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    Santasiere,Anthony - Kashdan, New York, 1938:

    1.Nf3 d5 2.b4 e6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.a3 a5 5.b5 c5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c4 dc4 
   (7...Bd6 8.d3 (8.d4 0-0 9.Nbd2 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.0-0 Rc8 12.Rc1 Qe7 
   13.Qb3 Bb8 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.de5 Nd7 16.f4 f6 17.ef6 Nf6 18.Nf3 Ne4 
   19.Rfd1 Rcd8 20.cd5 ed5 21.Be5 Be5 22.Ne5 Qc7 
   Santasiere,A-Gonzales,J/USA 1969/1-0 (37)) 8...0-0 9.Nbd2 b6 
   10.g3 Bb7 11.Bg2 Qc7 12.0-0 Rfe8 13.h3 Rad8 14.cd5 ed5 15.Rc1 Qb8 
   16.Re1 Qa8 17.a4 Bf8 18.Qc2 h6 19.Red1 Rc8 20.Nh4 Re6 21.Re1 Rce8 
   22.Qb1 Taulien,H (2225)-Hensel,O (2320)/remoteschach.de 2004/1/2-1/2 (46)) 
8.Bc4 Be7 
   (8...b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.d3 Bd6 11.Nbd2 0-0 12.e4 Ng4 13.h3 Nge5 14.Ne1 
   Ng6 15.Nef3 Nde5 16.Qc2 Nf3 17.Nf3 Nh4 18.Qe2 Nf3 19.Qf3 Qc7 20.Qh5 
   Bf4 21.e5 g6 22.Qe2 Rad8 23.g3 Campora,D (2560)-Visier Segovia,F 
   (2300)/Canete 1994/1-0 (45)) 
9.Qc2N 
   (9.0-0 0-0 10.d3 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Rac1 Bd6 14.a4 Rad8 
   15.Rfd1 Ne5 16.h3 Nf3 17.Nf3 Qe7 18.d4 Nd7 19.Bd3 Rc8 20.Ne5 Ne5 
   21.de5 Bb8 22.Qg4 Rfd8 23.Qh5 h6 Woischke,N-Markus,R/CiF 2000/0-1; 
   9.0-0 0-0=) 
9...Qc7 
   (9...b6 10.d3=) 
10.Nc3 
   (10.0-0 0-0+=) 
10...b6 
   (10...0-0 11.0-0=) 
11.Ne2 
   (11.e4 0-0=) 
11...Bb7 12.Ng3 Bd6 13.Rd1 
   (13.Be2 0-0=) 
13...0-0-0 
   (13...Bf3!? 14.gf3 Be5=) 
14.Be2+= h5 15.Ng5 
   (15.d3!?+=) 
15...h4=+ 16.N3e4 Ne4 17.Ne4 Bh2 18.Bf3 
   (18.Rc1 f5 19.Ng5 Rh6=+) 
18...Be5 19.d4 cd4 20.Qc7 Bc7 21.Bd4 
   (21.Rd4 e5 22.Rd2 Nc5 23.Bg4 Kb8 24.Rd8 Rd8 25.Nc5 bc5 26.Rh4 Bg2=+) 
21...f6 
   (21...e5 22.Bc3=+) 
22.Rc1 
   (22.Bb2 Bd5-/+) 
22...Kb8 23.Ke2 
   (23.Rd1 Ne5 24.Be5 Rd1 (< 24...fe5 25.Ke2=) 25.Kd1 Be5-/+ 
   (25...fe5?! 26.Ng5=)) 
23...e5-+ 24.Bb2 f5 25.Ng5 e4 26.Nf7 
   (26.Be4 Be4 27.Nf7 Bg2 28.Nd8 Bd8-+ (28...Rd8?! 29.Rh4 g5 30.Rh5-/+; 
   28...Bh1?! 29.Ne6-/+)) 
26...ef3 27.gf3 Rh7 28.Nd8 Bd8 29.Rcd1 
   (29.Rh3 g5 30.Rc4 Bf6 31.Bf6 Nf6-+) 
29...g5 30.Rhg1 
   (30.Rh2 Bc7 31.f4 gf4 32.ef4 Bf4-+) 
30...h3 31.Be5 
   (31.e4-+) 
31...Ne5 32.Rd8 Kc7 33.Rg8 
   (33.Rd4 Bf3 34.Kd2 h2 35.Rc1 Kb7-+) 
33...Bf3 34.Kd2 Bd5 35.Rc1 
   (35.R8g5 Nf3 36.Ke2 Ng5-+) 
Nc4 
   (35...Nc4 36.Kc3 Bg8-+) 
0-1

    Santasiere,Anthony - Levin, Ventnor City, 1939:

