Game of the week November 4, 2018 by Robert Huntington Sometimes grandmasters fall to mere masters. [Event "Marshall Int'l 3rd"] [Site "New York, NY"] [Date "1980"] [Round "?"] [White "Blocker, Calvin"] [Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1980.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bd3 e6 $6 (6... Nf6) 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Nb5 d6 9. c3 dxc3 $2 (9... Nf6) 10. dxc3 Ne7 $2 (10... Nh6) 11. Nxd6+ $1 Kf8 (11... Qxd6 $4 12. Bb5+) 12. e5 {White has an extra pawn and a foot on Black's chest. What more could one ask for?} Qc7 13. Be4 f5 14. Bf3 g5 15. g3 Ng6 16. Rf1 gxf4 17. gxf4 Qe7 18. Be3 Qh4+ 19. Rf2 Nxf4 $2 {Not that it matters.} (19... Bh6) 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Bxf4 Be6 22. Bg3 Qh6 23. Bf4 Qh4 24. Qd6+ Kf7 25. Bd5 Qe7 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 27. c4 Rac8 28. Rd1 h6 29. Rg2 Rhg8 30. Bxe6 Kxe6 31. Rd6+ Ke7 32. Rdg6 Rxc4 33. Rxg7+ 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: 32