G. Y.

Levenfish

Tactical Wizard

Edited by Tartajubow
Annotations by Rybka
 Levenfish Botvinnik 1937

I spent my childhood years in Poland. Our family often moved from one town to
another, according to the needs of my father's business. But, clearly, my father didn't
possess business abilities, so that the burden of feeding the family rested on the
shoulders of my mother. A teacher by profession, in order to earn a piece of bread
she was forced to give lessons for pennies

When I was still very small, my mother moved to Lublin, to her sister. My father
stayed at the grandpa's and visited Lublin only infrequently.

Lublin in those years was a quiet, provincial town, with only limited industry. A few
old Polish cathedral synods were known for its architecture. The city was
embellished by its shade providing town garden, where the regimental orchestra
performed on Sundays.

I learned chess at six, from my father. I turned out to be an able pupil, while my
father played poorly and he started to lose to me soon. His self-esteem suffered and
the atmosphere at home was getting denser. To my mother and me these chess
battles had provided frustration only.

Not surprisingly, I was not much taken by chess. I could learn a lot from my uncle,
who was one of the strongest players in town but to play me was not interesting to
him.

As it is known, Chigorin's life path had ended in Lublin. Here lived his family--his wife
and daughter. Chigorin's visits to his family caused excitement among the local
chess players. Despite the illness which by that time had already affected Chigorin's
state of health, he always agreed to conduct a simultaneous exhibition. His
opponents were the three-four strongest town players There was no chess club, and
the exhibition was taking place at a [military] officers' meeting. My uncle had
participated in the meetings with Chigorin, and talked about the brilliant play of the
Russian champion with admiration. My uncle especially appreciated Chigorin's
correctness and alertness during the postmortems after the seance was over.

From Levenfishs autobiography

Grigory Levenfish (March 9, 1889, Piotrkw - February 9, 1961, Moscow was a leading
Soviet player of the 1920s and 1930s. He was twice Soviet champion (1934 jointly,
and 1937), and drew a 1937 match against future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik.
Levenfish was also a well-regarded chess writer.

Born in Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, he spent most of his formative years
in St. Petersburg, where he attended the university and studied chemical
engineering. His earliest recognition as a prominent chess player came when he
won the St. Petersburg chess championship of 1909, and played in the strong
Carlsbad tournament of 1911, although he made a minus score in the very strong
field.

His play at the time was compared to that of the great master Chigorin. Into the next
decade, he continued to perform well in local tournaments, most notably winning
the Leningrad Championships of 1922, 1924, and 1925 (jointly). At a national level
too, he enjoyed an excellent record at the Soviet Championship; third in 1920,
second in 1923, co-champion at Leningrad in 1934 (tied with Ilya Rabinovich at
12/19), and outright champion at Tbilisi in 1937 with 12.5/19

In the very strong Moscow International tournament of 1935, he scored 10.5/19, to

tie for 6th-7th places, as Botvinnik and Flohr won. In a Soviet-only tournament at
Leningrad 1936, he placed third with 8.5-5.5. Participation in the Leningrad-Moscow
training tournament of 1939 resulted in a shared 3rd-6th place finish, with 10-7,
behind winners Flohr and Reshevsky.

In match play, he drew with Mikhail Botvinnik in 1937 in a 13 game matc, and beat
Vladimir Alatortsev in 1940.

Despite his successes, Levenfish was virtually ignored by the Soviet chess
authorities. They consistently supported his rival Botvinnik, and pretenders to the
throne were not encouraged. Levenfish was a member of the older generation of
masters, 22 years older than Botvinnik. Consequently, he lived his life in somewhat
tragic circumstances, as the only strong Soviet master of his generation who was
denied a stipend.

This meant that he could only afford a poorly heated room in a run-down block of
flats. Worse still, the government refused him permission to travel abroad and
compete in tournaments such as AVRO 1938 (even though he was the reigning
Soviet Champion). This further weakened his standing not to mention his
development as a chess player.

Levenfish fully expected to be given a reward for proving his equality to Botvinnik. If
Botvinnik deserved the invitation to Nottingham and Ragozin got Semmering, why
did Levenfish not receive the next plum, an invitation to the all-star AVRO
international in the Netherlands in 1938? But Botvinnik went instead. Levenfish had
a prickly reputation and his relations with the Chess Section were never particularly
good. (He was one of the few top players to be denied a stipend when they were
introduced.) Levenfish later said his failure to go to AVRO was the "spiritual knockout"
that effectively ended his career.

Before Botvinnik went to Holland he exercised his telefonnoyepravo (telephone right),

the ability to call up a high-ranking official to ask a favor. Knowing the right people --
or just knowing their telephone number -- was an enormous power in a nation
where public phone directories were virtually unknown. But throughout his later
career Botvinnik showed he knew the right numbers. In this case he arranged to
have his wife accompany him to AVRO by calling up the assistant to Nikolai
Bulganin, then chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and eventually
premier. Viktor Korchnoi later claimed it was "a well-known fact" that Botvinnik wrote
the Central Committee to say that Levenfish, who grew up under Nicholas II, should
not represent the Soviet Union in such a prestigious event. Botvinnik's nephew Igor
acknowledged that his uncle wrote to the Central Committee and Vyacheslav
Molotov, Stalin's most powerful deputy, "when he considered it to be in the interests
of chess."

Other players born pre-revolution, such as Alekhine, Bogoljubow, Rubinstein and

Nimzovich were all allowed to travel and even ended up living abroad. Deprived of
the same opportunities, Levenfish played only within the confines of the Soviet Union
and supplemented his income with a job as an engineer in the glass industry. This
eventually resulted in a slow retirement from active play.
Levenfish was awarded the title of International Grandmaster by the FIDE in 1950,
the year the title was introduced officially.

Players who knew him spoke of him as a man of integrity and independence who
never complained about his difficult living conditions. Spassky encountered him in a
Moscow subway just days before his death. Levenfish, who had a wretched look, was
clutching a handkerchief to his mouth and declared that he had just had six teeth
extracted. Smyslov recounts the time that Levenfish visited him, towards the end of
his life, armed with a huge pile of papers. It turned out to be a manuscript detailing
his lifetime work on rook endings. He asked Smyslov to check for errors, and after
some minor corrections, the book was published in 1957 bearing both names, under
the title The Theory Of Rook Endings. Smyslov admits that all of the hard work was
carried out by Levenfish.

According to Chessmetrics, a site that attempts to establish ratings for players

before the current system was developed, Levenfish's top ranking was #9 in the
world for two months in early 1938, and his peak rating was 2677 in 1939.

Levenfish also wrote books for beginners and edited a collaborative effort on chess
openings, titled Modern Openings. His posthumously published autobiography
contained 79 annotated games. He died in Moscow in 1961.

Levenfish defeated virtually all of the top Russian and Soviet players from the 1910s
to the early 1950s, in addition to defeating world champions Alexander Alekhine and
Emanuel Lasker as well. Paul Keres and David Bronstein each had the advantage on
him, but they were much younger men, and Levenfish was past his prime when
those encounters took place. Levenfish generally played classical openings, although
he did play the Gruenfeld Defense and Nimzo-Indian on occasion.

Levenfish was best known for his deep understanding of the game and a keen eye
for brilliantly imaginative moves. It was as a tactician that he really excelled,
delivering elegant combinations and unexpected sledgehammer tactical blows. He
was also an accomplished and leading opening theorist; the inventor of the sharp
Levenfish Variation against the Sicilian Dragon.
 Carlsbad 1911

