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Georges KOLTANOWSKI

of Belgium/United States

    (2013-04-01)
    (All annotations below by Fritz)
    (Games' source: Marek's 1.b4 database)

    
    [Event "simul blind"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1939.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Koltanowski, George"]
    [Black "Garcia, Enrique"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "79"]
    [EventDate "1939.??.??"]
    
    1. e4 c5 2. b4 e6 3. bxc5 Bxc5 4. d4 Bb4+ (4... Bb6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7.
    Nf3 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Re8+ 11. Be3 Bg4 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1
    Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bc7 15. Rb1 Qh4 16. f4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Nxd5
    Qg5+ {0-1 wwidener-hypermode/net-chess.com 2009 (19)}) 5. c3 Be7 6. Bd3 (6. Nf3
    d5 7. e5 h5 8. h4 Nh6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Bd7 11. O-O g6 12. Qc2 Nf5 13. Nbd2
    Nxh4 14. Bxh4 Bxh4 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. f4 Ne7 {
    0-1 Roosink,T-Schuurman,P/HZ Open Vlissingen NED 2006 (18)}) 6... Nf6 $146 (
    6... Nc6 7. Ne2 d5 8. Nd2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 f5 10. N4g3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf4 Qc7
    13. Re1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Bf4 g5 17. Be5 g4 18. Qf4 Qd8 19.
    Bxf5 {1-0 Alekhine,A-NN/Paris sim 1925 (19)}) (6... d5 7. e5 $14) 7. Ne2 (7. e5
    Nd5 $14) 7... Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 (9. Qc2 d6 $11) 9... d6 10. h3 Re8 11. Nd2
    Bf8 12. Nf3 {White prepares e5} d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 (15...
    Nxf6 16. Ne5 $14) 16. Bxe4 $16 dxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 (17... Qd5 18. Ng3 $16) 18. Qb1
    Re7 (18... b6 19. Be3 $16) 19. Ba3 $18 Rg7 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qb3 Na5 22. Qb4+
    Kg8 23. Nc1 Qd5 24. Nd3 b6 25. Rf2 Bb7 26. Re1 h6 27. Nde5 Kh7 (27... Rc8 28.
    Kh2 $16) 28. Qb1 (28. c4 Qd8 $18) 28... Kh8 (28... Nc4 29. Kh1 $16) 29. Kh2 Nc4
    (29... Rc8 30. Re3 $16) 30. Nxc4 $18 Qxc4 31. Qb3 Bd5 32. Qxc4 Bxc4 33. Ne5 Bd5
    34. g4 (34. c4 Be4 $18) 34... Rag8 (34... Rc8 $5 35. Re3 $18) 35. c4 Be4 36.
    Re3 Rd8 37. Rd2 Rdg8 (37... Kg8 38. Kg3 $18) 38. d5 exd5 39. cxd5 {
    The passed pawn on d5 quickly leads to threats} Rc7 (39... h5 40. g5 $18) 40.
    d6 (40. d6 Rd8 41. Kg3 $18 (41. dxc7 $6 Rxd2+ 42. Kg3 Rc2 $18)) 1-0
    
    [Event "simul blind"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1938.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Koltanowski, George"]
    [Black "Kearns"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "61"]
    [EventDate "1938.??.??"]
    
