Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Erez Klein 1976-2013

FIDE master Erez Klein passed away on April 24th.

Round Three: Benko Gambit

Erez Klein (USCF 1905) - Robert Seltzer (USCF 2045), Boston MA 8/30/1987

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.a4 bxc4 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 d6 8.Bxc4 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bf4 Nbd7 


11.a5 Ng4 12.a6 Bc8 13.Bb5 Rb8 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Rfb1 Nge5 16.Nd2 f5 17.exf5 Rxf5 18.Be3 Qd8 19.f4 Nf7 20.g4 Bxc3 21.gxf5 Bg7 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Bd3 Nf6 24.Bxg6 Nh6 25.Qg2 Nfg4 26.Nf1 Qb6 27.Qe4 Bxa6 28.Qxe7 Nxe3 29.Nxe3 c4 30.Kh1 Bb7 31.Rg1 Kh8


32.Be8 Qd4 33.Rg5 Qf6 34.Qe4 Qf8 35.Ba4 Ba8 36.Bc2 Qg8 37.Rxg7 Qxg7 38.Rg1 Qxg1+ 39.Kxg1 Rg8+ 40.Kf2 Rg7 41.Qe8+ Rg8 42.Qe7 Rg7 43.Qf8+, Black resigns.