[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "Holland"]
[Date "1938.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nd4 c5 11. Ne2 c6 12. Nf4 g6 13. c4 d4 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. f3
Ng5 16. h4 Nf7 17. e6 Qxh4 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. f4 Rae8 21. Qd1 g5
22. Nd2 g4 23. Nf1 Re4 24. Nf2 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Re8 26. Qd1 Qh6 27. Nd3 Bc8 28.
Bd2 Qh4 29. Qc2 Re2 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Qe7 32. Qd2 h5 33. Ne5+ Kg7 34. Qe2
h4 35. Nd2 Bd7 36. Nb3 Be8 37. Nc1 Bf7 38. b3 Bh5 39. Ncd3 Kh6 40. g3 h3 41.
Qb2 Be8 42. Qa3 Qa7 43. Qa5 Be7 44. Bd2 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "Holland"]
[Date "1938.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Nbxd4 a6 11. b3 Nge7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c4
Be6 15. Qc2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rfb8 18. h3 Rb5 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Rfd1
Ng6 21. Nd4 Rb6 22. Ne6 Qb8 23. Ng5 Rb7 24. Qg4 Bf4 25. Rc4 Rb5 26. Nxf7 Re8
27. g3 Qc8 28. Rxf4 Qxg4 29. Rxg4 Kxf7 30. Rd7+ Re7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Bxg7 Ra5
33. a4 Rc5 34. Rb4 Ke6 35. Kg2 h5 36. Rc4 Rxc4 37. bxc4 Kd6 38. f4 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "Holland"]
[Date "1938.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Qxb5 Na7 13. Qe2 Qxe4 14. Qxe4
Nxe4 15. d4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ng5 17. Kg2 Rb8 18. Bc4 exd4 19. cxd4 Ne6 20. d5 Nc5
21. Nc3 Nc8 22. Re1 Kf8 23. Re2 f5 24. Nb5 Nb6 25. b3 Nxd5 26. Nd4 Nb4 27. Bd2
d5 28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Nc6 dxc4 30. Nxb4 cxb3 31. Nd5 Nd3 32. Rd2 b2 33. Rd1 c5
34. Rb1 c4 35. Kf1 Bc5 36. Ke2 Bxf2 37. Ne3 c3 38. Nc2 Ne1 39. Na3 Bc5 40. Kxe1
Bxa3 41. Kd1 Bd6 42. Kc2 Bxh2 43. Rh1 Be5 44. Rxh7 Kf7 45. Rh1 g5 46. Re1 Kf6
47. Rg1 Kg6 48. Re1 Bf6 49. Rg1 g4 50. fxg4 f4 51. g5 Bd4 52. Rd1 Be3 53. Kxc3
Bc1 54. Rd6+ Kxg5 55. Rb6 f3 56. Kd3 Kf4 57. Rb8 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Margate"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1937.04.??"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3
Nf6 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Nxd4 12. Bxd7 Ne2+ 13. Nxe2 Qxd7
14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qd5 Rae8 17. Nc3 Qe6 18. Rad1 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5
20. Rde1 Rxd5 21. Rxe6 Re5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. Kf1 Ne5 25. b3 Nd7
26. Nd5 c6 27. Nf4 Re4 28. g3 Ke7 29. Ne2 Nc5 30. f3 Re3 31. Kf2 Rd3 32. Rxd3
Nxd3+ 33. Ke3 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 (33) Keres,P-Capablanca,J Buenos Aires 1939}) 9.
dxe5 dxe5 (9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qb3) 10. Bc5 Nh5 (10... Bf8 11. Bxf8
Kxf8 12. O-O) 11. Nd5 Nf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. e5 (13. O-O) 13... g5 (13... Nxe5
14. Qe2 f6 15. O-O-O) 14. Qd5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18.
Qd3 Bd7 (18... Rd8 19. Qxd8+ Qxd8) 19. Nxg5 O-O-O 20. Nf3 (20. Nxh7 Bg4 21. Qe4
f5) 20... f6 (20... Bh3 21. Nd4 Bxg2 22. Rhg1 f3) 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Rhe1 Qb4
23. Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1939.01.??"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 a6 12. Rfd1 Ne8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Ne2 Qe7 15.
Bxd6 (15. Ng3) 15... Qxd6 16. Ng3 g6 17. h4 $1 h5 18. Ng5 c5 (18... Rb8) 19.