    1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. axb4 Bxb4+ 7. c3 Bf8 (7...
    Be7 8. Bd3 Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Nf3 f5 11. Na3 a6 12. Qd2 Bg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14.
    Nb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qc7 16. Qxg5 Rf8 17. Be2 Ne7 18. Bxb5+ Kd8 19. O-O Qxc3 20.
    Rc1 Qe1+ 21. Rxe1 {1-0 marre-usfa/internet 2010 (21)}) 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. Ne2 (9.
    h4 Bd7 10. h5 Ng8 11. h6 Nxh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Ne2 f6 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Qh5+ Kd8
    16. exf6 Qxf6 17. g3 Kc7 18. Qxd5 Bd6 19. Qe4 Raf8 20. Na3 a6 21. Rh4 Qg5 22.
    Rh5 Rxf4 23. Qh1 Qe7 {Jurkovic,H-Piven,I/Schwarzach op-A 1999/1/2-1/2 (56)})
    9... g6 $146 (9... Bd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Na3 Nc8 12. f4 h5 13. f5 exf5 14. Bxf5
    Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Qd7 16. Qf1 Na5 17. Rb1 Nb6 18. Nb5 Nac4 19. Ng3 h4 20. Nh5 Nc8
    21. Nd6+ N8xd6 22. exd6 Nxd6 23. Re5+ Kd8 24. Nf6 {
    Guglielmi,R-Fiol,F/Cannes op 1990/1-0 (34)}) 10. O-O Bg7 11. f4 O-O 12. g4 (12.
    Nd2 f6 $15) 12... f5 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Qe1 Rf7 17. Be3
    h6 (17... a5 18. Qh4 $17) 18. Qh4 Raf8 {The pressure on f4 grows} 19. Kg2 Bf6 (
    19... b6 20. Ne5 g5 21. fxg5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25.
    Kxg3 hxg5 26. Rxa7 $17) 20. Qh3 (20. Qxh6 $4 Rh7 21. f5 Rxh6 22. Bxh6 Bg7 23.
    Bxg7 Kxg7 24. fxg6 Nxg6 25. Bxg6 Kxg6 26. Ne5+ Kg7 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 28. Nxc6 Bxc6
    29. Rf1+ Kg8 $19) 20... Na5 (20... Rh7 $142 $5 $15) 21. Ne5 $16 {
    White begins to deal mighty blows} (21. Qxh6 $2 Rh7 22. f5 Rxh6 23. Bxh6 exf5
    24. Bxf8 Kxf8 $19) 21... Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Rxf1 24. Kxf1 h5 (24...
    Qc8 $142 $5 $16) 25. gxh5 $18 Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. hxg6 {
    Do you see the mate threat?} Bb5 28. Qxf5 Bxe2+ (28... Qe7 $18) 29. Kxe2 Qc4+ (
    29... Nc6 $18) 30. Kf2 Qc7 (30... Qa2+ 31. Kf3 Qg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nc4 33. Qf7+ Kh8
    34. Qf8#) 31. Bh6 (31. Bh6 Qe7 32. Qc8+ Qe8 33. Qxe8#) 1-0
    
    [Event "simul blind"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1937.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Koltanowski, George"]
    [Black "Milesi, C."]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "67"]
    [EventDate "1937.??.??"]
    
