[Event "1968 US Jr ch"]  [White "Ken Rogoff"]  [Black "James Tarjan"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C81"]  [PlyCount "68"]  [GameId "2122484036876059"]  [EventDate "1968.??.??"]  [EventType "team"]  [EventCountry "USA"]  [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"]  [Source "Pickard & Son"]  [SourceDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceVersion "1"]  [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceQuality "2"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 (9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxb3 13. axb3 Nxe5 14. Nxe4 $14 {according to Stockfish}) 9... Nc5 ({Slightly better is} 9... Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. c3 Re8 $11 {again according to Stockfish}) 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qc8 12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qe4 Nb4 15. Na3 (15. Bg5 $5 h6 16. Rd8+ Qxd8 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Nc3 $14) 15... Bb3 $2 (15... Be6 16. Nxb5 Rb8 17. Nbd4 $16) 16. Nxb5 $1 Rb8 17. Nd6+ $1 cxd6 18. exd6+ Qe6 19. d7+ Kd8 20. Bg5+ $2 (20. Qf4 $1 Rb7 21. Ng5 Qf6 22. Qe3 $18) 20... f6 21. Qf4 Qb6 22. Rd2 $2 (22. Bh4 $17) 22... fxg5 23. Qe5 (23. Nxg5 Be7 $19 {as in Forsberg-Wijk, Norway 1974 is a small improvement}) 23... Be7 (23... Nc6 $1 24. Qe8+ Kc7 25. d8=Q+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 {is even more efficient. Presumably, White is playing on, down two pieces, because of time trouble. Or it could be sheer masochism.}) 24. Re1 Nc6 (24... Bf6 {is more efficient}) 25. Qxg7 Rg8 26. Qc3 Qc5 ({as is} 26... Rg6) 27. Rxe7 Qxc3 28. Re8+ Rxe8 ({and} 28... Kc7 $1 29. Rc8+ Rgxc8 30. dxc8=Q+ Rxc8 31. bxc3 $19) 29. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 30. bxc3 h6 (30... a5 $1) 31. Rd6 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. h4 g4 34. Nd2 Be6 0-1  

  [Event "London 1979"]  [White "John Nunn"]  [Black "Mark Hebden"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C29"]  [PlyCount "41"]  [EventDate "1979.??.??"]  [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"]  [Source "Pickard & Son"]  [SourceDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceVersion "1"]  [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"]  [SourceQuality "2"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 {This may be (old) mainline but both} (3. Nf3 {and}) (3. Bc4 {are preferable}) 3... d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 $6 {Ignore what the books say. Stockfish says} (5. Qf3 {is better and that's good enough for me. A sample line is} f5 (5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. dxc3 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qf2 $11) 6. d3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d4 8. Qg3 dxc3 9. Be2 $1 $11) 5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 d4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 Bc5 (8... dxc3 {is better, e.g.,} 9. O-O Qd5 $1 $15) 9. O-O dxc3+ 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nd4 12. Bd1 Nxf3 (12... Re8 $1 13. a4 $1 f6 $15) 13. Bxf3 Be6 (13... a5 $1 $15) 14. Qg3 Kh8 (14... f5 $1) 15. Be4 (15. Bxb7 $1 Rb8 16. Be4 $11 {Skaslien-Ruthen, ICCF corr. 1988}) 15... Bd5 $2 (15... f5 $1 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Bf4 Bd6 $1 