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by Jennifer Shahade


  Menchik - Graf (Semmering, 1937)

  1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0–0 0–0 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bc2 c5 12.dxc5 Qa5 13.Be3 Bxc5 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Bc3 Be7 16.Qe2 b6 17.Ng5 g6 18.Qf3 Bb7 19.Qh3 h5 20.Rad1 Ng4 21.Rd7, 1–0.

  Graf - Keres (Prague, 1937)

  1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 5.Qd2 Nc6 6.e3 Qxd2+ 7.Kxd2 f5 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Nb5 Kd8 10.f3 a6 11.Nc3 f4 12.Nge2 fxe3+ 13.Kxe3 d5 14.Ng3 Re8 15.Rd1 Bd7 16.Be2 e5 17.Kf2 dxc4 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.h3 Kc8 20.Rd4 b5 21.f4 Nc6 22.Rd2 Rb8 23.Bf3 Nb4 24.Nge4 Rb6 25.Nc5 Bf5 26.g4 Nd3+ 27.Nxd3 Bxd3 28.g5 Ne4+ 29.Nxe4 Bxe4 30.Re1 Bg6 31.Bg4+ Kb7 32.Rxe8 Bxe8 33.Rd8 Bc6, ½–½.½

  Menchik - Graf (Women’s World Championship, Buenos Aires, 1939)

  1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 c5 7.0–0 0–0 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd2 a6 10.Rc1 c4 11.Bb1 Re8 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Bc3 b5 14.Ng3 g6 15.Re1 Bb7 16.Re2 b4 17.Be1 a5 18.Ng5 Ng4 19.Nh3 f5 20.Nf1 Qc7 21.f4 Ndf6 22.Bh4 a4 23.Ng5 Qe7 24.Re1 a3 25.b3 c3 26.Nf3 Qg7 27.h3 Nh6 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.Ne5 Qe7 30.Nh2 Rec8 31.Nhf3 Nf7 32.Bd3 Rc7 33.Qe2 Qd8 34.Rc2 Qc8 35.Nxf7 Rxf7 36.Bb5 Rc7 37.Bd3 Bf8 38.Ne5 Bg7 39.Kh2 Bf6 40.Rg1 Kf8 41.g4 Bxe5 42.fxe5 fxg4 43.Rf1+ Rf7 44.Rxf7+ Kxf7 45.hxg4 Qd8 46.Kg3 Kg7 47.Qf1 Qe7 48.Rf2 Rf8 49.Rf4 Bc8 50.Bc2 Be6 51.Rxf8 Qxf8 52.Qa6 Qe7 53.Bd1 Kf7 54.Kf4 h6 55.Qf1 Kg7 56.Kg3 h5 57.gxh5 Qg5+ 58.Kf2 Qf5+ 59.Bf3 Qc2+ 60.Qe2 Qxe2+ 61.Kxe2 Bf5 62.hxg6 Kxg6 63.Bxd5 Bb1 64.Kd1 Bd3 65.Bc6 Kf7 66.d5 Ke7 67.e4 Kf7 68.e6+ Kf6 69.e5+ Ke7 70.Bb7 Bg6 71.Ba6 Be4 72.Bc4 Bg6 73.d6+ Kd8 74.Bb5, 1–0.

  Gresser - Rudenko (Women’s World Championship, Moscow, 1950)

  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 f5 5.d4 fxe4 6.dxc5 exf3 7.Qxf3 Nf6 8.Bg5 0–0 9.0–0 Qe7 10.Bc4+ Kh8 11.b4 a5 12.Bxf6 Rxf6 13.Qd5 Rf8 14.b5 Nd8 15.Nd2 c6 16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.cxd6 b6 18.Rfe1 cxb5 19.Bxb5 Nf7 20.Nc4 Ba6 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.Nxe5 Nxd6 23.Nxd7 Rc8 24.Rad1 b5 25.h3 Nf7 26.Re7 Kg8 27.Rde1 Nd6 28.R1e6 Rxc3 29.Ne5 h6 30.Rd7 Rc5 31.Nf7 Nxf7 32.Rxa6 Ne5 33.Rb7 b4 34.Raa7 Nc6 35.Rxg7+ Kf8 36.Raf7+ Ke8 37.Rb7 Rf5 38.Rg8+ Rf8 39.Rxf8+ Kxf8 40.Rb6 Ne5 41.Rxh6, 1–0.

