Florin Gheorghiu
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Florin Gheorghiu

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  • 1960.12.09 Ghitescu, Theodor vsGheorghiu, Florin 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Lipnitsky Attack 24 moves ROM-ch24 Final Romanian Championship final, Bucharest 1960, against Theodor Ghițescu, in the year Gheorghiu won the first of his nine national titles at 16. In the Najdorf Sicilian, 16...dxe4 17.Nxa8 Qh5 lets the knight take the a8 rook, Black takes on f3 with 18...exf3 and 19...Bxf3, wins the knight back with 20...Bxa8, and 23...Nxg3 24.Qxg3 Bh4 ends the game in 24 moves.
  • 1962.09.20 Gheorghiu, Florin vsMomo, Suren 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense 36 moves Olympiad-15 Preliminaries B Varna Olympiad 1962, Gheorghiu's first Olympiad, against Suren Momo. 21.Rxe4 dxe4 gives up the exchange, 24.Ng6+ hxg6 25.Bxc7 wins the queen, and 27.Nxg6+ and 28.Nxf8+ take a pawn and a rook.
  • 1963.08.29 Kurajica, Bojan vsGheorghiu, Florin 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation 47 moves World U20-ch07 Final A World Junior Championship final, Vrnjačka Banja 1963, the event Gheorghiu won, against Bojan Kurajica. In the ending of rook and knight against rook and knight his kingside pawns decide: 39...f4, 46...f3+ and 47...e3.
  • 1965.01.02 Gaprindashvili, Nona vsGheorghiu, Florin 0-1 Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation 46 moves Christmas Congress 1964/65-40 Premier Hastings 1964/65, against Nona Gaprindashvili, the reigning Women's World Champion. 18...Bxf2+ 19.Qxf2 Qxe5+ wins a pawn with check, the queens come off on move 24, and 44...Nd7+ 45.Kf7 Nxf8 wins the bishop.
  • 1966.11.16 Gheorghiu, Florin vsFischer, Robert James 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Defense 50 moves Olympiad-17 Final A Havana Olympiad 1966, final, round 12, against Bobby Fischer, the future World Champion. Gheorghiu meets the Nimzo-Indian with 4.f3, the line now called the Gheorghiu Variation, and pushes his kingside pawns as far as 17.g6. After 30.Nd5 Rxe5 31.Nxf6+ gxf6 32.dxe5 and 33.Bxc5 he reaches an ending of rook and bishop against rook, and the g-pawn arrives on g7 on move 50.
  • 1967.05.26 Gheorghiu, Florin vsStein, Leonid 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Double Fianchetto 34 moves October Revolution 50years Moscow 1967, the tournament for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution, against Leonid Stein. 22.Qxa7 and 24.Qxb6 take two pawns, the exchanges 24...Bxg2 25.Nxe8 Bxf1 26.Qxe6+ Kh8 27.Rxf1 Rxe8 follow, and the b-pawn runs with 31.b6 and 32.b7.
  • 1967 Gheorghiu, Florin vsUhlmann, Wolfgang 1-0 King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation 30 moves EU-chT 04th Group4 European Team Championship, Sofia 1967, against Wolfgang Uhlmann. Gheorghiu gives up the a1 rook with 17.cxd5 Nxa1 18.Qxa1, pushes 20.e6, and 25.Rxe4 Qxc6 26.Bxf8 leads to 28.Qxf7+ Rxf7 29.exf7+ Kxf7 30.Bxe4, with White a bishop up.
  • 1968.01.03 Gheorghiu, Florin vsBasman, Michael J 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Leonhardt Variation 24 moves Christmas Congress 1967/68-43 Premier Hastings 1967/68, which Gheorghiu won jointly with Vlastimil Hort and Leonid Stein, against Michael Basman. In the Sozin Attack the white rooks swing to the kingside with 19.Rf3, 20.Rg3, 22.Rf4 and 23.Rh4, and Basman resigns after 24.Rgh3 doubles them on the h-file.
