Game of the week December 15, 2019 by Robert Huntington [Event "World Open 1974"] [Site "New York, NY"] [Round "?"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Julio Kaplan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A36"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1974.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 (7. O-O { is the usual move here, e.g.,} d6 8. Rb1 O-O 9. d3 Rb8 $11) 7... d6 8. a3 h5 $5 (8... Be6 9. b4 $5 O-O (9... cxb4 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Ba3 a5 12. O-O $14) 10. Rb1 cxb4 11. axb4 a5 12. bxa5 d5 $1 $11) 9. h4 $5 Bg4 10. Bd2 (10. Rb1 {is a bit better}) 10... Rb8 11. Qa4 $5 (11. Qc2 $11) 11... a6 12. b4 $6 (12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nec3 b5 $11) 12... b5 $1 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 O-O 15. Rc1 Bd7 $2 (15... e4 $1 16. d4 (16. Bxe4 Ne5 17. bxc5 d5 18. d4 dxe4 19. dxe5 Bxe2 20. Nd6 (20. Kxe2 $2 Qd3+ 21. Ke1 Rxb5 $19) 20... Bg4 $17) 16... Bxe2 17. Kxe2 cxd4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bd3 dxe3 20. Bxe3 Ne5 $15) 16. bxc5 dxc5 $6 (16... Nd4 $1 17. Ba5 Qe8 18. exd4 Bxb5 19. Qc2 $14) 17. Rxc5 Qb6 (17... Bf5 $5) 18. Qc2 Na5 $6 (18... Bf5 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. a4 Rbc8 (20... e4 $5) 21. O-O $16) 19. a4 Nb3 20. Qxb3 $5 (20. Rc7 Bxb5 21. axb5 Nxd2 22. Rxe7 Bf6 23. Rc7 e4 24. Bxe4 (24. dxe4 $2 Qa5 $11) 24... Nxe4 25. dxe4 Qa5+ 26. Kf1 Rxb5 27. Rd7 Rb2 28. Qc4 $16) 20... Qxc5 21. Bb4 Rxb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Nc3 (23. Qc4 $1 $16) 23... Qb8 $2 (23... Qb6 $1 24. Qa3 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. O-O Ra8 27. Qb3 Rb8 28. Rb1 $16) 24. Qa3 Nc6 25. Bd6 Qb6 26. Nd5 Qb5 27. O-O ({White has a tough decision here. On the one hand,} 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Bxf8 {is quicker and grislier than the game continuation. On the other hand, castling on move 27 is kinda neat.}) 27... Rc8 28. Rc1 Kh7 29. Nc7 $2 (29. Rc5 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 e4 31. d4 $18 {is a lot stronger}) 29... Qb7 $2 (29... Qa5 {puts up a lot more resistance}) 30. Qa2 (30. Qc5 {is even stronger but the text is more than sufficient}) 30... Kg8 (30... Rxc7 {is better but still woefully insufficent}) 31. Qc2 (31. Qc4 {See note to White's last move}) 31... Qb6 (31... Rxc7 {See note to Black's last move.}) 32. Bxc6 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: 51