Grandmaster Henrique Mecking (born 1952 in Santa Cruz, Brazil)

is the best world class chessplayer to come from South or Latin

America. His style of play was demanding and his preparation
legendary. By playing the sharpest lines and making massive
physical exertions-he was the perfectionist in search of the best
moves like his USA counterpart Bobby Fischer; Mecking's best
games are so smooth as to appear effortless. Ill for 15 years, in
1992-1993 Mecking attempted a return to chess in two matches
and one tournament. 344 of his games (the most complete record
available) are presented giving us an account of the play and
times of the former enfant terrible of chess, an appel-
ation which appears largely unjustified according
to researcher and USCF Chess Master
Stephen Gordon based on his many
trips to the famous J.G. White
chess collection in
Cleveland, Ohio.
 HENRIQUE
MECKING
•
LATIN CHESS GENIUS

Stephen Gordon
USCFMaster

Thinkers' Press
Davenport, Iowa
Henrique Mecking _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___,

NOTES from the Author

I've made a number of trips to Cleveland, home of the J.G. White

Collection to fill gaps in the Mecking history. Some games still
elude me.
I couldn't fill in Manila 197 5 or the zonal at Sao Paulo 1972.
But, I did complete Hastings 1966/7, the zonal playoff in Buenos
Aires in 1967, the Brazilian championship for 1967, Mar del
Plata 1969 (zonal), and, the last few games of Manila 1976. Of
course the games of the 1993 zonal are here.

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.

One reviewer of books and user of NiCBase commented that

there is no excuse for publishers to create a book with missing
games, especially if the publisher has claimed that they have
done a major job in locating all the games for that book. At the
beginning of this project author Gordon noted there were 6
Mecking games in NicBase--our book has 344.

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ffiNTENTS
Chapter 1:
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.___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Career
ONE
Mecking's
Tournament
£areer
Mecking's reputation as a world,
class player was born in the 1973
and 1976 lnterzonals, where his
back,to,back victories made him a
sure challenger for the World Title.
In the ensuing Candidates Matches,
however, against Viktor Kortchnoi
and Lev Polugayevsky, he went
down to defeat - only one win.
The peaks and valleys of Mecking
are an enigma ...
Henrique da Costa Mecking was
born in the small Brazilian town of
Santa Cruz, in the Rio Grande do
Sul state, on January 23, 1952. (His
birthday is often given as February
2nd. Even chess authority Jeremy
Gaige gives it as February, as do
Golombek and Sunnucks in their
encyclopedias; but it was January.)
One of four children (two sisters,
Regina and Beatriz, and a brother,
Flavio), he learned chess at age 6.
Though chess was undeveloped
in Mecking's comer of the world, he
became a strong player rapidly. The
lack of trainers and good playing
partners necessitated his studying
alone, for the most part. One
method he used was to place pieces
randomly on the board, then search
for combinations. A unique way to
improve! He won his state champi,
onship at age 11, and was Cham,
pion of Brazil at 13.
Mecking was a prodigy when
prodigies were rare - much was
expected of him. He was given gov,
emment support, but his father,
Paulo, would let him play chess only
when it didn't interfere with school.
As a result he didn't tour Europe, as
do the young players of today. In a
single year the Polgar Sisters, Gata
Kamsky, or Michael Adams play
more than Mecking did during all
his teen years.
Even as an adult Mecking paced
himself, keying toward the Inter,
zonals. He didn't follow along with
other young promising players like
Ulf Andersson or Ljubomir Ljubo,
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
jevic, who played everywhere. In
many ways, Mecking held himself
aloof from the other GMs- he
viewed himself as a future World
Champion and above the grind of
the tournament circuit.
Mecking's style was demanding,
his preparation legendary. Consis~
tent OTB play of the sharpest lines
was time~consuming and physically
draining. Always described as "ner~
vous" or "tense," which he hated, he
was a constant time~trouble addict.
He worked hard at the board, a per~
fectionist in search of the best
moves; chess was exhausting for
him. If his style, his personality, and
the effort poured into the games had
been less demanding, perhaps he
would have played more. Paradoxi~
cally, Mecking's best games are so
smooth as to appear effortless. They
seem almost to play themselves -
the winning paths appear crystal
clear, everything looks self~evident.
After winning the Champion~
ship of Brazil at age 13 in 1965, 2.5
points clear of second place, Meek~
ing moved forward to the Zonal
Tournament in Rio Hondo in 1966.
(He would also win his national
championships in 1966 and 196 7,
then move on, never playing an~
other Brazilian championship.)
Mecking's stunning success at Rio
Hondo, tying for first with Oscar
Panna, Julio Bolbochan, and Alber~
to Foguelman, gained him world~
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wide attention. He was invited to
play at the annual Hastings Chess
Congress in England.
Mecking's play at Hastings
wasn't overly impressive. Although
he was the youngest player in the
field at 14, more was expected of a
Zonal Champion. British Chess
Magazine (February 1967) said of
Mecking, "Of course, he still has
much to learn about chess and its
laws and customs, but ... " Which is
polite for they didn't like him. Years
later, Leonard Barden wrote in the
Manchester Guardian (August 12,
1972) that Mecking had faded in
the fifth hour of play.
Mecking's indifferent result at
Hastings belied his upcoming tri~
umph over the three veterans at the
Zonal play~off. Here he would shine,
not losing a single game. This vic~
tory was his ticket to the Interzonal
at Sousse, equaling Fischer's first In~
terzonal appearance at age 15.
Sousse was dominated by a con~
troversy that changed the course of
world chess. While debates raged
over the treatment causing Fischer's
early exit from the tournament, the
other players were largely ignored.
For Mecking, Sousse was quite
successful. He scored over 50% and
split with the four Soviet players. He
even won the speed tournament
held after the Interzonal, but not
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HASTINGS 1966~1967
1 I 2 1 2 Q 1 ~ 2 Q
1. Botvinnik X = 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 6.5
2. Uhlmann X 1 0 1 1 5.5
3. Basman 0 X 1 0 1 1 5
4. Kurajica 0 1 0 X 1 1 5
5. Balashov 0 0 1 = X 1 0 1 1 5
6. Penrose 0 = 0 X 1 1 4.5
7. Mecking 0 = 0 0 1 0 X 1 = 1 4
8. Keene 1 0 = 0 X 0 3.5
9. Hartston = 0 0 = X 0 3
10. Czerniak 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 3

BUENOS AIRES 1967 Zonal Playoff

1 1 I I 2 2 1 1
1. Mecking X X = = = 1 1 1 4.5
2. Bolbochan X X 1 1 4
3. Panna = 0 X X 1 3
4. Foguelman 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0.5

without a run,in with Kortchnoi. still very inexperienced. In an inter,

At the main event, Mecking
had adjourned his game with
Kortchnoi, who then resigned with,
out showing up for the 9:00 a.m.
resumption. This annoyed Meek,
ing, who'd gotten up early for no
reason. Later, when Mecking lost to
Kortchnoi during the prelims of the
speed tournament, he left the table
without shaking hands. When
Mecking then beat Kortchnoi in
the finals, Kortchnoi made a point
of shaking hands and scolded
Mecking for his earlier lapse.
These problems stemmed from
the fact that Mecking was young
and, despite being at the Interzonal,
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view years later with Chess Life and
Review (November 1973) editor
Burt Hochberg, Mecking lamented
his reputation, saying, "It is difficult
to be a boy."
Mecking's only serious play in
1968 was on the Brazilian national
team at the Lugano Olympiad. He
played 17 of the 19 games, resting
only against Israel and Cuba. He did
well on Board One, but the team
didn't make it into the finals. They
finished 25th overall and 11th in
Section B.
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SOUSSE 1967
llli2.Q1.82Qllli2.Q18.2Qll
1. Larsen X = = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 15.5
2. Geller = X = = = 0 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 14
3. Gligoric ==X====1=====11 1111 14
4. Kortchnoi 1==X1===0=00=1111 11 1 14
5. Portisch 1 = = 0 X = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 13.5
6. Reshevsky 01===X==1 1 101 13
7. Hort 00====X1==1 111 13
8. Stein 0 0=0=0X===11=111 111 13
9. Matulovic 0 0 = 1 1 0 = = X 0 1 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 12.5
10. Matonovic = = = = = = = = 1 X = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 0 12
11. lvkov 0==1==0=0=X0==1=1=0111 11
12. Mecking 00=1=0=0001Xlll====l1 ll
13. Gipslis 0======0= =0X=01 0 111 10
14. Kavalek = = 0 0 0 = = = 0 = = 0 = X = 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 10
15. Suttles 1 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = 0 0 1 = X = 1 0 1 1 9.5
16. Bilek 0 = = 0 = = = 0 = 0 0 = X = = 0 1 1 1 9
17. Barczay =000=0=00===0=X==1 1 8
18. Byme,R. 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 1 = = X = 1 = 0 ~5
19. Miagmasuren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = = 0 0 1 = = X 1 0 1 6.5
20. Cueller 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 6.5 .
21. Sarapi..t 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 X = 4
22. Bouaziz 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = X 3.5
Fischer . . ==1.1 . . . . . = . . 11111

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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Also in 1968, a proposed match
with Fischer repeatedly fell through.
It was first set for July, well before
October's Lugano Olympics; but
Mecking's father was concerned
about school his son might miss.
The conditions were quite good,
with a purse of$6,000 to the winner
and $1,000 to the loser. The loca,
tion was Rio, which suited Fischer;
he had always been well received in
South America, and had many fine
results there. Play was to be the first
to win five games, with not less than
ten to be played. This was certainly
to keep the over,rnatched Mecking
from being swept aside too rapidly.
In any event, though Fischer
was for the match, an agreement
with Mecking's father could never
be worked out. He even refused to
allow Henrique to play during the
long break between semesters in the
Brazilian school year. It's clear that a
16,year,old Mecking stood little
chance of winning against Fischer,
but it's a shame the match never
took place - both Mecking and
Fischer played too few games in
their careers to suit most chess fans.
In retrospect, this proposal probably
carne closer to occurring than any
other Fischer-Mecking match at,
tempted over the years (but more on
those later).
In 1969, Mecking played first at
Mar del Plata. He scored well in a
relatively weak field of South
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American players. Najdorf and
Panno could still lay claim to being
the best players on the continent;
but the future clearly belonged to
Mecking, though Miguel Quinteros
of Argentina showed that he, too,
could become a first,class player.
Palma de Mallorca was a differ,
ent story. It was the strongest tour,
narnent of the year; excluding
Fischer, the top four players in the
world took part. Mecking scored a
credible 1.5-2.5 vs. Larsen, Petro,
sian, Kortchnoi, and Spassky. He
even beat tournament winner Lar,
sen, whose active style was tailor,
made for Mecking.
Still, while a solid result, it fell
short of a GM norm. Mecking
showed signs of running out of gas
towards the end of the tournament,
and spoiled his strong start (he beat
Larsen in the first round). Part of
this was certainly due to his lack of
tournament practice at only 17
years of age. But no one doubted
that he would one day soon be a
grandmaster.
Mecking just missed being
named to the World Team in the
1970 "Match of the Century"
(USSR vs. the Rest of the World).
This was a difficult year for
Mecking.
In Buenos Aires, he could only
manage an even score in a tourna,
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius

MAR DEL PLATA 1969

1 l. 1 ~ 2 Q 1 .a .2. Q 1 l. 1 ~ 2 Q 1 .a
.2.
1. Najdorf X 0 1 1 1 1 1 15.5
2. Parma 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 1 15.5
3. Garcia, R. 1 0 X 0 1 1 1 13
4. Mecking = 0 = X 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 13
5. Rubinetti 0 1 X 1 0 1 1 1 1 12
6. Camara 0 X 0 0 1 0 l 1 1 1 1 11
7. Rodriguez 0 0 X 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 11
8. Quinteros 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 10.5
9. Schweber 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 0 1 1 1 10
10. Bronstein, L. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 0 1 1 9.5
11. Rossetto 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 9.5
12. Riemsdyk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1 1 .1 1 8.5
13. Rocha 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 7.5
14. Prieto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 0 1 1 5.5
15. Canobra 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 1 0 0 5.5
16. Toledo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 4.5
17. Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 4.5
18. Alverrez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3
19. Mendivil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1.5

PALMA DE MALLORCA 1969

1 l. 1 ~ 2 Q 1 .a .2. Q 1 l. l ~ 2 Q 1 .a
1. Larsen X = 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
2. Petrosian X = 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.5
3. Kortchnoi 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 0 10.5
4. Hort 1 0 0 X 1 0 1 1 10.5
5. Spassky 1 X 1 10
6. del Corral 0 0 0 0 X 1 0 1 9.5
7. Mecking 1 0 0 = = = X 0 = 1 1 = 1 0 1 9
8. Parmo 0 0 0 1 X 1 0 1 9
9. Parma 0 X 1 8.5
10. Najdorf 0 0 1 0 X 1 8.5
11. Szabo 0 0 X 1 0 8
12. Unzicker 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 8
13. Pomar 0 0 0 X 7.5
14 Bobotsov 0 0 0 X 0 0 6.5
15. Damjanovic 0 0 0 0 X 6.5
16. Penrose 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 6.5
17. Toran 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 6
18. Medina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 5

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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
never able to get going, and his draw
percentage was uncharacteristically
high. Mecking's two wins came at
the expense of the bottom two
markers in the tournament. It
wasn't for lack of effort that Meek,
ing failed to win many games. The
draws were all fighting struggles of
respectable length (with the excep,
tion of a 17 ,mover against Damjan,
ovic, who had White). His draw
with Fischer was the only bright
spot. Mecking complained that his
studies were still preventing him
from devoting himself fully to chess.
At the 1970 Palma de Mallorca
Interzonal, Mecking was in the race
for one of six spots in the Candi,
dates Matches - until nearly the
end of the tournament. After a slow
start, he had an even score at 11
rounds. Wins in Rounds 11, 13, 17,
and 18 then moved him into the
leading group. After 19 rounds he
had 11.5 points, contending with
Taimanov (11), Uhlmann (11),
Portisch (11.5), Larsen (12), Geller
(12.5), Hubner (12.5), and, of
course, Fischer ( 14.5). In Rounds 20
and 21, however, losses to Larsen
and Fischer knocked him out of the
running.
It is peculiar to note that had
Mecking drawn his games against
the top three players, as did Jimenez
(who finished last), instead oflosing
all three, he would have made it
into the Candidates.
Despite having a run at qualify,
ing, Mecking failed to substantially
improve his finish of three years pre,
vious at Sousse. Or obtain a OM
norm. He was still a student and still
living away from Europe, the center
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PALMA de MALLORCA, INTERZONAL 1970

1 2 l .4 2 Q l fi .2 Q 1 2 1 .4 2 Q l fi .2 Q 1 2 J. .4
1. Fischer X0 1 1 1 1
~
1 1 1 1
~ ~
1 1 1 1 1 1 ~ ~ ~
1 ~
18.5
2. Larsen 1 X 0 I
~ ~
I I 0
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
1
~
1 I I
~ ~ ~
I ~
I5
3. Geller 0 X I~
I I ~
I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
I 1 ~
1 ~ ~ ~
1 I5
4. Hubner ~
0 X~
I 0 ~
0 - -
~ ~ ~
1 I I 1 I
~
1 ~
I 1 15
5. Taimanov 0 1 X ~ ~ ~
0 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
0 I 1 1 1
~ ~ ~
I I I4
6. Uhlmann 0 0 0 0 X I ~
I I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
0 I 1 1 ~
I ~
I 1 I4
7. Porrisch ~ ~
0 X 0 I
~ ~ ~
1 1 ~ ~ ~ ~
I ~
1 ~ ~
I 0 13.5
8. Smyslov 0 0 1~
X I ~ ~
0 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
I 1
~ ~ ~
I I 1 13.5
9. Polugaevsky ~ ~ ~
1 0 X
~ ~
I
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
I 0
~
1 1 ~ ~ ~ ~
13
IO. Gligoric 0 ~
0 0
~ ~ ~
X 1 1 ~ ~ ~ ~
1 I 0
~ ~
I ~ ~
I I 13
11. Panno 0 0 I ~
0 0 X
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
I 1 ~
I ~ ~ ~
I ~
I I2.5
12. Mecking 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 = = =X 1 = = = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 12.5
13. Horr 0 1 0 0
~ ~ ~
0 0 X ~ ~ ~
I I
~ ~
I ~ ~ ~
= 1 = 11.5
14. lvkov 0 = = 0 I = = = = = = = 0 X= = 0 = = = ~
I = = I0.5
15. Suttles 0 = 0 0 I = = 0 0 = =
~ ~
=X0 = = 1 =0 I = I 10
I6. Minic 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = 0
~
= I X I I ~ ~ ~
= I I IO
I7. Reshevsky 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = = = = 1 = 0 X = = = 0 0 = I 9.5
18. Matulovic 0~
0 0 0 = = = 0 = I =
~
= = = =X= =0 0 = 1 9
I9. Addison 0 = = 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = ~ ~ ~
0 = =X=0
~
0 I 1 9
20. Filip 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 0 = = = = = = = = = =X= I = 0 8.5
21. Naranja = 0 0 0 0 = ~
0 0 0 0 ~ ~ ~
1 0 1 I I =X 0 0 I 8.5
22. Uitumen = 0 0 0 0 0 0
~
0 0 ~ ~ ~
0 0 1 I I 0 1
~
X I ~
8.5
23. Rubinetti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
~
0 0 0 ~ ~ ~
0
~
0 ~
1 ~ ~
0 X 1 6
24. Jimenez ~
=0 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 =
~
=0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 X 5.5

WIJK AAN ZEE I 1971

1 2 J. .4 2 Q 1 fi .2 Q 1 2 J. .4 2 Q
1. Korrchnoi X ~ ~ ~ I ~ 1 0 ~ I 1 ~ 0 1 1 1 10
2. lvkov =X== ~ ~ 0 1 ~ ~ 1 ~ ~ 1 1 1 9.5
3. Gligoric ~ ~ X 1 1
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 1 9.5
4. Petrosian ~ ~ ~ X
1 ~ ~ ~ I ~ ~ ~ I 1 9.5
5. Olafsson 0 ~ 0 ~ X = I I = I = = I 1 9.5
6. Horr ~ ~ 0 0 ~ X ~ 1 0 I ~ ~ I I 8.5
7. Hubner 0 1 ~ ~ 0 ~ X~ 0 1 ~ ~ ~ 1 I 8.5
8. Andersson 1 0 ~ ~ 0 0 ~ X 1 ~ 1 I 1 8.5
9. Mecking = = = 0 = 1 1 0 X= 1 = 1 = 0 8.5
10. Langeweg 0 = = = 0 0 0 = =X I = = 1 I 7
11. Donner 0 0 = = = = =0 0 0 X 1 1 = 1 = 6.5
I2. Lengyel = ~ ~ ~ ~ = ~ ~ = ~ 0 X ~ = 0 ~ 6.5
13. Ree I = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 =X I 1 1 6.5
14. Najdorf 0 0 = ~ = = 0 = =0 ~ ~ 0 X = ~ 5
I5. Kuijpers 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 I = 0 1 0 =X = 4.5
I6. Van Den Berg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = =X 2

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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.

In March, Mecking was back in

South America for the annual tour,
nament at Mar del Plata. Polu,
gayevsky turned in a stunning per,
formance and ran away with first
place. Mecking was trounced by the
top three finishers, and failed to run
over the bottom of the field. He had
to settle for a place in the middle of
the pack, well shy of a OM norm.

Vrsac was a different story.

Mecking was undefeated, and won
the tournament a point clear of sec,
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius

MAR DEL PLATA 1971

1 l l i 2 Q 1 ~ 2 Q 1 l l i 2 Q
1. Polugayevsky X = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13
2. Savan X = 1 1 1 10
3. Panna X 0 1 0 1 1 1 10
4. Ghearghiu X 1 1 1 1 9.5
5. Quinteros 0 X 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 9
6. Najdorf 0 1 X 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 9
7. Plan inc 0 0 0 1 X 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 8.5
8. Mecking 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 1 0 1 1 = 1 8
9. Pilnik 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 8
10. Browne 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 1 1 7.5
11. Schweber 0 0 0 0 X 1 0 1" 1 7
12. Rubinetti 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 5.5
13. Sumiacher 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 0 1 5
14. Brand 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 5
15. Poch 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 4
16. Juarez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1

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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L___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Career

Mecking's return to Hastings etly drawn in 15 moves; but that

gained him the OM title a few days draw gave Mecking the 9 points he
before his 20th birthday, although it needed for the OM norm. His last~
wasn't confirmed until the FIDE round draw with Andersson en~
Congress in October of 1972 in sured the tie for third.
Skopje, Yugoslavia. His future sec~
ond, Ulf Andersson, would also
have his OM title confirmed at the
same Congress.
Interestingly, the other top fin~
ishers at Hastings would be the qual~
ifiers from the Leningrad Interzonal
in 1973.
Karpov, the other young giant of
world chess, tied for first, and wrote
unflatteringly of Mecking in the
bulletin of the Moscow Chess Club
when he returned home. (Mecking
had openly rooted against Karpov
before his game with Ciocaltea, and
the normally placid Karpov went all
out in his game with Mecking.) Kar~
pov publicized a time scramble dis~
pute Mecking had with Botterill,
and quoted Najdorf calling Meek~
ing "the bandit of the chessboard."
Further, Karpov noted that Meek~
ing had gained the OM title, but "I
don't have too high an opinion of
his play." He went on to praise An~
dersson, who finished one and a half
points behind Mecking. It is clear
that Karpov allowed personal feel~
ings to cloud his judgment.
Spectators at the 14th~round
game between Ciocaltea and Meek~
ing were puzzled by Mecking's ex~
citement when the game was qui~
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HASTINGS 1971-72
1 1 1 ~ 2 2 1 a2 Q 1 1 1 ~ 2 2
l.Konchnoi X1 0111 1111 11
2. Karpov 0 X 1 1 1 1 111 1
3. Mecking =0 X = 1 = 1 = 1 =
9.5
4. Byrne, R. 0 X 1 0
9.5
5. Gligoric X 8.5
6. Najdorf 0 0 X 1 8.5
7. Andersson 1 0 0 X 8
8. Unzicker 0 X 8
9. Pfleger 0 0 X 7.5
10. Kurajicka 0 0 0 0 X 7
11. Ciocaltea 0 0 X 6.5
12. Botterill 0 0 0 1 0 X 0 6
13. Hanston 0 0 0 0 X 1 6
14. Keene 0 0 0 X 0 5.5
15. Markland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 4.5
16. Franklin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3

SAO PAULO ZONAL 1972

1l1~221a2Q1l1~221a2Q1l
1. Meeking X 1 1 1 ==0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 =1 1 17
2. Panno 0 X = 1 0 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 1 == I 1 1 1 1U 14.5
3. Quinteros 0 =X 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1U 14.5
4. Rubinetti 0 0 0 X 1 = 1 = 0 1 = I I 1 0 1 I I 1 I 1U 13.5
5. Rodriguez = 1 1 0 X = 1 1 = = 0 = = I === 1 1 I I U 13.5
6. Camara = 0 0 ==X0 1 1 == 1 1 1 1 = 1 I I 1 = 1 13.5
7. Szmetan 1 = 0 0 0 1X==0 1 0 1 1 1
1 1 1 0 1 1U 12.5
8. Riemsdyk 0 0 1 = 0 0 =X 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 =0 1 1 1
1 1 11
9. Debamet 0 =0 1 = 0 = 1X= = 0 1 = 1
0 = 0 1 1 1U 10.5
10. Juarez 0 = 1 0 = = 1 = = X 1 = 0 0 0
= 0 1 1 1 1 U 10.5
11. Quinones = = = = 1 = 0 1 = 0 X 0 0 0= 1 = 1 0 1 1 U 10
12. Godoy 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 = 1X 0 1= 0 1 = 1 1 1 U 10
13. Paiva 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 X0 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 9
14. Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 1X 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 9
15. Belmonte 0 = = 1 = 0 0 0 0 1 = = = 0X= 0 = 1 1 1U 9
16. Vasquez 0 =0 0 ==0 0 1 =0 1 1 ==X 0 = 1 = 1 U 9
17. Chemin 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 01 1X 1 1 1 0U 7.5
18. Nazzari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 = 0 == = 0 X = = 1 U 5.5
19. Carvajal 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 00 0 0 = X= 1U 5
20. Caceres = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 = 0 = = X0 U 2.5
21. Albona 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 1 0 0 1 XU 2.5
22. Asfora 0 . 0 . 0 == . X 1

U = UNPLAYED GAMES (The games with Asfora didn't count in the standings.)

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.___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Career

In 1972, Mecking was overpow~ Mecking's reputation as a "difficult"

ering at the Sao Paulo Zonal, giving player. He was in a time~trouble
up just four draws and one loss in 21 (what else?) argument with Browne
games. In a mixed~strength event and a major bust~up with Petrosian.
like a Zonal, Mecking was really With Browne, the wild time
able to put it to the loweHanked scramble occurred when Mecking
players in Fischer fashion. From this moved with one hand while punch~
point on, there was little question ing the clock with the other.
who was the top player in South Browne considered this cheating,
America. but the TD, Golombek, ruled that
there is no rule against this. Interest~
For the next few months, the ingly, this practice is against the
focus of the chess world was on the rules of the WBCA (World Blitz
Fischer vs. Spassky match, which Chess Association) now run by
began the month after the Zonal. Browne. (As a side note- when
Mecking, incidentally, predicted a Mecking played Panna at the 1976
12.5~9 .5 win for Fischer and wrote a Interzonal and Panna tried to use
book on the match. two hands, Mecking yelled at him,
The 1972 San Antonio touma~ "One hand!" Mecking seems to
ment was the first major intema~ have had a change of heart regard~
tional event held in the US since ing the use of two hands in time
the Piatigorsky Cup in 1966. It pressure.)
brought together a strong field of The game with Petrosian be~
established grandmasters and came famous around the world, and
young, ambitious players with will certainly be prominant in all
world~title hopes. Karpov and future anthologies of eccentric chess
Mecking were mentioned as pas~ behavior. Petrosian, according to
sible Fischer challengers. Mecking's Mecking, was shaking the table
name had already come up as a with his legs, stirring his coffee
match opponent; a German news~ loudly, and rolling a coin across the
paper had reported a $200,000 table. Mecking twice protested, but
match being set for March and to no avail. Finally he told TD
April1973. Golombek that ifPetrosian couldn't
Mecking's result at San Antonio sit still, he should be tied to the chair
was disappointing, and he would to quiet him. (Bear in mind that
later say he had been sick for much Petrosian was the man who thought
of the event. This tournament, Fischer made the lights go out dur~
more than any other, would cement ing their match in order to disturb
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him.) Mecking also complained
that when he talked to Petrosian
personally, Petrosian pointedly
turned off his hearing aid.
Petrosian twice offered draws,
until Mecking went wrong. Then
Mecking countered with four draw
offers of his own before losing on
time in a lost position.
When Mecking returned to Bra~
zil, he blasted Petrosian in an inter~
view and attacked the Russian play~
ers in general. He said they still
played as a team, and that Fischer
had been right in calling them
cheaters. Paul Keres, commenting
on the interview, put it down to sour
grapes and wondered why a "pretty
good player" would say such things.
(Keres was highly regarded as a gen~
tleman, and often got the job of
defending Soviet chess.)
The comments by Mecking
didn't get by Petrosian; he named
Mecking the player he would most
like to face, after they both made it
into the Candidates a year later.
When quoted at length in Kar~
pov's bio, Chess Is My Ufe (co~writ~
ten by the propagandist Aleksander
Roshal), Petrosian was not shy in
his opinions of Mecking. Karpov
sided with him, and called Meek~
ing's behavior "simply criminal."
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 they played. Finally, the sec~
tion on Mecking concludes, "To be
fair, it should be mentioned that,
according to several players, in re~
cent years Mecking's behavior
would appear to have begun to
change for the better. Some time
later Karpov also remarked on this."
A drawback to glasnost is that we'll
probably never get to see nonsense
like this published in the future.
At this time, many young West~
em players complained that the So~
viets went out of their way to put
them down or impede their prog~
ress. Karpov's book, however, while
cutting up Mecking, noted that
other Western players were on won~
derful terms with their Soviet coun~
terparts. The players mentioned to
support this point were all "safe"
non~Soviets, i.e., those without
hope of gaining the World Title.
After it became clear that Larsen
would never become World Cham~
pion, he used to get a lot of positive
press in Soviet journals, as opposed
to Fischer, who was a constant tar~
get. Ljubojevic complained that
Petrosian laughed at him during a
postmortem, and commented that
the Russians were always trying to
humiliate him. At the time he was a
very "un~safe" player for the Soviets.
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SAN ANTONIO 1972

1 2 1 i 2 Q 1 .a 2 Q1 2 1 i 2 Q
1. Karpov X 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5
2. Petros ian X 1 1 1 10.5
3. Portisch 1 X 0 1 10.5
4. Gligorich 0 0 1 X 1 10
5. Keres 0 X 1 1 0 1 9.5
6. Hort 0 0 X 0 1 9
7. Suttles 0 0 X 1 9
8. Larsen 0 0 0 1 X 0 0 1 8.5
9. Mecking 0 = 0 0 1 X 1 = 1 1 = 8.5
10. Byrne, D. 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 1 7
11. Browne 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 1 0 0 1 6.5
12. Evans 0 0 0 X 0 1 6.5
13. Kaplan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 0 5
14. Campos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 3.5
15. Saidy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 X 1 3.5
16. Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 X 2
Mecking wouldn't play again soccer. Mecking frequently dressed
until the Interzonal at Petropolis in a jogging suit with advertising on
the following year. It was organized it for a local beer, a sponsor of his.
there (less than an hour from Meek, He explained that it wasn't so much
ing's home in Rio de Janeiro) so the for the money, but that it made him
home crowd could cheer Mecking feel the people were with him.
on. This is a mixed blessing; ask When assured of qualifying to the
Holland's Jan Timman, who often Candidates Matches, he was carried
finds it hard to meet the expecta, on the shoulders of his fans. The
tions of home court. name plate at his board read
Mecking prepared in great detail "Mequinho," an affectionate form
for the Interzonal. He was able to of his name, rather than "Mecking."
devote himself exclusively to chess, No question that he was wildly pop,
thanks to the monthly income from ular in Brazil.
the Brazilian Government. In addi, As was the practice at Inter,
tion, he was a chess columnist for zonals, players of the same country
the weekly ]omal do Brasil and a were paired in the early rounds to
Professor of Chess at the University. prevent cheating later. This meant
In this regard Mecking stood on a that the other players would face the
par with the Soviet players, who six Soviets in consecutive rounds.
were full,time professionals. Many a contender was knocked out
The local papers followed Meek, of the race after facing the arrayed
ing's progress at the tournament Soviets in order; the front,running
with a fervor normally reserved for Ljubojevic was ruined after his
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games with them. Mecking scored
well- two wins and four draws.
He was confident and spoke
frankly when interviewed by a Bel,
grade newspaper after the touma,
ment. He discounted the chances of
the older grandmasters against
Fischer, in much the same way Boris
Gelfand has spoken about the
chances of anyone over 25 against
Kasparov. Mecking boldly stated
that he expected to be playing
Fischer at the end of the Candidates
Matches. He spoke of his young age
and the many chances before him.
His confidence did not blind him to
the strength of the other great
young player in the world, however.
Gligoric quoted him in Chess life
and Review (December 19 73):
"There are only three grandmasters
of the extra class in the world today
- Fischer, Karpov, and Mecking!"
While Mecking often had com,
plaints with the Soviet players,
those difficulties did not bias him in
his view of Karpov, even though
Karpov had been less fair in his as,
sessment ofMecking's talents at the
chessboard.

PETROPOLIS INTERZONAL 1973

1 1. .1 i .5. Q 1 ~ 2 Q 1 1. .1 i .5. Q 1 ~
I. Mecking X = = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 12
2. Geller X = = 1 0 1 1 1 11.5
3. Polugayevsky X 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 11.5
4. Portisch 0 X 1 1 1 1 11.5
5. Smyslov 0 X 0 1 1 1 1 11
6. Bronstein 0 1 X 0 1 1 0 1 10.5
7. Hort 0 1 X 1 0 0 1 1 10
8. Savon 0 0 X 0 1 9.5
9. Ivkov 0 1 X 9
10. Ljubojevic 0 0 0 1 1 X 0 0 1 9
11. Reshevsky 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 8.5
12. Keres 0 0 0 0 X 1 8
13. Panno 1 0 0 0 0 X 1 8
14. Gheorghiu 0 0 0 0 0 I X 1 7.5
15. Biyiasas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 6.5
16. Hug 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3
17. Kagan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 3
18. Tan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 X 3

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..__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Career
Though Mecking had been
viewed as a promising player for
some time, his entry into the Candi~
dates Matches at age 21 was a mild
shock. It was as though he had
missed a step, young grandmaster to
world~title hopeful with nothing in
between. This perception was partly
due to his light tournament sched~
ule and his poor outing at his last
tournament before the Interzonal.
Mecking was again being men~
tioned as a match opponent for
Fischer. At this time, Fischer still
talked about playing matches out~
side the FIDE cycle. Mecking had
the backing of the Brazilian Gov~
emment, who were eager to pit him
against Fischer. At one point
Mecking said a match had been set;
but Fischer proved elusive, and
didn't show up to set the final condi~
tions.
Mecking entered his match with
Kortchnoi as a slight underdog, but
with chances for an upset. It was
played under the new Fischer~in~
spired rules, with only wins count~
ing - the first player to win three
games would move on. This would
discourage the leader from sitting on
his lead, and hopefully make for
fighting chess.
With the "Fischer Boom" still
going on in US chess, the match
was held in Augusta, Georgia, at a
Holiday Inn. What could be more
American? Kortchnoi arrived in
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Augusta with a small delegation
that included his wife and IM Osnos
as his second. Mecking came with
his second, GM Ulf Andersson.
Both camps stayed at the Holiday
Inn.
The organizers and Kortchnoi
all related that Mecking caused no
problems during the match. Martin
Morrison, writing in Chess Life and
Review (June 1974), said Mecking's
requests were all very reasonable
and were granted. He continued,
"Perhaps those who find Mecking's
behavior unacceptable simply ob~
ject to his candor." The organizers
expected an "enfant terrible," and
discovered that Mecking wasn't
that person.
Although Kortchnoi was not
pleased with Mecking's open pre~
dictions of a victory, he was in gen~
eral on good terms with the younger
man. He was bemused by Mecking's
attire, which consisted of a T~shirt
over his shirt that advertised Brazil~
ian coffee. In an interview after the
match, Kortchnoi referred to Meek~
ing as being dressed in his "under~
wear." Kortchnoi, dressed in a suit
and tie, wondered if he should wear
a shirt with an ad on it for Russian
vodka.
In his bio, Chess Is My Life,
Kortchnoi stated that he felt Meek~
ing tried hard to be a correct oppo~
nent. If this wasn't always the case, it
wasn't out of malice or an attempt to
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be disruptive. Kortchnoi dismissed
Petrosian's comment that Mecking
wasn't a good player as sheer bias. It
was clear that both players respected
each other, the difficulties at Sousse
being put aside.
The match was a tragedy for
Mecking. He let slip many promis~
ing positions. From the chess point
of view, he should have won; it was
the psychological struggle that
Mecking lost.
In the very first game, Mecking
(as Black) won a pawn, and ad~
joumed in a position Kortchnoi as~
sessed as winning for Black. But
Mecking misplayed the continua~
tion, and Kortchnoi was able to
draw. In Game 3 Mecking again
won a pawn, but could only draw.
Game 5 was played on Meek~
ing's birthday. Kortchnoi, who is
known to be superstitious, felt this
was an error. Mecking seemed well
on his way to winning the game.
Then, in time trouble, he couldn't
find the right plan, blundered, and
lost.
Game 7 was just as bad. Mecking
again won a pawn, but couldn't find
the right plan. He turned down a
draw offer from Kortchnoi and went
on to lose.
After seven games, Mecking
trailed 0-2. With a little luck, he
could have been 3-0 and on his way
home. Despite the fact that Ulf
Andersson is renowned for his
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endgame and analytical skills, he
and Mecking were being com~
pletely outdone in adjournment
analysis by Kortchnoi and Osnos. In
this desperate situation, Mecking
was to hold Kortchnoi at bay and
draw the next four games.
Game 12 was a powerful victory
for Mecking. Kortchnoi called it the
"most complete game of the
match." Mecking, at last, gained the
advantage and didn't slip up. Now
matters were not so clear, and
Mecking was confident.
The final game was a grave dis~
appointment. As in Games 5 and 7,
he built up a very promising position
only to ruin it in time pressure.
Kortchnoi was helped by his past
escapes against Mecking. He said
Mecking avoided merely winning a
pawn (which should have won the
game) and went for a direct kill.
Mecking was afraid that Kortchnoi
would somehow wiggle out of the
noose if "only" a pawn down.
After the match, Kortchnoi was
very critical of both his and Meek~
ing's play; he said that in the USSR
there were at least 15 young players
"not weaker" than Mecking. Cer~
tainly not true, but a reflection of
how disappointed he was with
Mecking's play.
 CANDIDATES MATCH 1974 AUGUSTA, USA
1 I l 1: 2 Q 1
Kortchnoi 1 1
Mecking ====0 =0 ===
Mecking played once more in 1974,
and it resulted in perhaps the most
notorious incident of his career.
At the Nice Olympiad, Meek~
ing was, of course, Board One for
Brazil. The 73 teams were divided
into eight preliminary groups; the
top two teams from each would ad~
vance to the finals. Brazil had the
bad luck of being in the same group
as the USSR. Still, the Brazilian
team was favored to take the second
slot and make it to the finals.
Unbelievably, Mecking missed
the first three rounds due to prob~
lems with his plane ticket in Brazil,
though British Chess Magazine (Au~
gust 1974) reported that Mecking
was wrangling over how much the
Brazilian Chess Federation should
pay him for competing. He arrived
in time to play Round 4 vs. Mongo~
lia, and beat Lkaghkva. In Rounds 5
and 6 he drew Williams (Wales)
and Spassky. (Much to the disap~
pointment of the fans, Karpov was
rested for the round.) Before the
start of Round 7, Mecking advised
his team captain, R. Camara, that
he wasn't feeling well and that he
wished to sit out that round against
Scotland. Camara tried to get
Mecking to change his mind, but
Mecking was steadfast. Camara
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2 Q .a 1 I l
0 1 7.5
= 1 0 5.5
eventually ordered Mecking to play
anyway. Mecking refused.
Camara included Mecking in
the team line~ up, and after one hour
Pritchett won by default. Scotland
won the match 2.5-1.5, which
dealt the mortal blow to Brazil's
hopes of getting into the finals.
Apparently Camara didn't take
Mecking's "illness" seriously. Meek~
ing's claims of sickness were hurt by
the fact that everyone was sure he
was only interested in watching the
Brazil-Yugoslavia soccer game on
Tv. He was benched for the rest of
the prelims, then banned from the
Brazilian team. After a few days,
Mecking flew home.
Brazil went on to finish 35th
overall and 3rd in Group C - a
poor showing by a team with hopes
of getting into the A~Group finals.
Mecking could be seen in the play~
ing hall after he was benched,
watching the games; this demon~
strated that he was still available
and willing to play. He left Nice
only after Camara banned him from
the playing area. Whoever was to
blame for the missed game with
Scotland, it was clearly Camara who
persisted in his "punishment" of
Mecking, to the destruction of
Team Brazil.
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It is the duty of the team captain
to hold the team together. Mecking
was about two classes better than
anyone else on the team, and the
only reason for the high seeding of
the Brazilian team. Under these cir~
cumstances, it doesn't matter how
"difficult" Mecking was, or even if
he was unreasonable - the team
had to come first. It was a pity Meek~
ing and Camara couldn't come to
terms for the sake of the team. It
would have been better if Camera
had relented and brought Mecking
popcorn during the soccer match.
1975 was a successful year for
Mecking. He tossed off any linger~
ing depression from his loss to
Kortchnoi and performed well.
Las Palmas was a triumph for
youth, with the young players tak~
ing three of the top four places. First
place was decided by Mecking-
Ljubojevic; Mecking lost. As was
normal for him, the game was
fought in one of the sharpest lines in
chess, the Polugayevsky Variation of
the Najdorf. It was a masterpiece of
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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ing of the guard, their promise was
not fulfilled. To date, neither Ljubo~
jevic nor Andersson have gotten
further than the Interzonal. Anders~
son, for the most part, even declines
to take part, having given up hopes
of the World Title. As for Ljubo~
jevic, he told me that ifit weren't for
the Yugoslav chess fans who expect
him to compete, he wouldn't go to
the Interzonals, either. The pay isn't
that good, and he dislikes the pres~
sure. Only Mecking ever advanced
to the Candidates Matches.
Manila was another victory for
Ljubojevic, who was in perhaps his
best year as a chess player. Ljubo
would be voted the runner~up in the
"Chess Oscar" to Karpov for 1975.
Ominously, Mecking lost again
to Polugayevsky; but he managed a
solid tie for second with Larsen, Po~
lugayevsky, and Pfleger. This tour~
nament gave him a look at Manila
before the Interzonal there the fol~
lowing year. It appears the informa~
tion was put to good use!
 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
Mecking played in 1976 was the
Interzonal. Well~prepared and con~
fident, he arrived in Manila two
weeks (!) before the tournament.
This was as important to him as the
actual chess preparation, and re~
fleets on his seriousness and deter~
mination.
He started well, and after six
rounds was tied for first with
Browne, Hort, Uhlmann, and Polu~
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gayevsky with 4.5 points. For the
next few rounds, only Hort was able
to keep up with him. By Round 12
Mecking had a full~point lead over
the field. From Round 13 on, he just
coasted home to the win, with five
draws and a loss to Spassky in the
17th round. One is left with the
impression that, ifhe had wanted to,
Mecking could have opened up a
larger lead. He seemed content to
only qualify for the Candidates; the
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius

MANILA INTERWNAL 1976

1 l .1 ~ 2 Q 1 .a 2 Q 1 l .1 ~ 2 Q 1 .a2 Q
1. Mecking X = = 1 = = = = 1 = = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 13
2. Hort X 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 12.5
3. Polugayevsky 0 X = 1 I 12.5
4. Tseshkovsky 0 1 X 0 1 0 I 1 I 12
5. Ljubojevic 1 X 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 11.5
6. Ribli 1 X 1 1 1 0 0 + 0 1 11.5
7. Balashov 0 0 X 0 1 10.5
8. Kavalek 1 1 0 X 0 1 0 0 10.5
9. Panna 0 1 0 1 0 X 0 1 0 1 10.5
10. Gheorghiu 0 0 1 1 X 1 0 1 10
11. Mariotti 0 0 0 1 X 0 1 1 0 10
12. Spassky 1 1 0 0 0 X 1 1 10
13. Uhlmann 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 1 0 1 10
14. Quinteros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 9
15. Browne ,0 0 0 0 0 X 1 0 1 8.5
16. Torre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 0 7
17. Biyiasas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 0 6
18. Pachman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5
19. Tan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 = = X 5
20. Harandi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 I = = X 5
Interzonal win was a secondary con, gayevsky called Mecking a "class
sideration. player," but questioned his end,
For the rest of the year, predic, game. The final score of the match
tions were that Mecking would win .. was a shock - 11 draws and a loss
the Candidates Matches in 1977. for Mecking. Almost unbelievable.
Leonard Barden, in his Manchester How could he have failed to win a
Guardian column (August 1, 1976), single game? This match made the
picked Mecking as the favorite. lifetime score between the two 14
Most others thought that Mecking draws and 3 wins, in favor of
had grown as a player and wouldn't Polugayevsky.
repeat the mistakes of the Kortch, Like the match with Kortchnoi,
noi match. Youth had let him down Mecking failed to make the most of
in his first attempt at the World the chances he had, although Polu,
Title, but now he was an older and gayevsky didn't give Mecking as
more seasoned chess player. But in many chances as had Kortchnoi.
1977, when Mecking arrived in Despite the 11 draws, the match was
Luzern, Switzerland, Polugayevsky hard,fought and very tense.
was the solid favorite. Mecking lost the decisive game
Mecking, of course, predicted of the match (Game 2) while in
success for himself, but praised Polu, time trouble, just before adjourn,
gayevsky's fighting qualities. Polu, ment. The game would last 63
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L.___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Career

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

CANDIDATES MATCH 1977 LUZERN, SWITZERLAND

1 2 l 1 5. Q 1 2 Q .a
1 2
Polugayevsky 1 6.5
Mecking = 0 = = = = = = 5.5

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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____,

international level and in the de,
manding style ofMecking. Doctors I
spoke with said myasthenia gravis
often comes and goes, and doesn't
progress at a steady rate. But stress is
the killer, and can bring on setbacks
- a very difficult problem for a pro,
fessional chess player, certainly even
more vexing for the high,strung
Mecking.
In addition to facing myasthenia
gravis, Mecking watched the col,
lapse of his career. This would cause
the stress he needed to avoid, creat,
ing a circle of troubles feeding on
themselves.

WIJK aan ZEE 1978

12.11)Q1~2Ql2.
1. Portisch X = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 = 1 8
2. Kortchnoi =X = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 0 7.5
3. Andersson = =X= == 1 = 0 = 1 1 6.5
4. Ree = ==X ==== == = 1 6
5. Ttmman 0 = = =X= 1 1 == == 6
6. Panno 0 0 = = =X= = = 1 = 1 5.5
7. Mecking = 0 0 = 0 =X 1 = = = 1 5
8. Miles =0 = =0 =0 X 1 = 1 = 5
9. Najdorf 0 0 1 = = = = 0 X = = 1 5
10. Sosonko 0 = = = = 0 = = =X= = 4.5
11. Kavalek =0 0 ====0 ==X= 4
12. vanderSterren 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = =X 3

With Benko as his second, ment, Mecking almost withdrew

Mecking made one final effort to
play chess. The site was the 1979
Interzonal in Rio, Mecking's home
town.
He knew he was ill, but held out
the belief he'd been cured by God
(though it's more likely he was en,
joying a quiet period of the illness).
In his time of distress, Mecking had
turned to religion. Feeling cured but
still weak, he wanted to have a third
try at the Candidates Matches.
Before the start of the touma,
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over a problem with the tempera,
ture of the playing area. He found it
too cold. The TO, Golombek, ruled
that the 18 other players would find
it too hot if Mecking's request to
tum off the air conditioner were
granted. It was therefore denied.
Mecking said he would have to
withdraw.
The sponsor of the event got
Mecking to change his mind, re,
portedly in exchange for a large sum
of money. (The sponsors knew that
without Mecking, the tournament
would lose most of its appeal for the
local crowd.) A special room with a
couch was installed behind the stage
for him.
Golombek said later: "In appear,
ance he looked more than 30 years
older than his true age and his ways
and habits were those of a confirmed
valetudinarian ... After almost ev,
ery move Mecking would go to the
sofa and recline there, constantly
applying iced mineral water to his
face and forehead so as to keep cool,
and feverishly clutching to himself
pillows and blankets to keep his
body warm." (British Chess Maga,
zine, February 1980.) In Chess Ufe
and Review (January 1980), Benko
wrote, "Mecking was very nervous
from the onset of the Rio tourna,
ment. As he told me, he had no time
for preparation ... "
As White in Round 1, Mecking
played a timid game against lvkov
and offered the draw in a good posi,
tion; he complained of being tired.
Round 2 was adjourned against
Smejkal in a difficult position. Be,
fore that game could be finished,
Mecking called a news conference
and announced his withdrawal from
the tournament. Although he had a
doctor's certificate, he was accused
of fabricating his illness, that every,
thing was just in his head. The local
papers debated whether Mecking
was really ill or just crazy. This bi,
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zarre circus atmosphere pervaded
the tragic end to a great master's
career.
InN ovember of 1992 I spoke with
several Brazilian chess players who
assured me that Mecking wouldn't
beplayinganymoreaftertheSeirawan
match. They said that despite pub,
lished reports saying otherwise.
Mecking was very ill.
It was their view that Mecking
was either deluding himself about his
condition or that he was just trying to
earn some money by playing. I hoped
these views were wrong and wished
for the best.
Yasser Seirawan reported on a
friendly meeting with Mecking in
the pages of Inside Chess. Mecking
was working hard on his game and
was very upbeat about his chances in
the coming world title cycle. The
reportdidn'tringtrue tome. Seirawan
is willing to let a subject present his
view without pushing his own opin,
ions. But, even Seirawan expressed
some reservations on the rosy picture
Mecking presented.
Mecking's play in the 1993 Zonal
is unrecognizable to me. It isn't any,
where near the level of the matches
he played earlier in his comeback.
His loss of a piece to Lima in round 2
is just awful. Mecking shows none of
his sure, clearstyleofplay. In compli-
cations he is very unsteady. Mecking
looked worn out right from the start.
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius

SOUTH MffiRICAN ZONAL 1993

Sao Paulo
1 l l 1 2 Q 1 .a 2
1. Zuniga 6= 14+ 8+ 4+ 2= 9+ 7+ 5+ 3- 7
2. Lima 18= 9+ 20+ 6= 1= 5= 4+ 3- 10+ 6
3. Campora 16+ 4= 6- 10= 20= 8+ 14+ 2+ 1+ 6
4. Milos 11+ 3= 10+ 1- 5= 6+ 2- 7+ 8+ 6
5. Sunye 15+ 10= 7+ 11+ 4= 2= 9+ 1- 6+ 5.5
6. Slipak 1= 13+ 3+ 2= 7+ 4- 12+ 8- 6- 5
7. Egger 20= 18+ 5= 8+ 6- 10+ 1- 4- 11+ 5
8. Vasquez 22+ 17+ 1- 7- 12= 3= 20+ 6+ 4- 5
9. Rubinetti 12= 2- 19+ 21+ 11+ 1- 5- 13= 15+ 5
10. Giardelli 19+ 5= 4- 3= 13+ 7- 16= 12+ 2- 4.5
11. van Riemsdijk 4- 22+ 17+ 5= 9- 20= 13+ 15= 7- 4.5
12. Catropa 9= 20- 14= 18+ 8= 17+ 6- 10- 21= 4
13. Panno 14= 6- 15+ 20= 10- 18+ 11- 9= 16= 4
14. Valiente 13= 1- 12= 16= 15= 21+ 3- 19= 22= 4
15. Silva 5- 21= 13- 22+ 14= 16= 17+ 11= 9- 4
16. Braga 3- 19- 22+ 14= 17= 15= 10= 18= 13= 4
17. Trinidade 21+ 8- 11- 19+ 16= 12- 15- 22+ 18= 3.5
18. De Toledo 2= 7- 21= 12- 19+ 13- 22= 16= 17= 3.5
19. Garcia,] 10- 16+ 9- 17- 18- 22= 21= 14= bye 3.5
20. Mecking 7= 12+ 2- 13= 3= 11= 8- 21- WD 3
21. Soppe 17- 15= 18= 9- 22- 14- 19= 20+ 12= 3
22. Izquierdo 8- 11- 16- 15- 21+ 19= 18= 17= 14= 3

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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~----------------------------------------T~Careff
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, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __j

Henrique Mecking
(2610 ELO) from
the Match of the
Americas, as seen
by Norma Albano
with permission
from Inside Chess
Enterprises, Inc.

Mecking in his earlier days as

seen by CORA in Wijk aan Zee
1978 tournament bulletins.