  • 1968.11.03 Gheorghiu, Florin vsGligoric, Svetozar 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Closed Variation 48 moves Olympiad-18 Final A Lugano Olympiad 1968, final, against Svetozar Gligorić, at the Olympiad where Gheorghiu went unbeaten on board one with three wins and fourteen draws. In the Sämisch King's Indian, 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Bd4 and 24.h6+ open the black king, 29.Qxa7+ wins a pawn, and in the rook ending the a-pawn reaches a5 on move 48.
  • 1973.04.18 Gheorghiu, Florin vsKavalek, Lubomir 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation 20 moves Las Palmas-02 Las Palmas 1973, against Lubomir Kavalek, a 20-move win. 12.e5 Nxe5 13.Nxd6+ Ke7 14.Rxe5 Kxd6 draws the black king out to d6, and after 19.Bxf6 Qxf3 the check 20.Be5+ wins back the queen.
  • 1976.06.28 Uhlmann, Wolfgang vsGheorghiu, Florin 0-1 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation 43 moves Interzonal-10b Manila Interzonal 1976, round 12, against Wolfgang Uhlmann. In the Symmetrical English, 21...Nxe5 22.f4 exd5 23.fxe5 d4 opens the long diagonal, 26...Rxd4 takes a knight, and 36...Rxc3 37.Bxc3 Qxc3 gives a rook for knight and bishop before 43...Qf2+.
  • 1977.07.07 Taimanov, Mark E vsGheorghiu, Florin 0-1 Benoni Defense 30 moves October Revolution 60years Leningrad 1977, the tournament for the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, against Mark Taimanov. In the Benoni, 27...Nxg2 28.Kxg2 Bh3+ 29.Kxh3 Qf3+ gives up a knight and a bishop to bring the queen next to the white king, and the game ends with 30.Bg3 Bf6.
  • 1979.04.04 Gheorghiu, Florin vsTarjan, James Edward 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System 38 moves Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters Lone Pine 1979, which Gheorghiu won jointly with Gligorić, Vladimir Liberzon and Hort, against James Tarjan. 25.b6 axb6 26.axb6 leaves a passed b-pawn, 32.Nxe5 wins a pawn, and 36.Rd6+, 37.Ra7+ and 38.Rxe6 bring both rooks into the black position.
  • 1979.09.14 Gheorghiu, Florin vsLjubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 English Opening: King's English Variation, Three Knights System 33 moves Interzonal-11a Riga Interzonal 1979, round 7, against Ljubomir Ljubojević, at the Interzonal where Gheorghiu narrowly missed a place in the Candidates. The kingside pawns advance with 19.g5, 20.g6 and 31.h5, 32.hxg6+ opens the black king, and 33.Qc6 ends it.
  • 1979.10.19 Beliavsky, Alexander G vsGheorghiu, Florin 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation 41 moves Novi Sad Novi Sad 1979, the tournament Gheorghiu won, against Alexander Beliavsky. 18...Bxe4 wins a pawn, the e-pawn runs with 27...e4, 28...e3 and 30...e2, and the black queen follows with 32...Qxc4 and 35...Qe1.
  • 1981.01.16 Sax, Gyula vsGheorghiu, Florin 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation 24 moves Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1981, round 1, against Gyula Sax, a 24-move win in the Najdorf Sicilian. 10.Nf5 g6 11.g5 gxf5 and 13...d4 14.gxf6 dxc3 leave Black a piece up for a pawn, the c-pawn reaches b2 with check on move 21, and 24...Bb4 ends it.
  • 1981.04 Gheorghiu, Florin vsTimman, Jan H 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Closed Variation 60 moves Moscow Moscow 1981, round 10, against Jan Timman. In the Sämisch King's Indian, 24.Qxa5 wins a pawn and the queens come off on move 25; in the ending of two bishops against bishop and knight, 42.Bxa4 takes another pawn, and the a-pawn reaches a7 with check on move 52.
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