Game of the week April 4, 2021 by Robert Huntington Congratulations to Grandmaster So for his recent naturalization as a US citizen. [Event "2011 Hamilton Winter Open"] [Site "Hamilton, Ontario"] [White "Victor Plotkin"] [Black "Wesley So"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2409"] [BlackElo "2667"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2011.03.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "hb"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 (10... a6 $1 $11) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Ng5 (12. Re1 $5 $14) 12... Bb7 (12... Bxg5 $5 13. Bxg5 h6 14. Bc1 O-O 15. Re1 $14) 13. Qg4 $6 ( 13. Re1 $14) 13... h5 $1 14. Qf3 (14. Qh3 $5) 14... Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Na5 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bf4 (17. Qg3 $6 Qxg3 18. hxg3 f6 $15) 17... Qd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. Rfc1 (19. Rfe1 $5) 19... Bc4 20. Bd6+ (20. Ba4 f6 $11) 20... Kg8 21. Ba4 Rc8 (21... Bd5 $5) 22. Bb4 (22. h4 $5) 22... Nc6 23. f3 $6 (23. h4 $1 f6 24. Bd6 Kf7 25. Bf4 g6 $11) 23... h4 $1 24. Kf2 f6 (24... Rh5 $5) 25. Bd1 $6 (25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Kf7 $15) 25... Kf7 26. Ke3 $6 (26. Bd6 Rhd8 27. Bf4 e5 $17) 26... e5 27. dxe5 $2 (27. Ba3 $1 Rhd8 $17) 27... Nxe5 28. Bb3 $2 (28. Bc2 h3 $19 {puts up a lot more resistance}) 28... Rhe8 29. Kd2 $2 ({It doesn't really matter but} 29. Bxc4+ Nxc4+ 30. Kf2 a5 $19 {is a whole lot better}) 29... Bxb3 $2 ({missing} 29... Nxf3+ $3 30. Kc2 (30. gxf3 $2 Re2+ 31. Kd1 Rd8+ 32. Bd6 Rxd6#) 30... Re2+ 31. Kb1 Nd2+ {with a forced mate in 26 (and ruinous loss of material before that)}) 30. axb3 a5 31. Ba3 ({White's position is so bad that Stockfish would rather dump a piece with} 31. Bxa5) 31... Rcd8+ 32. Kc2 Nd3 33. Rg1 (33. Rd1 { is irrelevantly better}) 33... Re2+ 34. Kb1 Ne1 35. Bc1 Rd1 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