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Stephen Gordon
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Thinkers' Press
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Henrique Mecking _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___,
Publisher's Note
As with all our authors I want to thank Steve for looking over
each section I would send him for clarification, a proof check, or
a possible fill,in,the,gap. I want to thank Pat Scoville for taking
Steve's manuscript and putting it into a chess biographical state.
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ffiNTENTS
Chapter 1:
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Chapter6:
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ONE
Mecking's
Tournament
£areer
LUGANO 1968
GroupS
1. West Germany Unzicker won
2. Lebanon Salameh won
3. Puerto Rico Kaplan draw
4. Switzerland Keller won
5. Rumania Gheorghiu draw
6. HongKong Kazanski won
7. Norway Johannssen draw
TOTAL 5.5-1.5
Finals Group B
1. Switzerland Keller won -carried over from the prelims, rourul4.
2. England Penrose draw
3. Israel
4. Holland Donner draw
5. Mongolia Uitmen won
6. Sweden Jansson won
7. Cuba
8. Spain Pomar draw
9. Scotland Davie draw
10. Iceland Johannsson won
11. Finland Westerinen lost
12. Austria Prameshuber draw
13. Belgium O'Kelly draw
TOTAL 7-4
GRAND TOTAL 12.5-5.5
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The Career
BUENOS AIRES 1970
1 2. l i 2 Q 1 .8_ 2 Q 1 2. l i 2 Q 1 .8_
l. Fischer X 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15
2. Tukmakov 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.5
3. Panno 0 0 X 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 11
4 Gheorghiu 0 X 1 10.5
5. Najdorf X 0 0 1 10.5
6. Reshevsky X 1 10.5
7. Smyslov X 9
8. Me eking = 0 X 0 1 8.5
9. Quinteros 0 0 1 X 0 1 0 1 8.5
10. Damjanovic 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 1 8
11. O'Kelly 0 0 X 0 = 1 8
12. Bisguier 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 0 1 7.5
13. Szabo 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 1 1 7.5
14. Garcia 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 0 7
15. Rubinetti 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6.5
16. Rossetto 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 5.5
17. Schweber 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 0 5.5
18. Agdamus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 2.5
ment dominated by Fischer. He was rounds. Wins in Rounds 11, 13, 17,
never able to get going, and his draw and 18 then moved him into the
percentage was uncharacteristically leading group. After 19 rounds he
high. Mecking's two wins came at had 11.5 points, contending with
the expense of the bottom two Taimanov (11), Uhlmann (11),
markers in the tournament. It Portisch (11.5), Larsen (12), Geller
wasn't for lack of effort that Meek, (12.5), Hubner (12.5), and, of
ing failed to win many games. The course, Fischer ( 14.5). In Rounds 20
draws were all fighting struggles of and 21, however, losses to Larsen
respectable length (with the excep, and Fischer knocked him out of the
tion of a 17 ,mover against Damjan, running.
ovic, who had White). His draw It is peculiar to note that had
with Fischer was the only bright Mecking drawn his games against
spot. Mecking complained that his the top three players, as did Jimenez
studies were still preventing him (who finished last), instead oflosing
from devoting himself fully to chess. all three, he would have made it
into the Candidates.
At the 1970 Palma de Mallorca Despite having a run at qualify,
Interzonal, Mecking was in the race ing, Mecking failed to substantially
for one of six spots in the Candi, improve his finish of three years pre,
dates Matches - until nearly the vious at Sousse. Or obtain a OM
end of the tournament. After a slow norm. He was still a student and still
start, he had an even score at 11 living away from Europe, the center
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of the chess world. He would have ond place. The field, apart from Por,
to play more, and study math less, to tisch and the young Ljubojevic, was
reach his chess goals. mainly made up of middle,strength
East European players; just the kind
Mecking's most active year as a of field Mecking had the capability
chess player was 1971 - he would to dominate. This was his first OM
compete in four major events and norm - and his turning point.
gain his grandmaster title. From here on, he would almost al,
At the tightly packed field at ways perform as a top,flight grand,
Wijk aan Zee (33rd Hoogoven master. Vrsac had given Mecking
Tournament), Mecking was a point the push he needed to reach his
and a half out of first place, and potential.
missed the OM norm by one point.
He suffered a major setback in the
second round when upset by the
Dutch player Kuijpers, who finished
next,to,last. That was the differ,
ence in Mecking's missed norm.
Joined by 19,year,old Ulf Anders,
son and the young Candidate Hub,
ner at 8.5 points, Mecking was no
longer the only promising young
player in the West.
VRSAC 1971
1 l l i 2 Q 1 ~ 2 Q1 l l i 2 Q
1. Mecking X==1 1 1 == 1 1 = 1 1 1 11.5
2. Partisch X 1 1 1 1 10.5
3. lvkov X 1 1 9.5
4. Ljubojevic 0 0 X 0 0 1 1 8.5
5. Filip 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 8.5
6. Bilek X 1 0 1 8.5
7. Radulav 0 1 X 0 1 1 0 8.5
8. Ciocaltea 0 0 1 X 1 0 1 1 1 8.5
9. Planinc 0 1 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 0 8
10. Spiridanav 0 0 1 0 X 0 1 1 7
11. Janosevic 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 6.5
12. Buljavic 0 0 X 6.5
13. Jajsic 0 0 0 0 X 1 0 5.5
14. Deze 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 4.5
15. Szily 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 4.5
16. Baretic 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 = X 3.5
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U = UNPLAYED GAMES (The games with Asfora didn't count in the standings.)
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him.) Mecking also complained games they played. Finally, the sec~
that when he talked to Petrosian tion on Mecking concludes, "To be
personally, Petrosian pointedly fair, it should be mentioned that,
turned off his hearing aid. according to several players, in re~
Petrosian twice offered draws, cent years Mecking's behavior
until Mecking went wrong. Then would appear to have begun to
Mecking countered with four draw change for the better. Some time
offers of his own before losing on later Karpov also remarked on this."
time in a lost position. A drawback to glasnost is that we'll
When Mecking returned to Bra~ probably never get to see nonsense
zil, he blasted Petrosian in an inter~ like this published in the future.
view and attacked the Russian play~ At this time, many young West~
ers in general. He said they still em players complained that the So~
played as a team, and that Fischer viets went out of their way to put
had been right in calling them them down or impede their prog~
cheaters. Paul Keres, commenting ress. Karpov's book, however, while
on the interview, put it down to sour cutting up Mecking, noted that
grapes and wondered why a "pretty other Western players were on won~
good player" would say such things. derful terms with their Soviet coun~
(Keres was highly regarded as a gen~ terparts. The players mentioned to
tleman, and often got the job of support this point were all "safe"
defending Soviet chess.) non~Soviets, i.e., those without
The comments by Mecking hope of gaining the World Title.
didn't get by Petrosian; he named After it became clear that Larsen
Mecking the player he would most would never become World Cham~
like to face, after they both made it pion, he used to get a lot of positive
into the Candidates a year later. press in Soviet journals, as opposed
When quoted at length in Kar~ to Fischer, who was a constant tar~
pov's bio, Chess Is My Ufe (co~writ~ get. Ljubojevic complained that
ten by the propagandist Aleksander Petrosian laughed at him during a
Roshal), Petrosian was not shy in postmortem, and commented that
his opinions of Mecking. Karpov the Russians were always trying to
sided with him, and called Meek~ humiliate him. At the time he was a
ing's behavior "simply criminal." very "un~safe" player for the Soviets.
However, after nearly two pages of
complaints and attacks on Meek~
ing, Karpov admits he has never had
any problems with Mecking in the
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games with them. Mecking scored His confidence did not blind him to
well- two wins and four draws. the strength of the other great
He was confident and spoke young player in the world, however.
frankly when interviewed by a Bel, Gligoric quoted him in Chess life
grade newspaper after the touma, and Review (December 19 73):
ment. He discounted the chances of "There are only three grandmasters
the older grandmasters against of the extra class in the world today
Fischer, in much the same way Boris - Fischer, Karpov, and Mecking!"
Gelfand has spoken about the While Mecking often had com,
chances of anyone over 25 against plaints with the Soviet players,
Kasparov. Mecking boldly stated those difficulties did not bias him in
that he expected to be playing his view of Karpov, even though
Fischer at the end of the Candidates Karpov had been less fair in his as,
Matches. He spoke of his young age sessment ofMecking's talents at the
and the many chances before him. chessboard.
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It is the duty of the team captain ing of the guard, their promise was
to hold the team together. Mecking not fulfilled. To date, neither Ljubo~
was about two classes better than jevic nor Andersson have gotten
anyone else on the team, and the further than the Interzonal. Anders~
only reason for the high seeding of son, for the most part, even declines
the Brazilian team. Under these cir~ to take part, having given up hopes
cumstances, it doesn't matter how of the World Title. As for Ljubo~
"difficult" Mecking was, or even if jevic, he told me that ifit weren't for
he was unreasonable - the team the Yugoslav chess fans who expect
had to come first. It was a pity Meek~ him to compete, he wouldn't go to
ing and Camara couldn't come to the Interzonals, either. The pay isn't
terms for the sake of the team. It that good, and he dislikes the pres~
would have been better if Camera sure. Only Mecking ever advanced
had relented and brought Mecking to the Candidates Matches.
popcorn during the soccer match.
1975 was a successful year for Manila was another victory for
Mecking. He tossed off any linger~ Ljubojevic, who was in perhaps his
ing depression from his loss to best year as a chess player. Ljubo
Kortchnoi and performed well. would be voted the runner~up in the
Las Palmas was a triumph for "Chess Oscar" to Karpov for 1975.
youth, with the young players tak~ Ominously, Mecking lost again
ing three of the top four places. First to Polugayevsky; but he managed a
place was decided by Mecking- solid tie for second with Larsen, Po~
Ljubojevic; Mecking lost. As was lugayevsky, and Pfleger. This tour~
normal for him, the game was nament gave him a look at Manila
fought in one of the sharpest lines in before the Interzonal there the fol~
chess, the Polugayevsky Variation of lowing year. It appears the informa~
the Najdorf. It was a masterpiece of tion was put to good use!
tactics, showing the finest qualities
of the victorious Yugoslavian grand~
master.
Mecking again bested the Sovi~
ets, getting a win and a draw from
the two games. He even avoided his
customary loss to Petrosian, a very
difficult opponent for Mecking.
Although the success of the
young players looked like a chang~
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LAS PALMAS 1975
1 1 1 ~ ~ Q1 a 2 Q1 1 1 1 ~
l. Ljubojevic X 1 = 1 1 1 1 11
2. Mecking 0 X = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
3. Andersson X 1 1 1 1 1 10
4. Tal 0 X 0 1 1 1 1 10
5. Olafsson 0 1 X 1 1 1 1 9.5
6. Hort 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 9.5
7. Petrosian X 1 1 1 1 9
8. Bellon 0 0 0 X 0 0 1 1 6.5
9. Tatai 0 0 0 0 1 X 0 1 6.5
10. Cardoso 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 0 5
11. Pomar 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 0 4.5
12. Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 1 0 4.5
13. Visier 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4
14. Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 0 2.5
15. Debarnot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 2.5
Larsen 0 0 1
(Larsen withdrew because his wife was sick).
MANILA 1975
1 1 1 ~ ~ Q1 a2 Q1
l. Ljubojevic X 1 1
1 1 7
2. Polugayevsky X 1 0
0 6
3. Mecking = 0 X = 1 1 = = 1 = = 6
4. Larsen X 0 1 6
5. Pfleger 0 0 X 1 1 6
6. Balinas 0 1 0 1 0 X 0 1 5
7. Gligoric 0 0 X 1 1 5
8. Karaklajic 0 0 1 X 0 0 3.5
9. Kavalek 0 0 0 X 3.5
10. Torre 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 0 3.5
11. Ogaard 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 3.5
As in 1973, the only event gayevsky with 4.5 points. For the
Mecking played in 1976 was the next few rounds, only Hort was able
Interzonal. Well~prepared and con~ to keep up with him. By Round 12
fident, he arrived in Manila two Mecking had a full~point lead over
weeks (!) before the tournament. the field. From Round 13 on, he just
This was as important to him as the coasted home to the win, with five
actual chess preparation, and re~ draws and a loss to Spassky in the
fleets on his seriousness and deter~ 17th round. One is left with the
mination. impression that, ifhe had wanted to,
He started well, and after six Mecking could have opened up a
rounds was tied for first with larger lead. He seemed content to
Browne, Hort, Uhlmann, and Polu~ only qualify for the Candidates; the
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius
moves, but it was lost much earlier. offer a draw and accept defeat in the
After adjournment, it was only a match.
test of Polugayevsky's iron tech~ Pal Benko wrote that when he
nique. met Mecking in Rio shortly after the
After the loss, Mecking took match, he appeared very ill, hardly
two time~outs. He was only allowed able to speak. Apparently, Mecking
three, so using two was a desperate was already showing signs of the ill~
measure. It was clear he'd been ness that would end his playing ca~
badly shaken by the defeat. reer.
In Game 3 Mecking fought hard
as Black, with good chances to even Mecking was to complete only
the score. Sadly, at the critical mo~ one more tournament-until 1993
ment, he blundered after being a - at Wijk aan Zee. He finished
clear pawn up; a draw was agreed at with a minus score, losing three and
adjournment. winning two. He'd been able to get a
Before Game 4 Mecking fired number of good positions, but could
his second, the Italian GM Mariotti, not convert them into wins - he
and replaced him with Swiss IM simply wore out in the latter stages
Hug until GM Bellon could arrive of the game. He was criticized for
from Spain. Mecking was in a crisis, playing so little and still expecting
vainly trying to tum the tide. Writ~ to be able to perform at a high level.
ing in Chess Ufe and Review {June Mecking was losing his strength
1977), Kavalek questioned Meek~ to myasthenia gravis, a neuromus~
ing's overall choice of seconds and cular disorder that causes facial and
said Mecking found it difficult to eye fatigue; in crisis situations, it af~
trust them. In any event, changing fects breathing. For many of its vic~
seconds during a match can hardly tims, myasthenia gravis has little ef
be endorsed. As for Mecking, he feet on their lives; they can main~
complained of being worn out. tain a nearly normal lifestyle.
Despite battling hard in the re~ However, those afflicted are advised
maining games, Mecking was un~ to avoid stress and emotional con~
able to win even one. Finally, in fliers - and stress and chess go
Game 12 Mecking was forced to hand~in~hand, particularly at the
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____,
international level and in the de, more vexing for the high,strung
manding style ofMecking. Doctors I Mecking.
spoke with said myasthenia gravis In addition to facing myasthenia
often comes and goes, and doesn't gravis, Mecking watched the col,
progress at a steady rate. But stress is lapse of his career. This would cause
the killer, and can bring on setbacks the stress he needed to avoid, creat,
- a very difficult problem for a pro, ing a circle of troubles feeding on
fessional chess player, certainly even themselves.
Thinkers' Press and Steve Gordon would like to thank Insil.le Chess' Yasser Seirawan and
implementer Rusty Miller for sending us the crosstables and bulletins for this tournament.
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He made nine rounds look like fifty.
Instead, look at Mecking's wins
from Las Palmas 1975, in my view,
Mecking at his very best--dear, crisp
and classical chess. When we think
of Ali we don't think ofhim battered
and helpless against Larry Holmes.
Rather, we remember the speed and
grace of an earlier time. Let us do the
same for Mecking.
With Mecking's powerful belief in
God it is difficult to separate what is
really happeningfrom whatMecking
thinks God will do for him. A just
God would surely have let the Cubs
win the World Series by now, and
possibly place a stricken Brazilian on
the chess throne. But, our world sel~
dam works so neatly.
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Henrique Mecking
(2610 ELO) from
the Match of the
Americas, as seen
by Norma Albano
with permission
from Inside Chess
Enterprises, Inc.
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' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Annotated Games
TWO
Gatnes
27. •.• g6
28. Qg5
White walks in and claims victory.
GAMEZ
Meckin~Rayrnond Keene
NM (England)
Hastings 1966-67
Benoni
9 ... Qb2 leaves Black worse after I 0. a beginner wouldn't play? Even at this
Nd2, with the black Queen out of play age, he makes his play look so smooth
and the white Queen threatening II. and easy.
Qh5t. 16. Be4
10. Bb5t? It would be bad to block the check
White begins a wasted sequence of with the Knight; the Bishop can be
moves that only forces Black to de- backed up with the f-pawn, the Knight
velop, while White gains nothing in can't.
return. Better for White would have 16. ... B£5
been to develop his Knights, castle, Just piling on.
and just play. 17. f3 Qh4t
10. ... Nd7 Ending any chance of White's es-
11. Nc3 0-0 cape to the wing via castling.
Mecking attacks, and frees his 18. Ke2
pinned Knight, just by playing natural Forced. I8. g3 loses to I8 .. . Bg3 t.
moves! I8. Qf2 loses to I8 ... Qf2t; I9. Kf2
12. N£3 Be4 wins a piece.
18. ... b5
Threatening to push the Knight
away with b4, and the white center is
blasted apart.
19. g3 Qh5
Another dangerous pin is set up.
20. Kd2
White gets out the way of both pins,
but ...
20. ... Be4
Black now liquidates, and White is
cut to bits.
21. Ne4 Qd5t
Black has the happy choice of cap-
turing either the d-pawn or the f-pawn;
12. ... Ne5! check is best.
Simple and strong. It forces White's 22. Ke2
next move. White can't get into an endgame
13. Be2 with 22. Qd3; 22 ... Qd3t 23. Kd3
Retreating and admitting the Bishop Rf3t 24. Ke2 Rf6, and White can't
move was the wrong plan. save the Knight after the black Rooks
13. Nf3t get to the e-file.
14. B£3 Bd7 22. ... Qh5
15. Qc2 Renewing all the pins again.
Sadly for White, he can't castle. If 23. g4
I5. 0-0, he is made to look silly after A better try is 23. Rafi , and Black
I5 ... Qf4! doesn't invade with his Queen.
15. ... Rae8t 23. ..• Qh3!
Has Mecking played any moves that Preparing a nasty trap.
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' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A n n o t a t e d Games
24. Rafl 14. Qc2
Looks like the only move, but ... This little move dramatically in-
24. ••. R£3! creases the scope of the white Queen.
And White resigns in view of 25. 14. ... Rfe8
Rf3 Qg2t, and it's all over. Black increases his power on his only
file.
15 .. Rfe1 g6
GAME4 A waiting move that also keeps the
Mecking-Aivars Gipslis white Queen out of the Kingside.
IGM(USSR) 16. e4 Rab8
Sousse 1967, Interzonal 17. Nd2
Bogoindian Preparing for a Kingside pawn ad:
vance and a posting of the Knight on
Today you'd have to be a trivia ex- c4 if the need arises.
pert to have ever heard of Gipslis. In 17. ... Bc8
1967, however, he was rated in the Black clears the b-file and prepares
world's top 25 players. to repast the Bishop, which clearly had
This is arguably Mecking's best game no future on b 7.
from Sousse, a positional victory show- 18. £4
ing maturity beyond his 15 years. It was As advertised. Mecking is looking
remarkable that Mecking was able to for a pawn-break in the center.
split 2-2 with the powerful Soviet 18. .•. N£8
contingent, beating Gipslis and Black's lack of space makes reposi-
Kortchnoi, and losing to Geller and tioning his pieces difficult.
Stein.
1. d4 N£6
2. c4 e6
3. N£3 Bh4t
4. Bd2 Qe7
5. e3 Bd2t
6. Qd2 c5
7. Be2 b6
8. Nc3 0-0
9. 0-0 Bb7
10. d5 ed
11. cd d6
12. Rad1 a6
Black's pieces are a little underde-
veloped and don't have the scope of
White's army. 12 ... a6 with an eye to 19. Nc4!
.. .b5 and expansion on the Queenside Now a pawn-break with e5 is a very
is the standard remedy. real possibility. This, combined with
13. a4 the Knight striking at d6, gives Black
The natural restraining move to no choice in his next move.
Black's plans. 19. ... b5
13. ... Nbd7 The Knight can't be allowed to stay
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dc3 25. be Nc5 26. Be2 Ne4 and both 28. Qg1
the g- and c-pawns are under attack. The only safe square.
22. •.• Qb4 28. ... Ne4t
The check with 22 ... Qfl t is point- Winning the center pawn is hard
less. The white King is driven to a safe enough on White, but the follow-up is
haven by force! a killer.
23. Rh2 29. Kcl N£2
Despite the apparent strength of this White has no good reply.
move, guarding the b-pawn and acti- 30. Qg2
vating the Rook, it can't hold the posi- Futile is 30. R2d2, Ndl wins the
tion. Exchange. Or, 30. Rld2, Nd3t and the
23. ... R£7 Exchange still occurs. .
The power of Black's position is that 30. ... Nd1
he's strong on both wings and in the It's just an old-fashioned whipping
center. He can build as he pleases along now.
either open file. 31. Nd1 Nd5
24. Rc2 Nc5 3 2. Resigns.
Joining the attack with gusto. White is down too much.
GAME6
Mecking-Miguel Najdorf
IGM (Argentina)
Palma de Mallorca 1969
King's Indian
threats that force Black's hand. Karpov's generation. Savon was USSR
25. •.• ed4 Champion in 1972, the highlight ofhis
Black has to allow further trades of career.
material. 1. e4 c5
26. Re1t Ne5 2. N£3 d6
27. Ne5 Be5 3. d4 cd
28. Re5t Kd7 4. Nd4 N£6
29. h4 5. Nc3 a6
Bishops of opposite colors are of no 6. Bg5 e6
help to Black. Rather, they're a major 7. £4 Nbd7
advantage for White. The black Bishop 8. Qe2 Qc7
can't help turn back the h-pawn ad- 9. g4 b5
vance. 10. a3 Be7
29. ••• Bb5 11. Bg2 Bb7
Black's next few moves are only wild 12. 0-0-0 ReS
thrashings as he tries to activate his 13. Bh4
pieces at any cost. This retreat of the Bishop is shown
30. Rd5t Ke6 by the following moves to be an error.
31. Rd4 Rc7 It would have been better to exchange
32. h5 Rc2 the Bishop with 13. Bf6. It is unguarded
33. h6 ~7 onh4.
34. Rd6 Resigns.
Black, two pawns down and unable
to stop the h-pawn's queening, tosses in
the towel. If 34 ... Kg8, 35. Rg3t Kh8
36. Rg2 Rc6 37. d4 and Black can't
prevent the Bishop from getting on the
e5-h8 diagonal and driving the h-pawn
home, or a murderous discovered
check.
GAME 11
Vladimir Savon-Mecking
IGM(USSR)
Petropolis 1973, Interzonal
Sicilian-Najdmf 13. •.. Qc4!
14. Qc4
Savon belonged to the "middle gen- Paradoxically, the exchange of
eration" of Soviet grandmasters - af- Queens increases the pressure on the
ter Spassky, Kortchnoi, and Tal, and White pawns. Black should consider
before Karpov, Balashov, Belyavsky and 14 ... gS, which, after all, was the rea-
company. They never really made a son for retreating the Bishop.
mark for themselves. They weren't good 14. ... Rc4
enough to replace the older OMs, and 15. B£3
were swept away by the arrival of Still time for gS.
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GAME 14
Mecking-Viktor Kortchnoi
IGM (USSR)
Candidates Match, Game 12, 1974
Ruy Lopez
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GAME 16
Mecking--Vlastimil Hort
IGM (Czechoslovakia)
Las Palmas 197 5
Caro-Kann
10. de Bc5
The robust Hart is the most durable 11. Ne5
of his country's grandmasters. In 1970 The white Knights have to move
he played Board 4 for the World Team fast, as their development has been a
vs. the USSR. Although strong bit of a problem.
enough, Hart was never very successful 11. ... Nbd7
in World Championship events. He This gets rid of a pair of Knights and
only once became a candidate for the enables Black to free his Bishops for
World Title, where he lost in overtime action on the b7-hl diagonal.
to Spassky. 12. Ng£3 Ne5
1. e4 c6 13. Ne5 0-0
2. d4 d5 14. 0-0 b6
3. Nc3 de 15. B£4 Bb7
4. Ne4 Nd7· 16. Rad1
5. Bc4 Ng£6 Stopping the black Queen from
6. Ng5 e6 posting on d5.
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16. ... Qe7 dire consequences for White.
Forced, but not harmful to Black. 28. ..• Kh7
17. c3 Rfd8 Not 28 ... Qd7; the threats against
18. Rd2 Bd6 f2 or winning the Queenside pawns are
19. Rfd1 Rac8 illusionary. 29. QcBt Kh7 30. Qf5 t and
Black has no worries here. In fact, White wins material, not Black. The
both sides have completed their devel~ text removes the possibility of White
opment, and one might even expect a checking on c8 and picking up the
draw offer to follow soon. Knight.
20. Ba6? 29. Qe2 Nd6
It's hard to explain why Mecking 30. b3
forces an exchange that will pull his A good safety~first move, protecting
Queen away from the center. Hart's the Queenside pawns from a Black
fine follow-up play proves the error of Queen that may suddenly go on a raid.
Mecking's strategy. 30. ••. £5
20. ..• Ba6 31. c4
21. Qa6 Ne4 The natural follow-up to 30. b3.
With the Queen away, Hort is free 31. ... Qd4
to post his pieces in the center. 32. h3
22. Rd4 Q£6 With White pinned to back ranks,
The black Queen enters the game, this is a useful anti-mate move.
and Mecking is out-gunned in the cen- 32. ... e4
ter.
23. Nd3
Not 23. Rd4 Be5 24. Rd8t Rd8, and
White loses material.
23. ... B£4
24. N£4 e5
If 24 ... Rd4, 25. QcBt Kh7 26. cd4!
(26. Rd4 Qf4 and Black is pressuring
White's second rank).
25. Rd8t Rd8
26. Rd8t Qd8
27. Nd3?
White mistakenly avoids the trade
of Queens; after 27. Qd3, he should be
able to hold the draw without diffi-
culty. I can only assume Mecking un- 33. Nc2
derestimates the danger to his position. With the black pawn holding d3
27. •.. Qd5 and f3, White needs to find a square for
Black is better. He should be able to his Knight.
twist White without fear of losing. 33. •.. Qb2
28. Ne1 Not the best. Black is strongly posted
Black is threatening to play .. .b5 in the center, and should continue to
and break the coordination of the white hold that line of play with 33 ... Qe5.
Queen and Knight. This would have 34. Qd1
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ford to waste time with moves like this. As promised, White pins and wins
9. Bd2 Qc5 material.
10. Qe2 18. Nh5
Black has forced the last few moves, 19. Bd8 Rd8
but he has not advanced his position 20. Nb3
one bit. Driving the black Queen away and
10. ... N£6 bringing the Knight back into the
One would have to think that game.
Black's opening has failed. 20. ... Qc7
11. Be3 Qa5 21. Nc5
To Black's dismay, White has devel- This undermines the defense of fl.
oped every piece in his army, while 21. ... Nd4
Black has wandered about playing with 22. Ne6
his Queen and Knight. "When ahead, exchange."
12. 0-0 Nc6 22. ... fe6
13. h3 e5?! 23. Nb5
Black again flirts with danger. White Forcing further exchanges.
can now open the f-file to his advan- 23. ... Qd7
tage. In addition, Black has a backward
d-pawn to worry about. But it is hard to
suggest any active plan for Black.
14. Q£2
White doubles at once on the f-file.
14. ... Bd7
15. Rad1
Jumping to the file to work on the
backward pawn. Black has a series of
long-term weaknesses that White is
working on with gusto.
15. ... Rad8
16. fe
White opens the f-file. His pieces
are effectively posted to make use of it.
16. ... de 24. Be2
17. Nd2! White doesn't want to exchange
A very fine move, and not at all easy down at any price. It's better to keep
to see. White threatens 18. Bg5, with the pawns doubled. There is no rush, as
the win of material. the Knight can't move without causing
17. ... Be6 the exchange of at least a Knight and
Black is tied up. He can't move the Rook. And now the Knight on h5 is a
Knight because of 18. Bc5, and the target.
Rook can't leave the defense of the fl- 24. ... R£8
pawn. So he makes the best of a terrible If 24 ... Nf5, then 25. Nd4 wins a
choice; at least now the fl-pawn is Knight. Or 24 ... Nf6 25. c3 Ne2t 26.
defended. Qe2, and a major trade-down into a
18. Bg5 hopeless endgame occurs.
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25. Qe3 N£4? 13. Nc4
Black mistakenly thinks that the 14. Bc4 Rc4
added Rook on the f-file makes this 15. g4 N£6
line different from the note to Move 16. Nde2 ReS
24.
26. Nd4 ed4
27. R£4
The pin wins!
GAME21
Lian Ann Tan--Mecking
1M (Singapore)
Manila 1976, Interzonal
Sicilian-Dragon
back into the second string of Soviet has good play on the Kingside.
players. 13. Bc4 Be6
1. e4 c5 14. Bb3 Ng6
2. N£3 d6 15. Qe2
3. d4 cd It's not safe for White to castle King-
4. Nd4 N£6 side, so White clears the way for cas-
5. Nc3 a6 tling long.
6. Be3 e5 15. ... h5
Mecking sets the character of the Mecking isn't expecting to win the
game. White loses a little time, but has Bishop; but he gains space, and forces
a permanent target- the backward d- White to delay his escape to the other
pawn. wing.
7. N£3 Qc7 16. h3 0-0-0
8. Bg5 Nbd7 17. 0-0-0 h4
9. a4 18. Bh2
To stop Black from expanding on The Bishop is now buried for the
the Queenside. foreseeable future.
9. h6 18. ... d5!
This is the break that completely
frees Black's game. . . .d5 is the move
Black hopes he will be able to play
when he accepts the backward pawn to
start with.
19. ed Nd5
20. Nd5 Bd5
21. Kb1
Always a useful move when facing
the open c-file.
21. ... £6
This holds the black Kingside to-
gether and gives Black a rock-solid po-
sition with no worries. It would be a
terrible blunder to start a fight with
10. Bh4 21.. . Bg2 22. Bf7 Bhl 23. Bg6 and
Looking ahead to the endgame and Black has many problems and many
the difficulties this Bishop gave Tsesh- pieces hanging.
kovsky, I'm sure he wishes he had played 22. Bd5 Rd5
10. Bf6. 23. Nb3
10. ••. Be7 The Knight is struggling for a useful
11. Nd2 role. After 22. Nf3 the f-pawn is
This Knight has little future on the blocked, and the Bishop can't get into
Kingside, and heads for a better post. the game via gl. On 23. Ne4 the
11. ... g5 Queenside is very open, and a pawn
12. Bg3 N£8 charge with the black Kingside pawns
Black also takes time for a redeploy- is in the air.
ment of forces. But, unlike White, he 23. •.. Rd1t
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __j
THREE
Mecking's
Un-annotated
Games
56. Ng5 Ke7 57. Nh3 Rh7 58. Ng5 Qf6 Kd7 41. Rd1 Kc7 42. Be5 1-0
Rh4 59. a4 c4 0-1
NI2.4
KI72 Mecking-Panno, 0
Freitas, M-Mecking Buenos Aires 1966
Sao Paulo 1966 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 Bd3 Nc6 6. N£3 d5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. a3 cd4
5. Bg2 d6 6. NB Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. deS 9. ed4dc410. &4 Be7 11. Bg5 b612.
deS 9.Qa4a610. Bg5h611. Rad1 Qe8 Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 ReS 14. Ne5 Ne5
12. Be3 Qe713. Nd5 Nd5 14. cd5 NbS 15. deS Qd3 16. Rd3 Ng4 17. Bf4 g5
15. Qc4 ReS 16. &5 Qd8 17. e4 Bd7 18. Bg3 Rac819. Bb5 RedS 20. Rfd1 a6
18. Rfe1 c6 19. Qb3 cd5 20. ed5 b5 21. 21. Rd8 Rd8 22. Rd8 Bd8 23. Be2 Nh6
Nd2 a5 22. Qe3 f5 23. B Qf6 24. a4 24. f3 &7 25. Ne4 Be4 26. fe4 a5 27.
Na6 25. Bb6 Nb4 26. d6 ba4 27. Nc4 Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke3 Ng8 29. Kd4 Ne7 30.
Nc2 28. Qc5 Ne1 29. Rel Rab8 30. Kc4 Nc6 31. Bf2 Be5 32. b3 Bd6 33.
Qa5 Qe6 31. Bfl e4 32. &7 Bd4 33. Kb5 NbS 34. Bb6 Ba3 35. BaS Ke8 36.
Kh1 &6 34. Qa6 Bd5 35. Nb6 Bb6 36. b4 Kd7 37. Kb6 Kc8 38. b5 Nd7 39.
Bb6 Rb6 37. Qb6 e£3 0-1 Ka 7 &5 40. b6 £5 41. ef5 ef5 42. Bd3 f4
43. Bf5 Kd8 44. Kb7 Ne5 45. Ka8 Bd6
Sl43 46. b7 Ke8 47. Bh7 g448. Be4£3 4,9. g3
Mecking-Mendes, J. S. f2 50. Bg2 Nc4 51. Bb41-0
Sao Paulo 1966
(see page 29) 1-0 KI 63.3
Mecking-Rubinetti, J
Nl6 Buenos Aires 1966
Mecking-Mendes, J. S. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. N£3 0-0
Buenos Aires 1966 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 c6
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 9. b3 ReS 10. Bb2 ed411. Nd4 Nc5 12.
5. Bd3 d5 6. N£3 dc4 7. &4 b6 8. 0-0 Qc2 a5 13. Radl Qb6 14. h3 Nfd7 15.
Bb7 9. a3 Bc3 10. bc3 Nbd711. Qe2 c5 Kh2 a416. Nce2 h5 17. Bc3 Nf618. f3
12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Nd2 e5 14. Racl e4 ab3 19. ab3 Qc7 20. b4 Ne6 21. f4 Nd4
15. f4 Ne816. Ba2 Nd617. g4 c418. h4 22. Bd4 h4 23. gh4 Qe 7 24. Nc3 Nh5
b5 19. Kf2 f5 20. g5 Nb6 21. Rg1 Na4 25. Bg7 Kg7 26. Qf2 Be6 27. Qd4f6 28.
22. Ba1 Nc8 23.Rb1 Nd6 24.Rb5Nb5 £5 g£5 29. ef5 Bf7 30. Ne4 d5 31. Ng5
25. &4 Kh8 26. Bb5 Nb6 27. Nc4 a6 dc4 32. Ne6 Be6 33. Qg4 Kf8 34. fe6
28. Nb6 Qb6 29. &4 Qa5 30. h5 Qa3 Qc7 35. Kg1 Qe5 36. Rdel Qb5 37.
31. h6 g6 32. Be6 &8 33. d5 Be6 34. Qg6 Re7 38. Rf6 Nf6 39. Qf6 Kg8 40.
