[Event "GotM #70"] [Site "Daugavpils"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Palatnik, Semon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B04"] [Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1978.??.??"] [EventCountry "LAT"] {[%evp 0,73,27,-4,21,54,40,53,53,60,105,60,54,78,244,70,46,20,82,8,37,8,100,64, 51,26,18,-5,86,101,117,93,109,64,80,81,44,74,118,119,135,127,118,146,138,99, 161,166,166,104,168,168,218,64,163,223,223,318,318,278,278,278,278,285,285,193, 299,525,468,414,980,980,1308,1308,1308,1447] All of the variations for this game were provided by Chessbase. I'm not sure who the author was. Anyways cheers Chessbase!!} 1. e4 {King's Pawn Game} Nf6 {Alekhine Defense} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 {Modern Variation} g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 a5 7. a4 {Stopping the charge on his Bishop} (7. e6 Bxe6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Nc6 10. Nxe6 Qd7 11. Qe2) 7... Bg7 8. Ng5 e6 $5 {[#]} (8... d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. c3 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Ne6 $14) 9. f4 (9. Qf3 Qe7 10. Ne4 dxe5 11. Bg5 Qb4+ 12. Nbd2 exd4 ( 12... Qxd4 13. O-O-O $40) 13. c3 $40) 9... dxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. O-O $6 {[#]} ( 11. c3 {>=} cxd4 12. O-O $1) 11... O-O $6 (11... Qxd4+ $1 12. Qxd4 cxd4 13. Rxf7 (13. Nxf7 O-O 14. Nd6 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Bd7 16. Nxb7 Na6 $1) 13... Bxe5 14. Rf1 Nc6 $10) 12. c3 Nc6 $2 (12... cxd4 $8 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 f6 15. Nc3 $5 fxe5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Bxe5 20. Re1 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 $146) 13. Ne4 $1 {[#]} Nd7 (13... cxd4 14. Bg5 Qd7 (14... Qc7 15. cxd4) 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 dxc3 17. Qc1 $18) 14. Be3 $1 (14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Rf4 cxd4 17. Rh4 Bxf6 18. exf6 dxc3+ 19. Kh1 cxb2 20. Ra3 Qc5 $19) 14... Ne7 { Black's light squares are rock solid and he still has his King's Bishop to fend of threats on the dark squares.} (14... Qb6 15. Na3 (15. Bf2) 15... cxd4 16. Nc4) 15. Bg5 cxd4 (15... h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 18. Qh5 $18) 16. cxd4 h6 17. Bh4 g5 {[#] Black drives the Bishop away at the cost of loosening his defensive shell a little.} 18. Bf2 (18. Bxg5 $2 hxg5 19. Qh5 Nxe5 $1) 18... Ng6 19. Nbc3 Qe7 {/\ f5} 20. Bc2 b6 21. Be3 {[#] White is re-orienting his pieces for a second wave.} Ba6 22. Rf2 Nh8 {/\ f5} 23. Bxg5 $1 {[#] And White gives up a Bishop to further weaken the defense.} (23. h4 gxh4 24. Qg4 $1 f5 ( 24... Ng6 25. Qh5) 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Qxf6 28. Qe4 $1 Rd8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nb5 $18) 23... hxg5 24. Qh5 {With the Knight poised to take on g5, the Bishop sacrifice looks like a good investment. A strong attack is imminent.} f5 (24... f6 25. Nxg5 Rfc8 26. Bh7+ Kf8 27. Nce4 $18) 25. Nxg5 Rf7 $1 {Black offers an exchange sacrifice as a tacit draw proposal.} (25... Rfd8 26. Rxf5 $1 $18) (25... Rfc8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Nxe6+ Qxe6 28. Bxf5) 26. Bxf5 $3 {[#] A second Bishop sacrifice is a total rejection of the truce.} Rxf5 (26... exf5 27. Nd5 Qe8 28. e6 Rf6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. e7+ $18) 27. Rxf5 exf5 {So White now has given up his Bishop pair for three pawns and for this he has a dangerous attack on the now exposed Black King. His pieces are also much better than their more numerous Black counterparts.} 28. Nd5 Qe8 $8 {Only move to stop #.} 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxf5+ {The attack is being waged with skill and ferocity. Black's cover is being systematically removed as White continues to advance with tempo.} Kg8 (30... Nf7 31. Ne6+ Kg8 32. Qg6 $18) 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Ra3 $1 {[#] And the last White piece is readied to join the attack against the King who has no flight path away from the dangerous corner he finds himself in. } (32. Nc7) 32... Rc8 {Black tries to activate his Rook so that maybe it can be used in defense or attack.} (32... Qg6 33. Rf3+ Ke8 34. Qg8+ Bf8 (34... Nf8 35. Rxf8+ $1 Bxf8 36. Nf6+) 35. Nc7+ Kd8 (35... Ke7 36. Rf7+ $1) 36. Nce6+ Ke7 (36... Kc8 37. Rxf8+) 37. Qxg6 Nxg6 38. Rf7+ Ke8 39. Nc7+ Kd8 40. Nge6+ Kc8 41. Nxa8 $18) 33. Rf3+ {The King has nowhere to go so another piece will have to take the bullet.} Nf6 {It's the Knight, the Bishop is defending the h8-Knight and throwing the Queen on the grenade is clearly not wise.} ({Not the other Knight because} 33... Nf7 34. Rxf7+ Qxf7 35. Nxf7 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rf1+ 37. Kg3 Rxf7 38. Qh4 $1 $18) 34. h3 $1 {[#]} (34. Rxf6+ Bxf6 35. Nxf6 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Qg6 37. Qxh8+ Ke7 38. Nd5+ Kd7 39. e6+ $18) 34... Qg6 {Exchanging Queens would clearly aid Black's defensive efforts.} 35. Rxf6+ {A nice way to avoid the exchange of Queens.} Bxf6 36. Ne6+ Ke8 37. Nxf6+ {[#] And Black, having seen enough attacking magic, resigns.} (37. Nxf6+ Qxf6 38. exf6 Nf7 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Qxf7+ Kd6 41. Qe7+ Kd5 {And White with 42.Nc7+ or 42.f7 has a clearly won game. }) 1-0