Game of the week June 30, 2019 by Robert Huntington [Event "North American Open 1999"] [Site "Las Vegas, NV"] [Round "?"] [White "Julian Hodgson"] [Black "Alexander Goldin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1999.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CL, April 2000"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 {a Hodgson specialty} h6 (2... Nf6 {is the most common response while Stockfish thinks the rarely played}) (2... Nc6 {is best.}) 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Qc1 (5. b3 Nd7 6. e3 (6. c3 $5) 6... e5 7. Bg3 (7. c3 $1 $11) (7. dxe5 $6 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Qb4+ $15) 7... e4 {Mehmeti-Bashirli, Baku 2016} 8. Ne5 $11) (5. Nbd2 Qxb2 (5... g5 $5 6. Bg3 g4 7. Ne5 Qxd4 8. e3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 (9... Qxa2 $2 10. Nxf7 $1) 10. c4 $44) 6. e3 $44) 5... Bg4 (5... g5 $1 6. Bg3 g4 7. Nfd2 Qxd4 $15) 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. e3 e6 8. c4 Be7 (8... c5 $5) 9. Bg3 Ngf6 10. Bd3 ({Stockfish prefers} 10. c5) 10... O-O $146 (10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 (12. Ke2 $1) 12... Nh5 13. a3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 $11 {Hodgson-M. Gurevich, Germany 2000}) 11. c5 Qa5 $6 (11... Qd8 $11) 12. b4 $1 Qxb4 (12... Qd8 $5) 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Rxb7 Bxc5 $1 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 c5 $2 (17... Bxf3 $1 18. gxf3 Rfe8 19. Ke2 $14) 18. O-O (18. Ne5 $1 $16) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 $5 Nd7 20. e4 $6 (20. Qc2 $14) 20... Qb4 $11 21. exd5 (21. Qc2 $5) 21... exd5 22. Bf5 Nf6 (22... Rfd8 $1) 23. Bd6 Rfe8 24. Rd1 Qh4 (24... g6 $1) 25. Nf1 $14 c4 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Ng3 Rad8 28. Kg2 (28. Qb2 $5) 28... Nh7 $2 ( 28... g6 29. Bc2 $14) 29. Ne4 (29. Qa3 $1 g6 30. Be7 $1 Qxe7 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Rxd8+ Nf8 33. Bb1 $18) 29... Ng5 30. Qxc4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 (31. Bg3 $1 $16) 31... g6 $6 (31... Qg5+ $14) 32. Bg3 Qf6 $2 (32... Qh5 $16) 33. Bd7 $18 Qe7 (33... Re7 34. Rd6 Qb2 35. Bh4 g5 36. Bg3 Rexd7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Qc8+ {leaves White up a piece}) 34. Bxe8 Rxd1 35. Bc6 h5 36. h4 (36. Bd5 $1) 36... Rd8 37. Bd5 Kg7 38. Qc3+ (38. f3 $18 {is better according to Stockfish but White is winning in either case}) 38... Kh7 39. Qc6 Kg7 40. Bc7 Re8 $2 (40... Rf8 {puts up stiffer resistance}) 41. Bd6 Qd8 42. Bb4 a5 $2 ({Stockfish thinks} 42... Re6 {is better, meaning it's time to resign}) 43. Bxa5 Qe7 44. Bb4 Qd8 45. Qb7 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: 54