[Event "La Valletta"] [Site "?"] [Date "1980.12.06"] [Round "14"] [White "McNab, Colin Anderson"] [Black "Pountzas, Hrisanthos"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A15"] [BlackElo "2305"] [Annotator "Sp. Il."] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1980.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Scotland"] [BlackTeam "Greece"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"] [BlackTeamCountry "GRE"] {[%evp 0,78,31,-14,-14,-15,61,-38,-3,-15,-14,-14,-26,-28,-12,-17,-14,4,2,-21, -32,-42,-7,-14,-36,-68,-68,-68,-97,-84,-38,-65,-53,-53,-90,-86,-64,-93,-124, -217,-217,-231,-255,-255,-263,-273,-205,-210,-213,-203,-231,-258,-212,-235, -225,-283,-283,-329,-327,-364,-352,-352,-309,-356,-444,-420,-608,-608,-640, -666,-666,-666,-666,-666,-706,-769,-796,-875,-763,-721,-850]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d4 (7. d3) (7. O-O) (7. Nc3 Re8 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d3 Nf8 10. Qc2 h5 11. c5 d5 12. Rfc1 c6 $13 {...0 - 1 (39), Benko - Liberzon, Venice 1974}) 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 c5 (8... Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Rac1 Nf6 $11 {... 1/2 - 1/2 (27), Kaenel - Unzicker (2530), Biel 1979}) 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Nb3 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 $15 12. Qc1 Nc6 13. N1d2 Bf5 14. Bc3 a5 15. Nf3 Nb4 {Black has assumed the initiative.} 16. a3 Nd3 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Ra2 $2 {(the R is vulnerable on this sq.)} (18. Nbd2 $142) 18... a4 19. Nbd2 {[#]} Rxc3 $1 20. Qxc3 Nd5 21. Qxg7+ { (so, white decides to sac the Q, in order to confuse matters)} (21. Qc1 Nc3 { with the double threat 22...Nxa2 and 22...Ne2+}) 21... Kxg7 22. cxd5 Bd3 23. Rc1 b5 24. Ne1 Bf5 25. Rb2 b4 {Black wins, now. He's got Q for R and N and also three vs. one pawns on the Q-side.} 26. Nc4 Qb7 27. h3 Qxd5 28. g4 Be4 29. f3 Bxf3 30. Rd2 Qb7 31. Nd3 Rd8 32. Nxc5 Qc7 33. Nd6 Qe7 34. Kf2 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Kxf3 Qd2 37. Rb1 Qd5+ 38. Ne4 f5 39. gxf5 Qxf5+ 0-1