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxf6 Qxg3 20. hxg3 gxf6 $15) 16. Bg5 Qd7 (16... f6 {puts up more (but futile) resistance, e.g.,} 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Rxf6 $1 Bd6 (18... Rxf6 $2 19. Qh4 $18) 19. Qf2 Bxe4 20. Qd4 $1 Kg8 21. dxe4 Be7 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qd5+ $18) 17. Bxh7 $1 Kxh7 (17... Qc6 {prolongs the game without changing the result, e.g.,} 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Qg6 20. Rf4 f6 21. Qh3+ Kg8 22. Bxf6 $1 $18) 18. Bf6 $1 g5 (18... gxf6 19. Rf4 $18) 19. Qxg5 Bxg2+ 20. Qxg2 Rg8 21. Qe4+ 1-0  

  [Event "1983 Labour Day Open"]  [Site "Toronto"]  [White "Lawrence Day"]  [Black "Kevin Spraggett"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B21"]  [PlyCount "91"]  [GameId "2110486856128507"]  [EventDate "1983.09.03"]  [EventType "swiss"]  [EventRounds "6"]  [EventCountry "CAN"]  [SourceTitle "Canbase"]  [SourceDate "2015.08.19"]  [SourceVersion "1"]  [SourceVersionDate "2015.08.19"]  [SourceQuality "1"]   1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 (3... Nf6 $1 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 e6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 $11 {Roynet-Razumikhin, ICCF email 2017}) 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Nf3 Nf6 (5... Nc6 $1 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. d3 e6 $11) 6. Ne5 (6. d4 $1 e6 (6... cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bd7 8. Qf2 $14) 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4 10. Ndb5 $14 {Jaekel-Folk Gilsanz, ICCF email 2015}) 6... a6 (6... g6 $1 7. Bc4 e6 $11) 7. Qf3 (7. g3 $5) 7... e6 (7... Qc7 $1 $11 {Rahimli-Ozsakallioglu, Istanbul 2019}) 8. b3 (8. Bd3 Nfd7 $11 {is a small improvement for White}) 8... Be7 (8... Nbd7 $1 9. Bb2 Qc7 $11) 9. Bb2 O-O (9... Nfd7 $5) 10. O-O-O Nbd7 (10... Nfd7 $5) 11. Bd3 Nxe5 $6 (11... Qc7 12. Rhe1 (12. a4 $5) 12... b5 (12... g6 $5) 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Ne4 $14) 12. fxe5 Nd5 (12... Nd7 13. Qe4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qe2 $18) 13. Qe4 $6 (13. Ne4 $1 g6 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. exf6 $18) 13... g6 14. h4 Nb4 15. Be2 Qd4 $6 (15... Bd7 16. h5 g5 17. h6 $16) 16. Qf3 Qxe5 $2 (16... f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qh3 e5 19. Qh2 Be6 20. h5 $18 {puts up more resistance}) 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Qe3 e5 $6 (18... f6 19. g4 $18 {is a fruitless improvement}) 19. Rdf1 Nd5 20. Rxf5 Nxe3 21. Rxe5 Nf5 22. Rxe7 $2 (22. g4 f6 23. Bc4+ Kg7 24. g5 $1 b5 25. Rxe7+ Nxe7 26. gxf6+ $18 {And it's over. Instead, Black gets a new lease on life and resistance is no longer quite so futile.}) 22... Nxe7 23. Nf6+ (23. h5 $1 $18 {with Nf6+ to follow is even stronger}) 23... Kg7 24. Nd5+ f6 25. Nxe7 Re8 26. Rf1 Rxe7 27. Bxf6+ Kf8 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 29. Bc4 Bf5 30. g4 Bxg4 31. Rf7+ Kd6 32. Rxb7 h5 (32... Rh8 33. a4 $18 {is a trivial and irrelevant improvement for Black}) 33. Rb6+ Ke5 ({and so is} 33... Kd7) 34. Rxg6 Kf4 ({Likewise} 34... a5) 35. Rxa6 Rh8 ({And} 35... Rd8) 36. a4 Kg3 37. a5 Kxh4 ({For some reason, Stockfish thinks} 37... Kh3 38. Rf6 Ra8 39. a6 Kxh4 40. Rg6 $18 {is an improvement for Black. I don't quite know why and I don't care. Black can resign. I suspect that time pressure (on one side or both) is the only reason he's still playing.