[Event "09"] [Site "Zandvoort (29.07.36)"] [Round "0"] [White "Maroczy"] [Black "Keres"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B18"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Classical"] {White's chances in the Caro-Kann Formation} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bd2 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Kb8 16. c4 c5 { just as in the French Formation, this counterthrust with the c-pawn is Black's best chance} 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Nf3 {White's aim is to keep e5 under pressure and thus prevent Black's central pawn majority from rolling forward} 20... Ka8 21. Ne5 Rhf8 {Black is in laborious defence} 22. g4 $1 Ng8 $1 23. Nf3 (23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Ne7) 23... g6 24. b3 Qe7 25. Rd3 Bc7 26. Red1 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Rd8 {Following the well-known rule that the side with the less freedom should seek exchanges. Notwithstanding the thorough-going simplification, Black still can not achieve full equality} 28. Qd2 Kb8 29. g5 Kc8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qe2 hxg5 32. hxg5 Ne7 33. Bf6 Qd6 $1 (33... Qe8) (33... Qd7 {White would then have to try to advance his Queenside majority}) 34. Ne5 Qc5 35. Nxf7 Qf5+ 36. Qc2 Ng8 37. Qxf5 exf5 38. Nh8 Nxf6 39. gxf6 Kd7 40. Nxg6 Ke6 41. Ne7 Bd6 42. Nd5 Ke5 43. Kc2 Ke4 44. f4 a5 45. f7 a4 46. bxa4 Ba3 47. Kc3 Bd6 48. a5 Bf8 49. Kb3 Bd6 50. Ka4 Kd4 51. Kb5 1-0