Game of the week May 15, 2022 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment [Event "Toronto"] [Site "1999 Pan-American Open"] [White "Bryon Nickoloff"] [Black "Pascal Charbonneau"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2355"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1999.12.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CFC 2003.10"] [Source "CFC"] [SourceDate "2003.10.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.10.??"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bd3 (7. b3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Bc5 $11 {Zhu Chen-Hommerson, Caleta 2014}) 7... Nbd7 8. Qe2 (8. Nbd2 b6 9. b3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 $11) 8... b6 9. dxc5 (9. Rd1 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 O-O 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 (13. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 14. Rxd6 Bd5 $11) 13... Qe7 14. Nbd2 b5 15. e4 e5 $11) 9... Bxc5 (9... Nxc5 10. Bc2 Bb7 $11 {Turova-Demina, St. Petersburg 2002}) 10. e4 (10. a3 O-O $11 {Hunger-Bohak, ICCF email 2018}) 10... Qc7 $6 (10... Bb7 $11 ) 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nbd2 (12. Bd2 $1 O-O 13. Na3 Bxa3 14. bxa3 g6 15. Rac1 $14) 12... Bb7 13. Nb3 Be7 (13... Nb4 $1 14. Bb1 Be7 $11) 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rac1 (15. Rfc1 {is slightly better}) 15... Qb8 16. Rc4 (16. Rfe1 $5) 16... f5 $2 (16... a5 17. Rg4 Nb4 18. Bh6 g6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Be4 Ba6 21. Qd1 Bxf1 22. Bxa8 Bb5 23. Nbd4 $14) 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ng5 $6 (18. a3 h6 19. Re4 $16) 18... g6 $2 ( 18... h6 19. Nf3 $14) 19. Rfc1 $6 (19. Re1 Nf8 20. g3 $18) 19... Nf8 (19... Ne5 20. Rh4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Rf5 22. Rxh7 Bxg5 23. Qh3 Bf6 24. Rd7 $16 {is a small improvement for Black}) 20. Nd4 (20. Rd1 $5) 20... Bd6 $2 (20... b5 21. R4c2 $16) 21. Ndxe6 (21. g3 $1 $18) 21... Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Bd6 (22... Nxe6 23. Nxe6 Qd6 24. Nc7 $18 {puts up more resistance}) 23. Rh4 $6 (23. Nxf8 Qxf8 24. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 (24... Rxf2 25. Nxf8 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Rxf8 27. Bf3 $18) 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Bh6+ Kf7 27. Bxg6+ Rxg6 28. Bxf8 $18) 23... Nxe6 24. Nxh7 $6 (24. Nxe6 Qe8 25. Re4 $18) 24... Nef4 $2 (24... Qd8 25. Qg4 $16) 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 (25... Nxf6 26. Bxf4 $18 {is an irrelevant improvement}) 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Qh8+ 28. Nh5+ ({ After} 28. Kg1 {, White mates in 13}) 28... gxh5 $2 ({After} 28... Qxh5+ 29. Qxh5 gxh5 30. Rd4 $18 {, Black survives into a hopeless endgame}) 29. Rc7+ { with mate in four} 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
Game of the week May 8, 2022 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment [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
Game of the week May 1, 2022 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment [Event "New England Open 1991"] [Site "Framingham, MA"] [White "Alexander Ivanov"] [Black "Michael Casella"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B16"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2282"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1991.09.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Chess Horizons?"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Ne2 (7. Nf3 $1 e6 8. g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Be3 $14) 7... Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. b4 Qc7 12. Nxh5 e5 (12... a5 $1 13. b5 cxb5 14. Bd2 $14 {Maninen-Karttunen, Mikkeli 1998}) 13. Ng3 O-O-O (13... f5 $5) 14. h5 Bh7 15. O-O f5 (15... Nb6 16. Qb3 $16 {is slightly better for Black}) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 $6 (16... Bg7 17. Bg5 $16) 17. Qa4 Kb8 (17... a6 18. Rd1 Bd6 19. Bf4 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf4 21. Ne2 $16 {is another small improvement for Black}) 18. Be3 $6 (18. Rd1 Bd6 19. b5 $18) 18... a6 19. Rad1 $6 (19. Qa5 $1 Qxa5 20. bxa5 Re8 21. Rad1 $18) 19... Bd6 20. f4 $6 (20. Qb3 Ng4 21. Bxg4 fxg4 22. Rfe1 $18) 20... Nd7 (20... Ng4 21. Bxg4 fxg4 22. Qa5 Qxa5 23. bxa5 Bc2 24. Rd2 Bh7 25. Bd4 $16) 21. Qa5 b6 $2 (21... Qxa5 22. bxa5 Bc7 23. Bc4 $18) 22. Qxa6 Rde8 ( 22... Be7 23. Bf3 $18 {is an irrelevant improvement for Black}) 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxb6 Nxb6 25. Qxb6+ Kc8 $2 (25... Ka8 26. Rd1 $18 {is also an irrelevant improvement}) 26. Bf3 $6 (26. Ba6+ Kd7 27. Qb7+ Kd8 28. Qc8+ Ke7 29. Re1+ $18 { is the quick method}) 26... Re4 $2 (26... Qc7 {puts up more (futile) resistance }) 27. Ne2 (27. Qa6+ {is quicker}) 27... Rhe8 (27... Qc7 {would prolong the game needlessly}) 28. Bxe4 (28. Nd4 $1 {is even stronger}) 28... fxe4 29. Nd4 e3 (29... Qc7 30. Qa6+ Qb7 31. Qc4 {and Black gets to play a few more moves}) 30. b5 (30. Nb5 {is a true bone crusher but the text suffices}) 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
Game of the week April 24, 2022 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment [Site "USA 1982"] [White "Michael Brooks"] [Black "Walter Browne"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B87"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1982.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "www.nmchess.org DK 6/12"] [SourceDate "2012.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2012.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 (9... Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. f4 b4 14. Nce2 Kh8 15. Bg5 Nc6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 $11 {Boudenne-Ruck, Santiago 1995}) 10. Bg5 (10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Rfe1 Qc7 $11) 10... O-O 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Qg3 $6 (12. a3 Ne5 $11) 12... Nc5 (12... Nh5 $5 13. Qg4 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Nhf6 15. Qe3 Nc5 16. a3 Bd7 $15 {Sychov-Stone, ICCF email 2013}) 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Bd5 (14. a3 Bd7 $15) 14... exd5 $2 (14... Bb7 15. b4 Nd7 16. Bb3 Bf6 $15) 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Nc6 Bh4 17. Nde7+ Qxe7 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. f3 (19. Bf4 $5) 19... Na4 20. Bc1 (20. b3 Nc3 $11) 20... Be6 $6 (20... Bf6 $11) 21. a3 (21. f4 $1) 21... Rc8 22. c3 $6 (22. Qf2 d5 $5 (22... Nf6 $11) 23. exd5 Bf5 24. Bf4 (24. c3 $2 Bc5 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Nxb2 $15) 24... Nxb2 ( 24... Rxc2 $2 25. Rd2 $16) 25. d6 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Bd8 27. d7 Rxc2 28. dxe8=Q Rxe8 $11) 22... Nf6 (22... Bb3 $1 23. Rd2 $17) 23. Rde1 $2 (23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Bf8 $15) 23... Nc5 (23... Bc4 $1 24. Rf2 Nc5 25. Rd2 Nh5 $17) 24. Be3 (24. Rd1 Nh5 25. Qf2 Bb3 $17) 24... Nd3 (24... Nh5 $18) 25. Re2 $2 (25. Bg5 Nxe1 $19 {and it's still a (lost) game for White}) 25... Nh5 {Oops! There goes the queen.} 0-1 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
