke7 20. Rxe2+
Be6 21. Qxg7 $18) 20. Bh7 $18) 18. Rxf1 cxd6 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Re1+ Ne5 21. Qxg7
$44 Rg8 $1 22. Qxh6 Qb6 $1 23. Kh1 Be6 24. dxe5 d5 $10) 16. Nxf7 exf1=Q+ 17.
Rxf1 Bf5 (17... Kxf7 18. Ne5+ Kg8 19. Qh7+ $1 Nxh7 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Ng6#) (
17... Qd5 $5 18. Bb3 $1 (18. N3e5 $2 Bxc5 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Bb3 Rxe5 $1 $13)
18... Qxf7 $1 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qc4+ Kg6 21. Qg8 $1 Bf6 (21... Be6 22. Ne5+
Kh5 23. Qxg7 $18) 22. Ne5+ Bxe5 23. Qf7+ Kh7 24. Qxe8 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 Ng6 26. Rd1
Bxc5 27. Rd8 Ne7 28. h4 $1 $18) 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bf6 20. N3e5 Qe7 (20...
Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qe7 22. Qe4 g6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 (23... Qxf8 24. Bb3+ Kh7 25. Qxg6+
Kh8 26. Nf7+ $18) 24. Bb3+ Kh7 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh6+ Qh7 27. Ng6#) 21. Bb3
Bxe5 22. Nxe5+ Kh7 23. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch28 Final & Zonal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1961.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Nbd7 9. Kh1 b5 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Qe1 Ba8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rd1 O-O 15.
e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. Rxd6 Qxd6
21. Bxe5 Qd8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qh4 f5 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qe5+ f6 26. Qxe6 Qd2 27.
Qxf5 Rae8 28. g3 Re5 29. Qf2 Qd7 30. Kg1 Qe6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Qf3
Re7 34. Rd4 h5 35. Rd2 h4 36. Rd4 h3+ 37. Kg1 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1961.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxc5 Qa5 11. Ba3 Bxc4 12. Nd4 (12. Nd2 $6 Be6 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. Bxe7 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nde4 Bg7 17. Qd6 Rab8 18. Qxc6 Rec8 19. Qa4
Qxa4 20. Nxa4 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Rxb2 22. e3 Bxa2 $15 {Reshevsky-Pilnik München ol
1958}) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rac8 14. Qf4 {[#]} g5 $5 (14... Nh5 15. Qe3 Bxc3 16.
Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Bxe2 (17... Rc7 $10) 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Bxe7 Rfe8 $10 {
Boleslavsky}) 15. Qe3 Rc7 16. Rad1 Re8 (16... Ng4 17. Qd2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 h6 19.
Bb4 Qb6 $11) 17. Rd4 $14 b5 (17... h6) 18. Qxg5 h6 (18... e5) 19. Qd2 $16 b4
20. Nb1 Nd5 $2 {[#]} (20... Qg5) (20... Bxa2) 21. Rg4 $16 (21. Rxd5 $18 Bxd5
22. Bxb4 Qxa2 23. Bxd5 Qxb2 24. Qf4 e5 25. Qe4 $18) 21... h5 $2 (21... Qa6) 22.
Rg5 $18 (22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. b3 Bxe2 25. Bxd5 $18) 22... Rc5 23. b3
Nc3 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc3 bxc3 26. Bxc5 cxd2 27. bxc4 Rb8 28. Bxa7 Rb2 29. e3
Rxa2 30. Bc5 e5 31. Bf3 h4 32. Rd1 hxg3 33. hxg3 Rc2 34. Be2 Rb2 35. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Zonal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 (7...
Ne4) 8. cxd5 exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Qc2 (9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Qc2 {/\e4}) 9... Nd7 10.
Nxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd3 $14 {Karpov,An-Spassky,
B/URS/1975/}) 9. Ne5 (9. Qc2 Na6 (9... Qc8 10. Ne5 Na6 11. Bg5 $14 {Georgiev,
Ki-Vaiser,A/Szirak/1985/}) 10. Ne5 c5 11. Be3 Qc8 12. Rac1 Qe6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8
14. Qb1 {Portisch,L-Gligoric,S/Portoroz/1985/1/2-1/2/14/}) (9. Bf4 Na6 (9... c5
10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Ne5 Na6 12. Nc4 $1 Qd7 13. Na5 Rad8 14. Nxb7 Qxb7 15. Be5 c4
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Qxb2 18. Qa4 $16 {Tukmakov,V-Kochiyev,A/URS/1978/}) 10.
Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne5 Nc7 13. Nc4 (13. Qa4 $5) 13... Rb8 14. Bxc7 Qxc7
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rbd8 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Qf3 Ng5 19. Qg2 Bf6 $10 {
Timoshenko,G-Psakhis,L/URS-ch/1981/}) 9... Qc8 (9... Na6 $1 10. Bf4 $5 (10. Bg5
Ne4 $1 $10) (10. Qa4 $5 c5 $5 11. Be3) 10... c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nc4 Qd7 13.
Na5 Rad8 14. Nxb7 Qxb7 15. Qb3 Qc6 16. Rfd1 c4 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Rd7 19. b3
$14 {Gheorghiu,F-Nun,Ji/Timisoara/1987/1-0/40/}) 10. Bg5 Qe6 11. Rc1 c5 $2 (
11... c6 $5 12. e4 $5 $36) 12. Nd3 $1 {/\Nf4} cxd4 13. Bxf6 (13. Nf4 Qe5 14.
Bxf6 (14. Ncxd5 $6 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxf4 16. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Qxe7 $10) 14...
Bxf6 15. Ncxd5 Nc6 16. Qa4 $14 Rac8 17. Bh3) 13... Bxf6 $2 (13... dxc3 $1 14.
Bxc3 $14 (14. Bxe7 Qxe7 (14... cxb2 15. Rc7) 15. Rxc3 $14) 14... Rd8) 14. Nxd5
{/\Nf6;Nc7} Bxd5 (14... Bd8 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxb7 $18) 15. Nf4 Qd6 (15... Bxg2
$2 16. Nxe6 Bxf1 17. Nxf8 Bh3 18. Qd3 Kxf8 19. Qe4 $18) 16. Nxd5 Bg5 17. f4 Bd8
18. Nc3 $1 Na6 (18... Nc6 19. Nb5 $18) 19. Bxa8 Qb8 20. Nd5 Qxa8 21. Qxd4 Nc5
22. b4 Ne6 23. Qd3 Re8 24. e4 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf Spassky-Keres +4-2=4"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1965.04.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1965.04.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Rxf4 15.
Qd5 Kh8 16. Qxa8 Nb6 17. Qxa7 Bxe6 18. O-O Ne3 19. Rf2 b4 20. Nb5 Rf7 21. Qa5
Qb8 22. Re1 Bd5 23. Bf1 Nxf1 24. Rfxf1 Nc4 25. Qa6 Rf6 26. Qa4 Nxb2 27. Qc2
Qxb5 28. Re7 Nd3 29. Qe2 c4 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Ng5 Bc5+ 33. Kh1
Qd7 34. Qd2 Qe7 35. Nf3 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Candidates f Spassky-Tal +4-1=6"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1965.11.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C94"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1965.11.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15.
b4 Ncd7 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. cxb4 h6 19. Nf5 (19. Bb2 c5 20. Rc1 $11)
19... d5 $15 20. N3h4 {[#]} (20. Bb2) 20... c5 $15 (20... Bxb4 21. axb4 Rxa1
22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxh6+ Kxh6 24. Qxa1 Kh7 $17) 21. Re3 $2 (21. exd5 cxb4 22. d6
Bd5 $15) 21... c4 $19 {[#]} 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. Bc2 d4 24. Qf3 Ra6 25. Nxh6 gxh6
26. Nf5 Qa8 27. Nxh6 Bxh6 28. Qf5+ Kh8 29. Bxh6 Rg8 30. Bg5 Qe8 31. f4 Nh7 32.
Bh4 Rxg3 33. Bxg3 Rf6 34. Qg4 Rg6 35. Qh4 exf4 36. Qxf4 f6 37. Bf2 cxd3 38.
Bxd3 Ne5 39. Bf1 Ng5 40. Kh1 Nxe4 41. Rc1 Nxf2+ 0-1

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.06.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 (4... O-O $5 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 $132)
5. e4 h6 (5... O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 $13) 6. Bh4 g5 $6 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. c3 Nd7 9. Nc4
Ndf6 10. Qc2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 e6 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. e5 Nd5 (14... dxe5
15. dxe5 Nh7 16. Bd3 Nf8 17. Be4 O-O-O 18. Qb3 $16) 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. exd6 Qxd6
17. Re1+ Be6 (17... Kf8 18. Bd3 Re8 19. Bf5 $16) 18. Qa4+ $1 c6 19. Bd3 Kd8 (
19... O-O $5 20. Nxg5 (20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. Ne5 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. f4 d4) 20...
hxg5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Qd1 Rfe8 23. Qh5 $13) 20. c4 Qc7 (20... dxc4 21. Bxc4 b5
$2 22. Qa5+) (20... Kc7 21. c5 Qd7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 f6 24. Re3 $16) 21.
Qc2 Qd7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Kc7 (23... f6 24. Re3 Kc7 25. Rhe1 Rhe8 26. Bg6
Re7 27. c5 $18) 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rae8 (26... Rhe8 $32 27.
Rxh6 Rad8 28. Rh7 Kc8 $16) 27. Rxh6 $1 (27. Re1 $6 Kd8) 27... Rxh6 28. Rxe8 Kb6
29. Re7 Qd6 30. Rxf7 $18 Qb4 31. Qd3 Rd6 (31... Rh1+ 32. Kc2 Rg1 33. Qb3 Qxb3+
34. Kxb3 Rxg2 35. Rf5 $18) 32. Qb3 Qxb3 33. axb3 Rxd4 34. Rg7 Rg4 (34... Rd5
35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 $18) 35. Kc2 a5 36. f4 Rxg3 37. Rxg5 Re3 38. f5 Re2+ 39.
Kb1 Kc7 40. g4 Kd6 41. Rg7 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 10th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.08.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1967.07.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
c4 a6 9. cxd5 axb5 10. dxc6 c4 11. cxb7 Bxb7 $15 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ne4 Re8 14.
Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Qc2 (16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. a4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxd4 19. Qg4 f5
20. Qh5 g6 21. Qd1 Nb3 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bc3 Rd8 $15) 16... Bf8 $17 17. Re2
Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Rae1 f5 {[#]} 20. Nf6+ $2 (20. Ng3 Qd5 21. f3 Rxe2 22.
Nxe2 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rxa2 $17) 20... Qxf6 $19 21. Rxe8 Qg6 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. f3 (
23. g3 Qc6 $19) 23... Bxf3 24. Bc3 Be4 25. Qf2 f4 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. h3 h6 28. Kh2
Rf5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Qc2 Qg3+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+ 32. Qf2 Rg5 33. Qxe3 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1
fxe3 35. Rd6 Be4 36. Rd4 Bf3 37. Rf4 e2+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates qf Spassky-Geller +3-0=5"]
[Site "Sukhumi"]
[Date "1968.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "Polugaevsky,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1968.04.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In der folgenden Partie entwarf Spassky einen breiten, strategischen Plan in
der geschlossenen Variante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung. Er überließ
Schwarz den Damenflügel und setzte ganz auf den Königsangriff. In diesem
Wettkampf hatte er mit schlagender Beständigkeit die beiden ersten Partien in
diesem Abspiel mit Hilfe glänzender Opfer vor der Festung des Königs gewonnen.
