[Event "17th Latvian CC Championship SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurtovoi, N."]
[Black "Efremov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nickolai Gurtovoi"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.04.25"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.25"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 c5 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rg1 $1 e5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nf1 Ndxe5 12. g3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Re8 14. c4 $5
Nf6 15. g4 g5 16. h4 $1 Bh6 {[If 16... gxh4 17.g5! Nd7 18.Bxd5 +-]} 17. Qg2 Be6
18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Rc1 $1 {[Of its own free will, White's king will stay in the
centre.  Not 19.0-0-0? of course, because of 19... dxc4 20.dxc4 Bxc4 -+]} 19...
dxc4 20. dxc4 Nd7 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Rc2 Ne5 23. b3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qd3 25. Kd1
$1 {
[At first glance, White's king looks in danger. but he defends comfortably.]}
25... Rcd8 26. Kc1 $1 Rd7 27. Ng3 $1 {[Threatens 28.Ne4 +-]} 27... Qg6 28. Qe4
{[Maybe 28.Nf5 was more correct.]} 28... Qxe4 29. Nxe4 h6 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Bc3
f5 $2 {
[The losing move.  After 31... Kh7! 32.Rh2+ Kg6 33.Rf1 f5! Black could resist.]
} 32. gxf5 Bf7 33. Rxg5+ Kf8 34. Bg7+ Ke7 35. e4 $1 Kd8 {
[Or 35... Red8 36.e5 Rd1+ 37.Kb2 R8d2 38.e6 Be8 39.Bc3!]} 36. e5 Kc7 {
[Or 36... Rd3 37.e6 Bg8 38.Bf6+ Kc8 39.Rcg2! Bh7 40.Rh2! Bg8 41.Rh8]} 37. e6
Bxe6 38. fxe6 Rxe6 39. Bc3 1-0

