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[Event "Latvian Championship"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round ""]
[White "Khlyavin"]
[Black "Zhdanov"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4  c6  2.Nc3  d5  3.Nf3  g6  4.d4  Bg7  5.h3  a6  6.Bf4  Nf6  7.e5  Ng8  8.Qd2  b5  9.Be2  h6  10.O-O-O?  e6  {In the introduction to his classic book The Art of Defense in Chess, Andy Soltis diagrams this position, and notes that White has a very strong game with nearly-completed development, while Black only has his misplaced KB developed.  He writes, "A quick mating attack is assured, you might conclude.  And you would be right".} 11.g4  Nd7  12.Bg3  Bf8  13.Rdf1  Nb6  14.Nd1  a5  15.Ne1  b4  16.Nd3 {Had White seen what was coming, he would have played Ne3.}  Nc4  17.Qe1  Qb6  18.b3  Qxd4!  19.bxc4  Qa1+  20.Kd2  dxc4  21.Nf4  Qxa2  22.Ke3  Bb7  23.Qd2  g5  24.Nh5  c3  25.Qd3  Rd8 {Even though it's move 25 and Black's entire Kingside is still undeveloped, his developed pieces are much better placed than White's, and he has a won game.}  26.Qe4  Bc5+  27.Kf3  Rd4  28.Qe3  Qd5+ 0-1 {It's mate next move.  This was a textbook example of "castling into it."}

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