50 years ago today (11.11.1964) Canada played the Soviet Union in the A-group final at the Tel Aviv Olympiad. The Russians won -- with Botvinnik beating Yanofsky in a typically smooth way -- but in one of the games, master of attack Leonid Stein was put to the sword by Canadian Zvonko Vranesic.
[Event "Tel Aviv ol (Men) fin-A"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1964.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vranesic, Zvonko"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A78"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1964.11.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 {50 years later this is still a
topical position in the Benoni.} 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Qc2 (12. a4 {would be more
common today.}) 12... Rb8 13. a4 Na6 (13... b6 14. Nc4 Ba6 15.
Bf4 Bxc4 {(a different way of trading the Bc8 for the Nf3)} 16. Bxc4 a6 {0-1
(57) Paragua,M (2521)-Shabalov,A (2622) Ledyard 2008}) 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Nc4
Rb4 16. Na2 $1 Nxd5 $1 17. Bd2 $1 Rxc4 18. Qxc4 Nb6 19. Qc2 Qh4 20. Bc3 Bh6 21.
Rad1 Nc4 22. Qe2 Be6 23. Nc1 {threatening b3 and then taking the Pd6.} Bf8 24.
Nd3 Nb6 25. Qc2 Bd7 26. g3 Qg4 27. Nf4 $1 (27. a5 $1 Na4 $140 28.
h3 $1 Qxh3 29. Nf4 Qg4 30. Nd5 $16 {Xf6, as in the game.}) 27... Nxa4 28. Nd5
Re6 {Critical Position} 29. f3 $1 $18 Qg5 (29... Qxf3 30. Rf1 Qg4 31. Rf4 Qh5 (31...
Qg5 32. Bf6 Qh6 33. Rh4 {traps the Q.}) 32. Rxf7 $3 (32. Rdf1 $1 $18) 32...
Kxf7 33. Qf2+ $18) 30. f4 Qd8 31. f5 $1 gxf5 32. exf5 Rh6 33. Bd2 $1 Rh5 {
Diagram [#]} 34. Rf1 (34. Re4 $1 Bxf5 35. Qxa4 Bxe4 36. Qxe4 Re5 37. Qg4+ Bg7
38. Bh6 $18 {e.g.} Qf8 39. Nf6+ Kh8 40. Bxg7+ Qxg7 41. Qc8+) 34... Bg7 35. Be3
(35. Qe4 $1 $18) 35... Bc6 36. Qe4 $1 $18 (36. Qe2 $1 {also gets there.}) 36...
Kh8 37. Qg4 Rh6 38. f6 $1 {The strongest of several ways to win.} Rxf6 39. Nxf6
Bxf6 40. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 41. Qc8+ Kg7 {I'd guess that Black was in terrible time trouble and, having made the time control, recognized that his position is hopeless, so...} 1-0
