Advent calendar: December 1

by ChessBase
12/1/2016 – Christmas is coming, advent is there. Every day, from December 1 to December 24, we invite our readers to open a door in our advent calendar. Each day, a little surprise waits for you. Enjoy!

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"Garry Prep" on a floppy disk

Disks, floppy disks (the younger readers might want to google here). We still have some.

"Garry Prep" is written on one

On another we read: "ChessBase Magazin, Ausgabe 1+2/87" (issue 1 and 2, 1987)

Our contribution to December 1. Back then it was really something to publish so many games at one go. Now we offer to download the annotated games that were on that disk. But back then the magazine that came with an opening review by John Nunn was only in German. We offer it as pdf-download.

But today you do find the games in the Mega 2017. Open the database, go to "sources", and select CBM001 - back then 680 games were a lot. Nunn had played in the Ohra Tournament in Brussels: two wins against Short, a lost Grünfeld against Kasparov, a 6.f4-assault in the Najdorf against Portisch. Nunn sent his comments on disk. Seirawan commented on his loss against Karpov in Brussels (a Petroff). The tournaments: Lugano, Ohra, Swift. Bessel Kok. 

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 0-0 6.Ng3 e5 7.d5 a5 7... c6; 7... Ng4 8.Be2 Na6 9.h4 h5 10.Bg5 /\ 11.Bh5 gh5 12.Nh5 Qd7 10... Qe8 11.Qd2 Kh7? /\ 12... Ng8, 13... Bh6; >= 12... Nc5 12.Bxf6! Bxf6 13.Bxh5! gxh5 14.Nf5‼ 14.Nh5? Qe7! /\ Bg4, Rh8 Bg7! 14... Qd8 15.Qh6 Kg8 16.Rh3 Bf5[] 17.ef5 Bh4[] 18.f6! Qf6 19.Rg3! 15.Qg5! 15.Ng7 Qg4! 16. Nf5 Bf5 17.ef5 Qg2 f6 16.Qxh5+ Kg8 /\ Qf7 17.Qg6 Rf7 17... Kh8 18.h5 Qf7 19.h6!! Qg6 20.hg7 Kg8 21.Rh8 Kf7 22.Rf8# 18.h5! 18.Nh6? Kf8 Kh8 18... Kf8 19.h6 Bh8 20.h7! (20.Rh3? Rh7 21.Rg3 Qf7!) 20... Rg7 21.Qf6 Qf7 22. Qd8 Qe8 23.Qe8 Ke8 24.Ng7 Bg7 25.h8Q 19.h6 Bf8 20.Rh3 >= 20.Qg7 Rg7 21.hg7 Kg8 22.Rh8 Kf7 23.gf8Q Qe8 21.Rg3 >= 21.Qg7 Be7 22.Qg7+! 22.Ne7 +- Rxg7 23.hxg7+ Kg8 23... Kh7 24.Kd2 Bf5 25.g8Q! Qg8 26.Rh1# 24.Nh6+ 24... Kh7 25.g8Q Qg8 26.Ng8 , Ke2, Rh1 [ Forintos ] 1–0
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Forintos,G2355Freisler,P22901–01987E70Budapest op
Paehtz,T-Arkhipov,S25400–11987A81Budapest op
Tabor,J2275Martinovic,S24101–01987B43Budapest op
Timman,J2645Miles,A26101–01986E13Brussels SWIFT
Kasparov,G2740Kortschnoj,V2650½–½1986E11OHRA-A2
Nunn,J2585Tukmakov,V25701–01986B57Lugano op
Nunn,J2590Hug,W24551–01986C18Biel3
Greenfeld,A2510Nunn,J2590½–½1986E63Biel4
Klinger,J2445Nunn,J25850–11986C90Vienna op
Nunn,J2585Hoelzl,F23701–01986B90Vienna op
Nunn,J2590Short,N26151–01986C98OHRA-A3
Huebner,R2620Nunn,J25901–01986C61OHRA-A5
Kasparov,G2740Nunn,J25901–01986D79OHRA-A6
Nunn,J2590Portisch,L26051–01986B93OHRA-A7
Short,N2615Nunn,J25900–11986C89OHRA-A8
Kortschnoj,V2650Nunn,J2590½–½1986B07OHRA-A9
Nunn,J2590Huebner,R2620½–½1986C16OHRA-A10
Karpov,A2700Seirawan,Y26051–01986C42Brussels SWIFT

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