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    Tartakower,Savielly - Reti,Richard, Vienna, 1919: 

    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bb4 4.Bc4 Ne7 5.f4 d5 6.ed5 Bd6 7.fe5 fe5 8.Qh5 Ng6 
9.Nf3 Nd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nc3 Rf4N 
   (11...Nf6 12.Qg5 c6 (12...e4 13.Nh4 Bh2 14.Kh1 Bd6 15.Ng6 hg6 16.Qg6 
   Qe7 17.Rae1 Qe5 18.g3 Qh5 19.Qh5 Nh5 20.Rf8 Kf8 21.Ne4 Ng3 22.Ng3 Bg3 
   23.Bg7 Kg7 24.Rg1 Bf5 25.Rg3 Kf6 26.c3 Rh8 27.Kg1 Stejskal,R-Winkler/
   corr DDR JBDDR'3749 1962/1/2-1/2 (37)) 13.dc6 Kh8 14.Bb3 Qb6 15.Kh1 
   Qc6 16.d3 a6 17.Rae1 Qc5 18.Na4 Qc6 19.Ne5 Ne5 20.Be5 Be5 21.Re5 Qd6 
   22.Qg3 Ng4 23.Re8 Nf2 24.Kg1 Nh3 25.Kh1 1/2-1/2 Ramirez-Cembran/corr 1985; 
   11...Nf6!? 12.Qg5 e4-/+) 
12.d3=+ Nf6 13.Qg5 h6 14.Qg3 
   (< 14.Qg6 Rg4 15.Qg4 Ng4=+) 
14...e4 
   (better is 14...Bg4 15.Nd2 Qd7=) 
15.Ne4+/- 
   (< 15.Qg6 Bf5 16.Qg3 ef3-/+) 
15...Ne4 16.de4 
   (16.Qg6 Rg4 17.Qh5 Nf6 18.Bf6 Qf6+/-) 
16...Bg4 
   (16...Qe8 17.Bd3 Rg4 18.Qe1+/-) 
17.Qe1 
   (17.Bd3!? Re4 18.Qf2+-) 
17...Bf3+= 18.Rf3 Rf3 19.gf3 Qg5 20.Kh1 Qh5 21.Qf2 Rf8 22.Be2 Be5 23.Be5 
Qe5 24.Rg1 Nf4 25.Bf1 
   (25.Qe3+=) 
25...Rf6 
   (better is 25...Qc3!?=) 
26.Qa7+/- Rb6 
   (26...Qc3!? 27.Qf2 Kh7+/-) 
27.d6! Qd6 
   (27...Rd6 28.Qb8; 
   27...cd6 28.Qb6; 
   27...Qd6 28.Bc4) 
28.Bc4 Kh7 29.Qb8 Ne6 30.Be6 Qe6 31.Qc7 Qf6 32.Rg7! Qg7 33.Qb6 1-0

    Tartakower,Savielly - Vajda,Arpad, Vienna, 1921: 

