Peter Romanovsky
Notable Games

Peter Romanovsky

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  • 1909.02.28 Alekhine, Alexander vsRomanovsky, Peter Arsenievich 0-1 Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation 41 moves All Russian-ch06 Amateur All-Russian Amateur Tournament, St Petersburg 1909, round 10, against the future World Champion Alexander Alekhine in the Vienna Game. 8...b5 9.Nxc5 bxc4 trades off the bishops, 17...Nxe4 wins a pawn, White gives up pieces with 23.Bxh6+ and 35.Rb6+ in pursuit of the black king, and 41...Rh6 blocks the last check to end the game.
  • 1909.03.07 Viakhirev, Apollon vsRomanovsky, Peter Arsenievich 0-1 Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation 43 moves All Russian-ch06 Amateur All-Russian Amateur Tournament, St Petersburg 1909, round 15, against Apollon Viakhirev in the Vienna Game. 9...b5 10.cxb5 Qa5 11.bxc6 Rb8 gives up two pawns to open the b-file, 18...Nxe4 regains the second pawn, 41...Rxg5 42.hxg5 Qxe2+ wins a piece, and 43...Qg2+ ends the game.
  • 1914 Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich vsFlamberg, Alexander Dawidowic 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Open 16 moves Triberg 1914/15 Triberg 1914/15, one of the tournaments of the Russian players interned in Germany, against Alexander Flamberg in the Open Ruy Lopez. 13.Ra6 Qd7 14.Nd4 Nxe5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Rxe6 ends the game in 16 moves.
  • 1920.10.05 Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich vsIlyin Zhenevsky, Alexander 1-0 Caro-Kann Defense 36 moves URS-ch01 Final First USSR Championship, Moscow 1920, round two, against Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky in the Caro-Kann. After 14.O-O-O the black queen takes two pawns with 21...Qxh2 and 22...Qxg2, 26.Rg1 Qh2 27.Rh1 chases it, 29.Rxh2 Rxe5 30.dxe5 takes the queens off, and 36.Rd6 ends the game.
  • 1923.07 Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich vsVilner, Yakov S 1-0 Alekhine Defense 29 moves URS-ch02 Final Second USSR Championship, Petrograd 1923, round eight, against Yakov Vilner in the Alekhine Defense. 14.g4 opens the kingside, 23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.Bxc5 gives up a knight, 26.Bxb5 Nxb5 27.Rxd8 wins the queen for a rook, and 29.Qxc7 ends the game.
  • 1924.09.02 Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich vsGrigoriev, Nikolay Dmitrievich 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation 32 moves URS-ch03 Final Third USSR Championship, Moscow 1924, round eight, against Nikolai Grigoriev in the Closed Sicilian. 11.f5 and 16.fxg6 open the f-file, 24.Be6 fxe6 25.Qf8+ Kd7 26.Qg8 brings the queen into Black's camp, 27.Qxh7 wins a rook, and 32.Rxb7+ ends the game.
  • 1925.01 Bogoljubov, Efim vsRomanovsky, Peter Arsenievich 0-1 Three Knights Opening 21 moves Leningrad National with Bogoljubow Leningrad 1925, in the tournament held with Efim Bogoljubov, against Bogoljubov in the Three Knights Opening. 12...O-O-O and 13...d5 open the center, 15...Qa3 16.bxc6 Qxc3+ gives up a knight to attack the king, and after 18...Rxd3 19.Rxd3 Qxd3+, 21...Rd8 ends the game in 21 moves.
  • 1925.11.19 Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich vsRomanovsky, Peter Arsenievich 0-1 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Spielmann Variation, Romanovsky Gambit 21 moves Moscow International-01 Moscow International 1925, round eight, against Ilya Rabinovich in the Romanovsky Gambit of the Nimzo-Indian. After White castles queenside with 9.O-O-O, 14...Nd3+ 15.Bxd3 Bxd3 opens the attack, 17...Ba3 18.exf6 Qc5 leaves the knight to bring the queen to the c-file, and 21...Qf5 ends the game in 21 moves.
  • 1925.11.26 Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich vsTorre Repetto, Carlos 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Closed 31 moves Moscow International-01 Moscow International 1925, round 13, against Carlos Torre in the Closed Ruy Lopez. 18.e5 d5 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 gives up a knight against the black king, 22.Bxd8 Raxd8 wins the queen for a bishop, 23.Rxe4 dxe4 24.Qg3+ returns the exchange, and 31.Qxb4+ ends the game.
