[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mannheimer, N."]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "MI Javier Moreno Ruiz"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,88,28,28,47,51,38,33,32,28,23,19,23,14,16,15,19,29,16,16,20,20,29,24,
19,-7,-11,-17,-6,-59,-21,-14,7,8,57,-40,-24,-24,-22,-70,-49,-42,-57,-87,-68,
-96,-73,-73,-72,-72,-73,-109,-106,-103,-83,-97,-83,-82,-72,-89,-52,-140,-107,
-197,-207,-283,-308,-306,-237,-245,-351,-337,-337,-332,-347,-374,-281,-398,
-297,-416,-298,-325,-389,-692,-481,-965,-752,-1123,-1123,-1123,-1123]} {
One of the great examples of Nimzowitsch's blockade, and it shows to
perfection the French idea of blockade in the white squares, something closely
linked to a "bad bishop", i.e. locked up by his own pawns. THEME: MASTERY OF
THE SINGLE-COLOURED SQUARES} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3
Ne7 6. Nf3 Nbc6 7. h3 Bf5 $1 {The change of white bishops is part of the black
plan.} 8. Bxf5 $6 Nxf5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 $15 O-O $15 11. Qd3 Nd6 $15 {
[%csl Gc4,Ge4] [#] Black will do an impressive job of blocking through the
white squares. Note that both e4 and c4 are weakened by poor pawn structure,
with bent pawns, which is always damage that would need to be compensated.} 12.
Ng5 g6 13. Bf4 Qf6 $1 (13... Nc4 $2 14. Qg3 Rc8 15. Qh4 $16 {(Reinfeld)}) 14.
Bd2 $2 {Big mistake! It was necessary to drop the bad bishop from the target.}
(14. Bxd6 $5 Qxd6) 14... h6 15. Nf3 Kh7 16. Nh2 Qh8 $1 (16... Qg7 17. Ng4 h5
18. Bh6 $18) 17. Qe3 Qg7 $1 18. Qf3 (18. Ng4 f5 $1 19. Qxh6+ $2 (19. Nxh6 $2
Nc4) 19... Qxh6 20. Nxh6 (20. Bxh6 Rh8) 20... Ne4 21. Bc1 g5 22. f3 Ng3 23.
Bxg5 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 Kg6 25. h4 Rh8 $17) 18... Ne4 19. Bc1 f5 20. Qd3 Na5 21. f4
$6 {This move locks up even more the bishop himself.} (21. Qb5 b6 22. Qxd5 Nxc3
$15) 21... Qd7 22. Nf3 Qc6 23. Ne5 Qe6 $1 {Wisely rejecting a material gain
that would free White.} (23... Qxc3 $2 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Bd2 Ne2+ 26. Kf2 $18)
24. Rb1 b6 25. Kh2 Nc4 26. Be3 (26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. Qe3 Qd5) 26... g5 $1 27. g3
Rf6 28. Rbe1 Rg8 29. Bc1 b5 $1 $17 {[#] The blockade situation of the black
horses is impressive. Absolute triumph of the black strategy. The Ac1 is
almost a piece less, and the holes in e4 and c4 have been occupied by the
strong black knights.} 30. Nf3 $2 {Facilita la ruptura en el Flanco de rey.} g4
31. hxg4 Rxg4 32. Ng1 Rfg6 (32... Rxg3 $2 {You can never lose sight of the
tactics! This would throw away the whole of the previous black game.} 33. Rxe4
$1 $18) 33. Rf3 Qg8 34. Ne2 h5 35. Kg2 h4 36. Rh1 Rh6 37. Rh3 {The Whites have
averted disaster against their king, but there is a surprise in store for them.
} Qg6 $1 38. Be3 Qa6 $1 $19 {Another theme appears in this strategic genius:
The second front White has avoided disaster on the king's wing by putting all
her pieces passive, but then the queen's flank is left to her own devices.} 39.
