Game of the week January 20, 2019 by Robert Huntington [Event "American Open 1992"] [White "Anthony Saidy"] [Black "John Donaldson"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1992.11.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 (7. Nf3 Bf5 {is mainline boredom.}) 7... Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 { This is the move preferred by Stockfish although the immediate} (11. Na4 { seems to be more common.}) 11... Bh5 12. Na4 Nd7 (12... Rc8) 13. a3 (13. Qb3 Nb4 (13... g5 $5 14. Bg3 Na5 15. Qc3 Nc6 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxe2 18. Bxe2 f5 $11) 14. Bc7 Qe8 15. Nf4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bg6 17. Nxg6 $11) 13... Rc8 14. b4 b5 15. Nc5 Bxc5 (15... Nb6 16. Nxa6 Nc4 17. Ra1 Ra8 18. Nc5 Nxa3 19. Qb3 Nc4 $11) 16. dxc5 ({Better is} 16. bxc5 e5 17. dxe5 $1 (17. Bh2 exd4 (17... e4 18. Bb1 $16 {The knight can't come to e5 as in the game.}) 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. exd4 $11) 17... Ndxe5 18. Bf5 $14) 16... e5 17. Bh2 e4 18. Bb1 Nde5 19. Qe1 $6 (19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc2 Bxe2 (20... Re8 21. Nf4 Qg5 22. Kh2 $14) 21. Qxe2 -- $140 22. Rfd1 $14) 19... Qg5 20. Bg3 Nc4 21. Rc3 $6 (21. h4 Qh6 22. Nf4 $11) 21... Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Rfe8 (22... Qf6 $5) 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. Rdc1 $6 (24. Rcc1 $1 $11) 24... d4 $6 (24... a5 $1 $15) 25. exd4 Nxd4 26. Qg4 $6 (26. Qe1 h5 27. h4 Nf5 28. Qe2 Qg6 $11) 26... Nd2 $6 (26... g6 $1 27. Bh4 (27. Kh2 h5 28. Qh4 Qg7 $15) 27... Qe5 28. Bg3 Qg7 $15) 27. Re3 Nf5 (27... g6 $1) 28. Re2 Nxg3 $2 ( 28... Nxb1 29. Rxb1 e3 30. Rf1 $14) 29. Rxd2 $1 (29. Qxg3 Rcd8 $14) 29... Nf5 ( 29... Qh6 {is Black's last hope although White is still on top after} 30. Rdd1 Nh5 31. Rc3) 30. Bxe4 $18 Ne7 31. Rcd1 g6 32. Rd6 Qb2 33. Bb7 Rb8 34. Qf3 { Insert your own metaphor for complete domination and control.} Qc2 35. Rd7 h5 36. Bd5 Nxd5 $4 {Black decides to end his suffering quickly (OK, this was undoubtedly a time-pressure blunder).} 37. Qxf7+ 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: 45