    1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 e6 4.a3 a5 5.b5 c5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c4 Nb6 
   (7...dc4 8.Bc4 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.d3 Bd6 11.Nbd2 0-0 12.e4 Ng4 13.h3 
   Nge5 14.Ne1 Ng6 15.Nef3 Nde5 16.Qc2 Nf3 17.Nf3 Nh4 18.Qe2 Nf3 19.Qf3 
   Qc7 20.Qh5 Bf4 21.e5 g6 22.Qe2 Campora,D (2560)-Visier Segovia,F 
   (2300)/Canete 1994/1-0 (45); 
   7...Bd6 8.d3 (8.d4 0-0 9.Nbd2 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.0-0 Rc8 12.Rc1 Qe7 
   13.Qb3 Bb8 14.Ne5 Ne5 15.de5 Nd7 16.f4 f6 17.ef6 Nf6 18.Nf3 Ne4 
   19.Rfd1 Rcd8 20.cd5 ed5 21.Be5 Be5 22.Ne5 Qc7 
   Santasiere,A-Gonzales,J/USA 1969/1-0 (37)) 8...0-0 9.Nbd2 b6 
   10.g3 Bb7 11.Bg2 Qc7 12.0-0 Rfe8 13.h3 Rad8 14.cd5 ed5 15.Rc1 Qb8 
   16.Re1 Qa8 17.a4 Bf8 18.Qc2 h6 19.Red1 Rc8 20.Nh4 Re6 21.Re1 Rce8 
   22.Qb1 Taulien,H (2225)-Hensel,O (2320)/remoteschach.de 2004/1/2-1/2 (46)) 
8.d4N 
   (8.cd5 ed5 9.a4 (9.d4 c4 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Nd2 Bf5 
   1/2-1/2 Christensen,T (2280)-Hansen,C (2310)/Gausdal Int 1990/) 
   9...Bd6 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Be2 0-0 14.Ng5 g6 15.d3 
   Nfd7 16.h4 f6 17.Ne6 Qe6 18.h5 g5 19.Nd2 Rae8 20.Nb3 d4 21.ed4 Nd5 
   22.Kf1 b6 Donguines Fernie-Nadera Barlo A/Zt Genting Highlands 
   (Malaysia) 1995/1-0 (46); 
   8.d3 dc4 9.dc4 Qd1 10.Kd1 Be7=) 
8...Nc4 9.Bc4 dc4 10.0-0 
   (10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Ne5 Rc8=) 
10...Bd7=+ 11.a4 Rc8 12.Na3 
   (12.Ne5 Qc7=) 
12...cd4=+ 13.Qd4 Bc5 14.Qh4 Nd5 
   (14...Ba3!? 15.Ra3 Qe7=) 
15.Qd8= Kd8 16.Nc4 Bb4 17.Nce5 
   (17.Rac1 f6+=) 
17...Be8= 18.Nd3 
   (18.e4 Nc3 19.Bc3 Rc3+=) 
18...Bc3 
   (18...f6 19.e4 Nc3 20.Bc3 Bc3 21.Ra3=+) 
19.Rfc1 
   (19.Rac1 Bd7+=) 
19...f6 
   (19...Bd7 20.Ra3 Bb2 21.Rc8 Kc8 22.Nb2+=) 
20.e4 Bb2 21.Rc8 Kc8 22.Nb2 Nb6 
   (22...Nf4 23.Nc4+=) 
23.Nd2+/- Bg6 24.f3 Nd7 
   (24...Na8 25.Rc1 Kd7 26.Rd1+/-) 
25.Rc1 
   (25.Ndc4 f5+/-) 
25...Kb8 
   (25...Kd8 26.Nb3 b6 27.Nd4+/-) 
26.Nb3 b6 27.Nd4 
   (27.Rc6 Rc8 28.Rd6 Be8+/-) 
27...e5 28.Nc6 Ka8 
   (28...Kb7 29.Nc4+/-) 
29.Rd1 
   (29.Nc4 Kb7+/-) 
29...Nc5 30.Nc4 Kb7 
   (30...Na4?? 31.Rd7 Be4 32.Ra7) 
31.Rd5 
   (31.Ne7!? Ka7 32.Rd6+- (32.Ng6?! hg6 33.Nb2 Rc8+=)) 
31...Kc7= 32.Nb2 Bf7 33.Rd1 Bb3 34.Rc1 Kd6 35.Nc4 Bc4 36.Rc4 Rc8 37.Kf1 
Rc7 38.g3 g5 39.Ke2 h5 40.Ke3 h4 1/2-1/2

    Santasiere,Anthony - Burdge, Ventnor City, 1940:

    1.Nf3 d5 2.b4 e6 3.a3 a5 
   (3...c6 4.e3 Qf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Bb2 e4 7.Nd4 Qg6 8.d3 Nf6 9.Nde2 ed3 
   10.cd3 Bd6 11.Ng3 h5 12.e4 h4 13.Nf5 Bf5 14.ef5 Qf5 15.Be2 Nbd7 16.h3 
   Kf8 17.Kf1 Re8 18.d4 Ivanets,V (2280)-Dobrev,N (2405)/Moscow 2006/0-1; 
   3...f5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.g3 c6 7.Bg2 0-0 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Qd3 Ne4 
   10.Be3 Rf6 11.Ng5 Rg6 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.Nh4 Rf6 14.Nf3 Nf8 15.h4 Bd7 16.h5 
   Be8 17.h6 g6 18.Ng5 wiking-talqx/internet 2010/1-0 (36)) 
4.b5 c6N 
   (4...f5 5.d4 Nf6 6.c4 Be7 7.Bf4 Nh5 8.Be5 0-0 9.e3 Nf6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 
   11.Bg3 Ne4 12.cd5 Ng3 13.hg3 ed5 14.Bd3 g6 15.g4 Nb6 16.Nc3 Bd6 17.a4 
   Qe7 18.gf5 Bf5 19.Bf5 Winiger,A-Hohlstein,W/TT-07 TSC 2003; 
   4...Nf6 5.d4=) 
5.a4 
   (5.e3 Bd6=) 
5...cb5 
   (5...Bd6 6.e3=) 
6.ab5 b6 
   (6...Nf6 7.e3=) 
7.e3 Nd7 
   (7...Nf6 8.Ba3=) 
8.d4 Ngf6 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.Bb2 
   (10.Ba3 Ba3 11.Ra3 0-0=) 
10...Bd6 
   (10...Bb4 11.c3 Bd6 12.Ba3=) 
11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.0-0 0-0 13.c4 Rac8 
   (13...Ng4 14.h3 dc4 15.Rc1=) 
14.h3 Ne4 15.cd5 ed5 
   (15...Nd2 16.Nd2 Bd5 17.e4+=) 
16.Rc1 
   (16.Ba3 Ba3 17.Ra3 Rfe8=) 
16...Qb8= 17.Rc8 
   (17.Qa4 Rfe8=) 
17...Rc8 18.Qb1 
   (18.Qa4 Bb4 19.Nb3 Qd6=) 
18...f5 
   (18...Ndf6 19.Rc1=) 
19.Rc1 
   (19.Qa2 Kh8=) 
19...Rc1 20.Qc1 Qc7 21.Qc7 
   (21.Qa1 Bb4 22.Nf1 Qd6=) 
21...Bc7 22.Ba3 
   (22.Kf1 Kf7=) 
22...Bd8 
   (22...Kf7 23.Kf1=) 
23.Nb1 
   (23.Kf1 Kf7=) 
23...Kf7 24.Ne1 
   (24.Kf1 Bc7=) 
24...Be7 
   (24...Ke6 25.g4=+) 
25.Be7= Ke7 26.f3 Nd6 27.Nc3 g6 
   (27...Ke6 28.g4=) 
28.g4 Kf6 
   (28...Ke6 29.gf5 Nf5 30.Nc2=) 
29.Ng2 
   (29.gf5 gf5 30.Ng2 Ke7+=) 
29...g5= 30.Kf2 h6 31.Ne1 
   (31.gf5 Nf5 32.Bf5 Kf5 33.e4 Ke6+=) 
31...Ba8 
   (31...Nf8 32.gf5 Nf5 33.Ng2=) 
32.Nc2+= Bb7 
   (32...fg4 33.hg4 Ke7 34.e4 de4 35.Be4+= (< 35.Ne4 Nf6=)) 
33.gf5 Nf5 34.e4 Ne7 35.Ne3 Ke6 
   (35...Kf7 36.ed5 Ng6 37.Bf5+/-) 
36.Na4 
   (36.ed5 Bd5 37.Ncd5 Nd5 38.Bf5 Kd6 39.Nd5 Kd5 40.Bd7 a4+/-) 
36...Kd6 
   (36...Kf6 37.e5 Ke6 38.h4+/-) 
37.Kg3 
   (37.e5!? Kc7 38.Ng4+/-) 
37...Kc7 38.Nc3 
   (38.e5 Nf8 39.Nf5 Nfg6+=) 
38...de4 
   (38...Nf6 39.Kf2=) 
39.fe4+= Nf6 40.Nc4 
   (40.Kf3 Nh5+=) 
40...Ng6 41.d5 Nd7 42.Bc2 
   (42.Bf1 Nde5=) 
42...Nge5 
   (42...Nde5 43.Ne5 Ne5 44.Bd1=) 
43.Ne3 h5 
   (43...Nf6 44.Bd1=) 
44.h4 g4 45.Kf4 Nf3 46.Nf5 
   (46.Bd1!? Nde5 47.Bf3 Nf3 48.Ng4 hg4 49.Kg4 Ne5 50.Kf5+=) 
46...Bc8 47.Ng7 
   (47.Bd1 Nde5+=) 
47...Nh4= 48.e5? 
   (better is 48.Nh5!? Ng2 49.Kg3=) 
48...Ng2-/+ 49.Ke4 Nc5 50.Kd4 h4 
   (50...g3 51.Nh5 Ne1 52.Be4=+) 
51.e6 Kd8 
   (51...h3 52.Be4 Ne1 53.e7=+) 
52.Ne2 
   (52.Be4 h3 53.Bg2 hg2 54.Ne2-+) 
52...a4 53.Ke5 
   (53.Bf5 a3 54.d6 Ne6 55.Ne6 Kd7-/+) 
53...Ne3-/+ 54.Bb1 
   (54.Nd4 a3 55.Nc6 Kc7 56.Ne8 Kb7 57.Nd6 Ka8=+) 
54...h3=+ 55.Ng3? 
   (55.d6 Nc4 56.Kd5 Ne6 57.Ne6 Be6 58.Ke6 Na5+=) 
55...a3 
   (55...Bb7 56.Ba2 Nb3=) 
56.Ba2 
   (better is 56.Kd4 Nc2 57.Kc3-/+) 
56...Bb7?? 
   (56...h2 57.d6 Ne6 58.Be6 Nf1-+) 
57.d6 
   (57.Kd6 Nd5 58.Bd5 Ne6 59.Be6 Bc8+-) 
57...Ne6 58.Ne6 Ke8 59.Nc7 
   (59.Nh5 Bc8 60.Nf6 Kf7 61.Nf4 Kf8 62.Ne6 Kf7 63.Nc5 Kg6 64.Nce4=) 
59...Kd8= 60.Ne6 Ke8 61.Nd4 
   (61.Nh5 Bc8 62.Nf6 Kf7 63.Nf4 Kf8 64.Ng6 Kg7=+) 
61...Bc8 
   (61...h2!? 62.Be6 a2 63.Ba2 Nf1=) 
62.Be6+/- Be6?? 
   (better is 62...Bd7 63.Nh5 a2 64.Ba2 h2 65.Nf6 Kd8 66.Nc6 Kc8 67.Nd7 h1Q 
   68.Nb6 Kb7+/-) 
63.Ke6 
   (63.Ke6 Nc4 64.d7 Kf8 65.d8Q Kg7 66.Ndf5 Kh7 67.Qe7 Kg6 68.Qg7#) 
1-0

