Game of the week April 5, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "1994 Memorial Day Classic"] [Site "Long Beach, CA"] [White "Vladimir Akopian"] [Black "Alex Sherzer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E99"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1994.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CL, 5/01, p. 21"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 (10... b6 $1 {Stockfish}) 11. Bd2 (11. f3 Nf6 (11... b6 $1) 12. Be3) 11... Nf6 (11... fxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. f3 Nf5 14. Ndf2 Nd4 $11) 12. f3 f4 (12... h6 $5) 13. c5 (13. b4 $5 $14) 13... g5 (13... c6 $1 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Nb4 $14) 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nf2 (15. a4 $5) 15... h5 16. h3 Ng6 17. Qc2 (17. a4 $1 $14) 17... Rf7 18. Rfc1 a6 19. a4 Bh6 $146 (19... Nh4 20. a5 g4 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Bd7 $11 {Ligterink-Smit, Wijk aan Zee 1989}) 20. a5 b5 $2 (20... Bd7 $11) 21. axb6 Qxb6 $2 (21... g4 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. fxg4 Qxb6 24. Ncd1 $16) 22. Nb5 $1 g4 (22... Bf8 23. Ba5 Qe3 24. Ra3 $18 {is inadequately better}) 23. Qc6 {the slow way} (23. Ba5 {is the quick way}) 23... Qxc6 24. Rxc6 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Bb7 (25... Nh4 {puts up a stiffer fight but after} 26. Nxd6 Rg7 27. Kh1 Bd7 28. Rcxa6 {the outcome is not in doubt}) 26. Nxd6 Bxc6 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. dxc6 Ne7 (28... Bf8 {is irrelevantly better}) 29. c7 Rc8 30. Rc1 Ke6 31. Nd3 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: 24