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' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Annotated Games

TWO

Gatnes

GAME 1 Now Black really does threaten to

Mecking---Joao J de Souza Mendes win the e-pawn after the exchange on
NM (Brazil) c3.
Sao Paulo 1966 9. . .• b5?!
Brazilian Championship More normal would be to play 9 ...
Sicilian Defense d6 and challenge the Bishop with its
counterpart from e6.
Here Mecking faces off against the 10. Bd5!
grand old man of Brazilian chess, 74- A great post for the Bishop - and
year-old Souza Mendes. Mendes repre- Black can't exchange it off easily.
sented Brazil on Olympic teams and at
Zonal tournaments, but never obtained
an international title. The match-up
must have made for an interesting pic-
ture, the 13-year-old Mecking facing a
man 61 years his senior.
1. e4 c5
2. N£3 a6
An attempt to get Mecking out of
main lines.
3. d4 cd
4. Nd4 N£6
5. Nc3 e5
Because of the pawn on a6, Mecking
is kept from playing the most testing
lines against the early .. .e5 setup. He 10. ... Rb8
can't get a Knight on bS. 11. a3 Be7
6. Nb3 Bb4 To be considered was 11... Bc3
7. Bd2 Nc6 12.Bc3, and with the center, blocked
8. Bc4 0-0 Bishops won't be better than Knights.
9. £3 12. 0-0 a5
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess G e n i u s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
Black has play only on the Queen- 19. ... Nc4
side, and must keep action on that wing. 20. Bc4
13. Be3 White doesn't have to mourn the
White's pieces have much greater loss of his Bishop. The d5-square is still
freedom, and there is nothing Black solidly in his hands.
can do to keep them from moving as 20. ... Qc4
they please. 21. Bg5
13. .•• a4 Indirectly protecting the pawn on
This will only drive the Knight to a e4.
better square. 21. ••• Bd8
14. Ncl Qc7 . A waste. This does nothing to ad-
15. Nd3 Na5 dress Black's pressing problems of a
mounting Kingside attack and a
blocked center. 21 .. . Bb7 and an effort
to get in .. .d5 would at least give White
something to worry about. Black's
threat to win the e-pawn is transpar-
ent.
22. B£6 B£6
23. Nb4
The Knights are going to be very
difficult to control once they jam them-
selves on d5.
23. ••• Bb7
A little late now.
24. Qg4
Defending e4 and attacking the
16. Nb4 Nc6 Kingside with one move.
17. Nd3 24. ..• Kh8
Exchanging would be terrible. 17. The pin on g7 scares Black.
Nc6 dc6 and Black drives away the 25. R£3
Bishop on d5 and has an open file to White is free to just pile up on the
use. Kingside.
17. ... Na5 25. •.. Rbc8?
A draw offer by Black. This has nothing to do with the
18. £4 game. Black has to play 25 ... Qc7 and
Mecking declines. He has no reason try to back up the Bishop on f6 with the
to settle for the half-point, as his posi- Queen from d8.
tion is dynamic while Black is reduced 26. Nbd5 Bd8?!
to just watching. With 18. f4 Mecking Losing, but it's hard to find anything
brings his Rook and Queen into action better. 26 ... Rg8 27. Nf6 gf6 28. Qh4
on the Kingside. Rg7 29. Qf6Rg830. Re1; 31. Ree3; 32.
18. ... d6 Rg3; 33. Rg7 34. Rg3 is killing.
19. £5 27. £6(!)
This seals off the black Kingside and A strong move, but not very hard to
brings the B/e3 into the picture. find.
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27. •.• g6
28. Qg5
White walks in and claims victory.

GAMEZ
Meckin~Rayrnond Keene
NM (England)
Hastings 1966-67
Benoni

Keene was later to become England's

second grandmaster. Although never a
great player, he is certainly one of the
world's better-known. His many books,
political ambitions, and work as 11. ••• K£8
Kortchnoi's second have all made him Blackcan'tplay 11... Nd712. Bd6,
famous. Recently, Keene has focused of course. And 11 ... Bd7 is also flawed:
on organizing events. He was the spark 12. Bd7t Qd7 13. Ne5! deS 14. Qh5,
plug behind several major tournaments, and White has the better of it with his
including the second USSR vs. the advanced d-pawn and more space.
World Match. 12. Be2
1. d4 N£6 This retreat is to stop Black from
2. c4 c5 gaining space and time with 12 ... a6
The Benoni wasn't particularly followed by 13 ... b5. But today 12. e5
popular in 1967. The young crop of would be played, and Black has to sort
English players did a lot to popularize it out many dangerous threats.
with their games and writings. 12. Ng3
3. d5 e6 13. hg3 a6
4. Nc3 ed 14. Qc2?!
5. cd d6 The move White is virtually forced
6. N£3 g6 to play is 14. a4, preventing Black's
7. e4 Bg7 Queenside expansion.
8. Bg5 h6 14. ... Nd7?
9. Bh4 g5 Keene doesn't. grab the golden op-
10. Bg3 Nh5?! portunity Mecking has given him.
With the benefit of over 20 years of 15. a4
opening theory since this move has Mecking doesn't give Keene a sec-
been played, I can state that it has ond chance to get in . .. b5.
fallen into disfavor. It ignores Black's 15. .•• Qe7
development. 16. Nd2
11. Bb5t A common type of move in the
Mecking finds the move that casts a Benoni. The Knight heads for a post on
shadow on 10 .. . Nh5. c4 and keeps an eye on e4 in the mean-
time.
16. .•• Bd4!
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A strong post for the Bishop.
17. Rfl
Mecking is worried about the weak
spot on £2. 17. 0-0 is a little too danger~
ous for White.
17. ... Kg7
Black has gotten his King out of the
way of his Rooks.
18. 0-0-0
White has good play pending on the
Kingside, but Black gets chances now
on the Queenside.
18. ... b5!
Black starts the attack first, and now
has a fine game. Writing in Becoming a
Grandmaster, Keene said of this posi~
tion: "Here Black has an excellent po~
sition, but I definitely failed to make
the best of my chances. I have to admit
that I felt oppressed by Mecking's very
obvious desire to win, which clearly
overrode his capacity, then, for finding
the best move."
19. ab
Mecking has to exchange, or the
pawns just run wild.
19. ... Nb6?!
Much more in the spirit of playing
an attack would be 19 ... ab.
20. Nb3
White wants to provoke Black into
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parting with his dark-squared Bishop,
and gain the c3-g7 diagonal for his
Queen.
20. .•. Bc3?
Better was to pull back with 20 ...
Bf6, and Black would have the diago~
nal for his attack.
21. Qc3t £6
22. £4
Now White starts his own attack. It
unfolds with considerably more vigor
than Keene used in the development
ofhisown.
22. ••• Na4
Black now wants to drive the Queen
off the diagonal he gave away. It would
be a blunder for Black to try to win a
pawn with 22 ... Qe4 due to 23. fg! and
a terrible attack against f6.
23. Qc2 ab
Keene gets on track, but he's wasted
too many moves.
24. Bb5 Ba6!
Now Keene is finding good moves.
This activates Black's position, rather
than meekly playing 24 ... Nb6. Fur~
ther, it invites Mecking into unclear
waters with 25. Ba4 Bfl 26. Bc6 Ba6.
25. Ba6 Ra6
26. e5!
Startling! Suddenly Mecking is
L _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Annotated Games

threatening to open every file and di~ GAME3

agonal on the board against the black Alberto Foguelman-Mecking
King. 1M (Argentina)
26. ... de Buenos Aires 1967, Zonal Playoff
Stronger is 26 ... fe and the attack Benoni
isn't as clear.
27. fe fe Foguelman finished Last in the play~
Black can't decline to capture. The off, with only half a point in the six
white center pawns are too powerful, games he played. Just the same, it was
otherwise. amazing that the young Mecking would
28. d6 sweep the veteran IM in both games of
The follow~up. White continues to the double round robin event.
pull the black position apart. 1. d4 N£6
28. ... Rd6? 2. c4 c5
Looks Like the right thing to do, but 3. d5 e6
... better would be to play 28 ... Qe6 4. de fe
and go after the pawn Later. Not normal nor considered good.
29. Rd6 Qd6 When facing young players, there is a
30. Qe4! general belief that once out of the
The point behind 28. d6; if 30 ... "book" they will be helpless against
Nb6, 31. Qb7twinsatonce. The black older and more seasoned opponents.
King can't avoid mate. But here, it is Mecking who gets out of
30. .•. Rd8 "book."
This defends against the mates, but 5. Bg5
the poor Knight is Left hanging. Breaks the opening principle of
31. Qa4 Qd3 Knights before Bishops, but here it's
I'm sure Keene is just playing on in the correct choice. White wants to keep
Mecking's time trouble. Black from forming a strong center.
32. Rhl c4 5. .•. d5
33. Qa7t Kg8 6. e4
34. Nc5 Qd2t A well~played strike at the black
35. Kbl c3 center.
Keene is hurling himself at Mecking 6. ... h6
in hopes of a blunder. It would be bad to win the pawn
36. be Qc3 with 6 ... de; 7. Qd8t Kd8 8. Nc3;
3 7. Qb6 Resigns. Black would have great difficulties
Black has no checks and no way to holding his extra pawn in a shattered
avoid mate via 38. Qg6t, and, oh yes, position.
the Rook is hanging. 7. B£6 Q£6
8. cd
White successfully breaks up the
black center with the following cap~
tures.
8. ... ed
9. ed Bd6
Restoring the material balance with
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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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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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and back up a pawn-push to e5. 30. be K£8

20. ab ab 31. Rd7!
21. Na5 A natural move, and very strong.
White threatens to enter Black's The vital seventh rank is now under
position with great effect. White's complete control.
21. ••• Bd7 31. ... Rb5
The only real option left to Black.
Whatever else, the Knight can't be al-
lowed to stay on c6.
22. Nc6!
The Knight jumps in anyway.
Mecking has seen a way to exploit the
congestion in Black's ranks. Despite
first glances, Black will not easily be
able to win the pawn headed for c6.
22. ... Bc6
What else?
23. dc6 c4
Black has a weak b-pawn to deal
with. 23 ... b4 leaves the white squares
in Black's camp too weak- at the first
chance, the white Knight would post 32. Bg4!
powerfully on b5. Once the Knight is removed, the
24. B£3 White c-pawn is free to head for the
Indirectly supporting the c-pawn. queening square. Sadly for Black, the
24. ... Ne6 Knight is pinned, as Black can't allow
25. e5! the Rooks on the e-file to be ex-
Rather than waste time protecting changed.
the f-pawn, White strikes at Black, and 32. ... Rc5
the Knight on f6 has nowhere to run. Nice thought, but Black won't get a
25. ••. de chance to win the pawn from behind.
26. fe b4 33. Be6 fe6
The only move that enables Black Forced. 33 ... Re6 is crushed by 34.
to regain his Knight. Rd8t.
27. e£6 34. c7 Resigns.
Better than retreating with 27. Nb 1, Black will lose the h-pawn. For ex-
when White doesn't win a pawn. ample,34 ... Rf5t 35. Kgl Rf636. Rh7,
27. ..• Qc5t and Black can't prevent the c-pawn
Forced. Otherwise a Knight is lost. from queening.
28. Q£2!
Forcing a trade of Queens and enter-
ing a better endgame.
28. •.. Q£2t
29. K£2 bc3
Regaining the Knight, but remain-
ing a pawn down.
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GAME 5 and Knight combine to pressure the
Miguel Quinteros-Mecking weak £2-square.
IM (Argentina) 14. Bg1
Mar Del Plata 1969 White avoids exchanging the dark-
English squared Bishop, but the text move ad-
mits the error of 11. Qd2.
Quinteros was part of a group of 14. ... b6
young players who ran around together Activates the light-squared Bishop.
that included Torre and Ljubojevic. Black's Bishop duo is a formidable
They would all become grandmasters, weapon.
and for a time be mentioned as world- 15. h3 Bh6
title candidates. The Bishop comes off its useless di-
Quinteros ruined his career by play- agonal with tempo.
ing in South Africa and being banned 16. Qd3 N£6
from international tournaments by 17. Be3
FIDE. He played in the US a number of Back again! White's having real
times, and even lived in New York for a problems completing his development.
while. 17. .•. Ba6
1. c4 g6 Another gain of tempo.
2. Nc3 Bg7 18. Qd2 Be3
3. d4 d6 19. Qe3
4. e4 e5 White is only making moves forced
5. d5 Ne7 by Black.
6. g3 Nd7 19. ••• Nd7
7. Nge2 0-0 The f- and c-files are both Black's,
8. Bg2 £5 and White is having fits trying to find a
This expansion is a must, or Black safe haven for his King.
will be confined behind a massive white 20. Ng1
center. With the position no longer closed,
9. £3 N£6 White doesn't have time for such slow
Black has space and time to maneu- regrouping. Better might be 20. 0-0-0
ver his pieces. With the center blocked, and trying to hold the Queenside to-
both sides have time to deploy forces. gether. Slow, but faster than the text, is
10. Be3 c6 20. Bf3 and then 21. 0-0.
11. Qd2 20. ..• Qc7
White sets up the typical Queen- Starting to lay claim to the c-file,
and-Bishop duo against the Black which has been Black's for the asking.
Bishop. 21. B£3 Qc4
11. .•. cd Black's freedom of movement in-
12. cd fe creases, and White's decreases, with
Mecking clarifies the center, and each move.
with a few simple tactics gains an ad- 22. Rd1
vantage. White's biggest problem at the Tempting is 22. Be2, but it leads to a
moment is that he isn't castled. bad endgame after 22. . . Qd4 - the
13. fe Ng4! Queen-trade is forced, and Black has
Simple but very strong. The Rook all the play, e.g., 23. Qd4 ed4 24. Ba6
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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

Najdorf was a World-Tide candi-

date twice in the Fifties and a member
of the World Team against the USSR
in 1970. He was South America's top
player since leaving Poland in 1939;
only the emergence of Mecking dis-
placed him.
25. Be2? In this game, a sharp battle takes
An understandable move, but one place between the veteran and the
that Quinteros must have been loath teen-ager.
to make. On the plus side, he breaks up 1. d4 N£6
the strong Bishop-and-Knight team; 2. c4 g6
but the black Rooks are going to be on 3. Nc3 Bg7
the open f-file in force. 4. e4 d6
25. Be2 5. Be2 0-0
26. Nge2 Ra£8 6. N£3 e5
27. Kd2 7. d5 Nbd7
"Run, Bambi, run!" 8. Bg5 h6
27. ... R£3! 9. Bh4 g5
Winning! And easy to see. 10. Bg3 Nh5
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11. h4 N e6 19. de6 Be6 20. ef is better.
A strong thrust that disrupts Black 18. ..• Be8
from calmly smashing White on the Still a good move. White is under
Kings ide. attack before he can take advantage of
11. ... N£4 the open h,file and airy position around
This is one of several moves at the black King.
Black's disposal. Other choices are 11 ... 19. N£8
Ng3 and 11 ... g4. It's a matter of style More or less forced. It's difficult to
as to which is played. find a white plan that would entail
12. hg retreating the Rook.
White is opening the h,file for his 19. ... Bh5
Rooks in hopes of a future attack. 20. Ne6 Qh4 .
12. ... hg The capture 20 ... Ne6 21. de6 fe4
13. Qc2 £5 22. Qe4 Bc3 leaves Black poorly pre,
If 13 ... Ng2t, then 14. Kd2 and all pared to fight the advanced e,pawn
Black has done is open lines against his and open files. ·
own King. 21. e£
14. B£4 e£4 Anchoring the Knight and breaking
15. 0-0-0 Nc5 up the black pawns.
This Knight has to get out of the 21. ••• Q£2
way before Black can complete his de, 22. Rh1 Qe3t
velopment. Moreover, c5 is the perfect The start of a series of moves that
square from which to strike at White's will enable Black to infiltrate with his
center. Knight.
16. Rh5 23. Kb1 Bc3
This clears the hl ,square for Rook A nice move. White's Queenside
doubling and hits at the advancing pawns are broken, and Black gains con,
pawns. The g5,square is now held as a trol of e4 for his Knight.
post for a Knight. 24. bc3 Ne4
16. ... g4 The whole point ofNajdorf's previ,
This only forces the Knight to go ous play. The Knight hits the weak
where it was headed anyway. 16 ... fe points in White's position.
would at least start action in the center.
17. Ng5
From g5, the Knight protects the e4,
square and opens up the Bishop on e2.
17. •.• Bd7
18. Nh7
Natural, looking. White doesn't
have time to play 18. R1h1 because of
18. . . Be8 and White drops material.
But the text move allows Black danger,
ous counterplay. After 18. Ne6, a sur,
prising move, 18 ... Be6 19. de6 Ne6
20. cS with very dangerous checks and
pins after Bc4. Capturing with 18 ...
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25. Rh5 the black King.
If 25. Kb2, trying to avoid the cap- 37. ... K£8
tures on the Queenside, 25 ... Ng3 is Black can't save the pawn by ap-
difficult to meet. proaching the Knight with 37 ... Kd7;
25. •.. Qe2? White just advances with 38. f6.
This forces a Queen exchange that 38. Nd6
is unfavorable for Black. Najdorf ruins With White winning another pawn,
his fine counterplay of the last few Black should resign. His dreams of a
moves. 25 ... Nc3t wins back the piece queening run with the a- and b-pawns
and keeps Queens on the board. is just that . . . a dream. White's next
26. Rg5t three moves show that very clearly.
A good "in-between move." Black 38. b5
drops a pawn because of the incorrect 39. Ke5 b4
25 ... Qe2. 40. e5 b3
26. K£7 41. Ne4 Resigns.
27. Qe2 Nc3t
28. Ke2 Ne2
29. Rg4 GAME7
Weaker is 29. Rg7t and the black Mecking---Bobby Fischer
King is driven towards the white pawn IGM(USA)
on f5. Black is a mass of weak pawns. Buenos Aires 1970
29. ••• Rg8 Gruenfeld-Taimanov
Not a happy move, but it stops
White from simply driving off the Bobby Fischer was halfway through
Knight and winning the f-pawn. his great tournament year. He won this
30. Rg8 Kg8 tournament by 3.5 points, having just
31. Ne7 won a tournament in Yugoslavia by 2.5
White is now a solid pawn to the points. He was at the peak of his great
good, with others to follow. powers; 1970-1972 belonged to Bobby.
31. K£7 "Fischer Fear" was rampant; even the
32. Nb5 Ke7 strongest grandmasters wilted before
33. Kd3 him.
White exploits the misplaced 1. d4 N£6
Knight to centralize his King with "free" 2. e4 g6
moves. 3. Nc3 d5
33. Nclt 4. Bg5
34. Ke4 Na2 At the time, this was the hot new
35. K£4 line against the Gruenfeld. So, of
The black f-pawn was much more course, Mecking played it.
valuable than White's a-pawn. The 4. Ne4
passed f- and g-pawns are set to run 5. Bh4 Nc3
over Black. 6. bc3 de
35. a6 7. e3 Be6
36. Na7 Ne3 8. Rb1 b6
37. NeSt 9. N£3 Bg7
Gaining more time by driving away 10. Nd2 0-0
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11. Nc4 him.

White would like to capture with 17. Qcl!
11. Bc4, but 11... Bc4 12. Nc4 Qd5 Traps the Black Queen.
kills the dream of a quick and easy 17. •.• Rac8
Kingside development. The Knight on c 7 is more than an
11. Bd5 annoyance; it dominates the white
12. Qd2 Qd7 flight squares needed for the black
13. Na3 Queen's escape.
Otherwise 13 ... Qa4 and White has 18. Ra1
difficulties defending the Queenside. Closing in on the Queen.
13. ... c5 18. ... Qb3
If 13 .. . Qa4 now, White wins mate-
rial with 14. NbS!

19. Ra3 Rc7

14. £3
The black Bishop on d5 makes
White's Kingside development diffi-
cult. While f3 is hardly a joyous move
tohavetomake, itshouldenable White
to get his King out of the center.
14. •.. Qa4
15. Nb5!
Still a good move. Black's Queenside
is underdeveloped, and this moves
forces matters.
15. .•• Nc6
16. Nc7!
Forces Black to play 12.. . Qa2 to
protect the Bishop and the exchange.
16. ... Qa2
I think Fischer has entered a line
that's a little too optimistic, even for
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The moment. Fischer gives up his
Queen for as much as he can grab.
20. Rb3 Bb3
21. Qa3 Na5!
Holds the advanced Bishop on its
best square. Fischer can't afford to start
retreating.
22. Bg3?!
Better was 22. Be2 and White can
get his Kings ide moving. White is wast-
ing his chances to unite his pieces. And
he has very little time to get going.
22. ..• e5!
Fischer at last! Now Bobby activates
everything, and his position springs to
life. Black would be in critical condi-
tion if he allowed White to gather his
forces behind a wall of pawns.
23. Be5
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Or 23. de; isn't really different from 30. Qcl Drawn

the game. But it's too late for 23. Be2 cd
24. cd, when the black Rooks flood
into White's position via the c~file. GAMES
23. ••• Be5 Mecking-Vassily Smyslov,
24. de5 Rd8 IGM (USSR)
Can't be delayed. The black game Palma de Mallorca 1970, Interzonal
depends on the d-file. Nimzo~Indian
25. Be2 Red7
26. Qcl Smyslov was the second~oldest
The only way to defend the d~file. player at Palma de Mallorca. More than
White can't run with 26. Kf2; 26 ... a decade later, he reached the finals of
Rd2 27. Rei Ra2 28. Qcl Rdd2 29. Kfl the Candidates Matches against
Bc4! 30. Bc4 Rf2t 31. Kgl Rg2t 32. Kasparov; a testament to his longevity.
Khl Rh2t 33. Kgl Nc5 with the threat Mecking was little more than a toddler
of ... Rag2t and ... Nd2t. when Smyslov won the World Cham~
pionship in 1957.
1. d4 N£6
2. e4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 0-0
5. Bd3 c5
6. N£3 d5
7. 0-0 de
8. Bc4 a6
9. a3 Ba5
Black won't capture the Knight un~
til it doubles the pawns.
10. de Bc3
Now Black captures, and creates
pawn weaknesses.
26. ••• Bc4 11. bc3 Qa5
Forcing White to either repeat the Black easily picks up the extra pawn.
position or go into the very sharp and It's all a question of timing.
dangerous 27. Bc4 Nc4 where White 12. Be2 Nbd7
has few options, faced with a weak sec~ 13. e6
ond rank and separated Q+ R. For ex~ The pawn, doomed, wishes to sell
ample: 28. Kf2 Rd2t 29. Kg3 Ne3, and itself as dearly as possible. The advance
Mecking's King would be forced to an breaks up Black's pawn structure.
uncomfortable location. Moreover, 13. ••• be
White is tied to the defense, and can 14. e4
only wait and watch as Black mounts A grab for space and an effort to
winning attempts. increase the dark~squared Bishop's mo-
27. Qe2 Bb3 bility.
28. Qcl Be4 14. ... e5
29. Qe2 Bb3 Likewise freeing the Bishop via b 7.
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15. Bd2 Qc7 A lengthy maneuver to end up with
16. Qa4 a5 the Knight on a bad square. Now
It would be awkward for Black if he White's play is strong and direct.
allowed a Bishop to control the dB- 28. Be5!
square. First, the Queen is pushed to an
17. Rfd1 Bb7 even worse position.
18. Bc3 Bc6 28. •.. Qc8
19. Qc2 Ne4
Black is striking at the White Bishop
duo before they can set for long-range
attacks against the Kingside.
20. Bb2 Rab8
21. Nd2 Nd2
This exchange is very helpful for
White. His two-Bishop advantage is
preserved.
22. Qd2 Rb3
23. Bc3 a4
Trying to anchor the Rook in
White's Queenside amounts to noth-
ing. More importantly, White again
has control of the aS-square, in spite of
all Black's efforts. 29. Qc3!
24. Bd3 Ne5 The point. Now Black has real
25. Bc2 Ng4? troubles. In order to save the g-pawn,
Since Black doesn't really expect to he has to retreat the Knight to a ter-
be allowed to play .. .Qh2t, he rible location. Worse than the danger
shouldn't go into this line. It leads, to a pawn is the weakness of the dark
nearly by force, to a bad game for Black. squares and back rank.
29. ... NeB
30. Qa5!
I'm back!
30. ... £6
A disaster has befallen Black. He is
now forced to give up his Queen for
dubious compensation. No better is
30 ... Nc7 31. Qc5 Bd7 32. Be4, and at
least a piece follows the already-lost
pawn.
31. Rd8 QdB
32. Qd8 fe5
33. fe Rb£7
34. Qb6 BaS
35. Ba4
26. £4 Rb7 It's bad enough that Black lost his
27. h3 N£6 Queen for a R + B, but now he's helpless
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to prevent his pawns falling like ripe 6. e3 e6
apples. 7. Bc4 Bb4
35. .•• Be4 8. 0-0 0-0
Black tries to keep the Bishop on Black has developed his pieces and
the a8-hl diagonal. His only hope is caught up with White, who took time
that somehow he will be able to mount to capture the c-pawn. Both sides are
a Kingside attack, using his open file ready for the middlegame.
and the weak g2-square as attack points. 9. Qe2
Fat chance. White starts clearing the first rank
36. Bc6 for use by the Rooks, who want to
A Bishop trade is fine for White; come to the center.
and if they're not traded, the White 9. ... Bg4
Kingside is a fortress with the Bishop Black doesn't want to trade, but to
anchored to g2. slow down the easy development of
36. Bd3 White's pieces.
37. Qc5 Nc7 10. h3
38. Rd1 Resigns. Inviting the trade.
10. ... Bh5
Black prefers to part with the tempo
rather than the Bishop pair.
GAME9 11. Rd1
Vlastimil Hort-Mecking As prepared on Move 9, White
IGM (Czechoslovakia) brings the Rook to the center.
Wijk aan Zee 1971 11. Nbd7
Queen's Gambit Declined 12. e4
White is looking toward pawn
This is the first of two games against breaks with either d5 or eS.
Hort in this collection. Hort and 12. •.. Qe7
Mecking played eight times in tourna- Black wants his Rooks united, too.
ments, with Mecking winning three 13. g4
and losing one with four draws. The The Bishop pin hinders White and
two players matched up well, and usu- his hopes of a mobile pawn center.
ally contested hard-fought games. 13. ••• Bg6
1. d4 N£6 14. Bg5
2. N£3 Prevents Black from winning a pawn
Hort is unwilling to give Mecking with 14.. . Bc3 and the e-pawn falls.
free rein after 2. c4 and have to face an Now White threatens to win a piece
assortment of sharp lines. witheS.
2. ••• d5 14. ... h6
3. c4 Now eS can't be played. But this is
Now Hort has gotten in c4 without part of a long-range plan to redeploy
having to go up against the sharper his Bishops and Knights that will un-
lines Mecking surely would have used. fold over the next few moves.
3. c6
4. Nc3 de
5. a4 B£5
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Mecking's Rook move is more forc-

ing than Hort's.
21. de
Hort can't let Mecking start the ex-
changes in the center. If Mecking were
able to exchange at this point, he'd pull
White's e-pawn off the file, and the
black e-pawn would loom large.
21. ..• be
22. N£1
The exchanges have left this Knight
with nothing to do, so it heads for a
better square. But there is a high cost.
22. ••. Rd1
The following exchanges will pull
15. Bh4 e5 White's pawn structure apart and make
This seals the White pawn center defending the pawns very difficult.
once and for all.
16. d5 Rfe8
Not just "over-protecting" e5, as
Nimzovitch would say, but getting f8
ready for the awkward Knight on d7. It
also renews the threat of ... Bc3 win-
ning the pawn on e4, now that the
Queen is protected.
17. Nd2
Really the only way to protect the e-
pawn, although it doesn't make for a
pretty picture.
17. .•. Bh7
Mecking begins in earnest to shift
his minor pieces to their best squares.
The Bishop may be buried in the short 23. Rd1 Bc3
run, but Mecking foresees a bright fu- 24. bc3 Qa3
ture for it. The fox gets into the hen house.
18. Racl 25. Rd7
A move made for lack of anything White has pinned his hopes on this
constructive to do. move, getting his Rook to the seventh
18. ••• N£8 rank.
It's no secret the Knight is headed 25. ••• R£8
for g6. Capturing the Rook is suicide on fl.
19. Bg3 Ng6 26. Rc7
20. Q£3 Not26. Ra7Qc5, winning material.
Placing indirect pressure along the 26. ••• Qa4
f3-c6 diagonal. Even without the capture of the
20. ••. Rad8 pawn, this would be a great place for
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the Queen. It continues to pressure GAME 10

White's busted-up Queenside. Mecking-Ljubomir Ljubojevic
27. Nd2 IGM (Yugoslavia)
Back to the poor square the Knight Vrsac 1971
tried to vacate. But 27. Ne3 fails to Sicilian-Closed
27... Qal t 28. Ndl (not28. Kg2 Nh4t
29. Bh4 Be4, winning the Queen) Nf4, The attacking Ljubojevic was in the
and White should soon collapse. process of becoming Yugoslavia's top
27. .•. Qc2 player, taking over from Gligoric. His
White continues to work on e4. wild style propels him to wonderful
28. Qe3 successes and terrible failures. For a
White is forced to move the Queen, grandmaster of his stature, he certainly
as the Knight is nailed to d2. has more last-place finishes than any-
28. •.. N£4! one else. But at his best, Ljubojevic is a
Unveiling the power of the Bishop. force of nature - creative and deadly.
29. B£4 1. e4 c5
White is dragged down the path, 2. N£3 d6
with few chances to break away from 3. Nc3 a6
Black's forcing series of moves. 4. g3 b5
29. ... e£4 5. Bg2 Bb7
30.Qf4 Qcl t! 6. d3 g6
Creating a very dangerous pin. 7. 0-0 Bg7
31. Bfl Ne4 Ljubojevic goes his own way. The
Starting an overload on the pinned modern master of attack unbalances
Knight. the position from the start.
32. Rd7 a5
This pawn could easily pick up
queening speed. White is being pulled
and pinned in too many directions.
33. Kg2 N£6
Inviting the Rook to leave the d-
file, and making e4 available for the
Bishop.
34. Ra7
White would like to stay on the d-
file; but if the Rook doesn't get on the
a-file, the a-pawn is too dangerous.
34. Be4t
35. Kg3 Bg6
36. Bg2 Rd8
White has unattractive continua- 8. Nh4
tions: 37. Nf3, losing the Queen to White wants to expand with moves
37 ... Ne4t, or 37. Nfl Qc3, and Black likef4.
is two pawns up. So White resigns. 8. ... b4
Rather than increase his own devel-
opment, Black attempts to disrupt
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White's. replies.
9. Ne2 Nc6 18. ReS
10. £4 19. fg hg
If White isn't vigilant, he could find Not 19 ... fg, and the black King is
himself pushed back behind a wall of stranded in the center facing mating
black pawns. The thrust 10. f4 is an threats after 20. Be4 and 21. Ng6.
effort to increase his own space.
10. ••. N£6
11. h3 e5
For the moment, this keeps the
Bishop on g2 hemmed in.
12. £5
This is about the only active con-
tinuation at White's disposal- which
is not to say it isn't a good move.
12. ... d5
13. Bg5
Now White is putting some play
together on the Kingside, combined
with the possible opening of the f-file.
13. ... de
Passive would be 13 ... d4, and the 20. Bd5
only play on the board would be against White is working hard on the
the black Kingside. uncastled King.
14. Be4 c4 20. .•. R£8
Active, but Black could have bro- Bad is 20 ... 0-0; then 21. Ng6 is
ken the pin with 14 ... Qd6. Ljubojevic there for the asking.
looks for tactics to solve all problems. 21. Be4
15. Bg2 With the familiar (but strong) threat
A horrible blunder would be 15. de ofNg6.
Qd116. Rad1 Ne4winningtheBishop. 21. ... £5
So White pulls the Bishop out of the Faced with the passive 21... Ndb8
fire zone. to create a flight square, Ljubojevic goes
15. ..• cd for the active move, even though it
16. Qd3 loses a pawn.
Capturing with 16. cd would leave 22. Bc6
White's Queen tied to the defense of Starting a series of exchanges that
the d-pawn, while the black Queen will increase the value of the pawn
would have freedom of movement. White is set to win.
16. ... Qd3 22. Rc6
17. cd3 Nd7 23. Rc6 Bc6
Otherwise, 18. fg would win mate- 24. Ng6 R£7
rial for White. 25. Nd4!
18. Racl If Black had seen this, I'm sure he
White is improving his piece place- would have opted for the passive 21 ...
ment with threats that force Black's Nbd8 instead. White now has dual
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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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15. ... Nc5 many Soviet players, and mentioned

Now Black's active minor pieces Savon by name as having no business
head for the Queenside. at the Interzonal because he had no
16. Be2 real world-title hopes. Perhaps Savon
Winning the exchange is an illu- knew of this, was annoyed at Mecking,
sion. White's position is held together and wouldn't resign.
by a thread. 33. Bg7
16. N6e4 Oops!
17. Ne4 Be4 33. Rd7
18. Be7 Nb3t! And mate follows.
Now all of White's pieces are under A smooth victory for Mecking as
attack! The Knight is poison; if 19. Black. lfWhite ever enjoyed any open-
Nb3, 19 ... Rc2t 20. Kb1 Re2t is crush- ing advantage, it was never apparent.
ing. The advanced pawns of White's After this tournament, Savon faded
army are shattered. from the world stage of chess and never
19. Kb1 Rd4 again enjoyed his success of the early
20. Bd6 Seventies.
The other choice is 20. Rd4 Nd4,
and Black's only problem is deciding
what to take. GAME 12
20. Bh1 Florin Gheorghiu-Mecking
21. cb3 Rdlt IGM (Romania)
22. Bd1 Kd7 Petropolis 1973, Interzonal
Black is a clear exchange to the good. Sicilian
The Bishops don't have a ghost of a
chance. Gheorghiu had been Romania's top
23. Be5 £6 player for decades; he beat Fischer at
24. Bc3 Be4t the Havana Olympiad in 1968. Flirting
25. Ka2? with the highest rung of grandmasters,
King to the center, please! he never sat solidly among them due to
25. .. Kc6 nerves and lack of self-confidence. He's
26. a4 Rd8 still highly regarded as difficult to beat.
27. Be2 e5! 1. e4 c5
This pawn sack allows the black 2. N£3 d6
Rook to invade the white position. The 3. d4 cd
white Bishops are helpless to prevent 4. Qd4
the incursion. A bit off the beaten path. But Meck-
28. fe fe ing is a real master of the main-line
29. Be5 Rd2 Najdorf, so this is a little attempt to
30. Bfl Rd1 throw him off.
31. abt ab 4. Nc6
32. Bh3 b4! 5. Bb5 Bd7
The mating net is tight around 6. Bc6 Bc6
White; it's a wonder Savon didn't re- 7. Nc3 N£6
sign. In an interview prior to this game, 8. Bg5 e6
Mecking questioned the need for so An offer to White to trade down
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and go towards a draw. e-pawn down for nothing.

Other moves by Black cause awk- 17. Ne4
ward problems for his development. 18. Ne4 Be4
White is now forced to either allow 19. Rd7
Black to develop or meekly go for a Dismal is 19. Re6; 19. . . Rae8 and
draw. Black's Kingside majority is deadly.
9. 0-0-0
Let's play.
9. Be7
10. Rhe1 h6
11. Bh4 0-0
12. g4
A bold thrust that really puts the
question to the black Kingside. White
is on the verge of generating some very
dangerous threats.
12. ... Ng4
Black can't allow the pawn to ad-
vance to g5. He's forced to allow the
opening of the g-file and the dangers
that entails.
13. Be7 Qe7 19. ... g5
At first look, I would be inclined to Nicely played. Mecking's assessment
think White has a big advantage - of the resulting position is correct. He
the black pawn on d6 is set to fall, and solves the weakness on g7 without giv-
the g-file is opened for the white Rooks. ing up any of his positional advantages
But Mecking has some tricks! to do so.
14. Rg1 20. h4
Of course, take the file. This is a good attempt at breaking
14. ... £5! up Black's formidable Kingside pawns,
A move that required either deep but it fails.
calculation or a keen positional eye. It 20. ... Rad8
is the start of a long series of exchanges Not 20 ... g4; 21. Ng4! fg4 22. Rg4t
and tactics. The initiative that White wins material. The text move contin-
hoped to gain with 12. g4 is blunted. ues to clear material off the board.
For this reason, I think Gheorghiu 21. hg
missed 14 ... f5. Hoping for a general exchange of
15. Qd6 pawns.
Trying to force the Black Knight 21. ... h5!
away with 15. h3 isn't any better; 15 ... Giving back a pawn but avoiding a
fe 16. Rg4 Rf3 and Black will stay ahead. mass trade-off, and, more importantly,
15. Qd6 keeping the g-file Rook from uniting
16. Rd6 N£2 with its counterpart.
17. Ne5 22. Rgd1
After 17. Re6 Ne4 18. Ne4 fe4 19. The only useful square still available
Nd2 Rae8, White is an advanced passed for the Rook.
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22. ... Rd7 Pointless. This is far too slow to have
23. Nd7 ReS a chance, even after winning the h-
Reposting the Rook without loss of pawn.
time. 35. Ke6
24. c3 h4 36. Kg3 Rh8
With the Bishop holding hl, it is 37. Rh2 Rh2
difficult for White to prevent the ad- 38. Kh2 Kd5
vance of the h-pawn. AB pointed out, Black has a free
25. Nf6t hand while White trudges slowly across
Really the only chance White has of the board vainly trying to stop Black's
breaking the coordination of the black King.
pawns and Bishop. 39. Kg3 Kc4
25. ~7 40. a3 a6
26. Ne4 fe4 Move 40 reached; White is free to
27. Rhl resign. In fairness to Gheorghiu, I feel
The h-pawn is acting as a magnet. It certain that one or both players were in
will draw all of White's forces to the time trouble. Otherwise, I'm sure,
edge of the board; the center and Gheorghiu would have tossed in the
Queenside will be defenseless against towel ten moves sooner.
the black King.
27. ... Rh8
28. Kd2 h3 GAME 13
Good for two reasons: the pawn be- Mecking---Wemer Hug
comes more powerful the closer it gets 1M (Switzerland)
to hl, and the advance frees h4 for the Petropolis 1973, Interzonal
Rook. French-Winawer
29. Ke3 Rh4
Keeping the white King from win- Hug was at the Interzonal as World
ning thee-pawn and then being able to Junior Champion. He and Karpov,
leave the Kingside. playing concurrently at Leningrad,
30. c4 were both seeded in this way. Karpov,
White's only hope would be for his needless to say, made rather more of
Queenside pawns to overrun the black the opportunity than Hug. Unlike most
pawns on the same side. Not very likely. World Junior Champs, Hug never got
30. ... Kg6 the OM title or made much of an im-
No need to worry about the c-pawn. pact on chess.
Mecking just goes after the g-pawn.
White is quite lost at this point. 1. e4 e6
31. c5 2. d4 d5
In keeping with White's aforemen- 3. Nc3 Bb4
tioned plan. 4. e5 c5
31. Kg5 5. a3 Ba5
32. b4 ~5 This line was popular in the Fifties;
33. Kd4 e5t but at the time, 5 ... Bc3 twas the main
34. Ke3 h2 line.
35. ~2 6. b4
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This, as is normal for Mecking, is Mecking has again reached a posi-
the sharpest line. tion that nearly plays itself. 16. g4
6. cd screamed to be played.
7. Nb5 Bc7 16. ... Be8
8. £4 Ne7 Black would love to be able to play
9. N£3 Bd7 his f-pawn forward, blocking White's
10. Nbd4 Nbc6 Bishops without fear of capture with
11. Bb2 Nd4 the white e-pawn.
12. Nd4 Bb6 17. Qh3
13. Bd3 Nc6? Preventing the above-mentioned
freeing move.
17. ... £6
Black must stop g5 at all costs. Black
would be pried open and filleted in no
time if g5 weren't restrained.
18. ef

For the rest of the game, Hug will be

struggling to overcome the effects of
this move. That Hug, an expert in this
opening, should miss White's simple
but very strong move is shocking.
14. Nb5
An obvious and strong rejoinder.
Black can't allow the Knight to get to
d6 with check.
14. ... 0-0
Castling into the attack. White's
Bishops are poised perfectly to go after
the King. But 14 ... Bc7 is unappealing.
It is difficult to just shuffle back and
forth and admit an error, and even so,
after 15. Nd6t Bd6 the game is danger-
ously open for Black.
15. Qh5
Instant attack!
15. h6
16. g4
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18. . . . R£6!
The move that made f6 possible.
Clearly, 18 ... gf is ruinous. The capture
with the Rook is what Hug has pinned
his hopes on.
19. Rfl
Winning the exchange with 19. Bf6
is bad. 19 ... Qf6, and White is under
attack all over the board. The text
move prepares to capture on f6 if given
the chance, and shores up his own posi-
tion.
19. ... d4
Blocking the dark-squared Bishop
and giving the black Queen a great
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post on d5. One might even start to
think that Black is getting back into
the game.
20. 0-0-0
I would have found it hard to resist
playing 20. gS at once; but this is more
solid, and g5 is still there.
20. ... a6
Even with the extra move, Black
can't prevent g5.
21. g5
Daring the black Rook to move away
and allow the white pawn to tear open
the Kingside.
21. ... ab5
If 21... Rf8, 22. gf g6 23. Rgl Qf6 29. £5!
24. Nd6 and the Knight exchanges off Holding back the inevitable Qh7t.
the Bishop, and White breaks in. This move opens the e-file, ripping
22. g£6 Q£6 away any protection the fleeing black
23. Rdel King may seek.
More troublesome than the mate- 29. ... Rd7
rial deficit are the weak points in Black's Black is still unable to play any
position. meaningful move to counter the White
23. ... Nd8 plan looming over him.
An ugly move to have to make. But 30. fe
it does protect the e- and b-pawns. The lines are open, and the final
Problem is, White can continue to pile attack begins.
on the pressure until Black breaks. 30. Qe6
24. Kbl 31. Qh7t K£8
Quiet little moves highlight that 32. Qh8t Ke7
Black has few options other than sit- 33. Qg7
ting and waiting for White. Not 33. Bf5 because of 33 ... Qa2t
24. ••. ReS and the waters are muddied.
25. Re5 33. ... Nc6
Working on the already weak pawns. The Knight has never found a com-
25. .•• B£7 fortable square. On d8 it blocks any
This at least frees the Knight from further retreat by the King.
the back rank. 34. Rb£5
26. Rb5 Rc6 Mecking jumps to exploit the
27. Qg2 Knight move, and brings the Rook into
Preparing to bring the Queen to e4, the game.
and preventing the Black Bishop from 34. ... Ne5(?)
getting to g6 and contesting White's It's unfair to be too harsh on this
control of e4. move. White's position is overpower-
27. Rd6 ing, with a material advantage to boot.
28. Qe4 Bc7 35. Re5
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Hug resigned rather than face 35 ...

Be5 36. Rj7t Qf7 37. Qe5t and the d-
pawn falls as well, leaving White with
an endgame a baby could win.

GAME 14
Mecking-Viktor Kortchnoi
IGM (USSR)
Candidates Match, Game 12, 1974
Ruy Lopez

The legendary Kortchnoi is now re-

garded as the strongest player never to
have worn the World Champion's
Crown. Viktor the Terrible can boast 12. b5!
individual victories over Fischer, Karp- White hits first.
ov, and Kasparov, and match wins over 12. cb
former World Champions Spassky, 13. ab ab
Petrosian, and Tal. A list of his tourna- 14. Rb5 Qc6
ment wins would fill pages. 15. Rb2
1. e4 e5 The best square on the file - stay-
2. N£3 Nc6 ing out of the way of any tactics, with
3. Bb5 a6 an eye to the future doubling of Rooks.
4. Bc6 dc6 15. ... Bc5?!
5. 0-0 Qd6 Black would like White to part with
6. d3 £6 his long-range Bishop. However, afrer
7. Be3 Bg4 the text move by White, Black is forced
8. Nbd2 0-0-0 to again move his Bishop.
9. Rb1 Ne7 16. Nb3 Bb4
10. b4 g5 Trading with 16. Be3 gives White a
Each side is launching his respective powerful pawn center and the threat of
wing attack. Trailing by 2 points in a Na5 with nasty attacks on the black
first-to-3-wins match, Mecking doesn't Queen and castled King.
shy away from sharp play. 17. Nfd4!
11. a4 Ng6 A surprising position! 17. Nfd4 ex-
This Knight never gets into the poses the lack of cooperation in the
game. But the pawns on the Queenside black army. Any other White move
(both white and black) prevent a use- would fail to highlight the wandering
ful entrance Qn that wing. Bishop's problems.

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King is on the scene to pick up the

broken remains of Black's Kingside
pawns.
30. Ra5
Forcing the exchange, as promised.
30. Ree5
31. Rb5 Rb5
32. fg hg
Black has no way of defending the
split pawns.
33. Kg3 Rb1
34. Bd4!
There is no hurry to grab an extra
pawn. This move forces the loss of more
material and further restrains the poor
17. ... ed4 Knight. The Kingside is there for the
Not 17 ... Bdl. 18. Nc6bc619. Rd1, taking.
and Black's Queenside is an anchor 34. Rcl
around his neck in the endgame. 17 ... 35. Rc3 b5
Qd7 is met by 18. Qa1 with powerful 36. B£6 b4
threats to the back rank. And finally, Kortchnoi, two pawns down in a
17 ... Rd4 fails to 18. Qg4t Rd7 19. ruined position, plays on. By hanging
Ra2! b6 20. Rfa1, winning. on to adjournment, he avoids resigning
18. Qg4t Qd7 in public - and, more importantly,
If 18 ... Kb8, then 19. Nd4 Qd6 20. gets a free day. The match was set such
NfS! Qf8 21. Rfb1 cS 22. BcS Bc5 23. that he postpones the start of Game 13
Rb7twins. without taking a time out. If he had
19. Qd7t Rd7 resigned, Game 13 would have followed
20. Nd4 Bc3 the next day.
21. Ra2 Rd4 37. Rb3 Rfl
22. Ra3 Rb4 38. Bg5 c5
23. Rc3 ReS 39. c3 be
24. £3 40. Rc3 Rd1
White has entered the endgame a 41. Be3 c4
clear pawn ahead, along with a Bishop Adjourned, and resigned without
vs. Knight. Black's pawn islands ensure resuming. Since Kortchnoi wouldn't
White a huge advantage. resign, we can suggest a possible finish:
24. Kd7 42. Rc4 Rd3 43. Rd4t.
25. Ral Rb5
26. K£2 Kd6
27. ~ h5
28. Ra4 c6
29. Rca3 g4?
This breakup of Black's Kingside
pawns only speeds the end. It forces the
trade of a pair of Rooks, and White's
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GAME 15 Much stronger than the exchange

Mecking-Mikhail Tal of Queens. The Knight move adds to
IGM (USSR) the tension in the center.
Las Palmas 1975 19. Qd3
Sicilian~ Poisoned Pawn 20. Bd3 Be7
I could hardly say anything about
Tal that would be new or different.
Suffice it to say that since the late
Fifties, he has been one of the world's
best and most popular players. At Las
Palmas, Tal was the highest~rated player
and tied for second with Mecking.
Mecking's endgame victory here is
heartening, as that phase of the game
has been suspect in his play.
1. e4 c5
2. N£3 d6
3. d4 cd
4. Nd4 N£6
5. Nc3 a6 21. Re1
6. Bg5 e6 Renewing the pin along the e~file.
7. £4 Qb6 Black still can't recapture the d~pawn.
The Poisoned Pawn Variation, a fa- 21. ••• K£8
vorite of Fischer's. And just the type of Black breaks the pin that has been
line Mecking enjoyed- sharp, topi- hampering him. The difficulties Black
cal, and very deeply analyzed. has been dealing with in the last few
8. Qd2 Qb2 moves are the result of his 15th move.
9. Nb3 Qa3 22. de Be6
10. B£6 g£6 Bad would be 22 ... fe, despite the
11. Be2 Nc6 undoubting of the f~pawns. After 23.
12. 0-0 h5 Nec5 White would clearly be on top,
13. Nb1 Qb4 with attacks down the e~file.
14. Qe3 d5!? 23. Nec5 Nd4
Black gives the pawn back, but This move wouldn't work if Black
White loses his center-pawn duo, and had played 22. . . fe instead of 22 ...
his pawns are as shot up as Black's. Be6.
However, this said, Black exposes his 24. Ne6t Ne6
King. 25. B£5
15. ed Ne7 Moves like this keep Black from get~
16. Nc3 N£5 ting set. White improves his position
The pin along the e-file prevents slightly and forces Black to delay his
Black from capturing the pawn on d5. improvements, and to even worsen his
17. Qd3 Qb6t position.
18. R£2 Qe3 25. Nc7
19. Ne4 26. Rd1 Nb5
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27. Rd7 Rd8
28. c4 46. ... Kh8
A good move in that it also restrains
the black Queenside pawns.
28. Nd6
29. Rd8t Bd8
30. Bd3 b6
31. Rd2 Bc7
32. K£2 Kg7
33. K£3 ReS
Despite Bishops of opposite colors,
Black has a difficult defense ahead of
him. The white King is more active,
while the black King is tied to defend-
ing his broken Kingside pawns. White's
pawns are all quite safe, while Black's
are under pressure.
34. Re2 Rd8 47. Nd5 Bd8
35. Rd2 Nb7 The signs of overloading are becom-
36. Be4 Rd2 ing evident. The white Knight, won-
The Rook exchange favors White. derfullyplaced, attacks both wings. The
But Black was nearly compelled to Knight's placement is so strong it looks
trade. like the long-range piece, not the
37. Nd2 Nc5 Bishop.
38. h4 48. Ke4 Ne6
Setting the Kingside in stone. Sur- Stopping the King from getting to
prisingly, a trade of Knight for Bishop f5. The Knight would just check the
isn't to Black's advantage; the white King away with 49 ... Nd4 t.
King is too powerfully centralized. 49. Bdl
38. Bd6 Keeping the pressure on and forcing
39. Nfl Bc7 the Knight to leave his strong post.
40. Ng3 Kh6 49. Ng7
41. Nf5t 50. Nb4 a5
The white minor pieces hold Black 51. Nd5 Kg8
to the Kingside and gain time on the 52. Nc3
clock for Mecking, a habitual time- Freezing Black's Kingside pawns and
pressure addict. getting out of the way of his own King's
41. Kh7 advance.
42. Ng3t Kh6 52. K£8
43. Bc2 Ne6 53. Bc2 Ke7
44. Nf5t Kh7 54. Kd5
45. g3 Ng7 Compare the posting of every piece,
46. Ne7t and it is easy to see who's winning. The
Black is helpless as he watches black Bishop is little more than an over-
Mecking place his pieces on more and sized pawn.
more dominating squares. 54. ... Kd7
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55. Ba4t! 7. Qe2 Nb6
Dominating! White does as he I suppose someone, somewhere,
pleases. must have lost with 7... h6?? 8. Nf7
55. Ke7 Kf79. Qe6tKg610. Bd3tKh511. Qh3
56. Bc2 Kd7 mate.
57. Ba4t Ke7 8. Bd3
58. Kc6 N£5 The Bishop's future is limited on b3,
59. Nd5t so it shifts to the long diagonal.
When White wins the b-pawn, 8. ... h6
Black won't have time to restore the Not 8 ... Qd4. Black is thumped af-
balance with ... Ng3. ter 9. Ngf3, and he can't prevent 10.
59. Ke6 NeS and the attack on f7.
60. Nb6 Nd4t 9. N5f3 c5
61. Kb7 Kd6 Standard Caro-Kann/French freeing
62. Nd7 move.
Now White controls the b5-, c5-,
and d5-squares, and Black is totally
hog-tied.
62. Ne6
63. Kc8 Be7
64. Bd1 Resigns.
White now wins the h- and f-pawns,
or is able to advance the c-pawn.

