Game of the week March 10, 2019 by Robert Huntington [Event "New York 1950"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B43"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1950.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 {Avoiding the main lines of the Najdorf before the Najdorf had main lines} b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 {transposing to the Taimanov Variation} 9. a3 Qc7 10. g4 (10. f4 {appears to have been the main line as in, e.g., Czerniak-Kotov, Venice 1950 where after} Be7 11. g4 Nc6 12. Be3 $2 (12. Nxc6) 12... h5 $1 {White self-destructed with an unsound piece sacrifice on b5.}) 10... Nc6 (10... h6) 11. g5 Nd7 (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. gxf6 $6 Nc6 13. fxg7 Bxg7 $15) 12... Ng4 (12... Nd7 13. a4 b4 14. Qxb4 d5 15. Qd4 $14) 13. h3 Ne5 14. f4 Nc4 $11) 12. Nde2 g6 (12... Be7 $11) 13. Be3 $6 (13. Qd3 $1 Nce5 14. Qg3 Bg7 $11) 13... Bg7 (13... h6 $1 14. gxh6 Bxh6 $15) 14. Qd2 Nde5 15. b3 O-O $11 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. h3 b4 $2 (17... Rac8 $11) 18. axb4 d5 $6 (18... Nd7 $16) 19. exd5 Nxb4 20. d6 $1 $18 {Did Black perhaps miss this move?} Qc8 21. Ne4 {Or this move?} Nd5 $6 (21... Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rb8 { offers stiffer resistance}) 22. Bd4 Nd7 (22... f5 23. Nc5 Rxd6 24. c4 $18) 23. c4 (23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. c4 {is even stronger since Black then doesn't have} e5 { hitting the bishop}) 23... e5 24. Ba1 f5 25. cxd5 fxe4 26. Ng3 Nc5 27. Qe3 Nd3 28. Qxe4 Nf4 29. Rc1 Qb8 {I can't call this a blunder even though Stockfish rates 29... Nxh3+ as five pawns better} 30. Rc7 Re8 31. Rxg7+ $1 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: 61
I’ve only just noticed that the board-images in “Game of the Week” are dynamic, and will show the entire game! Reply
I’ve only just noticed that the board-images in “Game of the Week” are dynamic, and will show the entire game!