[Event "Banja"] [Site "Bosnia"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Sprechich"] [Black "Palatnik, Sam"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B25"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. h4 {last book move} h5 7. Nge2 Rb8 8. Bg5 b5 9. Qd2 b4 {Black threatens to win material: b4xc3} 10. Nd1 a5 11. Rc1 (11. a3 Nf6 $11) 11... Ba6 12. b3 {Prevents intrusion on c4} Nd4 13. O-O Nf6 {Black is behind in development.} 14. Nf4 (14. Nxd4 $5 {deserves consideration} cxd4 15. Nb2 $15 ) 14... Nh7 $17 15. Ne3 $2 (15. Nh3 $142 $5 $17) 15... Nf8 $19 16. Nh3 (16. Nfd5 f6 17. Bf4 e5 $19) 16... f6 17. f4 fxg5 18. hxg5 (18. Nxg5 Nfe6 $19) 18... e6 19. Rce1 Rb7 20. a3 (20. Qf2 {hardly improves anything} Nh7 $19) 20... Nd7 ( 20... bxa3 {seems even better} 21. Qc1 $19) 21. Nc4 (21. axb4 cxb4 22. e5 d5 $19) 21... Bxc4 (21... O-O {and Black can already relax} 22. Nxd6 Rb6 23. e5 bxa3 24. Ne4 $19) 22. dxc4 O-O 23. a4 Rc7 24. Qd1 Nb8 (24... Nb6 {keeps an even firmer grip} 25. Qd3 $19) 25. Re3 (25. f5 exf5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Nxf5 $19 (27... gxf5 28. Qxh5 Re7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Nf4 Qe3+ 31. Kh2 $18)) 25... Nbc6 26. Rd3 Ne7 27. Kh2 d5 (27... Qe8 {might be the shorter path} 28. Ng1 $19) 28. cxd5 exd5 29. f5 (29. e5 {doesn't do any good} Nec6 $19) 29... dxe4 30. Bxe4 Nexf5 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 (31... gxf5 $6 32. Qxh5 Qe8 33. g6 Qe2+ 34. Qxe2 Nxe2 35. Rfd1 $19) 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Qxh5 Re7 34. Nf4 (34. Ng1 {is not much help} Qa8 35. Qd1 Qe8 $19) 34... Qa8 35. g6 (35. Qh3 {what else?} Nf3+ 36. Rxf3 Qxf3 37. Qxf5 $19) 35... Re1 36. Ng2 Re2 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qh3 Qe4 (38... Qe4 39. Rd1 Nxc2 40. Rd8+ Ke7 $19) 0-1