Game of the week August 11, 2019 by Robert Huntington [Event "Central New England Open 1983"] [White "James Rizzitano"] [Black "Dmitry Gurevich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2455"] [BlackElo "2505"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1983.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CH, Aug-Sept 1983"] [SourceDate "2016.03.31"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.03.31"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 {more aggressive than effective} Bg7 5. Qe2 c6 (5... Nc6 $1 $11) 6. e5 (6. Bb3 $1) 6... dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. Bd2 Be6 ({ better is} 8... O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. Nxd5 bxc4 11. Ne3 Nd7 $11 {Stockfish}) 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. f4 N7b6 11. Bb3 a5 $6 (11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nd5 13. Nf3 Qc8 $11 { Stockfish}) 12. a4 $146 (12. Be3 $1 {Hoerr-Helbig, Germany 2011} O-O 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Rad8 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Kb1 Qc4 $1 18. Rf1 $14 { Stockfish}) 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc8 (13... Nd5 $11) 14. Nf3 $6 (14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Bd4 Nxa4 $1 16. b3 c5 17. Qb5+ Qc6 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. bxa4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 g5 $11) 14... Bxb3 15. cxb3 O-O 16. h4 $2 (16. e6 $1 Bxc3 (16... Qxe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng5 Rf6 20. Rhe1 Nd5 21. Nxe6+ Kf7 22. Ng5+ Ke8 23. g3 $11) 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Ng5 Rxf4 20. c4 Qf5 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Qxe7 Rf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qxf1+ $11) 16... Nd5 (16... Qg4 $1 17. g3 Nd5 $15) 17. Bd2 $6 (17. h5 Nxf4 18. Qe4 Nd5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Qh4 Rf7 (22... Rf5 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qxg6 Nf4 25. Rd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxf5+ Ke8 27. Qxf4 Qd5 $11) 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Nxf7 Qf5 (24... Kxf7 25. Rf1+ Ke8 26. Qxg7 $14) 25. Nh6 Bxh6+ 26. Qxh6+ Kf7 $15) 17... h5 $1 18. g4 $2 (18. Nd4 c5 19. Nc2 Rd8 20. g3 b6 $15) 18... Qxg4 (18... hxg4 $1 19. Nh2 g3 20. Ng4 Qf5 21. Qf3 Rfd8 22. h5 c5 23. hxg6 Nb4 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Bxb4 cxb4 $19) 19. Rhg1 Qf5 20. Rg5 ({better is} 20. Qc4 b5 21. Qc2 (21. axb5 cxb5 22. Qxd5 Rac8+ 23. Bc3 b4 $19) 21... Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 e6 $19) 20... Nxf4 21. Qe3 Nd5 22. Qe2 Qe6 (22... Qh3 $1 23. e6 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Rxg6 Rxf3 26. Rdg1 Rf7 27. Bh6 Raf8 28. Rxg7+ Rxg7 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rg1 Rf3 $19) 23. Nd4 Qh3 24. Rdg1 Rad8 $2 (24... Nb4 25. Nf5 Qd3 26. Qxd3 (26. Nxe7+ Kh7 $4 27. Qxh5+ gxh5 28. Rxh5+ Bh6 29. Rxh6#) 26... Nxd3+ 27. Kc2 Nc5 28. Nxe7+ Kh7 29. Rxh5+ $1 gxh5 30. Rg5 Bxe5 $1 31. Rxh5+ Kg7 32. Rxe5 Nd7 $17) 25. Nf5 Qxb3 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qe4 (27. Rxh5 $4 Qxa4 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. Rxg4 b6 $19) 27... Rh8 $4 (27... Kh8 $1 28. R1g3 Qa2 ( 28... Qb6 29. Qf3 c5 30. Qxh5+ Kg7 31. e6 Qxe6 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Bc3+ Rd4 $16)) 28. Rxg6+ $1 Kf8 29. e6 $1 fxe6 30. Qxe6 (30. R1g3 {is even stronger}) 30... Qc4+ 31. Kb1 Qd3+ (31... Nc3+ 32. Bxc3 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 {puts up more resistance but what's the point when resistance is futile?}) 32. Ka1 Nf6 (32... Qxg6 { avoids immeidate mate but, again, why bother?}) 33. Rxf6+ (33. Rg7 {is the quick method}) 33... Ke8 34. Rfg6 (34. Rg7 {is quicker. One imagines that the end of this game was played in a time scramble.}) 34... Rf8 35. Rg8 Qf3 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 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: 36