    Santasiere,Anthony - Seidman, Hamilton, 1941:

    1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.b4 Bg7 5.Bb2 a5 
   (5...Bf5 6.d3 Qd6 7.Qd2 Na6 8.a3 c5 9.b5 Nc7 10.c4 dc4 11.dc4 Qe6 
   12.Qc1 h6 13.Nbd2 Bh3 algernon (2400)-eraymond (2640)/m1044223639 
   net-chess.com 2003; 
   5...Nc6 6.b5 Na5 7.0-0 Nc4 8.Bd4 Nd6 9.Nc3 Nf5 10.Be5 Ng4 11.Bg7 Rg8 
   12.Bd4 e5 13.Be5 1-0 Fritz 11-opponent/internet 2009) 
6.b5 c6N 
   (6...a4 7.c4 dc4 8.Na3 c6 9.bc6 Nc6 10.Nc4 0-0 11.0-0 Be6 12.Nce5 Nb4 
   13.Ba3 Qa5 14.Bb4 Qb4 15.Qb1 Qa3 16.Rc1 Rac8 17.Nd4 Ba2 18.Rc8 Rc8 
   19.Ra2 Rc1 20.Bf1 Rb1 21.Ra3 Nabbing-Kjellquist/Karlstad 1992/1/2-1/2 (31); 
   6...c5 7.a4 Nbd7 8.0-0 0-0 9.d3 b6 10.c4 e6 11.Ne5 Ne5 12.Be5 Bb7 
   13.d4 Rc8 14.dc5 Rc5 15.Nd2 Ne4 16.Bg7 Kg7 17.Rc1 Qc7 18.Be4 de4 
   19.Nb3 Rc4 20.Qd4 Rd4 21.Rc7 Skembris,S-Grivas,E/Greece 1993/1/2-1/2; 
   6...c5 7.d3=) 
7.a4 
   (7.Nc3 0-0=) 
7...cb5=+ 8.ab5 Qb6 9.Bd4 
   (9.Na3 Ne4 10.d4 Bd7=+) 
9...Qb5=+ 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.Qb1 
   (11.Ne5 Qd8=+) 
11...Nc6-/+ 12.Ne5 
   (12.Na4 Qd8-/+ (12...Nd4?! 13.Nb6 Qg4 14.Na8=)) 
12...Qf5 
   (12...Qd6 13.Nc6 bc6 14.Ra4-/+) 
13.Nc6 
   (13.Qb5!? 0-0 14.Nc6 bc6 15.Qc6=+) 
13...bc6-/+ 14.Qb6 
   (14.f3-/+) 
14...Nd7 
   (14...Ra6 15.Qc7 0-0 16.Qe7-/+) 
15.Qc6=+ d5 becomes the focus of attention 15...Bd4 16.e3 
   (16.Qa8? Nb6 17.Qa5 Qf2 18.Kd1 Qg2 19.Qb5 Kf8-+) 
16...Bc3 17.Qa8 Bd2 18.Kd2 Qf2 19.Kd1 0-0 20.Qd5 
   (20.Bd5 Nf6 21.Qa5 Nd5 22.Qd5 Qe3 23.c4-+) 
20...Bb7?? 
   (better is 20...Nc5! 21.Kc1 Bb7-+ (21...Qe3?! 22.Qd2 Qe5 23.Ra5=+)) 
21.Qb7+- 
   (21.Qd7?? Bg2 (21...Qg2?! 22.Re1-/+) 22.Qd2 Qf3 23.Ke1 Bh1 24.Ra5 
   Rc8-+) 
21...Ne5 22.Qd5 
   (22.Kc1 Qe3 23.Kb1 Qc3+-) 
22...Ng4 23.Qd2 Qf6? 
   (better is 23...Ne3 24.Kc1 Qg2 25.Qg2 Ng2+-) 
24.Ra5 
   (24.Qa5 Qf2 (24...Ne3? 25.Ke2 Ng2 26.Qd5+-) 25.Qd2 Ne3 26.Kc1 Qf6+-) 
24...Rb8 25.Rf1?? 
   (better is 25.Ke2 Qf2 26.Kd3+-) 
25...Rb1+= 26.Ke2 Rf1 27.Bf1 Qf2 Attacks the isolani on e3 28.Kd3 Qf1 
29.Kc3 Qf3 
   (29...Qg1 30.Ra4 Ne5 31.Qd4+-) 
30.Kb2 
   (better is 30.Qd8!? Kg7 31.Qe7+-) 
30...Ne3= 31.Qd8 Kg7 32.Qd4 e5?? 
   (better is 32...f6=) 
33.Qe5 
   (33.Re5 Nd1 34.Kc1 Qc3 35.Rd5 Qd4 36.Rd4 Nc3+-) 
33...Kg8 
   (33...Qf6 34.Qf6 Kf6 35.Ra1+-) 
34.Rc5 f6?? 
   (34...Qb7 35.Rb5 Nc4 36.Kc3 Ne5 37.Rb7 Ng4+-) 
35.Qe6 
   (35.Qe8 Kg7 36.Qe7 Kh6 37.Qf8) 
35...Kg7 
   (35...Kf8 36.Qd6 Ke8 37.Rc8 Kf7 38.Qd7) 
36.Qd7 
   (36.Qe7 Kh6 37.Qf8) 
36...Kh6+- 37.Qh3 Kg7 
   (37...Qh5 38.Rh5 gh5+-) 
38.Rc7 Kf8 39.Qc8# 1-0

