[Event "San Juan Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gotay, J."] [Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [Annotator "Llewellyn, Alan"] [PlyCount "100"] {This game between the forgotten genius of Nicholas Rossolimo (a Russian Emigre) and an unknown player to the chess databases was superb towards the endgame. It starts in standard moves and looks rather boring but then fireworks errupt.} 1. c4 {Opening with this move usually means you get into an English Opening but it can transpose into several different openings after this move.} f5 {Black is answering with a Dutch Defence move usually played after 1 d4.} 2. Nc3 Nf6 {3 d4 would have transposed into a Dutch Defence proper but with 3 g3 Gotay is signalling he wants to avoid the Defence which most Dutch players are usually comfortable with and Gotay decides to instead play a cross over between the Dutch Defence and the English Opening called the Anglo-Dutch Opening.} 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 {this may seem weakening but White wants an extra pawn in the centre to attack e5 with. ie by allowing the immediate d4 to be played by Gotay.} d6 7. Rb1 $6 {having prepared d4 on his last move white ignores it and attacks the b7 pawn instead maybe not realising Nc6 both defends b7 and stops d4 at the same time.} Nc6 $1 8. Nh3 O-O 9. f4 e4 $5 {this blocks in the Bishop on the g2 square.} 10. O-O b6 $6 11. d3 $5 exd3 12. exd3 {The Bishop on g2 is freed again.} Qd7 (12... Bb7) 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Ng5 Rae8 15. Bd2 Nd8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Re1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nb7 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {after the swapping off Nicolas has a small edge due to the two knights being stronger than the Bishop and Knight of Gotay because the position is too Blocked up, by pawns, for the Bishop to be affective. Plus the h1-a8 diagonal is weak for White which happens to be near Gotays King.} 20. Qd1 Nc5 21. Bc1 (21. Qf3 $4 h6 22. Nh3 Qa4 23. Qe2 Qxa2 24. Nf2 $19) 21... Qc6+ $6 22. Kg1 $6 (22. Nf3) 22... b5 $1 23. Qe2 $6 bxc4 24. Qe7 Qd7 (24... Nxd3 $4 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qf8+ Ng8 27. Nf7#) 25. Qxd7 Nfxd7 26. dxc4 h6 27. Nf3 Ne4 28. Bb2 Nb6 29. Nd4 Nxc4 30. Ba1 a5 (30... g6 31. Nb5 c5 32. Nxa7 d5 33. Nc6 Kf8 $15) 31. Nxf5 Kf7 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. g4 h5 34. h3 hxg4 35. hxg4 g6 36. Nd4 c5 {Nicolas has an advantage here because the Bishop on a1 isnt just poor its totally out of the game and easily liable to be lost. Gotay must be asking himself how he got in this position.} 37. Ne2 $6 (37. Nc2) 37... a4 38. Nc1 d5 39. Kf3 (39. Nd3 $2 Ne3+ 40. Kf3 Nc2 41. Bb2 a3 42. Bc1 Nxc3 $19) 39... a3 40. Ne2 $2 Ke6 41. Nc1 Kd6 $2 (41... Nb2) 42. Ne2 $4 (42. Nd3) 42... Ned2+ 43. Kf2 Na5 $3 { the threat is Ndb3!! -43...Na5 Sets up a spectacular end to the game.} 44. Nc1 (44. Ke3 Ndb3 45. axb3 Nxb3 $19) 44... c4 $3 45. Ke2 Ndb3 46. axb3 cxb3 47. Nd3 Nc4 $3 48. Kd1 b2 49. Bxb2 $2 (49. Nxb2 axb2 50. Bxb2 Nxb2+ 51. Kc2 $19) 49... Nxb2+ $1 50. Nxb2 a2 $3 {the pawn is unstoppable.} 0-1