Game of the week October 10, 2021 by Robert Huntington [Event "1986 World Open"] [White "Lev Alburt"] [Black "Leonid Bass"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D90"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2460"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1986.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CL, Oct 1986"] [SourceDate "2019.05.21"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.05.21"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 {mostly harmless} O-O 7. e4 (7. Rc1 {is the main alternative here, e.g.,} Nxc3 8. Bxc3 c5 9. dxc5 (9. d5 $5) 9... Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Be6 $11) 7... Nb6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Qd2 (9. e5 $1 Nd5 $11) 9... Bxf3 (9... Nc6 $1 10. d5 Na5 $15) 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. e5 (11. O-O-O Qe8 $11) 11... Qd7 (11... Qc8 $1) 12. f4 $6 (12. O-O-O e6 $11) 12... Rfd8 13. O-O-O Nb4 (13... e6 $5) 14. Rg1 Qe6 (14... N4d5 $11) 15. a3 Na2+ (15... N4d5 $11) 16. Nxa2 (16. Kb1 $1 Nxc3+ 17. Qxc3 $14) 16... Qxa2 17. Bd3 Qd5 $2 (17... e6 18. Qc3 Rac8 $11) 18. Qc2 (18. Kb1 $1 $16) 18... e6 $6 (18... Qa2) 19. Kb1 c6 $6 (19... Rab8 20. Rc1 c5 21. Be4 $16) 20. h4 Nc8 (20... Rac8 21. h5 $18 { puts up a tad more resistance}) 21. f5 exf5 22. Bxf5 (22. Bg5 $1 $18 {is even stronger}) 22... Ne7 23. Be4 Qe6 24. h5 Rd7 (24... Kf8 $5 25. Bg5 $18) 25. f4 Kf8 ({According to Stockfish,} 25... Kh8 {is irrelevantly better}) 26. Rg3 $6 ( 26. Rg5 $1 $18 {with the threat of f5 trapping the queen and it's curtains}) 26... Rad8 27. f5 $2 (27. Rf1 $18) 27... gxf5 $2 (27... Nxf5 28. Bxf5 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Rf1 $16) 28. Rdg1 Bh6 (28... Rxd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Rxg7 Qxe5 (31... Nxg7 32. Qc5+) 32. Rxh7 $18 {prolongs the game without affecting the outcome}) 29. Qc5 Rd6 30. Bxh6+ 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