[Event "GotM #72"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Koltanowski, Georges"]
[Black "Dunkelblum, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
{[%evp 0,53,27,-4,34,25,61,15,18,5,21,21,-12,30,202,94,94,-72,118,102,151,134,
134,32,166,43,234,35,254,51,41,69,82,49,15,40,21,21,21,-2,286,62,128,100,100,
32,200,-11,9,2,166,104,0,17,229,215]} 1. e4 {King's Pawn Game} e5 {Open Game}
2. Nf3 {King's Knight Opening} Nc6 3. Bc4 {Italian Game} Bc5 (3... Nf6 {
is the main alternative}) 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 {White gambits a pawn for time and
space.} exd4 6. e5 d5 {[#]} 7. exf6 (7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Nd8 $15)
7... dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 {[#] Taking advantage of the pins on
the Black Queen and King.} Qf5 {Both sides carry threats but White has a safer
King.} (10... dxc3 $4 11. Qxd5 $18 {[%CAl Re1e8]}) 11. Nce4 {This central
Knight becomes something of an octupus.} Bb4 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Ba5 14. g4 {
[#] The center of the board is a tricky terrain for the Black pieces. The
narrow corridors available to the Black Queen are fraught with danger.} Qg6 {
Inevitably she is forced to a corner from where her power is practically
nullified.} 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f7+ Kxf7 $6 {[#]} (16... Qxf7 {was certainly a
better choice.}) 17. Ng5+ Kg8 {The King makes it to the corner but his Rook is
on h8 rather than f8.} 18. Rxe6 Qd3 {Black would like to exchange Queens.} 19.
Qe1 {White would not.} Rf8 20. Re8 Qd7 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Ba3+ {[#] White's
minor pieces are much stronger than their unfortunate counterparts.} Ne7 {
The defender in chess is always forced to become ever more passive, ever more
cramped, while he with the initiative always naturally becomes ever more
active, ever more mobile. The other inversely proportional phenomenon
witnessed is the increasing harmony of the attacking pieces and the
corresponding breakdown of connectivity between the defenders. More space
increases the power of chess pieces exponentially, less space makes them a
fraction of themselves.} 23. Rd1 $1 {[#] Sacrificing the Knight and pawn in
order to bring the Rook into the game.} Qxg4+ 24. Kf1 Qxg5 {Black can pick off
this Knight as it does not interfere with the imperative of defending e7. He
will find however the old truism that the Queen is a poor defender.} 25. Rd5 $1
{[#] Offering a Rook sacrifice.} Qh4 26. Rh5 $1 {[#] And again. White is not
interested in the a4-Bishop. His only mission is to divert the Queen from this
diagonal and the defense of the hapless e7-Knight.} Qf6 27. Rf5 $3 {[#] For
the third time the sacrifice is offered and this time it cannot be refused.
Black resigns.} (27. Rf5 Qxf5 28. Qxe7+ Kg8 29. Qe8+ Qf8 30. Qxf8#) 1-0
