1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. f4 Nc6 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Qd3 Ng4 11. Bg1 f5 12. O-O-O fxe4 13. Qc4+ Kh8 14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. N2c3 Nf6 16. Ng5 Bg4 17. Rf1 Rae8 18. Bf2 Be6

“If 18... Be2 19. Nxe2 Qxe2 20. Nf7+ Kg8 21. Nxd6+ so Black is in trouble.”

[RR Engines find the startling 18... d5!!= (19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 h6 21. Ne4 (21. Nf3? Qb4) 21... Rf5 22. Qb3 Be2 23. c3 Na5 24. Qc2 Bxf1 25. Rxf1=).]

19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 a6 23. h3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Kd2 Nf6 26. b3 Kg8 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Bxd5+ Kf8 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Kd3 c5 31. g4 Kf7 32. Ke4 c6 33. Bg3?

“Better 33. f5 with the idea 33... gxf5+ 34. Kxf5.”

33... d5+! 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. Bf2 Bf8 36. Be1 Be7

Black offered a draw.

37. Bd2 Bd8 38. Bc1 Bf6 39. g5 Bg7 40. Kg4 d4

White 2.25; Black 2.28.

[RR 40... Bc3=.]

41. h4

Sealed move.

41... Kd5 42. f5 gxf5+?

[RR The losing move. 42... c4= or 42... Bf8=.]

43. Kxf5 c4 44. bxc4+

“Otherwise 44... c3=.”

44... Kxc4 45. Ke6

{ “I had only analyzed 45. Bb2 Kd5=.

or 45. Bd2 d3 46. cxd3+ Kxd3 47. Bc1 c5 48. Ke6 Ke4!=([ RR Actually 48... Ke4? loses, but Black draws via (48... c4! ) ] ) .”

45... Kc3 46. Bf4 Kxc2 47. Kf7 Be5 48. Bxe5 d3 49. Bf4 c5 50. Kg7 c4 51. Kxh7 c3 52. g6 d2 53. g7 d1=Q 54. g8=Q Kb2

“Sadly if 54... Qh5+ 55. Bh6 Qxh4 56. Qb3+ Kd3 57. Qd1+ and Qa4+ wins the queen.”

55. Qc4 Qh5+ 56. Kg7 Qg4+ 57. Kf8 Qf5+ 58. Ke7 c2

Sealed move.

59. Kd6 Qf6+ 60. Kd5 Qf7+ 61. Kc5 Qf8+ 62. Kb6 Qf6+ 63. Ka5 Qd8+ 64. Kxa6 Qa8+ 65. Kb6 Qd8+ 66. Kb5 Qe8+ 67. Qc6 Qe2+ 68. Ka4 Kxa2 69. Qd5+

White: 3.59; Black 4.15.

1-0

Annotator(s): Alan Ludgate (excerpted above); Jack Killane (see Source).

Source(s): Alan Ludgate scoresheet; Sunday Independent, September 12, 1982 p. 8 (Jack Killane).

Event information: Tournament report.