Bf5 (19. Nxh5 gxh5 (19... cxd4 20. exd4 Rc8 21. Qb1) 20. Bxa6) 19... cxd4 (
19... Rc8 20. Be6 Kg7 21. Nxh5+) 20. Be6 d3 (20... fxe6 21. Qxg6+ Ng7 22. Qh7#)
21. Qxd3 Ne5 22. Qb1 fxe6 23. f4 Kg7 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Rf1 (25. Nxh5+ Kh6 26.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 d4 (28... Kxh5 29. Qd1+ Kh6 30. Rf3 Qc5 31.
Qd2 Kg7 32. Nxe6+) 29. Nf4 d3 30. Qxd3 Qxd3 31. Nxd3) 25... Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nd6
(26... Nf6 27. Rxf6 Kxf6 (27... Qxf6 28. Nxh5+ gxh5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxb7) 28.
Qf1+ Ke7 29. Qf7+ Kd6 30. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 31. Kh2 Rf8 32. Nf7+ Rxf7 33. Qxf7 Qd4 34.
Ne2 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Qf1) (26... Qxe3+ 27. Kh2 Nf6 28. Rxf6 Kxf6 29. Qf1+
Ke7 (29... Ke5 30. Nf7+ Kd4 31. Qd1+ Kc5 (31... Qd3 32. Qg1+ Qe3 33. Ne2+ Kd3
34. Qd1+ Qd2 35. Nf4+ Ke3 36. Qf3+) 32. Qc2+ Kd4 (32... Kb4 33. a3+) 33. Ne2+)
30. Qf7+ Kd6 31. Qxb7) 27. Nxh5+ Kh6 28. Nf6 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Qd4 30. Nxe6 Qxh4+
31. Kg1 d4 32. Qc1+ g5 33. Qc7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "Chekhov"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1947.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. c4 {Keres} Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O
Nc7 $6 (7... Be7 8. d4 {D41/}) 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 e5 (9... O-O 10. Rc1 e5 11. Na4
) 10. Rc1 f6 11. Na4 b6 $6 (11... Ne6 12. Nh4 $16 {/\ Nf5,f4/}) 12. Nh4 Bd7 (
12... Bb7 13. b4 $1) 13. e3 $1 (13. b4 $6 Nxb4 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44) 13... O-O 14.
d4 $16 exd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. dxc5 (16. d5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nb5 {/\
Nd6/} (18... Nb5 {Keres} 19. Qe4 Nd6)) 16... b5 17. Nc3 f5 (17... Bxc5 18. Nxb5
) 18. Rc2 $1 (18. Nf3 Bf6) 18... Bxh4 19. Rd2 Rf7 (19... Nb8 20. c6 $18) (19...
Ne5 20. gxh4 $18) 20. gxh4 $1 (20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 20... Ne6 21. Nxb5
Nxc5 22. Nd6 $18 Re7 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Ba3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27.
Rxd7 1-0

[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "Den Haag/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba6 11. Ba3 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Re8 13. e4 b5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15.
c4 Rb8 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. c5 b4 18. Bb2 e5 19. Ng5 Re7 20. f4 exd4 21. f5 Nxc5
22. Qh3 h5 23. f6 Bh6 24. fxe7 Bxg5 25. Qf3 f6 26. Bxd4 Nd7 27. h4 1-0

[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "Den Haag/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. Qd3 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Rfd8
15. Be1 Rac8 16. Bf1 Bd5 17. b4 Nbd7 18. Nh4 Ne4 19. Qc2 Nd6 20. f3 g5 21. Ng2
f5 22. Bf2 Nf6 23. Ne1 a5 24. Nd3 Ra8 25. Bg2 Ra7 26. Re1 Qh7 27. b5 Nxb5 28.
Qc5 c6 29. a4 Nd7 30. Qc2 Nd6 31. Ne5 Nf6 32. Rac1 Raa8 33. Nd3 Rab8 34. Nc5 b6
35. e4 fxe4 36. Nxe4 Qg6 37. Qe2 Rb7 38. Nc3 Bc4 39. Qb2 b5 40. axb5 cxb5 41.
Ne4 Ndxe4 42. fxe4 Ng4 43. Rxc4 Qh5 44. Rc2 Qxh2+ 45. Kf1 Rf7 46. Ree2 Qxg3 47.
