Game of the week September 8, 2019 by Robert Huntington Grandmaster Finegold celebrated his 50th birthday on Friday. [Event "US Open 1994"] [Site "Chicago, IL"] [Round "?"] [White "Alex Yermolinsky"] [Black "Benjamin Finegold"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1994.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 $6 (5. a4) 5... b5 6. e5 $6 (6. Be2) 6... Nd5 7. a4 h6 $6 (7... e6 $15 {Stockfish}) 8. axb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ba3 Be6 $6 {according to Yermolinsky in Informant 43} (10... e6 $1 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O $11) 11. Be2 Bd5 12. O-O (12. Nd2 $1 $11) 12... e6 ({ Deviating from the} 12... Nc6 {seen in Yermolinsky-Kupreichik, Kuibyshev 1986, Informant 43/457}) 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Bf3 Ne7 $6 (15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qd5 17. Rfb1 (17. Ra6 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Ne7 19. Rfa1 (19. Ne4 {is better}) 19... Nd5 $17 {Zika-Vitoux, Mitropa Cup 2008}) 17... b4 $15) 16. Ra6 Nf5 (16... Qc8 $5) 17. Qa1 g6 18. Rb1 (18. Rxa7 $2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Kg7 $15) 18... Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qd5 20. Ra5 (20. Qb2 Kg7 21. Qxb5 Qxb5 (21... Rhb8 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Rxb8 Qe4 $11) 22. Rxb5 Rab8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. g4 Ne7 25. Rxa7 Nd5 26. Nd2 Nxc3 27. Nxc4 Ne2+ 28. Kg2 $11) 20... a6 21. Rxa6 (21. Nd2 $1) 21... Kg7 22. Nd2 Nh4 $6 (22... Rhb8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qb2 Ra5 $15) 23. f3 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Ra8 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Rxb5 Ra2 27. g3 $6 (27. Nxc4 $1 Rxg2+ 28. Kf1 Rc2 29. Rb7 Nxf3 30. Nd6 Nxh2+ $11) 27... Rxd2 28. gxh4 Rd3 29. Kf2 Rxc3 30. Rc5 $6 (30. d5 exd5 31. Rxd5 Rc1 32. Rc5 $11) 30... Rc2+ (30... Rc1 $1 31. h5 g5 $15) 31. Kg3 c3 32. Rc8 $2 (32. d5 $1 exd5 33. Rxd5 Kf8 34. h5 gxh5 35. Rc5 Re2 36. Kf4 $11) 32... Rc1 33. Kf4 c2 34. Rc7 $2 (34. Rc4 Kh7 35. Rc7 g5+ 36. hxg5 hxg5+ 37. Ke3 Kg6 $15) 34... g5+ 35. hxg5 hxg5+ 36. Ke3 Kg6 $2 (36... Re1+ 37. Kd2 Rd1+ 38. Kxc2 Rxd4 39. h3 Kg6 (39... Rh4 $2 40. Kd3 Rxh3 41. Ke4 $17) 40. Rc8 Rf4 41. Rc3 Rh4 $19) 37. Kd3 $2 {a time scramble?} (37. Rc4 $1 Re1+ 38. Kd2 Rf1 39. Rxc2 Rxf3 40. Ke2 Rh3 41. Kf1 $15) 37... Rd1+ 38. Kxc2 Rxd4 $19 39. Ra7 Rd5 40. Ra4 Rxe5 41. Kd2 f5 42. h4 gxh4 43. Rxh4 Kg5 44. Ra4 f4 $1 45. Ra1 Re3 46. Rg1+ Kf5 47. Rf1 Ke5 48. Kc2 Kd4 49. Rd1+ Kc4 0-1 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