Game of the week December 9, 2018 by Robert Huntington [Event "Canadian op 9th"] [Site "Vancouver, BC"] [Date "1971.08.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Benko, Pal C"] [Black "Suttles, Duncan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1971.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "NWC Dec 1978"] 1. b4 {Trying to outweird Suttles from the start? Not nearly weird enough and besides it's not possible to outweird Duncan Suttles in a chess game.} c6 ({ There was no way that Suttles would play something normal like} 1... e5 {or}) ( 1... d5) 2. c4 e5 3. Bb2 f6 {Naturally, the computer recommends putting a knight on this square (or taking on b4) but that would be so ... normal.} 4. a3 d5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nb5 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nbc6 $6 ({ The computer thinks the knight belongs on d7 and recommends} 10... a6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O Nd7 {with equality.}) 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. b5 Nd8 ({Better (as always, according to the Beast) is} 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e4 14. Be2 Ne5) 13. a4 $14 Be6 $6 (13... Nf7) 14. O-O Nf7 15. d3 $6 (15. a5 {,}) (15. d4 {and}) (15. Ba3 {are all better.}) 15... Rfc8 16. Ba3 Qd7 17. Qd2 $6 (17. d4 {is better.}) 17... Nf5 18. Rfc1 d4 19. e4 N5d6 20. Bd1 b6 $11 21. Qb2 Nb7 22. Nd2 Nfd8 $6 { Where does he think he's going?} 23. f4 $1 exf4 24. Nf3 Rc3 (24... Nc5 $5 25. Bc2 a6 26. bxa6 Rxa6 27. Qxd4 $14) 25. Rxc3 dxc3 26. Qxc3 Rc8 27. Qd4 Qxd4+ 28. Nxd4 Rc3 29. Ne2 $2 (29. Bc2 $16) 29... Rxd3 30. Nxf4 Rc3 31. Bb2 Rc4 32. Nxe6 Nxe6 33. e5 (33. Bb3 $1 Rxe4 34. Bd5 Re2 35. Ba3 Nbd8 36. Rd1 $16) 33... Kf7 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Bf3 (35. Rc1 $14 {is better. Presumably, Benko was in his customary time trouble.}) 35... Nbc5 $11 36. Rf1 Kg6 37. Bd5 Rf4 38. Re1 Ng5 39. Re8 Nd3 40. Bc3 Rxa4 41. g3 $6 {I was unable to find out what the time control was but presumably (given the blunder on move 47) it was at move 50.} (41. Rf8) 41... Ra3 42. Bd4 (42. Bd2) 42... Ra5 $6 {Mutual time pressure?} (42... Nb4 $15) 43. g4 $2 (43. Rf8 $1 {and White is back on top.}) 43... Rxb5 44. Bc4 Nf3+ $2 (44... Rb1+) 45. Kg2 Nde1+ 46. Kh3 $2 (46. Kg3 $1 Nxd4 47. Bxb5 Nxb5 48. Rxe1 $18) 46... Rb4 47. g5 $4 (47. Rg8+ Kh6 48. Bxf6 Rxc4 49. Kg3 $1 Rb4 50. Be7 {with the deadly threat of} Z0 51. Bf8#) 47... Rxc4 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 Views: 40