Game of the week October 8, 2023 by Robert Huntington In memory of Jeremy Silman, who passed away recently. [Event "San Francisco, Mechanics Institute 1982"] [White "Jeremy Silman"] [Black "Kerry Lawless"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E95"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1982.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"] [Source "Pickard & Son"] [SourceDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1 c5 $2 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bf1 Ne6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bg5 b6 $11) 9. dxc5 $6 (9. d5 $1 Ne8 10. Bg5 $16) 9... Nxc5 10. Qc2 Nh5 $2 (10... b6 11. Be3 Bb7 $11) 11. b4 (11. Bg5 $1 Qd7 12. Rad1 $16) 11... Ne6 12. Bb2 (12. Bd2 $1 $14) 12... Nhf4 (12... Nef4 $1 13. Bf1 Bg4 $11) 13. Bf1 Nd4 $2 (13... a5 $1 14. a3 g5 $11) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 (15. Nb5 $1 Ne6 16. Red1 $16) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 ({Better is} 16... Bf5 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Red1 $14) 17. a3 (17. b5 $1 Bf5 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Red1 $16) 17... axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bf5 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Ra4 (21. g3 $1 $14) 21... Rc8 22. h4 (22. g3 $1 $14) 22... h5 23. Ra1 Re8 24. b5 (24. g3 $5) 24... Rc8 $2 (24... Qd8 $1 $11) 25. Rd1 d3 $6 (25... Qc5 26. Bxd4 $16) 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxd3 (27. Qc3+ Kh6 28. Bxd3 $16 {is even stronger}) 27... Bxd3 (27... Qd4 $1 {the reason for the last note}) 28. Qxd3 Qc5 (28... Qd8 29. g3 $16 {is a marginal improvement for Black}) 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. Re1 (30. Rc1 $1 $16) 30... Qxb5 31. Qf6 $2 (31. Re7 $1 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qf5 33. Qd4 $14) 31... Qxc4 32. Qxd6 Qc7 $6 (32... Qxh4 33. Qe5 Rc2 34. g3 Qd8 $15) 33. Qf6 Qd8 34. Qe5 Qd7 $2 (34... Qa5 $11) 35. d6 Rd8 (35... Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Rxe6 $18 {is Black's best defense (though insufficient)}) 36. Qf6 Rf8 $2 (36... b6 {delays the inevitable (but not by much)}) 37. Re7 Qd8 38. d7 b5 39. Rxf7 $2 (39. f4 b4 40. f5 {is the quick method}) 39... Qxf6 40. Rxf6 Rd8 41. Rxg6+ Kf7 42. Rb6 {Why resign now? Or maybe Black lost on time? He's lost but he's in far better shape than just a few moves ago (before White's 39th move).} (42. Rb6 Rxd7 43. Rxb5 Kg6 44. g3 Rd2 {etc.}) 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