}) 38. Rg6 Bf3 (38... Rd8 {is another meaningless improvement. No point in handing out question marks when they're so irrelevant.}) 39. a6 Kh3 ({If anyone cares, Stockfish prefers} 39... Be4) 40. Rg5 (40. d4 $1 cxd4 41. b4 $18 {is the quick method}) 40... h4 41. Be6+ ({Again} 41. d4 $1) 41... Kh2 42. Rxc5 (42. Bg8 Rh6 43. a7 h3 44. c4 Ra6 45. Rg7 {etc. is even stronger for White (so says Stockfish)}) 42... h3 (42... Ra8 {is better but who cares?}) 43. b4 (43. Rc3 $1 Kg2 44. Bxh3+ Rxh3 45. b4 {Black's not the only one with irrelevant improvements}) 43... Rh6 44. Bxh3 (44. Bc8 {same as before}) 44... Kxh3 (44... Rxa6 {would needlessly prolong the game}) 45. b5 Kg4 46. Rc8 1-0  

  [Event "1990 Pan-American Intercollegiate"]  [Site "Cambridge, MA"]  [White "Vivek Rao (Harvard)"]  [Black "Ilya Gurevich (NYU)"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D85"]  [PlyCount "63"]  [GameId "2085103448454072"]  [EventDate "1990.12.??"]  [EventType "team-swiss"]  [EventRounds "6"]  [EventCountry "USA"]  [SourceTitle "CH, March-April 1991"]   {bd. 1 of Harvard vs. NYU} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nc6 ({Better (according to Stockfish) is} 7... c6 {e.g.,} 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. O-O Ba6 $11 {Harman-Peut, ICCF email 2018}) 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 (9... Na5 $1 10. Bg5 b6 11. Re1 $14) 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ba3 (11. Qc2 $5) 11... a5 (11... Bg4 $1 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 $14) 12. Qa4 Ba6 (12... Re8 $1 13. Qxc6 Bg4 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. Rfd1 $14) 13. Rfe1 (13. c4 $1 $16) 13... Qd7 14. Bc5 (14. Rac1 $1 $16) 14... Rfe8 15. c4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 ({Ever so slightly better is} 16... Bh6 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Bg5 $16) 17. Rad1 Qc8 (17... Qe6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 $16 {is yet another small improvement}) 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bd4 Re6 20. Bc3 (20. Bb2 $1 $16) 20... Qe8 $6 (20... c5 21. f3 Qf8 22. Qxa5 Bxc4 23. Qxc7 $16) 21. c5 f6 22. Qd4 (22. h3 $5) 22... Qe7 (22... Qf7 23. a4 $16 {is also a tiny improvement}) 23. f4 (23. a4 $1 $16) 23... Kf7 $6 (23... Re8 24. a4 h6 25. f5 gxf5 26. exf5 $16) 24. f5 (24. g4 $1 $18) 24... Re5 $2 (24... gxf5 25. exf5 Re2 26. h3 $16) 25. Qf2 (25. Qe3 $1 $18 {ìs even stronger}) 25... Rxc5 $2 (25... Kg8 26. Qh4 Re8 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Ra8 $18 {allows Black to escape into an exchange-down ending}) 26. fxg6+ Kxg6 27. Bxf6 $1 Qf8 $2 (27... Qxf6 28. Qxc5 $18) (27... Rf8 28. Bxe7 Rxf2 29. Bxc5 $18 {is best, according to Stockfish. And best is totally hopeless.}) 28. e5 Rd5 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Qc2+ Kh6 $2 (30... Kf7 31. Qxh7+ {leads to a mate in 24, according to Stockfish, but Black wants to shuffle off this mortal coil asap.}) 31. Qd2+ Kg6 32. Qg5+ 1-0  

