[Event "13th Trieste Open"]
[Site "Trieste ITA"]
[Date "2011.09.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Banusz, T."]
[Black "Gikas, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[Annotator "Müller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2011.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Nh4
Bc2 9. Qe2 Be4 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. a3 Be7
15. g3 O-O 16. Bg2 Nd6 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. O-O e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Qc2 Qb6 21.
Rb1 Qc5 22. Qe2 Nb6 23. b4 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. b5 cxb5 26. Bxb7 Bd6 27. Rxb5
Nxa3 28. Ra5 Nc4 29. Rxa7 Rd7 30. Rd1 Rb8 31. Ra4 Rdxb7 32. Rxc4 Be5 33. Rd5
Bf6 34. Kg2 g6 35. g4 Rb5 36. Rd7 R5b7 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Rc5 Rb1 39. Kg3 h6 40.
Bd2 Rg1+ 41. Kf3 Rd1 42. Ba5 Ra1 43. Bc7 Ra2 44. Bg3 Ra3 45. h4 Rb3 46. h5 g5
47. Rd5 Rb4 48. Bd6 Rc4 49. Bc5 Rc3 50. Ke4 Bg7 51. Kf5 Rc2 52. e4 Rc3 53. Be3
Rc6 54. e5 Rc4 55. Rd8+ Kh7 56. Rd7 Kg8 57. e6 fxe6+ 58. Kg6 Bf8 59. Bd4 e5 60.
Bxe5 Rc6+ 61. Bf6 Ra6 62. Rd8 Rc6 63. f4 $5 {[#]} gxf4 64. g5 hxg5 $2 {Gikas
crumbles under the pressure.} ({He had to start the counterplay immediately:} 
64... f3 $1 65. gxh6 (65. Rd3 f2 66. Rf3 hxg5 67. h6 Bxh6 68. Kxh6 g4 69. Rxf2
g3 $11) 65... Rxf6+ 66. Kxf6 f2 67. Rd1 Kh7 $1 {The point of the defense. Now
the pawn f2 gives Black the draw.} ({The hasty} 67... Bxh6 $2 {spoils it:} 68.
Kg6 Bd2 69. h6 Kf8 70. h7 Bc3 71. Rf1 Bd4 72. Rxf2+ $18) 68. Rf1 Bc5 (68...
Kxh6 69. Rxf2 Kxh5 $11) 69. Kg5 Be3+ 70. Kg4 Kxh6 $11) 65. h6 Rxf6+ (65... Rc7
66. Bg7 Rc6+ 67. Kh5 $18) 66. Kxf6 Kh7 ({Now} 66... f3 {comes too late:} 67.
Kg6 f2 68. h7+ Kh8 69. Rxf8#) 67. Rxf8 g4 68. Kg5 1-0