(A.Saidy)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {[%mdl 5] Für die Geschlossene Variante ist
kennzeichnend, dass sich Weiss im frühen Stadium der Partie von dem Vorstoss
d2-d4 lossagt. Das Spiel verläuft schwerblütig, und der Schwerpunkt des
Kampfes verlagert sich auf das Mittelspiel.} d6 {Bei dieser Reihenfolge der
Züge gestattet Schwarz den Übergang zum Najdorfsystem.} ({Nach} 2... Nc6 3. Nf3
{nebst 4.d4 kann Weiss zu den Hauptvarianten der Sizilianischen Verteidigung
übergehen, wobei dem Nachziehenden angesichts der geänderten Zugfolge das
Najdorfsystem sowie andere Spielweisen verwehrt bleiben.} (3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7
5. d3 d6 {führt nach Zugumstellung zur Partie.})) 3. g3 {Dieser Zug und 3.f4
sind für die Geschlossene Variante charakteristisch.} (3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Nxd4 Nf6 {führt zur Najdorf-Variante.}) (3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5
Nc6 7. Bb5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Ned7 11. O-O-O a6 $1 12. Bc4
e6 13. a4 h6 14. Nf3 Bb4 15. Ne5 Ke7 $44 {Weiss hat Kompensation für den
Bauern - mehr aber auch nicht. Gulko,B-Kuligowski,A/ Buenos Aires olm 1978})
3... Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 {Weiss trachtet danach, Raumvorteil am
Königsflügel zu erlangen. Ein Nachteil des Zuges besteht darin, dass er die
Drohung, die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer abzutauschen, aufhebt. Daher kann Schwarz
ungesäumt seinen Königsflügel entwickeln. Die Alternativen sind:} (6. Nf3 Nf6
7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 e5 10. a3 Nd4 11. b4 b6 12. Rb1 Qc7 {Die Chancen
sind annähernd gleich. Christiansen,L-Zilberstein,V/ Tallin 1979}) (6. Nh3 e6
7. Be3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6 12. Qd2 e5 13. f4
Qb6 14. Rab1 c4 15. Kh1 cxd3 16. cxd3 Be6 17. Rf2 {Die weissen Aussichten sind
angesichts des am Königsflügel möglichen aktiven Spiels etwas günstiger.
Balashov,Y-Timman,J/ Rio de Janeiro IZ 1979}) (6. Nge2 e5 7. Be3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. f4 Nd4 11. Rae1 Qd7 {Das verwickelte Spiel bietet beiden
Seiten Chancen. Kholmov,R-Tal,M/ Kiev URS-ch 1964}) (6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd4 9. Nce2 e5 10. c3 Ne6 11. f4 {Die weissen Chancen sind günstiger. (R.
Schwarz)}) 6... Nf6 {Damit löst Schwarz das Problem der Entwicklung des
Königsflügels auf natürliche Art. Ausserdem kommen folgende Möglichkeiten in
Betracht:} (6... e6 {Eine sehr elastische und gebräuchlichste Fortsetzung.} 7.
Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 b5 11. a3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nb5 d5 14. c4
bxc3 15. bxc3 c4 16. Be3 cxd3 17. e5 Ba6 18. Qxd3 {Angesichts der Herrschaft
über die schwarzen Felder sind die Aussichten von Weiss vorzuziehen. Spassky,
B-Larsen,B/ Malmoe CM1968 (Rd 3) 1-0 (52)}) (6... e5 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. O-O Nd4 9.
f5 gxf5 10. Qh5 (10. Bg5 f6 $1 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. exf5 Nxc2 13. Rac1 Nd4 14. Ne4
Qf8 $15 {Trapl-Pribyl, CSSR 1972}) 10... h6 11. Rf2 Be6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Raf1
O-O-O 14. Nd5 {Es hat sich eine verwickelte und angespannte Lage ergeben, in
der die aktivere Figurenaufstellung des Anziehenden für die geringfügige
Materialeinbuße entschädigt. Spassky,B-Hort,V/ Bugojno 1978/ 1-0 (41)}) (6...
Rb8 7. Nf3 b5 8. O-O b4 9. Nd5 e6 10. Ne3 Nge7 11. a3 $1) 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Rb8
{Schwarz bereitet ...b7-b5 vor.} 9. h3 {So steht Weiss bereit, gelegentlich
mittels g3-g4 und f4-f5 auf der Königsseite zum Angriff vorzugehen.} ({Ein
anderer Plan ist mit dem sofotigen Vorstoss f4-f5 verbunden:} 9. Nh4 Nd4 ({
Zu passiv ist} 9... Bd7 {Nach} 10. f5 $1 b5 11. Bg5 $1 b4 12. Nd5 {hat Weiss
das Heft in der Hand, Spassky,B-Petrosian,T/ Wch 1966 (Rd 17)}) 10. f5 $1 b5
11. Bg5 b4 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. Rab1 Ne5 15. Qd2 a5 16. Bh6 Bd7 {
Das schwarze Gegenspiel auf der Damenseite gleicht die Chancen aus, Lein,
A-Sakharov,Y/ URS-ch 1968}) 9... b5 {Ein Rückzug des Springers f6 wäre
verfrüht:} (9... Ne8 10. Bd2 b5 11. Rb1 e6 12. Qe1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 $1 cxd4 14. Ne2
Qb6 15. a3 {mit besserem Spiel für Weiss. Spassky,B-Benko,P/ Palma de Mallorca
1968}) 10. a3 {Wie gewöhnlich rückt Schwarz am Damenflügel und Weiss am
Königsflügel vor. Routinemäßig lässt Weiss den Bauern auf a2, doch später wird
er Angriffen ausgesetzt sein oder Schwarz drückt b4-b3 oder a4-a3 durch.
Desweiteren ist die Öffnung der a-Linie nützlich, damit der Gegner nicht über
das Manöver ...Bc8-a6 verfügt.} ({Nach} 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 {ist er nämlich
imstande, es mittels} c4 $1 12. Be3 (12. dxc4 $2 Nxe4 $17) 12... Ba6 {zu
verwirklichen, wodurch er ein gewisses Gegenspiel erhält. Smyslov,V-Taimanov,M/
Moscow 1959 1-0 (27)}) 10... a5 11. Be3 ({Aufmerksamkeit verdient} 11. g4 b4
12. axb4 axb4 13. Ne2 {weil jetzt} c4 {schon nicht mehr so kräftig ist, z.B.:}
14. Be3 cxd3 15. cxd3 Bb7 16. Qd2 Ra8 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Ba6 19. f5 $1 {
und Weiss besitzt eine aktivere Stellung. Borngaesser,R-Marjanovic,S/ Dortmund
1978}) 11... b4 12. axb4 axb4 13. Ne2 Bb7 {Schwarz nimmt den Kampf um die
a-Linie auf.} ({Schwächer ist} 13... Bd7 $143 14. g4 {Weiter könnte folgen} Ne8
15. Rb1 Nc7 16. Qe1 Nb5 17. Qf2 Ra8 18. f5 $36 {mit Initiative für Weiss.}) ({
Auch} 13... Ne8 $143 {ist unzureichend. Weiss erlangte nach} 14. Rb1 Nc7 15. f5
Nb5 16. Qd2 Nbd4 17. Nh4 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bb7 21. h4 {
die besseren Chancen. Reshevsky,S-Kortschnoj,V/ Amsterdam CM 1968}) 14. b3 $1 {
[%mdl 32] Geller versah diesen Zug in seinen Anmerkungen wegen der Weitsicht
Spasskys mit einem Ausrufezeichen. Weiss bildet eine feste Bauernkette, deren
Basis (der c-Bauer) er so lange festhält, bis es keine Rolle mehr spielt.} ({
In der vierten Runde des Wettkampfes setzte Spassky mit} 14. Qd2 {fort. Nach}
Ra8 15. Rab1 Qa5 $1 16. b3 {fand Schwarz nicht die stärkste Erwiderung} d5 $1 {
die ihm das bessere Spiel geboten hätte,} (16... Rfc8 $143 {Spassky,B-Geller,E/
Sukhumi CM (Rd 4) 1968 1-0 (48)}) {z.B.:} 17. e5 d4 18. Bf2 Nd5 $15) 14... Ra8
15. Rc1 $1 {Das ist die Idee Spasskys. Nachdem der Punkt c2 befestigt ist,
kann Weiss zu aktiven Operationen am Königsflügel übergehen.} Ra2 {Die
Besetzung der a-Linie durch die schweren Figuren gehört zum Plan des
Nachziehenden, nur muss sie konsequent und energisch vonstatten gehen. In
einem passenden Moment ist sie zudem möglichst mit dem Vorstoss d6-d5 zu
verbinden.} 16. g4 {Die kritische Stellung der Partie. Der weisse Angriff auf
der anderen Brettseite beginnt bescheiden. Es ist durchaus nicht klar, wer
zuerst durchdringt. Die Praxis lehrt, dass die weissen Aussichten im Zentrum
und am Königsflügel begründeter sind als das schwarze Gegenspiel an der
Damenflanke. Schwarz unternimmt nun ein Damenmanöver, das sich schliesslich
als nicht sehr wirkungsvoll herausstellt und allzuwenige Verteidiger für den
König zurücklässt.} Qa8 $6 {Schwarz verliert wertvolle Zeit.} ({Wesentlich
besser ist} 16... Qa5 {und falls} 17. Qe1 {so} Qb5 18. Qf2 Rfa8 {nebst 19...
Nd7 und 20...R a1.}) (16... e6 {Saidy}) 17. Qe1 Qa6 $2 {Der entscheidende
Fehler., nachdem sich der weisse Angriff in zügigem Tempo entwickelt.} ({
Chancen, eine Verteidigung zu organisieren, hätten sich durch} 17... d5 18. e5
Nd7 19. Qh4 e6 {ergeben.}) 18. Qf2 ({Spassky vermeidet die Falle} 18. Qh4 $4
Rxc2 ({auch einfach} 18... Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qxe2 {ist gut.}) 19. Rxc2 Qxd3 $19 {
und das weisse Spiel fällt plötzlich auseinander. (Saidy)}) 18... Na7 {Schwarz
verlegt sich auf ein langwieriges Springermanöver und unterstützt sträflich
die am Königsflügel heraufziehenden Gefahren.} ({Der letzte Versuch bestand
wiederum in} 18... d5 {obwohl Schwarz dabei einen Bauern einbüßt:} 19. e5 d4
20. exf6 dxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxf6 22. Qxc5) (18... e6 {Saidy} 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bd2 ({
oder} 20. exd6 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Nd4 {mit komplizierten Verwicklungen.})) 19. f5
Nb5 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Ng5 Na3 22. Qh4 Rc8 {Schwarz gibt seinem König das
benötigte Fluchtfeld, bevor er den preisgegebenen c-Bauern schlägt. Der sich
langsam entwickelnde weisse Angriff hat seinen Höhepunkt erreicht - der
Zeitpunkt für kombinatorische Schläge... (Saidy)} 23. Rxf6 $1 {Ein krönendes
Qualitätsopfer.} exf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nxf7 $3 {Gnadenlos entblößt Spassky den
schwarzen König.} Rxc2 {Zu spät! Aber es gibt keine Verteidigung.} (25... Kxf7
26. Bh6 Rg8 27. Nf4 d5 (27... Rxc2 28. Rf1 g5 29. Bxg5 $1 (29. Nh5 Rxg2+ (29...
Qxd3 30. Nxf6 $18) 30. Kxg2 Qxd3 {[%cal Re4h7,Re4g2,Yb7e4]} 31. Nxf6 $18) 29...
d5 (29... fxg5 30. Nd5+ Ke8 31. Qxg8+ Kd7 32. Rf7+ {nebst 33.R c7#.}) 30. Nh5
$18) 28. e5 $1 fxe5 29. Nxd5 $18) 26. Bh6 $1 Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Kxf7 ({Wenn} 27...
