[Event "IBM Tournament, Amsterdam NED"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Franciscus Antonius Kuijpers"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[GameId "2062259533586445"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
{[%evp 0,65,19,38,83,67,81,86,73,68,46,34,77,16,62,25,43,24,73,55,55,25,19,19,19,17,14,-29,12,11,19,26,60,47,77,84,123,74,102,65,65,43,57,8,27,12,44,40,40,40,96,71,92,92,140,164,159,191,190,205,308,133,490,492,590,590,594,437]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 ({Aficionados of what then was known as the Modern Defense (I was one of them) didn't like the normal and probably best move} 4... Nf6) 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 Bg4 ({Raymond Keene, one of the most vociferous of these aficionados, liked} 7... e6 {with the idea of being able to retreat Nc6 to e7 and follow up with b6 and Bb7.}) 8. O-O Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. f5 {White has a small but clear advantage.} Nd4 13. Rf2 c6 14. Qd2 b5 15. Raf1 Nf6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Ne2 Nh5 18. Rd1 {Here White misses a chance for a big advantage after} (18. Bxd4 exd4 19. g4 Nf6 20. e5 Nd5 21. f6 {If Black then stoically responds} Bh8 {there would follow} 22. Qh6 Rfe8 23. Rf5 {and Black must give up material so as not to be mated.}) ({Also} 18. f6 {at once would have been a strong move.}) 18... Rfd8 19. c3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Nf4 21. Qf1 {Black has avoided the worst, but White is still a bit better.} Bh6 {But after this move Black will be in big trouble again.} ({After} 21... Nxd3 22. Rfd2 Qe7 23. Rxd3 Bf6 {White's advantage would be minimal.}) 22. Bc2 Qe7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rf3 Kh8 {Better was the immediate} (24... Bg5) 25. Kh2 ({Because now with} 25. g3 {White could have obtained a big advantage again.}) 25... Bg5 26. fxg6 fxg6 ({Though it looks ugly, the best defence would have been} 26... Nxg6 {because the obvious} 27. Rxf7 {would be refuted by} Bf4+) 27. g3 Ne6 28. Rf7 Qd6 29. Bb3 {A nice move, after which Black is lost.} Be7 ({After} 29... Bxe3 {would come} 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rb7+ Kg8 33. Qg7# {mate.}) 30. h4 Re8 31. Rf6 {Beautiful and decisive.} Rf8 ({Or} 31... Bxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kg8 33. Bh6 {with mate to follow.}) 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qf7 {Black resigned, as he will lose a piece.} 1-0