Game of the week August 2, 2020 by Robert Huntington [Event "1974 Goldwater-Marshall Invitational"] [Site "New York, NY"] [White "Andrew Soltis"] [Black "Orest Popovych"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B87"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1974.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 (9... Bb7 $2 10. Bxe6 $1 {is an old trap}) 10. Be3 Qb7 11. a3 ({ The main line is} 11. Qg3) 11... Bd7 (11... O-O $11) 12. Rad1 (12. Qg3 { is slightly better and if} Nc6 13. f4) 12... Nc6 13. Qg3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 (14. Rxd4 $5) 14... Bc6 $6 (14... O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Rad8 $11) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $6 (15... Bxf6 16. Rxd6 $14) 16. Qg7 Rf8 17. Rfe1 O-O-O (17... h5 $5 18. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (18... exd5 $2 19. exd5 Bd7 20. Rxe7+ Kxe7 21. Re1+ $18) 19. exd5 e5 20. Qh7 $16) 18. Qxh7 $6 (18. Nd5 $1 Kb8 (18... exd5 $2 19. exd5 Be8 20. Re3 f5 21. Rde1 Rd7 22. Kf1 $18) 19. c3 h5 20. Nxf6 h4 21. Rd4 $16) 18... f5 $2 (18... Rde8 $1 $11) 19. Bd5 (19. exf5 $1 Bxg2 20. Rd3 $14) 19... exd5 20. exd5 Be8 21. Qxf5+ $2 (21. Qg7 $1 b4 22. Na2 Bb5 23. Nxb4 Rde8 24. c4 Ba4 25. b3 Bxb3 26. Rb1 a5 27. Nc6 Bd8 28. h4 $16) 21... Qd7 $6 (21... Bd7 22. Qf4 Rde8 $15) 22. Qe4 $6 (22. Qf4 $11) 22... Bf6 23. a4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 f5 25. Qh4 $6 (25. Qd4 Qc7 $15) 25... Qg7 $2 (25... Qc7 26. Re7 Rd7 $15) 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. c4 Ba4 28. c5 Rg8 $2 (28... Bb5 29. c6 Rh8 30. Qf4 Qg4 $11) (28... Bxc2 29. cxd6 Bxd1 30. Qc4+ Kb8 31. Re7 Rd7 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 $11) 29. g3 Qg4 $6 (29... Bxc2 {is better but still losing}) 30. Qe7 Rd7 31. Qe6 Rg6 $6 ({Ditto for} 31... Qg6) 32. Qe3 Rh7 (32... f4 {is the best try, e.g.,} 33. Qe8+ Rd8 34. Qxa4 dxc5 35. Qc4 $18) 33. cxd6 Qb4 34. Rb1 Qxd6 35. Qd4 $2 (35. Qc3+ {is the real bone-crusher, e.g., } Qc7 (35... Rc7 36. Qh8+) 36. Qa3 Bb5 37. Rxb5) 35... Rg4 $2 (35... Bb5 { makes White work for the full point, e.g.,} 36. c4 Rg4 37. f4 Qh6 38. Qf2 Rxg3+ 39. Qxg3 Rg7 40. cxb5 Qb6+ 41. Kg2 Rxg3+ 42. hxg3 axb5 43. Re6 $18) 36. Qc3+ Qc7 (36... Rc7 37. Qh8+ Qd8 38. Rb8+ $18) 37. Qf6 $1 Rg8 (37... Bb5 38. Rxb5 axb5 39. Qa6+ Kd8 40. Qa8+ Qc8 41. Re8+) 38. Qe6+ 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: 23