[Event "New York sim"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1988.02.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.02.24"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Nc3 Qh6 14. h4 g5
15. Nxd5 Bd8 16. Rac1 gxh4 17. Rxc8 hxg3 18. Nf3 Nh2 19. Rfc1 Rxc8 20. Rxc8
Nxf3+ 21. exf3 gxf2+ 22. Kf1 Qd2 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Ne8+ Kh8 25. Qe4 Bh4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Durango"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O a6 8. Bb3
Nc6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bd2 b5 13. Rac1 c4 14. Bc2 Rd8 15.
a4 Rb8 16. Ne4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe5 19. axb5 axb5 20. b3 Nxf3+ 21.
Qxf3 Be6 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bb4 25. Bd4 h6 26. Qc2 Ba3 27.
Ra1 Bc5 28. Bc3 Bb4 29. Bd4 Bc5 30. Bb2 Qb6 31. Bc3 Be7 32. h3 Qb3 33. Qc1 Rd8
34. Bd4 Rc8 35. Rb1 Qa3 36. Qc2 c3 37. Bh7+ Kh8 38. Bf5 Bxf5 39. Qxf5 Rf8 40.
Rb7 Bd6 41. f4 Kg8 42. Qg4 g6 43. Qh4 Bc5 44. Be5 c2 45. Qxh6 Qxe3+ 46. Kh2
Qg1+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 (5... Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3
Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Rg1 $2 {As much as I like to push the g-pawn myself, I must
say that one should take care of the center first!!} Qa5 $5 10. f3 e5 11. Nde2
Be6 12. g4 (12. Qd2 Bxb3 13. cxb3 $15) 12... d5 $1 13. Bd2 (13. g5 d4) (13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rad8 $17) 13... dxe4 14. fxe4 Nxg4 $1 15. Bxe6 Bh4+ 16. Ng3
Qc5 $1 17. Rg2 Ne3 18. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Qe2 Qxe2+ 20. Ncxe2 fxe6 $17 {Suetin,
A-Galliamova Ivanchuk,A Nabereznye Chelny 1993}) 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Be3 Na5 10. Ba4+ $1 $146 {Michael Adams, of course, being Michael Adams,
had no clue what theory said of this position, but this is brilliant
improvisation!} Bd7 (10... b5 $4 11. Ncxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 $18) (10... Nd7 $2 11.
Qh5 $1 {White threatens Nxe6, and it is not easy to meet this threat. Mickey
told me after the game that this was indeed his idea.} Qc5 {Anand} (11... g6
12. Qh3 $16 {Nxe6 is looming}) 12. Nf5 $140 (12. Qh3 $1) 12... Qc7) (10... Nc6
11. Bb3 $10 (11. Nxc6 $5) (11. Bxc6+ $5)) 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 $6 (12...
b5 $2 13. b4 $1 Nc4 (13... Nc6 14. a4 $1) 14. a4 $1) (12... Be7 $10) 13. Rad1
Nc4 $6 14. Bc1 Be7 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 {My brilliant maneuver has misplaced my
knight at the cost of several tempi while allowing White to redeploy the
bishop very usefully.} Qc7 17. f4 O-O 18. Rd3 $16 g6 $5 {I thought I would get
mated if I didn't kick the knight back quickly!} 19. Kh1 $2 {Lazy} (19. f5 $1
e5 20. fxg6 $1 exd4 (20... hxg6 21. Nf5 $1 $40) 21. gxh7+ $44 {White's attack
is very strong.}) 19... e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nf3 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nd5
Nbxd5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Bxe5 Bd6 {White is better in this position, but with
accurate play Black can hold.} 26. Bb2 Nf4 $1 {Black needs to reorganize the
pieces to defend the weak long diagonal.} 27. Qe4 Ne6 28. c4 Bf8 29. Bf6 $1 {
Tying Black up some more.} Re8 30. Ne5 Ng7 $1 {A strange move, but the knight
is going to h5 to defend the weak f6 square.} 31. Qd5 Nh5 32. Ng4 Qf4 $1 33.
