Nikolai Krogius
Notable Games

Nikolai Krogius

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Notable Games

  • 1949 Krogius, Nikolai V vsLevenfish, Grigory 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation 54 moves URS-ch17 Semifinal USSR Championship semi-final, Leningrad 1949, Krogius's first good result in master company, against Grigory Levenfish, twice champion of the USSR. 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Qxf6 wins a pawn, the queens come off with 18.Qxe7+, and the d-pawn runs from d5 to d8: 50.d8=Q Nxd8 51.Rxd8 leaves White a knight ahead.
  • 1951 Krogius, Nikolai V vsShamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovich 1-0 Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 30 moves RUS-ch Russian Championship, Yaroslavl 1951, against Leonid Shamkovich, another rising young master. The white knights reach c6 and d6 with 19.Nc6 and 23.Nxd6, 25.Rxb6 and 27.Rxf7 break in, and 30.Ne8 ends the game.
  • 1953.09.23 Krogius, Nikolai V vsBorisenko, Georgy Konstantinov 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation 20 moves URS-chT Republics 03 Final Soviet team championship final, Leningrad 1953, against Georgy Borisenko in the Najdorf Sicilian. White castles long; 13.Nf5 gxf5 14.Rxh5 breaks up the black kingside, and after 18.Bxb6 Bxb2+ 19.Kb1 Rb8 20.Bb5+ Borisenko resigns.
  • 1956.12.07 Krogius, Nikolai V vsKorchnoi, Viktor Lvovich 1-0 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation 31 moves URS-ch24 Semifinal USSR Championship semi-final, Tbilisi 1956, against Viktor Korchnoi, who went on to win the USSR Championship in 1960, 1962 and 1964/65. In the Tarrasch French 22.Qxa7 takes a pawn, 28.Nxg7 takes another, and 30.Nh6+ Kg7 31.Nf7 ends the game.
  • 1958.02.11 Taimanov, Mark E vsKrogius, Nikolai V 0-1 Modern Defense: Averbakh System 40 moves URS-ch25 Final USSR Championship, Riga 1958, Krogius's first Soviet final, with Black against Mark Taimanov in the Averbakh System of the Modern Defense. Taimanov gives up the exchange with 27.Rb5 Nxb5 28.Bxb5, 29...Rb1+ and 30...Rxh1 take the other white rook, and Taimanov resigns after 40...Rf2+.
  • 1958 Nezhmetdinov, Rashid vsKrogius, Nikolai V 0-1 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Delayed Exchange 22 moves URS-ch26 Semifinal USSR Championship semi-final, Rostov-on-Don 1958, with Black against the attacking player Rashid Nezhmetdinov. After 15.g4 gxf5 16.exf5 Ng7 17.gxh5 the g-file is open in front of the white king, 20...Qxh3 arrives, 21...Rxd4 wins back a knight, and Nezhmetdinov resigns after 22...Rg4.
  • 1959.01.13 Keres, Paul vsKrogius, Nikolai V 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack 80 moves URS-ch26 Final USSR Championship, Tbilisi 1959, with Black against Paul Keres, who finished second in the Candidates Tournament later that year. After 79.Bxf6 Kxf6 Black has rook and bishop against rook, and Keres resigns after 80...Rxf5, in a game of 80 moves.
  • 1960.02.03 Krogius, Nikolai V vsGeller, Efim P 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation 27 moves URS-ch27 Final USSR Championship, Leningrad 1960, against Efim Geller, the 1955 Soviet champion, in the Richter-Rauzer Sicilian. The black king goes to the queenside, 23.Nxa5 and 24.Qxb4 open lines against it, and 27.Bb7+ ends the game with the king on a6.
  • 1964 Krogius, Nikolai V vsGheorghiu, Florin 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation 40 moves Chigorin Memorial-04 Chigorin Memorial, Sochi 1964, which Krogius won outright with 11/15 to earn the grandmaster title, against Florin Gheorghiu. 21.e5 opens the center, 24.Nxc7 wins the black queen, and after 27.Rxd7 Kxd7 28.Bxc6+ Kxc6 29.Qe4+ the white queen chases the king until 40.b4+.
  • 1965 Krogius, Nikolai V vsJansa, Vlastimil 1-0 Indian Defense: West Indian Defense 36 moves Chigorin Memorial-05 Chigorin Memorial, Sochi 1965, against Vlastimil Jansa. The queens come off at move 12, 22.Nxe7+ wins a pawn, and the b-pawn runs from b3 to b7; 34.Rd8+ Bxd8 35.Bc3+ Kg8 36.Bxb2 then wins the black rook.
  • 1967.01.13 Krogius, Nikolai V vsBronstein, David Ionovich 1-0 Modern Defense 33 moves URS-ch34 Final USSR Championship, Tbilisi 1966/67, against David Bronstein in the Modern Defense. 28.Bxf5 gxf5 and 29.axb6 axb6 open the a-file, and after 32.Nb5 Rxa2 33.Qxa2 Bronstein resigns.
  • 1969.09.05 Krogius, Nikolai V vsBobotsov, Milko Georgiev 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation, Benoni Defense 28 moves Varna-08 Varna 1969, a tournament Krogius won ahead of Vlastimil Hort, against Milko Bobotsov, the first Bulgarian grandmaster. 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Rg3 and 21.Nxh6+ go after the black king, and 27.Qxf6 Qe4 28.Rf3 ends the game.
  • 1970 Krogius, Nikolai V vsChernikov, Oleg L 1-0 Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Center Variation 31 moves URS Games Russian Championship, Kuibyshev 1970, where Krogius finished second behind Anatoly Karpov, against Oleg Chernikov in Petrov's Defense. 14.Nxf7 Rxf7 15.Re8+ and 17.Bxg6 hxg6 break open the black king, 20.Re8 Qxe8 21.Qxe8+ leaves the white queen against rook, bishop and knight, and the kingside pawns decide: 27.h5, 28.f5, 30.g5 and 31.g6.
  • 1970.12.30 Krogius, Nikolai V vsKeene, Raymond 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen Defense 46 moves Christmas Congress 1970/71-46 Premier Hastings 1970/71, against Raymond Keene, one of the strongest of the rising British players, in the Fianchetto King's Indian. 33.Rxe4 fxe4 gives up the exchange, 35.Nxe4 Rxe4 36.Bxe4 follows, and the f-pawn reaches f8: 41.f8=Q+ Bxf8 42.Rxf8+.
  • 1975.07 Balashov, Yuri S vsKrogius, Nikolai V 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Traditional Variation 34 moves URS-chT Republics 13th final A Soviet team championship, Riga 1975, with Black against Yuri Balashov in the Richter-Rauzer Sicilian. 22...Bxh4 takes a pawn, 25...Bxe3 and 26...e4 open the center, 27...Qb2 reaches the white king, and Balashov resigns after 34...Qg2+.
  • 1993 Krogius, Nikolai V vsFrom, Sigfred 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation 39 moves Wch Seniors 03rd World Senior Championship, Bad Wildbad 1993, where Krogius shared first place with 8½/11. Against Sigfred From, 24.Nxh7+ wins a pawn, the knight goes on to f6, e8 and d6, and 38.Qf6+ Kh7 39.Nf7 ends the game.
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