Qd2 Rf7 35. Qd4 Kg8 36. c4 Kf8 37. Qe7 R£8 41. Qg5 Qg5 42. hg5 c3 43.
de6 Rfa7 38. Qh8 Ke7 39. Qg7 Ke6 40. Rcl ReS 44. Rc3 1-0
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L _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Unannotated Games
FRll RL24
Mecking-Foguelman, A Balashov, Y-Mecking
Buenos Aires 1966 Hastings Rd: I 1966/7
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. 1. e4 e5 2. NB Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
a3 Bc3 6. bc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Rel b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8.
h5 9. Qf4 cd4 10. cd4 Qh4 11. Qh4 c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7
Nh4 12. g3 Nf5 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. c3 12. Nbd2 Nc613. deS dc514. Nfl Be6
Na5 15. Rbl b6 16. 0-0 Bd7 17. Bg5 15. Nh4 g6 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Bg5 Ng8
Rc8 18. Rfcl Nc4 19. Ral Ne7 20. f3 18. Qg3 f5 19. f4 Bd6 20. ef5 Bf5 21.
Nb2 21. Ba6 Rc7 22. Ra2 Nc4 23. a4 Nf5 ef4 22. Qf2 gf5 23. Radl Rac8 24.
Na5 24. Kf2 Nec6 25. Rbl Nd8 26. h4 Re6 Be5 25. Qc5 Qg7 26. Bf4 Bf4 27.
Ndb7 27. Bel Nc4 28. Ba3 Na3 29. Rc6 Bb8 28. Khl Ba7 29. Qd6 Bb8 30.
Ra3 Na5 30. Nf4 Ke7 31. Ne2 Be8 32. Qe6 Rce8 31. Qd7 Re7 32. Qd4 Be5
Bb5 Bc6 33. Bd3 Kd7 34. Ke3 Kc8 35. 33. Qd3 Nf6 34. Qf5 Nd5 35. Rc8 Rf7
Ncl Bd7 36.Kd2Rh637.Nb3Nc438. 36. Rf8 Rf8 37. Qe4 Nf4 38. Re1 Bd6
Bc4 Rc4 39. a5 b5 40. Ncl Rg6 41. 39. Qd4 Qd4 40. cd4 Ne2 41. Bd1 Bb4
Ne2 Kb7 42. Ke3 Rc8 43. Nf4 Rh644. 42. Be2 Bel 43. Bf3 Rf4 44. d5 Ra4 45.
Nd3 Kc6 45. Nc5 Rb8 46. Rab3 Bc8 a3 b4 46. ab4 Rb4 47. d6 Rb2 48. d7
47. Rb4 f6 48. ef6 gf6 49. c4 a6 50. cbS BaS 49. Ne3 Bc7 50. Kg1 a5 51. Bc6
ab5 51. Rcl Kd6 52. a6 Rh8 53. Rcbl Rb6 52. Ba4 Rb4 53. Bc6 Rd4 54. Nf5
Kc6 54. a7 Ra8 55. Rb5 Ra7 56. Rb6 Rc4 55. Bd5 ReS 56. Be6 ReS 0-1
Kc7 57. Ne6 Kd7 58. Nf4 Re8 59. Kf2
Ra2 60. Rlb2 Rb2 61. Rb2 Kc6 62. GI2.3
Nh5 f5 63. Re2 Rh8 64. Nf4 Rg8 65. Mecking-Uhlmann, W
ReS Rd8 66. Ng6 Kb5 67. h5 1-0 Hastings Rd: 2 1966/7
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. NB Bg7 4. g3 c6 5.
SI 31 Bg2 d5 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qb3 Ne4 8. Nc3
Godoy, D-Mecking dc4 9. Qc4 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Bf4
Buenos Aires 1966 Nd7 12. Racl Nc3 13. bc3 Be4 14.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cd4 Rfd1 c5 15. d5 c416. Qb4 Re817. Nd2
5. Nd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bg2 18. Kg2 Nb6 19. e4 e6 20. a4 eelS
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Na5 10. Qd2 a611. 0-0-0 21. a5 Bf8 22. Qb5 Qd7 23. Qd7 Nd7
Qc7 12. h4 b5 13. Kbl Nc4 14. Bc4 24. eelS b5 25. ab6 Nb6 26. d6 Rad8
Qc415. Bh6 Bb7 16. h5 Rac817. Bg7 ~-~
Kg7 18. hg6 fg6 19. g4 Kg8 20. Nb3 b4
21. Ne2 Ne4 22. fe4 Be4 23. Ned4 Bhl RL 18. 3. 6
24. Rhl Rfl 25. Rfl Qfl 26. Ncl Qc4 Kuraj ica,B-Mecking
27. g5 e5 28. Nde2 a5 29. b3 Qe6 0-1 Hastings Rd: 3 1966/7
1. e4 e5 2. NB Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
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.____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The UnannotatedGames
8125 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Qe4 Be7 21. Ne2 Nb6
Czerniak, M-Meeking 22. Qa2 Bc5 23. Bc5 Ne5 24. Qa3 Qe7
Hastings Rd: 8 1966/7 25. Qe3 Nba4 26. b3 Nb6 27. f6 gf6 28.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Ng3 Nbd7 29. Nf5 Qd8 30. Qd2 Qe7
Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 g6 8. 31. b4 Ne6 32. baS Nde5 33. Qb4 Rd8
0-0 Bg7 9. Nde2 ReS 10. b3 h5 11. Bb2 34. h4 Rd7 35. Kg3 Na6 36. Rd7 Nb4
h412.Nd5hg313.Nf6Bf614. Bf6gh2 37. Re7 Ne7 38. c3 Nba6 39. Rb1 Ne5
15. Kh1 ef616. Qd6 Bg417. Qd8 Nd8 40. h5 0-0 41. Nh6 Kh7 42. Nf5 Rd8
18. Nd4 Ne619. Ne6 Be6 20. e4 b6 21. 43. Rd1 Ra8 44. Nd6 N7e6 45. Nf7
Rad1 Ke7 22. Rd2 f5 23. ef5 Bf5 24. Ra5 46. Nd6 Kh6 47. Ne8 Kg5 48. Nd6
Bd5 RedS 25. f3 Be6 26. Re2 Kf6 27. Kh6 49. Ne8 Ra3 50. Rcl Ra8 51. Nf6
Be6 fe6 28. Rfe1 Rd6 29. Kg2 Rh5 30. Ng5 52. Bg2 Rf8 53. Rf1 Kg7 54. Rf5
Rh1 Rd3 31. f4 Rh4 32. Rh2 Rg4 33. Nge6 55. g5 Rd8 56. Ng4 Rd3 57. Kh2
Kf2 Rf4 34. Ke1 Rd7 35. Rh8 Rf5 36. Nd7 58. g6 Nd8 59. Rg5 Ne6 60. h6
Rf8 Rf7 37. ReS ReS 38. ReS Re2 39. Kg8 61. h7 Kh8 62. ReS Ndf8 63. Re6
Ke2 Rh7 40. Kd3 Ke5 41. b4 Rh3 42. Ne6 64. Ne5 Rd8 65. Nf7 Kg7 66. Bh3
Ke2 Kd4 43. e5 bc5 44. ReS Rh2 45. Rd2 67. Kg11-0
Kb3 e5 46. Re7 Rh3 47. Ka4e448. Ra7
e3 49. Rd7 Kc3 50. Re7 Kd2 51. Rd7 BI 19.3
Ke2 52. b5 g5 53. b6 g4 54. b7 Rh8 55. Panno, 0-Meeking
Kb5 g3 56. Rg7 Kf2 57. Rf7 Ke1 58. Buenos Aires Rd: 2 1967
Rg7 e2 59. Rg3 Kf2 60. Rh3 elQ 61. l.d4Nf62.e4g63. Nc3 Bg7 4.e4d65.
Rh8 Qe5 62. Kb6 Qh8 63. a4 Qd4 64. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 e5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 h6 9.
Kb5 Qd3 65. Ka5 Qd6 66. Kb5 Ke3 Bh4 ed5 10. ed5 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12.
0-1 Nd2 Ng3 13. hg3 Nd714. Ne4 Nf615.
f3 b616. g4 Re817. Qd2 a618. a4 Nh7
BI 19.4 19. g3 Nf8 20. Kf1 Rb8 21. Ne3 Qf6 22.
Meeking-Keene, R Kg2 Re7 23. Rab1 Qd4 24. Qcl Ra7
Hastings Rd: 9 1966/7 25. Ne4 Qf6 26. e5 deS 27. Ne4 Qd8
(see page 31) 1-0 28. Ne3 Nh7 29. Bd3 Nf6 30. Qc4 Bf8
31.Ra1 Bd7 32.Qc3 Ne433. fe4b534.
CK 1. 1. 19 ab5 Bb5 35. Bc2 Qb6 36. b3 Bd7 37.
Meeking-Foguelman,A Ne4 Qb4 38. Qb4 Rb4 39. Ra5 f6 40.
Buenos Aires Rd: 1 1967 Rcl Kg7 41. Ne3 Kg6 42. Kf3 Bb5 43.
1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bf3 Rdl Rd4 44. Nf5 Rd1 45. Bd1 e4 46.
5. Qf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. g4 Bb4 8. a3 Be7 be4 Bc4 47. d6 Be6 ~-~
9. Bg2 Na6 10. Qe2 de4 11. de4 e5 12.
f4 Nd713. f5 Bh414. Kf1 Ne7 15. Bf3
a6 16. a4 a5 17. Kg2 Na6 18. Rd1 h6
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c____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The UnannotatedGames
Nf3QeS16.BeSRb717.Nd4Nd718. 019.6
Bg7 Kg7 19. Nb3 Qc4 20. Qc4 de4 21. Meeking-Gadia, 0
NaS Rb2 22. Rfd1 NeS 23. Bc6 Rd8 24. Sao Paulo Rd: 6 1967
Racl Nb3 2S. Ne4 Ncl 26. Nb2 Ne2 1. d4 eS 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. e4 Bg7 S.
27. Kg2 Nd4 28. B£3 Rb8 29. Na4 N£3 N£3 Na6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Be2 e6 8. a4
30. Kf3 Rb3 31. Nc3 Ra3 ~-~ Ne7 9. eS edS 10. edS 0-0 11.0-0 NeB
12. Bf4 NfS 13. e6 Nd4 14. Be3 fe6 1S.
KP 2. 7. 5 Nd4 ed4 16. Bd4 eS 17. Be3 BfS 18. a5
Fonrobert, G-Meeking Qe7 19. Rcl Qf7 20. f3 h5 21. g4 Bd7
Sao Paulo Rd: 4 1967 22. Qb3 Nf6 23. gS Nh7 24. Qb7 Rfb8
1. e4 eS 2. N£3 Ne6 3. d4 ed4 4. Bc4 2S. Qa6 Bh3 26. Rf2 Rb2 27. Qd6 ReS
Nf6S.0-0Ne46. Re1 d5 7. Bd5 QdS 8. 28. Bfl Bf8 29. Qa6 Bfl 30. Qe8 Be2
Nc3 QaS 9. Ne4 Be6 10. NegS 0-0-0 31. Qe6 Qe6 32. de6 NgS 33. BgS BcS
11. Ne6 fe6 12. Re6 Bd6 13. Qe2 h6 34. Ne21-0
14. Bd2 QfS 1S. Qe4 Qe4 16. Re4
Rhe8 17. Rae1 Re4 18. Re4 Be7 19. QP 11.3
Kf1 Bf6 20. g4 Kd7 21. h4 Rf8 22. gS Tavares, L-Meeking
BgS 23. hgS Rf3 24. gh6 gh6 2S. Bh6 Sao Paulo Rd: 7 1967
Rh3 26. Bg7 Rh1 27. Ke2 Kd6 28. e4 1. d4Nf6 2. Nc3 dS 3. BgS eS 4. Bf6ef6
KeS 29. b3 a5 30. Bf8 Kb6 31. Bg7 KeS S. e3 Ne6 6. deS Be6 7. Bd3 BcS 8.
~-~ Nge2 a6 9. Nf4 Qd6 10. Ne6 fe6 11.
QhS Ke7 12. 0-0 QeS 13. Qh3 gS 14.
KI 77. 1 Rae1 fS 1S. QhS g4 16. Ne2 Qf6 17. e4
Camara, H-Meeking NeS 18. Nf4 de4 19. Bc4 Ne4 20. e4
Sao Paulo Rd: 5 1967 Kd7 21. Rcl Rae8 22. Rfd1 Bd6 23.
1. N£3 eS 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. e4 Bg7 S. Nd3 Rhe8 24. eS NeS 2S. NeS QeS 26.
Nc3 0-0 6. Be2 b6 7. 0-0 ed4 8. ed4 dS ReS ReS 27. Qf7 Ke6 28. f4 gf3 0-1
9. NeS Bb7 10. B£3 Na6 11. Re1 Ne7
12. b4 Re813. eS Ne614. Bb2 Ba81S. 015.6
NbS beS16. Na7 Re717. NbS Rb718. Meeking-Rocha, A
a4 eb4 19. Ne6 Qb6 20. Nb4 Ne7 21. Sao Paulo Rd: 8 1967
Be2 Ne4 22. Rcl Bh6 23. Re2 Qf6 24. 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 eS 3. d5 eS 4. Nc3 d6 S.
Bd3 NbS 2S. NdS Qd6 26. Be4 Rd7 27. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Qf3 Na6 8. Nge2
abS BdS 28. BdS Qd5 29. ReS Qd6 30. Bg4 9. Qe3 Be2 10. Qe2 NeB 11. h4
Qf3 Bg7 31. Bc3 Bd4 32. Bd4 Qd4 33. Nae7 12. a3 g6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. g4 f6
Reel Rfd8 34. g3 eS 3S. ReS e4 36. 1S. Nd1 a616. b4 bS 17. h5 eb418. hg6
Qb3 ReS 37. ReS Kg7 38. b6 Qd139. hg6 19. ab4 be4 20. Bc4 Qb8 21. Qd2
Qd1 Rd1 40. Kg2 Rb1 41. Re6 fS 42. Rf7 22. Ra3 Nge8 23. Rah3 Rh7 24.
Re7~-~ Qd3 Kf7 2S. Bd2 Rh3 26. Qh3 Ng7 27.
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____J
Ne3 aS 2S. baS NbS 29. 0-0 Nd4 30. g5 34. e4 Nf6 35. Ke2 Rb8 36. Kd3 Rb4
f5 31. ef5 gf5 32. f4ef433. Rf4Qb2 34. 37. Kc3 Re4 38. Ra6 Rh4 39. Nd2 Rh3
Rf2 Bg5 35. Nf5 Ndf5 36. Bg5 Qa137. 40. Kc2 Rh2 41. Kcl Rf2 42. Rd6 Rf5
Kg2 KgS 3S. Rf5 Nf5 39. Qf5 Qb2 40. 43. Kdl h5 44. Nc4 Ng4 45. Ke2 Kg7
Kg3 Qc3 41. Bd3 RaS 42. Qe6 Kg7 43. 46. Nd2 Rf2 47. Kel Rf6 4S. Rd3 Kg6
Bh61-0 49. Rd8 Rf4 50. Ke2 Nf6 51. Ke3 Ra4
52. Rb8 Ra3 53. Ke2 Kg5 54. Rb5 Ng4
QO 10.6 55. RbS Re3 56. Kfl h4 57. Nc4 Rc3
Mecking-Pimentel, F 58. Nd6 Rcl 59. Kg2 Rc2 60. Kf3 Rf2
Sao Paulo Rd: 9 1967 61. Ke4 Rf4 62. Kd5 hJ 63. Ne4 Kg6
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 64. Rb6 Kh5 65. Rb3 Kh4 66. RbS Rf5
5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 S. cd5 67. Ke6 Rh5 68. Rb3 h2 69. Ng3 Rh6
Nd5 9. Bg3 c5 10. Bd3 cd411. ed4 Nc3 70. Kd5 Rf6 0-1
12. bc3 Bb7 13.0-0 Nd7 14. Qe2 ReS
15. Radl QcS16. c4 BdS17. Rcl Bc7 RL 23.6
18. c5 Bf3 19. Qf3 bc5 20. Bc7 Qc7 21. Matulovic, M-Mecking
dc5 Nf6 22. Bb5 RedS 23. Rfd1 RacS Sousse izt Rd: 2 1967
24. RdSRdS 25. c6Nd5 26. g3 RbS 27. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. BbS a6 4. Ba4
Bfl Rb6 2S. Qa3 Rc6 29. Rc6 Qc6 30. Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Rei b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Qa7 Nb6 31. Qa6 Qc5 32. a4 Nc8 33. 0-0 9. h3 NaS 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7
aS Kf8 34. Qb7 Na7 35. a6 KeS 36. 12. Nbd2 Nc613. deS deS 14. Nfl Be6
Qb2 Kf8 37. h4 h5 3S. Be2 g6 39. Qb7 15. Ne3 Rad816. Qe2 c417. Ng5 Nd4
Kg7 40. Bdl Kf8 41. Ba4 Nc8 42. Qd7 18. cd4 ed4 19. e5 d3 20. Ne6 fe6 21.
Na7 43. QdS Kg7 44. BeS Qc3 45. Qe7 ef6de2 22. fe7 Qe7 23. Re2 ReS 24. a3
1-0 aS 25. Bd2 b4 26. ab4 ab4 27. Nd5 Qd6
2S. Nb4 RbS 29. Ra6 Rb6 30. Rb6 Qb6
015.4 31. Bc3 Ra8 32. g3 RaS 33. Be4 Ra134.
Mecking-Matanovic Kg2 Rdl 35. Bf3 Rd8 36. Re4 RfS 37.
Sousse izt Rd: 1 1967 Re6 Qa7 38. Re3 h5 39. Nc6 Qf7 40.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Ne5 Qc7 41. Bh5 1-0
e4 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nf3 NeS 8. h3
Nd7 9. g4 Nc7 10. a3 a6 11. b4 b5 12. PU 3. 6.15
cbS ab5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. 0-0 Qb8 15. Mecking-Bilek, I
Nd2 c416. Be2 Nb617. Qc2 h618. a4 Sousse izt Rd: 3 1967
Bg5 19. ab5 Be3 20. fe3 NbS 21. NbS 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5.
Bb5 22. RaS Qe8 23. Rfal ReS 24. Qa2 Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. h3 Nbd7 S. Be3
Rc7 25. Bfl g6 26. Ra7 Qd7 27. Rc7 Qc7 9. a4 e5 10. deS deS 11. Qcl ReS
Qc7 28. Qa7 Qa7 29. Ra7 c3 30. Nb3 12. g3 Nf813. Kg2 Ne614. aS Nd415.
Bfl 31. Kfl f5 32. gf5 gf5 33. ef5 Nd5 Bd1 NbS 16. Na4 Be6 17. Nd2 Rad8
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c _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The UnannotatedGames
18. c3 Bc8 19. B£3 h6 20. Rh1 Kh7 21. 24. Rb1 0-0 25. g3 Bg5 26. Ra5 f6 27.
Nfl Nd7~-~ Bd1 Rd2 28. f4 Bh6 29. ef6 R£6 30. Bg4
e5 31. Ra8 Kg7 32. Ra7 Rd6 33. fe5
SI 40. 1. 3 Be3 34. Kh1 Re6 35. Bd7 ReS 36. e6
Barczay-Mecking R£5 37. Ba4 Kh6 38. Rf7 Rf7 39. ef7
Sousse izt Rd: 4 1967 Kg7 40. Bb3 d3 41. Bc4 Rf2 42. Rb8 d2
1. e4 c5 2. N£3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 a6 5. 43. Rg8 Kh6 44. Rd8 Bc5 45. Bb3 Kg7
Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nd4 8. Qd4 46. g4 h5 47. ghS ghS 48. Rd3 h4 49.
d6 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. Na4 b5 11. Nb6 Rb8 h3~-~
12. Nc8 ReS 13. c3 Nc6 14. Qd1 Be7
15. a4 0-0 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Be3 Na5 SI 40. 1. 3
18.ab5ab519.f4Qc420.Qg4Nb321. Miagmasuren-Meeking
Ra7 Bd8 22. Qd1 Bb6 23. Bb6 Rb6 24. Sousse izt Rd: 6 1967
f5 b4 25. fe6 Qe6 26. e5 bc3 27. bc3 l.e4e5 2. N£3 Ne63. d4ed44.Nd4e6
Rb5 28. Rff7 Rf7 29. Ra8 Rf8 30. Rf8 5. Nc3 Qe7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nd4 8. Qd4
Kf8 31. Qf1 Qf7 32. Qb5 Qa7 33. Kh1 d6 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Qb6
deS 34. Qf1 Ke7 35. Bd5 Kd6 36. Be4 Qb6 12. Bb6 Ne5 13. b3 Be7 14. Rad1
Nc5 37. Bh7 Qb7 38. Kg1 Ke7 39. Bg8 Bd7 15. Ne2 ReS 16. e4 Bc6 17. Nd4
Qe4 40. Qf7 Kd6 41. Qf8 Kc6 42. c4 0-0 18. f4 Nd7 19. BaS NbS 20. a4 Bf6
Qd4 43. Kg2 e4 44. Bd5 Kb6 45. Qd8 21. Bb4 Rfd8 22. Ba3 Be7 23. Ne6 bc6
Ka 7 46. Qa5 Kb8 47. Qb6 Kc8 48. Qc6 24. e5 c5 25. ed6 Rd6 26. Rd6 Bd6 27.
Kd8 49. Qd6 Nd7 50. Qf4 Nf6 51. Qb8 Rd1 Be7 28. Kf2 a5 29. Ke2 Re7 30.
Kd7 52. Qb7 Kd6 53. Qc6 Ke7 54. Qe6 Bb2 Rd7 31. Be5 Rd132. Kd1 Na6 33.
Kd8 55. Qd6 Nd7 56. Qf4 Nf6 57. h4 Bb7 f6 34. Bc3 Nb4 35. Bb4 eb4 ~-~
Kd7 58. Qf5 Kc7 59. Qe6 Qd2 60. Kh3
Qe161. Qe7 Kb6 62. Be4 Ne4 63. Qg7 KI17.4
Qe2 64. Qg6 Kb7 65. h5 N£2 66. Kg2 Meeking-Cuellar
Ng4 67. Kh3 N£2 68. Kg2 ~-~ Sousse izt Rd: 7 1967
l.d4Nf62.e4g63.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4d65.
Sl40. 6. 7 Be2 0-0 6. N£3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9.
Mecking-Portisch, L Bh4 gS 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2
Sousse izt Rd: 5 1967 Ng3 13. fg3 h5 14. 0-0 Bh6 15. Bd3 e6
1. e4 c5 2. N£3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cd4 16. Kh2 Na6 17. Qe2 f6 18. Qf2 Nb4
5. Nd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 19. Bb1 cd5 20. ed5 Na6 21. Nc4 Nc5
Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nc6 bc6 11. Nb6 22. NbS Ne4 23. Be4 f5 24. Nbd6 f4 25.
Rb8 12. Nc8 Qc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bd4 g£4 b5 26. Ne8 bc4 27. Qb6 Qh4 28.
c5 15. e4 ed4 16. ed5 Qc5 17. B£3 Bg5 Kg1 Rf6 29. Ne7 Kf7 30. Nf5 Rf5 31.
18. Qd3 Rb2 19. Rfb1 Qe2 20. Qe2 Bf5 Bf4 32. Rf4 ef4 33. Qb7 Qe7 34.
Re2 21. Rb8 Bd8 22. Ra8 a5 23. d6 g6 Be6 Kf6 35. Qa8 Qe5 36. K£11-0
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____J
PU 2. 1. 5 RL 23.6
Sarapu, 0- Mecking Stein, L-Mecking
Sousseizt Rd.: 8 1967 Sousse izt Rd: 10 1967
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. 1. e4 e5 2. N£3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
N£3 0-0 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 B£3 8. Qf3 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. fe5 deS 11. d5 Nd4 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7
12. Qf2 c613. dc6 bc614. 0-0 Nd7 15. 12.Nbd2Nc613.dc5dc514. Nh2Be6
Rad1 Rb816. b3 Nc5 17. Ne2 Rb7 18. 15.Qf3 Rad816. Ndf1 g617. Bh6Rfe8
b4 Rb4 19. c3 Nd3 20. Rd3 Ne2 21. 18. Ne3 Nd4 19. cd4 cd4 20. Nf5 Bf5
Qe2 Rb2 22. Qb2 Qd3 23. Bc5 Rd8 24. 21. ef5·Qc2 22. ReS Bf8 23. fg6 Bh6 24.
Qb7 Qd7 25. Qd7 Rd7 26. Rb1 f5 27. Ng4 Bg7 25. Nf6 Bf6 26. Qf6 hg6 27.
Rb8 Kf7 28. Ra8 Rd1 29. Kh2 fe4 30. Rael Rf8 28. R5e4 Rd5 29. Rh4 Rh5
Ra7 Kf6 31. g4 Rd5 32. Be7 Ke6 33. 30. Rh5 gh5 31. ReS Rc8 32. Rg5 1-0
Bg5 Bf8 34. Ra4 h6 35. Be3 Rd3 36.
Bf2 e3 37. Bg3 Kd5 38. Kg2 Bc5 39. KI 72.3
Bel e2 40. c4 Kd6 0-1 Mecking-Kortchnoi, V
Sousse izt Rd: 11 1967
KI 62.8 1. d4 Nf6 2. N£3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0
Mecking-Kavalek, L 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Sousse izt Rd.: 9 1967 Bf39.Bf3Nd710.e3e511.d5Ne712.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. N£3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 e4 f5 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. b4 Qd7 15. h4
5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 Rf7 16. Qa4 Qa4 17. Na4 fe4 18. Bg2
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Rbl Qb4 11. deS deS b5 19. Nc3 bc4 20. Racl Rb8 21. Ne4
12. Qe2 Nh5 13. a3 Qe714. b4 a5 15. Ne4 22. Be4 c6 23. dc6 d5 24. Bg2 e4
Bg5 Qe8 16. c5 ab417. ab4 f5 18. Ra1 25. Bf4 Rf4 26. gf4 Nc6 27. Be4 de4 28.
Ra119. Ra1 f4 20. g4 Nhf6 21. Nd2 b6 Rc4 Nd4 29. Rd1 N£3 30. Kf1 Nh4 31.
22. cb6 Nb6 23. Bh4 Be6 24. f3 Qe7 Re4 Bf8 32. a3 Rb7 33. Red4 Rb6 34.
25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Bf2 Nfd7 27. Bfl Ra8 Rd8 Nf5 35. Ra8 Rb7 36. Rd5 Rf7 37.
28. Qd1 Bf6 29. Qel Ra3 30. Qcl Ra8 Ra5 Nd6 38. f5 Nf5 39. R5a7 Ra7 40.
31. Kg2 Bh4 32. Bg1 h5 33. Nd1 hg4 Ra7Nd441. Rd7 Ne642. Rb7 Nf443.
34. fg4 Qd6 35. N£3 Be7 36. Nc3 Na4 a4 Nd3 44. b5 Nc5 45. Ra7 1-0
37. Na4 Ra4 38. Bc4 Kg7 39. Qc2 Bc4
40.Qa4Qd3 41.Qdl Nf642. Bc5 Qe4 KI 62. 5. 3
43. Rb2 Nd5 44. Kh2 Bc5 45. bc5 Qe3 Geller, E-Mecking
46. g5 Kf7 47. h4 Ke6 48. h5 gh5 49. g6 Sousse izt Rd: 12 1967
Kf6 50. Rg2 Kg7 51. Qa1 Nf6 52. Qa7 1. N£3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0
Kh653.Qe71-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6
9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 Re8 11. d5 cd5 12.
cd5 b5 13. Bfl b4 14. Na4 Ba6 15. Ba6
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Qa6 16. b3 Nb6 17. Nb6 Qb6 18. Be3 58. Kfl a4 59. d6 Rd2 60. Kel Rd4 61.
Qa6 19. Nd2 Rec8 20. Qbl Rc7 21. Ke2 Ke4 62. QaJ Rd3 63. Qb4 a3 64.
Nc4 Qc8 22. Kg2 Ne8 23. Bd2 Rb8 24. c5 Kf5 65. Qa4 Ke6 66. Qa8 Rb3 67.
Qd3 f5 25. £3 Rf7 26. a3 baJ 27. RaJ Qg8 Nf7 68. Qg6 Ke5 69. Qf7 a2 70.
Qd8 28. Real fe4 29. fe4 Qf6 30. Qe2 Qa7 Rh3 71. d7 1-0
Nc7 31. Rfl Qfl 32. Qfl Rfl 33. Kfl
NbS 34. Ra6 Bf8 35. b4 Kf7 36. NaJ KI 17.3
NaJ 37. Ra7 Be7 38. RaJ ReS 39. Ke2 Mecking-Byrne, R
Rc4 40. Bc3 Ke8 41. Kd3 Rc7 42. Ra8 Sousse izt Rd: 15 1967
Kf7 43. Bd2 Bf6 44. b5 Rb7 45. Kc4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
Ke7 46. BaS Kd7 47. b6 Bd8 48. Kb5 N£3 0~0 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 h6
1-0 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 Nf412.
hg5 hg5 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bf4 ef4 15.
QI 1. 2. 21 0~0~0 Nc5 16. Rh5 fe4 17. Ng5 Bf5 18.
Mecking-Gipslis, A Ne6 Ne6 19. de6 Bc3 20. Qc3 Qf6 21.
Sousse izt Rd: 13 1967 Qa5 b6 22. Qd5 Rae8 23. Rdhl Kg7
(see page 35) 1-0 24. Bg4 Bg6 25. R5h3 Re7 26. a3 a5 27.
Kb1 Qe5!.1-!.1
KI9.6
Reshevsky, S-Mecking SI3. 5
Sousse izt Rd: 14 1967 Mecking-Hart, V
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Sousse izt Rd: 17 1967
Be2 0~0 6. N£3 e5 7. 0~0 Nbd7 8. Rel 1. e4 c5 2. N£3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
a5 9. Bfl c610. Rbl Re81l.d5Nc512. 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Be3 Nc5 7. £3 Bd7 8.
b3 Na6 13. a3 c5 14. Bd2 Rf8 15. g3 Qd2 a6 9. Nb3 Nb3 10. ab3 e6 11. g4
Bg416. h3 Bd717. Bg5 h618. Be3 Ne8 h612. h4 Bc613. Bh3 Nd7 14. g5 Ne5
19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Nh4 f5 21. ef5 gf5 22. 15. Qf2 hg5 16. hg5 Be 7 17. 0~0~0 Qa5
f4 e4 23. Bf2 Nf6 24. Nd1 Ng8 25. Ne3 18. Kbl Nd7 19. Be6 Rhl 20. Bd7 Kd7
Qf6 26. Bg2 Rae8 27. Qe2 Ne7 28. g4 21. Rhl Bg5 22. Bb6 Qe5 23. Bd4 Qf4
Kg8 29. Bg3 fg4 30. hg4 Ng6 31. Nhf5 24. Bg7 ReS 25. Ne2 Qe3 26. Qe3 Be3
Bh8 32. Nh6 Kh7 33. Nhf5 Kg8 34. 27. Ng3 Kc7 28. Nf5 Bf4 29. Nd4 Bd7
Nh6Kh7 35.Rfl Qc336.Nef5 Bg7 37. 30. Rh7 Be3 31. Ne2 f5 32. Nc3 Kc6
Rbcl Qb3 38. Rb1 QaJ 39. Rb7 NbS 33. Nd5 Bf2 34. Bc3 fe4 35. Nf6 Re6
40. Ng7 Qg3 41. Ne8 Nf4 42. Rf4 Qf4 36. Nd7 e3 37. Nf6e2 38. Ne4elQ39.
43. Nd6 Kh6 44. Ne4 Bg4 45. Rb6 Kh5 Bel Be140. c4 b5 41. Ra7 Kb642. Ra8
46. Qel Nd7 47. Ng3 Kh4 48. Qe 7 Rf6 Bb4 43. Rb8 Kc6 44. Ra8 Kb6 45. Rh8
49. Qh7 Kg5 50. Ne4Qe4 51. Qe4 Rb6 Rg6 46. Rhl Kc6 47. f4 Re6 48. Ng5
52. Qe3 Kg6 53. Bh3 Bh3 54. Qh3 Ne5 Rf6 49. Rfl bc4 50. bc4 d5 51. cd5 Kd5
55. Qe3 Kf5 56. Qc5 Rb1 57. Kg2 Rb2 52. Kc2 a5 53. Kd3 Rh6 54. b3 Rh2 55.
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____J
Rdl Rb2 56. Ke3 Ke6 57. Rd3 Bc5 58. Ne7 9. Nel Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. g4 Kh8
Kf3 Rf2 59. Kg3 Re2 60. Kf3 Rf2 61. 12. Nd3 f4 13. Bd2 g5 14. Rcl Rf7 15.
Kg4 Ba3 62. Ne4 Rg2 63. Kf3 Rh2 64. b4 Nf616. c5 Ng617. Rf2 Bf818. Qb3
f5 Bb2 65. Kg3 Be5 66. Kg4 Re2 67. h5 19. h3 Rh7 20. Rh2 Bd7 21. Qe4
Kf3 Rh2 68. Nf2 Rh5 69. Ng4 Bd6 70. Kg7 22. Rfl Be7 23. Rff2 Qh8 24. Bdl
Rd4 Rh3 71. Ke4 Rb3 72. Ne5 Be5 73. hg4 25. hg4 Rh3 26. Bel Rg3 27. Rfg2
Ke5 Re3 74. Kf4 Rel 75. f6 Rfl 76. Ke5 Rg2 28. Rg2 Qg8 29. Bb3 Nh4 30. Bh4
Rel 77. Kf5 Rfl 78. Kg6 Rgl 79. Kh7 gh4 31. Rh2 Nh7 32. NbS Ng5 33. Nel
Rfl 80. Kg7 Kb5 81. f7 a4 82. Rdl Rf2 Qc8 34. ed6 cd6 35. Ne7 b5 36. Qcl
83. f8Q Rf8 84. Kf8 a3 85. Ke 7 Ke4 86. Rb8 37. Re2 Qb7 38..Ne6 Be6 39. de6
Kd6 a2l1-l1 Qb6 40. Khl h3 41. Qd2 h2 42. Qf2
Qf2 43. Rf2 ReS 44. Kh2 Rcl 45. Ng2
KI 68. 1. 1 Nh3 46. Re2 Re2 47. Bc2 Ng5 48. Nh4
Larsen, B-Meeking Ne6 49. Nf5 Kf8 50. Kg2 Ke8 51. Kf2
Sousse izt Rd: 18 1967 Kd7 52. a4 ba4 53. Ba4 Kd8 54. Ke2
1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 0-0 Ng5 55. Bdl Kd7 56. Ba4 Kd8 57. Bdl
5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. deS deS 8. 0-0 Ne6 Kd7 58. Ne7 Ke7 59. Kd3 Ne6 60. Ke4
9. Bf4 Nd4 10. Be5 Nh5 11. Bg7 Ng7 Ne7 61. b5 Ne6 62. Kb4 Nd4 63. Ka5
12. e3 Ne613. Ng5 Bd7 14. Qd5 b615. d5 64. ed5 Kd6 65. Ka6 Kd5 66. g5 Ke6
Radl Be8 16. Qc6 Bc6 17. Rd8 Rad8 11-\1
18. Bc6 Rd2 19. Rbl Rfd8 20. Nf3
R2d6 21. Be4f5 22. Bc2 e6 23. Kfl Ne8 AL 10.3
24. NbS R6d7 25. Kel Kg7 26. Ne5 Meeking-Suttles, D
Rb7 27. Bdl Kf6 28. f4 g5 29. Bh5 Rg7 Sousse izt Rd: 21 1967
30. Rdl Rd131. Kdl Ne7 32. Na7 g4 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e6 fe6
33.Ne8Na834. Ke2 Re7 35. Nd6Ke7 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. h4 e5
36. NbS ReB 37. Na7 Rf8 38. a3 Ne7 9. h5 cd4 10. h6 dc3 11. hg7 Rg8 12.
39. b4 eb4 40. ab4 Ra8 41. Nae6 Kd6 Qd4 Nbd7 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Bd7 Bd7
42. Kb2 b5 43. Nd4 bc4 44. Ne4 Ke7 15. bc3 Qd4 16. cd4 Rg717. Bh6 Rg8
45. e4 fe4 46. Bg4 Nd5 47. Be6 Nb4 48. 18. Bg5 h5 19. f3 ReS 20. Kd2 Ba4 21.