Qc3 Qxc3 48. Rxc3 Rdf8 49. Rcc2 Nxf2 50. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 51. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 52. Kxf2 a4
53. Bh3 Kf7 54. d5 exd5 55. Bd7 Kf6 56. Bc6 dxe4 57. Bxb5 a3 0-1

[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "Den Haag/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.05.16"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 {Prior to this game, Keres had a truly wretched score against Botvinnik:
6 draws and 6 losses in 12 encounters.  The victory here must have been
extremely sweet.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7.
Qh6 Nc6 8. O-O-O $1 (8. Nge2 Bd7 9. O-O-O Rg6 10. Qh4 Rg4 11. Qh3 Qe7 12. Qe3
Nd5 $10 {Boleslavsky-Bondarevsky Stockholm 1948}) 8... Rg6 (8... Nxd4 $2 9. Nb5
Bxd2+ 10. Rxd2 c5 11. c3 a6 12. Nd6+ Qxd6 13. Qxf6 {(Golombek)}) (8... Qxd4 $2
9. Nb5 $1 {(Schwarz 51)}) 9. Qh4 (9. Qe3 $10 {(Barden/Harding 76)}) 9... Bxc3
$1 (9... Nxd4 10. Bg5 $1 {(Schwarz 51)} (10. Be3 {(Reinfeld 49)}) (10. Nxe4 $1
{(Schwarz 67)})) (9... Qxd4 10. Bg5 $1 Qe5 11. f4 $1 {(Schwarz 51)}) (9... Rg4
10. Qh3 Qe7 11. Qe3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 13. Rxd2 exd5 14. Ne2 $13) 10. Bxc3 Qd5
$10 {(Pachman 68)} (10... Qe7) 11. b3 $1 Ne7 (11... Qg5+ 12. Qxg5 Rxg5 13. Nh3
Rg8 14. g3 $1 Bd7 15. Bg2 $40 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 12. f3 $1 $10 {(Schwarz 51)} Bd7
$13 {(Keres 69)} (12... Nf5 13. Qe1) (12... Qg5+ 13. Qxg5 Rxg5 14. Re1 $1 exf3
15. Nxf3 $14 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 13. Bb2 $14 {(eco 74, mco 90)} (13. fxe4 $1 $14 {
(eco 81)} Qxe4 (13... Nxe4 14. Bb2) 14. Nf3 {(Keres 64)}) 13... Bc6 (13...
O-O-O $15 {(Schwarz 67)}) 14. c4 $1 (14. fxe4 $6 Qxe4 15. Qxe4 (15. Nf3 Nf5 16.
Qxe4 Nxe4 {(Keres 64)}) 15... Bxe4 16. Nf3 Ng4 $132 {(Keres 64, Varnusz 90)})
14... Qf5 $1 (14... Qa5 $6 15. d5 $1 exd5 16. Bxf6 Nf5 17. Qe1 $1 (17. Qf4 $2
Rxf6 18. Qe5+ Re6 19. Qxf5 Qxa2 20. cxd5) (17. Qxh7 $2 Rxf6 18. Qh8+ Ke7 19.
Qxa8 Ne3 $1 {(Varnusz 90)}) 17... Qxe1 18. Rxe1 Rxf6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. fxe4 Re6
21. Nf3 $1 Rxe4 {21....Be4? 22.Ng5 (Keres 64)} 22. Bd3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1+ Ne7 24.
Bxh7 $16 {(Keres 64, Varnusz 90)}) (14... Qg5+ $2 15. Qxg5 Rxg5 16. d5 $1 {
(Reinfeld 49)}) (14... Qh5 15. Qf4) 15. d5 $1 exd5 $8 (15... Bd7 16. Bxf6) 16.
fxe4 dxe4 (16... Qxe4 $2 17. Bxf6 Qe3+ 18. Kb1 Nf5 19. Re1 $1 {(Keres 64,
Varnusz 90)}) (16... Nxe4 17. Nf3 Rg4 18. Qe1 O-O-O 19. Nd4 {<=> (Keres 64)} (
19. Ne5 Rgg8 (19... Nf2 20. Nxg4 Nxh1 21. Qxe7 Qxg4 22. Be5 Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Rxd7
24. Be2 Re7 25. Bg4+ Kb8 26. cxd5 Bb5 27. Bf6 Re4 28. Bf3 Rf4 29. Be5 Rf5 30.
Bd4 $18 {(Golombek)}) 20. Bd3 $1 {(Reinfeld 49)})) 17. Nh3 Ng4 (17... Rd8 18.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Be2 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 18. Qg3 (18. Be2 Ne3 19. g4 Qa5 $1 $132 20.
a3 Nxd1 21. b4 Qa4 22. Bxd1 Qa6 23. b5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Qxb5 {(Keres 64)}) 18...