Bxh6 {so} 28. Nxh6 Ke8 29. Ng8 $1 {und der schwarze König wird zu Tode gehetzt,
z.B.:} Rc7 (29... Kf8 30. Ne7 Ke8 31. Nxg6 {[%csl Re7][%cal Yh7e7]}) 30. Qxc7
Kf8 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Nxf6 Kf7 33. Nh7 Kg7 (33... Ke6 34. Qe8#) 34. Qd7+ Kg8 35.
Nf6+ Kf8 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kh6 (37... Kh8 38. Qf8#) 38. Ng8#) 28. Qxg7+ Ke8
29. g5 $1 {Dieser stille Zug bringt zwei verbundene Freibauern ein.} ({Möglich
war auch} 29. e5 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Re5e6] Droht Matt nach e5-e6.} d5 30. exf6
Qe6 31. Qxb7) 29... f5 (29... fxg5 30. Bxg5 {mit unweigerlichem Matt.}) 30.
Qxg6+ Kd7 31. Qf7+ Kc6 32. exf5+ {Schwarz gab auf. Für Schwarz ist es folglich
ausserordentlich wichtig, Gegenspiel am Damenflügel zu schaffen, wenn Weiss am
Königsflügel angreift, an dem beide Könige untergebracht sind. Indem er Weiss
zwingt, seinen Plänen Rechnung zu tragen, verhindert Schwarz, dass dieser
einen grösseren Teil seiner Kräfte auf den Königsflügel wirft und "lindert" so
die gegnerischen Drohungen in diesem Abschnitt.} (32. exf5+ {Nach} Kb6 33. Bxb7
Qxb7 34. Qxb7+ Kxb7 35. f6 {ist der Rest für Weiss ein Spaziergang. Der
schwarze Springer steht sinnlos auf a3 als schweigsamer Zeuge der törichten
Jagd auf Bauern, während der eigene König sich in tödlicher Gefahr befand. 
(Saidy)}) 1-0

[Event "World-ch26 Spassky-Petrosian +6-4=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1969.04.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Re1 Qd7 15.
Bc5 $1 Rac8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e3 Red8 18. Qe2 Bg4 $1 (18... d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4
20. exd4 Rxd4 21. Nb5 Rxc1 22. Nxd4 $1) 19. f3 (19. Qf1 Ne4 20. Ne2) 19... Bf5
20. Rcd1 Ne5 21. Nd4 (21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. e4 Nd3 $1) 21... Bg6 (
21... Bd7 22. f4 Bg4 23. fxe5 $1) 22. Bh3 Rc4 $5 23. g4 (23. f4 h5 24. Qf1 Nc6
25. g4 Nxg4 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxc4 Qh4 $1) (23. Qf1 Qb4) 23... Rb4 24. b3 (24.
f4 Nc4 {/\ Nd6}) 24... Nc6 25. Qd2 Rb6 26. Nce2 $2 (26. Na4) 26... Bh7 27. Bg2
Re8 28. Ng3 Nxd4 29. exd4 Re6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Rc1 Bg6 32. Bf1 $2 (32. Kf2 $1)
32... Nh7 33. Qf4 Nf8 34. Rc5 (34. Qe5 $1) 34... Bb1 $1 35. a4 Ng6 36. Qd2 Qf6
37. Kf2 (37. Rc1 Nh4) 37... Nf4 38. a5 (38. Rc3 Ne6) 38... Bd3 $1 39. Nf5 (39.
Qc3 Qh4 40. Kg1 Bxf1 41. Rc8 Bb5 $1) 39... Qg5 $1 {[/\ 40...Nh3+]} 40. Ne3 Qh4+
41. Kg1 Bxf1 (41... Bxf1 42. Nxf1 (42. Kxf1 Qh3+ 43. Kf2 Qxh2+ 44. Ke1 Rxe3+)
42... Re2) 0-1

[Event "World-ch26 Spassky-Petrosian +6-4=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.06.11"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1969.04.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 (10... Nb6 $5 {- C92/11}) 11. Be3 $6 (11. a4 $5 {
- C92/19}) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 $10 13. Bc1 Bb7 $14 (13... c5 $10 {Geller})
14. b3 (14. d5 Be7 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 c6 $10 {Shamkovich}) (14. a4 $5 {
Bondarevsky}) 14... Ncb6 15. Be3 Re8 $6 (15... c5 $14 {Geller}) (15... exd4 16.
cxd4 Re8 17. Nbd2 c5 $10) 16. d5 (16. Nbd2 $6 d5 $1 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5
{/\ 19...Bxc3-/+}) 16... Rc8 $2 $16 (16... Be7 $5 {/\ ...c6, ...f5}) 17. Nbd2
c6 18. c4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qc7 20. Rc1 (20. Bd3 $1 {(Spassky)} Qc3 21. Bf1 Qc2 22.
a4 $16 {|^<<}) 20... Qb8 $6 (20... Qc3 $5 $14 {Geller, Korchnoi}) 21. a4 $1 Nc5
22. axb5 $2 (22. a5 Na8 23. b4 Nd7 $16 {Geller}) 22... axb5 $14 23. Ra1 {
[/\ Ra5]} b4 24. Qe2 Nbd7 25. Bd3 $6 (25. Nc4 Ba6 26. Nfd2 Nb6 27. Bxc5 Bxc4
28. Nxc4 Rxc5 29. Na5 $16 {Korchnoi}) 25... Nxd3 $2 (25... Bxd5 26. Bxc5 (26.
exd5 e4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 (27... Bxa1 28. Nxc5 $16) 28. Nd4 $1 $14 {Bondarevsky,
Krogius}) 26... Nxc5 27. exd5 e4 28. Bxe4 (28. Nxe4 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Nxb3 30. Rb1
Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Nxc1 $10 {Geller}) 28... Bxa1 29. Rxa1 f5 30. Ng5 Qb7 $1 $15) 26.
Qxd3 $16 Ba8 27. Nc4 Nc5 28. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 29. Ra4 h6 30. Qd2 Be7 (30... Rb5 31.
Rxa8 Qxa8 32. Nxd6 $16) 31. Rea1 Bb7 32. Qxb4 f5 33. Ra7 $1 Rc7 34. exf5 $18
Qc8 35. Ne3 (35. Qb6 $1 $18) 35... e4 36. Nd4 Bf6 37. Rf1 Ba6 38. Rxc7 Qxc7 39.
Qa4 Ra8 40. Rd1 Qb8 41. Nc6 Qb7 (41... Qe8 42. Qb4) 42. Qxe4 Qxb3 43. Re1 (43.
Qe6+ $6 Kh8 44. Qxd6 Bc3 {/\ Be2}) 43... Bc3 (43... Bd3 44. Qb4 Qa2 45. Qxd6
Bc3 46. Nb4 Qa3 47. Qe6+) 44. Rb1 Qa2 45. Nb4 Qa4 46. Qe6+ Kh8 47. Qxd6 Be2 48.
Nc6 Qa2 49. Rb8+ Rxb8 50. Qxb8+ Kh7 51. Qg3 Bh5 52. Kh2 Be1 53. f6 $1 (53. f6
gxf6 54. Nf5 Bg6 55. Nce7) 1-0

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{Die Partie Larsen-Spassky ist wohl die berühmteste echte Kurzpartie (unter
20 Zügen) innerhalb der absoluten Weltelite.} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4.
Nf3 {Dieser provokative Zug geht letztlich nach hinten los und wurde deshalb
kritisiert.} e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 dxc6 {Die schwarzen Züge sind auf schnelle
Entwicklung gerichtet.} 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. f4 $2 {
Unzweifelhaft steht Weiß auch nach anderen Zügen vor einer schwierigen
Verteidigung. Der Bauernzug ist wohl schon der Verlustzug.} Ng4 $1 11. g3 $6 ({
Der "Normalzug"} 11. O-O $2 {geht auch nicht:} Rxd2 $1 12. Nxd2 Nxe3 $19) ({
Nach} 11. Bxg4 $2 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qxg4 {ist die weiße Stellung sehr löchrig.}) (
11. Qc1 h5 12. Nc3 Rd7 $17) 11... h5 ({Das Opfer} 11... Rxd2 {kam in Frage,
ist aber nicht notwendig.} 12. Nxd2 Nxe3 13. Qc3 Rd8 $40) 12. h3 (12. Nc3 Rxd2
$1 $19) 12... h4 $1 {Bis jetzt hatte Spassky nur normale Züge ausgeführt,
nun fängt er an brilliant zu spielen.} 13. hxg4 {Der vorherige Tausch der
Läufer auf g4 würde nichts ändern.} hxg3 14. Rg1 Rh1 $3 {Ein kleiner Makel
dieses schönen Zuges ist, dass auch ein anderer gewinnt:} (14... Qh4 15. Rg2
Qh1+ 16. Bf1 Bxg4 17. Qxe4 (17. Nc3 Bf3 18. Rxg3 Rh2) 17... Rhe8 18. Be5 f5 $19
) 15. Rxh1 g2 16. Rf1 (16. Rg1 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 Qh1 $19) 16... Qh4+ 17. Kd1 gxf1=Q+
{Quelle: "The World's Greatest Chess Games" von Burgess, Nunn und Emms,
Robinson London 1998} 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Cup 07th final A"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1971.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A72"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1971.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lokomotiv"]
[BlackTeam "Avangard"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. Bg5
exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 a6 14. a4 Re8 15.
Nc4 Qc7 16. Ne3 Nd7 17. Nf5 Nf6 18. Nxh6+ Kf8 19. f3 g4 20. Qc2 Qa5 21. O-O-O
b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Re5 24. Qa4 Nh5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. f4 Bxh6 27. Kc2
Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bg7 29. Nxd6 Rxb5 30. Nxb5 Nxg3 31. Nd6 Bd7 32. Rhe1 Ba4+ 33. b3
Bd7 34. Re5 Bh6 35. Nb7 Bxf4 36. Nxc5 Bf5+ 37. Rxf5 Nxf5 38. Kd3 Ne3 39. Rg1
Nxd5 40. Ke4 Nc3+ 41. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 07th final A"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1971.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1971.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rc8 14. Rb1 b5 15.
a4 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. b3 Ba3 19. Ra1 Bb2 20. Ra6 Nb4 21. Rd6
Qe7 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Bf3 c3 24. Rd7 Qe6 25. Qa4 Nc6 26. Rb7 Ne5 27. Be4 Nc4
28. Qc2 Nxe3 29. fxe3 h6 30. Rf3 Rcd8 31. Bd3 Rxd3 32. exd3 Qd5 33. Rxb2 cxb2
34. Rf1 Qe5 35. e4 Ra8 36. Qb3 Ra1 37. Kg2 Rc1 38. Qxf7+ Kh7 39. Rf5 Qd6 40. e5
0-1

[Event "URS-ch41 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Bf4 Nd7 8.
