[Event "Munich olympiad"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1936.08.24"] [Round "12"] [White "Richter, Kurt"] [Black "Alexandrescu, Gheorghe Gica"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1936.08.16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [WhiteTeam "US of America"] [BlackTeam "US of America"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] {[%evp 0,53,19,31,41,46,51,29,24,39,47,46,55,42,42,19,21,21,63,51,67,33,54,60, 40,62,61,-3,-15,-27,-18,0,0,-78,-55,-60,-64,36,-9,0,0,0,251,539,29985,29986, 29987,29988,29989,29990,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7 {A bit slow.} ({ Nowadays experts in this line play} 7... c5) ({or} 7... h6) 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. Re1 Qxc5 12. Ne5 h6 13. b4 {This was typical Richter, who would easily give a pawn or two to bring his pieces into the attack.} Qxb4 ({ Black could decline the sacrifice with} 13... Qc7 {as after} 14. Bf4 {he would have} Bxb4 15. Ng6 Qc3 {Accepting the pawn sacrice is more dangerous, but perhaps not bad.}) 14. Rb1 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qxa2 {Perhaps Black is overeating.} ( 15... Qc7 {would be more cautious.}) 16. Re3 Qd5 (16... Rd8 {would slow down White's attack a bit, as after} 17. Rg3 {Black would have} Ne4 18. Bxe4 Rxd2) 17. Rb5 Qd6 18. Rg3 {Now, with all white pieces contributing to the attack, Black is lost.} Kh8 19. Rxg7 {A nice sacrifice, but just a run of the mill job for the Berlin executioner.} Kxg7 20. Bxh6+ Kg8 ({The refutation of} 20... Kxh6 {would not be trivial. After} 21. Qd2+ Kg7 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Ng4 Qxd3 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. cxd3 {Black would still have a material advantage, but White's last surviving two pieces would finsh the attack.}) 21. Qf3 Ne8 22. Qg4+ {Now the elegant finish is easy.} Kh8 23. Bg7+ Nxg7 24. Qh3+ Bh4 25. Qxh4+ Nh5 26. Qxh5+ Kg7 27. Qg5+ {Black resigned, as it is mate in 2.} 1-0