[Event "Diagram 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili"]
[Black "Yermolinsky"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn2k2r/pppbqpb1/4p1pp/4P3/8/2NB1N2/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1 w kq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "38"]
1. Nb5 Bxb5 2. Bxb5+ c6 3. Bc4 Nd7 4. Qd4 (4. Re1 {Given the battle developing
around th advanced pawn on e5, why not overprotect the pawn with a rook?}) 4...
Qc5 5. Qxc5 Nxc5 6. Rad1 Rd8 7. Rxd8+ Kxd8 8. Rd1+ Ke7 9. h4 Rd8 10. Re1 a5 11.
b3 a4 12. g4 Nd7 13. Kg2 Nb6 14. Kg3 Ra8 15. Nd2 axb3 16. Bxb3 Rd8 17. Nf3 Nd7
18. Kf4 Ra8 19. Re2 Ra5 *
[Event "Diagram 2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knight"]
[Black "Rook"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/6p1/3n1pP1/2pPpP2/k1P1P3/3K1B2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
1. Kc1 Ka1 2. Kd1 Kb2 *
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bishops in"]
[Black "open position"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C21"]
[PlyCount "9"]
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 *
[Event "Diagram 5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Two Bishops"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1b6/5k2/5P2/2BbPK2/8/8/4B3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
1. Bh4+ Kg7 2. e5 *
[Event "Diagram 10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silman"]
[Black "Gross"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bd5 8.
Qd3 Be4 9. Qd1 c5 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Bc5 15. Rd1 O-O 16. e4 Qe7 17. Qe2 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Rd1 Nb6 20. Be3 Rfd8 (
20... Qb4 21. Bg5) 21. Qb5 Qe6 22. b3 h6 23. a4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. Rd3 Qc6 (
25... Rc7 26. a5 Nc8) 26. Qxe5 Re8 27. Qd6 Nxe4 28. Qxc6 bxc6 29. a5 Nxc3 (
29... Nd5 30. Nxd5) (29... Nc8 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd8+) 30. axb6 Nd5 31. bxa7
Ra8 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. b4 *
[Event "Diagram 10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "1000"]
[Black "Silman"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pp2qppp/1n3n2/4p3/4P3/2N3P1/PP2QPKP/R1BR4 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "19"]
18. a3 Rfd8 19. b4 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Rc8 21. Qf3 Qc7 22. Bd2 Nc4 23. Be1 (23. Qd3
Nxd2) 23... Rd8 24. h4 Qc6 25. b5 Qe6 26. a4 Rd4 27. Ne2 *
[Event "Diagram 10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "1600"]
[Black "Silman"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pp2qppp/1n3n2/4p3/4P3/2N3P1/PP2QPKP/R1BR4 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "24"]
18. Bg5 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 h6 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Nd5 Qd6
24. Qb5 Kf8 25. Nxb6 axb6 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. exd5 Ke7 28. Kf3 f6 29. g4 g6 *
[Event "Diagram 13"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "1200"]
[Black "Silman"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pp2qppp/1n3n2/4p3/4P3/2N3P1/PP2QPKP/R1BR4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
1. Bg5 h6 2. Bxf6 Qxf6 3. Nd5 Nxd5 4. Rxd5 Qe6 5. Rad1 f6 6. Qh5 Rac8 7. Rd6
Qxa2 8. Rd7 b6 9. Qg6 (9. Qg4 Rf7 (9... g5 10. Qf5) 10. Rxf7) 9... Rf7 10. Rd8+
Rxd8 11. Rxd8+ Rf8 12. Rxf8+ (12. Rd7 Rf7 13. Rd8+ Rf8 14. Rd7) 12... Kxf8 *
[Event "Diagram 14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fisher"]
[Black "Taimonov"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/5p1p/1p3np1/pR6/P1Pr3P/2R2B2/1P4P1/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
1. c5 $1 Rxh4+ 2. Kg1 Rb4 3. Rxb4 $1 (3. Rb3 $5 Rxb3 4. Rxb3 Nd7 5. c6 Nc5 6.
Rxb6 $1 Rxb6 7. c7) 3... axb4 4. Rc4 bxc5 5. Rxc5 Kg7 6. a5 Re8 7. Rc1 Re5 8.
Ra1 Re7 9. Kf2 Ne8 10. a6 Ra7 11. Ke3 Nc7 12. Bb7 Ne6 13. Ra5 Kf6 14. Kd3 Ke7
15. Kc4 Kd6 16. Rd5+ Kc7 17. Kb5 $1 *
[Event "Diagram 15"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "1700"]
[Black "Silman"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/5p1p/1p3np1/pR6/P1Pr3P/2R2B2/1P4P1/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
1. g3 Nd7 2. Bd5 Nc5 3. Rf3 Nxa4 4. Bxf7+ Kg7 5. Rf2 Rf8 *
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaletski"]
[Black "Samalii"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "30"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e4 d5 6. e5 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 h5 12. Nbd2 f5 13. dxc5 Rg8 14. Nd4 Qg5
15. N2f3 Qg6 *
[Event "My comments"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaletski"]
[Black "Samalii"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "30"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e4 d5 {Why make this move? Wasn't
the e4 pawn hanging? I realize that pawn hunting in the opening is bad, but
if they lay one out there... This move seems like it will allow white to
really clamp things down in the center with e5.} 6. e5 {At this point, it
looks like a closed center is ensured. I guess that this is where the knights
should excel. Also, e4 looks like a good outpost for black's f6 knight. At
this point, I would trade bishop for Knight.} h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Bb5 {
I think that with this move, white is trying to avoid using the d-pawn on an
exchange on the e file. This would open the center back up. By pinning the
knight, it allows white to take on e5 with his knight.} Bd7 {
Well, that blocks that idea! Time to bring up another defender?} 9. Bxc6 {
OK, that makes sense. Eliminates another knight and allows the white knight
to exchange on e5.} Bxc6 {Now with two knights against two bishops, white
needs to keep the game closed. I guess white should look for outposts at this
point, maybe c5 and d6? That will be difficult with the black Bishop in the
game.} 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 {Overprotects the pawn and ensures that the d4 pawn
can stay in place. I'm still looking at putting a knight on c5.} h5 {
Not sure what this is about.} 12. Nbd2 f5 {This seems to clamp the game down
even harder, further limiting the Bishop's mobility. How can white take
advantage?} 13. dxc5 {This changes my thoughts about white's plan. It seems
to allow the center to be opened up which is good for the black Bishops.