Qc5 $1 (18... Rc8 19. Be2 h5 20. Rhf1 $36) 19. Qxc7 Rc8 (19... Ne3 $6 20. Rd2
Nxf1 21. Rxf1 e3 22. Re2 Rc8 23. Qf4 $16 {(Varnusz 90)} Bxg2 24. Qxf7+ {(Keres
64)}) 20. Qf4 Qe3+ 21. Rd2 (21. Kb1 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 Nf2 23. Nxg6 Nxg6 24. Be2
Nxh1 25. Rxh1 Nf4 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 21... Qxf4 $2 (21... Qe1+ $1 22. Rd1 (22.
Kc2 $2 Ne3+ 23. Kc3 N7d5+ {(Gligoric)}) 22... Qe3+ $1 23. Kb1 $1 Qxf4 24. Nxf4
Nf2 25. Nxg6 Nxg6 26. Be2 Nxh1 27. Rxh1 f5 {=/+ (Keres 64)} 28. Rf1 {+/- 
(Varnusz 90)}) 22. Nxf4 e3 $5 23. Rc2 $1 (23. Re2 Rd6 $132) 23... Rg5 (23...
Rd6 24. Be2 Nf2 25. Rf1 (25. Re1) 25... Be4 26. Rc3 Rd2 27. Bf3 $1 {+/- (Keres
64)}) (23... Rh6 24. Be2 $1 Rxh2 {24....Nh2 25.Re1 Rd8 26.Rc3 24....Nf2 25.Re1
Rh2 26.Rc3 (Keres 64)} 25. Rxh2 Nxh2 26. Rc3 {(Varnusz 90)}) (23... Rg8 24. Be2
Nf2 25. Rg1 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 24. Be2 $1 Nf2 25. Re1 Rd8 (25... Be4 {25....Bg2
26.Rg1 (Keres 64)} 26. Rc3 Nf5 27. g4 $1 Nxg4 28. Rg1 {(Keres 64)}) (25... Bxg2
$2 26. Rg1 $18 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 26. g3 $6 (26. Bf1 $1 Be4 27. Rxf2 $1 (27. Bf6
$5) 27... exf2 28. Rxe4 {(Keres 64)}) 26... Rf5 $2 (26... Be4 $5 27. Rc3 Nf5 (
27... Rd2 $2 28. Bf1 Nf5 29. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 30. Rcxe3+ Nxe3 31. Kxd2 $18 {
(Reinfeld 49)}) 28. Bf1 (28. g4 Nxg4 29. Rg1 Nd4 {29....Rd2 30.h3! (Keres 64)}
30. Bxg4 f5 31. Rxe3 $18 {(Keres 64, Varnusz 90)}) (28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rxd5
30. Bc4 Rd6 (30... Rd8 31. Rcxe3+ Nxe3 32. Bf6 Rf5 33. Rxe3+ Kd7 34. Bxd8 Kxd8
35. Be2 $16 {(Reinfeld 49)}) 31. Ba3 {^^ (Reinfeld 49)}) 28... Rd2 29. Nd5 $1
Bxd5 30. Rcxe3+ $1 Nxe3 31. Rxe3+ $16 {(Keres 64)}) 27. Bf1 Rxf4 (27... Be4 28.
Rxf2 $1) (27... Bf3 28. Ba3) 28. gxf4 Nd3+ (28... Nf5 29. Rxf2) 29. Bxd3 Rxd3
30. Rc3 $1 Rxc3+ 31. Bxc3 Nf5 32. Bd2 $1 Kd7 33. Bxe3 b6 34. Bf2 f6 35. Kd2 h5
36. Kd3 Nh6 (36... Kd6 37. Bd4 Nxd4 38. Kxd4 $18) 37. Bh4 f5 38. Re7+ Kd6 39.
h3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. Bd3
dxc4 (8... c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Bb1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bxf3