Qd1 (33. Rxf4 $4 Re1+) 33... Qe4 34. Bg5 f5 $1 $138 35. Nh6+ Bxh6 36. Bxh6 Qe6
$10 37. Qf3 Qe4 38. h3 Qxf3 39. Rxf3 Nf6 40. g4 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42. Kg3 $2 (
42. Kf1 Rxa2 43. gxf5 Kf7 $10 {White should take the draw now.}) 42... Kf7 43.
a4 (43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Rxf5 $4 Kg6 $19) 43... Ne4+ $17 {White has "the bishop",
but Black's pieces are stronger, and White's king and pawns are weak.} 44. Kh4
Kf6 45. gxf5 g5+ 46. Kh5 Rg2 $19 47. Rd3 Kf7 48. Bxg5 $8 (48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. Rxh7
$8 Nf6+ 50. Kg6 Nxh7 51. Kxh7 Kf7 $19) 48... Rxg5+ 49. Kh6 Rg3 50. Rxg3 Nxg3
51. b4 Nxf5+ 52. Kxh7 Nd6 53. c5 Ne4 54. h4 Nc3 55. h5 Nxa4 56. h6 Nc3 57. Kh8
Nd5 58. h7 Ne7 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wolff} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3
Be7 (7... Qc7 8. a4 (8. Qe2 b5 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. h4 Na5
13. Bc1 Nc4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 h6 16. Qh5 Bf5 $15 {Szalanczy,E-Loginov,V
Budapest Exp (01) 1993 0-1 50 -CBM 37}) 8... Be7 9. a5 O-O (9... Be6 10. Ng5
Bd7 11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. c4 Nd7 16. O-O O-O $10
{Ye Jiangchuan-Malisauskas,V Biel izt (07) 1993 1/2 25 -CBM 37}) 10. Be2 Nc6 (
10... Qc6 11. Qd3 h6 12. O-O Be6 13. Rfd1 Ng4 14. Bb6 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5
Qc8 17. Nd4 Nxb6 18. Nf5 Qd8 19. Qg3 Nd7 20. Qxg4 g6 21. Nxh6+ Kh7 22. Nf5 $16
{De la Villa Garcia-Kolev,AT Zaragoza 1993 1-0 66 -Inf.57/257}) 11. Bb6 Qd7 12.
Nd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. O-O Be6 16. Nc4 $146 Qe4 17. Ra4 Nb4 18.
Ne3 Qc6 19. c3 $14 {Nunn,J-Kuczynski,R BL9293 1993 1/2 41 -Inf.57/256}) 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Bb3 (11. Bd5 h6 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. a4 Rc8 14. h3
Qc7 15. Nh4 Nc4 16. Ng6 Rfe8 17. Bc1 Bd8 $15 {Edelman,D-Hellers,F New York
Hudson (06) 1993 0-1 41}) 11... h6 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe8 $1 $146 (13...
Qc7 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Nd5 (18. Qd3 b5 19.
Nxd6 b4 20. Na4 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxc2 $10) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. Qd2 f5 $15
{Kalesis,N-Hellers,F Biel izt (07) 1993 0-1 66 -CBM 37} (20... f5 {Wolff} 21.
f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Nf6 23. Qa5 Qb8 24. Qb6 Ne4 $132 {Kalesis,N-Hellers,F Biel (7)
})) 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 (15... Nxe4 {Wolff} 16. Nc7 Qc6 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18.
Ne1 $1 $14) 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Nd2 f5 $15 (17... Rc8 $5 {Wolff Smirin} 18. Nc4
$140 Bb5) 18. f4 Bf6 19. Qf2 g5 $1 $36 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd4 Qg6 22. Bxe5 dxe5
23. Nc4 Rae8 24. Qa7 g4 $40 25. hxg4 f4 $1 26. Qxb7 Qxg4 27. Rf1 e4 (27... f3
28. Ne3 $13) 28. Rae1 Rf6 29. Ne3 Qg7 30. Re2 Rf7 (30... fxe3 $2 31. Rxf6 Qxf6
32. Qxd7 Rf8 33. Qe6+ $18) 31. Nc4 f3 32. Ref2 Bh3 33. Qc6 Rc8 34. Qxa6 fxg2
$19 35. Re1 (35. Rxf7 gxf1=Q+ 36. Kh2 Qgg2#) 35... Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Rf8+ 37. Ke2
Rf1 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 (5. g3 g6 $1 6. Bg2 (6. Ne5
$2 Qd5 $1 7. Nxc6 (7. f3 b5) 7... Bd7 $19) 6... Nd7 $1) (5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 (6.
