Game of the week April 21, 2019 by Robert Huntington [Event "Oakham Young Masters 1984"] [White "Pia Cramling"] [Black "Joseph Gallagher"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B93"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1984.04.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "Unknown"] [SourceDate "2009.03.03"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.03.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nh4 (11. Kh1 {is the most common move here, e.g. ,} Re8 (11... exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfd8 19. Qh5 Kf8 20. Rf1 Ke7 $17 {is ECO's erroneous evaluation based on} 21. c4 a5 $1 {So says ECO but in reality it should be ?!} (21... Qb6 $11) 22. Qh4 (22. b3 $14) 22... Rd6 23. Rf5 Rb6 $17 { G. Garcia-A. Petrosian, Tunja 1987, Informant 44/(306); Stockfish rates the position as equal}) (11... Nc5 12. Qe1 (12. Bd2 $11 {is better according to Stockfish}) 12... Re8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qg3 Bd8 $11) 12. Nh4 exf4 (12... d5 $11 {according to Stockfish is strangely not in the database}) 13. Nf5 $1 { According to Stockfish, a few hundreths of a pawn better than the more usual} ( 13. Bxf4) 13... Nc5 14. Rxf4 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Qc6 $11 {Khalifman-Shneider, Lvov 1985}) 11... g6 $2 (11... Nc5 12. Qe2 Bg4 $15) 12. f5 $16 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 $6 ( 13... e4 14. Be2 Bd6 15. g3 b6 16. Be3 ({Better is} 16. Ng2 $16 {with the plan (according to Nunn) of Bh6 and Ne3 supporting the pawns on d5 and f5}) 16... Bb7 17. Qd2 $16 {but a draw was agreed to here in Sax-Andersson, London 1980}) 14. Nxd5 Qc5+ 15. Be3 Qxd5 16. fxg6 hxg6 $2 (16... fxg6 17. Qg4 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Nf8 19. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 $16) 17. Nxg6 $4 {Can you spell U-N-S-O-U-N-D?} ( 17. Qg4 $1 {wins in all lines, e.g.,} Qe6 {best, according to Stockfish} (17... Nb6 18. Qg3 {and the twin threats against b6 and g6 can't be parried}) (17... Nf6 18. Nxg6 $1 Bxg4 19. Nxe7+ Kg7 20. Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 21. Rxf6+ Kg7 22. Nxd5 Rad8 23. Ne3 Kxf6 24. Nxg4+ $18) (17... Bxh4 18. Bxg6 $18) 18. Nf5 Nc5 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Bf5 $1 $18) 17... fxg6 18. Qg4 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nf8 20. Qg3 $2 (20. Bc4 Bxg4 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bxa6 Rxb2 $17) 20... Bc5 $6 (20... e4 $1 $19) 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kh1 Kg7 23. Qg5 $2 (23. b3 $1 Be6 24. Qg5 Qc7 25. h4 Bd5 26. h5 Qd6 27. h6+ Kh7 $17) 23... Qd6 $19 24. h4 Nh7 25. Qg3 Bd7 26. Re1 Rh8 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: 40