1913-1914 St Petersburg All-Russian Championship

First Row (seated): V.P. Vertogradov, P.A. Evtifeev, R.S. Salwe, J.O. Sossnitzky, B.E. Maliutin, P.A. Saburov,
N.N. Kutler,
G. Ya. Levenfish, Ya.V. Taubenhaus, P.P. Saburov, S.N. Freiman.
Second Row (standing): ?, M.L.Lowtzky, S.M Levitzky, S.E. Alapin, A.I. Evenson, A.D. Flamberg, A.A.
Alekhine, B.O. Gregory,
E.D. Bogolyubov, P.P. Potemkin, unknown, A.D. Durdin, F.I. Duz-Khotimirsky.
Games
1- Levenfish - Dus Chotimirsky - Ruy Lopez
2- Levenfish Leonhardt - Ruy Lopez
3- Burn - Levenfish - Sicilian
4- Levenfish Alapin - Caro-Kann
5- Levenfish Rabinovich - Queen's Gambit Accepted
6- Verlinsky - Levenfish - Ruy Lopez
7- Levenfish Rabinovich - Sicilian
8- Levenfish - Freiman - Queen's Gambit Declined
9- Levenfish - Yudovich - French
10- Levenfish - Bohatirchuk - Ruy Lopez
11- Levenfish - Ragozin - French
12- Levenfish - Ilyin Zhenevsky - Queen's Gambit Declined
13- Budo - Levenfish - Queen's Gambit Declined
14- Levenfish - Vasiliev - Sicilian
15- Botvinnik - Levenfish - Grnfeld:
16- Botvinnik - Levenfish - Grnfeld
17- Levenfish - Tolush Sicilian
18- Levenfish Chistiakov - Queen's Gambit Declined
19- Levenfish Dubinin - Caro-Kann
20- Dubinin - Levenfish - Ruy Lopez
21- Aronin - Levenfish - Nimzo-Indian
22- Levenfish - Lilienthal - Exchange Grnfeld
23- Levenfish - Liublinsky - Czech Benoni
24 Korchnoy Levenfish - Catalan
.
Game 1 the decision
Levenfish,Grigory - Dus 19...Re8? [19...hxg6 A pinning theme
Chotimirsky,Fedor 20.Qxh8+ Theme: Double Attack]
St Petersburg, 1909 20.Qxh7
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence [20.Ne5!? and White can already relax
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.00 d6 20...Rf8 21.Rd1 Rxf6 22.Rxd6+ cxd6+-]
5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 a6N 20...Kc8 21.Nxe8 Bxe8 10
[6...exd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 (7...Be7 8.b3
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 Nd7 11.Ba3 Game 2
a6 12.Nc3 Bf6 13.Qd2 00 14.Rad1 Re8 Levenfish,Grigory - Leonhardt,Paul
15.Rfe1 Nb6 16.Bb2 Qd7 17.a4 Qc6 Carlsbad, 1911
18.a5 Nd7 19.Ba1 Re6 20.Nd5 Bxa1 Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual
21.Rxa1 Rae8 22.f3 Tal,M- lines
Larsen,B/Bled (Slovenia) 1965/10 (37)) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
8.Qxd4 Bxb5 9.Nxb5 a6 10.Nc3 Be7 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5
11.b3 Qd7 12.Bb2 00 13.Rad1 Qg4 axb5 9.Nc3 00 10.00 d6 11.h3 b4
14.f4 Rad8 15.Rf3 c5 16.Qe3 Nh5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Nd4N
17.Nd5 Rfe8 18.e5 Qc8 19.Rh3 g6 [13...Qe8 14.Qc4 Bd7 15.d3 Bd8
20.Qc3 dxe5 21.Rxh5 Taubenhaus,J- 16.Qa2 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Be3 b3
Moreau,C/Monaco 1903/10; 6...exd4 19.cxb3 Nb4 20.Qb1 c5 21.Bd2 Nc6
7.Nxd4 Be7 8.Be3=] 22.Be3 Na5 23.Nd2 Nxb3 24.Nxb3
7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Bg5 Be7 Rxb3 25.Ra3 Qb5 26.Rxb3 Qxb3 27.f4
[8...h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nh4] Bf6 28.fxe5 Rugiadini,A-
9.dxe5 Nxe4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Re1 d5 Zuidema,C/Zurich 1962/01 (36)]
[11...Nxc3!? 12.exd6 Nxd1 13.Rxe7+ 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Qc4 c5 16.Ra7 Bd7
Kf8 14.Rxd1 cxd6] 17.d3 b3 18.cxb3 Bb5 19.Qc2 Bf6
12.Nxd5 Qd7 13.c4 Nc5 14.e6 Nxe6 20.Bd2 Qb6
15.Rxe6+ fxe6 16.Ne5 Qd6 [20...Rc8 21.Rfa1]
[16...000 17.Nxd7 Rxd7 18.Nb6+ cxb6 21.Rfa1 g6 22.b4 cxb4 23.Qb3 Be8
19.Qb3+-] 24.R7a6 Qc5 25.Rc1 Qb5 26.Ra7 Kg7
17.Qh5+ g6 18.Nf6+ Kd8 27.Bf4 Rb6
XABCDEFGHY [27...Qb6!? 28.Rca1 Be5 29.Bg5]
28.g4
8r+-mk-+-tr( [28.Rcc7 Bd8 29.Rc8 Rb8 30.Rxb8
7+pzp-+-+p' Qxb8+-]
28...Bd8
6p+lwqpsNp+& [28...g5 29.Bg3 Ra6 30.Bc4 Rxa7
5+-+-sN-+Q% 31.Bxb5 Bxb5 32.Bxd6+-]
29.Bc4
4-+P+-+-+$ [29.Rc8 keeps an even firmer grip
29...Rb8 30.Rxb8 Qxb8 31.Rb7+-]
3+-+-+-+-#
2PzP-+-zPPzP"
1tR-+-+-mK-!
xabcdefghy
19.Nxg6!
XABCDEFGHY 19.Nf4 Bxc4 20.Rfd1 Qf6 21.b3 Be6
22.Nxe6 Qxe6 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Qd3 a6
8-+-vlltr-+( Rebizzo,C-Villegas,B/Argentina
7tR-+-+pmkp' 1931/1/21/2 (44); 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.c3
Bc5]
6-tr-zp-+p+& 10...Ne5= 11.Be2 Ng6 12.f4
[12.g3 e5 13.a3 Be7=]
5+q+-+-+-% 12...Ndxf4 13.Rxf4 e5 14.c3 Ba5
4-zpLzpPvLP+$ 15.Rf1 exd4 16.cxd4
[16.Qxd4? Bb6 17.Nc5 Qe7+]
3+Q+P+-+P# 16...Bb6 17.Nc5 Qe7 18.Qc2
2-zP-+-zP-+" [18.Rf2 Rd8 19.b4 Be6=]
18...Bd7
1+-tR-+-mK-! [18...Rd8 19.Nb3]
xabcdefghy 19.Bf3
[19.b4 Bc6=]
29...Qc6? 19...Bb5 20.Rd1 Rad8
[29...Qc5 30.Bxf7! Demolishes the XABCDEFGHY
pawn shield 30...Rxf7 31.Rxc5 Rxa7+-]
30.Bxf7!!
8-+-tr-trk+(
Demolition of pawn structure 7zpp+-wqpzpp'
30...Qxc1+
[30...Bxf7 A deflection 31.Rxc6
6-vl-+-+n+&
Annihilates a defender: c6] 5+lsN-+-+-%
31.Bxc1 Bxf7 32.Bh6+!
A double attack 4-+-zP-+-+$
32...Kg8 3+-+-+L+-#
[32...Kxh6+ Theme: Deflection from f7
33.Rxf7] 2PzPQ+-+PzP"
33.Qa4 Be8 [33...Re8 34.Qd7 Be7+-] 1tR-vLR+-mK-!
34.Rg7+ Kh8 35.Qa7
[35.Qa7 Bf6 36.Re7 Rb8 37.Bxf8 Kg8 xabcdefghy
38.Qxb8 Bxe7 39.Bxe7 Kf7 40.Qxd6
Kg8 41.Qe6+ Bf7 42.Qc8+ Be8 21.Nxb7??
43.Qxe8+ Kg7 44.Qf8#] 10 [21.Qf2 Ne5 22.Bf4 Nxf3+ 23.gxf3 Rxd4
24.Rxd4 Qxc5 25.Rad1]
Game 3 21...Rxd4+ 22.Kh1 Nh4 23.Bd5
Burn,Amos - Levenfish,Grigory [23.Bg5 the last chance for counterplay
Carlsbad, 1911 23...Qxg5 24.Rxd4 Bxd4 25.Nd6+]
Sicilian Four Knights 23...Rxd5!
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 Theme: Clearance for b6-e3[23...Rxd5
5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.Bf3 d5 24.Bf4 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Qxb7+] 01
[7...Qa5 8.Ndb5 Qxb5 01 Spassky,B-
Podgaets,M/Leningrad 1948]
8.exd5 Nxd5 9.00 00 10.Ne4N
[10.Nxd5 exd5 11.c3 Be7 12.Ne2 Be6
13.Nf4 Bg5 14.Nxd5 Bxc1 15.Rxc1 Ne5
16.c4 Rc8 17.Qe2 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 b5
Game 4 [30...Be4 is still a small chance
Levenfish,Grigory - Alapin,Simon 31.Qxd6+ Rxd6 32.Nxd6 Bd3+-]
Vilnius, 1912 31.Qa7
Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4 [31.Nxd6 is a bad alternative 31...Rxb8
1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 32.Re6 Bb6+]
Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Be2 Nb6 31...R8d7
8.Nf3 Nbxd5 9.00 e6 10.d4 Be7 [31...Nd5 cannot change what is in store
11.Bg5N for ? 32.Nxd6 Bxe1 33.Nb7+-]
[11.Ne5 00 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 32.Qc5 Bxe1 33.Nxd6
14.Qb3 h6 15.Bd2 Rac8 16.Rad1 b5 [33.Nxd6 Bxf2+ 34.Kxf2+-] 10
17.Ne2 Rc4 18.Rc1 Rfc8 19.Rfd1 R8c6
20.Rxc4 Rxc4 21.Rc1 Nb6 1/21/2 Game 5
Kortchnoi,V-Hort,V/Rovinj 1970] Levenfish,Grigory - Rabinovich,A
11...00 12.Ne5 Qb6 13.Na4 Qa7 Vilnius, 1912
14.Rc1 Rd8 15.Nc5 Bd7 16.Qb3 Be8 Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3:
17.Bxf6 Nxf6 [17...Bxf6!? and Black sidelines and 4...Bg4