Nd2 e5 9. Bg3 Bd6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. c3 Nc5 14. Bc2 a5 15.
Rfd1 f6 16. Ne3 g6 17. h4 Be6 18. h5 a4 19. Bh4 Qg7 20. Ng4 gxh5 21. Nxf6+ Kh8
22. Qe3 Bb6 23. Nxh5 Qg6 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Bg4 26. Nf6 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 h6 28.
Bh4 Bd8 29. Rxd8 Raxd8 30. b4 Rd2 31. bxc5 Rxc2 32. Nd7 Rf4 33. Bf6+ Rxf6 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf Karpov-Spassky +4-1=6"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1974.04.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Be6 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. Rf2 Rfd8 15.
Rd2 Bc4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 a4 18. Nc1 d5 19. fxe5 Nxe4 20. c3 Nxd2 21. Bxd2
Qxe5 22. cxb4 Qxb2 23. Nd3 Qd4 24. Ra3 Qb6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Bxd5 Bxb4 27. Bxf7+
Kxf7 28. Qf3+ Kg8 29. Bxb4 Qxb5 30. h3 Rad8 31. Bd2 Qd5 32. Qf2 b5 33. Ba5 Rd7
34. Nf4 Rf7 35. Rf3 Qc4 36. Bd2 b4 37. Qb6 b3 38. Kh2 Qc2 39. Bc3 Qe4 40. Qd6
h6 41. Bb2 Qc2 42. Qd5 Qf5 43. Qc6 Qd7 44. Qg6 Ree7 45. Qa6 Qb7 46. Qxa4 Re4
47. Qxb3 Rb4 48. Qe6 Rxb2 49. Rg3 Rb6 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qe3 Rd6 52. Qc5 Qc7 53.
Qb4 Qd7 54. Nh5 Rg6 55. Rxg6 Kxg6 56. Ng3 Qd3 57. h4 Kh7 58. h5 Rd7 59. Qc5 Rd4
60. Qe7 Rg4 61. Qe5 Rh4+ 62. Kg1 Qd1+ 63. Kf2 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 13th final A"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1975.07.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
a6 9. a4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qa5 11. Bg5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rfc1 Nf8 15.
Nc5 Ne7 16. Qe4 Nf5 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Rc2 a5 19. Qg4 Qd6 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Bf4 Qe7
22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Rc7 Red8 24. d5 Bd6 25. Bg5 Nf6 26. Rxe7 Nxg4 27. Rxb7 f6 28.
Bd2 exd5 29. Bd7 Ngh6 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Rc1 Ne7 32. Nd4 Ra6 33. Bd7 Nhg8 34. Bb5
Raa8 35. Kf1 Be5 36. Ne6 Rdb8 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. b3 Ra8 39. f4 Bd6 40. Nc7 Ra7
41. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf Spassky-Portisch +4-2=9"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1977.07.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Nh2 Bg7 21. Rf1 h5 22.
f3 Qe7 23. Bg5 Qf8 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Nfd7 26. Raf1 Ne5 27. Nxh5 gxh5 28. Qe2
Qh8 29. Rh4 Kg6 30. Bd1 f5 31. Rxf5 Rf8 32. Qxh5+ Qxh5 33. Bxh5+ Kh7 34. Bf7+
Bh6 35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. Bf6+ Kxf7 37. Bxe5+ Ke8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Bxd6+ Kg7 40.
Ng4 1-0

[Event "Candidates f Kortschnoj-Spassky +7-4=7"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1977.11.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. d4 d5 8. b3 Bd7
9. Bb2 Be8 10. Nf4 Bf7 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. c5 b6 14. b4 g5 15. Ne2 Bg6
16. h4 h6 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Ne5 Bh7 19. f3 bxc5 20. dxc5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Nd7 22.
Bb2 Bf6 23. Nd4 Qe7 24. f4 Rf7 25. O-O-O a5 26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 g4 28. Bf1
Bxd4 29. Bxd4 e5 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Bd3 Nf3 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Qxf5 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 Nge7 (7...
exf4 8. Bxf4 Nge7 9. O-O h6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. a3 Be6 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Nf4 Bd7 {
Spassky-Portisch cm (13) Genf 1977}) 8. O-O Nd4 9. f5 gxf5 10. Qh5 (10. Bg5 f6
$1 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. exf5 Nxc2 13. Rac1 Nd4 14. Ne4 Qf8 $15 {Trapl-Pribyl, CSSR
1972}) 10... h6 11. Rf2 Be6 12. Be3 Qd7 (12... fxe4 13. Raf1 Rf8 14. Bxh6 $14)
13. Raf1 O-O-O 14. Nd5 fxe4 (14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Rhf8 16. Kh1 {/\Ng1,Bh3}) 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Rxf7 $1 Qe8 18. Bxe4 Rf8 19. Bf5 $1 Qxf7 (19...
Kb8 $1) 20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxe6+ Rfd7 22. Rf7 Kc7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7
25. Kg2 Ke6 26. Kf3 d5 $2 (26... Kf6 27. g4 Ke6 $14) 27. Kg4 Kf6 28. Kh5 Bf8
29. Ng1 b5 30. Ne2 a5 31. g4 a4 32. h4 b4 33. b3 a3 34. Ng3 e4 35. g5+ hxg5 36.
hxg5+ Ke5 37. Kg4 Bg7 $2 (37... e3 38. Ne2 Bc5 39. g6 $18) 38. Nh5 Bf8 39. g6
e3 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. g7 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Qa5+ $2
(7... e6 8. O-O Ngf6 (8... Qc7 9. c4 O-O-O 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qa4 Kb8 $10 {
Dueckstein-Petrosjan, Varna 1962}) 9. c4 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Bxg6
hxg6 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Ne4 $14 {Spassky-Karpov, cm 1974}) 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Bxg6
hxg6 10. Qe2 e6 11. Ne4 O-O-O (11... Ngf6) 12. g3 c5 $6 13. Bf4 Qc6 14. O-O-O
c4 15. Nc3 Nh6 (15... Ngf6 16. Ng5) 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. Rxd5 Bc5 18. Rhd1 f6 19.
Rd6 $1 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qc5 21. Rd5 (21. Rd5 Qc6 22. Nb5) 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Bb7 (9... Re8 10. Bd2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Rac1 Qb7
14. Qc6 Rab8 $10 {Portisch-Spassky, (12) Genf cm 1977}) 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. a3 Bxc3
(11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Qe6
17. Qh4 Bd5 18. Rd2 $14 {Gligoric-Szabo, YUG-HUN 1960}) 12. Bxc3 Re8 13. Nxc6 (
13. f4 $5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 (14... d4) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 $14) 13... Bxc6
14. Rc1 c4 $1 {/\..a5, ..b4} 15. Bb1 b5 16. Re1 Ne4 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qb6
$17 19. Qc2 (19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Rad8) 19... g6 20. Qf2 Rad8 21. f4 f5 22. Qh4
Bd7 $1 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Rf1 Qf6 25. Qf2 a5 26. Rcc1 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Qd2 Qe7
29. Rf3 Ra8 30. h3 Ra6 31. Qf2 Re6 32. Re1 Ra6 33. Rg1 Ra1 34. Kh2 Rea8 35. Rg3
Qf6 36. Rf3 Qb6 37. Qh4 Qf6 38. Qf2 R8a7 39. h4 h5 40. Kh3 Rc7 41. Rc1 Ba4 42.
Rg3 c3 43. Rg5 Qa6 44. Kh2 (44. Bxf5 Rxc1 45. Rxg6+ Qxg6 46. Bxg6 Rh1+ $19)
44... Bb5 45. bxc3 bxc3 46. Qc2 Bd3 $1 47. Qb3 Rxb1 48. Qxd5 Kh7 49. Rxc3 Rg7
50. Kg3 Be4 51. Qc4 Qa1 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 (4... bxc6) 5. O-O Bg4 (5... Qd6) (
5... Ne7 $6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 g6 (7... Ng6) (7... c5) 8. Nb3 $14 {Hort-Nunn,
Hasting 1978}) (5... f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2
Nf6 11. Nc4 Nxe4 12. Ncxe5 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 O-O 14. Be3 b5 $1 $10 {
Fischer-Spassky, Reykjavik (wch/16) 1972}) (5... Ne7 $6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 g6 (
7... Ng6) (7... c5) 8. Nb3 $1 $16 {Hort-Nunn, Hastings 1978}) 6. h3 h5 7. d3
Qf6 8. Be3 (8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6 12. Be3 Be7 $10
{Hort-Spassky, m (6) Reykjavik 1977}) 8... Bxf3 (8... Ne7 9. Nbd2 $14) 9. Qxf3
Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Kh1 f6 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Rg1 Kf7 14. Nc4 Ng6 15. Rg3 Nh4 {
(/\ 17...g5)} 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Bxf4 d5 $1 $10 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. f3
g5 21. Rf1 Ng6 22. Kg1 Nf4 23. Bxf4 $6 (23. Kf2 h4 24. Rg4 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Nf4+
26. Bxf4 $10) 23... gxf4 24. Rg2 Rhg8 25. Rxg8 $2 (25. Rff2 Rg3 $15) (25. h4
Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rg8+ 27. Kf2 Rg3 28. Rg1 $1 $10 {e.g} Rh3 $4 29. Kg2 Rxh4) 25...
Rxg8+ 26. Kf2 dxe4 (26... Rg3 27. exd5 cxd5 28. h4 Rh3 29. Kg2 Rxh4 $4 $19 (
29... Rg3+)) (26... h4 27. exd5 cxd5 28. d4 Rg3 29. Rh1 Ke7 30. Rh2 Kd6 31. Rh1
Kc6 32. c3 Kb5 33. b3 f5 34. Rh2 Rg7 35. Rh1 Re7 36. Re1 Rc7 37. Rc1) 27. dxe4
$2 (27. fxe4 Rg3 (27... Ke6 28. Rg1 Rxg1 29. Kxg1 Ke5 30. Kf2 c5 31. c3 c4 32.
d4+ $1) 28. Ke2 (28. h4 $2 Rh3) 28... Re3+ (28... Rxh3 29. Rxf4 Rh2+ 30. Rf2
$10 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 f5 32. e5 Ke6 33. d4 f4 34. Kf3 Kf5 35. c3 h4 36. Kg2 a5 37.
a3 a4 38. Kg1) 29. Kd2 Rxh3 30. Rxf4 Rh2+ 31. Kc3 Kg6 32. d4 Kg5 (32... h4 33.
d5) (32... Rg2 33. Kd3) 33. Rf5+) 27... h4 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. b4 Rg3 30. Rh1 b5
31. c3 Kd6 32. a3 Ke6 33. Rh2 Kd7 34. Rh1 Kc7 35. Rg1 a5 36. Rh1 a4 37. Rg1 Kd6
38. Rxg3 hxg3+ 39. Kf1 Ke5 40. Kg2 f5 41. exf5 Kxf5 42. Kf1 Ke5 43. Kg2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 (4. dxc5 Nxe4 $1) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. Bd3 (8. e5 {Main line.}) 8... Qb6 $5 (8... Nbd7 9. f5 (9.
