Andre Lilienthal

Lilienthal – Capablanca · 1935 · 1–0

Lilienthal's immortal queen sacrifice, Hastings 1934/35. Against Capablanca's central capture, 20.exf6! offers the queen (20…Qxc2 21.fxg7) and the open e-file plus the passed g-pawn crash through, 26.Rxe4+. His most celebrated game — the move Bobby Fischer greeted him with in 1992: “pawn e5 takes f6!”

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Lasker – Lilienthal · 1936 · 0–1

Moscow 1936. A Black win in the French over 67-year-old former World Champion Emanuel Lasker, Lilienthal breaking through in the queen ending with connected passed pawns (…a4–a3, …c3).

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Euwe – Lilienthal · 1937 · 0–1

Stockholm Olympiad 1937. A 71-move Nimzo-Indian win over reigning World Champion Max Euwe — months before Euwe lost the crown to Alekhine — Lilienthal queening a pawn in the bishop ending with Black.

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Lilienthal – Botvinnik · 1940 · 1–0

USSR Championship 12 (1940). Lilienthal beats future World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik in a Queen's Indian, a kingside pawn and rook infiltration (40.Re7, 43.Rxe8+) deciding.

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Lilienthal – Kotov · 1940 · 1–0

USSR Championship 12 (1940). A 25-move Sicilian squeeze over Alexander Kotov — 13.Nf5 and the doubled e-file rooks win the e6 pawn and the seventh rank (24.Re7, 25.Ra7).

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Lilienthal – Bondarevsky · 1940 · 1–0

USSR Championship 12 (1940). A French in which Lilienthal's central passed d-pawn grinds down Igor Bondarevsky, queening at the finish (55.d8=Q+). On his chessgames notable list.

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Botvinnik – Lilienthal · 1941 · 0–1

USSR Absolute Championship 1941. A second scalp of Botvinnik, this time with Black in a Nimzo-Indian — Lilienthal outplays him into a won queen-and-pawn ending (…a3). On his chessgames notable list.

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Lilienthal – Keres · 1941 · 1–0

USSR Absolute Championship 1941. A Queen's Indian win over Paul Keres, Lilienthal's queenside play and 43.Qc7/44.Qxa7 mopping up the pawns.

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Koblencs – Lilienthal · 1945 · 0–1

USSR Championship 14 (1945). A sharp Black win in the Scotch over Aleksandrs Koblencs — later Mikhail Tal's famous trainer — with an early queen raid (7…Qh4) and the finish 26…Rxe4, 27…Re2+. On his chessgames notable list.

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Lilienthal – Smyslov · 1946 · 1–0

Moscow Championship 1946. A win over future World Champion Vasily Smyslov in Smyslov's own Grünfeld line (the Russian/Smyslov Variation), Lilienthal converting a knight-versus-bishop ending with the king marching to c6.

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Lilienthal – Bronstein · 1947 · 1–0

USSR Championship 15 (1947). An Old Indian win over David Bronstein — four years before his World Championship match — the knight leaps 34.Nd5 and 35.Nf6+ forcing 39.Rd8.

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Lilienthal – Najdorf · 1948 · 1–0

Saltsjöbaden Interzonal 1948. A 25-move Nimzo-Indian brilliancy over Miguel Najdorf — 14.exf6 and the Greek-gift 17.Bxh7+ tear open the king, 18.Qh5+.

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Lilienthal – Averbakh · 1948 · 1–0

USSR Championship 16 (1948). A positional win over the endgame authority Yuri Averbakh — the d5 break and a rook lift to the seventh rank (37.Re6, 38.Re7) decide.

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Lilienthal – Geller · 1949 · 1–0

USSR Championship 17 (1949). A King's Indian win over the young Efim Geller, Lilienthal's extra pawns telling in a bishop-and-knight ending (43.Kc7).

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Lilienthal – Larsen · 1962 · 1–0

Moscow 1962. A 25-move Nimzo-Indian win over Bent Larsen — soon a perennial World Championship Candidate — the b5 and Nb6–d5 clamp winning material, 25.Qa3.

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