Ne5) 6... Bd6 $13) (5. Bg5 $5) 5... e6 $2 (5... Nd5) 6. Qxc4 Nb4 $5 7. Qb3 c5
8. e3 (8. dxc5 Bxc5 $10) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 (9. Nxd4 Be7 $10) 9... Be7 10. Bg5
Nc6 (10... Nbd5 $2 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Ne5 $16) 11. Rd1 O-O $10 12. Bd3 b6 13. a3
Bb7 14. Qc2 g6 15. Bh6 $6 (15. O-O Rc8 (15... Nxd4 $2 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Ba6
Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Bxa6 19. Ne4 Rfc8 (19... Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Qxe4 $18) 20. Qa4
Nxe4 21. Bxe7 Bb7 (21... Be2 22. Re1 $16) 22. f3 $16) 16. Qe2 $10) 15... Re8
16. Be3 $6 (16. O-O Nxd4 $5 (16... Rc8) 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Ba6 (18. Bxg6 $4 Qg4
$19) (18. Bb5 Qh4 19. Bxe8 Qxh6 20. Bb5 Nh5 $13) 18... Qh4 (18... Be4 $2 19.
Qe2 Qe5 20. Rfe1 $18) (18... Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxa6 20. Ne4 Rac8 $10) 19. Bxb7 Rab8
20. Bc6 Rec8 21. Bd7 Rc7 22. Bxe6 Qxh6 $10) 16... Rc8 17. O-O Bf8 $15 18. Qe2
Bg7 19. h3 Qc7 {/\ 20...e5, 20...Red8} 20. Bb5 Red8 21. Bg5 Ne7 $1 22. Ba6 Nf5
23. Rd2 h6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rfd1 Bg7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Ne5 Ne7 $6 (27... Qb8
$1 {Speelman,J} 28. f4 (28. Nf3 Ne7 $17) 28... Ne7 $17) 28. Ne4 Nd5 29. Qf3 Qc7
30. Re1 $1 $15 Qe7 31. Rdd1 Rc2 32. Rc1 Rdc8 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34. Qb3 Rc8 35. Nd2
Qc7 {(.)} 36. Ndf3 a6 (36... Qc2 37. Qb5 $132) 37. Qa4 Qb7 38. Qd1 Qc7 $6 (
38... Rc7) 39. Qe2 Qb7 (39... b5 $4 40. Nxg6 $1) 40. Qe4 Rc7 41. g3 Qc8 42. h4
$2 (42. Kg2 Rc2 43. Re2 $15) 42... Rc2 43. Re2 $2 Rxb2 44. Rxb2 Qc1+ 45. Kg2
Qxb2 46. Nxg6 Qxa3 47. Nf4 Nxf4+ (47... Qd6 48. Nh5 f5 49. Qc2 $132) 48. Qxf4
Qb4 (48... Qb3 49. Ne5 $5 (49. Qb8+ Bf8 50. Qa7 Qd5 $1 $19 {פf3}) 49... Qd5+
50. f3 f6 (50... Bxe5 51. dxe5 a5 52. Qg4+ $1 Kf8 (52... Kh7 53. Qf4 Qd7 54.
Qe4+ Kg7 55. Qg4+ Kf8 56. Qf4 $13) 53. Qf4 $13) (50... f5 51. g4 $1 Bxe5 52.
dxe5 $132) 51. Ng4 f5 (51... Qf5 52. Nxh6+ (52. Qxf5 exf5 53. Ne3 a5 54. d5 Bf8
55. Kf1 $17) 52... Bxh6 53. Qxh6 a5 54. g4 $132) 52. Ne5 $5 (52. Nxh6+ Kf8 $1 (
52... Kh7 53. Nf7 $132) 53. Qb8+ Ke7 $17) 52... Bxe5 53. dxe5 Kg7 54. g4) 49.
