| ECO B72 in 1987 play it! short nigel d defeats black's mestel a jonatha by checkmate in 77 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. g4 Rc8 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Nh7 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bh3 Qa5 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. Nb3 Qa6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 b5 19. Rf1 Rfe8 20. Nd5 Rc4 21. Qd2 Nf8 22. f5 Ne5 23. Nd4 Bc6 24. Nc7 Qb6 25. Nxe8 Bxe8 26. Bg2 Rc7 27. Nf3 Nfd7 28. f6 exf6 29. gxf6 Nc4 30. Qf4 b4 31. Nd4 a5 32. Bh3 Nc5 33. Qh6 Ne6 34. Rg1 Na3 35. bxa3 bxa3 36. Nb3 a4 37. Rxg6+ fxg6 38. Bxe6+ Rf7 39. Qg7# |
| ECO B25 in 2003 play it! short nigel d defeats black's williams simon k in 55 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 h5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nd5 Ne5 9. f3 h4 10. g4 Be6 11. Ndf4 Bd7 12. c3 Nc6 13. Rb1 e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. f4 Qc8 17. Nf2 f5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d6 Nc6 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qb5 O-O 22. Bg5 e4 23. Qxc5 b6 24. Qe3 Ne5 25. Bxh4 Qd7 26. Bg3 Qxd6 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. dxe4 |
| ECO B20 in 1981 play it! short nigel d defeats black's velikov petar in 79 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nf6 8. Nbc3 cxd4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd4 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Bd6 c5 14. Qa4+ Qc6 15. Qxc6+ Bxc6 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nf4 Rhd8 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Re1 Rac8 20. a4 Ba8 21. Kf1 g5 22. a5 f6 23. a6 c4 24. Nb4 Rb8 25. Nbd5+ Kf7 26. Nc7 Rxb2 27. Rad1 Bc6 28. Rxe6 Rxc2 29. Rxc6 Ne5 30. Rxd8 Nxc6 31. Rd7+ Kg6 32. N7d5 Ne5 33. Rxa7 Nf3 34. h3 h5 35. Rb7 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Rb1 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Nd2 40. Rd1 |
| ECO B40 in 2001 play it! short nigel d defeats black's hernandez gilber in 71 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. f4 Rb8 12. a3 b6 13. Rc1 Bc8 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Ba8 17. Rc2 Qc8 18. Nc1 Rb7 19. b4 Rc7 20. Nb3 Ncb8 21. Na4 b5 22. Nb2 bxc4 23. Nxc4 e5 24. Rdc1 Qd8 25. Nba5 f5 26. exf5 e4 27. Bg4 d5 28. Ne5 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Bf6 30. Nac6 Nxc6 31. Nxc6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 Nb8 33. Rc1 Qd7 34. Bc5 Re8 35. Rd1 Qb7 36. Qf2 |
| ECO B70 in 1986 play it! short nigel d defeats black's stuart wagman in 43 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. f4 e5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Rxf7 Rxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qf3+ Bf6 19. Qxe4 d5 20. Qg4 Re8 21. Rf1 Kg7 22. Rxf6 |
| ECO B77 in 1987 play it! short nigel d defeats black's ernst thomas in 67 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Bh6 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rh2 Rg8 21. Ne2 Qa5 22. g5 Nh5 23. Qxe7 Bc8 24. Rxh5 gxh5 25. Qf6+ Kf8 26. Qxd6+ Ke8 27. Rd5 Qb6 28. Qe5+ Kf8 29. Nd4 h4 30. a4 a5 31. c4 f6 32. Qf4 Ke7 33. c5 fxg5 34. Qe4+ |