Qe2 Qb6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. f5 e5 $13 {Markov-Day/CAN/1972/}) 9... e5 10. Nc6 Qb6
11. Nb4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. g4 Qa5 16. a3 Rxc3 $44
{Spassky,B-Polugaevsky,L/URS/1960/} 17. bxc3 d5 {-/+ Polugaevsky}) (8... Bb7 $1
) 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 (10... Qxd4 $2 11. Bxb5+ $18) 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Qe2
Bb4 (12... Nc5 $5) 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Be3 $1 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Bxf3 $1 (15... Qc7 16.
O-O O-O 17. Rac1 $16) 16. Qxf3 Qc6 17. Ke2 $1 $16 Qxf3+ (17... Bxc3 $5 18. bxc3
O-O {Gligoric}) 18. gxf3 Bxc3 (18... Nc6 19. f4 Ne7) 19. bxc3 Nc6 20. f4 Kd7 $2
(20... Ne7 $142) 21. Rhb1 $1 Rab8 (21... f6) (21... Rhc8 22. a4 Ne7 23. Bd2 Nd5
24. Rb3 f6 25. Rg1 $14) 22. Bc5 Rhc8 23. Bd6 Rb7 24. a4 Nd8 25. axb5 axb5 26.
Kd2 f6 27. d4 Nf7 28. Bb4 fxe5 (28... Nh6 $142 {Gligoric}) 29. fxe5 Nh6 30. Ra5
Nf5 31. Kd3 g6 32. Bc5 Rcb8 33. Ra6 Rc8 34. Ke4 Rcc7 35. Kf4 h6 36. Ke4 g5 (
36... Rc8 37. d5 exd5+ 38. Kxd5 Ne7+ 39. Bxe7 Kxe7 40. Re6+ Kf7 41. Rf1+ Kg7
42. Rff6 $18) 37. Rba1 Rc8 38. Rxe6 $1 $18 Rxc5 (38... Kxe6 39. Ra6+ Kd7 40.
Kxf5 $18) 39. Kxf5 Rxc3 40. Rxh6 Kc7 41. Rh7+ Kb6 42. Rxb7+ Kxb7 43. e6 Kc7 44.
Ra7+ Kb6 45. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.05.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 (3. d4 $5 exd4 4. Qxd4 $13) 3... g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3
f5 6. e4 Nc6 (6... Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. d4 $1 $14) 7.
Nge2 Nh6 8. Nd5 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 (10. Rb1 {/\b4 normal idea}) (10. b4 $5)
(10. f4 $5) 10... g5 {/\f5-f4} (10... f4 $2 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 $1 Bxa1 13.
Qxa1 $44) 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Rae1 $6 (14. b4 $5 Rae8 15.
b5 Nd8 16. Qa5 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 (17... Nxc6 {><d5}) 18. Nb4 $14) 14... Rae8 15.
b4 Nd8 (15... Ncd4 $6 16. b5 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Nb4 {/\19.Nd4 Nd4 20.Bd4,
21Bc6}) 16. b5 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Nb4 Qc7 $1 (18... d5 $6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20.
Nc3 d4 21. Ne4) 19. Nc1 Bd7 20. Nb3 Ne6 21. Nc2 Qb6 22. Ba3 Qd8 23. Rb1 (23.
Bb2 Qb6 $10) (23. g4 $2 Nh4 24. Bxd6 Nf4 $17) (23. h3 $1) 23... g4 $1 24. Na5
c5 25. Nc6 Qf6 $1 (25... Qc7 26. Rb7 Qxb7 27. Ne7+ $19) 26. Rb7 $5 (26. Nxa7 $6
Nfd4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 $44 {><f3}) 26... Bc8 27. Rxa7 $5 Ng5 $44 28. Qe2 Kh8 29.
Bc1 Nh3+ 30. Bxh3 $6 (30. Kh1 $142 $5 Nd4 (30... Nf4 $5) 31. N6xd4 {31.Ncxd4!?}
cxd4 (31... exd4 32. Qd2 $13 Nxf2+ $2 33. Kg1 $19) 32. f4 $1 exf4 33. Qd1 f3
34. Bxh3 gxh3 35. Bb2 $16) 30... gxh3 {/\Nh4} 31. Qf3 $5 (31. f3 $5) 31... Rf7
32. Ne3 Ref8 33. Nd5 $5 (33. Nxf5 $5) 33... Qg6 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Be3 $2 (35.
Qe4 $1) 35... Qe8 $1 36. Na7 Nd4 37. Qd1 Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Bg4 $19 39. Qc1 Qf7 $1
40. Nb5 Nd2 $1 41. f4 Nxf1 42. Qxf1 Qh5 43. Ndc3 exf4 44. Bxf4 Re8 45. Bd2 Be2
0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.05.03"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 (5. Bd2 {Karpov,An-Larsen,B/
Montreal (12)/1979/0-1/}) 5... Bf5 (5... Bg4) 6. Bd2 Nbd7 (6... c6 7. Bc4 e6 8.
Qe2 Bb4 (8... Nbd7 {game}) 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 $14 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Bxd5
exd5 (12... cxd5 13. Qb5+) 13. g4 Be6 14. f4 O-O-O 15. a3) 7. Bc4 c6 8. Qe2 e6
(8... Bxc2 9. Nb5 Qd8 $2 10. Nd6#) (8... Qc7 $5 9. Ne5 e6 10. g4 $2 Nxe5 (10...
Bxc2 $2 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Qxe6+ Kg6 13. Qf7#) 11. dxe5 Nxg4) 9. d5 $1 cxd5 10.
Nxd5 Qc5 $6 (10... Qd8 11. O-O-O) 11. b4 (11. Bb4) 11... Qc8 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 (
12... Nxf6 13. Bb5+ Ke7 (13... Nd7 $2 14. Ne5 $18) 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. O-O {/\f4-f5
}) 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. h4 h5 15. f4 Be7 16. Rh3 Qc7 (16... O-O 17. f5 exf5 18. Rg3
$1 (18. Qxe7 $2 Re8 19. Nxf5 Qxc4 $19) 18... Kh7 19. Nxf5 {/\Ne7,Qe3}) 17.
O-O-O Qb6 (17... O-O-O 18. f5 $1) 18. Be1 O-O-O 19. Nb5 $1 Nb8 20. Rxd8+ $1 (
20. Bf2 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Qd8+) 20... Kxd8 (20... Rxd8 21. Bf2 $19) (20... Qxd8
21. Nxa7+ Kc7 22. Rc3 $1 $18) 21. Bf2 Qc6 22. Bxa7 Nd7 23. a3 $1 Qe4 (23... b6
24. Rc3 Qe4 25. Qf2 Qb7 26. Be2 $18) 24. Be3 Bf5 25. Rg3 Qc6 (25... Bg4 26.
Bb6+) 26. Nd4 Qa4 27. Nxf5 $1 Qxa3+ (27... exf5 28. Bd4 $1) 28. Kd1 Qa1+ 29.
Bc1 Bxb4 (29... exf5 30. Ra3 $1) 30. Bb5 Nb6 31. Qe4 Qa5 32. Qxb7 {/\Rd3+} 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O (9. h4 Na5 10. Bd3 c5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. e5 Qa5+ 14.
Kf1 Rd8 15. h5 e6 16. hxg6 hxg6 $132 {Spassky-Sajtar/Bukarest/1953}) 9... b6 (
9... e5 10. Ba3 {[#]3} (10. d5 Na5 11. Bb3 (11. Bd3 c6 12. c4 b5 13. cxb5 cxd5
14. Ba3 Re8 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Bb4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nb6 $6 (17... Nd6 $142 $5 18. Rfd1
d4 19. Na4 $14 {Rashkowsky}) 18. a4 f5 19. Rad1 $16 {Rashkowsky-Ermolinsky/
UdSSR/1985}) 11... b6 (11... c5 $5 12. c4 b6 13. Nc3 f5 14. Qe2 f4 15. f3 g5
16. Bd2 h5 $40 {Butnorius-Tshechkowsky/Krasnodar/1980}) 12. c4 Qe7 13. Be3 Nb7
14. Ba4 Nc5 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Nc3 f5 17. f3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Rxf1+ 20.
Qxf1 Ba6 21. Bb5 Rf8 $10 {Arachamia-Akopjan/Moskau/1989}) (10. Be3 Qe7 (10...
exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 $1 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qxd3 15. Bh6 f6 16. Bxf8
$16 {Ftacnik}) 11. f3 Rd8 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3 b6 14. c4 Nb7 15. Nc1 Bd7 16. Nb3
Ba4 17. Bc2 Bxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Qe2 Re8 $10 {Dochoyan-Akopian/Erewan/1988})
10... Re8 11. Bxf7+ $5 (11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 (12... c6 13. c4 b5 $5 {Vaganian}
) 13. Bb4 Nb7 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. c4 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. f4 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nc5 19.
Nc3 exf4 20. e5 Qg5 21. Qd4 Rae8 22. Rae1 Nd7 23. Ne4 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25.
Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re4 g5 28. Ra4 Rd8 29. Rd1 Ng4 30. Rxa7 Ne3 31. Rd3
(31. Rc1 Rxd5 32. Rcxc7 Rd2) 31... Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Ra4 Kf6 $15 {
Rasuvaev-Smejkal/Bundesliga/1991}) 11... Kxf7 12. Qb3+ Be6 $1 (12... Kf6 $6 13.
f4 $40) 13. d5 Na5 14. dxe6+ Rxe6 15. Qa4 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rd3 $5 {[#]4} (
17. f4 b5 $1 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. f5 Rf6 20. Bc5 Bf8 $1 21. Bf2 Kg8 $13 {
Ftacnik-Vaganian/Moskau/1985}) 17... Kg8 $14 (17... b5 18. Qd1 Kg8 19. Rd7 Qb6
$16 {Vaganian}) (17... Ree8 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Bd6 Qb6 20. c4 $16 {Vaganian})
18. c4 Bf8 19. Rfd1 Rf6 20. f3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 b6 22. Qb4 Rd8 23. Rad3 Rff8 24.
Nc1 c5 25. Qb5 Nc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qe8+ $14 {Volke-Tukmakow/
Groningen/1990}) 10. Be3 Bb7 (10... Na5 11. Bd3 c5 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 f5 14.
Qe1 e6 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Bb1 Nc4 $15 {Holm-Pribyl/1974/}) 11. f4 e6 $6 (11... Na5
12. Bd3 c5 (12... f5)) (11... Na5 12. Bd3 f5 (12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bxc5
Qc7 15. Bd4 e5 $132 {Botvinnik}) 13. exf5 Qd5 14. Rf3 gxf5 $132 {
Holdarson-Stean/Graz/1972}) 12. f5 $1 $14 Na5 13. Bd3 exf5 14. exf5 Re8 (14...
Qd5 15. Nf4) 15. Qd2 Be4 $6 (15... Qd5 $142 16. Nf4 (16. Rf2 $5) 16... Qc6 17.
Rae1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 $132) 16. Bg5 $1 f6 (16... Qd7) 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qd3 $1
Qd5 $6 (18... Rxe2 19. Qxe2 fxg5 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. f6 Bf8 22. Rae1 Bd6 23. f7 $1
$18) (18... Qe8 19. Ng3 Re7 20. Bd2 $16) 19. Bd2 g5 (19... Rae8 $2 20. Ng3 Rg4
21. h3 $18) 20. Ng3 Rh4 (20... Re7 21. Bxg5 $1 $18) (20... Ree8 21. Nh5 $16 (
21. Bxg5)) 21. Rae1 Rf8 22. Ne4 Nc4 23. Bc1 c5 24. Qf3 $1 {/\25.Sf6, 25.Sg5}
Kh8 (24... Rd8 25. Bxg5 $1 $18) 25. Nxg5 $1 Qd6 26. g3 fxg5 27. gxh4 g4 28.