    1. e4 c5 2. b4 e6 3. bxc5 Bxc5 4. d4 Qa5+ $146 (4... Be7 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 Nc6 6.
    c3 d5 7. e5 Qa5 8. Ne2 b5 9. O-O Ba6 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. Rb1 Rc8 12. c4 Nxd4 13.
    Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qe2 Bc5 17. Bxb5+ Bxb5 18. Rxb5 Qc6 19.
    Bb2 a6 {Spielmann,R-Grob,H/Merano 1926/1-0 (42)}) 5... Nf6 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nc6
    8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. c4 O-O 10. Ba3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. h3 Na6 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. Rc1 Nac5
    15. Bb1 b6 16. Nfd2 Bg5 17. g3 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Nf6 19. Nxc5 {
    Boettcher,U-Keller,H/Regional-Liga NN 1988/1/2-1/2 (63)}) (4... Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7
    6. Nf3 d5 7. e5 h5 8. h4 Nh6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Bd7 11. O-O g6 12. Qc2 Nf5 13.
    Nbd2 Nxh4 14. Bxh4 Bxh4 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. f4 Ne7 {
    0-1 Roosink,T-Schuurman,P/HZ Open Vlissingen NED 2006 (18)}) (4... Bb6 5. Bc4
    Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Re8+ 11. Be3 Bg4 12.
    O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bc7 15. Rb1 Qh4 16. f4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18.
    Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Nxd5 Qg5+ {0-1 wwidener-hypermode/net-chess.com 2009 (19)}) (
    4... Be7 5. Bd3 $14) 5. Bd2 Bb4 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10.
    h3 a6 11. Be3 b5 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. f4 Rc8 {
    Attacks the backward pawn on c3} (14... Nb6 15. f5 $11) 15. Qe1 (15. c4 bxc4
    16. Rxc4 Bc6 $14) 15... Qd8 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qf3 g6 18. g4 (18. Rb1 Nb6 $14)
    18... Ng7 $11 19. Qg3 (19. Rb1 f5 $11) 19... f5 $15 20. Bf2 (20. a4 fxe4 21.
    Nxe4 bxa4 $15) 20... Nf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 (22. dxe5 $143 Ngh5 23. gxh5 Nxh5
    $17) 22... Qd5 (22... Nd5 23. a4 bxa4 24. c4 $15) 23. Kh2 (23. Be3 Ne4 24. Bxe4
    fxe4 $18) 23... g5 (23... Ne4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. a4 $11) 24. Be3 (24. c4 bxc4
    25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Nxc4 Ne4 $14) 24... f4 (24... Nxg4+ $142 $5 25. hxg4 f4 26.
    Nxf4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Qxa2 $11) 25. Bxf4 $16 Nf5 $2 (25... Ngh5 $5 26. gxh5 Nxh5
    $14) 26. Bxf5 (26. gxf5 Nh5 27. Qf2 Nxf4 28. Nxf4 gxf4 $18) 26... exf5 (26...
    Nh5 $5 27. gxh5 exf5 $16) 27. exf6 h5 $4 (27... Bxf6 28. Rce1 Kd7 $18) 28. gxf5
    (28. fxe7 $6 hxg4 29. Bxg5 Rxh3+ 30. Qxh3 gxh3 $18) 28... gxf4 29. Nxf4 (29.
    Qg6+ $142 Kd7 30. c4 bxc4 31. fxe7 Rc6 $18) 29... Qxa2 (29... Bd6 30. Rfe1+ Kd8
    31. Nxd5 Bxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Bxd5 $18) 30. Qe3 (30. Rce1 Qxd2+ 31. Kg1 Rh7 32. Qg8+
    Kd7 33. Qxh7 Rg8+ 34. Qxg8 Bd6 35. Qe8+ Kc7 $18) 30... Rc7 31. Rce1 Qa3 (31...
    Rh7 $18) 32. fxe7 Rxc3 33. Qe5 Rxh3+ (33... Rh7 34. Qb8+ Bc8 $18) 34. Nxh3 (34.
    Nxh3 Qxh3+ 35. Kxh3 Rg8 36. Qb8+ Bc8 37. Qxc8+ Kf7 38. e8=Q+ Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Kg7
    40. Re7+ Kf6 41. Ne4#) 1-0
    
    [Event "simul blind CC Divan"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1941.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Koltanowski, George"]
    [Black "NN"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "75"]
    [EventDate "1941.??.??"]
    
