Reshevsky, Samuel - Rechtman, Mordechai
Correspondence, 1986

Notes by John C. Knudsen


D42. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Ne4 Nf6 11.Qe2
[11.Ng3 Qd5 12.Re1
(12.b3 Rd8 13.Bb2 b5 14.Qe2 a6 15.Rfd1 Bb7 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.h3 h6 18.Bb1 Bd6 19.Ne4 Bb8 20.Rc5 Qd7 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Qe4 Qd6 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Re1 Ke7 25.Nh4 Nxd4 26.Ng6+ 1-0 Ribeiro,S-Asfora,E/Vitoria 1961/EXT 2001 (26))
12...Rd8 13.Ne2 Qd7 14.Bb5 Qc7 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qc2 Bb7 18.Nc3 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Rxd5 20.Be3 Rad8 1/2-1/2 Colle,E-Loman,R/Scheveningen 1923/HCL (20)]
[11.Be3 Qa5
(11...b6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Qc2+ Kg8 15.Qxc6 Ba6 16.Rfd1 Rc8 17.Qe4 Bc4 18.Ne1 Qd7 19.Qg4 Qb5 20.Rd2 Qd5 21.a3 Bb5 22.h4 Rc4 23.Nf3 Rfc8 24.Bg5 Bxg5 25.hxg5 Rc2 26.Rxc2 Rxc2 27.g6 fxg6 28.Re1 Be2 29.Qxg6 Bxf3 30.gxf3 Qf5 31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.Rxe6 Qg5+ 33.Kf1 Rxb2 34.Re1 Rd2 35.Qe4+ Kg8 36.Qe8+ Kh7 37.Qe4+ Kg8 38.Qe6+ Kh7 39.Qh3+ Qh6 40.Qf5+ Qg6 41.Qh3+ Qh6 42.Qf5+ Qg6 43.Qe4 Qxe4 44.Rxe4 Kg6 1/2-1/2 Kan,I-Saigin,V/Moscow 1945/HCL (44))
(11...Nd5 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.a3 f5 14.Nc3 Be8 15.Bb1 Bh5 16.Ba2 Kh8 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Qb3 f4 19.Qxb7 Na5 20.Qxd5 Bxf3 21.gxf3 fxe3 22.fxe3 Qb6 23.b4 Nb7 24.Rc6 Qd8 25.e4 a5 26.Rfc1 axb4 27.Rc7 Nd6 28.e5 Nf5 29.Qxd8 Bxd8 30.Rd7 Bg5 31.Rcc7 Be3+ 32.Kg2 Bxd4 33.f4 Rxa3 34.Bb3 Rxb3 35.Rf7 Ra8 36.Rc1 Nh4+ 37.Kf1 Nf3 38.e6 Rb2 0-1 Stevens,B-Isaacs,L/Forth Worth 1951/EXT 99 (38))
(11...Nb4 12.Bb1 Nbd5 13.Neg5 b6 14.a3 Ba6 15.Re1 h6 16.Ne4 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Nd5 18.Ne5 Bg5 19.Qd2 Rc8 20.Nf3 Be7 21.Nf2 Bd6 22.e4 Bf4 23.Qd1 Rc1 24.Qa4 Rxe1+ 25.Nxe1 Nc7 26.Nf3 Be3 27.Bc2 g6 28.Re1 Bg5 29.Ng4 Kg7 30.Nge5 Qd6 31.Bd3 Bxd3 32.Nxd3 a6 33.Nde5 b5 34.Qc2 Bf6 35.Nc6 Bg5 36.Qc3 Kh7 37.Rf1 Ne8 38.Nxg5+ hxg5 39.Ne5 Kg7 40.Nf3 Rh8 41.g3 f6 42.e5 Qd5 43.Qc5 Qxc5 44.dxc5 Nc7 45.Rd1 Nd5 46.Nd4 Kf7 47.exf6 Nxf6 48.Nf3 Ne4 49.b4 g4 50.Ne5+ Kf6 51.Nxg4+ Kg5 52.Ne5 Rc8 53.Rf1 Nd2 54.h4+ Kh5 55.Rf7 Kh6 56.Ng4+ Kh5 57.Nf6+ 1-0 Bisarde-Kozlovskaya,V/Leningrad 1962/MCD (57))
