Scottish Centenary Tournament

Last updated 22 February 2004

Strand,K (2450) - Hintikka,E (2440) [C64]
SCCA-100, 1984
[Notes by John Hawkes]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 f5 An excellent line for Black.

5.d4 [Kellner-Purdy, CC, 1954, is a good example of the line: 5.exf5 e4 6.d4 exf3 7.dxc5 Qe7+ 8.Be3 fxg2 9.Rg1 Nf6 10.Rxg2 (>=10.Qf3 0-0 11.Nd2 ; Also, >=10.Bc4 stopping 0-0. 10...Ne5 11.Nd2 b6 12.Qb3 Bb7 13.0-0-0 0-0-0 14.Qa3 Nfg4 15.Bd4 Nxc4 16.Nxc4 Qg5+ 17.Rd2 b5 18.Nd6+! Dauga-Mokrov, USSR CC, 1972.) 10...d5 11.cxd6 cxd6 12.Qf3 0-0 13.Nd2 Ne5 14.Qe2 Bxf5-/+ ]

5...fxe4 6.Nxe5 [The main alternative is: 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nfd2 Bd6 8.dxe5 e3! 9.fxe3 Bc5 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qf3 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Ne4 Bg4 14.Qf1 Be7 15.Qxh3 Bxh3 16.Nf2 Be6 17.e4 0-0-0!? 18.Be3 h5= Martinovsky-Andrews, III North Atlantic CC Championship.; 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nfd2 There is also the super-violent: 7...Qg5!? 8.dxc5 Nf6 9.0-0? Bh3 10.g3 0-0-0! and White couldn't put together a defence in Magnusson-Sowray, NATT II.]

6...Nxe5 7.Qh5+ [Black has no problem with 7.dxe5 c6 and White must choose 8.Bc4 or (8.Be2!? )]

7...Ng6 [More natural than: 7...Nf7 8.Bc4 (8.Qxc5 c6 9.Be2 d6 10.Qa3 Qf6 11.Nd2 d5 12.Nb3 and Black has good k-side play.) 8...Qe7 9.dxc5 Nf6 10.Bxf7+ Kf8 ]

8.dxc5 Nf6 9.Qg5 Reckoned to be strong.

9...0-0 10.Be3 b6! [Improving on: 10...d5 11.cxd6 cxd6 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Bd4 a6 14.Be2 d5 15.0-0+/- Suetin-Naftalin, USSR, 1959.]

11.Nd2 Bb7 12.Rd1 [In view of what happens, 12.0-0-0 looks more circumspect.]

12...Re8 13.Nb3 Re5 14.Bc4+ Kh8 15.Qg3 Qe7! A wonderful position for Black!

16.cxb6 [16.Bd4 e3! opens all the lines for Black.]

16...axb6 17.Nc1 Nh5 18.Qg4 d5 19.Bf1 Rf8 20.Qe2 Nhf4 And it's getting better and better - quite overwhelming in fact, but it's a bit too early for White to resign!

21.Qd2 Ref5! 22.Rg1 Ne5 23.Be2 Qh4 24.h3 Nxh3 25.gxh3 Rxf2 26.Qd4 Rg2+ Now White was probably only too happy to resign! 0-1