Game of the week December 23, 2018 by Robert Huntington [Event "National Open"] [Site "Las Vegas, NV"] [Date "1995"] [Round "5"] [White "Alexander Ivanov"] [Black "Walter Browne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2535"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CL. Aug 1996"] [SourceDate "2018.12.19"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.12.19"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8. a4 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. h3 Be7 (10... h5 $5 {Ivanov}) 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3 O-O 13. O-O g6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Re8 16. Qd2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 (18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Bg5 Nfxe4 {Ivanov}) 18... Ne6 {Ivanov gives ths ?! and instead recommends trading rooks first. Stockfish agrees that trading rooks first is better but only by a quarter of a pawn.} ({Ivanov says that the complications after} 18... Na4 19. Nxb5 Qb6+ 20. Nd4 d5 {are too dangerous. Stockfish agrees but instead gives} (20... Nb2 $14)) 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Nxb5 Ne5 22. Na3 $6 (22. Nd4 Nc4 (22... Bb7 {Stockfish}) 23. Qf2 {Ivanov}) (22. Ne2 $1 $14 {Stockfish}) 22... Bh4 23. Ne2 Ng5 $2 (23... Bg5 $11 {Stockfish}) 24. Nc3 Qe7 {Ivanov criticized this move and instead suggested} (24... h6 {but, according to the machine, the error was on the previous move. Black had less than five minutes on the clock at this point.}) 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qd7 $6 (26... Rb8 {or}) ( 26... Ne6) 27. Nc4 (27. b5 {and}) (27. Nb5 {are both stronger.}) 27... Nxc4 28. Qxc4 d5 29. Rd1 (29. Qd4 $14 {is better, again according to the digigal monster.}) 29... Rxe4 $2 ({Ivanov gives} 29... dxc4 30. Rxd7 Nxe4 31. Bd4 { but the beast says}) (29... Qd6 $11) 30. Bxe4 Nxh3+ 31. Kf1 Qxg4 32. Qxd5 Qg3 33. Bd4 Bf6 {and Black lost on time, twelve moves before the time control.} 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: 38