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Isaac Boleslavsky-Mihail Botvinnik (Sverdlovsk 1943)
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.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.cxd4 f4 16.f3 Ng3
17.hxg3 fxg3 18.Qd3 Bf5 19.Qxf5 Rxf5 20.Bxf5 Qh4 21.Bh3 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxe5 23.Bd2 c5 24.Rae1 Qxb2 25.Bf4 d4 26.Bxg3 d3 27.Be5 Qxa2 28.Bd6 Qb2 29.Be6+ Kh8 30.Be5 Qd2 31.f4 c4 32.f5 Rf8 33.Re4 c3 34.Ref4 Rf6 35.R4f2 Qh6+ 36.Kg1 b4 37.Rf3 d2 38.Bb3 Qh4 39.Rd3 Rf8 40.Rg3 Qe7 41.Bd4 Rf6 42.Re3 Qd7 43.Rf4 a5 44.Rfe4 Rf8 45.f6 gxf6 46.Rg3 h6 47.Rh4 Kh7 48.Kh2 f5 49.Be3 Qc6 50.Bf4 Rd8 51.Be5 Qb7 52.Be6 Rf8 53.Bf4 Qg7 54.Rxg7+ Kxg7 55.Bb3 Rd8 56.Be5+ Kg6 57.Rd4 Re8 58.Bf4 Re1 59.Rd6+ Kg7 60.Bxh6+ Kh7 61.Bg5 Rb1 62.Bc2 Rc1 63.Bxf5+ Kg7 64.Rd7+ Kf8 65.Bxd2 cxd2 66.Rxd2 b3 67.Rd8+ Ke7 68.Ra8 Ra1 69.g4 Kf6 70.Rb8 a4 71.Rb4 Kg5 72.Kg2 Kf6 73.Rb6+ Ke5 74.Rb5+ Kf6 75.Rb6+ Ke5 76.Rb4 Kf6 77.Kh2 Kg5 78.Rb5 Rc1 79.Bd7 Kf4 80.Be6 Rc2+ 81.Kh3 b2 82.Ba2 a3 83.Rf5+ Ke3 84.Ra5 Rc3 85.Kh4 Kf4 86.Ra4+ Ke5 87.g5 Rc1 88.Rxa3 Ra1 89.Rb3 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

Final Position


The game of the century
Donald Byrne-Robert James Fischer (Rosenwald Memorial-New York 1956)
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.Bf4 d5 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 c6 8.e4 Nbd7 9.Rd1 Nb6 10.Qc5 Bg4 11.Bg5?! Na4!! 12.Qa3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4! 14.Bxe7 Qb6 15.Bc4 Nxc3! 16.Bc5 Rfe8+ 17.Kf1 Be6!! 18.Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19.Kg1 Ne2+ 20.Kf1 Nxd4+ 21.Kg1 Ne2+ 22.Kf1 Nc3+ 23.Kg1 axb6 24.Qb4 Ra4! 25.Qxb6 Nxd1 26.h3 Rxa2 27.Kh2 Nxf2 28.Re1 Rxe1 29.Qd8+ Bf8 30.Nxe1 Bd5 31.Nf3 Ne4 32.Qb8 b5 33.h4 h5 34.Ne5 Kg7 35.Kg1 Bc5+ 36.Kf1 Ng3+ 37.Ke1 Bb4+ 38.Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Kc1 Ne2+ 40.Kb1 Nc3+ 41.Kc1 Rc2#

Final Position


Garry Kasparov-Anatoly Karpov (World Chess Championship, Game:2 New York 1990)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 bxa4
16.Rxa4 a5 17.Ra3 Ra6 18.Nh2 g6 19.f3 Qd7 20.Nc4 Qb5 21.Rc3 Bc8 22.Be3 Kh7
23.Qc1 c6 24.Ng4 Ng8 25.Bxh6 Bxh6 26.Nxh6 Nxh6 27.Nxd6 Qb6 28.Nxe8 Qxd4+
29.Kh1 Qd8 30.Rd1 Qxe8 31.Qg5 Ra7 32.Rd8 Qe6 33.f4 Ba6 34.f5 Qe7 35.Qd2 Qe5
36.Qf2 Qe7 37.Qd4 Ng8 38.e5 Nd5 39.fxg6+ fxg6 40.Rxc6 Qxd8 41.Qxa7+ Nde7
42.Rxa6 Qd1+ 43.Qg1 Qd2 44.Qf1 1-0

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Rybka is World Computer Chess Champion

Rybka wins World Computer Chess Championship held in Kanazawa, Japan. Rybka won 9 games 8 points.

