[Event "Prague "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Havel, Krizan"]
[Black "Kok, Kavalek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "GM Lubomir Kavalek/The Huffington Post"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 {White is playing the French defense with the white pieces.} Nf6
3. Nf3 Bg4 {A natural development, pinning the knight.} 4. h3 $1 {Away with
the pin!} Bxf3 5. gxf3 {In general, pawns should capture towards the center.
In doubling them, president Havel follows some great chess masters. The world
champion William Steintz recommended this move after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4
4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.gxf3!?, with the idea to attack the center after 5...dxe5 6.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 with 7.f4. Mikhail Tal came up with a similar idea in the Caro-Kann:
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.gxf3 when he won the world
championship match against Mikhail Botvinnik in 1960.} ({We expected} 5. Qxf3)
5... Nc6 6. Nc3 ({Developing a piece, but} 6. f4 {stops the central advance
e7-e5.}) 6... e6 (6... e5 {is more aggressive.}) 7. Qe2 Bb4 8. Bd2 {The
president smiled after this move, pointing out that he is ready to castle long.
} O-O 9. O-O-O {During the castling, Vaclav Havel began to place his king to
the square b1, something the great Italian romantics would do in the 16th
century.} e5 {This sharp advance in the center is a hidden trap, luring white
into a wrong combination.} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. f4 $1 ({White discovers the trap
and avoids it. After} 11. Nxd5 $2 Qxd5 12. Bxb4 Qxa2 13. Bxf8 Qa1+ 14. Kd2 Qxb2
15. Be7 Nd5 {black is a rook down, but his knights secure him a marvelous
counterplay. White has to watch out. For example white gets mated after} 16.
Ke1 $2 Qc3+ 17. Rd2 Qa1+ 18. Qd1 (18. Rd1 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 Nc3 {wins}) 18... Nc3 $3
19. Qxa1 Nxf3#) 11... Ned7 12. Rg1 {A rook belongs on an open file.} c6 13. a3
Ba5 {The bishop can't come back to protect the king and white begins the
attack.} 14. e4 {Excited by good attacking prospects, Havel moved his pawn as
far as the square e5. Krizan pushed it back to e4.} dxe4 ({After} 14... Bxc3
15. Bxc3 dxe4 {Havel was ready to perform a wonderful combination:} 16. Rxg7+
$3 Kxg7 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Rxd7 {mating soon.}) 15. Nxe4 ({White could have
opened the diagonal c1-h6 for his bishop with} 15. f5) 15... Nxe4 $5 ({Black
could have equalized comfortably with} 15... Bxd2+ $5 16. Nxd2 (16. Rxd2 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Re8 18. Qf3 Re1+ 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Nf6) 16... Qc7 $11) 16. Bxa5
Qxa5 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe7 {A double attack: both the knight on f6 and the pawn
on b7 are hanging. At this moment both players were completely engulfed in the
fight, played quickly and their councelors could only helplessly stare on the
board.} Rab8 $2 {"I have to protect this pawn," Bessel said and played quickly
before I could change his mind.} (18... Qf5 {was a playable defense.}) 19. Bc4
$2 ({White was winning immediately with} 19. Qxf6 $18 {Krizan saw it, but
Havel's hand was too fast.}) 19... Qf5 20. Rd4 ({Threatening 20.Rg5, but} 20.
Qe5 {was objectively better.}) 20... c5 $6 ({Black could have counterattacked
with} 20... Rbe8 $1 21. Qxb7 Ne4) 21. Rg5 {"It's hopeless," said Bessel and
thinking he must lose the knight offered Havel his resignation.} ({However,
after} 21. Rg5 {black can minimize his losses with} Rbe8 $1 22. Rxf5 Rxe7 23.
Rxc5 {white is a pawn up, but black can still fight.}) 1-0

