Scottish Centenary Tournament

Last updated 22 February 2004

Hintikka,E (2440) - Berta,M (2430) [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 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 [Also playable here is: 7...Rb8 8.axb5 axb5 9.Nc3 0-0 10.d3 d6 11.Bg5 Bb4 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.bxc3 h6 14.Bh4 Qe7= Spielmann-Eliskases, 1932!]

8.d3 h6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nc3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nd1 d5 13.e5 Re8 14.f4 Bb6 15.Qf3 Nh7 16.Nf2 c5 17.f5! Rxe5 18.a5 Ba7? A strange choice. [>=18...Bc7 and it would prevent White's 23rd move in the game continuation.]

19.Ng4 Re8 20.f6 Nxf6 21.Bxh6! Re6 22.Bxg7 If Black's bishop had been on c7, then White's best here may have been Bg5, giving Black real problems.

22...Kxg7 23.Qf4 Nxg4 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Qxe6 Qh4 26.h3 Ne3 27.Qe5+ Kg8 28.Rf3 Qh6 29.Raf1! Nxf1 30.Bxd5+ A fine attack. 1-0