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In this area of our site, we will share with you some games played in the caveman style. The following games are some of my tactical favorites -- and each of these had special creative meaning to me.
(1) Wallach,K - Bachler,K [E80]
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12.Nxf4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.a5 h5 15.g5 h4 16.Be2 Bh3 17.Rg1 b5! 18.Be3 bxc4 19.dxc6 Rb8 20.Nd5 Nxc6 21.Bb6
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21...Rxb6! 22.axb6 [22.Nxb6 Nxa5] 22...Nb4! 23.Nf6+ [23.Nxb4 Qxb6] 23...Bxf6 24.gxf6 Qxb6 25.Rg5 Nd3+ 26.Bxd3 Qe3+ 27.Be2 Qxg5 28.Qd4 Qf4 29.Rxa6 Rd8 30.Bxc4 Qxf3 31.Ra7 Qh1+ 32.Kd2 Qxh2+ 33.Ke1 d5! 34.Bxd5 Be6 35.Ra8 Qg3+ 36.Qf2 Rxa8 37.Bxa8 Qg5 38.Qd4 h3 39.e5 h2 40.Qe4 Qc1+ 41.Kf2 Qxb2+ 42.Kg3 h1Q 43.Qxh1 Qxe5+ 44.Kf2 Qxf6+-+ 45.Kg3 Qc3+ 46.Qf3 Qxf3+ 47.Kxf3 Kg7 48.Be4 Kf6 49.Bd3 Ke5 50.Kg3 g5 51.Bb5 f5 52.Be2 Ke4 53.Bh5 Ke3 54.Bf3 f4+ 55.Kg2 Bh3+ 0-1
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bd7?! 7.Ng5?! [7.dxc5] 7...cxd4 8.Nxf7 Kxf7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Bxg6+ Kg7 11.Bf7 Nxe5!? 12.Qxe5+ Kxf7 13.Qxh8 Nf6 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Qxa8 Qxb2 16.cxd4? [16.0-0!] 16...Bb4+ 17.Bd2 Bxd2+ 18.Ke2
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18...Be3+! 19.Kxe3 Ng4+ 20.Kf3 Qxf2+ 21.Kxg4 e5+ 22.Kh5 Qf5+ 0-1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 d5 7.Nxe5 Bd7
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The following sacrificial idea is well-known. Still, it was fun! 8.Nxf7 Kxf7 9.Qh5+ Ke6 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.Re1+ Ne4 12.Rxe4+ dxe4 13.Bb3+ Ke7 14.Qf7+ Kd6 15.Qd5+ Ke7 16.Bg5+ Ke8 17.Qf7# 1-0
This was a key game that allowed me to tie for first in the state championship. 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.0-0 d5 5.d4 e6 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Qc2 Be7 [11...Bb6 12.Ng5�] 12.Rd1 Be6 13.Be3 Rc8 14.a3 Nb4 15.Qd2 Rc2 16.Qe1 Nc6 17.b4 Bf6 18.Rac1 Bc3 19.Bd2 Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 Qf6 22.b5?! Na5 23.Rd1 Rc8 24.Qg5 Qb2 25.Nd4 Qxa3?
