Game of the week August 22, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "1978 Paul Masson Open"] [Site "Saratoga, CA"] [White "Florin Gheorghiu"] [Black "Paul Whitehead"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E88"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1978.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CL, Oct 2007"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 e5 {The main line when this game was played.} 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 (8. Qd2 $5) 8... cxd5 (8... b5 9. Nge2 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. O-O $14) 9. cxd5 Nh5 10. Nge2 f5 11. Qd2 Nd7 (11... Na6 $5) 12. O-O-O $6 (12. exf5 $16) 12... a6 $2 (12... f4 13. Bf2 $14) 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 b5 (15... e4 $5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 (16... exd3 $2 17. Bxg7 $18) 17. Qxh6 Rf7 18. fxe4 Ne5 19. Bc2 Ng4 20. Qh5 Ne3 (20... Nf2 21. exf5 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Bd7 23. g4 $16) 21. g4 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 fxe4 23. Nxe4 $16) 16. Bh6 (16. g4 $1 $18) 16... Qe7 $6 (16... Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Nf6 18. g4 Qc7 19. g5 Ne8 (19... Nxd5 $2 20. Bc4 $1 $18) 20. Kb1 $16) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 (17... Qxg7 $5 18. Rh5 $18) 18. Rh5 $2 (18. g4 Nc5 19. Bc2 b4 20. Ne2 Rb8 21. Kb1 Kg8 22. Rh5 $18) 18... Nc5 $2 ( 18... Nf6 19. Rh4 $16) 19. Rdh1 (19. Bc2 $1 $18) 19... Kh8 (19... Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 $18 {puts up more resistance}) 20. g4 ({Again} 20. Bc2 $1 $18) 20... b4 ({ Again} 20... Nxd3+ {puts up more resistance}) 21. Ne2 (21. Nd1 $18 {is even better}) 21... e4 $6 ({Last chance for} 21... Nxd3+) 22. Bc2 Ra7 23. Nf4 Qg7 ( 23... Kg8 {is better but not by enough to matter}) 24. Rxh7+ Qxh7 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27. Nxf8 Rh1+ 28. Bd1 Kxf8 29. Qg5 Bd7 ({The best try (and it's not very good) is} 29... e3 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31. Qxd6 e2 32. Qe5+ $18) 30. Kd2 $6 ( {The quick way is} 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31. Qg6+ Ke7 32. gxf5 $18) 30... fxg4 31. Qf6+ (31. fxg4 $1 $18) 31... Ke8 32. Qxd6 (32. Qg6+ $1 Ke7 33. fxe4 $18) 32... exf3 (32... e3+ 33. Kxe3 Rxd1 34. Qxc5 $18 {might hold out a move or two longer}) 33. gxf3 Nd3 (33... g3 {is a "better" way to lose (according to Stockfish)}) 34. Be2 (34. Qg6+) 34... Nc1 35. Qxb4 $6 (35. Qg6+ Kf8 (35... Kd8 36. d6) 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ $18) 35... Nxa2 $2 (35... Nxe2 36. fxg4 $18) 36. Qe4+ Kf7 37. fxg4 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