can hope to live 18.Rfe1 Nf4=] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4
18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Qxe6+ Kf8 20.Rc7 [3.Ne5 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Nf3 Nf6
Nd5 21.Bc4 Rd6 22.Qf5+ Nf6 23.Re1 7.Qb3 b6 8.c4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 c6 10.Be2 0
Bd8 0 11.Nh4 Be4 12.f3 Ng4 Kramer-
Christensen,N/Aarhus 1937/10]
XABCDEFGHY 3...dxc4N
8r+-vllmk-+( [3...Bxf3 4.gxf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e3 Bb4
7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nge7
7wqptR-+-zpp' 10.Rg1 Qh5 11.Qb3 Lasker,E-
6p+-tr-sn-+& Chigorin,M/Hastings 1895/01 (57);
3...c6 4.Ne5 Bc8 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3
5+-+-sNQ+-% Halprin,A-Maroczy,G/Vienna 1898/10]
4-+LzP-+-+$ 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.Ne5
Bh5 8.Bd2 Bd6 9.Nc3 c6 10.Rc1 00
3+-+-+-+-# 11.00 Qc7 12.Bxe6 fxe6
2PzP-+-zPPzP" XABCDEFGHY
1+-+-tR-mK-! 8rsn-+-trk+(
xabcdefghy 7zppwq-+-zpp'
6-+pvlpsn-+&
24.Nc6!
Clearance to allow e1e8 5+-+-sN-+l%
24...Bxc7 4-+-zP-+-+$
[24...bxc6 25.Rxe8+]
25.Nxa7 Rad8 3+QsN-zP-+-#
[25...b6 26.Nc8 Rxd4 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8
28.Qe6+ Kd8+-]
2PzP-vL-zPPzP"
26.Bb3+- Bg6 27.Qf3 Bb6? 1+-tR-+RmK-!
[27...R6d7 28.Qc3 Bd6+-]
28.Qxb7 R8d7 29.Qb8+ Rd8 30.Nc8 xabcdefghy
Ba5
13.Nb5
Clearance to allow d2-b4 [31...Rf8 is just about the only
13...cxb5 chance]
Exploits the pin 32.Kxf3+- Ba5
14.Rxc7 [32...Bxd4 33.Kg2 Ree7+-]
Annihilates a defender: c7 33.gxf6 Rf8 34.Ke2
14...Bxc7 15.Qxe6+ Kh8 16.f3 [34.Rg1 Be1 35.hxg7 Rfc8 36.Rxe1
Secures e4+g4 Re7 37.fxe7 b6 38.Qe6+ Kh7 39.Rh1+
16...Re8 Kxg7 40.Rg1+ Kh8 41.Qh3#]
[16...Nc6 17.Nxc6 Rae8 18.Ne7] 34...Rxf6 35.Qe8+ Kh7 36.hxg7
17.Qh3 Kg8 [36.hxg7 Rxg7 37.Rh1+ Rh6 38.Qe4+
[17...Rd8!? is interesting] Rgg6 39.Rf1+-] 10
18.g4 Bg6 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Rc1
[20.g5!? Nh7 21.f4] Game 6
20...Nc6 21.Qf1 Rad8 22.Qd3 Bb6 Verlinsky,Boris - Levenfish,Grigory
23.Kg2 URS-ch03 Moscow (15), 1924
[23.Qxg6 Nd5 24.Kf2 Re7] Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th
23...Kh7 24.Re1 moves
[24.Qxb5!? Nd5 25.Kf2] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
24...a6= 25.h4 Ne5 26.Qc2 5.Nc3 Be7 6.00 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d3 00
[26.Qe2 Nc6 27.Qd1 Kg8] 9.Nd5 Na5 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Ne1N
26...Rc8 27.Qb1 [11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 (12.Bxf6 Qxf6
[27.Bc3 Nc4 28.h5 Nxe3+ 29.Rxe3 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.f3 Nxb3 15.axb3 a5
Rxe3 30.Qxg6+ Kg8] 16.Qe2 a4 17.bxa4 bxa4 18.b3 axb3
27...Nc4 28.h5 19.Nxb3 Ba4 20.Ra3 Bxb3 21.Rxb3
This push gains space Rfb8 22.Rxb8+ Rxb8 23.Qd2 Qg5 24.f4
28...Nxd2 29.Qxg6+ exf4 25.Qxf4 Qxf4 26.Rxf4
[29.hxg6+ Kh8 30.Qf5 Nc4] Spassky,B-Beliavsky,A/Tilburg 1981)
29...Kg8 30.h6 Rc7?? 12...Nxb3 (12...Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4
with this move Black loses his initiative Bg6 15.Qe2 Nxb3 16.axb3 Qe6 17.Bxf6
[30...Re7] Qxf6 18.Qe3 Qe6 19.Nh4 a5 20.Ra3
31.g5 Ra6 21.Rfa1 Rfa8 22.b4 a4 23.b3 d5
XABCDEFGHY 24.exd5 Qxd5 25.bxa4 Rxa4 26.Rxa4
bxa4 27.Nxg6 Sarapu,O-Haase,G/New
8-+-+r+k+( Zealand ch 1962/10 (64)) 13.axb3 Qe6
7+ptr-+-zp-' 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Qd2 Nd7 16.Qe3 f5
17.exf5 Qxf5 18.Nd2 Nc5 19.f3 Ne6
6pvl-+-snQzP& 20.Bg3 Nd4 21.Rac1 Qg6 22.b4 a5
5+p+-+-zP-% 23.bxa5 Rxa5 24.Ne4 Ra2 25.c3 Nf5
Tarrasch,S-Schlechter,C/Berlin 1918/
4-+-zP-+-+$ ]
3+-+-zPP+-# 11...Nxb3 12.axb3 Nd7 13.f4 f5 14.exf5
Rxf5 15.Nf3 Bb7 16.Bd2
2PzP-sn-+K+" [16.g4!? might be a viable alternative
1+-+-tR-+-! 16...Rxf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Qe1]
16...exf4 17.Nd4 Rg5 18.Nf3 Rg4
xabcdefghy 19.h3
[19.Kh1!? Qf7 20.Bc3 Nf8 21.Rf2
Nxf3?? Ne6]
19...Rxg2++ 20.Kxg2 Qg5+ 21.Kh1 22.Bxf4 Qg6 23.Qxg6 hxg6 24.Bd6 Rfe8
Ne5 22.Qe2 Qg3 Ortel,E-Tompa,J/Budapest 1976/01
[22...Nxf3?! 23.Rxf3 Qg3 24.Raf1 (46); 10.Nb3 b5 11.a3 00 12.Bf3 Rb8
Qxh3+ 25.Kg1 Qg4+ 26.Qg2 Bxf3 13.Rf2 Nd7 14.a4 b4 15.Ne2 Na5
27.Rxf3 Qxg2+ 28.Kxg2=] 16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.Nd4 Qc7 18.Rc1 Nc5
23.Qg2 Nxf3 1/21/2 Brandenburg,K-Boecker,J/Reck
XABCDEFGHY 1987; 10.Bf3 00 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4
e5 13.Be3 exf4 14.Bxf4 h6 15.h4 Qb6+
8r+-+-+k+( 16.Kg2 Bxg4 17.Bxg4 Qxb2 18.Nd5
Nxd5 19.exd5 b5 20.Bg3 Ra7 21.Rf2
7+lzp-+-zpp' Bf6 22.Rb1 Qxa2 23.Rxf6 gxf6 24.Bf5
6p+-zp-+-+& Qc4 Lewandowitz-Schneider/corr
DDR/M 1976/10 (32)]
5+p+-+-+-% 10...bxc6 11.Bd3 00 12.Qf3 Nd7
4-+-+-zp-+$ 13.Rae1 Rb8 14.b3 e5 15.Ne2 Bf6
16.f5
3+P+P+nwqP# This push gains space
2-zPPvL-+Q+" XABCDEFGHY
1tR-+-+R+K! 8-trl+-trk+(
xabcdefghy 7+-wqn+pzpp'
24.Bc3??
6p+pzp-vl-+&
shortens the misery for White 5+-+-zpP+-%
[24.Qxg3 fxg3 25.Rxf3 Bxf3+ 26.Kg1
+]
4-+-+P+-+$
24...Nd4!! Clearance to allow b7-g2 3+P+LvLQ+-#
25.Qxb7
[25.Bxd4 Qxg2 The nicest combinations 2P+P+N+PzP"
are those leading to mate] 1+-+-tRRmK-!
25...Qxh3+ 26.Kg1 Ne2+ 27.Kf2 Qe3+
28.Ke1 xabcdefghy
[28.Kg2 doesn't improve anything
28...Qg3+ 29.Kh1 Qh3#] 16...Bb7 17.Ng3 Bh4
28...Nxc3#+ 01 [17...Be7 18.Nh5=]
18.Qg4 Bf6 19.Nh5 Kh8 20.Rf3 Rg8
Game 7 21.Rh3 g5
Levenfish,Grigory - Rabinovich,Ilya [21...Be7!? should be examined more
Moscow, 1925 closely]
Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines 22.Nxf6+- Nxf6 23.Qg3 Ne8 24.f6 Rg6
with early Be3 [24...Bc8!? 25.Rh6 Qa5+-]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 25.Bxg5 Nxf6 26.Qh4
5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be2 e6 7.00 Be7 8.Be3
a6 9.f4 Qc7 10.Nxc6N
[10.Kh1 00 11.Qe1 Bd7 12.Qg3 b5
13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.Bf4 Bd6
16.Rad1 b4 17.Nf5 exf5 18.Rxd6 Qxd6
19.Bxe5 Qe6 20.Nd5 f4 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6
XABCDEFGHY Rolle,C-Hofmair,F/Bad Worishofen
1993/10]
8-tr-+-+-mk( 10.Be2 b5 11.00 c4 12.Qc2 Nxc3
7+lwq-+p+p' 13.bxc3 Ba3 14.Rb1 Nb6 15.e4 Bb7
16.Bd2 f6 Consolidates e5+g5 [16...00
6p+pzp-snr+& 17.Rfe1=]
17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 00
5+-+-zp-vL-% [18...a6 19.Nd4]
4-+-+P+-wQ$ 19.Nd4 Bxd5 20.Rxb5 Qa6 21.Bg4
Kh8 22.Bf5 Bg8
3+P+L+-+R# [22...g6!? is an interesting idea 23.Be4
2P+P+-+PzP" Rad8=]
23.Be4 Rae8
1+-+-tR-mK-! [23...Rac8 24.Rh5 Rc5 25.Rh3]
xabcdefghy 24.Rh5 Re5 25.Rh3 h6
[25...f5 26.Bxf5 Rexf5 27.Nxf5+-]
Kg7? XABCDEFGHY
[26...Rxg5 27.Qxg5 Ng8+-] 8-+-+-trlmk(
27.Rf1
[27.Rf1 Rg8 28.Rxf6+-] 10 7zp-+-+-zp-'
Game 8
6qsn-+-zp-zp&
Levenfish,Grigory - Freiman,Sergey 5+-+-tr-+-%
URS-ch04 Leningrad, 1925
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge
4-+psNL+-+$
Springs Variation 3vl-zP-+-+R#
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7
5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 2P+QvL-zPPzP"
Bb4 9.Rc1 c5N 1+-+-+RmK-!
[9...e5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Be6
12.a3 Nxc3 13.axb4 Qxe5 14.Qxc3 xabcdefghy
Qxg5 15.Qc5 Qxc5 16.Rxc5 a6 17.Be2
Rd8 18.Rc2 Ke7 19.Rd2 Bb3 20.Bd1 26.Bxh6! Demolition of pawn structure
Rxd2 21.Kxd2 Rd8+ 22.Kc1 Bxd1 26...gxh6 27.Rxh6+
23.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24.Kxd1 Krenzisky,S- Decoy to h6
Lasker,E/Sweden 1927/01 (34); 9...00 27...Kg7 28.Bb7!
10.e4 N5f6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Bd3 Nh5 A double attack
13.g3 Rd8 14.a3 Bf8 15.Be2 c5 16.dxc5 28...Kxh6
Bxc5 17.00 Bd7 18.Bb5 Qb6 19.Qa4 [28...Qxb7 29.Qg6 A beautiful mate
Nf6 20.Bxd7 Nxd7 21.b4 Bf8 22.Qb5 a6 combination]
23.Qh5 Nf6 24.Qh4 Wright (2157)- 29.Bxa6 Bd5?
Kopiecki (2167)/Philadelphia PA 1998/0 [29...Kg7+-]
1 (79); 9...N7f6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.00 Nxc3 30.Nf5+ Kh7 31.f4 Bc5+
12.Rxc3 Ng4 13.h3 Nh2 14.Nxh2 Qxg5 [31...Ree8 is not much help 32.Nd6+
15.f4 Qh5 16.e4 g5 17.e5 Bc7 18.fxg5 Kg7 33.Nxe8+ Rxe8 34.Qf2+-]
Qxg5 19.Ng4 Bd8 20.Be4 h5 21.Nf6+ 32.Kh1 Re4
Bxf6 22.exf6 Kd7 23.d5 exd5 24.Rf5
[32...Ree8 the only chance to get some [9...a6 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bf4
counterplay 33.Nd6+ Kg7 34.Nxe8+ Nd7 13.g4 Bg6 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.Qxd5+
Rxe8+-] 33.Qd1 Kg6 Kh8 16.Ng5 Rxf4 17.Ne6 Qb8 18.Qxd7
[33...Bf7 doesn't get the cat off the tree Re4 19.Rae1 Qe5 20.Rxe4 Qxe4
34.Qf3 Re3 35.Nxe3 Bxe3 36.Qxe3+-] 21.Nbd4 Nxd4 22.Qxe7 Nxe6 23.Rd1
34.Qg4+ Kf7 Rf8 24.c3 Mahdiya,F-Krstev,A
XABCDEFGHY (2165)/Elista 1998/01]
10.Be3 Bg4 11.Bxc6
8-+-+-tr-+( [11.Be2 Rc8 12.Re1 Bf6 13.Nfd4 Bxe2
14.Rxe2 Re8 15.c3 Ne5 16.f3 Ng5
7zp-+-+k+-' 17.Qc2 Nc4 18.Bf2 Ne6 19.Rae1 Qd7
6Lsn-+-zp-+& 20.c6 bxc6 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Nc5 Qf7
23.Rxe6 Rxe6 24.Rxe6 Re8 25.Rxc6
5+-vll+N+-% Be7 Valerga,D (2475)-De Haro,M
4-+p+rzPQ+$ (2180)/Buenos Aires 1995/]
11...bxc6
3+-zP-+-+-# XABCDEFGHY
2P+-+-+PzP" 8r+-wq-trk+(
1+-+-+R+K! 7zp-+-vlpzpp'
xabcdefghy 6-+p+-+-+&
35.Qh5+ 5+-zPp+-+-%
[35.Qg7+ and White takes home the
point 35...Ke6 36.Nd4+ Bxd4 37.f5+ Kd6
4-+-+n+l+$
38.Qxf8+ Kd7 39.cxd4+-] 3+N+-vLN+-#
35...Ke6 36.Bb5 Rd8
[36...a6 is still a small chance 37.Bxa6 2PzPP+-zPPzP"
Kd7+-] 1tR-+Q+RmK-!
37.Be8 Ba8
[37...Re3 hoping against hope 38.Nxe3 xabcdefghy
Bxe3 39.Qh3+ f5 40.Qxe3+ Be4+-]
38.Qf7+ Kxf5 39.g4+! 12.Qd3N
the end of the story 39...Kxg4 [12.c3 Re8 (12...a5 13.a4 Qc7 14.Ra3
Decoy theme: g4 Rfe8 15.Qc1 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nf6 17.Qd2
40.Qh5# Qd7 18.Qd4 Qf5 19.Qf4 Qc2 20.Nd4
Theme: Double Attack 10 Qxb2 21.Bc1 Qb7 22.Nf5 Nh5 23.Qg4
g6 24.Be3 Qc8 25.Nd6 Bxd6 26.cxd6 f5
27.Qg5 Rauch,M-Cruz,W/Buenos Aires
Game 9
1939/10 (45)) 13.Qd4 Bf6 14.Qa4 Bxf3
Levenfish,Grigory - Yudovich,Mikhail
15.gxf3 Qd7 16.Kg2 Re5 17.h3 Rh5
URS-ch08 Leningrad, 1933
18.Rh1 Re8 19.fxe4 Rxe4 20.Nd4 Bxd4
French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5
21.cxd4 Rxe3 22.Qb4 Rhxh3 23.Rxh3
sidelines
Qxh3+ 24.Kg1 Qg4+ 25.Kf1 Qe2+
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5
26.Kg2 Re6 Sedeno-Minguez/corr
5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nf6 7.00 Be7
1984/01]
8.dxc5 00 9.Nb3 Ne4
12...Bxf3 13.gxf3 Ng5 14.f4 Qd7
[14...Nf3+ 15.Kg2 Nh4+ 16.Kh1=]
15.f3 30...Kd8 31.Rxe8+
Controls e4 [31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Qxh7+-; 31.Bf6+
15...Ne6 16.Kh1 makes sure everything is clear 31...Bxf6
[16.f5 Nc7] 32.Qxf6+ Kc7 33.Rxe8 Rxe8 34.Qd6+
16...f5= 17.Rg1 a5 18.a4 Bf6 19.Rad1 Kc8 35.Qxc6+ Kd8 36.Qxa4 Ke7
Rab8 20.Nxa5 Rxb2 21.Nb3 Qe8 37.Qa7+ Kf6+-] 10
22.Bc1 Ra2 23.Rde1 Bh4 24.Re2 Rxa4
25.Qe3 Game 10
[25.Bb2!? Bf6 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Nd4=] Levenfish,Grigory -
25...Kf7 26.Bb2 Rg8 Bohatirchuk,Fedor
[26...g6!? is noteworthy] URS-ch08 Leningrad, 1933
27.Qe5 Closed Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines
XABCDEFGHY after 6 Re1 d6
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
8-+-+q+r+( 5.00 d6 6.Re1 Bg4 7.c3 Be7 8.d3 00
7+-+-+kzpp' 9.Nbd2 b5 10.Bb3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5
12.Nf1 Qc7
6-+p+n+-+& [12...Re8 13.h3 Bd7 14.d4 Qc7 15.dxc5
5+-zPpwQp+-% dxc5 16.Ne3 Rad8 17.Qe2 Urbaneja-
Martinez,I/Mexico Wch jr 1981/01 (52)]
4r+-+-zP-vl$ 13.Ne3 Be6N
[13...Bd7 14.h3 Rfd8 15.Nh2 Be6
3+N+-+P+-# 16.Nhg4 Nc6 17.Qf3 Pilnik,H-
2-vLP+R+-zP" Sumar,J/Lima 1959/ (48)]
14.d4 Rfd8 15.Bd2 Rab8 16.b3 Rdc8
1+-+-+-tRK! 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5
xabcdefghy Nxd5 20.Nxe5 Rd8? [20...Bd6!?
would keep Black in the game 21.Qh5
Bf6?? g6 22.Nxg6 hxg6 23.Qxd5 Bxh2+ 24.Kf1
[27...g6 28.Rge1 Qd7 (28...Rxf4 29.Ra1 Rd8]
(29.Qxe6+?! is a weaker possibility XABCDEFGHY
29...Qxe6 30.Rxe6 Bxe1 31.Rxe1 Rc4=)
29...Nxc5 30.Qc7+ (30.Qxf4?! is a
8-tr-tr-+k+(
useless try 30...Qxe2 31.Nxc5 Ra8) 7+-wq-vlpzpp'
30...Be7 31.Nxc5+-) 29.Qxe6+ Qxe6
30.Rxe6 Bxe1 31.Rxe1 Ra2] 6p+-+-+-+&
28.Rxg7+!!+- 5snpzpnsN-+-%
Demolishes the pawn shield
28...Bxg7 4-+-+-+-+$
[28...Nxg7+ 29.Qxf6 Discovered attack] 3+PzP-+-+-#
29.Qxf5+ Ke7 30.Rxe6+
[30.Qxe6+ Kd8 31.Bf6+ Bxf6 32.Qxf6+ 2P+LvL-zPPzP"
Kc7 33.Qd6+ Kc8 34.Rxe8+ Rxe8 1tR-+QtR-mK-!
35.Qxc6+ Kd8 36.Qxa4 Re1+ 37.Kg2
Re6 38.Qa8+ Ke7 39.Nd4 Rg6+ 40.Kf2 xabcdefghy
Rf6 41.Qxd5 h6 42.Nf5+ Rxf5 43.Qxf5
h5 44.c6 Kd6 45.Qd7+ Kc5 46.c7 h4 21.Bxh7+!+-
47.c8Q+ Kb4 48.Qdb7+ Ka3 49.Qca8#] Demolition of pawn structure
21...Kf8 French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without
[21...Kxh7+ Decoy theme: h7 22.Qh5] ...c5
22.Qh5 Bf6 23.Bc2 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7
[23.Ng4 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 25.Nxf6 Qxf6 5.Bd2 00 6.a3 Ba5
26.Qxc5+ Qd6+-] [6...Bxc3 7.Bxc3 b6 8.h4 Ba6 9.Bxa6
23...g6 24.Qh7 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 Nxa6 10.Qd3 Nb8 11.Nf3 h6 12.g4 c5
Clearance to allow d2-e1 13.Bd2 cxd4 14.Ng5 hxg5 15.hxg5 Ng6
25...Qxe5 16.Qh3 f6 17.gxf6 Kf7 18.fxg7 Rg8 19.0
Decoy theme: e5 00 Nc6 20.f4 Ke8 21.Qh7 Seils,J-
26.Re1 Qxe1+ 27.Bxe1 Nc6 Rausch,S/Germany ch 1993/10 (47)]
[27...Nf6 28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.c4+-] 7.Bd3 Nd7N
28.g3 Nf6 29.Qh8+ [7...Nbc6 8.Qg4 a6 9.Bg5 Re8 10.Nf3
[29.Qh6+!? Ke7 30.Qe3+ Kd6 31.Qf3+-] b5 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qh6 10 Mayo-
29...Ke7 30.Qh6 Rd5 31.Bd2 Ne5 McLung/corr USA 1992]
32.Kg2 Neg4 33.Qf4 Rbd8 8.Nf3 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qe2 Re8 11.g4
[33...Rc8 34.Bc1 g5 35.Qf3+-] c5 12.g5 Nh5
34.Bc1 g5 [12...Nd7 13.Qxe6+ Kf8 14.000=]
[34...R8d6!?] 13.Ne5
XABCDEFGHY [13.dxc5 Ng6 14.Bxg6 hxg6]
13...g6
8-+-tr-+-+( Prevents intrusion on f5
7+-+-mkp+-' 14.dxc5 Nf5
[14...Nc6 15.000]
6p+-+-sn-+& 15.000 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Qxg5+ 17.Kb1