14. gxf3 Qxd4 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxh7+
Kg7 20. Rd4 Rh8 21. Rg4+ Kf8 22. Qb2 Rxh7 23. Qxb4+ Qc5 24. Qd2 Rc8 25. Re1 Qe7
26. Rd4 Rh5 27. h4 f5 28. Kg2 Rxh4 29. Rxh4 Qxh4 30. Rh1 Qf6 31. Qd6+ Kg7 32.
Qh2 Rd8 33. Rg1 Kf8 34. Qc7 Rd4 35. Qb8+ Qd8 36. Qg3 f4 37. Qh2 Qf6 38. Rc1 Rd2
39. Kg1 Rxa2 40. Qh5 {0-1 (40) Grigorian,K (2485)-Karpov,A (2695) Moscow 1976})
9. bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qd6 15.
Bb1 Qf4 16. d5 (16. g3 Qg4) 16... exd5 (16... Na5 17. Rd4) 17. cxd5 (17. Nxd5
Qh6 (17... Nxd5 18. cxd5 Na5 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. d6)) 17... Nb8 (17... Bd6 18.
dxc6 (18. Qd2 Nb4) 18... Bxc6) 18. Rd4 Qd6 19. Rcd1 Bf8 (19... Nbd7) 20. Ne4
Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Qh6 (22... g6 23. Qd4 f6 24. h4) 23. Ng5 $1 Bd6 24.
h4 Nd7 25. Qf5 Nf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Nxf7 Qc1 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Nxd6 Qxd1+ 30.
Kh2 Qxd5 31. Nxb7 Qe5+ 32. g3 Rc7 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. h5 Rxb7 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36.
Qxb7 Qxh5+ 37. Kg2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. d3
Bc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Bh7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Nf6 14. Ne5 Qb6
15. Nd3 Nxe4 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc3 f6 18. Qe3 Nd3 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Bc3 Rfe8
21. Qg4 Rad8 22. Qh5 Ne5 23. Rad1 Bg6 24. Qh4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd3 26. Bd4 Qa5 27.
h3 Kh7 28. Bf3 Ne1 29. Bh1 Nc2 30. Bf3 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 b6 33. Qf4
c5 34. Be3 Nxe3 35. Qxe3 Qxe3 36. fxe3 Bb1 37. a3 a5 38. Bd1 Kg6 39. Kg2 Kf5
40. Kf3 Ke5 41. a4 g5 42. Ke2 Bf5 43. g4 Bb1 44. Kf3 f5 45. gxf5 Kxf5 46. Kf2
Be4 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. Kf2 h5 49. Kg3 h4+ 50. Kf2 Bf5 51. Kg2 Kf6 52. Kh2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "NED m 3940"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 $6 (9... Be4 $10) (9... f5 $10) 10. Qc2 f5 (10... Nc6 $6 11. d5
exd5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Qb3 Nxd5 14. Nd4 $16) (10... d5 11. Ne5 $1 {Hannak}) 11.
Ne1 (11. d5 e5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. Qc2 $14) 11... Qc8 $6 (11... Bxg2
12. Nxg2 c6 (12... e5 $10) 13. e4 $14 {Aljechin-Keres/Buenos Aires ol/1939/})
12. e4 (12. d5 Nd7 13. dxe6 Nc5) 12... Nd7 13. d5 $2 (13. exf5 exf5 (13... Bxg2
14. Nxg2 exf5 15. d5) 14. d5 c6 $1 {+/=/<=>}) 13... fxe4 $1 14. Qxe4 (14. dxe6
Nc5 $17) (14. Bxe4 Nf6 $15) 14... Nc5 (14... Nf6 15. Qxe6+) (14... Rf6 15. Bg5)
15. Qe2 (15. Qc2 exd5 16. cxd5 (16. Bxd5+ Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qf5 $17) (16. b4 Na6
$17) 16... Ba6 $17) 15... Bf6 16. Bh3 $6 (16. dxe6 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Nxe6 18. Be3
