The Quest For The World Correspondence Chess Championship

W. Dietze - V. V. Palciauskas [A10]
ICCF Master Class, 1971

1.c4 e5 2.d3 g6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 A very good alternative would have been 5.g3 5...Nf6 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 Re8 10.Qc2 White was testing my patience with his slow maneuvering. A year had almost passed and we're not even out of the opening! Mail was slow with Eastern Europe. 10...Nf8 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 h6 13.Bb2 g5!?








I have to admit that I was getting impatient with the slow progress of the game. So I devised a plan for a king side attack based on the advance of the g-pawn. The plan is somewhat premature because the center has not been solidified. But, white helps me in this regard. 14.Ra1 Rb8 15.Nd2 The counter 15.d4 seems more to the point. 15...Ng6 16.c5?! This makes the center more difficult to open. Simply 16.Ra7, or even 16.d4 now, would have been better. 16...d5 17.Nb5 Bd7 18.d4?! Retreating the knight back to c3 and keeping the center fluid would have been preferrable. 18.d4 allows me to close the center and control more space. This advantage greatly facilitates my attack. Translation: white is now at a disadvantage. 18...e4 19.Ra7 Nh4 20.Nb3 White removes a defender of f3. He must not have forseen how my attack will develop or how rapidly. 20...g4! 21.Rfa1 Nf3+!








22.Kh1 Taking the knight losses quickly. [22.gxf3 gxf3 23.Bf1 Ng4 24.h3 (24.Na3 Nxh2 25.Kxh2 Qh4+ 26.Kg1 Re6) 24...Qg5 25.Kh1 Re6 26.Nxc7 Rg6 27.Nxd5 Nxe3-+] 22...Nh7 23.gxf3 gxf3 24.Bf1 The best way to prolong the game was 24.Rg1. [24.Rg1 fxe2 25.Qxe2 Ng5 26.Nc3 Nf3 and although black has pressure and can win the exchange with 27.Rg2 (27.Rg3 Qh4) 27...Bh3 28.Rg3 Qh4 29.Rxf3 exf3 30.Qxf3 the win is not immediate. Now I can carry out the main threat along the g-file.] 24...Re6 25.Nc3 If [25.Bh3 Rg6 26.Bxd7 Qxd7 27.Rg1 Rxg1+ 28.Kxg1 Qh3 mates.] 25...Qg5 White is helpless against the threat of Rg6. 26.Nc1 Rg6 27.N1e2 fxe2 28.Nxe2 Bg4 29.Ng3 h5








By returned the piece White has pevented mate temporarily, but black's attack is still too strong. 30.f4 exf3 31.Bd3 Qxe3! 32.Bxg6 23.Ra7-a3 and 23.h3 are also answered with 23....f2 threatening mate. 32...f2 33.Bxh7+ Kh8 34.h3 Qxg3 0-1

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