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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Mecking, naturally, tries to free him- GAME 17

self from his bonds by getting his Queen Mecking-Orestes Rodriguez
to the open file. 1M (Peru)
34. ... N£7? Las Palmas 1975
Hort still had a chance to return to Ruy Lopez-Schliemann Defense
e5 and prevent Mecking from getting
active. But, in time trouble, Hort is Rodriguez didn't do very well at Las
losing the thread. Palmas, but this game is a real street
35. Ne3 brawl. He makes a powerful attempt to
Now Mecking's pieces are springing blast Mecking off the board. Rodriguez
to life. The Queen is on an open file, was living in Spain to get tide chances
and the Knight is at last posted strongly. at the many tournaments held there.
35. •.. Qe5 He has since become a grandmaster
Too late. Hort needed to press Meck- and has played at the New York Open.
ing with the pawns he has in position. 1. e4 e5
35 ... f4 is more forcing and prevents 2. N£3 Nc6
Mecking from making his next move. 3. Bb5 £5
36. Qd7 It's hard to believe this should be
Now it is Mecking who has the sound, but the attacking themes can
threats, and Black must defend him- become quite dangerous for White.
self. 4. Nc3 Nd4
36. ... Nd6 5. Ba4 N£6
The only move available to Black. 6. ef Bc5
Compare this position to the last 7. Ne5 0-0
diagram. The tide has turned com- Playing the Queen with 7.. . Qe7
pletely. doesn't win a piece. White just castles,
37. g3 and the Knight is safe.
Preventing .. .f4. 8. 0-0 d5
37. .•• a5 Black has sacrificed two pawns in a
Protecting the a-pawn; but the white bold attempt to roll White off the
Queen and Knight are no longer a board. With 8 ... d5 he continues to
tangled mess, but a strong attacking open attacking lines.
team. 9. Ne2
38. Nd5 When under attack, Mecking fol-
Simple, but strong. The black lows the known remedy: seeking to
Queenside pawns are now very weak. trade off pieces.
38. .•. Kg6? 9. Qd6
Hort just walks into the pin that 10. Nd4 Bd4
Mecking creates on the next move. 11. N£3
39. Qc6 White offers further trades. Black
How is Black to protect his has to worry about arriving at an
Queenside? In this difficult position, endgame with no attack and a pawn or
Hort overstepped the time limit and two less to play with.
lost. 11. ... Ng4
This prevents White from playing
12. Nd4 Qh2 mate and avoids the loss
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of time with 11... Bb6; then 12. d4
would block the Bishop out of the game,
and Black would be down material for
nothing.
12. c3
If White forces a black Bishop re-
treat, he is comfortably on top, as men-
tioned in the last note.
12. ... R£5!
Give Black credit for seeing the tem-
porary Bishop sack and not going meek-
ly to the slaughter. Now Mecking is in
very dangerous waters.
13. cd4
White is committed to this capture.
He must face the attack and trust his
calculations.
13. •.. R£3
Regaining the piece. For the pawn,
Black has at least doubled White's d-
pawns.
14. g3
Forced or mate follows. This is the
critical position, as Black must now
decide what his goal in this game is to
be.
14. ... Nh2
A violent reaction! The Knight is in
the way of the Black attack. If 14 ...
Qh6, 15. h4 is forced; but Black has to
pull back, as he can't maintain his ad-
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vanced placement.
15. Kh2
White has to retake. At this point,
White is just along for the ride, only
reacting to what is forced upon him.
15. ... Qh6t
Rushing to the attack.
16. Kg1
It is much better to be off the white
squares and avoid the loss of tempo,
when the black Bishop plays to h3.
16. ... Bg4!
With the threat of 17 ... Rg3t win-
ning the Queen. But it also cements
the Rook to f3 and clears the rank for
the Queen's Rook.
17. Qe1
It is vital to back up the pawns on f2
and g3.
17. ... Qh3
Now the h-pawn is free to advance
against the white Kingside pawns, with
Rook sacks in the air against g3.
18. Bd1
White can't play Bf3, but he wants
to be ready to exchange this piece for
its black counterpart.
18. . .. Ra£8?
Natural and wrong! 18 ... h5 would
cause White terrible problems. On 19.
Qe7, Black could draw with 19 ... Rg3 t.
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Or Black could play for more with 19 ... GAME 18

R8f8 20. Qh4 Qf1 t! 21. Kf1 Rf2t, and Mecking-A. Fernandez
mate follows. Also possible is 19. d3 h4 NM (Spain)
20. Bf4 Rf8 21. Qe5 R8f4 22. gf4 Rg3t! Las Palmas 1975
23. fg3 Qg3t draws. (23 ... hg3 fails to Center Counter
24. Rf2!)
19. d3 Fernandez was the bottom marker at
The doubling of Black's Rooks pre- Las Palmas, so a Mecking victory in
vents the white Queen from leaving this game can hardly be considered a
el. But now the white Bishop can reach shock. However, the win is such a pow-
g5 and stop the h-pawn advance. erful performance of classic chess it
19. •.. h5 couldn't be passed up. It is reminiscent
Black tries anyway. ofMorphy's powerfully direct play. Fans
20. Bg5 of the Center Counter game will cringe
No choice, and the reason for 19. in horror at the brutal thrashing Meck-
d3. ing hands out.
20. ... R£2 1. e4 Nc6
Being a piece down is compelling 2. N£3 d5
Black to continue throwing wood on 3. ed Qd5
the fire. Larsen beat Karpov with the Center
21. Q£2 Counter once, but I don't think this
Avoids the little trap of 21 . Rf2 Qg3 t opening really belongs at the highest
wins. international levels.
21. R£2 4. Nc3 Qh5
22. R£2 Qg3t 5. Nb5!
23. Rg2 Qe1t The black King is invited to be a
24. Kh2 Bdl? permanent guest in the center.
Down mountains of material, Black 5. ... Kd8
grabs desperately for anything. 6. d4
25. Rd2! Resigns. White has very free and easy devel-
White wins the Bishop back, and opment. He moves easily to either side
just mops up. of the board.
Although this wasn't a good event 6. ... a6
for Rodriguez, he showed himself to be Black can't allow 7. Bf4 and the
a very dangerous player. Mecking was Bishop joins the attack on the c 7-pawn.
close to being on the wrong side of a 7. Nc3 B£5
game that would be published around 8. Be2 Qg6
the world as a crushing upset. This is the third Queen move for
Black in eight moves. It's time to ask if
this is really the game he was hoping
for.
9. d5
Mecking isn't worried about Black
grabbing a pawn. Development will win
this game, not an extra pawn.
9. •.. Bc2
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10. Qd2 NbS
Black is forced to retreat, further
retarding his already poor development.
11. g4!
Depriving the black Bishop of the
flight square f5. Interestingly, with only
two pieces active, it's already getting
difficult to find squares to put them on.
11. ... Be4
Forced. The Bishop would be lost
after 12. Nh4.
12. Nh4
Still a good move. Black is being
driven from pillar to post.
12. ••• Q£6
13. g5 19. ... Qb6t
If this were boxing, the ref would 20. Kh1 Qb2?
stop the fight. Losing, but it had to happen sooner
13. ••. Qe5 or later.
14. 0-0 21. Racl!
Protecting the Rook and continu- The threat is 22. Belt with the
ing to develop. White needn't worry Knight discovering check and picking
about the hole in front of his King. up the Queen.
Black won't be around long enough to 21. . .. Resigns.
exploit it in any way.
14. ... Bg6
This retreat only saves the Bishop GAME 19
for a move. The combination that fol- Luhomir Kavalek-Mecking
lows wins the Bishop whether it moves IGM(USA)
or not. Manila 1975
15. £4 Caro-Kann
Winning the Bishop and compel-
ling Black to waste another move with Kavalek, a Czech emigre, was a top
the Queen. US grandmaster at this time, along with
15. Qd6 Browne. Browne was more dominant
16. £5 h6 at home, while Kavalek was more im-
17. fg6 hg5 pressive in international competition.
18. Qg5 Kavalek frequently had a FIDE rating
Ending any small hopes Black may over 2600 and was a common sight in
have about being able to pick the piece top-flight events. Here, Mecking seems
back up because of the mate threats. content with a draw until Kavalek goes
18. ... N£6! for more.
Yes! A developing move. 1. e4 c6
19. B£4! Not a Mecking favorite.
That poor Queen. But the real tar- 2. d4 d5
get is the weak c-pawn behind it. 3. Nd2 de
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4. Ne4 Nd7
5. N£3 Ng£6
6. N£6t N£6
7. Ne5 Be6
In view of subsequent events, 7 ...
BfS might have been preferable. Meck-
ing will spend a lot of time getting the
Bishop to f5 to free the e-pawn.
8. Be2 g6
9. 0-0 Bg7
10. c3 0-0
White enjoys a space advantage. I
would be surprised if the position
reached is one Mecking had in mind
when he played his first move.
11. Re1 Qa5 19. Ne5 Ne5
12. Nd3 Rfe8 20. de5 Re5
13. B£4 B£5 21. Qd4 Rae8
Having played the Rook behind the 22. £4 c5!
e-pawn, Black has to get the light- Breaks the pin and saves the Rook.
squared Bishop out of the way. It nearly forces White to enter a two-
14. Be5 Nd7! Rook-versus-Queen endgame - or
The exchange of the dark-squared White must admit everything he just
Bishops isn't easily harmful to Black; did was wrong.
it's not easy for White to exploit the 23. Qe5
dark-square complex around the King. Weaker is 23. ReS. Then 23 ... cd4
The freeing move e5 is also prepared. 24. Rf5 gf5 25. cd4 Re4, and one pawn
15. Bg7 Kg7 falls. And Black can play the endgame
16. Bg4 Bg4 without fear.
17. Qg4 Q£5 23. ... Re5
Black admits he hasn't any real 24. fe5 Qc2!
chance of winning. But after a Queen Black stands a little better, but
exchange, White's advantage is too White should hold without too much
small to be dangerous. trouble. White has to regroup his Rooks
18. Qd1!? and make a little fortress. Black is invit-
White should have exchanged and ing White to get frisky.
tried to make something of the end- 25. e6?
game, or played 18. Qg3 to inhibit White sacks material to activate his
Black's next move, though Black could Rooks. This is a good-looking plan;
then have played 18 ... c5 to open the who would think it's Black who gets
center, freeing his game. the winning chances?
18. ... e5! 25. fe
Instant equality! Black's pieces will 26. Re6 Qb2
no longer be crowded behind the lines. 27. R£1 Qc3
Now they are free to move without 28. Re7t Kh6
lengthy prepositioning. Black can't imprison his King on the
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back rank; White could then draw at for Rook and then queen very real.
will and look for more. 43. Rfd7 Q£6t
29. Rf£7 Same threat.
This is the position White gave up 44. Kg1
two pawns for. Black has some vulner- The King can't move anywhere that
able pawns, but White's King is ex- would allow a check and a Queen cap-
posed, and the black c5-pawn could ture on d7.
loom large if it advances at all. 44. ... Qe6
29. ... Qd4t White resigns. He can no longer
30. K£1 c4 prevent the advance of the c-pawn or
Mecking correctly gets this little the loss of a Rook.
powerhouse rolling. He is unconcerned
about the b- and h-pawns.
31. Rd7 Qe4 GAME20
32. Rfe7 Mecking-Helmut Pfleger
Chasing the Queen won't work. The IGM (West Gennany)
exposed white King is too easy a target Manila 1975
for tempo-gaining checks. Pirc
32. ... Qf4t
White must stop the chase and de- Pfleger was to have his OM title
fend his King after this check. confirmed later in the year, at the FIDE
33. Ke2 c3 Congress in September.
With the move gained, the c-pawn This is another smooth win by
advances and enables the Queen to get Mecking. His clear, clean style makes
in even closer to the white King. the win look effortless. Every move
34. Rc7 Qd2t seems to make perfect sense, and Pfleger
35. K£3 Qd5t is helpless before the logic ofMecking's
The appealing 35 ... c2 fails to 36. play.
Rh7t Kg5 37. ReSt Kf6 38. Rk7 and 1. e4 d6
the black c-pawn falls. 2. d4 N£6
36. Ke3 Qd2t 3. Nc3 g6
37. K£3 Qd3t 4. £4 Bg7
38. Kg4 Q£5t 5. N£3
39. Kg3 g5! The sharpest reaction to the Pirc,
Now Black holds his advanced pawn the Austrian Attack. What else would
by mating threats. Further, the black h- you expect from Mecking?
pawn is now untouchable. 5. ... 0-0
40. R£7 Qd3t 6. Be3 c5
41. K£2 c2 Black has to move boldly, or he faces
Now White has to be very careful of being pushed off the edge of the board.
checks that would allow .. .Qf7, and However, more usual would have been
the c-pawn queens. . .. c5 a move sooner.
42. g4 7. de Qa5
Trying to hold back the ocean. 8. Bd3 Ng4!?
42. ... Qg6 I don't feel comfortable with such
Making the threat to trade Queen an artificial maneuver. Black can't af-
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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

Chess in South Asia was just begin-

ning to produce good players, who ben-
efited from some liberal title regula-
tions (an effort to popularize chess in This move was the idea of US
the region). Tan was one of the first Dragon expert OM Jim Tarjan. It was
IMs from that part of the world. the hottest and most topical line at the
Mecking goes all out for the win, time. So, of course, Mecking would be
and plays the ultra-sharp Dragon. Many attracted to it.
OMs, when facing a weaker player, go 17. Bd4
for the steady, risk-free grind; not Meck- More common was 17. e5 or 17.
ing. He goes for the throat. Bh6. 17. Bd4 seems harmless. Much of
1. e4 c5 the sting against the Dragon is based
2. N£3 d6 on the dark-squared Bishop being
3. d4 cd backed up by the Queen and invading
4. Nd4 N£6 on h6. With 17. Bd4, White gives up
5. Nc3 g6 all those attacking ideas and removes
Mecking-- Dragon rider! the Bishop from that key diagonal.
6. Be3 Bg7 17. .•. Qa5
7. £3 Nc6 Black is merely playing the standard
s. Qd2 0-0 Dragon attacking moves.
9. Bc4 Bd7 1S. Kb1 Be6
10. Bb3 ReS Again normal. If White has an idea
11. h4 Ne5 to back up his novelty on Move 17, he
12. h5 Nh5 has yet to show it.
13. 0-0-0 19. b3 Rc6
Tan varies from the main line; 13. 20. N£4?!
g4 is more common here. But it trans- Understandable. White wants to rid
poses back. This may have been an himself of the Bishop on e6; but Meck-
attempt to shake Mecking off and get ing has a few tactical shots up his sleeve.
out of the "book."
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White wants to head off the black
Rook getting to c2. Also bad is 26. Rh2
because Black can still play 26 ... Rc2
27. Rc2 dc2t 28. Kc2 Qa2t.
26. ... Rc2!
The Rook still goes to c2!
27. Kc2
Forced, in view of the mate threat
on a2 and the deadly check on b2. For
example, 27. a4 Rb2t 28. Kcl Qc7t,
winning.
27. Qa2t
28. Kdl Qblt
29. Ke2 Qhl
Game over. White is two solid pawns
20. ... Bb3! down, and has a terrible position as
The start of a dangerous opening of well.
the Queenside. 30. Re3 ReS
21. cb3 31. Nf6t B£6
Losing at once is 21. ab3 Ra6 and 32. Q£6 Qg2t
mate on al follows. 33. Kdl Qflt
21. ... e5 34. Kd2 Qclt
Regaining the piece. 35. Ke2 Rc2t
22. Nfd5 36. Kd3 Qd2t
No better is 22. Ncd5 Qd2 23. Nf6t 37. Ke4 Qb4t
Bf6 24. Rd2 ed4 25. Rdh2 Rc3 26. Nd5 38. Qd4 f5t
Rf3 27. Rh7 Kj8. The black King gets Tan has finally had enough, so he
away, and White is still down several resigned.
pawns.
22. ... Nd5
23. ed5? GAME22
Better is 23. Nd5 and the Queens Vitaly Tseshkovsky-Mecking
come off the board, and Black's extra IGM (USSR)
pawns are doubled in the center. The Manila 1976, Interzonal
white Knight on d5 is also very strongly Sicilian
posted.
23. ... Rc7 In the World Championship cycle
24. Qg5 leading up to the Interzonal, Tsesh-
The Bishop is pinned, so Tan goes kovsky had broken out of the mob of
for play on the King. faceless Soviet grandmasters. He was
24. ... ed4 another member of the "lost genera-
25. Ne4 d3! tion" of Soviets, before Karpov and
Unveiling the power of the dreaded after Petrosian, Kortchnoi, etc. At Ma-
Dragon Bishop! Also threatening to nila, he made a strong bid and only just
nail the black Rook on c2. failed to get into the Candidates
26. Rd3 Matches. After this failure, he faded
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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

A blunder would be 23 ... Rhd8 24. things up.

Rd5 Rd5 25. Qe4, winning.
24. Rdl Rd8
25. Rd3?!
There is no reason not to play 25.
Rd8t and then hit the Knight with 26.
Qe4, with a drawish endgame.
25. •.. Rd3
26. cd3?!
I can see no reason for Tseshkovsky
to avoid the natural 26. Qd3, keeping
the Queenside together.
26. ... Qc6
27. Qe4
Forcing a trade of Queens. Tsesh-
kovsky is putting his hopes on the mi-
nor-piece endgame. 34. ... Bd6!
27. ... Qe4 Mecking, also in time trouble, avoids
28. de4 N£8 the drawish 34 ... hg, and the pressure is
The black forces can reach the ac- really on the Soviet.
tion quicker than the white army. 35. gh gh
29. Kc2 Ne6 Now White has decisive weaknesses
30. £3 on the Kingside - all self-inflicted, I
At last freeing the Bishop on h2. might add.
30. ... Kc7 36. Bgl
Both sides are rushing to plug any Finally the Bishop joins the game.
weaknesses and get their Kings into the Now it's too late.
center for the endgame. 36. •.• Ng5
31. Kc3 b6 With the pawns split, the Knight
32. Ncl can attack them both and keep work-
In growing time trouble, Tsesh- ing on the weaknesses in Tseshkovsky's
kovsky tries to get his Knight to a bet- time trouble. It is much easier to attack
ter square. But this allows Mecking's in time trouble than to defend.
Bishop to get to c5. 37. B£2 N£3
32. ..• Bc5 38. b4 Ng5
The Bishop now holds gl, the square 39. Kd3
the white Bishop has needed to get to Tseshkovsky got in this move before
since the early middlegame. he lost on time. But the game is very
33. Ne2 bad for him now. If 39 ... Nh3, 40. Bh4
Again, there is no reason not to play Ng5 and Black has an endgame he
the natural-looking 33. Nd3. should expect to win.
33. ..• Kc6
34. g3?
Provocative and wrong. Tsesh-
kovsky has continued to spurn normal
moves and quiet play in an effort to stir
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GAME23 square for the Bishop after the inevi~
Walter Browne-Mecking table .. .e6.
IGM(USA) 15. e6
Manila 1976, Interzonal 16. Ba2 b5
Gruenfeld~Exchange Variation 17. d5 Nc4
Centralizes the Knight and puts the
Browne, many~time US Champion, question to the Bishop.
was considered a possible candidate at 18. Bc4
this time. To date, the Interzonal has Forced. Otherwise, the white~
been as far as his title hopes ever got. squared Bishop stays blocked. And the
At the highest levels, his time trouble e3-square is a constant worry.
and suspect nerves held him back. He 18. bc4
was to remain that half~step from the 19. Bb6 Qc8
very top players. 20. d6 Qc6
1. d4 N£6 The white position is starting to
2. c4 g6 spread out. The extra space could take
3. Nc3 d5 two forms: the expanding white pieces
As usual, Mecking goes fearlessly could simply collapse in on themselves,
into the most topical and sharp lines. or White presses Black right off the
In a world of English openings and board. At the moment, Black is able to
noncommital lines, he and Fischer keep White busy by attacking the as
stood out. yet uncoordinated advances.
4. cd Nd5 21. a5 Rfc8
5. e4 Nc3 The battery forming behind the lone
6. bc3 Bg7 advanced Black pawn threatens to
7. Bc4 c5 drive it like a stake into the heart of
8. Ne2 Nc6 White's position.
9. Be3 0-0 22. Rc1 Be5
10. 0-0 cd Black is surrounding the intruding
11. cd Bg4 white pawn. But the Bishop also comes
12. f3 Na5 to the center, increasing its scope dra-
The side~strikes at White's imposing matically.
center are underway. 23. Kh1
13. Bd5 Baiting Mecking! With several little
Browne knows something of sharp traps.
play himself, and avoids the less sharp 23. ••• Be8
13. Bd3. Avoiding "tricks," as Browne says. If
13. Bd7 23 ... Qd6, 24. Qd6Bd625. Rcd1, pick-
14. Rb1 a6 ingupaBishop.Or, 23 ... Bd624. Ne4!
15. a4 Qb7 25. Ne6.
If 15. Bb7, 15 ... Ra7 16. Bd5 Bb5 is 24. Bc7
assessed as equal by Hartston in his The only way to hold on to the
opening book on the Gruenfeld. A advanced pawn.
major trade~off of pieces would follow
in the center as Black wins back his
pawn. The text move provides a retreat
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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ______,
24. ••• Rc7(!)
It's this or watch the black pawn on
c4 be enveloped and won. What's more,
White has an iron grip on the position
if the pawn and Bishop are allowed to
sit together undisturbed.
25. dc7 Qc7
26. Qc2 ReS
The protection of the c4-pawn is far
more important than trading it for
White's h-pawn.
27. £4 Bd6
Both players are in time trouble, but
the black pieces are much easier to
play. Black's goal is easy to see: drive
the c-pawn to glory!
28. Qc3 Bb5
29. e5 Bc5
Black's Bishops have become the
dominant feature of the game. They
control the board and reduce White's
scope to a critical level.
30. Ng3
Understandably, White searches for
a way to get his Knight into the game,
even if it is a slow process.
30. ... Bc6
By putting pressure on the g-pawn
with this and the next move, Black
continues to keep White passive.
31. Rfel Qb7
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32. Qc2 Bb4
No rest for White, and the a-pawn
falls.
33. Re2 Ba5
34. Ne4 Be4
After keeping the Knight out of the
game, Black doesn't allow it to become
active.
35. Qe4 Qd5!
Daring White to exchange; the
united black pawns would then roll
forward.
36. Qc2 Rd8
37. h3 Qc5
In this difficult position, White lost
on time. It should only be a matter of
time for Black to force his pawn home.
White is reduced to waiting as the Black
pieces continue to control the board.
The c-pawn has become a giant. Fi-
nally, 38. Qc4 is busted by 38 ... Rdlt
winning a Rook.
GAME24
Mecking-Tony Miles
IGM (England)
Wijk aan Zee 1978
Caro-Kann
Miles was England's first grandmas-
ter of the modem era; he led the En-
glish chess explosion. On results, Miles
was one of the most successful players
of the late Seventies, although he never
made it past the lnterzonals into the
Candidates Matches to have "a go at
Karpov." He did, however, gain fame
by beating Karpov with I . a3 at the
European Team Championships at
Skara, 1980.
As a side note, this is the last game
Mecking was to ever win against a
grandmaster.
1. e4 c6
The Caro-Kann was going through
' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Anrwtated Games
a renewal of popularity due to the ef-
forts of the young school of English
players.
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 de
4. Ne4 Nd7
This whole line was under a cloud,
thanks to a string of impressive white
victories.
5. N£3 Ng£6
6. Nf6t N£6
7. Ne5
At the time, this was very much the
variation in question, and Black was
struggling to find ways of combating
the white system.
7. ... B£5
Hart received a severe thrashing
from Karpov with this move. He subse-
quently wrote about in Modem Chess
Theory and questioned the whole line
for Black. Keene also wrote on this
line, and advocated 7 ... Be6.
8. c3 e6
Hart thought Black was already lost!
A little harsh; but the plan Miles un-
dertakes is no improvement.
9. g4
Very sharp and very Mecking. At
the cost of castling on the Kingside,
Mecking launches an attack designed
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to break up the coordination of Black's
pieces.
9. ... Bg6
Choices are limited. 9 ... Be4 is play-
able, but after 10. f3 the Bishop still has
to retreat to g6. Most moves come back
to the game at some point.
10. h4
The "rest of the story." 9. g4 is point-
less without this.
10. ... Bd6!?
Miles is locking himself into a ter-
rible course of action. He is following
known lines and has little chance to
vary.
11. Qe2
Preventing a Queen exchange after
1l...Be5.
11. ... Be5
In other lines of the Caro-Kann
where White has advanced his Kingside
pawns, Black has already played his h-
pawn forward to prevent the Bishop
being trapped. In this position, Black
doesn't have that escape.
12. de5 Qd5
If 12 ... Nd7, 13. h4 just wins the
Bishop.
13. Rh3!
A known move, but still very good.
IfWhite plays 13. Rg1, then 13 ... Nd7
14. h5 Be4, or even 14 ... Ne5 15. Bg2
Bd316. Bd5 Be217. Bc6tNc618. Ke2
with no worries.
13. ... Ng4
No better is 13 ... Nd7 14. h5 Be4
15. Re3 Bh1 16. f3, and the Bishop is
trapped and can be picked up in a few
moves.
14. Qg4 Qe5t
This is Miles' new move. But he just
doesn't get enough for the Knight. If
14. . . Bf5, 15. Qf4 and White's two
Bishops should out-gun the Rook.
15. Re3 Qa5
16. Qg5
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___.

White's plan plays itself. When Pressure on the Kingside is mount-

ahead, just trade off. Normally, in cases ing. Black has no choice but to trade
like this, the weaker side is forced to down.
make further weaking moves to avoid 20. Rd2
trades. White needn't jump at the trade;
16. ... Qb6 Black will be forced to do that. Mecking
This is just such an example. The merely improves his own position by
black Queen is pushed out of the game, taking the Queen file.
and White obtains strong play. 20. . .. Qg5
17. h5 21. Bg5 £6
Miles must have hated this. Clearly, Black wants to block
17. B£5 White's control of the d8-square; but
the cure is as bad as the sickness.
22. Be3 e5
This move keeps the white Rook off
the seventh rank, but ...
23. Bc4t
A beginner would play this move,
and he would be right!
23. ••• Kh8
24. h6
Again, very natural.
24. ... gh?
Losing at once. If Black wants to
play on, 24 ... g6 is a must. But then,
playing on isn't going to be much fun.
25. Bh6 Rfe8
18. Re2! And Black resigned before Mecking
This covers the one problem area of could play 26. Rd6, winning another
White's position, the second rank. Now pawn.
the dark-squared Bishop isn't pinned to
the defense of b2. 18. Qg2 allows the
King to escape to the Queenside and
Black to take a lead in development.
While ffeel sure that White would be
still winning, it needlessly complicates.
18. ... 0-0?!
It is lUlderstandable for Black to
want to llllite his Rooks and get his
King out of the center; but this move is
provocative, to say the least.
19. Be3
Tempting is 19. h6; but after 19 ...
Bg6 20. hg Rfd8, White hasn't made
any progress.
19. ... Qd8
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THREE
Mecking's
Un-annotated
Games
Kl60
Rocha, A -Mecking
Rio de Janeiro 1965
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
f4 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nt3 ed5 8. ed5 0-0 9.
Be2 Na6 10. 0-0 Nc7 11. Rel Re8 12.
h3 Bd7 13. a4 a614. a5 Rb815. Bd3 b5
16. ab6 Rb6 17. Rfl Qc8 18. Qc2 Nh5
19. g4 Ng3 20. Rdl f5 21. gS Ne4 22.
Bd2 Qb7 23. Ra2 Nd2 24. Rd2 Qa8 25.
Re2 Rbb8 26. Ral Re2 27. Be2 Qb7
28. Rbl Qb3 29. Qb3 Rb3 30. Nd2
Rb8 31. Ndl a5 32. b3 Na6 33. Kf2
Nb4 34. Rcl Re8 35. Kt3 Bd4 36. Nbl
Kg7 37. Nbc3 h6 38. h4 hg5 39. hg5
Rh8 40. Bfl Rh141. Ne3 Nd3 42. Rdl
Nf4 43. NbS Be5 44. Rd2 Nh3 45. Ra2
f4 46. Ra5 fe3 47. Bg2 Rh2 48. Ra7
NgS 49. Ke3 Rg2 50. Rd7 Nf? 0-1
E026
Mecking-Cotta
Rio de janeiro 1965
1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nt3 Nc6
5. Nc3 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 cd4 8. Nd4
Qb6 9. Na4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qd811. NbS
a612.Nbc3 Rb813. c5 d614.cd6Qd6
15. Be3 Qdl 16. Radl Bf5 17. Nc5
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T~UoonoowredGa~s
Rfc8 18. h3 h5 19. BgS Nh7 20. Bf4 e5
21. Bel Nf6 22. e4 Bf8 23. Be3 Bc5 24.
Bc5 Be6 25. Nd5 Nd7 26. Bd6 Ra8 27.
Nc7 Ra7 28. Ne6 fe6 29. f4 ef4 30. gf4
e5 31. h4 Re8 32. f5 Nf6 33. fg6 Ng4
34. Rf7 Nd4 35. Bc5 Ne2 36. Kfl Ng3
37. Kel Raa8 38. Rdd7 1-0
KI6
Garcia-Mecking
Buenos Aires 1966
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
Be2 0-0 6. Nt3 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne 7
9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Qcl f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12.
t3 f4 13. b4 c6 14. Rbl h6 15. Ne6 Be6
16. de6 Qc8 17. b5 Qe618. bc6 bc619.
Rb7 Rfb8 20. Qb2 Qc8 21. Rbl Nd7
22. g3 Bf6 23. Bfl Rb7 24. Qb7 Qb7
25. Rb7 Nc5 26. Rc7 Kf7 27. Bel Ke8
28. Ba3 Kd8 29. Bc5 Kc7 30. Ba3 fg3
31. hg3 BgS 32. Kf2 Bd2 33. c5 deS 34.
Na4 Bb4 35. Bb2 Kd6 36. f4 ef4 37. gf4
Rf8 38. Ke3 Ng8 39. a3 BaS 40. Be5
Ke7 41. Nb2 Nf6 42. Be2 Ne8 43. Nc4
Bc7 44. Bc7 Nc7 45. Ne5 Rg8 46. Bc4
Rg7 47. Nc6Kd648. Ne5Ne649. Bd5
h5 50. Nc4 Ke7 51. Ne5 Kf6 52. Nt3
Ke7 53. e5 h4 54. Ke4 h3 55. Be6 Ke6
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____..
56. Ng5 Ke7 57. Nh3 Rh7 58. Ng5
Rh4 59. a4 c4 0-1
KI72
Freitas, M-Mecking
Sao Paulo 1966
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0
5. Bg2 d6 6. NB Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. deS
deS 9.Qa4a610. Bg5h611. Rad1 Qe8
12. Be3 Qe713. Nd5 Nd5 14. cd5 NbS
15. Qc4 ReS 16. &5 Qd8 17. e4 Bd7
18. Rfe1 c6 19. Qb3 cd5 20. ed5 b5 21.
Nd2 a5 22. Qe3 f5 23. B Qf6 24. a4
Na6 25. Bb6 Nb4 26. d6 ba4 27. Nc4
Nc2 28. Qc5 Ne1 29. Rel Rab8 30.
Qa5 Qe6 31. Bfl e4 32. &7 Bd4 33.
Kh1 &6 34. Qa6 Bd5 35. Nb6 Bb6 36.
Bb6 Rb6 37. Qb6 e£3 0-1
Sl43
Mecking-Mendes, J. S.
Sao Paulo 1966
(see page 29) 1-0
Nl6
Mecking-Mendes, J. S.
Buenos Aires 1966
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0
5. Bd3 d5 6. N£3 dc4 7. &4 b6 8. 0-0
Bb7 9. a3 Bc3 10. bc3 Nbd711. Qe2 c5
12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Nd2 e5 14. Racl e4
15. f4 Ne816. Ba2 Nd617. g4 c418. h4
b5 19. Kf2 f5 20. g5 Nb6 21. Rg1 Na4
22. Ba1 Nc8 23.Rb1 Nd6 24.Rb5Nb5
25. &4 Kh8 26. Bb5 Nb6 27. Nc4 a6
28. Nb6 Qb6 29. &4 Qa5 30. h5 Qa3
31. h6 g6 32. Be6 &8 33. d5 Be6 34.
Qd2 Rf7 35. Qd4 Kg8 36. c4 Kf8 37.
de6 Rfa7 38. Qh8 Ke7 39. Qg7 Ke6 40.
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Qf6 Kd7 41. Rd1 Kc7 42. Be5 1-0
NI2.4
Mecking-Panno, 0
Buenos Aires 1966
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Bd3 Nc6 6. N£3 d5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. a3 cd4
9. ed4dc410. &4 Be7 11. Bg5 b612.
Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 ReS 14. Ne5 Ne5
15. deS Qd3 16. Rd3 Ng4 17. Bf4 g5
18. Bg3 Rac819. Bb5 RedS 20. Rfd1 a6
21. Rd8 Rd8 22. Rd8 Bd8 23. Be2 Nh6
24. f3 &7 25. Ne4 Be4 26. fe4 a5 27.
Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke3 Ng8 29. Kd4 Ne7 30.
Kc4 Nc6 31. Bf2 Be5 32. b3 Bd6 33.
Kb5 NbS 34. Bb6 Ba3 35. BaS Ke8 36.
b4 Kd7 37. Kb6 Kc8 38. b5 Nd7 39.
Ka 7 &5 40. b6 £5 41. ef5 ef5 42. Bd3 f4
43. Bf5 Kd8 44. Kb7 Ne5 45. Ka8 Bd6
46. b7 Ke8 47. Bh7 g448. Be4£3 4,9. g3
f2 50. Bg2 Nc4 51. Bb41-0
KI 63.3
Mecking-Rubinetti, J
Buenos Aires 1966
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. N£3 0-0
5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 c6
9. b3 ReS 10. Bb2 ed411. Nd4 Nc5 12.
Qc2 a5 13. Radl Qb6 14. h3 Nfd7 15.
Kh2 a416. Nce2 h5 17. Bc3 Nf618. f3
ab3 19. ab3 Qc7 20. b4 Ne6 21. f4 Nd4
22. Bd4 h4 23. gh4 Qe 7 24. Nc3 Nh5
25. Bg7 Kg7 26. Qf2 Be6 27. Qd4f6 28.
£5 g£5 29. ef5 Bf7 30. Ne4 d5 31. Ng5
dc4 32. Ne6 Be6 33. Qg4 Kf8 34. fe6
Qc7 35. Kg1 Qe5 36. Rdel Qb5 37.
Qg6 Re7 38. Rf6 Nf6 39. Qf6 Kg8 40.
Qe7 R£8 41. Qg5 Qg5 42. hg5 c3 43.
Rcl ReS 44. Rc3 1-0
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FRll
Mecking-Foguelman, A
Buenos Aires 1966
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5.
a3 Bc3 6. bc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3
h5 9. Qf4 cd4 10. cd4 Qh4 11. Qh4
Nh4 12. g3 Nf5 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. c3
Na5 15. Rbl b6 16. 0-0 Bd7 17. Bg5
Rc8 18. Rfcl Nc4 19. Ral Ne7 20. f3
Nb2 21. Ba6 Rc7 22. Ra2 Nc4 23. a4
Na5 24. Kf2 Nec6 25. Rbl Nd8 26. h4
Ndb7 27. Bel Nc4 28. Ba3 Na3 29.
Ra3 Na5 30. Nf4 Ke7 31. Ne2 Be8 32.
Bb5 Bc6 33. Bd3 Kd7 34. Ke3 Kc8 35.
Ncl Bd7 36.Kd2Rh637.Nb3Nc438.
Bc4 Rc4 39. a5 b5 40. Ncl Rg6 41.
Ne2 Kb7 42. Ke3 Rc8 43. Nf4 Rh644.
Nd3 Kc6 45. Nc5 Rb8 46. Rab3 Bc8
47. Rb4 f6 48. ef6 gf6 49. c4 a6 50. cbS
ab5 51. Rcl Kd6 52. a6 Rh8 53. Rcbl
Kc6 54. a7 Ra8 55. Rb5 Ra7 56. Rb6
Kc7 57. Ne6 Kd7 58. Nf4 Re8 59. Kf2
Ra2 60. Rlb2 Rb2 61. Rb2 Kc6 62.
Nh5 f5 63. Re2 Rh8 64. Nf4 Rg8 65.
ReS Rd8 66. Ng6 Kb5 67. h5 1-0
SI 31
Godoy, D-Mecking
Buenos Aires 1966
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cd4
5. Nd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Na5 10. Qd2 a611. 0-0-0
Qc7 12. h4 b5 13. Kbl Nc4 14. Bc4
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
24. Rhl Rfl 25. Rfl Qfl 26. Ncl Qc4
27. g5 e5 28. Nde2 a5 29. b3 Qe6 0-1
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The Unannotated Games
RL24
Balashov, Y-Mecking
Hastings Rd: I 1966/7
1. e4 e5 2. NB Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Rel b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8.
c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7
12. Nbd2 Nc613. deS dc514. Nfl Be6
15. Nh4 g6 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Bg5 Ng8
18. Qg3 f5 19. f4 Bd6 20. ef5 Bf5 21.
Nf5 ef4 22. Qf2 gf5 23. Radl Rac8 24.
Re6 Be5 25. Qc5 Qg7 26. Bf4 Bf4 27.
Rc6 Bb8 28. Khl Ba7 29. Qd6 Bb8 30.
Qe6 Rce8 31. Qd7 Re7 32. Qd4 Be5
33. Qd3 Nf6 34. Qf5 Nd5 35. Rc8 Rf7
36. Rf8 Rf8 37. Qe4 Nf4 38. Re1 Bd6
39. Qd4 Qd4 40. cd4 Ne2 41. Bd1 Bb4
42. Be2 Bel 43. Bf3 Rf4 44. d5 Ra4 45.
a3 b4 46. ab4 Rb4 47. d6 Rb2 48. d7
BaS 49. Ne3 Bc7 50. Kg1 a5 51. Bc6
Rb6 52. Ba4 Rb4 53. Bc6 Rd4 54. Nf5
Rc4 55. Bd5 ReS 56. Be6 ReS 0-1
GI2.3
Mecking-Uhlmann, W
Hastings Rd: 2 1966/7
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. NB Bg7 4. g3 c6 5.
Bg2 d5 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qb3 Ne4 8. Nc3
dc4 9. Qc4 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Bf4
Nd7 12. Racl Nc3 13. bc3 Be4 14.
Rfd1 c5 15. d5 c416. Qb4 Re817. Nd2
Bg2 18. Kg2 Nb6 19. e4 e6 20. a4 eelS
21. a5 Bf8 22. Qb5 Qd7 23. Qd7 Nd7
24. eelS b5 25. ab6 Nb6 26. d6 Rad8
~-~
RL 18. 3. 6
Kuraj ica,B-Mecking
Hastings Rd: 3 1966/7
1. e4 e5 2. NB Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nf6 S. 0,0 Be7 6. Re1 bS 7. Bb3 0,0 S.
a4 Bb7 9. d3 d610. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nc3
Nd412. Nd4 ed413. Ne2 Bf6 14. abS
abS 1S. RaS QaS 16. Nf4 NcS 17. NhS
QdS 1S. Ba2 g6 19. Qg4 BcS 20. Nf6
Qf6 21. Qg3 Be6 22. eS deS 23. Be6
Ne6 24. ReS c6 2S. h4 RaS 26. h5 ReS
27. f4 Nc7 2S. BaS ReS 29. feS Qe7 30.
Bc7 Qc7 31. Qf4 fS 32. h6 cS 33. b4 c4
34. Qd4 cd3 3S. cd3 Qc1 36. Kf2 Qd2
37. Kf3 Qh6 3S. e6 QhS 39. Kf2 QgS
40. Qd7 Qd2 41. Kf3 Qd142. Ke3 Qe1
43. Kf3 Qd1 44. Kf4 Qg4 1-0
SIB. 6
Harts ton, W- Mecking
Hastings Rd: 4 1966/7
1. e4 cS 2. NB d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
S. Nc3 a6 6. BgS e6 7. f4 Qb6 S. Qd2
Qb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. eS deS 11. feS
Nfd7 12. Bc4 Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. 0,0
0,0 lS. Bf6 Nf6 16. ef6 RdS 17. Rb4
Qb4 lS. QgS g6 19. Rf4 Qf8 20. Rh4
bS 21. Bd3 b4 22. Bg6 hg6 23. Rh6 Rd4
24. Rg6\1-l1
019.6
Mecking-Basman, M
Hastings Rd: 5 1966/7
1. d4cS 2.dS d63. c4eS 4. Nc3 g6S.e4
Bh6 6. Bd3 Bel 7. Qcl a6 S. Nge2 Qh4
9. g3 Qh3 10. f4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Ngf6 12.
0,0,0 0,0 13. Rdfl Kg7 14. Ngl Qh6
1S. NB ReS 16. Kbl ef4 17. gf4 bS lS.
cbS Nb6 19. NgS Ra7 20. ba6 Ba6 21.
Ba6 Ra6 22. NbS Re4 23. Ne4 Ne4 24.
Qe2 Nc4 2S. Ka1 Ned2 26. Na3 Ra3
27. h4 Nb3 2S. Kbl Ncd2 29. Kc2 Nd4
30. Kd2 Ne2 31. ba3 Ng3 0-1
-----------78-----------
___J
RL23.6
Penrose, J- Mecking
Hastings Rd: 6 1966/7
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. BbS a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 S. o,o Be 7 6. Rel bS 7. Bb3 d6 S. c3
o,o 9. h3 NaS 10. Bc2 cS 11. d4 Qc7
12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. deS deS 14. Nh2 Be6
1S. Ndfl KhS16. Qf3 g617. Ng4 NgS
lS. Nfe3 f6 19. NdS Bd5 20. edS NaS
21. b3 Bd6 22. Qe2 c4 23. Ne3 fS 24.
bc4 Nc4 2S. Nc4 Qc4 26. Bb3 Qe2 27.
Re2 Nf6 2S. Bb2 RfcS 29. Rcl Nd7 30.
c4 bc4 31. Rc4 Rc4 32. Bc4 KgS 33. f3
Kf8 34. g4 Ke7 3S. Bd3 f4 36. Rc2 BcS
37. Kfl Kd6 3S. Ke2 a5 39. BbS Ra 7 40.
Bc6 Rc7 41. Kd3 Bd4 42. Ba3 NcS 43.
Kc4 Rf7 44. KbS Rf8 4S. ReS RbS 46.
Kc4 BcS 47. BcS Kc7 4S. BbS 1-0
liD6. 3. 7
Mecking-Botvinnik, M
Hastings Rd: 7 1966/7
1. d4 g6 2. NB Bg7 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6
S. g3 0,0 6. Bg2 d6 7. 0,0 c6 S. Qc2 KhS
9. BgS Be6 10. d5 cdS 11. Nd4 BgS 12.
cdS Na613. Rfdl RcS14. Qd2 NcS 1S.
Nb3 Nce416. Ne4Ne417. Be4fe41S.
Be3 RfS 19. Qb4 RdS 20. Qb7 Rc7 21.
Qb4 Rc4 22. Qa3 Qd7 23. RdS BdS 24.
Rdl BgS 2S. Qa7 Qa7 26. Ba7 Ra4 27.
Bd4 Ra2 2S. Bg7 Kg7 29. Nd4 Rb2 30.
Nc6Kf631. e3 Be632. h4 Bg433. Ral
eS 34. Ra7 h5 3S. NdS Rb136. Kh2 gS
37. hgS KgS 3S. Rg7 Kf6 39. Rf7 Kg6
40. Rb7 Rd141. Nf7 BB 42. Nh8 KgS
0-1
.____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The UnannotatedGames
8125
Czerniak, M-Meeking
Hastings Rd: 8 1966/7
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 g6 8.
0-0 Bg7 9. Nde2 ReS 10. b3 h5 11. Bb2
h412.Nd5hg313.Nf6Bf614. Bf6gh2
15. Kh1 ef616. Qd6 Bg417. Qd8 Nd8
18. Nd4 Ne619. Ne6 Be6 20. e4 b6 21.
Rad1 Ke7 22. Rd2 f5 23. ef5 Bf5 24.
Bd5 RedS 25. f3 Be6 26. Re2 Kf6 27.
Be6 fe6 28. Rfe1 Rd6 29. Kg2 Rh5 30.
Rh1 Rd3 31. f4 Rh4 32. Rh2 Rg4 33.
Kf2 Rf4 34. Ke1 Rd7 35. Rh8 Rf5 36.
Rf8 Rf7 37. ReS ReS 38. ReS Re2 39.
Ke2 Rh7 40. Kd3 Ke5 41. b4 Rh3 42.
Ke2 Kd4 43. e5 bc5 44. ReS Rh2 45.
Kb3 e5 46. Re7 Rh3 47. Ka4e448. Ra7
e3 49. Rd7 Kc3 50. Re7 Kd2 51. Rd7
Ke2 52. b5 g5 53. b6 g4 54. b7 Rh8 55.
Kb5 g3 56. Rg7 Kf2 57. Rf7 Ke1 58.
Rg7 e2 59. Rg3 Kf2 60. Rh3 elQ 61.
Rh8 Qe5 62. Kb6 Qh8 63. a4 Qd4 64.
Kb5 Qd3 65. Ka5 Qd6 66. Kb5 Ke3
0-1
BI 19.4
Meeking-Keene, R
Hastings Rd: 9 1966/7
(see page 31) 1-0
CK 1. 1. 19
Meeking-Foguelman,A
Buenos Aires Rd: 1 1967
1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bf3
5. Qf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. g4 Bb4 8. a3 Be7
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
-------------------79-------------------
19. Be3 Qc7 20. Qe4 Be7 21. Ne2 Nb6
22. Qa2 Bc5 23. Bc5 Ne5 24. Qa3 Qe7
25. Qe3 Nba4 26. b3 Nb6 27. f6 gf6 28.
Ng3 Nbd7 29. Nf5 Qd8 30. Qd2 Qe7
31. b4 Ne6 32. baS Nde5 33. Qb4 Rd8
34. h4 Rd7 35. Kg3 Na6 36. Rd7 Nb4
37. Re7 Ne7 38. c3 Nba6 39. Rb1 Ne5
40. h5 0-0 41. Nh6 Kh7 42. Nf5 Rd8
43. Rd1 Ra8 44. Nd6 N7e6 45. Nf7
Ra5 46. Nd6 Kh6 47. Ne8 Kg5 48. Nd6
Kh6 49. Ne8 Ra3 50. Rcl Ra8 51. Nf6
Ng5 52. Bg2 Rf8 53. Rf1 Kg7 54. Rf5
Nge6 55. g5 Rd8 56. Ng4 Rd3 57. Kh2
Nd7 58. g6 Nd8 59. Rg5 Ne6 60. h6
Kg8 61. h7 Kh8 62. ReS Ndf8 63. Re6
Ne6 64. Ne5 Rd8 65. Nf7 Kg7 66. Bh3
Rd2 67. Kg11-0
BI 19.3
Panno, 0-Meeking
Buenos Aires Rd: 2 1967
l.d4Nf62.e4g63. Nc3 Bg7 4.e4d65.
Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 e5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 h6 9.
Bh4 ed5 10. ed5 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12.
Nd2 Ng3 13. hg3 Nd714. Ne4 Nf615.
f3 b616. g4 Re817. Qd2 a618. a4 Nh7
19. g3 Nf8 20. Kf1 Rb8 21. Ne3 Qf6 22.
Kg2 Re7 23. Rab1 Qd4 24. Qcl Ra7
25. Ne4 Qf6 26. e5 deS 27. Ne4 Qd8
28. Ne3 Nh7 29. Bd3 Nf6 30. Qc4 Bf8
31.Ra1 Bd7 32.Qc3 Ne433. fe4b534.
ab5 Bb5 35. Bc2 Qb6 36. b3 Bd7 37.
Ne4 Qb4 38. Qb4 Rb4 39. Ra5 f6 40.
Rcl Kg7 41. Ne3 Kg6 42. Kf3 Bb5 43.
Rdl Rd4 44. Nf5 Rd1 45. Bd1 e4 46.
be4 Bc4 47. d6 Be6 ~-~
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
KI 17. 7
Mecking-Bolbochan,J
Buenos Aires Rd: 3 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 cS 4. dS d6 S.
e4 Bg7 6. Be2 0~0 7. Nf3 eS 8. BgS h6 9.
Bd2 NhS 10. g3 Nd7 11. h3 a6 12. Nh2
Nd£613. Ng4 Kh714. Qc2 Rb81S. a4
Bd7 16. 0~0~0 Qe7 17. Rdg1 Ng8 18.
Ne3 Ngf6 19. Ng2 Rfe8 20. Bd3 bS 21.
cbS abS 22. abS Rec8 23. &4 Ne8 24.
g4 Nf4 2S. Nf4 ef4 26. Bf4 ~-~
BI 38. 1
Foguelman, A- Mecking
Buenos Aires Rd: 4 1967
(see page 33) 0-1
KI 16.3
Mecking-Panno, 0
Buenos Aires Rd: 5 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g63. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4d6 S.
Nf3 0~0 6. Be2 eS 7. dS Nbd7 8. BgS h6
9. Bh4 aS 10. Nd2 NcS 11. g4 a412. f3
c613. Bt2Qa514.Rb1 Bd71S.O~OcdS
16. cdS bS 17. a3 Ne8 18. Rcl Nc7 19.
Be3 N7a6 20. Qe1 gS 21. Na2 Rfc8 22.
Qt2 Qd8 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. h4 Qe7 2S.
Rh1 Kg7 26. hgS BgS 27. Rh5 f6 28.
Rch1 Rh8 29. BgS fgS 30. Nb4 Nb4 31.
ab4 Na6 32. Nfl Nb4 33. Ng3 Nc2 34.
BbS Nd4 3S. Bd7 Qd7 36. NfS NfS 37.
gfS Rab8 38. Kg3 Rb3 39. f6 Kg6 40.
Qh2 Qh7 41. Qh3 Rb2 42. Qe61-0
KI 67.5
Bolbochan,J-Mecking
Buenos Aries Rd: 6 1967
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7
S. g3 0~0 6. Bg2 cS 7. 0~0 Nc6 8. d5 NaS
--------------------80-----------
__l
9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 eS 11. b3 Ng4 12. a3
b6 13. b4 Nb7 14. e4 fS 1S. efS gfS 16.
h3 Nh6 17. Bb2 Bd7 18. bS Nf7 19.
Rae1 NaS 20. ba6Ra62l.NbSRa8 22.
f4 BbS 23. cbS Qd7 24. a4 Rae8 2S.
Nc4 Nc4 26. Qc4 e4 27. Bg7 Kg7 28.
Qc3 Kg8 29. Re3 Nh6 30. Ra1 Ra8 31.
Bfl Qg7 32. Qg7 Kg7 33. g4 Rfe8 34.
gS Ng8 3S. &4 RaS 36. Kt2 Rea8 37.
Rea3 Ne7 38. h4 h5 ~-~
RE20
Leite, F-Mecking
Sao Paulo Rd: 1 1967
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 0~0
S. Bg2 b6 6. 0~0 Bb7 7. c4 d6 8. d3 eS 9.
Ne1 Bg2 10. Ng2 aS 11. a3 Nc6 12. bS
Ne7 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Nc3 Qh3 1S.
NcdS NedS 16. cdS Bh6 17. f4 ef4 18.
Bf6 fg3 19. hg3 Be3 0-1
Nl7.6
Mecking-Costa, P
Sao Paulo Rd: 2 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0~0
S. Bd3 cS 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0~0 cd4 8. ed4
dS 9. a3 Be7 10. cS Re811. b4 a612.
Re1 Qc7 13. bS abS 14. NbS Qb8 1S.
g3 b616. Bf4Qb717.cb6Qb618. Nc7
Ra3 19. Ne8 Ne8 20. Ra3 Ba3 21. Qa4
1-0
RE 20. 11
Mecking-Paiva, J
Sao Paulo Rd: 3 1967
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 dS
S. Bg2 0~0 6. Na3 aS 7. bS cS 8. bc6 bc6
9. 0~0 Na610. c4 Nb411. Nc2 Ba612.
NeS Qd6 13. a3 Nc2 14. Qc2 Rab8 1S.
c____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nf3QeS16.BeSRb717.Nd4Nd718.
Bg7 Kg7 19. Nb3 Qc4 20. Qc4 de4 21.
NaS Rb2 22. Rfd1 NeS 23. Bc6 Rd8 24.
Racl Nb3 2S. Ne4 Ncl 26. Nb2 Ne2
27. Kg2 Nd4 28. B£3 Rb8 29. Na4 N£3
30. Kf3 Rb3 31. Nc3 Ra3 ~-~
KP 2. 7. 5
Fonrobert, G-Meeking
Sao Paulo Rd: 4 1967
1. e4 eS 2. N£3 Ne6 3. d4 ed4 4. Bc4
Nf6S.0-0Ne46. Re1 d5 7. Bd5 QdS 8.
Nc3 QaS 9. Ne4 Be6 10. NegS 0-0-0
11. Ne6 fe6 12. Re6 Bd6 13. Qe2 h6
14. Bd2 QfS 1S. Qe4 Qe4 16. Re4
Rhe8 17. Rae1 Re4 18. Re4 Be7 19.
Kf1 Bf6 20. g4 Kd7 21. h4 Rf8 22. gS
BgS 23. hgS Rf3 24. gh6 gh6 2S. Bh6
Rh3 26. Bg7 Rh1 27. Ke2 Kd6 28. e4
KeS 29. b3 a5 30. Bf8 Kb6 31. Bg7 KeS
~-~
KI 77. 1
Camara, H-Meeking
Sao Paulo Rd: 5 1967
1. N£3 eS 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. e4 Bg7 S.
Nc3 0-0 6. Be2 b6 7. 0-0 ed4 8. ed4 dS
9. NeS Bb7 10. B£3 Na6 11. Re1 Ne7
12. b4 Re813. eS Ne614. Bb2 Ba81S.
NbS beS16. Na7 Re717. NbS Rb718.
a4 eb4 19. Ne6 Qb6 20. Nb4 Ne7 21.
Be2 Ne4 22. Rcl Bh6 23. Re2 Qf6 24.
Bd3 NbS 2S. NdS Qd6 26. Be4 Rd7 27.
abS BdS 28. BdS Qd5 29. ReS Qd6 30.
Qf3 Bg7 31. Bc3 Bd4 32. Bd4 Qd4 33.
Reel Rfd8 34. g3 eS 3S. ReS e4 36.
Qb3 ReS 37. ReS Kg7 38. b6 Qd139.
Qd1 Rd1 40. Kg2 Rb1 41. Re6 fS 42.
Re7~-~
--------------------81--------------------
The UnannotatedGames
019.6
Meeking-Gadia, 0
Sao Paulo Rd: 6 1967
1. d4 eS 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. e4 Bg7 S.
N£3 Na6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Be2 e6 8. a4
Ne7 9. eS edS 10. edS 0-0 11.0-0 NeB
12. Bf4 NfS 13. e6 Nd4 14. Be3 fe6 1S.
Nd4 ed4 16. Bd4 eS 17. Be3 BfS 18. a5
Qe7 19. Rcl Qf7 20. f3 h5 21. g4 Bd7
22. Qb3 Nf6 23. gS Nh7 24. Qb7 Rfb8
2S. Qa6 Bh3 26. Rf2 Rb2 27. Qd6 ReS
28. Bfl Bf8 29. Qa6 Bfl 30. Qe8 Be2
31. Qe6 Qe6 32. de6 NgS 33. BgS BcS
34. Ne21-0
QP 11.3
Tavares, L-Meeking
Sao Paulo Rd: 7 1967
1. d4Nf6 2. Nc3 dS 3. BgS eS 4. Bf6ef6
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.
Rae1 fS 1S. QhS g4 16. Ne2 Qf6 17. e4
NeS 18. Nf4 de4 19. Bc4 Ne4 20. e4
Kd7 21. Rcl Rae8 22. Rfd1 Bd6 23.
Nd3 Rhe8 24. eS NeS 2S. NeS QeS 26.
ReS ReS 27. Qf7 Ke6 28. f4 gf3 0-1
015.6
Meeking-Rocha, A
Sao Paulo Rd: 8 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 eS 3. d5 eS 4. Nc3 d6 S.
e4 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Qf3 Na6 8. Nge2
Bg4 9. Qe3 Be2 10. Qe2 NeB 11. h4
Nae7 12. a3 g6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. g4 f6
1S. Nd1 a616. b4 bS 17. h5 eb418. hg6
hg6 19. ab4 be4 20. Bc4 Qb8 21. Qd2
Rf7 22. Ra3 Nge8 23. Rah3 Rh7 24.
Qd3 Kf7 2S. Bd2 Rh3 26. Qh3 Ng7 27.
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____J
Ne3 aS 2S. baS NbS 29. 0-0 Nd4 30. g5
f5 31. ef5 gf5 32. f4ef433. Rf4Qb2 34.
Rf2 Bg5 35. Nf5 Ndf5 36. Bg5 Qa137.
Kg2 KgS 3S. Rf5 Nf5 39. Qf5 Qb2 40.
Kg3 Qc3 41. Bd3 RaS 42. Qe6 Kg7 43.
Bh61-0
QO 10.6
Mecking-Pimentel, F
Sao Paulo Rd: 9 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7
5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 S. cd5
Nd5 9. Bg3 c5 10. Bd3 cd411. ed4 Nc3
12. bc3 Bb7 13.0-0 Nd7 14. Qe2 ReS
15. Radl QcS16. c4 BdS17. Rcl Bc7
18. c5 Bf3 19. Qf3 bc5 20. Bc7 Qc7 21.
dc5 Nf6 22. Bb5 RedS 23. Rfd1 RacS
24. RdSRdS 25. c6Nd5 26. g3 RbS 27.
Bfl Rb6 2S. Qa3 Rc6 29. Rc6 Qc6 30.
Qa7 Nb6 31. Qa6 Qc5 32. a4 Nc8 33.
aS Kf8 34. Qb7 Na7 35. a6 KeS 36.
Qb2 Kf8 37. h4 h5 3S. Be2 g6 39. Qb7
Kg7 40. Bdl Kf8 41. Ba4 Nc8 42. Qd7
Na7 43. QdS Kg7 44. BeS Qc3 45. Qe7
1-0
015.4
Mecking-Matanovic
Sousse izt Rd: 1 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5.
e4 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nf3 NeS 8. h3
Nd7 9. g4 Nc7 10. a3 a6 11. b4 b5 12.
cbS ab5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. 0-0 Qb8 15.
Nd2 c416. Be2 Nb617. Qc2 h618. a4
Bg5 19. ab5 Be3 20. fe3 NbS 21. NbS
Bb5 22. RaS Qe8 23. Rfal ReS 24. Qa2
Rc7 25. Bfl g6 26. Ra7 Qd7 27. Rc7
Qc7 28. Qa7 Qa7 29. Ra7 c3 30. Nb3
Bfl 31. Kfl f5 32. gf5 gf5 33. ef5 Nd5
-----------82-----------
34. e4 Nf6 35. Ke2 Rb8 36. Kd3 Rb4
37. Kc3 Re4 38. Ra6 Rh4 39. Nd2 Rh3
40. Kc2 Rh2 41. Kcl Rf2 42. Rd6 Rf5
43. Kdl h5 44. Nc4 Ng4 45. Ke2 Kg7
46. Nd2 Rf2 47. Kel Rf6 4S. Rd3 Kg6
49. Rd8 Rf4 50. Ke2 Nf6 51. Ke3 Ra4
52. Rb8 Ra3 53. Ke2 Kg5 54. Rb5 Ng4
55. RbS Re3 56. Kfl h4 57. Nc4 Rc3
58. Nd6 Rcl 59. Kg2 Rc2 60. Kf3 Rf2
61. Ke4 Rf4 62. Kd5 hJ 63. Ne4 Kg6
64. Rb6 Kh5 65. Rb3 Kh4 66. RbS Rf5
67. Ke6 Rh5 68. Rb3 h2 69. Ng3 Rh6
70. Kd5 Rf6 0-1
RL 23.6
Matulovic, M-Mecking
Sousse izt Rd: 2 1967
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. BbS a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Rei b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
0-0 9. h3 NaS 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7
12. Nbd2 Nc613. deS deS 14. Nfl Be6
15. Ne3 Rad816. Qe2 c417. Ng5 Nd4
18. cd4 ed4 19. e5 d3 20. Ne6 fe6 21.
ef6de2 22. fe7 Qe7 23. Re2 ReS 24. a3
aS 25. Bd2 b4 26. ab4 ab4 27. Nd5 Qd6
2S. Nb4 RbS 29. Ra6 Rb6 30. Rb6 Qb6
31. Bc3 Ra8 32. g3 RaS 33. Be4 Ra134.
Kg2 Rdl 35. Bf3 Rd8 36. Re4 RfS 37.
Re6 Qa7 38. Re3 h5 39. Nc6 Qf7 40.
Ne5 Qc7 41. Bh5 1-0
PU 3. 6.15
Mecking-Bilek, I
Sousse izt Rd: 3 1967
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5.
Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. h3 Nbd7 S. Be3
Qc7 9. a4 e5 10. deS deS 11. Qcl ReS
12. g3 Nf813. Kg2 Ne614. aS Nd415.
Bd1 NbS 16. Na4 Be6 17. Nd2 Rad8
c _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
18. c3 Bc8 19. B£3 h6 20. Rh1 Kh7 21.
Nfl Nd7~-~
SI 40. 1. 3
Barczay-Mecking
Sousse izt Rd: 4 1967
1. e4 c5 2. N£3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 a6 5.
Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nd4 8. Qd4
d6 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. Na4 b5 11. Nb6 Rb8
12. Nc8 ReS 13. c3 Nc6 14. Qd1 Be7
15. a4 0-0 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Be3 Na5
18.ab5ab519.f4Qc420.Qg4Nb321.
Ra7 Bd8 22. Qd1 Bb6 23. Bb6 Rb6 24.
f5 b4 25. fe6 Qe6 26. e5 bc3 27. bc3
Rb5 28. Rff7 Rf7 29. Ra8 Rf8 30. Rf8
Kf8 31. Qf1 Qf7 32. Qb5 Qa7 33. Kh1
deS 34. Qf1 Ke7 35. Bd5 Kd6 36. Be4
Nc5 37. Bh7 Qb7 38. Kg1 Ke7 39. Bg8
Qe4 40. Qf7 Kd6 41. Qf8 Kc6 42. c4
Qd4 43. Kg2 e4 44. Bd5 Kb6 45. Qd8
Ka 7 46. Qa5 Kb8 47. Qb6 Kc8 48. Qc6
Kd8 49. Qd6 Nd7 50. Qf4 Nf6 51. Qb8
Kd7 52. Qb7 Kd6 53. Qc6 Ke7 54. Qe6
Kd8 55. Qd6 Nd7 56. Qf4 Nf6 57. h4
Kd7 58. Qf5 Kc7 59. Qe6 Qd2 60. Kh3
Qe161. Qe7 Kb6 62. Be4 Ne4 63. Qg7
Qe2 64. Qg6 Kb7 65. h5 N£2 66. Kg2
Ng4 67. Kh3 N£2 68. Kg2 ~-~
Sl40. 6. 7
Mecking-Portisch, L
Sousse izt Rd: 5 1967
1. e4 c5 2. N£3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cd4
5. Nd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0
Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nc6 bc6 11. Nb6
Rb8 12. Nc8 Qc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bd4
c5 15. e4 ed4 16. ed5 Qc5 17. B£3 Bg5
18. Qd3 Rb2 19. Rfb1 Qe2 20. Qe2
Re2 21. Rb8 Bd8 22. Ra8 a5 23. d6 g6
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The UnannotatedGames
24. Rb1 0-0 25. g3 Bg5 26. Ra5 f6 27.
Bd1 Rd2 28. f4 Bh6 29. ef6 R£6 30. Bg4
e5 31. Ra8 Kg7 32. Ra7 Rd6 33. fe5
Be3 34. Kh1 Re6 35. Bd7 ReS 36. e6
R£5 37. Ba4 Kh6 38. Rf7 Rf7 39. ef7
Kg7 40. Bb3 d3 41. Bc4 Rf2 42. Rb8 d2
43. Rg8 Kh6 44. Rd8 Bc5 45. Bb3 Kg7
46. g4 h5 47. ghS ghS 48. Rd3 h4 49.
h3~-~
SI 40. 1. 3
Miagmasuren-Meeking
Sousse izt Rd: 6 1967
l.e4e5 2. N£3 Ne63. d4ed44.Nd4e6
5. Nc3 Qe7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nd4 8. Qd4
d6 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Qb6
Qb6 12. Bb6 Ne5 13. b3 Be7 14. Rad1
Bd7 15. Ne2 ReS 16. e4 Bc6 17. Nd4
0-0 18. f4 Nd7 19. BaS NbS 20. a4 Bf6
21. Bb4 Rfd8 22. Ba3 Be7 23. Ne6 bc6
24. e5 c5 25. ed6 Rd6 26. Rd6 Bd6 27.
Rd1 Be7 28. Kf2 a5 29. Ke2 Re7 30.
Bb2 Rd7 31. Be5 Rd132. Kd1 Na6 33.
Bb7 f6 34. Bc3 Nb4 35. Bb4 eb4 ~-~
KI17.4
Meeking-Cuellar
Sousse izt Rd: 7 1967
l.d4Nf62.e4g63.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4d65.
Be2 0-0 6. N£3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 gS 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2
Ng3 13. fg3 h5 14. 0-0 Bh6 15. Bd3 e6
16. Kh2 Na6 17. Qe2 f6 18. Qf2 Nb4
19. Bb1 cd5 20. ed5 Na6 21. Nc4 Nc5
22. NbS Ne4 23. Be4 f5 24. Nbd6 f4 25.
g£4 b5 26. Ne8 bc4 27. Qb6 Qh4 28.
Kg1 Rf6 29. Ne7 Kf7 30. Nf5 Rf5 31.
Bf5 Bf4 32. Rf4 ef4 33. Qb7 Qe7 34.
Be6 Kf6 35. Qa8 Qe5 36. K£11-0
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
PU 2. 1. 5
Sarapu, 0- Mecking
Sousseizt Rd.: 8 1967
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5.
N£3 0-0 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 B£3 8. Qf3
Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. fe5 deS 11. d5 Nd4
12. Qf2 c613. dc6 bc614. 0-0 Nd7 15.
Rad1 Rb816. b3 Nc5 17. Ne2 Rb7 18.
b4 Rb4 19. c3 Nd3 20. Rd3 Ne2 21.
Qe2 Rb2 22. Qb2 Qd3 23. Bc5 Rd8 24.
Qb7 Qd7 25. Qd7 Rd7 26. Rb1 f5 27.
Rb8 Kf7 28. Ra8 Rd1 29. Kh2 fe4 30.
Ra7 Kf6 31. g4 Rd5 32. Be7 Ke6 33.
Bg5 Bf8 34. Ra4 h6 35. Be3 Rd3 36.
Bf2 e3 37. Bg3 Kd5 38. Kg2 Bc5 39.
Bel e2 40. c4 Kd6 0-1
KI 62.8
Mecking-Kavalek, L
Sousse izt Rd.: 9 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. N£3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0
5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Rbl Qb4 11. deS deS
12. Qe2 Nh5 13. a3 Qe714. b4 a5 15.
Bg5 Qe8 16. c5 ab417. ab4 f5 18. Ra1
Ra119. Ra1 f4 20. g4 Nhf6 21. Nd2 b6
22. cb6 Nb6 23. Bh4 Be6 24. f3 Qe7
25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Bf2 Nfd7 27. Bfl Ra8
28. Qd1 Bf6 29. Qel Ra3 30. Qcl Ra8
31. Kg2 Bh4 32. Bg1 h5 33. Nd1 hg4
34. fg4 Qd6 35. N£3 Be7 36. Nc3 Na4
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
46. g5 Kf7 47. h4 Ke6 48. h5 gh5 49. g6
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
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RL 23.6
Stein, L-Mecking
Sousse izt Rd: 10 1967
1. e4 e5 2. N£3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7
12.Nbd2Nc613.dc5dc514. Nh2Be6
15.Qf3 Rad816. Ndf1 g617. Bh6Rfe8
18. Ne3 Nd4 19. cd4 cd4 20. Nf5 Bf5
21. ef5·Qc2 22. ReS Bf8 23. fg6 Bh6 24.
Ng4 Bg7 25. Nf6 Bf6 26. Qf6 hg6 27.
Rael Rf8 28. R5e4 Rd5 29. Rh4 Rh5
30. Rh5 gh5 31. ReS Rc8 32. Rg5 1-0
KI 72.3
Mecking-Kortchnoi, V
Sousse izt Rd: 11 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. N£3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0
5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bf39.Bf3Nd710.e3e511.d5Ne712.
e4 f5 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. b4 Qd7 15. h4
Rf7 16. Qa4 Qa4 17. Na4 fe4 18. Bg2
b5 19. Nc3 bc4 20. Racl Rb8 21. Ne4
Ne4 22. Be4 c6 23. dc6 d5 24. Bg2 e4
25. Bf4 Rf4 26. gf4 Nc6 27. Be4 de4 28.
Rc4 Nd4 29. Rd1 N£3 30. Kf1 Nh4 31.
Re4 Bf8 32. a3 Rb7 33. Red4 Rb6 34.
Rd8 Nf5 35. Ra8 Rb7 36. Rd5 Rf7 37.
Ra5 Nd6 38. f5 Nf5 39. R5a7 Ra7 40.
Ra7Nd441. Rd7 Ne642. Rb7 Nf443.
a4 Nd3 44. b5 Nc5 45. Ra7 1-0
Geller, E-Mecking
Sousse izt Rd: 12 1967
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
c____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Qa6 16. b3 Nb6 17. Nb6 Qb6 18. Be3
Qa6 19. Nd2 Rec8 20. Qbl Rc7 21.
Nc4 Qc8 22. Kg2 Ne8 23. Bd2 Rb8 24.
Qd3 f5 25. £3 Rf7 26. a3 baJ 27. RaJ
Qd8 28. Real fe4 29. fe4 Qf6 30. Qe2
Nc7 31. Rfl Qfl 32. Qfl Rfl 33. Kfl
NbS 34. Ra6 Bf8 35. b4 Kf7 36. NaJ
NaJ 37. Ra7 Be7 38. RaJ ReS 39. Ke2
Rc4 40. Bc3 Ke8 41. Kd3 Rc7 42. Ra8
Kf7 43. Bd2 Bf6 44. b5 Rb7 45. Kc4
Ke7 46. BaS Kd7 47. b6 Bd8 48. Kb5
1-0
QI 1. 2. 21
Mecking-Gipslis, A
Sousse izt Rd: 13 1967
(see page 35) 1-0
KI9.6
Reshevsky, S-Mecking
Sousse izt Rd: 14 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5.
Be2 0~0 6. N£3 e5 7. 0~0 Nbd7 8. Rel
a5 9. Bfl c610. Rbl Re81l.d5Nc512.
b3 Na6 13. a3 c5 14. Bd2 Rf8 15. g3
Bg416. h3 Bd717. Bg5 h618. Be3 Ne8
19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Nh4 f5 21. ef5 gf5 22.
f4 e4 23. Bf2 Nf6 24. Nd1 Ng8 25. Ne3
Qf6 26. Bg2 Rae8 27. Qe2 Ne7 28. g4
Kg8 29. Bg3 fg4 30. hg4 Ng6 31. Nhf5
Bh8 32. Nh6 Kh7 33. Nhf5 Kg8 34.
Nh6Kh7 35.Rfl Qc336.Nef5 Bg7 37.
Rbcl Qb3 38. Rb1 QaJ 39. Rb7 NbS
40. Ng7 Qg3 41. Ne8 Nf4 42. Rf4 Qf4
43. Nd6 Kh6 44. Ne4 Bg4 45. Rb6 Kh5
46. Qel Nd7 47. Ng3 Kh4 48. Qe 7 Rf6
49. Qh7 Kg5 50. Ne4Qe4 51. Qe4 Rb6
52. Qe3 Kg6 53. Bh3 Bh3 54. Qh3 Ne5
55. Qe3 Kf5 56. Qc5 Rb1 57. Kg2 Rb2
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The UnannotatedGames
58. Kfl a4 59. d6 Rd2 60. Kel Rd4 61.
Ke2 Ke4 62. QaJ Rd3 63. Qb4 a3 64.
c5 Kf5 65. Qa4 Ke6 66. Qa8 Rb3 67.
Qg8 Nf7 68. Qg6 Ke5 69. Qf7 a2 70.
Qa7 Rh3 71. d7 1-0
KI 17.3
Mecking-Byrne, R
Sousse izt Rd: 15 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
N£3 0~0 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 Nf412.
hg5 hg5 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bf4 ef4 15.
0~0~0 Nc5 16. Rh5 fe4 17. Ng5 Bf5 18.
Ne6 Ne6 19. de6 Bc3 20. Qc3 Qf6 21.
Qa5 b6 22. Qd5 Rae8 23. Rdhl Kg7
24. Bg4 Bg6 25. R5h3 Re7 26. a3 a5 27.
Kb1 Qe5!.1-!.1
SI3. 5
Mecking-Hart, V
Sousse izt Rd: 17 1967
1. e4 c5 2. N£3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Be3 Nc5 7. £3 Bd7 8.
Qd2 a6 9. Nb3 Nb3 10. ab3 e6 11. g4
h612. h4 Bc613. Bh3 Nd7 14. g5 Ne5
15. Qf2 hg5 16. hg5 Be 7 17. 0~0~0 Qa5
18. Kbl Nd7 19. Be6 Rhl 20. Bd7 Kd7
21. Rhl Bg5 22. Bb6 Qe5 23. Bd4 Qf4
24. Bg7 ReS 25. Ne2 Qe3 26. Qe3 Be3
27. Ng3 Kc7 28. Nf5 Bf4 29. Nd4 Bd7
30. Rh7 Be3 31. Ne2 f5 32. Nc3 Kc6
33. Nd5 Bf2 34. Bc3 fe4 35. Nf6 Re6
36. Nd7 e3 37. Nf6e2 38. Ne4elQ39.
Bel Be140. c4 b5 41. Ra7 Kb642. Ra8
Bb4 43. Rb8 Kc6 44. Ra8 Kb6 45. Rh8
Rg6 46. Rhl Kc6 47. f4 Re6 48. Ng5
Rf6 49. Rfl bc4 50. bc4 d5 51. cd5 Kd5
52. Kc2 a5 53. Kd3 Rh6 54. b3 Rh2 55.
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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RL22. 2 Bb7 Rb7 27. Ne4 Bg7 28. d5 Re7 29. f3

