Notable Games
Nicolas Rossolimo
15 celebrated games · 224 in the full archive
◈The games that made the legend
Rossolimo – Kottnauer · 1948 · 1–0
Bad Gastein 1948. A 12-move demolition in Rossolimo's own Sicilian (3.Bb5) system — the attacking miniature that helped make the variation his namesake.
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Rossolimo – Mueller · 1948 · 1–0
Bad Gastein 1948. A crisp 21-move attack in the Moscow Variation against the Austrian master Hans Müller.
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Rossolimo – Romanenko · 1948 · 1–0
Bad Gastein 1948. One of Rossolimo's most famous miniatures — an 18-move king-hunt in his 3.Bb5 Sicilian, later annotated by Pal Benko as a model of romantic attacking chess.
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Rossolimo – Horowitz · 1948 · 1–0
New York–Paris match, 1948. An 18-move Scotch Gambit miniature that cut down the leading American master and editor I. A. Horowitz.
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Rossolimo – Bogoljubow · 1949 · 1–0
Oldenburg 1949. A win over Efim Bogoljubow, twice a World Championship challenger, in the French Tarrasch.
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Schmid – Rossolimo · 1949 · 0–1
Heidelberg 1949. A celebrated Rossolimo brilliancy from the Black side of a Closed Ruy Lopez, finished off in 28 moves against Lothar Schmid.
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Rossolimo – O'Kelly de Galway · 1949 · 1–0
Oldenburg 1949. A 24-move win over grandmaster Alberic O'Kelly de Galway in Rossolimo's fianchetto Sicilian.
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Rossolimo – Golombek · 1949 · 1–0
Venice 1949. A 22-move attacking win over the English master and writer Harry Golombek in a Nimzo-Indian.
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Rossolimo – Ojanen · 1949 · 1–0
Trencianske Teplice 1949. A 21-move Sicilian miniature against the Finnish champion Kaarle Ojanen.
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Rossolimo – Evans · 1950 · 1–0
London Christmas Congress, 1950. A 29-move Giuoco Piano win over Larry Evans, soon to be a multiple U.S. Champion.
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Rossolimo – Euwe · 1953 · 1–0
Beverwijk (Hoogovens) 1953. A win over former World Champion Max Euwe during the tournament Rossolimo swept by a point and a half.
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Rossolimo – Sherwin · 1955 · 1–0
U.S. Open 1955, Long Beach. A 16-move miniature against James Sherwin at the event Rossolimo won outright.
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Rossolimo – Bisguier · 1965 · 1–0
U.S. Championship 1965. A sharp 20-move win over former U.S. Champion Arthur Bisguier.
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Rossolimo – Reissmann · 1967 · 1–0
San Juan (Puerto Rico Open) 1967. Rossolimo's immortal: the brilliancy-prize Giuoco Piano crowned by 23.Qg6!!, a queen sacrifice echoing Marshall's famous Qg3 against Levitsky.
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Rossolimo – Bronstein · 1969 · 1–0
Monte Carlo 1969. A win over the legendary attacker David Bronstein in a Caro-Kann Exchange, one of Rossolimo's last great scalps.
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