Game of the week April 17, 2022April 18, 2022 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment [Event "CCA Winter Int'l 8384"] [Site "New York, NY"] [White "Maxim Dlugy"] [Black "Jay Bonin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2403"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1984.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Unknown"] [SourceDate "2009.03.03"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c6 $6 (5... c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Bc5 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. e4 Qe7 $11) 6. Nc3 b5 (6... d5 {is somewhat better, e.g.,} 7. cxd5 exd5 (7... b5 $5 8. Qb3 cxd5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nxb5 $1 $14) 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Bf4 $14) 7. cxb5 cxb5 8. Nxb5 Qb6 9. e3 Bb7 $6 (9... Be7 10. Nc7+ Qxc7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qxa6 $14) 10. Be2 Bc6 11. Qc4 Qb7 $6 (11... d6 12. Nc3 $14) 12. O-O a6 (12... d6 13. Nc3 $16 {is a slight improvement for Black}) 13. Nc3 Bxf3 $6 (13... d6 14. Nd2 d5 15. Qb3 $16) 14. Bxf3 Qxf3 (14... d5 15. Qd3 Nc6 16. a3 Be7 17. b4 $18) 15. Qc8+ Ke7 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Qb7 Nd2 $6 {A clever try but} (17... Nc6 18. Qxa8 f6 19. d5 exd5 20. Qc8 $18 {is objectively much better (but not nearly good enough)}) 18. d5 $1 { Forced. Everything else loses, e.g.,} (18. Nd5+ Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Bxd2 Nc6 $19) (18. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxd4 $19) 18... Ra7 $2 (18... Nc6 19. Bxd2 Rb8 20. Qc7 Rxb2 21. Bc1 Rb4 (21... Rc2 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Ba3+ Kf6 24. Qf4+ Kg6 25. Qg4+ $18)) 19. Qxa7 $2 {The slow method} (19. Qxb8 {is the quick method}) 19... Nxf1 20. Qxb8 Nxh2 $2 (20... h6 21. Kxf1 Kf6 22. Qc8 $18 {would prolong Black's pain}) 21. d6+ Kf6 22. Qd8+ Ke5 23. Bf4+ Kd4 24. Qb6+ 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
Game of the week April 10, 2022 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment [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
Game of the week April 3, 2022 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment [Event "US Chess League 1976"] [Site "New York vs. Cleveland"] [White "Andrew Soltis"] [Black "Calvin Blocker"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1976.??.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5 $6 (8. d3 d6 9. O-O O-O $11) 8... axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8 10. Nc3 (10. Qxb5 $2 Nxe4 $17 {Ivakina-Tukan, St. Petersburg 2006}) (10. O-O Na5 11. d3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 O-O 13. Nxe5 d5 $15) 10... O-O (10... Na5 $1 $15) 11. Nd5 $2 (11. Qxb5 Na5 12. d3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 d5 $11) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 (12. exd5 Na5 $17 {is slightly better }) 12... Nb4 13. Bxb7 $2 (13. Bb3 Bxe4 14. O-O Nxc2 15. Bxc2 Bxc2 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qxb5 Be4 $17) 13... Qxb7 $2 (13... Nxc2+ 14. Kd1 (14. Kf1 Qxb7 15. Nxe5 Nd4 $19) 14... Qa4 15. b3 Qxb3 16. Bd5 Ne3+ 17. Ke1 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qb1 $19) 14. d3 f6 (14... Nc6 15. O-O b4 $11) 15. O-O d5 $6 (15... Nc6 $11) 16. Nh4 g6 $6 ( 16... dxe4 17. Nf5 Re8 18. dxe4 Bf8 $11) 17. c3 Na6 18. Bh6 (18. Qg4 $1 Qc8 19. Qg3 $14) 18... Rd8 (18... Re8 $11) 19. b4 (19. f4 dxe4 20. Qg4 Qc8 21. f5 g5 22. dxe4 Kh8 $11) 19... dxe4 (19... c5 $11) 20. dxe4 (20. Qa2+ $1 Qd5 21. Qxa6 exd3 22. Qa1 e4 $11) 20... c5 21. Ra1 (21. g3 $5) 21... cxb4 $2 (21... Nc7 $11) 22. Qa2+ Kh8 (22... b3 23. Qxb3+ Kh8 24. Qf7 $18) 23. g3 $2 (23. Qf7 $18) 23... bxc3 $2 (23... Nc5 24. Qf7 Rg8 25. cxb4 Nxe4 $17) 24. Qf7 Rg8 25. Rxa6 c2 ( 25... Qxa6 $2 26. Qxe7 Qa1+ 27. Kg2 Qa6 28. Bg7+ Rxg7 29. Qf8+ Rg8 30. Nxg6+ hxg6 31. Qh6#) 26. Ra1 $2 (26. Kg2 g5 27. Rb6 Qxe4+ (27... Qxb6 28. Nf5 $18) 28. Nf3 Qg6 29. Qxe7 Re8 (29... c1=Q 30. Rxf6 $18) 30. Qc7 Qxh6 31. Qxc2 $18) 26... b4 27. Qb3 $2 (27. Kg2 g5 (27... b3 $2 28. Ra8 $1 $18) 28. Nf5 Qxe4+ 29. Kg1 c1=Q+ (29... Qxf5 $2 30. Bg7+ Rxg7 31. Ra8+ $18) 30. Rxc1 Qxf5 31. Qxe7 b3 32. Qb4 $16) 27... Qxe4 28. Rc1 (28. Qf7 Qb7 29. Qb3 Qe4 $11) 28... Rc8 $2 ( 28... g5 29. Nf3 Qg6 30. Bxg5 fxg5 31. Nxe5 Qf6 $11) 29. Qf7 Rg8 30. Qxe7 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
Game of the week March 27, 2022 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment [Event "1971 British Columbia Open"] [White "Duncan Suttles"] [Black "Peter Biyiasas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A25"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1971.03.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "Canbase"] [SourceDate "2015.08.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.08.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 Nge7 6. b4 (6. h4 $5) 6... O-O ( 6... a6 7. d3 d6 $11) 7. b5 (7. h4 $5) 7... Nd4 (7... Na5 8. d3 a6 $11) 8. e3 Ne6 9. Nge2 f5 $6 (9... a6 10. a4 axb5 11. axb5 c6 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {Gouret-Murey, Paris 1991}) 10. d4 (10. O-O $1 f4 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Nxf4 $14) 10... e4 $6 (10... f4 11. gxf4 exf4 12. exf4 Nf5 $11) 11. Qb3 (11. O-O $1 $14) 11... Kh8 (11... a6 12. b6 c6 13. Ba3 $16) 12. h4 d6 13. h5 (13. a4 Bd7 14. Ba3 $14) 13... g5 $2 (13... gxh5 14. Rxh5 a6 15. a4 $14) 14. g4 (14. h6 $1 Bf6 15. g4 fxg4 {transposes to the game while avoiding the defense in the next note}) 14... fxg4 $2 (14... h6 15. gxf5 Nxf5 16. Nxe4 Nh4 17. Rh2 Nxg2+ 18. Rxg2 Qe8 19. Qc2 $14) 15. h6 Bf6 16. Bxe4 Rg8 $2 (16... c5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ba3 $18) 17. Qc2 (17. Ng3 Nf8 18. Nh5 $18 {is even stronger}) 17... Nf8 18. Ng3 Nfg6 19. Nh5 Rf8 20. Bb2 Kg8 (20... Nh4 21. Bxh7 Bxd4 (21... Nef5 22. Rxh4 $1 Nxh4 23. Nd5 $18) 22. exd4 Nef5 23. d5 Kxh7 24. Ne4 Qe8 25. Nhf6+ Rxf6 26. Qe2 $18) 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Be4 Qe8 $2 (23... Qe7 24. Bxg6 (24. a4 $5 $18) 24... hxg6 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. d5 $18) 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. d5 Kh7 27. Bxf6 Bf5 28. Qb2 Qe4 29. O-O {on move 29!} Qf3 $2 ({Stockfish says that} 29... Rf8 { is much better but it would only prolong the game to no good purpose}) 30. Bxg5 (30. Bd8 $1 {forces mate}) 30... Rg8 31. Qf6 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
Game of the week March 20, 2022 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment [Event "Salem, NH 1969"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "John Curdo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A88"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1969.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Qc7 (8... Na6 $11) 9. d5 ({Stockfish recommends} 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Nb1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nc3 $14 {which I don't pretend to understand}) 9... a5 (9... Na6 $11) 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Nd4 (11. e3 $5) 11... Bd7 (11... e5 $5) 12. a3 Nc5 13. b4 (13. Rb1 Rac8 $11) 13... axb4 (13... Nce4 $1 $11) 14. axb4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 (15. Ne6 $5 Nxc3 16. Nxc7 Nxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rac8 18. dxc6 Rxc7 19. cxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 ) 15... fxe4 $6 (15... Nxe4 $11) 16. Qb3 (16. Ne6 $1) 16... cxd5 (16... Rxa1 $5 ) 17. cxd5 (17. Rxa8 Rxa8 $11) 17... Rfc8 $2 (17... Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ng4 $11) 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ne6 (19. Rc1 $1 $16) 19... Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qb6 (20... Qc6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. b5 Qc5 23. Bxe4 $14) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxe4 Qb5 23. e3 (23. Bf3 $5 $14 ) 23... Kg7 24. Rc1 Ra4 25. Rb1 Ra1 $6 (25... b6 26. Bd3 $14) 26. Rxa1 Bxa1 27. h4 (27. Bd3 $5 Qe5 28. b5 $16) 27... b6 28. Kg2 Bf6 (28... Qe5 $5) 29. Bd5 Kh6 30. Kg1 Kg7 31. Bc4 (31. Bb7 $5) 31... Qe5 32. Bf1 $6 (32. b5 $16) 32... Qa1 $6 (32... d5 $1 33. b5 $14) 33. Qc4 Qe5 34. Qc6 $1 b5 $2 (34... Qxe6 $2 35. b5 $18 ) (34... d5 35. Qxb6 d4 36. exd4 $16) 35. Bxb5 Qb2 $2 (35... d5 36. Bf1 $18) 36. Qe8 Qxb4 37. Qf7+ (37. Bd3 $1 {leads to mate in 20}) 37... Kh6 38. Qf8+ Bg7 39. Qxe7 Qxb5 40. Qg5+ Qxg5 41. hxg5+ 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
Game of the week March 13, 2022 by Robert Huntington | Leave a comment [Event "1979 Continental Open"] [Site "New York"] [White "Ariel Mengarini"] [Black "Joel Benjamin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1979.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bd7 (4... Be4 5. Nf3 (5. f3 Bg6 6. Ne2 e6 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Ne7 $11) 5... e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 $11) 5. c3 (5. Be3 Qb6 6. Nd2 e6 $11) 5... e6 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd3 (8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Bd4 Nge7 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 Ng6 $11) 8... Qb6 9. Qb3 $6 (9. Qd2 f6 10. O-O fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nh6 $11) 9... c4 (9... cxd4 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Bxd4 Bc5 $15) 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Be2 b5 (11... h5 $5) 12. O-O b4 13. Nh4 $6 (13. cxb4 Bxb4 14. Nc3 Nge7 $15) 13... b5 (13... h5 $5) 14. f4 $2 (14. a3 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Rb8 $15) 14... Be7 15. Ng2 h5 (15... bxc3 $1 16. Nxc3 b4 $17) 16. h3 (16. gxh5 bxc3 17. Nxc3 b4 $17) 16... hxg4 17. hxg4 Rh3 $6 (17... bxc3 18. bxc3 Nh6 $17) 18. Bd2 $2 ( 18. Rf3 Rxf3 19. Bxf3 b3 20. a3 b4 $17) 18... bxc3 19. bxc3 b4 20. f5 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Rxc3 $1 22. Nxc3 Nxd4 23. Nf4 (23. fxe6 fxe6 24. g5 Bc5 $19 {puts up slightly more resistance} ({of course not} 24... Bxg5 $2 25. Bh5+ $18)) 23... Ra3 (23... Nxe2+ $1 24. Nfxe2 Nh6 $19 {is even stronger}) 24. Rac1 (24. fxe6 Bxe6 (24... fxe6 25. Rab1 $1 Rxc3 26. Rb8+ Bd8 27. Ng6 Nxe2+ 28. Kg2 Rg3+ 29. Kh2 Nf6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Rxf6 Bc8 $1 $19 {also wins but isn't nearly as clean} ) 25. Rac1 Bb4 26. Bxc4 Bxc3 27. Nxd5 Ne2+ 28. Bxe2 Bd4+ 29. Kg2 Bxd5+ $19) 24... Nh6 25. fxe6 (25. Bd1 Bg5 $19) 25... fxe6 26. Bd1 (26. Kg2 Nxe2 27. Nfxe2 Nxg4 $19) 26... Nf7 (26... Bg5 $1 $19) 27. Ng6 $2 (27. Ncxd5 exd5 28. Nxd5 Nxe5 29. Re1 Bd6 30. Nb6 Kd8 31. Nxd7 Kxd7 $19) 27... Bg5 28. Rb1 (28. Ne2 Bxc1 29. Nxc1 Nc6 $19 {is an irrelevant improvement}) 28... Rxc3 29. Rb8+ Bd8 30. Rxd8+ $2 (30. Rb7) 30... Kxd8 ({Perhaps Black was in time pressure and White hoped that he'd fall for} 30... Nxd8 $4 31. Rf8#) 31. Rxf7 Be8 32. Rf4 Rd3 0-1 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