[Event "Simultaneous Exhibition"] [Site "Luton"] [Date "1976.01.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Black "Montgomery, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Montgomery, Peter"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "1938"] [PlyCount "26"] [EventDate "1976.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.02.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {I was playing against a King’s Gambit in a correspondence game (although it was a different line) so had some idea on recent theory but after the first 4 or 5 moves it was “playing by ear”. Korchnoi had recently revised an edited a book on the Kings Gambit and although he almost never used it in tournament play he would consider it to be a useful weapon in simultaneous displays.} exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. d4 cxd5 7. c5 Be7 8. Bxf4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bg4 11. O-O Ne4 12. h3 Bxf3 (12... Nxd4 {was playable. e.g.} 13. hxg4 Nxc3 14. Qxd4 Nxb5 {black wins a pawn but the position is wide open with lines of attack against the black king.}) 13. Rxf3 (13. gxf3 Ng5 14. Be3 {is okay for white but Kortschnoy seems to have forgotten what was in the book.}) 13... Nxd4 {And Kortschnoj resigned. [14.Ba4 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Bxc5+ 16.Kh1 Nxc3 seems best for white but black is the equivalent of a whole piece ahead.] Kortschnoj played 33 games in the simultaneous. Won 31 Drew 1 (with Andrew Perkins) Lost 1.} 0-1