Boris Spassky - Ray Collett

Hay-on-Wye Simul 20 boards 25.05.2008

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 g5?!
Correct is 4...h6 5.0—0 (5.d3 g5 6.g3 g4 7.Nd4 f3 8.c3 Nc6 9.Na3 Nxd4 1O.cxd4 Bg7 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Bf4 c6 13.Qb4 a5 14.Qb6 d5 15.Bxd5 Ra6 16.Qb3 cxd5 17.Nb5 Qb4+ 18.Qxb4 axb4 19.Nc7+ Kd8 20.Nxa6 bxa6 with great advantage to black (Gallagher-Kuzmin Biel, 1995) 5...Nc6 6.d4 g5 7.c3 Bg7 8.g3 g4 9.Nh4 f3 10.Nxf3 (Better is 10.Qa4 with a slight advantage to black) 10...gxf3 11.Qxf3 Qe7 12.Na3 Nf6 13.Bd2 with advantage to black (Flinn-Collett, Grangemouth, 1974).
5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 Nh6 7.d4 Bg7
A game won by Morphy against Tilghman in 1859 in the USA ended in a king hunt: 7...f6 8.Bxf4!? Nc6 (8...fxg5 9.Bxg5 Qd7) 9.0—0 Qe7 10.Nc3 Qg7 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 Ke7 13.Nd5+ Kxe6 14.Bxh6 Qxh6 15.Qxg4+ Kf7 16.Rxf6+ Qxf6 17.Nxf6 Kxf6 18.Rfl+ Ke7 19.Qg5+ Kd7 20.Qf5+ Ke8 21.Qf7+ Kd8 22.Qf6+ Ne7 23.Qxh8 Ng6 24.Rxf8+ black resigned.
8.Bxf4 0-0 9.O-O!
A theoretical novelty according to one database. Also played has been: 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Qd2?! Nxd4 11.0-0-0 Nc6 12.Rdfl Ne5 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.Rf2 a5 15.a3 a4 16.Ba2 b5 17.Rhfl Nc4 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Qd5 draw, Ben Azzouz-Clech, Torcy, 1991.
9...Qe7?!
9...c5 is better.
10.Nc3 c6 11.Qd2 Kh8 12.Rael f6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.Bxe6 Qxe6 15.Bxh6Nd7 16.Rf5 Rf7 17.Refl Raf8 18.Qf4 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Rg7
19...Qc4 is better.
20.Qf4 a6 21.b3 Qe7 22.Ne2 Re8 23.Ng3 Qe6 24.Rh5
Or 24.c4, which is possibly better.
24.. .Rg6 25.Rel d5 26.Re2 dxe4 27.Rxe4 Qf7 28.Nf5

Spassky - Collett after 28.Nf5

28..Qf8?
28. ..Rxe4 29.Qxe4 Nf8 was the only way to keep going.
29.Kh2 Rxe4 30.Qxe4 Nb6 31.Ne7 1 - 0
Black resigned because of 31...Rg7 32.Rxh7+! Rxh7 33.Ng6+ winning the queen.