[Event "Lone Pine"] [Site "Lone Pine, CA USA"] [Date "1977.03.30"] [Round "9"] [White "Yuri Balashov"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Classical"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nd6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bf4 Bg4 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.c3 Nd7 11.Qc2 g6 12.Rac1 Re8 13.h3 Be6 14.Rfe1 Nf8 15.Nf1 c6 16.Ng3 a5 17.h4 b6 18.h5 Bf6 19.Qd2 c5 20.Be5 cxd4 21.cxd4 Nc4 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.d5 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 f6 25.Rxe6 Nxe6 26.dxe6 Qxd2 27.Nxd2 Rac8 28.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.Nxc4 Rxe6 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Kf1 Rc6 32.b3 b5 33.Nxa5 Rc1+ 34.Ke2 Rc2+ 35.Ke3 Rxa2 36.Nc6 Rb2 37.Nd4 f5 38.Nge2 Kf7 39.f4 Ke7 40.Kd3 Kd6 41.Nxb5+ Kc5 42.Nbd4 Kb4 43.Ke3 Rb1 44.Kf2 Rd1 45.Kg3 Rh1 46.Nc6+ Kxb3 47.Ne5 Rh7 48.Nd4+ Kb4 49.Ndf3 Kc5 50.Nxg6 Kd5 51.Ng5 Ra7 52.Nh4 Ra3+ 53.Kh2 Ra4 54.g3 {#r} 1-0