Game of the week May 19, 2019 by Robert Huntington Euwe’s 118th birthday is tomorrow. [Event "Dutch Team Championship 1977"] [White "Henk Bredewout"] [Black "Max Euwe"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A07"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1977.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 (2. c4 $1) 2... d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 (4... Bd6 $1) 5. O-O Be7 6. Bg5 $6 (6. c4 $11) 6... O-O 7. Nc3 $6 (7. e4) 7... Be6 8. e4 d4 9. Bxf6 $6 $146 (9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Bd2 $1 a5 $11 {Gufeld-Yermolinsky, London 1994}) 9... Bxf6 10. Ne2 ({Stockfish slightly prefers} 10. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Nd2 Qd7 $15) 10... Be7 (10... Qd7 $1 $15) 11. c3 $1 $11 Bg4 12. Ne1 $2 (12. Qc2 dxc3 13. bxc3 Bc5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qe7 $11) 12... Qd7 13. c4 $2 (13. Bf3 Be6 $15) 13... Bh3 $6 (13... f6 14. f4 a6 15. a3 b5 $17) 14. a3 $6 (14. f4 $1 $11) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 f5 (15... Bd6 $1 $15) 16. f3 $2 (16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Ng1 $11) 16... Rad8 (16... Nd8 $1 17. f4 Ne6 18. b4 Rad8 $17) 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. g4 Qg6 19. Ng3 Bg5 (19... Bh4 $5) 20. Qe2 (20. Kh1 $1 $15) 20... Bf4 21. Nc2 $6 ( 21. Ne4 $15) 21... Ne7 22. Rae1 $6 (22. Kh1 Qh6 23. Ne4 Rf7 24. b4 Rdf8 $17) 22... Qh6 23. Qf2 $6 (23. Nh5 Ng6 $17) 23... Ng6 24. Re4 Nh4+ (24... Bg5 $1 $19 ) 25. Kg1 Be3 (25... g6 $142 $17) 26. Nxe3 Nxf3+ 27. Kh1 dxe3 28. Rxe3 $2 (28. Qe2 $1 Nd4 29. Qxe3 Qh3 $17) 28... Nxh2 $1 $19 29. Qxh2 Qxe3 30. Nf5 Qxd3 ( 30... Rxf5 31. gxf5 Rxd3 {is even more bone-crushing}) 31. Kg1 Rxf5 (31... Qe4 $1) 32. gxf5 Qe3+ (32... Rd4 $1) 33. Kh1 $2 (33. Qf2 {would prolong the game without changing the result}) 33... Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qg4+ 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: 33