  Bykova - Gaprindashvili (Women’s World Championship, Moscow, 1962)

  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Nf1 Nb6 13.Ne3 g6 14.Qe2 Be6 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.b3 a5 17.Nf1 b4 18.Bh6 Re8 19.c4 Bg4 20.Bd1 Nd4 21.Qe3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 a4 23.Ng3 axb3 24.Bxb3 Bg5 25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.Kg2 Qh4 27.Rg1 Nd7 28.Kh1 Kh8 29.Ne2 Nxe2 30.Qxe2 h5 31.Qe3 Kh7 32.Rg3 Nf8 33.Qg5 Qxg5 34.Rxg5 Ne6 35.Rgg1 Ra3 36.Rgd1 Nd4 37.Kg2 Kh6 38.Rab1 Kg5 39.Rd2 Kf4 40.Bd1 Rea8 41.Bb3 Nxf3 42.Re2 g5 43.h3 Rg8 44.Re3 g4 45.Rc1 Raa8, 0–1.

  Gaprindashvili - Chiburdanidze (Women’s World Championship, Pitsunda, 1978)

  1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.a4 g6 6.Na3 Qd5 7.0–0 Na6 8.Ne1 Qh5 9.Nxc4 Bh3 10.Nf3 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Bg7 12.d3 0–0 13.h3 Qd5 14.Bd2 Rfd8 15.Qc2 Rac8 16.Bc3 c5 17.Rad1 h6 18.Qb3 b6 19.e4 Qe6 20.Nh4 Nb4 21.Bxb4 cxb4 22.Rfe1 Nd7 23.Qc2 Nc5 24.b3 a6 25.Nf3 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ne3 Na4 28.Qa2 Nc3 29.Qa5 Nxd1 30.Rxd1 Qxb3 31.Qxb5 Rc3 32.Qb7 Rcxd3 33.Rxd3 Rxd3 34.Nd5 Rxf3, (time), 0–1.

  Chiburdanidze - Gaprindashvili (Women’s World Championship, Pitsunda, 1978)

  1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 c6 6.0–0 0–0 7.a4 Nbd7 8.a5 Qc7 9.h3 Rd8 10.Be3 Nf8 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.Rfd1 Be8 13.b4 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Qe1 Rxd1 16.Rxd1 Ne6 17.Bc4 Qe7 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.Bc5 Nd7 20.Bd6 f6 21.Qe2 Bf8 22.Bxf8 Nxf8 23.Nd2 Qe7 24.Qc4+ Bf7 25.Qc5 Qxc5 26.bxc5 Rd8 27.Kf1 Rd4 28.Ke1 Ne6 29.Nb3 Rc4 30.Kd2 Nf4 31.a6 bxa6 32.Ra1 Nxg2 33.Rxa6 Be8 34.Rxa7 h5 35.Rb7 Nf4 36.f3 Kf8 37.h4 Ne6 38.Nd1 Nxc5 39.Nxc5 Rxc5 40.Ne3 Ra5 41.Rc7 Ra8 42.Nc4 Ra4 43.Ne3 Rd4+ 44.Ke2 Rd6 45.c4 Rd8 46.c5 Rd4 47.Ke1 Rd7 48.Rxd7 Bxd7 49.Nc4 Ke7 50.Kf2 Be6 51.Nd6 g5 52.Kg3 Kd7 53.Nb7 Bb3 54.hxg5 fxg5 55.Na5 Bd1 56.Nc4 Ke6 57.Kf2 Kf6 58.Na5 Ba4 59.Nc4 Bb5 60.Nd6 Ba6 61.Ne8+ Kg6 62.Nd6 Bd3 63.Ke3 Bc2 64.Nc4 Kf6 65.Kf2 Ba4 66.Nb6 Bd1 67.Nd7+ Ke6 68.Nb8 Ba4 69.Na6 Bb5 70.Nb4 Kf6 71.Kg3 Kg6 72.Nc2 h4+ 73.Kg2 g4 74.Ne3 gxf3+ 75.Kxf3 Kg5 76.Nd1 Bc4 77.Nf2 Bf1 78.Nh1 Bh3 79.Nf2 Be6 80.Nd3 Bg4+ 81.Kf2 Kf6 82.Nb2 Bd7 83.Kf3 h3 84.Kg3 Ke7 85.Nd3 Kf6 86.Nb4 Ke7 87.Nd3 Ke6 88.Kxh3 Be8 89.Kg3 Bg6 90.Kf3 Bh5+ 91.Ke3 Bd1 92.Nb4 Ba4 93.Nd3 Bb5 94.Ne1,½½–½.

  Judit Polgar - Chilingirova (Olympiad, Thessaloniki, 1988)

  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0–0 Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 cxd4 9.e5 Ne7 10.Bg5 0–0 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qh4 Qb6 13.Nc3 Bxe5 14.Rae1 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qxb5 16.Qh6 Qf5 17.Qxf8+, 1–0.

