[Event "Puerto Rico"] [Site "San Juan"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"] [Black "Reissmann, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "Llewellyn, Alan"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1967.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "PUR"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.30"] {Nicolas Rossolimo was a Russian emigre who settled in New York, here he plays an amazing Queen sacrifice to achieve checkmate. His opponent is a little known Puerto Rican.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 (8... Nxe4 {This is following a game played by Bobbby Fischer as Black in a US Championship, which he ended up winning. Here bobby played the Nxe4 move which is entirely provocative though perfectly playable due to the fork of the e4 Knight and c4 Bishop by the pawn move, d5.}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O c6 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. a4 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 $6 ( 14... Re8 $2 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxd5 Nxd4 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxe8 Nxb3 20. Nxb3 Be6 21. Bb5 Bxb3 $16) (14... Be6 $14 {This is best defending the Knight with an extra piece and denting the pressure along the a2-g8 diagonal.}) 15. a5 $1 Rc8 16. Ne4 Qc7 $6 (16... f6) 17. a6 Ba8 18. Qh3 Nf4 $6 (18... h6) 19. Qg4 Ned5 $6 (19... Nfd5) 20. Ra3 $1 {a common manuevre when the third rank is open to move the rook towards an attack on the King. Suddenly Nicolas pieces pounce on Pauls King.} Ne6 $2 (20... Ng6 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Ng5 Rfe8 24. Rae3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Bc6 26. Qh4 Re8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7 Kd8 30. Nxf7+ Kc8 31. Rc1 Qd7 32. Qxg6 Re6 33. Qg8+ Re8 34. Qg3 Re6 35. Ne5 Qe8 36. h4 b5 37. Rxc6+ Rxc6 38. Nxc6 Qxc6 39. Qg4+ Kb8 40. h5 Qxa6 41. Qg6 Qa1+ 42. Kh2 Qxb2 43. h6 a5 44. Qb6+ Kc8 45. h7 a4 46. h8=Q+ Kd7 47. Qhd8#) 21. Bxd5 $5 cxd5 22. Nf6+ $1 {this move isnt spectacular it is the next move which blows people away.} Kh8 23. Qg6 $3 {wow. Believe it or not but the Queen is immune here.} Qc2 $1 (23... hxg6 24. Rh3#) (23... fxg6 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. Rh3#) (23... gxf6 24. Qxf6+ Ng7 25. Rg3 Rg8 26. Nxf7+ Qxf7 27. Qxf7 $18 {and the position is hopeless for Black.}) 24. Rh3 $1 {If 24...Qxg6 then 25.Nxg6+ fxg6 26.Rxh7# and if 24...gxf6 then 25.Rxh7# the best move by Black is actually 24.. .Ng5 but that leads to mate in 7, I think Paul Reissman might not have seen this move else he would have tested Nicolas in this line which is far from obvious.} 1-0