Reversed Dragon Games
The following are 39 sample games with the Reversed Dragon, many of which I looked at in preparation for the theme tournament.
Pavel Miskovsky - S. Botik [A29]
Czechoslovakia cup/corr 1992
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8. Nd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd4 10. Rb1 Bc5 11.
13... c6 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Rxc5 Qxc5 16. Ba3![]()
14... Qc6 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Rc1 b6 17. d4![]()
15. dxe4 c6 16. Rxc5! Qxc5 17. Bd6 Qa5 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qd6+ Kf7 20. Bh3 Qxa2?! 21. Qc7+! Kg6 22. Rd1 h6 23. exf5+ 1-0
Milton Loeb Hanauer - Weaver Warren Adams [A29]
USA-ch/New York (10) 1936
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8. Nd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd4 10. Rb1 Bc5 11.
14. Qc1!?
14... Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Be6 16. a4 Rad8 17. Rdc1 b6 18. Bc3 Rfe8 19. a5 Bc8 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21. Rxb4 Rd2 22. h3 Ra2 23. Rxc7 Rxa5 24. f4 Be6 25. Kf2 b5 26. Rd4 Ra2 27. e5 Bc4 28. Bd5 Rxe2+ 29. Kf3 Ra2 30. Rdxc4 bxc4 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Bxe8 Kxe8 33. Rxc4 Ra3+ 34. Kg4 a5 35. f5 a4 36. Rc7 Kf8 37. Ra7 Ra1 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. e6+ Ke7 40. Rg8 g6 41. Rg7+ Kd6 42. Rd7+ Kc6 43. f6 1-0
Mihail Tal - Josef Augustin [A29]
Prague radio sim/Prague 1960
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8. Ng1 f5 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 Be6 11. Nf3 Be7 12.
James Mason - Jacques Mieses [A29]
Monte Carlo (9) 1902
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4
Bf6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Nxd5! Bxd5 13. Rd1 b5 14. Qc2 Qc8 15. e4! Bc4 16. e5! Be7 17. b3 Bd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rxd5
Rc5 21. Rxc5 Bxc5 22. Bb2 Ke7 23. Rc1 Bb6 24. Kf1 Rd8 25. Ke2 Ke6 26. f3 Rd7 27. Rc6+ Kf5 28. g4+ Kf4 29. e6 Re7 30. Bxg7 fxe6 31. Bf8 Re8 32. Bd6+ e5 33. Bc5 Bxc5 34. Rxc5 a6 35. Rc7 h6 36. Rc6 e4 37. Rf6+ Kg5 38. Rxa6 Rc8 39. h4+ Kxh4 40. Rxh6+ Kg3 41. fxe4 Rc2+ 42. Kd3 Rxa2 43. Rb6 Kxg4 44. Rxb5 Ra1 45. Rd5 Rd1+ 46. Kc4 Rc1+ 47. Kb5 Kf4 48. e5 Kf5 49. b4 Ke6 50. Rc5 Rb1 51. Ka5 Kd7 52. b5 Ra1+ 53. Kb6 Rb1 54. Kb7 Rb2 55. b6 1-0
Bent Larsen - Ernst Gruenfeld [A07]
Hoogovens/Beverwijk 1961
1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4.
Lothar Schmid - Cristian Martinez [A29]
Lugano ol (Men)/Lugano 1968
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7.
Charles D Adelman (2220) - Pat Reynolds [A29]
IRL-op/IRL 1992
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
10... Nxd4! 11. cxd4 c6 12. Rb1 Qd7 and White only has a very slight edge due to his center pawns and the b-file. 13. Qc2 ![]()
12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc8 14. Qd3![]()
13. Bxc6+ Kf8 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 15. Bb2 f6 16. Rc1 Qe4 17. Qa4 Qxe2 18. Qxc4 Qxb2 19. Rb1 1-0
Boris Gulko (2580) - Joel Benjamin (2580) [A29]
ch-USA Gp1/Chandler USA (05) 1997
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
G. Serper - Viktor Korchnoi [A29]
Groningen PCA (09) 1993
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
Mikhail Botvinnik - Andreas Dueckstein [A29]
Munich ol (Men) fin-A/Munich (10) 1958
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. d3
Mikhail Botvinnik - Ake Olsson [A29]
Stockholm (5) 1962
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Mikhail Botvinnik - Erik Lundin [A29]
Stockholm (7) 1962
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Mikhail Botvinnik - Lajos Portisch [A29]
Monte Carlo (7) 1968
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Garry Kasparov (2760) - Valery Salov (2625) [A29]
URS-ch55/Moscow 1988
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
Garry Kasparov (2760) - Andrei Sokolov (2600) [A29]
URS-ch55/Moscow 1988
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
Garry Kasparov (2800) - Viktor Korchnoi (2625) [A29]
Paris Immopar/Paris 1990
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7.
Viktor Korchnoi - Atanas S Kolarov [A29]
Gyula 1965
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
Wolfgang Uhlmann (2570) - Viktor Korchnoi (2670) [A29]
Alekhine mem/Moscow (11) 1971
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
Viktor Korchnoi (2695) - Jaan Eslon (2380) [A29]
Linares 1979
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. d3 Bb4 9.