  Sofia Polgar - Chernin (Rome, 1989)

  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Be3 0–0 9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 a6 11.Qe1 Na5 12.Qg3 Nc4 13.Bc1 b5 14.a3 Qb6 15.Rd1 Bb7 16.b3 Na5 17.Bf3 Rac8 18.Bb2 Rfd8 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Nxe6 g6 21.Nxd8 Qxd8 22.exd5 Rxc2 23.Rab1 Bh4 24.Qh3 Bc8 25.Bg4 Bxg4 26.Qxg4 Nxb3 27.g3 Be7 28.f5 a5 29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Qh3 Rxb2 31.Rxb2 a4 32.Rf2 Nc5 33.Rdf1 f5 34.g4 Ne4 35.Rg2 Bf6, 1–0.

  Gaprindashvili - Xie Jun (Borshomi, 1990)

  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 c6 9.h4 cxd5 10.cxd5 Qa5 11.Rb1 Bd7 12.Kf1 Rac8 13.h5 b5 14.a3 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.Nh3 Rc7 17.Be3 Rxc3 18.Qxc3 Nxe4 19.Qe1 Bb5 20.Ng5 Nf6 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Rd1 Bxe2+ 23.Qxe2 Nbxd5 24.Bc1 Rc8 25.g3 Ne7 26.Rh4 Nf5 27.Rc4 Rf8 28.Bd2 Qd5 29.Nf3 Nd4 30.Rxd4 exd4 31.Bc3 Qc6 32.Bxd4 Re8 33.Qd3 Ne4 34.Kg1 Bxd4 35.Nxd4 Qd5 36.Qb5 Re5 37.Qd3 Ng5 38.Kh2 Re4 39.Qb3 Qc5 40.Qb8+ Kg7 41.b4 Qe5 42.Nc6 Qf5 43.Kg1 Qh3, 0–1.

  Yudasin - Susan Polgar (Pamplona, 1990)

  1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxc5 Qxc5 6.Be3 Qa5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bc4 e6 9.0–0 Be7 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.Nd2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Re1 0–0 14.Nb3 Qg5 15.g3 Rad8 16.f4 Qh6 17.Qe2 Ne4 18.Qe3 b6 19.Rad1 Nd6 20.Bd3 Qh5 21.Be5 Nf5 22.Qf2 Nh4 23.Be2 Nf3+ 24.Bxf3 Bxf3 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.h3 Bb7 27.Kh2 Rd3 28.Bd4 Qd5 29.Qe2 Bf6 30.Rg1 Bxd4 31.Nxd4 Qe4 32.Qxe4 Bxe4 33.Re1 f5 34.g4 Kf7 35.Re2 Rd1 36.Kg3 h6 37.Nf3 Rd3 38.Rf2 g5 39.fxg5 hxg5 40.h4 f4+ 41.Kg2 gxh4, 0–1.

  Tolnai - Judit Polgar (Hungarian Championship, Hungary, 1991)

  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Qf3 Nf6 9.Be3 Nc6 10.0–0–0 b4 11.Nce2 Na5 12.g4 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.Kb1 Nc4 15.Bc1 0–0–0 16.h4 Nc5 17.b3 Na3+ 18.Ka1 f6 19.c3 fxe5 20.fxe5 Nc4 21.Nxe6 Nxe5 22.Qg3 Nxe6 23.Bf5 Kb8 24.Bxe6 bxc3 25.Nxc3 d4 26.Rhf1 Bb4 27.Na4 Rhe8 28.Bf5 Bc6 29.Bb2 g6 30.Bb1 Bxa4 31.bxa4 Bc3 32.Bxc3 Qxc3+ 33.Qxc3 dxc3 34.Rc1 Rc8 35.Rf4 Rc5 36.Rb4+ Ka7 37.Rb3 Rec8 38.Be4 R8c7 39.Rcb1 Nc6 40.Bxc6 R5xc6 41.Rb4 Rc4 42.a3 Rxb4 43.axb4 Rc4 44.h5 a5 45.hxg6 hxg6 46.Ka2 Rxb4 47.Rg1 c2 48.g5 Kb6, 0–1.

  Xie Jun - Chiburdanidze (Women’s World Championship, Manila, 1991)

  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.b3 Ke8 10.Bb2 a5 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Rfd1 Be7 13.h3 h5 14.a4 f6 15.Ne2 Bd5 16.Ne1 Kf7 17.Nf4 Rad8 18.c4 Be6 19.Nf3 Bc8 20.Re1 g5 21.e6+ Ke8 22.Ng6 Rg8 23.Nxe7 Kxe7 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 Ng7 26.Nd4 c5 27.Nf5+ Nxf5 28.gxf5 Rh8 29.Kg2 b6 30.Rad1 Rdg8 31.Kg3 Rh4 32.Rh1 Rgh8 33.Rxh4 gxh4+ 34.Kh3 Rh5 35.Rd5 c6 36.Bxf6+ Kxf6 37.Rd8 Rxf5 38.Rxc8 Rf3+ 39.Kxh4 Rxb3 40.Rxc6 Rb4 41.Kg3, ½–½.

