Game of the week March 3, 2019 by Robert Huntington [Event "Harvard Open 1991"] [White "GM Pat Wolff"] [Black "IM Joe Fang"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2414"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1991.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CH, July-Aug 1991"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Rb8 $5 (8... b4 {and}) (8... Bb7 {are the main lines}) 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 b4 ( {Three years later, at the 1994 New York Open, Fang played} 10... d5 { (slightly better according to Stockfish) against Wolff and lost in 35 moves (Inf 61/342)}) 11. d4 bxc3 12. d5 (12. bxc3 exd4 13. e5 Ne8 14. cxd4 $14 { Dvoirys-Jumabayev, Pavlodar Open 2010 (drawn in 62 moves)}) 12... Nd4 (12... cxb2 13. Bxb2 Bb4 14. dxc6 Bxe1 15. Nxe1 Nxe4 16. Bxe5 Qe7 17. Nf3 $14) 13. Nxd4 exd4 (13... cxb2 $1 14. Bxb2 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bb4 16. Re2 $14) 14. bxc3 dxc3 15. Nxc3 $2 (15. e5 $1 $16) 15... Bb4 $11 16. Bd2 d6 17. Ba4 $2 (17. f3 $11) 17... Ng4 18. h3 Nxf2 $2 (18... Ne5 $17) 19. Kxf2 Qf6+ (19... Bc5+ {is better, e.g.} 20. Kg3 Bd4 21. Kh2 $1 Qh4 22. Re3 (22. Ne2 $2 Be5+ 23. Kg1 Bxh3 $1 24. gxh3 Qxh3 25. Bc2 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kf2 Qh2+ $11) 22... Bxe3 23. Bxe3 $14) 20. Qf3 Qd4+ 21. Qe3 Qf6+ $2 (21... Qe5 $16 {is better}) 22. Ke2 $18 Ba6+ ( 22... Qg6) 23. Kd1 {and the white king escapes} Bc5 $6 (23... Qe5) 24. e5 (24. Qf4 $1) 24... Qg6 (24... Qxe5 25. Qe4 Qh5+ {is a bit better}) 25. Qe4 dxe5 26. Qxg6 fxg6 27. Bc2 $6 (27. Ne4 $18) 27... Bc4 28. Ra4 Bb4 (28... Bf1 {is better} ) 29. Re4 Rf1+ 30. Be1 Bxc3 31. Raxc4 Ba5 32. Ra4 Rb5 33. Rxe5 $4 (33. Rxa5 $1 Rxa5 34. Ke2 $18) 33... Rxd5+ $1 34. Bd3 ({Oops.} 34. Rxd5 Rxe1#) 34... Rxe5 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: 25