Game of the week July 26, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "Czechoslovakia 1940"] [White "Alfred Beni"] [Black "Ludek Pachman"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D97"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [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 Na6 8. h3 (8. Be2 {is the main line}) 8... c5 (8... b5 $5) 9. dxc5 (9. Be3 $5 $11) 9... Qa5 (9... Be6 10. Qb5 Nd7 $11) 10. Be3 $2 (10. Qb5 $1 $11) 10... Nxe4 11. Nd2 $2 (11. Nd4 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 (12. bxc3 Rd8 13. Rc1 Nxc5 $19) 12... Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxc5 $17) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 ({Not that it matters (it doesn't) but} 12. Nb3 { is somewhat better}) 12... Be6 13. Qe4 (13. Qf4 {is also better but not by nearly enough to make a difference}) 13... Nxc5 14. Qc2 $2 ({You know your goose is cooked when the best you have is} 14. Qb4 Qxb4 15. cxb4 Bxa1 16. bxc5 {leaving you an exchange and a pawn down}) 14... Bf5 (14... Bxc3 $1 {is even stronger}) 15. Qd1 (15. Qb2 {improves but allowing White to limp into a hopeless endgame after} Bxc3 16. Qb5 Qxb5 (16... Qa3 $5) 17. Bxb5 Bxa1 18. Bxc5 ) 15... Rfd8 ({Again} 15... Bxc3 {is stronger}) 16. g4 (16. Rc1 {would only prolong White's suffering}) 16... Bxc3 17. gxf5 Ne4 18. fxg6 {"Let's get it over with!"} Bxd2+ 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: 36