Game of the week October 14, 2018 by Robert Huntington A good old-fashioned dragon slaying. [Event "?"] [Site "Soviet Union"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bangiev, Alexander"] [Black "Ovchinnikov, Yury"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B79"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1976.??.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. h4 Rfc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. g4 Be6 17. h5 Rc8 18. Nb5 Qd8 19. N5d4 Bd7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. e5 {Since this is a dragon, White naturally stands better.} Ne8 $2 ({After} 21... Nd5 {, it's still a game.}) 22. Qh2 Kf7 23. Qxh7 dxe5 24. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 {Forced.} 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rh6 (26. Nc5 $1 {is even more crushing.}) 26... Rd1+ 27. Nc1 Rc6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Qh5 Bf7 {Not the best defense but he's lost anyway.} 30. Rh8+ $1 Bxh8 31. Qxh8+ Bg8 32. Qxe5 Rd5 33. Qh2 Nd6 34. Nd3 Nc4 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qxb7 Rcd6 37. Bf4 Rd7 38. Qc6 Rd4 39. b3 1-0 your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts