[Event "USSR clock simul 1948"]  [White "Vassily Smyslov"]  [Black "Boris Spassky"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B77"]  [PlyCount "41"]  [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"]  [Source "Pickard & Son"]  [SourceDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceVersion "1"]  [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceQuality "2"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 (9... d5 {is the modern continuation}) 10. Bxd4 Qa5 (10... Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h4 h5 13. g4 Qa5 14. g5 $16 {Kuhne-Tokarev, LSS email 2010}) 11. Bc4 (11. Kb1 $1 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. g4 Rfd8 14. a3 Rab8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 $16 {Schirmer-Sistemich, GER email 2009}) 11... Rd8 (11... Rb8 $5) 12. Kb1 Be6 $6 (12... Rb8 13. Bb3 $16) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. h4 Rac8 15. h5 (15. g4 $1 $16) 15... b5 $2 (15... e5 16. Be3 (16. Bf2 $5) 16... Nxh5 17. Nd5 $14 {Klaman-Lisitsin, Leningrad 1956}) 16. hxg6 hxg6 (16... b4 17. gxh7+ Kh8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne2 $18 {is too trivial an improvement to merit an "!"}) 17. Qg5 e5 (17... Kf7 18. f4 $18 {is a less trivial improvement but still not enough to matter}) 18. Qxg6 exd4 19. Nd5 Rd7 $2 (19... Rxc2 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Kxc2 $18 Qxa2 22. Qf5 $18 {allows Black to escape into a (hopeless) ending}) 20. Rh3 (20. Rh6 {is the quick method}) 20... Qd8 $2 {But Black wants a quick end.} (20... Kf8 21. Rg3 e6 22. Nxf6 {would prolong the game masochistically}) 21. Rdh1 1-0  

  [Event "Tbilisi 1987"]  [White "Nona Gaprindashvili"]  [Black "Dusan Rajkovic"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A61"]  [Annotator "ATH"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "1987.??.??"]  [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"]  [Source "Pickard & Son"]  [SourceDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceVersion "1"]  [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceQuality "2"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Nh5 ({  Stockfish prefers} 7... Bg7 {e.g.,} 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. e4 $14 {  Mchedlishvili-Pantsulaia, Tblisi 2014}) 8. Bg5 Be7 (8... f6 9. Bd2 $16) 9. Bh6  Nd7 ({Somewhat better is} 9... Bf8 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 $14 {Merario  Alarcon-Torres Sanchez, La Roda 2019}) 10. Qd2 (10. e4 $1 $16) 10... Ndf6 11.  h3 Ng8 12. Be3 ({Stockfish prefers} 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 f5 {which simply  transposes into the next variation}) 12... a6 $6 (12... f5 13. g3 $14) 13. g4  Nhf6 $6 (13... Ng7 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 $16) 14. a4 (14. Bg2 $1 h6 15. Rd1 Kf8 16.  b3 $16) 14... Nd7 (14... h6 15. Bg2 $16 {is a small improvement for Black}) 15.  Bf4 (15. Bg2 $1 h6 16. b4 $1 cxb4 17. Qd4 Ngf6 18. Qxb4 $16) 15... Ngf6 16. Bh6  Bf8 17. Bg2 Qe7 18. O-O Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Ng8 (19... Rg8 20. Ng5 Qf8 21. Qh4 h6 22.  Nf3 g5 23. Qg3 $16 {is a small improvement for Black}) 20. Qf4 (20. Qg7 Qf6 21.  Qxf6 Ngxf6 22. Nd2 $16 {is a small improvement for White}) 20... Ngf6 21. Nd2  O-O (21... Rb8 $5) 22. Nc4 (22. Qg3 $5) 22... Ne8 23. Ne4 f5 $6 (23... Ne5 24.  Nexd6 Nxd6 25. Nxe5 $16) 24. Nexd6 fxg4 25. Nxc8 Rxf4 (25... Rxc8 26. Qxg4 $18  {is best but not good enough}) 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Nxg6+ (27. d6 $1 Rxc4 28. Bxb7  Rb8 29. Bxa6 $18 {is the quick method}) 27... hxg6 28. b3 (28. Rfc1 $18 {  is more efficient}) 28... gxh3 29. Bxh3 Ndf6 ({Stockfish prefers} 29... Nef6 {  but not by enough to matter}) 30. e3 (30. Bg2 $1 $18) 30... Rh4 31. Bg2 Rd8 32.  f4 $6 (32. Rac1 $18) 32... Nh5 $2 (32... Nd6 {puts up stiffer, if futile,  resistance}) 33. Ne5 Kg7 ({Stockfish thinks it's best to just dump the pawn  with} 33... Kg8 34. Nxg6 Rg4 35. Ne5 $18 {; it doesn't matter}) 34. Kf2 (34.  Rac1 $1 {and Black can resign}) 34... Nd6 (34... Nhf6 {is another meaningless  improvement}) 35. Rac1 (35. Rh1 $1 $18 {snoffs out all resistance.}) 35... Nf6  36. Kg1 $2 (36. Rg1 $18) 36... Nde4 (36... Nfe4 $1 37. a5 $16) 37. Rfd1 (37. b4  $1 $18) 37... b6 $2 (37... g5 $1 38. fxg5 Nh5 39. Nf3 Rg4 40. d6 $1 $18 {  still manages to put up a fight}) 38. a5 bxa5 39. Rc4 Nd6 40. Rxc5 Kh7 $6 {  Perhaps Black just had to make a move, any move, to make time control and  didn't have enough time to consider resignation} (40... Rb8) 41. Rc6 (41. Rxa5)  41... Nfe8 (41... Rh5) 42. Rxa6 {and apparently Black soldiered on for an  unknown number of moves before yielding the point} (42. Nf3 $1) 1-0  

  [Event "Slncev Brjag 1974"]  [White "Vlastimil Hort"]  [Black "Ivan Radulov"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B64"]  [Annotator "ATH"]  [PlyCount "35"]  [EventDate "1974.09.??"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "13"]  [EventCountry "BUL"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.  O-O-O O-O 9. f4 d5 (9... Nxd4 $1 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5  dxe5 14. Qd3 Bg4 15. Rdf1 Rfd8 16. Qg3 Rac8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bd5 ({Stockfish  prefers} 18. Bb3 {which is not in my database, e.g.,} Be6 19. Kb1 $14) 18...  Be6 $11 {with dozens, if not hundreds, of games in the database}) 10. e5 Nd7  11. Bxe7 (11. h4 $5) 11... Qxe7 12. Nf3 ({The database contains lots of  different moves in this position but not Stockfish's preferred} 12. Nb3 $14)  12... a6 13. Bd3 b5 (13... Nc5 14. Qe3 $14 {is an improvement for Black}) 14.  Qe3 Rb8 $4 {Moves like this (as well as much pedestrian behavior) make me  wonder if Freud might have been right to postulate a universal death-wish.} (  14... h6 15. g4 $14) 15. Bxh7+ {At least it will be quick and merciful.} Kxh7 (  15... Kh8 16. Bd3 $18 {would prolong the game but Black clearly wants a quick  end}) 16. Ng5+ Kg6 ({Ditto with} 16... Kg8) 17. Qh3 Ndxe5 18. Qh7+ ({Surely he  wasn't expecting to turn the tables after} 18. fxe5 $4 Qxg5+ $19) 1-0  

  [Event "New York 1970"]  [White "William Goichberg"]  [Black "Andrew Soltis"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B78"]  [Annotator "ATH"]  [PlyCount "54"]  [EventDate "1970.??.??"]  [Source "Pickard & Son"]  [SourceDate "2003.01.15"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3  O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 (10. g4 $5) 10... Rc8 (10... Na5 $5) 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O  Ne5 13. Bh6 (13. Bg5 $5 Re8 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nb3 Nh7 (16... Qc8  $11) 17. Bh6 $6 (17. Nd5 Nxg5 18. hxg5 Be6 $11) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 (18...  a5 $5 $15) 19. g4 hxg4 20. h5 Rxc3 $2 (20... g5 21. Bxg5 f6 $15) 21. hxg6 fxg6  22. Bg7 $1 Kxg7 23. Qh6+ Kf6 24. Qf4+ Kg7 $2 (24... Bf5 25. exf5 Rxf3 26. Qd4+  Kxf5 27. Rxh7 $18) 25. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Qf7+ {1-0, Majdan-Pham, Ningbo 2009})  13... Bxh6 (13... Qa5 $5 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. g4 hxg4 18.  h5 Rxc3 19. bxc3 gxf3 20. hxg6 Nxe4 $2 (20... fxg6 $11) 21. Qh2 Nxc3+ $6 (21...  Qxc3 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qf4+ Nf6 25. Rdg1 Bg4 26. Rh4 Ke8 $11)  22. Ka1 Nxd1+ $4 (22... fxg6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qh7+ Kf6 25. Rdf1 Bf5 $11) 23.  Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qh6+ {The black king walks the plank} Kf6 25. g7+ Kf5 26. Rh5+  Ke4 27. Nd2+ Kd4 28. Qf4+ {Anderson-Green, Wellington 1977}) 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 15.  bxc3 Qa5 16. g4 (16. Kb1 b5 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. g4 hxg4 19. h5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4  21. hxg6 fxg6 (21... Rb8+ $5 22. Ka1 fxg6 23. Rb1 $14) 22. Rh8+ $1 Kf7 (22...  Kxh8 $2 23. Qh6+ Nh7 24. Rh1 $18) 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. fxg4 $14 {Nopin-Kapusta,  ICCF email 2011}) 16... Qxc3 17. Kb1 a5 18. gxh5 a4 19. hxg6 axb3 20. cxb3 fxg6  21. Rhg1 $2 (21. h5 Nxh5 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Rg1+ Bg4 24. Ne6 (24. Rxg4+ $11)  24... Kf7 $11) 21... Kf7 22. h5 $2 (22. Rg2 Rg8 $17) 22... gxh5 23. Rg7+ Ke8  24. f4 $2 (24. Rg2 Nc6 $19) 24... Nd3 25. Rg2 $2 (25. Qg6+ Kd8 26. Qg2 Qxd4 $19  {would prolong the game needlessly}) 25... Qxd4 26. Qg6+ Kd8 27. e5 Ne4 0-1  

  [Event "Romania vs. Hungary"]  [Date "Bucharest 1963"]  [White "Florin Gheorghiu"]  [Black "Lajos Portisch"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B33"]  [Annotator "ATH"]  [PlyCount "55"]  [EventDate "1963.??.??"]  [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"]  [Source "Pickard & Son"]  [SourceDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceVersion "1"]  [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceQuality "2"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 (5. c3 $5) 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 e6  7. Be3 Qc7 (7... Qd8 8. a3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Qd2 $16 {Rozo-Hjorth, ICCF  email 2018}) 8. a3 a6 9. f4 d6 10. Bd3 (10. g4 $1 d5 11. Bg2 $14) 10... b5 11.  Qf3 Bb7 (11... Be7 $5) 12. O-O Nd7 $2 (12... Be7 $11) 13. Rad1 (13. Qh3 $1 $16)  13... Be7 14. Qg3 O-O 15. Qh3 Nc5 (15... b4 $1 16. Nd5 $1 exd5 17. exd5 Nf6 18.  dxc6 Bc8 $11) 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. e5 h6 18. f5 (18. Rf3 $1 Nxe5 19. Rg3 Nxd3 20.  Qxh6 Bg5 21. Qxg5 f6 22. Qg4 Nxb2 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. Nd5 $16) 18... Qxe5 19. f6  (19. Bf4 $1 Qf6 20. fxe6 $16) 19... Bxf6 20. Bf4 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 (21. Rf2 Be7 $11)  21... c4 $2 (21... Rad8 22. Be2 b4 $1 23. Rxd4 Nxd4 $11) 22. Be4 Qb6 ({  Stockfish suggests dumping the queen with} 22... Qxd1 23. Nxd1 $18 {as Black's  best course. In other words, time to resign}) 23. Bxh6 Rfd8 24. Be3 (24. Bg5 $1  {is the quick method}) 24... Nd4 $2 ({Not that it matters but} 24... Rxd1 25.  Rxd1 {would prolong the game}) 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Rxf6 (27. Ne4 {  is even stronger, according to Stockfish}) 27... gxf6 28. Bxd4 1-0  

  [Site "USA 1976"]  [White "Jay Bonin"]  [Black "Leonid Shamkovich"]  [Result "0-1"]  [EventCountry "USA 1976"]  [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"]  [Source "Pickard & Son"]  [SourceDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceVersion "1"]  [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceQuality "2"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.  Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Rhg1 {The main line for many years  although Stockfish prefers} (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. g4 a5 13. g5 Ba6 14. Qf3 Nd7 $11  ) 11... Nd7 12. g4 Nc5 13. g5 $6 (13. Nf5 b5 (13... exf5 $2 14. gxf5 Nxb3+ 15.  axb3 $16) 14. Nxe7+ ({ECO (2021 ed.) regards} 14. Bd5 {as the main line, e.g.,}  Bb7 ({Stockfish prefers} 14... exd5 15. Nxd5 Qb7 $44 {Kogan-Roser, France 2005}  ) 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (16... exd5 $2 17. exd5 Bb7 18. Bxc5 $14) 17.  Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. exd5 Rac8 $11)) 13... Nxb3+ (13... Bd7 $1 $11) 14. axb3 b5 15.  Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bd4 (16. Qh5 $1 g6 17. Qh6 Re8 $11) 16... b4 $6 (16... Re8 17.  Qh5 e5 18. Nd5 $1 Be6 (18... exd4 $4 19. Nf6+ $18) 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. gxf6 Kh8  21. Bc3 Qxe4 $11) 17. Bf6 $2 (17. Qh5 Bb7 (17... bxc3 $2 18. Qh6 cxb2+ 19. Kxb2  e5 20. Bxe5 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 dxe5 22. Qb6 $16) 18. Rg4 bxc3 19. Rh4 cxb2+ 20.  Kxb2 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Qe2 $14) 17... Re8 18. Rd3 $2 {White's attack  looks strong but looks can be deceiving} (18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Na4 a5 $11) 18...  bxc3 19. Rh3 $2 ({There is no attack so White should at least grab back a pawn  } 19. bxc3 Bb7 $19) 19... Bf8 (19... Bb7 {wins, e.g.,} 20. Rxh7 Kxh7 21. Qh5+  Kg8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. g6 cxb2+ 25. Kb1 Qxc2+ $1 26. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 27.  Kd2 (27. Kxb2 Bf6+ 28. Ka2 Bxg6 $19) 27... Bxg6 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 {  and White will quickly run out of checks, leaving Black with too much wood for  the queen}) 20. Rxh7 $4 {There is no attack. White has delusions of grandeur.}  (20. Rh4 $1 cxb2+ 21. Kxb2 g6 22. Rxh7 {Now White can make this sac} (22. Qg4 {  is also eequal according to Stockfish}) 22... Kxh7 23. Rg4 Kg8 24. Rh4 Bg7 25.  Bxg7 f5 (25... Kxg7 $2 26. Qf3 $18) 26. gxf6 Ra7 27. Qe3 Rc7 28. c4 $11 {  according to Stockfish despite Black's extra rook}) 20... Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22.  Rg4 Qb5 $8 23. bxc3 Qe2 24. g6 (24. e5 {would prolong the game}) 24... fxg6 25.  Qxg6 e5 26. Rg3 Re6 27. Qg5 Rxf6 (27... Rxf6 28. Qxf6 Qxe4 {and the bishop  pair is especially powertul when the other side has no bishops (or knights)})  0-1  

  [Event "USA 1945"]  [White "Anthony Santasiere"]  [Black "Arthur Bisguier"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A00"]  [Annotator "ATH"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "1945.??.??"]  [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"]  [Source "Pickard & Son"]  [SourceDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceVersion "1"]  [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceQuality "2"]   1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 (4... Nbd7 $5) 5. a3 (5. c4 $5 c6 (5...  Bxb4 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Bb5 Qe4 $11) 6. c5 a5 7. a3 b6 $11) 5... a5 (  5... Be7 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4 c6 $11 {Mahdy-Kreindl, Oberwart 2002}) 6.  b5 c5 (6... Nbd7 $1 $11) 7. Be2 h6 8. d3 (8. O-O $5) 8... Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10.  c4 Bd6 11. cxd5 (11. a4 O-O $11) 11... exd5 12. Rc1 O-O 13. h3 $2 (13. a4 $11)  13... a4 (13... Rfe8 $15) 14. g4 $6 (14. O-O Bh7 $15) 14... Be6 (14... Bg6 $1  $17) 15. Qc2 $6 (15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Bf5 $15) 15... Qa5 16. Rb1 d4 (16... Qd8  $1 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bf5 $17) 17. exd4 (17. O-O $1 dxe3 18. fxe3 Rfe8 $15)  17... cxd4 $2 (17... Nd5 $17) 18. O-O Qxb5 19. Nxd4 (19. Nc4 $1 Bc7 $11) 19...  Qg5 (19... Qa6 $1 $11) 20. N2f3 Qg6 (20... Qc5 $5) 21. Nh4 Qg5 22. Nhf5 (22.  Nhf3 {with its tacit draw offer is what Stockfish prefers slightly}) 22... Rac8  $6 (22... Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Qf4 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 $11) 23. Qd1 $6 (23. Qxa4 $14) 23...  Qf4 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Qd2 $6 (25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxa4 Nd5 $11) 25... h5 $2 (  25... Nd5 26. Rfe1 Nc5 $15) 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rfc1 $6 (27. gxh5 Qd5 28. Bc1  Nxh5 29. Rb4 b5 30. Qe3 Nhf6 $11) 27... Ne4 28. Qb4 Ndc5 $4 (28... Qxb4 29.  axb4 Nd2 $15) 29. Qd4 $4 (29. dxe4 $18) 29... Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Nd2 (30... Nb3 $1  $11) 31. Rb4 $6 (31. Rb5 Ndb3 32. Rc4 Ne4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Bxg7 Nc3 35. Bxc3  Rxc3 36. Rg5+ $14) 31... Ndb3 32. Rcc4 (32. Rb1 $5) 32... Nxd4 $6 (32... Na6  33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Rxa4 b5 35. Rxa6 Nxd4 $11) 33. Rxd4 Rfd8 $6 (33... hxg4 34.  Rxg4 $14) 34. gxh5 e5 $6 (34... Rxd4 35. Rxd4 e5 36. Rg4 $16) 35. Rg4 (35. Rdc4  $1 $16) 35... Kh7 $6 (35... Rc6 36. d4 Rxd4 37. Rbxd4 exd4 38. Rxd4 $16) 36.  Rg5 (36. Rgc4 $1 $16) 36... Nxd3 $2 (36... Ne6 37. Rxe5 Nd4 38. Rxb7 Rc1+ 39.  Kg2 Re1 40. Rb2 $14) 37. Rxb7 Rc1+ $6 (37... Kh8 38. Rgxg7 Rg8 39. h6 $18) 38.  Kh2 Nxf2 $2 (38... Nf4 39. Rgxg7+ $18 {would prolong the game without changing  the outcome}) 39. Rgxg7+ Kh8 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rbg7+ Kf8 42. h6 1-0  

  [Event "San Francisco, Mechanics Institute 1982"]  [White "Jeremy Silman"]  [Black "Kerry Lawless"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E95"]  [Annotator "ATH"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "1982.??.??"]  [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"]  [Source "Pickard & Son"]  [SourceDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceVersion "1"]  [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceQuality "2"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1  c5 $2 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bf1 Ne6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bg5 b6  $11) 9. dxc5 $6 (9. d5 $1 Ne8 10. Bg5 $16) 9... Nxc5 10. Qc2 Nh5 $2 (10... b6  11. Be3 Bb7 $11) 11. b4 (11. Bg5 $1 Qd7 12. Rad1 $16) 11... Ne6 12. Bb2 (12.  Bd2 $1 $14) 12... Nhf4 (12... Nef4 $1 13. Bf1 Bg4 $11) 13. Bf1 Nd4 $2 (13... a5  $1 14. a3 g5 $11) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 (15. Nb5 $1 Ne6 16. Red1 $16) 15...  Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 ({Better is} 16... Bf5 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Red1 $14) 17. a3 (17.  b5 $1 Bf5 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Red1 $16) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bf5 20.  Qd2 Qb6 21. Ra4 (21. g3 $1 $14) 21... Rc8 22. h4 (22. g3 $1 $14) 22... h5 23.  Ra1 Re8 24. b5 (24. g3 $5) 24... Rc8 $2 (24... Qd8 $1 $11) 25. Rd1 d3 $6 (25...  Qc5 26. Bxd4 $16) 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxd3 (27. Qc3+ Kh6 28. Bxd3 $16 {is even  stronger}) 27... Bxd3 (27... Qd4 $1 {the reason for the last note}) 28. Qxd3  Qc5 (28... Qd8 29. g3 $16 {is a marginal improvement for Black}) 29. Qc3+ Kg8  30. Re1 (30. Rc1 $1 $16) 30... Qxb5 31. Qf6 $2 (31. Re7 $1 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qf5 33.  Qd4 $14) 31... Qxc4 32. Qxd6 Qc7 $6 (32... Qxh4 33. Qe5 Rc2 34. g3 Qd8 $15) 33.  Qf6 Qd8 34. Qe5 Qd7 $2 (34... Qa5 $11) 35. d6 Rd8 (35... Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37.  Rxe6 $18 {is Black's best defense (though insufficient)}) 36. Qf6 Rf8 $2 (36...  b6 {delays the inevitable (but not by much)}) 37. Re7 Qd8 38. d7 b5 39. Rxf7 $2  (39. f4 b4 40. f5 {is the quick method}) 39... Qxf6 40. Rxf6 Rd8 41. Rxg6+ Kf7  42. Rb6 {Why resign now? Or maybe Black lost on time? He's lost but he's in  far better shape than just a few moves ago (before White's 39th move).} (42.  Rb6 Rxd7 43. Rxb5 Kg6 44. g3 Rd2 {etc.}) 1-0  

  [Event "1978 US Women's Championship"]  [Site "Rochester, NY"]  [White "Karen Street"]  [Black "Kate Gasser"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B08"]  [Annotator "ATH"]  [PlyCount "82"]  [EventDate "1978.07.??"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "11"]  [EventCountry "USA"]  [SourceTitle "CH, Sept-Oct 1995"]  [SourceDate "2014.06.24"]  [SourceVersionDate "2014.06.24"]   1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. h3 e5  $5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 (10. Bc4 $1 b6 11. Be3 $14) 10... Nbd7 (10... Nh5 $1  $11) 11. Bc4 ({Stockfish prefers} 11. Be3 {very slightly}) 11... Nc5 (11... Rd8  $5 $11) 12. Qe2 Ne6 (12... Nh5 $1 $11) 13. Bh4 $6 (13. Be3 $1 Nh5 14. Rfd1 Nhf4  $11) 13... Nh5 (13... Nf4 $5) 14. Rfd1 $6 (14. Nb1 Kh8 15. Qe3 f6 $15) 14...  Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Na2 (16. Nb1 Qf4 17. g3 Qh6 $15 {is a small improvement  for Black}) 16... Qf4 17. g4 $2 (17. g3 Qh6 $15) 17... g5 18. Rd3 $6 (18. Bg3  Nxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 $17) 18... gxh4 19. gxh5 Be5 (19...  