The first move was made by Sandor Kali, the Mayor of Miskolc. The flashlights had blinked for a number of minutes, then the game finally began. The players sarted the match in an apparently tense state of mind.
1.Nf3
Nf6
2.c4
c5
3.Nc3
Nc6
4.d4
cxd4
5.Nxd4
e6
6.Bg5
Be7
7.e3
Qa5
8.Bh4
Ne4!
Black happily accepts the simplification.
9.Bxe7
Nxc3
10.Qd2
Nxe7
[We would have also expected 10...Kxe7
]
11.Nb5
0-0
12.Qxc3
Qxc3+
13.Nxc3
b6
14.0-0-0
Rd8
15.Be2
Bb7
16.e4?!
f5!
Black doesn't wait like a sitting duck. He won't let White finish his development and play on Black's main weakness, the 'd6' square. The intense counterplay tumbles the white army.
17.exf5
[17.f3?!
fxe4
18.fxe4
Ng6
19.Rd4
Bc6
(19...Kf7?!
20.Nb5!
Ke7
21.Nd6
Bc6
22.b4!
) 20.b4
Ne5
21.Rhd1
Kf7
=/+]
17...Nxf5
18.Rhg1
Rac8
19.Rd2
Kf8!
The king belongs to the middle of the board. By the time White wakens, Black is taking the initiative. [19...d5
20.cxd5
Bxd5
(20...exd5?!
21.Bg4
g6
22.Bxf5
gxf5
23.Rd4
+/=) 21.Kd1
Kf7=
]
20.g3
Ke7
21.Re1
Nd6
22.b3
[Better is 22.Rd4
]
22...b5
23.Red1
Ne4
24.Nxe4
Bxe4
25.Kb2
Black is better because of his central pawns, but the advantage is far from being decisive. We would have liked to see a "skinning" á la Lékó, but considering the time shortage the players devided the point. 1/2-1/2