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With each side having 2 minutes to reach move 40, I was fortunate to find the following tactic. 26.Nxe6!! fxe6 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.Qxd5+ Kh8 29.Qd8+ Qf8 30.Qxa5 Qe7 31.Qd2 h6 32.Qd7 Rc7 33.Qd8+ Qxd8 34.Rxd8+ Kh7 35.Rd2 Rc5 36.Rb2 a5 37.bxa6 bxa6 38.Ra2 a5 39.f4 Kg6 40.Kf2 Kf6 41.e4 h5 42.Ke3 g5 43.Kd4 Rb5 44.Ra4 gxf4 45.gxf4 h4 46.Kc3 Ke6 47.h3 Kd6 48.Kc4 Rc5+ 49.Kd4 Rb5 50.e5+ Ke6 51.Ke4 Rc5 52.f5+ Ke7 53.Kd4 Rb5 54.Rc4 Kd7 55.f6 Ke6 56.Rc6+ Kf7 57.Rc7+ 1-0
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0-0 0-0 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 c6 10.b3 a6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.e4 Qc7 13.Bb2 a5?! 14.a3 Nf8 15.c5 Bg4 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Ne6 18.Na4 h5 19.Qc4 Rad8 20.Kh2 Ng5 21.Bg2 h4!? 22.Bc3 hxg3+ 23.fxg3
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23...Rd4!! 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Rd3 Ngxe4 26.Re1? Nxg3 27.Rxe8+ Nxe8 28.Rxg3 Be5 29.Qd3 Ng7 30.Kg1 Bxg3 31.Qxd4 Nf5 32.Qd2 Bh2+ 33.Kf1 Qe5 34.Bf3 Bf4 35.Qxa5 Qe3 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Kg2 Bg3 38.h4 Qf2+ 39.Kh3 Qh2+ 40.Kg4 Nh6+ 0-1
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Be3 c6 4.c4?! Qb6 5.Qd2 c5!? 6.e5 cxd4 7.Bxd4 Qe6 8.f4 d6 9.Nf3 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nc6 11.Ng5 Qg4 12.e6 Nxd4 13.exf7+ Kf8 14.fxg8R+ Kxg8 15.c5 Bf5 16.Bc4+ e6 17.0-0
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17...h6! 18.Nh3 Rd8 19.Kh1 Kh7 20.Nf2 Qh5 21.Nd3 Ne2 22.Rf3 Be5 23.h3 Ng3+ 24.Rxg3 [24.Kh2 Qxf3] 24...Bxg3 25.Nc3 Rd4 26.b3 Bxh3 27.gxh3 Qxh3+ 28.Kg1 Rg4 29.Bxe6 Bh2+ 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 b5 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Nh3 e5 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 0-0 12.Nf2 Nh5 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Nd3 Bb7 15.b4 Qd8 16.a4 bxa4 17.Nxa4 f5 18.Ndc5 dxc5 19.bxc5
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19...fxe4 20.c6 exf3 21.cxb7 fxg2 22.bxa8Q gxh1Q 23.Qxa6 Qh4+ 24.Bf2 Q1e4+ 0-1
1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 f5 3.Bg5 Nd7 4.Nc3 Ngf6 5.d5 e5 6.dxe6 Nc5 7.Nd4 Nxe6 8.Nxe6 Bxe6 9.e4 Be7 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Bc4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Be3 Bf6 14.Qg4 Qe7 15.0-0-0 h5 16.Qh3 Qd7 17.Be6 Qa4 18.Rd2 Qb5 19.Bd4 Bg5
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20.Re1! Bxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Qg5+ 22.Re3? [22.Kd1�] 22...Kd8 23.f4!! Qxf4 [23...Qxg2+ 24.Qxg2 Bxg2 25.Rg3 Bc6 26.Bxg7 Re8 27.Bf6+ Re7 28.Rg8+ Be8 29.Rg7+-] 24.Bxg7 Rh7 25.Qg3 Qxg3 26.Bf6+ Ke8 27.Rxg3 Rf7 28.Bxf7+ Kxf7 29.Bd4 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qxc3+ 7.Qd2 Qxc5 8.e5 Nc6 9.Bb2 f6 10.0-0-0 fxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.f4 Nf7 13.Re1 d6 14.Bd4 Qa3+ 15.Bb2 Qc5 16.Bd4 Qd5 17.Qc3 Bf5 18.Bc4 Qxg2 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Bxh8 Rc8
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21.Qg7+ Ke8 22.Qxg8+ Kd7 23.Rxe7+ Kxe7 24.Re1+ Kd7 25.Qf7+ Kc6 26.Qc4+ Kd7 27.Qf7+ Kc6 28.Qc4+ Kd7 29.Qb5+ Qc6 30.Qxc6+ Rxc6 31.Re2 Rc4 32.Bf6 Rxf4 33.Re7+ Kc6 34.Rxh7 Rf1+ 35.Kb2 Rf2 36.Bd8 Rxc2+ 37.Kb3 Rc5 38.Rc7+ Kb6 39.Rd7+ Kc6 40.Rc7+ Kb6 41.Rd7+ 1/2-1/2
1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.0-0 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qc2 0-0 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.h3 Re8 12.Be3 Now I intended ...b6 and then ...Nf8, but I just spaced out and played.. 12...Nf8? 13.Bc5 Nh5 14.Bd6 Qa5 15.b4 Qa6 16.c5 Qa3 17.Rab1 Nf4! 18.Bf1 b5 19.Bxb5!?