  [Event "Netherlands 1989"]  [White "Jonathan Speelman"]  [Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A87"]  [PlyCount "115"]  [EventDate "1989.??.??"]  [Source "Pickard & Son"]  [SourceDate "2003.01.15"]   1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 ({  Stockfish suggests} 7... Na6 $11 {which does not appear in my database}) 8. b3  (8. d5 {is the main line, e.g.,} Na6 9. Rb1 (9. Be3 $5) 9... Bd7 (9... Nc5 $1  $11 {again according to Stockfish}) 10. b4 c6 11. e4 $14 {Maly-Krizsany,  Austria 1995}) 8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 ({Stockfish prefers} 10. e4 {e.g.,}  Nc6 (10... fxe4 $6 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. Qd2 $16) 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. exf5 e4 13. Nh4  gxf5 14. Nf4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nh5 16. Nxh5 Bxa1 17. Ba3 Be5 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. g4  f4 20. h3 $14 {Schubert-Firnhaber, ICCF email 2018}) 10... Rf7 11. e4 Nc6 (  11... h6 $1) 12. Re1 (12. Bb2 h6 13. Qe2 f4 14. Nd5 Bg4 15. Rae1 Qf8 $11 {  Hoeppenstein-Mislin, DESC email 2018}) 12... f4 13. Nd5 $6 (13. h3 fxg3 14.  fxg3 Nh5 $11) 13... Bg4 14. Qd3 (14. Bb2 $5 Qf8 $15) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4  16. Bg2 c6 (16... fxg3 $1 17. fxg3 Bf8 $15) 17. Nxf4 Rd8 (17... Rd7 $1 18. Nd5  cxd5 19. exd5 g5 20. Bb2 Qh5 $15) 18. Nh3 Nb5 19. Qxd8 Qxd8 20. cxb5 h6 21.  bxc6 bxc6 22. Bb2 (22. f3 $5 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 g5 $11) 22... Ng4 $2 (22... Qb6 23.  Red1 g5 24. Bxe5 Qa5 25. Bd4 Ng4 $17) 23. Bf1 Kh7 24. Bc4 Rf6 $2 (24... Rd7 $11  ) 25. Rad1 (25. Kg2 $1 $16) 25... Rd6 26. Be2 (26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Kg2 $14) 26...  Rxd1 $6 (26... Nf6 27. Bxe5 Rd2 28. Bc3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe7 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Nf4  $14) 27. Rxd1 Qc8 28. Kg2 Bf8 (28... Nf6 $1 29. f3 Ne8 30. Bc4 $14) 29. Rc1 Qd7  30. Bxg4 $2 (30. Rc2 Nf6 31. f3 Qc7 32. Nf2 $14) 30... Qxg4 31. Rc4 (31. f3 Qd7  $17) 31... Bd6 $2 (31... Qe2 32. Bxe5 g5 $17) 32. Ng1 Qd7 $6 (32... Qd1 $1 33.  Rxc6 g5 34. h3 Bb8 35. Rc5 Qb1 36. Bxe5 Qxe4+ 37. Nf3 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Qb4 $11)  33. Nf3 Qc7 $6 (33... g5 34. h3 Qc7 35. Bc3 $14) 34. Bc1 (34. h4 $1 $16) 34...  g5 $6 (34... Qb7 $11) 35. h3 Qb7 (35... a6 $5) 36. Be3 (36. Bd2 $5) 36... a6 (  36... a5 $1 $11) 37. Bc5 (37. Ne1 a5 38. Nd3 Qa6 $11) 37... Bc7 (37... Qc7 $11)  38. Nh2 h5 $2 (38... a5 39. Ng4 Qb8 $11) 39. Nf1 $6 (39. g4 hxg4 40. Nxg4 $16)  39... Bd8 40. Ne3 Qd7 $6 (40... Qb5 41. g4 hxg4 42. Nxg4 Qa5 43. a4 Qc7 $11)  41. Rc1 (41. g4 $5 $14) 41... Qe6 $6 (41... Be7 42. Bxe7 Qxe7 43. Rxc6 Qa3 44.  Rc2 $14) 42. Rd1 (42. g4 $16) 42... Be7 43. Bxe7 $6 (43. Bb6 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4  45. Nf5 $14) 43... Qxe7 44. Nc4 Qe8 $6 (44... g4 $11) 45. Rd6 Kg7 (45... g4 46.  hxg4 hxg4 47. Ne3 $14) 46. Ne3 (46. Rd3 $5) 46... Qb8 (46... Kf7 47. g4 hxg4  48. Nxg4 Ke7 $14) 47. Rxc6 Qb4 48. Rc4 (48. Rxa6 $1 Qxe4+ 49. Kg1 $14) 48...  Qe1 $2 (48... Qd2 49. Ra4 $14) 49. g4 (49. Rc5 $1 Qb1 50. Rxe5 Kf6 51. Rf5+ $16  ) 49... h4 $2 (49... hxg4 50. Nxg4 Qa5 51. Ra4 $14) 50. Ra4 a5 51. Nf1 Kf6 (  51... Qe2 52. Rc4 Qxa2 53. Rc5 $18 {is a very small improvement for Black}) 52.  Nh2 Qd2 53. Nf3 Qc3 54. Rc4 Qb2 55. Rc5 Qxa2 56. Rxe5 Qxb3 (56... Qc2 57. Rf5+  Kg6 58. Rxg5+ Kf7 59. Re5 $18 {won't save the game for Black but might prolong  it}) 57. Rxa5 Qb4 58. Rf5+ 1-0  

  [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