[Event "Hastings"] [Site "England"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Palatnik, Sam"] [Black "Van der Linden"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E73"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 a5 9. Qd2 {last book move } Kh7 10. f3 {Covers g4} Nh5 11. Bd3 Na6 12. Nge2 Nb4 13. Bb1 f5 (13... Qh4+ 14. Bf2 Qg5 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. g4 $14) 14. a3 {White threatens to win material: a3xb4} (14. exf5 Bxf5 15. O-O Qd7 $16) 14... Na6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ne4 (16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. O-O Qe7 $16) 16... Nf4 {Black threatens to win material: Nf4xg2} 17. N2c3 (17. Nxf4 $6 exf4 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qh4+ 21. g3 Qh5 $11 (21... fxg3 $4 22. Bxg6+ Kxg6 23. Qxh4 $18)) 17... b6 18. g3 (18. h4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 $16 (20... Rxf5 $2 21. g3 $18)) 18... Nh3 $14 19. Bc2 Nc5 20. O-O-O Bxe4 (20... Qd7 21. Kb1 $14) 21. Nxe4 $16 Rxf3 $2 (21... Qd7 $142 $16) 22. Bxc5 $18 bxc5 23. Qg2 Ng5 24. h4 Nxe4 25. Qxf3 Nf6 26. h5 e4 27. hxg6+ Kxg6 (27... Kg8 28. Qf5 Qe7 29. Rdf1 $18) 28. Bxe4+ (28. Rde1 {seems even better} Kh7 29. Rxe4 Kg8 $18) 28... Kf7 29. Bf5 Kg8 30. Be6+ (30. Qe3 $142 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Nh7 31. Rdf1 Ng5 32. Be6+ Kh8 $18) 30... Kh8 31. Rd2 Rb8 32. Qf5 (32. Re2 {keeps an even firmer grip} Nh7 $18) 32... Nh7 33. g4 (33. Re2 {might be the shorter path} Qg5+ 34. Qxg5 Nxg5 $18) 33... Qg5 34. Qxg5 Nxg5 35. Rf1 (35. Re2 Nf3 $18) 35... Bd4 36. Re2 Kg7 37. Kb1 Be5 38. Ka2 Kh8 (38... c6 39. Rf7+ $1 {the final blow} Nxf7 40. dxc6 $18) 39. Bd7 Kg7 40. Bb5 (40. b3 Nh3 $18) 40... Nh7 41. Rf5 (41. Ba4 Nf6 $18) 41... Kg6 42. Rfxe5 dxe5 43. Rxe5 Nf6 44. Re7 (44. Re6 Kg5 $16) 44... Nxd5 45. Re5 (45. Rd7 Ne3 $16) 45... Nf4 (45... Nf6 $5 $14 {has some apparent merit}) 46. Rxc5 $16 Ne6 47. Rd5 Nf4 48. Rd7 {White threatens to win material: Rd7xc7} Ne6 49. Bc6 Kg5 $2 (49... Rd8 $142 $16) 50. Rd5+ $18 Kf4 51. Bd7 Ng5 52. Rxa5 Ne4 (52... Rd8 53. Rd5 Nf3 54. Bc6 $18) 53. c5 Nd2 $2 (53... Ke5 $18) 54. c6 Ke3 (54... Rf8 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 55. Ra7 Ke5 56. Rxc7 $18) 55. Ra7 Kd3 (55... Nc4 {is still a small chance} 56. Rb7 Ra8 57. Rxc7 Kd4 $18) 56. Bf5+ (56. Rxc7 $142 $5 {and White can already relax} Ne4 57. Bf5 Kd4 58. Rd7+ Ke5 $18) 56... Kc4 57. Rxc7 Re8 (57... Rb6 {hoping against hope} 58. Rc8 Kd5 59. Rd8+ Kxc6 60. Rxd2 Kc7 $18) 58. Rb7 1-0