Nf4 18.Qf3 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 b6
5+pzpr+-zp-% Secures a5 [19...Qh4!?]
4-+-+-wQn+$ 20.Rhg1 Qe7 21.c6 a5 22.Qf3
3+PzP-+-zP-# XABCDEFGHY
2P+L+-zPKzP" 8r+l+r+k+(
1+-vL-+-+-! 7+-+-wq-+p'
xabcdefghy 6-zpP+p+p+&
5zp-+psNn+-%
35.Qc7++- R8d7 36.Qc8 R7d6 37.h3
Nh6?
4-+-+-+-+$
[37...Ne5 38.Bf5 Nfd7 39.Bxg5+ f6+-] 3zP-vL-+Q+-#
38.h4 Ne8
[38...Nhg4 does not win a prize 39.Bxg5 2-zPP+-zP-zP"
Rd7 40.Qxa6+-] 1+K+R+-tR-!
39.Bxg5+ Kf8 40.Be4 [
40.Be4 Re5 41.Bf4 Rxe4 42.Bxd6+ Kg7 xabcdefghy
43.Bf4+-] 10
Qh4?
Game 11 [22...Qc7 23.Nxg6! Demolishes the
Levenfish,Grigory - pawn shield 23...hxg6 24.Rxg6+ Kf8+-]
Ragozin,Viacheslav 23.Rg4+- Qh5 24.Rdg1 Kf8 25.Qf4
URS-ch09 Leningrad, 1934 Ra7 26.Rg5 Qh3
[26...Qxg5 does not save the day 10...Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qxa3 12.e4 Ne7
27.Rxg5 Ree7 28.Ng4+-] 13.Bd3 f6
27.Nxg6+ hxg6 28.Rxg6 Qh7 29.Qg5 Covers e5
e5 14.Be3 Ng6 15.00 Qe7 16.Qa2 Nd7
XABCDEFGHY [16...00 17.Rb1 Bd7 18.e5]
17.Rb1 e5 18.Bc1 Ndf8 19.Re1 Bg4
8-+l+rmk-+( 20.Nd2 Nf4 21.Bf1 Be6 22.Qa5
7tr-+-+-+q' White inhibits 000
22...N8g6 23.Ba3 Qd8 24.Qxd8+ Rxd8
6-zpP+-+R+& 25.Rxb7 exd4 26.Nc4 Rd7
[26...Bxc4 27.Bxc4 Rd7 28.Rb8+ Rd8
5zp-+pzpnwQ-% 29.Rxd8+ Kxd8 30.cxd4]
4-+-+-+-+$ 27.Nd6+ Kd8 28.cxd4 Rxb7 29.Nxb7+
Kc7 30.Rb1 Bc8
3zP-vL-+-+-# [30...Ra8 31.Bd6+ Kd7 32.d5+-]
2-zPP+-zP-zP" 31.Nd6
[31.Bd6+ Kd7 32.Bb8 a6+-]
1+K+-+-tR-! 31...Rd8
xabcdefghy [31...Ne6!? 32.d5 Nd8]
32.Nxc8+- Rxc8
[32...Kxc8 33.g3 Rxd4 34.gxf4 Nxf4
30.Bxe5! 35.f3+-]
A forceful and devastating end 30...Be6 33.Ba6 Rb8
[30...Rxe5 Theme: Deflection from d8
31.Qd8 Theme: Double Attack] XABCDEFGHY
31.Qf6+ Bf7 32.Rg8+! 8-tr-+-+-+(
the final nail in the coffin
32...Qxg8 33.Rxg8+ 7zp-mk-+-zpp'
A classical mating theme 6L+p+-zpn+&
33...Kxg8 34.Qh8# 10
5+-+-+-+-%
Game 12
Levenfish,Grigory - Ilyin
4-+-zPPsn-+$
Zhenevsky,Alexander 3vL-+-+-+-#
URS-ch09 Leningrad, 1934
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge 2-+-+-zPPzP"
Springs Variation 1+R+-+-mK-!
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7
5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2 xabcdefghy
N7b6 9.a3N
[9.Bd3 Bb4 10.Rc1 Na4 11.a3 Bf8 34.Bd6+!
12.Nxa4 Qxa4 13.e4 Nf6 14.00 Be7 A double attack
15.e5 Nd5 16.Bc4 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 34...Kxd6
18.Bh4 Bd7 19.Rfe1 Kf7 20.Bxd5 exd5 Deflection from b8
21.Qf4 10 Halkias,S (2533)- 35.Rxb8 Ne6
Tassopoulos,M (2203)/Ermioni [35...Nh4 36.Rd8+ Kc7 37.Rc8+ Kd6
Argolidas 2005] 38.Bf1+-]
9...Bb4 10.Rc1 36.Rb7 Nxd4
[10.axb4 Exploits the pin 10...Qxa1] [36...h5 37.Rxa7 Nxd4 38.Rxg7+-]
37.Rxg7 Ne7 12...Bb7 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.Nd2 Nb6
[37...Ne5 cannot undo what has already 15.Nb3 Nfd7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.f4 f5
been done 38.Rxh7 Nd7 39.h4+-] 18.Kh1 Rc7 19.g4
38.Rxh7 Nb5 39.f4 [19.Na5 Ba8=]
[39.h4 keeps an even firmer grip 39...f5 19...Nc4 20.Rg1 Nf6
40.exf5 Nxf5+-] [20...Bc6 21.gxf5 exf5 22.Rg2]
39...Nc7 21.g5 Ng4 22.Nd1 hxg5 23.h3
[39...Nc3 is no salvation 40.Bd3 a5 XABCDEFGHY
41.Rh6+-]
40.e5+ fxe5 41.fxe5+ Kd7 42.Bc4 a5 8-+-+-trk+(
[42...Ncd5+- there is nothing else 7+ltr-wq-zp-'
anyway]
43.h4 a4 6p+-+p+-+&
[43...Ncd5 44.h5 Ke6 45.Bxd5+ Nxd5
46.h6 Kxe5 47.g4+-]
5+p+p+pzp-%
44.h5 a3 4-+nzP-zPn+$
[44...Ne6 otherwise it's curtains at once
45.Rf7 Ng5+-] 3+N+LzP-+P#
45.h6 Ncd5 46.Rg7 2PzP-+Q+-+"
[46.Bxd5 and White can celebrate
victory 46...cxd5 47.e6+ Kd6 48.Rxe7 1+-tRN+-tRK!
Kxe7+-] 46...Ne3 xabcdefghy
[46...Nf4 praying for a miracle 47.h7
Nfg6+-] gxf4
47.Ba2 [23...Nf6 24.Rxg5 a5 25.Nc5=]
[47.Ba2 N3f5 48.h7 Nxg7 49.h8Q+-; 24.hxg4 fxe3 25.g5
47.h7!? makes it even easier for White [25.Qh2!?= is noteworthy]
47...N3f5 48.Rxe7+ Nxe7+-] 10 25...g6 26.Nxe3
[26.Rg2!? is an interesting idea]
Game 13 26...Qh7+ 27.Kg2 f4 28.Rh1 Qe7
Budo,A - Levenfish,Grigory [28...Nxe3+?! 29.Kf2 Qd7 30.Rxc7 Qxc7
Leningrad, 1936 31.Rh6]
Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7
Rc1
XABCDEFGHY
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 8-+-+-trk+(
5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.Nc3 00 8.Rc1 c6
9.Qc2 a6 7+ltr-wq-+-'
[9...Re8 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nd5 6p+-+p+p+&
12.Bg3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf6 14.00
Stone,R-Lee/Philadelphia 1987/10 5+p+p+-zP-%
(40)] 4-+nzP-zp-+$
10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd3 b5 12.00N
[12.a4 b4 13.Nb1 Bb7 14.Bg3 Rc8 3+N+LsN-+-#
15.Bc7 Qe8 16.Qd1 Nb8 17.00
Engel,J-Maroczy,G/Bad Sliac 1932/01
2PzP-+Q+K+"
(35)] 1+-tR-+-+R!
xabcdefghy
29.Nf5 exf5 47.b4
[29...Qxg5+!? 30.Kf3 exf5 (30...Rxf5 [47.Ra7 is not the saving move 47...Rh8
31.Qxe6+ Rcf7 32.Rcg1 Ne5+ 33.dxe5 48.Kg1 Rh5+]
Rxe5 34.Qxf7+ (34.Rxg5?! Rxe6 47...Rc8 48.Rf7
35.Bxg6 Re3+ 36.Kf2 Rg7+-) 34...Kxf7 [48.Bb5 a fruitless try to alter the course
35.Rxg5 Rxg5 36.Rh7+ Kg8 37.Rxb7+-) of the game 48...Rc2+ 49.Kf1 Rb2+]
31.Qe6+ Kg7] 48...Rc2+ 49.Ke1 Rb2
30.Qxe7 Rxe7 31.Rh6 Kf7 [49...Ke5+ seems even better]
[31...Kg7 32.Rch1 Kf7 33.Rh7+ Ke8 50.b5 [50.Ba6 Ke5 51.Rc7 Kd4+]
34.Nc5 Nxb2 35.Rxe7+ Kxe7 36.Rh6=] 50...f2+ 51.Kd1 f3
32.Nc5 32...Bc8 [51...f3 52.Rf6+ Kc5+] 01
[32...Nxb2 33.Rc2 Nxd3 34.Nxd3 Rg8]
33.Rch1? Game 14
[33.b3 Nd2] Levenfish,Grigory - Vasiliev,Victor
33...Rg8 Leningrad-ch, 1936
[33...Nxb2!? 34.Rh7+ Ke8 35.Rxe7+ Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch
Kxe7] Variation)
34.Rh7+ Kf8 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 Nxc3
[34...Rg7 35.Rh8 Bd7 36.Bxc4 bxc4 5.dxc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bf4 Be7 8.h4
37.Rb8=] [8.Qd2 00 9.000 Qa5 10.Kb1 b5
35.Rxe7 11.Bd3 c4 12.Be4 Rb8 13.Nd4 b4
[35.Bxc4!? 36.Kf3=] 14.Bxc6 dxc6 15.cxb4 Bxb4 01
35...Kxe7 36.Rh7+ Kd6 37.b3 Nd2+ Barczay,L-Udovcic,M/Zagreb 1969]
38.a4 f3+ 39.Kg1 Ne4 40.axb5 axb5 8...a6N
41.Bxb5 Nxc5 42.dxc5+ Kxc5 43.Bf1 Consolidates b5 [8...b6 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.0
f4 44.Kf2 00 Bb7 11.Ba6 Bxa6 12.Qxa6 f6
[44.Bd3 Bg4 45.Rf7 Kd4+] 13.Rhe1 00 14.Qa4 f5 15.Bg5 Rad8
44...Bf5 45.Rc7+ 16.Qf4 Rf7 17.Re2 h6 18.Bxe7 Nxe7
[45.Kxf3 Be4+ 46.Kg4 Rb8+] 19.c4 a6 20.Red2 Ng6 21.Qg3 Ne7
45...Kd6 46.Rb7 22.Qf4 Ng6 23.Qe3 Engels,L-
[46.Rf7 Rb8+] Bolbochan,J/Mar del Plata 1941/10
46...Be4 (41)] 9.a4 Rb8
XABCDEFGHY [9...00 10.00]
10.Ng5 Qc7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qe2 d5
8-+-+-+r+( [12...f6 13.exf6 Qxf4 14.fxe7 Kxe7
7+R+-+-+-' 15.Rh3]
13.exd6 Bxd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6
6-+-mk-+p+& Black traps the enemy king in the center
5+-+p+-zP-%
4-+-+lzp-+$
3+P+-+p+-#
2-+-+-mK-+"
1+-+-+L+-!
xabcdefghy
XABCDEFGHY [23.Nxh8 would have made live much
easier for White 23...Rxh8 24.Qg5 Qxg5
8-trl+k+-tr( 25.hxg5+-]
7+p+-+p+p' 23...Qxh4+ 24.Kd2 Rhf8

