20... Be6 (*{The threat}<> Bxa2 {is devastating. White resigned.}) 0-1

1. e4 e5 2. Sf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Sxd4 g6 5. Sc3 Lg7 6. Le3 Sf6 7. Dd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Sc6 9. Sxc6 bxc6 10. Lh6 Lxh6 11. Dxh6 Te8 12. f3 Te5 13. g4 Tb8 14. Le2 De7 15. Thf1 Tc5! 16. g5 Sh5 17. f4 Txc3 18. bxc3 Dxe4 19. Lxh5 De3+ 20. Td2 Le6 The threat 21... Lxa2 is devastating. White resigned. 0-1

1. e4 e5 2. Sf3 Sc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Lc4 Sf6 5. e5 d5 6. Lb5 Se4 7. Sxd4 Lc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Sxc6 bxc6 10. Lxc6? Suicide 10... La6 11. Dxd5 Lxf1 12. Lxa8 Lc4 0-1

1. d4 Sf6 2. Sf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Lg5 Db6 5. a4 bxa4 6. Sc3 d6 7. e4 Sbd7 8. Lb5 h6 9. Lc1! g6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Sxe5 Lg7 12. Lc6 Lb7 13. Sc4 Black looses a piece, e.g. 13... Dc7 14. Sb5 Db8 15. Lxb7 Dxb7 16. Sbd6+ 1-0

1. d4 Sf6 2. Sf3 g6 3. c4 Lg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Lg2 d6 6. O-O Sbd7 7. Sc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. b3 exd4 10. Sxd4 Te8 11. h3 a5 12. Te1 Sc5 13. Lf4 Sh5 14. Le3 Db6 15. Tb1 Db4? 16. Scb5! Traps the queen 16... cxb5 17. Sxb5 Sxe4 18. a3 Sc3 19. Dc1 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Sf3 Sc6 3. Lb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Sf6 6. O-O Lc5 7. Te1 Leaves f2 unprotected. 7... O-O 8. Lg5 d6 9. h3? Gives black a target for attack. 9... De8 10. Sbd2 Dg6 11. Lc4+ Kh8 12. Kf1 Sh5 13. c3? White has made a series of lax moves. Now is the time to strike 13... Dxg5!! 14. Sxg5 Txf2+ 15. Kg1 Tf1+ White resigned 16. Kh2 Lg1+ 17. Kh1 Sg3+ Or 16. Kxf1 Sg3+ 0-1

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Sf3 Sf6 4. Sc3 e6 5. Lg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Lh4 g5 9. exf6 gxh4 10. Se5 Dxf6 11. g3 Sd7 12. De2 Sxe5 13. dxe5 Dd8 14. Lg2 Db6 15. O-O hxg3 16. hxg3 Lb7 17. Tad1 Lg7 18. Dh5 Dc7 19. Se4 Lxe5 20. Sc5 Lc8 21. Tfe1 Lxb2 22. Sxe6 Lxe6 23. Txe6+ Kf8 24. Dc5+ Kg7 25. Te7 Db6 26. Txf7+! Kxf7 27. Df5+ Kg8 28. De6+ Kf8 29. Td7 1-0

H. Norman-Hansen was the grand old man in Danish chess. When this game was played, he was 80 years old or so. Norman-Hansen was on the Danish Olympic Team in London 1927 - the first official chess Olympics. It was a privilege to meet him - he was a real gentleman.

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Sf6 3. Lb5+ Ld7 4. Lc4 Lg4 5. Le2?! Lxe2 6. Dxe2 Sxd5 7. Db5+? Suicidal 7... Sc6 8. Dxb7 Sdb4 9. Db5 Sxc2+ 10. Kd1 Dd7! 11. Sf3 Sxa1 12. Sa3 g6 13. Se5 Sxe5 14. Dxe5 f6 15. De4 Td8 16. h4 Lh6 17. Sc4 Da4+ 18. Ke1 Sc2+ 19. Kf1 Td4 20. Da8+ Kd7 21. Dxh8 Dxc4+ 22. Kg1 Se3 0-1

