White: Olaf Ulvestad Black: Herman Steiner U.S. Open, 1946, Pittsburgh, PA 1 Nf3 f5 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3 e6 4 g3 d5 5 cxd5 exd5 6 Bg2 c6 7 d4 Bd6 8 Bf4 Bxf4 9 gxf4 Ne4 10 e3 Nd7 11 Qc2 0-0 12 0-0-0 Ndf6 13 Ne5 Qa5 14 Bxe4 fxe4 15 Rhg1 Be6 16 Kb1 Rac8 17 Qa4 Qc7 18 Qa3 Rfd8 19 Rc1 a6 20 Na4 Ne8 21 Qb4 Nd6 22 Nb6 Rb8 23 b3 Re8 24 Rg5 Rbd8 25 Rcg1 Re7 26 h4 Nf5 27 h5 Qd6 28 Qa5 Rf8 29 Na4 Qa3 30 Qb6 Bc8 31 Nc3 a5 32 h6! Did Black miss this? If 32...Nxh6 33 Nxd5! crashes through. After 32...g6 Ulvestad gives 33 Rxg6+! hxg6 34 Nxg6 winning back at least a whole rook, due to the threat of 35 Nxf8+ Kxf8 36 Qd8+. 32 ... Qb4 33 hxg7! If now 33...Qxb6 34 gxf8Q+ Kxf8 35 Rg8 mate. 33 ... Nxg7 34 Nxd5 Qxb6 35 Nxe7+ 35 Nxb6 was fine, but White goes for more. 35 ... Kh8 36 N5g6+! It may seem that 36 Rxg7 is adequately met by 36...Be6. But then 37 Rf7! drives the last nail in the coffin: 37...Bxf7 38 Nxf7+ Rxf7 39 Rg8 mate, or 37... Rxf7 38 Rg8 mate, or 37...Qd8 38 N5g6+ hxg6 39 Rh1+ Bh3 40 Rxh3 mate. The text move ought to have worked, too. 36 ... hxg6 37 Rh1+?? 37 Rxg6 with threats of 37 Rh6 mate or 37 Rh1+ is crushing. 37 ... Nh5 38 Rxg6 Qb5 39 Ka1?? "A hallucination" according to Ulvestad, who gives the drawing line 39 Rg5 Qd3+ (but not 39 ... Qxg6 40 fxg5 Bg4 41 Ng6+ Kg7 42 Nxf8 Kxf8 43 Rc1 and White cleans up). 39 ... Kh7 40 Rg5 Qxg5 41 fxg5 Bg4 0-1