[Event "Irkutsk"] [Site "Siberia"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Palatnik"] [Black "Timoshchenko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A21"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1983.??.??"] {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Qd2 Be6 7. e4 h5 8. h4 g6 9. b3 Bh6 10. f4 Ne5 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Nge2 Neg4 13. O-O Re8 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Rae1 a6 16. Nd4 b5 {last book move. Black has a cramped position} 17. Nf3 (17. Nd5 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb8 $11) 17... bxc4 $11 18. Ng5 cxb3 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nh7 {Black threatens to win material: Nh7xg5} 21. Bxa8 Nxg5 22. hxg5 Bxg5 {White wins a rook} 23. Qd5 Be6 { In the style of Nimzovich} 24. Qxd8 {White pins: Qd8xe8} Rxd8 25. Bf3 bxa2 26. Ne4 {White threatens to win material: Ne4xg5} Be3+ 27. Kg2 Rb8 28. Ba1 { The white bishop is safe in front of a2} Ba7 29. Nf6+ Nxf6 30. exf6 Bc4 { Black threatens to win material: Bc4xf1} (30... Bc5 $5 $11) 31. Rh1 $14 Be6 32. Rc1 {White threatens to win material: Rc1xc7} Be3 (32... Bb6 33. Rcd1 Bb3 34. Rd3 $16) 33. Rxc7 $16 Rb1 (33... a5 34. Rb7 Rc8 35. Be4 $16) 34. Rc2 (34. Rc6 $142 $18) 34... g5 $4 {cause more grief} (34... a5 35. Be4 $16) 35. Bc3 (35. Rb2 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Rxb2+ 36. Bxb2 h4 $18) 35... g4 $4 { Black gets more space} (35... h4 $142 $14 {is the best option Black has}) 36. Be4 $18 Rb3 $2 (36... h4 37. gxh4 Rxh1 38. Kxh1 $18) 37. Ba1 (37. Rd1 $142 { keeps an even firmer grip} Rb8 38. Be5 Re8 $18) 37... Rb4 38. Bc6 Rb6 (38... Bd4 39. Bxd4 Rxd4 40. Kf2 $18) 39. Rd1 (39. Rxh5 $142 {might be the shorter path} Rb1 40. Rh1 $18) 39... Kh7 $4 {leading to a quick end} (39... Bf5 $142 40. Re2 Rxc6 41. Rxe3 Kh7 $18) 40. Be4+ $18 Kh6 41. Re2 Rb3 42. Rxa2 Rb4 43. Bd5 Rb1 (43... Bxd5+ {hardly improves anything} 44. Rxd5 Rb1 45. Rxa6 Rg1+ 46. Kh2 $18) 44. Bxe6 (44. Rxb1 $6 {is a bad alternative} Bxd5+ 45. Kh2 Bxa2 $11) 44... Rxd1 45. Bxf7 h4 (45... Rg1+ {there is nothing better in the position} 46. Kh2 Rd1 $18) 46. gxh4 Rg1+ 47. Kh2 g3+ (47... Rc1 {doesn't change anything anymore} 48. Be8 Bc5 49. Rxa6 $18) 48. Kh3 g2 (48... Rh1+ 49. Kxg3 Bb6 50. Rxa6 Bc5 $18) 49. Ra5 Kh7 50. Bd4 $1 {Mate attack} (50. Bd4 Rh1+ 51. Kxg2 Rg1+ 52. Kf3 Rg5 53. hxg5 Bc1 54. g6+ Kh6 55. g7 Bg5 56. g8=Q Bxf6 57. Rh5#) 1-0