Game of the week May 17, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "Vienna 1902"] [White "Geza Maroczy"] [Black "David Janowski"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1902.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 (4. c4 $5) 4... Nc6 5. f4 $6 (5. Nf3) 5... Nf6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bd7 (8... Nb4 9. Bb1 b6 $11) 9. a3 Rc8 10. Qe2 (10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Be8 $11) 10... Qb6 (10... O-O $11) 11. O-O Ne7 ({ Better is} 11... O-O $11) 12. Ne5 Bc6 ({Again} 12... O-O $11) 13. b4 $6 (13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. g4 $11) 13... Ba4 14. Bb2 Bc2 (14... a6 $1 $15) 15. Rac1 $6 (15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Rac1 $11) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 (16. Rxc8+ $5 Nxc8 17. Qxd3 O-O $15) 16... O-O 17. Nb3 Bxe5 $2 (17... Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 $15) 18. dxe5 (18. fxe5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Ne4 $11) 18... Ne4 19. Bd4 Qd8 20. Rxc8 Nxc8 21. Nc5 (21. Rc1 $5) 21... Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Re8 23. f5 $5 (23. Rc1 $11) (23. a4 $11) (23. Qb5 $11) (23. Bd4 $11) 23... b6 24. Bd4 exf5 $2 (24... Ne7 25. f6 Nf5 $11) 25. Qxf5 Qc7 ( 25... Re7 26. a4 $16) 26. Qf3 $6 (26. b5 $16) 26... Qd7 27. b5 (27. a4 $5) 27... Rf8 $2 (27... Qe6 28. Qg3 Kf8 29. h3 $14) 28. Qg3 Rd8 (28... Qe6 29. Rf6 $18 {is best though grim}) 29. Rc1 (29. h4 $1 {is even stronger}) 29... g6 30. Rc6 $2 (30. e6 $1 Qxe6 31. Rc6 Qf5 32. Qc7 Rf8 33. h3 $18) 30... Re8 31. e6 $6 {a move late} (31. a4 Re6 32. Rc2 Ne7 33. Rf2 $16) 31... Rxe6 32. Qc7 $6 (32. Rc7 $14) 32... Qxc7 33. Rxc7 Re8 $2 (33... Nd6 34. Rxa7 Kf8 $11) 34. a4 Kf8 35. g4 (35. Kf1 $1 $16) 35... g5 (35... h5 $18 {is insufficiently better}) 36. Kf2 $6 {a subtle error} (36. Kf1 $1 Nd6 37. Rxa7 Nc4 (37... Re6 38. Bxb6 $18) 38. Ke2 Nxe3 39. Kd3 $18) 36... h6 $2 (36... Nd6 $1 37. Rxa7 Re6 $16 38. Bxb6 $2 Ne4+ $11) 37. Ke2 Kg8 38. Kd3 Rf8 (38... Kf8 $18 {is also insufficiently better }) 39. Rd7 (39. Bf6 $18 {is a lot stronger (although it hardly matters)}) 39... Kh7 40. Rxd5 Re8 (40... Kg6 {is ever so slightly (and ever so insufficiently) better}) 41. Rd7 Re7 $2 (41... Kg6 {would prolong the game without changing the result, e.g.} 42. Rc7 Rg8 43. e4 $18) 42. Rd8 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: 38