Bf5 Rd8 49. Ne2 e3 50. Kb3 Nd5 51. c3 Nd7 22. Nd7 Kd7 23. Bf4 Re4 24.
Bh7 Rh8 52. Be4 Rh2 53. Bf3 Rf2 54. Rabl b6 25. Be5 Rge8 26. Rhcl Bc6
Ne5 Nf6 55. Ke4 1-0 27. Rb4 Bb7 28. a3 Ba6 29. f4 Rb4 30.
ab4 Bc4 31. Rbl Ke6 32. g3 Ra8 33.
Kl2. 2 Ke2 a5 34. baS Ra5 35. Bg7 Ra2 36.
Meeking- Bouaziz, S Rb2 Ral 37. Bf8 Rgl 38. Be7 Rg2 39.
Sousse izt Rd: 20 1967 Kcl Rg3 40. Kd2 Rd3 41. Ke2 Rh3 42.
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 Bd8 b5 43. Kd2 Rh2 44. Kcl Rhl 45.
5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Ne6 8. d5 Kd2 h4 46. Ke3 Rh3 47. Kd2 Rh2 1-0
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HenriiJue Mecking, Latin Chess G e n i u s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
KF5.5 KF 5. 1. 20
Salameh-Mecking Gheorghiu, F-Mecking
Lugano Prelims Rd: 2 1968 Lugano Prelims Rd: 5 1968
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 cS 4. c3 dS S. deS 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 S.
de46.Qd8Kd8 7. Bc4fS 8.Ne2Nc69. Qd2 bS 6. f3 Bb7 7. a4 c6 8. Nh3 Nd7
Be3 Nf6 10. b4 Ng4 11. Bd4 Bd4 12. 9. Nfl Ng£6 10. Be2 e5 11. deS deS 12.
Nd4 Ne3 13. Nc6 bc614. Bfl Nc2 lS. 0-0 0-0 13. Nd3 ReS 14. Rfdl Bf8 lS.
Kd2 Na116. Kcl aS 17. Kb2 Be6 0-1 Bfl Qc7 16. b4 NhS 17. Qf2 Nf4 18.
NcS Nc519. BcS BcS 20. QcS Ne6 21.
KI 15.4 Qd6 Qd6 22. Rd6 Kf8 23. Rd7 Re7 24.
Mecking-Kaplan, J Rd2 Vz-Vz
Lugano Prelims Rd: 3 1968
l.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4d65. Kl17.3
Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 eS 7. 0-0 c6 8. dS cdS 9. Mecking-Kazanski
cdS Nbd7 10. Nd2 Ne811. a4 fS 12. a5 Lugano Prelims Rd: 6 1968
Bh6 13. Nc4 Bel 14. Rcl NcS lS. f3 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
fe4 16. Ne4 Ne4 17. fe4 Rfl 18. Qfl Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 eS 7. dS Na6 8. BgS h6
Bd7 19. b4 QgS 20. Rc3 Rc8!1-Vz 9. Bh4 gS 10. Bg3 NhS 11. h4 Ng3 12.
fg3 g4 13. Nd2 h5 14. 0-0 c6 lS. Kh2
FR5.4 Bd7 16. Bd3 B£617. Qe2 Kg7 18. Nd1
Mecking-Keller Rh8 19. Ne3 NcS 20. NfS BfS 21. RfS
Lugano Prelims Rd: 4 1968 Nd7 22. Nfl a5 23. Ne3 cS 24. Rafl
1. e4 e6 2. d4d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. BgS Bb4 Bh4 2S. Rf7 Kg8 26. gh4 Qh4 27. Kgl
S. eS h6 6. Bd2 Bc3 7. bc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Rh7 28. Rh7 Kh7 29. Rf7 1-0
Kf8 9. h4 cS 10. Bd3 Nd2 11. Kd2 Qa5
12. Rh3 cd413. Ne2 Nc614. Rg3 Rg8 KI 71.4
1S. f4dc316. Kd1 Ne717. Bh7NfS18. Johannessen-Mecking
Rd3 Qb619. Qh3 Qf2 20. Qf3 Qf3 21. Lugano Prelims Rd: 7 1968
gf3 Nh4 22. Bg8 Kg8 23. Rc3 b6 24. l.c4Nf62.Nf3 g63.Nc3 Bg7 4.d40-0
Ra3 Bb7 2S. Kel f6 26. Kfl K£7 27. 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. b3 Rb8
Nd4 feS 28. feS NfS 29. c3 gS 30. Rhl 9. Bb2 bS 10. cbS abS 11. dS Na5 12.
Nd4 31. cd4 Kg6 32. Rcl a5 33. Rb3 Nd4 Bd7 13. Rcl b4 14. Na4 e5 lS.
Ba6 34. Rb6 Bc4 3S. Re6 Kf7 36. Rh6 Nc2 Bh616. e3 Re817. Qel cS18. dc6
Rb837. Rchl Rb238. Kg3 Bd3 39. Rf6 Nc6 19. Qd2 dS 20. NcS Bc8 21. f4
Ke 7 40. Rh5 Ra2 41. RgS 1-0 RbS 22. Nel ef4 23. ef4 Qb6 24. Bf6
ReS 2S. Qf2 Bf8 26. Nd3 Re2 27. Qe2
Rcl 28. Qf2 Rfl 29. Bfl Qa5 30. Qc2
Na7 31. Bd4 BfS 32. Qf2 NbS 33. BcS
Bd3 34. Bd3 Nc3 3S. Bf8 Kf8 36. Qd4
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Kg8 37. f5 Na2 3S. Qe5 Qc5 39. Kg2 RfcS lS. Rc2 Rb6 19. Racl Nb7 20.
Qc3 40. Qd5 Qd2 ~-~ Nd4 RdS 21. Nb5 a5 22. Nc7 Rc6 23.
Ne6 fe6 24. BB Rcd6 25. g3 a4 26. ba4
SI 40. 2. 4 c4 27. Rbl Nc5 2S. a5 Ra6 29. Rb5
Penrose, J-Mecking Nd3 30. Rc3 RdaS 31. Ra3 Ne5 32.
Lugaoo finals Rd: 1 1968 Bg2 Nc6 33. Rc5 RbS 34. e4 Rb1 35.
1. e4 c5 2. NB e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nc6 Bfl Nb4 36. Kg2 Rb2 37. ed5 ed5 3S.
5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 S. 0~0 Rf3 Rc6 39. Rc6 Nc6 40. Ra3 Kf7 41.
b5 9. Nc6Qc610. a3 Bb711. Qe2 ReS a6 Na7 42. Ra4 Kf6 43. Kf3 Ke5 44.
12. f4 h5 13. h3 h4 14. Rf2 b4 15. ab4 Bc4 dc4 45. Rc4 Ra2 46. Rc7 Ra6 47.
Bb4 16. Ra4 Bc3 17. Rc4 Bb2 lS. Rc6 Rg7 h6 48. Kg4 Kf6 49. Rb7 Nc6 50. f4
Bc6 19. c4 Ba3 20. Bd4 Be7 21. f5 e5 NdS 51. Rb5 Kg6 52. h4 ~-~
22. Be5 Bc5 23. Qb2 d6 24. Bd6 Bd6
25. e5 Be7 26. ef6 Bf6 27. Qb4 Bd4 2S. FR 11.3
f6 gf6 29. Qd6 Bf2 30. Kf2 Bd7 31. Qf6 Uitumen, T -Mecking
Rg8 32. Qa6 Be6 33. Qb5 Bd7 34. Qe5 Lugaoo finals Rd: 3 1968
Kf8 35. Qd6 Ke8 36. Qe5 KfS 37. Qd6 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5.
KeS 3S. Qf6 Be6 39. Qh4 Kd7 40. Qd4 a3 Bc3 6. bc3 Ne7 7. f4 b6 S. NB Qc7
Ke7 41. Qa7 Kf6 42. Qd4 Ke7 43. c5 9. Bd2 Ba610. Ba6 Na611. 0~0 RcS12.
RgdS 44. Qh4 Ke8 45. Bb5 Kf8 46. Nel NbS 13. Qf3 cd4 14. cd4 Qc4 15.
QhS Ke7 47. Qh4 KfS 4S. c6 Rd2 49. Qf2 Nbc616. c3 Na5 17. Nc2 Nb3 lS.
Kgl Rc2 50. Kh2 KgS 51. Qg3 KhS 52. Ne3 Qd3 19. Rad1 Nd2 20. Rd2 Qc3
Qh4 KgS 53. Qg3 KhS 54. Qd3 RSc6 21. f5 ef5 22. Nf5 Nf5 23. Qf5 0~0 24.
55. Bc6 Rc6 56. QdS Kg7 57. Qg5 Kh7 Rd3 Qc2 25. Qf3 Qc6 26. Qf4 f6 27.
58. Qh5 Kg7 59. Qg5 Kh7 60. g4 Bg4 Rdf3 Qe6 28. h3 Rce8 29. Kh2 h6 30.
61. Qg4 Rg6 62. Qf5 Kg7 63. h4 Re6 ef6 Rf6 31. Qg3 Rf3 32. Rf3 Kh7 33.
64. h5 Rh6 65. Kgl Re6 66. Khl Rh6 Qc7Re7 34.QdSQd7 35.QfSQd636.
67. Kg2 Re6 6S. Kh2 Rh6 69. Kg3 Re6 Kgl Re1 37. Kf2 Qf8 38. Rf8 Ral 39.
70. Kh3 Rh6 71. Kg4 Re6 72. Kh4 Rh6 Ke3 Kg6 40. Ra8 Ra3 41. Kf4 Kf6 42.
73. Qe5 Kh7 74. Qc3 Re6 75. Kg5 ~-~ Rf8 Ke7 43. RgS Kf7 44. RbS Kf6 45.
RfS Ke6 46. ReS Kd6 47. RdS Kc6 4S.
QO 13. 7. 9 ReS Kb5 49. Ke5 a5 50. Kd5 a4 51. Kd6
Mecking-Donner J Rd3 52. d5 a3 53. Ke6 Kb4 54. d6 a2
Lugaoo finals Rd: 2 1968 55. RaS Kb3 56. d7 b5 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4e63. NB d5 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bg5 0~0 6. e3 b6 7. cd5 Nd5 S. Be7 015.3
Qe7 9. Nd5 ed5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qb3 Mecking-Jansson
c5 12. Qa3 Nc6 13. dc5 Qc5 14. Qc5 Lugaoo finals Rd: 4 1968
bc5 15. o~o RabS 16. b3 Na5 17. Rfcl 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5.
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5. Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. a4 Rad1 Be6 13. b3 h6 14. Rd8 Rd8 15.
Nbd7 9. h3 BB 10. BB e5 11. b4 ed4 Rd1 Rd116. Nd1 Nd7 17. Ne1 f5 18.
12. Bd4 ReS 13. Rb1 Bh6 14. g3 a5 15. Bc6bc619.Nd3 Bf820.f4e421.N3b2
baS Qa5 16. Rb7 Ne5 17. Bc5 Qe5 18. ~-~
Qd3 Bg7 19. Rd1 RedS 20. Be2 Ne8
21. Na2 Nf6 22. Qb3 Nd7 23. Nb4 KF4.3
Rae8 24. Bg4 Rb8 25. Rd7 Rd7 26. Quinteros, M-Meeking
Na6 Rb3 27. Ne5 deS 28. eb3 Rb7 29. Mar del Plata Rd: 1 1969
Rd8Bf830. Bd1 Kg7 31.Kf1 e432. bc4 (see page 37) 0-1
Rb4 33. a5 Re4 34. a6 Bc5 35. Rd7 Re4
36. Bb3 Kh6 37. Bf7 Ra4 38. Bg8 Ra6 SI 13
39. Rh 7 Kg5 40. h4 K£5 41. Rf7 Ke5 42. Meeking-Camara, H
Bh7 Bd443. Bg6e5 44. Rf5 Ke645. g4 Mar del Plata Rd: 2 1969
Ke 7 46. Rf7 Kd6 47. h5 e4 48. Rf4 Ke5 1. e4 e5 2. NB d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
49. g5 c3 50. Rf8 Ke4 51. ReS Bc5 52. 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 Qe7 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Kd4 53. h6 Ra1 54. Kg2 Ra5 55. g4 h6 9. B Ne5 10. Be3 e611. Qe2 Bd7
Rd8 Ke5 56. h7 1-0 12. h4 Be7 13. 0-0-0 0-0-0 14. g5 hg5
15. Bg5 Qa5 16. f4 Ng8 17. Be7 Ne7
Q09.9 18.NB Bc619.Ng5Rhf820.Kb1 Nb3
Meeking-Prameshuber 21. ab3 d5 22. ed5 Nd5 23. Nd5 Rd5
Lugarw finals Rd: 9 1968 24. Rd5 Qd5 25. Rd1 Qe5 26. Qe5 Qe5
1. d4d5 2. e4e63. Nc3 Nf64. Bg5 Be7 27. fe5 Bd7 28. Ne4 Rh8 29. Nd6 Ke7
5. e3 0-0 6. NB h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rcl 30. Nf7 Rh431. Rg1 Rh7 32. Rg6 Be8
Bb7 9. ed5 Nd5 10. Be7 Qe7 11. Bd3 33. Re6 Bf7 34. Re7 Ke6 35. Rf7 Rh1
Nc3 12. Rc3 ReS 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. Qe2 36. Ka2 Re137. R£5 Rg138. b4 g5 39.
e5 15. Ba6 ed416. ReS Bc8 17. ed4 Ba6 e4 g4 40. Rf6 Ke7 41. Rf7 Ke6 42. Rg7
18. Qa6 Nf6 19. Rcl Nd5 20. a3 Rb8 g3 43. e6 Re144. e7 g2 45. Rg2 Re7 46.
21. Kf1 g6 22. g3 Qb7 23. Qb7 Rb7 24. Kb3 Re1 47. Rg6 Ke7 48. e5 Re2 49.
Ne5 Re7 25. Re7 Ne7 26. Ke2 Kg7 27. Ka3 Rh2 50. Rf6 Rg2 51. Rh6 Rf2 52.
a4 f6 28. Ne6 a5 29. Kd3 Kf7 30. b4 ab4 b3 Re2 53. Rd6 Rc3 54. Kb2 Rh3 55.
31. Ke4 b3 32. Kb3 Ke8 33. Ke4 Kd7 b5 ab5 56. Ka3 Rh4 57. Rb6 Rg4 58. b4
34. Nb4 Kd6 35. B ~-~ Rg3 59. Kb2 Rh3 60. Ke2 RB 61. Kd2
Rh3 62. Ke2 Rg3 63. Kf2 Rh3 64. Kg2
KI 70. 4. 1 Ra3 65. Kf2 ~-~
O'Kelly, A. 0-Meeking
Lugarw finals Rd: 10 1968 SI 2. 9
1. NB g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. e4 0-0 Bronstein, L-Meeking
5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Ne6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 Rb8 Mar del Plata Rd: 3 1969
9. Be3 e5 10. deS deS 11. Qd8 Rd8 12. 1. e4e5 2. NB d63.d4ed44. Qd4Ne6
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TD 10.1 HD9.2
Mecking-Rodriguez, 0 Mecking-Canobra, J
Mar del Plata Rd: 9 1969 Mar del Plata Rd: 11 1969
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cd5 cd4 5. 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7
Qd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 ed5 7. Qd5 Bd7 S. 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 h6 7. Bf6 Bf6 S. e4 d6
Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. 9. 0-0-0 Qa5 10. Kb1 fe4 11. Be4 Bf5
Be2 0-0-0 12. 0-0 g5 13. b4 Bb4 14. 12. Qd3 0-0 13. Nge2 Bg7 14. Nf4 g5
Qb3 Be6 15. Bc4 g4 16. Nd4 Nd4 17. 15. Ng6 Bg6 16. Bg6 e5 17. d5 cd5 1S.
ed4 Rd4 1S. Be6 Qe6 19. NbS Qb3 20. Nd5 Nc6 19. f3 Nd4 20. Ne7 KhS 21.
ab3 Rd5 21. Na7 Kd7 22. Bb2 Be7 23. Be4 Rf6 22. Ng6 Rg6 23. Bg6 ReS 24.
Rad1 Rd1 24. Rd1 Ke6 25. NbS RdS Qe3 NbS 25. Rd3 e4 26. Be4 Nc3 27.
26. Nd4 Kd7 27. Nf5 KeS 2S. Re1 Nd5 Rc3 Rc3 2S. bc3 Qa3 29. Bd3 Bc3 30.
29. Ba3 Rd7 30. Kfl KdS 31. Ne7 Ne7 QeS Kg7 31. Qe7 KgS 32. Bc41-0
32. Bc5 Nd5 33. Re4 h5 34. f3 gf3 35.
gf3 Kc 7 36. Bf2 f6 37. Rh4 Rh 7 3S. Ke2 PU2
Kd6 39. Kd3 Ke5 40. Re4 Kf5 41. Kc4 Rubinetti, J- Mecking
~-~ Mar del Plata Rd: 12 1969
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5.
015.2 Nf3 0-06. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 S. fe5 deS
Panno, 0-Mecking 9. d5 Nd4 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Bd4 Nf4
Mar del Plata Rd: 10 1969 12. Ne2 Ne2 13. Be2 Qh414. Bf2 Qe4
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. 15. Nf3 ReS 16. Kf1 Bb2 17. Rb1 Bg7
e4 Be 7 6. Be2 0-0 7. Nf3 NeSS. h4 Na6 1S. Bd3 Qe7 19. Qel Qd7 20. Qb4 b6
9. Be3 Nac7 10. a4 Na6 11. g3 Nb4 12. 21. h4c5 22. Qf4 Qg4 23. Qg4 Bg4 24.
Rcl a6 13. Kf1 Qd7 14. Kg2 Nf6 15. a4 RacS 25. Nd2 RedS 26. a5 Bh6 27.
Nh2 h5 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. Bd2 f5 1S. Nf3 Re6 2S. ab6 ab6 29. Nh2 Bf5 30.
Ng5 Bg519. hg5 f4 20. f3 Qfl21. fg4f3 Bf5 gf5 31. Nf3 RaS32. Rg1 Ra433. g3
22. Bf3 hg4 23. Bg4 Qf2 24. Kh3 Rf3 Rae4 34. Rb2 Re2 35. Rg2 Bc136. Ra2
25. Ne2 Bg4 26. Kg4 Nd3 27. g6 KfS Kg7 37. Bd4 cd4 3S. Re2 Be3 39. Ra4
2S. Rf1 Rf6 29. Rf2 Nf2 30. Kg5 Nd1 Re4 40. Kg2 Rg4 41. Re3 1-0
31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Kg4 Kd7 33. Ng1 RhS
34. Nf3 b5 35. ab5 ab5 36. cbS RbS 37. SI 13
Bc3 Rg6 3S. Ng5 Rb5 39. Rf1 KeS 40. Mecking-Riego Prieto, V
Rh1 Ke7 41. RhS Rb7 42. Kh5 Rf6 43. Mar del Plata Rd: 13 1969
RgS Rh6 44. Kg4 Rg6 45. RaS c4 46. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
Ra1 RbS 47. Ra7 KeS 4S. Rc7 KdS 49. 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4Qc7 7. Bb3 e6 S. g4 h6
Rc4 RaS 50. Rb4 Kc7 51. Rc4 Kb6 52. 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12.
Rc6 Kb5 53. Rc7 1-0 0-0-00-0-0 13.h4g614.Qd2h515.g5
Nh7 16. f4 RheS 17. Nc6 Bc6 1S. Qf2
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15. a5 Bc6 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Ne5 Be5 AL6. 4.1
lS. g3 Bg7 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bel KhS 21. Parma, B-Mecking
Bd5 Bd5 22. ed5 f5 23. c4 RaeS 24. Rdl Palma de Mallorca Rd: 8 1969
f4 25. ab6 ab6 26. Qe4 Qe7 27. Re1 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6
Qf7 2S. Re2 g5 29. g4 Qd7 30. t3 RaS 5. f4 deS 6. fe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 S. Nc3
31. RaS RaS 32. Bd2 ReS 33. Bc3 Qd6 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 Nb4 11. Rcl c5
34. Rel h6 35. Ral RfS 36. Ra7 ReS 12. 0-0 cd4 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. a3 Nc6 15.
37. Qf5 b5 3S. Rd7 QfS 39. QfS RfS 40. Nc6 bc6 16. QdS RdS 17. BfJ 0-0 1S.
cbS RbS 41. Rg7 1-0 Ne4 Nd7 19. Ba7 Ne5 20. Bc5 Bc5 21.
Nc5 Rd4 22. b3 NtJ 23. gf3 RfdS 24. a4
AL 10.6 KfS 25. a5 Ke7 26. a6 e5 27. b4 Bf5 2S.
Mecking-Bobotsov, M Rf2 Bd7 29. Rb2 RbS 30. Rcc2 Bf5 31.
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 6 1969 Rc3 Bd7 32. Kf2 Kd6 33. Rcc2 Kc7 34.
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nc3 4. bc3 b5 cbS 35. cbS Kb6 36. Nd7 Rd7 37.
d5 5. d4c5 6. NfJ Nc6 7. Bd3 Bg4 S. h3 Rc6 Ka 7 3S. ReS f6 39. Ke3 Kb6 40.
Bf3 9. Qf3 e6 10. Rbl Qc7 11. 0-0 c4 Rc6 Ka7 41. Ke4 Rd4 42. Ke3 Rd7 43.
12. Be2 h5 13. a4 Be7 14. g3 Qd7 15. Rb3 Rb6 44. Rb6 Kb6 45. Rd3 Rc7 46.
Qe3 0-0-016. f4 RdgS17. Qf3 f51S. h4 Rd5 Rc3 47. Ke4 Ra3 4S. Rd7 KbS 49.
RdS 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Bb2 g6 21. Qcl a7 Kc6 50. Rg7 Kd6 51. f4 Ra4 52. Kd3
Qa5 22. Ral Rh7 23. RtJ Yz-Yz Ra3 53. Ke4 Ra4 54. Kd3 Yz-Yz
SI 44.9 TD 3. 5.1
Medina, A-Mecking Mecking-Spassky, B
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 7 1969 Palma de Mallorca Rd: 9 1969
1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e4 Nc6 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cdS ed5 5.
5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2 b6 S. c3 NtJ Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 S. 0-0
Ne2 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. Qd2 f5 11. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 cd410. Nd4 h611. Be3 ReS
Ne7 12. Rfe1 0-0 13. Bg5 QeS 14. Nf4 12. Rcl Bf8 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Bc5 Bc5
Nc615. Nd5 QcS16. Ne7 Ne717. Be7 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Ne6 Qe617. e3 RadS
ReS 1S. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bh6 d6 20. Re2 1S. Qb3 d4 19. Qe6 Re6 20. ed4 Rd4
Bh6 21. Qh6 Qg7 22. Qg5 RfS 23. 21. Rfd1 KfS 22. Kfl Rd1 23. Ndl g6
Rae1 e5 24. ef5 Bg2 25. Kg2 Rf5 26. 24. Ne3 Ke7 25. a3 h5 26. b4 a6 27.
Qg4 RafS 27. Qc4 KhS 2S. Qd5 Qf6 Nc4 Ne4 2S. Rel f5 29. t3 Nd6 30.
29. Rfl e4 30. Qc4 d5 31. Qb5 e3 32. f4 Nd6 Kd6 31. Re6 Ke6 32. f4 Kd6 33.
d4 33. Rcl g5 34. cd4 gf4 35. Khl fg3 Ke2 aS 34. baS Na5 35. Kf2 bS 36. Bfl
36. Qd7 cd4 37. Rgl Rf2 0-1 Kc5 37. Kg2 Nc4 3S. Kh3 Na3 39. Bb5
NbS 40. Kh4 Nd4 41. Kg5 h4 42. gh4
Yz-Yz
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Rb3 43. Kh1 Rg3 44. g5 Re3 45. Kg2 N£5 19. Bf4 Bb5 20. a4 Qd1 21. Radl
Re2 46. Kf3 Re4 47. Qb4 Kg8 48. Qb8 Be5 22. Be5 Bc6 23. Bc7 b5 24. Ra1 f6
Kg7 49. Kf2 Kh7 50.£5 g£5 51. Q£81-0 25. f3 Kf7 26. Ra3 Rec8 27. Bb6 ba4 28.
Ba4 Ba4 29. Ra4 Reb8 30. Rb4 Ne7 31.
NI 11. 7 Bc5 Ne6 32. Rh4 g5 33. Rh7 Kg6 34.
Kortchnoi, V-Meeking Re7 Ne5 35. Bd4 Rb2 36. Be5 fe5 37.
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 14 1969 Re5 Rd8 38. Ree5 Rdd2 39. Re6 Kf7
1. d4 N£6 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 40. Re7 K£6 41. R1e6 K£5 42. g41-0
5. N£3 e5 6. Be2 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Na4
cd49.ed4Be710.a3Ne411.d5b512. KI 17. 7
cb5 Bd5 13. Be3 f5 14. Rcl Qe8 15. Meeking-Corral, J
Re1 g516. Bd3 g417. Be4 Be418. Nd2 PalmadeMallorca Rd: 17 1969
Bd519. B£4 B£6 20. Nc3 Bc3 21. bc3 a6 1. d4 N£6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5.
22. c4 Bb 7 23. Bd6 Rf6 24. Nb3 ab5 25. e4 d6 6. N£3 0-0 7. Be2 e5 8. Bg5 h6 9.
cb5 Qh5 26. Re7 Bd5 27. ReS Kg7 28. Bh4 a6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. a3 Nbd7 12.
Qd4 Bb3 29. Be7 e5 30. B£6 Kf6 31. 0-0 h5 13. Bg5 Nh7 14. Be3 B£6 15. b4
Qe5 Kg6 32. Rb8 1-0 Bg5 16. Na4 b6 17. Rb1 Be3 18. fe3
Qd8 19. Rb3 a5 20. be5 Nc5 21. Nc5
RE 3. 1. 3 be5 22. Qc2 a4 23. Rb2 Qg5 24. Qc3
Meeking-Unzicker, W Bg4 25. Bg4 Qg4 26. h3 Qg3 27. N£3
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 15 1969 Rab8 28. Rtb1 Rb2 29. Rb2 N£6 ~-~
1. g3 N£6 2. Bg2 d5 3. N£3 g6 4. b3 Bg7
5. Bb2 0-0 6. e4 e6 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. d3 B£3 KF5
9. B£3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 ReS 11. cd5 ed5 Garcia, R-Mecking
12. Nc3 e6 13. Qd2 Rc814. Rfcl a6 15. SaoPaulom Rd:2 1969
Rc2 Qe7 16. Racl Qb8 17. Nd1 RedS 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5.
18. ReS ReS 19. ReS Qc8 20. e4 de4 a4 Qa5 6. Ne2 N£6 7. f3 0-0 8. Ncl Be6
21. de4 Ne8 22. Bg7 Kg7 23. Ne3 Qc7 9. Bel Na610. 0-0 Nb411. Qd2 c5 12.
24. f4 e5 25.£5 Nd£6 26. h3 Qc5 27. b4 d5 Bd7 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Bc4 b6 15. a5
Qb6 28. Kh2 Qd4 29. Qd4 ed4 ~-~ Qe8 16. ab6 ab6 17. Ra8 Qa8 18. Qe2
e6 19. de6 fe6 20. Rd1 d5 21. ed5 ed5
KF 5. 4. 9 22. Ne5 be5 23. Bc5 ReS 24. Qf1 Qc6
Panno, 0-Mecking 25. Bb4Qc4 26. Nd5 Q£127. Kf1 Nd5
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 16 1969 0-1
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. N£3 d6 4. c3 Ne6 5.
Bb5 Bd7 6. 0-0 N£6 7. Re1 0-0 8. Nbd2 BI 7. 3
a6 9. Ba4 e6 10. a3 Ne7 11. Bc2 b6 12. Mecking-Garcia, R
e5 de5 13. de5 NeB 14. Ne4 h6 15. N£6 Sao Paulo m Rd: 3 1969
N£6 16. ef6 B£6 17. Bh6 ReS 1S. Ne5 l.d4Nf62.c4c5 3.d5 e64.Nc3 ed5 5.
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cd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 S. Be2 0-0 9. BgS f6 9. Bh4 c6 10. d5 cS 11. 0-0 hS
0-0 ReS 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3 Nc 7 12. a4 12. Ne1 Nb613. b3 Bd7 14. a3 QcS15.
b6 13. Kh1 RbS 14. NbS a6 15. Na7 NbS Ke716. h3 Nh617. Nd3 a61S. f4
Bb7 16. Ra3 Qd7 17. Nc4 Ncd5 1S. abS 19. feS deS 20. NeS QeS 21. Qd2
BgS BaS 19. edS Qa7 20. Nd6 ReS 21. KdS 22. Nd3 Qe4 23. Bf2 bc4 24. NcS
Bf6 Bf6 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. Rd3 c4 24. QdS 25. Qb4 KcS 26. Bf3 Qd6 27.
Rd2 bS 25. b3 cb3 26. Qb3 ba4 27. Qa4 Rad1 Qc7 2S. Bb7KbS29. BaSKa830.
Rd5 2S. Rd5 Bd5 29. Qa6 Qa6 30. Ba6 Qa5 Qa7 31. Qa7 Ka7 32. Nd7 1-0
£5 31. Nd2 Rb4 32. Rd1 Rd4 33. Be2
Kf7 34. Kg1 B£8 35. Kfl Bb4 36. Nb1 SI 3
Rd1 37. Bd1 Ba2 3S. Bc2 Bc4 39. Kf2 Rossetto, H-Mecking
Ke6 40. Ke3 KdS 41. h4 ~-~ Buenos Aires Rd.: 3 1970
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
RE8.4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nc6 bc6 7. 0-0 g6 S. c4
Panno, 0-Mecking Bg7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Be3
Buenos Aires Rd.: 1 1970 Ne5 12. Racl QaS 13. Bd2 £5 14. b3
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 Nd315. Qd3 QeS 16. efS B£517. Qe3
5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 cS 7. Bb2 b6 S. e3 Bb7 Qe31S. Be3 h619. Rfel gS 20. f3 Rfd8
9. Nc3 dc4 10. bc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Nb4 21. Bf2 Kf8 22. g4 Bg6 23. h4 a6 24.
12. d4 cd4 13. ed4 ReS 14. Rfd1 ReS hgS hg5 25. Ne4 Be4 26. fe4 Kf7 27.
15. a3 Nc6 16. NeS Qc7 17. NbS QbS Be3 Kg6~-~
1S. dS ed5 19. cdS NeS 20. QeS a6 21.
QbS RbS 22. Na7 Bd6 23. a4 RaS 24. BI 41. I. 1
Nc6 RacS 25. Racl bS 26. Rb1 BaS 27. Mecking-Szabo, L
abS abS 2S. Bf6 gf6 29. RbS Rc7 30. Buenos Aires Rd: 4 1970
Rdb1 Kf8 31. Bf3 f5 32. Kg2 f4 33. g4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 cS 3. d5 bS 4. cbS a6 5.
Bc6 34. dc6 BeS 35. Re1 f6 36. Rb7 ba6 Ba6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bfl S. Kfl d6 9.
Ree7 37. Rd1 h6 3S. Be4 Kf7 39. Kf3 g3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Kg2 0-0 12.
K£8 40. h4 Kf7 41. h5 K£8 42. RdS ReS Nd2 Nb6 13. Qe2 ReS 14. Nc4 Nc4
43. ReS KeS 44. Rb8 Kf7 45. RhS fS 46. 15. Qc4 Qb6 16. Rd1 Qb4 17. Qe2
Bd5 Kg7 47. RbS Kh7 4S. ReS fg4 49. Nd7 18. a3 Qb3 19. a4 Reb8 20. Ra3
Kg4 Bd4 50. f3 Be3 51. KfS Ra7 52. Qb4 21. Na2 Qb6 22. b3 Qa6 23. Qc2
Ke6 BcS 53. RdS 1-0 Rb7 24. Bb2 Bb2 25. Qb2 NeS 26. Qc2
Rab8 27. f4 Ng4 28. Re1 h5 29. h3 Nf6
KI 22.3 30. Re3 Rb6 31. a5 RbS 32. Qc4 Ra8
Mecking-Abdamus, J 33. b4 Ra5 34. Qa6 R5a6 35. Ra6 Ra6
Buenos Aires Rd: 2 1970 36. Re2 Ne4 37. bcS deS 38. Re4 Ra2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 eS 4. Nf3 39. Kf3 Ra3 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Rc4 Ra5
Nbd7 5. e4g66. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Ng4S. 42. Kf3 Ke8 43. f5 g£5 44. Kf4 Kd7 45.
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _______,
K£5 Kd6 46. Rh4 Kd5 47. Rh5 Kd4 48. b4 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Qb3 h5 18. h3 h4
Kg4 Ra6 49. Rh8 e4 50. Kf3 Kd3 0-1 19. g4 Nh7 20. Qc2 Qf6 21. Qf5 Qf5
22. gf5 Nhf6 23. Bd6 Ra5 24. Racl e5
SL8.8 25. deS Ne5 26. Bc7 Na4 27. Na4 Ra4
Bisguier, A-Meeking 28. Bb6 Ra2 29. Rat Ra1 30. Ral ReS
Buenos Aires Rd: 5 1970 31. RaS Kh7 32. Ra4 Rf5 33. Rh4 Kg8
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e4 e6 4. e3 e6 5. 34. f3 Nh7 35. Kg3 Ng536.Rf4Rf437.
Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 de4 8. Kf4 Nh3 3S. Ke5 f6 39. Kd5 Kf7 40. e4
Ne4 Ne4 9. Be4 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bd2 11. Nf4 41. Kd4 Ke6 ~-~
Qd2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 e5 13. deS Qe7 14.
Qd6 Qc5 15. Qc5 Ne5 16. Bc2 b6 17. SL9. 2.10
b4 Na6 18. Be4 Rb8 19. a3 Bb7 20. Reshevsky, S-Meeking
Rhel Be4 21. Re4 Rb7 22. Kb2 Re7 23. Buenos Aires Rd: 8 1970
Kb3 Rfe8 24. Red4 Kf8 25. Rd8 Ke7 1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5.
26. Rld7 Rd7 27. Re8 f6 28. RgS g6 29. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 de4 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bd3
Rh8 Kd6 30. Rf8 Ke7 31. Ra8 e5 32. b4 9. Na4 e5 10. deS Ne5 11. Ne5 Bc5
Nel Rb 7 33. Rh8 Ke6 34. Ne2 Nb8 35. 12. 0-0 0-0 13. e4 Bb7 14. Qe2 h6 15.
Re8 Kd7 36. Rh8 Ke6 ~-~ Bf4 Qe7 16. Racl Rae817. e5 Nd7 18.
Nd2 Bd4 19. Ne4 Bd5 20. Red1 f6 21.
PU 2. 6.13 ef6 Qf6 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. Nd6 RedS 24.
Gheorghiu, F-Meeking Bb1 e5 25. Rd4 ed4 26. Qc2 Rd6 27.
Buenos Aires Rd: 6 1970 Qe5 Rd7 28. Qb4 Re8 29. Bd3 Kh8 30.
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. h4 Bg8 31. Rd1 RedS 32. a4 Qb6 33.
Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Ne6 7. e5 deS 8. fe5 Qd2 Bh 7 34. Bb5 Re 7 35. Qb4 Rb 7 36.
Ng4 9. Be4 f6 10. h3 Nh6 11. ef6 ef6 Qc4 d3 37. Be5 Re7 3S. Bc3 Qe6 39.
12. 0-0 Ne7 13. Ne2 Nhf5 14. c3 e615. Qe5 Rb 7 40. BaS Re8 41. Qd4 Qe2 42.
Nf4 Ng3 16. Qb3 Rf7 17. Rel Ne41S. Re1 Qh5 43. ReS Qf7 44. Rd5 Re7 45.
Re4 Nd519. Ne6 Be6 20. Re6 Qd7 21. Rd8 Rd8 46. Qd8 Bg8 47. Qd3 Qf4 48.
Re2 Re8 22. ReS Qe8 23. Bd2 Bf8 24. Qd2 Qe4 49. Bc3 Qh4 50. Qd6 Re4 51.
e4 Nb6 25. Re1 Qd7 26. a4 Re7 27. Qg6 Re7 52. Bd3 Qg5 53. Qg5 hg5 54.
Re 7 Qe 7 28. a5 NeS ~-~ f3 Be6 55. Bb5 ~-~
NI 13.3 019.7
Meeking-Rubinetti, J Meeking-Garcia, R
Buenos Aires Rd: 7 1970 Buenos Aires Rd: 9 1970
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 1. e4 e6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 ed5 4. ed5 d6 5.
5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Bc3 7. Nc3 d5 S. ed5 Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne3 Be7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0
Bfl 9. Kf1 ed5 10. g3 0-0 11. b4 e6 12. Na6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. a4 h611. h3 b612.
Kg2 Nbd7 13. a4 a6 14. b5 ab5 15. Ba3 Nh2 Re8 13. Nfl Bf8 14. Bf4 Bb7 15.
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Ne3 a616. Bf3 b5 17. Qd3 b41S. Ne2 Rcl Qc713. Bf3RfdS14.g4BcS15.g5
a5 19. c4 Nd7 20. Qbl Bc8 21. b3 Ra7 Nd7 16. Bg2 Na5 17. Na5 baS 18. Ne2
22. Ra2 Ne5 23. Be4 g6 24. Ncl f5 25. Nc519. b3 Bb7 20. Ng3d5 21. ed5 Bd5
Bc2 Na6 26. Nd3 NbS 27. Nfl Nbd7 22. Qe2 g6 23. Rcdl Bg2 24. Kg2 RacS
2S. Bdl Nd3 29. ReS QeS 30. Qd3 Ne5 25. RdS Rd8 26. Rdl Qc6 27. Kgl ReS
31. Qg3 Bg7 32. Bel Re7 33. Re2 Kh7 2S. Rd4 RdS 29. Kf2 e5 30. Rd8 BdS
34. f4 Nd7 35. Qel Bd4 36. Be3 Bc3 31. fe5 Ne4 32. Ne4 Qe4 33. Kel Qe5
37. Bd2 Re2 3S. Qe2 Qe2 39. Be2 Bb2 34. h4 h6 35. Kdl hg5 36. Qd2 Be7 37.
40. Bd3 Nf6 41. Kf2 Kg7 !.1-!.1 hg5 Bb4 38. Qd8 Kh 7 39. Qd4 Qg3 40.
c3 Bd6 41. c4 Be5 42. Qe4 f5 43. gf6
CAS. 7.1 Bf6 44. c5 Qe5 45. Qd3 Qe6 46. Kc2
Smyslov, V-Mecking Kg7 47. Bd4 Bd4 4S. Qd4 Kf7 49. Qc3
Buenos Aires Rd: 10 1970 Qf5 50. Kcl Qfl !.1-!.1
1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7
5. 0,0 0,0 6. d4 dc4 7. Qc2 a6 S. Qc4 b5 SI 2. 5. 10
9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Nc3 Nf4 Damjanovic, M-Mecking
12. gf4 Nd7 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Bd5 15. Buenos Aires Rd: 12 1970
Rfdl Rc816. Ne5 Ne5 17. Bd5 ed5 IS. l.e4c5 2. Nf3 d63. d4cd44.Qd4Nc6
deS Qd719. a4 c5 20. ab5 ab5 21. Qd3 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bc6 Bc6 7. c4 Nf6 S. Nc3
RedS 22. Ra6 d4 23. b3 g6 24. Rda1 g6 9. 0,0 Bg7 10. Be3 0,0 11. Qd3 Qa5
RbS 25. Nfl RfcS 26. Nd2Qc7 27. Qf3 12. Bd4 a6 13. a3 b5 14. Nd5 Bd5 15.
QdS 2S. Rcl RaS 29. Ra8 Ra8 30. Qc6 cd5 RfcS 16. Racl QdS 17. Bc3 !.1-!.1
RbS 31. Ral Qb6 32. Qd7 Qb7 33.
Qe6 Kf8 34. Nf3 Qc8 35. Qd5 Qb7 36. Gl3.3
Qb7 Rb7 37. RaS Kf7 3S. Ra6 Kf8 39. Mecking-Fischer, R
e6 Rc7 40. Rb6 b4 41. Ne5 Kg7 42. Buenos Aires Rd: 13 1970
Kg2 Bf6 43. Nc4 Ra7 44. Rc6 Be7 45. (see page 40) ;.1-;.1
Ne5 Ra2 46. Kf3 Ra3 47. e3 Rb3 4S.
Rc7 Kf6 49. Nc6 Ke6 50. Re7 Kd6 51. SI 48. 8. 7
Na5 Ra3 52. Ra7 Kd5 53. Ra8 Ke6 54. Schweber, S-Mecking
Ra6 Kd5 55. RaS Ke6 56. Ra6 Kd7 57. Buenos Aires Rd: 14 1970
Ra 7 KcS 58. Ra6 !.1-!.1 1. e4c5 2.Nf3 e63. b3 Nc64. Bb2 Nf6
5. e5 Nd5 6. Nc3 Nc3 7. Bc3 Be7 8.
SI 22. 5. 4 Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. h4 Qc711. Rh3
Mecking-Tukmakov, V g6 12. Ng5 Nd4 13. Bd4 cd4 14. f4 h6
Buenos Aires Rd: 11 1970 15. Nf7 Kf7 16. Bg6 Kf8 17. Qh5 Ba3
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 IS. Bd3 Ke719. Rg3 Raf8 20. Rg7 KdS
5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0,0 0,0 S. Be3 21. Qg4 Kc8 22. h5 Bc6 23. Ke2 Kb8
Nc6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. 24. Rhl QdS 25. Rh3 d6 26. Qe6 Rf4
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27. Rhg3 ReS ZS. RgS Re6 29. RdS Kc7 37. Ne5 Ne5 3S. deS ReS 39. Ra4 NdS
30. RhS deS 31. Bc4 Ref6 32. Rg7 Kd6 40. Qa1 ReS 41. RaS ~-~
33. Ra 7 Rf2 34. Ke1 Bb4 35. c3 dc3 36.
dc3 Bc3 37. Kd1 Rd2 3S. Kcl 0-1 E040. 2. 7
Polugaevsky, L-Mecking
017.2 Palma de Mallorca Rd: I 1970
Mecking-Quinteros, M 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7
Buenos Aires Rd: 15 1970 5.d3 d66. g3 Be7 7. Bg20-0S. 0-0cS 9.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Bg4 Re1 Nc6 10. d4 cd4 11. Nd4 Nd4 12.
5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 S. 0-0 Qd4 Rc813. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 RfdS15.
Be7 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 Re811. deS deS Radl Bc6 16. Qe3 a6 17. Qe2 Bf8 lS.
12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Nh4 a4 Nd7 19. h4 Qb7 20. Bfl Nc5 21.
Be2 15. NeZ RadS 16. Ng3 Rd1 17. Qc2 Nd7 22. Rd2 Nf6 23. Qd3 RaS 24.
Rd1 Bf8 1S. Nf3 Nfd7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Bg2 Nd7 25. b4 Qc7 26. f4 a5 27. b5
N5e4 Ne4 21. Ne4 Nc5 22. Nc5 Bc5 Bb7 ZS. Ba3 RacS 29. Bfl N£630. Redl
23. Qd2 f6 24. Kfl Kf8 25. Bc3 Be7 26. Rd7 31. Qe3 RedS 32. Be2 h6 33. g4
BaS b6 27. Bb4 Bb4 ZS. Qb4 Kf7 29. NeS 34. g5 g6 35. f5 ef5 36. ef5 Re7 37.
Qd2 Ke7 30. Qb4 Kf7 31. Qd2 Ke7 32. Qf4 ReS 3S. f6 Rf5 39. Qg3 h5 40. Nd5
Qc2 RdS 33. RdS QdS 34. Ke2 Qd6 35. Bd5 41. Rd5 Rd5 42. Rd5 Qc8 43. Rd2
g4 Kf7 36. h4 Qe6 37. f3 Ke7 3S. h5 Nc7 44. Bfl Ne6 45. Qf3 Nc5 46. Bh3
Qd639. Qg6Kf840. Qf5 Ke7 41. Qg6 Qc7 47. Qc6 Qb8 48. Bc5 deS 49. Rd8
Kf8 42. a4 Qa3 43. QcZ Ke7 44. Kd3 Qd8 50. Bd7 Qb8 51. Qe4 Qd6 52. Bc6
Ke6 45. c5 bc5 46. Qc4 Kd6 47. Ke4 Qdl ~-~
Qb4 4S. Kf5 Qc4 49. bc4 ~-~
GI 3. 5. 1
NI 13.3 Mecking-Hort, V
Mecking-Najdorf, M Palma de Mallorca Rd: 2 1970
Buenos Aires Rd: 16 1970 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. e3 0-0 6. Qb3 dc4 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. Be2
5. NeZ Ba6 6. a3 Bc3 7. Nc3 d5 8. cd5 a5 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. 0-0 Be6 11. Bc4 Bc4
Bfl 9. Kfl ed5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Kf2 0-0 12. Qc4 Nbd5 13. Nd5 Nd5 14. Bg3 c6
12. Re1 ReS13. Kg1 Qd714. b3 RadS 15. e4 Nf6 16. Rfel Qb6 17. b3 Rad8
15. Ra2 Na5 16. Rd2 c6 17. Bb2 Qe6 18. Radl Ne8 19. a4 Nd6 20. Qc2 ReS
1S. Na2 Nd7 19. Ncl f6 20. Bc3 Nb7 21. Qd3 Rfd8 22. Bf4 NeB 23. Bg5 Rd7
21. Nd3 Qd6 22. a4 a5 23. Nf2 b5 24. 24. Be3 Qd8 25. Qc2 Qc7 26. Rd2 e6
ab5 cbS 25. e4 Nb6 26. e5 Qc6 27. Rc2 27. Redl Bf8 28. Ne5 Rdd8 29. Nc4
ReS ZS. Ree2 Qe6 29. ef6 Qf6 30. Ng4 Bb4 30. Rd3 b5 31. Ne5 ba4 32. ba4 c5
Qf5 31. ReS ReS 32. Re2 QcS 33. Bd2 33. deS Rd3 34. Nd3 Qc6 35. f3 Nf6
a4 34. ba4 ba4 35. Bb4 Nc4 36. Ra2 h5 36. Nb4 ab4 37. Qb2 Qa4 38. Ra1 Qc6
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39.Qf61-0 Ql 3. 3. 3
Filip, M-Meeking
RL23. 5. 5 Palma de Mallorca Rd: 5 1970
Geller, E-Mecking l.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3 b64.e3 Bb7 5.
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 3 1970 Bd3 d5 6. 0-0 Be 7 7. b3 0-0 S. Bb2 eS 9.
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. BbS a6 4. Ba4 Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 ReS 11. Racl Ne4
Nf6 S. 0-0 Be 7 6. Re1 bS 7. Bb3 d6 S. c3 12. edS Nd2 13. Nd2 BdS 14. Be4 Nf6
0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 cS 11. d4 Qc7 1S. Bd5 NdS 16. deS ReS 17. ReS BcS
12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dS Na5 14. b3 Bd7 1S. Ne4 Be719. Qg4 g6 20. Qe2 f5 ~-~
1S.Nfl Nb716.Ng3c417. b4RfeS1S.
NfS B£8 19. Nh2 a5 20. Re3 ab4 21. NI 5. 4. 2
eb4 BfS 22. efS c3 23. Ng4 Be7 24. Nf6 Meeking-Smyslov, V
Bf6 2S. Re4 Qd7 26. Qf3 Re7 27. h4 Palma de Mallorca Rd: 6 1970
Qe7 2S. g3 NdS 29. a3 ReeS 30. Rb1 (see page 42) 1-0
Re7 31.Qe2RbS32.Rb3Qd7 33.Qf3
Be7 34. Re3 Bf6 3S. Re4 Be7 36. g4 f6 KF 5. 3.17
37. Re3 Nfl 3S. Rbc3 RbcS 39. Be4 Minic, D-Mecking
BdS 40. Bd2 Re4 41. Re4 Re4 42. Rc3 · Palma de Mallorca Rd: 7 1970
Bb6 43. Re4 bc4 44. gS fgS 4S. hgS BdS 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6
46. Qh5 c3 47. Be3 h6 4S. £61-0 S. Nbd2 0-0 6. 0-0 Ne6 7. c3 eS S. deS
NeS 9. NeS deS 10. a4 ReS 11. Qc2
KI 7.4 Qe7 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Be6 Qe6 14. f3
Mec:king-Portisch, L B£8 1S. Be3 ~-~
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 4 1970
l.d4Nf62.e4g63.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4d6S. SL1.7.1
Be2 0-06. Nf3 eS 7. 0-0Ne6 S. dS Ne7 Meeking-Addison, W
9. Nd2 eS 10. a3 NeS 11. b4 fS 12. bcS Palma de Mallorca Rd: 8 1970
deS 13. a4 a5 14. Bb2 KhS 1S. f4 ef4 16. 1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 BfS S.
Rf4 gS 17. Rf1 f41S. Bh5 Ra619. Qe2 Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qb6 ab6 S. Nh4
Bd420.Rf2Ng7 21. Be2Bf2 22. Kf2g4 Bg6 9. Ng6 hg610. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Bd3
23. NbS Rg6 24. BeS NgS 2S. Qc3 g3 de4 12. Bc4 bS 13. Bd3 eS 14. 0-0 Bd6
26. hg3 fg3 27. Ke3 Nh6 2S. Kd3 Bg4 15. h3 ed4 16. ed4 0-0 17. a4 ba4 1S.
29. Nf3 Nfl 30. Bc7 Qe7 31. Rf1 KgS Na4 NdS 19. Nc3 N7f6 20. Nd5 Nd5
32. Nd2 Be2 33. Ke2 NeS 34. Bf4 Rg4 21. Be4 Bf4 22. BaS Ra6 23. BdS Rfa8
3S. eS NdS 36. Qe3 Qh4 37. Nf3 QhS 24. Bc6 bc6 2S. b4 Bc7 26. Rfcl BaS
3S. Bh6 Rf5 39. Qd3 ReS 40. NeS Re4 27. Ra5 Ra5 2S. baS RaS 29. Re6 Ra1
41. Kd2 Qh6 42. Ke2 ReS 0-1 30. Kh2 Rd1 31. ReS Kh7 32. RdS gS
33. Kg3 Rd3 34. Kg4 Kg6 3S. Rd6 f6
36. h4 gh4 37. Kh4 Kfl 3S. Rd7 Ke6
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39. Rg7 Rd4 40. Kh3 Ra4 41. g3 Ra2 Be7 9.£4 0~0 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qf3 Nbd7
42. f3 Ral 43. g4 Ra3 44. Kg3 Rb3 45. 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 a5 14. Rdl Ne5 15.
Ra7 Rc3 46. Ra2 Kf7 47. Rf2 Kg6 4S. Bd5 Bd5 16. Nd5 Nee4 17. Be3 Re8
Kh4 £5 49. gS Rc150. f4 Rgl 51. Kh3 18. Ne7 Qe7 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Re2 21.
Rg4 52. R£3 Kg7 ~-~ gS hgS 22. hgS Nh7 23. Qe4 Re2 24.
Qd3 Rb2 25. Qc3 Re2 26. Qd3 Re3 27.
SI 9. 7 Qe3 NgS 28. Ra2 e4 29. Rg2 Nf3 30.
Jimenez, E-Meeking Kfl QeS 31. Qh6 e3 32. Qh3 Q£4 33.
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 9 1970 Ke2 Nd4 34. Kel e2 35. Rb1 N£3 36.
1. e4 e5 2. N£3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6 Ke2 Re8 37. Kdl Qd4 38. Ke2 Re8 39.
5. Nc3 a6 6. BgS e6 7. f4 Be7 S. Qf3 Kb3 a4 40. Ka2 Nd2 0-1
Qe7 9. 0~0~0 Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11.
Rhel Bb712. Nd5 ed513. Nf5 B£814. NI5.2
Bf6 g£6 15. ed5 KdS 16. Qe4 QeS 17. Meeking-Panno, 0
Bfl Re8 lS. Re3 b4 19. a3 aS 20. ab4 Palma de Mallorca Rd: 12 1970
ab4 21. Rd2 QaS 22. Rd4 Qal 23. Kd2 1. d4 N£6 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 e5 5.
Qb2 24. Qe8 Ke7 25. Re4 Ne5 26. Re7 Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 0~0 7. 0~0 de4 S. Bc4
Be7 27. Qe7 KbS 2S. Qd6 KaS 29. ReS Qe7 9. a3 BaS 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Ne4
ReS 30. Qc5 ReS 31. QaS KbS 32. Bd3 Bc7 12. N£6 Q£6 13. b4 ed4 14. ed4
b3 33. Qb4 Re2 34. Bc2 Qe2 35. Ke3 Nb615. BgS Qg616. Qg6 hg617. Be2
b2 36. Qd6 Qe7 37. Qf8 Be8 3S. Qb4 Bd7 lS. Rfcl RfeS19. Ne5 Ba4 20. B£3
Qb7 39. Qd6 Ka8 0-1 Nd5 21. Ne4 Bc6 22. Na5 BaS 23. baS
£6 24. Bd2 a6 25. Bd5 Bd5 26. ReS ReS
Kl16. i 27. Rcl Bc6 2S. Bb4 Kf7 29. f3 gS 30.
Meeking-Gligoric, S Kf2 RhS31. h3 RdS32. Ke3 £5 33. Bc5
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 10 1970 Rd5 34. Kf2 e5 35. deS ReS 36. Bb4
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. ~-~
Be2 0~0 6. N£3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3
Ng4 9. BgS f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. Nd2 gS RE20.11
12. Bg3 f5 13. ef5 N£6 14. Nde4 Ne4 Rubinetti, J-Meeking
15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bd3 g4 17. Qd2 Be4 Palma de Mallorca Rd: 13 1970
ts. Be4 N£5 19. Qd3 QgS 20. o~o QhS 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 0~0
~-~ 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0~0 aS 7. a3 ab4 S. ab4 Ral
9. Bal Qb6 10. c3 d5 11. d3 ReS 12.
SI 13. 6. 1 Nbd2 e5 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Rel Qc7 15.
Uitumen, T -Meeking e4 d4 16. Bb2 b6 17. Qb3 e5 lS. b5 Rf8
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 11 1970 19. Ral NeS 20. Qdl Nd6 21. Nh4
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6 Bb7 22. Bh3 £5 23. f3 BcS 24. Bel N£6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. 0~0 25. Nfl KhS 26. Ra2 Ng8 27. Qel Qf7
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28. g4 fe4 29. fe4 NbS 30. Rb2 Nc3 31. 53. e4 Kc3 54. e5 Be7 55. e6 Kb4 56.
Rb6 B£6 32. Nf3 Bd8 33. Ng5 Bg5 34. Nd3 Kc3 57. Nc5 Kb4 58. Nd3 Kb5 59
Bg5 Qf3 35. Rb8 NeZ 36. Qe2 Qe2 37. Nb2 Bffi 60. Nd1 Kb461. Nb2 Kc3 62.
Ng3 Qf2 38. Kh1 Qe1 0-1 Na4 Kd3 63. Nb6 Ke2 64. Net Kf3 65
h3 Kg3 66. e7 Be7 67. Ne7 "<h3 68
NI 1. 4 N£5 Kg4 69. Nh6 Kf4 70. Kc4 ~-~
Mecking-Reshevsky, S
Palma de Mallarca Rd: 14 1970 KF4.3
1. d4 N£6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0~0 Mecking-Matulovic, ~i
5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bc3 7. bc3 dc4 8. Bc4 c5 Palma de Mallarca Rd: 16 i 970
9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. 0~0 Rd8 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. ,:4 e5 ~~.
12. c4 e5 13. d5 e4 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. h3 Be3 ed4 6. Bd4 Nf6 7. Bel 0~0 8. Nf l
Bf5 16. Bb2 Bg6 17. a4 ReS 18. Bc3 Bg4 9. 0~0 ReS 10. h3 Bf3 11. Bf3 Nc6
Re7 19. Rb1 Ne8 20. Nb3 b6 21. a5 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Rae1 aS
Nd6 22. ab6 ab6 23. Nd2 f5 24. Ra1 15. Bg5 Bc316. bc3 £617. Bh4 Ne518.
Rf8 25. Ra6 Be8 26. Qb3 Nc8 27. Bb2 Bd1 g5 19. Bg3 Kh8 20. &2 Rg8 21. f4
Bd7 28. Qc3 Ng6 29. Bh5 Qd6 30. Bg6 g£4 22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Be5 fe5 24. R£5
~-~ Rg7 25. Refl RagS 26. R1f2 Qe7 27.
Kh2 Qh4 28. Qd5 Qg3 29. Kh1 Qc3
QI 10. 1 30. Rf8 Qe1 31. Rfl Qg3 32. Rg8 Rg8
Uhlmann, W-Mecking 33. Qd2 Ne6 34. Bd1 Nf4 35. Bg4 Qh4
Palma de Mallarca Rd: 15 1970 36. Rf4 ef4 37. Q£4 Qg5 38. Qf2 Qe5
1. c4 N£6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 39. Bf5 Qg3 40. Qd2 a4 41. Be6 Rg7
5. 0~0 Be7 6. Nc3 0~0 7. d4 Ne4 8. Ne4 42. Bg4 Qe5 43. Qf2 c6 44. Qa7 Qa1
Be4 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Qc3 45. Kh2 Qe5 46. Kh1 b5 47. Qa8 Rg8
Nf6 12. b4 h6 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. Rfd1 48. Qc6 bc4 49. Qc4 Rb8 50. Bd1 Rbl
Qb7 15. Bfl b5 16. cbS Qb5 17. Nd2 51. Qa4 d5 52. Qa8 Kg7 53. Qa7 Kg8
Bd5 18. Qc3 g5 19. Be3 Ng4 20. Qc7 54. Qa8 Kf7 55. Qa7 Kg6 56. Qa6 Kg7
Ne3 21. fe3 Bf6 22. Qd6 Qb7 23. g4 57. Qa7 Kffi 58. Qa8 Ke7 59. Qa7 Kd8
Rfd8 24. Qg3 Qb4 25. Bg2 Rac8 26. 60. Qa8 Kc7 61. Qa7 Kd6 62. Qa3 Kc6
Bd5 Rd5 27. Rabl Qa3 28. Ne4 Bg7 63. Qa6 Kd7 64. Qa4 Ke7 65. Qa3 Kf7
29. Rb7 Qa6 30. Rb2 £5 31. Nf2 f4 32. 66. Qa7 Qe7 67. Qf2 Ke8 68. Qe2 Qe4
Qf3 fe3 33. Qe3 RedS 34. Rbd2 Qb6 69. KhZ Ke7 70. Kg3 Qe2 71. Bel Rb2
35. Qe4 Rd4 36. Rd4 Rd4 37. Rd4 Bd4 72. Bd3 h6 73. Kf3 Ra2 74. h4 Ke6 75.
38. Qg6 Bg7 39. Kg2 Kffi 40. Qe4 Ke7 g4 Ra3 76. Ke3 Ra4 77. Be2 Ke5 78.
41. Nd3 Kd6 42. Kf3 Qb5 43. Kg3 Qb6 Bd1 Ra3 79. Ke2 Rh3 80. g5 hg5 81.
44. Kf3 Qc6 45. Qc6 Kc6 46. Ke4 Kb5 hg5 Rg3 82. Kd2 Kd4 83. Bel Rg5 84.
47. Ne5 a5 48. Nf7 Kb4 49. Nd8 Ka3 Bfl Rh5 85. Bb5 Rh2 86. Ke1 Ke3 87.
50. Ne6 Bf6 51. Nc5 Ka2 52. Kd5 Kb2 Ba6 Ra2 88. Bb5 Ra5 89. Be8 d4 0-1
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Kg1 Qg6 40. Qd1 Nfl 41. Qf1 Rd7 42. KI 45. 6. 1
B Rb7 43. e4 Rb1 0-1 lvkov, B-Mecking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 23 1970
vos. 2.9 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
Fischer, R-Mecking B o,o 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nge2 c5
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 21 1970 9. d5 e6 10. 0,0 ed5 11. ed5 Nbd7 12.
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. NB Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 b3 a613. a4 Re8 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Bg5
5. Bb5 Bd7 6. 0,0 e6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bc6 Qf8 16. Rae1 Kh8 17. f4 h6 18. Bh4
Bc6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Nd2 o,o 11. f4 Nd7
12. Qg4 Ne5 13. Be5 B£614. Rf3 Qe7
15. Raf1 a5 16. Rg3 Be5 17. fe5 £5 18. NI 14. 7. 1
ef6 Rf6 19. Qg7 Qg7 20. R£6 Qg3 21. Mecking-Langeweg
hg3 Re8 22. g4 a4 23. NB ab3 24. ab3 WijkaanZee Rd: 1 1971
Kg7 25. g5 e5 26. Nh4 Bd7 27. Rd6 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Be6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Rb6 Re7 30. e4 de4 Bd3 Nc6 6. NB Bc3 7. bc3 d6 8. e4 e5
31. de4 c4 32. b4 Bg4 33. Ke3 Rd7 34. 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 11. 0,0 g5 12.
g6 Kf8 35. gh7 Rh7 36. Ng6 Ke8 37. QB Nfg8 13. Nf5 Nf5 14. ef5 Nf6 15.
Ne5 Bc8 38. Nc4 Kd8 39. Nd6 Rg7 40. Qe2 Kd7 16. B Qa5 17. Qc2 Kc7 18.
Kf2 Kc7 41. NcB Kc8 42. Rd61-0 Bd2 Bd7 19. Rae1 RagS 20. g4 ~-~
NI 15. 6. 2 SI 40. 2. 5
Mecking-Hubner, R Kuijpers, F-Mecking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 22 1970 WijkaanZee Rd: 2 1971
1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nc3 Bb44.e3 c5 5. 1. e4 c5 2. NB e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nc6
Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cd4 7. ed4 d5 8. 0,0 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. 0,0
dc4 9. Bc4 0,0 10. Bg5 Be7 11. a3 b6 Ne5 9. h3 b5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bc4 Qc4
12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Ba2 12. Qd3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a4 b4 15.
Rd8 15. Bb1 g6 16. Qh3 e5 17. Qh4 Na2 Bb7 16. Qd2 Be7 17. b3 Qc7 18.
Qg4 18. Qg4 Ng4 19. Be7 Ne7 20. h3 Nb4 0,0 19. Nd3 Nc5 20. Nc5 Bc5 21.
ed4 21. Nd4 Nf6 22. Ndb5 Ned5 23. Rfcl Rac8 22. c3 Rfe8 23. b4 Bd4 24.
Nd5 Rd5 24. Rd5 Bd5 25. Nc7 Rc8 26. Bd4 Bc6 25. Rc2 Qd7 26. Rca2 Ra8 27.
Nd5 Nd5 27. Rd1 Nf4 28. Kfl Kf8 29. Kh2 Reb8 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. g4 g6 30.£5
h4Ke7 30.g3 Ne631.Ke2Rc532. Ba2 Kh8 31. f6 g5 32. Kg3 Rg8 33. b5 Bb7
Rc2 33. Rd2 Rcl 34. Kd3 Nc5 35. Kd4 34. Rh1 Rg6 35. h4 1-0
£5 36. Bd5 Kd6 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. B Re1
39. Kf2 Rb140. Bg8 Rb2 41. f4 Kf6 42. liD3. 6.4
Rb2 Nd3 43. Ke3 Nb2 44. Bb3 b5 45. Mecking-lvkov, B
Kd4 Na4 46. Ba4 ba4 47. Kd5 Kg7 48. WijkaanZee Rd: 3 1971
h5 Kh6 49. hg6 ~-~ 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. NB Nf6 4. g3 d5 5.
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GI 7. 7 QI 10. 1
Meeking-Gligoric, S Meeking-Lengyel, L
Wijk aan Zee Rd.: 9 1971 Wijk aan Zee Rd: 11 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb 7 5.
5. e3 0-0 6. Qb3 e6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Nd2 Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Ne4
Nbd7 9. Be2 Nh5 10. Bh5 de411. Qdl Be4 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Qe3
gh5 12. Ne4 Qf5 13. 0-0 Nb6 14. Ne5 Nf6 12. b4 Qc8 13. Nd2 Bg2 14. Kg2
Be615. Qd3 Rae816. Qf5 Bf5 17. Nf3 Ng4 15. Qd3 e5 16. Be3 f5 17. f3 Ne3
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18. Qe3 Bf619. d5 aS 20. b5 Qd7 ~-~ 9.d5 Ne710. g3 h611.h4Bg412. Qa4
Bd713. Qb3 Qc714. Ngl Nh7 ~-~
KI 7.4
Najdorf, M-Mecking SL5. 6. 3
WijkaanZee Rd: 12 1971 Hort, V -Mecking
1. N£3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0~0 Wijk aan Zee Rd: 15 1971
5. e4d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0~0 e5 8. d5 Ne7 (see page 44) 0-1
9. Nd2 c5 10. a3 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. bc5
bc5 13. Nb3 f5 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Rbl RE 7. 11
Ng8 16. Ncl Ngf6 17. f3 f4 18. Nd3 Polugaevsky, L- Mecking
Nh5 19. Bel Bf6 20. Bf2 Bh4 21. Bh4 MardelPlata Rd: 1 1971
Qh4 22. Qa4 Qd8 23. Rb2 Bd7 24. 1. c4 c6 2. N£3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5.
Qa6 Ng3 25. Rfbl NeZ 26. Re2 gS 27. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 0~0 8. Bd3
h3 h5 28. Reb2 g4 29. hg4 hg4 30. fg4 ReB 9. Qc2 e5 10. cd5 cd5 11. deS Ne5
Qh4 31. Rfl Rd8 32. gS Qg3 33. Qa5 12. Ne5 Be5 13. Ne2 Qd6 14. Be5 Qe5
Ng7 34. Nel Qg5 35. N£3 Qh6 36. Kf2 15. 0~0 Bd716. Nd4 Rac817. Qe2 Qd6
Bg4 37. Kel Rd7 38. Kd2 Kg8 39. Kcl 18. Qb2 a619. Racl Ng4 20. N£3 Qb6
Nh5 40. Kbl Ng3 41. Rel Qh5 42. 21. ReS ReS 22. Rcl Nf6 23. ReB Bc8
Qa4 Rg7 43. Qdl Rft7 44. Qd3 Rb 7 45. 24. Qc3 Bd7 25. Nd4 Ne8 26. a4 Qc7
Rb7Rb7 46. Ka2Kf847. Rbl Qh7 48. 27.Qc7Nc7 28.a5Kf829. Kfl Ke7 30.
Nd2 Qc7 49. Rb7 Qb7 50. Nfl Nh5 Ke2 g6 31. Kd2 Ne6 32. Ne6 fe6 33. f4
51. Nh2 Bc8 52. Qf3 Ng3 53. Nfl Nfl e5 34. g3 Kd6 35. Kc3 Be6 36. Kb4 ef4
54. Qfl a6 55. g3 Qfl 56. gf4 Qf4 57. 37. gf4 Bg4 38. Kc3 B£3 39. Kd4 Bg2
Qhl Kf7 58. Kb3 ~-~ 40. h4 B£3 41. b4 Bhl 42. Be2 Bg2 43.
Bg4 Be4 44. Bc8 Kc7 45. Be6 Kd6 46.
NI6.3 Bg8 h6 47. Bf7 h5 48. Be8 Bc2 49. Bf7
Mecking-Donner, J Be4 50. f5 Bf5 51. Bd5 Bc8 52. e4 Ke7
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 13 1971 53. Ke5 g5 54. hg5 h4 55. g6 h3 56. g7
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0~0 h2 57. g8Q hlQ 58. Qfl Kd8 59. Qf8
5. Bd3 d5 6. N£3 b6 7. a3 Be 7 8. cd5 ed5 1-0
9. b4c510.dc5 bc511. bc5 &512.0~0
Qe7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Qa4 Bb 7 15. Rfcl SI 1.2
Bd616. Qh4 Ne5 17. Ne5 1-0 Browne, W-Mecking
Mar del Plata Rd: 2 1971
NI 14. 7. 3 1. e4 c5 2. N£3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 deS
Mecking-Olafsson, F 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nc4 e6 7. d4 cd4 8.
