[Event "Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "Luton"]
[Date "1976.01.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor, Lvovich"]
[Black "Montgomery, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[Annotator "Montgomery, Peter"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[Source "Daily Telegraph"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1976.01.21"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
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 14. Qd3 (14. Ba4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bxc5+ 16. Kh1 Nxc3 {seems best for white but black is the equivalent of a whole piece ahead. Korchnoi played 33 games in the simultaneous Won 31 Drew 1 (with Andrew Perkins) Lost 1}) 0-1