[Event "5th ETCh final"]
[Site "Bath ENG"]
[Date "1973.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stean, Michael Francis ENG"]
[Black "Blau, Maximilian SUI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[ECO "C16"]
[EventDate "1973.07.06"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Bd2 Bxc3?! 6.Bxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Ba6 8.Bxa6
Nxa6 9.Qe2 Nb8 10.O-O Ne7 11.a4 
    ( 11.b4!? )
11...a5 12.b3 
    ( 12.b4?! axb4 13.Bxb4 Nbc6 ~ )
12...O-O 13.Bb2 c5 14.Rfd1 Na6 
    ( 14...Nbc6 15.Ba3 Qa7 16.c4 += )
15.c4 Qb7 
    ( 15...dxc4 16.dxc5 )
16.cxd5 Nxd5 
    ( 16...Qxd5?! 17.Ng5 Qxb3? 18.Nxh7 Kxh7 19.Ra3 Qb4 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Rh3 
    +- {Stean} )
17.Ng5! h6 18.Ne4 cxd4 
    ( 18...Nf4? 19.Qf3 )
19.Rxd4 Rfd8 
    ( 19...Nc5 20.Nf6+!? gxf6 21.exf6 Rfd8 $8 22.Qg4+ Kf8 23.Qg7+ Ke8 24.
    Rc1 $36 {Stean} )
20.Rad1 
    ( 20.Rc1 Nc5 )
20...Nc5 21.Nd6 Qe7 22.Qf3 Ra7 23.Qg3?! 
    ( 23.h4!? )
23...Rad7 24.Nc4 Qg5! 25.Qf3 
    ( 25.Rg4? Nf4! -+ )
25...Qf5 26.Qxf5 exf5 27.Ba3! = Nc3? 
    ( 27...Nxb3 $142 28.R4d3 Nc5 
        ( 28...Nf6? 29.Nd6! )
    29.Bxc5 bxc5 30.f4! 
        ( 30.Nxa5? Ra8 )
    30...Nb6 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Nxd7 33.Kf2 = 
        ( 33.Nxa5?! Nb6! )
    )
28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.Rxd7 Nxd7 30.Kf1 Ne4?! 
    ( 30...Nd5 $142 )
31.Ke2 Ndc5 32.Bxc5! 
    ( 32.f3 Nc3+ 33.Kd2 Nb1+ 34.Kc2 Nxa3+ 35.Nxa3 +/- )
32...Nxc5 33.Nxb6 Kf8 34.Kd2 Nxb3+ 35.Kc3 Nc1 36.Kc4 Ke7 37.Kb5 Kd8 38.
Kxa5 Nd3 39.Nc4 Nxf2 40.Kb6 Kc8 41.Nd6+ Kb8 42.Nxf7 Ne4 43.e6 f4 44.e7 1-0

