Game of the week July 19, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "1993 Grumette Memorial"] [White "John Watson"] [Black "Artashes Minasian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A69"] [WhiteElo "2451"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1993.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Starbase?"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 {Stockfish prefers the Benko Gambit} 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f4 $5 ({Stockfish prefers} 6. Nf3 $14) 6... O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 (8. dxe6 $5) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 (9... b5 $5) 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. e6 fxe6 13. d6 (13. Bg5 $5) 13... Rf8 14. Bg5 $6 $146 ({The main line runs} 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bg5 Bd4+ (15... Rxf3 $5 16. Bxd8 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nf2+ { is a forced draw}) 16. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Qxg5 $11) 14... Qb6 15. Qd2 (15. Na4 $1 $11) 15... Bd7 16. Be7 $6 (16. Rc1 $1 $11) 16... Rf5 17. Ng5 $6 (17. h3 Ne5 $15) 17... Re5 $6 (17... Qb4 $1 18. h3 Ne5 19. O-O-O Nbc6 $17) 18. Qf4 $2 (18. Nge4 $11) 18... Qxb2 19. Qf7+ $2 (19. O-O Rf5 20. Qxg4 Qxc3 21. Rac1 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Nc6 $17) 19... Kh8 20. O-O Rxg5 $6 (20... Rf5 {is quicker}) 21. Bxg5 Ne5 22. Qxg7+ $2 (22. Qf4 Qxc3 23. Bf6 Nbc6 {puts up more resistance}) 22... Kxg7 23. Bf6+ Kg8 24. Bxe5 Nc6 25. Rab1 (25. Bf6 {is an irrelevantly slight improvement}) 25... Qd2 26. Bf6 Rf8 27. Kh1 ({as is} 27. Rf2 Rxf6 28. Ne4 Rxf2 29. Nxd2 Rxe2) 27... Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Qxc3 29. Rbf1 Ne5 30. Bg4 $2 (30. R6f2 { would prolong the game a bit (assuming White isn't ready to resign)}) 30... Nxg4 31. Rf8+ Kg7 32. R8f7+ Kh6 33. Rxd7 $6 (33. R7f3 {allows mate in 19; the move played in only seven but White undoubtedly wants to be put out of his misery}) 33... Qe5 34. g3 Qe2 0-1 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: 32