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 14 1971 Qd4 Bc5 9. Nd6 Ke7 10. NcB ReS 11.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Qh4 Ne5 12. Be2 Qd4 13. Qg3 Neg4
Bd3 Nc6 6. N£3 Bc3 7. bc3 d6 8. e4 e5 14. Bg4 Qg4 15. Qg4 Ng416. Ne4 Bb6
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17. f3 Nf61S. Nf6 Kf619. c3 RhdS 20. QP 1.5
Bd2 e5 21. Ke2 Ke6 22. Rhdl a5 23. b3 Brand, V-Mecking
h6 24. Bel Bc5 25. RdS RdS 26. Rdl Mar del Plata Rd: 4 1971
Rdl 27. Kdl b5 2S. Ke2 f5 29. Kd3 g6 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2
30. a4 ba431. ba4Kd632. Kc4Kc633. 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 S. 0-0
Bd2 h5 34. Bg5 e4 35. fe4 fe4 36. Bf4 c5 9. deS bc5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Radl
Bb6 37. h3 Bc5 3S. Be5 Bb6 39. Bd4 Nd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Rfel Nb6 14.
BdS 40. Be5 Bb6 41. Bd4 BdS 42. Bg7 Qd2 Ba6 15. Ne3 Bd3 16. Qd3 RabS
Bb6 43. Bh6 Bc7 44. Bg5 Bb6 45. Bf6 17. Nd5 Qb71S. Rd2 RfeS19. h4 Nd7
Kd6 46. Bd4 BdS 47. Be3 Kc6 4S. Kd4 20. h5 e6 21. hg6 hg6 22. Ne3 Nce5 23.
Bf6 49. Ke4 Bc3 50. Kf4 Bf6 51. Bd2 Ne5 Ne5 24. Qbl c4 25. Redl f5.26.
BdS 52. Ke5 Kc5 53. Ke6 Kc4 54. Kd7 ef5 g£5 27. f4 Nf7 28. Nc4 d5 29. Ne3
Bb6 55. Kc6 BdS 56. Kd7 Bb6 57. Kc6 Ng5 30. fg5 Qb631. Re2 f432. Qg6fe3
BdS 58. Bel h4 59. Kd7 Bb6 60. Bh4 33. Qh5 Rf8 34. g6 Rf2 35. Rdel Re2
Kb4 61. Ke6 Ka4 62. Kf7 Kb3 63. Kg6 36. Re2 e5 37. g3 Qf6 3S. Re3 Qb6 39.
a4 64. Be7 a3 65. Ba3 Ka3 66. g4 Kb4 Qf3 e4 40. Qf4 Rd8 41. Qg5 d4 42. cd4
67. g5 Kc4 6S. Kf7 Kd5 69. g6 Bd4 70. Bd4 43. Kg2 Be3 44. Qe7 Rd2 0-1
g7 Bg7 71. Kg7 Ke6 72. h4 Kf5 73. h5
1-0 SI 43. 1
Mecking-Quinteros, M
SI 40. 2. 5 Mar del Plata Rd: 5 1971
Mecking-Juarez, C l.e4c5 2.Nf3 Qc7 3.c4d64.d4Bg45.
Mar del Plata Rd: 3 1971 d5 e5 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be2 Bf3 S. Bf3 Bh6 9.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nc6 Bh6 Nh610. h4 NgSll. h5 g5 12. Bg4
5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nf6 S. 0-0 Nd7 13. NbS Qb6 14. Bd7 Kd7 15.
Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Qe2 d6 11. f4 Ng6 Qg4 Ke7 16. Qg5 Nf6 17. Rh3 RagS
12. Nb3 Be313. Qe3 b514. a3 Bb715. 18. Qf5 a619. Rf3 Ne4 20. Qe4 ab5 21.
Rael 0-0 16. Khl Rac8 17. Nd4 RfeS Qh4 KeS 22. Qf6 bc4 23. Qf7 KdS 24.
lS. e5 Nd5 19. Nd5 Bd5 20. ed6 Qd6 Ra31-0
21. Qf2 f5 22. c3 Rf8 23. Rdl RedS 24.
Kgl Ne7 25. Rfel Rf6 26. Bfl Ng6 27. E063.5
g3 h5 2S. h4 Be4 29. Be2 Qc7 30. Nf3 Poch, C-Mecking
Rdl 31. Rdl Bb7 32. Ng5 e5 33. Bh5 MardelPlata Rd: 6 1971
Qc6 34. Bf3 e4 35. Bg2 N£8 36. Qe2 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7
Ne637. Qh5 Qb63S. Kh2 Ng5 39. hg5 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. d3 d5 S. cd5
R£81-0 Nd5 9. e4 Nc3 10. bc3 Ba6 11. c4 c5
12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Rfdl
Rfd8 15. Nel Nd4 16. Bd4 Qd4 17. e5
RabS lS. Be4 b5 19. Nf3 Qc3 20. Racl
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Qa3 21. Nd2 b4 22. Qf3 Qb2 23. Qe2 Bc4 24. be4 Ne.5 2.5. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rd.5
g6 24. f4 Bb7 25. Kfl Be4 26. Ne4Qd4 Rbc8 27. Qf5 Na4 28. ReS Rd129. Bfl
27. Qf2 a5 28. Qd4 Rd4 29. Ke2 a4 30. Qd8 30. RaJ Nb2 31. Rd5 Rd.5 32. Qd5
g4 h6 31. h4 Bh4 32. Rh1 g5 33. Ne5 Qe7 33. Rb3 Rd8 34. Q£.5 Na4 3.5. Rd3
Rf4 34. Ne4 Kg7 35. Rhg1 h5 36. gh5 Rd3 36. Bd3 g6 37. Nf6 Kg7 38. Nh.5
g4 37. e5 Bd8 38. Refl R£139. Rg4 Kh6 K£8 39. Qe8 Qd8 40. Qd8 Bd8 41. Nf4
40. Kfl b3 41. ab3 ab3 42. Nc3 b2 43. Ke7 42. Kfl Kd6 43. Be2 Nb6 44. Bb3
Nb1 Bc7 44. Re4 Kh5 45. Ke2 Rg8 46. Ke5 45. Nd3 Ke6 46. Ke2 Be7 47. h3
Kd1 Rg4 47. Rg4 Kg4 48. d4 K£3 49. Ke7 48. f4 Nd7 49. e.5 f6 50. Bf7 gS 51.
Ke2 Ke3 50. Nc3 Kd4 51. NbS Ke5 52. Nb4 Ne.5 52. Nd5 Kd6 53. Ne 7 Ke 7 54.
Ne7 Kd4 53. Kb2 Ke5 54. Ke2 Ke4 55_. Bg8 Kd6 55. K£3 Ke7 56. h4 Kd6 57.
Kd2 K£3 56. Ne8 e5 57. Nf6 ~-~ hg5 hg5 58. Bb3 Ke7 59. Bc4 Kd6 60.
e4 gf4 61. K£4 Ke7 62. K£5 Nd7 63. Bb5
SI 9. 5 Ne5 64. e5 fe5 65. Ke5 Kf7 66. Kd5
Meeking-Najdorf, M Ne6 67. Bd7 Nf4 68. Ke6 Nd3 69. Kb5
Mar del Plata Rd: 7 1971 K£6 70. a4 Ncl 71. a5 Nb3 72. Kb4
1. e4 e5 2. N£3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 ed4 Nd4 73. Ke4 Ne2 74. Kd5 Ncl 75. Ba4
5. Nd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Kg5 76. Ke6 Kg4 77. Kb7 Nd3 78. Ka7
Qc7 9. 0~0~0 Nbd7 10. Be2 Rb8 11. g4 Ne5 79. Bd1 Kf4 80. Kb6 Nd7 81. Ke6
b5 12. Bf6 N£6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bd3 b4 NbS 82. Kb 7 Nd7 83. Ba4 Nc5 84. Ke6
15. Nee2 Nc5 16. Rhg1 g6 17.£5 e5 18. Na6 85. Bb5 Nb4 86. Ke5 1-0
Nb3 Nd3 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. £6 Bb5 21.
Qd2 Bd8 22. Ng3 0~0 23. Qg2 ReS 24. RL 12.8
Kb1 Qd7 25. Nf5 g£5 26. Qh3 Kh8 27. Meeking-Planine, A
ef5 Be2 28. Rg3 Bh5 29. Rfl Qb5 30. Mar del Plata Rd: 9 1971
Rf2 Qb6 31. Rfg2 Qb5 32. g6 fg6 33. 1. e4 e5 2. N£3 Ne6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
fg6 Bf6 34. Qh5 Qf1 35. Ncl Re7 36. Nf6 5. 0~0 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8.
gh7 Rh7 37. Qh7 Kh7 38. Rh3 1-0 c3 0~0 9.. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6
12. Qd3 Na5 13. Bc2 e5 14. d5 c415.
CA5.2 Qe2g616.Nbd2Re817.Racl Kg718.
Panna, 0- Meeking b4 eb3 19. ab3 Qe7 20. e4 b4 21. Bf6
Mar del Plata Rd: 8 1971 K£6 22. Ral Ra8 23. Rfl Bc8 24. Nel
1. e4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. N£3 Be7 Nb7 25. Nd3 a5 26. Khl Kg7 27. f4 ef4
5. 0~0 0~0 6. d4 dc4 7. Ne5 e.5 8. deS 28. Rf4 Bd4 29. Rd1 Bd7 30. Rff1 Rae8
Be5 9. Nc3 Qe710. Bg5 h611. Bf6 Qf6 31. Qf3 Qd8 32. Q£4 Qe7 33. N£3 Bc3
12. Ne4 Ne6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. e3 Rd8 34. Qe3 £5 35. Qa7 fe4 36. Qb7 e£3 37.
15. Qb3 Bd7 16. Qb7 Rab8 17. Qc7 gf3 Bh3 38. Qe7 Re7 39. Rg1 R£3 40.
Rde8 18. Qf4 e5 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Rfcl e5 Re2 41. Rg6 Kg6 42. Nf4 Kf7 43.
Nb4 21. b3 Bb6 22. g4 Nd3 23. Rc3 Ne2 Rf2 44. Nc3 Re2 45. Na4 deS 46.
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Nb6 Rf2 47. Na4 Re2 48. Nb6 Ke8 49. 0-0 ReS 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3 Ne7 12. a4
d6 Rf2 50. Na4 e4 51. bc4 Rfl 52. Rfl Nd7 13. £4£5 14. Ne4 Bd4 15. Kh1 Qf6
Bfl 53. Nb2 Kd7 54. Kg1 Bh3 55. eS 16. e£5 g£5 17. Ra3 b6 18. Bh5 Re7 19.
Ke6 56. Na4 b3 57. Kf2 KbS 58. Ke3 Ne2 Bb7 20. Nd4 ed4 21. Rd3 Ne5 22.
Bd7 0-1 Rg3 Kh8 23. Nd6 NdS 24. Nb7 Rb7
25. Be2 Rd8 26. Bc4 Ne4 27. Rd3 Nb4
SL 2. 1. 8 28. Rdf3 Re7 29. b3 aS 30. Bb2 h6 31.
Savon, V -Meeking Re172-72
Mar del Plata Rd: 10 1971
1. e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. edS edS 4. Nc3 Nf6 QI4. 4. 1
5. Nf3 Ne6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bg3 Gheorghiu, F- Meeking
0-0 9. Bd3 h610. Rcl Bg3 11. hg3 Qb6 Mar del Plata Rd: 12 1971
12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Na4 Qe7 14. NeS 1. d4 N£6 2. e4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb 7
Rfe8 15. 0-0 Be8 16. b4 Qd6 17. b5 5. a3 dS 6. edS ed5 7. b4 Be7 8. e3 0-09.
Nd8 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Ned7 Bd7 20. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 e6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12.
ReS ReS 21. Rcl Rc122. Qc1 Be8 23. a4a513. Ba3 ab414. Bb4Qe715.Rfb1
Qc8 Kf8 24. Qa8 Qb6 25. Qb8 Ke7 26. Ba6 16. Ba6 Ra6 17. Bd6 Qd618. Qb4
a4f6 27. Ng6 Bg6 28. Bg6Kd7 29. Kh2 Qb419. Rb4 Rfa8 20. h3 72-72
Qa5 30. e4 de4 31. d5 edS 32. B£5 Ke7
33. Qe8 Kd6 34. Qd7 KeS 35. g4 Qb6 KP8.5
36. Qe7 Ne6 37. a5 Qd6 38. Qb7 Nd4 Meeking-Rubinetti, J
39. b6 ab6 40. a6 NbS 41. a7 Na7 42. MardelPiata Rd: 13 1971
Qa7 Kd4 43. Kh3 g5 44. Qa1 Ke5 45. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 N£6 4. Nc3
Qc1 Kb4 46. Qd2 Ke5 47. Qc3 Kb5 48. Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 e6 8.
Bg6 QeS 49. Qb3 Ke5 50. Qa3 Kb5 51. b3 ReS 9. Bb2 B£8 10. a4 aS 11. Re1
g3 Ke6 52. Qa4 b5 53. Qa7 Qe7 54. Qe7 12. h3 b6 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. Rad1
Be8 Kd6 55. Qc7 Ke7 56. Bb5 Kd6 57. Rae8 15. Nb1 h6 16. e4 g6 17. Nc3
Kg2 Ke5 58. Bd7 Kd4 59. Kfl Kd3 60. RedS 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. Ba3 Nh7 20.
Be6 Kd4 61. Ke2 KeS 62. Bd7 Kd4 63. Re2 Nh£8 21. Red2 ed4 22. Nd4 NeS
B£5 Ke5 64. Bg6 Kd4 65. Kd2 KeS 66. 23. eS deS 24. Ne6 Rd2 25. Rd2 e4 26.
Ke3 d4 67. Ke2 KdS 68. f3 e3 69. Kd3 Nd4 e3 27. Rd1 ef2 28. Qf2 Qe5 29.
Kc5 70. Be4 Kd6 71. £4 KeS 72. Bf3 NdS Ne4 30. Be4 Qe4 31. Ne6 £5 32.
1-0 Kh2 Re6 33. Nee7 Kh7 34. Ne7 Re7
35.Be7Qe7 36.Na6Qb7 37.Rd6Qa6
BI 8. 5 38. Qb6 Qa8 39. RdS Qe8 40. Qf2 Qe4
Meeking-Sumiaeher, C 41. Ra5 Ne642.Ra7h5 43. Re7 h444.
MardelPlata Rd: 11 1971 gh4 f4 45. h5 g5 46. Qb2 Qd3 47. h6
1. d4 N£6 2. e4 e5 3. dS e6 4. Nc3 edS 5. Qg3 48. Kh1 Qh3 49. Qh2 Qf1 50.
ed5 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 0-0 9. Qg1 Qf3 51. Qg2 Qd1 52. Qg1 Qh5
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53. Qh2 Qd1 54. Qg1 Qf3 55. Qg2 Rf6 4S. Ra5 Rd6 49. Nd4 Kf6 50. Rb5
Qh5 56. Qh2 Qd157. Qg1 Qf3 ~-~ Ne5 51. Ra5 h5 52. b5 Ne4 53. RaS e3
54. fe3 fe3 55. Kfl Ke5 56. ReS Kd5 57.
SI 31. 7. 3 Ne2 Rf6 58. Kg1 Rb6 59. Ne3 Ne3 60.
Sehweber, S-Meeking Re3 Rb5 61. Kf2 RbS 62. Rg3 Rf8 63.
MardelPlata Rd: 14 1971 Rf3 Rh8 64. g3 Ke4 65. g4 h4 66. g5
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0~0 Bg7 RgS 67. Rf4 Kc3 6S. Rg4 Kd3 69. Kf3
5. Re1 e5 6. b4 eb4 7. a3 ba3 S. Na3 Rf8 70. Rf4 RhS 71. Kg4 Ke3 72. Rf6
Nge7 9. Ne40~0 10. Nd6Qe711. Ba3 Ke4 73. Rh6 Rf8 74. Rh4 1-0
a6 12. Bfl b5 13. c3 h61 -4. &5 RbS 15.
Qc1 Bb7 16. Qa3 Bf6 17. d4 ed4 1S. SI 18. 4. 5
ed4 Bg7 19. Nb7 Rb7 20. d5 b4 21. Meeking-Joksic, S
Qe3 d6 22. de6 Ne6 23. Bd4 Nd4 24. Vrsac 1971
Nd4 Qb6 25. Red1 a5 26. &4 b3 27. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
Bd5 b2 28. Rab1 Re7 29. Ne2 Qe3 30. 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 0~0 8. &4
fe3 RfeS 31. Kf2 a4 32. Nd4 Rcl 33. Ne6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. 0~0~0 Ne5 11. Bb3
Ke2 Bd4 34. ed4 RSe2 35. Kd3 Rc3 36. Qa5 12. h4 RfeS 13. h5 Nh5 14. Bh6
Ke2 R3e2 37. Kd3 a3 3S. Ba2 Rc3 39. Nd3 15. Kb1 Nb2 16. Kb2 Bh6 17.
Ke2 R3e2 40. Kf3 Rd141. Rd1 Rcl 42. Qh6 Rc3 1S. g4 Nf6 19. e5 Rb3 20. ab3
Ke2 Ra1 43. Bb1 Rb1 0-1 deS 21. Ne2 Be6 22. Nc3 e4 23. Ne4
ReS 24. Kb1 Re6 25. g5 1-0
RL 19. 1
Meeking-Pilnik, H SI 45. 12
MardelPlata Rd: 15 1971 Meeking-Portisch, L
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Vrsac 1971
Nf65.0~0Be76.Re1 b5 7. Bb3d68.c3 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 Ne6
Na5 9. Bc2 e5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 Ne6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. O~ONge7 S. Be3
12. deS deS 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Nh4 g6 0~0 9. Qd2 Nd410. Bh6 f611. Bg7 Kg7
15. Nfl Nd7 16. Nf3 RdS 17. N3h2 e4 12. Nd4ed413. Ne2 Bg414. f3 Be615.
1S. Ne3 Ne5 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Ne7 c3 Qa5 16. Qe1 dc3 17. bc3 RaeS 1S.
Qe7 21. Qf3 Nd3 22. Rd1 Ncl 23. Qd2 Re7 19. Qb2 d5 20. f4 de4 21. Be4
Racl 0~0 24. Nfl Kg7 25. Ne3 Qc5 26. Bf5 22. fe5 fe5 23. Bf5 Nf5 24. d4 Ref7
b4 eb3 27. Bb3 Bb3 2S. ab3 Qe7 29. 25. deS Qe5 26. Qd2 ReS 27. Rf2 Qe3
Ra1 Rd130. Qd1 NbS 31. Qg4 KhS 32. 2S. Rd1 Ree7 29. Qe3 Ne3 30. Rd3
b4 RdS 33. NdS Qe6 34. Qg5 Rd6 35. Rfe 7 31. Nf4 Ng4 32. Rfd2 Nf6 33. Kg2
Ne7 Qf6 36. Qf6 Rf6 37. Rdl Rb6 3S. Re6 34. Rd6 Rd6 35. Rd6 Ne4 36. Rd3
Rd5 f6 39. Rd8 Kg7 40. Nd5 Rb7 41. Ne5 37. Rd2 Kf7 3S. Kf3 Re1 39. Nd3
Rd6 f5 42. e5 gf5 43. Re6 e4 44. Ne3 ~-~
Rf7 45. Rb6 Nd7 46. Ra6 f4 47. Ne2
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SI 27.5 SI 14.2
Meeking-Radulov Szily-Mecking
Vrsac 1971 Vrsac 1971
1. e4 eS Z. Nf3 Ne6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 1. e4 eS Z. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
Nf6 S. Nc3 d6 6. BgS Bd7 7. QdZ ReS S. Nc3 a6 6. g3 eS 7. NdeZ Be7 S. BgZ
S. 0,0,0 Nd4 9. Qd4 QaS 10. BdZ a6 0,0 9. 0,0 bS 10. NdS Nd5 11. ed5 Bg4
11. f3 QcS 1Z. QeS ReS 13. Be3 Re7 1Z. h3 BhS 13. f4 BeZ 14. QeZ ef4 1S.
14. g4 Be61S. Bd4 Nd716. h4f617. gS Bf4 Bf6 16. c3 Nd7 17. Be3 BeS 1S. g4
Bf7 1S. NdS Re6 19. Bc3 Nb6 ZO. Nb4 Nb619. Qf2 Ne4 ZO. Bd4 Bd4 Zl. ed4
Re7 Zl. Bd4 Nd7 ZZ. Nd5 Re6 Z3. f4 eS QgS ZZ. b3 Nb6 Z3. Racl NdS Z4. QfS
Z4. Be3 Be7 ZS. Bh3 NeS Z6.gf6gf6Z7. 71-71
BfS Bh5 ZS. Rdg1 Bf3 Z9. Ne7 Ke7 30.
Rg7 Kf8 31. Rhg1 Be4 3Z. Be4 Ne4 33. RE20.11
Rb7 ReS 34. Rgg7 h5 3S. feS deS 36. Spiridonov-Meeking
Rbf7 KeS 37. b4 Re6 3S. Ra7 Kf8 39. Vrsac 1971
Rgf7 KgS 40. KhZ ReS 41. Kcl Rc3 4Z. 1. Nf3 Nf6 Z. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. BbZ o,o
Rfd7 ReS 43. a3 Kf8 44. KhZ RbS 4S. S. BgZ e6 6. 0,0 a5 7. a3 ab4 S. ab4 Ra1
Rf7 KeS 46. Rae7 KdS 47. Ba7 1-0 9. Ba1 Qb6 10. c3 d5 11. d3 Nbd7 1Z.
Qa4 eS 13. NfdZ ReS 14. e4 Bf8 1S.
KF 5. 4. 2 Na3 Qc7 16. e4 d4 17. eS b6 1S. eb6
Meeking-Ciocaltea, V Nb6 19. Qa5 Be6 ZO. Nae4 Nfd7 Zl.
Vrsac 1971 Nb6 Nb6 ZZ. f4 f6 Z3. fS Bf7 Z4. fg6 hg6
1. e4 g6 Z. d4 Bg7 3. c3 e6 4. Bd3 d5 S. ZS. Qa3 RaS Z6. Qc1 Bb4 Z7. Nf3 Nd7
edS cd5 6. Nf3 Ne6 7. Bf4 Nh6 S. ZS. Bh3 NeS Z9. Qb1 QaS 30. Nd4 ed4
NbdZ 0,0 9. 0,0 f6 10. e4 e6 11. Nb3 31. Bd4 Bc3 3Z. Bf6 Bf6 33. Rf6 Qc3
Nf7 1Z. Re1 Nb4 13. Bfl de4 14. Bc4 34. Rf1 Nb3 3S. Qe1 NdZ 36. BgZ QaS
Nd5 1S. BdZ Nd6 16. Bd3 b6 17. Rcl 0-1
a5 1S. Na1 Bd7 19. NeZ ReS ZO. Ne3
Ne3 Zl. Be3 ReS ZZ. ReS BcS Z3. NdZ SI 1. 10
Bb7 Z4. Ne4 Bd5 ZS. Nd6 Qd6 71-71 lvkov, B-Meeking
Vrsac 1971
SI 1. 2 1. e4 eS Z. Nf3 d6 3. BbS Bd7 4. Bd7
Meeking-Ljubojevic, L Qd7 S. 0,0 Ne6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 Ne4 S.
Vrsac 1971 dS NbS 9. Re1 Nf610. BgS Na611. e4
{see page 46) 1-0 Ne7 1Z. Nc3 e6 13. de6 fe6 14. NdS
NcdS 1S. cd5 eS 16. ReS deS 17. NeS
QfS 1S. Qa4 KdS 19. Nf7 KeS ZO. Re1
Qd7 Zl. Qd7 Kd7 ZZ. NhS ReS Z3.
Rd1 ReZ Z4. d6 Ne4 ZS. Be3 RbZ Z6.
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Nf7 Nc3 27. NeS Ke6 28. d7 Be7 29. Qb7 37.Ree3Re338.Re3Rf839.Rf3
Re1 KeS 30. BcS Re2 31. Re2 Ne2 32. e4 40. Bf4 ef3 41. BeS Kh6 42. h4 R£5
Kf1 Ke6 33. Be7 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd7 35. 43. Qd4 Qe7 44. Qe3 gS 45. Qb6 Nf6
Kd3 Kd6 36. Kd4 bS 37. f4 g6 38. g4 h6 46. hgS KgS 47. Qe3 Kh5 48. Bd4 Qe3
39. h3 a5 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. 49. Be3 Ng4 0-1
Ke4Ke6!.1-!.1
CK8.3
RL5.1 Meeking-Filip, M
Meeking-Baretic Vrsac 1971
Vrsac 1971 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de4 4. Ne4 Nd7
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. BbS Nd4 4. Nd4 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nf6 Nf6 7. NeS Be6 8.
ed4 5. Q,Q e6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 Bel g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. Q,Q Q,Q 11. Bd3 eS
Ng4 9. h3 NeS 10. Bfl d3 11. Re3 gS 12. Nf3 cd4 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. Be2 Be2
12. Bd3 g4 13. Be2 gh3 14. d4 hg2 15. 15. Qe2 Re816. Rd1 Qa517. Bf4 Rad8
Rg3 Qh416. Rg2 Ng617. BgS Qe418. 18. BeS RdS 19. Nf3 Rd1 20. Qd1 Rd8
Nd2 Qe6 19. Qf1 Kd7 20. Re1 Ke7 21. 21. Qb3 Rd7 22. Re1 Qd5 23. e4 Qd3
Bc4Qd7 22. Re3 d5 23. Bd3 Bd6 24. e4 24. Qd3 Rd3 25. Bd4 e6 26. Ba7 Nd7
fS 25. c5 Bf4 26. Rf3 BgS 27. RgS Qg7 27. b3 b6 28. Kfl Rd6 29. Ke2 Kf8 30.
28. BfS Qd4 29. Qh3 BfS 30. Rgf5 Raf8 a4 Bc3 31. Rb1 Bb4 32. Ne1 NeS 33.
31. Rf8 Rf8 32. Qh7 Kd8 33. Qg6 Rf3 Rd1 Rd1 34. Kd1 BaS 35. Nf3 Nb3 36.
34. Nf3 QcS 35. Qg8 Ke7 36. Qg7 Ke8 NeS NeS 37. Ne6 Nb7 38. eS bcS 39.
37. Qh8 Ke7 38. QeS Ke8 39. Qe6 Ke7 NaS NaS 40. BcS Ke8 41. Kc2 Kd7 42.
40. QeS Ke8 41. Kg2 Qc4 42. Qh8 Ke7 Kc3 Ke6 43. Bb4 Nb7 44. Kd4 Nd8 45.
43. Qg7 Ke8 44. NeS 1-0 KeS Kd7 46. Kf6 Ke8 47. g4 Ne6 48.
Bd6 Kd7 49. BcS Ke8 50. gS Na5 51.
SI 12. 3. 12 Bb4 Ne6 52. Bc3 Ne7 53. Kg7 NdS 54.
Janosevic, 0- Meeking BeS Nb4 55. a5 Ke7 56. Kh7 Na6 57.
Vrsac 1971 Kg7 Nb4 58. Bf6 Ke8 59. Bb2 NdS 60.
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 Ba3 Nc3 61. a6 NdS 62. a7 Nb6 63. h4
5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Na8 64. Bb4 Ne7 65. BaS Na8 66. Bd8
Bf3 9. Qf3 g6 10. g4 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne6 1-0
12. gS Nd7 13. NdS Qd814. c3 bS 15.
Q,Q Q,Q 16. eS deS 17. fS ReS 18. Be4 e6 SI 17.2
19. Ne3 efS 20. NfS Ne7 21. Ng7 Kg7 Meeking-Deze
22. Qg3 Qc7 23. Be3 f5 24. gf6 Nf6 25. Vrsac 1971
Qh4 Neg8 26. Bf3 Rf7 27. Rae1 RefS 1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 g6
28. Qg3 ReS 29. Bd1 Rd7 30. Bb3 NdS 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3
31. BgS Ngf6 32. Rf2 NhS 33. Qf3 Qb6 9. NfS Qb2 10. Ng7 Kf8 11. NdS
Nd£4 34. Qg4 Rd3 35. Rf3 Qa7 36. Kf1 NdS 12. BdS Kg7 13. Q,Q Qc3 14. Qcl
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h5 15. Rb1 f6 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Qb2 9. Qd4 Nc6 10. Qh4 e6 11. Nbd2 d5
Qc7 1S. f4 Rf8 19. f5 Ne5 20. fg6 QdS 12. Rfd1 h613. Ne5 Ne5 14. Be5 Nd7
21. c4 Bd7 22. Qc1 Ng4 23. Bf4 RhS 15. QdS RfdS 16. Bg7 Kg7 17. cd5 Bd5
24. Rb7 RbS 25. Qb2 Rb7 26. Qb7 1S. e4 Bb7 19. f3 Ne5 20. KfZ g5 21.
Qb6 27. Qb6 ab6 2S. Rb1 e6 29. Bb7 Nc4~-~
RbS 30. Ba6 Ne5 31. Be3 BcS 32. Bb5
Ng4 33. Bf4 e5 34. Bd2 Bb7 35. Re1 RL8.6
Kg6 36. Bb4 RdS 37. Rd1 Be4 3S. Rd6 Mecking-Gligoric, S
RaS 39. a4 Bc2 40. Bc6 ReS 41. Bb5 Hastings Rd: 3 1971/2
Ba4 42. Ba4 Rc4 43. BeS Kg7 44. Rd7 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bc6
KhS 45. Bd2 e4 46. Bh5 Ne5 47. RdS dc6 5. 0-0 f6 6. d4 ed4 7. Nd4 Bd6 S.
Kg7 4S. Be2 Rc2 49. Kf2 b5 50. Bb5 Be3 Ne7 9. Nd2 0-0 10. c3 Ng6 11.
Ng4 51. Kg3 f5 52. Be2 Ne5 53. Bd1 Qb3 KhS 12. Nf5 Ne5 13. Nd6 cd6 14.
ReS 54. h4 Nc4 55. Bc3 Kg6 56. RhS f4 Nf7 15. Rfe1 b5 16. a4 Qe7 17. ab5
Rd5 57. Bh5 1-0 cbS 1S. c4 Bb 7 19. cbS ab5 20. RaS RaS
21. Rcl h6 22. h3 ReS 23. Bb6 ReS 24.
PU 2. 5.10 ReS BcS 25. Qc3 Bb7 26. Qc7 Qc7 27.
Mecking-Keene, R Bc7 KgS 2S. Kf2 Kf8 29. Ke3 Ke7 30.
Hastings Rd: 1 1971/2 Nf3 Kd7 31. Ba5 d5 32. Bb4 de4 33.
1.e4g6 2.d4d63.Nc3 Bg7 4. f4Nf65. Nd4 g6 34. NbS f5 35. g4 NdS 36. gf5
Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 S. Bg1 g£5 37. Nd6 Ke6 3S. NbS BcS 39. b3
e5 9. fe5 deS 10. d5 Ne 7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nc6 40. Bf8 h5 41. h4 Bd7 42. Nc7
Bh2 Ned5 13. ed5 e4 14. 0-0 ed3 15. ~-~
Qd3 Bf5 16. Qc4 NeS17. Nd4 Bd71S.
Ne4 Nd6 19. Nd6 cd6 20. c3 Qb6 21. SI 14. 12
Qb3 Bb5 22. Rfd1 RfdS 23. Kh1 BeS Kurajica, B-Mecking
24. Bg1 Qc7 25. NbS Bb5 26. Qb5 a6 Hastings Rd: 4 1971/2
27. Qb6 Qd7 2S. Bh2 Bf8 29. c4 RacS l.e4c5 2. Nf3 d63.Nc3 a64.d4cd45.
30. b3 ReS 31. Re1 Re7 32. Re7 Qe7 Nd4Nf66.h3e6 7. g4d5 S.ed5Nd5 9.
33. Bg3 Qg5 34. Bh2 Qe7 35. Bg3 Qg5 Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 0-0 11. Bd2 Nc3 12.
36. BfZ Qf6 37. Bd4 Qe7 3S. Bc3 Qd7 Nc3 Nc6 13. a3 Be7 14. 0-0 Qc7 15.
39. Qd4 f6 40. Qf6 Bg7 41. Qg7 Qg7 Qf3 RdS16. Rad1 Bd717. Bf4Qb618.
42. Bg7 Kg7 43. Re11-0 b4 BeS 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qb6 21.
Be3 Qc7 22. Bf4 Qb6 ~-~
QP6
Franklin, M-Mecking RL 25.3
Hastings Rd: 2 1971/2 Mecking-Unzicker, W
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 Hastings Rd: 5 1971/2
5. 0-0 b6 6. b3 Bb 7 7. Bb2 0-0 S. c4 cd4 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
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Nf6 5. Q,Q Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Rb8 28. Rd3 b4 29. ab4 Rb4 30. Nd5
Q,Q 9. h3 NbS 10. d4 Nbd7 11. e4 e6 Nd5 31. Rd5 Qc3 32. b3 Ra4 33. ba4
12.eb5 ab513.Nc3 Bb714. Bg5 b415. Qb4 34. Kcl Bh6 35. Rg5 Bg5 36. hg5
Nb1 e516. deS Ne517. Nbd2 Nfd718. Qa3 37. Kb1 Qb4 38. Kcl Qa3 39. Kd2
Be7 Qe7 19. a4 ba3 20. ba3 Nf3 21. Qb4 40. Kd3 Qf4 41. Be3 Qf5 42. Kc3
Qf3 Ne5 22. Qc3 Qe7 23. f4 Ne6 24. Rh3 43. Qd2 Qe4 44. Rd3 Qa4 45.
Nf3 Qb6 25. Bc4 Ba6 26. Bd5 Rab8 27. Qg2 Qa3 46. Kd2 Qb4 47. Kcl Rh4 48.
Rab1 Qa5 28. Qa5 Na5 29. e5 Bc4 30. Qc6 Ke7 49. Qc7 Ke6 50. Qc8 Ke7 51.
Rbd1 deS 31. Ne5 Bb3 32. Nd7 Bd1 Rb3 Qe1 52. Kb2 Rb4 53. Qc3 Rb3 54.