    1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nd7 3.Nf3 Ngf6 4.e3 e6 
   (4...a6 5.c4 Nb6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.d4 h6 8.Nc3 e6 9.Bd3 c6 10.0-0 b6 11.a4 
   Be7 12.Qe2 0-0 13.Rfc1 Qc7 14.e4 bc5 15.dc5 Qf4 16.Re1 Ne5 17.Ne5 Bb7 
   18.ed5 ed5 19.Nc6 pumpkin (2355)-zzvotra (2560)/net-chess.com 2008/
   0-1 (57)) 
5.b5 Bd6 6.d4 Qe7N 
   (6...c6 7.a4 (7.c4 Bb4 8.Nbd2 dc4 9.Bc4 cb5 10.Bb5 Qa5 11.Bd3 0-0 
   12.0-0 b6 13.Nc4 Qh5 14.a3 Be7 15.Nfe5 Qd1 16.Rfd1 Bb7 17.Nd7 Nd7 
   18.Rac1 Rfc8 19.e4 Nf6 20.f3 h6 21.g3 Rc7 Armstrong,A-Dould,J/
   Eclipse 2000/1/2-1/2) 7...a6 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.Nb3 Ne4 10.c3 c5 11.Nbd2 f5 
   12.Bd3 c4 13.Bc2 ab5 14.ab5 Ra1 15.Qa1 Qb6 16.0-0 Qb5 17.Rb1 Qc6 
   18.Ba3 Ndf6 19.Ne4 fe4 20.Bd6 Qd6 21.Ne5 Jalo,P-Rasanen,J/FIN-chT1 
   2000/1-0 (50)) 
7.Be2 e5 8.de5 Ne5 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nf3 11.Bf3 Bf3 12.Nf3 c6 13.bc6 bc6 
14.c4 dc4 15.Qa4 0-0 16.Rac1 Rab8 17.Bf6 Qf6 18.Rc4 c5 19.e4 Be7 20.Nd2 
Qb6 21.Nb3 Rfc8 22.e5 Rc7 23.Rfc1 h6 24.g3 Rbc8 25.h4 Kf8 26.Re1 Kg8 
27.f4 
   (27.Rec1 Qe6=+) 
27...Bf8 
   (27...Qe6 28.Kh2=+) 
28.f5 a6 29.Qa3 Qb5 30.Qc1 Re8 31.Kh2 a5 32.Ree4 a4 33.Nd2 
   (33.Nd4 Qa6=) 
33...Rd8 34.e6 Rd5 35.Rf4 Bd6 36.Rf2 Rd3 
   (36...fe6!? 37.fe6 Re7=+) 
37.Ne4= Be5 38.ef7 
   (< 38.Rc5 Bg3 39.Kg2 Qb7 (< 39...Bf2 40.Rb5 Rc1 41.Rb8 Kh7 42.Nf2 
   fe6 43.Nd3 Rc2 44.Kf1 ef5 45.Rb2+/-) 40.ef7 Rf7=+ (40...Kf7?? 41.Qc4 
   Kf8 42.Qd3 Rc5 43.Kg3 Qc7 44.Kg2+-)) 
38...Rf7 
   (better is 38...Kf7!? 39.Rfc2 Qe8=) 
39.Rc5+/- Qe8 40.f6 Qe6? 
   (better is 40...Rd4+=) 
41.Rc8+- Kh7 42.Qc2 g6? 
   (42...Qd5 43.Re2 gf6+-) 
43.h5 
   (43.Qd3?! Qc8 44.Qb5 Qe6+/-) 
43...Qd5 44.Rf3 
   (better is 44.Qa4 Rd7 45.Re8 gh5 46.Qd7 Qd7 47.Re5+-) 
44...Bg3 45.Rg3 Qh5 46.Kg2 Rd1 47.Nf2 
   (47.Qc4 Qh1 48.Kf2 Qe1 49.Kf3 Qh1 50.Ke3 Rdd7+-) 
47...Qd5 48.Qe4 Rf6 49.Rc7 Kg8 50.Qd5 Rd5 51.Ng4 Rd2 52.Kh3 Rf1 53.Nh6 
Kf8 54.Rh7 
   (54.Rg6? Rh1 55.Kg4 Rg1 56.Kf5 Rf2 57.Ke5 Rg6-+) 
54...Rff2 55.Ng4?? 
   (better is 55.a3 Rh2 56.Kg4+-) 
55...Rf1= 56.Nh6 Rff2 57.Kh4?? 
   (better is 57.a3 Rh2 58.Kg4+-) 
57...Rh2+/- 58.Kg5 Rhg2 59.Rg2 Rg2 60.Kf6 Rf2 61.Kg6 Ra2 62.Kf6 Ke8 63.Re7 
Kd8 64.Nf7 Kc8 65.Ke6 a3 66.Nd6 Kb8 67.Rb7 Ka8 68.Rb3 Ra1 
   (68...Re2!? 69.Kd5 Rd2 70.Ke5 Re2 71.Ne4 a2 72.Ra3 Kb7+/-) 
69.Kd7+/- a2 70.Ra3 
   (70.Rb5 Rc1 71.Ra5 Kb8 72.Ra2 Rc7 73.Ke8 Rc1+/-) 
70...Kb8 71.Ra4 Rc1 72.Ra2 Rc7 73.Kd8 
   (better is 73.Ke6!?+/-) 
73...Rd7= 74.Kd7 1/2-1/2

    Tartakower,Savielly - Maroczy,Geza, New York, 1924: 

