Game of the week August 25, 2019 by Robert Huntington [Event "Framingham (Mass.) 1992"] [White "Ilya Gurevich (2566)"] [Black "John Curdo (2441)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2566"] [BlackElo "2441"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1992.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 (5... f6 {and}) (5... Bg4 {are both more popular and better}) 6. d3 (6. Na3 $1 $14) 6... Ne7 7. Nbd2 Ng6 ({Stockfish prefers (but only slightly) the rarely played} 7... f6) 8. Nc4 Qf6 (8... Qe6 9. b3 (9. Re1 $5) 9... Be7 10. Ne3 O-O 11. Nf5 h6 $11 {Stockfish}) 9. d4 ({Stockfish prefers} 9. Qe1 $5) 9... exd4 10. Bg5 $5 Qe6 11. Nxd4 $6 (11. Qxd4 f6 12. Be3 c5 $11) 11... Qd7 $2 (11... Qxc4 12. Nb5 f6 13. Nxc7+ Kf7 14. Nxa8 fxg5 $15) 12. Nf5 (12. Be3 c5 13. Nf5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 $11) 12... f6 13. Be3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bd7 15. Rd2 $6 (15. Bd4 O-O-O $11) 15... Ne7 $4 {"He doth not dig a grave but build a tomb."--John Donne} (15... Be6 16. Na5 Bb4 17. Nxg7+ Kf7 18. Nxe6 Bxa5 $17) 16. Nfd6+ $1 cxd6 $1 {Better to die a quick death than suffer through} (16... Kd8 17. Nf7+ Kc8 18. Rfd1 {etc.}) 17. Nxd6+ Kd8 18. Bb6# 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: 66