Bf2 (39. Nc1 hxg3 40. Rxh6+ Qxh6 $19 {(Coles)}) 39... Qxa2 40. Be1 a5 $1 {
The past pawn is too much for White, who cannot defend both flanks at the same
time.} 41. Kf1 Qb1 42. Ng1 a4 43. Ke2 a3 44. Rf1 a2 {Madrid in August 2020. 
jmorenoruiz70@gmail.com} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "MI Javier Moreno Ruiz"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Inf 02"]

{[%evp 0,77,28,30,19,17,44,36,25,25,25,19,50,22,28,25,27,-2,14,15,15,9,4,-20,3,
-23,37,43,33,18,18,19,19,27,34,31,22,-37,55,31,82,90,90,90,83,66,68,38,38,38,
55,51,52,52,52,59,146,159,161,161,163,124,128,139,170,105,257,257,276,307,301,
290,296,306,319,330,350,372,342,407] One of the classic games of Capablanca,
in which with all simplicity he strategically crushes his strong opponent,
with his most advanced pieces, and without the opponent showing anything in
return. THEME: SPACE ADVANTAGE.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5.
Nbd2 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c3 c5 8. Bc4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bh2 Rae8 12.
e4 $14 {[#]Both sides have developed according to their understanding of the
game, with Capablanca developing his pieces in a classic way, and taking the
centre stage. On the other hand, Reti, in the hypermodern style, has placed
both bishops, and has postponed a lot the placing of pawns in the centre.} cxd4
13. cxd4 e5 $6 {A logical reaction, but one that comes late.} 14. Rac1 Qb8 15.
d5 $14 {And the white advantage is clear. A great advantage of space, and the
square c6 as a magnificent place for the white pieces. Black has no
counterplay.} Rc8 16. Bb5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Bc6 $1 Bh6 19. b4 {[#]The risk
you run when you play hypermodern is that you become very restricted, which is
what happened here to the black man. He has serious problems finding active
squares for his pieces.} Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Bxc6 $6 {It's not a very good decision,
it eliminates the annoying bishop, but the advanced Pc6 will be a torment for
the black. In general, a piece or pawn that is too advanced, and cannot
capture, puts a strong pressure on the opponent, and deprives him of vital
space.} 21. dxc6 b5 {Black has chosen to complicate the game, but Capablanca
will show the superiority of his position.} 22. Nb3 Nf8 23. Qd3 Ne6 24. Kf1 $5
{To recycle the Ah2 passive. A very fine manoeuvre.} Qb6 25. Na5 Qd4 $2 {
Error in lower position. Now in the end the Pc6 is decisive.} (25... Nd4 $1 26.
f3 Nh5 27. g4 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Kg2 $14 {And Pc6 is still untouchable, but
Black has resistance.}) 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 27. f3 Rc7 28. Bg1 Kf8 (28... Ne6 29. Nb7
$18) 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Rd1 {White wins a pawn, keeping the tourniquet at c6
and the rest is simple.} Ke7 31. Rxd4 Ke6 32. Ke2 Ng8 {[#] Capablanca will now
finish with its typical and exquisite clarity.} 33. Nb7 $1 Nf6 (33... Rxc6 $4
34. Nd8+ {wins}) 34. Rxd6+ Ke7 35. Ke3 Ne8 36. e5 $1 {Gaining more space.} Ng7
37. f4 h5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 {The final position is explicit.The black is
completely suffocated and with two pawns less, and decided to resign. Madrid,
August 2020.   jmorenoruiz70@gmail.com} 1-0

[Event "Bad Pistyan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "MI Javier Moreno Ruiz"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

{[%mdl 32768][%evp 0,19,24,20,29,-5,-5,-11,20,20,42,38,33,33,33,33,33,19,64,15,
42,1] Alekhine with this game gives us a wonderful example of the strength of
a classic, mobile and well protected centre, by means of a strong pawn
sacrifice. THEME: THE STRENGTH OF A CLASSIC CENTRE.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
c5 4. d5 b5 {An interesting gambit, which it might be better to reject.} 5.
