21st USSR Championship, Voroshilovograd, 1975
1. 35-30 20-25 2. 40-35 18-22 3. 45-40 12-18 4. 30-24 19*30
5. 35*24 7-12 6. 32-28 14-20 7. 37-32 20*29 8. 34*23 18*29
9. 33*24 22*33 10. 38*29 10-14 11. 42-38 14-20 12. 32-28 9-14
13. 41-37 1- 7 14. 37-32 17-21 15. 47-42 11-17 16. 46-41 21-26
17. 41-37
White have a tangible space advantage.
17. ... 17-21 18. 50-45 7-11 19. 31-27 12-17 20. 37-31 26*37
21. 42*31 21-26 22. 27-21 26*37 23. 21*12 8*17 24. 32*41 17-22
25. 28*17 11*22 26. 38-32 6-11 27. 41-37 11-17 28. 37-31 3- 8
29. 43-38 5-10 30. 48-42 4- 9 31. 32-27?
From a number of moves White chose the one which eventually loses!
Black covertly sacrifice piece with a far-reaching goal in mind.
31. ... 14-19 32. 27*18 13*22 33. 24* 4 17-21 34. 4*27 21*23
Black won.
Trials for Russia-Holland Championship Tournament
27 Feb 1996, 2 hours/50 moves
1. 32-28 19-23 2. 28*19 14*23 3. 37-32 10-14 4. 41-37 5-10
5. 46-41 14-19 6. 35-30 20-25 7. 33-29 17-22 8. 40-35 11-17
9. 38-33 6-11 10. 42-38 10-14 11. 44-40 14-20 12. 30-24 19*30
13. 35*24 9-14 14. 32-28 23*32 15. 37*28
White captured centre squares.
15. ... 16-21 16. 50-44 21-27 17. 48-42 1- 6 18. 40-35! 3- 9
19. 44-40! 14-19 20. 31-26 19*30 21. 35*24 9-14 22. 28-23! 14-19
23. 23*14 20* 9 24. 41-37! 13-19 25. 24*13 8*19 26. 38-32 27*38
27. 43*32
The adversary fights for the key central squares, 28 and 23.
27. ... 2- 8 28. 47-41! 19-24 29. 29*20 15*24 30. 34-29! 9-13
31. 29*20 25*14 32. 42-38 18-23! 33. 49-43 13-19?
Bad move. A more vigorous effort required, 33. ... 22-28.
34. 33-29! 23*34 35. 40*29 12-18 36. 38-33 4-10 37. 39-34! 8-13?
38. 43-39! 19-23 39. 45-40! 11-16 40. 40-35 7-12 41. 32-28 23*32
42. 37*28 13-19 43. 29-24 19*30 44. 35*24 14-19 45. 24*13 18* 9
White control the whole of centre, advantage is enough for the victory.
46. 28-23 16-21 47. 34-29 21-27 48. 39-34 6-11 49. 41-37 10-15
50. 29-24 9-13 51. 34-29 13-18 52. 37-32 27*38 53. 33*42 22-27
54. 23-19 17-22 55. 26-21! 27*16 56. 19-14 16-21 57. 14- 9 21-26
58. 24-19! 26-31 59. 36*27 22*31 60. 19-14 11-17 61. 9- 3 31-36
62. 42-37 18-22 63. 29-23,
and Ex-World Champion to surrender...
2:45 - 2:40