[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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