[Event "Leipzig"] [Site "Leipzig"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Thomas Espig"] [Black "Guenther Moehring"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1973.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 b5 6. Bb3 b4 7. O-O Ba6 8. Re1 Qf6 9. e5 Qf5 10. Ng5 cxb2 11. Bxf7+ Qxf7 12. e6 {Cool as a cucumber, Möhring castles queenside. Just as if the opposing pieces were not even on the board and as if he had failed to register all the important possible motifs.} O-O-O $3 {A splendid move from Caissa's box of tricks. You need Olympian calm to be able to play such a tranquil move in this situation. Castling kills off all of White's illusions. It is not only the one move which wins for Black, but it is also the single move which does not lose,} ({e.g.} 12... dxe6 13. Bxb2 Qd7 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Nf7 Be2 17. Qxe2 Qxf7 18. Bxh8 {should be enough for White,}) ({and even more so} 12... Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Bc5+ 14. Kg3 Bd6+ 15. Kh3 $1 bxa1=Q 16. exd7+ $1 Kf8 17. Qd5) 13. Bxb2 Qf5 14. Nf7 dxe6 15. Nxd8 Nxd8 {The dust has settled and Black is better positioned all along the line, Fritz reckons by 2.59 pawns. A mere question of technique.} 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Be5 Nd5 19. Qa4 Nc3 20. Bxc3 bxc3 21. Rxc3 Bc5 22. Nf3 Rf8 23. Rd1 Nf7 24. h3 $2 Ne5 25. Rb3 Bb6 {and White resigns. He is about to sustain a loss of material and his king's position will be in smithereens. The tide was turned by brilliant castling} 0-1

[Event "Zamardi"] [Site "?"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Möhring, Günther"] [Black "Kaikamdzozov, Jivko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A56"] [Annotator "Endgame Tactics RRA"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4Q3/7k/1p1pQ3/p1pPp2K/P1P1P3/1P6/7q/8 w - - 0 86"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "1978.??.??"] 86. Qh3 $3 (86. Kg4 Qg2+ 87. Kf5 Qf3+ 88. Kg5 Qf4+ 89. Kh5) ({or} 86. Kg5 Qf4+ 87. Kh5) 86... Qxh3+ 87. Kg5 Qg3+ 88. Kf6 Qf3+ 89. Ke7 Qxb3 90. Qh5+ Kg7 91. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro"] [Site "Rio de Janeiro"] [Date "1942.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gomes"] [Black "Neto"] [Result "0-1"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r3k2r/1pp2ppp/pb1p1qn1/4p2b/2B1P3/N2P1NPP/PPP1QPK1/R4R2 b kq - 0 14"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "1942.??.??"] 14... Rg8 15. c3 Nh4+ 16. gxh4 g5 17. Rg1 Bxf3+ 18. Qxf3 gxh4+ 19. Kh2 Qxf3 20. Rxg8+ Ke7 21. Rxa8 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Qf3+ 23. Kh2 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Qxh3# 0-1

[Event "Berlin"] [Site "?"] [Date "1898.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "N.N."] [Black "Caro"] [Result "0-1"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3r4/kbq2pp1/pb2p1p1/7n/B7/1PP5/1QP2PPP/RN3RK1 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "7"] [EventDate "1898.??.??"] {Caro also wins here with a lionhearted leap of the queen against the wall of pawns:} 1... Qg3 $3 {A lovely piece of diagonal work by the queen, who does not put on the brakes until she is right in front of the palace guard. At the same time it is the best move and sets up mate in five moves.} 2. hxg3 {Unlike Marshall, Caro even still had to find a quiet and beautiful continuation to achieve a rapid mate:} ({Or} 2. Bc6 Qxf2+ 3. Rxf2 Rd1#) 2... Rh8 $1 3. Bc6 Nxg3 4. Rxa6+ Bxa6 {and the knock out on the next move with 5...Rh1#. Unlike in Marshall's situation, the winning move brings about mate in the quickest possible fashion.} 0-1