dxe6 (5. Bg5 $5 {[%csl Gd5]}) 5... fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5]} 7. e3 Bd6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 Bb7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. O-O Rad8 13. Qc2 e5 {[%csl
Gd5,Ge5] [#] The classic centre, with pawns in e5 and d5, in black is a
strength, being well protected, and highly mobile. Mobility and good
protection of the centre is the key issue when talking about whether a classic
centre is a force.} 14. Rfe1 e4 $1 15. Nd2 Ne5 {The black central domain,
allows the transfer of forces to the king's wing. White is defenceless and
passive.} (15... d4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Ncxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4) 16. Nd1
Nfg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Nf1 Qg5 $1 {The black centre paralyses the white's
attempts at counterplay!} 19. h3 Nh6 20. Kh1 Nf5 21. Nh2 d4 $1 {[#]The exact
moment to move forward! The tactic has to help. The right moment to advance
the pawns in a classic centre requires great attention, as this is where you
can gain a winning advantage or lose it. Precise calculation is essential.} (
21... Nh4 $2 22. Rg1 $16) 22. Bc1 (22. exd4 e3 $1 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gb7g2]} 23.
Nxe3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Qg3 25. Nf1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qh2#) 22... d3 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24.
Bb2 Ng3+ $1 25. Kg1 (25. fxg3 Qxg3 $19) 25... Bd5 {The white cannot touch
pawns e4, and d3, thus being severely restricted.} (25... Ne2+ 26. Rxe2 dxe2
27. Qxe2) 26. Qa4 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Rf7 28. Qa6 h5 29. b6 Ng3+ $1 30. Kg1 (30. fxg3
Qxg3 $19) 30... axb6 31. Qxb6 d2 32. Rf1 Nxf1 33. Nxf1 Be6 {[#]} 34. Kh1 {
There was a mythical variant given by Alekhine in the comments to the game.} (
34. Qc6 Rf3 35. Qxe4 Bd5 36. Qa4 Qxg2+ $3 37. Kxg2 Rg3+ 38. Kh2 Rg2+ 39. Kh1
Rh2+ 40. Kg1 Rh1# {Alekhine. A FAMOUS VERSION OF THE MILL'S MATE.}) 34... Bxh3
$1 35. gxh3 Rf3 36. Ng3 h4 37. Bf6 Qxf6 38. Nxe4 Rxh3+ 39. Kg1 Bh2+ {And at
the Queen's gain, the white resigns Madrid, August 2020 jmorenoruiz70@gmail.com
} 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam/Karlsbad m"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "MI Javier Moreno Ruiz"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1932.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,91,26,37,25,-16,40,26,29,22,51,3,17,4,28,15,47,55,42,39,51,40,59,23,
45,38,38,29,24,30,21,-19,30,19,50,9,6,12,3,-5,-4,-12,-10,-14,3,8,5,0,8,10,21,
25,23,29,20,20,9,18,13,20,20,20,20,20,56,69,75,77,77,79,111,119,115,115,117,
119,136,138,140,137,134,136,133,129,132,133,130,130,157,155,216,214,212,211]} {
The minority attack is a typical method that originates in Queen's Gambit
positions after the cxd5 exd5 exchange. This is the famous Carlsbad structure.
In these positions white makes a quick plan of attack on the queen's wing with
Pa4, Pb4, Pb5 after proper preparation, with the aim of creating a weak pawn
for black on c6. THEME: MINORITY ATTACK} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6
5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 {Pawn structure that characterizes the Carlsbad
variant.} 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga2a4]} (
10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rad1 {[%csl Rd5]}) 11. Ne5 Ng4 {Natural response.}
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Ne2 Rd6 $1 {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Gb2b4,Ga2a4,Gd6h6,Ge7h4] Faced with the plan of the "MINORITY ATTACK" of white,
black decides to carry out a typical procedure: Counterattack of pieces in the
king's wing.} 16. Ng3 Rh6 17. Bf5 $1 {Just as he transferred the knight to
defend the king's wing, he proceeded to remove the attacking piece.} Qg5 18.
