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[Event "De Feijter JT EG"] [Date "1981"] [White "René Olthof"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/6p1/8/3K1PpQ/7b/8/5pr1/6B1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1981"] 1. Qe8+ (1. Bxf2 $2 Rxf2 2. Qe8+ Kh7 3. Qg6+ Kg8) (1. Bh2 $2 f1=Q) (1. f6 $2 fxg1=Q 2. Qe8+ Kh7 3. Qh5+) 1... Kh7 2. Qg6+ Kh8 (2... Kg8 3. f6) 3. Bxf2 (3. f6 $2 gxf6 4. Qxf6+ Kg8 5. Bh2 (5. Ke6 fxg1=Q) 5... Rxh2 6. Ke6 Rh1 (6... f1=Q 7. Qxf1 Rf2) 7. Qg6+ Kh8) 3... Rxf2 (3... Bxf2 4. f6 gxf6 5. Ke6 Rh2 6. Qxf6+ (6. Kf7 Rh7+ 7. Kf8 Bc5+) 6... Kg8 (6... Kh7 7. Kf7) 7. Qd8+ Kg7 8. Qc7+ Kg8 9. Qxh2) 4. Ke6 Ra2 (4... Rb2 5. Qe8+ Kh7 6. Kf7 Rb7+ 7. Kf8 Rb6) (4... Re2+ 5. Kf7) (4... Rc2 5. Qe8+ Kh7 6. Kf7 Rc7+ 7. Kf8) ( 4... g4 5. Kf7 Bf6 6. Qh5#) (4... Kg8 5. Qf7+ Kh7 6. Ke7 Rb2 7. Qh5+ Kg8 8. Qe8+ Kh7 9. Kf8 Rb6) 5. Qe8+ Kh7 6. Kf7 Ra7+ (6... g4 7. Qg8+ Kh6 8. Qxg7+ Kh5 9. Qg6#) (6... Ra6 7. Qg8+ Kh6 8. Qh8#) 7. Kf8 Ra6 (7... g6 8. Qxg6+ Kh8 9. Qh6+ Rh7 10. Qf6+) 8. Qh5+ Rh6 9. f6 Rxh5 (9... g6 10. Qg4 Kh8 11. Qd7 Rh7 12. Qg7+ Rxg7 13. fxg7+ Kh7 14. g8=Q+ Kh6 15. Qh8#) (9... gxf6 10. Qf7+ Kh8 11. Qg7#) (9... Bf2 10. fxg7 Bc5+ 11. Kf7) 10. fxg7 Kg6 11. g8=Q+ Kf5 12. Qd5+ (12. Qf7+ Kg4 13. Qc4+ (13. Kg7 Bg3 14. Kg6 (14. Qd7+ $1 {} Kf4 (14... Kh4 15. Kg6) (14... Kf3 15. Qd1+) 15. Qd6+ Kg4 16. Qd1+ Kh4 17. Kg6) 14... Rh2 15. Qf5+ Kh4 16. Qxg5+ Kh3) 13... Kf3 14. Qd3+ Kf4 (14... Kf2 15. Qd2+ Kg3 16. Qe3+ ) 15. Qd2+ (15. Qf1+ Ke3 16. Qh3+ Kd2 17. Kg7 g4 $1) 15... Kf5 $1 16. Qd5+) 12... Kf4 (12... Kf6 13. Qf7+) (12... Kg6 13. Qf7+) (12... Kg4 13. Qd1+) 13. Kg7 (13. Qd4+ $2 Kf5 $1) (13. Qd6+ $2 Ke3 $1 (13... Kf5 $2 14. Kg7)) 13... Bg3 (13... Ke3 14. Kg6 Rh8 15. Qe5+) (13... Kg4 14. Qd1+) (13... Bf2 14. Qf7+ Kg4 15. Qxf2) (13... Be1 14. Qf7+ Kg4 15. Qe6+ Kh4 16. Qxe1+) 14. Qd6+ (14. Qd4+ $2 Kf5 15. Qd3+ Kf4) 14... Kg4 15. Qd1+ Kh4 16. Kg6 (16. Qh1+ $2 Kg4 17. Qe4+ Kh3) 16... g4 (16... Rh8 17. Qd4+) 17. Qh1+ (17. Qd8+ $2 Kh3) 17... Bh2 18. Qxh2# 1-0