Qxg4 Bxd4+ $2 (28... cxd4 29. cxd4 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Rg8 $16) 29. cxd4 $18 Rg8 30.
Bg5 1-0

[Event "Baden"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Nf5 Nc7 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Rc1 Bc6 14. Na4 g6 15.
Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Ne7+ Kg7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rab8 20. b3 Rfe8
21. Bf3 Qe5 22. Qd2 d6 23. Rfd1 Rb6 24. Qa5 Re7 25. Rc4 Qb2 26. Ra4 h5 27. Qd2
Qe5 28. h4 Rd7 29. Rc1 Rc7 30. Kg2 d5 31. Ra5 Qd6 32. Qb2 d4 33. Rc4 Nd7 34.
Qc1 a6 35. Rc2 Rb5 36. Ra4 Ne5 37. Qf4 Re7 38. Be4 Re6 39. Bd3 Rf6 40. Qe4 Ng4
41. f3 Ne3+ 42. Kf2 Nxc2 43. Bxc2 Qd7 44. Bd3 Qh3 45. f4 Rbb6 46. Bc4 Qh2+ 47.
Qg2 Rxf4+ 48. gxf4 Qxf4+ 49. Kg1 Rf6 50. Rxa6 Qe3+ 51. Kh2 Rf4 52. Qg3 Qe4 53.
Ra7 Rxh4+ 54. Qxh4 Qxh4+ 55. Kg1 Qe1+ 56. Kg2 h4 57. Rxf7+ Kh6 58. Rf3 g5 59.
Bd3 Kg7 60. Bc4 g4 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-05"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1981.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1981.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bg5 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Ra3 Bb7 12. Nf3 axb5 13. Bxb5 Qc7 14. O-O Ng4 15.
Bg5 Ngf6 16. Nd2 e6 17. Nc4 exd5 18. exd5 Rad8 19. a5 h6 20. Bh4 Ne5 21. a6 Ba8
22. Re1 g5 23. Bg3 Nfd7 24. a7 f5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Ra6 e4 28.
Bc4 Qf7 29. Nb5 Kh7 30. Re6 Qb7 31. Qh5 Rf6 32. Rxf6 Bxf6 33. g4 f4 34. h4 Kg7
35. Nc3 e3 36. Bd3 exf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 38. Re2 Qxc3 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qxh6+ Bg7
41. Qxg5 Qf6 42. Qxf6+ Bxf6 43. Bc4 Bxh4+ 44. Kf3 Rd7 45. Ra2 Bg5 46. Ke4 Rf7
47. Ra5 Kg7 48. Rxc5 Kf6 49. Rc8 Rxa7 50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. Rc8 Kf6 52. Rf8+ Kg7 53.
Rc8 Bb7 54. Rc7+ Kf6 55. Kd4 Bh4 56. d6 Bf2+ 57. Kc3 Be4 58. Re7 Rxe7 59. g5+
Kg6 60. dxe7 Bc6 61. Kb4 Bb6 62. Bb3 Bd7 63. Bd5 Be8 64. Bc4 f3 65. Bd3+ Kxg5
66. Bb5 f2 0-1

[Event "Turin International"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "1982.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1982.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Nc4
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Ne8 11. Qc1 g5 12. Bd2 Nc7 13. a4 Nba6 14. h4 f6 15. e4
Nb4 16. Be2 Qe7 17. O-O Bd7 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Bf1 Bc8 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. axb5 gxh4
22. Rxa7 f5 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qd6 25. Nc4 Qg6 26. Ne5 Qd6 27. Bc3 Nxd5 28.
Bc4 Kh7 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Nf3 Rf7 31. Nxh4 Rg8 32. Qd1 Bd4 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34.
Ra4 Rfg7 35. g3 d3 36. Ng2 d2 37. Re2 Rd8 38. Ra3 Qd4 39. Rc3 f4 40. Rxc8 Rxc8
41. Rxd2 Qc5 42. b4 Qxb4 43. Rd7 fxg3 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Qd7+ Kf6 46. fxg3 Qc5+
47. Kh2 Rc7 48. Qe8 Kg7 49. Nf4 Qc2+ 50. Ng2 Rf7 51. Qe5+ Kh7 52. Qd5 Qf5 53.
Qc4 Rd7 54. Qe2 Rf7 55. Qc4 h5 56. Nh4 Qf2+ 57. Ng2 Qf1 58. Qe4+ Qf5 59. Qc4
Re7 60. Nh4 Qf2+ 61. Ng2 Qf5 62. Nh4 Qf2+ 63. Ng2 Qe2 64. Qc5 Kh6 65. Qd6+ Kg7
66. Qc5 Qe5 67. Qc4 Rd7 68. Nh4 Rd2+ 69. Ng2 Qd5 70. Qc7+ Kg6 71. Qb6+ Kf5 72.
Qg1 Kg4 73. Qf1 Qe4 74. b6 Re2 0-1

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1983.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1983.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 Rb8 8. Qd2
O-O 9. h4 b5 10. h5 bxc4 11. g4 Bxg4 12. fxg4 Nxg4 13. O-O-O Nxe3 14. Qxe3 e6
15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rd2 Re8 17. Ng1 d5 18. Nf3 a5 19. e5 Ne7 20. Bh3 c5 21. dxc5
Qc7 22. Qf4 Nc6 23. Re1 d4 24. Rxd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxc5 26. Nf3 Red8 27. Ng5 Qe7
28. Qh4 Rd3 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nxe6+ fxe6 31. Rf1+ Ke8 32. Qg8+ Bf8 33. Qxg6+ Kd8
$138 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1986.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Qe2+ Be6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne4 Qb4 13. a3 Qa5 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Ne5 Rae8 16. Rac1 f6 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Nb4 Qxd4 20. Rc4 Qe5
21. Nd3 Qe7 22. Qf3 Bb5 23. Rd4 c6 24. Ng3 Qd8 25. a4 Ba6 26. Nb4 Qb6 27. Rxd5
cxd5 28. Nxa6 Qxa6 29. Qxd5+ Qe6 30. Qxe6+ Rxe6 31. Rc1 f5 32. b4 f4 33. Nf1
Bd4 34. Rc4 Re4 35. Kh1 Rfe8 36. h3 Bxf2 37. Rc6 Re1 38. Bxe1 Rxe1 39. g4 f3
40. Rc8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Nd7 {Von Spassky wiederentdeckt} 10. d4 Nb6 $1 (10... Bf6 11. a4 Na5
12. Bc2 Nb6 13. b4 Nac4 14. a5 Nd7 15. Bb3 exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. Bf4 cxb4 18.
Nbd2 d5 19. exd5 Nxa5 20. Bd6 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Re8 22. Bc7 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qf8 24.
Ne4 a5 25. Qd3 $1 {Chandler} (25. Nd6 a4 26. Qxb4 Be7 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Bd7
$10 {Fischer,R; dieses Urteil zitiert ECO92/16,79}) 25... a4 26. Bd6 Qd8 27.
Bxb4 Ba6 28. Nd6 Qc7 29. Qf5 g6 30. Qf4 Rf8 31. Ne5 Nb6 32. Ng4 Bd8 33. Nh6+
Kg7 34. Ndf5+ {1-0 Chandler,M-Nikolic,Pr/Hastings/1987/ -> CBM6,S.32}) 11. Nbd2
Bf6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 (13. N1h2 Na5 14. Bc2 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17.
hxg4 cxd4 $13 {Renet,O-Sopassky,B/Cannes/1989/0-1/37/ round1  ->}) 13... g6 14.
Bh6 Na5 (14... a5 $10 {=; ECO92/19}) 15. Bc2 c5 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Rf1
Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nh2 Qh4 $1 21. b3 Qf4 22. Qe1 Qg5 23. Kh1 Nb7 24. Ne2 Rf8
25. f4 exf4 26. Nxf4 Rae8 27. Qd2 Kg8 28. Rae1 f6 29. Rf3 $1 Nd8 30. Qf2 Nf7
31. b4 $5 (31. Rg3 Qh6 32. Ng4 Bxg4 33. Rxg4 Nd8 34. Qg3 Re7 35. Nxg6 hxg6 36.
Qxd6 (36. Rxg6+ Rg7 $1) 36... Nc8 $13) 31... Ne5 32. Rg3 Qh4 33. bxc5 dxc5 34.
Nd3 Nbc4 35. Nxc5 Bc8 36. Nf3 Qh6 37. Nd4 Ng4 38. Qg1 Qh4 39. Rf3 f5 40. Nde6
fxe4 41. Bxe4 $2 (41. Rxf8+ Rxf8 42. Nxe4 Bxe6 43. dxe6 Rf3 44. Re2 $1 Rxh3+
45. gxh3 Qxh3+ 46. Rh2 Nxh2 47. Qxh2 Qf1+ 48. Qg1 Qh3+ $10) 41... Nf2+ 42. Rxf2
Rxf2 43. Bd3 Nd6 44. Rd1 Ref8 45. Nxf8 Bxh3 46. Qh2 Rxg2 47. Qxd6 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "St Stefan/Belgrade m"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. d5 $1 $146 Nb6 19. Ba5 (19. h4 $5 Bc8 20.
h5 g5 $1 21. Ba5 Rb8 $10) (19. Qc1 $5 Kh7 20. h4 $36) 19... Nfd7 20. b3 (20.
Nd2 Bg7 21. Rb1 Qh4 $10) 20... Bg7 21. Rc1 Qf6 22. Rb1 $6 (22. h4 $5 h5 23. e5
$1 (23. Re3 $5 Bh6 24. Ng5 $36) 23... dxe5 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. d6 Qd8 (25... Qf8
26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. Nxc5 $16) 26. b4 (26. Nfg5 $5) 26... c4 (26... cxb4 27. Bb3
$40) 27. Nc5 $44) (22. e5 $5 dxe5 (22... Nxe5 $2 23. Bxb6) 23. Ne4 Qe7 $13)
22... b4 23. Ne2 $6 (23. Qc1 Nc8 24. a3 bxa3 25. Qxa3 Na7 $13) 23... Qe7 24. a3
$2 (24. Qc1) 24... bxa3 25. Bc3 f5 $5 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27. Nf4 $6 fxe4 28. Nh4 (
28. Bxe4 a2 29. Rc1 Nf6 30. Bxg6 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nfxd5 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Be4 Nf4
$1 34. g3 Re8 $19) (28. Ne6 Qf7 29. Bxe4 Nf6 $17) 28... g5 29. Ne6 (29. Nh5 Qf7
30. Bxe4 gxh4 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Bg6 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Qf8 $19) 29... Qf6 30. Qg4
Nxd5 $1 31. Nxg5 (31. Qxe4 Nf8 $1 $19) 31... hxg5 32. Qxd7 Nb4 $1 (32... Re7
33. Qg4 Bc8 34. Qg3 Kf8 $19) 33. Qxb7 Nxc2 34. Rxe4 a2 35. Rf1 Nb4 (35... a1=Q
36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38. Kh2 Qf6 $19) 36. Rg4 a1=Q 37. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38.
