Game of the week July 5, 2020 by Robert Huntington Today is Caro’s 158th birthday. [Event "Nuremberg 1888"] [White "Horatio Caro"] [Black "E. Sobernheim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C30"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1888.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Na4 $6 (6. d3 $11 { is best}) 6... Bb6 $6 (6... exf4 $1 $15) 7. Nxb6 (7. fxe5 $5) 7... axb6 8. d3 Bg4 $5 (8... O-O) 9. c3 O-O $6 {The main line but Stockfish recommends} (9... Nd7 10. O-O exf4 11. Bxf4 Nce5 $11) 10. O-O Na5 $6 (10... Qe7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 exf4 $11) 11. Bb5 c5 $6 (11... Qe7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. b4 $14) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 (13. Qxf3 $2 Nb3) 13... Nc6 $6 (13... Ne8 14. a4 Nc7 15. f5 $14) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. fxe5 dxe5 $6 ({Stockfish recommends sacrificing a pawn with} 15... Ne8 16. exd6 Nxd6) 16. Bg5 Qd6 (16... Re8 {is very slightly better}) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qf1 $6 (18. Qd2 $1 $18) 18... Rfd8 (18... f5 $5) 19. a3 (19. Rxf6 $1 Qxd3 20. Qf2 Qxe4 21. Rf1 $18) 19... Kg7 20. Qe2 (20. Qe1 $1 Kh8 21. Qh4 $18 ) 20... Qe6 (20... c4 {is ever so slightly better according to Stockfish}) 21. Raf1 Qd6 $2 (21... Rd6 22. Qf2 Rg8 23. Qh4 Qe7 24. Rxf6 $1 $18 Rxf6 $2 25. Qg5+ ) 22. Rf5 $6 (22. Qf2 {is a bone-crusher}) 22... Qxd3 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Rxf6 ( 24. Qh4 $1 {is even stronger}) 24... Qe3+ (24... Rg8 25. Qh4 Qd8 {would prolong the game somewhat without changing the result}) 25. Kh1 (25. Kh2 { is better}) 25... Rg8 26. Qh4 Rg7 $2 (26... Qg3 27. Qxg3 Rxg3 28. Rxc6 Rag8 29. Rf2 Re3 30. Rxb6 Rxe4 31. g4 {and Black limps into a lost ending}) 27. Rxf7 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: 28