    1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. e5 (4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nxd5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Be2
    Bf5 8. O-O e6 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. c3 e5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bc4 Be6 14.
    Be3 Nxc3 15. dxc3 Bxc4 16. Re1 O-O 17. axb4 a6 18. Nd2 Bd3 19. Nb3 e4 20. Nc5
    Be5 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Qd6 23. Nxd3 exd3 24. Qxd3 Rad8 25. b5 axb5 26. Qxb5
    Rd7 27. Ra7 Rb8 28. d5 g6 29. Rd1 h5 30. g3 Re7 31. Ra4 Rbe8 32. Qb4 Qd7 33. d6
    Re2 34. Ra7 Qf5 35. Rf1 h4 36. Qxh4 R2e4 37. Qh6 Qd5 38. Qc1 Qxd6 39. Rxb7 Qd5
    40. Qb1 Qe5 41. Rb5 {1/2-1/2 Go,B-Sriram,J/12th HZ Open 2008 (41)}) 4... e6 (
    4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. axb4 e6 7. Bb5 Qc7 8. Bb2 Bxb4 9. Ra4 a5 10. O-O Nh6 11.
    c3 Be7 12. d4 O-O 13. Bc1 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nbd2 Na7 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3
    Ng4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxa5 Bc5 21. Bd3 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qe1+ 23. Rf1
    Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Rf8 {0-1 Ambrus,E-Kustar,S/Szeged TT06 IM 1998 (24)}) 5. axb4
    Bxb4 6. c3 Bf8 $146 (6... Qc7 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. cxb4 Qxe5+ 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Nf3 Qe4
    11. Nc3 Qxb4 12. Qd1 a6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Ba3 Nge7 15. d4 O-O 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17.
    Bc5 Qd8 18. Na4 Nc8 19. h4 b6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg6 22. Qg4 f5 23. h5+
    Kf6 24. Ne4+ Kf7 25. Qg6+ Kg8 26. h6 {
    1-0 Gulke,V-Schade,W/Schleswig Holstein-ch 1988 (26)}) 7. d4 Nc6 8. Bd3 Bd7 9.
    Ne2 Rc8 10. O-O a6 11. f4 g6 (11... Qc7 12. Ba3 $15) 12. Nd2 Nge7 13. Nf3 (13.
    Ba3 Na7 $11) 13... Na5 14. g4 (14. Nd2 $5 $11) 14... Nc4 $17 15. Qc2 {
    White plans f5} Bg7 16. Ng3 {White intends f5} Qc7 17. f5 gxf5 18. gxf5 exf5
    19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Bxf5 h6 21. Ra2 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qd7 23. e6 (23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24.
    Nh4 Ke6 $17) 23... fxe6 24. Re2 (24. Qg6+ $5 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Ng5+ Kg8
    27. Nxe6 $17) 24... Rc6 25. Nh4 (25. Qg6+ Kd8 26. Rg2 Rg8 $17) 25... Kd8 26.
    Qh5 Nd6 (26... Qe8 27. Ng6 Rg8 28. Rg2 $19) 27. Bd2 (27. Ng6 Rg8 28. Bxh6 Bxh6
    29. Qxh6 Nf5 (29... Rxc3 $6 30. Rf8+ Rxf8 31. Nxf8 $17) 30. Qg5+ Kc7 $19) 27...
    Qe8 28. Ng6 {White launches an attack} Rg8 29. Rg2 Ne4 (29... Nf5 30. Kh1 $19)
    30. Bxh6 (30. Qh4+ Kd7 31. Nf8+ Kc8 (31... Bxf8 32. Rxg8 Be7 33. Qg4 $16) (
    31... Rxf8 $6 32. Rxg7+ Kc8 33. Rxf8 Qxf8 34. Bxh6 $19) 32. Bxh6 Rc7 $19) 30...
    Bxh6 (30... Bf6 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Qg5 $19) 31. Qxh6 e5 $4 (31... Rxc3 $142 32.
    Qh4+ Kc7 $19) 32. Qh4+ $11 Kc7 33. Nxe5 (33. Ne7 $5 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 exd4 35.
    Nxc6 Kxc6 36. Qh6+ Nd6 37. Rf6 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kf1 Qd3+ 41.
    Kf2 $11) 33... Rxg2+ $17 34. Kxg2 Qg8+ (34... Rxc3 $142 $5 35. Rf7+ Kb6 $15)
    35. Kh1 $14 Rxc3 $4 (35... Re6 $142 $14) 36. Qe7+ $18 Kb6 (36... Kb8 37. Rf8+
    Rc8 38. Rxg8 Rxg8 $18) 37. Rb1+ Ka5 (37... Rb3 38. Rxb3+ Ka7 39. Qxb7#) 38.
    Qb4# 1-0
    
    [Event "simul blind"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1940.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Koltanowski, George"]
    [Black "Saxton, Delmar"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "49"]
    [EventDate "1940.??.??"]
    