  Xie Jun - Chiburdanidze (Women’s World Championship, Manila, 1991)

  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Re8 15.b4 Nc6 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Bb2 Bf8 18.Qf3 Rc8 19.Bb3 Qe7 20.Rad1 Bb7 21.Qf5 d5 22.e5 Nd7 23.Ne4 g6 24.Qxd7 dxe4 25.e6 fxe6 26.Qd4 Kf7 27.Qh8 Qh4 28.g3 Qh5 29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.Rd7, 1–0.

  Chiburdanidze - Xie Jun (Women’s World Championship, Manila, 1991)

  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.d3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 Nc6 13.h3 h6 14.Ne3 Bf8 15.Nh2 d5 16.Nhg4 Nxg4 17.hxg4 d4 18.Nf5 c4 19.dxc4 bxc4 20.Ba4 Bd7 21.Bd2 Rb8 22.b3 cxb3 23.axb3 Ne7 24.cxd4 Nxf5 25.gxf5 exd4 26.Ba5 Qe7 27.Qxd4 Bxa4 28.bxa4 Qc5 29.Qd2 Qc4 30.e5 Bc5 31.Rac1 Qd4 32.e6 Rb2 33.Qxd4 Bxd4 34.exf7+ Kxf7 35.Rc7+ Kf8 36.Rxe8+ Kxe8 37.Be1 Bb6 38.Rc4 Rb1 39.Re4+ Kf7 40.Kh2 h5 41.g3 Kf6 42.a5 Bc7 43.Bc3+ Kxf5 44.Rc4 Bd8 45.Rc5+ Kg6 46.Rc6+ Kh7 47.Rxa6 Rc1 48.Bd4 Rd1 49.Bc3 Rc1 50.Ra8 Bc7 51.Bd4 Rc4 52.Be3 h4 53.a6 hxg3+ 54.Kg2 Bf4 55.a7 gxf2 56.Bxf2, 1–0.

  Chiburdanidze - Xie Jun (Women’s World Championship, Manila, 1991)

  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.d3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.h3 Bb7 14.Ng3 Bf8 15
.Nf5 Ne7 16.Nxe7+ Bxe7 17.a4 Bf8 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bh4 Be7 20.d4 Qc7 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Qe2 c4 23.Red1 Qc5 24.Nh2 b4 25.cxb4 Qxb4 26.Nf3 Nh5 27.Bxe7 Qxe7 28.g3 Qe6 29.Kh2 Nf6 30.Ra3 a5 31.Re3 Bc8 32.Qf1 Rb8 33.Rb1 Ba6 34.Qe1 Rb4 35.b3 Reb8 36.bxc4 Nd7 37.Reb3 Qxc4 38.Rxb4 axb4 39.Bb3 Qd3 40.Qd1 Qxd1 41.Rxd1 Nc5 42.Rb1 Bd3 43.Rb2 Bxe4 44.Nxe5 Nxb3 45.Rxb3 Bd5 46.Rb2 b3 47.Nd3 f6 48.g4 Bc4 49.Nc5 Rc8 50.Ne4 Bd5 51.Ng3 Ra8 52.Ne2 Rxa4 53.Nc3 53...Ra2 54.Rb1 Rxf2+ 55.Kg1 Rg2+ 56.Kf1 Rh2, 0–1.

  Tony Alston - S Anderson (City Championship, San Antonio, 1992)

  1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 0–0 7.Qd2 Re8 8.0–0–0 Qc7 9.Kb1 a6 10.g4 b5 11.Bd3 Rd8 12.Rc1 b4 13.Nce2 a5 14.Ng3 c5 15.d5 Bxg4 16.fxg4 Nxg4 17.Nf3 Nd7 18.Be2 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 a4 20.Bd1 Rdb8 21.Ne2 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.h4 h5 24.Nf4 Bg7 25.Bxh5 Bxb2 26.Kxb2 Qa5 27.Rb1 a3+ 28.Kc2 Qa4+ 29.Rb3, 1–0.

