[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Walter Browne"]
[Black "Vlastimil Hort"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[GameId "2184032330317837"]
[EventDate "1975.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,84,19,20,42,108,26,35,35,52,29,32,33,80,46,43,51,41,59,55,50,48,52,47,29,30,16,54,48,17,-18,12,12,0,-26,8,32,-14,5,21,16,19,27,-34,-7,25,35,215,-52,-20,-181,-135,-272,-125,-121,-80,-26,1,-59,91,-50,-55,-89,-70,-46,-35,-42,-38,2,-3,-46,-73,-75,-40,-79,-77,-56,-61,-193,-384,-482,-711,-842,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. Re1 Nb4 {A glimpse of Hort's gypsy camp. It seems as if Black's knights have been thrown haphazardly on the board, but in fact they fulfill important functions.} 12. Bc4 g5 13. Bg3 Nf6 14. Nd2 d5 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. Be5 Qb6 18. Kh1 {Slow maneuvers from both sides. After the brisk} (18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nb5 {White would be a bit better.}) 18... Rfd8 {Black could have brought the struggle to life with} (18... Nxe4 19. Ndxe4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Rad8) 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. Rad1 Bg6 21. Qf1 Rd7 22. f4 {Enough vacillation. Browne goes into action.} gxf4 23. Qxf4 {A very difficult position.} ({After} 23. Bxf4 {the consequences of} Nxc2 {would be difficult to calculate, just as in the game.}) 23... Nxc2 {Of course this is a move that Hort must have been considering for quite some time.} 24. Bxc2 Qxb2 25. Bxf6 {White sets a trap, but this was not necessary. After} (25. Bb1 Qxc3 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Nf3 {he would have good compensation for the pawn he has lost.}) 25... exf6 {The only move, but a good one.} ({After} 25... Bxf6 26. Bb1 Qxc3 27. e5 {White would have a winning attack.}) 26. Qe3 Qxc2 27. Rc1 {After the game Browne said that he should have offered a draw here and that Hort would surely have accepted that. Hort only smiled. There would have been no objective reason for him to accept a draw offer.} Qb2 28. Nxd5 Re8 29. Nc4 Qa2 30. Re2 {This might seem a succes for White, as he is winning Black's queen. But the price is high.} Qxe2 31. Qxe2 cxd5 (31... Rxd5 {was even stronger.}) 32. Nb6 Rdd8 33. Qb5 Bxe4 34. Qxa5 {Black was better and White's best chance was} (34. Nd7) 34... f5 35. Qd2 Re6 36. a5 Rg6 37. Rg1 Bf8 ({Here} 37... f4 {would have been a very strong and winning move.}) 38. Na4 Rc8 39. Nc3 ({White was already lost. His best chance would have been} 39. Nc5 Bxc5 40. Qc3 (40. dxc5 Rxc5 {is hopeless for White}) 40... Kh7 41. dxc5 Rcg8 {even though also in that case Black would be winning.}) 39... Bb4 40. Qb2 Rxc3 {The time control was made and time pressure maniac Walter Browne could calmly look at his position. White resigned. After} 41. Qxb4 {White would be mated by} Bxg2+ 42. Rxg2 Rc1+ 0-1