    1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. axb4 Nxb4 (6... Bxb4+ 7. c3
    Be7 8. Bd3 Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Nf3 f5 11. Na3 a6 12. Qd2 Bg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14.
    Nb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qc7 16. Qxg5 Rf8 17. Be2 Ne7 18. Bxb5+ Kd8 19. O-O Qxc3 20.
    Rc1 Qe1+ 21. Rxe1 {1-0 marre-usfa/internet 2010 (21)}) 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3 Qc7
    $146 (8... Bd7 9. Nh3 a6 10. Ng5 g6 11. Qf3 Nh6 12. h4 Be7 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14.
    Bxh6 Qd7 15. Nd2 Bg4 16. Qe3 Bf5 17. Be2 Na7 18. Nb3 Bc2 19. Nd2 Nb5 20. Rc1
    Bf5 21. f3 Rc8 22. g4 Ba3 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Ra1 Bb2 25. Ra2 Rxc3 26. Qf4 Be6
    27. Qf6 Rg8 28. Kf2 Rc2 29. Bg5 Kd7 30. Rb1 Bxd4+ 31. Ke1 Qxb1+ 32. Nxb1 Rxa2
    33. Qe7+ Kc8 34. Qb4 Ba7 35. Be7 Kb8 36. Bd6+ Ka8 37. Nc3 Rc2 38. Kd1 Rf2 39.
    Na4 Rc8 40. Nb6+ Bxb6 41. Qxb6 Rfc2 {0-1 Andersen,P-Duncan,C/Taastrup 1997 (41)
    }) (8... Nge7 9. h4 (9. Ne2 Bd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Na3 Nc8 12. f4 h5 13. f5 exf5
    14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Qd7 16. Qf1 Na5 17. Rb1 Nb6 18. Nb5 Nac4 19. Ng3 h4 20.
    Nh5 Nc8 21. Nd6+ N8xd6 22. exd6 Nxd6 23. Re5+ Kd8 {
    Guglielmi,R-Fiol,F/Cannes op 1990/1-0 (34)}) (9. f4 Nf5 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O
    12. g4 Nh6 13. f5 exf5 14. g5 Ng4 15. h3 a6 16. hxg4 fxg4 17. Nh4 Bxg5 18. Nf5
    Bxc1 19. Qxc1 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 h5 21. Ra2 g6 22. Qh6 g3 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+
    Kh8 25. Qxh5+ Kg7 26. Qg4+ Kh7 27. Qh3+ Kg6 28. Rxf8 {
    1-0 Vaclavik,A-Hlavac,R/2nd Highlands Open A 2005 (28)}) 9... Bd7 10. h5 Ng8
    11. h6 Nxh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Ne2 f6 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. exf6 Qxf6 17.
    g3 Kc7 18. Qxd5 Bd6 19. Qe4 Raf8 20. Na3 a6 21. Rh4 Qg5 22. Rh5 Rxf4 23. Qh1 {
    Jurkovic,H-Piven,I/Schwarzach op-A 1999/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 9. Ne2 a6 10. O-O f5 (
    10... f6 11. f4 $15) 11. exf6 (11. Be3 $5 $11) 11... Nxf6 $15 12. f4 Bd6 13.
    Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Ne5 Rac8 (15... Nxe5 $143 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 $14)
    16. Bd2 Ne7 (16... Nxe5 $143 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 $16) 17. Ng3
    Nf5 (17... Ra8 18. Re1 $15) 18. Qf3 (18. Nxf5 exf5 19. c4 Bxe5 20. fxe5 dxc4
    $11) 18... Nxg3 $15 19. Qxg3 Bb5 20. Bxb5 Ne4 {
    Increases the pressure on the backward pawn} (20... axb5 21. Qh3 Rfe8 22. Qe3
    $15) 21. Qd3 (21. Qh3 Bxe5 22. Bd3 Bxd4+ (22... Nxd2 $4 23. Qxh7+ Kf7 24. fxe5+
    Ke8 25. Bg6+ Kd7 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Qxg7+ Kc6 28. Qxf8 $18) 23. cxd4 Nxd2 24.
    Qxh7+ Kf7 25. Qg6+ Ke7 $14) 21... Nxd2 (21... axb5 $142 22. Be1 Nxc3 $19) 22.
    Bd7 $14 Nxf1 $4 (22... Qxc3 $142 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxc8 Qxd3 25. Nxd3 Rxc8 $14)
    23. Bxe6+ $18 Kh8 (23... Rf7 24. Nxf7 Re8 25. Ng5+ Kf8 26. Qf5+ Ke7 $18) 24.
    Ng6+ $1 hxg6 25. Qh3# 1-0
    