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	SB
1	Rybka	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	8
2	Rondo	½	*	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	6½	23.5
3	Thinker	0	1	*	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	6½	22.9
4	Shredder	0	0	1	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	6
5	Jonny	0	0	0	½	*	1	1	1	1	1	5½
6	Pandix Breakthrough	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	5
7	Deep Junior	0	½	0	0	0	½	*	1	1	1	4
8	Darmenios	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	1	2
9	Fridolin	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	*	½	1
10	Hector For Chess	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	½

Sample Game:
[Event "WCCC 2010"]
[Site "Kanazawa"]
[Date "2010.10.01" ]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rybka"]
[Black "Shredder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2010.09.25" ]
[EventCountry "JPN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 
8. Qe2 b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rfc1 Nd5 
14. Ne4 Re8 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Ne1 Bf8 17. Ned3 Ra7 18. Qe1 Nb8 19. Ne5 Qe7 
20. e4 Nb6 21. Bf1 f6 22. Ned3 Rd8 23. Bg2 Qe8 24. e5 f5 25. h4 Nd5 26. 
Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Nf4 Rd8 28. d5 exd5 29. e6 d4 30. Qe5 Be7 31. Ncd3 Bd6 32. 
Qxd4 c5 33. Nxc5 Nc6 34. Qe3 Bxf4 35. Qxf4 Rd5 36. Qf3 Bxe6 37. Nxe6 
Qxe6 38. Re1 Qf7 39. Re8+ Qxe8 40. Qxd5+ Rf7 41. Rxa6 Nb4 42. Ra8 Nxd5 
43. Rxe8+ Rf8 44. Re5 Rd8 45. Rxf5 g6 46. Rg5 Kf7 47. h5 Rd6 48. Kf1 Ke7 
49. hxg6 hxg6 50. Ke2 Ke8 51. Kf3 Kd7 52. Ke4 Kc6 53. Bd4 Re6+ 54. Re5 
Rd6 55. Re8 Nf6+ 56. Bxf6 Rxf6 57. f4 Kc5 58. Ke5 Rf7 59. Rb8 Rd7 60. 
Rg8 Rd3 61. Rxg6 Rxb3 62. Rg8 Re3+ 63. Kf6 Rf3 64. f5 Kc6 65. g4 Ra3 66. 
g5 Ra6 67. Kg6 Kd5+ 68. f6 Rb6 69. Kf5 Rb7 70. g6 Kc5 71. f7 Kb4 72. 
f8=Q+ Kb3 73. Qd6 Ra7 74. Qe6+ Kb4 75. Qe1+ Kb3 76. Rh8 Kc4 77. Qc1+ Kb4 
78. Rh3 Ka5 79. Qa3+ Kb6 80. Qd6+ Kb7 81. Rh7+ Ka8 82. Qd8# 1-0
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Magnus Carlsen vs. World

One of the most spectacular show in the chess world was held in New York. Tens of thousands of chess players, the three great masters of the world-famous, Judit Polgar, and Hikaru Nakamura and  Maxime Lagrave suggested moves on the internet as the world's highest rate elo a single player game with Magnus Carlsen made. Garry Kasparov Grandmaster Maurice Ashley, and their comments, with the participation of Hollywood star Liv Tyler, Cooper Square Hotel's rooftop occurred without major victory left a strong player Magnus Carlsen. Liv Tyler Magnus in July with the G-Star Raw brand has done modeling for this match took place on a server that has opened the game lasted 44 moves.
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Carlsen,Magnus (2826) - The World [ECO:E62]
RAW World Chess Challenge New York, USA, 10.09.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.0-0 e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.e4 c6 10.a4 Bg4 11.a5

11.cxd5 12.cxd5 Qd7 13.Be3 Rfc8 14.Qa4 Ne8 15.Nd2 Qd8 16.Qb4 Nc7

17.Nc4 Na6 18.Qxb7 Rxc4 19.Qxa6 Rb4 20.f3 Bc8 21.Qe2 f5 22.Qd2 Ba6 23.Rfc1 Qb8 24.Na4 Rb3 25.Rc3 Rb4 26.Rca3 f4 27.Bf2 Bh6