Meeking-Gligoric, S fS 30. d6 Rb7 31. Ne5 Rbb8 32. Ne6
Sousse izt; Rd: 22 1967 ReB 33. d7 Re6 34. ReB 1-0
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. BbS a6 4. Ba4
Nf6S.0-0Be7 6.Re1 bS 7. Bb3d68.c3 SIB
0-0 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 Minaya, J- Meeking
12. Nfl Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Ne4 Bogota 1968
1S. a4 eS 16. b3 Nb6 17. deS deS 18. 1. e4 eS 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 ed4
Qd8 Rad8 19. abS !.1-!.1 5. Nd4a66. BgS e6 7. f4Qb68.a3 Ne6
9. Nb3 h610. Bf6 gf611. Qd2 Bd7 12.
RL23. 6 0-0-00-0-013. Be2h514. Kb1 Be71S.
I vkov, B-Meeking Bf3 Kb816. Rhe1 Qc717. Na2 Bc818.
Sousse izt; Rd: 23 1967 Re3 d5 19. ed5 Qf4 20. Qe2 NeS 21.
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. BbS a6 4. Ba4 Nc3 Qh2 22. de6 Rd1 23. Qd1 fe6 24.
Nf6 S. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 bS 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Be4 Ng4 2S. Rh3 Qe5 26. Qe2 fS 27.
0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 eS 11. d4 Qe7 Bd3 Qe2 28. Be2 h4 29. Nd4 e5 30.
12. Nbd2 Ne613. deS deS 14. Nfl Be6 Nd5 Bd8 31. Nf3 Be6 32. e4 Nf2 33.
1S. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 e4 17. NfS BfS Rh2 e4 34. Nd4 Bd5 3S. ed5 Bc7 36.
18. efS Rfe8 19. NgS Nb8 20. Be3 Rh3 Nh3 37. gh3 f4 0-1
Nbd7 21. a4 NeS 22. abS abS 23. BcS
BcS 24. b4 Bb6 2S. Ne4 Ne4 26. Be4 RL8.4
Rd6 27. Red1 RedS 28. Rd6 Qd6 29. Meeking-Unzicker, W
Ra8 Ra8 30. BaS g6 31. Be4 Kg7 32. g3 Lugano Prelims Rd: 1 1968
Qd7 33. Qf3 Qd2 34. f6 Kh6 3S. Kg2 1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bc6
Qe1 36. h4 Bf2 37. Qg4 Be3 38. Qe8 de6 S. 0-0 f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3
Qf239. Kh3 Qf640. g4 Kg7 41. gS Qf1 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Qc810. Ne4 0-0 11. deS
42. Bg2 Qd3 43. Kg4 Bf2 0-1 BeS 12. NeeS feS 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qb4
Ng6 1S. NgS a5 16. Qa4 h6 17. Ne6
Q016 Qe618. Qb3 Qb3 19. ab3 b6 20. g3 Kf7
Meeking-Castro, 0 21.Ra4e5 22.Rfa1 Rae823. b4ab424.
Bogota 1968 eb4 eb4 2S. Rb4 Ne7 26. Re4 Ke6 27.
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. ed5 ed5 b4 bS 28. ReS e6 29. Ra6 Ra8 30. Rb6
S. BgS Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 b6 8. Bf6 Rfd8 31. Reb5 Ra1 32. Kg2 gS 33. h3
Bf6 9. Qh5 g610. Qd5 e611. Qd8 Rd8 Rdd134. ReS Ra2 3S. Rc3 Kf7 36. Rb7
12. Nge2 Na6 13. Be4 Bd7 14. 0-0 Ke6 37. BcS 1-0
Rab81S. a3 eSl6. b4 Be617. Bd3 Bc8
18. NbS Bb7 19. bcS bcS 20. Racl
Rbc8 21. Rfd1 Be7 22. Nec3 ed4 23.
ed4 Bf6 24. Be4 Rb8 2S. a4 Nb4 26.

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HenriiJue Mecking, Latin Chess G e n i u s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
KF5.5
Salameh-Mecking
Lugano Prelims Rd: 2 1968
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 cS 4. c3 dS S. deS
de46.Qd8Kd8 7. Bc4fS 8.Ne2Nc69.
Be3 Nf6 10. b4 Ng4 11. Bd4 Bd4 12.
Nd4 Ne3 13. Nc6 bc614. Bfl Nc2 lS.
Kd2 Na116. Kcl aS 17. Kb2 Be6 0-1
KI 15.4
Mecking-Kaplan, J
Lugano Prelims Rd: 3 1968
l.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4d65.
Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 eS 7. 0-0 c6 8. dS cdS 9.
cdS Nbd7 10. Nd2 Ne811. a4 fS 12. a5
Bh6 13. Nc4 Bel 14. Rcl NcS lS. f3
fe4 16. Ne4 Ne4 17. fe4 Rfl 18. Qfl
Bd7 19. b4 QgS 20. Rc3 Rc8!1-Vz
FR5.4
Mecking-Keller
Lugano Prelims Rd: 4 1968
1. e4 e6 2. d4d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. BgS Bb4
S. eS h6 6. Bd2 Bc3 7. bc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. h4 cS 10. Bd3 Nd2 11. Kd2 Qa5
12. Rh3 cd413. Ne2 Nc614. Rg3 Rg8
1S. f4dc316. Kd1 Ne717. Bh7NfS18.
Rd3 Qb619. Qh3 Qf2 20. Qf3 Qf3 21.
gf3 Nh4 22. Bg8 Kg8 23. Rc3 b6 24.
Ra3 Bb7 2S. Kel f6 26. Kfl K£7 27.
Nd4 feS 28. feS NfS 29. c3 gS 30. Rhl
Nd4 31. cd4 Kg6 32. Rcl a5 33. Rb3
Ba6 34. Rb6 Bc4 3S. Re6 Kf7 36. Rh6
Rb837. Rchl Rb238. Kg3 Bd3 39. Rf6
Ke 7 40. Rh5 Ra2 41. RgS 1-0
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KF 5. 1. 20
Gheorghiu, F-Mecking
Lugano Prelims Rd: 5 1968
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 S.
Qd2 bS 6. f3 Bb7 7. a4 c6 8. Nh3 Nd7
9. Nfl Ng£6 10. Be2 e5 11. deS deS 12.
0-0 0-0 13. Nd3 ReS 14. Rfdl Bf8 lS.
Bfl Qc7 16. b4 NhS 17. Qf2 Nf4 18.
NcS Nc519. BcS BcS 20. QcS Ne6 21.
Qd6 Qd6 22. Rd6 Kf8 23. Rd7 Re7 24.
Rd2 Vz-Vz
Kl17.3
Mecking-Kazanski
Lugano Prelims Rd: 6 1968
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 eS 7. dS Na6 8. BgS h6
9. Bh4 gS 10. Bg3 NhS 11. h4 Ng3 12.
fg3 g4 13. Nd2 h5 14. 0-0 c6 lS. Kh2
Bd7 16. Bd3 B£617. Qe2 Kg7 18. Nd1
Rh8 19. Ne3 NcS 20. NfS BfS 21. RfS
Nd7 22. Nfl a5 23. Ne3 cS 24. Rafl
Bh4 2S. Rf7 Kg8 26. gh4 Qh4 27. Kgl
Rh7 28. Rh7 Kh7 29. Rf7 1-0
KI 71.4
Johannessen-Mecking
Lugano Prelims Rd: 7 1968
l.c4Nf62.Nf3 g63.Nc3 Bg7 4.d40-0
5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. b3 Rb8
9. Bb2 bS 10. cbS abS 11. dS Na5 12.
Nd4 Bd7 13. Rcl b4 14. Na4 e5 lS.
Nc2 Bh616. e3 Re817. Qel cS18. dc6
Nc6 19. Qd2 dS 20. NcS Bc8 21. f4
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
' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T h e Unannotated Games
Kg8 37. f5 Na2 3S. Qe5 Qc5 39. Kg2
Qc3 40. Qd5 Qd2 ~-~
SI 40. 2. 4
Penrose, J-Mecking
Lugaoo finals Rd: 1 1968
1. e4 c5 2. NB e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nc6
5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 S. 0~0
b5 9. Nc6Qc610. a3 Bb711. Qe2 ReS
12. f4 h5 13. h3 h4 14. Rf2 b4 15. ab4
Bb4 16. Ra4 Bc3 17. Rc4 Bb2 lS. Rc6
Bc6 19. c4 Ba3 20. Bd4 Be7 21. f5 e5
22. Be5 Bc5 23. Qb2 d6 24. Bd6 Bd6
25. e5 Be7 26. ef6 Bf6 27. Qb4 Bd4 2S.
f6 gf6 29. Qd6 Bf2 30. Kf2 Bd7 31. Qf6
Rg8 32. Qa6 Be6 33. Qb5 Bd7 34. Qe5
Kf8 35. Qd6 Ke8 36. Qe5 KfS 37. Qd6
KeS 3S. Qf6 Be6 39. Qh4 Kd7 40. Qd4
Ke7 41. Qa7 Kf6 42. Qd4 Ke7 43. c5
RgdS 44. Qh4 Ke8 45. Bb5 Kf8 46.
QhS Ke7 47. Qh4 KfS 4S. c6 Rd2 49.
Kgl Rc2 50. Kh2 KgS 51. Qg3 KhS 52.
Qh4 KgS 53. Qg3 KhS 54. Qd3 RSc6
55. Bc6 Rc6 56. QdS Kg7 57. Qg5 Kh7
58. Qh5 Kg7 59. Qg5 Kh7 60. g4 Bg4
61. Qg4 Rg6 62. Qf5 Kg7 63. h4 Re6
64. h5 Rh6 65. Kgl Re6 66. Khl Rh6
67. Kg2 Re6 6S. Kh2 Rh6 69. Kg3 Re6
70. Kh3 Rh6 71. Kg4 Re6 72. Kh4 Rh6
73. Qe5 Kh7 74. Qc3 Re6 75. Kg5 ~-~
QO 13. 7. 9
Mecking-Donner J
Lugaoo finals Rd: 2 1968
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4e63. NB d5 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bg5 0~0 6. e3 b6 7. cd5 Nd5 S. Be7
Qe7 9. Nd5 ed5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qb3
c5 12. Qa3 Nc6 13. dc5 Qc5 14. Qc5
bc5 15. o~o RabS 16. b3 Na5 17. Rfcl
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RfcS lS. Rc2 Rb6 19. Racl Nb7 20.
Nd4 RdS 21. Nb5 a5 22. Nc7 Rc6 23.
Ne6 fe6 24. BB Rcd6 25. g3 a4 26. ba4
c4 27. Rbl Nc5 2S. a5 Ra6 29. Rb5
Nd3 30. Rc3 RdaS 31. Ra3 Ne5 32.
Bg2 Nc6 33. Rc5 RbS 34. e4 Rb1 35.
Bfl Nb4 36. Kg2 Rb2 37. ed5 ed5 3S.
Rf3 Rc6 39. Rc6 Nc6 40. Ra3 Kf7 41.
a6 Na7 42. Ra4 Kf6 43. Kf3 Ke5 44.
Bc4 dc4 45. Rc4 Ra2 46. Rc7 Ra6 47.
Rg7 h6 48. Kg4 Kf6 49. Rb7 Nc6 50. f4
NdS 51. Rb5 Kg6 52. h4 ~-~
FR 11.3
Uitumen, T -Mecking
Lugaoo finals Rd: 3 1968
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5.
a3 Bc3 6. bc3 Ne7 7. f4 b6 S. NB Qc7
9. Bd2 Ba610. Ba6 Na611. 0~0 RcS12.
Nel NbS 13. Qf3 cd4 14. cd4 Qc4 15.
Qf2 Nbc616. c3 Na5 17. Nc2 Nb3 lS.
Ne3 Qd3 19. Rad1 Nd2 20. Rd2 Qc3
21. f5 ef5 22. Nf5 Nf5 23. Qf5 0~0 24.
Rd3 Qc2 25. Qf3 Qc6 26. Qf4 f6 27.
Rdf3 Qe6 28. h3 Rce8 29. Kh2 h6 30.
ef6 Rf6 31. Qg3 Rf3 32. Rf3 Kh7 33.
Qc7Re7 34.QdSQd7 35.QfSQd636.
Kgl Re1 37. Kf2 Qf8 38. Rf8 Ral 39.
Ke3 Kg6 40. Ra8 Ra3 41. Kf4 Kf6 42.
Rf8 Ke7 43. RgS Kf7 44. RbS Kf6 45.
RfS Ke6 46. ReS Kd6 47. RdS Kc6 4S.
ReS Kb5 49. Ke5 a5 50. Kd5 a4 51. Kd6
Rd3 52. d5 a3 53. Ke6 Kb4 54. d6 a2
55. RaS Kb3 56. d7 b5 0-1
015.3
Mecking-Jansson
Lugaoo finals Rd: 4 1968
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5.
Henrique Mecking, Larin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
e4 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a3
Ne8 9. g4 a6 10. b4 Qc7 11. h3 g6 12.
Bh6 Ng7 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rb1 Nf6 15.
Ke2 Kh8 16. bc5 bc5 17. Na4 Ng8 18.
Nb6 Rb8 19. Nc8 Qc8 20. Rb8 Qb8
21. Rb1 Qc8 22. Rb6 Nh6 23. Qh6 f6
24.Rc6Qb7 25.Qcl Rb826.Qb1 Qa7
27. Ra6 Qc7 28. Qc2 h5 29. Qd2 hg4
30. hg4 Kh7 31. Ne1 Qc8 32. Ra7 Bd8
33. g5 fg5 34. Bc2 Qg4 35. f3 Qh5 36.
Kd1 g4 37. fg4 Qg4 38. Qe2 Qg3 39.
Qf3 Qf3 40. NB Kh6 41. Rd7 Ne8 42.
Kd2 g5 43. Nh2 BaS 44. Kd3 Rd8 45.
Ng4 Kh5 46. Bd1 Rd7 47. Ne5 Kh4 48.
Nd7 g4 49. e5 g3 50. BB Kh3 51. Nf6
Ng7 52. ed6 Nf5 53. d7 Nd4 54. Be4
Bd8 55. Nh5 Kg4 56. Ng7 NB 57. Ke2
Nd4 58. Kfl Kf4 59. Bg2 Ke5 60. a4
Kf6 61. Nh5 Ke7 62. Ng3 Kd7 63. Ne4
Bb6 64. Kf2 Nb3 65. Ke3 Na5 66. Bh3
Kd8 67. Kd3 Nb7 68. d6 Ba7 69. Be6
Bb8 70. Bd5 Nd6 71. Nc5 Kc7 72. Na6
Kc8 73. c5 Ne8 74. NbS Kb8 75. Kd4
Nc71-0
CK 12. 12.9
Mecking-Pomar, A
Lugano finals Rd: 5 1968
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de4 4. Ne4 Bf5
5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bd3 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Bd2
e6 12. 0-0-0 0-0-0 13. Qe2 Ngf6 14.
Ne5 Nb615. BaS Rd5 16. Bb6 ab617.
c4 Rd8 18. Ne4 Ne4 19. Qe4 Bd6 20.
f4 f5 21. Qe2 Be5 22. Qe5 Qe5 23. deS
Kc7 24. Rd2 Rd2 25. Kd2 Ra8 26. Rh3
Ra2 27. Rg3 Rb2 28. Kc3 Rf2 29. Rg7
Kc8 30. Rg6 Rf4 31. Rh6 Rh4 32. Rh8
)1-)1
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___J
KI 81.6
Davie-Mecking
Lugano finals Rd: 6 1968
1. d4 Nf6 2. NB g6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Bg7
5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 cd4 7. Nd4 d6 8. 0-0
Nc6 9. Nc2 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qd2
Ng4 12. Bg4 Bg4 13. Bh6 Be6 14. Bg7
Kg7 15. Ne3 f6 16. f4 Bf7 17. Kh1 b5
18. cbS ab5 19. Racl Nb4 20. e5 Na2
21. ef6 ef6 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Ned5 Qc5
24. b4 Qc4 25. Nb6 Qb4 26. Na8 Ra8
27. Rfd1 Qc3 28. Ra2 Qd2 29. Rad2
Bb3 30. Rcl d5 31. Rc7 Kh6 32. h4 f5
33. Re2 Bc434. Ree7 Kh5 35. Rh7 Kg4
36. Rc6 Kf4 37. Rg6 d4 38. Rd7 Rh8
39. Rd4 Ke3 40. Rgd6 f4 41. Kg1 Rg8
42. Kh2 Bfl 43. Rd2 Be2 44. R6d5 Bc4
45. Rd8 Rg4 46. h5 Be2 47. h6 Rh4 48.
Kg1 Rh6 49. R2d6 Rd6 50. Rd6 Bc4
51. Rb6 f3 J1-J1
SI 22. 1
Mecking-Johannsson
Lugano finals Rd: 7 1968
1. e4c5 2. NB Nc63. d4cd44. Nd4e6
5.Nc3d66. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8.Qd2
a6 9. 0-0-0 Qc7 10. f3 Na5 11. g4 h6
12. h4 Nd7 13. Nb3 b5 14. Na5 Qa5
15. a3 Bb7 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. g5 hg5 18.
hg5 0-0-019. Qd4 Rh120. Rh1 Bf8 21.
Rh8 Ne5 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bf2 Qc5 24.
Rf8 Rf8 25. Qg7 Qf2 26. Qf8 Kc7 27.
Qf7 Kb6 28. Bc4 bc4 29. Qe6 Qf4 30.
g61-0
PU 1. 3. 3
Westerinen, H-Mecking
Lugano finals Rd: 8 1968
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. NB d6 4. Be2 Nf6
L _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5. Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. a4
Nbd7 9. h3 BB 10. BB e5 11. b4 ed4
12. Bd4 ReS 13. Rb1 Bh6 14. g3 a5 15.
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
Rae8 24. Bg4 Rb8 25. Rd7 Rd7 26.
Na6 Rb3 27. Ne5 deS 28. eb3 Rb7 29.
Rd8Bf830. Bd1 Kg7 31.Kf1 e432. bc4
Rb4 33. a5 Re4 34. a6 Bc5 35. Rd7 Re4
36. Bb3 Kh6 37. Bf7 Ra4 38. Bg8 Ra6
39. Rh 7 Kg5 40. h4 K£5 41. Rf7 Ke5 42.
Bh7 Bd443. Bg6e5 44. Rf5 Ke645. g4
Ke 7 46. Rf7 Kd6 47. h5 e4 48. Rf4 Ke5
49. g5 c3 50. Rf8 Ke4 51. ReS Bc5 52.
Bd3 Kd4 53. h6 Ra1 54. Kg2 Ra5 55.
Rd8 Ke5 56. h7 1-0
Q09.9
Meeking-Prameshuber
Lugarw finals Rd: 9 1968
1. d4d5 2. e4e63. Nc3 Nf64. Bg5 Be7
5. e3 0-0 6. NB h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rcl
Bb7 9. ed5 Nd5 10. Be7 Qe7 11. Bd3
Nc3 12. Rc3 ReS 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. Qe2
e5 15. Ba6 ed416. ReS Bc8 17. ed4 Ba6
18. Qa6 Nf6 19. Rcl Nd5 20. a3 Rb8
21. Kf1 g6 22. g3 Qb7 23. Qb7 Rb7 24.
Ne5 Re7 25. Re7 Ne7 26. Ke2 Kg7 27.
a4 f6 28. Ne6 a5 29. Kd3 Kf7 30. b4 ab4
31. Ke4 b3 32. Kb3 Ke8 33. Ke4 Kd7
34. Nb4 Kd6 35. B ~-~
KI 70. 4. 1
O'Kelly, A. 0-Meeking
Lugarw finals Rd: 10 1968
1. NB g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. e4 0-0
5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Ne6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 Rb8
9. Be3 e5 10. deS deS 11. Qd8 Rd8 12.
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The Unannotated Games
Rad1 Be6 13. b3 h6 14. Rd8 Rd8 15.
Rd1 Rd116. Nd1 Nd7 17. Ne1 f5 18.
Bc6bc619.Nd3 Bf820.f4e421.N3b2
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KF4.3
Quinteros, M-Meeking
Mar del Plata Rd: 1 1969
(see page 37) 0-1
SI 13
Meeking-Camara, H
Mar del Plata Rd: 2 1969
1. e4 e5 2. NB d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 Qe7 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
g4 h6 9. B Ne5 10. Be3 e611. Qe2 Bd7
12. h4 Be7 13. 0-0-0 0-0-0 14. g5 hg5
15. Bg5 Qa5 16. f4 Ng8 17. Be7 Ne7
18.NB Bc619.Ng5Rhf820.Kb1 Nb3
21. ab3 d5 22. ed5 Nd5 23. Nd5 Rd5
24. Rd5 Qd5 25. Rd1 Qe5 26. Qe5 Qe5
27. fe5 Bd7 28. Ne4 Rh8 29. Nd6 Ke7
30. Nf7 Rh431. Rg1 Rh7 32. Rg6 Be8
33. Re6 Bf7 34. Re7 Ke6 35. Rf7 Rh1
36. Ka2 Re137. R£5 Rg138. b4 g5 39.
e4 g4 40. Rf6 Ke7 41. Rf7 Ke6 42. Rg7
g3 43. e6 Re144. e7 g2 45. Rg2 Re7 46.
Kb3 Re1 47. Rg6 Ke7 48. e5 Re2 49.
Ka3 Rh2 50. Rf6 Rg2 51. Rh6 Rf2 52.
b3 Re2 53. Rd6 Rc3 54. Kb2 Rh3 55.
b5 ab5 56. Ka3 Rh4 57. Rb6 Rg4 58. b4
Rg3 59. Kb2 Rh3 60. Ke2 RB 61. Kd2
Rh3 62. Ke2 Rg3 63. Kf2 Rh3 64. Kg2
Ra3 65. Kf2 ~-~
SI 2. 9
Bronstein, L-Meeking
Mar del Plata Rd: 3 1969
1. e4e5 2. NB d63.d4ed44. Qd4Ne6
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5. Bb5 Bd7 6. &6 &6 7. Nc3 Nf6 S.
Bg5 e6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Kb1 0-0 11.
Rhel QaS 12. Qd2 KhS 13. Nd4 RfeS
14. f4 h6 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Bf6 Bf617.
Qd6 &3 lS. bc3 RdS19. Qb4 Rd120.
Rdl Qf2 21. g3 Qh2 22. Rd3 Qhl 23.
Kb2 Qe4 24. Qe7 KgS 25. Ne5 Qe4 26.
Rd4 Qe2 27. Nb 7 Be4 2S. RdS RdS 29.
QdS Kh7 30. Qe7 QbS 0-1
NI 11.4
Meeking-Sehweber, S
Mar del Plata Rd: 4 1969
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0
5. Bd3 d6 6. Ne2 e5 7. 0-0 ReS S. Ng3
&3 9. bc3 e4 10. &2 e6 11. f3 d5 12.
ed5 edS 13. e4 ef3 14. Qf3 Be6 15. e5
Ne6 16. Bd2 Ne7 17. a4 b6 lS. Bd3
Ng6 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Nf5 Bf5 21. Qf5
be5 22. deS ReS 23. Qf3 Qe7 24. &3
Rh5 25. Bf6 Qh2 26. Kf2 gf6 27. Rhl
Qhl 2S. Rhl Rhl 29. Qf6 ReS 30. e6
Rcl 31. Qd6 Re2 32. Kel a6 33. Kdl
Rg2 34. Ba6 Rgl35. Ke2 Rg2 36. Kc3
ReS 37. e7 Re3 3S. Bd3 d4 39. Qd4
ReS 40. QdS 1-0
KF5
Van Riemsdijk-Meeking
Mar del Plata Rd: 5 1969
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 e6 5.
Qd2 b5 6. 0-0-0 Nd7 7. Nf3 h6 S. Bf4
Nb6 9. e5 d5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. h4 RbS
12. Rdgl b4 13. Ndl Ne4 14. &4 de4
15. c3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Bf5 17. Kal Rb6
lS. b3 eb3 19. eb4 Rb4 0-1
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RL8.3
Meeking-Rossetto, H
Mar del Plata Rd: 7 1969
1. e4 Ne6 2. Nf3 e5 3. BbS a6 4. &6
de6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Rel Qf6 S.
hg4 hg4 9. Ne5 Qe5 10. Qg4 Nf6 11.
Qf3 Bd6 12. g3 0-0-0 13. d3 Rh5 14.
Nd2 RdhS 15. Ne4 Qe6 16. Kfl Ng4
17. Ke2 Nf2 1S. Nd6 ed6 19. Kf2 Rh2
20. Ke3 d5 21. Rfl Re2 22. Qf5 e5 23.
Rf2 d4 24. Kf3 Qf5 25: ef5 Rf2 26. Kf2
Rh5 27. g4 Rhl 2S. b4 b6 29. bc5 bc5
30. Kf3 Kd7 31. Bb2 Rh3 32. Ke4 Ke6
33. Rdl Re3 34. Kf4 Re2 35. &1 Ra2
36. Kf3 Ral 37. Ke2 Kd5 3S. Bf4 Ra2
39. Kf3 Ra3 40. gS e4 41. Ke2 Ra2 42.
Kf3 Ra3 43. g6 fg6 44. fg6 Rd3 45. Rd3
ed3 46. Bh6 Ke6 ~-~
AL2.2
Garcia Toloedo, P-Meeking
Mar del Plata Rd: 8 1969
l.e4 Nf6 2. e5Nd5 3.d4d64. Nf3 Bg4
5. Be2 Ne6 6. 0-0 e6 7. Rel deS S. Ne5
Be2 9. Qe2 Nd4 10. Qe4 &5 11. e3
Ne6 12. Ne6 bc6 13. e4 Ne7 14. Be3
Be3 15. Qe3 0-0 16. Nc3 QbS 17. b3
Qb6 1S. Radl Qe3 19. Re3 RfdS 20.
Red3 Rd3 21. Rd3 Kf8 22. f4 KeS 23.
Kf2 a5 24. g4 h6 25. Ke3 NeS 26. Na4
Nb6 27. Nb6 eb6 2S. e5 bc5 29. Rc3 a4
30.Re5 ab331. ab3 Kd7 32. h3 Kd633.
Kd4 Ral 34. Rc3 e5 35. Ke4 Rd1 36.
Re4 Re137. Kf3 Rh13S. Kg2 Rb139.
Rc3 Ke6 40. Kf3 f5 41. Re3 Kb5 42.
Rc3 Kb4 43. Re4 Kb5 44. Rc3 Rdl 45.
Re3 Rd6 46. g5 Kb4 47. g6 Ka3 4S. Kg3
Rb6 49. Kh4 Rb3 50. Re6 Rb 7 51. Kh5
Kb4 52. h4 e4 53. Rb6 ~-~
c____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TD 10.1
Mecking-Rodriguez, 0
Mar del Plata Rd: 9 1969
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cd5 cd4 5.
Qd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 ed5 7. Qd5 Bd7 S.
Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11.
Be2 0-0-0 12. 0-0 g5 13. b4 Bb4 14.
Qb3 Be6 15. Bc4 g4 16. Nd4 Nd4 17.
ed4 Rd4 1S. Be6 Qe6 19. NbS Qb3 20.
ab3 Rd5 21. Na7 Kd7 22. Bb2 Be7 23.
Rad1 Rd1 24. Rd1 Ke6 25. NbS RdS
26. Nd4 Kd7 27. Nf5 KeS 2S. Re1 Nd5
29. Ba3 Rd7 30. Kfl KdS 31. Ne7 Ne7
32. Bc5 Nd5 33. Re4 h5 34. f3 gf3 35.
gf3 Kc 7 36. Bf2 f6 37. Rh4 Rh 7 3S. Ke2
Kd6 39. Kd3 Ke5 40. Re4 Kf5 41. Kc4
~-~
015.2
Panno, 0-Mecking
Mar del Plata Rd: 10 1969
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5.
e4 Be 7 6. Be2 0-0 7. Nf3 NeSS. h4 Na6
9. Be3 Nac7 10. a4 Na6 11. g3 Nb4 12.
Rcl a6 13. Kf1 Qd7 14. Kg2 Nf6 15.
Nh2 h5 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. Bd2 f5 1S.
Ng5 Bg519. hg5 f4 20. f3 Qfl21. fg4f3
22. Bf3 hg4 23. Bg4 Qf2 24. Kh3 Rf3
25. Ne2 Bg4 26. Kg4 Nd3 27. g6 KfS
2S. Rf1 Rf6 29. Rf2 Nf2 30. Kg5 Nd1
31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Kg4 Kd7 33. Ng1 RhS
34. Nf3 b5 35. ab5 ab5 36. cbS RbS 37.
Bc3 Rg6 3S. Ng5 Rb5 39. Rf1 KeS 40.
Rh1 Ke7 41. RhS Rb7 42. Kh5 Rf6 43.
RgS Rh6 44. Kg4 Rg6 45. RaS c4 46.
Ra1 RbS 47. Ra7 KeS 4S. Rc7 KdS 49.
Rc4 RaS 50. Rb4 Kc7 51. Rc4 Kb6 52.
Rc6 Kb5 53. Rc7 1-0
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HD9.2
Mecking-Canobra, J
Mar del Plata Rd: 11 1969
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7
5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 h6 7. Bf6 Bf6 S. e4 d6
9. 0-0-0 Qa5 10. Kb1 fe4 11. Be4 Bf5
12. Qd3 0-0 13. Nge2 Bg7 14. Nf4 g5
15. Ng6 Bg6 16. Bg6 e5 17. d5 cd5 1S.
Nd5 Nc6 19. f3 Nd4 20. Ne7 KhS 21.
Be4 Rf6 22. Ng6 Rg6 23. Bg6 ReS 24.
Qe3 NbS 25. Rd3 e4 26. Be4 Nc3 27.
Rc3 Rc3 2S. bc3 Qa3 29. Bd3 Bc3 30.
QeS Kg7 31. Qe7 KgS 32. Bc41-0
PU2
Rubinetti, J- Mecking
Mar del Plata Rd: 12 1969
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5.
Nf3 0-06. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 S. fe5 deS
9. d5 Nd4 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Bd4 Nf4
12. Ne2 Ne2 13. Be2 Qh414. Bf2 Qe4
15. Nf3 ReS 16. Kf1 Bb2 17. Rb1 Bg7
1S. Bd3 Qe7 19. Qel Qd7 20. Qb4 b6
21. h4c5 22. Qf4 Qg4 23. Qg4 Bg4 24.
a4 RacS 25. Nd2 RedS 26. a5 Bh6 27.
Nf3 Re6 2S. ab6 ab6 29. Nh2 Bf5 30.
Bf5 gf5 31. Nf3 RaS32. Rg1 Ra433. g3
Rae4 34. Rb2 Re2 35. Rg2 Bc136. Ra2
Kg7 37. Bd4 cd4 3S. Re2 Be3 39. Ra4
Re4 40. Kg2 Rg4 41. Re3 1-0
SI 13
Mecking-Riego Prieto, V
Mar del Plata Rd: 13 1969
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4Qc7 7. Bb3 e6 S. g4 h6
9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12.
0-0-00-0-0 13.h4g614.Qd2h515.g5
Nh7 16. f4 RheS 17. Nc6 Bc6 1S. Qf2
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____J
Rd7 19. Bb6 QbS 20. Rhe1 BdS 21.
Na4 N£8 22. fS Bc7 23. Bc7 Ke7 24.
Qb6 KeS 2S. Qa5 RddS 26. Nb6 Ke7
27. eS Bf3 2S. Rd3 efS 29. Rf3 Ne630.
Rc3 1-0
SI 10. 1. 7
Alvarez, J- Meeking
Mar del Plata Rd: 14 1969
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
S. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Nbd7 S. f4
Qe7 9. h3 bS 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. 0-0 Bg7
12. a3 0-0 13. Nb3 RaeS 14. Qe2 Nb6
1S. Na5 BaS 16. Bd2 Nfd7 17. Rab1 eS
1S. g3 ef419. gf4 RfeS 20. Qg2 Na4 21.
Na4 ba4 22. Rfcl Nf6 23. Re1 Qe2 24.
Rbcl Qb2 2S. Ne4 QbS 26. Nd6 Qb6
27. Qf2 Qd6 2S. eS Qa3 29. BaS RaS
30. ef6 Bf6 0-1
KF6
Meeking-Mendivil, I
Mar del Plata Rd: 15 1969
1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6
S. f3 0-06. Qd2 eS 7. d5NeS S. g4eS 9.
h4 fS 10. gfS gfS 11. efS BfS 12. 0-0-0
Rf7 13. Nh3 Na614. NgS Re7 1S. Ne6
Qa5 16. a3 RbS 17. Ng7 Ng7 1S. Ne4
Qd2 19. Rd2 Be4 20. fe4 Ne7 21. BcS
deS 22. d6 Rf7 23. de7 Re7 24. Bc4
KhS 2S. Rhdl Nh5 26. RdS RdS 27.
RdS Kg7 28. ReS Nf4 29. ReS Ng6 30.
RgS Kh6 31. Be2 e4 32. Kd2 Nf4 33.
Bf3 Ne6 34. Rd5 NeS 3S. eS b6 36. Ke3
Kg7 37. Rd6 Na4 3S. h5 Nb2 39. h6
K£8 40. Bd5 c3 41. RdS Ke7 42. RhS
ReS 43. Rh7 KfS 44. RhS Ke7 4S. Kd4
Nd31-0
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Kl71
Silva, C-Meeking
Mar del Plata Rd: 16 1969
1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 0-0
S. O-Od6 6. e4 Ne6 7. Nc3 a6 S. a3 Bg4
9. dS Bf3 10. ef3 Na5 11. Qa4 b6 12.
Ne4 Nb7 13. Rb1 Ne4 14. fe4 a5 1S.
Qe2 a4 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Bc3 NeS 1S.
Rfe1 Bc3 19. Qc3 bS 20. eS bc4 21.
Qe4 RabS 22. Re2 QbS 23. QbS RbS
24. ed6 ed6 2S. Rd1 RfbS 26. Rdd2 Rb3
27. Be4 ReS 2S. Bb1 Kf8 29. Kfl fS 30.
ReS KeS 31. Ke2 RbS 32. Ba2 h5 33.
h4 Ke7 34. Bc4 RbS 3S. Kd1 Kf6 36.
Ke2 ReS 37. b4 ab3 3S. Bb3 RaS 39.
Re2 Ra3 40. Bc4 Ne4 41. Bb3 0-1
RLS
Meeking-Rocha, A
Mar del Plata Rd: 17 1969
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. BbS a6 4. Bc6
de6 S. 0-0 f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 S. Be3
Qe7 9. Nbd2 Nh610. h3 Bd7 11. Qb3
b6 12. deS feS 13. Ne4 Nf7 14. Rfd1
BcS1S. BcS QeS16. Rd7 Kd717. Nb6
Qb618. Qf7 KeS19. NeS Qb2 20. Qd7
KbS 21. Qd1 Qc3 22. Rb1 Ka7 23. Qd4
Qd4 24. Ne6 1-0
KF 5. 4. 3
Garcia, R-Meeking
Mar del Plata Rd: 18 1969
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c3 d5 4. Nd2 de4 S.
Ne4 QdS 6. Qf3 Ne6 7. NeS Nf6 S.
Qd5 NdS 9. BbS 0-0 10. Nf3 Na5 11.
0-0 b612. Nb3 e613. Be2 BfS 14. NeS
Nb3 1S. ab3 BeS 16. deS a5 17. Bh6
RfdS 1S. Rfcl f6 19. ef6 ef6 20. Bd2 gS
21. Bf3 g4 22. BdS RdS 23. Be3 bS 24.
c _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
b4 a4 2S. Rd1 RadB 26. Rd5 Rd5 27. f3
hS 2B. Bd4 Kf7 29. Kf2 Bc2 30. Ke3 gf3
31. gf3 RfS 32. Rel Bb3 33. Kf2 BdS 34.
Re3 h4 3S. BcS RgS 36. Bd6 Be6 37.
BcS Bc4 3B. Re4 h3 39. Rg4 RfS 40.
Rh4 RdS 41. Bd4 ~-~
8144.6
Meeking-Najdorf, M
Mar del Plata Rd: 19 1969
1. e4 eS 2. Nc3 Ne6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7
S. f4 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nf3 0-0 B. Rb1 d5
9. Bd2 de4 10. Ne4 b6 11. 0-0 Ba6 12.
Re1 Qe7 13. a3 e4 14. de4 Bc4 1S. b3
Ba6 16. e4 RadB 17. Qc2 NfS 1B. Bc3
Ned4 19. Nd4 Nd4 20. Qb2 Bb7 21.
Red1 Be4 22. Be4 Ne2 23. Qe2 Bc3 24.
Kg2 Rd6 2S. Rbe1 Bf6 26. Rd6 Qd6 27.
b4 ReB 2B. Re2 Be7 29. Bb7 RdB 30.
Bf3 ReB 31. h4 Qe7 32. Qe3 a5 33.
Qc3 ab4 34. ab4 Qd6 3S. eS bcS 36.
beS ReS 37. QeS QeS 3B. ReS ~-~
V09.4
Larsen, B-Meeking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 1 1969
1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nc3 eS 4. d3 Ne6
S. Nf3 e6 6. 0-0 d5 7. a3 Nge7 B. Rb1
0-0 9. Bd2 RbB 10. b4 eb4 11. ab4 bS
12. e4 a5 13. ed5 Nb4 14. de6 Be6 1S.
NgS Bd5 16. Nge4 Bc6 17. Ne2 fS 1B.
NgS Bg2 19. Kg2 Nee6 20. h4 h6 21.
Nf3 Kh7 22. Bc3 Bc3 23. Nc3 Nd4 24.
Nd4 Qd4 2S. Ne2 QeS 26. Rb2 Nd5
27. Re1 f4 2B. gf4 Nf4 29. Nf4 Rf4 30.
Qe2 QdS 31. f3 Rbf8 32. Rf1 b4 33.
Rbb1 RBf7 34. Rbe1 Rh4 3S. QeS Qe6
36. Rf2 Rg4 37. Kh1 Rf3 3B. Qe7 Rf7
39. Kh2 Re7 40. Re7 KgB 0-1
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The UnannotatedGames
KI 16.5
Meeking-Najdorf, M
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 2 1969
(see page 3B) 1-0
KF 5. 3. 8
Pomar, A-Meeking
PalmadeMallorca Rd: 3 1969
1. d4g6 2.e4 Bg7 3. Nf3d64.e4 Bg4S.
Be2Ne66.d5 Bf3 7. Bf3 Nd4B.Nc3 eS
9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Qd7 Kd7 11. Bg4 Ke7
12. Bd1 Nf6 13. 0-0 a6 14. Be3 Nd7 1S.
Rb1 Ne5 16. Ne2 Nd3 17. BgS a5 1B.
f4 f619. Bh4 ~-~
GI2.5
Meeking-Toran, R
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 4 1969
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0
S. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 d5 7. edS edS B. Nc3
Ne4 9. NeS Nc3 10. bc3 Ne6 11. Ne6
bc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Bf4 Qa6 14. Qb4
BfS 1S. Rfe1 RfeB 16. e4 de4 17. Be4
Bf8 1B. Qb3 Be6 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. h4
Bd5 21. h5 RadB 22. hg6 hg6 23. BgS
Rd7 24. Rab1 QeB 2S. Bf4 Rb7 26. Rb7
Qb7 27. BgS Qd7 2B. Bf4 ReB 29. Qe2
e630.Qa6eS 31. BdS edS 32.Re7Qe6
33. Qe6 Re6 34. Ra7 ed4 3S. ed4 Bd4
36. Ra4 Bb6 37. BeS f6 3B. Bd4 Bd4 39.
Rd4 Re2 40. a4 Kg7 41. Kg2 ~-~
KF 5.4.13
Petrosian, T-Meeking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 5 1969
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 S.
Nbd2 0-0 6. Be2 eS 7. deS deS B. 0-0
Ne69. Qc2 b610. Ne4 Bb711. a4Qe7
12. Re1 Na5 13. Bfl Ne414. Bc4 Ng4
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15. a5 Bc6 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Ne5 Be5
lS. g3 Bg7 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bel KhS 21.
Bd5 Bd5 22. ed5 f5 23. c4 RaeS 24. Rdl
f4 25. ab6 ab6 26. Qe4 Qe7 27. Re1
Qf7 2S. Re2 g5 29. g4 Qd7 30. t3 RaS
31. RaS RaS 32. Bd2 ReS 33. Bc3 Qd6
34. Rel h6 35. Ral RfS 36. Ra7 ReS
37. Qf5 b5 3S. Rd7 QfS 39. QfS RfS 40.
cbS RbS 41. Rg7 1-0
AL 10.6
Mecking-Bobotsov, M
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 6 1969
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nc3 4. bc3
d5 5. d4c5 6. NfJ Nc6 7. Bd3 Bg4 S. h3
Bf3 9. Qf3 e6 10. Rbl Qc7 11. 0-0 c4
12. Be2 h5 13. a4 Be7 14. g3 Qd7 15.
Qe3 0-0-016. f4 RdgS17. Qf3 f51S. h4
RdS 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Bb2 g6 21. Qcl
Qa5 22. Ral Rh7 23. RtJ Yz-Yz
SI 44.9
Medina, A-Mecking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 7 1969
1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e4 Nc6
5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2 b6 S. c3
Ne2 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. Qd2 f5 11. 0-0
Ne7 12. Rfe1 0-0 13. Bg5 QeS 14. Nf4
Nc615. Nd5 QcS16. Ne7 Ne717. Be7
ReS 1S. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bh6 d6 20. Re2
Bh6 21. Qh6 Qg7 22. Qg5 RfS 23.
Rae1 e5 24. ef5 Bg2 25. Kg2 Rf5 26.
Qg4 RafS 27. Qc4 KhS 2S. Qd5 Qf6
29. Rfl e4 30. Qc4 d5 31. Qb5 e3 32. f4
d4 33. Rcl g5 34. cd4 gf4 35. Khl fg3
36. Qd7 cd4 37. Rgl Rf2 0-1
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AL6. 4.1
Parma, B-Mecking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 8 1969
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6
5. f4 deS 6. fe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 S. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 Nb4 11. Rcl c5
12. 0-0 cd4 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Nc6 bc6 16. QdS RdS 17. BfJ 0-0 1S.
Ne4 Nd7 19. Ba7 Ne5 20. Bc5 Bc5 21.
Nc5 Rd4 22. b3 NtJ 23. gf3 RfdS 24. a4
KfS 25. a5 Ke7 26. a6 e5 27. b4 Bf5 2S.
Rf2 Bd7 29. Rb2 RbS 30. Rcc2 Bf5 31.
Rc3 Bd7 32. Kf2 Kd6 33. Rcc2 Kc7 34.
b5 cbS 35. cbS Kb6 36. Nd7 Rd7 37.
Rc6 Ka 7 3S. ReS f6 39. Ke3 Kb6 40.
Rc6 Ka7 41. Ke4 Rd4 42. Ke3 Rd7 43.
Rb3 Rb6 44. Rb6 Kb6 45. Rd3 Rc7 46.
Rd5 Rc3 47. Ke4 Ra3 4S. Rd7 KbS 49.
a7 Kc6 50. Rg7 Kd6 51. f4 Ra4 52. Kd3
Ra3 53. Ke4 Ra4 54. Kd3 Yz-Yz
TD 3. 5.1
Mecking-Spassky, B
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 9 1969
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cdS ed5 5.
NtJ Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 S. 0-0
0-0 9. Bg5 cd410. Nd4 h611. Be3 ReS
12. Rcl Bf8 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Bc5 Bc5
15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Ne6 Qe617. e3 RadS
1S. Qb3 d4 19. Qe6 Re6 20. ed4 Rd4
21. Rfd1 KfS 22. Kfl Rd1 23. Ndl g6
24. Ne3 Ke7 25. a3 h5 26. b4 a6 27.
Nc4 Ne4 2S. Rel f5 29. t3 Nd6 30.
Nd6 Kd6 31. Re6 Ke6 32. f4 Kd6 33.
Ke2 aS 34. baS Na5 35. Kf2 bS 36. Bfl
Kc5 37. Kg2 Nc4 3S. Kh3 Na3 39. Bb5
NbS 40. Kh4 Nd4 41. Kg5 h4 42. gh4
Yz-Yz
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AL6. 4.1 SI 40. 2. 5

