Game of the week March 5, 2023 by Robert Huntington An international master snatches defeat from the jaws of victory. [Event "New York Open 1983"] [White "Igor Ivanov"] [Black "Walter Shipman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1983.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"] [Source "Pickard & Son"] [SourceDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O (7. e4 $5 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 h6 $11 ) 7... O-O 8. b3 (8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Be3 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. a3 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qc7 $11 {Bergmann-Simmelink, LSS email 2014}) 8... e5 (8... b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 $11) 9. cxd5 cxd5 (9... Bb4 $5 10. Ne4 cxd5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 $11 {Persidsky-Bertot, San Francisco 2009}) 10. Nb5 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 $11) 10... Bb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 (12. Nbd4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Ne4 $11) 12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 ( 13. Qxf3 $4 Bg4 $19) 13... Bh3 14. Re1 $2 (14. f4 $5 $11) (14. Kh1 Bxf1 15. Qxf1 a6 $11 {Clausen-Sorensen, Denmark 1988}) 14... Ne4 15. f4 ({Of course not } 15. fxe4 $4 Qg5+) 15... Qh4 16. Qf3 Nd2 17. Qd1 $2 (17. Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. hxg3 Nf3+ $17) 17... Bg4 $4 (17... Re8 18. f3 Qxe1+ $1 19. Qxe1 Nxf3+ $19) 18. Qxd2 Bf3 (18... a6 19. Qc3 f6 20. Nd4 $18 {puts up more resistance}) 19. Bf5 { Did Black overlook this move when he played 17. ... Bg4?} g6 $2 {Because Black clearly wants to be put out of his misery} 20. Qc3 f6 21. Be6+ Kg7 22. Nd4 Be4 23. f3 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