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(1) Michael Rohde - Zsuzsa Polgar [A27]
Reshevsky Memorial, NY 1992
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 h6 This line had just been played against me two weeks earlier in the 1992 World Open by Walter Browne. Black's most solid line is 5 ... Bb4, reducing White's influence on the center.
6.Nh3 g5 7.Ng1! Black's kingside space advantage will be challenged with h2-h4, looking to gain a foothold on the f4 square. 7...Bg7 8.e3 Nf6 9.h4 9...Kf7 In Steinitzian fashion, using the king (the only available piece) to shore up the defense of g5. [9...g4 This was tried in Rohde - Browne, and a battle erupted over the f4 square. 10.Nge2 Nh5 11.Nd5 Ne7 12.Nef4 Nxf4 13.Nxf4 h5! Browne goes after the remaining White knight on the f4 outpost. 14.Bd2 Rh6! 15.Qb3 d6 16.0-0-0 Ng6²] 10.Nh3 Kg6 11.f3 Qe7 12.fxe4 Nxe4 [12...fxe4 13.Nf2 threatening Nf2xe4 very strongly.] 13.Nxe4 [13.Nd5?! Qd6! (13...Qf7?? 14.Qh5+!! Kxh5 15.Nhf4+ gxf4 16.Nxf4+ Kg4 17.Be2+ Kg3 18.Rh3#) ] 13...Qxe4 14.Bd3! Qxg2 15.Bxf5+! The start of an incredible king-hunt. 15...Kxf5 16.Rf1+ White needs to get his rook and queen into the attack quickly. Towards this end, 16 Qd3+ would waste a tempo, as it takes two moves to get the queen to g6 (see the note) whereas only one move to get the queen to h5. [16.Qd3+ Kf6! 17.Rf1+ Ke7 18.Qg6 Qg3+ 19.Kd1 gxh4! 20.Rf7+ Kd8³] 16...Ke6 17.Qh5 17...Ne5 [17...Rf8 18.Qg6+ Bf6 (18...Rf6 19.d5+) 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Rxf6+ Rxf6 21.Nxg5+; 17...Ke7! (J. Polgar) 18.Qf7+ Kd8 19.Qxg7 Re8 White has restored material equality but no longer has a clear initiative.; 17...Bxd4 18.exd4 Qg3+ 19.Rf2 This is just good for White.] 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Qf7+ Kd6 20.Rf6+ Kc5 [20...Bxf6 This loses by force. 21.Qxf6+ Kc5 22.Qxh8 Qxh3 23.Qd4+ Kc6 24.Qd5+ Kb6 25.Qb5#] 21.b4+! Kxb4 22.Bd2+ This is much better than 22 Rb1+ Ka4 and Black will have a later ... Be5-c3+. 22...Ka3 23.c5 Threatening 24 Qb3 mate! 23...d5 24.cxd6 Bg3+ 25.Rf2 Black still has no satisfactory defense against Qf7-b3. 25...Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Bg4+ 27.Kd3 Bd1 28.Bc1+ Ka4 29.Qc4+ Ka5 30.Bd2+ 1-0
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