Game of the week March 29, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "Dutch League 1979"] [White "Kick Langeweg"] [Black "Jan Timman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D98"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1979.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. O-O-O Nb6 10. Qc5 (10. Qb5 {is Stockfish's preference}) 10... f5 $1 (10... N8d7 {is the main line but Stockfish approves of the text}) 11. Bg5 (11. e5 {is better}) 11... N8d7 (11... fxe4 12. Bxe7 Qc8 13. Ne5 N8d7 $11) 12. Qa3 ( 12. Qxe7 $2 Qxe7 13. Bxe7 Rfe8 $15) 12... fxe4 (12... Qe8 13. h3 fxe4 14. hxg4 exf3 15. gxf3 Rxf3 16. Bg2 Rxf2 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Ne4 $14) 13. Bxe7 Qe8 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 15. Qb3+ Be6 ({Slightly better is} 15... Kh8 16. Re1 $14) 16. d5 Nc5 17. Qc2 Bg4 ({Stockfish recommends} 17... Bd7 18. Re1 exf3 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. gxf3 Bh6+ 21. Kd1 Bf5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Qe2 Nxd5 25. Rg1 $16) 18. h3 Bxf3 $6 (18... Bd7 19. Nd4 $16) 19. gxf3 exf3 20. Kb1 (20. h4 $5) 20... Bg7 21. Bb5 (21. h4 $1 {Last move, h4 and Kb1 had almost the same evaluation. Here, h4 is definitely superior (by half a pawn according to Stockfish). Hence, the ! here and the !? last move.}) 21... Qf8 (21... Qf7 $1) 22. Rhe1 $6 (22. h4 $1 $18) 22... a6 23. Bf1 (23. Bd3 $1) 23... Qf4 $2 (23... Rd8 24. h4 $16) 24. Ne4 Nca4 25. d6 $1 Nxb2 $2 (25... cxd6 26. Rxd6 $18 {puts up more resistance}) 26. Rd2 $6 {The slow method} (26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Rd2 N2a4 28. d7 $18 {is the quick method}) 26... cxd6 27. Qb3+ d5 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 dxe4 (29... Nd7 30. Qd4 $18 {is no better}) 30. Qxb6 Re8 31. Bc4+ (31. Re3 $1) 31... Kg7 32. Qd4+ $6 { Once again, White chooses the slow method} (32. Bd3 $1 Qd2 33. Qd4+ Kh6 34. Qe3+ $18) 32... Qf6 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 (33... Qxd4 34. Rxd4 b5 {is irrelevantly better}) 34. Qxe4 Qb6+ 35. Kc1 Qxf2 36. Qxb7+ Kh6 37. Qxa6 Kg5 38. Bf1 (38. Qe6 $1 {is quicker}) 38... Qe1+ 39. Kc2 Kh4 40. a4 Qe4+ {Since one normally doesn't resign after making a move, I'm guessing that Black's flag fell here but it doesn't matter. HIs position is more than resignable.} 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: 57