  Ioseliani - Susan Polgar (Women’s Candidates, Monte Carlo, 1993)

  1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Qa4+ Qd7 6.Qxd4 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Qxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Ndb5 Kd8 10.Be3 Nc6 11.h3 a6 12.Bb6+ Kc8 13.Na3 e5 14.Nc4 Be6 15.e4 Bb4 16.0–0–0 Bxc3 17.Nd6+ Kb8 18.bxc3 Nd7 19.Be3 Kc7 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Nxc4 f6 22.Rd2 b5 23.Nd6 Nb6 24.Bxb6+ Kxb6 25.Nf5 Rhd8 26.Rhd1 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 Ra7 28.h4 Rf7 29.h5 Kc7 30.h6 g6 31.Ng7 Re7 32.Rd3 Nb8 33.c4 bxc4 34.Rc3 Kd6 35.Rxc4 Nc6 36.Kd2 Rf7 37.Ke3 Rf8 38.g3 Rb8 39.f4 Ne7 40.Ra4 Ra8 41.f5 g5 42.Rb4 Kc6 43.Ne6 Rc8 44.Rc4+ Kd6 45.Ra4 Rc6 46.Nf8 Ng8 47.Nxh7 Kc5 48.Nxg5 Nxh6 49.Ne6+ Kb5 50.Ra3 Rc2 51.Kd3 Rg2 52.Nc7+ Kc6 53.Rc3+ Kb7 54.Nd5 Ng4 55.Rc7+ Kb8 56.Rf7 Rxg3+ 57.Kc4 Ra3 58.Nxf6 Nf2 59.Kd5 Rxa2 60.Kxe5 a5 61.Nd7+, 1–0.

  Judit Polgar - Tiviakov (Madrid, 1994)

  1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nc3 Qd6 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bg3 a6 13.Nc3 0–0 14.Rc1 Nf6 15.h3 b6 16.a3 Bb7 17.Bd3 Rc8 18.Bb1 b5 19.Qd3 Na5 20.Ne5 Nc4 21.Rc2 Nd6 22.f3 g6 23.Bf2 Re8 24.Ba2 Bf8 25.Re2 Bg7 26.Rfe1 Nd5 27.Nxd5 exd5 28.Qd1 a5 29.h4 Qc7 30.h5 Nc4 31.h6 Bxh6 32.Ng4 Rxe2 33.Nxh6+ Kg7 34.Rxe2 Kxh6 35.Qe1 Kg7 36.Re7 Qb6 37.Bxc4 bxc4 38.Qe5+ Kg8 39.Be3 f6 40.Qf4 Kf8 41.Rxh7 Ke8 42.Qh6, 1–0.

  Judit Polgar - Kasparov (Linares, 1994)

  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0–0 Qc7 9.Qe1 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.Kh1 Rd8 13.Be3 0–0 14.Qg3 Nc5 15.f5 e5 16.Bh6 Ne8 17.Nb3 Nd7 18.Rad1 Kh8 19.Be3 Nef6 20.Qf2 Rfe8 21.Rfe1 Bf8 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bh4 Rc8 24.Qf1 Be7 25.Nd2 Qc5 26.Nb3 Qb4 27.Be2 Bxe4 28.Nxe4 Nxe4 29.Bxe7 Rxe7 30.Bf3 Nef6 31.Qxa6 Ree8 32.Qe2 Kg8 33.Bb7 Rc4 34.Qd2 Qxa4 35.Qxd6 Rxc2 36.Nd2 Nf8 37.Ne4 N8d7 38.Nxf6+ Nxf6 39.Qxb6 Ng4 40.Rf1 e4 41.Bd5 e3 42.Bb3 Qe4 43.Bxc2 Qxc2 44.Rd8 Rxd8 45.Qxd8+ Kh7 46.Qe7 Qc4, 0–1.

  Shahade - Fierro (World Junior Championship, Guarapuava, 1995)

  1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 d6 6.cxd4 e6 7.a3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bc6 9.0–0 Nd7 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nc5 13.Nd4 Qd5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Be2 Qxe5 16.Bf3 Qc7 17.Bf4 Qc8 18.Rb1 Be7 19.Bd6 Nb7 20.Bxe7 Kxe7 21.Qa4 Nd8 22.Rfd1 Qc7 23.Qb4+ Ke8 24.Rd6 a5 25.Qd4 f6 26.Rd1 e5 27.Qg4 Qf7 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.Bxc6+ Ke7 30.Rd7+, 1–0.

  Susan Polgar - Xie Jun (Women’s World Championship, Jaen, 1996)

