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Péter Lékó – Vladimir Milošević

1st International Fischerandom Tournament; time control: 25 minutes for 20 moves, plus 5 minutes for the remainder of the game; Kanjiža, 1996

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Position #483

1. g3 b6 2. e4! c5?! 3. b3! Nc6 4. Nfe3 g6 5. Bxh8 Rxh8 6. f4 Ne6?! 7. Nf2 0-0-0 8. c3! h5 9. h4 Ng7 10. d4. Grandmaster Svetozar Gligorić estimates that White’s advantage is already decisive, due to his mobile Pawn mass and the exposed position of the enemy King. 10. ... e6 11. b4 Qc7 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 d6 16. Qb2! Rhg8 17. Rgd1 Kc7 18. Nh3! Rb8. Black is helpless against White’s huge preponderance; for instance, on 18. ... Rd7 19. Ng5 Nc8 20. e5 is crushing. 19. Qf6 Kd7 20. Ng5 exd5 21. cxd5 Qxa2+ 22. Rc2 Qa6+ 23. Kf2 Ne8 24. Qxf7 Nc7 25. Nh7! Ne8 26. Qe6+ Kd8 27. Ng5 Rf8 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Rb3 30. Re2 Qa4 31. Bf3 Bb7 32. f5 Ba6 33. f6 Rb7

34. Rb1! Bb5. If 34. ... Rxb1 there follows 35. Qxe7+ Kc8 36. f7 and wins. 35. Reb2 a6 36. Qf8! 1 : 0. Milošević finally resigns, because f6-f7 would follow.