  • 1927.07 Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich vsBotvinnik, Mikhail 1-0 Réti Opening: Advance Variation 69 moves Leningrad Six Players 2R Leningrad six-player tournament 1927 against the future World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik in the Réti Opening. 20.Nd6 Bb3 21.Qc1 cxd6 22.Bxc6 gives up the knight, 23.cxd6 and 24.d7 push the new pawn to the seventh rank, 26.Qxf8+ Qxf8 27.Bxf8 leads to an ending, and after 64.Rxc2 bxc2 65.Kxc2 the king and pawn ending ends with 69.Kd4.
  • 1927.07 Ragozin, Viacheslav vsRomanovsky, Peter Arsenievich 0-1 Zukertort Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Variation 24 moves Leningrad Six Players 2R Leningrad six-player tournament 1927 against Viacheslav Ragozin in the Zukertort Opening. 16...e4 opens the long diagonal, 18...Rxf2 and 19...Nxb4 take two pawns, 20...Rxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Qxg3+ gives up the rook to reach the king, and 24...Qxh3+ ends the game in 24 moves.
  • 1927.10 Nenarokov, Vladimir Ivanovich vsRomanovsky, Peter Arsenievich 0-1 Indian Defense: Knights Variation 48 moves URS-ch05 Final Fifth USSR Championship, Moscow 1927, round 13, against Vladimir Nenarokov. 20...h5 21.f3 h4 and 22...g5 send the kingside pawns forward, 26...h3 27.g4 fxg3 opens the white king, 42...Bxf4 43.gxf4 Rxf4 gives up the bishop for two pawns, and 48...Rg1+ ends the game.
  • 1934.08.28 Kmoch, Hans vsRomanovsky, Peter Arsenievich 0-1 Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation 45 moves Leningrad with Euwe and Kmoch Leningrad 1934, the tournament held with Max Euwe and Hans Kmoch, round nine, against Kmoch in the Queen's Indian. 11...b5 12.Ne5 b4 gains space, 18...e5 takes the center, 35...b3 36.axb3 Nxb3 opens the queenside, 38...Bxc4 39.Bxc4 Nd2+ wins a pawn with a knight fork, and 45...a6 ends the game.
  • 1935.02.15 Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich vsStahlberg, Gideon 1-0 Zukertort Opening 62 moves Moscow International-02 Second Moscow International Tournament, 1935, round one, against Gideon Stahlberg in the Zukertort Opening. 22.b4 opens the queenside, 31.Ra5 and 33.Ra8 take the rook to the eighth rank, the white king walks up the board with 53.Ke4 and 54.Kf5, 55.Qxc5+ wins a pawn, and 62.Qd7 ends the game.
  • 1935.03.14 Menchik, Vera vsRomanovsky, Peter Arsenievich 0-1 Amar Opening 35 moves Moscow International-02 Second Moscow International Tournament, 1935, round 19, against the reigning Women's World Champion Vera Menchik. 27...Bf3 28.gxf3 Qxf4 gives up the bishop for a knight and opens the white king, 32...Re1+ 33.Rxe1 Rxe1+ breaks in on the back rank, and 35...Rg1+ ends the game.
  • 1943.12 Zagoriansky, Evgeny vsRomanovsky, Peter Arsenievich 0-1 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 63 moves Moscow Moscow 1943 against Evgeny Zagoriansky in the Nimzo-Indian. 37...Rxe3+ 38.Bxe3 Rxe3+ gives up the exchange for a pawn, 46...Nxb3 47.Rxb3 a4 leaves a rook ending with two queenside passed pawns, 61...Rxg7+ 62.Kxg7 gives up the rook for the last white pawn, and 63...b2 ends the game.
  • 1945 Baturinsky, Victor Davidovich vsRomanovsky, Peter Arsenievich 0-1 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation 34 moves URS-ch14 Semifinal 14th USSR Championship semifinal, Moscow 1945, round three, against Viktor Baturinsky in the Classical Nimzo-Indian. 12...a5 breaks up the queenside pawns, 24...Rc2 reaches the second rank, 25...Nxb5 26.Bxb5 Rd8 27.Qa4 Rxb2 trades the knight for bishop and pawn, 31...Rd1+ 32.Rxd1 Qxc4 is the final combination, and 34...Qc3+ ends the game.
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