Game of the week January 2, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "1988 Cambridge Open"] [Site "Cambridge, MA"] [White "Richard Bauer"] [Black "Maxim Dlugy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D86"] [BlackElo "2647"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1988.02.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CL, June 1988"] [SourceDate "2018.09.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.09.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 (10... Qc7 {and}) (10... Bg4 {are the complex main lines}) 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 (12. Rc1 e5 13. dxc5 Be6 14. c4 bxc5 15. Bxc5 Bh6 $1 16. Rc3 Re8 $11) 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 (13. f3 $5) 13... e6 14. Bh6 Rc8 15. Bxg7 (15. Rfe1 $5) 15... Kxg7 16. Qf4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 (17. h4 $5) 17... Rfd8 ( 17... cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc4 $11) 18. Bb1 $6 (18. Qe5+ Kg8 19. d5 c4 20. Bc2 Rc5 21. Ng3 Re8 (21... Qh4 22. Nh5 Qxh5 23. Qf6 Rf8 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Rd8 Qh6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qe6+ $11) 22. Qf4 exd5 23. e5 Qf8 24. Qg5 h6 25. Qg4 Nc6 26. Nh5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Nxe5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nh5+ $11) 18... Nc4 19. e5 $6 (19. h4 e5 20. Qg3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Qa3 22. d5 Qxg3 23. Nxg3 Rc5 $11) 19... Na3 20. Rd3 $6 (20. Rd2 b5 $15) 20... Nxb1 (20... h6 $1 $17) 21. Rxb1 cxd4 22. Nxd4 (22. cxd4 Rc2 $15 {is slightly better}) 22... Rd5 $1 23. Rh3 (23. h4 h5 $15 { is another small improvement for White}) 23... h5 24. Qe3 $6 (24. a4 Rcc5 25. Re1 a6 $15) 24... Ra5 25. g4 $6 (25. Qg3 Rac5 $17 26. Rxh5 $2 Rxc3 27. Qg4 Rc1+ $19) 25... Rcc5 $6 (25... h4 $1 $19) 26. f4 Rxa2 $2 (26... h4 $17) 27. gxh5 $2 (27. f5 Kh7 28. f6 Qf8 29. gxh5 Rg2+ 30. Kf1 g5 31. Rd1 Qa8 32. c4 Be4 $11) 27... Rg2+ (27... Rca5 $1 $17) 28. Kf1 Qd7 $2 (28... Ra5 29. hxg6 Rxg6 30. f5 Bg2+ 31. Ke1 Qg5 $15) 29. hxg6 Rxg6 30. f5 $2 (30. Rd1 Bg2+ 31. Ke1 Qb7 32. Rg3 Qe4 $11) 30... exf5 31. Rh5 $2 (31. Rg3 Be4 $19 {would prolong the game}) 31... Be4 32. Rd1 $2 ({as would} 32. Qf4 Rxc3 $19) 32... Qa4 33. Nxf5+ $2 {One imagines that White is in time trouble} (33. Re1 Rxe5 $19) 33... Bxf5 34. Rd8 $6 (34. Qd4 Qb5+ $19) 34... Qa1+ 35. Kf2 Qg1+ 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