Game of the week May 8, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "2004 Continental Open"] [Site "Sturbridge, MA"] [White "Alexander Onischuk"] [Black "Nelson Castaneda"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2307"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2004.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Unknown"] [SourceDate "2009.03.03"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 (6... Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 a5 $11) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 (8. a3 dxc4 9. Qc2 b5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Be2 Nd5 $11) 8... exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 $11) 9. Be2 (9. Bb5 $5) 9... Nc6 10. O-O h6 (10... Be6 11. Qd3 $14) 11. Rc1 (11. Qb3 $14) 11... Be6 12. h3 (12. Qb3 $14) 12... a6 (12... Rc8 13. a3 $14 {is a small improvement for Black}) 13. Nb5 (13. Na4 $1 $14) 13... Bxe3 $6 (13... axb5 14. Rxc5 b4 $11) 14. Bxe3 axb5 15. a3 Qa5 (15... b4 16. axb4 Re8 17. b5 $14) 16. Rc5 Na7 17. Nd4 Nd7 $6 (17... Bd7 18. Qd3 Rfe8 19. Rd1 $14) 18. Rc1 (18. Rc3 $1 $16) 18... Rfc8 $6 (18... Nf6 19. Bd3 $16) 19. Rxc8+ (19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bg4 $16 {is a tad stronger}) 19... Rxc8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qd4 (21. Bd3 $1 Nf6 22. Bd4 $16) 21... Nc6 22. Qg4 Kf7 23. Qh5+ Kf8 $2 (23... Kg8 24. Bg4 Nf8 25. Bc5 Qd2 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Bxd5 $14) 24. Qg6 Re8 $2 (24... Ne7 25. Qxe6 Nf6 26. Bxh6 Nfg8 27. Bf4 $18 {puts up more resistance}) 25. Bh5 Re7 26. Qh7 Nf6 27. Qh8+ Ng8 28. Bg6 (28. Bc5 {is the quick method}) 28... Qd8 29. Bc5 (29. f4 $1 Rf7 30. f5 {opens Black's kingside like a can of sardines}) 29... b6 30. Bh7 Kf7 31. Qxg8+ Qxg8 32. Bxg8+ Kxg8 33. Bxe7 Nxe7 34. Rc1 Kf7 35. Rc7 Kf6 36. Rb7 Nf5 $6 (36... Nc8 {would prolong the game needlessly}) 37. Rxb6 Nd4 38. Kf1 Ke5 (38... g5 {is a pointless improvement}) 39. Ke1 g5 40. Kd2 h5 41. Kd3 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. g3 $22 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