| ECO B34 in 1992 play it! short nigel d defeats black's yrjola jouni in 117 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Bd4 Rd7 15. a4 f5 16. exf6 exf6 17. a5 Kf7 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Rc7 20. b4 Rb8 21. c3 Re8 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Bf2 Bd6 24. Rad1 Be5 25. Rd3 Bc4 26. Rde3 Bd5 27. Rd1 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Rce7 29. Bc5 Rc7 30. a6 Ke6 31. Rfd3 Rec8 32. Kf2 h5 33. h3 g5 34. c4 Rg7 35. Rd8 Rcc7 36. Ke2 h4 37. Bd6 Bxd6 38. R8xd6+ Ke5 39. c5 f5 40. Kf2 Kf4 41. R1d4+ Ke5 42. Rd3 g4 43. Re3+ Kf4 44. Rd4+ Kg5 45. hxg4 fxg4 46. Re5+ Kh6 47. Rd6+ Rg6 48. Re4 Rg7 49. Kg1 Rxd6 50. cxd6 Kg5 51. Rc4 Kf5 52. Rxc6 Ke6 53. b5 Rg8 54. b6 axb6 55. Rxb6 Ra8 56. Kh2 Ra7 57. Rb4 g3+ 58. Kh3 Kxd6 59. Rxh4 |
| ECO B92 in 2001 play it! short nigel d defeats black's jonker marc in 67 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 Qc7 9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 Re8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. a4 Nc6 13. Bg4 Nb6 14. b3 Bf8 15. Nde2 g6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Nb1 Red8 19. c4 a5 20. Nbc3 Nb4 21. Rc1 e5 22. f5 Na6 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Nc5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Bxc8 Qxc8 27. Ng3 d5 28. Qxa5 Qc7 29. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 30. Kh1 Qd6 31. Qc3 Rc8 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. a5 Na8 34. exd5 |
| ECO B23 in 1999 play it! short nigel d defeats black's szekely peter in 107 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Be3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. g4 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O e6 11. Bh6 Qe7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 Nd7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Rf2 Kg8 16. d4 Na5 17. b3 Ba6 18. d5 e5 19. f5 Qh4 20. Qe3 Kg7 21. Ng3 Nf6 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Nxf1 h5 24. g5 Nh7 25. f6+ Kh8 26. Rg2 Qf4 27. Qxf4 exf4 28. Nd2 Rfe8 29. Rf1 Nf8 30. Kf2 Nd7 31. Kf3 a6 32. a4 Kg8 33. Kxf4 Ne5 34. Re1 Kf8 35. Rgg1 Rc8 36. Ra1 Rc7 37. Nf3 Nb7 38. Rgd1 c4 39. b4 Rcc8 40. Nd4 Ra8 41. Nc6 Rac8 42. b5 a5 43. Rd4 Nc5 44. Ra3 Rc7 45. Nb1 Ncd7 46. Nd2 Rec8 47. Rxc4 Ke8 48. Rcc3 Kf8 49. Ke3 Ke8 50. Kd4 Kf8 51. Ne7 Rxc3 52. Rxc3 Rxc3 53. Kxc3 Nc5 54. Nc8 |
| ECO B30 in 2006 play it! short nigel d defeats black's gormally daniel in 129 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nc3 g6 10. d5 Bd7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. g4 Bd7 17. Bf4 Ne8 18. Rad1 Nd6 19. h3 Bb5 20. Qe3 Re8 21. b3 Qa5 22. Rc1 Red8 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Qf3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ne8 26. Nxf7 Qxd5 27. Ng5 Qxf3 28. Nxf3 Nf6 29. Kg2 Nd5 30. Bd2 h6 31. Rc2 Kf7 32. Ng1 h5 33. Nf3 Bf6 34. Ng5+ Bxg5 35. Bxg5 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rd7 37. Rc4 Nc7 38. Kf3 Ne6 39. Be3 Rd5 40. Ke4 Rb5 41. f4 a5 42. Bd2 Nd8 43. Rd4 Nc6 44. Rd5 Rb6 45. Bc3 Ra6 46. Rb5 b6 47. Bd4 Nxd4 48. Kxd4 a4 49. b4 Ra8 50. Rxb6 Rd8+ 51. Kc3 Rc8+ 52. Kd3 Rd8+ 53. Kc3 Rc8+ 54. Kb2 Rc4 55. Ka3 Rxf4 56. b5 Rxg4 57. Rc6 Rg1 58. b6 Rb1 59. Kxa4 Rb2 60. a3 g5 61. Ka5 g4 62. Rc3 Ke6 63. Ka6 Kf5 64. b7 e5 65. Ka7 |