  1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.e4 e5 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.c3 Nge7 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.e5 f6 9.f4 0–0 10.0–0 Bg4 11.Nbc3 fxe5 12.fxe5 Rxf1+ 13.Qxf1 Qd7 14.h3 Rf8 15.Nf4 g5 16.hxg4 gxf4 17.gxf4 Qxg4 18.Qe2 Qg3 19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Nxd4 21.Nxd5 Ng6 22.Nc3 c6 23.Be3 Bxe5 24.Rd1 Nxf4 25.Bxf4 Rxf4+ 26.Ke3 Nf5+ 27.Kd3 Rg4 28.Bh3 Rd4+ 29.Ke2 Rxd1 30.Nxd1 Nd6 31.b4 Kg7 32.a4 Kf6 33.Nf2 Bd4 34.Nd3 b6 35.Nf4 c5 36.Nd5+ Ke5 37.bxc5 bxc5 38.Ne7 a6 39.a5 Nc4 40.Nc6+ Kd6 41.Nb8 Kc7 42.Nxa6+ Kb7 43.Nxc5+ Bxc5 44.a6+ Kb6 45.Kd3 Nd6 46.Ke2 Kxa6 47.Kf3 Kb6 48.Be6 Kc7 49.Kg4 Kd8 50.Kh5 Be3 51.Bg8 h6 52.Bb3 Ke7 53.Kg6 Ne4 54.Bd1 Ke6 55.Bg4+ Ke5 56.Bd1 Bg5 57.Be2 Kf4 58.Bd1 Ng3 59.Ba4 h5 60.Bd7 h4, 0–1.

  Susan Polgar - Xie Jun (Women’s World Championship, Jaen, 1996)

  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Na4 Rd8 9.Bd3 Bd4 10.c3 b5 11.cxd4 bxa4 12.Qc2 Qxd4 13.Qxc6+ Kf8 14.Be2 Ne7 15.Qc2 f5 16.0–0 Qxe4 17.Qxc7 Kf7 18.Bh5+ g6 19.Bf3 Qc4 20.Qxa7 Qd4 21.Qa5 Nd5 22.Rd1 Qc4 23.Bg5 Rd7 24.Rac1 Qxa2 25.Bxd5, 1–0.

  Xie Jun - Susan Polgar (Women’s World Championship, Jaen, 1996)

  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.f3 0–0 10.g4 Rd8 11.Be3 Qc7 12.g5 Nd7 13.0–0–0 a6 14.h4 b5 15.h5 Nb6 16.g6 Bf6 17.h6 fxg6 18.hxg7 Na4 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Qxg7 23.Qb6 Qe7 24.e5 d5 25.Bd3 Bd7 26.Rdg1 Be8 27.f4 27...d4 28.cxd4 Rab8 29.Qxa6 Rxd4 30.f5 exf5 31.Bxf5 Qxe5 32.Be6+ Kh8 33.Kb1 Ra4, 0–1.

  Judit Polgar - Kasparov (Dos Hermanas, 1996)

  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3 Qb6 8.a3 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bb2 d5 12.Bd3 c5 13.exd5 exd5 14.0–0–0 0–0–0 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Bf5+ Kb8 17.Be5 Bd6 18.Qc3 d4 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Qxc5 Qxf4+ 21.Kb1 Rd5 22.Rdf1 Qe5 23.Qc4 Rb5 24.Qxf7 Bd5 25.Qxg7 Rg8 26.Qh6 Bxb3 27.cxb3 Rxb3+ 28.Kc1 Qc7+ 29.Bc2 d3 30.Qf4 Rc8 31.Qxc7+ Rxc7 32.Rf2 Ne4 33.Rf8+ Ka7 34.Rf7 Rbb7 35.Rxc7 Rxc7 36.Rd1 Rxc2+ 37.Kb1 Rxg2 38.Rxd3 Rxh2 39.Rd7+ Kb8 40.Re7 Nd2+ 41.Kc1 Nb3+ 42.Kd1 h5 43.Re3 Nd4 44.Nc5 a5 45.Nb3 Nc6 46.Rc3 Kb7 47.Ke1 Kb6 48.Kf1 Rh4 49.Kg2 Nd4 50.Nxa5 Kxa5 51.Rc5+ Kb6 52.Re5 Kc6 53.Kg3 Rh1 54.Kg2 Kd6 55.Ra5 Rh4 56.Kg3 Rg4+ 57.Kh3 Ne2 58.Rxh5 Rg3+ 59.Kh4 Rxa3 60.Kg4 Ke6 61.Rb5 Rg3+ 62.Kh4 Rg1 63.Rg5 Rf1 64.Ra5 Kf6 65.Ra8 Rg1 66.Rf8+ Ke5 67.Re8+ Kf4 68.Rf8+ Ke4 69.Re8+ Kf3 70.Kh5 Ng3+ 71.Kh6 Nf5+ 72.Kh7 Kf4 73.Rb8 Rg7+ 74.Kh8 Rd7 75.Re8 Kg5 76.Re6 Nd4 77.Re1 Kf6 78.Rd1 Rd5 79.Ra1 Ne6 80.Ra6 Kf7 81.Ra7+ Kg6 82.Ra8 Rd7 83.Rb8 Rc7 84.Kg8 Rc5 85.Ra8 Rb5 86.Kh8 Rb7 87.Rc8 Nc7 88.Rg8+ Kh6 89.Rg1 Rb8+ 90.Rg8 Ne8, 0–1.

