Game of the week June 12, 2022June 12, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "Gjovik 1983"] [White "Pia Cramling"] [Black "Jim Plaskett"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B46"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1983.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [SourceTitle "CH, Aug-Sept 1984"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 ( 7... dxc6 {is better, e.g.,} 8. O-O Nf6 9. f4 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 e5 $11) 8. O-O (8. Qg4 $1 Nf6 9. Qg3 $14) 8... Nf6 9. Qe2 d5 10. Bg5 dxe4 $2 (10... Be7 11. Rae1 Rb8 12. e5 h6 $1 13. Bd2 Nd7 $11 {Fajs-Gefenas, ICCF Email 2015}) 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bd6 13. Qh5 Rb8 14. Rad1 Rb5 15. h4 (15. a4 $1 Rb4 16. Rfe1 Rxa4 17. Bd2 h6 18. Qh4 Bb7 19. b3 $16) 15... h6 16. c4 Re5 $6 (16... Rc5 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Bd8 Rxh5 20. Bxc7 O-O 21. g3 $16) 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1 Rxg5 $6 (18... Qc7 19. Bxc6+ Kf8 20. Bd8 Rxh5 21. Bxc7 $18) 19. hxg5 Qc5 $6 (19... Qc7 20. gxh6 Rxh6 21. Qg5 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Qh5+ 24. Qxh5 Rxh5 25. Bxc6+ $18 {puts up more resistance}) 20. Qh4 Bd7 (20... O-O 21. gxh6 g5 22. Qg3 $18 { is an irrelevant improvement}) 21. Qg3 (21. Qf4 {is quicker}) 21... Ke7 $2 ( 21... e5 22. b4 Qe7 23. Qf3 $18 {would prolong the game without changing the outcome}) 22. b4 Qxb4 23. Qc7 (23. gxh6 Rxh6 (23... gxh6 24. Qh4+ Ke8 25. Bxc6 $18) 24. Qc7 $18 {is even more brutal}) 23... Rd8 24. Bxc6 hxg5 25. Rxd7+ (25. Bxd7 $1) 25... Rxd7 26. Qxd7+ Kf6 27. Qd4+ e5 28. Qd8+ Kg6 $2 {Black hopes for a quick death} (28... Qe7) 29. Qd3+ $2 (29. Be4+ f5 30. Qe8+ Kf6 (30... Kh6 31. Bxf5) 31. Bd5 g4 32. Qf7+ Kg5 33. Qxg7+ {leads to checkmate}) 29... f5 $2 ( 29... Kf6) 30. g4 {This time White gives Black the quick death he longs for} 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