Viktor Korchnoi (2645) - Robert Huebner (2620) [A29]
EUchT qual/Luzern (5) 1982
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
Viktor Korchnoi (2625) - Jon L Arnason (2540) [A29]
Beersheba 1987
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
14... Nb4 15. Nf3 f5 16. Nc5 Qb5 17. a4 Qa5 18. d4![]()
16... Nc6 17. Na6! Ra8 18. Nd2![]()
18. Nb5!? a6 19. d4 axb5 20. dxc5![]()
19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21. e4 Qd8 22. b4
Korchnoi,V
19... Be6
19... Bf5!? 20. Qc1! f6 21. d4 e4 22. Nh4 Be6 23. Bxe4!![]()
20. Rh4!? f6 21. d4 g5 22. Rh6!
22. Re4!? Bd5 23. Nxg5 fxg5 24. Rg4 Bxg2 25. Rxg5+![]()
22... Kg7 23. dxe5 Kxh6 24. exf6 Rg8
24... Kh5? 25. Nxg5 Kxg5 26. Qd2+ Kg6 27. Be4+ Bf5 28. Bxf5+ Kxf5 29. Qf4+ Ke6 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Ke6 32. Rd1
Korchnoi,V
24... Kg6 25. Qd2 h6 26. Nh4+ Kf7 27. Qc2 Nf8 28. Bf3 Qd7 29. Rd1 Qxd1+ 30. Qxd1 gxh4 31. Qd2
Korhnoi,V
25. Qd2 Kh5 26. h3 Nc5 27. g4+ Bxg4
27... Kh6 28. Nxg5 Rxg5 29. h4 Qg8 30. b4 Na4 31. f7 Bxf7 32. hxg5+ Qxg5 33. Bg7+! Kg6 34. Be4+
Korchnoi,V
29... Qf4 30. Bf3+ Kh6 31. Kg2!![]()
30. Qc2 Ne4 31. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 Qxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxe1 34. Kxe1 Rbd8 35. f7 Rgf8 36. Ba3 Rxf7 37. Nxf7 Rd4 38. Bxb7 g4 39. Ne5 Kh4 40. e3 1-0 [Korchnoi]
Robert Huebner (2615) - Viktor Korchnoi (2625) [A29]
Brussels blitz/Brussels 1987
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
Ossip Bernstein - Johannes Metger [A29]
Ostende-B/Ostende (21) 1907
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
15... a6=
17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Rxc7 Rd7 20. Qb3+![]()
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20. Neg5!! fxg5 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Nxe5
the Queen is lost, e.g.: 22...Qe8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24.Nd6+
or 22...Qf5 23.Nf7+ Kg8 24.Nh6+
or 22...Qxb5 23.Nf7+ Kg8 24.Nh6+ Kh8 25.Qg8+ Rxg8 26.Nf7#
Isaac Kashdan - Israel Albert Horowitz [A29]
USA-ch m/New York (5) 1938
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
22. b4 Be6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Nb3 f4 25. Nbxc5 fxg3 26. hxg3 Bh3 27. Re1 Re5 28. Qc2 Bg5 29. Rb1 Rf8 30. Ne4 Rxe4 31. dxe4 Be3 32. Rf1 Qe5 33. Kh2 Qh5?!
33... Bxf2! 34. Qd3 (34. Rg1 Qh5!)
34... Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Bxg3+ 36. Kg2 Bf4![]()
34. Qc5?
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34. Kg1 Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Qh3 36. Qc4+! Rf7 (36... Kh8 37. Qc7
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37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. fxe3+ Kg6 39. Rf3![]()
34... Qxc5?
34... Bxf1+!! 35. Qxh5 Rxf2+ 36. Kh1 (36. Kg1 Rf5+ 37. Kh2 Rxh5#)
36... Bg2+ 37. Kg1 Rxe2+ 38. Kh2 Bf3+![]()
36. fxe3 dxe3 37. Rb3 Bxe2 38. Rxe3=
36... Rxf2+! 37. Rxf2 Bxf2 38. Nd3 Be3 39. Nb4 Kf7
39... h5!
40. Nc2 Ke6 41. Nxe3 dxe3 42. Kg2 Ke5 43. Kf3 h5
Black must have won on time since the position appears drawn.
0-1G. Littman - Samuel Herman Reshevsky [A29]
USA-ch/New York (8) 1940
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nb6 8.
Ludek Pachman - Milos Altschul [A29]
CSR-ch/Kosice (19) 1961
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nb6 8.
Tigran V Petrosian - Goesta Stoltz [A29]
Varna ol (Men)/Varna (2) 1962
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
Arthur Bernard Bisguier - William Addison [A29]
USA-ch/New York (11) 1964
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
Bent Larsen - Heinz Lehmann [A29]
Palma de Mallorca (2) 1967
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nde7 7.
Bent Larsen - Jude Frazer Acers [A29]
USA op/Aspen 1968
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7.
Lev Polugaevsky - Robert Graham Wade [A29]
Skopje/Ohrid/Skopje (6) 1968