Penrose, J- Mecking Hort, V-Mecking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 10 1969 Palma de Mallorca Rd: 12 1969
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. d4
5. f4 deS 6. fe5 Nc6 7. Be3 B£5 8. Nc3 cd4 5. Nd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Ne5
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 Nb411. Rcl c5 8. 0-0 N£6 9. h3 b5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bc4
12. 0-0 cd4 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qc4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nd5 Qd5 14. Qg4
Nc6 bc616. Qd8 Rd817. Rfdl 0-018. Bb7 15. Radl Qe4 16. Qg3 Be7 17.
b4 Nd7 19. Bf4 c5 20. b5 Nb8 21. Be3 Rd2 0-0 18. Nb3 Rfc8 19. Rel Bd5 20.
Rc8 22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. Rcd1 Rd2 24. Qf2 Qc4 21. a3 f6 22. ef6 Bf6 23. Bd4
Rd2 Rc 7 25. a4 a5 26. ba6 Na6 27. NbS Bd4 24. Nd4 R£8 25. Qe3 R£6 26. Ree2
Rc8 28. Rd7 Bf8 29. Bf3 Nb4 30. Bb7 Ra£8 27. Rf2 Qc7 28.£5 Qb6 29. c3 ef5
Re8 31. Nd6 Rb8 32. Bc5 Nd3 33. Bd4 30. Nf5 Qe3 31. Ne3 Bc6 32. Nc2 Rf2
£6 34. a5 fe5 35. Ba7 Rb7 36. Nb7 Be4 33. Rf2 Rf2 34. Kf2 K£7 35. g3 g5 36.
37. Bb6 Nb4 38. Nc5 Bc6 39. Rd2 e4 Ke3 K£6 37. Nd4 Bg2 38. h4 gh4 39.
40. Ne6 Be7 41. Bc5 1-0 gh4 Ke5 40. Kf2 Bb7 41. Ke3 Bd5 42.
b3 h5 43. b4 Bg8 44. Kf3 Bc4 45. Ke3
SI40. 4.1 Bd5 46. Ne2 K£5 47. Nf4 B£7 48. Nd3
Mecking-Damjanovic, M d6 49. N£2 Bd5 50. Kd4 Bf3 51. c4 bc4
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 11 1969 52. Kc4 Kf4 53. Kd4 Bc6 54. a4 Ba4 55.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nc6 Ne4 Kg4 56. Kd5 Kh4 57. N£6 Kg5 58.
5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. 0-0 Nh5 Kh5 59. Kd6 Kg4 60. Ke5 !-1-!-1
Bb7 9. Nc6 Bc610. Qd4 b411. Nb1 e5
12. Qd3 N£613. Nd2 Bb5 14. Nc4 Rc8 KF 5. I. 10
15. b3 Be7 16. Bg5 Bc4 17. Qc4 Qb8 Mecking-Szabo, L
18. Qa6 Ne419. Be7 Ke7 20. Qd3 Nf6 Palma de Mallorca Rd: 13 1969
21. a3 Rc6 22. ab4 Qb4 23. Q£5 g6 24. 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 a6 5.
Qe5 Re6 25. Qb5 Qc3 26. Bd3 Rc8 27. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Ndl Bb7 8. f3 Nc6
Ra4 ReS 28. Qb4 Nd5 29. Qh4 Nf6 30. 9. c3 Na5 10. Qc2 bc3 11. bc3 N£6 12.
Rc4 Rc4 31. Qc4 Qd2 32. Qc5 d6 33. Ne2 Nd7 13. h4 c5 14. Rbl Qc7 15.
Qa7 K£8 34. h3 Kg8 35. Qa8 Kg7 36. Qa2 e6 16. Be3 d5 17. e5 Nc4 18. h5
Qal Re537. Rd1 Qf438.Qcl Qb439. 0-0 19. g3 Rfb8 20. hg6 hg6 21. Bg5
Qd2 Qb6 40. Rel Qd4 41. ReS Qe5 42. Bc6 22. Kf2 Rbl 23. Qbl Ba4 24. Qcl
b4 Nd5 43. c4 Nf4 44. Bfl Ne6 45. b5 Bd125. Qdl cd4 26. cd4 Qb6 27. Kg2
Nc5 46. b6 h5 47. h4 Kf8 48. g3 Ke7 Qb2 28. g4 Rb8 29. Qel Rb3 30. Qh4
49. Bg2 Qa1 50. Kh2 Qb 1 51. Qa5 Qb2 Ne3 31. Kf2 Nd132. Kg3 Ne3 33. Bf6
52. Qa7 Nd7 53. b7 1-0 Nfl 34. Kf2 N£6 35. e£6 Bf6 36. Q£6
Qe2 37. Ke2 Ng3 38. Kf2 Nh139. Kg2
Rbl 40. f4 a5 41. Qd8 Kg7 42. Qa5

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Rb3 43. Kh1 Rg3 44. g5 Re3 45. Kg2
Re2 46. Kf3 Re4 47. Qb4 Kg8 48. Qb8
Kg7 49. Kf2 Kh7 50.£5 g£5 51. Q£81-0
NI 11. 7
Kortchnoi, V-Meeking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 14 1969
1. d4 N£6 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0
5. N£3 e5 6. Be2 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Na4
cd49.ed4Be710.a3Ne411.d5b512.
cb5 Bd5 13. Be3 f5 14. Rcl Qe8 15.
Re1 g516. Bd3 g417. Be4 Be418. Nd2
Bd519. B£4 B£6 20. Nc3 Bc3 21. bc3 a6
22. c4 Bb 7 23. Bd6 Rf6 24. Nb3 ab5 25.
cb5 Qh5 26. Re7 Bd5 27. ReS Kg7 28.
Qd4 Bb3 29. Be7 e5 30. B£6 Kf6 31.
Qe5 Kg6 32. Rb8 1-0
RE 3. 1. 3
Meeking-Unzicker, W
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 15 1969
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
9. B£3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 ReS 11. cd5 ed5
12. Nc3 e6 13. Qd2 Rc814. Rfcl a6 15.
Rc2 Qe7 16. Racl Qb8 17. Nd1 RedS
18. ReS ReS 19. ReS Qc8 20. e4 de4
21. de4 Ne8 22. Bg7 Kg7 23. Ne3 Qc7
24. f4 e5 25.£5 Nd£6 26. h3 Qc5 27. b4
Qb6 28. Kh2 Qd4 29. Qd4 ed4 ~-~
KF 5. 4. 9
Panno, 0-Mecking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 16 1969
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
a6 9. Ba4 e6 10. a3 Ne7 11. Bc2 b6 12.
e5 de5 13. de5 NeB 14. Ne4 h6 15. N£6
N£6 16. ef6 B£6 17. Bh6 ReS 1S. Ne5
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N£5 19. Bf4 Bb5 20. a4 Qd1 21. Radl
Be5 22. Be5 Bc6 23. Bc7 b5 24. Ra1 f6
25. f3 Kf7 26. Ra3 Rec8 27. Bb6 ba4 28.
Ba4 Ba4 29. Ra4 Reb8 30. Rb4 Ne7 31.
Bc5 Ne6 32. Rh4 g5 33. Rh7 Kg6 34.
Re7 Ne5 35. Bd4 Rb2 36. Be5 fe5 37.
Re5 Rd8 38. Ree5 Rdd2 39. Re6 Kf7
40. Re7 K£6 41. R1e6 K£5 42. g41-0
KI 17. 7
Meeking-Corral, J
PalmadeMallorca Rd: 17 1969
1. d4 N£6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5.
e4 d6 6. N£3 0-0 7. Be2 e5 8. Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 a6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. a3 Nbd7 12.
0-0 h5 13. Bg5 Nh7 14. Be3 B£6 15. b4
Bg5 16. Na4 b6 17. Rb1 Be3 18. fe3
Qd8 19. Rb3 a5 20. be5 Nc5 21. Nc5
be5 22. Qc2 a4 23. Rb2 Qg5 24. Qc3
Bg4 25. Bg4 Qg4 26. h3 Qg3 27. N£3
Rab8 28. Rtb1 Rb2 29. Rb2 N£6 ~-~
KF5
Garcia, R-Mecking
SaoPaulom Rd:2 1969
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5.
a4 Qa5 6. Ne2 N£6 7. f3 0-0 8. Ncl Be6
9. Bel Na610. 0-0 Nb411. Qd2 c5 12.
d5 Bd7 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Bc4 b6 15. a5
Qe8 16. ab6 ab6 17. Ra8 Qa8 18. Qe2
e6 19. de6 fe6 20. Rd1 d5 21. ed5 ed5
22. Ne5 be5 23. Bc5 ReS 24. Qf1 Qc6
25. Bb4Qc4 26. Nd5 Q£127. Kf1 Nd5
0-1
BI 7. 3
Mecking-Garcia, R
Sao Paulo m Rd: 3 1969
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.
Kg4 Ra6 49. Rh8 e4 50. Kf3 Kd3 0-1
SL8.8
Bisguier, A-Meeking
Buenos Aires Rd: 5 1970
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e4 e6 4. e3 e6 5.
Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 de4 8.
Ne4 Ne4 9. Be4 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bd2 11.
Qd2 0-0 12. 0-0-0 e5 13. deS Qe7 14.
Qd6 Qc5 15. Qc5 Ne5 16. Bc2 b6 17.
b4 Na6 18. Be4 Rb8 19. a3 Bb7 20.
Rhel Be4 21. Re4 Rb7 22. Kb2 Re7 23.
Kb3 Rfe8 24. Red4 Kf8 25. Rd8 Ke7
26. Rld7 Rd7 27. Re8 f6 28. RgS g6 29.
Rh8 Kd6 30. Rf8 Ke7 31. Ra8 e5 32.
Nel Rb 7 33. Rh8 Ke6 34. Ne2 Nb8 35.
Re8 Kd7 36. Rh8 Ke6 ~-~
PU 2. 6.13
Gheorghiu, F-Meeking
Buenos Aires Rd: 6 1970
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5.
Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Ne6 7. e5 deS 8. fe5
Ng4 9. Be4 f6 10. h3 Nh6 11. ef6 ef6
12. 0-0 Ne7 13. Ne2 Nhf5 14. c3 e615.
Nf4 Ng3 16. Qb3 Rf7 17. Rel Ne41S.
Re4 Nd519. Ne6 Be6 20. Re6 Qd7 21.
Re2 Re8 22. ReS Qe8 23. Bd2 Bf8 24.
e4 Nb6 25. Re1 Qd7 26. a4 Re7 27.
Re 7 Qe 7 28. a5 NeS ~-~
NI 13.3
Meeking-Rubinetti, J
Buenos Aires Rd: 7 1970
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6
5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Bc3 7. Nc3 d5 S. ed5
Bfl 9. Kf1 ed5 10. g3 0-0 11. b4 e6 12.
Kg2 Nbd7 13. a4 a6 14. b5 ab5 15. Ba3
------------100-----------
b4 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Qb3 h5 18. h3 h4
19. g4 Nh7 20. Qc2 Qf6 21. Qf5 Qf5
22. gf5 Nhf6 23. Bd6 Ra5 24. Racl e5
25. deS Ne5 26. Bc7 Na4 27. Na4 Ra4
28. Bb6 Ra2 29. Rat Ra1 30. Ral ReS
31. RaS Kh7 32. Ra4 Rf5 33. Rh4 Kg8
34. f3 Nh7 35. Kg3 Ng536.Rf4Rf437.
Kf4 Nh3 3S. Ke5 f6 39. Kd5 Kf7 40. e4
Nf4 41. Kd4 Ke6 ~-~
SL9. 2.10
Reshevsky, S-Meeking
Buenos Aires Rd: 8 1970
1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5.
Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 de4 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Na4 e5 10. deS Ne5 11. Ne5 Bc5
12. 0-0 0-0 13. e4 Bb7 14. Qe2 h6 15.
Bf4 Qe7 16. Racl Rae817. e5 Nd7 18.
Nd2 Bd4 19. Ne4 Bd5 20. Red1 f6 21.
ef6 Qf6 22. Bg3 Ne5 23. Nd6 RedS 24.
Bb1 e5 25. Rd4 ed4 26. Qc2 Rd6 27.
Qe5 Rd7 28. Qb4 Re8 29. Bd3 Kh8 30.
h4 Bg8 31. Rd1 RedS 32. a4 Qb6 33.
Qd2 Bh 7 34. Bb5 Re 7 35. Qb4 Rb 7 36.
Qc4 d3 37. Be5 Re7 3S. Bc3 Qe6 39.
Qe5 Rb 7 40. BaS Re8 41. Qd4 Qe2 42.
Re1 Qh5 43. ReS Qf7 44. Rd5 Re7 45.
Rd8 Rd8 46. Qd8 Bg8 47. Qd3 Qf4 48.
Qd2 Qe4 49. Bc3 Qh4 50. Qd6 Re4 51.
Qg6 Re7 52. Bd3 Qg5 53. Qg5 hg5 54.
f3 Be6 55. Bb5 ~-~
019.7
Meeking-Garcia, R
Buenos Aires Rd: 9 1970
1. e4 e6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 ed5 4. ed5 d6 5.
Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne3 Be7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0
Na6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. a4 h611. h3 b612.
Nh2 Re8 13. Nfl Bf8 14. Bf4 Bb7 15.
~------------------------------T~UMnoomredGa~s
Ne3 a616. Bf3 b5 17. Qd3 b41S. Ne2
a5 19. c4 Nd7 20. Qbl Bc8 21. b3 Ra7
22. Ra2 Ne5 23. Be4 g6 24. Ncl f5 25.
Bc2 Na6 26. Nd3 NbS 27. Nfl Nbd7
2S. Bdl Nd3 29. ReS QeS 30. Qd3 Ne5
31. Qg3 Bg7 32. Bel Re7 33. Re2 Kh7
34. f4 Nd7 35. Qel Bd4 36. Be3 Bc3
37. Bd2 Re2 3S. Qe2 Qe2 39. Be2 Bb2
40. Bd3 Nf6 41. Kf2 Kg7 !.1-!.1
CAS. 7.1
Smyslov, V-Mecking
Buenos Aires Rd: 10 1970
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
9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Nc3 Nf4
12. gf4 Nd7 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng3 Bd5 15.
Rfdl Rc816. Ne5 Ne5 17. Bd5 ed5 IS.
deS Qd719. a4 c5 20. ab5 ab5 21. Qd3
RedS 22. Ra6 d4 23. b3 g6 24. Rda1
RbS 25. Nfl RfcS 26. Nd2Qc7 27. Qf3
QdS 2S. Rcl RaS 29. Ra8 Ra8 30. Qc6
RbS 31. Ral Qb6 32. Qd7 Qb7 33.
Qe6 Kf8 34. Nf3 Qc8 35. Qd5 Qb7 36.
Qb7 Rb7 37. RaS Kf7 3S. Ra6 Kf8 39.
e6 Rc7 40. Rb6 b4 41. Ne5 Kg7 42.
Kg2 Bf6 43. Nc4 Ra7 44. Rc6 Be7 45.
Ne5 Ra2 46. Kf3 Ra3 47. e3 Rb3 4S.
Rc7 Kf6 49. Nc6 Ke6 50. Re7 Kd6 51.
Na5 Ra3 52. Ra7 Kd5 53. Ra8 Ke6 54.
Ra6 Kd5 55. RaS Ke6 56. Ra6 Kd7 57.
Ra 7 KcS 58. Ra6 !.1-!.1
SI 22. 5. 4
Mecking-Tukmakov, V
Buenos Aires Rd: 11 1970
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0,0 0,0 S. Be3
Nc6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 b6 12.
--------------------101--------------------
Rcl Qc713. Bf3RfdS14.g4BcS15.g5
Nd7 16. Bg2 Na5 17. Na5 baS 18. Ne2
Nc519. b3 Bb7 20. Ng3d5 21. ed5 Bd5
22. Qe2 g6 23. Rcdl Bg2 24. Kg2 RacS
25. RdS Rd8 26. Rdl Qc6 27. Kgl ReS
2S. Rd4 RdS 29. Kf2 e5 30. Rd8 BdS
31. fe5 Ne4 32. Ne4 Qe4 33. Kel Qe5
34. h4 h6 35. Kdl hg5 36. Qd2 Be7 37.
hg5 Bb4 38. Qd8 Kh 7 39. Qd4 Qg3 40.
c3 Bd6 41. c4 Be5 42. Qe4 f5 43. gf6
Bf6 44. c5 Qe5 45. Qd3 Qe6 46. Kc2
Kg7 47. Bd4 Bd4 4S. Qd4 Kf7 49. Qc3
Qf5 50. Kcl Qfl !.1-!.1
SI 2. 5. 10
Damjanovic, M-Mecking
Buenos Aires Rd: 12 1970
l.e4c5 2. Nf3 d63. d4cd44.Qd4Nc6
5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bc6 Bc6 7. c4 Nf6 S. Nc3
g6 9. 0,0 Bg7 10. Be3 0,0 11. Qd3 Qa5
12. Bd4 a6 13. a3 b5 14. Nd5 Bd5 15.
cd5 RfcS 16. Racl QdS 17. Bc3 !.1-!.1
Gl3.3
Mecking-Fischer, R
Buenos Aires Rd: 13 1970
(see page 40) ;.1-;.1
SI 48. 8. 7
Schweber, S-Mecking
Buenos Aires Rd: 14 1970
1. e4c5 2.Nf3 e63. b3 Nc64. Bb2 Nf6
5. e5 Nd5 6. Nc3 Nc3 7. Bc3 Be7 8.
Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. h4 Qc711. Rh3
g6 12. Ng5 Nd4 13. Bd4 cd4 14. f4 h6
15. Nf7 Kf7 16. Bg6 Kf8 17. Qh5 Ba3
IS. Bd3 Ke719. Rg3 Raf8 20. Rg7 KdS
21. Qg4 Kc8 22. h5 Bc6 23. Ke2 Kb8
24. Rhl QdS 25. Rh3 d6 26. Qe6 Rf4
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ______~
27. Rhg3 ReS ZS. RgS Re6 29. RdS Kc7
30. RhS deS 31. Bc4 Ref6 32. Rg7 Kd6
33. Ra 7 Rf2 34. Ke1 Bb4 35. c3 dc3 36.
dc3 Bc3 37. Kd1 Rd2 3S. Kcl 0-1
017.2
Mecking-Quinteros, M
Buenos Aires Rd: 15 1970
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Bg4
5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 S. 0-0
Be7 9. b3 0-0 10. Bb2 Re811. deS deS
12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Nh4
Be2 15. NeZ RadS 16. Ng3 Rd1 17.
Rd1 Bf8 1S. Nf3 Nfd7 19. Ng5 h6 20.
N5e4 Ne4 21. Ne4 Nc5 22. Nc5 Bc5
23. Qd2 f6 24. Kfl Kf8 25. Bc3 Be7 26.
BaS b6 27. Bb4 Bb4 ZS. Qb4 Kf7 29.
Qd2 Ke7 30. Qb4 Kf7 31. Qd2 Ke7 32.
Qc2 RdS 33. RdS QdS 34. Ke2 Qd6 35.
g4 Kf7 36. h4 Qe6 37. f3 Ke7 3S. h5
Qd639. Qg6Kf840. Qf5 Ke7 41. Qg6
Kf8 42. a4 Qa3 43. QcZ Ke7 44. Kd3
Ke6 45. c5 bc5 46. Qc4 Kd6 47. Ke4
Qb4 4S. Kf5 Qc4 49. bc4 ~-~
NI 13.3
Mecking-Najdorf, M
Buenos Aires Rd: 16 1970
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6
5. NeZ Ba6 6. a3 Bc3 7. Nc3 d5 8. cd5
Bfl 9. Kfl ed5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Kf2 0-0
12. Re1 ReS13. Kg1 Qd714. b3 RadS
15. Ra2 Na5 16. Rd2 c6 17. Bb2 Qe6
1S. Na2 Nd7 19. Ncl f6 20. Bc3 Nb7
21. Nd3 Qd6 22. a4 a5 23. Nf2 b5 24.
ab5 cbS 25. e4 Nb6 26. e5 Qc6 27. Rc2
ReS ZS. Ree2 Qe6 29. ef6 Qf6 30. Ng4
Qf5 31. ReS ReS 32. Re2 QcS 33. Bd2
a4 34. ba4 ba4 35. Bb4 Nc4 36. Ra2 h5
------------102-----------
37. Ne5 Ne5 3S. deS ReS 39. Ra4 NdS
40. Qa1 ReS 41. RaS ~-~
E040. 2. 7
Polugaevsky, L-Mecking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: I 1970
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7
5.d3 d66. g3 Be7 7. Bg20-0S. 0-0cS 9.
Re1 Nc6 10. d4 cd4 11. Nd4 Nd4 12.
Qd4 Rc813. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 RfdS15.
Radl Bc6 16. Qe3 a6 17. Qe2 Bf8 lS.
a4 Nd7 19. h4 Qb7 20. Bfl Nc5 21.
Qc2 Nd7 22. Rd2 Nf6 23. Qd3 RaS 24.
Bg2 Nd7 25. b4 Qc7 26. f4 a5 27. b5
Bb7 ZS. Ba3 RacS 29. Bfl N£630. Redl
Rd7 31. Qe3 RedS 32. Be2 h6 33. g4
NeS 34. g5 g6 35. f5 ef5 36. ef5 Re7 37.
Qf4 ReS 3S. f6 Rf5 39. Qg3 h5 40. Nd5
Bd5 41. Rd5 Rd5 42. Rd5 Qc8 43. Rd2
Nc7 44. Bfl Ne6 45. Qf3 Nc5 46. Bh3
Qc7 47. Qc6 Qb8 48. Bc5 deS 49. Rd8
Qd8 50. Bd7 Qb8 51. Qe4 Qd6 52. Bc6
Qdl ~-~
GI 3. 5. 1
Mecking-Hort, V
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 2 1970
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7
5. e3 0-0 6. Qb3 dc4 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. Be2
a5 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. 0-0 Be6 11. Bc4 Bc4
12. Qc4 Nbd5 13. Nd5 Nd5 14. Bg3 c6
15. e4 Nf6 16. Rfel Qb6 17. b3 Rad8
18. Radl Ne8 19. a4 Nd6 20. Qc2 ReS
21. Qd3 Rfd8 22. Bf4 NeB 23. Bg5 Rd7
24. Be3 Qd8 25. Qc2 Qc7 26. Rd2 e6
27. Redl Bf8 28. Ne5 Rdd8 29. Nc4
Bb4 30. Rd3 b5 31. Ne5 ba4 32. ba4 c5
33. deS Rd3 34. Nd3 Qc6 35. f3 Nf6
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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Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
39. Rg7 Rd4 40. Kh3 Ra4 41. g3 Ra2
42. f3 Ral 43. g4 Ra3 44. Kg3 Rb3 45.
Ra7 Rc3 46. Ra2 Kf7 47. Rf2 Kg6 4S.
Kh4 £5 49. gS Rc150. f4 Rgl 51. Kh3
Rg4 52. R£3 Kg7 ~-~
SI 9. 7
Jimenez, E-Meeking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 9 1970
1. e4 e5 2. N£3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. BgS e6 7. f4 Be7 S. Qf3
Qe7 9. 0~0~0 Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11.
Rhel Bb712. Nd5 ed513. Nf5 B£814.
Bf6 g£6 15. ed5 KdS 16. Qe4 QeS 17.
Bfl Re8 lS. Re3 b4 19. a3 aS 20. ab4
ab4 21. Rd2 QaS 22. Rd4 Qal 23. Kd2
Qb2 24. Qe8 Ke7 25. Re4 Ne5 26. Re7
Be7 27. Qe7 KbS 2S. Qd6 KaS 29. ReS
ReS 30. Qc5 ReS 31. QaS KbS 32. Bd3
b3 33. Qb4 Re2 34. Bc2 Qe2 35. Ke3
b2 36. Qd6 Qe7 37. Qf8 Be8 3S. Qb4
Qb7 39. Qd6 Ka8 0-1
Kl16. i 27. Rcl Bc6 2S. Bb4 Kf7 29. f3 gS 30.
Meeking-Gligoric, S
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 10 1970
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
12. Bg3 f5 13. ef5 N£6 14. Nde4 Ne4
15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bd3 g4 17. Qd2 Be4
ts. Be4 N£5 19. Qd3 QgS 20. o~o QhS
~-~
SI 13. 6. 1
Uitumen, T -Meeking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 11 1970
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. 0~0
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Be7 9.£4 0~0 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qf3 Nbd7
12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 a5 14. Rdl Ne5 15.
Bd5 Bd5 16. Nd5 Nee4 17. Be3 Re8
18. Ne7 Qe7 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Re2 21.
gS hgS 22. hgS Nh7 23. Qe4 Re2 24.
Qd3 Rb2 25. Qc3 Re2 26. Qd3 Re3 27.
Qe3 NgS 28. Ra2 e4 29. Rg2 Nf3 30.
Kfl QeS 31. Qh6 e3 32. Qh3 Q£4 33.
Ke2 Nd4 34. Kel e2 35. Rb1 N£3 36.
Ke2 Re8 37. Kdl Qd4 38. Ke2 Re8 39.
Kb3 a4 40. Ka2 Nd2 0-1
NI5.2
Meeking-Panno, 0
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 12 1970
1. d4 N£6 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 e5 5.
Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 0~0 7. 0~0 de4 S. Bc4
Qe7 9. a3 BaS 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Ne4
Bc7 12. N£6 Q£6 13. b4 ed4 14. ed4
Nb615. BgS Qg616. Qg6 hg617. Be2
Bd7 lS. Rfcl RfeS19. Ne5 Ba4 20. B£3
Nd5 21. Ne4 Bc6 22. Na5 BaS 23. baS
£6 24. Bd2 a6 25. Bd5 Bd5 26. ReS ReS
Kf2 RhS31. h3 RdS32. Ke3 £5 33. Bc5
Rd5 34. Kf2 e5 35. deS ReS 36. Bb4
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RE20.11
Rubinetti, J-Meeking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 13 1970
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.
Nbd2 e5 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Rel Qc7 15.
e4 d4 16. Bb2 b6 17. Qb3 e5 lS. b5 Rf8
19. Ral NeS 20. Qdl Nd6 21. Nh4
Bb7 22. Bh3 £5 23. f3 BcS 24. Bel N£6
25. Nfl KhS 26. Ra2 Ng8 27. Qel Qf7
L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T h e Unannotat.:d Games
28. g4 fe4 29. fe4 NbS 30. Rb2 Nc3 31.
Rb6 B£6 32. Nf3 Bd8 33. Ng5 Bg5 34.
Bg5 Qf3 35. Rb8 NeZ 36. Qe2 Qe2 37.
Ng3 Qf2 38. Kh1 Qe1 0-1
NI 1. 4
Mecking-Reshevsky, S
Palma de Mallarca Rd: 14 1970
1. d4 N£6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0~0
5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bc3 7. bc3 dc4 8. Bc4 c5
9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. 0~0 Rd8
12. c4 e5 13. d5 e4 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. h3
Bf5 16. Bb2 Bg6 17. a4 ReS 18. Bc3
Re7 19. Rb1 Ne8 20. Nb3 b6 21. a5
Nd6 22. ab6 ab6 23. Nd2 f5 24. Ra1
Rf8 25. Ra6 Be8 26. Qb3 Nc8 27. Bb2
Bd7 28. Qc3 Ng6 29. Bh5 Qd6 30. Bg6
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QI 10. 1
Uhlmann, W-Mecking
Palma de Mallarca Rd: 15 1970
1. c4 N£6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6
5. 0~0 Be7 6. Nc3 0~0 7. d4 Ne4 8. Ne4
Be4 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Qc3
Nf6 12. b4 h6 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. Rfd1
Qb7 15. Bfl b5 16. cbS Qb5 17. Nd2
Bd5 18. Qc3 g5 19. Be3 Ng4 20. Qc7
Ne3 21. fe3 Bf6 22. Qd6 Qb7 23. g4
Rfd8 24. Qg3 Qb4 25. Bg2 Rac8 26.
Bd5 Rd5 27. Rabl Qa3 28. Ne4 Bg7
29. Rb7 Qa6 30. Rb2 £5 31. Nf2 f4 32.
Qf3 fe3 33. Qe3 RedS 34. Rbd2 Qb6
35. Qe4 Rd4 36. Rd4 Rd4 37. Rd4 Bd4
38. Qg6 Bg7 39. Kg2 Kffi 40. Qe4 Ke7
41. Nd3 Kd6 42. Kf3 Qb5 43. Kg3 Qb6
44. Kf3 Qc6 45. Qc6 Kc6 46. Ke4 Kb5
47. Ne5 a5 48. Nf7 Kb4 49. Nd8 Ka3
50. Ne6 Bf6 51. Nc5 Ka2 52. Kd5 Kb2
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53. e4 Kc3 54. e5 Be7 55. e6 Kb4 56.
Nd3 Kc3 57. Nc5 Kb4 58. Nd3 Kb5 59
Nb2 Bffi 60. Nd1 Kb461. Nb2 Kc3 62.
Na4 Kd3 63. Nb6 Ke2 64. Net Kf3 65
h3 Kg3 66. e7 Be7 67. Ne7 "<h3 68
N£5 Kg4 69. Nh6 Kf4 70. Kc4 ~-~
KF4.3
Mecking-Matulovic, ~i
Palma de Mallarca Rd: 16 i 970
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. ,:4 e5 ~~.
Be3 ed4 6. Bd4 Nf6 7. Bel 0~0 8. Nf l
Bg4 9. 0~0 ReS 10. h3 Bf3 11. Bf3 Nc6
12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Rae1 aS
15. Bg5 Bc316. bc3 £617. Bh4 Ne518.
Bd1 g5 19. Bg3 Kh8 20. &2 Rg8 21. f4
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
30. Rf8 Qe1 31. Rfl Qg3 32. Rg8 Rg8
33. Qd2 Ne6 34. Bd1 Nf4 35. Bg4 Qh4
36. Rf4 ef4 37. Q£4 Qg5 38. Qf2 Qe5
39. Bf5 Qg3 40. Qd2 a4 41. Be6 Rg7
42. Bg4 Qe5 43. Qf2 c6 44. Qa7 Qa1
45. Kh2 Qe5 46. Kh1 b5 47. Qa8 Rg8
48. Qc6 bc4 49. Qc4 Rb8 50. Bd1 Rbl
51. Qa4 d5 52. Qa8 Kg7 53. Qa7 Kg8
54. Qa8 Kf7 55. Qa7 Kg6 56. Qa6 Kg7
57. Qa7 Kffi 58. Qa8 Ke7 59. Qa7 Kd8
60. Qa8 Kc7 61. Qa7 Kd6 62. Qa3 Kc6
63. Qa6 Kd7 64. Qa4 Ke7 65. Qa3 Kf7
66. Qa7 Qe7 67. Qf2 Ke8 68. Qe2 Qe4
69. KhZ Ke7 70. Kg3 Qe2 71. Bel Rb2
72. Bd3 h6 73. Kf3 Ra2 74. h4 Ke6 75.
g4 Ra3 76. Ke3 Ra4 77. Be2 Ke5 78.
Bd1 Ra3 79. Ke2 Rh3 80. g5 hg5 81.
hg5 Rg3 82. Kd2 Kd4 83. Bel Rg5 84.
Bfl Rh5 85. Bb5 Rh2 86. Ke1 Ke3 87.
Ba6 Ra2 88. Bb5 Ra5 89. Be8 d4 0-1
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess G e n i u s - - - - - - - - - - - - - '

NI2.6 Bg4 28. b7 Rd8 29. Ral Kf7 30. Ra8

Taimanov, M-Mecking Ne2 31. Kf2 Rd2 32. Ke3 Rb2 33. b8Q
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 17 1970 Rb8 34. Rb8 Nf4 35. Rb7 Ke8 36. g3
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne6 37. Nd3 Nd8 38. Rh 7 Nf7 39. Rf7
Bd3 0-0 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 dc4 8. Bc4 1-0
Nc6 9. a3 BaS 10. Bd3 cd4 11. ed4 h6
12. Bc2 Bc7 13. Rel Re814. Be3 b615. EO 31.9
Qe2 Bb7 16. Radl Ne7 17. Ne5 Ned5 Suttles, 0- Mecking
18. Bel Nc319. bc3 Qd5 20. Qfl Rac8 PalmadeMallarca Rd: 19 1970
21. c4 Qa5 22. Re3 RedS 23. Qe2 Be5 l.g3 g62. Bg2 Bg7 3.d3 c54.c4Nc65.
24. ReS Qc3 25. Bd3 Qd4 26. Bh7Nh7 Nc3 e6 6. h4 h5 7. Nhl Nge 7 8. 0-0 0-0
27. Rd4 Rd4 28. Bb2 Rdc4 29. h3 Nf8 9. Bg5 d6 10. Rbl Rb8 11. a3 a6 12.
30. Qe3 Ng6 31. Rb5 Bd5 32. Rb4 f6 Ne4f613. Bd2 b514. b4cb415. ab4d5
33. Kh2 Nf4 34. g3 Ng6 35. Qd3 Kf7 16. cd5 Nd517. Nf4 Nf418. Bf4 e5 19.
36. Rc4 Rc4 37. Bc3 Ne7 38. g4 Ng6 Be3 Nd4 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Rfcl Bb7
39. Qd2 Nh4 40. Kg3 Nf3 41. Qd3 Ng5 22. Bd4 ed4 23. Q£4 Be4 24. ~4 f5 25.
42. Kh2 Rf4 43. Qfl Rf3 44. h4 Rh3 Bf3 Rf7 26. Rc6 Rb6 27. Qcl Rc6 28.
45. Qh3 Nhl 46. Kh3 h5 47. gh5 Bf3 Qc6 Qf6 29. Ral Qe7 30. Ra6 Rf6 31.
48. h6 gh6 49. Kg3 Bdl50. f4 Kg6 51. Qb5 Ra6 32. Qa6 Qb4 33. Qe6 Qf8 34.
Kf2 Kf5 52. Ke3 h5 53. Bb2 Ba4 54. Kg2 Qd8 35. Kh3 Qf8 36. Qd7 Q£6 37.
Bc3 e5 55. fe5 fe5 56. Bb4 Ke6 57. Bf8 Qe8 Kh6 38. Kg2 Kh7 39. Bd5 Qd6 40.
Kd5 58. Bg7 Bdl59. Bf6 e4 60. BgS Bf3 Bg8 Kh6 41. e4 f4 42. Qc8 Be5 43. gf4
61. Kd2 Kc4 62. Bf4 Kb3 63. Bb8 Ka3 Bf4 44. Bc4 Q£6 45. Qg8 Be5 ~-~
64. Ba7 b5 65. Bc5 Kb3 66. Bf8 b4 67.
Be7 Bg4 68. Bc5 Bf5 69. Bf8 e3 70. Kcl NI2.8
e2 71. Kd2 Bg4 72. Be7 elQ 73. Kel Mecking-Larsen, B
Kc3 0-1 PalmadeMallorca Rd: 20 1970
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0
KI7 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 cd4
Mecking-Naranja, R 9. ab4 dc3 10. bc3 dc411. Bc4 Qc7 12.
PalmadeMallorca Rd: 18 1970 Be2 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Qb3 a5 15.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qc4 Qb8 16. Qh4 Ne5 17. Ne5 QeS
Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne 7 18. baS baS 19. Rfbl Be4 20. Rdl Rfb8
9. Nd2 Bh6 10. b4 Ne8 11. Nb3 Bel 21. Rd2 Bd5 22. Qd4 Qg5 23. Bfl Ne4
12. Qcl c6 13. dc6 bc6 14. a4 Be6 15. 24. Rc2 Nd6 25. c4 Nf5 26. Qd3 Bc6
b5 f5 16. f4 a6 17. fe5 ab5 18. ab5 Ral 27. Be5 Rd8 28. Qc3 a4 29. c5 h5 30.
19. Qal deS 20. QaS Nd6 21. Rdl fe4 Rd2 Rd2 31. Qd2 Nh4 32. Bg3 Q£6 33.
22. Qd8 Rd8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. b6 Nef5 Qdl Nf3 34. Khl h4 35. Bf4 Rd8 36.
25. N3e4 Nd4 26. Nd6 Rd6 27. Bg4 Bd6 h3 37. Ra4 Ba4 38. Qa4 Nd2 39.