  Krush - Shahade (U.S. Championship, Denver, 1998)

  1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nc3 g6 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qc2 Nb6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bg5 Bg4 9.e3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 0–0 11.0–0–0 N8d7 12.h4 Nf6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.h5 Kg7 15.Bd3 Rh8 16.Rdg1 c6 17.Rh3 Nd5 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Bxg6 Rxh3 20.Bf5+ Kf8 21.Bxh3 e6 22.Bxe6 Nxc3 23.Qh7, 1–0.

  Shahade - Kouvatsou (World Junior Championship, Yerevan, 1999)

  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Be3 Be7 9.0–0 0–0 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bf8 13.Qd3 Nb4 14.Qd2 e5 15.Nb3 exf4 16.Bxf4 Nd7 17.a5 Ne5 18.Ra4 Nbc6 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Bg5 f6 21.Be3 Nd7 22.Qf2 Rb8 23.Bh5 Re5 24.Bg4 Nc5 25.Nxc5 Bxg4 26.Nd3 Re8 27.Qg3 f5 28.exf5 Be2 29.Bb6 Qc8 30.Rff4 Kh8 31.Nc7 Re7 32.Ne6 Ne5 33.Nxe5 dxe5 34.Rh4 Qxc2 35.Qg6 Qc1+ 36.Bg1 h6 37.Ng5, 1–0.

  Zhu Chen - Krush (Women’s World Championship, New Delhi, 2000)

  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0–0–0 h6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bf4 d5 11.Qe3 Qa5 12.Be2 Bb4 13.Be5 Be7 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Rhe1 Qc5 17.Qg3 Bb7 18.Bf3 Kf8 19.Kb1 Rc8 20.Rd2 Qb4 21.Rd3 a5 22.Red1 Ba6 23.Rd4 Qb6 24.Bh5 Bd6 25.f4 Rg8 26.Qh3 Bb4 27.Na4 Qc6 28.c3 Qxa4 29.a3 Bc4 30.cxb4 axb4 31.R1d2 Rb8 32.Bd1 Qa5 33.b3 bxa3 34.Ka2 Bb5 35.f5 Bd7 36.fxe6 Bxe6 37.Qxh6+ Ke7 38.Qe3 Rg5 39.Ra4 Qxa4 40.Qxg5 Qb4 41.Qe3 Kf8 42.g4 Qd6 43.Qh6+ Ke7 44.g5 fxg5 45.Qxg5+ Ke8 46.Bg4 Qb4 47.Bd1 d4 48.Rd3 Rc8 49.Qg8+ Ke7 50.Qg5+ Ke8 51.Qe5 Rc4 52.h4 Kf8 53.Qg3 Bf5 54.h5 Bxd3 55.Qxd3 Rc6 56.Qe2 Re6 57.Qc2 Qc3 58.Qg2 Qb2+ 59.Qxb2 axb2 60.Kxb2 f5 61.Kc2 Re3 62.b4 f4 63.b5 f3 64.Kd2 f2 65.Be2 Rb3 66.h6 Rb1 67.Kd3 Rxb5 68.Kxd4 Rb1, 0–1.

  Sagalchik - Shahade (U.S. Championship, Seattle, 2000)

  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.0–0–0 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.h4 Qa5 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.Nd5 Qxd2 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Rxd2 Bxd4 16.Rxd4 h5 17.b3 Rc3 18.Kb2 Rac8 19.Bc4 Bxc4 20.Kxc3 Bf1+ 21.Kb2 Bxg2 22.Rhd1 Bxf3 23.R1d3 Bg4 24.Rc3 Kg7 25.Ra4 a6 26.Rb4 g5 27.hxg5 Kg6 28.e5 Rxc3 29.Kxc3 dxe5 30.Rxb7 h4 31.Rxe7 h3 32.Rxe5 h2 33.Re1 Bf3 34.Kd4 h1Q 35.Rxh1 Bxh1 36.c4 Kxg5 37.b4 Bc6 38.Kc5 38...f5 39.Kxc6 f4 40.b5 f3 41.b6 f2 42.b7 f1Q 43.b8Q Qxc4+ 44.Kb6 Qxa2 45.Qe5+, ½–½.

  Kosteniuk - Zhu Chen (Women’s World Championship, Moscow, 2001)

  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.0–0–0 Qc7 11.g4 b5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.g5 Nd7 14.h4 b4 15.Ne2 Bb7 16.Bh3 d5 17.f5 Rc8 18.c3 dxe4 19.Qe3 Bc5 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Rhf1 Rf8 23.Bg4 Rxf1 24.Rxf1 Qa5 25.Qd4 Qxa2 26.Kc2 e3 27.Bh5+ g6 28.Qh8+ Ke7 29.Qxh7+ Kd6 30.Bxg6 b3+ 31.Kc1 Na4 32.Rd1+ Bd5 33.Rxd5+ exd5 34.Kd1 Qxb2 35.Ke1 Qd2+ 36.Kf1 Rf8+, 0–1.