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[Event "1.p Budapest Ty"] [Date "1988"] [White "Lars, Falk"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/3n1k2/8/8/4B3/4BKR1/2r4b b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "10"] [EventDate "1988"] 1... Ne4+ 2. Kf3 Rc2 (2... Re1 3. Bd4+ Kf5 4. Bd3) 3. Bd3 (3. Kf4 $1 {} Bxg2 4. Bd3) (3. Bd4+ $2 Kf5 4. Bd3 Bxg2+) (3. Bf1 $2 Kf5 4. Bd4 Nd2+) 3... Rxg2 (3... Bxg2+ 4. Kf4 Ra2 5. Bd4+) 4. Bd4+ (4. Kxe4 $2 Rg4#) (4. Bxe4 $2 Ra2+ 5. Kf4 Ra4) 4... Kg5 5. Be3+ (5. Kxe4 $2 Re2#) (5. Bxe4 $2 Rg4+) 5... Kf6 (5... Kh4 6. Kxe4) 6. Bd4+ 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1.p Pravda"] [Date "1928"] [White "Leonid Kubbel"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3k2qB/7R/4p3/K1P3N1/8/8/8/2b5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "1928"] 1. Rg7 (1. Bf6+ $2 Kc8) 1... Qxg7 (1... Qe8 2. Nf7+ Kc8 3. Nd6+) 2. Nxe6+ Kd7 3. Nxg7 Kc6 (3... Bb2 4. Kb6 Kc8 5. Kc6 Be5 6. Kd5 Bb2 7. Kd6 Bc3 8. Nf5) 4. Ne6 $1 (4. Kb4 $2 Bb2 $1) 4... Ba3 (4... Be3 5. Kb4 Kd5 6. Nc7+ Kc6 7. Na6) ( 4... Bd2+ 5. Ka4 Kd5 6. Nd4 Kxc5 7. Nb3+) (4... Kd5 5. Nd4) 5. Nd4+ $1 Kxc5 6. Ka4 Bb4 (6... Bb2 7. Nb3+) (6... Bc1 7. Nb3+) 7. Nf3 $1 Kc4 8. Ne5+ Kc3 (8... Kc5 {} 9. Nd3+) 9. Nc6+ 1-0
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[Event "Wiener Neueste Nachrichten"] [Date "1931"] [White "Hermann Mattison"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1b6/4p3/6k1/6q1/5R2/8/5Q1K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "10"] [EventDate "1931"] 1. Qb5+ Bd5 2. Qxd5+ $1 exd5 3. Rg3 $1 d4 $1 (3... Qxg3) (3... Kf4 4. Rxg4+ Kxg4 5. Kg2) 4. Kg2 $1 (4. Rxg4+ $2 Kxg4 5. Kg2 d3 6. Kf2 Kf4) 4... d3 5. Kf1 $1 Qxg3 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Baltische Zeitung"] [Date "1918"] [White "Hermann Mattison"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2B5/8/P7/8/1rkb4/B7/K1p5/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "6"] [EventDate "1918"] 1. a7 Ra4 (1... Bxa7 $1 {} 2. Be6+ Kd4 3. Bb3 Rb5 4. Bxc2 Kc3) 2. a8=Q Rxa8 3. Ba6+ Rxa6 (3... Kc3 4. Bb4+ Kxb4) (3... Kd5 4. Bb7+) 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Latvis"] [Date "1924"] [White "Hermann Mattison"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/7B/2P5/1k3K1p/8/6r1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "1924"] 1. c6 h3 2. c7 Rc2 (2... h2 3. c8=Q h1=Q 4. Bf8+) (2... Rg8 3. c8=Q (3. Bg5 $2 h2 4. Bd8 h1=Q 5. c8=Q Qh6+)) 3. c8=Q (3. Kg3 $2 h2 4. c8=Q h1=N+ $1) 3... Rxc8 4. Kg3 h2 5. Bd2+ Kb3 6. Kg2 Rc2 7. Kh1 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Jaunakas Zinas"] [Date "1929.12.24"] [White "Hermann Mattison"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/2K5/2p2P1k/PpPp4/8/P7/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "1929"] 1. f6 (1. a5 $2 d3 2. a6 d2 3. a7 d1=Q 4. Kb7 Qh1+ 5. Kb8 Qh2+ 6. Kb7 Qxa2) 1... Kg6 2. Kd5 Kxf6 3. Ke4 Ke6 4. Kd3 Kd6 5. Kc2 (5. Ke4 $2 Kc6 6. Kd3 Kb6 7. Kc2 Ka5 8. Kb3 d3) 5... Kc6 6. Kb2 $1 (6. Kb3 $2 d3) (6. a3 $2 bxa3 7. Kb3 d3) 6... Kb6 (6... d3 7. Kc1 Kb6 8. Kd2 Ka5 9. Kxd3 Kxa4 10. Kc2 Ka3 11. Kb1 b3 12. axb3 Kxb3 13. Kc1 Kxc4 14. Kc2) 7. a3 Ka5 (7... d3 $1 {} 8. axb4 cxb4 9. Kb3 Kc5 10. a5 Kd4 11. a6 d2 12. Kc2 Ke3 13. a7 (13. Kd1 b3) 13... b3+ $1 14. Kc3 d1=Q 15. a8=Q Qc2+ 16. Kb4 b2 17. Qa7+ Ke2 18. Qe7+ Kd1) 8. Kb3 $1 d3 9. axb4+ cxb4 10. c5 Ka6 11. Kb2 Kb7 12. a5 $1 Kc6 13. a6 Kc7 14. Kb3 Kc6 15. Kb2 Kc7 16. Kb3 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Rigasche Rundschau"] [Date "1914"] [White "Hermann Mattison"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5k2/N7/pP6/8/1K6/3r4/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1914"] 1. b7 Rd8 2. Nc8 Rd1 3. Nb6 Rd8 4. Ka3 a5 5. Nc8 Rd3+ 6. Ka4 Rd1 7. Nb6 Rd8 8. Kb5 Ke8 9. Nc8 Rd1 10. Ka6 1-0
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[Event "Rigasche Rundschau"] [Date "1913"] [White "Hermann Mattison"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5k2/8/7r/p7/3K4/6B1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "8"] [EventDate "1913"] 1. Kc4 (1. Kc3 $2 Rb5 $1) (1. Bc6 $2 a3 2. Ba4 Rh3+ 3. Kc2 a2 4. Kb2 Ra3) 1... a3 2. Kb3 a2 3. Kb2 Rh2 (3... Ra5 4. Ka1) 4. Ka1 Rxg2 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1.p Shakhmatny Listok"] [Date "1927.10.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Hermann Mattison"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/6b1/P3r2N/1P6/8/8/3P4/3K4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "1927"] 1. Nf7+ (1. a7 $2 Re8 2. Nf7+ (2. Nf5 Be5 3. b6 Ra8 4. Ne7 Bb8 5. Nc6 Bxa7 6. bxa7 Kg7 7. Kc2 Kf6 8. Kc3 Ke6) 2... Kh7 $1 3. Nd6 Rd8 4. b6 Bd4 5. Nc8 Rxc8 6. b7 Rc1+ $1 7. Kxc1 Bxa7) 1... Kg8 ( 1... Kh7 2. Ng5+) 2. a7 Re8 3. Nd6 Rd8 4. Nf5 $1 (4. b6 $2 Bd4 5. Nc8 Rxc8 6. b7 Rc1+ $1) 4... Bf8 5. b6 (5. d4 $2 Bc5 6. a8=Q Rxa8 7. dxc5 Kf7) 5... Bc5 6. Ne7+ Kf8 7. Nc8 $1 Rxc8 8. b7 1-0
