[Event "Johannesburg"] [Site "Johannesburg"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Korchnoi, Viktor"] [Black "Huebner, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Llewellyn, Alan"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1981.08.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RSA"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] {This is a game between Victor Korchnoi and Robert Huebner from the then West Germany. It was a tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa and shows Victor as the most majestic of players. Calmly creating a winning advantage out of nothing using an opening line produced by the English player Michael Stean who worked for Korchnoi on his opening preperation.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bf4 {The line developed by Stean.} Be7 6. Qc2 Nh5 7. Bd2 d5 $2 { This leads to the half opening up of the c-file and is thus a serious mistake when the c7 square is so weak.} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne5 $1 {this move, i play often, in my games, it creates opportunites for attacking the f7 square in particular and it is difficult for Black to cope with as swapping off causes added difficulties in a rampant advanced pawn on the loose.} a6 13. Qb3 Nbd7 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1 $142) 14... b5 15. Nxd5 $1 { this move isnt technically the best but over the board is difficult to meet.} Nxd5 16. Ba5 N7f6 $6 $14 (16... Bf6 17. e4 $2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 N5b6 $17) 17. e4 Rc8 $1 18. Rc1 Nxe4 $2 $16 (18... Qd6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxc7 Bxb3 21. Bxd6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxd6 23. axb3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 $16 {and the advantage of Bishop over Knight with Roberts pawns almost exclusively on Light squares, would have maybe been enough for the win but a draw looked more likely.}) 19. Bxe4 g6 $4 { total disaster for Huebner but a sheer joy for us in seeing Victors reply.} 20. Rc6 $3 Nf6 (20... Bxc6 21. Nxc6 Qd6 22. Bxd5 Kg7 23. Bb4 Qf6 24. Nxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 $18) 21. Nxf7 Qxd4 22. Ng5+ $3 {a deceptively clever reply from the maestro.} Kh8 ({No better is 22...Kg7 or even Kf8, both run into a fork.} 22... Kg7 23. Ne6+ Kh8 24. Nxd4 $18) 23. Bc3 $1 {After the reply such as Qd8 then Qf7 threatens mate on h7 (the Black Knight-on f6- does not defend because of the pin to the Black King by the White Bishop on c3), also if that isnt enough Victor would be threatening mate with Bxf6 if the Bishop moved and Queen went back to d7 for instance. Enough is enough, checkmate is too embarassessing so Robert resigned.} 1-0