Cunning, gamesmanship, skulduggery











(1) Pachman,Ludĕk - Doda,Zbigniew [A65]
Capablanca Memorial Havana (16), 1965

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.Nge2 e6 8.0-0 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.h3 Nbd7 12.Ng3 Re8 13.Be3 Rb8 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6 16.Re1 Nfd7 17.f4 c4 18.Bc2 Nc5 19.Bd4 Nd3 20.Bxg7 Nxe1 21.Bd4 Nxc2 22.Qxc2 Nd7 23.Qf2 f6 24.Re1 Qd8 25.h4 Qe7 26.h5 Rf8 27.Re3 Ne5 28.Qd2 Nd3 29.Nd1 Nxf4 30.Nf5 gxf5 31.Rg3+ Kh8 32.Qxf4 Rb3 33.Nc3 Rxb2 34.exf5 Bd7 35.Ne4 Re2 36.Nxf6 Rxf6 37.Qg5 Re1+ 38.Kh2 1-0












(2) Mr X - Mr Blank
Chess Weekly, 19 December 1908

1.Kb1 cxb3 2.Qxa6+ Rxa6 3.Bxa6+ Kb8 4.Rd8+ Bc8 5.Rxc8# 1-0












(3) Showalter,Jackson Whipps -
Logan ,J.E. Correspondence game [C51]
La Stratégie, 15 December 1890

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 d6 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bxg8 Rxg8 12.Bh4 Bg4 13.e5 dxe5 14.Re1 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxd4 16.Re4 Qd7 17.Rd1 Qf7 18.Qg4 h5 19.Qf5 Nc4 20.Rxc4 Qxc4 21.Nd5 Qc5 [21...Qg4-+ ] 22.Qe6+ Kf8 23.Bxf6 Re8 [After 23...Re8 White announced mate in seven by 24.Ne7 Qxf2+ 25.Kh1 Qxf6 26.Ng6+ Qxg6 27.Rf1+ Bf2 28.Rxf2+ Qf6 29.Rxf6+ gxf6 30.Qxf6# ] 1-0












(4) Fairhurst, William Albert -
Tylor, Theodore Henry
Ramsgate, 1929

1.Bd2 Rg3+ 2.Kh1 Rxh3+ 3.Kg1 Rd3 4.Bc1 Rc7 5.Bg5 Rg3+ 6.Kh1 Rxg5 7.R1f7+ Rxf7 8.Rxf7+ 1/2-1/2

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