33. Rd1 Rbd8 34. Nf8 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ne4 eb3 Qf155. Qc7 Ke6 56. Qe8 Kd5 57.
36. Re1 Rd5 37. Re4 Rd2 38. Kf1 Ra2 Qg4 Ke6 58. Qe4 Kd7 59. Qd5 Ke7 60.
39. ReS !.1-!.1 Ka3 Qa161. Kb4 Qa2 62. Qb71-0
SI 10.3 TD8.3
Karpov, A -Meeking Kortehnoi, V-Meeking
Hastings Rd.: 6 1971/2 Hastings Rd: 8 1971/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 e5 5.
5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 ed5 Nd5 6. e4 Nc3 7. bc3 ed4 8. ed4
Qc7 9. a4 Ne6 10. f5 Bb3 11. eb3 Qb6 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bd2 10. Qd2 Q,Q 11. Bc4 b6
12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bf6 Bf6 14. Nd5 Qa5 12. d5 Ba6 13. Ba6 Na6 14. d6 Ne5 15.
15. Qd2 Qd2 16. Kd2 Bg5 17. Kd3 Q,Q e5 f616. Q,Q Rf717. Rad1 Re818. Qe3
18. h4 Bd8 19. Racl a5 20. Kd2 Rb8 Rd7 19. ef6 gf6 20. Nd4 Qe8 21. Rfe1
21. g4 Nb4 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Bd5 g5 24. Qf7 22. h4 ReS 23. Rd2 Kh8 24. Ne6
fg6 hg6 25. Kd3 Kg7 26. h5 Bb6 27. Qg7 25. Ne7 RedS 26. Red1 Qf7 27.
Rh3 Bc5 28. Rf1 f6 29. hg6 Kg6 30. Rd4 e5 28. R4d2 Qe6 29. Qf3 e4 30.
Rfh1 Rbe8 31. Rh 7 Kg5 32. Ke2 Kf4 Qf5 Qf5 31. Nf5 Kg8 32. g4 Kf7 33. h5
33. R1h3 Bd4 34. Rg7 1-0 Ke6 34. Rd4 Rg8 35. f3 Rgd8 36. Kg2
ef3 37. Kf3 Nb7 38. Re1 Kf7 39. Red1
SI 20. 7. 6 Ke640.Re1 Kf7 41. Rde4Nd642. Re7
Meeking-Najdorf, M Kf8 43. Rd7 !.1-!.1
Hastings Rd: 7 1971/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6 FR 12.4
5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Ne6 8. Be3 Meeking-Markland, P
Bd7 9. Be2 a6 10. h4 Nd411. Qd4 h5 Hastings Rd: 9 1971/2
12. gh5 Nh5 13. Q,Q,Q Qe7 14. f4 Bc6 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 e5 5.
15. Bf3 Nf6 16. Bf2 ReS 17. Rd2 Rh7 a3 Bc3 6. bc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4 b6
18. Qd3 g6 19. f5 gf5 20. ef5 e5 21. Bc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. Q,Q h6
Qe6 22. Kb1 b5 23. a3 Qe4 24. Qf3 12. Re1 Na513.Qd20,Q 14.Qf4f515.
Qc6 25. Qd3 Qc4 26. Qf3 Qc6 27. Qd1 ef6 Qf416. Bf4 R£617. Be5 Rf718. deS
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bcS 19. Bc7 Nac6 20. c4 Rf3 21. gf3 Qc7 9. o,o,o Nbd7 10. g4 bS 11. Bf6
Nd4 22. Kg2 dc4 23. Be4 Rc8 24. BeS Nf612. a3 Rb813. f5 eS14. Nde2 Bb7
NefS 2S. Bd4 cd4 26. BfS ef5 27. Red1 1S. Ng3 BaS 16. gS Nd7 17. f6 gf6 18.
d3 28. cd3 cd3 29. Rd3 Rc7 30. a5 a6 Nh5 Rg819. gf6 Bf8 20. Bh3 b4 21. ab4
31. Re1 Kf7 32. Rd6 BbS 33. ReS Rcl Rb4 22. Rhg1 Rg6 23. Rg6 hg6 24. Ng7
34. RfS Kg8 3S. Rd8 Kh7 36. h4 Ra1 Kd8 2S. Be6 NcS 26. Bd5 Qa7 27. Qh3
37.h51-0 Bd5 28. Nd5 Ra4 29. Kb1 Nd7 30. Qh8
QcS 31. Nc3 Rb4 32. Na2 Rd4 33. Rd4
E05~3 Qd4 34. Qg8 Qc4 3S. b3 Qf1 36. Kb2
Pfleger, H-Mecking Qf637. Qh8Qg7 38. Qh4Qf639. Qe1
Hastings Rd: 10 1971/2 Qf4 40. Qa5 Ke7 41. Nb4 Qe4 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. g3 b6
S. Bg2 Bb7 6. o,o 0,0 7. d3 d5 8. cdS SI 39. 1
ed5 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Qd2 Bf4 11. Qf4 Mecking-Hartston, W
Nbd7 12. e4 Nc5 13. eS Ne6 14. Qa4 Hastings Rd: 13 1971/2
NeB 1S. d4 c6 16. Rad1 f5 17. ef6 gf6 1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nc6
18. Rfe1 N8g7 19. b4 a6 20. Qb3 Qd6 S. NbS d6 6. Bf4 eS 7. Be3 Nf6 8. BgS
21. a4 bS 22. a5 Rae8 23. Na2 Bc8 24. Be6 9. N1c3 a610. Bf6 g£611. Na3 d5
Ncl Kh8 2S. Nd3 Qd8 26. Qc3 Qd6 12. ed5 Ba3 13. ba3 Qa5 14. Qd2 o,o,o
27. Re2 Kg8 28. Rde1 Nc7 29. ReS ReS 1S. Rd1 Bd516. NdS Rd5 17. Qa5 Ra5
30. Rcl Bd7 31. NcS Bc8 32. h4 Qe7 18. Bc4 Nd4 19. Kd2 Ra3 20. Bf7 Rf8
33. Re1 Qd6 34. Kh2 Re1 3S. Nel Kf7 21. Bb3 Ra5 22. Kc3 fS 23. Kb2 Rf6 24.
36. Qd2 Qe 7 37. Ned3 NfS 38. Nf4 Rd3 Rg6 2S. g3 ReS 26. Rhd1 Rh6 27.
Nd6 39. Qd1 Kg7 0-1 h4 Kb8 28. c3 Nb3 29. ab3 f4 30. Rd5
RdS 31. RdS e4 M-M
SI 29.8
Mecking-Byrne, R SI 12. 3. 6
Hastings Rd: 11 1971 Ciocaltea, V-Mecking
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Hastings Rd: 14 1971
Nf6 S. Nc3 d6 6. BgS e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
o,o,o h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Bd6 Bd6 11. S. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 g6 8. a4 Bg7
Nc6Bc612.Qd6Qd613.Rd6Be414. 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. 0,0 o,o 11. Qe1 Nb4
Rd2 Bc6M-M 12. Qh4 QcS 13. Kh1 Qh5 14. Qh5
Nh5 1S. Bd2 M-M
SI 9. 9. 1
Botterill, G-Mecking FR9. 2. 5
Hastings Rd: 12 1971/2 Mecking-Andersson, U
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 Hastings Rd: 15 1971/2
S. Nc3 a6 6. BgS e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 1. e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. eS Qd7
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42. Rel e5 43. Bf3 Ne6 44. Kcl Ng5 12. o,o,o b4 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Kbl Na5
45. Bdl Rg2 46. Rhl a4 47. a3 ba3 48. 15. f4 Bb7 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. &4 Qc4
ba3 Kb6 49. c3 Rg3 50. Kb2 Rd3 51. 18. Qd3 Re8 19. b3 Qc7 20. Rgel 0,0
Ke2 Ne4 52. Kd3 Ne5 53. Ke4 d5 54. 21. Bd2 Ne5 22. Ne5 deS 23. Nf3 e4
Kb4Na60-1 24. bc4 Rfd8 25. Qb3 Qc4 26. Ne5
Qb3 27. ab3 Rd4 28. Be3 Rdl 29. Rdl
CK 7. l. 1 Be4 30. Ne4 Bd5 31. Nb6 Rd8 32. Nd5
Meeking-Larsen, B Rd5 33. Rd5 ed5 34. £5 g6 35. f6 Bd6
San Antonio Rd: 6 1972 36. h3 Kf8 37. Kcl Ke8 38. Kd2 Kd7
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de4 4. Ne4 Nf6 39. Kd3 Ke6 40. Kd4 Bb8 41. Bd2 Ba7
5. Nf6 gf6 6. Ne2 Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. h4 42. Kd3 &5 43. Bel Ke5 44. Bd2 Kf5
h69.c3 e610. Be3 Nd711. h5 Bh712. 45. &1 B£2 46. Bd2 a5 47. c3 bc3 48.
Qd2 Qa5 13. Be2 o,o,o 14. Bh6 Bh6 Bc3 Kg5 49. BaS K£6 50. b4 Ke6 51. b5
15. Qh6 Bd3 16. Qe3 Be2 17. Qe2 f5 Kd6 52. Ke2 Bd4 53. Kd3 Bgl 54. Bb4
18.a3Rdg819.0,0,0Nf620.Rh4Qd5 Ke7 55. BaS Bb6 56. Bc3 Kd6 57. Bb4
21. Qf3 Ng4 22. Ne2 Qb3 23. Nf4 Rh6 Ke6 58. Bd2 h5 59. Bf4 f6 60. h4 K£5
24. Rh3 Qb5 25. g3 Rgh8 26. Rh4 e5 61. Bd2g5 62. Bel Kg463. &3 gh464.
27. deS Qc5 28. Rd2 Nf6 29. Rhl Qc6 Bf6 h3 65. Be5 Kf3 0-1
30. Qc6 be6 31. f3 Rg8 32. Rh3 Nh7
33. Rf2 Kd7 34. Nd3 Nf6 35. g4 fg4 36. PU 1.4
fg4 Kd6 37. Rh4 Rg4 38. Rg4 Ng4 39. Meeking-Suttles, D
Rf7 Rh5 40. Ra7 e5 41. Rg7 Ne3 42. b3 San Antonio Rd: 8 1972
Kd5 43. Kd2 N£5 44. Rg2 e5 45. a4 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6
Nd6 46. N£2 Rh8 47. Ndl Rb8 48. Ne3 5. Be2 0,0 6. 0,0 Bg4 7. Be3 Ne6 8.
Ke6 49. Rg6 Kd7 50. Rg7 Ke6 51. Rg6 Qd2 Nd7 9. Radl e5 10. deS deS 11.
Kd7 52. Ke2 Rh8 53. Ng4 Nf7 54. Kd3 Nd5 Bf312. Bf3 Nd413. c3 Nf314. gf3
Rh3 55. Ke4 Ke7 56. N£2 Re3 57. a5 Re8 15. Rfel Kh8 16. Ne7 Qe7 17.
Re2 58. Ng4 Ra2 59. a6 RaJ 60. Rb6 Qd7 Q£6 18. Kg2 h5 19. Rd5 b6 20.
Ra5 61. Kd5 Nd8 62. e4 Kd7 63. Ne5 Redl Kh7 21. b4 Bh6 ~-~
Ke7 64. Rd6 Ra3 65. Rd7 Ke8 66. a7
Nb7 67. Ke6 Ra6 68. Kb5 Ra7 69. Kb6 RE 24. 1
RaJ 70. Re7 1-0 Byrne, D-Meeking
San Antonio Rd: 9 1972
SI 23. 1. 1 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0,0 Ne6
Mario Campos Lopez-Meeking 5.d4e66.e4ed4 7.Nd4Be7 8.ed5 ed5
San Antonio Rd: 7 1972 9. Nc3 0,0 10. b3 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6 Bb2 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rfd8 14. Rcl Rae8
5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. g4 15. Qd3 Nd416. Qd4 Bc5 17. Q£4 Bd6
Ne6 9. g5 Nd7 10. Rgl Qe7 11. Qd2 b5 18. Qd4 &5 19. Q£4 Bd6 20. Qd4 ~-~
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - l
Qd6 Qd6 18. Rd6 Nc6 19. c3 Ke7 20. BeS lS. BeS Qf716. c5 d617. cd6 cd6
Rd2 Rhd8 21. Rd8 Rd8 22. Be2 fS 23. 18. Bg3 Bf5 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Radl d5
a4 ba4 24. Ba6 Na5 2S. BbS Nb3 26. 21. f3 NcS 22. Qa3 Ne6 23. ReS Bg6
Kbl Nc5 27. Kc2 Rb8 28. Bc4 Rd8 29. 24. Qa4 NcS 2S. Qd4 Ne6 26. Qa4
Rdl Rdl 30. Kdl Kd6 31. Kd2 gS 32. NcS 27. Qd4 Ne6 28. Qg4 Rae8 29.
Bg8 h6 33. Bh7 Ke6 34. Bg8 Kd6 3S. Rdel NcS 30. Qd7 Nd7 31. Re7 Re7
Bf7 Ke7 36. Bg6 Kf6 37. Be8 Ke7 38. 32. Re7 Rf7 33. ReB Rf8 34. Re6 Rf6
BbS Kd6 39. Bc4 e4 40. fe4 Ne4 41. 3S.Rf6gf636.Kf2Bd337.Bd6Kf738.
Kc2 NcS !1-!1 Na4Ke639. Bb4 Bb140. NcSNcS 41.
BcS !1-!1
SI 1. 10
Karpov, A -Mecking SI 33.7
SanAntonio Rd: 15 1972 Hort, V-Mecking
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. BbS Bd7 4. Bd7 Petropolis izt Rd: 3 1973
Qd7 S. o,o Nc6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. 1. c4cS 2.Nf3 g63.d4cd44.Nd4Nc6
d4 cd4 9. Nd4 !1-!1 S. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nd4 8. Qd4
Bg7 9. Be3 o,o 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. f3 Be6
SI 10.3 12. Rcl Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. a4 Qb4 lS.
Ivkov, B-Mecking Nd5 Nd516. edS Qd217. Kd2 Bd718.
Petropolis izt Rd: 1 1973 Rhdl Bb219. Rc2 Ba3 20. Bd4 Bb4 21.
1. e4cS 2. Nf3d63. d4cd44. Nd4Nf6 Kcl a5 22. Kbl eS 23. de6 fe6 24. Bd3
S. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 eS 7. Nb3 Be6 8. 0,0 Kf7 2S. Re2 Bc6 26. f4 Rf8 27. Rfl Ke7
Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Bc411. a4 0,0 12. 28. Rff2 Kd7 29. Kc2 Rf7 30. g3 Raf8
Khl Nbd7 13. a5 BbS 14. NbS abS lS. 31. h4eS 32. feS R£233. e6Ke7 34. Rf2
BgS b4 16. Bd3 NcS 17. Qel Nb3 18. Rf2 3S. Bf2 Bf3 36. Be3 Bel 37. Bf4
cb3 Ra5 19. Ra5 Qa5 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. Ke6 38. Bfl d5 39. Bh3 Kf6 40. cd5 Bd5
Qe2 h6 22. Bf6 Bf6 23. g3 ReS 24. Kg2 41. Bc8 Be4 42. Kdl !1-!1
bS 2S. BdS Qc7 26. Kh3 Qa7 27. Qd2
Qa5 28. Qdl Kf8 29. Qh5 Rc7 30. Rcl EO 1. 11
BgS31.Rc7Qc7 32.Qe2Qa533.Qh5 Mecking-Tan, L
Qc7 34. Qe2 Qa5 3S. Qh5 !1-!1 Petropolis izt Rd: 4 1973
1. c4 eS 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3
RL7.6.4 Bb4 S. Bg2 O,O 6. 0,0 e4 7. NgS Bc3 8.
Mecking-Parmo, 0 bc3 ReS 9. d3 ed3 10. ed3 d6 11. Rbl
Petropolis izt Rd: 2 1973 h6 12. Ne4 Ne4 13. Be4 NeS 14. f4
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. BbS Nf6 4. o,o Nc41S. fS d516. Bg2 Ne317. Be3 Re3
Ne4 S. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bc6 bc6 18. f6 g6 19. Qd2 Re6 20. Qh6 Rf6 21.
8. deS Nb7 9. c4 0,0 10. Nc3 f611. Rel Rf6 Qf6 22. Bd5 Bf5 23. Rb7 Rd8 24.
feS 12. NeS Bf6 13. Bf4 Qe8 14. Qc2 Bc4 Qc3 2S. Bf7 Kf7 26. Rc7 Qc7 27.
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L __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T~Urumoo~redGa~s
Qh7Ke628.Qc7Rd329.Qa7Rd130. 27. deS ReS 28. Bf7 Qf7 29. Qf7 Kf7
Kf2 Rd2 31. Kf3 Rd3 32. Kf4 Kf6 33. 30. Rb6 Nd7 31. Rb5 Ba6 32. R£11~0
Qa61-0
SI 6. 1
EO 11.5 Savon, V-Mecking
Portisch, L-Mecking Perropolis iz.t Rd: 7 1973
Perropolis iz.t Rd: 5 1973 (see page 48) 0-1
1.c4e5 2.Nc3 Nf63.g3 Bb44. Bg20~0
5. e4 Bc3 6. bc3 c6 7. Ba3 ReS 8. Qb3 FR 13.1
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. d3 d5 11. Ne2 de4 Mecking-Bronstein, D
12. de4Qc813.c5 Ba614. f3 Nbd715. Petropolis iz.t Rd: 8 1973
Bh3 Qb7 16. Ncl Rab8 17. cb6 Nb6 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5.
18. Bd6 Rbd8 19. Kf2 Bb5 20. Qc2 Rd6 a3 Bc3 6. bc3 Ne 7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
21. Rd6 Nc4 22. Rd3 Qb6 23. Kg2 Ne3 Qc7 9. Ba3 b610. Bd3 h611. 0~0 c412.
24. Re3 Qe3 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. Qf2 Qf2 Be2 Bb 7 13. Re1 o~o~o 14. Bfl Qd7 15.
27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Bfl B£129. Kf1 Ke7 30. g3 Rde8 16. Nh4 Kb8 17. f4 Bc8 18.
Nd3 Nd7 31. Rb1 Ra8 32. Ke2 f6 33. Bh3 g6 19. Rf1 RegS 20. Bg2 a5 21.
Rb7 Kd8 34. f4 Kc8 35. Rb4 Kc7 36. Qe1 Ka7 22. g4 ~-~
Rb1 ReS 37. Kf3 f5 38. N£2 fe4 39. Ne4
ef4 40. gf4 Nb6 41. Rg1 Re7 42. h4 TD8.1
Nd5 43. c4 Nb6 44. c5 Nd5 45. f5 Kb7 Polugaevsky, L-Mecking
46. Rb1 Ka6 47. Rb8 ReS 48. Nd6 Nf6 Petropolis iz.t Rd: 9 1973
49. Rb7 ReS 50. Rg7 Rd5 51. Nc8 Rf5 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5.
52. Kg2 Rf4 53. Ra7 Kb5 54. Rf7 h5 55. cd5 Nd5 6. e4 Nc3 7. bc3 cd4 8. cd4
Na7 KcS 56. a4 Rg4 57. Kf3 Nd5 58. Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb4 11. Bd2
Rf5 Rh4 59. a5 Rh3 60. Kg2 Ra3 61. Qa5 12. d5 ed5 13. ed5 Ne7 14. 0~0
Rh5 Ra5 62. Nc6 Kc6 ~-~ Bd215. Nd2 0~0 16. Nb3 Qd817. Bb5
Bb7 18. Nc5 Qd5 19. Qd5 Bd5 20.
RL 25.5 Rfe1 Rfc8 21. Racl Nc6 22. Na6 Nd4
Mecking-Reshevsky, S 23. Nc7 Rab8 24. Nd5 Rcl 25. Rcl
Perropolis izt Rd: 6 1973 NbS 26. h3 f6 27. a4 Nd6 28. Rc7 Rb7
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 29. Rc6 Rd7 30. Nc3 Kf7 31. a5 Ke7
Nf65.0~0Be7 6.Re1 b5 7. Bb3d68.c3 32. a6 Kd8 ~-~
0~0 9. h3 NbS 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2
Bb7 12. Bc2 ReS 13. a4 Bf8 14. b4 a5 RL9.6
15. baS Ra5 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. ab5 Rb5 Mecking-Keres, P
18. Bb3 Re7 19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Ng5 Bb7 Perropolis iz.t Rd: 10 1973
21. f4 h6 22. fe5 deS 23. Ngf3 c5 24. 1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6
Ba3 Qc7 25. Nh4 Ree8 26. Qa2 Nb6 5. Bc6 bc6 6. d4 ed4 7. Qd4 c5 8. Qd3
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Ne7 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. b3 Ng6 11. Q,Q Qc2 Qb5 40. Qc8 Kh7 41. Qe2 g6 42.
Be 7 12. Nd5 Bf6 13. Nf6 Qf6 14. Bg5 Qc3 Qf5 43. Kgl h4 44. b4 h3 45. Bel
Qe615. e5 d5 16. Radl Bb717. Rfel hg246.Kg2Qd547.Kf2Nd448.Qh3
J.1-J.1 Kg8 49. Qe3 Qh5 50. Kg2 Qg4 51. Kf2
Qh4 52. Kg2 Qg4 J.1-J.1
E02.3
Smyslov, V -Meeking SI 2. 6. 10
PetTopolis iz.t Rd: 11 1973 Gheorghiu, F-Meeking
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Ne6 4. g3 PetTopolis izt Rd: 13 1973
Bb4 5. Bg2 Q,Q6. Nd5 e4 7. Nh4 Bc5 8. (see page 49) 0-1
Q,QRe89.d3ed310.Qd3Ne511.Qc2
e6 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Na4 Bf8 14. Qc4 SI 1. 2
b5 15. Qd4 ba416. e4 Ba617. Rel Qb6 Biyiasas, P- Meeking
18. Be3 Bb419. Qb6 ab6 20. Redl Be2 PetTopolis izt Rd: 14 1973
21. Rd4 e5 22. Rb4 eb4 23. e5 Ng4 24. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5.
BaS Ne3 25. Rel Bc4 26. Be4 Nd5 27. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 g6 7. Q,Q Bg7 8. a4 b4 9.
a3 ba3 28. ba3 Nc3 29. Bf3 £6 30. Rcl Nbl N£6 10. Nbd2 Q,Q 11. Ne4 Nbd7
ReS 31. Kg2 ReS 32. Rc3 Bfl 33. Kfl 12.Rel Qc713. Bf4Nh514. Bg5Rae8
Re3 34. Bd5 Kf8 35. Ke2 Ra3 36. Kd2 15. Qd2 e616. Bh6 d5 17. Bg7 Kg718.
b5 37. Nf5 b4 38. Ne3 b3 39. Kc3 Ra2 ed5 ed5 19. Ne3 Nhf6 20. Nh4 d4 21.
40. Kb4 Rf2 41. Ka4 b2 42. Ba2 Rh2 Ne4 Bg2 22. Ng2 Nb6 23. Nb6 Qb6
43. Kb3 Rh3 44. Nfl Rh1 45. Nd2 Rgl 24. b3 Qc6 25. ReS ReS 26. Rel Ng4
0-1 27.Qf4J.1-J.1
SI 39. 3. 8 FR 10.4.4
Meeking-Geller, E Mecking-Hug, W
Petropolis iz.t Rd: 12 1973 PetTopolis izt Rd: 15 1973
l.e4e5 2. Nf3 e63.d4cd44. Nd4Ne6 (see page 51) 1-0
5. NbS d6 6. e4 a6 7. N5c3 N£6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Q,QQ,Q 10. Na3 b611. Be3 Bb7 SI 19.5
12. f3 ReS 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Rfdl Ne5 Kagan, S-Meeking
15. Qc2 Bf6 16. Rabl Nb4 17. Qd2 d5 PetTopolis izt Rd: 16 1973
18. Ne2 Ne2 19. Qe2 ReB 20. Bf2 Bc3 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 N£6
21. Qc3 Qg5 22. ed5 ed5 23. Rel de4 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. Q,Q
24. Bc4 Ne6 25. Qb3 Bf3 26. Qf3 Re4 Be7 9. Nde2 a6 10. a4 Q,Q 11. h3 Qc7
27. Bb6 Qb5 28. Be3 Re2 29. Rfl Rf8 12. Kh2 Rfd8 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Qd2
30. Rf2 Qa431.Qdl Rfe832. Rc2 Re2 Be8 15.£4 b6 16. f5 Ne5 17. b3 d5 18.
33. Rcl Rcl 34. Qcl h5 35. a3 a5 36. ed5 ed5 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. Racl Bc6 21.
Qd2 Qb3 37. Kf2 a4 38. Qe2 Qd5 39. Q£4 Bd6 22. Qh4 b5 23. ab5 ab5 24.
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L___..__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Unannotated Games
Nf4 Qb7 25. Reel ReS 26. Re3 b4 27. 69. Rd7 Kg6 70. Kg3 h6 71. Ra7 Kg5
Rfel bc3 2S. Be5 Be5 29. ReS Ne4 30. 72. Rg7 Rg6 73. Rf7 Rd6 74. Rf5 Kg6
ReS ReS 31. Nh5 f6 32. Nf4 ReS 33. g4 75. Kh4 Rf6 76. ReS Re6 77. Rf5 ReS
QbS 34. Khl Qa7 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. 78. ReS ReS 79. Kg3 Kf6 80. Rh5 Rh8
Ne6 Qd2 37. Ral d4 0-1 ~-~
E026. 6 RL29. 5
Meeking-Ljubojevic, L Meeking-Kortehnoi, V
Petropolis izt Rd: 17 1973 Candidates Match Rd: 2 1974
1. e4 Nf6 2. N£3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0~0 1. e4 e5 2. N£3 Ne6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba.4
5. 0~0 e5 6. Nc3 Ne6 7. d4 cd4 8. Nd4 Nf6 5. 0~0 Ne4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
Nd4 9. Qd4 d6 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. e4 Be6 deS Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 0~0 11.
12. Bd2 Nd7 13. b3 ~-~ Qe2 Ne5 12. Nd4 Nb3 13. N2b3 Qd7
14. Ne6 Qc6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Qg6
EO 11.4 17. Nd4 Bd7 lS. b4 Qe4 19. Bd2 Qe2
Kortchnoi, V -Mecking 20. Ne2 Rfe8 21. Bf4 e6 22. Nd4 a5 23.
Candidates Match Rd: 1 1974 a3 ab4 24. ab4 Ra4 25. Nb3 Rea8 26.
l.e4e5 2.Nc3 Nf63.g3 Bb44. Bg20~0 Be3 f6 27. Bd4fe5 28. Be5 Bf5 29. Racl
5. e4 Bc3 6. dc3 d6 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. N£3 Bg5 30. f4 Bd8 31. Rd2 Be4 32. Ne5
Ne5 9. Nh4 a6 10. b3 b5 11. Ba3 Nfd7 Bb6 33. Bd4 Bc5 34. Bc5 Ra2 35. Redl
12. 0~0 Bb7 13. f3 Bc614. Nf5 bc415. h5~-~
bc4 Na4 16. Qd2 Nde5 17. Ne3 ReS
18. Rad1 RbS 19. Nd5 Bd7 20. Bb4 RE 14.3
Be6 21. Rfel e6 22. Ne3 Qb6 23. Qe2 Kortehnoi, V-Meeking
Rbd8 24. Bfl a5 25. Ba3 Qc7 26. Rd2 Candidates Match Rd: 3 1974
Rd7 27. h4 f6 28. Kh2 g6 29. Redl 1. N£3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. g3 e5 4. e3 Ne6 5.
RedS 30. Rf2 ReS 31. Qd2 Nb6 32. ed4 Nd4 6. Nd4 Qd4 7. Nc3 Bg4 S. Be2
Kh1 Nb7 33. Qc2 RedS 34. h5 Rg7 35. Be2 9. Qe2 e610. d3 Qd7 11. Be3 Nf6
Rh2 gh5 36. Qf2 Na4 37. Rcl Qf7 38. 12. 0~0~0 Qc6 13. d4 ed414. Bd4 Be7
Be2 Nae5 39. Rh4 Kh8 40. Rg1 Rdg8 15.g40~0 16.g5Ne817.Rhg1 Nd618.
41. Bel f5 42. ef5 Bf5 43. Nf5 Qf5 44. Bf6 Nf5 19. Be7 Ne7 20. h4 Rae8 21.
Qh2 Qc2 45. Rh5 Qc3 46. Bh6 Rf7 47. Rg4 Rfd8 22. h5 Nf5 23. g6 Rdl 24.
Rg5 Rg5 48. Bg5 Ne6 49. Bh6 Qc2 50. Qd1 hg6 25. hg6 fg6 26. b3 b5 27. Qel
Bdl Qh2 51. Kh2 Nd4 52. Kg2 Ne5 53. be4 28. Re4 Qa6 29. ReS Qc8 30. Qe5
Bd2 Nd3 54. Bc3 Rb7 55. f4 Nb2 56. g5 31. Kb2 Kf7 32. Ne4 Qd8 33. Qc5
fe5 deS 57. Bb3 a4 58. Bb2 ab3 59. Ral a6 34. Ka3 Kg6 35. Kb4 Kh5 36. Qe5
ba2 60. Ra2 Rb4 61. e5 Re4 62. Bd4 Qb637. Kc3 Qc6 38. Kd3 Qd7 39. Ke2
ed4 63. Ra8 Kg7 64. Rd8 ReS 65. Rd4 Qc640. Ne5 Qb5 41. Ke1 Qb442. Kf1
R£5 66. g4 Rf6 67. Rd7 Rf7 68. Rd6 Rf6 Qb5 43. Qe2 Kg6 44. Qb5 ab5 45. Ne6
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess G e n i u s - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
Kf6 46. Nc7 Nd4 47. a4 ba4 48. ba4 QI 17.3
Ke5 49. Kg2 Kd6 50. Ne8 Kc5 51. Ng7 Mecking-Kortchnoi, V
Kb4 52. Kg3 Ka4 53. Kg4 Kb5 54. Kg5 Candidates Match Rd: 6 1974
Kc6 !1-!1 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4 5.
Bd2 Bd2 6. Qd2 Ba6 7. Na3 c5 8. Bg2
RL28. 2 Nc6 9. o,o o,o 10. Rfdl ReS 11. Ne5
Mecking-Kortchnoi, V cd4 12. Nc6 dc6 13. Qd4 Qd4 14. Rd4
Candidates Match Rd: 4 1974 c515. Rd2 Rfd816. Radl Rd217. Rd2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 K£8 !1-!1
Nf6 5. o,o Ne4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
deS Be6 9. Qe2 Be 7 10. Rdl Nc5 11. c4 RE 21. 1. 6
d4 12. cbS Nb3 13. ab3 ab5 14. Ra8 Kortchnoi, V- Mecking
Qa815. Bg5 Bb3 16. Rcl Bg5 17. Ng5 Candidates Match Rd: 7 1974
h6 18. Nf3 o,o 19. Qb5 Ba4 20. Qc4 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5.
Rb8 21. Nd4 Nd4 22. Qd4 Bc6 23. e6 o,o cd4 6. Nd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c4
fe6 24. Qe5 Kh8 25. f3 Rb5 26. Qe6 Nf6 9. cd5 Nd5 10. Na3 o,o 11. Nc4
Rb2 27. Qc6 Qc6 28. Rc6 Rbl 29. Kf2 Bc712. Ne3 Qe713. Nd5 ed514. Be3
Rb7 30. Kg3 Kg8 31. f4 Kf8 32. Kg4 Rd815.Qd2Bg416.Rfel a517. Bg5f6
Rb2 33. Kh3 Rb7 34. g4 Kf7 35.£5 Ra7 18. Bf4 Bb6 19. Qdl a4 20. Ncl Kh8
36. Kh4 Ra3 37. Rc7 Kf6 38. Rc6 Kf7 21. Nd3 Ne5 22. a3 Nc6 23. Khl Qe6
39. h3 Rb3 40. Rc2 g5 !1-!1 24. Rcl Qf5 25. f3 Bh3 26. b4 ab3 27.
Qb3 BaS 28. Redl Bg2 29. Kg2 Qe6
RE22.18 30. e4 Nd4 31. Qb7 de4 32. Qe4 Qe4
Kortchnoi, V- Mecking 33. fe4 Ne2 34. Rc4 Nc3 35. Rd2 Ne4
Candidates Match Rd: 5 1974 36. Rdc2 Ng3 37. Nc5 Nh5 38. Be3
1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg43. e3 Nf64. Bb2 e6 ReS 39. Kf3 Bb6 40. a4 g6 41. Bf2 Re7
5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 c5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 42. Rb2 Bd8 43. Rb7 Kg8 44. Nd7 f5
Nbd7 9. Ng6 hg6 10. Bg2 Qb6 11. Qe2 45. Rb8 Rb8 46. NbS Bc7 47. Nc6 ReS
Bd612.Nd2 Be513.c3Qa514.d4cd4 48. a5 Bh2 49. a6 Kf7 50. a7 Ra8 51.
15. cd4 Bd616. a3 ReS 17. b4 Qa418. Rd4 g5 52. Rd8 Ra7 53. Ba7 g4 54. Kg2
0,0 o,o 19. Rfcl Nb6 20. Qd3 Qd7 21. Bf4 55. Rd7 Kg6 56. Bd4 h6 57. Rd5
Rabl Rcl22. Rcl ReS 23. Rc2 Rc2 24. Bg5 58. Ne5 Kh7 59. Rd7 Kg8 60. Nf7
Qc2 Qa4 25. Qa4 Na4 26. Bel Kf8 27. Nf4 61. Kh2 Ne2 62. Ng5 hg5 63. Be5
Kf1 Nc3 28. Nb3 b6 29. Kel Nfe4 30. 1-0
Nd2 f5 31. Nf3 a5 32. baS baS 33. Ne5
g5 34. f3 Nf6 35. gf5 ef5 36. Bfl Nbl EO 1. 2. 3
37. Bd3 Ba3 38. Ba3 Na3 39. Bf5 a440. Mecking-Kortchnoi, V
Kd2 Nc4 41. Nc4 dc4 42. Be6 Ke7 43. Candidates Match Rd: 8 1974
Bc4 Nh5 44. Kc3 1-0 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3
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c _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Unannotated Games
Bb4 5. Bg2 Q,Q 6. Q,Q Bc3 7. bc3 d6 8. 59. Bd3 Kf3 60. Ra3 Kf4 61. Be2 Rh8
d3 e4 9. Nd4 ed3 10. Ne6 de211. Qe2 62. Kd2 Rd8 63. Bd3 K£3 64. Ra5 Re8
bc6 12. Bc6 Rb8 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bb7 65. Rf5 Kg4 66. Rf1 Kg5 67. Kc3 Rd8
Rb7 15. e5 deS 16. Bc5 ReB 17. Rad1 68. Be4 Rd7 69. Ke4 Rd6 70. Bd5 Rf6
Qa8 18. Qe4 Rb2 19. Rfel Re120. Re1 71. Rg1 Kf5 72. Kd4 Kf4 73. Ra1 Kf5
Qe6 21. Qd4 h6 22. a3 a5 23. Qd8 Kh 7 74. Be4 Ke6 75. Ra5 Kd6 76. Bf5 Ke7
24. Bd4 Ne4 25. Be3 Re2 26. Qd4 Nc3 77. Ke5 Rd6 78. Be4 Kb6 79. Ra2 Rd1
27. Bd2 Qt3 28. Bc3 Rc3 29. a4 Re2 30. 80. Re2 Re1 81. Rc3 Re2 82. Kd5 Rb2
Rfl e6 31. Qb6 Qd5 32. Qb1 Qa2 33. 83. Bd3 Kb7 84. Ke5 Ke7 85. Bc4 Kd7
Qa2 Ra2 34. Rcl Ra4 35. Re6 Rb4 36. 86. R£3 Re2 87. Rf7 Ke8 88. Re7 Rd2
Ra6 a437. h4 g638. Kg2 Kg7 39. f3 h5 89. Ke6 Rd1 90. Ra7 Rcl 91. Kd5 Kf8
40. Kh3 Re4 41. Ra5 Kf6 42. g4 hg4 43. 92. Re7 Re1 93. Kd6 Re7 94. ReS Re4
fg4 Rc3 44. Kg2 a3 45. h5 Kg7 46. Ra6 95. Bd5 Re2 96. Re7 Rf2 97. Be6 Rd2
Kh6 47. hg6 fg6 48. Ra5 Kg7 49. Ra6 98. Ke5 Ke8 99. Bd5 Rf2 ~-~
Kf7 50. Kf2 g5 51. Ra5 Re2 52. K£3 a2
53. Ra6 Kg7 54. Ke4 Rf2 55. Ke3 Rb2 EO 51. 1. 1
~-~ Meeking-Kortehnoi, V
Candidates Match Rd: 10 1974
EO 1. 7 1. N£3 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. ed5
Meeking-Kortehnoi, V Nd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nd5 Qd5 8.
