1.d4
Nf6
2.c4
d6
3.Nc3
e5
Avoiding the main lines, but allowing an early queen-exchange after d4xe5
4.e4
Perhaps Nf3 to sustain the tension in the center
4...exd4
5.Qxd4
Nc6
Gaining time on the queen
6.Qd2
Blocking the development of the Bc1, but overprotecting the Nc3 and preparing b3 and Bb3
6...g6
7.b3
Bg7
8.Bb2
0-0
9.Bd3
idea Nge2
9...Ng4
idea Nge5 and f5 or Qh4
10.Nge2
Qh4
threat Qxf2. The game now complicates very quickly
11.Ng3
Nge5
[11...Nxh2
traps the Nh2; 11...Nce5!?
12.Bc2
Bh6
13.f4
]
12.0-0
[12.Bc2
Nd4
13.Qxd4
Nf3+
]
12...f5
[The author gives 12...Ng4
13.h3
Nxf2
14.Qxf2
Bd4
15.Qxd4
Nxd4
16.Nd5
]
13.f3
Bh6
14.Qd1
f4
[14...Be3+
15.Kh1
f4
16.Nge2
Nb4
]
15.Nge2
g5
16.Nd5
g4
Ignoring Nxc7
17.g3
[17.Nxc7
g3
18.h3
Bxh3
19.gxh3
Qxh3-+
]
17...fxg3
18.hxg3
Qh3
19.f4
[19.fxg4
Bxg4-+
]
19...Be6
[19...Nf3+
20.Kf2
Qh2+
21.Ke3
when white is fine]
20.Bc2
[20.fxe5
Bxd5
21.exd5
Be3+
; 20.Bb1!?
Rf7
]
20...Rf7
21.Kf2
Qh2+
22.Ke3
Bxd5
23.cxd5
[23.Qxd5
Nb4
24.Qd2
Bxf4+
25.gxf4
Qh3+
26.Kf2
g3+-+
]
23...Nb4
24.Rh1
Diagram
24...Rxf4
25.Rxh2
[25.gxf4
Bxf4+
26.Nxf4
Nxc2+
27.Qxc2
Qxc2-+
]
25...Rf3+
"Sunk in thought for a long time, I understood that I was to say goodbye to all hope andthat I was losing a game that would be spread all over the world" Polugaevsky
26.Kd4
Bg7!
[26...c5+
27.dxc6
b5-+
28.Bd3
Nexc6+
29.Kc3
Bg7+
30.Kd2
Rxd3+-+
]
27.a4
c5+
28.dxc6
bxc6
29.Bd3
Nexd3+
30.Kc4
[30.e5
Bxe5+
31.Kc4
(31.Ke4
d5#
) 31...d5#
]
30...d5+
31.exd5
cxd5+
32.Kb5
Rb8+
33.Ka5
Nc6+
[33...Nc6+
34.Ka6
Nc5#
] 0-1