Game of the week March 31, 2019 by Robert Huntington [Event "Manchester, NH"] [Site "Queen City Open 2005"] [White "Josh Friedel"] [Black "Braden Bournival"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B14"] [WhiteElo "2477"] [BlackElo "2280"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2005.02.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CH April-June 2005"] [SourceDate "2006.10.08"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.10.08"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 ({Another possibility is} 8. Bd2 {e.g.,} Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rad1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Be3 e5 $11 { Shchekachev-Rausis, France 2000}) 8... Nc6 ({Or} 8... O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 Bd6 $11) 9. Be2 (9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O c5 $11) 9... O-O 10. O-O Re8 (10... h6 11. Rd1 Nce7 (11... Ba5 $5) 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Qe4 {Akesson-Hillarp Persson, Stockholm 2000} Nf6 $11) (10... Be7 11. Rd1 Ncb4 (11... Bf6 {The old main line here} 12. Qe4 Nce7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. h4 Bd7 $11 {Adams-Magem Badals, Debrecen 1992}) 12. Qb3 b6 13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. c4 Na5 {I. Gurevich-Seirawan, San Francisco 1999} (15... Ba6 $1) 16. Qc2 $11) (10... Nce7 11. Bd3 (11. Bd2) (11. Nxd5) 11... h6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Nxd5 exd5 $11 {Marin-Holmsgaard, Andorra 2004}) 11. Rd1 (11. Bc4 $5) 11... Bf8 (11... Bd6 $11) 12. Ne5 (12. Bg5 Qa5 $6 (12... Be7 $11) 13. Ne4 $6 (13. Bd3 $14) 13... Bd7 14. a3 $11 {Wolff-Speelman, New York 1990}) 12... Nxe5 $6 $146 (12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bd7 14. Bf3 (14. Qf3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 $11) 14... Rc8 15. Qb3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 b6 $11 {Sveshnikov-Tukmakov, Budapest 1996 }) 13. dxe5 Qc7 {What do you do when you've just blundered against a much higher rated opponent? If your sense of etiquette is such that you have no problem annoying people by bombarding them with spam,* you annoy your opponent by offering a draw.} 14. Bd3 Qxe5 $6 (14... h6 15. Nxd5 Qxc2 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. Bxc2 fxe5 18. Ba4 $14) 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qa4 (16. Be4 {is a bit stronger}) 16... Nxc3 (16... Bd7 $1 17. Qh4 (17. Qxd7 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Red8 19. Bf4 $1 (19. Qxd8 $4 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 $4 Qe1#) 19... Qxf4 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8 Kxh7 22. Rxf8 $11) 17... Be7 18. Qh3 Nf6 19. Be4+ Kg8 20. Bxb7 $14) 17. bxc3 Rd8 18. Bf4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bd7 20. Qe4 Qb5 $2 (20... Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Bb5 22. Bxb7 $16) 21. Be5 $18 Be7 (21... Qa4 {would prolong the game a bit, e.g.,} 22. Rd4 Qa3 23. Qb1 Bc6 24. Rh4 {etc.}) 22. c4 $1 Qa4 (22... Qc5 {loses a piece but saves the king (for the time being)}) 23. Qg4 Bf6 24. Qh5 Qa5 {Black decides to put a quick end to his suffering by stepping into a checkmate} 25. Bg6+ Kg8 26. Qh7+ 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 * See https://www.wired.com/2003/08/swollen-orders-show-spams-allure/. Views: 47