  Zhu Chen - Kosteniuk (Women’s World Championship, Moscow, 2001)

  1.d
4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.0–0 Bd6 6.b3 Qe7 7.c4 c6 8.Bb2 0–0 9.Qc1 a5 10.Ba3 Na6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.c5 Qe7 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.f4 b6 16.cxb6 Qb4 17.Qc3 Qxb6 18.Nd2 Rfc8 19.Rfc1 c5 20.Nf3 Rc7 21.e3 Rac8 22.Qd2 a4 23.Ne5 Be8 24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.bxa4 Bxa4 26.Rab1 Qa7 27.Qd4 Be8 28.Rc2 Qa3 29.Qc3 Qa4 30.Qb2 Qa6 31.Bf1 Qa7 32.Qd4 Qa3 33.Qc3 Qa4 34.Qb2 Qe4 35.Re1 g5 36.Bg2 Qa4 37.Rec1 Qa5 38.Qc3 Qa7 39.Qd4 Qa3 40.Qc3 Nb3 41.Qxb3 Qxb3 42.axb3 Rxc2 43.Rxc2 Rxc2 44.fxg5 Re2 45.Nf3 Rxe3 46.Nd4 Kf7 47.Bf1 Bd7 48.Kf2 Rc3 49.b4 e5 50.Nf3 Ke6 51.Nh4 e4 52.g6 hxg6 53.Nxg6 d4 54.h4 Rc2+ 55.Ke1 Rc1+ 56.Kf2 e3+ 57.Kg1 Bb5, 0–1.

  Zhu Chen - Kosteniuk (Women’s World Championship, Moscow, 2001)

  1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 d5 5.Nh3 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.0–0 0–0 8.Nd2 h6 9.Nf4 Qe8 10.Nf3 g5 11.Nd3 Nbd7 12.Bd2 a5 13.b3 Ne4 14.Nfe5 Bf6 15.Bc1 Be7 16.a3 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 b6 18.f3 Nf6 19.Bd2 Ba6 20.e4 c5 21.exd5 exd5 22.Qxf5 Kg7 23.Qd3 Rd8 24.Rfe1 dxc4 25.bxc4 Rxd4 26.Qc2 Bd6 27.Ng4 Qg6 28.Qb2 Nd7 29.Bc3 Kg8 30.Bxd4 cxd4 31.Kh1 Bxc4 32.Qxd4 Bb3 33.Re3 a4 34.Rd3 Nc5 35.Qxd6 Qxd3 36.Qxh6 Qf5 37.Qxb6 Qc2 38.h3 Ne6 39.Re1 Qc4 40.Kh2 Kg7 41.Re4 Qd5 42.Re5 Qd7 43.Qe3 Qe7 44.Nf2 Qf6 45.Ra5 Rd8 46.Ne4 Qb2 47.Rxg5+ Kf7 48.Qa7+ Ke8 49.Rg8+ Nf8 50.Rg7 Rd7 51.Qb8+ Rd8 52.Nd6 mate, 1–0.

  Shahade - Sagalchik (U.S. Championship, Seattle, 2002)

  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Qd7 12.Re1 Be7 13.Nf1 Bh5 14.b4 Na4 15.Ng3 Nxc3 16.Qd2 Bg4 17.Qxc3 Bxb4 18.Qe3 Bxf3 19.Bf5 Qe7 20.Bd2 g6 21.Bxb4 Qxb4 22.Qxf3 Nd4 23.Bd7+ Kxd7 24.Qxf7+ Kc8 25.Rac1 Ra7 26.Qxd5 c6 27.Qe4 Rd7 28.e6 Rd6 29.Qg4 Kc7 30.e7 Re8 31.Qg5 Re6 32.Rxe6 Nxe6 33.Qd5 Nd4, 1–0.

  Ambarcumjan - Shahade (U.S. Championship, Seattle, 2002)

  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 0–0 6.Bd2 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.cxd5 Nxc5 9.Bc4 Bf5 10.0–0 Rc8 11.Qe2 Nfe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bb4 Na4 14.Ba3 Nxb2 15.Bxb2 Bxb2 16.Qxb2 Rxc4 17.Ne5 Rc5 18.Qd4 Qxd5 19.Nd7 Qxd4 20.exd4 Rg5 21.Rfe1 Rxg2+ 22.Kf1 Rxh2 23.f3 Rd8, 0–1.

 

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