Larsen, Stig Borje - Haugen, Arild
CC - Norwegian Team ch., 1992

Haugen, Knudsen


C07. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Bd7 12.c3 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Bg5
[14.h3 Knudsen O-O 15.Bg5 Bh2+ 16.Kh1 Bf4 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Bd3 f5 19.Qh5 Kh8 20.Nxf5 exf5 21.Re7 Qc6 22.Rxd7 Rg8 23.f3 Rxg2 24.Kxg2 Qxd7 25.Bxf5 Qd2+ 26.Kf1 Bh6 27.Qxf7 Bg7 28.Qh5 Bh6 Yemelin,V-Filippov,V/ECC, Panormo GRE 2001/1-0 (48)]
14...O-O 15.Bxf6 #
[15.g3 Knudsen Rae8
(15...Kh8 16.Rad1 Rae8 17.Bd3 Ng8 18.Nf3 h6 19.Bb1 Bb5 20.Qd2 Bc6 21.Qd3 f5 22.Qxd6 Qxd6 23.Rxd6 Bxf3 24.Bf4 Bd5 25.b3 Nf6 26.c4 Be4 27.Be5 Bxb1 28.Rxb1 Kg8 29.Rbd1 Kf7 30.f3 Speelman,J-Nogueiras,J/Belfort 1988/CBM 08/1/2-1/2 (41))
16.Bd3 Nd5 17.Rad1 Be7 18.Bc1
(18.h4 Bc5 19.Bc2 f5 20.Qf3 h6 21.Bc1 Nf6 22.Bb3 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Kh8 24.Red1 Bc6 25.Qe2 e5 26.Rd6 f4 27.Bc2 Qc8 28.Bg6 Re7 29.b3 Qh3 30.f3 Qxg3+ 31.Qg2 Qxf3 32.Qxf3 Bxf3 Hjartarson,J-Nogueiras,J/Thessaloniki 1988/TD/0-1 (50))
18...Bf6
(18...Bc5 19.Nb3 Bd6 20.c4 Nf6 21.Bg5 Be7 22.Bf4 Qc8 23.Be5 Ba4 24.Qc2 h6 25.Qc3 Rd8 26.Rd2 Bxb3 27.axb3 Rd7 28.Bf1 Rxd2 29.Qxd2 Rd8 30.Qc2 b6 31.Bc3 1/2-1/2 Franzen,J-Rittner,H/corr 1991/MegaCorr2 (31))
19.Qe4 g6 20.Bh6 Bg7 1/2-1/2 Mallee,R-Kujala,A/corr 1992/Megacorr (20)]
15...gxf6 16.Qg4+ Kh8 17.Qh4 Rg8
[17...Qxc4?? 18.Qxf6+ Kg8 19.Re4]
18.Qxf6+ Rg7 19.Re4 # Bxh2+
[19...Qxc4?? 20.Nf5]
[19...Kg8 20.Nf3? Bc6]
[19...Rag8?! 20.Bd3! Qd8
(20...Be7? 21.Qxe7 Rxg2+ 22.Kf1 Rg1+ 23.Ke2 Rxa1 24.Qf6+ Rg7 25.Rg4)
21.Qxd8 Rxd8]
20.Kh1 Bd6 21.Bd3 Qd8 22.Qh6 Qg5 23.Qxg5 Rxg5 24.Rh4 f5 25.Rd1 Bc5 26.Bc4 Bxd4 27.Rhxd4 Bc6 28.f3 e5 29.Rd6 e4 30.fxe4 Bxe4 31.R1d2 Rf8 32.Bd5 Bxd5 33.R6xd5 Rf7 34.Kg1 h6 35.Rd7 Rgg7 36.Rxf7 Rxf7 37.Kf2 Kg7 38.Rd6 Rf6 39.Rd7+ Rf7 40.Rd3 Kf6 41.Rd6+ Kg5 42.Kf3 Re7 43.a4 h5 44.g3 Rh7 45.Rd4 Rc7 46.a5 Re7 47.b3 Rc7 48.c4 Re7 49.Kf2 Rf7 50.Kf3 Re7 51.b4 Rc7 52.c5 Rh7 53.Rd6 Rc7 My opponent proposed:
[53...h4 54.gxh4+ Rxh4 55.Rb6 I probably should have accepted this. Possible continuation: Rh7
(55...Rf4+ 56.Ke3 Re4+ 57.Kd3 Re7 58.Rd6)
(55...Rh3+ 56.Ke2 Rh7 57.Kd3 Re7)
56.Ke3 Re7+ 57.Kd3 f4 58.c6 bxc6 59.Rxa6 f3 60.Ra8 Rf7 61.Rg8+ Kf4]
54.Rb6 Rd7 55.c6 bxc6 56.Rxa6 Rd3+ 57.Kf2 Rb3 # 58.Ra8!! A beautiful move, and the only winning! Kg4 59.a6 Black resigns. No need to suffer!

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