1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Nf3 Na6 11.O-O Rb8 12.Be3 Nf6 13.Kh1 Nc7 14.Bf2 b5 15.Bh4 b4 16.Nb1 Qd7 17.Nbd2

17...Nh5 18.Ng5 Bxb2 19.Rb1 Bf6 20.f5 h6 21.Ngf3 Bg7 22.Ng1 Nf6 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.e5 Nfxd5 25.Rxf8+ Bxf8 26.exd6 Qxd6 27.Ne4 Qe6 28.Bg3 c4 29.Bxc4 Qxe4 30.Bxc7 Qxc4 31.Bxb8 Bb7 32.Nf3 Nc3 33.Qc1 Bxf3 34.gxf3 Qd3 35.Rb2 Qxf3+ 36.Rg2 Bc5 37.Bg3 Be3 38.Qe1 h5 39.Bf2 Nd5 40.Qb1 Nf4 41.Qb3+ Kg7 42.Qb2+ Kh6 43.Bxe3 Qxe3 0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nxe4 5.cxd6 Nxd6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Qd5 Bg6 10.O-O-O

10...Bxc2 11.Nd4 Bxd1 12.Nxc6 Qc8 13.Nxe7 Bxe7 14.Bxd6 O-O 15.Bxe7 Re8 16.Bc4 Bh5 17.Bh4 Bg6 18.Bb5 Re4 19.Bg3 a6 20.Bd7 Qc4 21.Qxc4 Rxc4 22.Re1 b5 23.a3 h5 24.Be5 Rd8 25.Rd1 Kh8 26.g4 f6 27.Bg3 Be8 28.Bxe8 Rxe8 29.gxh5 Kh7 30.Rd5 Ree4 31.Kd2 Red4+ 32.Rxd4 Rxd4+ 33.Ke3 Rc4 34.Kd3 Rc5 35.Kd4 Rc4+ 36.Kd3 Rc5 37.b4 Rxh5 38.h4 Kg6 39.Kd4 Rf5 40.Ke4 Rh5 41.Nd5 Kf7 42.Nc7 Rh6 43.Kd5 g5 44.hxg5 fxg5 45.Kc5 Ke7 46.Nd5+ Kd7 47.Nc7 Rc6+ 48.Kd5 g4 49.Ke4 Kc8 50.Kf5 Kb7 51.Kxg4 Rc3 52.Ne6 Rxa3 53.Bc7 Kc6 54.Ba5 Ra2 55.f4 Kd5 56.Ng5 Rg2+ 57.Kf5 Ra2 58.Kg6 Rxa5 59.bxa5 b4 60.f5 b3 61.Nf3 b2 62.Nd2 Kd4 63.f6 Kd3 64.Nb1 1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nfd7 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Qd3 h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.Be2 Qc7 16.Rhe1 Nc5 17.Qh3 b4 18.Nb5 axb5 19.Bxb5+ Bc6 20.Qf3

Most of Polugaevsky's rivals had mentally chalked up a zero for him as ...Rc8 is impossible, but Polugaevsky has prepared a fine resource   20...Nb3+! (20...Rc8 21.Qxc6+ leads to mate ) 21.Kb1? Already a decisive mistake ( after 21.axb3 Black's attack is dangerous but White should be able to defend - analysis suggested a draw as the most likely result ) 21...Na5 22.Rd4 Rc8 23.Red1 g5 24.Bxc6+ Qxc6 25.Qd3 Be7 26.Be1 O-O 27.Bxb4 Bxb4 28.Rxb4 Nc4 29.b3 Nxe5 30.Qe2 Qc3 31.Re4 Nc6 32.Rd3 Qa5 33.Rh3 Nb4 34.c4 Rfd8 35.a4 Qf5 36.Rf3 Qg6 37.Kb2 Qg7+ 38.Kb1 Rc6 39.c5 Nd5 40.Rc4 Nf4 41.Qb2 Rd1+ 42.Ka2 Qf8 43.Rfc3 Qd8 44.Rc2 Nd3 45.Qc3 Qd5 46.Ka3 Ne5 47.Rb4 Rd3 48.Rb8+ Kg7 49.Qb4 Rd1 50.Ka2 Ra6 51.Rb6 Rd4 52.Qxd4 Qxd4 53.Rxa6 Qd3 0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Nb3 b6 12.Bf3 Bb7 13.Qe1 Rac8 14.Be3 Rfe8 15.Rc1 Nd7 16.g4 Na5 17.Nxa5 bxa5 18.Bd2 Nc5 19.b3 Qb8 20.Qe2 Qa8 21.g5 d5 22.exd5 exd5 23.Qg2 Ne4