Kh2 Qg7 39. Qf3 Qe5+ 40. g3 (40. Rg3 $5 Ra7 41. Qh5 Rh7 $19) 40... Rf8 41. Qg2
Qf6 42. f4 Ra7 43. Rxg5+ Rg7 44. Rh5 Qe6 45. g4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "St Stefan/Belgrade m"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 (7. Nge2 e6
8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5) 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 $6 (9... Nfd7 10. h4 $5)
(9... e6 $1 10. O-O (10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 $2 Nfd7 (11... dxe5 12. Qxb7 Qxd3 13.
Qxa8 e4 $13) 12. Qxb7 Nxe5 $132) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Nfd7 $1 12. Qd1 Na6 $10)
10. Qd1 $1 e6 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Ne8 (12... Re8 13. Bd2 a6 14. a4 Re7 15.
Qc2 {Anikaev-Balashov/URs-ch/1979/}) 13. Bd2 Ne5 $6 (13... Nc7 14. Bf4 Ne5) 14.
Be2 f5 15. f4 Nf7 16. g4 $1 Nh6 (16... Qh4 17. Kg2 Nf6 $2 18. Be1 $18) 17. Kg2
Nc7 18. g5 $1 Nf7 19. Rb1 Re8 20. Bd3 Rb8 21. h4 a6 22. Qc2 b5 23. b3 Rb7 (
23... Qd7 24. Ne2 Rb7 25. Ng3 Reb8 26. Nxf5 $5) 24. Rbe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qb8 26.
Bc1 Qd8 27. Ne2 bxc4 28. bxc4 Ne8 29. h5 (29. Ng3 Re7 $1 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Nxf5
$6 gxf5 32. Bxf5 h6 $13) 29... Re7 30. h6 Bh8 (30... Bf8 31. Bb2 $18) 31. Bd2
Rb7 32. Rb1 $1 Qb8 33. Ng3 Rxb1 34. Qxb1 Qxb1 35. Bxb1 Bb2 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. Ke2
Nh8 (37... Ke7 38. Nxf5+ $1 gxf5 39. Bxf5 $18) 38. Kd1 Ke7 39. Kc2 Bd4 40. Kb3
Bf2 (40... Kd7 41. Bc3 $1 Bxc3 42. Kxc3 Ke7 43. Nxf5+ gxf5 44. Bxf5 $18) 41.
Nh1 Bh4 (41... Bd4 42. Bc3 Bxc3 43. Kxc3 Kf8 44. Ng3 Nf7 45. Kb3 $18) 42. Ka4
Nc7 43. Ka5 Kd7 44. Kb6 Kc8 45. Bc2 Nf7 46. Ba4 Kb8 (46... Nd8 47. Ka7 Nf7 48.
Bc6 Nd8 49. Ba8 Nxa8 50. Kxa8 Nb7 51. Ka7 $18) 47. Bd7 $1 Nd8 48. Bc3 $1 Na8+
49. Kxa6 Nc7+ 50. Kb6 Na8+ 51. Ka5 Kb7 52. Kb5 Nc7+ 53. Ka4 Na8 54. Kb3 Kc7 55.
Be8 Kc8 56. Bf6 Nc7 57. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 58. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Budapest m"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Re8 $2 12. Bc2 $2 (12. Bxf7+) 12... Bb7 13.
Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 Nb6 $1 17. Be3 (17. Qe2 c6 18. c4 cxd5 19.
cxd5 Nfxd5 $1 $19 {Unzicker,W-Tal,M/1960/0-1/}) 17... Rc8 18. Qe2 c6 19. c4
cxd5 20. cxd5 Nbxd5 $1 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. b4 $6 Nxb4 23. Bb3 Bd5 24. Red1 Bc4
25. Qd2 Nd3 26. Bh6 d5 27. Bc2 Nc5 28. Re1 $2 (28. Bxg7 Kxg7) 28... Bh8 $1 29.
Rad1 Qb6 30. Qg5 e4 31. Qe3 Bxa2 32. Bb1 Bxb1 (32... Bc4 $1 {/\ a6-a5-a4 etc.})
33. Rxb1 Na4 34. Qxb6 Nxb6 35. Be3 Na4 36. Nd4 Nc3 37. Rbc1 Rc4 38. Nge2 Nxe2+
39. Nxe2 Rd8 (39... f5 $1) 40. g4 d4 41. Rcd1 d3 42. Ng3 Bc3 43. Bd2 Bxd2 44.
Rxd2 Rdd4 45. f3 $1 exf3 46. Kf2 b4 47. Kxf3 Rd8 48. Re7 Rb8 49. Rd7 b3 50.
R7xd3 $1 a5 51. Rb2 a4 52. Ne2 Kg7 53. Ke3 Ra8 54. Nc3 Rb4 55. Nxa4 Raxa4 56.
Rbxb3 Rf4 $1 57. Ke2 Kh6 58. Rf3 Kg5 59. Kf2 Rxf3+ 60. Kxf3 Kh4 61. Kg2 Ra2+
62. Kg1 h5 $1 63. gxh5 Kxh5 64. Rf3 f5 65. Rf4 Re2 66. Kh1 Re4 67. Rf2 Kh4 68.
Kg2 Rb4 69. Kh2 Re4 70. Kg2 f4 $1 71. Kf3 Re5 72. Rg2 (72. Kxf4 Rf5+ 73. Ke3
Rxf2 74. Kxf2 Kxh3 $19) 72... g5 73. Rg4+ Kxh3 74. Rg3+ Kh4 0-1

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yudasin} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 (6... b6
$5 {Yudasin}) 7. Bxa6 {Novelty! I can find no previous examples of this move.
If anyone other than Spassky had played it I would roundly condemn the idea.
As it is - profound strategical thinking from the ex-world champion.} (7. a3 {
Yudasin} c5 8. Bxa6 cxd4 9. Nxd4 bxa6) 7... bxa6 8. O-O Rb8 {It isn't easy to
challenge White's centre.} (8... Bb7 9. Qe2 d5 10. exd5 (10. e5 $5 Ne4 11. Be3
$14) 10... Nxd5 11. Ne4 {x c5}) (8... c5 9. dxc5 Bb7 $5 {is a reasonable pawn
sacrifice.}) 9. Qe2 e6 {If Black plays like this weakening his dark squares on
the kingside, then I think White is already slightly better.} (9... Bb7 {
Yudasin} 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qxa6 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 dxe5 14. dxe5 Qd1+ 15.
Rf1 Qxc2 16. Qxa7 Rfd8 17. Qf2) 10. Kh1 (10. e5 {Yudasin} Nd5 (10... Nd7) 11.
Nxd5 exd5 $14 {/\Bf5,Bd7}) 10... Re8 (10... Bb7 {Yudasin} 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5
Nd5 13. Ne4 {/\c4}) 11. e5 Nd7 (11... Nd5 {Yudasin} 12. Ne4 (12. Nxd5 exd5 13.
c3 f6 $132)) 12. Ne4 d5 (12... Nb6 {Yudasin} 13. b3 {/\Ba3}) (12... f5 $5 {
Yudasin} 13. Ned2 Bb7 (13... a5 14. Nb3 a4 15. Na5 Rb6 16. Be3 Ba6 17. c4 c5
18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Rfd1 Qb8 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Rad1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Bh6
$132) 14. b3 {/\Bb2,Ba3,/\c5-Nc4}) 13. Nf2 ({I prefer} 13. Nc5 $5 Nxc5 14. dxc5
Qe7 (14... d4 $6 15. Qc4 (15. Rd1) (15. Qf2)) 15. Qf2 Bd7 (15... Bb7 16. Be3)
16. b3 $14) 13... c5 14. c3 cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Nxd4 Bb7 {followed by ...Nc5 x
e4.}) 15... Qb6 (15... a5 $5 {Yudasin} 16. Nd3 (16. g4 f6 $13) 16... Ba6) 16.
Nd3 a5 17. Bd2 Ba6 18. Bc3 a4 (18... Qb5 {Yudasin} 19. Nfe1 Nb6 $36) 19. Qd2
Rec8 (19... Qb5 {Yudasin} 20. Rfd1 Rec8 $10) 20. g4 f5 (20... Qb5 {Yudasin} 21.
Nfe1 f6 $13) 21. Rg1 ({Capturing on f5 straightaway would be premature:} 21.
gxf5 exf5 22. Rfe1 (22. h4 Nf8 23. Rg1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne6 $15) 22... Bxd3 23.
Qxd3 Nf8 $15 {[%cal Rf8e6,Re6f4] On e6 the knight is a rock and Black still
has his queenside pressure.}) 21... fxg4 (21... Nf8 $2 22. Nc5) (21... Bxd3 22.
Qxd3 Nf8 {White doesn't need to capture on f5 yet so the knight on f8 doesn't
look so clever.}) (21... Qb5 {Yudasin} 22. Rad1 Qxd3 23. Qxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3
fxg4 25. Rxg4 Rc6 $14) 22. Rxg4 Qb5 23. Nfe1 {Half-time oranges and Boris is
under pressure. Can the old boy conjure something on the kingside?} Rf8 (23...
Nb6 24. a3 {followed by h4 and h5.}) 24. Bb4 (24. h4 {Yudasin} Rf5) 24... Rf7 (
24... Rf5 $5 {Yudasin}) 25. Rc1 (25. Bd6 {Yudasin} Rc8 26. Rc1 Rc4 {/\Rc4-dc4,
Bb7}) 25... Qb6 (25... Rc8 {Yudasin} 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc3 Qc4 28. Qxc4 (28.
Kg2 Bb7 29. a3 $14) 28... dxc4 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Bb7+ 31. Kg1 Bd5 $17) 26.
Bd6 Re8 27. Nf3 $1 {This is the crucial moment in the game. Black can take the
plunge and grab a pawn, or try to ride out White's attack on the kingside.} Qb5
(27... Bxd3 $5 28. Qxd3 Qxb2 29. Rcg1 (29. Rc7 Nxe5 $19) (29. Rb1 {Yudasin}
Qxa2 30. Ng5 Rf5 31. Rb7 $146) 29... Qxa2 30. Ng5 Qc4 {and now it would be
nice to continue the attack but Black's defences appear to be adequate:} (30...
Rf5 31. Nxe6 (31. Nxh7) 31... Rxe6 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rg8#) {
The ending offers more chances:} 31. Qxc4 (31. Qh3 h5 32. Nxf7 hxg4 33. Qxg4 (
33. Nh6+ Bxh6 34. Qxh6 Qd3 35. Rxg4 Qf3+ 36. Rg2 $11) 33... Qd3 34. Ng5 Qf5 35.
Qh4 Nf8) 31... dxc4 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Rb1 $14 (33. Ra1 $14)) 28. Rc3 Nb6 29. b3
axb3 30. axb3 Rf5 (30... Qa5 {Yudasin} 31. Bb4 Qb5 32. h4 $13) 31. Nh4 Rh5 {
This was a gamble which does not pay dividends. The rook finds itself off-side.
However, White was beginning to assert himself anyway.} (31... Rf7 {Yudasin}
32. Rg3 Qa5 33. Bb4 Qb5 34. Ng2 $13) 32. h3 $1 {Nice touch. Spassky improves
the position of his king before contemplating further action.} Nc8 33. Bc5 Ne7
34. Kh2 Nc6 (34... Nf5 {Yudasin} 35. Nxf5 Rxf5 36. Bxa7 $16) 35. Qe3 Qa5 36.
Ne1 (36. Rc2 {Yudasin} Rb8) 36... Be2 (36... Qa2+ {Yudasin} 37. Rc2 Qb1 {/\Rb8}
) 37. Nef3 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 {Rh5} (38. Nxf3 {Yudasin} Rf5 $10) 38... Ne7 (38...
