Game of the week July 21, 2019 by Robert Huntington Somehow ChessBase missed this early encounter between two future greats. [Site "New Delhi 1991"] [Round "?"] [White "Judit Polgar"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B86"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "Unknown"] [SourceDate "2009.03.03"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 (8. f4 {is the main line}) 8... Nc5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O $6 (10. Rd1 Nfxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxg5 12. Nxc5 Qa5+ 13. c3 dxc5 14. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 O-O $1 16. Bd7 Qxa2 17. O-O $11 {Dely-Ciric, Hamburg 1965}) 10... Nfxe4 (10... h6 $5) 11. Bxe7 (11. Nxe4 $2 Bxg5+ 12. Kb1 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 $17) 11... Nxc3 12. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Kxd8 14. Rxd6+ Ke7 (14... Kc7 15. Rhd1 b5 16. f3 Bb7 $11 { Maze-Maslak, Moscow 2009}) 15. Rd2 (15. Rhd1 Bd7 16. f3 g5 $5 (16... Bc6) 17. Bc4 Bc6 $11 {Ilczuk-Pisulinski, Lubniewice 1995}) 15... Nxb3+ $146 (15... Bd7 16. Nd4 Rhc8 $5 17. c3 b5 $11 {Thiel-Ftacnik, Dortmund 1992}) (15... b5 { is best according to Stockfish, e.g.} 16. Rhd1 g6 17. Rd6 a5 18. Rc6 Na6 19. c3 Bd7 $11) 16. axb3 Bd7 17. Nd4 Rhd8 18. Re1 Be8 (18... Kf6 $1 $11) 19. f4 Rd5 $2 (19... Kf8 $1 $11) 20. Nxe6 $1 Rxd2 (20... fxe6 $2 21. Rxd5) 21. Nd4+ Kf6 22. Kxd2 $16 Rd8 23. c3 Bc6 24. g4 h6 25. Re5 Bg2 (25... Bf3 $1 26. h3 Bg2 27. h4 Bf3 28. Rf5+ Ke7 29. g5 $16) 26. Ke3 g5 $6 (26... g6 $16) 27. Kf2 Bd5 28. h4 $1 $18 gxf4 29. Rh5 $1 Be4 (29... Kg6 30. Nf5 Kf6 (30... Rh8 $4 31. Ne7+) 31. Rxh6+ Ke5 32. Nd4 $18) 30. Rxh6+ Bg6 $2 (30... Ke5 {puts up a long(er) but ultimately futile defense}) 31. h5 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