24.Nb1 Nxd2 25.Qxd2 Bb4 26.c3 d4! 27.cxb4 Bxf3+ 28.Kg1 Re2 29.Rxf3 Rxd2 30.Rxc8+ Qxc8 31.Nxd2 Qc1+ 32.Nf1 axb4 33.Kg2 Qc2+ 34.Kg3 Kf8 0-1

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.b3 O-O 10.Ba3 Na6 11.Rfd1 Nc5 12.Rac1 a6 13.b4 Ncd7 14.Bb2 Qb8 15.Nd2 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Rc8 17.f3 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Qd3 Ne5 20.Qxb5 Qa7 21.e4 Qe3 22.Qf1 g5 23.Rc2

23...Rxa2! 24.Nd5 Rxc2 25.Nxe3 Rcxb2 26.Qe2 g4 27.f4 Nxe4 28.Nef1 Nxd2 29.Rxd2 Rxd2 30.Nxd2 Nf3 31.Qc4 Rxd2+ 32.Kf1 Bf6 0-1

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 c5 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Be3 Nfd7 9.Nge2 Nc6 10.O-O-O b6 11.f4 Bb7 12.g3 Na5 13.b3 e6 14.Bh3 Ke7 15.f5 Be5 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Bf4 Nc6 18.Nb5 Nf6

19.Rd6!? Bxd6 20.Bxd6+ Kf7 21.Rf1 e5 22.Bd7 Nb4 23.Nc7 Rad8 24.Be6+ Kg7 25.Be7 Nxe4 26.Bd5 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Rxd5! 28.g4 (28.Nxd5 Nxd5 29.Bh4 g5 -+ ) 28...Rc8 29.Nxd5 Nxd5 30.Bh4 c4 31.Kb2 c3+ 32.Ka3 Ne3 33.Rg1 Nc2+ 34.Ka4 Nd4 0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Nc6 10.Kh1 b6 11.Bg5 Nb4 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Bg4 Rc6 16.Qe2 Qc7 17.Nc1 Rd8 18.Nd3

18...Rxc3 19.bxc3 Na2 20.Ra1 Nxc3 21.Qe3 Bxe4 22.f4 Bb7 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Rae1 Qc6 25.Qg3 Ne4 26.Rxe4 Qxe4 27.Rxf6 Qxg2+ 28.Qxg2 Bxg2+ 29.Kxg2 gxf6 30.Be2 Rd4 31.Nb2 Rd2 32.Kf2 Rxc2 33.Nc4 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Na3 Ra2 36.Nxb5 Kg7 37.Nd6 Kg6 38.Nc4 e4 39.Ke3 f5 40.Bf1 Rxh2 41.Nd6 Ra2 0-1

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Na2 b5 12.Bd3 Ba5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Bb7 15.Rd1 Rab8 16.dxc5 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nxc5 18.b4 Nb3 19.Rb1 Qe5 20.bxa5 Rxb5 21.Kh1 Qb8 22.Ba3 Rc8