Candidates Match Rd: 9 1974 d3 Ne6 9. Q,Q Q,Q 10. Be3 Qd611. Qa4
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. N£3 Ne6 4. g3 Nd412. Nd4 ed413. Bf4 Qe714. Rfe1
Bb4 5. Bg2 Q,Q 6. Q,Q e4 7. Ne1 Bc3 8. e615. b4 a6 16. Qa5 Be6 17. Qe5 Qd7
dc3 d6 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Ne3 h611. Qc2 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Be5 Be5 20. Qe5 ReB
a5 12. Rd1 b6 13. b3 Rb8 14. a4 Ne5 21. Qc5 Bg4 22. B£3 h5 23. h4 Rad8 24.
15. Nd5 Nd5 16. cd5 f5 17. e4 Bd7 18. Kg2 Bh3 25. Kh2 Bg4 26. Kg2 Bh3 27.
Bb2 Qg5 19. Qc3 Ng4 20. Re1 Re7 21. Kh2Bg4~-~
f4 Qg6 22. e3 h5 23. Qd2 Kf7 24. b4
ab4 25. Qb4 h4 26. gh4 Rh8 27. h3 Nf6 Ql3. 3.4
28. a5 baS 29. Qa5 Be8 30. Rab1 Rh4 Kortehnoi, V-Meeking
31. Bf6 Kf6 32. Kh2 Qh7 33. Rb7 g5 Candidates Match Rd: 11 1974
34. fg5 Kg5 35. e5 Qg7 36. Rg1 Kh6 37. l.d4Nf62.e4e63.Nf3 b64.e3 Bb7 5.
Qa1 Bg6 38. cd6 ed6 39. Re7 Qe7 40. Bd3 Be 7 6. Nc3 d5 7. Q,Q Q,Q 8. Qe2 e5
Qh8 Bh7 41. Bfl f4 42. Rg8 Qe5 43. 9. deS bc5 10. Rd1 Qb611. ed5 ed5 12.
Qe5 deS 44. d6 Bf5 45. Rd8 fe3 46. d7 b3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. Racl Bc6
Bd7 47. Rd7 Rf4 48. Kg1 Rf3 49. Ra7 15. Bb5 Rae8 16. Bc6 Qe6 17. Qd2
e2 50. Be2 Rh3 51. Ra4 Kg5 52. Re4 Nb618.Ne2Ne419.Qa5Qb7 20. Ba1
Kf5 53.Ra4e454. Bfl Rb3 55. Bg2Kf4 Bd6 21. Nc3 Nc3 22. Qc3 Bf8 23. Qe2
56. Be4 Kg3 57. Kf1 Rb2 58. Ke1 Rh2 f6 24. Qf5 RedS 25. Bc3 Qd7 26. Qd7
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____J
Rd7 27. Kfl Kf7 28. Ba5 Ke6 29. Rc2 Bb5 22. Qa2 Qc6 23. Nfd2 Rd8 24.
Rb7 30.h4h531.Nel c432. Rcd2cb3 Qb3 d5 25. Nb2 Ne7 26. ed5 Nd5 27.
33. ab3 Nd7 34. Nf3 Ne5 35. Nd4 Kf7 c4 Nf4 28. Ne4 1-0
36. Ra2 Rc5 37. Bel g6 38. Rdal Rcc7
39. Ra5 Bc5 40. Nb5 Rd7 41. Nc3 Nd3 Bl32.6
\.1-\.1 Williams-Mecking
Nice Olympiad 1974
RL8.2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 ed5 5.
Mecking-Kortchnoi, V cd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5 Nfd7 9.
Candidates Match Rd: 12 1974 Bd3 0-010. Nf3 Nf611. 0-0 Bg412. h3
(see page 54) 1-0 Bf3 13. Qf3 Nbd7 14. a4 a6 15. Bd2
ReS 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. b3 Nc4 18. bc4
BI5.4 Nd7 19. Rae1 Qa5 20. Qd3 Qc7 21.
Kortchnoi, V-Mecking Khl Rf8 22. Nd1 Rae8 23. Bc3 Bc3 24.
Candidates Match Rd: 13 1974 Qc3 f6 25. Nf2 Re7 26. Re3 \.1-\.1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 ed5 5.
cd5 d66.Nc3 g6 7.e4Bg7 8. Be20-09. SI 22.6
0-0 ReS 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Ne5 Mecking-Spassky, B
12. b3 g5 13. Bb2 g4 14. Rfel Nh5 15. Nice Olympiad 1974
Ndl N£416. Bb5 R£817. Ne3 Qg518. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
N£5 B£5 19. ef5 Ned3 20. Bd3 Bb2 21. 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3
Radl Bd4 22. Ne4 Q£5 23. Ng3 Qg5 Nc6 9. f4 e5 10. N£5 B£5 11. e£5 ef4 12.
24. Bh7 Kh8 25. Q£5 Qh6 26. Qg4 Ng2 Rf4 d5 13. Kh1 ReS 14. Bg1 Bd6 15.
27. Kg2 Qh7 Z: Re7 Rg8 29. Q£4 Be5 Rf3 Be5 16. Rd3 Qe7 17. Bf3 Bc3 18.
30. Qf3 Rg7 31. Rb7 Qc2 32. Rel Kg8 Rc3 Qe5 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rb3 Rd7
33. Re4 Rf8 34. Rg4 Qa2 35. N£5 Rg4 21. Rf1 h6 22. a3 a6 23. Rf2 !.1-!.1
36. Qg4 Kh 7 37. Qh5 Kg8 38. Nh6
Kg7 39. Nf7 Rg8 40. Ne5 Kf6 41. Ng4 NI 14. 7. 1
Rg4 42. Qg4 1-0 Visier-Mecking
Las Palmas Rd: 1 1975
RL 21. 5. 5 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Mecking-Laghkva Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bc3 7. bc3 d6 8. e4 e5
Nice Olympiad 1974 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 Ng6 12.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Ng6fg613. 0-00-014. f5 b515.g4 bc4
Nf65.0-0Be7 6.Rel b5 7. Bb3d68.c3 16. Bc2 Qa517. Qf3 g£518. gf5 Bd719.
0-0 9. h3 Nd710. d4 Bf611. a4 Bb712. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rgl Rab8 21. Qg2 Rf7
d5 Na5 13. Bc2 Nb6 14. b4 Nac4 15. 22. Qg6 Rb£8 23. Bh6 gh6 24. Qh6
a5 NcB 16. Bb3 c617. dc6 Bc618. Bc4 Nh7 25. f6 Qc3 26. Ra£1 Rg8 27. Rg8
bc419. Na3 Qc7 20. Qe2 Qb7 21. Nc4 Kg8 28. Rg1 Kh8 29. Rg7 Qe130. Kg2
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Bh3 31. Kh3 Q£132. Kg3 Qg1 33. Kh3 RE22
Rg7 34. fg7 Kg8 35. Qe6 Kg7 36. Qe7 Andersson, U-Mecking
Kh6 37. Qh4 Kg6 38. Qg3 Ng5 39. Las Palmas Rd: 6 1975
Kh4 Qe1 40. Bb1 c3 0-1 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. d3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5.
ed4 cd4 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bd6
Sl 8. 5 9. a3 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf6 Qf6 12.
Mecking-Tal, M Nbd2 Qe713. Re1 0-0 14. Qc2 Be615.
Las Palmas Rd: 2 1975 Racl &716. c5 ~-~
(see page 56) 1-0
CK9.4.4
SI 14 Mecking-Hort, V
Cardoso-Mecking Las Palmas Rd: 7 1975
Las Palmas Rd: 3 1975 (see page 58) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8. Bg2 RE7.8
Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h3 b5 11. Be3 Bb7 Petrosian, T-Mecking
12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nd5 14. ed5 a5 15. Las Palmas Rd: 8 1975
c3 bc3 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Re1 Bg5 18. 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4
Bg5 Qg5 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Qd2 f5 21. 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. cd5
Ng5 Nc5 22. Ne6 Nb3 23. Qc3 Na1 cd5 9. Nd4 Be2 10. Qe2 0-0 11. f4 Rc8
24. Nf8 Qf8 25. Ra1 Qd8 26. Rcl Rc8 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rfcl Qe7 14. a3 Rfe8
27. Qe3 Rcl28. Qc1 ~-~ 15. b4 Bb8 16. Nf3 e5 17. fe5 Ne4 18.
Na4~-~
V05.1
Mecking-Femandez FR 16.5
Las Palmas Rd: 4 1975 Mecking-Tatai, S
(see page 62) 1-0 Las Palmas Rd: 9 1975
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7
RE9 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qa5 8. deS
Bellon, J- Mecking Qc5 9. Ne2 Qb6 10. Ned4 Nc5 11.
Las Palmas Rd: 5 1975 Rb1 a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Be2 Be7 14.
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 0-0 0-0 15. Rcl b5 16. Nb3 Na4 17.
5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cd5 Qc2 £5 18. ef6 gf6 19. Nbd4 Nd8 20.
ed5 9. d4 Re8 10. Nc3 Bg411. Ne5 cd4 Nh4 Rf7 21. Kh1 Nc5 22. Bh5 Rg7 23.
12. Nc6 bc6 13. Qd4 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Bd6 £5 e5 24. Bh6 Bf8 25. Bg7 Qg7 26. Bf3
15. Racl Rab8 16. Qd2 Bb417. a3 Bf8 Qf7 27. b4 Na4 28. Ne6 Bb7 29. Nf8
18. b4 Bh3 19. Bf3 h5 20. Na4 Ne4 21. Qf8 30. Qd2 Nb6 31. Be2 Nf7 32. Qe3
Be4 de4 22. Qd7 Bd7 23. Nc5 ~-~ Nd7 33. Nf3 Kh8 34. Ra1 &6 35. a4
ba4 36. Bd1 Bb5 37. Rel d4 38. cd4
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess G e n i u s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
Qb4 39. Qa3 Qa3 40. Ra3 Nb6 41. de5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 de5 9.
fe5 42. g4 Rd8 43. Bc2 Nc4 44. Rc3 fe5 Qc7 10. ef6 Qe5 11. Be2 Qg5 12.
Rg8 45. h3 h5 46. Rgl Ncd6 47. Kh2 Qd3Qf613.Rfl Qe514.0~0~0Ra715.
e4 48. Nd4 hg4 49. hg4 Ng5 50. Kg3 Nf3 Qf4 16. Nd2 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qf4 18.
ReB 51. Kf4 Ndf7 52. Rall-O Nd2 Qd619. Qf3 Qc6 20. Nde4 b4 21.
Qf2 Rd7 22. Rd7 Nd7 23. Qf7 Kd8 24.
KI 10 Ng5 Kc7 25. Bf3 Qd6 26. Ne6 Kb6 27.
Pomar, A-Mecking Rdl bc3 28. Rd6 Bd6 29. Qg7 Be5 30.
Las Palmas Rd: 10 1975 Qe7 cb2 31. Kbl a5 32. Nc5 Nc5 33.
1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 Qe51-0
5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Ng£6 7. 0~0 0~0 8. Rel
c6 9. Bfl ed410. Nd4 Ng411. Qg4 Bd4 RL6.4
12. Qg3 Nf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Be5 Mecking-Rodriguez, 0
15. Qh4 Ng4 16. Qd8 Rd8 17. Bd2 Las Palmas Rd: 13 1975
Nh2 18. Be2 Ng4 19. f3 Bd4 20. Khl (see page 60) 1-0
Ne5 21. Bh6 Be6 22. Radl Bc3 23. bc3
Bc4 24. Bg5 ~-~ RL21
Mecking-Olafsson
FR6 Las Palmas Rd: 15 1975
Meckirig-Debarnot 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Las Palmas Rd: 11 1975 Nf65.0~0Be7 6.Rel b5 7. Bb3d68.c3
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 o~o 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bb3 11. Qb3 d5
5. e5 Nfd7 6. Be7 Qe7 7. f4 0~0 8. Nf3 12. de5 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Nc5 14. Qc2
c5 9. dc5 Qc5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. 0~0~0 Qd7 15. Nfl ~-~
a612. Bd3 b5 13. g4 Re814. Ng5 Nf8
15. Kbl Bd716. Rcl Rec817. Nf3 Na5 CK9.4.4
18. f5 Rab8 19. f6 Nc4 20. Bc4 bc4 21. Mecking-Larsen, B
Kal Rb4 22. Rhfl Rcb8 23. fg7 Kg7 24. Manila 1975
Qg5 Ng6 25. Q£6 Kg8 26. Ng5 Be8 27. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de4 4. Ne4 Nd7
Nf7 Bf7 28. Qf7 Kh8 29. Qf6 Kg8 30. 5. Bc4 Ng£6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Qe6 Kh8 31. Qf6 Kg8 32. Qe6 Kh8 33. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dc5 Bc5 11. Ne5
Rf7 R4b6 34. Qd5 Qe3 35. Rdl Qe5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Ne5 13. Ne5 0~0 14.
36. Qd8 Qe8 37. Qd4 Qe5 38. Qd8 Bd2 Qd5 15. f4 b5 16. Be3 Be3 17. Qe3
Qe8 39. Qc7 Nf8 40. Rdfl 1-0 Bb7 18. Qf3 Qf3 19. Nf3 Nh5 20. 0~0
Nf4 21. Bb5 Rab8 22. Bc4 g5 23. b3
SI 7.4 Rbc8 24. Nel Rfd8 25. Rf2 Kg7 26. Bfl
Ljubojevic, L-Mecking Rc3 27. Nd3 Nd3 28. Bd3 f5 29. g3
Las Palmas Rd: 12 1975 Rd4 30. Kf1 h5 31. Rel Bd5 32. Ke2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 Be4 33. Be4 Re4 34. Kdl Ret 35. Kel
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Kf6 36. Kd2 Rc7 37. c4 e5 38. Ke3 f4 Bb7 9. e4 b410. Na4c511.e5 Nd512.
39. gf4 gf4 40. Ke4 Rd7 41. Rc2 Rd4 Nc5 Nc5 13. deS Bc5 14. Q,O h6 15.
42. Kf3 Rd3 43. Kf2 Ke6 44. c5 Kd7 45. Nd2Nc316.Qc2Qd517.Nf3Rd818.
Re2 Ke6 46. Rc2 Kd7 47. Re2 Ke6 ~-~ Ne1 Bd419. Bd2 NbS 20. Bb4 Bb6 21.
Qc4 Nd4 22. Qd5 Rd5 23. Bd6 Nf5 24.
PU 5.3. 7 Bc4 Rd4 25. Bb5 Kd8 26. Ba3 Rd5 27.
Mecking-Pfleger, H Bc4 ReS 28. Nd3 Re4 29. Rfd1 Kc7 30.
Manila 1975 Racl Kb8 31. Nc5 Rd4 32. Nd7 Ka8
(see page 65) 1-0 33. Nb6 ab6 34. Rd4 Nd4 35. Rd1 Rd8
36. Kf1 e5 37. b3 Ka7 38. Bb2 Ba6 39.
CK8.3 Ba6 Ka6 40. Bd4 ed4 41. Ke2 Kb5 42.
Kavalek, L-Mecking Rcl Ra8 43. Rc2 Ra7 44. Kd3 Kb4 45.
Manila 1975 Kd4 b5 46. g4 Ka3 47. f4 b4 48. h4 Re 7
(see page 63) 0-1 49. h5 Re1 50. Rc7 Rg1 51. Rf7 Rg4
52. Ra7 Kb2 53. Ke5 Rg2 54. Kf5 Kb1
RL21. 5. 5 55. Rb7 Ka2 56. Rb4 Kb2 57. Rb6 Rc2
Mecking-Balinas, R 58. Kg61-0
Manila Rd: 10 1975
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 E026. 6
Nf6 5. Q,O Be 7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Mariotti-Mecking
0,09. h3 Nd710.d4 Bf611. a4 Bb712. Manila izt Rd: 1 1976
d5 Ne 7 13. Bc2 Qb8 14. b3 g6 15. c4 b4 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Q,O
16. a5 c5 17. Nbd2 Bg7 18. g4 f6 19. 5. Nc3 c5 6. Q,O Nc6 7. d4 cd4 8. Nd4
Nfl h6 20. Ng3 Kf7 21. Kg2 Ke8 22. Nd4 9. Qd4 d6 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. e4 Be6
Rh1 Kd8 23. Ne1 Kc7 24. f4 £5 25. ef5 12. Bd2 a6 13. b3 Rb8 14. Racl Nd7
g£5 26. Nf5 Nf5 27. B£5 ef4 28. Ra2 Be5 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. b4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Re8
29. Rf1 h5 30. Nd3 hg4 31. Bg4 Qe8 18. Nf4 Nf8 ~-~
32. Bf4 Bf4 33. Nf4 Rg8 34. Kh2 Ne5
35. Be6 Rf8 36. Raf2 Qe 7 37. Qe2 Qh 7 RL 12.6
38. B£5 R£5 39. Ne6 Kb8 40. R£5 Ka7 Mecking-Harandi, K
41. Qh5 Qh5 42. Rh5 Re8 43. ReS deS Manila izt Rd: 2 1976
44. Rf7 e4 45. Nc5 e3 46. Rb7 Ka8 47. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Rb4 e2 48. Nd3 1-0 Nf6 5. Q,O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Ne4 8.
d4 ed4 9. Re1 d5 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Re4
SL9. 5. 5 de412.Nf7Qd713.Nh8Q,Q,O 14.Nf7
Polugaevsky, L-Mecking R£8 15. cd4 Nd416. Ne5 Qd6 17. Ng4
Manila 1975 h5 18. Ne3 Qf4 19. Qf1 Qh4 20. Bd1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bd6 21. g3 Qf6 22. Bh5 Kb8 23. Nd2
e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dc4 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bd3 Rh8 24. Bd1 Nf3 25. Nf3 ef3 26. Bc2
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Bc8 27. Be4 Qh6 28. h4 Qf6 29. Qd1 0~0 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Re8 12. h3
Bg3 30. fg3 f2 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Bf3 Rf8 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 Nbd7 15.
33. Qd51-0 Nc4 Nb616. Ne3 Nfd7 17. a5 Na8 18.
Nc4 Ne5 19. Ne5 Be5 20. Qd3 bS 21.
GI 2. 10 ab6 Nb6 22. f4 c4 23. Qf3 Bg7 24. e4
Panno, 0-Mecking Nd7 25. Ra4 a5 26. Rc4 Ba6 27. Rc6
Manila izt Rd: 3 1976 Bfl 28. Bfl Qe7 29. Bg2 Rb4 30. Kh2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0~0 Nb8 31. eS deS 32. feS Nc6 33. dc6 Rc4
5. d4 d5 6. 0~0 dc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nc4 34. Bf4 Rc3 35. Qc3 BeS 36. QaS Bf4
Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 a5 11. e3 a4 12. 37. gf4 Qd6 38. Kg3 Re3 39. Bf3 Qc6
Qe2Ne413.Rfcl f514.Ne1 Nf615.f3 40. Qd8 Qe8 0-1
Bf716. Nd3 Nd517. Kh1 Nb618. NcS
Nc4 19. bc4 b6 20. f4 bc5 21. Bc6 Rb8 QI 7.1
22. Rd1 Qc8 23. Rab1 Qa6 24. BbS Mecking-Polugaevsky, L
Qa8 25. d5 Bb2 26. Rb2 e6 27. Bc6 Manila izt Rd: 6 1976
Qa6 28. RbS ed5 29. cd5 Rb6 30. Rb2 l.Nf3 Nf62.c4e63.d4b64.g3 Bb7 5.
Qe2 31. Re2 Rd8 32. Ba4 RdS 33. RdS Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
Bd5 34. Kg1 Ra6 35. Bd1 Ra2 36. Ra2 Nd2 9. Qd2 0~0 10. 0~0 d6 11. Rad1
Ba2 37. Kf2 c4 38. Ke2 Bb3 39. Kd2 Nd7 12. e4 g6 13. b3 Bg7 ~-~
Bd1 40. Kd1 Kf7 41. Kd2 Ke6 42. Kc3
KdS 43. Kb4 Ke4 0-1 SI 18. 7. 14
Tan, L-Mecking
SI 20. 5. 10 Manila izt Rd: 7 1976
Mecking-Kavalek, L (see page 67) 0-1
Manila izt Rd: 4 1976
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 SI 9. 9. 3
5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 a6 8. h4 Nfd7 Mecking-Quinteros, M
9. gS hgS 10. hg5 g6 11. Be3 b5 12. a3 Manila izt Rd: 8 1976
Bb7 13. f4 eS 14. Nf3 ef4 15. Bf4 Nc6 1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
16. NdS NceS 17. Qe2 Nf3 18. Qf3 5. Nc3 a6 6. BgS e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Bd5 19. edS Qe7 20. Be2 Bg7 21. 0~0~0 Qc7 9. o~o~o Nbd7 10. g4 h5 11. Bf6
Ne5 22. Qg3 Rc8 23. Rh1 Rh124. Rh1 Nf612. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bg5 14. Kb1 NeS
~-~ 15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Rg1 Bf6 17. fe6 o~o
18. Bh3 g6 19. NdS Kh8 20. Qe2 fe6
BI 21. 1. 2 21. Be6 Re8 22. Bc8 Rc8 23. h4 Nc4
Pachman, L-Mecking 24. h5 Bd4 25. Rd4 gh5 26. Qh5 Rg8
Manila izt Rd: 5 1976 27. Rdd1 Qe8 28. Rg8 Qg8 29. b3 Na3
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 edS 5. 30. Kb2 Nc2 31. Qh6 Qg7 32. Qg7 Kg7
cd5 d66.Nc3g6 7.g3 Bg7 8. Bg20~09. 33. Rcl h5 34. Rc2 Rc2 35. Kc2 h4 36.
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Nf4 Kf6 37. Kd3 Kg5 38. Ke3 Kg4 39. Rf6 27. Bg2 e5 28. Rh6 Rh6 29. Bh6
Ne2 h3 40. Kf2 h2 41. Kg2 1-0 Nd4 30. Kd2 Bf5 31. c3 NbS 32. Bf8
Kd7 33. Bfl Nc7 34. h4 Bg4 35. Bg7
EO 11. 2. 1 Ke6 36. Bc4 Kf5 37. Ke3 e4 38. Bg8 Bt3
Gheorhiu, F-Mecking 39. Bh7 Kg4 40. Be4 Be4 41. Ke4 Kh4
Manila izt Rd: 9 1976 42. c4 Ne6 43. Be5 Nc5 44. Kd5 Kg4
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nt3 Nc6 4. g3 45. Bb8a646. Be5 Kf5 47. Bc3 Na448.
Bb4 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 e4 7. Nel Bc3 8. Bd4 Kf4 49. Kc6 Ke4 50. Bb6 Kd3 51.
dc3Re89.Nc2d610. b3h611. Ne3 a5 c5 Kc452. Ba7 a5 53. Bb6Kb3 54. Kb7
12. Qc2 Rb8 13. Rdl b6 14. a4 ~-~ Nc3 55. BaS Nd5 56. Bb4 Ne7 57. c6
1-0
SI 14. 8. 3
Tseshkovsky, V-Mecking SI 1. 9
Manila izt Rd: 10 1976 Biyiasas, P-Mecking
(see page 68) 0-1 Manila izt Rd: 14 1976
1. e4 c5 2. Nt3 d6 3. Bb5 Bd7 4. Bd7
CK2.4 Qd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 8. 0-0
Mecking-Hort, V Bg7 9. Nd5 Nge710. Bg5 Nd5 11. cd5
Manila izt Rd: 11 1976 Ne712. Nd2 f613. Be3 f5 14. t3 0-0 15.
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. ed5 cd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 a4 f4 16. Bf2 b6 17. b4 Rfb8 18. Nc4
5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Ne2 e6 8. Bf4 Nc8 19. bc5 bc5 20. Qc2 Bf6 21. Na5
Nbd7 9. Nd2 Bh5 10. Qb6 ~-~ Bd8 22. Nc6 Rb6 23. Bel Rb7 24. Qc4
K£8 25. Qa6 Rb6 26. Qc4 Rb 7 27. g3 gS
GI6.4 28. gf4 gf4 29. Ra2 Ne7 30. Rg2 Ng6
Browne, W-Mecking 31. Rg4 Bf6 32. Qa2 Kg7 33. Khl Kh8
Manila izt Rd: 12 1976 34. Rfgl Rg8 35. Qg2 Qe8 36. Qh3
(see page 71) 0-1 Rbg7 37. R4g2 a6 38. Rb2 Qf7 39. Bf2
Bh4 40. Rgbl Bf2 41. Rf2 ~-~
FR 11.11
Mecking-Uhlmann, W SI 38.5
Manila izt Rd: 13 1976 Mecking-Ljubojevic, L
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 Manila izt Rd: 15 1976
5. a3 Bc3 6. bc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qg7 1. e4 c5 2. Nt3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4
Rg8 9. Qh7 cd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bd7 12. Qd3 dc3 13. Rbl 0-0-0 14. Bf6 gf6 9. Na3 b510. Nd5 f511. ef5 Bf5
Qc3 Nf5 15. Rgl f6 16. g4 Nh617. ef6 12. c3 Be6 13. Nc2 Bd5 14. Qd5 Ne7
Rg4 18. Be3 Rgl 19. Bgl Nf5 20. Rdl 15. Qb3 Bg7 16. a4 0-0 17. Be2 ba418.
Rf8 21. Rd3 b6 22. Rh3 d4 23. Nd4 Ra4a519.0-0d5 20.Rdl Qd621.Qa2
Nfd4 24. Bd4 Qf4 25. Be3 Qf6 26. Qf6 QcS 22. Nb4 Rfd8 23. Ral e4 24. Ra5
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Nl6.1 Nf7 Rd5 37. Nh6 Kh8 38. Nf7 Kg7 39.
Mecking-Polugaevsky, L Ne5 Kg8 40. g5 Nh7 41. f4 b5 42. ReB
Candidates Match Rd: 2 1977 Kg7l1-l1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0~0
s. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. o~o Bb7 s. a3 NI4.9
Bd6 9. Qe2 c5 10. deS bc5 11. Rd1 Mecking-Polugaevsky, L
Nbd7 12. b3 Qb6 13. Rb1 Rac8 14. Candidates Match Rd: 4 1977
Bb2 Rfe8 15. cd5 ed5 16. b4 Bc6 17. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0~0
Ba1 Ne5 18. bc5 Qc5 19. NbS Bb5 20. 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0~0 cd4 8. ed4
Bb5 Re7 21. Nd4 Bb8 22. Rb3 Ne4 23. dc49. Bc4 b610. Re1 Bb711. Bd3 Nc6.
Ba6 Rd8 24. g3 g6 25. f3 Nf6 26. Rdb1 12. a3 Be713. Bc2 Re814. Qd3 g615.
Bc7 27. Rc3 Qd6 28. f4 Neg4 29. Nc6 Bf4 ReB 16. Rad1 Na5 17. Ne5 Nd5
Re3 30. Re3 Qc6 31. Bf6 Nf6 32. Bb7 18. Bd2 Nc3 19. Bc3 Bd5 20. Ba4 Rf8
Qd6 33. Kg2 Bb6 34. Rc3 d4 35. Rd3 21. Nd7 Re8 22. Ne5 Rf8 23. Nd7 Re8
Nd7 36.Rbd1 Qf637. Ba6Nc5 38. Rf3 24. Ne5l1-l1
Qc639. Bb5 Qb7 40. Bd3 Qc641. Re1
BaS 42. Rf1 ReB 43. Qd1 Re3 44. Bc4 Gl6.4
d3 45. Kh3 Re4 46. Bd3 Qd7 47. f5 Polugaevsky, L-Mecking
Rd4 48. Bb5 Rd1 49. Bd7 Rd7 50. Re3 Candidates Match Rd: 5 1977
Kf8 51. fg6 hg6 52. Kg2 Bb6 53. Re2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5 Nd5
Kg7 54. h4 Ne6 55. Rf3 Rd1 56. Rc3 5. e4 Nc3 6. bc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2
Nd4 57. Rb2 Nf5 58. Re2 Rg159. Kh3 Nc6 9. Be3 o~o 10. o~o cd4 11. cd4 Bg4
Ba5 60. Rd3 Bc7 61. Rg2 Rh162. Rh2 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd5 Bd7 14. Rb1 a6 15.
Rh2 63. Kh2 Bg3 0-1 Bb7 Ra7 16. Bd5 Bb5 17. a4 Be2 18.
Qe2 e6 19. Bc4 Bd4 20. Rfd1 Be3 21.
BI5.4 Qe3 Rd7 22. Be2 Rd1 23. Rd1 Qc8 24.
Polugaevsky, L-Mecking Rcl Qb7 25. Kf2 Qb4 26. Qc3 Rb8 27.
Candidates Match Rd: 3 1977 Qb4 Rb4 28. ReB Kg7 29. Ra8 Nb3 30.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 ed5 5. Ra6l1-l1
cd5 d66.Nc3 g6 7.e4Bg7 8.Be20~09.
0~0 ReB 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nb6 SI 30.8
12. Bb5 Bd713. a4 Bb5 14. NbS a615. Mecking-Polugaevsky, L
Nc3 Nfd7 16. a5 NcB 17. b3 Na7 18. Candidates Match Rd: 6 1977
Bb2 NbS 19. NbS Bb2 20. Qb2 ab5 21. l.e4c5 2. Nf3 d63.d4cd44. Nd4Nf6
Qc3 b4 22. Qg3 Nf6 23. Rfe1 Nh5 24. 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
Qf3 Ra5 25. Ra5 Qa5 26. g4 Qd8 27. o~o~o Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nc6 &611. Qe1
Re3 Nf6 28. Qf4 Qe7 29. Nc4 Rd8 30. Be712. Bd3 Nd7 13. Be7 Qe714. Qg3
Qg5 Kg7 31. e5 deS 32. ReS Rd5 33. 0~0 15. f5 b4 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. fe6 fe6
Re7 Rg5 34. h3 h5 35. Nd6 Kg8 36. 18. Qe3 Qa719. Kb1 Nd3 20. Qa7 Ra7
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21. cd3 Rf2 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Rcl Rg2 Rc4 21. Qe2 a5 22. Rhdl Rc5 23. Qe3
24. Rc2 Rc2 25. Nc2 a5 26. Kcl Ba4 Qc7 24. Rld2 b4 25. Qf4 h6 26. b3
27. b3 Bb5 28. Kd2 Rf7 29. Nd4 Bd7 Rb5 27. Qe4 Qc5 28. Rd8 Rb8 29. Rf8
30. Ke3 e5 31. Nf3 Kf8 32. Ng5 Rf4 33. Kf8 30. Qf4 ReB 31. g3 Qc3 32. Qd4
Nh7 Ke7 34. Ng5 Bg4 35. h3 Bh5 36. Qd4 33. Rd4 Rc5 34. Re4 Ke7 35. a3
Rgl g6 37. d4 Kf6 38. Nh7 Kg7 39. ba3 36. c4 f5 37. ef6 Kf6 38. Ka2 e5 39.
Ng5 Kh6 40. d5 Rf8 41. Rg2 Rfl 42. Ka3 Kf5 40. Re2 e4 41. Kb2 a4 42. Kc3
Kd3 Rcl 43. Nf7 Kg7 44. Nd6 Rc3 45. ab3 43. Kd4 Re5 44. Rf2 Ke6 45. Ke3
Kd2 Rh3 46. Nc4 Bf3 47. Rg5 Be4 48. Rf5 46. Rd2 Rf3 47. Ke4 Rc3 48. Kd4
Re5 Bf5 49. d6 a4 50. Rb5 Rh2 51. Ke3 Rc2 49. Kd3 Rcl50. Rb2 Rh151. Kc3
Rh3 52. Kd2 Rh2 53. Ke3 Rh3 54. Kd2 Kd6 52. Kb4 Kc6 53. Kb3 Kc5 54. Re2
Rh2~-~ Rb155. Kc2 Rb4 56. Kd3 Rc4 57. Re4
Rcl 58. Rg4 g5 59. Ra4 Kd5 60. Ra6
E052.3 Ke5 61. Rh6 Kf5 62. Kd4 Rc2 63. Rh8
Polugaevsky, L-Mecking Rd2 64. Ke3 Ra2 ~-~
Candidates Match Rd: 7 1977
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5 QI 13. 1
Nd5 5. Qa4 Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Qd4 f6 Polugaevsky, L-Mecking
8. e3 Bg7 9. Be2 e5 10. Qc4 Nc3 11. Candidates Match Rd: 9 1977
Qe6 Qe7 12. Qe7 Ke7 13. bc3 Rd8 14. l.d4e62.c4Nf63.Nf3 b64.g3 Bb7 5.
d4 Nd7 15.0-0 b616. a4 Bb7 17. a5 c5 Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
18. Ba3 Rac8 19. Nd2 Kd6 20. Nc4 Nc3 9. Qc3 c5 10. Rdl d6 11. b3 Bf6
Kc7 21. Rfbl Be4 22. Rdl Bc2 23. Rd2 12. Bb2 Qe 7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. e4 g6 15.
