Game of the week March 17, 2019 by Robert Huntington [Event "Columbus, Ohio"] [Date "1988"] [Round "?"] [White "Sergey Kudrin"] [Black "Benjamin Finegold"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 (3... c5 {is, of course, the main alternative with }) (3... Nc6 {being an alternative although Stockfish says that}) (3... Be7 { is best}) 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 (9. Nf4) 9... Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 {is probably the main line.}) 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 (9... Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 (10... O-O $2 11. Bxh7+) 11. g3 $14 {A. Sznapik-Minev, Eksjö 1980}) 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 ( 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Bg5 (14. h3 $14 {Stockfish}) 14... Ng4 $6 (14... h6 $11 {Stockfish}) 15. Bh4 Nh6 $6 (15... g6 {or}) (15... Qxb2) 16. Bg3 $14 { Van der Wiel-Short, Biel 1985}) 12... O-O 13. Bg5 (13. Be3 Bd7 14. Rc1 (14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxb2 16. exf6 Qxc3 17. fxg7 Qxg7 $11) 14... Qd8 15. Qe2 $14) (13. h3 Bd7 14. Re1 $14 {Proehl-Holzke, Germany 1999}) 13... a6 $6 (13... Bd7 $11) ( 13... h6 $11) 14. a3 (14. Rc1 $1 Qxb2 15. Na4 Qa3 16. Nb6 $16) 14... Kh8 (14... Bd7 $11) 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Qd3 Qf7 $6 (16... g6 $14) 17. Bh4 Qh5 ({Again} 17... g6 $14 {according to Stockfish}) 18. Bg3 Bxg3 $6 ({Stockfish gives the inhuman (but very computer-like) move} 18... Bb8 {as best, e.g.:} 19. Na4 Ba7 20. Bd6 Bd7 21. Nc5 $16 (21. Bxf8 {isn't quite as good})) ({Stockfish also prefers the move human} 18... e5 {to the text, e.g.} 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qd1 $16) 19. fxg3 (19. hxg3 $2 Ng4 $19) 19... Bd7 20. h3 Qh6 21. g4 g5 $6 (21... Ng8 22. g5 Qh5 23. Rae1 $16) 22. Nxg5 $1 $18 {Overloading the defenders of h7} Nxd4 (22... Qxg5 23. Rxf6) 23. Nxh7 $1 Nxc2 (23... Nxh7 24. Qxd4+ $18) 24. Nxf8 Nxa1 25. Rxf6 $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: 83