6p+nwqp+p+& XABCDEFGHY
5+-zp-+-sN-% 8-tr-+-tr-+(
4P+L+-+-zP$ 7+-+l+Nmkp'
3+-zP-+-+-# 6-+n+p+p+&
2-zPP+QzPP+" 5+pwQ-+-+-%
1tR-+-mK-+R! 4-+-+-+-wq$
xabcdefghy 3+-zPL+-+-#
2-zPPmK-+P+"
15.Ne4 Qe5 16.Qe3 b5 1tR-+-+R+-!
[16...f5!? should be investigated more
closely 17.Nxc5 Qxe3+ 18.fxe3 Ke7] xabcdefghy
17.axb5 axb5 18.f4 Qc7 19.Qxc5
Qxf4 20.Bd3 25.Ra7!
[20.Qxc6+?! Bd7 21.Qd6 Qxe4+ 22.Kf2 White gets the advantage
Rd8] 25...Nxa7??
20...Bd7? the position is going down the drain. A
[20...Bb7] deflection [25...Rxf7 26.Rxf7+ Kxf7
21.Nd6++- Kf8 27.Rxd7+ Ne7 28.Bxb5 Qf4+ 29.Kd1
XABCDEFGHY Qh4]
26.Qe5+
8-tr-+-mk-tr( A classical mating theme[26.Qe5+ Kg8
27.Qh8#+-] 10
7+-+l+p+p'
6-+nsNp+p+& Game 15
Botvinnik,Mikhail - Levenfish,Grigory
5+pwQ-+-+-% Moscow/Leningrad m Leningrad (2),
4-+-+-wq-zP$ 1937
Grnfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3
3+-zPL+-+-# 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6
2-zPP+-+P+" 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 00 7.00 e6 8.b3
Nbd7 9.Qe2N [9.Bb2 a6 (9...b6 10.Qe2
1tR-+-mK-+R! (10.Rc1 Bb7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ba3 Re8
xabcdefghy 13.Nb5 Bf8 14.Nd6 Bxd6 15.Bxd6 Rc8
16.Qe2 Nb8 17.Ba3 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 a6
19.Qb2 Nbd7 20.Rc2 Qb8 21.Qc1 Rc8
22.Nxf7+!
22.Rxc8+ Qxc8 23.Qxc8+ Bxc8 24.Bd6
Demolition of pawn structure.
Ne8 Micheel,A-Solice,R/Weimar-Gera
22...Kg7
1992/ (37)) 10...Bb7 11.Rfd1 Qb8
[22...Kxf7 23.Rf1 A pinning theme]
12.Rac1 Re8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7
23.Rf1
15.f4 Nc5 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Bb1 a5
18.Qf2 Qc7 19.h4 Rad8 20.h5 Bc8 XABCDEFGHY
21.Qg3 Qd7 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Ne2 Qg4
24.Qf3 Brenninkmeijer,J (2510)- 8-+-+-+rmk(
Tukmakov,V (2520)/Amsterdam 1990/1 7zp-+-+-+p'
0 (39)) 10.a4 Re8 11.Qc2 b6 12.Rad1
Bb7 13.Rfe1 Qb8 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 6-zp-+-+-+&
Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Nf6 17.Bd3 Qc7 18.Qe2
Rad8 19.Ne5 c5 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.Nf3
5+-zp-+-+-%
Nh5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Be4 Bxe4 4-zP-+-zp-+$
Cafure-Bolbochan,J/Buenos Aires ch-
ARG 1965/10 (41)] 9...Re8 10.Bb2 b6 3+-+n+-+-#
11.Rad1 Bb7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 2P+-+-+RzP"
Nd7 14.f4 Qe7 15.cxd5 exd5 16.e4 d4
17.Nb1 c5 18.Nd2 1+-+-+R+K!
XABCDEFGHY xabcdefghy
8r+-+r+k+( 36...c4
7zpl+nwqpvlp' [Instead of 36...cxb4 37.Rd2 Nc5
6-zp-+-+p+& 38.Rxf4=] 37.Rc2 b5 38.a3
Controls b4 [38.Re2 h6]
5+-zp-zP-+-% 38...f3 39.Rd2
[39.Rc3 Rf8] 39...Rg2!
4-+-zpPzP-+$ Black stays in the lead
3+P+L+-+-# 40.Rxg2 fxg2+
A double attack
2PvL-sNQ+PzP" 41.Kxg2 c3 42.Kf3 01
1+-+R+RmK-!
Game 16
xabcdefghy Botvinnik,Mikhail - Levenfish,
Moscow/Leningrad m Leningrad (10),
g5 19.g3 gxf4 20.gxf4 Kh8 21.Nc4 Rg8 1937
22.Kh1 f6 23.Nd6 fxe5 24.Nxb7 exf4 Grnfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3
25.e5 Bxe5 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6
[25...Nxe5 26.Qe4 Bf6 27.Be2=] 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 00 7.00 b6 8.b3
26.b4 [26.Rde1!?] [8.Qe2 Bb7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4
26...Nf6= 27.Qf3 Ng4 28.Rd2 Rab8 11.Bxe4 Nd7 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Rad1 e6
29.Be4 d3 30.Qxd3 14.Ne5 Qc8 15.Rd3 Nf6 16.Bf3 c5
[30.h3 Bxb2 31.hxg4 Bd4=] 17.Rfd1 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 cxd4 19.Rxd4
30...Rxb7 31.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 32.Qf3 Qc5 10 Korotylev,A (2445)-
Qxf3+ 33.Rxf3 Bxb2 34.Rxb2 Ne5 Shvedchikov,A (2340)/Moscow 1995;
35.Rf1 Nd3 36.Rg2 8.h3 Bb7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 c5
[36.Re2 c4] 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.d5 b5 13.cxb5 Qxd5
14.Qc2 Rd8 15.Rd1 Qh5 16.Be2 Rxd1+
17.Qxd1 Qd5 18.Be3 Nd7 19.Qxd5
Bxd5 20.Rd1 e6 21.b3 Rc8 22.Rc1 Bb2
Yermolinsky,C-Belakovskaia,A
(2286)/Stratton Mountain VT 1999/
(40)]
XABCDEFGHY 30.a4?
[30.Kb4 Bg4+]
8rsnlwq-trk+( 30...e5 [30...Bd1!? 31.Bb6+]
7zp-+-zppvlp' 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.b4
[32.fxe5 Ke7+]
6-zpp+-snp+& 32...Ke7
[32...exf4 33.exf4 Ke7 34.Kd4+]
5+-+p+-+-% 33.fxe5 Kd7 34.Kd4
4-+PzP-+-+$ [34.b5 a5+]
34...Kc6 35.b5+
3+PsNLzPN+-# [35.e4 g5+]
2P+-+-zPPzP" 35...axb5 36.axb5+
[36.cxb5+ Kb6+]
1tR-vLQ+RmK-! 36...Kb6
xabcdefghy XABCDEFGHY
8...c5N 8-+-+-+-+(
[8...Bb7 9.Ba3 Re8 10.Rc1 e6 11.Qe2 7+-+-+p+p'
Nbd7 12.Rfd1 Qb8 13.h3 a6 14.Bb2 c5
Botvinnik,M-Lowenfisch,G/Moscow 6-mk-+-+p+&
1937/10 (68)] 5+P+-zP-+-%
9.dxc5 Ne4 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Qxd8
Rxd8 12.Nd4 bxc5 13.Nde2 Bg4 14.f3 4-+PmK-+-+$
exf3 15.gxf3 Bh3 16.Re1 Nc6 17.Ba3 3+-+-zP-+-#
Nb4 18.Rab1 Bh6 19.f4 Nc2 20.Bxc5
Nxe1 21.Rxe1 Bf8 22.Kf2 Bg4 2-+-+l+-zP"
[22...Rd2 23.Kg3 Bc8 24.Nd5]
23.Rd1
1+-+-+-+-!
[23.Bd4!?] xabcdefghy
23...Rxd1 24.Nxd1 Rd8 25.Ndc3 Rd2
26.Ke1 Rc2 27.Kd1 Rxc3 28.Kd2 Bxe2 37.Kd5
29.Kxc3 a6 [37.e6 a fruitless try to alter the course
XABCDEFGHY of the game 37...fxe6 38.h4 Bf1+]
37...Bg4 38.Kd6
8-+-+-vlk+( [38.Kd4 doesn't change the outcome of
7+-+-zpp+p' the game 38...Be6 39.h4 h6+]
38...Be6 39.c5+ Kxb5 40.c6 Kb6
6p+-+-+p+& [40...Kb6 41.c7 h6+] 01
5+-vL-+-+-%
Game 17
4-+P+-zP-+$ Levenfish,Grigory -
3+PmK-zP-+-# Tolush,Alexander
Leningrad/Moscow, 1939
2P+-+l+-zP" Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch
1+-+-+-+-! Variation)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 d5
xabcdefghy 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.dxc5 Nxc3 7.Qxd8+
Nxd8 8.bxc3 f6 9.Be3 e5 10.Nd2N
The idea is Nf3-d2-c4-d6 [10.Rb1 Bd7 XABCDEFGHY
11.Nd2 Rc8 12.Nb3 Ba4 13.Bd3 Bxb3
14.cxb3 Bxc5 15.Bd2 Ne6 16.b4 Bb6 8-+-+-+-+(
17.Be4 Rd8 18.f3 Rd7 19.g3 Ke7 7snR+-+-+-'
20.Ke2 g6 21.Rhd1 f5 22.Bc2 Rc8
23.Bb3 g5 24.Be1 Rcd8 Damjanovic,M- 6-+-+-+-+&
Pelikan,J/Mar del Plata 1970/10 (61)]
10...Be6 11.000 Be7 12.Bb5+ Kf7
5+-+kzp-+-%
13.Nc4 Rf8 4P+-+-zp-+$
[13...a6 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.Bc4]
14.a4 Kg8 15.Nd6 3+-zP-+P+-#
A beautiful square! 2-+P+-+rzP"
XABCDEFGHY 1+-mK-+-+-!
8r+-sn-trk+( xabcdefghy
7zpp+-vl-zpp'
6-+-sNlzp-+& 32.Rxa7 Rf2 33.Rd7+ Ke6
[33...Kc6 34.Rd3]
5+LzP-zp-+-% 34.Rd3 Rxh2 35.c4 e4 36.fxe4 Ke5
37.a5 Kxe4 38.a6 f3?
4P+-+-+-+$ [38...Rh1+ 39.Kd2 Ra1]
3+-zP-vL-+-# 39.a7+- Rh1+ 40.Rd1 Rh8 41.Kd2 Ra8
[41...Kd4 42.Ke1+ Kxc4 43.Kf2+-]
2-+P+-zPPzP" 42.Re1+
1+-mKR+-+R! [42.Ra1 might be the shorter path
42...Kf4+-]
xabcdefghy 42...Kd4 43.Re7 Kxc4 44.Ke3 Kc5
45.Kxf3 Rh8 46.Kg4 Kb6 47.Kg5 Kc6
15...f5 16.f3 Rb8 17.Rhe1 Bf6 18.Bd3 48.Kg6 Rf8 49.Kg7 Rd8 50.Kf6 Rh8
Be7 19.Bc4 Bxc4 20.Nxc4 Nc6 21.Rd7 51.Kf7 Rd8 52.Re6+
Rfd8 22.Red1 Rxd7 23.Rxd7 Kf7 [52.Ke6+-]
24.Nd6+ Ke6 25.Rc7 f4 26.Bf2 Bxd6 XABCDEFGHY
27.cxd6 Kxd6 28.Rxg7 Kd5 29.Rxh7
Rg8 30.Rxb7 8-+-tr-+-+(
[30.g3!? fxg3 31.Bxg3] 7zP-+-+K+-'
30...Rxg2 31.Bxa7 Nxa7
[31...e4 32.fxe4+ Kxe4 33.Rc7 Nxa7 6-+k+R+-+&
34.Re7+ Kd5 35.Rxa7=]
5+-+-+-+-%
4-+-+-+-+$
3+-+-+-+-#
2-+P+-+-+"
1+-+-+-+-!
xabcdefghy
52...Kd7?? sad, but how else could XABCDEFGHY
Black save the game? [52...Kb7
53.Re8 Rxe8 54.Kxe8 Kxa7] 8r+-+-+k+(
53.c4+- Ra8 54.c5 Kc7 10 7zppwq-vlpzpp'
Game 18
6l+-trpsn-+&
Levenfish,Grigory - 5+-+PsN-+-%
Chistiakov,Alexander
URS-ch11 Leningrad, 1939
4-+-+-+-+$
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge 3zPQsN-+-zP-#
Springs Variation
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7
2-zP-+-zPLzP"
5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Qa5 7.Qc2 Bb4 8.Nd2 1+-+RtR-mK-!
dxc4 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Nxc4 Qc7 11.a3
Be7 12.g3 xabcdefghy
[12.b4 00 13.Be2 Nd5 14.00 f5 15.Ne5
Bd6 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.f4 a6 18.Kh1 Be6 20...Rb6 21.Qa2 Bd6 22.dxe6 Bxe5
19.Bd3 Kh8 20.Rf3 g6 21.Rg1 a5 23.exf7+ Kf8 24.Nd5
22.Rh3 Rg8 23.g4 Bxe5 24.gxf5 Bxf5 XABCDEFGHY
25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.Rxg8+ Rxg8 Kupka,S-
Plachetka/Trnava 1989/10 (39)] 8r+-+-mk-+(
12...c5N 7zppwq-+Pzpp'
[12...00 13.b4 (13.Bg2 Bd7 14.b4 Rfd8
15.00 Be8 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.e4 b5 6ltr-+-sn-+&
18.Ne3 a5 19.Qb2 Qb6 20.Nc2 axb4
21.axb4 e5 22.Bh3 exd4 23.Nxd4 c5
5+-+Nvl-+-%
24.Nf5 Bf8 25.bxc5 Qxc5 26.Nd5 Nxd5 4-+-+-+-+$
27.exd5 Qc2 Batik,F-Seibold,M/corr
1928/ (45)) 13...b6 14.Bg2 Bb7 3zP-+-+-zP-#
15.00 Rac8 16.Rfc1 Nd5 17.Ne4 c5 2QzP-+-zPLzP"
