CEX Archive
Games to study.
16 PGN games — pedagogical exercises from CEX's historical archive, with critical positions from grandmasters like Capablanca, Spassky, Korchnoi, Petrossian, Polugaevsky and others. Soon we'll add 20+ games from the Caiobá Festival.
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- #011979
Petrossian×Ivkov
URSS-Yugoslavia
1. Rxd4 exd4 2. Re5+ Kxg4 3. f3# 1-0
- #021975
Polugaevsky×Gulko
URSS
1. Nd6 (1. g3 $2 Rd8 $1) 1... cxd6 2. Rxe6 $18 1-0
- #031971
Gulko×Grigorian
URSS
1. Rf8+ Rxf8 (1... Kh7 2. Qg6#) 2. Qd5+ Kh7 3. exf8=N+ $1 Kh8 4. Neg6# *
- #041968
Korchnoi×Portisch
Wijk aan Zee
1... Bxd5 $1 2. exd5 (2. g3 Bxc4 3. gxh4 Rxd1 $19) 2... g3 3. hxg3 Qxc4 $19 *
- #051965
Maleshic×Mashic
Yugoslavia
1. Bxg6 fxg6 (1... hxg6 2. Qh8#) 2. Qe6# *
- #061965
Medina×Donner
Beverwijk
1. Rxf7+ Rxf7 2. Nh5+ Kg8 3. Qd8# *
- #071962
Hort×Byrne, R..
Varna
1. Nxc6 Nxc6 (1... Nxd3+ 2. Kd2 Qe8 3. Nd5 $18) 2. Nd5 $18 *
- #081962
King×Benjamin
1. Qxe5 Qxe5 2. Rd8+ Ke7 3. Re8# *
- #091959
Berger×Eliskazes
Beverwijk
1. Qh4 $1 Bd7 2. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 3. d6+ $1 $18 *
- #101956
Butnaru×Szabo
Romenia
1. Qxg7+ $1 Rxg7 2. Rxf8+ Rg8 3. Rff7 Rc8 4. Rxh7+ Kg8 5. Rhg7+ $11 *
- #111955
Kaberel×Tipari
Hungria
1. Qg5+ $1 Kxg5 $11 1/2-1/2
- #121955
Spassky×Korchnoi
URSS
1. Qh2 $3 Bxh2 2. e8=Q $18 *
- #131941
Feiter×?
1. g7 $1 Re1+ (1... Re8 2. Bh7) 2. Bd1 $1 (2. Ka2 Be5 $1) 2... Re8 3. Bh5 Rg8 4. Bf7 $1 Rxg7 5. g6 $1 $11 *
- #141935
Bogoliubov×NN
1. Bc5 $1 Qxe2 2. Rxe7+ $1 (2. Rxe2 $4 Rd1+) 2... Qxe7 3. Rxe7# *
- #151914
Farni×Duras
Mangeim
1. Rxg7 $3 Qxf2 2. Rg8+ Ke7 3. Nxd5# 1-0
- #161914
Lasker×Capablanca
Peterburg
1. Ra8+ $3 (1. Kxc7 $2 $11) 1... Nxa8 (1... Kxa8 2. Kxc7 Ka7 3. Kc6) (1... Kb7 2. Ra7+ $1 Kxa7 3. Kxc7) 2. Kc8 $18 Nc7 3. Kxc7 Ka8 4. Kc6 *