    Santasiere,Anthony - Lasker,Edward, Cazenovia, 1942:

    1.Nf3 d5 2.b4 f6 3.d4 e5 4.a3 e4 5.Nfd2 f5 6.e3 Nf6 7.c4 c6 8.Qb3 Bd6 
9.Nc3 Be6 10.a4N 
   (10.cd5 cd5 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.a4 Rc8 13.a5 Bh2 14.g3 Bg3 15.fg3 Qc7 
   16.Nd1 Qg3 17.Nf2 Ng4 18.Bg4 fg4 19.Nde4 Qg2 20.Nd6 Kd8 21.e4 g3 
   22.Bg5 Nf6 23.Bf6 gf6 24.Rf1 gf2 Santasiere,A-Levy/New York 1941/0-1 (34); 
   10.b5 Qd7=) 
10...a6 
   (10...0-0 11.b5=) 
11.cd5 
   (11.c5 Bc7=) 
11...cd5 
   (11...Nd5 12.Bc4 Qg5 13.0-0 Nc3 14.Qc3= (14.Be6 Bh2 15.Kh1 Bd6-/+)) 
12.b5 0-0 13.Ba3 Ba3 14.Qa3 f4 
   (14...Rf7 15.Rc1=) 
15.Be2 
   (15.ef4!? Qc7 16.Rc1 Qf4 17.Qe7=) 
15...fe3=+ 16.fe3 Ng4 
   (better is 16...ab5!? 17.Nb5 Ng4=+) 
17.Bg4+= Qh4 
   (17...Bg4 18.Qb3 ab5 19.Qb5 Ra5 20.Qb7 Qh4 21.g3 Qg5=+) 
18.Kd1?? 
   (better is 18.g3 Qg4 19.Qd6+/-) 
18...Qg4-+ 
   (18...Bg4?! 19.Kc2 ab5 20.Qb3-/+) 
19.Kc2 
   (19.Ne2 Rf2 (< 19...Qg2 20.Rg1 Qh2 21.Qe7=+) 20.Re1 Rg2-/+ (
   20...Qg2?! 21.Rg1 Qh3 22.Qe7=)) 
19...ab5 20.h3 
   (20.Qd6 Ra6 21.Qg3 Qg3 22.hg3 b4-+) 
20...Qg5 
   (20...Qg2?! 21.Rag1 Qf2 22.Rf1=+) 
21.Nb5 
   (21.Qd6 Ra6 22.Qe5 Qe3 23.Nd5 Qd3 24.Kd1-+) 
21...Rc8 
   (21...Qg2?! 22.Qe7 Rc8 23.Nc3-/+) 
22.Kb2 Bd7 
   (22...Qg2 23.Rad1 Nc6 24.Qd6-+) 
23.Rhc1 
   (23.Qb3 Bb5 (23...Qg2?! 24.Qd5 Kh8 25.Rad1=+) 24.ab5 Nd7 25.Ra8 Ra8-/+) 
23...Qg2 
   (23...Rc1 24.Rc1 Qg2 25.Qe7-+) 
24.Rc8 Bc8 25.Qc3 
   (25.Rd1 Qh3 26.Qb3 Be6-+) 
25...Na6 
   (25...Nc6 26.a5 Qh2 27.Kb1-+) 
26.Nd6 Bh3 27.Ka3 
   (27.Rb1 Bd7 28.a5 b5-+) 
27...Qg3 
   (27...Qg4 28.Nb7 Qd7 29.Rb1-+) 
28.Nb7 
   (28.N2e4!? Qf3 29.Qb3-+) 
28...Rc8 
   (28...Qf2 29.Nc5 Qe2 30.Ndb3 Nc5 31.Nc5-+) 
29.Nc5 Qd6 
   (29...Be6 30.Ndb3-+) 
30.Ndb3 
   (30.Nde4 Qe7-/+ (< 30...de4 31.Qc4 Kh8 32.Qa6=+)) 
30...Rb8 
   (30...Bg4 31.Qd2-+) 
31.Qa5 
   (31.Ka2 Bg4-+) 
31...Nb4 32.Kb2? 
   (32.Qb4 Rb4 33.Kb4 Qb8 34.Ka3-+) 
32...Qh2 33.Ka3 Nc2 34.Kb2 
   (34.Ka2 Na1 35.Ka1 Qg1 36.Ka2 Qe3 37.Qd2 Qd2 38.Nd2-+) 
Ne3 
   (34...Ne3 35.Qd2 Qd2 36.Ka3 Nc4#) 
0-1

    Santasiere,Anthony - Stark,HW, Ventnor City, 1944:

    1.Nf3 d5 2.b4 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.Bb2 Nbd7 5.c4 e6 6.Qb3 Bf3N 
   (6...a5 7.a3 Be7 8.Nc3 c6 9.cd5 cd5 10.ba5 0-0 11.Nb5 Ne4 12.h3 Bh5 
   13.Nc3 Ndc5 14.Qa2 Bh4 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Nh4 Qh4 17.g3 Qd8 18.Bg2 Qa5 
   19.Be4 de4 20.g4 Bg6 21.Qb3 Campora,D (2545)-Vera,R (2460)/I Open 
   Calvia 2004/1/2-1/2; 
   6...a5 7.a3=+) 
7.gf3 dc4 
   (7...a5 8.cd5 Nd5 9.b5=+) 
8.Bc4 Nb6 9.Be2 Qd5 
   (9...Be7 10.Rg1 0-0 11.Bd4=+) 
10.Qc2 
   (10.Qd5 Nbd5 11.a3 a5=) 
10...Bb4=+ 11.Rg1 0-0-0 
   (11...Bf8 12.Qc7 Rc8 13.Qf4=+) 
12.Nc3 
   (12.Rg7!? e5 13.f4+=) 
12...Qd7 
   (12...Bc3 13.Bc3 Rhg8 14.Rc1=+) 
13.Rg7 Rhg8 14.Rg3 Rg6 
   (14...h5 15.Qb3 Bc5 16.d3=+) 
15.f4 
   (15.a3 Bc3 16.Bc3 Nfd5=) 
15...a6 
   (15...Nfd5 16.Rc1=) 
16.a3 Bc3 17.Bc3 
   (< 17.Qc3 Ne4 18.Qc2 Ng3 19.fg3 Rh6-+) 
17...Nfd5 18.Bd4 
   (18.Ba5 Rh6 19.h3 Rg6=) 
18...Kb8 
   (18...Nf4 19.Bb6 Ne2 20.Bc7 Ng3 21.Bd8 Kd8 22.hg3=) 
19.Bd3 
   (19.Rc1!?+=) 
19...Rh6 20.f5 
   (20.Bh7 Rh2 21.Be4 f5=) 
20...Rh2=+ 21.fe6 Qe6 22.Be4 
   (better is 22.Bf5 Qd6 23.Be4=+) 
22...Nb4?? 
   (better is 22...Rh4 23.d3 f5 24.Bd5 Nd5-/+) 
23.ab4+- Rd4 24.Rg8 Nc8 25.Rc1?? 
   (25.Bf5 Rd2 
     A) 26.Be6?! Rc2 27.Rc8 Ka7=;
     B) 26.Kd2? Rf2 27.Kd1 Qd5 (27...Qf5?! 28.Qf5 Rf5 29.Ra5 Ra5 
      30.ba5=; 27...Rf5?! 28.Ke2-+) 28.Kc1 Rc2 (28...Qf5?! 29.Qf5 Rf5 
      30.Ra5 Rf1 31.Kd2=; 28...Rf5?! 29.Rg1-+) 29.Bc2 f5-+;
     C) 26.Qc5+-) 
25...Rd7 
   (25...Qe7!? 26.Re8 Re4 27.Re7 Re7=) 
26.Bf5+/- 
   (26.Bh7? f5 27.Qf5 Qd6-+) 
26...Rh1? 
   (better is 26...Qd6 27.Bd7 Qd7+/-) 
27.Ke2+- Rc1 28.Be6 Rc2 29.Bd7 Rb2 
   (29...Rc4 30.Rc8 Ka7 31.b5+-) 
30.b5 
   (30.Rc8 Ka7+-) 
30...ab5 
   (30...Ka7 31.Rc8 (31.Bc8?! Rb5 32.Rf8 Kb6+-) 31...Kb6 32.ba6 Ka6 33.Rc7+-) 
31.Rc8 
   (31.Bc8?! c5+-) 
31...Ka7 32.Rc7 b4 
   (32...Kb6 33.Rc1+-) 
33.Bf5 h5 
   (33...f6 34.Rh7 Kb6 35.Rf7+-) 
34.Rf7 b3 35.Be4 1-0

    Santasiere,Anthony - Bronstein,David, USA-URS radio-m, 1945:

    1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 d6 3.d4 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Nbd2 a5N 
   (6...Na6 7.a3 c5 8.b5 Nc7 9.d5 e6 10.e4 a6 11.a4 ed5 12.cd5 Re8 
   13.Bd3 Nfd5 14.Bg7 Kg7 15.0-0 Nb4 16.Bc4 Be6 17.b6 Bc4 18.Nc4 Ne6 
   19.a5 d5 20.ed5 Qd5 21.Qd5 alaamattar (2110)-antoniowithouthelp 
   (1985)/net-chess.com 2006/1/2-1/2; 
   6...c5 7.bc5 dc5 8.d5 e6 9.e4 Re8 10.Be2 ed5 11.ed5 b5 12.cb5 Nd5 
   13.Bg7 Kg7 14.Nf1 Nc3 15.Qd8 Re2 Brukske (1660)-teoretic (1780)/
   internet 2007; 
   6...c5 7.bc5 dc5 8.e4=) 
7.a3 
   (7.ba5 e5=) 
7...e5 
   (7...Bf5 8.e3=) 
8.de5 Nfd7 9.e3 
   (9.e4 Ne5 10.Ne5 Be5 11.Be5 de5=) 
9...Nc6 10.Qb3 
   (10.Be2 ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Qa1 Nb4=) 
10...ab4 11.ab4 Ra1 12.Ba1 Nce5 
   (12...Nde5 13.Bb2=) 
13.Bc3 c5 
   (13...Qf6 14.Bd4=) 
14.Be2+= Qf6 15.Ne4 Qe7 16.Be5 
   (16.bc5 dc5 17.Ne5 Ne5=) 
16...Ne5= 17.bc5 dc5 18.0-0 Bg4 19.Ned2 
   (19.Qb5 Rc8=) 
19...Nc6 20.Rd1 Nb4 21.Nb1 Qf6 
   (21...Bf5 22.Ne1=) 
22.Na3 
   (22.Nd4 Be6=) 
22...Ra8 23.Nd4 
   (23.Nb5 Bf5 24.Ne1 Ra2=) 
23...Be2= 24.Ne2 Qb2 
   (24...Rd8 25.Nb5=) 
25.Qb2 Bb2 26.Nb5 Nc6 27.Rb1 
   (27.Nd6 Na5=) 
27...Ra4 28.Ng3 
   (28.f4 Bh8=) 
28...Be5=+ 29.f4 Bg7 
   (29...Bb8 30.Rc1 f5 31.Nf1=+) 
30.Nd6= Rb4 31.Rc1 
   (31.Rb4 cb4 (< 31...Nb4 32.Nb7 Nd3 33.Ne4+/-) 32.Nge4 b6=) 
31...f5=+ 32.e4 Bd4 33.Kh1 Be3 34.Rf1 Na5 
   (34...fe4 35.Nge4 Bf4 36.Kg1-/+) 
35.ef5=+ Nc4 36.Nc4 Rc4 37.fg6 hg6 38.f5 g5 39.f6 Rc1 40.Rc1 Bc1 41.Ne4 c4 42.g4 
   (42.Kg1!?-/+) 
42...Bf4-+ 43.Kg2 b5 44.Kf3 b4 45.h4? 
   (45.Ke2-+) 
45...c3 46.hg5 
   (46.Nc5 c2 47.Nb3-+) 
46...c2 47.Kf4 c1Q 48.Kf5 
   (48.Kf3 b3 49.Ke2 Qc4 50.Ke3 b2 51.f7 Qf7-+) 
48...Qc8 
   (better is 48...b3-+) 
49.Kf4 b3 50.g6 
   (50.Kf3-+) 
50...b2 
   (50...b2 51.Nd2 Qc1-+) 
0-1