    [Event "USA, Tampa FL"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1941.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Koltanowski, George"]
    [Black "Solomon"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "91"]
    [EventDate "1941.??.??"]
    
    1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. axb4 Bxb4+ 7. c3 Be7 (7...
    Bf8 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. h4 Bd7 10. h5 Ng8 11. h6 Nxh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Ne2 f6 14.
    Nf4 Qe7 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. g3 Kc7 18. Qxd5 Bd6 19. Qe4 Raf8 20. Na3
    a6 21. Rh4 Qg5 22. Rh5 {Jurkovic,H-Piven,I/Schwarzach op-A 1999/1/2-1/2 (56)})
    8. Bd3 Bd7 (8... Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Nf3 f5 11. Na3 a6 12. Qd2 Bg5 13. Nxg5
    hxg5 14. Nb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qc7 16. Qxg5 Rf8 17. Be2 Ne7 18. Bxb5+ Kd8 19. O-O
    Qxc3 20. Rc1 Qe1+ 21. Rxe1 {1-0 marre-usfa/internet 2010 (21)}) 9. Ne2 f6 $146
    (9... h5 10. Nf4 h4 11. Ng6 fxg6 12. Bxg6+ Kf8 13. Qf3+ Nf6 14. O-O Be8 15.
    Bxe8 Kxe8 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Re1 Kf7 18. Ra2 Qd7 19. Rae2 Nd8 20. Bg5 Rc8 21.
    Re3 Rc7 22. Nd2 b5 23. Nb3 f5 24. Bf4 {
    Frink,F-Szabo,B/Open Balatonlelle HUN 2004/[Fritz 6 (3s)]/1-0 (40)} Rc4 25. Be5
    Rh7 26. Nd2 Qe8 27. Nxc4 bxc4 28. Ra1 Nc6 29. Bf4 Qd7 30. Qd1 Rh8 31. Qa4 Bd8
    32. Rae1 e5 33. dxe5 Ke6 34. Qc2 Qg7 35. Rh3 Qg4 36. Bg3 f4 37. f3 Qf5 38.
    Qxf5+ Kxf5 39. Bf2 Nxe5 40. Rxe5+) 10. exf6 Nxf6 (10... gxf6 11. Nf4 Qc8 12.
    Qh5+ Kd8 13. Qf7 $14) 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O Qe8 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. h3 Nf6
    16. Ne5 Qh5 17. Qe1 Rad8 (17... a5 $5 $15) 18. Ng3 $11 Qe8 19. Ra2 (19. Nxc6 $5
    Bxc6 20. Rxa7 $14) 19... a6 20. Re2 g6 (20... Bc8 21. Ra2 $15) 21. Nxd7 (21. f5
    $142 $5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 $14) 21... Qxd7 $15 (21... Nxd7 $2 22. Rxe6 Be7 23. f5
    $18) (21... Rxd7 $6 22. Rxe6 Re7 23. f5 $11) 22. Nh1 Rde8 23. Qh4 Nd8 24. g4
    Qc7 25. Bd2 Rf7 (25... b5 26. Ra1 Qc6 27. Rae1 $17) 26. Qh6 (26. f5 gxf5 27.
    gxf5 exf5 28. Rg2+ Kh8 29. Rxf5 Qe7 $15) 26... Bf8 27. Qh4 Bg7 (27... b5 28.
    Ra1 Qc6 29. Nf2 $17) 28. g5 $15 Nd7 29. Nf2 (29. f5 gxf5 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 (30...
    exf5 $6 31. Rxe8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Nxf8 33. Bxf5 $11) 31. Bxf5 Nf8 $17) 29... Ref8
    30. Ng4 Qd6 31. Rff2 Nc6 32. Qg3 Nd8 (32... b5 33. Ne5 Ndxe5 34. fxe5 $17) 33.
    h4 (33. Qh4 Qc6 $17) 33... Re7 (33... Qc7 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qh2 $16) 34. h5 gxh5
    35. Nf6+ $2 (35. Qh2 $142 Qa3 36. Re3 $11) 35... Nxf6 $19 36. gxf6 Rxf6 37. Re5
    Nf7 38. Rg2 {The mate threat is Qxg7} Nh6 (38... Nxe5 $2 39. fxe5 Rg6 40. Bxg6
    $18 (40. exd6 $143 Rxg3 41. dxe7 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Kf7 $18)) 39. Rg5 {
    Threatening mate... how?} Rff7 40. Rxh5 Nf5 41. Qh3 {Threatening mate: Rxh7} h6
    $4 (41... Kf8 $142 $17) 42. Bxf5 $18 exf5 (42... Rf6 43. Rxh6 Rxh6 44. Qxh6 $18
    ) 43. Rxh6 Rf6 (43... Qxh6 44. Qxh6 Re2 45. Qd6 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2 $18) 44. Rh8+
    Kf7 45. Rxg7+ $1 Ke6 (45... Kxg7 {Decoy theme: g7} 46. Qh7# {
    A beautiful mate combination}) 46. Re8 $1 (46. Re8 Kd7 47. Rexe7+ Qxe7 48. Qh7
    $18) 1-0
    