| ECO B33 in 1986 play it! short nigel d defeats black's larsen bent in 67 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. g3 Bd7 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rc8 14. Kb1 b5 15. Qd2 Qc5 16. Bd3 h5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Ne2 b4 19. Bxa6 Ra8 20. Qd3 b3 21. cxb3 Qa5 22. Bc4 Qxa2+ 23. Kc2 h4 24. Nf4 Rh6 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Bxe6 f5 27. Ra1 Qxa1 28. Rxa1 Rxa1 29. Qb5+ Kf8 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qg8+ Kf6 32. Qf7+ Ke5 33. Qxf5+ Kd4 34. Kd2 |
| ECO B38 in 2001 play it! short nigel d defeats black's felgaer ruben in 81 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 a6 11. f3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. b4 Qd8 16. Na3 a5 17. b5 Be6 18. Na4 Nfd7 19. b6 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qxa5 Nd7 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. Qd2 Qxb6 24. f4 Nf6 25. Qc2 Bg4 26. e5 Bf5 27. Qb3 Ng4 28. Bd2 h5 29. Bf3 Red8 30. Be1 f6 31. a4 fxe5 32. a5 Qf6 33. h3 exf4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Bxb7 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rf8 37. g3 f3 38. Qe3 Kh7 39. Rd2 Qa1 40. Rh2+ Kg8 41. Bd5+ |
| ECO B26 in 2002 play it! short nigel d defeats black's stefansson hanne in 75 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bd7 7. f4 b5 8. a3 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. h3 Rb8 11. O-O a5 12. g4 Ne8 13. Rb1 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Ne2 Nc7 16. f5 Nb5 17. Qd2 Nbd4 18. Nexd4 Nxd4 19. Bh6 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Ra8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. d4 Qb6 23. e5 dxe5 24. dxe5 Bc6 25. f6+ exf6 26. Rxf6 c4+ 27. Kh2 Rac8 28. Rbf1 Qc5 29. Qf4 Be8 30. h4 Rd8 31. h5 Rd4 32. h6+ Kg8 33. Qe3 Rd5 34. Qxc5 Rxc5 35. e6 Re5 36. Bd5 Rxd5 37. e7 Re5 38. Rxg6+ |
| ECO B20 in 2000 play it! short nigel d defeats black's vera sergio in 53 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 Be7 8. Bb5 Qc7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 f6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. O-O Nd5 13. Bb2 Kh8 14. Bc4 Nf4 15. Qe3 Ng6 16. Bd3 f5 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. c4 b6 19. a6 Re8 20. g3 Rf8 21. h4 Rf7 22. h5 Nf8 23. Bf1 Qd8 24. d4 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Kg8 26. Rab1 Bb4 27. Ng5 |
| ECO B31 in 2000 play it! short nigel d defeats black's pierrot facundo in 73 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 e5 8. a3 a6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. d3 Qc7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Be3 b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Be6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Qb7 17. Nc3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Bd6 Bc4 20. e5 Re6 21. Nd2 Bd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rec1 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. Nf1 Ree8 26. Ne3 Rec8 27. Qa2 Rd8 28. f4 Ne6 29. Qd2 Ng7 30. Rf1 Qe7 31. Rf3 Ra7 32. f5 Qg5 33. Qf2 a5 34. h4 Qe7 35. f6 Qxb4 36. fxg7 Qxd4 37. Rf1 |
| ECO B26 in 2000 play it! short nigel d defeats black's mcshane luke j in 75 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. a3 Bd7 11. f4 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nb5 Ne8 14. Rb1 Na7 15. c4 bxc3 16. Nxa7 cxb2 17. e5 Qb6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Nc3 Qd7 21. Qa4 Qd8 22. Qa3 dxe5 23. Bxc5 Nc7 24. Bxe7 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Rfe8 26. Bd6 Nb5 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Qa2 Re6 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Kh2 h5 32. Rf4 Rf6 33. d4 Qd6 34. Rxf6 Qxf6 35. Rxb2 Rg5 36. Rf2 Qe7 37. h4 Rg4 38. Rxf7 |
| ECO B92 in 1985 play it! short nigel d defeats black's van der wiel j in 59 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a5 Bd7 11. f4 Bc6 12. Bf3 Re8 13. g4 d5 14. e5 Nfd7 15. Kh1 Bb4 16. Bg2 Bxa5 17. f5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 exf5 19. e6 fxe6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Nxf5 Nf6 22. Bd4 Nbd7 23. Nxg7 Re5 24. Nf5 Rf8 25. Qd2 Kh8 26. Qh6 Rf7 27. Rae1 Bb5 28. c4 Bxc4 29. Rxe5 Nxe5 30. Re1 |
| ECO B92 in 2000 play it! short nigel d defeats black's leitao rafael in 93 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Qg3 Bb7 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Be3 Nef6 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. f3 Qc7 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Rab1 Ba8 21. Rb3 Nh5 22. Qf2 f5 23. exf5 Nhf6 24. f4 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. cxd3 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Na5 Rdc8 30. Rbb1 Nf6 31. Qa2+ Kh8 32. Qe6 exf4 33. Rdc1 fxe3 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Qxe3 Rbc8 36. h3 d5 37. Nc6 Bd6 38. Nd4 Nh5 39. g4 Bf4 40. Qf2 Bg3 41. Qg1 Bf4 42. Ne2 Rc2 43. Nxf4 Nxf4 44. Qe3 Ng2 45. Qg3 d4 46. Rg1 Ne3 47. Qf4 |
| ECO B42 in 1988 play it! short nigel d defeats black's raupp t in 81 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O Nge7 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. a4 Be6 13. Bc4 O-O 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Bd5 Nb4 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. a5 Raa8 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Nd1 Ng6 20. g3 d5 21. c3 Nc6 22. Ne3 d4 23. Nc4 dxc3 24. bxc3 Rxd2 25. Nbxd2 Na7 26. Qe3 Nb5 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Kg2 Ne7 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. axb6 Rd3 31. Nf3 Rxc3 32. Rd1 Nc6 33. Ncxe5 Nbd4 34. Nxd4 Nxe5 35. Nxe6 Rc6 36. Ng5 Rc8 37. f4 Nc4 38. Rd7 Nxb6 39. Rxb7 Nc4 40. Ra7 a5 41. e5 |
| ECO B70 in 1982 play it! short nigel d defeats black's kudrin sergey in 107 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. a4 Qb6 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd5 Qa6 14. c3 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Bd4 Qd3 17. Nf4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Nc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd3 Bf5 21. Ra2 Rc7 22. a5 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc5 24. Rd4 Rfc8 25. h4 Ne5 26. f4 Ng4 27. Bf3 h5 28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. Ra3 R8c7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Ke3 e6 32. dxe6 Kxe6 33. Kd3 d5 34. Ra1 Kd6 35. f5 gxf5 36. Rf4 Ke6 37. a6 Rc4 38. Rf2 f4 39. gxf4 Kf5 40. Ra5 Rxf4 41. Rxd5+ Ke6 42. Rxf4 Kxd5 43. Rxg4 bxa6 44. h5 Rb7 45. b4 Rb6 46. Rg5+ Ke6 47. h6 Ke7 48. Rh5 Rb8 49. Ra5 Kf8 50. Rxa6 Rb7 51. Kc4 Rc7+ 52. Kb3 Kg8 53. c4 Kh7 54. Rf6 |