Variations and comment in [ ] are by Fritz 9. Other comments by Art Byers.

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 9... b6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qb3= 10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 c6 12. Qc3 Re8 13. b4 dxc4 13... Nb6 14. c5 Nd7 15. e4 14. f4 Nb6 15. e4 Rd8 16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 Nc8 18. Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Rb8 18... Be8 19. e5 Qd7 r1nrb1k1/pp1q1ppp/2p1p3/P3P3/1PQP1P2/6P1/3N2BP/R4RK1 w - - 0 20 How many of you readers would like to have the Black pieces in this position, with four out of five of your major units lined up on the 8th rank - while White is so much better developed and has Rooks connected? Steiner is not discouraged and just goes about the business of improving the position of his pieces. For the time being, the black King is in no danger. The c8 Knight is headed for d5. 20. Nb3 Ne7 21. Rfd1 Nd5 22. Nc5 Qe7 Note the three square diagonal between the Black Queen and the aggressively posted White Knight. 23. Kf2 b6 This forces the white Knight from its post. 24. Nd3 Rab8 25. axb6 25. Be4= 25... Rxb6 [Putting pressure on the isolated pawn.] The silicon GM suggests 25...axb6. I believe this is an example of a chess master making a better move than the computer program would. Herman Steiner prefers pressure on the b4 pawn and if he can win it, may well have been looking toward an endgame with an outside passed pawn. Equality was not good enough! Steiner was playing to win! 25... axb6 26. Rdc1 Qd7= 26. Qc5 Qb7 27. Bxd5 27. Rdb1!? (Editor interjects: I am very curious what Black would have done against this move. The plan to win b4 immediately doesn't work out so well after 27... Rb8 28. Be4! Nxb4 29. Nxb4 Rxb4 30. Qxb4 Qxb4 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Rxa7 and Black h as a weak Pc6 and back rank. The text move seems to just help Black's Be8 get back in the game. 27... cxd5= 28. Qa5 Ra8 29. Nc5 The White Knight goes back to c5 with tempo. 29... Qc8 30. Rdc1 Bb5 Once more Stein er is improving the position of his pieces. The once purely defensive Bishop will have a home on c4. 31. Ke3 Why did Bondarevsky move his King instead of moving the knight for a discovered attack on the Black Queen? See Fritz's variation below. The move of the bR to the open file does not lead to much for White. Igor's backward d4 pawn and isolated b4 pawn may well have been the reason to activate his king. Steiner now sees that relatively unprotected King as a target and forms a plan beginning with Black's move 32. 31. Ne4 Rc6 32. Rc5 dxe4 33. Qxb5 Rxc5 34. bxc5 Qd8 31... Bc4= r1q3k1/p4ppp/1r2p3/Q1NpP3/1PbP1P2/4K1P1/7P/R1R5 w - - 0 32 32. Rc3 Qe8 33. Qa3 33. Qa4!? Qd8 34. Kf2 33... f6 Herman attacks the white center and looks to the Kingside by opening up the e8-h5 diagonal. 34. h4 34. exf6!? gxf6 35. Kf2 34... Qh5 In just three moves, Black has gone from equality to having the advantage! Mate in 1 is threatened on the e2 square. 35. Rc2 35. Re1 fxe5 36. dxe5 a5 37. bxa5 Rb5 35... fxe5 36. dxe5 Qg6 37. Kd2 h5 38. Qc3 Qg4 39. Kc1 Rb5 40. Ra5 Rab8 40... Rxa5 41. bxa5 Qg6 42. Kd2 41. Rb2 41. Rxb5 Rxb5 42. Ne4 41... Rxa5 42. bxa5 Rc8 43. Qe3 Qh3 44. Kd2?? White slips in an inferior position and Herman handles the complications well from here on. Fritz shows Black with a winning advantage in all the following variations. 44. Qg1 Qf5 45. Qd4 44... Qg2+ 45. Kc3 Qf1 46. f5 46. Kd2 Qa1 47. Qc3 46... Qa1 47. Kc2 Bd3+! A fine move that probably caught Bondarevsky by surprise. This check forces White to allow the Black Rook to become very active. 48. Qxd3 Rxc5+ 49. Kb3 Rxa5 49... Qxa5 50. fxe6 Rc4 51. Qxc4 dxc4+ 52. Kxc4 Qxe5 50. Kc2 50. Qd4 Rb5+ 51. Kc2 Rxb2+ 52. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 53. Kxb2 exf5 54. Kc3 50... Rc5+ 51. Kb3 a5 The possibility of a mobile outside passed pawn has come to fruition. 51... Rc8 52. Qb1 Qa6 0-1 [Art Byers and Fritz 9]