[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1864.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1864.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4
Nh5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Nc3 Ng3 11. Rg1 Qf6 12. Ne2 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qb6 14. Nd4 c5
15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bxf4 Nf5 18. Ne2 Ba6 19. Rf1 Rd8 20. Qc1 Qb4+
21. Kf2 g3+ 22. Kf3 Bxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Qe4+ 24. Be3 Nd4+ 25. Ke1 Nxc2+ 26. Ke2
Qxg2+ {Suhle & Neumann: Die neueste Theorie und Praxis des Schachspiels, 1865,
p. 210.} 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1863.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lindehn, Hans"]
[Black "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1863.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4
Nh5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Nc3 Ng3 11. Rg1 Qxh4 12. Bxf4 Ne4+ 13. g3 Qh2 14. Rf1 Bb4
15. Qd3 Bf5 16. O-O-O Nd6 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 Bg6 19. Bh6+ Ke7 20. Rde1 Kd8
21. Be2 f5 22. Bd3 Re8 23. Re2 Nd7 24. Nb5 Nb6 25. c3 Nxd5 26. cxb4 Nxb4 27.
Bxf5 Nxf5 28. Nf7+ Bxf7 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Rxf5 Nxa2+ 31. Kd2 c6 32. Nd6 Kd7
33. Nxb7 Bg6 34. Nc5+ Kc7 35. Bf4+ Kb6 36. Na4+ Ka6 37. Rc5 Nb4 38. Rc4 Kb5 39.
b3 a5 40. Bc7 Nd3 41. Nc3+ Ka6 42. Rxc6+ Kb7 43. Rc4 Bf7 44. d5 Nb4 45. Bf4
Nxd5 46. Nxd5 Bxd5 47. Rc7+ Kb6 48. Kc3 Be4 49. Re7 Rc8+ 50. Kd4 Bc2 51. Re6+
Kb5 52. Re5+ Kb6 53. Re6+ Kb7 54. Re5 Bxb3 55. Rxa5 Kb6 56. Rh5 Bc2 57. Rh6+
Bg6 58. Ke5 Rf8 59. Rh1 Rf5+ 60. Ke6 Kc5 61. Rh2 Kd4 62. Rf2 Kd3 63. Rd2+ Ke4
64. Rf2 h5 65. Rb2 Bf7+ 66. Ke7 h4 67. Bb8 h3 {"The game, in effect, is
already won by [Mr. Petroff], but nearly thirty more moves were made on each
side before the victory was finally achieved by him." London Illustrated News
1863, Vol. 43, No.1238, p.667.} 0-1

[Event "Match Petrov-Urusov"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1859.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Black "Urusov, Sergey Semenovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Zoran"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1859.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nf6 ({After the best
} 6... Bg4 {Black has a slight edge.}) 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 Bg4 (8... O-O {
is most often played.}) 9. Be3 O-O ({Urusov considers the following moves to
be good} 9... Nxe4) ({and} 9... d5 {In fact, this move is bad:} 10. exd5 Ne7
11. a4 a5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 {White is dominant.}) 10. Qd3 ({This position
was already well-known. In Anderssen's game, played was} 10. a3 Qe7 11. Qd3
Bxf3 12. gxf3 {Here, the pawn structure is similar to the one in our game.} Qd7
(12... Nh5) 13. Kg2 Nh5 14. Ne2 $14 {1-0 (35) Anderssen,A-Staunton,H London
1851}) ({Probably best is} 10. h3) 10... Bxf3 ({Stronger is} 10... Nb4 11. Qd2
d5 $15) 11. gxf3 Qd7 ({Preferable is} 11... Nh5 $5) 12. Kg2 Ne7 ({Very strong
was} 12... d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 ({Suspicious is} 14. Bxd5 $6 {due to} Nb4
15. Qb3 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qd6 $17 {White's pawn structure is awkward.}) 14... Ne7
$11 {with an even play.}) 13. Ne2 $6 ({Better was} 13. Rg1 $13) 13... Ng6 ({
Good alternative is} 13... d5) 14. Bg5 Nh5 ({In this position, even stronger
was} 14... d5 $17) 15. Qd2 $2 ({Mistake which leads to losing position. Better
was} 15. Kh1 $19 Kh8 $13) 15... Kh8 $2 ({In his annotations, Petrov suggests} 
15... h6 {which is really the best move. Ursov sugested} 16. Ng3 ({Neither} 16.
Nf4 {can help} Nhxf4+ 17. Bxf4 d5 18. Bxd5 c6 19. Bb3 Nh4+ 20. Kg3 Qe7 21. Be5
Ng6 {and Black has a strong initiative.}) 16... Nhf4+ ({Slightly better is} 
16... hxg5 17. Nxh5 Nh4+ 18. Kg3 Qe7 $19) 17. Bxf4 Nh4+ 18. Kh1 Qh3 19. Rg1
Nxf3 $19 {Petrov}) 16. Ng3 Nxg3 $2 ({Decisive mistake after which Black is
lost. Better is} 16... f6 17. Nxh5 fxg5 18. Qxg5 Bxd4 $17 {with a clear
advantage for Black.}) 17. hxg3 f5 $2 ({Urusov correctly pointed out that this
move is a mistake. Better was} 17... f6) 18. Rh1 $1 $18 Rf7 19. Bxf7 ({This
bishop is much stronger than Black's rook. Modern masters would never give it
for a rook:} 19. Qc2 {was stronger.}) 19... Qxf7 20. Rh2 fxe4 21. fxe4 Re8 22.
f3 Qc4 23. Rah1 Qxd4 ({Slightly preferable is} 23... Nf8 {although Black is
lost after} 24. Be3 Qxa2 25. g4 $18) 24. Rxh7+ Kg8 25. Qc2 Re5 26. R7h5 Rb5 27.
Bf6 $1 {Very nice tactical blow.} Ne5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. b3 Rc5 30. Qe2 Rc3 31.
Rd1 Qc5 32. Rd2 Rc1 33. f4 Qg1+ 34. Kh3 Rc6 35. Rd8+ {Source: Linder: A.D.
Petrov Pervij Russkij sakhmatist, Moscow 1955.} 1-0

[Event "Match Petrov-Urusov +3-0=1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1853.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Black "Urusov, Sergey Semenovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1853.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Bd5 Nf6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Nxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nd2 c5 12. Ndf3 cxd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Rac1 Bb6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Rd6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20.
Re1 Rd6 21. g3 Rd7 22. b4 f6 23. a4 a6 24. a5 Ba7 25. Kg2 Kf7 26. Rec1 Rfd8 27.
Rc7 Bb8 28. Rxd7+ Rxd7 29. Rc4 Bd6 30. Nd4 Rc7 31. Nf5 Be5 32. Rxc7+ Bxc7 33.
Kf3 g6 34. Ne3 Bd6 35. Nd5 f5 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Kd4 g5 38. Kc4 h6 39. Nb6 Bc7 40.
Na4 Kd6 41. Nc5 Kc6 42. Ne6 b5+ 43. axb6 Bxb6 44. f4 Kd7 45. Nc5+ Bxc5 46. Kxc5
Kc7 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 h5 49. Kd5 Kb6 50. Ke5 Kb5 51. Kxf5 Kxb4 52. Kg6 a5
53. f5 a4 54. f6 a3 55. f7 a2 56. f8=Q+ Kb3 57. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Match Petrov-Urusov +3-0=1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1853.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Urusov, Sergey Semenovich"]
[Black "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1853.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
e5 Qg6 9. O-O dxc3 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. Re1 d6 12. Nd5 Bg4 13. Bb5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
dxe5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxc7 Rac8 17. Na6 Bd6 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Rxc6 e4 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 21. Qh3 Rc6 22. g3 f5 23. Qf1 Bxg3 24. fxg3 Rxa6 25. Qc4+ Kh7 26. b4 Qe6
27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Re3 g5 29. Rc3 Kg6 30. Kf2 f4 31. a4 e3+ 32. Ke1 Kf5 33. b5
f3 34. a5 g4 35. Rc5+ Kf6 36. Rc2 e2 37. Rc1 Ke5 38. Rb1 Re7 39. b6 axb6 40.
axb6 Rb7 41. Rb5+ Kd4 42. Kf2 Kc4 43. Rb1 Kc5 44. Rc1+ Kxb6 45. Rc4 Re7 46. Rc1
e1=Q+ 47. Rxe1 Rxe1 48. Kxe1 Kc5 49. Kd1 Kd4 50. Kd2 Ke4 51. Kd1 Ke3 52. Ke1
f2+ 53. Kf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Match Petrov-Urusov +3-0=1"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1853.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Urusov, Sergey Semenovich"]
[Black "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1853.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Kf1 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. h4 Be6 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Ng5
Qd5 15. c4 Qxd4 16. Bb2 Qd8 17. a3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Qc5 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Qe2 e5 22. Bf5 Rad8 23. Rb1 Rfe8 24. Rh3 Rd4 25. Rxb7 Rxc4 26. Kg1 e4 27.
