game of the week May 12, 2019 by Robert Huntington Steinitz’s birthday is May 12. [Site "New York, 1888"] [White "William Steinitz"] [Black "Max Judd"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1888.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 2.88"] [Source "Pickard & Son"] [SourceDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.01.15"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. fxe5 $6 ({Nowadays} 5. Bc4 {is played, e.g.,} Nc6 6. d3 O-O 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. O-O Na5 10. Bd5 c6 11. Bxf7+ Rxf7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Nxe4 14. bxa5 Nf6 $11 {Mitkov-Mikhalevski, Las Vegas 2006}) 5... dxe5 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Nd3 O-O $2 (7... Bb6 8. Qf3 O-O 9. Nf2 Nc6 $15 {Repkova-Pokorna, Rabac 2004}) 8. Nxc5 (8. Ne2 $1 $16) 8... Qxc5 9. d4 Qa5 $6 (9... Qb6) 10. Bd3 Re8 $2 (10... Bg4 11. Qd2 c5 12. Nb5 $16) 11. O-O $18 Bg4 (11... Qb6 12. Be3 $18 {is only marginally better than the move played}) 12. Qe1 Nc6 ({Again} 12... Qb6 {is a marginal improvement}) 13. Be3 (13. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 14. Qg3 {is quicker}) 13... Rad8 14. e5 ({Again} 14. Rxf6 $1) 14... Nd5 15. Bg5 f6 $2 {Black is determined to be put out of his misery} (15... Qb4 16. Qh4 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 h6 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Nb5 Qxe5 20. Qxg4 Ne3 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 {only prolongs the pain}) 16. Qh4 h5 17. exf6 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: 23