Bxg4 Qxg4 19. h3 {You have neutralised possible attacks; this move would be
dangerous if the black queen's bishop was still there or if ...g7-g5-g4 could
be carried out quickly. He will now execute his advance on the queen's flank.}
Qd7 20. b4 Ne6 21. Rab1 Nc7 $6 {Playing passive. It was better to
counterattack on the king's flank.} (21... Ng5 22. Qf5) (21... g6 {[%cal Ge6g5,
Gf7f5,Gf5f4] It was a lot more interesting.}) 22. a4 a6 {[#]For the moment it
prevents the advance b5; the black plan would be Ce8-Cd6-Cc4, complemented by .
..b5, to block the attack definitively.} 23. Nf1 Re7 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gc7e8,
Ge8d6]} 24. Nh2 $1 {[%cal Gh2g4,Gg4e5] Threat Cg4-Ce5 gaining time.} Rhe6 {
In order to be able to play ...f6 without separating the rooks} 25. Nf3 f6 26.
Nd2 Re8 27. Nb3 R6e7 28. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5] THE IDEAL SQUARE OF A WHITE HORSE IN
THE MINORITY. Strong attack on the queen's wing, and touches important points.}
Qc8 29. Rec1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Rd8 {The white regrouped its pieces harmoniously,
while Euwe has lost time.} 30. Nd3 Qb8 31. Nf4 Ne6 $6 {[%cal Gf4e2,Ge2c3,Gb4b5]
It facilitates the breakage, which could also be done by taking the knight to
c3 THE CHANGE OF MINOR PIECES FACILITATES THE WHITE PLAN OF ATTACK OF
MINORITIES. Black can hardly create counterplay on the king's flank.} 32. Nxe6
Rxe6 33. b5 {[#]Target achieved! The idea of the minority has been carried out
well.} axb5 34. axb5 $14 cxb5 $2 {This is a mistake, since a single weakness 
(c6) is sustainable, but two (pawns d and b) make defence very difficult.} (
34... Qc7 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Qc5 Rc8 37. Rb6 $16 {IDEAL MINORITY POSITION. We
can press all the rest of the game.} Qd7 {[%cal Gc1b1,Gb6b7,Gc1a1,Gc5b4]}) 35.
Rxb5 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5]} b6 36. Qb3 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5]} Qd6 ({Neither did it serve} 
36... Qb7 37. Rcc5 Red6 38. e4 {[%csl Rd5] ganando material.}) 37. Rb1 Rd7 38.
