Game of the week January 9, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "Chicago 1999"] [White "Alexander Beliavsky"] [Black "Alex Yermolinsky"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 (5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. axb5 cxb5 $11) 5... Qc7 (5... Nf6 $1 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Qb6 12. g3 $14) 6. g3 (6. a4 $1 $14) 6... Nd7 7. Bg2 Ngf6 8. Nd2 (8. Bf4 $5) 8... Nb6 9. Bxf6 (9. O-O h6 $11) 9... gxf6 10. e3 (10. O-O h5 11. h4 {Beliavsky-Khenkin, Germany 1999} e5 $1 $11) 10... e5 (10... h5 $5) 11. d5 cxd5 (11... Bd7 $11) 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be6 (13... Bb4 $1 14. O-O Bh3 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ (16. Qxb4 Qxd5 $11) 16... Kxd7 17. Rfd1 Bxd2 18. Bxb7 Rad8 $11) 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. O-O (15. Qh5+ Qf7 16. Qe2 c3 17. Ne4 O-O-O $11) 15... O-O-O (15... h5 $5) 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. Qe2 f5 ({Somewhat better is} 17... b5 18. a4 Bb4 19. Nb1 Rd3 20. axb5 Rc8 $11) 18. Nxc4 (18. Rfd1 Be7 $11) 18... e4 $6 ( 18... h5 19. h4 Be7 $11) 19. Rc2 $6 (19. Nd2 Qe7 20. Nb3 Bg7 21. Nc5 Be5 22. Qb5 Bd6 23. b4 $14) 19... h5 (19... Bg7 20. Rfc1 Rd5 $11) 20. Rd1 (20. h4 Be7 $11) 20... Rxd1+ (20... h4 $1 $11) 21. Qxd1 Be7 $2 (21... Bb4 22. Qd4 Rg8 $11) 22. h4 a6 (22... Bb4 23. Qd4 Rg8 24. Kg2 $16) 23. a4 $6 (23. Kg2 Bb4 24. Qd4 Rd8 25. Qf6 $16) 23... Bb4 24. Kg2 Qd8 25. Qc1 $2 (25. Qa1 Qe7 26. Ne5 $16) 25... Rg8 26. Kh2 (26. a5 $5 Bxa5 27. Nxa5 Qxa5 28. Qd1 Rd8 29. Qxh5 Qa1 30. Qh7 Rd1 31. Qc7+ Ka7 32. Qc5+ $11) 26... Ka7 27. b3 Qd3 (27... Qf6 $5 $11) 28. Qb2 Rc8 $6 (28... Be1 29. Ne5 Qd6 $11) 29. Rc1 Rd8 $6 (29... Rc5 30. Ne5 Qd5 31. Rxc5 Bxc5 32. Nf7 $14) 30. Kg2 Rd5 $2 (30... Rg8 31. a5 f4 32. exf4 Qf3+ 33. Kh3 Bc5 34. Ne5 Qxf2 35. Qxf2 Bxf2 36. g4 Be3 37. Rf1 $16) 31. Qf6 Qe2 ( 31... f4 $5 32. Qxe6 $18 (32. Qxf4 $2 Rf5 33. Qc7 $16)) 32. Qxe6 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qf3 36. Qb6+ Kb8 37. Qd8+ Ka7 38. Qd4+ Kb8 39. Qe5+ (39. Kg1 $1 Be1 40. Qb2 Qd1 41. Qe5+ Ka8 42. Qxf5 $18) 39... Ka7 40. Qd4+ (40. Qb2 Bc3 41. Qc2 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Nd6 $18) 40... Kb8 41. Kg1 Be1 42. Qb2 $18 {White is winning but one has to wonder if Black resigned or lost on time (no idea what the time control was)} 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 Views: 73