The passing of three well-loved players

(1) Podgaets,Mikhail - Klovans,Janis [A07] URS-ch36 Alma-Ata (4), 1968 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.0-0 Bg4 5.b3 e6 6.Bb2 Be7 7.d3 0-0 8.Nbd2 a5 9.a4 Nfd7 10.e4 Na6 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.Rfe1 Rfd8 13.Nf1 Bf6 14.e5 Be7 15.Ne3 Bh5 16.h4 Bg6 17.Bh3 h6 18.Ng2 Nf8 19.Nf4 Bh7 20.Kh1 c5 21.Rg1 c4 22.g4 cxd3 23.cxd3 Nb4 24.g5 h5 25.g6 Bxg6 26.Nd4 Bxh4 27.Nxg6 fxg6 28.Rxg6 Re8 29.Rxg7+ Kxg7 30.Rg1+ Kh8 31.Qxh5+ Nh7 32.Qxh4 Rg8 33.Bxe6 Rxg1+ 34.Kxg1 Qc7 35.Bf5 Rg8+ 36.Kf1 Rg7 37.Ne6 Qe7 38.Qh6 Rf7 39.Ng5 Qxg5 40.e6+ Rg7 41.Qxh7# 1-0

(2) Panchenko,Alexander N (2495) - Azmaiparashvili,Zurab (2415) [D34] URS-ch48 sf Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk, 1980 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.0-0 Nc6 5.d4 e6 6.c4 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Be6 12.Qa4 Qd7 13.Rfd1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qxa4 15.Nxa4 Ne4 16.f3 Nf6 17.Nc5 b6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.e3 Bd6 21.Bf1 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 e5 23.Bc3 Rc8 24.Bh3 Rc6 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.Ke2 Bb4 27.Bd2 Rxc1 28.Bxc1 Ke7 29.b3 Bc5 30.Bb2 Bd6 31.f4 exf4 32.exf4 Kf7 33.Kf3 Ng8 34.Bd7 Nf6 35.Bf5 Ng8 36.g4 Ne7 37.Bd7 g5 38.f5 Bxh2 39.Be6+ Ke8 40.Bg7 Nc6 41.Bxd5 Ne5+ 42.Ke4 Nxg4 43.f6 Ne5 44.Kf5 Nf7 45.Bc6+ Kd8 46.Ke6 Kc7 47.Bf3 Nd8+ 48.Kd5 Bd6 49.Bh5 Nc6 50.f7 Nb4+ 51.Kc4 Be7 52.a4 Nc2 53.f8Q Ne3+ 54.Kb5 Bxf8 55.Bxf8 Nf5 56.Bg6 Nd4+ 57.Kc4 Nf3 58.Kd5 Nd2 59.b4 a5 60.b5 Nf1 61.Bxh6 Ne3+ 62.Kd4 1-0

(3) Hartoch,Robert G (2400) - Keres,Paul (2615) [A57] IBM Amsterdam (6), 1971 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c4 Bb7 5.e3 g6 6.Nc3 b4 7.Ne2 Bg7 8.Ng3 e6 9.e4 exd5 10.exd5 0-0 11.Be2 d6 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Nb6 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Bd3 Ba6 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.b3 Rc7 18.h3 Qe7 19.Rfe1 Qf8 20.Rxe8 Nxe8 21.Ne2 Bc8 22.Nh2 Nd7 23.Be3 a5 24.g4 a4 25.f4 Ra7 26.Nf3 Qe7 27.Kg2 axb3 28.axb3 Ra3 29.Bc2 Ra2 30.Bf2 Nb6 31.Re1 Qd8 32.Bh4 Qd7 33.Qd3 Nf6 34.Ng3 h5? 35.f5 hxg4 36.hxg4 Nxg4 37.fxg6 f6 38.Kg1 Ne5 39.Nxe5 dxe5 40.Qf5 Qe8 41.Qh5 Bh3 42.Bxf6 Bxf6 43.Qxh3 Qe7 44.Bf5 Kf8 45.Rf1 Ke8 46.Ne4 Bg7 47.Qh7 Bf8 48.d6 Qg7 49.d7+ Kd8 50.Qxg7 Bxg7 51.Nxc5 Nxd7 52.Rd1 Ra7 53.Rxd7+ Rxd7 54.Nxd7 1-0