[Event "GotM #90"] [Site "Elmshorn"] [Date "1971.09.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Koester, Bernd"] [Black "Gralla, Rene"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C10"] [Annotator "Connaughton,Ken"] [PlyCount "48"] [GameId "505254131090"] [EventDate "1971.09.15"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 0,48,28,-34,20,-19,25,-43,22,-22,51,-55,55,-37,46,-38,32,-32,26,-20,63,10,13,-17,23,28,-9,14,-5,38,-14,82,-9,104,-16,17,178,-190,228,-199,196,-174,229,-221,240,482,-29994,29995,-29996,29997,-29998]} 1. e4 {King's Pawn Opening} e6 {French Defense} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {Paulsen Variation} (3. exd5 {Exchange Variation}) (3. e5 {Advance Variation}) (3. Nd2 {Tarrasch Variation}) 3... dxe4 (3... Nf6) (3... Bb4) 4. Nxe4 (4. f3) 4... Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O {[#]} Nd5 10. Qd2 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 b6 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Bb7 14. f4 Qd6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qe4 Qb4 17. Bd3 Nc3 $6 {[#] An ill-conceived sacrifice which just hands the advantage to White.} (17... Qd2 {would have been a way to maintain equality} 18. Rf2 Qc3 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Rf3 h6 21. Be2 Qb4 $11) 18. Qxb7 Qxd4+ {This is the compensation for Black but it's scarcely enough.} 19. Kh1 Nd5 {And with the next couple of moves White gives Black the chance to slot his horse into a deadly position.} 20. Be4 $6 (20. g3 {would have kept the advantage for White and he might have won after a sequence like} Rad8 21. Rfe1 Qb2 22. Ne4 Kg7 23. Qc6 h6 24. Kg2 Ne3+ 25. Rxe3 Qxa1 26. Qxc7 Qd4 27. Qe5+ Qxe5 28. fxe5 Rd4 29. Nd6 Rd5 30. c4 Rc5 31. Bc2 Rd8 32. Rf3 $18) 20... Ne3 21. Rfe1 $6 Ng4 {[#] And now a well known pattern has been set in place. In fairness to Black, as soon as he is given the opportunity, he finishes his opponent quickly.} 22. Rf1 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Qg1+ {[#] And White resigns as he now sees the incoming smothered #.} ({Of course after} 24... Qg1+ 25. Rxg1 Nf2# {was forced.}) 0-1