28.Nb6!? fxg3 29.Qxb4 gxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Bc8 31.Rb3 axb6 32.Qxb6 Qa7 33.a6 Kf7 34.Qxa7 Rxa7 35.Rb6 Ke8 36.Rxd6 Bf8 37.Rb6

37..Nxd5. 38.Rb8! Bc5+ 39.Kg3 Ne7 40.Bh3 Kd8 41.Bxc8 Nxc8 42.Rc1 Rc7

43.Rxc5! Rxc5 44.a7 1-0 And world resign 44...Ra5 45.a8Q Rxa8 46.Rxa8 white wins

World Chess Championship Games

1886 to 2010 All in One
The RAR file contains the following world chess championship games
1886- Steinitz-Zukertort
1889- Steinitz-Chigorin
1890- Steinitz-Gunsberg
1892- Steinitz-Chigorin
1894- Lasker-Steinitz
1896- Lasker-Steinitz
1907- Lasker-Marshall
1908- Lasker-Tarrasch
1909- Lasker-Janovsky
1910- Lasker-Janovsky
1910- Lasker-Schlechter
1921- Capablanca-Lasker
1927- Alekhine-Capablanca
1929- Alekhine-Bogoljubow
1934- Alekhine-Bogoljubow
1935- Euwe-Alekhine
1937- Alekhine-Euwe
1948- Botvinnik 1st
1951- Botvinnik-Bronstein
1954- Botvinnik-Smyslov
1957- Smyslov-Botvinnik
1958- Botvinnik-Smyslov
1960- Tal-Botvinnik
1961- Botvinnik-Tal
1963- Petrosian-Botvinnik
1966- Petrosian-Spassky
1969- Spassky-Petrosian
1972- Fischer-Spassky
1978- Karpov-Korchnoi
1981- Karpov-Korchnoi
1984- Karpov-Kasparov
1985- Kasparov-Karpov
1986- Kasparov-Karpov
1987- Kasparov-Karpov
1990- Kasparov-Karpov
1993- Kasparov-Short (PCA Championship)
1993- Karpov-Timman (FIDE Championship)
1995- Kasparov-Anand (PCA Championship)
1996- Karpov-Kamsky (FIDE Championship)
1998- Karpov 1st (FIDE Championship)
1999- Khalifman 1st (FIDE Championship)
2000- Anand 1st (FIDE Championship)
2000- Kramnik-Kasparov (Braingames World Championship)
2002- Ponomariov 1st (FIDE Championship)
2004- Kramnik-Leko (World Championship)
2004- Kasimdzhanov 1st (FIDE Championship)
2005- Topalov 1st (FIDE Championship)
2006- Kramnik-Topalov (World Championship)
2007- Anand 1st (World Championship)
2008- Anand-Kramnik (World Championship)
2010- Anand-Topalov (FIDE Championship)


