With eight points won from 15 games, Czech grandmaster Vlastimil Hort and Dane Bent Larsen shared sixth and seventh place at the Bugojno tournament in 1978. Both were far from the bottom of the table, but also far from the very top - Karpov and Spassky had 10 points each.
Larsen was more combative than Hort, recording five wins but also suffering four losses, while Hort was more peaceful - four wins, three losses and eight draws.
Both Larsen and Hort suffered defeats in duels with the winning duo - Karpov and Spassky.
From the Bugojno super tournament in 1978, we report one of four victories of the "peaceful" Hort, with black pieces, over the German grandmaster Hibner.
SICILIAN DEFENSE
HIBNER - HORT
BUGOJNO, 1978.
COMMENTS: VM. V. HORT
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6. 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 a6 7.Bc4 Bg7.
White has decided to avoid the usual paths of theory. This is how Hibner plays chess.
8. Lb3 0-0 9.Le3 Sc6 10.h3
A useful move.
10..Ld7 11.Dd3
White's whole system looks very unnatural. I suggest 11.Qf3 with 0-0 as more promising.
11…b5 12.0-0-0 13.Tc8 g4
If White had time to move his pawns quickly, then his entire strategy would look correct.
13..b4 14.Sce2 a5 15.g5
15.Bc4 is not good?! because of 15..Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Nxe4 17.Bxf7 Rxf7 18.Qxe4 and White has a weaker game. Instead of 15.g5, 15.Nxc6 with unclear game play can be recommended immediately.
15…Sh5 16.Ld5?
A losing move. White did not realize the danger in the position and is exposed to a terrible attack.
16…Sxd4 17.Lxd4 Lxd4 18.Dxd4 Dc7!
White has overlooked this move. Suddenly, the threat of Qc2 checkmate and e7-e6 to capture the trapped bishop simultaneously decide the game in Black's favor.
19.c3 Lb5!
He conquers material and still maintains positional pressure.
20.Th2 Lxe2 21.Txe2 Sxf4 22.Tc2 bc3 23.Kb1 Dc5! 24.h4 Dxd4 25.Txd4 cb2 26.Txb2
Black doesn't have many technical problems to win two more pawns.
26..Tc5 27.Tb7 Tfc8 28.Lb3 Se2! 29.Td3 Sc1!
The last simple and strong move.
30. Rd5 Nxb3 31.Rxb3 Rxd5 32.ed5 Rc5 33.Rb8+ Kg7 34.Re8 Rxd5 35.Rxe7 Rd4 36.Rd7 Rxh4 37.Rxd6 Rb4+
White surrenders.
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