[Event "17th Latvian CC Championship SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martinson, J."]
[Black "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 h5 $5 {
[11... 0-0? would have been a waste of tempo.]} 12. h3 a5 {
[Another interesting possibility is 12... h4! with 13... Rh5!]} 13. e5 $6 {
[Without preparation and giving up a pawn, White hurries the attack.]} 13...
dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bd4 {[If 15.Bf4 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 Rb7! -+]} 15... Qc7 $1 {
[... and nothing!]} 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Ng5 e6 18. Bc5 {
[Preventing 18... 0-0.  However, Black's K is fine where it is!]} 18... Rb5 19.
Qd4 Ng4 $1 {[An interesting situation!  Black's K has stayed in the centre
without castling.  Nevertheless, Black has the advantage.]} 20. Qd6 $8 Bd4+ $1
21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 {[Or 22.Kh2 Be5+]} 22... Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Bxf2 24. Ba4 f6 $1
{[If 24... Rb6?! 25.Rd1! f6 26.Bc7! fxg5 27.Rd8+ Ke7 28.Rxh8 Rxb2 29.Bd8+ Kd6
30.Bxg5 =+]} 25. Rf1 Be3 26. Bxb5 cxb5 27. Nf3 Kd7 $1 {[The best move!  With
tempo, Black's K moves into play, in accord with the Steinitz doctrine.  If 27.
.. Bxc2?! 28.Re1! Kd7 29.Rxe3 Qxd6 30.Nd4! =+]} 28. Re1 {[If 28.Rd1 Bxc2!]}
28... Bb6 29. Bf4 Bxc2 30. Re2 Bf5 31. Rd2+ Kc6 32. Rd6+ Kc5 33. b4+ axb4 34.
Nd2 e5 {[White could resign here.]} 35. Rxf6 Bd8 36. Be3+ Kd5 37. Ra6 Be7 38.
Kg1 Rc8 39. Kf2 Rc3 40. Ke2 Ra3 41. Rxa3 bxa3 42. Kf3 Bc2 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. hxg4
b4 45. Ke2 b3 $1 0-1