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GM Michael Adams: 1374 Games
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GM Andras Adorjan: 1561 Games
GM Lev Alburt: 940 Games
GM Alexander Alekhine: 2259 Games
GM Viswanathan Anand: 1112 Games
GM Adolf Anderssen: 558 Games
GM Ulf Andersson: 1641 Games
GM Vladimir Antoshin: 436 Games
GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili: 695 Games
GM Alexander Baburin: 410 Games
GM Etienne Bacrot: 154 Games
GM Vladimir Bagirov: 1413 Games
GM Yuri Balashov: 1787 Games
GM Joel Benjamin: 1099 Games
GM Henry Blackburne: 932 Games
GM Efim Bogoljubov: 849 Games
GM Mikhail Botvinnik: 1393 Games
GM David Bronstein: 1755 Games
GM Jose Raoul Capablanca: 589 Games
GM Mikhail Chigorin: 631 Games
GM Larry Christiansen: 1392 Games
GM Edgard Colle: 199 Games
GM Nick De Firmian: 990 Games
GM Jan Hein Donner: 557 Games
GM Alexey Dreev: 975 Games
GM Erich Eliskases: 531 Games
GM Max Euwe: 1308 Games
GM Reuben Fine: 392 Games
GM Bobby Fischer: 855 Games
GM Salo Flohr: 708 Games
GM Lubomir Ftacnik: 1600 Games
GM Boris Gelfand: 823 Games
GM Efim Geller: 2579 Games
GM Aivars Gipslis: 913 Games
GM Igor Glek: 895 Games
GM Svetozar Gligoric: 3034 Games
GM Boris Gulko: 1679 Games
GM Vlastimil Hort: 2521 Games
GM Miguel Cordoba Illescas: 649 Games
GM Vasily Ivanchuk: 1157 Games
GM Borislav Ivkov: 2503 Games
GM Gregory Kaidanov: 855 Games
GM Gata Kamsky: 485 Games
GM Anatoly Karpov: 3079 Games
GM Garry Kasparov: 1878 Games
GM Paul Keres: 2324 Games
GM Alexander Khalifman: 1241 Games
GM George Koltanowski: 360 Games
GM Victor Korchnoi: 3995 Games
GM Alexander Kotov: 490 Games
GM Vladimir Kramnik: 616 Games
GM Mikhail Krasenkow: 598 Games
GM Sergey Kudrin: 603 Games
GM Viktor Kupreichik: 1250 Games
GM Emmanuel Lasker: 1157 Games
GM Joel Lautier: 728 Games
GM Peter Leko: 524 Games
GM Grigory Levenfish: 347 Games
GM Andor Lilienthal: 382 Games
GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic: 2070 Games
GM Slavoljub Marjanovic: 800 Games
GM Geza Maroczy: 548 Games
GM Franklin James Marshall: 1254 Games
GM Jacques Mieses: 342 Games
GM Vladas Mikenas: 387 Games
GM Anthony Miles: 2336 Games
GM Paul Morphy: 351 Games
GM Miguel Najdorf: 1556 Games
IM Rashid Nezhmetdinov: 211 Games
GM Predrag Nikolic: 23 Games
GM Aaron Nimzowitsch: 466 Games
GM John Nunn: 1582 Games
GM Ludek Pachman: 758 Games
GM Bruno Parma: 472 Games
GM Jonathan Penrose: 193 Games
GM Tigran Petrosian: 1850 Games
GM Jeroen Piket: 1208 Games
GM Harry Pillsbury: 395 Games
WGM Judit Polgar: 1099 Games
WGM Zsofia Polgar: 583 Games
WGM Zsuzsa Polgar: 997 Games
GM Lev Polugaevsky: 2050 Games
GM Lajos Portisch: 2380 Games
GM Lev Psakhis: 1693 Games
GM Viacheslav Ragozin: 523 Games
GM Richard Reti: 444 Games
GM Oleg Romanishin: 1990 Games
GM Akiba Rubinstein: 514 Games
GM Sergey Rublevsky: 362 Games
GM Friedrich Saemisch: 222 Games
GM Valery Salov: 826 Games
GM Carl Schlechter: 683 Games
GM Yasser Seirawan: 1244 Games
GM Alexander Shabalov: 772 Games
GM Alexey Shirov: 1133 Games
GM Nigel Short: 1533 Games
GM Vladimir Smagin: 516 Games
GM Gennady Sosonko: 1249 Games
GM Boris Spassky: 2416 Games
GM Jonathan Speelman: 1404 Games
GM Rudolf Spielmann: 884 Games
GM Kevin Spraggett: 1176 Games
WGM Antoaneta Stefanova: 189 Games
GM Wilhelm Steinitz: 392 Games
GM Leonid Stein: 565 Games
GM Igor Stohl: 882 Games
GM Mihai Suba: 1243 Games
GM Alexey Suetin: 1337 Games
GM Emil Sutovsky: 219 Games
GM Eugene Sveshnikov: 1507 Games
GM Peter Svidler: 412 Games
GM Mark Taimanov: 1865 Games
GM Mikhail Tal: 3110 Games
GM Richard Teichmann: 441 Games
GM Jan Timman: 3102 Games
GM Veselin Topalov: 705 Games
GM Wolfgang Uhlmann: 1333 Games
GM Rafael Vaganian: 1256 Games
GM Milan Vidmar: 423 Games
GM Alexey Vyzhmanavin: 695 Games
GM Loek van Wely: 903 Games
GM Jon van der Wiel: 1590 Games
GM Alex Yermolinsky: 805 Games
GM Leonid Yurtaev: 566 Games
GM Alexander Zaitsev: 121 Games
GM Eugene Znosko-Borovsky: 214 Games
GM Johannes Zukertort: 194 Games


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