1. d4 Sf6 2. c4 e6 3. Sc3 d5 4. Lg5 Le7 5. e3 O-O 6. Sf3 Sbd7 7. Dc2 c5 8. O-O-O Da5 9. Kb1 h6 10. h4 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Lxc4 a6 The alternative is Sb6 or b5?! 13. d5 Sb6 14. d6 Lxd6 15. Txd6 Sxc4 16. Td4 Db4 17. De2 b5 18. Ka1 Sd5 Better 18... Lb7 19. Lxf6 gxf6 20. Tf4 with an unclear position. Another try was 18...e5. 19. Txd5! exd5 20. Le7 Da5 21. Lxf8 Kxf8 22. Dd3 Lb7 If 22... Kg8 then 23. Sg5! 23. Dh7 Db4 24. Tb1 f6 25. Sd4 De7 26. Sf5 Df7 27. Te1 Dg8 28. Dg6 Se5 29. Txe5! fxe5 30. Dd6+ Kf7 31. h5 Te8 32. Dd7+ Kf6 33. Sd6 Tf8 34. Sxb7 Kg5 35. f3 Kf4 36. Sxd5+ Kg3 37. Sc5 Kxg2 38. Dg4+ Kf1 39. Dh3+ 1-0

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Sd2 c5 4. exd5 Dxd5 5. dxc5 Lxc5 6. Sgf3 Sf6 7. Lc4 Dd6 8. O-O O-O 9. De2 a6 10. Se4 Sxe4 11. Dxe4 Sd7 12. Lg5 Te8 13. Tad1 Db6 14. Lb3 Da7 15. Td2 Sf8 16. Se5 b5 17. Lh4 Db7 18. Dg4 Ta7 19. Tfd1 Le7 20. Lxe7 Txe7 21. Td8 Dc7 22. De4 Td7 23. T1xd7 Lxd7 24. Sxf7! Lc6 25. Lxe6 Lxe4 26. Sh6+ Kh8 27. Txf8# 1-0

1. c4 d6 2. Sc3 e5 3. g3 g6 4. Lg2 Lg7 5. e3 Sc6 6. Sge2 Sh6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Le6 9. Tb1 Dd7 10. b4 Lh3 11. b5 Sd8 12. Te1 Lxg2 13. Kxg2 Se6 14. e4 f5 15. f3 g5 16. h3 g4 17. fxg4 fxg4 18. h4 Tf3! 19. Sg1 Taf8! 20. Le3 Sf4+ 21. Kh2 Sh5 22. Sxf3 gxf3 23. Lxh6 Lxh6 24. Tg1 Dg4 25. Sd5 Kh8 26. Tb2 c6 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Se7 Sxg3 29. Sf5 Txf5 30. Tb8+ Lf8 White resigned. 31. Txg3 Dxh4+ 32. Th3 Df2+ and mate on g2. 0-1

1. d4 Sf6 2. Sf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Sc3 d6 5. e4 e5? Now black has just lost a tempo. If he wanted to play e7-e5 he could have done so in one move. Lars wasn't experienced back in 1992 - today he plays much better. 6. Lb5+ Sbd7 7. a4 g6 8. O-O Lg7 9. Sd2 O-O 10. Le2 Se8 11. Sc4 De7 12. Le3 Kh8 13. Dd2 Tg8 14. Tae1 f5 15. f4 g5 16. fxe5! A positional sacrifice. 16... f4 17. e6 fxe3 18. Dd3 Se5 19. Sxe5 Lxe5 20. Tf7 Dd8 21. Kh1 White is in no hurry - Black can hardly move a piece. 21... Db6 22. Sd1 Sg7 23. Lg4 Te8 24. Dxe3 Sxe6 25. dxe6 Txe6 26. Dh3 1-0

1. d4 Sf6 2. Sf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Sc3 e6 5. Lg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Lh4 g5 9. Sxg5 Sd5 10. Sf3 Da5 11. Tc1 Sxc3 12. bxc3 Dxa2? Far too risky. 13. Sd2! Opens to h5 and threatens to capture the queen. Besides e4 would be a terrific square. 13... Sd7 14. Le2 Lb7 15. O-O Da5 16. Lh5 c5 17. Dg4 Ld5 18. Se4 cxd4 19. Dg6! Sxe5 20. Sf6+ Ke7 21. Sxd5+ Kd6 22. Dg3 Kxd5 23. Lf3+ Sxf3+ 24. Dxf3+ Kd6 25. Dxa8 Lg7 26. Db7 Db6 27. Le7+ Ke5 28. Tfe1+ 1-0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Sc3 Sf6 4. e3 e6 5. Sf3 Sbd7 6. Ld3 Lb4 7. a3 La5 8. O-O O-O 9. Dc2 De7 10. Ld2 dxc4 11. Lxc4 e5 12. La2! Te8? 13. Sg5 Tf8 14. Sd5! Dd8 15. Lxa5 Dxa5 16. Se7+ 1-0