Game of the week August 15, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "Alicante 1975"] [White "Heikki Westerinen"] [Black "Raymond Keene"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C05"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1975.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 f5 $6 (6... Nc6 { is the main line}) 7. Ndf3 (7. Ngf3 $14) 7... Be7 (7... Nc6 8. Be3 $14) 8. h4 $6 (8. Ng5 $14) 8... h5 $2 (8... h6 $11) 9. Ng5 Nf8 (9... Qb6 10. a4 $16) 10. Be3 (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. Be3 $16 {is a bit stronger}) 10... b6 (10... cxd4 11. Qxd4 $16) 11. Be2 (11. N1f3 $5) 11... g6 12. c4 (12. N1f3 $16) 12... Bb7 $6 (12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qd1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 $16) 13. Bf3 $6 (13. N1f3 $16) 13... Qd7 $6 (13... cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxg5 15. hxg5 $14) 14. Rc1 $6 (14. cxd5 exd5 15. N1h3 $16) 14... Na6 (14... cxd4 $1 15. Bxd4 $14) 15. Ne2 (15. cxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b4 $1 c4 (17... Nxb4 18. Bxc5 $16) (17... cxb4 18. Ne2 Nc7 19. Nd4 $16) (17... Rc8 18. bxc5 $14) 18. Rxc4 $1 dxc4 19. Qxd7+ Nxd7 20. Bxb7 Bxb4+ 21. Kf2 Nc7 22. Bxa8 Nxa8 23. Bxa7 $14) 15... dxc4 16. Rxc4 (16. O-O $14) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Rd8 $6 (17... b5 18. Rc1 c4 $11) 18. O-O Nh7 $6 { Note how this knight sits on h7 for the rest of the game} (18... Qc6 19. a4 $14 ) 19. Rc1 (19. Qa4 $1 $16) 19... Kf7 (19... O-O 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. a3 $14) 20. Qb3 (20. a3 $5) 20... Qd5 (20... Rhe8 21. Nc3 $16) 21. dxc5 $6 (21. Rc4 $1 $16) 21... Qxb3 22. axb3 Nxc5 23. b4 Nd3 24. Rc7 Nxb4 25. Rxa7 Nd5 26. Bd4 (26. Bd2 $16) 26... Ra8 27. Rfa1 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Rc8 $6 (28... Rd8 29. g3 Nf8 30. Nc3 $14) 29. Kf2 $6 (29. g3 $16) 29... b5 (29... Nf8 30. Nc3 Ke8 (30... Nxf4 31. Ng5+ Ke8 32. Nb5 $16) 31. g3 Nxc3 32. Bxc3 $16) 30. g3 (30. Nc3 Nxf4 31. Nxb5 $16) 30... Rc7 $6 (30... b4 31. Be3 Rc2 (31... Nxe3 32. Kxe3 Ke8 33. Ned4 Nf8 34. Rb7 $18) 32. b3 $16) 31. Rxc7 Nxc7 32. Nc3 Bb4 33. Ke3 $2 (33. Bb6 $18) 33... Ke8 $6 (33... Nf8 34. Nd2 Nd7 35. Nb3 $14) 34. Kd3 Kd7 (34... Nf8 35. Bf2 Ba5 36. Bc5 Nd7 37. Bd6 $16) 35. Bb6 Bxc3 36. Bxc7 $2 (36. bxc3 Na6 37. Nd4 $18) 36... Bxb2 37. Bd6 Bc1 $2 (37... Nf6 $1 $11) 38. Nd4 (38. Bb4 $1 $18) 38... Bb2 (38... g5 $5 {is a swindle attempt that doesn't work but is still better than the game} 39. Ne2 (39. fxg5 Nxg5 40. hxg5 Bxg5 41. Ke2 h4 42. gxh4 Bxh4 43. Nxb5 Bg3 $18 {and eventually White may be forced to demonstrate that he can checkmate with bishop and knight (since he's a grandmaster, prresumably he can) }) 39... gxh4 40. gxh4 Bb2 41. Kc2 $18) 39. Ne2 $2 (39. Nxb5 $18) 39... Kc6 $2 (39... Nf6 $1 40. Kc2 Ba1 41. Kb1 Ne4 42. Bb4 (42. Kxa1 Nxd6 43. exd6 Kxd6 44. Nd4 e5 45. Nxb5+ Kc5 46. Nc3 e4 $11) 42... Bxe5 43. fxe5 g5 44. Kc2 $16) 40. Kc2 Ba1 (40... Nf6 {no longer works but is still an improvement, e.g.,} 41. Kxb2 Ng4 42. Nd4+ $18) 41. Kb1 Bxe5 (41... Nf6 {is still a (slight) fruitless improvement}) 42. fxe5 g5 43. Be7 $1 {The knight does not get out of its prison } f4 (43... Kd7 44. Bxg5 Nf8 45. Nf4 $18 {at least frees the knight}) 44. hxg5 Kd7 (44... f3 45. Nd4+) 45. g6 f3 46. Bc5 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