    1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.b5 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.f4 0-0 6.Bd3 a6 7.a4 ab5 8.ab5 Ra1 
9.Ba1 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Ne4N 
   (10...Qe8 11.Be2 Qd8 12.0-0 c5 13.Qe1 Qb6 14.Nc3 Qd6 15.Bb2) 
11.0-0 f5 12.Be2 Nd6 13.Qc1 Bf6 14.Na3 c6 15.bc6 bc6 16.Ne5 Be5 17.fe5 
Nf7 18.d4 Ng5 19.c4 Ba6 20.Re1 Qa8 21.Bc3 Rb8 22.Qc2 Ne4 23.Bd3 
   (23.Ra1 Qb7 24.Rb1 Qc7=) 
23...Rb7 24.Rc1 Nb6 25.Be1 h6 26.Be4 de4 
   (26...fe4 27.cd5 Qf8 28.Ba5=) 
27.Qc3 Nd7 28.Rb1 
   (28.Ra1 Ra7+=) 
28...Rb1= 29.Nb1 Qb7 30.Na3 Qb6 31.Bd2 Kf7 
   (31...c5 32.d5=) 
32.g3 
   (32.c5 Qd8+=) 
32...Nf8 
   (32...c5 33.h3=) 
33.Qb4 Qb4 34.Bb4 Nd7 35.Ba5 g5 36.Kf2 Ke8 37.Ke2 c5 
   (37...g4!?=) 
38.Nb5+= Kf7 39.Kd2 cd4 
   (39...Kg6 40.Kc3+=) 
40.ed4+/- f4 41.Nd6 Kg6 42.Kc3 
   (42.Ke2 Nb8+/-) 
42...e3 43.Kd3 Nb8 
   (43...Kh5 44.gf4 gf4 45.Ne8+=) 
44.Ke4 
   (44.Ke2 Nc6 45.Bc3 Ne7+/-) 
44...Nc6 45.Bc3 e2 46.gf4 gf4 47.Bd2 
   (47.Kf4 Nd4 48.Ke3 Nf5 49.Kf2 h5+/-) 
47...f3 
   (47...Kh5 48.Be1= (< 48.Kf4 Nd4 49.Ke3 Nc6=+)) 
48.Kf3 Nd4 49.Ke3 
   (49.Kf2 Nc6 50.Bc3 Kg5 51.Ke2 Kf4+=) 
49...Nf5 
   (better is 49...Nc6!? 50.Ke4 Kh5=) 
50.Ke2+/- Nd6 51.ed6 Bc4 52.Ke3 Bb5 53.Kd4 h5 54.Kc5 Ba4 55.Kb6 Kf7 
   (55...e5!?+=) 
56.Kc7+/- Ke8 57.Bf4 1/2-1/2

    Tartakower,Savielly - Colle,Edgar, Bartfeld, 1926: 

    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bb4 4.Bc4 Ne7 5.f4 d5 6.ed5 ef4 7.Qf3 Bd6 8.Ne2 Ng6 
9.d4 Qe7 10.Bc1 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bd3 12.Qd3 0-0 13.0-0 Re8 14.Nf4 Nf4 15.Bf4 
Bf4 16.Rf4 Na6N 
   (16...Qe3 17.Qe3 Re3 18.Kf2 Re7 19.Na3 Nd7 20.Re1 Re1 21.Ke1 Re8 
   22.Kd2 a6 23.c4 Kf7 24.Nc2 g5 25.Rf2 Kg6 26.Ne3 Nb6 27.Kd3 h5 28.c5 
   Nc8 29.a4 Ne7 30.Rb2 f5 31.d6 Schiffler-Jahr/Soemmerda 1950/1-0 (51)
   ) 
17.Nd2 Qe3 18.Qe3 Re3 19.Rb1 Rc3 20.Rb2 b6 21.Rf3 Rf3 22.gf3 
   (22.Nf3 Rc8+=) 
22...Rd8= 23.c4 Nb8 
   (23...c6 24.dc6 Rd4 25.c5=) 
24.Kf2+= Kf7 25.a4 c6 26.dc6 Nc6 
   (26...Rd4?? 27.c7 Nd7 28.c8Q+-) 
27.d5 Na5 28.Ke3 Nb7 29.Kd4 Rc8 30.Ne4 h6?? 
   (better is 30...f5 31.Nc3 Na5+=) 
31.a5!+- f5 
   (31...ba5 32.Rb7; 
   31...Na5 32.Nd6) 
32.ab6 fe4 33.ba7 
   (33.ba7 Nd6 34.Rb8 Rc4 35.Ke5+-) 
1-0

    (2010-11-16)

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