Rb1 Rc2 28. Rb5 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1853.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hoffmann, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1853.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Ne7 $2 7. e5 $2 Nf5
8. Nf3 Qh5 9. Kg1 h6 10. Nd5 Kd8 11. h4 Qg6 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.
Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Bxf4 Qg6 16. Qd2 d6 (16... Nc6 17. Bg5+ Nfe7 18. Bb5 $16) 17.
Bg5+ Kd7 18. Rf1 Nc6 (18... c6 19. Bd3 $1) 19. Bd3 Ncxd4 20. c3 Qe6 21. cxd4
Qxd5 22. Bxf5+ Ke8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Qf4 dxe5 25. Qf5 Qe6 26. Qh7 Kd7 27. Rxf7+
Kc6 28. Qc2+ Kb6 29. Qc5+ Ka6 30. Qa3+ Kb5 31. Qc5+ Ka6 32. Qa3+ Kb5 33. Qd3+
Kb6 34. d5 $1 Qxf7 35. Qb3+ Ka6 (35... Kc5 36. Be7+ $1) 36. Qc4+ Kb6 37. Be3+
c5 38. dxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1853.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hoffmann, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1853.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Ne7 7. e5 Nf5 8. Nf3
Qh5 9. Kg1 h6 10. Nd5 Kd8 11. h4 Qg6 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Nxg5 Qxg5
15. Bxf4 Qg6 16. e6 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. exf7 Nf3+ 19. Kf2 Qxf7 20. gxf3 Qf5
21. Bxc7+ Ke8 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Bd6+ Kg7 24. Re7+ Kh6 25. Bd3 Qxd5 26. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1851.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Qc7 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. f4 Be7 8. O-O
d6 9. Qh5 Bg4 10. Bxf7+ Kd8 11. Qh4 Bf6 12. Be6 Be2 13. Rf2 d3 14. Nc3 Nd4 15.
Nd5 Qxc2 16. Be3 Nxe6 17. Rc1 d2 18. Bxd2 Qxd2 19. Nxe6+ Ke8 20. Nxg7+ Kf7 21.
Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Ne7# 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1849.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1849.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Qc7 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qh5
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. f5 Nd8 11. f6 Bg4 12. Qh4 Bxf6 13. Rxf6 gxf6 14. Qxh6 fxg5
15. Qxg5+ Kh8 16. Qf6+ Kg8 17. Bh6 Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qxg4 Rf7
21. Qxe6 d3 22. Nc3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qf2 24. Be3 Qf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 26. Bg1 dxc2
27. Ne2 Re1 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Nc1 Rf8 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. h4 Rff1 32. h5 Rxg1+ 33.
Kh2 Rh1+ 34. Kg3 Rxh5 35. Qxh5 Rxc1 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kg6 38. Qxd6+ Kf7 39.
Qd2 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1847.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Black "Szymanski"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1847.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O Bxf3 9. Bxf3 c6 10. Qe2 Qxd4 $2 11. Rd1 Qf6 12. Ne4 Qe6 13. a3 $1 Ba5 14.
Bg4 $1 Qg6 (14... f5 15. Bxf5 $1 Nxf5 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Bg5+) 15. Bf5 $3 Nxf5
16. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Match Petrov-Von Jaenisch +1-1=0"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1844.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Black "Von Jaenisch, Carl Friedrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1844.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 f5 8. f4
c6 9. Be3 Be6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rf6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nb5 Ne7
15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. g4 g6 17. f5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Rff8 19. Bh6 Rfc8 20. Qd2 Rxc1 21.
Qg5+ Ng6 22. Nxg6 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qd8 24. Ne7+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kxe7 26. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "Warsaw m"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1844.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hoffman, Fr Alexander"]
[Black "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Tartakower/du Mont"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1844.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,45,-4,32,60,56,43,57,54,52,49,49,-356,-336,-752,-751,-29987,-29988,
-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29992,-821,-29993,-29994,-29995,
-29994,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999] C54: Giuoco Piano: 4
c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3 Source: Tartakower & du Mont, 500 Master
Games of Chess, pp.13-14. All comments are Tartakower's unless otherwise noted.
The main feature of the following outstanding game is the simultaneous
onslaught of both adversaries on f7. Black's manoeuvres culminate in a
magnificent queen sacrifice, followed by a relentless king-hunt.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 {This intermediary manoeuvre 
(instead of the usual recapture by 6.cxd4) contains some practical chances. 6..
