Game of the week October 23, 2018October 23, 2018 by Robert Huntington It’s late. I apologize. [Event "Manhattan CC-ch plof"] [Site "New York, NY"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Benjamin, Joel"] [Black "Evans, Larry D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1978.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Bf4 Nh6 7. Nd2 Bf5 8. Ndf3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bg7 10. Ne2 Nf5 $6 11. O-O (11. g4 $14) 11... O-O 12. Rfe1 Nd6 13. Ng3 b5 $2 14. h4 ({In his notes in Chess Life and Review, Benjamin says that he can't explain why he didn't play} 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxb5) 14... b4 15. h5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 ({Stockfish prefers} 16... Rc8 $11) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 Qd7 19. Qf3 (19. Nh5 $5 {Benjamin} Qg4 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 $11) 19... Rb5 ({Benjamin suggests that} 19... Bf6 {may be better; Stockfish agrees but only by 0.14 pawns but disagrees with him that after} 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qg4 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 {"Black still has problems."}) 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qg4 Bf6 { stepping into it} (21... Rfb8 22. Qh4 Nd8 $11 ({Benjamin gives} 22... Rb2 23. Re6 $1)) 22. Ne6 fxe6 ({Benjamin says the sacrifice must be accepted but only gives} 22... Rfb8 23. Nf5 $18) ({The beast, however, thinks (wrong word but it will have to do) since that giving up the exchange with} 22... Nd8 {is much better than taking the piece.}) 23. Rxe6 Qd7 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Re3 ({Quibbling but} 25. Rae1 {is even stronger. The game is over in any case.}) 25... e6 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Nh5 Bh4 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ {Presumably to gain time on the clock} Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Rh3 Qh7 32. Qxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxh4 Kg6 34. Nf4+ Kf5 35. Re1 Rf6 36. g3 Rb7 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Rh5+ Kg4 39. Reh1 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: 34