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Kg1 Qg6 40. Qd1 Nfl 41. Qf1 Rd7 42.
B Rb7 43. e4 Rb1 0-1
vos. 2.9
Fischer, R-Mecking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 21 1970
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. NB Nc6 4. e3 Nf6
5. Bb5 Bd7 6. 0,0 e6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bc6
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.
ef6 Rf6 19. Qg7 Qg7 20. R£6 Qg3 21.
hg3 Re8 22. g4 a4 23. NB ab3 24. ab3
Kg7 25. g5 e5 26. Nh4 Bd7 27. Rd6
Be6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Rb6 Re7 30. e4 de4
31. de4 c4 32. b4 Bg4 33. Ke3 Rd7 34.
g6 Kf8 35. gh7 Rh7 36. Ng6 Ke8 37.
Ne5 Bc8 38. Nc4 Kd8 39. Nd6 Rg7 40.
Kf2 Kc7 41. NcB Kc8 42. Rd61-0
KI 45. 6. 1
lvkov, B-Mecking
Palma de Mallorca Rd: 23 1970
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
B o,o 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nge2 c5
9. d5 e6 10. 0,0 ed5 11. ed5 Nbd7 12.
b3 a613. a4 Re8 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Bg5
Qf8 16. Rae1 Kh8 17. f4 h6 18. Bh4
NI 14. 7. 1
Mecking-Langeweg
WijkaanZee Rd: 1 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Bd3 Nc6 6. NB Bc3 7. bc3 d6 8. e4 e5
9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 11. 0,0 g5 12.
QB Nfg8 13. Nf5 Nf5 14. ef5 Nf6 15.
Qe2 Kd7 16. B Qa5 17. Qc2 Kc7 18.
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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Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 B. Bb2 0-0 Rd3!1-!1

9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Qc2
Nbd7 12. e3 Ne413. Nd7 Qd7 14. Ne4 QP4.7
fe4 15. f3 ef3 16. Bf3 Bg6 17. Qe2 Rf7 Petrosian, T-Mecking
1B. Bg2 Ra£8 19. Rf7 Qf7 20. Rf1 QeB Wijk aan Zee Rd: 6 1971
21. Rf8 Qf8 22. e4 de4 23. Be4 Qf6 24. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 e5 4. e3 d5 5.
Kg2 Kf7 25. &3 Be4 26. Qe4 Qf5 27. c3 Ne6 6. Nbd2 ed4 7. ed4 Be7 B. Bd3
Qe2 Be 7 28. BP 1 Bf6 29. Bf2 a6 30. h3 h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Ne5
h6 31. Bg1 Ke7 32. Bf2 Kd7 33. Bg1 Ne5 12. deS Nd7 13. Bd4 Ne5 14. Bc2
Qbl 34. Bf2 Qf5 35. Bgl Qa5 36. Bf2 a515. Qg4 g616. 0-0 Bd717. Rfel Qc7
Qc337.Qh5Ke7 38.Qe5 Kd7 39.Qf8 1B. a4 Na6 19. Qe2 Kf8 20. Nf3 Kg7
Bd4 40. Qf7 Kd6 41. Qf8 !1-!1 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Nd4 Ra6 23. Bel Raa8
24. g3 b6 25. h4 h5 26. Qf3 QdB 27.
SI 40. 2. 1 Bd2 QeB 28. Bg5 Qd8 29. Qf4 ReB 30.
Ree, H-Meeking Re3 Bg5 31. hg5 RaB 32. Qf6 Qf6 33.
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 4 1971 ef6 Kh7 34. Kg2 RaeB 35. f4 RbB 36.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Ne6 Reel Nb7 37. Rh1 Kg8 3B. Nf3 Nd6
5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 B. Ne6 39. Ne5 Be8 40. Bd3 ReS 41. Kf3 Bc6
Qc6 9. Qe2 b4 10. Ndl Bb7 11. 0-0 42. Rh2 BeB 43. Ke3 Re7 44. Kd4 Nb7
Nf612. f3 d5 13. e5 Nd714. f4 Be7 15. 45. b4 NdB 46. Rh4 Nb7 47. Ra2 Nd6
Rf3 Ne516. Nf2 Nd3 17. Qd3 ReB18. 48. Rhl Nb7 49. b5 Ne5 50. Bc2 Nd7
Rcl Qc4 19. Bd4 0-0 20. Qd2 Bc5 21. 51. Ra3 Ne5 52. e4 Nd7 53. Rc3 Ne5
Bc5 ReS 22. Rg3 Re6 23. b3 Qe5 24. 54. Ke5 de4 55. Be4 ReB 56. Kd6 ReS
Kh1 RfeB 25. Nd3 Qd4 26. Qb4 Qb4 57. Rhcl h41-0
27. Nb4 ReS 2B. c3 a5 29. Nd3 Rc3 30.
Rc3 Rc3 31. Kg1 d4 32. Ne1 Rcl 33. SL 5. 6. 3
Kf2 Ba6 34. b4 a4 35. a3 Rd1 36. Nf3 Meeking-Berg, van den
Rf1 0-1 WijkaanZee Rd: 7 1971
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 de4
NI3.9 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0
Mecking-Kortehnoi, V 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rd1 Nbd7
WijkaanZee Rd: 5 1971 12.e4Qe713.Na2Ba514.Bg5h615.
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 Bh4 QeB 16. b4 Bc7 17. g4 Bg6 1B.
5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 dc4 8. Bc4 Nc3 ReB19. Racl Bf4 20. Re2 Bb8 21.
Nbd7 9. a3 ed410. Qd4 Bc3 11. Qc3 Ne1 a6 22. f3 e5 23. d5 Ba7 24. Kg2
Qc7 12. Qb3 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Bd4 25. de6 Rc6 26. Nd5 KhB 27. b5
Bd5 15. Qd1 Rfd8 16. f3 e5 17. NbS ab5 28. Nf6 Nf6 29. Bb5 Re2 30. Ne2
Qc6 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. Bc4 Qc4 20. e4 Qe6 31. Nd4 ed4 32. Rd4 ReB 33. Bf2
Ne5 21. Qc2 Nb3 22. Rb1 h6 23. Be3 Rc3 34. Qb2 Ne4 35. Re4 1-0

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KF 5. 3.18
Hubner, R-Meeking
WijkaanZee Rd.: 8 1971
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6
5. Qe2 e6 6. Bb3 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3
Bf3 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. c3 e5 11. Bg5 Qa5
12. Be3 d5 13. Nd2 Ne4 14. Ne4 ed4
15. Bd4 Bd416. cd4 de417. Qe4 Rae8
18. Qf4 Qb4 19. Racl Re2 20. Rc3
Nb6 21. Rf3 Nd5 22. Bd5 ed5 23. Rb3
Qe7 24. Rcl Re125. Rel Qe126. Kh2
Qe7 27. Rc3 Rd8 28. g3 Rd6 29. Qe5
Qd8 30. Kg2 Re6 31. Re6 bc6 32. b3
Qb6 33. g4 h6 34. Qe3 Kg7 35. h4 Qb4 \
36. Kf3 Qb6 37. Qe5 Kg8 38. h5 gh5
39. gh5 Qd8 40. Kg3 Qd7 41. Qf6 Kh7
42. f3 Qe8 43. Kf2 Qd7 44. Ke3 Qe8
45. Kd3 Qd7 46. Ke2 Qe8 47. Kfl Qd7
48. Kf2 Qe8 49. Qd6 Qe8 50. Qe7 Qf5
51. Qa7 Qh5 52. Qc7 Qh4 53. Ke2
Kg7 54. Qe5 f6 55. Qe3 Qh2 56. Qf2
Qb8 57. Kf1 Qb4 58. Qgl Kf7 59. Qe3
h5 60. Kg2 e5 61. deS d4 62. Qe4 Qc5
63. a4 Qg5 64. Kfl Qcl 65. Kg2 Qd2
66. Kh3 d3 67. Qd5 Kg6 68. Qe4 Kg5
69. Qh4 Kg6 70. Qe4 Kh6 71. Qd4 Kg7
72. Qd7 Kg6 73. Qe8 Kg5 74. Qb5 Kf4
75. Qc6 Qel 76. Qf6 Ke3 77. Qe5 Kf2
78. Qh2 Kf3 79. Qg2 Kf4 80. Qh2 Kf5
81. Qd6 Qfl 82. Kg3 h4 0-1
GI 7. 7
Meeking-Gligoric, S
Wijk aan Zee Rd.: 9 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7
5. e3 0-0 6. Qb3 e6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. Be2 Nh5 10. Bh5 de411. Qdl
gh5 12. Ne4 Qf5 13. 0-0 Nb6 14. Ne5
Be615. Qd3 Rae816. Qf5 Bf5 17. Nf3
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e5 18. Be5 f6 19. deS Ne4 20. Bd4 e5
21. Nd5 Rf7 22. Bc3 ReS 23. Rfdl Be4
24. Nb4 a5 25. Nd3 ReS 26. Ndel b5
27. Nd2 Nd2 28. Bd2 b4 29. f3 Bc2 30.
Rdcl Rfe7 31. Ne2 Re2 32. Kfl f5 33.
Ke2 e4 34. Kdl R2e5 35. ReS ReS 36.
Rcl Rd5 37. Re2 Kf7 38. Ke2 Be5 39.
h3 Bd640. Bel ReS 41.Re5 Bc5 42. b3
Bd6 43. Bh4 Ke8 44. Kf2 Kd7 45. Bg3
Be 7 46. Bb8 Bh4 47. Bg3 Bd8 48. Bf4
Ke6 49. Kg3 h4 50. Kf2 Kd5 51. g3 hg3
52. Kg3 Bb6 !-1-!-1
PU 1. 5. 1
Andersson, U-Meeking
Wijk aan Zee Rd.: 10 1971
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6
5. Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Be3 e5 8. Qd2
Ne6 9. deS deS 10. Radl Qe7 11. Bg5
Bf3 12. Bf3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. c3
Nf3 15. gf3 Nd5 16. Qd5 Qa6 17. Kg2
Rab8 18. b4 Bf6 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Qc5
Qa2 21. Qe7 Rde8 22. Qd6 Qa6 23.
Ba7 Qa7 24. Qf6 Rc3 25. Qe5 Ree8 26.
Rd7 Qb6 27. Rfdl ReS 28. Qf4 Rf8 29.
Rf7 Qe6 30. Rf8 Rf8 31. Qd6 Qf7 32.
Rd3 Re8 33. Rc3 Re7 34. b5 Rd7 35.
Qe5 Qe 7 36. ReS Kf7 37. Qf4 Ke6 38.
b6 Qd6 39. ReS Re7 40. e5 Qc5 41.
Qf6 Kd7 42. e6 1-0
QI 10. 1
Meeking-Lengyel, L
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 11 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb 7 5.
Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Ne4
Be4 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Qe3
Nf6 12. b4 Qc8 13. Nd2 Bg2 14. Kg2
Ng4 15. Qd3 e5 16. Be3 f5 17. f3 Ne3
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
18. Qe3 Bf619. d5 aS 20. b5 Qd7 ~-~
KI 7.4
Najdorf, M-Mecking
WijkaanZee Rd: 12 1971
1. N£3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0~0
5. e4d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0~0 e5 8. d5 Ne7
9. Nd2 c5 10. a3 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. bc5
bc5 13. Nb3 f5 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Rbl
Ng8 16. Ncl Ngf6 17. f3 f4 18. Nd3
Nh5 19. Bel Bf6 20. Bf2 Bh4 21. Bh4
Qh4 22. Qa4 Qd8 23. Rb2 Bd7 24.
Qa6 Ng3 25. Rfbl NeZ 26. Re2 gS 27.
h3 h5 28. Reb2 g4 29. hg4 hg4 30. fg4
Qh4 31. Rfl Rd8 32. gS Qg3 33. Qa5
Ng7 34. Nel Qg5 35. N£3 Qh6 36. Kf2
Bg4 37. Kel Rd7 38. Kd2 Kg8 39. Kcl
Nh5 40. Kbl Ng3 41. Rel Qh5 42.
Qa4 Rg7 43. Qdl Rft7 44. Qd3 Rb 7 45.
Rb7Rb7 46. Ka2Kf847. Rbl Qh7 48.
Nd2 Qc7 49. Rb7 Qb7 50. Nfl Nh5
51. Nh2 Bc8 52. Qf3 Ng3 53. Nfl Nfl
54. Qfl a6 55. g3 Qfl 56. gf4 Qf4 57.
Qhl Kf7 58. Kb3 ~-~
NI6.3
Mecking-Donner, J
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 13 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0~0
5. Bd3 d5 6. N£3 b6 7. a3 Be 7 8. cd5 ed5
9. b4c510.dc5 bc511. bc5 &512.0~0
Qe7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Qa4 Bb 7 15. Rfcl
Bd616. Qh4 Ne5 17. Ne5 1-0
NI 14. 7. 3
Mecking-Olafsson, F
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 14 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Bd3 Nc6 6. N£3 Bc3 7. bc3 d6 8. e4 e5
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9.d5 Ne710. g3 h611.h4Bg412. Qa4
Bd713. Qb3 Qc714. Ngl Nh7 ~-~
SL5. 6. 3
Hort, V -Mecking
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 15 1971
(see page 44) 0-1
RE 7. 11
Polugaevsky, L- Mecking
MardelPlata Rd: 1 1971
1. c4 c6 2. N£3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5.
b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 0~0 8. Bd3
ReB 9. Qc2 e5 10. cd5 cd5 11. deS Ne5
12. Ne5 Be5 13. Ne2 Qd6 14. Be5 Qe5
15. 0~0 Bd716. Nd4 Rac817. Qe2 Qd6
18. Qb2 a619. Racl Ng4 20. N£3 Qb6
21. ReS ReS 22. Rcl Nf6 23. ReB Bc8
24. Qc3 Bd7 25. Nd4 Ne8 26. a4 Qc7
27.Qc7Nc7 28.a5Kf829. Kfl Ke7 30.
Ke2 g6 31. Kd2 Ne6 32. Ne6 fe6 33. f4
e5 34. g3 Kd6 35. Kc3 Be6 36. Kb4 ef4
37. gf4 Bg4 38. Kc3 B£3 39. Kd4 Bg2
40. h4 B£3 41. b4 Bhl 42. Be2 Bg2 43.
Bg4 Be4 44. Bc8 Kc7 45. Be6 Kd6 46.
Bg8 h6 47. Bf7 h5 48. Be8 Bc2 49. Bf7
Be4 50. f5 Bf5 51. Bd5 Bc8 52. e4 Ke7
53. Ke5 g5 54. hg5 h4 55. g6 h3 56. g7
h2 57. g8Q hlQ 58. Qfl Kd8 59. Qf8
1-0
SI 1.2
Browne, W-Mecking
Mar del Plata Rd: 2 1971
1. e4 c5 2. N£3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 deS
5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nc4 e6 7. d4 cd4 8.
Qd4 Bc5 9. Nd6 Ke7 10. NcB ReS 11.
Qh4 Ne5 12. Be2 Qd4 13. Qg3 Neg4
14. Bg4 Qg4 15. Qg4 Ng416. Ne4 Bb6
' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T h e Unannotated Games
17. f3 Nf61S. Nf6 Kf619. c3 RhdS 20.
Bd2 e5 21. Ke2 Ke6 22. Rhdl a5 23. b3
h6 24. Bel Bc5 25. RdS RdS 26. Rdl
Rdl 27. Kdl b5 2S. Ke2 f5 29. Kd3 g6
30. a4 ba431. ba4Kd632. Kc4Kc633.
Bd2 h5 34. Bg5 e4 35. fe4 fe4 36. Bf4
Bb6 37. h3 Bc5 3S. Be5 Bb6 39. Bd4
BdS 40. Be5 Bb6 41. Bd4 BdS 42. Bg7
Bb6 43. Bh6 Bc7 44. Bg5 Bb6 45. Bf6
Kd6 46. Bd4 BdS 47. Be3 Kc6 4S. Kd4
Bf6 49. Ke4 Bc3 50. Kf4 Bf6 51. Bd2
BdS 52. Ke5 Kc5 53. Ke6 Kc4 54. Kd7
Bb6 55. Kc6 BdS 56. Kd7 Bb6 57. Kc6
BdS 58. Bel h4 59. Kd7 Bb6 60. Bh4
Kb4 61. Ke6 Ka4 62. Kf7 Kb3 63. Kg6
a4 64. Be7 a3 65. Ba3 Ka3 66. g4 Kb4
67. g5 Kc4 6S. Kf7 Kd5 69. g6 Bd4 70.
g7 Bg7 71. Kg7 Ke6 72. h4 Kf5 73. h5
1-0
SI 40. 2. 5
Mecking-Juarez, C
Mar del Plata Rd: 3 1971
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nc6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nf6 S. 0-0
Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Qe2 d6 11. f4 Ng6
12. Nb3 Be313. Qe3 b514. a3 Bb715.
Rael 0-0 16. Khl Rac8 17. Nd4 RfeS
lS. e5 Nd5 19. Nd5 Bd5 20. ed6 Qd6
21. Qf2 f5 22. c3 Rf8 23. Rdl RedS 24.
Kgl Ne7 25. Rfel Rf6 26. Bfl Ng6 27.
g3 h5 2S. h4 Be4 29. Be2 Qc7 30. Nf3
Rdl 31. Rdl Bb7 32. Ng5 e5 33. Bh5
Qc6 34. Bf3 e4 35. Bg2 N£8 36. Qe2
Ne637. Qh5 Qb63S. Kh2 Ng5 39. hg5
R£81-0
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QP 1.5
Brand, V-Mecking
Mar del Plata Rd: 4 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2
0-0 5. e4 d6 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 S. 0-0
c5 9. deS bc5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Radl
Nd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Rfel Nb6 14.
Qd2 Ba6 15. Ne3 Bd3 16. Qd3 RabS
17. Nd5 Qb71S. Rd2 RfeS19. h4 Nd7
20. h5 e6 21. hg6 hg6 22. Ne3 Nce5 23.
Ne5 Ne5 24. Qbl c4 25. Redl f5.26.
ef5 g£5 27. f4 Nf7 28. Nc4 d5 29. Ne3
Ng5 30. fg5 Qb631. Re2 f432. Qg6fe3
33. Qh5 Rf8 34. g6 Rf2 35. Rdel Re2
36. Re2 e5 37. g3 Qf6 3S. Re3 Qb6 39.
Qf3 e4 40. Qf4 Rd8 41. Qg5 d4 42. cd4
Bd4 43. Kg2 Be3 44. Qe7 Rd2 0-1
SI 43. 1
Mecking-Quinteros, M
Mar del Plata Rd: 5 1971
l.e4c5 2.Nf3 Qc7 3.c4d64.d4Bg45.
d5 e5 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be2 Bf3 S. Bf3 Bh6 9.
Bh6 Nh610. h4 NgSll. h5 g5 12. Bg4
Nd7 13. NbS Qb6 14. Bd7 Kd7 15.
Qg4 Ke7 16. Qg5 Nf6 17. Rh3 RagS
18. Qf5 a619. Rf3 Ne4 20. Qe4 ab5 21.
Qh4 KeS 22. Qf6 bc4 23. Qf7 KdS 24.
Ra31-0
E063.5
Poch, C-Mecking
MardelPlata Rd: 6 1971
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7
5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. d3 d5 S. cd5
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
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Qa3 21. Nd2 b4 22. Qf3 Qb2 23. Qe2
g6 24. f4 Bb7 25. Kfl Be4 26. Ne4Qd4
27. Qf2 a5 28. Qd4 Rd4 29. Ke2 a4 30.
g4 h6 31. h4 Bh4 32. Rh1 g5 33. Ne5
Rf4 34. Ne4 Kg7 35. Rhg1 h5 36. gh5
g4 37. e5 Bd8 38. Refl R£139. Rg4 Kh6
40. Kfl b3 41. ab3 ab3 42. Nc3 b2 43.
Nb1 Bc7 44. Re4 Kh5 45. Ke2 Rg8 46.
Kd1 Rg4 47. Rg4 Kg4 48. d4 K£3 49.
Ke2 Ke3 50. Nc3 Kd4 51. NbS Ke5 52.
Ne7 Kd4 53. Kb2 Ke5 54. Ke2 Ke4 55_.
Kd2 K£3 56. Ne8 e5 57. Nf6 ~-~
SI 9. 5
Meeking-Najdorf, M
Mar del Plata Rd: 7 1971
1. e4 e5 2. N£3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 ed4
5. Nd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. 0~0~0 Nbd7 10. Be2 Rb8 11. g4
b5 12. Bf6 N£6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bd3 b4
15. Nee2 Nc5 16. Rhg1 g6 17.£5 e5 18.
Nb3 Nd3 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. £6 Bb5 21.
Qd2 Bd8 22. Ng3 0~0 23. Qg2 ReS 24.
Kb1 Qd7 25. Nf5 g£5 26. Qh3 Kh8 27.
ef5 Be2 28. Rg3 Bh5 29. Rfl Qb5 30.
Rf2 Qb6 31. Rfg2 Qb5 32. g6 fg6 33.
fg6 Bf6 34. Qh5 Qf1 35. Ncl Re7 36.
gh7 Rh7 37. Qh7 Kh7 38. Rh3 1-0
CA5.2
Panna, 0- Meeking
Mar del Plata Rd: 8 1971
1. e4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. N£3 Be7
5. 0~0 0~0 6. d4 dc4 7. Ne5 e.5 8. deS
Be5 9. Nc3 Qe710. Bg5 h611. Bf6 Qf6
12. Ne4 Ne6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. e3 Rd8
15. Qb3 Bd7 16. Qb7 Rab8 17. Qc7
Rde8 18. Qf4 e5 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Rfcl
Nb4 21. b3 Bb6 22. g4 Nd3 23. Rc3
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Bc4 24. be4 Ne.5 2.5. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rd.5
Rbc8 27. Qf5 Na4 28. ReS Rd129. Bfl
Qd8 30. RaJ Nb2 31. Rd5 Rd.5 32. Qd5
Qe7 33. Rb3 Rd8 34. Q£.5 Na4 3.5. Rd3
Rd3 36. Bd3 g6 37. Nf6 Kg7 38. Nh.5
K£8 39. Qe8 Qd8 40. Qd8 Bd8 41. Nf4
Ke7 42. Kfl Kd6 43. Be2 Nb6 44. Bb3
Ke5 45. Nd3 Ke6 46. Ke2 Be7 47. h3
Ke7 48. f4 Nd7 49. e.5 f6 50. Bf7 gS 51.
Nb4 Ne.5 52. Nd5 Kd6 53. Ne 7 Ke 7 54.
Bg8 Kd6 55. K£3 Ke7 56. h4 Kd6 57.
hg5 hg5 58. Bb3 Ke7 59. Bc4 Kd6 60.
e4 gf4 61. K£4 Ke7 62. K£5 Nd7 63. Bb5
Ne5 64. e5 fe5 65. Ke5 Kf7 66. Kd5
Ne6 67. Bd7 Nf4 68. Ke6 Nd3 69. Kb5
K£6 70. a4 Ncl 71. a5 Nb3 72. Kb4
Nd4 73. Ke4 Ne2 74. Kd5 Ncl 75. Ba4
Kg5 76. Ke6 Kg4 77. Kb7 Nd3 78. Ka7
Ne5 79. Bd1 Kf4 80. Kb6 Nd7 81. Ke6
NbS 82. Kb 7 Nd7 83. Ba4 Nc5 84. Ke6
Na6 85. Bb5 Nb4 86. Ke5 1-0
RL 12.8
Meeking-Planine, A
Mar del Plata Rd: 9 1971
1. e4 e5 2. N£3 Ne6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. 0~0 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8.
c3 0~0 9.. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6
12. Qd3 Na5 13. Bc2 e5 14. d5 c415.
Qe2g616.Nbd2Re817.Racl Kg718.
b4 eb3 19. ab3 Qe7 20. e4 b4 21. Bf6
K£6 22. Ral Ra8 23. Rfl Bc8 24. Nel
Nb7 25. Nd3 a5 26. Khl Kg7 27. f4 ef4
28. Rf4 Bd4 29. Rd1 Bd7 30. Rff1 Rae8
31. Qf3 Qd8 32. Q£4 Qe7 33. N£3 Bc3
34. Qe3 £5 35. Qa7 fe4 36. Qb7 e£3 37.
gf3 Bh3 38. Qe7 Re7 39. Rg1 R£3 40.
e5 Re2 41. Rg6 Kg6 42. Nf4 Kf7 43.
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.
Re1 KeS 30. BcS Re2 31. Re2 Ne2 32.
Kf1 Ke6 33. Be7 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd7 35.
Kd3 Kd6 36. Kd4 bS 37. f4 g6 38. g4 h6
39. h3 a5 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. Kd4 Kd6 42.
Ke4Ke6!.1-!.1
RL5.1
Meeking-Baretic
Vrsac 1971
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. BbS Nd4 4. Nd4
ed4 5. Q,Q e6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
Ng4 9. h3 NeS 10. Bfl d3 11. Re3 gS
12. Bd3 g4 13. Be2 gh3 14. d4 hg2 15.
Rg3 Qh416. Rg2 Ng617. BgS Qe418.
Nd2 Qe6 19. Qf1 Kd7 20. Re1 Ke7 21.
Bc4Qd7 22. Re3 d5 23. Bd3 Bd6 24. e4
fS 25. c5 Bf4 26. Rf3 BgS 27. RgS Qg7
28. BfS Qd4 29. Qh3 BfS 30. Rgf5 Raf8
31. Rf8 Rf8 32. Qh7 Kd8 33. Qg6 Rf3
34. Nf3 QcS 35. Qg8 Ke7 36. Qg7 Ke8
37. Qh8 Ke7 38. QeS Ke8 39. Qe6 Ke7
40. QeS Ke8 41. Kg2 Qc4 42. Qh8 Ke7
43. Qg7 Ke8 44. NeS 1-0
SI 12. 3. 12
Janosevic, 0- Meeking
Vrsac 1971
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bf3 9. Qf3 g6 10. g4 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne6
12. gS Nd7 13. NdS Qd814. c3 bS 15.
Q,Q Q,Q 16. eS deS 17. fS ReS 18. Be4 e6
19. Ne3 efS 20. NfS Ne7 21. Ng7 Kg7
22. Qg3 Qc7 23. Be3 f5 24. gf6 Nf6 25.
Qh4 Neg8 26. Bf3 Rf7 27. Rae1 RefS
28. Qg3 ReS 29. Bd1 Rd7 30. Bb3 NdS
31. BgS Ngf6 32. Rf2 NhS 33. Qf3
Nd£4 34. Qg4 Rd3 35. Rf3 Qa7 36. Kf1
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Qb7 37.Ree3Re338.Re3Rf839.Rf3
e4 40. Bf4 ef3 41. BeS Kh6 42. h4 R£5
43. Qd4 Qe7 44. Qe3 gS 45. Qb6 Nf6
46. hgS KgS 47. Qe3 Kh5 48. Bd4 Qe3
49. Be3 Ng4 0-1
CK8.3
Meeking-Filip, M
Vrsac 1971
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de4 4. Ne4 Nd7
5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nf6 Nf6 7. NeS Be6 8.
Bel g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. Q,Q Q,Q 11. Bd3 eS
12. Nf3 cd4 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. Be2 Be2
15. Qe2 Re816. Rd1 Qa517. Bf4 Rad8
18. BeS RdS 19. Nf3 Rd1 20. Qd1 Rd8
21. Qb3 Rd7 22. Re1 Qd5 23. e4 Qd3
24. Qd3 Rd3 25. Bd4 e6 26. Ba7 Nd7
27. b3 b6 28. Kfl Rd6 29. Ke2 Kf8 30.
a4 Bc3 31. Rb1 Bb4 32. Ne1 NeS 33.
Rd1 Rd1 34. Kd1 BaS 35. Nf3 Nb3 36.
NeS NeS 37. Ne6 Nb7 38. eS bcS 39.
NaS NaS 40. BcS Ke8 41. Kc2 Kd7 42.
Kc3 Ke6 43. Bb4 Nb7 44. Kd4 Nd8 45.
KeS Kd7 46. Kf6 Ke8 47. g4 Ne6 48.
Bd6 Kd7 49. BcS Ke8 50. gS Na5 51.
Bb4 Ne6 52. Bc3 Ne7 53. Kg7 NdS 54.
BeS Nb4 55. a5 Ke7 56. Kh7 Na6 57.
Kg7 Nb4 58. Bf6 Ke8 59. Bb2 NdS 60.
Ba3 Nc3 61. a6 NdS 62. a7 Nb6 63. h4
Na8 64. Bb4 Ne7 65. BaS Na8 66. Bd8
1-0
SI 17.2
Meeking-Deze
Vrsac 1971
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 g6
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3
Qb6 9. NfS Qb2 10. Ng7 Kf8 11. NdS
NdS 12. BdS Kg7 13. Q,Q Qc3 14. Qcl
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h5 15. Rb1 f6 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Qb2
Qc7 1S. f4 Rf8 19. f5 Ne5 20. fg6 QdS
21. c4 Bd7 22. Qc1 Ng4 23. Bf4 RhS
24. Rb7 RbS 25. Qb2 Rb7 26. Qb7
Qb6 27. Qb6 ab6 2S. Rb1 e6 29. Bb7
RbS 30. Ba6 Ne5 31. Be3 BcS 32. Bb5
Ng4 33. Bf4 e5 34. Bd2 Bb7 35. Re1
Kg6 36. Bb4 RdS 37. Rd1 Be4 3S. Rd6
RaS 39. a4 Bc2 40. Bc6 ReS 41. Bb5
Ba4 42. Ba4 Rc4 43. BeS Kg7 44. Rd7
KhS 45. Bd2 e4 46. Bh5 Ne5 47. RdS
Kg7 4S. Be2 Rc2 49. Kf2 b5 50. Bb5
Ng4 51. Kg3 f5 52. Be2 Ne5 53. Bd1
ReS 54. h4 Nc4 55. Bc3 Kg6 56. RhS
Rd5 57. Bh5 1-0
PU 2. 5.10
Mecking-Keene, R
Hastings Rd: 1 1971/2
1.e4g6 2.d4d63.Nc3 Bg7 4. f4Nf65.
Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 S. Bg1
e5 9. fe5 deS 10. d5 Ne 7 11. h3 Nf6 12.
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.
Qb3 Bb5 22. Rfd1 RfdS 23. Kh1 BeS
24. Bg1 Qc7 25. NbS Bb5 26. Qb5 a6
27. Qb6 Qd7 2S. Bh2 Bf8 29. c4 RacS
30. b3 ReS 31. Re1 Re7 32. Re7 Qe7
33. Bg3 Qg5 34. Bh2 Qe7 35. Bg3 Qg5
36. BfZ Qf6 37. Bd4 Qe7 3S. Bc3 Qd7
39. Qd4 f6 40. Qf6 Bg7 41. Qg7 Qg7
42. Bg7 Kg7 43. Re11-0
QP6
Franklin, M-Mecking
Hastings Rd: 2 1971/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7
5. 0-0 b6 6. b3 Bb 7 7. Bb2 0-0 S. c4 cd4
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9. Qd4 Nc6 10. Qh4 e6 11. Nbd2 d5
12. Rfd1 h613. Ne5 Ne5 14. Be5 Nd7
15. QdS RfdS 16. Bg7 Kg7 17. cd5 Bd5
1S. e4 Bb7 19. f3 Ne5 20. KfZ g5 21.
Nc4~-~
RL8.6
Mecking-Gligoric, S
Hastings Rd: 3 1971/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bc6
dc6 5. 0-0 f6 6. d4 ed4 7. Nd4 Bd6 S.
Be3 Ne7 9. Nd2 0-0 10. c3 Ng6 11.
Qb3 KhS 12. Nf5 Ne5 13. Nd6 cd6 14.
f4 Nf7 15. Rfe1 b5 16. a4 Qe7 17. ab5
cbS 1S. c4 Bb 7 19. cbS ab5 20. RaS RaS
21. Rcl h6 22. h3 ReS 23. Bb6 ReS 24.
ReS BcS 25. Qc3 Bb7 26. Qc7 Qc7 27.
Bc7 KgS 2S. Kf2 Kf8 29. Ke3 Ke7 30.
Nf3 Kd7 31. Ba5 d5 32. Bb4 de4 33.
Nd4 g6 34. NbS f5 35. g4 NdS 36. gf5
g£5 37. Nd6 Ke6 3S. NbS BcS 39. b3
Nc6 40. Bf8 h5 41. h4 Bd7 42. Nc7
~-~
SI 14. 12
Kurajica, B-Mecking
Hastings Rd: 4 1971/2
l.e4c5 2. Nf3 d63.Nc3 a64.d4cd45.
Nd4Nf66.h3e6 7. g4d5 S.ed5Nd5 9.
Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 0-0 11. Bd2 Nc3 12.
Nc3 Nc6 13. a3 Be7 14. 0-0 Qc7 15.
Qf3 RdS16. Rad1 Bd717. Bf4Qb618.
b4 BeS 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qb6 21.
Be3 Qc7 22. Bf4 Qb6 ~-~
RL 25.3
Mecking-Unzicker, W
Hastings Rd: 5 1971/2
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
Karpov, A -Meeking
Hastings Rd.: 6 1971/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
Qc7 9. a4 Ne6 10. f5 Bb3 11. eb3 Qb6
12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bf6 Bf6 14. Nd5 Qa5
15. Qd2 Qd2 16. Kd2 Bg5 17. Kd3 Q,Q
18. h4 Bd8 19. Racl a5 20. Kd2 Rb8
21. g4 Nb4 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Bd5 g5 24.
fg6 hg6 25. Kd3 Kg7 26. h5 Bb6 27.
Rh3 Bc5 28. Rf1 f6 29. hg6 Kg6 30.
Rfh1 Rbe8 31. Rh 7 Kg5 32. Ke2 Kf4
33. R1h3 Bd4 34. Rg7 1-0
SI 20. 7. 6
Meeking-Najdorf, M
Hastings Rd: 7 1971/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Ne6 8. Be3
Bd7 9. Be2 a6 10. h4 Nd411. Qd4 h5
12. gh5 Nh5 13. Q,Q,Q Qe7 14. f4 Bc6
15. Bf3 Nf6 16. Bf2 ReS 17. Rd2 Rh7
18. Qd3 g6 19. f5 gf5 20. ef5 e5 21. Bc6
Qe6 22. Kb1 b5 23. a3 Qe4 24. Qf3
Qc6 25. Qd3 Qc4 26. Qf3 Qc6 27. Qd1
TD8.3
Kortehnoi, V-Meeking
Hastings Rd: 8 1971/2
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 e5 5.
ed5 Nd5 6. e4 Nc3 7. bc3 ed4 8. ed4
Bb4 9. Bd2 Bd2 10. Qd2 Q,Q 11. Bc4 b6
12. d5 Ba6 13. Ba6 Na6 14. d6 Ne5 15.
e5 f616. Q,Q Rf717. Rad1 Re818. Qe3
Rd7 19. ef6 gf6 20. Nd4 Qe8 21. Rfe1
Qf7 22. h4 ReS 23. Rd2 Kh8 24. Ne6
Qg7 25. Ne7 RedS 26. Red1 Qf7 27.
Rd4 e5 28. R4d2 Qe6 29. Qf3 e4 30.
Qf5 Qf5 31. Nf5 Kg8 32. g4 Kf7 33. h5
Ke6 34. Rd4 Rg8 35. f3 Rgd8 36. Kg2
ef3 37. Kf3 Nb7 38. Re1 Kf7 39. Red1
Ke640.Re1 Kf7 41. Rde4Nd642. Re7
Kf8 43. Rd7 !.1-!.1
FR 12.4
Meeking-Markland, P
Hastings Rd: 9 1971/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 e5 5.
a3 Bc3 6. bc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4 b6
9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. Q,Q h6
12. Re1 Na513.Qd20,Q 14.Qf4f515.
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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5. Bd2 b6 6. NbS Bf8 7. Nf3 ~-~
FR4
Meeking-Quinteros, M
Sao Paulo 1972
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7
5. Nee2 c5 6. c3 cd4 7. ed4 f6 S. Nf4
Bb4 9. Bd2 Bd2 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. ef6
Nf6 12. Bd3 e5 13. deS Qe5 14. Qe2
Ne6 15. Nf3 Qe2 16. Ne2 Bg4 17.
Nfd4 Be2 1S. Ne2 Q,Q,Q 19. f3 Rd6 20.
Rd1 d4 21. Kf2 a6 22. Rd2 RhdS 23. g4
g6 24. Rhd1 Rf8 25. Kg3 ReS 26. Bb1
RedS 27. Kf2 Ke7 2S. h4 Rf8 29. Kg3
RfdS 30. Bc2 b5 31. Bb1 Kb6 32. Kf2
Rf8 33. Kg3 RfdS 34. b3 b4 35. Nf4
Na7 36. g5 NgS 37. Bd3 Ne7 3S. Re2
Nee6 39. h5 gh5 40. Nh5 RgS 41. Kh4
NbS 42. Bb5 Kb5 43. Nf6 RhS 44. Ne4
Rd5 45. Nf6 Rd6 46. Kg3 h6 47. Rh2
Ne5 48. Ne4 RddS 49. Rh6 Rhf8 50. f4
Ne6 51. Rc11-0
Kl3
Panno, 0-Meeking
Sao Paulo 1972
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6
5. d4 Q,Q 6. Be2 e5 7. Q,Q Ne6 S. d5 Ne 7
9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. ef5 N£5 12.
f3 e5 13. Nf2 Nf6 14. Bd3 Nd4 15.
Nfe4 a6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. f4 Ne4 1S.
Be4 h619. Bh4 N£5 20. Bf5 Bf5 21. g4
Bd7 22. Bg3 ef4 23. Rf4 Rf4 24. Bf4 Rf8
25. Bg3 Qb6 26. Qe2 Bg4 27. Qg4 Qb2
2S. Rfl Bd4 29. Bf2 Bf2 30. Kh1 Qc3
3l.Qg6Qg7 32.Qe6KhS33.Qd6Qf6
34.Qf6Rf635.Rb1 b636.Kg2Bd437.
Re1 Kg7 3S. Re7 Kg6 39. Ra7 a5 40. d6
Rd60-1
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Sl20
Meeking-Rubinetti, J
Sao Paulo 1972
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Ne3 d6 6. g4 Ne6 7. g5 Nd7 S. h4 a6
9. f4 Be7 10. Be3 Q,Q 11. Bg2 Na5 12.
Qe2 b5 13. h5 ReS 14. Q,Q,Q Nf8 15. g6
fg616. hg6 hg617. e5 d5 1S. f5 Bg5 19.
fg6 Ng6 20. Kb1 Be3 21. Qe3 Ne4 22.
Qh3 Nge5 23. Qh7 Kf8 24. Rh£1 Ke7
25. Qg7 Kd6 26. Ne4 de4 27. Ne6 1-0
8142
Mecking-Juarez, C
Sao Paulo 1972
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 a6 5.
Bd3 Nf6 6. Q,QQc7 7. Re1 d6 S. e4 Ne6
9. Ne6 bc6 10. b3 Be 7 11. Bb2 e5 12. e5
Q,Q 13. ed6 Bd614. Qc2 Nd7 15. Na3
a5 16. Racl Bc5 17. Red1 Bb7 1S. Bfl
Be719. NbS QcS 20. Nd6 Bd6 21. Rd6
ReS 22. Red1 Nf8 23. Qc5 f6 24. Bc4
KhS 25. Qb6 a4 26. Bf7 Re7 27. RdS
Qc7 2S. RaS BaS 29. RdS1-0
SI 39. 3. 8
Meeking-Kaplan, J
SanAntonio Rd: 1 1972
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Ne6
5. NbS d6 6. e4 a6 7. N5a3 Nf6 S. Nc3
Be7 9. Be2 Q,Q 10. Q,Q b6 11. Be3 Bb7
12. f3 RbS 13. Rcl ReS 14. Qd2 d5 15.
cd5 ed5 16. ed5 Nb4 17. Bf4 Bc5 1S.
Kh1 ReS 19. d6 b5 20. Rfd1 Nbd5 21.
Nd5 Nd5 22. Bd3 Qd7 23. Be4 Bb4 24.
ReS ReS 25. Qd4 Bc5 26. QeS ReS 27.
Qh5 g6 2S. QgS Nf4 29. Q£4 BcS 30.
Qc1 Bd6 31. Bc6 1-0
._____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The UnannotatedGames
NI2.4
Keres, P-Meeking
SanAntonio Rd: 2 1972
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5.
Nc3 Ne6 6. a3 de4 7. Bc4 cd4 8. ed4
Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bf4 b6 11. Qd3 Bb7
12. Rad1 ReS 13. Ba2 NbS 14. Rfe1
Nd5 15. Bb1 g6 16. Bh6 Nc3 17. bc3
Re818. e4 Qd619. Re3 Bf6 20. d5 ed5
21. ed5 Nd7 22. Ba2 Ne5 23. Qd2 Re3
24. Qe3 Na4 25. Re1 Qd8 26. d6 Nc3
27. Bf7 Kh8 28. d71-0
SI 30.4
Meeking-Hort, V
San Antonio Rd: 3 1972
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Ne6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. f5 Ne5 11. fe6
fe6 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Ne5
deS 15. Bh5 g616. Be2 0-0 17. Qe1 b5
18. Bd3 b4 19. Nb1 ReS 20. Rf1 Bb5
21. Qe2 Kg7 22. Rf3 Nh5 23. Be7 Rf3
24. Qf3 Qe7 25. Bb5 ab5 26. g3 Nf6 27.
Qd3 Qc5 28. Nd2 Re7 29. Nb3 Qf2 30.
Qd2 Ne4 31. Qf2 Nf2 32. Rf1 Ng4 33.
Re1 h5 34. Re2 Kf6 35. h3 Nh6 36.
Nd2 Nf5 37. Ne4 Ke7 38. Kd1 Rd7 39.
Kcl Rd4 40. g4 hg4 41. hg4 Nd6 42.
Nf2 Kf6 43. Nd3 Rg4 44. Ne5 Rg1 45.
Kd2 Kf5 46. Ke3 Rh147. Nd3 Rh4 48.
Kf3 g5 49. Kg2 Rg4 50. Kh2 Rh4 51.
Kg2 Rg4 52. Kh2 Rd4 53. ReS Kf6 54.
ReS g4 55. Kg2 Rd5 56. Kf2 Ke7 57.
Re7 Kf6 58. ReS Rd4 59. Re6 Kg5 60.
ReS Kf6 61. Re6 Nf5 62. Ne5 Rf4 63.
Kg1 Nd464. ReS Ke7 65. Nd3 Re466.
Kfl g3 67. Nb4 Re2 68. Ne6 Kd7 69.
Rd8 Ke6 70. Rd4 Re2 71. Rb4 Ke5 72.
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a3 g2 73. Kg1 e5 74. Re4 Kd5 75. Rb4
e4 76. RbS Kd4 77. Rb4 Kd3 78. Rb3
Kd2 79. Kg2 e3 80. Kf3 e2 81. Re3 e1Q
82. Re1 Ke1 83. b4 Kd2 84. Ke4 Kc3
85. Kd5 Kb3 86. b5 Ka4 87. b6 0-1
SI 23. 1. 3
Meeking-Saidy, A
San Antonio Rd: 4 1972
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e6 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qf3 Ne5
12. 0-0 Be7 13. g4 dS 14. e5 Nfe4 15.
Nee2 ReS 16. Ng3 0-0 17. g5 g6 18.
Qg4 Qd7 19. Rf3 Ng3 20. hg3 Nd3 21.
ed3 a5 22. Qh4 Ba6 23. Bf2 h5 24. g4
hg4 25. Qg4 Kg7 26. Kg2 Rh8 27. Rh3
Rh3 28. Qh3 Rh8 29. Qf3 Bc5 30. b3
Bd4 31. Bd4 Qe6 32. Qe2 b5 33. Qd2
ReS 34. Kf3 b4 35. Ke3 Rh8 36. Qg2
ReS 37. Qd2 Rh8 38. Qg2 ReS 39. Rd1
Qc7 40. Qh2 Rh8 41. Qg2 ~-~
SI 9. 9. 5
Browne, W -Mecking
San Antonio Rd: 5 1972
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qe7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bf6
Nf612. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Ne5 14. f6 g£615.
gf6 Bf8 16. Qh5 Bd7 17. Bh3 b4 18.
Nee2 0-0-0 19. Qf7 Bh6 20. Kb1 Rdf8
21. QhS Rf6 22. Rhfl Rhf8 23. Rf6 Rf6
24. Qh4 Rg6 25. Nf3 a5 26. Ng3 Qd8
27. Qh5 Bf4 28. Ne2 Qf8 29. Nfd4 Be5
30. Nf3 Bh8 31. Nfd4 Be5 32. Nf3 Qh6
33. Qh6 Rh6 34. Bg2 Rg6 35. Bh1 Bc6
36. Re1 Bh8 37. Ng3 Ke7 38. Nd2 Be5
39. Re3 Bf4 40. Re2 Bg3 41. hg3 Rg3
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
42. Rel e5 43. Bf3 Ne6 44. Kcl Ng5
45. Bdl Rg2 46. Rhl a4 47. a3 ba3 48.
ba3 Kb6 49. c3 Rg3 50. Kb2 Rd3 51.
Ke2 Ne4 52. Kd3 Ne5 53. Ke4 d5 54.
Kb4Na60-1
CK 7. l. 1
Meeking-Larsen, B
San Antonio Rd: 6 1972
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de4 4. Ne4 Nf6
5. Nf6 gf6 6. Ne2 Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. h4
h69.c3 e610. Be3 Nd711. h5 Bh712.
Qd2 Qa5 13. Be2 o,o,o 14. Bh6 Bh6
15. Qh6 Bd3 16. Qe3 Be2 17. Qe2 f5
18.a3Rdg819.0,0,0Nf620.Rh4Qd5
21. Qf3 Ng4 22. Ne2 Qb3 23. Nf4 Rh6
24. Rh3 Qb5 25. g3 Rgh8 26. Rh4 e5
27. deS Qc5 28. Rd2 Nf6 29. Rhl Qc6
30. Qc6 be6 31. f3 Rg8 32. Rh3 Nh7
33. Rf2 Kd7 34. Nd3 Nf6 35. g4 fg4 36.
fg4 Kd6 37. Rh4 Rg4 38. Rg4 Ng4 39.
Rf7 Rh5 40. Ra7 e5 41. Rg7 Ne3 42. b3
Kd5 43. Kd2 N£5 44. Rg2 e5 45. a4
Nd6 46. N£2 Rh8 47. Ndl Rb8 48. Ne3
Ke6 49. Rg6 Kd7 50. Rg7 Ke6 51. Rg6
Kd7 52. Ke2 Rh8 53. Ng4 Nf7 54. Kd3
Rh3 55. Ke4 Ke7 56. N£2 Re3 57. a5
Re2 58. Ng4 Ra2 59. a6 RaJ 60. Rb6
Ra5 61. Kd5 Nd8 62. e4 Kd7 63. Ne5
Ke7 64. Rd6 Ra3 65. Rd7 Ke8 66. a7
Nb7 67. Ke6 Ra6 68. Kb5 Ra7 69. Kb6
RaJ 70. Re7 1-0
SI 23. 1. 1
Mario Campos Lopez-Meeking
San Antonio Rd: 7 1972
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. g4
Ne6 9. g5 Nd7 10. Rgl Qe7 11. Qd2 b5
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__J
12. o,o,o b4 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Kbl Na5
15. f4 Bb7 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. &4 Qc4
18. Qd3 Re8 19. b3 Qc7 20. Rgel 0,0
21. Bd2 Ne5 22. Ne5 deS 23. Nf3 e4
24. bc4 Rfd8 25. Qb3 Qc4 26. Ne5
Qb3 27. ab3 Rd4 28. Be3 Rdl 29. Rdl
Be4 30. Ne4 Bd5 31. Nb6 Rd8 32. Nd5
Rd5 33. Rd5 ed5 34. £5 g6 35. f6 Bd6
36. h3 Kf8 37. Kcl Ke8 38. Kd2 Kd7
39. Kd3 Ke6 40. Kd4 Bb8 41. Bd2 Ba7
42. Kd3 &5 43. Bel Ke5 44. Bd2 Kf5
45. &1 B£2 46. Bd2 a5 47. c3 bc3 48.
Bc3 Kg5 49. BaS K£6 50. b4 Ke6 51. b5
Kd6 52. Ke2 Bd4 53. Kd3 Bgl 54. Bb4
Ke7 55. BaS Bb6 56. Bc3 Kd6 57. Bb4
Ke6 58. Bd2 h5 59. Bf4 f6 60. h4 K£5
61. Bd2g5 62. Bel Kg463. &3 gh464.
Bf6 h3 65. Be5 Kf3 0-1
PU 1.4
Meeking-Suttles, D
San Antonio Rd: 8 1972
1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6
5. Be2 0,0 6. 0,0 Bg4 7. Be3 Ne6 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. Radl e5 10. deS deS 11.
Nd5 Bf312. Bf3 Nd413. c3 Nf314. gf3
Re8 15. Rfel Kh8 16. Ne7 Qe7 17.
Qd7 Q£6 18. Kg2 h5 19. Rd5 b6 20.
Redl Kh7 21. b4 Bh6 ~-~
RE 24. 1
Byrne, D-Meeking
San Antonio Rd: 9 1972
1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0,0 Ne6
5.d4e66.e4ed4 7.Nd4Be7 8.ed5 ed5
9. Nc3 0,0 10. b3 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12.
Bb2 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rfd8 14. Rcl Rae8
15. Qd3 Nd416. Qd4 Bc5 17. Q£4 Bd6
18. Qd4 &5 19. Q£4 Bd6 20. Qd4 ~-~
.______ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Unannotated Games
FR5.2
Mecking-Petrosian, T
San Antonio Rd: 10 1972
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 de4
5. Ne4 Be7 6. Nf6 Bf6 7. Bf6 Qf6 S. c3
Q,Q 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qf3
Qg7 12. Ne2 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Q,Q f5
15. Bc4 KhS 16. Radl £417. Rfel Nf5
lS. Ncl Nd6 19. Bfl e4 20. Qe2 f3 21.
gf3 Rf3 22. Nb3 Bg4 23. Nd4 Raf8 24.
N£3 B£3 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. h3 KgS 27.
Re3 Bdl 2S. Qdl Qf5 29. Re2 Qg5 30.
Bg2 R£5 31. c4 Nc4 32. Re4 Nd6 33.
Re3 ReS 34. ReS Qe5 35. Qcl Qe7 36.
Qc3 b6 37. b3 a5 3S. Kfl Qg7 39. Qcl
Qe5 40. B£3 Nf5 41. Qg5 Kg7 42. Kg2
Qf6 43. Q£4 Qd6 44. Qe4 K£6 45. Qc4
Qe5 46. b4 ab4 47. Qb4 h5 4S. Be4
Nd649. B£3 Kf7 50. Qb3 Kg7 51. Qd3
Kf6 52. Bdl Nf5 53. Bel Kg5 54. Qd2
Qf4 55. Qc3 Nh4 56. Kfl N£3 57. Qd3
Qc15S. Bdl Ne5 59. Qd4 Qc4 60. Qc4
Nc4 61. Bc2 Ne5 62. Ke2 Kf4 63. h4 g5
64. hg5 Kg5 65. Ke3 Ng4 66. Kf3 h4
67. Bdl Nf6 6S. Bb3 K£5 69. Kg2 Kg4
70. Bdl Kf4 71. Bb3 Ne4 72. Bc2 Nc3
73. Bb3 Ne4 74. Bc2 Nf6 75. Bb3 Kg4
76. Kh2 Ne4 77. Kg2 h3 7S. Kgl K£3
79. Bdl K£4 SO. Bc2 Nf6 Sl. Bb3 Ng4
S2. Ba4 h2 S3. Kg2 Nf2 S4. Kh2 Nd3
S5. Kg2 Ke3 S6. Kg3 Ncl 0-1
NI 14. 7. 1
Gligoric, S-Mecking
San Antonio Rd: 11 1972
l.d4Nf6 2.c4e63. Nc3 Bb44.e3 c5 5.
Bd3 Nc6 6. N£3 Bc3 7. bc3 d6 S. e4 e5
9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 Ng6 12.
Ng6 fg6 13. Q,Q Q,Q 14. f5 g£5 15. ef5 e4
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16. Be2 Qe717. Be3 Bd71S. Qel Nh7
19. g4 Ng5 20. Qg3 RaeS 21. Rael Qf6
22. h4 N£3 23. B£3 e£3 24. Rf3 Qc3 25.
Rcl Qb2 26. Rf2 Qa3 27. Bf4 Qg3 2S.
Bg3 Re4 29. Bd6 Rg4 30. Rg2 Rg2 31.
Kg2!-1-!-1
RL22. 6
Mecking-Portisch, L
San Antonio Rd: 12 1972
1. e4 e5 2. N£3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. Q,Q Be7 6. Rel b5 7. Bb3 Q,Q S.
c3 d6 9. h3 h610. d4 ReSll. Be3 Bf8
12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Qbl NbS 14. Bc2
Nbd7 15. a4 c5 16. b3 b4 17. deS bc3
lS. ef6 cd2 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Bf4 g6 21.
Qdl Re6 22. Bd3 Qd7 23. Qc2 RaeS
24. Bh2 QdS 25. Kfl Qe7 26. Radl
Ne4 27. Ne4 Be4 2S. Re4 Re4 29. Be4
Qe4 30. Qe4 Re4 31. Bd6 Rb4 !-1-!-1
8148.4.5
Mecking-Smith, K
San Antmio Rd: 13 1972
1. e4c5 2. d4cd43. c3 dc3 4. Nc3 Nc6
5. N£3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Q,Q Nf6 S. a3 e6
9. Qe2 h610. Rdl e5 11. Nd5 Be7 12.
Be3 Nd5 13. ed5 NbS14. Ne5 deS 15.
f4 ef4 16. d6 fe3 17. Qe3 Nc61S. Bd5
Q,Q 19. Bc6 Bg5 1-0
SI 14.9
Mecking-Evans, L
San Antonio Rd: 14 1972
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 S. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Q,Q,Q b5 11. Nd5
Bd5 12. ed5 Nb613. Bb6 Qb614. Na5
ReS 15. Nc6 Nd5 16. Ne7 Ne7 17.
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 __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Qh7Ke628.Qc7Rd329.Qa7Rd130.
Kf2 Rd2 31. Kf3 Rd3 32. Kf4 Kf6 33.
Qa61-0
EO 11.5
Portisch, L-Mecking
Perropolis iz.t Rd: 5 1973
1.c4e5 2.Nc3 Nf63.g3 Bb44. Bg20~0
5. e4 Bc3 6. bc3 c6 7. Ba3 ReS 8. Qb3
b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. d3 d5 11. Ne2 de4
12. de4Qc813.c5 Ba614. f3 Nbd715.
Bh3 Qb7 16. Ncl Rab8 17. cb6 Nb6
18. Bd6 Rbd8 19. Kf2 Bb5 20. Qc2 Rd6
21. Rd6 Nc4 22. Rd3 Qb6 23. Kg2 Ne3
24. Re3 Qe3 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. Qf2 Qf2
27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Bfl B£129. Kf1 Ke7 30.
Nd3 Nd7 31. Rb1 Ra8 32. Ke2 f6 33.
Rb7 Kd8 34. f4 Kc8 35. Rb4 Kc7 36.
Rb1 ReS 37. Kf3 f5 38. N£2 fe4 39. Ne4
ef4 40. gf4 Nb6 41. Rg1 Re7 42. h4
Nd5 43. c4 Nb6 44. c5 Nd5 45. f5 Kb7
46. Rb1 Ka6 47. Rb8 ReS 48. Nd6 Nf6
49. Rb7 ReS 50. Rg7 Rd5 51. Nc8 Rf5
52. Kg2 Rf4 53. Ra7 Kb5 54. Rf7 h5 55.
Na7 KcS 56. a4 Rg4 57. Kf3 Nd5 58.
Rf5 Rh4 59. a5 Rh3 60. Kg2 Ra3 61.
Rh5 Ra5 62. Nc6 Kc6 ~-~
RL 25.5
Mecking-Reshevsky, S
Perropolis izt Rd: 6 1973
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf65.0~0Be7 6.Re1 b5 7. Bb3d68.c3
0~0 9. h3 NbS 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2
Bb7 12. Bc2 ReS 13. a4 Bf8 14. b4 a5
15. baS Ra5 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. ab5 Rb5
18. Bb3 Re7 19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Ng5 Bb7
21. f4 h6 22. fe5 deS 23. Ngf3 c5 24.
Ba3 Qc7 25. Nh4 Ree8 26. Qa2 Nb6
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T~Urumoo~redGa~s
27. deS ReS 28. Bf7 Qf7 29. Qf7 Kf7
30. Rb6 Nd7 31. Rb5 Ba6 32. R£11~0
SI 6. 1
Savon, V-Mecking
Perropolis iz.t Rd: 7 1973
(see page 48) 0-1
FR 13.1
Mecking-Bronstein, D
Petropolis iz.t Rd: 8 1973
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5.
a3 Bc3 6. bc3 Ne 7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Ba3 b610. Bd3 h611. 0~0 c412.
Be2 Bb 7 13. Re1 o~o~o 14. Bfl Qd7 15.
g3 Rde8 16. Nh4 Kb8 17. f4 Bc8 18.
Bh3 g6 19. Rf1 RegS 20. Bg2 a5 21.
Qe1 Ka7 22. g4 ~-~
TD8.1
Polugaevsky, L-Mecking
Petropolis iz.t Rd: 9 1973
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5.
cd5 Nd5 6. e4 Nc3 7. bc3 cd4 8. cd4
Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb4 11. Bd2
Qa5 12. d5 ed5 13. ed5 Ne7 14. 0~0
Bd215. Nd2 0~0 16. Nb3 Qd817. Bb5
Bb7 18. Nc5 Qd5 19. Qd5 Bd5 20.
Rfe1 Rfc8 21. Racl Nc6 22. Na6 Nd4
23. Nc7 Rab8 24. Nd5 Rcl 25. Rcl
NbS 26. h3 f6 27. a4 Nd6 28. Rc7 Rb7
29. Rc6 Rd7 30. Nc3 Kf7 31. a5 Ke7
32. a6 Kd8 ~-~
RL9.6
Mecking-Keres, P
Perropolis iz.t Rd: 10 1973
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6
5. Bc6 bc6 6. d4 ed4 7. Qd4 c5 8. Qd3
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___J
Ne7 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. b3 Ng6 11. Q,Q
Be 7 12. Nd5 Bf6 13. Nf6 Qf6 14. Bg5
Qe615. e5 d5 16. Radl Bb717. Rfel
J.1-J.1
E02.3
Smyslov, V -Meeking
PetTopolis iz.t Rd: 11 1973
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Ne6 4. g3
Bb4 5. Bg2 Q,Q6. Nd5 e4 7. Nh4 Bc5 8.
Q,QRe89.d3ed310.Qd3Ne511.Qc2
e6 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Na4 Bf8 14. Qc4
b5 15. Qd4 ba416. e4 Ba617. Rel Qb6
18. Be3 Bb419. Qb6 ab6 20. Redl Be2
21. Rd4 e5 22. Rb4 eb4 23. e5 Ng4 24.
BaS Ne3 25. Rel Bc4 26. Be4 Nd5 27.
a3 ba3 28. ba3 Nc3 29. Bf3 £6 30. Rcl
ReS 31. Kg2 ReS 32. Rc3 Bfl 33. Kfl
Re3 34. Bd5 Kf8 35. Ke2 Ra3 36. Kd2
b5 37. Nf5 b4 38. Ne3 b3 39. Kc3 Ra2
40. Kb4 Rf2 41. Ka4 b2 42. Ba2 Rh2
43. Kb3 Rh3 44. Nfl Rh1 45. Nd2 Rgl
0-1
SI 39. 3. 8
Meeking-Geller, E
Petropolis iz.t Rd: 12 1973
l.e4e5 2. Nf3 e63.d4cd44. Nd4Ne6
5. NbS d6 6. e4 a6 7. N5c3 N£6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Q,QQ,Q 10. Na3 b611. Be3 Bb7
12. f3 ReS 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Rfdl Ne5
15. Qc2 Bf6 16. Rabl Nb4 17. Qd2 d5
18. Ne2 Ne2 19. Qe2 ReB 20. Bf2 Bc3
21. Qc3 Qg5 22. ed5 ed5 23. Rel de4
24. Bc4 Ne6 25. Qb3 Bf3 26. Qf3 Re4
27. Bb6 Qb5 28. Be3 Re2 29. Rfl Rf8
30. Rf2 Qa431.Qdl Rfe832. Rc2 Re2
33. Rcl Rcl 34. Qcl h5 35. a3 a5 36.
Qd2 Qb3 37. Kf2 a4 38. Qe2 Qd5 39.
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Qc2 Qb5 40. Qc8 Kh7 41. Qe2 g6 42.
Qc3 Qf5 43. Kgl h4 44. b4 h3 45. Bel
hg246.Kg2Qd547.Kf2Nd448.Qh3
Kg8 49. Qe3 Qh5 50. Kg2 Qg4 51. Kf2
Qh4 52. Kg2 Qg4 J.1-J.1
SI 2. 6. 10
Gheorghiu, F-Meeking
PetTopolis izt Rd: 13 1973
(see page 49) 0-1
SI 1. 2
Biyiasas, P- Meeking
PetTopolis izt Rd: 14 1973
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5.
Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 g6 7. Q,Q Bg7 8. a4 b4 9.
Nbl N£6 10. Nbd2 Q,Q 11. Ne4 Nbd7
12.Rel Qc713. Bf4Nh514. Bg5Rae8
15. Qd2 e616. Bh6 d5 17. Bg7 Kg718.
ed5 ed5 19. Ne3 Nhf6 20. Nh4 d4 21.
Ne4 Bg2 22. Ng2 Nb6 23. Nb6 Qb6
24. b3 Qc6 25. ReS ReS 26. Rel Ng4
27.Qf4J.1-J.1
FR 10.4.4
Mecking-Hug, W
PetTopolis izt Rd: 15 1973
(see page 51) 1-0
SI 19.5
Kagan, S-Meeking
PetTopolis izt Rd: 16 1973
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 N£6
5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. Q,Q
Be7 9. Nde2 a6 10. a4 Q,Q 11. h3 Qc7
12. Kh2 Rfd8 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Qd2
Be8 15.£4 b6 16. f5 Ne5 17. b3 d5 18.
ed5 ed5 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. Racl Bc6 21.
Q£4 Bd6 22. Qh4 b5 23. ab5 ab5 24.
L___..__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Unannotated Games

