[Event "3rd Annual Living Legend"]
[Site "Chattanooga,TN"]
[Date "1998.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mirandi, Haresh"]
[Black "Palatnik, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
{B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e4 Nbd7 4. f4
e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6 7. Be3 d5 {last book move} 8. h3 {Black is behind in
developement. Black's piece can't move: c8} (8. O-O-O Bc5 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Bxc5
Nxc5 11. exd5 O-O 12. dxc6 Nce4 $14) 8... c5 {Black threatens to win material:
c5xd4} (8... Bc5 $142 $5 {and Black hangs on} 9. Qd2 dxe4 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 $17) 9. Qa4 $14 {White has a very active position} d4 {Black
threatens to win material: d4xe3} 10. e5 {White threatens to win material:
e5xf6} (10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 $14) 10... Nh5 (10... dxe3 $2 {looks very
tantalising, but} 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O $18) (10... dxc3 $6 {is much weaker}
11. exf6 cxb2 12. Rd1 Qxf6 13. Bb5 $15) 11. Bb5 (11. O-O-O $142 $5 {is
interesting} Be7 12. Rg1 $15) 11... dxc3 (11... dxe3 {is the weaker alternative
} 12. g4 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 $16) 12. O-O-O a6 13. Rd5 (13. Bc4 cxb2+ 14. Kxb2 Qb6+
15. Ka1 Be7 $17) 13... Rb8 14. Rhd1 $4 {sad, but how else could White save the
game?} (14. Bxd7+ $142 Bxd7 15. Qa3 $19) 14... axb5 $19 15. Qxb5 Be7 (15... Ng3
$5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Ng5 $19) 16. e6 fxe6 17. Rxh5
Qb6 (17... Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bxc5 cxb2+ 20. Kb1 Na4 $19) 0-1