Game of the week April 10, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "Odessa 1948"] [White "Isaak Boleslavsky"] [Black "Oleg? Moiseev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1948.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 $6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 (3... c6 $1 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. e3 e5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 $14) 4. Nf3 e6 $6 (4... Bf5 5. Nbd2 Nb6 6. e4 Bg6 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3 N8d7 9. h5 Bh7 10. O-O $14) 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 $6 (6... c5 7. Bf4 a6 8. Rc1 $14) 7. Bd3 (7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Be2 $16) 7... c5 8. e5 (8. d5 $1 exd5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Nxd5 $1 $16) 8... Nd5 9. O-O (9. Nxd5 $1 $14) 9... Nc6 $6 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Re1 $14) 10. dxc5 Nxc3 (10... Bxc5 11. Bd2 $16) 11. bxc3 Qa5 (11... Bxc5 12. Re1 $16) 12. Qc2 (12. Rb1 $1 $16) 12... h6 $6 (12... Bxc5 13. Re1 $16) 13. Rb1 a6 (13... Qc7 14. Be3 $16 {is a small improvement for Black}) 14. Bf4 (14. Be3 $1 $16) 14... Qxc5 (14... Bxc5 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Nb3 $16) 15. Rfe1 (15. Rfd1 $1) 15... O-O $6 (15... Qa5 16. Nd2 b5 17. Ne4 $16) 16. Be3 Qa3 (16... Qd5 17. Be4 $18) 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Bxh6 f5 (18... gxh6 19. Re4 Qa5 20. Rg4+ Bg5 (20... Kh8 $2 21. Qd2 $18) 21. Nxg5 Nxe5 22. Rg3 hxg5 23. Rxg5+ Kh8 24. Rb5 $1 Qxb5 (24... axb5 25. Qe2 Ng6 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qh7#) 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Rxe5 $18) (18... Qg4 { is best (but insufficient), e.g.} 19. Bd2 Rd8 20. c4 Qh5 (20... Nd4 $2 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. Rg3 $18) 21. Be4 Rd7 22. Qb2 $18) 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bc1 Ne7 (20... Qa5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Kg8 23. g4 Be7 24. g5 $18) 21. Ba3 (21. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 22. Ne5 $18 {is the quick method}) 21... Rd8 $2 (21... Qf4 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. c4 $18 {would prolong the game}) 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe7+ $1 Kxe7 25. Rxb7+ Bxb7 26. Qxa4 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