Nf4 Qb7 25. Reel ReS 26. Re3 b4 27.
Rfel bc3 2S. Be5 Be5 29. ReS Ne4 30.
ReS ReS 31. Nh5 f6 32. Nf4 ReS 33. g4
QbS 34. Khl Qa7 35. Kh2 Qd4 36.
Ne6 Qd2 37. Ral d4 0-1
69. Rd7 Kg6 70. Kg3 h6 71. Ra7 Kg5
72. Rg7 Rg6 73. Rf7 Rd6 74. Rf5 Kg6
75. Kh4 Rf6 76. ReS Re6 77. Rf5 ReS
78. ReS ReS 79. Kg3 Kf6 80. Rh5 Rh8
~-~

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 _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bb4 5. Bg2 Q,Q 6. Q,Q Bc3 7. bc3 d6 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 ed3 10. Ne6 de211. Qe2
bc6 12. Bc6 Rb8 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bb7
Rb7 15. e5 deS 16. Bc5 ReB 17. Rad1
Qa8 18. Qe4 Rb2 19. Rfel Re120. Re1
Qe6 21. Qd4 h6 22. a3 a5 23. Qd8 Kh 7
24. Bd4 Ne4 25. Be3 Re2 26. Qd4 Nc3
27. Bd2 Qt3 28. Bc3 Rc3 29. a4 Re2 30.
Rfl e6 31. Qb6 Qd5 32. Qb1 Qa2 33.
Qa2 Ra2 34. Rcl Ra4 35. Re6 Rb4 36.
Ra6 a437. h4 g638. Kg2 Kg7 39. f3 h5
40. Kh3 Re4 41. Ra5 Kf6 42. g4 hg4 43.
fg4 Rc3 44. Kg2 a3 45. h5 Kg7 46. Ra6
Kh6 47. hg6 fg6 48. Ra5 Kg7 49. Ra6
Kf7 50. Kf2 g5 51. Ra5 Re2 52. K£3 a2
53. Ra6 Kg7 54. Ke4 Rf2 55. Ke3 Rb2
~-~
EO 1. 7
Meeking-Kortehnoi, V
Candidates Match Rd: 9 1974
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. N£3 Ne6 4. g3
Bb4 5. Bg2 Q,Q 6. Q,Q e4 7. Ne1 Bc3 8.
dc3 d6 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Ne3 h611. Qc2
a5 12. Rd1 b6 13. b3 Rb8 14. a4 Ne5
15. Nd5 Nd5 16. cd5 f5 17. e4 Bd7 18.
Bb2 Qg5 19. Qc3 Ng4 20. Re1 Re7 21.
f4 Qg6 22. e3 h5 23. Qd2 Kf7 24. b4
ab4 25. Qb4 h4 26. gh4 Rh8 27. h3 Nf6
28. a5 baS 29. Qa5 Be8 30. Rab1 Rh4
31. Bf6 Kf6 32. Kh2 Qh7 33. Rb7 g5
34. fg5 Kg5 35. e5 Qg7 36. Rg1 Kh6 37.
Qa1 Bg6 38. cd6 ed6 39. Re7 Qe7 40.
Qh8 Bh7 41. Bfl f4 42. Rg8 Qe5 43.
Qe5 deS 44. d6 Bf5 45. Rd8 fe3 46. d7
Bd7 47. Rd7 Rf4 48. Kg1 Rf3 49. Ra7
e2 50. Be2 Rh3 51. Ra4 Kg5 52. Re4
Kf5 53.Ra4e454. Bfl Rb3 55. Bg2Kf4
56. Be4 Kg3 57. Kf1 Rb2 58. Ke1 Rh2
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The Unannotated Games
59. Bd3 Kf3 60. Ra3 Kf4 61. Be2 Rh8
62. Kd2 Rd8 63. Bd3 K£3 64. Ra5 Re8
65. Rf5 Kg4 66. Rf1 Kg5 67. Kc3 Rd8
68. Be4 Rd7 69. Ke4 Rd6 70. Bd5 Rf6
71. Rg1 Kf5 72. Kd4 Kf4 73. Ra1 Kf5
74. Be4 Ke6 75. Ra5 Kd6 76. Bf5 Ke7
77. Ke5 Rd6 78. Be4 Kb6 79. Ra2 Rd1
80. Re2 Re1 81. Rc3 Re2 82. Kd5 Rb2
83. Bd3 Kb7 84. Ke5 Ke7 85. Bc4 Kd7
86. R£3 Re2 87. Rf7 Ke8 88. Re7 Rd2
89. Ke6 Rd1 90. Ra7 Rcl 91. Kd5 Kf8
92. Re7 Re1 93. Kd6 Re7 94. ReS Re4
95. Bd5 Re2 96. Re7 Rf2 97. Be6 Rd2
98. Ke5 Ke8 99. Bd5 Rf2 ~-~
EO 51. 1. 1
Meeking-Kortehnoi, V
Candidates Match Rd: 10 1974
1. N£3 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. ed5
Nd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nd5 Qd5 8.
d3 Ne6 9. Q,Q Q,Q 10. Be3 Qd611. Qa4
Nd412. Nd4 ed413. Bf4 Qe714. Rfe1
e615. b4 a6 16. Qa5 Be6 17. Qe5 Qd7
18. a4 Rfe8 19. Be5 Be5 20. Qe5 ReB
21. Qc5 Bg4 22. B£3 h5 23. h4 Rad8 24.
Kg2 Bh3 25. Kh2 Bg4 26. Kg2 Bh3 27.
Kh2Bg4~-~
Ql3. 3.4
Kortehnoi, V-Meeking
Candidates Match Rd: 11 1974
l.d4Nf62.e4e63.Nf3 b64.e3 Bb7 5.
Bd3 Be 7 6. Nc3 d5 7. Q,Q Q,Q 8. Qe2 e5
9. deS bc5 10. Rd1 Qb611. ed5 ed5 12.
b3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. Racl Bc6
15. Bb5 Rae8 16. Bc6 Qe6 17. Qd2
Nb618.Ne2Ne419.Qa5Qb7 20. Ba1
Bd6 21. Nc3 Nc3 22. Qc3 Bf8 23. Qe2
f6 24. Qf5 RedS 25. Bc3 Qd7 26. Qd7
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Rd7 27. Kfl Kf7 28. Ba5 Ke6 29. Rc2
Rb7 30.h4h531.Nel c432. Rcd2cb3
33. ab3 Nd7 34. Nf3 Ne5 35. Nd4 Kf7
36. Ra2 Rc5 37. Bel g6 38. Rdal Rcc7
39. Ra5 Bc5 40. Nb5 Rd7 41. Nc3 Nd3
\.1-\.1
RL8.2
Mecking-Kortchnoi, V
Candidates Match Rd: 12 1974
(see page 54) 1-0
BI5.4
Kortchnoi, V-Mecking
Candidates Match Rd: 13 1974
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 ed5 5.
cd5 d66.Nc3 g6 7.e4Bg7 8. Be20-09.
0-0 ReS 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Ne5
12. b3 g5 13. Bb2 g4 14. Rfel Nh5 15.
Ndl N£416. Bb5 R£817. Ne3 Qg518.
N£5 B£5 19. ef5 Ned3 20. Bd3 Bb2 21.
Radl Bd4 22. Ne4 Q£5 23. Ng3 Qg5
24. Bh7 Kh8 25. Q£5 Qh6 26. Qg4 Ng2
27. Kg2 Qh7 Z: Re7 Rg8 29. Q£4 Be5
30. Qf3 Rg7 31. Rb7 Qc2 32. Rel Kg8
33. Re4 Rf8 34. Rg4 Qa2 35. N£5 Rg4
36. Qg4 Kh 7 37. Qh5 Kg8 38. Nh6
Kg7 39. Nf7 Rg8 40. Ne5 Kf6 41. Ng4
Rg4 42. Qg4 1-0
RL 21. 5. 5
Mecking-Laghkva
Nice Olympiad 1974
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf65.0-0Be7 6.Rel b5 7. Bb3d68.c3
0-0 9. h3 Nd710. d4 Bf611. a4 Bb712.
d5 Na5 13. Bc2 Nb6 14. b4 Nac4 15.
a5 NcB 16. Bb3 c617. dc6 Bc618. Bc4
bc419. Na3 Qc7 20. Qe2 Qb7 21. Nc4
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Bb5 22. Qa2 Qc6 23. Nfd2 Rd8 24.
Qb3 d5 25. Nb2 Ne7 26. ed5 Nd5 27.
c4 Nf4 28. Ne4 1-0
Bl32.6
Williams-Mecking
Nice Olympiad 1974
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 ed5 5.
cd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5 Nfd7 9.
Bd3 0-010. Nf3 Nf611. 0-0 Bg412. h3
Bf3 13. Qf3 Nbd7 14. a4 a6 15. Bd2
ReS 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. b3 Nc4 18. bc4
Nd7 19. Rae1 Qa5 20. Qd3 Qc7 21.
Khl Rf8 22. Nd1 Rae8 23. Bc3 Bc3 24.
Qc3 f6 25. Nf2 Re7 26. Re3 \.1-\.1
SI 22.6
Mecking-Spassky, B
Nice Olympiad 1974
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3
Nc6 9. f4 e5 10. N£5 B£5 11. e£5 ef4 12.
Rf4 d5 13. Kh1 ReS 14. Bg1 Bd6 15.
Rf3 Be5 16. Rd3 Qe7 17. Bf3 Bc3 18.
Rc3 Qe5 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rb3 Rd7
21. Rf1 h6 22. a3 a6 23. Rf2 !.1-!.1
NI 14. 7. 1
Visier-Mecking
Las Palmas Rd: 1 1975
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bc3 7. bc3 d6 8. e4 e5
9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 Ng6 12.
Ng6fg613. 0-00-014. f5 b515.g4 bc4
16. Bc2 Qa517. Qf3 g£518. gf5 Bd719.
Kh1 Kh8 20. Rgl Rab8 21. Qg2 Rf7
22. Qg6 Rb£8 23. Bh6 gh6 24. Qh6
Nh7 25. f6 Qc3 26. Ra£1 Rg8 27. Rg8
Kg8 28. Rg1 Kh8 29. Rg7 Qe130. Kg2
~------------------------------T~U~oowredGa~s
Bh3 31. Kh3 Q£132. Kg3 Qg1 33. Kh3
Rg7 34. fg7 Kg8 35. Qe6 Kg7 36. Qe7
Kh6 37. Qh4 Kg6 38. Qg3 Ng5 39.
Kh4 Qe1 40. Bb1 c3 0-1
Sl 8. 5
Mecking-Tal, M
Las Palmas Rd: 2 1975
(see page 56) 1-0
SI 14
Cardoso-Mecking
Las Palmas Rd: 3 1975
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8. Bg2
Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h3 b5 11. Be3 Bb7
12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nd5 14. ed5 a5 15.
c3 bc3 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Re1 Bg5 18.
Bg5 Qg5 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Qd2 f5 21.
Ng5 Nc5 22. Ne6 Nb3 23. Qc3 Na1
24. Nf8 Qf8 25. Ra1 Qd8 26. Rcl Rc8
27. Qe3 Rcl28. Qc1 ~-~
V05.1
Mecking-Femandez
Las Palmas Rd: 4 1975
(see page 62) 1-0
RE9
Bellon, J- Mecking
Las Palmas Rd: 5 1975
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 Be7
5. 0-0 0-0 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cd5
ed5 9. d4 Re8 10. Nc3 Bg411. Ne5 cd4
12. Nc6 bc6 13. Qd4 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Bd6
15. Racl Rab8 16. Qd2 Bb417. a3 Bf8
18. b4 Bh3 19. Bf3 h5 20. Na4 Ne4 21.
Be4 de4 22. Qd7 Bd7 23. Nc5 ~-~
--------------------131---------------------
RE22
Andersson, U-Mecking
Las Palmas Rd: 6 1975
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
9. a3 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf6 Qf6 12.
Nbd2 Qe713. Re1 0-0 14. Qc2 Be615.
Racl &716. c5 ~-~
CK9.4.4
Mecking-Hort, V
Las Palmas Rd: 7 1975
(see page 58) 1-0
RE7.8
Petrosian, T-Mecking
Las Palmas Rd: 8 1975
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4
5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. cd5
cd5 9. Nd4 Be2 10. Qe2 0-0 11. f4 Rc8
12. Nc3 a6 13. Rfcl Qe7 14. a3 Rfe8
15. b4 Bb8 16. Nf3 e5 17. fe5 Ne4 18.
Na4~-~
FR 16.5
Mecking-Tatai, S
Las Palmas Rd: 9 1975
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7
5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qa5 8. deS
Qc5 9. Ne2 Qb6 10. Ned4 Nc5 11.
Rb1 a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Be2 Be7 14.
0-0 0-0 15. Rcl b5 16. Nb3 Na4 17.
Qc2 £5 18. ef6 gf6 19. Nbd4 Nd8 20.
Nh4 Rf7 21. Kh1 Nc5 22. Bh5 Rg7 23.
£5 e5 24. Bh6 Bf8 25. Bg7 Qg7 26. Bf3
Qf7 27. b4 Na4 28. Ne6 Bb7 29. Nf8
Qf8 30. Qd2 Nb6 31. Be2 Nf7 32. Qe3
Nd7 33. Nf3 Kh8 34. Ra1 &6 35. a4
ba4 36. Bd1 Bb5 37. Rel d4 38. cd4
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess G e n i u s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
Qb4 39. Qa3 Qa3 40. Ra3 Nb6 41. de5
fe5 42. g4 Rd8 43. Bc2 Nc4 44. Rc3
Rg8 45. h3 h5 46. Rgl Ncd6 47. Kh2
e4 48. Nd4 hg4 49. hg4 Ng5 50. Kg3
ReB 51. Kf4 Ndf7 52. Rall-O
KI 10
Pomar, A-Mecking
Las Palmas Rd: 10 1975
1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7
5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Ng£6 7. 0~0 0~0 8. Rel
c6 9. Bfl ed410. Nd4 Ng411. Qg4 Bd4
12. Qg3 Nf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Be5
15. Qh4 Ng4 16. Qd8 Rd8 17. Bd2
Nh2 18. Be2 Ng4 19. f3 Bd4 20. Khl
Ne5 21. Bh6 Be6 22. Radl Bc3 23. bc3
Bc4 24. Bg5 ~-~
FR6
Meckirig-Debarnot
Las Palmas Rd: 11 1975
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
5. e5 Nfd7 6. Be7 Qe7 7. f4 0~0 8. Nf3
c5 9. dc5 Qc5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. 0~0~0
a612. Bd3 b5 13. g4 Re814. Ng5 Nf8
15. Kbl Bd716. Rcl Rec817. Nf3 Na5
18. f5 Rab8 19. f6 Nc4 20. Bc4 bc4 21.
Kal Rb4 22. Rhfl Rcb8 23. fg7 Kg7 24.
Qg5 Ng6 25. Q£6 Kg8 26. Ng5 Be8 27.
Nf7 Bf7 28. Qf7 Kh8 29. Qf6 Kg8 30.
Qe6 Kh8 31. Qf6 Kg8 32. Qe6 Kh8 33.
Rf7 R4b6 34. Qd5 Qe3 35. Rdl Qe5
36. Qd8 Qe8 37. Qd4 Qe5 38. Qd8
Qe8 39. Qc7 Nf8 40. Rdfl 1-0
SI 7.4
Ljubojevic, L-Mecking
Las Palmas Rd: 12 1975
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
-----------132-----------
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 de5 9.
fe5 Qc7 10. ef6 Qe5 11. Be2 Qg5 12.
Qd3Qf613.Rfl Qe514.0~0~0Ra715.
Nf3 Qf4 16. Nd2 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qf4 18.
Nd2 Qd619. Qf3 Qc6 20. Nde4 b4 21.
Qf2 Rd7 22. Rd7 Nd7 23. Qf7 Kd8 24.
Ng5 Kc7 25. Bf3 Qd6 26. Ne6 Kb6 27.
Rdl bc3 28. Rd6 Bd6 29. Qg7 Be5 30.
Qe7 cb2 31. Kbl a5 32. Nc5 Nc5 33.
Qe51-0
RL6.4
Mecking-Rodriguez, 0
Las Palmas Rd: 13 1975
(see page 60) 1-0
RL21
Mecking-Olafsson
Las Palmas Rd: 15 1975
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf65.0~0Be7 6.Rel b5 7. Bb3d68.c3
o~o 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bb3 11. Qb3 d5
12. de5 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Nc5 14. Qc2
Qd7 15. Nfl ~-~
CK9.4.4
Mecking-Larsen, B
Manila 1975
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de4 4. Ne4 Nd7
5. Bc4 Ng£6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dc5 Bc5 11. Ne5
Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Ne5 13. Ne5 0~0 14.
Bd2 Qd5 15. f4 b5 16. Be3 Be3 17. Qe3
Bb7 18. Qf3 Qf3 19. Nf3 Nh5 20. 0~0
Nf4 21. Bb5 Rab8 22. Bc4 g5 23. b3
Rbc8 24. Nel Rfd8 25. Rf2 Kg7 26. Bfl
Rc3 27. Nd3 Nd3 28. Bd3 f5 29. g3
Rd4 30. Kf1 h5 31. Rel Bd5 32. Ke2
Be4 33. Be4 Re4 34. Kdl Ret 35. Kel
.____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Unannotated Games
Kf6 36. Kd2 Rc7 37. c4 e5 38. Ke3 f4
39. gf4 gf4 40. Ke4 Rd7 41. Rc2 Rd4
42. Kf3 Rd3 43. Kf2 Ke6 44. c5 Kd7 45.
Re2 Ke6 46. Rc2 Kd7 47. Re2 Ke6 ~-~
PU 5.3. 7
Mecking-Pfleger, H
Manila 1975
(see page 65) 1-0
CK8.3
Kavalek, L-Mecking
Manila 1975
(see page 63) 0-1
RL21. 5. 5
Mecking-Balinas, R
Manila Rd: 10 1975
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. Q,O Be 7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
0,09. h3 Nd710.d4 Bf611. a4 Bb712.
d5 Ne 7 13. Bc2 Qb8 14. b3 g6 15. c4 b4
16. a5 c5 17. Nbd2 Bg7 18. g4 f6 19.
Nfl h6 20. Ng3 Kf7 21. Kg2 Ke8 22.
Rh1 Kd8 23. Ne1 Kc7 24. f4 £5 25. ef5
g£5 26. Nf5 Nf5 27. B£5 ef4 28. Ra2 Be5
29. Rf1 h5 30. Nd3 hg4 31. Bg4 Qe8
32. Bf4 Bf4 33. Nf4 Rg8 34. Kh2 Ne5
35. Be6 Rf8 36. Raf2 Qe 7 37. Qe2 Qh 7
38. B£5 R£5 39. Ne6 Kb8 40. R£5 Ka7
41. Qh5 Qh5 42. Rh5 Re8 43. ReS deS
44. Rf7 e4 45. Nc5 e3 46. Rb7 Ka8 47.
Rb4 e2 48. Nd3 1-0
SL9. 5. 5
Polugaevsky, L-Mecking
Manila 1975
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5.
e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dc4 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bd3
--------------------133--------------------
Bb7 9. e4 b410. Na4c511.e5 Nd512.
Nc5 Nc5 13. deS Bc5 14. Q,O h6 15.
Nd2Nc316.Qc2Qd517.Nf3Rd818.
Ne1 Bd419. Bd2 NbS 20. Bb4 Bb6 21.
Qc4 Nd4 22. Qd5 Rd5 23. Bd6 Nf5 24.
Bc4 Rd4 25. Bb5 Kd8 26. Ba3 Rd5 27.
Bc4 ReS 28. Nd3 Re4 29. Rfd1 Kc7 30.
Racl Kb8 31. Nc5 Rd4 32. Nd7 Ka8
33. Nb6 ab6 34. Rd4 Nd4 35. Rd1 Rd8
36. Kf1 e5 37. b3 Ka7 38. Bb2 Ba6 39.
Ba6 Ka6 40. Bd4 ed4 41. Ke2 Kb5 42.
Rcl Ra8 43. Rc2 Ra7 44. Kd3 Kb4 45.
Kd4 b5 46. g4 Ka3 47. f4 b4 48. h4 Re 7
49. h5 Re1 50. Rc7 Rg1 51. Rf7 Rg4
52. Ra7 Kb2 53. Ke5 Rg2 54. Kf5 Kb1
55. Rb7 Ka2 56. Rb4 Kb2 57. Rb6 Rc2
58. Kg61-0
E026. 6
Mariotti-Mecking
Manila izt Rd: 1 1976
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Q,O
5. Nc3 c5 6. Q,O Nc6 7. d4 cd4 8. Nd4
Nd4 9. Qd4 d6 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. e4 Be6
12. Bd2 a6 13. b3 Rb8 14. Racl Nd7
15. Qe2 Nc5 16. b4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Re8
18. Nf4 Nf8 ~-~
RL 12.6
Mecking-Harandi, K
Manila izt Rd: 2 1976
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. Q,O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Ne4 8.
d4 ed4 9. Re1 d5 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Re4
de412.Nf7Qd713.Nh8Q,Q,O 14.Nf7
R£8 15. cd4 Nd416. Ne5 Qd6 17. Ng4
h5 18. Ne3 Qf4 19. Qf1 Qh4 20. Bd1
Bd6 21. g3 Qf6 22. Bh5 Kb8 23. Nd2
Rh8 24. Bd1 Nf3 25. Nf3 ef3 26. Bc2
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bc8 27. Be4 Qh6 28. h4 Qf6 29. Qd1
Bg3 30. fg3 f2 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Bf3 Rf8
33. Qd51-0
GI 2. 10
Panno, 0-Mecking
Manila izt Rd: 3 1976
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0~0
5. d4 d5 6. 0~0 dc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nc4
Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Bb2 a5 11. e3 a4 12.
Qe2Ne413.Rfcl f514.Ne1 Nf615.f3
Bf716. Nd3 Nd517. Kh1 Nb618. NcS
Nc4 19. bc4 b6 20. f4 bc5 21. Bc6 Rb8
22. Rd1 Qc8 23. Rab1 Qa6 24. BbS
Qa8 25. d5 Bb2 26. Rb2 e6 27. Bc6
Qa6 28. RbS ed5 29. cd5 Rb6 30. Rb2
Qe2 31. Re2 Rd8 32. Ba4 RdS 33. RdS
Bd5 34. Kg1 Ra6 35. Bd1 Ra2 36. Ra2
Ba2 37. Kf2 c4 38. Ke2 Bb3 39. Kd2
Bd1 40. Kd1 Kf7 41. Kd2 Ke6 42. Kc3
KdS 43. Kb4 Ke4 0-1
SI 20. 5. 10
Mecking-Kavalek, L
Manila izt Rd: 4 1976
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 a6 8. h4 Nfd7
9. gS hgS 10. hg5 g6 11. Be3 b5 12. a3
Bb7 13. f4 eS 14. Nf3 ef4 15. Bf4 Nc6
16. NdS NceS 17. Qe2 Nf3 18. Qf3
Bd5 19. edS Qe7 20. Be2 Bg7 21. 0~0~0
Ne5 22. Qg3 Rc8 23. Rh1 Rh124. Rh1
~-~
BI 21. 1. 2
Pachman, L-Mecking
Manila izt Rd: 5 1976
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 edS 5.
cd5 d66.Nc3g6 7.g3 Bg7 8. Bg20~09.
-----------134-----------
____J
0~0 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Re8 12. h3
Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 Nbd7 15.
Nc4 Nb616. Ne3 Nfd7 17. a5 Na8 18.
Nc4 Ne5 19. Ne5 Be5 20. Qd3 bS 21.
ab6 Nb6 22. f4 c4 23. Qf3 Bg7 24. e4
Nd7 25. Ra4 a5 26. Rc4 Ba6 27. Rc6
Bfl 28. Bfl Qe7 29. Bg2 Rb4 30. Kh2
Nb8 31. eS deS 32. feS Nc6 33. dc6 Rc4
34. Bf4 Rc3 35. Qc3 BeS 36. QaS Bf4
37. gf4 Qd6 38. Kg3 Re3 39. Bf3 Qc6
40. Qd8 Qe8 0-1
QI 7.1
Mecking-Polugaevsky, L
Manila izt Rd: 6 1976
l.Nf3 Nf62.c4e63.d4b64.g3 Bb7 5.
Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
Nd2 9. Qd2 0~0 10. 0~0 d6 11. Rad1
Nd7 12. e4 g6 13. b3 Bg7 ~-~
SI 18. 7. 14
Tan, L-Mecking
Manila izt Rd: 7 1976
(see page 67) 0-1
SI 9. 9. 3
Mecking-Quinteros, M
Manila izt Rd: 8 1976
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. BgS e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. o~o~o Nbd7 10. g4 h5 11. Bf6
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
21. Be6 Re8 22. Bc8 Rc8 23. h4 Nc4
24. h5 Bd4 25. Rd4 gh5 26. Qh5 Rg8
27. Rdd1 Qe8 28. Rg8 Qg8 29. b3 Na3
30. Kb2 Nc2 31. Qh6 Qg7 32. Qg7 Kg7
33. Rcl h5 34. Rc2 Rc2 35. Kc2 h4 36.
~-----------------------------T~Urumoo~redGa~s
Nf4 Kf6 37. Kd3 Kg5 38. Ke3 Kg4 39.
Ne2 h3 40. Kf2 h2 41. Kg2 1-0
EO 11. 2. 1
Gheorhiu, F-Mecking
Manila izt Rd: 9 1976
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nt3 Nc6 4. g3
Bb4 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 e4 7. Nel Bc3 8.
dc3Re89.Nc2d610. b3h611. Ne3 a5
12. Qc2 Rb8 13. Rdl b6 14. a4 ~-~
SI 14. 8. 3
Tseshkovsky, V-Mecking
Manila izt Rd: 10 1976
(see page 68) 0-1
CK2.4
Mecking-Hort, V
Manila izt Rd: 11 1976
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. ed5 cd5 4. Bd3 Nf6
5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Ne2 e6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Nd2 Bh5 10. Qb6 ~-~
GI6.4
Browne, W-Mecking
Manila izt Rd: 12 1976
(see page 71) 0-1
FR 11.11
Mecking-Uhlmann, W
Manila izt Rd: 13 1976
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7
5. a3 Bc3 6. bc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qg7
Rg8 9. Qh7 cd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4
Bd7 12. Qd3 dc3 13. Rbl 0-0-0 14.
Qc3 Nf5 15. Rgl f6 16. g4 Nh617. ef6
Rg4 18. Be3 Rgl 19. Bgl Nf5 20. Rdl
Rf8 21. Rd3 b6 22. Rh3 d4 23. Nd4
Nfd4 24. Bd4 Qf4 25. Be3 Qf6 26. Qf6
--------------------135--------------------
Rf6 27. Bg2 e5 28. Rh6 Rh6 29. Bh6
Nd4 30. Kd2 Bf5 31. c3 NbS 32. Bf8
Kd7 33. Bfl Nc7 34. h4 Bg4 35. Bg7
Ke6 36. Bc4 Kf5 37. Ke3 e4 38. Bg8 Bt3
39. Bh7 Kg4 40. Be4 Be4 41. Ke4 Kh4
42. c4 Ne6 43. Be5 Nc5 44. Kd5 Kg4
45. Bb8a646. Be5 Kf5 47. Bc3 Na448.
Bd4 Kf4 49. Kc6 Ke4 50. Bb6 Kd3 51.
c5 Kc452. Ba7 a5 53. Bb6Kb3 54. Kb7
Nc3 55. BaS Nd5 56. Bb4 Ne7 57. c6
1-0
SI 1. 9
Biyiasas, P-Mecking
Manila izt Rd: 14 1976
1. e4 c5 2. Nt3 d6 3. Bb5 Bd7 4. Bd7
Qd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 8. 0-0
Bg7 9. Nd5 Nge710. Bg5 Nd5 11. cd5
Ne712. Nd2 f613. Be3 f5 14. t3 0-0 15.
a4 f4 16. Bf2 b6 17. b4 Rfb8 18. Nc4
Nc8 19. bc5 bc5 20. Qc2 Bf6 21. Na5
Bd8 22. Nc6 Rb6 23. Bel Rb7 24. Qc4
K£8 25. Qa6 Rb6 26. Qc4 Rb 7 27. g3 gS
28. gf4 gf4 29. Ra2 Ne7 30. Rg2 Ng6
31. Rg4 Bf6 32. Qa2 Kg7 33. Khl Kh8
34. Rfgl Rg8 35. Qg2 Qe8 36. Qh3
Rbg7 37. R4g2 a6 38. Rb2 Qf7 39. Bf2
Bh4 40. Rgbl Bf2 41. Rf2 ~-~
SI 38.5
Mecking-Ljubojevic, L
Manila izt Rd: 15 1976
1. e4 c5 2. Nt3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bf6 gf6 9. Na3 b510. Nd5 f511. ef5 Bf5
12. c3 Be6 13. Nc2 Bd5 14. Qd5 Ne7
15. Qb3 Bg7 16. a4 0-0 17. Be2 ba418.
Ra4a519.0-0d5 20.Rdl Qd621.Qa2
QcS 22. Nb4 Rfd8 23. Ral e4 24. Ra5
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ra5 25. Qa5 Qa5 26. Ra5 d4 27. cd4
Rd4 2S. RaS Bf8 29. Na2 Rd2 30. Nc3
Rb2 31. Ra2 Ra2 32. Na2 Bg7 33. Bc4
Bd4 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Nb4 £5 36. f3 J.l-~
SI 7. 9
Balashov, Y- Mecking
Manila izt Rd: 16 1976
1. e4 c5 2. NB d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 N£6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 de5 9.
fe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. o,o,o Bb7
12. Qg4 Qb6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Qg3
Nbd7 15. Bf4 b416. Na4 Qa5 17. Nb3
Qa4 1S. Be5 ReS 19. Rhe1 Ne5 20.
Qe5 Qc6 21. Kb1 Qc7 22. Qg5 h6 23.
Qg4 h5 24. Qg5 Rh6 25. Nd4 Qc5 26.
Qg3 Qc7 27. Qg5 Qc5 28. N£5 Rg6 29.
Qd2 Qc7 30. Bh5 R£6 31. Nd4 g6 32.
BB BB 33. NB Be7 34. Re3 R£5 35.
Rd3 RdS 36. Qh6 Rd3 37. QhS B£8 3S.
Rd3 Qc5 39. a3 ba3 40. R<;J Rh5 41.
Qf6Qe7J.l-J.l
SI 22. 7
Mecking-Spassky, B
Manila izt Rd: 17 1976
1. e4 c5 2. NB e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 N£6
5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. 0,0 o,o S. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Nb4
12. Kh1 Bd713. BB Qc7 14. Rf2 RfcS
15. Rd2 b616. Ncl &617. N1e2 Qb7
1S. Ng3 Bf819. Nd5 Bd5 20. ed5 e4 21.
Ne4 Ne4 22. Be4 Qe7 23. Qf3 ReS 24.
Rd4 f5 25. B£5 Qe3 26. Be6 Re6 27. de6
Qf3 2S. gf3 Nc2 29. Rad1 Nd4 30. Rd4
RcS31. b4g632.Rd5 ab433.Rb5 Rc6
34. Rb4 d5 35. Rb5 d4 36. Rd5 Rd6
0-1
-----------136-----------
____...J
GI7.8
Ribli, Z-Mecking
Manila izt Rd: 18 1976
1. NB N£6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bg7
5. Bf4 0,0 6. e3 c5 7. dc5 Qa5 8. Rcl
dc4 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. 0,0 Qc5 11. Bb3
Qa5 12. h3 Qa6 13. e4 Rd8 14. Qe1
Nb4 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Be6 Qe6 17. a3
Nh5 1S. Be3 Na2 19. Na2 Qe5 20. Nc3
Nf4 21. Rd1 Nd3 J.l-~
E026. 6
Mecking-Torre, E
Manila izt Rd: 19 1976
1. NB g6 2. c4 N£6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0,0
5. 0,0 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cd4 S. Nd4
Nd4 9. Qd4 d610. Qd3 a611. Be3 Ng4
12. Bd4 Ne513. Qd1 RbS14. Ba7 RaS
15. Bd4 RbS16. Ba7 ~-~
SL6.8.1
Mecking-Polugaevsky, L
Candidates Match Rd: 1 1977
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 N£6 4. Nc3 e6 5.
Bg5 h6 6. B£6 Qf6 7. e3 Bd6 S. Bd3 Qe7
9.0,0Nd710. c5 &711. b40,0 12. e4
de4 13. Be4 Rd8 14. Re1 N£6 15. Bc2
b616. Ba4 Bb7 17. Qe2 a5 1S. a3 ab4
19. ab4 bc5 20. bc5 Ra7 21. Bc2 Ra5
22. Qe3 Qd7 23. Ra5 Ba5 24. Rb1 Qc7
25. Ne5 Nd7 26. Nc4 Ba6 27. Nd6 Rb8
28. RbS NbS 29. Nce4 Qe7 30. f4 Bc7
31. Bb3 Kf8 32. f5 ef5 33. N£5 QeS 34.
Nh6 gh6 35. Qh6 Ke 7 36. Nd6 Qf8 37.
Qe3 KdS 38. Nf7 KcS 39. h4 Kb7 40.
h5 Nd7 41. h6 Nf6 42. Qe6 Nh7 43.
Ba4 Kb8 44. Bc6 Ng5 45. Qe8 QeS 46.
Be8 Nf7 47. Bf7 Bf4 48. Kf2 Bh6 ~-~
~-----------------------------~UoonoowredGa~

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
24. Rc2 Rc2 25. Nc2 a5 26. Kcl Ba4
27. b3 Bb5 28. Kd2 Rf7 29. Nd4 Bd7
30. Ke3 e5 31. Nf3 Kf8 32. Ng5 Rf4 33.
Nh7 Ke7 34. Ng5 Bg4 35. h3 Bh5 36.
Rgl g6 37. d4 Kf6 38. Nh7 Kg7 39.
Ng5 Kh6 40. d5 Rf8 41. Rg2 Rfl 42.
Kd3 Rcl 43. Nf7 Kg7 44. Nd6 Rc3 45.
Kd2 Rh3 46. Nc4 Bf3 47. Rg5 Be4 48.
Re5 Bf5 49. d6 a4 50. Rb5 Rh2 51. Ke3
Rh3 52. Kd2 Rh2 53. Ke3 Rh3 54. Kd2
Rh2~-~
E052.3
Polugaevsky, L-Mecking
Candidates Match Rd: 7 1977
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5
Nd5 5. Qa4 Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Qd4 f6
8. e3 Bg7 9. Be2 e5 10. Qc4 Nc3 11.
Qe6 Qe7 12. Qe7 Ke7 13. bc3 Rd8 14.
d4 Nd7 15.0-0 b616. a4 Bb7 17. a5 c5
18. Ba3 Rac8 19. Nd2 Kd6 20. Nc4
Kc7 21. Rfbl Be4 22. Rdl Bc2 23. Rd2
Bb3 24. Rbl Bc4 25. Bc4 Bf8 26. Be6
Rb8 27. ab6 Rb6 28. Rb6 Nb6 29. Bel
cd4 30. cd4 ed4 31. ed4 Bh6 32. Rc2
Kd6 33. d5 Bel 34. Rcl Ke5 35. Rel
Kd436. Ral Nd5 37. Bd5 Rd5 38. Ra7
Ke5 39. h4 h5 40. g3 Kf5 ~-~
SIJO. 8
Mecking-Polugaevsky, L
Candidates Match Rd: 8 1977
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
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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Rc4 21. Qe2 a5 22. Rhdl Rc5 23. Qe3
Qc7 24. Rld2 b4 25. Qf4 h6 26. b3
Rb5 27. Qe4 Qc5 28. Rd8 Rb8 29. Rf8
Kf8 30. Qf4 ReB 31. g3 Qc3 32. Qd4
Qd4 33. Rd4 Rc5 34. Re4 Ke7 35. a3
ba3 36. c4 f5 37. ef6 Kf6 38. Ka2 e5 39.
Ka3 Kf5 40. Re2 e4 41. Kb2 a4 42. Kc3
ab3 43. Kd4 Re5 44. Rf2 Ke6 45. Ke3
Rf5 46. Rd2 Rf3 47. Ke4 Rc3 48. Kd4
Rc2 49. Kd3 Rcl50. Rb2 Rh151. Kc3
Kd6 52. Kb4 Kc6 53. Kb3 Kc5 54. Re2
Rb155. Kc2 Rb4 56. Kd3 Rc4 57. Re4
Rcl 58. Rg4 g5 59. Ra4 Kd5 60. Ra6
Ke5 61. Rh6 Kf5 62. Kd4 Rc2 63. Rh8
Rd2 64. Ke3 Ra2 ~-~
QI 13. 1
Polugaevsky, L-Mecking
Candidates Match Rd: 9 1977
l.d4e62.c4Nf63.Nf3 b64.g3 Bb7 5.
Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nc3 9. Qc3 c5 10. Rdl d6 11. b3 Bf6
12. Bb2 Qe 7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. e4 g6 15.
d5 Nb4 16. Bf6 Qf6 17. Qd2 ed5 18.
ed5 Bc8 19. a3 Na6 20. Rel Nc7 21.
Qh6 Bf5 22. Ng5 Qg7 23. Qg7 Kg7 24.
Re7 h6 25. Ne6 Ne6 26. de6 Kf6 27.
Rc7 Rac8 28. Ra7 fe6 29. Rdl Bc2 30.
Rd6 Rfd8 31. Rad7 Rd7 32. Rd7 Bb3
33. Bfl Ra8 34. Rd3 Bc2 35. Rf3 Ke7
36. Rc3 Ba4 37. f4 Rd8 38. Bd3 g5 39.
Kf2 Rf8 40. Ke3 gf4 41. gf4 Rg8 42. Rcl
Kd6 43. Rbl Kc7 44. Rf1 Ra8 45. f5 ef5
46. Rf5 Bd7 47. Rh5 Ra3 48. Kd2 Ra2
49. Ke3 Ra3 50. Kd2 Ra2 51. Ke3 ~-~
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QI 10.4 a5 52. Ke3 Kc4 53. h4 Kd5 54. Kd3

