[Event "Hastings 74/75"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ulf Andersson"]
[Black "Michael Basman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[GameId "2205684548390956"]
[EventDate "1974.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,106,29,27,57,28,28,22,22,17,22,-2,30,-2,35,25,25,8,40,8,56,66,85,77,77,72,109,118,133,138,129,119,144,135,126,117,136,124,129,137,139,148,138,141,178,128,125,104,106,91,95,70,132,100,106,99,83,72,66,59,44,3,3,-19,-16,-12,-16,-9,-31,-26,0,0,0,0,17,-25,-13,-96,-24,-100,-112,-111,-55,-55,-83,-143,-111,-111,-110,-133,-41,-471,-490,-652,-630,-662,-670,-682,-683,-683,-579,-683,-705,-714,-505,-505,-423,-421,-421]} 1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O d5 5. c4 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5 h6 9. Bf4 a6 10. Rc1 Ra7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Ba8 13. Rfd1 {Obviously White has an advantage here. Black is out of useful moves and almost every attempt to do something useful would weaken his position. Basman decides to make a virtue of necessity. Shamelesly he will make it clear that he intends to do nothing, just shuffle the pieces around.} Kh7 14. h3 Kg8 15. Kh2 Kh7 16. g4 Kg8 {A few senseless moves with the King.} 17. Bg3 Bb7 18. e3 Ba8 19. a3 Bb7 20. f4 Ba8 {And then with the Bishop} 21. Rd2 Qd6 22. f5 Qd8 {And now with the Queen.} 23. Bf4 {But what has White done during the time that Black made his senseless shuffle moves? He has pushed his kingsside pawns, but it is doubtful if he has improved his position thereby.} Bb7 24. Rg1 c6 25. Bf3 Nh7 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. Na4 Bc7 28. Kg3 Nf6 29. h4 Nfd7 30. Nxd7 Nxd7 31. Re2 {While Black did nothing, White has weakened his position.} Re8 32. Kh3 {Now Black obtains a slight advantage.} Bxf4 33. exf4 Rxe2 34. Bxe2 Qe7 ({My Stockfish 17 prefers} 34... Qe8 35. Bf3 h5) 35. Bf3 b5 36. Nc5 Bc8 37. Qd3 ({Now after} 37. Nd3 h5 38. Ne5 {White would be fine again.}) 37... h5 38. gxh5 Qf6 39. Kg3 Nxc5 40. Rxc5 Bxf5 41. Qc3 Bd7 42. Qd3 Ra8 43. Rc1 Re8 {In the meantime Black has gained a winning advantage.} 44. Qc3 c5 {This looks strong, but things are not as easy as it may seem.} 45. Qxc5 ({According to my Stockfish} 45. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:17] was still a defense. After} d4 46. Qd2 Qf5 47. Kf2 {White's position looks precarious, but it seems that he can survive.}) 45... Qf5 46. Qxd5 Qh3+ {Now it is over for White.} 47. Kf2 Qh2+ 48. Bg2 Qxf4+ 49. Bf3 Bg4 {Even stronger than the immediate win of the exchange by} (49... Qxc1) 50. Rc3 Qh2+ 51. Bg2 Qxh4+ 52. Kg1 Re1+ 53. Bf1 Bh3 {White resigned.} 0-1