..} Ne4 {The energetic counter-thrust in the centre, 6 .... d5; contesting
territory is preferable to the superficial move in the text.} 7. Bd5 ({Looking
for adventure. By playing simply} 7. cxd4 {7.Bd5 0.42} Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9.
Nbxd2 {, etc., White could have enjoyed a peaceful life.}) 7... Nxf2 {Forced,
but forcible also.} 8. Kxf2 dxc3+ {dis.ch.} 9. Kg3 {The retreat to e1 was more
reasonable. At f3 the king enjoys a sense of false security.} ({Faulty,
however, would be} 9. Be3 {because of 9 ....} Bxe3+ 10. Kxe3 cxb2 {and if} 11.
Bxf7+ Ke7 {; and Black wins material.} ({not} 11... Kxf7 12. Qb3+ d5 {followed
by} 13. Qxb2)) 9... cxb2 10. Bxb2 Ne7 11. Ng5 ({The lure of the combination.
White also gives free rein to his gifts of imagination instead of continuing
prudently with} 11. h3 {and if} Nf5+ 12. Kh2 {, with a watchful defence.})
11... Nxd5 12. Nxf7 {Here is the crux of White's combination. However, he
allows only for the continuation 12.Kxf7? 13.Qxd5+ Ke8 although even then he
could not very well play 14.Qxc5 on account of 14....Qg5+ 15.Kf2 Rf8+ 16.Ke1
Qxg2 etc. White's reasoning, when he played his 11th move, was at fault, as
Black's stroke of genius on the next move clearly demonstrates. 12....} O-O {
[#] Black gives up a whole queen, with the sole object of controlling the open
f-file and thus cutting off the hostile king's retreat.} 13. Nxd8 ({Or eg:} 13.
Nh6+ gxh6 14. Qxd5+ Rf7 15. Qxc5 Qg5+ 16. Kh3 d6+ {dis. ch; and wins.}) ({
Or again} 13. Qxd5 Rxf7 14. h3 {(if 14.h4 Bf2+ followed by 15.... Qxh3#) 14....
} Qg5+ 15. Kh2 Qf4+ 16. g3 Qf2+ 17. Qg2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Rf2+ 19. Kg1 Rxb2+ {
dis ch; and Black remains with an extra piece.}) 13... Bf2+ {The sequel is a
classic example of a kinghunt.} 14. Kh3 d6+ {dis. ch.} 15. e6 Nf4+ 16. Kg4 Nxe6
{Threatening mate in two by 17....Rf5 and 18....Rh5.} 17. g3 Nd4+ 18. Ne6 Bxe6+
19. Kh4 Nf5+ 20. Kh3 Ne3+ 21. Kh4 Ng2+ 22. Kh5 g6+ 23. Kg5 Be3# 0-1

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1837.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1837.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 f5 8. f4
c6 9. Be3 Be6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rf6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nb5 Ne7
15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. g4 g6 17. f5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Rff8 19. Bh6 Rfc8 20. Qd2 Qd8 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. gxf5 Nxf5 23. Qg2+ Kh8 24. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1836.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrov, Alexander"]
[Black "Warszawa CC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1836.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Qe7 4. d3 d6 5. Qe2 Be6 6. Bxe6 Qxe6 7. f4 f6 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. d4 Bb6 10. O-O Ne7 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Kh1 Nf7 13. Re1 c6 14. Bf4 O-O 15.
Nbd2 Qg4 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. Qd3 f5 18. e5 f4 19. exd6 Ng6 20. Bf2 Nxd6 21. Nc4
Nxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kh8 23. Qf7 Reb8 24. Re4 Qc8 25. Rae1 Qg8 26. Qd7 Nf8 27. Qg4
Ng6 28. h4 Bd8 29. h5 Nf8 30. Qxf4 Bf6 31. g4 h6 32. b3 Nh7 33. Bg3 Rf8 34. Qe3
Qf7 35. Kg2 Ng5 36. Nxg5 Bxg5 37. Qe2 Rad8 38. Re6 Bf6 39. Qe4 Qd7 40. Bd6 Rf7
41. Re2 Bg5 42. c4 Rf6 43. c5 Rxe6 44. Qxe6 Qxe6 45. Rxe6 Kg8 46. Kf3 Kf7 47.
Re4 g6 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 49. a4 Rd7 50. Ke2 h5 51. gxh5+ Kxh5 52. Kd3 Kg6 53. Kc4
Rh7 54. Re2 Kf5 55. Bb8 a6 56. Re5+ Kf6 57. Bd6 Bf4 1-0