Mecking-Polugaevsky, L Ke5 ~-~
Candidates Match Rd: 10 1977
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 E060.6
5. 0,0 Be7 6. Nc3 0,0 7. d4 Ne4 8. Bd2 Mecking-Polugaevsky, L
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nd2 10. Qd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 Candidates Match Rd: 12 1977
12. d5 Ne5 13. b3 Nf3 14. Bf3 g6 15. 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7
Bg2 Bg7 16. Racl Qe7 17. f4 c6 18. 5. Bd3 d6 6. &2 c5 7. d4 cd4 8. Nd4 a6
Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rcd1 Rfe8 20. Kh1 Qc7 9. b3 Be7 10. 0,0 0,0 11. Bb2 Nc6 12.
21. Re3 ed5 22. cd5 c5 23. a4 a6 24. h3 Kh1 Qd7 13. Nc6 &6 14. Qd3 b5 15.
Qd7 25. Ne2 f5 26. Nc3 Bd4 27. Re2 cbS Bb5 16. NbS Qb5 17. Racl Rfd8
Qg7 28. Nb1 fe4 29. Re4 Re4 30. Be4 18. f3 Nd7 19. Bb1 Bf6 20. Bf6 Nf6 21.
Re8 31. Qg2 Qe7 32. Nd2 Be3 33. Bf3 Rfd1 Kf8 22. Rc7 Ne8 23. Rc3 Rac8
Bd2 34. Rd2 Qe1 35. Kh2 Re3 36. Re2 24. Rdcl Rc3 25. Qc3 a5 26. Bd3 Qb6
Qc3 37. Bg4 Qb3 38. Be6 Kg7 39. Re3 27. Bf1 Ke7 28. g3 Rd7 29. Kg2 Rc7 30.
Qe3 40. Qb2 Qd4 41. Qb6 Qd2 42. Qd2 Rcl 31. Qc1 Nf6 32. &4 h6 33.
Kg1 Qe1 43. Kh2 Qf2 44. Kh1 Qe145. Qd2 Nd7 34. Qc3 Nf6 35. e5 deS 36.
Kh2 Qd2 46. Kg1 Bd5 47. Qc7 Kh6 48. Qe5 g5 37. Qe1 Qc5 38. Qd2 Nd5 39.
Bd5 Qd5 49. Qe7 Qd1 ~-~ Bd5 ed5 40. Kf1 d4 41. Ke2 f5 42. Qd3
Kf6 43. Kd2 f4 44. g4 ~-~
QI 10.1
Polugaevsky, L-Mecking SI 11.3
Candidates Match Rd: 11 1977 Vander Sterren, P-Mecking
l.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3 b64.g3 Bb7 5. Wijk aan Zee Rd: 1 1978
Bg2 Be7 6. 0,0 0,0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Ne4 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6
Be4 9. Ne1 Bg2 10. Ng2 d5 11. Qa4 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0,0
Qd7 12. Qd7 Nd7 13. cd5 ed5 14. Bf4 Be6 9. f4Qc710. a40,0 11. f5 &412.
Bf6 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Nf4 Bg5 Nbd7 13. a5 Rfd8 14. Rf2 d5 15.
Nf8 18. deS d4 19. Bd2 bc5 20. Racl ed5 Bb3 16. cb3 Bc5 17. Qe1 h6 18.
Be7 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. e3 Rac8 23. ed4 Bh4 Re8 19. Kh1 Bf2 20. Bf2 e4 21.
cd4 24. Rc8 Rc8 25. Kfl f6 26. Rcl Rcl Be3 Qe5 22. Qf2 Nd5 23. Nd5 Qd5 24.
27. &1 Kf7 28. b3 Ke6 29. Ke2 g5 30. Rd1 Qc6 25. Rcl Qf6 26. Rc7 Ne5 27.
Bd2 Kd5 31. Bb4 Bb4 32. Nb4 Kc5 33. Rb7 Nd3 28. Qf1 Rab8 29. Rb8 Rb8
Nd3 Kd5 34. g4 Ne5 35. f3 Nc6 36. 30. Bd3 ed3 31. Qd3 Rd8 32. Qc2 Rd5
Nf2 Nb4 37. a3 Nc2 38. Ne4 Ke5 39. 33. h3 Rf5 34. b4 Rf1 35. Bg1 g6 36.
a4 Nb4 40. Nc5 Kd6 41. Nd3 Nd3 42. Qe2 Rb137. b5 Qd4 0-1
Kd3 Kc5 43. a5 Kb4 44. Kd4 Kb3 45.
Kd5 Kb4 46. a6 Kb5 47. Ke6 Ka6 48.
Kf6 h6 49. Ke5 Kb5 50. f4 g£4 51. Kf4

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FR 11. 4. 16
Meeking-Kortehnoi, V
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 2 1978
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 e5 5.
a3 Bc3 6. bc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 0-0 B. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 f510. ef6 Rf611. Qh5 h6
12.0-0e413. Be2Qa514. Bd2 Bd715.
Rfb1 Qc7 16. Nh4 Raf8 17. f4 BeB 1B.
Qg4 Ng619. Ng6 Bg6 20. Ra2 Ne7 21.
Rab2 b6 22. Qh3 Nf5 23. Re1 Qe7 24.
Ra2 Nd6 25. Bf3 Ne4 26. Be4 Be4 27.
g3 Qf7 2B. Qg4 g5 29. Raa1 R£5 30. Rf1
Bc2 31. Rf2 Qg6 32. Re1 Be4 33. Re4
de4 34. Kf1 Rb5 35. Qe2 Rb136. Kg2
Rb2 37. Qc4 e3 3B. Be3 Qe4 39. Kh3
Rf2 40. Bf2 gf4 41. gf4 R£4 42. Bg3 Rf5
43. QcB Rf8 44. Qc4 h5 45. Qb5 Qg4
46. Kg2 h4 0-1
EO 52. I. 4
Najdorf, M-Meeking
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 3 1978
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5
Nd5 5. e4 Nc3 6. dc3 Qd1 7. Kd1 f6 B.
Bc4 e5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Ke2 Bc5 11.
Rhd1 Be3 12. Ke3 Nb6 13. Nd2 Ke7
14. Bb3 Be615. Be6 Ke6 16. b3 RhdB
17. Nf3 Nd7 1B. Ne1 Ne5 19. Nd3
Nd3 20. Rd3 Rd3 21. Kd3 RdB 22. Ke2
f5 23. ef5 gf5 24. Rd1 Rd1 25. Kd1 e4
26. Ke2 f4 27. f3 Kf5 2B. g4 Ke5 29. h4
b5 30. b4 Kd5 31. Kf2 e3 32. Ke2 Ke4
33. h5 Kd5 34. Kd3 Ke5 35. Ke2 Kf6
36. Kf1 Kg5 37. Ke1 Kh4 3B. Kf1 h6 39.
Kg2 Kg5 40. Kfl Kh4 41. Kg2 e6 42.
Kfl Kg3 43. Ke2 ~-~
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CK8.3
Meeking-Miles T
Wijkaan Zee Rd: 4 1978
(see page 72) 1-0
GI 10. 5. 5
Sosonko, G-Meeking
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 5 1978
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7
5. Qb3 de4 6. Qc4 0-0 7. e4 a6 B. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 e5 10. deS Nbd7 11. e5 Ne5
12. Qb4 Nfd7 13.0-0 a5 14. Qh4 Bb7
15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Be7 RfeB 17. Bb5 Bf3
1B. Bc5 Qc5 19. Bd7 Re7 20. gf3 Rd7
21. f4 Qb4 22. Rad1 RadB 23. QdB RdB
24. RdB Bf8 25. Nd5 Qb2 26. Re1 Kg7
27. Re3 Bc5 2B. Rf3 Qe2 29. Kg2 Bf2
~-~
SI 6. 3
llmman, J-Meeking
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 6 1978
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 B. Qf3
Qc7 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1
Qb6 12. Nb3 b4 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nd4
Be7 15. Qh3 0-0-0 16. f5 Ne5 17. fe6
Na4 1B. efl Kb8 19. Ne6 Qa5 20. e5
ReB 21. ef6 gf6 22. Bf4 Nb2 23. Kb2
Rc3 24. Kcl RheB 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. ReB
Qa2 27. Rf8 Rf8 2B. Bd6 Ka8 29. Bf8
Qf7 30. Bb4 Re7 31. Qe6 Qg7 32. Be4
Qg5 33. Kb2 Be4 34. Qa6 Kb8 35. Bd6
1-0
SI 30. 10
Meeking-Panno, 0
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 7 1978
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
L-------------------------------~Urumoo~~Ga~s
S. Nc3 Ne6 6. BgS e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
o~o~o Bd7 9. f4 bS 10. Bf6 gf6 11. fS
Nd412. Qd4 Bh6 13. Kbl Bf4 14. fe6
fe6 1S. Ne2 BeS 16. Qd2 0~0 17. g3
Qb6 18. Bh3 Rae8 19. Nf4 Qb7 20.
Qe3 Re7 21. Rhfl Kg7 22. Rf2 Qe6 23.
Nd3 Be8 24. Rfd2 Bg6 2S. Bg2 ReB 26.
g4 Qc4 27. NeS deS 28. h4 QcS 29.
QcS ReS 30. Rd7 Kf8 31. Rd8 ReB 32.
h5 Rd8 33. Rd8 Be8 34. Ra8 Re6 3S.
Kcl Rd6 36. Bfl h6 37. Bd3 Ke 7 38. a3
Kf7 39. b4 Bd7 40. Rd8 Rd4 41. Ra8 fS
42. gfS ef5 43. Ra6l1-l1
GI 10. 5. 5
Ree, H-Meeking
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 8 1978
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 dS 4. Nf3 Bg7
S. Qb3 de4 6. Qc4 0~0 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
bS 9. Qb3 eS 10. deS Nbd7 11. eS NeS
12. Qb4 Nfd7 13. 0~0 Bb7 14. Rdl a5
IS. Qh4 e616. BgS Qb817. Be7 b418.
Bd6 Qd8 19. Be7 Qb8 20. Bd6 Qd8 21.
Be7l1-l1
FR 9. 2. 6
Meeking-Andersson, U
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 9 1978
1. e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. eS b6 S.
Nf3 Qd7 6. Bd2 Ba6 7. Ba6 Na6 8. Ne2
Bf8 9. 0~0 eS 10. c3 Ne7 11. Nf4 NbS
12. Rcl e413. b3 Nbc614. Nh5 h6 IS.
Be3 Na5 16. Nd2 o~o~o 17. g4 g6 18.
Ng3 Kb8 19. Qe2 ReB 20. f4 hS 21. b4
Nae6 22. gh5 gh5 23. Nh5 NfS 24. Ng3
Nee7 2S. Nf3 Bh6 26. Kf2 Rh7 27. Rgl
Reh8 28. Nh5 Bg7 29. Ng7 Ng7 30.
Rg4 Ngf5 31. Regl Qa4 32. Bel Rh3
33. Kg2 Ng6 34. Qf2 Kb7 3S. Qe2
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R8h6 36. Rfl Qe8 37. Rgl Qh8 38. Kf2
Ngh4 39. Nh4 R6h4 40. Bd2 Rh2 41.
Rlg2 R4h3 42. Qf1 Rg2 43. Rg2 Qh4
44. Ke2 Ng3 0-1
QI 10. 1
Kavalek, L-Meeking
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 10 1978
l.d4Nf62.e4e63.Nf3 b64. g3 Bb7 S.
Bg2 Be7 6. 0~0 0~0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Ne4
Be4 9. Nel Bg2 10. Ng2 d5 11. Qa4
Qe8l1-l1
QI 10. 1
Meeking-Portisch, L
Wijk aan Zee Rd: 11 1978
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4e63. Nf3 b64. g3 Bb7 S.
Bg2 Be7 6. o~o o~o 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Ne4
Be4 9. Nel Bg2 10. Ng2 d6 11. e4 ReB
12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 eS!-1-l-1
RL7. 7
Meeking-lvkov, B
Riode]aneiroizt Rd: 1 1979
1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. BbS Nf6 4. 0~0
Ne4 S. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bc6 be6
8. deS Nb7 9. b3 0~0 10. Bb2 ReB 11.
Nbd2 Bf8 12. Rfd1 d6 13. Nfl NeS 14.
Ng3 a5 IS. h3 a4 16. Qd2 Be6 17. ed6
l-1-l-1
E02.3
Smejkal, J- Meeking
Rio de]aneiro izt Rd: 2 1979
1. e4 eS 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Ne6 4. g3
Bb4 S. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 0~0 7. Bg2 BcS 8.
O~ORe89.d3ed310.Qd3NeS11.Qc2
e612. Be3 ed513. BcS d614. Bd4de4
1S.Rfd1 Qe716.Rd2Ne617. Bf6Qf6
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1S. Qc4 Be619. Qb5 Qe7 20. Rad1 a6 Gl4

21. Qb6 RacS 22. b3 RedS 23. NB d5 Seirawan,Y-Mecking
24. Nd4 Nd4 25. Qd4 Rd7 26. BB g6 SaoPaulom Rd: 1 1992
27. h4 Qc5 2S. Qf6 Qc3 29. Rd4 h5 30. (see page 147) 1-0
Qg5 Kh7 31. Rf4 Qg7 32. Rfd4 RedS
33. Kh2 f5 34. Qf4 Bf7 35. Rcl Qh6 36. Qll
e3 Qf4 37. gf4 Kg7 3S. a4 Kf6 39. Rb4 Mecking-Seirawan,Y
d4 40. Rb6 Kg7 41. ed41-0 Sao Paulo m Rd.: 2 1992
(see page 148) ~-~
HD12
Mecking-Nikolic, P Gl4
Sao Paulo m Rd.: 1 1991 Seirawan,Y-Mecking
(see page 145) ~-~ Sao Paulo m Rd.: 3 1992
(see page 14S) ~-~
GI2
Nikolic, P-Mecking QG4
Sao Paulo m Rd.: 2 1991 Mecking-Seirawan,Y
(see page 146) ~-~ Sao Paulo m Rd.: 4 1992
(see page 14S) ~-~
SL3
Mecking-Nikolic, P Gl4
Sao Paulo m Rd.: 3 1991 Seirawan,Y-Mecking
(seepage146) 0-1 Sao Paulo m Rd: 5 1992
(see page 14S) ~-~
Ql7 Qll
Nikolic, P-Mecking Mecking-Seirawan,Y
Sao Paulo m Rd.: 4 1991 Sao Paulo m Rd.: 6 1992
(see page 146) ~-~ (see page 149) ~-~

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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Rd1 25. Bdl Be6 26. Bb3 Bb3 27. ab3
Nf6 28. Ng3 Qd2 29. h3 Qb2 30. Qc8
Ng8 31. NfS Qcl 32. Kf2l1-l1
KI55
Catropa-Meeking
Zonal Rd: 2 1993
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
f40-06. Nf3 eS 7. dS a68. Be2e6 9. 0-0
edS 10. eS Nfd7 11. QdS deS 12. feS
Ne6 13. BgS Qe8 14. Rae1 NdeS 15.
Khl Nb4 16. QcS Nbd3 17. Bd3 Nd3
18. ReS NeS 19. Rf8 Bf8 20. b3 Be6 21.
Nd4 ReS 22. Ne6 Re6 23. g3 fS 24. Bd2
Bg7 25. b4 Nd3 26. bS Nb2 27. eS Ne4
28. Rel Rel 29. Bel Bc3 30. Bc3 abS
31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. Ke2 Kd5
34. Bb4 NeS 35. a3 Nd7 36. Kf3 NeS
37. Kf4 Nd3 38. KgS Nb439. ab4 Ke4
40. Kh6Kb441. Kh7 gS 42. h4 gh443.
gh4 f4 44. Kg6 f3 45. hS f2 46. h6 flQ
0-1
QG4
Meeking-Lima
Zonal Rd:3 1993
1. d4 dS 2. e4 de4 3. e4 eS 4. d5 Nf6 5.
Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 edS 7. NdS Nd5 8. Bd5
Be7 9. Qb3 0-0 10. Bb7 e411. QbS a6
12. Qe4 Bb7 13. Ne2 Nd7 14.0-0 ReS
15. Qd3 NeS 16. Qd8 Rfd8 17. f3 Nd3
18. Be3 Bf619. Rfdl Nb2 20. Rd8 Rd8
21. Rcl Rd1 22. Rdl Nd123. BcS Nc3
24. Nc3 Bc3 25. Kf2 f6 26. Ke3 Kf7 27.
g4 gS 2S. Ke2 BeS 29. h3 Bc6 0-1
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BI 11
Mecking-Vasquez
Zonal Rd: 4 1993
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e6 3. Nf3 eS 4. dS edS 5.
edS d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 a6 S. a4 Bg4 9.
Be2 Bg7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bf4 ReS 12.
Nd2 Be2 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
g4 Nhf616. f3 NeS 17. h3 b618. Rabl
Qc7 19. Rfcl h5 20. Kg2 hg4 21. hg4
Qd7 22. Rhl bS 23. gS Nh5 24. abS
abS 25. NbS Rab8 26. Nc3 Rb4 27.
Ndl Reb8 28. Rh4 Qe7 29. f4 Ne4 30.
Kf3 Nd2 31. Bd2 Rb3 32. Be3 Bd4 33.
Ral Be3 34. Ne3 Rb2 35. Qa6 R2b4
36. fS QeS 37. Rg4 Qh2 3S. Ra2 Qh3
39. Kf2 Rb2 40. Rb2 0-1
SI 13
van Riemsdijk-Mecking
Zonal Rd: 5 1993
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 ed4 4. Nd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 bS 8. 0-0
Be7 9.Qf3Qc710. Rel 0-0 ll.Qg3 b4
12. Na4 Bd7 13. c3 QaS 14. eb4 Qb4
15. Ne2 Qa516. Nc3 Ne617. Be3 Qe7
18. Racl Rfb8 19. Nd4 Qb7 20. Ne6
Bc6 21. f3 aS 22. Ba4 ReS 23. Qf2 Nd7
24. Redl NeS 25. b3 Ba4 26. Na4 Rcl
27. Bel ReS 2S. Be3 Qb5 29. Qfl Qfl
30. Kfl Re2 31. Rd2 Rd2 32. Bd2 Ne6
33. Ke2 Bd8 34. Kd3 d5 35. edS ed5 36.
Nc3 Nb4 37. Ke2 Kf8 38. a3 Ne6 39.
Kd3 Ke 7 40. Nd5 Kd6 41. Ne3 NeS 42.
Ke4 g6 43. g4 Ke6 44. Bc3 Nd7 45. Bd4
Be 7 46. Ne4 Ne5 47. BcS BcS 48. gS f6
49. gf6 Kf6 50. Kd5 Bgl 51. Na5 Bh2
52. Ke4 hS 53. Ne4 h4 54. f4 h3 55.
Ne3 Bgl 56. Ng4 Ke6 57. Kf3 KfS 58.
Kg3 BcS 59. b4 Bd6 60. Ne5 gS 61.
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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
Predrag Nikolic
Mecking played a six,game match
with the Yugoslav GM Predrag Ni,
kolic.
Nikolic is usually thought of as
Yugoslavia's Number 2 player, even
though he often ouHates Ljubojevic
and has made it into the Candidates
Matches. Nikolic played the match
shortly after being beaten in over,
time in his Candidates Match with
the then world's Number ),rated
player, Boris Gelfand. In short,
Nikolic was a very strong player to
face off with after a layoff of 12 years.
Schahin Cury Chess Festival,
1991, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1IJ.i2Q
Mecking ~~0~~~
Nikolic ~ l-1 1 l-1 l-1 l-1
Mecking seemed to be in good
shape, and again said that he had
been cured by his faith in God. He
has been studying for the Catholic
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TheCareer
Recent
Matches
priesthood, and was not sure about a
career in chess. It is his religious
studies that he has devoted himself
to, and not the study of the 64
squares.
After drawing the first game,
Nikolic was quoted as saying in New
In Chess (Number 2 1991), "Meek,
ing is still a great grandmaster." I
hope he is right and Mecking will
spare the time for a tournament or
two.
HD12
Mecking,Nikolic, P
Sao Paulo Rd: I 1991
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 N£6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 d5
5. Be2 c6 6. 0,0 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8.
Bb2 b6 9. a4 a5 10. cd5 ed5 11. Ba3
Bb4 12. Bb4 ab4 13. Nbd2 o,o 14.
Ne5 Be6 15. f4 c5 16. Rcl Nbd7 17.
Bd3 Ne5 18. fe5 Ne4 19. Ne4 fe4
20. Bb5 Qg5 21. Qd2 Rfc8 22. dc5
Rc5 23. Bd7 Qe5 24. Qd4 Qd6 25.
Be6 Qe6 26. Rc5 bc5 27. Qc5 d4 28.
Qd4 Qb3 29. a5 Qd3 30. Rd1 Qd4
31. Rd4 b3 32. Rb4 Ra5 33. Rb3
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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
Mecking's "comeback" continued in
March 1992 with another 6 game
match. The invited opponent was
Yasser Seirawan, arguably the US
player of the 80's. Being a three time
US champion and a two time candi,
date for the world title make
Seirawan the top American since
Fischer. A few months prior Seira,
wan had crushed the Dutch Super,
Grandmaster Jan 1lmman in a 6
game match. No one can say that
Mecking is looking for easy pick,
ings.
Mecking lost game one and the
remaining 5 games ended in draws.
A mixed result. While Mecking
should be encouraged over still be,
ing able to play at the 2600 level he
continues to add to his poor match
record. In the four matches in his
career he has won only one game
while losing 6. Mecking pushed
Se'irawan hard in games 2 and 4 and
was near winning in 4 but his old
time trouble problems ruined his
chances.
The "new" Mecking is by all re,
ports a much nicer person. Gone is
the tense, driven bad boy of chess.
His nerves are under control and
chess is no longer the focus of his
life. It's clear that his world title
hopes died at the hands of Lev Polu,
gaevsky. Since then Mecking has
faced ruin and death. His faith in
God has sustained him. Mecking
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credits his faith with his return to
health and remission of his
myasthenia gravis. He repays his
debt by studying for the priesthood
of the Catholic Church. Now chess
is the tool he can use to promote and
celebrate his faith.
Chess will take a back seat to his
religion, but we will see him in ac,
tion from time to time. He will prob,
ably play for the Brazilian Olympic
team and play matches to promote
chess in Brazil. Perhaps even a tour,
nament now and then. To be sure
Mecking still has teeth and before
all is said and done he will bite the
hands of a few of the world's new
lions. But, the image of Mecking
being carried above a crowd after
winning the Interzonal is not one
we are likely to ever see again. I
rejoice at Mecking's health and hap,
piness but I have a pang of sadness
for what was taken from us.
12.112.Q
Mecking 0~~~~~
Seirawan 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
GI4.4
Seirawan, Y..Mecking
Sao Paulo Rd: 1 1992
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5
Nd5 5. e4 Nc3 6. bc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5
8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Rcl cd4 10. cd4 Qa5
11. Bd2 Qa2 12. d5 Ne5 13. Ne5
Be5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Qe2 a616. Bd7
Kd7 17. Qg4 Kd8 18. Qg5 f6 19.
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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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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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FIVE

Openings
Survey

Mecking's openings covered a came before him, and Karpov, who

wide range, but all fit his style and came after. Mecking embraced the
philosophy of play. He was an ag~ same positive fighting view.
gressive player, but not tactical With both colors, Mecking was
like Tal. He fought hard like well~versed and always willing to
Kortchnoi, but was more straight~ enter sharp battles on the oppo~
forward- Kortchnoi complicates nent's home ground. He stuck to
until his opponent is lost in the his guns, and left his opponents
wilderness; Mecking's style was with the problem of adapting.
cleaner, more classical. Sharp Fischer, famous for 1. e4, would
lines, not gambits, dominated play it almost exclusively and let
Mecking's play. the world worry about a defense.
Openings found in Fischer's ar~ He wouldn't avoid Uhlmann's
senal were almost always part of French by playing something else;
Mecking's. They shared a com~ he let Uhlmann worry about fac~
mon outlook on what to do with ing his opening. Mecking followed
White and Black. With White, the same path.
press for the advantage with dy~ Mecking's shield against open~
namic openings that present Black ing surprises was twofold: his me~
many complex problems. With ticulous home preparation and his
Black, counterattack and strive to enormous effort over~the~board.
unbalance the position. Play for He made Hug look like he didn't
the win with Black, not the draw know his own opening (see Game
- Black wasn't just playing to 13), and his wins over Fernandez
equalize. Fischer's views on the (Game 18) and Pfleger (Game 20)
Black pieces contrasted sharply look like refutations of the Center
with the ideas of the players who Counter and Pirc. Mecking was
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most at home in classical chess, Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6

where his clear, direct play shined. 8. 0~0~0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. f5 Ne5 11.
In the next few pages, an over~ fe fe 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Be2 Rd8 (0-1,
view of each of Mecking's main 87).
opening weapons will be pre~
sented in chronological order. Mecking-Saidy
This survey doesn't pretend to be San Antonio 1972
complete, but it should give an 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4
idea of the lines Mecking favored. Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Be2
His main opening weapons e68. a4 b69. f4 Bb710. Bd3 Qc711.
were 1. e4 and 1. d4; he therefore Qf3 Nc5 12. 0~0 Be7 13. g4 (drawn,
had to be prepared for a staggering 41).
array of defenses against him. I
consider Mecking to be mainly a Me eking-Evans
1. e4 type of player, even when he San Antonio 1972
doesn't open with that move! 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6
WHITE SYSTEMS 8. Qd2 Be7 9. o Nbd7 10. o~o~o b5
King Pawn 11. Nd5 Bd5 12. ed5 Nb6 13. Bb6
Qb6 (drawn, 41).
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf
To begin-any 1. e4playermust be- Mecking-Quinteros
prepared to face the Sicilian and its Manila 1976
many lines. The sharp and danger~ 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4
ous NajdorfVariation heads the list. Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. 0~0~0 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11.
Mecking-Najdorf Bf6 Nf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bg5 14.
Mar del Plata 1971 Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Rg1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 (1-0, 41).
cd 5. Nd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. 0~0~0 Nbd7 10. Be2 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov
Rab8 11. g4 b5 12. Bf6 Nf6 13. g5 Facing Mecking in the ultra~ booked
Nd7 14. Bd3 b415. Nce2 Nc5 ( 1-0, and sharp Najdorf wasn't to every~
38). one's taste. The flexible and less fore~
ing Taimanov Variation was used to
Mecking-Hort avoid his tactical strengths.
San Antonio 1972
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4
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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).

Mecking--Garcia Ruy Lopez

Buenos Aires 1970
1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 ed 4. ed d6 5.
Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be 7 7. Be2 0,0 8.
0,0 Na6 9. Rel Nc7 10. a4 h6
(drawn, 42).
The sword of the Ruy Lopez has
been raised against 1... e5 since the
Middle Ages. Extensively analyzed,
it's based in classical chess - a per,
feet opening choice for Mecking.

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Mecking-Planinc Pirc/Modern Defense

Mar del Plata 1971 In the late Sixties and early Seven,
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. BbS a6 4. Ba4 ties the Pirc/Modem was forged into
Nf6 5. o,o b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 BcS a serious weapon, and Mecking faced
8. c3 0,0 9. d4 Bb6 10. BgS h6 11. it on occasion. His results were
Bh4 d6 12. Qd3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 mixed until the game with Pfleger.
(0-1, 58).
Mecking-Bilek
Mecking-Panrw Sousse 1967
Petropolis 1973 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. c6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. o,o o,o 7. h3 Nbd7
0,0 Ne4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. 8. Be3 Qc7 9. a4 e5 10. de de 11.
Bc6 bc6 8. de Nb7 9. c4 0,0 10. Nc3 Qcl Re8 (drawn, 21).
f6 11. Re1 fe (drawn, 40).
Mecking--Cioealtea
Mecking-~eshevsky Vrsac 1971
Petropolis 1973 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 c6 4. Bd3 d5
1. e4e5 2. Nf3 Nc63. BbS a64. Ba4 5. ed cd 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Nh6 8.
Nf6 5. O,O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 Nbd20,09. O,Of610. c4e611. Nb3
8. c3 0,0 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nf7 (drawn, 25).
Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 (1-0, 32).
Mecking-Keene
Mecking-Keres Hastings 1971-72
Petropolis 1973 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. BbS a6 4. Ba4 5. Nf3 o,o 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
d6 5. Bc6t bc6 6. d4 ed 7. Qd4 c5 8. Bg1 e5 9. fe de 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3
Qd3 Ne 7 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. b3 Ng6 11. Nf6 (1-0, 43 ).
0,0 Be7 12. Nd5 Bf6 13. Nf6t Qf6
14. BgS Qe6 15. e5 d5 16. Rad1 Bb7 Caro Kann Defense
17. Rfe1 (draw). At the same time Mecking was be,
coming a world,class player, the
Mecking-Kmtchrwi Caro,Kann was shedding its old
Match 1974 Game 2 plodding image and becoming a dy,
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. BbS a6 4. Ba4 namic fighting defense. Mecking
Nf6 5. o,o Ne4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. battled it out in the new critical
de Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 0,0 11. lines, as was his style. (See Games
Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nb3 (drawn, 35). 16 and 24.)

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Mecking-Filip
Vrsac 1971
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de 4. Ne4
Nd7 5. Nf3 Ng£6 6. Nf6 Nf6 7. Ne5
Be6 8. Be2 g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. 0,0 o,o
11. Bd3 c5 (1-0, 66).
Philidor's Defense
Old and rare in modem play, even
the Philidor was trotted out against
Mecking on occasion.
Mecking-Rubinetti
Mar del Plata 1971
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3
Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 o,o 7. o,o c6
8. b3 ReS 9. Bb2 BfS 10. a4 aS 11.
Re1 Qc7 (drawn, 57).
Mecking's other main opening move
was 1. d4. Early in his career, it held
as high a place as 1. e4; but by the
time he competed in the 1973 Inter,
zonal, it had definitely slipped to
second place. Mecking had to be
prepared to face myriad defenses.
Such a workload would force nearly
anyone to decide between e4 or d4.
Mecking chose 1. e4.
Queen's Gambit Declined
Mecking-Van den Berg
WijkaanZee 1971
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3
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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Rd1 Nbd7 (1-0, 35).
Grunfeld Defense
Mecking-Hort
Palma de Mallorca 1970
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4
Bg7 5. e3 0,0 6. Qb3 de 7. Bc4 Nc6
8. Be2 aS 9. Nf3 Nb410. o,o Be611.
Bc4 Bc4 12. Qc4 Nbd5 13. Nd5
Nd5 (1-0, 39).
Mecking-Gligoric
Wijk aan Zee 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4
Bg7 5. e3 0,0 6. Qb3 c6 7. Nf3 Qc5
8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Be2 NhS 10. BhS de
11. Qd1 gh4 12. Nc4 Qf5 (drawn,
52).
Nimzo-lndian Defense
Me eking-Donner
Wijk aan Zee 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3
0,0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. a3 Be7 8.
cd ed 9. b4 c5 10. de be 11. be Bc5
12. 0,0 Qe7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Qa4
Bb7 15. Rfcl Bd6 16. Qh4 Ne5 17.
Ne5 (1-0).
Mecking~lnfsson
Wijk aan Zee 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3
c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bc3t 7. be d6
8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. g3 h6 11. h4
Bg412. Qa4t Bd7 13. Qb3 Qc7 14.
Ng1 Nh7 (draw).
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Dutch Defense
Mecking-Ivkov, Wijk aan Zee
1971
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5
5. Bg2 c6 6. Q,O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8.
Bb2 Q,O 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Ne5 Be8
11. Qc2 Nbd7 (drawn, 41).
Benoni Defense
Mecking-Jansson
Lugano 1968
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6
5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 Q,O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
a3 Ne8 9. g4 a610. b4 Qc7 11. h3 g6
12. Bh6 Ng7 (1-0, 75).
Mecking-Szabo
Buenos Aires 1970
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cb a6 5. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. a3 Ne8 11. b4
be Ba6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bfl 8. K£1 d6 f5 (0-1, 42).
9. g3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Kg2 Q,O
(0-1, 50).
Mecking-Sumiacher
Mar del Plata 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. dS e6 4. Nc3 ed
5. de g6 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be2
Q,O 9. Q,O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. c3
Nc7 12. a4 Nd7 (drawn, 31).
King's Indian Defense
Mecking-&uaziz
Sousse 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 win over Savon.
0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Q,O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 fS 11. g4
Kh8 12. Nd3 f4 (drawn, 66).
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Opening's Survey
Mecking-Kortchrwi
Sousse 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2
0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bf3 9. Bf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. d5
Ne7 12. e4 f5 (1-0, 45).
Mecking-Kavalek
Sousse 1967
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4, g3
Q,O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Q,O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5
8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Qb4
(1-0, 45).
Mecking-Portisch
Palma de Mallorca 1970
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. Be2 Q,O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Q,O Nc6 8.
BLACK SYSTEMS
King's Pawn
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf
Mecking's main defense against 1.
e4 was the Sicilian Defense, Najdorf
Variation. For him it was the perfect
weapon: sharp, topical, and very
deeply researched. His preference for
it is evidenced by the number of
times he played it at the Petropolis
Interzonal - including his critical
Jimenez-Mecking
PalmadeMallorca 1970
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4
Henrique Mecking, Latin Chess Genius _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __~

Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. BgS e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf65.Nc3 a66. BgS e6 7. f4 bS 8. eS

Qf3 Qc7 9. o,o,o Nbd7 10. Bd3 bS de 9. fe Qc7 10. ef6 QeSt 11. Be2
11. Rfe1 Bb7 12. NdS edS 13. NfS QgS 12. Qd3 Qf6 13. Rf1 QeS 14.
Bf814. Bf6 g£615. edt Kd816. Qe4 o,o,o Ra7 15. Nf3 Qf4t 16. Nd2
QcS (0-1, 39). QeS (1-0, 33).

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
Petropolis 1973
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 eS 7. Nb3 Be6
8. o,OBe79. f4Qc710.f5 &411. a4
0,0 12. Kh1 Nbd7 13. aS BbS
(drawn, 35).
Uituman-Mecking
Palma de Mallorca 1970
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. &4 e6 7. Bb3 bS 8.
o,o Be7 9. f4 0,0 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qf3
Nbd7 12. f5 eS 13. Nde2 a5 (0-1,
40).

Sicilian Defense: Biyiasas-Mecking

Polugayevsky Petropolis 1973
Mecking was even willing to enter 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 bS
the dangerous waters of the Polu, 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 g6 7. 0,0 Bg7 8. a4
gayevsky Variation. b4 9. Nbl Nf610. Nbd2 o,o (drawn,
27).
Ljubojevic-Mecking
Lls Palmas 1975
1. e4 cS 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4
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Kagan-Mecking 14.0 BfS 15. Be3 (drawn).

Petropolis 1973
1. e4 cS 2. NO d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4 Hiibner-Mecking
Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bd7 Wijkaan Zee 1971
8. 0~0 Be 7 9. N4e2 a6 10. a4 0~0 11. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. NO d6 4. Bc4
h3 Qc7 12. Kh2 RfdS 13. Be3 RabS Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. Bb3 0~0 7. 0~0 Bg4
(0-1, 38). 8. h3 BO 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. c3 eS 11.
BgS QaS (0-1, 82).
Pirc Defense
If I had to name one opening that Andersson-Mecking
was completely wrong for Mecking, Wijk aan Zee 1971
I would say "Pirc." It is murky, ill~ 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. NO d6 4. Be2
defined, and contrary to his style. Nf6 5. Nc3 0~0 6. 0~0 Bg4 7. Be3 eS
Just the same, he played it in the 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. de de 10. Rad1 Qe7
early Seventies when it enjoyed a (1-0, 42).
burst of popularity; but it didn't last
in his repertoire. Alekhine's Defense
Another unlikely member of
Petrosian-Mecking Mecking's repertoire was Alekhine's
Palma de Mallorca 1969 Defense. He toyed with it during the
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. NO d6 4. c3 Nf6 late Sixties, but it never became a
5. Nbd2 0~0 6. Be2 cS 7. de de 8. 0~0 consistent part of his game.
Nc6 9. Qc2 b6 10. Nc4 Bb7 11. a4
Qc7 12. Re1 NaS (1-0, 41). Suttles-Mecking
Sousse 1967
Gheorghiu-Mecking 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 dS 3. eS Nfd7 4. e6
Buenos Aires 1970 fe 5. d4 Nf6 6. NO g6 7. NeS Bg7 8.
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 h4 cS 9. hS cd 10. h6 dc3 11. hg7
5. NO 0~0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. eS de 8. fe RgS 12. Qd4 Nbd7 (0-1, 47).
Ng4 9. Be4 f6 10. h3 Nh6 11. ef ef
12. 0~0 Ne7 (drawn, 28). Penrose-Mecking
Palma de Mallorca 1969
Minic-Mecking 1. e4 Nf6 2. eS NdS 3. d4 d6 4. c4
Palma de Mallorca 1970 Nb6 5. f4 de 6. fe Nc6 7. Be3 BfS 8.
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. NO d6 4. Bc4 Nc3 e6 9. NO Be7 10. Be2 Nb411.
Nf6 5. Nbd2 0~0 6. 0~0Nc6 7. c3 eS Rcl cS 12. 0~0 cd (1-0, 41) .
8. de NeS 9. NeS deS 10. a4 ReS 11.
Qc2 Qe7 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Be6 Qe6
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Queen's Gambit Declined
Against 1. d4 Mecking used a num~
ber of defenses, including the
Queen's Gambit Declined and
Benoni. When offered the English,
Mecking ducked it and headed for a
transposition to the QGD. That
made the QGD Mecking's main de~
fense to 1. d4.
Polugayevsky-Meck.ing
Mar del Plata 1971
1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 dS 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3
e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 0~0
B. Bd3 ReB 9. Qc2 eS 10. cd cd 11.
de NeS (1-0, 59).
Savon-Mecking
Mar del Plata 1971
1. c4 c6 2. d4 dS 3. cd cd 4. Nc3 Nf6
5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 B.
Bg3 0~0 9. Bd3 h6 10. Rcl Bg3 11.
hg3 Qb6 (1-0, 77).
Kortchnoi-Meck.ing
Hastings 1971~72
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4
cS 5. cd NdS 6. e4 Nc3 7. bc3 cd4 B.
cd Bb4t 9. Bd2 Bd2t 10. Qd2 0~0
11. Bc4 b6 12. d5 Ba6 13. Ba6 Na6
(drawn, 43).
Polugayevsky-Mecking
Petropolis 1973
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dS 4. Nc3
cS 5. cd NdS 6. e4 Nc3 7. bc3 cd B.
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cd Nc6 9. Bc4 bS 10. Be2 Bb4t 11.
Bd2 QaS 12. dS ed 13. ed Ne7
(drawn, 32).
Benoni Defense
When Mecking's back was to the
wall with Kortchnoi, he played the
Benoni. When desperately trying for
a win against Polugayevsky, he
played the Benoni. This fighting de~
fense was a very "Mecking" open~
ing.
Kortchnoi-Meck.ing
Match 1974 Game 13
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 cS 3. dS e6 4. c4 ed
5. cd d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 B. Be2
0~0 9. 0~0 ReB 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11.
Qc2 NeS 12. b3 gS (1-0, 42).
Williams-Meck.ing
Nice 1974
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 cS 3. dS e6 4. Nc3 ed
5. cd d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 B. BbSt
Nfd7 9. Bd3 0~0 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. 0~0
Bg4 12. h3 Bf3 (drawn, 26).
Polugayevsky-Mecking
Match 1977 Game 3
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 cS 4. dS ed
5. cd d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 B. Be2
0~0 9. 0~0 ReB 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11.
Qc2 Nb6 12. BbS Bd7 (drawn, 43).
Other Pawns
English Opening
When Mecking quit ducking the
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English, he played a couple of differ~

ent systems.

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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SIX

Additional
£rosstables

CHAMPIONSHIP OF BRAZIL 1965

Rio de Janeiro

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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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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MATCHES and TOURNAMENTS

Tournament Games w L DPlace

1965 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil ch) ............ 16 12 1 3 1
1966 Sao Paulo (Brazil ch) .................... 9 6 1 2 1
1966 Buenos Aires (Zonal) ................. 17 9 2 6 1A
1966/7 Hastings .................................... 9 3 4 2 7
1967 Buenos Aires ................................ 6 3 0 3 1
1967 Sao Paulo (Brazil ch---Swiss) ........ 9 6 0 3 1
1967 Sousse (Interzonal) ..................... 21 7 6 8 11,12
1968 Bogota ......................................... 9 5 0 4 1
1968 Lugano (Olympics) ..................... 17 7 1 9
1969 Mar del Plata .............................. 18 10 2 6 5
1969 Palma de Mallorca ...................... 17 5 4 8 7,8
1970 Buenos Aires .............................. 17 2 2 13 8,9
1970 Palma de Mallorca (Interzonal) ... 23 7 5 11 11,12
1971 Wijk aan Zee .............................. 15 5 3 7 6,9
1971 Mar del Plata .............................. 15 6 5 4 8,9
1971 Vrsac .......................................... 15 8 0 7 1
1971/2 Hastings .................................. 15 5 1 9 3A
1972 Sao Paulo (Zonal) ...................... 21 16 1 4 1
1972 San Antonio .............................. 15 5 3 7 8,9
1973 Petropolis (Interzonal) ................ 17 7 0 10 1
1974 Nice (Olympics) ........................... 3 1 0 2
1975 Las Palmas .................................. 14 7 1 6 2A
1975 Manila ....................................... 10 3 1 6 2,5
1976 Manila (Interzonal) .................... 19 8 1 10 1
1978 Wijk aan Zee .............................. 11 2 3 6 7,9
1979 Rio de Janeiro (Interzonal) ........... 2 0 1 1 withdrew
1993 Sao Paulo (Zonal) ........................ 8 1 3 4 20,22

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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OPPONENTS' INDEX
by page number

Abdamus 99 Ciocaltea 115, 119 Harts ton 78, 119

Addison 103 Corral 98 Hort 44, 58, 85, 97,
Alvarez 94 Costa 80 102, 121, 124; 135
Anderson 109, 119, 131, Cotta 75 HUbner 107, 109
141 Cuellar 83 Hug 51
Balashov 77,136 Czerniak 79 Ivkov 87, 106-7, 115,
Balinas 133 Damjanovic 97, 101 124,141
Barczay 83 Davie 90 Janosevic 116
Baretic 116 Debarnot 132 Jansson 89
Basman 78 Deze 117 Jimenez 104
Bellon 131 Donner 89, 110 Johannessen 88
Berg 108 Egger 142 Johansson 90
Bilek 82 Evans 123 Joksic 114
Bisguier 99 Fernandez 62 Juarez 110, 120
Biyiasas 126, 135 Filip 103, 116 Kagan 126
Bobotsov 96 Fischer 40, 107 Kaplan 87, 120
Bolbochan 80 Fonrobert 81 Karpov 118, 124
BotteriU 119Foguelman 33, 77, 79 Kavalek 63, 84, 134,
Botvinnik 78Franklin 117 141
Bouaziz 86Freitas 76 Kazanski 88
Brond 111 Gadia 81 Keene 31, 117
Bronstein, D 125 Garcia 75 Keller 88
Bronstein, L 91 Garcia Toloedo 92 Keres 121, 125
Broome 71, 110, 121 Garcia, R 94,98,100 Kmtchnoi 54, 84, 98,
Byrne, D 122 Geller 84, 103, 126 108, 118, 127-30,
Byrne,R 85, 119 Gheorghiu 49, 88, 100, 140
Camara 81,91 113,135 Kuijpers 107
Campara 143 Gipslis 35 Kurajica 77,117
Canobra 93 Gligoric 87, 104, 109, lAghkva 130
Cardoso 131 117, 123 Langeweg 107
Castro 87 Godoy 77 Larsen 86, 95, 106, 122,
Catropa 143 Harandi 133 132

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OPPONENTS' INDEX
continued

Leite 80 Pfleger 65, 119 Smejkal 141

Lengyel 109 Pilnik 114 Smith 123
Uma 143 Pimentel 82 Smyslov 42, 101, 126
Ljubojevic 46, 127, 131, Planinc 112 Soppe 144
135 Poch 111 Sosonko 140
Mario Campos Lopez 122 Polugaevsky 102, 110, Spassky 96, 130, 136
Mariotti 133 125, 133-4, 136-9 Spiridonov 115
Markland 118 Pomar 90, 95, 132 Stein 84
Matanovic 82 Portisch, L 83, 103, 114, Sumiacher 113
Matulovic 82, 105 123-4, 141 Suttles 86, 106, 122
Medina 96 Prameshuber 91 Szabo 97,99
Mendes 29, 76 Quinteros 37, 102, 111, Sz:ily 115
Mendivil 94 120, 134 Taimanov 106
Miagmasuren 83 Radulov 115 Tal 56
Miles 72 Ree 108, 141 Tan 67, 124
Minaya 87 Reshevsky 85, 100, 105, Tatai 131
Minic 103 125 Tavares 81
~ajdrnif 38,95, 102, Ribli 136 Timman 140
110, 112, 118, 140 Riego Prieto 93 Toran 95
~aranja 106 Rocha 75, 81, 94 Torre 136
~ikolic, p 145-6 Rodriguez 131 Tseshkovsky 68
O'Kelly 91 Rodriguez:, 0 60, 93 Tukmakov 101
Olafsson 109,132 Rossetto 92,99 Uhlmann 77, 105, 135
Pachman 134 Rubinetti 76, 93, 100, Uitumen 89, 104
Paiva 80 104, 113, 120 Unzicker 87, 98, 117
Panno 76, 79-80, 93, Saidy 121 Vander Sterren 139
98-9, 104, 112, 120, Salameh 87 Van Riemsdijk 92, 143
124, 134, 140, 144 Sarapu 84 Vasquez 143
Parma 96 Savon 48, 113 Visier 130
Penrose 78, 89, 97 Schweber 92, 101, 114 Westerinen 90
Petrosian, T 95, 108, Seirawan 147-149 Williams 130
123, 131 Silva 94

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Henrique Mecking _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _J

GOROONonGORDON

I have been interested in writing a book ever since I was a chess

columnist in Alaska from 1974 to 1980 for both daily newspa-
pers.
I did some things for Chess and the old Chess Atlas. It was
great to write something and have it read by others. I always
loved that.
It's hard for me to remember not being able to play chess. I
learned at the age of 5. Pity is I always lived in out of the way
places and because of it I never became a grandmaster. (I can't
even type that with a straight face.)
I was twice state champion of Alaska. That was fun and not as
easy a feat as it sounds-it is very hard to beat people you have
played 40 tournament games against-you know each other so
well. I wonder how Timman can muster any interest in playing
Short or Ljubojevic 20 times a year.
In 1987 my rating got up to the cruel and inhuman 2199. I
went in the tank at once and lost a 100 rating points. Two years
(it still hurts to think of it) later I finally got over 2200. I did it on
the strength of winning the US Amateur-West. Don't worry if
you never heard of the US Amateur-West, Chess Life used to put
the winner on its cover, the year I won they didn't even mention
the tournament. There went my 15 minutes of chess fame.
Currently I live in Salt Lake City, which is very much like
living in Saudi Arabia except there is less sand here. Church and
State are one. It's a nice arrangement-it's possible to live your
whole life and never have to think. Many people do just that and
it seems to work just fine.
My wife Jill and I both work for Delta Airlines and we have
two small daughters. Jackie is four and Stephanie is two. I love
little girls, it's teenage girls I hate-so I'll have to see how that
works out.

Stephen W. Gordon

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CHESS HAMMERS
Originally published as "Chess Analy-
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This is winning chess, ideas that you
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There are 32 of these (with 4 more 11. Ruy Lopez Classical Defense:
coming soon!) and you can get them all A Gambit Idea for White. 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3
at special prices, see at the end. These Nc6 3 Bb5 Bc5 4 ???
typeset idea-starters run from 3 to 5 12. Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik
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Tucker, Allan Savage, Tim Sawyer, and tack. 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 ed cd 4 c4 Nf6 5
your editor, Bob Long. c5 e5 6 Nc3 ed 7 Qd4 ???
1. Colle System: A New Idea for 13. Reti System: An Unusual Idea
White. 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 e3 c5 4 ??? for White. 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4 d4 3 ???
2. Richter-Veresov: A New Idea for 14. Caro-Kann Advance Variation:
White. 1 d4 d5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Bg5 Nbd7 4 A New Resource for Black. 1 e4 c6 2 d4
Nf3 g6 5 ??? d5 3 e5 ???
3. Nimzo-lndian Defense: A Gam- 15. Center-Counter Defense, "Mod-
bit System for Black. 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 ern" Variation: A New Resource for
3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 0-0 5 a3 Bc3 6 Qc3 ??? Black. 1 e4 d5 2 ed Nf6 3 c4 ???
4. Old Catalan: A New Idea for 16. French Tarrasch, Guimard
Black. 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 g3 ??? Variation: An Underestimated
5. Catalan: A Surprise Weapon for Resource for Black. 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3
Black. 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 ??? Nd2 Nc6 4 Ngf3 Nf6 5 e5 Nd7 6 Nb3
6. Colle System: A New Idea for Be? 7 Bb5 ???
Black.1 d4d52Nf3Nf63e3c54c3???
7. French Advance: An Interesting
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4 c3 Nc6 5 Nf3 Qb6 6 Be2 cd 7 cd Nh6
8 Nc3 Nf5 9 ??? ? Includes 6 games.
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 17. The English Defense: Black
Fights Back! 1 d4 e6 2 c4 b6 3 a3 ???
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Springs to Life. 1 Nf3 f5 2 e4 fe 3 ???
19. QGA: A "Beginner's Move" for
Black.1 d4d52c4dc3Nf3Nf64e3???
20. Center-Counter with Colors Re-
versed: A Surprise for White. 1 e4 e5
2 d4 ed 3 Qd4 Nc6 4 ???
21. The Old Indian Defense:
Pseudo-Saemisch System for White.
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 d6 3 Nc3 e5 4 d5 Nbd7 5
???
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Critical Answer. 1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5 Ne4 3
Bf4 c5 4 f3 Qa5 5 c3 Nf6 6 d5 ???
23. The Larsen-Nimzovich 1 b3:
White's Punishment. 1 b3 e5 2 Bb2
Nc6 3 c4 ???
24. The Bishop's Opening: An Un-
usual Defense for Black. 1 e4 e5 2 Bc4
???
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Ne4 ???
26. QGD: Anti-Aiatortsev. 1 d4 d5 2
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27. English Opening, Mikenas Sys-
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d4 5 ef de 6 be Qf6 7 d4 c5 8 Nf3 ???
28. French Defense, Alekhine-
Chatard Variation: The Recommended
Defense Crumbles. 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3
Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Be7 5 e5 Nfd7 6 h4 a6 7
???
29. Refuting the King Pawn
Nimzovich Defense. 1 e4 Nc6 2 d4 d5
3 Nc3 de 4 d5 Ne5 5 Bf4 Ng6 6 Bg3 f5 7
???
30. The Center Counter Wing Gam-
bit: The End of Tunbridge Wells 1912.
1 e4 d5 2 ed Qd5 3 Nc3 Qa5 4 ???
31. Lisitsin Gambit 1 Nf3 f5 2 e4 fe
3 Ng5 ???
32. Krejcik Gambit 1 d4 f5 2 ???
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Be2. 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 g6 4 Nf3
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 10. Dutch Defense Modern Stone-
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