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[Event "Atputa"] [Date "1932"] [White "Hermann Mattison"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/8/8/3p1nb1/3P4/3p1K2/8/1R6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "8"] [EventDate "1932"] 1. Kg4 Bc1 $1 (1... Ne3+ 2. Kxg5 d2 3. Kg6 Kf8 4. Kf6) 2. Rxc1 d2 3. Rg1 $1 d1=Q+ (3... d1=R {} 4. Kh5+ $1 Ng7+ (4... Rxg1 {}) 5. Kh6 Rxg1 ( 5... Rxd4 6. Rxg7+ Kf8 7. Ra7)) 4. Kh3+ $1 (4. Rxd1 $2 Ne3+) 4... Qxg1 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2.p Tschigorin MT Shakhmaty v SSSR"] [Date "1949"] [White "Genrikh Kasparyan"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5b2/p4B2/5B2/1bN5/8/P3r3/4k1K1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "1949"] 1. Bh5+ $1 (1. Ne6 $2 Bc6+ 2. Kg1 Rg3+ 3. Kh2 Bd6 4. Nd4+ Kf1 5. Nxc6 Re3+) 1... Ke1 2. Bh4+ Kd2 3. Bg5 $1 Bxc5 4. Kf2 $1 Kd3 (4... a5 5. Bg6 Bd3 6. Bh5 Bf5 7. Be2) 5. Bg6+ Re4+ 6. Kf3 Bc6 7. a4 $1 (7. Bc1 $2 Kc2 $1 (7... a5 $2 8. a4 $1 Kd4 9. Bb2+) 8. Bg5 Bxa3 $1 9. Bxe4+ Bxe4+ 10. Kxe4 a5 11. Kd4 Kb3 (11... a4 $2 12. Kc4 Bf8 13. Bh6 Be7 14. Bg5) 12. Kd3 a4 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Bc1 Bg7) (7. Bf6 $2 Bxa3) 7... Kd4 (7... a5 8. Bf6) 8. Bf6+ Re5+ 9. Kf4 Bd6 10. a5 $1 (10. Bc2 $2 a5 11. Bd1 Bd5 12. Bg7 Bc4 13. Bf3 Bb3 14. Bc6 Bd5 $1 (14... Kc5 $2 15. Bxe5 Kxc6 16. Bxd6 Kxd6 17. Ke3) 15. Be8 Be4 $1 16. Bf7 Bc2 17. Be8 Kd5 18. Bf7+ Re6+) 10... Kd5 (10... a6 11. Bf7 Bd5 12. Bh5 Bc4 13. Bf3 Bd3 14. Bg2 Bc7 15. Bf3) 11. Bf7+ Re6+ 12. Kf5 $1 Bd7 13. a6 $1 (13. Bc3 $2 Bc5 14. Be5 a6 15. Bg8 Bb4 16. Bc7 Kc6) 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Springaren"] [Date "1988"] [White "Alexander Hildebrand"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1p6/8/5b1B/k1K5/1r5R/1P6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "1988"] 1. Be8+ $1 (1. Rxb3 $2 Be6+ 2. Kc3 Bxb3 3. Be8+ b5 4. Bxb5+ Ka5 $1 (4... Kxb5 $2 5. Kxb3) 5. Kxb3 Kxb5) 1... b5+ 2. Bxb5+ Ka5 (2... Rxb5 3. Ra3#) 3. Rxb3 Be6+ 4. Kd4 $1 (4. Kc3 $2 Bxb3 5. Kxb3 Kxb5) (4. Kc5 $1 {} Bxb3 5. Bd3 $1 Be6 (5... Ka4 6. Bc4) 6. b4+) 4... Bxb3 5. Kc5 $1 Bd1 6. b4# 1-0
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