18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Na5 Ba8 20.Nxc5 Rfd8
21.e4 Nb6 22.Qe2 Qe5 23.Nab3 g6 1+-+RtR-mK-!
24.f4 Qb8 25.Rc2 Nd7 26.Rac1 Nxc5 xabcdefghy
27.Nxc5 Ilievski-Janosevic,D/Zagreb
1977/01 (62)]
Qxf7??
3.Bg2 Bd7 14.Ne5 cxd4 15.exd4 00
with this move Black loses his initiative
16.00 Bb5 17.Rfe1 Rfd8 18.Qb3 Ba6
[24...Nxd5 25.Qxd5 Bxb2=]
19.Rad1 Rd6
25.Rxe5+- Ng4
[19...Rac8 20.Rc1=]
[25...Re8 26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Qb1+-]
20.d5
26.Nxb6 Qxf2+
[20.Nb5 Qb6 21.a4 Bxb5 22.axb5 Rxd4
[Weaker is 26...Qxa2 27.Nd7+ Kf7
23.Rxd4 Qxd4 24.Bxb7 Bc5=]
28.Bd5+ Qxd5 29.Rexd5+- (29.Rdxd5?!
Nxe5 30.Nxe5+ Ke6) ]
27.Kh1 axb6 28.Re4 Qc2 29.Rf4+ Nf6
30.Re1 Bb5 31.Qe6 Bc6 32.Bxc6
Qxc6+ 33.Qxc6 bxc6 34.Re6 Rc8
35.Rc4 Rd8 36.Rc2 Rd1+
[36...Rd3 37.Rexc6 Nd5 38.Re2+-] XABCDEFGHY
37.Kg2 Nd5
[37...Kf7 38.Rexc6 Nd5 39.Rf2+ Ke7 8r+-wqkvl-tr(
40.Rc8+-] 7zpp+n+p+-'
38.Rf2+
[38.Rf2+ Nf6 39.Rxc6+-] 10 6-+p+p+p+&
5+-+pzPn+p%
4-+PzP-+-+$
3+P+L+Q+P#
2PvLN+-zPP+"
1tR-+R+-mK-!
xabcdefghy
20.Bxf5
[20.Ne3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 dxc4 22.bxc4
Be7]
Game 19 20...gxf5 21.Ne3 Rh7
Levenfish,Grigory - Dubinin,Peter [21...Qh4 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Rac1]
URS-ch12 Moscow, 1940 22.Rac1 Nb6 23.Rc2 Be7 24.Bc3 Bg5
Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation 25.Bb4 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Qh4 27.a4 dxc4
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 28.bxc4 Nxa4
5.Qxf3 e6 6.d3 Nd7 7.Be2 Ngf6 8.00 [28...Rg7!? should not be overlooked]
Bd6 9.d4 Bb4 10.e5 Ng8 11.Nd1 Bf8 29.d5 exd5?
12.b3N [29...Rg7 30.dxe6 c5 31.exf7+ Kxf7
[12.Bd3 c5 13.c3 Ne7 14.Be3 Nc6 32.Rd7+ Kg8 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7+-]
15.Qg3 g6 16.f4 Qb6 17.Qf2 h5 18.Kh1 30.Rd4+- f4 31.Rxf4 Qg5 32.cxd5 00
000 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.b4 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 0
g5 22.fxg5 Ndxe5 23.Be2 Ne7 24.a4 [32...Rg7 33.Qf3 Qg6+-]
Kb8 25.Qg3 Qc7 26.b5 N7g6 33.Qxa7 Qxf4
Georgadze,T-Khalilbeili,S/Tbilisi [33...Qxe5 34.Rd4 Rxd5 35.Rxd5
1956/01 (48)] Qxd5+-]
12...Ne7 13.Ne3 g6 14.c4 Bg7 15.Ba3 34.Qa8+
Qa5 16.Nc2 [34.Qxa4 Rxd5 35.Qa8+ Kc7 36.Ba5+
[16.Bd6 Nc8] Rxa5 37.Qxa5+ Kc8+-]
16...Nf5 34...Kc7 35.Ba5+ Nb6
[16...c5 17.b4 Qa4 18.Qc3 cxd4
19.Nxd4 Nxe5 20.cxd5 Nxd5 21.Qg3
Nf3+ 22.Bxf3 Qxa3 23.Nxe6 Bxa1
24.Qd6 fxe6 25.Bxd5]
17.Rfd1 Bf8 18.Bb2 h5 19.Bd3 Qd8
[19...000 20.c5]
XABCDEFGHY 11...Nc6 12.Bg5 Bd6 13.c4 dxc4
14.Bxc4 00 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Bh4
8Q+-tr-+-+( Rac8 17.Nd2 Nb4 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Rxe6
7+pmk-+p+r' Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 b5
[20...Nd5!?=]
6-snp+-+-+& 21.Na3 Bf4 22.Nxb5
[22.Be7 Qd7 23.Re4 a5 24.Bxf8 Rxf8]
5vL-+PzP-+p% 22...Qc5 23.Na3 Qd5 24.Re4 Rc6
4-+-+-wq-+$ XABCDEFGHY
3+-+-+-+P# 8-+-+-trk+(
2-+R+-zPP+" 7zp-+-+-zpp'
1+-+-+-mK-! 6-+r+-+-+&
xabcdefghy 5+-+q+-+-%
36.Rxc6+!!
4-sn-zpRvl-vL$
Demolition of pawn structure 3sN-+P+-+-#
36...bxc6 37.Qxc6+
Theme: Double Attack 2PzP-+-zPP+"
37...Kb8 38.Qxb6+ Ka8 39.Qc6+ Ka7 1tR-+Q+-+K!
40.Bb6+
[40.Bb6+ Ka6 41.Bc7+ Ka7 42.Qb6+ xabcdefghy
Ka8 43.Qa6#] 10
25.Be7?
[25.Bg3 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 Qh5+ 27.Kg1+]
Game 20 25...Rh6++ 26.Kg1 Bh2+ 27.Kf1 Bg3
Dubinin,Peter - Levenfish,Grigory 28.Bxf8 Rh1+ 29.Ke2 Qh5+ 30.Kd2
URS-ch15 Leningrad (13), 1947 Qg5+ [30...Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Nxd3
Ruy Lopez: Bird's Defence 32.fxg3+]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4
31.Ke2
exd4 5.00 c6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 cxd5
8.Re1+ Ne7 XABCDEFGHY
[8...Be7 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Qe2 Nf6 8-+-+-vLk+(
11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Qe5 Rc8 13.Na3 00
14.Qxd4 Bc5 15.Qh4 Rfe8 16.Rf1 Re4 7zp-+-+-zpp'
17.Qg3 Qf5 18.d3 Rg4 19.Qh3 Re8
20.Bd2 Re2 21.Be1 Nh5 22.Kh1 Nf4
6-+-+-+-+&
23.Qf3 Svendsen,T (1935)-Haas,C 5+-+-+-wq-%
(2230)/Bern 1995/01]
9.Bb3 Be6 10.d3 Qd7 11.c3N
4-sn-zpR+-+$
[11.Nd2 a5 12.c4 dxc3 13.Nf3 a4 3sN-+P+-vl-#
14.Bc2 Ng6 15.bxc3 Be7 16.Nd4 00
17.Rb1 Bg4 18.f3 Be6 19.Nxe6 fxe6 2PzP-+KzPP+"
20.d4 Bd6 21.g3 Rfc8 22.Bd2 Rf8 1tR-+Q+-+r!
23.Qe2 Rfe8 24.Bd3 Qc7 25.Bb5 Re7
Filipenko,A (2440)-Shulman,V xabcdefghy
(2270)/Kstovo 1994/10 (37)]
Qh5+??
not a good decision, because now the [11.a3 Bd6 12.Nc3 h6 13.e4 e5 14.d5
opponent is right back in the game Na5 15.Nd2 Bg4 16.f3 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Bd7
[31...Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Qh5+ 33.Ke1+] 18.b4 cxb3 19.Nxb3 Nxb3 20.Qxb3 b6
32.Kd2 Rxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Nxd3! 21.Bb2 Ra5 22.a4 Rfa8 23.Rfc1 Ne8
Demolition of pawn structure 24.Bf1 h5 25.Nb5 h4 Podgorny,J-
[33...Kxf8?! is the weaker alternative Rejfir,J/Prague 1942/01 (35)]
34.fxg3 Kg8 35.Rf1=] 34.fxg3 11...Bd7 12.Nc3 Na5 13.Bf4 Bc6
[34.Kxd3 Theme: Deflection from d1 14.Rfe1 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 b5 16.Bg5 h6
34...Qxd1 Eliminates the defender d1] XABCDEFGHY
34...Nf2 35.Rde1?
[35.Ree1 Nxd1 36.Rxd1 Kxf8 37.Rf1+ 8r+-+-trk+(
Kg8 38.Nc4+]
35...Qg5+
7+-zp-wqpzp-'
[35...Qa5+ and Black can already relax 6-+l+psn-zp&
36.Kc1 Nd3+ 37.Kb1 Nxe1 38.Bc5+]
36.Kc2?? 5snp+-+-vL-%
stumbles just before the finish line 4-+pzP-+-+$
[36.Rf4 Qa5+ 37.Ke2]
36...d3++ 37.Kb3 Nxe4 38.Bb4 Qd5+ 3+-wQ-+NzP-#
39.Nc4 2PzP-+PzPLzP"
XABCDEFGHY 1tR-+-tR-mK-!
8-+-+-+k+( xabcdefghy
7zp-+-+-zpp'
6-+-+-+-+& 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Ne5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2
Rfd8 20.Red1 Qe7
5+-+q+-+-% [20...Qf5 21.f3=]
21.b4 f6 22.bxa5 fxe5 23.dxe5 Qc5
4-vLN+n+-+$ 24.a3 Rd5 25.e4 Rdd8 26.f4 Qc6
3+K+p+-zP-# 27.Kf3 Rd7 28.a4
[28.Rxd7 Qxd7 29.Rc1 c6]
2PzP-+-+P+" 28...bxa4
1+-+-tR-+-! [28...Rxd1 29.Rxd1 bxa4 30.Rc1=]
29.Rxd7
xabcdefghy [29.Rdc1 g5]
29...Qxd7= 30.Qxc4 Rxa5 31.f5
d2 40.Rd1 Qd3+ 41.Bc3 Qe2 42.Rxd2 White wins space
Nxd2+ 43.Bxd2 Qxg2 44.Bf4 g5 31...a3
[44...g5 45.Be5 h5+] 01 A strong pawn
32.fxe6 Qe7 33.Qb3 Kh7 34.Kg2 Qc5
Game 21 35.Kf3
Aronin,Lev - Levenfish,Grigory [35.Qf3 Qc2+ 36.Kg1 Qc5+ 37.Kg2
URS-ch15 Leningrad (9), 1947 Qxe5 38.Qf5+ Qxf5 39.exf5 Kg8=]
Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3 35...Ra8
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.g3 d5 [35...Qxe5 36.Ra2]
5.Bg2 00 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Nf3 a5 8.00 a4 36.Ra2 Rf8+
9.Nxa4 dxc4 10.Qd1 Qe7 11.Qc2N [36...Qxe5 37.Qd5 Qc3+ 38.Ke2]
37.Kg2= Qxe5 38.Qd5 Qc3
XABCDEFGHY [45.Ke3 cannot change destiny
45...Qac1+ 46.Kf3 Qf1+ 47.Kg4 Qce2+
8-+-+-tr-+( 48.Kh4 Qxh2+ 49.Kg4 Qhh3#]
7+-zp-+-zpk' 45...Qad1+
[45...Qad1+ 46.Kf2 Qdxd2+ 47.Kg1
6-+-+P+-zp& Qb1#] 01
5+-+Q+-+-% Game 22
4-+-+P+-+$ Levenfish,Grigory - Lilienthal,Andor
URS-ch16 Moscow, 1948
3zp-wq-+-zP-# Exchange Grnfeld: Unusual White 7th
2R+-+-+KzP" moves and lines with 7 Nf3
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5
1+-+-+-+-! Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.h3 00
xabcdefghy 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Be2
[9.Bb5 Bd7 10.00 e6 11.Qd2 Na5
12.Bxd7 Nac4 13.Qe2 Nxe3 14.Qxe3
39.Rf2
Qxd7 15.Rac1 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 Qe7
[39.e7 Qf3+ 40.Kh3 Qf1+ 41.Kg4 Qf3+
17.Rd3 Rd7 18.Rcd1 Nc4 19.Qe2 Qb4
42.Kh3 Qf1+ 43.Kg4 Qf3+ 44.Kh3=]
20.b3 Na5 21.e5 Qe7 1/21/2 Trettin,U-
39...c6??
Lutz,R/OLWuert 9293 1993]
what a pity, victory was in sight
9...e5 10.d5 Nb8N
[39...Rxf2+ 40.Kxf2 Qb2+ 41.Ke3 a2]
[10...Ne7 11.00 f5 12.Bc5 h6 13.d6
40.Qd7
cxd6 14.Qxd6 Qxd6 15.Bxd6 fxe4
[40.Rxf8 and White has triumphed
16.Nxe4 Rf4 17.Bxe7 Rxe4 18.Bd3 Rf4
40...cxd5 41.e7 Qc2+ 42.Kh3 Qxe4
19.Bxg6 Bxh3 20.gxh3 Rxf3 21.Rad1
43.e8Q Qxe8 44.Rxe8+-]
Bf8 22.Be4 Rf7 23.Bxf8 Raxf8 24.Rd6
40...Rxf2++ 41.Kxf2 a2 42.e7 Qc5+
Rg7+ 25.Kh2 Grunberg,H-
43.Ke2 a1Q 44.e8Q
Kraut,R/Germany 1991/10]
XABCDEFGHY 11.a4 a5 12.00 Na6 13.Qb3 Nd7
8-+-+Q+-+( 14.Bxa6 bxa6
[14...Rxa6 15.Rfd1 Nf6 16.Rac1]
7+-+Q+-zpk' 15.Rfd1 Rb8 16.Qa2 Nb6 17.Rac1 Re8
18.Nb1 Bd7 19.Bg5 Qc8 20.d6 c5
6-+p+-+-zp& [20...Rb7 21.Be3 Be6 22.b3 Qb8=;
5+-wq-+-+-% 20...Be6 21.Qa3 Rb7=]
21.Be3 Be6
4-+-+P+-+$ [Instead of 21...Nxa4 22.b3 Nb6
3+-+-+-zP-# 23.Rxc5]
22.b3
2-+-+K+-zP" Controls c4
1wq-+-+-+-! 22...Nd7 In the style of Nimzovich