    [Event "simul blind"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1946.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Koltanowski, George"]
    [Black "Westerner, A."]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "27"]
    [EventDate "1946.??.??"]
    
    1. e4 c5 2. b4 e6 3. bxc5 Bxc5 4. d4 Bd6 $146 (4... Be7 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 Nc6 6.
    c3 d5 7. e5 Qa5 8. Ne2 b5 9. O-O Ba6 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. Rb1 Rc8 12. c4 Nxd4 13.
    Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qe2 Bc5 17. Bxb5+ Bxb5 18. Rxb5 Qc6 19.
    Bb2 a6 {Spielmann,R-Grob,H/Merano 1926/1-0 (42)}) 5... Nf6 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nc6
    8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. c4 O-O 10. Ba3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. h3 Na6 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. Rc1 Nac5
    15. Bb1 b6 16. Nfd2 Bg5 17. g3 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Nf6 19. Nxc5 {
    Boettcher,U-Keller,H/Regional-Liga NN 1988/1/2-1/2 (63)}) (4... Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7
    6. Nf3 (6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 d5 8. Nd2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 f5 10. N4g3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O
    12. Nf4 Qc7 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Bf4 g5 17. Be5 g4 18. Qf4
    Qd8 19. Bxf5 {1-0 Alekhine,A-NN/Paris sim 1925 (19)}) 6... d5 7. e5 h5 8. h4
    Nh6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Bd7 11. O-O g6 12. Qc2 Nf5 13. Nbd2 Nxh4 14. Bxh4 Bxh4
    15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. f4 Ne7 {
    0-1 Roosink,T-Schuurman,P/HZ Open Vlissingen NED 2006 (18)}) (4... Bb6 5. Bc4
    Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Re8+ 11. Be3 Bg4 12.
    O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bc7 15. Rb1 Qh4 16. f4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18.
    Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Nxd5 Qg5+ {0-1 wwidener-hypermode/net-chess.com 2009 (19)}) 5.
    Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bd3 O-O (7... Bc7 $5 $14) 8. e5 $16 Bc7 $2 (8... Bb8 $142
    $16) 9. Bxh7+ $1 $18 Kxh7 {Decoy to h7} (9... Kh8 10. Bc2 d6 $18) 10. Ng5+ Kg6
    11. h4 Nxe5 (11... d6 12. h5+ Kh6 13. Qd3 $18) 12. h5+ Kf5 (12... Kh6 13. Nxf7+
    Kh7 14. Nxd8 Rxd8 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd3+ Kg8 $18) 13. g4+ $1 Nxg4 {
    Theme: Deflection from f3} 14. Qf3+ {
    The nicest combinations are those leading to mate} (14. Qf3+ Bf4 15. Qxf4#) 1-0
    