12.a3 Rd8 13.b4 Qh5 14.Ng3 Qd5 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.Bc4 Qd6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Bf6 19.Bf4 Qe7 20.Bd3 g6 21.b5 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Bxd4 23.Qxd4 Bxb5 24.Qb2 Bxd3 25.Rfe1 f6 26.h3 Rac8 27.Rac1 e5 28.Bh6 Bc4 29.f4 e4 30.f5 Qc5+ 31.Be3 Qxf5 32.Qxb7 a6 33.Bb6 Re8 34.Bd4 Qe6 35.Qb2 Rf8 36.Qb7 Qd5 37.Qxd5+ Bxd5 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Bxf6 Kf7 40.Bg5 Ke6 41.h4 Ke5 42.Kf2 Rb8 43.Bh6 Rb7 44.g3 Bc4 45.Rd1 Bd3 46.Rd2 Rb3 47.Bf8 Rb1 48.Bg7+ Kd5 49.Kg2 Kc4 50.Rb2 Rd1 51.Bh6 Kc3 52.Bg7+ Kc4 53.Bh6 a5 54.a4 Rb1 55.Rxb1 Bxb1 56.Bd2 Kd3 57.Bxa5 Bc2 58.Kf2 1/2-1/2 Teller,A-Walter,M/Brno 1928/EXT 99 (58)]
[11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Be3 Nb4 13.Be4 Nd5 14.Qd3 g6
(14...h6 15.Rad1 Qd6 16.Bc1 Rd8 17.Qe2 Bd7 18.Ne5 Bc6 19.Bb1 Be7 20.Rd3 Nf6 21.Rg3 Qxd4 22.Bxh6 Bf8 23.Bg5 Be7 24.Ng6 Qd7 25.Nxe7+ Qxe7 26.Qe5 Kf8 27.Rh3 Ke8 28.Rh8+ 1-0 Soltau,A-Tonnemann,W/corr 1975/Megacorr (28))
15.Bh6 Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Bxd5 Qxd5 18.Rfe1 b6 19.Re5 Qc6 20.Qd2 Bb7 21.Rh5 Kh8 1/2-1/2 Estrada Degrandi,W-Roux Cabral,L/URU-ch 1962/EXT 98 (21)]
[11.Bb1 Qd5 12.Nc3 Qh5 13.Ne5 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Nb4 15.Bg5 Rd8 16.Be4 Nbd5 17.Bf3 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bg3 Bd7 20.Rac1 b6 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Rc7 Bf8 23.Nxd7 Rxd7 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Bxd5 Rc8 26.Bb7 Rc2 27.d5 Nc5 28.Bc6 Ne4 29.Ba4 Rc8 30.d6 Nxg3 31.hxg3 Rd8 32.d7 Be7 33.g4 Bf6 34.Re1 Rf8 35.Re8 Kg7 36.Bc6 Bd8 37.Kf1 Bc7 38.Ke2 Bd8 39.Kd3 Bc7 40.Kc4 Rg8 41.Kb5 1-0 Hodgson,J-Jackson,S/Chester 1979/MCD (41)]
11...Nb4 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bb1 Nd5 14.Qe4 h7. g6 15.h4 Bg7 16.Qe2 b6 17.h5 Bb7 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Ng5 Qe7 20.Re1 Rac8 21.Bd2 Bxd4 22.Qd3 # Qf6! 23.Ne4 Bxf2+!! 24.Nxf2 Qxb2 25.Ne4 Qxa1 26.Bh6 Rfd8 27.Rf1 f5 28.Qg3 Qd4+ 29.Kh2 Ne7! 30.Bg5 Kf7

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