    Santasiere,Anthony - Davidson, Peoria, 1945:

    1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 g6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 
   (4.Bb2 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 Qd6 8.a3 Bg4 9.Ne5 Be2 10.Qe2 Nbd7 
   11.Nd7 Qd7 12.Nd2 a5 13.Nb3 ab4 14.ab4 b6 15.h3 Qe6 16.c3 Ne4 17.Nd2 
   Nd6 18.Ra8 Ra8 divergence (1720)-pierre (2135)/internet 2007/0-1) 
4...Bg7 5.c4 dc4N 
   (5...0-0 6.c5 Ne4 7.Nfd2 e5 8.Ne4 ed4 9.Bb2 de4 10.Bd4 Bd4 11.ed4 Nc6 
   12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Bc4 Qg5 14.Kf1 e3 15.Rb1 Qf4 16.f3 a5 17.a3 Nc6 18.Ne2 
   Qf6 19.Rb3 Re8 20.h4 Baumann,T-Hauptmann,G/corr 1989/0-1 (46); 
   5...0-0 6.Be2=) 
6.Bc4 0-0 7.a4 
   (7.0-0 a6=) 
7...Nbd7 
   (7...Nc6 8.Ba3=) 
8.0-0 c6 
   (8...Nb6 9.Bd3+=) 
9.Nbd2 
   (9.a5 Ne4+=) 
9...Nb6= 10.Bb3 
   (10.Bd3 a5=) 
10...a5 
   (10...Nbd5 11.Ba3=) 
11.Ba3 
   (11.ba5 Ra5 12.Qc2 Ng4+=) 
11...ab4 12.Bb4 Nbd5 13.Ba3 Nd7 
   (13...Bf5 14.Bc4=) 
14.e4 
   (14.Qc2 N7f6+=) 
14...N5f6 
   (14...Nc3!? 15.Qe1 Na4=) 
15.Qc2+= Re8 16.Rad1 
   (16.Rfb1 Qa5+/-) 
16...e6 
   (16...Qa5 17.Nc4 Qh5 18.Rfe1+/-) 
17.Nc4+/- White prepares e5 17...Bf8 
   (17...b5 18.Nd6 ba4 19.Ba2+/- (< 19.Ba4 Nb6=; < 19.Qc6 Ra6 20.Nf7 Rc6 
   21.Nd8 Rd8 22.Ba4 Rc7-/+)) 
18.Bf8 
   (18.Nd6 Bd6 19.Bd6 Qa5+/-) 
18...Rf8+/- 19.Rfe1 White intends e5 19...Qc7 20.e5 Ne8 
   (20...Nd5 21.Rb1+/-) 
21.Qd2 
   (21.a5 Ng7+/-) 
21...b5 22.ab5 
   (22.Nb2 ba4 23.Ba4 Nb6+/-) 
22...cb5 23.Ne3 White plans d5 23...Bb7 24.d5 Ne5 25.Ne5 Qe5 26.de6 
fe6 27.Ng4 
   (better is 27.Nf5! Be4 28.Ng3+-) 
27...Qg7+/- 28.Re6 Kh8 29.Rde1 Ra1? 
   (better is 29...Bc8 30.Re7 Bg4 31.Rg7 Ng7+-) 
30.Bd1+- Nc7 
   (30...Bc6+-) 
31.Re7 Rf7 
   (31...Ne8 32.Rg7 Ng7 33.Qd4 Rd1 34.Rd1+-) 
32.Rc7 
   (32.Rc7 Ra8 33.Rf7 Qf7 34.Qb2 Qg7 35.Qg7 Kg7 36.Re7 Kf8 37.Rb7+-) 
1-0

    Santasiere,Anthony - Kramer, Pittsburgh, 1946:

    1.Nf3 d5 2.b4 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.Bb2 Nbd7 5.Be2 e6 6.a3 a5 7.b5 Bd6 8.c4N 
   (8.h3 Bh5 9.d3 h6 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.c4 c5 12.Qb3 Bg6 13.Bc3 Bh7 14.Qb2 
   e5 15.cd5 Nd5 16.Nc4 Nc3 17.Qc3 b6 18.Nfd2 Bc7 19.Bf3 0-0-0 20.Bc6 Nb8 
   21.e4 Nc6 22.bc6 Qe6 Klaric-Lukacs/Tuzla 1981/1-0 (32); 
   8.Ng5 Be2 9.Qe2 0-0 10.0-0 Nb6 11.f4 h6 12.Nf3 Na4 13.Bd4 c6 14.Nc3 
   Nc3 15.Bc3 pcmvr (2225)-martp (2575)/net-chess.com 2006; 
   8.0-0 0-0 (8...c6 9.Nc3 Qc7 10.h3 Bf3 11.Bf3 c5 12.Be2 0-0 13.f4 d4 
   14.Nb1 e5 15.fe5 Be5 16.ed4 Bd4 17.Bd4 cd4 18.c3 Qc5 19.Kh1 Ne4 20.Qe1 
   Qe5 21.Rf3 Rae8 22.cd4 Qd4 23.Nc3 lucya (2140)-England3-0 (1700)/
   GameColony.com 2002/1-0 (53)) 9.h3 Bh5 10.c4 Qe7 11.Nc3 dc4 12.Bc4 
   h6 13.d4 c5 14.bc6 bc6 15.Qc2 Rab8 16.Rfb1 c5 17.dc5 Bc5 18.Rd1 Rfc8 
   19.Ba6 Rc7 20.Be2 Bg6 21.Qd2 Rcb7 PeterRs-michaelbuss/ChessWorld.net 2009; 
   8.0-0 0-0=) 
8...0-0 
   (8...dc4 9.Bc4 0-0 10.0-0=+) 
9.cd5= ed5 10.Nd4 
   (10.0-0 c5=) 
10...Ne5 
   (10...Be2 11.Qe2 c5 12.Nf5=+) 
11.d3 
   (11.f3 Bd7=) 
11...Qd7 
   (11...c5 12.bc6 Be2 13.Qe2 Nc6 14.Nd2=) 
12.h3 
   (12.f3 Bf5=) 
12...Be2=+ 13.Qe2 c5 
   (13...Rfe8 14.0-0=+) 
14.bc6 bc6 15.Nf3 Nf3 
   (15...Rfe8 16.Be5 Be5 17.Ne5 Re5 18.Nd2=+) 
16.Qf3= Ne8 17.0-0 
   (17.Nd2 Rb8 18.Rb1 Nc7=+) 
17...f5 
   (17...Rb8 18.Ra2=+) 
18.Nd2= Nf6 
   (18...Rb8 19.Rab1=) 
19.Rfc1 Rab8 20.Bf6 
   (20.Bd4 Qe6=) 
20...Rf6 21.Rc3 
   (21.Rc2!?=) 
21...f4=+ 22.d4 
   (22.Nb3 fe3 23.Qe3 Re8-/+) 
22...Rb2 23.Qd1 Rd2?? 
   (better is 23...fe3 24.Re3 Bf4=+) 
24.Qd2+/- f3 25.e4 
   (better is 25.Qd3!?+/-) 
25...de4=+ 26.Qe1?? 
   (better is 26.g4 Rh6 27.Qa2 Kh8 28.Qc2 Bh2 29.Kf1=) 
26...Rg6-+ 27.Qe4 Rg2 28.Kf1 Bh2 
   (28...Qh3 29.Rf3 Rg3 30.Ke2 Rf3 31.Qf3 Qe6 32.Qe3+=) 
29.Qf3 Rg1 30.Ke2 Ra1 31.Rc6 
   (31.Qc6 Ra2 32.Kf1 Qc6 33.Rc6 Ra3-+) 
31...Qe7 
   (better is 31...Qe8 32.Qe3 Qc6 33.Qb3 Kh8-+) 
32.Qe3 Ra2 
   (32...Kf7 33.Qe7 Ke7 34.Ra6-+) 
33.Kf1 Qe3 34.fe3 Ra3 
   (34...a4 35.Rb6-+) 
35.Kg2 Ra2 36.Kf3 a4 37.Ra6 a3 
   (37...Bg1 38.Ra8 Kf7 39.Ra7 Kg6 40.Ra6 Kg5 41.Ra5 Kh4 42.Ra7-+) 
38.Ke4 Kf7 
   (38...Bg1 39.Ra8 Kf7 40.Ra7 Kf6 41.Ra6 Kg5 42.Ra7-+) 
39.Kd5 Bg1 40.Ra7 Kg6 41.Ra6 
   (41.e4-+) 
41...Kf7 
   (41...Kf5!? 42.e4 Kf4 43.e5-+) 
42.Ra7 Kg6 43.Ra6 Kg5 
   (better is 43...Kf5 44.e4 Kf4 45.e5-+) 
44.Ke6 
   (44.Ra7 Be3 45.Rg7 Kf6-+) 
44...Be3 45.d5 Bc5 
   (better is 45...Kh4 46.d6-+) 
46.Ra5 
   (46.d6 Kh4 47.Ra5-+) 
46...Re2 47.Kf7 Re7 
   (47...Bb4 48.Ra4 a2 49.Kg7 Bc3 50.Kf7-+) 
48.Kf8 
   (48.Kg8 Bd6 49.Kh7 g6 50.Kg8-+) 
48...Bd6 49.Ra6 Ra7 50.Rd6 a2 
   (50...a2 51.Rd8 a1Q 52.h4 Kh6 53.Rd6 g6 54.Rd7 Qf6 55.Ke8 Ra8 56.Rd8 Rd8#) 
0-1

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