Maybe he is looking to d6 as an outpost?} Rg8 14. Nd4 {OK, I guess this keeps
the center locked up and is a more agressive position for the knight.} Qg5 {
Black obviously has plans on g2. Can white ignore the threat? I would
normally play g3. Also possible is bringing the queen to f3 to defend. I
don't see any real forcing moves here to coutner-attack. I would like to see
the d2 knight on f3, but that takes the spot away from the queen. I know
that at this point, I need to do something to post my knights more agressively
(maybe d6 and f6).} 15. N2f3 Qg6 *
[Event "Diagram 17"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rosenthal"]
[Black "Steinitz"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1br2k1/ppp2pbp/6p1/8/2qN1P2/2P1B3/PP3QPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
1... c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. Ne5 Qe6 4. Qf3 Ba6 5. Rfe1 f6 6. Ng4 (6. Nc6 Re8 7. Bf2
Qd7 8. Rad1 Qc7) 6... h5 7. Nf2 Qf7 8. f5 g5 9. Rad1 Bb7 10. Qg3 Rd5 11. Rxd5
Qxd5 12. Rd1 Qxf5 13. Qc7 Bd5 14. b3 Re8 15. c4 Bf7 16. Bc1 Re2 17. Rf1 Qc2 18.
Qg3 Qxa2 *
[Event "Diagram 18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silman"]
[Black "900 & 1200"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1br2k1/ppp2pbp/6p1/8/2qN1P2/2P1B3/PP3QPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
1... c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. Ne5 Qe4 4. Rae1 Qd5 5. Qf3 Bf5 6. Nc6 Be4 7. Ne7+ Kf8 8.
Nxd5 Bxf3 9. Rxf3 Rxd5 *
[Event "Diagram 19"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Longren"]
[Black "Silman"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b2r4/3r1pbk/ppq1p1pp/8/PPpPNP2/2P3PP/2Q1R2K/2B1R3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
1... f6 2. h4 e5 3. dxe5 fxe5 4. h5 Rd3 5. b5 axb5 6. axb5 Qe6 7. Nf2 Qd5 8.
hxg6+ Kh8 9. Ne4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Qh5+ 11. Kg1 Qxg6 12. Qa2 Bd5 13. Qc2 Rf8 14.
Qc1 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Rxg3+ 16. Kf1 Rg1+ 17. Kf2 Qg3# *
[Event "Diagram 20"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silman"]
[Black "1700"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b2r4/3r1pbk/ppq1p1pp/8/PPpPNP2/2P3PP/2Q1R2K/2B1R3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
1... f5 2. Nd2 e5 3. fxe5 Re7 4. Rf2 *
[Event "Diagram 21"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hort"]
[Black "Ciocaltea"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4n3/1b3k1p/p2p2p1/3Pp3/2P3P1/6PP/2BB4/6K1 w - - 0 2"]
[PlyCount "3"]
2. g5 Bc8 3. g4 *
[Event "Diagram 21"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "1700"]
[Black "Silman"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4n3/1b3k1p/p2p2p1/3Pp3/2P3P1/6PP/2BB4/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
1. Ba5 Nf6 2. Bb4 Ke7 3. Kf2 Nd7 4. Ke3 Nc5 5. Bxc5 dxc5 6. g5 Bc8 7. g4 Bd7 8.
Kd3 Kd6 9. Kc3 e4 10. Bxe4 Ke5 11. Bc2 Kf4 12. Kb3 Ke3 13. Ka3 Kd4 14. Bb3 a5
15. d6 Kc3 16. Ba4 Kxc4 17. Bxd7 Kd5 18. Kb3 Kxd6 19. Be8 Ke5 20. Kc4 Kf4 21.
Kxc5 Kxg5 22. Kb5 *
[Event "Diagram 22"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silman"]
[Black "1850"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pkp/3n2p1/3rp1P1/R3B2P/8/1PP5/2K5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
1... Rd4 2. Rxd4 exd4 3. Bd5 Nf5 (3... h6 4. Kd2 hxg5 5. hxg5 f6 6. Kd3 Nf5 7.
b4 fxg5 8. b5 Ne7 9. Bg2 Nc8 10. Kxd4 Kf6 11. Kc5 Ke5 12. c4) 4. b4 Ne3 5. Bb3
f5 6. b5 f4 7. Kd2 f3 8. Ke1 *
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine's Defense"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rad8 *
Originally posted by cevansI can give it to you in small bits as above if you wish. I am able to convert many of the chessbase files from Ossimitz's site to pgn, although they may lack certain features that they have in CB format.
I'm reading Amateur's Mind, and was looking for PGN files for the games to help me follow along. I found them in Chessbase format at http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/~gossimit/c/book.htm. but don't have Chessbase and can't find a program to convert them for me, since I'm running OSX.
cevans
When publishers complain to Ossimitz, he takes their stuff down. As I understand the copyright laws, these databases do not violate it. I've even bough a couple books because I first looked through the games they analyze after downloading a db from Ossimitz's site.