$10) 16... Re8 $1 17. Be3 {/\ 18.Bc5, 19.Be6} (17. dxe6 Nxe6 $15) 17... Qd8 $3
18. Bxc5 (18. dxe6 Nxe6 $15) 18... exd5 $3 19. Be6+ $2 (19. Be3 d4 20. Bg2 Bxg2
21. Nxg2 dxe3 22. Nxe3 Bd4 23. Rae1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Re5 $15) 19... Kh8 20. Rd1 (
20. cxd5 Bxd5) (20. Ba3 Qe7 21. cxd5 Bxd5) 20... dxc5 (20... bxc5 $142 21. cxd5
(21. Ng2 dxc4) 21... Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qe7) 21. Ng2 (21. cxd5 Bxd5 (21... Bd4) (
21... Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Rxe6 $1 $17 {Hannak}) 22. Rxd5 Qe7) 21... d4 $6 (21... Bd4
$1 {22... dc -> ^^}) 22. f4 $2 {/\ f5, Nf4, Qh5 -> >>} (22. Rfe1 $1 {/\ f4-f5,
Nf4, Qh5 -> >>} Bc8 23. Qg4 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxe6 Qe8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Kf1 {=/+/= Black cannot control the white squares. Schwarz kann die weißen
Felder nicht beherrschen.}) 22... d3 $1 23. Rxd3 Qxd3 $3 (23... Bd4+ 24. Kh1
Qf6 $44 {->}) 24. Qxd3 Bd4+ 25. Rf2 (25. Kh1 Rxe6 {/\ 26... Rae8, 27... Re2 -+}
) 25... Rxe6 26. Kf1 Rae8 $1 {/\ 27... Bf2, 28.Kf2 Re2 -+} (26... Bxf2 27. Kxf2
Rae8 28. Nh4 $17) 27. f5 (27. Rd2 Be4 28. Qb3 Bf5 29. Qd1 Bh3 30. Rc2 (30. a3)
(30. b4) 30... g5 $1 $19 {Euwe}) 27... Re5 28. f6 (28. Rd2 Be4 29. Qb3 Rxf5+
30. Nf4 g5 $19) (28. Rf4 Re2 $19) 28... gxf6 (28... Bxf2 29. Kxf2 Re2+ $2 30.
Qxe2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Bxg2 32. f7 $18) 29. Rd2 (29. Rxf6 $2 Bxg2+ (29... Re2 $1)
30. Kxg2 Re2+ {/\ 31... Bf6 -+}) 29... Bc8 $1 (29... Be4 30. Qb3 Rf5+ 31. Nf4 {
-/+/=/+}) 30. Nf4 Re3 (30... Re1+ 31. Kg2 R8e3 (31... Rg1+ 32. Kf3 $10) 32. Qc2
Bg4 $19) 31. Qb1 Rf3+ 32. Kg2 Rxf4 $3 33. gxf4 Rg8+ 34. Kf3 (34. Kf1 Rg1+ $19)
(34. Kh1 Bb7+ $18) 34... Bg4+ (34... Bg4+ 35. Ke4 (35. Kg3 Bf5+ $19) 35... Re8+
36. Kd5 (36. Kd3 Bf5#) 36... Bf3+) 0-1

[Event "NED m 3940"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 (3. Qa4+) (3. Na3) 3... c5 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6.
b3 b5 $6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. a4 $1 Qb6 $2 (9... bxa4 10. Rxa4) (9... b4 {
>< c4}) 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8+ Bxa8 12. Na3 Bc6 13. d4 $1 e6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Nd4 {/\ 16.Nc6, 17.Bb5} Bxd4 (15... b4 $2 16. Nc4) 16. Qxd4 Qb7 $2 (16... Qxd4
17. Bxd4 b4 18. Nc2 Bd5 {-/+/=/+ Varnusz}) 17. Qb4 (17. Qd6 $2 Bxg2) 17... Nd5
(17... Bxg2 18. Nxb5 {/\ 19.Nd6 +-}) 18. Qd6 Ne7 (18... N7f6 19. Qxc6+ Qxc6 20.
Bxb5 $18) 19. Rc1 (19. Bxg7 $2 Nf5 $19) 19... b4 (19... h5 20. Nxb5 $1 Bxb5 21.
Rc7 Qb8 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Ba3 Nf5 24. Rc8#) 20. Nc4 Nf5 21. Qf4 Bxg2 (21... Bd5
22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. Qxd6 {/\ 24.Ba6, 25.Rc8 +-} Qb8 24. Qxb8+ Nxb8 25. Rc8+ $18)
22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. Qxd6 {/\ 24.Rc7! +-} (23. Qxd6 Kd8 24. Bxg7 Bh1 25. Bf6+ Ke8
26. Qe7#) 1-0

