Scottish Centenary Tournament

Last updated 22 February 2004

Hintikka,E (2440) - Zagorovsky,V (2575) [C77]
SCCA-100, 1984
[Notes by John Hawkes]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d4 [7.0-0 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.d3 Bb7 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 gives a "Marshall", with Qe5 and Rf1 instead of Re5 and Qd1. 12...Re8 13.c4 Nf6 14.Qf5 Bc8 15.Qf4 Qxd3 16.cxb5 Bd6-+ Poirier-Jordan, O'Kelly Memorial.; 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5 9.d4 d5 10.c3 Nxe4 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 0-0 13.0-0 Bf5 14.Be3= Spassky-Kholmov, USSR, 1954.]

7...d5!? A battle in the centre before anyone has castled, similar to the Spassky-Kholmov game above.

8.exd5 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.a4 Rb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Na3 0-0 13.0-0 Bg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.Qe5 Bc5 16.Bg5 Re8 17.Qf4 Rb6 18.Qd2 h6 19.Bh4 Bf5 20.Rae1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Qd7 22.Re5 d3+ 23.Bf2 Bxf2+ 24.Kxf2 dxc2 25.Nxc2 Bxc2 Eliminating a dangerous minor piece.

26.Qxc2 Qd6 27.Qc3 Rb8 28.g3 Nd7 29.Re4 Nc5 30.Rg4 g6 31.Bc2 Re8 [31...Qxd5? 32.Bxg6 ]

32.b4 Nd7 33.Re4 Rd8 34.Bb3 Nf6 35.Rd4 Ne8 Black can't win the d5-pawn, so regroups. [35...c6? 36.dxc6! ]

36.Rf4 Qb6+ 37.Kf1 Nd6 38.Qf6 Ra8 39.Bc2 Qa7 40.Rg4 Qe3 A delicate situation.

41.Bxg6 Qc1+ 42.Kg2 Ra2+ 43.Bc2+ Kf8 44.Kh3 Qxc2 45.Qd8+ Ne8 46.Re4 Qxh2+ 47.Kg4 f5+! That makes all the difference.

48.Kxf5 Qh5+ 49.Kf4 Qf7+ 50.Ke5 He can't avoid the exchange of queens. [50.Kg4 Qd7+! ]

50...Qe7+ 51.Qxe7+ Kxe7 52.Kf5+ Kf7 53.Rh4 Ra6 The rest is relatively easy.

54.Ke5 Rg6 55.f4 Nf6 56.Rh3 Nd7+ 57.Kd4 Kg7 58.Rh1 Rxg3 59.Rc1 Kg6 60.Rxc7 Nf6 61.d6 h5 62.Kc5 Rd3 63.Re7 h4 64.Re1 Kf5 65.Kc6 h3 66.Rf1 Rd2 67.Rh1 Kg4 0-1