Scottish Centenary Tournament

Last updated 22 February 2004

Vukcevic,B (2495) - Foldi,J (2555) [B14]
SCCA-100, 1984
[Notes by John Hawkes]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 [6...Be7 7.c5 (7.cxd5 is also popular.) 7...0-0 8.Bd3 b6 9.b4 a5 (Black may diverge with Golombek's: 9...Bd7?! Marot-Torda, 21st Hungarian CC Championship continued: 10.Be3 Ng4 11.0-0 a5 12.Na4 Bxa4! )10.Na4 Nfd7 White has the interesting line: 11.h4 (11.b5 is normal.) 11...f5 12.Ng5 Qe8 13.Kf1~~ ]

7.cxd5 Nxd5 [ECO gives: 7...exd5= ]

8.Bd2 0-0 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 Be7 [10...Nb6? 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Re1 Rd8 14.Rc1 Nd5 15.Re4 and the audacious attack was successfully concluded in Vadican-Vasconcellos, Coupe Latine II.; 10...Nf6 is another alternative.]

11.a3 Nxc3? [11...Bf6 12.Qc2 (12.Qe2 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Qe4+ Kg8 16.Qxd4+/= )12...h6 13.Rad1 Bd7 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Qb3 Bg4 16.Bb1 h5 17.h3+/= Suba-Petrosian, Tallinn, 1983.]

12.Bxc3 b6 13.Qc2 g6 14.Be4 Bb7 With his luxury bishop on c3, White need waste no time on preparation for the attack.

15.d5 exd5 16.Rfd1 Qc7 After this, Black could almost resign. [16...Na5 (Foldi)]

17.Bxd5 Na5 18.Qd2! Bxd5 19.Qd4 f6 20.Qxd5+ Kh8 21.Rac1 Qf4 22.Ng5 Qf5 23.Qxf5 gxf5 24.Rd5 Rac8 25.Rxf5 Kg8 Preparing 26... Rxg3

26.Ne4 Rc6 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.g4 Rg8 29.h3 Re6 30.f3 Nc6 White has consolidated beautifully, and now has a little combination winning a second pawn.

31.Bxf6! Bxf6 32.Nxf6 Rxf6 33.Rxf6+ Kxf6 34.Rd6+ Kg5 35.Rxc6 h5 36.Kf2 Rd8 37.Re6! Rd2+ 38.Re2 Rd5 39.Kg3 h4+ 40.Kf2 Rd3 41.Re7 a6 42.Re5+ Kf6 43.Rh5 Rd2+ 44.Ke3 Rxb2 45.Kf4! It's a mating attack!

45...Rb3 46.g5+ Kg7 47.Rh6 a5 48.Kg4 b5 49.f4 Rxa3 50.Rb6 b4 51.Rb7+ Kg8 52.g6 Rc3 53.Kg5 b3 54.f5 a4 55.Rb8+ Impressive and instructive endgame play. 1-0