[Event "Rostov"] [Site "Rostov"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Nezhmetdinov"] [Black "Chernikov"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1b2rk1/pp1ppp1p/5bp1/q7/3nP2Q/1BN1B3/PPP2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 12"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1962.??.??"] 12. Qxf6 Ne2+ 13. Nxe2 exf6 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Nd5 Re6 16. Bd4 Kg7 17. Rad1 d6 18. Rd3 Bd7 19. Rf3 Bb5 20. Bc3 Qd8 21. Nxf6 Be2 22. Nxh7+ Kg8 23. Rh3 Re5 24. f4 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rc8 26. Bd4 b5 27. Ng5 Rc7 28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rh8+ Kxh8 30. Nxf7+ Kh7 31. Nxd8 Rxe4 32. Nc6 Rxf4+ 33. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"] [Site "?"] [Date "1844.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hoffmann, Fr. Alexander"] [Black "Petrov, Alexander Dmitrievi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C53"] [Annotator "YB/80-24 Sosonko"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1bqk2r/pppp1Npp/8/2bnP3/8/6K1/PB4PP/RN1Q3R b kq - 0 12"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "1844.??.??"] 12... O-O $3 {Queen sacrifice! By far the best and an immediately decisive procedure.} 13. Nxd8 {There is no rescue in sight for White. After the knight move, Black even has a forced mate on the board.} Bf2+ 14. Kh3 d6+ 15. e6 Nf4+ 16. Kg4 Nxe6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6+ 18. Kg5 Rf5+ 19. Kg4 h5+ 20. Kh3 Rf3# 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Short"] [Black "Timman"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 a5 10. a4 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Re1 e6 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nf3 Qc5 16. Qe4 Qb4 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. b3 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Re8 20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Qh4 b6 22. Be3 Qc6 23. Bh6 Bh8 24. Rd8 Bb7 25. Rad1 Bg7 26. R8d7 Rf8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. R1d4 Rae8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. h4 h5 31. Kh2 Rc8 32. Kg3 Rce8 33. Kf4 Bc8 34. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Sinaya"] [Site "Sinaya"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Neikirich"] [Black "Radulov"] [Result "0-1"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r2q3k/bppbnQpp/p7/6B1/3Pp3/2P5/PP3PPP/RN4K1 b - - 0 15"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] 15... Bc5 (15... c5 16. Bxe7 Qb6 17. Bf8 Qh6 18. Nd2 cxd4 19. Nxe4 $13) 16. dxc5 (16. Nd2 h6 17. Nxe4 Bb6 18. Re1 Qe8 19. Qxe7 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Qe6 $15) 16... Be6 17. Qh5 Qd5 $15 18. Nd2 h6 19. Nxe4 Bf7 20. Qg4 hxg5 21. Nxg5 Rd8 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Bg8 25. h4 Ng6 26. Qh5 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Brussels"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ivanchuk"] [Black "Yusupov"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Ba3 e4 12. Ng5 e3 13. f4 Nf8 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qb3 h6 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. b5 g5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 gxf4 20. Nxc6 Qg5 21. Bxd6 Ng6 22. Nd5 Qh5 23. h4 Nxh4 24. gxh4 Qxh4 25. Nde7+ Kh8 26. Nxf5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Re6 28. Qb7 Rg6 29. Qxa8+ Kh7 30. Qg8+ Kxg8 31. Nce7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Nxg7 Nf2 34. Bxf4 Qxf4 35. Ne6 Qh2 36. Rdb1 Nh3 37. Rb7+ Kh8 38. Rb8+ Qxb8 39. Bxh3 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Havana"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Garcia Palermo"] [Black "Vera"] [Result "0-1"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k4r/2P2ppp/4bn2/8/rp1R4/2p3P1/P1p1PPBP/R1B3K1 b - - 0 25"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "1981.??.??"] 25... b3 26. Rxa4 b2 27. Ra8+ Kd7 (27... Kxc7 28. Bf4+ Kb6 $19) 28. Rxh8 Ke7 29. Bf1 Nd5 30. e4 Nxc7 31. Bg5+ f6 32. Rc1 fxg5 33. Rxc2 b1=Q 0-1