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19...Nxh3+! 20.gxh3 cxb5 21.Rb3 [21.Nxb5 Qxf3] 21...Qa6 22.Qe2 Bxh3 23.Qxb5 Qc8 24.Ne2 Qg4+ 25.Ng3 Ne6 26.Re1 Nf4 27.c6 Bg2 28.Nxe5 Qh3 29.Nxf7 Bxe4 30.Qf1 Bg2 31.Ng5 Qg4 32.Qc4+ Bd5! 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.Qxf4? Re1+ 35.Kh2 Rh1+ 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nb5 Qb8 6.c4 Nf6 7.N5c3 e6 8.Be3 b6 9.Be2 Bc5 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.f4 Nb4 12.0-0!
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12...Bxe3+ 13.Qxe3 Nc2 14.Qd3 Nxa1 15.e5 Ng8 16.Nb5 Bc6 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.Nc3 Qc7 19.Qg3 g6
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20.f5!! exf5 […20...Nc2 21.fxg6 fxg6 22.Rf7+ Kd8 23.Qg5++-; 20...gxf5 21.Qg7 Rf8 22.Qg5+ f6 23.Qg7++-; 20...Nh6 21.Qg5+ Kf8 22.Qxh6+ Ke7 (22...Kg8 23.f6) 23.Qg5+ Kf8 24.Qf6+-; 20...Rf8 21.fxg6 hxg6 (21...fxg6 22.Qg5++-) 22.Qg5+ f6 23.Qxg6 Kd8 (23...fxe5 24.Qg7+ Kxd6 25.Qxf8+ Ne7 26.Rd1+ Bd5 27.Qxh8+-) 24.Qg7 Nh6 25.Rxf6 Rfg8 26.Rxh6!!+-; 20...f6 21.fxg6 h5 (21...hxg6 22.Qxg6 fxe5 23.Qf7+ Kxd6 24.Rd1+ Kc5 25.a3 Nc2 26.b4+ Nxb4 27.Qf2#) 22.exf6+ Nxf6 23.Rxf6 Rhf8 (23...Kxf6 24.Nde4++-) 24.Rxf8 Rxf8 (24...Kxf8 25.g7+ Ke7 26.Nf5+ Kd8 27.g8Q#) 25.g7 Rg8 26.Nf5+ Kd8 27.Qg5+ Kc8 28.Ne7++-] 21.Rxf5!! gxf5 [21...Rf8 22.Rxf7+ Rxf7 23.Nxf7 Nh6 (23...Kxf7 24.e6++-) 24.Nxh8 Nf5 25.Qg5+ Ke8 26.Nxg6+-] 22.Qg7 Rf8 [22...Qb8 23.Qxf7+ Kd8 24.Qf8+!! Kc7 25.Ncb5+ Bxb5 26.Nxb5+ Kb7 (26...Kc6 27.Bf3+ d5 28.Bxd5+ Kd7 29.e6#) 27.Bf3+ d5 28.Bxd5+ Ka6 29.Qa3#; 22...Nh6 23.Qf6+ Kf8 24.Qxh6+ Kg8 25.Qg5+ Kf8 26.Qf6+-] 23.Qg5+ f6 [23...Ke6 24.Qxf5+ Ke7 25.Qg5+ Ke6 26.Bg4+ f5 27.exf6+ Kxd6 28.Nb5+ Bxb5 29.Qd5#] 24.Qg7+ Ke6 25.Qxf8‡ Kxe5 [25...Nc2 26.Qe8+ Ne7 27.Qf7+ Kxe5 28.Qxe7+ Kf4 (28...Kd4 29.Nxf5#) 29.g3+ Kg5 30.Qg7#; 25...fxe5 26.Ne8!!+- Qb7 27.Ng7#] 26.Nf7+ Kd4 [26...Ke6 27.Nxh8 Qf4 28.Qxg8+ Ke7 29.Qxh7+ Kd6 (29...Ke6 30.Qg8+ Ke7 31.Nd5+ Bxd5 32.Qxd5+-; 29...Kd8 30.Qg8+ Kc7 31.Qg3+-) 30.Qh3+-; 26...Kf4 27.Kf2+-] 27.Qb4!! Ke3 [27...Qf4 28.c5+ Ke3 29.Nd1++-] 28.Bf1! Bf3 [28...Nc2 29.Nd1++-] 29.Nd5+ 29...Bxd5 30 Qc3+ Kf4 12 Qg3+ Ke4 13 Qf3+ Kd4 14 Qd5+ Ke3 15 Qd3+ Kf4 16 Qf3# 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 dxe4 5.Qg4 Nf6 6.Qxg7 Rg8 7.Qh6 Qxd4 8.0-0-0 Rg6 9.Qh4 Rg4 10.Qh6 Bf8 11.Qh3 Qb6 12.Be2 Rg6 13.g4 e5 14.Qg3 Nc6 15.g5 Be6 16.Qh4 Nd5 17.Qxe4 0-0-0 18.Nf3 Ndb4 19.Bc4 Nd4 20.Bxe6+ Rxe6 21.Be3??