    [Event "simul blind"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "1947.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Koltanowski, George"]
    [Black "Wyllie, Robert"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [PlyCount "49"]
    [EventDate "1947.??.??"]
    
    1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. d4 d5 4. e5 e6 5. Bd3 (5. a3 bxa3 6. Bd3 (6. c3 Nc6 7.
    Nf3 Nh6 8. Nxa3 Be7 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Nc2
    Bd7 14. Ne3 Rf4 15. g3 Rf7 16. Ng4 Bd6 17. Nxh6+ Kg7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Nh4 {
    1-0 marre-oppo/internet 2010 (19)}) 6... Nc6 7. c3 f5 8. Ne2 Nge7 9. Nxa3 Bd7
    10. Nb5 Nc8 11. Nf4 N6e7 12. Ba3 g6 13. Bd6 Kf7 14. Bc7 Qe8 15. Qb3 Bh6 16. Ne2
    Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Nc6 18. c4 Qe7 19. cxd5 Qxc7 {
    Erdelyi,Z-Boros,D/FSIMA August 2002/0-1 (60)}) 5... Nc6 6. Ne2 Nge7 $146 (6...
    Qb6 7. O-O Bd7 8. Be3 Nge7 9. a3 Nf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. c4 Ne7 13.
    c5 Qb5 14. Nbc3 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Qc6 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. Qb3 f4 18. g3 h6 19. Bxf4
    Nxf4 20. gxf4 Bh3 21. Qxd5 {Bird,H-Paulsen,L/Vienna it, AUT 1882/1/2-1/2 (64)})
    7. O-O Qc7 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. f4 a5 10. Nf3 Na7 11. g4 (11. a3 Nac6 $15) 11... g6
    12. Ng3 Nb5 13. Qe2 {White is in command} Nc3 14. Qe3 Bh6 (14... h5 15. g5 $17)
    15. a3 $15 O-O 16. Qe1 Rfc8 17. f5 Bf8 18. fxg6 hxg6 (18... fxg6 $5 19. Ng5 Bg7
    $15) 19. Ng5 $14 Nc6 (19... Bb5 20. axb4 Bxd3 21. cxd3 axb4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 $16)
    20. Rxf7 (20. Nxf7 $143 Nxd4 21. Qf2 Bb5 $11) 20... Nxd4 21. Bxg6 {
    White intends Nh5} Qb6 $2 (21... Bg7 $142 22. Qe3 Bxe5 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Rxd7
    Qxd7 25. Qxe5+ Qg7 $16) 22. Nh5 $18 {Do you see the mate threat?} Nf3+ 23. Kh1
    Nxg5 (23... Qd8 24. Rxf3 Bh6 $18) 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qh4+ (25. Qh4+ Bh6 26. Qxh6+
    Nh7 27. Qxh7#) 1-0
    
    
    
    
    

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