Qa2+ {Yudasin} 39. Kg3 Qa1 $16) 39. Bxe7 Rxe7 40. Rc8+ Kf7 (40... Bf8 {Yudasin}
41. Nxg6) 41. Qd3 {/\Ng6} Rc7 42. Rxc7+ Qxc7 43. Nxg6 $1 Qd8 44. Kg3 Qa5 45.
Qc2 {/\Nh4-Qe1,Rh4-Qc7,Qc8,Qd7-g7} Rh6 (45... Qe1+ 46. Kh2 {and game over.})
46. Nh4 Qb6 47. f5 (47. Nf3 {Yudasin} Rg6 $18 48. Rxg6 hxg6 49. Ng5+) 47... Bf8
48. f6 {It is typical of Spassky that he prefers to continue to restrict his
opponent rather then keeping the situation fluid and going for the kill. For
instance,} (48. Nf3 {is also strong.}) 48... Qb8 49. Kg2 {Black has few decent
moves at his disposal. Here's a possible concluding continuation:} (49. Kg2 Qb7
50. Nf3 Qd7 51. Qd3 Ke8 52. Qa6 Rg6 53. Rxg6 hxg6 54. Ng5) 1-0

[Event "Paris Grand Prix du Senat 2nd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2001.04.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 {This variation is certainly not dangerous from
theoretical point of view, but the surprise effect may work well.t} g6 (3... e6
{is the other main line leading to French type of positions.}) 4. Nc3 Bg7 5.
Be3 Qb6 (5... e6 $2 {closes the /^ of the c8 B and weakens the dark squares.
e6 and g6 do not harmonize together.} 6. Qd2 {- Shulman-Murshed, United
Insurance 4th 1999 CBM 70}) 6. Qd2 {This is White's main idea to sacrifice the
b2 P for a lead of development.} (6. a3 $6 {defends against Qxb2, but forgets
about the [+].} e5 $15 {Seirawan}) (6. Na4 Qa5+ 7. c3 {The N is not so bad on
a4, as it looks like at first sight.} Nd7 8. b4 $142 (8. exd5 {ruins White's 
[+], and then f3 remains only a stupid weakening move.} cxd5 $11 (8... Qxd5 $2
9. Qb3 $14 {Bucker-Wierner, Duren 1985})) 8... Qc7 9. e5 {White wants to gain
space everywhere.} (9. Qb3 dxe4 10. fxe4 Ngf6 11. Bd3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Nxh2 {
is an unexpected blow finding White's heel of Achilles.} 13. e5 Ng4 14. Nf3
Ngxe5 $1 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 Be6 $17 {Dutreeuw-Fridman, Germany 1999}) 9...
a5 {Black has to attack White's mighty P chain quickly.} (9... b5 10. Nc5 a5
11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. a3 f6 13. f4 Nh6 14. Nf3 Qa7 15. Qc1 axb4 16. cxb4 O-O $13 {
Hodgson-Anastasian, Pula 1997}) 10. b5 f6 11. f4 Nh6 12. Nf3 O-O $13 {Feher-C.
Horvath, Zalakaros 1997}) (6. Rb1 {is the quiet option.} dxe4 (6... e5 $6 {
is now less effective, for example:} 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. Qd2 exd4 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10.
Qxd4 O-O 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. a3 {fighting against the weak
isolated P on d5.} Nbc6 14. Rd1 $14 {Paragua-Hodgson, Philadelphia 2000}) 7.
fxe4 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 (8... Nd7 $2 {is strongly met by} 9. Bc4 $1 Ngf6 10. Qe2
Qc7 11. Bxf7+ $1 {and the K remains in the middle.} Kxf7 12. Qc4+ $16 {
Barczay-Spiridinov, Zrenjanin 1980}) 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. O-O O-O $11 {
Barczay}) (6. exd5 Qxb2 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Qd2 {- 6.Qd2})
6... Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. exd5 {White wins back the P, but ruins his own [+].} (
8. Bd3 {is the consistant continuation of the ->. However in semi-closed
positions the lead of development is not so effective as in the open ones.} e6
9. Nge2 Nd7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Rb3 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qa5 14. Nf4 Kh8 (
14... e5 $5 15. dxe5 (15. Nh3 f6) 15... Nxe5 $17) 15. Nh3 Ng8 16. Qh4 Kg7 17.
f4 Qd8 18. Qg3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Ndf6 20. c3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Nf6 $15 {
Hazai-Spiridinov, Agard 1976}) 8... Nf6 $1 {Black has to finish his
development quickly.} (8... cxd5 $2 9. Nxd5 Qxa2 10. Rb3 $1 $16) 9. Bc4 (9.
dxc6 bxc6 $1 10. Bd3 (10. Nge2 Qa5 (10... Nbd7 11. Kf2 (11. Ng3 O-O) 11... O-O
12. Ng3 e5 $13 {Garbisu de Goni-Magem Badals, Pamplona 1993 CBM 39}) 11. Nc1
Nbd7 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. Bh6 {This exchange of B is good for White from
strategical point of view.} O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Be2 Qc7 16. O-O $13 {De
Eccher-Raiano, Forli op 1988}) (10. Bc4 O-O (10... Ba6 $5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Nge2
Nbd7 13. O-O {White has well-developed his pieces, but his P structure is
worse.} c5 14. Rfe1 Rac8 {(Tjiam-Ree, NLD-chT 1995)} 15. Nf4 $13) 11. Nge2 Nbd7
12. Bb3 Ba6 {/\ Nb6 >< c4} 13. O-O Nb6 $15 {Geenen-Watson, Brussels 1986} (
13... c5 $5)) (10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Bc7 e6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Nge2 Nd5 14. Rb3 Qe7 15.
Bg3 N7b6 $11 {Van Blitterswijk-Hartoch, NLD-sf 1994}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nge2 Ba6
$1 12. Rb3 Qa5 $13 {Adams-Leko, Tilburg Fontys 1996 CBM 56}) (9. Rb3 Qa5 10.
dxc6 bxc6 11. Ne4 (11. Bc4 O-O 12. Nge2 Nbd7 $13) 11... Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 {
The _|_ cannot pose any real threat for Black.} O-O 13. c4 Nbd7 14. f4 Ng4 15.
Ngf3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 {(Tsarev-Ehlvest, Tallinn 2000)} e6 17. Bd3 c5 {^^}) 9...
O-O 10. Nge2 (10. dxc6 Nxc6 $5 (10... bxc6 {- 9.dxc6})) 10... cxd5 (10... b5 $5
) 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13. Kf2 $6 {The K is more vulnerable here than in
case of 0-0.} (13. O-O $1 {was the natural move finishing the development.} Rd8
14. c4 Be6 (14... e6 $5 {looks safer.}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rxb7 Qa6 17. Rfb1
Qxc4 (17... Na5 18. Rc7 Nxc4 19. Qd3 $16) 18. Rc1 Qd5 19. Rc7 Nxd4 20. Nxd4
Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxe7 $14 {and the white rooks will
penetrate on the seventh rank.}) 13... Rd8 14. c4 Be6 $2 (14... e5 $5 $13 {
leaves the strong B on d5, but ruins White's P [+].}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rxb7
Qa6 17. Rb5 (17. Rhb1 Na5 $1 {Black wants to take >< c4 with a tempo.} (17...
Qxc4 {Now White gets some more tempi chasing the Q.} 18. Rc1 Qd5 (18... Qa4 19.
Qd1) (18... Qa6 19. Rc7) 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. d5 exd5 21. Qxd5+ Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5
23. Rxc6 $14) 18. Rc7 Nxc4 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. Rbb7 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Rc8 $11) 17...
Nxd4 (17... Bxd4 $143 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Rhb1 exd4 (19... Rac8 20. Kg1 $14) 20.
Bg5 $14) 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Re1 $1 {The situation has been changed, White has to
prepare for ...exd4} (19. Rhb1 $6 {is now useless.} Rac8 $1 (19... exd4 20. Bg5
Bf6 $11) 20. c5 exd4 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Rb8 Rdc7 $15) 19... Rac8 (19... exd4 20.
Bg5 {Now we see the point of putting the R on the e <->.} Bf6 21. Bxf6 exf6 (
21... Qxf6 22. Rb7) 22. Re7 $14) 20. Rd5 $2 (20. Bg5 $1 {was again the correct
move.} Rxc4 (20... Rxd4 21. Qa5 $1 $14) (20... exd4 21. Rxe7 $14) 21. Qa5 $1 (
21. Qe2 Rdxd4 $1 (21... Rcxd4 22. Rxe5 $1) 22. Rb8+ (22. Reb1 Ra4 23. R1b2 Rd7
$15) 22... Kf7) 21... Qxa5 22. Rxa5 Rdxd4 $1 (22... Rcxd4 23. Rxa7 $14) (22...
exd4 23. Rxe7 Rc2+ 24. Kg3 Bf8 25. Rexa7 Bd6+ 26. Kh3 $16) 23. Rxa7 (23. Bxe7
Rd7 $11) 23... Ra4 $1 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Re2 {White has at least a virtual P
majority, although it is hard to advance with the o^ a2.} Kf7 $14) 20... exd4 (
20... Rxd5 $1 {was the correct move order reaching the game continuation after}
21. cxd5 exd4 22. Bg5 (22. Bxd4 $2 Qa4 $1 $19) (22. Bf4 d3) 22... d3 {- 20...
exd4}) 21. Bg5 $2 ({missing} 21. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 exf6 $15 {
after which White's position is not very bad yet.}) 21... Rxd5 $1 22. cxd5 d3
$1 $17 {This is the difference! The strong o^ on d3 secures Black the edge in
the _|_.} 23. Qe3 {This loses yet another P} (23. Re6 Qc4 (23... Qb5 24. Rc6)
24. Rxe7 (24. Rc6 Rxc6 25. dxc6 Bc3 $17) 24... Qxd5 $17 {was not rosy either.}
(24... Bc3 $2 25. Qf4 Qxd5 26. Bf6 $16)) 23... Qxa2+ 24. Kg3 Qxd5 25. Qxe7 a5
26. h4 Bf8 27. Qa7 Bd6+ 28. f4 d2 29. Rd1 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Elista m"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2009.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Qc2 b6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. b5 c5 12. bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ned2 Rc8 14. Qb1 O-O
15. O-O Qc7 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. Qd1 Bf4 19. Qe2 Qd6 20. Nf1 Nc5 21.
Bc2 Na4 22. Bxa4 Bxa4 23. g3 Bh6 24. Ne5 g6 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Ne3 Be8 27. Rab1
Nd7 28. Nxd7 Bxd7 29. d5 e5 30. Qe2 Rb8 31. Nd1 Rdc8 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Qxe5
Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxc4 35. Re7 Bh3 36. Ne3 Rc3 37. a4 Kf8 38. d6 Rbc8 39. f3 Rd3
40. Re4 Be6 41. g4 Rxd6 42. Kf2 Rc5 43. Rb2 Ke7 44. Kg3 Kd7 45. h4 Kc7 46. h5
0-1