23.Bd6 Qb7 24.a6 Qb6 25.Bc7 Qc6 26.a7 h6 27.Bb8 Nd7 28.Rd6 Qb7 29.Rxd7 Qxd7 30.a8=Q Rbxb8 31.Qe4 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.e4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 c5 14.O-O Rc8 15.Qb1 Qc7 16.a4 Rfd8 17.Rc1 Bc6 18.Be3 Qb7 19.Nd2 Nb8 20.f3 Bg5 21.f4 Be7 22.Nc4 cxd4 23.cxd4 Na6 24.Ne5 Nb4 25.Nxc6 Rxc6 26.Qb3 Rdc8 27.Rxc6 Rxc6 28.Bd2

28...Qd7! 29.d5 Nxd3 30.Qxd3 exd5 31.Kh1 (31.exd5 Rc5 ) 31...Rc4 32.exd5 Rc5 33.Be3 Rxd5 34.Qc2 Rd3 35.Bg1 Qd5 36.Re1 Rd2 37.Qc8+ Kh7 38.Qg4 f5 39.Qh3 Bf6 40.Rf1 Qe4 41.a5 bxa5 42.Bxa7 Rd3 0-1

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 Nf6 6.b3 Be6 7.e4 a5 8.Nge2 a4 9.Rb1 axb3 10.axb3 g6 11.g3 Bg7 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Nd7 14.Nd5 Nc5 15.b4 Na4 16.Qc2 Ne5 17.Nef4 Bd7 18.Re1 c6 19.Ne3 Ng4 20.Rb3 Qe7 21.Rd1 Nxe3 22.Bxe3 Bg4 23.Rd2 g5 24.Ne2 Bxe2 25.Rxe2 Qf6 26.Rd2 Nc3 27.h3 b5 28.cxb5 cxb5 29.Kh2 Rac8

30.Bd4 Qxd4 31.Rxd4 Bxd4 32.Qd2 Bf6 33.Qxd6 Bg7 34.e5 Rfd8 35.Rxc3 1-0

1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Nxe4 7.Qe3 d5 8.dxe5 Nc6 9.Na3 Bf5 10.Nc2 Ng5 11.Nxg5 Bxc2 12.e6 Bf5 13.exf7+ Kf8 14.O-O-O d4 15.Qf4 Qe7 16.g4 h6 17.Nh3 Be6 18.Re1 g5 19.Qg3 Qxf7 20.b3 a5 21.Bg2

21...Bxc4 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.bxc4 Qxc4+ 24.Kb1 d3 25.Qe5 Rb8+ 26.Ka1 Rh7 27.Re4 Qc2 28.Rhe1 Kg8 29.Qe6+ Rf7 30.Qg6+ (White won on time - but it's mate in 5) 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Qd2 a6 8.a4 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.a5 Be6 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.b4 Bf8 14.c5 Ne8 15.Nb6 Nxb6 16.axb6 Nf6 17.Nh3 a5 18.Rxa5 Rxa5 19.bxa5 Nd7 20.Ng5 Bb3 21.Kd2 h6 22.Kc3 Ba2 23.Kb2 Ra8! 24.a6 hxg5 25.axb7 Rb8 (25...Ra4? 26.Bb5! ) (25...Ra5 26.Bc4! ) 26.Kxa2 Bxc5 27.Bxc5 Nxc5 28.Be2 Rxb7 29.Rc1 Nd7 30.Rxc6 Nxb6 31.Ba6 Rb8 32.Kb1 Nd5+ 33.Kc1 Nf4 34.g3 Ne6 35.Bc4 Nd4

36.Rc7? (36.Rxg6+ Kh7 ( or 36...Kf8 37.Bxf7 Kxf7 38.Rxg5 and f4 ) 37.Bxf7 Rf8 38.Rxg5 Rxf7 39.Rxe5 ) 36...Rf8 37.f4 gxf4 38.gxf4 exf4 39.Kd1 Nf3 40.Ke2 Ne5 41.Rc5 Re8 42.Bb5 Re7 0-1