xabcdefghy
Qc2+ 45.Qd2
XABCDEFGHY [35...f5 36.Nxc5 h6 37.Rd2+-]
36.Nf6+ Kf8
8-trq+r+k+( [36...Bxf6 37.Bxf6 Kh7 38.Rxc5 g5
7+-+n+pvlp' 39.Bxe5 Qxa4+-]
37.Rd8+ Ke7 38.Re8+ Kd6 39.Ne4+
6p+-zPl+p+& [39.Ne4+ Kd5 40.Nc3+ Kc6 41.Nxa2
hxg5 42.Rc8+ Kd6 43.R1xc5+-] 10
5zp-zp-zp-+-%
4P+-+P+-+$ Game 23
Levenfish,Grigory - Liublinsky,Victor
3+P+-vLN+P# URS-ch17 Moscow, 1949
2Q+-+-zPP+" Czech Benoni
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4
1+NtRR+-mK-! Be7 6.Nge2 00 7.Ng3 Ne8 8.h4 g6
xabcdefghy 9.h5 Bg5 10.Bd3 a6 11.Bd2 Nd7N
[11...Qf6 12.Qc1 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 Qf4
23.Nbd2 Qc6 24.Nc4 14.Nge2 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Ng7 16.Ng3
A sound move Nd7 17.a3 Nf6 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.b4 Nd7
24...Qxe4 25.Ng5 20.f3 Rb8 21.Rab1 Ne8 22.Rb2 Nc7
[Not 25.Nxa5 Bxh3 26.Ne1 Be6] 23.Rhb1 Ra8 24.Nge2 cxb4 25.axb4 a5
25...Qc6 26.Nxe6 Rxe6 27.Nxa5 Qb6 26.bxa5 Bertok,M-Geller,E/Yugoslavia
28.b4 Qxb4 1959/10 (42)]
[28...Rxd6!? 29.Rxd6 Qxd6 30.bxc5 12.Qc1 f6 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.Nce2 Ng7
Qc7] 15.Ng1 Bxd2+ 16.Qxd2 Kf7 17.Nf3
29.Nc6 Qb3 Rh8 18.Ke2 Rxh1 19.Rxh1 Nf8 20.Ne1
Bg4+ 21.Kf1
XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY
8-tr-+-+k+( 8r+-wq-sn-+(
7+-+n+pvlp' 7+p+-+ksn-'
6p+NzPr+p+& 6p+-zp-zpp+&
5+-zp-zp-+-% 5+-zpPzp-+-%
4P+-+-+-+$ 4-+P+P+l+$
3+q+-vL-+P# 3+-+L+-sN-#
2Q+-+-zPP+" 2PzP-wQ-zPP+"
1+-tRR+-mK-! 1+-+-sNK+R!
xabcdefghy xabcdefghy
30.Nxb8 Qxa2 31.Nxd7 Re8?
[31...c4 32.Nc5 Bf6]
32.Bg5+- b5
[32.Nxc5?! Bf6] Black undermines the pawn chain
32...Ra8 33.Nb6 Ra7 22.f4
[33...f6 34.Nxa8 fxg5+-] [22.Nc2 Nh5]
34.d7 Rxd7 35.Nxd7 h6 22...bxc4= 23.Bxc4
A valuable piece
23...exf4 [40.Rd7!? makes it even easier for
[23...Nd7 24.b3=] White 40...Kf8+-]
24.Qxf4 Qd7 40...Nxd5 41.Rd6
[24...Bh5 25.Nd3 Kg8 26.Rh3] [41.Rd6 Nf6 42.Kf3+-; 41.a4 keeps an
25.Nd3 g5 26.Qf2 Ng6 27.Rh6 even firmer grip 41...Ne6+-] 10
[27.e5!? Nxe5 28.Nxe5+ dxe5 29.Ne4+-
] Game 24
27...Qe7 28.Nxc5 Korchnoy,Victor - Levenfish,Grigory
[28.Qe1!? is interesting] Minsk, 1953
28...Ne5= 29.Ne6 Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 00 6
[29.Bb3 Rc8 30.Qd4] 00 Nbd7)
XABCDEFGHY 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7
5.00 00 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Qb3 c6 8.Nc3 b6
8r+-+-+-+( 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Rad1 Re8
7+-+-wqksn-' 12.Rfe1 a5N
[12...Nf8 13.Bg5 Ne6 14.Bc1 Qc7
6p+-zpNzp-tR& 15.Ng5 Nxg5 16.Bxg5 Rad8 17.Qc2
5+-+Psn-zp-% Qc8 18.Qa4 Ba6 19.Rc1 Qb7 20.Bxf6
Bxf6 21.e4 b5 22.Qc2 Bxd4 23.exd5 c5
4-+L+P+l+$ 24.d6 Qd7 25.Ne4 Qf5 26.Red1 Qe5
27.Nxc5 Kortchnoi,V-Kan,I/Moscow
3+-+-+-sN-# 1952/10 (38)]
2PzP-+-wQP+" 13.a3 Bf8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 b5
16.Bxf6
1+-+-+K+-! [16.e4 a4 17.Qc2 b4 18.Nxa4 Nxe4
xabcdefghy 19.Bxe4 dxe4]
16...Qxf6= 17.e4 b4 18.axb4
29...Nxc4?? [18.exd5 bxc3 19.Qxb7 c2+]
with this move Black loses his initiative 18...axb4 19.Na4
[29...Nxe6 30.dxe6+ Kg7] [Not 19.exd5 bxc3 20.Qxb7 c2]
30.Nxg5+ Kg8 31.Nh7 Rf8? 19...dxe4 20.Nc5 Bxc5
[31...Ne8 32.Rg6+ Kxh7 33.Rxg4 Ng7+- [20...Bc8 21.Nxe4 Qd8 22.d5=]
] 21.dxc5 Bc8 22.Bxe4 Bh3
32.Nxf8 Qxf8 33.Rg6 When I saw 22...Bh3, I immediately
[33.Qxf6 Qc8] thought White should play 23.Bg2. I
33...f5 didn't see Levenfish's clever
[33...Ne5!? 34.Rxf6 Qc8]
combination, though! Korchnoy.
34.exf5+- Bxf5?
23.Rd6??
[34...Ne5 35.Rg5 Qc8]
35.Nxf5 Qxf5 This allows a pretty winning
Eliminates the defender f5 combination on the theme of weak
36.Qxf5 back rank.
Deflection from e3 23...Rxe4!+
36...Ne3+ Annihilates a defender: e4
A double attack 24.Rxe4 Qxd6!!
37.Kf2 Nexf5 38.g4 Ne7 39.Rxd6 Kf7 Eliminates the defender d6
40.Rxa6 25.Qxb4
[25.cxd6 Ra1 A classical mating theme] 26.Qe1
25...Qxc5 [26.Qxc5 Ra1 A beautiful mate
Instead of 25...Qxc5 black could have combination]
played also 25...Qd3! (threatening Qf1#) 26...g6
[26...g6 27.g4 h5+] 01
26.Qe1 (26.Re1 Qf3 with mate)
26...Qxe4 27.Qf1 Ra1 with mate in the
next move.
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