Qb8+ (49. Ne5 Bxe5 $1 50. Qxe5 Qa5 $1 51. Qf6 Qd5+ 52. Kh2 h5 $19) 49... Bf8
50. Qa7 a5 51. Ne5 Qe7 52. Qxb6 a4 53. Nd3 $6 a3 54. Nc5 (54. Nc1 Qd7) 54...
Qd6 55. Qxd6 Bxd6 56. Nb3 a2 $19 57. Kf3 Bb4 58. g4 Bc3 (58... Be1 $5) 59. Ke4
Kg7 60. h5 (60. g5 h5 $1 61. f4 a1=Q 62. Nxa1 Bxa1 63. d5 exd5+ 64. Kxd5 Bc3
65. f5 Be1 66. g6 f6) 60... Kf6 61. f4 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "PCA-op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 h6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. h3
c4 16. b4 cxb3 17. Bxb3 Qc7 18. Bb2 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 bxa4 20. Qxa4 d5 21. Qa5 Qxa5
22. Rxa5 dxe4 23. dxe4 Nd7 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 g6 26. Ra5 Rac8 27. Rd1 Re7
28. Rb1 Rc7 29. Nd2 Nf6 30. c4 Red7 31. Rb2 Rd4 32. f3 Nd7 33. Ngf1 Bc8 34. Ne3
Rb7 35. Rc2 Nb8 36. Rxe5 Be6 37. Ra5 Ra7 38. Nd5 Nc6 39. Rc5 Ne5 40. Nc7 Nd3
41. Nxe6 fxe6 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Nb3 Rdd7 44. c5 Rdc7 45. Rxc7+ Rxc7 46. Ra2 g5
47. Rd2 Nb4 48. Rd8 Kf6 49. Rh8 Nd3 50. Rxh6+ Ke5 51. Rg6 Rb7 52. Na5 Rb5 53.
Nc4+ Kf4 54. Kh2 g4 55. Rxg4# 1-0

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Be2 b5 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Kb1 b4 $6 (13... Qc7
$10) 14. Nce2 Qc7 15. g4 $14 e5 (15... d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ng3 $14)
16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 (17. gxf5 O-O 18. Rhg1 Kh7 19. Rg3 Rg8 $13) 17... e4 18.
Bg2 Na5 19. Bd4 Nc4 20. Qc1 (20. Qxb4 O-O $44) 20... Nxg4 21. Bxe4 Bf6 22. Rhg1
Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nf6 24. Rxg7 Kf8 25. Rg1 $2 (25. Rg3 Rg8 26. Bd3 $14) 25... Rg8
$1 $13 26. Bd3 (26. Rgd1 $5) 26... Rxg1 27. Nxg1 d5 28. Nf3 Qc5 $44 29. Qd1 (
29. Qe1 $5) 29... Nd6 $1 $15 30. Qe1 a5 31. Qh4 Ke7 32. Qe1+ (32. Qxh6 $2 Nb5
$19) 32... Nde4 33. Ka1 Kf8 34. Qh4 Kg7 35. Qe1 Kh7 36. Qe3 a4 37. Qe1 b3 (
37... Rb8 $5) 38. c3 (38. axb3 $1 axb3 39. cxb3 $44) 38... a3 $17 39. axb3
axb2+ 40. Kxb2 Nxc3 41. Ba6 Rc7 42. Bc4 (42. b4 Qa7 43. b5 Qc5 $17) 42... Nfe4
43. Bxd5 Ra7 $2 (43... Nxd5 44. Rc4 $8 Qf2+ 45. Qxf2 Nxf2 $17) (43... Qa7 $1
44. Qa1 Qxa1+ 45. Kxa1 Ra7+ $19) 44. b4 Nd1+ $4 45. Rxd1 1-0