Rxb6 Qxb6 39. Qxb6 Rxb6 40. Rxb6 {THEMATIC MINORITY FINAL! Practice this
ending.} Kf7 41. Kh2 Ke7 42. Kg3 Ra7 43. Kf4 g6 44. g4 $1 {[%cal Gh3h4]} Ra2 $2
{New error that speeds up the outcome, but the end was lost, for example:} (
44... h6 45. Rb8 Kf7 46. Rh8 Ra2 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. Rd8 Ra5 49. Rd7+ Kg8 50. h4 {
[%cal Gh4h5,Gf3g4,Gg4f5]} g5 51. h5 {[%cal Gd7c7,Gc7c5] winning}) 45. Rb7+ Ke6
46. Kg3 {Black resigns in the face of the inevitable loss of a second pawn. A
classic game, where a strong Soviet master beats the future world champion,
and to study carefully, and thus understand the queen's gambit. Madrid, August
2020. jmorenoruiz70@gmail.com} 1-0

[Event "Monaco Grand Prix-01 GM"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1967.04.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "MI Javier Moreno Ruiz"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1967.03.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,132,30,13,66,14,35,35,19,17,7,34,32,28,28,30,45,35,29,15,18,11,11,16,
16,3,17,27,34,16,83,69,66,73,77,77,56,37,81,45,45,48,78,72,68,0,37,40,49,34,26,
0,31,-49,-49,-58,-57,-58,-47,-62,-62,-59,0,0,0,-53,-63,-65,-58,-58,-57,-57,-51,
-56,-64,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-69,-66,-66,-66,-72,-65,-67,
-82,-71,-87,-89,-89,-101,-96,-104,-98,-112,-114,-119,-119,-137,-119,-117,-117,
-117,-124,-130,-116,-120,-111,-111,-105,-139,-144,-171,-149,-263,-235,-229,
-234,-230,-185,-191,-228,-275,-208,-493,-493,-493,-528] Here the great Larsen,
a world-class player in the 1960s, gives a lesson to a strong opponent on how
to use the best pawn structure in the endgame. THEME: PAWN ISLANDS.} 1. Nf3 c5
2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Nh6 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5]
One of Larsen's original ideas.} 8. O-O O-O (8... f5 $5) 9. Qd2 {[%cal Ge3h6]}
Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Rac1 Rfc8 {[%cal Gg7c3,Gc8c3]} 13. b3 a6 14.
Rc2 b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Rab8 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. Bb2 bxc4 20.
Rxc4 Ke8 21. Rdc2 Kd7 22. f3 (22. Ne3 Be6 23. Ra4 {Larsen}) 22... Be6 23. Rd2
a5 24. h4 Rb5 25. Ra4 {[#] Black has a slight advantage, in this position
arising from a Sicilian defence. Their pawn structure is more solid, and the
black king is more centralised than his opponent.} f6 $1 {A deep move, the
meaning of which escapes White.} 26. Kh2 $6 {Allowing for the black idea.} (26.
Ne3) 26... Bxd5 $1 27. Rxd5 (27. exd5 Nb4 $17) 27... Rxd5 28. exd5 Nb4 $17 29.
Rxa5 Rc2 30. a3 Rxb2 31. axb4 Rxb3 {[#]This was the end the black wanted to
reach. The bad structure of white pawns, with their pawns divided into three
islands, while the white one has only one. Now the sense of f6 is manifested,
as the black king has a refuge on f7. To realize these advantages in a whole
point requires good technique.} 32. Ra7+ (32. Rb5 Kc7 $1 $17) 32... Ke8 33.
Ra8+ Kf7 34. Rb8 Rd3 35. Rb5 Rd4 {The white rook is immobilised.} 36. Kg3 g5 $1
{Making way for the black king. The white pieces are very passive, as a result
of their weaknesses.} 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Kf2 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 h5 40. Kh3 Rd3 41. Kg3
Kf6 42. Kf2 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 Rd4 (43... h4+ $1 44. Kh3 Re2 45. Rb8 Re5 46. Rb5 e6
$19) 44. Kh3 g4+ 45. fxg4 Rxg4 46. Rb8 Rd4 47. Rb5 Re4 48. Rb8 Re5 $1 {The
winning plan.} 49. Rb5 e6 50. Rb8 Rxd5 51. b5 Rd4 52. Rh8 Rb4 53. Rh6+ Kf7 54.
Rxh5 {[#] An interesting ending, but Black has a great advantage with his
central linked pawns. Again, the best pawn structure is decisive!} Kg6 55. g4
d5 56. Re5 Kf7 57. Kh4 Rxb5 58. Re1 d4 59. Ra1 Kf6 60. Ra8 Rd5 $1 {The rook
behind the last pawn. The rest is straightforward.} 61. Kg3 d3 62. Ra1 Ke5 63.
Kf2 Kd4 64. Ra7 e5 65. g5 e4 66. Ra4+ Ke5 {Coronation or the loss of a second
pawn is inevitable. Madrid August 2020 jmorenoruiz70@gmail.com} 0-1

