Game of the week March 13, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "1979 Continental Open"] [Site "New York"] [White "Ariel Mengarini"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1979.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bd7 (4... Be4 5. Nf3 (5. f3 Bg6 6. Ne2 e6 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Ne7 $11) 5... e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 $11) 5. c3 (5. Be3 Qb6 6. Nd2 e6 $11) 5... e6 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd3 (8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Bd4 Nge7 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 Ng6 $11) 8... Qb6 9. Qb3 $6 (9. Qd2 f6 10. O-O fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nh6 $11) 9... c4 (9... cxd4 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Bxd4 Bc5 $15) 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Be2 b5 (11... h5 $5) 12. O-O b4 13. Nh4 $6 (13. cxb4 Bxb4 14. Nc3 Nge7 $15) 13... b5 (13... h5 $5) 14. f4 $2 (14. a3 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Rb8 $15) 14... Be7 15. Ng2 h5 (15... bxc3 $1 16. Nxc3 b4 $17) 16. h3 (16. gxh5 bxc3 17. Nxc3 b4 $17) 16... hxg4 17. hxg4 Rh3 $6 (17... bxc3 18. bxc3 Nh6 $17) 18. Bd2 $2 ( 18. Rf3 Rxf3 19. Bxf3 b3 20. a3 b4 $17) 18... bxc3 19. bxc3 b4 20. f5 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Rxc3 $1 22. Nxc3 Nxd4 23. Nf4 (23. fxe6 fxe6 24. g5 Bc5 $19 {puts up slightly more resistance} ({of course not} 24... Bxg5 $2 25. Bh5+ $18)) 23... Ra3 (23... Nxe2+ $1 24. Nfxe2 Nh6 $19 {is even stronger}) 24. Rac1 (24. fxe6 Bxe6 (24... fxe6 25. Rab1 $1 Rxc3 26. Rb8+ Bd8 27. Ng6 Nxe2+ 28. Kg2 Rg3+ 29. Kh2 Nf6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Rxf6 Bc8 $1 $19 {also wins but isn't nearly as clean} ) 25. Rac1 Bb4 26. Bxc4 Bxc3 27. Nxd5 Ne2+ 28. Bxe2 Bd4+ 29. Kg2 Bxd5+ $19) 24... Nh6 25. fxe6 (25. Bd1 Bg5 $19) 25... fxe6 26. Bd1 (26. Kg2 Nxe2 27. Nfxe2 Nxg4 $19) 26... Nf7 (26... Bg5 $1 $19) 27. Ng6 $2 (27. Ncxd5 exd5 28. Nxd5 Nxe5 29. Re1 Bd6 30. Nb6 Kd8 31. Nxd7 Kxd7 $19) 27... Bg5 28. Rb1 (28. Ne2 Bxc1 29. Nxc1 Nc6 $19 {is an irrelevant improvement}) 28... Rxc3 29. Rb8+ Bd8 30. Rxd8+ $2 (30. Rb7) 30... Kxd8 ({Perhaps Black was in time pressure and White hoped that he'd fall for} 30... Nxd8 $4 31. Rf8#) 31. Rxf7 Be8 32. Rf4 Rd3 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