Bb3 24. Rbl Bc4 25. Bc4 Bf8 26. Be6 d5 Nb4 16. Bf6 Qf6 17. Qd2 ed5 18.
Rb8 27. ab6 Rb6 28. Rb6 Nb6 29. Bel ed5 Bc8 19. a3 Na6 20. Rel Nc7 21.
cd4 30. cd4 ed4 31. ed4 Bh6 32. Rc2 Qh6 Bf5 22. Ng5 Qg7 23. Qg7 Kg7 24.
Kd6 33. d5 Bel 34. Rcl Ke5 35. Rel Re7 h6 25. Ne6 Ne6 26. de6 Kf6 27.
Kd436. Ral Nd5 37. Bd5 Rd5 38. Ra7 Rc7 Rac8 28. Ra7 fe6 29. Rdl Bc2 30.
Ke5 39. h4 h5 40. g3 Kf5 ~-~ Rd6 Rfd8 31. Rad7 Rd7 32. Rd7 Bb3
33. Bfl Ra8 34. Rd3 Bc2 35. Rf3 Ke7
SIJO. 8 36. Rc3 Ba4 37. f4 Rd8 38. Bd3 g5 39.
Mecking-Polugaevsky, L Kf2 Rf8 40. Ke3 gf4 41. gf4 Rg8 42. Rcl
Candidates Match Rd: 8 1977 Kd6 43. Rbl Kc7 44. Rf1 Ra8 45. f5 ef5
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 46. Rf5 Bd7 47. Rh5 Ra3 48. Kd2 Ra2
5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 49. Ke3 Ra3 50. Kd2 Ra2 51. Ke3 ~-~
0-0-0Bd79. f4 b510. Nc6Bc611. Bd3
Be7 12. e5 de5 13. fe5 Nd7 14. Be7
Qe7 15. Qf4 Nc5 16. Ne4 Be417. Be4
ReB 18. Rd6 0--0 19. Kbl Ne4 20. Qe4
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess G e n i u s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
FR 11. 4. 16 CK8.3
Meeking-Kortehnoi, V Meeking-Miles T
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 2 1978 Wijkaan Zee Rd: 4 1978
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 e5 5. (see page 72) 1-0
a3 Bc3 6. bc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 0-0 B. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 f510. ef6 Rf611. Qh5 h6 GI 10. 5. 5
12.0-0e413. Be2Qa514. Bd2 Bd715. Sosonko, G-Meeking
Rfb1 Qc7 16. Nh4 Raf8 17. f4 BeB 1B. Wijk aan Zee Rd: 5 1978
Qg4 Ng619. Ng6 Bg6 20. Ra2 Ne7 21. 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7
Rab2 b6 22. Qh3 Nf5 23. Re1 Qe7 24. 5. Qb3 de4 6. Qc4 0-0 7. e4 a6 B. Be2
Ra2 Nd6 25. Bf3 Ne4 26. Be4 Be4 27. b5 9. Qb3 e5 10. deS Nbd7 11. e5 Ne5
g3 Qf7 2B. Qg4 g5 29. Raa1 R£5 30. Rf1 12. Qb4 Nfd7 13.0-0 a5 14. Qh4 Bb7
Bc2 31. Rf2 Qg6 32. Re1 Be4 33. Re4 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Be7 RfeB 17. Bb5 Bf3
de4 34. Kf1 Rb5 35. Qe2 Rb136. Kg2 1B. Bc5 Qc5 19. Bd7 Re7 20. gf3 Rd7
Rb2 37. Qc4 e3 3B. Be3 Qe4 39. Kh3 21. f4 Qb4 22. Rad1 RadB 23. QdB RdB
Rf2 40. Bf2 gf4 41. gf4 R£4 42. Bg3 Rf5 24. RdB Bf8 25. Nd5 Qb2 26. Re1 Kg7
43. QcB Rf8 44. Qc4 h5 45. Qb5 Qg4 27. Re3 Bc5 2B. Rf3 Qe2 29. Kg2 Bf2
46. Kg2 h4 0-1 ~-~
EO 52. I. 4 SI 6. 3
Najdorf, M-Meeking llmman, J-Meeking
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 3 1978 Wijk aan Zee Rd: 6 1978
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
Nd5 5. e4 Nc3 6. dc3 Qd1 7. Kd1 f6 B. 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 B. Qf3
Bc4 e5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Ke2 Bc5 11. Qc7 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1
Rhd1 Be3 12. Ke3 Nb6 13. Nd2 Ke7 Qb6 12. Nb3 b4 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nd4
14. Bb3 Be615. Be6 Ke6 16. b3 RhdB Be7 15. Qh3 0-0-0 16. f5 Ne5 17. fe6
17. Nf3 Nd7 1B. Ne1 Ne5 19. Nd3 Na4 1B. efl Kb8 19. Ne6 Qa5 20. e5
Nd3 20. Rd3 Rd3 21. Kd3 RdB 22. Ke2 ReB 21. ef6 gf6 22. Bf4 Nb2 23. Kb2
f5 23. ef5 gf5 24. Rd1 Rd1 25. Kd1 e4 Rc3 24. Kcl RheB 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. ReB
26. Ke2 f4 27. f3 Kf5 2B. g4 Ke5 29. h4 Qa2 27. Rf8 Rf8 2B. Bd6 Ka8 29. Bf8
b5 30. b4 Kd5 31. Kf2 e3 32. Ke2 Ke4 Qf7 30. Bb4 Re7 31. Qe6 Qg7 32. Be4
33. h5 Kd5 34. Kd3 Ke5 35. Ke2 Kf6 Qg5 33. Kb2 Be4 34. Qa6 Kb8 35. Bd6
36. Kf1 Kg5 37. Ke1 Kh4 3B. Kf1 h6 39. 1-0
Kg2 Kg5 40. Kfl Kh4 41. Kg2 e6 42.
Kfl Kg3 43. Ke2 ~-~ SI 30. 10
Meeking-Panno, 0
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 7 1978
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
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S. Nc3 Ne6 6. BgS e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. R8h6 36. Rfl Qe8 37. Rgl Qh8 38. Kf2
o~o~o Bd7 9. f4 bS 10. Bf6 gf6 11. fS Ngh4 39. Nh4 R6h4 40. Bd2 Rh2 41.
Nd412. Qd4 Bh6 13. Kbl Bf4 14. fe6 Rlg2 R4h3 42. Qf1 Rg2 43. Rg2 Qh4
fe6 1S. Ne2 BeS 16. Qd2 0~0 17. g3 44. Ke2 Ng3 0-1
Qb6 18. Bh3 Rae8 19. Nf4 Qb7 20.
Qe3 Re7 21. Rhfl Kg7 22. Rf2 Qe6 23. QI 10. 1
Nd3 Be8 24. Rfd2 Bg6 2S. Bg2 ReB 26. Kavalek, L-Meeking
g4 Qc4 27. NeS deS 28. h4 QcS 29. Wijk aan Zee Rd: 10 1978
QcS ReS 30. Rd7 Kf8 31. Rd8 ReB 32. l.d4Nf62.e4e63.Nf3 b64. g3 Bb7 S.
h5 Rd8 33. Rd8 Be8 34. Ra8 Re6 3S. Bg2 Be7 6. 0~0 0~0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Ne4
Kcl Rd6 36. Bfl h6 37. Bd3 Ke 7 38. a3 Be4 9. Nel Bg2 10. Ng2 d5 11. Qa4
Kf7 39. b4 Bd7 40. Rd8 Rd4 41. Ra8 fS Qe8l1-l1
42. gfS ef5 43. Ra6l1-l1
QI 10. 1
GI 10. 5. 5 Meeking-Portisch, L
Ree, H-Meeking Wijk aan Zee Rd: 11 1978
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 8 1978 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4e63. Nf3 b64. g3 Bb7 S.
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 dS 4. Nf3 Bg7 Bg2 Be7 6. o~o o~o 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Ne4
S. Qb3 de4 6. Qc4 0~0 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 Be4 9. Nel Bg2 10. Ng2 d6 11. e4 ReB
bS 9. Qb3 eS 10. deS Nbd7 11. eS NeS 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 eS!-1-l-1
12. Qb4 Nfd7 13. 0~0 Bb7 14. Rdl a5
IS. Qh4 e616. BgS Qb817. Be7 b418. RL7. 7
Bd6 Qd8 19. Be7 Qb8 20. Bd6 Qd8 21. Meeking-lvkov, B
Be7l1-l1 Riode]aneiroizt Rd: 1 1979
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. BbS Nf6 4. 0~0
FR 9. 2. 6 Ne4 S. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bc6 be6
Meeking-Andersson, U 8. deS Nb7 9. b3 0~0 10. Bb2 ReB 11.
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 9 1978 Nbd2 Bf8 12. Rfd1 d6 13. Nfl NeS 14.
1. e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. eS b6 S. Ng3 a5 IS. h3 a4 16. Qd2 Be6 17. ed6
Nf3 Qd7 6. Bd2 Ba6 7. Ba6 Na6 8. Ne2 l-1-l-1
Bf8 9. 0~0 eS 10. c3 Ne7 11. Nf4 NbS
12. Rcl e413. b3 Nbc614. Nh5 h6 IS. E02.3
Be3 Na5 16. Nd2 o~o~o 17. g4 g6 18. Smejkal, J- Meeking
Ng3 Kb8 19. Qe2 ReB 20. f4 hS 21. b4 Rio de]aneiro izt Rd: 2 1979
Nae6 22. gh5 gh5 23. Nh5 NfS 24. Ng3 1. e4 eS 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Ne6 4. g3
Nee7 2S. Nf3 Bh6 26. Kf2 Rh7 27. Rgl Bb4 S. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 0~0 7. Bg2 BcS 8.
Reh8 28. Nh5 Bg7 29. Ng7 Ng7 30. O~ORe89.d3ed310.Qd3NeS11.Qc2
Rg4 Ngf5 31. Regl Qa4 32. Bel Rh3 e612. Be3 ed513. BcS d614. Bd4de4
33. Kg2 Ng6 34. Qf2 Kb7 3S. Qe2 1S.Rfd1 Qe716.Rd2Ne617. Bf6Qf6
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____]
HD12 Kl37
Mecking-Nikolic, P Mecking-Egger
Sao Paulo m Rd.: 5 1991 Zonal Rd.: 1 1993
(see page 146) ~-~ l.d4Nf62.c4g63. Nc3 Bg7 4.e4d65.
8 0,0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 S. Bd3 cd5 9.
QI7 cd5 Nh5 10. Nge2 f5 11. ef5 gf5 12. 0,0
Nikolic, P-Mecking Nd7 13. Rcl Nc5 14. Bc4 a6 15. Bc5
Sao Paulo m Rd.: 6 1991 dc5 16. d6 KhS 17. Qd5 Ra7 1S. Qc5
(see page 146) ~-~ b6 19. Qa3 Rf6 20. Rcd1 b5 21. Qc5
Rd7 22. Bb3 Rfd6 23. Rd6 Rd6 24. Rd1
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __J
Kh3 Kf4 62. Nc4 Bb8 63. Kg2 Ke4 64. 5.Nc3a66. Be3 e5 7.Nb3Qc7 8.Qd2
Nd2~-~ Be6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. g4 Nb611. g5 Nfd7
12.0-0-0 Be7 13. h4 Rc814. Kb1 Nc4
TDS 15. Bc4 Bc4 16. Rh2 0-0 17. h5 f5 18.
Mecking-Campora, D Nd5 .Bd5 19. Qd5 Kh8 20. ef5 R£5 21.
Zonal Rd:6 1993 Qe6 Rf3 22. Qe7 Re3 23. Rf2 h6 24.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cd5 Nd5 gh6 Rg3 25. Rd6 Nc5 26. hg7 Rg7 27.
5. e4 Nc3 6. bc3 c5 7. Nf3 cd4 8. cd4 Qe5 Kh7 28. Q£5 Kg8 29. Rg6 Rg6 30.
Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Be2 a6 11. 0~0 Be7 Qg6 Qg7 31. Qg7 Kg7 32. Nc5 Rc5 33.
12. Bb20~0 13.d5Na514.Qd2ed515. Rh2 Kh6 34. c3 b5 35. Kc2 b4 36. Kd3
ed5 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Bc3 Bf3 18. Ra5 37. Kc4 bc3 38. bc3 Rb5 39. Kd4
Bf3 Nc4 19. Qd3 Bd6 20. Re8 Qe8 21. Rb8 40. c4 Rd8 41. Kc3 Rc8 42. Kb4
Re1 Qf8 22. Qe4 Rd8 23. g3 Bb4 24. Rb8 43. Ka5 Rc8 44. Rc2 Rc6 45. c5
Bb4 Qb4 25. Qe7 Qe7 26. Re7 Kf8 27. Kh5 46. Kb4 Kg5 47. Kc4 Kf6 48. Kd5
Ra7 Rd6 28. Kf1 Nd2 ~-~ Rc8 49. Kd6 Rd8 50. Kc7 Rd4 51. c6
Ke6 52. Kb6 1-0
Kl63
Panno, 0-Mecking
Zonal Rd: 7 1993
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6
5.0~00~06.Nc3e5 7.d4Nbd7 8.e4c6
9. b3 ed4 10. Nd4 Nc5 11. h3 Re8 12.
Re1 a5 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 Qe7 15.
Qd2 Nf6 16. Rad1 Qf8 17. Qc2 Bd7
18. f4 Rad819. Bf2 h5 20. Nf3 Nh7 21.
Bd4 Bd4 22. Rd4 Bc8 23. Red1 Ne6 24.
R4d2 Nc5 25. Kh2 Qe7 26. Re2 Nf6
27. Rde1 Qc7 28. a3 Qb6 29. Rb1 d5
30. cd5 cd5 31. Ng5 Nce4 32. Nd5 Rd5
33. Ne4 Ne4 34. Be4 Rc5 35. Qd1 Qe6
36. Qf1 Qf6 37. h4 Kg7 38. Rbe1 Bg4
39. Bf3 Re2 40. Qe2 Bf3 41. Qf3 Rc2
42. Re2 Qc6 43. Qe3 Re2 44. Qe2 Qc3
45. a4 Qb3 ~-~
SI 14
Soppe-Mecking
Zonal Rd: 8 1993
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
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FOUR
Recent
Matches
Ra1 34. Kf2 Ra2 3S. Kg3 Re2 36. Re4 43. Rd7 Re2 44. Qg3 Be4 0-1
Rb4~-~
QI7
GI2 Nikolic, P-Mecking
Nikolic, P-Mecking Sao Paulo Rd: 4 1991
Sao Paulo Rd: 2 1991 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Bb7 S. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bf4 dS
0-0 S. Bg2 d5 6. 0-0 dc4 7. Na3 Na6 8. NeS Nbd7 9. Nc3 c610. Qa4 NeS
8. Ne5 cS 9. deS NcS 10. Be3 Qc7 11. BeS a612. cd5 cd513. Rfcl ReB
11. Nec4 Ng4 12. Bf4 eS 13. BgS h6 14. Bf6Bf61S.e3 Rc616. Bfl bS17.
14. Bd2 Rd8 1S. Qc1 Qe7 16. h3 Qb3 Qa5 18. a3 Rfc8 19. Na2 Be7
Nf6 17. Bh6 Bh6 18. Qh6 e4 19. 20. Qd1 g6 21. Rc6 Rc6 22. Rcl
Rad1 Be6 20. QgS b6 21. b3 Rd122. Qb6 23. Rc6 Qc6 24. Qd2 eS 2S.
Rd1 Rd8 23. Rd8 Qd8 24. Qd2 Qd2 Nb4 Bb4 26. Qb4 e4 27. Bh3 Bc8
2S. Nd2 NdS 26. NbS fS 27. Nb1 a6 28. Bc8 Qc1 29. Kg2 Qc8 30. Qd6
28. NSc3 a5 29. f3 ef3 30. Bf3 Nb4 Qg4 31. Kf1 Qd1 ~-~
31. h4 Kf7 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Ke3 KeS
34. Na3 a4 3S. ba4 Na2 36. NabS HD12
Nc3 37. Nc3 Bd7 38. Nd5 Na4 39. Mecking-Nikolic, P
Nb4 Bc8 40. Nd3 ~-~ Sao Paulo Rd: 5 1991
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3
SL3 Bb4 S. Qb3 Qe 7 6. BgS 0-0 7. a3 Bc3
Mecking-Nikolic, P 8. Qc3 d6 9. g3 h6 10. Bf6 Qf6 11.
Sao Paulo Rd: 3 1991 Bg2 Nc6 12. 0-0 eS 13. e3 Bd7 14.
1. d4 dS 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b4 ed4 1S. Nd4 Nd4 16. Qd4 Qd4
dc4 S. a4 Bg4 6. NeS Bh5 7. g3 e6 8. 17. ed4 Bc6 18. Bc6 bc6 19. Rfe1
Bg2Bb49.0-0Nd510.Qc2Be711. Rfe8 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. a4 a6 22. Re3
Nc4 0-0 12. Rd1 Na6 13. h3 Nab4 Rab8 23. Rb1 Re4 24. Re4 fe4 2S.
14. Qb3 f61S. a5 bS 16. ab6 ab617. Ke2 Ke 7 26. f3 ef3 27. Kf3 Rf8 ~-~
Ra8 Qa8 18. g4 Bf7 19. e4 bS 20.
Na3 Nb6 21. eS feS 22. deS N4dS QI7
23. Nc2 Nc4 24. NdS cdS 2S. QbS Nikolic, P-Mecking
Qa7 26. Be3 Ne3 27. Ne3 Bh4 28. Sao Paulo Rd: 6 1991
Rd2 Bf2 29. Rf2 Qe3 30. Qe2 Qd4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3
31. Kh1 Re832. Bf3 Bg633. Kg2h6 Bb7 S. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2
34. Qa6 QeS 3S. Qa3 Kh7 36. Re2 Bf6 8. Qc2 Nd2 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0
Qf6 37. Kg3 d4 38. Qd6 Rf8 39. Bg2 d6 11. d5 eS 12. e4 Nd7 13. b4 Qe7
d3 40. Re6 Qf2 41. Kh2 Rf4 42. Re7 14. Qc2 g6 1S. Nd2 Bg7 ~-~
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Yasser Seirawan credits his faith with his return to
Mecking's "comeback" continued in health and remission of his
March 1992 with another 6 game myasthenia gravis. He repays his
match. The invited opponent was debt by studying for the priesthood
Yasser Seirawan, arguably the US of the Catholic Church. Now chess
player of the 80's. Being a three time is the tool he can use to promote and
US champion and a two time candi, celebrate his faith.
date for the world title make Chess will take a back seat to his
Seirawan the top American since religion, but we will see him in ac,
Fischer. A few months prior Seira, tion from time to time. He will prob,
wan had crushed the Dutch Super, ably play for the Brazilian Olympic
Grandmaster Jan 1lmman in a 6 team and play matches to promote
game match. No one can say that chess in Brazil. Perhaps even a tour,
Mecking is looking for easy pick, nament now and then. To be sure
ings. Mecking still has teeth and before
Mecking lost game one and the all is said and done he will bite the
remaining 5 games ended in draws. hands of a few of the world's new
A mixed result. While Mecking lions. But, the image of Mecking
should be encouraged over still be, being carried above a crowd after
ing able to play at the 2600 level he winning the Interzonal is not one
continues to add to his poor match we are likely to ever see again. I
record. In the four matches in his rejoice at Mecking's health and hap,
career he has won only one game piness but I have a pang of sadness
while losing 6. Mecking pushed for what was taken from us.
Se'irawan hard in games 2 and 4 and
was near winning in 4 but his old 12.112.Q
time trouble problems ruined his Mecking 0~~~~~
chances. Seirawan 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The "new" Mecking is by all re,
ports a much nicer person. Gone is GI4.4
the tense, driven bad boy of chess. Seirawan, Y..Mecking
His nerves are under control and Sao Paulo Rd: 1 1992
chess is no longer the focus of his 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5
life. It's clear that his world title Nd5 5. e4 Nc3 6. bc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5
hopes died at the hands of Lev Polu, 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Rcl cd4 10. cd4 Qa5
gaevsky. Since then Mecking has 11. Bd2 Qa2 12. d5 Ne5 13. Ne5
faced ruin and death. His faith in Be5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Qe2 a616. Bd7
God has sustained him. Mecking Kd7 17. Qg4 Kd8 18. Qg5 f6 19.
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____.J
Qe3 Qa4 ZO. 0~0 KeB Zl. Bc3 Bc3 RBd7 ZS. Rd7 Kd7 Z6. a4 Ne6 Z7.
ZZ. Rc3 Kf7 23. e5 RaeB Z4. ReB Be3 KeB ZB. NdZ Bd4 Z9. KeZ Ke7
ReB ZS. Qh6 Rf8 Z6. Qh7 KeB Z7. 30. Ne4 Be3 31. Ke3 ReS 3Z. Kd3
e6 Qe4 ZB. Rei KdB Z9. d6 Qe6 30. Rd5~~~
de7 Qe7 31. ReB KeB 3Z. Qe7 RdB
33. h4 b5 34. Qf6 Rd135. KhZ Kb7 QG4.1
36. Qf3 Kb6 37. Qd11~0 Mecking-Seirawan, Y
Sao Paulo Rd: 4 1992
Ql 1. 2. 6 1.d4d5 Z.c4dc43.e4e54.Nf3 Bb4
Mecking-Seirawan, Y 5. BdZ BdZ 6. NbdZ ed4 7. Bc4 Nc6
Sao Paulo Rd: 2 1992 B. o~o Nh6 9. Nb3 o~o 10. Nbd4
1. d4 Nf6 Z. e4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. BdZNd4 11. Qd4 Bg4 1Z. Qc3 Bf3 13.
Qe7 5. g3 Ne6 6. BgZ BdZ 7. NbdZ Qf3 Qd4 14. QeZ RfeB 15. Rfe1
d6 B. 0~0 0~0 9. e4 e5 10. d5 NbB RadB16. Rad1 Qe517. RdBRdB1B.
11. Ne1 a5 1Z. Nd3 Na6 13. f4 Nd7 Bb3 Kf8 19. h3 e6 ZO. g3 a5 Zl. Qe3
14. Qf3 Nde5 15. NeS Ne5 16. f5 QbZ ZZ. Qb6 Rd7 Z3. Qa5 QdZ Z4.
Bd717. Qe3 f61B. Bf3 g5 19. h4 gh4 Qa3 Qd6 ZS. QaB Ke7 Z6. Qa5 Qc7
ZO.gh4KhBZl.KhZRgB22.Rg1 b6 Z7. Qg5 Kf8 ZB. e5 QdB Z9. Qf4 Rd4
Z3. RgB RgB Z4. Rg1 Rg1 ZS. Kg1 30. Qe3 Rd3 31. Qc5 Qe7 3Z. Qc4
Qg7 Z6. KhZ KgB Z7. Nfl Kf8 ZB. RdB 33. e6 Nf5 34. QeZ g6 35. Qc3
Ng3 Be8 Z9. Kh3 Ke7 30. b3 Nb7 f6 36. Re4 eS 37. Qa5 Qd6 3B. e7
31. a3 NdB 3Z. b4 ab4 33. ab4 Kf8 Ne7 39. Re6 Qd4 40. Rf6 Qf6 41.
34. Bh5 Bf7 35. e5 bc5 36. bc5 Nb7 QdB Kg7 4Z. Qd7 b6 43. h4 h5 44.
37. e6 Ne5 38. BeZ KgB 39. Nfl Qf8 a4 Kh6 45. QdZ ~~~
40. NhZ KhB 41. Bf3 Qg7 4Z. Nfl •
Qf8 43. Ng3 Kg7 44. Bh5 J.1~J.1 Gl4. 9
Seirawan, Y..Mecking
GI4.9 Sao Paulo Rd: 5 1992
Seirawan, Y..Mecking 1. d4 Nf6 Z. c4 g6 3. Nc3 dS 4. cd5
Sao Paulo Rd: 3 1992 Nd5 5. e4 Nc3 6. bc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5
1. d4 Nf6 Z. e4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. edS B. Nf3 Qa5 9. QdZ Nc6 10. Rei ed4
Nd5 5. e4 Nc3 6. bc3 Bg7 7. Be3 e5 1l.cd4QdZ1Z. KdZO~O 13. Bb5f5
8. Nf3 Qa5 9. QdZ Ne6 10. Rei ed4 14.ef5 Bf515. Bc6 bc616.Re6RfbB
11. cd4 QdZ1Z. KdZ o~o 13. BbS fs 17. Kc3 Rb6 1B. Rb6 ab6 19. KbZ
14. ef5 Rf5 15. Bc4 Kf8 16. Rhd1 Be4 ZO. a3 e6 Zl. Rei Bf8 ZZ. Rc3
Bd7 17. Ke1 Bf6 1B. Bb3 Na5 19. Bd5 Z3. Bf4 b5 Z4. Be5 Be7 ZS. h4
Re7 Nb3 ZO. Rd7 Na5 Zl. d5 KeB Rf8 Z6. Re7 Rf7 Z7. ReB Rf8 ZB. Rc 7
ZZ. Re7 RdB Z3. Ba7 Rfd5 Z4. Rb1 Rf7 Z9. ReB Rf8 30. Re7 J.1~J.1
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' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T h e Career
Ql 1. 2. 6
Mecking-Seirawan, Y
SaoPaulo Rd: 6 1992
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Bd2
Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd2 7. Nbd2
d6 8. Q,Q Q,Q 9. e4 eS 10. d5 Nb8
11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. f4 Nd7
14. fS NdcS 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. NcS
NcS 17. Qe3 f6 18. b3 bS 19. cbS
BbS 20. Rfcl c6 21. dc6 Qc 7 22.
Rc3 Qc6 23. Bfl Rfb8 24. Bc4 Bc4
25. Rc4 RbS 26. Racl Qb7 27. Nb1
Rb4 28. Nc3 ~,~
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess G e n i u s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
FIVE
Openings
Survey
Mecking-}uarez Mecking-Markland
Mar del Plata 1971 Hastings 1971
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5
Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bd3 5. a3 Bc3t 6. bc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8.
Nf68.0,0Ne59.h3 Bc510.Qe2d6 a4 b6 9. BbSt Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11.
11. f4 Ng6 (1-0, 39). 0,0 h6 12. Re1 Na5 13. Qd2 o,o
(1-0, 55).
Mecking--GeUer
Petropolis 1973 Mecking-Bronstein
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4 Petropolis 1973
Nc6 5. NbS d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5
8. Be2 Be7 9. o,oo,o 10. Na3 b611. 5. a3 Bc3t 6. bc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8.
Be3 Bb7 (drawn, 52). Nf3 Qc7 9. Ba3 b6 10. Bd3 h6
(drawn, 22).
French Defense
The French, despite its ups and Mecking-Vhlmann
downs, has been a constant fixture Manila 1976
in international tournaments. Even 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
before Kortchnoi breathed new life Ne7 5. a3 Bc3t 6. bc3 c5 7. Qg4
into it in the mid,Seventies, a 1. e4 Qc7 8. Qg7 Rg8 9. Qh7 cd 10. NeZ
player had to be prepared to face its Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 de 13. Rg1
solid complexities. o,o,o 14. Qc3 Nf5 (1-0, 57).
Mecking-KeUer Mecking-Kortchrwi
Lugano 1968 Wijk aan Zee 1978
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. BgS 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5
Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bc3 7. bc3 Ne4 5. a3 Bc3t 6. bc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 0,0 8.
8. Qg4 Kf8 9. h4 c5 10. Bd3 Nd2 11. Nf3 Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. ef6 e.p. Rf6
Kd2 Qa5 12. Rh3 cd4 (1-0, 41). 11. QhS h6 12. O,O c4 (0-1, 46).
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ______,
Nimzo-lndian Defense
Me eking-Donner
Mecking's other main opening move Wijk aan Zee 1971
was 1. d4. Early in his career, it held 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3
as high a place as 1. e4; but by the 0,0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. a3 Be7 8.
time he competed in the 1973 Inter, cd ed 9. b4 c5 10. de be 11. be Bc5
zonal, it had definitely slipped to 12. 0,0 Qe7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Qa4
second place. Mecking had to be Bb7 15. Rfcl Bd6 16. Qh4 Ne5 17.
prepared to face myriad defenses. Ne5 (1-0).
Such a workload would force nearly
anyone to decide between e4 or d4. Mecking~lnfsson
Mecking chose 1. e4. Wijk aan Zee 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3
Queen's Gambit Declined c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bc3t 7. be d6
Mecking-Van den Berg 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. g3 h6 11. h4
WijkaanZee 1971 Bg412. Qa4t Bd7 13. Qb3 Qc7 14.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Ng1 Nh7 (draw).
de 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8.
o,o 0,0 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 BhS 11.
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c _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Opening's Survey
Jaoosevic-Mecking Balas~Mecking
Vrsac 1971 Manila 1976
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4 1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bg4 Nf65. Nc3 a66. Bg~ e6 7. f4 bS 8. eS
8. h3 Bf3 9. Qf3 g6 10. g4 Bg7 11. de 9. fe Qc7 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. 0,0,0
Bd3 Nc6 12. gS Nd7 13. NdS Qd8 Bb7 12. Qg4 Qb6 13. Be2 NeS 14.
(0-1, 49). Qg3 Nbd7 15. Bf4 b4 16. Na4 QaS
17. Nb3 Qa4 18. BeS Rc8 (drawn).
Karpov-Mecking
Hastings 1971 ,72 Sicilian Defense: Others
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4 Not everyone was willing to enter
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 eS 7. Nb3 Be6 the NajdorfVariation with Mecking,
8. f4 Qc7 9. a4 Nc6 10. fS Bb3 11. and tested him in other lines of the
cb3 Qb6 (1-0, 34). Sicilian.
Ivkov-Mecking Uituman-Mecking
Petropolis 1973 Palma de Mallorca 1970
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4 1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 eS 7. Nb3 Be6 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. &4 e6 7. Bb3 bS 8.
8. o,OBe79. f4Qc710.f5 &411. a4 o,o Be7 9. f4 0,0 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qf3
0,0 12. Kh1 Nbd7 13. aS BbS Nbd7 12. f5 eS 13. Nde2 a5 (0-1,
(drawn, 35). 40).
Pfleger-Mecking
Hastings 1971~72
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. g3
b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0~0 0~0 7. d3 d5 8.
cd ed 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Qd2 Bf4 11.
Qf4 Nbd7 12. e4 Nc5 (0-1, 39).
Portisch-Mecking
Petropolis 1973
1. c4e5 2. Nc3 N£63. g3 Bb44. Bg2
0~0 5.e4 bc3 6. Bc3 c6 7. Ba3 ReS 8.
Qb3 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. d3 d5 11.
Ne2 de 12. de Qc8 (drawn, 62).
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____.J
SIX
Additional
£rosstables
ll21~61S2Qll21~61
1. Mecking X 0 1 1 1 =1 1 == 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13.5
2. Mendes 1 X= 0 = 1 == 1 = == 1 1 = 1 1 11
3. Paiva 0 =X 1 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 10.5
4. Rocha 0 1 0X== = 1 0 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 10
5. Cotta 0 = 1=X= 1 = 1 === 1 = 10 = 9.5
6. Freitas = 0 0 = = X0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 10 1 9.5
7. Camara 0 =0 =0 1X0 = 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 9
8. Gadia 0 ==0 =0 1X1 1 1= 0 = 1 1 0 8.5
9. Peixoto = 0 = 1 0 = = 0 X 0 = = = = 1 0 1 7
10. Miranda ==0 0 =0 0 0 1X1 10 == 1= 7
11. Asfora 0 =0 1 ==0 0 = 0X1 ==1 =0 6.5
12. Moreira 0 =0 0 = 0 1 == 0 0X0 1 1 1 0 6
13. Stenzel 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1= 1 = 1X0 0 0 1 6
14. Toth 0 0 0 ==0 0 == = =0 1X1 1 0 6
15. Alves 0 = 1 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 10X1 1 5.5
16. Tavares 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 = 0 1 0 0X1 5.5
17. Vasconcellos 0 0 0 0 =0 0 1 0 = 1 1 0 1 0 0X 5
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BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 1966
Sao Paulo
12.112.Q1~2Q
1. Mecking X01=11111= 7
2. Schweber 1X 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1 65
3. Fonrobert 0 0 X 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
4. Cotta = 1 0 X= 1 0 1 = 1 55
5. Rocha 0=0=X1=11= 5
6. Mendes 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 5
7. Freitas 0 = 0 1 = 0 X 1 1 1 5
8. Engels 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 25
9. Fischman 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 X1 1.5
10. Ammar = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0X 1
VI ZONAL 1966
Buenos Aires
12.112.Q1~2Ql2.112.Q1~
1. Bolbochan X= 1 = = = 1 == = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 125
2. Foguelman =X0 0 1 = 1 1= 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 12.5
3. Mecking 0 1X 1 = 0= 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 12.5
4. Panno = 1 0 X= 1 1 0 1 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 12.5
5. Garcia = 0 0 =X 1= == 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 105
6. Schweber == 1 0 0 X0 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 105
7. Emma 0 0 = 0 = 1X 1= = = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 9.5
8. Carmona =001=10X11001011== 9
9. Rubinetti = = 0 0 = 0 = 0X = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 85
10. Camara =0=000=0=X11==0111 8
11. Pelikan 0 0 0 = = == 10 0 X= = = = 1 0 1 7
12. Lukis = = 0 = = 0 = 1= 0 =X= 0 1 0 0 1 7
13. Quinones =0=0==00====X10==1 7
14. Rocha 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 1= = = 1 0 X0 = = 0 6.5
15. Miranda 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 = 0 1 1X= 0 0 5.5
16. Alvarez 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = = =X 1 1 5.5
17. Godoy 00000=0=0011==10XO 5
18. Mendes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1X 3.5
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Henrique Mecking, Larin Chess G e n i u s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
Bogota 1968
12.111Q1B.2Q
1. Mecking X=1=1==111 7
2. Sanchez =X0 = = 1 1 = 1 = 5.5
3. Cuartas 0 1X 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 5.5
4. Yepez ==1X001011 5
5. Mimaya 0==1X==101 5
6. Gutierrez = 0 0 1 =X = = = 1 4.5
7. Cuellar = 0 0 0 = =X 10 1 3.5
8. De Greiff 0==10=0X=O 3
9. Castro 00001=1=XO 3
10. Alzate 0==000011X 3
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c____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Latin Chess Geniw
Match
1969 Sao Paulo (Garcia) ........................ ?
1974 Augusta (Kortchnoi) .................. 13 1 3 9
1977 Luzerne (Polugaevsky) ................ 12 0 1 11
1991 Sao Paulo (PNikolic) ................... 6 0 1 5
1992 Sao Paulo (Seirawan) ................... 6 0 1 5
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