Be6 $1 $19) 20. Qf3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Be6 $6 (21... Kh8 $1 22. Ke2 Bg7 23. h6 Bxh6  24. Qf6+ Bg7 25. Qxh4 f5 $19) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qg2+ Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rf4 25. Rg1  (25. Rf3 Rxe4 $17 {is a incremental improvement for White}) 25... Kg7 $6 (25...  Raf8 26. Rd2 Kg7 $17) 26. f3 $2 (26. Rf3 Kh6 $17) 26... Kh6 (26... c5 $5) 27.  Kf2 $6 (27. Nc1 c5 28. Ne2 Rf7 $19) 27... Rff8 $2 (27... c5 $19 {is the quick  method}) 28. Rg4 (28. Nc1 $1 Bg3+ $17) 28... Kxh5 $2 (28... c5 29. Rxh4 c4 $19)  29. Rb3 $6 (29. Nc1 Rf7 30. Nb3 Raf8 $15) 29... b6 (29... Rf7 $1 $17) 30. a5 (  30. Nb4 $1 c5 $17 {is an improvement for White}) 30... b5 $6 (30... bxa5 31.  Rb7 Bg3+ $15) 31. Nb4 Rac8 32. Nd3 Bg3+ 33. Kg2 $6 (33. Ke2 $1 $11) 33... Rg8 (  33... Rc7 34. f4 Rcf7 35. Nc5 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Bxf4 37. Nxe6 Rg8+ $11) 34. Nc1 $2  (34. Nc5 e5 $11) 34... Bf4 (34... Bd6 $1 $17) 35. Ne2 $2 (35. Nd3 Be3 $17)  35... Be3 36. Rd3 e5 (36... c5 $1 $19) 37. f4 $6 (37. b4 c5 38. bxc5 b4 39.  Rxg8 Rxg8+ $19 {puts up more (futile) resistance}) 37... Rxg4+ 38. hxg4+ Kxg4  39. fxe5 ({So does} 39. f5 c5 $19) 39... c5 (39... Rf8 {is the quick method})  40. a6 $2 (40. e6 Rf8 41. e7 h3+ 42. Kh1 Re8 {would prolong the game}) 40...  h3+ ({Again,} 40... Rf8 $19 {is the quick method}) 41. Kh2 $2 (41. Kh1 {  and after 27 plies, Stockfish rates the position as -13.45, which is (I  suppose) better than getting mated right away}) 41... Rf8 {Mate in 7,  according to Stockfish} 0-1  

  [Event "1976 Boylston Chess Club Championship"]  [Site "Boston, MA"]  [White "Joel Johnson"]  [Black "Harry Lyman"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C56"]  [WhiteElo "1911"]  [BlackElo "2150"]  [Annotator "GotW"]  [PlyCount "47"]  [EventDate "1976.??.??"]  [EventCountry "USA"]  [SourceTitle "www.chessjamaica.org"]  [SourceDate "2008.07.12"]  [SourceVersion "1"]  [SourceVersionDate "2009.01.01"]  [SourceQuality "1"]   1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.  Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Nxd6+ (11. h4 $5) 11... cxd6 12. Bf4 Qd5  13. c4 $6 (13. c3 Qf5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. Bc3 Rfe8 $11)  13... Qxc4 14. Bxd6 O-O-O $2 (14... Qd5 15. Be5 O-O 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 $15) 15. Bg3  (15. Rc1 $1 $18) 15... Bg4 $2 (15... d3 16. Rc1 $16 {Stelmaszyk-Sonis, chess.  com 2021}) 16. Rc1 (16. Qd2 $1 Bxf3 17. Qf4 Rd7 18. Rac1 $18 {is the quick  method}) 16... Qb4 17. a3 (17. h3 $1 Be6 (17... Bh5 18. Re5 g6 19. Qd3 $18) 18.  Ne5 $18 {is another quicker win}) 17... Qxb2 $6 (17... Qb6 18. h3 Be6 19. b4  $18 {would slow White down without changing the outcome}) 18. Qd3 Bxf3 $2 (  18... Qb6 19. Ne5 $18 {but Black is a dead man limping (or crawling) in any  case.}) 19. gxf3 $6 (19. Qf5+ Rd7 20. Qe5 $18 {is the quick and humane way})  19... Rd5 20. Qe4 (20. Rb1 {is even better}) 20... Rhd8 21. Qf4 ({So is} 21.  Qg4+) 21... Qb6 22. Rb1 $2 {Almost throwing away the win} (22. a4 $1 $18) 22...  g5 $4 (22... Qa5 $1 23. Qxf7 R5d7 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qf6 $16) 23. Qxf7 R5d7 24. Qe6  1-0