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PGN for illustrative games from Averbakh's Chess Tactics for Advanced Players

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[Event "?"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rubinstein, A"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O-O Ne4 11.h4 f5 12.Kb1 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Qxb7 exf3 18.Rxd7 Qe8 19.Rxe7 Qg6+ 20.Ka1 Rab8 21.Qe4 Qxe4 22.Rxe4 fxg2 23.Rg1 Rxf2 24.Rf4 Rc2 25.b3 h6 26.Be7 Re8 27.Kb1 Re2 28.Bxc5 Rd8 29.Bd4 Rc8 30.Rg4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Capablanca, J"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.d5 Nd4 15.Bd3 O-O 16.Be3 Rac8 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.a4 Qb6 19.axb5 axb5 20.h3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Nd7 22.Rec1 Nc5 23.b4 Na4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.e5 g6 26.e6 Rf8 27.Ng3 Qb7 28.Nf5 fxe6 29.dxe6 Qc7 30.Qc6 Qd8 31.Nxe7+ Qxe7 32.Bxb5 Nc3 33.Qd7 Qxd7 34.Bxd7 Rb8 35.e7 Kf7 36.Re1 Re8 37.Bxe8+ Kxe8 38.Re6 d5 39.Kf1 Nb5 40.Ke2 Nc7 41.Re5 Na6 42.b5 Nb4 43.b6 d3+ 44.Kd2 Kd7 45.e8=Q+ Kd6 46.Qe7+ Kc6 47.Qxb4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Y"]
[Black "Taimanov, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O a6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Bb3 Be7 10.f4 Na5 11.Qf3 b5 12.e5 Bb7 13.Qg3 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nh5 15.Qh3 Qxe5 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Nxe6 Bc8 18.Qxh5+ Qxh5 19.Nxg7+ Kd7 20.Nxh5 Nc4 21.Bd4 Rg8 22.Nd5 Rg5 23.Nhf6+ Bxf6 24.Nxf6+ Kc6 25.Nxh7 Rg6 26.Rae1 b4 27.b3 Na3 28.Re5 Nb5 29.Be3 Nc3 30.Nf8 Rg7 31.Rf6+ Kc7 32.Bh6 Rg4 33.Re7+ Kd8 34.Rh7 Rb8 35.Ne6+ Bxe6 36.Rf8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uhlmann, W"]
[Black "Averbakh, Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ng3 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O Be6 12.Nce2 Bd6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.exd4 Re8 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.Bxf5 Qb6 17.b3 g6 18.Bh3 Ne4 19.Qd3 Be7 20.g3 Bf6 21.Be3 Re7 22.Rac1 Rae8 23.Rfd1 Qd6 24.Bg2 h5 25.Qb5 a6 26.Qa5 h4 27.g4 Bg5 28.Bxg5 Nxg5 29.h3 Re2 30.Rf1 R8e3 31.fxe3 Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Qg3+ 33.Kh1 Qxh3+ 34.Kg1 Qxe3+ 35.Kh1 Qh3+ 36.Kg1 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Nf3 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Rxf3 Qxf3+ 40.Kh2 Qf4+ 41.Kg2 Qxg4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Byrne, R"]
[Black "Fischer, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bf4 d5 6.Qb3 c6 7.Rd1 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nbd7 9.e4 Nb6 10.Qc5 Bg4 11.Bg5 Na4 12.Qa3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Bxe7 Qb6 15.Bc4 Nxc3 16.Bc5 Rfe8+ 17.Kf1 Be6 18.Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19.Kg1 Ne2+ 20.Kf1 Nxd4+ 21.Kg1 Ne2+ 22.Kf1 Nc3+ 23.Kg1 axb6 24.Qb4 Ra4 25.Qxb6 Nxd1 26.h3 Rxa2 27.Kh2 Nxf2 28.Re1 Rxe1 29.Qd8+ Bf8 30.Nxe1 Bd5 31.Nf3 Ne4 32.Qb8 b5 33.h4 h5 34.Ne5 Kg7 35.Kg1 Bc5+ 36.Kf1 Ng3+ 37.Ke1 Bb4+ 38.Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Kc1 Ne2+ 40.Kb1 Nc3+ 41.Kc1 Rc2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Y "]
[Black "Estrin, Y "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7 9.Qb3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nxe4 11.Nb5 Qc5 12.Qxg7 Rf8 13.Bh6 Qxf2+ 14.Kd1 Nd7 15.Re1 Nef6 16.Bxe6 Qxb2 17.Rc1 1-0

[Event "Alma Ata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh"]
[Black "Platonov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 Ne4 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bb2 b6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qc2 h6 14.c4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Kh8 16.Qe4 Bb7 17.Rfd1 Qc8 18.Bd3 f5 19.Qh4 Qe6 20.Bc4 Qg6 21.Rd7 Be7 22.Rxb7 Bxh4 23.Nxh4 Qg5 24.f4 Qg4 25.Be2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Portisch, L "]
[Black "Karpov, A "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.c4 O-O 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nb3 Bb4 11.Bd2 a5 12.Nbd4 Re8 13.Rc1 c5 14.Nf5 Nf8 15.d4 Ne4 16.dxc5 Nxd2 17.Nxd2 Qg5 18.Nd6 Bxd2 19.Nxb7 Bxe1 20.Qxe1 Rxe2 21.Qxe2 Qxc1+ 22.Qf1 Qd2 23.cxb6 Rc8 0-1


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