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21...Nxa2+! 22.Nxa2 Ba3 23.Bxd4 [23.bxa3 Ne2#] 23...exd4 24.Qxd4 Rxd4 25.Nxd4 Qxb2+ 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 c5 4.f3 g5 5.fxe4 gxh4 6.e3 Bg7 7.c3 Qb6 8.b3 Nc6 9.Nd2 cxd4 10.exd4 d6 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Qh5 0-0 13.Bd3 e5 14.d5 Ne7 15.Ne2 f5 16.Kd2 f4 17.Qxh4 b5 18.Na3 Qc5 19.Nc2 a5 20.a4 Ng6 21.Qg5?! b4 22.cxb4 axb4 23.Rac1 Bf6 24.Qh5 Bd7 25.Rhf1 Rac8 26.Kd1
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26...Bxa4 27.bxa4 b3 28.Ncd4 Qa3 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Nc6 Qa1+ 31.Nc1 b2 32.Kd2 bxc1Q+ 33.Rxc1 Qxa4 34.Qf5 Rf8 35.Qd7 Qa3 36.Rc3 Qb2+ 37.Rc2 Qa3 38.Rc3 Qb2+ 39.Bc2 Bh4 40.Rb3 Qa1 41.Rb7??
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41...Be1+ 42.Ke2 f3+ 43.gxf3 Nf4+ 44.Kf1 Bb4+ 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Bg2 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Na3 Nh5 14.h3 f5 15.Kh2
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15...f4! 16.gxf4 Qh4 17.e3 Bg4 18.f3 Qg3+ 19.Kh1 Bxh3 20.Qc2 Qh4 21.Ne4 Nxf3 22.Qf2 Rxe4 23.Bxf3 Ng3+ 24.Kg1 Rxf4 25.exf4 Bd4 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Nxf1 28.Qf2 Qxf4 29.Rxf1 Bxf1 30.Kxf1 Rf8 31.Kg2 Rf5 32.Nc2 Rg5+ 33.Kf1 Qxa4 34.b4 cxb4 35.Qb6 Qd7 36.Nd4 Qh3+ 37.Ke2 Re5+ 38.Kd2 Qh4 39.Ne6 Qe1+ 40.Kc2 Qc3+ 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.0-0 Be7 9.f4 0-0 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Qh5 Bc5 13.Be3 Bxd4 14.Bxd4 Nc6 15.Rad1 Qc7?! 16.Ne4 Nxd4
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17.Ng5 h6 18.Nxf7 Nc5 [18...Nxb3 19.Qg6 Bb7 20.Nxh6+ Kh8 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Qh5 Rxf7 23.Qxf7+ Kh8 24.Rf4+-] 19.Rxd4 Bb7 20.Nxh6+ gxh6 21.Rg4+ Qg7 22.Rf6! 1-0
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4 16.Ne3 Nxe3 17.Bxe3 h6 18.a4?! Be6 19.Bd2 Nd7 20.Qe2 Nc5 21.Qd1 bxa4 22.Bxa4 Qb7 23.Qe2 f5 24.exf5 Bd5?! 25.Bc2 Qxb2 26.Rec1 Nb3 Of course, 26...Nb3 was an error, but even so I didn't think I was in danger until move 39. - Wright. 27.Qd3! Nxa1 28.Qxd5+ Kh8 29.Bd3 Bf6 30.g4 Rab8 31.Rb1! Qa3 32.Rxb8 Rxb8 33.g5 Qb3 34.Qe4 Qd1+ 35.Kg2 d5 36.Qxd5 Rd8
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"Your moves 37 through 40 were a remarkable and beautiful combination, and certainly you should be sure that this game gets published." -Wright. John shows that he is very gracious player! 37.Qf7 Bxg5 38.Bc4 e4 39.Ne5 Qxd2 40.Qh5+- g6 41.Nf7+ Kg7 42.Qxg6+ Kf8 43.Nxd8 Ke7 44.Nc6+ Kd7 45.Ne5+ Kc7 46.Qc6+ Kd8 47.Bd5 1-0
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